THE PK-JEHs*, DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,) by JOHN W. FORNEY. OFFICE, No. 11l SOUTH FOURTH STB BBT THE DAILY PRESS, EiGHTiiu?r Cent* Per Week, payable to ths Oarriar Hailed to Subwirtbers out of the City at Bight dollar* Ah hum, Pour Dollars for Six Months. Two Dol lars for Thru Months—invar lably la advance for th* time ordered. Advertisements Inserted at the usual rates; Six lines constitute a square. THB TRI WEEKLY PRESS, ;s Mailed to Subscribers out of the City at Pour Dollars 3* aa-ANNUM, In advance, , - ;■ yarns, batting, & WADDING. A. H. FRANOISOUS, . No. 433 MARKET, Ho. 5 NORTH FIFTH STREET, Haa la (tore the largest stock tn this City of YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, ’EARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, YARNS, BATTING, WADDING, Cotton Batting, Wadding, Carpet Chain, Cotton Yam, Twines,' Wicking, Bopes, &c. Hoods Sold at Lowest Cash Prices. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE. > A. EL FRANOISOUS. <£B3 MARKET, and 5 North FIFTH Street, Galls the attention of dealers to hla IMMENSE STOCK WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOO»EN AND WILLO W W ARE, WOODEN AND WILLO W W £ RE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, ’WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, BUCKETS, TUBS, CHURNS, BRUSHES, BASKETS, BKOOMB, LOOKING-GL ASSES, TABLE AND FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS, WINDOW-SHADES. CLOCKS. FANCY BASKETS, AO. A LARGER STOCK OF THE ABOVE GOODS THAU ANT OTHER HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY. CLOTHES WRIISGERS. THE GREAT CLOTHES WRINGER. “PUTNAM H* SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER’ 1 Is warranted to beSuperior to any other In nee. EVERT FAMILY SHOULD POSSESS A CLOTHES WRINGER. BECAUSE, let. It is a relief to tlie hardest part of washing? day. 2d. It enables thewashing to be done In one-third less tdime. * Sd. It saves clothes from the Injury always given by ?4wisting. 4th. It helps to washthe clothes as well as dry them. WE BELIEVE IT ADVISABLE TO PROCURE THE • PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, • PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER. SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, . •PUTNAM: SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, &PUTNAM BELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, r PUTNAM SELF-ADJUSTING CLOTHES WRINGER, BEOAOsn. First. The rolls, being of vulcanized rubber, will hot and cold water, and will neither break nor tear oxciße law of July 1,1862. .All persons who in like manner shall fail to take out vfcheir licenses, as required by law, on or before the 9th ♦day of May. 1863, will incur a penalty of three times the of said licenses, in accordance with the provi sions of the 69th section of the excise law aforesaid. Honey of the United States only received. ‘ w JOHN H. DIEHL, Collector, apn-dtmy9 S.W. cor, of THIRD and WALNUT Sts. HARDWARE AND CUTLERY. ARDWARE. . CLOSING OTJT AT OLD PRICES, The Stock of a WHOLESALI HOUSE, comprising a 'jEAEGE ASSORTMENT OF " ' ALL KINDS OF GOODS. 437 MAEKET and 410 COMMERCE Streets. anlS-Im SEWING MACHINE!,. ijgEWING MACHINES. '.THE “SLOAT” MACHINE, WITH GLASS FEESBERFOOT, ~ NEW STYLE HBMMEB, BBAIDEB. And other valuable improvements. r; . ; , .ALSO. THE TAGGART; * FARR MACHINES. J jAVenoff-jBaa , ,CkESTNUT’Street.",.;, . mbB-tf VOL.6—NO. 225. Q.OODS FROM AUCTION. LARGE AUCTION SALES. Bought at a HEAVY REDUCTION IN PRICES, And which will be Fold to City and Country Dealers M. L. HALLO WELL & 00., apl4- 12t No. 615 CHESTNUT STREET. JQAWSON, BRANSON, & OO:, N.W. CORNER MARKET AND FIFTH STS., JOBBERS OF ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND GERMAN DRESS FABRICS, SHAWLS, &c, We invite the attention of the RETAIL TRADE to our well-assorted stock of FOREIGN DRESS GOODS AND SHAWLS, Which we will6ell at the very lowest market price. We pay especial attention to the large Auction foies, and Buyers can find Goods in onr Store, at much, less than cost of Importation, and as cheap as they can be found anywhere. T. R. Dawson. J. G. Bomgardner, 0. Branson. apl3*36t ; jyjT L. HALLO WELL & 00., NO. 615 CHESTNUT . STREET, Have now in 6tock. and are daily receiving, a handsome FANCY DRY GOODS All purchased since the recent and .which will be sold at a SMALL ADVANCE FOR CASH. ap3-2xo 1863. spring 1863# • • - '■ HOOD, BONBRIGHT, ds 00, No. 435 MARKET STREET. PHILADELPHIA. The attention of the TRADE Is Invited to their larga Stock of , Among which ate choice brands of Sheet ing and Shirting Muslins, Madder Prints, De Lalnes, Ginghams, Lawns, and Newest Styles Dress Goods. IN GREAT VARIETY. • GREAT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO CASH BUYERS. mhl£-2m JAMBS R. CAMPBELL * CO., IMPORTERS, JOBBERS, AND RETAILERS OF Invite the attention of Cash Bnyers to their FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK, ..Letter “ A,” IS. SILKB AJTD DRESS GOODS, MODERATE PRICES. mh9-tap26-- £)AVID ROGERS, No. 45 SOUTH FOURTH STREET, . . Importer and Jobber of MEN AND BOYS’ WEAR, LADIES’ CLOAKINGS, &c. mh2s-2m* jgPRING STOCK SILK AND FANCY DRESS GOODS. nhs'2m No. 325 MARKET STREET. gPßma, 1863. YARD, GILLMORB, * CO., FANCY DRY GOODS, EOS. «17 CHESTNUT AND Sl4 JAYNE STS., Have now open, of THEIR OWN IMPORTATION, a LARGE AND HANDSOME STOCK DSEBS GOODS, SHAWLS, RIBBONS. GLOVES, &c. Also, s full assortment of , WHITE GOODS, LINENS, FURNISHING GOODS, EM BROIDERIES, AND LACES. The attention of the trade is requested. felS-Sm 1863. SPBING * 1863. JOHNES, BERRY, <6 00., No. ,» MARKET. and 934 COMMERCE Street,. Bar, now open a LABGB AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK Adapted to the Season. Also, a Full Assortment in WHITE GOODS, RIBBONS, GLOVES, SHAWLS, &0., Which they offer to the trade at the LOWBBT PBICBB. An pertlenlarly. Invited to examine onr Stock- 1013-tf ROBERT SHOEMAKER & CO., Northeast Comer FOUBTH and BACE Streets. WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS, FOBBIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, WHITE LEAD AND ZINC FAINTS. PUTTY, Ac. I FRENCH ZINC PAINTS. Oealcn and consumer, supplied at _ VERY LOW FBICES FOB CASH. JihB-3ig DO WEN & CO.’S LITHOGRAPHIO U ESTABLISHMENT, Southwest Corner of ELEVENTH and CHESTNUT Ste., 'AND HO. 515 MINOR BTBEET, PHILADELPHIA. Every description of LITHOGRAPHY, PLATE PRINTING, and COLOBING SXKOCTSD IB THB HOST BUSKBIOR MAHSIB. mhio-tf . DRY GOODS JOBBERS. Now opening from recent A great variety of NEW FANCY DRESS GOODS, AT A SMALL ADVANCE. (601 Market Street.) (JAYNE’S MARBLE BUILDING,) assortment of New Foreign SILKS, DECLINE IN GOLD AND EXCHANGE* DRY GOODS; WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY ROODS, STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS, ALSO, MEN'S WEAR DRY GOODS. 727 CHESTNUT STREET. Embracing the moet desirable styles of IN ANY MARKET, A. W. LITTLE & CO., Importers and Jobbers of SILKS AND spring GOODS, COMPBISING ISnccessorc to Ahhott, Johnec, & Co. I PHILADELPHIA, IMPORTERS ABB JOBBERS OB S-I L K FANCY DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, CABH BUYERS lIKUGS AND CHEMICALS. PHILADELPHIA, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS HAKHPAOTURBRS OP AGENTS FOB TEB CELEBRATED COMMISSION HOUSES. QANT ON F LANNELS, Heavy and Medium. NEGRO KERSEYS, Plain and Twilled.. LINSEYS, White Rock, Westerly, &c., Ac. BROWN DRILLS, On hand, and for sale by SHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, Rp22-12t lia CHESTNUT STREET. J) U C Ii . 8,10, .AND 12 OUNCE COTTON AND LINEN DUCK, FOR SALE BY DE COURSEY, HAMILTON, & EVANS, ’ ' No. 33 LETITIA Street, aud ap22-4l No. 33 South FRONT Street. ij’ WINE. COTTxON. TWINE, SUITABLE FOR SAIL-MAKERS, For Sale hr DE COURSE Y,‘HAMILTON, & EVANS, No. 3* South FRONT Street. pH I LA D EL PH I A “BAG 7 MANUFACTORY. BURLAP BAGS OE. ALL SIZES, FOR CORN, OATS, OOFFEBi BONE DUST, &0. I ALSO, SEAMLESS BAGS, Of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for sale cheap, for net cash on delivery,- . GEO. GRIGG, Nob. aiO and gat CHURCH Alley. gHIPLEY, HAZARD, & HUTCHINSON, No 114 CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, FOE THE SALE OF PHIL AD EL PHI A-MADE GOODS. mh3l-6m HUH SPRING STOCK IS NOW AB- V RANGED. 80,000 DOZEN H O S I E R Y, AT LOWER PRICES THAN PRESENT COST OF IM • POBTATION. v THOS. MELLOR * GO., 40 AND 44 NORTH THIRD STREET. PHILADELPHIA. JOHN T. BAILEY * 00. BAGS AND BAGGING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET, WOOL BAGS FOR SALE. JaSSSm CARPETS AND OIL-CLOTHS. CARPET WAREHOUSE. JOS. BLACKWOOD, ' . 833 ARCH STREET, TWO DOORS BELOW NINTH (South Side!, • ie sow RECEivrsa FOR SPRING TRADE, A rich and extensive assortment of ENGLISH AND AMERICAN CARPETINGS, Of the best makes; Embracing all the new styles, which are offered AT LOW PRICES FOR CASH. / mhIS-2m. JUST BBCBIVBD, 3,00 0 ROLLS CANTON MATTINGS, fo which we invite the attention of the trade. M’CALLUM * 00., NO. 509 CHESTNUT STREET, ’EMO V A L . J. T. DELACROIX, has removed his STOCK OF CARPETINGS, From 47 South FOURTH Street, to.hia NEW STORE, No. 37 SOUTH SECOND STREET, Where he offers to,his old customers* and purchaser* generally* a LARGE AND DESIRABLE STOCK OF CARPETINGS, of all grades, and best known.makes. OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, AND WINDOW SHADES, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, AT THE LOWEST PRICES. J. T. DELACROIX, No. 3V SOUTH SECOND STREET, above Cheetnnt mh9-3m Q.LEN ECHO MILLS, M'OALLUM % & 00., MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS, 509 CHESTNUT STREET, (Opposite Independence Hall,) OABPET I N G S # OIL CLOTHS,__4«. We have now on hand an extensive stock of CARPET- INGS, of our own and other makes, to which we call the attentionof cash and short-time buyers. ' felf>-3ni Oil, CUOTHS. QIL CLOTHS AND WINDOW SHADES. CARRIAGE, TABLE, STAIR, AND FLOOR OILCLOTHS, IN COTTON AND LINEN FABRICS, QUALITY AND STYLE UNSURPASSED. WINDOW SHADES, COMPBISING EVEBY VaBIETY OF NEW AND ORI GINAL DESIGNS, PLAIN and ORNAMENTAL. These goods will be sold to Dealers and Manufacturers at prices much below the present price of stock. . ■ THOMAS POTTER, MANUFACTURER of oil cloths and WINDOW SHADES, 339 ARCH Street, Philadelphia, and 49 CEDAB and 95 LIBERTY Streets, New York. mh29-lm . ■■ ■ GENTS’ FURNISHING GOOUS. IJHE FINE SHIRT EMPORIUM, Nob. 1 AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET. JOHN C. AKRISON, (FORMERLY J. BORU MOORE.) IMPOSTER AND MANUFACTURER OF GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT MODERATE PRICES. N. B.