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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 l<fi9
fyuni, and are invited to call and examine.
*7" “WELL BOUGHT IS HALF SOLD.”
18.62. spmNO - 1862.
WOOD & CARY,
Successors to Llncolni Wood, A Nichols,)
JSfo. 725 CHESTNUT STREET,
Rave now in Store a complete stock
Of
STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,
BILK BONNETS,.
STRAW AND PALM-LEAF HATS, AO.
■yijjjc't) xhey respectfully invite tho attention of the
farmer patrons of the house and the trade generally.
marl2>2m
<$ 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 <n
the officers ot the army of tbe Union* What can mate
Union men of this materiaL'l Let each ask hitnw lf
What "i ' fivwASM.
BATTLE OF PITTSBURG LANDING.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF CEL GRANT.
THE FABTICUXABS OF THE UNION SUCCESS.
THE ENEMY fOLLOWED BY GEN, GHERMAN.
OUR LOSS 1,500 KILLED AND 3,500
WOUNDED.
TUat of the Enemy Far Greater.
Correspondence with Beauregard,
GENEBAL SKBHAN’B ACCOUNT OF HIS
PUBSUIT OF THE BEBELS.
CAPTURE ANj DESTRUCTION OF THgIR
AMMUNITION
General Grant's Official Report.
WASHiNtiToN, April 16.—Tho following is M-ijor
Qoftfiml Graht’Sofilolal reporb of die battle of Xitts
burg Landing :
The Ollicia! Report of the Rattle of Pitts
burg Lauding.
lI.IADQI-AT.TEItS DISTRICT OF TEXXESSEE, )
Pittsburg, April 9. )
To Cnpt. N. H. McLank, A. A. General, Depart
ment of Misiissippi, St. Louis:
Captain: It becomes my duty again to report
another bailie fought between two great armies,
ono contending for the maintenance of tbo host
Government ever devised and the other for its
destruction. It is pleasant to record the success of
the army contending for tho former principle.
On morhiug ogr pislwte we attaokfid
ftpd drives io by the enemy. Immediately the
five divisions stationed at this place were drawn up
in line ol battle to meet them The battle soon
waxed warm on the left and centre, varying at
times to all Darts of the line.
The most continuous firing ol musketry and ar
tillery ever beaid on This continent was kept up
until nightfall ; the enemy having forced the en
tire line to fall back nearly half way from their
camp to the landing.
At a late hour in the afternoon, a desperate effort
was made by the enemy to turn our left and get
possession of the landing, transports, etc. This
point was guarded by thd gunboats Tyler and
Lexington , Captains Gwin and Shirk, United
Status navy, commanding, with four 20 pounder
Parrott guns and a battery of rifled guns. As
there is a deep and impassable ravine for artillery
or cavalry, and very difficult for infantry at this
point, do troops were stationed except the neces
sary artillerists and a small infantry force fpr theif
support.
Just at this moment the advance of Major Gene
ral BuelUs eoiomn (a part of the division of Gen.
Nelson) arrived, and the two generals named both
being present, an advance was immediately made
upon the point of attack) and tbo enemy was soon
driven back
In this repulse much is due to the presence of
the gunboats Tyler and and their able
commanders, Captains Gwin and Shirk, United
States navy.
During the night the divisions under Generals
Crittenden and McCook arrived.
Gen. Lewis Wallace, at Crump’s landing, six
miles below, was ordered at an early hour in the
morLing fo hold his division in readiness to be
ntoYtii in an; direction to übicb it might ba or.
dered.
At about 11 o’clock an order was delivered to
move it up to Pittsburg, but owing to its being led
by a circuitous route, it did not arrive in time to
tafcv jwt in ’s action.
During the night ail was quiet, and feeling that ft
great moral advantage would he gained by becom
ing the attacking party, an advance was ordered as
soon as day dawned. The result was a gradual re
pulse of the enemy at all points of the line, from
blue iihtil probably five Iu tbe afeornoon,
when it became evident tho enemy was retreating,
before the close of the action.
