<Bl-Ij £ .j)rtsB. TBUKSDAY, APRIL 24, 1862. v Tho publication office of Tub haa been removed from its old location to No. 11l South Fourth street, second door from the comer of Chestnut, (cast side,) where adver tisers are requested to send their favors. THE LATEST WAR NEWS. It appears that ths stans vessels sunh by the rebels at tbe month of the Rappahannock are totally inefficient as a blockade. 'lhe ateamer I’aw/wj a idsy or two sinco. passed up the river to Frederielts 4>nrg, capturing on her way seven schooners and 'two steamers belonging to the robels. Our troops at Falmouth still command Fredericksburg, bgt ■onr troops have not yet occupied the city. The firing between our fleet and Fort Wright has been temp: rarity suspended. The telegraph dees oot tray foe what Tcuson. TiobaUly Commodore Foote and General Pope have some plan in process of development, by which they hope to capture the pIASa Without a keavj loss of life. If we may believe the rebel papers, the Jeff Davis Government has not yet given any informa tion to the Southern people concerning the surren* der of Island No. 10 to the national forces, and the only intelligence they have of that event has been copied from Northern journals. Probably, as in , the ease of Donelson, 11 no official account has been received Several of tbe correspondents writing from York touu etate that the recent attach hy the Vermont troops on the rebel rifle-pits, at Lee’s Mills, was for the purpose of reconn.itring the position and defences of lhe rebels. Although onr forces were driven back, tbe object of their movement was suc cessful. By the arrival of a number of refugees from Nor folk at Fortress Monroe we have some interesting items from the former place. The Mcrrimac is at the Gosport navy yard undergoing some repairs. Four new gunboats have been launched at the navy yard, and four more are in course of erection at Norfolk. The engagement between General Burnside's iorcc and a uuaj or musis, at Wilming ton Island, took place on Saturday last, anl re sulted, as we expected—in a victory for the Federal troops. Our forces only numbered 564 men, and were attacked by a Georgia regiment, but, after firing a few rounds, tbe rebels became panic stricken aed fled, leaving all their eamp equipage and stores in the hands of onr troops. Rebel troops are con tinually arriving at Yorktown to take part in the defence of that place. Congress Yesterday. Senate.—A resolution was adopted instructing the Military Committee to Inquire whether any general in the army before Yorktown had been in toxicated in tbe face of the enemy. The bill to the independenqe of Hayti and Liberia was postponed till to-day. Mr. Davis, of Ken tucky, continued his argument against the confis cation bill. Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, offered an' amendment limiting tbe action of Ibß bill to those whe may hereafter hold office in any way under rebel government. HursK.—Tbe Senate bill, indemnifying the own ers, officers, and orew of tbe Danish bark Gorgen Lurcntzen for falso seizure was passed. The Mi litary Committee reported a bill to create a Board of Fortifications. On motion of Mr. Sheffield, of Rhode Island, the confiscation bill was tabled by a vote of 54 to 48. The bill to facilitate the suppres sion of the rebellion was then taken up. It au thorizes general emancipation, with compensation to loyal masters. Its discussion occupied the ba lance of the day. Few announcements will be more gratify ing than the brief statement of Lord Pal mebstox in relation to the Kingdom of Italy. Tlie skeleton of his remarks is printed in the : telegraphic report, but there is enough io S»- j tisly ns that the future of Italy is ever j afterward assured as t free and coastitu- j tional Government. The English Premier : says, that, in the course of events, Rome must ! become an integral part of the Italian King- ■ dom. How this is to be done he does not say, j nor does he indicate any of the means to be j adopted in carrying it into effect. We have I always felt, that without Rome as a capital, j and Venetians a northern province, Italy j would never occupy the position among tho i nations of the world to which her people aspire, and to which she is undpuhtsdly enti tled . We recognize in the sentence a promise of the co-operation of England in any attempt of Italy to obtain possession of Rome and Ve aotia, and a new truth which will have the prac tical effect of a warm and effective alliance. In alluding to this, other reflections are brought to mind, more forcibly, perhaps, be cause of the striking contrast which America presents to her Italian sister. It is difficult to realize Italy as a kingdom,“complete in all its parts, with no Austrian chains upon one pro vince, no BouTbon tyranny making a hell out of its southern paradise, no ecclesiastical teiDporolltj- placing the pOWSr of the OhuTch in opposition to the union of the States. Time, (which equalizes nations,) the devo tion of the people, the just ambition of the leaders, the liberality of Emmaxu-h,- and the teachings of Cavol-b, all conspire to unite the people of Italy in the bonds of a complete and holy nationality- Tho sword has done its work in this beautiful peninsula, and we hope that the days of blood and horror will never come again. The union of Italy is no longer the work of the soldier, but of the statesman ; and nothing assures us of its ac complishment more fully than the statesman ship which we see every day exhibited in the Parliament of Turin. We welcome Italy to the community of nations, and the more gladly bevausv shv cornea in peace, and not in the mien of fearful war. For the credit of the army' before York to-WDj-we are glad to see a contradiction of the statement that Gen. Smith was intoxicated during the recent fight at Lee’s Mills. The New York Pest r of la&t has tbs authority of a private despatch from Gen. McClellax for saying that, on the trying occasion alluded to, the officer whose conduct has been cen sored “ gallantly and skilfully gained a great advantage for us, silencing the fire of a battery, which was splendidly done, with little loss on our side.” Letters from Gen. Smith himself, which state that his horse, a spirited animal, fell with him during the action, suggest the probable cause of the unjust rumors. .Never theless, the action of the Senate yesterday, in instructing the Military Committee to inquire «whether any general in the army before Yorktown ” had been intoxicated in the face of the enemy, was, we think, eminently pro per. The vice of intoxication has cost us thousands of noble lives, and, in several in stances, brought defeat and humiliation to our arms. For the sake of decency—for the sake of huiuunity—for the sake of the country, Congress should interfere and check the evil, or it may lead to still worse consequences. Now that the capital of the nation stands on free soil, men find themselves asking why the act of emancipation was not promulgated years ago ? The right to blot out slavery in the District of Columbia existed from the be ginning. The evil was no less great then than now. Slavery had been arraigned before the tribunal of enlightened nations, and this au gust tribunal had deliberately condemned it as the offspring of barbarism, The lines Were closely drawn: on the one side a handful of haughty, selfish, plotting politicians; on the other, the civilized world. It appears, then, that in deference to the selfish plvuaurt of that handful of men, the Government of the United States forbore to put this shame to rout; and that while it thus deferred and forbore, the very men for whose pleasure it was deferred •were secretly plotting its overthrow. Men do not “gather grapes of thorns, nor figs of thistles.” Governments, like individuals, may profit bv experience. Tiinnv. Sale of Foeeios ajid Domestic Dnv 'Qoods, Hosierv, Ac.— We invite the early atten tion of purchasers to the very large and desirable, assortment of foreign and domestic dry goods, being a continuation of the sale of the stock of au oston sive wholesale bouse declining business, embracing about 1,050 packages and lots of staple and fancy articles, housekeeping linen good*, hosiery, gloves, *e;. including full lines of fresh goods, to be pe remptorily sold, by catalogue, on a credit of four months, commencing this morning, at 10 o’clock, to be Continued, without intermission, nil day, by John B. Myers k Co., auctioneers. Nos. 232 and 231 Market Btreet. Auction Notice—Sals op Boots Ann Snoss.— The attention of buyers is called to the large and attractive sale of 1,000 oases boots, shoes, brogans, gaiters, ties, Ac. To be sold this morning, at 10 <?'clock precisely, by Philip Ford A Co., auctioneers, at their store, No. 525 Market and 522 Commerce streets. At commencement of sale, an invoice of ready-made clothing and cloth cape, to dose a con cern. We iud ft singular spectacle in tho Houses of Congress on Monday, lly a curious coinci dence, the Senate and the House found them selves discussing the merits of certain leading military commanders. The discussion assumed a broad, aud, in some respects, a painful pro minence. We had all manner of questions Dftdee debate, and all manner of men debating them. Personal conduct and public policy, General McClellan and the Committee on the Conduct Of the War, General Syohs and the habeas corpus, General Fremont aud the in tegrity of “returned Californians,” were all reviewed in an animated, aud, at times, an fißgry manner. In all the variety of sentiment and satire there expressed wo see many things to regret and many things to applaud. The innocence of General Stone may not he established, the competency of General Fre mont may be still a question of doubt, but we see enunciated in this debate many important sentiments, and the foreshadowing of a public policy whose existence is gratifying. In the attraction of military success we dread nottnig mare tbaa tbe influence vf that martial fascination which so often comes from a war, and which has led many a brave people to tyranny and absolutism. We are inclined io worship valor. The chains which are placed upon our limbs by policy chafe and curb. We resent and resist; we quarrel and go to war, and put Robespierre and Danto.v on the scaffold. But in the fierce attractions of the warrior’s life, in tbe wild exultation which comos after every success, wo arc not disposed to feel tbe fetters of the soldier. Dip the chains in blood, and we welcome them; put liberty to death with the sword, and we willingly see her die. We crown Glesak and robe Napoleon. We did so as Romans and Frenchmen; there is the same danger wherever human nature exists anil thu sword is drawn. It is a danger—let us confess it— that we have not overlooked in our observa tions upon the progress of this war. And the reflections it suggested were never more forcibly impressed upon our minds than in reading the debate on Monday. In the merits of the questions Involved in that debate, wc have very little interest. We think General Stone should either be tried or released, it K- of little difference ÜbivU coutaC is taken. But, in holding this opinion, we must not be understood as following the reasoning of Mr. McDovgall to every conclu