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SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1862.
THE LATEST WAR NEWS
Important despatches have been received from
General Rant:nit, announcing the evacuation of
Corinth and its occupation by the Union troops.
The rebels do not appear to have retreated as far
as Okolona, as was at first reported, bat aro in
great force in front of General Eta Hook's left wing.
Governor Curtin has sent a force of surgeons anti
nurses to Williamsport, to care for the wounded
Pennsylvanians in General Banks' division.
General Beauregard's official report of the battle
of Shiloh sets down his lose at 10,000 men, of whom
1,800 were killed.
General Fremont's army is in motion, and will
be beard from very soon.
Details of the Bight of General Banks from Stras
burg to Maryland continue to arrive. The rebels
appear to have gained vet) , little by their raid, six
hundred English rifles being the most important
capture made by thorn. The capture of two rebel
steamers on the coast of Florida is announced.
IN rum incomprehensible system of military
events we are only enabled to judge of deeds
by results. A tattle only becomes respectable
when we see an extended mortality list,
and a campaign when we can traverse the
occupied territory by leagues and furlongs.
When the rebels lft Yorktown we ap
plauded it as a glorious triumph of military
strategy, and justly so. We obtained com
mand of the -peninsula ; we invested Rich
mond; no lives were lost. Genius triumphed
over gunpowder. We sae the same thing at Co
rinth. There was a terrible and fruitless battle;
the enemy assumed a new position, fortified,
and held it. Then came weeks of silence,
skirmishes, and flags of truce, and a war with
newspai, er correspondents. The public began
to be inn . atient ; a - great battle was anticipated
—we might almost say, desired—when the
news comes that Corinth is evacuated. With
out a blow, in the taco of their braggadocio
and bluster, after defiance and menace and
preparation, the rebels have fal!en back, and
are now retreating thrbugh the Cotton States.
He nor to General lIALLEOK ! He has or
ganized victory by combining the elements of
victory—he has achieved a triumph undimmed
by blood ; and this is the highest glory of the
soldier.
TEE 'LETTER front Judge. Rose to Ur. YAN
CEY, dabAl Madrid, Match 22, and published
in the True Della, at New• Orleans; by desire
of General BUTLER, completely shows the
rebels' hopelessness of aid from Europe. Mr.
ROST frankly says that when Mr. YANCEY left
Europe none of the Confederates there ex
pected that the rebel Government at Rich
mond, under JEYWERSON DAVIS, would be re
cognized, but that they et had a well-grounded
hope that the blockade woul t be set aside."
Not so very well grounded, after all, as.the
next sentence states that the British Parlia
ment had sustained Earl R cassia:a declaratim •
that lite blockade is efficient, and the French
Chamber of Depu ies had endorsed, by a large
majority, a similar declaration by M. Tumm
ies'. This," Mr. ROST continues, "destroys
the last hope we had that those Governments
wou'd do justice between the belligerents."
Be it remembered that this frank confession,
quite as much in anger as in sorrow, was made
by one Traitor.to another,ia s!rietcontidence.
Of course; to the deluded mass, the mere rank .
and file of the Confederacy, a different story
has been told. Indeed, after this letter bad
been received by Yander at Richmond, Jar-
PERSON Mavis, who knew iti hopeles royale
tions, issued a Proclamation, one of his pr.,-
cious -melangee of braggadocio and blasph i emy,
in which' he assured his dupes that Rebellion
was thriving, that the God 'ot armies smiled
upon the Treason, and that the loading Pow
ers of Europe would speed,ly admit the South
ern Confederacy into the great family of inde
pendent nations. .
Mr. Bon, with the frankness which charac
terizes his epistle, ackuowlLdges to Mr. Yax
car that "It must. now be nusoifeit to every
ohe thatewe have to rely exclusively upon our
selves and our internal resources to establish
our iudependenee. Atter we succeed we will
owe the European Governments no thanks,
and a war duty on imports, sufficient to pay the
interest of the debt r which their course forces
us to incur, and create •a sinking fund, must
be levitd."
It is to be hoped that The Times will no
tice this statement. After all the groat
promise held out to Europe by the South, of
a tariff so liberal as to satisfy even the - Free
Trade ideas of GLADSTONE, COBDEN, CLIRTA-
Liza, and Co., we Lid a leading Secessionist,
a man sufficiently important to represent cc the
so-called Confederacy" in Madrid—we fled
lam saying, to meet the interest of its debt,
and create a sinking fund for its final extinc
tion, the South, if ever it sneered, must levy
a war tax upon all imports. Why, the Morrill
tariff, which England and France denounced as
prohibitory of foreign produce "and manufac
tures, was a mere flea-bits Os Mr. Drsaar.u .
would say) to a tariff such as this. No North
ern editor bolds out this threat, but one of
r JEFFERSON DAvis' own commissioners takes
it for granted in a confidential letter to another
commissioner, bearing on its face proof that
it was equally int:nded to be read by the arch
rebel Davis himself. - •
Mr. RosT fo lows lip his confession that the
Confederacy had lost its cc lust hope" of E&
rorean recognition by lamenting that the
news of Northern success's in Secessia had.
as done great injury" in Europe to the Rebel
cause. If so over two mouths ago, when he
wrote, bow much more so now ? In fine, the
Rebellion is nearly played out, and the most
fortunate among its • enders are undoubtedly
such men as Swim., MASON, and Roar, who
are safe in exile. They dO not merit, and
they will not meet, with pity or sympathy from
honest people, at borne or abroad. ' •
Tux rummy of civilization is not the his--
tory of man alone. The purpose of its record
is, indeed, the'record: of mans purpose, and
the great bulk of its pages is filled with chroni
cles of the accomplishments and the fAilnres
of national policies. But in history's view .
the race is not a vast human machine, Isolated
in space, and carrying out intricate moveniera
without being antlected to extrinsic.influero
On the contrary, there Is a .physipal factor'in
this great problem—forevej 'solving, never
solved—and it forms its constant quantity. It
is the great brute earth—or,rather, the genial
mother earth—whose expression never varies,
whose influence never declines. Whatever
antagonism between races may be engendered
by other causes, she draws her own lines of
demarcation ; here she cancels the closest
ethnic affinities, there she merges all social
distinctions; and alien a land has been so
torn by civil war that its reconstruction s3ems
impossible, it is her steady sanatory power
that heals all fratricidal wounds. Does a Ha
ger, a Buctxrar, a G 1/IZOT imagine thailie has
proved the absolute, freedom of the human
will, and, with undue glorification, throw his
historic cap high in air ? Material nature
quietly reminds him, by flinging the flimsy
head-covering into the mud, that her gravi
tating power is not abieed. In other wards,
when we ask for national characteristics or
explain a national history, a most essential
part of our investigation relates to the physi
cal geography of the Sta.° in hand.
If• the 'history of our Republic should ever
bo written as a 'thing of the past, the varied
natural features of the land would go fir to-
wards accounting for the diverse character's-
tics of its inhabitants. But such a history
never can be written.; the preponderance of
geographical evidence is against it. If we
have within our boundaries a greater variety
of physical qualities than any other country in .
the world, the boundaries themselves give
such explicit unity to this variety that they
forbid to the soil any other than a single and
simple Government. Our variety in given to
us bectui i L
tV e are working out the higheit
phase of vi e ° ,, etien: . 'We need it ; it is our
wealth..., re complex is more perfect, and a
multi city of parts implies a unity in the re
lating.energy. Our land is diversified with
ery alternation of mountain and.valley, prai
se and water-course, but these are scatterel
broadcast, not condensed at a few points, and
made natural barriers ; while two oceans clasp
arms around us, not only shutting, us out from.
the rest of the world, but typically showing us
that we may shut ourselves out by uniting the
opposite ocean-strong powers that seem to
gird our political being—individual indepen
denee and governmental supremacy.
We are already beginning to evince that we
rightly appreciate our geographical peculiari
ties by conquering them, making them sub
aerre our plans, and thus turning physical diffi
culties into intellectual triumphs. The pre
sent war is conducted on a scale so enormous
that all pest military- operatiods sink into
insignificarice. Men and means have never
before been enlisted in such force ; but these
arc nothing cothpared witl,the vastness of the
atratcgic field. English captain of a gala day,
imagine a-base lino 'fifteen hundred miles
long, runiang a wavering comae from the At
lantic Ocean to the Rocky afauntains. Ima
gine, if your amooth• shaven lawn will letyou,the
endless variety of physical features which such
a line encounters: rivers that run up from the
sea into the heart of this mighty land, and
fling out branches so innumerable that it is cat
into myriad grotesque shaping-; mountains
that stretch away, range after range, with defi
ant precipitousness; prairies where armies
might wander and perish; forests that seem
impenetrable ; swamps that seem impassable!.
Perhaps -you will be inclined to give some
slight meed of praise when you.read that "the
rebels are driven out of Missouri and Arkan
sas," and remember that those States are twice
as large as England, and present topical diffi_
culties to which England's most rugged heights
are bowling-greens.
Perhaps you will not wonder that East Ten
nessee and Kentucky aro yet infested by
guerilla bands, if you remember that the
great Appalachian chain might, at stress, give
them a hiding hole or two; or that a quarter
of a million of men march up and down
through Virginia without seriously damaging
each other, if yon will believe that Virginia
is Wales, with all its mountain; multiplied
eight times. It is all well enough to sail out
to the Isle of Man, all talk about the duty of
raising the blockade ; but suppose you had to
guard a sea coast sweeping from Maryland to
Florida, and from Florida to extremest Texas!
It might take even all of John Bull's wooden
walls, and then have a thbusuid miles to spare.
Such are the physical difficulties which we
are rneoting. Are we subduing them, and, by
making them subserve our idea, forcing them
to contribute to our unity 7 Let Forts Henry
and Donelson answer. We wanted to • batter
down some old-fashioned stone walls, a. thou
sand miles from the sea. We, made boats alter
some anomalous pattern, covered them with
iron, against all precedent, and crumbled the
walla of said forts into sand—that they might
help to make the Union cement we are so ra
pidly mixing. The Cumberland,' the Tennes
see, the York, the James, the Mississippi, con
fess that rivers are conquered; and in regard
to the ocean, we take the word of the Lon-'
don Times, when it speaks of America as
being invincible wherever a bhip can float.
Curiously enough, we have not yet disco
vend any magic way of getting over, under, or
though the mountains. But these mouatains
always had a trick of defying human muscle
and of frowning down upon the human faces
that frowned up to them. So, we have con
cluded to let them stand, as big sand-bags for
gymnastic practice. It is a pleasant thing
to 'see in this mastery of the sea and the
water-courses, of forests ant swamps, an
index of more than Yankee tact. It evinces
that the physico-geographical factor of our
national life is taking its due place, and that
history will not write America as an aggrega
lion of separate units, but as an organization
of according though distinct vital parts.
LETTER FROM. "OCCASIONAL."
WaalnaaToN, May 30,1862.
