THE PRESS, ... FUBLIBHKD DAILY (SUNDAYS EXOBFTKD, I BY JOHN W. FORNEY. ORION. No- XU SOUTH FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY PRESS, JEiaSTBM Cbhtb Pbb Week, payable to the Carrier, (flailed to Subscribers out of the City at Eight Dollars JPhrAhhoh, FourDollarb for Six Months, TwoDol &AB8 FOR Teres Mohths—in vai lably in advance for the lime ordered. 49- Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. Six (lues constitute a square. THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Poor Dollars gBB‘AwHUMt in. advance. - •■■■ YARNS, BATTING, & WADDING. A. H. FRANOISOUS, No. 438 MARKET, No. 5 NORTH.FIFTH STREET, H&a In .tore tbo largest stock In this City of YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, WARNS, BATTING, WADDING, WARNS, BATTING, WADDING, WARNS, BATTING, WADDING; WARNS BATTING, WADDING, "WARNS, BATTING, WADDING, Cotton Batting, Wadding, Carpet Chain, Cotton Yarn, Twines, Wicking, Ropes, ,&c. Goods Sold at lowest Cash Prices. WOODEN.AND WILLOW WARE. A. H. FRANOISOUS, CSS MARKET, and 5 North FIFTH Street, Galls the attention of dealers to hie •IMMENSE STOCK WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, •WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, ■WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND. WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, : WOODEN ' AND WILLO W W ARE, ‘WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, BUCKETS, TUBS, CHURNS, BRUSHES, BASKETS, BROOMS, - LOOKING*GLASSES, TABLE AND -FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS, ■WINDOW-SHADES, CLOCKS, FANCY ‘BASKETS, 40. ,3®- A LARGER STOCK OF THE ABOVE GOODS THAN ANT OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY. CLOTHES WRINGERS. TTTF, GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER. “PUTNAM ■« SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WHINGER** Is warranted to be superior to any other in use. .EVERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A ULOTHES WRINGER. BECAUSE. .Ist. It 1b a relief to the hardest part of washing day. “ 2d. v lt enables the washing to be done in one-third less tttme. - . 3d.' It savea clothes from the - injury always given by zfcwisting. ■4th. It helps to wash the clothes-aa well as dry them. WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE THE PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER. PUTNAM 1 SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, BECAUSE, First. Thtf rolls, being of vulcanized rubber, will .ifoear hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear Second. The frame being of iron, thoroughly galva nized, all danger from rasfc is removed, and the liability .to >hrink, swell, split, &c., so unavoidable in wooden •machitteiijtejpreyentea. . • .- - ... ... Third. Tbe spirdl springs- over the rolls render this (machine.self-adjusting, so that small and large articles, <OB well as articles uneven in thickness, are certain to uniform pressure. ' . • Fourth. The patent fastening by which the machine «£s tightened to the tub, webeiieve to be superior in sim iplicity and efficiency to any yet offered. Fifth. It will fit any tub, round or square, from one ffialf to one-and-a-quarter inches in thickness, without he'least alteration. RETAIL PRICE : JSTo. 1, .#6.*. ..••••-No. 2, 85. Agentß wanted in every county. 4®*: Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt ‘With. For sale at the “‘WOOD ENWARE ESTABLISHMENT” OF A. H. FRANOISCUS, No. ,433 MARKET St. and No. 5 North FIFTH St., mhlf>-2in Wholesale Aaent for Pennsylvania. CARPETS AND 011-CJLOTHS. ROH-ST. CARPET WAREHOUSE. JOS. BLACKWOOD, 83» ARCH STREET, . TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH (South Side], IS NOW RECEIVING FOR SPRING TRACE, <A rich and extensive assortment of ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CARPETINGS, Of the beat makes, Embracing all the new styles, which are offered AT LOW PRICES FOR GASH. xnhl2-2m. JUST RECEIVED, 3.000 ROLLS CANTON MATTINGS, «To which we invite the attention of the trade. M’OALLUM & CO., NO. 509 CHESTNUT STREET, -j£ B M O V A L . J. T. DELACROIX, •■'iiiafl removed his STOCK OP CARPETINGS, South FOURTH Street, to his ; NE*W STORE, No- 37 SOUTH SECOND STREET, 'Where he offers to his old customers, and purchaser! generally, a LARGE AND DESIRABLE STOCK OP - CARPETINGS, -sf all grades, and best known makes. OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, AND WINDOW SHADES, WHOLESALE. AND RETAIL, AT THE LOWEST PRICES. J. T. DELACROIX, No. 37 BOUTH SECOND STREET, above Chestnut. mhB-3m • . ■ ■ ECHO MILLS, M'CALLUM <6 OO m IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS, 509 CHESTNUT STREET, (Opposite Independence Hall,) O .A R P E T I N G S, OIL CLOTHS, ho. We have now on hand an extensive stock of CARPET- "INGB, of oar own and other makes, to which we call «3he attention of cash and short-time buyers. fols-Sm FURNITURE, &c. U R N ITU R|,E . A LARGE ASSORTMENT, W. <B J. ALLEN & BROTHER, 1800 CHESTNUT STREET. CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL- V' LIARD TABLES. MOORE * CAMPION, Wo. 861 Sooth SECOND Street, -In connection with their extensive Cabinet business, are ■now uianufiictunnx a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, ■and have now on hand a fall Bnpply, finished with the ‘ MOORE IMPROVED CUSHIONS, which are pronoanced by all who have used them to be unperior to all others. • = For the quality and finish of these Tables, the manu afticturers refer to their numerous patrons throughout the tJnlon. who are familiar with the character of their srork. ' ' mh4-6m Mi_ PB BINE, PRACTICAL DEN- for the last twenty years, 3X9 VINE St., below Third, inserts the most beautiful TEETH of the - Age, mounted on fine Gold. Platina, Silver, vulcanite,o<* ralite, Amber, &c„ at prices, for neat and substantial work, more reasonable than any dentist in this city or State. Teeth plugged to last for life. Artificial Teeth re paired to suit. No pain in extracting. No oharges un til satisfied all to fight, .Reference,bestfauiltes. ja22-3« J)AVID ROGERS, No. 45 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR, LADIES’ CLOAKINGS, &c. gPRING STOCK SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. 1863. spring. 1863# RIEGEL, WIEST, * ERVIN, .Letter “A,” S 8« PHILADELPHIA. GERMANTOWN, FA. VOL. 6.—NO. 210. DRY-GQODS JOBBERS. JIJ L. HALLO WELL. & CO„ • - _ s.; NO. 615 CHESTNUT, STREET, (JAYNE’S MARBLE BUILDING,) Have now In stock, and are daily receiving, a handsome assortment of New Foreign *■' FA NO Y DRY GOODS SILK S, All purchased since the recent DECLINE IN GOLD AND EXCHANGE. and which will be sold at a SMALL ADVANCE FOR,GASH. apl-2m £ 1863. spring 1863> DRY GOODS. HOOD, BONBRIGHT, & GO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Foreign and domestic DRY GOODS, Ho. 435 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA. , The attention pf ’the TRADE is invited to their large Stock of STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS, Among which are choice brands of Sheet ing and Shirting Muslins, Madder Prints, De Lalnes, Ginghams, Lawns, and Newest Styles Dress Goods. ALSO, MEN’S WEAR ' IN (IRKAT VAKIKTr. GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO CASH BUYERS. mhl3-2m JAMES R. CAMPBELL. <fc 00., IMPORTERS. JOBBERS, AND RETAILERS OP DRY GOODS. 727 CHESTNUT STREET. Invite the attention of Cash Bayers to their FULL AND COMPLETE STOQK, Embracing the most desirable styles of BILKS AND DRESS ROODS, IN ANY MARKET, MODERATE PRICES. inh7-tap2B Importer and Jobber of inh23-2m* A. W. LITTLE & 00., tth3-2m No. 3»5 MARKET STREET. IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS DR Y GOODS, No. 47 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Merchant* visiting this city to purchase Dbt Goons will find our Stock large and admirably assorted, and at Low Fkjurbb, In certain classes of Goods we offer inducements to purchasers unequalled by any other house in Philadelphia. fel9-2m JAMES, KENT, SANTEE, & 00., IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OPI DRY GOODS, Fes. 830 and H. THIRD STREET, ABOVE RACE, PHILADELPHIA, Hare now open their usual LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK op POREIGH AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS. Among which will he found a more than usually attrac tive variety of LADIES’ DRESS GOODS; Also, a fall assortment of MERRIMACK ASD COCHECO PRINTS, ••• • and ' • ■ "" "■* ' -■■ PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. To which they luvlto the special attention of cash buyen. fel&-2m . gPRING, 1863. YARD, GILLMOBE, A OO. t Importers and Jobbers ol SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS, NOS. 617 CHESTNUT AND 614 JAYNE STS., Have now open, of THEIR OWN IMPORTATION, a LARGE AND HANDSOME STOCK SPRING GOODS, COMPRISING DKESS HOODS, SHAWLS. EIBBONS, GLOVES,' &o. Also, a fall assortment of WHITE GOODS, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS. BM- BROIDERIES, AND LACES. The attention of the trade is reanested. 1863. spring. 