1)1t55 + TTITJESDAY, ISIA.RCH 5, 1863 FORNEY'S WAR PRESS For SATURDAY, February 28th, has just been pub lished, and is for sale at the counter of The Press. The following are some of its principal contents : ENGRAVING. —The Ninth Army Corps leaving Fal mouth Station for Aequia Creek. ONIGINAL STORY.—GIoom and Clare, PONTRY,—To Lottle—To M. Its D. S—Ch Dose Ye This Day whom yon will Serve—The Captain of 'at to his Afen—fhienf the Constellation—The Thief, to Himself. EDITORIALS.—The Reaped of Enemies—Telegraph Linos—Costliness of ROyalty-)Vhat Is The Dilferelice —What the Southern People Think of reace—A. Mi re presentation ofilisiory—Trild of the Oonatitution—The Trench in lilexico-4 7 un versus Pinch—A Just Decree. LETTERS FROM. OCCASIONAL.—niI -the Letters of "Occasional," written during the past week. appear in The War Preys% FROM WASHINOTON.—SpeciaI Despatches to The .Press. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. ARMY OF TILE MISSISSIPPI. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. TIIE PIRATE ALABAMA. • NEWS, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. INTELLIGENCE FROM OUR SQUADRONS. SELECTED MISCELLANY. • AORICULTURAL. WIT AND HUMOR. . . THE PHILADELPHIA, MONEY, AND CATTLE MARKETS. • , The War Press has no equal in its desirableness for the camp and soldier, Its literary matter is of tho host selections, and original composition, while its digest of news is at once comprehensive and complete, Copies, ready ior mailing, centre obtained at the coati ter of. The <Press for fire coats; THE r . NEWS. Tun Court of Inquiry, summoned at the re, quest of General McDowell to investigate certain charges—nnule rather by common report than in any more direct way—against' him, has completed its labors, and its judgment has just been made public. The court acquits him of blame in any particular except one : his having gone to Ma nassas on the afternoon or evening of the 28th of August, to confer, personally with General Pope, on the appeal of the latter for his views, whilst his command was on the march upon Centreville. It is mentioned that General Pope, McDowellha Superior, did not censure him for this; of this the court says : "That the separation was inconside rate and unauthorized, but was not induced by any triworthymotive.f , The charge of disloyalty, made by an officer of the rank of colonel, after being fatally wounded in battle, in general terms, without defining any specific act, is fully disproved by all the evidence bearing on the point. The court denounces the charge of drunkenness against General Mc- Dowell as ridiculous. It is only justice to an officer who has borne in manly silence an unexampled weight of reproach and calumny to spread abroad the conclusions of the court, which has carefully examined into every charge, and now declares him innocent in intention, faithful to his flag, and zealous to meet and beat the enemy. Aim ovelonn of the Massachusetts cavalry stationed At Beaufort, S. C., speaks as follows, in a private letter, of the negro soldiers who have been organized in the Department of the South : "I consider the enlistment of negroes as Soldiers a complete success. I have had a good chance to judge, having taken great interest in watching their progress from the time of the first enlistment at Hilton Head. During the last week I have visited their camps three or four times and witnessed their drill, and will state that, as far as I am capable of judging of infantry tactics, they display as great Mildewy in drill as any of the white regiments on thelsland. They are quick, active, and possess greatpower of endurance, are easily disciplined, and well satisfied with their condition." A IVULT of habeas corpus has been issued from the supreme Court of New York against Col. Loomis, the commandant of Governor'alsland, in favor of a deserter, who was arrested, and is now in confine ment on the island. Col. Loomis was in New York city last Thursday, to attend the funeral of Col. Tompkins, and the writ was served on him, but he returned home. An attachment has been issued against the said Col. Loomis for contempt of court, and placed in the hands of a deputy sheriff, with di rections to arrest Col. Lennie and bring him before the court. The question is now how to reach the Colonel. No one is allowed on the island without permission of Col. Cram, and he, it is said, will not grant such permission to any one desiring to arrest a military officer upon a civil process. A COnttnroxnENT 'with General Grant's army writes NegrOes are coming in great numbers to the portion of our army at Lake Providence. Not leas than a thousand have made their appearance, all telling fearful stories of the brutality of their mas ters. Four hundred came into our lines In a single half day, and the influx has not yet ceased. The pro portion of able•bodied men among them is larger than usual, and we have but few decrepit Africans in the entire lot. The negroes display a willingness to perform all that is asked of them. It is now said to be In contemplation to organize two or three re giments from the colored material at hand, and the prospect is that it will soon be done." Tun New Albany (Indiana) Ledger says : 'We have information that quite a number of rebel sympa thizers in the border counties below are quietly leaving their homes, and are repairing to the gueril la rendezvous on Green river. Therois but little zoom left to doubt that the designs of the rebels are well understood, and will be aided by their sympa thizers in Kentucky. Gentlemen now in this city, who have been driven from the mountain counties by the oppressions of the rebel soldiery, say that these rebel sympathizing citizens are really fiendish in their hatred of and outrages upon the Union men, and that their greatest delight seems tt be in witnessing the sufferings of the victims of this last rebel invasion. GENERAL Woor, inspected the fortifications In the harbor of Portland. In a speech made subse quently he said : "In all his life he had never met with a warmer reception than from the people of Portland, or one that would be more carefully cherished in his memory; and he accepted it not as a personal compliment, but as an expression of loyalty to the Government, and of determination to standby its flag, to uphold its honor, and to sub. reit to no peace bared upon leas than the subjugation of rebellion, and the unconditional triumph of the loyal Government over all that may oppose it." Appropriations to the amount of 5500,000 have been Made for completing the forts in Portland harbor, and contracts for material are already completed. Tun Louisville (Ky.) Journal says there are per• sons in that city who are guilty of the crime of stealing free negroca and selling them into slavery : "A number of freo Degrees, some of whom have accompanied regiments to this city, have been cap tured and placed in confinement, some at negro marts, and others at other places, who were legally as free as those by whom they were captured, the object of the captors being to obtain a reward for their services. In some instances, in which a fla grant violation of the law has been apparent, Gen. Boyle has interfered, and he will in future deal se verely with all persons who may be found guilty of making such illegal arrests." Tins rialtitnOteStin Bays that on Monday, "by or der of the military authority, Colonel George. P. Kane was arrested and taken before Colonel Fish, the military provost marshal. The charge alleged against him was that he seas engaged in getting up a company of seventy or eighty men, to be armed with revolvers, to operate against the authority of the United States. After a thorough investigation, no proof could be adduced ageing him, and he was re leased with the understanding that he shall report to the military provost marshal whenever required to do so." A DESPATCH front Fairfax Court HOllfie Says:An "On Sunday night fifty men of the Ist Verinont Cavalry, parts of companies H and M, under Capts. Windward and Huntoon, were surprised at Aidie, while feeding their horses. The rebels surprising them were about seventy strong ; at least no more of them were in sight. They managed to capture about ft& teen of our men and both the captains named above." COL. WYNDITKM, of the let New Jersey Cavalry, at the head of a squadron of clivalry, went out from Chantilly on Friday in pursuit of the rebels who surprised our pickets a day or two previous. The expedition resulted in.capturing ten of the famous "Black Horse Cavalry," one a commissioned officer. TEE amount of money to be paid into the United, States Treasury, for exemption from military duty, by the Friends of Indiana, it is said, will amount to about two hundred and fifty-three thousand dollars. THE statement that General Forrest was dead is Incorrect. Es was wounded in a recent fight, and compelled to turn over his command to a subordi nate buthe is now nearly recovered. A Lanett number of towns in Maine elected their officers on Monday last. The Republicans were generally successful, defeating. the Copperheads at all points where a contest was made. A MOVEMEZiT is said to be on foot in Washington for the removal of General Curtis, now in command of the Department of Missouri. CONGRESS. SBNATE.—The last session of the Senate passed quietly. No bills of importance were passed. Mr. Davip, of Kentucky,'lnarle great opposition to the pending bill which he said he meant to try and de feat by every means in his power. He was assisted in his efforts by Messrs. Powell, Saulsbury, and Bowe. Mr. Doolittle addressed the Senate at length upon the war; after which, the hour of twelve having arrived, Mr. Foot, the president, declared the Senate of the United States adjourned sine die. An extra session, however, was commenced in ac cordance with the President's proclamation, but no business of importance transacted. ROUSE.—A motion to suspend the rules, in order to consider the bill for the admission of Nevada and Colorado, was negatived. Quite a discussion took place upon the minority report of Mr. Van Wyck on the Government contracts. Mr. May introduced a resolution reflecting upon the loyalty of Major General Schenck. The hour of twelve having arrived, the Speaker, Dlr. Grow, delivered an elo quent farewell address, end declared the House ad journed. BansostaL.—The following is a list of Americans registered at Gun h. Co.'s American news rooms, 19 Craven street, Strand, London, England, week ending February 7, 1363. (The Morris' Express, 28 'Broad street, New York agents:) W. Pembroke Febrldge, author of "Harperts Rand Book to .Europe;" Mrs. D. R Fuller, New York; Mr. and Mra. E. Leavitt, Massachusetts; S. Todd, DL D., Washington, B. C. ; W. Symonds, Kennebunk, Maine; F. ilarrl81;11, Maryland; E. Nicholls, Lowell, - Massachusetts ; 3. B. Cobb and family, Cleveland, 'Ohio; K. li. 13trdell and lady, N ew York; T. Bunt and lady, New Bedford, Massachusetts; C. W. Brooks, San Francisco; G. M. Miller, New York; J. T. Ilannewell, Boston; F. J. Avllez, New York; H. C. Lee, United States; J. C. Brautigam, New York; T. B. Van Wyok, Chicago; F. L. Hanks, New York ; 'Baker and lady, Boston ; John A. 