A few words about Military Governors of
disaffected districts. They are never very ac
ceptable to Secessionists or traitors,, but they
are a rare comfort to the friends of good go-
vernment and cnustitutional liberty. A. good
Military Governor is frequently of more service
than a victorious general; indeed, he cannot
be successful in his mission if _he Is not a
thorough soldier. But he most also be - a
statesman. He must know the prejudices of
the people who surrouud him—their peculiari
ties, their wants, and their relations to each
other. The two Military Governors at pre
sent the objects of general interest are James
S. Wadsworth, who has charge of Washington
city, and Benjamin F. Butler, who has charge
of the city of New Orleans. Wadsworth is a
New Yorker, well known in Philadelphia
as a gentleman of immense fortune and
high position. lie is a fine laws er, and has
been distinguished in politics—having always
been a Democrat until he saw that slavery had
taken command of the Democraticparty, when
ho cut loose and identified himself with
the Republicans. On the first indication of
hostilities ho offered his' services to the Go
vernment, and after the destruction of the
railroad connection with Washington, and in
the midst of the blockade, he chartered a
large vessel and filled it with provisions, and
brought it safely into Annapolis, being him
self on board. The President appointed hips
a brigadier general, and be discharged his
duties so ably and so industriously, that he
was promoted to a major generalship, and
afterwards selected as Military Governor
of this District. We feel the efficiency
of his rule every hour of the day. Of
course, he has given offence to disloyal slave
"holders. He will not allow them to use his
guard to arrest and return their fugitives. So
far as ho is concerned, Washington will not be
• made a hunting-ground for the Secession Jay.
hawkers of the adjacent counties of Maryland
and Virginia, who, after helping the traitors
in every conceivable way to break up the
Government, now invoke the Constitution as
a protection against the consequences of their
Own faithlessness. There is very little sym
pathy for this class. Even the Annapolis
Gazette says df them :
"We candidli confess that the condition of
slavery in Maryland is a serious and perplexing
one. We think Congress has acted inextureably in
abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia, be
cause they have thus, indirectly, injured slavery
byre. But it Is beyond dispute that this state of
affairs could not have 001U11 about but for the in
sane efforts of the . Secessionists, And it is equally
beyond dispute that an exceedingly large majority
of the slave owners in Maryland aro Secessionists,
and have"aided 'the rebels in every way in their
power. As ye sow, so shall ye reap.' Verily, by
their aid to the rebels have they sown the wind,'
and, in the destruction of the value of their slaves,
aro they reaping the whirlwind.'
"But, criminal as has been their course, no man
in Maryland desires to see slave owners deprived
of their property. If slavery must perish here,
let it be with the least poesible loss to . the owners
of slaves. In justice, they have forfeited all claim
to remuneration. But our nation is, we hope, too
magnanimous to punish them to such a way for
their treason."
.
Benjamin Butler, now in civil and mili
tary cominand•of.New Colleens, is also an ob
ject of the 'detonation of the traitors. His
task is more'vexatious and trying than General
Wadsworth's;and the remedies he adoPts are
necessarily, more severe. He finds himself
and his compatriois In possession of a city
which abounds in treasons and conspiracies,
where midnight , assassination succeeds to the
sullen and scornful bearing of the traitors in
the open day, and where to insult a Union man
is believed to be' the refinement of, chivalry.
It is said that General Butler has adopted a
somewhat harsh measure in regard to the Se
cession ladies of New Orleans. Let us see
what these gentle creatures have done and are
doing before we convict and sentence the Ge
neral. How do they act in Balthnore, in Nor
folk, and in Nashville ? Among . their cour
tesies are: ribald abuse and open expressions
of the heir that our army may be slaughtered
like wild beasts. I myself beard a woman in
a railroad car announce, in the hearing of
a dozen persons, that she would rejoice to'see
a passing train, that was filled with a regi
ment on its wriy'to Washington; throWn from
the low Gunpowder bridge, and every soul de
stroyed. The same daughter of Eve expressed
a desire to make the food for the Yankees.
To fold up their skirts in order 'to avoid •the
contaminating touch' of an American
, uniform
is a practice of daily occurrence ; to refuseto
lit at the same table with a Union soldier; to,
decline association with his family ; and to de..
nonce him to his face as a coward•and l a
ruffian—are some of the moderate manifesta
tions of their, feelings. Fiequently they far:
get themselves so isr as to spit upon the pass
ing volunteer. It is hard to submit to these
delicate attentions ;•• but the . spirit that always
regards a woman with ,respect, and that
never allows a gentleman to enter into a
dispute with a lady, prevents any. retaliation.
No doubt,General Buller has been called upon
to endure all these things, and more. There
are no more dangerous spies than the Sece
ssion women. The weakness of their sex makes
them strong for evil; and, as many evidencis,
have established, some of them bait at no
equirocation or deceit 4q, betray the Go'Vern
ment and to help the rebellten. Gen. Butler's
remedy may look to ,bo a rough ; one, at this
distance'; but; -
as be is not the man to tike a
step without good reaeons to strengthen his
course, let us hear his statement before rush
ing into a condemnation of his policy.
Butler was a lawyer of powerful - influence
and immense practice in Massachusetts when
the war began. His ability, boldneii, and
skill, as a pleader, his ingenuity as a counsel.
tor, slid his great moral and physical courage,
made Lim a terror to his opponents. Ise
was a decided Breckiuridge Democrat in the
last Presidential campaign; but every step
he has taken in the preseut struggle; and
every speech he has made, exhibits his pro
found contempt for the rebellion, and his
manly acorn of thole who sympathize with it
SD the loyal States.
Fortunate it is for our country that such men
as Wadswirth and Butler are to bo found
among the voluntary and disinterested chain•
pions of her cause. OCCASIONAL.
ROM GEN. MCLELLAN'S DIVISION.
Brecial Correspondence of The Press.]
BIJ9IIIOB FARM, OM TUE 011101CAII0Mttrf,
May 26, 1862. 5
Our pickets have been along the Chicicattominy creek,
'end, from the demonetratious made by the rebels on the
other aide, it is expected that our men will moot with con
siderable opposition in crossing. Col. Irwin's 49th Penn
sylvania bas had the post of boner during the morning.
Ihe whole regiment has at limes been out guarding the
creek. Their orders were not to fire unless the robots
attempted to crops the river, and this they had not the
daring to attempt.
The party doing picket duty on the other side was part
of a regiment of Zoutived,.unitormed in red caps and
breeched, and white shirts—a fiery conspicuous uniform.
They wore posted in an open field, and, as soon es'our
men advanced to the creek, would withdraw into a dense
wood and ,attempt to draw them on, but our officers n
-01111110 them.
Our Octets
.esveral times attempted to draw the ene
my's Lire, as many as twenty of them grouping together
for the purpose, but tho rebels refused. Their pu:pose
evidently is to draw our nion'on into the woods on the
opposite side of the creek, and then attempt to snare
them.
The Chlckabominy at this point is absut seventy feet
wide, and at the site of the burnt New Bridge is about
twelve feet deep, though at other pstiota it ie considerably
less. The other side ia very swampy, and the bridge t 3
be erected will be she hundred and thirty feet long. The
engineers made an examination of the banks this more
leg, in order to ascertain the inoat puitable place for the
new bridge. They did to under the protection of our
pickets. but the rebels made no opposition. The old
bridge was built on piles, which are burned or down to
the water's edge, and the engineers thought it would be
better to build a new bridge on pontoons, than to recon
struct the old one, and are now diligently at work to ac
complish their object. •
71:11CSDAT MontNo, May 27, 1862.—The storm of yes
terday continued until this morning, when the wind
veered round to the north, and the sun thous oat in ail .
his wonted glory. 'The rain fell in each copious quantity,
however, that it was allo to think of msrcbing any dis
tance, especially as our route would lie through an eno
my's country, so that the order was countermanded.
The sun being out so bright during the day, will am
dry up the roads, and, as the pontoon bridge is ready,
we will no . doubt match this afternoo'n.
Dining the night a battery of artillery was sent to the
creek to protect the working party, but no annoyance
was given by the rebels.
For about the last thirty minutes—it is now about 2 P.
111.—we have hoard sharp firing oft to the right, some six
or eightmiles distant, in the direction of Gen. Porter's
end have no doubt but that wo will be ordered
to advance some limo during the night or morning. • If
so, aid the rebels offer a determined resistance, a general
battle may be brought on before night.
Just as I finished tho above paragraph a lull began be
tween the report!, and in few minutes they mimed.
About hail' an hour afterwards wo heard some tea or
twelve reports, when they ceased altogether. About
seventy report. were • heard: The mail will. be closed
before I will he able to uncertain the canoe.
Foote complaint is mado here, in the army, about the
treatment:of the patients in the army hospita's to your
city, many of the sack and wounded having been returned
Yo their regiments before they were entirely recovered.
The consequence wee, that they had to be placed in the
temporary hospitals in the rear of our army, and where
they can be, at hest, supplied with but few of the accom
modations Decently,- for their comfort and speedy re
covery. Dleasurce should be promptly taker' to remedy
this evil, as any considerable ;mber of disabled men
following an army Is a vast inctunbrance. Besides, we
will soon have a plentiful supply on hand if is an
encounter between the opposing forces for the powlession
of Richmond. 7 his cannot be avoided, however, for
Richmond must be taken if but ono man lives to occupy it.
I==l
A few minutes later, after occasional stiots, the affair
on oar right le becoming somewhat serioue. The re
ports of the tischarge and explo3lon of the shells can be
beard very distinctly, white volley after volley - of mus
ketry peals upon the ear. The firing of artillery is very
sharp, while the sound of the musketry is at times almost
continuous.
The balloon is up, on a line almost dirostly to tho west
of our encampment, and apparently in the vicinity of the
engagement. •
Our men are beginning very much Interested, and
stand in excited sroops iu v triorm parte of the en min p
menttycatching the operations of the balloon, listening
to the reports of the mnaletry and artillery, and de
bating on the prospect of an immediate advance.
A abort time fte,O, when the pickete worn relieved, and
wore leaving the creek, the robe!a brought up a piece of
artillery and threw fonr *Molls after.them, bat without
doing any damage. Our fresh pickets
.occupy the saute
line, but have not been molested.
-The uton'are in good spirit', realy and spoiling for the
fight. W. H.
FROM. WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to "The Press."
WAsnileezolt, May 30,1862
Property on the 11Igtt Seas.
BerifttOr VESSENDIM introduced a .biU, to.day, in the
Senate, providing that auy person not being an owner,
who Bball, on the high seas, wilfully and corruptly cast
sway, bun), or otherwise destroy any reseal which be,
longed to any citizen of the United States, shall, on
being convicted, be prinblicd by a fine not exceed
ing ten thousand dollars, and imprisonment not ex•
ceeding ten years; and it any person destroy
any vessel on the eel, of which ho le the owner,
in part or Whole, with intent to prejudice . any per
eon that has underwritten any policy of insurance there-
On, or any merchant who has geode thciein, shall, on.
conviction, be similarly fined and imprisoned:
The law in this•case, as it now stands, is punishable
with death, and some of the district attoroeya have been
obliged to abandon the prosecution becaaaethe severity
of the punishment rendered it improbable thiet a CODYiC ,
tion could he obtained.
The imancipation of Slaves in the Ms-
trict . oi Columbia
• jorix M. Enemalb, of the District of Colombia, has
been. appointed by the President one of the commission
ers nudtr the act for the emancipation of Flavea in the
District of Columbia, nice Vutros, decease& The Cir
cuit Court to-day formally refused II writ of habeas cor
pus for the s discharge of an alleged fugitive slave: Sub
scriptintis aro being pledged to employ eminent conniel
to test the legality of the aprtication of the fu si five- el sve
law to the blitrict of Colombia, before the Supreme
Cowl of the United States. The claimant of the female
* gave recently wrested front Marshal LASION, by the null
tary authorities, is about entering a suit against him for
the recovery of the value of the woman.