sion lie has drawn. It may be that General Stone has suffered peculiar hardships, that he has endured privation, the loss of liberty, end that injury to his good name which can never be repaired. It may he that the writ of habeas corpus has been invaded. It may even be that the President has acted with precipitancy in sending tills officer to Fort Warren, but the distinguished Senator from California surely does not find in these things cause for assail ing the Administration and the policy of Mr. Lincoln in the dark and trying hours of his reign. In giving prominence to his defence, he places the AdmißistrAtiAn !d the atti tude of dealing cruelly and illegally with the citizens of the country. His constitu tionalism becomes Breckinridgeismj his zeal for the law an apology for lawlessness. The danger of such a misconstruction was dis played with warmth and truthfulness by Mr. Wade, and nothing hut the Known loyalty and devotion of Mr. McDougall, his constant and unselfish loyalty at all times, prevents us from adopting the interpretation of the Senate* from Ohio. Whatever the case of General Stone may possess, there is one considera tion which is more meritorious, and that ia the necessity for preserving the harmony of the national sentiment. If we allow a division in the case of General Stone, we only add strength to the corrupt and treasonable De mocratic party of the North, now so anxious ly seeking pretexts for reorganization. We have such true men as Senator MoDoubale unwittingly strengthening tbe enemies of the country; find from speeches such as his results must come which no one can deplore more sincerely than himself. It is so with General Fremont and General McClellan. If we could make the distinction without having it misconstrued, we would say tbat around fhese men two political sentiments are clustering. The partisans of Fremont aro among those who do not sustain McClel lan: the partisans of McClellan are often unsparing and unreasonable in their treat ment of JFremost. Our own course towards these commanders has been prompted by con siderations which this distinction will make manifest. General Fremont has never been a favorite of ours. We do not see in his cha racter those qualities which excite so much enthusiasm among his admirers. We did not like Ms course in Missouri, aud we have ex pressed that dislike whenever the opportunity was offered. For General McClellan we have always entertained feelings of admiration, which we were proud to entertain towards a townsman and a frieud. Therefore, we criti cized him without hesitation, as we have praised him without qualification. They aw before us now in the same attitude. They are the ministers of the Republic discharging their duties to the Republic. We shall ask that Gen. Fremont have a fair trial, and strengthen his hands in making that trial. We shall give to General McClellan that confidence which belongs to a man now organizing victory, and laboring for our salvation amid the shells and shot of the enemy. If they' fail, it will he from no interference of ours, lor in their bands we have placed their own destiny, and God speed them in working out a glorious con summation. While we do this, let us be impressed with another thought these sentiments suggest. The age of hero-worship is over. We worship Ideas and act men, for men are to this ago the representatives of ideas. There can never he that feudalism which the army is disposed to engender. "We are not making Presidents. We are nol parcelling out the honors of the Republic, but endeavoring to save the Re public. The country which gave us a Wash ington, can never give us a Napoleon. Our institutions make men ; men do not make our institutions. It will be a sad day when any party makes its platform out of soldiers or statesmen. It would be a fatal day for the country if such a party succeeded. We see this feeling in the Senate and the Douse. Amid all the noise and turbulence of Monday’s angry debates, we see a healthy sentiment ot attachment to our Government and principles, and a determination to sustain them at the risk of any opposition. When Senates do this the nation is truly safe. C.esar can never be stabbed in the Capitol, for there ia no proffered crown upon our Lupercal. Returning to the suggestion which has prompted this article, and from which we were led by these interesting considerations, we have one more word to say. There can be no attacks on public men, and no praise of public men, to the disparagement of our cause, or the division of; public feeling in the loyal States. We are disposed to deal with our public ser vants, whether soldiers or statesmen, as the results of their policy may commend them to us. If Gen. McClellan succeeds at Yorktown, let him he honored as one whom the country delights to honor. If Gen. Fremont redeems his name in the mountains of the West, we shall look upon him without regarding our previous sentiments in relation to his character and his conduct. These men are the agents of the public, to be criticised when criticism is necessary, to he sustained when executing flic mission entrusted to them, tp bo honored when they have consummated the task placed in their hands, by n grateful and confiding people. But let there be no division; let no thing be done which can strengthen the hands of the onemy; let thero bo no speeches which can only serve as texts for inspiring a feeling of disloyalty among those, who, we are sorry to say, are already too much inclined tp bp disloyal. If we know any of these men, they echo the sentiments which we now express; and they avu the warmest friends of General McCi.eu.am o* General Frbhont, President Lincoln or Secretary Stanton, General Stone or Mr. Surgeon General Fimlf.y, who lay aside every personal feeling affecting them, and only act in this crisis as becomes patriotic and self sacrificing citizens. Public Amusements. Walkct-strskt Theatri.—Miss Charlotte Thomp son will appear to-night ia a now play written esjeclally for her by a highly gifted and expe rienced indy of tills sity, The tide of the play will he *• Ellinor of Cloves,” and Miss Thompson wOl personate the heroine, the Duchess de Lorraine. We are assured from our knowledge of tho authoress of the subject, of the play itself, from glimpses obtained or It, and particularly from the modest and legitimate meaner in which it is announced, that Miss Thompson will make >• Ellinor of eleven" one of her happiest and most popular renditions. Mr Barton Hill will represent the Ornntie St. Maurice. He is an amiable, intelligent, and capable gentleman, who bids fair to become a great favorite In Philadelphia. The new play, in which he enstains Miss Thompson, will, we hepo. be tbe most attractive that we have bed in the city for some tie* The strength of the company is eg inted to unite n successful. hiberiu tint! If,iyl l A proposition to recognize the indepen dence of the Republic of Liberia and of Hay'd hoB been introduced in the United States Senate. It is a somewhat singular fact that although the former country is an offshoot of American civilization, peopled almost entirely by emancipated slaves, or other colored emi grants from this country, our Government has never established diplomatic relations with it. Many of our best and wisest statesmen— Hesfft* Clay among the number—advocated this mea sure with great zeal and earnestness, but with out success. The chief objection urged was, the danger that a negro representative might be sent to Washington; lint it was proposed to obviate this by appointing as minister one of the white agents of the Colonization So ciety. This whole question is one of conside rable interest. We are a trading people, and have endeavored to ailranco our interosts by establishing commercial treaties with nations of all climes and nearly all colors, without re ference to their religion or form of Govern ment, With the Indiana wo have made in numerable treaties; the Japanese embassy we delighted to honor, in every imaginable way, at great national and municipal expense, without the prospect of deriving much profit or advantage in any way. The mission to China is considered a very acceptable and de sirable position even by the superior diplomats who are leading spirits of tho Breckinridge or ganization. They evidentlyqhave no objection to any color—except black. Nor, indeed, do they always avoid black. Brazil, the great slaveholding country of South America, al though it has a white Emperor, often has negro ministers of State. It was a favorite Court for the Virginia aspirants to diplomatic posts; and such men as Henry A. Wise and Robert K. Scott have doligbtod to pay their re spects, after the most approved style of courtly etiquette, in the latitude of Rio Janeiro, to men as black as any of the slaves upon their planta tions. They did;not, apparently, find them selves very much horrified by such official contact with South American negroes. In considering the propriety of recognizing Liberia and Hayti, it must be remembered that our chief object would be to promote our own interests, In two waya; first,hy increasing Our trade with those countries, and second, by diminishing difficulties in the way of the emigration, to them, of the surplus colored population of the United States. It is proba ble that one of the main reasons why Liberia has not advanced more rapidly has been tho neglect and aversion which has been mani fested towards It by our Government. By its recognition, at least one step will be made towards remedying this error. With Hayti and Liberia open to receive, and to gladly wel come, colored emigrants from our soil, if we were in the constant receipt of official informa tion indicating their prosperity, we would have little apprehension of a redundant and bur densome negro population swarming in upon ihe free States. ” LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL " Washington, April 23. Impulsive newspapers, like impulsive men, generally find, to use part of a familiar saw, that tlieir curses, like chickens, " come homo to roost” a little too early. There lias been a deal of declamation since General McClellan moved upon Yorktown, basad upon the auppo tion, or imaginary idea, that his plans have been interfered with, and his forces greatly reduced; and hence the inference was at once angrily drawn that he and his enor mous command were devoted to certain sa. orifice. The Republican politicians were de nounced for this in round tonus, aud Mr. Stanton and General Irwin McDowell held sternly responsible for it. During this ill tempored episode, you observed that General McClellan uttered no complaints, hut proceed ed on his way calmly and characteristically. Long before this he has, no doubt, seen and admitted that the diversion on Fredericksburg, of the column under General McDowell, may prove to he one of the most fortunate strate gic events of tho war. With his great army on a narrow point of land, before a strongly fortified rebel force, what better expedient could have been resorted than to threaten Richmond from another quarter ? Such a demonstration has been loudly called for. Is it not clear, now, that McDowell may strike a more effective blow at the traitors, from Fredericksburg, than