®'{j* f rtss* WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1863. MS* We can take no notice,' of anonymous commu nications. We do not return rejected manuscripts. 4®- Voluntary correspondence solicited from all parts of the world, and especially from our different military and . naval ‘departments. When used, it will he paid for. THE NEWS. Our readers have heard of the recent execution Id Richmond, of Captain Alphonso O. Webster, of the 3d Virginia Cavalry, (loyal.) The Wheeling In* telligencer says that “ on the sth of November, 1862, Alphonso C. Webster came to this city with a letter purporting" to have been written by Captain Means, of Loudon county. The letter spoke in high termß of Captain Webster as a man of ability and courage, and recommended that a commission be issued to him as a captain of cavalry. Captain Means being well known to Governor Pierpont,, Webster was at once commissioned, and lie went back to Loudon county, filled up a company and went into the service. Some time after this, a letter was .re ceived from Captain - Means, which disclosed the fact that he had never written the letter, which recommended the appointment of Webster— that he (Webster) had forged the name of Captain Means. In the meantime Webster was taken prUo nerby the rebels, was paroled, and had returned to hiß company, but the fact of the discovery of the forgery having leaked out, Captain Alphonso O. Webster passed within the rebel .lineß to escape a trial by a Federal court, martial. It is Buppoßed that, under these circumstances, he waß again ar rested by the rebels, and tried, and convicted for violating his parole. Not much is known hereof Webster, beyond what is above stated. He was thrown up to the surface by this rebellion, from somewhere in Texas or the West, and .was regarded as a very ignorant, but a daring and resolute fellow, 1 Hedealt with the rebels without mercy, and with out-fear, and is reported to have killed a rebel offi cer, not long before his second arrest, by cutting his throat from ear to ear. 1 . - ' Stanley's'headqUaiters shota rebel spy as he was endeavoring to escape through our lines near Frank lin, Tenn. The spy was first challenged, and, having twice disregarded the order to “halt,” the■ sentinel took deliberate aim and killed thejunharny victim at as an individual' who had-been lurking around the camp for several weeks in the vocation of a songster, reciting pa triotic airs for the soldiers, and: receiving .small slims of money .for his trouble. He was detected, arrested, and thrown into prison, whence he made his escape, and was going out of the lines When he was shot. After his death his body was searched by the guards. Inside h(s boots, and between his feet and stockings, were fffund skilfully-drawn plans of tlie,Federal fortifications, the strength of their ar mament, and correct details of the organization of this army, number of forces, &c. Had this spy suc ceeded in eluding our sentries, the rebel commander would have been in possession of . invaluable in formation, on which he could have based his plan of operations. . Maj; Gbit. Geo. L. Hartsttff, now a Jcolonel in the regular army, arrived in Cincinnati on the 10th, from Washington. He .has so far recovered from the wound received at the battle of Antietam as to be able to take the field. It is understood that tliiß gallant officer is to be assigned to a command in the Army of the Ohio, under MaJ. Gen, Burnside. From the Department of the Gulf we have im portant news .this morning. Gen, Banks has taken the field in person, and is moving vigorously upon the rebels in the Teche country' of Louisiana. By the arrival at New Orleans of Admiral Farragut’s secretary, we learn that this distinguished naval chieftain is successfully blockading the mouth of the Bed river. The foreign news by the City of Baltimore and Jura is interesting. The British Government has atlftßt been aroused to a . sense of duty under the royal proclamation of neutrality. A fine steamer, intended as a gunboat for the rebels, has been seized by the Government officers at Liverpool, and was still held for examination when these steamerß sailed. Earl Bussell has confiimed his promises of fairness towards our Government by instructing Lord Lyons to sbls for the release of the steamship Peterhoff, if no legal cause should be shown by the captors for the seizure. : Oub advices from Mexioo, by way of New Or leans, contain the Mexican account of the battle at Puebla. This -news-is not as late as thafrreceived via San Francisco on Monday, and seems to claim a very, important victory for the Mexican arms. If the French account, which we published yesterday, be true, the position of the Mexicans is critical, in asmuch as it is.claimed that the Frenoh forces have cut off communication between the Mexican van guard, under Ortega, and their reserve, under Co monfort. -If the Mexican report be true, the posi tion of the French-is alarming, and nothing short of total diacomfiture is promised. Augustus Egg, one of the foremost among the Royal Academicians of England, died at Algiers, on the 26th of March. His first pictures were exhibited in; 1838, and his “Gil Bias Exchanging Rings with Camilla” was produced in 1844. In 1850 he execu ted what is generally ,considered his best picture, “Peter'the Great Meeting Catharine.” -In j 1857 Mr.\' Egg was, 'selected to arrange the gallery of modern paintings at the Manchester exhibition, and in 1859 exhibited at the Royal Academy a Trio logy whioh was highly spoken of, and in the same year a subject from Thackeray’s “Esmond.” He was generally considered a clever painter of scenic and humorous subjects. . - Admibal Pobtkb, with his entire squadron and a number of .transports, with troops and supplies, has successfully run by the batteries at Yickeburg, Ge neral Huilbut telcgraphs that the rebels are evacua ting "Vicksburg in consequence of this movement. Port Hudson will either be strengthened by .this movement, or abandoned, when the rebelß will throw their whole force against Rosecrans in Tennessee. There is a good prospect of opening the Mississippi at last. Neably fifty refugees, composed, mainly of East Tennessee farmers, with .families, arrived in Cincin nati on-Saturday. They came overland, having been Btarved out where they have been living in the Southern Confederacy. They left in the evening for Illinois, after being supplied with plenty of rations by our sympathizing citizens.. : The Tebels have abandoned the siege of Washing ton, N. O. The whole force under General Hill has fallen back to Ihe interior, and will join Gene ral Longrtreet Blackwater. . The design is to make a heavy assault upon Suffolk, Norfolk, and Ybrktown, and to be ready to repel an advance of the Army of the Potomac. . The price of gold fell, yesterday, in a remarkable manner, caused by the "favorable news from the lower'Mississippi. At the close the priceß were barely sustained At Asa counter to this there waa a marked firmness in Government securities, with an average, rise of one-half per cent. The stock.market was very active, with an upward ten dency for all Bafe investments. TBE'Queen of Spain has ordered one of the crown jewellers to" make her a magnificent diadem. The diamonds .and; other, jewels, to the value of eight millions of reals (210,000 f.), will be furnished by the Crown Jewel Office. The rest of the parure, neck lace, bracelets, &c., will represent twelve millions reals (315, ooofj A late letter from Southern California says that Within a radius of aixty miles of Fort Yuma, in the southeastern portion of the State, the most as tonishing dicoveries of gold, silver, copper, quick silver, and other minerals, . have recently been made. The final count on the amended Constitution of Weßt Virginia was made on Thursday last, and sums up, in the thirty-eight counties heard from, 28,321‘fpr the amendment, and 572 against it. Forces from the command of Gen. Hurlburt have recently engaged and defeated the rebels near Co rinth, Miss. The enemy was driven back some miles with very heavy losses of men and material. In Providence, K. 1,, an enrollment has been made of persons liable to do military duty, and the total is found to be in the neighborhood of eight thousand. The Secessionists in Lexington, Mo., have been notified that their’property will be.held responsible for any guerilla outrages on steamers within five miles of the city, east or west. *We pubblish to*day an interesting account, from the loss of the Gov. .IoHHSou, of Tennessee, has Wn authorlzecT to raise twenty-live thousand troops for special ser vice In the eastern part of the State. Thk St. houiß Democrat thinks the number of slaveholders in Missouri to be nearer ten thousand than twenty thousand. .Ovkk, seventy applications to bank under the uni form national cunency act have been made to the Treasury Department. .It is said that General Grant’s expenses before "Vicksburg, for the single item or chartering steam ers, are s'lo,ooo per day. The News from Mexico. If We except the Southern States, there is no place from which we receive news with more distrust than Mexico:' We have print ed many accounts recently, which-differed as. much as it was possible for truth and error to differ, By the way of San Francis co, we j yesterday learned that the city of Puebla had; been bombarded by the French and the fortifications surrounding the city occupied. This news contained dates as late as April Ist. Subsequent .advices to April 2d, by way of Vera Cruz, discredited this story, but slated that the French had invested Puebla without malting 1 any bom bardment, or giving any intimation of. a movement. We have another story this morning, by way of Matamoros, a Mexican city, on : the ,Rio Grande.. A Mexican Go vernor named Joaquin de Bakanda is sues a proclamation from “ the heroic city' of Matamoros, I ;’in which he announces the defeat of the, French at Puebla in grandiloquent terms, and menaces the Emperor of. the French in such words as these : “Lookout, Natoleon III! Look out for your throne ! France, awake!” This announcement merely comes down to March 26, five days earlier than the San Francisco ' despatch. It is confirmed by General Co monfoiit and General Orteg \ and in ' forms us that the Mexicans had Triumphed' dnvmg off. the invaders-tho French IoS 8,000 men and sixty guns. As it is not possible that such a disaster could have overtaken the French army without a cor responding loss on the part of.the Mexicans who merely report sixty killed, we are in’- dined to accept a theory based upon the San Francisco despatch, and assume that there has been an attack, the Mexicans gaining a preliminary advantage, on which their accounts are based, and the French a subsequent advantage, which forms the ba sis of our narrative. The French have in vested Puebla, and very probably taken it. Puebla taken, the French will probably invest the city of Mexico and attempt its capture. This may end the war, as Napo leon no doubt'looks upon Mexico as one of the mistakes of his reign, and will retire whenever he can do so without imperilling tiie glory of the French arms. There is nothing to be gained in Mexico, as the French people could hardly look upon a Mexican victory as honoring the eagles of Austerlitz and Marengo. He has the ex ample ot his uncle, who sent a vast army to Hayti willi the view of conquering it. The army melted .away under a tropical sun. Algiers has been a burden to the empire, and the Indian possessions have cost more than they are worth. Everything is against the European invader—time, space, trans portation, sympathy, and the applause of the European world. He finds a bravo, united people, who quarrel with themselves very bitterly, but always unite to meet a common enemy. In the case of Napoleon, he wages a war of antagonism towards this country, and only desires Mexico as a menace and a check to the United States. We are sorry we cannot congratulate Mexico upon more favorable news. She lias our sympathy in this struggle; and we trust the French in vaders may be beaten as terribly as the in vaders of France were seventy years ago. The Alexandra and the Peterhoff. .Public