. ' #♦,- t T -J;. ' Ji, . *» *, .f, *. ' WEDNESDAY, MARCH ■ 29, 1865. w*can take no notice oranonymous comnui- Uloatlone. W r o do not return rejected m&nusorlpts. - Yolun&ry corresponUenaß la "solicited from all imparts Of. tlie world, an deg peel ally fro m onrdUferent military andnaval departments. When nsed,ltwUl ibe paid for. . . England and tUe Slave Trade. It is far from improbable that England, ■Whose present policy is to diminish taxa tion by diminishing expenditure, will soon her , paval. and other "establish ments, so ilong maintained, at great cost, •on the Western Coast of Africa, for the prevention and suppression of the Slave Trade. The question'was lately brought before the - House of Commons, and a Select Committee of inquiry was ap- pointed.. It was .contended that the Bri- tish settlements in the west of Africa had been practically useless in suppressing the slave trade—any diminution in that traffic ■' which had taken place being really caused by a diminution in the demand for slaves, and not by the efforts which had been made to puf it down, and it was urged that - “the policy of taxing England for the pur pose of civilizing savage tribes in Africa, was unjust, even if the prospect of the desired result was not hopeless.” One of the ablest among British states men, at once thoughtful and far-seeing, is Lord Stanley, eldest son of the Earl of Derby., Thirteen years ago, he was Foreign "Under-Secretary, during his father’s first premiership, and subsequently presided over the affairs of the Colonies and of India, in ISoB-’59. Althoughnot yet forty years old, Lord Stanley has been nearly seventeen years in the House of Commons, and there js every prospect of-his one day being prime minister. His. ability and: position give him much influence in Parliament. "His declaration, upon the subject of trying to suppress the slave trade, by forcible means, is simply this, that English blood and treasure are annually wasted, very extensively, in doing little good, and a great deal - of harm—that any debt which England owed to Africa which was to be redeemed by efforts to suppress the slave trade had been amply paid—that, as re- garded the question of civilizing Africa, il would he better to look at home—and that ’ the time had arrived when the system must be inquired into, : with a view of reconside ring its policy; What he said was loudly cheered,'which indicates the tone of the House of Commons on the subject, and Mr. Cardwell, ‘the Colonial Secretary, inti mated, on the part of the British Govern ment, that every facility would be given to make the inquiry complete and searching; .The expense of trying to suppress the slave trade ought to be diminished, he said,' but, at the: .same time, increased efficiency in carrying out that, object .ought to : be' ob tained. :../l'. v: ■’ Nearly sixty years ago, England distin guished herself by abolishing the Slave. Trade, which, up to that time, -had permis- Bively existed. Nearly thirty years later, negro slavery was ' extinguished in all IBritish territory. The nation , paid the large sum of £20,000,000 to effect this. One result was, it gave England a right to re monstrate with other countries, and to ob tain their co-operation to suppress the Slave Trade. Although the South re tained the “ institution ” of Slavery, this country has co-operated (very effectively, at-times,) with»Engiand, in: the - much-de sired object. -But England has gone toby far the largest cost. To maintain the African squadron costs not only money but men. The fearful climate is dreadfully fatal to the officers and sailors, and the sacrifice of life, for very uncertain results, is naturally objected to. The question has beemput—might not the money expended i to benefit the Africans be more properly applied to civilize hundreds and thousands - who live within a mile of' the Parliament Houseitself? . It is doubtful whether Lord Palmerston may be disposed to give up the African squadron,.so long upheld by him as a hu mane necessity, but the feeling in the House of Commons, which no statesman can safely ignore or oppose, is against maintaining it. England, by her late sym pathy with the South, has unequivocally • shown herself so remarkably tolerant of slavery, that her ceasing to resist it, on the African coast, maybe taken as an expected / result. The serious consideration" is— whether the Slave Trade will not increase r in the absence of the efficient force which lias hitherto endeavored to suppress it? The Mexican question is one of the teresting problems of the times.' Many of our most patriotic thinkers contend that: Irie Government instituted by Louis Na 3Poleon will prove to be far. more advan tageous to the people Mexico than if they had been left to the tortures of their own chronic and bloody dissensions. In the latter "event, it is more than probable that .their country would'have become a hiding-place or stamping-ground for the rebels, in which to repair their injuries, So as to renew and continue their warfare upon the Government of the United States. These views ‘ are shared by many intelli gent statesmen, and are evidently not without their influence upon Louis Na poleon himself; Cost, of Xlving. . . Complaints are made of the cost of living, from high rents and dear: provisions, and will.be made until prices come down. As to rents—they are kept np by the paucity of houses “To be Lett? Persons who own houses put them into the market for sale, in order to get rid of them, just as any one would gladly get rid of the traditionary elephant. The truth is, the " vast increase of the City Debt, carrying with it a certain and increasing augmentation of city "taxa tion, has rendered house-property so much the reverse of remunerative, that rentals do not yield'the legitimate income usually ex pected from and heretofore given by real estate; For a time, those who made money during this war—a great deal has been made,"and much of it very fairly-, in the gratification of pur charing house-property. This demand, as well as the depreciation in paper money,' Sent up the price, and then came, of: course, an increase in house-rents. In every street in this city, and 5n other large cities, houses were: pla carded as up for sale—so. many, indeed, that the demand may be said to have now ; , been supplied. As far as we can judge,- the tide Ms turned, owing to the heavy city tees, and the owners of houses will speed ily seek to get rid of them, for less than they gave, rather than be perpetually ting their hands into their pockets, to meet thiß or that public demand. Already, house agents are free to confess, rents arc coming hack to what they were before the war, and there is an increase in the number of houses to be let.- If inquiry be made at the houses placarded as for "sale, it will be found that .-about two out of every five are to be Tented, and this because people do not 'any longer • desire to purchase a property which is sub ject to a constant, inevitable, and steadily jncfeasing drain, in the shape of taxation. House rents, then, are in due course of' reduction, and , a few ‘month's will effect a considerable decline in that item of living. Se fall in gold has lowered the cost of >, which is another heavy item of Mexico. ■, . * V manufactuiethat these'willbecome-. much' lower, for there'happily,is.such a thing as a protective tariff,’ but articles of home pro duction, (and wc can have them quite as serviceable as if made in England, Prance, Belgium, or Italy,) must come down in price, and goodfitizens ought to weaTSUch in preference to foreign importations. • -Bent and clothing are in fair course of reduction; under the effect of the lowered rate of gold. ,But food, which is eyen more: necessary, than shelter or raiment —food not i only is not coming down hut is actually ad vancing in price. On Saturday, in our .markets, flqsh, fowl, fisli, eggs, and vege tables, gold being at 155, than they 'were,' about two years ago, .when gold ■ was 280. . There was a slight reduction in butter, which was' only seventy cents a pound, but all other articles, of food were dearer than they had been at any time since the war commenced. The market-., people, city folks as well as country, sprang, up their prices, without a mo ment’s hesitation, when,gold became dear, but have not exhibited the same alacrity in -lowering them, now that .gold has become cheap. Were things properly ar ranged—were tbe balance fairly adjusted— market prices would now be only fifty per cent, higher than they were when a dollar note was exchangeable for a gold dollar from the Mint. As it is, they are one hundred and fifty per .cent.'