THE FRESH.
PUBLISHED DATLY (SUNDAYS **CSPTS&,)
BY JOHN \V. YORNEY.
OFFICE If 9. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STREET.
THE DAILY PRESS,
Twxlt> Gents Per 'Wshk, payable to the Carrier.
Hailed to subscribers ont.ef the City at tiiz Dollars
SPis ASMUMi Tour Dollars mr Right
Dollars for Six Months—infarlattly in ad
vance for the time ordered.
THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS,
Iffalliut to SnlißAriLM-a ©»4 of lUv Cfif »t T«R*« £>9T»-
e.ARS Pan Axxux, in advance.
WHOLESALE HOtTvS
AND 5 4- INCH
BKYBLUE KERSEYS.
SUPiJRFINK INDIGO-BLUE SATINETS,
BLACK CADET AND OXFORD Do.
PRINTED Do, in variety.
SLACK AND FANCY MlilSD DOESKINS.
FANCY CASSIMERES AND MELTONS.
Dt BTOKB, AND POtt SAT.S BY
JOSEPH LEA,
ftao-tt las and 130 hhestnutt street
BLINDS AND SHADES
JgLINDS ANI) SHADES.
B. J. WILLIAMS.
No. 16 NORTH SIXTH BTREET,
XAHTFACTVnSR OF
VENETIAN BLINDS
WINDOW SHADES.
The largest end finest assortment In the City at tltt
&QWsax rsxcsa.
STORE SHADES LETTERED,
Repairing promptly attended to.
MILLINERY HOODS.
SPRING 1862
1862,
WOOD & CARY.
(Successor! to Lincolni Wwdi A Nicboll,)
No. T9S CHESTNUT BTBEET,
Have now in Sfote a consleto (took
STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS,
SILK BONNETS,
BTRAW AND PALM-LEAP HATS, 40.
To which thoy respectfully inrlto tho attention of tho
fnttmp pairona of the bouse and the trade generally.
marl2-2m
4? BPKINB. 1862.
M. BEENHEIM,
Ho. 726 CHESTNUT STREET,
Hm now In itore, and la dull; reeoivins, tt* lato.t
ttylee In
BIBBONS, FRENCH FLOWERS,
WREATHS, SILKS, GRAPES,
LACES,
AND OTHEB
MILUNERY GOODS,
jjo which he reepedfnily Invites the attention of the
TEASE.
PRICES DOW
rahM-lm
<$ SPRING. 186 2.
RIBBONS, MILLINERY,
Ai»i»
STRAW GOODS.
BROOKS,
& Co.,
NO. 431 MARKET STREET,
Etevo now anon —end to whioh daUr additione are made—
Stlrtr BBUAL HANDBOHE VAKIITY
or
RIBBONS.
BONNET MATERIALS, FLOWERB,
RUCHES.
BTRAW AND YANCY BONNETS,
‘ HISSES’.AND CHILDHEN’S HATS,
FLATS, SHAKER HOODS, and
pr.T. OTHER ARTICLES IN THE MILLINERY
LINE,
Vhleh win be offered at the
lowest market prices.
The attention of the trade is respectfully intlted.
KF’Particular attention given to filling orciera.
unhiS-Sm
rpHOMAS KENNEDY A BKO-,
T» CHESTNUT Street, below Eighth.
A Choice Stock of
SPRING MILLINERY GOODS,
■rtlUe] AT LOW PRICES.
YARNS, BATTS, & CARPET CHAINS,
A H. FBANOISOUS.
WHOLESALE DEALER IK TASKS,
43} MARKET and 5 Worth FIFTH Street
PHILADELPHIA.
Suycis will find a full Stock of
COTTON, LINEN, AND WOOLLEN
CABPET CHAIN,
COTTON YARN,
TWIST, PILLING, WADDING, BATTING,
COTTON LAPS,
tlf TABUS, TWINES, CAKDLB WICK,
C0TIB&1T TASK) BftOOM TWIRES, SHOE THREADS,
ftlliLlßft AND SEINE TWINES,
BED CORDS,
WASH AND PLOUGH LINES,
COTTON, HEMP, AND MANILLA CORDA9K.
Also, gnu naaortment of
fly nets.
Which he offen at Manufacturer*
LOWEST NET CASH PRICES.
WOODEN AND WIUOW WAKE.
H. FKANOISOUS.
453 MARKET end 3 North FIFTH Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
WBOhKSAItB DIUII IN
WOODEN AND WILLOW WAKE.
Always 90 hand, ft (Dll Stock of
nUBB, BUCKETS, OHUBNB, MEASURES, BROOMS,
WHISKS,
FANCY BASKETS,
WALL, BCBUB, mil SWEEPING BBUBHEB,
LOOKING-GLASSES ud WINDOW. PAPER,
lit, Keelera, Floor Backet*, Neet Boxes,
WASH BOABDB, HOLLINS end CLOTHES PINS.
FLOOR and TABLE OIL CLOTHS.
SCHOOL, MABKKT, end DINNER BASKETS.
(Mi, Renew,, Carriage,, Hebb. Honee, Ao., Ao.
All Goode cold et
LOWEST NET GASH PRICES.
Bhll-ta
CHINA AND QUEENSWARE.
jgOYD & STROUD.
NO. SS NORTH FOURTH STREET,
(Four doors below the Merchants* Hotel,)
How offer to country merchant* * large stock of
CHINA, CLASS, & QUEENSWARE.
CABINET FURNITURE.
/CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL
LIARD TABLES.
MOORE & CAMPION,
*r«. an Bonn second street,
la connection with their extensive Cabinet Btudneefl arc
mow manufacturing a inperior article of
BILLIARD TABLES,
mA hne bow on Bend e fall mpply, flnlahed with the
MOOBB A CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS,
which en pronounced, by ell who here need them, to be
mmrior to eh othera.
Forth# quell,, end flniiihof three tablee.the men*,
■utmen refer to their nnmeroni petrone throoghent
She Unien, who ere feniiiier with the cherecter of their
Work. fe9S-4m
WATCHES, JEWELRY, &oT|
Afresh assortment,at LESS
SHAM FOBHEB PRICES.
TAKE A BROTHER,
Importer*, KM CHESTNUT Sheet, below Fourth.
*alde-l<.
TJARMONY SHERRY—For sale in
J-L bond, by CHAB. B. CABBTAIEB.
a»U So. W WALNUT St. end SI GRANITE Bt
YGL. S.—NO. 225.
JEWELRY, &c.
QLAB K’S
ONE UOIX.AR STOKE,
602 CHESTNUT STREET.
NEW GOODS,
NEW STYLES,
AND NEW PRICES.
For ©NE DOLLAR you can buy any one of tbo fol
lowing* article*:
Bate of Silver Plated Spoons.
« ** <4 Desert ♦*
u it u Table “
14 (4 44 It Fork!.
il ** “ Detrrt “
Pair <* ** Knife and Fork.
•» “ ii Napkin Rings.
“ 44 « Butter Knives.
Silver Plated Sugar Rowl.
4< “ Butter Diab.
4* 44 Uolassos Pitcher.
44 ci Cream *i
4C 44 G&dlor.
“ “ Waiter.
«4 4< Goblet.
*< « Drinking Gnp.
tt 4i gugar Sifter.
Gold Plated Veet Chain, all style*,
44 44 Guard (( *4 44
« 44 Neck 41 44 <4
« “ “ «
~ « Bracelet* « 11
“ *» Medallion, « «
« « Armlet#, « «
44 44 Breast Pin, 44 44
« “ Bar Biugs* « H
» «< pin and Drops, all stales.
*< a Studs and Hattons, 11 “
«• « Solitary Sleavo all stales,
U ** SiOBOm StUCiSy '♦
« “ Finger Bings*
« “ Pencils,
« ** Pen with Pendl Case
L&ditf or Gentlemen** Port M6»»aSa, Ont**, *»«•,
rOTBW» SO., AC., &6. AH Goods warranted aa repre
sented. We have on band a large assortment of Photo
graph Album*, Mantel Clocks, Travelling Bags, and
Gold Jewelry, which we are dosing off at cost. The at*
teDtion of the tra£e rMpectfolly aaIIMUA
D. W. CLARK’S
ONE DOT. UAH STOBE,
602 CHESTNUT Street.
DRY-GOODS JOBBERS.
1862. SPBING - 1862.
ABBQffT. JOHNES. & CO..
%2 7 MARKET STREET,
Have now open an entirely new and attractive stock in
ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, AND
AMERICAN
DRESS GOODS.
AIK, . roll assortment In
WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES,
SHAWLS, Ac., &c.,
Te which they Invite the attention at tha trade.
nhSi'tspSO
jgPKING STOCK
SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS.
A. W. LITTLE A Co-i
mhlS-tf 80. 33* BASKET BT.
