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ova PLATFORM
THE UNION-THE CONSTITUTION-AND
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE• LAW.
HARRISBURG, PA
Wednesday Afternoon, March 26, 1862.
GENERAL M'CALL
The State Capitol, within a few days past,
has been rife with rumors of the most painful
character, calculated to effect the reputation of
this gallant and distinguished gentleman and
soldier. These rumors - have not, as we are
aware, assumed any official shape, and there
fore it is not necessary to refer to them any fur
ther than to seriously question their truthful
ness, and confidently to rely on the facts for a full
vindication of Gen. M'Call from any implied or
expressed charge of derilection of duty as a
soldier or a man. In regard to the march made
by the division of Gen. M'Call, during which
j't was asserted that he had harassed his troops
by a useless and tedious departure from a regular
route to a certain point, we now have the
testimony of those who participated in that
march, that this departure was the result of a
necessity growing out of the vandalism of the
rebels. We quote the following extract from a
letter, dated "Camp near Alexandria, Virginia,
March 17, 1862," received in this city by Mr.
Armstrong, from his son, J. C. Armstrong,
who is attached to M'Call's division, fully ex
plaining this whole metter :
"We left Camp Pierpont about eleven o' clock,
last Monday morning, and had a very tiresome
march of fifteen miles, not halting until about
seven o'clock in the evening. My knapsack
was su heavy for me, that I had to stop on the
road and throw out two shirts, a pair of drawers
and a pair of stockings, for I was determined
to keep up with my regiment, if I should be
obliged to throw aw iy all my baggage. Num
bers of the men threw away their overcoats,
blankets, boots, &c., and a great many gave
out before we stopped. The next morning we
marched about three miles, and then, being
about six miles from Centreville, we halted.—
Our company was sent out as a picket guard
and occupied the same post that the rebels had
occupied the day before. The following day
we got the news that the rebels evacuated Cen
treville and Manasses and that both places
were held by another division of our men.—
This was rather a disappointment to us , for we
expected to have the pleasure of driving them out
of those places. We remained encamped there
until Friday, when we received orders to get
ready to march immediately for Alexandria,
from which place we would go, by water, (des
tination not named.) That evening we marched
about four miles, till we came to the Alexan
dria and Leesburg turnpike, where we camped
for the night. The next day we started at seven
o'clock, A. M., and on account of the bridges below
us on the pike, having been destroyed, we had a round
about way of over ten miles to go, when we struck the
pike, but about four miles further on than we were in
the morning. This was the hardest march I have
had since I have been in the army."
It is to be hoped that this letter, written im
mediately after this march, when the facts were
all fresh in the writer's mind,and when he could
have no possible object in communicating any
information but the truth, will forever silence
the tongue of slander that has so recklessly
wagged against General M'Call for the last few
weeks.
TILE MISSION TO RUSSIA
The telegraphic announcement in the Phila
delphia inquirer, to the effect that Gen. Cameron
had in contemplation the purpose of resigning
his position as ministin to Russia, is one of the
wholesale sensation paragraphs peculiar to the
Inquirer, and is false in every particular. Gen.
Cameron has completed his arrangements, and
will sail for Europe, en route to St. Petersburg,
in a very few days. This is all the announce
ment necessary to explode the fabrication of
our Philadelphia cotemporary.
A CORRESPONDENT writing from Nashville and
the Cumberland, says that the most bitter seces
sionists are the women, and it is the opinion
that it is part of the secession programme to
urge these females to such indiscretion and
indecencies as to provoke retaliation, and thus
make capital out of it. Our soldiers bear the
taunts of the she-devils with becoming forti
tude, and merely laugh at thair ravings. The
hospitals at and about Nashville, and on the
Ohio river, are in pretty fair condition, though
scarcely adequate to the command. There is
au abundant supply of beds and bedding, those
articles having been p, ured in by Sanitary
Commission from every quarter. Fgt there is
a sad lack of proper food. The invalids are
suffering everywhere on this account, and many
deaths are the result.
