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Cl2t Vrtss.
SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1862.
THE LATEST WAR NEWS
It will cause a thrill of joy throughout the loyal
portion of the land to know that the Union cause
has sustained a now triumph, and that the stars
and stripes float over another EL Gibraltar" of the
rebels. Pensacola, the boasted stronghold of the
rebellion on the Southern coast, has been taken
from the hands of its despoilers and restored into
the Lands of its ri,shi ful owners. The intelligence
to this effect comes to us from Southern sources,
Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior under
Air. Buchanan, and nevi on the staff of Beauregard,
being the bearer of the joyful news. This will' be
another stunning blow to the rebel cause, and from
the effects of which it will not seen recover. Ever
since the day Pensacola was evacuated by the little
band of United States soldiers, and subsequently
occupied by the rebels, it was the common vaunt
of the latter that they would make it impregnable
against any force that could be sent against i ,
and would ultimately take Fort Pickens from the
bands of the Union soldiers; but by the vigilance
and bravery of our officers, soldiers, and sailors in
those parts--1 or the army and Wiry Worked en
unison—the latter boast was prevented from being
carried out, and the former has at last been thrown
back like a lie into the face of its uttorors. No
doubt a large amount of cannon and ammunition
have fallen into the hands of our troops, but we
hope that the loss of life has been sli"ht.
eeemat nerd order
acminel I]e»--'
stating that no effie.er or soldier will be permitted
to pass to the rear of the army, and no citizen, in
cluding correspondents of the newspapers, to the
front. Deserters are constantly coming into our
lines, who agree that the rebels are still at Corinth
strongly fortifying themselves.
From Fortress Monroe we learn that Secretaries
Seward and Welles, and Attorney General Bates,
have gore to iN'urfolk. Stringent orders have boon
issued by General Wool prohibiting the sale of
newspapers, the transportation of supplies and mer
chandise, and the visit of citizens or soldiers to Nor
folk. It is stated that the embargo on travel to
Fortress Monroe will soon be removed.
General McClellan has sent a despatch to Secre
tary Stanton, complimenting Generals Hooker's
and Kearney's divisions of I.leintzleman's corps,
for their gallants) , in the battle of Williamsburg.
The gourd protni , ee to notice other comauccd.- for
their brave conduct in the same battle, when all
the fuels about said battle are known to him.
Gen. Mitchell' little army has made anotb.or of
those exploits for which it is everywhere famous.
Ile despatched an expedition on the 13th, under
command of Gen. Negley, a Pennsylvanian, against
Itigeravillm but before Gen. Kegley reached there
the rebels fled. teen. M. sent an expedition against
"Shedd creek which was more successful, destroying
the forrybent and She bridge at that blare. Thera
are some rebel cavalry in that vicinity which Gen.
Mitchell promises to destroy or capture..
Frem Gen. Banks' headquarters at Strasburg, we
learn that the Union people of that region are pour
ing into town, under the belief that Gen. Banks'
army is retreating. Three hundred rebel guerillas
made n dash upon a number of the Twenty-eighth
Pennsylvania regiment, and killed or took fourteen
prisoners. It is rumored that Gen. Fremont's com
mand have o-eupl. J. Staunton,
Congress Yesterday.
SENATE.—The Indian appropriation bill was
paned, after an amendment to it was adopted, au
thorizing the President to give the apdropriations
only to loyal Indians. The confiscation bill was
then discussed to the hour of adjournment.
11011 Sn . -8 message from the Secretary of War,
enclosing a report from Gen. Geary, in relation to
the murder of Ron. Robert E. Scott, was presented.
The Rouse gave Mr. Wood, of New York, permis
sion to print a speech on the present condition of
the country, which that gentleman did not wish to
deliver orally.
IN REPRINTING the letter of Mr. BORDA, we
desire to recall some of the facts connected
with the reeent outbreak at Pottsville. Mr.
BORDA is so very general in his letter that we
really do not know what to say to him. He
has evidently lost his temper. He forgets
that newspapers are very human in their feel
ings; that they do not care to be assailed and
insulted any more than lir. BORDA himself.
Mr. BORD. , ell:: us that he nee a reputation for
fair dealing. We do nut doubt it. We may
say it as a question that causes us little concern.
We do not atk Mr. BORDA for any cord_
ficates of good character; we are glad
to think that he is a good citizen, pays his
debts. possesses the respect of his fellosr•ci
tizens, and manages the Forest Improvement
Colliery. But this does not give Mr. BOILDI
any pretext for flying into a passion, and shak
ing his fists at THE PRESS. It does not per
mit him to call the gentlemen connected with
this paper cc designing individuals," to cha
racterize their statements as possessing "not
one word of truth," and to speak of their "im
posing upon the community." With all due
respect to Mr. Bonne, and even remembering
his ten years' connection with the collieries,
he must permit us to say that we have as
much confidence in the gentlemen associated
with Ds on this paper as we hare in his own an
gry and impertinent letter. It is too much the
custom forgentlemen like Mr. BORDA, who have
newspaper grievances, to appease their wound
ed feelings by indiscriminate abuse of inde
pendent and unoffending journalists. Our re
porter had no possible =Mine for misrepre
senting the condition of affairs at Pottsville.
He went there to see, and tell us what he saw.
He went into anticipated danger, followed by
armed men and companies of drilled soldiery ;
came back with certain convictions, and im
pressed with the truth of certain statements.
And havitg accepted and printed them in good
faith, we are indignantly warned by Mr. l3oanA
to beware of an associate and a friend whew.
he accuses of a design to impose upon the
community.
If Mr. BORDA had quietly sat down and told
us his story, without excitement or anger;
we should have accepted it with plea
sure, and read it with attention. We
should, perhaps, have reversed our. own judg
ment, and, had we found it necessary, ad
mitted the justice oleferr: BORDA.'S position.
But he must ensure if we Are unable to Cl? an?
now. He talks about his character and a con
temptible plotters," and wages being a " pre
text," but this is very indefinite and unsatis
factory. We are compelled, therefore, to fall
back upon the " designing individual" who
furnished the article which excites Mr_ BORDA_
Our reporter tells us that, about two weeks ago,
some twelve or fifteen hundred miners quietly
stopped work and took possession of the
Forest Improvement Mines, near the town of
Minersville, in Schuylkill county, and the dif
ferent mines in various parts of the country.
The disaffection extended over miles of terri
tory; it was managed with caution and pru
dence ; there was no blood shed, no tumult,
but a quiet and earnest determination to assert
what the miners believed to be certain threat
ened rights. The sheriff came out with his
posse, but he found it the part of discretion
to go home again. Then the military were
summoned, and Philadelphia sent two or three
companies of her local militia. These troops
succeeded in quelling the disturbance,—quiet
reigns iu mi ill
.....nersv...e, and Mr. BORDA is vent
ing his rage in epistles to the newspapers.
The miners had certain objects in making
their strike. Mr. BORDA says that the dis
satisfaction arose from other causes—the
wages were a pretext." Our reporter says they
insisted on an advance, as follows : tg Miners
ten cents per wagon ; laborers twenty-five cents
per day." Our reporter's statement is Certain
ly very definite, and he supports it with other
statements, which we print at the risk of ex
citing another display of indignatiOn on the
part of Mr. BORBA. "No class of men,".
be said, delve so laboriously, live so wretched
ly, and are paid so pitifully as the coal miners
and laborers of this State. They are not only
paid scantily, but paid in a mannerthat reduces
their wages to the bare price of bread and fire.
The mining cOrporations carry on mercantile
establishments, adjunct to the mines, and the
ruiners are partially paid in "orders" upon
these stores. Here they are charged exces
sively, in many cases twice the current value
of groceries and dry goods but as there is no
alternative between such pay and no pay, they
usually submit. They are not paid definite
sums for definite work. In the spring, when
navigation opens upon the canals, their wages
Ante comparatively high. Toward the fall and
through the winter wages are reduced, and as
the capitalists seldom make voluntary offers of
advanced pay, the men 'strike' every spring,
and thus compel compliance."
This is a sad state of things, if it is true, and
we faithfully - believe it. Mr. Basins, it will be
seen, is silent on the subject. His ten years'
experience in the colliery business would have
enabled him to speak with an air of authority.
He might have given us an idea of how he ma
naged affairs in his own particular colliery.
We should be very glad, indeed, to know that
such things do not exist where he is in com
mand. He passes over all this, however, by say
ing that our reporter is c; imposing on the com
munity!" This will never do, Mr. BORON Here
are certain facts printed by a responsible man in
a responsible newspaper. Are they true or
false? How is it in the colliery over which
you have control ? Do your minerslivo wretch
edly ? Are they paid scantily? Do you pay
them the bare price of bread and fire? Do
you give them orders on grocery stores con
trolled by the company ? Do you pay definite
sums for definite work, or are you arbitrary
and unreasonable? Do you reduce the la
borer's pay in the winter and refuse to advance
it in the spring? These questions may be
impertinent, but the fault is Mr. Bonna's, and
none of ours. He might have told us all about
it in the beginning and thus saved us the ne
cessity of making unpleasant inquiries. We
are glad to see that he voluntarily tendered his
men 4‘ a big advance" on the• first of April,
but whether the advance was accepted or re
jected he.does not say.
We are no advocates of mob law 1 we do
not defend the system of striking, especially
when it is carried to excesses as violent as
the excesses of the miners at Pottsville. If
a hundred of them had been slain by our
soldiers, we should have felt that they died a
just death. But the very fact that we do not
ante, compels us to take measures to remove
any cause for resistance. These miners must
not be unjustly treated merely because we
have regiments of Home Guards, with loaded
muskets within a clay's ride, to restore them
to order. If we would maintain the peace,
we must remove any incentive to break the
peace, and we must admit there are strong
incentives for disorder in the statement of
our reporter. This reasoning may not please
Mr. BORDA, but we are in hopes that when
that gentlemen has recovered his usual ami
ability, and looks at this thing as calmly as we
are looking at it now, he will admit the justice
of the position we have taken, and do what
lies in his power to ameliorate the condition
of the pour and unhappy people around him.
