THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1864.
FORNEY'S PRESS,
For the week ending Saturday, March sth. is now
ready. /
GOSTENTS
I. ILLUSTRATION —The War in South Carolina—A
Retro Begimert Attacked by Hebels and Bloodhounds.
IL POETBY,—" Tell Him I’m Ready ”by James M.
Stewart— ‘ 4 UightSonff,”/romthe German—“ Life,? by
Richard Coe—Pouch*s “ Unwary Sou*.”
111, ORIGINAL NOVELETTE —Jessie and Maud,”
written expressly for Fomev’s War Press* by Mrs.
Bmma EgK'e^on—ChaDters Yill. and IX.
IV. ALL THE LETTERS OF “OCCASIONAL.”
V, EDITORIALS.—War in Earnest—Goyern.or Cur-
Un’s Proclamation-The Navy Yard and Pennsylvania -
Three Months Dwn South —The Presidency—American
Claim against England—Petroleum will he King— How
O'd is Washiußton Our Sanitary Faix A Chinese
Cracker Exploded-The New. York “New
Kitchen ” Idea.
VI. MISCELLANEOUS-M li&boulaye on American
Affairs —An Interesting Celebration—Extraordinary
Statement—lnterview with the Widow of Ex-President
Polk—Defeat of Navajos hy Kit Carson—Tha Soldier
G !tl—Clergymen for the Army—The o' the Bohe-
Rian—Florida Cattle—A Rebel Plot Frustrated—The
GreU Railroad Across Hie Continent—Advancement of a
Runaway Matter—Petroleum in Michigan The 'Colored
Troops in Tennessee —Illegal Confinement in n Lunatic
Asylum-Tbe Veiled Prorbol of ortho-
Ki« of «m Poor—A Giant at the Bar-De
iians 1 B-iti-h Vefsel by theAlabama-Genßat
*tloct‘°f " f 4 "i 'if. Araon? ihe Idaho Gold Mines.
Tir TEE ViE JS THE- SOG?HW£3T, —General
-it"'. fvrr<Ption—details of its BnceessrulTrorress
Prco'-rtr Pestroj-ed—Baiiroads tora nj, Bridies
rnnit and Corn and' Cotton Seized— Capture of 2.030
Searoon, SCO Sebel Prisoners, and over 1.5.0 Males and
Sorres—General Thc-mns Keinforcea-Longstreet'H Re
treat—Sherman's Sxpeahlon-Conflnna'.ion of the Cap
lure of Selma. .
Till TBEWAB IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
Battle at Oliqnil—The U. S. Corvette Honsatonio Sank
COL STREIGHT AND OTHER
TTNION FSISOEERS AT WASHIKGTOY.
THE FRENCH BLOCKADE UF MbXI jO. High*
P octcdings ToTrard American Vessels.
XI THS UNION NATIONAL CONVENTION ,
YTT THE aDDBESS OP THE REBEL CONGRESS,
xni- LECTURE OF HENRY WARD BEECHER.-
* • Message to Great Britain. ” reported phono
graphically exclusively for The Press.
XIV. THE NEW MAGAZINES. - Atlantic Monthly:
“The Queen of CalPoroia” “The Convulsionlsts of
St Medaid”—“Wet Weather Work ” The Continental
Monthly: “Issues of the War”— “Palmer.” Harpers’:
” General Butler and Bufus Choate. ” The United States
Service Magazine: “ The African Color-Sergeant. ”
XV NEW POEMS. “Thirty Pcems,” by William
Cullen Bryant-* ‘Faith and Fancy” by John Savage—
** Poems by Henry Peterson. ”
XVI. SUMMARY for the week
ending Monday. February 29th.
XVII. LOCAL INTELLIGENCE —The Coming Draft
The Revolutionary Relic lie Debt of the City—Re
ception of Major General Hancock—Cool Impuderce-
Punished forSmu fc gHn* Whisky - The Passenger KaU
load Furore —AriCY Hospital Report—Speeches at the
Uniou League Eonse Deserters Trying to Escape-
Death of a WeU-hnown Chemht.
XVIjI. CITY FOLICE INTELL GENCB.
X X. AN OLD MAID’S STORY.
XX. RICHMOND PERSONALS.
XXI. CONFaRMATION OF GENERALS.
wit THE MTJRDBE AT SILVER CREEK, Schuyl
kill county.
XXIII. LETTER FROM HARRISBURG. - Personal—
Politici—Re-enlistments—General Lee’s Orderly—Rebel
Account of the Invasion of Pennsylvania—The Amnesty
Proclamation Well Received
XXIV. LETTER FROM NEW YORK CITY.—A Teu
tonic Commotion—Andrews, “The Virginian ’’—Naval
Matters —A Donation to Artists
XXV. LETTER FROM JACKSONVILLE, Fla —The
Campaign in Florida—The Progress of Reconstruction—
Yankee Shrewdness— Military Executions—A Camp of
Instruction.
XXVI LETTER FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTO
MAC —The Eupper of the Ist New Jersey Regiment.
XXVII. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH. —The De
feat at Oluetee. Fla.—The Advance To wat« Lake City—
Ges. Htrdee in the field—An Ambuscade—Beauregard
In Command—The Batile-irouad The Fniudelphia
Officers.
XXVIII. TUB CITIZENS OF HALIFAX TO PRESI
DENT LINCOLN.
XXIX GOVERNOR CURTIN’S PROCLAMATION.—
ENLISTMENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR OTHER
STATES. ~
XXX THE NAVY YARD AND LEAGUE ISLAND.
XXXI. MILLARD FILLMORE'S ADDRESS AT
RDFFALO
XXXII. THE PRESIDENCY.—OPPOSITION TO
PRESIDENT IINCOLS’S RENOMINATION.
XXXIiI THE DANISH WAR.—The fighting at MLs
eunde.
XXXIV. A FAREWELL DINNER,
ZSXT. ASTI*hLAV£RY REPORT OF SENATOR
SUWNBR,
XXXVI. VETERANS AND THEIR BOUNTIES.
XXXVII. THE ISSUE OF A FIVE-FORTF LOAN.
XXXVIII. THE MONEY MARKET.
XXXIX. PHJLADSLPHIA MARKETS.
XL. PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET.
XLi. WEEKLY REPORT OF INTERMENTS.
XLII. OBITUARY.-Death of Charles W. March-
William Hont—Fred. Brown,
JS“SpecimeEßof (he “ War Press” will ba forwarded
When requested. The subscription rate foe single copies
Is $2 per year. A reduction from t> ese terms will be al
lowed when clubs are formed. Single copies, put up In
Wrappers, ready for mailing, may be obtained at the.
counter. Price five cents.
Aspect of Foreign Politics.
It is difficult to come to a: satisfactoiy
opinionrespecting the war in Denmark. The
leading Powers of Europe were parties to
the Treaty which secured to the Prince
Christian the succession to the throne of
Denmark, of course with all its territory, yet
■ Prussia and Austria have invaded the coun
try and are now waging war in it, and the
Prince of Augustenburg appears to have
every prospect of becoming reigning Duke,
of Schleswig and Holstein. Deprived of
these, Denmark would be a miserable little
monarchy, which would probably soon
become annexed by the King of Sweden
and Norway, if Russia did not seize it. Eng
land, whose present policy is that of “Peace
at any price,” calmly submits to see Den
mark partitioned, confining herself to a pro
posal for on amnesty whiie a Congress shall
decide on some way of settling the ques
tion.
The astute Emperor of the French, ready
to make his spring, whenever the occasion
shall arise, subtly smiles at the' existing
confusion, as much as to say, “Had you
accepted my proposal, of last autumn, to
hold a Congress at Paris, for the final ad
justment of European questions, this Danish
affair would have been settled at the time-
Following the example of England, you de
cided to keep back—look at the result!” It
is expected that Napoleon only awaits the
involvement of all Germany in the struggle
which has commenced, and, at the suitable
moment, will pounce upon the Prussian
provinces on the Rhine—the traditionary
boundary of France, in that direction, ever
since the first Napoleon was ruler.
There would also seem to be some coming
-trouble to "Venitia. Without that province,
the new Kingdom of Italy is incomplete.
Austria is said to be strengthening her de
fences in Venitia, and Victor Emmanuel
is increasing and consolidating his anny..
It is even believed that Garibaldi has been
treated with, and may have a leading com
mand in any expedition sent forth to rescue
Venitia -from Austrian misrule. If Napo
leon proves true and. loyal to Italy, there
may be as quick and decided a liberation of
Venitia, in 1864, as there was of Lombardy
in 1859.
The principal Londofi'papers pay little at
tention to the statement, in the Liverpool
Daily Post of February 11th, that certain
British merchants, who had lost property
■by the depredations of the “ Confederate”
pirates, were fittingup a fast screw-steamer,
with a powerful armament, to hunt and
catch the Alabama, the Georgia, the Flori
da, the Rappahannock (if allowed to leave
Vie French port and go to sea;, and the
TuSCfdoosa. It is hinted in some of these
journals that this “may be only a pretext
Tor getting anolher war-steamer out of an
English port, nominally to act against the
pirates, but really as an addition to their
plundering fleet.” The British authorities
will be cautious, after all thaLhas occurred,
iu such suspicious cases as this.
A Correction.
To 1h“. Editor of the Prest:
Sib 11 think there is a mirtake in your article on
the Alexandra, thil morning. The Court cf Ex-
w«» equally divided—ChieT Baron Pollock
and Baron Bramwell for refusing a new trial, and
Barone Chaim ell and Figott for granting it.
In the Exchequer Chamber the four judges of the
Queen’* Bench were for dlteuiaing the appeal.
Three judges of the Common Pleas, including Chief
Justine Erie, were for sustaining the appeal, that is,
for bearing it- This Is the statement oi the Earn
Timet of the nth of February, 1864, which is a legal
publication of authority. Truly yours, E.
PhuadbliPHia, March 1,1864.
t"We thank our correspondent for this cor
rection. Ixrthe Exchequer Chamber, Chief
Justice Ekle, and Justices Williams and
Wilues were of opinion that the Court had
jurisdiction to hear and determine the ap
peal, while Chief Justice Cockburn, and
■Crompton, Blackburn, and Mellor de
clared that there was no power of appeal,
find that the Court had no jurisdiction to in-'
terfere with the Court of Exchequer in the'
case of the Alexandra. —Eds. Press.]
. Mr. Murdoch's Lxctubb.— Mr. Murdoch's
geeture and recitations take place this evening. The
•cause in whioh he labors will be remembered, and
ghe raze eloquence of the speaker Win add a fresh
oharm to that patriotic .motive:
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
- Washington, Match 3, 1864.
The appointment by the President of
General Grant as lieutenant general of the
armies of the United States, in accordance
■with the bill which passed Congress a few
days ago, will stop the shameless misrepre
sentations of the anti-war opposition, in
their efforts to show that because the name
of General Grant was stricken out of the
bill itself, foT reasons that he himself would
have approved, therefore his great services
would not be recognized or rewarded by the
Executive. It was a novel proceeding, and
might prove a tiangerous precedent for
Congress to tell the President whom to
select for public position, and the Senate
very wisely so shaped the bill creating the
office of lieutenant general that the Presi
dent might be left to take his course with
out prejudice or dictation. General Grant
is not alone lieutenant general, but a major
general in the regular army. The other
brave chiefs in the great battles of the South
west, and several of those now in the Army
of the Potomac, have been sought out for
honorable and substantial remembrance and
promotion. The captains, and majors, and
lieutenant colonels of three years ago are
now general officers in the regular army,
and men like Grant, who had resigned
the service for the more lucrative em
ployments of civil life," aTe now occupy
ing the highest posts in the army. Thus
Meade, Sherman, McPherson, and Thomas,
are brigadiers in the regular army—positions
not only of the moat distinguished character,
but sought after because they are lucrative
and influential, Warren and Pleasonton
are now major generals in the volunteers.
