THE PRESS. PUBLISHES DATLY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,) BY JOITN W. FORNEY. OFFICE Ns. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, <lVitt.vK Cfxts Per V'krk, payable to the Carrier, daiied to subscribers out of the City At SfX Dcn.l.\KS Per Annum, Four Dollars for Eight Months, Three Dollars for Six Months—invariably in ad* vanco for the time ordered. thi? tui-weekif rms, Mailed to Subscribers out of tho City at Three Dol lars Per Annum, iu advance. CLOTHING. rjTO THE GENTLEMEN OF PHI- liADSIiPHIA AND YIGEHITT. A CARD- It having been next to an impossibility, hereto fow, ii Attala CUSTOMER-MADE CLOTHING, at MODERATE TRICES, and finding that many gentlemen would prefer tliuir Clothing MADE TO ORDER, if they could aceuro at tho aamo tirno REALLY FIRST-CLASS STYLES, and at REALLY REASONABLE PRICES, we have, at "the earnest solicitation of our patrons, organized, in connection with our extensive Ready-Made Sales-Rooma, a complete CUSTOMER DEPART MENT, in which the prominent features are, Ist. Fine and Medium Materials, made up in first-class styles: 2d- Unexceptionable Fitting Garments} 3d. Prices FAR LOWER THAN HAS BEEN CUSTOMARY; 4th. A corps of the most celebrated cutters in (bis country, An extensive assortment of the choicest im ported and domestic fabrics from the New York and Philadelphia markets, suitable for Coats, Pants, and Yeats, always on hand. la our Ready-made Salesrooms can always be found every variety and style of well-made fashion able clothing. Spring stock now ready. PRICES MODERATE, A visit is solicited. WANAMAKER & BROWN, MERCHANT TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, “OAK HALL,” S. E eor. SIXTH and MARKET Streets. mh27-tf MILLINERY GOODS SPRING. 1862. LOUIS LAN NENBAU M. ' No. 57 North SECOND Street. (Between Market and Arch,) 4.e now prepared to offer a large stock of RIBBONS. SILKS, AND MILLINERY GOODS. Merchants and Milliners will find an admirable assort vfuent of the above Goods, of the uewo.it styles, at lout figures-, and are invited to coil and examine. W“WELE BOUOIIT IS HALF SOLD.” 1862. spring. 1862 i WOOL & CARY, (Successors to Lincoln, Wood, & Nichols,) Ho. T 35 CHESTNUT ST2EET, Hava now in Store a complete stock £ STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS, SILK BONNETS, (STRAW AND PALM-LEAE HATS, *O, To which they respectfully invite tho attention of the firmer ffttTDDS of ttid liouau »u<3 the trade generally. marl2-2m f S P R ! N G. M. BERN HEIM, No. 736 CHESTNUT STREET, Has now in store, and is daily receiving, the latest styles in RIBBONS. FRENCH FLOWERS, WREATHS, SILKS, CRAPES, LACES, AND OTHEB MILLINERY GOODS, ' To which he respectfully invites tha attention of the TRADE. ERICKS LOW. tnh24*2:n SPRING. RIBBONS, MILLINERY, STRAW GOODS. ROSENHEIM, BROOKS. & Co., NO. 431 MARKET STREET, jßave now open—and to which daily additions are mads— their USUAL HANDSOME VARIETY RIBBONS, BONNET MATERIALS, FLOWERS, BTJOHES. STRAW AND FANCY BONNETS, MISSES’ AND HATS, FEATS, SHAKER HOODS, and ALL OTHER ARTICLES IN THE MILLINERY LINE, Which will be offered at the LOWEST MARKET PEICES. The Attention of the trade is respectfully invited. W Particular attention given to filling orders. mhl3-2m rpnOMAS KENNEDY & BRO., 729 CHESTNUT Street, below Eighth. A Choice Stock of SPRING MILLINERY GOODS, mhl3-Sin] AT LOW PRICES. HATS AND CAPS. loco SPRING STOCK 101*1) ±oo*. COMPLETE. I.oo*. C. H. GARDEN & Co., Manufacturers of and Wholesale Dealers in HATS, CAPS, AND FURS: STRAW GOODS, FANCY SILK AND STRAW BONNETS, Artificial Flowers, Ruches, Feathers, Ac., 80. 600 find 6012 MARKET Street. S.W. caraer* SIXTH Street tBT" A large and complete stock. The best terms and the lowest prices. Gash and prompt »* time buyer*” are particularly invited to examine our stock. mhl-2m UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS. H. RICHARDSON HAS BEMOYED TO 500 MABKET BTBEET, Sonthweet comer of Fifth, And offers a beautiful assortment of UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, TENTS, AND CANES, WHOLESALE And BETAIL. mh2B-lm LOOKING GLASSES. JAMES S. EARLE A SON, MANUFACTURERS AND IMPOBTEBB or IiOOKING GLASSES. OIL paintings, fin* engbavingb, FICTDBE AND PORTRAIT FBAHXS, PHOTOGRAPH FBAHXS, PHOTOOBAFH ALBUMS, OABTE-DE-VISITE PORTRAITS, EARLE’S GALLERIES, 816 CHESTNUT STREET, !»1S PHILADELPHIA. SEWING MACHINES. & WILSON SEWING machines, 628 CHESTNUT STREET, mhllJha WATCHES, JEWELRY, &c. Afresh assortment,at less THAN FOBMEB PRICKS. FABB A BROTHER, Importer., 524 CHESTNUT Street, below Fourth. mh2o.lt T AM) AND GREASE.—6O tieroM AJ prime Leaf lard: W tierce* White Grease, CHreet from the Week, and in store, for sale by „ MUBPHT ft BOONS, M7-1T pro. 1M HOBXH WBABYIS. 1862. i DRY-GOODS JOBBERS. ! MEN AND BOYS 5 WEAR, We invite the attention of the trade to a full line of SLACK AND OTHER STAPLE SILKS, As also a great variety of NEW STYLES OJf DRESS HOODS, Bought for cash, and which will be offered on tho moat favorable terms. fe2s-3m 1862. SPRING GOODS. SILKS AND RANGY DRY GOODS, Have open a large variety of freshly-imported SPRING DRESS GOODS. To which, with a hauduom© OBnortineui of SHAWLS, MANTILLAS, WHITE GOODS. EMBROIDERIES. And other goods lu their line, they Invite the attention of city awl country dealers. mh4-tf 1862. YARD.GILLMORE, & Co., SPRING IMPORTATION DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE GOODS, To which the attention of the trade Is particularly In sited. fe2l-2m IMPORTATIONS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, gELLING OFF; WHOLESALE STOCK AT BETAIL, BILK YE6TING3, formerly 53.00, now 62.00. HABSELLLES, u $1.50} now CASSIMEBES for men’s wear, and ladies’ Cloaks, 25 per cent, under former prices, Ac., &c. A. H. GIBBS. mhßg-lm S3l MARKET STREET, Up stairs.. gIBLEY MOLTEN, & WOODRUFF, IMTOUTebs AND JOBBERS 07 SILKS AND FANCY GOODS, No. 531 MABKET STREET, Are now opening and daily relying ft now ftftd CHOICE STOCK or SILKS, DRESS GOODS. WHITE GOODS and EMBBOIDEBIES, SHAWLS, EIBBONS, GLOVES, MITTS, fto They reapectfnlly call the attention of bnyers gene rally- , tnh2s-lm 1862. SPRIIH3 - 1862. ABBOTT. JOHNES.fi: CO., 527 MABKET STREET, Have now open an entirely new and attractive stock in ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND AMERICAN DBESS GOODS. Also, a full assortment in WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, SHAWLS, &C., &0., To which they invite the attention of the trade. mh24-tap3o PHILADELPHIA. gFRING STOCK SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. A. W. LITTLE A Co.i mhis-tt Ho. 325 MABKET BT. on CWT. CHOICE WHITE RYE *V FLOUR, just received tod for isle at No. 813 SPRING GARDEN Street. mhS5-tf VOL. 5 .-NO. 213. JEWELRY, Ac. Q L A II ICS ONE LOLLAR STORE, 602 CHESTNUT STREET. NEW GOODS. NEW STYLES, AND NEW PRICES. For ONE DOMjAB yon can buy any one of tho fol lowing articles: Seta ot Silver Plated Tea Spoons. “ « «« Desert “ «« u t< Table « ** «* it «« Forks, II II U u Pair <* <* Knife and Fork. “ «» ** Napkin Bings, »< “ « Butter Knives. Silver Plated Sugar Bowl. •« lHitlur Disli, 44 Molasses Pitcher. « Cream *< “ “ Castor. h m Waiter. u i* Gohlot. 44 41 Drinking Cop. 4i f * Sugar Sifter. Gold Plated Ve&t Cliaiu f alt etytoe. “ “ Guard “ “ 44 “ <« Neck « 44 m 44 “ Chatelaine, 44 44 44 44 Bracelet, 44 44 ii Medallion, '* 44 Ariuletd, 44 41 f ‘ 44 Breast l’is, 44 44 44 44 Kar Bings, 44 14 " “ Fin Awl nil 44 Studs and Huttons, 44 44 44 44 Solitary Sleeve Button, all styles. 