—Particular attention-given to the making of .Shirts. Collars, Drawers, &c. ; apS-flm SBIRT MANUFACTORY. Jr v.The Bubscriber-would invite attention to his . IMPROVED CUT OF SHIRTS, Which he makes a specialty in his business. Also, con stantly receiving, • • r _ . NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN’S WEAR. JiW.SOOTT, GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING STORE, * No.' 814 CH ETSTNUT STREET, ja2o-tf Fdu.r.deOTtf'bftlbw the Continental, m U'Ol'iS B’S v X : . V , - PATENT SPRING BED. Patented Ju1y,3,1856. . Universally acknowledged for,Neatnoßß, Comfort,and Durability to be the Standard Spring Bed. ... - Thoabovo'aro manufactured and ‘ No. 3 KEYBBE Block, Boston, Man. PHILADELPHIA. GERMANTOWN. PA. PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY. APRIL 24, 1863. C|t H l ; FRIDAY, APRIL 24. 1863. THE REBELLION. Naval Flag of Truce Naval Recruits Burnside’s Order, No. 8-Gen. Wool’s Last* Order, dec. • IMPORTANT NAVAL CIRCULAR. the character op a naval flag op truce DEFINED. The Secretary of the Navy has just issued the fol lowing definition of the rights and obligations of naval flags of truce : A flag; of truce is, in its nature; of a sacred cha racter; and is ever to be so regarded by ail persons in • the navy of the United.Stateß. To use it to obtain' surreptitiously naval know ledge or information against the interests or wishes of the enemy iB-to abuse it, andto aubject the bearer of it to the punishment of. a spy.: —: The senior.officerpresent is alone authorized to despatch or to admit communication with A flag of truce: buta vessel in a - position to discover theap proacn of a flag of truce earlier than, the rest is, whenever one appears j tocommunicate promptly the fact by signals. A flag of truce is always to be admitted with great circumspection, and should never be allowed to ap proach so as to be a means of acquiring useful in formation. The firing of-agun, with a blank charge, by the flfig or senior officer’s ship, is generallyuader stood as a warning to a flag of truce net to approach any nearer. ; - ; v.• Unnecessary frequency in the use of a flag ofitruce is to be carefully Avoided. A flag of truce on the water should be met at.a suitable off, or at the point previously * agreed upon, by a boat or vessel from the senior officer’s Bhip, in charge of a commissioned and dis creet officer, and having a white flag kept .plainly displayed forward, from the time *o£leaving: until that of return. . : * • And in despatching a flag of truce-the same pre caution as to a suitable officer to be placed in charge, and as to keeping the white flag displayed, is to be observed; * Whenever the white flag is used, the. ensign is also to be exhibited . No flag 61 truce can insist on being admitted; and as a rare exception only, should a flag of truce be admitted during an engagement. If then admitted, it is no breach of faith to retain it. firing is not ne cessarily ,to cease at the appearance of aflakof t*uce in battle,' and if any one. connected with it'be killed complaint can. be made. If, however,- the white flag be exhibited evidently as a token of submission, then, of course, firing should cease. An attacking force should avoid firing on hospitals Whenever they are designated by flags or other symbols distinctly understood; but.it is an act of bad faith, amounting to infamy, to hoist the hospital flag over any other, building than : a hospital, unless the attacking force should request, or consent that it might be used in order to-spare edifices dedicated to science or'literature, or containing works ol art. The foregoing rules regarding flags of truce are published for anti observance "of officers and others in the naval service of the United States. ' GIDEON WELEES, . Secretary of tfte Navy, THE REPORTED LOSS OF THE NAYAL _ . SUPPLY STEAMER UNION. : The steamer abandoned on the 2d inat, near Gape Fear river, North Carolina, was the ariny. transport vessel Union; which sailed from- Hilton Head for Beaufort, North Carolina, and hot the naval supply steamer. The naval supply steamer Union sailed from New York on the Bth instant, and arrived at Port Royal on the 11th, whence she proceeded to Key West and New Orleans. The error occurred in the telegraph from Washington. NAVY RECRUITS \PAID_THEIR TRAVEL*- LING EXPENSES. Many persona now residing in the country would be willing to join the United: States navy, but for fear of the expense of travelling to a seaport or ren dezvous. One of the regulations on that subject will relieve them of that fear. It is as follows: TRAVELLING EXPENSES TO ENLISTEE PERSONS. Persons enlisted at the rendezvous, during a war, nearest their residence, will, on presenting an offi cial certificate from the city or town clerk signifying that they are residents of such city or town, and have expressed a desire to leave there to enter the navy, receive from the paymaster of the receiving' vessel a gratuitous allowance oi three cents a mile for travelling expenses. It will thus be seen that persons actually leaving their homeß for the purpose of enlisting in the navy will, on being accepted, receive am additional three cents per mile for travelling expenses. GEN. BURNSIDE’S .FAMOUS ORDER. , The J?ew York,Herald publishes the following as Burnside’s order, No. 8, so often referred to by the Committee of Inquiry into the Conduct of the War. The Herald does not say how it got it, butintimateß that it got it secretly: GENERAL ORDERS—No. B.' Headquarters Army op the Potomac, January 23, 18(53. First. General Joseph.E. Hooker, major general of volunteers, and brigadier- general of the. United States army, having been guilty of unjust and unne cessary criticißinß of the actions of his superior offi cers and of the authorities, and having, by the gene ral tone of his conversation, endeavored to create distrust in. the minds of officers who have associated with him, and having, by.omissions and otherwise, made reports and statements'wMoh'were calculated, to create incorrect'impressions, arid'for habitually" speaking in disparaging terms of other officers, is hereby dismissed the service of the. United States, aB a man unfit- to hold an 1 important commission during a crisis , like the present, when so much pa tience, charity, confidence, consideration,'and patri otism are due from every soldier in the field. * > v . The order is issued subject to the approval of the President of the United States. .... « . - Second, Brigadier General W. T. H; Brooks, com manding First Division Sixth Army Corps, for com plaining of the policy of the Government, and for using language tending to demoralize his command, is; subject to the approval of the President of the United States, dismissed, from the military service of the United States. Third , Brigadier ..General John Newton, com manding Third Division, Sixth Army Corps, and Brigadier General John Cochrane, commanding First Brigade, Third Division, Sixth Army Corps, for going to the President of the United States with criticisms upon the plans of his commanding officer, are, subject to the approval of the President, dismissed from the military service of-the United States. Fourth, It being evident that the following-named officers can be of no further use to this army, they are hereby relieved from-duty, and will report in person, without delay to the Adjutant General of the United States army: Major General W. B. Franklin, commanding Left Grand Division. . Major General W. F. Smith, commanding Sixth Army Corps. : Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis, command ing Second Division, Ninth Army Corps., Brigadier General Edward Ferrero, commanding Second Brigade, Second Division, Ninth Armv Corps. >- - Brig. Gen., John Cochrane, commanding First Brigade, Third Division, Sixth Army Corps. - Lieut. Col. J. H; Taylor, Acting Adjutant Gene ral Eight Grand Division. By command of Major Gen. A. E. BURNSIDE. Lewis Richmond, Assistant Adjutant General* The Herald says that, while some of the officers who fallunder its condemnation have been either re lieved from duty, as Gen. Franklin, or have resign ed, as Gen. : Cochrane,- the officer.who was singled out in it as the special object of dlsgraceand punish ment is the very officer chosen by the President to take command of the army of which Gen, Burnside was relieved. ! The above order contains a number of errors of various kinds, apparent to the, general reader. Such errors as Gen. Burhsidewouldnofc.be likely to make in a general order, DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST—IMPORTANT GENERAL ORDER. Several general orders have been issued of late from the Department of the East. Captain W. 0. Rawolle and Captain J. C. Anderied, both of the United States Army, have been detailed to the