Arrests for Slave Trading.
The Secretary of the Interior, in response to the reso
lution of the Senate for information relative to, and the
persons who have beenecrested in the anathema digulet
or New York, frcm the -let of May, 1852, to the Ist o
11ay, 1862, charged 'with being engaged in the' slate
trade, with the names and number of the Tease's arrested
and bonded, charged with being engaged in that tratilc,
gives the names of forty-one persons, none of whom were
convicted, or their bonds forfeited, which ranged from
$250 to $20,000. In 'some cases they were tried and ae;
Quitted ; one or two escaped ; but moat cases are marked.
. 1 bend not forfeited—complaint dismissed." -
Rebel Prizes.
On the 12th instant, the United States steamer Hatte.
:as captured the rebel steamer Governor A. Menton, in
Ilsraiek Bay, bound there from the Sabina Pass. She
vim loaded pith Confederate Government provisions.
Also, ou the let inetant, the robot schooner Magnolia,
while attempting to leave Berwick Bay. She wee leaded
with tWo hundred and fifty-two notes of cotton and tur
pentine. ' •
°tithe Bth instant, the same IL 8. steamer chluaml on
shore the rebel steamer Fashion, aloe loaded with cotton
and turpentine. She was then fired by her own-crew.
The Tariff 13tH.
The Committee of Ways and Means will not compete •
ly frame their tariff bill . until that for laying Internal
taxes - shall have been dispored of, as the policy is to lay
OD foreipn prodocte the same rates as those impised on
domestic articles of similar character,
.New York Collectors.
The Committee on Commerce of the Senate to-day re
isirted a bpi providing that the salaries of the surveyors
of customs at.h Many and Troy, Now York, be five hum
tred dollars per annum, with a depnty collector or in
spector who.may act for both porta, under the direction
of the collector at New York.
Adjutant General's Office
Mr.WWlLsoir, from the Semite Military Committee,
reported a bill to-day providing that there shall be
added to the Adjutant General's department, by iege .
lar promotion of its present °Moors, one colonel, two
lientenant,colonels, and vino majors' and that the grade
of 'captain in - said department shall thereafter be
abolisbed,"and all vacancies occurring in the grade of
major shall be filed by selecting from captains of the
NM%
Compensation of Congressmen
The Judiciary Committee reported a bill to-day In the
Senate, providing that the salaries of Senators and mem—
bers appointed to fill vacancies, shall commence at the
time that of their immediate predecessor ceased.
• Severe Law on. Frauds:
The Penste Judiciary Committee reported back to the
Renate, today, a bill providing that frauds i4tke Govern:
mint during the prosent rebellion rid! be :punishable
with death, on trial and. conviction by military court
martial.
Casualties in the 2d idassachusetts Itegi-
BOSTON, May 30.—A swig despatch to Ilia Boston
',Unmet/ states that nine were killed, forty-three wound
ed, and one hundred and sixty-three miming, in the 24
.11 assachusetts Regiment, sunder General Batiks.
Supposed. Suicide.
unknOwn man waa
Beni.mivroN, N. J., Nay
kJllod on the Camden and Amboy railroad, near Beyer)),
this meruing• lie was walking towards the approaching
train, and „ every Oren wee made to atop its progress, but
aithoutavriii. The coroner ea-endued tkie conductor and
engineer. and .entirely, exonerated them from blame. The
impression is that the unfortunate maw committed
TEE L'EfIANT STECK PIAITOSexceI all ethers in
volume; and quality of tone, and dalioaoy of touoh.
Sold by J. B. Gould, Scrota and Chestnut.
TBE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1862.
THE RETREAT OF GEN. BANKS.
Information Hitherto Suppressed.
A REBEL FEMALE IN THE AFFAIR AT FRONT ROYAL
WlLLleaSronv, May 28.—1 t ir anything bat gratify
ing to the correspondent, who labors and toile day and
night to obtain and lay before the country the asthma
and most important features of the war, to knew that hie
reports aro to meet inertt4bly with suppression if he
dares to mention facts, the knowledge of which is but due
to the public. The latter are a tow aware of what has
bren concealed from them, though known to:theononlY,
rtapoctirg hue department and can properly estimate the
leading causes of the disastrous retreat from the valley
of Virginia.
Itie no longer contraband to state that from the . hone
of the recall from the Pursuit of Jackson beyond -Har
risonburg and the p gobbling up" emit Gen. Batiks' army
except two smell infaLtry brigades, fourteen guns, and
two tegimente of inexperienced cavalry, that every offi
cer In the command was firmly imbued with the belief
that thould Jackson and Ewell 'combine to assail us we
were ehmuletely at their mercy :
And even the small force mentioned could not be con
centrated to repulse the enemy in case of attack. At
least one half of the infantry were required for special
eervice, each as guarding the trate@ of wagons, bridges,
railroads, de., while the cavalry were required to be cm
limvally the ecout to guard against surprise.
Weakness of Banks' Command.
When your correspondent left the camp at Strasburg,
on Sunday previoue to the bloody affair at Front Royal,
it was known that hordes of gowning were swarming the
mountains end the valleys of the North and South forks
of the Shenandoah, on our rear and flanks, but no infer•
motion could be obtained of a concentrated attack. Still,
the very meekness of our army would, if kuown to the
rebel commanders, be sufficient to induce an onslaught
with even equal numbers.
No Help from Washington.
No favorable responses baring been received from
NBbitigtOil as to reinforcements, an officer Arms specially
despatched thither to lay the case before the War Do
partmect in person ; but before he had completed hie
duties, the news came of the attack at Front Royal, and
a few hours later, of the rcireat of General Bauks' entire
army towards Maryland.
At the hotel iu Front Royal, on the night of thelfltht
year correspondent saw au accomplished prostitute who
has figured largely in the rebel cause, and having seen
her but a abort time previous at fdartinsbarg, her
presence at Front Royal at a thee when the rebels were
surrounding It, moused so3piclotia that abe meant mis
chief. She was pointed out to the military commanders
there, and her emit advised. It Is now known that she
was the bearer of an extensive correspondence between
the !chile inside ard outside of Mir /loos.
I have tho following statement from an officer who
participated in the . battle at Front Royal : After you
left Front Royal, Bello Eoyd made a trip to Winchester,
"in company with a cavalry officer. While there, she was
arrested by the military authorities; but, with her newel
adroitness end assumed innocence, sbe got clear of any
charge of treachery, and returned to Front Royal again.
An hour previous to the attack ou Col. Kenly, Belle went
ant on a rise of ground, south of the town, and was seen
to wave her hamikerchisf towards tho point from which
the centre of the attack was made."
You' correspondent cannot vouch for the strict accu
racy of all of the fin egoing, but undeniable proof exists
of her treason. Belle now reposes on her laurels in the
Confederate camp.
The Flight from Winchester.
no first intelligence of the attack.on Front Royal
was thought to Winchester by one of the Ira Harris
Guard, and was tehgrapheil to Gen. Banks at Strasburg,
by Captain Flagg, Assistant Quartermaster, 11 'B. d.
But fifteen minutea elapse] after the robes were disco
vered before Colonel' Keely , s commend was completely
surroundeil. The details of this murderous affair
haring been I.ubliebei, they are omitted in this nor
rtnontlonce..
The large quantity of medicines, surgiesliestruments,
and hospital stores at Winchester, were destroyed by
Mcdical Purveyor Bnkttr, while the enemy were in the
town. Dr. Baxter premed through a storm of' bails and
shells, and was several times fired on from the Taylor
Souse, where he had boarded for.weeke. -
. Collis' Zouaves Cut Off.
. .
Collis' Zouayes DtAfrique; a battalion of the Ira Bar
ris Guard, under Colonel De Forrest, Captain Illimptou,
of the Pittsburg battery; with a few of Ids mon and a
small body of infantry, were cut off by the matnbody of
the enemy between Middletown and Winchester.
'lbe whole %yeti consisted of less then 1,000 men, The
Zonavea and cavalry had been detailed to deatroy the
bridges after our retreat. Capital's Hampton, after
securing his guns, went to the rear to bring off his bat
tery wagon and forge. Finding their retreat out off, they
retraced the toad to Strasburg. Several times Captain
maintop checked pursuit by the enemy's cavalry by
mounting a stovepipe on his carriage, and placing it in
waltion till the infantry had passtd ahead. The ruse
wasnot diacovered by the enemy.
On reaching Strasburg this force collected thirty-five
abandoned wagons loaded with Commissary. Thence
they took the mountain road north, and by a clrcuitons
route came in night of Winchester only to find them . -
relves in the enemy's rear. Taking the road to Bath,
followed by a battalion of railed cavalry, they finally
reached tho Potomac, near Hancock, and arrived here
last night with not salmi! loss. On one occasion the
Holum!' d'Afelque, who were only shoal() in number,
kept at bay, for a Quarter of an bonr, a brigade of the
enemy, and thus, pothers, saved tiro whole force. The
Zonaves are General Banks' body-guard, and appear to
have been well selected for ench an importantduly: The
following is their Wee: • ••
Killed—Jaques Laurier, Wm. McClane, and James M.
Britton.
IYounded--Glisrlee Yedalen.
dossing-None. •
At jianceck the Zourtves found secreted and brough
off six cases of
EiLeas than fifty wagons oat of about five hundred, in
eluding many that wore considered worthless by General
Shields when be left this column, have been Met, and the
enemy hove derived but little benefit front wh.t was
abandoned on the road. A large amount of old camp
equipsge, turned over as 13F01015 to the quartermaster,
wail burnt. One of the principal acquisitions of the
enemy was between six hundred and a thousand Euro
pean rifles, left there by General Shields when he left
General Bents' command.
The eatety of so large a portion of our transprtation
arid etr roe is undoubtedly attributable to the experience
of Captain Holabird; chief quartermaster, and Captain
Beckwith. chief commissary. •
Brigadier General S. M. Crawford, late eiurgeon under
Anderson; at Fort Sumpter, and afterwards inspector
general undir Bosecraos, in Western Virginia, baa been
appointed to, the brigipde of General die_
sloe, recently commanded by Colonel Bonnet's,.
Ifieseengers have just arrived, at three o'clock, this
afternoon, reporting heavy firing between Harper's
Ferry and Ohrtriestotin. Our pickets on the Virginia
side of the Potomac have teen driven in by a superior.
SOICe of the enemy.
The Loss of the Maine Regiments in Gen.
Banks' Command.
PORTLiND, May 30 —The following despatch basin:en'
reccivtd to Goy. Washburn :
W1LL1.13151.0117, May 20.—Tho loss to the Maine regi
ments under Gen. Banks was as follows:
Ist . Maine Cavalry, Major Cilley, * mortally wounded,
and left at Middleton. v • v -
Assistar&Surgeon flaky taken prisoner, And left with
AT•aj.r Gilley.
Acting Assistant:Surgeon Itoword taken prisoner. •
Ot tine rank end tile there aro 71 miming. The number
of killed and wounded is not known.
In the loth Maine Infantry there wore none killed, and
six wounded.
seyent)-50101 1 are mitering, but this number will be re-
duced. • The officers of this regiment are all sAfe.