'Bagley, New York; J. E. Lawrence, San Francisco ; J. Madden, &Memento, California. Mediation. If the Thirty-seventh Congress had done nothing else but pass the resolutions of Mr. SUMNER in reference to mediation, it should receive the alibctionate respect of every American. We can submit these resolu tions to the world as a bold, manly, and frank avowal of the principles that will go vern this Republic in its contest with the re bellion. Interference on the part of foreign na, tions can .never be permitted by independent States. On this axiom, the whole question rests. When we become so weak and pur poseless thatove must appeal to other Go vernments, and especially to Goverrinients with ~horn we have no sympathy, for coin-; se' and assistance,. we are unworthy:to hold an independent position - in the family of na tions. This rebellion is a domestic matter, and is as much n parVot our duty : to deter , .mine as. it tariff Or railtoad to the Pabific. We must insist, upon being Permitted to Manage it in our own way.' It, inSy heCome a war of exhaustion; or :exter, urination; or mere carnage ; , it may even become a war of -insurrection; but las Ivo did not seek itas we tried to prevent we did everything but submit to dis honor and liumiliatien-We are willing to . Accept the responsibility forced upon us and fight it to the end.- We seeanlssue in this . war which no foreign nation canapprecutte, certainly no . nation whose`form of give - 01,T merit represents absolutisinor-aristocracy. Inany arbitrament subMitted to them they Wbull be unfriendly judges ; for their in , terests, their traditions, their policy, their existence, would prompt a:decision that would be fatal :or .tmfriendly to us With liberty as the purpose of this - war, what sympathy or justiee couldive expect from a Mediation cannot be permitted M any form that it has. . yet assumed. We do not see how it can be accepted at all; - but we are confi dent it can never come from rulers who would rejoice over our downfall. It may be that 'there is not in this wide' world a Go vernment to whom we can look for 'hearty friendship ; for, now that Busslays repeating her great crime against Poland, we can hardly look upon her with the love that we were wont to 'show. It may be that mon archies, and empires, • and , confederations, are linked against us. It may be,- as the London Times vauntingly declares, that not an English statesman has had the courage to utter a -word of congratulatory hope in Parliament. All these things may be, and we - may regret their existence. But this we know, and the thought gives us pleasure, that Sc have been and can ever be in their despite a nation. Their media tion would be a mockery and - insult. The South to-day would be an exhausted ene my but for the life and strength given to it from abroad, and when this war is told, we shall hear with bitterness, and shame that nothing but foreign sym pathy, foreign assistance, and foreign hopes prolonged it to its present pe,Hod. Foreign guns murder our brothers ; foreign powder has kept the rebel armies together ; foreign ships sail the seas as pirates upon ow commerce ; foreign money Lai enabled .TEFFEBSON DAVIS' to keep his hordes together, and, even now foreign arms are fashioning foreign oak and iron into new pirates. And yet these are the men to whom some of us are base enough to look for peace. The honor of America could, only prompt one answer, and that has been spoken by the Thirty-seventh Congress. The Season. March has come in a charming way, with genial, enlivening smiles. After the blus tering departure of February, its gentleness is very enjoyable and delicious. These brisk, high winds, that rattle the housetops and play a rhapsody On the bending trees.bring, health and life and animation. The farmer surveys his ground and calculates his crops. The merchant examines his stock and makes ready for the spring trade. The soldier. re joices over hard and unyielding roads, and prepares for an advance. We are passing from death to life, and nature gives token of beauty and bounteousness.. The season of home and comfort is rapidly becoming the season of activity and bustle. The winter that is almost past has been a busy and ani mated season.• It has given us two great battles—a victory and a defeat—with other achievements on land and sea, attacks, re verses, surprises, defeats, naval engage ments, and the many changes and freaks of fortune that make up the burden of war. The currency and the necessity for vast issues of bills of credit have made money plenty, and, as a people with plenty of mo ney should do, we spend it. We_ do not think our merchants have seen a busier or more profitable season for years than the present. In articles of luxury, taste, and comfort, vast sums have been spent. Fine houses are adorning our highways, and handsome equipages roll past them. To all appearances, this winter of 1862-08 has been one of unexampled prosperity, and in no thing but the morning papers, and the hos pitals, and the occasional tap of the re cruiting sergeant's drum, do we see the pre= sence of war. We are enjoying ourselves. The theatres here and in New York, and, indeed, every where, have done an unexampled business. Mr. GRAL7 has been here with his Italian Opera, and, having made a purse fall of money, has gone away. Mr. Amon= has made the experiment of the German Opera, and finds it a great success: It may be that these Gemini operas are harsher and less elaborate than those of the Italian school, but they have a sweetness and beauty which the others do not possess. Mr. ANSCIIIITZ has given us a list of operas containing many sweet morsels of music, and placed them upon the stage in a liberal and- splendid manner. We are glad to see so much encouragement given to Mr. AN scntirz, as his enterprise and taste deserve abundant and substantial recognition. In Mr. WITEATLXV'S New Chestnut-street Theatre Mr. EDWIN FOnREST is playing to large audiences, showing that he still pos sesses the grace, genius, and industry that have placed his name among the greatest of tragedians. Miss WESTERN appears twice a week in a dramatization of Mrs. Jong Woon's exciting novel of "East Lynne." Miss WESTERN belongs to a popular school of acting, and pleases the multitude by the extravagances in taste and manner which belong to the Western school, and Which the critical few would condemn. Mr. En nv is drawinm ° Bowery audiences to the Walnut - street Theatre, and delights large crowds with his melodramatic performances. Mr. J. W. Boo' is at the Arch-street Theatre, sustained by Mrs. Joni Dnnw's fine company. Other places of amusement are attracting large audiences and making money, and the season goes on full of life, and bustle, and excitement. The Indemnity Bill. " The ninety days during which Congress has now. been in session are the last ninety days .of American freedom." This is the 'comment of the New York World upon the passage of the indemnity bill. It elabo rately moans over what it calls the down . fall of our liberties, and compares Ml. Lur corx with the Sultan of Turkey and the Czar of Russia, because the Congress Of the United States gave the President indemnity for the suspension of the writ of liabeas corpus and the other measures he adopted for the salvation of the country. We can estimate the justice of this criticism when we recall the fierce abuse that has hitherto been heaped upon the President, and the tone of the arguments urged. against him. Then he was . denounced for suspending the writ of habeas corpus and arresting traitors without the consent of Congress. He had usurped, it was said, the legislative autho rity. Nosy Congress confers upon him the powers deemed necessary to suppress the rebellion, and these writers only intensify their abuse 'of the President, and lament over our liberties as fallen. Arc we wrong in saying that men who deal in this inces sant and unjust clamor are enemies of the Union ? They never speak of the Adminis tration but to abuse it—they have no words for our brave soldiers but words of ridicule, mistrust, and condemnation. They sym pathize with treason and they are the allies of traitors. A Clonunent. We read in a New York newspaper that at- a Democratic meeting, held in that city on Tuesday evening, "hisses were given for AnnAtlAlt laNcot - rt and cheers for South Carolina." ABRAHAM LINCOLN is the Pre sident of the United States, the choice of the American people, the chief man in the nation. South Carolina was the first State to make war upon the Union. It has al ways been the home of treason and sedition. It is now arrayed against the Union in Un relenting war. The patriot is hisSed ; the traitor State is cheered. And, this is done at a Democratic meeting. NVASI-lIIYGMOZ4L. Special Despatches to 6 4 Tile Press." WASHT/caTOIII Bittral 1863. The President Signing Bills. The President was at the Capitol late last night transacting business, and was also there, in what is known as the President's room, this morning, (in company with several members of the Cabinet,) where several of the bills, which were enrolled du ring the closing hours of the session, were signed by him. Billsiwhich have become Laws. All the general appropriation bills were passed and signed by the President These, together with the other appropriations, amount to about a thou sand millions of dollars. The rniscellanedus bill, as originally introduced by the Committee of Ways and Means, appropri ated only twelve hundred thousand dollars, but be fore it passed through both branches the 'aggregate sum was enlarged to twenty millions. The Senate bills to admit Colorado and Nevada into the 'Union as States failed, the House - having refused to suspend the rules for theirnonsideration, a vote of two-thirds being required. The bill to establish a branch mint in Nevada be came a law. The bill to punish frauds on the revenue, and for other purposes, as enacted into a law, omits the fees to the Solicitor of the Treasury, and confers the coal mission arising from seizures under the revenue laws, excluding prize cases, to.the district attorneys. The bill creating the office of an assistant collec tor for the port of New York has also become a law. The bill amendatory of the Pacific Railroad act failed for want of time. lii — . FentOn's Contract Heport. The report made by Repr 4-1 t' esen.a.-ve ...EXTON, from the Committee on Government Contracts, relates to Federal officials in New York, and alleged frauds in the custom-house of that city, in connection with the offices of the United States District Attorney, Marshal, Surveyor, and naval officers, navy agent, and clerk of the courts. More or less abuses are brought to light, but no remedy suggested. The re port is signed by Messrs. VirASHISUENE, FBNTON, STEELE of New York, DAWES, and liozatrazr. The minority report of Mr. VAN I.Vvek (which is signed only by himself) was, after being conveyed to the clerk's office, either lost or abstracted. It is under stood; however, that it treats of the renting of pub lie warehouses exorbitant charges, and emolu meats, etc., embracing the testimony taken by hirn in New. York, and which is not adopted by the ma jority of the committee. It is more condemnatory of the officials who came within the scope of his in vestigation than the report of his colleagues. Presentation to Capt. Goodman. A large number of ladies and gentlemen assembled in the Hall of Representatives to-night, to witness 'the presentation of a service of silver plate to Capt. InA GoonmArr, doorkeeper of the House, by the employees in his department, as a testimonial of their appreciation of the uniform kindness and courtesy which have marked both his official 'and social intercourse with them during the Thirty seventh Congress. The presentation speech Was made by Hon. EDWARD MCPHERSON, and responded to in behalf of the recipient, by Hon. R. E. PENTON, Capt. GOOD :VAT; extended to the company his hospi talities, several of the committee rooms having been tastefully prepared for that purpose. Commerce with the West. A hundred members of the late Congress have united in a call for a Convention to promote en larged facilities for commerce between the East and 'West, to be held at Chicago on the first Tuesday in June. They invite all interested, and especially ask the cooperation of the various Boards of Trade, Chambers of Commerce, Agricultural Societies, and business associations. They regard the enlarge ment of the canals between the valley of the Missis sippi and the Atlantic as of great national, com mercial, and military importance, tending to pro mote the development, prosperity, and unity of the whole country. Complimentary to Mr. Crow. The unanimous vote of thanks to Speaker Gnow is one among the very rare instances of that kind in the history of the House of Representatives. Naval Orders. Lieutenant Commander BUSREOD has been de. tached from the Cimerone to the sorew-sloop Ticon deraga ; Lieutenant GEO. B. Wurre has been or dered to the Ticonderoga; Lieutenant Anovenua DeXTER has been ordered to the Clreerolite. DEPARTMENT OF THE .SOUTR, Reported Capture of Fort McAllister—A ➢llle and a Half of Rifle• Pits Carried Plans for the Attack on Charleston—An Outline of General Iluntees Plans `MummaTow, March 4.