THE EJSMSEKD DAILY (SUNDATS EXCEPTED.) BY JOHN W. 6'ORNEY. OlPlda, jfo; 111 80ITTH FOURTH STREET. VHH DAILY PRESS, EiafiTßß* Cents Pek Week, payabkfo the Carrier, galled to Bubseribers out of the City'at Eight - Dollars PeeA*fuic», Pour Dollars fob Stpk. Months. Two Dol- LARBfor Three Months—in v&iiably in advance for th* time ordered. AdrertieerQ ents inserted at the usual rates. Blje lines constitute a square. . THU TRI WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Subscribers odt of the City at Poor Dollars Fbr Amnrx, in advance • • '• YARNS, A. H. FRANOISOUS, No. 433 MARKET, No. 6 NORTH FIFTH STREET, Mae in store the -larsest stock In this City of YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, - BATTING, WADDING, YARNS BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, . WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, Cotton Batting, Wadding, Carpet Chain, Cotton Yarn, Twines, Wiclring, Ropes, &c. Goods Bold at Lowest Cash Trices. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. A. 11. FRANOISOUS,' pg MARKET, and 5 North FIFTH Street, I Calls the attention of dealers to his I IMMENSE STOCK V- -WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, I i WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, V ' 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, . -BUCKETS, TUBS, CHUEKS, .BRUSHES, BASKETS, BROOMS, - ' . LOOKING-GLASBES, TABLE AND FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS, WINDOW-SHADES, . clocks, FANCY BASKETS, <SO. jo. A LARGER STOCK OF TEE ABOVE GOODS THAW AWT OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY. CLOTHES WRINGERS. THE GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER. “PUTNAM “SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER” to be superior to any other in use. EVERY FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A CLOTHES WRINGER. BECAUSE, Ist It ia a relief to the. hardest part of washing day. 2d. It enables the washing to be done In one-third less Sd. It saves clothes from, the injury always given by listing. . 2 4th. It helps to wash the clothes as well as dry them. WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE THE PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER. PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, BECAUSE, Fibbt. The rolls, being of vulcanized rubber, will 't- |»ear hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear •■offbuttons. - Second. The frame being of iron, thoroughly galva nized; all danger from rust is removed, and the liability ‘*toshrink, swell, split, Ac., so unavoidable-in wooden machines, is prevented: . ' Third. The spiral springs over the rolls render this ; machine self-adjusting, so that small and large articles, .•as well as:articles uneven in thickness, are certain to receive uniform pressure. - - .1 Fourth. 1 -The patent fastening % by which the machine ’s Is tightened to the tub,_webß ii ° v * v , to h®- *uiwiur i» oim vtjUcftyanaefficieQCy toany.yet offered. ' Fifth. It will At any tub,ground or square, from one fcaif to one-and-a-quarter inches in thickness, without he least alteration. RETAIL. PRICE: 21To. 1. 16....,..•••N0, 2, *s.i Letter “A,” 18* Agents wanted in every county. 9Sr Reliable and energetic men will be liberally dealt •‘With. ' For Bale at the * i ** “WOODENWARE ESTABLISHMENT” OF A. U. FRANOISOUS, No. 433 MARKET St. and No. 5 North FIFTH St. mhl7-2m Wholesale Agent for Pennsylvania. OIL CLOTHS. ,QIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW SHADES. CARRIAGE, TABLE, STAIR, AND FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, IN COTTON AND LINEN FABRICS, QUALITY AND STYLE UNSURPASSED. WINDOW SHADES, COMPRISING EVERY VARIETY OP NEW AND ORI GINAL DESIGNS, PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL. These goods will be sold to Dealers and Manufacturers prices much below the present price of stock. . THOMAS POTTER, manufacturer of oil cloths and : WINDOW SHADES, 230 AKCIJ Street, Philadelphia, and 49 CEDAR and 95 LIBERTY Streets, New York. mh29-lm • - • DRUGS AND CHEMICALS. ROBERT SHOEMAKER <& CO., Northeast Corner FOURTH and RA.CE Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, KABTJFACTURERS 07 WHITE LEAD AM) ZINC PAINTS, PUTTY, fto.l AGENTS FOE THE CELEBRATED FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Dealeri and consumers supplied at . - VEST DOW PBICES JOB CASH. |UIS-M • GAS FIXTURES, Act 527 ARCH STREET. O. A. VANKIRK & OO.J jusrracTPKEns 07 CHANDELIERS AND OTHER GAS FIXTURES. AleOsPrenck Bronze Figures and Ornaments,Porcelain Cud Mica Shades* and a variety of FANCY GOODS, W H OLE SALE AND HETAIL. Fleas* call and examine good*. FURNITURE, &c. JP URN I T U R E . A- LARGE ASSORTMENT, W. & J. ALLEN & BROTHER, I*o9 CHESTNUT STREET. /CABINET FURNITURE AND BlL diabd tables. MOORE & CAMPION, No. 361 Soutli SECOND Street, In connection with thelr extouol ve Cabinet hnelnese, are HOW manufacturing a superior article of billiard tables, ttAd haren o^ l! n hand a f ;i [[ finppiy finished with the MOORE A CAMPION’S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, Which are pronounced by all who have need them to ha mperlor to all others. efor the.qnality and finish of these Tables, the mann ctorere rear to their numerous patrons throughout the nlon, who are familiar with the character of their Work. mhs-6m TUCKER’S PATENT SPRING BED, Patented July 3,1865. Theabove are manufactured and for sale by HIRAM TUCKER. ynb9S-flm No. 3 REVERJ3 Block. Boston. Mass, /CHAMPAGNE.—AN INVOICE OF yj “Comet" and “ Orescent” Champagne Wine, to ar riT* Per ship Carl. “4/“r^ale T by HE & LATERQtn|< Mr MOSI and 304 South ISONT Street, VOL. 6.-NO. 222. CARPETS AND OILrCIOTHS, CARPET WAREHOUSE. JOS. BLACKWOOD, 833 ARCH STREET, TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH (Sonth Side], - IS NOW BECKIVJK.O FOR STRING ■TKAJJE, 1 rich and extensive assortment of • T , T>c , riir , T / 10 XtfGLISH AND AMERICAN CARPETINGS. Of the best makes, , Embracing all tho new stylos, which are offered , AT LOW PRICES FOR CASH. ' mhl3-2m. . ;• • JUST RECEIVED, 3,000 BOLLS CANTON MATTINGS, To which we invite the. attention of the trade., M'OALLUM & OO m NO. 509 CHESTNUT STREET, mhl3-tf PHILADELPHIA. EMOV A L . J. T. DELACROIX, has removed Mb - STOCK OF CARPETINGS, Prom 47 South FODBTH Street, to iis NEW STORE, No. 31 SOUTH SECOND STREET, ti uer. ae oam-a tu -v. and purchaser. generally, a LABGE AHB DESIEABI.FBTOga.-or CARPETINGS, of all grades, andhßßt known makes. i : OIL CLOTHS, MATTIKGS. AND WINDOW SHADES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, AT THE LOWEST PRICES. J. T. DELACROIX, No. 37 SOUTH SECOND STREET, above Chestnut. pA9-3m - :’x : Q.LEN ECHO MILLS. M’OALLUM * CO.; MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS, 509 CHEBTNUT STREET, (Opposite Independence Hall.) O A R P E T I N G'Bj OIL CLOTHS, &«. We bare now on hand an extensive stock of CARPET* [NGB, of onr own and other makes, to which we call the attention of cash and short-time buyers. fel6-3m GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS. Q.EORGE GRANT, NO. 610 CHESTNUT STREET. Has now ready A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK GENTS 7 FURNISHING GOODS, of his own importation and manufacture. His celebrated “ PRIZE MEDAL SHIRTS,” manufactured under the superintendence of - JOHNF. TAGGERT, (FOBMERLY OF OLDENBEHG & TAGGERT,) are the most perfect-fitting Shirts of the age. . Jteff- Orders promptly attended to. : mh26-thstu3m 60t>. AROH STIIKBT * 606. FINE SIIIItT AND WRAPPER DEPOT. - . AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OF ‘ GENTS’ FURNISIIIXG GOODS, AT MODERATE PRICES. FOUR PREMIUMS AWARDED FOR SHIRTS, wrappers; and stocks. G. A. HOFFMANN, Successor to W. W.. KN-IGHT. 606 ARCH STREET. 600. apB-mws3m rj’llK PINE SHIRT EMPORIUM, Nos. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET. JOHN 0. ARB ISON; ; * (FORMERLY J. BURR MOORE.) - -■’--’•-IMPORTER AHD MANUFACTURER OF - • GENTLEMENS FURNISHING GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT MODERATE PRICES. N. B.—Particular attention given to the making of Shirts, Collars, Drawers, &c. y - apB-6m ■UINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. ■A- The subscriber would invite attention to his , IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS, Which he makes a specialty in his business. Also, con stantly receiving, NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN’S WEAR. J. W. SCOTT, GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING STORE, No. 814 CHESTNUT STREET, ' ja2o-tf . Four doors below the Continental. CIiOTHING. Fine Clothing, Made up early, for S-pring and Summer now ready, WANAMAKER & BROWN, “OAK HALT,,” S. E. cor. 6th & Market. DESIRABLE PROPERTY von INVESTMENT. PRICES SURE TO ADVANCE, ■ JJEN’S AND BOYS’ WEAR. CASSIMERES. NEW DIAGONALS. * NEW MIXTURES. NEW COLORS. NEW 6-4 COATINGS. NEW 6-4 MELTONS. LADIES’ CLOAKINGS. * BOYS’ CLOTHING READY-MADE. BOYS’ AND MEN’S CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER. COOPER «s OONARD. ap4-tf S. E. oorner NINTH AND MARKET Ste. JOHN KELLY, JR., TAILOR , HAS REMOVED FROM 1022 CHESTNUT STREET, EDWARD P. KELLY’S, 143 South THIRD Street, Where he presents to former patrons and the public the advantages of a STOCK OP GOODS, equalif not su perior, to any in the city-the skill and taste of himself and EDWARD P. KELLY, the two best Tailors of the city—at prices much lower than any other first-class esta blishment of .the city. apl-tf JJLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50, . BLACK CASB. PANTS, $5.50, At 704 MARKET BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5/60, At 704 MARKET Sir lit BLACK CASS. PANTS, M 50., At 704 MARKET Street BLACK CASS. PANTS, $5.50. At 701 MARKET Street GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street! GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street GRIGG & VAN GUNTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Street. GRIGG & VAN GtJBTEN’S, No. 704 MARKET Btreot. mh22-6m HARDWARE AND CUTLERY. JJARDWARE. CLOSING OUT AT OL D PRI GE S, The Stock of a WHOLESALE HOUSE, comprising a LARGE ASSORTMENT OF ' : ALL KINDS OF. GOODS. 