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TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1862.
THE X.ATESST WAR NEWS
All doubts of tho capture of New Orleans are
dispelled. General Wool sends tho following de
spatch to Secretary Stanton: " The »ewa of 1h.4
occupation of New Orleans by our forces is con
firmed to-day.” This is as satisfactory as brief,
-and wo faay Settle down to a firm belief that we
Tiave achieved a victory of unprecedented value,
-and probably without the loss of a single life.
Id what manner this most splendid movement
of the war has boon carried out with such
success the telegraph has not yet informed U 9.
Sy the arrival of the steam gunboat Connee
tidd at New York, yesterday, from Southwest Pass,
with news to the 12th inst., we learn that prepara
tions for a land attaok on New Orleans, in conjunc
tion with tot of the fioetj were made by General
Butler, and ibe embarkation of troops from Ship
Island, supposed to be for New Orleans, was in
progress ior several days before the Connecticut
Saited. ft wn? understood that these troopg •would
be taken through the Mississippi Sound to a point
above the principal batteries, and co-operate
with the fleet when it should hsaend to the desig
nated point. This plan was probably carried and
without difficulty.
By the arrival of ibe l'niton from Port Royal,
with news to the 25th inst., we have the informa
tion that a brisk little fight had taken place on Sfc.
John's Island —sixty Uuion troops having routed
2UO rebel cavalry. Our men were commanded by
Captain Rhind. They fought well. The attack
was made at day-break. The enemy lost at least
fifty men. General Hunter is issuing Gortifhiites of
freedom to such Eegroes as are by law entitled to
manumission, from having been compelled to serve
under the rebel flag. The evacuation of iltteksm
ville, Florida, was said to have been necessary, as
the Ttbels. by their railroad facilities, could con
ceLtrate an overwhelming force, and destroy both
the town and garrison. The rebels now hold pos
session. but our naval force in the Sc John’s river,
under Lieutenant Ammen, of tho Seneca } can
Shell them out at the shortest notice.
The report of an interesting interview between
Generals Prentiss and Beauregard after the battle
of Shiloh, will be found on our first page. Both
generals were confident of their respective sides
being triumphant in the end, but the rebel general
took particular pains to impress upon his listener
that the last man, womaD, and child in the South
would perish before they would consent to a resto
ration of the Union.
From Fortrets Monroe, we learn that the greatest
excitement prevails in Norfolk, and it was cur
rently reported that. General Burnside was march
ing on that city. Most of the troops had been with
drawn from the city and placed under command
of General Huger, at South Mills, to prevent the
advance of General Burnside. If the news of the
Federal advance on Norfolk be true, it will have a
demoralizing effect on the rebels at York town. And
make their commanders there withdraw a sufficient
force for the defence of the former place, If they
do so, it will make the eaptureof Yorktown an
easier task for General MeClellan.
The Capture of New Orleans.
The news of the capture of New Orleans
has reached us only through rebel sources, and
so few particulars are given that the report
may not prove entirely reliable. That New
Orleans was destined to fall into our posses
sion has long been the prevailing opinion of all
onr military and naval officers, bnt the enemy
have furnished us with the gratifying intelli
gence that, sooner than we expected, our an
ticipations have been realized. Ihe opinion
was frequently expressed that not until our
gunboats and flotilla on the Upper Mississippi
had completed the capture of Memphis, and
sailed down to join Commodore Porter, could
the great rebel metropolis he forced to surren
der. Now, however, if the rumor we pub
lished yesterday be correct, our ocean fleet
can assist Commodore Foote and General
Pope, instead of waiting for their aid; and the
whole line of the great Father of Waters will
speedily be placed under our control.
1 ho fall of New Orleans is perhaps the most
important event of the war. That city bears
quite as important a relation to the rebellious,
as New York or Philadelphia do to tin loyal
Statna. Tt is their great mart, their eommer
mense Ll ■££? T° **“ im '
greatly facilitate the capture "hi
quired to fully rear™.,, Operations re
run n,.0,e mississtppl valfty:-“ l me’ovdrtnrow i
®f the Secessionists at Memphis, and a Union I
victory at Corinth, will virtually end the war j
in the Southwest, and prove the utter folly of !
aDy further attempts to resist the power of our I
Government. j
Tiiebb is apparently an organized effort
being made, by traitorous demagogues, to ex
cite discontent in the free Status by represent
ing that the North will bo overrun by an im
mense number of colored men. The folly of
this allegation is too apparent to need serious
contradiction. It i s true that a few fugitives
may fly here when they see no hope of securing
their freedom in any other way; but the na
tural effect of the agitation of schemes of gra
dual emancipation in the Border States will
be to restrain this emigration instead of in
creasing it. Negroes have a strong natural
love for the climate of the sunny South, and
they will not leave it unless compelled to do so
by very powerful motives. As a specimen of
. the methods employed to influence the public
Con. Stamb.U'Gll, of the Seventy-seventh mind, however, we repuUbh the following
Pennsylvania Regiment, writes a very thrii- , circular, which has been extensively distri
ling letter, from which we take the following buted throughout New Jersev. We are relia
extract. It will be recollected that the Seven- bly assured that the managers of the Anti*
ty-seventh was the only Pennsylvania regi- Slavery Bookstore in Philadelphia, who are
ment engaged in the battle of Pittsburg Land- ■ referred to for “further particulars,” never
ing: “McCook’s division, to which we be- authorized snch an appeal, and they have no
long, stood the brunt pf th@ heavy fighting all hesitation in pronouncing it a sheer fabrica
day, and nobly did every man in the division j tion » invented to deceive the public:
sustain himsell. I will say for the men of the ! Deab Sir :As you are doubtless apprised that
Seventy-seventh that ihey fought like timers ‘ t * ,a l e ? Lumber “ f “contrabands,” or emanei-
We have some men Wounded, not many; j J*rTe f, UL proMsKat^ar/f
two, I think mortally. None of the officers * shall receive a pro rata number, and take
of the Seventy. seventh were killed or i ™f° f "TT,. , .
n u T‘\ md t of “• “i f
Lhambersburgj so far as I now know, in- ; *ou will serve the eause of humanity by makine
jured, though many made narrow escaDes ! p , rovid ? for ®* « number as
Our brigade lost some fifty in killed, and, per- 1 "PPeals more s'tmngfy tL^Ly^ther” 1110 brothron
baps, two hundred and fifty wounded. v V/Z j n£u r^“ rth w, l ?!‘ , 't ic . a, , a . rs ’ caU at th ® Anti-Slavery
oui-col tmeh lulled excepl myself. lam now m j By order of of Ahbanoemevts
command of the brigade.” Again he says : ] Tmstok, N. J., April 19, 1862. ' '
“We have not seen a tent for eight days— j Thp - r „~. ~ . . ;
marched in the rain, laid in the water, and ate Fr nm V >l,srcssloual Distric ‘-
i f ! r rom the sulnomijd u _iii
anything we could get, and still the men are i be *een that J K v! ’
in good spirits and seem perfectly content ” i c J ! k ;. MooRnKAI> Wllt he a candi
- m.r P } content. , date for renomination before the approaching
The Late W jj, crump, Esq. ! f epubli< f" Convul ' ,iori in ‘be city of Pitt°
The death of a friend is paiuful at all times ! 7, mg ' ' llle “*™ e of Th °m.\s M. Marsh ail,
particularly when public opinion justifies pri- j £SCJ 7 " as mci *tioned in connection with the
vate regard. Mr. Crush-, who had been con- I n<miinati ° n > but the gentleman positively de
nected with the Pmnsykimiu Inquirer for over ! „ cs a candidate, and wil give Mr.
a quarter of a century, and subsequently with i MooRil,:AI1 his cordial support. This, we be
the North American, died at Camden, on Sun- i **. eve ’ l cavcs Mr. Moorhead without a compe
day; and", though he bad nearly reached the I tltor ’ SO . tliat Ilis nol,, ination may he regarded
fulness of years which the Psalmist mentions j BB Certi " n ! „ .. v -
as the usual limit of mortal life, his death will ! Hex. J. K. Fhave
not the less afflict his numerous friends. Mr. frequently thought that our State, and especially
Crump was an Englishman, of good educa- j 3££ltaEl c^ncil
tion and great ability, who, alter a residence ; " r ; d population justly entitled her to epioy. This
here of nearly * thirty years, has left no i 1 bel ’® T ®> anseß in a great measure from the fre’.
enemy. Of a genial and gentle nature, he ! Z lilt
united remarkable industry with considerable i longer service and greater experieuee. *
attainment. The only permanent record of = tbw ® fore > * *ball not bo considered
<• -■«l -»* . i
rocket Book,” an encyclopedia of informa- j candldate fob for re-election to that ofliee
lion which in successive editions iroidnallv 1 whoso dutl *“ ba vehocnso faithfully discharged by
• , Ulyns > gradually I you diumg your ropMSSatAll-r. career. 8 *
■expanded into a portly volume. His know- j I consider it, moreover, highly desirable that a
ledge of statistics was great, and he was al- : ““““footuriog community like ours should, at this
ways earnest and pleasing, sometimes even cr ” ds > b ® re P r “ ented b F “ citizen who is identified
.'. , . . S’ ; even : with that prominent branch of national proßperitT,
eloquent, in communicating this knowledge. With greatrespect, yours truly,
At public n.i<i festive occasions Mr. Crump I Thos Bakeweld,
was always a welcome and honored guest. He
All the refugees from New Orleans have re- |
presented that many of its citizens were origi- j
nally opposed to the Rebellion, and that a i
large portion of them continued to secretly 1
cherish a feeling of friendship for the Union, i
We have no doubt that, after it is occupied by i
our armies, and all tears of Rebel terrorism are
dissipated, a very large proportion of its citi- ;
zens will again gladly renew their allegiance to i
the old flag, and that they will materially assist
in dissipating the clouds of prejudice and mis
representation which have been created by the
conspirators. i
was a nati-.e of the West of England, and
followed the mercantile profession for several
years, until circumstances induced liim to
enter into the editorial line, for which, indeed,
he was unusually well qualified by industry
and attainments. Bis connection with the
press in England was limited, we believe, to a
Cheltenham journal. For a considerable pe-
riod during his residence in Philadelphia, Mr.
-CkvmP acted as American correspondent to
the London Morning Chronicle , at that time a
paper of high character, great prosperity, and
extended circulation. A more amiable man,
in every relation of life, did not exist. lie
has left a large family, most of them, we
understand, now variously established in
business, to all of whom he had given the
advantage, so much enjoyed and employed by
himself, of an excellent education.
Tbb first vessel bearing tbs Siamese flag has en
tered the pert Af where she was originally
parchased by the King of Siam.
LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL ”
"Washington, April 28,1862.