THE PILOD3 OF OUR WAR VESSEL/I.—Here is
class of men deseriring of the aotice of the gov
ernment and the notice of the people. They
stand up bravely in the pilot houses, which are
maths to be shot at by rebel cannon, and,
- without the aid or the excitement of wielding a
weapon or commanding either soldiers or sail
ors, quietly and calmly fice death for their
country. They are true heroes, equal to any
in the army and navy, and superior to the
majority in either. They are worthy of all
honor and renown.
BY AN ACT OF Cosautss appropi iating money
for the naval service the coming year, it is pro
posed to place in the hands of the government
$540,000 to be used in buying hemp. That's
right—we second the motion with the hope
that it will be as freely used in choaking trai
tors as in stretching canvass
pennopluanto (Daily ttlegraph, Mitittesbap lliternoon, Mato 26, 1862
THE TWO SUPERINTENDENTS.
Much has been said arid written in reference
to those who have been and still are connected
with the different railroads of the country, di
rectly engaged in the transportation of troops,
supplies and munitions of war, commending
them for their energy, sagacity and prompt
ness. We have no opposition to urge to all this
approval. We are rather inclined to endorse
this commendation, and while we do so, we
deem it entirely in place to refer to two indi•
viduala in whose zeal and perseverence the
traveling public and the government of the
United Stales have been much indebted; and
while we make this reference, we protest mos t
solemnly against any attempt to win the favor
either of those thus named,or from the company
for which they act. In fact, we have no person
al acquaintance with one of these gentlemen,
while the other is only one of the recollections
of our boyhood, a recollection which has been
darkened - by time, and is now further dimmed
by those stern years of age, which cast their
shadows over all that is bright and glorious.
We allude to the superintendents of the east
ern and western divisions of the Pennsylvania
Railroad,Cbarles J. Fransiscus, of Philadelphia,
and Samuel H. Young, of Harrisburg. These
gentlemen have been connected with the trans
portation business for years, and started with
the Pennsylvania railroad when that enterprise
was in an untried experiment and when neither
of them dreamed of filling positions of the re
sponsibility and labor they now occupy. They
have grown with the road, and as it enlarged
its business and extended its lines, they gather
ed knowledge and became efficient, until they
found themselves in positions as honorable as
any in business and ~as responsible as any in
life, because while they are daily brought in
contact with the best of their fellow citizens,
they have daily in charge the limbs and the
lives of thousands of human beings.
The Pennsylvania railroad has long since
adopted and is now steadily pursuing a princi
ple of promotion among all its employees,
which, while it results in success to the busi
ness, awakens the energy and stimulates the
ambition of the people in its employ. With
this road, a man must earn promotion, as well
by his term of service as his ability. to serve.
And on these qualifications and merits, Messrs.
Young and Fransiscus have risen to their present
position. We refer to these. facts now, because
as we wrote above, there has been so much
written and printed in relation to others in the
same connection, a fact, alone, which reminded
us of doing credit to the gentlemen in ques-
THE ORGANS OF THAT Democaacy which still
reek with the disgraces of the Buchanan ad
ministration, such as the York Gazette, the
Beadford Gazettes, Lancaster Intelligencer, and their
kindred cotemporaries, are, howling and rejoic
ing in the most vulgar terms over the election
in this city and York borough. They claim
the results as decisive Democratic victories, and
assert that in consequence the doom of the Re
publican party is fixed. It is not so much the
doom of the Republican party that these jour
nals desire to impress on their readers, nor is it
for local impressions or effect that these jour
nals so laboriously persist in perverting the
truth. The object they aim at is to encourage
the rebels to maintain their present antagonism
for a few years, with the promise that the
Democratic party will then be in power, and
then, too, every demand now made by the
south will be granted, the rebel chiefs them•
selves received into Democratic fellowship, and
the slave power again established as an element
of strength and political influence in the gov
ernmt. If these journals were so anxious for
the truth, they would also print the result of
the spring election in Reading, one of the anF,
dent Locofoco strongholds. In that city the
Union meu and Republicans achieved a clear
victory, after the Locofoco leaders had drawn
their party lines and fixed their issues of oppo
sition to the Republican state and national ad
ministrations. But this result is passed in si
lence by the journals in question. As fondly
as the boar returns to his wallow in the mire,
these locofoco editors incline to their habits Of
lying. Without falsehood, they would be im
potent; and yet, with it, they only the sooner
render themselves ridiculous.