staff of General Wool. The following'important order has aIBO been issued to the heads of the several de partments inthe command: r GENERAL ORDER, No. 32. Headquarters Department of the East, . New York City, April 8,1863. The chiefs of the respective departments serving in this command, will promptly lorward to these headquarters, on the lastday of each month; a list of all the officers connected with their departments subject to their‘orders. All changes that oc curred during the month will be accurately noted ; and when such changes are made in accordance with orders, the number and date of the order, and whence emanating, will be etated. In like mannerilevery Btaff officer on duty within the limits of this depart ment will report in writing, on ' the day speci fied above,-to these headquarters, stating the ijature of his^duties and under what orders he is actirg 1 . By command of • Major General WOOL. : C. T. Ghristbnden. Major and Aide-de-Camp. Acting Assistant Adjutant General. - • -I Hereafter no leaves of absence will be granta by any officer, in the Department of the East, without having been .firßt submitted to the commajiding general for his approval and orders in the case DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHW Affairs in the Military District of Mliuc sota-Thv Indian. Incursion over tlie 'TlTa ton-vvan River—Ecttev from Gen. Sibley, ATTACK UPON A DETACHMENT OF QCJR TROOPS. • | [From the St, Panl Pioneer, April 20 1 r News was received yesterday that a detachaent of Captain Hall’s company, 6th Regiment, stationed on the south branch of the Watonwan river, lum bering eighteen or twenty men, waß attacked wont two, o’clock, on Thursday morning last by a saall party of Sioux. They came upon the post with tieir usual war cries, and killed one man and wouwed two others. They also killed a boy and two wooen before they were repulsed. Intelligence of the afoir was sent to Col. Miller, commanding at Man&to, who immediately despatched two companies o\ in fantry and a detachment of cavalry, under- Inuit. Col. Marshall in pursuit of the marauders. JVes sehgers were blbo despatched to all the fresher posts, warning the garrisons to be- on the rierfc against a Bimilar occurrence: . ■■■■i 1 One of General Sibley’s scouts, captured Ind brought to Fort Snelling, a few days ago, an Indnn named Red Iron, belonging to Little Crow’s bsid, who stated that he had overtaken seven Indianlon their way to Sleepy-Eye lake, to obtain some jro perty which had been concealed there. He agree! to meet them there on a certain day, but his oapiire prevented his doing so, and the impression preuTiia that the attack on 1 the "Wantonwan was mrulioneer-z II ! Gentlemen : To prevent exaggerated ruaors re lative to an attack made by a party of hostib-Sioux, on a small detachment stationed on tie south branch of Watonwan river, in.the countfof that name, J beg leave to state through yourbblumns, for general information, that one soldier ms' and two wounded, and a boy of eight op tefyeara of age killed, and two women whener aerU ously or not is aot mentioned/in the aficial da spatches. • . J Prompt measures have been taken for tl of ; the party who committed the outrage mounted,companies having received their he placed so as to oover the approaches to mentss on both Bides of'the Minnesota ‘ reports of-the officer commanding-.the- da indicate that the attacking party was eae nearly fifty Indians, but In the darkness, fusion he- probably over-estimated the and it may turn out that it was composed I men who were seen by the Indian lately ta] scouts, and who advised, him of their ini steal horses at any point where they coui on the south side ot the Minnesota, rivji were some horses, ip.cludicg one Govern taken by-ifa? Indians who madethe oi ‘ Brigadier General Ci DERARTMMTOF VIRGINIA. Recapture of one of General Fremont’s But r teries—Arrival of General Halleclfc-Thc , “ Junlata » a Ac* THAT CAPTURED BATTERY. . 3N orfolk, April 22.—There ia nothing new to re- Sort to-day .from the front, and it is supposed that re heavy rains that fell last night prevent any ao with cither army. The coup d'etat or Geueral Getty in capturing the battery of five : EUh 8 » and -the-party.- working the same,, is very highly spoken of by every one.. The whole thingwas ao complished in a very short space of time. .Some of the guns were marked “ Major General John O. Fremont,” and the rebel officers Bay that' the same battery was captured from Fremont in "Western Virginia. ’ • : THE NANSEMOND FLOTILLA. *1 am informed on the highest authority that'Aof> ing Rear Admiral Lee has decided upon withdraw ing the gunboats from the Upper Nansemond. Rea son : that these vessels get hurt by the ‘enemy's bat-, teries. ThiSf certainly, ia a very.good reason. Thuß fay the young and dashing officers of the flotilla— Cushing, otherß, and Captain J.' C. Lee i: ol the Smith Briggs, -and Lieutenant Rdwe, ! of the -West End—have done immense and invaluable service with-their vessels j but' the Ad miral seems to think that gunboats are not made to by the enemy's guns, but ought to be put in/glass cases to look at. ' How the orders to with draw in theface of a powerful enemy, who has for tehidays beenprevented'from crossing the river by the.concentrated ’fire of t tfee gunboats, will be re ceived; by the young officers may be imagined. Shame and disappointment,-if notmortification, but expletives iq: describing the -feelings thesje officers must endure by such a humility. But Leeis.not a Farragut or a.Foote, and is a worthy £Uccessor ; ‘ of Goldßborough, whose do* 1 nothing policy mUBt still be fresh in the mind'of the General Dix. aeems to be very much annbyed at"the course' pursued by.-the Admiral .in relatibn.tp the-fleet iii the Nansemond, and will,' we hope, lay'the facts before the President. 't REBELS ON THE. JAMES RIVER. : For weeks past the rebels have been fortifying the >Tames river. - Fort Po whatan ia being case mated,' and . already third battery has been finished. These-facts have been made known to Admiral Lee, and at the beginning one of our gun boatpicould eaßily have shelled the rebels from their position; , fact of the water approach to Richmond: being entrenched similar to the Missls sippi-hadno more effectupon the commander.of- the North. Atlantic blockading squadron than water on a duck’s back, and . the consequence ib, that in case this" route should "ever be needed by the Govern ment-lit will cost a thousand or more lives to re open-.it.,. -.v,.- ■ : : ARRIVAL OF THE GENERAL-INrOHIEF. At this afternoon Major General Henry W. Halleck, accompanied.- by,.only one member of bis personal stall, arrived here from Washington on •board’of 'the steamer Carrie. Martin; "The object of hiß visitis, of course v a mystery; but it doubtless; has a bearing on the campaign .of the Blackwater region* "He 1b in consultation with Major General Dix. v... ■ The United States gunboat Juniata, Captain John Mv Jj.-Clitz, is lying off Norfolk to await contingen cies, - Should -it ever, become, necessary to open fire on tbe'cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, no mercy will shown these hot-beds of rebellion, it is. however,.a great pity that so noble a vessel should necessarily be used for guard duty ; but the builders of herengines are to blame for their incompetency, and, until the great defects now existing in the M achinery of this vessel are remedied, she will not be able to do duty at sea.' Captain Clitz is an able and energetic sailor of twenty*seven years* experience, and it is naturally to be supposed that he chafes the worthlessness of his ship. In every other respect the Juniata is si fine vessel.— N. Y. Ha aid. Z- \ '■ - DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO. General Carrington Ordered to the Field— Tlie Circulation of Bad Money and News papers. Stopped—General Cox’s New Dis • tiict, to the following effect has been, issued to the postmasters throughout Kentucky: v ‘‘ ' ’ % Lexington, April 22,1863. To the Posiikaster at Covington: You -will,“ hereafter destroy all copies of the Cin cinnati. Enquirer that may'some into : your office. You will be held responsible for the faithful ful fillment of this order. \ By order ct : General O. B. WILCOX. —— CoLLtNS,: Adjutant. -•- We also been informed that the military authorities-'cjSrGoirington und tioned ,ferry landings to prevent car- ; newsboys,fjwimsmndingiat:the above places with the Enquirer in their possession,' DISTRICT OF OHIO. Headquarters District of Ohio, Cincinnati, 0. r , April 16, 1863. Grneral Orders, No, I.—l. Brigadier General J. D. Cox, having been Assigned to the command of the District of Ohio r by Department General Orders No. 39, hereby assumes command. 2. The following officers of the staff are announced, and will be obeyed iand respected accordingly, to wit: b . Major Gustavus M. Bascom, Assistant Adjutant General. - Lieutenant Colonel J. N» McElroy, Acting Assist ant Inspector General. Captain R. B. Treat, Commissary of Subsist ence. r . ' Surgeon W/W. Holmes, Medical Director. Captain S. L; Christie, Aid-de-camp and Acting Assistant Adjutant General. .Captain R. B. Hull, Assistant Commissary of Musters.. Lieutenant James W. Conine and Lieutenant Theodore Cop., Aids-de-camp. •3. Until further orders, the returns,' reports, &c., heretofore made from the different camps, posts, hospitals, Sccl, within the limit’s of the district, will be forwarded to these headquarters, at the intervals and in the manner before fixed. J. D. COX, Brig. Gen. U. S. Vols., Commanding. S. L. Christie, "Capt. and Aid-de-camp. . Headquarters, No. 101 East Third street. ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. The New Negro Brigade—Fosters of tlic Different Regiments—Tile Duckport Canal Operations in Louisiana—News from Port Hudson, Ac. Young’s Point, La., April 12.— A meeting of ne groes tool place-thiß afternoon for the purpose of hearing remarks in* favor of the.organization of a negro brigade in this vicinity. The fonnatioh of regiments, three of which arc now-in progress, is rapidly going on. Officers are busily engaged in recruiting, and with some degree of Buccessjconsideringthe objectis not yet thorough ly linderstood by the negroes in other parts of the State: AB soon as it is properly understood, I think there willjbe more applications than the officers have room. for.! . -Of ; thetliree regiments now raißiiig I send the ros ters. > Of the first regiment I give the “ special or der “complete yin the others merely the names of the,officers : - . ORGANIZATION OF THE EIGHTH- LOUI SIANA (COLORED) REGIMENT—SPECIAL ORDER. ' ~-'V Lake Providence, La., April 11, 1863. I.; The following officers, non-commissioned offi cejsj-aad privates are announced as the officers of the Bth Regiment Louisiana Infantry Volunteers, of Alricanideßcent. They will be detailed from their' respective regiments to raise the troops, and as rapid ly as companies,battalions,'and the regiments Are formed [and organized, they will be mustered out of sen-ice and discharged, and be mustered into the ne\r regiments: Field and Staff Officers.— Colonel, Hiram Scofield; lieutenant colonel, Ferd. E. Peebles; msjor, pnarles E. Compton ; adjutant, T. Sumner. Greene; regimental quartermaster, Christopher N., Wilson; surgeon, N. N. Horton ; assistant sur geon, ~—• —-v ■: Captains of Companies.— Company A, Lyman Banks,; Company. B. COrlando L. Eastman ;‘Com- Sany C,. William, Parkinson ; Company D, Francis T. Pickett Company E, Frankßlshop ; Company F, GeorgeE. Dolphin ; Company Gy Mark, Hatlia : way ; Company H, Walter F. Leveraux; Company I, J oseph L. Coppic; Company K.D.W. C. Wilson. 11. Requisitions for arms, clothing, and camp and garrison equipage will be made upon the proper staff departments at this place and at Memphis. Each soldier will be furnished with one coat, oue pair of overalls, two pair of socks, one cap, one pair of shoes, one blanket, one knapsack, one can teen, and one haversack. They will receive the com pensation as soldiers provided by the War Depart ment..} . ■ 111. When fully organized, the troops will be re ported to'Major General 17. S. Grant, commanding Army of Tennessee. By order of the ~ SECRETARY OF WAR; L. Thomas, Adjutant General. ORGANIZATION OF ~THE 9TH LOUISIANA’ (COLORED) Field Ojficws and Staff.— John G. Klinck, colonel ; Van E. Young, lieutenant colonel; Theroiii Tucker, major; S. H. Ingham, adjutant; Pratt R.\ Skinner, regimental quartermaster; J. M. Bo wen,.surgeon ; Amofl (jjqDavis,assistant surgeon.. ' Captains of Companies.-^De nriis P. Greeley, Com pany A; Logan*. Crawford/Company B$ ; Ik W; Hurlbut, Company O 5 J; McFarland, Company 1) ; G. H. Stevenß, Company E ; George-A, Eoeter, Company F; Napoleon J. Smith, Company G; Benj. F. Stevens, Company H; John JR; Thompson, Company I; Hiram L. Randall, Company. JC ORGANIZATION OP THE 10TH LOUISIANA. (COLORED) Field Officers.and' Stajf.— Herman. Lieb, oolonel; Chai. I. Page, lieutenant colonel * -Erastiiß- Hi. Owen, major j Russel B.Neal, adjutant ; : Gharlee.M. Clark, regimental quartermaster. • Captains S. Company A; James O. Robins,'. Company B;;B»nisy Rower, Company 0} Samuel H. Va»ltfrk,C}ompan£l); John Shaw, 'Qompany.E; Lyman J. HJssons* Company F; Gordon Heath, Company Gj.ElishfW Reorvitte. Company >H; John G. Bavis, Company 2; Philip Hammond,Company 2£? • Colonel Klinck, of the Lpuipiana, has been entrusted by General, Thomae-to,take the matter in his own harids and oarry it out. Any one knowing the character of thift. officer; cannot but admit the matter could not have been, entrusted to a more competent person, He has. ealisted ln the .cause be cause,by doing so*he feels. he is doing the Govern ment a great service, though it beat the sacrifice of many personal comforts. He says: he is resolved, upon testihg the capability ofthe negro in a belli? eose point of view, and demonstrating tothewoiftl that the negro can, or cannot, fight. PROGRESS OF THE NEW CANAL. The hew-canal at Buchport, five miles above Young’s point, is progressing . rapidly, and. many are sanguine that It will be completed within,two weeks. - The amount of digging required wiU not be very great to connect the place, hy a continuous water line, with New Carthage, throughmeans of various bayous in the immediate neighborhood. v Our troops, part of the Thirteenth corps, hold Richmond, twelve or fifteen miles, in thp.interior, oh the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Texas. Railway, New Carthage, and other points, where, operations on the new canal are being carried on. CAPTURE OF REBEL PRISONERS* 5 punwiit an& the. 'ma, will losettle wu - The. anhoienV iposed of End, con [number, F the few eh by my >ntionto be found There |bnt horse) mght. Some: skirmishing has occurred, in the vicinity of Richmond, ahd twenty or thirty prisoners have been taken, among them three or four commissioned offi ce! b. Five nave been-aent ©Yer here, whose, names are R.S.-Taylpr, lieutenant colonel 5d Arkansas; H. M. Shaw, sergeant 4th Louisiana.; Ij. W. Lay ton, 3tst Louisiana ; J. M. Leitoh, formerly a lieute nant colonel in the fchel gwviw from North Cato [BLEY, amaudtng, THE JUNIATA. REGIMENT. REGIMENT. liha; and J. W. Williams, a violent secessionist of this parish. v-. .A CRIMSON SECESSIONIST. Colonel Taylor iff ftjgeouine typ«- of the genua re bel—tall, red*faced, reil-haired, red-whiskered, red talking—red in everything except books. Her is on the Minnehaha, and swaggers and struts and gasco nades in the manner peculiar to his “section."' He talks the usual amounts of Anglo-African, concern-' ing the utter impossibility of the subjuga-titmof the South by the North, or the whole combine&wortd j. declares the “Confederacy ” is certain to establish? itself ; that nothing can prevent it j that slavery caw never be abolished, and that the Cotton States will become an empire such as history has never known; INTELLIGENCE FROM PORT HUDSON; ; Recently I have been, shown letters from Port* Hudson, sent to Secessionists in this* vicinity, from l soldiers and officers garrisoning that place, and cap . tured :by our scouts and cavalrymen. The letters generally complain of a scarcity of . food, and say much discontent exists among the men at Hudson from this cause. The soldiers have but six-- ounces 1 of fresh beef without salt, and twelve ounces of corn meal each per day. ? The point ib very strongly fortified, especially, in front, and defended, according to the correspondence, by about twenty thousand soldiers.sThe rebels feel' entirely confident of their ability to hold Hudson - against the Yankees,-unless .they are cut off or starved out, of which latter event they seem-to have considerable apprehension. No attack; in air probability,-has been made by our forces upon Hudson, nor has there been any at tempt of any kind; Banks does not seem, from all : we can learn, to be strong enough to assume the offensive, until he is largely reinforced; and I see no reason for expecting a movement upon Hudson during the present month. NEWGARTHAGE.: This place, whichwaß taken on the 4th instant, : and is now held by under General Me* Glernand’s command, is situated, on the west.bank . of the Mississippi river, about twenty-five miles below Vicksburg. A correspondent gives thefol i lowing, account of how the place was taken; ItiSnaDked on the left, by Bayou Videll ; on the . . right bank of -this bayou is a levee running from. Roundaway bayou to the Mississippi river, but this -levee has three large crevasses. We walked on the levee, and would use our skiffh to cross to the other side. When we came to the crevasse, and while, waiting for the skiff to take us across, we were sa luted-by a volley of musketry from rthe Carthage nians, which had the effect to arouse bur ire, for one oT the balls caine very close to our generate. We re turned,the. fire, for each of us had a musket, and had quite a little fight. As the night had begun to draw her sable curtain around us, we raised the siege and fell back to Smith's plantation. \ .. . . Next day General Osterhaus, with, two companies oi infantry and one. mounted howitzer, embarked on 'flat boats and; skiffs, moved upon Carthage. When at the proper distance he opened fire with his howitzer upon.the town. After shellings it thirty minutes; ;he‘ debarked .his infantry and took the place:atilthe point of the bayonet,-killing one' man. ■ and running the. bftlance away. So Carthago is in our possession: What the result p of thiß movement Will be, the country will soon know. ■ A Voice from the Army. TWENTY-EIGHTH P. V. : : • > At a dress parade of the 28th Regiment of Penn sylvania Volunteers recently, the officers and sol diers unanimously passed a series of resolutions to sustain the Government of theUuited States in all its measurefl to suppress .the rebellion. They are subßcribed to by the following gentlemen,'represents ing the regiment: ,L. F, Chapman, major, com manding, president ;W.' H. Woodward, captain Company K, secretary ; Captain J, B. Copeland, Company F; Captain C. U. Meyer, Company G Assistant Surgeon Wm. Altman ; Lieutenant J. P. Nicholson, ,Q. M.; Captain J. Fitzpatrick, Company A ; Captain J. D. Arner, Company E ; Lieutenant Joseph W. Hammer, Company D.j Lieutenant F. B. Bonsall, Company H, committee. . pIS'E-HUNjpRED-ANp-FORTY* SEVENTH p. V This regiment has recently passed a