1863< JOHNES, BERRY, * GO., (Sncceesors to Abbott. Johnes, S'Co.) No. ,87 MARKET, and 581 COMMERCE streets. PHILADELPHIA, IMPOKTEKS AND JOBBERS OF SILK ■ AXD . FANCY DRY GOODS, HavS BOW open a LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK .. in dress Goods, Adapted to the Season. Also, a Fall Assortment In WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, SHAWLS, &0., Which they offer to the trade at the LOWEST PRICES. GASH BUYERS Are particularly Invited to examine our Stock, fell-tf GAS FIXTURES, &c. 527 ARCH STREET. O. A. VANKIRK & 00., XAHUFACTPKEHS OF chandeliers AND OTHER GAS FIXTURES. Also,French Bronze Figures and Ornaments,Porcelain and Mica Shades, and a variety of FANCY GOODS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, Fleaee call and examine geode. COMMISSION HOUSES* gH I PI.EY, HA Z ABD, & HUTCHINSON, No. 114 CHESTNUT STREET. COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOR THE SALE OF rniIADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. mh3l-6m .... fYUK SPBING STOCK IS NOW AB- V RANGED. 80,000 DOZEN h o a i b b y, AT LOWER PRICES THAN PRESENT COST OF IM PORTATION. ,THOS. MELLOR <Sf OO. f 40 AND 4A NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Q_Riaa & HARMSTEAD, No. SI STRAWBERRY STREET. Offer for sale, by the Package, RiPKA’S COTTONADES, SUFFOLK BLUE DRILLS, STANDARD BROWN DRILLS, STANDARD.BROWN SHEETINGS, LONSDALE NANKEENS, &0.. &0. mh3 JOHN T. BAILEY & 00. BAGS AND BAGGING OF EVERT DESCRIPTION, NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET, WOOL BAGS FOB SALE. Ja2B4m G ANTON FLANNELS, - ' ' Heavy.and Medium. NEGRO KERSEYS, Plain and Twilled. LINSEYS, Wbitoßock, Westerley &c., &c. 880 WN DRILLS. Onhsnd, andforealeby SHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, p H I L A DEL P‘ H. I A “BAG” MANUFACTORY. BURLAP BA G S, OF ALL SIZES, FOB CORN, OATS, COFFEE, BONE DUST, *•. ALSO. SEAMLESS BAGS, Of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sole cheap, for net tash on delivery. GEO. GRIGG. WH-tff No.aif>and 231 CHURCH ALLEY. miLINGRY GOODS. ® STRAW GOODS, 1863> " FRENCH FLOWERS, LACES AND RIBBONS, OF THE LATEST FASHIONS, JUST OPENED : AT THOS. KENNEDY & BRO.’S, No. 139 CHESTNUT-Street, below EIGHTH. mh3l-2m SPRING MILLINERY. The undersigned has now open a HANDSOME STOCK OF RIBBONS, SILKS, CRAPES, , ILLUSIONS AND LACES. Also, a splendid assortment of . FRENCH FLOWERS, Consisting of fine ROSES, ROSE BUDS, fine GRAPES, ' and FRUITS, - * All.of the most fashionable shades and styles. • A LOT OP RIBBOXS MB FLOWERS Of last season’s importation, will be CLOSED OUT VERY CHEAP. M. BERNHEIM, No. 726 CHESTNUT STREET. mb3o-tf ) SPRING 1863. BROOKS & ROSENHEIM, (Late Rosenheim, Brooks, & Co.), No. 431 MARKET STREET, North Side. -Have now open, and are daily making additions thereto, A HANDSOME YARIETT OP RIBBONS, BONNETS, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS, FLOWERS, MILLINERY GOODS IN GENERAL, to which the attention of the trade is respectfully soli cited.- mhlB-tf 1863. R 1 B B ° N s AND MILLINERY GOODS. IL. DANNENBAUM & 00., No. 57 North SECOND Street, Have now open a large and admirably-assorted stock of the above goods. MERCHANTS and MILLINERS will find inducements in styles and prices unequalled in this market. _ mhl7-lm* 1863 s p r i n g 1863 WOOD <Ss GARY. No. 725 CHESTNUT STREET, Have now in store a complete stock of STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS, - INCLUDING STRAW HATS AND BONNETS. MISSES* AND CHILDREN’S STRAW GOODS. FANCY. AND CRAPE BONNETS. FRENCH FLOWERS, RIBBONS, &c, To which they, respectfully invite the attention of Mer chants and Milliners. , CASH BUYERS willfind special advantage in examin ing this stock before purchasing. fe2B-2m MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS. JOSEPH HAMBURGER, South SECOND Street, Has now open alarge stock of Ribbons, Artificial Flowers, &c., to which he respectfully invites the attention of Milliners and Merchants. Goods received daily from New York auctions. mh24-2m* T7IGHTH-STREET RIBBON STORE, U No. 107 North EIGHTH Street. - We would inform oar customers, and the ladies gene rally, that we open this day a full and uery superior stock of MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS, for the Spring and Summer seasons, which we are prepared to offer, wholesale and retail, at the most reasonable prices. No, 4 CORD-EDGE RIBBONS, all colors, $1 per piece. No. 6 CORD-EDGE RIBBONS, all colors, $1.25 per VbLACK VELVET RIBBONS, every 'width, superior BES? BLACK VELVET RIBBONS, with white edges, every width.at last season’s prices. BONNET RPBBONS, plain and fancy, every shade, width, and quality—an immense variety to suit all BONNET BILKS of every shade, plain and plaid. BONNET CRAPES, LACES, ILLUSIONS, BLONDES, ORNAMENTS, &o ' ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, a superb variety, at the, usual prices. STRAW BONNETS, the feshionable shape, in braid, split straw, and hair; white, gray, and black. INFANTS’ HATS AND CAPS, every new design, all qualities. . LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S SHAKER HOODS. THE BEST NEW YORK AND FRENCH BONNET FRAMES, lower than they can be bought elsewhere, by the dozen or single. Give us a call. SICHEL & WEYL, mh27*lm \ No. 107 North EIGHTH Street. PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, 6iC* JAMBS S. EAKLE & SON, IMPOSTERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF LOOKING GLASSES. DBAIiBBB It OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, PORTRAIT, PICTURE, and PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. EXTENSIVE LOOKING GLASS WAREROOMB AND GALLERY OF PAINTINGS, d»3l-tf 816 CHESTNUT Street, Philadelphia.' ★ f - »• SING ARMY AND TOILET MIRRORS. The best in the world for finish and durability. B. M. S. The best brand Silk Finished VELVET RIBBONS. Sole Agent, ~ BENJAMIN M. SMITH, ISO DUANE Street, near West Broadway, feo-9m New York. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1863. M. NEEDLES, PUFFED ‘MUSLINS, striped, figured, Bayadere, and other fancy SHEER MUSLINS,' for waists, bodies, and dresses. . ' 10 pieces pure white, plaid, and BAYADERE FRENCH ORGANDIES. 40 pieces real FRENCH MUSLINS, 2 yards wide,‘7s centsup. 60 pieces PIQUES, in' fancj and plain huff and white, 40. cents up, - JACONETS, CAMBRICS, NAINSOOKS, MULLS, SWISSES, etc., in air their varieties of plain, striked,and plaids. . LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS in all varieties, 12Xc up. 100 pieces New Styles PRINTED LINEN CAMBRICS for dresses. • ./ * NEW EMBROIDERIES, INFANT’S ROBES, COL LARS .and SETS, EDGINGS, INSERTINGS, FLOUNC INGS, kc. NEW LACE,’Embroidered and Raffled HDKFS. The above, .with many other goods, are offered at very LOW PRICES, 'maJiy.of them-much below present coat of importation, and at a very small advance on prices of a year ugo. An inspection of my stock is respectfully solicited. ; h ' ' PLAID SILKS. BLUE AND WIIITE.PLAIDS.J* PEARL AND white PLAIDS? LEATHER AND WHITE PLAIDS. WHITE AND BLACK PLAIDK ONE DOLLAR. PLAIN SILKS, CHOICE COLORS. PLAIN REP SILKS, SMALL FIGURES. - ~ FANCY SILKS. PLAIN BLACK SILKS, A LARGE,STOCK. FIGURED BLACK SILKS. AT THE OLD PRICE. SMALL CHECK SILKS.. We are selling all our Silks at lower prices than we can replace them. ■ PLAIN ALL- WOOL DELAINES, In Modes,Drabs,Tans, Leather, Solfei'ino.aud Violet. COLORED ALPACAS, In Choice Colors. LIGHT FIGURED ALL-WOOL DELAINES. Figured all-wool delaines at 50, 66, 62c. SHEPHERD’S PLAIDS, 25 to 50c. Light Spring Delaines, at Me! FRENCH LAWNS, AT OLD PRICES. Fine'French Organdies 50, 62, 75c. _ Fine French Jaconets at 37>£, 50, 62c. ! . . Good StyUs of Lawns at 25, 28, 31c. • A large assortment of Spririg and Summer Dress Goods, at less than wholesale prices. . . ..DARK DELAINES at *2sc. MERRIMAC CHINTZES at 25c. ' ENGLISH.CHINTZES at2sc. r GOOD CHINTZES at 22c. YARD WIDE ENGLISH CHINTZES at 37>fc. . FINE FRENCH CHINTZES at 50c. ‘ . A large assortment of LIGHT SPRING CLOAKS, > SHAWLS, MANTLES, and;' - - - KACaUES. SPRING AND SUMMER SHAWLS, At our usual low prices.. . : ; 40-spring Skeleton Skirts at $1.25. Ames' Patentclasp Gore Trail Skirts. . ; 600 Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, broad hems,at 50c. . COATS’ SPOOL COTTON at $1.05 per doz. CLARK’S ENAMELLED COTTON,' colored. at $L 118 CHESTNUT Street, 1024- CHESTNnT STREET, , The Ladies are invited to call and examine the NEW “ COVENTRY 'RUFFLING-,” The mofct desirable Trimming yet introduced; for LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S UNDERWEAR. TJAKGAINS IN DRY GOODS, FROM AUCTION —To he opened this morning*— One lot of Figured Grenadine Bareges, 12& cts. One lot of Shepberd’s-Plaids, Mohairs, 25 cts. One lot of very fine Quality do. 31 cts. ' One lot of Chene Mohairs, 31 cts; EDfITINHALL & CO. , „ T - - m , . , . -v* - No. 36 S. SECOND St. . N. B.—The above goods are.from* twenty-five to fifty per cent, lower than they have beeuselling. Spring styles of Pe Lames reduced to 25 cts. ap3-tf TVTEW GOODS ! NEW GOODS!—WE are.daily receifang from factory new: patterns of. "WALL PAPERS, to which we invite the attention of: dealers in Paper Hanging. In our retail department we have paid special atten tion to tasteful designs suiting Philadelphia taste. 7 Booms papered by selected men, and warranted to give ■ satisfaction. JOHN H. LONGSTRETH, • ap4-lm* » No. 13 North.THIRD Street. - “A T RETAIL.” OFFER AT MODERATE PRICES IN THEIR RETAIL DEPARTMENT, Black and Fancy Silks, Linen. Sheetings and Shirt- Black and Colored Alpa- ings, _cas, Damasks, Napkins, - and Poplms Fantasia, Doylies, Taffeta d Annessey. Table .Cloths and Towel- French Lawns and Organ- ings, Counterpanes and „dies. Furniture Dimities. French Chintzes and Per- WHITE GOODS. - cales, Jaconets, and Cainbrics, Brilliants and Piques, Soft Cambrics' and Nain- Spnng Shawls, new color- sooks, . •Ings, Tarletons and Swiss Mulls, Black Thibet, and Merino Fancy Muslins and Dimities, n Shawls, L. C. Handkerchiefs, -- Square and Long Shawls. Gloves. Hosiery, And a general assortment Of DRY GOODS in desirable styles and qualities. mhs-2m rTHEOK SILKS REDUCED TO $1.25. W Shepherd’s Plaid Silks, *L2S. Brown and White Plaids, $1.25. Lilac and White Plaids, $1.25. ■ ' . - - Spun Silk Plaids, at $l./ Foulard Silks, at $1 andsl.l2V£. • EDWIN HALL & CO., ' ; " No. 36 S. SECOND S*. N. B.