THE PRESS. 'PUBLISHED DAILY (BUND AIS EXCEPTED,) BY JOHN W. FORNEY. OFFICE No. 11l SOUSH FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, Twilti Gents Per IVker, parable to thn Giwte. Mailed to eubsoribere out »f the City at Six Dollars e>EH Annum, Focn Dollars for KltiiiT Uoxths, Turks Dollars for Six Months —lnvariably in ad -vanco for tbo time ordered. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Hailed to Subscribers out of the City, at Tbrrr Dol lars Pax Annum, iu advance. CLOTHING. r£o THE GENTLMMKN OF PHI- LADELPHIA ANV VICINITY, A CARD. It having bean next to as impossibility, hereto fore, to obtain CUSTOMER-MctDß CLOTHING, Mt MODERATE PRICES, and finding that many rgentlemen would prefer their Clothing MADE TO 'ORDER, if they could secure at the sumo time REALLY FIRST-CLASS STYLES, and at 3&EALLY REASONABLE PRICES, we have, at the earnest solicitation of our patrons, organized, iln connection with our extensive Ready-Made tisales-Rooms, a complete CUSTOMER DEPART MENT, in which the prominent features are, Ist. Fine and Medium Materials, made up in slrst-class styles; 2d. Unexceptionable Fitting Garments; 3d. Prices PAR LOWER THAN HAS BEEN HUSTOMARY; Ith. A corps of the most celebrated cutters iu ftiiiu country. An extensive assortment of the choicest im ported and domestic fabrics from the New York and Philadelphia market*, suitable for Coats, Punts, .and Yosts, nlwajß on hand. Ia our Ready-made Salesrooms can always bo •found every variety and stylo of well-made fashion able clothing. Spring stock now ready. PRICES MODERATE. A visit is solicited. WANAMAKER & BROWN, •MERCHANT TAILORS AND OLuTHIERS, “OAK HAL.!.,” S. E cor. SIXTH and MARKET Streets. mfiU7-tF WHOLESALE HOUSES. AND 54-INOH SKY-BLUE KERSEYS, SUPERFINE INDIGO-BLUE SATINETS, -S£,ack; cadet and oxford Do. PRINTED Do, in variety. SLACK AND FANCY MIXED DOESKINS. JKANCY CASSIMERES AND MELTONS. m BTOBh, AND FOR BALB BT JOSEPH LEA, 1028-It 138 AND 130 nHKSTNPT 4TBKBT MELMNERY HOODS. 1862. Es “ a: 1862. LOUIS DANNENBAUM. JSTo. 57 North SECOND Strcot. -('Between Market and Arch,) Vj now prepared to offer a largo stock of GIBBONS, SILKS, AND MILLINERY GOODS. Merchants and Milliners will find an admirable assort ment of the above Goods, of the newest styles, at l2m <$ sramo. 18(J 2. ML BERNHEIM, J*o. 726 CHESTNUT STREET, now in store, and is daily receiving, the latest styles is BIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS, WREATHS, SILKS, CRAPES, LAC-ES, AND OTIIEB MILLINERY GOODS. ti o which he respectfully invites the attention of the TBADE. PRICES LOW. mh2i-2m - <£ 1862. SPUING. RIBBONS, MILLINERY. STRAW GOODS* BOSENHEIMj BROOKS. & Co., HQ. 431 MARKET STREET, £f*re now open—And to which daily additions are made— -I£eir USUAL HANDBOMK VARIETY RIBBONS, SONNET MATERIALS, FLOWERS, RUCHES, STRAW AND FANCY BONNETS, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN'S HATS, FLATS, SHAKER HOODS, and 6.LL OTHER ARTICLES IN THE MILLINERY LINE, Which will be offered at the LOWEST MAKKET PRICES. The attention of the trade is respectfully invited. OST Particular attention given to filling orders. mhl3-2m rjmOMAS KENNEDY & DEO., 723 CHESTNUT Street, below Eighth. A Choice Stock of BPRING MILLINERY GOODS, mhlLSm] AT LOW PEIUE9. UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS. H RICHARDSON HAS REMOVED TO SOO MARKET STREET, Southwest corner of Fifth, And offers a beautiful assortment ef UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, TENTS, AND CANES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. mh2B-lm lIATS AND CAPS. IGft) SPRING STOCK IUCO JLOUjO* complete. IOD/y. C. H. GARDEN & Co, Manufacturer* of and Wholesale Dealer* in HATS, CAPS, AND FURS; STRAW GOODS*, FANCY SILK AND STRAW BONNETS, Artificial Flower*,’ Buchea, Feathers, Ac., Ho. 600 acd 603 MARKET Street, S.W. eernero SIXTH Street. MT A Ism sni oomolete Block. The belt term* rad (he lowest prices, dash and prompt “ time buyers” an particularly iorlted to eiamioe our atock. mhi>2m j WATCHES, JEWELRY, Ac. Afresh assortment,at less THAN FOBMEB PRICES. FARR k BROTHER, Importer*) 324 CHESTNUT Street* below Fourth. mh»-tt T ABOR-SAVING MACHINE. JLA CLOTHES-SAYING MACHINE. TIME-SAVING machine. Haler, Morse A Borden'* Clothes Wringer sarea labor, time and clothes, and is an improTement which will most certainlr be generally adopted. It la Betl-adjanting, sim ple, and durable, and is far superior to every other de vice for the purpose intended. Over 6ve hundred have been sold within the last thirty days in thia city, Ns lluiuly should be without one. They are warranted to give perfect satisfaction. For sale hr L. E. SNOW, at the Office of JOY, OOE, A Co , Northeast corner of FIs'TH and CHESTNUT fctreet*. Orders from the Country promptly attended to. api-im VOL. 5-NO. 218. JEWELRY, A-c. QLAB K’S ONE DOLLAR STORE. 602 CHESTNUT STREET. NEW GOODS, NEW STYLES, AND NEW FRIGES. For ONE DOLLAR you can buy any one of the fal lowing articles: Seta ot Silver Plated Tea Spoony, it u it Desert n it ii h Table •< ii ii ii ii Forks. *i *i *i Desert 11 Pair “ “ Knife and Fork. “ “ ‘i Napkin Biniu. “ “ “ Butler Knives. 6ilver Plated Sugar Bowl. “ i* Butter Dish. “ *• Molasses Pitcher. “ »» Creiun 11 “ “ Castor. “ “ Waiter, “ “ Goblet. 4* «» Drinking Cap. “ “ Sugar Sifter. Gold Plated Vest Chain, all Btyloe. << u Guard “ ** “ it « Keck ** “ “ (« 44 Chatelaine, “ “ ** »« Bracelet, ** 44 “ “ Medallion, « « * “ Armlets, “ “ “ “ Breast Tin, “ “ “ 4, Ear Binge, “ “ “ « Pin and Drops, all styles. »4 if studs and Buttons, “ “ 44 <4 Solitary Sleivo Button, all stylos. ♦« «* Bosom Studs, “ “ <« «4 Fiiigor Biugs, ** 44 h Pnnoils, ** ** u “ Pen with Pencil Case. Ladies* or Gentlemen's Port Monnaie, Cubas, Purses, «frc., Ac., &c. All Goods warranted a 9 repre sented. We have on band a large assortment ot Pnoto graph Albums, Mantel Clocks, Travelling Bags, and Cold Jewelry, winch we aro closing oil* at coat. The Ut teutiou of tho trade respectfully solicited. D. W. CLARK’S ONE DOI/LAR STORK, Apl-Sni 603 CHESTSITT direct. DRY-HOOOS JOBBERS. 1862. SPKING - 1862. ABBOTT. JOHNES, & GO.. 637 MARKET STREET, Havo now open an entirely new and attractive stock In ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND AMERICAN DRESS GOODS. Also, a full assortment in WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, SHAWLS, &C., &G., To which they invite the attention of the trade. mh24>t&p3o gPRING STOCK SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. A. W. LITTLE & Co, mBM-tf No. 339 MARKET BT. 1862. spuing. 1862. RIEGEL. BAIRD, & GO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS of DRY GOODS. NO. 47 NORTH THIRD STREET. rBUADHLPBII. Merchant* vlslii n 6 Diia city to purchaM Dar Goods J? al find ou* Stock I»fga and assorted, and at Low Figcues. In eertai “ fl,aaB « of Goods wo offer lndd«*,. oients *° purohasers unequalled by any other s? 9»? 111 Philadelphia. mhlB-2m IMPORTATIONS. HOSIERY. GLOVES, GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, LINENS, SHIRT FRONTS, WHITE GOODS, AND EMBROIDERIES. THOS. MELLOR & Co.. mhl9-Sn) 40 and 48 North THIRD Btreet- JAMES. KENT. SANTEE. & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS DRY GOODS, Nos. 239 and 241 N. THIRD STREET, ABOVE RACE, PHILADELPHIA, Have now open their usual LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, Among which will be found a more than usually attrac tive variety of LADIES’ DRESS GOODS; Also, a frill assortment of MERRIMACK AND 00CHEC0 PRINTS, and PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. To which they invite the special attention of buyer!. mh2l-2m ... YARNS, BATTS, At CARPET CHAINS. H. FRANOISCUS, WHOLESALE DEALER IN YARNS, 433 MARKET and 9 North FIFTH Street. PHILADELPHIA. Bnyere will find a full Stock of COTTON, LINEN, AND WOOLLEN CARPET CHAIN, COTTON YARN, TWIST, FILLING, WADDING, BATTING, COTTON LAPS, TIE VANES, VWISES, CANDLE WICK, COVERLET TARS, BROOM TWINES, SHOE THREADS, auuniao ahd sbuib twines, BED CORDS, WASH AND PLOUGH LINES, CQXTON, EEMP, AND MANILLA CORDAGE. Aleo, a foil aaeortment of FLY NETS, Which be offen at Manufacture,! LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. WOODBJf AN© WILLOW WARE. H. FRANOISCUS. 