Tug NZWBERN PROGRESS, formerly one of tee
most violent and virulent secession sheets in
the Old North State, has passed into the hands
of E. L. Davenport & Co., and is now edited
with ability as a loyal Union journal, by George
Mills Joy. Newbern possesses one of the best
harbors on the North Carolina coast, with rail
road communication, and all the other facilities
demanded and used by an enterprising people.
When the deluded masses of the south are
served with a press not wholly controlled by
those who wield the power and infidence of the
rebellion, they will learn to understand their
true position in the Union, and learn also thit,
in all the acts of friendly reciprocity and na
tional good will, the people of the north only
ask that the Union shall be respected, the laws
obeyed, and there will then be no delay in the
establishment of peace. Under its present
auspices and control, the Progress bids fair to
be a useful and profitable enterprise. Its pro
prietors have our best wishes for success.
TH6 Yoam. Gamma fairly gloats over the re
cent result of the election in that borough. The
fact that lecofocoism achieved a triumph in
which there was no issue of principle or test of
policy, is made the occasion for an exhuberant
and jubilant display of feeling which it has not
exhibited while relating any of the successes of
our troops in their contests with traitors. The
Gazette has always been one of the sickly adula
tors of the men who are at the head of the
rebellion, so that it is fair to infer that this ex
hibition is one of its sly modes of assuring the
rebels at least of its increased and increased sym
pathy. Doughfaceism is as prolific in its apol
ogles for treason as the traitors themselves are
determined in their assaults on the government.
But the Gazette is welcome to its present joy in
view of the future disgrace which defeat will
entail on its conductors.
Limon from Barbary report that the Sultan
has not yet been successful in persuading the
Riff tribe to surrender the land in the neighf
borhood of the Spanish fortress of Melilla.
The Apportionment Bill.
Tile select committee on this subject, appoint
ed by the Senate, has reported the following bill
districting,the State into Congressional districts.
From a careful examination of the same we have
come to the conclusion that both politic 31 par
ties can elect twelve members to Congress if they
nominate good men, which is rather a more
liberal bill t a Democratic committee would
have reported :
let Dist.-Phil'a , let ward, 29,212
" 8d " 19,976
• " 4th " 24,633 •
" sth " 24,854
" 6th " 14,928
" 11th " 16,718
-130,820
2d Dist.-Phil's., Ist ward, 30,963
" 7th " 81,897
" Bth " 27,811
" "9th " 17,215
" 10th " 21,697
-129,353
8d Dist.-Phil'a., 12th ward, 16,811
" 13th " 20,132
" 16th " 20,092
" 17th " 23,328
" 18th " 20,480
" 19th " 25,000
-125,843
4th Dist.-Phil'a., 14th ward, 24,336
" 15th " 32,431
" 20th " 30,152
" 21st " 17,164
" 24th " 23,781
-127,864
sth Dist.-Phil'a ,22d ward, 17,286
" 28d " 24,093
" 25th " . 15,000
Bucks county, • 63,579
--119,958
6th Dist.-Montgomery, 61,500
Lehigh, 43,754
--105,254
7th Diet.-Chester, 74,578
Delaware, 80,579
114,657
Sth Dist.-Barks, 93,819
9th Dist.-Lancaster,ll6,3ls
10th Dist.-Schuylkil, 89,515
Lebanon, 81,381
-121,346
11th Dist.-Northampton, 47,954
Carbon, 21,033
Monroe, 16,759
Pike, 7,115
Wayne, 82,279
-125,140
12th Diet.-Luzerne, 90,243
Susquehanna, 86,267
-126,510
13th Dist.-Bradford, 48,735
Wyoming, 12,540
Sullivan, 5,637
Columbia, 25,065
Montour, 13,053 •
-105,080
14th Dist. -Northumberland, 28,892
Union, 14,145 -
Snyder, , 15,035
Juniata, 16,986
Dauphin, 46,757
-121,815
15th Dist.-Cumberland, 40 098
York, 68,200
Perry, 22,794
131,092
16th Dist.-Adams 25,012
Franklin, 42,128
Fulton, 9,131
Bedford, 26,737
Somerset,' 26,784
-132,792
17th Dist.-Cambria, 29,156
Blair, 27,829
Huntingdon, 28,101
Mifflin, 16,841
-101,427
18th Dist.-Centre, 27,100
Clinton, • ' 17,722
Lycoming, 37,898
Tioga, 31,045
Potter, 11,470
124,735
19th Dist.-Erie, 49,425
Warren, 19,190 -
M'Bean, 8,869
Forrest, 898
Elk, i
5,915
Cameron,
Jefferson, 18,269
Clearfield, 18,758 .