43T MARKET and 410 COMMERCE Streets. apl6-lm ' ... pOTTON BAIL DUCK AND CANVAS, vy 0 f all numbers and branda.' 'Raven’s Dnck Awning Twille, of all description* for Tents, Awnings, Trunk, and Wagon Covers. ’ Also, Paper Manufhctarers' Drier Felts, from Ito feet Wide. Tarpaulin. Bolting. Sail Twine, Ac. ~ JOHN W. EVEBMAIf A CO., WS-tf lWJOlffig'AUtT. L. HALLO WELL. & OO.^ NO. 615 CHESTNUT STREET, (JAYNE’S MARBLE BUILDING,) Have now in stock, and are daily receiving, ahandsome assortment of New Foreign FA NOY DR Y GOO D S ■ AND ... SILKS, All purchased since ,the recent J V DECLINE IN GOLU,AND EXCHANGE. and which will be sold at a V ’; SMALL ADVANCE FOR CASH. ap3-2m ■ 1863. spring 1863> HOOD, BON33RIGHT, * CO., GERMANTOWN. PA. SPRING, 1863. YARD, GILLMORE, St OO.j Importers and Jobbers of SILKS AND FANCY DRY GOODS, NOS. 617 CHESTNUT AND fill JAYNE STS,, Have now open, of THEIR OWN IMPORTATION, a LARGE AND HANDSOME STOCK - ■ OF SPRING GOODS, COMPRISING ' DRESS GOODS. SHAWLS, RIBBONS. GLOVES, &c. - Also, a full assortment of * ' WHITE GOODS. LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS. BM BROIDERIES, AND LACES. The attention of the trade is requested. fels-3m 1863. SPRING - 1863. JOHNBS, BERRY, * C 0.," (Snoeesßori to .'Abbott, Johnes, A Co.) No. IMT MARKET, and 534 COMMERCE Streets, PHILADELPHIA, HfTORTBBS AH! JOBBERS OP SI L K 1 aim FANCY DRY GOODS, Hav. new open a LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK nr DRESS goods; Adapted to th* Beacon. Deo, a Full Assortment In WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, SHAWLS, &0., Which they offer to the trade at the LOWEST PBICISL CASH BUYERS' Are particularly Invited to examine onr Stock. f*l3-t( JAMES S. EARLE & SON, IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS Of LOOKING GLASSES. OIL PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, PORTRAIT, PICTURE, and - PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. EXTENSIVE r LOOKING GLASS WAREROOHS AND GALLERY OF PAINTINGS,’ ial-tf «io OHESTHUT Street, Philadelphia, DRY GOODS JORDERS. DRY 'GOODS. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, NO. 435 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA. . The attention of 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 Latnes, Ginghams, Lawns, • and Newest Styles Dress Goods. also. MEN’S WEAR IN GREAT VARIETY. GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO CASH BUYERS. . mhlß-2m JAMBS R. CAMPBELL & CO., IMPORTEES, JOBBEKS, AHD RETAILERS OF DRY GO ODS. 727 CHESTNUT STREET. Invite the attention of Cash Buyers to their FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK, Embracing the most desirable styles of SILKS AND DBESS GOODS, IN ANY MARKET, AT MODERATE PRICES. mh9-tap26 J) AVID ROGERS, No. 45 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, Importer and Jobber of MEN AND BOYS’-WEAR, • LADIES’ CLOAKINGS, &o. mh2s-2m* gPKING STOCK SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. A. W. LITTLE & CO., Bhs-2m Ho. 335 MARKET STREET. 1863. spring. 1863> BIEGELj WIBST, «6 ERVIN, IMPORTERS and jobbers dry goods; ■ * w No. 47 NORTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Merchant* viaiting thii city to purchase Dsr Goons will find oiir Stock large and admirably aaaorted, and at Low Fiqubbs. In certain elaaaea of Gooda we otter Inducement* to purehaaera unequalled by any other houae in Philadelphia. fe2l-2m JAMES, KENT, SANTEE, <S OO.; IMPORTERS AND JOBBERS OFj dry goods; Hoi. 339 and 341 N. THIRD STREET, ABOVE RAO]. PHILADELPHIA. Ear. now open their usual LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS, Among which will be found a more than usually afcfcrae live variety of LADIES’ DRESS GOODS; . Also, a frill assortment of :. MERRIMACK AND COCHECO PRINTS, and “ PHILADELPHIA-MADE GOODS. To which they Invite the special attention ofcash buyers. fe2o-2m PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, dec. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1863. SPRING Mil, LINERY. | SPRING MILL! The undersigned has now open a HANDSOME STOCK OF RIBBONS, BILES, GRAPES,! ? ILLUSIONS AND LACES. Also, a splendid assortment of FRENCH FLOWERS, 1 Consisting of fine ROSES, ROSE BUDS,- fine GRAPES, and FRUITS, / \: jj All of the most fashionable shades, and sttles.' A LOT OP RIBBONS AND FLOWER! Of last season's importation, will be CLOSED OUT VERY CHEAP. M. BEBNHEI! No. 736 CHESTNUT S’ mh3o-2m SO STRAW GOODS, ,1’ FRENCH FLOWERS LACES AND RIBBONS, OF THE LATEST FASHIONS, JUST OPENED THOS. KENNEDY & BR No. 730 CHESTNUT Street, below EIGH ip ,jlj BROOKS & ROSENHE-i (Late Rosenheim, Brooke, & No. 431 MARKET STREET. North Sidf Hare HOW Open, and are daily making additions A HANDSOME VARIETY OP RIBBONS, BONNETS, MISSES’ AND CHILDREN’S HATS, FLOW! AND <• - .- • MILLINERY GOODS IN GENERA, to whioh the attention of the trade la respectfiv cited. mlf giTTv MISSES O’BRYAN, 1107 r SrapLa/NUT Street, will open PARIS HILI THE SPRING, on THURSDAY, As 1863. . ai 1863 s p E 1 N G WOOD * OAKY. .j No. 725 CHESTNUT STREET] HaT. now In store a complete stock of STRAW AND MILLINERY GO< INCLUDING / ; I STRAW HATS AND BONNETS. < MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S STRAW GOODS. FANCY AND CRAPE BONNETS. • I FRENCH FLOWERS, RIBBONS. &c, I To .which they respectfully invite the attention of I •hants and Milliners. CASH BUYERS will find special advantage In exai lag this stock before purchasing. fe2B-^ Milli n e r y ■AND STRAW GOODS. JOSEPH HAMBURGER, . - 35 South. SECOND Stre«, Has now open a large stock of Ribbons, Artificial Plow* &c., to which, he respectfully invites the-attention Milliners and Merchants.' Goods received "daily *frt Hew York auctions. . mh24-2in[ T?IGHTH-STREET RIBBON STOg], No. 107 North EIGHTH Street. , >V If = We would inform our customers, and tlie ladies ten - rally, that we open this day a full and uery supfcrir stock of MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS,: fofcttj. Springand Summer seasons, which we are prepare t offer, wholesale and retail, at the most reasonable pries - No. 4 CORD-EDGE RIBBONS, all colors, Slperi&e,- No. 6 CORD-EDGE RIBBONS, all colors, sLs£er piece. ‘if ' BLACK VELVET RIBBONS, every width,vsiimor duality. - BEST BLACK VELVET RIBBONS, with white fges, every width, at last season’s prices. -i • ,/ BONNET RIBBONS, plain and fancy, every&ade, - width, and duality—an immense variety-to ;s/t' all • . BONNET SILKS, of every shade, plain and plai. . BONNET CRAPES, LACES, ILLUSIONS,-BLADES,:-' ORNAMENTS, &c. / 4>’\ -FRENCH ARTIFICIAL.FLO WEES, a snpej*vViety, ? at the-usual-prices/ t —cT,*. T [ STRAW BONNETS, the fashionable shape, ii ./raid, split straw, and hair; white; gray, and black. /r>;:; INFANTS’ HATS AND CAPS, every new - d ign, all qualities. - ( LADIES’ AND CHILDREN’S SHAKER HOOS. THE BEST NEW YORK AND FRENCH pNNET FRAMES, lower than they can be bought elsewere, by or single.. . i —T„ - SICHEL & "WEii, Wo. 10T North. EIGHTH jtregt. Give us a call. mh27'lm SEWING MACHINES. gEWING MACHINES; THE “SLOAT" MACHINE, WITH GLASS PRESSES FOOT, NEW STYLE HEMMEB, BRIDER, and other valuable improvements. ■ '. ■ - ALSO, THE TAGGART & FARR MAGI Agency—N. E. corner NINTH and.CHEERY mhB-tf jgl N GEE’S SEWING MACHINES For Family Sewinc and Manufacturing P■; 810 CHESTNUT STREE jal6-Sm - • TRIMMINGS, &C. & hassall, MILITARY FURNISHI! No. 418' ARCH STREET PHILADELPHIA. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ■ : - --- - - ajo.-lm D. S. ISTERSAI REVENC FOB THE SALS OF UNITED STATES TAX STAMPS, Vo. ST South THIRD Street, first door shore fiestnut, A full supply, of all kinds of-TAX STAMPS distantly on hand, and for sale in quantities to suit. ' A liberal discount allowed on amounts- of tdoand uv- Wards. f, , Orders by Mall promptly attended to. ; Office Honrs from 9A.M.t06 P. M. I \\ ; JACOB E. KIDOwIy) deWelCI ' No. 57 South XHIRJ Sti^et; UNITED SECbNB COLLECTION DISTRICT)' ,k T' Of: Pennsylvania, embracing the First,HSeranth, Eighth, Ninth, and Tenth wards of the city tf Philadel phia. . * ■ T *y. - -. The annual assessment in the above-namel distrfcfcdf all persons liable to tax on Gold and Silve/Platejf Car riages, Billiard Tables, - and: Pleasure Yachs, ana' also of all persons required to take oat Licenses, jiaviugbeen •completed, notice is hereby /given that,tie taxes due under said assessment -will, be received by the under signed, excepted, betwefri the hours of 9A. M.,and 3P. M., at his omce»south.vesh corner of THIRD and WALNUT Streets, ,on knd aft/? S ATURDAY, the 11th instant, until and, including - Saturday, the 9th day of May, 1863. 7' 1 • - • PENALTIES. -I ■ ' All persons who fail to pay the annu l taxes oh’gold and silver plate, carriages, ■ billiard tahln# and pleasure yachts, on or before the aforesaid 9th o: May,- 1863, I will incur a penalty of .ten per centum add ional upon the amount thereof, as provided for in the I h section of the excise law of July.l, 1862. All persons'who in like manner sha fail to take out their licenses, as required by law, on r before the 9th day of May. ]SG3, will incur a penalty o three times the amount of said licenses, in accordance with the provi sions of the 59fch section of the excise lav aforesaid.