The advance of Gen. F. J. Woods’division ar
rived in time to take part in the action My force
was too much fatigued from two days’ hard fighting
and exposure in tbe open air to a drenching rain
during the intervening night, to pursue imme
diately.
The night closed iu cloudy and with heavy rain,
making the roads impracticable for artillery by tbo
next morning. Cteneral Sherman, however, fol
lowed the enemy, finding that the main part of the
ajmy had retreated in good order.
The hospitals of the enemy, filled with wounded,
were found all along tho road as far as the pursuit
was made Dead bodies of the enemy and many
graves were also found. I enclose herewith the
report of General Sherman, which will explain
more fully the result of the pursuit, and of the part
taken by each separate command.
1 cannot take special notice in this report, but
Will do so more fully when the reports of division
commanders are handed in.
Major General Buell, commanding in the field
with a distinct army corps under hiß command, and
i’ll did such vjf.-jj-V'’ Commanded by
fiUnfwi in person, will be muoh better able to no
tice those of his oommand who paitu»t-.iy Atstm
guished themselves thqn I oan.
I-foet it a duty, however, to a gallant and able
officer, Brig. Gen. W. to make special
mention that he not only wae "with his command
boring the entire of two.days’ adtfehfbut displayed
great judgment and sk.ll in the management of his
men. Although he was severely wounded in the
hand on the first day, his plaoe was never vacant,
He was again wounded, and had three horses killed,
underhim.
In making this mention of a gallant officer, nd
disparagement is intended to the other division
commanders, Major Gens. John A. McClernand
and Lew. Wallace, and Brig. Qeas. g, A. Hurlbut,
B. M. Prentiss, and W. H. I<. Wallace—all of whom
maintained their places with credit to themselves
and the cause.
Gun. Prentiss w&s taken prisons? in the first jay ‘a
aotioni and Hon. W. H- li. Walloon was eouerely
and probably mortally wounded. His assistant ad
jutant general, Capt. William MoMichael, is miss
ing, and was probably taken prisoner.
lly personal staff are all deserving of particular
mention, they having been engaged during the en
tire two BAys in carrying orders to every part of the
field. It consists of Col. J. H. Webster, chiof of
staff; Lieut. Col. J. £. McPherson, chief of engi
neers, sssistei by W. L. B. Jeremy and Wm. Kas
sae; Capt. J. A. Itawlings, adjutant general; W.
S. Hilyer, W it. Kawley, and C. B. Lagow, gjds
de-camp. Cot G. Bride, volunteer aid, and Capt.
J. P. Hawkiis, chief of the commissary, who ac
companied dm upon the field.
The Medicai Beparimeut, under the direction of
Surgeon Hewitt, xnedioal director, showed great
energy in pro7iding for the wounded, and ia getting
them from tin field regardless of danger.
Col. Webster was plaoed in special charge of all
the artiller;, and was constantly upon the field.
He displays, as he always has heretofore, both skill
and bravery, and, at least in one instance, he was
tbe mean&'of placing an entire regiment in a posi
tion for doing the most valuable service, and
where it w«uld not have been but for his exer
tions.
Lieut. Col. McPherson, attached to my staff as
eliief «f engineers, deserves more than a passing
notice for his activity and Murage.
All the ground beyond our camps for miles has
been remnnoitred by him and plans have been
carefully prepared under his supervision, giving
accurate information of the nature of the ap-
our lines.
During the two days 7 battle he was constantly in
the sadde, leading the troops as they arrived to
points wlere their services were required. During
the engagement he had one horse shot under him.
Tbs country will have to moum the loss of many
brave men, who fell at the battle of Pittsburg, or
Shiloh, zvore properly.
The exact loss in killed and wounded will be
known in a day or two. At present I can only
giro it approximately at 1,500 killed and 3,500
wounded.
Hho loss of artillery was great, many pieces being
disabled by the enemy’s Bhots, and some losing all
thcr horses and many men. Hot less than 200
boras were killed.
Tip loss of the enemy in killed and left upon the
fiildwas greater than ours. In wounded, the esti
mate cannot be made, as many of them mast have
bets sent to Corinth and other points. The enemy
snffojjd terribly from demeralization and deser
tion,'' ....