And so, from the highest to the lowest, the
generosity and gratitude of the country fol
low those who prove their devotion and their
gallantry. It is not believed that the new
rank conferred upon General Grant will in
terfere with General Halleck, between whom
and the hero of the Southwest the most
amicable relations exist. The one, is ex
pected to remain in active service, and the
other to continue the administration of mi
litary affajrs at the head of his great bureau.
Occasional.
, The committee appointed at the con
vention of the different wards, held at the
Board of Trade rooms on Tuesday evening,
have been working energetically to provide
for .veteran volunteers bounties at least as
large as those of the different wards. We
understand that a number of members of
Councils are in favor of an ordinance ma
king this provision for those veteran volun
teers who have been accredited to the city
at large, and have thus lost their ward
bounties. E. Spencer Milleb, Esq., chair
man of the Committee on Defence and Pro
tection, will to-day report, at the meeting
of Councils, an ordinance to this effect.
With energy on }he part of members of
both branches of Council, the ordinance
Will probably pass, and a fresh excitement
will he given to the valor of our veteran
volunteers.
A Vindication.
In the Sunday Dispatch of January 31 an article
appeared in relation to the shooting of John Hat*
macher* of the 19th Pennsylvania Cavalry, at Shaw
neetown, 111., which would lead the public to be
lieve that Oapt. Roberts, of that regiment, had de
liberately hilled his own orderly. This statement
was copied from a Shawneetown paper. We have
received a letter from Capt. Roberts, endorsed by
the officers or hie regiment, together with a copy of
the evidence taken in the legal investigation of the
case, which entirely' exonerate him from the
charge made in the article referred to. The facts
seem to be, that at Shawneetown there are many
men of but questionable loyalty, and as Capt.
Boberts and Hutmacher, his orderly, were riding
along the street at night, several shots were fired
hy some persons concealed hy the darkness, slightly
wounding the Captain, and mortally wounding
Hutmacher, jvho died in less than an hour after
wards. We make this statement in justice to Oapt.
Roberts, who is a native of this city.
WASHINGTON.
tSpecial Despatches to The Press.]
Washington, March 2,1651.
Congressional.
Representative Spaulding, of Ohio, has been ap.
pointed a member of the committee of conference on
the disagreeing amendments to the whisky bill, ia
place of Mr. Wabhbubnb, of Illinois, who has left
for his home. Mr. Spaulding has heretofore acted
with Mr. Washbubns on taxing spirits oh hand,
but as the &mmittee has been Instructed, that faot
is of no material consequence.
The Committee on Elections to-day decided in ef
fect that Messrs. Loan, MoClttbo, and Kino, of
Missouri, are not entitled to the seats whioh they
now occupy, and which are contested. The ques
tion will therefore be referred back to the people of
Missouri. The committee will, at their next meet
ing, take up the contested case of Knox against
Blair, from the Bame State.
The Seven-thirty Bonds.
The following information win be a sufficient re
sponse to many inquiries whioh have been made
upon the subject:
Seven-thirty notes, if sent to the Tressury Depart
ment for redemption, are paidjthe principal in law
ful money, and the interest in coin.
They are, however, exchangeable at any time, be
fore or at maturity, lor bonds falling due in ISBI, the
principal and Merest of whioh are payable in coin.
None of said bonds are of a less denomination
than five hundred dollars. The notes are, therefore,
convertible only when presented in sums of five
hundred dollars, or the multiples, in accordance
with the act of August, 1861.
When at date of conversion the accrued interest
on the seven-thirty notes exoeeds the accrued in*
tereat on the bonds, the bonds are issued, if coupon,
with full coupons; and, if registered, bearing inter
est from January Ist, or July Ist, next preceding the
conversion, and the balance of interest is paid in
coin. When at date orconversion the accrued in
terest on the six-per-cent, bohds exceeds that in the
seven-thirty notes, the interest due on the notes is
paid in coin; and the bonda are issued, if coupon,
with the first coupon stamped with the date of con
version ; or, if registered, with said date on their
face. If, however, parties desire the bonds to be
issued with full coupons, or drawing a full half-year’s
nterest, they can deposit the balance of interest, if
any, in coin, with any assistant treasurer of the
United States, and forward his original certificate of
deposit with the notes sent for conversion.
The seven-thirty notes should be sent to the
Treasury Department, endorsed “ Pay to the Secre
tary of the Treasury, for redemption,” with the aig*
nature of the party in whose name they are to be
converted.
The right to exchange United States notes issued
under acts of February 25, 1862, and July 1, 1862,-
ceated July 1,1863, as per Set of March 3,1863.
The Legal Equality of the Negro.
The report made by Senator Sumnxb, to-day,
from tbe Committee on Slavery and Freedmen, on
the hill to secure equality before the law In the
courts of the United States, reviews the history of
out jurisprudence in respect to the exclusion of
colored testimony in the courts, and examines the
laws of the several States relative to this subject.
South Carolina, it appears, has never had a law ex
pressly excluding such testimony, yet its oourts
practice such an exclusion. In concluding this re
view, the report says: “It is difficult to read the
provisions In a single State without impatience; but .
the recurrence of thil injustice, expressed with such
psrticulsrity in no less than fifteen States, makes,
impatience swell into indignation, especially when it
la considered that in every State this injustice is
adopted and enforced by the courte of the United
States. It further appears that in no State can a
■lave testify against a white person, excepting that
in Maryland he can testily against a white person
who is not a Christian. '
Only under certain circumstances in Delaware and
Louisiana can a free negro testify against a white
person. The eccentricities of judicial decisions
illustrating this branch are numerously cited.
Among tbe consequences of exelusion are mentioned
the maltreatment or murder of slaves, or even
free negroes, with impunity, and the perpetration of
crimes against white men, in the presence of colored
persons, with the same immunity horn punishment.
The report traces this proscription to the barbaric
ages, and makes it the Offspring of slavery, origina
ting inignorance and prejudice. Among the ancient
Greeks, a slave’s testimony was not believed upon
his oath, but was admitsable -under torture. The
Romans adopted a similar legal practice.
In England, under the common law, this proscrip
tion was never reccgnized. The grounds for such
injustice are examined at length, and the report con
clude# as follows : “It ia for Congress to determine
whether the proscription shall continue to be main
tained in the courts of the United States; or, in
other words, if a iooal rule, barbarous, irrational,
and unjust, shall be allowed to exist any longer with
the national sanction.” Accompanying the report
1b a letter fiom Ohief Justice Avplbton, of Maine,
which dedu ea the exclusion of testimony incom
patible with uniformity in the administration of
law, and an insurmountable proof of deficient civili
zation, and produces arguments to show that the
exclusion is not on account of falsehood- of the ex
cluded witness, his incapacity or servile condition
but upon his color alone.
Vindication of Gen. Wasbburne.
Major General Okd’s report, i B regard to the bat.
tie of Bayou Ooteau, Louisiana, has been received
here, and it completely vindicates General wash
bubnh from the charges of bad management of that
aflair, whioh were made by anenspaper correspond,
ent. He says: “General Wasbbubbb was at his
prescribed post, with his-command, on the morning,
of tbe attaok, and lt-was owing to Ilia zeal and dili
gence that the rear guard, when attacked, were re
inforced promptly, and the enemy driven away dis
comfited.”
Confirmation of Gen. Grant by the Senate.
The Senate, in executive session to-day, unani-
mously confirmed the nomination of Ulysses s.
Qbast, now a major general in the military ser
vice, to he lieutenant general in the army of the
United States.'
Joszfb K. Baibbs was also confirmed 66 Medi-
cal lo.pe.tor General, with the rank of colonel in
the army of the United State*.
HiHEr Drrlinobk, to be coUeotor Of internal
revenue in the diitriot of Oregon,
H L Noweli., collector of internal revenue for
the second collection district of Tennes.ee.
Wm. M. Align, o! Missouri, euperintendent of
Indian aflairs for the Central Superintendency, and
the following to be Indian agents:
T E. TJrsoN, of Kansas, for the Black Feet and
other neighboring tribes.
AuEßr K Tloks, of Washington Territory, for
that Territory, and Koheut W. Furnas, of Ne
braska, for the agency.
The Whisky Committee.
The free committee of conference on the disagree
ing amendmen'a to the whisky bill, ordered to-day,
consiste of Senators Sherman, Clark, and Has*
cricks, and Representatives Morrill, Kasson,
and Spaulding.
The Senate having disagreed to the House in
structions to tax whisky on band for sale, and the
House having in efleot reoeded from them, the
committee will have an unembarrassed or fre°
conference.
Tile Government.
Good financier, assure the Gc-vernncnt that slnoe
Congress hss absolutely provided that the principal
as well as interest of the two-hundred-million loan
eball be paid in coin, it wiU readily be diaposed of at
five per cent, interest.
The Government again advertiees, this morning,
for three thousand more cavalry horses.
Condemned Deserters to he Sent to the
I>ry Tortogas.
The President has directed that the eenlences of
all deserters, who have been condemned by court
maitiai to death, and which have not been other
wise acted upon by him, be mitigated to imprison
ment during the war at the Dry Tortugas, Florida,
where thty will be sent, under suitable guards, by
oideis from the army commanders.
The Quicksilver Case.
Owing to the physical indisposition of Associate
Justice Grirr, the argument in the Quicksilver
ease has been postponed till next week.
A Resignation.
Wm. A. Bryan, Esq , has resigned his position
as chief of the bureau of inspection of the post
office department, on account of ill health,
General Matters.
The Baltimore Annual (Conference of the Metho
diet Epleoopal Church meets in this city this morn
ing, at Wesley Chapel. A very large number of
preachers are in attendance.
The Washington City Police and Fire-alarm Tele,
graph ia to bo put up immediately, by John F. Kbn-
HARD & Co, of Philadelphia. Forty- flvo m ties of
wire will be used. The dial system is to be adopted.
A soldier named Drnnib Mahokt, stationed at
Camp Marshall, has been committed on oharge of
murdering a fellow-soldier named William Houok.
Mahony attributes the deed to whisky.
The Dralt—Order of the Provost Marshal
General.
The following circular was issued to-day:
War Department,
Provost Marshal General’s Office,
Washington, March 2,18G4.
Boards of Enrolment will commence on the 10th
inst. to make the dralt in ah sub-districts which had
not filled their quota, before the Ist inst.
All volunteer, who may enlist before the draft is
actually made will be deducted from, the quotas
by the Board of Enrolment, in accordance with
orders to be given In each esse, by the A. A. Provost
Marshals General of the State.
If the quota shall not be filled by the first draft the
Beaid shall make further drafts, until the entire
quota is obtained. JAMES B. FEY,
Provost Marshal General.
IMPORTANT REBEL NEWS.
Bragg Placed in Command of all tbe
Rebel Armies.
GENERAL LEE HIS SUBORDINATE.
BEAT! REBEL LOSS IN FLORIDA.
Apprehensions Concerning Johnston’s Army.