The Wounded Pennsylvanians in Gen.
Bipntenutto, May 30.—Intelligence baring. been re
calved of the arrival at Williamsport and Frederick, Hd.,
of the wounded P001311,liattl& • soldiers ermiged under
Gen. Banks, in the retreat from Sthunton, the Governor
immediately ordered Major 0. W. Lees, accompanied by
two surgeons from the hospital at Camp Cartier, to pro
ceed to the aboie-uamed points, with all the appliances
necessary to insure their comfort and safe conveyance to
Harrisburg, where hospital accommodations are prepared•
They will probably arrive here on Monday and Tu.eday.
The active exertions and benevolent interest taken in
this mutter by the Governor Is most praiseworthy, and
is a sure guarantee that everything that
~money oan ef
fect will be brought to bear in relieving the wants' of
our brave soldiers. Ho battle is fought in which Penn
svivaulans are engaged but competent parsons are imme
diately despatched to relieve their waste and bring them.
home. No other loyal State can show so fair a record in'
this particular. Arratigementit have been effested with
the War Department by which every facility to furnished
to persons on Missions of this character by officers in
different divisions of the army. A list of the killed and .
Wounded will be furnished for publication at the earliest
possible moment.
The War in the Valley of: Virginia—Rebel
Accounts of Banks' Retreat,
Ittchmond Examiner,. of Tuesday, May 27th,
" Gee. Jackson's forces entered Winchester yesterday,
the 26th instant, capturing all the enemy's commissary
and ordnance stores. They (the U. B. troops) -tried to
burn the town, but were too closely 'pursued. We Oak
the let Maryland Regiment, Ooi. and the lit
Vermont Regiment of cavalry, at Front Royal, prisoners,
and two thousand prisoners at Winchester. Our law is
one hundred killed and wouhded. Our troops are still in
pursuit. The enemy are completely rented.'
The Ezewairlef ea/
a In addition to the above, we received early in the de ,
a private despatch, dated at Staunton, announcing the
capture, by the united commands of Jackeon and Jewell,:
of Flout Royal and Winchester, with four thousand pd.
Boners, and stragglers still coming in, with the enamel
accomplished at a sacrifice of, one hands*
men killed and wounded. The victory was regarded ea
very complete. Of subsequent movements and reaultewi .
are without information, but we are moil convinced they •
have been progressive." .
The.'Examinir thus refers to the " new eensation" ex t :
peeienced in Richmond on the arrival of the foregoing ,
intelligence : • •
•
•
tt RlCLinea yesterday experienced a decided and whole
atom° feeling of elation and rejoicing in vice of the im
'portruat and most timely rep,rts of the glorious success,'
of General Jackson in the valley of Virginia. The old
epirlt oi.cortgratulatiori was revived, and the elasticity
of the public mind seemed to spread equally among civl
liens and soldiers. It was earnestly hoped the achieve
mental', the velley.might speedily find their counterpart
nearer Richmond, in the dispersion of the Yankee hosts
that anYfrozYthe capital of thejlonfederricy."
. • .
TEE very handsome cottage and grounds on
Locust etieet, between Thirty-eighth and Thirty
ninth, West Philadelphia, to be sold on Tuesday
next, June 3d, at 12 o'olook, at the•Exobange; by
Pd. Taomas 3ons, is well worthy the attention of
those wanting to purchase. Oen be seen at any
time. •
• AUCT/021 NOTICE- - SALII OP 130018 AND SHOES.---.
The attention of bnyere . ie oalled to the large and
liandsome",leaortment of 1,000 oases lic;oti, shoes,.
to be offered , at auction on Monday morning,
at 10'ojelOok;by;Pkilip Ford &, Co., auctioneers,
at their, gime, N0e..525 Market and 522 Otitikrtieroe
streets.
A Secesh Ainnzon
The Battle at Front Royal.
Destruction of Stores.
Loss of Wagons
Banks' Army.
FROM GEN. BUICK'S ARMY:
CORINTH . E ACITATED.
ADVANCE OF THE ARMY.
Our Flag Waving Over Corinth!
BEFORY CORINTH, May 29—Midnight.—No additional
movements wore made to-day, except ploket skirmishing
esd strengthening our position.
General iledleck veered hie camp two miles forward
to-day. Lieutenant Webb, aid to Geneva] Donelson,
was among the prisoners captured yesterday.
• IcSIAR CUILINTII, May 30.—General Pope's advance,
the 3111). Ohio: Regiment. occupied Corinth at 6.40 this
morning, and planted our flag on the courc house.
The enemy evacuated the position last night, retreat
ing down the Mobile and Ohio "{unread.
The telegraph line is now occupied with military bud
neer; but the details will be sent as soon ae pulsate.
LATER—THE EVACUATION OFFICIALLY
CONFIRRED.
WAR DEPART3IRNT, May ao—A. despatch joist received
fully corroborates the former message, that Corinth is
evacuated by the rebels and occupied by oar troops.
Prieontre say that the enemy left last night for Okolona,
lilissiselppi, a point sixty-seven miles south of Oorioth,
on the Mobile and Ohio railroad.
THE PARTICULMIS.
GENVAAL nALLECK'S HEADQOARTBUS, May 30.—Da
ring nearly all last night the moving of care and the
suppressed sound of steam whistles betokened that some
movement was going on in the enemy's camp; but, this
not being any extraordinary occurrence, it was not con
sidered worthy of mere than passing notice.
About five o'clock this morning, several explosions
were dietinetly heard. Immediately afterwards skit
ruirhers wore thrown out, and a general advance.of the
United Statee army commenced, whoa it was found that
the enemy had loft hie western stronghold end fled..,
A. very large amount of railroad iron was loft un
touched. There being some twelve or fifteen tracks of
railroad running from the depot to the entrenchments,
With tide tracks and switches, the enemy was enabled to
move MI with great rapidity.
From all information that can ho gleaned' from the
prisoners token, it to thought that the evacuation was
commenced at sundown, last night, the enemy retreating
in three direCtioni—east, west, and south.
Feanregard statod to the citizens of Cor:uth, last night,
that he intended to throw himself on both our Saida,.
At this hour, Corinth is held by our army as an out
post.
Our cavalry are seeking for the enemy. The force
eent (rem General Pope's command came upon, and ala
rmed, the enemy, eight miles below Corinth, on the
Mobile and Obio Railroad, while in the act of burning
the bridge at that point. Forty prisoners were captured.
The enemy's rear guard destroy - ed the railroad depot
at Corinth and a church, and intended to destroy the
entire village, but the inhabitants saved come fifty of
the houses. A few bales of cotton were consumed. They
also broke open many, of the stores and burned the
contents. ,
A large force of United States cavalry, under Colonel
Elliott, wee sent out on Wednesday morning by a cir
cuitous routs to destroy a bridge on the Dl.obile and Ohio
Mai!road south of Corinth. Though the expedition Mu;
not yet retorned. we learn from the prisoners that it
wee known in Corinth last night that a largo bridge had
been destroyed, forty miloa south, by a body of our
cavalry.
They also state that one of the twenty-pounder Par
rott shells, find from General Pope's column, exploded in
their camps, killtvg eighty men and a hundred horses, and
that a thirty-pounder Parrott abell throwo into Corinth
as an experiment, by General Pope, destroyed a locomo.
tire and killed its engineer.
It is thought among military men that the destruction
of the bridge south of Corinth, tho uncomfortable proxi
mity of our falling shells, and the possibility of a Federal
succees on the Mississippi, were the causes of the mica
alien.
The enemy's works wore certainly of ',Try groat strength
and capable of a stout resistance.
'7P AR - xJ T I N"
Despatches from General Halle&
WAR DEPiRT/lIINT, WASAtiNGTOIf, May 30.—The fol
lowing deepatebea were recavod this afternoon :
(RAR CORINTH, MAI 30, 1882.
To the Hon. Edwin 4f. Stanton, Secretary of War:
Gen. Pope's heavy batteries opened upon the enemy's
onlrenchmeate yesterday, about 10 o'clock A. M., and
soon drove the rebels from their advanced battery.
Major Gen. W. T. Sherman established another tumor
battery yesterday alternoan within one thousand yards
of their works, and skirmishing parties advanced at day
break this morning. '
Three of our divisions are already in the enemy's ad
vanied 'works, about three quarters of a mile of Corinth,
which is now in flames. The enemy has fallen back to
-the Mobile railroad.
H. W. HALLECK, Major Goneral
. 1S OEM DESPATCH.J
Nnan COMMIT, Ray i 0,1862
To the lion. Edwin M. Stanton, S'eeretary of War:
Our advanced guard are in Corinth.
There are conflicting accounts at to the enernv'e move
ments. He is believed to be in strong force on our left
prank, some four or fin. miles touth of Corinth, near the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad.
H. W. HALLEOK, Major General.
The Metal Account of the ReeonnotB
sauce near Corinth on Wednehday.
' W•it D./PARTYS:4T, WASIIIIKUTO3,I
Dies 30 1 1862.
' The following hen just been received at the War Di
BHA DQOARTIIRS DNPAR 7 / 1 111,7 7tlrsstssrePt, 2.
(DAMP ON 0081,4711E0LN May 28, 1862.
To the Hon. E. AL Stanton, Secretary of War:
Three strong reconnoitring winning' advanced this
morning, on the right, centre, and left, to feel the enemy
and unmask his batteries. The enemy very hotly con•
tested his ground at each point, but wag driven back with
considerable foes. The column en the left encountered
the strongest omeition. Our lose was twenty-five killed
and wounded. The enemy left thirty dead on the field.
'Our losses at other points are not yet ascertained. Some
five or *ix officers and a number of privates were osp
tured. The fighting will probably be renewed to. morrow
morning at dto bnalt. The whole country is so thickly
wooded, that we tae compelled to feel our way.'
atajor General
FROM THE : lOUNTAIWDEPARTMENT
Fremont bid. - ed to Support Banks
Bushighuchers Punished
The Wheeling ligeiligeneer. gives the following late
and interesting Iniolligenee from General Fremont , a
derni went
" °Lea oils editeital corps returned last evening from
Fr.uklin, Pendleton ounty, eighty miles south of New .
Creek, which wee; uj to Sunday last, the headquarters
of General Fremont.l It is distant twonty-four miles
from blobterey, and sixty-five front Staunten, and is 'on •
the same line of latitude with. New Market, General
Banks' former headquarters in the adjoining valley.
It is is place hard i f access from New great, by rea—
son of two rivers ink.rvenieg, and also on acconet
of the miserable ' coulitiou of the lest twenty miles
of the road along the mountains that skirt the South
Bran cb.
"On Saturday last, isle in the day, General Fremont
received a despatch fromthe Secretary of War to fall
back with - his entire e and to the support of General
Banks, and at daylight Sunday the troops cmumenced
breaking camp by regia nts, and by twelve o'c:oek in
the day that whole arm ,of over twenty thousand men
wore on the move. Wilda the lest twenty-four hours
they bad succeeded in jetting full rations, something
which they had not had fin several days previous. They
were eaxer for a fight, andtbe whole line Bang exultant
songs as they filed out iatOthe main road. .
b , ls'o one outside of the Gineral'a confidential advisers,
of comae, knew the object 4 the more, but the guttural'.