1862. srßiHo, 1862.
RIEGEL. BAIRD. A GO,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS
o»
/
DRY GOODS.
HO. 4T NORTH THIBS BTBIIT.
miuinnu.
Merchant* visiting this city to purchase Dar
Goods will find on* Btook large
and admirably assorted, and at
Low Vicunas. In certain olasaas
of Goode we offer inducement, to
purchasers unequalled by any other bouse in
Philadelphia. mhlB-»m
IMPORTATIONS.
HOSIERY. GLOVES,
GENTS’ BURNISHING GOODS,
linens, shirt fronts,
WHITE GOODS,
EMBROIDERIES.
THOS. MELLOR & Co..
pihiß.Hm 40 and 40 North THIRD Strut
JAMES. KENT,
SANTEE. & <30.,
IMPOBTEBS AND JOBBEBS
OF
DRY GOODS,
Noe. £B9 end 841 N. THIRD STBEET, ABOVE
RACE, PHILADELPHIA,
Here now open tbelr ngn»l
LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK
or
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS,
Among which will be found n more then usually attrao-
Ere variety of
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS;
Also,ft full iMortment of
MERRIMACK AND 00CHEC0 PRINTS,
and
PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS.
To which they torito tha ijifcfal ottaaMon tt huTua.
miigl-gm ■
1862. BPEINO - 1862.
YV. Si STEWART & GO..
IMPORTERS AND JOBBEBS OF
BILKS AND FANCY DRESS GOODS,
NO. SOS MARKET STREET.
Nov Instore,
POULT DE SOIE,
All Shade,.
BLACK AND WHITE CHECKS,
In SILKS and OTHER FABRICS.
ALSO, A. fULU LINE OF
CLOAKING CLOTHS, PLAIDS, STRIPES,
And desirable
PLAIN COLORS.
eplT
gELLING OFF;
WHOLESALE STOCK AT RETAIL.
BILK VEBTING3, formerly 93.00, now 92.00.
MAB6EILLES, « 91.60, now 9LOO.
ffAfflPnißEa for men’a wear, and ladle** OSpajlf,
si tinder former price*, Ac., *O.
A. H. GIBBS,
691 MARKET STBEET, Up etalre.
OIBLEY MOLTEN, Sa
WOODRUFF,
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OF
SILKS AND FANCY GOODS*
No. 831 MARKET STREET,
An now eienlßi end deily receiving e new end
CHOICE STOCK
OP
SILKS. DRESS GOODS.
WHITE GOODS and EMBROIDERIES,
SHAWLS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, MITTS, Ad
They reepeetrglly call tbe attention of bn,era tone-
Wfly. . eehtt-to.
UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS.
a. RICHARDSON
HAS BEHOVED TO SdO MARKET STBEET,
Bostbweet corner or Fifth,
And oflen e beeoßfol iMortaeat el
UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS,
TENTS, AND CANES,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, n*M-lm
CLOTHING.
IJIO THE GENTLEMEN 07 PHI-
LADBLPHIA AND VICINITY,
A CARD.
It having been next to an impossibility, hereto
fore) to obtain CUBTOMJER-MADK CLOTHING,
at MODERATE PRICES, and finding that man;
gentlemen would prefer their Clothing MADE TO
ORPER, if they could mauie at the same time
REALLY FIRST-CLASS STYLES, and at
REALLY REASONABLE PRICES, we have, at
the earneet solicitation of our patrons, organized,
in connection with our extensive Ready-Made
Sales-Rooms, a oomplete CUSTOMER DEPART
MENT, in whioh the prominent features are,
Ist. Fine and Medium Materials, made up in
firet-ehwe atylvo;
2d. Unexceptionable Fitting Garments;
3d. Prieee PAR LOWER THAN DAS BEEN
CUSTOMARY;
4th. A oorpa Of the most celebrated cutters in
this country.
An extensive assortment of the choicest im
ported nod domestic fabrics from the New York
and Philadelphia markets, suitable for Coats, Pants,
and Vests, always on band.
la our Ready-made Salesrooms can always be
fonnd every variety and °f woll-nwl® f«sbW
able olothing. Spring stock now ready. PRICES
MODERATE.
pg- A visit is solicited.
WANAMAKEII & BROWN,
MERCHANT TAILORS AND CLOTHIERS,
“OAK HALL,”
S. E eor. SIXTH and MARKET Streets.
mh27-lm
CARPETS AND OIL CLOTHS.
CARPETING.
JAMES H. ORNE,
626 CHESTNUT STREET,
BELOW SEVENTH.
We havß jiM received, bv late arrivals from Europe,
eomo now anil choice varieties of CARPETING) com
prfsfug
FRENCH AUBUSON Square Carpets.
ENGLISH AXMINSTEKS, by the Yard and in
entire Carpets.
CROSBLEX’S 6-4 and 3-4 wide Velvets.
“ Tapestry Brussels.
“ Brussels Carpeting.
Also* ftlftffifl varisiy af GROSSLI2SP9 a*»<l other maltos.
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
From 8750. to Si Per Yd.
Our twtiortmeut comprises all tUe hOBt m&kCB Of TllTM*
ply and Ingrain Carpeting, which, together with a gene
ral variety of goods in our line, will be offered at the 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 ruU assortment
WHITE AND COLORED
MATTINGS
OF ALL WIDTHS.
JAMES 11. ORNE,
gplfi 828 CHESTNUT.
QJLEN ECHO MILLS.
MoOALLUM & 00,
MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DIALERS
ROD CHE&ZKVX SISIII.
(Opposite Independence Hell,]
OABPETINQS,
OIL CLOTHS, dto.
We have now on hand an extensive stock of UarneUnon,
of out own and other makes, to whioh we cell the atten
tion of ewh and abort-time buyer*. mhT* 3n
XpOURTH-STREET
CARPET STORE,
Ho. 4T ABOVE OIiKSTNUT, No. 4T.
J. T. DELACROIX
Invitos attention to his Spring Importation of
CARPETINGS,
Comvrislng every style, of the Neweat Pattema and
Designe, in YELYBT, BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY BRUS
SELS. IMPERIAL THREE-PLY, and INGRAIN
CARPETINGS.
and DASUiSK STAIR OABPSTHTOS.
SCOTCH BAO and LIST CARPETINGS.
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, in every width.
COCOA and CAN lON MATTINGS.
DOOB-MATS, BUGS, SHEEP SKINS,
DRUCOEfs, and CRUMB OLOiaa.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
LOW FOR CASH.
J. T. DELACROIX,
mhfi-4m 47 South FOURTH Street
CARPETINGS.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE,
NO. 619 CHESTNUT STBEET,
(OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE,)
Hava received} per steamer E& inbwyfc, and other
late arrival*, their
SPRING IMPORTATION OH
NEW CARPETINGS:
CROSSLEI’S
TAKB-AND-A-SAiiP-WIDB YELYBTS,
9-4 MEDALLION DO.,
ENGLISH BRUSSELS,
EXTRA-QUALITY tapestry,
BRUSSELS CARPETS, YfITH BORDERS,
(of new designs, Tor Halls end Stairs).
INGRAIN AND THREE-PLY CARPETINGS, of
extra duality.
ALSO,
500 PS. J. CROSBLEY & SON’S
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS CARPETS,
FROM 874 TO $1 PR. YD.,
Together with s template asiortment of
OIL CLOTHS,
STAIR AND FLOOR DRUGGETS,
BUGS, MATS, AO.,
All of new, choice selection*, end
AT MODERATE PRICES.
J. F. & E. B. ORNE.
rohS-tf OPPOSITE STATE HOUSE.
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS.
JJAZLETT, LATHROP, & LYONS,
No. 414 MARKET end 409 MERCHANT STREETS,
IMPOBTEBS AND JOBBEBS OF
ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND HERMAN
FANCY GOODS,
WHITE GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, GLOVES, HO
SIERY, LAOES, TRIMMINGS, RIBBONS,
COMBS, BRUSHES, Ao.,
Axe now opening and receiving t HOW end choice (took
In the above lino, to which nttentlon of buyer, le ln>
Tlted. mhS9-lm
MILITARY GOODS.
DKY-BLUE KERSEYS.
(3T rad 84-INOH.)
DARK-BLUE KERSEYS,
DARK-BLUE INFANTRY CLOTHS,
INDIGO-BLUE CAP CLOTHS,
SKY-BLUE CASSIMERES, (Now Regulation,
for Offioore’ Pent,.)
WHITE DOMEX FLANNELS,
CANTON FLANNELS,
10oz„ 120 i., A Mol. TENT DUCK.
AS warranted United State, Army etaodeid.
808 BAIiB BT
ATiKKKII BLADE ft 00.,
40 SoaOi FRONT street, and St LETmA street,
Phlladelpble. MM|I » I
LOOKING GLASSES.