COMMENTS ON THE POMEKOY CIRCULAR.
+
[Special Uerprich to The Press. 1
Washington, March 3.—A large batch of very
late and interesting rebel papers has reached the
office of the Chronicle. The news Is very important,
and is in brief as follows: ,
The Bichmond papers announce, with hardly con
cealed regret, the appointment of General Braxton
Bragg to the commandership-in-chief of all the
rebel armies, even over the head of the great Gene
ral Lee himself. The Examiner, whioh for some
time past made the hero of Chickamauga a scape*
goat for the military sins of Davis, assails Bragg
withfrerh bitterness. His appointment is exceed
ingly'unpopuiar, and Davis and himself share equal
odium.
The rebels boast a complete victory in Florida,
but, notwithstanding, tadmit heavy losses of-offleers
and men.
Longstreet’s falling back appears to be a mystery
to the rebels themselves. For prudential reasons
the Enquirer docs not mention bis probable where
abouts. Great apprehensions are expressed ror the
safety of the army in Georgia, and for the situation
in Alabama and Mississippi.
Captains Sawyer and Flynn, lately selected to be
martyrs to retaliation, are about to be surrendered
to exchange.
Deserters from the rebel army are now inflicted,
with terrible punishments, to save the military
power of the Confederacy. They go through a fear
ful process of branding, whioh is described in the re
bel papers, and many oi them have been publicly
hung in the smaller towns.
The Enquirer again warns the farmers that agri
cultural products must be sold for still lower price#.
The salaries of Government employees have been
raised one hundred per cent,, to enable them to pro
cure the neoesaarlea of life.
Great ado is made over the Copperhead
tionin the North. Every attack upon President
Lincoln’s Administration is quoted with exagge
rated comment. Senator Pomeroy’s circular is pro
minently copied by the Riohmond press, and en
dorsed with evident satisfaction. T. B.
TBE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
Highly Important Arrangements Effected,
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GEN. BUT
LER AND COMMISSIONER OULD.
[Special Despatch to The Press j
■Washington, March B.— Arrangements for the
exchange of prisoners have at length been effected.
For some time past an unofficial correspondence be
tween General Butler and the rebel Commissioner
Child hasjbeen earned on. This correspondence has
resulted in a declaration of exchange, in whleh it is
agreed that all prisoners delivered at City Point up to the
24 th of January, 1864, ore declared exchanged. T. B.
THEWAB IN THE SOUTHWEST,
Gen, Thomas’ Position but Tiro Miles
from Dalton.
the reported retreat to tun
nel HILL FALSE.
The Eekls Said to Number but 15.000.
The Nashville Union of the 28th gives fall par
ticulars of the battle of reconnoissance in the vi
cinity of'Dalton on the 85th, derived from a witness.
The Union says:
General Thomas was present, and superintended
mattersin person; and after diteoverlng the enemy’s
position, became convinced that it was too strong
to be carried by assault, and he therefore made pre
parations for a strategic movement, the nature of
which, however, we deem it imprudent to mention;
and therefore Graft's division was ordered to take
up a new position, thereby leaving the brigades of
King and Hambright, of Johnston’s division, which
were in the advance, with no other support than
Morgan’s brigade of Jeff. O. Davis’ command.
Mistaking this for a retreat, the rebels, at about
8 o’clock A, M-, on the 86th, advanced their lines,
and, before they were discovered, were.within twelve
feet of our pickets, who were but a short distanceTn
advance of the main body. As soon as our lines were
discovered, the enemy opened a volley of musketry,
which was returned in gallant style, tor an hour and
a hslf, and Until the ret els withdrew.
Our Informant describes the scene as one of the
grandest he ever witnessed; the continual rattling
of musketry, from ten thousand infantry, and. the
bright blaze of the powder, whioh, at first in flashes,
finally settled as if a steady flame until the heavens
were illuminated, rendered tne affair altogether be
beyond tbe power of description. ...
Nothing can surpass the gallantry displayed by
our troops In this battle. They have added to their
bard-earned laurels, and given the world a new
cause for admiring their heroism, patriotism, and
valor.
Dating the night, trains were heard coming-in
from the South continually, and from prisoners it
was learned that Johnston was oalllng in his scat
tered forces; hut that all would not amount to more
than 15,000 men.
General Palmer’s garments were pierced no less
than four times, by bullets, during the series of en
gagements. .
Our forces had not fallen back, as reported by tele
graph, to Tunnell Hill; but held a strong position
beyond Buzzard Roost, from whioh they oannot be
driven, and from whioh an advance will doubtless
be made, within a day or two. Everything wears
the most cheering aspect in the front.
NIGHT SCENE AT TUNNEL HILL.
When night came on, a spectacle met our eyes at
once brilliant, beautiful, and sublime. Daring the
course of the conflict, the leaves, rendered inflam
mable by several weeks’ dry weather, had taken
fire; and now long lines of the devouring ele
ment could be seen everywhere running up and
down the mountains, twisting and writhing,
and hissing like monstrous serpents of living
fire. The fine twigs and cones, of which vast
quantities lay upon the ground, added to the
hugeness of the conflagrationin some places
the progress of our withdrawing troops was seri
ously impeded tv the smoke and heat, and at 10
P. M. it really aeemed to a spectator gazing from
Tunnel Hill aa tithe whole State of Georgia was on
fire, and her eternal mountains were melting be
neath, the flames. The Union ion is put down at
two hundred, and that of the rebels at five hundred.
The results have prevented Johnson from detaching
troops to operate against General Sherman, fa
miliarized our troops with a hitherto unknown
country, and at the same time demonstrated the
tremendous strength of the rebel position at Ration.
Departure of the. Africa.
Boston, March B.—The steamer Africa, which
sails to-day Cor Liverpool, will takq Out $l6 000 la
specie.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA., THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1864.
Successful Reconnoissance of Oen. Custer
CAPTURE OF PRISONERS AND HORSES.
Movements of General Kilpatrick’s Cavalry.
Apprehended Raid on the Orange and
Our Cavalry Penetrate lo Charlottesville.
FITZ LEE’S AND WICKHAM’S FORCES ROUTED
IN A CHARGE.
50 Prisoners and 350 Horses Captured,
and 3 Large Mills Destroyed.
100 Miles Travelled in Two Bays witiiout Loss,
[Special Despatch to The Press, 1
Washington, -March o.—The following i» re
ceived from The Press correspondent in Virginia:
Culpeper Court House, March 2. —General
Cutter hat juct returned from a most successful, au
dacious -raid into the heart of the enemy’s country,
with fifteen hundred men, picked from Merritt’a
end Gregg’s divieione, accoutred in light marching
order.
He pßcetratedalmosl as far as Charlottesville, sur
prising and destroying a rebel camp, routing the oc
cupants, and blowing up several caissons. AII was
done in the teeth of the rebels, and in front of
Charlottesville.
Captain Ash,[of the 6th Regulars, a Philadelphian,
led the charge into the rebel encampment, and,
despite the showers of lead and iron, completed the
wor k of devastation.
Our troops retired before the approash of the
rebel infantry, destroying the bridge over Ravenna
river, about six miles from the town. Night set in,
and the troops could not distinguish the road.
Colonel Stedman, who commanded the brigade of
five hundred selected from Gregg’s division, led the
advance. He got separated from the main body,
and reached the 6th Corps picket line near Madison
Court House in Bafety. Gutter was lost and belated,
and bivouacked that night in the pinee.
Next morning he found that Stuart had marohed
all night, and succeeded in getting into his rear.
Stuart had two’thousand men of Wlckbam’e and
Fitzhugh Lee's brigades. The only way to get
through was to charge. The command was given,
and Custer led the way in fine style. The rebels
were driven towards the mountains, and the men.
daking new roads came into oamp-by an obscure
and circuitous route. captured fifty prisoners,
three hundred and fifty horses, destroyed, three
large mills, and travelled over .one hundred miles
in less than forty-eight hours, and ail without
losing a single man. K. H. M.
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE RAID —A.
BOLD CAVALRY FIGHT.
Headquarters op thr Army op the Potomac,
Maroh 2.—General Custer started with a force of
cavalry, on Sunday, to make a reconnoissance to
wards Qordonsviile; the 6th Corps, General Sedg
wick, following in support.
He passed through Madison Court House on Mon
day morning, and on reaohing Wolftown, a few
miles beyond, encountered a rebel picket, whloh he
captured.
Passing across the Rapidan and Ravenna rivers,
in the direction of Charlottesville, he met no enemy
till within three or four miles of the latter place,
where he charged a body of rebel cavalry under
General Stuart, driving them a considerable dis
tance.
Captain Asb, of the sth United States Cavalry,
(Regulars,) - charged on a rebel camp near this plaoe
with sixty men, drove the enemy, burned their tents,
six caissons, and two forges, and retreated without
the loss of a m au. This was one of the boldest fights
that our cavalry has been engaged in during the
war.
Finding that his small force was opposed by in
fantry, together with Stuart’s, cavalry and several
batteries (which opened on Mm), and that's number
of train* had just arrived with troop* to oppose hi*
advance, he determined to return. After crossing
Bavenna river he burned the bridge, destroyed three
flouring-mills filled with grain, together with a quan
tity of harness, &c., and fell back towards the Bapi*
dan. His battery horses having given out, he had to
halt for the night.
On nearing the Bapidan, on the next morning, he
met a large body of rebel eavalry on the road to
Burton’s Ford. After skirmishing with them for a
time he found that the rebels had concentrated their
force at this point, when he suddenly wheeled, and,
taking the road to Banks’ Ford, crossed without
opposition.
The enemy followed for some distance, but failed
to Inflict any damage.
General Custer returned to camp today, with only
four men wounded slightly and one rather badly.
He captured and brought in fifty prisoners, a- large
number of negroes, some three hundred horses, and
besides destroyed a large quantity o! valuable stores
at Stannardsville.
A number of rebels were wounded in the skirmish
near the Rapidan.
THE WHEREABOUTS OF GEN. KILPATRICK.
Washington, March 2. —Nothing is officially
known of the whereabouts of Gen, Kilpatrick. It
is said, in well-informed circles, that on Monday he
was at Spottsylvania Court Hduse, which, according
to the Gazetteer } is sixty* five miles from Richmond,
An offloer who arrived here to-night from the Army
of the Potomao reports that when last heard from he.
was within eighteen miles of that city. This, how
ever, may be mere surmise, as there is no communi
cation by which such a fact could be ascertained.
General Custer’s movement was to deceive or
draw off the attention of the enemy, while' Kilpa
trick journeyed in another direction. The supposi
tion is that he got a fair start, with no danger in his
rear. v
He hu certainly had .ufflcient time to reach Rich
mond, If such was a part of the plan of operations.
ADDITIONAL PABTIGULa.ES.
■Washington, March 2.—A special despatch to
the Daily Chronicle, from Culpeper to-day, says that
den. Custar, with 1,600 picked men, in light march
ing order, left Culpeper Court House about 2 o'clock
on Sunday afternoon. '
- The 6th and 3d Corps marched from their winter
quarters earlier in the day. The former halted at
Madison Court House, and threw out a strong cor
don of pickets, while the latter' bivouaoked in the
neighborhood of James City, and held the line of
Bobertioh’s road. About 2 A. M. on Monday the
raiders left their resting place near James City, and
took the road for Charlottesville.
