i;lAt Vtcss. FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1802 WE no NOT often hear from JAMES BUCUANAN now. Be has not only stopped his corre spondence, save with a select circle, but ho is cautions how he speaks his opinions. At inter vals there is a gleam that reveals the workings of the Wheatland pcnetralia. Thus we are told by J. ft. that g( the South cannot be con quered," that "the Northern soldiers will be swept off litie rotten sheep in the sickly sea son," and that my (his) health is good; and thank God that I (he) did all in my (his) power to avert my (his) country's troubles," and that if gg my (his) advice bad been taken the war would have been averted." It is on these latter texts that the venerable Bees; preaches his merriest sermons. And who shall gainsay him? Not Conn, Tuomesos, and FLOYD, for they are with the rebeLs, and would not be bulieved on oath; not Sr Amos, Dix, and UOLr, for they know it to be true (!), and certainly not OASS, or BLACK, or Timm As, of Maryland, for they will not betray their dear old friend. But if the . Wheatland oracle len° longer voluble to the public, it is communica- five in private. Its most welcome and reign- lar visitants are W. B. REED, Esq., Jonx CAD WALADER, Judge of the Eastern Pennsylva nia District Court of the United Stales, GEO. M. WuAntos, Esq., and others• of the school who believe with our Mr. Isosaior,r, that the South is "an injured and perplexed minori ty." 'What delicious meetings between these congenial souls I How full of pleasing xemi niscences of the past! How joyous over the peaceful present! How ecstatic over the beckoning future ! We can elm& hear the ex-President say to Mr. Esau, in his quaint voice, all the while eyeing him with his one cold blue orb," why have you never fully dis proved the , allegation of WASIUNGTON, that your ancestor was supposed to be ready to go over to tbe English 311 the .Revolutionary War, and only waited for his pay? Forsooth, a somewhat pregnant question in view of the grandson's unconceal ed love for England, as proved by his ardent support of the Southern rebellion and his long review of Mr. Ssw..utn's diplo matic correspoudence. But " blood will toll." Judge CADWALADEN: 18, of course, SilbjeCT to the jokes of the "sly J. B." . Fancy the lat ter asking the Jarge if he did say, after the secession of • Somh Carolina, that that act would ktbe the means of making Charleston the first. city in the world!" The symposium to which all these first-rate and firat.cktss patriots and patricians are admitted, and where they make themselves mellow and merry over tie happy fruits of tho last Ad mintctration, is, however, screened from corn. mon eyes and ears. We, therefore, drop the veil. But if the illustrious J. B. is chary of his own words, ana fearful of any new outbreaks of sentiment, and anxious to hide his dear guests and Nisiturs trete the inquiry of the vulgarians xho want to know if they are not all traitors to the flag, he has a newspaper in Vlach to vent and ventilate his ideas. J. B. has always bad a weakness for a newspaper, especially if he coaki induce the editor to as sume his editorials. To write down a rival for the Senate or the Presidxncy, how easy ! To write up himself, how convenient! Not so easy, however, to write down a Country, and to write up a Treason. The testis a more difficult thing. But it may be hazarded. And. ao it is in the Lancaster InteUigencer, printed almost under the drippings of the ax-Presl dential refuge. We hive a copy of the /Wet; /veneer spread.before us bite a map—and a better map of sympathy with the rebellion could not be di awn.. It is marked with all the boundaries, peculiarities, dad landmarks of Treason. The traveller, who desired a safe convoy to JEFFEItSON Dens, would not need a better letter of introduction than the home. organ of the ex.PrebLient. Let us glance at this number. A low specimens will suffice. For instance : "Why is that neither of the Abolition joaraals in this pity has a wont to say in condemnation of the plunderhig rascals w ho have been mooing the Quvernment out of eueh immense sums the past; year? Reseou, they are Repubsteans. Had they karat Democrats, we dhunla have had autumn utter column of denunciative." Of course, our .; nly 1. B." does not allow his editor to say that uli this rascality and ex tiavagance wits the consequence of the cor ruption and Tie/wt.') of the recent Democratic • • administration t•I the General Government! .Next in order comes the following: "Whenever you hear a fellow particularly voci ferous in denouncing Deutocrat3 sit Madura because. • they adhere the constitution, ten to one that he is either a foul, or tour recervcd, directly or hull- , reotly, a share of the SIXTY MILLIONS had upwards,.. which, according to Mr. Dawes, a Repuhtioan• member of Congress from Massachusetts, has been stolen from the Treestuy during the past year." J. B. invitee the Constitution to hide his own treastn, but is perfectly willing that the traitors shall break it down to assist theist selves. Bertrldur again: "The idea of a • Union' party l to be composed of old, decayed Republicen fuseile, IS wares than ridi culous. The la...dominating atemont-Abolition is disunion, and the plunder element oares only for the spoils. Forma:tidy fur the country, there is now, as there always has been since the organize- don of our (I over ument, a true Union organization the Demoormie party. The Demooraoy made oar country greet, prosperous, and happy, and it would have continued so to this hoar, but fur the spirit of sectional Abolition " Tice, oh Venerable Recluse! And there is not a fighter for Southern rights now in arms to slay tie 4, Yankees" that will not swear on a whisliy-harretto thOlastice of your sen timents, and particularly to the concluding line, that it was not the rebels, but "the spirit of Abolition," that produced the rebellion. But J. B. goes on "NEGROES IN TILE NAVY.-The Secretary or the Navy has ordered our naval commanders to enlist runaway elaVee in the navy, 'rating them as boys, at $B, $9, or $lO per month, and oue ration.' Mr. Welles ought to be put in command of a fleet thus manned, and sent to capture the forts at Charleston. Ile wuuld doubtless make brilliant work of it.'' "The forts at Charleston," will be remem bered as the same that J. B. refused to rein force out of compliment to his dear friends, the Breckinridge Democracy of the South. To retake them row may cost the lives of a few thousand white freemen-but what of that 'l_ This being an ce Abolition war," the whites, and not the negroes, mast fight it out. Then comes a rhapsody of J. B. over Mr. Luscious's message correcting HUNTER'S proms clamation, and in another column a bitter aril: . cie attacking the President for repeating his recommendation of gradual emancipation. Next, an article on 4e Abolition morality,7 ! . from which we copy : •. "There are min who for years, professing'. Christianity, have adopted as their creed one soli-. tary dogma-ANTI.SLAVeRY. To those men, reit ghat is Abolitiunum ; and Abolitionism is a passport. to heaven, even through murder, and al horrible shames and crimes. Is the man an Abolitionist? It is enough, thougt_t ke_be_utheeregn, question. - eat-a-reret - or - The public money, a forger, or a robber of the private citizen? It matters not, ao that he goes in fur freeing the slave. Is ho an in fidel or en atheist, a contemner of the Bible? Ills of no account. Clergymen by the score can be found who will give tom the right hand of fellow ship, oall him toy brother,' and promise him a happy exit from limo to eternity, so he but favors man etealing from Southerners, and advocates: equality and fraternity with the negro race." Let us ask thu 0. P. F. a few questions in return. Did the Abolitionists begin the war?,• Did they threaten Mr. LINCOLN'S life? Did they murder the Masattehusetts troops in Balti more ? Did they tear up the railroad ? Have they burned our dead and mutilated our wounded? Answer 11S, thou cl learned The- ban !" Of course, we have A3lOB Katins.LL's letter in reply to "Occasional," but not the follow ing extract from his communication of Fe bruary: t , But this is not all. Probably four•fifths of all The slaves In tho United States are now lawfully .subject to confiscation on account of the treason of their masters. flow far the forfeiture of their slaves, their other property, or their lives, shall be carried, is a question of expedienoy only, and in• vOlves no constitutional question of power. Pour &the of all the bIaVCS may be thus lawfully set free, and the emancipation of tho other fifth would soon follow." But J. B. doca not stop here. There is a gun callBl 1, Old Buck," in the old 'city of Lancaster, and J. B. claims it in the name of the Democracy." And, as evidence of title he reprints the following. resolutions of the - Wheatland Cub : "Resolved, That the cordial thanks of Wheat land Club, on behalf of the Demooraoy of Lancas ter oily, be tendered to Jon?? Gamin, .Esq., of Thcordx Iron Works, for the splendid Wrought Iron Cannon he has kindly preeentod to the Demo cratic party of Lancastor•city. iiße.goived, That in this gift we recognize a spirit of patriotism and devotion to the couserva live intereets of his country, that is highly com mendable and worthy the • imitation of every American citizen—and that in our distinguished fellow•townramo JAMES Bemuses, he recognizes, iu cowmen with all the 'conservative men of the . Nation, the Stateemen and Patriot, and the only man now Were the people , who is NUM to the great crisis through which the political interests of our country are passing in the present age . of the world." Who will now say that there are n0t:441- niirers of J. B. in the Keystone Staley. •Joria Cairns presents a gun, and the donnis chili ten it 4. Old Buck," and res !Miens are pusst d, in honor of the giver. But this happened in Intl—nearly six years ago! dorm GPIFFIN makes no more guns for J. B. lie does not even vote on •his side. Ho does not-.Wieve in the 0. P. F. He fires no more salutes for J. B.'s friends, unless they aro accompanied with shot and shell ; 'and ho thinks that if J. B. had been half as tenacious of his guns two years ugo, as he is now of cs Old Buck," there would have been neither secession nor war. And this is the teaching and tone of one number of JAMBS BUCHANAN'S organ, the Lan caster .ptlelligencer. Although thousands of the citizens of Lancasterare now in the battle field against the traitors, there is not a word in this paper to encourage them—not a sylla ble of praise of their bravery or patriotism— and not an intimation that they are remem=' bored at their own homes. It is related of the aged J. 8., that when he proceeded to Washington to be inaugurated in 1857, he was accompanied by the Lancaster Fencibles, Capt. Duousias, who is now in Tennessee, in