^ Money of the United States only rpcei\ w . JOHN H. DIEHL, ap9-dtmy9 S.W. cor. of THIRD and] H E “EXCELSIOR” HAMS ' ABE THE BEST IN THE WOKID. i NONE GENUIHE UNLESS BSAKBE» -v “ J. H. M. & C«. PHILAM. EXCELSIOR.” J. H. MICHENER & CO., V GENERAL PROVISION DEALERS AND CUReU OP TRE CELEBRATED "EXCELSIOR” BUG AR-C’URED HAMS,/ Nos. l4a and 14:4 North PKONT St] iet, Between Arch and Race streets, Philadelphia The justly-celebrated “ EXCELSIOR ” HAMS arronred byJ.'H. M. & Co. (in a style peculiar to themaelas) ex pressly for FAMILY USE, are of delicious flaygv free from the unpleasant taste of salt, and are pronou/cod by epicures superior to any now offered for'sale. aJ6-3m TX)WEN & CO.’S LITHOGRA ESTABLISHMENT, j Boutfiweet Comer of ELEVENTH <uid OHESTN) NO. 515 MINOR STREET. PHILADELPHIA, Every description of LITHOGRAPHY, PLATE PRINTING, and C ' EXECUTED lIT THE MOST BUPBRIOB MAH] mhio-tf PENSIONS.— $100 BOUNTY/ AN D : PAT procured and collected for Soldifs* Sailors* and the relatives of such as are deceased, &Agra«K»xaDM and satisfactory rates. Soldiers who kaveterved two. years, and all soldiers who have .-been dipharged by reason of wouudß received in battle, are nofontitiea to the $lOO bountyand the latter, also, to_a jyasion* , JAMES FCLTOtf, Solicitor for ClafoanU. nU4 4»4Yr*ijOTSttM». JERY. / TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1863. THE MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON. Mississippi Squadron, Helena, Arkansas, April 11, 1863, [Special Correspondence of The Press. V I t lt is now. too late for me to give you in detail the events of the Yazoo Pass Expedition, or more pro 'perly speaking, of the two expeditions, and the he roic and noble fights of the United States gunboat Ohillicothe, which alone and unsustained by the army fought Fort Greenwood-three several times, receiving fifty-nine terrific shots,, and having in killed and wounded, out of a crow of less than sixty, twenty-two killed and wounded. \ The expedition is not a failure by any means, but it would have been a perfect success butfor the need less, yes, criminal delays of the army officers at He lena in fitting out transports for the troops, and for the delay, after the expedition got through the Pass into Cold Water river, of Lieutenant Commander Watson Smith. General Kobe, of tlic army, and the commanders of the OhilUcothe and Baron De Kftlb would have achieved a fame such ns the war has not produced, but for the delays of their superiors, or but for their < jealousy. •. The expedition is so far a great success in this, that it has entirely destroyed all prospects for crops of any kind oh the Yazoo Pass, on the Cold Water, and on the Tallahatchie. In addition to the above very important item, all the cotton, cotton-gins, planta tion houses, and negro quarters, all the corn and all the cattle, and all of the fences on these streams, were utterly destroyed; besides the rebel loss in killed and wounded and in prisoners, and from desertion was very considerable. Their greatest loss, however, was in the very large amount of Cotton they destroy ed to keep us from getting it, and the loss of a great number of their negroes, who were brought out un der the provisions of the President’s proclamation, and in the complete. demoralization of what were left. A portion of the negroes that the Yazoo Pass Expedition caused to leave their masters, are now being drilled at this point as Federal soldiers. The breaking of the leveeß in getting into the Pass will destroy all the country adjacent to our route, and will render the whole upper portiqa. Qf'the State of Mississippi eo sickly, that it will be- impossible for tlieir armieß to remain in the locali-es we- have just visited. The same may be said of all the Lake Providence country and that of Yickßburg, and, in fact, oJf all the States on the Mississippi river—for the leveeß are broken from Memphis to New Orleans, and cannot soon be repaired, for the negroes won’t •work, and Southern chivalry have to fight not only the Yankees, but starvation. There is a movement on the tapis to-day that in dicates a complete concentration of all the troops, from Memphis down, on the City of Hills, as the rebels poetically style "Vicksburg. If, aB I suppose, I will not go wanting for material to keep up my correspondence. I think we will strike this time by the way of Lake Providence—and, should we fail again, we beg to call to the minds of our friends the anecdote of Bruce and the spider. F. ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Progress of Our Great Armada—Vicksburg to. lie Assaulted from Below by our Entire )a f Force-Tlic Yazoo Pass Expedition—lst 1 Arkansas African Volunteers General l Thomas’ Military Scheme for Enlisting I Colored .Troops. I . Cincinnati, April 20.— You may look for import • ant news from Vicksburg about this time, and I ir- think it will be nothing less than that the passage of \ - the river batteries by the upper fleet has been ac in l- eomplished with transports and an assault by 70,000 £ men by the,way of Warrentoh. Part of the boats forming the Yazoo expedition have arrived at Mem phis. The damage has been appraised as follows: The: John Bell, $1,453; the Key West, $2,225 ; the Mariner, $2,800 ; the Tecumseh, $5,800, : NEGRO SOLDIERS IN ARKANSAS, Cincinnati, April 20.—The Ist African Regiment at Helena is.nearly-full. The negroes manifest much enthusiasm, and some of them are very proud of the service of soldiers in our-army. GEN. THOMAS’ PLAN FOR THE EMPLOY MENT OF COLORED TROOPS. IN THE SOUTHWEST. Cairo, April 20.—Below will be found General ; Thomas’ plan for employing negroes on abandoned plantations./ He says he wishes it had been done a month earlier, then the success would have been complete, but even yet mueh may be done.: First. The Government of the United States, in order to secure the safety of commerce and naviga tion on the Mississippi, have determined to locate on or near its beach a population, who will protect, instead of destroying,, as is now. done, the vireedom of commercial intercourse on this great in land sea. That this policy may the mom speArfiijr J^fpfl^>jyA^.itgj4niti»tibnr -B, meld, Captain-A. Rev. D. S. Livermore are hereby appdihfedrcbmmissibnersVwhose duty it shall' be to superintend the letting of plantations to. persons of proper character and qualifications, and to see that ; the mutual obligations between.the negroes and their employers or superintendents, shall _ be faith fully performed j to attend in some measure to their moral and intellectual wants, and generally to carry out'the policy of the Government regarding negroes that are to be put to agricultural pursuits. : Second. Yt being deemed the best policy as far as possible to make the employment and subsistence ' of negroes a'jnatterto be left to private enterprise, ■ plantations will be placed in- possession of such per sons as commissioners shall deem of good character, and pecuniary responsibility, and in lieu of rent a /tax will be collected upon- the-product of the land, payable to .such agents as the Treasury Department . shall designate, care, being taken to secure, as far as. possible, ■ the just fights of employee and employed, : and in all cases the negroes will be furnished with enough clothing for.comfort in advance of their earnings, in consequence of their extreme destitu- and in no case will negroes be aubjecfc .tb corpo j ral punishment by the lash or other cruel and unu sual modes..: . .. Third, Upon the occupancy of plantations inspect ors will visit each plantation and'take an inventory of all tlie'property upon the estate. Crops yet un gathered will be turned over to be gathered by the lessee, up.on.such terms aB shall secure to the Go vernment its fair share, while all movable property, • stock,'grain, &c., will be taken possession of Dy the Government, or sold to the lessee, if he so desires, at their appraised value,-pay able out of the proceeds of the plantation in the fall. The appraisers to be ap pointed by : the'commisiioners,'unless otherwise de signated by the Government. Fourth. After the lessee shall have taken posses sion of the plantation, as many negroes of average quality as he may desire shall be turned over to him upon the order of the commissioners, the lessee en tering into bonds to employ them until the first of February, 1864, and to feed, clothe, and treat hu manely, all the negroes thus turned over, the cloth ing to bededucted from their wages, and'to be fur nished at.cost. •Fifth. If it shall be found impracticable in conse quence of the. lateness of the season to find persons •of sufficient character and responsibility to give em ployment to all the hegroeß coming within the lines ; of the army, the commissioners may.appoint superin tendents, under 1 whose supervision the soil may be cultivated for theexclusive use of the,Government, or'may/have the plantations worked upon such terms as in their judgment shall be bcßt adapted to. the welfare of the negroes, taking care that in all plans adopted'the negroes shall be self-sustaining and not.become a charge upon the Government. , Sixth. The wages paid for labor shall be as fol lows : For able-bodied men, over fifteen years of age, seven dollars per months for able-bodied women, over fifteen years of age, five dollars per month; •for children, between the ages of twelve and fifteen, half price; / Children under twelve years of age shall not be used as field-hands, and families must be kept to gether when they so desire. The tax on'theproducts of the plantation in lieu of rent shall be at the rate of two dollars per bale of 400 pounds of cotton, and ! five cents per bushel on com and potatoes. Seventh. Whilst military will not be guarantied for the safety of persona engaged in cul tivating the soil, yet all troops will be required to give protection .where it can be done without injury to the service, and' it is confidently believed that the military organizations of the negroes'will afford all. the protection necessary.: Eighth. .Commanders of the army will render the; commissioners such military assistance as may.be necessary, without injury to the service, forthe exe cution of their duties. The commissioners, will report their proceedings to the Secretary of War every! two weeks. Given under my hand at JVlilliken’s Bend, Ea., April 15,1863, by authority of instructions from, the Secretary of War. E. THOMAS, * Adjutant General/ • JUDGMENT AGAINST THE REBEL SE CKETAKY OF WAB.