THE PRESS. PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS IXOIPTID,) BY JOHN W. FORNEY. OFFICE He. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE PAIIV PRESS, TVILVI Cents Pen Week, paiabls to the Curler. Moiled to subscribers out if th® City st Six Dollars 7ie Ahrck, Tour Dollars for Right Mouths, *TBKsa Dollars for Six Months —invariably in ad for 41* UffiA ohUm*. the tiu-weekly PRESS, Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Threb Dol lars Pan Awkum, in advaooe. WHOLESALE HOUSES. AND 54-IN OH SKY-BLUE KERSEYS. SUPERFINE INDIGO-BLUE SATINETS, BLACK CADET AND' OXFORD Do. PRINTED Do, in variety. BLACK AND FANCY MIXED dOESKINS. fancy cassimekes and meltons. in aiosn, ahd non uu nr JOSEPH LEA. teso-tt tas AND 130 nBKSTNPT stkbbt BLINDS AND SHADKS jgLINDS AND SHADES. B- J- WILLIAMS, No. 16 NORTH SIXTH STREET, nAnurAcroßßß or VENETIAN BLINDS WINDOW SHADES. The largest and finest assortment in the City at the LOWEST prices. STORE SHADES LETTERED. Repairing promptly attended to. MILLINERY GOODS. SPRING 18 02 1862. WOOD & CARY. (Successors to Lincoln, Wood, A Nichols,) No. »39 CHESTNUT STREET, Have now in 8 tore a complete a took STRAW AND MILLIWERY GOODS, BILK BONNETS, STRAW AND PALM-LEAF HATS, Ao. To which they respectfully invite tho attention of the -former patrons of the house and tlie trade generally. mirlS-Sm SPRING. M. BERN HEIM. No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET, Has now In store, and Is daily receiving, the latest styles In SIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS, WREATHS, SILKS, CRAPES, LACES, AND OTHER miix-imjeky goods. Co which h* respectfully invite* the .ttentioq qf tfe, PRICES LOW. uh24'2m £ spring. m2m RIBBONS. MILLINERY, AND STRAW GOODS. BROOKS. & Got, tfO/431 MARKET STREET, jfave now open—and to which daily additions are made— tbeir USUAL HANDSOME VARIETY OP RIBBONS. BONNET MATERIALS, FLOWERS, RUCHES, BI'KAW AND FANCY BONNETS, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS, FLATS, SHAKER HOODS, and ALL OTHER ARTICLES IN THE MILLINERY LINE, Whioh will be offered at the LOWEST MARKET PRICES. Yhe attention of the trade is respectfully invited. parUcnlar attention given to filling ordora. mUS-Srn rjIHOMAS KENNEDY & BRO., T2S CHESTNUT Street, btlow Eighth, a Choice Stock or SPRING MILLINERY GOODS, mhl3-Sm] AT LOW PRICES. YARNS, BATTS, & CARPET CHAINS. H. FRANOISCUS, WBOLZSAIiI DRAWER IN TARNS, 433 MARKET and 9 North FIFTH Street PHILADELPHIA. Buyers will flud a fall Stock ef <3OTTON, LINEN, AND WOOLLEN CARPET CHAIN, COTTON YARN, ■TWIST, FILLING, WADDING, BATTING, COTTON LAPS, TO TASKS, TWIKBS, CAKDLK WICK, •COTIRUI TASK, BROOK TWIHIS, SHOK THRHADS, eiLLIHU AHD SEIHB TWIKBS, BED GORDS, WASH AND PLOUGH LINES, -COTTON, HEMP, AND MANILLA CORDAGE. Also, b full assortment of FLY NETS. , Which he offers at Wumfacturers LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. H. FBANCISOUSa 483 MARKET and 5 North FIFTH Street, PHILADELPHIA, WHOUXSAIiB DEAIiBB IK WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. • Always on band, a fall Stock of tubs, buckets, churns, MEASURES, BROI WHISKS. FANCY BASKETS, WAI.L, BOBUS, and SWEEPING BBUBHES, LOeKIHa»QLABBEB and WINDOW PAPER, Mata, Beelers, Dour Bnckets, Beat Boxes, VBH BOABDS, BOLLING and CLOTHES PI >OB and TABLE OIL CLOTH IHOOL, MABKST, and MNNBB BASKETS. Barrowa, Carriages, Hobbj Horses, Ao., All Goods sold at LOWEST NET CASH PRICES. uhll-fen CHINA AND QUEENSWARE. YD A STROUD, HO. 32 NOBTH FOUBTH STB] (Four doors below the Merchant Now offer to eoratry merchant! GLASS, & lINET FURNITURE. FURNITURE AND XABliHit. 088 & OAMHON, To. Ml Booth BICOMD Street, with their extensive Cabinet 7 taring * superior article of IILLIARD TABLEB, , bawl a lbll mtplj, flnlihed wltb iPION’B IHPSOVKO OTJBHIC iced, by all who hare need then, ■ud fiulab «f Omm t»W«i ttn ttaair nmnarou jatnma throi fuailtar wttk Hi* tiharr WATCHES, JEWELRY, Ac. FBBBft ASSORTMENT, at LES THAB FOBMBB FBIOXS. BABB A BBOTHIB, 834 CBIBTKUI Street, below Bourtta. JMY BHEI jt salt Od, by CHAS. s. gabbtaibs. Ho. m WAJ.SUI ot. And 21QBANIT: VOL. 5-NO. m O 1 ABK ’ S ONE DOLLAR STORE. 602 CHESTNUT STREET. NEW GOODS, NEW STYLES, AND NEW PRICES. For ONJS DOLLAR you can buy any one of the fol lowing articles: Beta of Silver Plated Tea Spoons, it u it Desert “ « «• i* Table « «« «« « i* Forts, it <i it Desert ** Pair ** ** Knife and Fork. ** •• “ Napkin Rings. « « « Butter Knives. Stiver Plated Soger Bowl. u ** Butter Dish, u « Molasses Pitcher. “ Cream “ ii it Castor, it ii Waiter. « u Goblet. « <« Drinking Cnp. a ii Sugar Sifter; Gold Plated Yost Chain, all styles. ii i* Guard ii ** <* ii ii Nock ii i* m •i i* Chatelaine, “ i* “ 11 Bracolot, « « “ ii Medallion, M *♦ i« fi Armlets. « « <i « Breast Pin, “ « ii i* Bar Rings, “ “ m <i Pin and Drops, all styles. ii ii Studs and Buttons, ii a ii <« Solitary Sleeve Button, all styles. « ii Boßom Studs, I* 4 ‘ ii ii Finger Bings, M “ U 14 Pencils, ** “ ii ii Pen with Pencil Case. Ladles' or Gentlemen's Port Monnaie, Cabas, Bags, Purses, Ac., Ac., Ac. AH Goods warranted as repre sented. We have on baud a large aeeorlmont of Photo graph Albums, Mantel Clocks, Travelling Bags, and Gold Jewelry, which we are closing off at cost. The at tention of the trade respectfully solicited. D. W. CLARK’S ONR DOLLAR STORE, npl-Bm 603 CHESTNUT dfcroot. DRY-GOODS JOBB£Kfi, 1862. Brßll,B> 1862. ABBOTT. JOHNES. & OCX, IST MARKET STREET, Have now open an entirely new and attractive stock in ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND DRESS GOODS. 1862. Also, a fall sssortment in WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, To which they invite the attention of the trade. xnhfl4»tap9o gPRING STOCK BILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. A. W. LITTLE & Co, mU6-tf No. 339 MARKET BT. 1862. BfßiNa. 1862. RIEGEL. BAIRD, & 00.. Importers and jobbers Of DRY GOODS. NO. 4T NORTH THIS* STREET. FBI L ADR I. PHI A. Merchant! vMting thii sit, to pnreha** Da* Soon, vrilV find onr Btook lwtg* and admirably assorted, and at Low Fisunna. In certain qlasfa, of Good! wa offer inducement! to purchaser* unequalled by any other house in Philadelphia. mhlB-2a> IMPORTATIONS. HOSIERY. GLOVES, GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS, LINENS, SHIRT FRONTS, WHITE GOODS, AND EMBROIDERIES. THOS. MELLOR & Co, mlilfl.Sni 40 uul 40 STortii Street. TAMES, KENT, SANTEE, & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS or PBY 9QOD& Nos. 338 and 341 N. THIRD STREET, ABOVE RAGE, PHILADELPHIA, Have new open their usual LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK or FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, Among which will be fou&U a more than usually attfQQ tfye variety of LADIES* DRESS GtOODS; Also, a full assortment of MERRIMACK AND GOCHECO PRINTS* and PHIJjADEIsPHIA-MADE GOODS. To which they invito the special attention of buyer*. pih2l.2m 1862. bprinq. 1862. W. Si STEWART & CO., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF SILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS, HO. 30# MARKET STUB IT. Now In store, POULT DE SOIE, All Shades. - BLACK AND WHITE CHECKS, In SILKS and OTHER FABRICS. Also, a full link of CLOAKING CLOTHS, PLAIDS, STRIPES, And dninble PLAIN COLORS. aplT gELLING OFF: WHOLESALE STOCK AT RETAIL. BILK TESTINGS, formerly 53.00, now *2.00. MABBBnxjiSi .. B «w M,W. QAS3IHEBBS for men's wear, and ladies’ Cloaks, 26 per cent, under former prices, Ac., Ac. A. H. GIBBS, mhi&lm 631 MARKET STREET, Up stairs. gIBLEY MOLTEN, & WOODRUFF, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF BILKS AND FANCY GOODS, No, 631 MARKET STREET, Ar« bow opeaing and daily receiving a new and CBOIOS BTOOK or SILKS. DRESS GOODS. WHITE GOODS and EMBROIDERIES, SHAWLS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, MITTS, AO Tber respectroßy call the attention of boyar* |sne reny. rnUM-lm VnBREUAB AND PARASOLS. HL RICHARDSON HAS REMOVED SO 900 MARKET STREET, ' Bevthwdt corner of Firth, And offers a beantlfnl assortment el UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, TENTS, AND OANES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. mb2B-lm JEWELRY, &c. AMERICAN SHAWLS, Ac., &C-, CLOTHING. rjo THE GENTLEMEN OF PHI- LADELPHIA AND YIGINITT. A CARD^ It having been next to an impossibility, hereto fore, to obtain CUSTOMER-MADE CLOTHING, at MODERATE PRICES, and finding that many gentlemen would prefer their Clothing MADE TO ORDER, if they could secure at the same time REALLY FIRST-CLASS STYLES, and Bt REALLY REASONABLE PRICES, we have, at earnest solicitation of our patrons, orgMitod, in oonneetion with our extensive Ready-Made Sales-Rooros, a complete CUSTOMER DEPART MENT, in whioh the prominent features are, Ist. Fine and Medium Materials} made up in first-class styles; 2d. Unexceptionable Fitting Garments; 3d. Prioe* FAR LOWER THAN HAS BEEN CUSTOMARY; 4th. A corps of the most Celebrated euttem Ifi this country. An extensive assortment ef tho choicest im ported and domestic fabrics from the New York and Philadelphia markets, suitable for COM 3, Pants, and