Tim DECLARATION of President LINCOLN in
his first call for troops, that the forts, arsenals,
and doeliyards of the United States GOWAN],
ment seized by the rebels should be re
possessed. is being carried out to the very
letter. With each new triumph of our arms
we have especial cause for congratulation, not
so much in the tribute to our superior prowess
or skill, but in the consciousness that the
GovernMent is gradually reasserting its su
premacy over all its territory, and possesses
the requisite strength to make itself feared
and respected by its enemies. The property
of the United States, day after day, is being
wrested from the grasp of the rebellion and
decked with the flag of the Union. Ere we
had fully_ chronicled the capture of Gosport
navy yard, intelligence reaches us that an
other naval station has been restored to the
national custody. The fall of Pensacola is
admitted by Colonel JACOB TITO:UPSON, former
ly Secretary of the Interior under JAMES Be-
CUANAX, but now an officer of BEAUREGARD'S
staff, who lately accompanied a flag of truce
to our camp near Corinth. If this intelli
gence is true, as we hope and believe it is,
we have cause for joyful gratitude. The fall
of Pensacola is not less disastrous to the
South than was the fall of Norfolk. Its pos
session was always deemed of vital importance,
and to be maintained, if possible, at any
cost. It is, perhaps, the best harbor on
the Southern coast. Its navy yard and
marine hospital were among the finest in
the Union. It was environed by miles of
earthworks, and made capable of obstinate
defence by contiguity to Forts Barrancas and
tie, which mounted heavy guns. An army
of fifteen thousand rebels, under the redoubta
ble BRAXTON BRAGG, was stationed here for
many months, and only withdrawn for the ne
cessary purpose of strengthening BEAUREGARD
at Corinth. The battle of Shiloh, therefore,
which some affect to regard as a dettbtful
tory, has given us at least a victory at Pen
sacola—a victory not merely to be exulted
over, and to swell the list of promotions in the
service, but to be followed by speedy and
startling results. Pensacola has direct rail
road communication with Montgomery, Ala
bama, the former capital of the Confederacy,
from which it is less than one- hund-ed and
fifty miles distant—the route being shorter by
one-half than that (1, 3 " water) from Mobilo.
It is, in fact, a key to the'Alabama territory,
and its occupation augurs as brief a campaign
on the Southern coast as the most apprehen
sive among us could anticipate.
In A FEW nays the column of General _MC
CLELLAN will rest upon the hills that surround
1 Richmond, and that proud city, for twelve
months the scene of treason and oppressitne,
will be gradually restored to its ancient pros
perity and peace. It is extraordinary how
the Southern people have permitted them
selves to be misled and Cheated by revengeful
and ambitious leaders. No page in history
will be read with more surprise than that
which records the apparent rapidity and l'Oadi
lICEs with which the most sacred tradition& of
our own past have been discarded, the most
cherished memories blotted out, and all the
ensigns and emblems of national renown
trampled tinder foot. Happily, howe.Ver, WC
are daily reminded that this strange hallucina
tion has resuLed more from force than con
viction. Thousands of men in the Seceded
States have seemed to yield to isecessien to
.are their property and their lilies; and
when they are convinced that the authority
of the Federal Government .is wholly re
stored, the ennobling recollections of other
days will revive, in all their strength.
Above all, when they are able to contemplate
the fact that the policy of the loyal States.
as embodied in the action of the Administra
tion, and illustrated in the forward movements
of our armies, is not the policy of spoliation,
ritine, and tyranny, but is intended only to
restore order to a dissentiently and anarchical
region--to repossess that which belongs to the
General Government, and to punish those
ho have lifted their bloody hands against
free institutions, they will signalize their dis
eneharitment by a willing anti grateful ae•
quiescence in the establishment of the old and
wholesome rule. The system of detraction
pursued by the rebel armies in regard to the
people of the free States, and the objects of
the war, has not been confined to newspapers,
and to the proelainations of military chiefs,
but has even disgraced the pulpit.
The following article copied from the New
York Otserver, a religious paper representing
the Presbyterian Church, published as long
ago as the 16th of January last, discloses an
evidence of the truth of this assertion. With
- what a humiliating sense of his own falsehood
this lying divine will behold the benign and
humane conduct of the soldiers of the Repub-
Ho as they encamp in and around the capital
of the Old Dominion
" One of the most prominent preachers in Vir
ginia is the pastor of the Fires Presbyterian Church
in Richmond, the Rev. T. V. Moore, D. D. No
believe that he is a Northern man by birth; he
certainly was called from the North to his present
pastoral charge, and he is candid, truthful, and
dispassionate as any of the clergy around him.
Raving known him as a friend and brother in the
ministry for many years, we are disposed to re
ceive, with confidence in his sincerity, whatever
statements ern:make h.., hie lips or pen• La
reading from a Richmond paper, of January 2, the
following extract from a late fast-day sermon
by Dr. Moore, we are compelled to believe that he
believes what he says, and we copy his statements
for at least three reasons that will follow the pas
sage. The Dr. declares:
"Never, since the terrible scenes of La Vendee,
under the ravaging hordes of Republican France.
has the old heathen war cry Pe to
the conquered) been more unmistakably sounded
by an army of invaders. Let this tremendous
crusade become successful, either by mismanage
knent ih tita army, or cowardice and greedinese at
home, and history furnishes no page so dark and
bloody as that which would record the result. Our
best and bravest men would be slaughtered like
bullocks in the shambles; our wives and daughters
dishonored before our oyes our elate smoked, our
fields laid waste, our homes pillaged and burned,
our property, which we are, perhaps,_selfishly
hoarding, wrested from me by fines and confirm.
lions, our grand old Commonwealth degraded from
her proud historic peace of ancient dominion to be
the vassal province of a huge central despotism,
which, having wasted her with fire and sword,
would compel her by military force to pay the
enormous expense of her own subjugation, or, in
default of this, parcel out her broad lands to in
sulting emigrants as a feudal reward for the rapine
and murder of this now - Norman conquest, whilst
the owners of these lands must either remain as
cowering factors for insolent conquerors and op
pressive lords, or wander as penniless and hopeless
fugitives in a hied of strangers."
Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen and Mrs. Barren are playing
I the principal characters in Laura Keene's version of the
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- • •Mecarttin or the reep-e bay.
LETTER FROM 46 M'CAS/ONAL."
WASIIINI;ITON, May 16, 1862.
Major General Hunter has awfully outraged
the Southern aristocracy by organizing co
lored brigades, and by declaring the slaves in
Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, "for
ever free." This is neither more nor less than
a deliberate affront to our humane and honor
able adversaries in these States. The cc sus
ceptibilities" of these gentlemen are very deli
cate. After Monroe, the relined Mayor of
New Orleans, bad permitted a rebel mob to
fire upon the women and children of that city
for cheering at the first sight of the American
flag in their harbor, he assured Commodore
Farragut that the people of New Orleans were
peculiarly sensitive and "susceptible," and
that that gallant officer must take care not to
outrage their feelings. It was a graceless
comment upon this complacent appeal to ar
rest the chief magistrate of that municipality,
and to allow him to debate with himself,
in solitary confinement, the issues of the
hour. But Major General Hunter is located
in a region even more susceptible, and I can
not refrain the expression of my amazement
that he should have allowed himself to be ig
norant of the fact. What ! arm and free the
negroes of South Carolina, Georgia, and
Florida in defence of the Union ! Who ever
'lewd of such sacracse and irreverence ;
Did not General Hunter know that the negroes
are to be employed only against the Union,
and that any soldier, or sailor, or statesman
who dares to say that they shall be enlisted to
do the hard work of our army, to relieve our
troops from the deadly malaria, al. avaa nit
us messengers for the conveyance of news
from camp to camp, is to be set' down, not
merely as an Abolitionist, but as a traitor ? It is
quite true that the Secessionists employ savages
to take the scalps and cut the throats of our
white men on the frontiers ; that they poison
wells ; bury torpedoes to testroy unarmed men;
insult prisoners; mutilate the wounded; hack
the bodies of the dead ; and burn the last re
mains of the defenders of the Constitution;
but, then, General Hunter ought never to lose
sight of the fact that these Septic Gourteales
fail to stir the hearts of the sympathizers with
Secession in the free States, who accept them
as among the prerogatives of the enemies of
our common country. It is full time that ho
should also know that it is only when an offi
cer of the United States army or navy acts
upon the instinct of self-preservation, and re
sorts to every Means for the purpose of pro
tecting hie troops and making 'his campaign
effective, that these patriotic citizens give ut
terance to their pious indignation. "Did we
not tell you," they will now say, that this is
a war for the abolition of slavery in tire seceded
States." Here is Hunter insulting our sol
diers by employing negroes in the army. What
white man will remain in our ranks when lie
discovers that he is to fight side by side with
the colored man, the . former slave (possibly
the son) of some aristocratic Manning or Orr,
Keitt, Cobb, Toombs, Yulee, Mallory, Boyce or
libett. Poor Hunter! what answer can you
make to such irresistible and indignant logic ?
I know what you will say. You will aplead that
in the South white and black men have worked
together for years; that it has been a common
thing to employ negroes in the navy yards,
factories, on the wharves, and in the fields ; and
I presume you will be infidel enough to in
sinuate that this admixture of the races has
not been confined to the males alone. You
will also allege, in your desperation, that if
your example is notfollowed, the prediction of
James Buchanan will be realized ; and that the
brave soldiers from the free States will be
as swept off like rotten sheep in the sickly
Southern season." Perhaps you will dare to
continue this argument, aid claim that yen
are justified by the usages of other nations in
employing blacks in our army; that France em
ploys Algerines, and that the Sepoys of India
are enrolled in common with white men to
maintain the British authority. General Hun
ter, all these excuses won't save you. Yon
are incontinently damned.
Badinage apart : Hunter has done the right
thing, at the right moment, in the right place,
and in the right way. Instead of insulting his
own troops, he is saving them. Experience
has taught that ripe and accomplished soldier
that the aristocratic traitors of the South have
determined to conduct this war outside of
civilized customs 'and practices ; that as they
have trampled upon their own laws, violated
their own Constitution, and flown into the
face of all the examples of other nations, so
they have resolved to assail the Government
of the United States, without respect to age,
sex, or condition. He will, I predict, find his
least obstacle in the opposition of his own
soldiers. When they understand that the
Degrees are to work in the trenches, build
fortifications, construct bridges, mend roads,
act as spies, and penetrate unknown regions ;
that they are to be relieved from these perilous
duties by the colored men of the South, who
will fight under the double inspiration that
success makes them free, and that they can
exhibit their courage without running the
risk of the diseases of the climate, his troops
will hail Ills action with joyful gratitude.
It is true, the sympathizers with Secession
in the free States, who are so anxious to awa
ken the prejudices of the white population
against the blacks, will agonize over the policy
of Gen. Hunter ; but can the Secessionists of
the South complain ? Have they not set the
example ? Have they not shown, by their
every act, not merely their readiness to enrol
their ,51.aveS in their own ranks, but their insa:
tiate hatred of their former white fellow citi
zens? At any rate, let the experiment be
tried in Florida; Georgia, and South Carolina,
Amos Kendall, in his letter, published in
the Mammal Intelligencer on the 25th of' Fe
bruary last, while pleading for the constitu
tional rights of the south, laid the axe to the
root of all our troubles, and gave a warning to
the men who have insisted that the Govern
ment could not sustain Itself in any war upon
slavery. Mr. Kendall was warmly applauded
for some of his letters by this class of reason
ers ; and to them I commend the following
statesmanlike suggestions of Mr. Kendall, in
the letter referred to :
The leaders of the rebellion," he says,
"announced their determinition to 'conquer
or die,' and the principal slaveholders in the
Scolltil act as if they were in earnest. Look
at South Carolina. In the violent portion of
the State, the planters, to a man, fly on the
approach of the Union army, burning their
cotton, and, in many cases, their buildings, and
abandoning their slaves. There are said to
be now about eight thousand slaves thus aban
doned in the vicinity of fort Royal, in South
Carolina, every one of whom may be constitu
tionally set free by confiscation, as a punish
ment of their masters treason. As the Union
armies advance into the interior, other thou
sands will be added to the number by the de
sertion of their masters, and finally, there will
be no resident population, in a large portion of
the State, but deserted slaves.