-121,314
20th Dist.-Crawford, 48,755
Venango, 25,044
Mercer, 86,857
Clarion, 24,994
135,650
21st Dist.-Indiana, 33,687
Westmoreland, 53,736
Fayette, 89,959
127,382
22d Dist.—Allegheny county,
south of the Ohio river, inclu
ding Neville island, 126,364
23d Dist.—Allegheny county,
north of the Ohio and Alle
gheny rivers, and Butler and
Armstrong, 123,867
24th Diet.—Lawrence, 22,996
Beaver, 29,144
Washington, 46,804
Greene, 24,343
--123,287
Pennsylvania Legislature.
RRPORTEO IXPREERLY FOR THA TZLIORAPH
SENATE
WEDNESDAY, March 26, 1862
The Senate met at 11 o'clock A. M., and was
called to order by Chief Clerk Kumar, who
read a note from Speaker HALL, deputing
the Senator from Wushington, Hon. Grown V.
Lawamics, to act as Speaker during the day.
Mr. Le.wituan took the Chair..
Several petitions were presented and referred.
Several rfmonstrances were presented against
House bill No. 143, an act to prevent the fraud
ulent use of castings.
Mr. KETCHAM read in place an act relative
to foreign insurance companies.
Referred to the Committee on Corporations.
The bill to reduce the capital stock of the
Girard Bank was reported and passed—yeas 18,
nays 7.
The bill relative to gas companies was taken
up and its provisions confined to Philadelphia,
Erie,
Bucks and Northampton counties.
Passed—yeas 28, nays 2.
Mr. KINSEY presented a petition of eighty
one citizens of Bucks county in favor of an al-
Wation in the mode of collecting State and
county taxes in said county.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. BENSON called up the general appropri
ation bill, and it was progressed with in com
mittee of the whole, (Mr. PENNEY in the chair,)
to the twenty-sixth section, granting the usual
appropriation to the Pennsylvania State Luna
tic Hospital At Harrisburg,when a debate ensued
until one o'clock, when the Senate
Adjourned.
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WKDNSBDAY, March 26, 1862. •
The House met at 10 o'clock, A. N.
On motion of Mr. PERSHING, the use of the
hall of the House was granted to Prof. S. S.
Haldeman, on the evening of Thursday week,
for the purpose of delivering a lecture on Amer
ican literature.
On motion of Mr. BIGHAM, the use of the
hall of the House was also granted to Hon. Was.
H. Auatsraorm, who, at the request of numerous
gentlemen of the Legislature abd citizens of II ir
risburg, has consented to repeat his lecture, the
result of his travels and observations in Egypt,
which he delivered here last winter, on next
Tuesday evening.
Numerous reports from committees were re
ceived, among which
Mr. PERSHING, (Ways and Means,) reported
with negative recommendation, supplement to
the act, entitled "An Act for the sale f the
main line of the public works.
Mr. ARMSTRONG, from the committee ap
pointed in the contested election case• of Peter
Walsh vs. ROBERT F. RUSSELL, reported in favor
of 'lmlay F. RUSSELL, sitting member.
Mr. STRANG offered a resolution for the
pay of L. A. Eyler, clerk to the committee in
the above case, which was agreed to
In the contested election case of IlmaY J.
BITERS US. J. Bowl - , sitting member.
Mr. EARLEY presented a minority report
against the sitting member,
- Which was laid on the table.
"An act to change the venue in a certain case
from Dauphin to Bradford county.
Passed finally,
A large number of bills were read in place ;
among which,
Mr. ROSS, (Luzerne,) read in place joint re
solutions for the pay of Peter Walsh, contestant
in the case of Walsh vs. Russel, and for the pay
of S. W. Trimmer, contestant in the case of
Trimmer vs. Hall.