Vests, always on hand. Ia our Ready-made Salesrooms can always be found every variety and style of well-made fashion able clothing. Spring Btook now ready. PRICES MODERATE. A visit is solicited. WANAMAKER & BROWN, MERCHANT TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS, “OAK HALL,” S. E oor. SIXTH and MARKET Streets. mti27-lin CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS. JjJ-EW carpeting. JAMES H. ORNE. 626 CHESTNUT STREET, BELOW SEVENTH. Wo bAve jußt received, by lato arrivals from Europe, gome new and choice varieties of CARPETING, com prising a FRENCH AUBUSON Square Carpets. ENGLISH AXMINSTEItS, by the Yard and in entire Carpets. CROSSLEY’S <5-4 and 3-4 wide Velvets. “ Tapestry Brussels. . Brussels Carpeting. Also, a large variotr or CBOSSLEV’S and other makes. TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, From 87ic. to Si Per Yd. Our assortment comprises all tho best makes of Three ply and Ingrain Carpeting, which, togotber with a gene ral Variety ef goods in OUT lltte, Will bo offered at tho low est possible prices. OIL CLOTH FOR FLOORS, From one to eight yards wide, cut to any Size* FRESH MATTINGS. By late arrivals from China we have a full assortment WHITE AND COLORED MATTINGS OF ALL WIDTHS. JAMES H. ORNE, aplS 620 CHESTNUT. Q.LEN ECHO MILLS. McOALLUM & Co, MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS »0U CHESTNUT BTREET. (Opposite Independence Sail,) CARPETINGS. oiti Cloths, &c, We have now on hand an extensive stock of Oametinas. ol onr own and other makes, to whioh we call the ittan. lion ol oash and short-time bwers. mhT-8m ■gIOURTH-STREET CARPET STORE, No. 4T ABOVE CHESTNUT, No. 4T. J. T. DELACROIX JjkYitee attention to bis Spring Importation of CARPETINGS. Comprising every style, of the Newest Patterns and Designs, in VELVET, BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY BBUS BBIiS. IMPERIAL THREE-PLY, and INGRAIN OABPETINGS.- VENETIAN and DAMASK STAIR UABPETIKGB. SCOTCH BAG and LIST CARPETINGS. FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, in every width. COCOA and CANION UATTINGS. DOOR-MATS, RUO9, SHEEP SKINS, DRUGGETS, and CRUMB CLOTHS. AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, LOW FOR CASH. J. T. DELACROIX, mhA4m 4T South FOURTH Strut. CARPETINGB. J. F. & E. B. ORNE, HO. 619 CHESTNUT STREET, (OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE,) Have rfcolvod, per steamer Edinburgh, and other late arrivals, their SPRING IMPORTATION OF NEW CARPETINGS: CBOSBLEFS YARD-±ND-J-HJLL9-WIDX velvets, B-4 MEDALLION DO., ENGLISH BRUSSELS, BXTRA.QVALITY TAPESTRY, BRUSSELS CARPETS, WITH BORDERS, (of new designs, for Halle and INGRAIN AND THBfiS-PLI OARFSTINGS* OT extra Quality. ALSO, 600 PS. J. CROSSLEY A SON’S TAPB£TBT BRUSSELS CARPETS, FROM 874 TO ®i PR YD., Together with a complete assortment of OIL CLOTHS, STAIR AN& FLOOR DRUOOetb, RUGS, MATS, Ao. t All of new, choice selections, and AT MODERATE PRICES. J, F. & E. B. ORNE* mhS-tf OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE. IMPORTERS AMD JOBBERS. JJAZLITT, LATHROP, & LYONS, No. 411 MARKET and 409 MERCHANT STREETS, IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN FANCY GOODS. WHITE GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, GLOVES, HO SIERY, LACES, TRIMMINGS, RIBBONS, COMBS, BRUSHES, Ai., Are now opening and receiving a new and choice stock in the above line, to which attention of buyer* le in vited. MILITARY GOODS. gKY-BLUE KERSEYS, (3T and S4-INOH.) DARK-BLUE KERSEYS, DARK-BLUE INFANTRY CLOTHS, INDIGO-BLUE CAP CLOTHS, BEY-BLUE CASSIMERES, (New Regulation, for Officer*’ Pants.) WHITE DOMBT FLANNELS, CANTON FLANNELS, l<ks., 12m., Al6Ol. TENT DUCK. All wsrreuted United States Army standard. FOR BALE VS ALFRED SLADE ft 00., 40 Sooth FRONT Street, and 30 LSTITIA Street, Fhllsdelphla. felg-tmyl LOOKING GLASSES. JAMES 8. EARLE ft BON, MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS o* LOOKING GLASSES. , OIL PAINTINGS, FINN ENGRAVINGS, , PICTURE AND PORTRAIT FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES, PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, OABTE-DE-VISITE PORTRAITS, EARLE’S GALLERIES. 816 CHESTNUT STREET, Mi PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL M, 1862. %\t |prrss. Occasionally, if not more frequently, tho ribbon-wearing people of Coventry have a grand Bhow f in honor of Lady Godiva, poeti cally commemorated by Alfred Tennyson, Poet-Laureate. The said Coventry folks are themselves remembered, during three centu ries, through a couplet of Queen Elizabeth’s. She passed through the city of Coventry, on some occasion, and the sagacious Corporation —it is a curious fact that municipalities are almost always stupid—resolved to add teas her, in a suitable manner, in verso. They did so, and the elaborated poetry ran thus: We, men of Coventry, Ar? vpry g ad to bps Your Sacred Majesty. The Queen, gave an impromptu reply to (hi 3 qivic poetry, in ftc following: It was on this occasion, soon after the de feat, or rather the dispersion of the Spanish Arniada, that the mayor politely said “Kin® Philip of Spain hoped to invade and conquer England, but, when he opposed your Majesty, he look the wrong sow by the ear.” The same mu nicipal chief, when tho Queen was about de parting—bestriding her palfrey after man’s fashion—insisted on riding with her, as escort, to the bounds of his authority-, and, when she declined, said, “Nay, then,at least, I must have the honor of riding with your Majesty to the Gallows’ hill.” Very few modern readers are familiar with the writings ot Matthew of Westminster, a gentleman who wrote, in Latin, five hundred and fifty years ago. Otherwise they would know that A$ first related the legend of Lady Godiva ; how Lcofric, Lord of Mercia, and his wife Godiva, founded a Benedictine priory in what is now called Coventry (otherwise Con ventre, a convent town, like Covant Garden in London); how that grim Earl over taxed the town which arose around the pri ory j how she obtained from him a promise of the remission Of this tax, provided that, iu the noon-tide, on Trinity Monday, she womld ride nuked through the streets; how she did so, as Tennyson says, “ clothed in chastity how one varlet, an inquisitive tailor, ever since known as « Peeping Tom,” was the only person who attempted to look at the lady on her strange journeying; how he was was instantly struck blind, by the Powers who guard the Good; how the tax was remitted; and how, lrom the reign of Charles 11., at the great triennial fair, in Trinity week, there is a grand Lady Godiva procession, in which, within eur own memory, the Mayor and Cor poration attended, in their flowing robes of State. The time we saw the procession, a beautiful Loro ft 6, imported from the adjacent town of Birmingham, rode a white charger, from Ducrow’s circus, and, except that she was wholly attired iu flesh-colored “ tights,” wore no apparel, though she had a wig with a great number of « rippled ringlets,” which were supposed to veil her, as did those of the fair Godiva. By her side pranced a coal black steed, on which sat a circus-rider arrayed as St. George of England. Odd out may appear, this procession drew over half a million of spectators. There was a band of music, with a fanciful following of the city trades, who all paused on the Market Place, for a few minutes, (to take breath and beer.) under the efligy of « Peeping Tom,” which seems to look out frOm the identical place, it is said, where the prying tailor peered at Leofric’s wife. At all events, there tho wooden statue is, plainly and roughly carved to Show the upper part of a half out of a window, and his costume “of the period,” as Mrs. Jarley would say, is trien nally renewed, in many-hued pigments, at the triennal expense of the Corporation ! Many attempts have been made to put down this Lady Godiva exhibition, and, more than once, the third year has been allowed to pass without it. This year, however, it is to take place with unwonted grandeur. Mailed knights and gentle dames are to escort Lady Godiva. The trades are to oome out “ very strong,” in various ways. The blacksmiths will have their Vulcan. The publicans purpose taking with them, in a huge wagon, a pinguid Bac chus, silling straddled upon übutt of beer. The ribband-makers (ribbands and watch-wheels are the peculiar manufactures of Coventry) will have a real loom, at which a helmeted fe male, doing duty as Minerva, will weave real ribbands, because Minerva was a weaver on Olympus, the earliest “ spinster” on record, and turned Lydian Arachne into a spider, he. cause she wove a finer piece of tapestry than herself. The watchmakers will sport a gigan tic efligy of Time, hearing a huge clock in bis hand, instead ol' the traditionary hour glass. In fact, every trade will be fancifully and fantastically represented,' at the next Lady Godiva show in Coventry. A London paper, noticing a suggested novelty—that Godiva should no longer he sans-culottc —sharply says: “If Lady Godiva did perform a great act of self-sacrifice, and ride through the town an natural, she had a generous object in view, and had the gsod sense to insist upon every window being shut during her cool—her particularly cool—pro. ceeding. Those who would keep her ‘ memory gieen ’ on the contrary select the least modest among the Metropolitan ‘ Poses Plastiques,’ and, placing her on horseback, invite the presence and patronage of five thousand < Peeping Toms.’ The proposal that the next Lady Godiva shall wear a costume 1 such as will not offend the most fastidious taste’ will simply disgust alike the purist and the im purist. Lady Godiva in clothes! As soon would one expect to see Pan In a pair of ‘ peg tops,’ or Powers’ Greek Slave in a crinoline!” Let us conclude our prosaic account of the Godiva show by giving Tennyson’s beautiful and delicate lines, in which he relates the old tradition, upon which the whole affair de pends : GERMANTOWN, PA. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1862. Lady Godiva’s Coventry Show. Y«, men of Coventry, Good luck, what fools ye be GODIVA. 1 waited for the tram at Coventry ; X hung with grooms and porters on the To watch the three tail spires ; and there I shaped The city’s ancient legend into this Not only we, the latest seed of Time, New men, that in the flying of a Wheel Cry down the past, not only we, that prate Of right* and wrongs, have loved the people well, And loathed to see them overtaxed; bat she Did more, and underwent, and overcame, The woman a thousand summers back, Qodiva, wife to that grim Earl, who ruled In Coventry: for when he laid a tax Upon his town, and all the mothers brought Their children, clamoring, “ If we pay, we starve !” She sought her lord, and found him, whore he strode About the bail, among his dogs, alone, His beard a foot before him, and his hair A yard behind. She told him of their tears, And prayed him, “If they pay this tax, they starve. 'Whereat he stared, replying half.amaied, “ You would net let your little finger ache For such as these?— “But I would die,” said she. He laughed, and swore by Peter and by Paul: Then filliped at the diamond in her ear; “ 0 ay, ay, ay, you talk“ Alag !” she said, “But prove ma what it is I would not do.” And from a heart as rough as Esau’s hand, He answered, “ Ride you naked through the town, And I repeal it; and nodding, as in scorn, Ho parted, with great strides among hia dogs. So left alone, the passions of her mind, As winds from ail the aompass shift and blow, Made war upon each other for an hour, Till pity won. She sent a herald forth, Afi) bade blm ory, with sound of trumpet, ait The bard condition ; but that she would loose The people: therefore, as they loved her well, From Ihen till noon no foot should pace the street, No eye look down, she passing; but that all Should keep within, door abut, and window barred. Then fled she to her inmost bower, aud there Unclasped the wedded eagles of her belt, The grim Earl’s gift; but ever at a breath She lingered, looking like a summer moon Half-dipt in cloud ; anon she shook her bead. And showered the rippled ringlets to her knee; Unclad herself in haste; adown the stair Stole on; and, like a creeping sunbeam, slid From pillar unto pillar, until she reached The gateway ; there eh© found her palfrey trapt In purple blazoned with armorial gold. Then she rode forth, olothed on with chastity; The deep air listened ronnd her as she rode, And all the low .wind hardly breathed for,fear, The little wide-mouthed heads upon the spout Had cunning eyes to see: the barking our Made her cheek flame : her palfrey’s footfall shot Light horrors through her pulses: the blind walls 11818 full of chinks and boles; and ovsrhsnd Fantastic gables, crowding, stand: but the Not less through all bore up, till, last, she saw The white-flowered elder thicket from the field Gleam through the Gothio archways in the wall. Then she rode back, clothed on with chastity. And one low ehurl, compact of thankless earth, The fatal byword of all years to come, Boring a little suger-bole In fear, Peeped—but his eyes, before they hod their will, Were shrivelled into darkness in his head, And dropt before him. So the Powers, who wait On noble deeds, cancelled a sense misused; And she, that knew not, pttssed; and all at once, With twelve great shocks ol sound, the shameless noon Was clashed and hammered from a hundred towers, One after one : but even then she gained Her bower; whence reissuing, robed and orowned, ■ To meet her lord, she took the tax sway, And built herself an everlasting name. THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN. Object of the Lee’s Mills Move- ment. ITS SUCCESSFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT. WHAT THE REBELS SAY OF OUR ARTILLERY, THEIR LOSS ADMITTEI) ft V EBY GREAT, We have full details from Yorktown to the 19th ■nst. It not unfrcquently happen! that the value of a movement or action cannot bo GBtimated, or its results fully comprehended, before tbelap96 Of se veral days. Such is the case concerning the affair of the 10th, Up to that day, our extreme front was upward of a mile distant from that of the ene my, the intervening tertittfy befog occupied at times by the skirmishers of both sides, hut practi cally in possession of the enemy, in force more or less numerous, thrown out in front of their on* trenched wofts* Object of the Recent Movement, and its Accomplishment. To obtain complete knowledge of these obstruc tions. and, If possible, a nearer view of the sneay’s works, and especially a knowledge of tho extent of the rifle pits that stretched along tho banks of tjte stream above and below the entrenched position of the enemy, was at once important and hazardous. To make this reconuotssance, to take this near view, to make this examination, was all that was contemplated by the orders covering the operations, unless in prosecuting ihem it should appear that by the flight or weakness of the enemy it was prac ticable to occupy tbeir works. Ttie objeots in view were accomplished with eminent su&ieas, &&d the result is, we now not only command the rebel works both by our artillery and infantry, but all that is necessary to a perfect knowledge of the enemy’s works, and the various appliances relied on for the prosecution of their defensive operations has been ascertained. We have emphatically the enemy’s worksio a “ tight place. 7 ' They can neither man wbat guns they have nor mount inoro. There is a sharp shooter for every head. Our artillerymen are continually on the watch-night and day; and now and then a shell is planted at will, as a re minder that any movement, either offensive or de fensive, will be followed by a deadly shower. Burial of the Dead. About! two o’clock to*day, a white flag was raised on the rebel fortifications, and shortly after Colonel William M. Levy, bearing a message from Brigadier General Paul j. Semmes, made his ap pearance at the dam, where he was met by Major Currie, of General Smith’s staff. The message was aedreesed, ‘ l To the Commander of the Brigade in iroDt,” and its purport was that there were several of our dead lying unburied on that side of the stream, to bury whom a cessation of hostilities for two hours was asked. The reply of General Smith vfdf, that fes would prefer to receive the dead at the dam, that the; might be butted by their oom. redes. The messenger returned with this answer, end subsequently reappeared, with tho assent of General Semmes to the proposition. What the Rebels think of onr Troops and. Artillery. During the interview some conversation took place concerning the action of the 16th. Col. Levy paid a high compliment to the Third Vermonters, vrbo, he said, were upon them before they were aware of it, and actually reached the first ride pit, and engaged the occupants by dabbing their guns. The Sixth Regiment, be said, was handled with great skill end judgment by Col. Lord, and behaved with exceeding bravery. At first Up], Levy said tbat the number of our dead was 24, but it turned out to be 29. The increase arose from the fact that so tight (so to speak) have we since held the enemy’s position in our grasp, they have not been able to move about, even enough to aseer tain the real number, or rescue even the wounded the; know to be within a short distanee. After the flag of truce passed, the number was swelled to 29, and 4 wounded, who have been sent to the enemy’s hospitals, and who, it is be lieved, will recover. The Rebel Loss. Our officers proposed to declare the whole truth with, reference to onr loss, bat Col. Lev; declined to exchange figures. Atfirsthe said the; “suffered severely,” and subsequently remarked that their loss was " very great. ’ To our artillery firing he paid the warmest tribute of praise, remarking that it could not be excelled—that, indeed, it was per fect in every respect. Independent of this testi mony, we have good reason for the belief that thv enemy’s loss was botweon fivo hundred and a thousand, or four times as great as onr own. Col. Levy claimed a victory at Pittsburg Landing. Ho was under the belief that Gen. Buell was killed, acd