if his column had been added to the masses under McClellan 1 I leave Banks and his army out of the count. He may or may not effect a junction with McDowell. But, whether he does or does not, the panic of tho inhabi tants of the section deserted hy the withdrawal of the rebels between Acquia Creek and the capital of the Confederacy, and the unex pected occupation of Fredericksburg by McDowell, are the best proofs that the movement, so impulsively denounced at first, was alike bold, well-timed, and sagacious. The President’s visit, on Friday last, to this new point of interest, only served to convince him and the distinguished gentlemen in his company of the truth of this remark. A great and healthy change has taken place since these facts have been made known in Congress, and the effect upon the country will bo equally gratifying. Newspaper critics ought to pause long and reflect conscientiously before in .duigiDg is hasty denunciations of men in the most responsible positions in the Government. The union between the Republicans and loyal Democrats, in the State of New York, ia warmly approved by ail the friends of the Administration and the war in this city. It is especially gratifying to the true men of the Border States. They have long pleaded for just such an organization, and as they can have no interest in common with the Seces sionists, or with the sympathizers of the Secessionists, they accept this sign as an assurance that they will be sustained in the free States on the basis of hostility to treason and devotion to the Federal Constitution. The Eev. Robert J. Breckinridge, uncle of the recreant Vice President, in his late letter replying to an invitation from Philadelphia to deliver an address on the conspiracy, ex presses the conscientious gratitude of the Union people of the South to the freemen of the North: You, brethren, are accustomed to feel that the ardent and intrepid co-operation of loyal men in tbe slave Slates has been a mighty help to you ia tbe work thus far accomplished ; nor are you mis taken in this. But, on the ether hand, you must never forget, for an instant, that it was the heroic loyalty of tbe free States that saved the nation. Kentucky would this day be a desolation but for the 100,000 Northern mew, who came to the aid of our 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers, ready to perish before an overpowering host of traitors. The safety of the nation is weakened by every conception that thara was ftby human power but the heroism of the North that could have averted the fate prepared for it by a revolt such as no nation ever before sup pressed. I reel authorized to state that the President and every member of his Cabinet are anxious that the good example of New York should be followed iip in every other State, The Secre tary of the Treasury, Mr. Chase, is very de cided in the expression of the opinion that it ia the duty of the Republican party to join heartily with the Union Democrats, and to ex tend to them the most confiding and generous treatment. If this noble programme is con summated in good faith, we shall then have a party dedicated to tbe Union and to the war, and opposed to the falsely-called Democracy which acknowledges tho leadership of the Breckin ridge malignants. Between these two combi nations no honest patriot can hesitate which to choose. Occasional, FROM GEN. BANKS’ DIVISION. Harrisonburg, Yr, April 22.—C01. Donnelly male * tMOknoiswuce to-day tow Ards tWatown. When approach ing it, they were fired on by a rebel cavalry scout. Tiro companies of tbe Ohio cavalry weto then deployed on the left towards the Gordon urille turnpike* and tuc same number <f Vermont cavalry on the right, and Michigan cavalry in the centre- Hampton’* battery And tha Con necticut Fifth Regiment formed the reserve. The rebel «<rr»)ry »fter tbe first fire wctre»te4 tV ttW VOWfl) Wt»WO they joined their command. When escaping by the Gor donbville route they were passed by the Ohio cavalry, and seven men and eleven horses were captured, but the rest The Town of Harrisonburg was then entered and occu pied by Colonel Donnelly and’the cavalry. We found In the town eight of-Jackson’s Winchester hostages, whom be released yeiterdaii near the Shenandoah* on wrote of honor. Two hod died of fallgueand want of attention. The rest are on their way home. Large amounts of forage and grain are being secured mthe valley. FROM PITTSBURG LANDING DIRECT, CArYVRE or A REBEL STEADIER. Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 23 —The gunboat TyUrt white reconnoitring qp the Tennessee river* cap* tured tho rebel steamer J> Rohb % near the mouth of Crane creek. This is one of the boats which eluded our first expedition up this river, after the fall of Fort Ueory. Hir name baa been changed to Lady Tyler, Ihc wentlKT is rattier were pteasauti • THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1862. FROM WASHINGTON. FRENCH MINISTER’S VISIT TO RICHMOND. OBJECT OF BEIATOR AWIITS SOUTHER! IMPORTANT RECONNOISSANCE UP THE RAPPAHANNOCK. SEVERAL SCHOONERS AND STEAMERS ARE CAUCUS OF THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE HQUSEi IMPORTANT REPORT OF THE HOUSE MIL!- TAPV COMMITTEE. IRON-CLAD FORTS AND VESSELS-A NEW POLICY. Special Despatches ta «Tk« Washington, April 23,1802. Oar National Defences—lmportant Re port from ihe Ilou&e Military Commit tee—lron-Clad Forts and Vessels the New Policy. Mi\B].air, chairman of the llouao Committee on Mi litary Affairs, mad* a lengthy report this morning on tbe permanent defences of the country, and as to what modi fication of the old plaus of dulence may lie nenessary. Tho committee have lhe WTflral lending rojjortl of mm; engineer* and naval officers, aud also that of 9c cxetary Cass upon tho subject. These reports elaborate ly difccut-s the subject of frontier defences in all its bear ings with distil guiahed ability. They are worthy the at tention ATld AAUSlJfiP&llin of ever y zniliWy men in tho BepubJic. The committee review the first, Becond, and third s} stem of defences, commencing with the Revolu tion, aud ending prior to the present war. Since tbe ini tiuliou of the third system of defences. (coast-wli* fortifi cations,) forty- six years hare elapsed, and io lhat time tbe condition of the country has changed. OUR NEW WORKS OF DKFKNOB—IRON-CBA.D BA.TTE- The old works of defences on our coasts, with their old armaments, are not equal to the new means of attack. Judging from the ability of our unarmored ships to de stroy tha fitt4 fortd of tho Ohlnest-j it ieema un likely that any considerable number of our fortifications could long resist the concentrated fire of many fifteen inch guns of a fleet of heavy ships thoroughly iron-clad. If in&dCanute to nueh vesi&t&tiee. aul> natfoa, in Ail (u Increased strength, is measurably as defenceless as in 1816. What is necessary, then, to make our dofenccs satis factory—invulnerable to the attacks of a fleet composed of as many i•■on-clad vessels as any nation, without ex traordinary effort, could readily concentrate against them'! 1. The creation of adequate meftnß to oXCln.de from Olir haibors hobtile ships, armored vessels included. 2. The providing of suitable moans to detain invading armies on shipboard, when near important ports, cient lime to enable an army of the United States to be muitported to thu point assaulted. 5. The construction of channels in which to convey gunboats from tbe Gulf of Mexico up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, and from tbe Atlantic ocoan up the Hud son TiYtr, into the lahts, and from onel&ke into any other. 4. Tbe creation of a fortress on the river St. Law rence, or at the foot of Lake Ontario, of a capacity aud power fully <qual to, or superior, to that at sfu the opposite shore j aJsa,futtificatiouaon tue Niagara, or at tbe foot oi Lake Erie, of eiiual capacity. 5. Tho construction, for tho protection of the Pacific ocean frontier, of a first-class military communication between the river Missouri and tho bay of San Fran* cisco. 6 A decided increase in our means of building and repairing vessels of war: of manufacturing, testing, and ordnance and email arms of aU grades, and Of making and testing projectiles of all kinds, and for every branch of the service. 7. The duplication or enlargement of the military and naval academies immediately after tk& extinction of the rebellion and the re- establishment of peace. And, 8. The constitution and permanent maintenance of an army and n&Yy sufficient in numbers and excellence to command reject both at luma and abroad a t based on reasonable assurance of our physical ability to promp ly repress domestic insurrection and to repel foreign aggression. The committee are of opinion that it ii shown by Cant. Dalhgaex that a skilful naval commander in 1851 could pass into the inner haTbor of New York with a powerful fleet in despite of the utmost opposition. The committee do hot believe that the increased weight of ordnance pl&Ctd in OUr more important forts has increased the eflectiveness to a greater degree than the armoring of steamships has increased their power of resistance. If such a mult could be achieved in 1851, it can be in 1882 The committee diicuss the eight propositions at length. A remedy for these defects should be found without unnecessary .delay. Our cities cannot be left open to sudden incursions from every petty principality Which hoe money vr credit enough to UuM or buy an iron-clad ship. Tho remedy may possibly be found in a few addi titnal forts, in armoring with irtn both the old and new ones, and arming them with the heaviest ordnance tntii&hie by art. Bendas those changes), it may be found necessary to Add iron-clad floating batteries and steam lams iu aid of Forts; and also iu times of dasger to an chor raftß entirely across tbe channels leading into the h**rborr T or civs* them witu ehaiu cables. The committee will not withhold an expression of opinion that powerful, perhaps entirely adequate, means of defence, original in character and simple in applica tion, may ha found fo rapal tha faiost powerful fleets and armaments. They have reason to believe that this will be found to be true, though an allneion even t> the na ture and character of these plans, some of which aro ui/w Übdet* 6£6toUnatloto, Would be premature. The iron-clad Monitor y though of light draught, can carry as heavy a gun as tbe Warrior , and can as safely tun by any tort in her Majesty’s dominions, anchor in t’> o harbtr be} opd* and, io defiance of ancient means of prevention, commence Ihe work of destruction. Tbe committee consider, at length, the defences of the lakes BDd northern frontier, the military use of the lines of canals, the establishment of naval depots, contrast our own power with that or England, alluding to tbd ne cessity of a Pacific Railroad and the northwestern ship canals. They speak favorably of the military and naval academies. The committee report several bills. The most impor tanfls one intended to reorganize and perfect our whole eyetfui of expenditures for national fortifications. Tbe plAn embraces tbe appointment of a commission, CoQslnt ing of two army officers, two naval officers, and two sci entific civilians, to whom all matters of tais