The men had been picked from Merritt’s and
Gregg’s divisions,'and were well mounted. Whan
they marched up the steep banks of the Bsvenna
river their coming was unknown, and altogether
unexpected, Before us, the ooirespondent says,
was a large eavalry oamp, the huts arranged with
mathematical precision and soldierly regularity.
On one side the horses were quietly standing; on
the other six pieces of artillery were parked, with
all the appurtenances neatly arranged, and in close
proximity to the oaissons. The sth Begular Regi
ment of General Merritt’s old brigade led the van.
Captain Ash, with one squadron, dashed among the
comfortable-looking huts with reokless preeipltanoy,
and scattered the inmates in all directions. ’
He ordered the men to destroy all they could, and
they obeyed the instruction to the very letter." As
neither axes nor rat-tailed files could be found inhls
command, it was impossible to spike the guns or
chop the gun-carrisgcs to pieces, so they contented
themselves with blowing up the caissons and de
stroying the camp. In the meantime, the enemy
were rallying with the rapidity and zeal of Gauls at
th e call of their ehief.
Several pieces of artillery were belohing forth
their destructive notes at the audacious invaders;
and the main body of Custer’s oommand coming up,
the enemy were driven a short distance, to give us a
foothold on the crest of the same hill with them
selves. Between our troops and the town the enemy
were gathering In great force. Every thing warned
us to get away as speedily as possible, lest it might
be our lot to get surrounded.
They had telegraphed from Charlottesville to
Orsnge Court House that uninvited visitors were
there, and aid was needed to expel them from the
neighborhood. The answer tq these despatches
came towards evening, In the shape or'flve eandoads
of infantry. There wasnothingleftus nowbutspeedy
retreat. Ont horees were wheeled about, and towards
sunset the Bavenna was oroiued, the bridge burned,
and all the mills that could be found In the neighbor
hood destroyed, in returning, the advance was
given to Col. Stcdman, who commands a battalion
of five hundred men chosen from General Gregg’s
division.
The night wss dark, and the rain, that continued
to fall, was mingled with sleet.
Custer, who followed with a thousand men, com
posing the remnant of his commend, got lost In the
thick gloom. For some time they endeavored to
blunder through a deep and muddy ravine, Into
which they had strayed, but when they thought of
two pieces of artillery all hope o' getting through
with them was given up.’ Stedman with his five
hundred men continued on their course, which,
luckily for them, was correct, and about fonr o’clock
on Tuerday morning they reached our infantry
pickets, inside of Madison Court House. Ouster
findißg it impossible to proceed farther, bivouaoked
that night in the woods, while he baited bis horses
and refreshed his men.
General Stuart, with 2,000 oavalry men, of Wick
ham’s and Fitz Hugh Lee’a brigades, was marching
towards bis rear. The next morning, about nine
o’clock, Custer matehed towards the right road, and
having found it, and marched upon it .a short dis
tance, discovered that Stuart, with his ragged but
indefatigable followers, bad succeeded in getting in
to bis rear. As]tbey neared Stannardsville, about 15
miles from the picturesque little village of Madison,
the rebel cavalry were seen drawn in line across the
toad.
This meant hostility, and for some time the officer*
of our little command were at a loss what to do.
The object of their wearisome and dangerous raid
was to draw the rebel eavalry away from the Cen
tral road to Richmond, and they had no Intention of
drawing him so far to their rear. All that bothered
our troops was the section of Bansom’a battery, and
that slightly Impeded their progress. In general
council it was proposed to throw these two Parrott
guns into the nearest and deepest ditoh; but Caster
protesting, declaredOie would fight his way through.
Indeed a charge was led by himself in person._.
The rebell etood their ground manfully, but our two
guns now opened on them, and completed
their discomfiture, that wae fast causing their lines
to waver. They fled hastily, and our men pursued.
them hotly till they reached another road, whloh af
forded no means of egress.
Three rebels were killed in this oharge, and a con
siderable number wounded." Many prisoners- fell
into bur bands, some of whom succeeded in making
'heir eicApe.
OoL stedmsn, hearing the firing iathedireetioa
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.
to Stannardsvllle.
Alexandria Railroad.
of Stannardsvllle, and knowing it must arise ttom an
engagement between Ouster and the enemy, started
back with his wearied men to thß relief of the be
leaguered party* They proceeded till the enemy was
met and Custer discovered to be safe, when they
also returned without damage.
This expedition was highly successful. The di
version created in favor of Kilpatrick could not
have been greater. The 3d and 6th corps remained
on the open field, exposed to all the inclemency Of
the weather.
At one time General Sedgwick was at a loss how
to proceed. NO intelligence had been received from
Custer.
His troops bad consumed their scanty store of sup
plies, while the clouds assumed a more gloomy as
peot. At last everything was discovered to be pro*
greeting favorably, and the infantry are by this time
on the homeward march.
'Washington, March 2.—The Alexandria Journal
says: We would not be surprised within a day or
two to hear of a raid on the wagon trains on the
thauge and Alexandria road, as well as in the
neighborhood of Vienna, as a force or Moseby’s gue
rillas was seen yesterday within two and a half miles
Of Falls .Church, watching the movements of our
train. Moeeby was along in person.
CAPTURE OF A REBEL MAIL,
CCofrespcudeEceof the If. T. Herald. 3 .
Akmy of THB Potomac, March I, lB6i }r"ihsl?<?n
excitement was started to-day at
and throughout the army, by the publication, lathe
New York Times, of an announcement of the mo
merit* of a part of this army. The result will be
probably the expulsion of that paper and its oorre
snordrnts from the army. , •.
• * large rebel mail was capturedto»day at Fairfax,
wi ioh filled fire larce trunks. The whole was cover-'
ed’bv a pats from the War Department, hut the vigi
laoce of Colonel Devereaux’s railroad detectives
circumvented the miscreants, and led to the arrest.
The i fl'ender was a woman, who professed to be on
a mission of meioy to the Army of the Potomac.
CHARLESTON,
The Slsklsg of the llousatonle-Loss of
ttic Torpedo Boat.
Baltimore, March 2.— Late Richmond papers
Rave been received at the American office, from
Which it appears that the torpedo boat which sank
the United States steamer Housatonio mu»t also
have been lost.
The Charleston papers of the 27th ult. speak of
having ascertained the eause of the sinking of the
Housatonio ftom «' captured YaDk.es.” They had
previously supposed that the vessel was sunk in a
storm.-and only ascertained that tho torpedo boat,
had been successful ten days alter the Occurrence,
which, it will be remembered, was on the 17th
The torpedo was compianded by Lieutenant Dixon,
of Mobile.
FORTRESS MONROE.
News from lUbel'Tspera
Fortress Monroh, Maroh I.—The flag-01-tnioe
steamer New'York arrived last evening from City
Point. -
The Richmond Examiner of February 29th has
been received, containing the following despatches,
which were telegraphed from herelaat evening, but,
owing to the storm, may not have passed through:
“ Charleston, Feb. 26.—One hundred ahells were
thrown at the city to. day.
“An official despatch from Gen. Finnegan, dated
Ssnderson, via Tallahassee, 26tb, says: I My advance
forces ceeupy Baldwin, and my main forces will
reach there this afternoon.” ’
“ Charleston, Feb. 27,—A Yankee picket boat,
commanded by Boatswain Smitb, containing one
efficer and five men, was captured last night. The
torpedo boat that destroyed the Housatonio was
commanded by Lieutenant Dixon, ol Mobile.”
“ Greekvillb, Feb. 27. —General W. E. Jones
captured on 22d test., at Wyman’s Mlils, five miles
east of Cumberland Gap, 260 Yankee, and 13 ne
groes.”
The Richmond Enquirer I February 29tb, says:
“ Macon, Feb. 27.—Governcs'Brown, of Georgia,
has this day issued a proclamation oonvenlng the
Legislature in apcclal session on the 10 th of March.”
‘’Tunnel Hill, via Dalton, Feb. 27.—The enemy
passed through here last night at 12 o’eloak, and will
probably not make a stand this side of Ohlokemauga.
“Our loss, In yesterday’s fight near Dalton, was 161
wounded, includlig Colonel Cuttle, of 41st Georgia,
and 10 killed. AU Thursday night the enemy were
busy in removing their killed and wounded. They
fell back two or three miles yesterday,”
. The Richmond Sentinel , Feb. 27th, says:
“ Dalton, Feb. 25.—Our army is in line of battle
at Tunnel Hill. There wae a sharp engagement
yesterday between Clayton’s brigade and the enemy,
lasting half the day. A hundred Yankee saddles
were emptied.”
“ Dalton, Feb. 26.— Enemy have disappeared from
our ftont, retreating towards Chattanooga, Wheel
er Is in pursuit,” .
“ Greenville, Feb. 26 —Forreason, imprudent to
disclose at present, General Longstreet has with
drawn his forces to . The movement was
made quietly, and without Interruption from the
enemy, who has not crossed the Holston as yet. Ma
jor General Buokner has been assigned to the com.
maid of Hood’s division. Major General Ranson
takes command of aU the cavalry in this depart
ment.” .
“ Artbsia, Miss , Feb. 25.—The Yankees have
left Pontotoo. Gtolson following, had routed and
scattered the enemy. We lost as many officers as
men. Sherman’s advance has reaehed Pearl river.”
“Demopolib, Miss., Feb. 26 General Forrest’s
command too tired to continue the pursuit. General
Gholion, wlthSOO to 700 State troops, went in pur
suit. Many of enemy’s wounded fell into our
hands.” '
ARKANSAS.
Desertions fYereri Price’s Army —Tire Union
Sentiment Progressing.
Fort Smith, Ark., March 2.—Captain Ron and
twelve of his men, deserters ftom Gen. Price’s army,
have arrived at Van Buren.
He brings no confirmation of the rumor that
General Price had left the rebel army.
General Frost, of Gamp Jackson notoriety, bad
gone to Mexico.
Union mass meetings are being held daily, and the
vote at the coming election will be large. Nearly
3,000 voters have already been registered at Little
Rock.
The abandoned farms are being rapidly leased,
and the prospects for large crops are good.
CALIFORNIA.
The Gold Mines,
San Francisco, March I.—The ship Skylark,
From New York, lias arrived. The steamer Paclfle
has sailed for the Northern coast, with over a thou
sand passengers bound for the Idaho gold mines.
Emigration in that direction overland has also com
menced on .a large scale, considering the earliness of
the season. Coal and crushed sugar have deollned
in price.
The Sonora Democrat says that great uneasiness
prevails among the farmers ■ throughout that State
concerning their crops. ’■ Very Utile grain has been
planted, while we in Sonora have been more favored
with rain than other portion! or the State, The
prospeots here are gloomy indeed.”
The Legislature has passed a bill requiring foreign
'insurance companies, doing in OaUfomia,
to deposit bonds amounting to $75,000, for each com
pany , with the State Treasurer.
MEXICO AND SAN DOMINGO.
New Yobs, March 2.—The steamer Eagle has ar
rived with Havana dates of the 27th ult,, Vera
Cruz dates of the 20tb, and from Mexico to the 15th
of February. Yueatleas has not been oceupied by the
French, but it and San Bias are soon expected to be.
General Mejia left San Luie Potoei on the 29th of
January. Part of hie forces occupied Matehuela on
the 23d. The mail was recently robbed near Arroyo
Yarco, and the guard of eighteen soldiers aU wound
ed and made prisoners. The town of Napala has
been burned for having harbored some guerillas. An
attaok was expeoted on Guadalajara by seven or
eight thousand Mexioans, under General Uraga.