for tho firet time heard that he was not. He said Gen. Beauregard was not injured. The Rebel Works at Gloucester Point. Another correspondent, writing to the Tribune under date of the 17th and 18th instant, says : At Gloucester Point, opposite Yorktown, the bels work incessantly to inorease their defences. Near the Little Wharf another earthwork is going np, and at points along the shore are others in pro gress. Not so formidable in character as those at Yorktown, they are pot powerful, presenting an extensive front. From all appearances, however, they are not efficiently mounted. In the water battery, which presents seven embrasures, there is apparently not one gun mounted. On the little earthwork above it, adjoining, two guns are seen en barbette. Beyond this again a long curtain con nects with the works on the bluff, an entrenchment crowns the bank for nearly a mile—it may be more —enclosing the huts and buildings occupied by the soldier!. In the centre of these the rebel standard floats from a tall pole. Underneath the works lines of rifle-pits extend along the face of this bank, with an occasional redoubt, for flanking fire. Picturesque. Below the defences, iheshore, broken by bays and marshy creeks, extends as far as the mouth of the river. Here and there an old-fashioned farm house breaks the Tnonotony of the low shores, and in’the surrounding clearings the peach orchards blush against ihe dark green pines that form lbs baak ground, the occasional appearance of a schooner’s topmast indicating the position of creeks winding back from the river. Opposite Farmholt’s house is a quaint old windmill, which, with the surrounding frame houses, seems to (Me from the first settlement of the country, since when, it is safe to say, they have been entirely innocent of paint. Leaning against a door-post, alazy negress has been talking, during our observations, to some equally indolent colored brother The blaoks, through ail their as sumed apathy, betray an intense interest in the struggle going forward, and anxiously inquire about the tinth of the report that they are to be sold by the Yankees to the West India planters, as they have been led to believe by tbeir owners. Pyrotechnics. Last night some rockets sent up by the signal officers presented a beautiful sight, falling quietly in globes of red fire, and causing the rebels to feel nervous all night. About sunset one of the officers of the Massachusetts Fifteenth secured sixteen out of eighteen oxen, from under the noses of the ene my’s pickets, driving them within onr lines, where they were acceptable, the commissariat being quite limited. In the minds of some of the soldiers, in« deed, certain officers are not exempt from the sus picion of making money out of the scarcity of pro visions. Once in a while the rebels throw a shell up in the air, whioh, bursting apparently at its greatest alti tude, leave.-} a cream-white ball of smoke, Tory un like the broken black wheel with uncertain spokes, and no tire, by whioh the majority of newspaper articles, represent the explosion of a shell. The Ene»>’s W9*K?—4 White Horseman. By glasses the nature of the enemy’s works at thib point is plainly distinguishable—rifle pits, masked guns, earthworks, and field-forts away back to the woods, which are interlaced with Tines, and arranged like a gigantic fence. Here and there long rows of sharpened atakes pointing out wards and driven into the ground. Behind and connecting the works are covered ways; along one of these a carriage $ occasionally coon, supposed I* cchlilh Jeff Dark. A w».IP horseman, too, (there is a übiquitous white horseman ™ no himself prominent wherever the rebels £ r t »»“) gallops abont the works, receiving the compliment* of the season with marked indifference. Men, white ssd black, are shoveling in the works all the time, the negroes especially being forced into exposed places. Litters are In service this morning within their Jineß, carrying off the wounded or killod by our case shots. The Regulars and Duryca’s Zouaves, Around McClellan’s headquarters are camped the regulars, with their low shelter tonts, and the Duryea Zouaves, in the old-fashioned wall tenia. A number of others, collected in the vicinity, make up a perfect oamp went, in the centre of whioh is the General's quarters, surrounded by the white tents of the different officers of the staff and other generals’ headquarters. We ought to be proud of our army; it never was in finer condition ; its be havior ia a credit to its intelligence. AU the foreign offieers oombine in praising its beautiful efficiency; - even the English have to admit that their boasted rank and file do not come up to our standard. Caeseli’e pcntelegrapb, an instrument which is said to be capable of use in oopying autographs, designs, and portraits, so that a man oan send his lady-love a letter in his own hand, and receive her picture in answer over wires hundreds of mile* long —»n invention with the wonders of which English and Continental journals are in eostaoies—is pro nounced by our seientifio men a mere imitation of a process patented in this country by Bain as early as 1848, and found, after a most thorough trial, to be an utter failure for all practical purposes. Prof. Horsford, of Harvard College, in a lecture in Boston, stated that the manner in which the Armstrong gun is constructed was first invented by Prof Treadwell, of Harvard College, in The gun is made of wrougbt-iron rings, whioh Prof. Treadwell compressed into a solid mass by hydraulie pressure, but which Mr. Armstrong welded to gether by trip-hammers. Bev. J. D. Moore, of Birmingham, lowa, has invented a rifle capable of firing forty Shota ase oond. Its calibre is nineteen balls to tbe pound, and it hu the Maynard primer attached. The powder and halls are put into two tubes, which ex tend from the chamber aboutonefoot up the barrel, parallel with each other, and both can ba filled with ammunition in a few seconds. LATE SOUTHERN NEWS. THE BEBELS CLAIM TO HAYS TAKEN 14 GUMS AND 3,000 PBISONEBS AT SHILOH. DISSATIBFATIOII AT THE ISLAND NO. 10 MYSTERY, JEFF DAVIS SILENT ON THE SUBJECT. ANOTHER NEW CONFEDERATE FLAG. We continue to make exiracia from the Southern pa pars sent us by our correspondents; Another Official Account of the Sluloh Mattie. The Richmond Dispatch ot ths 19th mat. says An official despatch {cccived ysßtorday, from Corinth* states that the reports, of the several commanders show that in the engagement at Shiloh our troops captured and brought in fourteen pieces of the enemy 1 * artillery and twenty.five stacd of colors. The number of prisoners metdi three thousand. Rebel lirowls About Island No. IQ Rebel editors are prj t© Mayo island tfo. Hitfl all “garrison and monitions of war, surrendered to the Union fereM« The rebel Cabinet preserves a pro* found silence on the subject} which fairly agonixos the *< Knights of the Quill” in Seceaaia, and they aro loudly cAlling for official information upon the subject. Ihe fol lowing are specimens of tbeir tribul&tiouß. The Peters burg Express gays: We call upon (hem now to say whether they have re ceived any information about the capture of tim island, and, if they have, to publish It, so that we cau compare the two accounts, and arrive, in this way, at somethiog like a (correct conception of ihe reality. VTe do OOtasK them for tiny information that would be improper for th&m to give. We ask only far wbat pertains to a public event tbat has occurred, and which is known to all Yan keedom in the exaggerated details in which it has been pre sented before them. Island Mo. 10 has either been taken by the enemy in the way they say it has, or it hag not been taken. It baa either been equated by onr troops, or it has not been evacuated. It is believed trat the Go vernment in Richmond has the means of removing oil doubt on these points, and as we cannot for the life of us HQ any objectian to a enudid disclosure by.tkiunof Ut» facts which they may be in possession of, wo hope that they Will glva thOM to the public without further delay, fihe Richmond Dispatch eayv. The circumstances connected with the surrender of this position, with all its guns, ammunition, etc., are humiliating in the extreme. The daily bulletin from Island Mo. 10 for many days represented that the enemy, after an incessant bombardment of ta&uy hours, had In flicted no injury. We were constantly assured that the place was impregnable, and that the enemy never could pttF.s its Brigadier General Makati assumed command of the post on the sth iu a flaming oider, in which he pro nounced himself a “general made by Beauregard j a general eeltcled by Geoeiala Beauregard »ud Sragg,” Two days afterwards the island was surrendered, and along with it, according to the Federal Commodore Foote, seventy cannon, varying from 32 to 100-pounders, rifled. Be adds: 11 The magazines are well supplied with powder, and theie are largo quantities of shot and gheilt And Other xuunhioDß of war, and also great t|UaotUioS Of provisions. Four steamers afloat have failen into our (their) hands.” The Coxnicocore says that the works were “erected with the highest engineering skill j” were “ of great strength, and, «ith their natural advantages, would have been im pregnable, if defended by msßt M he GhoOBGB tO IW* «»hghtirg for a better cause.” Tt may be that Foote do sired to magnify bis own achievement by representing tbe place as stronger than it really was ; but then, did not our own accounts , and the vatu boasting of the Mem phis telegraphs, make the defences just as strong and im pregnable a? the hurst-foot Commodore does l Thty certain Jy did ; ai d were it not that we have been so ojten surprised by the surrender of forts and fortifications that were boasted of as impregnable, we should indeed be amazed at the surrender of the lamed Island No. 10, which has furnished so many paragraphs for telegraph ing. Blit feWh the need not hare carried neces sarily along with it the ammunition and the boats. Could they not have been destroyed '! Why add all this and tbe provisions to the now present of cannon to tho Fede ralists { Our gifts of cannon have been quite munificent even to impoverishing ourselves — &l<l we need not add to liberal!