CC t r 55, WEDNESDAY.. 1‘1.1 . 1 7, 1862 THE LATEST WAR NEWS From Louisville, we learn that General Dumont, with a cavalry force, among which was Wynboop's Pennsylvania Cavalry, attacked the force, eight hundred in number, of the rebel Colonel Morgan, and, after a severe Sght, routed them, taking nearly all their horses and arms, and one hundred and fifty ntiSontia. The rebels fled, but General „Dumont is in t'ull pulL , ull, and 1E IC eeopeAea he will capture the whole force. Morgan is reported to have been killed, On Sunday, a rebel schooner with coal was de. ,patched from Richmond to Put her cargo on board the Mem 'woe, but the crew run her aground : deserted her, and surrendered themselves voluntarily to the Uaion forces at Newport News. They give a deplorable account of affairs in Rich mond, and state that the rebel soldiers are hope lessly demoralized. The news from General McClellan's army is fin -portrait, la yens , " Teerfee of the heavy mind add the wretched condition of the roads, our troops have not been able to move as rapidly as they would Ilko to do. ,Fe.0.1.11.CA dieinion has not gone yet to West Point. General McClellan, in an official do epatch to Secretary S:anton, states that Joe John ston, with an army tape i icr in numbers ty 9llr 9W 11 ) is at - Williamsburg, and is determined to dispute every inch of ground on the road to Richmond. con Monday tneral Hancocit's division had a fisht with the rebels, during which our troops took two redoubts at the point of the bayonet, killing two -4 1 onels and many privates, and capturing ono mei slid ono haunted dna - fifty prisoners, The light was a most brilliant one, and General 'McClellan highly complimented General Ilancoct's conduct. General AlcCiellan is confident and hopeful of sun. The telegraph, for the last day or two, has been unusually silent in regard to the movements of General Hellcat's vrtny. Despatches from Cairo and Chicago state that it is currently reported in both places that our forces have taken possession of Corinth, and a large number of prisoners were taken, while another despatch front Pittsburg, Lending sa3 - s that our forces are at Monterey within sound of Ulu robot drum, Refuge of Rebellion. With the news of the evacuation of York town VQ1;11(; ' § a ki,leuarhic announcement {het BEAUREGARD is evacuating Corinth—"" sending large bodies of soldiers South." This sudden and not generally looked for backward moves meat of the rebels has a peculiar significance. The plans of the rebel managers cannot, of course, be precisely known, though BEMIRE GAItb'S hat Jas DAVI9 under stands and approves of his course, leads to a little speculative reflection touching this mys tery. _ _ It is no secret in political circles that the cotton lords have fur many years turned a longing eye to the rich and salubrious table lands of Mexico. Yerhaps there exists no country under the sun so well adapted to ren der slave labor agreeable. In addition to this its etiolate and productions are just such as may be imagined desirable and proper for an aristocratic Arcadia. By its altitude, semi tropic anti semi-temperate, abounding in all those varieties of scenery which can please the eye and delight the senses, selfish indolence, in its wildest imaginings, could not picture to itself' a more delghtful retreat. In his mag nificent hacienda the cotton lord might feel himself secure from the contaminating influ ences of enterprise and industry, to effect a separation from which, he and his fellows en tered upon this, to them, disastrous war ; and with his sable retainers he might become a Don indeed. His isolation from the vulgar world of men would be complete. His ambi tion "to rule " could be utterly sated. His propensity for political scheming could be in= dnlged to its full bent. No wonder, then, that these whilom masters of - ours looked upon Mexico, and coveted her Arcadian expanses. Suppose, then, drat this sudden and myste rious abandonment of their strongholds by the rebels, should in some way be connected with that old longing for the Aztec Arcadia, and is it not probable that Dxvis and his co-rebels, from the first, caught a glimpse of overthrow, and fixed upon Texas as the place of final gathering, preparatory to a reorganization for new alliances and exploits beyond the Rio iGranct, ? They knew that egress from the Atlantic and peke might be effectually cut off. What more natural than that they should have held the Southwest in reserve for their exodus, when defence should be no longer possible ? The path which leads most directly to this possible city of refuge is via Vicksburg. 3laking the transit of the river at that point, the rebel generals could push on into Texas, and prepare for a last stand. Defeated, as they would be, they might enter into an alli ance with the Church party in Mexico; and essay the overthrow of the existing dynasty in that distracted Republic. Or they might ally themselves with di - Attu., and fall upon the rear of the French invaders. Foreign interference ended, the subject of a division of the honors and responsibilities of govern ment would have to be settled between the allied Powers ; and who can say that JEFFER SON DAVIE may mat yet preside over the eheekered destinies of the Mexican Republic, and hold his levees in the Halls of the Monte 7 zumas ? We can believe in its probability with less effort than would have been required to believe that be would be in the position he LOW holds six mouths before he entered upon its duties. Disorder attracts disorderly elements. Nothing, we apprehend, could be more ap propriate than the retreat of these disorga nizem into Mexico. Nowhere else can they so hopefully go, or more securely hide from a world with they inu64 heartily hate. True, it would flit the cup of sorrow for Mexico to overflowing, and it is to be feared that the signs which now give some faint hopes of peace to our distracted neighbor would disap pear forever when BEAUREGARD should cross the Rio Grande. As well-wishers to that Re public, we regret that there is a hue of proba bility about these speculations. The peace of the continent demands another issue of the raattert but should the rebels -cross the Mis sissippi the road to Texas is unobstructed. THE OBJECT of the proposed union of loyal men in this state is to secure a loyal Legisla tulle and a loyal Congressional delegation. In order to accomplish these essential things, the Democratic party, as now orgarrized and Con trolled, must cease to exist. We refer, of course, to the organization controlled by REED, WHARTON, BUCHANAN, L CO- With a genu ine union of the voters who in their inmost souls abhor those traitors and their meditated imam), Pennsylvania will stand redeemed in October. Such a union is not difficult if all pa triots will but carry their hearts into the work. Let no stumbling-blocks in the shape 'of party names and catchwords be construe.ted. There can be but two parties, in reality, in the field next fall. One wilt strike for the Union by aceumulating strength for the Administration in the State and National Legislatures. The other will strive to embarrass the Administra tion in every way. If our loyal leaders prove wise and tolerant the last-named party will be crushed out forever. Let us have no boggling about names, therefore. TiE SENAT.F, accomplished a good work yesterday—a work that the people have long Poem aeking Pox) aid hava had a Elea to ex_ pest—in the passage of the homestead bill. its merits and provisions have been fully de bated in the present and previous sessions_ its passage, at the present time, shows that our Senators, even amid the more engrossing business of the war, are not unmindful of the other interests of their constituency. It is a just concession to those toiling millions of freemen who have cast a wistful gaze to the fresh prairies of the West, where, unfettered by the servitude of drudging toil, they may gain a manly livelihood, and become is a pre mai/sent tivgrec toaul OltUeno of tho noput,- lie. Should the legislation, of the Senate be acquiesced in by the House, we may hope to see our wildernesses blossoming as the rose_ • TUE proceedings of Congress, yesterday, were of a highly important character—the ,Senate having pawed the Homestead bill - and the House having adopted the Pacific Railroad Tnn West Chester Repot/Wean announces that Ron. JOHN Illorman hvs positively declined being a candidate for re-election to Congress. over.tbe-Water Predictions. Political predictions, made at a distance and by imperfectly-informed prophets, frequently are not only but laughable_ To this class belong the vaticinations of that tremen dous gas-N-g, the Leyden Times, during the t..-cly.smonth. From tho first the ct Thu_n derer " of Printing-House Square prepared Europe for the immediate and signal triumph of the revolted Confederate States. One by one its hopes of this revolt have become, in PRIOR'S words, "Fine by degrees and beauti fully less." The Confederate rebels have been so beaten again and again that they may be considered as virtually cc used up." Everywhere the Union is becoming re-estab llAL-(1);17;4 thy Of N4Mt , Orleans preceded by only a few days the rebel stampede from Yorktown. The Times of the 18th ult• comments upon the FL deral expectation of speedily taken New Orleans, and facetiously says this would be c , tie nt xt thrust of tho swordfish into the whsle." It does not underestimate, however, the importance of occupying that great South c,n metropolis. In the following brief pas rgez• we can socognlrm " the tine Italian htmcl" of Dr. IZus - stn, who visited the place last snminvr, and therefore writes from actual ob • serration " The Northern conquerors do not over-estimate the importance of the conquest for the tidings of which they are so impatient. New Orleans is the COMM] (Intl metropolis of the South and the West : it is the etni,orium of the vast tracts traversed by the MisEit.bippi and all the great tributaries of that most mighty of rivers. It has a greater command of internal navigation than any city in the Old or New 11 7 411.14.1_ 1 - 15 itA4lf, cc Lk city it is little weeth. Built upon a flat below the level of the risen river, it would, peihats, be to the permanent benefit of its inhabitants it the dykes were cut and the stream Fcrc IQ 114 W MT it; T. 9. #4l44 its atmosphere alike is fever and death, and even among the acclimated Now Orleanists the ennui." mortality is three times that of Boston. It is not the city, but the position at.the point maids an - Teo - rnternernavigation which is so portant. The Southern papers pertinently remind its defenders that superior cheapness of transpor tation by water draws thither all the cotton pro duced in Middle and Western Tennessee, Arkansas, Faidern TC3IIP, and inimisiippi_ while the tobacao, hemp, end cereals of the vast Western Empire find their way thither from the same cause.' The oc cupation of New Orleans would be a tourniquet tightened over the great artery of the Seceded States'' Tint, the Times adds, " Perhaps in the case of a city where yelhiw fever and cholera hive in et me yems destroyed one-tenth of the whole poizulation the best revenge of an invaded - peovlo wt•uld be to IC, the invaders take and hold it." The Confederates, however, we are here told, intonded to retain possession of Kew 0:1, ens, and its dtfenees are described