Aailp Edegrapt.
OUR PLATFORM
THE UNION-THE CONSTITUTION-AND
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.
HARRISBURG, PA
Wednesday Morning, May 14, 1802.
TICE COURT HOUSE SUM
In order to give our readers a full history
of this case which was tried during the past
week in the Court of Common Pleas, we are
obliged to commence with the origin of the
snit, which we find to be as follows:
Daring the Spring of 1860, the Commis
sioners of this county entered into a contract
for the building of a new Court House, the
erection of which had been recommended
by two successive Grand Juries. This re
commendation • expressed an opinion that
the coat ought not to exceed fifty thousand dol
lars. In the meantime the Legislature plumed
two acts, giving the Commissioners authority
to borrow the stun of seventy thousand dol
lars, to be expended in the erection of a new
Court House. All these' proceedings were had
before the Commissioners took any steps to
wards the erection of the building. They gave
public notice to architects in all the papers of
the county, inviting platys and specifications
for inch a Court House as might be considered
most suitable. A large number of plans were
Submitted to the Commissioners, and they final
ly adopted one presented to them by Messrs.
Holman & Wilt. After this, public notice
was again given to builders for the erec
tion of a Court Houee accordleg to the plans and
specifications adopted. Numerous bids were
again presented, and upon examination the
bids of Holman & Wilt being the lowest be
fore them, (one presented by . John R. :TUrner
having been previously withdrawn,) the con
tract was awarded to those parties, when they
gave the necessary security and have erected a
building in every way suitable for the purpose
for whit::tit is intended, and in accordance with
their •*outcast with the Commissioners, for
which they were paid fifty-seven thousand and
twelve do lar. And we may here remark that .
In; have yet to , hear the first practical man
who can say that the contractors received one
dollar too much for the work in question.
The next year the regular account, showing
the receipts and expenditures, was presented to
the Auditors for their examination, and these
gentlemen, alledging that the County Commis
sioners had acted illegally in making a contract
for the erection of a Court House at a sum
exceeding fifty thousand dollars, rejected
all the vouchers drawn for the payment of the
Court House, and recommended that the Com
missioners shoal' be held personally responsi
ble for the whole sum expended, $85,826 23.
in coining to this , conclusion the Auditors ex-
Reoded the sum of $875 75 themselves. From
this: report the Commissioners took an appeal
which ►as tried last week.
~DAVID .fdratma and CHARM C. RAWN, ESQI3.,
represented the Auditors nod presented their
case in the strongest possible light before the
Court andjury, urging them to sustain the de-
cieton of the Auditors. The Commissioners
sme also ably represented by Jso. A. FISHER,
A. J. Hun and H. G. ALLEMAN, Esq. The va
rious vouchers rejected for work not specified
in the .cootract and paid "as extra work," were
closely scrutinized, and the counsel for the Au
ditors insisted upon their entire rejection,
Whilst the other Counsel alleged is strenuously
that the building as first planned, was incom
plete and could not have been made useful and
convenient without such extra work.
The principal it em in controversy was for
ontalionitand 'dollars paid, on account of build
ing s, lock-up in the basement of the Court
Rouse, and making a fire-proof office, for the
nse of the City Treasurer, Under the ruling ..of
the COurt, that the Commissioners had no right
to make such an expenditure, the jury found a
verdict of one thousand dollars against Johns.
Musser and Jacob Buffington, who had signed
the order for that amount.
It ls here due to the Commissioners., to State
that they proved conclusively that, by this ex
penditure, the county of Dauphin was rearing
an income of at least two hundred dollars per
anbutit, Which amount they actually received
'rent the city, for the use of those apartments.