An act to attach Erie and Crawford counties
to the Eastern District of the Supreme Court,
was taken up, considered and
Passed finally—yeas 57, nays 29.
An act for the more effectual protection of
the owners of logs and lumber on the Susque
hanna river,
was taken up, considered and
Passed finally, asamended.
The House then adjourned until three o'clock
this afternoon.
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The Winchester Battle.
FURTHER PARTICULARS,
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THE RETREAT OF TUE REBELS WITH
RUMEX DISASTER.
Rebel Lose 200 Killed, 300 Wounded
and 300 Taken Prisoners•
Union Loss Sixty-five Killed and One
Hundred and Twenty-five Wounded.
CAPTURE OF 200 REBEL WAGONS.
—.—
The Rebels Throw Their Dead and Wounded
from the Train Wagons.
MB ARMY FIVE MILES BEYOND STRASBURG
STILL PURSUING NB ENEMY.
=I
HERON CONDUCT OF THE UNION TRO OPS
SCENES AND INCIDENTS
GEN. SHIELDS SEVERELY WOUNDED
Capture of a Son of John A. Washington
The Battle on Sunday
WINCHESTER, March 25.
On Sunday morning, at sunrise, Gen. Jack
son being reinforced, attacked Gen. Shields
near Kearastown, three miles distant. Thu
rebel force was composed (.1' five hundred of
Ashby's cavalry, five thousand infantry, and
nine pieces of artillery, with a reserve of
eighteen pieces of artillery.
The fight was kept up till noon, when a
charge was made by the Ohio infantry, the
first Michigan, and the first Virginia cavalry
on the right, which drove the rebels back half
a mile, when the enemy got their guns again
in position in dense woods, flanked by the in
fantry, and drove us back. A shot artillery
engagement ensued, when General Shields,
through Col. Kimball, ordered Col. Tyler to
turn their left flank, which was executed by
our troops, but with terrft►le loss, the enemy
being protected by a stone ledge.
The eighty-fourth Pennsylvania and thir
teenth Indiana charged their centre, and the
fight became general, with a terrible slaughter
on both sides.
Col Murray, of the eighty-fourth Pennaylva
nia, was killed.
The enemy retired slowly, bringing their
guns to bear at every opportunity. Our men
rushed forward with yells, when a panic of the
enemy ensued. Our troops followed, and drove
them till dark, capturing three guns, three
caissons, and muskets, equipments, &cc, innu
merable. Our troops bivouacked daring the
night.
The dead and wounded were sent to this
place at noon yesterday.
Gen. _Williams' first brigade, Col. Donnelly
of the twenty-eighth New York, commanding
reinforced Gen. Shields' forces.
Progress of Banks' Command.
WINCHUITSR, March 25—Evening.—It is cur
rently reported to-night that Geo. Banks over
took and destroyed two hundred of Jackson'B
wagt 418
Gen. Banks, who was on his way to Wash
ingtou, on Sunday, returned and assumed corn
mead
In the meantime, Gen. Shields' division,
commanded by Col Kimball, pursued the
enemy beyond Newtown, shelling them the
whole way.
Jackson's men, who were perfectly demoral
ized and beyond control, threw overboard their
dead and wounded, to lighten the wagons in
their ,etr at.
It i, a uoticrable fact that nearly all of the
rebels wounded were shot in the head and
breast, thus showing the superiority of our
marksmen.
Those of our troops pi incipally engaged were
as follows:
The Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania Regiment ;
the One-hundred-and tenth Pennsylvania Regi
ment; the Fourth Ohio Regiment; the Seventh
Ohio Regiment; the Eighth Ohio Regiment;
the Seventh Indian-1 Regiment ; the Thirteenth
Ind Lina Re2iment : the Fourteenth Indiana
Regiment ; the First Virginia Regiment; the
mienigan Cavalry ; Daute's Battery of Parrott
guns.
It was evidently known to many in Win
chester that Jackson was approaching,from the
holiday attire and buoyancy of spirits previ
ously displayed by numbers of the Secession
residents, both men and women.
s The tact of Gen. Shield's command having
been screened fr m observation on the east
side of the town, led the informants of Jackson
to believe that all our troops were evacuating,
and that Jackson could enter unob 3tructed.—
This evidence is derived from the prisoners.