series of resolu tions m favor of sustaining-the Government, prose cuting.the war with vigor, and conquering a peace. A' copy of these resolutions has been forwarded-to us, signed by John Craig, major and secretary. ONE-EUNDRED-AND-THIRTY-SECOND P: Y/ • At a meeting of the officers of this regiment, held at headquarters, near Falmouth, Va.,on the 7thinstant a series of excellent resolutions were adopted; *They are signed by the following officers: Charles Allbright, cqloiel and president; Lieut. Colonel Joseph E dfireve and Major F. L. Hitchcock, vice presidents;-Captain J' D. Lacier and Adjutant A. F. Clapp, secretaries ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTY-SIXTH' P: V. This regiment is composed of drafted men, and a large majority of the members are Democrats. They-send us a series. of Hie strongest Union- resolutions, signed by thirty*six officers, only seVen of whom are Republicans. Colonel A: A. Lecblersays: 4 ‘ I hope the action of this regiment" will be felt in the North, as these resolutions were adopted unanimously by drafted, life-long-' Dtonor crats! here are ’the names of -thirty-six men, who plfdged themselves for their country and flag in the face of the enemy before Charleston; . A. A. Lechler,col;'; George Pilkington, lieut. col.;- william- Schoonover, major;. W. F.. Suudenberg,. sur geon; N. R. Lynch, assistant'surgeon; Jas. :T. Walton, adjutant; Isaac Wooliver, qaartermaster;'Levi Smayer,- captain-Co. A; ; Samuel D. Lehr, captain Go. B; C. W. Warnick, captain Co. CfTilghman Schleider, captain- Co. B; Jos.-Nicholas, captain Co. F; Letris' P‘ Hecker, captain Co G; Samuel 8. Keller, captain Co. H; Lewis Hermany, captain Co. I: George Neitz, : captain Co. K ; Monroe Miller, Ist lieut. Co. A; Daniel Knauss, Ist lieut. Co. B; William M. Loder, Ist lieut. Co. C;-Samuel A; Brown, Ist lieut. Co. D; Peter Graybill, Ist lieat. Co. E; Alonzo B.Shafier, Ist lieut. Co. F; -Jas P. Cornett, Ist lieut. Co. G; Harry. Bates, Ist lieut. Co. H; Win. G. Grosscup, Ist lieut. Co. I: ChasH. Foster, Ist lieut. Co. Iv; Levi Guring, 2d lieut. Co. A; John Culbertsou, 2d Lent. Co. B; Levi Smith: 2d lieut. Co. Joshua Kern, •Sd-Meuti-Gof-D rHr H.-Wierbach, 2d lidut: Co. E; freyßuff,-2d lieut, Co. F; Wm. F. Hecker,-2dlieut. Co. ?,•' R T ? S??J , P s^2^ lieut * :Co - H;-Allen Hander, 2d lieut. Co. I; Philip W. Fioris, 2d lieut. Co.- K. " ONE-HUNDRED-AND-THIRTY-SECOND P. V. This regiment has passed strong Union and war reso lutions, a copy of which Colonel Charles A Wright has kindly forwarded to us. ColonelW. says:“You will . observe that we offer our services after the expiration of the. present enlistment, to assist in enforcing the con scription act at home if any resistance should be offered by the traitors and wicked men of the North. ” SECOND PENNSYLVANIA ARTILLERY,. This staunch Union regiment, numbering nearly eigh teen hundred men, send us resolutions in favor of the war. the Union, the Constitution, and the enforcement of the laws from Fort Saratoga, near Washington. The copy sent us is signed by the following patriots; FIELD OFFICERS. Colonel, A. A. Gibson; lieutenant cblonel, John H. Oberteufftr; first major, James L. Anderson; second major, David Sadler ; third major, Thomas Wilhelm.' STAFF OFFICERS. Adjutant, Florence W. Grugan; quartermaster. Wm. N.-Meiclier; surgeon, Elisha Griswold; first assistant, James A. Lowe; second assistant,S.Rosenberger; chap lain, John W. Hastier. Sergeant maj'or, John Ford, Jr.; quartermaster ser geant Dennis Carroll; commissary sergeant, B. F. Wind er;.hospital steward, Abraham F. Fairchild.: REGIMENTAL OFFICERS. Battery A—Captain, Richard,M. Goundie; first lieu tenant, H H. Bumphries.;,second lieutenant, Roberts. Wharton; second lieutenant, William Barba. Battery B—Captain, Benj- Gz Barney; first lieute nant, Joi n H. Guissinger; first lieutenant; M. E( Mary land; second lieutt nant, John Exbon; second lieutenant. S. R. Halman. / • -Battery o—Captain,0 —Captain, JohnS. Jarden; first lieutenant, Wm. H. Melcher; first lieutenant, Paul L. Higgins; Eerond lieutenant, Philip Newkumefc. : Batteivß— Captain, Nicholas Baggs; first lieutenant. J. Moore Wileon; first lieutenant, B. F. Winger; second lieutenait, D. W. lewry; second lieuteuant,' George C. Wilson. Batfrry E— Captain, -Edw. S Rowand; ; first lieute nant, John H Oberteuffer, Jr.; first lienteoant, Florence W. Grugan; second lieutenant, John Norris. Battery F— Captain William McClure; first lieute nant, William G. Dickson; first-lieutenant. VYilliam G - Bailey. - A Battery <7—Captain, Charles N. - Cadwatader; first lieutenant, James N. Boone; first lieutenant, William Penrose.- • : ...... . Bakery //—Captain. Joseph N. Abbey; first liente nanLE. De C. Land; first lieutenant, Milton Benner. Buttery I— Captain, S.D. Strawbridge; first lieutenant, J. M. Kelsey; .first lieutenant, John W. Hamilton; tecond lieutenant, Wm. S. Fiss. Battery K— Captain, Amzi S. Fuller: first lieutenant, Pressley Cannon; first lieutenant. John B. Krepps; second lieutenant, Joseph L Iredull. Battery L— Captain, Panl T. Jones; first Fiank W. Panl; first lieutenant, Edward S. Colwell; second lieutenant, Charles J.- Seymour. Battery XT— Captain, David Schooler ; ? fivst lieutenant, A. P. Barber: first lieutenant, Wm. K; Laffertv; second licurentnt, William Gee; second lieutenant, H. Thien hardt. . • 4 . SIXTH NEW JERSEY VOLUNTEERS. This regiment sends us an exhortation and a pledge for the Union and our f Government over the bodies of tlieir dead comrades, whosebones now bleach on the fields of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Glendale, Mal vern HilL Bristow, Bull Run, Chantilley, and Frede rickfburg. -These resolutions are signed by Georere C.; Burling,-colonel and.%preßident,;aud Joseph R. t West, first lieutenant, 6th N. J. V., secretary. THE FRENCH IN MEXICO. Reports from; tlie Tlieatrc of War laliaut Puebla—Rumored Offer of Ortega to Ca pitulate—Reported llefeat of tlie Garrison . In a’rSortie—Provisions Being ReslUpped to France, &c. ; : Havana, April lB.— Another French war steamer, (the Bertholetj from Vera,Cruz, arrived last Sunday or Monday, with dates to the sth:.the day of her Bail ing. She brings only rumors, though some regard these rumors aSi important, inasmuch they con firm the reported destruction of Comonfort’s army by General Berthier..; Thiß report I doubt—aß lam at liberty to do in the absence of positive proof— because it is said that Comonfort was attempting to enter Puebla when General Berthier attacked him. Now, this is not at all likely, for, as yo.u may remem-- ber, General Comonfort had orders to hold the post of San Martin, and it is not to be supposed he would, disobey those orders right in the face of the enemy, g Another of.the rumors brought by this arrival is* that Ortega had sent a flag of truce to General Fo* rev, offering to surrender Puebla under conditions; which the latter rejected. This rumor is simply absurd. Another, though less difficult to believe, is that ttyf civil authorities of Puebla gent a committee* arid the women ofi the place likewise sent onCf.to* the French general, begging him to spare-their town. The genera) is said to have replied that- he did not intend firiag a single cannon shotat Puebla, Bince be had more than means enough-to compel the garrison to> surrender, without resorting* to. a bombardment. 'Whether all that be true or .not is .of,no.oonfie* quence/ compared with the alleged ■ fact— 4vh%2h makes still another rumor—that fOrtegfe. mad* an attempt, at the head of fifteen thousand .men* to break Frsaeh lines, and was repulsed -.with very heavy loss. / This has been amended andampsoved by the version that two sorties .were neously, at different points, and both- proved] disas trous failures to the Mexicans. •This last little evect came .to .Havana through private liters from Mexico; city, and.may be true. I am'quito prepared to belieye. thet a.Bmaa force of the garrison of Puebla might attompt* a, sortie and might have been repulsed. It ia .not* altogether im probable, and that is the most that can be said of it. It ia-Baid that provisions .are 30. abundant in Vera Grua. that the French au.thoritiea.are jelling- them to the inhabitants at quite arid, incredi ble to relate, French transports, are actually ea*. . gartdvin reshipping the superabundant provisiojafk toTTrance. W© may infer* then, that the French, occupation wiD be, after aB, only temporary. Thfttr is& consolation.' • ' To* day’s announeqa.tlie arrival of the-Tut aenrie from Vera Cruz* with dates to the llthr-Bix dayß later-=-and nQ jae we. The reshipment qf pro visions to France is oonfirmctk OTJR BRITISH. ERIEND.—.ToIm Bright hag written, the following in repiyto a privateJptter from Boston, HftCHDALB, March. 9 ( 1,063. Dbab Sin:, t Although I have, been moat prominent among £ngUalxhen inspoalijng.Jor your country, and its Government, and,ita cause, yet there are many, very many, earnest! men here who read the now-enacting chapter of your history. aa I lead it, and who hope it may end, aa I still, believe i t will end,in the establishmentoCfreedom overall your continent, • The haters of your Rcpublle are. few in comparison of the whole people, and everyday adds to the num ber of those who hope to see slavory destroyed and the Union restored. ? I regret much that I have- no* visited your country. Now, & visit to it. would only add to lay grief &t what 1b passing among’you. Should'peaoe be re •storea, ihould. circumstances here permit it, I should rqoice to to able to spend six months to visit a Jana in'whieh from my boyhood I have taken so great an interest. I wish you overy success in your great conflict, and that God .may give you strength and virtue to save vour continent for Freedom. Believe sae very.truly yours.