The Commissioners had also paid their olerk
the sum of four hundred dollars for extra ser
vices performed during the erection of the
which was also rejected by the Audi
toes and under the ruling of the Court the
Obtainlitioners who Rigged the order will be
oompeßed to pay that amount out of their own
pocket:. The Commissioners had also allowed
to themselves several hundred dollars for en
periAttnding the erection of the building, and
paid striall sums for horse hire in attending to
the t bt etness of the county. These bills were
rejected by the ruling of the court and of
course the Commissioners become liable for
their 'l'...syment. At the same time 'it was
admitted that if the Commissioners had wade
out tilt* bill regularly, and charged for daily at
tendance and:mileage it would, have been per
fectly legitimate, and they would have received
the autotint. We presume the Commissioners
will act upon this hint and receive the amount
honestly due them for services rendered to
those who elected them.
The ,Commissioners also placed a date stone
iu the building, for which they expended twenty
fivedollare and eighty-two cents. For thiethey,
also become personally responsible. •
By the terms of the contract with Holman &
Wilt they were. to dig two wells in the cellar
for the reception of the filth from the water
dente which would have cost the contractors
about $BB. Before they were built, however, the
Commissioners, like business men, discovered
tbattheYwonld never avower the purpose, and
it wap wilted that a regular bride. Sewer would
be ungeary - to drain the cellar and carry the
filth into the main sewer of the oily. , 4 ;eon
tract wild then ma ne to build a sewer at
of w4,99,,,A, was built and it walanne.the
purpose Met admirably: The jury, withoit
any instruction from the Court on the subject,
sagaciously concluded that the Commissioners
might as well pay for it, and accordingly found
a verdict against them for the amount ex
pended.
The Commissioners had also expended
$l5O 00 to have gas pipes laid in the buil
ding, an article as necessary as that of a
sewer, for without it the building would have
been very unhealthy, and in fact in a year or
two unfit for use ; this bill was allowed by the
same jury, and the Commissioners released
from its payment.
By the verdict rendered in the case, we take
it for granted that the contract for the main
building itself is to be declared legal, whilst all
the moneys expended necessarily to make it
comfortable, and furnish the same for conve
nient and proper use, must be paid by the
Commissioners themselves, who get about $BOO
per year for their services in guarding the .re
ceipts and expenditures of over one hundred
thousand dollars annually from the tax payers of
this county. We certainly reflect the sentiments
of the tax payers when we prodlaim that such is
not the desire nor the wish of those who pay these taxes.
The Court House just erected is worth every
dollar it cost the County, and it could not be
built for that same amount to-day. . We write
advisedly on this subject, and we consider it
our duty not only as a heavy tax payer,
but as an old citizen of the county,
to condemn thus publicly those who instigated
this trial in our courts. It has already cost the
tax-payers over one thousand dollars for court
and Auditor expenses, and if the matter is
pursued the cost may treble itself very soon.
All the men employed; in these suite on both
sides must be paid, and the county will have to
pay every dollar of it in the end. Mr, Mumma
is the only counsel who has not received any
compensation, nor done he expect any in the
case, brit, he is as , well entitled to it as any other
man, and we say let them all be paid and the
whole matter withdrawn from our courta. Not
a single act of tAishonesty is alledged against
the Commissioners, and yet they may hove
erred in expending a few dollars, not in strict
accordance with law. By this decision they are
compelled to bui:d a court house for the people
of this county at their' own cost. We believe
that the tax payers do not ask such a verdict.
They con, and will pay for it themselves.
If this matter is pursued, the next Board of
County Commissioners may repudiate the pay
ment of the bonds leaned for this purpose, and
we are unable to foresee where the troubles
may thus end. The only and proper mode for
settling, the matter would be to withdraw the
stiit,enjoy the luxury of the new Court House,
and pay for it as soon as possible.
PROM TIM PENNSYLVANIA SOLDIERS
IN M'OLELLAN'S ARMY:
We had the pleaanre of an interview and long
conversation, this morning, with Dr. J. H
Puleston, the indefatigable agent of the state of
Pennsylvania, who is entrusted with the im
portant business of looking after the wants .01
our soldiers in Gen. M'Clellan's division of the
army.. He. reports the.Pentutylvania boys as in
most excellent health and disoipline, and as
having also won'the respect of the gallani soldier
whom they follow. One of the features in the
conduct of our soldiers, as related to us by Dr.