- above that standard: Nor do we see how we can help ourselves; the market people, city as wcli ■ as country, constitute a close corporation, and enjoy an exacting monopoly. If Phila delphia, by common consent, could let even one week pass without marketing, the monopoly would be crushed ; but that can not be,' and so the extortionate and con scienceless'dealers have us at their mercy. Wc must pay their prices or starve. Funeral Expenses. A statement has been put forth, on behalf of the undertakers, that not they but the owners of Miery-staMes have com bined to advance the hire of 'carriages employed at funerals. We have expressed our surprise, that in the very face of the fall of gold, and the admitted decline in the price of provender, the livery-stable people should have made any advance ■whatever. We never -intimated that the undertakers had “hand, act, or part” in the advance, but we affirmed, and here repeat, to condemn, that the livery-stable keepers have to give from fifty to seventy five per cent, to the undertakers out of the hire of each carriage employed; at a fune • raV and,- we need not say, this money comes out of the pockets of those who have to pay for the said carriages. We challenge -, contradiction,, and we know where .leading—-that is, the most expen sive—undertakers, actually keep accounts with the livery-stable keepers, settling with them only once in every three . months. . ... ■ ■ : • Considering, that undertakers may be said to charge whatever they please, and really do charge very heavily, in. most cases, the additional profit on the carriages may-be described as an ■ exaction which is almost an bxtortion, for the public have no means of checking it, except by relieving, j the undertakers from, the trouble of order- j ing the carriages. No: doubt that would i be considered “mean,” and sneered at i accordingly. If a person wishes to hire a i carriage, or a dozen carriages, to convey j a party a little way out of town, on a pic ! me, it is usual to;inquire what the livery stable keeper will charge, and it is also strictly in rule to make a contract for the work being done at some , litffe reduction if the price demanded be considered too high. But, when carriages are re quired at a funeral, the party who has to, pay for them is precluded, by custom and etiquette, from any endeavor to moderate the price. The undertaker orders the car riages, and, he sure, will order them only from the livery-stable keepers, who pay him “ his regulars” — i. e. the per centage on their hire. The time is not distant, we hope and think, when: the needless outlay and ostentatious display at funerals will be dispensed with—when grief will no longer ;be measured by the number of carriages, (at $5 to $7 each), by. which the dead is followed to his long home, and when none but the iinmediate"family and closest as well as dearest connexions and friends of the deceased will be present at his inter ment. Ihe Car question. To the Editor of The Press: , Sib: As one of yoursubscribers and regular read ers,.allow me to express my dissent to your dootrlne of the rights of negroes to ride in the cars ostabUsuod for tie accommodation of tie white, population of our city. I amvaltogether ignorant ortho right* possessed by. this class of people to put them on an equality with whites. I find where r move about the oitv a universal repugnance to giving up,the ears to them, as would be the case were they to get a right to ride when they please At the boarding- ; house where I live there is a colored lady coo*, of very large proportions, who gets $4 perweek for her services. She gives us first-rate dinners, but I doubt whether the ladles at the table t would consent that she should come to the table. In all the majesty of :grease, or dressed in silks, and dine, with ns. The colored soldier who fights our battle is paid for it, just as the general Is, but it gives Mm no more t-f ght to ride In our oars than the white Boldler has to enter the general’s tent to get Ms dinner. In jour earnest desire for the rights of negroes I beg you to pay some'deference to the rights of. the whites. We are not all ready for social mixing up of colors. ’ God.'hao placed a" mark upon them for some wise purpose, and let us respect It. Do not blame conductors for obeying, the orders of' their employers, who have a right to admit or: reject Any Improper person, and protoot the rights and com forts of their patrons, to the exclusion; of intruders, as all blacks are who. presume to force, their war into our cars. I am, sir, yours truly, H. It is not often that the supporters of a measure of justice find an argument as plausible and effective as this from an op ponent. According to the argument of our correspondent, republicans institutions have failed, and we are to have an aristo cracy of privileged classes in this country ; one class to have “ rights,” and the other class to have no “rights ” at all. If our correspondent desires to see a perfect re alization of his theory we would suggest -his immediate emigration to I-lindostan, where one Glass is sacred arid another de- filed. But -we - do .not care to have’ “ the Institutes of Menu” transferred to free America. The argument that God has placed a mark' upon the negro for a “ wise purpose ” indicates a celestial familiarity with God’s designs. How does he know whether God’s ‘‘marks” are black or white, or red or blue ? God made some of ns white for a “wise purpose,” and others •of an olive : color, and others still with red hair. Why not say that red hair or olive complexion is a badge of degradation V If ’ God degrades all who are not white, what is to become of the strange people who live in Oriental countries ? And what a shame to parade the Japanese in our streets and give them princely honors ? It would not be diG ficult to prove, if we accepted this ridiculous assumption, that white is the degrading mark.;. He assumes that the black is “marked” because he is in a minority; yet, from:God’s point of view, taking the whole world at a glance, there are in Asia 785,000,000 of “ degraded” Mongolians; in Africa, 110,000,000 of “ degraded” negroes »and. Moors; in Oeeanica, 5,000,000 of “ degraded” Islanders. The whites are as apt to he the marked class as darker na tions, for God would certainly not degrade three-fourths of-his creatures. We might, go on and tear our' correspondent’s board ing-house logic to pieces, hut content our selves with merely laughing at him, and showing how ridiculous his ideas appear in the strong light of print Wc decide . all these questions by asking what is right and what is wrong ? . It iB wrong for us to assume the province of Divinity, and ele vate and degrade as we please. It is right for us to take men and women as we find them. Dor ourselves, if the colored cook who serves our correspondent such good dinners at four dollars a week enters a car, d pays the regular ride at her side as other ladies in Bilk .hie society. METTER FtfOM “ OCCASIOSAI,.’ , -'Washington, March3B, 1865. - The recent debate in the British Parlia ment on the “defences of Canada "do- serves more than a passing comment. .No higher tribute was ever paid to a great people contending ■ for their rights and their “liberties; -Every participant in the debate, willingly or unwillingly, joined in this tribute to the growing-povrer and com- manding position of the United States — alike those who insisted that Canada must be defended against the increasing-influ ence and the" suspected designs of the United States,- as those who laughed at the .apprehension because they believed our Government ehtertained no such designs, and because, if it did, no army or navy could hold Canada to-the British Crown. This last idea was boldly stated by our good friend, John -Bright, on; the 18th of March, amidst the cheers of his . support ers and the “hears” of his adversaries Mr. Bright said that ho thought Parliament should understand that there is-no power whatever m the United 1 Kingdom to defend successfully the territory of Canada againstthe United States, but denied that the American-Government entertained any idea of attach ing that Province. 1 He remarked: 11 Thera is not a man In the United states, probably, whose voloe or opinion would have the smallest Influence, who would recommend; or. deßire that an attack should he made by the United States on Canada, with the view ofltß forcible annexation to the Union. [Hear, hear.l There have been dangers, as we know, on the frontier lately. The Canadian people have been no wiser than some members of this Houte, or a great many men among the richer classes of this oountry. When the refugees from the South—l am not speak : injr of the respectable,-honorable men ofthe;South, many of whom have left that oountry during their troubles, and for whom I feel the greatest commise ration—nut I mean the ruffians from the South, of w horn large numbers have entered and who hove employed themselves In a course of policy like ly, to embroil uswitmthe United States—when they entered. Canada'the Canadians treated them with lor too much consideration. They expresssd very openly opinions'hostile to the United States, whoße’ power iay- close to- .them. ' Tho United Stateß have not a syllable to say againßt Canada.; The Cana-; dian people 1 found they were wrong ; they hove now . returned. to their right'minds, and' there is not a men in Canada at this moment; I believe, who has any kind of - idea that - the 'United States Govern* ment- has the smallest notion of attacking them, now ormt any future time, on account' of anything which has transpired between Canada and the Uni ted States.” On the same day, Mr. Lowe, lately con-, nected with the Palmerston Ministry, and at one time a writer on the London Times, enunciated the same idea in yet stronger diction. Mr. Lowe has held official position in‘ Canada; and therefore speaks with “ voice potential, ” He showed that the superiority of numbers made the Americans bo formidable that Canada must fall an easyprey to them in the event of war. Quebec itself would be at their mercy, for Point Levi commanded it j and even though a fort were now built o'n Point Levi, it could not be held against such a force and such artillery as America would bring against it. So hopeless did the defence of Canada appear to Mr. Lowe that he urged the immediate withdrawal of the British fro op a now there--—they served but to irri tate. the Americans. Indeed, there was mingled with this feeling an amount of temptation, for nothing could be conceived which would cause such an ecstacy of de light in the United States as the capture of ' eight or ten thousand British troops, the (lower of the British army. Lord Palmerston, Mr. Disraeli, and otters, while demanding that it was the duty of the Government to fortify Canada, spoke in the highest terms of the manner in which Mr. Lincoln's Administration had been conducted in its 1 relations to foreign Powers, and several other members alluded with much commendation to the 'concilia tory deportment and refined example of Charles Francis-. Adams, the American Minister l at London, in this momentous and absorbing crisis. The attempts of the London Times to provoke a war be tween England and the United States were mercilessly