nature shell be referred; and all appropriations for national de* And fAr4r6 to bo tbe direction of this Board of Commissioners. It 1b further provided that the fortification board shall examine and confrider the propriety of the construction of & navy yard ar.il depot upon the northern Übe*, of * foundry for heavy ordnance, and for the construction of an armory and arsenal west of the Allegheny mountains, at such points as the President may deem expedient-. It is Also enacted that tbe President causa to h* m&do surveys and estimates of tbe expense of constructing a ebip-canal, connecting the waters of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, around the Falls of Niagara The French Minister’s Visit to ftiohmond, • Those Senators whose positions entitle them to know touching ’all txigeut points in foreign affairs, regard the visit of M. Mekcier to Richmond as important, but are not of Its object j nor are tewing fgrCtgQ functionaries, with whom, of course, tbe matter is one of speculative dUcuesion. The remark is attributed to Hr. EewabD, that the interests of this Government would nut he imperilled all the foreign re* preßent&tives were to maks visits to Rich mond. Knowing better than any one else the feel ing of European Courts, he can safely infer what might he the course of such of their representatives as might visit rebeldom. Therefore, he may not have hesitated to give authority to H. Mercier to pass our lines, which, of course, he would not have given if be that his errand related to thi mco S «Ulob of the Confederate States. It is not doubtod that the overshadowing interest of the French Govern ment in the tobacco crop, has induced the visit of the French minister* and the idea is strengthened by the fact that other foreign ministers here are solicitous on the subject, oa their Governments too monopolize the to bacco trade. Undue importance has been attached to the prosenco of ex-Senator Gtt'lS lh RlChttChd. It is believed his business is of a domestic rather than of a political character. It oa® be safely stated that tbe visit of these ffpntlemen to Richmond is not in the remotest degree connected with the United States Government, as has been without reason assigned. Caucus of the Republican Members of U>e House on the Confiscation Hills. A Republican caucus was held to-night at the Capitol, continuing in session until nearly eleven o’clock. Abont fifty members were present. Mr. Colfax, of Indiana, oceu*kd the choir, and Mr. MoPfliusos, of Pennsylva nia, acted as secretary. A general debate ensued upon the several confiscation bills, in which Messrs. Stevens, Blair of Missouri, Co vode, Hio km an, Olin* and others participated. The di.*- cuseion was somewhat of the character of that which has recently taken place in open House upon that subject. The sense of the caucus seemed to be In favor of dis criminating against the leading robels in the confiscation of all hinds of property. It was unanimously agreed to refer all the bills pending in the House to a select com mittee, as moved to-day by Representative Olin. The steamer King Philip arrived at the navy yard this morning, and reports that the steamer Yankee went up the Rappahannock river to Fredericksburg yesterday* having cautiously passed through the sunken obstructions in the channel, seven miles below that town. Our flotilla have captnred seven rebel schooners, one of which h**« » v»l**bie carfo of dry goods* medicines, and FOltpctTP. They have also taken two small steamers. It Is further stated that the rebel pickets are occa sionally seen on the south aide of the river. Oxps-Aroojxtt still command ihe po-sos-lon of t^roderioft^- bnrg the residents of which are entirely free in their n nal business pursuits. 8.. I.TI-VOUK, April S 3 — Till- Imly of Lieut. Orlnudo G. Wagner, who was wounded at Yorktown last Wodries. day and subsequently died, will arrive here by the boat to.mnrrow morning, and proceed forthwith to bli family, lh Philadelphia. The Her. Mr. tux, of Trinity Church, who refused to read the prayer, forth, r.coo. Union victories, has been retained bv his congregation after a long.pendlng contest. It is not improbable that a large portion of his congregation will retire from the ehnrch. Business Before Congress. It does not seem probable that Congress will do much u lde from the con.lderallon or or the tax, tariff, and con fiscation Mila, The former will ret consume much tine In both Houses. The time for It to he put in operation will necessarily be changed from tho first of May to June. The Pacific llallload bill, tha China and Ban Francisco steamship bill, tbe bankrupt bill, and eereral other ml* nor uemnii will douVUto. so «T.r to another mealou, ITS PURPOSE OF MINOR IMPORTANCE, CAPTURED, THE CONFISCATION BILL* OUR NATIONAL DEFENCES RIES AND VES9ELS. TUB BIBBS FOR TUB NATIONAL DEFENCES. Hajnvvtant fthm Fvedevlftksfetipg, Vf*, The Remßins of Lieut, Wagner. The Disloyal Clergy man Oaths of Allegiance for Grand aad Petit J urors. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, introduced in the Senate to day a hill providing that hereafter alt gragg &n<3 petit juror*, emnioonea for any of ihe United States courts, shall, In addition to the present oath, swear *• that they have been true and faithful to the Constitution of the United States; that they have not taken up arms, or competed, or edviaed any person tO take UP Urmfi, Or rendered any aid, assistance, or comfort whatever to any State or States iu revolt against tbe Government of the United States.” Any one refusing this oath shall be dis charged from tho pane!. Any one falsely this oath shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and punished accord ingly* General Cameron and the Bolter Contract. 'lt that the girVU W TfVftfilt & GO*| of Now York, for 100,000 muskets at $lB each, and 18,000 sabres at $7 50 each, for which General Cameron has been censured in the report of Mr. Holt, of the Contract CommlsHioD, given by President iiscoi.s himself. Gen< ral Cameron is now ia this city, and it Is sail that he intends to make a statement on the subject LATEST FROM FORTRESS MONROE. ARRIVAL OF A PARTY OF REFDOEES. THE NEBRIMAC AT GOSPORT NAVY YARD. HER PORT HOLES TO BE PROTECTED. FOUR NEW GUNBOATS LAUNCHED AT NORFOLK. The Recent Fighi witb Burneldc’a Forces. ONLY 500 UNION TROOPS ENGAGEO-THE REBELS FLY. SfATE 6P Affairs at satamaii. RETURN OF THE FRENCH MINISTER FROM NORFOLK. Fortress Monroe, April 22.—A small row-boat ar rived here this morning, from Norfolk, containing three men, a woman, and two children, refugees. They report that tho Jtferrimac is still at the Gosport navy .yard. Workmen were eugaged in placing iron shields ever her port-holes. It was supposed that the improvements would soon be completed, aud the Merri mac be out again in {w? <? r three dftyfi, Sbe Wftfi AgroUQd on the last day she came out, as was generally supposed here. Nothing was said in Norfolk about the bursting of a gun on board the Merrimac, and that supposition W*9 undoubtedly incorrect. G&ptnva Buchanan is thought to be btill alive, having only been wounded by a rifle shot in the thigh It was only a flesh wound. The steamer Jamestown and steam*tug Beaufort 'went up the Jt»me»riYor on Friday, and the YorKlown on Sunday, to obtain coal at Bichmond. They took in tow a number of schooners loaded with iron io he rolled into plates at tbe Trafalgar Works in Bichmond. jFo.ur new gunt oats have been launched at tho navy yard, and four more are in course of construction at Norfolk. A part of these will'be covered with the iron plates above mentioned. TKA previously- reported engagement between gtto troops of Gen, Burnside and & Georgia rtgimont took place on Saturday. Tho Union troops are said t > have numbered only five hundred, while the Confederate troops consisted of tlie Tided regiment, com manded by Col. 'Wrightt The engagement took place not at Elizabeth City, but on the canal above that place. The rebtl loss was 15 killed and 35 wounded They were only partly Iniulppod, th6r sir, And many lacked mufrk'ts and ammunition. They are said to have run on being attacked, while tho Union troops held their ground until they had buried their deal, when they retired. Eleven graves of Union soldiers were subieuuenllv counted on the battle-field. Cue of >he refugees visited Bichmond last week. He states that there are very few troops either there or at Norfolk, mofet of tho foreo hAVlfigbeea sent Id Yorktown. Fourteen thousand troops are said to bare passed through Bichmond in one day laßt week, bound for Yorktown. The whole party of the refugees came from Savannah* One of the men who brought Lis wife and children be longs in Halifax. Another belongs in New York- and is a carpenter by trade. The third *s one of the crow cf the steamer Fin gal, which ran the blockade some time Biiico at barannab. The crew of the Fingal were sent hf re from Norfolk hy a flag of truce some weeks since, but were immediately returned. The rest of the crew are still in Norfolk. Up to last Saturday they were sup ported by the British consul, but a recent despatch from Lord Ly ins has thrown them upon their own resources, and it is supposed that they will be forced to enlist in the Confederate navy. One of the men, who left Savannah on the Ist of March, reports that groat consternation prevailed there. The steamer Fingal and other vessels in the harbor were ready to be sunk or burned. The troops in the vicinity of Savannah have been dying in large numbers—namely, od account or tho filthy condition in which the mon kept themfielvts. The city might have been easily taken by onr troops at the time of their first landing at Port Koyal. An attack was then confidently expected, and the whole city waß iu ft state of intense excitement and alarm The refugees arrived at Old Point at about 2jtf o’clock this morning, after passing very close to the rebel pickets PLil l>fttlLJr!e£» fted were hailed for the first time by the steamer lying in the roads. Tbe English steamer Jiinaldo left her anchorage this morning in the upper part of the Boads, and is nowan ehrred below tbe Mimi&sAld. The French steamer Gassendi returned from Norfolk with M. Mcrcier,the French minister, this afternoon. His despatches proceed immediately te New York by sea, whtre a steamer is in waiting to cmm the Atlantia. FORTRESS MONROE. rings of Truce—Xlie Censorship—Reforms— Still Another Reform Desired—The Cumber land—No Signs of the Merrimac—Arrival of Refugees—Exultation in Norfolk—The <?&*• senrti—Stroll Through the Graveyard—The Baltimore Boat Detained. [Correspondence of The Press.] Fortress Monroe, April’22.