—The President has re ceived a despatch notifying him of the capture of Fort McAllister, at the mouth of the Ogeechee river, by our iron•clads. A letter from Beaufort, S. C., dated February t 4, says that General Hunter has decided to capture the fortifications upon the .Great Ogeeche river, near Savannah, by regular siege approaches, and that in pursuance of this plan the 37th New York Regiment has already left for that point, and will be followed immediately by other troops. The landing of the troops can, it is tielieved, be effected without diffi culty under cover of the fire of the gunboats. The bombardment of Fort McAllister, at the mouth of the Ogeeche, was still continued at last accounts, but our vessels have found it impossible to get nearer than within thirteen hundred yards of the fort, owing to obstructions in the channel. A Hilton Head letter of the .17th ult. says the troops are under orders to embark, and the next steamer will probably bring Intelligence of the at tack on Charleston. ATTACK ON CHARLESTON. The first intelligence received at the North from the anticipated demonstration on Charleston will doubtless come to you by way of Richmond. There will probably he ironclad reconnoissances in the lower harbor for two or three days prior to the main attack. After accomplishing their purpose for the day, it may so happen that they will fall back to their anchorage for the night. At the last accounts from Charleston the number of guns in position to check our advance on the city was estimated at one hundred and sixty. More have since doubtless been mounted, and we may calculate on at least two hundred by the time the attack is made. Of these probably fifty command the approaches to FOrt Sumpter, and when that point is reached, the fleet will probably receive the concentrated fire of Moultrie, Sumpter, and Cum ming's Point, where the famous railroad battery is stotioned. They will doubtless, however, be able to place themselves in such position between Sumpter and Moultrie that their mis•shots will strike where they= are not intended. The battery at Cumming's Point will be a mile distant, too fair altogether even to dent the armor of an iron clad. . The mode of attack concluded upon by Admiral Dupont is of course altogether unknown. He may have determined to reduce the batteries on the islands at the entrance of the harbor, and then dash past Fort Sumpter and demand the surrender of the city, receiving their combined shot and shell with out response; or he may determine to first make the effort to reduce and retake Sumpter as a base of future operations on the city. The obstructions in the harbor are understood to be between Sumpter and the city; indeed, it would be impossible to place any obstructions below Sumpter, as the fate of our fleet of sunken whalers has already proved. Thus, when Sumpter is paused, the city will be at the mercy of our fifteen-inch shells, and must either surrender or submit to destructiot. THE CAPTURE OF FORT IIIcALTASTER. SPRINDFIRLD, March 4.—The Springfield Repub lican of yesterday published a despatch, dated Beau fort, S. G., February 22d, stating that Fort McAl lister was captured yesterday, with a mile and a half of rifle-pits, by the 47th New York Regiment, with the aid of boats. The 47th lost ISO in killed, wounded, and missing. Two regiments had been sent to reinforce them. • THE LATEST. RICHMOND DAYRILS OF TILE 2D !NATANT DO NOT CONFIRM OUR neronTs vrtost FORT WALLIS TER AND VICKSDL'ItO —IMISTRUCTION OR THI; ARILEL STEAMED. NASIEVILLS LIT OUR. IRON CLAD}. WASHINGTON, March 4.—Richmond papers of the 2d inst. have been received. They make no mention of antra at Vtekaborg. Chai lesion advlces of the let inst. are published. The steamers Rubyand Douglas ran the blockade, with Nassau dates of the 26th ult. A despatch from Savannah, of the let inst., states that the steamer Nashville ran aground before Fort McAllister, and was deatroyed by one of our iron clads. .The fort is not taken. Meeting in Aid of the Atlantic Telegraph. Ni w Yonx, 3larch 4.- 2 A number of gentlemen interested in the Atlantic telegraph met in the Chamber of Commerce rooms to-day, Mayor Opdyke presiding. Messrs. Cyrus W. Field, W. E. Dodge, Peter Cooper, Edward and A. A. Law made remarks in 'favor of the enterprise, and a resolution was adopted recommending the undertaking to the aid of the public. A committee was appointed to call a public meeting. Mayor Opdyke subscribed £5OO sterling to the fund, and other gentlemen contributed .E. 22,700 sterling. Mr. Field stated that .cists,ooo had been subscribed•in England, but it was determined not to commence operations until the fund reached £300,- 000. Rumored Capture, of the Pirate Alabama. Nice Yonx, March 4.—A rumor is afloat in this city that the rebel privateer Alabama has been cap tured, but it cannot be traced to any reliable founda tion. The Rumored Battle at Vicksburg. Caccia - saw, hlarch 4.—The rumors of a great battle at Vicksburg receive no credit here. It is probable that Admiral Porter's fleet has run the batteries, and that .the rebels are preparing to evacuate the place.. The W. IL Webb, which ran down the Indianola, is a powerful low-pretieure steamer,' formerly employed as a tow-boat in the Gulf. It is believed that the Indianola Met) much disabled so to be of no service to the rebels: THE PRESS. - PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1863. THE LATEST FROM VICKSBURG ANOTHER BOAT RUNS THE BATTERIES. CAT7IO, March 4. — The /steamer Tycoon, from Memphis. has arrived. The latest advices from below state that two (kedging machines hart arrived and would be put to work on the canal immediately. The river was rising fast, and the water interfered considerably with the camps situated at the head of Island No. 95. The levees had been broken, and the water was pouring over at a fearful rate. Another flat-boat ran the batteries at Vicksburg. She was fired on by tho rebels, and struck three flume. A fire at the town or Lake Providence,On Mon day, destroyed nearly the whole place, together with a considerable amount of commissary stores. A canal barge, towed by a propeller, had •got through into Lake Providence. It was pushed overland on slides, and was to be used for exploring the lake and neighboring bayous. Arrival of General Foster's Staff Officers— GnVilma of Contraband Goods—Execution of Two Privates—A British Frigate. FORTES MONROB, /Mach 3.—Steamship S. R. Spalding arrived last evening from Hilton Head, and left immediately for Washington, H. C., having on board General Fosters stair officers. On Monday morning last, at an early hour, the provost guard captured about $7,500 worth of con traband goods at Lambert's Point, on Elizabeth river. Four of the smugglers were arrested. Privates Wm. Dormody and Charles Clark, of Battery H, Ist Pennsylvania Artillery, convicted by general court martial of the murder of Hezekiah Stokes, a citizen of York county, Virginia, were hung, outside of Fort Yorktown, yesterday, at half past 1 o'clock P. DI. The British frigate Desperate arrived last night from Charleston, and anchored in the roads abreast Fortress Monroe. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. Rosecrans Slowly Advancing-Defeat of the Rebels at Ra.gleville Gallantry of our Troops—Departure of General igegley. Ouccurwe'rr, March 4.—We have news that the army of General Rosecrans is slowly advancing in Tennessee. A brigade of regulars, from General Rousseau's Division, while on a foraging expedition on the 2d instant, encountered the enemy, on the Solern pike; near Eagleville, potted in a line. A hot engage ment ensued and lasted for several minutes, when the rebels, unable to endure the galling [ire of the regulars, broke and fled. They were shortly afterwards got into a second line of battle, and, with heavy reinforcements, ven tured a move on our right, with the intention of assailing us by flank and rear. This design failed. Our forces repulsed the assailants a second time. They made a hurried retreat, leaving behind their dead, of whomthere were several. We had only two wounded. General Negley ie going North on a twenty-days leave. He will soon be in Pittsburg. The Steamer Hibernia at Portland—The Re cognition of the Confederacy—The Eman cipation Policy—Arrival of Rebel Specie— The Insurrection in Polaud—Commercial Intelligence. PORTLAND, March 4,—The steamer Hibernia, from Liverpool on the 19th and Londonderry on the 20th ult., arrived at this port at 63, , g o'clock this eve ning. The steamer Edinburgh arrived at Queenstown On the 19th. In the House of L'ords, Lord Stratheden gave no tice that he would move for copies of the despatches from Mr. Mason to the British Government rela tive to the claim of the Confederates to be acknow ledged by Great Britain. Meetings, lectures, etc., in favor of President Lin coln's emancipation policy were of daily occurrence in various parts of England, and an imposing de monstration was to be made in the amphitheatre at Liverpool, on the day of the departure of the steamer Hibernia. The resolutions and address to Mr. Lincoln, which were to be proposed, emphati cally approve of his course. A meeting on the subject was held at James' Hall, London, on the 18th, at which the speakers indulged in bitter invectives agalnetthe Lord Mayor and Mr. Mason for the late Stair at the Mansion House ban quet. A resolution condemning the act of the Lord Mayor, in inviting Mason to participate in the pro ceedings, was unanimously adopted. The London Times complains that the grand old cause against slavery and the anti-slave-trade movement has degenerated into a mere cat's-paw to Seward. He alludes to the report that Lord liroug ham had earnestly entreated the new emancipation ists not to dishonor the old cause. The Bank of Mobile had remitted to London about £40,000 in specie, to meet until July, 1864, the interest on the bonds of the privateer Alabama. The London Shipping Ga=clle says the accounts of the Charleston affair, received by the steamer Arabia, are too meagre to justify the Government in taking any decided notion. The proceedings of Parliament were uninterest- T. telegram from Naples, dated the 18th of Febrt. ary, announces that the British war steamer St. George had left for Malta, with Prince Alfred on board. He was Buttering from the fever. The preparations being made to welcome the Princess Alexandra, the intended wife of the Prince of Wales, indicate that.the event will be one of the moat magnificent ever given in-Englund. The rumors that France considers that the Charleston blockade has been raised still lack con firmation. The Bourse was flat; Beata, 75f.05c PRUSSIA. In the Chamber of Deputies the question was asked of the ministers whether Prussia had con cluded the convention with Russia to assist in sup pressing the Polish insurrection. Herr Schonhausen simply declined to answer the question. It is asserted, however, that the Govern ment did not follow the Russian policy. The liberals had brought forward a resolution that Pitiesia should not aide with either party and neither should enter the Prussian territory without being disarmed. The Paris Petrie represents the insurrection as spreading throughout all parts of Poland. The military commander in the provinces of Lithuania and Uohuya, had refused to send reinforcements demanded of them, considering that it was impossi ble to diminish their forces. The insurgents attacked Minnow on the 17th, and were repulsed with 300 killed and about the same number wounded. The town of Watch° w was afterwards set on lire. it WAS asserted that the insurgents, under Lan &Neter, had beaten thellueatans, and captured some cannnn. LONDON MONEY MAEKET—LONDON, Peb. In.