JAMES B. SABLE * BON,
MANCBAOTCREBB AND HCNKtIM
Of
LOOKING GLASSES.
oii> PAnmnao.
Till BHGBAYIHGB,
PIOTCBB All PORTRAIT TlA—i
PHOTOGRAPH TUW
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
CABTK-Dl-YISITE PORTRAITS,
EARLE’S G-AT.T.KRTEB.
810 CHMTHUX BXKXIX,
PHUADSUTIIA.
PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1862.
VIBW SPEWS HUNTS,
Jal CHOICS STYLES.
Gauze summer blankets.—
The subscribers have received an invoice of these
very desirable goods, in fine Quality, at last season’s
price.
BHKFPABD, VAN HARLINGEN, A ARBISON,
ap!9-rptf 1008 CHESTNUT Stsaak
fiIOAKS!
\J A MAGNIFICENT ASSORTMENT
ALL TIIB NEWEST STYLES IMPORTED THIS
FESSJN,
With every new material, made up and trimmed in the
very best manner, at prices that defy all competition,
SPRING CLOAKS.
Cloak room contains every new style.
Short and medium length Cloaks,
fiilk mantles, opening every morning.
Garments made to order with despatch.
CLOTHS, O iSSIME^KS,
CaMiaieres and Itons.
Ceshmarcttea and Light Weight Woollens,
Goode, especially, for Boys’ wear.
Fine Black Cloths and Doeskins.
Superb stock of these goods at low prices.
DRESS GOUiis.
Cbwka and Plaids for children's wear.
’ Extra wide Kil-de-chevres, for Ladies' wear.
Mohairs, Pnplinf*. Alpacas.
Good Black Silks and Wool Detains.
Bhephurd’s Plaids. Oms llaa* Sklxti.
Cheap auction lots Of Dress Goods.
COOPER A CONABD,
ap!s Southeast corner NINTH and MARKET.
_ new style,
2 “ Cambric and Swiss « new style.
u “ Piques, Marseilles, Brilliants, and Fig’d
w Linens, for children’s wear. Grenadine Veils, in
ei all colors. All of the above are new, choice, and
desirable /./ t.Afi, and far ...1- at VSaf eo .v
" RATES. ap23-tf
PRAY SILK POPLINS.
JWt quality Grays and Checfca,
Very glossy and desirable.
BHABPI/EBS BBOS
Checked toil du NORi>.
Solid Checks, bright colors,
For Children's dresses,
apU SHAKPLESB BftOS.
TJS7ILE CHINTZES.
f f Bright Styles for Children.
Neat and Bold Styles for dresses.
Magenta figures aud Lilacs.
BfiABPhSSa BROS.,
CHSSTOTT and EIGHTH Street!
Linens at importers* prices.
—RICHARDSON'S and DUNBAR DICKSON’S
celebrated SHIRTING and EJttOMMNG lxkbns,re
ceived frOIQ the manufacturers direct, and guarantied
perfect—to which the attention of buyers and the trade
generally in respectfully invited.
SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN, & ARRX3ON,
ftplV-rptf 1008 CHESTNUT Street.
"VTEW GOODS OPENING DAILY.
it —Plaid Foulards, Mack, brown, blue, and lilao.
Plain brown Foulards, one yard wide,
wtlio gronni »nd Of OblntZ GOIOTIi
Wool De Laines, choice shades.
Plaid and email figured Wool De Laines, for children.
A large aesortment of Ginghams, at 12#, 20/and 26
cents.
A fresh assortment of OUafcin* Cloths.
Small figure dark brown Hohairs, choice.
- Shepherd's Plaids, from IB# to 50 cents.
Silk and Wool Poplins in great variety, at
JOHN H STORES’,
No. 702 A£Va SlTOdti
N. B GoCd black SilWa, 6?#, 91, and 91.12#.
Call 'and examine our $1.12# black Silkis. mb2S
GERMANTOWN, PA.
RET All* DRY GOODS.
MERBIMAO3,
SPKaOUE,
PACIFIC,
ALL TWELVE AND A HALF CENTS.
A large lot best sates ana fast colon at 10c. -
CUWPERTRWAIT A CO.,
mhls.tr N. W. cor. BIOBTH and MARKET Sts.
PARIS CLOAK STORE,
N. E. CORNER EIGHTH AND WALNUT STB.
mh26-3m
1024 OHESTKCI STpSITi
E. M. NEEDLES
** Will open,
W Every day during the current-week^
H Novelties 111 Laces, Embroideries, Veils, Hand*
£ kerchiefs, While Goods, Linens, Ac., received per
pi steamer-<4sta» among which will be fonnd
tn Choice Pointe Lace Collars and Setts.
*♦ French Guipure 44 44
** n YRlencienue 11 “
P «* Needle* work “ u
35 it Fmb’d Notts, for Caribalili Sleevej, Ac.
ps <i French Puff Cambric 44 44
m *4 “ dotted and figured muslins. .
fa “ Valencienne, Edgings (UHi iMeftiMS,
10 3 4 CHESTNUT STREET
New cloak store:
The most elegant assortment in the city.
NO. SO SOUth NINTH Street,
First door above Chestnut.
mH2O-Bin
/"ILOAKS.—If you want the best -
for your monsy, go to the City Cloak 111
North EIGHTH Sbfeei, above Cherry*' tabU*BlS
pLOAKS! CLOAKS! CLOAKS!
\J THX GREATEST BARGAINS IN THE OUT
IVBMO
Na. 23 SOUTH NINTH" STREET.
THE LARGEST STOCK,
THE BEST ASSORTMENT,
THE CHOICEST COLORS,
THE FINEST OPACITIES,
THE MOST SPPERB TRIMMINGS,
THE NEWEST STYLES,
THE BEST WORK,
AND
DECIDEDLY THE LOWEST PRICES,
IK the cm,
IVENS *4 CO.’S,
No. 28 SOUTH NINTH STREET.
mh2o-3m •
i n non YARDS LAWNS AT'9c.—
IUjUUV H. STEEL A SON have just received
10,000 yards of English Jaconet.
Lawns, fast colors, at 9c, never before sold for less
English Ohalli Delaines at 16c, never sotd
less than 25c.
One lot Figured Grenadines at 31, worth ,6c.
20011-4 Honeycomb Quilts at SI 50.
From the lute auction sales, a few very cheap lota of
choice and desirable styles of
FIGURED ALL WOOL DELAINES.
One lot at 50c, a great bargain.
One lot at STJfc, very cheap.
One lot at 25c, never eold leas than 60c.
Also, jutt received from New Terk,
Black atd White Check Silks.
Brown and White Check Silks, 24 inches wide, at 800.
CHEAPEST FANCY SILKS IN THE CITY.
One lot Barege Robee at S 3, worth $l2
a®l9 So. 713 North TENTH Street, above Oeates.
LINEN GOODS.—Just received, a
freeh lot of those celebrated hand-loom, half
hleacbed Table Linen, atso, 62#, and 75 cento. These
Goods give bfittfif flaUaf&afci&H thia wt i others of the
kind made, andars loss than the same quality have been
sold. Bleached Scotch Table Linen at 50; wider and
heavier at 62# ; atilt wider and finer at 75; real Barns*
ley, 2 yards wide, at @l—these are extra heavy ; Brown
do, a( 29 cents, Also* & good assortment of Union Tamo
liinenatOT# and 50 cents* which we very wrvlceabl®,
and wash excellent. I have now the finest 37# and 50-
cent Fronting Linen that can be'had. Having bought
a considerable quantity, I am selling them lower than
they ought to be sold, Richardson’* heavy Lman«fsr
family n*e> with which, in point of cheapness, I hava
Burpassed some of the largest linen stores, having every
number from 37# up. One lot all linen-fringed Doylies,
75 cents per dozen; one lot Union Napkins, *5 cento per
dozen; one lot fifi ftwfc tQWlfc 81*69 j OR°_}pt
»rown do., 75 cents; one lot do.» I# yards long, with
red border, 18# each ; and finer Towels equally cheap.
4 bales Bußsia.uraah at 8, 9,10, aodl2# cents. One lot
White Brilliants at 13#— very cheap- Half cotton
Flannel end fine all-wool Gauze Flannel, for summer
wear. The** goods mo about 15 pm they
are usually sold. GRANVILLE B. HkINRS,
ap!9* tf No. 1013 MARKET Bt., above Tenth.
Leather-colored mohaib
: (oc Vm aea and Backs*
S-4 colored Mohair.
Shepherds’ Plaid do.
Silvereeuß for Sadrs.
Light Colored Sack Cloths.
Melton Cloths, Light Colors. .
apld BYHB A LAKPttLL, FOURTH and AbCH,
Honey- comb quilts for
Hotels, Steamers, &c.