- • •• JOHN BRIGHT. THREE CENTS. POBEIGW ITEMS. Vrci'en Hugo orr Poland.—-The Jersey Independ ent publishes the followingTetter fFom Victor Hueo; which was read at Republic meeting held in that island iff favor of Polaad 1 : “ Hautevil-lh 1 House, April 1863. *.* To the PvoHe Meeting in Jersey in favor of Poland; _ “t}ENTLiiT£>Ejr' lamno w suffering-from' an affec tion in the throaty which prevents me 1 from' accept ing your-invitafcton, by which I feel greatly honored. * Believe in my profound regret. Sympathy is pre sence. I shall, therefore, be in spirit in the midst of you. X associate myself from- the bottom of my soul with all your generous feelings. The'murder of a nation is impossible; Bright as the star, it becomes eelipsed; bnt it reappears. Hungary prove 3 it,-Ve niee proves it. Poland-proves it. t : “Poland, at this hotu, is brilliant j itTs not'in fuil life, but it is in full glor£ ;• all its light has returned: Poland, overwhelmed, bleeding* and erect, dazzles the world. .Peoples live; and despota ifl-the law of above. Let us not cease repeatingitto that guilty Alexander 11, at thiß moment, weighs upon two nations, for the misfortune of the one and the shame of the other. The" most to be pitied” of* the two- is not Poland, .which he slaughters yit iß‘ Russia, which he dishonors. X say it with grief, the' Russian army,' through thefault of Alexander Ilj defiles the Russian fiag. ;. May rail the opprobrium fall upouthis man > A peoplei°r&ded when-matte'' the butcher of another people. I-wish for Poland re*" surrection to liberty; for; Russia resurrection to; honor. ... v - . “I do more than wish for those two'resurrectiohs' —I expect them. Yes, doubt would be impious, and almost an accomplice; yes, Poland will triumph.- Its final death would be more or less the-death of us - all. Poland is a part of Europe’s heart. . OA The day wherein the last pulsationtef life-beat in Poland the v whole civilized world;would feel ’the chill of the .sepulchre. Allow me, then, to utter from- afar this ciy, which will find an echo in your hearts: • Long live Poland ! Long live the liberty of men and the independence of nations!' Accept on-this ; occasion; all my wishes for the happiness of the island of Jersey, which is most dear to me, and also of your excellent population, and receive, friends, my cordial salutations. “ victor kug-o.*’ « The Emperor Alexander and his Polish Subjects.— - The Breslau correspondent of the Times says : The de feat of Lanfciewicz. was no sooner known at St Peters burg than the RUbfiian Government, in a note addressed to its representative at Paris, expressed a willingness to improve- the condition of Poland, and bestow another batch of liberal cone «ssions upon the unfortunate coon- • try. How that rebellion might ’be expected to subside, Prince Gortschaltotf-addedi the Czainadnocompanc tlon in announcing his benevolent intentions towards a * province he had aiway* wished to raise to a higher de gree of prosperity and wealth. The communication l was immediately.transmitted to M.-Droayn de I/fiuys, " v-ho recommended a lenient treatment of the recusant dependency. So says the ’Vienna correspondent of the Cracow Czas, oneof.the best informed-contributors to th e leading 01 gan of Poland. ; The Emperor Private-Secretary.—A* Paris correspondent says: *‘l amassureo in a quarter wnich I have generally found trustworthy; that ftl. Moc quarAis ho longer the * mperor 7 * private l secretary. This, however, is a piece:o>;newß:of such importance that 1 must give it * under all reserve. 1 ;£ven if true, it is a fact of that class which is always denied -up- to the' very moment when it btcomet. official. M. fttoequard has Scarcely been out of the Emperor j» presence for an horn ever since the coup d'etat He has been his c6n 6ta.nt amanuensis, and, in many, cases, the composer, of his speeches and. letters.. Achange would -be a* real po- : litical event, ti e cause for which would be eagerly in guired after.; lam told that JLMocquard’s successor is a M- Drury, an ex-professor, of the hollin and Henrv IV. Colleges.. who has for some time past given valuable as* sistaDce to his Majesty in the composition of his ‘ History of Julius Ciusaf. **’ •- Absalom’s Sword:— The French-journals give the fol lowing singular paragraph: a strange discovery'has just been made b> Maj -r Pappazolu, of Bucharest—the sword that belonged to Absalom; The blade has on one side the fallowing woids traced in Hebrew characters: Present from Gessur to Absalom, eon of David, Jeho, Jeho.” On the same side is engraved-the imagaofthe hexagonal seal of David,-andon the other some charac ters the meaning of which has not been yet explained. On the corresponding place to of the Hebrew cha racters,and on the opposite side of the blade, arethe>e words engraved in gold:-‘‘Titus acctpit ex Jerusalem ” This Isword had a handle in gold, representing at the upperpart a warrior’s head, covered With a helmet, and joined lly a chain to a dragon’s head which formed the hilt. The old monk, possessor of this weapon, pro curr d it from a Janissary, into whose hands it fell during the disturbances afcCbnslantinople in 1807; In a moment oi distress be sold the handle and 1 the scabbard, which was, he says, l made of a kind-of serpent’s skin, aal mounted in gold. The ancient origin of the blade is proved by a manufacturer’s mark traced in Semitic cha racters. A Napoleonic Festival —The annual banquet in commemoration of the return of the Emperor Napoleon 1. from Elbe, has just taken place in the salons of Cate lain, in the Palais Royal, M Belmontet, deputy of the Legislative Body, presiding. . The assembly was nume rous,- consisting of. soldiers of Marengo and the other great battles of that period.. All the different branches of the Grand Army were represented Opposite the pre sident was>the bust of the Emperor crowned with-a branch of the famous Yingt Mars. M. Billet, formerly a cuirassier, proposed the first toast: «•**To the Emperor Napoleon, who on the 20th March brought back to France • the principles of 1789,” and To Poland, 1 onr battle!-’ M. Belinontet proposed a toast to thememory - of the brave Poles who had aled under the Frencheagles; - and to the women of Poland.-*- -.Both*these toasts were loudly applauded. - a collection was afterwards made in favor-of thp.Poles, and the evening passed over most cordially:—Galignajn. Spanish Etiquette. —Letters.from Madrid speak of an incident which has caused some agitation in the higher circles 1 of. the Spanish capital:- ‘The. Dachess * Fer- : - nan-Nunez invited, with the consent of the Queen, to - tht ball which she is about to give. Mdme. de L igrange, at present singing at the opera-• at Madrid,, and who, to her great talent, adds the merit of irreproachable cha racter : The invitation has, however, excited a com plete tempest in the fashionable world, and one-half of. the persons invited, and particularly some ladies of the. diplomatic body,-have declared that their dignity would not allowihemdo bein the same salon as Mdme. de La grange. There the matter refets for tht present. ” A Roval Ball; Room-•onI*Fire.—Some 1 *Fire.— Some young gentle-- men,-part of whom belonged to the diplomatic corps - , • with the assistance of the Prince of' Orange, gave a ball. at the •Hague,-on the 26th,-which was attended by the ~ -King and Queen-, - Prince Henryj..Brince-J?rederic,-*and the Princess Mary; his daughter.: Towards midnight, as'.. supper was about to be served, the dame of a.wax candle - set abightto a cauzebanging-which; encircled the whole hall .room, and in-a moment the flamesr'spread'overthe v four walls: and the ceiling; - The Qii'een, with great pre-' sence of- mind, commanded calmness-and silence, and; • thanks to this salutary counsel; every one was to. escape without injury; The King and the Princes re mained until the firewas extinguished,-whicli was not effected tilT the furniture of the three rooms where the * festivity took place was completely destroyed/: Lord Elgin’s-Durbar; at Agra.-— LordElgin’s great* durbar at Agra on* the 17th ult. is described as grander than even Lord Canning’s at tbesame place; Crowds of ' chiefs from Rajpootana; and Central- India -filled the grand tent, with- numerous attendants The place wa's a perfect blaze- of jtwels, such as no other spot in the • world could display. Most remarkable of, all there, though not sohigh’as the Maharajah Scindia of Gwalior,. was a little woman, almost hidden in cloth of- gold and ' an enormous headdress of the same costly fabric, the Begum of Bhopalj the most faithful of our Mussulman ’ feudniories in 1557. She wore the insignia of the Star of : India, and pui pie silk gloves. . The New Candidate for thb Throne of Greece.