M flsgijf truce was sent in to-day from Genoral
£efc%«iard- a
IKdoluse herewith a copy of the correspondence.
' JCour obedient servant,
, v. U- S. Grant,
Major General Commanding
letter from General Beauregard.
HbaOisjahtb-ss of the Deft, of the Mississippi )
Montrkey, April 8. J
Sib ; At the close of the conffict of yesterday,
my forces ‘ailing exhausted by the extraordinary
length of tipe during which they W?f® ?Sgftg«d
with guns at that and the preceding day, and it
being apparst that yon had received and were
still receivingreinforcements, I felt it my duty to
withdraw mytroops from the immediate scene of
confiiot.
Under thee eireumstehCes, in accordance with
tho usages i war, I shall transmit this under a
flag of truce to ask permission to Bend a mounted
party to thehattle field of Shiloh, for the purpose
of giving a Accent interment to my dead.
S Certain jjallcmen wishing to avail themselves of
e opportunity to remove the remains of sons and
friends, I oust request for them the privilege of
accompanybg the burial party; and, in this con
nection, 1 6em it proper to say that I am asking
only what Ibave extended to your own country*
men under dnilar circumstances.
Rcspectfify, General, your obedient servant,
/ P. T. Beauregard.
/General Grant’s Reply.
j Headquamjins oi> 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&regard, announcing that the prisoners
captured by him <fet Sunday and Monday, the 6th and 7th
Inst., amounted to between 4,000 and 6,000, and that an
armistico bad been concluded between the commanders
of the two armies, to allow && opportunity for the burial
of the dead and the removal of the wounded. The same
paper records an interview between Generals Beaure
gard and Prentiss, in which the former stated that his
whole force waß only 38,000 men.
The Death or Gen. Johnston Announced
in the Rebel Congress—Message of Jeff
In the rebel Congress, on tbe Bth instant, Mr. Haynes,
of Tennessee, offered a series of resolutions touching tho
battle at Pittsburg Landing, find lamenting the death of
General Albert Sidney Johnston. The resolutions were
amended so as to tender the thanks of Congress to Gen.
Beauregard and tho officers and men under him, and
were then adopted. On the same day Jefferson Davis
sent in the folio iring message on tho same subject:
“ tftc Senate and House of Ke}rresen(ativet of the
Confederate States of America:
ft The great importance of the news just received from
Tennessee has induced me to depart from the established
usages, and to make to you this communication in ad*
vance of official reports, from official telegraphic de
spatches received from official &ohtcgb» I am able to an
nouice to you, with entire confidence, that it has pleased
Almighty God to cipwn the Confederate arms with a glo
rious and decisive victory over our invaders.
“ On the morning of the 6th the converging columns of
our army were combined by its commander-in*chief, Gen.
A. Sidney Jolisston, in an assault on the Federal army,
then encamped near Pittatrargi on tho Toodqmgo river.
“ After a bard-fengbt battle of ten hours, the enemy
was driven in disorder from his position, and pursued to
the Tennessee river, where, under the cover of tho gun
boats, he was. at last accounts, endeavoring to effect Jiis
retreat by aid of liia transports. The details of this great
battle are yet two few and incomplete to enable mo to
distinguish with merited praise all or those who may
have conspicuously earned the right to such distinction,
and I prefer to delay car own gratification in recommend
ing them to your special notice, rather than incur the
risk of wounding the feelings of any by failing to include
them in the li§L When such a victory has been wan
over troops as numerous, well-disciplined, armed and
appointed, as those which have just been so signally rout
ed, we may well conclude that one common spirit of un
flinching bravery and devotion to our country’s cause
must have animated every breast, from that of the com
manding general to that of the hnmblsst patriot who
served in the ranks. There is enough in tho continued
presence of invaders on our soli to chasten our exulta
tion over this brilliant success, and to remind us of the
grave duty of continued exertion until we shall extort
from a proud and vain-glorious enemy the reluctant ac
knowledgment of our right to self-government.