The intelligence of the fall of Neff Orleans
is generally credited here. Former informa
tion through rebel sources pointed to precisely
this result, and the last despatch comes from
the same quarter. You will remember that
our first news of the capture of Fort Pulaski
came by way of Norfolk, and it is to he pre
sumed that the rebels would not send forward
a false version of a Federal victory the eft'oet
of which would be to demoralize their own
troops and people. I have just received a
letter from the Union squadron at tho mouth
of the Mississippi, dated on the 2‘Jth"of March,
containing a number of particulars anticipating
an attack upon the city at an early day, which
I send you for insertion in The Press of to
morrow. From this you will perceive that we
were fully prepared for tho worst, and that
our licet and army were confident ef a great
and unparalleled triumph. You will be sur
prised, in reading over tho letter of "Magno
lia,” at the number of vessels that were pre
pared to lake part in the capture of New
Orleans, and at the fine army that co-operated
with them. Let us hope that this grand re
sult has been consummated without a heavy
loss of life. Pull details may be expected
witliiu the course of a few days. The
fall of New Orleans will strike terror
into the hearts of the rebels from the
Mississippi to the Potomac, and if the Union
generals are enabled to take possession of the
railroads running from that great city north
ward, they may yet capture tho retreating
army of Beauregard. The occupation of New
Orleans is of inestimable importance to our
cause, particularly in advance ol the sickly
season, and with ordinary care our troops
may be protected from the diseases of the
climate. The reign of terror in that quarter
lias been fearful. Tho large French population
has never imbibed the bitter feeling infused
into the Americans by Slidell and his followers,
and the masses of the people will undoubtedly
greet the advent of the flag of the Union as the
emblem of their deliverance from taxation,
oppression and starvation.
Some credence is given to the report iu the
morning papers that Corinth is being evacu
ated by Beauregard, and it is contended that
this step was produced by Intelligence of the
capture of New Orleans. There need be no
apprehension that, once in possession of tho
mouth of the Mississippi and the commercial
metropolis of Louisiana, we shall not be able
to hold on to it. The Government, from all
the accounts I have seen and heard, have taken
every precaution to liu'.kc this seizure a per
manent seizure
How. George P. Fisher, of Delaware
The following correspondence has taken
place between President Allen, of Girard
College, and the Hon. Georg r P. Fisher,
Representative in Congress from the State of
Delaware. The readers of The Press will
remember that Mr. Fisher has placed himself
upon the emancipation platform of President
Lincoln, and made a forcible speech
in support of it a short time since. The fol
lowing correspondence has been placed in our
hands:
Girard College, April 2,1262.
Bon. Geo. P. Fisher—Mr Dear Sir : I have
tbe pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of a cotry of
your patriotic speech on Mr. Conkling’s resolution,
for which please accept iny thanks. glad to re
d«w. in this manner. a friemiehb always highly
valued hy me, and to receive a new proof (though
no proof were needful) of the soundness of your
head and tbe goodkoss of your heart. I wish your
patriotic course could be imitated by all the ttepre
sentntnes ami feDarorafrom the Border Spates; for
I should consider such action an earnest of the re
storation of the Union, and of a renewal of fraternal
feeling.
A have never been an Abolitionist, nor a pro
slavery men; and I in the Presidents r«-
commei.daiion, and in the action of Congress on it,
a proof of moderation and justice in the Govern*
xoent. It is the juste milieu —a platform on which
I hope to stand always, and on which I believe the
conservative men of the country trill rally
I hope your spirited and sensible State will sus
tain you in your course.
Truly your friend,
Wx. H. Allen.
■Washington, April 3.1862.
Mr Dear Sir: If my brief little impromptu
effort in support of the President’s emancipation
policy had evoked no other commendation but that
expressed in your letter of yesterday, I should
have been perfectly content with that* It possesses
no merit as a speech beyond the sentiment which
prompted it, and I can claim but little for myself
on that score, since I received my first impressions
upon tbe subjects of slavery and emancipation from
filavcholdirg but patriotic and conservative pa
rent? ; and I can assure you that those impresStbns
lost nothing by association with such men as your
; self, a Durbin, and poor Carey, whilst under your
: kind instruction at Dickerson College.
] lam not yet able to say wick certainty "whether
I Delaware will sustain me in tbe course which only
i*my-»:fiuiM % <>f-Bgbt r and duty has prompted me,
1 » time—
,h e oimllZJvi-TJ ‘ haßk ««»*
nioh men as yourself a i„i h ? a PP™J>»tion of
daily receiving letters m o iers frQlu whom I am
then cnmnensaL e—U *® jrour_j)*n_i*iii—;
jfimrones or the past, I remain,
as ever, truly your friend,
Washington, March 17, 1882.
Thomasßake-well, Es o.— DeurBir : Ofihe nu
merous letters I have received from VAluod consti
tuents, asking me to be a candidate for Congress at
the next election, none has given mo more real
pleasure than yonrs of the 10th inst. Your position
as a leading manufacturer and business man, the
kindness and friendship I have ftlwftJS received at
yonr hands, together with the fact of your nonin
terferenoe in politics generally, all give force and
weight to your opinion. I, therefore, deem it
proper (whilst thanking you and other friends for
their expressions of confidence,) to say that, if yon
beliave the experience I have gained in Congress
may be advantageously used in this important cri
sis for the public goad, my name is at your com
mand. Respectfully yours,
J. K. Moorhead.
Ah Outrage and a Heavy Loss.—Henry
Stonebraker and John E. Knode, living near
Kakereville, Md., met with a heavy loss last week.
They had been purchasing wheat at Harris 1 Mills,
in Virginia, ana transporting it to Georgetown.
They Had just freighted a canal boat with 3,300
bushels of the article, intending to start on the
following day . That night some scoundrels cut
the boat from ltß moorings, and it drifted down
over the dam, a total loss to ft, owners. The boat
coßt $l,lOO. which, added to the wheat, entails a
loss of near $5,000.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE PRIZES TAKEN ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK.
Enlargement of tha Illinoii and Hiohigan Canal.
Tlie MriiHure one or Va.t Importance to the
THE CABBIAGE OF HAILS BY RAILROAD
COMPANIES,
PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY.
Letter from a Rebel Friionor at Columbus, Ohio,
THE CASE OF THE PIRATE NASHVILLE,
SfetUl Despatches to ‘‘The Pie*."
'Washington, April 28,1802.
The Frise? Captured in the Rappahau-
The steamer Jacob Beil arrived at the navy yard this
moraine, towiug up five of the schooners lately captured
hy our flotilla in the Rappahannock. They consist of the
following: Tho Eookoni, of Btslcimore, of aboot 74 tons,
with 5,000 bushels of corn, 3,000 of ‘which is put up in
hags marked “Confederate States,’* unrt the remainder
marked with the name of (he captain. The Sarah Ann,
fif Newborn. N. C., with 1,600 biuhola of corn • tha Syd
ney A. Jones, of Baltin ore, uuladun j tho Falcon, of
Tappahannock, unladen, and the Monistry, of Tappa
lmDnock, with the cargo of tho puugy which had bees
cut adrift* coueistius of oil, saltpetre, bone dust, dry
goods, Ac.
The Enlargement of the Illinois and
Michigan Canal*
Mr AIOIOLP, from the Commiteee on Roads and Canals,
baa reported to the nous© in favor of a bill for tbe en
largement of the Illinois aud Michigan canal. Che re
port states that the work has been more than half com
pleitd hy the Stfolo of Illinois, Laving expended thereon
over six millions. Tbe canal Ji»3 been in operation since
2848, and now yields an annnal revenue of about $200,000.
This will be greatly increased by tho enlargement of the
Illinois river, as propoHod. Thu State of Illinois offers
this canal aud its revenues to the United State*, on con
dition that Congress will provi e the means of enlarging
it so as to pass gunboats from the lakes to the Missis
sippi* This will place ns upon an equality with Great
Britain, that rower being able, by her caualß, to pass
war vessels from the oconu to the lakes.
The report, in view of the fact that, by treaty, the
United States is prohibited from building or maintaining
armed vessels on the lakes, urges tho necessity and im
portance of the immediate enlargement of this canal, by
which means tbe gunboat fleet on the Mississippi river
could be passed through to the lakes.. Had this insdtum
of communication been open at the beginning of the
rebellion, the 1,200 vessels and 15,000 sailors now shut
up on the lakes would have been at the disposal ot the
Government. The saving to the Treasury during the
post year would have been vastly more than the cost of
the contemplated work. The committee believe that its
income will more than pay tie interest on its cost, and
ultimately pay the entire investment.
Occasional.
Passes for Portress Monroe are now only given to Con-
gressmen
Illness of Comptroller Whittlesey.
Mr. Comptroller Whittlesey is again well and at hts
post.
W. W. Rkitzsl, lately connected with the Sunday
Chronicle . of this city, has been appointed mail agent
between Harrisburg aud Philadelphia.
Ft ur or five hundred recruits have been promptly sent
from Vermont, to snpply the places of the bravo who
foil in tlie re cent affair at Yorktown,
Indian Outrages.
Neither tbe Post Office Department nor the Indian
Bnroau have official advices of Indian outrages upon
tilt line ?f the OYerlaud mail rpiltt, >/«! tU« PiltiflS IBSil
baa bees sent via Panama.
The Importance of New Orleans.
As a military and manufacturing depot. New Orleans
wan of vast importance to tbe rebel cause, and as to
financial matters, tbe bad ali tbe money in the Southern
Confederacy.
Removals from the Treasury Department.
Messrs. loclb and Toiiiiutt, of tho Treasury Deport
mest, have been removed from office. Tho reason for
his, doubtless, was the fact that they were supported by
the Sece&iouifcts tor vestrymen of Trinity Ghuicb, while
others were proscribed by them.
Mineral Productions on Exhibition Here.
Mr. Becker, of Colorado, has a gorgeous collection of
mineral products of that Territory ou exhibition here.
are now i,700 mechanics employed, aud the sa
tire premises are m flno order. A largo number of an
chors—many of them of large class—have just been
turned out for shipment to various places Three or
four we addrtsfied 19 Pew York.
The French steam vissel-of-war Gassendi has, to-day,
Lien thronged with visitors, and to all the utmost cour
tesy has been shown.
Postal Service Resumed.
In YiRGJXU.—PcBt office at New Creek Station, Hamp
shire couuty. John Hughes is appointed postmaster,
vice James M. Dayton, resigned.
Tennessee. At Franklin C. H., Williamson county.
A. W» Mats is appointed postmaster, in place of Lewis 0.
"Waggoner, abandoned office.
At Sbelbyville C. H., Bedford couuty, Edmund Frier
j-—.. iy..p]ac6 of D. P. Kichard
county adjoining the Staio of Alabama.
Giles H. Glenn, postmaster at Lebanon, Wilson
in place ofT. 8. 1L ———' re-oponed
-..turner-extension ofmail facilities accordingly. Thomas
McMillan was the last postmaster.
MISSOURI.—Th« Poßtmnßtir Gasaral tA-day re-esta
blished the poßt offices on route 10,493, between Glasgow
and Marshall. John K. Owens, the recent contractor,
retains his position as mail contractor.
Geo. P. Fisher,
Confirmations by the Senate, April 28.
Medoren Crawford, of Oregon, to be assistant .mar*
teimaster, with the rank of captain. V
Major Andrew A. Humphreys, of the corps of topo
graphical engineers, to be brigadier general of voluiu
leers.
William B. Slaughter, of Wisconsin, to be commissary
of subsistence, with the rank of captain. ,
Paymaster Henry Prince, or the United States army, to
be brigadier general of volunteers.
Captain Quincy A. Gillmore, of the corps of engineers,
to be brigadier general of volunteers.
Major Absalom Baird, assistant inspector general,
United Stales army, to be brigadier generalof volunteers.
Ooionei Thomas x. Crittenden, of the Sixth Regiment
of Indiana V olunteers, to be brigadier general of volun
teers.
Charles McClure, of Pennsylvania, to be commissary
ot subsistence of volunteers, with the rank ef captain.