—There havejbeen se-. verai fiage of truce during the past rew days, bat no news or copies of Southern paperß have been received. Now and then a copy of the Norfolk Day Booh or a stray Richmond paper finds its way to headquarters, but no on* Is aUoVriJ ifc, Except-, perhaps, Vt the Associated Press, The bands on the flag-oMruce boat are not allowed to communicate with each other, as be. fore, and hence the deficiency. It is to he hoped that this restriction will ho removed, that all papers may b* placed on an equality. Colonel Edward S. Sanford, military supervisor of tele graphs, left here last night for Washington, where he is called by pressing business. His reforms in the censor ship which has been established hwQ WTO jQjfullyftC* c epte£ by press and public. No more examination of Bews-lettfrre and despatches, no more favoritism, no more puffing of brainless bipeds in blue-and-bpagg, to gain cheap favor* and priTato letters go North unmolest ed, as they should. Still another reform is asked for by correspondents. Before the establishment of the censorship, correspyn <Uht& deposited their letters iu thA mall i»-»* board tho boat. When the examination and detention of letters was begun, this was done away with, and all were re quired to submit these letters to the censor some two or three hours before tho departure ef (La boat. It j® npw desired that their privilege be restored, a^events might happen between the hour of closing the mail and the de pai ture of the boat, which would be of the greatest im portance if known North. Thfc Cumberland. This good old ship, that so nobly defied the rebel J/sr rimac, is fast going to pieces. Exposed, as she is, to all the storms that sweep down from the north and east, she cannot hold together much longer. The stars and stripes still float proudly from her masthead, and there they will remain until the last vestige of the noble vessel has sunk beneath the ware. She was a gallant ship, and a brave mar fought her. •The British gunboat Rinaldo, which has lain up near the mouth of the Elizabeth river for the past three weekit got up steam this morning and oame down the bay, taking up her station near our war vessels. She went up to see the elephant, and did see it. The French steamer Catinet still lies down the bay. The Aferrtmac has' not made her appearance again, and it is not supposed that she will venture out again beyond the protection of the Sewell’s Point and Pig Point batteries for & considerable time. Meanwhile, she is keeping & whole fleet of gunboats and two large frj gatCß idle, which could he profitably employed else where. The rebel 8 boast, and It is not a vain one, that she is worth a hundred thousand sen. She is certainly a complete protection to Norfolk, Tbip taorniug a. number of persons, p,«n and WOIDCn, arrived in an open boat from Norfolk. They left last night while the storm was at its height, and, running the gauntlet of all the rebel guard-boats, got safely into the Vttiou wAtAffi Aftd lAlidsd At thA Wb&rf. They w< re dressed in coarse bnt comfortable clothing, and did not seem to have suffered much by the exposure to thestoim. They do not biing much news. One of them confirms the »fejf»6rt which wm sent North, hot gV" nerally discredited, that the Xcrrimac got aground the last day Bhe came out. They also say that she ia now in the dry dock receiving repairs, but they are almost flDiwid, and she will he out again before many days. The only drawback is thaw-ant of coal. There was great exaltation in Norfolk the night that, the steamer Yorktown came in with the captured vessels. Evtnlxriy crowded down to the whtrrea to see the u c&ptnred Y&ukee vessels, 77 and great stories were told of the doings of the redoubtable Yorktown. The prison ers who were taken with the vessels met with many in dignities Whore they ere new l could not ascertain! Notwithstanding the fame of the JftrWwaev she Is not very popular, and it is with the utmost difficulty that men can be got to work her. The men who escaped, say they are part of her crew, Notbeing as invulnerable as they thought ohe would be, Bhe isnof in high favor With those who man her, as men are killed on board of her by shot from the Union vessels. They are afraid of the a °d are not willing |o rent we Into clobo quarters with her. They also confirm the report thatone of her guns burst during the recent action. They say that the explosion killed three officers and ten men. Bhe is also badly strained i»y bring aground. They also state that the gunboat Yorhtown had gono to Richmond. The arrival of ihe Gassendi created quite an excite-: mint in Norfolk, and a»«cb -yecolation existed % , tbe object of the visit of the French minister. The Sinth are not as confident of the assistance of Napoleon 111. as they were a year since, and they are not well pleased at- 4t»lra -vInH of A JoPAIiJW VI-SlAl. To-day I took a wal through the graveyard attached to the fortress. It is situated in a grove, about a mile up the penintul*, and close to the beach. There are many graves there, most of them privates, whose friends could pot afford to remove them, although here and there rests an officer. AU of the graves are numbered, and most of them are furnished with on which the name, yegtannt ainpnnv. and data of death of the sleeper are recorded. A number have neat palings round them, and all are in goed condition. Amerioan soldiers take care of thtir dead comrades* The French corvette Gassendi arrived about half past three o’clock from Norfolk. She brings the French minister, M. Mercler. The Baltimore boat has not yet arrived, and we aro without a mail* It » feared tome accident has bap* pened to her, and that she has been compelled to put back. _ A Swedish Frigate Below. jjrww ¥o"*i April fill—A Swedish frigate is brivrr* FROM FORT WRIGHT. A PAUSE IN THE BOMBARDMENT. FOURTEEN REBEL OUI9BOATS IN THE BITES, Caira, April 45 — A despatch from too flwt, dated yes terday, says that for three days not a gun has been fired, the combatants being l seemingly satisfied to save thrir powder until something can be accomplished by Its dis charge. The rebels are reported to have fourteen gunboats off the fort, together with the ram Manassa r, the latter and seven ofthe former arriving on bnmUy. Coin. Hollins ban rttnnif d from New Orleani with the j una*. The Steamer Di Sdtd left the floot yesterday with one hundred bales of cotton for Cairo, being the first ship ment North since the commencement of hostilities, n i* rwrta! that the hospital at Mound oitp «m u anspnifed until the water subsides. The sick and wounded there will be transferred to other hospitals. The steamer TjgrtiS arrived this afternoon from Fitts burg Lauding. of the Twelfth lowa Rogi enent ok board. *' They report the waterfalling. Their regiment has but twelve effective men left. ONE DAY LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE BOHEMIAN. THE MEXICAN QUESTION. THE COALITION BREAKING lIP. CAPTURE OF A SPANISH SLAVER, SPECULATIONS about TH§ MONITOR. Consols 937i'a01—Breadstuffs Steady* HEENAN §QNE TO PARIS. Portland, April 23.— The steamship from Liverpool 10th, Londonderry 11th, arrived at C. 30 A. M. mails go on tUe morning train to Boston, due there at 2 P. M-, and will reach New York to-Hiorrow morning. Cotton buoyant and > B 'd higher. Sales of the week 62,000 bales. Blour firm at 6d advance. Wheat steady and firm. Corn <iuiet, but steady. ProvUioao dull and unchanged. . Consols closed Fridty at 9S#*(U for money. Rumor says relatious between England, France, and Spain, relative to Mexico, are unsati-factory. United States fives were quote! at 77078. Pahis* April IL—Spain maintains Gen. Primfe e&u venUon, ana it it reported that Franco wishes to march against tne city of Mexico. Berlin, April 11—Measuros are reported to be pre paring against the press. it >9 officially announced that there is no divorgeneo of opinion between the Ministeia. Copenhagen, April 11—The Augsburg asserts, on reliable authority, that England haß succeeded in bringing Spain to her ride, in the Mexican question, by a promise not to object sJwhM Spain take potBOHiiOE Of Hayti* TiivKurooL, April 11.—The mails from the west coast of Africa report trade in the rivers dull, particularly at Bonny, owing to the war with the Etve men. The Bon ny men had been defeated iu an engagement. The fi-ingr of Peppel takes no active part in tTiejfigbtlllg, Ife lias appointed a consul to Loudon at a salary of X5OO a year. The King has also applied to Miss Couttsfor £20,000 to build churches at Bonny. The Spanish slaver Manuel Oelz had been taken into Cape Cattle. Paris, April 11. —The return of the Bank of France shows an increase in cash of four and a half millions, and in bank notes of one ai d a quarter millions. The de crease in bills discounted is seventy-four millions, and the balauee in the ts6&su*-y is forty-five and a half mil lions. The current accounts foot up forty-six and a half mil lions, and the advances eleven aud a half millions. London, April 11.—The Liverpool correspondent of the Times thinbft that tlio J/oni/o* e&uld l>* easily car ried by boarding. John C. Ileen&n has gone to Paris. He don’t intend to fight Mace or any other man. ihe effect of the payment of the dividends ii already being felt In the discount market, whi&h was easier yes terday. Good bills were taken at 2# ®2#. The Times u City Article” says: “Consequent upon the increasing ease in the money market from the pay ment of dividends and the steady influx of gold, the Epfliuftfupdgyerteitia? were strong at an advance.of Xto, a fuitter advance also took place in several lead ing railway stock?, Constantinople, April 10.—In consequence of the in cessant hostilities earned on by the Montenegrins, the Porte baa informed the Great Po vers (bill it ilttti SODt #mar Pasha ora era ip address an Ultimatum lu ttlO Prince of Montenegro, demanding au immediate release of prisoners and a formal engagement on the part of the Prince to henceforth prevent invasions of the Turkish territory. »Ni* stafenieoi that Torkish troop* have entered &lOU~ tenegro is incorrect. The report of an approaching modification of the Miui&try is entirely unfounded. Garibaldi had arrived at Paira, where he was received with much enthusiasm. London, April 11.—The London Times quotes United States lives at 77 to 78. Foreign Commercial Intelligence LiYEßrm* April 11 Brokers’ Circa* jar rcporiß Bio safes of the week at 02,000 bales, of which apeculatora took 17,500, and exporters, 8,600 bales. The market has been buoyant, and prices are ,Vd per pound higher tnan last week. The sales to-day (Friday) are estimated at 8,000 bales, including 2,000 to specula tors and exporters, the market closing firm at the follow ing authorized quotations: Fair Orleans 13# J. Middling d 0.,,.......... , .I2#d. Fair Mobiles . 13# d. Bilddllogjlo.. .. ...... ...... ~,,, d« Fair ds, 13#d. Middling d 0.., I2#d. The stock in prrt is estimated at 430,000 bales, of which 134,000 are American HV-Adsltifls—Flour »i Gd advance. 19 OtCftdy and firm. Corn quiet and steady. Previsions generally dull aud unchanged. Bacon has a declining tendency. London, April 11.—Consols close at 937a®94 for money. ' American securities ara steady, at unchanged rates. The bullion in tbe bank has increased .£33,000. The specie in the Bank of France has increased about 800,000 franca in the month. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCEi-LoifDOSnERRYi April 11 —Anivefl from New York, Marvel, at Flushing; Jno. Belt, at Fl)mouth; Samuel Locke, at Liverpool. LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA The Pirate Sumpter Still at Gibraltar. THE SUBJECT OF FORTIFICATIONS STILL BEING DISCUSSED A MW ARMSTRONG GUN PROMISED. The Mexican Trouble between France and England. New Tore, April 23.