633 MARKET and S North FIFTH Street, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DEALER IE WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. Alwaya on hand, a full Stock ef Xtfß&i BUCKETS, CHURNS, MEASURES, BROOMS, WHISKS, FANOY BASKETS, WALL, SCRUB, and SWEEPING BRUSHES, LOOKING-GLASSES and WINDOW PAPER, Hate, Keeler*, Floor Buckets, Neat Boies, WABH BOARDS, BOLLING and CLOTHES PINS. FLOOR and TADLE QIL CLOTHS. SCHOOL, MARKET, and DINNER BASKETS. Slcda, Barrowa, Carriage*, Hobby Horses, Ac., Ac. All Goods aold at LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. Itthll-Sm X/TONUMENTB AND GRAVE ItX STONES at very reduced price* at Marble Work? of A* &TKINMKTZ, RIDGE Avenue* below Eleventh Street. BUS*9nir fuss. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1862 I’nvnlntinn—New York nml IMiilndelphin. From the time when tho Census figures were first announced, putting tlio population of New York city at 850,000, we knew that tho return was greatly exaggerated. The A r CW York Sunday Mercury, determined to havo an accurate statement, lately published a return of the population, by wards, obtained by Mr. Kennedy, superintendent of the New York police, from Mr. .T. G. Kennedy, chief of tho Census Bureau at Washington. Tho result is as follows : In the twenty-two wards, on the whole island of Manhattan, there arc, of whites, 380,00!* males, and J0G,27:1 females; of colored people and ludians, 0,801 males, and 7,081 females. This gives 703,181 whites, and 12,-172 colored people; total population of New York, 81)5,073. On this the Sunday Mer cury says: “ The population is hut a little over 805,000; not 850,000, as has been generally supposed. We opine that these figures would startle tho good people of the early Manhalta, and cause them to rub their eye? very considerably at such an exhibition of in crease. It certainly surprises us of these later d-iyS tn know that our total population is something like 45,000 humans less than we hare been in tho habit, for a year or two past, of figuring it, and that the while females exceed the white males by about 20,M0 in round numbers, The female blacks seem to preponderate in a similar ratio, they being, in a population of 12.000 all told, about 2,000 ahead of the colored corduroy, and striving to keep pace with their white sisters in a remarkably successful manner. Xbe number of Indians in the city is net seated, hut wo are told that they all live iu the Twentieth ward, and we eonclude there are not many of them.” Were the Census returns properly taken, about 100,000 tftftre should be deducted even from tlio above total. The accurate models to count in, on one specified day-, all the per sons who slept, on the preceding night, in the place where the numbering takes place. But, in New York, the Census was taken so as, neglecting this rule, to include all who were in the city at one time, —though thousands and tens of thousands, doing business iu Now York, live out of it, —live on the banks of the Hudson, in Long Island, in New Jersey, and in otlior places out of the city, hut within easy and accessible distance of it. The Gothamites, who are flattered by their newspapers constantly telling them that theirs is “ tho Empire City,” and “ the metropolis,” have been much surprised, no doubt, by tit? corrected return which gives their population as only a little over 800,000. In Philadelphia, on the other hand, tho enumeration of the population was performed in a careless and imperfect manner. Many populous but ob scure streets and alleys were wholly passed by, and, within our own knowledge, a score of respectable houses were not called upon. Only that our City Treasury is now in a state of such deplorable depletion, we would re commend the M-unicipality to have the city census taken anew. At all events, it is to be hoped this may be done, all over the State, by the State, in 1865, midway between the Go vernment decennial counting. This is the custom in the State of New York, and might be advantageously followed here. Photographs and Aibnms In our former notices of cartes de visile, we omitted to mention, among the manufacturers of Photograph Albums, McKnight & Rutter, book biDdcrß, 724 Chestnut street, who do a business in ferior only in this city to J, B. Lippincott & Co., 22 and 24 North Fourth street, whose extensive manufactory we have already described. McKnight & Rutter make Albums, of all sorts and sizes, from the seventy-five cents’ plain one, in cloth, with gilt edges and clasp, fora dozen photographs, to the two-clasped volumes, in elegant Turkey morocco binding, to hold 200 views, and costing $26. The sizes vary as much as the quality and tho price, and so do the bindings—the latter being in cloth, imitation and Turkey morocco, velvet, and carved wood and metal. One lino specimen; m imperial' 4to, was for me ova), full-sized Photographs, one on a page, alternating with four cartes do visile on each page. Here, as in all the other Philadelphia manufactories, tho Albums are double backed. Messrs. William S. & Alfred Martian, 606 Chest nut street, deal so largely in the Albums that, of some kinds, they cannot manufacture enough to meet the demand. Thoir Albums are neat, strong, and tßodcrato in price. One of their novel ties is an Album to contain 300 cartes de visits, at $l3, and another, for 400 portraits, at $2O. Those are by no means clumsy. The Album fer 200 portraits, ranging in price from $7 50 to $l6, is in great demand. MefflK, Maitien publish engraved, not photo graphed, caries de visile of the distinguished men of tho time—embracing military and naval officers, members of Congress, civilians, &e. They are fine-line engravings, executed in superior style, and prepared from the latest photographs, many of which have been obtained expressly for this collection. Being printod on cards of the same size as the “ Cartes de Visite,” they are adapted to the photograph albums, or can be sent to distant friends by mail. Some of these aro the only au thentic portraits existing of the eminent characters in question. The scries is kopt up by the constant additions of new portraits, and thus a fine historical gallery is produced—-the price being ten cents each or twenty copies for a dollar. The photographed miniatures, largely produced in this city, are sold by a number of vendors, but seven-tenths of the whole business, over the counter, is in the hands of McAllister & Brother, 72S Chest nut street, and James S. Earle A Son, 816 Chestnut street. They have hundreds of varieties. The most recent of Earle’s cartes de visits are Mr. and Mrs. Harney Williams (admirably characteristic portraits); the late Bishop Meade, Virginia; Dr. Mutter, late of Jefferson College; Mrs. Eliza Gurney, wife of Joseph John Gurney; Madame Anna Bishop; andJ. S. Clarke, as AsaTjenchard, in “ Our American Cousin,” The State Agricultural Society. [For The PresH.] Mr. Editor : Has the State Agricultural Society become a political machine ? and it is hereafter be devoted to the dirty work of politics instead of the peaceful pursuits of agriculture ? These questions occurred to me this morning by noticing (what most persons will doubtless overlook) that the advertise ment for the next Annual Exhibition is ordered to be published only in Democratic papers in the inte rior of the State—thns entirely ignoring the influen tial opposition