To be brigadier generals in the volunteer force:
Colonel Alvin P. Hovey, Indiana Volunteers.
Colonel Win. P. Benton, Indiana Volunteers.
Colonel Jeremiah C. Sullivan, Indiana Yolunteen.
Colonel James C. Teatch, Indiana Volunteers.
Colonel Pleasant A. Ilackieman, Indiana Volunteers.
Colonel George D. Bayard, of the First Regiment of
Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Colonel George 8. GrMtt, Of the Sixtieth Regiment of
Kew York Volunteer*.
Colonel Max Weber, of tbe Kew York Volunteers, to
be a brigadier general.
Colonel J»bn C. Caldwell, of the Eleventh Regiment
Maine Valuators, to boa brigadier general.
Captain Truman Seymour, of the Fifth Artillery, to bo
a brigadier general.
Colonel Isaac P. Rodman, of the Fourth Regiment
Rhode Island Volunteers, to be a brigadier general.
Ilenry Bchlen, of Pennsylvania, to be a brigadier
general.
Captain Crayton Ives, of the Fifth Connecticut Volun
teers, to be assistant adjutant general, with the rank of
captain.
Captain Henry E. Cnrlia, assistant adjutant general of
volunteers, to be assistant adjutant general, with the
rank of major.
Captain Louis Richmond, to be assistant adjutant
general, with the rank of major.
Daniel He lines, of Pennsylvania, to be brigadtor sur
geon.
John H. Moore, of Missouri, to be assistant quarter*
nuwtcri with the rauk of captain.
First Lieutenant Colin B. Ferguson, of the Nineteenth
Infantry, to be assistant quartermaster, with the rank of
captain. V
Jacob Lowenthal, of Kew York, to be assistant
OUSrieiinaetfi-r, with the rank of captain.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERALS, WITH RANK OF
CAPTAIN.
A. B. Fly, Eleventh Connecticut Volunteers.
Robert 0.-fielfridge, of Third Michigan Cavalry,
tYUliam C. Bussell, of Eighth Missouri Volunteers.
Ceptain James B. Ricketts, First Regiment Artillery.
Colonel Abram Piatt, Thirteenth Regiment Ohio Vo
lunteers.
Colonel John C. Robinson, First Michigan Volunteers.
Jeremiah T. Boyle, of Kentucky.
Colonel Jeff C. Davis, Twenty second Indiana Volnn-
Colonel Keal Dow, Thirteenth Maine Volunteers.
Colonel James H. Castleton, of the California Volun-
TO BE BRIGADE SURGEONS.
George M, Kallogg. of lowa.
Tbcnrns B. Gatlin, of New York.
PROMOTIONS.
Third Regiment of Cavalry.
First Lieutonant John V. Du Bols, to be captain,
Second Lieutenant Frank Stauwood, to be first
lieutenant.
Fifth Regiment of Infantry.
FirHt , jjTeu*f»«i»t AKr*** T. A. Torbprf, to be captain.
FltAt Joky. K!w<iot)| Tf> bo captain.
Second Lieutenant John 11. Randolph, to be first
lieutenant. «
Socon Lieutenant Edmond Butler, to be first lieu
tenant.
SnesKii LiiuUn&Ht Masiln Mullins, t> Lo fi r .i lien
tenant.
Eleventh Regiment of Infantry
First Lieutenant Joshua S. Fletcher, Jr., to be captain.
Second Lieutenant Charles Bentzoni* to be first lieu*
tenant.
Second Lieutenant Oscar Hagen, to be first lieutenant
FiTstLieut* Newton L. Dyfeoman, to he captain.
First Lieut. John Christopher, to be capUin.
Second Lieut John Power, to be first lieutenant.
Second Lieut. Homer H. Clark, to be first lieutenant
Naval Appointments*
Tho following- appointments were made to-day by the
Kavy Department: Husky D. Portbe, of Washington,
acting paymaster, ordered to Port Boyal, S. O.; Osoßaa
A. Smith, acting parameter at the Brooklyn navy yard;
Charles O, Bunker, vf HautUCket i JOHN 8. UOIDOX, of
Seaport, Me., and Jamkb S. Alcorn, of Boston, acting
paymasters, and ordered to the Charlestown nary yard.
Country.
Confirmations by the Senate*
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.
Passes for Fortress Monroe.
Mail Agent Appointed.
Recruits tor Vermont Regiments,
Washington IVavy Yard.
TO BE BRIGADIER GENERALS.
Sixth Regiment of Infantry
THE PRESS-.-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1862.
Letter from a Rebel Prisoner at Columbus.
A good deal of Interest has been excited by the con
duct of many of tho rebel prisoners taken at Tort Dunel*
son and tent to Columbus, Ohio, whoro they are now
located, creating all torts of excitements. The people
have become greatly disturbed because these prisoners
have been permitted to roam at large and to indulge In
what has never been allowed to the Onion prisoners In
fiocenis. But among these men at Columbus are many
who are heartily sick of ihe part they have played in the
rebellion. I am permitted to copy the following tetter
Jrom a captured rebel captain, now at Columbus* to the
lion, Milton S. Latham, Senator from CaUlbruia:
“Dear Sir: Having often heard my brother-in-law
speak of his acquaintance with yon in California I as
sume tLe liberty of addressing a letfcr to you. I am a
prisontT-of-war at Camp Chase, Celumbus, Ohio. /
used to be captain of Company K, Forty-Amt Regiment.
Tennessee volunteers; but my commi*Rion has played
out (as I think the whole concern will soon do), and
here 1 am. To be brief, I b&ve ever been an Of
Secession, and each succeeding day makes its error more
palpable. I used every effort of my naturo to resist de_
cession until in November, 1861, the force of circum
stances drove me into the rebellion. I came out as a
private in Captain Logan’s company and served in that
capacity until the 3lst of December, 1881, when Captain
Logan resigned and I was elected captain. I now ask
the simple boon of taking the oath of allegiance
to tho Federal GomnniunU and I will kwear by the God
that made me, and by every hope that fills my bosom, and
by every sweet memory of the pari, ever lo remain true
to tbe American Union in all time to come. What more
can Ido ? lam now caught In tha couilition of poor dog
Tr<xyf but, were it required, tho testimony Of the most
prominent Union men in the Government could be pro
duced as evidence of my Union proclivities. If you can
do anytLing by which I may be separated fromthegoats ,
and go back to tiijoy the society of nay Union friends in
Tennessee, I will ever be your humble servaut. —”
The proposition of the Military Committee?, to pro
vide not only for the decent and careful burial of
our soldiers, who may die In this District, but to
allot to each State a space sufficient for the tem
poral)' or permanent interment of its citizens, has
excited a ▼«»>* deep Interest, and commanded the warm
est approbation of the President, Cabinet, a>.d Congress,
thiß bring the almost tho ouiy national capital without a
national cemetery for heroes, soldiers, and citizens The
gentleman to whom tho country is more miobtod for
tbe conception and maturing of the plan than to any
other person, perhaps, is Obi. Robert G. Nellis, of
New York.
The bill reported by Mr. Colfax, from tho Post Office
Cimmittee, provides that all railroads carrying the Uni
ted States mails shall enter into a contract with tho Post
Office Department, and if they disagree tb? Price it
btiaii be settled by tbe Court cf Claims.
As a math r of historical justice, it is to be stated that
the brave Lieutenant Ohlando G. Waoxbr* of your
city, was eent to West Point, on the reci-mmendatlon
and nomination of Hon. Thomas B. Florence, former
Representative in Congress, from the First District.
THE LATEST FROM SEW ORLEASS,
The City Occupied by the United
Unsuccessful Attempt of the Telegraph
Fortress Moxhob, April 28, via Washington The
fleg-of-truce boat to-day took despatches and letters to
tho United States prisoners at Richmond.
No Southern papers were obtained, but it wa§ ascer
tained that they contain no later news from New Or
leans, since tlie flight of the telegraph operators from
that city.
The operators attempted to return, but they found the
city occupied by the Cnited States forces.
There is no other news of interest.
Washington, April 28 —The following has been re
cpivttl at Uie War Dep&rtuc&t!
Bon. E. M. Stanton. Secretary of War
The news of the occupation of Hew Orleans by our
forces is confirmed to-day.
No further news. JOHN E. WOOL,
Major General.
Latest from the New Orleans
Expedition.
Arrival of tho Connecticut from Southwest Fass.
Our Sloops-of-war Plated with Chain
A FRENCH CAPTAIN IMPRESSED B 1 THE REBELS.
OFFICIAL DESPATCHES TO THE NAVE DE
PARTMENT,
Nkw To®'. A»wii «o The steam eunboat Con •
necticut has arrived from the Southwest Pass, which she
left on the 12th inst. She brings the igailg of tllQ entire
blockading fleet, together with 200 sick and wounded
seamen from the squadron.
When she left the Mississippi! all the ships of the ex
pefliiio” were inside the Pastes, and had
their decks sanded »« a r "~/ mtacu™.
Tho rtne gunboat Montgomery
Yhe rebel steamer Florida has been captured b 7 the
United States bark Pursuit.
F«rts Barrancas and Mcßae had been evacuated br
the rebels.
The Connecticut brought eight ex-members of the
Galveston Artillery, who escaped from imprisonment:
also, four refugees from Tampa Bay. Every port ex
cept Tampa, on the coast of Florida had been eyasu’ated
by the rebels.
The sloops-of-war Richmond, Hartford,- Brooklyn,
and Iroquois were plated with heavy chain cable from
their ports to a point below.the water line, previous to
commencing the attack on ibe Mississippi forts . lao
captain ol the French war steamer J/itan visited Fort
Jackson under a flag of truce, with the view of assisting
the French residents of New Orleans who might desire
t 9 b'tt cut of ibe way of the impending battle. He
was seized by the rebols and imprisoned over night, but
on lie next day they released him, and he returned to
the vessel, grtatly enraged at the indignity.
Flag Oflicer Farragut encloses a report from Acting
Master Thomas Pickering to Lieutenant Commandant
Hunter, commanding the steamer Montgomery, of the
capture of the schooner Columbia, of Galveston, loaded
with cotton, bound to Jamaica. The expedition was
attended with much danger. Those engaged in it not
only encountered a heavy sea at night, but were fired
upon frcm the fort at St. Louis Pass, Texas, a shot pass
ing through the eide of the launch. Owing to the strong
flood tide and head wind, the party from the Montgomery
were not ab'e to bring out the schooner with safety, and
she was destroyed by fire. The steamship Ha floras
Saving captured the steamer IPaZiij off Snip i.i.-i
sold her to General Butler for a transport vessel ’
An expedition from the United States bark Pursuit
captured the rebel steamer Florida, which was lying
| abcut twonty miles above St. Andrewstown. They suc
ceeded in cutting her out, and on their way up tbeibay
also captured the sloop Lafayette, with 15 bales of cotton
on hoard. On the way from the expedition, they wars
induced, by a flag of truce, to send a boat ashore. When
within gunshot, there rose from the bushes a party of
about thirty or forty men, who fired on the boat, killing
one of the Beamon, and wounding several others.
