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TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 1862.
THE XATEST WAR NEWS.
The latest intelligence from General Banks' army
states that the rebel Jaokson’s advance was at Har
risonburg, and still retreating. It is believed that
Jackson means to retreat till ho roaches Gordons
ville, while others think that he intends making a
detour north, in the valley of the south fork of the
Shenandoah, >o attach our left dank.
Our latest information from McDowell is grati
fying. as it tells of an advance. Falmouth, the
largest village ol Stafford county, situated on the
lower bank of the Rappahannock, 86 miles north
of Richmond, has been peacefully occupied. The
position gives us complete command of Fredericks
burg, (which was prematurely reported yostorday
to he occupied), and the city fathers have agreed
to surrender, if privato property is protected, hut
mutt, inti it with a ludicrous comminglum of defi
ance and sentimentality, that they desire to love,
honor, and obey the 11 Confederacy ” yet a whiio
onger. The idea of a beleagured and defenceless
city dictating terms to a Federal army in this stylo
is almost sufficient to tickle the risibles of a mar-
ble bust
A 5 Fort Wright nr Pillow is said to bo not as
stroDg a position as was Hand No. ten, it is expect
ed that its reduction wiil not consume as much time
as the latter place did. The rclosis have several
gunboats in the vicinity of the fort to aid in its
defence, but they will not come within range of
our fleet. The bombardment of the place has com
menced la earnest, end we confidently expect to
hear this week of the surrender of the fort and its
garrison. In this event, the evacuation of Corinth
by Beauregard is believed to bo a military
necessity.
Apalachicola. Florida, has boon oceupiod by our
forces under Commander Slellwagen. The move
ment was aoiotbi.lia'-.cJ without opposition, and
is one of the most perfectly successful triumphs
of our navy in the Gulf. It has revealed un
mistakably. what none of us have ever doubted,
that a sentiment of loyally still animates the thou
sands of Fiotidiais. The account of the inter
view between Commander Stell.vagen and the
citizens of the town, which is published on our
first page, is especially interesting on this ac
count, and should inspire ns with confidence that
tho efibrls of the tiovornment to restore its sway
over every State and Territory of the Union must
ultimately acnisve success.
The following is said to be a copy of the despatch
from Beauregard, which was intercepted by Qeno
ial Mitchell. It ia dated Corinth, April U, and
addressed to General Samuel Cooper, Richmond,
Ya.: All present probabilities are that, when
ever the enemy moves on this position, he will do
so with an overwhelming force of not less than
85,000 men. ITe can now muster only about o&,000
effectives. Van Dorn may possibly join us in a few
days with about 15.000 more. Can we not bo re
inforced from Pemberton’s army ? If defeated
here, we lose tbe Mississippi Valley, and probably
our cause. Whereas we could even afford to lose,
for ft while, Charleston and Savannah, for the pur
pose of defeating Buell’s army, which would not
only insure us the Valley of the Mississippi, bat
‘our independence. K That Beauregard’s army wa s
terribly demoralized in the latebattlo, there can be
little doubt; but that it numbers only ;>5,090 effec
tive men, we regard as extremely improbable.
Congress Yesterday
Senate —Petitions were presented in favor of a
bankrupt law. of a ship canal from Lak? Michigan
to the Mississippi, of an internal system of taxa
tion, and of the colonisation of the free negroes of
the United States in some territory outside of the
national boundaries. The resolution calling for in*
formation relating to General Stone’s arrest c&mo
up. Mr. McDougali. {Dem.) expatiated at length in
defence of General Stone, and in denunciation of
thft committee. WAS replied to by Mr. Wade
and others. Mr. Wilson's resolution was at length
accepted as a substitute; and passed.
Bouse. —On motion, the Secretary of War was
to fiienUh a ± it&kebieriliof all the brigadier
generals appointed from April 1,1861, to April 1,
1862 On motion, the Secretary was likewise in
structed to have blank forms distributed among
ika Mill Afed lolllefa And dieir rcladrcji
that they may obtain back pay and bounty. Mr.
Cox. of Ohio, submitted a series of resolutions re
questing the Secretary of War to furnish informa
tion txpon a xiuutbvr of pcinis, ttU tuuuiug t,\J tliO
contraband. The resolutions were tabled. The
Committee on Invalid Perrions were instructed to
report a bill providing pensions for disabled soldiers
during the present war. The resolution of Mr.
Diven. of New Yuik, ibat the Attorney General be
requested to proceed against Messrs. John C. Fre
wontaod E. L, Bstml, to recover certain money
obtained from the Treasury, was discussed at much
length and with some little acrimony, but was
finally tabled.
Win the Vnminisiieil fraternize T
We have liad some opportunity to remark ‘
tlie spirit of the Southern people, particularly
since the advance of our armies into the
bowels of their laud. They have been mor
tified by the surrender of their fortified places,
the slaughter of their best troops, the loss of
their great natural and artificial highways,
and the defection or despair of their first
statesmen and generals. Their Congressmen
and journalists have promised from the be- j
ginning an inveterate and indomitable resist- ]
anee. They were to have defended every inch •
of soil with tho pertinacity of Spartans, and
if overawed by superior numbers, arms, or skill,
to outlive our tyranny by consummate trea
chery, sullenness, and activity. All the ele
ments would he invoked to harass and exter
minate us. Their wells would be poisoned ;
their women w'ouhl be Uelllati-s to ensnare and
murder us • our seulries’wonld ba shot down
by unseen enemies; and if our vigilance
should, by' any rare fortune, preserve us
through the present generation, they would
real their children to avenge them, and every
young rebel wonld take his first lesson in his
tory by swearing, with Hannibal, eternal
hate to Rome. Unfortunately for such melo
dramatic resolves, a portion of tho sacred soil
has already yielded.
We have heard of few flagrant revenges of
the kind proposed. It is true that an irate
spinster or two flaunted their bonnets in
.Nashville, and, indeed, a lady in NCVi’bcm 13
reported to have made grimaces in the very
faces of our soldiers. Beyond these terrible,
but not altogether withering menaces, we seem
in a fair way ta oaaupy tho land, and some of
our mudsills, it is mooted, intend to rear first
families thereon.
We hope, not without reason, on our forth
coming tour through the Southern States, to
hear the characteristic accent of tho New'
Englander in all the villages. We expect to
Tead our peculiar literature by the light of a
Pennsylvania oil lamp, and hear the ticking of
a Connecticut clock in a good old inn main
tained by a Massachusetts! publican.
We may even sit in Charleston, and laugh
heartily over certain ancient tiles of the Mer
cury and the Cvnritr, filled with bold and
blasphemous articles upon “ traditional enmi
ties,’-' and discuss the life and death of Jef
fotsoiT Davis with a Mississippi gentlemen as
wo- would talk of lIn; late ALBERT lIICKS, or
his predecessor, Captain Kidd.
The age of chivalry is past. A modern and
Christian civilizution lias taught us lessons of
loyalty, forbearance, and submission. The
Southern masses, whose hearts were never in
this rebellion, wilt readily assimilate with us.
If they do not soon assist us.
General Buell has advanced into the dis
aflected country some hundreds of miles, but
there has been uo vising of armies behind him.
On the contrary, the people, certain of our
protection, are planting their grain, and en
deavoring to recover their good name and
good habits. And a few years hence the two
sections will be more friendly than ever before,
since they have learned that they* cannot pos
sibly live apart.
In tiie sudden death of Governor Harvey,
of Wisconsin, who was drowned at Savannah,
Tennessee, on Saturday night, a national loss
has been sustained which cannot easily be re
paired. Literally, his life has been yielded up
for the cause of bis country, and tbs no less
noble cause of suffering humanity. He en
countered death while ministering to the
wounded at I’ittsburg Landing, whither he
had taken a large amount of hospital stores,
donated by several of the most liberal cities of
the State. Governor Harvey, so the tele
graph Informs us, was a native of Connecticut,
and forty-two years of age. He was a mem
ber of the Convention which framed the Con
stitution of the State, and to several years a
leading member of the State Senate. In civil
as in political life lie bore an unspotted repu
tation.
The Slavery Question
The Administration is assailed with about
equal bitterness by some of those who, on the
one hand, complain that in some undefined
aiul midufiimblo way it dons not immediately
set free all the slaves of the South, and by
some who, on the other hand, denounce the
abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia,
am! the passage of the hill to assist the people
of any State, that may adopt an emancipation
act, to defray a portion of the expenses they
woiiM thus incur. But, surrounded as thu
Whole slavery question is with innumerable
difficulties, the taction taken, up to this time,
commends itself as eminently wise and proper
to every candid - and thoughtful man. The
real or supposed relations of the Government
to the slave interest are intimately connected
with the cause, the progress, and the dura
tion of the war. The first duty of the nation
is to secure its own preservation. To ac
complish that all-important end, it must ob
tain a full and complete triumph in the pro.
sent contest. To gain this object, in turn,
the true policy evidently is to array in its
civil mid military support as many loyal citi
wms as possible, and to disarm, or to diminish
the number of, those who occupy the positiou
of civil or military foes. The slavery question,
like all others, should, for the present, be dis
posed or in such manner as will best serve tiro
general interests of the whole American peo
ple. 1 here has been a vast amount of misru
preSentdtloSi of the aims and purposes of die
Government, and one of the greatest necessi
ties of tbe times has been a clear understand
ing of its policy on a subject which awakens
such intense feeling in all sections of the Con
fedcracy. All these doubts are now being
rapidly cleared up. There has been, add will
be, no war waged against slavery) for the pur
pose of injuring that institution. Whatever
damage it may sutler will he the legitimate
and inevitable result of tbe folly and wicked
ness of its professed friends, and not the eon.
sequence of the, assaults of its foes. It
lias been treated with as much forbearance
and leniency as any of its defend
ers eoulfl justly ask or expect. It would
have been manifestly improper, after all the
occurrences of the past year, to suffer it to be
perpetuated in the District of Columbia. But
Congress, in complying with thu demands of
the spirit of the age, the earnest desires of a
vast majority of the loyal citizens of the
Union, and the dictates of prudenes, did ho
injustice to loyal slaveholders. It rather bene
fited than injured their pecuniary interests by
the terms of compensation it provided for.
Yet me nation will not complain of the
comparatively slight burden it will sutler by
i paying for tlie enfranchisement of the slaves
in and near Washington, After expend ins
many millions for the construction of the mag
nificent public buildings which adorn it, and
for its defence against the terrible dangers
that have menaced It during the last year, an
appropriation that will forever dignify and
i exalt it in the eyes of the world, and virtually
i foim a tew bulwark against future <junypii£l-
I ties within its limits, surely 1 needs no elaborate
I defence.
The policy of offering to assist any State
that desires to abolish slavery, to defray the
expenses of such a measure, stows that the
American people, even now, regard more in
sorrow than in anger an institution which has
directly or indirectly caused so much loss,
misery, and distress to our country-. It indi
cates that the Federal Government does not
desire to interfere with the rights of the
States against their will, hut that it is ready to
aid without assuming power to control. It at
once gives a death-blow to the hopes of un
conditional and immediate Abolitionists, an
swers the calumnies of Secessionists and their
sympathizers, and yet opens a way by which,
when those most immediately concerned per
ceive their true interests, the slaves may be
set free.
That the proposition will produce important
practical results we do not doubt. At the late
election in Western Virginia, a large majority
of votes were cast iu favor of making it a free
State. Many of tlio citizens of Delaware are
now endeavoring to abolish slavery within its
borders. Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky,
contain a considerable number of voters who
would gladly favor emancipation if any feasi
ble project were presented. In time, the
aarne proeefla of- gradual euiAHAipAliAh 11,.,l
constituted a marked feature of the early days
of the Republic will probably be resumed.
Lettish rttom "OCCasiukal.”
'WAHinxr.TON', April 21, 1802
Tho presence of tho hero-priest, Wm. G.
Brownlow, in the city of Philadelphia suggests
afruitful and truthful contrast between the loyal
and the disloyal elements of our population.
Here is a man who has suffered and seen the
worst atrocities that have been inflicted by the
Secessionists upon the friends of the Union.