41 44 Bosom Studs, 44 44 FiDger Rings, « <* Pencils, 44 44 Pen with Pencil Case Ladies’ or Gentlemen’s Port Monnaie, Citbas, Bags, rurßos, Ac., Ac.. Ac. All Goods 'warranted os repre sented. We liaveon hand a large assortment of Photo graph Albums, Mantel Clocks, Bag?, anfl Gold Jewelry, winch vre are closing off at cost. The at tention of the trade respectfully solicited. D. W. CLARK'S ONE DOLLAR STOKE, CA3 a feroet. Including Goods suited for MILITARY PURPOSES, Now in Store, NO. 031 CHESTNUT STREET, And for Sale by DE COUKSEY, LAFOURCADE, & CO. mh2Q-lm 1862. SIJEING - W. S. STEWART & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, NO. 305 MARKET STREET. M. L. HALLO WELL & Go., 333 MARKET and ST NORTH FOURTH STS., "Wholesale Dealors in BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, Nos. SIT 6IXE6TNUT Etna 614 JAYNE SlrietS Have now open tlieir OF BILK AND TANDY LINENS, EMBROIDERIES, &a. Bought In Europe, bp one of the firm. LINENS, SHIRT FRONTS, WHITE GOODS, AND EMBROIDERIES. THOS. MELLOR & Co.. UhlO-Sm 40 and 46 North THIRD Street. RETAIL DRY GOODS. PLOAKSP CLOAKS! CLOAKS! TUE CREATES! RARCAIHS IN THE CITY IVENS <fc CO.’S, No. 23 SOUTH NINTH STREET. 7)If: LARGEST STOCK, THE MUST ASSOR TMENT, TIIK CHOICEST COLORS, THU FINEST QUALITIES, THE MOST SUDERB TRIMMINGS, THE NEWEST STYLES, T/IE BEST WORK, Aid) DECIDEDLY THE LOWEST BRICES, IN TIIE CITY, IVE N S & CO.’S, No. 23 SOUTH NINTH STREET. mli26-3tu pLOTHS, CASBIMERES. VV Goods for Boys’ Jackets. M M for Mens 1 wear. ■« for Ladies 1 Cloaks. LINEN GOODS. Barnsley Table Linens. Damask Napkins and Towels. SoiAil.Fißi.reil Bamafic Goods. Good Stout Irish Linens. Diapers Birdeye, Pillow Linons. DRESS GOODS. Shepherd's Plaids. Plain and Fienred Mohairs. Plain and Figured Poplinelts. Delaines and Challies. 9,000 yards now Prints, 12#c. SmiNG CLOAKS. Owning Mr new Clonks, Medium length and slum Sacques. COOPER & CONARD, ap3 Southeast corner NTNTfi and MARKET. IAO NOIITH EIG-lITH STREET, _Lv*J SECOND DOOR ABOV4S ARCH, DP STAIRS LADIES 1 DRESS TRIMMINGS, Ac. The Copartnership heretofore existing between KAIFMAN Jfc LOUNEU.STADTKtt Having been drived by mutual uonaoDt, thauuder* signed rtapccUuiiy informs the patrons and friends of the old firm, and the trade in general, that he has taken all the up-Btaira rroins of NO. 100 NORTH EIGHTH STREET, ABOVE ARCH. To continue the Manufacturing of all kinds @f PRESS, CLOAK, FRINGES, BUTTONS, TASSELS, CORD, HEAD NETS, Of all descriptions, Ac,, Ac., And will ofier inducements in price and Quality, as woll as prompt attendance to orders, in every article apper taining to hi* lino. WM LONNERSTADTEIt, apl-Sm] go, IQS North filfillltl Street, at). Arch. New goods opening daily. —Plaid Foulards, black, brown, blue, and lilac. Plain brown Foulards, one yard wide. Piques, white ground and bouquets of Chintz colors. Wool Pe Laities, choice shades. Plaid and email figured "Wool Do Haines, for children. A large assortment of Gingbsmß, at 20, and 25 cents. A fresh assortment of Cloaking Cloths. Siuall figure dark brown Mohairs, choice. Shepherd's Plaids, from 18# to 50 cents. Silk and Wool Poplins in groat variety, at JOHN FI STOKES*, No. 702 ARCH Street. N. B.—Good black Silks, 87#, SI, and 51.12# Call (Mid oxamiuo our black SrikH, CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS. STREET CARPET WARE HOUSE. OLDDEN & RIOKNER. 833 AECII STREET, TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH, SOUTH SIDE, Hava this (lay opened their Now Stock of CARPETS, of the bedt manufacture, The BCW«Ot Patterns in Velvet, Brussels, Tap. Brussels, 3-l’ly Ingrain, and Ve netians • Oil Cloths in all -widths, CnuLau Matting, Mats, Druggets, Ac., bought before the late advance —selling at the lowest prices for cash. mli3l>l2t 1862. Q.LEN ECHO MILLS. GERMANTOWN, PA. McOALLUM & Co.. MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS »09 CHESTNUT STREET. (Opposite Indopondanoo Hall.) CARPETINGS. OIL, CLOTHS, &e. We have now on hand an extensive stock of Carpotinss, or oar own and other makes, to which we caU tho atten tion of cash and short-time buyers. mh7-3m FOURTH-STREET CARPET STORE, No. 4T ABOVE CHESTNUT, No. 4T. J. T. DELACROIX Invitee attention to hie Spring Importation of CARPETINGS, Oomt! rising every style, of tbe Nowest Patterns an! Designs, in VELVET, BRUSSELS, TAPESTBY BRUS SELS, IMPERIAL THREE-PLY, and INGRAIN CARPETINGS. VENETIAN anil DAMASK STAIR CARPETINGS SCOTCH RAG and LIST CARPETINGS. FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, in every width. COCOA and CANTON MATTINGS. DOOR-MATS. RUGS, SHEEP SKINS, PBVGGETB, and CRUMB CLOTHS. AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, LOW FOR CASH. J. T. DELACROIX, mbß.fal 47 South FOURTH Street. CARPETINGS. J. F. & E. B. ORNE, NO. 519 CHESTNUT STREET, (OPPOSITE STATU HOUSE,) Have received, per steamer Edinburgh, and other late arrivals, their SPBING IMPORTATION OP NEW CARPETINGS: CROSSLEI’S YARD-AND-A-HALP- WIDE VELVET 3, 9-4 MEDALLION M, ’ ENGLisa BRUSSELS, EXTRA-QUALITY TAPESTRY i BRUSSELS CARPETS, WITH BORDERS, (of new for Halle and Stairs). INGBAIN AND THBSK-PLY OABPETING3. or eitra duality. ’ ALSO, 500 PS. J. CROSSLEY & SON’S TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS, FROM 87 i TO Si PR. YD., Together with a complete aaiortment of OIL CLOTHS, STAIB AND FLOOR DRUGGETS, .... - ... . Buas > “ATS, Ao., All of new, choice selection;,, and ' ' AT MODERATE PRICES. J. F. & E. B. ORNE, mh3-tf OPPOSITE STATE HQVgft, YARMS, BATTS, & CARPET CHAIMS. PI. FRANCIS OUS, WHOLESALE DEALER IN YARNS, 433 MABKET and 5 North FIFTH Street. PHILADELPHIA. Buyers will find a full Stock of COTTON, LINEN, AND WOOLLEN CARPET CHAIN, COTTON YARN, TWIST, FILLING, WADDING, BATTING, COTTON LAPS, TIB YARKS, TWINES, CANDLE WICK, COVERLET YARN, BROOK TWINES, SHON THREADS, SILLING AND SEINE TWINES, BED COEDS, WASH AND PLOUGH LINES, COTTON, HEMP, AND MANILLA CORDAGE, Alao, a full assortment of FLY NETS, Which he offers at Manufacturer] LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. II. FRANCISOUS. 433 MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Street, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DEALER IE WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. Always on hand, a full Stock or TUBS, BUCKETS, CBUBNS, MEASURES, BBOOMB, WHISKS, FANCY BASKETS, WALL, SCRUB, and SWEEPING BBUSHEB, LOOKING-GLASSES And WINDOW PAPER, Mats, Keelers* Flour Bucket*, Neat Boxes, WASH BOARDS, BOLLING and CLOTHES PINS. FLOOR and TABLE OIL CLOTHS. BOHOOL, MABKET, and DINNER BASKETS. Sleds, Barrows, Carriages, Hobby Horses, Ac., Ac. AU Goods sold at LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. mhll-2m TITORGAN, ORR, & CO., STEAM- AtA ENGINE BCILDEBO, Iron Founder#, and General Uftchjaliii and Boiler Makers, 110*1210" GAL LOWHILL Btreet, Philadelphia. fel#-ly MANTILLA TRIMMINGS, At the close of 1857, when the rebellion in British India, contemptuously treated at first as a mere cm cute, came to he acknowledged a terrible reality, Dr. Russell was sent out by The Times, and arrived in time to accompany Sir Colin Campbell (now Lord Clyde) to the attack and capture of Lucknow, and to witness the operations which led to the subjugation of Oude and Rohilcund, and the suppression of the rebellion. He returned home early in 1859, his healthinjured by a severe sunstroke at the battle of Bareilly, and by an injury to a limb by the kick of a horse. His communica tions to The Times, collected in book-form as «My Diary in India,” had almost as much a success as his« Letters from the Crimea.” It has been erroneously believed that Dr. Russell was The Times 5 Special Correspondent in Italy, during the War of 18-39, and subso quently in China. In 18G0, he established a weekly class-journal, The Army and Navy Gu- zel te, still continuing his engagement with The Over a year ago, Dr. Russell visited this country and made a tour of the Southern and Southwestern States. Ho has been accused of predilections for the South, where the utmost efforts were made to conciliate his favorable opinion, and there are only too many grounds for crediting the accusation. In Washington, for the last nine months, Dr. Russell was treated with the highest consideration by all in PHILADELPHIA. FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1862. Jr 183. I'HIDAY, APRIL 11, 1862. Scene Changes - Exit Dr. Russel I. Tlic well-known “ Special Correspondent” Of The Tiftlis loft Maw \ 6rk, for England, on Wednesday, by the mail-steamer China. He arrived in this country, last year, during the early part of the war, and certainly no