—The funds are without variation. The demands for discount at the bank are unimportant, and, as gold continues to flow to the hank, the expectations of a reduction in the rate of discount are increasing. Satterthwaire , s 'Weekly Circular says: "la Ame rican securities considerable transactions have oc curred during the week. Many parties have ap peared as buyers, under the impression that the strife ere long would terminate. Erie railroad and Illinois Central shares relapsed two dollars under The effects of reported importations from New York, but recovered one dollar, and closed firmly." THE LATEST, YIA LONDONDERRY. Laysmisoor., Feb. 20—Noon.--Three young Polish students in the French military school of St. Oyr, had been delivered to the Russians by Prussia. It has been remarked that a change has suddenly come over the official and semi-official papers of Paris on the question of Poland. A report was current in Paris, yesterday, that French diplomatic note was addressed to Prussia on the subject of Prussian interference in Poland. Advices from Paris mention that a contract for Confederate loans had been received for three mil lion pounds in bonds at ? per cent., exchangeable for cotton. The Times' City Article says that as the Govern ment possesses all the means of transport from the interior to the ports, the cotton thus hypothecated will be first available for shipment to Europe. The price at which the bonds are to be issued has not transpired. The deaths of the Marquis of Cheltenham and Lord Raley are announced. The secretary of the Emancipation Society says that no letter or telegram has been received, as was reported, from Lord 13rougharu, imploring them not to present their address to Mr. Adams, the United States minister. • The meeting held to-day at Liverpool in favor of emancipation was very large and enthusiastic. The steamer Saxonia arrived at Southampton on the 19th, and the Norwegian arrived at Londonderry on the 20th. The fillip Carrier Dove, from New York for Liver pool, went ashore near Valencia, Ireland, and has ten feet of water in her hold. LIVERPOOL . COTTON MARKET. Pebruery lB.—The sales of two days amount to 6,000 bales, includiutt 3,rkl bales to speculators and for export. The market is very dull and prices easier. STATE OF TRADE. —The Manchester markets are doll but prices steady. LIVERPOOL RIIRADSTUF FE BlARKET.—ltreadstuffs are quiet, but steady: Messrs. Richardson,‘-Wakefield, and others, report Flour doll at steads' prices; eaten at 21s. Wheat quiet, but steady ~ W ; red - Western 3s 9d; red Southern.9s 10i1010A; white Western I0Colls; rod Wei tern 116 - 6125. Corn fiat, at .20a(4294 6‘l' for white. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET. —Provisions con tinuo dull. The circulars report Beef dull; Pork nomi nal; Bacon steady; Lards toilet; Tallow inactive at 4 4.35; Butter quiet but steady. LIVERPOOL PRODUCI MARKET. —Sugar steady; Rico quiet; Coffee inactive; Ashes firmer; Pots, Sta Gtl; Pearls, 318; Linseed Oil firm; Petroleum sales small; Rosin nominal; Spirits of Turpentine , at 113W205. LEI - Enron, Fridei, Feb. 20.—COTTON-The sales of the week amounted to 20,000 hales, Including 5,000 t 0 speculators. The market lies been very dui and a de cline Grid on American and ).aNtl on Bursts Is reported. Tim sales of Friday are estimated at 2,000 bales, the inst.- ket closing firmer lint qulot at unchanged prices. The following ore the quotations: • - Fair, Middling. NCNV Orleans 9 134 d. 2134 , d. Mobiles 0 4 5 ' ' a 1.1.. Uplands 2311 2ou The stock in port is es timated at 414,000 bales, inclu ding 6..,* COD hales of American. .• 13readsty ifs have a downward tendency. Provisions continue Inactive. Losimx, Friday.—Console closed 92, 1 1 for money. The' increase of bullion in theßank of England for the week amounts to .4518,600. The bank has reduced the lute of disci:mut to 4't cent. AMERICAN ETOCRE-141.^at• SJLIca. —Erie Railroad, 44%; Illinois Central Railroad, 41 ti cont. discount. The Second NeNi Ilaylpshire3Regiment. .Cormonn, N. R., March 4.—The 2d New liamp shire Regiment arrived here to-day. An enthusias tic reception and public dinner was given to them. Gm - . Barry welcomed them and they were alao addressed by Major General Wool. Installation of the President of Harvard College. 130arow, March 4.—The inauguration of Ref. T. Rill as president of Harvard College took place this afternoon. The Rebels hi Eastein Keutneky. . March 4.—Reliable information from Eastern Kentucky states that there is a rebel esoll) of about nine hundred men near Mount Sterling. It is being strengthened by predatory bands, which bring in horses, forage, clothing, &c., stolen from the people. Their avowed intention is to make an attempt on Lexington and Paris very soon. LowrevlLLE, March 4.—The Rentuoky Senate yesterday reconsidered the resolution :censuring Col. Gilbert for dispersing the traitors , Convention at Frankfort, after which the Legislature adjourned tine die. The straight-out Unionists have triumphed, and carried every material point. Arrival of the Crew of the Bark Golden . . Now Yono, Dlarch 4.—The brig Ocean Belle, which arrived this morning from St. Domingo City, .brought the captain, both mates, the steward, and two seamen of the bark Golden Rule. The River Rising Rapidly. LAKE PROVIDENCE DESTROYED. DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA. c EUROPE. GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE. POLAND Commercial Intelligence. THE LATEST COMMERCIAL. The Kentucky Legislature. LUVllth CONGRESS—Third Session, WASHINGTON, March 4, IMI. SENATE. CLOSE OF TUF.SDAY NIGHT'S SIMMS:. At 2 o'clock a quorum being obtained, the bill to admit Nebraska as a State Was taken up—yeas 25, na 1311. • t 2Y, o'clock the Senate went into executive session, and at 4 o'clock took a recess until 10 o'clock. WEDZIPSDAY mcnorusa , s SESSION . - - • The Senate met again at 10 o'clock. Mississippi and Michigan Canal. Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, from the Mili tary Committee, reported back the bill to construct a canal from the Mississippi river to Lake Michi gan. • District of Columbia Schools. lWr. GRIME S , of lowa, called up the bill relating to •the public instruction of youths in the primary schools of the District of Oolumbia. Elections i,n Tennessee and Louisiana. ••• • • - Mr. TRUMBULL, of Illinois, moved to take UP the bill to provide for the election of members of Congress in Tennessee and Louisiana. Mr. CARLILE, of 'Virginia, and Mr. POWELL, of Kentucky, called for the yeas and nays. The motion was agreed to—yeas 28, nays 1. Miscellaneous Appropriation Bill. Mr. FESSENDEN, o Maine, from the com mittee of conference on the miscellaneous appro. priation bill, made a report, which was concurred Clerk of the Howse. A bill was received from the House to regulate the proceedings of the Clerk. of the }louse in preparing for the organization of *at body. It was passed. Collection of Revenue. Also, a bill to facilitate the collection'of revenue in El Paeo, Texas, and New Mexico. Passed. Claims for Damages. Mr. DAVIS, of Kentucky, moved to postpone the pending bill, and take up the bill providing for an ex amination of the claims for damages done by the Union troops. lie demanded the yeas and nays. Mr. TRUMBULL hoped the Senator was not go ing to retort to dilatory motions. Opposition to the Pending Bill. Mr. DAVIS said he meant to try and defeat the pending bill by every means in his power. ' The motion was disagreed to—yeas 12, nays 25. Mr. SHERMAN, of Ohio, moved to take up a bill from the House, to which there could be no objection, as the Senator from Kentucky said be would oppose the pending bill by every means in his power. Mr. TRUMBULL said it was this kind of feeling which prevented us from crushing out the rebellion, because somebody said "it could not be done." If the Senator from Ohlo is disposed to surrender the legislation of the country to the threat of the Sena tor from Kentucky, let him do so, and let the Sens, tor from Kentucky take the responsibility of oppos ing legislation by factions opposition. He was not going to yield to the threat of any single man who chose to stand in the way of legislation, and the Senate could afterwards take means to prevent any single man from standing in the way of the people and the legislation due the nation. After a further discussion, Mr. SHLRMAN with drew the motion. Mr. DAVIS, of Kentucky, moved to lay the pend ing bill on the table, and asked the yeas and nays. • The motion was rejected—yeas 10, nays 29. Mr. POWELL, of Kentucky,.moved to postpone the further consideration of the bill till tomorrow, and asked the yeas and nays. Rejected—yeas 9, nays 27. Mr. SAULSBURY, of Delaware, moved to post pone the bill till five minutes before twelve o'clock, and asked the yeas and nays. Rejected—yeas 8, nays 29. CARLILE moved to postpone the bill and take up a bill for the relief of J. C. Kennedy, and asked the yeas and nays. Mr. TRUMBULL appealed to the Senators not to give their yeas and nays to those who were making a factious opposition. Let us see, and let the country see, who are the half-dozen conspirators who are seeking to defeat the legislation of the country. Mr. CIARLILE did not know what right the Se nator had to impute a factious opposition to others. He was urging an obnoxious measure, with a perti nacity never equalled. The Senator had no right to impute motives to those who were as sincere in their opposition as he was in favor of the bill, and he had no light to call Senators conspirators. Mr. DAVIS, of Kentucky, said these motions were a part of a well-known and practised Parlia mentary law, and the man must either be not sincere or very green not to know that Senators would re sort to this sort of opposition to an obnoxious mea sure when an attempt is made to force Its passage during the closing hours of the session. Mr. 11.01VE, of Wisconstb, thought the motion of the Senator from Virginia had better be adopted. It was a meritorious bill, and he thought they had made a point against the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Davis). He (Mr. Howe) proposed to stump the State of Kentucky against hint next year, and he did not believe he could be re-elected again. He saw no necessity of following the example of the negro preacher who said, "11 the Lord directed him to jump through a stone wall, he was bound to jump at it at an • rate." Mr. .COWAN, of Pennsylvania, offered a resolu tion tendering the thanks of the Senate to the President for the ability and impartiality with which he had presided over its deliberations, Adopted. Mr. TRUAIBULL 'said the Senator from Wiscon sin had made a very winning appeal to lay a great public measure aside for the purpose of considering a private bill, and he might have