in de tail thus: i• New Orleans is a hundred miles from the mouth of the river, amcl the baulcs aro &a-ailed all the svfty duWn. At a convenient point there are forts armed with the heaviest guns, and commanding an artiti cist dem stretched across the river, and which. is calculated to delay any naval font:sunder the guns of the forts for a sufficient time for the artillery to sink them. These defences, so described, are sus piciously like those which were prepared by the Chinese to oppose the passage of the English and French Recta up the Pelho, and which, ulthousl4 temporarily successful, were readily overcome when the leaders had learned to respect their enemy. But, in addition to these, there are, w o are told, two iron-eased floating batteries, carrying heavy armaments, and a garrison of thirtytwo thousand nen, eager for the appearance of the invaders. The :Slew Orleanists say they are mad with ex citement and rage, that their hot shot are ready, their furnaces in complete preparation, and that the Yankees, whenever they mne, will receive a hot reception." Exultingly, then, does the Tunes declare that, "if there be any truth in the loud cries of defiance of the gouthern press the conquest of this city is not so absolutely certain es the Northerners think," and that even if the Federal gunboats and steam-frigates should successfully run the gauntlet of the Confede rate forts and batteries, they might be beaten by " the 32,00 men in garrison." Here we have an anticipation of the defeat of the Fe derals before New Orleans. But as, by this time, English journalists are compelled largely to discount the brag of the Confederate rebels, the Times makes a loop-hole of escape, by adding that these " 32,000 men in garrison ought to he able to give a good account of these invaders, if that garrison exists in any other columns than those of the newspapers." The garrison thus vaunted of, though with some evident misgiving, did not wait to have any settlement with the Federals. At the first alarm of danger this brave garrison adopted the peaceful and prudent policy of retreat. We shall look out, expectingly, for the Times' remarks on the fall of New Orleans. THE New York Evening Poit has a convinc ing article in favor of the amendment of Mr. Eg./I.oed, of Illinois, (voted down in the Ilouse) to the tax bill, laying a tax of' three cents per pound upon cotton. "It is," says the Pest, ' a tax which will be easily collect ed ; against the justice of which no one can bring good reasons-2; which will cause the very class who brought on the war to pay a share of its expenses. We are informed that a tax of one cent per pound on the cotton crop will produce eighteen millions of dollars; three cents a pound would yield us fifty-four mil lions. The cotton planters cannot complain, because one of their first acts was to lay an ex port ... duty, on cotton ; the tobacco planters of the border slave States will complain if cot ton is not taxed, when their style is to be very heavily taxed, and when, tob, tobacco is by no means a monopoly, as cotton is. And the farmers of the Northwest, whose sons have fought so bravely in this war, will not be contented to pay taxes on almost every product of their land, and let the great product ,of the South go clear. The fear ex pressed by Mr. Mom - um" that if we lay a tax on cotton other countries will at once under sell our planters, is groundless. How well the planters can bear a tax of four or five cents per pound, even if they were able to get only ILe usual prices for the staple, will appear from the following facts : It is established that an average year's cotton costs the planter, to raise, not more than six cents per pound. Planters gild others lvho have carefully examined this question assert that, with good new lands at twenty dollars per acre, and slaves, taking the run of the planta tion, of,both sexes, between the ages of four teen and sixty, at an average of eight hundred dollars, if the planter can be assured of six cents per pymnd fez- his cotton will maliv a greater profit on this crop than is yielded by any of the great agricultural products in any part of the country. In a lecture on cotton, delivered in Liverpool last September, by Mr. BEAZLEY, a well-known cottonspinner and member of Parliament, he stated that one of the largest planters in Louisiana had told him that he could grow cotton profitably at six cents per pound ; and no well-informed South ern 111Ati will deny that cotton sold at six cents on the plantation is a more remunerative crop than either sugar, rice, hemp, or corn. But if we look at the prices which have ruled in Liverpool for middling grades of New Orleans cottons we shall find the average in 1854 eleven cents, in 1855 twelve cents, in 1856 twelve and three-quarter cents, in 1851 sixteen cents, in 1858 fourteen cents, in 1859 fourteen and a half cents, in 1860 fourteen cents." The Agricultural College of Pennsylvania. A meeting of the board of trustees of the _Varlet& High gehoel of Pennsylvania tree held in the Executive Chamber at Harriaburg, yesterday; the Hun. Frederick Watts, president of the board, prerideil, The tiovernor and Secretary of the Commonwealth, the lion. James T. Halo, A. O. Mester, C. F. Mester, H. H. M'Allister, James Miles, and Dr. Pugh, were present. Reports from *lauding committees shooed that the affairs of the institution were in a prosperous condition, and measures were taken to secure a full statement of the Mancini affairs of the college, together with a history of the bitten) from its origin to the present time, in order that, by their publication, the people of the State may learn by what means this State has succeeded in founding a flourishing Hurled , lural college, which is nearly filled to its utmost capacity, notwithstanding the disturbed state of the times, while all other attempts of a similar character Love fai/cd in this country. Among other things, a resolution of the board approved tbe action of the executive committee in applying to the last court of Centre county for a change of the corporate title of the institution, the Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania to that of the Agnailtieral College of Pennsylvania, by ',,hick title the bones° will hereafter be desig nated—the reason for this change being that the latter name more properly represents the course of studies pursued in the institution, and associates it more intimately with agricultural institutions .of the same grade in other countries, than does the former title. European farm schools are all of a very low order, whereas the course of study at this College is more extensive than at any of the European agricultural colleges. . lArbrl Yarn for rim - European Market. ay 6.—A lottur from first-class mar ! ; ii Nrw i i 't li n t. a uc l i t ' ir:o i re to Liverpool I u e le n r i d if a a l l e vti a severe 8, that tha m r,fi autile firm states ' that the Me*Vitna V e gP a g nr aL In beitlo """ nt I out." Ws was received nbt heriron- merchants el ad o ft; chi ps md allows that d all the iVarr"l"the were are'.are not yet loyal Or truthful. • LETTER FROM ' 1 OUGAILOIONAL •*- WASHINGTON, May 6 Not long ago, two 'toffee called at Wheat. land, the safe retreat of the man who assisted treason to arm itself in the very sanctuaries of freedom, and while there they were thrown into conversation with the venerable ex-Presi dent. Of course, the war was soon introduced. In the course of conversation, the battle at Fort Doneleen was alluded to, when Ile said : " Ladies, you must not suppose that this vic tory will end the war ; there will be much se e-ere fighting yet, and should our Northern soldiers attempt to go South as the warns season approaches, they will be sunlit off like rotten Aar?! Besidee, ladies ? you know that the Southern people have long anticipated this struggle, and have been prepared for it; they can never be conquered." Miss —replied; .ge Yes, Mr. 8., WE know, and so does the coun try, that for the last four years, at least, the Southern people have been permitted to do as they please with the powers that controlled the Government, and have been allowed to hare their own way in everyll.i»g ; but, notwithstand ing all this, it in our opinion Met they be conquered, and made to return to the support of the old Constitution." I record this little incident, not so lunch to prove that the ex-President is the same man that placed the weapons in the hands of the bad men which they 'have lise4 to Overthrow the Union, nor to present another evidence of his bitter hostility to the cause of the country, but to remind my readers that the rebellion against thin GorcrimiciA was long and carefully prepared for, and that it has cost the people thousands of precious lives and hundreds of millions of dollars, Every vietorY over the traitors makes this fact more clear. The pro perty and arms taken at Yorktown.are all new and substantial. -- Tim anus and - Leonel', and the instruments used in the fortifications, axes, spades, spears, &c., had been lately imported or manufactured in the South. The cotton goods are well made, and of excellent fabric. The powder, of which a groat amount was found to be destroyed, was of good quality; and even the printed blanks, muster rolls, officers' reports, &e., were executed in the best manner. These facts exhibit the des peratien of the men engaged in this bad cause, their resources, and how they have run the blockade. And they, moreover, have the incalculable amount of money and material they wore per mitted to teal - . melee the lAA Aelnainistre tion. The robbery in the War and Interior Departments must have been stupendous. They robbed the mints of New Orleans and Dahloncga, and seized arsenals, armories, navy yards, forts, and ships ; and with these secured vast deposits of coin, arms ? ammuni tion, and the instruments to manufacture arms, &c. Their possession of the Norfolk work shbps has enabled them to supply their army and navy, alid their oppressivemeasures upon, the people have poured millions into their coffers. As we contemplate the fast-failing fortunes of the rebellion, the extent of the preparations so eloquently described by Mr. Buchanan is revealed to the world. We have had no or dinary foe to contend -with, and the wonder increases as we eouet a er tlio splendid tri umphs 'over this foe by the gallant defenders of our flag. Whether the prediction of Mr, Buchanan, that our soldiers «will die off' like rotten sheep" in the Southern climate, is to be ful filled or not is one of the questions that time alone can solve. In this cOmice , ioti 111 S Well to consider the programme set forth in the late order of Major General Hunter, now in command in South Carolina and Georgia, in regard to the emancipated slaves of the South. The slaveholders arc arming their negroes by thousands, and General Hunter proposes to do likewise. In view of the approaching sickly season this may not only be a wise but an una voidable and imperative -measure of self-pre eeevetion. Shall out-white troops be killed ow ci like rotten sheep," by the diseases of the climate, or by the hands of the negro recruits of the Rebel Chiefs ? General Hunter, a citi zen of New Jersey, and officer of the regular army, and wholly disconnected from politics, meets the trouble by proposing to drill, edu cate, and arm the great body of contrabands