—The Canard steamer Persia arrived this evening with Liverpool advices of the 12th, and by telegraph via Queenatoan to the 13th» The steamer Hansa bad arrived out. The erteamer Glasgow arrived at Queenstown on the 13th. Commercial Intelligence. [Per Persia.] Liverpool, April 11.—[The weekly cotton market was received by the Bohemian at Portland.] 1 he Manchester markets closed firmtr, with an upward tendency. Breaustuffs.—The market is steady. Flour is still advancing and Active • prices have improved GdOls. Wheat quiet and fiTm. Corn dull; mixed Corn 27a 6d® 27s 9ti. Provisions*.—Tho markei ia doll. PorkinacUye. Pft cou still <itchtnng. Lard quiet and steady. Tallow steady at 455®46s Od. Produce. —Ashes quiet j Pots 32s fid j Pearls 32b. Common Rosin heavy at 14a. Spirits Turpentine steady nt6fiia7oß. Sugar active. Coffee inactive,, but slightly improved. Rice very dull at 6d decline. Linseed easier Linseed Oil firm at 37s fid; Cod Oil, small sales. London, April 11. —Breadstuff's firmer. Iron dull; Scotch Pig still advancing f3a®s4a. Sugar quiet and steady! Office firm. Rice quiet fiud steady* Common cottgou Tea firm. Tallow dull at 46b. Spirits Turpen tine dull at 68a 69s Linseed Oil easier at 36s 9J»37a London, April 11 American securities quiet and steady. Console for money 93% ©O4 The bullion in the Bank of England has increased £33,0001 the Latest. Liverpool, April 12—Evening.—The sales of Cotton to-day -were 7,C00 bales, closing buoyant, but without change in quotations j the sales to- speculators and ex porter® vtr« 5,000 bales. Sreapstuffs.—The market closed quiet and steady. Flour in flat. Provisions dull. London, April 12.—Consols 93%®93% ; . HAVRE COTTIIN MARKET, AprillO S*]** of Cot ton for the week 6,600 bales: New Orleans tree ordinaire, 168 f; Bas, 161 f. The stock of Cotton in port ia- 71,000' bales. The Bourse was quiet Rentes 7-OP. 10c. The advices from Gibraltar are to the filh fast. The pir ate Sumter was still there, and the Tlucarwa re mained at Algesiras. The schooner W. C. Alexander, of Savannah, at Palermo, was boarded by an armed boat’s crew from- the- V, $, corvette Iw i find too master and crow taken pris oners on hoard the /no, hut were subsequently released) under the representations of the officer of the port. The ste-mer for Bombay takes out £460,000 in specie for the purchase of cctton. GBEAT BRITAIN. The subject of the fortifications, and the recent im portant experiment with a 300-pounder Armstrong gun at Shoeburynets, was further debated in Parliament. The ministers of the House or Lords deprecated hasty action, and argned that the experiments- ehowed-that they ought not hastily to depart from a system of forti fications, supplemented by floating batteries. It ia pre dicted that Armstrong will soon produce-a 600-ponndeiy to do the same damage at 2.200 yards, as- his 300*pound ers has just dope at 200 yards. The Puke of Somerset admitted that the Admiralty was now prepared to proceed at once with Capt. Coles* cupola, and other plans. Tho House of Commons had debated Italian affairs. Lotd Palmerston believed that sooner or liter thß unity Italy would be completed by ito jwßawaion of &->me. Both Bouses had adjourned tor the Easter recest till the 28th of April. It Is believed thae the-session will not extend much beyond tbe end of Juoe. The English journals argue that the late gunnery ex.- M,lmeub* folly jweve tbit the sAUhAe o£ attack has as»tn fairly surpassed the science of defence. FRANCE. The difficulties of the Mexican question claim some-at tention. It is rumored at Paris that M. Vfalew.ski will make a mission to England on the- owing to tbe differences between Frarce and England. Tlie Bourse was firmer at 70f. K)ci POLAND. Pome iludtiita had attimtUd a dettOMtraltou) Ik fch*- Warsaw Cathedral, but failed. THE VERT LATEST. [By Telegraph to Queenstown.] Madrid, April 12 —ltis reported that* provtitol Spain can obtain saitafactinn pracoably, site will not intor 'era with the internal policy of Mexteo. Tbe evacuation of Tetiian had commenced. April J 2 —lt ia ri*o Statute that f*%n. Prim is trying to b» elevlwi, AS Of Plvxlvv, . . Bomray, March 27 —Letters report that the Persian army is advancing on Herat. Calcutta, March 27 —ladigo is declining Exchange on London 2s. sd. Freights nominal, at 70s. Damage to tlie Budge at Harper’s Ferry. Baltimore, April 22 —The high water in the Potomac hai» done some damage to the bridge at Harper’s Ferry, which will bo spofidilv vopairod. Departure of tlie Asia. New York, April 22—Tbe royal mail Asia railed tO'dny, ,ith US psnewers »ml 15iiW9 in tpwm The Wounded Vermonters. BAI.TIMOKK, April 28.—'11« V.rmolll «oliller», wnuu.lvd in the action nrnr Yorktown, still reinara at Fortrew Monroe. Sono will probably be brought here. Our hospitals are setting ready for patients, in antici pation Dif wounded coming from the expected battle eA Yorktwen. Arrival of the North Star. New York April 23.—The steamer North Star has arrived from Aspinwall, which she left on the 15th inst. the brings #090,000 in specie from Saq Francisco. nie y. §. Hoop ct-wtr Vum ww rtvnt l» lw» Fepflnm for Yalparaiso* nm Miiss-ffi m B XHTOXldAtion amoho abmt officers A RESOLUTION OF INQUIRY ADOPTED. Indemnity to the Officer*, Crew, Sc., •f i Danish Bark. A BOARD OF fOBfIFICATIOITS FBOFOBED. THE CONFISCATION BILL TABLED IN THE HOUSE. The Proposed Recegnitltn of Hayti and Liberia. THE MEASURE IMPORTANT TO OUR COM MERCIAL INTERESTS. Washington, April 23, 1862. SENATE. Petitions* Mr. TIHJMUULL (Rep ), of Illinois, presented a peti tion of W. G. Jewell in favor oi a defensive stand still IMjljOy fit TofklOttßi iiiid io secure n reserre /orce ol 25,900 men. Fay of Minnesota Members* Mr. TRUMBULL, from th<i Judiciary Committee, re ported a resolution in relation to the pay sjje ftffft fiMi&tbftl Mid Uepi-esenialiven from tU© QtatU Of MIQUOv sola. Passed. Intoxicated Officers, Mr. HALF (Rep.), of New Hampshire, offered a reso lution that the Military Committee bq inHtniClfWl to fq -41-nire -whether any general in the army tioforo YnrKtQWD exhibited himself drunk in face of the enemy, and if at y measures have bten taken for the trial and punishment of such offences. Mr. SUMNER (Bep.), of Massachusetts, suggested that it ba addregiod to the Committaa an Liu, of the War. No Punishment too Great* Mr. HALE referred to the statement made by Mr. Mor rill in the Houbo yesterday, and said he thought that it was high time that Congress should take gome notice Of li.. to Uuu-t,. lf ouivcro vniubus load bravumonto bB riftughtered hks beaatß, no pueishmont is too great for them. Mr. FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticut, arid the Senate had not taken the high ground it ought to have tahon in regard to confirming Kiliß litiown lobe j ttn'l it becomes us to weed our own garden first, and correct our own laxity, and he was pained to say criminality, in this respect. The PRESIDENT (Mr. Foot) said the general re ferred to had not been confirmed. Mr. BALE said he knew the Senate had hot taken high ground enough; hut if officers got so drunk that they could not sit on their horses, he thought aomo notice ought to lie taktii of it. Mr, WILSON (Bep,), of MtHHachnsettfu said he hop* pored tho resolution referred to Gimeral W. F. Smith. He knew nothing of the case, but he (Mr. Wilson) never proposed the name of any person of Intemperate habits. The resolution was adopted. Juries in United States Coneta. Ml'. DAVIS (U.), of Kentucky, Introduced a bill pre scribing an additional oath for the grand and petit ju ries in the UDited States courts. Recognition of Hayti and Liberia, The bill rocogniring the independence of Hayti And Liberia, and the appointment of a diplomatic representa tion, was taken up. Recognition Important to Our Own Interests* Mr. SUMNER said that thus far our hftd Lfefeh iihhbually friendly to new gOVernmeOW, t)Ut it TIIVJ turned aride from these notions. He thought it time to put an end to ibis anomaly in the history of this Govern ment. Hayti was one of the most beautiful and fertile iblatdu In the world. It has a surface of 30,000 square miles, being tbe rizo of Ireland, aud a mtu- Atioh lh ihe Gulf. It has maintained its independence for nearly sixty years. Liberia, stretching along the coaet of Africa, Jb about the same size, and seems hardly IeBB favored in rich fertility than Hayti. Liberia, espe cially, GXGGIB ill tl)0 prodltetiOU 6( OOtton, and palm oil. The argument for treaties with su.-.h countries becomes irresistible in view of the demands of commerce. In the list of sixty countries of commercial relations, Hayti stands the twenty-seventh and Liberia the twtmLy-nintth In-xDortg Hai ti stands naxt to Russia, and in number of tradihg vessels Hayti is superior to Russia. There ate thirteen countries in the commer cial list of less value than Hayti where w# have di plomatic representatives, and eight countries where we have representatives which are not in any eoni&up ciftl list. The Sandwich Islands have a population of only 70.000, and the exportß there amoaut to only $747,- 000; while Hayti has 600,000 population,and the exports amount to $2,673,000. Yet, at Sandwich Islands we have a commisrioner and three consuls, in lh6 last year, took in exports tUOre fish) CGttOQ gOOdS* SOAPi butt< r, and lard than Cuba and Porto Rico together, and more than many other countries where we have a full diplomatic representation. If any other argument is ueeoed, it will be f/und in the condition of thiags in the West India. Islands aod In Mexico. Spain is aitvmpilug to recove* » foothold in tho West Indies. By the recog nition of Hayti we check these echemoa of ambition aud preserve the balance of power among those islands. Li beria also, though not so impoitaut commercially, yet haß strong demands Tor recognition. By r&coAtiliUhg ±h«- d e tWO batiOhfl We AVA obly tardily following the examples of tbe principal nations of the world. The further consideration of the bill was then post poned till to-morrow. CAHffe«Atl2tt Sill. Tbe confiscation bill was taken up. Mr. DAVIS (Union), of Kentucky, resumed his re marks in opposition to the bill. He said he had already detained tbe ben&te at some length on this question, but considered in ihe Importance il)0 hill had no parallel £ e contended that Congress has no right to pass suco a bill under the pretended war power. He quoted at considerable length, from the controver sy between Wei dell Phillips and Lysander Spooner, to -how that Phillips had argued that slavery Wdi legal an 1 constitutional. He said that tbe great principles W'bicb underlie the Constitution were never more clearly and forcibly stated than by Phillips. But Phillips and his followers wented to destroy the Constitution, that they might destroy slavery. Ho (Mr. Davis) was no aico cate for slavery in the abstract. It his will could re move all the slaves to-morrow they should go. Tie would be glftd to inaugurate a system of gradual einancipition. But Phillips has now chat ged his opinion, because he tbinbß his unity is in power; and ho may he able to at* tain bis objects through the unscrupulous Raders of that party. He (Mr. Davis) thought he retied very much on the Senators from Massachusetts (Mr. Sumner) and New Hampshire (Mr. Hale). He contended, In regard to riavery, that it hod always existed, tbfif WtttU th? gayivr of urnnhiud came on earth he came into a slave bolding community, And, although the Senator from New Hampshire (Mr. Hale) was versed in Scripture, he (Mr Davis) challtngfd him to show anyplace where Christ condemned slavery as a crime. Bit-. lIALE Slid he tbonpht <d‘ a vfbicH aypiirit to Ids case—viz ’ “ God commandeth ail men, every where, now to repent.” Mr. PAVI& fear* d he was too hardened a sinner. He continued by contending that the Union could only be restored iu a spirit of concession and COlgPlVUlift? )lV contended that slavery would continue forever, in some form or other. Gfcd had permitteditto exist thus far; yet there were impious wretches who' pretend to know thd will of God, and who say lie has determined on the de struction of slareryi If tho party in power is uot going to keep ita pledges, but intends to make wap on tho right* of the gtatee and manage their domestic concerns, then the war has en J r begun. The Union men of the South will never submit to this interference, and he avowed this as their repyegagffttiY?