yielded to hie per suasions but for some of those about:him, more hardhearted than he, who told him not to yield. Mr. BOWL said he was willing to admit that the Senator from Illinois was ruined by his asso ciates. Mr. BAYARD, of Delaware, at some length re plied to the charge of being a conspirator, and said the bill itself was a conspiracy. Mr. DOOLITTLE, of Wisconsin, said he would like to have the last feei - moments of this session spent in something beside crimination and ?earl mination. He -would look over the past and. re gard the many Important acts of this now expiring Congress at the vast preparation we have made for carryieg on the tear, and the financial measures adopted. At this moment, while we are engaged in a gigantic war, our ships are going across the ocean laden with food for starving thousands. All these facts, and the recent news flashed over the wires, show that we are to crush out this rebellion ; and that this nation is to stand before the world greater and more powerful, and beyond what it has entered into the mind of man to conceive. It was with sen timents like these that he would have this Congress expire, arid show the unalterable purpose of the American people to crush out this wicked re hellion.. Let us show to the world, to traitors at home, and to the men who talk of inter vention, that we have just begun to &tit, and that we will fight it through. We bouit Loui siana and Florida lo have possession of that open ing to the ocean, and he would say, in the name of the great Northwest, that before they would allow an independent empire at the mouth of the Mississippi, they would reduce Louisiana to what it was before we bought it, a territory of swamps and crocodiles. Let us say to the nations' that suggest to us the possibility of an Independent empite at the Southwest, that such talk is to talk war to the people of the United States. Let us tell them that we are determined to carry this war through, though it should result in the upheaval of the whole world. We will µever surrender. It was his religious belief that this republic is that politi cal power foretold by the prophets, and for which all good men of all ages have looked and prayed for, and to whose success and duration Heaven with all its omnipotence was pledged. A communication was received from the House,that they had appointed a committee to wait on the President, and inform him that the House was ready to adjourn, if he had no further communica tion to make. Mr. TRUMBULL offered a resolution, which was adopted, to inform the President that the Senate had finished its legislative business, and was ready to adjourn. In a few momenta the committee appointed by the Senate reported that they had waited on the Preai dent, and he had no further communication to make. Adjournment. The PRESIDENT (Mr. Foot)—The hour of twelve having arrived, which, by constitutional 'limitation, terminates the present Congress, the Chair, express ing his grateful recognition of the confidence and good will of his associates in the body, declares this Senate of the United States adjourned without day. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The House reassembled at 10 o'clock to-day. There being, a slim attendance, a call of the Howe was ordered. Nevada and Colorado. . Mr. WASHBURNE, of Illinois, moved a suspen sion of the rules, in order to consider the bill for the admission of • Nevada and Colorado as States into the Union. The question war decided in the nega -tive—yens 66, nays 47, not a two-third vote, The report of the committee of conference on the' miscellaneous appropriation bill was adopted. Minority Contract Report. ' WASIIBURNE addressed the House in favor of the motion to reconsider the vote by which the minority report from the Committee on Contracts, made by Mr. Van Wyck, was ordered to oe printed. The contents of that report never came to the know ledge of the committee till a late hour last night. The slanders contained Therein should not go to the country unchallenged and unrebuked. The majo rity of the committee were assailed by this report. Mr. JOHNSON, of Pennsylvania, wished to know why the report was not made till 12 o'clock last night. Mr. WASHBURNE replied that the evidence was not completed till Monday. The chairman of the committee (Mr. Van Wyck) was never with it for two hours. Hence, as that gentleman knewnothing of the testimony, and had never written one line of the report, the majority determined that he should notpresent it to the House, who deputed him (Mr.' Washburne) todo so. The majority had deposed the gentleman as chairman. He had gone to New York, and, viithout the authority of the committee, un dertaken, in a disgraceful manner, to examine into alleged frauds in that city. It had been charged that the gentleman had had a personal difficulty with the collector of that port, and hard words were used be tween them, but he did not know what truth there was in the report. Mr. WASHBURNE yielded the floor to Mr. Dawes. Nr. YAW WICK desired to reply to Mr. Wash burin. Mr. JOHNSON said Mr. Van Wyek ought to be heard. hlr. DAWES understood that Mr. 'Van Wyck had reflected on the course of the committee, but he bad not seen the minority report. If this was the ease. he was ignorant of any reason for such censure. He yielded the floor to Mr. VAN WYCK, who said that what had fallen from the lips of the gentleman who had just ad dresied the Mouse should satisfy members of the propriety of printing his report. Why should the majority seek to suppress itt The House having ordered an investigation into the affairs of the New York Custom House, he undertook the task of malting it, the committee being willing that he should do so, and thus relievethem from the trouble. He remained in New York two weeks, and the members of the committee knew where he was, and what he was doing. Mr. IVASHBURNE. Will the gentleman give way? Mr. 'VAN WYOK. No sir. . Mr. WASHBURNE, ( In a low tone.) The com mittee never gave you such authority. Mr. VAN WYCK, resuming, said that in his re port he made no reflection upon the majority of the committee. If they thought he had, they could hold him to the responsibility and call upon him in any way they chose, He repeated that for two weeks he took testimony in New York about the-trans actions at the custom house, and the examination was suspended by the reception of a telegram from Mr. Wasliburnc to await further orders, which never came. The majority now undertake to sal ,- press the testimony he gathered while, they seek to give publicity to their own report. After further remarks, in vindication of his course, he moved to lay the pending motion to reconsider on the table, which was decided In the affirmative. At 11% o'clock, Mr. IVASHBURNE, rising to a privileged question; charged that the majority report had been abstracted from the files by n member of this House, and asked for a committee of investi gation. Mr. PHELPS, of Oalifornin, suggested that the committee have leave to report before 12 o'clock. The Investigation was ordered. Mr. FENTON, of New York, explained that there were fifteen hundred pages of manuscript to be examined, which bad occupied every moment of hie time for days past: The testimony concerning the chartering of the George Washington was not com.' pleted till yesterday, and then,had to be analyzed. Hence It was nine o'clock last night before the re port was completed. In a conversation with his col league (Mr. Van Wyck) he could not learn whether he intended to submit his views or not in the form of a report. The majority of the committee certain ly did not know such was his intention. After the minority report was made, he (Iklr. Fen ton) went into the Clerk's office to see it, but it had mysteriously disappeared. The Statue of Liberty. Mr. Itft:ENIG HT, of Pennsylvania, ineffectually sought to have the rules suspended in order that he might submit a resolution directing the arohiteot of the Capitol to have removed, under the superin tendence of the artist, the nondescript ornament from the head of the htonse statue of Liberty, before it is elevated to the apex of the dome. .R.cceptiou of Messages. Messages NYVTC, from time to time, received from the Senate, and also from the - President, the latter through his private secretary, informing the House of his having approved certain bins. On motion of Mr. STEVENS, of Penneylvanta, a committee was appointed to watt on the President, in conjunction with a similar one .an the part of the Senate, to inform him that, if he had no further communication to make, Congress was ready to ad journ. Mr. MARSTON, of New York, moved a euspen. elon of the rules, in order to consider a private bill. At 11,1 f o'clock Mr. JOHNSON moved to adjourn. Negatived. Mr. ALLEN, of Ohio, demanded the yeaa and nays on Mr. Marston's motion. Mr. MARSTON withdrew his motion. Pacific liftilroaii Mr. SARGENT, of California, reported a bill amendatory of the Pacific Railroad;. bill. Laid on the table. The Case of Major General Schenck. Mr. MAY, of Maryland, submitted the following, saying he had tried every day, Corthree weeks, to otter it. Whereas, It is. represented • that Major General Schenck, commanding the forces of the United States stationed in Baltimore, Masyland, has or dered, as a condition to .be annexed to the worship of the Almighty God by certain religious sects or congregations of the Metliodlst Church of that city, that the nag of the United Staten shall be conspi cuously displayed at the time and place of such wor ship ; and whereas the said order is a plain viola tion of the inalienable right to worship God accord ing to the dictates of every one's conscience, as is asserted by the acid congregation and also by our declarations of fundamental rights and as secured by our State and Federal Constitutions ; and where- as a minister of the said congregation, the Rev. John H. Dashiel, having, on Sunday, the 16th ult., removed the said flag from his own premises, which was also the place of worship of one of the said con gregations where the said flag had been placed sur dorettin Ilm isl some evil-minded person, and for so g was arresteds by order of said General Schenck and held as prisoner— Be it rcsotued, That the Judiciary Committee be, and are hereby, instructed to inquire into the allega tions aforesaid, and ascertain by what authority the said General Schenck exercises a power to regulate or interfere with the privileges of Divine worship. and also to arrest and detain as a prisoner the said minister of the Gospel as aforesaid ; and further, that the said coidmittee be instructed to report upon the same at an early day. While the House was engaged on this subject, the hour of 12 o'clock M. arrived. " Mr. STEVENS:, from the committee appointed to wait on the President reported that they had per formed that duty, and he had requested them to say that be had no further communication to make. The Speaker's Farewell Address. The SPEAKER, amid the utmost quiet and mark ed respectful attention, spoke as follows : Before performing the duty enjoined by the Con stitution, permit me to tender my grateful acknow ledgments for the uniform kindness and co-opera tion received- at your hands. In discharging the duties to which you assigned me, if aught has oc curred in word or deed to wound the feelings of any, attribute it to errors of the head rather than inten tions of the heart, and let' it be forgotten in the as surance that I shall recall our past intercourse only. with pride and pleasure. We met as Legislators of the Republic on the threshold of its most important era. its sunshine of almost half a century was for the first time darkened with clouds. Grim-visaged war stalked through the land, which