in his district ; and if they cannot fight, to put them to work on the fortifications and in the cotton fields. France employs the Algerines, England the natives of India and the blacks, - and the rebels in this country their own slaves and the savages of the Indian region for military purposes. Thus, not only the customs of other nations, but the example of the traitors on our own soil, come to strengthen and justify the plan of General Hunter. As to the loyalty of' the ne gro, let us admit that it is from the con trabands that we receive our most accurate in formation. It was a contraband that gave tho first notice of the evacuation of Manassas to General McClellan—that brought news of the flight from Yorktown—and that yesterday ex posed the fear and dissensions in the social and military family of Jefferson Davis. Rarely have they deceived any of our generals. If there is any class South that has a vital interest in opposing the rebels, it is the negroes. They have felt their atrocities, and must en dure new sufferings should their masters suc ceed. The bitter foes of the Republic in the South are white, not black men. The negroes are acclimated to the climate of the Cotton States—they know the country—and they have no alternative but to work to keep them selves alive. The world wants cotton, and they can plant and gather it. Our Oovcru meet wants to save the hues of' the white soldiers of the free States, and the negroes may prove to be efficient substitutes. Besides, if the rebels will not yield, lot them, as they concentrate their army in Mississippi and Ala bama, as they marshal their savage allies in Arkansas and Texas, as they drive their ne green into the front ranks to slay our brothers and friends—let them, I say, meet the punish ment of their treason at the hands of those they have so lone oppressed and degraded. OCCASWNAL. LETTER FROM FORTRESS MONROE, General Mcelell a Ile S Ad vance to 'Williamsburg —ls the Town Fortified 7—Correction—Move. en 4 frglin Wca; roint—aCrtir tVti P.v*lniction of a Railroad Line. [Correspondence of The Prem.] "FUSTII.E6S AIONHOE, May 8, 1862. It is stated kere, upon good authority, that General McClellan hes advanced as far as WiniamOurg, It is believed that a battle may, take place at that paint, as the rebel papers, a short time since, intimated that Wil liamsburg was being fortified. We await the result with aaxivir. General Mansfield has sent the following letter, (in which your correspondent is somewhat interested,) to Get eral Wool: Ma.a6±lt. Mr.IVA, May 4 IQB9. Major General 11 7 00 l ' - • The correspondent of the Philadelphia Press, stationed at Poitieba Monroe, has circulated an unfounded and unjuct report against the Fifth Maryland regiment sta• limed at this post, to the offset that twenty-hen man of that regiment had deserted to the enemy. There to nut -a word of truth in the statement; the regiment is as lo:,a1 as any we have, and the report should be contra dicted in the papers at once. J. R. IIaANSIPIELI), Brindles a/moral_ General illansfield haring thus vouched f,yr the loyalty of the regiment, your correspondent places the tact upon record with pleasure. He can do 00 With entire consia ono', as the statement objected to was given merely as a rumor, and doubts of its correctness were expressed by himself at the time. It is stated that a portion of the troops which ascend ail the Yolk_ AIM. Mk Atifiday hsea ht•g;; I>•aded ak Week Point, and destroyed a railroad bridge crossing the Pa mir:ay river. The railroad leads from West Point almost in a direct line to Richmond, which is not over 85 wiles alsiartk- Public Amusements. The Conways played in "Still Waters" last night to a telessble. Ileum_ They no not apatite ea inivantaßa.lll4 have not improved by their European experience. Mrs. Conway looked sprightly and boyish in lon, bat her ex cellences went no farther, and she gave, at best, an in telligent reeitation of the part_ Hay vein is clear and strong, and she has a pleasant face. Mr. Conway has grown obese, and looks and walks awkwardly. He has a fine voice, enunciates a little too deliberately, Perhaps, but plays Joku .llfildmcp as no ether AAI6I. can_ The Conways will produce the „ Peep of Day" and other novelties during their tenure here. The stock company of the Walnut•etreet Theatre is of an indifferent charac ter- Mr. 'Wright, hi genorul a good actor, was oat fitted to impersonate Hawks ley, the active character of the piece. The furniture and properties of the establishment could not well be worse. Mr. Bassett, of this Sonstninr, his just been mi.-sled to Mite Viola Crocker, a petite and pretty lady, whose talent follows bard upon her amiability. Mrs. Barrett, we understand, will join the Walaut-mtreet company neat reason. A capable lady in oneential to the wElfare of the theatre. The Abire.e NiTilaire at the Academy of Music, to night, will-be a good entertainment, and probably a pa entiklf anemia_ The gepoy Rebellion will he withdrawn next week, and all should sea the famous views of the present war, which make up the supplement to each evening's euter• tainmwit, Dr. 00Houle Inunoroul exhitiltian, the chief feature of which will be the inhalation of •" laughing gas," comes off, to-tight, at Concert . Hall. Etas advertisement. Mantle lowiligence Haw Tenn, May B.—Arrived, steamer Belvidere, from Port Royal. Below, barks Henrietta, from Rl9 ; Trowbridge, from Barbadoee. THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1862. FROM WASHINGTON. The Rumors of Foreign Intervention The Chargee Against ' Judge Humphrey, of NAVAL CHANGES AND APPOINTMENTS roma communication with mew (means. Special Despatches to u The Press." WASHINGTON, May 6,1862. The Rumors about Foreign Intervention Tim rumorn and statemonto of foreign lotorTontion to induce the Government to cease HA efforts to pnt dorn the rebellion, as well se those about projected arrangements' And compromises, aro without foundation. The TCSHICASee. Impeachment Case. The merits of the flumphrey's impeachment Cafe, initiated by the House of Representatives to-day, aro briefly theta, as aneare from the mut of the Com mittee on ills JlidlehliPr Mr. DU3ll.llltElre was commissioned as district judge for the three districts of the State of Tennessee, on the 26th of March, 1853, and still holds, and has not re. tigned Lilt emanation. The teethe...ow of Doe. Douses MAYNAILD, Mr. Terms, and Mr. LEI.I.Ir6T, all citizens of Tennessee, shows that Id trap in:rs, in a public meet ings hold at Nashville, in December, 1860, declared in favor of secession, lea mused, when interrogated, to declare that South Carolina was subject to the laws of ilia United States. lic, about that time, published arti cles in the t ewspapere, in which ho took strong grounds faTor of SOCOSBIOII4 He has neglected his duties es judge ever since the ath.ption of the ordinance of secession by the Tennessee LegiAature, and refused to hold his court because he considered the authority of the United A'tatee obsolete in 'Tennessee, and since that time has officiated as judge for the rebel Confederacy, and held citizens of the United States to anew( r before him as such rebel judge, for dis • loyalliy to 119 tioafidoia.i. ciiizen so charged and brought before him to forswear al legiance to the United States by taking the oath of stile- B kmoo to the self. styled Southern Confederacy, and upon his saluted to do so, lie semtised el the oilisen &bond, la a lei go sun), on condition that be would leave Tennessee, the place of his residence, 'within forty days. Mr. HUMPHREYS has also entertained proceedings under the treasonable acts of Congress thereof, for the confiscation of the property of loyal citizens of the United States, for the use of that Confederacy, and in aid of the rebellion now prosecuted against the United States. The Tax Bill iu the Senate. The Senate Committee on Finance reported about ZOO antes &mots to the House tax bill, after having heard the reptetentations of delegations representing the vari ous intereats. Among the amendments, they have stricken out the tax on allrectified and - mixed spirits and increased that on distilled spirits to 20 cents per gallon, to be collected at the distilleriee, but not to operate upon toe stock on hand PitTiella to the oilman el the act, The tax on demotic wine Is strieken ant. That on lager beer and other malt liquors remains undisturbed. Three per cent= is pro posed on the gross receipts of retreads, steamboats, &c. TLlrty instead of fifty cents a head on cattle, adding five cents on calves. Tobacco 20 cents per pound. Cigars from 10 to 35 cents, according to quality. The tax of 1 cent a pound on cotton is left out, and schedule a, taxing pianos, watches, carriages, .tc , is nearly all stricken out, Dili rftaiuie the tan on billierd-tabies and dogs. The committee have not changed the mode of collec tion, but have modified the section in the act of the sth of August, raising twenty millions by taxation, and rucking the provisien aPplical , lo to 9n4 year. Mr. McDouo ALL, of California, of the Finance Com mit .ee. has proposed a substitute, based on the recom mendations of the . Borten and Philadelphia Boards of Trade, and New York Chamber of Commerce, embra cing the system or payment by stamps, Lieutenant Wounnx visited both branches of Con 6rOe to-Lai a:,l With a warm PPOCpfIOI4 Teem rn9 members, who congratulated him on his convalescence. Another Schooner Caught while Attempt ing to Run the Blockade. The United Stake ginabowt Afro?) captured, on rev 19th ultimo, off Charleston, the schooner Glide, while attempting to run the blockade. She was bound to Nas sau, and was loaded with one hundred bales of cotton and five tieVeee of tide. The dunes add log-beak Wei% theawa overboard during the cruise. The Coufimition Committee. The special committee on confiscation, to Ise chosen from the Senate, hag net yet been named, but Senator CI..kRIC. will be chairman. An effort will be made to•morro 7( to consider the tax Wit is tt le or.aiu, it it lb yrinted 9.. {law. Lieutenant A.I.EXANDEN MCTIOLAY has been detailed by the Nen PePettknel4t from the L94 l :s4:attth ttad Ordered. to the command of the U. S. steam gunboat Lebago. Acting Second Assistant Engineer JOIIN WALKEN has been detached from the Flag and ordered to the Port Henry. Acting Second destatani Triyineor M. Des snEAw has been detached from the Fort Henry and ordered to the Flog. Lieutenant DAWSON, of the Rho:nix, has been ordered to rtpert to Commodore PENDERGRASP, for ordnance duty, at Philadelphia. Acting Master EDwAnn W. WurrY has bean ordered to the U. S. steamer Mount Vernon. Naval Stations on the Lakes—National Mr. Representative ARNOLD, Of Ilituuia, introduced a bill into the House to-day to establish a national foundry at Chicago. The bill proposes to appropriate one hun dred thousand dollars for the pnrposo, providing that city donates twenty acres of land for the site. The bill also proposes to establish navy yards on lakes Erie and Ontario. POST OPTICS PEPAuTMENT, May 6, 1862.