ridiculed during the debate ; •in fact, the whole current of the discus sion must work irreparable mischief to that irresponsible and unscrupulous organ of Tory spite. The President of the United States and Ms Secretary of State may justly felicitate themselves on a demon stration which affirms their whole policy towards Great Britain, and prepares the way for the complete reparation of all inju ries suffered at the hands of the subjects and the officials of that Power, John Bright,"also", stands 'proudly vindicated and avenged. In a commercial view, these opinions of the best statesmen in the Old "World are of immeasurable importance ; and he is purblind who cannot see as • in a mirror the speedy beginning and mag nificent development of an unprecedented maritime trade between all these States and ■ every nation of the habitable globe. . And as defeating the hopes of the rebels—aa confirming the power of the Federal Go vernment, army, and navy, and the wisdom of the Federal Executive and his counsel lors, the justice and practicability of the legislation of Congress —the debate in question cannot Be over- estimated. . As to Prance and our Government, and France and the rebellion, the prospect is equally auspicious: Never at any period war have our relations been more amicable than at this writing with that nation. Louis Napoleon is aware that if Mr. Lincoln had agreed to coalesce with Jefferson Davis to make war upon Maximilian in Mexico, and to establish a Southern slavery despotism in its stead, the traitors would have given up many of their pretensions long ago. It is said, I know not with how much truth/that they offered to do so when they met the President and Mr. Seward in Hampton Koads, in February last. Letters from distinguished Americans in Europe, and “particularly in Paris, are full of joy over the cheerful future for our country, and of the.decided change in the feelings of many who have been indifferent or hos tile. You have of course observed: that “ Druid,” the Baltimore correspondent of the New York World, evidently speaking by the book, admits that the Tehels can have no help from France,' especially now that the Emperor realizes not only the hy pocrisy of the rebel leaders, but the rotten: ness, weakness, and complete failure of their great scheme of repudiation, robbery, i and bloodshed. Occasional, v iK« Worthington, among 'the visitors to the State!Senator for slature ; and. in the ; closed ; his ability, were generally re led. It is a happy ' and intrepid gen. ',lls, and. Dr., it and best THE PRESS—PHIL ADKLPHTA,' WEDNESDAY. MARCH 29, 18gS. Death oe . a Pkomjsteht New Town Stook-_ , Bbokbb.—Yesterday morning, as Is announced by telegraph, Jacob Little, a-very remarkable man in bis day, and onTof the boldest and most successful . brokers of tie New York Board, died to that city, aged 68 years. His name has been prominently as !: soclattd.wlth most of the great financial transae -1 tiohs of Wall street for- a long series of years. He ; began his operations In 1819, havlngbeen previously f a olerk In « Jacob Barker’s Bank, ’’ which failed at I theopenlngof that year. For a long-time—until the opening of 1837—he made no mark, but then peculiar circumstances epabled him to take the “bear” side of'the market. He went “ short ” of almost everything, - no matter how heavy, and was usually very successful. Some times, however, his calculations were Incorrect, but ■ Succeeding ventures enabled him to pay all hlB debts to the very last cent, principal and Interest. In this way, he made and lost andmade again many large fortunes. In his different failures many ■ names were associated with him until he became, and Is now, perhaps, better known than any other financial operator. But they were, as before re marked, repaid, while those who owed; him, and whom he regarded as henest, were allowed to pay as much as they were able. He asked no more. When the war commcnoed, both his financial and physical strength was much Impaired, and younger men managed the great combinations. His adverse circumstances ' and the knowledge that other men were supreme where he used to rule,' attested Ms mental energies of late. ( Up to a Tew weeks of his death he attended entirely to his own personal af - fairs..; ■ :■■■■■■ ■ ■■ . Good fob Bbhmktt.—An evacuation in search of supplies may bo precipitated upon Lee at any moment by some new movement of Sheridan’s, cavalry—otherwise, with the resistless approach of Sherman, a capitulation is Inevitable. Gen. Grant is a fisher of armies. . With one ■ end of his mighty seinefixed at Eichmond, he sweeps around with the other end from the Mississippi river to the Atlantic coast, and up the coast to the Kiehmond landing. There, where -the two ends of the seine meet, we shall have a grand haul,; of all sorts of fish—shad and herring, sturgecnß and suckers, Catfish and eels, crabs, drumfish, swordfish, gudgeons and porpoises, - and the draft may possibly include : that regular old hammer-headed shark, Jeff; Davis. ;The seine is oomlDg ashore, and we can' see from the flattering on the surface Inside that the Jtaul will exhaust ■‘the Confederacy.”—Y. Y. Herald of yesterday. Tbb Fuse Abts.—We would remind our readers that the collection of valuable paintings now on exhibition at MeEsrS. Birch :& Son’s Gallery, No. liio Chestnut street, are to be sold tills evening, at half-past seven o’clock. They will remain on exhi bition during the day, and we advise all those who have not yet seen them, to pay them a visit. They are all to be sold, without reserve. j Engdibh Pkjtoeials.—We have the Illustrated Fifties of the World,'lllustrated London Hews, uni. Hews of the World, ot Marchllth.from J. J.Kromer, newspaper and periodical agent, 408 Chestnut street. * YT The Cleveland Plnindealer, the only. Derhborattc paper to Northern Ohio, Is no more. ■ It advocated the meriu of Mri VaUandighaaiv v GEN. GRANT’S ARMY. DESCRIPTION OF SATURDAY’S BATTLE ON THE LEFT. Evidences of Kelt el Despair-Their Fight- lug no longer Stubborn. DISTINOTISHED COI’IUGE OF OUR TROOPS-lIST OF CASUALTIES. Headquarters Abut or the Potom ao, March 26, via Washington, March 28.— The engagement here yesterday (Saturday) was, wlthqu,t a donbt, the most Important and Buoeossful for.; the Union a-rroathat bias: taken place since our arrival in front 6f Petersburg. Not only, were the'enemjr.met and defeated at every point, but the faotwas demon strated that they have lost heart In their cause, and that large numbers are ready and, anxious to lay down their arms and give up the struggle. •- After they had succeeded In gaining, possession of Port Steadman they at once fell to plundering the baggage in the tents, and all the officers could do would not Induce them to deilst. Those who •remained in line fought with nothing like the en thusiasm they exhibited last’summer, and many laid down their arms at the first opportunity of reaching the rear. Oh withdrawing the rebel officers determined to return to their own lines as rapidly as possible, and, urging their men over the works, managed to get a largo portion oi the assaulting "column back In Hundreds, however, ran and hid In the bomb- proof and waited there lor our troops tooome and take them prisoners.- The number brought In by tho 9th Corps wa3 re- ported yesterday correctly at eighteen hundred. The loss In this corps is not far from' six hundred, the official figures not yet being ascertained. After the fighting ceased at this part of the line It was thought that the attack might .have been made to cover a more Important one on the left, and consequently the entire army was put .under arms ready for any emergency.’. General Humphreys was ordered to make a ro. eonndissanoe In front of his Hue, In order to develop the enemy’s strength and to asoertaln their move ments. This was done shortly before nopn, and tho picket lino was either driven In' or captured for a considerable distance. Our men still continued to advance, and part of the S 3 Division reached and took possession of a second line of works, but the rebels soon alter charged the line or battle and forced our men back to the first line taken. This was principally oaused by the enfilading fire from two batteries, whloh they wore enabled to throw along this advanced position. From this time until 4 F. M. the firing was not very severe, the enemy having retired to their works, leaving a strong picket lino to hold the pit. At this hour the signal to fall in'waa sounded along the rebel lines, and soon after a heavy column ap peared, and, forming in line of battle, advanced on MUeBl division, but they wore gallantly repulsed by fthe herpes of thlß division, who soon‘drove them back in disorder with heavy less. .Twice they repeated the attempt to break through the line, and failing In this, they endeavored to turn the right flank. But Gen. Miles was as ready to receive them here as at other points. They Anally fell back and disappeared, leaving their dead and many wounded on the field. The roar of musketry, on this ground was as se- vere and continuous for two or three hours as over heard, and was not surpassed even by that hoard at the "Wilderness. .. " - General Miles and Mb officers and men, particu larly the Dish brigade, receive the highest praise for their gallant behavior on the occasion. lie 3d Division, under General Mott, held the centre of the line, and repulsed each attack of the 1 enemy with spirit,; although the contest hore was not so desperate as In the Ist Division. The 120th New York and 11th, New Jorsoy are highly spoken of for their bondubt “under Oolonel Schoonover. The 2d Division held the extreme loft of the line toward Hatcher’s Bun, the brigade oom mandedlby General Smyth only being engaged. They advanced at the same time with the rest of the line ahd took a part of the enemy’s works, with a number of prisoners. The losses to the 2d Corps, as near as can bo as certained, are about six hundred and fifty, with pro. bably one hundred missing. Among the casualties are the following: Col.