it has since drenched in blood. While grappling in a death struggle with this hydra•headed monster of civil discord, you have, by your labors, contributed not a little to the advancement of the industrial in terests, and promotion of the greatness and glory of the country. Few Congresses, if any, will hold a prouder position in its future. Though we separate with darkness lowering over the horizon, behind the clouds la the sun still shining. It seems to be a part of the plans of Divine Providence that every marked advance in civilization must begin amid the carnage of the battle-field. Over the Marathons and through the Therm opylres of the world's history, liberty has carved out her 'victories, and the race has marched on to higher and nobler destinies. As the lightnings of heaven descend and destroy only to pu rify and reinvigorate, so freedom's cannon furrows the fields of decaying empires and seeds them anew with human gore from which springs a more vigo rous race to guard the hopes and cherish the rights of mankind. The boom - of cannon on the plains of Lexington shook a continent, and bore an obscure militia colonel from the shades of Mount Vernon to the highest pinnacle of earthly glory to stand forever on that proud pedestal, peerless among men, while It called Starke from his granite hills, Putnam from his plough, and Greene from his black smith's forge to immortal fame. The iron hail, heating on the water of Sumpter,. again shakes a continent, and the Genius of History ie recording the names of- those born not to die. The country's martyrs in this hour of its trial will live forever. Their tombs will be the hearts of the great and good of all time—their monuments the granite bills of a nation rejoicing in freedom. Who ther the night of our adversity is to belong or short, there can be no doubt of the final dawn of a glorious day ; for such is the physical geography of the con tinent, that between the gulf and - the lakes there can be but one nationality. No matter what changes may be wrought in its social organization, its ter ritorial limits will continue the same. The tradi tions of the past and the hopes of the future have crystalized in the American heart the fixed re solve of "one Union, one country, and one destiny," from ocean to ocean. No human power can change that destiny any more than it can stay the tide of the Fat her of Waters, asit rolls from the mountains to the sea. " Freedom ' s battle once begun— Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son, Though battled oft is ever won. " Better one war, though it costs countless lives and untold treasure, than a dismembered Union with its endless border conflicts and final anarchy and ruin. If the people between the Gulf and the Lakes cannot live together in peace as one nation, they certainly cannot as two. This war then must, in the nature of things, be prosecuted till the last armed rebel Is subdued and the flag of our fathers is re spected on every foot of American soil. Gentlemen, invoking on you and our common country the blessings of Divine Providence, and wishing you each and all a long and happy life, not in the unmeaning compliment of the day, but in sincerity and truth, I declare the House of Repre sentatives of the Thirty-seventh Congress adjourned sine die. The address was warmly applauded both on the floor and in the galleries. The members for a long time lingered in the hall, bidding one another and their friends farewell. EXTRA SESSION OF THE SENATE. The Senate was called to order by Col. Jona W. FORNEY, the secretary, who proceeded to read the proclamation of the President convening the Senate. On motion of Mr. FESSENDEN, of Maine, a reso lution was adopted to administer the oath of office to Mr. Foote, and to declare him president of the Senate, pro tem The oath was administered by Mr. Foster, of Con necticut. The PRESIDENT pro tern, then administered the oath of office to the following Senators elect: Messrs. .Lemuel Bowden, of Western Virginia; Charles R. Buckalew, of Pennsylvania; Zach. Chandler, of Michigan; James Dixon, of Connecti cut; James R. Doolittle, of Wisconsin; Reverdy Johnson ' of Maryland; Edwin 1). Morgan, of New York; Lott M. Morrill, of Maine; Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts; and Benj. F. Wade, of Ohio. Mr. TEN EYCK, of New Jersey, presented the cwientiels of W. Wright, of New Jersey, who ap peared and was sworn in. On motion of Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, a committee was appointed to wait upon the Presi dent, And inform him of the convening of the Senate. Messrs. Viilsog. Howe, and Nesmith, were de signated as such committee, and proceeded to per. form that duty, and reported to the Senate. Mr. TroiDII3ILL, of Illinois, called attention to the law requiring new Senators to take the oath of allegiance. On motion of Mr. FOSTER, it was voted that the daily session of the Senate should commence at 12 o'clock A. M. The Senate then adjourned. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. HARRISBURG, March 4, PRZI. SENATE The Senate met at 11 o'clock, and was called to order by the Speaker. 121111=1 Mr. CONNELL, the petition of 145 citizens of Frankfort] in favor of the use of steam power on the Frankfort] Railway. Mr. STEIN, six petitions in favor of the exten sion of the charter of the.k . armers' Bank of Easton. Also, two from Lehigh county for the passage of a law prohibiting the emigration of negroes and mulattoes into the State. Mr. REILLY, a remonstrance from Schuylkill county against, empowering corporations to hold large bodies of land for mining purposes. Mr. MOTT, one' from Pike county in favor of a National Convention. Mr. GLATZ, one from 349 citizens of York coun ty for a law excluding ncgroes and multittoes. Bine Introduced. Mr. KINSEY, a bill incorporating the Durham Bridge Company, to construct a bridge across the Delaware at Durham Furnace. Mr. CONNELL, a supplement to the Philadel phia Lying-in Charity for attending indigent fe males. Considered and passed finally. Mr. WALLACE, a bill to incorporate the Key stone Canal and Transportation Company. Mr. PENNEY, a bill relating to the payment of stamp duties, requiring stamp (India to be tamed with costs in judicial proceedings. Bills Considered The bill providing for the distribution of State documents among the different States of the Union passed finally. Mr. COINMELL called up the bill to extend for two years the time forthe payment of the enrollment tax on the bill to incorporate the Philadelphia and New Jersey Ferry Company, which passed finally. Adjourned. HOUSE The House was called to order. at 10K A. M., by Speaker CESSNA. Negroes and Binlattoes. - The Judiciary Committee, through Mr. 'KANE, Chairman, reported a bill to prevent the emigration of negroea and mulattoes into the State. It prevents any such persons from coming into Pennsylvania, either temporarily or permanently, under penalty of indictment, end fine not exceeding $lOO, with im prisonment not exceeding one year. The second section is as follows : That if any petson or persons shall brine, or cause to be brought into this State, any negro or mulatto stave,whether said slave is set free or not, shall be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convio tion thereof, shall be fined for every such negro or mulatto, in any sum not exceeding 000, and shall undergo imprisonment for a period not exceeding One year, or both in the discretion of the court. The third section makes it the duty of sheriftii, constables, and policeotflcers to arrest such negrocri and mulattoes. The fourth section provides that nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to teamsters or ser vants temporarily within this State. American Meehanics, • On motion of ItIr.IIOPKINS, of Philadelphia, the House proceeded to the conaideration of an act re- Wire to the American Mechanics' Hall; which was passed ttnaliy. Councilmen mill Legislators. Mr. BARGER called up an act relating to coun cilmen and legislators; which was passed, as fol lows: Sum 1. Be it enacted, 4.c., That it shall not be law ful for any member of either branch of the Legisla ture to hold or exercise the office of councilman in the said city, after the first of January next. Sac. 2. Dlo member of Councils of said city shall be eligible to any office, employment, or agency, di rectly or indirectly chosen by Councils, or either branch of them, during the term for which he shall have been elected to Councils. SEo. 3. Whenever, by the requirements of any law, a particular residence is a necessary qualifica tion for the election or appointment of any officer, a removal from such residence shall operate as a lot felture of the office. An act authorizing the holders of bonds of the county of Allegheny to compromise with said county was considered'and passed. Tonnage Tax. • The special order of the day was the consideration of a bill repealing the act by which the tonnage tax was commuted in 1861. The question was on an amendment which had been offered by Ur.. NOYES, of Clinton county, as follows: Si evioN 1. Reit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pcsmsyluania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by Gm authority of the same, That all railroad companies, canal companies, steamboat, or other navigation companies, shall pay to the Treasurer for the use of the Commonwealth a tax upon all tonnage oarried upon or over their respective lines of transparratioa, to be graduated as follows, to wit: Pint. Upon the products of mines for each:ton...of two thousand pounds, two cents. second. Upon the product of the forest, on animal: • s vegetable food, and all other agricultural products, three cents. Third. Upon merchandise, manufactures, and all other articles, five cents. Sec. 2. In all cases where the same freight is transported over different but continuous lines of transportation, then the tax hereby imposed shall be paid y the several corporations carrying the same, each in proportion to the distance trans,ported, as may be adjusted among themselves, the State Tree surer being, and be is hereby, authorized to collect the whole of said tax from either of the companies carrying the freight as he may elect : Provided, That the carriage of all freight shipped through and over one or several lines of transportation shall be chargeable with but one tax as aforesaid. Stm. S. Corporations, whose lines of improvement are used by others for the transportation of freight, are hereby authorized to add the tax hereby im posed to their charges, and to collect the same there with. SSP. 4. That all revenues derived from tonnage duties shall be, nud it is hereby, appropriated to the oinking fund for the reduction of the State debt, and shall not be used or appropriated for any other pur pose whatsoever. Mr. SMITH, of Cheater, moved to amend the amendment by striking out the fourth section and inserting the following: "That the tonnage duties to - which the aforesaid companies, or either of them, are mode liable by this act shall be and are hereby appropriated to the sink ing fund provided by the 4th section of the ilth ar ticle of the Constitution of the State r and shall not be used or appropriated for any otherpurpose what ever.” Mr. SMITH, of Chester, urged his amendment at length, and entered upon a full review of the cir cumstances attending the imposition and repeal of the tonnage tax, contending that the commutation act was one in the nature of a contract which could not now be affected by the Le.gislature, which was one of the parties to this contract. The Supreme Court was alone competent to decide. Mr. HOWLAND, of Pike, contended for the pas sage of the original bill. Mr. PERSHING said that the commutation either was or was not a contract; if it wee nor, then the State had a right to collect all back tonnage taxes, and it certainly had no each. power. The original tax of five mills had been imposed to proteet the line of the public improvements from loss. These lean of injury to the works of the Commonwealth were soon proved to be unfounded. After the purchase of the State works by the Pennsylvania Railroad; the company took the ground4hat the tax was unconstitutional. The bill was diecualred up to the hour of adjourn ment. Green and Coater,street Railway. An act relative to the Green and Coates-street Railway Company, now in the Lands of the Railway Committee, is as follows : Be it ended, dc., That the supplement approved March 21,1662, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. The supplement referred to prevents the cars of any other railroad company from running on the track of the Green and Coates, and allows them to use Landing avenue, and to run over other roads. Adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION. The consideration of the tonnage tax bill was re• sumed. 