Imprisonment, confiscation, personal outrages,
and even death itself', have been the gentle
courtesies extended by these fiends to such
men as W. G. Brownlow. He is now a wit
ness in a community that cannot too profitably
study his testimony. His statements should
strengthen every loyal and convert every dis
loyal heart. His example is worthy of uni
versal imitation, especially amongst the men
who are sincerely against the war, and
who refuse to denounce the enemies of
the Constitution. Nothing falls from his
lips that can, in the slightest degree, aid these
enemies, lie does not delight in arguments
Against Mr. Lincoln and tho Republican party.
He is not troubled about the abolition of slavery
in the District of Columbia. His soul is not
disturbed about tho exodus of gthefree blacks,
lie is not horror-stricken at any legislation
that looks to the forfeiture of rebel property.
Profoundly and religiously devoted to his
country, lie only assails its foes. Scorning
the tricks and perfidies of partisans, and
confiding entirely in the public servants who
have the responsibility of carrying ah the
war, lie refuses to repeat any of the clamors
so patent in the mouths of your Breckinridge
leaders, and hurls defiance at them and 'their
associates in arms. Nor is Brownlow alone
in this patriotic stand. He is sustained by
Andrew Johnson and bis friends, and by every
loyal roan in the South. Such is the contrast
between the Southern patriots who have suf
fered from the enemies of the flag and those
in the free States who, in their comfortable
homes, refuse to pursue any course that will
strengdien tho Administration, and delight in
making preparations to defeat that AdmilliS
i tration at the ballot-boxes in the coming elec
tions.
In this connection, it is significant to ob
serve the difference between the Breckinridge
papers of the free States and the Union papers
of tlie slave States. The former are filled
with attacks upon the Administration, misra
presentatious of the Republicans, and pro
tests against all legislation looking to the con
fiscation of rebel property, while the latter
are crowded with attacks alike upon tho trai
tors In arms and upon all who sympathize with
them. The following article from the Louis
ville Democrat of the 10th of April 15 50
pointed and pertinent that I copy it at length.
Tiie italicised passages bear with telling force
against all those partisans in Pennsylvania
and elsewhere that rally under the Breckin
ridge banner:
“ It is time reasonable men, and even those not
ao reasonable, who expect to live in this CAtamoH
weallh, should reflect that the law ought to be
supreme in Kentucky. We have forborne a great
deal; we have given even to treason a free run, as
long as this rebellion approached revolution ; but
the fate of h now sealed j U must die, It IS IlOt
possible lo divide this country by the sword. We
have, therefore, had enough of the experiment,
and those who burn houses, burn bridges, appro
priate the property of* others, and shoot or kill,
should bo held, not prisoners of war, tout robbers
and murderers, to answer for their erimes in tho
State prboii or upon the gallows.
11 It will be seen that a gang of marauders have
been in OlintAn sdunfcy r robbing and killing, uad
these infernal crimes are sanctified in the minds of
many who enjoy the protection of Kentucky's laws
by the prejudice of party.
“ They are, in fact* only common robbers and
cutrthropvs, and should he treated as they are.
“ liight or wrong, we have allowed the assump
tion that these men were acting under the orders oi
a Government de facto, and their deeds have not
been judged with thateeverUy that all laws, human
and Divine, sanction. This de facto concern is a
failure everywhere, and never had more than a
6-badow of existence in this State. It is, therefore,
time this lawlessness in Kentucky were no longer
tolerated, It is time robbery and murder Were
calltd by their light names, and punished as they
deserve at all times.
“ It is ju*t as well , too , that men should reflect
whether that freedom of speech which rejoices in
this vWlionJutd as well be volmlarily dropped
before it is forcibly suppressed. Wo can’t afford to
live any longer in the midst of lawlessness, robbery,
and murder, under the pretext of Southern rights,
or any other sort of rights. Owtaialy, it taanbb
he txptctt-.d that this forbearance shall last always.
There is a law of this State that consigns to the
State piieon any one who left the State to take up
arms »g»ii.st it. We had hoped that this I AW might
be repvnied) upon tho ground that BUOh offences
would cense, and be atoned for by repentance. We
apprehend it will be necessary, for the peace' of
the State, to enforce this taw.
ti At the same time, those who went into the Ooa
federate army as soldiers are not more guilty than
thousands at who have done tiy icoras
much mare against the, country and their btate
than the soldier in arms.
“ We repeat ,th»t it iu time all aid and comtort
to this rebellion tittor in words or dffdst should
stop in. this State* We can t afford to tolerata
this lawlessness and these enormous crimes to ac
commodate a faction. _
“ Those who are not willing to obey the laws of
Kentucky, and who would foment disorder, or aid
or sympathize with rebelliou, should not complai >i
i f theys offer the, consequences."
How is it possible for men who talk in this
strain to go-operate with the friends of Brack*
imidge in any quarter of the Union? The
Republicans are beginning to understand that,
while opposing the sympathizers with Seces
sion in their own section, their highest ,-nd
sternest duty should inspire them to act har
moniously side by side with the loyal men of
the South. To this owl, many of their former
theories will give way before the magnanimous
and national policy of the President himself.
What Republican, for instance, who desires to
see the President sustained, is unwilling to act
in co-operation with such patriots as Brown
low, Johnson, tlio editors of the Louisville
Democrat, and the editors of the Louisville
Journoi ? All that these patriots Mlc_ is
that nothing shall be done that will im
pair tlie rights of loyal Southern men.
Von may be sure that, having realized
nil the horrors of Secession, they will in
sist upon the sternest measures against the
traitor leaders. They are not willing, it may
be, to accept the plan of degrading the slave
States into Territories,or to approve an indiscri
minate edification law, but it should be recol
lected that very many of the Republican lead
ers themselves re-echo these objections. The
fact that they are ready to sustain the Admi
nistration and the war, that their sons and
brothers have perished by hundreds in the
struggle for the maintenance of our free insti
tutions, and that they are resolved never again
to submit to the tyranny of thu traitor chiefs,
is tlio best assurance tlmt their counsels am
wise, and their hearts sound, and the most
earnest guarantee that in any future political
contest they will be found in the ranks of the
men Who are resolved to put down the Brech
in ridge faction in ail the States of the Union.
Occasional.
The Siege of Yorktown.
In conducting operations against the cnemy
at Yorktown, General McClellan will derive
great advantage from the knowledge he gained
when in the Crimea of the means adopted by
tbe French and English armies to reduce the
Russian stronghold of Sebastopol. There is a
slight similarity in tlie position of the works he
is now threatening and those taken by the
Allies. The approaches to Toil;town, how
ever, consist generally of level ground, instead
ol such mountainous and rocky regions as, for
a long time, baftled tlie captors of the Redan
and Malakoff.
Ills report in 1607 to the Secretary of IVar.
(then Jefk. Davis,) sent to tlie Senate, (of
which James M. Mason was then president,
pro tern.,) opens, with a brief but comprehen
sive description of tlie operations in the Cri
mea ; and he evidently took special pains to
inform himself as thoroughly as possible of tUe
movements of both armies. It is probable
that tlio officers in command at Yorktown will
avail themselves of some of the hints and in
formation he furnished, and ho will, of course,
incidentally profit by his European observa
tions in his attacks; so that, to a considerable
extent, the great struggle of modern Europe
may be imitated, under different circumstances
and conditions, on our own soil.
Anouilh illustration of thu inhuman spirit
with which the rebel generals conduct tbo war
is furnished by the proclamation of “ Col. T.
M. .Tones, commanding the army of Pensa
cola," issued under date of March 30. He
declared that all “ lounging, worthless people,
white as well as colored," who are found in
that vicinity alter the 3d of April would be
hung! Human life and property commands
no more respect from these miscreants than
from the werst savages.
Tlie Meshes Tightening
Certain facts that came to our knowledge several
days »iro. ns to the movements of the Union army
in Eastern Virginia, for obvious reasons, have not
been published in the Commercial Advertiser.
The announcement, however, that Gen. McDowell’s
corps has occupied the northern suburb of Frede
ricksburg rontovofl all on tho sooro of
secrecy. The public will be agreeably sur
prised by learning that, instead of wasting his
whole strength—full seventy thousand men—
upon the fugitives and guerillas in the rear of
the rebel array retreating from Manassas, Mc-
Dowell has executed a splendid Hank movement,
by which he has thrown the greater part of hia
force from the Orange and Alexandria to the
Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad, and that
ho is cow within sixty miles of the rebel capital,
with no groat force of the enemy in front, flank,
or rear. This step is a turning of the tables upon
themselves, while it reduces the distance to Rich
mond by fully one-balfofi that by way of CtordoßS
ville. As to the destination of McDowell’s army,
we suppose the reader can possibly make it out in
three guesses.
Meantime, General Banks is literally chasing the
insurgents down the valley or Yirgtnia. The latest
despatches represent them as making from Harri
sonburg (not Harrisburg) for Gordonsville, which is
scarcely thirty-five miles distant in a direct line.
If Jackson has left the valley. Gen, Banks will
either proceed southwestwarl to Staunten, on the
Central Railroad, or follow him across the Blue
Ridge southeastwardly to Gordonsville. The lat
ter movement, we judge, is more probable j but the
nature of the pass aeress the meuntains sway Inter
pose obstacles for a time.
At the present moment, we have, there is reason
to believe, three hundred thousand men in Eastern
and Central Virginia, nearly two-thirds of whom are
under Ceneret McClellan. iVbftt will he done with
and by these immense hosts we cannot undertake
to say. But, being two to ono in number of the
insurgents, and no unorganized mobs, but tho
roughly trained soldiers, well equipped, and eager
for the fray, one may feel at ease as to the Baal
issue. AJ few days will develop other arrange
ments. which may be safely communicated without
danger of giving aid and comfort to tbe foe. Should
the capture of Ulm by Napoleon, of Donelson by
Grant, and of Island No. 1(1 by Pope and Foote, be
equalled by that of a rebel army in the tidewater
section, some dark night, the world will probably
hear of it in due time, Till then faith and pa
tience. as heretofore, remembering that Yorktown
is historic ground.
This tightening of the meshes around the insur
rection, with the moral certainty of the result in
CASA (A A AAlliSiAfi, is attended hjjr'tke remarkable
coincidence of the French [minister taking atrip
to Richmond for the good of bis health, the preser
vation of tobacco, or some other unexplained ob
ject, which may possibly cause the prevention of
bloodshed, seeing the conclusion is a foregone one.
Of that the public will also learn in time. —New
Yor!: Commercial Advertiser.
Labck Positive Sale or Boots and Shoes,
Travelling-Bags, &c.—The early attention of
purchasers is requested to the large assortment of
boots, shoes, broganu, travelling-bags, trunks, Ac.
Also, stock of a dealer, embracing first-class season
able goods, of city and Eastern manufacture, to be
peremptorily sold, by catalogue, on four months’
credit, ««n»«wlng this morning, at 10 o’clock, by
John B. Myers & Co., auctioneers, Noa. 232 and
231 Market street.
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE* PIANO FORTES, &o,
Birch A Son, No. 014 Chestnut street, will sell this
iLorning, by catalogue, a large assortment of house
hold furniture, four piano fortes, and an invoice of
fiilvar-plflUA wave.
Salk this Mornisc— Elkgant Residence and
Furniture— N-W. corner of Chestnut and Six
teenth streets, at 10 d’clock precisely- See Thomas
A Sons’ catalogue and advertisements.
Dramatic and Musical Items.
Miss Thompson will play Camille to-night, wlion she
will be seconted by Mr. Barton Hill as Armand. We
notice tli.it Kiss Matilda Heron publiahesu card in the
New York Herald, whereiu she refers to u Camille” ai
Uio “labor or tier Uxaioß,' awl forbids Miss Thompson
to play it. As Miss Heron, at most, merely translated
•‘Camille,” we must regard thUbuMetin as a pleasant ec
centricity . It la creditable to the genius of Miss Thomp
son, however, who is ineffably more truthful, natural,
and graceful in the part-
Mr. Barton Hill has been pronounced by the New
York crilics a careful, correct, and spirited actor. He
is rail to be miumllr intelligent. If this tatter fact ba
ti up. be cannot bo anywhere so (is.-witiul ua at the Wat
nut* street Theatre.
jlifca Adah Isaacs Menken concluded au engagement
at Wood’s Theatre, Cincinnati, pn Saturday evening*
gl o is succeeded by Miss Maggie Mitchell, who opened
on Monday evening.