foreign journalist brought with him so high a reputa tion, social and literary. William Howard Russell, («LL. D. and Uunistcr-at-Law," ns ho was fond of adding to his signature,) was frequently taken and mistaken, in this country, for an Englishman. On the contrary, ho was an Irishman, born at Lily \ die, near Dublin. The date of his birth is variously given, some accounts malting it in 1810, while others, more probably correct, statv it as 1821. nispnrents, respectable peo ple in trade, gave him a good education which he completed at Trinity College, Dublin. He did not graduate, hut got into newspaper work, by the time bo was of age —his Jirat avowed appearance in print being an account of an Irish county election, (Longford,) writ ten for The Times at the request of a relative, employed on that journal. During 18 It* and 1848, when O’Connell was making a great sen sation, in and out of Ireland, by his Monster Mootings “ for tho Ropalo,” Mr. Uussell write a series of letters for Tlic Times, in which the leading incidents were graphically related— but he was not the hero of tho anecdote which rep i csonts a Government reporter as hoaxed, “ in the Kingdom of Kerry,” by O’Oonnoll’s mailing a Repeal speech in tiie Irish tongue. The incident did occur, but Frederick Bond Hughes, a London short-hand writer, was tho real suiferer. After (lie Monster Meetings were put down, Jli 1 . Russell proceeded to London, where, after some little delay, during which ha wrote a good deal for magazines, he succeeded in obtaining an engagement on The Times , which lias ever since continued, with the exception of a period. lB4y-’47, when he was on tho Morning Chronicle. It is said that he helped to report the* O’Connell State-Trials, at Dub lin, in ISJ4. When he returned to The Times he was relieved from the laborious duties of parliamentary and general reporting, which he performed with spirit and accuracy, and employed on what a theatrical nianager.would call “ the general utility business”—that is in describing Royal Progresses, ship-launches, military reviews, great gatherings of the masses for social and political purposes, and sometimes was sent to various parts of the Continent for like purposes. His descrip tions, rapid but not careless, were vivid and almost dramatic, and The Times’ readers were much pleased with them. In 1850, he was called to the bar, without having had time to study law—the process of i changing a man into the dignity of « barrlstcr i at-luw” being simply to deposit .£l2O with the treasurer of one of the London Inns of Court; to cat throe dinners per term (four terms annu ally), for three years ; and then to be « call ed,” as an utter or outer barrister, without any examination. It is doubtful whether-Mr. Russell ever held a brief, had a cause, or gave a legal opinion in his life. But, in England, to hold a naval or military commission, or to belong to one of the learned professions—law, physic, and divinity—admits a man info so ciety where mere west® may frequently ho repulsed. To wear- a red coat or a blue, as a commissioned officer, demands patronage and purchase. To be a clergyman, a plivsi cian, or a surgeon, one must bn expensively educated. But to be a barrister-at-laiv (which is considered extremely genteel, while the mere attorney is a nobody), a gentleman has merely to eat Uls mutton a certain number of times in the dining-room of one of the Inns of .Court, and—hey! presto!—lie becomes,‘in three years’ time, capable of contesting for tlic highest prizes of the law. Besides, there are certain appointments, all but sinecures, for which almost the sole qualification is that each occupant shall ho “ a barrister of not less than five years’ standing,”. and here the nominal barristers-at-iaw may be said to abound. Very many persons connected with the London press are precisely barristers at-law as Mr. Russell is without having i much legal knowledge. Such, for instance, are Samuel Carter Hall, editor of the Art ! Journal . and William Makepeace Thackeray, j the well-known noveiist and lecturer. Thev ’ took the title, for the status it gave. ' j When, cleverly humbugged by France Into i a war with Russia, England sent ships and troops to the Crimea, in 1854, the leading Loudon journals severally deputed certain i gentlemen to proceed to the seat of war, as ! “ special correspondents.” Mr. Russell, Who ' had previously visited Denmark, France, and : Germany for The Times , was despatched to i the Crimea by that journal, and his first letter attracted attention and excited expectation. During one whole year, namely, from the Bat tle of the Alma, September, 1854, to the final attack’ on Sevastopol, September, 18-55, Mr. Russell was present at almost everyimportaut action in the Crimea—the only exception was during a short period when ill health made him go to Therapia. He lived with the Fourth division of the British army, and his talents, joviality, and good-temper made him a general favorite with oflicers>and men. He encountered as much peril, at times, as if he were a combatant, and his descriptions, neces sarily written amid difficulties, were singularly vivid, racy, faithful, and suggestive. He complained from the first of the disgraceful inferiority of the British to the French Com missariat. His letters from the Crimea have been republished in collective book-form, and he also wrote an account of the war in monthly parts. He lectured, on a few occasions, on his Crimean experiences, but cannot be said to have succeeded, though his celebrity drew crowds of auditors. Early in 185 G, Dr. Russell was sent to Mos cow, to report the Coronation of the Czar, Alexander 11., for The Times, lie is so tho roughly master of the « pomp, pride, and cir cumstance ” of language, that his account of the most gorgeous ceremonial of modern times was the perfection of brilliant word-painting. It threw all other descriptions into the shade. After the Coronation, he travelled through Southern Russia to Odessa, and revisited the Crimea, returning via Sebastopsl, Odessa, Belgrade, and. Czemovicli, to Paris. It was after this second Crimean visit that the Uni versity of Dublin, his own “ Trinity,” con ferred the degree of Doctor of Laws Upon him, “ causa honc-ris,” for his literary cele brity—a distinction which he lias every" cause to be proud of, for that University is more Chary of such compliments than any other In the British dominions. ~”“ authority, who afforded him opportunities of obtaining accurate information which were sometimes not granted to American journal ists. But, all through his letters in The Times there is a scarcely-veiled contempt of the Federalists, and an under-valuation of the North, —socially, politically, and physically. From the time when his memorable account of the Battle of Bull Run was read in this coun try, showing a surprising carelessness as to filets, Dr. Russefl’s correspondence has not been much regarded here. He committed himself, too, by venturing on some predictions tvhioh have been negatived by facts. For ex ample, he prophccied that the Burnside Expe dition would come to nothing, and, more late ly, that tlie rebels would not make any resist ance upon Island Number 10. Although Dr. Russell has not increased his reputation as a descriptive and political writer, while in this country, he made many friends ))V Ill's genial sociability, his ready wit, liis easy flow of language. He will be remem bered in Washington as a bon-vivant who could he very amusing and amiable when he pleased, and he did please so to be very often, his tem per rarely being ruffled except when lie ven tured upon discussing tire politics of tills eoun- Iry, about which he certainly was “ a Know- Nothing." Dr. Russell, albeit Irish by birth, tempera ment, and education, liad English proclivities to a larger extent than most Englishmen of the middle class. It was a complaint of some English settlers in Elizabeth’s reign, that they had become more Irish than the Irish them selves, (Ilibemiore. v qnum Hibernis,) and so, in the present day, some Irishmen are more English than the English. To this class Dr. Russell belongs, holding the sincere belief that England is vastly superior in everything to all tire rest of the world. It is a complacent fuifh, and well calculated to preserve the personal equanimity of sucii a good-natured, amusing, clever, and truly social gentleman as “W. Hi Russell, IJo D. and Barristoruifc Law.