Ifeerculaikably accurate. Some said tho idea was to get
nearer onr supplies; othertgto get in the rear of the
rebels. and, in coojunction with McDowell,' bag' them
after they had chased Bankse i t enough. Others imp-
Dosed it was to protect our' munication with Now
Creak and Cumberland by in ne of a lino thrown out
from klooreteld to Green tareleg Bun, which will proba
bly turn out to be the correcteuprosition. .
" The people in Hardy - Mindy, along in the Talley, in
cline to be loyal. In Pendia , county, farther on, they
incline the other way. There a vast amount or igno
rance to be met with in a d 'a journey. Indeed, the
backwardnete of the people In l_that makes up advance.
meat and progress is iu etriki contrast with the bean
ties,-and capacities of the ntry. Very few school.
Lougee are to be aeon . e The 9 nearly all wear home.
spun, talk a whining Temecula, and are anything and
everything in their politics, cording as they find you
are. There ere many exceptionof retiree — for there are
the very strongest exceptions toe met with both on the
side. of the Union and Sem-sale\
—especially among the
female persuasion, who, as elbow re, are quite violent in
their feelings and expressions alic
t the war.
,
't Bushwhacking seems to be j cleverly commencing,
and Gen. Fremongie nipping it lathe bud as promptly as
Possible. Mit scouts have made rhort work of some of
the whackers, end wilimake even ihorter work of all who
are caught. We may expectto hew of exalting incidents
along the line of his command, boll in the guerilla line
end in other respects, in a few day sl,'
General Butler Getting SareaStte.
' It was rebel impudence, in the a erlative degree, for
the Mayor and Alderbien of New . O can s to extend, as
..
they did, an invitation to French -of-war to accept
of the freedom of the city; but By 'gave thorn a Ito
land for ea Oliver in the followings racteristic letter :
To the Mayor. and Gentlemen of i City Cannel/ of
, New Orleans:
In the report of your official actin published in the
- 24 . 04. of the 10th instant, 1 fled the • flowing extracted
•
reeoluteo. I r.ses with th e action of part o your body there-
on--vin: • .
• The folloWing preabibis itila reaoltail, offered by Mr.
Stith. were . read . twice and adopted. The rules being
titispendedi they * ere, on motion, Ben to the Assistant'
"I' a a e—lttesere. DeLeharxe, Forestall, nobles, Bodin,
and Stith-5: . ' ...,:. • . ,
Whereas, It has come
th est th e knewle of this Cann-
i
cil that, for e first thneln.tha history this city, -gs
•
large fleet of the navy of !Francais abo to visit NSW
Orleans—of which fleet, the Glatluet, noel li k our port, is
the pioneer—this tiouncil, bearing in t,eui r ea min 7
bream) the many ties of amity and goodeeling which
unite the mortis of this city with thos e France, to
wiume paternal protection New. Orleans veil its fnieda
lion and early- prosperity, and to whet-it is •espe
chilly graternt for the jealousy.with whichA the eeltnon
of the State, it guarantied all the rights of &party, per
son, and relieiousfreedom of its citizens—
fteit resolved, That tbe freedom and hoep • Weser the
city of New Orleans be tendered, through th commander
of the Gettnet, to the French naval fleet 4 M its g so
t
Mm uin our port, and that a committee o live of this
Connell be appointed, with' the 'Mayor, to aka such
tender nod such other arrangements as ma fie necessary
to give effect to the same. • .
Moons. ktith and . Forestall were nano on the
committee mentioned in the foregoing nandion.
This action is au insult, as well to the ited States,
c i la
a,' to th e. friendly and . powetful nation to rds whose
officere it is erected. The offer of the edom of a
captured city by the captives weiold meet otters pa
tent for its novelty, wore there not double its useful
ness as an invention. The tender of its hos alines by
a Goveremeet to which police ditties and sae cry rogue
latent only are entrusted, is pimply an Welts n to the
calaboose or the hoepital.' Tr.o United Stat authori
ties are the only ones here capable of deali ith MM.:
sable or unarnteablo natione, and will sea to i hat snots
sots of courlee, or aeelatauco are extended to y armed,
1 vessel of the Emperor of "ranee as shell testif the Ms
-1• Moat, treditioneland hereditary re/allege of g el re
I roccubrence With which the Unit 4 Butes - GoV! meat'
end people appreciate the early aid of France,'4l her
many acts of .frieudly regard, thoWn upon so ~ a y us-
Gone! and fittingeocasions. • ' •
The action of the Oily Councilto this behalf .• at be
revissd.. Respectfull •
B. Y. BUTLER, Major Gen. Gamma , lig.
"Letters patent`' is geed.. Bo le the " invitatio the
calaboose or the himpital.'? -
Governor Stanley at Hatteras.
RATTIRAS /SLET, Nay 2.7.—Tbe steamer G., rat
Bute side arrived hero yesterday with Governor St . ..y,
who will leave for Newborn, N. 0., in thionorn , f in
the Mesmer Jersey Blue. '
UM INGRESS-FIRST SESSION,
WASIIENGTON, May 30.
SENATE.
indemnity Asked.
Nr. CLARK (Rep.), of Now Hampshire, prownted a
Petition from George r. iihrlOsooB. ankieg indemnification
for the alleged seizure of Ids TOBECI see hor cargo.
Petition•from a Slave
Err. WILSON (Sep.), of alassachntetts, presented
Petition from Elizrt Diggs, a female dove, who we, owned
in the Ihstrict, but hired out in Maryland, nod her owner
had not placed her name in the list of those to be eman
cipated wider the act Of Congress.
The Military Bill.
Mr. WILSON, of hlmsachueette, from the Military
Committee, reportod beck e bill for the better organization
of the Adjutant General's office.
Report Asked For.
TEN EYOR (Rep.). of New Jeraey, offored a re—
solution that tbo Secretary of War bo instructed to com
municate to the Sonata a croy of the official report of
General Booker relating to the recent battle at
burg.
Public Lunds•
Also, a resolution that the Committee on Public Lands
be inttructrd to inquire into the expediency of donating
let du for the benefit of antiquarian societies.
•
Correspondence Asked For.
Mr. WILSON ..Rep ), of Massachusetts, offered a redo:.
lotion that the Secretary of the Interior be requented to
communicate to the Senate a copy of the correspondence
with the Wai Department CM the emAjoct of the imprison
ment ot soldiere In the poniteati try of the leietriet, and
also a copy, of the opinion of the Altt,ruey General on toe
subject. Ho nnderetood there were seventy or eighty
soldiers new imprisoned in the Penitentiary hero.
The Tax Bill.
Mr. CLARK (Rep.), of New Ilampahirn, anggetted
that it wee the understanding that they should try to
finiph the tax bill this work.
Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep.), of Illinois, did not see any
necessity for extra haste In passing the tai bill. This
session of Congress was uct bound to aijourn at any
particular time, and he did not think Congress ought to
adjourn in the present condition of thing+ and leave the
peat of duty. Be wee opposed to any attempt to push
the bill through by night sessions.
Mr. SUMNER (Rep.), of Maasachusetts, was also op
posed to any haste. Thera were 'very important princi
ple. involved in this bill.
Mr. DIXON (Rep.), of Connecticut, spoke in favor of
early *salon on the tax bill. Congress had been in ses
sion for six months, and during the whole period had
been delaying a tax bill. Why delay it longer than is
nenialte for wise Congressional action 4 As to the ne
cessity of Congress remaining in 506810E6 he believed that
if the public buriness wee properly finished, the nljourn
meet of Congress would be a relief to the country.
Mr. SIMMONS moved to amend the tax oa whisky, so
as to mate it twenty cents until July, and after teat
thirty-five COI to per gallon.
Mr. SHERMAN opposed the amendment as being too
high a tax on one article, and operating injuriously on
the agricultural int. rests.
Mr. HARRIS (Rep.), of New 'York, said there . was
50015 difficulty to know how to vote.. The people were
willing and anxious to have a proper tax bill, He had
beard verieue etoriee about the great debtof thOcountry,
but he never believed them. He bad made some
inqul
riea and found that the whole debt of the country, on
the Ist of July next, would not vary dye millions from
What the Secretary of the Treasury (animated, which
was five hundred and seventeen million°. He hsd also
heard a g oat deal about debt to. the army, but he.found
on Inquiry that the army had been paid up to the first of
the present month, and the money wan in the hands of
the paymaster'.
Mr. YESSENDEN said, that at the extra session and
this eessiou there had been appropriated five hundred and
thirty.five miliinne, and over. Since March we 'made
the regular appropriation of sixty millions, and the debt
then was a hundred and twenty millions. He thought,
taking all odds and ends, the debt, on the Met day of
July, week) be about seven hundred and twenty millions.
Mr. HARRIS Said be would assume that the expendi
tore would go on and the debt become one thousand mil
lion. That was ceinduly enough to satisfy anybody. He
thought this hill was calculated to raise more than wee
actually needed to pay the current expenses of tho Go
vernment, besides au interest ou the debt, and to crests'
en ample sinking fund. He was willing to vote every
dollar that was necessary, but no more. Re would not
sdd to the Wready henvy load on the people
The rib:cession was continued by Messrs. Chandler,
and McDougall. of California, the latter speaking at
length upon.the merits of the bill, contending for the su
periority of the substitute offered by bite, which raised
sufficient revenue and taxed only those things , which
were legally 'subject to taxation ; whilst taw hill from the
House taxed everything which should be encouraged,
and by the groat mass, machinery and detail renders it
• self impracticable.
• The Evacuation of Corinth.
Mr. 81126111 d N (Rea ), of Ohio, sent to the Clerk's
deidr, to bo read, a deebatcla concerning the evacuation
of Corloth. •
The bill dona'ing !arida for the benefit of agricultural
alliance, &c., wee taken up and discusetd until 1 o'clock,
vrben the tax hill was taken up.
Mr. TRIISII3IILL (Rep ), of Illinois, moved to ad
journ. Rejected. Yeas—ifeserg. Brownine, 'Horrid,
Ring, Saulsbury, Suniner, Trumbull, Wade, and Wil
mot-8; nays 28.
Mr. Simmons' (Ron.), of Rhode Island, amendment
was rejected—yeas 15, nays il.
Mr. CRANDLAR (Sop ), of Michigan,. moved to ad.
bonze ; but, on the vote being taken, there , was no quo
rum present.
Mr. FOOT (Rep.), of Vermont, moved that the Ser.
scant. al• Arms be directed to notify the absent members
that their presence was lamina to perform the public
business.
Mr. TRUMBULL honed not ; be thought there would
be nothing gained. Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tho House is not iu 86#81011 to. day.
Public Amusement
NHS. BHADIIICS.—From dawn to noonday!
From tender grace of greening to ripened fatness of
fruitage ! From chaste wood-flowors, innocently drow.
sing and dreaming in the huge arms of osk-shadows, to
vines of IttiM and lustrous leafage, and growths that feint
pot in noon's hottest fervor! From Jaques to Dog.
berry! From Adam to Verges From Rosalind to
'Beatrice f From the forest of Arden to 'Messina! And
so, from "As Yon Like It" to !! Much Ado."