"In short, if the masters persist in their mad
and causeless rebellion against the Constitu
tion, the end will be a negro community along
a portion of the Southern coast under the protec
tion of the United States.
g 4 If the war is to be protracted by the ob
stinacy of the cotton planters, this is a result
which the United Otates could not avert if they
would.
rr By confiscation the slaves will be set free,
and, through the same process, the lauds of
their masters will be surrendered to them for
cultivation, all without infringing on the Con
stitution. Even now there is a negro eolony
around Port Royal, under the protection of the
national forces, and its future expansion into
an organized community depends on the ob.
stinacy of the planters and the events of the
war.
"But this is not all, Probably four-fiftha of
all the slaves in the United States are now
lawfully subject to confiscation on account of
the treason of their masters. How far the for
feiture of their slaves, their other property, or
their lives, shall be carried, is a question of ex
pediency only, and involves no constitutional
question of power. Four-fifthe of all the alaTeg
may be thus lawfully set free, and the emanci
pation of the other fifth would soon follow."
Thus it will be Ile6ti that even the veteran
Democrat, Amos Kendall, while objecting to
the course of the Abolitionists, is entitled to
the credit of having made the proposition
which G en. Hunter has thus practically carried
out.
Thia is a war for the very existenoe of li
berty. It it; a conflict for the life of the Re
public. We must defend ourselves with all
the means that are placed at our disposal, and
with all the energies and resources of our Go
vernment. OCOASIONAL.
60T, If, n. 6rA3IDLE, of Missouri ) has cssNeutea t 9 b e .
ISOM conOLOMe for ro-olociloo•
THE .PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1862.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Prohibition of Sensation Dwpatebes
THE WAR DEPARTMENT'S EXPLANATION
An Exchange Secured for Colonel Corcoran
GEN. SICKLES RESTORED TO HIS COMMAND
The Fugitive.alave Law Being Enforced in the
District.
GEN. WOOL CONFIRMED AS MAJOR GENERAL
TIIE NEW CONFISCATION BILL
The Vote on the Emancipation of Sabha' Slaves.
A COMMISSIONER ON AGRICULTURE APPOINTED
OPENING OF THE SOUTHERN PORTS.
Important Instructions of the Becretaty of the
Treasury.
Special Despatches to “The Press."
WA:IIII.'4;TM', Of ayl43, 1862.
The Sensational Despatches from Cairo.
On inquiry at the War Department, it is tooortained
that the order of the assistant supervisor of tespatches,
at Cincinnati. to the operator at Cairo, was not issued by
the military supervisor at 'Washington, It Wositlllllll/ Dy
the assistant supervisor, at Cincinnati, under a misap
prehension of instructions received from the military su
pervisor, which werointended to stop the forwantingfrem
Cairo to the newspapers of false and improper military in
telligence and seneational despatches relating to military
matters, such as had on several pees:Aerie created public
anxiety and alarm ,virbout canoe, and of which great
complaint bad justly been niade. There ha 3 been no
change in the orders of the Department, and - there is no
intention to withhold any authentic information from
the public, except such as could not be published with
out embarrassment to military operations and danger to
our armies.
An Exchange Secured for Col. Corcoran.
The Secretary of War, upon the application of Repre
sentative ELY. has ordered the release of Cul. W. F.
)3.O..DwiN, of Virglna, to exchange for Col. Cosoossu.
Captain FARRELL and Lieut. DEMPSEY, lately teleased
as prisoners of war from Richmond, acd who ham been
a week iu Washington, had represented to the President
and Secretary of War the necessity and justice of this
ElrYtitlealYint, it6EAtifit of CA. ConCIVRAZi i .j tesith.
Aided by Mr. ELY they Lava succeeded.
Representative KuItRIGAN to-day received throwli ono
of the lately returned Union priSoners, a lettei from
Richmond, dated May 32th, which was hid in a piece of
soap, urging him to use his political influence to effect
the release of Gapts, POWNIIT and GRIFFIN, and LiIML4.
and FAY, of the New York regiments. Ito
also received two photographs of Union hostages, as they
appeared in Castle Pinckney. •
Order Thanking Gen, Wool for the Cap.
The skilful and gallant movements of Major General
Joss E. Wool., and the forces under his command, which
resulted in the surrender of Norfolk, and the evacua
tion of the strong batteries" erected by the rebels on
SewelPs Point and Craney Island, and the destruc
tion of the rebel ironclad steamer Merv/MSC, are re
garded by the President as among the most important
successes of the present war. Re, therefore, orderoLlioL
his thanks, as Commander-in. Chief of the Army sad
Navy, be communicated by the War Department to Ma
jor General Jon!? E. Wool., and the officers and soldiers
of his commend, for their gallantry and good conduct in
the brilliant operation mentioned.
By older of the President.
Made at the city of Norfolk, on the eleventh day of
May, 1562. ED WIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
Sergeant Cit.voLts TUTU( ' Co hour,- C. Fifty-filth New
York Eegiment, died this afternoon, at the National Hos
£3,,nt Wirlitintrirurg ;
The New Governor of North Carolina.
EDWARD M. STANLEY, the new Gown:tor of North
Carolina, arrived here to-night. As ecoa an he 113001130
Lie illbtlUCiiol3l3 be will depart for the seeIVIS of hle duty.
We regret to announce that Senator H. AI. Itrcfl -
bliones4u, la quite ilt from inflammation or tilt bowels.
Three phrsicians were in consultation on his case this
morning.
the secretpry of WWI" OVIR a communisation to the
fenale to•day, relative to the drafts of Majors Russact.
and WADDELL, endorsed by Ex-Secretary of War Jolts
Rit appeared that 8676,000 wee in
D . r
A ril L o ° l - Ylb' by
Which astyearthe amount of those drafts outstanding
in private halide, while the amount dna to tdeasra. RATS.
SELL and WADDELL WBB $80 . 50.
Tax on Coal.
A petition was presented to the Senate to-day from
citizens of Pennsylvania, remonstrating against a tax oa
cod.
The Employment of the Contrabands.
I hear that a hundrei or two of contrabands are em
ployed upon the Arlington Estate, in setting things to
rights. It would lake a great number of these for a long
period to rt pair the damages that have arisen in all the
region around about here by reason of the establishment
of camps. They could also be profitably employed in
repairing the streets and roads that bare boon ploughel
up Ui the artillery and wagon trains.
The Opening of Southern Ports
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued full instrue
tiant: to iho eothietoni lecri-.ice.= to
y.orti opened by proclaim:A-ion of the President. Them)
instructions authorize clearances at any time before th e
Ist of June, but vessels on cleared are not to outer Stich
vorte. man Adler the 14 of Tu.,
Eta : I transmit herewith for your information
copy of the proclamation of the President or the Cat
tcd States, of the 12th of May, 105 opening the
ports of Beaufort, N. C.; Port Royal, S. C., and New
Orleans, La., with the regulations of the Secretary of
the Treasury governing the trade with the said ports.
In -view of said proclamation, and In parsui.3.o Of this
regulations referred to, you are hereby authorized to
grant clearances and licenses to vessels to proceed to any
of the said ports under the following restrictions:
Before crediting any such Clearance and licoasy yea
shall require the master of each vessel to exhibit to you
a manifest or descriptive statement of his cargo, and a
list of the passengers and crew, and to verify the same by
his oath (or solsam affirmation) ; and you will fully am:
tidy yourself that Bahl vessel is intended in good faithfor
a lawful trade, and will in nowise, directly or indirectly,
violate the provisions of the aforesaid proclamation, and
the regulation referred to. Yon will insert in such cleae_
antes the following:
The master of the --, of —, laving, exhibited
to me a manifest, or descriptive statement of his cargo,
and a list Of the passengers and crew, mum haying yeti th 2 ,l
the runty hint oath (or solemn ailirmution),ml I har
ing satisfied myself that the said vessel it intended in
good faith for a lawful trade, and only for a lawful
trade, now, therefore, by authority of the Secre
tory of the Treasury, mid in pursuance of the pro
el- tie. Of ' the .I..rs-shicat of the United ZiiitteN
tool the regulations of the Secretary of the Trea
sury, issued May 12, 15112. Pl'l'llli6Aoll is hereby
granted for the said vessel to proceed to the port of —,
in the State of —, and to leave said port for any law
ful acctination on the conditions hereinafter mentioned.
to wit: that the said vessel will convey no persons, pro
perty, or information contraband of war, either to or from
the said port, and that the clearance or license shall be
caldhitcd to the collector of customs at the said
port immeniattly on arrival, and, if required,
to any official in charge of the blockade, and
that the master and all persons concerned in
tie n anagement and control of the vessel shall faithfully
comply with the revenuelawitat.d regulations of the United
States, and with the conditions of this clearance and li
cense. The violation of any of the conditions of this clear
ance will Involve the condemnation and forfeiture of the
vessel and cargo, and the exclusion of all parties con
cerned from any further privileges of participating in the
trade thus opened by the proclamation ol the Presi
dent of the United States. The onicers of vessels-of
iwar and all other persons will respect this clear
and& and licence, and permit the said vessel to pro
ceed on the lawful voyage unmelanted, while V 464.4-
entifte the tame in etdifdrtkiltY with Its conditions,
and in all clearances given prior to the Ist of June
you will insert the further proviso, that the vessels so
cleared ehall not enter any of the said ports previous to
the let of June, on penalty of forfeiture of the VAillid
and cargo.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
B. P. CHASE,
Secretary of pie Treasury.
The Navy Department has received information that
on the let inst., Acting Volunteer Lieutenant J. NICKELS,
of the a. Onward," despatched Acting Master eLEEPER,
in the Tessera launch in chase of the schooner Sarah,
about one hundred tons burden, endeavoring to run the
blockade of. Bull's Bay, coast of South Carolina. Iler
crew thereupon run her ushers and burned her, them
selves escaping.
On the 6th Inst. the United States gunboat Ottawa
captured the rebel schooner G. O. Pinckney, from Charles
ton for Nassau, with 94 balsa of cotton, rosin, &a.
On the night of the Bth the Alabama saw a schooner
on shore at the Light-house inlet. The next day the
Pocahontas endeavored to get to her, but could not, as
the was under the laroteetion of the me of a ehete
battery.