Col. HAMBRIGIIT'S fine regiment. Bat at Baltimore the President elect gave his friends the slip, and, although they remained in Washington several days, they could not approach him; the only sign that he remembered them was a preeent of fifteen dollars to pay their home ward expenses—a gift which they had the bad grace to return. And why should be remem• her them now, when they are lighting against the Breckinrklgo and Buchanan Democracy of the South, and taking part in an Abolition war? SOME TIME /Leo, the tri-partite league against Mexico was weakened by the secession of England. Since that time,. Spain has exhi bited such a decided desire to withdraw, that site, alsoonay.. --csrialaorea.out - or the ring. In'fact, the only actual European belligerents now in Mexico are the French. Sir CHARLES Wry.a has concluded a treaty with :he Mexican Government, by which the English claims are placed np m is de bind footing, and it is .understood that a. like agreement can be entered into by Mexico as regards Spain—indeed, would bare been done ere now, had not , the Spanish General Pant hastily left the country. A. minister will immediately be sent from Mexico to Spain, to complete tin treaty of pacification and alliance. The only belligerents are the French and the Mexicans. It is singular that France, of the three European Powers invading Mexico, has by far the smallest pecuniary claims upon that country. At present, Mexico owes $75,000,000 to England, $10,000,000 to Spain, aid $5,000,000 to France. With his accustomed adroitness, NAPOLEON coaxed England and Spain into a league with France for the invasion and occupation of Mexico. What his purpose originally was is unknown. Equally obscure is the result which he may now endeavor , to maintain.- Did he calculate upon obtaining, territory in Mexico ? Did he enter upon the war in the hope of giving a blow to Republicanism on the Ameri can Continent? Did he seriouslytontemplate the creation of a Monarchy in Mexico, with an Austrian Arch-Duke as its representative? WI atever the motive, he is now left alone in a remote country, deserted by his allies, who !apparently quitted him, one •after the other, on finding that, to use a vulgar but somewhat expressive phrase, ho bad made a cat's paw of them. In plain words, they discovered that he was using them for some purpose of his ow n. The French papers state that the French forces.were to be considerably increased, at Mekico, by sea as well as by land.. NA- PgLEON'S instructions to his commanders were to push on for the city of Mexico. Accord ingly, the main body of the French army quitted Vera Cruz, and have endeavored to tress forward to the capital. They have found it difficult to advance, with the native ireeps against them, and indeed around them, at-all points. So situated, they find it equally ,diikeult to retreat as to advance. The Mexi cans are between them and Ye a Cruz, and also between them and Mexico. Reinforce nts of ships and men may help them, may erable tbem . to get on to tho capit/I or back to" Vera Cruz, but in either case, the gain • worild be doubtful. A handful of foreigners t.anu‘t tope to continue masters of such a city Ai Mexico, and the French will risk much more by remaining at' Vera Cruz during the hot months, when disease ..proves so fatal evi•n to the acclimated natives. At present, -it would seem as it this Mexican expedition, at tnce costly, nnnecessitiy,.and infelicitons, were one of NAPOLEON'S failures. As TAL LEYNAND said, of another affair, it is worse than a elime,—it is a blunder. The Great Indiana Swindle The papers are teeming with the details of the great robbery perpetrated by the agent of the State of Indiana, in the city of New York, by an over-issue of $1,200,000 of five-per-cent. -stocks. The financial system of Indiana must be very-loosely managed that so great a swin dle should be so long undetected. It is a fact that deserves to be-mentioned at present, that es long ago as December, 1853, Hon. Jostru A. Waicnr, the American minister at Berlin, and now a Senator in Congress from that State, wrote a letter to a friend in thelndiana Legis lature, praying Win to report a bill to prevent frauds and robberies of this very character, and predicting just the catastrophe which has occurred if his advice was neglected. The following extract is from Gov. Warn LIT'S let ter referred to, and may be profitably read and acted upon by the people of all the. other States that adhere to the system Which has proved to be so costly to Indiana. It ought to be added that Gov.-Warcnv, in all of his messages to the Legislature of Indiana, pressed this reform as a measure of,firet and last pru dence and precaution “Bantist, Deoember 11, 1858. " MY Daen Stu : It has given me much pleasure to receive the intelligence of your election to the House of Representatives of Indiana, and to be assured of your earnest purpose to throw the weight of your influence in favor of some plan by which more efficient safeguards and checks may be placed around the treasury and the State Agency, and the financial affairs of our' State put upon a more se cure footing; and I am most happy to learn your determination to urge that just and essential, bat lonivseglected measure, the geological and topo graphical survey of Indiana. "To speak first of financial matters : The laws which regulate the financial operations of Indiana arc, in many respects , proverbially defective, and we have hitherto escaped serious damage, only be cause we have thus far been remarkably fortunate in the selection of able and honest men _to fill the _ office of State Agent. But we may not always bo thus fortunate; and we cannot close our oyes to the fact that, should a corrupt or incapable man ever occupy that important and responsiblepoeitiog„ there_larinthiassi - incalatniliTtlitit blank bonds are executed in unlimited numbers, and forwarded to the Agent, and only require to be filled, up and signed by him to become valid ; and yet there is nothing whatever, except from his personal honeaty, to prevent him from issuing them by the thousand. It seems almost miraculous that we are not com pelled to reckon our 1061101 by millions. " You doubtless remember the case of the young man who Suddenly disappeared a few years ago, while conneoted with ono of our small Indiana banks in the capacity of cashier, taking with him several thousand dollars belonging to his employ ers. For days and weeks before this robbery was , committed, this gentleman had been entrusted with the affairs of our State Agency, during the ab sence of the agent, with blank stocks already signed by the auditor and treasurer, under his con trol, nothing to do but to fill them out for thousands or millions. Once issued, and in the hands of un suspecting purchasers, then let the State look out for itself . By permitting such dangerous facilities fur robbing to remain uncorrected to this very day, whieb is actually the case, the State virtually offers a premium on dishonesty, and invites depredations upon its property. "You will hear some men talk about a register of stocks at New York, and of other checks end safeguards through the agenoy of banks; but, in my judgment, the only adequate means of scouring the people of the State against fraud and loss will be, to require that all trawlers of State stooks shall be made by the agent In .New York, then sent to the Auditor and Treasurer. df State at In dianapolis, to be duly signed and 'regiatered, and then forwarded again to the agent in New York. 2111 s arrangement will probably find little favor among brokers and speoulatora ; but every intelli gent man 'at New York or elsewhere who wishes to make an inveatmesit in Indiana stocks, will con eider himself amply compensated for the delay of a few days by the absolute security of his property,'; whtdhwillbetho'result of such a precautionary i measure. Indiana will owe you a debt of graii-!' lade if you will give your attention to this subjestc. and, in conjunction with your colleagues abs. Legislature, assist in providing additional and. inure ifauacious safeguards to her securities which are held at home and abroad." • SALB OF• CA III III I / 1 8, MATTING, SM.—The °arty attention of purchasers is requested to the general assortment of 300 pieces of velvet, Brussels, in grain, cottage, hemp, and list carpetinga; also, superior white and red•checked Canton and cocoa wettings, to be peremptorily sold •by eatalogue, on a Credit of four months, commencing this morning, at :10 o'clock precisely, by. John B. Myers do Co., auotioneei7, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. LETTER EROIII-:“ OCCASION AL." WAtsaiosi:, - May 29, 1862. . What would the Democratic party in its best days have done, if the grave responsi bilities of yrosecutiug such a war as this had been reposed in its hands? Let us suppose precisely the same case made. up against an adversary that has been made up against the South, and who can doubt that a policy would be resorted to far more severe and thorough than that adopted by the present A.dministra- tion ? We have only to peruse the history of the last thirty years, to be assured of the truth of this assertion. The most familiar authority against even a threatened rebellion, is that furnished in the experience of Andrew Jackson, a Southern President. Had he not been prevailed" up, n, be would have hung John C. Calhoun on Pennsylvania avenue. Those who knew the innermost secrets of his heart have frequently related how often he regretted that he had been persuaded from this purpose. The Jackson school was composed of min who took the responsibility, and whenever they did so tbey were sustained by the people. In the midst of the violent assaults of his opponents, the favorite motto of Old Hickory was that 4 ‘ he had sworn to support the Constitution, and would execute it according to his own construction of it." Hence his declaration of martial law in New Orleans, and his defiance of the decision of Judge Hall. Hence his .fear less opposition to the United States Hank, in the face - ofAreats and protests from lawyers and capilalltits. Hence his hanging of Ar buthnot and Ambrister. In his campaign against the British, before the battle of Now Orleans, he enrolled and armed the: negroes by thousands, and if he were now living he would not hesitate a moment, to strike at the slaveholders, to confiscate their slaves, to use their labor to relieve his own troops, and to carry fire and sword into every community that resisted the Ilederal thnritv—The-marlisan_ who stood in his way was crushed. The Ade -re officers who hesiated to support his policy was removed, and flu' member of Congress who refused to give him his whole heart's ap proval was sternly excluded from his presence. One of his boldest acts, the removal oftlin de posits, was greeted with a shout of execration by the expounders of the Constitution, and led to the appointment, first in his Cabinet as At- torney General, and afterwards as a Judge of the Supreme Court, of that very Roger B. Taney who is now relied upon, in his high place of Chief Justice of that grave tribunal, to give opinions to embarrass the Administra- tion in its present great struggle. Jackson salv his country in peril—beheld it threatened by a tyrannical moneyed institution—and, when the lawyers refused to give him law to main taintis remedy, he made the law for himself —or, as in the case of Taney, selected lawyers to make it for him. So much for the real chief of the pro gressive Democracy in his own day and time. ...dell for Jackson when :he felt he was tight. What he would do now no honest man can doubt. His heroic soul would kindle with indignation at the spectacle of a slave holders' rebellion inspired by the teachings of Calhoun against that Union which he de dared c , must and shall be preserved." Take the Democrats who followed him. They wore never hampered by such pleadings as are pa• tent on the part of the Breckinridge leaders in this crisis. When they wanted Texas they rode down all objectiont.. When they hungered for more territory they laughed at constitu- tional scruples. When they longad for Cuba, Slidell, and Mason, and Hunter, and Buchanan boldly advocated 'a great corruption fund of thirty millions to buy and to bribe the Spanish court ; and this scheme was so seriously enter.