—Z5 dozen Grenadino Veils, at $1 a piece, beauti ful styles. ap3-tf ; RETAIL dry .goods. 1034 CHESTNUT STREET. Has just received NEW GOODS as follows NEW LACES, VEILS, COLLARS, SETS,;&c, 100 dozen GRENADINEV-EILS. ,' ‘ : . . . ■ E. M. NEEDLES, mh3l-taplo H. STEEL & SON, Nos. Yl3 and 715 North TENTH Street. E . ■M. 'NiB ED.LES, 103* CHESTNUT S.treefc, JAMES R. CAMPBELL & CO. • 727 CHESTNUT STREET, 1034 CHESTNUT STREET. E. M. NEEDLES OFFERS FOE SALE At priceslgenerally below present cost ofUmpor- WHITE GOODS* all descriptions. EMBROIDERIES, ‘ do LACES, do do LINEN HANDKERCHIEFS, do VEILS, fire., Ac. And respectfully invites an. inßpoction of Ms 1084: CHESTNUT STREET. SPRING CLOAKS. U - NBW CLOAKS,' NEW CLOTHS, SPRING SHAWLS, HOOP SKIRTS. . fCloakßready made or made to order. Large stock of Cloths to select from. Ladies’ Cloakings at the right prices. NEW CASSIMERES. Boys’ Cassimeres, ■ - The new colors. Gents’ Fancv Mixtures, 6-‘4 Coatings. • ■ Boys’Clothing ready made or made to order. Large stock Cassimeres to select from. ' Fine Black Cloths and Cassimeres. WILLIAMSVILLES, WAMSUTTAS, Wide Sheetings, Flannels, Linens, Towels. 5 Muslins and Woolens at WHO LESALE. COOPER & CONARD, . ap4 ‘ S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets. ATAIZE AND LEATHER-COLOR •LTA DRESS GOODS. Mode and Tan Wool De Laines:. _ Double-width De Laines and Mohairs; : Plaid Valencias, allcolors; A great variety of Dress Goods for suits. Small black and white, and brown and white, Plaid Silks; •Brown-Silks, dark shades; ' Plaid Olive Foulard Silk, for Friends; One piece of. Olive Summer Silk, wide and good, for ' Friends;' • Together with Williamsville, Wamsatta,- and all the best makes of Muslins, at . JOHN H, STOKES’, 703-ARCH Street. JJLACK SILKS. Gros du Rhines. - Lustrings, Marcelines. 1 : Mourning Po de Soies. Gros Grains'. Bonnet Taffetas. Moire Antiques. Double-faced Brocades, Rich, neat Figures. SHARPLESS BROTHERS. SPRING DRESS GOODS. Foil de Chevres, Ristoris. Adriennes, Worsted Crepes. Fil de Chevres, Mohairs. Chintzes, Lawns, -Organdies. Plain Silks, New Foulards. ? Plaid All-wool Cashmeres. SHARPLESS BROTHERS. fe23 CHESTNUT and EIGHTH Streets. . DRUGS AKD CHEMICALS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER & 00., -Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Streets, - PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS! IMPORTERS AND DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, MANUFAOTU&EBS OF WEITI LEAH AHD ZINC TAINTS. POTTY, So. I AGENTS FOE THE CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealers and consumers supplied at VERY LOW PEICES FOE CASH. mhs-Sm "DOWEN & CO.’S LITHOGRAPHIC ESTABLISHMENT, Southwest Corner of ELEVENTH and CHESTNUT Sts., and ■ NO. 515 MINOR STREET, PHILADELPHIA, Every description of LITHOGRAPHY, PLATE PRINTING, and COLORING EXECUTED IN THE MOST BUPERIOR MANNER. mhlO-tf ■■ ■ . fIOFFEE! COFFEE ! I COFFEE 1! I The beet and cheapest prepared Coffee in the city. A trial will convince the most skeptical. No charge mad* If satisfaction is not rendered. Prepared and for sale at the EagleSteom Spice and Coffee Works, and NorthPRONT Street. fels-8m HOWARD WORRELL. TUESDAY. APKIL 7. 1863. AISMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. CSpeciab Correspondence of The Press.] - : " "Nashyixlb,-Tenn., March 31,-1863, THE CUMBERLAND RIVER RISING. FropL about 7 o’clock last evening until early this morning the rain descended in torrents, causing the • Cumberland river to rise twenty-six feet, and causing ~a general destruction of bridges, culverts, Ac. The bridge .at Filot Knob, twenty-one miles distant, gave way last night, and a heavy freight train from Lou ißville plunged into the creek, smashing the locomo tive, <cars, merchandise, &c., and killing one man and wounding three, besides delaying the regular mail - train,.- which, up to the present time, has failed to arrive. ■ The bridge at Manscho’s creek, twelve mileß from the city, also made its exit during the night. This is the fourth time this season that heavy rains have destroyed the bridge at this place •Upon the Murfreesboro pike, one bridge floated offV and-, upon the railroad a little injury was sustained . by the bridge at Mill Creek, . ~ ALL QUIET IN FRONT. ... jVeaterday was a very quiet day iafront. I visited Murfreesboro the day before and came back last > evening. . For one way.-there was-no skirmishing . whatever in our immediate front, and I learn none neatf Franklin; Forthe past three weeks, except-, -jina-the unfortunate,.,affair of’ Monday, wherein we flojifc about three hundred men prisoners," several wagons, and a small amount of ammunition, no -passage-at-arms .has occurred unsuccessful to us. severe whipping which“ Horse thief Morgan” received last week haß had a tendency to place that notorious rascal upon the shelf; and he now standß ~NoJ4 in the catalogue of renegade horsemen, the ; scoundrels who rank him being, first, Wheeler f se : condj Forrest; third, Wharton ; and fourth, comes the dclunct Kentucky thief. Of late, between the whole party, there has existed a misunderstanding. General Wheeler, the Alabama rascal, contends that • he has burned more boats, destroyed 'more merchan dise, And done more s damage generally, than his part ners in mischief. - Forrest; the nigger-thief, says he has done more for the Confederate cause in the way • of legitimate business than .either Wheeler, Wharton, or Morgan.. Wharton, the Texas miscreant, insists that he burned more wagons, paroled more sick and wounded men, and. did more “good” while haras sing us.iri the rear during the progress of the battle •; of Stone river, than all the others; while poor Mor gan occasionally whispers that he is the biggest thief in the party. But I am about it, let megive you some idea of what has been done by * GENS. WHEELER,. FORREST, WHARTON, . AND MORGAN. "Wheeler is the Tycoon of the party, and ranks as "major -general, arid holds the position of chief of , cavalry, having between .sixty and seventy regi ' meats or battalions in his command. Wheeler, be sides being an able officer, had the command of the forces who operated in the rear of Gen. Rosecrans ' during his last great battle, and personally superin : tend* d'the destruction of five boats upon the Cum berland, and the. piling upon the shore of sick and wounded Federal officers, and soldiers. ' General Wharton is quite a young man, being less than thirty years of age. He is a native of Alabama, and left the service of the United States to recruit for the rebel army, which he entered as colonel, with ' a'full regiment of cavalry, in the fall of 1861. He ’ was with Bragg in Florida, and has ever since been in his command. . " Brigadier General Forreßt, by “profession,” is a ' “nigger-trader,” “nigger-thief,” and “nigger-perse cutor.” Politically, he is a “nigger-enslaver,” and personally and commercially, he is notoriously the moat unprincipled man who ever had dealings with that species of humanity possessing" heart, brains, and soul. Heißanative of this State, and for the last few years resided in Memphis. His general character is.denoted by!a likeness wliich may be .' found in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” known as Legree. ’ At the commencement of the rebellion thiß illiterate -s"iiian made “speeches”'in favor of ‘.‘Southern rights,” and after foolish Tennessee seceded, raised: a company of one hundred men, and first en tered service at Bowling Green. He ingratiated’: him&elf into the favor of a whisky-drinking; ; crowd, and soon made his company a-regl-. ment, and received from Isham G. Harris, another traitor, a c'onDnission of colonel. Forrest _ is a dark complexioned man, tall and robußt, and -e about forty-five years of age. Last July he captured . Murfreesboro, two brigadier generals, 1,500-Federal and a large-supply of ammunition and For this act he was made- brigadier general yh the rebel army. During the blockade, Forrest ftiad. command of the cavalry in front of this.city, «hnd harassedithe movements of General .Negley’s foraging parties to some extent. He made himself very disagreeable even to Seccessionists on the out skirts of the city, at that time, by conscripting boys •of‘the ages of fifteen and younger. Breckinridge, who had command of Murfreesboro during Bragg’s invasion of Kentucky, issued a pass to .a- lady to come to this city.i When within a few miles of Nashville, she was taken before Forrest, who in formed.her that “Jesus Christ should not pass through his lines.” Since *that time Forrest has been badly used up; having been thoroughly whip - ped in West Tennessee, and at Fort Donelson. He is.now figuring near Columbia. “ Brigadier .General Wharton is, I believe, a nativ* .of Louisiana, but hails from Texas. He is related , -by marriage to “ex-traitor” Twiggs, and was upon • Twiggs’ staff iii Texas. He is- a middle-aged man, and entered the rebel service as colonel of a cavalry regiment. -.'