About one thousand French and two thousand Mexi
can Imperialists, under Miramon, were there, and
some fortifications have been hastily ereoted. Jua
rez was at Saltillo, and was well reeeived. General
Bazalne Is in Mexico city, father Miranda is ill in
Mexico, and it is rumored ihat he has been poisoned.
A warehouse at Yera Cruz was burned on tbe night
of the 19th of February, with a large quantity of
oats and flour belonging to the French army.
The people of Vera Cruz on the loth oelebrated,
for the second time, the acceptance of the throne by
Maximilian. A charter has been granted to several
European bankers for thirty years for the Bank of
Mexleo, to be guaranteed by the new Government.
A treasure convoy with $1,400,000 arrived at Vera
Cruz on the 11th. General Doblado has gone to
Durango.
San Domingo advices are unimportant. The town
of Barrahona was burned when recently captured
by the Spaniards, and three field pieces were cap’,
tnred.
: The United States steamer De Soto waa at Havana
CAPE TOWN*
Tire Seizure of Aire Pirate Tuscaloosa.
New Yobk, March 2.—Advices have been re
ceived here from Cape Town- to Jan. 5. They con
firm the report of the seizure of the pirate Tusca
loosa.
Previous to her seizure the American consul, Mr.
Graham, had commenced a suit in the Vice Ad
miralty Court for a restitution to the owners of a
quantity of hops and tobaeoo, whloh had been
smuggled into Cape Town*'from the bark Sea Bride.
. The Governor consenting to hold the goods subject
to the Older of the owners, tbe suit was withdrawn.
There are also some goods belonging to the ship
Talisman held in the eame manner.
Railroad Acciddut —No Loss of Life.
Louisville, March 2.— The afternoon Nashville
train has not strived here, having been detained by
an accident to an extra train of seven cars, all of
which, except the last one, were empty. By the
spreading of the rills the latter train ran off the
track at Senora, 65 miles below here, at 10 o’clock
ibis morning.
The engineer and fireman were thrown over an
embankment, but neither was hurt. Five or six
cars were broken to pieces, but as only the last err,
which was saved, contained passengers, there was
no lots of life.
The Antietam Battle-held.
Baltimore, March 2.— The following is from the
American of this morning: 11 lathe Maryland Senate
yesterday, the committee on the Antietam battle
field reported in favor of tbe purchase of twenty
sores of the battle-field, and jointly with the State
of New York, ■which agrees to bear half the expense,
to re inter therein the remains of the soldiersoi the
Union who fell in tbe battle. They also propose the
purchase of three sores upon. South Mountain, upon
which to ereot a monument to Gen. Beno.”
Great Fire at Sedalia, Missouri.
Sbdalia, Mo., March 2.— A fire broke out this
morning, .about two o’clock, la the Missouri Hotel,
and spread so rapidly that many of the Inmates only
raved their lives by leaping from the windows.
Five persons are known to have been killed, amoug
them tbe wife and daughter of the proprietor of the
hotel, Mr. T. 'W. Greaihsm. StveraLbuUdlngs on
the west and one whole block east of the hotel were
consumed. The toss it estimated st $160,406, with
but little Iniursaee, Tbe fire was the work of an
EUKOPE.
Arrival Of tbe Steamer Damascus al
Portland.
DUPPEIN AND AI.SEW DEPENDED
BY 40,000 DANES.
A Danish Monitor in Action
Portland, March 2— The eteamer Damascus,
from Liverpool on the 18th ult., and Londonderry
on the i9tb> arrived at this port this morning at 10 60
o’clock. - _
The steamship "Nova Scotian, from Portland, ar
rived at Londonderry on the ißth ult.
An attack on DUppeln by the allied forces was
imminent, but no news oi its commencement had
been received up to the time of the departure of the
steamer. ’ ,
It ia stated that the place is defended by a force of
40 000 Danes.
The Parliamentary proceedings on the 17m ult.
were unimportant.
Mr. Laird’s bill for a more efficient moSe of tenting
anchors and chain cables in the merchant service
was passed cn second reading in the House of Com
mons.
m FRANCE.
Ft it stated that the Arrangimcfttß for the depar
ture of the Archduke Maximilian for Faria, on his
way to Mexioo, are completed.
The Bcwejcs Deux Mondcs contends that France
and England lose by want of co-opcratloa, anil urges
the re-establishment of an active aliiano?, to avoid
the catastrophe which menaces Denmark, so shame
fully abandoned by England. It is slated that tbe
Monitcur has been pio .it-ited from publishing the
Piince Napoleon’s anti-English speech at the Suez
C&oal celebration.
Bourse turn. Rentes 66f, 70c.
The Pmisiane have continued their operations
agaiust the eutreaobmente »t DUppeln, but the thaw
retarded the movement of their heavy artillery, ami
delayed the attack. It is asserted at Keodsburg that
the Prussian commander had summoned the D .nos
to evacuate DUppeln and tbe Island of Alsen,
giving a very short delay, and falling to comply, the
Prussian army would Immediately occupy Jutland.
The Danes were strengthening the defences of DUp<
ptln and Alaen. Thirty Bthousaod Pruasians are
concentrated in the district of Sundereltt.
A Copenhagen p »per says that the DanisbGovern
meat had received no proposals respecting an ar
mistice.
The Spanish Government hat chartered seven
steamer* to carry 4,000 troops to reinforce the army
of the Antilles. “
The. Schkland Palace, at Rotterdam, containing
the picture galleiy and museum, has been burned.
The Manchester Examiner believes that tbe Go
vernment has resolved to terminate the Galway
Steamship contraot. >
Thei Great Eastern was knocked down atjß-25,000
sterling- The company, however, had previously
puroheeed tbe bonds of the old company to the ex
tent of $70,000 sterling, which must be added to the
above puich*ae money. Another person claim 3 to
have bid £35*000 at the auction sale, and demands
possession ol the vessel.
THE VERY LATENT.
[By Telegraph to Greeneastle.]
Copenhagen, Feb. 18—8 o’clock P. M.—The
DaDi*h monitor (ironclad) Krollkrake has attacked
EDgensund.
She attempted to destroy the bridge erected by
the Auilro Prutsteiifl in the Braager peninsula, but
could not get near enough to do bo, owing to the
shallow water. She fired seventy-two shots, and
tbe German batteries fired one hundred and fifty.
One shot went through her funnel.
The Germans drove the Danish pickets from the
Stendrur and Nabul woods.
The Danes subsequently rallied in force, when the
Geimans retired without offering resistance. Tne
position of the Germans in Brasgerland is very
dangerous*
Commercial Intelligence.
Liverpool Cotton Markets —The sales* f Cotton for
the wr ek amounted to 4<\oCo bales, the market being
irregular and prices h@%d lower, except for A Tier lean,
which wae uachangea and bteady. The s.tle3 on Fri
day were estimated at 4,000 bales, the market closing
quiet and unchanged.
Liverpool Brbadstupfs market. —Flour elo*ed
heavy, with a downward tendency in prices. Wheat
quiet and steady Corn dull and unchanged
Liverpool Provisions Market.— The circulars re
port Provisions qaies and unchanged, wich the ex
ception of Bacon, which ia easier.
London Monet Market.—Consols closed on Friday
at 9]#.
The bullion in the Bank of England has increased
£III,OCO during thejwcek •
AuebicaniStocks —lllinois Central shares, 19}£©l8>£
percent ditcount; Erie?. 62@6.i,
London Monet Market, Feb. 19 —Thef.inde are In
active, but firm. .The discount demand is moderate,
and the undency In rates in downward. The rebel loan
ha* farther t dv&need to 64®56
Marine Intelligence.
Arrived from Philadelphia, bark Elha'at Marseilles.
Mem —The ship Hiawatha* from Bremen for ffew
I or*, was at Fay al.
XXXVIHth CONGRESS—Ist SESSION;
Washington, March 2 1861
* SENATE.
Bills and Communications.
The VICE PRESIDENT laid before the Senate a rep. it
of the Secretary of the ¥avy. transmuting a copy in an
swer to a resolution of tne record of the proceeding* of
tbe advising board appointed under the act of July 16.
1662, which was referred to the Committee on Xfaval
Affairs.
Mr. CftWAN.- of Pennsylvania, presented a memorial
from thrf Board of Trade of Philadelphia, praylcg that
the provisions of the act of March 3d, 1863 entitled ‘‘An
act to protect liens upon vessels in certain cases. ” be ex
tended, which was referred to the Committee on the Ja
dietary.
Mr. SBBBHAN presented a petition from citizens of
Ohio, praying for the construction of a ship caual around
Niagara Fall?, which was referred to the Committee on,
Commerce. * ’
On motion of Mr. SHERMASf, the bill to encourage
fortign immigration was taken up. Ha ȟbmlttcd some
amendments, which were adopted, and tho bill paa?ed..
Naval Grades.
Mr. GRIMES introduced a bill to amend the act of
July, 1863. to establish and equalize the grade of line
officers in the United States navy.
This bill requires the establishment of a board of ex
aminers. senior to the persons examined, of the mental,
moral, and professional fitness of candidates for nomina
tion to any office lower then commodore. If aS>fficsr
fails in the examination, he is to he placed on the retired
list. .Ho farther appointments aeon the active list are,
allowed till the number is reduced lo that now required
bylaw..
Hr WILSON, from the Committee on Military Affairs,
reported a bill in re ; ation to the pay of cadets at the
Military Academy, with amendments.
Mr WADIS' introduced a bill making appropriations
for the repair, preservation, and completion of certain
public works heretofore con- menced by authority,which
was referred to the Committee on Commerce.
This billproviae* for the txpecsaof dredging by*tcam
in Lakes Champlain, Ontario; Erie, and Michigan, and
for the improvements in the harbors of the three last
named. _ '■*
A Personal Explanation.
Hr WILKINSOK. rising to a personal explanation,
read from the Boston Post a recent speech, of Governor
Andrew* inFaneull Hall* criticising a recent epeeoa of
Us in the Senate Chamber* in reference to t&e compara
tive merits of Eastern and Western armies. He de
nounced the sketch of hie speech from which Governor
Andrew had quoted as garbled, and said that he should
have been assured of its authenticity before arraigning
him for having spoken a word in derogation of the troops
from the East. Mr. Wilkinson then read front the Globe
tbe.remarks be bad made in the Senate -he other day,
in which he imputes the repeated want of success of
the Army of the Potomac to the want of capacity
on the part of the officers* and \not to any
‘want of courage on the part of the raeu- He
read frtin the evidence of the late Senator Bowden,
before the Committee on the Conduct’of the W-r in re
ference to the force at Yorhtown, which is placed at
from eight to ten thousand, and yet General McClellan
sat down before it. and caused brave Massachusetts aad
other soldiers to die for months without winning oils
tmetion or glory. Be also read an extract jrom the
Richmond Sentinel, in wbichs-me of the recent move*
meats ot General Grant are styled 4 'atrocious blun
ders?” ft hat would we not have gained if McClellan
had possessed a grain of Grant’s '* atrocious blundering”
capacity ? He then proceeded to review the en
tire campaign of the' Peninsula, commenting severely
upon tbe fact that Hooker was allowed to fight a
whole day at Williamsburg, while an army of
36,C00 men lay under their commander-in-chief, wl.hin
five mlJes, without coming to their relief; also, to the
fact of Casey having been thrown &r In advance of the
main army at Fair Oaks, where he was obliged to stand
the shock of overwhelming numbers, until relieved at a
late hour of the afternoon by Sumner’s forces, who to
aid them swam the Chickahomtny. . Mr* Wilkinson
repeated the charge that while the great victory of Mai
vein Hills was belsg won, General McClellan was safely
escocced on a gunboat. There General Grant’s blun
dering audacity, would} have reaped the fail fruits, of
victory. He alto animadverted on the course of
the commanders of the Army of the Potomac during
General Pupa’s second 801 l Run fight. He was informed
that before the battle of Gettysburg] which he consider
ed the greatest battle on record, the ;order had been
lt-bued for & retreat, which would have been carried
oat if one of tbe corps in the advance had not already
become eig&itd, rendering a retreat impossible This
battle was fought as no battle ever waa fought before,
• and a more honorable victory was won than any ever
gained by Hapoleon. Lee’s army c-mld then have been
annihilated. The soldiers would have done it; but the
army was halted on the banks of the Potimac, while
Gen. Lee’s army were left to cross with only eight
rounds of cartridge per man,' which would have
lasted but four minutes, be. believed. Gen. Mead« was
a pure and patriotic man, hut, for the honor of th» army
and the country, it should be known that the want of
euccess is due. not to the men, hut because the army has
not been managed cs the conquering and victorious
Army of the West has.