-Biles, Kith Pennsylvania Infantry, wounded ; I,teut. Col. Andrews, 20th Indiana, wounded; Maj. Hamilton, 110th Pennsylvania,wounded, and Capt. Stewart, lloth Pennsylvania, killed. - The engagement between the Bth Corps and tho enemy was" not so sever® as at other parts of the line, where the 2d and 9th Corps fought. Here, also, the object of the attaok was to foel the enemy, and ascertain if the works wore occuplod to “force. Some of the. troops finally reached the rebel pick, ets and took about 1,547, prisoners, driving the re malnder back to the main works. The enemy’s batteries were very active here and did a good deal of mischief. ; - . Firing was kept up till dark, without any attempt on their part to regain tho lost ground. q The casualties to the 6th Corps Include 35 officers end 2.414 men, among whom are the following: Killed.— Sergeant Michael Halleran, 6th Mary land ; Capt. S. Oakley, 77th New Yorkßattallon; Lieutenant S. Pierce, 77th New York; A. W. Itlser, 93d Pennsylvania;; Lieut.. Col. A. W. Dwight, 122 d ."Yorlff' ' Wounded —Henry,s7th Fa.; Jas. Easter,67th Pa ; Jacob Schmidth, 110th Pa; j Michael Durgor, 110th Fa; iA* GriffitH, HOfcii Pft.; M.cHlarlow, 122 d Oiilo; J. Armstrong, llOtfc Pa. ; Uapt. J. W.MU linger, 93dPa.: Lt. P. Phillips, 93d Fa.; Lt.J.H Park in er, 93d Pa.: Capt. A. 0. Douglass,l39 th Pa. I Ad iut&Dt D. iL. Crawfoid,- 339tliPft. > tt. 001. 3. Ct. Parr, 139th-Pa. : Major J; Frltoh, 93d Pa.; Lt. Col. D. C. Kellar, 93d Pa.; Lt. J. E. MeOlusky, 189;h Pa.: Capt. P. Blrober, 93d Pa. j Capt. W. Crosby, Ist Me. Lt. F. Hunter, IBt Me. 5 Lti iA. A. Dwl nolle, Ist Me.y Lt. J. W. Helper, Ist Me. ; Col. A. Mllliken, slight, 43d N. Y; j Capt. J Goldshwalto, Ist iMe.; Capt. J. O. Semple, 139th Pa.y.Lt. J., Boggs, I39th-Pa, : The hospitals of the 6th Corps being Insufficient to accommodate all the wounded, Oolonel Spauld ing, of “the 60th New; York Engineers, and bis officers, not only tendered the use of their handsome church and residences to the surgeons, but rendered valuable aid to caring, for the sufferers, making coffee and doing all in their power to make them comfortable. The number of prisoners In onr bands, as the result of the dayls ; operations, Is 2,571 enlisted men and-88 offloers, besides about 150 wounded in the hospitals. An order Is being Issued to the army congratulating the officers and men on the splendid victory achieved over the enemies of the oountry, and thanking- them for their behavior on the occa sion. To-day a good deal of pioket firing has been kept up along the lino, but without auy casualties, as far as known. Ahout twenty-five deserters came to this morning, bringing, however, no news. ALL tJTJIKT AT THB VROXT. Baltimobb, March 28.—Our Fortress Monroe letter says the; : mail: steamer Webster, from City rotat, reports all quiet at the front.'- BEBEL VBBBIOn OB THB EIGHT OB .BATUBDAT— TOT TBS BEBBL TBOOBS WBBB BBATBH— WHAT THEY CAPTURED, . [Special Despatiblo Tie Press -1 , 'h-qlq' Wabhikotox, March 28.—The Kiohmond Whig and Sentinel of the 25th have been reoelved hero. The former journal contains the following : “ Pbtebbbubo, March 25.—About 4 o’clock tbli morning, General Lee attacked the enemy on our left, to the vlotaity of the Appomattox, assaulting and capturing two lines of works, and one or more heavy forts. Our men advanced well Into action, but the enemy massed bis artillery so heavily to the neighboring - forts, and was enabled to pour such a terrible enfilading fire upon our ranks, that it was “deemed best to withdraw. The captured works were therefore abandoned, and our troops reoecuplcd their original position. General Gordon’s and General BushrodJohnson’s divisions of troops wye engaged on our side. Our loss was several hundred. Five hundred prisoners were cap tured, among them General -McLaughlin and a number of Officers. Major General Warren (Yan kee) Is reported killed’. Brigadier General Terry, on our side, was wounded,- Many pieces of artillery and-mortars were captured. The ,former were ne cessarily abandoned; some of tho latter were brought off. The attaok was a'-surprise to the enemy.” ■ - .■ • ■■■■ ■ . ABUT OF THE JAMES. JUNCTION OB' BHBRIDAN WITH ORAHT—ARRIVAL OP PRBBIDBNT LINCOLN—HB 1 BBYIRWS_ TUB TROOPS, Kollin. _ Special Correspondence of The Preßf 1' - - ." ■ j AaST Off THE JAM SIB, V BEFOEB KICHMOWO,;MarOb.2i; 1866. , ■ Yesterday about noon this army was thrilled with the gratifying intelligence that General Sheridan and forces had arrived safely into these lines, in the vicinity of Deep Bottom. The horses looked a little jaded, the men somewhat bronsed by exposure, hut bearing themselves like conquerors and evincing the most confident'assuranoes of their ability to repeat the thrashing exercises upon' Lee with which Early Is so familiar. They marohed like true Soldiers, under the inspiration of their commander, with an apparent faith In his ability to bring thorn ouf of every conflict with honor. General Sheridan came mounted upon a black horse, equipped in an over, ooat which, In the absence of the usual Inßighla, concealed his rank. His unostentatious manner, and the amiable deportment which he* - evinced to wards the members of his staff," are some of the influences which endear him to hl3 com mand. The Goneral planted his headquarters! flag at Jones’ Landing, on the James river, where he was joined hy a number of officers of his army who had been North, absent on a-leave, and remained there no matter how long. Due notice will be given of his operations Iff the future, whloh must satisfy public curiosity undl somethlng'more tangible is forwarded for their consideration. Another event of yoßterday whloh attracted con siderable attention In this army was the arrival of President Lincoln, and his reviewing parts of the 24th and 26th Corps. Both, white and colored troops i looked well, and, if possible,.marched bettertKah on former occasions. It was;_as;grand sight, and must have been a source of satisfac tion to his Excellency, Mrs. Lincoln, Miss Wells, and other ladles who accompanied the President to the front and witnessed the martial ceremonies. A host of generals also swelled thesuite of the Gom mander'ln-chieftb proportions beyond .thq,priml* tive ideas of simplicity. Everything Is quiet along the lines this morning. The sun in unbroken splendor is just emerging from behind the trees, which betokens one of those pleasant and refreshing dayAof spring that give re newed vigor to humanity. Affairs here are pro gressing as rapidly as can be expected or oould be desired. Inquiry into ttaeßecent Corruption Case. Habbisbubg, March 28 Speaker Olmstead or tlio House or Representatives yesterday appointed JHeßsrs. Elias BUUngfelt, '3of Lanoaster; M. (Si Quay,' of Beaver; and Get), 'A; Quigley, of Phila delphia, tie oommlttee to Inquire into the attempt to corrupt tlte House of Koproßontt*,t.lvos, in reference to tlie passage of tie bill to authorize connecting railroads to consolidate tbelr sines, &o. The ; committee will Bit during the recess,- and re |ort ibe result of their Investigation to the next GEN, SHERMAN’S ARMY. SeTcn Thousand Prisoners Capturedat Ihe Battle of Bentoafllle. iHEBMAN AND SCHOFIELD IN CONJUNCTION. THE ARMIES BESTING. loyalty of the North Carolinians—large Cap tures of Government Property. New Yobk, March,!®.—A letter from Newborn, (N. G.,) dated the 24th, says: The enemy cap-, tmed three guns on the first day of the battle at BBn tonville, but on the arrlval of the iTth. and 14 th Corps the enemy were driven in all directions, leav ing thege' tbree guns and seven others, besides T,OOO prisoners, and their,dead and wounded. Deserters are coming to In large numbers. Sherman having formed a junction with Terry and ‘Schofield, is now strong enough,to sweep,everything before him. Sherman’s wagons have arrived at Kinston for sup plies. He will refit and, be ready to move again soon, with Goldsboro as hisbase. The wounded In Sherman’s army will be brought to Newbem. The people along Sherman’s and Schofield’s routes gave tho troops a hearty welcome. 1 It is reported that 20,000 of Sherman’s mett were without shoes. Supplies have been sent forward. A large amount of cotton and other property has been captured. The enemy burned 1,000 bales of cotton at Golds- boro before we took possession of the place. BI’.JlEr, MEWS PROM ’SHERMAN— EVERYTHING GRATIFYING—SHERMAN ENTRENCHED,.AND ALE 818 SORTIES REPULSED. [Special Despatch to The F) ess ] . ■WABHihGTOM, March 28.—The Sentinel says that the accounts from Johnston’s army are gratifying, end that tho people of Noith Carolina are doing their 'duty. The Raleigh Confederate of the 23d says that Sherman’s' whole army was entrenohed on the 20th, and that the rebelß did not renew the attack. On the 20th and 2lst there’ was heavy skirmishing and partial attacks by Sherman, which were.repulsed., ' PREPARATIONS BOR SUPPLYING BHEBHAN—BB 1M POROEMENTS AND SUTPLIRS TO BE SENT RA PIDLY’ PORWABD. Mobehbad City, N. 0., March 25. —Quarter- master General M. O. Meigs and staff arrived here this morning from,Washington, yossels are ra nldly arriving with- supplies, which- are being sont to the front by rail. Captain Austin Is in oharge of both railroad and water transportation. He Is ex- tending the wharf and.,making many other im- provements. - . One steamer which sailed with three hundred and sixty mules lost ninety before reaching here rrom want of air. All vessels drawing less than nine feet should be sent .direst to Newbem, as railroad facili ties are very limited. ■ A train will go through to-day to Goldsboro. The prisoners ‘captured by . Sherman are,- arriving at Newbem j 600 arrived last night, and 2,000 reached Kinston; at the same time. The rest will be for warded As fast as possible. Reinforcements for Sherman are continually ar riving. • Deserters and refugees continue to coma in (In great numbers. Our troops will. doubtlesß take a Tew days’ rest, and Sherman may ma,ke'a brief visit tt General Grant. ANIMATED BCEMBB AT KIMSTOK— SCRTHBR DE TAIL B OP THB BATTLE OP BBNTONYILLE—THE SUBSEQUENT RETREAT OF JOHNSTON. CSpeclal Correspondence of The Press. 