.He participated in the attack upon, our rear during the battle of Stone river, and burnt some : two hundred wagonß, and captured over three hun ' dred men. Wharton, however,'haß been in several ’ fights, and is, probably, the most gentlemanly person, -among the four. ‘ . The reverse is characteristic-of Brigadier General John Morgan. He is fftc blackguard of the party, and entered the rebel service as captain, and .first did duty at Bowling Green. Soon many renegade Kentuckians joined his command,, which : swelled to a regiment,'and John was appointed colonel. He is a native of Lexington, Ky., and before the war was what is known as a fast young man. He was a constant patron of the multiplicity of vices unknown to the moral circle,.and was the bosom companion of bad men and lewd women. Morgan’s friends call him the gentlemanly gam bler and rout. And yetthis infamous scoundrel is the pet of the women. The first act which made John the “Marion” of the rebel cause, so-theladies say, was the burning of the tank and baggage cars- at Gallatin after the occupation of Nashville by Gene ral Buell. Since then Morgan has .been very con spicuous, and has done the rebel cause great service.! The damage we have sustained at his hands will amount to several millions of dollars. Morgan is a young man, of nervous-lymphatic temperament, with great impulses and little courage. He has, like .Forrest, been pretty considerably used up of late, and is fast “ playing out;” " Wheeler is a graduate of West Point; Wharton was a lieutenant in the regular army. -But Forrest and Morgan never were, and never will be, soldiers-: or gentlemen. , SWORD PRESENTATION TO COLONEL SIR WELL. Colonel Sirwell, of the 78th Pennsylvania, has been made the recipient of a splendid sword, with belt and sash, by the non-commissioned officers and privates of his regiment. It wsb presented to him one day last week upon dress parade. The follow ing is the address of Private Thom, together with the Colonel’s reply: - Colonel Sirwell : I am about to present you with a sword on behalf of the enlisted men of the 7Sth Regiment; and I am proud to say that I can vouch for their sincerity in presenting it to you as a token of their personal esteem and general con fidence in you as their leader. On the field of Stone river you carried a sabre without scabbard; and we hope whilst that arch traitor Jefferson Davis and hiß myrmidons continue to trample your proud emblem of our national freedom in the dust, that this will still be your motto—” Sword .without sheath.” And when this war is over, and the bright beams of peace illumine our homes and firesides, return it to its scabbard, and-treasure it up in fond remembrance of the boys of the 78thj. -transmit it to your heirs as an heirloom to remind them of, the noble deeds of their heroic sirq, and of the deeds of those who are proud to say: “ I belong to, the 78th Pennsylvania; I serve under Colonel •Sirwell, and share with him the honors and dangers of the battle-field.” Take it, sir; use it nobly against those we came to punish; and may that glittering Bteel prove as true as the heart of him who hence forward will use it. / • COLONEL SIttWBLL’S BEPLY. My Comrades in Abms : I nowlay aside my com mission of colonel and take you by the hand as I have done at home in times gone by, when there was no distinction between us. In offering this present, you have taken me by surprise, and the only reason .1 can give for this is, the absence of G-en.Negley, who jou know never permits his officers to. be sur prised. In receiving this fine present through the hands of private Thom, on behalf of the non-com missioned officers and privates of the 78th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, I have been indeed sur prised ; and in return I will endeavor to surprise you by .making a few remarks. Would that I could utter the feelings of my heart, and express the thoughts that now are in me. but. unfortunately for me, my nature will not allowme to do so. My friends .: I’ can assure you that this iB one of the happiest moments of my life—that I can think, and say when I have gone to my long home, my children, and their children, can say .with pride, ■ u This was a present from the brave men of the 78th, with whom our father has fought ; side -by side in many a battle, in which they have done honor to themselves and credit to the people they represent; they have kept ward and watch together, through rain and mud, through sleet and cold, endured all the hardships incident to camp life, in order to bat tle against the tyrants and traitors of our beloved country, who have tried to destroy the peace and happiness of our homes.” ■ • . ■ In receiving this sword at your hands, I pledge myself that rb long as I have power to wield it, this sword shall not return to its Bcabbard there to re main until every traitor iB driven from the face of our country. GENERAL ROBERT B. MITCHELL. Brigadier General Robert B. Mitchell, command ant of this post, is one of the most able patriots in the service. He haß made himself, since his ap pointment as chargd d’affaires at Nashville, particu larly odious among the rebels. He, out of all the generals in command of different oities, had the nerve to retaliate upon guerillas. Dick- McCann, threw a railroad train off the track, and the general Bent a squad of men to MoCann’s house, and they burned it to the; ground. He quartered siok Con federate soldiers upon' rebel families, and put rebel citizens of Nashville to many inconveniences upon several occasions., A few days ago 001. Martin wrote an order suppressing the circulation of: cop perhead newspapers in thiß city, and sent it-'to General Mitchell, who signed his name to the docu ment, and transmitted it to Gen. Roseorans,yyhb declined to approve of it, stating as his reasons, that he had no legal right to meddle with journals that were permitted to be published by the President and the people. General Mitchell was born in Ohio, and ea&igrated to Kansas, in the spring of 1856. He served through out the Mexican war, in the regiment commanded' by Colonel, now Major ; General, Morgan, of o&m> berland Gap notoriety-entering theregiment as a private, and rising?- to captain. He* was twice' wounded during that war. He was a prominent member oi- the Free State party of Kansas; during the troubles of 1856- J 57. On the outbreak of the war, when the 2d Kansas Regiment of Volunteers* was" organized,, he raised a company, of which he was captain; and was afterwards elected colonel of the regiment. He.commanded the regiment at the battle of Springfield, Mo., and in that memorable' battle received three wounds, one of which—in his 5 groin—came near terminating his life; He was leff in hospital at Springfield, on the retreat of the army, from there, and for over a month was * a prisoner. -He was appointed brigadier general in February, 1862, to rank from the dateof the batfcle of Spring .field ; and in- May,"1862, left Kansas with a division for Corinth, Mississippi. From the army of the Mississippi, Gwieral Mitchell’s division 'passed' to* Tennessee, to reinforce General Buell, joining the forces of the latter at Murfreesboro. He commanded' a division at Perry ville, and was- the first Jo'enfer ,the town, capturing an ammunition train of 75 1 wagons, and about 300 prisoners. Hiß division lost about 200 killed, and 600 at that battle; AN EDITORIAL LETTER. [From the Washington Chronicle. 3- New Yoke, April 2,1863. Four more days in New York! Four days in a metropolis in .which all kinds of people and, every sort of opinion are mixed with, and ground against, each other in the most exciting epoch Bince the beginning of the world. This attrition— social, religious, financial* and political—is some thing marvellous. It iB said that in the French Revolution insanities and suicides were; so com mon as to create no surprise;; and it is undoubt edly due to our solid; common sense, and not to the absence of abundant temptations to either and bothj'tbat we have not. improved- upon the Gothic precedent. Wonderful, most wonderful, are the levity and happiness of the American people. Nor is it the levity of the-eailor who gets drunk in the Bight of certain shipwreck, or tlie happiness that springs from indifference to the discomfort of our neighbor. Rather let nie lay it at the door of con fidence in the cause of their country and pride'in their own exhaustless resources; A type of the times was presented to me as I came here in the “Owl Line” the other “night and morning.” Two young collegians got into the cars- at Trenton, with much less clown on their upper lips than whisky un der their waistcoats. Inmy courageous and fretful struggles to go to sleep I was forced to listen to their endlees gossip., They had evidently left Princeton on a twilight trip, and were just returning, in a very sad plight, to escape a morning disgrace. Utterly ignoring the proprieties of the place, and therefore the per sons, male and female, whom they, disturbed and edified, they shouted, sang, and made bad jokeß, pre cisely as if they owned not simply the. passengers and the road, but as if these had been created for their .amusement. They were handsomeTTascals, too ; and when one of them turned to me, and called me “old fellow,” with a wink of his eye and a slap on my shoulder, I could not muster bitter ness enougn; to .ask him if his