-'-' Kindly and cordially we wish him Bon Voyage ! Doualil McKay and Armor-Clad Ships. [For Tbe Press.] Donald McKay, Esq., the well -known ship-builder of Boston, nowin England, where it is understood he has ft Government contrast for the construction of vessels for the British navy, communicates to the' Commercial Bulletin , of Boston, under date of January 24,18G2, a letter upon the subject of armor alad ships for the American navy. In the light of recent events it is not necessary to go into an ex tended criticism upon Mr. McKay's lettor. The Monitor had not then been launched, and the problems which her engagement with the Merrimac at Hampton Hoads fully settled, were in the then future, and it was comparatively safe to venture upon a good degree of theoretic speculation. Under ordinary oirotithStanOeS the views of Mr. McKay are entitled to deliberate and full consi deration. Eor this reason, his letter will be widely published and read, and as the subjeot of armor clad ships is just now ft matter of utmost import ance to the nation, they may engender unfavora ble results unless counteracted by fair and candid criticism. Mr. McKay's entire letter, so far as it suggests a distinctive policy in the construction of armor- clad ships, recommends to us the adoption of the English and French practice. It is well known that the practice of these nations has thus far chief ly proceeded upon the idea that light draught of water and impregnability were impossible elements in naval construction As impregnability was deemed of principal importance, vessels of lar»j> size have, in. avefy instance, been OOBslfUCloil in order to support the great weight of armor which was deemed indispensable. The Warrior, of the British navy, may be taken as a type of the class, and a favorable exemplifica tion of me liurupeau practice. This vessel is of something more than P.OOO tons burden, her sides being mailed to within 00 feet of either end, with solid iron plates, 15 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 4j inches thick, only about throe-fourths of her actual armament being protected by her armor. Let it be remembered that the Warrior is now con sidered tbe model iron-clad ship of the navies of Enicp?) and that we arc commended to construct vessels upon her general plan in creating a navy for ourselves. When we add that the Warrior when fitted for action, draws 20] foot of water for, the purposos of this continent we utter the strongest possible condemnation of her, as there are tew harbors on our coast she could enter. Granted, however, that vessels of lighter draught might be constructed, there are yet objections to the method of mailing, adopted in the case of the Warrior, which should operate to prevent us from using it. The solid iron plates, above referred.toi are tongued and grooved, and disposed upon the sides of the vessel longitudinally, and fastened frith screw bolts passing entirely through the wooden hull of the vessel from the inside, and screw ing into the armor-plates to within about one asd 8 half icche§ ?f the outer surface. It is apparent, at once, that this method of fast ening is a very imperfect one indeed, it bein» an exceedingly difficult matter to screw them up as firmly as they should be. Admitting this, however to be done, we must yet regard these plates as so muoh slung weight upon the sides of the vessel, and as contributing, in no slight degree, to impair its strength. Each of the plates may be regarded as ft lever fifteen feet long, with the fuleruia, alter nately, at the upper and lower oorners, considered with reference to the undulatory motion of the ves- ! sel at sea. This motion of a vessel is wholly una- i voidable, and the straining influence that it would, i by its action on the plates, effect upon the hull of ! the vessel will be readily surmised. Precisely such | results as now indicated have occurred in both the English and French vessels, while reoent advices j suggest the extreme probability that this method i of mailing will be abandoned wholly. We forbear 1 further details, as the public are generally advised ! of all the facts in the case, enough having been said to indicate that, notwithstanding tho ability which Mr. McKay brings to the discussion of the subject, his general advice to us is of no practical importance whatever. Mr. McKay's somewhat cynical references to the Navy Department with regard to the. plans finally adopted for the construction of armor-clad vessels, are of equal value with the views already com mented upon, and would seem to have been In spired by the fact, of which he has advertised us, that plans of his own were rejected by them, after a fair and full examination. JHr. McKay readily falls into a habit far too oommon to be singular one, however, we by no means commend of de crying the plans of others by anticipation immedi ately that be hears that his own have been, pre sently at least, rejected. The precise value of criticism under such circumstances it is ea3y to anticipate, and men of prudence, such as our Scotch friends generally are, will usually refrain from it The Navy Department ia just now the scape-goat of all our national shortcomings, so far as they are connected with naval enterprises. We ask for im possibilities and clamor for their execution. Etwjt ship-builder has his particular armor-clad hobby to ride, and denounces the Secretary if he fails to perceive and acknowledge its merits. Passing, however, from these general reflections, we note particularly Mr. McKay’s conjectures, fer they are entitled to no higher consideration, with respect to the plans of Mr. Ericsson, one of the three finally adopted by the board to whom the various plans were referred. He says: - “ The plan of Mr. Ericsson appears to me to be the most ingenious, but tho vessel will be a most unseaworthy craft, and will never attain the speed of 7 8-10 knots.” * Mr. McKay will learn with certainty, if not with pleasure, that he has failed entirely to con ceive the actual results of the cose. Let it be re membered that the Monitor was constructed as a floating-battery merely, and with no design of giving her sea-going qualities, and that she Was intended to have a speed of only eight knots. What are the facts? Engineer Stimers, who accompanied the Monitor from New York to Hampton Hoads, in a letter to Captain Ericsson, written just after the en gagement with the Merrimac , speaks of her sea going qualities in the highest terms, and it is known that he freely expresses this opinien in conversation upon the subjeot. With sixty revolutions her speed is seven knots, and he avows her capacity to equal more than eight knots, if her powers are all uti lized. The positive performances of the vessel, and the confldent opinions of Mr. Stimers, may be safely offset against conjectures of Mr. McKay. it is now known that the Navy Department have contracted with Mr. Eriosson for the construction of several more’vessels upon the general plan of the JMonitor , of somewhat larger size, of much greater strength, and largely-increased speed; and we venture the opinion that they will answer public expectation fully, so far as these points are concerned. Should the Department conclude to construct a vessel of largo size upon this plan, such as Captain Ericsson proposes, a model of which is now in the office of tho Assistant Secretary in Washington, Mr. McKay, and tha public at large, may rest assured that she will, in all desirable re spects, fully establish the superiority of this de scription of vessels for naval purposes. She will particularly