■ Miss Bateman opened at the Winter Garden, New
York, on Monday evoning. She is supported by a strong
company, including' Edwin Adame, late of Walnut-street
Theatte, this city.
The Carter Zouave Sisters have been performing at
Concert Hall, Pittsburg, during last week, and Mr.Coul
dock »i Henderson 1 !* Theatre.
The stock company at the Louisville (Ky.) Theatre
played the '• ltag Picker of Paris” last week.
Miss fiallie St. Clair and Charles Barras concluded
tteir engagement a* the Coimubua (<.>blQ) Theatre OU
Friday.
Mr. Charles WheatJefgh is expected to arrive in the
next steamer from California.
ltia Bft jd that Miss Kellogg hoa received aa AiTW of
a very advantageous engagement at her Majesty’s Thea
tre, London, but has declined it
— Hr. Grau. the operatic manager, brought out tho
juvenile vfaul&t» Willis B. Pape; at the Now York*
Academy of Music, on Monday.
The Continental Old Folks closed their engagement
at Cincinnati on Saturday evening.
The Florences are expected back from Europe next
month. They ate at present on tlie Continent, on a tour
of pleasure.
- Mr. and Mrs. V. B. CoDway play in *• Peep o* Bay,
Or Savourneen Deelish,” at the Howard Athena: urn,
Bveton,
Mr. J. B. Clarke sailed for Europe on Saturday
Janett’s “combination” company, with the ext^tp
ticn of Davenport and Wallack, opened at the Boston
Ac«<h Wwtfv on Wou<i»y>
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 33, 1862.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE REBELS TRYING TO FLOOD YORKTOWN.
3,000 REBELS IT CORDOHVILLE.
PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO ACQUIA CREEK
A SURGEON GENERAL APPOINTED.
Special Despatches to “The Press-”
The Rebels Inundating Yorktown
onictre who ieft Torkiown yesterday report (lint tlio
rebels are Hooding the ground in front of their (intrench*
inputs l>y turning a portion ot York river on it by means
OftlHlllß.
Despatches from Minister Corwin,
Minister Cokvtis has tent to the State Department
more voluminous despatches, giving an account of the
condition of ftflftira in Mexico. He gives a ftut account
of the doings of the Allied expedition* and *xdwjmm LLo
opinion that Spain intends to establish a monarchy over
the Mexicans, regardless of the wishes ol the people of
the country.
Iho atcretary ollfir hai nominated Dr. Wim.iam
Hammond for the position of Surgeon General of
niniy, with the rank of brigadier general, under the now
law. Dr. Hammond is a native of Pennsylvania, aud
vr»» chief euiKvou of <mr forces in'tvostorn Virginia.
ltebel Reports ol' the Occupation of Fre-
l»lpkMfWB resrirttfUero give dotfkilH of tUo oc
cupation of Fredericksburg by «ur forces. They afcalu
tbnt the rebels, before leaving the place, destroyed ouo
hundred thoußand bushels of com, twonty-tivo vessels,
and three bridges. Tlie greatest panic prevailed among
lh« rooph.
Tlie Rebels Leaving the Valiev of Virginia
The WHr DopartineTit has information of the ontiro
evacuation of the valley of Virginia by the rebels, they
retreating on Cbarlotteville.
The Rebels at (JordonsviUc.
Information has been received here that Gon. Jos
Johnson, with three thousand troops, is at Gordousville.
It ih tnmiosed that lio will wait till ho is joiuod hy Jauk»
go.\ ,: .< fnroo now retreating before Con. Banks, and then
tlie whole rebel army will fall back on the North Anna
river preparatory fo » general retreat on Richmond.
The State Department bus despatched a special agent
to Boston to investigate the caw* of Tusntam. iiudj&r
i:hs, arrested at Tangiurs mi charge of treason, and
brought to that port for trial.
The r<cent order of the Treasury Department forbid
ding the shipment of cofel to foreign ports, and to home
porta south of the Delaware, hftfi tWH riO far modiliCll AS
to confine it to ports north of Cupo St. Roane, South
America, and west of .that longitude.
Yif-it ol the President, and other Officials
to Acqiiia Creek.
On Bntiuday afternoon, the Preaiilimt, accompanied by
Secretaries Chask and Stanton, Captain Dahlgkex and
D.D. Kiui.b, of New York, wont down the Potomac iu
tlio revenue steamer Miami toAcqiiia Creek. General
MODOW W-I- GfthlA OV6?&&Jbly ib-s next morniog ac
compaiued the Proi blent to Washington. IlowiiliunfiC
diately transfer his headquarters from Cattell’s Station to
Fredericksburg.
On tho President's return from the navy yard fo th&
Executive Mansion, he came near being upsot in his
caniuge.
A State prisoner j Jesse B. Wuahtox, from near
Hagerstown, Md., was shot by a sentry yesterday, at
the Old Capitol Prison, and died a few hours thereafter.
.Executive Session ol the Senate.
Tlie Senate to-day e&bfinu&l the nomination of §a*ii.,
T. Vinton and Danij-:i. J», Gooplok commissioners, un
the ac. to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia.
Also, the following: T. Hisus, of Missouri, to be
second lieutenant ia the First lufsntryj for gallantry at
rrprirguoldj acid for faithful services to Gen. Lvon.
John S. Fimuoiik, of Colorado, to be an additional
paymaster.
William A. Wap.kkn, of lowa, assistant quarter -
John Merrill, of New York, assistant adjutant gene
ral.
Gkokgb 11. Joh nm’oNj of Massachusetts, assistant
auactcrtwaftlAr.
Fkankun Hatmx, of Massachusetts, assistaut quar
termaster.
Daxu:l P. Ali.kn, of Illinois, commissary of aub-
Ristence.
CRonuE F. Noyes, of Now York, commissary of sub
sistence.
Bichahp F. Vanderveeu, of New York, assistant
uuartermastcr.
Lieut. BKNJAMIK F. Smitii, assistant adjutant gene
ral.
Shempax Waite, assistant adjutant general.
Btwmeh I\ ELLiCTT, of California, brigade surgeon.
Alfred Russell, United States attorney for Michi
gan. *
The Evacuation of Apalachicola by the
Commander Stki.lwagen, of the U. S. steamer JUer
ceditcii writing off Apnluchicola under date of March 25,
makes a report to Flag onicer McKban, who has for
warded it to the Navy Department. Ho stales that in
of rccciTcd from tue contra*
bauds That the tcvrn had been abandoned two days after
our coming in by all the soldiers, numbering some 650,
followed by nearly all.the inhabitants, aud seeing steam
boats either reinforcing ef t>rcpArlng to be
determined to send to the city and ascertain the true
facts of the case. The report which was made to him
proved the story of the contrabands to be strictly correct,
there not being ft soldier, cannon, or wsapob of Any kind, •
apparently, remaining in the town. Certain, persons,
claiming to be influential men, state that- every
brdy had been ordered peremptorily away by Governor
Melton, or Florida. The city, Commander Stbllit.u
ger reverts, was entirely at our mercy, the fow remain
ing inhabitants having no means of defence whatever.
Those left were a part of a few white families, a small
number of slaves, and some Spanish fishermen, number
ing altogether about five Hundred to six hundred bouls,
including many womon ami small children. He reports-,
that he refrained from hoisting the American flag be
cause his vessel did not lie near enough to protect the
Unon Cltilifißfl ill the lllftCd f**6M tho Inhuman, assaults of
the rebels, who had threatened to return and burn the
town in cast the citi/epß held any intercourse with us.
The cegrces represent the exodus of the women aud
children as being truly beartireudiog. They were tokau
away at the shortest possible notice, and in a storm, ga
thering what little clothes aud household furniture they
could to take with them. He also states that the batte
ries at the town appear to be entiroly of sand—the one at
St. Vincents he entirely destroyed, burning the platform
for the gUDF, Ac. Some few soldiers arc at Riccat’s
Bluff, 90 miles up the river. The rest are at Johnson’s,
240 miles higher up. At the latter place they hay? been
five months building gunboats, which had not yet been
planked iu. The soldiers, it ia said, are dissatisfied and
disheartened, aud some 300 will leave as soon as their
time is up.
A later report from Commander Stkki.wauex, off Apa
lachicola, under date of April 4th, states that the town
was captured without resistance, as well as ail the ves
sels in the vicinity, by an expedition of eight armed
boats from Lia eblp, the MercidiCa, auvi the Cuitod £tfktCß
gunboat iSagavwre, Lieutenant Drake commanding.
In this report Commander Stellwaubx states that, on
the 30th ult., he heard that the sloop Octai'ia had run
into Bay from llavAua. Ha SALt
Wiluf.k with a sail-boat to that place, fifty miles via
the land, across tho narrow strip of land connecting
Gape fit. Bias with the mainland. It was found that
ShAhadlert. lmt indie&liOßS fsdfil wheel-tracks, spilled
coffee, Ac., showed that her freight had born landed, and
carted away on the same day. Hfs boars cliaaed a small
sloop-of-war fxoiu Indian Pass to the city, and at night
he ient Ills sis down thirty miles* to the last pass, direct
ing the Sagamore to join him at the earliest convenience.
She arrived on the Ist inst., and the next day the boats
-were fully prepared for an armed expedition to the city
and Old Woman’s Bluff, seven miles up tlie rivers Tho
eix boats started at OP. M., under command of Lieut.
Abbott, of the Mercedita , and Lieut. Bigelow of tho Sa
gamore, intending to pass the town in the night. Lieut.
Drake and Commander st«Bwgen followed ID gigs to
support them. On arriving at tho city early in the
morning they found the Octavia and all tlie small vessels
in the possession of our men, and, in due time, the party
came down the river towing the pilot toat3 Cyynetj Afary,
Oimch and the schooners iYei v Island* fio&vdA Jiose,
the latter loaded with cotton. Considerable time was spent
in trying to get the pilot boats and New Island ovar tho
bar, but without success. They grounded in sqven teot
of water. Late In the aftornooa wo pulltU in With all
tlie boats to tie landing-piece, ami kail an intorviewwitli
the people of the town. Commauder Stsllw'AOKx told
them, hr.owing that they were in want of the necessaries
of life, that thop should ho Allowed to fish al<l oyst«r so
long as they wore friendly. Alter:trying to get oft the
three boats which were aground, without any success, he
ordered to be set on fire. The sloops Octavio, and Hose
he determined to send to Key Woatfop AiljudioAtioh.": Ha
states: “I think the demonstration will be BOlutary to
the people and serviceable to the cause. The men.de*
serve great credit for having been from twenty-four to
thirty-six hours away from the ship, engaged iu very
heavy work, which was cheerfully accomplished.”
Madison, (AVIs.,) April 21.—From SOU to 900 prisoners
arrived here te-day, by special train, from Chicago.
They are quartered at Camp Randolph, guarded by three
companies of the ‘Wisconsin Nineteenth Regiment.
Fortress Monbob, April *2o.—Advices from York
town up to this afternoon gay everything was unusually
quitt. Tho sale of one of thu illustrated wookiies has
b«cn rtopped, on account of its illustrations of the vici
nity of Yorktown.
Everything was quioton our front >osterday. Cavalry
recounoiseancts have penetrated the valley for several
mites fowardß Harrisonburg, and report finding large
of £or&&0 AiiJ fttwsL twovldiona Deserters
report Jackson’s ad wince at McGaughoystown, east of
HarrUonburg, au*l still in retrefct. Ashby’s command
continues to form the rear guard, and the signal officers
report that the euemy’s cavalry were in sight yesterday
&ft£H46£h. Settle df tho dOAOftAM LfillriVe that Jackson
intend to cross the Blue Ridge, and reach Gordonsville,
while others think he intends to make a detour north in
the valley on the south fork of the Shenandoah, to attack
ourlt-lt flank. A northeast storm is prevailing In the
Tttltey> Another of Asbby’a lientenanU was brought in
yesterday.
Madison* Wis., April 21 —The Executive Department
r«c«lved ibie ihe ■iartlioy announcotntml 9# ih»
death o( Governor Lonia P. Harvey, who waa drowned
at Eavanmih, Tern-., on Saturday night, while stepping
from one boat to aeother. The body had not been re
covered when the deapatcliea left.