} ol othtr things in our offerings to those who are better supplied than we are. TVe do not know that we would inquire into these mat ters. We are utterly disgusted with these islands, and trust that they are ended with Island No 10. They and the lost forts were all fruitful enough of disappointment aiid mortification; tmt Island No* 10 seems to have capped the climax, and by right excellence ought to wind vp this miserable history. The Union Feeling in North Carolina- The Petersburg (Ya.) Express of the 10th contains the feUdwieg eftMsspMwteuefe la Us abluHms: Suffolk, April 18,1862. The account given in your paper of to-day by your South Mills correspondent of the course pursued by the vandals in tbe vicinity of Elizabeth City is enough to excite the feelings of every man and woman in the whole country. II is painful to learn ihal all along the coast of North Carolina there are persons who welcome the invaders and encourage ihem t'« their wicked raids . Until we can put an end to such encouragement, we shall have trouble at every point where the enemy can possibly gain a footing. fiothing exciting about Suffolk, About nine.o’olook last nigbt heavy and long-continued firing was heard over on the peninsula. We cannot imagine here what it could mean at tbat boor of tbe night. All eyes aro now turned towards the peninsula. BROCK. The New Confederate Flag. The joint committee on ft&gjaud seal of the two Houses ofCoDgieES basnotyet reported, but we are informed, says the Richmond Dispatch of Saturday last, that they agreed upon a design of the national emblem. The fol lowing description we have obtain#} from ft reliable source; On a field gules (red) a saltier, argent (white), with a Roman shield (in tbe centre), azure (blue) charged with a sun iu lull glory, or yellow. Th 6 6f (lie Necessaries of Life in New Orleans. The following advertisement, in the New Orleans Delta r of a recent date, shows how the people have to pay for the neceiiarieß of life in that city. Tho tariff was arranged by Pierre Soule, and several other leading citizens of the Crescent City: AMENDED TARIFF JJY TltH PROVOST MARSHALS. -.The following ia tho amended tariff by wAich ia to be rfgulfttefli from the date btreofi uotii otherwise ordered) the sale of tbe articles therein mentioned; lIEKK on foot. First quality, not to exceed. Second Quality, « Third quality, DEEP— nr RETAIL. First class, comprising loidb and rib§, not to exceed 20 cents per pound. 'Pecond class, round, rump, and chuck, not to exceed 12# centJ per pound. Third class, uack, AhoUhteP, &&<1 , checks, not to exceed, 8 cents per pound. On foot, gross, sot to exceed 11 cento per pound. By retail.. 20 cento per pound. Green meat* bog round) at whole sale, not to exceed 24 cento por ponad. Grten meat, hog round, at retail, not to exceed 26 cento per pound. Hams and sidesj at wholesale, not to exceed,,, 23 Cento per pOUDd, Hams and sides, at retail, not to ex ceed.,,,, 36 conta per pound. Shoulders, at wholesale, not to ex ceed 2-1 cents per pound. Skwifrifi hi retail, net to exeeed. 27 cento par sonnd. Lard, in tierces, ** , * 23 cento per pound. Lard, in kegs, “ ~ 28 cents por pound. Extra double, at wholesale, not to exceed....9l7 per bbl. Sxtradouble, by the barrel, “ .... IS per bbl, Soteiflne, at wholenaie, “ .... 14 per bbl. Superfine, by tbebairel, “ .... 15 per bbl, Fine, at wholesale, 11 .... 11 per bbl. Fine, by the barrel, “ .... 12 per bbl. First Quality, 7 ouneas, pay loaf of Soahto. First Quality 14 oudcm, per loaf of 10 cento. Second quality « 8 ounces, per loaf of Scents. Second quality 16 ounces, per loaf of 10 cents. COHN. At wholesale, not to exceed SI 20 par bushel. By retail, M 1 60 per bushel. COIIS MEAL. Hot to exceed, $1 80 per bushel. BAY, OATS, AND WHEAT. WiiUyfi hay, not to exceed. Crab grass, “ Oats, u Wheat, ‘ “ Liverjyool wholesale, not to ex’d,ss per 10Q weight' Liverpool fine, retail, not to exceed.... 7 cents per pouud Liverpool coarse, wholesale, ...Slftr 100 weight. Liverpool coarse, retail, “ .. ..6 cents per pound. Packing salt, wholesale, “ S 3 per 100 weight. Packing salt, retail, ** ....Scents per pound, Small retailers in lard are allowed on advance not to OS (IF ii&t, &Ed imSll retailers in floor IS per cent. Letter from Fort Delaware. [Correspondence of the Press.] Fort Pelivast, April 22, 1662. As jour paper has always spoken for the volunteers, I take this opportunity to write to yon, to let our friends and wives and famines know how we are setting along. Host of the men somposiog our batteries are ffriladeN phians, and men or families, and left their homes freely and willingly to guard the good old Quaker City, and are now only anxionaly waiting for any robel vessol that may have the audacity to mako the attempt to pan up the bey, Since we have been here, the boys have generally been in good health, and, under the good drilling of the officers,- have become quite experlln the big-gun drill; -nd there is only ono thing thst seems to mar tbe general ehtMfulneii <ff the mom and that la, we are not permitted upon any account to Visit our families, not even for the short leave of 48 hours. There have boen several cases since we came here of wives or relatives of the men being Blck, and that dangerously, and when they hare asked lor a few hours’ leave of absence to visit thorn. they have been refused, and told to consider Philadelphia as five thousand miles off. Now, this may be all very well for men who were drafted or forced from their homes, but for volunteers, who have friends and families, 11 Id raiher hard. Wo are all hop! very busy boro in guarding some two hundred robel prisoners and attend ing to the usual military routine of duty, but the boys still keep cheerful, and say that if Philadelphia ever is attacked the Marine Batteries hope to come out as honsrabls ns the rest, f o now, through the columns of your paper, we wish to let our wives and families know that if they are badly off or sick, they noed not expect one vf » to bo permitted t? 59819 19 s« Uiun, unless the rim dries up, I hope yon will please give this a place In your paper, for I apeak for all the rest, and remnin yours,respectfully, A PHILADELPHIAN. Prom First Penna. Marine and Fortification Artillery, Fort Delaware. William P. Piggott, of London, an eminent me dical electrician, has invented a cable for ooean telegraphing, which promises to bo of much im- Bortanoa. and which scams to avert tha difficulty which caused the failure of the Atlantic telegraph cable. The peeuliarity of the disoovery is, that instead of requiring an enormous eleetrio charge to -be forced through the whole length of a line by powerful battenss. at sseh sueeesaive transmission of a signal, as at present, in long sea and land routes, the wire continues statically charged as it is laid, whilst the least disturbance of the equili brium of this passive electric charge, imperative and uninfluenced until called islg action by the operator, answers through all its length to the slightest transmitted influence, and so serves every practical purpose. John Brown, Jr., writes from Humboldt, Kan sas, to some friend in Canada, that the regiment to which he belongs has, thus far, succeeded in libe rating 1,700 slaves belonging to rebels in Missouri THE FATAL REVOLUTION HT EUROPE. COM. COLES, R\ Nm CLAIMS THE IN VENTION OF THE MONITOR. We continue our foreign extracts to show what world wide results have sprung, trad are dostined to springy from llife SUnd&y battle in Hampton Hoads: STRENGTH OP THE IRON NAVY OF ENGLAND. [From the London Times, April 9.