- tabled, that when some timid Democrat sug gested that the thirty millions might be swollen ' into two hundred millions, they hooted him down r and said that to secure this new slave ground such a bounty would be most mode rate. Then their plea was that the acquisi tion of Cuba was'a measure of self-preserva tion. Let ns quote from the Ostend Mani festo, Signed by James Buchanan, John Y. Mason, and Pierre Soule. gt But if," they, said, cg dead to the voice,of her own interest, and actuated by stubborn pride, Spain should rotuse to sell Cuba to the United States, then the question will arise, What ought to be the course of the American Government Javier such circumstances ? Self-preservation is the fi rs t taw of Nature, with Stales as well as with individuals. .611 nations have, at different pe riods, acted upon this maxim." And again, when they ask, 46 Does Cuba, in the posses sion of Spain, seriously endanger our peace and the existence of our cherished Union ?" they use these revolutionary terms; g. Should this question be answered in the affirma tive, then by every law, human and divine, .wo shall be jurtilled in wresting it from Spain, if we poises the power, and this upon the very same principle that would justify an individual in tearing dowse the burning house of his neighbor, if there were no other means of preventing the flames from destroying his own house." These are the apostles of Modern Da mocraey, two of them the open and active enemies of the Union now, and one of them the Great Criminal who precipitated the war. They were ready to make war with a distant nation with 'whom we were at peace—to run the drtadful risk of a conflict with England and France, to beggar the ,treasury and to, banktupt the peoPle, on the plea of self-pre servation. Thee, when the .Constitution stood like a frowning battlement-in their way, 'they thrust it .aside, and threw theinselves on the principle of self-preservation. Now, when the Union is hemmed in with dangers, when a horde of maddened fiends are thirst ing for the heart's blood of the Reuuhlia,- this most unholy trinity-hrde-tnemstiffis with inthe fortress of the Constitution, and declare .that we have no right and no power to save it from overthrow. Slavery, unlike Cuba, is to day the burning house," and when they are told ,cc that there is no other means of preventing" slavery (1 Irons destroying our own house," they are agonized and . distressed be yond measure. When there same Democrats, still perseve rine in the wrong, aspired to extend slavery into the public domain, they wrested a decision from the Supreme Court to make the usurpa tion constitutional and when the people of Kansas revolts d against, their tyranny, they. called in the army to put them down. I revive - these historical events to show what the patriot hero, Andrew Jackson, did, vt hen he. was in the right, and also what was done by those who deserted and discarded his example when they were in the wrong. Amid the terrible evils that afflict the Ameri pan Republic these days, may not .our • legislators and rulers And, in this truthful xetrospect,, everything to strengthen their. Public Amusements. Tux 0r1a1. 7 -The success attending the new troupe at the Academy of Music, when the "Daughter of the Regiment" was performed, was so gratifying that the manager bus determined to give a representation on Saturday. We are to 'have all the/ attractions of tho fainter company, and a now attraction, in the person of Madame Do Bresnan, a prima donna from Faris, who has a good reputation, not only, as an actress, but a singer of much power and sweetness. She will sing the difficult part or Leonora, in the last act of " La favorite," with Brignoti as Fernando, and Buda( as - Bait/tam. Madame De fiussan has been perforining In Washington, and haa quite a reputation ae a prima donna. We shall have but one act of "La Favorite," in which, - however, there are some exquisite morcesue of song. The princi pal part of the entertainment will be ' , Lucia di Lammer moor," with Miss Kellogg na Lucia, assisted by Brig. nail, Amodio, and Sunni. .We have few batter singers than Miss Kelioggi as Ler performance of Marie, to the "Daughter of the Regiment," on 'Monday evening, abundantly proved, and we are anxious to see bow she acquits herself in• the softer part of Lucia. As Tonic Brignoll bad little, opportunity for the display of his extraordinary qualities as a singer. He can have no ouch complaint in the performance on Saturday evening. . We hope that Messrs. Brignoll and Gottschalk wilt suc ceed in their present undertaking. They have gone to $ great expense and much trouble to establish the opera in our beautiful Academy 'AEl:uric—and they deserve to be patronized in the moat liberal manner. Mr. Gottschalk, who is one of the most accomplished pianists in the coun try, will also contribute to the pleasure of the evening by performing a number of piocee on the piano. WALNUT. STREET . TIOCATRIII.Mr. J. B. Roberts will tate a benefit Ibis evening, appearing as' S hylock in 'ee The Merchant of Venice," and in "The Oorsican Bro then."' This is a fine bill, ant will enable Mr. Roberts to do more justice to his tatents than in such parts as Belpftegor or Jags. Mr. Roberta' hour, last evening, was one of t h e fined of the season. We aro glad to sea these many evidences of p. peel:wily on the part of Mr. Boberta, for he is an artist who deserves encouragement. llc has many things to learn ; his style is very often un natural and harsh; but we know of no performer who is more careful and consclentloue. lle conclude d his en gagement to-morrow evening, and wo ask oar friends to give biro a bumper at parting. AOCII•STREET is only necessary for ne to remind our friends that Mrs. John Drew is this eve the recipient of a testimonial benefit. Let it be ne:iihy of her , mettle, and let all ttho admired the ex quisite genii's of her late husband take this occasion to sustain his widow and her orphan childiin. THE PRESS.-PIELA.DELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAY SO, ,1862. FROM GEN, WOOL'S DIVISION, THE JAMES EWER EXPEDITION. Highly Important 'from Oity Point, RECONNOISSANCE TO THE VICINITY OF PETERSBUR THE CITY ENTIRELY DEFENCELESS; Ifro34:o;4:4Cll:As:4ty.brg!i;c4,l.l44: /NO Importance of the Points Reconnoitred. GREAT SUFFERING IN THE sours COLONELS CORCORAN, WILCOX, AND BOWMAN NOT TO BE OVEN UP. THE NORFOLK 'DAT BOOK SUPPRESSED IMPORTANT MOVEMENT BY GEN. BURNSIDE. Special Despatches to "• The Prets." • FORTRESS MONROE, May 2R, 4 P. M., } Via Ber:iusroas, May 29. Important from City Point.. . Oar fleet in the James river has been increased by the addition of the gunboats Occur de Lion, Captain Alexander Hamilton; Stopping Stones, and Island Bello, so that we may expect lively news from that quartet at any moment. Reconnoissance to Petersburg, These gunboats passed up the James rivor with out meeting any obstacle, the shores being lined with numerous white flags to show that no enemy was near. Yesterday the Occur do Lion and Step ping Stones were ordered to proceed up the Appo mattox river towards the city of Petersburg, which is built on its banks. They proceeded up this stream for a distance of ton miles above its mouth without molestation, but just at this point there is U . kat ta_called_the_Seven_MilA_Reach." On_ _one aids, the ground was low and marshy, but on the other (northern bank) side there was a sort of bluff, upon whieh , there appeared to be an earthwork; but, on close examination, it was observed that no guns were mounted upon its parapet. • Moving up a little further, the enemy's troops were discovered, composed of infantry and cavalry, • in some force. They were skulking around under cover of houses and clumps of trees. Our gunboats moved up close under shore, when they were salu ted with a heavy volley of musketry. • Captain Hamilton, of the Cceur de Lion, ordered his crew to - man the broadside howitzer and rifled guns, and sent a dozen or more loads of shrapnel and shell into the body of the enemy, accompanied by a steady volley from his relief black orew, armed with rifles. A shell from the Stepping. Stones burst in a large house, about a mile from shore, creating great havoc among a company of rebel in 7• fantry in the house, setting fire to the latter. Tne fire from the gunboats was kept up for about thirty minutes, butwas not returned by the rebels, who, having no artillery, got out of the way as feel as they (mulct. . Th, unboats then proceeded up a litth nth /. .. up a until within sight of Port Waithall, meeting to batteries, or signs of any being constrained. • There was plenty of water in the Appomattlx f o r light draught. vessels, and the reconnoissame was ono of the most successful and important tht have been made during the war. Port "Walthall may bo called the port of Pete,. burg and Richmond for largo vessels, and is out. neoted by railroad to both cities.. It Is thereftie an important strategic point, and is direotly in ha rear of the rebel army before Richmond: Peffirsburg, five miles above Port Walthal • 1 is ore of the most important commercial and mau lecturing cities in the Sarah, and Ave importint Southern railroads radiate from it to differetl points, north and south. It contains a populatidt of over 20,000 souls, and is built mostly of brick and stone. 