Flag Officer Farragut, under date of April 10, com
municates the report! made to him by Liout. Com
mandant Seed, of the steamer Meu, London, dated
March 26 and April 5, of two engagements between his
vessels and others and the rebel steamers. He says:
11 On tho afternoon of tk«2di„,bwe left Snip i.,and,
in company with the United States steamer J, P. Jack
son and the transport steamer Henry Lewis, with the
Connecticut Ninth Volunteer Begiment on board, to co
operate with the army, for tho purpose 0 f effecting a
landing at Biloxi. The landing was made on the evening
of tho same day, tho New London and J. P. Jackson an
choring off the town. The next day, about 4% o’clock
F. M , the troops embarked, when all got under weigh
fttid sailed for Pose Christian, intending on the following
day to effect a landiDg at Pase Christian At 10 P. M„
having taken a favorable position for tho night, we came
to anchor.
“ 0n tlie 4th of April, at 10 minutes past 4 A. M„
three rebel eteamers were discovered etanding down to
New London, Jackson, and Lewis, with the rebel steamers
Oregon, Pamlico, and Carondclet, and after Its conti
nuatfon for abont thirty minutes, the Lewis was with
drawn on account of Ihe crowded state of her decks, and
the New London and Jackson continued the fight for one
hour and forty-five minntes, when the enemy withdrew,
apparently mneb injured. About 9 A. M,. the United
Statee steamer Uatleras joined us. Being the senior of
ficer, I took command. While the landing wa being ef
fected at Pace Christian, a rebel merchant steamer ap
make an attack. The action was immediately begun by th
reared to the eastward, and was immediately pursned by
the New London and Jackson. After a chase of one hour
she was captnred, and proved to be the rebel steamboat
P. C. Wallis, loaded with turpentine, rosin, and lime.”
The second report is as follows: *■ Ou the afternoon
of the 25th, two rebel steamers were discovered at Pass
Christian. The New London got under weigh and stood
lor mat place, and approached as near as practicable,
on account of the shoal water. The rebel boats ap
proached within two thousand yards, when the engage
ment began, the New London beginning the action,
finding the enemy was notdispowd to come newer. The
fight lasted one hour and fifty minutes. Burins that
time we fired one hundred and sixty-one shots*of aii
tinds. No one was injured on board of this vessel
nor was the vessel herself. The vessels 0 v , he on6aly ’
incagitl were iliu steamers Oregon tu.,l Frd-n
their movements, each «l them appeared to be struck
two or three times. After the engagement, tho enemy
left for the lakes. We remained on the ground till they
wre out of sight, and then returned to Ship Island.”
Official Despatches tA the Navy Depart
nient. 1
Washi-vctou, April 28.-Hr the arrival of the steam
ship Connecticut at Hampton Beads on Salurday, the
Navy Department has received dates from the Missis,
tlppl river to April 12, including despatches from Flag,
officer Farragut, and Captain Porter, of the bomb
flotill*.
At that time, the Bteamahipi Missigtippi and Pcnsa
cola were owr the bar, And tho flotilla moving up to
he in readiness to lake Iholr positions. ’
It appears from these documents that while sailing for
-Ship Island to Pasa a l’Outro with the mortar flotilla,
Lieutenant Commanding Guest, in the Owatco, leading,
the schooners at night chased and captured the two Con
federate schooners, Eugenia and President, loaded with
cotton, and bound for Havana, they having escaped
through the Britain Island passage. The captain of the
Eugenia is a noted blockade.breaker. He was com
mander of Uimmtm. when she was captured, and gave
Us word of boner to Commodore McKean to come out or
Mobile after getting provisions, and leave our waters
“Golumbl’9, 0., Apri120,1862.
A National Cemetery.
The Carriage of the U. S. Mail*
Lieutenant Orlando G. Wagner.
VIA FORTRESS MONROE,
States Forces.
Operators to Return.
Fortress Monroe, April 28.
THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE ATTACK.
Cable.
The Operations ol our Fleet.
forever. He broke liii word, And in the Eugenia made
•evaral successful voyages.
According to the information obtained from one of the
prisoners, the soldiers would fight a little at Fort Jack
eon, but when that fell “ the people in New Orleans
think the rich and big men would all dear out and leave
the rest.**
Tbe times were hard there, thero being no work,
except for carpenters, who get four dollars a day for
working on gunboats. They are paid In Confederate
notes, and in many of the stores these will not pass.
There were five rebel gunboats on the lake, besides
two new ones not yet equipped, aud a good many in the
river. Borne went up the river, a short time ago, with
the steam ram and 10,000 soldiers.
CapUin Morris reports the death of Frederick Beth,
captain of tlie aftor-guaid, aud Nicholas T. Conner,
coxswain. Also, the injuring of James Parr, eeamaa,
and Acting Master John D. Robertson. Tho former
sustained a contusion in tbe head, and the latter a frac
ture of both bones of the left leg. The accident hap
pened on board the Pensacola, by the parting of a
hawser.
FROM GEN. BANKS' COLUMN.
A FI«HT WITH ASHBY’S CAVALRY.
ADVANCE OF OUR RESERVES.
The Rebels Retreut to the Woods.
II an r i Son it vn g, Ye., April 27. — Yesterday afternoon,
tho picket* of Colonel Donnelly’s brig&doi stationed eight
miles htnee, on the Gordonsville road, were attacked by
a large force of Golouel Ashby’s rearguard ana driven
back.
One miiDi named leanc Soelcy, of the Forty-sixth
Pennsylvania Raiment, was killed, aud three others
weie wounded.
The reserve of the Forty -sixth Pennsylvania Regiment
and a section of Hampton’s battery then advanced and
repulsed the rebels.
They retreated to a wood, whore several o f oar shells
buret in their very midst. A wagon was seen gathering
up and carrying off their dead aud wounded.
ttwlog to the horrible state of the road batwaan thU
town and Colonel Donnelly'a encampment, and theimpos
eibility of forwarding him supplies. Donnelly has been
ordered to take up a new position nearer the town, until
the roads ato in better condition.
main body is t-ncamped near the east bank,
and the Shenandoah bridge over the river wob strongly
picketed by him and underlaid with inflammable material
ready to ignite on our approach.
Captain Bowen, of the Twenty-eighth New York, is
performing provost duty in town The orderly deport
ment (f our troops is a convincing proof to tho popula
tion that our object is but a mission of peace, and ttiAt
the Secession leaders have been guilty of gross misrepre
teniaiion and duplicity towards them.
All the churches whose pastors are not in the Secession
army are open to-day, and the town wears the appear
ance of a Northern country Sabbath.
From the Mountain Department.
A GUERILLA HAUNT BROKEN UP
THE GUEBILLAS TO BE TRIED AND SHOT,
Rear Guard or the Enemy Attacked by
our Scouts.
Wheeling, Va., April 27.—The combined movements
OTdend by Ovuernl Fremont agaiußt tdo guerillas in
Webster county have proved eminently successful.
Lieutenant Laweon, with one detachment employed in
this service, haß returned, aud others are roturning. In
a severe riihiiiig fight of seven mites, Lawson killed
BsveDteen guerillas, and took ninetoeu prisoners, The
town of Addison, a small place, tbe only one ia tbe new
county, being deserted, wob burned. It had been a
guerilla haunt. A formidable organization in BrAXtODi
Wtbster, and adjoining counties, is entirely destroyed,
tbe leaders proposing to surrender. It is understood
the guerillas taken will be promptly tried and shot.
Gen. Milroy’s tconts, on the 23din0t, attacked the
rear guard ot tbo enemy ten hiilq# ctwt of the Shenan
doah mountain, the boundary of this department. They
killed one lieutenant and two men, and captured a lieu
tenant and one man. None of our men were hurt.
The rebel conscripts are deserting in large numbers,
swearing Unionism, and roturning home.
Reports from Staunion say the enemy's sick and
wounded and large trains of soldiers are passing eastward
by rail.
snow $! eighteen inches deep at Monterey on the g4(h
Instant,
From Fortress Monroe and Norfolk.
THE HERRIHAC WILL SOON COME OCT.
Her New Frow Twelve Feet Long.
Intense Excitement at Norfolk,
FEARS OF AN ATTACK FROM BURNSIDE,
The Rebels Depart; lor Sonih Mills to
Resist Him
Fortress Monroe, April 28.—A boat containing four
black mun and one white man arrived here thii morning,
from I'ortsmoutb, Va. They report that the Merrimac
will come out soon.
A deipatch In yesterday's Bichmond papers, received
by the flag of truce, dated Mobile, Friday, taysi
“The Union gunboats passed forts Jackson and St.
Tbilip at 4 o’clock A. M , on Thursday, and at 1 o'clock
P. M. were before New Orleans.--
A rumor was current in Norfolk last night that the
eily had surrendered.
But few troops were at Norfolk or in thevlcinity.
It was rumored that Tatuallhad been removed from the
command of the Merrimac .
Fortress Monroe, April 27.—1 t is stated by the con*
~~™i«T*oiToreißn<rtimt the people there were’ in greal
fear of an attack from General Burnside.
All the troops stationed thero had gone to South Mills
to repel any advance he might make.
refuge,* <!i,lZeM WMB Norfolk for i place of
The fall of New Orleans was conceded by every one
The contrabands also slate that the new prow of the
iltrrimac is twelve reet long, and made of wrought iron,
steel-pointed. - '
The Attempt to Spike a Battery at Se.
well’s Point.
Ok Board or Strasiee Anxoo,)
Hamptok Hoads, April 20,1802. t
Editor Prbss : Permit me to mahe a correction of a
statement X see going around the newspapers, to the er
feet that Second Assistant Engineer Beckett, of this ship
had been hilled on the night of the m mat. Mr. Beckett
is alive, and attending to his duties at present on board
of this ship The report doubtless grew out of the fol.
lowing occurrence:
At 11 o’clock on the nigbt of the 23d instant, two
cutters, containing a nnmbcr or men, under command of
Acting Master B. B. Bobeeon, assisted by Actiug Second
Asiißtant Engineer Benjamin F. Beckett, left this shipfor
the purpose of spiking a rebel battery at Sewell’s Point.
Pn approaching the Bhore they were discovered by the
sen line), and were fired upon by a body of rebels. The
bullets fell thick and fast around the host, but, etrange
to eay, only two men of the party were wounded. 3 B
Jones, a sailor, belonging to Philadelphia, and Acting
Master Robertson were the injured persons. Mr
Beckett bad bis cap shot off, and three bullet, passed
through bis coat>sleeve, slightly grazing his arm.
By making this correction you will not only confer a
great faror on the officers of this ship, liat w iU relieve
the relatives and friends or Mr. Beckott from much
anxiety and alarm. B. b. CKOS By,
Lieutenant Commanding U. 8 ship Arago.
liAROI Positive Sals op Boots a»d Shoes,
Travelling-bags, Stbaw Goods, Ac. — The early
attention of purchasers is requested to the large
assortment of boots, shoes, brogans, travelling bags,
trunks, Panama, straw and palm hats, Shaker
hoods, women’s and misses' Leghorn and fancy straw
hats, bloomers, Ao.; also, stock of a dealer, em
bracing first-class seasonable goods, of eity and
Eastern manufacture, to be peremptorily sold, by
Catalogue, on four months’ credit, commencing this
morning, at 10 o'clock, by John B. Myers A Co.
auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. ’
Thomas Birch k Son's Saub op Housbuold
Fubxiturb, Brussels, tapestry, and ingrain car
pets, piano fortes, cottage furniture, sewing ma
chines, china, beds, mattrasscs, Ac. Card. Our
sale this mofbiHg, it 10 o’clock, at the Auction
Store, No. 914 Chestnut street, by catalogue, com
prises about 400 lots of superior furniture, from
families declining housekeeping. Catalogues now
ready.