* ' mt» 3UMiiEß*(Rtp.)j oi Ttiaasacimßeitßi moved to go into exeoutive segßion. Lost by a tie vote—yeas 19, nays 19. An Amendment Proposed—Persona Criminated. Mr. SHEBMAF (Bep-.), of_Obio, offers pg ftTliendr mn t tu tim hill, specifying the persooß to whom the coq» fiacation shall apply—viz: all persons who may hereafter hold office in any way under the rebel Government. Alter further discussion, tbe Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Indemnity for the Seizure of a Danish Bark* Mr. COX (Hem.), ef Ohio, moved that the House pro ceed to the consideration of the Senate bill for the relief ol the owners; officers! and crew of the Danish bark G&rm Lmnistn. He stated that th& Se&ret&w 6f State, for diplomatic reasons, deßired its immediate passage. This vessel was seized by the blockading squadron, uudet* a misapprehension, and token to New York. 51,850 is the ftUDi appropriated. The bill was paaaed, Tflr» FRANK (Bep.h of New York, prescntßl tho fol* lowing resolution of the Legislature of New York: “ Resolved, That tbe Representatives of this State iu both Houses of Congreas. be requested to obtain at the earliest day, an asknqwieygpWßt S>ytll§ General fiOYeru? nivnt of its obligation to rtfund to this Smto nay nd* vances that it may make in payment of all just demands made by the soldiers of this State, who served in its do tt-nce during the last war with Great Britain.” Board of FgrtlficationSf Mr. BLAIR (Bep.), of Missouri, from tho MNltAry Committee, reported a hill to create a Board of Fortifica tions, to examine into the coast and harbor defences. Confiscation Bill. Tho Howe resumed the consideration of the cmlAua tioh bid, Which \vas pending when it adjourned > ester day, and- upon which tbe main question had been ordered. The Bill Tabled. On motion oTTfln HBEFFIfiLD ru*) ot Rhode Island, the hill was. tabled—yeas 58, nays 62—as follows YEa.B. Haight (Dem.) H&ll/U.) Harding (U.) Harrison (Union) Holman (Dem.) Kerrigan (Dem.) Law (Hem.) Leary 0.). Lehman (Dem.) Mallory (0.) May (Dem.) Maynard (JJ ) ttcnzicc (UiJ Morrill(Kep) Vt Moitlb (Dem.) Nixon (Bep.) Noble (Dem.) Horton |6cm.) Olin (Bep ) Allen (Dem.), Ancebft /DsM ) Haller (Hem.) Pa. Biddle (Dem.) Blair (Kep.), Mo. Blair (U.). Va. Browue (JJOt R I. Biown (U % Y». Culvert (U.) Casey. Clements. Cravens (Bern.) Ciitteiiden (U ) Delaplaine (Dem.) Diven (Bep.) Dunlap (V.) Dnnn (Bep.) <W!wk Granger (Rep.) Grider (V.) NAYS. Aldrich (Kep.) Fenton (Kep,) Arnold (Key) rranchoi (Bep.) Ashley (Bep.) frank (Bep.) Babbitt)(Bep.) Gooch (Rep.) Baker (Kep.) Hancliett (Bep.) Beaman (Rep.) Hickman (B.) 3>jngh«o (Bep ) Byoprr (««?•) Blair (Kep.), Fa. Hutchina (Bep.) Blake (Bep) Julian («ep.) Bufflutou. ( Bep.) Kellogg (B.)tfich. Burnham (Bep.) Lansing (Rep.) Chamberlain (B ) Leamie (uap.) Conklibg(R ) Lovejoy (Rep.) Cutler (Bep.) McKuisht (Bep.) Davis (Rep.) McPherson (Bep.) Duell (Bep.) Patterson Edwards (Bep.) Pike (Rep.) Blfot (Rpp) Potter (Rep.) Suppression of the Re] 9tie bill to facilitate the suppression of the rebellion and prevent the recurrence of the same was taken op. St lbe PreaUeni to Jirocl our g«ner»]| JO ij© * dare the slaves of the Totals free, and pledges the faith of‘‘ feta United States to make lull aud fair compensation !o. loyal men, who have actively supported the Union, for* any losses they may sustain by virtue of this bill. Jir. OLIN (Hop ), of New Yark, said ha HBrfapaiaad thjit the Committee on the Judiciary had agreed sub* si antially that none of the confiscation bills referred'to. them ought to pass. . . Mr. THOMAS (U ), of Massachusetts, remarked tbatr they had recommended that none of the bill* pail- Mr. OLIN said the disposition of the lipase W the couMry was in favor of some legislation on the subject*. As ike Ccunmitte on the Judiciary could not agpee,.he« proposed that a select lommltteee of seven-ta appointed* Brins untraicmtlUd by the House, thov ullght ba ahlodoi agree wpen a proper mwwute of lotifllAtion. Restoration of the Government lu.valv*d. i* kike dilution. Mr DUNN (Rvp.Jv of iudiaua, was glad to-hu&r-Mr. Oiin*»" «>W*f. l perty was one of tb»a»ostditticaltunestlons before-Cc-o „ieH. and on its drcWion was involved the-roafr»r?ttiiM& of the Government to its -former state ofi prospoetty. He congratulated th» House and the country that had taed Uld uptm the Uhlu this mMti.liisL.wlilAlu.if it hid bt-enpai*«td* wbuikl have disgraced the clvil»K»ium©> tnis age. [KxclacsMion oh the Demoiratic bide* “Good that’s so !”1 A hill which, at one f« U swoop,, would have Impoveriehed the people generally, foom. old- ago down to iiiLOCflit childood. w ... , Mr GLUT replied that tlw HiUMdld tt&t HftUlt* A lecture on the subject. It was ajoar I here fa a contrariety of ophiona relative to this ncpatiou of coA&acalion. Ho voted to -day to lay tbe bill on the table, not because a bill fov this purpose was uoh proDentraft Imcaum ha oould find no warrant in tbo OoiHitntion for the powor which was sought to be exercistd by it. . Mr. COLFAX (Rep.)*of Indiana, diemed it d«« {liw Ae should state iraukb the reeaeue whj he differed, » some extent, both frost the gentleman from Hevr X art i Mr. IHio) anil Ilia colleague (Mr. Dtmn). Uo XMteu Ip.teiilay against recommitting the hill, with iiuipuc tlons to repoitM*. Sherman’s bill as a, suostitvve, be* curat the Cunmuttoeon the Judiciary, after four, month* drtibuntlun hnd been unabW to wr<?«» . _ Mr. HICKMAN (Bep.), of Pennsylvania* to cor net a Btateiweiit which bed been pershneVtiy wade. As was statod by his colleague on ths tnasntittee, (Mr. The mam ef Massachusetts,) they hadre*orted back A« Ike liiilg with the recommendation ibiu utf nnisotra by ♦bv ftpuef’ f fop fpfPiritfr* WaA Wrn to nr’iti Mr. COLFAX did not see that the genttonMn'i state ment had materially changed Ihe queetion, lurt hw would accept it. At all events, the committee had made ffnega* tive report. They agreed to disagree. MS. HIOICM AN remArli«il Uy>t tbejr did not t|Tot to disagree. A majority of the committee instructod him to report back all the rita with the recoiameadation that they do not p»H4. The action was equally as legitimate as U they had repotted that they should pass. Wt_ COLFAX WAS otligri for ib« information. At feflAt the 66&i)nlttee were not in favor of any one of the pending bills. Mr. HICKMAN. Certainly. Mr. COLFAX. They could not agree affirmatively. Ml HICKMAN; Thar* was a mujurltp appoint U each ju/livlduftl bill. This ought to be satisfactory; and, therefore, the action of Ibe committee was against each ai d all the bills. Mr. COLFAX supposed they were opposed to the bills referred to tbwoi or to iny other bill hi a lubitttuto. aim hHuu be opposed recommitment to (bat cotfti&Ut6&. Mr FOBTKB(Rep-), of Judiana, as a member or that commltke, bbid that some of the mumbers theroof theught there might be it better bill framed than those t'vfsrf llhrii and. thnroforo, thay rcortod aialmt ill or .them, The Subject sliwuld l>« Referred to a Select Mr. COLFAX, resuming, said that those explanations convinced him that th|i) import Might to to rnforrerl to ft ■-feet con»niH;eo, ftTJ d not to tbo JncJiciary Oommlttoe. I‘Lfc bill the House had just laid on the table provided, in the first section, that hereafter persons who wilfully and persistently engage in tbe rebailioa, shall be stripped of all their property, and this section he could Support Jillt til ft seclion prorUJ litnt tlgK, pfhp/tfli should he *6ld under the decrees of tbe United Atufes courts. After their extrwjrdlnary decision in the Dred Scott case, he wna not certain but tliey wonN de cide the rebels’ slaves to he property, and ordtr them to be Bold under this law. While favoring lb* main feature of thu bill, be could not hazard RUcb a hatUhal shame. He cid nr.t hlmsr If regard slavos as property, but as per sour held to service But be wasaveise to trusting this queHtion of legal coDHtrnction to the fluprome Court wbfo we cant wider a bill open to amendments nemo it ourselves, He was willing to extend lenity to the men in tte ranks of th* rebel army, who have kxen dragged there by conscription, or de -Inrlf.il by tha traitor loailers, ftDd/whowo»dd return to their trllegtauce and lay down their arias*, but he ynuld PULlnh with Ihe -ultnoht Beverily the iJ&ljnneo of jpv fV” litlllr.n, those who formerly sat here with false oaths on their lips and treason in their hearts; those who sat in the national councils by day aud plotted treason by night, as shown by tho recently discovered papers ii> Florida cx.Sjrmtor Yulof). duel*men, wMin« per. i aT r irt.oon, -wero iloiiuiy uoiidßnme'l lioforß God .ml mao, A Hot'.ohintnion am] murder w t re the con sequences of tbciracte, besides pluigiog a peaceful and huppv country in all the horrors of civil war. He re peated, that he would strike at tho power of the Confede fJltfe fclVll ai»d ftiiHL&ry leaders In eyefy pWtiblO TYay, They ihemF-elvee hwl drawn the sword and thrown away the scabbard, and now should he visited with the puu fehtnent due to their atrocity. Towards tho conclusion of his remarks, Mr. COLFAX exprrsßCd life willingness to support Senator Sherman’* bill, or that of Senalur Trumbull, find Hpoclally favored that clause in tbe former which excluded from office, hereafter, all who continued to bold office under the re bellion, He appealed to those who, like himself had valued |hp lim 9f tbrrfr confltitnonts wha bad bean killed; mnimtdi and wonodea by tbrir rebel enemies oh the battle.field, whilo sustaining our Government and tbe Vnion, to remember , that we hear stand between the living and the deed, and owe it lo our brave soldiers to strike dowp ppwfp of the rebellion by efery legisla tive mvßßure pur,oib]e to anuGL Remarks of Mr. Dimn* Mr. DUNN (Rnp.) believed that if a vote could have been taken lest evening on the bill, which to day was laid on tho tablo; it would have pftiugd the Houus. Cfeest hatiewas exhibited a few dan ago in th* passage of another measure—namol>, the bill for the emancipation of ihe slaves iu the District of Columbia. There could be no delay, it was said, it must he done at once. The President lisa Bdßiinißifred to Congreß, a vor, ju»t w. MWio r«r tneir not Traste, lie was fur