—A1l letters for New Orleans ehould be coat to the New York poet cite° for tranamithion by the Government steamers in the regular malls. JOHN A. SAWN, First Assistant Postmaster General. Virginia Poet Office. We are glad to announce a resumption of regular mail facilities with Charlestown, Jefferson county, ira. The Postmaster• General this afternoon ordered the office to be reoptned, and JOHN HEED appointed postmaster, in place of JOHN P. BROWN, who abandoned the offie. On the route 3287, Princess Anne to Newtown, James Baxsow, contractor, Postmaster-General BLAIR orders three adehlonal weekly trips, mak log the service daily, except Sunday. Tie it in the Hon. Mr. CRISFIRLD'S district. The improvement of service wilt prove of im- Mtl/150 advantage to the bllithltHe men of the vilages around, as well as the people generally. In consequence of the above, route 3241, Snow Hill to Newtown, is cur tailed, tv end at LiEd:errille, eaviog eight miles, It not being necessary for the service on this route to extend berond. FROM FORTRESS MONROE. A REBEL SCHOONER, WITH Co AL FOR THE MERRIMAC, RUB ASHORE. The Crew Desert. and Deliver Themselves up 500 Federal Prisoners Expected from Richmond? BALTIM01:11, May 6.—Tha Fortress MAnros carres rotlent of the 4merican repots the following: Yesterday afternoon a schooner came down the !antes river from Richmond, and when near Newport News she was run ashore on the south side of the river. Her sin gular movements attracted considerable attention and men were observed -to immediately take to their boats and pull for Newport Itvwr, On arriving, they announced that they had intention ally run her ashore, for the purpose of reaching our lines, and that she contained sixty tons of coal for the Ner- r Several boats were immediately manned, and started out for the purpose of endeavoring to tow her off, but finding this to be impossible, they seta her on fire and she Wee hurne,l to the I.VAtet , e edge Thel XAYviDuto ws.s in eight at the time, but she did not venture to save the vessel. The crew were taken to headquarters and gave a de ploestae 6.666thit of snips at Riehmond and among the troops, who regarded all further attempts to sustain the rebellion as sheer folly. In accordance with a notice given by Gen. Huger to Gen_ Wool a few days einem OaDtait. 611llward Dronstedad et noon to-day, with the steamer New Navels, up the James river to seat a rebel boat iu which he promised to send down from Richmond Bye hundred Union pri soners in exchange for those released by GI3II. Earn. aider tip to the hour the boat starts, no tidings have been heard from them. They are expected to arrive to-night. ..LOlnseiuti, May G.—Captains Hulett and Molten ney, Lieutenant, Carey, Chambers, Dial, Thomas, and Leoneta,df the Second Ohio Regiment, with parenty prtratee i Captain Januefer, and Adjutant 2401, wilt, one hundred and fifteen men, of the Eighteenth Ohio; Lieutenant Mitchell (the General's son), of Bennett's Cavalry Captain Ewing, and two lieutenants, of the Twenlyhfld Ohio, with nrty•three privittee, were taken prisoners at Pulaski, Tennessee, on last Sunday, by 1,000 of Morgan's rebel cavalry, after a fight of two beers and a kW. The prisoners were subsequently re leased on parole, and are now at Nashville. Horgan lost els killed and two wounded ; our lose was two killed, three wounded, and one missing. New 'roux, May B.—The steamer Ben De Ford, from Port Boyal on the 21 lust., arrived of this part to,isight, with forty-tbree cabin and eighty•two steerage pawn gon7, and a number er retypes (rem - dammenvtile. Toe health of the troops was excellent. The Paw-Paw bat tery, at the junction of the Dahos and Paw-Paw rivers, was taken by the gunboat Hale without resistance. The ramie fed au 1111047 as she came within three hundred yards of the battery, leaving two 32-pounders, one of which wee loaded. . Ag i ng bsr passengers ere Col. Ram : moot, of New York aevontynlntli llegirueot Col. Itucklili, of the Third Bhode Island Regiment; Lieut. Col. Ely, of the Sixth Connececut Regiment, and other officers. Jeff Thompson Reported to be in Western Kentucky. Cuicaco, May special despatch to the Journal, from Paducah, says Jeff Thompson is in Western Kens tuCliy, witn four thousand cavis;ry, De canto across a company of Curtis' Nebraska Horse, yesterday, neat Dresden, scattering them iu every direction, but without any loss of life. Gnat cmitcusvnt easels t. *1 eoelion of the ceutril7 in consequence of this raid. A report is current here, at d generally believed, that Corinth was evacuated last night, and our troops are now In iscreracealon. POTTSVILLE, May 8. The Hoo. George Raho, Associ ate JaJpa of PAnylnill county. Iliad but avanini at his residtaco la this place. Ills loan will be /meanly felt by ei large circle of friends and relative& Judge Rahn was one of the pion& re in. the development of the resources of the coal regions of Pennsylvania. Vniounded. reiracmgtou Unfounded. Lieutenant Worden Convalescent The Tax Bill Naval Appointments Foundry at Chicago Letters for New Orleans. MUM to our Forces A right at Maki, Tent rrom Puri Reytai, S. G. Death of Judge Rahn. From General McClellan's Army. DESPATCHES FRU GEL MeCLELLIN, OEN. FRANKLIN'S DIVISION NOT YET GONE TO WEST POINT Capture and Destruction of Rebel Trans- ports on the York River. THE REBEL ARMY ENTRENCHED AT WILLIAMSBURG, THEY ARE 85,000 STRONG DALmaioca, May 6,—The special correspondent of the American, at Fortress Monroe, says that General Mc- Clellan's advance is beyond Williamsburg, and that our gunboats are at Wert Point, having en thole way 64_ tared or destroyed many rebel transports. A mod wee also cm rent of the capture of a large number of prisoners. A force bad been lauded at Weal Point, and destroyed a bridge on tho Richmond and York river railroad. Further Particulars. The French war steamer Uassendi came down from Yorktown at five o'clock last evening, bringing the French Minister, and also Oa v iptain Pox, the Assistant Secretary of War. We learn that up to one o'clock the steamers with Gen. Frauklin'a division had not none beyond Yorktown, but were waiting to hear from above. One of the gunboats which went up on Sunday morning had returned, and re poi ted that they found the river unobstructed, and that the Funboats had reached West Point, where a force had been landed, and dratroyed A bridge on the road to Rich mond. Several rebel transports were overtaken going up the river. Some were run ashore, those on board escaping, rual Wen I/111110d, (Mere had DOM captured. The latest reports say that General McClellan was with the advance of the army, and was supposed to be before Williamsburg, in which direction there had boon a brisk venue...lies ell day, Among the prisoners is the chief of engineers on Gene ral Johnston's staff, who states that the whole rebel army at Yorktown amounts to 80,000 men. Ms givts a matt tUalcild:l6 itaZaint the enemy, and sale they'will ho unable to make a stand anywhere this side of Richmond. The retreat commenced before daylight on Saturday morning, mid ha doubts not that the advance wee twenty miles distant at the time tho last gun was fired from Yorktown. On Satin day morning, General McClellan signalled the five gunboats lying below Yorktown, of the fact of the evacuation, with instructions to proceed on up the river to West Point, and remove all obstructions in their way. Quite a fleet of steamers and vessels, loaded with troops, were discovered in the distance, and a pursuit was commenced, resulting in the capture of some of them, %Mist others wore run ashore and fired by those on board, who escaped to the woods. It is said that by threo n'ttock in the afternoon the gunboats had toachad . Weet Point, at the head of navi gation, nearly thirty miles above Yorktown, frequently shelling the parties of the enemy that were discovered fising along the shore, end thinking that portion of the nip:Mips ociny floes It - Cie ITIVYIAS iV111144 Wvai to take the railroad to Richmond. lunnediately in the wake of the gunboats followed a long line of river steamers loaded with troops, carrying IlfaLklh.tadli‘lsloti, with 15,000 to 9.0,000 These troops reached Yorktown during the afternoon, and were stopped there to await intelligence from the gunboats. It is proposed to laud than at Yorktown if the renorta of the gunboats are favorable.. Despatch from General McClellan II DQ U.l ItTE1:8, MAy 5, 1862. To the lion. Edwin if. Stanton, Secretary of Ira,. It is mining hard now•, and was raining must of the night ilintforo tho roans aro Tory ban. The bncmy is still at Williamsburg. Heavy firing is now going on. The member has delayed Franklin to-day. I hope to overcome all obstacles yet, and throw a sufficient force up York river to cut off the enemy's line of retreat. Iforcral of our batteries are actually stuck fast in the mud. The men have done all that could be done. No signs of the cessation of rain. G. B. McCLELLA.N, Major General. 31112 _ WASIIING TON, May 6.—The boat to Cherrystone Info has arrived with despatches for the Government. The enemy are in strong force, and entrenched near liEd43fidliag la 411.4 pate t o ,aafias l i., of vile troops there. There has been some brisk fighting. in which General Hancock'd division had taken two redoubts, and repulsed Early's rebel brigade, by a brilliant bayonet charge. In this engagement Gee. Hancock's forces are said to have ki led two rebel colonel., two lieutenants, and captured 150 prisoners. General McClellan highly compliments General Han cock's conduct. At the time of sending off the despatches our loss was not known, but it is supposed to be considerable, in pro portion to the extent of the engagement, as the fighting well quite severe. Despatch from General McClellan [Received at War Department at 12.22 P. M., May 6.] BIVOUAC IN FRONT Or WILLIAMSBURG, May h. 10 P. M. To the lion. Edwin .M. Stanton, Secretary of War , Alter arranging for the movements up the York river, I was urgently sent for here. I find Joe Johnston in front of me, in strong force, probably greater a good deal than my own. Hancock has Talton two redouble and repulsed Barty's brigade by a real charge with the bayonet, taking one colonel and a hundred and fifry prisoners, killing at le tit two colonels and many privates. His conduct was bril liant iu the extreme. Ido not know our exact loss, but fear Hooker has lost considerably on our left. I learn from prisonere, that they intend disputing every step to Richmond. I shall run the risk of at least holding them in check here, while I resume the original plan. My entire orce is unConbtedly considerably inferior to that of the rebels, who will fight well ; but I will do all I can with the force at my disposal. G. B. McCLEILAN, Major General Commanding. BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG. [War Correaporalance of the Aesociated Preps.] THE ADVANCE NEAR WILLIAMSBURG, Monday evening, May 6, MI 5 When my despatch was sent last evening, the indica• time were that our troops would occupy Williamsburg without much opposition. The first indications of the enemy's rear guard being reinforced was the fact of their pressing on our lines about claim o'clock in the morning, show - log a determina tion to resist our advance. But sufficient reinforcements had arrived during the night to enable our generals to act either on the offensive or defensive. About eight o'clock, the enemy opened on our troops posted on the left, composed of Gen. Hooker's division and other troops of Gen. Heietzelman's corps. The action in this vicinity was very severe at times. The loss in killed and wounded is not known, but it is supposed to have been considerable an both elites. The enemy was repulsed at all