Quilts of ail grades.
Xiiien NapViai bdcl Towel*.
Embroidered Curtain Muslins.
Hussia Crash and Turkish Bubbers.
Table Linens, Wholesale andßetail.
tplft ETBE * IANDBLIi, FOSBTH4AMH.
■A/TELTON CLOTHS FOB GENTS’
OJA SUITS.
Spring Stylo Cmimereß.
Faabionable V erting..
Tweak and OMBimerea Tor Boys.
Bine Black Cloth. Tor Coats.
Doeskin., Finest Blacks. ___
nplg EYRE A LANDELL, FOURTH and ABOH.
TV/TARSEILLES counterpanes,
Jxl.—i nave now, direct from the importer, every aize
and Quality, from 92 up. Some of the patterns are en
tirely new and exceedingly pretty* They are the cheap
eat lot I have bad.
Allendale Counterpane#, 91.
Allendale Ooimteiptneii |i-2fi.
Allendale Counterpanes, 91.30.
Honeycomb Counterpanes, 91 -W-
Honeycomb Counterpanes, largest size, 91-eO.
l®cart.rConnt«gg^hMjr, J »l B «> kAIMBi
ahlO'tf Nd. 101911 ABUT BW, ahbre Tenlh* _
riHEAP PRY GOOPS, CARPETS,
\y on, CLOTHS, MATTING, and window
BHADEB.—Y. E. ABOHAMBAULT, N. B. eornar
ELEVENTH and MARKET 6b«ta. wSI open this
scorning, from auction, Ingrain Carpets, 31, 37, W> W,
“,3a, M\«Kt ««c.iOr«n.n4
Boff Window Holland, 12 to 31o.;
and Sheetinga, from 8 to 12XO-; “ ,w 4*L nt
Goods, 15 to 25c.; Shepherd’. Plaids, 12 to 22c. apW-nt
IAQ north eighth street,
iUt) SECOND DOOR ABOY* ABOH. B #
INDIES' DRESS TRIMMINGS, 4o
Tha Copartnership heretofore extitfag^between
KAHBMAN A MNSSbbSaDTBB
Having been dlmotved by mutual consent, the under*
atcned rwpectfnlly lnforma the patron, and Crlerts of
SnoTand the trade in general, that ha hae taken
.;.rsrsrp^-»» B -
To oonttnoe the manufacturing o Jail kind, af
DRIBS, CLOAK,
MANTILLA TBIBMINfIB,
""'“"^-^^Se'adnexs,
price .od acuity,« w*
apt Yml No- D>» North EIGHTH Street, üb. Arch.
r»LOAKS, PALATOTES AND MAN-
Iy TILLAB.— LadIe. In want of thaabava article Wfs
ii£sMrad-ranta«a<OTlalttiH>oM«tabUaMlra«n
n 3» North NINTH Btn*M»W
Iwh.' The UU* Pari.Styles ldw*n«handat pricw
that n.tent«b everybody. ***■*“
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1862.
There are indications that the building
season, now about Commencing, will be quite
brisk, if not as brisk as any that preceded it.
The number of building permits issued during
the past month will compare by no means un
favorably with the number taken out in the
corresponding months of 1860 and 1861. The
temporary depression produced by the war has
been as severely felt in this branch ot invest,
ment as in any other; but already it has begun
to pass away. Capital that had lain idlo for a
year, secreted in stockings, or locked up in iron
chests, is reappearing in the shapes of brick
and mortar. The city is gradually being niCtt'O
pollzed in aspect, and the suburbs are losing
the grateful freshness of budding verdure, pure
air, and pastoral scenes, for charms more
solid and material, if not more pleasantly
suggestive. Long rows of stately dwellings
spring from the green sod where but a month
or two before young cricksters disported,
and Aii-Muggietomans stripped some Dingley
Defiers of their laurels. The city-is stalking
abroad into the country at this season, to
plant groat monuments of human toil in rye
and corn-fields; and milkmen’s dairies, to be
rural, must push on to adjoining counties.
The change for household gods continues to
improve. Change continues to creep upon
us in spite of the war, and will never be
so marked as in this city when the
war is over, fancy the surprise of our
thirty thousand Philadelphia volunteers, when
they come home again, to find a city out
grown its sleepy disposition, and marvellously
handsome; no vacant lots for kine and swine
to herd upon ; no more wooden shanties, to
catch fire on freezing winter nights and bum
up all their inmates; blit everything «» regie,
streets swept so clean that epidemics have left
onr confines in disgust, the Board of Health
disbanded, and all the undertakers who can
raise the funds departed for New York! Se
riously, though, and to return to our starting
point, there are many indications that honest
labor need not starve this spring for want of
full employment, although the blight of a ter
rible war is upon us. a most beneficial effect
of our national condition has been to put an
end to real estatq speculations and “ bonus”
building operations. Bents, no doubt, have
come down tremendously, (like the first ac
counts of the Pittsburg battle,) but “neat
dwellings for small families” continue to go
up in a corresponding spirit. Cellars are
being dllg out in every street, to see how
much rain they will hold. Grim scaffolds are
reared for people to stumble over on lonesome
nights, or that take a notion themselves to
topple over in windy weather. People begin
to believe that real estate will not have to
hear all the burden of taxation after all, and
that its right and title is perfectly secure as
long as the Home Guard organism is healthy.
Shp*, all airs that have slept through tho fail
and winter in dull torpidity begin to rouse
and yawn, and shake the creases out of them
selves. Vive la.progress
The Rev. W. 6, Brownlow.
[Tor The Press-]
No tetter alnstration of the wicked purposes of
tie leaders of the rebellion; no surer indication of
the nature of the power that nourishes it; no clear
er view of its primary cause can be obtained, than
may be found in a careful perusal ofj and reflection
upon Brownlow and Pryne’s Debate on Slavery,
held in this city, in September, 1858.*
On? readers will not have forgotten that Mr,
Brownlow was the “ champion of the South against
the whole North,” and that he came to this city
and defended the institution of slavery with marked
crack under the impulse of the common nature and
aspirations of mankind, until it shall cease to rest
upon the bosom of four millions of slaves; 7 ’ that
it the humanity of the ego Is to secure 'the freedom
of these slaves, either through the Union of these
States, or over the Union of these States.”
The disintegration of pro-slavery society is par
ticularly that which most interests ns. It is break
ing to pieces by spontaneous action. That a man
owned slaves, that he upheld slavery with a reli
gious ardor, (as Mr. Brownlow ably did,) does not
militate against him as being a patriot— as b&lag
for tbe Union, tbe Constitution, and the laws under
that Constitution. And the knowledge of thisfaot,
so strikingly illustrated in the case before us, aa
well as in many others, nerves our efforts, in part,
to crush the rebellion, and to restore the Union
which would, in a broad view, be bought at an ex-
I travagant rate if we had only the semblance Of it,
inching atiu tbe attachment ol a considerable pro
portion of its people.
However well the supporters of slavery may
baye sustained and defended it, with whatever
vigor they may have combatted the theories of such
men as Jefferson that slavery is demoralizing, they
cannot fail now to see that it is the basis of the
rebellion, and that the rebel leaders are Striving to
erect upon It a despotic government for the sake
of power. Mr. Brownlow was at no loss to perceive
the difference between those who conscientiously
advocate slavery, still loving the Union, and thijso
who seek to extend and perpetuate it at the expense
of that . Union, and he wisely took a stand for
the Government. For this he is entitled to more
honor than is due to “several dißtinggfehcd AbOe
iitioniste,” of whom he laconically speaks. _
His patriotism, his earnestness, his sufferings in
a good cause unite to recommend him to tho good
wishes and regard of all true man.
A perusal of Us debate with Mr. Pryne brings to
mind the fierceness with which slavery was dis
cussed a few years ago, and reminds ua that all
true men how stand on oho platform —the Vnionat
all events, heaving slavery to take care of itself as
best it may amid the clash of arms, Messrs. Pryne and
Brownlow, and the classea they particularly repre
sent, join hands in the now common cause, without
argument or dissension, and labor with others for
the restoration of our common country, without
reference to the canses of its present difficulties.
| Such is the effect of diseaee working its *»n cure.
* Ought American Slavery to be Perpetuated 1 A De
bate between Bev. W. G. Brownlow and Ber. A. Pryne.
BM at Philadelphia, September, 1888. 1 vol.- lime, pp<
SOB. Published tortbe Authorsby J. B. Lippincott &
Co., Philadelpbia.
THE IRISH BOYS.
[For The Press ]
AfWincheßttr,.two Irish companions in the rebel
eerrioe, refused to fire .on the United Stotpgflag,-,
Louisville Jowittdl,
The Irish bops are bold and brave,
' The Irish bops are true;
i They love the dear old stars and stripes,
The spangled field of blue.