The State ctlicra have keen closes for tlie day, and the
ling placed at half-mast Gov. Harvey wan a native of
Connecticut, and forty-two years of age. He was a
mend per of the Convention which framed the Constitution
of the State, and for several years a lending member of
the State fionate. At tin- lime or liig death he was an.
gsyifl in the humane object or ministering to the wounded
at Pit tklmrg Landing, having taken with him an immense
amount of hospital Btorea, donated, at Ins suggestion, by
tiie cities rf Miiwiutkee, Madison, and Janesville. Hia
meetseor is litutenaat Governor Edward Botomon, of
mimaoivco.
Washington, April 21,1862.
Surgeon General of the Army.
dericksbnrg,
The Tangiers Treason Case.
siiipmcui of uoai.
State Prisoner Shot.
Rebels.
The Western Prisoners.
From Fortress Monroe
From Gen. Banks' Command.
Is 0.-oi r, n;> a u §r.\«T.\, f
Virginia, April >
Gov. Ilaivey, of Wisconsin, Drowned
ffIVIITH CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION,
TEE PRESIDENTS COURSE APPBOVED BY
WISCONSIN.
PENSIONS FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS.
THE COMMITTEE INSTRUCTED TO REPORT
A BILL.
The Case of General Stone Still a Theme
of Delmie,
TABLEAU IN THE SENATE CHAMBER.
SENATOR WILSON’S RESOLUTION OP
INQUIRY ADOPTED,
GENERAL FREMONT AND HIS ASSAILANTS.
Washington, April 21,1802.
SENATE.
Petition*!
Tim rruHideui pro ttm . prosonted petition* in favor of
tho bmikinpt-law; Also, in favor of the construction of
tlie proponed ship canal from Lake Michigan to the Mis
sissippi river.
Colonization of Free Negroes.
Mr. LA.NJ-! of Indiana, prcneutud a petition
frem Ihe free colored citizens of the United States, pray
ing the Government to set aside a portion of territory
nm&hlo of the national limits for thoir colonization, and
miming Central America as a desirable locality for this
purpuftft. Mr. Lana fiaid, that u'MU h* did uot believe the
free colored people were entitled to all the rights aud pri
vileges ol’the white citizens of the United Staton, he, nover
thtlcFs, favort d t heir just right to petition—a right award
ed even amongst the most despotic Governments of Europe
to tlib lmnib]csicitizen._lttfl evident that, as tlw
Wert) freed here in tlife District and in tlie South by our
nunics. something must be done with them, and emanci
pation or an apprenticeship system be adopted. It was
not in accordance with tho genius of our institutions
that these ptoplo should be returned to slavery. He
alluded to Ihn /rfHJit bloodless and moral triumph of
lYtcdf in, in the abolition of slavery in the District of
Columbia, as fully equal to the triumph of our arms by
the chivalric aud brave sor.a of the West, to whom he
paid a glorious tribute. The memorial was respectful,
and deserving the attention of Congress. Hh desired
that it should ho AHd referred to the Committee or*
Foreign Relations, and his motion to that effect was
agreed to.
Canal to the Mississippi,
Meter*. HOWE (Rep ), of Wisconsin, and HOWARD
(Ro]>}, of Michigan, prewuttft memorials from Gitixena of
vvisconpin ami Michigan, pricing for the coaaiructiou
of a ship eansi from Luke Michigan to the Missii&ippi.
The Tax Bill.
Mr. HOWARD presented'a memorial against the tax
bill'now pending in Congre**.
M*. CLARK I) <Rob.). M f w ’ Hampshire, presented a
memorial From the citizens of New Hampshire iu favor
of wliftt is known as tho iuterual system of taxation.
Approval of the President’s Course.
Mr. DOOLITTLE (ttup ), of Wisconsin, proaentod the
joint rvaolutloufl of tlu* Ligialatura of Wisconsin, timda*-.
ing to llio i’reoidout of tho tioitod States an approval of
his course, lie said these resolutions wore passed almost
unanimously. They wore read and laid on the table.
Wilkes’ Ivxplorations.
The House joint resolution supplying the Smlthso
iiinn Institute with a copy of Wilkes’ Explorations was
taken up.
Mr. HALE (RepJ, of New Hampshire, hoped it
would puss, and the books bo sent to tho
Institute* Two of the most gigantic humbugs ought to
go together.
Disloyalists Arrested in Kentucky*
Mr. POWELL (l>em.), or Kentucky, offered a resolu
tion calling on the Secretary of State for the uames of
Ml' resiiteiitß ol tho State of Kentucky, who have
been arre&tefl by bis order, and confined in forts, camps,
and prisons since the first of September last: also, the
number and age of those who had been released, uud the
numb, r. names, and ages, ol those retained.
Mr. SUMNER objected, and the resolution wag laid
over, Wider the Title.
.lurorsi for the District.
Mr. ITAI»F (Rep.), of New Hampshire, introduced a
bill relating to the selection of jurors for the District of
CcluuibiH,
Case of General Stone.
Tlo resolution calling for information relating to the
arrest of Gm. Stoue wah taken up.
I>lr. aicDoiigall Delivers Another Speech,
Mr. McBMVJALL (Lem.), of California, again ad
dressed ibe Senate in favor of the reaolutiou. He com
pared the Committee on the Conduct ot the War to the
inquisitions of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth centuries.
H«i jfi oct eded to review* the remarks made by the chair
uiftjj of the Committee on tho Cuiiduct of tho War, nml
itufl at levy lb frem Mr. Yfade’a reuiarKa in regard to me
secrecy committee. He asked what gave them the right
to pronounce judgment against a brother man }
Mr. WADE (Rep.),of Ohio, said that Gen.Stonewae
furnished with the evidence taken against him, and al
io-vrt-d a full opportunity before the committee to reply,
The Arrest Declared Unconstitutional.
Mr. Mt DOUGALL coromexted on the fact that while
tho members of the committee had taken au oath to sup
port tho Constitution, yet ibe chairman had admitted in
his speech that all the acts of tho cominitteo were not in
accordance with the Constitution. How could they, with
such an oath, endorse an act that they call a violation of
tho Constitution 1 Tho chairman of the committee had
stated that they hfrd m\ Gi® technical evident tQ WB
vtctj yet he had thought it necessary, for the UefcuGg of
Goverrimunt, to make such arrests. He (Mr. McDou
gall) ib<iiiired vhat etideuce they bad if they
bed not the technical evideuce} for, in law,
tho latter wfts tho poorest kind of evidence? Ho
e&id lie would do as much for iH© humblest citizen ia
the land as he would for General Slone. He denounced
the insinuation of the chairman of the committee that
General Stone would skulk away if Bet at libeity. He
then alluded to the bj stem of warfare made on regular
CfflfctH frohi ft partisan spirit, and remarked the eftto of
a man, who by rank and position wo» at the head of our
armies. He bad eveu now, when before Yorktown, been
pursued ; but General McClellan had bui t his eyrie too
high on the rocks for owls and bats to reach it. He re
viewed ibe pciion of Secretary Swnton in the ense of
ffurgwu General Finley, who had betu fOrty-tbra years
in the service ef the Government. No cause had been
assigned for the order iu that instance. When repri
manded by the Secretary of War, General Finley had
E3id that he would prefer a trial by court martial, and if
found nniUy lie tliould then tmbwlt to ft Mpriin&ud. But
Stanton replied that he had a prompter way ol doing
business, and this old man was deprived of his position
and hurried away from bis family ami friends to Boston.
If General Stone h»3 a trial and is found guilty, let
him hare a Yoliey or tho sallows, to atone with his blood
tor uia treason.
Not a Partisan in this Case.
He waa not disposed to be fault finding, nor to speak
in this caee ia a partisan spirit. He supposed this man
(Sl&hfon) thoiljjht he would gc-t ftiid renown by
these tyrannous acts. Who was this Secretary of War 1
It seeme that he was a lawyer, who received large boun
ties from the last Ailmiiiiairation—that of Buchanan—
pud wan a supporter of JJrecKiuriOge in 1860. In No-
Tt-inbtr last he chanted his Yiewa, and came forward aud
tendered advice to the Administration. Being energetic
and quick, he waa received with confidence. He cited
the old saw of the rats who left the sinking ship aa ap
plicable there. In conclusion. be expressed his pr< fsrence
for the resolution he haa offered bio:self to the substi
tute projoi fed by Mr. Wiison, and gave bis rsssous
therefor.
Reply of Mr. W'ade. of Ohio.
Hr. WADE (Bep ), of Ohio, replied at length- and de
nied the insinuation made by Mr. McDongaU, In Uia
speech on jprxdi*^ t ±L*vt he bad charged him vfith being a
sympathizer with treason. He only wished that the
Senator bad continued his assaults on traitors which he
corum< need in his speeches a year ago on the other side of
the continent. There was an old adage to apply to this
talk About charges of treason, that 11 the u-lcheJ
uheti no man pursueD!.” The Senator liad gone into
the secret conclave held for the purpose of reorganizing
a party to reconstruct this Government, and it was
hi own that a systematic effort was being made
htre, find throughout the country, as instanced
in the recent ancst or ex-Secretary Cameron,
by judicial and other proceedings t) assault
and embarrass the Administration. He was glad to ho at
tacked in such good company as that of Secretary Stan
ton, for no man lmd shown greater seal in putting down
mason, and sustaining the Government. The Com*
mitteo on the Conduct of the War, on which he had
never solicited a position, hud been called an Iwiusi
tion for tbo detraction of tho merits of regular military
officers in a partisan spirit, The Committee WOtlid g 3
on in ita vss»l and mergy let come w hat may in ITS way,
to sustain the Government, to punish treason, and put
down the rebellion. [Applause in the galleries.] The
sp< ech we have heard, to-day, boloaged to
the class made by Breckinridge and others,
\vli6 ftefa hero a UUle more khan a year ago.
They stcod up here, day after day, and talked
in the same manner about constitutional rights. They
were now to be. found in arms against the Constitution
aud ih© Government in the service of the so-called Con
federate States. H« proceeded to defend the eomaiilteo
from the charge of inquisition made by the Senator from
California, and sent to the clerk’s desk the official record
of the committee, from which H appeared that, on Janu
ary 29, the committee weie informed by General Mc-
Clellan that General Stone was in the city, and he de
sired llittt Stone should appear before the committee.
General Stene did appear on January 31, and the cha
racter cf the charges and evidenco ugainßt him were
presented, and he (dton*) made bis own explanation, in
ilia own way. The committee then appointed a anh«
Gomnrith'Ot who waited on the Secretary of War, and
informed him that tbero was a conflict of evidence.
He regrtUed (hat the Senator (Hr. JlcDougall) had
left tbo Senate chan-ber, and did not hear the statement
of these fact?. That was the iomiteriftl COUH9 tftfcttt
agmurt Gen, stone by the committee. The Senator from
California had ftrickeu out in the official report of his
speech (he other day. all allusions to the committee.
Gen. Stone was among the very first called in by the
committee in taking testimony in the Ball’s Bluff affair,
vli«re so maty of the young moo of our country Vfero
led to slaughter, as sheep to the shambles, and lie was
called before Iho committee at the suggestion of that very
immaculate commander, Gen. McClellan, who is so re
garded by the Seuutcr from California.
N»i n Breckinridge fkiun in the South
and Few in the North*
If© denounced those who, here fted elsewhere, uever
bad anything to say against traitors, though they were
always so anxious about the Constitution. There was
sol a loyal man south of Pl<>M>l3
end Dixon’s line, and the same was the case with uiaay
of their Northern followers. He concluded by alluding
to the adherence of Douglas and his followers to the Re
publican?, in maintaining this Union, and to the rebels
in this city wha etill give iiifoMiaGcu tA tlie AHAbty. Ua
defended the President, wh*», in his mild wa7, never
harmed any man; and stated it as his [Mr. Wade’s]
abiding faith that tho time was coming when this Go
vernment would rise, plnocix-like, from its ashes, and in
twenty years ha tho most powerful nation of tlss earth.