points. Gen. Peet's brigade, stationed to the right of Gen. Hooker's forces, soon after became engaged. Here the Bring aaa very heavy far Alletit hen hattra, daring which our troops handsomely repulsed the enemy in making a charge. Our loss here was about 30 killed and 74 woutded. A brilliant victory was achieved, about five o'clock in the afternoon, by General Hancock's brigade, assisted by Kenneth's and Wheeler's batteries. They had - been or dered to the right to feel the strength of the enemy, and, f Dottible, turn his left wing, Here they were met , by General Reidy; brigade, consisting of the Fifth North Carolina and Twenty-fourth and Thirty-Eighth Virginia Regiments, with a tguadron of cavalry, who advanced in lino of battle. Orr troops, who were quickly prepared to 'receive them, opened a heavy fire on them. but the enemy steadily advanced to within 200 yards, when General Hancock or dered a charge with the bayonet, which was executed with the greatest courage. The enemy's line broke, and they became panic stricken, and fieci. tiny loft up wards.of eighty of their dead and forty wounded on the field. We also took. nearly 200 prisoners. Our loss was 17 killed and about 40 wounded. The colonel and lieutenant colonel of the Firth North Carolina Regiment were wounded, and among the ene my's dead left on the field were the bodies of the lieu tenant colonel and major of the Tweaty-fourth Virginia 'Lenin/mar, together Irish several other efficera, Their dead. were buried by our troops, and their founded cared for. The conduct of Gen. Hancock and his brigade on this pcspoicat 6ao excitt -..ivertiui amiszairallext. A. ,-Laridard of colors belonging to the rebel cavalry engaged was cap• tured, and is now on the way to Washington. When the news of General Hancock's success became known, a shout went up from tens of thousands of Union troops that made the country resound for miles around. General Hancock remained during the night in two of the works of the enemy. tiensral McClellan and staff arrived on the field at five o'clock, and immediately rode to the front, where hie premn.ce among the troops was most joyfully hailed. He immediately assumed command in person. The rain has poured in torrents all day, The trona suffer much from exposure, but none complain. From information received from the prisoners taken the enemy will make a decisive stand at Williamsburg, reinforcements having been arriving all day. General J. E. Minden is in command of them. Jeff Pavia wee iu Richmond up to the last accounts from there. The enemy's works are very formidable, and extend across the peninsula this Bide of Williamsburg. THE LATEST. TUESDAY MonaluO..—This is a beautiful May morning. The operations of to.day are not yet known. The whole army is in good spirits. From Gen. Halleok's Army. REPORTED OCCUPATION OF CORINTH BY THE UNITED ST/TES FORCES. CHICAGO, May 6.—The special Times' despatch from Cairo says the steamer Walker reached there this morn-. tog from Pittsburg Landing. The army has so far ad- Yenned from Thu mar ila* nothing is but OCRs were- MeDtS. A drenching rain was falling, which had con tinued for twenty-tour hours without interruption. A report was current that Gen. Pope's army occupied cornith on Suutiny, awl eTewr in front, are said to have been taken prisoners. Musin ), May 6-The rain has fallen in torrents for the past thirty hours, putting the roads in a horrible conalklon. Yesterday the commanding general arrived from the camp near Pittsburg Landing, and encamped near here. Our pickets can distinctly hear the beat of the enemy's grucov, and NOlitotlea yr she ivcornoilv.. s vt Marrintav, Tenn., May 6.—ln consequence of the horrible condition of the roads the army has not moved. The enemy are receiving large reinforcements daily. On Sunday lAA CEneral Bragg made a eyee.6 to the troops, assuring them that it was the intention of Gen. Beauregard and his generale to give the Federals battle at Ceriuth. area! dissatisfaction means among the twelve-months men, on account of the conscription laws. The roads are improving fast. A Rebl Force of 2,000 Caitured--Dis- sati‘fiktlieli in the Rebel. Camp CAIRO, 311t16.—The steamer Elia has arrived from Pittsburg Lauding, which plat° she left at 9 o'clock last night. On !Sunday eflornone,' General Pala, 14 placing. a bat. tery of artillery in au open field, near Tartningham, In sight of three regiments of rebels, Succeeded in luring them on to take the battery, when he captured the whole f c ree of the rebels., numbering L ll ,OOO prim:mere. . _ The prieonera and deserters report that great rlleastio faction exists in the rebel army, both among the officers snit re 09. lloanregard NO made a Week to the trooee, litotes that he would make a desperate stand, and force the Fe dora] army to retreat. He appealed to them to stand by him, Orden had been bona to the United States troops to march on Friday night, but this was prevented by the condition or the roads, which the heavy rains here ren dered inini amble_ Brilliant Fight at Lebanon, Tenn NOR A'S CAVALRY TOTALLY ROUTED• PENNSYLVANIA TROOPS ENGAGED IN THE AFFAIR LOUISVILLE, May 6.—A despatch says that General Dumont, with portions of Wooltord's and Smith's, and Wyolsoon'a Penaesirania carnlryl attacked Morgan and Wood'a cavalry, bight loihdeed in number, at Le banon, on Monday morning, at four o'clock. The rebels were utterly routed, a largo number elate, and one hun dred and fifty pritocr4 4pken. NoarlY till Moir horses and arms were captured. They lied, after fighting an hour and a half, General Dumont being in full puranit. He will rapture the whole force. The prisoners will be hero this ovehitig, It wa4a bra arlairk and boating/A with groat skill by Uonoral Dumont. Morgan is reported killed. Colonel Smith ie wounded in tho log Colonel Woolford is wounded the abdomen, no The rebels wore completely surprised and outwitted XXXVIITII CARESS-MST SESSION. Homestead Bill Passed by the Senate. More Amendments Offered to the Confiscation THE BILL REFERRED TO A SELECT COMMITTEE Resolutions Adopted by the House to Impeach Tvlmrtne /Hun The Pulite Railroad and Telograph Bill Passed by the House. SENAT.E. Petitions and Resolutions Presented Mr. TIM EV(.I: (Pop.), of Now. Joroon prescnto4 a petition asking that certain newepapara be allowod equal ivilegea in ttn: Mailc Mr. 611EltMAN (cop.), of Oleo, offered a resolution that tbo Stu:let:try of War be requested to communicate to the Eeuste copies of ell the nimbi of the °Moen in command at the recent battle of Pittsburg' Landing. Laid over. Mr. KING (Rep.), (1 New York, presented a petition fn favor of the bankrupt act. The Homestead Bill. The bomeatead bill was taken up. the eneetion being ut Mt. Chitlittile amendment, which wee rejectod—yeas 11, nays 28. The Bill Passed Tho kilo No thou 111'2494 --- Y9ilV Inj I TEAS. Grime!' (Rep.) Rale (Rep.) Barris (Rep) Ifoodargon (EL) Howe (Rep.) Kennedy (Union.) King (line.) Lan. (Rep.), Tad. Lau° (Ber.l.)t Kan McDougall (Dona.) ,Morrill (Rep.) I NAYS. Bayard (Dem.) !Poly-II (Dem.) Cdride (IL) Igamlatatey (Dom ) Davis (Union) I j Anthony (Rep.) Browning (Pop.) Chandler (Rep.) Clint (ROD.) Caliber (Rep.) Cowan (Rep.) Dix on (Rep.) Doolittle (Rep.) Fosseridoß (Falb) Foot (En.) Footer (Rep.) I The W rashing,ton and G eorgetown Railroad. The bill for the incorporation of the Washington and Georgetown Re dread le as taken up; and discussed till the =ruing hoar expired. ' DR. Aloynotn - (step , ), of Rhode Island, moved to postpone the speciall order liegati eed —yeas 14, nave 23. The Confiscation Bill. The confiscation bill was accordingly takon np 4nwn4ntent* 041c-reit. ISIr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, offered an amendment to the amendment of the Senator from Ver mont, striking out all after the first section and substi tuting the following: The second section provides that the act shall not be construed ill any way to affect the punishment of any person for treason. The third section of the amendment authorizes and requires the President to seize the property cf the leading rebels, substantially the same as Ete. Cleew.s.o's ..nveedn.et.t to the ort E tmd 1411. The fourth section provides that whenever it may be deemed necessary to suppress rebellion the President is author iced to seize the personal property of other rebels not included in she list. The fifth section provides that when the owner of said property shall tine, so he cannot be brought to trial, if he does not appear by a certain day, as specified, his property shall be confiscated and his slaves freed. The sixth section provides that the Presi dent shall be required to make a proclamation, to which ho shall ll a den npt Mery that' thirty MVO alter that date tllBlll.li of nil persons who continua In re bellion shall be free. The seventh section provides for the voluntary colonization and emigration. The eighth section Oyes the President power to grant an amnesty. Mr. WILSON (Rep ), of Maseachusetts, briefly ex piniutci bio ouboPmin, Motion to Refer the Bill to a Special Cont. Mr. CLARK (Rep.), of. New Hampshire, said he thought the azueudment of the Senat)r from Mass echo salts went a kl. Oat way fole..aed harmonizing the difference of opinion on this subject, in the Senate. He thought if the bills had been referred to a special committee we might have a bill on which all could agree. He moved that all the bills be refetred to a special oJnimittee of Seven. Mr. Hole Opposes the Motion Mr. HALE (Rep ), of New Hampshire, thought that under the Constitution we had no power to give the Pre sident the authority to point out the crime and liberate the slaves of any man, by a simple proclamation, He was opposed to all those bills which look to punishment, before conviction in a proper court_. He said the bill tf the Senator from Illinois was reported to the Senate on the 14th of January, 1862, and had been considered twenty-fire days, and received the benefit of twenty eneeehee. which, with the eunuine debut, nukes ens hundred and seventy-three columns of the Mae news paper. Ho did not think the evil could be remedied by its reference to any committee Speech of Mr. Wilsou, of Massachusetts. Mr. 