mother knew he was out. Poor lady! In her far-off home she was dreaming of her absent boy even- then, no doubt, and predicting for him the renown of a Whitfield or a "Webster. They were loyal bladeß, these twain. They loved their country, and abused, in very excellent and classic English, with extracts and adjectives borrowed from their books, thoee poisonous reptiles known as-Copperheads, and insisted that a near and very venerable neigh bor of mine, who slept all. over me, should agree with them ;-which, after a noißy awakening, he did, with a snore and a sneer. I forgave them-their audacity for the mannerin which they sung the new song, “When this cruel war is over,” with their young and fruity voices, on the platform, as they got out at Princeton. . YesteidayX had Horace Greeley in-my room.’up stairs at the Astor House, and previously I had , chattedswith Thurlow Weed down stairs.. Taking no part in their personal differences, it is no original idea to say that they are remarkable men, equally attached to a'common cause, though serving it each after his own fashion. Greeley was full of enthu siasm, and seemed specially delighted with 'our Philadelphia J. T. Brady, Daniel’Dougherty,, his dear young friend, who was on his * way to : ■Norwalk, Connecticut, to make a Union speech, which. I have ,no doubt was punctuated with . stars of eloquence for the Government, and strong with stripes for thA,rebels. Weed: was active, nervous, confident, ; %nd resolved; Say. of him what others may, I cannot but admire his indomita ble energy. He is-an übiquitous personage.. I saw .him wherever. I. walked—in/Wall street, at the collector’s office, at the Chamber of Commerce, in ; Broadway—and he was always the same earnest and -restless: man. When L went into'his room this morniDg he wasjjreading a novel. Think of Thurlow Weed reading a novel in these Btirring times!* But ' Silas Wright used to say that he rested his intellect with this Bort of literary relaxation; and that he never spoke, better than after he had had a mental bath in the glorious inspiration of Walter Scott. Who do you think I- met last night?; Franklin Pierce, neither more nor less. And looking like a bridegroom—fat, friendly, and (pardon me, General) fifty m four. I had not seen him for three years. Re membering his kindness to me in days gone by, and . his genial nature and generous heart. I felt glad once more to take him-by the hand. We spoke no politics, for we differ much, lam sorry to. feel, on ■ these troubles; but T soon saw that we did not differ * on one point, viz: that there was to be no separation of this . Republic. . And I also met the ex-Govemor and now- Sena tor Sprague, of Rhode Island, on Thursday. He gave me a short outline of* what happened on Wednesday—the glorious victory 'of the Govern ment, won over its enemies, in his little State with a • mighty heart. Returning from the, field, of fight in* Connecticut, we have hourly arriving champions, all of whom promise triumph, .arid not the less so because Rhode Island has given the Caliban of trea son such a mauling as his deformed figure and • frightful blasphemy-so well deserved. . [By-the-by, what better type of the rebellion could be desired ‘than this same Caliban, one of. the most remarka ble and significant characters oL the great dra matist?]. The campaign in Connecticut has been marked by extraordinary vigor on both sides. The opponents of the war threw off all disguiße. They repeated and re-enacted publicly what the Hartford Convention did secretly. It would have been unna tural if the gorge of the people of the State had not risen. Hence lam not surprised: that the current which seemed, some days ago, to-set .against the: Union, is now running rapidly and strongly-the, other way. What is most interesting about the po litics and prospects of Connecticut, considered in I this connection, is the fact that so many, eminent Democrats from other States have gone into-that . State, to show by their presence and teachings that y-they are for the most, vigorous and vehement prose cution of the war. - Ini the literary world there is a. busy time, but 1., had no leisure to see and sound the depths of that, to me, always interesting ocean. Kinglake’s “Louis Napoleon,” from the Harper mine, is the new wonder, and will, undoubtedly, create a -stir.- The passage in the April Harper , which I have just read, displays singular, tact and thought. Indeed, I heßitate which most to admire, his style or hia phi losophy. . Illustrative of New York life, let me relate what has just occurred in my room. A.knock at the door • —enter an old friend, who wanted a letter of intro duction to another friend of mine. After giving which, I asked about his health and prospects ; and when he said he was-doing far better financially, than physically, I admonished him to pause,-and re strain his eager career. “Bah!” he said, “lookto> yourself before advising me. I. would rather wear out than rust out. But I have taken care of myself. I have insured my life for one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, and I pay for this insurance four thousand dollars a year !” [I put all these, figures in words, lest the printer might suppose I was mis taken.] My friend is- entered in nine/een offlces in.: this city. After he related this story to me (which I have since had confirmed), I could not help saying, in a,quietway, “Why, by Jove, Smith, this, with all your attachment to yourself, is-a sort of invita tion to Buicide.” “ Possibly,” was his'cool answer, aB be whisked his long legs and whiskers out of the room ; “but there are institutions in New York that will insure your life and pay your family if you cut - your throat.”" . Of the drama, this week, I can say nothing, X did not go to the play, not even to Barnum’s, who has .many more interesting shows than ever. But I. could not help thinking even about thati. Forrest* is a sort of evergreen. He walks the stage as if he were not—old,. He acts Claude ATefriotfe with an audacious determination to convince everybody that he is in truth the original “gardener’s son.” Wheatley, with whom I can take some* liberties, ought to be seventy, for I recollect the name ever since I could read (but that must have been his father or his mother). Wheatley is-as-young, or-at least as young-looking, as ever. ButX will not run on in this comment upon oli-.friends. I come to. the point. Why is it that the list of our lady his-- trions seems to fee giving out? I do not allude to* those who. are on the stage, but the female addi tions to the corps dramatique are painfully infre quent. I have an honest, old-fashioned contempt of the practice that denounces this age as inferior to other times, and therefore r feel that I‘ have-a right to'Bpeak of the indifference of American ladies in view of the honorable profits offered by a theatri cal career. That career, it is true, demands hard work and high ambition; but. no woman lias-ever yet attempted it, with ordinary sense and reasonable personal attractions, and failed. ‘I felt like qparrel iDg with Miss Davenport when she threw away her chances for new laurels, and went to Port Royal to look after the sick and wounded soldiers ;.butl saw: that she was bowed' down more by the cypress than the laurel. Miss .Tane Coombß, of city, is-a thriving and ambitious actress, and is doing her beat to show the right road to others of her sex, and I know what a trial she has had. -Her experience is= enough to frighten others. Do not complain if in these, sometimes black and bitter clays I turn off from the railroad of politics and linger between trains in the happy, by- wayß and recollections of inside and domestic affairs. The apparition of my bleediDg Country follows, me or appears to me everywhere; but I can occasionally best realize all her sufferings and my obligations by seeing how others contemplate their relations to their common country. Politicians, whose trade it is to “talk statesmanship,” are excessively intole rant of what they call light and silly, gossip among some of those who are real and generous- friends. But they roußt not forget that while we adore our dear country, we love our sociali enjoyments, and also that there are many sweet friends in the family circle who think they-can beat show their affection for the Republic by making their husbands and bro thers, and sons and lovers, happier by talking of other themes even than,the theme of war. And in this sense I give you a letter for the Skra day Morning Chronicle. - J. W. F. From, the Evening Bulletin.] The Copperhead#” What is t© iear from the Copperhead, That starts and shrinks from a patriot’s treadi \ That squirms and wriggles in corners mean, To vent the gall of his timid spleen* What is to fear from the Copperhead, That hears his own hiss with secret dread; That would, but dare hot; that hateß, hut fears j And ends his fury in feeble sneers ? What is to fear from the Copperhead, Bursting with veraon he dare not sited, And scorned by his brother Rattlesnake That boldly Btrikes from the Southern brake? What shall we do with the Copperhead ? Seed of the woman, the word is said :■ Bruise his head, or your naked heel Shall ache for the silly trust ye feel. What shall we/do with the Copperhead ? Stamp out the reptile’s loathsome bed ! Trample to powder his poisoned fang 1 And then, as a sign, let his carcasß hang X Strike, strike at the traitor Copperhead \ Beat up the land till the thing is dead ! Women with distaffs and boys with stones Are stout enough for the heart he owns 1 Who then shall pity the Copperhead, When life from his lying lipa has fled, If not the father of lies in hell, For he served that household passing well 1 NO one shall grieve for the Copperhead ! His Southerhlord, when he finds him sped, Shall spit in Wb white and viaoid blood, :. And ewear he died tfs a coward should l THREE CENTS,- eubo pe . Progress ttJflhe Po]ishKebclHoa-Sutccßse& / of the RuMtiiua-Lau giewicz a Pirlsoircy at Cracow-'-The Relwl Cottoir Loan, Nkw York, April s.