Faleston, is the complete reliance with which
they depend on the , care , and succor of the peo
ple and authorities of. Pennsylvania. They go
into battle with the assurance and confidence
that Whatever may happen, the bounty, gener
osity and. applause of Pennsylvania will be at
hand to reward and succor each soldier..
.They
feel that, if they are wounded in fight, Penn
sylvania has made provision for their care and
comfort, not in the hospitals of the army, but
in the homes of their native state. They know
that if they fall, they will not be left to the
dispc sal of a rude burial, or the occupancy of
an unknown, grave, but that, they will find a
resting spot and regret amid the scenes of their
youth and the friends of their manhood. 2,11
this conspires to render not only the discipline
and courage of, can troops immeasurably supe
rior to that of the volunteers of other states,
but it adds to this superiority a moral forcrtand
influence which have the happiest • effect both
in the camp and the battle field. The soldier
knows that he has a source of reliance in the
state he represents, and while that lasts, his
services to the nation fur whose defence . he is in
arms, will
,never flag or abate. Among other
interesting facts in this connection, is the in
formailon that some seven hundred wounded
Pennsylvania aoldiers will arrive in Philadel
phia.tcc-rnorrow from the Potomac" and York,
rivers.. For these men • the amplest and' moat
comfortable provisions have been made, and we
are assured that a bed fo r. each wearied Wadi& is
nay) uniting flair reception. It is such care and
humanity that go to gild our victories with a
glory unknown heretofore to modern warfare.
We learn from Dr. ,Puleston, that Gen, IEOBII
has once more resumed the command' of the
Pennsylvania Reaettre, and thattlra men in that
portion of the Pennsylvania troppe are in the
higheet state of discipline. So faras the health
of not only these men, brit of all the volenteers
from this State ate concerned, the teportis at once
favors b laand cheering, ,There maybe regiments
which have suffered severe sickness, btit thik
has originated more from the location of camps
than the tree/nog of the men ; and yet in, a
deneral view, the health of our. Pennsylvania
volunteers, is sounder than that of any equal
body of men in • the armies of the Govern :
. ment. They are in higher fighting order—ap
pear to be poSseased.with more of. the metal of
battle, and will undoubtedly give -a better
account of themselvte than. arty army that ever .
lett the limits of the Commonwealth to con,
tend, with a foe,
We cannot let this opportunity pass without
invoking for Dr. Puleston the,thankii of every
citizen, Pennsylvania who has a kinsman or
• .
a friend in the army. He has been assiduous
in 'the faithful discharge of his dtities, leaving no
opportuniq pass to promote the welfare of our
volunteers, and shrinking from no labor that
tended to they comfort in camp or their effi
ciency in battle. Ail ; this was done withont
o*htstaitin or display., eke, the state, govern,
1 41 11 4.! Which he was employed, Dr.• Potence
songht flint .to be useful, and tenannal
inords.
News from southern Papers
THE NEWS FROM RICHMOND "PAINFULLY
SIGNWICANT."
The Mayor and Aldermen or New Orleans
Arrested and Confined in Prison.
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Great Distress in the City for Want
of Provisions.
THE REBEL LOSS AT SBSIOH 7,000
The Rebel Gunboats Acknowl
edged to be Disgust
ing Fizzles.
Gen. Butler's headquarters in New Orleans
at the St. Charles Hotel.
GUNBOATS AND TROOPS GONE
TO BATON ROUGE.
The New Orleans Newspapers Still Pub
Ilshed under a Federal Censor.
Creottozerx, May 13.—The following Southern
news have been received : The Memphis Ave.
lanche of the 6th says : "The telegraphic nms
from Richmond is painfully significant. kV °lel
lan seems to have been preparing the same fate
for Richmond that Butler and Porter got up for
New Orleans. The Congressional stampede
from Richmond had a very depressing effect,
and it was believed that it foreshadowed the
early evacuation of Virginia. The policy of
evacuating this city is played out. We h tve
but precious little more territory that we can
spare.