1 Deserters taken up by our :gunboats report's Bit or g imader-Otirrent of Union feeling in the oty of Petersburg, and they also report that therel.is great suffering from the scarcity of_ food.. Fletr went up last week from $lO per barrel to $1.7, ant Rice Course, two milei east of the City', on the Pins George county mail-road. i Quite an excitement and extensive iltibellig is caused here by the report brought down irom. Oen. Huger, at-peter-Ehars, by the last dig of truce, which arrived this morning, from City Point. It seems that the rebel Government has refused, iD release Cols. Corcoran, iViloox, and Bowman, unlit the pirates of the privateer Petrel are released, ii addition to the regular full exchange. Here is all. other violatiori:of• tea laws of war on the part if the rebels, sifw ell"ao a breach of confidence. Whet., . will our Goienuaent demand the release of their, officers? • A great row occurred in Norfolk, yesterday, caused by the fact that a colored servant in one of the companies of the Ist Delaware Regiment int dentally shot a private of that excellent corps ! All sorts of versions of the story are afloat, asd it is ireposdhle to get at the facts. • , The Norfolk Day Book has Ewen suppressed for publishing treasonable sentiments an/contraband news, by order of Brig. General/eta, Military Governor. All remains quiet throughout department. Our forces .have held eantn!lnicatton overland with tire forces of General Burnside, but at what points I am not permitted to .say. The weather is olv and warm. have no im portant nows .fped - Genoral McClellan's army to that a grand . battle is immi, neat between the opposing armies. • Return 'or Colonel Hanson. . Colonel Hanson, of the 3d Kentucky Regi ment, arrived back hero this • morning in the flag of-truce boat.: He was the exchange for. Colonel Corcoran ; •but as an exchange was refused by the rebels, Colonel Hanson returns so perfectly dis gusted with tho petty, dishonorable actions of the Confederates that he refused to accept a parole of honor or go on shore at City Point. Ho says ho will remain in the North, take the oath of al iegiance,send for his family, and renounce the rebel cause forever. Communication Direct.. Genoral Wool got a despatoh to-day from opera tor with Lowe in balloon in front of Richmond direct. This is the nearest approach of war to civilization. • L. W. W. FROM FORTRESS .MONROE AND • THE SOUTH, RIOIRETWF.F.g.mi FORTRESS Dlosaos, May 28.—The bteacoer klaseaollu t efts, which left on Sunday morning for City Point, with a Hag of truce, returi. ed early thin morning. The boat took up Colonel Hannon, of Kentucky, who wan expected to be exchanged tor Colonel Corcoran, and Mao Captain Robertson of Virginia, Lieut. Whittaker, a priiate, a lady, and Mr. Lowe of Kentucky. Tim boat arrived at City Point on Sunday evening. The'next moreing General Wool's commtmleatlons were delivered; and on Tuesday atranewer was received from General'Huger. Colonel Corcoran and tho other prison ers Lot having been delivered up, Colonel Hanson and this other bfficen were brought bock. Mrs. Wood and three children wero also brought down. They dame off from shore on a flag of truce on Monday, and on Tneeday were taken on board. Her bueband was taken prisoner the rebi.ls st Ilaiiipton, before the et ncoition, Colonel Hanson is very severe upon General Huger for bis failure to fulfil hie promises. •. Our gunboat fleet still remains It to 'b) mile° below City 'Point. Nothing has recently been thine beyond a rectnnoiseance a abort distance up deo Appomattox. A equed . of tbe enemy's cavalry .IVIL3 seen on the bank, but a few stalls scattered them. No troops or citizens are left at City Point.. 'I be steamer John Farren arrived from Hatteras this morning, but brings no news of interest. Ihere is no truth in'tbe reported occupation of Raleigh by:Genernlßurnslde. The %futon prisoners, so long confined at Salisbury, N. C., are on their way to New York, having been released and delivered to Gen. Burnside, at Washington, N. C. The Norfolk Day Book, which was suspended yester day morning, reappeared' in the afternoon, the restric tions baring been removed. In consequence of frequentviolatioas of the order pro. hibiting trade with .Norfolk and Portsmouth, a new and more eiringtnt order wits to-day issued, as follows: HHADQUARTERSTBP42 . IiiiNT OF VIROINII, • . ••• - May 28, 1882. -5 No goods of any kind will hereafter be transported by express companies to Norfolk, Portsmouth, or Gosport, except by permission of the commanding general, and then only after an' invoice of the articles has been fur• niched, with the names of those to whom they belong and to whom they aro to be delivered. Bereatter, no veseels net employed by the army or navy will ho permitted to . so to Norfolk, Portsmouth, or GOBTAII t, or any other place on either side of the Beads rot occupied by the troops of the 'United States, except by express authority of the commanding General, com municated by him, or through the appropriate staff de partments. Any. violation of this order will subject the vessels and properly to seizure and confiscation, and the parsons who may MI the canoe, directly or indirectly, will be severely punished. By command of . Major Gen. WOOL. Quite a distutbacce took place in .Norfolk last night, paid to have boon occasioned by a negro shooting a cor yorab named John Burke, of the 90th New York. The disettrbance became general, aiidlthe greater part of the iwinpany were engaged. Three Degrees were killed and two or three wounded. Biz 'or the ringleaders were seat to the DIP Baps to-41ay, and many others were arrested, but released. All is quiet now. FROM WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to " The Press." WASUINUTON, May. 20,1802 Secretary Stanton. Every member of the Oabinet,And it is believed every earnest friend of the Government here, deplores the hasty censures visited upon the War Department by some of ties loyal papers in the country. It hos been already stated by Mr. WILE.ON, In the Senate, upon the highest authority, that the disposition of our forces, which is cinsm ed, was sanctioned by the President, and it is equally true that it was approved by the whole Adminis tration. SUCCMCB, such as the country did not auticlpitte,hare already- attended 111 r. STANToN'S connect of the War Department, and efforts are being made which would seem to insure a continuation of them. Occasional failures and itIYirOITAII must happen, but Hr. STANTON is not more responsible for tbeeo than he is entitled to the yublic gr.ttitude for the 611CCEAS of onr armies. The Fugitive-Slave Law Becently JouN DEAN, Hsu., presented' to the Circuit Court the petition of DANIVL BASED for a writ of habeas corpus to Iderebel LAXON for the discharge of a colored man, claimed by a citizen of Maryland as his slave, oia the ground that the alleged fugitive is illegally detained, and the rostrainZaiid imPrisculment is not authorized by the fogitive-,lave law of 180—in oilier words, that the law does not apply to the 'District of Columbia. Edr. DEAN to-day continued his argument to show that the writcoutdnelbe refused Tao court had previously in timated that they would not grant the prayer, and to :day:4mM that an appeal cord be taken to the Supreme tiCkitirerif the United States on the refusal, as well as on the writ itself. Further argument will bo board to.mor row. The fugitive. slave law continues to bo enforced. During this month about fifty slaves have . been returned to claimants. Another Member of Congress from Cali- A bill paastd the House, to-day, providing that, as the census has never been reliably taken in the State of Cali fornia until IS6O, and as It appeared that the State had sutliciect population to entitle her to throe represents ttree under that census, the Stale is authorized to have three representatives to tbo Thirty-seventh Congress, the number being increased ono till the Thirty-eighth Con giess. Rebel Barbarities at Front Royal A a‘trgeon and several. prlvaten have reached reached . hero who wera , tn . ln6 . lTalla - at .I?rontoyayess , 424a..,,test... Thii eonfirm•my -previews statement deriVed from a . alseilar source, that in that battle the rebels gave n no quarter," but shot and bayonetted the wounded, and °Mangle° inhumanly treated them. The'ttoops under tho Rebel JACK tog ere coMposed of men of tho most fiendish netnre, exceeding even their 'rubel brothern in their cruelties. New Judicial District in Pennsylvania. Tho House passed a blit to-day creating a new ittill cialdiattict in the northweatcrn.part of Pennsylvania, to be composed of the counties of Erie ' Crawford, Mercer, Venting°, Forest, Mclioan, Eik, and Potter, and to be calkil the liorthern district, with its session. to be held at Bile. The bill provides that the Judge of the Western Dis trict 'hall preside over the new one, he being authorised to *viola a clerk or the court, who is to re.lde at Erie, and held his office luring the pleasure of the j edge. The Prokident Is authorized (at the usual salaries and rates of compensation) to appoint a marshal and an attorney for sell district. Mr. 81CK31.1.N stated that more business came from the counties named then from the Western District, and that it was necessary, therefore, to create this new disiriet. Arrival of Troops. portion of tho 32,d Massachusetts •Regiment, Coil. eliding! of 101110 eiz compauies, numbering 600 men, ar rived last evening at the depot Tho regiment is com mended by Colonel PARKlill, and they have been per forming garrison duty nt Fort Warren, in Boston bar ber, for some time past, They are accompanied by a splendid' drum corps. The balance of the regiment (four• companies) is being hastily filled up, nod will soon join time command. This afternoon they went into camp east of the Capitol. The Navy Commander HAGGERTr has been ordored to the nava observatory. GaOROS W. JENI;INS and Le;vl L. JUMP have been a. pointed acting masters. The Navy Department has received information the Acting Master A. W. EMURSOS deserted, front the iron clad etearnor Galena, on the 15th Met. The Public Debt. Senator SIMMONS, in his speech to-day on the tar. bill, Meted that the public debt wontd be, on the first of July, five hundred and fifty millions. The Senator's well known accuracy in questions of finance entitles his statement to the highest credit. Post Office Aliairs--Pennsylvania and Virginia. . 7130 Postmaiiter General orders the following: Change the name denim) at Handler, Schuylkill coon ty; Pennsylvania, to 4‘ Sylliman," and appoint Samue G. Da Tz not peannalter, vice Paul. Lengol, deceased Ben. J. EL Campbell's district, At Olney, Philadelphia connty, appoint James K. Shi vers postmaster, vice Saattel O. lord, res;gued. Hon. W. M. Davis' district. • At liswehtach, Accomao county, Virginia, appoint John W. Adair postumater, vice William 11. Marshall, who abandoned the dile°. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is now doing full bud nem i the entire depot is crowded with cargoes of coal The rvretlue for the week will be al least $5,000. `Personal The 77th New York Regiment, which charged Po gal !antif on the rebel battery at litccheuicseille, is com manded by Colonel J. 13.11cliesu, member of Congress from Earatoge, hew York. Colonel MoN. left his seat in the House at en early stage tf the cession, recruited a regiment, and entered the active field. I may add here, not inappropriattly, that the pre vailing idea that a member of Congress, alto holding a commiasion from his State, draws double pay, is incor rect.: Th.der a role of the Rouse, the pay of the member is deducted for every day's absence. The Latest from Fortress Monroe and Norfolk. ROWTRIIBS MONROE, May 29.—An important arrest was mado yesterday in Norfolk. A man named Wil liam( has been in the habit of sending a mall , Rich mond, to ice a w eek, during the occnpation of the city by the Nuited s States army. Information having been ob• Mined of his residence, be was visited by a guard, and, basing acknowledged his identity, was arreeded. It stated that among the matter forwarded by him were resat!. file!! of the Northern Repent. The 11finneaoht started for Norfolk with the flood tide this morning, but she get aground off Eewell's Point. Several togs have been endeavoring all day to get her off, but they have been unsuccessful up to this evening. . The reeort abott the halloo board the Britiah stamen. Rinaldo, and the toast l)avls on the evening of the Queenteptrenday, is All the rebel fortifications on . the Elbabel* rlvcr - 114 navy veld have been talten postealion of by the navy.. - „TbS former sue to be destroyed, and the blowing ea7orke on F.ewolre Point was commencod to a kc, Is groat suffering in Norfolk among t'o • Minecquence of the strict Wanda, The Repels Making a Fresh's:Len/don in Western Tennessee Sr. Loot, May .%.—A spocial despatch from Cairo to the Repub can says the trouble Is breaking out afresh in Western enr.essee. A considerable force of rebels are said to at Trenton, ready to match on 'Union City and }Hebraic. , The TJniol men from Weakly and Obion counties are flocking to flEckman for protection. 'Four or five hun dredl... rebel c vatry are stationed near the mouth of Oblon river, awai g the draining of the Swamps in that region to plant a tory co as to prevent the passage of-our traneports'onthe EllsaleciPPi. . - A. paroled. iitoner, from New Orleans on the 18th, Bars Gen. LeTill's forces are still at Oamp Igoore, Jack_ son, 3iissiesipp\ The Bombardment of Fort . Wright. CAIRO, Mg 110.1-A brick bombardment from two of our mortarboaufwas opened "Loon the rebel works yes terday morning. BUS continued tritbottt cessation until 6 o'clock in the eienint Tha fip) was directol.to the laud works, and the yoidthrr occuAed by the rebel fleet. The rebels retat — ^ A the are' at it - of/ram period', doing McDowell's Arm). '- to•daT Nye: 4 h , .'tqrr o Natiortai /at it \ a ir e , - pawn we wore somewhat inaccuratei u %spice we yintetday made to Gen. McDorrer an d hi; pffeenco in this city. It was on Monday night the sacral, accompanied by one or two of -his staff; I etto..., A the city, in obedirnee to orders from the President, au!, in pursuance of the wishes of the President and hear°. tau of War, he left for Manassas Junction on Tuesday tooning, to expedite the pursuit, and, if possible, the capture of Jackson's, Swell's; and Johnson'sforces. The column ender his command tuts been so distributed' as, it is believed, to render it auxiliary to them operations, made of immediate importance by, the incursions of the rebels into the 'valley of the Shenandoah." Arrival al a Valuable Prue at New I ork.. SIT YORK, May 22—The pike eteanneldp Stettin, of London, arrived airlift' port this evening, in charge of a crew from the gunboat Dienvihe. • eho was captured on the morning of the 24th inst., off Cape Romaine, while attempting to run the blockade, of Charleston with a cargo of °randy, wines, saltpetre, etc., valutd at half a million dollars. line was from Raman, N. P. Iler crow reported that another large steamer from Nassau was expected to run the blockade on ilia same night. .• - • TLe dtt Mu, which is only six months old, is an iron propeller of ono thousand horsepower and eight hundred Maryland Episcopal Convention. BALTIMORE, May .29.—The Episcopal Convention ad joutned this afternoon. No diseutelons wero had on national affairs. The disloyal member,' having the ma jority, excluded from the ataading committees and from the delegation to the General Convention noarsy every loyal men who wee named for those positions. The Trophies at Columbus CAIRO, May 2.9.—The steamer Marie Deming went to Columbus tc•day to remove the' chains and orduauce stores captured from the rebels when that, place was evacuated. The value of the property is eatimAted at envoi). Fire at Rochester, •N. Y.—Loss $BO,OOO ROCIIESTBS, N. Y , May 29. —74 hitney's Eleiatoip with 40,000 bushels of wheat and 7,000 bushels of binsh corn, ass dostroyed by,lirs to day. The loss amounts to SBO,COO. Destructive Fite at Wiltiamsburg. Now Yong, May 29.—Fifteen thousand barrels of oil in the sheaf; of J. W. Lockwood, at Wildemehurg, with six schooners, which were lying at the wharf, were horned today The loss, which was hoary, is fully insured. The Indiana State Stock Fraud. WIT lona, May 29.—The COMMittere of the Board of Brokers report the over issue of "adieus State stock to amouot to ntarly a ndllionand a half. ..Antral of the French Gunboat Nay' YORK, !day 20.—n0 French gunboat Milan has arrived.. .. Steamer Koiliaroo Below. nivr YORK, May Ro.—The' etzatner Kangaroo is be low. Err adricoa hats bran anticipated. FROM GEN, MILELLAN'S ARMY. Jackson's Communication with Richmond Cut Off.' GENZRAL MCOLELiAN'S HILIMARTERS, Alin' OV TUB POTOHAC, May 72. A bridge, fivo hundred feot long, over the South Anna muck, one of tho tribmarlos of the Pamunky rtvor, on the line of the Richmond, "Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad, was banned this morning by tho 6th Cavalry. This cuts off alt communication by railway between Richmond and Jackson's command. The sth Carslry went to Ashland, eighteen miles from Richmond on the same road. and burnt all the enemy's commisertry and nnartermaster's g aneellea which they had stored there. This will grove aßevan loss to the rebels. The lending article in the Richmond Enquirer, or Saturday, Is in the following language: " We are now looking to Gen. Johnston with great In— terest, and not without some solicitation. lie has just beautifully executed some very judicious retreats. We are now anxious to see hint display Lisa more poldUve qualities of a military commander. The time has come when retreat le no longer strategy, but disaster. ' It must then fore give place to battle. We have no idea that Jackson contemplates a retreat. • We are perfectly sa tiafled that he dose not. We verily believe that if he did contemplate one be would find himself usable to ex ecute it. The temper of the army would deny it. The men are weary of. toilsome and doetructive marches, and the privations necessarily attending them, and aimed tumor to be led against the enemy. Tho march from Manassas, and then from the Rapidan, and next from Williamsburg, thinned our ranks more than as many batiks would have done. The campaign has ripened for the battle, and the battle is at hitoil. We need now at the bead of the army the clarion call, the battle shall be br Id end enthusiastic." ' The leader of the same paper complains of the high price of provisions, and calls upon the farmers to bring in their vegetables. Skulkers. • A great number of officers and soldiers aro now absent, upon pretence of being sick, from their regiments, idling away their time in the Northern towns and cities. The army Is on the eve of a decisive battle, when every man should be at his post. Citizens shonld ask of such per sons the cause of their absence from the army.of the Po tomac, and if the roason be not satisfactory, shun them as unworthy associalos and a disgrace to the uniform they appear in. Upwards of 600 rebel prieonere have been received at headquarters from the scene of the late brilliant victory at Hanover Court House. They left this morning for For! Nome. .More are still coming in. IMPORTANT •FROM GEN. HAL LECK'S ABM.Y. THREE STRONG RECONNOISSANCES. THE GREAT CONFLICT IT HIND. Barone CORINTH, Key Qt.—Three strong recounol tring columns advanced this morning from General Thomas' command on the right, General Buell's on the centre, and General Pope on the left, for the purpose of feeling the enemy's poitition, and unmasking Ids batteries. Tho enemy contested his ground hotly at each point, but was driven back with considerable loss. General Pope's column encountered the atrongest oppo eition, nhen we lost 2d killed and wounded. The enemy left thirty dead on the field. Wo septum] some live or six ofTleers and several pri vates. - Although the enemy disputed the passage of Bridge Cretk sharply, we held possession of It on the southern aide. In mum instances our eulvancid linos of skirmiebors were within gunshot distance of the enemy's entreneh ments. .Indeed, so noar aro we that prominent officers believe that the enemy will attack us at daylight to morrow. The affair of to-day :s considered a decided eIICCO3S In a military point of view, our army having gained very strong positions right in the teeth of the enemy. It has been ascertained that the rebel officer killed at the battle of Farmington on the 9th inst., who was at first supposed t• be General Price, was CoL Ingraham, of General Van Dorn's staff. The pritonera captured to-day report the arrival of General Lovell's array at Corinth last night. TIME LA_ "Je S . A REBEL BATTERY CAPTURED. HALLEOIL'S HEADQUARTERS, May 29.