—Quite an important case was on trial yesterday in the Oiroiiit Court now being held here by Judge James C. Smith, which resulted in a judgment of about $l,BOO and $2OO costs against Judah P. Benjamin, the Rebel Secre tary of War. The suit was brought by Thomas C. Bates, who had about $50,000 in claims to collect at the South. Mr. Bates employed Benjamin to collect these claims. The latter agreed to do so Tor $5,000. After doing a portion of-the business, and collecting enough money to payhimself the $5,000, Benjamin refused tahave anything further' to do with the busi ness, and would not pay over the money collected. Mr, Bates sues him and recovers, as before stated. Benjamin had three partners, so the plaintiff recovers a judgment for about one-third of the actual claim. It is stated that the Rebel Secretary of War haß con siderable property in New Orleans, and the judg ment ha? been sent there for collection.— Rochester Democmt^ Collector, i'.> VVU.NUT Sto. THE DISCOVERY OF THE PROPERTIES. OF KELP OR*SEAWEED.—It has been discovered by the chemists of France that.kelp or seaweed has been found to contain the properties necessary to give tone to the stomach,and ' impart a vigorous an<t healthy-digestion. By distilla tion and analysis it is found to.contain iodine, hydro potassium,: iron, lime. and. the hypophosphites, and 'other very important chemical agents, which act outlie food in the stomach,: similar to the gastric juice, causing it to dissolve, and perfect digestion, is the result. It is remarkable how it produces strength and vigor to the system, making the most-slender fleshy and robust, with a hale and hearty constitution.- In Ireland, , the Irish moss has been used by phy*i ciaus tor many years with marked success, and ic con tains many properties similar to kelp, but in such feeble proportions that the seaweed -is destined to supersede it entirely. ■ - -v Professor Faraday, of London, has discovered that the kelp possesses also anthlemintic, or worm-destroy ing property, in an eminent degree ; and, as it is per fectly safe under all circumstances?, the day is rapidly approaching when the seaweed will he the only remedy that will be used as a vermifuge for children and adults, for tapeworm, and-all other kinds of worms that the human system is liable to. - > 'v.: Professor .Faraday will prosecute his investigations still further ofl: this interesting subject, and the public would do well to keep themselves posted as to the re sults of his labors. . . v : Worcester, Mass., .April 20.—An’ accident occurred this morning, two miles east ofWorcesier, on the Boston Railroad,-caused, by the breaking of an axle of one. of the cars. Severer cars were badly damaged, abrak osman was killed, and two persons injured. Thompson’s Ex press messenger was also.wounded. / The accident, occurred on the 9.-10 A. M, tram from Worcester.-; -The baggage master, named Wasson, was instantly killed; Mr. Hydo, the express messenger/re ceived serious internalinjuries, and four other persons wore seriously iniiu-ed. - : • . • ~ A portion of the train is a complete- wreck, while t-Ha remainder .fortunately escaped. The suflerers wore promptly removed to the Swan- Hdfcsoi where: they -re-; ceive every attention:>•’ ; .V ; v ; , rKodoteation. of the trains was caused by the accident. ■ iORINO is. Railroad Accident* NEW YORK CITI. [Correspondence of The Press.] New York, April 18, 1863. PROSPERITY seems to be the rule, rather than the most general exception even, with all branches of industry. Every mortal shopkeeper, from the merchant prince down to the humblest tradesman, appears to be doing a maximum business; nearly'all vendable commodities are dearer than usual, but the buyers for everything are plentiful, and have the caßh. The great dealers in the more expensive luxuries of Uresß and housekeeping, whose yearly store rents are so many fortunes, make no complaint of a falling off of custom, and meet their notes with a prompti tude indicative of steady thrift. Though public charities of all kinds have but to appeal to be an swered by the most liberal contributions, their de pendants are fewer now than ever before. All through the cold weather, and up to the present time, there has been less suffering amongst the poor of this city than was ever known previously for the same period. From twenty-five to thirty different places of public amusement are open every week, and all receiving ample patron age. The money market is absolutely pletho ric for certain and uncertain investments of every description—Government stocks, real estate, bond and mortgage, and railway paper. .Take the masses all through, from master mechanics down to apprentice boys, and they all seem to have more money to spend forpleasure than ever before. If we are not living upon a tremendous financial bub ble—if what we are using for ready money is really so much cash—if the present financial policy of the nation is as sound, systematic, and well’guarded against contingencies, aB it certainly appearsjto*be, and as every attendant circumstance and conßO«Qi.ence indicates that it is, our country is an. enigma, and a miracle amoDgst the Powers of the earth. Nothing, makes the ultimate annihilation of the Southern rebellion so certain as this vigorous prosperity of . the North; for while it continues, and while bank ruptcy and famine make proportionate havoc amongst our enemies, battles, won or lost, can only be the accidents of the war, in no way affecting its final issue. ■ THE FASHIONS for the remainder of the spring and the whole of the summer season are already revealed by. the oracles, and promise to make “ Misß Flora McFlimsay, of - Madison square,” more glorious for Saratoga, New port, and Long Branch, than ever. She will wear a bonnet suggestive of woven steam, trimmed with flowers and feathers of exquisitely tortored straw. Her hair will present of all the fanci ful forms, mixtures, aggregate attitudes! bizarre curvatures, and bewildering conglomerations of which the capillary, aided by oily art, is at all sus ceptible. The most conspicuous object of the “ rear elevation” of this marvellous head-piece, will be a high golden comb, enriched with mosaics, or adorn ed with jewels. From the middle-distance of the summit, a bird-of-paradise.feather will curve back ward in gentle. agitation, to fall delicately to the shoulder. Miss McFlimsay’s favorite necklace will , composed of themoßt delicately-tinted amber beadß attainable. Her dress will be a rich moire of peach bloßßOmj or light violet hue, with all the rarities of polite botany scattered vivaciously over it—the roses, lilies, leaves, etc., increasing in Bize as they approach the bottom of the skirt, where they lose themselveß in a superb border of heavy satin flower garden. ’ This last idea is a modification of the Eugenie border, which represented a branch of a, cherry tree with leaves and fruit, a brld’s nest half hidden by the foliage, but still revealing its eggs, and a bird flying out of it. Miss McFlimsay’s rival for the heart of Charleß Augustus the.younger, will wear—well, you may judge what she will wear by a little circumstance lam about to relate. On Fri day evening,*when the steamer. British Queen had just arrived here from Havana, and while the pas sengers, who chose to go ashore that night, were getting their carpet 9 bags “ passed ” by the . custom house officer in charge, a fashionable young-lady passenger, who was accompanied by her mamma, timidly , requested said urbane and susceptible official to “please to pass my These “birds” were contained in a small glass case, and proved to be a number of very brilliant glow worms. It is the custom with the belleß of Havana society to enclose these flaming insects in the lace or crape flounces of tlieir dresses as ornaments, and the efl'eot, I can assure you, is singularly effulgent. The fashion is to be introduced here this summer, and Miss Mc- Flimsay’s queenly rival will exploit it. A SISTER OF GERALD GRIFFIN, the famous Irish novelist, was .buried from St. Ste* phen’B Roman Catholic Church fiix this city, a few days ago. Though born m Limerick, Ireland, se venty-two years ago, she had resided in this country for many years, haying a true Irish regard for; our republican institutions, and gaining a large circle of warm personal friends, no lesß by her. refined intel lectual characteristics than by her amiable qualities of heart. Another name, having: men tion in standard, literature, has: also, taken the seal of death lately. , Mr. Gabriel Franchere, who died at St. Paul, Minnesota, on the 12th, was a member of the firm of Franchere & Co., of this city, and the last survivor of John Jacob Astor’s famous “ Asto : ii»”,-expedition.,JWashtogton- Irving*• in .his fine -b.ook of “ Astoria,”~q v/iCErrcreQit,"'- from Mr. “Franchere,-who became an intimate friend of the author. . : . A LARGE WAGER was won yesterday in this style: From ten* o’clock;* in the'morning until sunset, the " Broadwayites were edified with the appearance upon: the cross-walk of one of the streets intersecting Broadway just above. •Grace Church, of-a very distingue* sweeper,-whose,, costume,' .excepting his coat, hat, and boots, was' that of a fashionable gentleman; Diligently ; he plied his rugged broom, before the step’s of each : person crossing the street in question, revealing a c.arefully-dressed head of hair as lie removed Kis hat on reaching the curb, and solicited contributions for hm muddy labor. Quite a crowd gathered on the corners towards