attain a very high rate of speed, and be possessed of unsurpassed sea-going qualities. Other reflections of Mr. McKay invite to further remark, bat we forbear. Enough has been said to show that the public has little to learn from his remarkable vaticinations. W. L. B. LETTER FROM NASHVILLE. Visit to n I ntlnn Phmtiillnn—l)e inUp of till* Morning bulletin**—lts History—A Murder t’nsr—The Mute—Philadelphia Workman* ship—Visit to the Hospital—Kuslnesa im pnn in£—Mail Facilities increased—Tlie (Jon* test near Corinth. [Correspondence of The Frew ] Easiivillk, April ft, 1862. TK& f>h&i Wfifik hfi§ l>&£n balmy and showery. Trees of all descriptions are budding and branch* ing, while fruit trees of many kinds are in full blos som. The bills and Talleys are superbly greon, and the farmers may be seen busy at their ploughs upon their plantations. This afternoon, I took occasion to visit the splen did suburban residence of Col. J. A. S. Aoklin (u wealthy cotton planter); situated about two rnilos from Nashville. Attached to the house and farm proper are several large plantations. Near tho re sidence are all the necessary outhouses, built in a substantial manner, billiard saloon, bowling alley, ■aige greenhouse, observatory, a house Containing a collection of wild animals, and statues of a great valleyi Air. Aclilin is at present in Louisiana, where he ewx.s several extensive plantations. 110 enmo into possession of all his property by his wife, a widow Franklin, whom he married in Alabama. Since tbe commencement of the rebel lion, ho baa boon an enthusiastic Secessionist. A company organized in this city was called the Acklin Rifles, and equipped by the Colonel. When Donelson fell, Colonel Aoklin fled, fearing that, if he personally attempted to protect his pro perty here, it would jeopardize his estate in Louisiana. lam assured that he has often join ed in the mad howl of “ Lincolnitos, invaders, Goths, Vandals,etc. The extreme efficiency of the blockado preventod Col. A. from realizing anything from his last cotton crop, thu3 reducing him to a desperate condition in providing, not only for his family, but for his largo plantation force, negroes, stock, Ac. One of the funDy incidents of tho week is the “ bursting up' 1 of the Morning Bulletin. I will give you tha antecedents of this paper, and record its death in its proper place. The Nashville Union was established in 1835, by Medicus Long, of Flo rida. if existed under that title for 18 years, having been in the pessesslAn of 21 editors an! pub lishers. The Nashville American was established in ISIS by James Thompson. It passed through the hands of several publishers, and in 1303 became the properly of Col. G. 0. Torbotl. On the 15th of May, ISoit, Messrs, Church and Marling, of tho Union, and Eastman and Torbett, of the Ameri | can, associated, and published a large newspaper Galled the Union and American, which was a great success. From the commencement of Seces sion. and until Tennessee withdrew from the Uniou, thi3 paper denounced In bitter terms all attempts at the destruction of the Constitution. After the State had been lest, however, no journal in the i bogus Confederacy was so loud in its applause j of the nefarious transactions of the whole crowd of traitors, from Jeff Davis down to Governor Harris. When the great handicap race took place between the Legislature, under Harris, and the army, under Floyd, it was deemed expe dient (as tha Federal army hove In sight) to sus pend the publication of the Union and American. Subsequently, the Times made its appearance. It was absolutely disunion in sentiment, but did not | display the vieinu-naM which eharoalefWl tho : later career of the Union and American. The existence of the Times was of short duration, its editors declaring that their freedom of speech and of the'press were jeopardized. Last week an after, noon paper, oalled the Eventing Bulletin, made its appearance, and, after an irregular edition of three days, announced that it would hereafter be issued in the morning. One number of the * Bulletin appeared. It was tho first tW'-J jgJj number-and why ? It was edited and published by a number of journeymen putters, and they could not agree about the politics. Some desired that, ft should bear toward? Secession as much as possible ’ others were in favor of conducting it upon neutral grounds, while several were in favor of publishing an out-and-out Union paper. Several hours were spent in angry discussion, and it was Anally fie solved to Jet tbe tvholc Concern go to Hades. J aug expired the Morning Bulletin, alias the Evenin'* Bulletin, alias the Times, alias the Union and AiHiMfaii, alias the American, alias the Union- Why couldn’t it have been the “ Union first, last and forever ?” The proprietor of the Banner is and has been a Union man at heart, but someljow or other has a happy way of publishing “ Secesh ” and Abolition news of a character discouraging to timid lovers of the true (or old, as they call it here) Government, and cheering to the admirers of Jefferson I. The editors and proprietors of the Patriot, in my estimation, are gentlemen, but profess Secession to some extent. The paper, however, abstains from publishing matter injurious to the cause of the Union, but, ca the contrary, haya given room to all of the Union speeches delivered in Nashville, and prefaced them with comments of a praise worthy nature. Before this letter reaches this city, both journals will have contained editorials cheering to those desirous of returning to their allegiance. There was a great excitement in this city on Thursday, the 3d instant, ia consequence of a most unjustifiable murder which took place upon Broad street. A geutieman named Long was attempting to remove a bale of hay from in front of his deor” and infringed upon his neighbor, Binohett, who for bade him moving the bale in such a manner as to blockade the OUtfaiice to his (Blnchett's) establish ment. Long heeded not the demand of Binohett, whereupon the latter seized a musket and shot Mr. Long dead. I understand that the best of feeling existed bet w??B the parties previous to this rnelan. choly affair. Mr. Binohett appeared before the Recorder yesterday morning, and was subse quently sent to jail in default of a small bail. The State Capitol, in this pity, is, I believe, the finest structure, inside and out, in tho country, de voted to the same purpose. It is not generally known how much Philadelphia contributed to its elevation, however. First, the designing architect, Mr. William Strickland, was a Philadelphian! This gentleman died before the building was com pleted, and his son, who is also a Philadelphian, succeeded him in carrying on the work. Th? gjpjt critical poitir is of the outside processes of eleva tion were entrusted to Philadelphia artists and mechanics. In the Representatives’ hall is the most elaborate, graceful, and costly chandelier in the United States. It cost two thousand dollars, and is from a Philadelphia establishment. The chief points in the design are representations of the animal and vegetable productions of the State, tuch ns cotton, corn, and tobacco. Thera are also six buffaloes, extremely well executed, and a num ber of Indian warriors, each nearly two feet high, and of most excellent proportions. The burners are forty-eight in nuffibcr, Id the Senate Chamber is a chandelier similar in design, though smaller, and of better proportions. There are thirty-four chande liers, eleven brackets, twelve pendants, and eight gasclabrasui the whole bnilding, All of these elegant gas-fixtures were made by tho Philadelphia firm al luded to. Sixteen of the finest lamp-posts I ever saw 7 wero manufactured and put up by another firm of your city. Each post consists g composite, fluted column, resting on a heavy base, and sup porting a large glass lamp with gas-burners. Around this column, and standing upon the base, are three figures, life-size, representing morning and night, (female Agates,) and noon, a youth hold ing a torch. There