papers. Is this the work of the so ciety, of of the secretary, Mr. Ziegler ? It is due to the members ef the society in this city and else where to know; for if the State Agricultural is to be turned into a State Politioal Sooiety, the result will be the withdrawal of a great Manx Members. A Fish Witness. —A singular incident occurred at the Stafford Assizes last Tuesday, in the oause “ Timmins vs. The Birmingham and Staffordshire Gas Company,” in which the plaintiff BU?4 tbfigM cbsnpany for damages caused by them in allowing the “ tank gas water ” from their gasometer to flow into the plaintiff’s well. Dr. Letheby, the analyti cal chemist, and officer of health of the city of London, being engaged as one of the scientific witnefßee, on the part of the gas company, sought to prove that gas water could not have entered the plaintiff’s well, because he found animalculee in the water. Mr. IV. M. Williams and Mr. Bird, the chemical witnesses for the plaintiff, suspecting that the learned Doctor would advance the theory that animal life cannot exist in water tainted with gas, determined to give it a flat contradiction by producing in court a live fish, swimming in a mix ture of half an ounce of the gas-tank water, with twenty-five ounces of pure water, having about the SlUell hhd taste of the water In plaintiff’s well. Accordingly, a fine healthy gudgeon was caught in the river at Stafford, put into a basin, the basin filled with the above-mentioned mixture, and slipped under a seat in court, ready for the doctor, should he advance his theory, which, upon his examination, he soon did, asserting most posi tively that the least taint of gas in water would de stroy animal life, when, to his evident surprise and amid a general roar of laughter, in which the learned judge heartily joined, the basin with the fish gwimming in it was luted up and plaeed la thi centre of the table full in view of both judge and jury, and proving by his healthy movements that, though the water was not agreeable, animal life was still posable in it. When tbe trial was over, (which was in favor of the plaintiff,) the fish was taken back to the river, and returned to his « na tive element,” apparently none the worse for his short visit as a witness to Stafford assizes.— English ■gaper. _ Tbe railroad bridge at Cedar Bun, fifteen miles beyond Manassas, destroyed by the rebels, will be reconstructed this week. The railway track beyond will be rapidly repaired. Rebel scouts are con stantly prowling about our camps, and occasion ally a straggler is picked up by our cavalry. Tiie fossil of a gigantic saurian, one hundred and twenty feet long, has recently been discovered near Poligny, while digging for a railway. It is supposed to have existed near the end of the tertiary petted, but one who is no philosopher thinks it tong enough to have extended through the whole period- H. B. Denman, the Democratic candidate for Mayor of Leavenworth, Kansas, was elected, on the 7tb instant, by two hundred majority. The Southern Confederacy has a dull look just now, but p'pjiM 9?? WflfiPg it. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY APRIL 17, 1862. LETTER FROM COLUMBIA, TENN. Treachery of the Inhabitant* —A Rebel League Recruiting for thef-’onfederates—OnrCavalry make n I>nsh—Three Secessionist* Captured Skirmish at Lnvvrrncelmrg—Foitr Rebel* Wounded and the rest Routed—A Brigadier General Delivers Himself Up—Released on Fnrolp—Visit to Colonel ilumbri«ht\H Regi* in nut—lts Condition—The next Battle at Co rinth. [Correspondence of The Press.] CoLUMatA, Tonn., April 8, 1862. I elated in my last that tho people here were vory quiet) and unmoved by any demonstrations, either of patriot ism ordiriojnlty. This is very true: Lilt “still waters run deep, M and tho observations of a two-days sojourn, and the information I have received from officers and others, constrain hie to proDounce this place rank with Secession. There are but few here who aroopposed to tho doctrine of disunion or are anxious to return to their alle giance. But tho people are most villainously treacherous* whereas tbqy are 9Htf*rPK*n foftrleßß in NtttrtmlKi. Since the occupation of the city by our troops there Ims liwn organized a league* composed of a number of tho most influential and able citizens of Columbia and vi cinity, ami strengthened by an unprincipled crowd of ficmc two or three hundred meu of the lowest order* their solo object being to further tho success of the re bellion, and confuse, and probably abuse, those who aro ardently laboring to maintain the integrity of the Con stitution. This league has held several meetings in pyiVHttt faw llk-y, Sohio froiii l]ie oitj*. Tlio tenor of their bnaiiu-ps was to aid in tbo recruiting of soldiers for the Confederate army, and to inaugurate a plan for the GApluro of some Union citizens who have been not only congratulating, but aiding, the commanding gene ral in the re-ostttldishmont of the national laws. The provost marshal, howevur, obtained information of the secret doings of these traitors, and ascertained that, last evening, with tho aid of a body of the rebel Scott’s cavalry, they were to carry their nefarions designs into execution; 1 wag Boated in tho eenoraPs tout, listo&iug to the ditcourse of music by the Seventy-ninth Pennsyl vania Regiment band, after having partaken cf the only decent camp meal since I left Louisville, when, about half past nine o’clock, the provost marshal arrived, and privately' communicated intelligence to General Negley, who immediately gave orders which occasioned much bustle. The whole encampment at my right was lighted up, and the guards in the vicinity of tho general’s tents carped their guns. A messenger was depatched to Cob B&mbright, and several companies of his regiment were held In readiness. In a few moments a company of ca valry were on hand, and, with the provost marshal at their head, ga!l*ped off towards the centre of tho city. A- horse, which I had been using in the evoning, had not been put up, and, with permission, I mountfd him, and followed the cavalry. I had not pro ceeded far before the word “halt” sounded upon my ears. I had been provided with the countersign, how ever, and, gmiig it, on. It waa intensely dark, and suddenly it'eonmenced to rain, which, I suppose, spoiled the programme of the mob. However, the pro vost marshal and. his cavalry captured the recruiting sergeant and two other persons, who, it is conjectured, were connected with the outrageous scheme. An attempt was mado lo shoot one of the pickets, but owing to the rain the cap snapped without igniting the powder. The greatest vigilance is to be adopted hereafter, and very little confidence will be placed in the citizens of Co lumbia, m*ny of those even who havo professed friend ship for tho cause btirg BUlptcted df being connected with the affair of last evening. Nothing has given me greater plt-aFUi e of late than to witness the alacrity with which a large number of soldiers had prepared them selves for an) emergency; and the only regret I hear expressed by the non-commissioned officers and men this morning U that the provost marshal should have dis abled the conspiiatora without making candidates for the burial ground. A Blight fcfeiimibh took place at Lftwrenceburg yester day between two companies of Federal ami robe! cavalry, the latter being put to flight with a less of four men woumltd. Four horses were captured, and brought into our lines late in the evening. One of the hordes belonged to a Lieut. Poili of this place, the leftside of saddle belts covered with blood. A rumor prevails that the ri der is severely wounded. Brigadier Gen. Lucius J. Polk came into camp yester day, and gave himself up to Gen. Negley, who released him on parole. Yesterday afternoon I was