evening, to stare at him, and though his,business had been good all day, it then became : : a gorgeous shower of pennies . and poßtai currency. At sunset (or near tKatf'he suddenly stopped his work, threw hiß broom clear across Broadway, jumpedintoa carriage which:had just driven up close-by, and was whirled away around the corner of Fourteenth street before the spectators had suffi ciently recovered'from their astonishment to pursue. Probably you have already guessed the true facts 'of the case; the mysterious sweeper was a young man of fashion, .who had made a bet with , a friend the night before that he could collect twenty dol lars in a day from the' public by playing sweeper in the costume I have noted. The matter was to be a close secret between the two until the wager was decided, and he who offered the bet pledged himself not to of his friends who might encounter him during his employment with the broom, normake any advances, or con fidences, or. giv.e any intimations of which any ragged sweeper might not legitimately avail him-. • Eelf. The amount he actually collected was $27.16. • The ladies were most liberal in their donations, and sometimes gave him fifty-cent and twenty-five-cenfc pOßtals. They “ pitied ”; him most generously, and on one occasion a lady leaned from her carriage, • which was passing slowly, to hand him her contri bution. Here is ah idea for some one of the more prosperous genuine vagrants; let him get ; himself up in the “reduced gentleman” style, and he can ; makea fine income—while the novelty lasts. PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS are sb numerous as ever, and very liberally patro nized still; but the approach of the warm weather is having a slowly*thinning effect upon all the au diences. At the Academy of Music, the “Balio” is to be given on Monday night, the special benefit of Mazzolcni, the tenor, and. then the opera season is ended. At Niblo’s, Miss Heron comes out in “Au rora Floyd,” Miss Buflille Western, despairing of success in polished, characters, goes back to her na tive “French Spy;” and that dramatic sacrifice of womanly modesty is announced at the Winter Gar den. Actorß and actresses can never hope to be re spected like other people whilst first-class theatreß tolerate plays which no modest woman can look upon without blushing. Miss Laura, Keene, who intends to take her company on another starring tour'during the ‘summer, is doing a rather unequal busineßß with a quick succession of cheaply-made “new” plays. At Wallack’s, “My Noble Son-ia- Law” is still announced. Gottschalk is sentimen talizing the fashionables, at Irving Hall, with digi tal roinanzas on a grand Chickering made without orerßtringing. The various other entertainments of the day—or-evening—suggest nothing to-mention. AN EDITORIAL LETTER. CFromthe Wasliingron ‘.‘Chronicle/ 1 ] • New Yokk, April 14, 1863, Visitors to New York can find the standard interesting and novel objects outside of the regular exhibitions, and shows.* Many '.persons come here with a general idea that if they have any leisure to enjoy it should be expended at the theatre or the opera, or by a ride to the Central Park, or a recher<M dinner at Delmonico’s or the~“ House of : Gold.” • And with this' experience they go back to their homes to delight gaping crowds with stories of the won ders they have seen and the pleasures they have shared. But there is material for more profitable study and gratification far below the-polished sur face of these over-advertised and over-praised insti tutions. . Let me describe what accident revealed to me a few days ago as I walked along Broadway. Everybody seems to be in a hurry in the chief avenue of this hive of-a city. The rapid movements of the foot-passengers, the shrieks of the omnibus drivers, the herculean efforts of the policemen to rescue unfortunate females who are constantly get ting tangled in the . harness of the carriages and vehicles, , and the . altogether new compound of sights, smells, and.sounds, .overpower the quiet stranger with alternate emotions of fear, anger, and amusement. -It was the tidal hour of this rushing; torrent, and in, .one of the eddies formed in a cor- : ner by a stoppage of the current. of travel at a crossing, T met my friend E. ’S. Sandford, presi dent of the Great American Telegraph Company. To my inquiries about his place of business he re plied by asking me to look in.uponit; and what I saw shall be the subject of tliisletter. It was a satisfac tion and a surprise. We know little about telegrams or telegraph offices in our cities and towns. It is only here that we can realize at once the magnifi cence and the magnitude-ofthat system which, with its thousand electric fibres and tongues, throbs;with and talks to millions of people every day. “ There is our office,” said Mr. Sandford. I saw a vast building of six stories, fronted with a Bign de noting it to be the headquarters of the Ameri can and-Buffalo Telegraph Companies. The first floor is devoted to the receiving of despatches and the operation of transmitting them. A large worn was filled with what seemed to me to be a troup of young fellows playiug on small pianos; each man seated at his desk, hidden from: eight by the back-board which laced me as I walked through this strange orchestra. Every desk was set apart to. some special duty. One was labeled “ Montreal,” another “ Washington,” and so on with the princi pal cities. One , was marked “The Newspaper Frees,” and others were set apart for financial des patches. -Each operator had an instrument at his side; and materials for writing, and - a book in which he entered every message after it had been sent. Here the Morse system, was ÜBcd, and I think at least thirty-five persons Are constantly at work at their respective desks. In the rear of these were the House printing telegraph machines. They ex actly resemble pianos, and were being played upon with great velocity. by;the artists who had them in charge. The second story is appropriated to the uses of the, officers of the company. Here I met that accomplished gentleman, the new chief engi-: neer, Marshall Leffterts, so well-remembered in •Washington and elsewhere, as the colonel of the great 7th Regiment, an organization which from be ing the pride of this metropolis became a national . example, as well because of its prompt patriotism as for its perfect discipline and the high character of. ' its rank and file. The filth story is a battery room. Wonderful is the order in this apartment. It is arranged to accommodate over one thousand cells of “Grove’s and Prinsen’B Ooke” battery. Here is where the telegraphic fibres that stretch all over the land are fed with fire. All these iron nerves are brought into the building through the cupola which surmounts the building, and from which we had a gorgeous view of the city, the bay, and the ad jacent country. What wealth, poverty, vice, ambi tion, hopes, and fears, are .at work in. this heaving and contentious mass f What' life and death * What a busy and terrific struggle to fill the brief space of the one with honor or with riches; what a neglect of the certainty of the other! From this height I could fancy the marvellous mission of the telegraphic machine. Stretching in one unbroken nerve to San Francieco inone direction, and to Cape Race in another, Mr. Sandford expects it shortly to reach Europe via the Atlantic cable. When thiß is laid, this nerve, or nerves, will vibrate in Pekin, China, and in Yeddo* Japan.. He • estimates that when the great Russian scheme of a tele graphic line and cable by way of Behring’s Strait is accomplished, of which- tie*- entertains no doubt,, the earth will be girdlatllin. less time than Puck could do it. -The American Telegraph Company own over eight thousand! miles of telegraph line, and more than sixteen thousand miles of wire. They have four hundred and thirty-two offices and employ some \fifteen ■ hundred persona, They con nect with all the main telegraphic lines of this coun try and Great Britain. Add to this enormous . wealth and power thefact that they own the patents for a new and faster system of telegraphing, which is now being perfected, and you have some concep tion of the m agnitude of an enterprise which, within my own recollection, was made the scoff and acorn of the doubter, and which for a period covered the I inventor, Mr. Morse, with all the mortification that resulted from the jealousy of some andthe ignorance of more. Unlike many other discoverers, he lives to eDjoy. the. fruits of his genius, and to prove an ex ception to the rule, that great , minds are only the laborers and'sufferers for an ungrateful posterity. The experiments indicate a change in the entire status oftelegraphing, a reduction of expenses to the : company, and in the cost to its customers. .Beside the general connections of this great association, the company owns a ” City Line,” which embraces the whole metropolis and suburbs, including-Long Island, Staten Island, and a number of the river towns. Under-this organization it has already esta blished 18 offices, and expects to have 14 more prior to the first of June. The ad vantages of such a tele graph as this are beyond calculation. It will prove to be a new power to the company and a vast so cial and business convenience Jto the public. And* I was not surprised to hear that particular atten tion was beißg given to the details of the whole plan. The penny post and all other inventions to facili tate local correspondence will be contemptible in comparison with , this city line of electrical inter course. A gentleman can invite a sudden party of fifty to his house, reaching his friends who are miles away in a few minutes, and all this as genteelly as if it were done by cards. Tidings of good or bad im port, messages of hostility, and messages of love, sales of stocks and sales of property, and the myriad things now executed by slow and stupid errand boys, can be Bent and answered with equal rapidity and accuracy. ' - i [From the Richmond Dispatch, April IG. 3, Much, interest is felt in the progressing siege'of' 'Wash ington, N. C., "by the Confederates under General Hill, ■which is -increased from the fact that a -force of about 10,CCO Yankees marched from Newbern, thirty miles, to the relief of the place,- was met 1 at Blount creek, seven teen miles from, Washington, - and defeated by General Pettigrew. \The Yankees were attempting to gain Gene-: ral Hill’s rear, but after their , defeat fled precipitately; cutting.dow n the forest, for roiles/in" their own rear £&, impede the progress of-our pursuing troops. As the gar-; risohAat-Washington can no longerTreceivereinforcel - or provisions by the river, they*will be forced to . surrender. A good deahof- shelling-between our batte ries and the gunboats and : town batteries has beemgoiug on.