} In addition to the iron frigate Achilles, CO, 6,079 tons, 1,250 horse power, building at Chatham dockyard, the following sauodron of iron vessels m &&w now under construction, by private firms, for the Admiralty, several of which are in a very advanced state, vis: The Apincourl, SO, O.Oil tons, 1,250 horse power, build ing at BiiVetihrad. Tfaq Northumberland! DO, 6,621 toss, 1.250 horse *mp. The Valiant, 82, 4,063 tons, 806 horse power, building at Aliiw»U. The sinotaur, 50, 6,621 tons, 1,250 horse power. The Ortmiei , ?: tons, 500 horse power, building At BlftdfVSii' .... The Ilector, 32, 4,063 tons, 800 horse power, building at Glasgow. The following iron-plated frigates are now building at the tever&l royal dockyards, the whole of which are intended to he afloat daring the present year, viz: The Caledonia, 50, 4,040 tons, 800 horse power, at Wiolftich. The Ocean , 50, 4,045 tons, 1,000 horse power, at Da venport. Tho rrince Consort, 50, 4,045 tonß, 1,000 horse pow er, at Pembroke. The Royal Oak, 60, 3,716 tons, 1,000 horso power, at Cbalhttir.* The Royal Alfred, 50, 3,716 tons, 800 horse p«wer, at Portsmouth. In addition to the above thire arenofewertban thirty one line-of-batlle ships and other screw steamers now on the stocks at the several dockyards, gio|s vf wfeipfe AF9 admirably adapted for conversion into shield ships, on Captain Coles 1 principle. Of these the Bulwark, 91, at Chatham; the Repulse, 91, at Woolwich; the Robust, 91, at T)*vot port; and the Healoua, 91, at Pembroke, are all in a very State, Ttnjnirina 00)7 *» fmall outlay to plate them with iron. There are also three first-class fifty. one* gun frigates also building—viz: the Belvidera at Chatham, the Tweed at Pembroke, and the Dryad at Portsmouth—^which aro admirably adapted for conversion ioto armor-plated ships They would not require tho removal of any decks, as would be the case with liie*of. battle ships, but would only have to be length ened and strengti ened to enable them to bear the in creased weight which would be placed on them. Of the other vessels in progress, eeveral are intended to carry twenty-two guns and upwards. If completed as iron cased steamers, they would be larger and of greater ton page time either (fee Menitvr 91 Hirrimut l Tbe whole of tho bands have been removed from the wooden ships building at the several dockyards, and aTe now employed on the iron-cased frigates under construc tion, five of which will be afloat by the end of the present year. The Resistance eighteen* 3i668 loos, 000 horso p?ffer r iron Btebmer, titling at Chatham for particular service, is ordered to be supplied with 700 sixtj -eight pounder Bolid shot, instead of 480, as previously directed. In addition 1 to her deck broadside, Armstrong and ten-inch guns, she i„ to be furnished with two twenty-pounder Armstrong guns, each of IdGwtn and five loot six inches in length, and one Dine- pounder 6cwt. Armstrong, for boat service. Her field gnns will consist cf one tweive-pounder Arm strong, with field carriage and limber, and one six p< under brass smooth bore, 6cwt. goo, for short practice, with elevating carriage. She will also take on board one field carriage and limbor to mount a twenty-poaoder A! nit Iron g boat gun, The Defence, eighteen, iroo frigate, Captain B. A. Powell, G. £.» it is expected will go into Portsmouth harbor to-morrow. Bhe is to bo placed in No 10 dock, on its vacation by the Black J’rince, iron frigate, to ascertain tho effects of the recent grounding on fioutbsea beach when returning into harbor from her trial trip at the measured mile in btokes Bay. On Friday, one of the finest ships in her Majesty’s navy was removed from her moorings up the harbor of Portsmouth, and placed alongside the dockyard. The ncceßeary preparations were at once begun for cutting oft her upper and main decks, to convert her from a 131 Bcrew Uiree.deckertoa 12.gua shield Shimon Captain Coles’ plan, The ship thus selected to take tho lead in this fresh regeneration of the navy, is the Itogal A'oi'C reign. She is of 3,759 tons burden, builder’s measure ment ; is 240 feet 6 inches long between perpendiculars, and has extreme breadth of 60 feet. The resources ot FoiUwoutli dcoksard aro now principally employed on iron*eased ships—tho Black Prince in No. 10dock; tho Rt,yal Alfred, preparing for plating in No. 5 building slip, and mo Royal Sovereign. All work by the ship wrights is for the present suspended on two out of the three wooden vessels building—the Dryad, 50-gua fri gate and the Harlequin, 17-guß safwma Th& ihiid wooden vessel, the Helicon, 1 gun paddle despatch steamer has still a few hands employed in com pleting her frame for planking. The Lords of the Admiralty have decided on converting the 91-gun line-of-battlc steamer Bulwark, 3,716 tons, 1,000 horse power, now on the stocks at Chatham docks yard, into an aimor-plated frigate similar to the Royal Oak, uuder construction at that establishment, as soon as the latter vessel is completed. The Bulwark is about three-lonrchs completed. Bhe will require to have one of her decks cut down, and to be lengthened amidships, and otherwise strengthened, to bosr the heavy armor-plates with which she will be ©ncoaid. It is probable that the screw-frigate Btlvidera, 51 guns, 3,027 tons, building on the adjoining slip, will also be completed as an armor frigate. There is also a 32- gun screw corvette partially completed at Chat ham dock-yard, with a 17-gun screw steamer, the whole of the hands frem both of which, have been withdrawn, in order to enable the Admiralty to decide what course should be taken with regard to the completion of these vessels according to the original designs. Captain Blakely, the fh vent or of the gun to which his name is affixed, writes to the London Times .* it may interest your.readers to. know that the IfeTTi mac carried 7#-inch rifled cannon, which throw bolts weighing 120 pounds, the chargo of powder being 2L pounds. The guns of the Monitor were 11 inches in di ameter, but threw round-ehet weighing 180 pounds, and the jgwier charge tv»» cal/ 1. pound b. Aw ertlawp 65* poundtr would have done twice the damage at short range. Indetd, even the Merrimac's guns seem to have done no harm to the Monitor, although tbe same shot pierced both sides of the Congress and Cumberland. I venture to think, therefore, that the advocates of 300- pounders are ih error In Ik&t gUos 61 lhak 5156 can injure an iron- plated vessel .. To defend a harbor against a Merrimac or Monitor, I should myself like either a steam ram, carrying no can • non and no masts, or else a lighter and faster ship, car rying only one or two guns, whose Bhot could crush in tho tide of any armor plated ship afloat. I cannot be* lieve any shot of less than 700 pounds, (and that to be fired with at least 80 pounds of gunpowder,) can do this. If I am right, then, one bmp armed with 100-pounders would be a match for four exactly similar ships carrying 300-pounders, all only using their guns. The calculation is simple l The ship can carry Uifee tlM6i al many 100- pounders as 300- pounders' she can fire each 100-pounder three times&b fast as each 300-pounder; and each 100- pounder has 40 per cent more chance of entering a port hole than a 300 pounder, making an advantage of twelve to 9HP ill [»yoF yf 100-pounders. On the 9ther hand, we may admit that* a* 300- pound shot would kill a man three times as effectually as a 100-pounder As Sir William Armstrong is not likely to produce a 700-pounder for some time—the movable breoch-piece would weigh 1,000 pounds England ha* no choice, that I can see, but to provide hrrßelf with steam rams, or main arrangements to ranßom her seaports.” 12 cents per pound. 10 cento por pound. 8 cento por pound, CAPTAIN COLES CLAIMS THE MONITOR AS HIS IN- TO the Editor of the London Times .- Iji |*9F*®??l92 to-day |s an extract frO’s IS® Isew York herald j giving* the dimonsioDß ol tU© Moni tor. I now have that paper before me, giving an illus tration of that vessel, and aleo the drawing of a vessel proposed by me to their Lordships iu 1855, which 1 lind 10 be *o exactly similar in com traction to it that I think it incumbent »u ms to ttwtow m the drawings, with a description and tbe following facts; It will be seen that my first vessel, proposed, as above stated, in 1855, was on tbe same principle as the Monitory having a double bottom, light draught of water, with a power of giving an increased immersion when under fire: sharp at both ends; a formidable prow \ her rudder ana Bcrew protected (a mcmt important point) by a projection of Iron: tho only difference being that the tower iB hemispherical instead of cylindrical, and was not on a turntable, she being designed for the purpose of attaching stationary forts in the Baltic and Black Seas, when a part would have admitted of sufficient training from the vessel itself turning with great rapidity, and so that the expense and> complication, of tbe turntable became un necessary . In consequence of this report, I was ordered home from the Black Sea the same year with my plans and models, which I bad the honor of showing to Sir B. 