tendered the services of a horse, and permission to go where I pleased. After ri ding around the suburbs for‘a while, in company with an aid of General Ncgley, and another gentleman, I paid a -visit to the camp of the Seventy-ninth jPennsyivania Be glment, Col. Hambright. I arrived in time to witness a dress and regimental parade, which was very fine indeed. This regiment is encamped in a beautiful grove about one milo from the city, tb? m9Bt complete place for an en campment I have ever seen. The regiment has seen a large amount of suffering, I am informed, and the men are thoroughly identified with the vicissitudes and trials of war. Colonel Hambright is in gcod health, with the exception of a bad cold. He has lost one commissioned officer, of tho city of Lan caster, and sixty odd privates. About that number have been sent home as incompetent and incapable of enduring tho fatigue and exposure of camp life. There about oju Kmvu*«i men upon lu&weitiL . But those who are well are strong and robust, and havo the name of being the best-drilled body of men who have been in this vicinity. At present there are 880 men in the regiment. The only complaint I heard from any the men was that they were not plAced m the advance. Pennsylvania will never t>e disgraced by this regiment, if I a ay judge by their excellent dfihj eff\cient and gallant? officers, and the desire they manifest of “ someibifig iO do.” Col. Hambright himself informs me that ho is quite disappointed in being in the reserve. Several offl- CtT» of other regiments bestow great praise on the Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania, and call it the crack regi ment of the brigade. It in thwgbt b«re tfeftt a« battle will take slace at Go. rintliwitbin fourteen days. B. G. T. LETTER FROM TENNESSEE. ?he Advantage* of Nashville—How Ex-Go* vernor Hawis Betrayed Tennessee—The Union Sentiment of Nashville—Slavery and its Bearing upon the Loyalty of the People— Governor Johnson Illdu&lviouslj at Work— Etheridge, Maynard, and Browuloiv Con tributing to the Work of Reform* [Correspondence of The Press.] Franklin, Tenn., April 12, 1862. Few countries A&ii boast of a more delightful climate or a more fruitful soil than that part of Tennessee in which is located the city of Nashville* Truly nature bag been bountiful in showering her richest gifts upon this discontented and stiff-necked people* who amid plenty* peace* aid happiness, together with a mild Government* have been reduced by a reckless and unprincipled policy to attempt to overthrow ft Government under whose fostering care they had risen to so great a state of prosperity. Governor Harris, the arch trAltar, ho doubt himself tbe tool of the Richmond cabal* under the plausible guise of neutrality, carried the State into the rankest heresy* and caused the people, however reluctant at first* to espouse the worst dogmas of secession, anJ by enlist ing the youth of the country in hia army, whom liahaa carried beyond the bounds of the State, has kept up the sympathy of the people for the army in which their blood and kindred are now employed in keeping alive this deadly feud, which bids fair to lay desolate the fields of the sunny South, and to spill on her soli tbe youthful blood of Tennessee, which was scarce expected when the poor soldier, by threat* and over persuasion, was induced to march to Kentucky to prevent the army of the Union entering their State. Scarce was tbe first blow struck when the traitor Governor fied, at railroad ft special cap, tv ft place of safety* and which could not be reached by the gunboats, of which he seemed to have the greatest fear. Foote, the gallant tar, who swept Fort Henry and contributed so much to the cap ture of Fort Donelson* was the cause of mortal terror to pwr Barns, and the fear of mooting him and his dull* looking cratt materially hastened his exodus* not from, but to, the Egypt of American slavery, never—poor fellow!—to return to the State be so sadly dishonored, as, I fancy, no pent* up Utica will confine his power of locomotion, And that safety will only be found beyond the bounds of the American continent. - The Union sentiment at Nashville is stronger than in the more Southern part of the State. It is in the agtv cultural regions, wh*Te slaves are largely employed in tilling the soil, that the Secession fever is the strongest. Not* as they fully .admit, from any fear they had that the institution of slavery was to he interfered with by Mr. Lincoln or his Administration, but that their mar* ket for slaves, the breeding of whom the Southern por tion of the State ia largely engaged ini formed part of tU Confederate States, and the sympathetic feeling they had for the States that gave them their best market, together with tbe adroit management of their wily Governor, fixed them in tliecar of the J uageruautofthe Confederates, which waß fast crushing out the liberties (he people* and which, jf let alone, would carry them into the vilest despotism that has existed since the days of Nero, If tbe incubus of slavery did not hang over this land the people of this State would be as loyal as any In the Union, and by a little more energy in their common echaols would raise up a population from her which Would Aofcnpftre favorably with that of any other State in the Un’on. What is It of our great staples that she cannot cultivate 1 We find here wfaeatfields beauti ful and green* growing side by side with tobacco, cotton, corn, *nd clover, with a growth as luxuriant as can be found anywhere eige j apples, poaches, and ether fruits* the most abundant, acid a climate fully six weeks earlier than that of Central Pennsylvania. Tbe two great rivfrs, Tennessee and Cumberland, winding through the State so as to afl'ord a cheap and ready means to reach a msThtt; her mountains abounding with the richest minerals, and her soil in mauy places richly impregnated wltb'saltpetrs* an article not to be procured tu the North ern States except by importation ; what has she not that God aad nature could bestow upon her to make her the greatest of alt the States of the Union* and to give to her people a home that should make them the very spirit of contentment and happiness 1 Truly* here “ man alouo is Tilt.” Governor Johnson is industriously bringing bis State back to her ronner position in tbo Federal Union— evidi ntly the right man in the right place* for however much fiecesb may eay, *• If yon had Bent us any other man we would have been better satisfied, 1 ' those with whom there has been the slightest spark of Union feeling Admit he ii the mAh for the times and the place* Secesti would not bo satisfied with any one. He must use the strong erw of the military power to quench the smoul dering fire that is ready to break out at any moment. Fort Warren is a wonderful talisman to make Union men, and those occupying high places who will not take the oath to support the Constitution should be permitted to spend in that salubrious climate a few of the hotter months of the approaching summer* where they can ruminate over their past follies, and resolve to lead a wiser, if not a better, life. s Etheridge, Maynard, and Brownlow have contributed (heir share in the work of reform going on at the capital of the Stats, and their various speeches were Utte&ed to with marked attention by large audiences, among whom were few, if any* of the Southern aristocracy. Mac? of them* it is true* had fled with Pillow, Floyd, and Harris, but they were of those that had takeu an active part in the rebellion. Those who had contented them selves with their sympathies for the Confederate Govern ment remain ia dogged silence, and '• ill not turn their heads to witness the marching of a roglm-nt, however gay thefr uniforms or pranri their martini music, or in the slightest