“Uni an AIUwUo Croator has been phuied, while
vouchsafing to us his countenance in battle, to aillict us
with a severe dispensation, to which we must bow in
humble submission. The last long, lingering hope, has
disappeared, and it is but too true that Gonorul Albert
Sidney Johnston is no more. The tale of his death ia
simply narrated In a despatch from Col. William Presftn,
in tbe following words:
“ Gen. Johnston fell yesterday at half past two o’clock,
.while leading a successful charge, turning the enemy's
right, and gaining a brilliant victory. A Minie bull cut
the artery of his leg, but he rode on until, from loss of
btood, he fell exhausted, and died without pain iu a few
moments. His body b&S bMh entrusted to me by Gen.
Beauregard, to bo taken to New Orleans, and remain
until directions aro received from his family.
“My long and close friendship with tins departed
chieftain and patriot forbid mo to trust myself iu giving
vent to tbe feelings which this sad intelligence has evoked.
Without doing injustice to tbe living, it may safely be as
serted that our loss is irroparublo. Among the shining
hosts of the great and good who now cluster around the
banner of our country, there exists no purer spirit, no
more heroic soul, than that of the illustrious man whose
death I join you in lamenting.
u In bis death he has illustrated the character for which
through life be was conspicuous—that of singleness of
purpose and devotion to duty, with his wholo energies.
Bent on obtaining the victory which he deemed essential
to bis country’s cause, he rode on to the accomplishment
of his object, forgetful of self, while his very life-blood
was fast ebbing away. His last breath chart'd hIS W {ti
rades on to victory. The l»Bt sound iie heard was their
shout of victory. His last thought was his couutry, and
long and deeply will hiß country mourn his loss.
“ JEFFERSON DAVIS.”
The message was laid on the table, and ordered to he
printed.
The Army in North Mississippi.
[From the Richmond Dispatch, April 10th.]
Though we have gained an immensely important vic
tory at Sbilob, it is still a fact not to bo disguised, that
more heavy fighting will wore than probably have to take
place before the enemy In that region may be considered
as shaken off. Bis numbers there were no doubt very
great. Grant, according to a Northern letter-writer,
had about GO,OOO. If Buell had as many inure, the ag
gregate must have reached 120,000. These figures, how
ever, may be in excess. Yet General Floyd reported that
the enemy bad at Fort Donelson eighty lull regiments.
Thue MglttMfctß were iudepabdeut ftf Btiell's line, They
came from St. Louis, Cairo, Smilhland, aud Paducah.
So that tbe number then under Grant must have been
from sixty to eighty thousand.
According to the Memphis Appeal of the 3d inst.,
Buell was inarching towards Savannah, which is on the
right bank of the Tennessee river, not far from the
Piltelurg lending, which ia iu the Immediate neighbor
hood of the battle-field at Shiloh. McCook and Nelson
were in command of the Advance, and, it was supposed,
would reach Savannah on the 4th, jnat two days before
the battle of Shiloh occurred j to that, when it did oc
cur. w*> 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*
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able gnntloman will not be deemed very satisfactory by
tho House. [Hear, hear.] Ho wasmodestenmighto say
that he did not hold himself to bo ati authority on a ques
tion of this kind, but I must Bay the facts be quotod did
not Hrnimir murl) to the pal Ht. The question l§, Whelhef
the batteries which wn arn About to erect at a vast colt la
the neighborhood of Portsmouth harbor are capable of
resisting tho entrance of iron-plated vessels, eucli as the
Monitor. The otlior questions, whether there is any dan*
ger of invasion, whether any fortifications are required.
find WhUlllftl Wfe fifth set them manned, aro nnt dhcanei
now. They remain just where wo left them: but, as tar
as I cab learn from their conversation, thono who votol
for tbe fortifications two jeara ago are generally ashamel
C*f that vote. [Heat, hoar.) What wo have to consider
is, whether, heedless of thu pr<?ofo which tiro tiling giTOU
of wn&t iron-plated ships can do, wo are to go on upend
ing on fortifications—l am afraid to Hay how much,
ami, indeed, tho ultimate cost was never very clearly
set heforo tho House. I agreo with the rigat honorable
gentleman ti at nothing js to bn assumed as absolutely
concluded by what bas taken placn in tlie James river,
but the probability is that something lm» boon concluded.