Mr. JOHNSON, of Maryland, would not have said a
word in reply to,tfce Senator from Minnesota If he had
not; in making his personal explanation, gone out of
his'way to attack others not concerned. He has assailed
officers in whom tbe people, and in some of whom‘the -
President, has confidence, and one of whom the Execu
tive still retains in an lmportantcommand,and in whom
he has confidtiice In reply to the assertion that during
the battle of Malvern Hill Gen McClellan was on a gun
boat, he emphatically denied it Upon whit authority
doeß the Senator mtka this statemen? Gen. McCiellau
was present durirg the engagement, and personally
snpennttnded the disposition of the forces in this great
battle, which not only covered the Army of the Potomac
with glory, but added lustre to the army of the United
States. The Senator bad stated that Gen Meade had or
dered a retreat just previous to the battle of Gettysburg.
There was nothing on the files of the Wa* Department,
or there lad been nothing commuaicrted to as by the
Executive, showing that such was the case. This proves
that it wa» never given
deprecated this attack upon officers of
the army.. They peril their lives and reputation as
much as the men, and deserved to enjoy with them the
successes of the war. The honorable Senator tells us
this might have been done, and that might have been
done, and he places his authority on some of these mat
ters upon General Hooker. He (Mr- Johnson) would
not Question the patriotism and eonrage of General
Hooker, nor hie ability to lead a division or a corps, but
ha was yet to learn that he commanded the army with
more success than General Meade, though his com*
znand was an unrestricted one What was tbe result of
Burnside s movement, which, however well devised and
successful at first, resulted finally In lamentable dis
aster? He did not suppose it could -be avoided. The
Senator also assailed the Army of the Potomac—not on
account of any want of loyalty, hut on accoaut of the
inefficiency of its> ofiisers. Why, the Hon Senator closes
his eyes to What has been dons in the past tvro years.
He says they have done nothing ” Done nothing! The
North had beep saved twice from being made the theatre
of war. If Meade had failed, Philadelphia would have
hf en at -the mercy of the enemy in less than ten days
Then, again. Maryland was Invaded, an.! a dispirited
and demoralized army, who fled from Yirginla, were
placed under General McClellan, who, organizingthem,
fonght the battles of South Mountain and Antietam, and
the result was that Lee waß driven across the Potomac,
'bootless, to bis home. If Lee bad obtained possession of
Baltimore, What would have become of Washington ?
Tbe benator himself would have been obliged to flee for
safety. What would have been the effect upon
/ortim nations to have bad the seat of government In
tbe emmy b hands ? He would almost have despaired of
the existence of the Government When the gentleman
tells us that the Army of the Potomac hat failed, he goes
againfct the history of the day. If it has not accom
plished all that was expected of it. it has ttfice saved
Washington, and the North, and the State of Maryland.
The Army or the Potomac has not always been under
the command of M<fGleila.&, Burnside, Hooker, and
Meade- General Burnside was a brave mau, and yet we
know that his defeat, as well as that of General Hooker,
neatly lost us the confidence of the Governments of Eu
rope.
Mr. ABTHCNT.of Rhode Island, said that, when the
facts or Burnside s campaign were faUy known, it would
be evident to every one that it was well plaaned, and
only railed on account of the failure of officers to obey
hi* orders.
Mr. WADE, of Ohio, believed ihat the battle of
Fredericksburg was lost by Burnside on account of the
failure of officers high in command to obey orders.
Mr. JOHNfcON bad read tbe defence of one of the offi
cers complaint d or, and he thought he made a clear case.
Whoplaced Burnside in command and removed him ?
The President, who visited the army from time to time
for the purpose of directing its movements. The Presi
dent 8 generals came to Washington from time to time
for the purpose of having interviews with the - President
and carp ingout his orders
The Hon* Senator from Maine said truly, that “when
gcutlemen charged disaster to the Auny of the Potomac,
they should, recollect that the man when managed the
Army ortbe Potomac was a v? estera man, * T and that mau
was the President. When that army stood on Its own re
source*, it had alway&been successm!, but when it acted
under the orders of the President, from some cause or
other, .for lie is .more of a soldier than we it has always
5 1 ® 1 iKnft r i tbe campaign in Florl
da? "oz-MeCioUan, Meade, Hooker. Burnside, or Gil
more, Who, then?
TnnNKn , ,i“ l % a i l could tejl.
Air. JunriSOS said he could not. Gilmore was a sue-'
cessful leader, and the public supposed it was planned
h ad the sanction of the President—whether
justly, he could not sav
Mr. WADE said the President waa charged, unjustly,
with piann.ng the PeuinrnWr campaign. If the Presi
dent s man had been carried out there would have been
no trouble about it. Before he allowed General McClel
lan to go. be made it a precedent condition that Washing
ton should he amply protectee. McQlettan violated the
President s orders,and left no sufficient number of troops
for its defence, andyet he had hardly reached York
town before he was calling for McDowell’s troops when
be knew Marge rebel force was in front of .Washington.
It was not the mult of the President that he went to the
Peninsula. >'
Mr- WILSON had listened with deep regret to this
debate all around. Out be -one side the cfltaershnd on
the other side the Government are held re'pnnaible, and
between the two it doer not setra that the Government
i» enffeiing It teamed to him to he wrong to hold ihe
Governmentreapon&ihle. If you have no eonfifence In
your officers, there U bp hope of* BW&*. ThegeeUe*
man from HIMMoU ha« «nado a sena”
rsainat >ome remark, of o®«rnor Andrerf.
tor ehonid InOw that we are orltlolaed at norno on
telegranlic dsrpalclea pnrportio* to aire waat we say
and do kere. Thoh>*opl« know of fcttl little that wa ao
here save by telegraphic despatcher.- The Qloofi* V**
tailing the verbatim reports, aoes slowly by mall. It w
a mlrfojtxine we most endure. Mr considered,
however, that the reports of the Associated Frees, «on
eidei in (their length, were a 8 aoodlas tt ey could be inaae.
We phon'd be carefn), and not censor* tbs Jrrejiaeat,
nor treSecretary of War. nor General Bailees, for the
misfortunes of others. Wizen victories' are woo, they
are claimed by the officers winning theifr They are
lo'h to elr?re them with the war Department.
Air- ANTEOHTread from the testimony of Gen. M?ade
!u vindication of Gen. Bnrnslde
Mr HENDRICKS, in view of the enbject presented in
the debate, offered a. joint rosolntton of iDqiirr into the
cauFes of the late dltarter in Florida, and under whose
direction it waa made, which wan adopted.
The Whisky Tai:.
Mr. SHERMAN called rp the subject of the disagree
ing votes on the whisky till. H» c'vHed attention ro the
m> from tbe Heuse, and offered o rcsola.loD lh*t
the recitefit of the H'oufo for another commute' 9 of ctm
ffrtnce, with Instruction to ajrree noon a tax of not less
than twenty nor no-e tn*n forty cant? on epirbs or
domestic Manors on hand, be acquiesced in. a Joaetfhv
debste ersued on ihe qnestfon as to the propar parlia
nectary mode in aproceeding of tntH klud.
Mr SEBB MAH’S resolution waarejectod:
IBAS.
Grimes,
Harlan,
Harris,
Howard,
MorriU,
NATS.
Hendricks,
Howe,
Johnson,
Lane (Indiana),
Lane (Kansas),
Morgan,
Nesmith,
Pomeroy,
Anthony,
Dixon,
Doolittle,
Foot,
Bnekulew,
C&Tiile,
Cieik,
Corners,
Ccwau,
Pavla,
PfEfdidßDt
Bfeydlr-ff,
Heiidtrfon.
Sir. GRIMES (Longlit they liad bAttdr get rfd of the
w'no-o subject, as It waa evident the Fenato aod Hoase
would not agree, and iet the matter come ttp iaaittw
bill Be m- ved that the subject be indefinitely £Oat>
yoned. which waa rejected*
I'm-liy. a motion of Mr. CONNBSS, that the Senate
dirßp.rte to the reKola*ion*of instruction prepx od by the
and 'agree “to a roraTnittae of confeiense- y oa
the dirhgTeelng voice of thtf’two Hmf-es was adopted
'ilia Senate vtent into executivesession. and shorty
af'O’wardn adjourned.
HGUbE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Emigration. Bill Passed.
51ie Hou*e passed the Senate bill appropriating forty
thous»r.d dollars for military protoclon to overland
ei'.-1 grants to tb9 Pacific States and Territories. The
route is th/ough the Indian couotry a distance of six
or eight hundred miles, and la infested by robbors and
hithwayiuen
Mr. McCLDBG. of Missouri, asked leave to make au
honr’s epeeth, relative to the personalities of bit col*
1 eaimee. Messrs. KUtg and Bl»lv. bat objection wue
made.
Rills anti InijTitrles. ...
On motion cf Mr JULIAN, of Indiana, the Comihittre
on the Judiciary wet* inetructeo’ to inquire whether
therein any statute punishing the larceny of public pro
perty. by any Federal court, when the crime in not com
muted cn the high seas or places where the United
States have not exclusive jmiadiciioa. and whether
there In any MgitU* to puMsh the in order of any officer
or the United Statess unless tire act is committed in
p'aecß over which the Untied States have exclusive ju
risdiction.
Mr. ELDBIftGF, of Wisconsin, aTOed, but failed to
obtain leave* io introduce a resolution calling na the
President and Secretary of State, and the Secretary of
War. to fnrnhh the names of a-1 persons arrested and
confined in forts and prisons, and who have not been,
tried or convicted by any civil or criminal court, and
also the names of those who have been banished to the
rebellions states.
Mr. JULIAN, of Indiana, introduced a bill to develop
therDiDerAiTtsou-ce* of the public domain. Referred to
the CommUtre ob Pabliv f>nids
On-motion of Mr DAVIS, of Maryland, of the C)m
mittee on Foreign Affairs, a resolution was aioptai
calling upon the President of the United States to cora
municHteall correspondencenot already transmltted»re
lattve to Mexican and Vanezaei&n slfeirs.