*'-We iave lost only - two killed—James McKmnie and, Kelly, both- of .Wyatt’s .Virginia, artillery. -A letter to the Fayetteville (N.'C.) Observer gives i count of the progress of. the V siege.-Vdt says: . On-Toesday moniing the firing commenced and.was continued for r some;-hours. -The,-Yankees replied from •; two gunboats and their shore batteries. ,One of their .; . gunboats—the Eagle—was severely damaged; the-Whit worth, under Lieut. Fuller, gaining much reputation for accuracy and rapidity.' The block-house was'struck several times and a field battery of, the enemy silenced. On Wednesday the Whitworths were moved to the former site of Fort Hill, and, with, other guns, placed in.’ position to effect a blockadeof the river. Durihgthat day they were sholled by the* enemy’s gunboats. On Thursday all was quiet. Thursday night a 12-pouhd howitzer from Wyatt’s Virginia Battery was placed in -position within one hundred yards of the town, also in direct line to ihe steamer Louisiana.' Soon, after day light it opened fire, and almost immediately the Louisi ' ana dropped down out of range. The howitzer had fired s but a few rounds before it was the target for a hail of shotand shell. The embankment around it vas com* pie ely leveled, yet the gun was not struck and but two men hurt. It was brought out of the swamp on Friday night. -,Thebebavior of the men was much praised. :• From a position nearour 'picket lines. I could see the bridge, the steamer Louisiana, and; a part of the. fcown, and the Yankee pickets but a few hundred yards dis tant." On Saturday morning a gunboat rarnby. the Bod man’s Point Battery, owing to the carelessness/rf the offi-- cer in command from Wyatt’s Virginia’Battery. The men showed courage, and sue not to he blamed. She was a : small affair, though.'';: Saturday afternoon the Yankee batteries shelled the Rodm&Ji’s Point guns.' severely. No one hurt. r.• Sunday, the gunboats below Fort Hilt threw a .num berof shells at intervals. Our batteries did not reply. Sunday afternoon below Fort Hill there were, ten steam gunboats and five sailing vessels, all armed with can non. The towh .batteHes did not five all day. .Saturday and Sunday niglit; 53d, Coloiiel Owens, and,43a t Colo nel Kenan’s regiments, were engaged in. thro wing, up heavy earthworks on Rodman’s Point. .Behind there-. • Will bemounted to-night tnreo heavy guns.- : : No firing anywhere this morning.-. On the north side of the river the troops under- com mand ofGeneral Garnett have been,;grfmuaUy drawing in their fold, and I was 'told on Sunday "that Captain Starr had hiH two howitzers within 800 yards of the town, -Whenever the signal for general attack is made, Gene ral Garnett’s brigade, with the North Carolina regiments he has, will advance and storm the town. When that will be it is impossible to tell. To-morrow all the heavy guns necessary will be here a.nd in place. Rlloy’s batte ry js on the way and may be waited for;-but “ delays are dangerous. ” There was some skirmishing on the north side of the river on Saturday morning. I was informed that it was an attempt upon the part of some buffaloes and negroes ■to leave the town, but they, were driven back. THE “ FOOD SUPPLY”’ QUESTION—PLAN SUGGEST ED BY THE REBEL SECRETARY OF WAR. 'STUYVESANT. 1. Let the people in each county, parish, or ward, se lect, at a public meeting, as early as convenient, a com mittee of three or more discreet roitizens. oharged. with, the duties hereinafter mentioned.. THREE CENTS. Ab I saw the intelligent young fellows Bitting at their cozy deßke, sending off and copying despatches, a thought occurred to me,’why does not this great company employ females to do at least a share of this sort of workl One of the great unsolved pro blems of civilization is.the proper reward and often the final rescue of the thousands of honest women in the over-swollen cities of the Old World and the New. Can it be accomplished, Mr. Sandfordt This great establishment is entitled, “The American, Telegraph'Company,” chartered by. the State of New Jersey in 1859. Present officers—E. S. Sand ford, Marshall Lefferts, chief engineer; Cambridge Livingstone, secretary. Main office, 145 Broadway, corner of Liberty street. J. W. F. STATES IN REBELLION. Genei’al Wise Occupies Williamsburg, Vir ginia—Business of Running tlie Blockade • —General Hooker said • to be Advancing— -1 Tire Food Supply and Cotton. Panic—Siege of Washington, N. C.. &©. From the Richmond Dispatch of the-16th instant w’e make the following extracts: THE WILLIAMSBURG AFFAIR. From a letter written by ah officer of General Wise’s command to a gentleman in this city, under date of the IStb, we have some information with reference to affairs at Williamsburg. The letter states that the enemy had surrendered the possession of the town to our forces, and that we have troops there. The citizens of the place were moving out rapidly, perhaps iu anticipation of further fighting, and were receiving the protection of onr forces. The officers of the Insane Asylum have appealed to Gen. Wise for protection, which was accorded. A consider able number of conscripts and contrabands were captured by our men. The loyal people of that sectiou have saved a large amount of forage, which was being hauled away as rapidly as the means of transportation would allow. There was also some bacon and salt secured. - Our forces were greeted by the people of the ancient town with marked manifestations of delight. THE BLOCKADE RUNNING FROM NASSAU. Some developments made bythe Nassaucorrespondent of the Charleston Courier., about blockade ruuuing be tween the two cities, demand the attention of the Con federate authorities: The mail carried by the steamers is nothing less than free and unrestricted postal commu nication between the Confederate and United' States. At the office of the consignee in Nassau a bag is hungup, into which any person may drop a sealed letter, which is forwarded uninspected to Charleston, and thence by - mail to its destination. At this end of the line no more’ caution is; used than at the other. ThB mails are large : enough to warrant their examination by an authorized Confederate officer at Charleston,.where the letters and for Nassau Bhoul<h,b»-xeceived unseaieO. AnothTr faxing pieCTrof-ortwifrßanessris the iuct that .there at© no-- ' effective regulationavo;t>revent improper persons coming ■- into our ports on these blockade steamers.-After getting * to Charleston, they are, seenjn-all.parts of the Confede racy; where the mere fact that they “ ran the blockade”- gulls silly-people into; regarding them as patriots'who have gone through great danger for “ the caiise.” The correspondent.gives an example:: j , . / I know of one instance where a foreigner, who' haB> just.come hack from Charleston, has talked loudly, and-> within earshot of a score of Yankees, of the defences of' our city and coast. He.boasted that he hadbeen shown. - over the fortifications, and related wliatConfederate offi cers had told him of the strong and weak points ofthe defences. While I write there are.half a dozen per sons here, who arrived from New York by the late steamers, who are striving toprocurepassages to Charles ton. They may . possibly have the best intentions in view; but, if no discrimination is made, what is topre ventblack sheep from slipping through? Our authori ties should refuse to permit any persona to enter the har bor who cannot show passports from the official repre sentatives of the l Confederate States at either Nassau, Bermuda, or Havana. FROM FREDERICKSBURG. Fredericksburg; April 15.—Last might and night/ before the Yankees had vivid lights and cars running all night. There appeard to be two large fires last night In the direction of Acquia Creek. * What all this indicates I cannot say; It looks'like a'Yankee movement some where. . Firing was heard across’and up the river yesterday morning. Perhaps Stuart is after them. . ■ A heavy rain is falling, which began last night. Outpost, near Port Royal; Ya., April 12.