' ’Tis Mulligan can tell the tale
Of how they fought that day,
When with the foe at Lexington
, They met in bloody fray.
fast whizzed the shot and murderou? shell,
The bullets fell like rain;
But dauntless stood his brave brigade—
The heroes of the plain.
Then proceed the foo, in serried ranks j
But net to them they yield;
Hunger and thirst had done their work,
Before they gave the field.
Oh'. h onor to the Irish boys,
And cheers of three times three;
Old Ireland is with onr side—
I wish that she were free.
The Irish bojß are bold and brave,
The Irish boys are true;
They levs the dear, old stars and stripe*"
The spangled field of blue.
Ohl brave were those who nobly fought;
But braver still the band,
' Who, forced by rebels in their ranks,
. United, made their stand.
They saw the old and honored flag
Borne out upon the air,
' And not a gun was raised against
Its floating folds so fair!
Ah, Lexington and Springfield boast
Their heroes true and grand;
‘ Bat Winchester shall stir men’s hearts
Throughout Colombia’s land.
Oh', honor to the Irish boys,
And cheers of three times throe,
For Ireland me''ll fight some day,
And she shall yet be free.
O.M.
Warner's Computation of Earth-Works.*
Wc have examined this new Work on an impor
tant Branch of engineering—viz : the computation
of the solid contents of excavations and embank
ments. Much has been already written oa this
subject, and touch that is meritorious baa appeared,
either in the form of scientific memoirs or of
practical works of limited scope. Nevertheless,
there still remained to be accomplished the task of
presenting a thoroughly practical book, containing
all the necessary rules of computation, with & full
set of wrought examples, and proper tables of suf
ficient extent for ordinary practice, it w&u further
highly desirable that such a work, without injuring
its practical character, should be adapted for a
text-book in schools of engineerings either for the
purpose of te&ehibg the merely practical part to
those who desire to go no further, or to expose the
mathematical principles of computation for the use
of theoretical students. Mi\ Warner has difided
his work into two parts, a practical treatise and a
theoretical treatise, which may he studied sepa
rately or conjointly, and has so arranged the ma
terials Of the whole as to make all portions of the
word readily available according to the wants of
the reader.
The work is got up in the best style; the paper
and the typography are unusually good, and iLo
illustrations exceed in style and number anything
we have before seen in works upon the same sub
ject. Among them is a series of engravings, drawn
fjftftt rnodelfl, representing All the poefiiblG SOllCl fOITIIS
and combinations of forms occurring in railroad ex
cavations and embankments. Aset of models illus
trating this part of the subject has been Bhoirn to
us. These represent, in miniature, a portion of a
line of railroad—about one qnarter of a mile in
length. Within this, all the geometrical forma of
prisms, pyramids, and other solids, which result
from excavation and embankment, are beautifully
shown, and the contour lines , as they ore called by
topographers, or the curved lines which would arise
from inUH&eling the warped surface of the ground
by horizontal planes, appear with excellent effect.
The workmanship reflects great credit on the maker,
Mr. Washington Penrose. The models are intended
for the engineering school of Indiana Stato Uni
versity. They may be seen, for a few days, at the
store of Warner, Miskey, k Merrill, 718 Chestnut
street.
We have examined some of the examples in Mr.
Warner’s work, and have been shown the simple
method of working them, and do not hesitate in
saying that the tables are particularly wall adapt
ed for speedy and accurate computation, and that
the rules are distinguished for uniformity and sim
plicity. Mr. Warner’s stereometric Tablet, which
is founded on the graphical methods taught in. the
work, will also he a valuable instrument for those
computers who prefer geometrical methods.
* New Theorems, Table*, and Diagrams. the Com
putation or Earthwork. Designed for the use of Engi
neers in Preliminary and Final Estimates, of Students in
Engineering, and of Contractors, and other non-profea
fional Computers. In two parts, with an Appendix,
part I.—a Practical Treatise. Part lI.—A
Treatise ; and the Appendix. Containing notes to the
rules and eiampka of Parti; explanations of the con
struction of Scales, Tables, ana Diagrams, and a Treatise
upon Equivalent Square Bases, and Equivalent Level
Heights. Ike whole Illustrated by BUUIcrOUS original
eomprieisg Explanatory Cuts far Defini
tions and Problems, Stereometric Scales and Diagrams,
and a series of Lithographic Drawings from Models;
showing all the combinations of solid terms which occur
in Railroad' Excavations and Embankment;, By John
Warner, A. M., Mml=K *m»<l Muvi**ufeM Engtneor j
Author Of Studios In Organic Morphology. One vol,,
small 4to ; 815. Philadelphia: J. B, Lippincott & Co.
j«su«e to uie Finn Pennsylvania Re
serve Corps.
[Correspondence of Ihe Press.]
Scrub's Station. }
Qrouge aud Alexandria. Railioad, Va., I
April 21,1862. y
In justice to myself and the other officers and'
men of my regiment, and tC relieve UMUy ft&UU*
seui«.». - . .
eiment at home, I am constrained to ask permission,
through jour columns, to refute the slander that
has keen perpetrated upon os by'a chronicler of
public events, in the following extract from the
New York Times
“It is to be regretted that at Manassas Junction
the most lamentable misrule prevails. Stragglers
or drunken soldiers are the only objects, of interest
to bo seen In the -rlolnlty— other traces of rebel 90-
oapanoj having wholly disappeared. Your correS
pondent, passing through the place this morning,
Jaw a first lieutenant and sergeant of the Fifth
Pennsylvania Reserve, arm in arm, staggering to
gether over the rail track, in a state of disgraoeM
inebriety. It is stated that the colonel of the Fifth
Pennsylvania Reserve serves out whisky to his men
twice daily, and that this morning theconductor
of a train opened six barrels of the beverage;
gave niß-suMU... r-.« aaeess thereto. For the trnu»
of this statement, yourcorresronaent cannot vouch.
It was had at first bands From a memb.r oi it, how
ever It is oertain that over a hundred drunken.
gorillas, with the number of that regimenton their
cans, were oooupying the plane, threatening to
shoot peaceful contrabands aa being prime causes
of the war —insulting peaceful travellers—subject
to no rule whatever. It is to be hoped that a speedy
stop will be put toßuch disgraceful proceedings, ”
When, on the 9th inst., our regiment was ordered
to advance to Manassas Junction by railroad, we
marched to the depot from onr camp near Alex
andria, and were obliged to stand along the road
from nine o’clock A. M. until five o’clock P. M., in
mud from six to ten inches deep, and during the
most severe snow storm of the season, expecting
every minute, the cars to arrive for our transporta
tion. Then it was, a train moved up to us, with
only open trucks enough to transport about three
hundred men. The balance of the officers and
men were left in their position, until neat
day to seek what comforts they could find
in a few old vacated booses, while others
were without auy other shelter than their blank
ets. Thus it was, that during the fifteen or
eighteen hours our regiment was so detached, this
alleged misrule prevailed. Upon the detachment
arriving at Manassas, en the 10th inst., it is true
some of the. men found there a lot of whisky in
some of the open cars, but I could not find out Who
left it there. That “a first lieutenant and ser
geant of the Fifth Pennsylvania Reserves were
there aeon,” arm*in.artns staggering together oeoe
the railroadjtrack, in a state of disgraceful inebriety,
is an unmitigated falsehood. The evening report
of our adjutant, made nndor the special order of
our colonel, faithfully aooounted for all otif officers
and men.
In regard to the statement that “ the colonel of
the Fifth Pennsylvania Reserves serves out whisky
to his men twice daily,” I tlttYO tO Bay that the
publication of that assertion proves the author’s
ignorance of the method in which soldiers draw
their rations, or else it WM predicated upon the
supposition that the liquor was purchased by our
colonel en his own account, which is not very
likely.
The statement “ that oyer a hundred drunken
gorillas with the number of that regimont on their
caps were occupying the place, threatening to
shoot peaceful contrabands, as being the prime
cauße of the war, insulting travellers, subject to no
rule whatever," is in keeping with the whole spirit
of the paragraph, wbieh viliifies a thousand of Penn
sylvania’s best young men, and a colonel who has
oconpied various positions in our regular army
daring the past twenty-five years, from a second
lieutenant up to that of aid to General Taylor (old
Bough and Beady), and whose various qualifica
tions, as a gentleman and a soldier, render him tha
pride of bis men, and secure for him the respect
and admiration of all who know him.
Very respectfully, yours, Ac.,
• GkorobDaur,
Major Fifth Regiment P. B.
The Invasion of Mexico.
DIFFERENCES OF THE ALLIES —ENGLAND LIKELY
TO SEPARATE SPAIN FROM FRANCE —AVERSION OF
TUB ALLIED TREATY IE PROSPECT.