Sale To-day, Stocks and Real Estate—At
the Exchange, at 12 o’clock, by order of Supreme
Court, executors. Ac.
Sale of Aldkriiey Cattle— At the farm of Mr.
Cavender, on Thursday next. See Thomas tf
Sons' catalogues and advertisements, both sales.
Extra Large Sales Real Estate, 6th, 13th,
akd 20th May.—ges hoodbillSj lit ths auction
rooms.
Public Amusements.
TIIB r*KBLI.I Concert —Signor Pereffi will, doubt
!«, this evening receive a compliment from the public,
and his many talented pupils, which his services to music
and Philadelphia well deserve. The concert, at the Mu
eical Fund Hall promises to be the moat fashionable and
meritorious for a long time. Some of Ihe finest vocalist!
in the city will he preumti aui a programme is außsiiasAd
rich ill musical interest. We learn that the regular train
of cars on the Germantown Railroad, that ordinarily
leave Ninth and Green streets at quarter past 10 o’clock
P. SI., will, this evening, be delayed until hslf past 10,
in order to accommodate the residents of Chestnut Hit]
and Germantown, who desire to attend the concert.
SIR. anii Mrs. Pradodt at Hoags at tub Musical
Fund Ball. —A new entertnimneLt.of a peculiar con
struction, with the above title, will he produced on Fri.
day evening. Ihe beauty of this oiuortaiunieat is that
it is calculated lo be reproduced in every drawing-room
among friends, In nee it is likely to become popular—
and the “ Peabody Pastimes’' are likely to be the fashion
Tickets lor ihe initiatory representation ftf? to I/O hri at
Gculd’s mneic Btore.
AHCM-STRCkT 1 1I BATHS.— Mrs. Hall’s new play of
“The GroTes of Blarney,” will l» given for the second
time, this evening, with John Brew as J tether Griffin
Mr, Prew’s unprecedentedly enccnsstol engagement must
soon terminate. To-night is his ninety-secoud successive
appearance, and when he performs eight evenings longer
he will be compelled to depart immediately for Europe to
fill engagements made there months ago.
Commalmicxtary.—The complimentary benefit to Mr.
John Toy, the ‘energetic lessee and manager of the ex
bibition of tableaux of India and the Sepoy Bebollion, i*
fixed for Tuesday evening, May 6. The tickets not used
on that evening will be good for either of the two follow,
ing evenings. The limited time for the exhibition in this
city is fast drawing to a close. Those of our citizens
who have not jet seen it Bhonld avail themselves of the
present opportunity.
Minnesota gold Mines —The St Paul Press
fays that the tide of emigration fop Las-Katohewan
gold mines bag already set in, chiefly from Canada
i.XXVIITII MESS-FIRST SESSION.
HASFXR’S FEHRY ARMORY TO BE BE.ES.
TABLISHED IF EXPEDIENT.
The Secretary ol War Requeued to Inquire
into tin* Matter.
SLAVERY IN CAMP CHASE. OHIO.
Tke SukjMt Hoforrod to the Military CommittM.
The House Commiitee ou Confiscation
Announced
PUNISHMENT OF FRAUDULENT CONTRACTORS.
POLYGAMY IN UTAH TO BE PUNISHED,
The Report on Government Contracts Being
Considered*
WAttiuscfOS, April 28,1862.
SENATE.
Statistics of Slavery in the District
The Prerident pro tern, presented a communication
from the tfocratary i.f the Interim*. enneerning thn nmn«
liar and apes of the slaves in the District of Columbia.
It states that the elaMH'ies w* re compiled some twenty
months since* and perhaps are not available now. Re
ferred to the Committee on the Dintrict cf Columbia.
Petitions*
Mr. COLLAMER (Bop.), of Yurmont* prwwntet! the
petition of citizens of Vermont, asking that certain nows
papers have the *ame privileges as other papers.
Wenprs. KING and B*MNER prceenttd petitions iu
fftypr 9f fpit»{icip»ljoii.
Mr. i>AVif! (V ), of Kentucky, prenentett the petition
of tobacco manufacturers, asking a reduction of the pro
posed tax on tobacco.
Signal Department
Mr* WILSON(Rep ), of MasnanhUBottB» from the Mili
tary Commiitee, reporied hr ck the bill for the org-iuiza
tion of a Signal Department, and moved its Indefinite
postponement. Postponed.
Midshipmen Irom the Distriet.
Mr DIXON (Bcp.), or Connecticut offerel a rfflo?
fuiion that the Committee on Naval Affairs be instructed
to inqu re into the propriety of providing by law for the
apppoiiitmcnt of acting midshipman, at the Naval
Academy, from the District of Columbia.
Harper's Ferry Armory*
Mr. WILSUN (Hep.), or Massachusetts, offered a ro
solution that the Secretary of War be rejjnested to in
quire into tho condition of the Harbor's Ferry armory,
w hat dflmAfie has be. n none, And what is the value of
the yrnpt-rty of the United Mates there and what
amount is necessary, and whu'htir expedient, to restore
the armory and re*employ the workmen. Adopted.
Slaves in Ohio*
On motion of Blr WILSON (Rep.), of Massachu^atts,
Use ref rtuucßP el tlie fcfsi Inture of Oisio, in regard to the
rebels keeping their slaves at Camp Chase, wore taken
up.
Mr. SHERMAN (Rep.) had a letter read from a mem
ber of the Legislature, concerning tho rebel prisoners, in
which it was stated that they were permitted to go about
tho dtp A* Or.liimbUß, b.Uhge At tlu hotels, AndabiUe tbo
Government, with peifect im enmity
An article to the fawn, effect, in the Cincinnati Com
mercial, was al-o read, aud another article, from the
Cincinnati Gazette- that <!overnor T<>d has taken
n)9»Bisrf sto tfeo nogrof 9 »t Vmnp Vlmae liberated,
and ihe rebel prisoners removed to proper quarters.
The resolutions were referred to the Military Com
mittee.
Preservation of Public Peace,
On eotien of Hr. TRUMRU!;!! (Rep.)? of JUinoi?.
the bill fer the more convenient enforcrinent of the laws
for security to keep the peace and be of good behavior
was taken up and, alter a discussion, passed—yeas 35,
nays 3.
Taxation According to Population*
Mr. WAOE (Rep.), of Ohio, presented several peti
tions asking for a uniform bj stem of taxation, according
to the population of a State and protesting against the
pa-enge of the tax hill f>om rhe House.
On motion of Sir. KING, (ltep ), of New York, the
&6h&t£ UAiit iht6 fcxetulive session. After which the
Senate adjourtid.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Special Committee on Confiscation*
The SPKAK.GR announced the following as the special
committee on the confiscation of rebel property: Mr.
01 in (N. Y ), Mr. Eliot (Mh* o ), Mr. Noel (Mo.), Mr.
llutcbiDß (Ohio), Blr. Mallory (ivy.), Mr. Beaman (Mi
chigan), Riid Mr. Cobb (N. J )
Mr. OLIN remarked ibat be had, heretofore, asked to
he excused from serving upon the committee, and re
peated the reasons for the request, which was now com
plied with.
The Battle of Shiloh
On motion of Mr MCPHERSON (R»p). of Pennsyl-
Tanitt. it ti»s resvlYtd Uisi itv Sssifiarr «f T«r Vs re
queßPd to twifnitt to the House copies of the reports of
the commanders of regiments, brigades, and divisions
engaged in the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee.
Recognition of Hayti aud Liberia*
Qp jpOtiOß of Mti GQOC.H (B*p ), of MaMachq?ette,
the Senate bill for the recognition of Uayti and Liberia
wsb referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Resolution Asking Information.
On motion or Mr. FOTTER (Rep.), of Wisconsin,
Ibe ffmtftiT ot War mb rwi wiled to inform tho House
whether Judge Fitts, who sent a letter to the rebel Legis
lature at Richmond declaring bis loyalty to that cause,
coiihTrplatfcd holding his court for Acconac and North
ampton countn s, Virginia, with the knowledge and con
sent of the United States military commandant of that
district.
Punishment of Delinquent Contractors,
On motion of Mr. OOLtfAX (Rep ), ofiudiaua, it was'
resolved that the Committee on the Judiciary be in
structed to inquire iuto the expediency of rep>riing a
hill punishing all contractors guilty of defrauding the
doreiLment, with penalties similar ro tbove for general
larceny.
Reciprocity Treaty*
Mr. SPAULDING (Rep ), of New York, introduced a
joii t resolution, which was referred to tbu Committee on
Uommett#, lutb&t iv.it g the appMfilßsebl of Aoßbiisalob
ere to negotiate concerning the reciprocity treaty, and
authorizing the President to give the necessary notice
for terminating the present uufair treaty.
Assigning Commands to Foreigners.
Mr. RICHaRD&ON (Dew), of Illinois, Asked, but
failed to obtain, leave to introduce a resolution setting
forth that Secretary Seward, in July, 1891, wrote t> a
vir.vti, oojii.g that jf he should come to
our sbort-s, our Government wuuitj ihe« picanare in as
n»pg ]dm »u h9HPr#blt? military position, The officer!
under this assurance, and at great expense, came hither,
and has been waiting for four mouths without official re
cognition. Therefore
Resolved , That the Secretary he reauested to furnish
Ihe ni-mber and nameß of all officers who have hern so
invi IwL tnuilhiir .o'.ui} bhri'I •*
Polygamy in Utah.
ffemm-H BBl *. ). of Ohio, reported hack from the
SrS-iitfe. OD r rr,torK ' B “ bil > to punish and prevent
>r polygamy, and annul certain acts of the
of t toll OBfablisliiDg the same.
°f Vermont, said this bill was
the same as that introduced by him two yean ago, with
WetrmtTf Goi™bia 0 ““° Si ° n “ 0f itB Bt,t>licabllitsr *» tb «
The bill was passed.
Report on Government Contracts,
H °V. E . C reau “ eil the consideration of the report of
the Committee on Government Counsels.
Steamer Catiline*
Th® first resolution reported by them waa postponed
Tor two weeks. It is as follows:
** s ° l, : td ’ Tbat tbe Secretary of the treasury be re
quested lo decline making any further payment to the
168 interested in the steamboat Catiline, on account
ua br ,hB Uni *' ! st ™°< ™
Purchase of Arms.
The next resolution in the series was taken up.
. j . d ’, Th “ t . ,h " Secietary of the Treasury be re-
OUesttd to adjust the claim against the Government for
the five thousand Ball carbines, liurohasud through
6 mou Slovene, Esq., by Gen. John C. Fremont, on the
Ui,'ii«] i s 0 , r , AUS " B '’ 1 ? 61 ' ? nll a,ter »ar<is deiiveied at the
United SUtea arsenal m the city of St. Louis, on the basis
ol a sale or such arms to the Government for 812 50
each, rejecting ail other demands against the Govern-
Hi™t onAccount of ilie purchase of said arm..
fllr. hTEVKhS (Hep.), of Pennsylvania, moved the
following as a substitute for the above:
Resolved, That nothing has occurred to lessen our
“ae C ner?i Fren^n'T s'’ 5 '’ in "' Rrit5 '’ “ d of
of IlHnoia ’ raised a point
eubjMt * h t th ° subf “ tote wee t“>« germane to the
, S TE VE NS maintained that the original reßOlulion
rfw Bwl a CPIJM,rt ' QU General Fremont,
order BI>EAKBR SUBtained Mr. of
Purchase of Vessels by Morgan.