manner be.tow their vaunted hospitality tub Anuv,) In he Field, Pittsuuhg, April 9th. ) General f. T- Beauregard, Commanding the Confedrate Army of Mississippi, Monterey, Ten- Tour rspatch of yesterday is just »«iv«d, Owing tdthe warmth of the weather I deemed it advisabloo have aUthe dead of both parties buried immediaily. Heavy details were made for this purpose,pd it is now accomplished. There can not, therfore, be any necessity of admitting within onr lineuhe parlies you desired to send, on the groundsykea. I shalnSways be glad to extend any oourtesy confistenpith duty, and especially so when diotated by humjnty. I am, general, respectfully, your obedient ser vant, i C. S. GnAiii, i Major General Commanding. Sherman’s Pursuit of the Rebels. Headquarters Fifth Division. MAftt General Grant, Commanding tho Army in thhlleld —Sir : With the cavalry placed at my comm eu, and two brigades of my fatigued troops, I went this morning, out on the Corinth road. One ojanotber of the abandoned camps of the enemy ined the roads, with hospital flags for their protecun. Ataliff? fty.nd mW W 5995 WfßBd94 At the forks of the road I found the boad of Gene ral Wood’s division. At that point I ordered the cavalry to examine both roads, aud found tho enemy’s cavalry. Colodql Diokey, of the Illinois Cavalry, asked fer reififoTCMDentß. ~ I ordered Gen. W ood to advance to the head of his column cautiously on the left hand of the road, whilst I conducted the bead of the Third Brigade 9f tbe fifth Division ud the right-hand road. About half a mile from the forks there was a clear field, through which the road passed, and immedi ately beyond a spuco of two hundred yards of fallen timber, and beyond an extensive camp. The enemy’s cavalry could be eaen in this camp, and after a reconnoissance I ordered the two ad vance companies of the Ohio Scvcnfcy-soventh, Col. Hildebrand, to deploy as skirmishers, and tho regi. ment itsolf forward into line, with an interval of one hundred yards. In this order I advanced cautiously, until the skirmishers wero engaged. Taking it for granted that this disposition would clear the camp, I held Colonel Dickey’s Fourth Illinois Cavalry ready to charge. The enemy’s cavalry came down boldly to the charge* breaking through the line of skirmishers, when tbe regiment of infantry, without cause, broke, threw away their guns, and fled. The ground was admirably adapted to a dofence of in fantry against cavalry, the ground being miry aud covered with fallen timber. As the regiments of infantry broke, Dickey’s cavalry began to charge their carbines and fell into disorder. I instantly sent orders to tho rear for tbe brigade to form in line of battle, which promptly executed. The broken infantry and cavalry rallied on this line, and as the ouomy’s cavalry came to it our cavalry in turn charged and drove them from tbe field. I advanced with the entire brigade upon the gF6Uftd, and rent Col. Dickey’s' cavalry a mile further on tbe road On examining tbe ground which had been occu pied by the Seventy-seventh Ohio, we found fifteen dead, and about twenty-five wounded. I sent for wagons and had all the wounded carried back to 6M&P, &&d tked&ad btirled ; also, caused the whole camp to be destroyed. Here we found much ammunition for field pieces, which we destroyed ; also two caissons, and a gene ral hospital wtth about 280 Confederate wounded, and about 50 of our own. Wot having the weans of bringing them off, Colonel Dickey, by my order, took a surrender signed by the Medical Director Lyle, and all the attending surgeons, and a pledge to report themselves to you ns prisoners of war, also a pledge that our wounded would bo carefully attended to and surrendered to us to-morrow as soon as the ambulances could go out. I enclose within tbe document, and request you to cause to be sent out wagons and ambulances for the WQURded of ours to*morrow, and also that wagons be sent out to bring in the many tents be longing to us, which are pitched all along the road for miles. I did not destroy them as I knew the enemy could not move them. Tbe roads are very bad, and tbe road is strewn with abandoned wagons, ambulances, and limber boxes. Tbe enemy has succeeded in carrying off the guns, hut has crippled his batteries by abandon ing the hind limber boxes of at least twenty guns. I am satisfied that tbe enemy’s infantry and Cavalry passed Lick creek this morning, travelling all last night, and that he left behind all his caval ry, which has protected his retreat, but the signs of confusion and disorder mark the whole road. Tbe check sustained by us at the fallen timbers delayed our advance, so that night came on before tbe wounded were provided for and the dead buried. Our troops being fagged out by those three days’ hard fighting, exposure, and privation, I ordered them back to camp, where all now are. Your obedient servant, Brigadier General W. T. Sherman, 06WW&hdihg Division. LATE SOUTHERN NEWS. The Battle of Pittsburg Landing, FUBTHEB DESPATCHES FBOM GENEBAL BEAUBEGABB. Between Four and Six Thousand Pri soners claimed. THE DEATH OF JOHNSTON ANNOUNCED IN THE REBEL CONGRESS. MESSAGE FROM JEFE DAVIS. FROM YOBKTOWN AND THE MISSISSIPPI. The Bicbmond and Norfolk papers of the 10th and 12th Inst, have been reoeired. Vie present the following summary of Southern news: The Battle of Pittsburg Lauding—The Latest Southern Despatches. [From the Richmond Examiner. April 9.] Atlanta. April 7.— Private despatches to us say that we have gained tbe most complete victory of UIC war. We have driven the enemy into their transports. \ye have five thousand prisoners. General Hindman’s leg was shot ofl. General Breckinridge won immortal ho* ! nors. Bis clothes were shut off. and two horses, were killed under him. General Prentiss and cthe? generals ore among the prisoners. [Special aespaten me rummond Dispatch ] Coiuxth, April 9.—We still hold the battle-field. It is upl thought the enemy will advance. Tbo weather is bad, and the roads impassable. We possess all tho cap tured property. Morgan’s cavalry yesterday (Tuesday) morning at tacked a considerable lorce of tbe enemy in one of their campe, and killed a large number of them, besides burn ing tbo tents our army were unable to briDg away with them. Tho wounded are pouring in, Our loss is probably three thousand. The most 9f the wvuuded were shot iq the limbs. Genera).! Gjpddep, Bwhrod Johnson, and Hindman ard woUnuiiU. Ootenel Blythei of Mississippi, and Captain Hampton, of AleXn&driit, Were killed. Lieutenant Sto rum, of the Washington Ariiile??, was shot through the body. The fight on Monday was less decisive than that of Sunday. The firing ceased mntuaUy about two o’clock, both armies falling back. The enemy's loss in prisoners is between four and six * thousand. liuelPa reinforcements on Sunday are estimated at thirty thousand. Our troops are in admirable spirits, and ready for an other fight. .After the Battle—An Armistice to Bury thC The NCufolk Defy Book of the 12th contains a telegram frem Get-era] Bea®ard, announcing that the prisoners captured by him may nupposa that Buell was very near at h%nd. We Bi&iifctafrre, white glorying in a coolly grand TWO CENTS. victory, look with interest io immediate military move ments in the vicinity where it was won. Our gallant generals may be forced to a little mamr-uvring there. They have the noble advantage, however, of an army of heroes who beep tried, who hftfO BOt Only fanght tike heroes, bn; who have whipped their onemtes in the open field. They have the prestige of victory—they have the indomitable spirit and bravery of true men and heroes—and they have the catiso to stimulate them and nerve their arms to deeds that will glorify the history of tlieir coimtryi With ouch men and such a oatiioj ulti mate triumph oanoot be doubted. P B.