Debate on Jurisdiction of tlte Court of
Claims. *•'-
7T:e House then proceeded to the consideration of the
bill declaring the juriMilction of the Court of Claims
Kiißli noi extend to or include any claim against the*
Uritcd cta’e?, growing oat of the destruction of or de
predations on property by the army and navy engaged in
the tuppresgionoi the rehelUon,
Mr. THOM AS, of Maryland, said the Court of Claims
had decided that, under existing laws, taey would take
jon?diction of claims in all ca-es where officers of the
army ard navy have taken and used property without
giving the owner certificates, curl also where ibe claims
grow cut of the use or depredation of property in the
reorder otsies, Hoproposed an amendment authorizing
ibe Qoartei.mafter General and the Commissary General
to take testimony, and, if natisfied that the property WAS
d«etro>«ior applied to thereof the'United State's, to
direct the Third Auditor to adiobt and settle the account.
He also proposes, if this should not oengreei to, <o sub
stitute a bill repoi ted from the €omy*Utee on Claim",
proposing the appointment of commissioners and solici
tors to investigate and report upon claims in the districts
ot Maryland Pennsylvania. District of Columbia West
Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Tennessee,
ard Kentucky.
_ of Jowa, caused to be read a letter from
Solicitor Whiting, in relation to the large number of
' cases which had been, referred to him, an i which he
had dcc.iaed to consider. He pays that by far the larger
' portion of these claims are from disloyal States, for
every variety of property, some of which have bien
condemned as proper objects fer prize, and what is singu
lar, every claimant proves to be loyal, although some of
them are known to the War Vepartment as actually en
gaged in the rebellion Were they to regard theevidence
presented as proof of loyalty, it is doabtful whether
there ever was a disloyal person in the seceded States.
With regard to the general ch trader of the claims
they axe so gross and oatr-*gecns as to stamp them with
fraud, the iaes seeming to be entertained that it was a
fair game to rob the treasury. In relation to the extent
of the claims, hundreds of millions of dollars would be
required to p\y them. If these were now settled, it
would be Impossible for the War Department to carry
on war for three months As much danger was-to be
-apprehended from c- rmorsnts on the treasury as from
aimed rebels* Solicitor Whiting says, in conclusion,
we ought not to allow any court or tribunal to pass on
these claims, however small ihe amount may be. and
the Government sbou'd not now commit itself to ac
knowledge tbeir validity.
Mr. WILSON acquiesced in the views above expressed
by Solicitor Whitir g, and referred to tbs character of a
single claim from Fairfax county, Virginia, the woman
pr< renting her petition to the Court of Claims stating
that of the thirty-seven thousand dollars claimed,
thirty thousand is for compensation fi r negroes who
sjiave ran away. We »tumid net now take jaris
dlctiou of such a mass of claims, involving so much
pecuniary-outlay.
Mr. THOMAS, of Maryland, replied, characterizing
Solicitor Whiting’s Jet'er as a clamorous report. In
relation to Maryland he knew from observation that
farms had been devastated by the orders of our mili
tary officers, and not one claim in twenty bad been
paid or certificates given. Be did not believe the pay
ment of honest clain.B would itriously embarrass mili
tary (.Derations.
Mr BOOTWALL advocated the bill as it wasreprrted.
and expressed himseif in favor of considering kindred
matters separately.
Mr. ScHEMCK, of Ohio, offered an amendment limit
ing thf- jurlecictlon of the Conit of Claims J.O coses where
certificates have been given by military' officers, and
where the evidence is clear that property taken has been
used or applied to the benefit of the Government, or on
cases of contract. •
Farther debate ensued, during which Mr. GRIDER,
of Kentucky, earnestly opposed the bill. Insisting that
the claims of the Border States ought not to be postponed
while these of other States are paid. They had suffered
more than other States, because the people had in many
esses been subject to loss both from the rebel and our
own army. They, of course, could obtain no indemnity
from the former, but this fact ought not to exclude them
fr< n> just compensation for serious looses incurred.
Mr. BLAIR- of West Virginia, earnestly advocated
the payment of c. alms. To refuse to do so would be an
jnst to the Border States
Mr. WILSON paid come of these claimfi we;e of a cha
racter never admitted by any government, and he was
det-irous to prevent robbing the treasury.
Mr. BLAIR said it Was not propose! to pay all sorts of
claims.
Mr WILSON, remarked It would be a disgrace to the
nation to pay some of these claims, as many of them
were for runaway negroes.
Mr BLAIR trusted in God some measure might be
brought before Congress In which the negro would not
he Introduced. He was thankful the State of West Vir
ata la w&s free sell. If the claims for negroes were un
just, do not pay them.
-Mr. WILSON replied that was what he wanted to do,
by taking the jurisdiction from the Court of Claims.
Mr. BLAIR said if he had to pay for negroes, the own
ers would get bat little money. He appealed to gen
tlemen from all sections to do jnstice to the Border
Sta- es, which hays suffered so much and made so many
sacuflceß.
Mr. WHALEY, of West Virginia, said the Border
States had abundantly shown’theirpatriotism by rush- 1
ir-g to the defence of the country, and now when it was
known they had eo severely suffered, he appealed to 'the
Bouse to do them justice by providing for the settlement
of all loyal claims.
The House agreed to the- amendment of Mr. Thomas,
of Maryland, which provides'that all claims for quarter
master's stores may be submitted to the Quartermaster
General, and all claims fpr subsistence to the Commis
sary General, accompanied by prc-of, and it is made the"
duty of those officers to examine the claims, and if found
correct Ihey are to be referred to the Third Auditor of the
tr« attuy lor payment, which shall be final and conclu
sive it also provides for the ascertainment of claims by
the appointment of a commissioner and solicitor for each
of the districts described in the amendment. Care is to
ba tak en to exclude disloyal claims, and all claims not
pi t tented within three years are to be excluded.
The Whisky Tax.
A message was received from the Senate that that body
had disagreed to the House instructions to the latter’s
committee of conference on the whisky bill, and asked
for a freecommittee of conference.
This was agreed to by the Bouse.
Pending the question on the passage of the hill in re*
iatioD to claims, which had been tinder consideration
i early the entire session, the House, at fire o’clock,
adjourned. ,
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
UoKiiisuuita, March 2* 1301.
SBITiTB.
The Senate was oailed to order at 11 o'clock by Speaker
PENNEY.
Petitions, Remonstrances, etc.
Mr. COXBBLL presented the remonstrance of James
J. Bons&ll and others against the passage of a law allow
ing passenger cars to ran on Sanday.
Alto, a petition from citizens residing on Pennsylvania
Avenue, praying for the incorporation of a passenger rail
way company.
a large wunbep of remonstrances were presented by
different Senatori. from citizens of Schuylkill county,
against alaw paying bounties to drafted men.
A large number of remonstrances from Philadelphia
were presented against the passage of a law allowing
ears to ion on Sunday-
A number of petitions were presented praying for the
passage of a law to authorize the Lehigh Navigation
Compary to extend their track from Mauch Chunk to
Easton.
„ Mr. WORTHINGTON presented five remonstrances
from citizens of Chester and Montgomery counties,
against ihe repeal of a lav'authorising the laying out of
a'-tate road in Montgomery county.
Mr. to WET presented the petition of Thomas Dunn,
praying that the Government land giant be given to
pobiic schools. •
A number of other petitions of no general interest were
presented. . ,
Bi If. in Place. f .
Hr. VoCANDtBBS read in place an act to change the
c'ZDpemation of the commissioners of Butler county.
Mr. WILSON. an act to change the time of holding the
election in Tioga county.
Also, an act to incorporate the Tioga Telegraph Com
pany.
Also, an act declaring BtonyFork creek a public high
way.
Hr. LOWRY, an act authorizing the election of tax
collectors in the city of Brie.
Also, an act to incorporate the Fair view Cemetery As
sociation.
Hr. TURRETjT/, a supplement relative to the sheriffs of
this Commonwealth.
Mr. RIDGWAY, an act to appropriate grounds for pub
lis purposes. ’
Hr. BICHoL?,»n act to exempt from taxation the Citi
zens* Volunteer Hospital in Philadelphia, ' ■-
Mr. CONNELL, a supplement to the act incorporating
the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad Company.
Also, supplement to tie several acts relative to the
acknowledgment of deeds-in this Commonwealth.
Also, an act relative to drawers and endorsers of pro*
™Mr?3oGBTan act authorizing Arnold Plumer to make
Also, a supplement to the act incorporating the James
town and Franklin Railroad.
Also, an act to attach certain lands In Clarion county
to Venango county. ■
Also an act to regulate the drawing of Jutots.
Mr. JOHNSTON, an act to fix the place of holding the
election in FaJrfield town ship, Lycoming county.
Original Resolution.
Hr JOHNSTON offered a resolution, that Cap*. W.P.
£rgdy be the uibiariancf the Senate, whi«h, after seve
ral ineffectual attempts to postpone was passed finally,
and Cayt Brady was sworn In. •
Bills on Third Reading,
The House bill, requesting our United States Senators
to vote for a reconsideration of the vote on postponing
the time for volunteering, and paying bounties, was
taken .up, and passed under a call of the previous
question'
An ineffectual motion was made to adjourn.
Bills on Second Reading
Mr. CORNELL called up the act to appoint two addi-
notaries public in Philadelphia.
Several motions to postpone and >ad iourni were made,
all of which were voted aovrn,.at>d the bU> was passed
under a call of the previous Question.
Mr. JOHNSTON moved the extension of the hour of
adjournment, and called-the previous qc&siion on the
motion, which was sustained; but the hour of l having
arrived, the orders of the day were called, and the Senate
adjourned. .
'’’he House met at 11 odock A. M. ■.
The SPEAKER announced that the order of the* day
was the joint resolution proposing oestain amendments
ti ȣ B C Mli:TH,'ofPhiladelphia,, moved toreconsider the
vote on the ninth section In the second amendment, •
v* hieh was rejected on second reading on Monday last—-
yeaafiO. naye43. Agreed to..
The question recurring on. the second reading of
the section, it was not agreed to-yeae to, nays 42, ra
quirlng a majoiUy'offull House.
The-Emendiaent is aafwlows: •
‘‘ No bill shall he passed by the Legislature granting
power, or privilege in any case wherA the authority
to grant sue* power or privilege has been or hereafter
may he conferred upon 1 the courts this Cfttnmon
woalth.**
After the vote had been taken. Mr. MeKEE. who had
paired off with Mr. Senton for a few days, asked leave
t<> vote.
The BPFAKBR decided that tie gentleman, TiaTlng
ralred oft- h.d bo eight to Tote.
Mr. WATEOB moved that the gentleman have leave to
teoord hlavote: as there was ao rule giving tc, member*
the right to pair off. ::
A dueuilODwenon £>e queetloa partiolnatodtn fir
Meikrs. SMiTH ct Cbeiur, PdEUtHING. and
BIGHAM. and contVnned nntll the bsnr of adjourn meat
adjourned.
[Eesnfai' Correspondence of The p. 9SJ
Hakuisbuk,, ! ,.