( Be P-); of New York, reviewed the
report of the committee which censures the Secretary of
the Navy for employing Mr Morgan to purchase a large
number of Teasels unload of employing responsible offi
cers of the Government. He said the old rotten red
tape system could not he sustained for a moment The
education, profession, and habits of naval officers do not
Qualify them for encii duties. Tne department at the
Commencement of the purchases employed au officer of
W.fhu bklll in the prjfesaiem, whose honesty »ud in
tegrity no one would doubt (he referred to Com. Breese),
but who was as inccinpetont as a child respoctlog the
purchase ol vessels, as experience had shown. He gave
several instances to Bhow that, notwithstanding the re
ofuaTal officers, they do not sate Govarn
ment from imposition and fraud. “
Defence of Mr. Morgan and the Department.
.Jt th s “ urBe of bi » remarks he said that about a hun
dred and fifty vessels were purchased by Morgan. While
other vessels have been found inefficient, not one or those
purchased by Mr, Morgan, and examined in the moda
n.rt Cted, had laded to pertorm what was expected of
them, and this was apart from the economy involved in
the transaction. Ho believed the select committee
would do the Secretary of the Navy the justice to
say that there was nothing to show any want of
integrity OP ths ld&Bt Appearance of diabonesiy on
DIB part in these purchases. The agent employed
eared tbe Government over *OOO,OOO, au amount less
than was at first asked for the vessels. If Morgan had
yielded lo the amounts asked, he would have put 820,QU0
in his pocket ‘ but be bonastly performed his duty fo the
ppfeftiiikea. As a geiiernt rnie, voluntary agents will cheat
you out of interest and principal too, and many of those
who come out of this war will have long and fine fleece
adhering to them. He nelieved in hiring competent men
and payiDgthcm reasonable compensation for their se?.
7 ***',£* m tbe sJecre * Mr y of the Navy employing a re
lative (Mr. Morgan) to purchase llisaa Vessels, the charge
or mipropiiety would have au exhibition of justice if the
agtnt were incompetent; but it was not so in this caso. It
was not considered improperforthe Secretary of State, or
the Secretary of the Interior, to employ his own sou in
important or confidential business. He apoke with
KDOWJtdgO tf tllA fftii tli&t Morg-ti’s wag
liot a thing done in the corner. It was open aud known
to all, aud with the coDnent and advice of the high offi
ceis of the Government. If the Secretary liad adhered
to the time-honored abuses in purchasing, the select
cunjmjUee would have passed over the whole tranroy
ti6b, And whitewashed, or rather redwasheil- " him
with red tape; yet, because the Secretary has profitably
ventured out of ihe loutine, he ie charged, in and out
of this House, with impropriety by the chairman, of the
committee, who, it appears, has never spent ten. hours
thereiD.
Mr. HOLMAN (Bern.), of Indiana, reminded %be
gentleman that the chairman (Mr. Van Wycli) is uow at
the head of his regiment, at Yorktown. '
Mr. SKIHIWHIK. knew that his colleague had.assailed
the Secretary again, to gather laurels no less honorable
Ipse for ftTYtvfs he bad rendered at the aapital.u a n&i.
lant soloier He bad no doubt his colleague hud been
tii»d and not been found wanting. He referred to the
alle manuer iu which the Department had been adminis
t« red, and of the aav ng of money to the Government by
liiH judicious purchHß4-H, Ac The Se;n. tary had been
assbiit-d in thnifwipapm, whose ageuti atchoaaauf Gu
vtrtnT. enT hav« in vain fin coutracti arotthis may
P-JB>ihl> account for the corn!mil of llmjminiaia at hums,
lie drfmdnj Ihe lleimrtmeiit Irom vaiimw complaint.,
anil showiiblhe effiiiency which the navy has attained
both in the purchase and couetinctiou of v.-ss-Is—slxti
orthe iaitet classhavinj been added {« ftrwrvica, Tlia
history of tho n.vy will enffer no detriment or dishonor
under 11. present management, in coodwion, he atkeil
tlie House 10-punee belor, they gave a vole which would
nnply e censure on Ihe head of thin Department.
Mr. STLrBNS (liep.), of Peunaytwania, said ths
genuomuu from MAHsachutittte (Mr g former
occasion, hifomifd tiio Houtjo that Tm had notified him
(Mr. SUvtiis). that he waa about to. call up this report a
but notwithfltanduif ibis notification, he (Mr. Stevensh
had deemed it proper to absent kamsalf. He had ex-,
peeled the sttnUtaian would hare, as rotiuegkdd),
thti forth ct remark thxi ha could uot bo!
prtsbbt here on t)*at day the reasoa tty4f hfl
had an aypointmeit with Btrangm who were, about
leaving'WaHhingteu. The ge&tleeiau from Masstuhiiootta
m Li>t the fact. Tbs gentleman frou»lndl*u&
(Mr. Colfax), however, lupplied thi<i deficjiency, and
therefore Ro bkrm was ikmo. He would uivAo Kit
charge that tbs coiuuuttss have uot coxituctmi their
hnsiness with fairness. They liad not giveu Police to
ihose whose l onesty they impugned, new furnishod them
with a copy of the evidence, aud when ptmieetod to issue
BUI iQOias, they Led otuitled to do ea.
???* (Bfp)i of New Tork; iptewupting.
nm<i, with H full knowledge \l tbs luveatigatioßii at Nuw
Yoib, llarrtbburg, »ud Washipfitou, ths oomoiiitea ha-1
•£w p T nM ? co,lrte WBtmry to what tho gea
tlwanhad wpdHpned, .... -•]
Mr STEVENS, res pending, said the documents did
aot show it.
Mr. DA WEB (Rep.), of Massachusetts, In explana
tion, said the committee had sent word to Gen. Fremont
to state his own time when it would be agreeable to him
to appear before them.
Mr. bHANKS (Hep.), of Indiana, stated that no no
tice had been given to Geieial Fremont, nor had any of
the testimony been furnished him.
Defence of Mr. Cumming**
Mr. STEVENS (Rep.) said that such at least was the
general courts of the committee Iu order to ceusure
ex-Becretary Camiron, it was necessary to impeach the
character of two of his agents—Governor Morgan aud
Alexander Cummings. Contrary to what the Govern
merit had charged, Alexander Cummings had not a dnl*
lar in his lands. They accuse him of retaining *140,009
in his possession, when it was expressly stated by him in
bis note that the smouut was in the hands of Messrs.
IMx, BUtchford, A Opdyke, where it was originally
glared by the Secretary of the Treasury. The re *)<;
to Mr. Cummings was fonnde<i on an assumed mistake of
the printer, which, Mr. Otevcns said, was founded on a
falsehood. This was fraudulent misrepresentation No. 1.
Defence of Fremont*
Fraudulent ?T)]M*k e No. 2 is the case of Saccbi, 9 f
Nf w York. The committee find that such a mau nad
mi>de a Urge contract for horses, but he failed to appear,
ai-il ihoy go on to censure it os a fraudulent transaction
made under Gcmral Fremont, and stato that the news
papers say that this Sacchi is on Fremont's staff; but all
thin lures out not to he IratN anil that Sacchi on (ho staff
never knew anything about a horse contract.
Mr. WASIIRUKNK (Rep), of Illinois, asked Mr.
Stevens where he got this information.
Mr. bTKVENS said from the affidavit of the real horse
contractor.
Mr. WAKIimiRNK ULld he knew -nolhtus About llti
caso.
Mr. STKYENS supposed not. That was like a good
many other th ugs iu the report. The committee ought
to have known all triioiit ruclj matters before visiting
thin, with <h.ir censure. It *•»» of tl.j# tllftt
he con.piH»mKi.
Mr. Simon Stevens Defended
Case No. 3 is tho contract of one Simon Stevens, for
carbines. Trie gentleman from MaeiachuMetts. uot know
ing a higlirr mi/tire, infyriueJ (ho Hum tlmt on this oc.
CfdiTit ?he special con nmtee had enermuttred the opposi
tion of the CoumiUtLC of Ways and Uluitus; but he would
jntoTm tho gentleman that Simon Stevous was ne relative
of hii*. although their names wero uiunlar. He was a
constituent} and hern as hign a character as any ill
tbiH lioneo. He hart never heard Simon Stevens attack
ed before the gentleman from Martmchunotts made his
speech The commute* infer and insinuate that this was a
purchn«e made by Gen. Fremont through Stevens, when
they have din ct evidence to »ho contrary. This was not
th* way in which mcn’n characteri should ha dcstroynd
by commiuets of this House. The committee comolaio
that they are charged wiili lying, 110 uow proposed to
call a living w itni ss He read the letter of Gm. Fre
niont to tho committee on the conduct of the w-.r, show
ing that many things iu the report of tho #pesis] 99m’
mittee were false.
(•enerul Frruiont and his Published Defence.
Sir. DA WES Baid that Fremont never offered any tes
timony befoiß the Committee on the Condict of the War
in FuppprlvnMftMswnt,
Mr. JULIAN (Rep.), of Indiana, Raid Fremont had
offered a list of names by which he proposed to prove the
statements
Mr. WASHIIFRNE (Rep.), of Indiana, said the Com
mittee on Contracts did not refuse to receive testimony or
»;Umpi iu Mipprem any testimony, and any SUCH asser
tions were false. He wanted to know how Fremont's tes
timony u i 't out.
Mr. GOOCH (Rep ), of Massachusetts, said be sup
posid that General Fremont bad kept a copy of it.
Mr WASilllUltNlij wanted to know if that wag tho
way the ctninduee did busines*'?
Mr. COL j’AX wanted to know how an abstract of the
proceedings of the Committee on Contracts against Fru
liK,nt went all over tht-country'l
Mr. >VABHBUJIhE denied that any such abstract
went from the committee.
Mr. STRVENa said it was probably all “a mistake of
tho printer.” The gentleman from Massachusetts hail
criticized hisconductiii regard tj General Cameron. He,
with home of his colleagues, had pretested against the
aproibirrumt of tlurnsrou, though tha protost wag not of
much avail. Afterward*, Cami'ron took a different
course from what they expected, and, among other
things, wrote the remarkable words to General Sherman:
“ You will agkure all persons hell to involuntary labor
who may b** receivkd in the service of tho Government
that -hey will under no circumstances be again reduced
to ihvir former condition unless they chooto to return-”
And all will renumber how his report was emasculated.
Then he (Mr. S(evens) felt proud of the man he had for
merly opposed, ai d declared be would support him Mr.
Gamerou hid out his acquaintance, which was than re.
tiewtd, and he had determined to support him as long as
he supported his country.
When he concluded, the House adjourned.
LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE
THE NORTH AMERICAN OFF CAFE RACE.
St. Jonssi tf, Fu April 28.—Tho steamship North
American , from Liverpool, with dates to thelTtk, and
via Londonderry to the 18th, passed Cape Race yester
day morning.
The Nova Scotian and Edinburgh arrived oat oa tho
16lth
The Anglo-Saxon* from Portland on the 29th ultq
arrived at Liverpool ou the 16th. She broke her interme
diate shaft on toe 11th, but got a single engine to svork
on the 14th, and reached Liverpool via the South of
Ireland.