'Walker and Mr. Watksj but I soon found out liow use less it was for me to argue against prejudice and theory, and how hopeless it was to try and introduce into the navy a novel invention, the offspring of practical ob servation in actual warfare. . Finding howdiffisnlt it was tv B»vl tbv vtoestfons made to my plans, 1 consulted "Mr. Brunei, who, after thoroughly entering into the matter, assured me that I had hit on tbe right thing, and generously added that be had himself been devising a vessel for the same purpose, but that mine was so superior to his own he should think no more of it. Ho dill more than this—he assisted me iu my calculations, and gave me tire aid of hia draughtsmen. When I asked him what I was indebted to him for this, he said, “Nothing,” for be had the greatest pleasure in helping a naval officer who was trying to benefit his country, I shall always remember his generous conduct aB well as his parting words, “Go ob, acd ycu will bummA.” They have, ini deed, often cheered me under the greatest discourage ments. I have persevered, and succeeded so far, but, alas! for what I To have the deep mortijication of find ing that America, instead of England , should have the palm of floating this Monitor, which is to dictate the reconslrucltoh if Id ihi ... In March, 1860,1 again forwarded drawings of ths shield, fitted with turn-tables, appropriated to larger vessels, and also plans to tho War Office for forts, and the Times again spoke well of tho invention for coast de fences. Being at Portsmouth about this time, I showed my plans io Admiral Georg© Grey, vrho was so struck with their feasibility, that ho gave me every asaidtance, and kindly took an early opportunity laying them be fore the lamented Prince Consort. A summons to Os borne was the result. I shall ever bear in grateful ro* membranee the kindueea and eonfllderattati with which the Prince then, and on five other occasions when I had the honor of being permitted an interview, encouraged me to enter into the minutest details conutcted with my iuTSPtions, and the very deep interest he expressed iu them, inu, indetd, In everything which concerned the -well-Deitig ahd advancement of our navy. %he Priaco’s advice, too, was of the greatest benefit to me, for he had previously turned his attention to the same subject, and I fig greatly surprised at my interview to find that he was thoroughly conversant with all the mechanical de tails involved in the execution of my plan I ihffik It will ha awmat from white hu taa uid aail from a comparison of the two drawings that ihti tnvention is of Engtish origin , and I claim it for this country. I do to the more eiiongly after G’apt. Ericsson's totter In The Times of to-day. It mast be remembered, ana it has been proved by the Monitor, that this class of vessel, from their lowneM, rapid tanking, and light dfAtigkl Of water, have a great advantage in defending a harbor or narrow waters against seagoing and larger vessels, that must cross the Atlantic or tho Channel to attack us; and, therefore, I can, without any reflection on the II amor —of Which WO have reason to b* proud, or her projectors, to Whom all honor Is due—State that I wut guaranty to build two of my shot-proof rafts, with 300-pounders and revolving shields (giving Item a little more length, depth, and speed) for £OO.OOO each. And they would inevitably dispute the entrance to SpHhead against the Warrior or vessels of that class, or would most certainly either >....565 per ton 45 por ton] sl 25perbUBhel* 2 50 per bushel* destroy or drive her away. « It Is of great importance that I should make it clearly understood that we must Lave two distinct classes of iron vessels one to supersede wooden frigates and Hne-of battle thins for tea seivice, and tho other for the special protection of our counts. For both thoao clashes of ves sels my principle is equally applicable; it is quite op tional whether they are rigged or not. It must not be supposed thst I am writing this with any spirit of finding fault, for it is only due to the present Admiralty tA say that sine* tha axpariments ordered by their lordships six months ago in the Trusty , which were so successful, I believe they have been most anxious to further develop this invention. . . _ __ COWPBR P- COLES, Captain B. N. [From the Loudon Times.] Nobody pretends to say that tbe Monitor and Mtrri mac are good sea*going ships, or desirable models for us to follow. What we have been taught by the American uflmpleifl not the relative efficiency of ono clmb of iron sbipß as compared with another, but the absolute and im measurable superiority of any iron ship, however im* perfectly constructed, to auy wooden ship or ships, how ever powerful The d< recta remarked in the American models do but make the general case so much the stronger. If a Bier© mafceßbiU Ilk© *he iferrimac, rudely oxt*m porized wilh imperfect means on tbe spur of the moment, could destroy the finest ships, and defy the strongest forts of tbe Federal Government, what would a first*n»teape cimen of the class not accomplish? If a cheap and half sea- TWO CENTS. LATE FOREIGN NEWS. STRENGTH OF ENGLAND'S IRON NAVY. THE ARMAMENT OF THE MERRIMAC. YEtfriON TIUS DUTf OF tiOYEfifttffiHTt THE WAR PRESS. Tiii Wib Firm wUI b* rat to mibKrib*n by Bd (y«r «nnnm In adnaice) it. |I,H TbraCorie* “ “ S.OO Fit* « « 8. BO T *“ >....i5>00 II II II IWBH Olnba will bt Ihugsd tJt Uio uau ratOi Unit SO afein will coat *24; SO eopiea will coat *6O; and lot copiea *l*o. For • Club or Twmtr-on. or war, TO trill ml M Izkft Copy to the gettor-up tf the Club. •7“ Port masters an requested to act aa A sente fov Te* Wiß PXBSB. W9~ Advertisement* Inserted et the usual rfttei. fits Uses MsailUie a aquaro. worthy battery like the Monitor— the very firßt experi ment of her projector—could bring the Merrimac at bay, what may not be.done on further trial/ As it wm, the first appearance of an iron-eased frigate on the sea would, except for the accidental appearance of another like her, have affected the Issue of a mighty war. Iren now the consequences of doubling a few bars of railway iron across a ship’s deck cm hardly be foreseen. Thore was a little sentence in tne last letter of our special correspondent which had a very practical bearing on the topics or Friday's debate: “They are keeping a bright lookout at Fortresa Mon roe. All eyes are straining for, all thoughts are tarnmg on, another fcortie of that tremendous destroyer, the Merrimac. Neither the fortress nor the Monitor could save thejtotilla of wooden vessels from destruction , not the camps from, being shelledP That in a sketch of th» performances anticipated from a single converted frigate when matched against a wo.oden navy, a fort armed with enormous guns, and a floating battery as invulnerable a# herself. It is on the spot, too, that these fears are enter tained, at the place where the experiment was witnessed, »r<? by tbf pfftplo who fiftw It, It would not cost much time or much money, we are told, to cover one of oar wooden men* ef* war with iron plates. If toe consider that a ship so covered would stand i« exactly the same relation to all her uncovered consorts that the Merrimac occupies to the Federal flotilla* we shall conclude that the tme and money reguiredfon the operation had letter le applied without the lost of a single day. A FRENCH TRIBUTE TO CAFT. KRICSfQN, [From the Parlß Temps, April 6.] It does not the less remain established that the age gf v-ooden Vessels is passed. She Feceral vessel, the Cum~ berland, cut open by the spur of the Merrimac, and going to the bottom with all her crew, courageously firing her last broadside, cannot be remembered without pain. If the Monitor had not arrived, the same fato awaited, perhaps, the Afin7ie«oto, which had not lest than seven hundred mon on boaid. Naval waifawMß future will probably only admit of two sorts of riifp*— iron> cased vessels* which cannot be boarded, destined especially to operate on the coasts and against fortresses/ and steam vessels oj great speed* capable of escaping .by flight from tkc formidable urlittery of the first* and employed for distan t expeditions. Ordinary ALSHSKbIp» will perliapsonedar serve as simple tugs to the floating batteries, which in this matter might serve in the attack of theentray’s coasts, and cover invasion. In the Eng lish Parliament it has already been proposed to protect the fortification? in order to place thorn in a condition to b&W V&&I&1S. Who knows, If 10 ordinary siege* the system of attack of Vanhan wiU not be renounced, and if means will not be found to push forward on railways revolving towersarmcdicithheavyguns. The duelhat commenced be tween iron and cannon ; and If in naval bat tles wo are Droogii*to titA anuM-i'iiM ramo ward, or dinary U‘M*B Will, p&thApi*, PisSi&Fe to iis aoinethlog like these monstrous machines which were made use of in the sieges of antiquity. It is important to nations wbioh rare to preserve their position t ot to allow themselves to be distanced in the straggle. The engineer Ericsson, in constructing the Monitor , has had the merit of creating the first vessel which may be really e&Uid iUvUlnirabli. The English iron-plated frigates cannotprelend to that title , as they are not entirely covered with iron; and, se condly, as their dock is open, tho