I do not require to be a great naval authority to pro
nounce it a very serious event, and I think the Hons)
may fairly call upon the Government at any rate to sus
pend these works, which are costing many hundred thou
sand pounds in tho locality 1 have mentioned, and which
Will ihVdlVfi AH'OHtlay 6lhil!lioii?i if we inclnrlH all the for
tifications which we were invited to sanction two years
ago [Hear, hear.] Somo honorable members have an Idea
that money is to he dug out somewhere, and that nobody
1b any the poorer when it is paid out of tho exchequer
for such things: but tho fact is that somebody works
tor it, semusbody fur it, uomtibwi* ftcMvba l&ia
of the comforts of life for Us expenditure, somebody
pays it to the taxman, often grudgingly, and suffers for
ti.e loss of it. [Hear, hear.) Even the most determined
spendthrift in tue House must see that tho necessity of
spending that money at all has at leant been rendered
doubtful by I«C4!Jt IVMita. giirely we may call on the
Chancellor ol the Exchequer, who sometimes upbraids
tho louse for its proiligate expenditure, to support the
proposition of the honorable member for Chatham ia
the discussions in the Cabinet. I understand that the
revenue returns, concerning which wo aro to hear some
thing on Thursday, Will aft appearance mom
favorable than, or rather not so unfavorable, as many
persons had expected ; but I can assure the House that,
judging from the state of things in the North of England,
theie is & very high probability that during tho next six
mottle or year there will bo a very considerable fading
off, in tho revenue, and very great Buffering amogg tflf
Worttlßg clanses—infill llt-ly moro, a thousand-told* more
suffering thun we know anything of, because it is
borne £0 silently and heroically. [Hoar, Hear.] But
the less the people complain, if they are in distress, and
from no fault of their own, tho more carefully ought tha
Government and this House to watch that no| g fllDfflf
iaHljlvg of Hi© money which in extracted from them if
expended on work a which have been shown by one of
the greatest authorities hi tho country, the honorable
member for Chatham, to be unnecessary. [Hear, hear.]
1 think we are entitled to ask the Government not tv
ccii/njjnlhni&elvea to anything further In this respect,
and to abstain from involving the ct lintry in further ex
penditure. We may be Bure that, before long, wo shall
receive from the other side of the Atlantic the reporta of
scientific men, and more complete information in regard
to this matter. Without going into the question of the
ftr.at resolution, ttliKh, i agree with tho honombl.
member lor Galway, is inesitable, but whleli ia not, per
haps, eo lar proved ae to justirr a great change of policy,
we may call upon the Government to suspend proceed
ing!, and time save to the country at least a million of
the outlay to which we committed ourselves bo hastily.
[Hear, hear.]
The Monitor and Itlerrimoc.
AVHAT THE LONDON TAPERS SAY.
The London press would seem to be unanimotu
on the deduction that the age of iron navies ha*
dawned at last, after ysa**o of timid Mperiment*.
AYe make a few extracts from their columns:
[From the London Times, April I.]
It must have occun <d to many people to wonder why
tbe new* Federal iron ship should have been called the
Monitor —a name expressive neither of speed, magnitude*
toifv, nor prowess. Tim builder of the vessel hag now
himself come forward to explain its title. He called liifl
invention the Monitor because he calculated it would
serve us a warniog to Downing-street, and admonish the
British Admiralty not to lavish millions of money on fa
brics which might bo found utterly unserviceaole whe*
matched with more ingenious designs. We ate mueli
obliged to Mr, Ericsson for bis bint. We take the warn
ing as it was given, ard acknowledge, with all
that “this last Yankee notion” merits all the attention
which he claims lor it.
In point of fact, we Are not so illoff aB we seem. Onr
naval supremacy is safe ehMlgh &tf>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