is an elegant spiral stair-case leading to the galleries of the library, and also to tho tower, besides a large amount of critical and ornamental iron-work in other portions of the build ing, all of which came from Philadelphia. I hare noticed many articles of iron-work from that city, such as fences, awning-posts, engines, stairs, piano stools, eto., etc. Pennsylvania is well represented also, in the way of hotel keepers, wholesale grecers, and druggists, while several of the steamboats are conducted by captains from the Keystone State. Yesterday, I paid a short visit to the hospital on Cedar street, and found about forty siek soldiers, composed of both Federals and Confederates. The pbysician-in-chief arrived while I was there, and I oould hardly help laughing at the style in which the poor fellows jumped up, and, in turn, besought him to feel thoir pulses, examine their tongues, etc. In conversation with the Doctor, he informed me that the same thing actually occurred every- day, and that most of them, when asked Where the pain was fnost intense, answered “ All over, dootor.” The Confederate soldiers have nearly all been removed by their friends. There are no siek sol diers from Pennsylvania in the Cedar-street hos pital. As Secession decreases, so all the necessaries and luxuries of life become less dear; good money changes hands with more confidence, and the business men of all stations are mars numerous, and feel more security in their operations. For instance : Several large stores have been opened this week, one or more of them devoting their interests to cotton ; the retail storekeepers Uavo all resumed business, and many places refuse to accept the State scrip for articles on sale. The mail leaves this city regularly for the North, East, and West, and returns from an sections of our foygj oountry every day. All the important poEt offices and post routes between Nashville and Louisville are now opened and in operation, and all the routes on the Memphis branch from Bowling Green to Clarksville will be opened within the next ten days, or as soon as the bridge across Barren river is completed. Colonel Markland proceeded to Columbia to day to make preparations for the resumption pf ft? mails between that place and Nashville, and the Shelbyville and Murfreesboro Railroad is being also putia running order. These TWO CENTS. are a few of the benefits which one enjoys under the protection of the good old “stars and stripes. M Many loyal men apprehend a reverse at Corinth or vicinity, while the Secessionists we full of hope. AH true men fervently pray for our suc cess. That it will be the Waterloo of the war there can be no doubt, and God grant that it may result in favor of those who are fighting for the Constitu tion, for without that instrument our glorious coun try is lost, and that lost, freedom and order give place to tyranny and turmoil. “ Then* liven nor form nor foelimj in my soul I'Lborrowed from my country.” Tlift HOtb Pennsylvania itegtmcnl at llic Battle of Winchester. [The following letter received from one of the soldiers of the 110th Pennsylvania Regiment, to a frlcud In this city, will be found interesting i J WiNciiF.sTßß, March 29, 1302. Mr Djsati Cousin : Idon't know what can bo tho matter with tho mails. X have received no letter fr<?w you sinpe spoqe time before Paw fiv on the 10th, until to day, dated !&t Sunday. I know you have written, and I am still in hopes they will turn up sometime. I eun’t toll how yui got the Idea in Philadelphia that we were prohibi ted from writing home; there is not a word of truth in it. You ask howl spent lost Sabbath ? I flUl tA toll you. The last letter X know to havo been received tells of our march to Straus burg and back. It was a feint to draw the enemy after us, and we succeeded, though we came near getting too many of them. On Saturday, tho 23'1, our pickets were driven in by Ashby’s cavalry, who then rested contented awaiting reinforcements. Sunday was a fine, clear, cold day. Oar army was drawn up three miles beyond Wia&tasU?, about 10 o’clock, awaiting an attack. We had about 0,000 men. and tho enemy 9,000, much superior to us in horse and artillery, though these two arms of the service played a very unimportant part in the aa* tion. The usual manoeuvring took place for two or three hours, and then the enemy undertook to outflank us, on the right, and were repulsed. Our brigade was stationed on the extreme right ofour line, and our regiment (the II oth) on the right of the brigade. We formed in a solid column in a woods, one end of which was in our possession, and tfes ether in that of the enemy. Wo triod to drive them out, but were driven back with considerable loss. Some confusion was caused amongst us, and we were ordered to break ranks, and then we showed them what mountain men could do. The enemy were stationed behind a static fence, breast high, and. only showed their heads while firing. We sheltered ourselves behind trees, stones, inequali ties of ground, do,, and for two hours there was the most fearful firing you ever dreamed of. I • was behind a tree about two foot through, and fired forty-two cartridges out of a Sharpe’s rifle; then I ! got a musket and biased away all tho ammunition ; I could raise. Thero Is not a tivig or leaf in that . woods, less than ten feet high, that is not shot away; j and my tree ha 3 17 bullets in it; however, they i did not come through, though my companion was ; killed by my side, shot through the lungs. About . 4 o ! clock Colonel Daum, commanding the artillery sent us word that our centre was being decimated, and that unless we cleared that woods and fence the battle was lost. We got our regiment in line, just in the outskirts of the woods, made a right wheel, gave a yell, and ran forward. For about one hundred and fifty yards, we were in an open field, exposed to the whole fire, and our men fell fast. We reached the fence, and cleared it, and commenced firing on the flank of the enemy. They found they were Deaton. and retired slowly. As soon as the 6'neral saw that the 110th had turned their fltik, he ordered a forward movement which bnabied us to hold our position. Our fire, after we crossed the fence, must have been murderous. Iu thieemifiutea killed and wounded 100 out of 140 of a brigade arrayed against us. The peculiar ity of this fight was, that tho enemy were com pletely protected by woods and stone fences, and that from the nature of tho ground artillery and cavalry were of no use, so that it had to bo fought at close distances and with musketry exclusively. The whistling of the bullets was dreadful. For ' four hours there was not five seconds but I heard one ; at least as close as five yards, 1 might say that it ' was a miracle that I escaped, but s 6 ihahy equally ' exposed with myself were unhurt, that I suppose there Is some philosophical reason for It, As soon as the battle was over and our men commenced following up the enemy, I went to the rear and en- 1 gaged in my legitimate business of attending to ! the wounded and taking them to the hospital, and ! burying the dead. The battle was bad enough, : but this was worse. The men were buried in their i great coats, blankets, Ac., and without coffins, as there were none to be had. The hospital for a day or two was awful—no beds, or pillows, or blankets j —men, wounded, dying, anil dead, lying in all di- i rections on the floor writhing in agony. The scene i will never he forgotten by me. Our loss is nbout , one-fifth of the number engaged. Oar regiment 1 (as weii as some others) was worn out before being j brought into line of battle. There is a limit be- i yond which men cannot be pushed in the way of 1 exposure, fatigue, and insufficient food, and we ; have passed it. Do not understand that any one b ! to blame when men are frozen, starved, or marched j next door to death. Such things are incidental to every campaign, nnd we accept them quietly as a I matter of course, Little Ella Burns. [For The Prtss.J Many readers of The