Tbw Great Eastern v»r safply got off the gridiron at
Milfoid, and steamed to bur old moorings.
Cotton was buoyant and )i&X d higher for American.
The palps of the wwk were 80,000 bales, and on Friday
12,000 bales. The advance on other descriptions was %
®»;d. Braadgtuflg closed finm and with a still ad*
vai.clng tendency. Provieions quiet and steady.
Consols closed on Friday at 93%094 for money.
GREAT BRITAIN.
A deputation from tho British and Foreign Anti-slavery
Society waited on Mr Adorns* th? A»i'Ti,c»n Miintetpr 4
pn the JfiU), &Pd fcuc s enttd an address, in winch tin)
hope is express'd that the restoration of the Union
Would he founded upon the abolition nf the true cause of
the strife The reply of Sir. Adams is described as
bavji.g beeu very satisfactory to the deputation, but the
Times tliibkH it indicates tho policy of Notthern politi*
ciaL-g. which is to have liberty to deal according to cir
CGHJBI6DCO3 with Iho elavfry question.
FRANCE.
The Prince de Joinville is about publishing a pamphlet
9P ifon-platt’d frigates. His work, it is said, will present
the subject under new aspects. He does not admit of the
invulnerability of the new vessels.
The Bourse was flat on the 16rhj and lower.
SPAIN
It is asserted that the Spanish Government is taking
steps to restore itß credit, and had commissioned two
leat ing firms in London to put tho whole of its funds on
a basis satisfactory to British capitalists.
It is ttated that the proceeds of the Moorish loan,
raised in London, and which are payable to Spain, are
likely to be rela'ntd in London, to meet tho accruing
dividends on Spanish stock, and pay for the steamers in
course of construction in England.
GRBEOE.
bare surretdered.
POLAND.
■rwelve strsons, engage! i n the late disturbances at
the n srsftw Cathedra], have been condemned to military
service.
TURKEY.
An obstinate fight occurrtd between the Turks and
Montenegrin*, near Nabrich. The Jatter were repulsed.
There was considerable loss on both sides.
Additional despatches from Bombay, March 2T. g n .
M-rchW* 1 '* 1 Lold Klgin w ““ ‘“stalieU Yicuroy of India,
rtJM”’” 1 BCr 1,8,1 been ll “I>« p d in front of the Palace of
A wide, spread M&ht>eU& had been disco
vircd and suppressed at Hyderabad, in the Deccan.
Byearus Jung, president or Scindia, had abolished
ilie export duty on cotton in Gwalior.
The Hong Eons cnrretpißdfbt of the London Times.
wnting about -March, reports that a rebel privateer in
the Chiua seas had betn fallen in with by H. ftf. ahlo
rioven, on the coast of Borneo. If there at all she**must
have been on the lookout for American ships outward
bound, beiDg in their passage by the Palamn passage
agaiiist the northeast mnufluou. Tha eat?,*pondent nays
this is parliculatlv unfortunate for American shipping
»a the United States Government has not a single war
vessel of any description in these waters, except the
caffinaw, and she is rotten and useless
rtAdt M ° iVii , Y M4 B. K ET.-The fnu^ 3 !sa[illuß
With t~cs YCfrJy rdj denaard for discount *»t tfie
hank, and on tlie Stock Exchange short loans are offered
*L er c£, ”‘ . Gold oontieues to flow to the bank,
with no demand for ixport. Tliere is nothing doflnile
as ytst as to the Bupsiap loan, hut it is asserted that the
MTftßffmeuts were concludedj not with tbs Baringa, hut
with the Rothschilds.
latest via londondebby.
Loxnox, April 18.—The political and general news Is
U) important
, Tbe (if nrraor.plated nliips and floating batta.
riM ct ntlnu«-B the prominent topic.
.. V *• YBgnely mmored that England has latoly made a
diplomatic reconnnendiition to Fiance in favor of the
withdrawal of the French troops from Borne.
Encouraging advices as to cotton growing in Jamaica
and Fern have reached England.
?he Briileh dovrrnoieut has given preliminary notice
to the F.oyal Mail Company, West India line, to termi
nate tbe existing mail contract at the expiration of the
present term.
Jt is artrin questioned if the Emperor will go to the
London Exhibition, and asserted that JjP does it will
beptiicily incognito.
Garibaldi has gone to Brescia. It is reported that his
Domination as Commander-in-chief of the National
Guards has been decided 00.
The Portuguese Government exempts from export
dut> for ten years all cotton mimt in (he FortUgUBM
African poRM-pßicns.
It is reported that tbe Emperor of Bussia has appoint
ed a committee lo consider a continual regime for Jtassia,
The Oalcntta mails of March 8 were forwarded by the
J3retn€n to New York.
The North American experienced tteonq westerly
wii-ds up to the2lat, and a strong northwest gale on the
22d and 236 of April.
Hon. A. H. Keeder.
Tto friends of Gov Reeder in this locality bftve
often wondered that he is permitted by the Admi
nistration to pursue bis profession in these stirring
times. Hie sterling integrity, his powerful intel
lect, his enlarged statesmanship, hie rich, rare, and
varied aequiremehte, together with his entire nn
-Be]fiBhnese, qualify him for any position from the
Governorship of tbie old Commonwealth to tho
White House at Washington, while suoh an associa
tion would not raise him in the least in the estima
tion of those wh<i kvow biro,
The position which he occupies with the great
aarty of freemen in Use State, the part which
he acted m the great pitch-battle of human freedom
and equal rights in 1860, entitle him to high and
elevated consideration by this Gffysr߻ffnfcj ftl?
though he asks nothing but to be let alone In his
masterly pursuit of professional honore. The fact
that he seeks sothing ia a powerful argument in
favor of some honorable and distinguished recogni
tion. His great ppeech in this city, in the autumn
of iB6O, sent a thrill to the hearts, and conviction to
the souls, of an immense, attentive, and admiring
auditory. That speech waa the Niagara of po
litical eloquence and fervid patriotism of the Lin
coln campaign in Erie county, nis speech after
wards, in Philadelphia, was still mdro ropiate,
n possible, with animation, elegancej poetry, and
Wftdouot s»y that tho Republican principles
that were rejected in Pennsylvania by what was
denominated the popular voice iu i 856 and ’oT*'
would not have been successful subsequently with
out him, but the political history of this Commons
wealth teaches us that, until he threw his great
weight of character, his powerful political influence,
into the settle of Republiminism.m ISoS. and fni*y
identified his fortnnrs with us hv presiding at n«r
State Convention, did our parity succeed and* Mr
principles become established.
He was. it is true, appointedrto a brigadier gene
ralship by President Lincoln,, but very propet)y de
clined it. His military education only , net being
perfect and complete, his mdgment could Xdt Sanc
tion as acceptance of tbe hoaor conferred.
Had other politicians, ia the country,’who dul
aspire to braes buttons,, spurs, military
bancua, and taken the s&atp. view of
suoh matters, we should not have beva, overtaken
by so many dißasteos,. resulting in tho loss of valu
able life.
Hereafter, if caljted to the Execute* Chair of this
Old Keystone, Assigned to the United St&Us SehaU,
or intent upox absorption in the hcaore and allure-,
inenfs that ehister around and adorn his high yro?
his Sorting will alway&be followed by the.
good wishes of Northwestern Pennsylvoaj&.-».
Erie Gazette,
The New Gotbrnor yy SVjscojtsin.— Ellward
Salomon, who succeeds to. the chair rendered vaoanfe
by the sudden death of Gov. L. P. flarvey, has
isned a proclflinatifti) m»S»«BdieS tIK of
wisoonain to wear tho usual badge of mouruiag for
thirty days, and to aieot in their plaoea of worship
<n Thursday, May 1, to coinniimmte tho doooasa
of tlmr late Qorernor.
LETTER FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Arrival of C’oßgre»*m®®—Uolonel Havelock—
ln!**rmiiiK CfrrmffiiT— Srrrlyr on »hf
Thomas A* Morgan—Capture ef Srcesk-
What ef the Rebels at Ysrktowi
The George Washington Reports the Teaze
in Sight*
ol The Press.J 1
FoATRKSd Monrok, April 27,1902.
Qnile a number of Cor gressmen aud other distinguish!
gentlemen came to the Point this morning on the Bale
Kim l&at. Amahs (ham wm Bail Emwibii
Hon. Bor&ce Maynard, N. P Willis, Hon. Henry \
Baymoud, mid a number of ethers. They came on tl
invitation of Colonel Joseph Segar, who accompanii
the parly.
Among the celebrities here at present is Colonel Hat(
lock, formerly of the British army, hut at present In
spector General of Cavalry, U. S A. Ho is a brother o
tho distinguished soldier, Genera) Henry
Vkho won such renown iu tho Crlmoa and in India.
Mr. W. M. Runkel, formerly a member of the Phila
delphia reportorlal corps, but at present connected with
tho Nr w York Times, Is with us.
Not an unintomtiDg ceremony occurred tills mornlogi
in the cabin of the Thomas A. Morgan, about ati hour
before she reached hor wharf. The Rev. J. Addison
Whirrcar, chaplain of tho Eleventh Penniylrani.t Cav
alry, (Col. Harlan), was on board, and it was proposed
to b*dd divine service* The rpTmnd fieutlpman rood a
portion ir Scripture and made a short prayer, in which
he prayed for the speedy termination of the war. After
the prayer was concluded, theduxology was suog by all
preiMiti and the party adjourned fur hreakfasL
Captain ‘and Actlug Lieutenukt ColohM William S.
Bartlett, of the Twentieth Massachusetts Regiment, who
was wounded in the thigh, on Monday last, white on
pKkrti &mI ttiio Iml tlie liuib »mputnle*i, waa taken to
Washington, on Friday uftomoon. Hein duingvory wc<ll.
On Friday afbrr.oon our men captured a
captain and nine men. All of them belong to the Fif
teenth Virginia Ti** s / we r® brought down
from Yorkmwn on Paturday. The captain is very
gloomy, and will say nothing. The men are more com
nim.icative. They cay that there are not moro than
60,000 men at Yorktown* though fresh reximonts are
arriving daily. Thtir rnjaimsi.t eight days igd.
Mott of Ihun are raw troop*, tiiiniia aud drafted moo.
They are all loud in their declarations of btdng able to
whip the Yankees.
Tho rtpftjrfl to tho Adelaide hem completed) she wilt
rcmime her place on thu lino dnrinerthe pvnsent vvjsok.
The steamex* George her return
frem Newport News this morning, reported having seen
the rebel gunboat 7'eazer near Pig Point. Bhe hugged
the -here as closely as possible, so that the rebel could
Lot havo a shot at her.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
The Sumpter and Pirkena IVledals—Mortality
in New York and Brooklyn— The Latest of
n“ Antj-SnW?ath Frpiichflr —Lalf9t from
Hrrmudn—Arrivals from Port Royal—From
the .Southwest Pass and Blockading Squad
ron—Return of a Transport with Leaky
Boiler—Stocks, Markets, Ac.
[Correspondence of the Press.]
New York, April 28,1W2.
At the next meeting of the Chamber of Commerce the
ir.cdal to the heroes of Sumpter aud Pickens will be dU-
ti HnitvO.