opinion does exercise a great and" wholesome influence, even upon high Bri tish officials. Earl Russell acted so meanly in not taking.measiw.op ta detain JN‘ST2OO” "until after that vessel had run out to sea, that he has. orderecL the Alexandra, a gun boat recently launched at Liverpool, to be seized by the custom-house officers there, on suspicion of being intended to he pirati caliy employed against the commerce of the United States, like the Alabama and the Florida. Lord Palmerston's evening apo logist, the Globe, admits that the circum stances justified such preliminary measures, hut, from what it hears, it doubts whether the matter can be carried further. It says the vessel was in a very unfinished state, and it is asserted that there was nothing in her to indicate what her service was to be. All we know at present is the fact of the seizure. It would not surprise us to find, liy and bye, after some notable demonstra tion of. great fair play, those notably conve nient persons, “the law officers of the Crown, ”, declaring that there is no legal ground for detaining the vessel. Meanwhile, Lord Russell has discovered what is vulgaiiy called “a. mare’s nest” ,in the capture of the PctorliolTby our Admiral Wilkes, and has commissioned Lord Lyons to make a claim on our Government for the return of that vessel, with compensation for detention and damages. That, we presume, is a question to be determined by .one of our prize-courts. If-condemned by that, we take it that the vessel must remain with us. Lord Russell would fain make a second Trent affair of this, but the last cost Eng land over a million sterling, and her tax payers cannot and will not allow a repeti tion of that bravado and folly. The Tima, taking•the British side, says “It is as cer tain that we are bound to await the judg* ment of the prize-court at Key West on the capture of this vessel,-as it is that Admiral W ILKES was not j ustfiicd in ordering her to be taken.” This sentence curiously com bines fact and assertion-. , The Tiniest is more indignant because Admiral Wilkes seized the Peterhoff than if any other United States officer had done the deed, and plump ly condemns the United States-Government for “ the appointment of such an officer to the West India station.” This condemna tion is really a very high, though reluctant, compliment to the gallant Admiral. Ujis ami Downs*— The proverb says, “It does not rain but it pours.” The German Prince, Prince Christian, of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonden bourg-Glucksburg, who has been a Prince of Denmark, by adoption, since July, 1856, must feel the truth of this adage. There he was, with a wife and six children, living on the bounty of the King ot Denmark, which afforded him exactly the yearly sum of $7,500, and a house rent free. The poor man must have found-it hard to make both ends meet. But as if a beneficent fairy came in, and waved her magic wand, a sudden change took place. The eldest daughter becomes Princess of Wales, with every pro spect of one day being Queen of England, and the second son is elected and proclaim ed King of Greece. There is even-a whis per that the second daughter* now in her sixteenth year, and a trifle “ o’er .young to many yet,” is destined to wed the Cesaka vitch* and- one day become Empress of Russia. :■ Since the adyance of the Cobourg family, European history shows nothing like this. In ISI6, when Prince Leopold of Saxe- Cobourg married the Princess Charlotte of England* his ; princely income ;was-ex actly $1,500 per annum--and when Prince Albert, his nephew, married Queen Vic tokia, hk income was the same. Albert; who was : penurious even to' meanness,,, saved §5,000,000 in twenty-two years, and Leopold, subsequently marrying a French princess, became King of Belgium, which post he has creditably filled for over thirty years. Moreover, the Cobourg family have become matrimonially allied to the proudest reigning houses in Europe. The Holstein- Danish branch* to. which the Princess of Wales and the new King of Greece belong, is iikeiy to. be equally fortunate. The ex penses of flie late Royal Wedding, to be paid by John Bull, as a separate item, may he set down at $120,000. It is possible that the bride’s family, all of Whom attended the bridal, fat the special cost of the aforesaid John Bull, J have scarcely yet recovered from their surprise at the exhibition of wealth in England on that occasion. The gold plate used at the marriage feast in Windsor Castle - is valued at $10,000,000, and the presents' made to the bride at $1,500,000. At present, _ . .mi:., i.. ~ i f TTiia'A'" "t' , Mi_the. the house of Brandenburg is in'the decline!;. for, if the King of Prussia does not mind what- lie says and does, his tenure on the throne will be brief indfeed. 'lf' anything can add to the merited unpopularity of this crowned brute, it is his “royal” .'determ.i nation; to/deliver up to the Russians the ; Polish chiefs who,sought refuge and-hospi tality on Prussian soil. • This «s a broach of honor, manly feeling, and .humanity almost without parallel in the' history;' of Europe. Austria, a more absolute Power than Prus-‘ sia, refuses tqAietfay the patriot who trusted in her,-'and / has/given Langiewicz an asylum at Vienna. Excise anil the Cotton-Operatives. Ihe accounts of the Public Revenue in England are made up and a balance-sheet circulated every three months. The return for the quarter ended on March 31 shows a falling ..-off in Excise receipts of £379,000 ; and m Property-tax of £D37,000-and, ; in all ; item s of receipt, £392,863 on the quarter, as: compared with the corresponding three months ending on the last day of 1862. Oh the year’s revenue, the falling off, in Excise duties, amounts to the enormous sum of £1,777,000. As, for the most part, these Excise duties are paid by the producing classes—the working-bees of the hive—the' , rise on.. fall.of revenue receipts on this ac count has been taken; by British political economists, statesmen, and Treasury offi cers, as indicating;the good or bad Condition of. the people at large. The income from Excise in the British Islands exceeds £20,000,000 per annum, and four-fifths of this, arises from the consumption of spirits, malt-liquor, and'malt, and from the licenses paid by the vendors of such articles. The duties paid upon foreign wines and spirits, almost exclusively consumed by the middle , ‘and wealthy , classes in the United King dom, and also on tobacco, yield a very large amount','butJ&is properly conies uri derthe head of Customs duties. The whole l revenue derived from customs and ex cisc, pours into-the 'British treasury about £40,000,000 per annum, which.; is more than half the whole annual expenditure of the Government, for all purposes; Five or six items of taxation yield this immense sum, leaving the general articles of con sumption—iood, salt, candles, glass, paper, soap, leather, &c.—wholly untaxed.' The falling of £1,777,000 in the Excise duties for the year just ended sfiows liow poverty-stricken some portion of the British working-classes must be. This great amount probably represents the duty payable on the ordinary consumption of spirits and beer by the Lancashire operatives. It was calcu lated that, on these articles alone, by these people now starving and out of work, the ag gregate of. £6,000,000 was annually ex pended. All this is now withdrawn, and 1 in one district. We shall be glad to see how Mr. Gladstone deals with such a fact as this, which, as much as any thing else, shows how much it is the interest of England to have out war closed up as early as possible. LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL!” Washington, April 21, 1863, The speech of Adjutant General Thomas to the armies of the Southwest, under Gene ral Giant, stating the policy of Mr. Lincoln’s Administration on the question of employ ing the colored freedmen of the slave States, is, undeniably, the most suggestive produc tion of the day. In all respects it is worthy of consideration. It may arouse attacks, but it will he sure to awaken a profitable dis cussion, to overthrow many prejudices, and to confirm and rivet many convictions. /The negro; question has been the trouble, not simply of this generation, but of that which .preceded it. Not merely the subject of slavery* but the social, political, and physi cal status of.the colored man lias ‘unsettled "and convulsed the purest and best minds, and the most sensible and orderly commu nities. The negro lias excited the fanatic, on the one hand, who wished to elevate him to a level with the whites, and the fool, on the other, who insisted upon degrading him among the brutes. Bfit between the fanatics and fools there has always been a large body of thinking and practical men, who have examined this stupendous problem with care, and who have for many years labored assiduously and conscientiously to discover some remedy for its solution. The rapid increase of the enslaved races of the South excited alike the cupidity of the aristocracy, which has grown more insolent with the power and wealth resulting from this great increase, and the alarm and solicitude of ail those Christian philanthropists, who saw that, unless Providence interposed, the institution of human servitude would, in the course of time; dominate and control every other moral and political interest on this conti nent-. Tf our patriotic fathers saw the evil. ' and the danger of slavery at the beginning of the Government, and if the strongest protests against it came from Southern statesmen in those early days, is it not a monstrous paradox that that which was execrated as a .great . crime when it was feeble, should now be strong enough to feed and fatten a mighty rebellion against the best Government under the sun; to unsettle the minds of some of the ablest of our public men; and to stimu late and spread the most poisonous preju dices among classes, all'of ; whose instincts and interests should arouse and arm them against it? There are some who regard the war in which we are engaged as a fire; sent .from heaven to burn out the institution, of slavery. In the progress of this • great conflict .we have heen taught the lesson , that, however dangerous and potent slavery had become, and however hurtful its influence against the forces of-the Republic, the rebel lion which it precipitated, and in which it per severes, will prove to he.its own destruction. If the war lias thrown upon the Government thousands of liberated colored men, God lias not left om public authorities to deal un aided with this novel complication. How. rapid has been the' progressof public senti ment on this question.!. In ..twQ-short.