Among Other minor military nominations the follow
inp wire teamed First Lieutenants WILLIAM LasLur,
formerly a page in the Senate, and Onani.Ks H. Dusr.sw,
New York P. T. Scuorr, Pennsylvania; Lieutenant
lloolnieder OngON 11. HAM 3/11112 0.
CLAMII, Massachusetts; all as aseistant adjutant generals.
PEY.l.tri IN F. LOSIIISAANIII, of Nebraska, well appointed
es vge et :or the Pawnee Indians In that Territory.
Cwun,r•,a CoeSe was confirmed as postmaster at Win-
General Wool Confirmed.
The Senate to-day confirmed the nomination of Brevet
Stedor aenerul Woor, tote Major General of the army
for gallant conduct on the 10th of May, in taking the city
of Norfolk, and for other gallant service&
The mails for New Orleans will be made up at New
York, to be forwarded by sea on friary steamer which
may leave for that port, therefore the communication
brtwoan thoaa titian will ba fraortrint..
requeated to forward all mail matter for New Orleans to
the New York Poet Office.
Who Raised the Flag at Yorktown?
The Hon Henry Wilson Las received a leital , froth •
ileld.cflicer of his old regiment. the Twenty-second Has
sachueetts, claiming for it the honor of raising the first
national Hag over the rebelivorks at Yorktown. At sig
(Meek of the morning of that day, Col. Gore and the
Twenty second relieved Colonel Black and the advance
guard. Soon after, the rebel works wore occupied by Col.
Gore, who Anted the national flag belong.hur to his regi
ment upon the ramparts, where it remained daring the
day, being the only national flag raised upon the worka
or in the town until the Forty-fourth New York came ap
In the 'Mumma. The oinvore of 11w regiment claim that
tto official record will pave this fact.
The lii tive.elave law le being quietly enyoyesd in thi s
District to-day, the military authorities not interfering
with the judicial yroceas. There aro at least 400 065011
per ding. It is said that some of the nogroes, whose
owners or agents from Maryland are here seeking their
coctrfuri mintorievgly dieagyearlid this =mini
from Caro.
tlllO Of NOIIOIII
Death of Sergeant Irvin
Illness of Senator Rice.
The Old Indian Bonds.
Tn3Asußr DEPARTMENT, May 16, 1862
Prizes Captured.
Military Confirmations.
The New Orleans Inuits.
The Fugnive-Slave Lew.
The New Homestead Bill
It is generally supposed that while the passage of the
Henmstend bill will reduce the revenues heretofore de
rived from Hulas of public lands, the expenditures of the
Government ou.that head will also be materielly diminish
ed. This is en error; for not only must the lands be sur
veyed as before, but new books must he opened at the
General Land Office and the District offices, showing the
namesof every heed of family, or persons over twenty
one, or soldier of the million or so of our army, who pro
pos° to avail themselves of the benefits of the act. Mach
must chow that he is qualified by law to make the entry
upon public land, and at the end of five years he must
again 'novo thin his occapanor has hay - at continuous,
This will make a great business indeed, and require the
employment by next spring of a very large number of ad
ditional clerks in the General Land Office, and also in tho
District offices.
New Confiscation Bill—Slaves to be
Freed.
The Senate to-day proceeded to the consideration of
the confiscation bill reported by the special committee
on that subject, and published in the Press of Thurs
day. There seems to be an evident determination to
adhere to the bill as reported by the committee, and it Is
not, therefore, probable that very many radical amend
ments will be made. An important vote was bad on the
first section of the bill to-day, Mr. DAvis, of Kentucky,
moving to strike out the provision declaring that all Ike
slaves of any convicted traitor shalt be declared and
made free. This was negatived by the following
Important Vote.
Tho yeas were Senatore Davis, McDougall, Pearce,
Powell, Saulsbury, Stark, and Wilson, of Miasouri ; and
the nays were Senators Anthony, Browning, Chandler,
Clark, Collamer, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Feasenden,
Foot, Folder, Grimes, Harris, Henderson, Howard,
Howe, King, Lane oP Indione4 7.041 - 40 or nomad )
,Pomeroy, Sherman, Simmons, Sumner, Ton
Eyck, Trumbull, Wade, Willey, Wilmot, Wilson of
Massactometts, and Wright.
The absentees and not voting wore—Sonators
Bayard, Carlile, Hale, Harlan, JOllllllOll, Kennedy, La
than), Nesmith, Itico, Thomson, and Wilkinson.
Commissioner of Agriculture.
ISAAC NEWTON, at present connected with the agri
cultidol branch of the - Patent Office, has been nominated
by the President as Commissioner of Agriculture under
the law recently pawed establishing a - Department of
Agriculture.
Order Revoked
Paragraph to o of General Orders No. 102, dated in No
vember last, having been revoked, the officers and men
transferred to ekeleton regiments under its operation, will
be reassigned to their original regiments utast as vacan
cies occur.
General Sickles Ordered to Resume his
Command
General OIGKLES woe today ordered to MAIM, Mg
command of the Exceleior Brigade, attached to Ihe army
of the Potomac.
FROM GEN. BANKS' ARMY.
An Attach by Oucrillaa on the Twenty.
Eighth Pennsylvania.
FOURTEEN KILLED OR TAKEN PRISONEM,
REPORTED OCCUPATION OF STAUNTON.
STn.t surto:, May 16.—i continuot stream of Union
re4l.-au, of the Talley i 1 roaring into town tho
mi,itaken Relief that our army is retreating, and tho
knowledge that detaeluneob , of rebel cavalry are vi sitiie
enTy faun-house, impressing all tho males between 15
and Q.
TIM SiitM.cdintistg 11101Ig the Node to Traerisonlnu•g say
that the rebel Jackson gill not ationirt to follow
STRASBritG, itlay 7C.—Yesterday :cfh•ruovt a band of
about 300 ;moulted guerillas made a klaAt Ott the railroad
gaol In-yond Front Royal, and ur took roartvon
prisoners, all helotiging to the Twenty-eiglith sy]nt
nia
nia Regiment.
The ntilroad Midge . , 50 feet high and 350 feet long, over
iforth fvrlc 4 tht: HM111110(711111 TOO jU•nigilt,
and the track will be laid rood trains pass to-morrow fore
noon. The work was completed_ in 40 hours, under the
snperintendence of 0. 11% Nagle, Government bridge
builder.
AU quiet in front to-night.
It is currently reported that (lens. "Milroy and Schenck
aro now in occupation of tfluatuton.
From Gen. HaHeck's Army.
The Rebels Still Fortifying Corinth.
CrA ON THE CORINTH ROAD (MISS.), May 15.—The
following is a paragraph of a special field order, just is
sued :
4, Guards will be placed immediately along the line of
Chambers' creek. No officers or soldiers will be per
mitted to pass to the rear, and no citizens to the front of
the line, without special authority. The commanders of
the army corps and dirieions will see that their camps
are Memo of all unauthorized hangers-oh, sad any one
attempting to evade this will be compelled to work on the
entrenchments, batteries, or the construction of roads."
This is understood to apply to all persons, correspond
ents included.
Flfty•ecyrn priratee, three corporate, and ono ser
geant, captured at Dresden, Tenn., are coming In the
morning, under a flag of truce. An equal number will
be tent to-morrow in exchange.
Dpurtars are coming in bs• squads, daily. They all
agree that the rebels are still at Corinth, fortifying.
There are picket Wu:althea all day. Half a dozeu were
wounded oil Our side.
Latest from Corinth
BEIEREGARD PROPOSES AN ARMISTICE.
Ix CA3II , NE:lit CORINTir, May 16.—A Frenchman, who
is a member of the Thirteenth Louisiana regiment, has
arrived here. He states that three coutpanies of that r -
Foment, cvmposed or Frenchmen, mired itt the rebel
camp lately. They were unable to obtain mirk, food
oral money, and obliged to enlist for thirty days, and the
conscript law compels' them to enlist for the war: lie
uh:o reports that the lrhnit truly is without coffee, and at
one time for more than three days without rations. lie
says that (lens. Van Porn and Pt-ice kit Corinth eight
dal S age, but it it not hneWit Ithere they had
TllO weather is eliot and hot. The roads ar. very
dusty before Corinth.
It haying been satisfactorily shown that spies hive
visited our estop, crossed the Teatime° riYer, and pro•
crcOtd at nightly dug• outs to - Florence, Aln.,where they
held easy communication with the enemy, It was deemed
necessary to exclude all civilians from the camps, in or•
der to expel the spies. Hence the general oriAtlr
tivocd in yesterday's despatch was issued.
An intelligent Federal sergeant, who wag captured at
Sidloll : was exchanged yesterday. He :lays he was taken
front Corinth to Jacksonville, Mississippi, and thence to
TeAthe,,,,, an.l h ac k U.,r6.{h. lie tltvti
that front the time Ito left Corinth until his return, ho
was miarded by unarmed men,
A contraband who was the intimate friend of Gen.
;111 - il - 01 Jtc reports that
jerk had told him that Gen. Hardee was very sick of the
war and would leave ; but lleauroga•d wouldn't let him.
CAIRO, May 16---[zipeCial to Tribmne.]—Tho - steamer
lwrc,
There )11P , a rumor at the Landing that Beane and
Lad snit a thig of truce to Con. Wlllork, a,:kiDg an armis
tice of ten days. This report Waii allbStsittelltly corroho
raLad a/42.44.w, kequa•A wag sail to Lo mt4cr
ColiridcratiOli when the (lladiator left.
Military. affairs at Pittsburg Lauding, remain un
chaligeti
The Bombardment at Fort Wright
Cm an, May 16.—The steamer De Soto has arrived
from the fleet. She brought no news. Not a gnu or
oioike bn. been 16,41 7 .4ther Ohio for tWv dayd. The
rederals and Confederates were busily engaged in re
pairing damages, and getting ready for the nest en
counter.
The %Var in Alabama—Despatch from
General Mitchell
WAtililiGTONi May 16.—The following despatch has
been received at the War Department:
HEADQUARTERS 01 THE THIRD DIVISION,
BUNTSvILLE, Ala., Camp Taylor, Mayls.
theTa ilex. l'ArdiliE IL
At 0 P. M. on the 13th Inst, Gen. Pitgley's expedition
front Pulaski, supported by Col. Little's expedition from
Athens, entered Rogersville, driving the enemy across
tbt 7 entestlet, and defitiC,Pleg a portion of their ferry
boats. Having learned of the approach of Col. Little's
forces, the enemy succeeded in removing their artillery,
baggage, and stores before the arrival of Goa, Ziegler's,
I t aptctcd an obstinate defolloo at the map of the Elk
river, and accompanied in person Col. Little's expedition,
hot without crossing. The enemy, Be usual, fled at our
apProach. I ordered, on yesterday, an expedition
to move promptly front Rogersville to seize the bridge
across Shad creek and the terry below the mouth of the
same stream. This duty has been promptly executed,
and the ferry and bridge are ours. No more troops will
enter from that region, and we have now upon this side
of the river twelve or fifteen hundred cavalry of the
enemy in bands of three or four hundred, whom we will
endeavor to hunt down and destroy or capture.