The City Inspector reportß the deaths for the past
week Rg follows: From acute disease, 182; chronio
disease, 162; external causes Ac., 33; total, 377—a de
creHSO nf 78 from tho numbor for tho previous weak.
The mitnber of deaths in Brooklyn. durL g the past
week, was3l6; of which 71 were children, 45 adults;
mules, C 7 ; fmialos, 47.
Rev. J. i,. H»tch, former minister of the State*street
Congregational Ghnroh in Brooklyn* who wan exeomma*
ideated from Ur. Gheever’s church* tn this city, a year
or two ago, for eppoeing the Sunday laws, aud the Puri
tan doctrinoof aduuday Sabbath, has accoptol a ca l to
the Second Congregational (LTuitarlan) Church, in Hfog
ham, Maes., So. Parith.
The following Mau-ftUrht iy from & pfiv&to Utter from
Beiuiuda to a gentleman in this city :
Tht-re are now in this harbor the steamers /termuda
and ifealdt bound for Nassau The formur will rerfiaiu,
while the latter runs tho blockade at Charleston, with a
cargo of goods, and returns laden with cot’on. Her de
parture may be somewhat delayed* however, as her oa.pi
tain and engineers iefuso to violate the Queeu’s nrocla
malion, which would deprive them of their privileges as
British subjects.
“ There is some one in New lork who communicates
to Brown, who is acting as rebel consul, all there trans
actions. and notifies him whan he may txpecl these ves
pals. A ship from Liverpool is now lying Here, which
came consigned directly to Brown, aud it is pretty cor
taio that her mission, or the goods on boaxd, are for a
Bcuthern market.”
The Captain Wotton, arrived tbjs morning,
from Tort Royal, after » passage of 63 hours, »be brings
no news, having RAilrd on the 25th, at 5 A. M. ; tho At*
lan tic having tailed on the 24th.
The United States steamer Connecticut! Comm&uder
Masweli Woodhull, from the blockvliug tquadron, ar
rived at this port, this momma, bringing the mails
about 200 sick and wounded seamen from the various
ships of the squadron, flhn ha* ulko several refugee*
from Texas, who were taken from Matamoros by the
: United States gnnboat Montgomery.
i The Connecticut left the feoutwett Pass April 12. The
I gh>pi» of the expedition Orleans wore ail inside
the passes, A? *<l making j>: operations to move.
They had their deck 9 sanded, and were all ready for
action. The crews of tho ships along the-coast are all
in very good health.
The following; are the passengers by the Connecticut.*
xy. H. Gladding, 11. L. Olcott, ti. D. Jenks, G. it.
Hoed, J. A. Barling, F. Davis, S. \V. Patterson, J. S.
Pardee, S. G. Robertson, C. J- Culbertson, Thomas
Beeoy Ellin*, H. H. Hill, Charles Dtfames,
Wm. W. Patten, V. P. White, E Booth, J k. Grady,
N, w, Dunlap, I,lent, ti, C, Fa*. &I«i>r Paine, Oeo, K,
>Tfleh, and about one hundred sicH and wounded wv
mm and stldierß,
The following are tho names of the refugees:
l>r. E. Larmd, Thos. Mcßride, f£y. Coining, Wm.
Robertson, Martin Sharp, Timothy Cronin, Loon Tati
man.
The United States steam transport Ellen s. Terry t
Captain OJiapln, hence the 27tb for Nawbsrn, N. C., re
turned this morniDg, having sprung a leak in her boiler.
The following wore the salos of stock* at the second
board to-day i
.moo r S 8s ’Bl Heg.. 95K1
13000 T 7 8 6a ’Bl 0p... 96
6000 U 8 04.’,5y> i rf- r ff‘ , 9,).
10UOO Term 6a ’00.... 6GjS I
5W9 95....,.,1)19 SOri
toooHftaonri 05,,., 49>;
5000 do tOO 49#
4000 do 40 7 i
100C0 Erie 3d ’83..,.. 94*
4CCOTOI* W 2d.... 62 i
70000 do 53V
5000 ClevATol SF b3O 87 k
1000 Mich S a Fd.... 92k I
10000 Amer gold j
15000 do IOIL'J
50 Pacific Hail 89*60,106* ;
116 A a ~„V,,iba j
the city.
(FOR ADDITIONAL CITY ItBWS, SEE FOURTH PASH |
Monthly Meeting of the Boabd of
TRADE.—L»6t AWfalßk a regular monthly meeting nr
(he Philadelphia Board of Trade waa held at their rooms,
President Morton in the chair.
Toe president acknowledged a copy of the Merchant*'
Slopping Act from tbe Hon. William o’. Lindsay, sent to
the PPBP? (tf Commons, England! March, I*B2
t tbo Uuitivatiou of Cotton in the Middia
Btatee, by Dr. Q. Bdiereon. ,
communication was also received from tlie New
York Chamber of Commerce, relative to Ihe snbject or
taxation, and the best course of action to be recom
niendtd to the attention of Hu f or
isieine of revenue to meet the altered circumstances of
the country. The New York Chamber aasm- to adopt
Bomaof the suggestions made by the Board ot Trade of
Hus city some time sines. The report vros rsad br tha
Ti' e, »7'i. r be ,ollo *. i i , S m the Ivodiug reattirea; It
stotca that the current expenditures or the Government
during ths present year, and for several years to come
will require not less than 8250,000,000, and that means
roust be densed to meet the expenditures thus created.
Jtu. suggested that all flscal blits (pending.the rebellion.
Bud during such tiae as its oouseauimcse mar haea ta
poesilde ,1P peop to) should be clear and concise aa
The report lays down the principles that (in view or
the expenses of collecting the public revenue)' tor ths
convenience or tax pay era, and for a prompt realisation
of income it is expedient tlio objects of taxation, should
be as few as possiDle; that, in the selection or ob
jects or taxation, the ntcessaries of Ufa shonldi be so
umvcTSßllr and equitab y taxed as to make the-biKden
tall on all classes, according lo each one’s ability, to, bus
tain the same, and as liahtly as can be made profitable—
a heavin' ratjo of impost Will* levied on all luxuries and
enjoyments-.or indulgence In which til* Wealthy CAR
affotd to pay :.and that the lending products or the South,
which have bean among the causes of the rebeiUou. b*
made to prominently aid In tho restoration of peace and
tbe final liquidation of tbe public debt.
Assuming; Hia leading f.'Slurfßef Ms RTOBrumae tO'b*
.i, trurmj. the couimjtum pray time OongrSM
will, at «n early day, frame a revenue ayatcm.baaedanon
seven subjects or departments of taxation, towth:
FlOOl ell sales- of roods,.merchandise, and
other property, at wholesale and retail, a
pf pup prr cent,, yi'dillng (go tho mat
_ moral isle brUeveJMie annual sum or. 6116,000,990
From tho tariff..» a , 50‘000‘900
From an excise or lax on cotton of two coVts ’
perptumJ
From an excise tax on whisky and other
HdllfcrS oftSS'deuis i»r ga110n’....... 99.QQQ.gQQ
iroui an excise tax ou malt Honors of ft.
cent* per gallon 4
From a direct tax on real and personal pro*-
perly,
Tola). mimi,,,,,,,,,,, p > „S2MvOCO 000
The advantages set forth a? likeiy toarrae-from the
schedule indicated iu thy memorial are as follows :
1. Keduoed ex peases iu collection of revamp.
3. Obviating the appuiutmeut or twenty thousand col
lectors of special revenue,
3. Renewed eonfideuw itt ihi integrity, power, and re
sources of tie Government,
4j Avofdance of. an Inanma tax, already provided for
by law, auil already odious to the people before its opera
tion has been felt.
b. That tbe true sad equitable source*of taxation and
puhlifi r&VSBHi *M hi -F3kihod by the Bchednle now aug-
because, fleet, each man wilt contribute in the
ratio of his Individual* and family expenditure (and no
more): and, secondly, those who-epend hundreds of mil
lions of dollar# annually, in what may be termed the
•unriM and wtra-sancaef life, (amtif, liquor* to,
Uttcco, cigars, *c.,)%.wji» be oompelted ro contribute more
tersely toward the public revenue than those whose in
comes and expenditures are on a limited scale.
This report has-been forwarded-to-Washington.
A resolution of thanks was tendered to George David .
can, of the Coast-Survey department, for his pfe&gi pf §.
hred-ome chert of a portion of our bar and river abc.,. l
and below Port Bslaware, *
Tbe Hoard thea adjaumed.
FUNEHcbL OB THE J*ATS LIEUTEKANT
WAGNER —Teatrrdar afternoon the remains of tba
late Lieutenant Vaguer were Interred with military
honors from tho residrnee of his father in Thud street*,
war Carpenter. _ The-ocssMoMdrew an enormcttsprowdi
of neopte. Duriog Suuda-y* the bouse wm. thronged'
with the ci«{9 W , in Q| iufw. than one iboairju) persona:
vitittiiK tan place to view the remains. Tl^.
Mr. vUitel hy ncl r les^,
titfcob hundred people. Tme remains were Imd put iuthe*
parlor, tlie. walls, of whadti were auorued with
fnirtisgs, the woA.of ehA ilpccASfvt, and of* younx, sote
Oirrs wtm arsdunteii with bint at West Pqtat
dressed !r> unlfodTiQ, aud ihe cuifin Ussi*9P)e4#
decoratfd uith Covers. Tbe coftin was closed..tlhCMV
quarter iKiforoNtt uteh>ek. and the Ampytcao fl»i»AuraaMd
al oiit ila Tbeohaaeau and sword of the dectnStu; were
nppn and then it was conveyed tp thn. hearse,
□he throng of »»t nous In the street was verx yr-?wt but
ihi. &i*&S%Je9 of Lieutenant o& First
ctetrict poltca* who was present with a largo Can*, tha
i crewel waa kept back aud prevented fnuu, in on
the urowswn sh e services, in the honas. wars con
ducted by the Rev. Mr. LeecU.
>T»a tKorled t&thG placa ot sepidtura it Bti
ifetL-rii Church by a detvhment cJ moriw» nwler tha
qoauwaad of Lieutenant 3rown, Chx Q, of the Third Be
guuent of the Reserve l»gtwle, and. tb* Second Beglmenk
of Beseive Grays, CaUnel Kllmakoc*. The cortege
iiT ®i r Sfeld , a.kauil T tile l>ead March.
ffif funeral service in tbs ol urch the cotHn wai
moved and lowered into one of tho vaults on the Ufftii
side of the Vuihtlng, the marines being drawn
ranks. They fired tbros rounds with great af
ter standirvy with rosiured arms n-hfe the body
lowered 4)itp «he grave.
Fatal Accident. —Ycstfl’diy after-
Vicot, » child, whose name we did not ascertain, residlug
back cf No. 861 North stiert, was run over by • sffigotu
and kilted. The Oliver of the Wft*
216 NY Can...B3a;
200 do blO 83«
■UJS do 83#
11 Erie It 3ftv
MIOKrieR pref 61W
wnuumu sow
30 d 0..,., *JO
60 Sxich Uea k 51,/
ISO Mich S A Nl* 2j / *
326 Panama R 124
100 to bflOA'ilw
56 111 Ces scrip
SO do 60*
25 do b3O 60
i3OOO A T01ed0.... s3O 42 V
Ifi’O d 0.,.,,,,,,,.. 409?
f5O do ,„«£
2i.G00.,M0
9,090,000
19,000,000