Good judges estimate the enemy's lose at over
two hundred killed, five hundred wounded,and
three hundred prisoners, including an eid-de
catnp Jackson's staff.
Out loss was sixty-five killed and about one
hundred and twenty five wounded.
• LATER
Our column is now five miles beyond Stras
bure, and still in pursuit of the enemy.
All letters for officers sod soldiers of Gen.
Barks' division should be directed to Winches
ter till further notice.
WINCES-TM, March 25. —Dispatches to the
associated press were sent by a special messen
ger from one of the outposts, yesterday, but
he has failed to deliver them.
. _
The latest advice from Strasburg are to the
effect that Gen. Banks, with Gen. Shields' com
mand, and one of his own brigades, was there,
with Gm. Jackson's rebel troops in sight. A
battle was expected to day.
Later Particulars.
WlRcaisrra, March 26
The details of the fight on Sunday record
more deeds of personal history and daring than
any battle in history.
Capt. Shriber, aid and inspector of Gen.
Shield's division, while riding to the crest of a
hill to the left of Stone ridge, in company with
two orderlies, was confronted by five rebel cav
alry, who emptied their revolvers, killing the
two orderlies. C apt. Shriber charged on them,
rnnning one through to the hilt of the sword,
and receiving a ball through the cap, but he
escaped unhurt.
Capt. Perkins, the chief of General Banks'
staff was mainly instrumental in planning the
attack and performed deeds of skill and valor.
The twelfth rebel regiment engaged were all
Virginians, including the Ist, 2nd, 4th, 13th,
23rd, 42nd and 32nd Virginia regiments, and
one provisional and one Irish regiment. They
had the assistance of Ashby's cavalry and two
eight gun batteries, one six gun battery, and
one four gun battery, making twenty-six guns,
among which were some of the captured Bull
Run pieces.
The four color bearers of the sth Ohio were
successively killed, when Capt. Witoomb seizxl
the colors, and prepared sword in hand to de
fend them. He fell with a shot through the
head. -
A youthful rebel fell, receiving two wounds
in the breast. When he was approached by
one of our officers, he enquired if the officer
knew General Bulks. He received an affirma
tive reply. "Tell him I want to take the oath of
allegiance," said the boy, "for I have three
brothers in the federal service,and I want them
to know that I died true to the Union."
Gen. Shield's arm was badly shattered, and
owing to the imperfect setting it first received,
he must undergo the painful operation of hav
ing it re-set.
This morning many of the bodies of both
Union and rebel soldiers remained on the field,
but they have since been interred.
Many of the wounded have died since having
been brought to this city.
The ladies of this town are busy furnishing
the wounded with comforts.
The ladies connected with the theatre, which
is now occupied as a hospital, are also assiduous
in their attendance to the sufferers.
The latest reports to-night represent all quiet
in the neighborhood of Strasburg.
It is reported that two sons of the late John
A. Washington were in Sunday's fight, and
both were wounded, while one was taken a
prisoner.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad have taken
charge of the Winchester and Potomac road.—
Tickets can be purchased of the Baltimore
company.
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Arrival of the Cunard Steamer China.
NMI YORK, March 26
The steamer Africa sailed for Liverpool with
seventy-three passengers. She takes $203,000
in specie.
The new Cunrad steamer China is reported
below, and will be up about four o'clock. Her
dates will be to Sunday, the 16th.
[SECOND DISPATCH.
SANDY Howl, March 28.—The steamship
China, from Liverpool, has been signalled, and
a summary of her news obtained.
The (steamship Bohemia arrived out on the
14th.
The proposed amendments of the Liberal
party, in the French Legislature, to the para
graphs relative to American affairs in the ad
dress to the Emperor had been withdrawn.
On Saturday the Paris Bourse was dull; rentes
were quoted at 69f. 75c.
LIVERPOOL, March 14.—Flour has declined 6d;
wheat dull and I@2d lower; corn 6d lower;
provisions, beef and pork steady, lard active
and steady ; produce ashes declining; pearls
325. 6d.; rosin easier, common 13®125. 6d.;—
spirits of turpentine dull at 665.; sugar dull,
coffee firm ,
Rio firm, linseed oil 365.®37x.