—After writing the above, information, for which we were prepared, came to hand, showing ilust our army, under General lieauregard. retreated In consequence of the arrival of J3neU, powerfully reinforcing the culuma tUldcr Grant. [Sfiii latent hews ] This withdrawal from the river and the vicinity o’~ the gunboats was, of course, a matter of necessity. We shall yet heft* a good account, we believe, of our gallant army. General Beauregard retires to his fortified camp, there to await the movements of Buell. 11,;t he will not await them too long, we are sure. Be * ill not lobs tho advantage i.f the gteat vlotory ol the cth Ly any blunder, nor will he remain inactive an instant after an opportunity Tor another decided bl>w. Rebel Accounts of Affairs at Yorktown. The following is from the Richmond H 7, ig, of tho 10th instant: The greatest interest bus Icon felt fur threo days past m theluttlligeucofrom Yorktown. Tlioenemy having, by his recent movements, shown that ho had selec ed the Peninsula for one or his onward movements upon Bichmond, preparation has been made to rocoivo him. He approached our Hues on Saturday, and com menced desultory firing at long range. What he did Sunday and yesterday we (ire not informed, at the time of writing this. Should any information be received bo fore going to press, it will appear in the proper depart ment for latest news. That the enemy did not force us to a general engage mciit suggests a itoulit as Jo l)ij purPOBCH, Ho nifty only intend his woven eut there as a feint to cover other de signs. But we feel that we shall be ready for him, what ever they bo. All are anxious to hear of a grand battle at Yorktown. We know our brave troops will not surrender that classic ground in a flfbt, a) ]ppg ft, it ia in Iho power of man to hold it; and, whenever a fight comes off there, we look confidently for a victory ou our side. There ia yet nothing iudicatiug an immediate fight. The enemy, now belli ved to be under McClellan, had, instead of attacking, after sending a few shot at long range, commenced throwing up breastworks. It WHS inppneed that an invading armr, whoso duty it was to obey the last mandate from Washington, to crußh rebel lion in ninety days, would have marched boldly on to attack our forces, which were so much inferior in num bers to bis own ; but, liko an elephant at a bridge, how ever rapidly he may have approached it, he pauses to boo whether it be safe to go further: Maybe 1m will not cross it at all, and then all the goads of the koepors of the animals can't make him venture upon it. In this position of matters at Yoiktowo, it is not plain what the enemy is after and how long he will remain stationary. lie may be forced to do yet what lie ha* no intention Of doing. Of ohe thing he may rest assured, and that is, that our cause at Yorktown will be muiutuin ed by as bravo aDd determined an army of patriots as ever shouldered a gun. IMPORTANT EUROPEAN NEWS. IRON-CLAD VESSELS DEMANDED* THE DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT. PORTS AND WOODEN VESSELS USELESS. A Suspension of the Expenditures for Fortifications Asked. THE LONDON PRESS ON THE MONITOR AND MERRIMAC, Parliamentary debates do not usually possess a fascinating interests especially when cold and print ed. But the following expression of views upon the subject of iron-clad vessels, which took place in tho Douse of Commons on the 30th ult.. is so un usually islttvstifigi and the theme is one of such vast importance to our own interests, that we pre sent it in full; NO FURTHER USE FOR FORTS. Sir F. Smith rose to call the attention of tho Secre tary for War to what had recently occurred la American, waters, with a view ol subsequently putting a question concerning tbe forts now in course of construction at Spithead. Upon former occasions he had protested against the construction of works upon Portsdown-hill, because he thought we should never be able to garrison all the folia. Do thought S 6 Still. He had not voted with tho honorable number for Liskeard when be pro pOEed to abandon all tbe forts, because at the time he thought such measures of defence were necessary; but recent events had induced him to alter his opinion, aud, as tbe subject was one of vast importance to this coun try, he felt it to be hiß duty to invite tbe attention of the Bouse to it. The great question of iron-plated ships had been brought to an issue, and, happily, without any ac tion on our part. [Hear, hear.] That contest was of great importance to ns, when we were considering how we should best defend our ports at the least expense, lie believed that the plans for forts at Spitliead hod been reduced, but bo would wish to seo them still fur ther reduced. [Hear, hear.] Let the House consider tho question of how those forts could be fought. They were to mount 380 guns, and would requite 2,700 trained gunners, who would ha-ve to fire at moving ob jects with heavy guns. Tho right bdtiof&ble baronet would perhaps say that tho forts wore in course of con struction, that contracts had been entered into, and that it was intended to place guns of enormous size upon those foits. He bad beard that guns throwing 1,000 pound shot were to be mounted, but he hoped that was not the fact, because il the proportion of powder—one third the weight of the elioi—waß to he reraiaed, it would be like springing a mine, and would bo destructive to the men in the fort. What danger would there be of a foreign fleet anchoring in the Solent if we had a fliet of thirty or forty Ericsson Monitors in Portsmouth harbor, wjtifrh could be constructed at one-tenth the cost of the forts 1 [Hear, hear.] With regard to the forts, if the Govern ment had cot gone too far, they could sufely suspend their operations; NO FURTHER USE FOR W66BEX VESSELS. Mr. Laird looked upon this action as tbs turning point in the adoption of iron for all classes of vessels in her Majesty’s service. He hoped tbe result of what had taken place ia America would bo to direct the attention of the Government more seriously to this matter, and tbnt it would pause before proceeding further with the ct-ueiiuctioo of a small Cta of wooden vessels: [Hoar, They would bo utterly useless and unable to cope with the vessels they might have to meet on foreign, chores. [Hear,hear] 6 THE WARRIOR, VERSUS THE MEStRiitAC. Mr. Gregory oftid tho event that had lately occurred in America appeared to him a great and entire revolution in the art of naval warfare. [Bear, hear ] It was neither more nor less than that, and the American news papers had been congratulating themselves that, in consequence of what hod occurred, the naval superiori ty of England was at an end. But bo took tliy precise ly contrary view. [Hear, hear.] He thought that Eng land, with its great wealth, its mechanical appliances, and ample supply of coal and iron, could not only pro vide for the preservation, bat the maintenance of the superiority it bad bltberto enjoyed. He entirely agreed with tbe bon. and gallant member opposite that money exjteufltd on fortresses would be money thrown away. What they tequired was iron ships, not fortresses—ves sels that could go out and contend with such an at- tacking enemy on sqital tefms. [Gear, hear.] Tbe re cent event had solved the whole' question of colonial fortifications. It was positively throwing away money to spend it on fortifications in the colonieg. Those iron vessels, built iu ninety days, and coating only £60.