The gunboat which I have extemporized will be ready
for service to-dey, and I will Coon be able to pay my re•
spects to the enemy, in the eastern Bide of this region
under my command.
0. M. tnTornr.t., 'Alnjvr qvuortd,
The Battle of Williamsburg.
DkgPATCH FROM ORNIRAL meoLmLLAR
amor, Nixer Ens Mii.os room WILLTAAssonaG, Kay
11.-7 o //on. E. M. Strinftn, Secretary of War: With-
out waiting further for the official reports, which have
not yet reached to boor testimony to the splen
did conduct of Hooker's and Kearney's divisions, uudea
command of General Ileiotzlemare, in the battle of nil.
lianisbUrg. Their hearing was worthy of veterans.
Booket's division. foe houir. gollocitlr withstood the at
tack of greatly euperior numbers, with very heavy loss.
Kearney's arrived in time to restore the fortunes of the
day, and came most gallantly Into action.
I ahall probably have °neaten to call attention to
other commands, and do not wish to do injustice to them
by n;entioning• them now. If I had bad thefull informa
tion I now have in regard to the troops above named
wiJou I fleet felegrailked, the, would bovo boot. epeolollr
mentioned and commended. I speak only of what I
know at the time, and shall rejoice to do full justice to
all engaged. GEO. B ItIcOLBLLAN,
Major General Commanding.
From Fortress Monroe and Norfolk
Fowrnacs 311oNnoa, May 15.—1 n consequence of a
northeast storm and cold rain, there was no deapatok
boat to Cherrystone this afternoon.
Secretaries &wird and Welles, and Attorney General
Bates, arrived tine morning. and proceeded to Norfolk
vatit commodore c01c1.1.,m-o. B lk. General- Wool oho
visited Norfolk 0. day. All was quiet there. •
Orders have been leaned by General Wool, prohibiting
the rale or distribution of newspapere in Norfolk or the
nurrounding country - , prohibiting the trannpartatton
there of sumdles or merchandise of any kind, whether
by sutlers or otherwise, and prohibiting officers. soldiers,
and chime from vieiting the CIO , except on button
connected with the troop, belonging to the Department
of Virginia.
We understand that the embargo upon travel to
Bortreee Monroe, from Baltimore, will soon be removed,
and free traneit to and fro Ls resumed.
The Adams Zaprers Company haying secured a loca.
tion in Norfolk, will open an office to-day in that city-
Lieutenant Carncroee, of General Wool'e staff, tvus
teen OPP) MUM stung aaalanantialluteut vacant,
CONORESS4IIIST SESSION:
The Indian Appropriation Ell Passed
by the Senate.
THE MURDER OF HON. ROBERT E. SiVTT
Secretary of Wax's Explanation of that Afar:
View of Mr. Wood, of New York, on the
Condition of the Country.
W.MiIIINGTON, May Ili
SENATE.
Personal Explanation.
Mr. SHERMAN (Rep ), of Ohio, made a statement in
reference to a remelt made by Mr. Holman, of Indiana,
in the Home ' who said, speaking of investigating com
mittees, that Mr. Sherman's committee received On per
day. Mr. Sherman Bald that he had been on two com
mltteee ; ono the Kansas committee and the other called
the Naval.lnvestigating Oetrimittee; but neither com
mittee ever charged or received a cent of compensation
or mileage.
Memorial from the New York Merchants.
Mr. KING (Rep.), of New York, presented a memorial
of merchants of New York, asking the spryly passage of
the Pacific Railroad bill.
The Enrolment of Bills.
The resolution offered by Mr. Sumner (Mass.), that the
a
hills of the Senate and House be enrolled on papor in
stead of parehnient, was taken up, and Mr. Sunnier spOko
in favor of the adoption of the resolution.
The resohition WaS 41110014.
The Indian Appropriation Bill.
The Indian appropriation bill was taken up. "
Dlr. 1/001,11"11,1.3 (ltep.) offared an atoalmr.»t an
thorizipg the President to apply the appropriations to
certain tribes when a part was disloyal, to the loyal por
tion, and where a tribal nroulitnition nac 1 tk 3c rip
against the tinvernnient, iiiithamtino Ilia Progl,l‘.llk. Io
abrogate all treaties with tlmo. Adopted. Thn bill V11:4
then passed.
-"The Tax and Confiscation Bills.
Mr. CLARK (Rep.) of Now Hamm:hire, moved to
take up the confiscation bill, 08 reported from the spe
cial committee.
Mr. FESSENDRN (Rop.). of Maine, said he was go
ing to ask the Senate to take up the titx bill. Ho was in
favor of both bills. but his position on the Committee on
Finance made it his duty to urge the passage of the tax
bill. It Vas for the Senate to decide.
Mr. WADE (Rep.), of Ohio, was in favor of trying to
make the rebels pay a part of the cost of the war before
we proceed to tax loyal men.
The Confiscation Bill Taken lip.
Mr. It ENIttItS(IN (Union), of 'Missouri, thought there
would he nn very great reventio derived from 1110 bill 116
reported. Ile taipixived the burdens of the tax bill
would be imposed on 51,1110 of the I . ol,olSillioS, well
11H the loyal. lie should, therethre, vote to take up tho
tux bill.
=MEI=M==
Mr. CLARK Raid the bill bed been carefully prepared
by the committee, who had tried to harmonize the differ
ent prapnitions, and lie hoped the hill would meet' with
the approbation of 'be Senate.
dlr. TRUMBULL (Rep.). of TIMMS, meekil. 16 grate
out the furet section, which, he mid, was merely intended
to lighten the punishnunt of treason, and wee uncon
attritional if any bill bad been unconstitutional. He
contended that this was not a confiscation bill at all.
He claimed that Congress had the power to take the
property of a rebel during life in war, but could not
bring him into court and take his property longer than
life nailer the Conetitution, which providog against a_
tuirsder and the Taking of the property of a traitor from
Lie heirs. Yet the first section proposes, as a punish
ment for treason, to take the property of rebels forever.
A Running Del:ate.
After further diSolletiOth lllr. DAYIS (1.1.)t of Km,
moved to amend the WM mention by cltiking, otit
all the clauses freeing [laves, and add a provision for
iro
prisornent for hard lab( r of not less than five or moro
than twenty years. Mr. Davie said he had no (injection
to the confiscation of the elavee, if they were trente4 hko
other pr.perty and the yroceello placed in um treasury.
Mr. CLARK asked it •s'pngresa could not allow the
slaves to go, free if confiscaTed.
Mr. DAViS (U.). of Kentucky, thought not lie
thought it was the duly of Congress to appropriate pro
perty and use it.
Mr. CLAIM nupposo Congress thought it He
duty fo let them go free, who is to lie the judge of ite
duty
Mr. DAVIS said the legal definition of forfeiture ho
plied the taking of property and using it.
After further ditout.eice, Sin Davi.' amendment wr”
rejected. Yeas--Messrs. Darfs, illcDougsfi, Pearce,
Powell, Saulsbury, Stark, and Wilson (Alo.)-7. Nays
31.
Mr. Trumbull's Amendment ELPj c 'Led .
The illiOntittl then re . b.rreaonMr.Tusmtmll'a amend,.
merit to etrike out the first section.
Mr. LANE (Rep.), of .Kansas, thought if we wanted
to make a test be had better o ff er the original bill as a
enbstitute, and not try to mutilate this bill. Ite was in
favor of the original bilk but if the Senate Irell
roma to bare this bill, be wanted to take it as it was.
Dlr. Trumbull'a amendment wee rejected.
EAs-111eBErs. Doris, Howard, Pearce, Powell, Sauls
bury, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot, and Wilson
(Ilfo.)-10. Nays 29.
Mr. HOWARD (Hopi, of NlichlOols. moved to Arils.
OM the stcond section, which providte fur the forfeiture
of the property and freedom of the slaves of those who
incite, engage in or aid insurrection against the United
States. He spoke at some length against this section of
(be bill, as simply reltlgathit the anid.t.....nt of tre.soo,
Mr. (MOM (Rep.), of New Hampshire, moved to
amend the second section by inserting "by imprison
ment not exceeding ten years or"—so as to make it for
feiture or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the
court. Adopted.
Ilowern's eincudinent Was then rejected—yeas,
Messrs. Davie, Howard, Powell, Saulsbury, and Wilsoa
(ato.), s—nays 33.
Mr. SUMNER (Rep.), of Massachusetts, offered a
sehotilute for the bill Ordered to be printed.
On motion Of 31r. GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa, the Se
nate went into executive session, and subsequently ad
lourned till Monday.
HOUSE RE REPRESENTATIVES.
Tile Murder of Hon. Hobert E. Scott.
Flte SPRSRIER laid before the Rouse a communica
tion from the Secretary of War enclosing a report from
Gen. Geary - concerning thu homicide of Robert t, NMI
eml Mar mmltld Ittmttimrts, reer.ritly, n. wain - A mor
conmy, Virginia, from V 1 Lief, it appears that they were
killed by two privates of a Wisconsin regiment, as they,
with aims in their hands, mere entering a house where
the soldiers bad taken shelter, to capture them. One of
the latter was shot, and the atitr ..caped. It is ullest
that they had Lien guilty of marauding in the section
through which they passcd 'while seeking to join their
regiment.
Representative Wood's views on the
Rebellion_
DkNJAMIN WOOD (Dem ), of NOW York, not wish
ing to consume tbo tinio of tbe Monte in tho delivery of
a speech On the condition of the Union, obtained permis
sion to print it. He ems it has been left to him to speak
the DOA conciliatory word in behalf of Ll 4 kta4=l, s
countrymen. There were gentlemen within his vision
whose sworn purpose and greatest desire, paramount even
to the preservation of the Repuilic, is emancipation.
They first applied the torch, and are now mote bury than
ever with threnung fetch furl the Meese.
. _
t &add history ever {race, which trod forbid, the record
of this country's ruin, that page will seem the strangest,
to those that read, which tensed' the madness and wicked
ness of the arch fanatics of abolition. In the dark roccsool
of 11,4 temple o f In/Droy illegiorrniebt niches will boar the
inscription of their names. In - place of making the negro
question the subject matter of debate, Congress should
take into earnest and solemn consideration some expedient
for securing peace. lie believed that success would crown
their efforts. An honorable beace mac wlthln their
and when the people shall realize that it is only the in
famous design to .trengthen the sod- slavery movement
which tilt,t•lftS an short to obtain peso , , woe to the
chiefs of the Abolition party. But words aro thrown
away on stol thorn fonotivimn_ lit nubouted to the leXtier
feelings Whi eL should Dorviale htitonnity—to the lovers
of mu' COIIIIIIOII COlllitry. We want a Union of sovereigns,
not of Subjects. In conclusion he orgoa and ontrcats
Congress to adopt ''oll/e nica,etre which may bring about
a cessation of lawl ili ties, with is livlT In mediation.