'WILSON (itep 7, of Staesselmeette, thought the days spent in maturing such important bills were days well spent. It the Senator from New Hampshire spent hie time in studying the bill, instead of finding how notch time had been spent on it, he thought he would not to readily pronounce this amendment unconstitutional, Ile contended that slavery was the real cause of the war, and he believed we could punish the rebels more by taking their slaves away than in any other way. He held that we had the constitutional power to free the slaves of every rebel. He thought it was a duty we owed to the nation and to humanity, to strike down the power of slavery, so as to secure future peace and safety. This was an opportunity which comes to nations once in ages, and ought not to be neglected. If Congress ne glected to de its duty in this respect, he believed some of the leaders of the rebellion would come hack to these cliambets to shake their bloody halide in our faces. He walla(' the fenator not to underrate the poweref slavery. The Senate should not Infringe the Provisions of the Constitution. Mr. HALE said the Senator need not argue with him about the moral evil of slavery, or the strength of the slave power. Be had felt it much more than the Senator from Massachtsetts ever did. The slave power had cent a message from this city to the Dean cratic Convention in his state, to roconihier hie nomination to Dougrear, and the Democratic party but semi forced to obey the mandate, and nominate another man. Re knew all about the strength of the slave power. But if, iu its zeal against slavery, the Senate had ildrieged the provi , dons of the Constitution, it would, in the language of the Oenat9p from-Vermont, (DU, riollamer,) make our Dee intim. lions a failure. The early anti-slavery people adhered strictly to the doctrine of non-interference with slavery in the States. The Democratic and Whig parties had been destro)ed for waist of fidelity to the Constitution, and the Republican patty had sprung upand he didn't want to have written on the tombstone of that party that it split on the rock of its predecessors. If there was any thing that the Republican party bad declared, early and late, it KM fidelity to the Constitution, and he wanted the Constitution still left after the rebellion was over. Mr Harris us Favor of Reference_ Mr. BARRIS (Rep ), of New York, said he had voted the other day against a reference of the bills to a com mittee composed partly of the enemies of the measure, but he thought now, after so long a discussion with such utile mutt, that ii tlwp could no rtiortrd to a conmattuo of its friends, a bill could be prepared that would meet with general approbation. A Debate Pro and Con on the Motion of Reference. Mr. WADE (Rep.), of Ohio, said that ho would have no bops of an eflisient confiscation bill if it was referred to a committee. 'The bill of the Senator from Illinois did not go too far, and those who were impoverishing thetneelyee lo defend the nation did not consider a bill to take away the property or this accursed rebellion tie too sweeping. If the bill went to a committee it would come back a sort of milk and-water concern, shorn of all force and strength. Mr. SUMNER (Rep.), of Massachusetts, said he dif fered from the gi-rim from or tro Ohio, end thought the lima had now come for a reerence of these measures to a spe cial committee. We had more than a dozen bills on the table, some of them from those opposed to the measure, but others fi om its friends. Ile believed the principle was est.., it It <lid not go to tto committee. Mr. CLARK ( Rep.) said that on no measure had he given BO much careful thought as this. He did not make his mo tion to refer with any idea of a renunciation of the prin ciple of confiscation, but because ha wanted an efficient 65.1151,9H61, bin. At the mune !him, ha wanted it to ba in accordance with the Constitution, and believed this could he done. Mr. TEN EYCK (Rep.), of New Jersey, esid that al though he had agreed to the bill reported from the com- Thittco, he did not fool himself bound to every letter of the bill. He was in favor of a connecation hill, and might say that witlicut his vote the present bill would not have been reported from the committee. He should vote against its reference. M. _kIITTIOIIy (Ttsp.), of Rhode Island, said that ribil could be speedily reported that would meet the views of the Senate. Mr. TRUMBULL said he should not vote for a refe rence of the bill: but he hoped that a good till will be passed. If it went to the committee he thought the ten dency would be to debate tile bill down eo as to become harmless. It saddened him beyond measure to perceive the a ame course pursued which had led us into this war, even at this hour, after a year of devastation and blood Ile argued that we would now alienate the rebels by action. At the commeneemeit a single regi• meet at Chsegeston might have stopped the war; hat nothing was one because we were afraid to hurt the feelings of rabble and traitors. It was idle to talk of con fiscating the property of the rebels through the courts. We might as well make war through the courts. That was the very reason why we need such a bill, because we could not act through the courts. Mr. FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticut, spoke at some length in defence of Shoo who Toted fur It reference 9f the hilliest Friday against the charge of being optima to confiscation and unfriendly to the measure. The. Tax Bill, with various Amendments. Reported. Mr BZ6l4iit e 4 }ha Samar, Mr_ rEggENDEN. tram the Committee on Finance, reported the tAx MU, with amendments. A Substitute Offered. ➢fr. DicIPOTTGALL (Pem), of California, said there bad not been entire unanimity In the commutes on -n -uance on the proposed amendments of the committee. He offered a substitute for the bill as reported, embody ing the views of the Board of Trade of Boston, and the Chamber of Commerce if New York+ on tbe Redact of taxation. Extra Copies to be Printed. Mr. SUMNER (Rep) moved that S.OOO extra sepias of the bill and its amendments be printei. Agreed to. Mr. fitMMONEI- (itor#l, of Rhoda Islana,silioOiet , ffigla dissent from some of the features of the bill as reported. The Debate on the Confiscation Bitt)Resuwed• The consideration of the confiscation bill was then re- Mlle& Speech of Mr. CelittiMer. Mr. COLLAMEB (Rep ), of Vermont, 24 some length, defended his bill He contended that we ocard tot, under the Constitution punish before conviction, but 2.41 tbe 00-twor to 'provide for the mmisitmawit it treason on convict on. Mr. Fessendest in Favor a Confiscation. Mr. FESSENDIIN (Rep.), of Maine, said that ho had foetid no opportunity to break on the hill, as he had been COOStanai octlirivti dltri>•ti t l "' d mfir"u a at nights, on the tea bill. He had been unable even to listen to most of the debate. Yet he bad been set down by the Penator from Illinoie aaunfriandly to the melamine, bappermi tv vote for its reference. Ho knew that it wee a very impartany nuntsilil`i '1414 A"'''' were various opinions entertained, even among hie own political friends, upon it. Ha therefore voted for its re ference without knowing who had made the motion for its reference. He war in favor of confiscating the Dro• perty el the reboil, end bad been eo from the beginning, according to the Constitution and no further, and had thought it beet to refer the subject to a committee for In vestigation_ Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep.) disclaimed having any idea of Ipointiag nut the Senator. Be had replied to POMO remarks mode by a Senator, anal amid bo minuend he was not In Laver or a Collrißettrioll 11101/1111115 from the vote he had given. Ile was glad that the Senator was in favor of confiscation. At the alikoation a MP_ WI E.goll Illuta chueetfe, Mr. Clark moilillcd his motion, so as to make the number of the committee nine membere. Mr. COWAN (Rep.). of Pennsylvania, denied that ho wan an enemy ot eonthcatlon. He thought he was tho .dry TJeLnan of nonflsoatlon. The Motion to Refer Carried. Mr. Clark's motion to refer was then carried YEAS. Anthons (fitto.) Foot (Roo.) Brow,. (Rip ) P.sAtet , (Rey.) Clark (Rap.) Harris (Rap.) (Warner (Rep.) Henderson (U.) Cowan (Rep.) HOWO (Rep ) 1/aria (U.) Kennelly (U.) Dootutio (RPp.) I McDougall (ll.) Fatacialan (Rep )1 Morrill (Rep.) NAYS. Chandler (Ron.) King (Ron.) Hixan (Ite r 4 Orioles(Pep.) (it ) Kunigid 'Halo (Rep.) Pomeroy (Rep.) Harlan (Pep.) !Sherman The Senate thou Went into oxecutive session; and sub seanently akliournoit, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Th.. Spanish Itork PfOVidPIICI!• Mr. COX), of Ohio, from gni i,:ommittoo on Yorelei. A =.Foried fllv reiput Lill ntipmprimitig *°,600. as on indemnity to the OW13(311 11111 oilhiora of the Npurnisii bark Providence, which wee illegally detained by the blockade. 11r, COLFAX (Uep.)4 Of Indiana, by unanimous mit. FeGt of the Ifouke, introduced a hill to punish frauds on the Gov. rnment, which provides that all persona en gaged in furnishing supplies of any kind for any depart. !omit of the Government, by contract or otherwise ! or - r-rferrolmi any S ti Thertfqr, who MN{ I,e piltYoa guilty of Fraud in any United States court, and all the ac cessories thereto, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than biX months nor morn than ten years, and a fine nut exceeding double the amount of the frond end mit. kid OA! of 44.0a.,.,,,,,m,ea fA fpure,. when • f ra11...e are di..overed, to institute a suit against the offender. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. A Resolution to Inopeach a Ti nuessee .Tudgf.. . - - - 7.dr, 1541:fOrtIARI (Piep,) ! tff Ohio, from the tionunittoo on the Judiciary, offered a resolution that a committee of two lie appointed to go to the Senate, and, at the bar thereof, anti in tho mimeo( the FlOrtie of Repreaentativeg, and of the people of the united States, impeach Went H. iltunotirey, Jungo of the District Court of the United States for the eaveral distriett or Tentieseen of high crimes and tuipdemennore, and acquaint the Senate: that the 'louse of Itt presentatives will, in due time, exhibit the particular articles of impeachment eg tinst hint, and make good the seine, and that the committee do demand that the &mate shall }else order fur the appea,rance of the said Went H. Humphrey, to answer the ea:d impeach ment. WASIIINGTON, nay In rrsponse to a question fore information, the report of the Judiciary Committee was read, in effect that the Judge bed acted out his Secession proclivities. Mr. MAYNARD (U.), of Tennessee, showed the justice of the present proceedings for impeachment. The resolution was adopted. The California ContrateddEleelion Can*. N'4 7, go fullo ; I.SAWW4 (hey ), of . gassectumettth called up the California eltction case ; the remlution repotted from the Committee on Eiectione declaring that F. F Lowe le not entitled to a seat as a Representative from that :item. Kiri Nucor explained that tho brayer of the niamorialilta 111119 fOIII.IIEIIIPOIIIIEitILIUM Of the Ultlthd Stakes, as cell as on a construction of the Constitution of the United States, California claiming three Erpreeentative in the present Congress, the number to which she is entitled under the apportionment based on the last comae, Ponworoy (Rep.) Sherman ( Rep.) Simmons ( Rep.) Sumner (Ito.D-) Pen Eyck (Rep.) Trumbull (Rep.). Wo.de (Rep.) Wilkinson (Rep.) Wilson ( It ),Mass Wilson (II.). Mo. Wright (Union.) The Adveitie Reitoit oR the eterttnaitee Bin DAWES (Rep ), of Alassachroetts, maintained that if ralifornia, under the new apportionment, is en tithe! to thrte Itenragantativt , s, ewe.p att,s claim the same advantages. But there could not he a representation under different laws, mid hence the al verse report of the committee in this cast!. Starke (Dem.) Willey (Unless_) Mr. PHELPS (Rep.), cf California, stated Rollie pf the CirGIiIIIMMICV2 of the untie, claiming that, in the absence of any _law determining wt en the emu's shall take effect for the purpose et repreteatatien, the right of any State accrue. at the very moment the number of repre.en taliTY§ to wkich she in vntitiol in ascertained. Tbe renviutiou ri thu coumnttoo WWI adopted. The Pacific Railroad and Tplegraph 811 l The Pacific Railroad and Telegraph bill was taken up. It contains the HAWN of seventy. the persons of different geetieng 01 the country, u ho, tomt thee With tied &Medd sit,ners. ro be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, and all persons who shall or may be associated with them and