- 000, had guns of such calibre that they were a most dan gerous invading forco. No fortifications now construct ing cculd beat them. But by building the Bame kind of vessels the colonies might defend themselves with less outlay. Our anperjpril}- on tile American lakes would ba very much endsngeied by this new class of vessels It had always been said that though the American*- might overrun the border, yet in Quebec they would find a diffi cult nut to crack; but since the introduction of theßodo etructive instruments of warfare the case was very dif ferent. Tf the IFarruw had met the Jftm'mac it was a matter* Of grave doubt Whether the angular-sided vcs~ set would not have overcome her vertical-sided antago nist; hut if the Warrior and the Monitor had met there is little doubt that the smaller vessel ivould have plunged her shot into the unprotected parts of the Warrior , and would, in fact, have overcome the pride .of the British t}o.vy, Jls h9p?d the Government would take this tre« mtmaous subject Into their consideration. SLOPING THE SIDES OF VESSELS. Sir J. D. Hay said that when the defence commission first gave in their report he was of opinion that the forts at Spitbead were absolutely necessary, but lie had now changed bis views. [Hear, hear.] He approved largely of the Sllggesti6fi ft* tkft Honorable member for Birken head, that tbe dock power and accommodation At our dif ferent naval stations should be increased, and the money which was to be spent on building the fortsof Spithead might be much more usefully employed at Bermuda, Malta, and elsewhere, in building docks to re ceive our iron navy. With reference to the neces sity for Hoping th& Sid&S Of iroii ships, jt was ceriain that it was quite unnecessary to do so. There was nothing to bo gained by sloping the sides of a ship, because by so doibg there must be a larger plate to cover the same ver tical area. There was no doubt that the iron was better disposed in greater thickness upright than if the same weight were rolM out to eevor the earns, vertical area. It bad been tried over and over again. The thicker a good iron plate was, the better it was for defence against tbe effect of projectiles, and a shipbuilder need not be trammelled by any desire to alter the form of hisship, by a false idea of obtaining eloping sides when he could the same iluug by building bis ship in tiio*best form to perform her duty and plating her vertically. [Hoar, hear.] THE MEBHIMAC UNFIT FOR ROUGH WATER, Lord A. Tempest said that as he had seen tho J/erri mac a few words would not be without interest* [iteari hear.] Tbero was some misapprehension with regard to her. Although she was a most powerful she was not calculated for anything but smooth water. Owing to the weight of the plates put npon her she was immersed to that extent that there was nothiug above water but tbe deck for her pun ports. Tbe sides were cmrUdupat an anglo of forty* five, and at tho top w&s an open bar roofing, the consequence of which was that slipping a sea would corlainly sink her. [Hear, hear.] With regard to the he thought sue waßmore powerful, because eho had made a voyage, iu rough weather, from New York to Fortress Monroe; but it was no disparagement to the gallantry of tbe officers aud ftiftW &f tllft M&WiiA&c to say that she was only fit for river purposes, and that the anticipation of her being able to cross the Atlantic was not well Founded. [Hoar, hear]. The honorable member for Chatham was entitled to the gratitude of the House for having brought forward this important question, and ho submitted that the time was come when tho Government reconsider the matter, and pause in the construction of costly laud fortresses, which practical men wore of opinion would nut be 60 efficacious as these now iron vessels in defending our coasts and harbors. [ Hear.] OPPOSED TO REVOLUTION FOR fiCONO-IfICAD REASONS. Sir G. O. Lewis. It has been suggested that the revolu tionizing our naval defences will lead to a great economy of the public money. I must venture to express my opinion that, from all the experienco which wo have had in revolutionizing our armamonU, & hew system of defenoft is likely to lead, not to a diminution but to a great in crease of public expenditure ; aud that in fact nothing Is so expensive as a systematic change of armaments oa a great scale. [Cheers.] It may be necessary, in conse quence of the experience of the recent engagement, to make a vast change in our naval defences. Imu not ex &&y ftfciiilfth UPftfl tliftt £Ubjft£t and its necessity hut I warn the House against ontertaining any expecta tion that that change can he made otherwise than by a corresponding large sacrifice cf public money. [Cheers.] It is a maxim, I apprehend, in naval warfare, that all floating batteries are inferior to those on land. lam as fcured that tho effect of tho recent uxnerimeatg with irons caKOd vessels will only be to stimulate tho Inventive pow ers of our engineers in the effort to produce some ord nance which will be forcible enough to smash the sides of tbe iron-clad ships, and 1 hope they will not be long in achieving that result. [A laugh, aud “ Hoar, hear.”] 1 bat is the problem which tbe military engineer has to solve, and he may consider it a triumph in his art if he contrives a gun which those ships which are now invul nerable to artillery will not be able to resist. [Hear.] There is nothing unreasonable in the ambition which en- ’ courages him iu that aim. [Hear.] We have grounds, then, for holding that a complete rovolution in the art <>f war will art 1?? but that ia g few years the disproportion which is now said to exist in point of strength between floating and fixed batteries will disap pear. [Hear, henr J lam fully aware of the importance of this question, and of the necessity for our adopting those expedients which arc suggested by recent expe rience. Wo muat, however, beware of taking » precipi ttttoatop. [Hear, hear.] The Government ought to be guided l»y scientific advice, given on mature considera tion, aud ought not to cubll into a series of costly changes. -REVOLUTION NECESSARY FOR ECONOMICAL REASONS. Mr* Bright. I think tbe npcaoh ot the night honor* THE WAR FRESH. Th* Wh Prksb Till be sent to subKrtbers bjr mall (per ennom In advance) at ■ .81. OO Three Copie* « « 9.00 Five « Fe§eht, Granting that timber riiipacnibt now be struck ofl the effective iorce ol a fit ct, w e have a force of ironsides euperior, ha ell probability, to those of any other Power. The Ame ricans ere egytaiDly no match for us, nor, il our au thorities aro on tbe alert, aro they likely to be. W* thould never have left our smart frigates to be @bmur tered by turreted Monitors. We should have gent th* Warrior and her consorts across the Atlantic, and our supremacy would have been expressed as decidedly* though more compendiously than e ver. We could bava done the work of the Monitor and Merrimac together. The Americans, at the pftß have bul two iron«cM veeetls now afloat, and one on the stocks. They hQTt iron-cased gunboats for river service, but no seagoing vessels; in fact, the J/cnifor herself can hardly be in cluded in that category. We, on the other hand, have 111 teen iron* cased frigates in the course of construction* ?f ?!eYfH will Ps ftllfiftt in ilie current year, and It will be ourownfnuii now if wo do not take the AfOUi" ivr's warning, and txpuliie as well as economize our proceedings. V> hat is the use of the (1 nine line- of-battle ships* four corvettes, and fifteen sloops,” forming our AXcditerraaeOß fleet, if a couple of ‘* cupola” vessels could destroy them all one after another I Is it not obviously our duty to look upon a wooden ship as no ship at all, and to re place our squadrons as fast aa possible by a few iron cased vessels ! However, the main question of all has now been finally decided for us, and at the expense oC others. The Atejreliy is Already on tint right tr»dti x.ord u. Paget announced in his official statement that we had ut length ceased to build line-of-bAttlo ships, aud were devoting ourselves to iron-cased frigate". step