Alter the co/whirl - orlon of private hills the House
journed till 'Monday.
From Newbern, N C
NEW YORK, MaY DI —The steamer Oriel°, from New
ham, North Carolina, with elates to the 12th, arrived to
night. She had sixty three discharged soldiers from the
One Bundled and Third New York Regiment, several
soldiers on furlough' and the bodies of Lieutenant South
worthand OlterlFe 'Bataan, of Connecticut.
The health of the troops at liewhern is good, and that
place is being fortified.
From Harrisburg
Ittunignuna, Nay 16.—Covermr Curtin left this
sno,ning for New Ycrk, to undtrgo medical treatment,
and will be absent until Thuteday night.
Springer flarbaugh, Esq., of Pittsburg, has been
commissioned by the Governor as agent of Pennsylvania,
to proceed without delay to look after the wounded
Pennsylvanians on the battle fields in the Southwest.
lie will be accompanied by two skilful surgeons, with all
the appliances the emergency will require. This is lu
addition to other provisionimade some time ago. Sur
geon General Smith has been instructed to Wee the
steamer Whilldiu to Richmond, the United States per
mitting, or to any other point where he can take our
disabled volunteers on board, prepared, in all respects,
to continue the good work.
The America Outward Bound
BALIFAX, MaIF 16.—The Americo., from Boston, ar
rived at this evening, and sailed for LiTerP99i lit OX
Movements of Parson Brownlow
NEW YOREMay 16.—Parion Brownlow, by invite
tiOna will speak at the Brooklyn Atheneum to-marrow.
The Niagara at Boston.
BeeTON, May 18 —The Niagara, from Liverpool via
Halifax, has arrived. Her news has been published_
Steamer Parkersburg Ashore
haw rOia:, Nay 16.—The steamer Parkersburg ie
asbore on He ll B l4 l.e, Ant/tot/0 bee Won dent to ter,
and the kill probably get off at high water.
Death of a Jayhawker
Er. Louis, May 16.—Tho notorious Jayhawker, Chva-
PlTcbted at Oarawatomie, ou the 11th iustautt Wile
Wiled wbile attempting to escape, One of Ids gang. Named
Barbarous, was also arrested and taken to Fort Leaven
worth,
A Mail fur New Orleans,
NEW YORE. Nay 111.—The p.tonifier OC(q1,11 QllC`Ch will
nail for Now Orleans direct on Sunday next. She will
carry a mail.
(We learn front the rhundopi4ia no office thot let
ters deposited in the office up to this (Saturday) nToning,
addressed to NOS' 014 e 1111 S, lw in time for the Ocean
Quern.]
reusavolu 'taken fty the IT. 0, Forces.
CAMP NEAR COMINTII, Nay 15.—Colonel Jacob
'llloThas,m, of Bouti . eg:l7 I Stair, 101111011 Y Secretary of
the Interior und‘...r Buchanan, nocomPanied the late flag
of truce. Ho adutita the fall of Ziorfollt, Nov °Omit's,
and l'entacola. but denies the fall of Richmond.
The Ship Kate _Hooper
obip linte iTooper, .taba
eon, corenistaler, has arrivtd at San Francisco in safety.
She cleared front thin port on the 18th el IR+comber, and
some anxiety has bern felt at her long passage, which
thin awn Bucement happily dissipates.
A Catastrophe at Calasauqua, Pa
eITASAUQUA. May 16 —At 12 o'clock to•dey, so en
git e attached to the coal train buret while standing at
the depot here, killing three men.
STOCKS AND REAL ESTATE, TUESDAY NEXT.—
Thomas & Sons: sale at the Exchange, 20th inst.,
will comprise upwards of twenty pralipt , Pi la 9, in
cluding business stands, city dwellings, country
seats, building lots, &0.. by order of Orphans' Court
executors, and others. See adrertisenzents and
ranryidei fffifffiV,PfN, 3 . JilifTll? N'dwy,
AUCTION NOTICM—SALE OF BOOTS AND SIIOF.S.
WO Would vslltho ;Malin of bora W thy tarp
and attraolive sale of 1,000 cam boots, shoes, bro
gans, &0., to be sold on Monday morning, May 19,
at 10 o'clook precisely, by eatalogue, by Philip
Ford A Co., auctioneere, at their store, Nos. 525
Market and 522 Commerce street.
ENGLISH PicTortua.s , ---Frota S. C. Upham, 403
Chestnut street, we have the English pictorials or
the 28th April. The Illustrated London Nem:.
has one illustration of the war in America, with a
largo number of other engravings. The Illustrated
News of the World is rather poor in its wood•outs,
but its portrait of Lady Malmesbury (as she was a
soore years ago) is a fine opeoimon of cograving
Public Amusements.
Ira Liza OPSMA.—The second and last performance,
this season, at the Academy of Music, will take place
this evening, when La Favorite," by Donizetti, will be
very attractive, we doubt not. Madame D'Angel, we
bear, considers Leonora to be one of her best characters.
It has some splendid solos and duets. In the first act,
when Leonora first meets Ferdinand, there are a couple
of charming duets. Again, in the third scene or Act IL,
she has a fine duet with the King—which has been
encored each time we heard it. The closing scene of this
Act, in which all the leading singers are engaged, Is las
preftelve, grand, end deeply tragic. Then, la Act 111.,
Leonora singe that touchier! and Milder solo, breathing
the deepest passion, yet tinged with eadnese—we mean
the aO, mle Fernando." The whole of this Act is
thoroughly dramatic, and, is Be bustle and action,
much In contrast with the last Act, in which the lovers
meet at the Convent. Here, Leenora's , tender 1, Fer
nando, ah! doe' egli," and her mournful “Clemente
al par di Die," contrast with Feedimand's bitter re
proaches in i.Ah va, t'invola," and the exalting
Yienl, 2,1101-Wm," which they ring together, near the
finale. The cast, bee:des D'Angri's Leonora, includes
Brigiuoli, as Pernanefiet Manwasi as The King, and On-
WM as Balthazar. As D'Augri is the best operatic con
tralto in this country piece Alboni, ( who also was fend
of ti La Favorite,") and as Brignoli has repeatedly sip
peered in the character of Fernando, beelike the ad
vantage of such voices as Nancust's and SUSiSi . O3-Werkto
reasonably promise our maeical friends a great pleasure
this evening. There is every prospect of the house being
crowded, which, next to gcod singing, is one of the plea
santett incidents In a visit to the Academy of Music: This
is the last evening of Mr. Gran's company appearing here,
On next Thursday evening Mr. Mark Hassler's fare.
will concert is to take place, at the Academy of Music.
The novel feature of a promenade lit,tl.lMbik tLa Iteel aad
sensed partielnipteeaca its with the great relief that will
be produced by having a chance to walk about in the
spacious rooms of the Academy, listen to good music,
and tee old acquaintances. Mr. Hassler has just hit the
very thing that the public wants in this weather.
By reference to our amusement column it will be seen
that Van Amburghbi mammoth menagerie intends giving
a series of their exhibitions in this city during the
coining week. Their collection of living animals will be
exhibited under a large tent, pitched on the lot on Arch
street, above Nineteenth. The exhibition will !teemed
on Monday, and continue six days, giviug three perform
ances per day. No doubt Mr. Van anduirgh will be well
patronized by the public.
The lovers of music are promised a rich treat tomor
row n'ght at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Fourth street,
above Spruce. The exercises will consiet of a Grand
Oratorio with organ and orchestral accompaniments,
which will be performed by the members of the Choir of
St. Mary's Church, assisted by meridiem of all the Catho
lic Choirs in the city. The whole will be under the lead
ership of A. F. Dos Santos. As the entertainment has
been gotten up for the purpose of itapliteleg the orsae of
the church it thould be well patronized.
The Strike in Schuylkill County.
(For The Press.]
EDITOR rsaae: In your edition of the 9th Mat , you
gave an article howled "The Coal Idinorh'
pretoLding to narrate the aura of tlin strike In this
.dis
trict. As manager of the works alluded to (excepting
the Swatara Colliery, where the strike began,) for over
ten years past, I must say, without hesitation, that I far
Prt-fev• lb hr.vo verri.ilon for ctealing fairly with men
rest on the shitetneiut of those who, a few clays ago, were
attempting, by destroying property, to force their ex
actions on their employers, than on the narration of re-
Militia or such designing individuals as wrote the astit,la
in your pacer.
The wages paid to the men were, in proportion to the
price of coal, higher than I have ever known thein to Lo.
A big advance had been tendered voluntarily by me on
the lee of April. The dissatisfaction arms from other
cuuses-,-the wages were a pretext. Contemptible plotters
were at the bottom of it, using the workmen as tools
but, as could be expected, not to be found among those
Wbo aeied In broad dal light. Theca he not one rse, , / of
truth in the statement made by your correspondent, who
is either imposing on the community by explaining what
he knows nothing about or stating what he knows to be
FONC4 Witt bedded to uphold the law. It was not to
make non work who do no , t wick to work, and who can
choose anion est the numerous operations to get employ
ment if the treatment they receive* ar t y IrdfiriCUillf 0110
deem not cult them. It was to prevent theta to deStroy
rrorerty with a view to enforce their demands. I left it
to disinterested parties to compromise with the teen, on
account of the total inability, to use an extremely mild
enTelibi(M, of the sheriff of Schuylkill counts , to eetehltAh
the atinreinacy of the law, and with the conviction that
no advance was deserved. Respectfully, -
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
nln...vDeLil44, nfly ]01 1662
The stock market was ;Inlet to , day, with firmneell
in prices generally. Government certificates of indebt
edness command % per cent. premium ; the seven and
three-tenths Per cent, loan sells at 104.}i. City sixes
of the old issue advanced K, abd the new issue, ,t‘
Pennsylvania Railroad. stock rose %. Reading Railroad
shares sold freely at 24% and 24k. Batawlsaa preferred
advanced ;I' and the coalmen Mak %, A considerable
busincse was done In Spruce and Pine streets railway
shares, at 12)1 and 1.2!.; Second and Third streets sold
at 63 and 623, a gain of 3 ; and Girard College railway
at 20X. Little Solnitaill ailroad stock, Which hiss bean
selling at 9 end 10 dollars a share, suddenly advanced to
15. The frivolous and vexatious suit in chancery, insti
tuted by those who would have had this company repu
diate its obligations, hag been opposed by so many
of the stockholders as to cause its settlement,
and the near approach to completion of the new feeder
from the great middle coal Held,' the East Malianoy
railroad, which tunnels the Broad Mountain at the most
foyers:We point, promises a great accession of business to
the Little Schuylkill company during the present year.
Bank shares are advancing. Consolidation Bank stock
sold at 26, and tbo bids were for Philadelphia 105, North
Ai...sic& 111, 1 1 51,
Libertine 60, Southwark 73, Kensington 60, Western 611
Mr - clanks' 26, Manufacture's' and Mechanics', 24k.