El-BOTtOIf of ■
- TfielODgiu*,'’® o '® l * oTer—the si,]*
ed, ar.d Bow ready /orhusincai. ti r ' '■'■
new member from Whlte'a :; i: , r) \'
to »bii evening, and the Senate t,.j
eet ef cfflecTa, excepting Spe-dtp, Tli ‘
made an effort to have the Spes: tf rir
the officera who were elected, i,,'
tort voted down the proposition, f,, .
tide then refused to participle i.: v f
officers. Thejrdld not vote at alj, .
candidate* in nomination. Theyi, IiC J
sition, that no business can be douo U; y
is elected, and consequently relupn to t
in the proceedings. They oallcd the j, j
upon every queation. Ido not lenou- - ]
Union men will elect a Speaker ni\‘ v ')
the session or not. By their actio-' ‘
should judge that they do not iDlcrm i- 7
one at present. If they had, they w
ceptrd the amendment offered upon
aide, to include Speaker among the c*!
elected.
Ur. St. Glair la a flit#.l6olcicgmiii5 7r . r - r
proportious, and about forty years of
an extensive practice in hia county,
hia life to his profession. He haa nr 'i
plicantfor political honora, H« hV-V*
thoroughly identified with the Pr*. liT;
and has ever been rer-dy to .
woik for the succeco ortho csu3E. j
ia a fine publicspcakcr, nod I have a ,?!
Ramsey. ‘
Wilkinson,
Wilson-14.
powaii, m
Saulsjury,
Samuel
Ten Byck, •
Van Winkle,
Wade.
Willey,
Wright—2s.
will well fill the seat of hia eicq >
nate, predecesaor. He did not kh 7 •
tion. It was unanimously icrnicr-a
Union men of hia district-.
his hotel to the Capitol by the cihzc-r:
end from the atepa of the building th&i.
the couiteay they had extended to him
not, however, receive it aa a compllm?;.:
himself. He could only receive their
tiOEB as the standard-bearer of pi •
in common with them, considered vital*'
ecu cf the Republic).
PKOPOSBD CONSTITUTION* AR AMKKr.yi-.
The proposed amendments to the ijo
have just passed the ecoo-id tes.liv,. SJ
the special order (or Wednesday 0 f this tv
tflort wib made upon the TJ.. i< ln aide to
rules and put them upon their final
however, was unavailing, as It require,] /i
vote to suspend. 7 hey will pats, and V
hoped cot by a mere party vote. There *
no polities on this question. There I*.V
effort to Btave ofl' a vole upon the aincv;
cannot believe there are any members of u ,
lature who are, In their hearts, la favor of
our brave Union defenders the right or,
Wbat they may be induced to do for party
is another question. Ido not know
tends to oppose them. The member from
ampton asked their postponement upon ir (E
that he wished to make some remarks v
which lool'B a little as though there might
opposition to them in some shape.
AN ERROR BKOARDIKO JUUOB Ai;;
Permit me to correct an error which appear',
letter of the 26th, concerning the appointing
Dewitt as prothonotary of the Supreme Vo
the Middle district. He does not owe his s
ment to Judge A'gnew, and I take this, the i'
opportunlly, of doing justloe to an lonov
It was currently reported here at the tlmcV.
was written that he owed his place to the
of Judge Agncw, and this was stated as R ise*
Daily Teltgiaph. lam glad to inform jmui.,
that this is sll a mistake, and that this rirv
entirely unfounded in fact. Judge Agate
voted for Wallaee Dewitt. I am only m*.
such a base falsehood should have been put b
latlon. The friends of Judge Agnew will lv .
learn that, while he has been misrepresented,
not misrepresented them.
There is much feeling, however, agafn*ti:
pointment of Mr. Dewitt:, and an effort is no;
xnsde by which it is hoped his removal cm
ftofed. - FK-'
New 'Jersey Annual Conference or
M. IS. Church.
FIRST DAY,
[Correspondence of The Press. ]
The New Jersey Annual Conference, o'i- (
of one hundred and thirty three minister* of i
E. Church, whose several fields of labor c.-
that par t of New Jersey lying south of Nei?
wick, met for their annual Convention this m
in the Commeroe-street M. E. Church,
New Jersey. '•
The session was opened at 9 o'clock A, M,b
pronriate religious services by W. A. Wilmer'
which, in the absence of the presiding blßhc\
A. E. Street was elected chairman. H. B'l
secretary, and J. D. King and W. B. Ojbir; u
ants. The usual standing oommittees were m
cd, and other preliminary business attended to;-
the session.
The members of the Conference were gcp
S resent, end hed the gratification of ltoowir
ut one of their number had fallen by death.;
the past year. One, Bey. G-. W. BstcheMor,
and gifted minister of great promise, prsw!.
very shortly after the lest session, and enteiel
his reward.
Rev. Mr. Paddock, ol Kansu, was ict.-oih
the Conference, and preached in the ait ri
giving interesting and thrilling details of the!
ing and lacking ol Lawrence, of which he rm
eye-witneir. H. B
Walnut stbest Thbatbe.— We have net.
the misfortune to witness a more stupid jils;
way* excepting *■ The Police Spy”> than “
Flower Girl and the Gonvict Marquis,”
last evening at the Walnut street Theatre, I;
abeolutely nothing to recommend it. It li
senseless and abaurd. It )* completely tleatibi
wit, humor, patho*, naturalness, scenic el,
dramatic plot, common cenae, and grammatical,
atruction. It deaervea to be damned ( theatric
speaking) ten times over. Mis* Henderson, wi
we are disposed to like, and who ia pleasii?
Fanchon, make* a great mlatake in ohoostng a,
racier like Madelon, which does not do her joai
If not a star of the Brat magnitude, elie ia c v'V''
aomething better than thla. An ambitious wsli
lady might feel at home in it. Aa for the sc
who aupported Mlaa Henderaon—poorthings: r,
could they ( do in auch a miserable conc-stecn
of trash 1 They did their, very best, net '
Young, who made auch a oapital hit at .V?
Moss in the “Ticket-of-Heave Man,” wa> the c
actor whom tbia forever-to-be-denuucisted '
would permit to be acceptable. When auch plaj
“The Flower Girl and the Oonvict Marquis 1 '
presented to an intelligent and critical public,
feel we have a peculiar right to tue our utmost :
er to sweep them from the faoe of the earth,
Walnut-street management has hitherto been
deservedly successful, and has produced a rapid ,
oeaalon of paying novelty. Mias Henderaon, as we
marked onthe oooaaion of her Brat appearance,
oapable of* being delioately pleasing in jtidici)
riles. Why will not actreaaea cultivate judges
Why will they follow the counsel of ill advie:
We shall look forward with interest to the futn
plays which Mia* Henderaon will produce, and'
diet for her a oontinance ol the edat which ms:
her Brat night’s effort, on oondition that her <e!
tiona are made with not lest judgment, and that
ties a millstone around the neoks of “ The Fif
Girl and the Oonvict Marquis,” and sinks them :
together.
Handel and Haydn Sooibty.— The eei
concert of this aoeiety will be given this evei
at the Musical Fund Hall, commencing at
o’clock. Mendelssohn's masterpiece, “ The 1
of Praia?,” will be produced by the entire Gh
nia Orchestra, preceded by a short miscellsnt
performance.
Extensive Positive Sale of r,3OD Pack,
AND LiOTS OF BRITISH* FRENCH, Q-ERMAN, A
American Dry Goods, &o , this Day.—The cm
particular attention of dealers is requested to '
valuable and desirable assortment of British,
man, Swiss, French, and Amerioan dry goods,
bracing about 1,350 package* and lots of staple
fancy articles in linen goods, in large varieties, oofc
goods, woollens, worsteds, and silks, to be perei
to lily sold by catalogue, on four months’ crt
and part for cash, commencing this (Thursd*
morning, at ten o’clock, to be continued all dtfi
without intermission, by Johnß. Myers ScCOo aW
tioneeis, Nos. 5232 and 234 Market street.
N. B —We will hold a large tale of dir good! tP , |
morrow (Friday) morning. Both sales will be found
very attractive, and worthy the attention o( tael
trade. I
I,abgb ahd Attbaotivb Sals op Boots a>'3
Shoes.—The attentionof buyers la called to tbs
large and desirable sale of i.soo cases boots, shoe*'
brogans, balmorall) cavalry boots, &c, to be soW
this morning by catalogue, for oash, commencing at]
10 o'clock preolsely„by Philip Ford & 00., auotloa'
eers, at their store, Nos. 525 Market and 53v! <lo»
merce.
[POB ADDITIONAL CrTT HBWS, SEB POUBTE-FAGII
One Thousand Bebkl Prisoners."
Last evening there waa quite a lively time at tbs
lefreibment saloons. About five o’clock a.detast
ment ol the loth Non!' York Cavalry arrived Irons
Elmira, New York, and were handsomely ente-’tsls
ed at the Union Saloon. Shortly after' theao .icsb
were fed, no leßi than forty car-loads of,rebel.pri
soners, irom Camp Chase, Ohio, arrived. They wets
under the oharge of Colonel Poten. eemmanding a
battalion of the 88th Ohio and 7th Invalid Corps.
The flue steamers Beybold and Ashland < were lU
waiting at the landing, at the foot of WaahU&tcu
avenue, to take thepriaonera to Fort Delaware, Ih*
guard were fed at the salo-m, and lirat-claM.. bsh-1-
wlehea were prepared for the passage to the. fort.
A number of the rebels belonged to Morgan. Tbs
whole party were the oldest prisoners on band at
Camp Chase. They, had with them about as must 1
pork, and beef, and bread aa they could well-urr’-'-
They certainly have reason to be thankfulfe: the
ktndnras of “Udclo Sam.”- The general.healthof
the rebels is excellent.
pensions- in- Philadelphia.—On tlic
roll at the United Btatea Pension Agency, in this,
city, on the Ist of January, 1862, the number of p-m-1
sioners was 664, and on the Ist day of. January, t-'-h
the number had increased to 3,417, and It la cow
thought they will number not leas than 4.000. with s
steady Increase of. about 100. per mouth, at less!-
These pensions run.as low at>2Di and as high as
$6OO per. annum. The number of the lowest ana the
SSS.'te?* both being reduced, 86 none at®
now pensioned at those rates, and the average
pensioners now placed on the’colt is about sf*P et
annum. In 186$ the whole amount paid'for pee*
•* *be Philadelphia. Agency waa $52 J jIW- 6 ’ , j
acei'Kiwa? 1 ?. 18 ” 1864, there was paid the sum® 1
oS? s. *2? beln 8 •“ luoreaae In trso years cf,sl£ >~
« p £? Bl0 ?* *“* ••ways-up te^a.siv 3 . 1 '
4tn of Maroh or September to the arid. -
and ilia firit ol January and July to tbo p.&yy.
The T wklfxsc Ward Bounty- —Tl> e
!»*£? ““Uett of delegates from the
various wards, at the Board of Trade. Booms,
Tuesday evening, la reference to th&ljweUlh warJ.
waa not; altogether correct. The wardhahuSt tltlsJ
its quesm and the secretary or thq Bounty cots'
Us that bounties W
be pua dally to persona aooreditajtto th* ward.
"Wabd Meeting.—An, interesting wa'^
meeting was held in the Tt&d. ward, at ihe HOII’ J
of Industry, In Catharine street, above Seventh;
If a draft shall be necessary in that ward, iiw lU
not be through any liok of patriotism and
on the part of- many citizens who are i jolts' lll '
starcea to stand U> so dread of a oonserlLtlon. f 53
meeting waa addressed by Professor S-.uhdfltfi tf ll3
waslistoned to wUhfnwt Interest.
He wa/.
Bridgrtox, March ? j
Public Entertainments.
THE CITY.