-This is a memorable day in the . annals .of the Southern Con federacy—the second anniversary of the fall of Fort Sumpter—a propitious harbinger of the many brilliant triumphs of our arms subsequently. While we are still in-the midst of a. struggle’that has shaken the American continent from centre to circumference, and excited the admiration of the whole of Europe for unpre cedented prowess, we have reasons for feeling sanguine tliatrin the sequel, the bonnie blue flag will float proudly over tbe laud that lias beeu drenched with the blood of her chivalrous sons. While we sorrow over the dead that are scattered profusely over countless battle-fields, and feel the weight of the great sacrifices we have made, we are unwilling to sheathe the trenchant blade until wo shall h ave avenged tlieir lives' and achieved a glorious independence. Apartial abatement of the spring tides, together with the amelioration of the roads, may induce “ Fightir gJoe” to move at any moment. Still there are no visible indications of an advance; he still lingers on the heights of Stafford, looking wistfully at the Con federate camps. The Confederates, in return, look back to the hills of Stafford, which are literally clad with tents, withadegre® of indifference. Prof. Lowemakesdailyaeri al voyages, to ascertain if any new fortifications have been constructed, or if there has been any material “chaugeof base” on the part of the Confederates. Notwithstanding he ascends to a great height; the. information he gleans; andimpartsto ‘ Fighting Joe,” we presume, is com-4 posed chiefly, if not entirely-; of. the same material that* heinflated his balloon w.itb, (gas,) .Ballooning an ene my's campor bivouac,- for'information in America, we • haveiong since pronounced a complete humbug. A good scout' is worth - fifty balloons. ; Hooker’s army is not as powerful as many persons;presumeit is. ’ From the most reliable information we have gleaned, he has lost forty thousand or more men by transfers and desertions since thebattle ofthe 18th of December last. He bas received very, few, if any, reinforcements; His effective force will not exceed seventy thousand meu. The health of our army is good. The soldiers are elastic and buoyant, and march nimbly in the drills to the sound of the drum, fife, and bugle. The 'profound silence' in the field of Mars cannot continue long on tbe Raj pahaunock. Your readers may not be surprised to hear the clash of arms at any moment.- DEATH OF A REBEL CONGRESSMAN,. Hon. W/' M. Cook, of Missouri, representative ofthe St. Louis district iu the Confederate Congress, died in Petersburg,-Va., on Tuesday last, at the residence of Mr. .D’Arcy Paul. -He was one of the commissioners who came from Missouri to Virginia before the war, for conference with the authorities here/ He was afterward’ aid to Governor Jackson, and, during the war, was on the staff of General Sterling,Price, and went through several engagements in the west under that command er. Judge Cook was about' forty years of age. He was a native of Norfoik/Va., and a graduate of the Univer sity of Virginia. Heleayes a widow and seven children in St. Louis. His remains will be interred in Petersburg to-day. THE SIEGE OF "WASHINGTON, N. C. the war purhs, (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) The War Press will be sent to subscribers by \ mail (per annum in advance) at • •..$£ 00 Five Copies “ 900 > n oa . 33 oo Larger Clubs tlian'Twenly will be charged at the same rate, Sl*so per copy, -- The money, must always accompany the order, and in no instances can ‘these terms be deviated from r as they afford very little more than the cost of the paper.' Postmasters are requested to act as Agents for The War Pe'esp. Tea Twenty “ 4G>*.To the getter-up of the Club often or twenty, a* extra copy of the Paper "will he given. 2. Let it he the duty of this committee to ascertain from each citizen in the county or parish what amount ofear plus corn* and meat, whether bacon, uork, or beef -he can spare for the use of the army, after reserving a sap'- ply for bis family and those dependent on him for food Let this committee fix a price which is deemed by them a just f ompensation for the articles famished, and in form the citizens'what this price is, so that each may know, before delivery, what price is to be paid for the articles furnished.- ~ Let this committee make arrangements for the trans portation of the supplies to some convenient depot, after consuJtation with the officer-who into receive them. Let the committee make delivery of the supplies on ;receiving payment of the price, and assume the duty of paying itovtrto the citizens who have furnished, the supplies. 8. Where the duty of the . committee is performed in any town or city at which there may be a quartermaster or commissary, no further duty need be reguired of them than to deliver to the officer a list.’ of the names of the citizens and of the sopplies which each is ready to fur nish, and the price fixed, whereupon the officer will himself gather the supplies and make payment. 4.- Where the supplies are furnished in the country,the -coat of transportation to the depot will be paid by the Government in addition to the price fixed by the com mittee. - / 6. As this appeal is made to the people for the benefit of our brave defenders now in the army, the department relies with confidence on the patriotism of the people that ■ no more than just compensation would be fixed by the committees, nor accepted by those whose chief motive will be to aid their country, and not to make undue gains out of the need s of our noble soldiers. .TAMES A.‘ SEDDOff, Secretary of War. . A COTTON PANIC AND ITS CAUSES. [From the Macon Telegraph 3 Cotton took a terrible fright in the Macon market on Saturday. . The speculators had been fcgjt-baUing it back and forth till they had kicked it up to forty odd cents a pound; but Saturday morning telegrams came from . Augusta to buy no more over a maximum of twenty cents. This, you will obsei ve, left a somewhat broad margin, between buyers and holder?, and the result was nothing • done, nor was there any effort to accommodate the dif ference. Nobody wanted to buy. From an object of the fond and eager pursuit, cotton suddenly sunk into uni versal disfavor. The causes of the sudden change were numerous, but the principal ones were, no doubt, first the Confederate tax on cotton and other produce in the hands of specu lative holders. The taxis ten per. cent.,-or say twenty dollars per bale. Another cause was the* failure of. tha one-acre bill in the Legislature. The crop of this year, under the three-acre law now in force, liberally con strued as it .will be in practice, will largely swell tha volume of this idle product, now lying useless and cum bersome in all the market towns of the State. : Thus it-will be seen that at the moment the paper makers took friahtat the price of cotton a concatenation of-events has come to their relief, and the old staple will probably eubtide quietly again in sober habits and safe prices. Indeed, we shall not be surprised to see it go very low. Planters will be indisposed to hold it at an annual tax of five per cent., and specultaors will not like it much better at ten. EUROPE. Letter from Earl Russell Defending- the Ar rest, Examination, and Seizure of all Sus picious Vessels t>y . American. Cruisers— Dord Palmerston Fledges; Himself and Par ty in. Favor of Kon-Intervention—The Rebel Cotton Loan—W. H. Russell on Ser ? vile Insurrection as a Legitimate Aid.to the Union Cause, fcTHE: LATE SEIZURES BY FEDERAL CRUIZERS. IMPORTANT LETTER FROM EARL RUSSELL. Foreign Opfice, April 3,1363. Sir: lam now directed by Ear f "Russell to make you acquainted,with the conclusion afhvhxch. having con sidered, in communication with the law officers of the Crown, your letter of the 26th of March, requesting to be informed in regard to the right of: British vessels to trade with Matamoros, her Majesty’s Government have ar rived. .The Government of the United States has clearly no right to seize British vessels bona fide bound-from this country Lor from any other British possession, to the ports of vera Cruz and Matamoros, or either of them, or vice versa, unless sue! vessels attempt to touch at, or have an immediate or contingent destination to, some: blockaded port or place, or are carriers of contraband of' war destined for the Confederate States; and in any ad- - mitred case of such unlawful capture, her Majesty’s Go-, vernment would feel it their duty promptly to interfere,' with a view io obtain tbe immediate restitution of the ship and cargo, with full compensation, and without the delay of proceedings in a prize court. Her Majesty’s Government, however, cannot, without . violating the rules of international law, claim for British vessels navigating between Great Britain and the;a places any general exemption from the belligerent right of visitation by the cruisers of the United States, nor can they proceed upon, any general assumption that such vessels may not so act as to render their capture lawful and justifiable. Nothing is more common than for i;hoss - contemplate a breach of blockade, or the carriage of contraband,to disguise theirpurpose by a simulated desti nation and by deceptive papers; and the situation ofthe ports on the coast of Mexico,with reference to the Confede rate states, is such as to make it not only possible, but in. many cases probable, that an ostensible Mexican desti nation would be resorted to as a cover for objects which Would xeallyjustify capture. It has already happened, in many cases, that British vessels have been seized while engaged in voyages apparently lawful, which vessels have afterwards been proved in the prize courts to .have been.really guilty of endeavoringto break the blockade, or of carrying contraband to the Confede rates; - It is the light of the belligerent to capture all vessels reasonably suspected of either of these transgressions of international law, and whenever any such case of cas ture is-alleged, the case cannot be withdrawn from the consideration of the prize court of the captor. After the case has undergone investigation, it is the duty of the prize court to restoraany such prizes unlawfully made, with costs and damages, and the proper time for the interference of her Majesty’s Government is, in ge neral, when the prize courts have refused redress for a capture which the evidence shows to have been unjusti fiable; Her Majesty ? s Government cannot, upon ex-parte state ments, deny the belligerents in tills war the exercise of those rights which, in all wars in which Great Britain has been concerned, she has claimed herself to exercise. - lam, sir, your most obedient humble servant, „ - E. HAMMOND. E. T. CouRLAr, Esq., No. 3Leadenhallstreet. ■ lord Palmerston on neutrality. HE PROMISES NON-INTERVENTION FOR HIMSELF AND HOPES IT FROM THE DERBTITES. Lord Palmerston alluded to the American question, during his speech in Glasgow, in the following terms: . “1 wish I could tell you that we anticipate any very early termination of that most lamentable struggle which -is going- on among our kindred upon the other side of •the/Atlantic. AVe must all deplore that unhappy war The'most unhappy of all wars is a civil war; out any interference on the part of the nations of Europe, so .listediin>the?