— The steamer City of Corky ' from Liverpool on the 21st via Queenstown at 4:3& J on the morning of She 23d, arrived at this port at 8.30 o'clock, this morniog. ■ v The following latest despatch was received from- Liverpool, via Roche’s Point, Monday morning The steamship Africa- arrived here at' 30'o’clock last night. ' . The cotton market opens' to-day steady, with a 1 fair demand. The political news is unimportant; Langiewicz has been conveyetS’tothe'Fbrtreas-of Cracow. The latest despatches from Poland - indicate con tinued Russian successes. - An American ship waspassed on the 3d of Febru ary, on fire, the flames raging fore and aft. London, March Daily: NcteS' states * that the Greek-Minister has been recalled,- and the lega tion. at London been abolished. The Times’ City Article says thedenaand for mo ney at the bank and in open market on'Saturday, was very active to the large Confederate loan, which closed at cent, premium; About fifteen millions of the Joan have been taken at Liverpool, - Paris, Frankfort, and Amsterdam. poea'nb: ‘'The London Times considers;the Polish struggle virtually ended, but thinks the allied Powers are justified in requiring that Poland' shallhave what is 4 guarantied by the treaty of Vienna: Tbe Mohmnj Post understands* that the Vienna •. Cabinet have resolved to place Langiewicz ©n pa-* role in some Austrian town. A large body of Russian troops* who have crossed 2 into Austria, are under surveillance, bat are*sup-* plied with rations by Austria. Tbe Paris correspondent of the Daily News says it is rumored that the Czar of Russia has granted an amnesty to the Poles, a copy of which has been - telegraphed to the Emperor Napoleon. He will' give Poland■ her autonomy, and a* liberal' Consti-- tution; " . London, Monday—The death of SirFaltOn Symes is announced, also that of Chas. Selby, the actor. The next- drawing-room reception* at Windsor Caßtle will be held on the[2Bth. Consols opened on Monday at money and for account. /?'■ THE REBEL LOAN. ¥ ’ * The most interesting feature of is the particulars of the Confederate loan, referred to by -telegraph. The London Times money article of Saturday, 21st,says :• “The loan has continued to be almost the sole' topio of attention. The premium of yesterday has. been fully maintained, the. transactions-throughout the day ranging from 4J£.to and the final quota tion being 4>£.to 4s£.' The purchaseshave been large and numerous, and at Liverpool the price has been equally strong. As the applications in London have now'amounted to about X9 1 000,000/the sum paid in for deposits is nearly half a million. “The affair has been taken up in Paris, Amster- Frankfort, and Liverpool, by houses of posi tion, while, as* regards the agentß in London, there ‘iß no firm that could claim a cHhracter for greater respectability than that of Messrs. J. H. Schroder & Co.; but there can be little doubt-that as a loan of- a purely political character they would have hesitated to undertake it.” . [From the London Times, 20th. ]. The announcement of the Confederate loan has aroused anunusual amount of attention, and trans actions have been already actively carried on throughout the day at prices-ranging from. 2 to 3 pr-e -. mium, the lastquotation being 2%.t0 3.- The excite ment, connected with it is principally aue to the fact that the affair iB to be regarded almost exclusively as a cotton speculation. The degree of favor accord ed to it in Liverpool, Manchester, Havre, and other centres of the cotton trade, must constitute the test by which London operators will be likely to be in fluenced. Shonld cotton remain at Is. 9d. per pound, a large number of persons will probably be disposed to run the risk of getting out, and, if rates ■of insu rance such as would leave a profit at that price should become current, the proportion of- the bonds to be cancelled in this way before peace can be at tained may be extensive. The general question, however, will be as to the price* likely to prevail for cotton after the conclusion of peace, and that is a matter for the judgment of Lancashire. Six months are allowed as the period during which 1 each holder of the bonds will have the option, after the ratification of peace, of changing, them-for cotton, . and those who now subscribe will do so in the belief that the average rate throughout that interval will be at least .6dperpcmnd. Every other mode of re garding the affaiir would be irrelevant. - The Fede ralists in America-, and the Washington politicians in particular, will doubtless insist upon ?looking at it as an outrageous blow deliberately aimed against them by the European aristocracies, although they will be conscious that if they could safely do so they would publicly enter into a similar transaction them selves, and-that they have already so far set the ex ample that 20,000 bales of cotton are alleged by their own journals to have lately found their way to the New England mills. through purchases effected by Federal officers, who have contrived to receive them acroßSthe “rebel” border. The loan willreceive no official sanction—not even that of the Committee of the Stock Exchange—and if the Federal Govern ment like to apply for a Birailar amount on the hy pothecation of wheat, Indian corn, or Ohio pork,, they will doubtleßß find that our capitalists in their business dealings are totally free from political pre judices, and are guided solely by the nature of the term b and security offered, and the consequent pros pect of profit. The matter originated in France, and is shaied by Holland and Germany, and the parties on this side, with the characteristic desire of Englishmen to avoid even a constructive eva-. sion of thelaw, have-fortified themselves by most eminent opinions as to the transaction being free from all legal objection. [From the London Star, March 20. ] . If the rebels succeed in establishing their inde pendence, the Confederate Government will be in a position to hand over the promised cotton, or to sub sequently redeem the bond, if it chooses; for it may not unlikely repudiate, seeing that President Davis .has had Borne experience in that line already. Here, then, is one not inconsiderable risk to the lenders; but even that assumes the success of the’Confede rates in-this-war. Now, is that success, we shall not say so certain, but so probable as to induce per sons here to risk the money on it? The South has carried on the war for two years, it is true, and its leaders express determination not to yield; but here is a clear confession of exhaustion in this proposed loan, in the very fact that they come to Europe ask ing for material assistance, while the Federal* Go vernment, which has carried on the-war on even a larger scale than the South, still-possesses bound less material resources within itself, and has met ex pressions of determination from the South with ex pressions equally resolute.. ? A ROYAL PARTY. [From tbe London Court Journal, 21st. ] By command of the Queen, an evening-party was given at St. James’ Palace last evening in honor of their Boyal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of ■Wales. The company comprised the-royal family, the Da nish royal family and foreign princes now*staying in this country, together with the whole of the foreign ministers, the Ministers of the Crown,, and the great officers of State, with their wives and daughters, a number of the ladies and gentlemen of the royal household, and a large party of the nobility and gentry. . The Princess of Wales wore a dressof white silver moire, covered with a dress of Brussels lace. Her Boyal Highness wore a diadem of diamonds. The Duchesß of Cambridge wore-a-dark violet satin dress, with bouillones of satin and black lace, covered with a tunic of Brussels lace. Her Boyal Highness? head-dress was formed lof - a tiara of dia monds and pearls-and white feathers.. The necklace, stomacher, and ear-rings were diamonds and pearls. The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a -white satin petticoat, trimmed with tulle and;bands of violet velvet with Bilver cord, covered with a tunic of Honiton lace. The Princess wore a tiara of dia monds.' The necklace, stomacher and ear-rings were of diamonds. The Princess Christian of Denmark,wore a dress of dark blue velvet trimmed with white blonde. Her Boyal Highness’ head-dress was composed of a dia dem of diamonds and white feathers. The necklace and ear-rings were of diamonds. A BIOT IN LANCASHIRE;' On Friday, March 20, a serious- riot- occurred among the unemployed factory operatives in Staly bridge, near Manchester. A correspondent ofthe Manchester Guardian, describing the scene, says that the outbreak was caused by the action of the relief committees. The writer addB 4 : “The relief storeß-were forcibly entered, and a vast amount of property was destroyed. It appears that there haß been a threefold complaint urged by the persons attending schools against the relief com mittee-first, the stoppage of 4d. per weekirom the weekly payment of the scholars; isecondly, a pro position to retain a day J s wages in hand from one week to another; and, thirdly, paying them by ticket instead of money, as heretofore.