The Avalanche of the same day says of affairs
at New Orleans, that Mayor Monroe and all the
aldermen have been arrested on refusing to
take the oath of allegiance, and sent to prison.
Great distress prevails in the city. rood of all
kinds is extremely scarce, and flour is not to be
had at any price.
There is more of the federal forces yet to be
landed and the river is full of federal gunboats
mortar vessels and transports.
The Memphis Argus says that the confederate
loss - at Shilosh was 7,000 killed and wounded.
The same caper says, in an article on gun
boats: Tuns far it must be confessed that our
at tempts with gunboats on the river have been"
disgusting fizzles. The people know it and so
does the government.
The Memphis Avalanche says that 84 per
cent. of Bishopx Polk's army were killed and
wounded at Shiloh.
The Avalanche of the 7th says we have ad
vices from New Orleans up to Saturday, at 11
a. m. Gen. Butler bad taken the St. Charles
Hotel for his Head Quexteri The Evans House'
in Poydras street has been converted into a hos
pital. The Jackson railroad depot was taken"
possession 'of on Saturday.
The federal pickets have been extended as
far as the crossing of the Jefferson and Jackson
railroads. Four gunboats and one transport
started for Baton Hogue on Saturday morning,
and seven federal regiments had been landed at
New Orleans.
All the newspapers In New Orleans are still:
published, though a federal censor has been
placed over every office to examine all matters
and to exclude whtever may prove inimical to
the federal cause.
A proclamation from Gen.ltatier was sent to
all the offices and refused. When the guard
came to the Delia Wilco and were refused, they
took possession, and sent for northern printers,
who worked it oft in the edition.
[lt will be found in full on the first page of
this Morning's Tzratows.)
IMPORTANT NEWS
Porter's Mortar Fleet Off Fort Morgan
An Attack on mobile Hourly Expected
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NEW YORK, May 13.
Intelligence has been received that Commo
dore Porter's mortar fleet was off Fort Morgan
at the entrance of -Mobile hatbor, on Thursday,
and that an attack was hourly expected on the
city.
Our gunboats were reconnoitering the Sayan
pa river all the morning of the same day.
I [The city of Mobile is a port of entry of the
State of Alabama, and capital of Mobile coun
ty. It is situated on the west bank of the Ma
bile river, immediately above its entrance into
the bay of Savannah, 80 tulles north from the
Gu f of Mexico, 880 miles by water, south
west from Montgomery, 165 miles east by
north from New Orleans, and 1,058 miles from
Washington city. Let. 30 0 41' 48" N., Lon.
87 0 69' W. It is by far the most considerable
town of the State both in population and corn
merce. and next to New Orleans, is the greatest
Cotton market in the United States. Population in
1840, 12,672 ; and iu 1850, 20,615. The site
is a level, sandy plain, sufficiently elevated for
the purpose of convenient drainage, being
about fifteen feet higher than the bay. The
streets are wide and mostly run north and
south, and east and west. It is not compactly
built, excepting the portion occupied by the
commercial houses. On the south and' west
tides of the town there are dry, sandy, pine
hills, which afford agreeable and healthy re
treats during the hot season. Their situation
affords fine sites for defence and the rebels
have no doubt thoroughly fortified them. •
Motile is the seat of Spriug Hill College,
founded by the Catb olics,b riving a library of 7000
returnee. It also contains an institution for
the blind, a zity hospital, a 17. S. marine hos
pital, two orphan asylums, A theatre, two or
three banks and six newspapers. There are
churches of six denominations , nd several acad
emies. The entrance of the bay is defended by
Fort Morgan, forint:x.ly Fort Brower, and there
re a light house in the same vicinity. Mobile
has an advantageous position for trade, being
the natural outlet of the greatest cotton r?gion
in the South. Previoui to the rebellion, steam
boats plied regularly between Mobile and Moot
-Bomery and Tuscaloosa. Another line kept up
a daily communication with New Orleans via.