*^ntest'ih ; wfiich they are foeis opposed/to Joe, ;and on tne point of striking his an tagonists. any'friand w.ho' interposes’would only farfe the worst for his interposition; 'but would not -avert- the' ?blow ileveneU .by~;the/one against the other.- 1 think: the .people of the United;-Kingdom have judged that '• their Governmenfhas determined rightly in not attempt ring intervention. A. great and most estlmable.part of our population has been suffering deep distress. That '• distress has been less, perhaps; among you in. Scotland. ; thah’-ih the districts south; buteven herein Glasgowand /in.oiher places gTeat misery has been experienced by-the cessation ofthe supply of the great staple of oar indus . try. But if we - had attempted by forcible‘‘means to bring over that supply which, owing to the contest, has been withheld from us, I am convinced-that, instead • of diminishing the pressure, we should have increased -it,, and should very much have increased the evil .which we intended, to alleviate, and the .result would have been that the country would have blamed us for having taken a wrong view, aud having adopted a policy ill-suited ,to. the circumstances. I trust •still that this calamitous war may soon have an end I cannot but think, when the passions which excited . that war have had their vent—and all passions must have , their Vent- and when the results of that war shall press more and more heavily upon both parties engaged in ix, that without intervention, which they would resent as ait affront, their own good sense aud their own proper feel ings may lead them to peaceful intentions, and that ar rangements may be made-wliich will put an end to that • dreadful bloodshed and that wide-spread desolation of which the American continent has now for nearly two . years been the scene. -Gentlemen, I can only assure you. ikat the policy which we, the present Government, pur sue is founded upon our belief that we are the faithful . exponents of the feelings and sentiments of the English people. I believe, and all indications have confirmed the conviction, that in that judgment we are not mis taken. [Cheers, j And I will say this, speaking as I - now do to an assembly not composed entirely of men of one political party—l will, say in the spirit of an Eng ; lishman—[cheers!—that lam convinced that if circum stances should lead to a change in those who administer the affairs of the country, and that if the men who now - sit opposite to us; and are politically our antagonists, -though not personally our enemies—[cheers!—should take the places which we now occupy, they would, both from their personal feeling; but, more than all, by the • effect and pressure of public opinion in this country, pur sue a course muchihe same as that which we ourselves : pursue. [Cheers. 3 1 I say it not to their disparagement, . but to their honor, for 1 hope, and trust, and beiievo . that the honor and interest of the country would be safe in their hands. I do not, at the same time, tell you that 1 look forward with any great or particular im patience to the moment when they will be put to that which, I trust, would not be to them a severe trial. T * . [Laughter and cheers. 3 THE DECLINE IN THE REBEL COTTON LOAN. [From the-London Times. 3 In the foreign market there has again been great ac~ . tivity, and in most instances an improvement: The ' Confederate loan, however, has been an exception. ' The price in the morning was discount to par, but in the afternoon a further, fali occurred, which was in . creased just at tlie close bv a telegram announcing the stoppage of Mr. J. B. Spence; of Liverpool, in the grain trade. A report was immediately circulated that this , was Mr. Spence, the Confederate financial agent, and the scrip of the loan finally went to 2>a to 1% discount. - The Confederate financial agent, however, is Mr; James • Spence, and although he is nearly related to Mr. J. B. , Spence, there has not been, it is said, the slightest busi ness connection between them. Among the supporters of the loan it was stated that a large number of specula -7 tive sales were effected to day in order that the Ounard. steamer on Saturday, may carry out adverse prices. . Nothing appears to have tianspired politically to alter, its position or prospects, andit is with the cotton ope* rators throng! out tne kingdom that the .task of deter mimngits value must still rest. Unfortunately, one re sult ot this condition is, that the speculation in the Lon don market assumes the character of that which is most congenial at Liverpool,, [From the Daily News.] The scrip of the new Confederate loan was again very heavy to-day; and gradually declined, closing at 2J£ to 2 discount. Some ofthe sales were said to be: attributa ble to an impression that Mr. John B. Spence, merchant of Liverpool, who has just stopped payment, is identi fied with the financial agent, ofthe Confederate Govern ment. This, however, is not the. case. Mr. John B. Spence,'who has been fifteen years in business, and is Well known, is a brother of Mr. James Spence, the Con federate agent, but is entirely unconnected with him in business. [From the Herald. 3 ; In the ca se of the Cofederate cotton loan, a farther fall in the'quotation having occurred to-day, the scrip re mained dull aHhe depreciation to the close. ' The drop . is ascribed chiefly to heavy speculative sales, promoted. by parties favorable to the North. , [From the Star. 3,: •, .. ■ *■ . ' t The Confederate c’ottoh loan, the object of which is to> get money here to. pay’for the warshipsnow building, in violation of law, in our ports for . the Southern' Con ■ federa'cy; and whichy when launched , a fortnight since, ; suddenly obtained, so much favor,as ( to rise to -a pre ■ mium of five per cent., has already experienced a* signal reverse of Asthe rotten nature ofthe security ' offeredby the Confederate Government came to'be bet ter. known,-,,and , the scandalously illegal'purposes to w liich the money was to be applied in England were ex posed,.pecplewboai first'.were thoughtlessly allured-by •the apparently splendid profits offered, took the alarm; : and the consequence is, that the Confederate loan is now .dealt witli'on' our Stock Exchange.at/a discount of two Serj cent.; and manifests all •the symptoms of a commo ity rapidly einking.out of public favor. INSURRECTION AS A WEAPON OF WAR. [From Bnsscll’s Londoh- Army and Navy Gazette. 3 There is a journal in this metropolis which is the re puted organ of the Confederate States. "At allevents,‘the ’paper has decided Southern ]>rocli vines. -In vtheuasfc number it is asserted that civilized nations will .think ; death; by powder and ball ** is too respectable for men. guilty of an attempt to incite an inferior race to insur ' rection ” The allusion arises from a report.that Federal officers of a certain negro regiment, which is said to have been taken in Florida, had been sentenced to be shot. ’This passage is one of many proofs that the Americans" cannot comprehend the feelings of this country—it may be of -any other— regarding the war. The of a portion ofan enemy 's subjects, inferior or' Buperiorin. ' race, is a'desirable object to effect —it is quite a legiti mate dperation of war. If. Great Britain \yere.engaged •in a war with France, nothing would.be more natural than for our enemy, to excite'Hindoo, Mussulman, or Arab to revolt. No rule of Warfare would permit us to treat officers engaged in that service otherwise than as ‘men conducting a legitimate operation. It is a necessary evil of a war,an which ser tile insurrection may be in voked by an-invader, to increase the ordinary horrors and calamities of hostile occupation. Whensome years* ago Southern statesmen, insolent and aggressive, threat ened this country with war. it was remarked over and; over again,'in British journals, that the_ despatch of some of our West Indian regiments to Louisiana or the •Carotin as might be of one oftlie most formidable agencies 'to which even our vast belligerent power could resort-. Our Southern friends must carry the whole weightof slavery on their shoulders, in or in war. Servile •insurrection would be a dreadful evil. It.would bea repetition of the Indian revolt 0f 1557 An inferior race would rise against their masters. But it is- an accident and a contingent of any wav, m which a State of slave holders engages. The officers who develop it are as free from any act of vengeance or retaliation as those who fight on tho decks of their ships or in the lines'of their regiments,. A Prize Schooner at New York. - Nnw YoRK. 'April 2S). —.Tlie prize schooner Antelope has arrived at this port fwmCharieston bar, via Port RoyaL She was taken by the' gunboat Memphis, with a cargo of salt or saltpetre. She reports having seen two Anglo rebel steamers, bound toward Charleston, ou the 12th. The French Gunboat Catiuet* Kkw .York, April 20. —The French gunboat Catinefc, arrived at this port this-morning. The, Catinefc reports that she was 72 hours -on her passage fronr Charieot^iu The New Ironsides waft then at anchor off the bar.
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