-years we kavo seen a misguided public opinion almost entirely reversed. It is-not that the feelings of race and caste have been extin guished, because these will remain forever; but men now see, and admit, that which, a few months ago, they laughed at and de nied, that it is the duty of the Government to employ slaves to put down the rebellion. The wretched demagogues who still linger in the deadly twilight of hatred to their country, and their still more wretched fol lowers who have made the negro question a loud pretext for treason, will soon be forced to choose between the confession that they were as mistaken as they arc wicked, and the endurance of that public contempt which ultimately and inevitably condemns the traitor and the hypocrite. Who can deny the justice, the humanity* of the policy marked out by Adjutant General Thomas in his great speeches and arguments to our soldiers in the Southwest ? There is not a consideration affecting any great civil or re ligious interest, any class or condition of society, that will not justify and sanc tify the course he recommends. If we desired an argument to sustain it, made by an enemy* we have only to-point to the fact that slavery has been, is now, and must con tinue to be, the staff, the stay, and the al moner of the rebellion. The 10th of April address of Jefferson Davis to the Southern people; the messages of the Governors of South Carolina and Alabama; the reports of officers in the rebel army; all show that the slaves must produce corn and other pro ducts of the soil,' or the whites can fight no longer.. But we rest our case upon stronger and holier grounds. We must employ the liberated slaves, to save them from starvation; and we must liberate those who are still in slavery* to save ourselves. We must arm them, that they may fight, as well for their own salvation as for the rescue of the Re public. - If servile insurrection should follow, like the rebellion, it will not be the act of the American Government. Two years of prof fered peace on the part of that Government to its betrayers and assassins, and two years of rejected peace by these same betrayers and assassins,-have left upon the hands of the President of-the United States a stern and inexorable duty. There must be no more paltering as to. how the country is to be preserved; and if slavery dies, even in the midst of a servile insurrection, every patriot ' w dl rejoice, provided his country shall emerge from the fiery ordeal redeemed and purified. Occasional. WASHINGTON- Special Despatches to “ The Press.” Washihotoh, April 21,18« a. Notice to Delinquent Officers. The following General Order ha. been issued : “ Depaetmkitt,' Adjt. Gknehal’s Office, , . ■. "WAsmifOToir, April 20, 1863. The following officers having been reported at the .headquarters of the army for; the offence, herein after specified, are hereby notified that they will stand, dismissed from the service of the United btates, unless within fifteen day. from this date they appear before the Military Commission in this city,. Of;which Brig.; Gen. Biokhtts, ,U. S. Volun teers, is president, and make satisfactory defence to the charges against them: : n Msent_Without Proper. Authority.—Second Lieut. O. 13. .Tknkins, let Pennsylvania Rifles: Fi rfl t Lleut. Jbsbe Johnson, 114th Ohio Volunteers; ; Cfipt. H.E.Babstow, 10th Illinois Cavalry: Seconci Lieut. Silas W. Hiokox, loth Illinois Cavalry; Assistant Surgeon W. B. Catland; 1324 New York Volunteers. ■ • Volunteers” C#Pt ' E ‘ W ‘ Bli:J ' Tolf > lat Michigan- The following for the causes set opposite their respective names: Assistant Surgeon Edwabd Russell, 26th Massa chusetts Volunteers; fraudulent conduct in- drawing HH tw *°e for the months of September and October,' ioo2. Lieut. Col. J. H. Obebtuffub, 2d Pennsyl- Artillery, conduct unbecoming an officer and u f ln S. personal violence to his servant, and refusing to pay him the wages properly due him. ; - E. J). TOWNSEND, Adjt.Gcn. Official Report of the Nausemond Captures. . The Secretary of the Navy has. received the fol lowing: -U*. S. FLAGSHIP*MINNJSSOTA, News, April 20—Noon. A Ye,terd »y the joint expedition, conducted by Gen Gettt and Flag Lieut. Lamson, easily cap. tainfnl flvA fi U^ eBO -“ e ' batt ® ty ' Rt West cd£ taining five field pieces, and about 100 men. lam informed thatgreat credit is due toLieut.-LAMsoN, foi the piominentpart he took in planning, and con ducting this handsome affair. (Jen. Getty acted very handsomely throughout, and gallantly held the battery last night, aided by the cross-fire of our' vessels, i. . ' ■■■'■ : Yesterday the enemy unmasked.a. new and heavy battery, situated on the, head of West Branch, near ' Milriorstown, Bed Perry, and' commanding the lower Nansemond, in the direction of Portsmouth. From THE: PBESS-PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22. 1863. this battery, and from the sharpshpo.ters onthe left bank, the army was sharply fired on yesterday, without, however, receiving much'damage. I have the honor to be, sir, respectfully yours, S. P. LEE, Acting Bear Admiral Commanding North Atlantic Blockading. Squadron. Two hours and a half later Admiral Lkb tele graphed here that the number of field-pieces taken in the captured battery was five, and theexact,num ber of prisoners 161. Also, that Lieutenant Cush» ihg reports that the hew battery mentioned in-his' previous despatch had been removed; that the enf my was in retreat, and that our army might out off a rebel brigade. ! The Passage of the Vicksburg Batteries. The following information has been received here in two days from mill ikon’s Bend, on the Mississippi river, near Vicksburg: On the night of the 16th; Admiral Portee suc ceeded in running the Vicksburg: batteries, with seven fine gunboats of his Bquadron and , three transports. The Benton, his flag-ship, got opposite the upper battery, heading the line of vessels, be fore the rebels opened fire, which they continued from eleven P. M. until two A. M,, upon each suc ceeding vessel as it passed them. The only damage done was the firing of the Henry Clay, one of the transports, and the temporary disabling of the Foreßt City, another of them, and a shot through the Benton’s'hull. Our losb was but one man killed, and two or three wounded. The rebel’s fire was far less cftfcctivc than was anticipated. They burned two or three houseß in the town, as our equadrou was passing, to light the river, so as to enable their artillerists to get good views of our steamers as they went down vlilithin range or their guns. On reaching Warrenton AdEdial.Por.Ticp. bombarded that village, with what effect is not known. The transport Henry Clay was fired by the rebel shells. All hands on board were saved, the pilot remaining at his post until the flames forced him to leave. General Hurlburt telegraphs from Memphis that he has information from rebel sources that the enemy are evacuating Vicksburg. [This oft-repeated report is now probably correct, owing to the passage of the battefi.es by Admiral Porter’s gunboat fleet.] . 'r . ' Admission of West Virginia into the Union. The President has issued a de claringthat the act for the admission of West Vir ginia into the Union shall take effect from and after' - ' sixty days from yesterday, proof .having been sub mitted to him that the conditioraf'of'admission, namely, certain emancipation in her Constitution, have been complied'with. Promotion. Captain James Gleason, the popular quarter master of the 69th Pennsylvania Volunteers, was to-day appointed, by the President, brigade quarter master of General Owens’ brigade. The Secretary of the Interior haß decided that ''those who have heretofore acquired lands conferring in certain caßes pre-emption rights, are not thereby excluded from the privileges of the homestead bill. The President has recognized Johannes Shu - - machkr as consul for the Frees Hans city of Bre men. at Boston. Wliat lias been Done at Suffolk—Report of Washtnoton, April 21.— The following despatch has been received at the headquarters of the army: Major General HaUccJ:, General-in-Chief: I deem it due to the forces at Suffolk to notice briefly their gallant conduct during the last six days. . On Tuesday, General Peck’s right ; was attacked,' and the enemy ’s advance was gallantly met by Col. Foster’s light troops, driving him back to the line of his pickets. Anderson’s division was engaged at the same time on the water front with our gunboats and and suffered materially. ' On "Wednesday, a rebel battery of twenty-pounder rifled'runs was effectually Bilenced, and an.attack on the Smith Briggs, an armedquartermaster’a boat, was repulsed. Repeated attempts have been made on our lines, but they have all been foiled. The storming of the enemy’s battery, near the west branch of the Nansemond, by General Getty, and the gunboats, under Lieutenant Larnson, of the navT, and the capture of six guns and two hundred prisoners, closes the operations of the six days against the enemy’s large force very satisfactorily. JOHN A. DIX, Major General. Fortress Monroe, April 20.— The United States steamer Flambeau arrived this morning from Wash ington, N. C., having on board the French commo dore attached to the French frigate Guerriere. Governor Wise has been recalled from the rebel command in front of Williamsburg, and Gen. Hood placed in command. Tlie Rebels Defeated near Corluth, Miss.— Heavy Loss of.tlie Enemy, <fcc. Cincinnati, April-2l.—The : rebel force routed at Celina, Tenn., on Saturday, were 1,200 strong.' We have no special information touching the affair. The general commanding at Corinth attacked the enemy last week, and drove them from Bear creek to Crane creek, with heavy loss. Our loss WRu.one Jniodj-CU Jniißtrauinruuuooj,'' WC had o£€~pieCC Of artillery'disabled, but saved it. The eiiemy has been largely reinforced at Tuscumbia. -Important news is looked for from Grant’s army. The Memphis papers have not resumed publica tion. [Bear creek, mentioned in this despatch, is in a southwesterly direction from Corinth, near the line of Alabama and Mississippi, and is crossed by the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Crane creek is, at the nearest point, six or eight miles from Co rinth.] A Fleet of Steamers Rim tlie Blockade at Vickisbiirg-Gcn. Grant’s Army Operating from Below the City* Chicago, April 21.— A special Memphis despatch of the 19th states that the steamer Silver Moon, from Vicksburg on the 17th, brings the intelligence that the night before the gunboatßßenton, Tuscumbia, Lafayette, Pittsburg, Carondelet, Gen. Price, and three transports, rah the batteries of Vicksburg, all safely except the transport Henry Clay, which caught fire opposite the city, and was burned. The Benton was the only boat struck. She had one man killed .and two wounded. The transport Forest Queen had her drun>head injured by contact with one of the gunboatß, and can be easily repaired. From the time of starting until the first shot was. heard from the rebel batteries neatly an hour and a quarter elapEed, by which time nearly all had got past. THE NEWS FEOOLVICKSBURa OFFICIALLY "Washington, April 21.—Official flespatehes were received here last night, stating that a portion of Admiral Porter’s fleet, laden with.a large number of soldiers from General Grant’s army, have suc ceeded in running the batteries ai Vicksburg, and are now in a condition to "eitljer help Genera l Banks in an attack upon Port Hudson, or make an attack on ViukEburg from the south. DEPARTMENT CAROLINA. Siege of Washington Ralsi Abandon their Kartliworl/ —Retreat’ of the Eueiny. New York, April 21.— -The ate* more, from Port Royal, via Beai 15th. The rebels have retreated] Washington, N. C.. and abandon! rieß on Tar river. The steamer | on the 17th, and was not molestei General Foster was still at Nc'ml news from Hilton Head. . // SIGNS OF AN ERUPTION—A CRY DEMAND FOR HLOOD PoE-tere, of 'which the following ia a copy, were pasted up in the moßt public ittlces of Mobile on the fith instant. It is one of tilt/unmistakable signs, now becoming quite commomthat the distress of the public in the rebellious States has reached a point that is almost unbearable. “BBEAD OB EEACE.” “It has not yet edme to bin question of bread or peace with us, but we are fsif coming to it. If our Government can compel ajjian with a family of _chilt|ren_ta_flght for it for per month, it can their ease now, and will and enjoy, to fe «“ the Poor chtdren of pooflSliKfeehj the widows, whose only sonbare fighting the battles camn’lnOrt ° V** r i! b } e h W hi P B of the march and ™ m lb foodless, clotheless, hnd shoeless. Forbear ance will soon cease to be a/uirtue. h^.Ti’} r « lve *’ B , la . t , ers > and little ones arc crying for i Jeware I 1 lest theyiiry for blood also 111 We « ad snou5 nou S h of extorthn and speculation :it is Btro ?e a , r , 1 ? 1 of the/qw was extended. i« j wll rise ’ B< Ph«r or later 1 There are and rope enough to cure this worse than rageiTnebrde h 6 tcmedy V iu •*> supplied by an out raged people. BBUTUS II.” Destructive Firel at Denver—loss $1,500,000. 2 H th ( is a mA™ ?rU .Tulesburg, April -21.—At House if,EH, 1 ?- n , ff ’ a , broke out in the Cherokee .aoouc oo clock, ana at thetoresent writing is ahh-nt unit llourand-grovTsSnsisTery^eav^ I, — ,( y' - -° s3 la From Ohio. th f l ,I ? lsluI1 £ sqldiers with clothing in whi<s, Prentice, 'im of George D; Prentice ' of Colnmhh. Tll -Trf o,,rti££ ''; a ' p ™°>K>r Chirc hoiumbus, He was captured recently in Tennessee. ... From Beaufort. TliS l (a^ I!K ’ A - p . ri V 2:l - L Yf ,l b' s teamer United'States ar il! ed this morning from Beaufort,' 2t. C., to whtch'nlaee -vlr 6 arr lsd. the.23d' Massachusetts s .The transports-Kev and ,?