1 Kinston (N. O.), MarohSl. The scene around Kinston has become animated. Troops upon their way to the front, and long wagon trains arriving, to be loaded with supplies for the army, fill up the prospect from day to day.' The army Is being -rapidly furnished, and ; the; resump tion of the advance cannot be very long delayed. Unless Johnston desires to provoke a battle unequal and disastrous, for his own part, hemay remain for a week, at least, in tolerable security. Oolonel Garber, acting chief quartermaster under Sherman, Colonel Conklin, chief quartermaster of the Army' of the Tennessee, and General Dodge, chief quarter master of Schofield’s army are here, diligently at tending to the business of the army. The news today from the front amplifies, by some important details, the statement already forwarded some interesting data is also at hand. / On leaving Fayetteville General Sherman relieved hie army of the vast gathering of contraband.? and refugees which encumbered Ms march, and directed them, by way of Clinton, to Wilmington., No decided resistance was made by tho rebels up to the 16th, when their rear guard was" on-, countered chiefly by Ward’s and Jackson’s divisions, belonging to the 20th Corps, and General Slocum’s columns. The enemy were, for the principal part, Hardee’s command; A gallant charge, made by the - division of General Ward, drove _the rebels from a strong line of earthworks," and with the j olnt efforts ■ of the two divisions another line was takem Three gens and two hundred prisoners were captured, and . from five to six hundred, principally wounded, were lost; The rebels suffered with equal severity, and on the approach of our forces"to dislodge them from a third line of works, left to the night. General. Alfred Kbett, of South Carolina, was captured on the 15th preceding the fight. He had gone out to set pickets, and, returning to camp, was accosted by a /quad of men who demanded his rank and name.. Believing; they were- rehelß, like himself, General Kbett-returned an answer by no means gracious, but still satisfactory. He was then .conducted by our scouts through "the rebel pickets and into our. own lines. Captain Macbeth, of the South Caro lina Artillery, and a son of Mayor Macbeth, of Charleston, was mortally wounded to the fight. Fureuant to this spirited fight the right wing moved aoross the South river and up toward BentonvlUe, while the left wing made a crossing further up, pursued the enemy retiring by Bentonvllle toward Smlthfield, and reached-Beaver Dam creek, one of the many small tributaries . of the ; Neuse.- -On- the; 19th the fight opened with the left wing near Han nah’s “creek, the battle taking place In the angle formed by this oreek with the Neuse ■ river, - between; wMch streams the Bentonvllle road curved toward to the rear of our forces, Itwas while moving up this road that the 14th and 20th Corps met the enemy posted between the streams, in force, and anxious, as usual, to crush one wing of the army before the other eould come to its support. The right wing reached the vicinity of the fight on Monday, the 20th, and General Hazeu’s division, employed'to guard the trains, matched np and filled the gap between the two wtogs. The fierce and ' precipitate charges of the rebels were gallantly met and repeatedly driven baok by divisions of the 14th and 20th Corps, -which, for the time, withstood the shock of Johnston’s .entire army. The right wing came promptly to aid on Monday, and the rebels were driven out of the angle streams wMch they ocoupied, to retire upon Smlthfield. Kilpatrick’s cavalry operated with excellentfervlco, during the battle, upon the right flank of the left wing.. Several brilliant exploits wore performed In this action. The 46th. Ohio, armed with the .Spencer repeating rifle, made a splendid charge, and drove an entire brlgadeofthe enemyfrom its earth works, hut for want of Immediate support were un-. able to hold them, Tnoomtogto aid, with the 17th Corps, on Monday, Gen. Joseph Mower’s division made another gallant charge, and captured several lines of works. The troops on either side were fre . quently without; Bhoes. : In default of hats, many of onr soldiers wore bonnets and caps, picked up on the march, and charged across the briar-fields with hare feet. The rebels were 50,000 strong. Our loss will not reaoh beyond 2,000. That of the rebels la fully as large. - Johnston evacuated his* position on Monday night, and withdrew to Smlthfield, a movement determined and accelerated by a move ment of the 17th Corps upor/hls flank. Gen, Sher man was In Goldsboro to-day, and Ms army, it may be presumed, will thereabout await equipment. Kahb O’Domkbl. WASHINGTON. WASHINQTOIf, March 28. [Special Despatch to Tho Press. 3 PERSONAL. General Robert Anderson Is Here, en route for Charleston, to carry out the President’s order In re lation to raising the old flag over Tort Sumpter, He Is well, and has been visited by many friends. [By Associated Press. 3 ■ PRESENTATION. The clerks and employees In the Bureau of the Commissioner of Patents, Hon. 31, P, Holloway, have presented that gentleman with an album con taining their photographs, some hundred in num ber. The occasion was tho fourth anniversary of ivir. Hollow' ay’s oontrolbf that department, and his associates took this method of expressing their appreciation of the uniform 1 kindness they had-re ceivcd at his hands, and their respect , for him, as an officer and a gentleman. THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY AT THE FRONT. ■ ■ A gentleman who to-day arrived from the front, says that while on Saturday morning General Grant and the President and his party, were on their ;way from City Point to witness a review in ; the Army of the Potomac, and when about ten -miles from .that' place, General Pabeb, just from the battle-field; approached and gave a: circum stantial account of the fight at Port Steadman. Lieutenant General Gbamt thanked, him for Ms shill and gallantry, ana the President also com plimented btm highly for; the manner. In which-he ' and the officers and men under his command had conducted themselves on that occasion.. .. The party then resumed their journey, and stopped at a fort within a mile and a half of, a, eubseqnent action, and from the parapet of which they had a good view of the contending forces. They afterwards continued their trip, and visited many points of in terest, their extreme: stopping; place being within six miles of Eidhmbnd,, On this excursion General Gbabt and several members of his- staff, together with General Shbbidah, accompanied the. Presl- i dent’s' party. On their return they witnessed, the crossing of Sbbbidab’s cavalry, from tho north side to tho south side. The President has been; indulging, in riding on horseboek, and Ms health has. been considerably improved since his absence from Washington. SPIRIT' OF OUR TROOPS. The host possible spirit animates, our troops, and prominent mllitskry men seem to be well satisfied ■with the aspect of the situation. ARP.rCAL OP YfOUNDED AND PRISONERS. Tho hospital stoamer- State of Maine arrived here this morning from City Point with 366. wounded officers and men, the majority or whom wore wounded in the engagement o£ Saturday morning at Fort Steadman, Yesterday a transport leit City Point for Point Lookout, with I,®Q rebol prisoners wbo were cap tured on Saturday. The Little Bader brought up 218 rebel deserters,'all of whom came within our iihea on tlio SBd and Slth Inst, aocompanylng whom were 149 prisoners of war, who were oaptured by our troops in tho engagement on Saturday. TAX SALE SUSPENDED The tax sale appointed: for April Hath; at St. iugnstine, Florida, has boon suspended until further orders* Parties who contemplated vlSitlflg St. Augustine In eonneotlon therewith will govern thtmEelves accordingly. •' • ' •' OOYBEHMBHT PRINTING, > Tile Government printing buildings are about I® ■be extended, Congress having made a liberal appro* prlation for that purpose- ThO'printlng has accu mulated tosuohan extent that some large,docu ments ordered to bo printed early In Deoeniber are not yet finished, and muoh of the other work has to be executed at private offices In this city. - EXODUS OP GTJEBXLXiAa. The guerillas undor the command of the rebel Major White, who have been operating so Indus triously of late In Fairfax county, have, gone up the Shenandoah Valley to a new field of operations. COUBT-MAETIAL OP A CORRESPONDENT. ' B. S.'Obbon, the newspaper correspondent, ar rested for the publication of contraband information in relation to the expedition against Fort Fisher before It had soiled for its. destination, was taken from the Old Capitol yesterday and sent to Wew York, to be turned over to Major General Dix for trial. DErABTED FOB SAVANNAS. Captain Foxy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, loft here to-day for Savannah, on business connected with his Department. ;He was accompanied by Ms wife, and Mr, J. G.Nicoi.at and others. ISaltimokb, March 28.—The United States steamer Santiago do Cuba sailed hence this after noon for Charleston; Savannah, and-other points. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Fox took; passage in her, and a salute was fired at his reception on the vessel. • - UAJIFOBNIA. TIGHT WITH INDIANS—BUSINESSNBWS. San Fkancisco, March 23.—Advices from 'Ari zona to February 5 announce that the expedition under Lieutenant Barr had attacked a camp, of hostile Indians, and killed nineteen warriors. The Apaches continue to steal and MU horses, mules, and cattle. . / ■ - . ... Sailed, • steamer Constitution, for Panama, with passengers and malls for Now York, and *574,000 In specie, of which only $131,000 goes to New York. Arrived, ship,Kevere, Manilla, with 210,000 As of sugar, tor local refineries.; Sale of tbe .OMo Central Eailroad, Cincinnati, March 28.