It was rumored in Paris oa tbs 11th instant that the
relations between England, Eremee, and Spain, relative
to Mexico, arc unsatisfactory, Spain maintains General
Prim’s convention, and it is reported that France wishes
to march against the city of Mexico.
The Anguberg Bazette asserts, on reliable authority,
that England has succeeded in bringing Spain to ber side
in the Mexican question, by ■ premia* not to object
should Spain take possession of Haytl.
Tbo Paris correspondent of the London Times thus
writes of the present aspect of the Mexican question:
A Spanish ministerial paper, the ComwMideMj«iof
Madrid, says it is authorized to announce that the Go
vernment has no intention of concluding a fresh treaty
with France on the affairs of Mexico; but, it adds, it is
quite possible the Cabinets of Paris, London, and Mad
rid will concert together with a view or making certain
«IMU*A6f Uie conSreation more explicit. Tlua last sea
fence iB explained by the fact that the Spanish Govern
ment has intimated to the French that It would have no
nhiacUon to a conference for the purpose of removing
anirohscurity in the present stipulation, andxhat the
French Government has declined the prcjiosat, on the
ground that It W«« hot heeeeaarr. ....
Admiral Jutian do la Graviere has not only been in
structed to confine litmeelf to his duties as commander of
the squadron, hut has been informed in (I believe) a non
oßUial ltt.er that u he taints proper to return to France
he is »t liberty to do so. That gallant officer ean only
internet the intimation in one sense, and will, perhape,
that took out General Lorenceziand M»
etaff to Vera Crux, returned to. Cherbourg on Tuesday
evening. The account* she brings bib not important.
The French reinforcements were not expected to arrive
in Mexico before the 251 h of March, and the General.was
still determined not to move into the interior until they
joined him. General Prim adhoreo to the convention of
Sciided, and Ms Government, though. PWbaprt nos ap»
proving evcrjthlag iu it, bis not disavowed M, , The
French Government has »Ije»?T * XS S!?pJ?JStS£
proval, disavows its own negotiator. The/Yesse atm
bntei what it calls the change in the policy of the Madrid
Cabinet, *» which,” according to a telegram from Madrid,
i. nothing will turn Baida from ila firm determination to
abstain from anything affecting the independence of
M^emaybeUere f tbatlbeatUtude or tha United States,
which from the outset declared against all foreign inter
vention in America, Aus mode Spain pause. Cuba t*
net in a eotulition is resist Monitors or Mammaos.
In the meantime, It is believed that as soon as the re
inforcement* reach Vera Cruz the French troops wUI
move on Mexico and occupy It, and will, / suppose, do
so alone. If Spain genista In adhering to the preeent con
vention. What the French will 4o Wbsu thw *•* IhMO
i. not BO clyar. Tpe yrhoie. affair Is very eemri'eated i
nobody seems to innderstandjt, and we must wait some
weeks yetbefofe we-lmow more. „
There were rumor* in Paris that the Count Walewskl
TWO CENTS.
vh going to London on npccinl mission to
[From the Correspondence or JModrld, April 4.)
The flpanisb Government hu w> idea of concluding a
fresh treaty with Franco relative *o the Mexican
tion. This declaration, wbkh we* *r® iWTOBUy anting t
ri*e4 to moke, overthrows an that i journals
say or the pretended weakness of Sp’wta with rwpect to
France, and of the disposition of the* Spanish
meat to favor foreign plans, the very of sMcn 1
is in fact problematical. It may be pot’twei as we RWVfI
before b»w, (he two Governments xiivtftt'concert Jo*
geiher ta order to render clear the inteiTvctation of a
certain article in the treaty of London, irt* wo can as-'
sure our readers that the Spanish UovernoiervyJias uo in-*
tcntion of concluding a new treats fyQd UiftFvf Will.iD*
list OK S&rryJng on the MoxiGOn GXpdlitiOD It? OCOOt tO
obtain goer an tees that the complaints DOW eXIAGS< may
be satisfied, and that they may not agaiu recur; 17.* h0 lit,
however, attacking the sovereignty or independbace of
the Mexican people.
[From the Madrid Epoca, April 3 j
We have always asserted that the Cronica gave 'T*T'
to passion in its news from Paris. What proves thttHi*
the fact that, in giving the note of the Monitcur, stating
that the Emperor regarded the convention of Soiedad CM
coptratv to iUodi P i,Uy of France, the Cronica says thus
the Emperor disapproved of the treaty as contrary to the
dignity of the allies. The Emperor bad a perfect right
to judge the convention as it regarded France, but fie
could have no right to Judge of the dignity of Other 7id«
toms. 4he Emperor did nor say yrU»t tbO CTUTIiCa SUP
POSES, and we lake the libe ty of asking whether it thinks
itself justified in thus misstating the expressions of an
official note 1
FROM PITTSBURG LANDING.
Another Great Battle Impending.
PREPARATIONS OF GEN. HALLECK.
STRENGTH OF THE REBELS AT CORINTH.
THEY ABE DETERMINES TO GAIN THE
VICTORY.
BEAUREGARD THROWS lIP DEFENCES.
If the correspondent of the St. Lents Republican,
in his letters from Pittsburg Landing, speaks ad
visedly, we may prepare for another conflict, at or
in the vicinity of Corinth, far exceeding in despe
ration the one which has just taken place. Whether
the next battle-ground be Tennessee or Mississippi
esn matter little, so far as the result may affect the
fortunes of the “ oefifedftM4y- n In hU Utter of
the 17th instant the correspondent writes:
Preparations go steadily forward here, and the
troops daily advance. Some of the divisions now
Are posted withia a mile of the rebel jstekete j num
bers of new batteries and fresh soldiers have arrived,
and evidently before another week the fate of Co
rinth will be decided. General Mitchell has reached
Decatur, holding the bridge there, and captured
some siege guns on thoir way to fUk„r<, gar d, n un ;
dteds Of Wounded Confederates have been found by
parties, between here and Corinth, the last day or
two, and brought in here. So energetic have been
tfee measures takes by General Hallaek, that the
army here is folly prepared to immediate!y assume
the offensive. General Buell 's troops are in excel
lent condition. Bodies of our cavalry daily meet
and skirmish with the enemy. Fronj present ap»
pe&r&ttft&s, Immediate advance will take place
upon Corinth. On account of the destruction of
the railroad bridges it is now Impossible for Beau-
regard to obtain reinforcements.
Qa the lffth instit the correspondent says *
Before another week closes Corinth will probably
be won or lost, the two great armies of the South
and West again meet together, and H&Ueok con
quer Beauregard or Beauregard conquer H&lUok.
These two geuorais, vrho> so far* have proved them
selves the best on their respective sides, will, in a few
days, meet where merit is best tested, on the field
of conflict. The coming contest will be one of ter
rible interest. The Union army is in a position from
which it cannot retreat. The advance must be
steady and uninterrupted. A reverse would prove
almost fatal, at least so far as the spring campaign
is concerned. But of there is little danger.
General UttS the tIOOpS fOf SUQGS&, ftfld
they bare the commander. But, opposed to our
army is the best rebel talent and the finest sol
diers in the Confederate service. They are well
Sfidfc Tfcir-
Boyn, end Breckinridge, the four former military
strategists of the first order. The Confederate Go
vernment is bending its energies with desperate
earnestness to its posiiwa St Corinth.
With the lose of the latter, that of Mobile, New
Orleans, and tbe Gulf States would immediately
follow. It would no longer be a question with them
where to make a stand, bat wUither to fly for
escape, Eiobmend’s tone, cut off from its South,
era dependencies, would totter, and the Confede
rate fabric melt away before the Western army,
leaving those on the Potomac to occupy deserted
defences at their IjSsure. Here will be the great
struggle, and that before many days. Unless H»l
-leok°immediately takes the offensive, Beauregard
will. The latter is now commander-in-chief, and
bis views- on attacking instead of defending are
well known.
Otter facts are adduced to prove that the coming
battle will be a fearful one. That friendly feeling
lately increasing between the combatants has fled,
and a bitter hate rapidly taken its place. Hardly
a soldier now but wbet bus buried a friend) and
the thought that death emote them through brothers,
while defending the common flag of both, has proved
maddening. Cowards who fled when their com
panions fought have been reproached until they are
brave in despair, and seem anxious to wipe uway
the disgrace. Our army, for fighting purposes, is
more effective" than before the battle. Panics,
there is good reason to helices, have ended; and
the troops, instead of having to defend, will here
after press steadily, constantly onward.