As already hinted, the characters of "Much Ado" are
more pronounced in their limtiog; but individual
die-
Unotnee. does not aid their representation, becsueo: pro
porliOnate with their separateness is the difficulty of
giving them any Col4patlblo relationship. In this play
we have the ordinary trouble of fair portrayal of the
dramatis persona., and a special trouble in giving them
mutual relalioul that shall comport with their indivldn
alitiee, and, at the same time, fulfil the requisitions of
plot.
The criticisms that have been made upon the character,
would not help Mrs. Komblo much. Schlegel is short
and general; liszlitt ; short and only partially explicit:
"Bentdick," he says, "is a proressod and staunch wiener
to marriage, and gives gory plausible reasons for the
faith that is in him. .As to Beatrice, she turns him and
all other things late ridicule, and is proof against every
thing serious." Campbell has somewheie condensed his
opinion of Beatrice into "an odious woman ;" the sharp
and lit ely rattle of her wit • rather shocked the dignified
placidity of Gertrude of Wyoming, who requires three
and a half natty Sptuserian stanzas to finish hdr life in,
though half that amount would have been amply suffi
cient to finish our patience with. Hudson thinks Hens
chel.: squally-removed from a woman-hater and a lady'.
man; makes his wit " in great part the offspring of re
fection, and, therefore, apt to come off second best in
wit• combats;" and &Ives a great deal of discoursing upon
the character, all very nen in point of antithetical periods,
but not so well if it protend to be accurate Shakspeatian
analyeic .
dirs. Kemble marked out a path last night, la detiamo
of all criticism—unless, indeed, it were her desire to be a
counterpart at Campbell, as quoted above. We are too
much amazed to express oar regret that one 'who
showed such artistic capability in thedellcate portraitures
of Rosalind and Celia, should have made such en utter
Misconception and such en outrageous transcription of
Benedick and Beatrice. The rendition was, throughout,
falso where it was not insufficient. A brief examination
will substantiate both charges.
Mrs. Kemble read Beatrice with exquisite . paint and
brilliancy, but gave her an inexhaustible flow of good
humor—making her raillery, in every instance, good
natured, and oven eondesceodingly kind. Wi s have al
ways thought that Sirs. Jameson ensiled her apology for
Beatrice to the farthest extreme; yet she has the frank
nees to say of the lady, "There is &alight infusion of the
termagant in her temper ;" speaks of ' , her scornful airs,
her biting jeits,' the pertinacity and bitterness of her
satire; her haughty, excitable, and violent temper." It
has been reserved for Km Kemble to portray Beatrice
es the most deliciously-charitable, the most evreetly
sympathetic, tender, and benignant creature that
ever, out of a bountiful benevolence, fascinated us
with a laugh. Every scene • bears the same impress.
No matter how peovoking Beeedick'r cuts and in
innualions may be, this incarnation of beneficent
womanhood receives them with a courteous smile.
It is true, she is replying, all the while, with sarcasm of
terrible intensity and bitterness. if Mrs. Kemble did not
take such elaborate pains to disguise it. But this form
of address isirobably only another indication of ber de
licately ,tender diets:mitten: she kindly wishes to relieve
Benedick of"the embarrassment which he would naturally
feel after making rude speeches. Yet, no. For Benedick
is made a rough, edify fellow, weak ;as clownish, and one
only wants to boar the crock of the carter's whip to assign
him his proper social station. The largeness of his man
hood, the fineness of hie breeding, the unvarying grace
of his courtesy, were not only lost but flatly contradicted.
Be gets Into a rego beneath Beatrice's angelic smiles,
se (bat one le at a leas whether to call him brute or idiot.
He swaggers about with coarse boasting at his sweet
tempered, forgiving friend's expense; he—but what does
be not do after whistling with carter•like boleteroasams,
and making soma anomalous internal burets of nasal
sound, intended, perhaps, for explosive laughter.
And •hie ie Benedick The courteous gentleman, the
chivalrous scildi.r, the open, generous, self-reliant men
the man whom every woman would instinctively 80--
lea from a crowd, assured of his willingness to tumid
her, while one glance would reveal him to be worthy of
confidence!"
Ab, hirslismble, in the name of every lover of Slink
ware, we beg lon to keep to characters of lees calibre
and more negative toning, if this be a specimen of yoar
poweie in presenting these of more vivid coloring.'
There is not time, now, to establish at length onr se;
a t u ti Kemblo—iuffi at c e le h a e c d Y id W no e t
c9angndoepotituentl g o a u i r n
Ine s t M ao r i s . .
give wi the faintest hint that alto appreciated the key
note of the relations' of Binediek and Beatrice; theft'
bidden's-salmi partiality for each other, even at the open
fog of the play. This is , the only juatifladlon of the
plot's issue, and the only bads for the interaction of Be
ttedick- and Beatrice's natures . . ' It is not, cif Morse, lo"ve,
but a decided leaning towirds each other, which makes
theseieerings, and floutings, and baudyingsof wit mortify
ing to both partiee—more to tholiking they bear each other
than even to their .elf-love. The sensitiveness that is
time made to each other's wit has a reflex influence in
augmenting their wit's poignancy, and this eupedldal
cause keeps the merry pair apart till it is broken through
by artificial meant., and tut opportunity is thee given for
their real feelings to find true expression: There is, in
all Sballspearo, no wijusuneat of means to ends more
exquisite than this ; and yet Dim X emble showed no tip
predation of it. She read merely, forpoints, aud, there
tore, her rendition wee full of the moat vicious of clap
trap and stage tricks. If, hoWever, it is Dirs. Kemblee de
liberate :esthetic judgment that whistling, clucking, and
grunting are legitimate adjuncts to the elocutionary art,
we have no right. to do More than emphatically ex-
Drees our diseint ham her canons of taste. Bat when,
for this mite ,of bolstering up a 'false and instiMeient
rendition, she purposely vidatee the text, we must pro..
teat, in the name of everything that is honest and scho
larly. If
. Shaksyssarc wrote: "And her hair eball be of
:vrbat color it please,Ood,";what rtaht has Mrs. Komble
to. read, "And her hair shall be—what will I have her
bairl—what color it please God:" Or it our master poet
thought, "she will rather die than give any signs of af
fection," expressed his meaning, bow an Mrs. Kemble
dar : et to say, "Rather die—lab, die, die, We, die, poor
thing}--than give any sign of affection."
The " Dilemma= blight's Dream " is to be road this
aftersoon. We devoutly hope with Not as entire a Mia
sprrehoneton. as murdered w Binch Ado about Nothing."
Tnw OPxnA.—Eyery indication poititl to the sploada
performance of Lochs di Lammermoor" this evening.
Meeers.ltrignoli and Gottschalk have made arrangeMeute
to ptcaont title opcns is "gorgeous style, with all the 114 , 7
pliahces of the magnificent academy of Music, and the
talent or the mquisite artiste now attached to their eon:t—
winy. We are anxious to show Madame de Lumen, who
will not appear In Lucia, having been amigos' to the
heel act in L. La Favorite," ae a speciality. de we said
before, this lady, although a etranger to Philadelphia, is
well known in musical grcles, having achieved (sulk(
a reputation In Parts, New York, and Washington city.
Indeed, we bare seen flattering oommendat ion a of her style
of singing (rem tbo journals of those cities, and we are
almost afraid of the impossibility of her realizing the
truth of her commendatore. We do not know whether
Motors. Brim:ion and Gottschalk intend to close the sea
son with the performance of this evening. The weather
is getting too warm, awl our people are too much troubled
about buntline and weary days to attend to music or the
fine arts. In a few weeks our fashionable people will
be On the hlii.top or by the sea-aide, exchanging the
inhale of the orchestra 'for the music of the winds and
waves. and the song of the birds. We trust, however,
that those enterprising gentlemen, who deserve com
mendation both as artiste and managers, will receive a
Warns encouragement, and that they will find it to be
their Interest to come again to deligtit Ptdiadeligrie with
their kiiikt sounds.
WALNDT.STIMKT TtlitATlte.—Mies }timber!) , le under
lined to appear on Monday evening. We shall Bar more
of this lady when we see her.
TfiIiATRY —We are to have a new order
of things at the Arch-street Theatre. Mr. Ohaufrate a
very agreeable but commonplace actor, will make hie
appearance upon our hoards. This will be glad sows to
the boys, especially thole of pea-nut proclivitlee. NT_
Cheinfrates style of acting is very pleadng sod very
unique, and while it may not gratify the teato of seine or
our refined theatre-goers, and certainly will not replace the.
exqnieite genius of Mr. John Drew, it le very peplum and
must be largely patronized. Mr. Cheerer ie versatile and
accomplished, and can always he depended upon. lie Is,
perhaps, the most agreeable theatrical sensation wo can
experience in the coming summer months, and we hope
that he with receive that patronage which has always
been extended tohim by Lbe people of Philadelphia.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
The Bark Reindeer—A New Order in Refer•
race to Prisoners from the Navy , Depart.
meat—Surrender of Carson—Losses of the
Williv.msburg Fire—The Flint-Glass Mann.
facturersThe New Volunteer Force of New
York—Commodore Foote's Flotilla—lnterest
ing Letter from a New Orleans Merchant--
Dry Goods Market—U. S. Marshal's Sale—
Stock Market—Markets, &c.
Nsw YOBX, May 39, 1862.
The proprietors of the bark Reindeer, the vessel seized
by Marshal Murray, a day or two since, on the charge
of being fitted out for the slave trade, have gone to
Washington to make an effort at headquarters to recover
their vessel. The authorities there, however, are not
likely to be able to interfere in the business of the court.
11 meatier, persona captured on vessels ruuntng or
attempting to run the blockade, will be held isubjeat to
the ordere of the Excretory of the Navy. Foreigners and
posiangere having no counerAlon with the intention to
run the blockade, will be released. Ofil.lers and crew,
citizens of the Coiled States,
will be held in custody.
This morning, United States Mandrel Murray mod De
puty Marshal William Feel, went down to Fort Lafayette
to release such of the prisoners as come under the fore
going terms.
jams a Carson, who shot Major Watrotus on Thursday
evening lost week, surretidei ad himself to the Eighth
precinct police yesterday afternoon.. Be was taken to
Jefferson Market and held to bail in the sum of $5,000.
lie alleges domestic wrong as the occasion. Major.
Wstrons still survives, and nosy recover.
• Just after I had mailed my latter yesterday, a dielis
tines, fire occurred iu Willison,burg. L. 1., by which
property to the value of between 8300.000 and $400,000
wee deetroyed. The. total tosser the nears. Schieffelin .
is animated at from $75,000 to 880,0*0—fnlly insured in
a large number of city companies, in sums of from $1,500
to *5,000. The oil was received on conaignineut by
Meseta. Schieffilin Bios. & Co., from the well-owner, in
Penney !vents, to be sold for their account. The bark
Silver Cloud, belonging to Messrs. Jewett Jr Co., was
burned to the water—loss $25,000. A lighter took fire,
was towe d out into the river and scuttled—Mao si.0.1)00.
Mr. Ralph W. Kenyon lost, in lumber, about sa.soo—
in the Rings county and Williamsburg city in
surance companies. The new dock, at the foot of North
Third sheet, belonging to the corporation, was totally
dvitroycd, together with a quantity of lumber; loss
810.000. Loss of Flint & Ball, lumber dealers, $3000;
loss of Fisher, Ilicard, & 00., *lO,OOO. The bark be_
longing to Jewett & Co. was worth $25,000 i insured.