°\sl? or Morten had also arrived from Hilton Sent' 0U the lust.,/with the Mth.Tfew Torkßog£ Marine, Disaster. i A - Ilril . 21 ’ ’Z Tl \ e schooner John R. Plater, ii.V.V 1 r'lii la (l eipbia, .for Boston, awith 800 tons of. coal while attempting to make heiv London, yesterday went ajhoM-oaßaw.iW-aad is a tetal losi. The crcw ™ saved. The,vessel and cargo were partially insured. The Ice Breaking on tile St. lawrence Biyer. > Mon tkbat,, April 21:—The river continues rising, and the water, is very high below. Considerable damage was done by. the ice at Three liivers. The ice in“liiche® Quebec Btin'hcddß^nn! 1 ' “ S " ailay - I] “ ic « bridged - Nkiv. York*:- April 21.—Capt. A. 8. Parker who is al legod.co bein Government ami detailed to bring over from England one of the new’irou clada building for. “ thejEmporor of China,” has been' arretted here and sent to Fort Lafayette. j Si.rLouis, April 2t. —'The distillery of A. E. Tilton* [corner of Main and Poplar, streets, was biirned yester iday. Several adjacent tenements were damaged. The loss was about sls*ooo, on which there is no insurance t , Arrival of. the Hannnonia, .Ninv York, April 21. —The steamer Haminonia has ar rived. , Her have been anticipated. The Latest—The Kcbels Evacuating Vicksburg. Pre-emption Rights "Consul Recognized. DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA. General Dfx. ARMY OF TUE TENNESSEE. ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. CONFIRMED, The Volcano Arrest of a Rebel Agent. Distillery Burned. THE FRINCH IN MEXICO. : Mexican Account of the Great Conflict at Puebla—The" Imperial Troops Defeated, with a.JLoss of Eight Thousand-Men ami Sixty Guns—General Comonfort’s Official ■ Bulletin of the Victory. _N«w York, April 21.—8 y the arrival of the New Orleans Bteamer we have full confirmation of the reported battle at Puebla.-Thereports-previouely ’ received announced the bombardment of Puebla by the ‘French, and the capture by them of some'of the Outworks, but the news to-day, whioh reached Ne\v,.Orleans ,on the 19th Inst., by way of Matamoros, shows' that - the Mexicans'had subse quently repulsed the French with great loss. .The New .Orleans Era translates from an extra of the National Guard, of Matamoros, of April 6th, as follows: “By letters from San Luis dePotosi, dated the 27th, we learn that the invaders commenced their advance upon our works, and made a general afccack; that they - were repulsed to beyond Choluca; that the victory of this day was complete jjthat the enemy had been unable to continue Ins operations; that we have sent foar thou sand mento occupy Orizaba. “This news is confirmed by private letters from Mon terey, which add that the French lost in the battle of the' 27ili sixey piece* Of artillery and eight thousand men The person wbowrites is worthy of all confidence. We have bbiaiued a complete triumph.-■ What will they say to this'; who have considered our country to be weak and cowardly ? That they will make.the best soldiers in the world! They eclipsed the star of liberty! Look'ont, Napoleon the Third ( Lookout for your throne ! France, 'awake!'- .*• .-.v■ * ‘ People of Matamoro3,'congratulate your country with .me once more; congratulate the Army of the East; con gratulate your victorious brothers! - “ Heroic city of Matamoroo, April 6,1863. “JOAQUiM jjE BATtANDA.” OFFIOIATj REPORT OF THE VICTORY. *- An[official report by telegraph from General Orte ga to General Comoniort has just been published in Mexico by order of the Secretary of war. It iB as follows.: . “The enemy,has just suffered a terrible defeat at the hands of thevvalianC army whichThave the honor to command.-' . - “imring.the day, by his bombs and hot shot, he sue ceedfd in destroying part of the fortress of Hidalgo, or rather San Javier, I ,and between eight aad nine o’clock at night he sentiorth from hia parallels several columns .’.of attack and assaulted this fortress, which columns -were routed and destroyed in less titan one hour by our -valiant soldiers; imorderto obtain this triumph I did not havo to call into action a sing e one of the seven strong brigades of infantry which rhad inreserve. “ In the morning I will give you some details of this important feat of anna, limiting myself to-diy tO'say that the assault was resisted by the gallant battailous' commanded by their worthy chiefs, second and Sixth of‘ Guanajuato', assb ted by the right flank, and outside.of.- the wall by a battalion of riflemen, and on the left flank: by tbcbattalions Third, Fourth, and Fifth, of Zacatecas, commanded by the gallant citizen'MiguerAuza: “The attacking liue was commanded by.those intre pid Generals Floroncio Antillon and his second in cora -maud, Francisco Laruadrid, and assisted by the no les3 .!,■valiant General Alatorre. * - “The chief who'commanded the fortress which was was the valiant and honorable youth, B. Smith, to whom was entrusted its few hours before ;the attack, and in the moment that I foresaw the attack would be made. “In the fire of the bombardment sustained during the day, and during the brilliant.actlon of the night, the' most especial and honorable mention is due to the ar tillery. • : : . . 4 -At about .6 o’clock in the’evening, I foresaw the • iattack, and ordered that four, batteries of the general resei of Zacatecas and one of Vera Cruz, should.betp situated as to be able to march promptly to 1 the open field, and envelope the two flanks of the enemy.-- lhis. order was so well executed by Generals Paz and Garcia, that at the same tine the fire cf small arms opened, the enemy ,was> involved in the flre of .our ar tillery;-which supported "also the 'fortresses commanded ;-by General Ghilardi and Colonel Anza. ; ‘‘The two.batteries of.Zacatecas, which had taken ;their position to-the right of the fortification, wore placed m charge of the gallant General Negrete, whose desires were satisfactorily fulfilled by the chief, liis son,' Joaquin Santelices. In this, ss well as in all the works' which were under ray. charge, the knowledge of tliedo-v calities. and instruction and valor displayed by the quartermaster general, J. 'M‘. G. Mendoza, and. com manding general of artillery, T. Paz, have been of great service to me... . w ; '. . . .< ; . “Wili .you be pleased to make known these to the President of tee Republic, and felicitate his Excel lency m. the name of therArmy of the East upon this rsigDal triumph of our arm* ? ‘The enemy caused much .suffering to the innocent families ofthe'eity hytheir bombardment, their destruc tive shells.reacliing the centre of the place.- “I have to congratulate you upon the' happy circum stance that our totfti loss in billed and ‘wounded,?during the entire action, was but sixty mea.- 4 ‘ This mueb-for the letter of General Ortega I return immediately to the camp. Comoxfort. ” These reports may be of an oxaggerated character, but it is evident that the French have been repulsed. ■: San Francisco, April. 2l.— Arrived, ships .White Swallow and Lashing Wave, from Boston. Billß have finally passed the Legislature, submit ting to a.vote of the people of the various counties along the route T of the Pacific road to decide whether each county shall-subscribe towards ' building the road proportionably to the taxable property, viz : Sari Fraricisco county, $1.000,000;. Santa Clara, $lOO,OOO jSan Joaquin,.s6o,ooo; Sacramento, $300,- 000; and Placer $250,000. The people of ail the counties Will probably vote to agree. % - r At a large Union-League meeting at Sacraoiento,- on Saturday; Senator Connor pledged himself'to sustain the Administration in its most radical mea sures for suppressing the rebellion, and not to loliow the lead q! Senators BlcDougall and Nesmith. The weather has been rainy for several days, and rather -too much for the good of the agricultural districts. - *- The-National Currency and Banking- Act. To the Editor of The Tress: Sir : ;Eigbty-two years since the founders of the Government ..established a. National Bank circula-. tioDj and now, for the sixth timef recog-' nizing this as an exercise of foresight and wisdom, has ratified its manifest advantages. Executive clemency permitted* the partial" enjoyment of its benefits through the several national bankß, and it is to.the experience thus' derived we may look in esti mating to what extent the present bill may be re lied upon to sec.ure the purposes of its enactment. The experience of the -past, and no one unpreju diced will dehy it, is, that in so far as the Govern ment h»8 nationalized banking, or called it in as an aid, mutual benefits have followed. This Is the con current testimony of.e&ch Secretary of the Treasury who has participated in : the management, from/the time ol‘Hamilton to the present distinguished head of the department. The faults, if any, where they have existed,, have arisen from a want of harmony and concoid, and it is ; the history of the period that the dread or evils apprehended, -rather .than their occurrence, has prevented a more intimate connec tion, which, when judiciously devised, is not only proper, hut necessary for the public good. The act authorizes three , hundred millions of 'cur of their par, and when less, of their market^varaej as ascertained by sales at the New York Stock Exchange , and it is a: condition-that each bank shall receive thirty per cent, of its capital in currency. This in dicates agross capital to the extent of one fnousand millions, hypothecation : of one-third . this amount as a basis of circulation, if the loans keep at par. depreciation of the loans is to be made good by a further deposit in cash, bonds, or accumu lations of interest. The laws governing banking are few and simple, and it depends mainly for success on an unquestioned confidence in the material commodity which is its fiasis,- which confidence, as a qualification, should pre exist;- . Credit 1b the gap that at times it is the equal de sire of nations and of individuals to span, and bank ing bridges it, juet in proportion as ability undoubted; or earnings, the result of economy and thrift, sensi bly diminishes the gap. This shpuld be so, , for otherwise the spendthrift would prosper equally with the frugal; and it is jußt when the elements, the right commodity, sound credit and well-placed confidence are intermixed, that; banking will attain the highest excellence,, and secure 'the greatest good. If the proposed . measure meets these de mands, its success'is assured, and we may look for benefits, aupreme .and abiding, results which only credit nationalized can confer. That which strikes the inquirer first is, that the Government is to.streiigt-hen the banks by becoming their largest ; next, that the solvency of the banks will depend upon the value of the Government loan . Further, whilst depreciated loans willrestricVaccom modations, a rise brings no consequent advantages. Thus, a ;hundred dollars of loan, when at par, se cures ninety of circulation—it may be, by deprecia tion, but eighty, seventy, or less—whereas, upon a rise, a foreign demand might realize more than par, and in this Bhape be preferred: to the currency itself. Again, it is to be feared that the disposition and manner in'which the loans of the Government are to be employed may defeat the desired ends. It seems a sine qua non that these loads should be Subjected to the crucible before they can occupy a fitting place ,in any scheme of banking that shall be at once wise and effective. Threeseveral times the. Government has encountered a money crisis similar, except in its proportions, to its present need-in 1780-91 and 1816 —and oh each occasion has Adopted this means to extricate itself. The Government banks which then sprung, as a necessity;, out of the wars of the Revo- i u - 1812 » were composed, in great part, of the funded debt of the Government, and yet they were so managed that the money of the world stood by a suppliant for this component part of their capital. The seven per cents, were transmuted into the stock of the bank chartered in 1816,-at one hundred and six fifty-one, the six per cents, at par, and the three per cents, at:sixty*five,.the. Government reserving the first option of redeeming at.these prices. Another feature of the bill; that which imposes an arbitrary circulation, is not in keeping with the ex perience which Bafe banking has . furnished. The bill presupposes and affixes the amount— the need should indicate the supply. Currency does not, as formerly, oner the advantages it then possessed, the clearing house, and a system of drafts and. checks having in great part, over the whole country, become a sub stitute. .Thus it may be seen that the amount in ex cess above the need is simply a loan for which the borrower exacts the terms in hand. Again, it-: is. aa ier that the supply Bhould proceed from a source whiencan contemplate the necessity, treed from the importunity of-its own-desire, and thus, tenacious in its purpose of maintaining prompt convertibility, ft void a dilution, always the prelude to fluctuations! • appears also 'to be hardship: in the section* which makes it obligatory on the banks to add a fur* ther security in case of a fall in the price of the loans. 