The correspondent continnes:
Oen HaiUelt has been busily engaged, since his
arrival, in destroying the enemy’s means of com
munication, Tendering useless those railroads that,
like great arteries, have given to the heart of the
rebel position, Corinth, life and strength. He haa
succeeded, and important results are visible al
ready. Bear creek bridge in flames, its timbers
falling, greeted a thousand rebels on their way
from Virginia, only day before yesterday. Crowded
on the long train which rushed rapidly into view
as Our troops were aiding the fire, they had to speed
backward again, instead of reaching their terminus
—Corinth. . „
Gen. Mitchell has reached the bridge at Decatur,
and is reported marehiug here Mih thirty thou
sand men. If this bo true, it is an accomplishment
of great importance; the rebels will be cut off, and
their overthrow at Corinth become a certainty. So
affairs st nd now, and we here,.hundreds of miles
np the Tennessee, are waiting anstieusly for the re
sult. Our chief general, and, that of the rebels
also, will speedily have an opportunity to test each
other's merits. To either, defeat will be equal to
death.
Yeslerdis & body of oar cavalry, five thousand
strong, mime a rooonnoisßance towards Corinth.
They met and skirmished with the enemy on the
banks of a creek eight miles from here. Six rebels
found themselves prisoners, and one or two were
killed. Our cavalry followed until they came in
sight ef an infantry camp, supported by artillery,
and then retired. Along the route pursued, in
every bouse, and even scattered through the woods,
were hundreds of wounded Confederates.
The most curious feature is a sort of neutral
hospital just this sidaef their lines. In it are
wounded from both parties, attended by the physi
cians of. whichever side at the time has possession,
To their comrades the rebels seem inhumanly in
attentive. Not a day passes but numbers are
brought in from the woods, some found close to
their pickets. Half a dozen were carried by us
this morning. Exposed to the rains and wprm,
SUna 6f a week, H waa strange how life had clung
to them. From loss of blood and terrible priva
tions they were the most ghastly wrecks of humanity
I ever saw. Their flesh was white as paper, and
scarcely thicker, seeming merely ft U&ESpxrent
tissue through which the outlines of skeletons, were
becoming visible. Suffering had given,the eyes an
unusual lustre, and they glistened in their sookets,
the only signs of life. One man, whose huge frame
had already taken a lease of the rough box and
narrow six feet of soil, was whispering ourses
aeainst the leaders who had led him into danger
and neglected him when he fell. They were gene
rally dressed in homespun, or “ butternut —not
eurious occurred in Gene
ral McClernand’s quarters. When the rebels were
driven back on Monday, and he regained posses
sion, on entering his tent, a figure in rebel eostnme
was sitting in a ohair, the head resting on a table,
as if its owner was dosing, very much in the style
that sleepy clerks do after a hard day’a work. A
slight shake to waken tha apparent sleeper, and
the body of a corpse fell upon the floor. Wounded
in a manner that must have oaused him exerusia
ting pain when lying down, hehaderawled into the
ehair and died. Others were dead upon cots. _
Near General McClernend’s tent the rebel leader
Sydney Johnston felt. When found, his body and
that of a major were lying side by side, it evidently
being the intention to carry them away.
The number of bodies found the last week scat
tered for miles around cannot bo lets than three
hundred. Bor ages to come, the battle-field of
Pittsburg, or, as Beauregard aptly terms it, Shi
loh, will be a scene of melancholy interest. Five
thousand died there, and other thousands will go
through life disfigured, or linger out an existence
upon sick beds. Hud any groat sucoem been gained,
the price weighed against the »ff«t“J*
seemuear, but as it is, our army bo'dathosame
position it did three weeks ago, and has lost a
tenth sart of its number in killed, wounded and
misstog-
OUR WESTERN CORRESPONDENCE.
Letter from Pittsburg Lauding.
The Hoads Becoming Good Again—A Post Office
Eatahllahed Gambling in the Army—The
Sutlers—A Visit to the Prisoners-Stnte
ments of Some ol them-Lisf fl 111? SHlfd
and Wounded In Tour Divisions of Grant’s
Army.
[Oowwpondeaw of Tb« Pmbs ]
FITTSBQAQ LAHBIMfIi April Mi MII2.
This Is no longer » city of desolation and mud. The
wounded at* all cored for, »nd most of them
friends In their respective homes. The wounded h»t trill
amount to about 7,000 men. There has been a hot son
end drring wind for the lart four days, and tho once ter
rible roads look like turnpikes. The hill nt the Landing
Is no longer a terror to mules and other fellows, and the
unloading of the steamboats, and the transportation of
their cargoes, ere being carried 05 with safety and ra-
Pi The Indefatigable Colonel Markland has arrived, and
established a post office in that building I told you about
in my lest letter. It is a queer-looking ehaoty, and
smaeki cf ,hard times. Yesterday ha aeM seven hundred
dollars' worth of postage stamps. .
Some of tho aoldiere hays been paid off this week, and
at. some ibupen cinu up tho ritw y**twloy»
THE WAR PHESH.
Tfl* WAI PIBBB wfll ba Mat t* kr
ffifUl (patfchhttftl lb advance) at.,.,.,.,,.,. >,.03,00
Three Coplea “ “ fl.oo
Five « “ “ 9,00
ft* M » «
larger Clubs will be charged at tbe same rate, thus;
90 edpiea will cost 824; W copies win cost 040; and 104
copies 0190.
Far a Club of Twiib-ws w who vf wfll send as
Xxb-A Copy io the getter-up of the Club.
0?~ Postmasters are requested to act aa Afents for
Tut Wi* Pbiss.
AdTcrtiwuionta inserted at the tumid Mb
oprnod “three e&rf ksbU,** Haw-®*!,* 1 *• vingtMini Tf
and other games of a ‘d*ad*opt'Q»and-ehut
descriplion, maul of (be soldiers invested, and lost alt
of their earnings. Gambling is strictly prohibited by
order, bnt tbe said orders kth scarcely cTtr enforced,
Qhs ttttier’s department is an institution absolutely
necessary. Bnt the multitude of Jews and “Christians*
who follow Up this army are swindlers of groat capacity*
Fearly all of She money dealt out by oam to tho
gaWeri, flady Its way info the pockets »r those rogues.
Cheese, which would leave their warehouses irtoot sold,
50®TA cents per pound ; booti, msonfucturcd from a
specimen offcjfle uaknown tocortlisaift&M, VfVTJ
description of clfttWtt* at price* not marfcod tzpcrn the
goods. In fact, everything at untlor’a price*.
Yesterday I paid a* Visit to some wounded prisoners,
a.td whether they ftaflpcd' themselves strictly t& tu.
truis or not* I do not kno# \ but (hblr Htatom-onhi oro
interesting.
Ono young zewn from- ITew Orleans, but a 1 native of
Connecticut, whitt under the infUißU£& of Uotibr. i&J
sriei ftrttodeprfißsCbii of bushistit And the ** giving out”
of his flrtaocem. w»® compelled;'to Join the rebel army.
As far as IS* patriotism was consernfcd, lio never bellevtF
it was right,-and In Willing ftdiou to his Gonpt&ions uid
them that at> ultlnlatF success et>uld possibly accrue hr
>hose in anna agdlhst tke “ slats mi(] l stripeS:’ r Ih an
swer to a nuestton as to the number and’dlspositloa of
tHe rebels, he informed me that ho coujd fipt giT6 tbO'
fleAtt&l uuibiAr, ttsi io the > qp | 0 f his KTiowleUge, tboro
were nearly one hundred*' and* tfrents-fivo thou
ssni soldiers—the flb-ver of the Sbuthern army—-
and commanded by the most brilliantly educated god'
courageous offlews. dll” oof prvsunzo Bobupod
gflrtl was wounded; reiteratotP the fAet that Jbhnsou
was killed; Breckixridge was ih the fight, but
was cot a soldier; Bragg, at least, was slightly
wounded* Buihrdd Jchcton, hfe ihinlcß, wuv nzorvaily
U'Olindcd; B&rdee was li> the fight, and is a'bravo man.
Ab far as I can judge, tbc*mcst occurred from
the terrible fire from the division of General Hkrlbut,
He sa;s that be bnm that nmayoMbo priv&Us h«l
whisky in tboir can Isons, L^it 1 that It was not known by
the officers, and that there wsa nopuupowder crtxed with>
it. In answer to the question why it was- that the dead’
all turned black, be paid that' ho did not jffeA(p, but
siired me that fis and hfs compAhlobi had no powder in
their whisky. He added that be believed hlmteif a good
judge of ali kinds of liquor. Ed fought all day BOndayy
and waß wounded late in the dpy oq Mondafi lie thinks
the next battle will bo a fearful contest, and says if we
advance to Corinth we must beware of masked batteneo
and cypress swamps. He believes that tbe next lime we
meet the rebels we ahull be opposed to an army of gift'
hundred thousand k&&, but that- yf itnnn ore raw
recruits.