— - AVe read, in the Moniteur: ' li Private letters from-Co penhagen explain. the origin of the candidatnre to the Greek throne of Prince William-of Denmark. The Da nish Prince has just paid-a visit to London, on the occa- - sionof the marriage -of his sister, the Alexan- ; dra. to the Prince of Wales. Earl Russell is said to have • profited by this circumstance to open up negotiations; Prince Christian, the father of the bewv'candidaterof- ■; fered no‘objection to the overtures of'the minister, butt insisted; as a preliminary condition, upon the consent of King Frederick-*Vli.,of Denmark, to. this candida ture. ” The JUoniteur adds that the King is said to have : declared that it will afford him-much satisfaction, if the • young Prince is accepted by the Greek people- A Fracas in the French —The Moniteury of course, took no notice of the fracas between Prince Na poleon and M. de la Roehejacquelin; The latter, it ap pears, from what some Senators have said in divers sa-‘- lons , to. indemnify himself for the polite remarks made •• by Count.Walewski and endorsed by the Prince, called * .his'lmperial Highness “a professional liar,” The per sonage thus dubbed asked the offending Senator what he • meant by such a term, whereupon the Prince was told ;that-he meant a person who never would, if he-could < help it, tell a word of truth, and when he did condescend -to do so strongly adulterated-it with.falsehood. - The-- Prince was then offered satisfaction if he chose to demand it; and if this on dit be not a mere canard, -he sent a challenge to De la Rochejacquelm. But the “hautper- - st image,” hearing of the affair; took the matter up, - and " terminated it by ordering “le fils dela Veudee” to make 1 an apology, and giving directions for this parliamentary episode to be erased from the reportsc of the Mibtieur. Letter from Penis. Don Juan.— Th e&iario Espanol states that the: In-- fante Den Juan entered Spain, by the French-frontier. - ’ He pretended to be an Englishman, and played his part so well that General Cordova, who travelled with'him, i never suspected that his companion.' was a Spaniard.- Don Juan has since returned to France. Prince Alfred.— A story is.alloat of the honorpaid by Prince Alfred’s brother middies to their royal messmate, apropos of his election as King of Greece. Hearing a great rovr in the-young gentlemen’s berth, on- board The Royal George, the captain, on inquiring the cause, found the mess had determined to crown-the Prince. - So-they’ had got th e ship’s carpenter, or aamorer, to: make a tin crown, with which the Prince was solemnly; invested, a .purser’s dip being first stuck on each point of the circlet,. and lighted. Buigaxi>s.— I The Nationalites of Turin states from ofli-« cial documents that the number of brigands taken with arms in their hands and shot; from the month off March, ’ .1861, to the Ist of March. ISG3, is-1,088.' Besides these, there have been 2,413 killed infighting, and : 2,708-made prisoners. Only 932 haye surrendered voluntarily. - A QrzEis’s Diadem.—The Wfnvtedzxxidancia of Madrid says that the Queen ,of Spain-has ordered'one of the; Crown jewellers to make her- aimagnaficent diadem. The. diamends and otherprecions-stones. to the value of eight millions of reals, (210, flOOfl) ..will be furnished: by the Crown Jewel Office. The: rest of the jjarure,-necklace, : bracelets, &c.will repfesentctwelve million reals (315,-' COOf. y • - • ’ > - The Jews. —The Jews of the- ©sand Duchy of Baden, • who obtained some months-back the enjoyment of their political rights, resolved tc -gise- a public mark of gratitude by creating a fund in. aid of the schoolmasters of .all creeds, who are insufficiently paid. A; collection made amongst that rclUrons-bodiy for the objsttt in ques tion has produced the sum of SOjJDOO florins (70rG00f.) ; , Wokkixgmen’s ExcußSioift-rfifr. Cobden has expressed his approval of a project got up at Birmiagham for a ‘•‘workingmen’s excursion ta» Paris,” to commenceau exchange of visits between bodies of French, and Euglish mechanics. r The Pbixce ALPERT fiJEMoaiAL is to consist of an Elea nor Cross, something similairto the Martyrs’ Memorial at, Oxford, ;or Scott’s Ms-ypmeni at Edinburgh; but it is in-- tended to give it an elevatann of nearly? aihree hundred feet. The lower partis to.contain a status of the Prinpe... Mr. Gilbert Scott is to,.be-t3ie.architect. The .Times says it 5s belhved that Gowar-nment intends si ask from Par’-, liament a sum sufficient fao complete the. monument, the* public subscriptions-notrlbeing sufficient. Negress lib the Kebeli Ai:my. To the Editor offltho-'JPress. : Sir : from. Hl*, Rappahannock', infoim us tha&“tbe pickets off, the .enemy, on. the.* opposite side-offthd Rappahannock,>re one-half nq-_ groes and white msm,, The - armed and upAforcaed the sams-aa the whites.’/''That, it is true, Sihavie-ao doubt; aadi that the nock is nstitho- only place where the enemy has armed, and usedSae negroes.as .soldiers,- 1 know. : Oncers and men. of the 58th Pennsylvania YoluntQers. ncw.on outpoat duty, at .Newbern,.K,'. C., wilitestify that on a aeconnoissancj*, some .six, weeks since, farmed anfli uniformednegroes” ‘WQre found djDing-picket duty. The. rebels .asean earnest in their,att«opt to achiswihe this dia bolicalrebeSlion. Tbej haveeverused jthe,negro,to. build; iortss, dig rifle- pits, and.throw up breastworks, which thsj have poured* ourrAnka; and now,'when theic rank* are .depleted by disease, desertion, sad death, no3£HßeleBaacvupSee dater-thim from replenishing theiiyforce Stem. this ready dement. X think we mighfr well itsdiate- the refcelaln thiß excellent particular* I am, Biev jours;truly-, R. Rmiladelphia* April 19,185&* ; . AN APOLO&HE FOB, j t>s the deceptive sunshine, tiifc Bir4n began to sing ! and the reptile# to creep forth, from their hiding | places duringtbe first daya.of the awing. But, just ! sb they wer» disposing thernaeUiOs. comSortably to enjoy the vernal air, the, sky became colder, the air more nipping, and though, the sun still ehone brightly, the wind, rigfc& from,the north, blew an icy blast that- drove the Greaturea back to, their nests and holes, and chilled them to. the mairojv. The twittering biads at Richmond said to each other- “It was all a mistake, and there is no waraath for. us from the North or anywhere else gleam, of sunshine was deceitful, and. we will aing.no mbao joyful songs.” The Copperheads at the North vnlggied back to their obscure retreats j grumbling, it is not spring at all, and these: stern vaLnjis •of /northern latitudes will fee the death, of us# 5 * So the Bun continued shining and the wind kepV blowing, while the air was pure 5 and clear and the land un stained with the Blime of crawling rentUea.—N. F, J Evening 7»st. : HOW TO JOIN THE a dinner party given in this city In .the year 1775, a gentie man of considerable notoriety a* a wit was asked, “ Pray, what is a Tory?” He replied, “A Tory is a creature whose head is in England, while his body is in America, and I think the two parts ought to be joined by stretching the neck.” We have still pereona among us not .unlike this description of the Tory, whose heads are in Richmond, while their bodies are in New York ;and though we might not recommend the old Revolutionary wit’s plan of bringing the-two parts together dv stretching the intervening membranes, we should certainly not object to seeing the body eeut where the head is,— -N, Y; : Evening FQsit : ; THE WAR PRESS, (FDBIrlB&SB WEEKLt.) Thb War Pbess will b» BBnt to' anhscHßors by mail (per anbtdn in advance) SI Five Copies “ “ . . 0 Oft Tfn ■“ »• •• 17 Oi> Twenty “ -- “ .......... 32 Off Larger Clubs than Twenty tfill Bo charged at tfre sonia rate. SI. 50 per copy. rnust a. lioays accOmpttr& (lie order, arid can °** e terms be dtitl&dfrom, aS tbepafford very little more mitVie cost of (he paper. ur„ P '*“ tea ara rCinected- td act air dgsnte for The War Press. **■ To the setter, up of the Club often or twoiSfy, a* extra copy of the Paper will be given. Tfce Education of Colored Persons. T&'Bie Editor of The Press SbS ; As a large number of the .colored poniila-' tion ia this city are property-holders; and pay taxes 1 thereof (ao small item when, justly computed) which 5 think entitles them to some eEhre of con* sideratfod r and although-by the late' 1 reconstruction * of the Snatfe Constitution deprived of the right of franchise, they still' hope and believe that their claim to BoZte privileges is not entirely overlooked by a the -With taia'cohvictioh, ■ we should petition that at least s portion of the' teachers should be selected from among our own race of people. Before entering-further'on the sub ject, we wish it tsJ-'be distinctly understood that we' hold in profound' veneration those whohave so ’ long : and faithfc?ly discharged their' dtittes as * teachers, and to aU' such would 1 express oin*gpati». tude and high appreciation of their whrfcb and ' talent. For their loag and faithful services; cfally Mr. -Bird and” others; who have been the'l pioneers in; this praiseworthy avocation*' it is- hot our Wish or gesifdto' havesuch incumbents removed, ’ but only to suggest, that hereafter, when vacancies * occur, to have them' filldd l by persons of colorwho * may, upon proper' exftmWfctiany bc sbund l fully com*- " petent lor the situation. The benefits resulting from* public ■ and other schoolß have enabled the children of many colored; persons of this city to becbmecdmpetentaß teachers; and Borne of our-children here : received collfegiafce* education, at considerable* oipehse' , aSd-' parental anxiety, confidently expectingr that the timer wouid arrive when their scholaatic attatementcKmight be* useful for the advancement o 5 af least then- own. race. . -vv '- The: Society- of pub'lib schooiafoJV-theSedimft'tioh Colored children in‘th iB city should be remembered by us with’feel ings of gratitude. Mr; Editor,' do you think that it would be presumption *for^the'colored citizens to call a meeting to consider the expediency of'aendiog a petition to those whose duty it would be to take into . .consideration .the propriety of such *a change in our colored public schools! I'thinkf asregards, the* justness of our claims, there can-be but one opinion with the reflecting inind. Very respectfully, your obedient servant) A? Di FhilAdrlphia, April 20,1863. GITY. COUNCILS. - Tlie Ocean Steamship Bill Penrose: Perry Brldge—lncrease of Sala ries in tlie Water Department—Riftlef of tKe FaiAUJes of Volunteers-Storage cfPfc . troleum,' Benzine, etct—Passenger - ErU ■ways.to- K.eep their Tracks-In orders SELECT BRANCH, President Lnin in the chair. Petitions* From the Franklin Fire Company, asking to be placed' >ii-the list ot steamers in actnaL-Service.. . Vi. ,»v Vi v.v VUi Viv i“ wu.uu. o„ , Ivv» . From the members of the 'police force, asking for-aat • Increase of pay. ... From the Phoenix and-TTnited States Hose Companies;. ' ftfhing to be located as steam-forcing hose companies.