1 hie reverses;* rule in banking clearly just," which is, that the boiroiver should be looked to for any de ficiency arising from a depreciation of security. The most important formula deducible from these facts and reflections is: - D That banking may sustain the credit and ini crease the national income in proportion as the Go vernment shallconfer privileges in accordance with the rules which govern money and credit. from a conversion but-Bhould. proceed 3. That the fiscal head shoul<r”f&nßiiivw „ m o and not the law-making power. 4. That there 4 may be one uniform currency, and no _other, but the security for its redemption should’ reßtupona reserve of capital sufficient, in addition • t 0 the advantages of nationality it may possess. x£- not appear, upon - a careful study of the. bili, that these necessities are provided for, but that there ia yet wanting what money, in its inhe rent_^attributes, will ineiat upon. Therefore, what t s e .f* o * ern,nen * would not be able to extract, might of its own impulse educe, if invited ? to: assume a form in keeping with the wholesome laws of finance. Then the aggregated wealth and remnant money of the nation, alive equally with other interests in loyal instincts, would stand readywith open-handed gene rosity to occupy the desired place. And when “ con sidered as the fruit of many years’ industry, the re ward of labor, sweat, and toil; as the'widow’s do wer and children’s portion, as the means of procuring the necessaries and alleviating the afflictions of life, old-age a sceneorrest,”-it comes to the imtion’scofTers aßa tribute and asolemntrustclaim ing as justice these guarantees. t The advocates of the bill, especially the Hon. R. *J* Walker in his very able review,-derive confidence from the success which has attended the New York State; banking law,.which is identical. Jls hxstonr has yet to be This we do know : it haß failed in all other States that, have tried it: and, - whilst the country banks have supplied the circula-* lion, Inequality of money has been conferred Upon it bythoseof the city j that the value .of the loans, fell in. 1867 more'than, ticentyp&r cenf. r belbw : the circu- -' lation they, represented ; that foreign capital has rescued it several times from failure; and thatifoster ing speculation, it has made New York the sluice . through-iWhichithe’meahs l ofthe countrythavebeen squandered and.transferredto other nations. The motives which have influenced the Administration to urge the passage of the bill, as one of, a series of measures for the overthrow 'of the com mend it to all; and, having for its object a uniform currency and a change of the unequal and conflict ing State-laws relating to rbanking—aims iso im portant and necessary—it claims a candid considera tion of its merits, and to this end it is essential that <each' one, according to-his ; ability, should, consider what may impair its usefulness or give it greater :completeness. It will be readily observed that the opinions "Dow expressed coincide with those- who the foundation of ,the* Government, look- ' ed to a national barikaß the surest means to> attain ; these desired ends. If any better plan 1 can be* pro-' posed, noiy iB the time, to,point it i.ut. ■F am>sir,s your obedient servant, 1 . * C G. Philadelphia, April 16,1863. ip«l—The Rebels fs on Tar River ]mcr Augusta Dina tfort, N. 0., on the pom the vicinity of ed all their batte- Iscort left Newbern on her passage up' [>ern. There is no f URIC AD OR PEACE—A IHEATENED.. • •••>• » Ship News* -'Boston, -April l>arlt EdwartT Eve«tfc, f from Messina; bark British. Merchant, 5 from Dundee. BMv* York, April 21. —The fteamer Aiigusta Dinsiuore Ltisbeeirsigualled. / f'-'-n :nrf Sajt Pb AKqiFcoj 4 April £o.—Sailed,/Danish bark (fecilia, for Hon# Kontc, with a a nihlioiiHn' treasured */ Markets by. Telegraph. • ' BAJ.'craoßE,-‘April laif—pinur steady ;isuperflne.Ohia:i 3i7. £ a7Jr@7isd. : wh*-sit firm, but unchanged.* Coin dull apd;]@2c lower. Whisky dull, at dOe 6r Ohio. Coffee, prune, atliuibdlr. . . * •'* From California. EIJ ROPE. The Steamships “ City; of Brtltiiraure” and , <l .liira’' at N«w York with dates to th© Oth and 10th ijagtant—Seizure of a: Rebel Gunboat in th^Slersey— Case of the w Pe- The Polish Revolution growing Formidable again, A>c., &c. New York,. April 21.—The steamer City of Bal timore here this morning, with Liverpool dates of the Bth instant. SEIZURE OF A REBEL GUNBOAT". The new gunboat Alexandra, built by Millers Co., of Liverpool, and recently launched, was seized in one of the Liverpool docks on. Sunday, the-fitfr instant, by the Customs authorities, on suspicion? of being intended for the rebels. The matter will be fully investigated before any proceedings will be taken beyond the detention of the: vessel, [Corrospohdence of Times } Liverpool, Monday.—Conslderßble excitement was caused in this port to-day; on .the Iwpt'beepjning known that a gunboat, intended for the'use of the Confederate . Government, had been seized by order of the Govern ment authorities, here. - It ,had';heen . weH known for some weeks past that one gunboat, if-not more, wa i being fitted out in the minor docks, anct those employed ’ about the vessel; made no secret’of the destination for which they jvere ’ntended. Qn the facts'coming to the knowJeogeof Mr. the United ;States consul at Liverpool, .he at once communicated with the American minister in London, and the result was that inquiries were instituted into the wholeof the proceedings bearing upon the building ofthe vessel seized These inquiri-sap pear to have been so farsucce.safuiihat the British Govern ment sen t down orders to seize the vessel; and atan early hour yesterday morning, Mr.' E. Morgan, one of thecus toma surveyors,went onboard the Alexandra—that being, like'tlie &W.” the first christening of th&gunboat, 'as no' doubt, had she got clear off, she would have undergone a rechnstening. : Mr. Morgan took possession of the ves sel, and upon. au .examination being made, it was fouad that she with one very heavy gun» while another gun unmounted was discovered on board. The Alexandra is a wooden screw steamer, of about 120 tons, and a very fine mod. 1. She was. built by Miller & Co:, . ol the south end, lor Messrs; Frazer,' TrenholniV & Co., the ‘ depositaries” ,in| Liverpool Cm conjunction With Mr.- Jameß'- Spence) ’..of- the - Confederate Go vernment. At the time' "the vessel was seized," she ..was lying in • the- Toxteth ; Dock, a quiet, out-of-the-way place/ r An- firm, near to the builders of: the Alexandra, have a large iron gunboat, of about 1,200 tons, stocks for the Confederate Government, but it is now stated that our Government has'issued instructions to the officials here that, in all cases where there is the slightest sus picion that ships are being built here other than for aeu t ral Powers, they are to seize" such vessels, and await the decision of the legal authorities. M.—Since.writing ,the above, we have heard #)at,' although there was every appearance of fittings-tip for guns, there were actually no guns on board the Alex andra. The vessel, however, is now in charge of Govern ment officials, and no doubt the investigation which is to take place will elucidate whether there were guns on board or not. The excit-roeht ainongst the gentlemen of Southern proclivities is veiy great. EDITORIAL THE “ KXAMTXER” AND “TIMES.” The gunboat Alexandra'hAs been seized on the suspi cion that she is being built in contravention of our own Jaws, in deflance of.the authority . of -Parliament, and the proclamation of-thc* Cro'wn. We are informed that the seizure has caused an immense 'sensation among Li verpool men, who are suspected, in the jargon of the day, of * Southern proclivities.’’ These gentlemencauhard ly need reminded that. Government has taken this step out of a aeiu regard to our own laws. Let the Southerners ...win if they: can.- They knew the con ditions of the contest before they commenced it, and they have no right to complain of their being enforced. The anxiety of themselves and - their friends in r this country for naval victories is surely no reason why we should let them drive a coach and six through a British act of Par liament. The duty of. the Government relates to a clear point of national honor. We profess to be neutrals in the quarrel; our duties as neutrals are prescribed for as not by international law, bat by our own parliamentary law. To allow our dockyards to be made use of forfittingbut vesseis-of-warmthe service of either party is an infringe ment of that law which every sentiment, of honor, fair play, and self-respect binds ; us to prevent. It is not a! question between Federals and Confederates, but between British law-makers and British law-breakers, though our obligations are not lightened by the circumstance that the ambassador of a friendly Power invites and urge-i us to puv our own laws in force. The case against the Alexandra is, so d‘ar, ;ohe. of suspicion.' It remains to be established before, tribunal, and, consider ing how long the Government delayed in the case of the Alabama, though the rirongest presumptive evidence agfcinst that vessel was in their hands, itis to he inferred that they are well provided with proof They are begin ning to ehow theinselves alu?e, but it will be quite pos sible to go-fasier than: ; good?faith would dictate. To seize even'vessel on the merest suspicion may merely play into the hinds of the law-breakers by hastening on a tnal before adequate proof is forthcoming. Those who are interested in the busiuesa of detection muet not for get the maxim, “Slow and sure.”. The LondonoStar considers .the event of exceeding good.omen, andd-mands theprosecutfonof the builders. Lord Lyons has been instrucied to demand the release oi the steamer Petcrhoff, with'compensation. : It is reported tha* two wel3-known. American met-- chants had arrived at|Lbndon to dispose of £2,000,000 six pei-cent. United States bonds. - T. he proceeds of the bonds are partly to be used to buy up the vessels building for the Confederates. It is also reported that they were authorized- to negotiate a loan of from ten to twenty millions sterling. : ThB rebel loan touched 3 per cant, discount, bat ral lied tol@l>*. • ‘ The American consul at Hamburg refused to attest the signature to*a national document, because the names of Schrccder.irCo., who negotiated the rebel loan, appearea in the document ' Ihe:Union and Emancipation Society of Manchester has held ameetiog to protest against the ouilding of war ships for the rebels,' and adopted a memorial calling on the Government to vindicate the honor of England by stepping such proceedings -v The correspondence between the owner of thePeter boff .and the Foreign'office is published. Earl Russell says the examination of the papers having satisfied the Government that ihere was no prima facie grounds for the capture, and that the seizure was wholly unjustifia ble, have : instructed Lord" Lyons to make an immedi ate representation of the circumstances to the Washing ton Government,* and if no legal ground for the capture is alleged, to press for the release of the vessel and cargo, with compensation, without the delay of a prize court; but if any legal ground for the capture be alleged, this case, like all others, must follow the ordinary course. The Princess Louis of-Hesse (Princess' Alice England) has been safely delivered of a princess. POLAND. The Polish,insurrection is reported-to be increasing in varions directions. ‘Sundry conflicts are reported, with varying successes. . - It is asserted that France, England, and Austria came to an understanding, and sen* separate notes to Russia, identical in sense, but avoiding anything like a pressure. The nobility of St. .Petersburg have adopted au ad dress to the Czar in favor of the maintenance of the in tegrity of the Empire at all cost; the l atest, yia .Queenstown, . v LoxnoxV April 9.