—Contrary to the general expectation, the rebels did not open on us this morning, but General Pope opened fire on a rebel battery, which the latter returned with twelve-pounders. After an hour's shelling, the rebels pulled down the flag that was waving over their battery, hauled back their guns, and our force, at this hour occupy the peal. FROM NEW ORLEANS. SUPPRESSION OF NEWSPAPERS Confederate Notes Interdicte• &DANS EXPRESS OFFICE OPENED. ARRIVAL OF PRIZES. //BIT Yous; May 29:—The 'teenier blatauzae brings New Orleans mails and papers to the 18th inetant. A coaratiritcution fioni decd.) . Barker argupe against the destruction of cotton. it also says, if our brave soldiers don't win for its a satisfactory peace we must fall back on the ballot box," and euggesta an amendment of the Conelitut ion so as to allow the people to vote directly for Presideor. An order In M ProTost Marshal French Bays that all coffee houses, bar-rooms, hotels, gaming establishments, and billiard rooms mutt procure licenses immediately, tinder pi nalty of toutiscalon. Gon. Butler has ordered the circulation of Confederate notes and bills to cease after the 27th. All salon or trans fers of property on and atter that day in consideration of such notes or bills will be void, and the property confis cated to the United Stales, one-fourth to go to thein fin user. Another order suppresses the Bee for an article in favor of the cottoiu•burnied mob. The office of the Deity vas taken possession of for an article di►cuseing the cotton question in violation of Gen. Butter's proclamation of the ]at inst. its business will be conducted by the United States authorities. Adams' Express Grace has been opened by Ase. S. Blake, agout i and the first esprese has arrived by the Dlstatinn. Thomse W. Suter is announced as the Union candidate for recorder in the Fourth district. Victor Wilts is an nounced is a candldatc for mayor, irrespective of party. Six per.one havabeensentencod to be shot for viola tiona the parole given at Fort Jackson, in organizing a intiitaricompany for sarricts in the rebel artily. The prize steamer Pox lisd arrived from Baynes, also the prize steamer Governor Menton from the Sabine. Jan ,2d. G. Parker, formerly at Ship Island, is post master at New Oilcans. The ships Parliamoot and WL'.ard King, from Ship Wend, with troops, arrived on .the 16th. Also, the Lege Yankee Blasts, from NW York, and the Golden Lead, frtm Philadelphia. cotton bad arrived from Plaquemine and con sideratiloltfalißmilfrom,me interior. General Butler lorbade filo observance of Jeff Davis' day of %alit g and prayer. tie had oleo issued the order about the women, previously reported via Corinth. The Crescent has been suppressed. Strict health regulations have been established at qua rantine. The transports General Butler, Santos Hovey, City of NOW York, end steamer from Ship Island, ani►ed on the 32th. The municipal regulation in New Orleans punishes with imprisonment in the calaboose women of the town found in the duets atter nightfall, or conversing from the windows with persons outside. This - probably is the punisbmeit tr.flicted by General Butler on the insulters of our troops. Reports from Alartinsburg and the Balti more and Ohio Railroad. BM:TIMOR/3, May 29.—The American of this morning mays "Noomcialdespatches were received lad night from General Banks. Reports from other sources yes terday were that the rebels had occupied Martinsburg in strong force, whilst their cavalry had been seen in the neighborhood of Charlestown and Leesburg. At Mar tinsburg they are reported to have destroyed the railroad trestle work near that town." The Bun of this morning says "Information was re• mired at Bandy Book, yesterday morning, that two or the railway bridges were destroyed by the rebel soldiers on Tuesday, wiz; The Opeution bridge, a wooden etrue tore, two hundred yards long, situated iIYO miles east a Martinsburg, and the Pillow bridge, a wooden structure. two hundred yards long, situated on the oast side of the road's entrance Into Martinsburg." No other casualties were reported up to neon yester day. The telegraph operator who was stationed M Mar tinsburg made hie escape from that place on Monday night, and reached Williamsport on Tuesday. Ile earrif d with bins the telegraph instruments, "he R eetern train which left Camden station yesterday nh- Ntinw font no further than Harper's Ferry. No Ira in ..- me from Cumberland. -It is understood that the railway "irk proper has not been disturbed by the rebels, and s.s. bridges that are burned can be cocoa structed in thrbu laye, au that the travel and business of the road will not to.... nne , affected. Further fi Eh. -" rn - "ae—The Steamer Eu rpa \Halifax. HALIFAx. ~.e y 20.—The ?. , al nindsteamship Europa, from Liverpool on the 17th tut, . .... ._ arra.. at tole port to day, and wiled again for llostot,at 9 80 this evening. Her advices have been mainly au orated by telegraph from Cape' Boot, but the follotrin additional- news 1. contained in the latest telegrams: •,, LONDON, Seturday.—tounds are Into . , and have im proved. American securities advanced in mo instances 2 par cent., but therewas a reaction afterwal s. The Army and Navy Garage reports that,on April 25th orders were given by the Traited States a---Aernteent to ibe Oldtt of 'OrdnaucC to lend 50.000 stand of arum and as many old uniforms, to port Royal, fortt s use of the slaves. •It regards this information as !wormy e re . 011ie, but soya it has it from good aothorßY. \ ld Ankle, 3toy 16,—The Mi./Warfel Council waS'eld immediately on the receipt of the official reports fro'. Mexico. The conduct of Central Prim finds numerous admirers in tdadrid. The Senate has paaesd the urn for the settlement of the debt of 1823 'without dlscuseion. Literature. \ "The Two Prima Donnas," a, new story of George Augustus Sala, author of \ " The Seven Sons of Mammon," will be published to-morrow, by T. B. Peterson & Brothers. It is a carious tme, with the incidents just probable, and the locality in Normandy; in fact, a short romance, written in a bold, clear, rapid manner, and nnexpentodly end ing 'eery happili. We shall not deprive the reader of the pleasure of tracing the , hero and heroine through their adventures to the close. THE PRIXCETON RECEIVING SHIP.-At pre sent, there is one prisoner on board of this sloop of war, now lying in the river off the navy yard, ILLNESS OF 09111MODORE WILKE3.-oapteln Chas Wilkes, U. S. N., who to temporarily sojourning . in Minimum WAS seized with sudden Illness on Wednee dny, wbi'e seated in a chair, and fell to the floor. lie • was eeelo ed to his room, and immediately attended by Dr. 0 0. Cnx, U. t 3. A ~ w ho enecceded In mitering him. 'No are glnecto learn that his illness is uct nasty to be attended •with eny serious result. - GENERAL .HALLEOK married a granddaughter of Aleaat.der Hitmllion—the daughter of Schuyler Hamil ton. • MTH CONGRESS--FIRST SESSION. THE NEW STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA. Further Consideration of the Tax Bill. CALIFORNIA BEPRESENTATIONSILL PASSED COLORADO LAND BILL PASSED A BILL FOR THE MORES EFFECTUAL SUPPRESSION OF THE SLAVE TRABE PASSED, Pennsylvania Judicial Bill Passed. Weamazat, May 22 • SENATE. West Virginia. Mr. WILLEY (U.), of Virginia, called up Um memo ria/ of the Legislature of Virginia; with reference to a division of that State, and requesting the donators and Representatives to use their iogneoce to Bemire the ad minden of the new State of Weet Virginia. Ile referred to the manner in which the allegiance of the State wait transferred to the rebellion by a secret conclave, without consulting the people. and to the action of. the people of Northwestern Virginia, who remained loyal to the Union, and had formed a separate State Government in order that they might be disconnected with the rebels. Speech of Mr. Willey. Mr. WILLEY claimed that thie proposed division of tho State bad been frequently urged by the people of the Western portion oven before the rebellion. Reason and Medico were both in favor of the now State There was a enfficient number of inhabitants in West Virginia fel a State, and that section was completely divided from tho eactern half by. the Alle4haay mountains. Nature seems to Dave divided the two. Commerce and in_ dually both demand this separation. There has ne ver been much commeratal Intercourse between West and Said difference of 'social Institationa and habits also iniutti the necessity for a separation. Slavery cannot e ia.West Virginia, and why should the people of that Inn be subjected to a system of laws calculated for the slavery which exists in East Virginia? Geographical position, climate, natural prb • ductions, and the moral end rehgious sentiment of the people absolutely forbid the existence of alavery.in West Virginia. Re contendrd that the proposed Stang wag rich in its mineral end other resources, and would mare a wealthy and prosperous State: . The manorial was then referred to Ms Cominiaes on Teri Dories. The Tax Bill The tax bill Wes taken up, the question being ou Mr. Henderron's amendment, that the prop3ted tax an blares shall not be levied in any State which has adopted a e) stem of gradual emancipation. It WAS rejected—yeas it, nays 20. Tax on Slaves.. FISSRPIDEN (Rep.). of Plain, offered an amend ment to reduce the ytoposed tax on Waves from $5 each to $2, se being eniticiently high in the present condition of necks. . . . Speech of Mr. Cowan. Mr. COWAN (Bop.), or Pennsylvania, thought mote Ltifiug with tho Constitution to attempt to tas: MIMS, which the prohibition or the Constitution was in tended to prevent. Speech of Mr. Simmons—Our Present Indebt. Mr. SIM7I9NS . (Rep.), of Rhode Island, 'mid, we were hero as Senators to consider most Important gene- Hone, and not to go into aide hams. Every Senator re presented a loyal people, and he' ,greeted all as Ouch. There was a dieposition, both at home and abroad, to magnify the diflieulties of the counter ; Wtion this Ad mlutetration came into power there Was a debt of one hundred aod twenty millions against the Government, and It 111 stated that the present indebtedness is as high as twelve hundred millions of dollars. On the 27th of May the total lodebtednewl on the books at the Treasury was slBs,7se,oos.ol—making an increase of about three hundred and sixty-five millions. There were, be sides, accounts going through the office, ge., which would probably :mike the total- itierrriee about four ha, dred millions. The expenses have bean much greater during this, the first j ear of the war, than they would be any other year, if it should continue. The estimated expellees for this week were $9,t97,500, or about $1,600,- COO per day. The probable debt at the end of the decal year will he $610,000,000. In regard to the tax bill, as it came froth. the House, it had not received the favor of the majority of the Finance Clemmtnee. He thought it was a bill for the benelit of the rich, and a burden on the poor. He proposed by his amendment to simplify the bul very much by plactog a tax on fewer articles, and hat en no branch of iudustry. He elicit lated to get $155,000 OtO from his bill, and another hun dred millions from in parts. Such a revenue would clear the Government of debt in ten years. Giving a hundred millions for the annual expense of the Government, the debt at the end of the war he presumed would he abort 8800,000,000 He said every other country in toe world had taken off the tax on the industrial penults and put It on just such articles as be proposed in hi s amend ment. Speech of Mr. Trumbull. Mr. TRUMBULL (Rea.), ofallinoie, contended that the proposed tax on s.iires was not a capitation tax, and not objoctionablo on the charge of unconatitationality. It was a lax which would be levied on approutices, &c , in the free States It did not apply to slaves atone. Ile