Then the Southern people would see tho error of their
ways. The conceit would be whipped out of them, aud
they would return to their allegiance, and glory in us as
having raved them from themselves. Ia the course of
his renmikih Mr. Wade alluded to iho comparison mndo*
the other day, by Mr. Totvoll, between the earlier ana
the present Senators from Massachusetts. Hu ’asked,
How stood Kentucky and Massachusetts in tlite rebel
lien !
Mr. POWELL thought the Senatorfrom Ohio had mia
tilliAU liiS AllUHoh fcA tliA Sfthikters from Mfte»»aoLuifefcts
l!e otiij commented on the speech made by one of those
Senators. As to the comparison made between tho part
taken by Kentucky and other States in this war, he
would say, that none of tho troops of that State had over
bten ordered to the rear; as was tho coau with soma nf
Dm troops in the bottle of Pittsburg. The soldiers hvmi
that State were bravo on both tides.
Mr. WADK said that half oF the regiment alluded to
was compost'd of Kentuckians. [Laughter in the gal
leries.] '
Air. fOWELT. said that was a mistake. The troops
gent to tho rear were from Ohio. As insinuations had
been made heretofore that Kentucky was saved by the
troops of other Mato-, ho would say that Bhe had enough
in the field to defend herself. , ,
Mr. WADE said it VM true that K«at«oky had
army in the field, but he would a>-k on which side she
had tbo moest ? [BenewtHl laughter.] ...
Mr. POWELL said he kn»w that Kentucky had troops
ou both sides, and regretted that >his war bo.
Mr. ftnranrr's Sfll’-.lpiViic/-.
Mr.SUMNER (llep-), of Maiaochusetts, was of the
opiniou that Gen. Stem* was entitled to be heard, unions
some overhearing military necessity prevents it. He de
nied Die iL-BinualioLS made in icme of the newspapers,
that h« Lad anything to do with xho arrest of drone Ho
was a stranger to him, and had done nothing either di
rectly or indirectly which led to his arrest. He favored
the reference of the resolution to the Committee on the
Conduct of the War.
Mr. HALE (Rep.), of New Hampshire, thought the in
quiries ift tho resolution Should be answered, but he did
not favor its reference to the War Committee, as that
was not a committee of tbe Senate, but a joiut oneof both
h °Hr. M M( I)OtJGALL (Lem ) hero Bnggeflted to refer the
molution to the Military Committee.
Mr. KING (Itep), of New York, as ft member ot the
Military Committee, hoped it would not be referred to
them. It would constitute the same inquiries aft are be
fore the Comniittae on the War, where the resolution
-^belonged-
No Ex-pnrte Testimony Taken*
Mr CHANDLER (Rep.), of Michigan, said the state
ments of ibe Senator Irom California about ex part*
Itßliimw l’fii>s taken More tlie !V»r Ceinmittee, Yierei
in 10ml nr fact, untrue. Ho t valence to lit, Ktiowleagßi
a, a imtuher of flio committee, has ever been taken
against any one but it tvas furnished to the party in
volved, that he might ho heard in his own defence. He
WBB tittfl of hearing th«, mfWI Mil fdlW ’niP'IWVUW
omlie ccn mitice. .
A of Vfraciiy.
Mr. McDOUGALL asked if the Senator meant to say
that he had said anything false?
Mr. CHANDLER. Whoever said that the committee
has convicted on ts. parte testimony, aud was inquidi
toiiat in its ia*A& a f&U4 l&iputUtcm.
Much confusion ensued.
Mr. McDOUGALL rapidly repeated the inquiry
Poes the Benator mean to say that I uttorod anything
fulee '!
Lulled lo Order
The VICE PRESIDENT cnlloil the gentleman to
order.
Mr. CHANDLER said ho would not repeat what he
had laid roveral times. Hr declined to answer.
? , r\® c ? OUG^ bI ' BI *‘‘ lll ‘“B«nftt9rmus( not* tlien.
point uia Hnfier me.
Tlie Inquiry Proper.
Order being restored, Mr. FESSENDEN said he
thought the Jnqniry proper, uulms some imperious mili
tary necessity preveuted the trial of General gtontii hut
(Lh should he left will, the President, who, ftB COlIl"
mamler Ju-chief of the army, was aloue judge in the
premises. No ono would guard constitutional rights
more than himself, and ho deemed it proper that Con
gress ehoulil inquire into these arrests
Mr. (iKIMKB (Rep ) 4 of rowftt trusted that the B«nata
would come hack to the question before them, and not
debate these Fide issues.
Ho favored Mr. Wilson’s resolution calling on the Pre
sident for the facts in regard to the arrest of General
Stone, if not incompatible with the public interests.
Mr. lllUnvaUNG (Hep.), of Illinois. wiaabtal wUL
the views of tlie geuator from lowa, aud disclaimed, in
reply to an intimation of Mr. McDougall, that he spoke
liorc or elsowhero, personally, the views of the President
He spoke solely from information elicited in the debate
here ou the <iueetion, and thought there might be cir
cuqiiUucos which would justify IL« Smpriwsment of
certain tghuds at such times a« those, resulting in tem
porary individual injury for the public good. This hap
pened with the best of Governments.
Defence of the Secretary of War.
He deßudfid lli4 Secretary of War from the WtrtAUlt
made on him to*day. He believed that no man stood
higher in the estimation of the people of the couutry, and
this confidence would not be injured by this assault. He
thought that Secretary Stanton’s course during the lasi
iliiyn uf Uuuhaiumbj Admlniatrntloii had insured tUe
peaceful inauguration of President Lincoln.
Alter a debate as to the form in which the resolution
should be passed, Mr. McDougall accepted Mr. Wilson’s
resolution in place of his own, calling on the President,
if not incompatible with the public interests, fo fquiisll
all tul'.>rm»tic.xi to the arrest 90(2 imprisonment
of Mr. Stone, which was then passed.
Confiscation Hill.
The confiscation bill was taken up.
Mr. DAVIS (U.), of Kentucky, obtained the floor
After hu executive session, the Sonata adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Bounty to Widows ami Heirs of Volunteers.
Mr. EDWARDS (Rep.), of New Hampshire, intro
duced & bill mfthins appropriations for the pay of bounty
to the widows and legal heirs of volunteers who have
died and of those killed or who may be killed in service.
Referred to the Comn ittee of Ways and Means.
Department of the West*
On motion of Mr. ELIOT (Hep.), of Mft&MChuseUSi
tli.; Secretary of the treasury W 81) rC'iUQHtOd tO COIIITTIU
nicato & statement ol' the expenditures of money in the
Department of the West.
Appointments of Brigadier Generals.
On motion of Mr. NIXON (ltep.) of New Jersey, the
Secretary of Wav was vmhhuJ ta ih* Uou»
With & NtAteiUOilt of all the appointments of brigadier ge
nerals, regulars anil volunteers, from the Ist of April,
1861, to April, 1862.
Fay ami Bounty to Invalid Volunteers.
On mutton of Mr. BL AKK (ISop ), of Ohio, the SCCfO
tary of War waa directed to cause the necessary blank
forms to be printed aud distributed among the sick aud
wounded soldiers and their relatives, in order that they
may obtain the back pay aud bounty due to the said sol
diera* , ,
Resolution Asking Information.
Mr. COX (Deni.), of Ohio, submitted thefollowiug resO'
lution*
Jtesolved, That the Secretary of War be requested to
intoi m this House upon the foUOWIBS fact?;
i-'irst vvnat has oduj eU tbo reply to the resolution of
this House calling for information us to the age, sex. con
dition, &c M of the Africans employed in General Wool’s
Department l
Second. What number of slaves have been brought
Ihto ililis District l-y the army otficera or other agents Ot
the Government, from tbe State ot Virginia, since the
enemy abandoned the possession of Manaaaa3 aud their
lines c;u the Potomac 1
Third Wbat number of fugitives from Maryland and
Virginia Are now la the city of Washington, with their
sex And probable ages '!
Fourth. V’hat number is now or has been sent to
Frederick, Md.l
Fifth. How many are now fed and supported by the
gioney of the United States, appropriated bp Oa&gteSs to
prosecute tbe war!
Sixth. By wbat authority negroes, old and young,
males and females, were sunt from Virginia, by railroad,
to Philadelphia, and at whose expense, and the amount
of expense, and the purposes for which they were sent *.
Se&iiiih. If he has not the meant* io answer in
quiries, that he take the necessary steps to obtain the
information.
On motion of Mr. LOVE 10Y (Rep.), of Illinois, the
resolution was tabled—yeas 65, nays 31—the Republicans
generally voting in the aflirnmtiva.
Patriotic Record.”
Mr. DUNN (Rep.), of Indiana, offered a resolution,
which was referred to the Military Committee, directing
tbe Secretary of War to cause to be published 25,000 co
jiUti ot tL« look enlUlel U Pninotic Eecordj" containing
full rolls of the-oiHcers and men in the army and navy
engaged in suppressing tbe rebellion.
Pensions to Disabled Soldiers.
On motion of Mr. (Rpp), oflndiana, a re*
solution was adopted instructing the Committee oil la*
valid Pensions to report a bill providing pensions for
disabled soldiers during the present war.
Department of the West—Vote Reconsidered.
Tbo Ilonse reconsidered tho vote by which ihe resolii
tion'was adopted, to-day .{callingfor ft statement cf the ex
penditures cf tbe Western Military Departuieut, and
tlu n rejected it.
Resolution Instructing the Attorney General
to take .Proceedings.
The* resolution of Mr. Diven, of New York, came up.
It is as follows:
itefoJruf, That Ihe Attorney General he requested to
take proc**wsir.i;B to *ccoverfrmn John C. Fremont and
E. L. Beard the sv|pa of niopey v'.'tftiiml frnm thCi TreUßlllT
on rtu- ordvr ci the said Frenmur, payable to ttlC said
Braid, as Eet foith in the report oi the Select Committee
to inquire into the contracts of ihe Government.
Mr. SThVENS (Rep ) of Perns:lvania, moved to lay
the resolution ol the table, hut
Mr. 1)1 YIN claimed his awn vlalil la tk4 Asm*.
eaid he was opposed to arraigning men without giving
them fin oppeviuuity of being heard in their own defence.
After-an indictment a speedy trial should be afforded.
Either the committee or the Government contractors are
guilty of iiinMns a false report, and placing a falsa record
la fore the House, or General Fremont stands convicted
of an odious and gross peculation, for which he ought to
be broueht to trial. All he [Mr Diveu] proposed, by
the resolution, was that General Fremont shall have a
trial bfefot e ft cpuh of Justice. _
nir. kelley (Bep.),'cf Pennsylvania, asked if Mr.
Diven had seen any testimony cutside of ths report.
Mr. DIVEN replied that he had only slated what bo
had teen in the report. If tbe committee were guilty uf
making false chargee, be would punish them.
Mi-: KELLEY »nJ Mr. A¥£viaN§ interposed a few
remarks, in explanation, defensive of General Fremont*
Mr. DIVEN resumed his Bpeech, criticising tbe al
leged extravagance attending tbe erection of tbe de
fensive works at St. Louis. Extraordinary suni3 were
adTftLttd before tbe u-ork was dono on tlie mere sapi so
of tbe contractor. §160,000 or tho public money was
thus tpent. while the soldiers remained unpaid. Even
McKinstry*could not approv< of such extravagance and
wastefulness. These points be derived from the report of
the select committee, lie wanted a suit brought against
Fnmont aud lizard, in order to recover so much of the
mf ney as has been drawn without a just equivalent, and
without foim of law. If all the drafts had been
houortd, the sum would have amounted to. £230,000.
The pajment of money on such a principle would
baillifUPt Abi* Ji&tJAii. If the friends of l-’romoiri wuiil
him to He under an imputation of this kind, they mis
take their duty. If a jury find that the money was pro
perly drawn they would exonerate him. If the money
is duo to the Government, Congress woul l be derelict
jc its duty if it did not lake measures to secure it Fro*
mom’s safety was owing to bis hold on the affections of
a large number of the people. Nqpother man could have
made such drafts and escaped.
Persistent Malignity.
Mr. COLFAX (R*=p )■} of ltridana, aEwicl tbe getitia
man’s persistent malignity was worthy of a better cause.