— The Central Ohio Kail road was to-day sold, under a decree of the Circuit Court of the United States, the purchasers being T. W. Garrett, president ..of the,.Baltimore and Ohio Eailroad Company, and VP.H. Clement, president of the I.ittle Miami Railroad Company; who, as trustees, represent the - creditors and stockholders, who are parties to an agreement for the capitaliza tion and reorganization of the affairs ;of . the 00m pany. ■ ■ ; X.ETTJER FROM NEW YORK. 'Special Correspondence of The Freßs.l Kw Yokk, March 28,1865. THB COOKING-ACADEMY of Monsieur Blot seems absolutely to have become an Institution of the times. Up stairs, In thesecond story of a building on. Fourth avenue, this high priest of the oulßlne, “ with the glare of Tophet on his face,” Holds forth to a female audience, wMph, If It Include not the beauty and fashion of the city, at least embraces no little embodied common-sense, Great men like Monsieur Blot ara always the ob jects of envy, and consequently of vituperation j the fairj rotund marks at which vermicular malice will' launch Its Bhafte. Witness the following from one of our leading dallies : ; < « The professor has been, quite successful inob talnlng pupils, at the present time having Mxty two, many' of pwhom ;are wealthy and Intelligent ladles, who are determined hot only to know how dishes should be prepared, but cuso how to cook themselves." ; Wd know how the,conventional Gallic cook; has always been accused of getting up strictly compo site meat pies whereto participate, all methods of flesh, whereto, Indeed, the dog and the lamb have lain down together, and a little oMld has eaten them ; but that Blot should fire his pupils With a suttee-determination;‘‘to cook themselves," is simply libellous and preposterous, and demands an earnest refutation. .. Blot has his pupils ranged around on wooden" benches', and Is otherwise strictly democratic to his methods ofaotlon; The “ wealthy and intelligent” ladles are allowed to propound such relevant ques- tions a 3 may suggest themselves, looking out from the gieati‘nlmbns : of smoke which ought always, according to; the physical laws of the-kitchen, to hover just overhead. Lovely woman pencilling down notes upon, the suave and sage remarks, which periodically faU from the oracular lips o‘ Mens. Blot I Mothers of ihmllles, and sisters of brothors animated with a stern, unbending deter mination to deyote henceforth all -their ; Mgher energies, to the question of cookery, and with their focalized totelleota grasping' rigidly at and over coming the tremendous sausage problem l ; But Blot is a genuine missionary, and his aca demy, being one of the cariosities and utilities of the city, la not to be sneezed at, and, therefore, deserves, notice. ■ ARRIVALS WITHOUT PASSPORTS*. It is a singular fact that nearly every foreign steamer arriving at this port brings passengers who are without passports. Notwithstanding the wide publication; of the order rendering lt obligatory upon all to proeure such necessary endorsement, all don’t procure It. Tho America, from Bremen, which arrived here on the 26th, brought some fifteen: or twenty of these non-bompli&nts, who were, of course, thoroughly outraged at their detention on sMpboard .by the surveyor’s officers. The rule is nearly Inexorable, so far as its enforcement Is con. cerned, and the mlsorables are toft to lament and grumble.until fcho.powers that be decide their fate* Blockade-runners, however, always seem to be pro vided with the requisite documents. How they are enabled to obtain such false endorsement It Is not" easy to see, yet it Is a notable fact that they do ob tain; them ; a result wMch may be due to the exer cise of peculiar sharpness and powers of Imposition npon harmless and confiding consuls. GENERAL ITEMS. There is some talk of celebrating In, style the .coming anniversary of the fall of Fort Sumpter. The draft question has been settled again, and official announcement Is now made that unless an' average of two hundred men per day shall be re cruited In the oily,“Wednesday (29th) will witness the conscription positively and without reserve. The " average’’ will not be raised. .. Tiie Grand Jury has presented; the concert sa loons as nuisances.and as pest-holes. Cui bonot When a Republican Legislature suppressed them, the act was stigmatized as puritanical. The Count Johannes is, lt Is said, about to start a weekly paper known sis The Johannes Journal ! ~ ;Bj Tele‘«r»pi. 1 DEATH O'F JACOB LITTLE. Jacob Little, the veteran stock broker, died this" morning. THE BVBHTNQ STOCK BOARD. 10 F. M.—Stocks very active and father weak on call: Gold, 152%; sifter call, 152, rallytag;at tfle, Close to 162 %. W. Y. Central, 86%; Erie, 49% ; Hud son Elver, 94% ; Beading, 90; Miohlgan toonthem, 51% ; Michigan Central, 94; Fittsburg and Cleve land, 52% ; Rock Island and CMeago, 86; North Western, 21%; do. preferred, 48% ; Fort Wayne and Chicago, 79%; Ohio and Mississippi certificates, 2t; Cumberland, 34%; Mariposa, 11%. CATTLE MARKET. Beef firm ; receipts 3,600, quoted at 14@27c. Teal firm at 10@15c. Sheep firm at 18o; receipts 7,000. Swine lower; sales 0f4,000 head, at *12.75@13,75 per hog. Epvouts to Maintain thb Sum™ act or thb Eeglibu Navy— A C unions Idka.— The members of-tho naval committee of the English Parliament ; are setting the best wits of their nation to work to invent such new guns and plan such. new vessels as will maintain the alleged supremacy of the English navy. It Is a hard thing for them to'allots the flag that has so long “braved the battle' and the breeze” to be lowered in defeat or disgraoe before the supe rior Inventive talent and tried prowess oi American seamen. Onr monitors.and onr gnns have proved successful and dangerous-in many fierce actions. Bat though it is not fully sure that they can cress the stain saiety, because there has been no necessity for trying them, yet such vessels as the New Ironsides,. which has often proved its efficiency in battle, might with but slight improvements attempt some such voyage with some show of success. 'This naval OOlU mlttee, therefore, has been closeted with the leading builders of the Kingdom, and by the last arrival we see that In the debate on the navy estimates their conclusions thus far have been given to the world. Most of the members, with onr monitors and our Ironsides as a starting point, condemn these two classes of vessels, and suggest a very; unique pattern. They assert, very truly, that a war vessel. Is nothing more than a floating gun carriage, the dimensions of which are governed-by the weight of the projectile and the corre sponding Blae: of the gnn. This has already been known. With this premise, naturally admitted, they further Argue that the ship should be as small as possible, built with a view to speed and hand!- uess. With a heavy gun mounted on It, Its small ness and speed would render it exceedingly danger* one, by rendering It hard to hit and of easy move ment round a portly enemy. This which seems to have been the,result of some labor; much research, and more discussion, it Is readily, seen, contains within Itself Its own de* : strnotlon. Other nations could as readily make ' similar ships, and the matter or superior ships and armaments would thereby remain where It is now. Heavy guns that will' stand' much service and- ha wholly reliable must first be invented' before- our presentefleotlvemahltors and Ironsides are ever-sur passed by English ships of a different plan 0, sups . which can be trusted alone, unoonvoyed; in the wild ness of the sea. ■ Two. Grand Concerts are announced, by Mr, Max Strakoseh for. to-morrow.. and Friday eve nings, at-, which those eminent artists, Mile..do Katow, tho violoncellist, and Mr. Wehli;. the pianist, wilt perform. Mrs. Behrens, the - well; known, and favorite soprano,, and Signor Poullo chi, basso-profnndo, will contribute .tha vooal por tionof th* entertainments. The programmes are composed of fresh and admirable, selections of music., :-V'-;-.: V/' - . To morrow evening Mils. de Katow will perform Servais 1 ’ «Souvenir do. Spa,”, and Offenbach’s “ Musette and Mr. Wehli, In addltlon to.two of his own compositions, will give the “ Seriate Fathe tlque,” by Beethoven, and Heller’s. " Wanderstun den.’*-. ' ; •. ■ Both oonoerts wish take placeat Musical Fund Hall, and seats may be obtained at Trumpler’s music store, Seventh and Chestnut streets. "Grumbler it Comeaux."— Rev. T. Da Witt Talmage we sen, is to repeat his great lecture on «Grumbler &. .©ompany,” on Thursday evening, in Handel and Haydn Hall, the proceeds to bo de voted to a benevolent object. During all the season, there has been no'leoture that excited more Interest than this .when it was delivered, a month ago, in Musical Fund Hall. It was bne of the rarest speci mens' oS witv’oloquenoe, and pathos that we, ever, heard. Mr. Talmage has the raoulty of amusing while he Instructs. !We bespeak alarge attendants next Thstsday evening. OhbbtbuKtbbbt Theatre. —It should pot 1:6 forgotten that' Mr. Lewis Baker’s i takes place this afternoon and evening.' Great; bills; are published for both performances, ■ Thb Clasbicai. QunrewTß Olto wIU ghetto regnlar matin t-e at thb ABsaigbly toriay, I a fise progwawo® is oKewi, the corcrre f»ri« APPEMOSAI. PITY BHB WtMH A BEFOmr NEEDED— PASSENGER Bk' lU ' ‘ boai*~mbe companies. .. a general tltrsr there are entirely too maa, steam ermines In attendance at fires, and toe result is there is an Immense amount of water nsed.nlas terrths of which never reach the taming combusti ble b, tat runs through b “'i? lD , ga > tnre fillintrcellars. SiC. This Is the effect of not tartDgmofe steam fire engines. If the powers that he woulo locate.at . least siaty. Bteam englnes, and divide the tailt up'portlon' of the city Into say thirty fire districts; then there would seldomhe mj necessity for mere than two engines present at a fire, if a law. were passed to limit the engines to tneir own respective districts,- excepting: In easj® of emergency. .