Two piers belonging to the Waterbury estate were de
stroyed—loss $6,000; and the Arm of E. Rine 00.
hat 83,000.
A convention of flint glass manufacturers from diffe
rent parts of the United Mates met this morning at the
Astor House to take into consideration the , proposed tax
on the article and the wisdom of increasing prices.
Colonel Bliss ' since the new call for additional regiments
of volnnteers from this State, has granted authority to
forty acting. captains, each of whom is confident of his
ability to orgonize a full company of recruits. The
bush:mei of recruiting for these new volunteer comeatilea
sae been very dull during the petit weak, on account of
the opportunities offered for men to connect themselves
with the militia ropiments which will be in the service
for a period of only three months. '
Commodore Foote writes to a friend in Brooklyn that
hie flotilla Is finished. Ixtenslvo improvements and al
tee shone have for some time been making in toe severed
veetele. The smooth ordnance formerly used has been
replaced by the beet rifled guns of the Parrott pattern.
New projectiles have also been obtained, and In the pre
tent order of things the ordnance can throw shot and
shell five miles with great accuracy. In souse of the
boats small ptrt.holes have been made in the wheel
boom; cover to accommodate riflemen .
The following letter from a Neer Orleans merchantaa
a business man in tbie city, commends Itself to the pe
rusal of all who are inteivst.. d in the prugrees of the
war. It is Just to say that it was written by an exten
sive tdaveholder :
Now ORLEANS, Btay 15, 1852
C ENILEMEN We have now passed • crisis In
political affairs in this city. Most of the-tree
Unionists and patriots have been victims; have suf
fered in properly and business, and still more in
feeling, under the most vindictive persecution. Our
city is destitute of everything. -It is useiess to expect
anytbiug like a safe business, or personal safety, in any
Part of the dare States, unless the whale couotry 54 held
by military tics upaucy and by mtlatary power. One third
of our population must be expelled from the country and
their places supplied by Northern colonists. It will take
3 ears to subdue the proud despots, and overthrow dually
the social tyranny which has always ruled absolutely
wilet ever slavery exists.
!:.•• I have lived here forty'years. I know almost every
Cue and something of a verythiug that is going on. I
think there will be a flue opening for commerce here.
New Orleans will inevitably become a greater centre of
business in future than heretofore. * * * My pro
perty is lying idle. I sin making nothing by my bust
Imes, and ant tosieg the raltOutleuf ordinary times. *
Our currency is useless for all business purposes We
hope General Butler will compel our banks to resume
eya etc pay ment soon, and scatter the Confederate trash
to the winds. •
- •
""I repeat, there mist ban strict military occupancy
of this winter country for yeeni•, , the population must be
changed, and slavery be abolished, petere peace and
eefety can be entabliehtd to any part of tole country.
The old pirates and buccaneer& have only , been driven
ashore from the gulf by steam passer on the tea. Tory
have vastly multiplied in numbers and increased in vil
lainy by the change."
• In the dry-goods businem many of the jobbers are
still doing a fair trade and are buying moderately of
amenable styles of goods. Their trade is mostly for
cash, and witty the money market as easy au it is, they
prefer to pay cash for the goods winch they purchase. •
Thus. the greater portion of all the goods ceiling either
with first 'or s, coed hand., are paid for within thirty
d eye. To such a large eaten tis this the case, that some of
the importers would prefer to sell on time, iu order to ,ay
tail:: interest on the amount of tales. Nearly all classes
of goods which were wanted last week arc still in de
mand.
. - .
I'D morrow the United Stalin Marshal will eel! at auc
tion, under the direction of the United States Prize Ootn
miesionere, the bark Sallie Magee" cud the echooner
" Stephen Hart"
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE. MONEY MARKE T
rHTLAHRLP/1//, May 30,1362.
Operations on the strait warn a little elan this mor:ing,
a general cisinclination to deal being apparent. At the
Stock BOard a batter foaling was manifested, and a large
business was done at en advance in most of the stocks.
The news of the evacuation of Coriuth bad au exceed
ingly lively effect, and Beading rose from 24%-1( ad
vance on yesterday's bid—to .24%, and afterwards de
clining X, closing on that bid. 'United Stales 63,1851,.
sold well at 104% ; seven-thirties-advanced from 104%
bid to 105 arid 1055—bids then declining to 101%; a
pretty large business was done in thorn. Oantiou and
Amboy Bs, 3570, brought 06—an advance of lon last
sales; Harrisburg Railroad 56 Suenhohanna Canal
scrip 30 ; Pennsylvania Railroad 47%, selling firmly;
Morris Canal, buyer 5, was firm at 48%; Lehigh scrip
advanced X ; Norristown Railroad sold for 475 f, old
price; Schuylkill Navigation preferred 15X Reimer
Meadow Railroad 58X, an advance; 2,000 Philadel
phia and Erie Sc told for 91%, no , change; Long
Inland Railroad 6s 95, old figure; city 6s,
new, sold well at 103, and declined to %-102%
being bid for more. ;North Pennsylvania Railroad
brought 8%, yesterday's rate, acid Minehlll Railroad
45%, a decline. North Pennsylvania Railroad 10s were
firm at an advance of X on yesterday's bid. Pasaeuger
railways were active and firm. Arch-street brought
22X, an advance; Second and Third 04X0,65; Girard
College 20, old figure; Green and Coates 26X, no change;
45 was bid for Frankford and Southwark; 7% for Race
and Vino ; 64 for West Philadelphia ;12% for Spruce and
Pine; and 33% for Chestnut and Walnut. But little was
done in hank shares, Philadelphia sod Girard only
changing Lands; tho former brought 107, the latter 40%.
Altogether, a large business was donoat the Board, about
64,000 bonds and 1,600 shares changing holders.
Gold was active at y eeterday , s figures, 3,tc premium
buying, 3% Benin. No change to notice In money mat
ters. - •
Mews. Drexel & Co. furnish the following quota/Cm:
New York exchange Par to 1-10 ere.
Boston exchange " to i4O "
Baltimore exchange " to X die.
Country funds 3E to ts- 10 44
A131011C841 gold 3 % to 3% or.
7.3-10 Treasum notes _ 105 to )ob%
...
T.J. B. coupon bonds, 1681 104 X to 105
Mawr,. M. Schultz St Co. (root° foreign exchange for
the steamer City of Baltimore as follows:
.Lonoon, 604 ay s night 14X 015
" 8-days do - 16 x elf%
Paris, 60-days sight • • 4f90m4f92x
6.. 3-days do 4137%04[90
Antwerp. 60 -days sight 4f92X .
Bremer, 60 days eight • - 82%083
Cambers, 60 das s night 88x
Cologne, 60-da)s sight 75 ,s; 076
Leipsic, 60-days night...—. ........... 76X 076
Berlin, 60 da) a sight ..... ..... ' 76%076
Amsterdam, 60-day a sight ' 43 ebl3)(
Frankfort, 60-days night. 43 0.53%
Peterson's Detector 'amid no the following &scrip ion
of a now counterfeit "3" dollar note on the Williamebtirg
City Bank of New York : 3a, vig. tomato sitting with a
shield under her arm, both hands renting on a scroll;
Niagara Falls in distance ; right end, State arms and 3
above; left end. Indian on a cliff, 3 below.
. A new conftecation bill has passed the House of Repre
sentatives which Meets with universal favor. It • pro
vide 4 that nll persons found In the civil, military, or
naval service of the so-called Confederate States, shall
have their property, real or personal, subject to seizure
and forfeiture to the United States. The bill also pro
vides for judicial proceedings in the premises; and finally
authorizes the President to Wine a proclamation calling
on the rebels to lay down their arme, which, if they fail
to de in sixty days thereafter, alt their property is sub—
ject to contlecation. All amendments to the bill affecting
slaves were defeated. Provision is included for. the be
nefit of loyal creditors, so that the latter may reelahrtthe
amount of their debts after the rebel property has passed
into the hands of the Government.
To guard against freight uponjthe Government, and to
nature the just rights of holders, the foilowing rules, for
the redeMption of mutilated United States * notes,- are
hereby established by the Treainrj Departuient at
Was i h r i s n t. L4on
First. Mutilated notes, which have been:to rn,..no
matter how much, but of which It hi evident thatsil the
fragments are returned; or defaced, no matter how bad
ly, but certainly satisfactorily genuine; will be redeemed
at their full face value on presentation.
Second. Fragments of notes will be redeemed in Pal
only when accompanied by an affidavit stating the came
and manner of the mutilation, and that the 'sassing part
of the note is totally destroyed: , The good character of
the affiant must, also, be fully vouched by the ofncer be
fore whom the affidavit is taken.
Third. In tbo absence of such affidavit, fragments of
notes will not be paid hi full, but the tittle presented Will
he redegruttl in their propottion to the whole note; reek.
ohing, as a paella rule, by twentieths.
Fourth. Lees than hezif of a note will not be redeemed,
except by payment of tit,* full value of the not , under the
eeeond rule: or by paymsot of the proportional value of
the minting part, when pree►oted under the fifth rule.
Fifth. Frage. elite of notes , . for which less than the
, full lace value has been paid, will be retained for a year,
to the end that the owners, who here received lees than
the value of a full note, may bare opp:rtunity to return
the miming part and rtcel►e the amount proviousiY
withheld.
'Sixth. Until forth/Jr order, nentihted notes and frag
ments will be redeemed only at the , Treasury of the
United State, at Washington, whither,they can be sent,
addreesed to the 44 Tree:weer of the United States," by
meil,free of postage. 4 draft on the neeiamot Trea
surer at New York for the amount allowed w,ll be re
turned, in the game way, to the address of the per.on
remitting the same.
• The inspections of Flour and Heed in Philadelplds,
during the week ending May 29, 1882, were ae fellows:
Barrels of Superfine 17,388
do Fine.... 94
do Middlings ...... 3
do Bye 71
do Corn Meal.... ........... 472
do Condemned 308
The anthracite and bituminous cosi brought down en
the Reeding Railroad and Schuylkill Quist this week
wee as follows:
Railroad, this week in. 1660...... 36,551 tons.
• • 1861 41,946 ••
• • 1861 .38.725 ••
Canal, this week in 1860 40,719 ••
•• • • 1861 33,988 ••
• • - • 1862:.............33,6?. •• '
lreeldentreltOn, of the Philadelphia, Wilmington, anti
Baltimore Railroad, baa been appointed by the Gvvernor
of Massachusetts, and confirmed by the Council, one of
three commissioners,-under the act of the Legialature, in
regard to the Boone Tunnel
We annex a comparative statement of the export,
(exclusive specie). from the. port of New York to
foreign ports for the week ending May XO, and sine.
January 1:
1860. 1861. 1862. '
For tbe week £1,717,631 $2 632,600 82.0 6 3,460
Previcauly rep0rted•32.221,222 99,820,699 48..848.406
Since January 1—U3,944,863 $52,453,289 $48,916,868
The Erie Railroad eomrany glees notice of Ira root&
nese to pay, on the let of June, the coupon of the fon: tk
mortgage bonds. due April I, 1861, with intereat from.
May 1, 1881, to June 1; 1862, and the maturing coupon
on the fifth mortgage hoods. Thumb 0111,09 in arrears only
the beck coupons on the fifth mortgage and the 8475,006
ateerament scrip.