Why did the gentlemau allow his thunder agaißet Fre
mont to sleep during iho five mouths that Congress has
been in session to open upon him when ho is again in
cornu asd i
Mr. DIVEN explained, that he introduced Uis resolu
tion on Il)£ very day that he read the report, and was
watching lor it to come up for the action of the House
ever sine©.
Mr. COLFAX replied.that the gentleman had had fre
quent opportunities in the meanwhile to make his speech.
Why did he wait till Fremont was in front of the enemy,
and then hurl arrows from this legislative council at his
back'! Common jmtice would demand that he should be
tet nlvne until the end of the war, when the gentleman’s
malignity coma be gated to its full extent. The gentle
man had informed him, (Mr. Colfax,) before the evi
dence was officially published, that he was opposed to,
and had lost confidence in Fremont, predicating his
opinions only on newapuper statements.
Hr. DITEri said lie had no recollection of such a con
versation.
A Rentliiisceuce*
Mr.COLFAX said it took place at the St. Nicholas
Hotel betore tho meeting of Congrats. Why was not
this movemeut made Against Fremont when he was not
iu active command ? Why now seek to deprive him of
his influence with bis officers and men and bring him into
a criminal court l
Hr. LIVEN said be did not propose to bring him into
b criminal court, Dm to a suit at law.
Mr. COLFAX replied that it was virtually making him
a criminal. Be believed the expenditures connected
with the fortifications at St. Louis were vxtravagaut, bat
mentioned the circumstances, which ?,\tenuftted DlO 0X-
*ji«t Fremont was juei leaving 3t» Louis to
aUack Price, and that, perhaps, enough had been saved
in the smaller number of men required to defend St, Louis
to make up the excess.
Mr. MALLORY (17 ), of Kentucky, suggested that the
friends of Vr<rooni ehonld desire an investigation, iu or
der to relieve him of the pending charges.
Fremont Vindicated by the President.
Mr. COLFAX continued, saving the restoration of
Fremont to command, by the President, ifl t}io ng
*ut«) of « vir.fticaiiou of hie character,
Mr. DIVEN disclaimed holding any malice toward
Frtmont, who was a stranger to him.
Mr. LOVE JOY (Rep), of Illinois, essayed to illus
trate the position of the gentleman from New York.
Mf. DIVEN Afctild b6l ti.A Api,UAftG&*i.
Hr. LGVEJOY. Then read Virgil.
Mr. DIVEN. It is too late for me to commence tbo
study now.
Malicv l’reprnsr.
Mr. LOYE.TOY said that while Fremout wag iu the
presence of the enemy it looked like malice prepense thus
to ariign him.
Ex-parte Testimony*
Mr- COLFAX reseated that ho did not apororu of tho
fortification conti acts, but other general* had made far
worse mistakes. lie instanced the i«ck of transporta
tion at Ball’s Bluff. He was williug to condemn !• remont
for hie faults, for ho kuew that no man was perfect. Af
ter further remarks iu vindication of J remont, he said,
g| T e this tuat* a Chance TO be beard before be as stricken
down by tho ex jntrfe testimony of committees who pub
lish Die evidence in his absence as conclusive, without
sivlns him an opportunity to cross-examine the wit
nesses. Bid Ui« well known that tho Committee on the
Conduct of Dm War beliuvu him exosiMiUeiL
M?. BLAIR (Hop ), ef Mteiouri, during the debate,
said the President may, in consideration of the political
influence brought to bear upou him, have reinstated
Ertinont iu command in order to prevent a division ot
l*r<»TthGrn plrciuh him in the Mnunuin ue*
panmeuti wiiere lie could do nu haroi an lno good, Tue
people of Miauuri were made to Buffer by Fremont bring
ing his California iiifuds into that btate, and were
obliged to wait fur six or eight months for their monej,
while tbe speculators obtained advance payments.
sr?r» COirFAT* Inquired bvW Jr L, \Vooo» W bs>
placed on Fremont’s staff J %
Mr. BLAIR replied, that Woods came with a pass
from Beauregard, and wtut employed b? his (Mr. Blair’s]
brother as a spy to get llie mails through Baltimore, as a
„ l!ln 0 t oj.jwiritr, sliill, U«il IVAod* citniA liAtfA
with a *ang of CalUornians, whom he co untlered the
basest on earth, and it seems there was a natural affinity
between Ihtxii and Fremont.
Mr COLFAX Bftid he understood from Gen. * remont
thuWoOd* tkOtkUttdlA eoh.mAhd thMUoUIhA milii
ence oi the Blair teunily. ’ „ , . , ,
Mr- BLAIR acknowledged tins. He had deeply re
arfttfcd it, and if pardonud, Fremont would never ge
into awo-her command with his help. As the gentleman
fiouiltidiiuuliai pickud militia cdßt*affi ho ffwUluaooa
S8 Mr C COLFAX said he had not picked up the cast-off
DemaXman^
jinlilffti'w ieinS him is wm nm,
uiatle toulracte wiili Bwrt,
». nmcli as tlie wtrk was worth, ht. Loutiit 'ww s m
dar aer, exccptiu* from Fremont. &ow the uni
■Western Yirginiu, the complaints inaugurated ia Mis
snmt w „umtd. and tettoi'i are uiiitiwn as iiiaa! ftte
sam.i K the Government for not Furnishing moro troOM.
A running debate, betwe»nColtax and Blair, occurred,
! concerning points in the military conduct of FremonL
i Fremont Entitled to a Fttiv Heariits.
Mr, rHEIrfS I livp ), vl CoilFornlo, without deeUnng
htnifcU a friend ur Frcinont, lielierod lie wa. entitled to
a fair hearing. He knew that Beard was here asking for
a rurvey of the work. A, for Woods, he was personally
acquainted with him. If Fremont, selected Woods for
tip pusinesß ni.uahot, hq qouid nul o-* Yy »“»do . e -’' r
eeiecttoo. The gentleman frem Missouri seemed \q have
stigmatized the “ returned Californians.” In response to
this, he (Mr. Phelps) had only to say, that If you
strip the army of its “laturnrd Californians’ you lrtU
have blit few competent leaders.
a t'nbnli
Mr. STEVENS (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, raid that In
Revolutionary times there was a cabal against Washing
ton, aud there seemed to be such a cabal now in exist
ence The only difference was in the kind of men of
which they were composed. The means selected to
destroy Frtmont were more infamous than those re
sorted to with the view of destroying Washington. The
motive attributed by the gentleman from Missouri to the
President for reinstating Fremont was not to vindicate
mi iwed mem from tbe Blander henpodunnn hiiih If
there ever was a worse charge made against any man in
office than that against the motives of the President, he
had yet to learn it. The gentleman lia<l made none as
bad against Fremont, though he had condemned Fremont
as a plunderer. Mr. Steveus alluded to what he termed
“scrar-R of (dander* 1 igklbsfc Fretaont, And of persons
being put on his scent, by those who had been his friends
but had become his enemies, to destroy him There was
no pretence that bo had received any money to which he
was not entitled. If it was in order, he would move to
discharge the scandal-hunting committee from any
further service. They had committed more fraud than
they hod detected.
Mr. BLAIR (Rep ), of Missouri, in explanation, said
that if Freiuont did not bring those Californians here, he
received thorn with open anfis, and filled their hand# with
contracts of the imul natuvimw ehtti'ACUK. BtwJ liG
defrnudeil the men whom he employed. It did not lie in
the month of Stevens to chargo him (Mr. lMalr) with as
sailing tbe President, alien it was known that the gen
tleman had heretofore not only assailed tho Administra
tion, but our generals in the field.
Mil DIYEN’S reuelttlloh was lU 1.d.l on (be table.
Military Trial and I’muslimr-ilt.
Sir. ALDRICH (Rep.), of Michigan, moved the pas
sage of tlio resolution heretofore offered by him, instruct
ing the Committee on the Judiciary to report l/ftck til?
Li.l lo subject reitai*' peraona lo military ti fftl ftnd pilU”
Iflhtnenl, and for oilier purposes. If this had heretofore
been passed, the Honso would not have enjoyed the de
bate to which they had been treated to-day.
Mr. THOMAS (U.), of Massachusetts, believed that a
IflFflO BClliMl of tllU IUH8& W4P4 *Ui»gttalod with th« dia-
CUsfcion. Tho quarrels about particular qeuerals were
distasteful. The waH one parallel to it in hifitory—name
ly, that of a Roman Emperor fiddling whilo Horn) was
burning.
Mr. COLFA X concurred in what J|je gentleman had
pul-.1. No iViextd of Fremont hero had said a word aboit
him excepting in reply to the attuckß made tipou him.
The resolution waa adopted.
The bill required to he re portal relates to tho trial And
puiiir<him-!it of military otlicerfl charged with swindittii;.
The Bouse then adjourned.
Tlie High Water at St. Louis.
A SAD AFFAJH,
THE PEOVOST GUARD MAKE A BAYONET
CHARGE OH A PARTY OF CITIZENS,
THREE WOUNDED.
£t. Lours, April 21.—A riot occurred in East St. Louis
on Saturday night, in which three men wore iojurod.
In CQiißffluence of tbe high water iu tho river; the itu
habitants stopped up tbo culvsrt oh tlie Okie and Mlseia
eippi Railroad, in order to prevent the town from being
submerged. Tbe roadmasier fearing that the culvert
would be washed away, proceeded wit)} tr§ffk hands
to Tcmove the obstructions. They wore mot by a
crowd, who ordered them off. The matter was
referred to the provost marshal, who sent over a
guard of sixty men to quell the disturbance, and pro
tfefti tlife l&llro&d. They fouud 75 or 1W men aasemble^,
to pt t-vei-t the obstructions from being removed. Tho
crowd was ordered away, but .refuted to go, when tho
guard advanced upon them. Several shite were fired at
tiwHi, j)Ht bp ope injprpd. The guard thea charged
bayonets on tho crowd, and tliree mou woro wounded—
one seriously.
Yesterday Col. Parson and Mr. Bacon, prosident of
the road, went over to examine into the matter, and
they decided to allow the obstructions to remain, M
their removal involved the destruction of a vast amount
of property.
It is doubtful whether the embankment of tho road
will prevent the towu from being submerged, as the road
is marly overflowed in several places.
Official Reports of tlie Capture of Fort
Tula&ki.
Gen. Hunter thus officially reports the capture of
Fort Pulaski: . .
il Headquaktkiis Pep’t of TUB SOI.'TH,
Poiii 1 Ul'l.ASiil. CbigK.-tpirit Isi.A.ki> t
GfeOittiiA, April 15,1H82.
“Bou. E. M. Sr.\NT«:»K, Secretary of War, Washington:
«. Sir—Hie flag of our country waves over Port Pu
leski. I summoned the garrison to surrender at sunrise,
on the morniDcr of tho 10th hist. Immediately on re*
ceiving their rehmil, utB A. M., we opened fire, the
bombardment continuing, without intermission, tor
thirty hours. At the end of eighteen hours’ firing the
fort was breathed in the southeast angle*, and, at the
momVnt of siutmkKt (two o’clock P. fll- on the 11th
Uibv.) we had oummenonl preparations for storming i
“The whole armament of the fort, forty* seven guns,
a great mpply of fixed auimuniti n, forty thousand
pounds of powder, and large quantities 4f commissary
stores, have fallen into our handsj also, three
and BlKty rprisonore, of Whom tbC officers Will I/O Sent
Forth by the first opportunity that offers.
“The result of this bombardment must cause, 1 am
convinced, a change iu the construction of fortifications,
a? radical as that foreshadowed in naval architecture by
th<s contUcfc Utwccn the J/onxl<rr and J/emmac.
werk of stone or brick can resist the impact of rilled ar
tillery «f heavy calibre.
“Tconmch praise cannot be given to Captain Q. A.
Gillmore, United States engineers (acting brigadier gene
ra!), the officer i itufidiotelp in eharga 6f oßPWorks on
Tybte Island, for his industry, skill, and patriotic zeal.
Great credit is also due 10 bis assistants— Lieutenant J.
H. Wilson, United States topographical engineers, and
Lieutenant Horace Porter, of the ordnanco department.
I have also to gratefully acknowledge the d?rv)C9! gf
Captnln C. B. P. Bodgerst United States navy, Who, With
one hundred of his men from the ir«6a<ft, uuder com
mand of Lieutenant Irwin, did nobly at the gum.