-Such an arrangement as this wool a he an accommodation to the community. - damage would be done by water, whleh, when be vond control,' is as destrnoUve as .toe, and even more so. Then there would he no occasion to stop *“• travel of the Passenger railroad oars. These Hnest are a great convenience to the public.andevery iacllityshould be given not of the care. -At the fire on South Feurth street there were about twenty steam engines in service for an hour, during , which : period hhere were at least one million. gaVons of water used to mtUm anlsh a burning third story and roof of a single home. Upwards of a hundred . passenger raiP road cars were delayed. The ■ business of ibo Second and Third-street line, the .Spruce and Pine, Fourth and Eighth, Green and' Goates-streets lines was entirely suspended, at a great loss to the com panies and greatly to the inconvenience of the thou sand passengers. On the Second and line several of the cars, pretty well filled with aged ladles, small children, and mothers with Infants la their arms, were detained over an hour. There was no real necessity for this. There were only two steam: engines on Third street, and eaob. of them .projected a. few inches over the rails. By a lit tie attention on the part of the fire comp-antes the travel on this rd&d heed not have been stopped a single moment. There la an evident do* sire en the part of some fire companies to so place their engines purposely on the tracks as to s’op the cars, but by so doing they should remember they are annoying the passengers and,interrupting bu Biness generally. When necessity compels the fall ' use of the streets by.fire companies, in time of con flagration, nobody-could possibly complain. The firemen, aB a body, are philanthropists; many of ' them possess excellent judgment; they have In the department some of the best citizens, and a hope is ; indulged that hereafter, in time of fire, they will do all they can to prevent occupying, the passengar railroad tracks "when there is no absolute necessity fo: ‘ >r doing 60. HOWARD HOBPITAI. AND INFIRMARY FOR IN- CUBABHSS. The annual meeting of the contributors to this institution was held at the Hospital, Nos. 1518 and 1520 Lombard street, on Monday iilcerrjonn. B? the annual report, of tbe man alters, it appeared tb&t the numberof new patients during the year ending the Ist test., was 7,816, an increase of 1,003 oyer the nrevlooß year. These patients were treated at the hospital, and their medicines famished to_ them gratuitously. The number of their vl-its during treatment was 19,419, or, an average of 1,618 per month*.and the number of prescriptions compound ed for their use was 18;119. It was stated as a note worthy fact, that notwithstanding increased ex penses, occasioned by the advance of prices, such strict economy had been .ekerclßed in providing for the wants of this large nntnher of patients that the average cost of each 1 was less "than thirty cents. The expenditures for drags, apparatus, salaries, &c . amounted to $1,666.65, and the'value of articles’: 1 donated and . used in the hospital was $653. With this small amount of means the institution has relieved the ailments .of nearly eight thousand poor persons, and-the managers earnestly commend so inexpensive and useful a charity to the generous support of our citi zens.’The hospital Is now free from all liabilities, except a ground rent of $1,500 against the building. An effort is being made to scoure the funds for the release of this debt, and a part of the necessary amount has been already subscribed. No donation is, however, diverted to this object, unless so di rected by the donor. The managers are looking forward to the establishment of the Institution, as originally intended, as not merely a' dispensary, but a hospital and an asylum for those afflicted with incurable disorders, believing that thus ex tended it would: not only perform good and useful work, but would piove worthy of our city, already so widely known and extolled for her Institutions of benevolence. After the report had been read, and ordered to be printed for circulation, the contribu tors passed a resolution, that in view of the progress made by this institution during the past year, and itß evident capacity under the present management to accomplish a large amount of good among the poor of our city, they cordially recommend it to the generous support of the public. The officers orthe hospital are Thomas H. Powers, president; fin, X -McEiroy, secretary, and Henry D.-Sherrerd, treasurer, No. 4 Merchants’Exchange, AN EXCELLENT SUGGESTION. A correspondent .-'sighing Mroself ‘‘Traveller suacrepfe, In reference to themnnlng of the last trip of the citvpassenger cars; the following plan to ac commodate - belated city travellers, and which, would at the same, time increase the number of pas gangers on the last trip gT the vaTions city railroad lines. ■ Persons miss the last car owing to thßir ig norance of the hour at which it passes a given point. The plan suggested 1b for the various companies to have painted,* upon the; street gas-lamp.shades at short distances along their routes, the hour at which the last car'passes - that point. For instance, on NJnth-and- Arch-street gas-lamp ; have painted “ Ridge-avenue ear, last trip up passes this point at 12.15 A. M.” Lines which have double tracts upon same street conid have down trip time: on one side and up trip time on the other. The small expense thlß would entail upon the various companies would be made up to them In a very short time, and many weary and belated travellers would be accom modated! SALE OF rEIVS AT THE CATHEDRAL. Yesterday afternoon the pews of the Cathedral were sold at auction. There was a large attendance, and much Interest was manifested In the sale. A circular, explaining the terms of sale,; was read be fore the commencement of the sale, as follows: The whole of the bonus, and one-fonrth of the assessment, must be paid within thirty days after the sale; the balance can remain on interest at six per cent,, payable .semi-annually, in advance, and tbe entire fulfilment of these conditions gives un- ■ disturbed possession of the pew to the holder during f his life; and that of his wife and children (provided they he Catholics), as long as they continue resi dents of Philadelphia, according to the following regulations, via.: ~ - A 1. The pew rents and interest are payable six months In advanco. , , 2. Four weeks’, delay, in , paying the rent and in-, terest vacates the pew. - ' 3. No pew can be transferred, except by the pas tor. -■ ; ... '-.S' 4. The pews will be free at the early Masses. ~5. The sexton la authorized to open any unoccu pied pew after the Gospel at High Mass, smd after the beginning of Vespers. : 6. In Lent, Advent, the month or May, and other extraordinary evening devotions, the pewholders: are required to notify the sexton of their intention to occupy their pew,’and the same rule will be oh-: served as above, No. 5. 7. The only ornament allowed Is the cushion (green), carpet on fioor, and kneeling stool. The pew cannot he transferred by gift, sale or other wise, to any other person, except by the pastor; and it finally reverts to the church, These who renf pews are considered as tenants at will, and, after due notification, will be expected either to pay the sum .assessed, Bubject fo a bonus, or vacate the pew. in all cases where any misunderstanding may arise, the final decision is reserved exclusively to the 111 shop. " ’ ‘ To each: pew an assessment was attached; which was In each case eight times the annual rent. The fiist twenty.’pews were assessed at $640, with. an annual rent of sBothe next twenty at $560, and $7O rent, and so’ on.. The sale yesterday was to - secure a bonus above the assessment- The first pew in the middle aisle sold at $lOO, which really-made the cost $740, besides toe rent; No. 2sold at $3lO, ’ which made its real- cost #960. The highest- price ohtalned was Tor No. 4, which sold at $370, making the Teel price $l,OlO. About 20 pews only were sold at a bonus; the rest will be sold In the regular way. RAILROAD COLLISION. Yesterday morning between six and seven o’clock, as one of the locomotives of the Pennsylvania Kail road Company was going down Washington street, when near Eleventh street a switch became; dis placed, and the engine-was thereby transferred to toe other track, upon which a train of freight-cars was standing. The eoncneslon almost demolished the freight-cars, and the engine was also badly damaged. The engineer, Charles Miller, was thrown to the ground and- seriously injured, and was taken to the-hospital. J. M. Sardine, the fireman, was slightly Injured. RAILROAD ACCIDENTS. Yesterday* morning Mary Ann Blount, aged’eight years, haa one of her feet crushed by being run over by a coal-car, at Twenty-third and Hamilton streets. She was gathering coal along the trackat .toe time. She was taken home. •. A soldier, named Elohara Blake, belonging to Company D, 183 d Regiment Pennsylvania -Volun teers, was run over and instantly killed, last-eve* ning, on the North Pennsylvania Railroad at Berks 'street.:' MEETING OF CHILDREN. Kev. Mr. Hammond’s meetings for children con tinue with increasing interest. Half a-dozen de nominations were represented In the, clergy on the platform yesterday. Kev. Dr. Boardman, of the First Baptist Church, who came from Rochester to this city, declared his entire and hearty approval of Mr. Hammond’s method, as he had witnessed and participated In them In Rochester.- - ’ CITY ITEMS. Opxnikg Day.