31r. PERSHING- continued his remarks,-urging that it would be unconstitutional to attempt to re peal the commutation act. It was alleged that the charter of the old United States Bank was obtained by fraud, but the remedy was not by the repeal of the charter at the ensuing session, but with the peo ple who swept the party out of existence who had chartered the bank. It would be unjust and unfair to tax any one corporation more than another. Mr. KA_INE admitted that even if the commuta tion act was obtained by fraud, it was nevertheless a law ; but it was the right of the people, if it had been thus procured, and If it infringed on their in terests, to have it repealed by the succeeding Le gislature: There was a reason why an effort was not made in 1837 to repeal the charter of the old United States Bank, and that was that it was well known that on the tenth of May of that year a con- . vention would assemble in Harrisburg and revise. the Constitution, so as to authorize the .Legielattire to repeal, revise, or destroy any charter ever granted. This amendment was inserted in the Con: stitution, and the Legislature has actually the power, it'll chooses, to repeal the original charter of the Pennsylvania Railroad and all its supplements, and to fix the amount of damage thus sustained by the corporation. Mr. SMITH, of Cheater, wished to be understood as admitting that the Legislature has power to re peal any . act except one involving a Legislative grant or a contract, but it was a monstrous doctrine to assert that the Legislature could repeal and de stroy charters simply by its own will. He held that it was first necessary for some calm tribunals, such as courts to pass judgment, whether or not such chartershad been Injurious to the people. Mr. HOPKINS, of Washington, urged the fol lowing reasons for the restoration of the tonnage tax r First. Because it was voluntarily assumed. He illustrated this, and said thatthe construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad had ruined the State canal. Second. The tax should be restored, because otherwise there will be a deficiency to be made up by taxation on real and personal property. Third. It should be restored, because its repeal was obtained by direct bribery. Suppose the banks were to come into the Legisla ture for a commutation act, and ask the State to give them, as she did the Pennsylvania railroad, about seven hundred thousand dollars, which should properly have gone into the Treasury, what would be said of any Legislature that would pass such an. act 1 He has reason to believe that the company was even now negotiating with members on this floor, for the construction of a railroad through their dis tricts, if the tonnage tax should not be restored. In this manner several members had been influenced in 1861. They did not return to the Legislature, and this Might be the fate of others. Mr. BENEDICT said that any man who attempt ed to force members to vote in a certain way, under threats that they would not be' again elected to the Legislature, was as base as any man who received bribery money in 1861. Mr. HOPKINS, of Washington, said, any man who alleges upon, this floor that my suggestion is base, is a liar and 'a scoundrel. - • . Mr. BENEDICT said he hoped his aged friend would not die with " railroad-on.the-britin I" Mr. TIOPKIINS said he would rather die of that than nigger-on -the-brain 1" Mr. GLENN, of Washington, said that he should vote against the amendments and for the immediate restoration of the tax. The Constitution made the Legislature alone thejudge of whetter it was ad visable to repeal any charter. Mr. JOHNSON reiterated the argument that nei ther a legislative grant nor contract could be re• pealed, although an ordinary act of Assembly might. IS, an amendment taxing all railroads was passed, it would relieve real estate of a tax amounting to five hundred thousand dollars, and there would be no law-suit with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which, would naturally follow the passage of the original bill. Adjourned. Officers on Duty at the War Department. From a semi-official return just made, I learn that the following officers of the regular army are now on duty at the War Department: Lorenzo 'Thomas, brigadier general—Adjutant General of the army. Edward B. S. Canby, brigadier general—Acting Assistant Secretary , of War. W. S. Ketchum, brigadier general—Assistant In spector General. Edward D. Townsend, colonel—Assistant Adju tant General and executive °nicer, Adjutant Gene ral's Department. .. W. A. Nichols, lieutenant colonel—Assistant Ad jutant General. In charge of the Bureau for col lecting, drilling, and organizing volunteers, and pay of bounty, under the act approved July n.,1861. James B. Fry, major and A. D. C., with rank of colonel—Assistant Adjutant General. Attends to the issue of commissions, acceptation of resigna tions (regular army), &o. Robert Williams, major Assiatant Adjutant General. In charge of the regular recruiting ser vice, and special order business. Chauncey McKeever, major — Assistant Adjutant General. On duty with the Secretary of War. George D. Ruggles, major and A. D. 0. with rank of colonel—Assistant Adjutant General . ' On duty with the Secretary of War. Thomas Pa. Vincent, major—Assistant Adjutant General. In charge of matters pertaining to the volunteer service. Samuel Breck, major—Assistant Adjutant Gene ral. In charge of the muster rolls, volunteer Ber vice. Board of Revenue Commissioners. ILLommourco, March 4, 1863 The Board met at 10 o'clock A. N. MR. PARR'S SUCCESSOR. Mr. Pomeroy presented the credentials of Mr. McKean, of Crawford, who takes the place of Myron Park, Ego., decertied, a former member of the Board. Mr. McKean was sworn in, and took his seat ac cordingly. - REPORTING PROCEEDINGS 11Ir. Steele, from the Committee on Printing, sub mitted a proposition from George Bergner, with re ference to reporting the proceedings of the Revenue Board. Considerable discussion followed. The committee were finally instructed to report to this Board to-morrow what the proceedings could be furnished for in the Legislative Record. AGGREGATE TALITATION Mr. Calvin submitted tho following resolution: Resolved, That in the opinion of this Board the ag gregate valuation of property made taxable by law for State purposes, by the Revenue Board 0f1859 should not be exceeded, and that this Board should adopt that valuation as a maximum beyond which the ne cessities of the Commonwealth do not require an increase; that this Board, under its powers conferred by law to equalize, may reduce,as well as raise, the leapective valuations returned by the several coun ties of the State. The resolution was read twice, and after a free discussion, pro and con, further action on the sub ject was postponed for the present. Mr. Relater moved that the Board commence to-morrow morning to tlx the valuations. Ar. Nice offered an amendment making It Friday instead. (lat Tied. , Mr. liagenman moved that the committee to whom was referred the report of commissioners to revise the Revenue Code, present it to this Board to-morrow morning, and that the resolution of. Mr. Calvin betaken up at the same time. Agreed to: • Mr. K.ase ofibred the following resolution, which was agreed to: "Resoired, That the committee. on final report be requested to furnish said report, printed, by 10 o'clock on. Wednesday next, to the Board." ASSESS:SMITS ON REAL ESTATE Mr. Brown asked for information with regard to assessments on real estate throughout the Common wealth. His observations had been when travelling through certain sections of it, that fends which were held by their owners at one hundred dollars per acre were generally put down by the assessors at about fifty or sixty dollars per acre. He thought that, as a general thing, assessors ought to be more vigilant for the interests of the Commonwealth. He viewed the matter as one of importance, and as such, left it with those whose duty it was to tho roughy review the subject. Adjourned. Democratic Demonstrations. TRENTO North 4.—A large mass meeting of N, Democrats from the different parts of the State was held this afternoon and evening.. Thirty-four guns were tired to celebrate the termination of the present Congress. Speeches were made by Judge Naar, 0. C. Burr, Daniel Holmium, denouncing the alleged usurpations of the Executive and the conscription bill. The meeting then toot a recess till 7,i‘ o'clock P. M. The meeting reassembled Ia the evening, when the crowd wns immense. Resolutions were adopted strongly denouncing the usurpations of the Executive and Congress, and taking strong State-rights ground, and cauingjupon the people of the State to show their firmness and . courage in this emergency. The conscription bill is denounced as an aggression upon State sovereignty. Hon. Charles Skelton, lion. James Brooks, of New 'York, anti lion. A. J. Rogers, of New Jersey, ad dressed the meeting. NonnisTowx, Pa., March 4.—The Democratic Club of this place tired one hundred guns to-day, expres sive of their joy that the late Congress has adjourned sine die. Arrival of the Steamer New York. Nam Yonx, March 4.—The steamer New York .arrived at this port to-night, from Liverpool on the 16th, via Southampton on the 19th. The steamer Arabia arrived at Liverpool on the 16th. The news by the steamer New York is mainly covered by the advices per the steamer liibernian. Conspirators Punished. Crworrorherr, Alarch 4.—The four liforgan count* (Indiana) conspirators, who were tried fhr firing on our cavalry when arresting desortera, have been fined tire hundred dollars each. LATIOY POSITIVE SALE. OF Duv GOODS, &o. The early particular attention of purchasers is requested to the large and geaeral assortment of Brittah, French, German, and American dry goods, twine s laps, embraelsg 1,100 packages and lots of desi rable staple and fishes , articles in linens, cottons, worsteds, woolens, and silks, to be peremptorily sold, by catalogue, on four niontlfs , credit, (with b stock of goods fox cash,) commencing this morning at 10 o'clock, to be continued, without intermission, all day, and part of the evening, by John B. Myers sr, Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street s • 1 NEW YORK CITY. [Correspondence of The Press. 