further will put us in safety. Lot iiSioitilsa,' band ing the cimpletion of jorwhlabte fabrics, addreefl themselves Vigorously 'plating aud arming the numt* rous vessels admit'/, o f *rch conversion. The J/errtvtac hetself was a, converted Bbip, and wo may g> t a score oC inCYP.VMtvi ill a very short time. Wo have nothing to do but to recognize the groat fact now before us, and re member that any annof-cascd Bbip, however indifferent & spttl Mfifi bi tkfi filers, M »6» a thaa & sutieh fo? Rfif tla her* built squadron. [Frtm the London Daily News, April I.] -^ iat *■ I* that we karn at once 1 That one or twft ft those Ericsson batteries, on a large Beale, or rather Captain Oolea ftfld sis*cupolft bftttcry, now watt. »n« to be begun, wuW Pv wortli more as a protection »u the five forts to be planted about Spithead, or at the mouth of (ho Medway, put together. Upon what pretence, then, can we go on throwing money Into tha sea, and flanking our island with bastions of granite and WflUtJ of thick iron* when a Coles 1 battery ayeri# *a emetgehey with infinitely more certainty, at a cost of thousand instead of millions ! The more we reflect upon the conditions of modem naval warfare the more we become impressed with the fact that mobility is the great element of success. In this first lesson we see how the did just what she pleased with ships that, even bad they been iron cased, would have only got into the very same diffi culties of position by their want of power and their great draught of water. And when the-crucial experiment was tried between the two ironsides, victory fell to the “ queer-iooking machine " that swanj Found Its victilft like a duck,dealing fiery stabs into the vital a of her much bigger Antagonist. [From the London Herald, April I,] We are far from supposing that anything like aperfest confctructioii has been attained in either of these carious and unsightly specimens of naval architecture, £t jp jgj<| that the Merrimac woe topheaTy with the weight of her plating, that the Bricsson gunboat was in like manner sunk so low in the water that she seemed already in a halt-sinking state. It is probable that neither of them is seaworthy, or can safely be taken as a model for ships that will have to bear the tofsingand strains of our chan nel. It is certain that neither could have made the tojt age to Lißbon in the creditable fashion in which tha Harrier has dene it. In tbe attention that has been paid to tbe important element of seaworthiness, and in the capacity of being readily handled, which is of the greatest consequence in we fire convinced tlmt oar own mnjestio Warrior. with all her faults, far surpasses these first crude per formances of transatlantic iron-Bhip buildti g. It most be remembered that the J/errimac is a transmuted wooden frigate, which accounts in great part for the pe culiarities oi her construction. Her invulnerability hu impressed upon us the groat value of the principle of fcloplbg tidfte, O&d that of tbe Monitor has BOfVeU tri umpkantly to vindicate the plan of revolving cupolM placed amidships. [From tbe London Globe.] Putting the most favorablo construction on the report# of the performances of both ships, we do not perceive flo- fvim 9f fitter Wf uld te suitable as a model for the ships of a naval Power which pretends to maintain naval supremacy. Neither the Confederate nor the Fe« deral ship has that essential requisite, high velocity. Neither could keep the sea effectively during a gale Ilk* that encountered by tho Warrior. On the other hand, both are superior to our ship in steering. Each obeyed the helm with fiicility; feu} pur ship, of mail room to ba disobedient. Then the rudder of the American ships is protected apparently, whereas the helm of the Warrior Is aa volmrablo as that of a wooden liner. We want a mocel ship as invulnerable and easily handled as the Monitor, aa fast aa the Warrior, with a power of sailing or steaming at pleasure, and capablf p| (f99PiQg thfi soft •with impunity. At present ti>o irarrfor comeß nearest to tho model required, but we shall be greatly surprised if British ingenuity cannot improve upon that model, especially after the experiments in action. ADDRESS OF TIIE POPE ON THE TEMPORAL TOWER. The official Journal of Home contains the Pope’s allocution at the canonization of three Japan mar tjrs. We make the subjoined extract: Nothing, certainly, could be more agreeable to my b*a?t than lb? tmiucur of which wo ore nil witnesses, and which increases the number of the servants of God aud the Bairns, who, while increasing in numbers, do not ceaseito intercede for us aud obtain for us desideratara propitiationis abounding mercy to de fend tbe rights of justice; to obtain the conversion of the wanderers aud the apostates \ to sustain with firmness tmd resignation war and lufl'erlDfls, and to assist, fitallp, in the triumphs of peace. Yes, it is consoling for us to think that, in the solemnity which we shall have shortly * to celebrate, we shall be surrounded by the choicest souls, by the college of cardinals, and by our brethren the bishops. It will be a nobiespectoclo to seo tbe Supreme Faetor surrounded by other pastors who have supported . unanimously the rights ef tlus hftlpsse, &bdh&ro allayed by their consoling words our profound grief. It is fitting to mention here a letter which we received only forty-eight hours ago, from a large town of Italy, or rather from tho capital of Lombardy. This letter has beeu forwarded by an occloriastic who calls himself ft canon, and it is there said • " Take good ears that in ihft approaching assembly of tho bißbopß at Rome the tempo ral power iB notdeclared to be a dogma of faith.” If this pour priest, whom wo should like better to call good priest, were present hero we should say to him as we say to yon Who aro present—rest assured that the Holy Sea dnes not maintain the temporal pftWftr ai Gift dogaa ftf faith, but it declares that the temporal power Is neces sary and indispensable as long as the ordtr established by Providence shall omluro, to sustain the independence of the spiritual We should say to him—thiuk of riiu very holy martyrß who did not foar to give, and who did. give, their blftbd and their life iu defebco of the Church. We would say to him—since you are in suolt haste to manifest your fears that you have brought them under the eyes of tbe Vicar of Jesus Christ, hear his voice, which enjoins you and the chapter to which you belong to listen to your own pastor, to folia* not only his orders, but also his advice: if you, with your col lettgueej, obey not, >‘6U ftfid thft? Will be miserably lost. Wo uuulii tay to him—recommend yourself to the holy mar tyrs uho have lost all that thoy might not lose God. Tiir Late Fire in Detroit. —The amount claimed for damage to tho locomotives belonging to the Michigan Central Railroad Company is much less then was anticipated, amounting to onty §3 54047, The replacing the roof of the engine house is estimated to oost between $0,500 and $7,500. The insurance on engines and building ia fo£ $3,000, so the loss to tho company will not ex ceed $3,000. It would take 300,000.000 shots to dispose of 00.000 men in battle. 120,000 men fighting conti nuously for forty-eight consecutive hours, each man firing in all 3^ooo, shots, would fire altogether 000.000 shots. Thus, from the number of persona killed and wounded at Pittsburg Landing, and from the duration of the fight, we arrive at a per* fectly accurate conclusion concerning the numbers engaged. Cfiors AT THE papers of Southern Indiana and Central Tennessee report that the wheat, grain, and fruit crops give'promise of a mere abundant and healthy yield than tor msay years past. The late rains, it appears, have bet* widespread, visiting all the qciintry, refroming tho esrtL