was oPtveed to reducing it to $2, but was willing to make it gp. Speech of Mr. Powell. Mr. POWELL (rem.), of Kentucky, claimed, that this was . a direct tax laid upon the person, and the Constitu tion expressly declares that direct .t.sx.ea must be aeon tioned equally among the Stake. The levying of the tax on service, and not on slaves, is a mere snbterfnge to evade the Constitution. In regard to the estimated ex peaces as given by the Senator from Rhode Inland, he thought the expenses and debt was much greater. It was nearly twelve hundred millions. Speech of Mr. Saulsbury. SAULSBURY (Dem.), of Delaware, said that this was an attempt to um [nun eimply became they were slaveholders, and was in violation of the Constitution. The legislation of this Congress seemed designed ex- Plissly to drive all the Southern States out of the Union. A Senator had denounced slaveholders as being worse than every body else; but such I nen= al ions, coming from such a quarter, warn rout with only scorn and con tempt. Speech of Mr. Anthony Mr. ANTHONY (Rep ), of Rhode Island, looked upon this as a mere question of . finduco, He thought that that hick was bought and sold in the market was proporty, and be worth" treat aud tax it as =oh. Mr. Fesseuden's amendment, to reduce the tax to twe dollars, was adoptcd—yeas 28, nays 10. Speech of Mr. Browning. BROWNING (Rep.), of Illinois, said that, in Lie opinion, COW:n:93 had no right, under the Constitnticn, to levy such a tax an that prep. svd. Ho had no objection to strike slavery a blow it be could, but be was not wil ling to strike it through the tbustitution, and wound the Oonstitntion at the sane blow. He thought this 'aix was such a I u is provided in the Lionatitution under the head of direct taxes. ' Speech of Mr. Ten Eyck. ldr. TEN EYCK (Rep.), of New Jersey, claimed that this was not a tax en slaves alone, but would Include a great comber of apprtnlicee in the North. lie had EOlllO regard for the small mechanics of the North, and thin had lid idn to entertain doubts as to the coastaln liocelity anti piopitety of this tax. This prop sidon seemed to bin liko "whipping the decll around the stump," to speak plainly. . 'the aeration wee then taken on Mr. Suruner's amend ment, when it was rejected by the following Tote: The Vote on Mr. Stunner's Amendment. TEAS. Howard (ReP.) Simmons (Sep.) Clow° (Belt) " Sumner (nee.) Fang (Rap.) .. _ yrualown (Rep.) Lane ( Boit ), nah 1 ~7 e ae (dep.) !Morrill ( Rep.) I NAYS. Anthony (Rip.) Clark (Rep.! Fegaden (Rep.) Grimes (Rep.) Mulan .(Bap,) Hale (Rep.) Barrie (Rep) Kennedy (Upton.) Lau. (Rep.), Lid Latham (Dem.), ticDougiall (Dam.) rumen)) (Rep.) Bayard (Dem.) Drowning (Pep.) Out Ule (Union.) Cowan (Rep.) Da'rib (Union) Dixon (Rep.) Doolittle (Rep.) • Foster (hen.) Powell (Danl.) The Senate then went into executive newton, and aub senuontly adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Resignation of Or. C. W. Walton ,The SPEAKER laid before the Muse a communica tion from 0. W. Welton, statiudthat he is about to ac cept and enter neon the oftice of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Maine, act' resigning Ids seat at a member of the louse. Land Office Bill. Mr. POTTER (Rep.), of Wisconsin, from the Com mittee on Public Lauda, reported back the Senate bill establikhing a laud eflice in Colorado Territory, and it was vainest. Bill Entitling California to three Representa- .tires Passed The House pasted, by a vote of 74 against 37, the biii declaring that as the census of California had never been reliably taken till the year 1860, and as it appears said State bad aufficient population to entitle her to three Representatives under the supposition that California was entitled to the Caine, and' as direct taxes have boon apportioned to and paid by her under the census of 1860, therefore, that she be allowed three Representatives, instead of two, until the beginning of the next Congress, Bill for the Suppression of the Slave Trade Passed. Mr. IIICKBIAB (Rep.), from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported a bill for the more effectrial, stip piesaion of the slave trade, giving consuls and commercial agent, on tho coast of Africa certain judicial powers, in oreerthat proceedings may be by them instituted against veesels engaged in the trade. the persons concerned to be tried in the cow te of this country. It was passed, by a vote of 63 against 45. Pennsylvania Judicial Bill Passed. , The bill dividing Pennsylvania btu. two Judicial dis tricts, and providine-rac Lae holding of a District Court at Erie, ITNllpasetd. Douglas Hospital fill. The HOMO retiiraed the consideration.of the bill sp. propriatiug Eevency-tive tboueaud dollars for the pur chase of the Douglas Hospital. • Speech of Mr. WoodrUff. Mr. WOODRUFF (Dula.), of Connecticut, while de clining himself in favor or prosecuting the war to re store the authority of the United States, said he could not support the coat:location and emancipation bills, re gardtrig them aa inexpedient, unjust, unconstitutional. The advocates of extreme measures seemed to be giving aid to the enemy, and pursuing a course better calcu lated to destroy the . Union than that of the rebels them selves , , After further debate On the bill, it ling rejected Adjournment. The H time then aeionrind till Monday. LETTER FROM NEW YORK . NMI YORK, May 29, 1862. The relieving is a liet of foreigners captured on board the Alla Warier, not citizens of the United States: L. L. Brienowich, aecond officer; Dominic Shisah, Jos. Michael, Charles Lukowich, John ntatthew, Joseph Mar tinez, seamen ; "Samuel Fron;carpenter ; David Fergu son, second Regains engineer; John O'Rourke, third 141011'5313t engineer; John Heeney, Patrick Gaffney, Jas. Diesgber, Andrew Harris ; James Flynn, John Meagher, Wm. Johnson, James Martin, Matthew Halloran, Sti nislasi Four, and Jame!' Casey, firemen; Joseph Al phonie, steward; Francisco Romano, Sraticook; Joseph' Lan ardo, second cook, and John Redmond, porter. The ship }Franklin, from damborg, arrived this morn. leg, bringing eli7 Mormon passungers. A merchant iu New Orleans, writing to a gentleman in this city, who is the owner of a store in New Orleans ' , moulded by the New Orleans merchant, nays : a I could nst pay my rent, as usual, to your agent—the Oonfede rat,. Novcrument ordered me' to make my 'quarterly pay. mutt° tilt-In—what seal] Ido 'I I am anxious to take anotho•jour-yeare lease of your More, if you will allow me to do A gent's:emu who has mst conic from the neighborhood of 'White lit tae, Virgibia, informs mu that about a week ego he was at the White House hospital, where were 1,400 sick soldiers in tents which were not capable of accommodating noire . then 000 wen.. The poor men had to be on the b'realst, with nothing beneath them bat their lasukets. Neither Nay nor straw could ,l)e procured to bates their condition. , Les.t Thursday a rain-sioem oe mined, which flooded the vrisge hospital. No spades could be found to cut. drains, saes-some of the men who were stronger toss, the othe.re bad toshwA their hands to dig to carry the water 01l Lom the hospiat • - In presenc e of phis fact, there was within tlffse.quar ters of a nude good high and dry ground on the estate of /Ira. Lee protected by Union soldiers, fled massangeni were forbidden to even drive wagons across the ground to procure epilog watir for the sick men. In order to get water for them, a rieuy 'Ot moo wet. established to carry it in buckets, so careful are the militsry anther-I tiee that hire. Lee's property should not be soilld with the feet of the Men ughting for the iluicat. A quantity of goode from the sanitary commission, which was dig. Posed of muting the sick, relieved ahem to an extent which, it the donors could have sceo, , ,would dew...tone have been COMytmentima enough for anaiet da t e b: t ti oni4ione t e . yhe • Lest evening Wm. A Jackson, twdet known as Jscr f ea t i l e.t i r s o n ateh l rs ie Davis' coachman," spoke to a deserved. Ile tells an interns lulistory, abounding in pore of the rebellion. The lemons Agliarla), ardent of Boston have been purchased by P. T. Barnum, Esq., of Now York, under whose management tboy will henceforth be conducted. The French sido-wheel war-steamer Milan. Comm ender Clone, from New Orleans on May 16, and from Havana in Ave days, arrived this (Thursday) morning. fik mounts tour guns, bas a crew of 150 men, and an angina of 220-bores power. A number of regiments will leave this city to-day, or this evening, for places not designated. PASSE:WARS RT STRAASSIIIP MATANZAS, FROM Haw Orw.E.tes.--Ida Myers, J. Jones, hiss Eliza Byan, Mrs. Id. McComt, Mr. and lire. J Nixon ' two children and two servants ' ;Mr. and Mm. Holland, Mr. and Mrs. A. Morris and infant, R. Nixon, 0. G. Wait, G. B. Young, James Ritchie, B Kimball, G. Shaw, C. Sutterley, Jas. H. Adams, F. W. Boyd, Mr. and Mrs John Fox, child and servant ; E. Kleimbacht, Mrs. El. Logan, Mrs. Mar goner Noble, Mr. and Mrs. E. Holnatedt, Monroe Bates, A. Cohen B, A Woreoner, A. Schwarz and child, J. J. Bros n, II. Siegel. F. Leon, If. Mcßvly, He Keening, Mrs. . Lynch and three children, Max Maki, J. B. Comonford, J. E. Bouligny, Mr. and Mrs. C. Flanders and three, children, John Williams, Joseph and LOtas Buren, F. Flodard, P. Smith, G. If. Coll, J. R. Tifton, Charles Martin. T Kirchhoff, J. Fideman, D. Emmett. 0. Driver, .1. W. Whiten, J. Dudley, W. J. Bahia, J. Keating, Oluales Blake, Charles Jacobs, M. J. Wagner, A. Reed, J. F. Bullwinkle, J. Tamonhanm W. P. Reed. ar J. Ryan, J. Smith, E. Leon rd, John Devan, James Armby, Mrs. Mary Gilbert and child, John Powers, John Burley, F. Butler, H. Hes, .1. palling, G. Liniken• Julius Cohen, John Holland, B. Iluregyk, .7. A. Jack son, B. Price, A. L. Walter, It Homer, liinkman, F. tlhubenbrancb, L. Roger, John Kalman, Martin Ralf, F. Copp, J. peterron, W. 11. Dutton, S. R. James, 0. Baral la, J. Garde!, Mr. and Mrs E. Edwards, L. Patriots, F. O'Hara, and N. K. Rzymes. The following were the sales of Stocts at the Second Board to-day 600011 S oe'Bl, cp....104 1000 U S Br 'Bl reg.. 103% 58000 Tr 73•]0 a 0n...104X 50013lich 75 war I-1553 3000 Cat S Ts 05% 25&t0 Ind S 6s wart.. 00;zg 6000 Mich S Sd mtge. Si 300 Erie Railway... 353 k 100 3fiN leo Mil it I' B. 27 15000 Amer G01d.....103% 27000 do 103% 10000 d 0 810.10334 50 Pao 16 8 C0.b30.112X 5 14 Y Cent 1t.... 87 00 do ..... b6O 80% 50 do .....alO 883 300 d 0......... 88%. The only marked treneactiona la the Western etyma were Cho 138111219 of Toledo at,42 cub, and 41;1041.31 on vell l k Galenire' option. Galen a — e. at 6 6X e 6 6% 4)' cent- The other deicri ptions ate ' • .._.• York Central in de mand for the cash seller '.u" %t. Paci fi c Mail recovered to 111.0111 x, -4...- , The price of gold has allon back to 103%0103% igr cent. There is nothing doing of moment in exchange since the Boston steamer mail. The ntiotstlon on Lon ' don is 11434 e11e.