- . Mr.' Brightly presented “a communication relauvo to* • the eiudemic.now prevailing in' Manayunk. ; From the Morris Fire Company,-asking to be‘loeate-1 a&'a*6team engine fire company. . From the Sbpeflacehdeht of the Police and Fire-Alarm •* Telegraph, in answer to a-resolntion of inqairy, statinft.- ~tbftt had b(en..received since the inauguration of* , the telegraph up to - the present'time for the sale of cop i-per; all ot which, was pftid.inta tho city treasury, ex~ icept-sliiB, which was expended in putting up the new* cfli From the Guardians of the Eoor;dnquiring what dis posal is made of the butter, &£., seized by the clerks of thb‘rukrkets, as none of it is seat to the Almshouse as re quired by law. -v : * Reports of Committees* The Committee on City Property reportea-an ordinance making an appropriation of $l5O to defray the expense of altering the west wing of the state Jdoime Biulding, in. order to afford increased accommodations-to depart ment of Receiver of Taxes. Agreedto. .. The Committee - on Schools reported in favor ot the Board of Controllers expending the sum of $6OO for school purposes, in the First and Fifteenth sections. Agreed to. The Commit ee on Schools also reported an ordinance making an appropriation of $250 for the purpose of drain ling the Chandier{sch.ool-houjse,Kighteenth. ward.' Agreed to. Afnrther report was also made, submitting a resolu tion to transfer an item of $lBO for the expenses of the First School dhtrict. Adopted. The Committee ~ on. Water reported adversely-to the passage , of an ordinance “'that fromandafterihe Ist of May. i ext property owners shaLLpay for the laying of \water-piFe in-Jront of their property, with 20 per .caat. additional.” The. committee asked'fo be discharged from any further consideration of-the subject. The con sideration of the-report was postponed until next meet ing. - The Committee-on Water further reported in favor of ;laying-water-pipe-on Twentieth, Jessamin, and Wash ington streets,- in the First ward, and a number ofk streets and-avenuesin the Twenty-fonrchward^Atf^ed Alfo, an ordinance appropriatinß - -' i pay cer tain bills of the- for .1862, which passed; . - Increase of Salaries in the Water Dep«rs> - • ' meat. • A report was made in-favor of increasing the salaries of the-employees in the‘Water Department; also; an ordinance appropriating the-sum'required for - the in crease. The salary of the Assistant engineers, watch men, and firemen is raised to $500; four purveyors to $750; four inspectors, $7OO per annum, and one mes senger s6ooper annum? making a total increase of $17520 for rhe balance of the year,-or $2,280 for the whole year. Thebill was postponed and ordered to be primed The Committee-on-Street Cleaning made a lengthy re port as to the number of-streets cleansed during the : past two weeks. , Relief for tJve Families of Volunteers, The Committee on Defence and Protection, to whom was referred'the hill from Common Council'authorizing the Mayor to borrow from time to time such sums of mo ney as may he required by the commission for the relief of the families of volunteers and for the defence of the city, reported the same back to the Chamber. The bill passed finally. Distillation of Petroleum, Benzine, Etc. Mr. CATHERWooD-read in ■place’a bill making it un lawful for, any "persons to use any building, within the limits ot the corporate city,'for ihe storage, rectification, or distillation of petroleum,-benzine, or thelike, under a penalty of sl,ooo;Such buildings must be-located in the rural .districts of the city,'ana must hear ou them a sign; marked in black -letters, denoting the character of the business; neither shall it'be lawful to store in any building within the limits of the city more than ten bar rels of eithej - of the said articles. , The bill was discussed attoine length, and finally re ferred to the Committee on.Liw.: Passenger Railways, ,Mr. King - offered a resolution instructing-the Chief Commissioner of Highways to notify the Race and Yihe streets Passenger Railway to repair the highway on Vii»e street, between Second and Third. Agreed to. Mr. Wetherill -offered-a resolution requesting the Mayor to inform-Cbuncils'whefcher the contract of K. A. Smith, with the city,' to-cleanse the streets has been coxn- S lied with, and, if not, whetherit would not -be desira le to annul such-contract. After some discussion,- the resolution passed. Mi*. Zane offered a resolution directing: the Chief Com missioner of Highways to notify the officers of the Gifard ayenue Railroad to make certain repairs on their road. Agreed to Tlhfinlshtd Business. The bill for the construction of a culvert on Coates street, between Huntingdon and Lenigh avenue, Nine teenth 'ward,postponed at-the last meeting,was taken up andpassed. The'bill to regulate the landing and storage of cord wood, also postponed fromOast meeting, was concurred in. BUlsiTom'Common Council* . The bill to regulate and manage the Penrose-Ferry Piioge was concurred in.-. ; Also, the bill to pay the expenses of the T wecty-fo arth. ward contested-election case. • - The amendment.to tlie* ocean-steamship hill was con curred in. Also, the bill-releasingicertain property of Thomas J. Duflield from thelien of a certain judgment. The bill authorizing the opening of Ninth street, from. Snyder street to Back road, passed finally. . The resolution for Councils jbo meet on Wednesday next, Thursday being, thr national fast-day, wae con curred in.». 1 he bill making an-appropriation to the Superintendent of Trusts was. also concnrred in. . Adjourned.- ** OChUHON BRANCH. A petition was received signed by nearly six.hundred or the city police,, asking for an increase of salary. Pe titions .were received from-the Franklin, Monroe, and Phoenix Fire Companies, asking to be located as steam fire-companies. . A communication, numerously signed l>y property owners on Broad street, was read, praying that the rails of the -Broad-street Railroad shall be re moved,• Other petitions and communications of minor importance were presented. . The ordinance to regulate signs and awning posts, ap proved December, 1555, which made it illegal to erect or maintain any wooden sheds on the public - highways, was repealed so as to allow the sheds no erected so nth of Morris street,; north *of Girard ayeime, and west of the SchuylfcUl river, to be maintained, was called up, and after considerable discussion passed finally. The Twenty-foHrth / Ward C ontested-Elec- tiea Case, Mr. BAiED.iChairman'of the Committee.oil.Finance,, reported an ordinance appropriating $574.50..t0 defray the expenses-incurred in the contested election case of the Twenty-fourth ward - . (The ordinance gives • $3OO to • a clerk, and $lOO to a messenger.) • Mr. Leigh: -moved to- amend by making the amount to. the messenger slso.instead of $lO6. Mr. Babbeb oppoeed'-the bill, on: the ground that it gave too high a compensation for the cleric.. : Mr. Lottghiux said'that.the Committee.on.the .Contest-- ed-election Case had met fifty-four evenings, and (be labors of the cleric had been arduous. The .messenger, however,, did riot .perform service exceeding $lOO ,in' value..-. . The a mendment was-not agreed to, the members voting according toibeir party predilections. .. The bill was then passed. The tame committee reported negatively, in the matter of a petition of Messrs. ;Irvin and, Carrigan for compen sation fonindexingeeriambooks in'the. office of the lUt gietenof-"Wills; " ; v The-Peur»se Ferry Bridge, Mb .Woebshir presented a communication from,the CitjsSolioitor,. stating that he had placed, on record the conv-e-yancQ of the Penrose Ferry Bridge to the;Cifcy, and that it would; be necessary for Councils to appoinfc.watch-. men-and procore insurauce, - . - The ordinance;to?rovicefdrthe care and management of the Bridge was-theu taken up. It providea- that the bridge sbah be placed in charge of the Chief.Gom.piiB - Highways. The cosnmissioner.is authorized to- who shall receive.an annual sa lary of $5OO each.. f ’ ' Mr. SiaQrsoJf'Xioved :to, aauena, that tka. number of' watchmen.be two instead, of four; one wAtsh.man'for day* and anather for night were amply sufficient.^ ■The amendcaenfcwaB not .agreed to, the .vote being a., strictly party one; , ' Mr. W&ijkbrt moved to amend, to appropriate S3OR for• injSujaiioe.. Agreed to, and the pill pasaAl • The Jfighw,ays. f . .. Jl*he Gomianittee .on, reported,,an.ordinanga ajxthoming.the Commissioner, .of. Righw.ays to open ; Hinih.staraeffcom.Sn'yaeifitreet to Bucltyofta/whieh was agreed t&. ’ ‘ ’. The saaae committee reported'an fl.-nt.'Wiriatngf the gracing and macacUmizing Twsnty sacondi.ward, whicli wh>s also agreed to. , A lesolutiop High ways to enter into a contract wth Mg’. 0» W r Dayis for the paying ol Spruce„: other-streets in. the ?went)-fourth‘oardV ata-posli of>'s3,oop, was .offered by_lSr. Wolberp. * , 1 flsr. Quixx said willingness' to da she • wprk a Sid contract, not be. given to Mri Davis. ' ; Mr. thatif dhe streets were. pay v ed- new buildings would be,erected slong the. and the taxation therefrom.would n;i>re.tnan pay the expenses of the.paying. ' , The resolution passedfiphlly*- The ordinance providing: for the, estahUshm&at of an ocean for the. purpose of