—The Confederate loan'advanced }» per cent. yesterday, on advices from Liverpool and Man ch ester. • .-v,-- The Times has an afticle’to the. effect that California rings with the preparations for an offensive and defen sive vvar against England, probably under the inspira tion of Mr. Sewardfor capture of British Columbia. It says that the United States Government is building three monitors for California use, and exporting thither larger quantities of shells and gunpowder, Liverpool, April 9. —The’.' City of. Manchester, Norwe - gian, and Edinburgh, ail arrived to-day. to prevent her. FRANCE. Admiral Junen dela Graviere has been recalled from Mexico, the alleged cause being that the French naval forces there are.too unimportant to warrant thepresence ofanofficerofsuchrank ; The Bourse is steady at 69f. 75c. for Rentes. . GREECE. : It is reported that Denmark' will allow Prince William to-accept the Greek crown, hut on terms not likely to be acceded to. GREAT. BRITAIN. The Inman line announces a regular extra steamer for every alternate Friday. The Great Eastern will not be floated till about the 13th. of April, l Her departure has been postponed till about a fortnight after that. - ; • LATER NEWS BY THE JURA. ■ Portland, April 21. —The steamer Jura, from Liver* pool onthcptli, via Londonderry on the 10th, arrived at tins port at noon to-dav. The Polish, insurrection'is still spreading- The London Globe, _refeiri ng to the seizure of tlie gun boat Alexandra, at Liverpool, on suspicion of being in tended for the.rebels, Admits that the circumstances jus tified such’ preliminary measures. But from what it : hears, it doubts whether the matter, can be carried fur ther. The vessel was in a very unfinished state, aud it is •ascei’taiued that there was'iiothing in her to indicate what her service was to be. The United fctates consul at-Dublin contradicts the ru mors with respect to the enlistment of Irishmen for the United States army. • . The representatives of the United States Government in Ireland, however, are said to be literally besieged bv persons anxious to be sent to join the Federal army. -The Manchester Guardian baa the foliowing: A short tiraesincfl four men, who were quartermasters onboard T 3 ® • i eat Eastern, and who bad been gunners in the British navy, left the elnp, and.ioined the vessel known as the Japan, which was fittiug out at Greenock for' China and Ather. Eastern-ports. -More recently these Quartermasters came to' Liverpool, arid'shipped about • •IUJ-men. _ Some of the men: got-intoxicated, and, next day, having learned some secrets'from an indiscreet quartermaster, they paid a visit to Mr. Dudley; American Consul, and told him that they had been shipped for service on board the Japan, a vessel fitted out to burn, sink,Ana destroy Federal' vessela 'Mr. Dudley at once telegraphed to; Mr.Aaams,. the American Minister, at London, who, promptly called upon Earl Hassell, and the latter telegraphed to the collector of customs atLiver pool to stop the Japan. The collector at once looked into the bill of bntry, but - nothing could be seenfof the Japan there.; The’collector then, thinking that sh® might sooii enter the river, or dered four revenue gigs to cruise up and down, and stop her as soon as she made.her appearance. The Japan did not, however, turn up,- and thecoliector telegraphed. Lari Russell that he must have been,:misinformed. On fnrther investigation, it was found that Dudley had for gotten to state that the Japan was at Greenock. : How ever, when this became known, the Government imme diately telegraphed orders to Gveeuock;but the Japan (re-named the \ lrginia) had sailed for anunknown des tination. , FURTHER DETAILS, April 21.—The Jura brings the following additional news: - • POLAND. _ Cracow, .April 6.'— The insurgents, under command of Cysnkurski, have entered the to wn of Radom, and taken possession of. the Government treasure and the depot of ammunition. The attacking party burned the barracks and then withdrew. On Sunday last, Gohgowski. with a force of 280 Veil armed insurgents, attacked a detachment: of 500 Rus-‘ sians, near.Calkusse,' who retreated after a conflict last ing two hours;- - j . Cracow, April 9. —Gen. Berg has arrived in Warsaw, and m the name o' the Emperor lie thanked the army for their fidelity and courage.w A >:C -It is probable that : the Giand Duke Constantine and Count Mepdaski will leave Warsaw. : The in surf action is spreadi ag in Lithuania. The Polish * peasants are burning the Schiismatie churciies. . - Rumors are current that tli&: Guards : from Tzarskio fcelo are on the march to Lithuania. Bands of under Czistowski, and Oxenski, are gathering strength daily. . Tlie insurrectionary;- forces .-In’the ’district of Katizoh have largely increased. . It is reported that tho entire Russian army is to be placed on a,.war ; footing, and that Cronstadt has been placed m a »tate of defence. ■ , . -v.-; ; FRANCE. Paris, April S. —The Bourse continues to improve. Rentes closed firm at 68f 95c. Commercial Intelligence. Cotton is quiet and unchanged. The sales for two days bales, including 4. OOP to speculators and Breadstuff's dull - Provisions flat; :• . - . ' _ -,* L^ r J? ol ’ 9---Sales of Cotton for two days, .12,000 bales,dosing with an upward tendency, though -Sales; toTspeculators and ex favorabltr^ 0 bales * Tlie a<3 vices from Manchester are d ft l kn F is ur heavy at 21@275. Wheat d “I?? led Western, fls@9s od; red Southern. 9s 6d@9sBd; white Western, JM;.white Southern; 10s 3d©lls. Coni easier; mixed, 2&@2Ba 6d; white. 29s 6d@3ls 6d. - - Provisions quiet and steady. Beef-dnll. Fork quiet firmer? at^ali^vC^nli;ri^ ular ' nominal. Lard « ftodnw.7r.AshM, .wist,and steady. Sugar steady. Coffee active. • - : •• .• ■ Ship News.—Arrived^from Philadelphia, ship Oswin go, atLiverpool. v . Arrived from Baltimore, ship Edmund Preston, at Dublin; part of cargo thrown overboard; the fore com partment was full of water, having struck an iceberg. ; The London Times city article says that the. funds was inactive on the 9th' with a r tendency to weakness. There was less general'buoyancy in ihe market for foreign securities than for some time past. The recent re covery in the Confederate loan,however, was upheld, and transactions ranged betweenpar and l-percent..premium. IhefinaDquotation was >4@#per cent>preminm-. -The demand for discount was active, but on the stock ex change loans were offered at 3 per cent. , It.is stated'thatPrince Napoleon’s visit to.-Egyptis-for the purpose of meeting the Sulton and obtaining his firman for the Suez canal: The Sulfc-ui on arriving at Al exandria declared that he wished,to.be. considered and treated only as the guest of the Viceroy - - ' - : <Wn his speech to the foreign consuls, the Sultan said that he only came to Egypt for the purpose of giving the Viceroyiresk proofs.of .his goodwill and most particular ! attention, and to see that important portion of his em pire. -.All Ins efforts would-be,directed to the. develop ment of the.welfare and'happiness-• of all,'classes ofrhlsr subjects throughout the empire,, and to strenghten the! ties uniting them with Europe. Vr 8e wa3 ! convinced that the Viceroy, would continue this'eourse, and,.following, the.steps ot his celehaated father, one of the most illus trious men of the ' nation,;he Would understandi.-liow to - carry to completion: the work, which that great Prince commenced. . ; ’ ~ =- v . . • [Prom the .Daily, itows* City Article. 3 . r : ' .. bhx»ON, ..Thursday, ~ April, 9., JB63.—The,.payment-of the dividends; and the completion of the monthly settle- " meat, haveheemattendedDyith-afurther improvement of Jv per cent, in the funds.. Other markets., particularly India Government securities,, were generally firm The foreign stock markct.-'in soiiieninstaiioes, showed- a tendency to reaction. The scrip of the Confederate loan ‘ Adycuced K per cent . partly, on advices from. Liverpool .f?*''vtV" 1 ,?!®- 1 * a .hn>i*Vxeneral meeting of Lon a a Lancashire Fire Company was held yesterday./’ The atvectors report a'h&zbly suc cessful commencement of operations • : T^ [From Jhe Times’ City Article. 3 ’ - , * T^sv E 2 Kli ?k f uuds improved, an X pV*twit? raster day* a- e f° re3 Bn market snowed;a't‘enipoi>a.rr symptom ot reaction! ana English raii.wu.ys arteiwleucy to im provement. In the discount’market, there was a farther tendency to lowes on the commence inentiofvthe payment-of* dividends. A withdrawal of .. 130,f 00 sovereigiis took place from thebank. for shipment i to t li Orjßraxilian G oVermnestr- About 000 in bar'jjpld : was takehi-to the banlc.j’r ' ' ' ' . Th'k T Fki>erau ; -I.OAN."«~Nothmg furtber-'has ? tran.-' 6Pired.r*Thei2 , f'>)iea , iOity Article ixeroarks».that nothing • Objectionable than enteringmto a trans -5 actios North, or Southron purely political grounds; but, if it is to be. attempted, it will, at lea*t, be expedient that the tpeculativo demand . in connection with it should be restricted as roach as . possible 'ltinay be as Well, to ascertain if the predic tions brought by th* maJIV of conclusive victories oyer the eoiith, to be achieved within a fortnight, can be ful filled. Alsoi'to learn the etffefct of the conscription on „ the first of May, and the answer of t-he Washington Go vern nrent on the affair of the Feferhoff. The whole of matters must be Bolyed wit&in-a minth. ■ jntcs analyzes the petition l emanating from the so-called ind gnation meeting held! atf Manchester. thU weclf, against the building of rebel war-ships in Eag land, and asserts there is liardly a wctfd in the document m °T t to the feelings of the great country. ‘ riSS? f STOCK Fricks.— for “»>«»*' mmX: --•««?£?!5 shares steady? American premium 0 adian lTDciaD^ed - Confederate loan LfVEKfc)OL COTTON MARKET. 9th.-Fair <fcnnm«; Market steady; no change-visible. Sales, 6,6oo'bates-; imports, 2,135 bales. f - Liverpool, AJ>fir9..-There has been o uiottn tene ln the market to-day,- but prices remain, steady Sugar.—There has been 1 a firm market, and with-'full prices for refined. . . Confederate bonds have improved, being quoted af par to ono-nalf, , Codsols, after official hours> 92%t093. Coffee steady. , Flours—Little inquiry after; bun prices' remain sta tionary. •: Cotton has declined for American and Egyp* tian grades,-with sales of the week of 35,000 bales. The other descriptions are firm and unchanged. Breadstuff's ai« quiet but steady, except corn, which is tending downward. Provisions are fiat. • * Consols, 92% for money. Erie Railroad shares. 47@% 48%. Illlnoiß Central, 42% per cent: discount. The bul lion in the Bank of England has decreased £75,000. New York Legislature Albany, N. Y., April 21, — I The Assembly to-day adopted the majority report in the case-of speaker Calli cott, clearing him of the charges against hinv. Publications Received* 'English Pictouials. —From- Mr. J. .1. Kromer, 403 Chestnut street, we have Illustrated London News and Illustrated Hews .of 9 (he WorliT, of the 41th Inst. *they coniain many new engravings connected with the Royal Marriage at Windsor. From*-Mr. A. Winch, Chestnut street, a compact compendium and digest, by Thompson Wertcott, al phabetically>arranged under distinctive" heads' of Excise, Licenses, and Stamp Duties, of the Internal Revenue and Excise Tax Duties, imposed by the-Acts of 1662 and 1863. It is entitled, “ The Taxpayer’s Guide,” and is at once low priced, correct and easy for reference. From Mr. "Washington L. Bladen, the- efficient Clerk of the Board, we have the Report of the Board of Health of the City and Port of Philadelphia to the .Mayor, for-the year 1862, and the Report of Mr, Wil liam Read, Health Officer,, of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, for the same period. . • • From J. E. ,Lippineott,& Co., wo have Harper's Magazine for May, and Parts 1 and 2 of Harper’s “ Pictorial. History of the Great Rebellion.” Public Entertainments. . The Ckkation.