LONDON, March 14.—Breadstuffs are declining.
Iron dull. • Sugar quiet but steady. Tea firm
at 13s®, 2d for common. Conzon coffee firm.
Spirits Turpentine dull at 645. Rio sales small.
Linseed cakes slightly lower. American se
curities are active and advancing.
. Latest via Queenstown.—LrezurooL, Saturday.—
Cotton is firm. but unchanged—sales to-day,
7,000 bales, including 2,000 bales to speculators
and exporters. Breadstuff are vary dull, but
unchanged. Provisions are quiet, but steady.
Bacon firm.
LcarooN, Saturday.—Consols are quoted at
931(08f.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
PAILADELPHIA, March 26
The .Breadstuffs market very quiet. Export
demands for flour limited, and only 600 bbls.
sold, at $5 for superfine and $5 75 for extra.
No change in rye flour or corn meal ; small
sales of former at at $3 25, and latter at $2 75.
Fair inquiry for wheat, and 5,000 bushels red
sold at $1 32®1 34, and 2,000 bushels white
at Si 40. 2,000 bushels rye sold at 70c. porn
in active demand, and 1,000 bushels yellow sold
at 54e. Oats very dull at 33®35c. New York
barley commands 89®90c. Coffee is dull, and
in sugar and molasses there is very little doing.
Provisions unchanged. There is some demand
for lard, and 500 tes. sold at Be4Bl-o. 200.000
lbs. green meats sold at 6®7c. for hams, 5-I®,
s&c. for sides, and 41.®410. for shoulders.
Whisky bas declined, and 300 bbls. Ohio sold
at 24(424.
Haw YORK, March 26
Flour heavy at 6 ets. decline-9,000 barrels
sold, State $5 20@5 25, Ohio $5 70®5 75,
southern $5 40®5 86. Wheat heavy-4,500
bushels red sold at $1 42, Jersey $1 38®1 39i.
Coru quiet-15,000 bushels sold mixed at 59c.
delivered. Pork heavy—mess $l2 75013 25,
prime slo®lo 50. Hogs dull at 41e. Lard
steady at 77i@,8i. Whisky dull at 22 c. Re
ceipts of dour, 821 bbls.; wheat, 29,115 bush.;
corn, 19,388 bushels.
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.
NEW YORK, March 26
The money market is unchanged. Sterling
exchange is dull at $1 11i al 12. Stocks dull
and lower. Chicago and IL I. railroad 55k;
Illinois Central, 65}; Mich. Southern, 461 ; H.
Y. Central, 83; Reading ; 424; MI! 'rankle and
Mississippi, &St ; Canton, 14; Missouri 68, 51k;
Tennessee's, 591 ; Ohio's, 981 ; Illinois war
loan, 89i ; Indiana 55, 79; IJ. S. Cra 1881 oou
pops, 941 ; U. S. 5.5, 1871, 88.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
THE BLOCKADE OFF BEAUFORT
ESCAPE OF THE PIRATE STEAXER
NASHVILLE
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FORT MACON NOT BLOWN UP
FORTREES MONROE, March 25
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The U. S. steamer Cambridge arrived here
this morning from the blockade off Beaufort
N. C., which she left on Sunday evening. '
The rebel steamer Nashville escaped from
the harbor on Tuesday night, the eighth Mat
having run the blockade.
The only United States vessels off the place
were the Cambridge and the bark Geouz,bok,
sailing vessels.
The blockading vessels had news of the cap.
ture of Newbern, and were on the 100k -out for
the Nashville, hat they were not numerous
enough to prevent her escape.
The Gemsbok just saw the Nashville, and
immediately telegraphed to the Cambridge
that she was coming ont. The latter iollmved
her and fired a number of shots, hut the supe
rior speed of the Nashville soon put her at a
safe distance. Two shots from the Cam brid:e
are supposed to have struck the N
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The bark Glenn which has been bl,.ek a d,,i
in the harbor of Beaufort for some time was
set on fire by the rebels on Sunday and was
burning when the Cambridge left in the eve
ning. She was supposed to have been fitted out
as a privateer. The leaving of the Glenn wai
doubtless preparatory to the evacuation of the
place Fort !Simon had not been burne
the last accounts.
