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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&cent..- 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