Press will recollect that re markably gifted and interesting child, commonly known as 11 Little Ella Burns.” An attempt was made by a Quixotic old lady of New York to per suade the judicial bench of Philadelphia to over rule the decision of a Jfsjr York judge, but With, out success, and the child remained in charge of her more than mother, Mrs. Martha Burns, to whom she had been duly apprenticed by her father, Francis Whitton, policeman, Cincinnati. The ohild was taken to Europe by Mrs. Burns, and returned last September. The father, whose name appears to havo been used without authority in the law-courts, immediately afterwards ad dressed this letter to her admirable guardian: Cincinnati, October 2S, IStil. Bibs. Bubns : In receiviugfiom you my daughter Eva, or, as you call her, "Ella,” I desire to express my ap preciation or tile care, both mental, moral, and physical, that she has so plainly had. lam satisfied that, diwlfig the live years you have had her, she has been well cared for, and if you make it your home near Oincianati, I shall be glad to leave her with yon, so long as we are mutuuily satisfied. Respectfully yours, Little Ella preferred remaining with Mrs. Burns, from whom she has not been separated for a day, and was reindentured to her by her father on the 7th of February last. Satisfied, as he was, with “ the care, mental, bodily, and physical, ! * bestowed upon the child during five years, this continuing its en joyment, by reindenture, was the best thing he could do for her. “ Little Ella ” remains in Mrs. Burns’ charge, therefore, with the full concur rence of her father, and will be brought up, moral ly, physically, and intellectually, as if she were, indeed, her own offspring, and not merely the child of her adoption. j' j q Oikciskati, March 2G. 1802. The Generals Lost.— The Union army' thus far has lost but four generals—Nathaniel Lyon, killed; Win. H. L. Wallace, kilted;. Frederick W. Lander, died, and B. M. Prentiss, captured. The South has lost twenty-three, as follows: David E. Twiggs, resigned; Henry B. Jackson, resigned; Robert S. Garnett, killed ; W. H. T. Walker, re signed ; Barnard E. Bee, killed; Thomas T. Fauntleroy. resigned ; John B. Grayson, died; Felix K, Hollicoffer, killed; P. St. George Cocke, suicide; Simon B. Buckner, captured; Lloyd Tilgbman, captured ; Edward Price, captured; Ben. McCulloch, killed; Gideon J. Pillow, sus pended; John B. Floyd, suspended; Gene ral Frost, killed; Paul 0. Herbert, killed; Gene ral Slack, killed; M. L. Bonham, resigned- Albert S. Johnßton, killed ; Wm. Whann Mackall, captured, and two others, as yet unknown, cap tured. 1 The Indians in Colorado.— Mr. Bennett, de legate from Colorado, writes officially that he deems it his duty to call attention to the situation of the various bands of the Pah Ute Indiana of that Terri tory. Rich gold mines havo been discovered ia their_ country, and it is probable that the number of miners already at work there will be considera bly increased during the coming summer. These Indians are of a friendly disposition, and have as yet given the white population no trouble, but as their numbers—ef from twelve to twenty thousand —have agents for only about one-half their popula tion, Mr. Bennett seriously apprehends great danger of an open rupture between our people and them, and urges the propriety of treating with them in such a manner as to extinguish their title to the mineral lands of Colorado, and to preserve the pub lic peace and safety of that country. WnAT Gen. Scott Thinks op the Rebels.— Before the surrender of Island No. 10, Gen. Soott expressed the opinion that the rebels were so disor ganjzed and demoralized that they would Offer little further armed resistance to the authority of tho Government, and only make such stands and take to such as their desperate leaders could inti midate or cajole them into. This opinion, from one who appreciated in the very beginning the magni tude of the task of the Government in putting down the rebellion, and saw that it was not to be accom plished by a direct march into a hostile country, is, we need hardly say, of great importance, and will Bdd much to the feeling cf confidence which ia now universal. The Rebel Force at Yohktown.— Semi-rebels in Baltimore say that Gens. Lee, Magruder, and Huger, are all at York town, and that the national army cannot conquer them. But they sdinit that a defeat there would be disastrous. Union officers from Yorktown estimate the rebel foroes at from 75,000 to 100,000, but add that they are surrounded. Tug govrtiEßii amounts of the strength of the rebel army at Corinth, given before the battle, were probably exaggerated. They wore as follows : Under Albert S. Johnston 20,000 Under Braxton Bragg 30,000 Under Nathan G. Evans 40,000 Under Leonidas Polk SOjoOO Total 120,000 Thp; Waic pKf'B will be sent to subscribers toy mftil ( per annum in advance) »f„00 Three (‘uphill « « o*oo rfc* «* *« 6,00 Teu “ “ « 12»00 Lurtrer Club* wIJI bo cliargytl at the some rate, tfiiw; S 5 cnf\fm wu; co«t j5O copies will CoBt SCO: and IN copies &iy). For a Club or Twouty-or»o or oyer* we will twa*l Mt Extra Copy to Hie getter-up of the Ciub, Pialfiiifitdta kra to ftot tut Agoqt-y fqy The War Press. «y Advertisement* inserted at the usual rates. Sic lines constitute a square. Proceedings of theEebOl Congress. THE CHARLESTONIANS FEAR AN ATTACK PILOTS A*»i! AiNTiin with northern IS, C. T. | Ills Kiclimond lifmniwr'x Oba.flsl.iott 445545. I pondont, under date of the .'iOth ult., writs, as fot lows: Amid the hurly-burly of hattlcs, marches, skir mifcheg, and retreats, of the hostile nxmiop ty]sng our v»it frontier, a compleU i\ii| has provatigii for soma tuno in the operations of the campaign a!on<» the seaboard of Georgia and South Carolina. 0 The 1 ankce generals, hereahoutß, have evidently aban doned the intention of pushing thojp oonf(Uo3tß '-£**; th 7 ,?r?r Oiiiortahied wJfc An intention. We are how in a state of good prepara tion at all points which have been selected fur defence. A few weeks hence “ Bronze John,” and the other Glluiatie tews, will ffiako their «pp?4F flhGfe among tho Northern troops now encamped upon Ihc soa islands, and tho havoc that will ineyl* tubly come will leave but little to be done by our armjp of the coast. I nm pj.J that the pooploof bayarinnp, who, a short time agoj wore io hourly expectation of an attack, have also reUnnulshed the idea that any immediate demonstration is in tended ugliiDst their city. Byt neither there nor on the const of thfe State hare tho military author!, ties abated a jot of their efforts to improve nud per fect the condition of our defences and defenders. Proceedings of the Kebel Congress. In the rebel Senate, at Richmond, oji t[jg 3d j B . start, the House bill to remit tbe duty on iron to allow the completion of the Alabama and Missis sippi Railroad was read. Mr. 1 aDcey urged its immediate passage, stating tllQt It WHS. with the 6f the MeupbU and Charleston Railroad, the only groat main artory of communication. The Memphis and Charleston roftd is now threatened, and, if the enemy get possession of it, there will bo no other but the road in riuw tiotl- Thfl PfUVbl/iR&I Congress has already ap propriated $150,000 to its completion, and it only wants this remission of duties to finish it. The Go vernment has already pronounced it a military no ou-ht to be put ’ n #rtl« r ' Clay did not like to say before the world what he would fay privately to Senators of the importance of speedily building this road. He ™ u , ld . I* 1 '* eir ° w “ ““d8 suggest i tß i|„p or t. anee and (he rem.dy. xt was a great publii necessity, ar.d should not be delayed. One day might make a great difference, aud affect the whole country. Beel^ll arnWell d ' d not v ‘° w ‘^ s r9,lt * as a military Mr. Johnson, of Arkansas, did not know how Sa nators were to get home, or how communication was to be kept up with his State and Missouri, un less the road was built at Qnce, Yfe bare board that ih« enemy or some one else bad