3 pr Ew yang', Drarch 4,1867, THE CONFUSION OF NEWS from the West presented by the papers this s 2( ing, occasions great curiosity hi' all circles to what the telegraph will bring forth ; whether it be an Official report of the el:solo:Aloft of Vicksl by the rebels, or a dishearientkr.retwtation of Memphis Bulletin's stirring rumor: Up to the of writing, nothing at all, either pro.or con,. hub! received by the press, and we shall look for the • few days' revelations with fear and Inembliag. the news stands at present, in the very next cr to that giving the reported evacuation, Lathe • is the official statement from Washingtm, thti Government has heard nothing new from :he Gibraltar. If Vicksburg be really evacustal l rebels cannot long hold Port Hudson, for one pt may be said to command the Rank approaches the other ; and for this reason, all the military I have seen refuse to believe the Memphis ne This war, however, is a war of anomali es, m and reasoning about it from precedents must prove wildest of speculations. A REBEL LECTURE of the aeries now being audaciously ventured the encouragement of the dinloyal in this city, • delivered lad evening before the Young Men's rnocratic Association, by the Hon. John McKE When McKeon had finished, the Hon. James Broi undertook to show how the last three bills of C greas would make Mr. Lincoln the " very incar tion of despotism,” and was uproariously apply ed, of course. As Brooks is a member elect of tl coming Congress whose leaders do not hesitate avow that its first act will be the impeachment the President, his style of oratory is not ash' . . ing. It le astonishing, though, that the Adm tration so tamely permits these rampant traitors hold a series of meetings for the especial purposr poisoning the minds of the mob, when the re trilling evil effect of such mistaken forbermu Will be a revolution in this city and State at first eftbrt to enforce the new conscription I What are General Wool and afarshni ret about 1 FROM ROOKER'S ARMY we have bad considerable news in important prim letters this week, and they all speak sanguinely what will be done in Virginia as soon ire th.e weal and roads are propitious. The troops are repo to be in splendid condition, and nearly all paid and Hooker has a much larger army than the real withdrawals of two army corps to another local would lead the public to suppose. The men unanimous in their determination that there chi he no dishonorable peace; but they wish to tini the war as soon as possible, and are bitterly exe rated against the copperheads at home whose 1 sortable practice is prolonging it. GENERAL MoDOWELL, accompanied by his lady and his stall; is at the Ast House. STUYVES.ANT. Public Aniusements. Tim ARCH-STRAW:I' THP.A.TRB.—Dtr:John Wi. Booth Is playing what We believe is his drat an' gagement in Philadelphia. He is a young man promise, and belongs to a great family. His fatl is remembered as one of the most renowned of modem actors; his brother stands high in his Pension. Mr. Booth, therefore, comes among ua w; many claims upon our affection and esteem. have not seen enough of him to give a- Ala opinion, but we have seen enough to justify us saying that he is a good actor, and may become great one. His figure is slender, but compact al well made. He has a small, finely-formed he with cold, classic features, a bright eye, and a ' capable of great expression. He very much ambles his brother Edwin in tone and action. Edwin, he occasionally minces his words, and quaint pronunciation. Indeed, the resemblance very marked. Without having Edwin's culture grace, and without that glittering eye that gives much life to his Ingo and Pescara, Mr. Booth has more action, more life, and, we are inclined to Mir. more natural genius. He does not play Richard II as well as Edwin, but he playa some parts of it in manner that we do not think Edwin can ever equr Ms last act, and particularly his dying scene, it piece of acting that few actors can rival, and is above the capacity of Edwin Booth. It is, of cow a different style from that in which we are act. tomed to see the elder brother, who is great in quit scenes, but it was wonderfully done, and stioWs ti pOssession of a genius that is now rough and ruggt but may become great by constant cultivation. And having said this much:of John Wilkes Boot! our commendation must cease. We think he has wrong conception of the character of the Duke , Gloster. He makes him a slinking, malignant cri ple, so deformed as to be almost unpleasant to U eye; one Who loved murder for murder's sake alms Shakepeare has done enough to make us hate, at some think unjustly hate, "Richard III.," and seems cruel to the memory of one, who with all vices had many noble qualities, to add intensity I the black colors of the dramatist, and the black. daubs of Mr. Colley (libber. We know it is tl custom of actors to make Richard do nothing bt murder while he smiles, but Mr. Booth even disdai: to smile. His look, from the:beginning to the end, almost demoniac, and it was our constant wondi that he succeeded in making love to Lady Anne, i deceiving the mayor and Buckingham, and makit all men his victims or his tools. The Richt,' of Mr. Booth is, in these respects, an impc sible personage. He dabbles in blood ; sprinkl it on the stage after the murder of ' lienn wipes his sword on his mantle (a very vulgar at disgusting thing for a nobleman to do), and rew in it from the beginning to the end. This all cc bins to make a Very original and effective conci .ion, but so much truth and poetry is sacrificed the we advise Mr. Booth to abandon It. Re can be great Richard, but he - must return to his studies at endeavor to give the part a new life. Let him gi us Richard as lie was—Richard as Mr. Bulwer" him in "The Laat of the Barons"—a proud, gift haughty prince; a soldier, a courtier, a scholar am wit ; abandoning, if possible, the crude abaurditi, foisted upon the acting edition, and doing him ai the justice that the poetry of Shakapeare'a parties pen will permit. Mr. Booth will do a good thing k himself and his profession. We make these suggestions to Mr. Booth in ti beet of feeling. We welcome him to our stage as rising man and as the possessor of a name whit we cannot regard without interest. He has our be. wishes for his success. It is, perhaps, unfortunat that he has become so soon a star ; but it shows ar bitten if not judgment, and he will find the butte ai tumbles of the young tragedian's life a fine field fr . experience and instruction. He will appear night in "The Apostate." THE NEIr CELESTEET-STREET TREAT/lE.—Mr. Foi rest appears to-night in his great part of Febro, in "The Broker of Bogota." Its success was so un precedented at the lad representation that Mr. For. teat has consented to appear again. He will be our tained by Mr. I ,Vheatley's fine company, \T Wheatley himself appearing as Caberero, and - McCullough as Ramon. Seats should be se( early for this performance. TIM WALNUT-STREET TECRATRE.-Mr. Eddy still playing in melodramas. SIGNOR BraTz.—This superior ventriloquist ai magician will give one of his best performances th evening, at the Spring Garden Institute, for tl. benefit of the Fifteenth-ward Girls' Grammar School 'We bespeak for him a large audience, which not only his merits deserve, but the cause in which he has so much interested himself. O.IfAX AND TILE•BEISELLION.—This. wit the subject, of. a lecture delivered last evening, at the Spring Garden Institute, by litre. Jane G. S helm.. The speaker was strong in the maintenance of woman's rights, which she defined to be the right to take part with . man in the conduct of the affairs of the nation. According to the Creator of all things, man was not meantto rule without the aid and counsel of woman. The lecturer main tained that man by himself was no more capa ble of bringing about any great end than half a pair of scissors were to cut a garment. Man is by himself but a half and woman the other half. Woman could take part in man's duties without interfering in the least with her own domestic cares. Isabella of Spain was eloquently alluded to. This great woman, said the speaker, not only wielded the sword and attended to the af fairs of the nation, but was also known as a dutiful wife, a kind and loving mother, and a gentle nurse. Iler management of military affairs, she thought, was not equalled by any of the generals who are en gaged in our unhappy strife. How unlike that ge neral was she, who, on taking command, issue . his addrees to the soldiers, saying no me. retreats no more disaster; you stick by n. andi will stick by you! But the most unfortunate part of all this was that our army had been " stick ing,' ever since. Our men have stuck in the mull so long that they have become .seedy and taken root. Our army is composed of the finest and most mus cular men, but they have been suffered to become unwieldy, which the speaker maintained would 'not have been the result had woman been allowed a voide 'in 'the control of public matters. Slavery, the cause of all our troubles, was denounced in the strongest terms. The speaker pictured many heart-rending and brutal scenes which she had witnessed in the Southern States, of mothers, fathers, and children being separated, and of others being whipped to death for trivial of fences. She was for making a bold dash at the cause Of all' our troubles, and was opposed to digging trenches. She preferred to conic out on open ground, and with the cry "no more whipping to death," "no mere bondage," to rush boldly on and conquer. The reason why the South has so long been able to withstand the North, is simply because, said the lecturer, that some regard is paid to the opinion of woman. She, like the Southern man, has the power to maintain slavery the cause of this strife. She can sell in - bondage or whip to death her slaves. But ..iot so in the North, where woman was obliged to remain quiet. The speaker would like to know how it was that the very men who were the most opposed to women acting in public affairs were the ones to contribute most liberally out of their own purses for the pur pose of sending her to foreign climes to act as mis sionaries. She maintained that, if they were capable of enlightening the barbarous, they wer equally able to act in times like these. As a prof that woman was equal to this task, the Seriph and ancient history . were extensively quoted. right of trial by jury was first introduced England by woman. At the present day, e— wes England more ably governed] Yet Victoria is acknowledged by all to be one who not only governs with a stern hand the of of the nation, but one whose domestic affairs are also well regulated and attended to. The lecture was listened to all through. arithmetic ed attention. Kra. Swbuthelln is a calm and fluent speaker, with RU easy and flexible voice, and a man• ner, graceful, womanly, and impressive. Tier mis sion is important, and her influence wide-spread, and we bid her success. - - At the close of her lecture, her friends insisted upon a second, to which ahe connate:l 4 which will be delivered on to-morrow evening at the came Her subject will be: The Indian. Imams in Min nesota ,• the poor Indian, and what Must be done with him," &c. COMiT MAIITTAL AT TITE NAVT John Outten, a seaman, has been undergoing a court• martial trial, at the navy yard, during the last three days. He was charged with twice deserting and as. 'exulting an officer. His trial was ordered by the Secretary of the Nary. Cullen was found guilty and sentenced to two years in the kJ' tstern Penitentiary. Ile was taken there yesterday by Deputy Marshal Jenkins. This is the first case of the kiwi that has been tried in this city. AITTITOIS NOTICE—SALE OF BOOTS AND SIIOES.— The attention of buyers is called to the large and at tractive sale of 1,000 cases boots, shoes, brogan' &c., to be sold this morning by cataiogv by Philip Ford & Co., auctioneers, at theft stor No. ERE. Market and 5.t. 4 Commerce streets, comas JOIN at 10 o'clock precisely.]
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