— We Invito attention tothe an nouncement elsewhere of Messrs. Wood & Gary’s tot grand Spring Opening ef Millinery, to take place at- their salesroom, No. 725 Chestnut street, on Thursday, the 30th Instant. The annual “open ings” of this popular old house are usually gala day occasions to the ladles of onr city. r ;; - - J “ - THE BEST FITTINB SBIET OP THE ASB IS “The Improved Pattern Shirt,” made by John C. Arrl son, at the old stand, Nos. 1 and 3 North Sixth street. 'Work done hy hand, In the heßt manner, and warranted to give satisfaction. His stock of Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods cannot b e surpassed. Prices corresponding with tho-dcclinoln gold. TnatPLß op Fashio“, Temple of Fashion, Temple or Fashion, Temple of Fashion, No. 734 Market street. No. 734 Market street. No.. 734 Market street. ' Fine Glothing Fine-Clothing FineTJlotMng At prices to- suit all. At prices to suit all. At prices to suit all. Gbiqo,.Vas Guhtbk, & Go., .734 Market street. Feme .Ciotbiko- abb Hebchast Tailobikg H6TABI.PBBMEHT. ’’ • Granville Stokes’ Old Stand, No. GQikGhestnnt street, above Sixth. EveryArtlclo Got.up. la the very best style, ■and sold at pripes to correspond with. the fall In gold. mliW-St Imfobtabt..—New York, FHIE.AnKi.rHIA -AND Bat-tihore Cooks or.ro ateo Petrousum. Ann Mjkik». Co.—Aay Philadelphia subscriber to the stock or this Company, wishing to 'dispose or the samo, canroeelve the amount of his Investment in lultj and.viilowanco made for hla trouble, asperse, Ac.,hy applying at the office of the Company, In this.city, 612 and 614 Chestnut street. A SixaunAß Accidehtj—A man while putting on his coat ’ruptured a muscular fibre of the back, causing 'great pain, and requiring medical atten dance for three weeks. His doetbr gave ; him a little sound advice, t& the effect that, ha ought to save his muscles by wearing such comfortable coate has those- made atthe Brown. Stone Glothing Hall of Kockhlll & Wilson, Noa 603 and 605 Chestnut street, above Slsth. . Tbb House that Jack Biuxt.— Great intere*, is msinifeated in literary circles to know who - f hn Jack” Is, referred to intho latepublloatlon “ Stoksslana.” We wcraldBtate,for the of thosewho have read ' 1 Stokealana,’r, those Hhohaye not, that JaokHleeisthe referred to, the eminent builder of the Conti nental Hotel, likewise of .Charles Stokes & Co.’s One-price Oloth fpg Store, under tbßOontinentai, Thb Fbiz»’Hei>al Ssiets lcve: F. Taggart, »nd for sale at the pops FurBlFWDg EEtabllehmemt of Hr. No 610 Chestnut street, are the beat fitting Shirts In the world. The vet; In this department are always romp counters. , ' OOOP QtJAL: BfEACHKD MUSLIN. \ Two cases Prints, ftoni suctioc* a 26 cents. . York Mias, WUUamsTlllß, stock domestic goods selling ?*»£*** a of every grade,rec< BlacE f\- , ifleSi Ooopss & “« rlsM S&rner M a No “ Paktct*'’ at the northeast conn ar,d Philadelphia. Met Bourko have stoA"® 4 therrextensiv' to its utmost capacity with Paper-hf PapftWj Ac. ■ Their stock now .embrace? the 1; xnent of imported al.’d domestic Paper-hangings in Phfi adelplner : ant deserved reputation to soft.’ cheap will ’ doring, another season. Their ahtu heavy importations, extensive xnanufr ties, all tendPto give them advantage! shrewd buyers. Their bnslnesi; is st« each season, and if the late panic sti not visible at Fourth and Market st mh24-fmw3t Obfiobb of Cambroh Pbtrolbum PBBSSTI.TAKIA, No. 101 Walnut St James, and sontheaEtcorner Seventh ai A. Douglas, where fall particulars can and subscriptions received. Books or days longer. Subscription price, share.' A C 0» POOKBT BOOK.-J most complete article of fcheklnd we & Jg that of Itta&on & Hugtes, 44 street. It Is made of ooe piece of lea-thei and IB the most durable book made. EYB, EAS, AWID OiTABKH, BUO& by J. Isaacs, 3&. D., Oonllst and Ami Artificial eyes Inserted. Nooharkefr SPECIAL KO'I IC: Loms Napomok’s -Book. BY THB BABB OB TOWBB Curiosity, the teaser, Has inspired an impulse strong To peruse "that life of G«sir . Naphaebeenafeoutsolonr; And no doubt you 1 !! be delighted When we give you la advance This Impressive passage cited From the' royal book of France. * * The times-la which great C«=a.r Lacked the mental Htht of oat*. And want of knowledge oft he fell ' Though not the want of p y ware. He, thin* ins he bad trod earth's Knew net that beyond the tea iJaythe vast land Colunabns foai How. as mignty as ’tU free. “ He dreamt not that, when Caesar' Were beheld bj men Bnildiiifs of 6uch majestic walls fchottld adorn a Western shore; BTor that within that farored iani. j Clothing ofsuch. rich devlca ghonld be bought from a Towei And at such moderate price * ’ We have now c n hand our usual full assortment of seasonable Clothing. All have been purchased/or cash, at the j»re* rates, which enables ns to fully meet the mand for goods at reduced prices. Oui at the finest class of goods, made in the bast sible. Those who usually have their order ean. be suited at once, in garments t respect—sfx/k, jit, mate, and moferfaf—? cent lower prices. .: We hare all sizes, styles, and price sortment. An examination invited. Ho. 518 Mi BJ Yebmct of ah AcTOKsa.— GTJIKBMERTS of a theatrical life, to all' the dreis.and toilette, render'the jndgmei this profession. unerring and saleable ■■p.matt. BB PAKIB" has had Its tea; their nnnnalified approyal. It is so nl glaring paste or powder, or asnigsr palm highest to tie profession, hate not hesiti to letters to its efficiency to beautifying a thefhta. The letter of the beautiful am cille “Western is appended: V pHXLABBLPHIA, SOY 63 Jules Jared A Co. Ge*tlbmex: I have received, and will faction need; the .‘‘Bmail de Paris. Gt am, to the use of powders as stage remote that the ** Small ’ 1 produces all the brilli and lily-white, with the great and wen] or total harmleMcess- It really adds tot! smoothness of the skin, without conveyij meretricious idea. . thave ‘ no hesitation In recommending feision and ihe . public., -And so. behe tbanbs. yonra truly, M.s “L’Emallde Paris” ean beobtained of Perfomers; and Ladies’' Hair Dreraei Messrs. EUGBHE JO OUT, 80. HI Booth T below Chestnnt! JOHHSTOS, HOLLOW DJSH, and DXOTT Jt CO., are. tbe gens tbe trade. - ©bat Hair,-Baldness, Ban: DISEASE OF TUB SCALP- Mo discovery can compare witi-tlie "London*’ • “London” imsTTOBID’S- “Hair Coli “London ’ 1 ‘ ‘ London ” (cheat) ‘ ‘ Hair Coli • toadon” , , “Hair Coil 1 ‘ London ’ 1 remedt:* “Hair Co] - (Invaluable as a Restores Gray Bair, .. Privet Restores Gray Bair, Pten w Restores Gray Bair, -Bo Dee. Prems Beitores Gray Hair, ' . Prep?) St stores Gray Hair* Prem . Tfce certificate of Mrs. Miller, 80. 730 street, TMladelpMa, is conrincing proof Very gTay when ste cojnmeiicadlts nee; n glossy. Testified, to "by Edward' B.' Gari gist, Tenth, "and Coates Bfcreeis—a man w'i none can doubt. - ; Single bottles 75 cents; eix bottles. Si Dr. SWATH U 330 Sorth S! Stair Rods, or the-Oval Pattern, and Stair-rod Ejes, Bmtas, ki sale at lhe Hardware Store or TETJUi So. 835 (Eight Thirty-flTe) HAEEET JHnth. Caepet Sleepers asd C Wringers are reefoL The most approve; for sale with a general Hrhstr of BoxuaV ware, atTBTJKi S & gHAW*S, Ko 535 fi-vc) HAKEJBT Street, below Btimh. AItMY Itch, Tbttbb, all •X>K. SWAYNK’B ALL-HBALIHG 0- ‘ DB. SWATHE’B ALL-HEALTBG 0 5o case so.obstinate, or lony-staudlß; eare in. a 'short time All kinds of Tst* neatly cured.> Salt iketuo, barber*® itc cents. Sent by. mail for 60 centß. SWATHE & SOH. 330 H. SIXTH “AEHIANDPETBOmtJM Co>. .or PEHgS'S LYAKIA. ■ '—The St ocklol® corporation are requested to call at th* Company at their earliest c©nTenie£«, their * * CERTIFICATES OP STOCK. * * Tr subscribed, and not pud* are also pay their substripiions, or the balance of be given to those ftrat paying for the aasfr scriptionprice, yiz: slper Bhare. ISRAEL B. DSA.GO'-' Office, Ho.-ISS South. SIXTH Street. “Hub ,l>ra I, Haib Dte ! BATCHELOE’S HUB DXB IstlMlX!’ the only tra«mi perfect Dye-tiro’ oos» andreliable; produces a splecdii Brown; remedial the ill effects of & gnenttr restores the oridnal color. &. (Isis. The senniiie i* cifixed "W. A. BA* SABGXIA? Street,- ITew York. Be Gabepui. ; of; XouKv Lukg= SWAIJSE’B CO3CPOOHD SYBTTP 0? BY.” - “ - .!• It will cure the moat ohsfoi&ie Coni 2. It will cure Asthma, Bronchitis, We* 3. It Will rare all diseases ofitfe Chest ’ 4. It will rare Palpitation: or diseases o 5. It will rare all complaints of a Palm'. DR. SWAY? It. : ' '33oNorth SI - Why Injure- Cc POWDBBS AND WASHES wWcb. ctofce pores of feio tUs, an 4 in a start time lea’ 4ry? It la in tiie blood, andif yonwact softeMn use HELKBGIJi’S BXTBiC? PABILIiA, Itsives abriliianey to the To ESSKiH THE BEAUT JET tie complexion, o*a HELM X.T OOHOKMTBATEB ELTUD EXTEi BILL A One Bottle eqjUkls in strentfi 01 gymp or Decoction. ..•. j A.- Glbab, Smooth Skih al FOL COMPX.EXIOH follows tha nse o! COHCBHTBATBB FLUID EXTKACI LA. It removal Black spots, pimples' of the skin. Not jl Wew or the 'Wokss tlat afflict mankind arise from corruption- BELMBOLD’B EXTEAOT OF remedy of tie ntmoet -value- Helmeouj’s CoKCBN' BUCHF i»m great Diuretic. HBMS} CEHTKA’TKD EXTEA CT SiSSA-PAE^* 1 Blood Purifier. Bote we of Pharmacy and Chemistry, ana sje *- ih&t e&n be made. . . A Thing of Beauty is- k SYEE. —Those wio desire |»rilHa»wr most pTirify and en licit tie Mood* CONCENTRATE© EXTRACT riably does. BeeoUect it is no.2^ B£l for BelmTwld’a. Take so otter. Ghujjbks’s Clothsks—Bo f: IKFAHTS’ A9D MISSES’ Spring styles in great Call *s1 *' SHOEMAKZR & CO.’S,-Ko. 4S. BIOS? Bb. BAlWma’s IiSGOMTA- Tnuses,Shoulder Braces* Supped lags, &t, in gzeat Y&^ety, atC 5. -T'WBiFTH aad BAG£ Streets. **£ Twelfth atreet, fiiahdoor below Bace; - Sinagee of all description!. Key to I»oye, obDb. S. Terr Poonlu Private l*eetar« on FASCISf AXIOMS” juitoafc. love,.- Secrete-worth, knowing. £® s -kAKMIS* Medical Office, M°* Street,' receive Ife by return ffi and Bakes fi Hiiliest-premiuMi , ' EJ&stU'Btttck JUJJ •. SEWING BACHIS®* Wlti ! it*«t Improvements. r mit 1m Ho. 730 Itch. (Wheatons) SALT BHEUK. {OIJHW®*® < Will ctixe the Itch, in 48 hours. Uleerß.. Ctdlblalßflf and Price 60 cents. By §«ndin* W TEB, BOBTOJT, Hus , for Mle by all “Hair Colt