their successors, are created into a body corporate owl politic Di tho nom, oty lc, owl titlo of tht, Union Po, tint; Nail - road Gummy. Toe) ate empowered to lay out, locate, construct, furnish, maintain, and enjoy a continu ous railroad, with the appurtenances, from such point on the 102 d Meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, to tle western boundary of Nevada Territory. The capital steak shall consist of one hundred thousatid kdlarba of a thousand dollars each. The right of way is granted for the construction of a railroad and telegraph line to the extent of tit° hundred feet in width on each side, etc. Also, every alternate section of land to the amount of five alternate sections per wile on sash aide of rho road. Drovided that all mineral landd be excepted, whenever forty consecutive miles of the road are constructed. The Interest the Government has in the Bill. The rail and all other iron shall be of American inanu fuoivlre, of ilk, be=-1 T eallty. A F ....tont ehelt Issu s the lands as well as bonds - of one thousaud dollars each, payable in thirty y ears after date, bearing six per contour per nurture interest, payable semi-annually, to the amount of sixteen of said bonds per mile for each sec tion of forty miles ; to secure the payment of wh ch the company shall give a lien upon the road. The Govern ment shall at all times have the preference of the road for the transportation of mails, troops, munitions of war, supplies, public stores, ,tc., at fair and reasonable rates of compensatior, not to exceed the amount paid by private parties for the same hind of service: and all compensation for services rendered for thellovernment shall be applied to the payment of the bonds and the in terest thereon, until the whole amount is folly paid. The company may also pay the United States,wholly or in part, iu the Name or other bonds treasury notes, or other evidences of debt against thin United States—to be allowed at par i arid after the road is completed, and until the bowls and interest are paid, at least five per centitin of the net earnings of the mid road shall be annually ap plied to the payment thereof. The company shall locate, within two years after the passage of this act, the general route. In fixing the point of connection of the main trunk with the Eastern conutctions, it shall be Nod at the most practicable mint for the construction of the lowa and Pllmouri branches. The line of railroad and telegraph shall commence at the 102 d meridian of longitude, west from Greenwich, at the termination of the Leavenworth, Pawnee and Western Railroad, and the telegraph line to connect therewith as the act provides ; thence, running westerly ripen the meat direct, central, and practicable route, through the terri tories of the United States, to the western boundary of Nevada. It eh .11 there meet and connect with the line of the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California. The bill also tatends aid to other companies on certain conditions. Aldrich (Rep.) Allen (Beni.), Alley (Rep.) Arnold (lief•) Ashley (Rep.) Beaman (Hop) Diddle (Dern.) Dingh SID (Rep.) Blair (Rep.), No Blalke(Rep ) Rlovni . (ll.), Va. Catal.hall (IL OP.) element 9. Colfax (Rep.) Col rang. Covoile (Rep ) Outlor (Rim) Davie ( Delapl4ine (Dem.) Duell (Rep.) Dunlap (U.) Edperion (Rap.) Elior(llep ) FAY (Rep,) Fenton (Rep.) Fessenden (Rep.) Fisher (Union) Pl 4YS. Ancona Bt hbitt (.Rep.) English (D.) Bailey (Dem.) Pa. Grider (U.) Baker (Rep.) Harding (U.) brow= (U.).8.L Jotintan ( uem.) Buffmton (Rep.) Kellogg (IL) 111. Calvert (L.) Kuapp (Rep.) Clatraberlain(R ) Law (Deat.) Cobb, (Dem.) Lovejoy (Rep.) CoMiliuga - rvd. A. DlOlinbvhi ' (Rep.) Cox ( vern Cravens (Pem.) Morrie (M 0111.) Crietield (IL)_ Noble (Dem.) VIIII - ensign (V (Perm), Divers (Rep.) Pike (Rep.) The Virginia Contested-Election Case Mr. DANES (Rep.) called up the Virginia contested election case, and gave the reason why the House eh mid adopt the resolution reported by Otto Committee on 'Aloe- Cons, tusking to be discharged from the further considera tion of the memorial of Joseph Seger asking admission to a eeatin the Home of Representatives from the First Con grestional district of Virginia. During his remarks the procerainsa were interrupted 137 the rewilas al weep; 9! a despatch frcm Gen. McClellan Mr. WI CB F.F.O (Union), of Heutucky, said he had Wen pained during the forepart of this medium and almost during the whoa of It, at whispers of combinations with the view of distuibing the position of Gen. McClellan. He knew him not personally, but had great confidence In Us from the reputation he had from sources that setts d hun t gud be now rota morn 19 oppritl to flirto men who hare nem disposed to dna Milt and bare him removed from hie command than to pass a compliment or encomium upon him. He hoped he would not hear any •moresthlepers that McClellan should be removed from Lie command, Mr. Segni. Admitted to SI seat. Mr. ZiON.LL (Dem.), of Missourillioffered a resolution, which was adopted by :-I majority, that Mr. Seger be ad mitted to a seat in the House. Mr. &gar was then qualified liy titian the ealii port the Untiltution or the United buttes. A Personal Explanation. Mr. WASHBURNE (Rep.), of Illinois, obtaining the consent of the House to make a personal explanation, hTit Tar 7ViciTy# tv tha areas ...5r...4 —.a. h r vindication of the report of the Committee on Govern ment Contracts, and said the remarks made on that occa sion with reference to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Cunkling) were unparliamentary, out of order, met Ilujuot to the 130 mt the iff eeitemae, and ha tt rated both would forget that they were over made. Mr. ROSCOE CONKLIN°, of New 'York, slid he was glad the gentleman bad, on reflection, characterized as unjt a the remarks to which the House had listened. ailealle tulle dissent front that (garden, Ito would cattiest himself" with tht , gtutottlopt that if a want of diserrtion had led him (Hr. Coukling) to do violence to the propriety of this House, or to wound the feelings of any member, be regretted it. The Camel The House then took up the Nebraska coutested-elec tiou case, on which two reports had been presented ; one by Dlr. Dawes, from the majority of the Committee on Niccliopp, declaring Samuel G. l ey,Daie the elating dele gate, mu" susße's j „,,d okes 1, , p Ells_ bees, ham the minority of the same commitieo, de claring J. Sterling Morton, the contestant, entitled to it. Mr. 'DAWES daillie4 that Mr. Dailey 'NW' elected by 160 majority, Mr. VOORHEES argued that Dailey had held his seat for nearly a year, on the basis of an illegal and fraudulent certitieste. This was especially the case in regard to the great seal. Without disposing of the . L neettory the 11013.3 ad ourned. A Prize Ship Re captured by her Crew Nov yooK, 010,y 6—The ehip EmiN .01. Pierre, which was Captured mine time since by oar blockading fleet, and a prize crew pet on board, with orders to make for Flifladelphia, was subsequently recaptu aid by the rebel Captain Wilson, who, by stratagem, male prieoners of all the prim, CC yr owl prize inviter% The Valli% or urea at Liverpool um the Mist alt., atm captain being as- Pitied in navigating, her by only three or four, who, with himself, were Naomd to remain on board by our cruiser who captured her. Lieut. Stone was placed in charge of 40 Emily .Si. Pierre by our gunboat, and was over irower.cl Wilson 1111311 he siewarkl Alla cook, and placed i u irons. Arrival of Invalids from Gen. McClellan'® Army. RENY TURK, "any d steamer Darsie.! Webster has arrived from Ship Point, with ISO Invalids sad sick from Geu. McClellan'e army. Personality Disclaimed The. Motion Modified =2==llll.2= Tlie iitiost Aflort.e4 plained Vic«•s of Mr. Phelps, of California Explanation of its Provisions Till Haute of The Two Lilies The Bill Pussed—The Vole Ile bill was passed—yeas 79, nays 49 : YEAS. Franchot (Rep.) Prank (Rep,) Gooch (Lep.) Goodwin (Rep.) Granger ()Cep.) Gurley (Rep.) Raigln (Dem.) Hall (U.) Rooper (Rep.) Rotten (Rep.) Hutchins (Rep.) Julian ( Rep.) Kelley (Rep.) Kellogg (11 }Mich. Kill(nger (Rep.) Lensing (Rep.) Leary DJ. Lehman (Dem.) Loomis (Rep.) Maynard (U ) Menzies (10 . .-) Moorhead (Rep.) Morrill (Rep.)ll.lo, Nixon (Rep.) Noell (Dem.) I Norton {Dem .) UorriwV(Vilin) Mallory (U.) Vt A Defence of Gen. McClellan. FURTHER FROM EUROPE. The Steamer Edinburgh at New Turk. THE LONDON TIMES ON THE EXPULSION OF RUSSELL. New Irose, May U_ The gleaner RiliAltutok &Wm" a t this port et 6 &clock thin evening, from Queenstown ou the 24th ult. The London Times of the 24th nays si the &tykes from America indicate that the recent hattin at ghllch had ao effect in creating a hope among the leading honaell that the termination of the war was ut Mind. The shipments of gold acre beginning to excite apprahenaions and imr- Wise. but ue do not hear or a decree Lem Ws.4l.losions prohiLithug tLo export or epode." The Times announces the termination or itt cor. ruepondence from the Potomac. It ma; : The Pre/d -(hut lass furinally thchltd that Mr. Ruitell shall not be et 4.61:01L11 r tt-o f? ,-,4 Lion to accompany tiue army. The Federal Government fears ludepfli,desit criticism. The troops wore desirous of carry big smith them 116torian wit7nt tin) wart I svohld believe, Mr. Russell world have time received with JOY In the rubel t hut whip ta1L46.P.q.141..a.. that ho mould iifford them utuitil Mei-made% Ito re turned to England." Pow!II (Dent) Sa&bury (Dam.) Si mmons ( Starke ( Dem.) •ininner . ( Rep.) WlllO9 (r.) Wilson 00 4 ass, Wilson (11 M ), Mo. American mocks were dull. Pußinger, the defaulter, tiled on a convict ship en route to A tiandist. Ten Eyck (Rep.) Tr.:n.1..1110.90 Wadu (Rep.) Wright (U.) Subset- lotion Alin, ore belne ?mined tor the be leAt of the unemployed throughout the mmufactnring The btounaers Etna and Neiu York arrived out on the 24th. The salts of rotten tit ',Neil:tool, on the 24th, amounicd to B,o[o hales, it eluding 3,(.00 bolos to seem( itors and exporters. The market closed lirni at unalter quota tions. llteadhtuffe am itulet,' Plovialalla vary Loxoos, April 23—Consuls closed af.',93li '294 for 11 ney and account. Riot Among. the Pottsville Colliers. The Military Called Out. Porr:YILLi May o.—Tbe colliers of eevoral of the wince in ilia vicinity ale on a ttrike, and to day united in the cc. MtiiiE Si Jll of many onirageous and hien .bandod actri, Ihe niltilDiflit 1111011(4 of gomo of ant' 'RUM 0011 1112 rim 4 wall 040(1 by Ihmo, &Ando& of piny. ert y. II eckfich r's niluA a were the object of their united violence. The Stab- authoritiee have been called upon to furnish frc9Pf!l , 9 PHI , il'i'nn Shp Outrun], and Toluiltour connoaloi alo organizing born, The Printers' National Un'on litnv 'loss, May ti.—The Printers' National Union La d ekei...1J..1... ~...I.lest, Wm, 4, 74 ?} 4- gon.try tint vice president, Jameo U. Walser e.tattel vice T I secretary - and trea surer, and Theodore Vpgle rorrespoldiog secretary. Ton 6tates wets repreauntud at the Convention. Election at Atchison, Kansas ATCJUSON, Kerning, May 6.