The bark Geosbok and steamer Stitt: of
Georgia were left at the station by the Cam
bridge.
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI,
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GENERALS BEIHREGARD, POLK, CIIEITILAN
AND CLARK AT COMTE,
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The Rebels transporting their Cannon
From Weald No. 10 to the Mainland.
A BATTLE ANTICIPATED.
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The Republican's Cairo dispatch sr Lys that per
sons who left Memphis report that General.;
Beauregard, Polk, Cheatham and Clark are at
or near Corinth, Miss., where it is expected a
great baitle will soon be fought.
The rebels at Island No. 10 have not burued
their transports and barges, as previously re
ported, but were transporting their cannon and
ammunition from the island to the main land.
They commtmicated g y signal lights with their
forces at Union City the night-before-last.
FROM WASHINGTON
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Dispatch from Gen. Shields.
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WASHINGTON, March 26
The following dispatch from Gen. Shields to
Senator Rice, dated Winchester to-lay, was
read in the Senate this morning:
On the morning of the 23,1 my command,
7,000 to 8,000 stiong, was attacked near this
place by Jackson with eleven regiments of in
fantry and the Irish batallion, about 1,500 air
glary and twenty-eight pieces of artillery. After
a severe fight the enemy was put in complete
rout, leaving behind two pieces of ccnnon,
four caissons, a large number of small arms
and about 300 prisoners. Our loss 150 killed
and 300 wounded. The enemy's loss is 500
killed and 100 wounded.
XXXVIIth Congress—First Session.
WASHINGTON, March 2G
SENATE
Mr. Kama, (N. Y.,) presented a memortat
asking that 5,000 printed copies of the reports
of the Patent Office lfe printed in German.
Mr. Howe, (Miss.,) presented the petition of
the citizens of New York, asking the paesage of
the Bankrupt law.
Also a petition asking for a continuance of
the liberty of the press in this country. Re
ferred.
Mr: LATHAM, (Cal ,) read an extract from the
Detroit Tribune, which said that a curious docu
ment had been found showing that there was a
league formed in Michigan for the purpose of
overthrowing the Federal Government. The
dccument was dated October sth, 1861, and
said that the league was doing noble work in
Maryland, and among-the soldiers at Fortress
Monroe, and that ex-President Pierce was
among the influential members of the league.
Mr. LATHAM also read a letter from ex-Presi
dent Pierce, dated March 4th, calling his at
tention to au article published in the Boston
Teurnal, the substance of which was before pub
lished in Michigan, and saying that the subject
was not new to him, (Mr. Pierce,) for he had
a correspondence with the Secretary of State on
the subject, as early as last December. He
asked Mr. Latham if he could offer a resolution
calling for this corrrespondence with the Sec
retary of State, as such imputations ought not
to rest on any man.
Mr. Latham therefore offered a resolution
that the Secretary of State be requested to
transmit to the Senate copies of all the corres
pondence between William H. Seward, Secret
tary of State, and Ex-President Pierce, having
reference to the supposed conspiracy against the
Government.
Mr. CHANDLER (Mich.) said he knew there
was such a letter. The writer of it was Dr.
Hopkins. There was such an organization, and
it was very wide spread. At the commencement
of the war, the Knights of the Golden Circle
thought they would be very patriotic and go
into the army, and to his certain knowledge a
large number of the worst traitors were in the
United States army, and they are there now.
Mr. HOWARD, (Mich.,) said he knew there
was such a letter in existence, as he had seen it.
He suggested that the Senator frame his resolu
tion so as to include that letter.
Mr. LATH AM said he only wanted to find out
whether any man who had been a president of
the United States was engaged in any such
conspiracy or not. As amended the resolution
includes all the other papers. The resolution
was then adopted.
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. DAVIS (Mass.) rose to a privileged ques
tion in behalf of the governm&•nt contract com
mittee.
He refered to the pamphlet issued by Alex
andor Cummings, who charged the committee
with having altered and falsified the record and
testimony furnished by them wilfully and per
versely for the purpose of creatiae a sensation
iu the Rouse and country, and convicting him
of charges which the committee knew were
false.
Mr. DAMS examined the statements of Mr.
Cummings, and vindicated the integrity of the
committee.
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