nunhiWng th* rebels in every way known to the law, and would strike them bip and thigh. He made a broad distinction between thnne who had brought on this rebellion, namely, the fenders, BgiiatOTs, and deceivers, and tbeir VistlQM, illff thin fuiiri rotKlaoasi and rum. He did not went to produce a common min ia the rebel ious Statee, and include old men, women, and clii dren in the poniehment. The bill the House bad tabled provided for >eiy.tng and copfippatjqg fill tbfe bropertv ol tho robcir, 4feftncViOH* TUttt act would have swept away the bed on which old age roitF, and tbe covering which warmed tho infant, sleep ing in its cradle. Houses and lands, cott >n and tobacco, the meat from the tub, the meal from the bio, tho bread from tho table, b«dg, juul M&UJbg wou.A b»rv bbbh takefa away, and whole families would have be- k n turned out of r oors. Such degradation upon any people was never before proposed (& the councils of a civilized nation. He was agatist such extreme measures. He Wtihtfiri tnodayjltinii, mid th{* &6Ur»e shoaid Lo ate»4fagtly pur sued He d< Sired 16 held such men as Davis and beau regard lo h juft rttribatioo, as well as the ministers of the CoHpel who preach treason to their confidiug congrega tions. in the couTBf9f his TfimarKß* Mr, Dunn read an t*x« trt*cUiojth* mtdi9u of IvttVi TUDUiau Mouio, of ttichtnon Virginia, to show how the people were mlsguid- d aud misfed. He told tho propfe, irom the sacred desk, that if the Northern army should reach them they would slaughter their mea like bullocks, burn their fiDd fclc.liite ihclr wonws. Mr, ppid p© KQOWn Mr» Moore for years. Hu was a native of Pennsylvania, educated and married in the North, and first settled as a pastor in the North. But be was invited to Richmond for his transcendaut talents. This Mr. Moore, notwith standing life N&ftb&Pn bfeth Abd «duc<*liGn he 4 R9f plfed il. hilsrepreseuiation act! mischief, if the rebels in dulge is geuorftl cunliecatiou aud deeds of inhumanity, this was uo reason why we should follow their barbar ous and cisgraceful proceedings. Mr. BINGHAM (Rep.), of Ohio, replied to Mr, Dunn’s remarks, ea> ing, among other things, that the gentleman bad drawn upon his imagination for life argumsnta. He referred to the law of 1752 to show that r the penalty pf AIAIL was already f ?r tTftltVrS TrVIH th© InCCp* iion to ihe consummation of their schemes.. This net stood undisturbed by the benevolent gentleman from In diana, while the bill offered by himself, aud which the House bad laid on tbe tatde, only applied tg thgie wj(Q iniy hereafter take part in the rehelljoi}, TfiC AffltfiOM people would not be cheated out of tbeir indemutty by false logic. The gentleman from Indiana said that the world never before taw Bach an attempt at infamous le gislation, but be (Mr. Bingham) would reply that the world h d never bolore Been a more righteous law. Tha Uuitod Stales would be criminal bMdr* GA<l ahd hi4h il tlity declined ebActitig nil the laws justified by th i law of nations and the Constitution of the country tendia (to a speedy and certain overthrow ol the rebellion, let the tviictqueices fall on whum they may; Ifiinocant p*r* sons BUfitT) WIIOBO mull is it r That Of Life C6ilfl»lfA , 6 3 S agaiLflr the Government. Aud now, when It is proptstd to disarm the rebels, and prevent them from tha accom plishment of tlieir Infernal felonv, the gEntl-'man from Indiana talks nhotir the inhnmnn|tf fiffL p Mr, LEHMAN of rernisylvßiiiaj aavocated the reference ol the subjtct to a Befect committee. As to the mode and means of suppressing the rebellion, it seemed to him fh&c the means to bo applied should be those which would stibdno it best and mo*t speedily. IthU U (LFikdllSU tflHUring from u<> tß* cept in its magnitude and cause. It is nothing more than aimed resistance to the laws, iu defiance or the Constitution It is not to be considered aSouthern rebellion,” but tho resistance of a section of the country tha Mfeborltlea of the fend. 3d copl^rril U Is so to he treated The President has adopted a proper mode io enpprfes tt e rebellion by putting tne armies in operation. Any other moans that may be resorted to by the gentUineu of this fi9US? neuld oot hftYß bia (Ur. LtihmaQ’iJ approTah As to reoucing tlio mures to (ho condition of tories, that was a roundabout way of getting at the end of tbe matter, and not the proper method of ending tbe rihellion. He was not in favor of any general act of confiscation Lef ffrffiitl ‘'**v r r vvvr tuo terfuorios m fresh air flUs up a vacuum. This is the way the Union is to be restored. Let the rebellion be crushed* out, and the Constitution, as the supreme law, be reinstated. Mr. HICKMAN (Bep ), of l’ennsylvaniA, mAintalbed Umt it was the buuncon duty of the President to sups, preeg the rebellion. lie W4fl s»dl , h td do so. Tbe Con* &tituli<>nmade this imperative. He was sworn to preserve, protec', and dtfend tbe Comtituiion of th* United States, and to make use of all raeanß necessary to tbs ao* ccmplishmeitt of that end. It required no legislation to febslJe tbe to pvrtorHl lliß SWOHi dlityt XQ~ fened to tbe incarceration of the members Of the late Legislature of MarylHnd, the daily seizure of me a and their incarceration in the fbrts. If there was no consti tutional power for tbis, tbeu the hBfl pl^ypd ib? lyroiif fri mush rw Wero fif'd* TUo president did these things, not by virtue of legislation, but by tba Kimigth of the military arm, as a measuro of necessity. It was cowardice on tbe part of a President that had forcid tin m into this want of unity. Me. Olii‘1 1 ikNDEN (U-), of himself against a gc-neral cvnlWcation bill, the effect of which would be to exasperate the war and protract its termination. Could they not suppress tbe rebellion with tbeir armies without resortiug to a measure which is not only unwise, but eleavly tusaiust the GeueMtutloh, fjPbVliliik iliUt ho mdh stall be deprived of his properly without due process of law. He addressed the House at length, asserting that the people would permit neither Ibe Abolitionists nor the Secessionists to put down tho Conetitulion. „ Mr. Edwards (Bep.), or New Hunpvblre, Mid thrt a largo majority of tbe people of tho North do not dotiro to interfere with slavery in the South, aud a large majo rity ef tbe Republicans here do not desire to interfere with it, mil*'?? il be HgpCfgarj' t 9 9%T9 Hi? POUDtrji Sir. GBXTTEKDsrf replied that ho was glad or the in* terruption. He was gratiftrd at the declaration ortho gentleman from New Hampshire. It was what he had himself believed. He concluded by saying that he knew pfnv e&foty forbinieeH ami his countryman but in tha prtbervßtioD urtha conßtitudon and thß Union. He took thete as his shield and spear. The Housethon adjourned. Perry (Dem.) Porter (Bep.} Price JFrvm frau^cvi OUTRAGES UY INDIiAiNS ON TIIE PtAJNS* Rollins (U.), Mo., Sheffield (U.) Shiel (Bep.) Smith (Dem) StdPld(D.), N.Y. Stratton (Bep.) Thomas (ft.) Hass. Thomas (U.), Md. Trimble (Kep.) Ynilvndighwn (Dt) Yoorhees (Dem-) Walton (Rep.), Yt. Ward (Dem.) White (D.), Ohio Wooln}^ Wright (U.) Ban Fuascisco, April 19.—News has been received here from British Columbia to tbe 10th inat* Bprinff Imdopem-d. Tilt oinera in crowds were leaving Tlc» torm for the gold fiejdst Colonel Curleton, with about 3,000 California leers and a baitrry, has left the southeastern border ot this State on a secret expedition—some say for Arizona and New Mexico, and others for Sait lake. km PxtAKcisco, April —THv U p|tv4 iWwvefawwvr tfarroguntetl has tailed ou.a cruise. The ship ftcvuvxhirt hns been chartered to carry a load of spars from I’uget Sound to Spain. Tbe Indienß are aguin showing symptoms of hostility on tho tasluni slopu of Ilia 9lssv& Navaila. A. &f w lilies were killed by them on the IDth, on Gwens river* iti Esmeralda district of. Salt Lake. It is-reported" that they have destroyed several. maiL stations,.stolen much property, and killed several employees of the Overland Mail CompAbyx The mails am tamoorarife stopeodt oui tbe telegraph i i liable to be destroyed. At any m&ffiAht. A regiment of Culiforuiu volunteers, now in thU & atOy should be ordered to the plainaatonco. Salt Lake City, April 25b—’The Indians- havostoloik the stock frtm nearly every station between laramia ami Brldgrr. and killed several men, burned* one etatlon* end threatened the entire destruction of the Overland Mail Company's property.. The company have, inconee (jueucc, .concentratid allitheir employees and property ak a few stations, for protection, apd m attrmpts to parry tbs nmit Ter 111© preorub SHIP NEW'S.—SAN-KfIANCifICO, ApriHA—‘Amral— BtipAMa from Bordeaux. SiHlod—Ship Prim* Donon and bark Syren for Manilla; bark for Caltoo. Tta steamer J. T. Wright leaves here- in about six days for Honolulu, titanghae,.ao«l San Fkancisco, April, 17; —Arrived*—Steamer QrfturiHk from Panama. Sailed—Ship* Magnet for Hong Kong; bvijp Mary Capeu forv Bbaogllae j. steamer Colnoabia for SBaughse. , , 4 _ , Lit PKARciRCO, A-pSI lilt—Awtal—Bark Joim “^ 9f * frem Rouleaux. _ Rif? (Rpp.)i M?, smaie (D«p,, KoliiU9(B.), N.H, Sergeant (Rep.) Shanks (it.) SUellatargflr (B») Sloan (Dept) Stevens (Bep.) Trowbridge (R.) Vanhorn (Bep.) Van Yolkenborgb (U4P.) Wall(Bep), Washburne (R.) White (R.), Ind. Wilson (Bep.) Windom (Rep.) Salt L.vki: City- Aptil lU.—The kegtstatHfw of the £p&«£ Af De»>rat Asssndilod in ihfa city uu tta lU.b, la accordance with the broJ&inatlon ef Governor Yuuug. The Governor was very pahiotfo. Two SeaMtors have > • i elected. The )Ugi^»fe' Boston, April 23.»—The roaoln ion adopted by the Ln» gislaturo of Man land, and signed bv Gov. Hrodfordi ap propriating *7,000 for the retfcf of tta femilles oT the killed And tfef MawAdiuertts pUtQ Kcg'niriit, who were attackvri Inf fkrw«* lw Pwwnivf* oa the 19th of* April, mi, was road ttns afterooon in House of Representative* and refiwrwl to the Gommlttse >Vt«t*rwl JHelbiiiH. Tbe- oau-ed a marked ai i.witiou, and iu reading win followed by hearty ftp sUqki. _ . An Oaji.Bajiroi- —A p»mt,aid to Ibe one Ran*, dred ynnrs »ld, which wes born in tbe reign at 5 Louis lately iiotje* XKaa ita maater’, in i’lirla, and wen-esiigßS ena detained by a laiiari who, abarged with tbe faoh,. denied that he bad ewer seen the bind bat just as he told the lie, the poll bcrself ciri.il' out freia the next room hex-mas ter insme, and thus tha little t&ilox was dlaoom. fitted. CAKAMAH &BTKHDS FOB LAST YEAjg.—Xb# betel vaXae ot the importations into Canada lash T»nr wib ?<tl,ted,33a, being an inoreaso of SS.6OS.A 900 over 188*. Of this eneess, howevsf, fd.iHtt,* 075 conskts of coin and bullion, leaving 55,302.M5. aa the increase of importatlonainthogoods of 1881 over 18(50. Tbe duties collected is. 1861 .atnotlblM t» f 1.706, f 59 ; 186?, 94,?&8,Wi ; Vb»s ebwwu>S Wt inoreaso of $9,727 in the former over th* latte? year. Tbe falling off of tb, revenue ocourred within tbe last seven montba, of tha year, which ie believed in tome part to be Qua to tha depressing influence of the American oivil war. rosT-oFFicn KobnxßV.—Charles Klenn), »cloth in the Chicago office, Is under aerest, charged with robbinj (?$(?!?, B, trMP9I BBlff P 0 0" Committee. if Mr. Banghwmr Feoiu Salt lake,
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