cut tho leveo, and the whole Mississippi Valley was submerged. He urged the immediate passage of the bill, which was done, and the Senate then went into secret session, Expected Attack ou Fort Sumpter. Since the drawn battle between the Monitor and I irgnna. wo have mado up our minds that the strength of the batteries of Fort Sumpter will, within the nest thfee months, be tested by half a score of iron-sheathed monsters. IV e are doing something to get ready for them. The gunboat fever, just now so universal dining the uncon querable women of the South, seems to hayq oo i Mary Department from its torpor, Hhat is now being done at the eleventh hour, by the orders of the Government, should have hem done twelve months ago Since tho cumbersome boating battery, intended for the redaction of Fort Sumptori wus launched, our shlp-caypsßteH, as far as war vessels are concerned, have been absolutely idle, though their services could at any time haro been secured by the Confederacy, But the past ii past, and we must all put our shoulders to tho wheel fer Lite future, General Evans, tho hero of the “ Ball’s Bluff massacre,” is stirring up the Yankees on Eiiffto Island. Ah I telegraphed to tho Examiner y a party of Carolina scoute bagged twenty one of tbf| enemy before day on Snturday morning. Affairs at Bichmond. . ® lc j; n J oni * Examiner at April i contains a “"s™* ths execution of the full sen tence of the law upoij several persons convicted of counterfeiting rebel treasury notes. That penalty, i 3 han S in B by tie neck until T , h ° Richmond bmpauh of the Si announced Inav it is the purpose of tha provost ta&tshM to in terpose end regulate the prices of provisions. &«., m the different markets of Richmond. Tho Examiner say 3: The Hon. William M. Gwin, of California, who lprk Booths a«o uni serried to Washington by Lincoln’s minions, but . aiterwara released, also arrived in this city jester' 1 Rnd w stopping at the Spotswood Hotel. Dr. Gwin came from Maryland hy the underground railroad. He states that tho Yankees intend ox hftustinij every means to crush out the so-oatled rebellion by the first of May. The number of mechanics in the workshop? of tho North has been doubled, arid they are now working day and night, turning out iron Tor gunboats, as the North believes them to bo their only salvation. The same paper says ; It is suggested that Congress will take measures to check tho evils which arc becoming very per ceptible from the large issue of treasury notes, and ? , . 1 ' I .P roT^ e .' !de W te “« ans for “beorViag tht> sur \\ e learn that the expenditures of the Ho* vernmentare at the rate of two or'three millions a day, and that there is a weekly addition of that earn to tho currency. We hear it recommended that congress should maks all fume issues of treasury notes bear interest. All the generals of our army of tho Mississippi are now at Corinth, including Beauregard, Sydney Johnston, Bragg, Polk. Crittenden. Gladden Rug. sags* sawu- , »‘™' <* Among tho excuses offered as exemptions, soma are extremely ludicrous. In Smyth county, wa learn, one man. in enrolling himself, wrote opposite his name “ one leg too short.” The next man that films in, noticing the excuse, end deemin'* it pfelts* good, thought he would make his better, and wrote opposite his name “ both legs too short.” What the Rebels think of our Navy. The Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle and Sentinel, of March 53, in an article in reference to the natral action in Hampton Roods, says: 11 The Northern and Southern people are alike in one respect— they must have somebody to denounce in case of a disaster. They are not willing t„ ac cuse themselves of negligence and apßthy. When ice lose a battle, as in Tennessee, wo hold the com manding general or tho Confederate Government responsible, and immediately there goes up a ory m fas condemnation of somebod.v. forgetful that we have neglected to furnish the condemned com mander with reinforcements and supplies; forget ful that we know but half the circumstances of his situation. In like manner, the Northern people, neglectful of the gallant defenp? made by the suri pnsed captamß of the lost frigates against their ine vitable fate, are casting about for somebody to hold responsible for the disaster, and a great cry goes np against their Navy Department, which ice devoutly wait had not been as well managed as it has Francis Whitton. The rebels know, to their sorrow, how efficient the national navy has beon. They have felt its blows at Hatteras, at Port Royal, in tho North Carolina Sounds, and ah Hit Mississippi and its tributaries. They are feeling it constantly in tho blockade, which, considering the extent of coast subjected to it, has no parallel in naval history, and the rigor of which is attested by the fabiUoiU prices of everything at the South which has been, accustomed to be received by sea. Opposed to Military Secrecy. The Mebtle Tribune, of the iith uU., has an edi torial contending that military mystery is de pressing the spirit of the Southern people. It says: Here, in Mobil?, for the past few days, there has been a very anxious suspense in respect to move ments which the citizens believe have been made, but of which they can find no information. It may be that there is no information to get; but, as there has been so much “ military mystery ’ * heretofore, they are disposed to believe that there is news, and that it is concealed, and, of course, that it must be bad, because it is concealed. This is human nature, and it is jnst ns cortain as any known quantity. If our people cannot bear bod news, we had better quit the war at onoo, and make such terms as the insolent and rapacious foe may choose to grant to us. IVe are so certain, however, of the temper of the people that we believe bad news will do them good They will rise up to tha neeessities of it, And we may say with perfeot certainty that the people are now in yafor and Saewuc™ fo be put in places where they can be of service, superior to most of the generals who command them. They want to go footer than their commanders i but tha mystery and the failing back and the losing of places, here tofore considered of importance, are paralyzing them. They are not regulars, who may be kept with propriety in ignorance. They are men who follow their officers from choice; or rather, they choose to volunteer for that purpose; and they arc not accustomed to be blindly led by men whom they may consider blinder tban themselves. In other words, they want to know tha danger, and are ready to meet it whatsoever it may be. They will meet it the more boldly when they- know it. And this runs all through the ranks of ‘the oitizens who remain at home. Suspense and mystery fill them full of doubts. They want the confidence of our leaders and our Government. They may be talked to a 9 brothers, and will do a brother's part if they flre tr?Bi?d ns brothers embarked in the same nobis cause. Pilots Acquainted with Northern liar. Tho Norfolk Day 800 - of (JjS 4th inSt,, has £hB following interesting item, which may be taken for what it is worth: We have a pretty strong hint that pilots ac quainted with the various harbors along the North ern seaboard will speedily be In great demand, and that their services will be handsomely remunerated- unnecessary for us, of course, to say more than this, as those interested will easily find out where to apply for further Information. As the weather is getting warm, poaßibly soma of our Southern friendß intend to get up a few pio-nie excursions to a little colder climate, and it may be that they need the services of tho above pilots. . A special oJeotisß will be held is the Ninth Congressional district of Illinois on the 6th of May, to fill the seat in the House of Representatives, left vacant by the resignation of Gen. John A. Logan. THE WAR PRESS* LATE SOUTHERN NEWS. OH TOUT SUMPTER, THE REBELS OPPOSED TO MILITARY SECRECY, 11 MlltOltS WANTED.
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