— This favorite oratorio is now in active rehearsal by the Handel and -Haydn So ciety, and will be performed at the Musical Fond Hall to-tnorrow (Thursday) evening,- May: 14. We are assuredthatthemanagers of this popular society Will leave.nothing undone to make this performance one of the best ever given in this city. The chorus will number nearly two hundred voices.' The solos.: will be giyen by our best professional talent, and the' “Germania” will be the orchestra. With this combination, we have no doubt that thejiovera of good music will have a rare musical treat. THE CITY. [FOR ADDITIONAL OITT NEWS BEE FOURTH PAGE.] : Reception of the Secretary of .the Treasury at the Union League Rooms.—‘Last evening, Hon. S. P. Chase, Secretary of'the Trea sury, visited by fecial invitation the Union League rooms on Chestnut street. The members of the League were present.in large numbers, as were also a; number' of invited giiCßts, After having' re ceived the congratulations of his many friends, he waslintroduced to the assemblage by Benjamin Ger hard, Esq., as an honest financier and a fearless man. Mr. Chase came forward amidst great applause, and made a few remarks : He thanked the audience for their kindness, and said he had not been of late much accustomed to speaking, as he always preferred to work rather than to talk. [Applause.] If, however, he could be persuaded to speak upon any occasion, it would be standing in this presence within the city where the Declaration of Independence was first, promulgated ; standing upon the very spot where; during our present struggle, when many hearts seemed withering with apprehension, the loyal men of Philadelphia met together and sent a thrill of. hope and joy throughout Gie whole land. ; [Ap plause.] He would not speak at any length, as he waß but one member of an Administration, charged with one duty... The. Secretary made a pleasant al lusion to his visit to Baltimore, and expressed him self gratified with the of the Union senti ment in that great city. After expressing great confidence in our future, and urging upon the people the duty of supporting the Administration, he con cluded amid loud applause. . The Secretary received the congratulations of the gentlemen present, and retired from the hall at an early hour.. During yesterday he visited the navy yard, where he was received with the'usual salute, and escorted over the grounds, by the officers of the yard. He leaves the city to-day. The Recitations at tiie Academy.— The selection of the Academy for the display of last night was an ill choice. None but a powerful, or at least a mature and educated voice, can display itself there to complete advantage. The ambiguous word ing, of the programme held out_to the audience no hope of giving it other than an equivocal meaning.. The “ champion readers” were announced as being ' TmmlS-'Cach of • PhUV— delphia,; and; J.* 8. - Brown, New York.” "’ The* elocutionary trial of skill ’was given under the auspices of the Young Men’s' Christian' Association, and it was further announced that a portion of the proceeds was for the benefit ol the sick and wounded soldiers. The net proceeds could not have been large, since the audience was but small. Ex-Governor Pollock, Prof. Maguire, principal of the Philadelphia High School, and Rev! Alfred Nevin, D. D., acted in the capacity of judges. A number of the clergy occupied the platform. The programme included the recitations:of “The Fa mine,” from Longfellow’s ” Hiawatha,” Marc An tony’s oration, and Poe’s "Raven,” together with a few supplementary exercises. : In consequence of the names of the New Yorkers not having arrived in time, they were supplied on the programme by blanks. Their names are, however, Messrs. Oscar Manning, Samuel Lord, and Clarence Henriques. The names of the Philadelphians are C. K. Middle ton, W. S. Stitee, andN. K. Richardson. “The Fa mine” was recited by Messrs. Manning and Middle ton; Marc Antony’. Oration, by Messrs. Lord and Stites, and “ The Raven,” by Messrs. Henriques and Richardson. Oscar Manning, a youth of light hair and florid complexion, threw himself in to his duties With vigor, and made only two slight slips of me mory. He had a clear voice, seemed to comprehend and appreciate his part, and carried with him the sympathy of the audience. His gesture kept due company with his voice. He insisted on pro-* nouncing saw “sore.” •*- Mr. O. K- Middleton, dark and alight of aspect, possessesa low,monotonous, and sometimes even life less tone. His enunciation, however, was unusually clear, and his gesture, animated... , His discri mination was by ,no means proper and just. His rendering of the cry. of Minnehaha to Hiawatha was strained andfeeJingless. Histransi tion from one paragraph of the poem to another was not natural, yet not abrupt; but was not smooth and easy and natural. Neither was his attention exact to the requirements of the rythm. • Mr. Samuel Lord, in delivering Marc Antony’s oration, was by no means correct in emphasis, and hot more than noticeable in competition with the other speakers. -Mr. (or perhaps we should say Master) Stites is a little fellow, on a par with his competitor, the young gentleman who just preceded him. Taking him alto f ether, he was excellent/ His pause over the deaid ody of Cccsar was something too long, because it gave a nervous apprehension to the listeners. His whole action and. delivery, suggested thorough tuition and painstaking application. There is a certain professor, however, who would by no means sanction such a universally broad pronunciation to the word mij. Mr. Clarence Henriques has a voice deep and mel low. Great naturalness ofgesture, and some pas- Bionateness of tone, were evident in his rendition. But his enunciation was not precise. He said tokun for token. He was the only young gentleman who paid to the audience. the compliment of addressing them in a white cravat and dress coat. His recita tion was Poe’s .“Raven.” This-was also the subject of recitation of the last speaker, Mr. N.' K. Richardson, who, throughout, was full of fire,' ahd;force, and discretion. At.the Jine “darkness there, and nothing more!” he was singularjy felicitous and effective. ; His pronuncia tion of the word “ nevermore,” which it will be re membered somewhat monotonously recurs at the= end of every stanza, was varied, and mournfully ex pressive.; » , ■■■■.. it only remains to say that these young gentle men were all letter-perfect. They were all of them greeted and rewarded with the applause which they deserved. If the coldness of criticism demands that their defects shall be adverted to. the kindness of it hopes and believes that those defects are neither ab solutely fatal nor incurable. After the recitations', the judges retired, and, re entering,; .Ex-Governor. Pollock reverted in.a .few • words to the very great general merit of the enter tainment, and the necessary embarrassment in fixing upon a choice. Finally, the award of superiority had been awarded in the first recitation, “The Famine,” to Mr. Manning, of New York? in thel»Bt, “The Raven,” to Mr. Richardson, of Philadelphia. In re gard to the second recitation, “Marc Antony,” no could be given. -Where the speakers were been*possible^Si 1 a y excellent, no choice had Some slighter. entertainmenti“foiiowciV-and the audience then withdrew, very highly gratified • witi»- the evening’s entertainment. • - % ■ Married and Given in Marriage.— Marriages- are queer things, after alb So are the men and women who consummate them. The sta tistics of courtship and wedlock, of marriage and its results, are interesting in their way. The union of flreandice, of sunlight and of bdow, isnot inore di verse than matrimonial unions-sometimes are. Fact •and faney have a correlative relation in this respect. Men and women-take Afanoy to each other, and the facts certainly testify how very uncertainly the re sutoof. such prejudices prove. The statistics of the past year are probably not more than ordinarily in teresting, but they are sufficiehtfy so to engage the notice of wiyes and widows, bachelors and maids: - v The number of men married' under, twenty was 1 -nineteen, of whom fifteen married women under twenty, and, four women between twenty and twenty-fivewhile that * of.'the, women under was. eight hundred and' sixteen, ,of whom fifteen married men under ; twenty, arid five hundred and sixty-five .married mien between twenty and twenty-fiVe; one hundred and sixty-six married men-, between r twenty- five- and thirty; sixty-two • married men between ’thirty, and forty V and two married men. between forty and fifty, and six .{married men,;whose sge- was nat given. The number of men over -the age of thirty mamedwas :one' thousand' two hundred and eighty-three,' an" increase over the previous year of one hundred and forty-six, while .that- oFthe woman was five hun dred and eighty-one, being an increase of forty-six. There were nine men married between seventy and ‘ eighty,'two’ of whom married) women, between Bixty* and seventy, three between,fifty. and sixty, three between forty and fifty* and one, between •thirty and forty ;• and four- women married be tween sixty and two married men between seventy and eighty,, one between sixty and seventy, and one between fifty and sixty. The Methodist ceremony seamed to have been the favorite, ceremony employodr—there being-907 mar-. riagea 1 reported y then follows the Catholic, 893; Episcopal, 668; Presbytesian, 529; Lutheran, 453 and .Baptist, .326;.;’Sevan m&rriageß were reported with the ceremony^omitted l . These slight statistics are full of ehoouragexseht to all. Th»ey prove to all interested, that while-there is life there is hope, and that while there are-mem and womeh there will be at least as many marriages as there are iUvorcea. .Recommended for Promotion. Tlie .following promotions have been recommended bv ithe Board of Examiners of Naval EoSnS'now in session at the Philadelphia navy yard • First Assist ant Engineer Wini: Roberta, to be a- chief en ; gineer ; Seoo.nu-AssistantvHenryv Snyder/to be first-' assistant engineerpThSrd Assistant Engineers Frede-! Samuel R. Bnooks, UcCartaQy, WUbr l F. Fort, Elisha Harsen, T, j. McK, Daniels, Edward W. Koebl; and Franklin o. Brindie, to be seeond assistant engineers. ! .The following have Seen recommended for adraig. Bion sb Third Assistant -Engineer*: James W. jPafc terson, Pa. [ Charles W. C. Senter, Md. [ John L. Hannum, Pa; j William A. A. Allen, Pa.; John A. Smith, Md. ; David M. Fulmer, Pa. ; John W. Gardner, New York; Thomas Chase, Pa.: Wesley Fennimore, Pa. fB. J. McGurren, New York : Har rison Spear; Md.f Nicholas H. Lamdin, Md.: Fre .deric W. Bissett, If.; J. [ Eobt. D. Taylor, Md. The Ice Crop.—lt is thought that the Bupply of ice will fall far short during the approach ing summer, except for tire efforts which have been made, to obtain it from thwNorth. Most of our sup ply will have to be brought from the North, which will enhance its price to eonsnmerß nearly one hun dred per cent, ov-r the prices of last year. The loss by shipment is about twenty-five per oest., and in delivery about fifteen per cent,, so that be sides the ordinarily enhanced price, consumers will be required to pay forty per cent, loss, while the net cost of the ice at this* port will be about seven dollars per ton. New Buildings.—The isamher of new dwellings now being erected in the outskirts ot the city is much larger than it has been for several yearn past. As a general thing the buildings are for tho accommodation of small families. This class of dwellings are morera demand and afford a better in vestment lor money than any others. All the con veniepces to make them comfortable have received □ue attention. The buildings erected in this city The Horticultural Society.