—The municipal election today mulled en the . EIICCOM of most of the Union end Anti-Jay-hawker tiaut by a majatity of thirty. The Connell Ala Union men. The Fenner Murder Case. DETECTION AND ARREST OF THE MURDERER [Frcm the St. Louis Republican of the 4th instant.] We haw 014 Si/0 sisiirlaution of recording the taps prehension of the prime murderer in the Caw, Ignetz Itateky, in St. Louis. The manner in which the arrest resulted is interesting and instinctive. Same days ago Nfft Suauu Placard/hHa in Franklin county, MU waited upon by a roan giving his nano) as If. Telbor, and rennin Mr g himself as engaged in buying horses fur the Govettiment. Ile bought of her a horse at the stipu lated price of binety.livedollars, he paying ten dollars at once, giving his note for the halanc., and promising the rvintelipisr, Finding tint lit Mind to'appear, she communicated the facts to Police Chief COTt7.IIP, of thin city, who, tercel flog that Tenter" was nu imposter, instituted a search for him. Ile was at oneo struck with hi, resemblance to the picture and din , Ar.iFib,n hf 11at4.14p1 6i..1 to 4i it, L. 16.e,t.„ got to go boa to he w York i 4l tt Mr. Tether" fairly sprang backward with surprise, and insiantly eselnimed; That's my name; I'll a. back." Having been thus startled into en much of con fession, he owned that he knew filetieniund th,lia4P, an& was the mat. when. the police of the country had long been vainly in search of. Ile hag merle, in. Germain. a professed statement of the principal facts in his history, and especially of his con nection with Fellner. The narrative carefully avoids authine him a confession of guilt, and is, therefore, uto. CANIAtiIY rather ilitoliereht, aid ekhlblta Some very ir regular realm es. F,oin %hat we can anther, he has, for some mouths part, been engaged in Franklin and the adjoining noun tits. la Ldisli.s Si. Louie ocedelonally. and thou residing ter in the su burbs. the police of the city have at thrum obtained evidence of his presence here, hut wore linable to gain satisfactory indications of it, much less to get upon his track We understand that the several rewatda offered for lilt naDturn hew amount to the Mug gala of 55,000. [iron ADDITIONAL CITY. NEWS. SEE. YOUBTLI PADS 1 The Funeral of Major General Smith, The war has inaugurated imme sad and solemn scones, and Philadelphia has not been alone in the bloody visita tion which has stricken every city yillige lu iyq limi t We bare Dad our seasons of calamity, however, and they have been as tett Ibis and as regretful as those of any of our eider monicipalitiel. Alter the battle of Mtn Mar Philadelphia was a place of groans and mourning. Hera the lamented and gallant Liable resided, and the chiral• roue Baker was ono of our townsmen. Yesterday the tidings of war came close home to us when we heard the bells tollirg the requiem of Genera! Clintles Ferguson Smith, who died at Savannah of wounds received fourteen years ago, having since die tingniehed himself in thrilling scones and upon fields of courage. Be led the charge at Fort Donelson, sward in hand, and received the Vandal, of ids soldiers and ceuntelmen, lied fate allotted hire strength and years, he would have made his name one of the first on the list of the renowned and patriotic ; but the climate of. Tennessee and undue ao. tivlty made his wounds break out afresh, an old fever came upon Lim—the pestilent breath of kinxico, mere terrible than its cannon—and he has been brought hero to be laid away in our beautiful cemetery, among thou. Sfirldli of the god and gifted, The seeks lii the sonar thanthers of the State leas', where the civic, military, and naval officers congregated, was highly imposing in its character. All the military functionaries wore full epaulets, chapeaux, homily mounted sworde ) with elegant dresses and splendid SARUM, Cousricuous among these was Major (uow General) Reit, Andt 'son, who has grown florid in the fac., and talked to be in excellent Lealth Lieutenant Fairfax, of Trent nienory, loomed up besidts Commander Pehdeegast, Commander Turner and others, Ex 'Governor P ?flock and Governor Curtin were remarked with the rohuat figure of General Robert Patte son. These ware pro• vided with mount lug gloves, crape decorations for their orde, and all the other accompaniments of death and its cilelmation, The - come was a significant one; for here wore, per haps, :hree•scote of gentlemen whose names and deeds shall be perpetuated in our history, and in the hall be low lay ono of their associates, whom the stern decree of death had called fresh from the Eta] of hie fame. ft sae episode Of WO.N, ouch as nut fnthrts helve hot shell fee half a century aed their sons may well pray never to see again. Olin (Rep) Perry (Own.) Pinips (Rep.) Cal Price Rice (Rop.), Mass Riddle (Rep.) Mq.s Sargeant (1 ep.) Sedgwick, (R.) Shellabarger (R.) Steele (D.), N.Y. .3!ero (14,0 ) Train (Rep ) Trowbridge (It.) Vanhorn (Rep.) Verree (Rep.) Wallaca (Rap.) Walton (Rep.) Me. Ward (Dein.) • Washburn (II,.) Webster (1.r.) Wheeler (Rep.) Whaley - (U.) The ocffin of General Smith lay draped in the flag belt,wl hie sword and photograph larin2 (term It but the curious people, who had Dreamt nits the Preahell of the dead fin; two de e, in long, contliatoth, Wee, were not allowed to enter the hall after noon of Tuesday, p Hoerr en taking charge of the place and the remaine, The involuntary respect pate to the honored, al well as the dishonored dead, woe remarked of the few that were permitted to occupy a place in Independence II All. The old bell, crowned with a great eagle, looked gloomily dean from Ito pedestal of Welds and seems, and all the pertraits of the renowned seemed eaddened as they re. pvcrii tiaeh ;lichee mound tho wells tint nee bier woe the object of all regard—none could escape it. As terrible when hallowed by the patriot as the felon, not even the streaked and spangled flag could make men forget that it held the fibres of corruption called of old, man, hero and common:ln At three o'clock the Preeestileh tiled out of the YAM' door of the State Hellas, win re the pageantry of the fu neral wee gathered—horsemen, batteries, infantry, the long line of carriages, and the plumed hearse with its ca tile atetda. To chili, solemn music the ranks m wed, Shy lan* prrrejng up tp iikti tIP PYPI ruu e, with flags at half. mast, and amidst universal ai• lance, the lender in one of the greatest battles of hie time went prone, dumb, and lifeless, to his receptacle in the moat beautiful of our cemeteries. The following wee the order of arrangements! Wilson (Rep.) Windom (Rep.) Worcester (Rep.) Porter (likep,) B Ida ardson ( Dem) Robinson (Dom ) Shanks (H.) . 6h9f1191d (ti,) bteole (D)I J Thomas ti,)Mme, Thomas (U.), kid. Trimbth (Rep.) Vallandigham (D.) Y9OlllV9il (Porch" Wadaworth (U.) Walton (Rep.) Vt. White (R.), Ind. Wickliffe) (U.) Wititditiff (i)gico,) 1. the body, borne by eight policemen, to be taken through the southern matu entrance of Independ. mow E. { ea r e to Walnut etnet, accorn pawed by the pall-bearere, tollostea by military and naval eflicera in two ranks, and naebried by Cant:du Biddlele tamales. M aveillavy. . . . . 2. liecelved with tullitary honors, appropriate to tha rank of the deceased : The body 1111 he taken to the ri g ht of the troops, where it will he deposited in the bate e. If tha ualhboarera veepr to march nor eau do se; am far Na they tkrt.46, tam. 81l dealtltl,d tO Pida, thay Will Mi ter their carriager, illitch will follow homedlately to their rest. 8. The military and naval ofltcers will also march In printgaipa lil mr 9fl9dy•snor4 vf thy rvinoin% eithtr In colutau 'auctions or by flint nt the otTicor in charge shall determine. It' they shall desire to accompany the cortege to Laurel Hill, they Ival outer carriages following in their rear whenever they desire to do so. 4. The family of the deceascd, the reverend clergy, aid the various civil unicorn and bvdied invited by the committees lull take the carriages provided for chum which will be lu readiness in Ft:tb and Sixth streets, above Walt nt street, Ur the order arranged by the con mittee of Councils. Wl me iha hearpr a w l carrlsgies ?or F ail-tiarera shall bare passed Fifth street on the march, the carriages which have been standing on Fifth strati, with the horses' heads towards Walnut street, will file into the Cl'lllEllll, and continue to the procession after p wing Mt istfea.. tha efieflagss lu that steo..4 nlss with hcrees' brads tcosuids Walnut street, vial Ale into Wal nut strett after the others just named. O. The entire procession will proceed out Walnut street to Twelfth, out Twelfth to Spring G irden, thence to llrao.d shoot, awl theildo I. 61411.141 swim, as city las determined, when the troops will be halind and wheeled Into line, and tile body, its attendants, and the civil pro cession will pass in front of them, receiOng from tho troops the proper trolitaty salute : after whirtr the troops not rf (mired with the men will he di4eillent end will ft- Into to their euerterm 7. The escort proper with the remains and the root of the cortege wilt continue their march to Lame]. Hill, and ill complete the ceremonies et the day. The eortenth otter being formed, will mom fn the fof■ lowing ! The Officers of the Army, Navy, Marino Gerpe, and The Governor and Officers of the :Aide of Pennsylvania. The Mayor and Presidents of Conocils and Chairman of Tpc. Judges of the United States Circuit and Tristrfct The Judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. The Judges of the District Court and Common Pleas or the City IN Philadelphia. The committeu of Arranemente. Dimino's and Vnicors or nolsot Wagon. Members and °dicers of Common Council. • The Members of the Press. Heade or Departments and other (Mars of the City • On arriving at /enamel UM Mu body weestalieu from atm hearse in front of the entrance to the cemetery, end wee carded, at the head of a column of citizens, to the plea selected for sepulture. The procession wound to the left. and finally pawing the chapel, halted in an oven epics near the Dort; em line or the cemetery, and not far from the monument erected lo the memory of those who so nobly sacrificed themselves as nurses during the preva lence of the yellow fever at NorfeAk. An humus, con course cri PeoPh/ awititect the Wining of the ruin* PlP melon, out every aveune seemed Oiled to emcee. As the body parsed ail beads were maces, red, and a solemnity seemed to prevail that was not noticed In the etreet . of the city. The grave waaaituatcd on the slops of a bill, and immediately at its bead were arranged four to- p. Parrat4 Baum, .toed opposite aide. After the menet burial service was read by Rev. Dr. Ducachet, salutes were fired by the rullea and artillery . A little innovation wee practised in the firing, the ne.ror.cl rovati 6495 dro I. r Ale, ciiiillll.ll. Mina 11M1/11.. what aindiar to the.explosion of a package of flivi-elikek. era. The crowd then dispersed, and found their way he the city. Among the curiosities of the procession was the war. charger of the deressal, @Quipped with !addle, holsters( 8i d all the seaniusesimeuts of active service. The eons treat was invola.tatily drawn In every mind between horse and horseman, rider and steed. The empty saddle told the whole tale. la which amoral Smith was interred' wall the hats licraft of MP. Jehti Good of this olty. It Its fine exemplification of funereal art, and worthy of the de. ceased and the occasion. THE LATINT COMALEIWIA.I. THE CITY. IMPOSING AND SOLEMN OBSEQUIES VoluntePro. irmAit.te. The family of deceased. The Reverend Clergy. 113=11
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