The St. Louis Daily Democrat of tbe . 26th sage
Scarcely a thing was done in t be money market to-day.
Exchange Is steady at Saturday's rate—%o S 1 premium.
and gold 3%64, atilt no demand. But little is darns in
Government vouchers, for there are but few off,ring.
CI ecke are not being Issued, and payments, we under
stand, will hereafter be made in money in Chit dep trt •
meta. Missouri defence , warrants are in demand at
former rates, and there is some inquiry [or uncurrent
Miseouri money.
The New York Evening:Poe of thle evenlog esre
Tbo stock market presents nearly the same features as
for several days pact. The Government list is very firm,
w bile the speculative shares seem to be etaggeriug under
the damaging effects of tbo Indiana over.iesne. The
supply of stocks this morning was; however. scarcely
attenuate to the demand, and at the close prices improved.
The evacuation of Corinth, just announced, tends to
strengthen the market.
New. York Central, Yrie,.(old stock.) and Rock Island,
are among the ateadlestof the railway shares. New York
Central, after the Board, was 88 ( bid: Pacific Mall La
firm et 112 X ; Panama at 1606131.
The list of railroad bonds shows great firmness, and
the leading mortgages comm end high prices. Second
mortgagee are also growing in favor. The bonds of the
Toledo and Wabash are firm at 88090 for the firsts and
63X for the seconds. Michigan Southern encomia sold
at B]. Chicago and Northwestern Imeols are lelX per
cent. higher. New York Central sixes solo at 10u; the
sevens at 106. Nita follabß Mr, X per cent. bettor.
Southern Slate Macke are weak, Pepeetally Virginias
and Louisiana's. Tent:lessen• and Miseonria also dull at
%cif per cent. decline. Northern femme aro firm end
higher. Illinois coupon sixia are coerce.
The old United States demand notes are in demand far
custom house purposes, at X per coot. premium. The
Mx per cent. ter tillcates of indebtedness are firm at 1000
100 X, vial sales at 100 X.
Money is very easy again, and 4 par cent. /s now the.
ruling late of the market. There is considerable Leaned%
'however, hoth above and below this figure.
Philadelphia Stock 15.1...
[Reported by S. E. SLAY
FIRST I
200 City 61 new 102 X
1000 do iesw Gae..lt 0
1000 do new Goa c 100
10000 II S 6e ID WO
int 4 p ct 1043(
6000 do 104%
10 Philadelphia 8k..167
400 C & Am 6a 'BO. ...96
10 Harrisburg R..... 55
20 do 55
20 do 55
260 Snag Canal Scrip. 3d
1000 Hooding 6e, '44..100
15 Arch Sr B . 22X
6 2d ec d.et R..
20 do Firm 65
50 Girard College B 20
30 do 20
61 Peens B 47k
BETWEES
10 Morrie Canal ..b5 48%
2000 Pfeil it Erie 60... 9134
500115 7-30 T N bPk.lO5
500 do .. 105
SECOND
61 Hazleton Cl Own 45%
15 Cathedra. R pref 9
4000 Vt . Brooch Saud. 88
6000 Lone Island It Be 95 -
1600 Sc 14av 8,082..... 69
49 Pep n o R........ 4734
41 oo 47x
600 Oily fie new 108
5000 do new 103
AFTER
4 Minehill B 4644
88 do 4534
10 Lehigh Scrip.... 4071
CLOSING P
- Bid. Asked.
II S fle 'Bl 10494 104%
S Tr 7 3-10 .N .1047 i 105%
Phileda 8e 9974 100
Philada 6e naw..lo2X 103
Peons 5.2 88 8874
Beading R 24X 21%
Bead in 65'80'43.100
Read bds '7O. . 93%
Read mt 6.9 8634
Peuus It ex dor. 47% 4744
Penns 111 m 65..104
• I
Pennon 2 ni 68.. 98X 99%
Morrie CnlCon.. 4854 49
Morris Cull'reS.ll7)4 129
Sch NOT Stock.. 5 514
Bch NM Pref... 151( 15%
Scb Now rie '82.. 68)( 69%
F.lndra B 1054 11
CITY ITEMS.
Immense Sunday School Gathering
Six THOUSAND CHILDREN IN THE AO&PNXT
OF MUSIC.
One of the mutt interestiug eights ever vritneesed in
Philadelphia — wits the gathering of the Sunday School
children , of this city, at the Academy of Nude yestlrday
afternoon, to greet the delegates to the State Sabbath
School Convention, which hold its concluding business
ecesion at the Church, Broad and George streets, yester
day morning. The hour announced for commencing the
exercises wee three o'clock P. in., at which time the
Academy contained within its walls more than six thou
sand human beings, auddhe number of these who wore
alined to leave, for want of room, was more than enough
to fill the large churCh of Dir. Ohambora, on Broad street,
the latter having bean also filled to overflowing by the
'overflow of the Academy. Of course, the six thousand
were not all feared, although the seatiageapagity of that
edifice was never more fully tested. The entire area of
the stage was made available for seating adults, of whom
not less then a tbonsand were there, seated and standing,
including the Sabbath School Convention in a body, the
clergy of our city, almost en muse, and a large number
•of ladies. All the other parte of tho house were occupied
with Sunday School chltdrem and their teachers, to the
extent of every loot even of standing room in the
building.
She scene presented front the stage was picturesque
beyond description. The blazing chandelier of the Aca
demy never shone upon such an amphitheatre of flatter
log, lisht-hearttd, gaily-dressed humanity. If the en
tire walls and Jolla: des had 'been soddenly transfonnal
into bouquets of natural flowery, with the audible life
of a collosal bee-hive breathed into them, the spoutede
could scarcely have been more unique and floral. The
singing by that immense company of happy children 4117.
passed, in effect, anything that we had over listened to,
and the Profusion of flowers brought there by tiny bands
to compliment the speakers, added slitting fragrance to
the harmony of six thousand voices.
The task of securing a sufficient degree of quiet for any
single voice to be beard, either in prayer or speech
making, and of formally introducing the children to the
members of the Convention, devolved upon George H.
Stuart, Esibs chairman of the Philadelphia Sabbath
school Association. His introductory address was as
full of enthusiasm as such a Kong could inspire even in
as ardent a Sunday-school champion as kir. Stuart. He
stated to the gentlemen of the Convention that before
them there were represented the 370 Sabbath schools, the
7,0til teachers, and the 60,000 Sabbath-school scholars of
the city of Pliiledelphils. ]lie. Stuart concluded by pre
senting, on behalf of the schools assembled, a mnulticent
bouqust to Hon. Tx-Gov. Pollock. The latter in accept
ins this beautiful token, and in reopense to the intro
ductory address, on behalf of the Convention as its chair
man, thanked the children for their courtesy, and in a
few eloquent sentences completed the fennalittes of the
openieg.
The singing on the occasion vas conducted by Mr.
John Bower, assisted by Mr. John M. Beans, Mr. A.
Bachman presiding at the piano.
The programme of exercises was announced by Hr.
John A. Neff, of this city. The exercises consisted of
staging Snndayschool pieces, making and heating
speeches, and sundry other" et )sta rs, which the exi
genciee of the occasion rendered necessary. Without
attempting to notice in eatento what they said, as that
would unduly protract our sketch, we may state the
names of the speakers. The first address was made by
the Bev. Mr. Conrad, of Lancaster, who was followed by
the Bev. 'Edwin H. Nevin, of Penneilvania, formerly of
Pliosachusetts, the clergyman who made the closing ed
dri ea at the anniversary noticed in this column yesterday.
At the close of the latter's speech there was an out
break of mischievous juvenility, which, however annoy
ing it may have been to the more staid and Bober, was
perfectly natural, and, we think, excusable. On taking
hie seat Dr. Nevin was honored with a sprinkling of
bouquets from the parquet and parquet circle. But, as
Dile division of the Sunday-school army wee amply pro
vided with that sort of ammunition, the sprinkle sud
denly attained the dignity of a !shower, and for a fow
seconds those on the front part of the platform and
vicinity were in some danger of being inundated, not to
say unmercifully pelted, with them) fragrant tokenk of
juvenile regard. .
ETbe next speaker was Hr. R. G. Pardee, who was in
.trodrickd as "the Snrulay-school man from New York"
Hereminded the children, in opening, that in the emote of
Our city they were sometimee called «Yong Amorica4l ,
but he desired that Io that groat gathering they should act
the part of a " Young Israel." He then told the children
a few anecdotes in the highest pitch of voice he could com
mand, and sat down, the chatter of the children almost
drowning his voice.
Here followed another volley of bouquets, intended for
Kr..Pardee, we presume, but badly aimed. The parnuet,
having the most exposed poeltion, fared the woret, ex
cepting, perhaps, the " forlorn hope," on the front of the
platform, who: , bore (with commendable patience) their
blushieg honors thick upon them;' in more than a poetic
sense. Lovely bonnets wore thus, In more instances than
one, made an unwitting target by those little sinners in
the upper tiers, to the chagrin of their lovely wearers, no
doubt. • '
Nr. William 'White Willimns, from the Holy Land,
wee the next greater. He showed himself a philosopher.
He held utile.' ten•inch square box, in view of the audi
ence, the contents of which,.he 'aid, he would show tta
them presently, if they would keep perfectly quiet. He
had lately seen five housand children eitthered, in the
London Crystal Palace, and they liad_kept m uc h more
quiet than the audience before him now, though he had
Ito dcubt that they could keep ae quiet, if they would.
,The presentatton of [hi...double mcitivcifirst, of Laving
their turiesliy gratified; and, Room), of b ea ting tint
.18,336
•Liatage Sales, May 30.
AKER, Phila. Exchange.]
10aRD.
2SO P, Fc NT& C3inaop 61
62 Morris Van bb... 48g
100 row.* ed 88
1000 do. .. ..• .. 85
20 Lehigh ......... 40
10 do 403
150 Read R eswactinc x 4%
50 d0......030wn 24%
3 do 24%
50 do 24 41
100 do 21%
150 do b3O 24%
12 Norrikown R.... 47%
50 bad N'v prf.....
5 do! 15
8 Beaver illealo.r. 58%
80 Gr k Coates:Ms zsg
12 Girard Bank.... 40%
BOARDS.
IMO US 740 T'y owl 1041
28 ATCG-St & 23)1(
2500 L Bch in APrd op 80
1000 City 60new......102K
' 6(0 do new 102%
,1100 U ST-80 Ty n 018 /06
5000 .do .Wank 105%
- 10 Norris Oacial..b6
6 N eel:goo
.18 Mioebill K 46%
612 40 Penn Es 2 can. 87%
4000 ki Penua 105.• • .
2000 .. ; .... 93
ICES—FIRbI.
Bid. Asked.
Elmira .11 Prf... 203 i
Elmira Ts 8834 833 i
Island R 14% 25,6"
Legh 01 & Nay.. 5.% St
Le Cl & Nav sep. 40% 403(
N Penns R..... 8%
NPaR 6a inter 76% 7f
' N Penns R 10e 9.1% 94
Cataw R 25.‘
Catawiess Prf..
8% 9
Fru& & South It 45 ..
241344 rt R. droff 67
Race& Vine-stR 7% 8,1(
I Mr Piffle R 54 54%
sprnee Pine.. 12% 12%
Green & Coatm. 26% 21
Chas & Walnut. 83% 34
Arch Street..... =,l(