—The re msEtinS of the Horticultural 3Ua w£i ld I**? ev J nlr -K at the hall, comer or Broad and Walnut streets. The usual business was transacted, all of a private character. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. THE MONEY MARKET. Philadelphia, Apr-121,1863. The presence of Secretary. Chase-in New York caused another downfall in gold, the price ranging to-day at figures between T473£@1453£, closing at The changps were sudden and contrary, and the most per plexing kind of a market was created. A marked firm ness in Government securities was • observable, rfgqq 1881 rising 3£; seven-thirties old certificates the new Tlie naoney market presents no new features, the vast expenditures by Government keeping up the over-sup ply, notwithstanding the "absorptions by the ties and the temporary loans. Large amounts are placed at 4?. cent, on slort call. _ The conversions at the office-.of Jay Cooke, Esq., Go vernment agent, amounted to one minion one hundred thousand dollars up to 4 o'clock P. M. This five-twenty' loan is now by far the cheapest on the market, apd hence the eagerness it is sought. Interest com mences from date of subscription, payable in gold, half yearly. The stock market was extremely active to-day, and prices generally higher. The most noticeable feature was the demand for Schuylkill Navigation shares, of which the common advanced to 9#; the preferred to 20Jf. The company have effected an arrangement with; the Reading and Minehill Railroads which is greatly to its ad vantage. The common closed at 9K; the preferred at 2034; the sixe3 of 3582 at;7S34, an advance of- 4& ; those of 1572 sold at par. Governments were strong at figures named,above. New city sixes rose H ; the old were firm at IC6; State fives at 1013*. Pennsylvania Railroad first mortgages sold at llo; second do. at 10S.-„ Reading sixes were steady. North Pennsylvania sixes sold at 903*. Elmira sevens rose i%. Camden and Amboy s£xei,ls7o, sold at IC9; iSo7s at 1073*. Susquehanna Canabsixes rose %. Union Canal bondß sold at 20. Reading: Railroad shares closed at 46?£- an advance of 1; Catawissa preferred declined X; Philadelphia and Erie %; Elmira was steady at 373£> the preferred at 54; Norristown at 57; Little Schuylkill at 46; Camden and Amboy at 168; North Pennsylvania advanced V 2 \ Hun tingdon and Broad Topi; Pennsylvania 3l was bid for Long Island. Passenger railways were dull, prices generally being steady. Wyoming Canal advanced to 21; Union Canal sold at 1: Susquehanna at 9; 583£ was bid for Lehigh Naviga tion; 44paid for the scrip; 43 was bid for Delaware Di vision. Big Mountain Coal sold at Z%. Bank shares were inactive. The market closed firm, $97,000 in bonds and 8,4C0 shares changing hands at the regular board, Lrexel & Co. Quote./ United Statesißondf, 1351........ ..........105: ©los^ United States Certificates of Indebtedness..... 101$£@l02*fc United States 7 3-10 IN'oies .u© <agj)sk Quartermasters; l%ml L Orders ior Certificatee oFlndebtedness/.V;.'.’.' d. G01d.. .. ..... 4655-aWp. Demand Notes ..... ..... 46>S'aU7Kp New Certificates of 1ndebtedne55.....;.......99 @99# The current Quotations for money, at various dates, at London, England, are subjoined: SO to 60 days...v. ....,4 @... per cent. 3 rnonti s • .4 •.„(?&• per cent. 4 m0nth5........*.... per cent. G montbs-bank bills per cent. 6 months—trade bills 4&@5 per cent. Annexed are tbs rates of interest allowed on deposits: Joint stock banis 3 percent. Discount bouses at cal! 3 per cent. Do. with seven days’notice ....3i£ per cent. Subjoined are the fixed and current rates in the chief continental cities of Europe: Paris. - Vienna Berlin. Frankfort Amsterdam Turin Brussels.... Hamburg.?. .. St, Petersburg 5K F. F. SaUerthwaite’s American circular, by the steamer Arabia, says : There has been a fair activity in the market in. Lon don for American securities during the past week, buyers being induced to act more freely from the reduced rates of exchange reported as rulingat New,York. There still exists a difference of three to lour per cent, between en dorsed bonds, United States and Virginia, and those not endowed; this is consequent upon the determination in the Dutch market not to take endorsed bonds. Railroad, bonds are quoted rather firmer. Illinois shares have im proved SI, jsnd Erie shares $2. The New York Evtniriff Post ofto-daysays: "Wall street, this moruinff, is in a fever of apprehension, lest the operations of - the National Treasury, -which, it is anticipated wll] shortly he introduced, should cause a sudden"and violent stringency in‘the money -market, and should thus create a panic, the effects of which would break down prices and destroy confidence. The conservative plans and past‘movements of Mr. Chase' UfirtiTTO crranirasnce- whatever to these groundless fears. .Our financial dangers, is any really threaten, are of & totally different character. ; As to the rumor.that Mr. : Chase is about- to visit New Xorfc.on.business connected with the Treasury, we are able to state, on the' highest authority,- that he" has ah present no such intention. ' - The market this morning opened steady on. Govern ments. There was, however, very little .animation in the general list." ' The'following table contains the principal movements of the market, as compared with the latest prices of last evening: n ‘ Tu. Mon. Adv. Dee. lflJK IMX TJ.S.Bs, ISSI, con ..105 105 U. 8 v 7,3:10p. o. T V K. los# . .. # U.S. lyear Certif gold. .101% 101# .. . American gold 146 147# .. IX Tennessee 6s 60 60 Missouri6s. 60 so# .. / # Pacific Mai 1..... ISB# 18S % N.T.- Central...... 113# I*3# X Eri fi . 7S# 7S# . Enepreferred 97# 9S . Hudson River .IQS# 10S X Harlem 57?* 57# .. X Harlem preferred &4 «6# .. 2k Mich. Central ......101# 101 X "Mich. Southern esH 59 .. -z Mich. So. guar 102# 103 .. . X Illinois Central scrip.... 88# 89 ... '< Pittsburg 71 71# .. # Galena. 92 92# . .. X T01ed0.iV................ 93 93# .. *' Bock Island SS74 S) .. i£ Fort Wayne 61# * 62 - *■? Quicksilver Co 40# 41 > • .. # Gold, before first session, sold at 145#, which is the lowest?point touched this morning, as we goto press, the quotation is 146, the highest price obtained this morning being 14S. Exchange is dull all6o@l6L j The loan market offers still the same aspect of abun dance of capital add scarcity of approved borrowers. Bates are unchanged. - ' ; - .• The London Times of Sth April states that consols had improved to 92#@92#, while in our securities “there was an advance affeeffing nearly all the several de scriptions; United States'having recovered 2, and Erie paid-up and preference shares improved 3 each, and ihe five several mortgages an average of about 4 each ; Illi nois Central Stirling bonds 1; the dollar bonds and or dinary shares 2 each,'and the paid-up shares 1#; Michi gan Central 5, and ditto first mortgage S ; Michigan- Southern and Northlndiana, sinking' fund and' shares 2k each ; New York Central 6 per cent. 2# ; the three descriptions of 7per cent, bonds 5 each, and the shares 2; Pennsylvania Railroad first mortgages#, and second ditto and shares leach, and Philadelphia and Reading shares I#. ’» ..... Tliefollowing are the closing quotations at the London Stock Exchange , , .Closing-Prices. 'Business., United States o cent/red, *74.. 67 @59 - Virginia State sfi cent.;.- 49 @5l I)o._ ..do. 6 .do/ 43 @44 43 ’ Atlantic and Great Western, New kYoik sec,-lst m,-. ? 50,.7.*5¢..- 69K@"0}£ - • 70>£’ V Do. Pennsylvania, ’77, 6SK@693« x.c.— , L Erie shares, $lOO (all paid) 47fc@lS}|. 47 83£ Do. preference.....;.. 58 @6O 53 9 Do. let Morteage, cent; ’67 75. @SO • Do. 2d do. !59. 75 @SO D0.,3dd0. 7 lucent.’B3... .70 @75 —: Do. 4th do.’7&ceint...... 60 @65 1 - —-* Do. sth do. 7 cent 60 @B5 Illinois Cent. 6 $ cente red; ! 75... 78- @Sox.c. Do. cent. ’75 74 @76 :• Do. slooshares, (s9opaid).;;.. 42K@41J£ dis. 42 lUdie. Do. slooshares (a11paid)...... 61 @53 Mich. Cen. con. 1869, S & cent.... 75 @BO ; Do. sk. fd. Sflc. Istin, ’82.... 75 @SO Miclu'fcouthern&2forthem Indi ana(sksfd) : S5, 7O @75" ' Do. $lOO shares 28 @32 2*ewTork Central 6 cent (skg‘ : fnnd). ISS3 *7O @75 * - ' Do. 7 1564 65; @7O. : —.— Do. cent, (sinkingfund) 76 75 @SO Do. 7 cent. convert, bds. : 76. 75* @&> • Do. $lOO shares..... 63 @72 Phil** Stools Kxchi [Reported by S. E. Slaymaki fiest: 150 Sclniy Nav Prf.... 203 j 50 do Prf-..b5 20£ mx do ' ' Prf .V. .r2o3i SCO do Prf..b3o 20* IKh -do- Prf..b3o 21 ICO do Prf. .s6O 203$ -100 do .- Prf ..b5 20* fcCSßeading S .. 46 ,100 d 0.... 45^ 300 do-i.... ...;.b2O 46 ,300 . do';:';;.bs 4194 •140 do. 45.94 IGO do b3O 46>£ 200 d 0.... b 5 46 300 d0...;..;...'....; 46 .100 • 46 200 uo..' 200 Schny Nav 9 X 31 do -.. 954 100 do ..;.;..s3O 9% 2CO d 0.... b3O 9* -20 9% 56 tit Sclniy B 46# 12 Hunt & B J d Top E- 17 2001* Penna R...... s3O 12 blanfoA&O..... ~-.IOSJS£ 300 American Gold .i.v.i4&£ 3000 do .... 3000 TXnion-'C 1 BondS.bs 20- 3 Norristown K-.... 56?£ 100 Phil &-Erieß‘....... 60 do ...b5 23& j®- cf -v It 1000 Gam. &-Amb 63, T 600 do* ' 6s, ’67.1075tf 100 Elmira R Prf.. 35“ gtaira R 7s. .sswu lU»£ 20a IVnua/ia... 101 X 2000 do sSIfUW 3000 Set Kw 6a .-72.:b510ft 100 Lehigh'Scrip-. 4*J£ ,320Susq Canal Scrip.. 4a INBOARDS. 1 * • ' 87“' ‘do“T. v .r:>:;;;:;Tr n 6 Cam Bt Au>b E 168 5000 New Creekßonds. . v -25 BETWEBI , 2GO ScliiiyNav Prf 20k ;150 -' do ‘ " Prf.. .v; 20k 125 Bi# Mountain. 3k 60ScIiuyNav..".C....; ‘9k second 50Schuy NayPrf.... 20k 4CO oo Prf b6O 20k 800.. d 0,.,. Tit..... ffll W.;b3o« ■&£■ Pvf.-bSO 20* .200 * ,Prf..bSo 2654 do,, . Prf.lots 20*. , I S9. <T ,<>« • ' Prf - -860 20* F3ooSclmy Nav6s, 5 52.. 78k 1600* ".do ....lots 7& 4000' d 0.:.... .....b30.78k 1000 do b3Q 7SK - 15000 do .w7Bk 34SPliil &.Erie R..10t5.23 250 Susq. Canal 9 :100 d 0.9- • •>, v - . s _ _APTSR.B 50 Catawissa-RPitf... 23k 1 ‘ - CLOSING PB n I ?<SPS W’ U S 7:30/Notes- 953* ingk Phi1a68.01d...;*,108. 107 Bo new. ....Kx.lttlk 112 AUe co 6b 8..67k .. lolk 101 k Bead§nirß:.s V .;.. - 4Sk 46k ga>.: vbdsm.JlU 112 go . bds’7o.. .. Bo bds’SecoaY 103 k 10-r P»naa Bi.div off 65k 66 Do Ist m&..115 lift Do-. • . 2ft mfc.lo7X V» - Littb&SchikYlß.. 46k Morris Canal.... 65k 67 Do grmOs -132 k 137 Do v 2dmtff.. .. 1* Ss.sq Canal ~ Do 6s .. SciuylUaY.....9k 9k Do prfd. 20* 2f« _Do 85’82.... 78)4 28* Elmir* 5........ 87j5 as Do prfd....; 63 64 i Do 7s ’78....110 111 .Do 10b...'.....- .. il* Island R.ex dv 31 33 i Do fells ..- - i PhUaiGerAlfor; 56* 06* DeUglValß.... .. So Ml .. 1000 Schuy 1TaT63;’72.-'4oo' 1060: “do - 4 ? 1000 City 6s, new.-.'.. * lOO.Elinira R.,550»373£ 50 Lit Schny R *-•- 46&C'* 50 d 0.......-- 4§ _ ' vr 15 Lehigh S crip .V. "41 ; V 7000 XT S 6a, ’Bl, Regis. .jfWi * 2000 ~ do....——,coap.ltHV oOO.CitySs, new-.-. 8000NPenna6s..„j.rT9® ‘ 100 yaioa-OjaiaJ-. :-, ;\* 1000 Pennaßrlstinu.. % -U5 100 Catawissa.RPrf.bs 23)4 ' 4000 Amer Gold . -cash USX 10 ?9 w <i® •“"i-.-i-i -146 X MNornatowaß...... 57 , 50 Keadsnj;. K .1)30 4534 BOAXBS. I 40 WyonunEClCSP. 21 lICBS—FIRM. : % „„ „ Bi&.Adm f NPenna- R.***»* 12 1224- Do 65..**..., 90J4; ißOjifc Do 10a......-U0 r 312, ; Catawissa R.Con 734 7% Do prM 23X S’C? Bearer Stead R.. 63 7a^ Mfcwhillß ~63 »k Harrishnrf R....V. TT* WLtmingtonß... ... Lehigh/Nay 6b- .. go r share*.. 683-i 5934 ta W 3:::: flS 4 PUla & Erie ss. .1® ~ Snn&Jßrie7s ■’ Delaware Diy. ... ; Bank Kale. Op. Market. Per cent. Per cent. 4 5 5 4 3% 3 ■ 2& 3« SH aii 5 3 2K -1% luge Sales, April fcl, sr, Philadelphia ExcbanraJ BOARD.. 8600 Sclray Hav6s;'B2.. 77j& 2000 ;....7g 2000 , do. v .'.'Tr;';' 7834 5000 Sueq. Canal es -,b30 49 5000 do. ~.....,^49 200Snsq.Canal-... 2dys 9 Wyoming C'i C&P. 20^ 6200 City 65.........10ts 106^ 2000 U S 7-20 Treas Nts - Do bds ... Spruce-street &...15X . 16 Arch-street R,**. 2S 28)4 Race-street a...n0 v 10k Tenth-streafcK.- k .. 41 Thirteenth'at B. 82 WPhilaX....... 68 67 Do /bonds Green-street R.. 4234 43 Do bonds.... ■ •• - Chestnufc-st R-.- -- 1 • *.53 Second-streetß.. .. . 82 Do - bonds.. .110 • no Fifth-street 8... 61 62 :Do -bonds...'.. • • ‘.vs Girard 2B 28)4 Seyeatee&th'Stß Uk
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