% 4ir cent. on itrat.cissa bankers' bills. Money is easy at 4e5,4)' cent. at call. The ordinary diaconate at bank appear to have failen off within a day or ttro. Some of the banks are bdWr'",? . l to be employ ing their large balamifti by the pnrilWe of 7-30 4)' cent. treasury. bonds and 6 tr cent. ogr-Oideates of Govern ment indebtedness. The latter &Mac srce on the street, and tho former in no large supply under 105 4)' cent. The clewing house exchanges are $24,246,448, and ' the balances $1,056,40(.78. ..,. THE MARKETS. s '• afts.—The market Is quiet, but firm; sales of Pete ':!ft, and Pearls $G • Flora situ MEAL.—The market for Western-State /flour is less active, owing in part to the absence of a good assortment of extra State, which is preferred be Viestmu by shippers; the medium grades are dolts ir regular, and stow of sale ; trade brands aro steady, but The enigii m 7 142.400 bbls, at 84.2 irS4 40 for supsrline State RU' Woac rn , $4 55.4 SO for the low grades of Western aim. 1E4.5504 65 for extra State, $.4.70.4 BS for fancy do. 85. .5.a0 for extra Ohio shipping brands. and 8 2 . 2 06 0 ftr trade brands. Canadian Flour Is lets plenty, and is quiet. The ar 'rivals are moderate, manly the better grades; sales of S5O bbb.., at 84.50e5t 75 or shipping breads of spring wheat ...teas, and $4.80n025 for extrats. Southern Flour. Is rather nitre active, particularly goad and oleic° extras ; the low grades are nesateable, but eh acly Wes of 1,650 /Ads. at 85 10.5.70 for mixed to good superfine Baltimore, <h..; Bi-75.6.75 for trade brands do. Rye glom is in fair relamt, rum .. , teady ; Balsa 260 Wk., at 82 7504 05 PROVISIONS.—The Pork market is quiet, aa~ that heavy ; sales of 680 bhis at $l2 for uniuspeoted $12.26 for Mesa, and ;89.62at0.1t0 for prime. Beef is ilk 1!n ited demand for navy ; sales of 130 bbls. at 812.250 13 50 for plain &less, and /114014 ST fur extra. Bacon is heavy; sales of 36 boxes small ribbed Western at 6,ve. Out Meats are nulls active ; sales of 860 boxes and Horses at 34.541(c for shoulders, and 4%0530 for hams. FINANCIAL AND, COMMERCIAL. THE MONEY MARKET. PHILADELPIIIA, Eits7 20,1861. Stocks were steady to-day at the drat board, but is consequence of the death of Mr. Retort Johnston, the second board adjourned, and there were no closing prises. No tales of Reading were noticed ; bide wore behind yesterday's. United Statue sixes, 1881, firm at last quota tioue; the seven-thirties advancing ,tl, but the dema n d being for a higher figure, there were no sales; the en dorsed tends told at 103%. Philadelphia sixes, new, brought 102%, an advance of and firm; the old re- • mined at last quotations. Pennsylvania ltalroad 47x. Schuylkill Navigation sixes, 1552, advanced 3j, and con tinued steady. Mortis Canal advanced 31 on yesterday's stiles. Elmira uisilroad preferred and Catawises Railroad preferred oath aa - atneed, the former !,-; ou yesterday's bid. Long Island Bost well at 15, an advance. Phila delphia and Erie glee bi,ught L ah i gt strip to. stained at yeaterday`e figures, while Peuesylvania fives advanesd;, on I e selli x ygatfti — l %-irs Railroad common stock advanced gttrday ba Beaver Meadow was steady at 553. Bank shares were sub a anal lot of Kensington changing hands; 133 was '.id for North America, 106 for Philadelphia, 523 for Fatuento and mechanics', 25 for Mechanics', 40 for Girard, -t for Western,24X for Manufacturers' and 3lechanics', City, and 30 for Commonwealth. Paesenger railways were drill, Chestnut and Walnut selling for wg, Arck stoeet 2231. The anxiety to bear from our armies does not in the lean diminish the confidence of the moneyed circles, and no such feeling as fear is recognized In regard to the final result of the contest. It may be to-day, or to-morrow, or next month, but the fight will come, and the firm be lief that the conquering flag of our country will be borne in triumph over the aoil now possessed by the Southern. conspiracy, buoys up the eptrits or the financial commu nity. First-class paper still remains scarce at sto 6 loans on call from 4 to 5. Money plenty; "osmium I finn, at 3,i( prim. ; Foreign coin, dull. Menem Drexel & Co. furnish the following onoierionn New York exchange Par to 1-10 pro. Boston exchangr Baltimore exchange Bountry funds American gold 7.3-10 Treasm! notes P. coupon bonds,lBBl One of the Senate amendments to the House national tax bill smovides a tax on all cheeks on batiks, comps nieei or individuals. or blue u - cheriga of one cent ott every twenty dollars t Or In other words 1-10th of one yer cent. filtotild this become a !kw, and the low t tn. 4 ..::: cc it will creak a revolution lu our present !system of banking. People will become their own bookers in order to save the tax—unless they should wish to deposit their money for some length of time. Temporary depo sits will not be made except in small amounts. For in- Saulsbury (Dem.) Sherman (Rep.) Ten Km (Rep.) Willey (Union.) Wihon ( ),Alaes. Wrlaht (Union.) dance, a maw has $5,000 paid to him to-day, and wisher to nee itnext week, if be deposits it in a bank it will cost him $2.60 to got it out again, and in order to sage tale tax he will retain his money mit!' ho requires it. The amount of chocks paid daily by our city banks will perhaps average four millions, the tax on which would amount to $2,000 daily. The !few York banks hare at least forty millions drawn on them, which woall cast $20,000 tax daily. The following remarks from thOlesuisritle Journal, of Nay 27th, show a better feeling to minim , molten in that section of the country: • " There Loa been 'an extra:a dinary demand for gold da ring the past week, which bat been (mantled to this city, as it tile not been in mined .Isewhere Large a noon's bare been 61313 by oar bankers at 3,55 er3.4 per cent. pre mium, the buying rate being 3 per cent premium. The &mold his been mainly for the purchase of produce in • Tenneisee and. Alabama. Exchange is quiet as last quoted, My m3if ter cent premium et 'tiny, and die count buying. Money is plentifu', and to readily obtAin. ed for all the requirements of trade. There hoe been a decline in the rate of discount upon the notes of the Planters' and Union Banks of Tennessee, the bankers buying now at 25 per cent. discount Tom his been a bettor demand for grccerles during the week, end the tales have been larger than heretofore, but at old rates. The tobacco trade is unusually bride, and the prices ob tained are decidedly in favor of the planter. The weath er bas been cool and pleasant for the most part, wan a fine rain. The farmers are greatly encouraged with the prospect of large yields. The river is falling, wire 5 feet 6 inches of water in the channel." referson's Defector comes to ne to-day crowded with information for all those who handle paper money—a list of flfty-one new ccunteriefts c =prim. s descriptions of worthlees Dotes of the most dongerons character, and to medially worthy the attention of business mon. A. valuable plate, with foe- sioilesof the con's-of. arms of all the Staten, will be found great aid in detecting altered notes, and should be cut out and pasted up In some convenient spot for reference. The editorial mei. - ter is of the first quality. The quotations are made on tho 28th or this month, being nearer the first of the month than any other Detector now published. A groat [anti With these publications is that, In the hurry to get out ahead of their competitory, their rates are seldom found to be reliable, and a bank worthless to-day, ie quoted as good in a pamphlet dated a week hence. Peterson aroldethlip The Girard Fire and Marine Insurance Company bag declared a tend-annual dividend of three and one-half per cent., payable on demand. A semi- annual dividend of four per cent. on the capi tal stock of the Pennsylvania Railroad is announced. It will be payable to the stockholders on the 15th of this month. The following ere some of the principal articles ex ported 'from this port to foreign ports, from May 22 to 29, 1582: . • GRIAT BRITAIN. Flout., Ibis.. 3,811 521,117 Bann, Shonl- Wheat, bus-10,535 13,100 d ars, and Corn, b 8.-12,135 41,508 Bacon, lbs 415,161 6;11,660 Beef, tee—. 125 3,010 Tallow and Pert. bt,li... 35 479 Tallow Oil, Laud; 1b5....83,844 6,636 Ms 110,2% 7,600 BAIT= NO Flour, Ws .760 $777 Coin Meal, bb1a.435 1,165' Bye 11461, bbls... 67 21i Poll:, We 41 542 name, lba ....2,873 199 EMMY Wl f10ur,bb1i....593 43,127 0. Meal, bbl B.. 600 1,4251 Corn, bu 5..... 400 2641 Oats, bus 50 21 Bread, bbbl... 40 108 Pork, bbls 200 2.578 lIILms, Tha 957 77 SPANISH W riour, bbls ... 1,900 811,100 Ilya meal, bbls 20 701 Coro, Due 2,766 1,768 Brew', 218 230 Beef, pkgs..... 22 . 287 Pork, pkgs.... 166 4,511 8en.. 9 lbs.—. 10,734 821 Lard. Ibe 155,196 13 3;4 Tallow, 1b5....44 248 4,151 Cabdles,lbs...l3 280 2,116 ap, 1b 3 868 151 Batter, 15e....18 988 .1,942 }" Clh i t e s e hl i a: ; pi . ; 7 , 1 3,215 , 27 7 0 85 Vinegar, gall.. 739 84 Wine, gale.... .10 21. WiiiakY. gal.. 20. 16 A e beer, Rale' 820 261. Oil, gals 3,202 768 Fluid, gale.. .. 50 46 Bin tarp ; fist '• 80 • 130 Turreui ine,Obl 1 70 Paiute TO 011181 t WEif I'SDIBB. near; bbhr HO s3,o9olneh, AP I 100 $2B 'Corn3lrat, bbls 350 1,001 Vinegar, gent.. 241 22 As a Heal, bldg.. 30 105 ri iptl. F. 11.3 46 38 Corti, but 200 136 Siearr The 214 24 Br erid,..bb1a...... 5 .. .. 38 Pepper, 1b5......413 73 llter,'bble ....... - iv . 90 Tobacco, pkga... 1 33 Pork, DN..- - 10 130 Rope, coils 28 190 HIM!, The 380 47 Stationery 18 Lard, The.. 849 9O Leather 170 _Candle, ' • The 716 l5B Lumber 148 Butter, The 780 ' 105!Machinery ..... . . .. 60 (Ricrac, Bs 470 47181634th* ..... 00 100 Brie R. Prete.. 62g" 50 do 62 60 Hudson 12431( 50 do.— IZ 43% 200 frarlem ft.— 13g 225 Mich Oen 8.... ss% 100 do WO 50% VAOIIII Slat I R... 23% 250 IIieb.S&SIGS 54% 400 111 Cent B Scrip. 60% 100 Gal & Ohl R.eoo 66% 100 do 66;16 50 do ST 200 do 610 51 460 Clev Tol 43 300 do 41% 200 OM Jt 11. 60% to 1-10 it .... I. to 1-10d18. 3( to 6-10" •••• 3 X to 334 i ore. ...1013i to 106 101 to 1014 . IZEZEGEM Winegar, ga15..3,078 $246 Coal, tone 100 350 Rosin, bb1,.... 2 et Tar, bbls 4 40 E13.151:113 Candies,lbs _lO,OOO 31,400 Tobacco, pga. 20 615 .... 120 Hatches, gr's 400 200 Carriages.... 2 500 Iron Sa!a„... 1 400 Sundries 63 !MEM • Tar do pitch, ble 12 $l2O Drugs and les. ...„ 445 Rope, 5,906 605 Slattlog, yds.. 1,200 332 Cot. ooro, eases 8 1,000 .p'a skirts, doz 101 622 Paper and other stationery 544 Luinber 456 Shooks, pkgs.. 9,602 4,897 Hoops 780 I &may casks.. 778 200 rrtaika &whips .... 268 Picture frames. .... 67 gambits, grog). 282 141 COcubs, d0z.... 114 149 I , Carts & harness .... 412 Plated ware... .... 199 deer' and iron. .... 495 afachinerf.... .... 28,313 Railroad water. .... 27,248 Nails & spikes 238 1,309 ... 311 kegs aindries
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