same as in the French vessels, so that tbo Gloire as well as the fFarrior, is lia ble to be boaided. France has reason to congratulate litreelf on having aJopkd for her iron-caned vessels S smaller model than that used ha England; but she mast alto turn to account the important lessons * hlch the Ame ricanehave given us. She must, at the same time , con • Unue the improvements in artillery that she has com menced. The substitution of c* Hndrical for cy|{gdfjf9|- ccxiical fehota ia. we know, one of the questions op WftiPtl our scientific officers are now occupied} it will, perhaps, furnish a means of efficaciously resisting tho armor covered ebipe. HEPLT OF MW. JOISN BRIGHT TO THE HEW TO&K CniMUHH OP COMMERCE Mr. Bright, M. F , has returned the following reply to the address from the New York Chamber of Commerce: Luxdos, April 4, 1802. r-RAK Sin: I have received, through the hinds of Hon. Mr. Adams, minister of the United States, yourlstter of the 9ih of March, and the resolution unanimously adopt ed by the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York on the 6th of March. I- wish you to convey to the eminent body of geitlemen over whom you preside the expression of my sense of the honor the)' have conferred upon me, and of the pleasure which it gives me to know that the course I have taken in reference ia ths events which are now passing in your country has met with the warm approval of those whom they represent. I accept their most kind resolution, not only as hono rable to my eel?, but as a manifestation of friendly feeling to ibe great majority of my countrymen, whoso true sentiments I believe I have not mistaken jf initrepreeenltd -when l h%ve spoken on th« side of yypp Government and people, t believe there is no other country in which men have been so free and sa prosperous as in yours, and that there 1s no other politi cal constitution now in existence in the' preservation of which the human race te a? deeply gp ft) (hit under which you live. Thiele true beyond ail doubt WhOR applied to the Free States of yonr Union. I trust ths time is not distant when it will be true over all your vast territory, from the Bt. Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico. Notwithstanding much misapprehension, and some recent fjfitfißfSti 2 km sure that ad overwhelming majority of the people of the United Kingdom will rejoice at the suc cess of your Government, and at the complete-restoration of yonr Union. Whilst asking yon to convey the ex pression of my grateful feelings to the members of your Chamber, I desire to tender to you my thanks for the very kind letter from yourself tyhjcjv tbo resolution, i am, with Nery great respect very truly yours. J-OON BBIGHT. To F. Fruit, Esq., president of the Chamber of Com merce of the State of New York. BOMBARDMENT OF FORT PILLOW. THS BXBEL THUS HEAVY AND ACCOBATI. OUR GUNBOATS FORCED JO MOVE UP THE The Mortar Boats Chang* their Position. STRENGTH OF THE REBELS, The following is taken from a special despatch to the Cincinnati' Gazette dated “Off Fort P|U9Ft April 29,” Ifo may say, imprimis t that aotira operations were not expected in that locality at Last accounts; as Commodore Foote still suffered severely from the wound he reseiy§4 JtoatfsGD. The Bnemy's Fire—dur Gunboats Com- pelled to Move* The enemy’s gunboats have lain behind Craig head Point for two or three nights past, fearing a* attempt on our part to run tho blockade. Tho firing upon both sides on Thursday was very heavy. The mortars opened at noon, four being in opera tion. The enemy replied immediately and briskly from tbe land batteries, throwing shell dear over us and nearly across the river to the Tennesoaa shore. The firing was vary accurate and from very heavy guns. The St. Lauis, Carondelet, and Cairo, stationed as picket ships near the ex tremity of the point, were obliged to more up tho river several times to get out of rouge, A skiff attached to a mortar boat was hit by a shell and dashed to pieces. The shells flew thick and fast all about the gunboats, but none were hit. The Mortar Boats Moved to the Opposite Shore. On Thursday night the mortars commenoed firing at eight o’clock, the enemy replying immediately, and the fire was kept until midnight. A rebel shell exploded directly &b.ove the stern-awnings of the St. Louts, slightly injuring one man in ths wrist. Another shell struck the broadside casemate of the Cairo, but did no damage. The firing ceased at midnight, yesterday, but little was done except a few shots were fired by the mortars in the morn ing, In the evening the mortars were shifted from the Arkansas to the Tennessee shore for their greater protection. In their past locality they have been in great danger from bands of rebel soon© prowling through the woods. These scouts have al ready out the levee in two or three please* to em* berress tbe operations of tbe mortars. Deserters' Stories. Deserters are being rapidly taken, both from the rebel gunboats and from tbeir batteries. They say that hSfifly All the crews of the gunboats hav. boon impressed, and so great is the fear of the officers lest they desert, that they frequently muster them every hour in the day. Tho batteries now mount about forty guns, very heavy. They have sixty more guns, which they have been rapidly putting in position within the past few days. The Rebel Flotilla—Steam Rams. There are about 6,000 troops there. Both troops and guns are from Pensacola. There are but four gunboats in the river—the Maripan, Mat ray, Pontchartrain , and Livingston, mounting a total of twenty-four guns. The Ivy has gone to New Orleans, with Hollins on board. The Gen. Pali is at Memphis, repairing. Captain Huge, jj commodore in Hollins’ absence. An independent company at Memphis has five boats below Fort Pillow, intended to grapple on to our fleet and taka it down to Dixie. There are four rams at New Orleans, among them the Manassas. Active operations are not expected at present. Com. Foote suffers severely from his wound re ceived at Donelson. Scientific and other Items. Bfifififily a day passes which is nob marked by the announcement at the Patent Offioe at Washing ton of some new iron-clad ship, bombshell, rifle, cannon, sword, stirrup, saddle, camp eooking stove, liquid fire, submarine battery, Ao. The en gagement between the Mhrrintac ani the Moni tor bps gives P new impetus to inventors Mid Mechanics, and new models of vessels ata being continually proposed, and new methods of de §bs?ti9S fßggeftedi to flww hew easily anything that floats, or oan bo made to float, may be Mown to atoms. Henry Evans, of New Bedford, has invented a steam floating battery, designed for coast and har bor defences, which promises to be of iwnsiderabla utility. Her draft will be about (ii feet when ready for service, and about five feet exposed abova water, so constructed that it will be impervious to the fire of the enemy. The battery is designed to mount four large guns amidship (if thought best), on a strong turmtable, designed-osprcaly foe that purpose, so arranged that the four guns may be dis charged from one port either aide. The London Mari Lane Express says; “ The Americans have driven our English plougbmakera nut of Urn Auate&lian, Indian and Mh» Solonlil markets, owing to their lighter and oheaper arti cles and adds that “ unless our British mecha nics bestir themselves, by using steel instead of heavy castings, they will be likely to be beaten on theivtwu ground.” J. M. Bosse, of San Franoisoo, has invented a new cavalry cannon. It is a small brass, iron ribbed piece, about eighteen inches In length, and weighing thirty pounds. It ia breeeh-lsading, self capping. and golf-priming, and thirty one-pound cartridges, of one hundred and fifty bullets each, msy be discharged from it every minute. It is in tended exclusively for the use of oavalry, but might be effectively employed in almost any eon: dition of attack or defence. It is to be fastened to the shoulders of the horse, immediately in front of the saddle, and may be elevated, depressed, and swerved to tho line of assault with. rapidity. A slide in the breach admits the cartridge, and tha speedy movements of cocking _find pulling the trigger despatches it on its mission of destruction without the delays of capping and priming. Its most effective service, it is claimed, will be In breaking the solid squares of infantry formed foe (he reception of cavalry. J; AVagite is the name given to a new mineral lately isaovered in the Ural mountains. It presents tha appearance of a concretion of crusts, the furfoco of which bristles with small asperities whioh, seen through a magnifying glass, have the appearanoa of brilliant crystals resembling aeolite. Their ooior is a light-blue, with a tendenoy to green. The specific gravity of this mineral ia 2 7, its hardness 5; it is soluble in acid without effervescence, yields water by calcination, is unfuaible under the blow pipe, beeeming opaque by the action of flame; with borax it yields a colorless glass.
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