- Two of these new regulation scorning into forcefcoday,some • schools turned out. formed in procession, and peram bulated the streets shouting and hooting. They then visited the different; relief stores, which they., ransacked, throwing the clothing, &c., through the windows, while others ran away with various arti cles. They then commenced-to smash the windows, and at the Btores in Caroline Btreet the things were set on fire, but the flames were soon extinguished by, the police.. “By this, time a troop of the Fourteenth Hussars, stationed at Ashton barracks, had arrived. The riot .act was read, and the military.then dispersed the mob. Previous to the arrival of the military seve-. ral houseß occupied«by members of the relief com mittee—that of Mr. Ralph Bates, J. P., amongstthe number—were visited, and the windows broken. The police office also came in for a share of the rage of the crowd. On the mob-being dispersed thepo-. lice visited various houses, and found a large quan tity of clothing which had’been stolen from the stores. On its being known that a search was being made, many bundles of clothing were, thrown into the canal and other places. Tip wards- of sixty per sons have been taken into custody.” Tile Action at Williamsanrg.. To the Editor of The Press Sir: Permit me to correct an,’article, entitled “ Another disgraceful surprise of our. garrison at WU liamsburg,’* in The Press of Ist in&fc., calculated to in jure our regiment. The fact of the case fs simply ihis: While Lieut. John P. Wenzel, of Company G, in chajge of the advance-picket, reserve, composed, oi twenty-bight men, were endeavoring to hold the enemy’s advance guard of cavalry in front, their in ■ fantry drove in our pickets-on, the right flank, and thus gained possession of the town. The Lieut enant, seeiDg his precarious, position.—his only re course was to force his way. through by a bold dash or ignominiously surrender a true Boldier 3 ■he-. ; chOEe the former, and,, with his gallant lit : tie band, cut his way' through a far supe rior force, receiving a very severe wound* in.the shoulder himself* as well as two killed, Edward Steine and Jacob. W&vel, of Company C,-;- four wounded, Hiram Y. Twiss, AdamMcCrork, Joseph ■Wilson, and Edward Taylor, of Company Ctand ten prisoners, Joseph Allen, Frederick Lender, wm. AliiEon, Andrew Arnold, George N. BroAvne,-Owen Kilcard, James Mulgrew, of Company C, Wm. Scott, Frederick Currie, and Patrick Sullivan, of Company G, Provost. Marshal Guard. There was I not the least sign of wavering, nor were they sur prised or the infantry stole past their pickets, as your correspondent intimates. The regiment was called out, and our batteries from the fort on the town, causing an immediate retreat of >the ene* my. In fifteen minutes our picket liue was re-esta blished. We buried our dead with due solemnity the next day. The- wounded are all doing well, and likely to recover. Our regiment, engaged now for many months in the arduous duties of picketing the whole Pe ninsula above Yorktown, eight poßtson the James and York rivers, besides one squadron continually on forty-eight hours’ duty, picketing some fifteen posts on the Richmond road, the different oreeks, and other avenues leading into Williamsburg, feel keenly the slight thus put upon therm I know there is not the prestige and glory of a great battle in this sort of service, but any one acquainted with its du ties will know that it is far more laborious. Y ery truly, your obedient servant, - M. E. H ARMSTEAD, Chaplain 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Oampkkar Williamsburg, Apri1 3,1863. Fire at Booneville, Missouri* St. Louis, April 6 of a block of build ings, situated in the business part of Booneville, was burned on the morning of the 3d instant. The loss was between $40,000 and $60,000. The Ere waa the mrkof an incendiary. THE WAR PRESS, s (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) The War Press will be sent to subscribers by mail (per annum in advance) at... S2>Ot Five Copies ** “ 9,00 Ten «* - ■’ 11.00 Twenty** " * 32.05 Larger Clubs than Twenty will be charged at the same rate, $1.50 per copy. The money must always accompany the order, and in no instance can these terra# be deviated from, ae then afford very little more than the cost of the paper. A3r“* Postmasters are requested to act as Agents fo* The War Press. Atar To the getter-up of the Club of ten or twenty, an copy of the Paper will be idven. LIFE IS LONDON. Mr, /*scorg e Alfred Townsend, formerly of The Press, bu t now in London, contributes the following articleio New York Sunday Mercury: - London, March 17, 1883. • Editor “T- 3*: There be peraons who live and per* sons who ex'is'Jv -.Under the former head come pub lisher*, wholivsyafl/ 1 * authors let live; tbe . latter head-em.brt33£9 my bretb?cnj)f Bohemia. The' XondonpublisVenPare a tribe .erf' -,princes, whose ex change M heldvin Paternoster Bow is a littlß i allj^^Wh«?ie ? :fcwe f :-wagons mefet at* s r Ava'Marifc' Las?, offsht;6is’ ; j>f; or, froiip Newgate* street, of butchers’ Ehamt/Jee, or from Clbeapsridestreet, by the General Poßt ©fSce. There is.no establishment AiPaternos* ter Row whirls noteither-a' bookseller or a pub-‘ lisher. Prom time immemorial it ’ has been the cen-' treof fSfebook trade ; and Si£tioners* Hatl; where e&tained, The length of the “tow?’ » not above thirty rods, and it 1b ' tortuous;.a3’if cramped for spaeof The finest build-' ing in if is tlie great cream-cslbred palace cf the Longmany, which shows'to bad advantage, because, when you atand opposite it, you are just under its * eaves, and - i£Ts* tunring black already with the Lon . don Bmoker The Chambers’ Londbtf House is a large yellow-' building, close to Lor-SEan’s, nearly opposite Kent'&j-Go.’a. The republishbr of* American books here is a Ger man named Trubiwny smd he has grown fbt upon the proceeds. Most of the masazines issue* hence, and if you standher2*on pablfsher’s days (the Moguls are only in’their toffifeea-at stated times) you will see seedy youths and pards* staggering wistfully along with MSS. by reamb > ana tons. Ludgate Kill is also a publishing-placejitbtandsconvenientto St.fPaura, and there are a few publishers in the West End, as John Murray rett kind eld gentleman—and a quantity on Piccadilly: These, the higher order of authors, live at St. John’s "Wood, a fashionable suburban quarter, near Regent’s Park; but many authors are clubmen, and may be Bees- around the club-houses in Pall Mali. I meet Thackeray often in Govent Gar- - deD, with a stickunder hie arm, squinting into shop window s through his glasses. His epitaph may well he written: “Author of the Book of Snobs 1” The literary weekließ/ as distinguished from the maga zines, congregatearound the Strand and Wellington ' Btreet. “All the-Yearßound ” haß its office here, aa well as “Oncea Week/” and tbe Reviews, such as the “Atbenmum.” I seethe contributors to these journals often-at Wyatt’s—a chop-house in the Strand. They are absent-minded, andfond of their beer, and hate each olher. - The literary people of London may be divided into authors, writers for periodicals, review ‘ers, and journalists.- NOvices commonly enter the millas “penny-a-liners,” or fugitive reporters for the daily papers. They>haunt police courts, tele graph'stations, railway depots, Ac., and seize upon .trifling occurrences, which they note and record. They drop these slips, with their name And address appended, into the editors’rijoxes, and if the same are inserted, they present a bill at the cashier’s office-on Monday mornings. All newspapers here keep a book, wherein is registered every morning the title and number of lines of every such contribu tion. Tbe papers generally pay one penny a line for .news, but the Times and Telegraph pay three half pence, „or three cents, A half-column article will thus pay £2, perhaps. But all penny-a-liners do not at tend to city matters. Some watch the files of scarce newspapers for judicious clippings; others are clerks in commercial houeeß, where they have advantage of correspondents in remote quarters ; others are sub ordinates in theatres, etc. A correspondent of thiß kind becomes known to a journal in course of time, • and iB at length elevated to a place in the reportorial staff. Here his opportunities are greater, and being generally a keen observer of men and manners, he lays up a store of experience for future use. After a time, the reporter has an article accepted by Borne of the weaker periodicals, such as “Saturday Night,”or “A Sunday at Home.” He continues these compositions until he has acquired fluency of style and quickness of invention, when he under takes a novel. He has now reached the laßt stage of his career, and if successful, he dropß all transient labor and beeps steadily on with the book publish ers. But two-thirds of the whole number of aspi rants never get beyond penny-a-lining; the half of the remainder stop when reporters; a score or so be come permanent fixtures of magazines, and one or two struggle up to authorship. A large number of the periodical writers are starved curates in heath enish parishes of England. Being generally educated and irreligious men, they take to ..literature as the 'most congenial employments Some of the best story*writers in the> London market are of this class. But the literary field of London differs from that of New York, in that here education generally develops one particular set of faculties, and in Ame rica all the faculties develop in equal degree. A literary man in America is everything by turns : a novelist, a poet, a critic; a compiler, a writer upon science and polemics.