I conversed with an officor who was-‘too reticent to
comznuncl&te any information of an interesting -nature*
ge thftt Beauregard delivered a o n
night, forbidding tbe destruction of federal property, w
the next day be calculated to possess it all, and water
bis horse in the Tennessee river. He did not believe
Island No. 10 was taken; knew that WAR nut
}mt feared that Johnston was kHltd. He be
longed in Alabama, and was fighHog for his rights.- Ho*
indignantly refused to accept au apple, telling me that he
desired nothing frog gp 9Q6(ny but the necesauiSß bt
Ufe»
Another prisoner, who was wounded in the arm and
hip, was in favor of the South, but did not believe it
could tecuie its independence. He WM quite Intelligent,
hut Wn*t a cent iu his possessioDk He is a pointer by
profession. He thought that Beauregard was not
wounded, and that he will “lick you in the next battle.”
I can’t see it.
The follawiag Is lb £ official list of the Killed)
and missing of four divisions under Gen. Grant. There
several more divisions to bear from:
SHERMAN’S DIVISION,
officers*
lßlMiaalng *
Killed
Wounded 46
lotal
Ken-commissioned Officers arid Privates,
Killed.-.....-.-,.-.- , BJ2feiPs!,;Zm 41)
Wounded.. 1,2301
Total l.wf
Total of division **»*•*•*«#•«•»»** 2,034
M’CLB WMQ’S DlViaiONi
ojficerj.
Killed 211 Wounded SI
Total . 19B
JVem- comm ti a ion td Ojjicers and Privates.
Kilted... T tr itrtit» .■> *'*•
™ -gtfnA'OVuivwOtt*'.***»»•»*•••• il*"'
HURLB'CT’S division.
.... 393|Miselng..... If*
.... I>W{
Killed
■Wounded...
T0ta1....
rnEjiTiss’ division.
Killed and mining.***.
Wounded
In it© kitted and mUsing are ejnVTWtfl 729 Of tut
Twenty-third Miasooii Regiment, who were taken pi
senera.
TOTAL OF THU FOUR DIVISIONS.
Killed
Wcundtd...
Missing
WHO PLANNED THE MERRIMAC ?
LETTER FROM THE REBEL SECRETARY OF
THE NAVY
COKFBDBHATK STATBS NAVT DKI>AIITXI*Tt f
- Bichmosb. Maroh 29. 1862. f
Hon. Thomas A liocock. Speaker of the House of Re-
vrcsentativcs: . .
§m: In compliance with the resolution adoptidbr
tfce Ilonte ot Bepreeentaiivee, on the 18th instant, “That
tllß Sscrt-UPy if lha Navy be revested to make * report
to this Douse of the plan an A construction of the r*r
ginia. bo far as the same can be properly communicated;
of the reasons for applying the plan to the Mvmnac;
and. also, what persons bare rendered especial aid in de
eismug and building the shin,” I have the honor to m*
ply that on thß lOih day of June* 1861, Lieutenant Joins
k Brooke, Confederate States nary, was directed to aid
tte Department in designing an iron-clad war vessel, and
framing the necessary specifications.
lie entered upon this duty at once* and .a few day*
thereafter submitted to the Department* as tlie results of
his investigations, rough drawings of a caaemated vessel,
with submerged ends and inclined iron* plated sides. Tbe
ends of the vessel, and the eaves of the casemate, accord
ing to his plan, were to be submerged twp fpptj ftUd ft
light bulwark or false bow was designed to divide tbt
water, and prevent It frem banking up on the forward
part of the shield with the vessel in motion, and also t*.
ettve as a tank to regulate the ship's draught. His de
sign was approved by the Department, and a practical
niwhgßfc wm brought from Norfolk to aid in preparing
the drawings and specifications. ...... ,
This mechanic aided in the statement of details of ttm
her. &c, but was unable to make thB drawings; and the
Department then ordered Chief Kn&iueer WiUiatnson and
Constructor Borter from the navy yard at Morfolk t»
Ricbmondt about the 23d of June. £m MMuUatted
tlie same subject geuorallyi and to oid iu the work.
Constructor Porter brought and submitted the model
of a flat-bottomed, Ught-draagkt propeller caaemated
battery, with inclined iron-covered sides and ends, which
i 8 deposited lo.the Department, Sjfi f OrtW and liifldt.
giooK. ha-e adopted for Ihsir. CtKCWUtC » tUiCkOOM DC
wood and iron, and an angle pf Inclination nearly iden
tical. Mr. Williamson and Mr. Porter approved of din
nian of having submerged, end. to obtain the requisite
flotation and invulnerability, and the Department adopted
the deeigo, and a dean drawing Vtas prepared by Mr.
Porter of Lieut. Brooke’s plan, which that officer then
filed with the Department. The steam frigate Sfirrimae
had been burntd and sunk, and brr engine greatly
damaged by the enemy and the Department dimM
Mr. Williarneon, Lieut. Brooke, and Mr. Porter to eoa
slder and report upon the best mode of making her use
ful. The result ot their investigations was their recom
mendation of the submerged ends, and the inclined
casematee for tbieveeeel, which was adopted by tbe De
partment ,
The following is the report upon the Mammae;
«In obedience to your orders, we have carefully ex
amined end considered the various plena and propositions
for constructing a ehot-proof steam battery, and re
spectfully report tbet, in onr opinion, tbe steam frigate
dfcrrimaci which 11 in snoh condition from the effwte sf
fire as to be useless for any other purpose, without In
curring a very heavy expense in rebuilding, 4c., can be
made an efficient vessel of that character, mounting
„ „ „ heavy gnus, and from tbe further con
sideratien that we cannot procure » suitable engine sal
boiler for any other vessel without building them. Which
would occupy too much time, It would appear that this il
onr only chance to get a suitable veeselin a Bbort time.
The bottom of the hull, boilers, and heavy and coetty
parts of the engine being but little injured, reduce the
cost ot construction to about one.thiid of theameuat
which would be rewired to conetrnct ench a veutl
“Tfe cannot, without further exeminatlon. make an
accnrate estimate of the cost of the proposed work, bat
think it will bo about * * *, tbs BlSrt fif Which
will be for labor, the materials being nearly all in the
navy yard, except the iron plating to cover the shield.
The plan to he adopted in tbe arrangement of the shield
for glancing shot, mounting guns, arranging the hull,
Ac., and plating, to be in accordance with the plan sub
muted for ibe approval of tbe Department.
“ we are, with much respect, yoor nbidient eervant*.
1 *> WILLIAM P. WILLIAMSON,
"Chief Engineer Confederate States Navy;
" JOHN M. BBOOKE,
u Lieutenant Confederate States Navy i
M JOHN Ii POKTEKt
» Nuvsl Constructor.”
Immediately upon the adoption of the plan, Mr. Port*
wm directed to proceed with the constrnotor’a duUej.
mV Sl™ was charged with the engineer's depait
tending I* and preparing ihol*®* l IJ
the Tredegar Work*, the experiments necessary to teat
the nietes and to determine their ihicknees, and devising
heavy rifled ordnance for tbo ship, with the details per
taining to ordnance. Mr. Porter cut the ship down, sub
mergtd her ends, performed all the dntifj pf SSBStrutlor,
and originated air the interior arrangements by which
space ha. been economized, and he has exhibited energy,
ability, and ingenuity. Mr. Williamson thoroughly
overhauled her engines, supplied deficiencies, end re
paired defects, and improved greatly the motive power oi
attended daily to the iron, constructed
targets, ascertained by actual tests the resistance offered .
by inclined platiee of iron to heavy ordnance, and deter
mined interesting and important facts in connection
*™« g'EESSuS
Bonttfuetion of the ship * deviaedand prepared the
Sand drawings of the
guns of a class tever before made* and of extraordinary
to itefo the angle of Inclina
tion, the character «l tlw plates upon the ship, the man
ner of preparing them* or the number* calibre, and weight
or the guna' and many novel and interesting featuros of
her construction* which were experimentally determined*
“Thenorefptouof submergingfl}9SßflJ9f <6??WP *34
<-»v«b of the caseinate* however, is the ppeutiv ana
dirtinctive feature of the rftpiiua It wm new before
adopted. Tl.e resistance of
nance, whether presented in vertical <wIliSS
angles of Inclination, had been
bJo« ihe vU con^nced,
U. S. A., had referred to the subject la his « S*a-Coa«
B without accurate data, however, »nd w«r«
cmMuS todetermln® the inclinationof the plates, and
thlirthirkrMi and form, by actual experiment.
th TheDewtm™‘baa freely eonealtodthe thrccexosl
l.rTtnfflcersreferred to throughout the labora on the Fir-
haw aU exhibited signal abffity, anew,
Vtive the honor to be, very respectfully,
Your obedient urvant.
B. B. HALLOEY,
Secretary of the Bevy.
Th« »er«y U warm MCI tan*
•. I jxs«tSsas'«*»
But build upon the »*nd. "
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