Girard 40, Penn Township 30, Commonwealth 35, and
der. Excbnnge 60.
Pilvssrs Drexel & Co. furnish us with the following
nuOlations:
New York exchange pat al-10 prom.
B.Flkork hangs. D arnel - 16 pram.
_Baltimore exchange parer die
Country funds 36' esti-10 dbl.
Golf 034 pram
One year certificates
.! 2-10 TressnrY note.
A meeting of the board of directors of the Cape May
and Atlantic Railroad Company ;vas held on Thursday,
15th inst., at the hotel of Meesre. Parsons A Smith, Cam.
den, N. J. Mr. Jahn Dougherty, of Cepa RUM, ut.t,
elected president, and Mr.lhomas I. Cooke, - of
phis, was elected treasurer. After an interchange of
opinion, it was resolved that measures be at once adopted
t 9 frailw the murlvtio of thy road,
Shipment); of coal over the Huntingdon and Broad Top
Mountain Railroad during the week ending Wednesday,
May 14,1862. and since January 1, 1862.
Week, Previously. _
TOOB. Tone. Tone.
1882 0,264 113,405 110,609
1861 3 645 54,304. 68,239
Increase 2 419
Tlio anthracite and bitutilhaiiii boat brought down on
the Reading Railroad and Schuylkill Canal this week
was we follows:
ilotiroad, tide week in 1860 35,530 tone
•• 1861..."...... -.- _38.707 ~
.• .. 1802 30,401 k
Canal, this week in 1860 31.612 • •
•• • • 1861 .80,228 • •
•- -- 1862 27,771 ••
The earnings of the Krie Railroad, for the MOSLII of
April, 1862, were . (606,755 48
Earnings, April, 1861 547,174 OS
Increase
Oar remit.. wilt Ac. cu IMS thy CoNowlin( oom•
marl of Federal currency and Federal securities for re
ference. It hi compiled by Thomeon'sßank Note Re
rorter :
The demand Treasury notes which aro dated Ai2.10,
1561, are Ind fundable into stock, but are receivable
for all public dues." This fact appearg on the margin of
the note.
The demand Treasury notes whirl; are (tate4 'March
90, too2are not reeettabb, fur Vustosu-hotalu damn but
are ft-111,1%1,1e into a twenty-year 6 per rent, stock but
the stock is redeemable at the pleasure of the GOTVIII
- our time after lire _ years. This fact appears tut the
WWI; Qf noe,
Thv T 0,10 treasury note bonds are fundable at the
pleasure of the holder, at any time up to the day they
mature, into an absolute 20-year 6 cent. stock; or, if
the bolder elect, be can take the Laney at maturity.
TbC_ . ab.a.OlN go-ye a r SW4 United awn oix9l
O/
of A
The stock into which the demand notes dated March
10, 1.665, are fundable. Is named, by Mr. Secretary
Chase" the United States 5-20 sixes. The meaning he,
that they have five soars to 'run. and they may Me fee
acme irdeftnite lima not exceeding twenty years.
The demand treasury notes dated August 10, 1861,
will continue to bear a premium, being the only money,
01 cept gold, that is usable at the custom house; and
next tall or winter the premium on them will be about
equal to the premium ou gold, whatever that mat , be.
From these data it is easy for any person to make up
their mind what the various classes of Federal securities
are worth, when paid for in legal-tender treasury note
ett7f9l.9)) Pr In hardi CII77OOCYr which is convertible into
nothing hut legal- tender currency.
We will elucidate by saying that the legal tender'
money is par. The . 6 5.20 sixes" being obtainahle at
par with the legal tender currency. cetnot rise but a
brokerage above par and accrued interest added,
Then the question is, how moult to an absolute twenty?
year eta per cent !dock worth niers than a six per cent.
stock that may be called in at any time after five years 7
The 7 X.lO Treasury note bonds will earn during the
too and a half years they have to RR thict mit,
lucre talercet thou the 0 eer coat, atongi They are then
win ih that three per cent. more than the sixes or 1.1351;
and the privilege of taking the money or an absolute
twenty-year stock is certainly worth something in ad
dition.
(line-doll:u• ' billS On VW 011010 o? Iltftsfoirg
have been extensively altered to 5. and 10s, and put into
circulation in Ckveland and Cincinnati. Sante of theist
inny goon hw offs rod hero, mid enutinn will ha rte
attiredin taking guuh. The %igle tte of thu guanine alter:,
altered as above, is : Females seated oaelt- situ of an
anvil: "Citizen's Dunk" in a mitheireln
The New York Evening Pert of to-day BMW
The stock market is a shade lower than at yesterday's
Second Board, but there is no pressure to sell. The
bears are selling freely on sellers' option, supposed on ac
count of General Bunter's proclamation declaring the
it slam of Florida, South Carolina, and Georgia forever
free." The seeculative shares do not show ,s bunch
weakness as Governments, these having fallen back X)..;
per cent. The coupon sixes sold down to 101 N, the re
gistered to 104 X.
Tle rearicei. after Ito Doer& was firmer. Mew Vork
Central, .59„v ; Erie, 59% ; Toledo, 46% i Michigan
Guarantied, 53.
Pacific Mail is very firm, and closes 111 X bid, 112
asked. Sales have been made since the Board at 111 x.
In railroad bonds !bore la a large advance Ismaili, Ail
the first.class mortgages are /02 per cent. higher.
The Border State stoci.s close X per cent, higher—
Tennessee SP, Missouris 52%.
Money is extremely abundant to-day at 4 por cent on
call_ The extremes are S and 5 per cent. The bulk of
the business is at 404,14 per cent. on prime colia.erals.
Odd closes dull, with sellers at 103 X. At 103 there is
a good demand.
Philadelphia stock Mewing. Salm Ma" iii
[Reporied by S. E. St.,/ TM.% WEIL, rhita, Exchluge.]
FIRST BOARD.
750 Reziaime R. 2-I , N 50 Catawissn pa.. 9
110 do 2.1% 15 2tl & 3d-st ll 63
IRO do 3,5 9-0.4 do 0A
30 Lel,lgh Scrip 40 10 (!oosolidatiou ltk. .25
99 sy‘ruce & line It 12% 2000 City Os RI csb. 08%
100 do encb. 10% 100 do ..New.lo2;=4 ,
100 do ~.851rns 12±4 1000 Chun ,t AMU !Sp. 05
00 12 40 Lohigh Nov. 55}4
1 00 Girard I 011. sv 11. . 20.4' 250 Long Island Rbs 15
46 roma ... . . 80 entawisga
21 do 47x woo Selloyl Nov 6s 'B2 69
121 Cotavigm R W... 9 tO) Litho Stdatyllt.... 15
50 do L 5. 9 100 elouter Vol 7 31
BETWEEN BOAR'S.
10 'Nunn P 47'-; 100 &lima Wm , prf... 15,4
1000 SylluYl liar Os 'B2 09 18 Little Schuyt U..... 15
249 1 ) City Os 98% 00 sc l / 1 111Dit11....“. 0%
1000 - ;:r19111.192X
fIECOND
4 llazIolon:Conl.... 4514
10 do. ..... 4EX
2000 Ma & 111:1 . o 04.. 91%
13 Ilk of N Libortion 00
MOO Mending 68'80... 85
1000 do '7O CAL. 93
360 Spr Pine It lOW 13
MEEZI
_ • .
35 North Pinata It„ 8%
24 do . 0%
20 PCIIIIR B 47%1 1
CLOSING 1.11
Did. Asked.
11 9 fIR 1 81 101%
U ti Tr 7 3.10 /1,104 X 105
Philnda 06 883 H 3
Plithula Os new..1023i 103
Penna bO. 89 AO
Rending R . 24X 24,1
Read na 6s 'BO '43 90% 100
Rend Nis '70.... 63 93,t4
R e.ad nit 6,'86,. 84% 86
l'prana It 47 41
Penna It 1 na 6at..103N
PeZAWR 2n, 6a1.. 06g 0(1%
111°,71 , 3 enf f!am.. 45 46
Itt (mil (5111. Frail X 117
Bela rtt noels , 5%
Seh Na 7 . 1 0 r4... 15!. 15%
Sett Nay 94 , 82.. 68 69
Elmira 11 • • • 10g 10)1
CITY ITEMS.
It is no numeceling compliment to the' hiteineell Vitality
and enterprise or our city to find that,motertthstandlng
He unparalleled yrbstration in mercantile circles caused
by the war in neoetY alt the ordinary channels of trade,
there have not a few young houses sprung hate being,
with dlatingurehed seweersie, almost within the period
covered by the rebellion. Peweelhsat vra
would name the (now ?oputoriy and favorably known)
"Oak Hall" Clothing Harmer, located on tlgrsouthoteat
corner of Market and fluith streets. The proprietors of
this establiehment, Mermen Wanamaker k Brown s who
are both thoroughly convoreant with the clothing9trade,
conceived the idea of creating in Philadelphia a• clothing
emporilm. after the plan of the celebrated ,‘ Oak. Han"
clothing house of Boston. '2lley made the attempt, and
the occult, we are pleased to. chronicle, 19 a deeded
succeas. Everything that tact, talent, industry, and , the
requisite capital could do to nectunplish this and'evars
done, and to-day we doubt If there is In this city a stogie
business home that has in the canto period Bemired a.
larger at tuber of permanent pe.trcrie than that of Meesre.
Wanetuaker te Brown. From oar own obaervations
and the rentarka of others, we are not mistaken in at
tributing this success, In a large =aware, to the fol
lowing causes *'They have uniformly brought the very
beet taste and judgment to hear in selecting their goods,
a fact which has rendered their, customer. work (gar--
mints made to order), an immense item in their bust
Pen; they employ only the best talent in their culling de
pirtatint t they bay anti till Ail ask, wt,s4 being a young
Louse, their ambition hes been rather to build up a firet.
class trade than to make large profits ' r heum§ their prices
are yuneually low, by which we mean that the most
stylish and beet made garments—and• their clothing hr
unimpuesed in these particulars by any other in the
Union—are told dot/0./11)(49yr Mr, priG9o latiagy charged
for the same classed gentle.
We confiralnlate this enterprising young firm upon
their success, and are more that we expreoa tiro sentiments
of very many of our readers in sat ing that It 19 richly
deserved_ Thole tWAI4SIIt. re f -nn.da
by the way, and their material for making suits to orders
are we I worthy the attention of all gentlemen of taste.
A FEW WORDS ATIOUT ITEL3IIIOI,D's
Is 711 A ~t,., ' , OM; 1 , " IV , ("WWI!