“ our gallant volunteers, under the scientific direction
of Captain Gillmoro, displayed admirable energy and
DoisetenuGO In tho congti'UGLiua of the aiEtUwatta on
Tjhte JfiJntd: mid nothing could bo fitter or tti&ro Im
pressive fliun the steadiness, activity, skill and courage
with which they worked their guns in battery.
“ When I rcceivt the report of the officers more f Dime
dintdy is cpß>T»*wfl, Biigafliei' H. W. Benliaai
and Acting Brijfvlier tenoral GUlmoro, a stataamut
more in detail will be immediately forwarded; but I can
not close without expressing my thanks to both the3e
officers, and the hope that Acting Brigadier General
fijlinjore may be confirmed in the positigi} gf Brigadier
<ivjseral : to wiiicli, in tiiis bombardment, ho has estab
lished sush deserving claims.
“ I am happy to>tate that our loss was but one man
killed, the earthworks of our batteries affording secure
protection against the heaviest fire of the enemy. The
Use of iLs L-imy Lai Lieu fctatod ai iliree severely
wounded.
I have the honor to be, sir, ;
“ Slost respectfully, your very o'bt serv’t.
“ DAVID HUNTER,
“ MaiiiMiriifral OoimnaiMliusDepir truant of the Santh,"
General Denham's report to General llnnter describes
the terrible tfff ct of our fire as follows:
“At about 7 on the morning of the Iltb the fire opened ,
with great vigor and accuracy, the certainty as to direc
tion and distance being greatly beyond that of the pre
vious d*»y, especially 011 the part of th« enemy—th«-r«
being scarcely any exposure of our force that did not
diaw a close shot, while the embrasures and parapets of
our batteries wen* most accurately reached.
i; At about ten to eleven A. M., I visited the batteries,
findirs each of thorn most efficiently served, aapooially
the email mortar batteries nearest the fort, the Mttertas
just referred to, in charge of the navy and Captain Tur
ner, and the columbiad batteries under Captain Pelouse.
I found that an embrasure at the breached point, which
was ranch enlarged on the previous dft>*» was now opened
to fully the cir.o of the reeves arebi or some eight or ten
feet square, and the adjacent embrasures were rapidly
being brought to a similar condition. At about noon the
whole mash aud paiapet wall of tho casemate first in
jured fell into the ditch, raising a r&mpcjulte visible t?
we, wui eovn after tho corresponding parts ot thoadja
cfnt casemates began to fall, the l’arrott and Jaineß shot
passing unite thiougb, as we could eve the heavy timber
blindage in rear of the casemates, to the rear of the
magazine, on the opposite (northwest) angl? 9f the
fort,
“ In tlu.s Btate of tilings I felt sure that we would soon
bo called to peel oft' tho wh.de scarp wall fmm the front
of the casemates of the southeast front, making a breach
greatly larger than the small garrison could defend, with
fcPAti&bH* ftfiithlf SiH&lld? hwa.sli .sfi the opposite side •
and I at once determined that, if resistance was con
tinued, it woutd be best, and eutirely practicable, to
storm the fort successfully within thirty or fort* hours.
And I had given directions to General Gillmore to have
suitable soaliuKHadderi prepared for Hie purpose, and
was arranging for the proper forces, boats, Ac., when,
at about 2 P. M., we discovered a white flag thrown up,
aid the rebel flag, after tellir goutto the wind foe a few
minutes at luilt-nnut, came slowly to the grouad.”
FROM PITTSBURG LANDING.
MATTERS AT THAT POINT
What the Rebels Think of the Fight.
The Cincinnati Commercial of Saturday con
tains the following despatch from its correspondem
at Cairo
Cairo, April 18, 1862.
The steamer City of Jitiiijihis readied raducah lust
eveuiug, from lMttaburg, with TOO wounded. Bbe was
ecnt to Louisville. Amoug the wounded was Captain
W. H. rolfe, nephew of cx-Preaideut Polk, who par
ticipated in the battle, and was severely wounded in
leg, TJie ftv.rgf'pna held a consultation on the passage
down> and decided to amputate it.
Gen. ShorniHii moved his division on Wednesday two
liilletf farther into the interior, and, after a Bliarp akir
nijbh, in which the enemy was defeared with a loss of
tive c.£ i.ia killed aii mAnf vout><)e<if in
znatntaiuinß hie position.
I believe it Is the intent!, uof Gen. Halleck t> advance
blow and surely* and particularly to guard against sur
prises No pucli disgraceful and inexcusable blunders
h, those uerpetrnted on Sunfiuy will .gain liaprißii white
hoiim cbmnißml. .
Tlio excltemrat against curtain olhcsrs is inteiiuu; ana
charges have been preferred wllicli will saddle tbs re
sponsibility of Ibo slaughter where it rightly belongs.
The roads west ol filtstnrs are exeeraWet I’iit are ra>
pidly drying under tho influence ol the not southern
A* battle is imminent, ami cannot long he delayed.
Information Ircm Corinth to tbe l»tli (yesterday),
reached Savannah, and is deemed reliable. The person
referred to eays that tb© rebels consider the of
Sunday and Monday as of nm-,nailed brilliancy, and it
i# producing a wonderful eJfoct upon the people. The
movement furnibheß incontestable evidence that the
Yankees are not invulnerable.
Tbo Southern heart i* fired, and reinforceniauta are
pouring upon Beauregard at an unexampled rate. He
has one hundred thousand men at his command, and is
fortifying Corinth, building unlrnnchmenta, ride pits, and
constructing absttis of trees 1 , Ac.
The rebels entertained no doubt of success the next
timvi i f w ©RcountcrW pvpvsdtvd,
lost thin ten pieces of artillery in the late battle, and
captured fifteen. ' ...
General Fmith is dangerously ill at Savannah, and Jus
recovery ia doubtful.
if ho wounded in th* hospital at SavaumiU a*o dying
at the rate of eight or ten daily. .....
The steamer J'lanet arrived at Paducah, tins morn*
with the Seventy-first Ohio.en route for Fort Douetson.
■iliis fa one of the regiments that disgraced the State ou
tL Their oolora have lipbii taken from tlimu.
The Seventy.seventh Ohio has been disbanded and
mustered out of the service.
A deserter from Beauregard's army came-into-Sftvan
nth uu Wcilnfsilw. ft ml row l!«l 9ro?rftl ftto melted
Corinth on Saturday, 3th instant, viuh Y?bat lie calls
thiity thousand men, and that the rebels were very much
rejoiced in coDse-jiiorco. He reports the rebels badly
whipped on Monday night, andaays they were nearly
dUporabr.cd. Buabrod Johnson djpd, frpm the ffPWIIS
received at riust-urgyon Sunday night, in his toiltat
Corinth. Our informant sayß that the people in Seces
sia looked upon him as uo better than the Yankees, and
rejoice at his death.
Heavy Kobbtiy at JSew Votk.
ificw YOHK,j April 21.—Tho oflico of the Hroofelyn
White Lead Company, on r niton street, was robbed ou
Saturday night of bomls to iho amount of from forty
thousand dollars to fifty thousand dollars of the Chicago
&ti(l lloHhw«tari* JltulreAil.
Heavy Freshets in Lower Canada.
Montreal, April 21.—There have been heavy fresh*
et» recently throughout Lower Caugdfi, viMageg
have been nocdvO, and tbeie lias been great Uuu'ruction
of property. Tbe lochs and dams near Ottawa City are
in danger. The Western trains have been interrupted
tor the last three days, the roads being washed out.
£5O Government norse* Drowned
Padi lan. Ky., April 21. —A barge, containing two
bunOred and titty GoTernmout horaee, struck a snag, be
tween hare and Cairo, on S«‘ur(!ay night, nttf suah t*|t|i
ail cm board.
LETTER FROM MEW YORK.
Arre.t of fonnlorfrifors—The Concert Saloons
to be shut lip—Sad Drowning Accident—Ve.-
iil f«t t-’oi-i Pickens and dairestott— Of
Rebel Interest*—Two Large Robberies—A
Figbt for the Mayor’s Chair in Jersey City—
Vermont Soldiers—Surgeons and the Array—
City mortality—Tlie Tract Society and the
Army—Bank Statement—4!lenrtttg-Hon«e—
Stocks—Markets, Ac.
[Correspondence of the Press.]
Hs* YviiKi April Sli im»
On Sunday evening* Uui(ed Btates Marshal Muita/
aud several of his deputies made a descent upon a dea
of counterfeiters of silver half dollars, and arrested
three men—George Williams. Von Glalin, and Dosciier.
Tlija morning they were taken before A United Bt»te«
commissioner, and held for examinations It is said
that the business of counterfeiting la more extensive now
than for many years past. It appears that the bogus
coin is used in the army for “chuuge.”
Uur Legislature have adopted the measure abating tha
concert saloon nuisance. The police will immediately
proceed with the closing of every place provided for in
the hill The effect was so intense in Albany on Satur*
day, Hial on lliab evening nil tt e concert saloons were
closed.
On Saturday Beven persons, residents of Staton Island,
mado up a Bailing party down the bay. They started*
full of life and healthy anticipating a pleasant afternoon's
araußfmrnt. After they had benn out a whliei howoreri
their little craft was run down by the steamboat Ja
maica, and the whole party weie thrown Into the water.
The sailboat turned keel upward, and rrostof the party
tucccedt-d in setting a Bate Mi h&P hollo®. One
6( thfeM, lihwevfef, hfthitiil Jlryah, after ho 1»;H sociired his
owu Bafety, saw his brother still struggling tn tho water
and apparently helpless, and leaped again into the water •
to save him, Ilis drowning brother grasped him with
both aroiH about the nock; and 10 impeded his efforto hi
swim that both won bocame exhausted, and sank to tin
no more. The noble man who thus lodt his life, while
endeavt ring to save that of hla brother, has left a widow
and seven children. . _
The steamer Massachusetts, Lieutenant Cooper, will
leavo Brooklyn yard for -Port Royal, lioy Wool. »*>«
Gulf pqiiadron, Port Pickens and GalveHlon, oil Thursday
morning.
The marshal on Saturday afternoon frold all the right*
title, etc., held by Southern hollers in the bark Sebadan-
Cabot, which was enudemm-d as a prize. The interest,
uliicli nWAUbtU tb abbui 1-flO, for
TWO largo robberies were ina<Jo public this morning.
The first was at the nfiico of the Brooklyn White Lead
Company, No. 54 Fulton street, where their safe vraa
broken opmj on Saturday night or yeslerday, and between
foriy and fifty thousand dollars iuboudaof the Chicago
aiid N<.rlhw«ss»l»-rr» bmlroitd wer e liioUn. The ether oc
curred at the Kensington statbru, In your city, where ine
pocktt of Mr. G, T. Cobb, of Morristown, N. J-* wa»
picked, and n small tmiu ofmMity, and a large amount in
notes, were taken.
It is nnilerstood thnt legal proceedings AT® JJ9W
in the Circuit Court of HudeORCPUPty, *gw|a«t
Mr. K. D. Reiley, the newly-elected Chief of Police of
Jersey City, by the present incumbent, Mr. Marions, to
restrain him from taking possestion of the office in May
next, on the ground of ineligibility. The legal point in-
Y»ma Is till? right nr Mr, Holler, ns s member of tba
tinnimon Connclli with two yoiiTS yottosorroi tohoiOnii
oilier with an emolument.
Tho Secretary of War telegraphed, this morning, to
Governor Holbrook, of Yormont, that thirty-two sol
diers el the Yermont Brigade were kilted and ninety
wounded »i Vorktowu. Governor Holbrook requested
that they be sent to this city, and also telegraphed to
Colonel Howe, the State agent, the facts, These wound*
ert will probably arrive here to-morrow from Washing
ton, and every atranguraentis beingrnadefor their com
frrt at the rooms of tho Now England Relief Association.
194 Broadway, '
The New York Surgical Aid Association have made
extensive and complete arrangements for the relief of
sick and wounded sohlierß arriving in this city.