* But here, reviewers are . trained for their particular branch of literature, and they graduate essayists, biographers, and hißtorianß. - The London field is so vast,- and the labors so nume rous, that the work -is -districted, each aspirant lecting some line of study and composition. You would be astonished, as 1 have been, to mark.the perseverance of some of these literary people. Take the May hews, for example, of whom there are three brothers. They have written four immense volume* upon “London Labor and the London Poor,” and the book is so thorough and exhaustive that little is left for anybody else to say upon the subject. But the great fostering- mother of the -London _ litleraicurs is the British Museum, a mighty library of reference, with immense collections appended of statues,' - bronzes, - medals, plants, animals, minerals, &c., &c. The vast reading-room of this palace was designed for authors'alone, and its uses are limited to those of study, reference, and research. To enjoy its privileges you must ob tain responsible endorsement that you are a profes sional litterateur. When this is obtained, the read ing-room is free to you. It-is an enormous rotundo, lighted from a stained dome, and the floors are co vered with gutta percha.;to deaden Bound. Your chair wheels noiselessly to a desk, provided with all the appurtenances for facilitating your labors. You apply for the law books .by filling-up a blank ticket, and they are brought to your place and removed when you have done. Cyclopaedias of all possible descriptions are found conveniently, and publi cations, of which there are no duplicates in the world, are found on these shelves; with MSS. of incalculable value, as heir-looms of the great and gifted of ages long gone. The other day I read some of Thomas Chatterton’s original poems, and letters in his own handwriting, and when I turned to the name of Washington Irving in the catalogue, I found about a hundred editions of his different works, in different languages. To deal . with a publisher here, you must be responsibly in troduced, and, if you are young, you may be snubbed unmercifully. Some of the publishers are kindly and charitable ; but one-who relies upon his own merits, and fails to rely upon'lefcters, may never have a hearing at all. Some of the magazines do not read contributions, thoughT think that there is generally fair play in this department. And, where you are disappointed, the salve is handed you with the bruise. They do not say at any place that your article is rejected; but Mr. Charles Dickens regrets his inability to make use of the paper: or, the editor is regretfully compelled- to return the interesting • paper, entitled, etc. I have-run this letter beyond its limits, and must finish it another time. The book trade, I must say, active now,-particularly in the fictitious departments. This is emphatically an age ‘ of romances. The female novelists now in repute are Mrs. Henry Wood and Miss- Braddon. The former’s “East Lynne” has reached a seventh edition, and the latter’s sensation stories of “Aurora Floyd.” and “Lady Audley’s Secret” have been drama tized, and produced at rival theatres. Miss Brad don was poor and-wretched three years ago, hawk ing her tales about London in vain, A very good novel of a better type, called “David Elginhod,” is haviDg a fine sale. It -is by. Geoi%e Macdonald, one of the better order of poets. Wilkie Collins’ No Name”-is-running- into-the third edition. . Sampson & Lowe own it. They started-with Ameri can publications, and are growing .rich.*, Collins has •no rival in constructmg.of plots, .and dogged perae - verance in developing them. Thenewspapers have all: been taken up of late with-reporting Court matters, now.and/then giving Poland a column. The fine account of the Princess wedding, publish ed in the Times of Wednesday, March 14th, was written by Bussell, of Bull Bun memory.. He has announced a,book, entitled, “ History of the Wed ding at Windsor.” - The Times paicLone hundred guineas for the report, and the book is published by subscription; for his, benefit. It will realize, perhaps, a thousand guineas for him. Bussell.is the most fortunate correspondent that literature has known. He lives in style in. St. John’s .Wood, and edits the Army and Navy Gazette; T should say that his in come has been ten thousand dollars a year, at least, since the Crimean war. The Times puffs whatever he does into popularity: but he is really clever, and is understood to be .writing a grand history of the Allied war at present. Mackay, his successor at New York, is generally voted a aonkey on this side, .and will shortly be recalled. Tlie Rebel Trade with. Mexico*. The New York Evening .Post publishes the fol lowing-letter : - Matamoros, Mexico, Feb. 18,1863, . I have seen and learned’ enough since I have been here to make my soul bleed over the unhappy con dition of my friends yet in They Are mur- . dered one by one. A small force could lift-the yoke - of tyranny from their necks and give them, relief. I am fully satisfied that, with two thousand well armed and well-mounted men,.l could clear, up .Western Texas;, I couldrecruit twice that number •in a few weeks, if I had a foothold on Texas soil, and a centre around which to rally. The rebels are carrying on quite*a business through .Matamoros, They'have their regular agents, here, supplying them with various necessary and passing oufc cot ton in payment. Large, mails from Richmond and eleewbere.in tbe land of treason pass.through this place for Europe. Much cotton is .nqw.hauled to Brownsville, and a cavalry dash, might gather up . quite a quantity of it. Thetraitors are throwing all the force they can on the Rio Grande, but that will not amount ta much. They have at present, about seven or eight hundred men at Brpwnsville, about two hundred or . two hundred and fifty at moat, at - Ringgold barracks, which place iB about one hun.-. dred and twenty miles above Brownsville.. They, may get three hundred or four hundred more on the Rio Grande in the spring. Thein'mea areconscripts mostly, and cannot be-relied.on by them. They are . absenting daily. Refugees from. Texas .have b'qea coming to Matamoros every day since I arrived. I have assumed the responsibility of borrowing money to feed: them, and shall appeal to the Government, : through some legitimate ehannel, to. refund it. The most af their troops on theßio Grande are infantry. The greater . number, a-, little, back from. . Grande, are in quitea, destitute condition.. They ; are not very well armed, and have very indifferent ■powder. The people in the- interior are in a most desti tute condition. About fifteen hundred., men in ; Fayette, Colorado,! Austin, and Washington coua ! t-i€B, were in readiness, Christmas week, to make v their way to Galveston, learning that our troops, were to be these about that time. But when the place fell into the handß of. the they had to, leave the State, many of them to save thsir necks. I have met some of them in Matamorps. ' We want arms and equipments 'for from three 1 to five regiments, of. cavalry, a bold, drive ahead man to lead them, to clean-up Texas. Give. ub some infantry first, well sprinkled with artillery to start with. The Mexicans-, are. pretty much all with us in their sympathies. The. truth is, many of. them would be glad to fight under the Stars and. Stripes. We are waiting and hoping for the day cfo our salvation. Vallanaigham and his crew are. doing more to aid the rebelß than any other in fluence, now at work. Such men* in my opinion, - should be hung higher than. Haman. No affiliation, ■ with traitors. No peace measures except leap from the mouth oLthe oannon. s The Shell. Mr. Duer, of Philadelphia, has been in Washing-, ton during the past week superintending a series of experiments with his new incendiary sho!£, before a number of our most distinguished statesmen, naval and army officers, and scientific ,gentlemen. Sheila : are now filled with the celebrated “ Solidified Greek File,’’.invented, by Mr.. Levi, Short, and manufac tured at Chester, Pennsylvania by Messrs. Short Sc. Duer. - The success attending the yi® of shells filled with this substance haß been most gratifying. At the Iminbardmentof .the batteries at the mou,th of the Elizabeth river, just one. year ago, the barracks of the .enemy, were burned down by these shells, and :he was compelled to .evacuate- his position. Their ime at .Malvern Hill caused the greatest consterna* . tion and destruction p-piong the. rebels.Jt-ia. believed tfcattherebel steamer “Nashville” was destroyed by one of ilieseterrible missiles. Nearly all- our blockading squadrons and fleets have been partially eopplied with theec shells, and it is understood that they wiilbe exteneivelj’t|ie QQffiihg attack, upon Oh&risaieß* -
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