1;1)11 to give eclat to a patent medicine,!' Intl the fact
that EVCI;M: cc I I 1.; It, the
Pee flout the columns of nearly every leading journal.
throllghlout the eanntry entitles it In a hearing; Ural
irvptiriueuf n rnuttbrr of ollf tram respectable eitittehe nit i
physician.; who de.91.19e anything like quackery, we and
that lielmithid's E.etract Ihtek9 Is telling it, owl, story
to lion aiels in every acce9sihie part vi UV' )Lien, nml
`I : ,l Irbe cri.lenG , " iiiP , lllCl IL' that it
IS not i t nostrum, hot an invaluable Inedieltio, entapoitiol
ed been vegetable atibstance9 purply, upon the highest
pr i nc ipl e , of ,j,•.li.ical and medical :ONION first drew
our ;U.4;tho ,
10 it, liy gentlemen in thhi city and eisoniiitrt., wile- , t tea
tiniraly 19 of the higheat character, we are it to admit
that itr.t.sopom's Exeneer 11001117 Is Watil7 of all the
'imminency it lit recelniM Murniivor, tvo are 011111i110.1,
that Its (WV:1,1131111i d WOlll.l be of Insolimlile i.ervice to.
the hetdth of every lionsehidd, as it only the [Cost
effectual specific known ill materiei medicd. in the di
seases of the kif neys, timid ere, and other intmmal or
aa.l 4.1 of Mob neas-i art . .* name,
but itri effect upon the general health of oil who try it, it
apparent, and, in many case , , surprising. It increases
the power of digestion, and Petite; the absorbents into
OeTehr reducing MI 111111ilth1li eulitriM•
melds, and removing local pains and lollannuation. Wer
believe, upon the whole, that a TWAT health-promoting
nod maser:Al y-flesimi de mobil'''. lute never been g!veis
to the Piddle than Ilelmbold's Extract Ruche. nth! it:
by the Pti.Oillt terms of rotinnewlation lwre beetowest
upon it, vre shall have promoted its Inure general
tic'', as they foremost family medicine of the it4o, it wilt
by a real genital to the VaillllllllßV. mkorei,thsbe
of this' article, which will be found in another c damn,
ere advise all our readers to rend, and believe, practi
cally, if they ere of with any of the symptortur
itich the Huhn nrufessc, to
E. BORD.I
GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN HA
Warburton, the Hatter of. Chestnut street, No. 430,
undoubtedly b.1,,,,w1 tho 1,9.19 F 9; Raying ci t utrltnitoi
Boyers' of the moat important improvematlA in tha
ulabufaeture of Rats—la the matter of comfot t, darabllity,
and cbeapticsa—that the prveent inventive age has yea
developed. His Flexible-Band, Ventilating Hat, patamod
by fir, Warburton in 31100 1 has given to the public 1)1
all odds 'the most comfortable and healthful hot out, atrl
the recent wonderful Improvements effected by him to
what is now popularly known as the " Warburton In
ireitette Pat Hat," are tea-teeing to liPo 144/ITVTAIity
oreciated, They certainly are the most admiral:de un
theta hats for spring awl Ellillninr that this or any other
market affords.
CHOMP COVRECTILM At E. G. Wiii - r?t'irt
Co'o.—Messrs. E. G. Whitman & Second qtreat.
below Chestnut, have just brought out a variety of
choice confections, expressly adapted to the season.
Thl sFeeq sarnotogv vi k , a)ing from this tom is
that their gouda are alwav fresh. Being among the
hugest wholesale deeera in lisle branch of inandacterteg.
their stock is conelantly moving, in contteguence Qj
which ;heir ro(uff pououns are ircohly supplied [miry
day.
DELICIOUS BEVER AOE3 Fr)11 THE TABLE,—
C. 11. olealvr in tint, tirocnrie4, Arch Toatni
ha....,•.a,taat17 • •1L l t :.,111/111. 14 41t . brat 1:131,4
1111. i Cllfft . vs, linnttla Le Ili s eelolratol f.).)1.1114
root oflwr Tenn, and Iris pure Ina (I.)rupluntnit Jay.k
fir., aro Justly reputed to he
ar O 111 1• Nnoton, asta.t
Itro?: prom
10 ha.teo
BEAUTIFUL NEW iIATS FOR CHILDREN AND
AND CAI'S AT
CliarleH Oahfur4 ! Son. nn.b.t•
Itottd. Mow thig w/.lt ii,Llod 4‘...k v..-1,1. 7
the most exquisite noveltie-t. in the Way of Ohildreit's
i t o tt d d . Their flats and Cate , in this delta' tment are un
riralltal, and their shire all lily yesterday %vat thr;mgett
.. .. 1 .1'..-.l“ r rq,ll - 11,
iin'iT warertatitt- , for the t• tam — Spring lints thy
Which lid: firm mot, exhibit in tiedr tt.ttal eKeelltutt
ta-tte.
STMT. Ixtrzi9l - I:ll.l,—Tile A No. I meals
served by Ni. .1. W. _Prim et lib p..pular I.o4tsm•stit,
have long issm regsill.st 1. 1.1.k111,,11, tie - to he IVA
iu tin. elty. lint since making fit splotull.l impr,renbuit lis
1 1 1, 4 ,09. u, 1 1 10 1 lie IS, I.y ruilimuil
excelling himself. EVery day HMIs 1.10:0:3ht, tllll5l
- to ml.l teli-11 1., Ow nor,. +ul,-
etuniinl on Lis 1411 of fare, fly the Way, It byi,t
towuotrcu Qantas utuemgg.vgculrnn9iniiinedoinlwire to
speck of ‘. Prison lamb nod salad - iu the crack dish of
the see-en, The rolinery eleiartmehe of this n.stourem
is. b.:yond doubt, the brsbeonduried ..1 I:1 thin OW'
TILE AVA NT COURIERS OP CONSVMPrioir,
Coughs and Colds, are extremely prevalent, and the
foundation of many a fatal case of inflammation of the
lungs, bronchitis, District'. be., is ildW W 1 ,114 116 1. Wfs
giouict them desitiletlYo elements be allowed to gather
beef when they call be subdued in their incipiency, by
Dr. P. Jains'a Expectorant 1 This standeed remedy la
prepared only at No. 242 Chestnut street. inylT.at
WINDOW SIUDES, all styles, $1 to $5 each,
with durable fixtures, 719 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
W. H OSnlit'L d Bti?
$58,591. 45
Lncl, l liicolair, nil ;49'41 1 14PP CußTAtifSs
now in store, price 81 ZO to 820 a piece, 719 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia. W. H. CARRYL A Buo. apl24t
HELMBOLD'S UNIVERSALLY APPROVED ice-
Wani,..4iumpountl Extract Blinn Cures DISMISS Or Os
bladder, Kidneys, Gravel, Dropsy, Weakness, Ste.
Bead the advertisement In another column. null. salOt
A llivisTnttV.—A etrarle dery is geill the
rounds of the English press. An Irish earl, wishing to
improve his old mansion, Bet carpenters at work, who
discovered a Sown hermetically bricked up. It was
titt.l op In the richeet ayle of one hundred and
34 era ago, sad en a couch lay the skeleton of a female,
while on the floor was the skeleton of a man, presenting
evident traces of violence. Jewels ani dresses lay scat
tered about the room. Ito garments were quaintly out
end finished, and none of thttn resehibled in the least
the elegant modern suits made at the Brown•stone Cloth
ing Ifall of Bockhill & Wilson, 2102. 808 and DOS Chest.
nut street. above Sixth,
Ax AMIS . 00 Silt Ileithitth Titottakta
aline.—Ths Journal of Commerce thus undertakes to
give an idea of what en army of 600,000 men is: " As
moullip the liters to fall Into line. circle auk, they will
show a front of twenty-three miles, Should the gene.
rails/free wi Ii to review his army, hie charger must go
on a smart trot, and it would require over half a day.
Tlua itspectieble army, formed in hollow Mare, would
rresent a field of bayonets three miles on each side, en•
closing five thousand seven hundred and sixty acres.
Allowing two pounds of provisions per diem for each
mem they commute six hondred tons a day, and drink
one hundred and fifty thousand gallons of water." And
to keen an army like this in clothes—well—Charles
Stokes' extensive Non's and Boys' Clothing &ONO-
Event, under the "continental(" would only MY mai to
the task.
MAICE A lincrs;Nnin.—lf you do not begin,
you will never come to the 91)4r Thp Aro; v 094
uP in the gaiden, the tint seed sot in the ground, the
1414 shilling put to the savings bank, and the first mile
travelled on a journey, are all important things; they
make a beginning, and thereby give a hope, a woolly%
a pledge, Ah asstitnnos, that you are In same with what ,
on have undertaken. Bence, we advise all who era
ext avagant to he economical; to make a beginning at
ones by tatronizing the Itheorlce Mammoth Clothing
Come of Granville Stokes, No. 809 Chestnut street.
where prices aro 25 per cent. tower then any other
establishment in the city.
WILLIAM PATTEN'S Shade, Curtain,
V6rantiah, Awning, and Upholstery More, Intl Chestook
street. myl7-9tts
CligAD AND STYLISH CLOTHING, at Grigg 84
Tee Giontstra, ;09 Market earaid. - ti beautiful light GM.
simere suit entire for 88. Come and see,
SUPERINTENDENTS AND TEACHERS of Sunday
Oclivele will eet, Iv the illnurtloommt Ilt to proper,
the notice to aroma for the grand gathering of the
schools In dm Academy of Music, on the 30th hist., to
en scone the Rate Convection.
HOSPITAL LA SE.—V incent Smith, co.
lored, was admitted to the hospital, yesterday, with au
ugly shot-wound in hie side, received, by hie own state
ment, in a tight near Seventh and Lombard streaks.
AeonANT .--John Rourke, svv o ed 30
years, was admitted .0 11w hospital, yesterday afternoon.
haying sustained a fracture of the lip by a hogshead or
tobacco rolling on him, at the Pennsylvania Railroad
depot, st•the 100 i of Washington street.
1000 Sum Canal 64.0. 311(
3000 do . 31
2000 do
10 Naiads Tfank.... .100
50 Long Island 11 1)5
1000 U 8 Os res '5l rsh.l.o4li
2000 U S Os c00'8185w0101,4
10 Bliuoldll It 4T
3000 My Os New•"_••. lo.2 K
200 U 147.30 Trs(cleanlos
100 Schoyl NAT Pit. 14/C
Bid. Asked.
V.holm It Pe... 10 to
It'lnttrit Is 7 71.. 85 SO
Ittlattil It 814 147;it
Lethal CI tik Nay,. 66,ti 55g
Le CI & Nei:feu. 419% 40
N Penult U. 8% 8%
N Ponta It it.. TS TOW
N Penua It 3(ko. 93 94
entaw It C 011..• 2% • .
Catalvissa Prf.. 8y 0
Fmk & Southli 44 ..
Sec & TII-xt It. Btl% 641
Race& Vitie-fit It
W YhOR 6 .. • Id
So'nee & Piun.. 12% 13
I iy.t.n h ;Dat es.. 23 211
Clr3 .11 Walnut. 34 36
I Artir 24) % 24./4
A Zurecessful Enterprme.