The City Inspector reports that 305 persons died in
NeWYaytelJUA WfcfeU—ol lnfefa.ua women, 16ft toys, W
gltls—Ah IhctcAse of 2 over the mortality last week, ami
a decrease of 23 as compared with the mortality of tha
corresponding week last year. Of tho deceased 180 were
children under five years of age.
Since the war broke out. the American Tract Society
have furnished 224,700 volumes and 1,057,200 tracts Id
the soldifrs fighlirjg for the I'nion. This great work has
exhaush d the funds of the Society, and they make urgent
appeals for contributions..
Thu following were the eel
board to-day:
10000 US 6s ’SI cp..blo 03# 25 N Y Cent B 82 #
15000 do 93# 30 do 83
5000 da h6O M 200 Clev A Tol It 42#
•tocouBfia’Birfg,,, pda m dff,........366 iiS
s<x.o v 3 on •<« rtg. 11 TO M) mil & r Diir>,m »S 3(
1060 111 cp’o2 89;/ £0 Erie Railroad 307,
16000 Toon6s’9o o5Jj 600 d 0,.. 3T
5000 MiSEomi 6, 49;* 500 ilo liSO 31. V
1(K0 K YCt 68 S 8.. 03 100 d.j 830 37
ISTtOToI * w 2(1..,,, 60 200 do. i4S „. . 3T«
8 AmExcliliank. aosj 600 (In ..830 3T>.
25 do SO* 300 do aid :jfy
24 Ilk of America.lo2>< |£oo Erie Kallt-nml prof 01 %
1350 Am Gold.. .1,30..1011011 Hud Biyer B 35 Jg
50ciui ft gblsftgp,, O6 MicllS ft K 1,,066 SO
THE JIAIIKETB.
A.siii:s are steady, with Bale, of 25 bbla, at $5.02>/ for
PotH, and $5.50 for Pearls.
UnßADSTrere.—The market for State anil West
ern Flour is a little muro actiTOi and nrices ora a tliwla
firmer.
The sales are 18,000 tibia, at 84.5004.70 for auporSue
Stale, 54.60®4.90 for extra State. *4 5004.70 for super
fine StichiKan, Indiana, Ohio, lowa, Ac,, and 54.800
6,90 for esirit doi including sliiiTins braruia of round
hoop Ohio, at ufo.2oaci,3t>i ana tradv brands o! do, at
$5.4&®0 50.
Southern Flour is dull and unchanged, with suits of
600 bbhsfttSMr 70«5.50 for superflue Baltimore,
for extra do, • . . .
(!&nailU& View is •jYiiet, with Of f 99 PVl*t
o 4 95 for spring extra, and ss®o 25 for wiotor do.
Bye Flour is quiet ami steady at 83V5®4.25 for lUfl
range of fine and snperfioo.
Corn Meal is dull; we quote Jersey at $2.80«2.W:
BfAftdsl wlliJ, $3.10 i &Üb&h46BS t $l5.
Wheat U very dull, aud prices still have a drooping
tendency; sales 6,000 buphels while milling at 81.4 S and
a parcel of Milwaukee Club at $1.20*
Rye is inactive at fcoi3B2c.
Bailey is Lomj{}al a$ 80^955*
Gats ay? quiet at 39w*ve for Joreeyi ifeatern Osi»i
dian and State.
Corn iH dull; sales of 15,0-0 bushels at 68 for miso*
Western, in store.
Provisions.—Pork is heavy and lower, with very lit
tle Activity ? tlifl tales uro Stlfl bhia At itlilißld.di lap
IMfeg?— mm ftt *12.60} 812.26, &h‘l 10.12# foi
prime. Betf is quiet and steady, with sales of 200 bbU
at $5®S for country mess; 54«t4.50 for country prims ;
512©13 for repacked Western, and $U®l5 tor extra
nipg?, Prime moss Let f is inactivo. Beef hams ara
lowen with Bales of DO Uhls Wosttirn at SIO.TO. Bnoon
is quiet; sales cf 70 boxes short clear at 7#. _ Cut meats
are lefs active, with sales of 150 caiks at s#a7c for
bams, ami 4#cdsc for shoulders. Lard is dull, with
sales 9H)GW ISS ftll4 frblfl ftf Vi »
w lUv —The storm has interfered with business, aud
The market is in&ctive; sbirping parcels bring SOcOOc,
and 65®75c for retail lots.
Hops There 1b only a verv limited demand for
brewing, and the market is dull; small sales are making
st IQ&l&i fa? liiffefiup ta sued. Jiml 18al8* foPhPIiUA aaJ
C^Fhf*u';iits; arc quiet. To Liverpool, 20,000 bus grata
at 6ri. in bulk, for corn, ami 6#d, la buUr* for wheat;
J.cno bids flour at 2a ttd ; 700 bi»xes bacon at 32* 6d, and
100 VW& poiK fttS& 04, To ?9O Iwiw ftt
22s Gil.
Nayal BTOEK3.— I The market for Spirits or TurpontiM
is quiet and firm; sales 100 bbls atsl,Sl®l 32#. Itosioa
are firm, but quiet, on account of the email supply *, aalw
100 bids common at $7.15 lbs.
Oi,Llfaaefed U selUfaa HIodUVAUIV At 94A564- OIU
descriplione are dull, and unchanged
FINANCIAL ANP COMMERCIAL*
THE MONEY MARKET.
Philadelphia, April 21,1861.
Prices were well sustained at the Stock Board
Government ldAhs were firmly held. State fives Mid ftfc
j city sixes at 97, tor the new issue, and bid for
the old* Pennsylvania Railroad shares sold, for the
opening, at 45# i Ciwroini find Arolwy Mrotf starts
field at 124],' , a gain of hi \ and Beading lianroad Bliaran
advanced I*l6.
The money market is without variation.
Drexel&Co.(UWWi *
New York exchange..*.i*..*w..****«M parauluali
Boston exehange
Baltimore exchange
Country funds.. d * a '
t ■ ' Itt ttf!,..
One year certificates..>••>>>•••"•••>•"*'i®;'* 1
Quartcrmaetrr certificates 03 “«•
OEEICIAL BANK. STATEMENT.
WBEXLT A7BBAOEB Of THB rgH.APSi.fHIA BAXEB
Baxkb. i
Philadelphia.." 93,217,000 *3,255,000 1,014,0001,037,900
kSaSm' a,!293,i118 fOO.UU MI.OM
F rntfel 4,(!7i’BTG 4^077,8821,108,0981.1U..W0
Commercial?..l \ ■ 1631 000. 1,832,000; 251.000’ 250,000
SS3 ...I 1 931 000, 1,807,000', 230,088. 234,000
N lihMtieV .. 1049,000' 1,591,000' 398,000, 381,000
wSB«:im : mmw! nun m«b
Kousllietou 6811,003. 684,877: 138,010 138,031
Penn Township: 835.715 814,004 175,573 175,674
Webern „ i:i 1,618,151 1,631,056; 411,229 409,378
Man! Mecu J 1 318 145 1,287,710 150,355; 150,250
CotimcrM., eiBMO; 632,176 170,637, 170,686
BifiS . 2,153,029: 2,106.980. 301,894, 311,7«
Trafieamen'a ,i 644,343 535.080 191,051, 102,607
KSSSoii. 610,805 ' 828,348: 133.559 131,184
Consul idatten.. ' 842,362' 890.205, 125,87:; 125, *l7
CommonweMth.! 697,091! 538,049; 75,705, TO,MS
Corn RxchaßSV oor.ood C-y£,dod \64,6ddj
cn™n..,.„?fl 5«,OOoj 637,000; 71,009 73,004
28,240,738.23,076.717.6,040,260 5,912,376
Total
i Bsroaua
I APIU2I.I April 14.
Philadelphia... >2,008,00cj £1,863,000 £241,0«
North America.: 1*964 S9o' 62 2 ?9)1b
Warm 3,?07,744* 090,
Commercial. ■.* | HJ.W
Mechanics’..,. * 1,037,214; 060.055: 164,100
N. Liberties.... 1,352,0001
Southwark..**. 610,579 62a,48S S-»,830
. c?o.&aoi m.m sog.oio
Peunfowuahlp ! 665,751' 605.640, 135.411
Western.......: j 1,202,453! 1.170,008: 65,705
Man. A Mech...! 759,260 732,550. 215*770
Commerce....... 484,0P>0 480,001; 86,275
Girard... 1,007.006' 1,016.432, 032.467
TradosmeuV... 470,040, 458*648 98,130
Consolidation*. 209,498' 279,460 211,812
City .... 422.801 484,430 143,597
Commonwealth. 24J,J52, 226,244. 160,364
Corn Esc langfli SfiOiCOO 391 tOOO 145*000
UuiOßiuiliiSM 314,000. WT|ooo| 107,00 P
Total 19,031,833 18,112,546 3.625,400
The nggregates compare with those of precedtug state
nifcnts as follows •
April 14. ADHI 21.
Capita! Stock *11,970,T!5541,965,105.Dec. #5.614
Loans . ....... 28,076,717 28,24f1.7a5. Inc. 170,021
Snccia.'. 5, 912,370 6.010,290.1nc. 103,430
Due Cm utlier Bk«.i 2,034,171 2 1 &04i147,Dec. 13l)i()2t
Dub to otiior Bits.., 4i508t842 4,rt48i32i,De0, 320,1)13
Deposit 18,112,616 10,011 883.1nc 899,287
Circulation 3,406,420 3,525,400.1nc. 29,080
IStil. lioann. Specie. Oircul’n. Deposits.
W- ?rrMfi»tr?s#7|SM
Oct. 7
Nov. 4......... 28,431*735
Dec. 2 30,048,062
Jau. 0,1802. ... 31,046,337
Feb. 3 30,385,110
“ Hiimiui ,29, 774,700
“ 17 .29,388,544
24 29,280,049
Mur. 3 ....29,393,350
“ 10 28,033,499
i. l? £8,769,695
« 24 ~..28.350,01d
a 31 .27,931.333
April? 28.037,091,
« ]4 28,070,717;
uni ... 08,018,5581
The following is a statement of the transactions at the
Philadelphia Clearing House, for the week eliding April
32, as furnished by Hie manager, George K. Arnold, I*l.
Clflrtrinwi Balance*
79 o
h 15.., 3,070,023 99 1 ti. 1,641 2o
** 10,.«...• 2,709,486 4t» 259,696 fitt
** 17 2,869.223 23 247 095 68
,c ig IflU.WMll 2:19,12*87
- ioM.iv.iu.v.v,;;; Swwa*pi
Thu Kvtning Pnst r of Saturday, says;
a rfniojisirftnPi) fj slreiW'w ,h 0 ''“ ldi y ° r
Jttiiviaukceßudl'railk' anClik® .V'cki agalnt, ftigtßTiu
mortgage law juat pahscrt by thn lagi.latura ot Wecou~
Bin. This law requires 111.' railroad* ot tha State to pay
off all lb. old raim umtgnuM by ibe approimatlOD of
12 djr cent, of the areas receipt, auuiially. The Pralrla
an «mrn rond‘o tarvruriion ’■<■•->4 iwww **
*{o,ooo annually. Tin. mew.ro -.a of a pence witK thn
former lepi.latkm of tbia rwtorioiia State LcßlaWiire.
At the ammo time we ice in the Milwaukee papers tho lol
lowing call, looking to tbo enforcniiwf. v.oSsc tbo
law, of thf form iuari.-S” cS 1
les of stocks &t the second
April 14. April 21. j April 14.
, giROUUTIOM.
19,030.722
29,331,970
20,350,941
23,047,331
21,396,01*
20,068,893
iVttbtt
18,6«,18a
18.777,30©
18,541,190
17,575,771
17,013,461
t?,006,*0t
17,024493
16,636,53*
15.112,546
10,011,633
2,074,043
2,233,739
2,273,063
2,243,826
2,145,219
2,144,398
w
2.192.512
1*2,230,605
i 2,343,493
2,5 i 5,503
0.630,673
0,70? ,804
2.904.512
3,378,970
3,496,420
19,490,406
5,383,277
6,764,779
7,464,530
5,638,723
5,884,011
fIdhFJjST-t
5,849,354
5,867,086!
6,831,103,
5,800,730
• 807,801
5,834,314
5.880.424
\b 912,870
10,040,1601
»13,3«t\342 43 »1,770,278 Oft