Lakee Borgne and Ponchartrain. A railroad
about 460 miles long was in course of construc
tion from the city to the mouth of the Ohio
river, connecting with tho Central railroad of
Illinois. The exports of cotton at Mobile for
the year ending September Ist 1852, amounted
to' 649,499 bales. In 1861, 6,816,034 feet of
, lumber were also shipped from this port. The
I tonnage of the port, June 80, 1862, amounted
tan aggregate of 7,412 registered, and 21,120
enrolled and licensed. The capture or this
city, in a military point of view, is scarcely less
important than that of New Orleans.---Ko. Tim.]
ARRIVAL QF THE PRIZE SHIP ALLIANCE.
NEw Yorur, May 1.9.
The prize British ship . . m has apiie - 4
irom Fort Macon. She has a full cargo of tar
pa- nth* and waa• hOlind,ifor laTexpOoL
From Washington.
PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT
SOUTHERN PORTS OPENED
CAPTURE OF NORFOLK
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OFFICIAL MOIR OF GENERAL WOOL
POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH NORFOLK AND
PORTSMOUTH.
• Wasainorott, May 18.
The following proclamation has been Issued
by the President:
WRIOIRAS, by my proclamation of the nine
teenth of April, one thousand eight hunched
and sixty-one, it wee declared that the porta of
certain Sutte, including those of Beaufort, in
the State of North Carolina, Port Royal, in the
State of South Carolina, and New Orleans, in
the State of Louisiana; were, for reasons therein
set forth, intended to be placed under blockade ;
and whereas the said ports of Beaufort, Port
Royal. and New Orleans have since been block
aded ; but as the blockade of the same porta
may now be safely relaxed with advantage to
the interests of commerce:
Now therefore, be it known that I, ARRA
RAX LINCOLN, President of the United States,
pursuant to the authority in me vested by the
fifth section of the act of Congress, approved
on the 18th of July host, entitled "An Act
I lfeirther to provide for the collection of duties
lon Imports, and for other purposes," do hereby
declare that the blockade of the said ports of
Beaufort, Port Royal and New Orleans shall so
far cease and determine, from and alter the let
day of June next, that commercial intercourse
with those ports, except as to persons and things
and information contraband of war; may, from
that time, be carried on, subject to the laws of
the United States, and to the limitations and
in pursuance of the regulations which are pre
scribed by the Secretary of the Treaaury in his
order of this date, which is appended to this
Proclamation. •
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this twelfth
flay of May, In the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and
of the Independence of the United States the
eighty sixth.
IL. a.]
By. the President
Waxrem H. SWARD,
Secretary of State
The following was received at the War De
pertinent to-day :
FORMES MONROE!, May 12, 1862.
2b the Hon Edwin N. &anion, Seerefery of War :
On the 9th of May (Friday afternoon,) I or
ganized a force to march against Norfolk. On
the 10th of May, (.9aturday morning,) the
troops were landed, under the direction of Col.
Crum, at Ocean View, and commenced to march
towards Mansfield and Weber, who proceeded
on the direct route, by way of Tanner's creek
bridge; but finding it on fire, they returned to
the C r o ss Roads, where I joined them, and took
the direction of the column. I arrived by the
old road, and entered the entrenchments in
front of the city at twenty minutes before
five, F. M.
I immediately proceeded towards Norfolk,
accompanied by the Han. Secretary Chase, and
met the Mayor and a select committee of the
Common Council of Norfolk at the limits of
the city, when they surrendered the city agrees;
bly to the terms set forth in the resolutions - of
the Common Council, presented by the Mayor,
W. W. lamb, which _were accepted by me so'
far as related to the civil rights of the citizens.
A copy of the resolutions have been already
furnished you. I immediately took posseseion
of the city, and appointed Brigadier General
Egbert Viele Military Governor of Norfolk,
with directions to see that the citizens were
protected in all their civil rights. Soon after,
I took poesession of Gosport and Portaatouth.
The taking of NorfoLk caused tire destruction
of the iron-clad steamer - Merrimac, which was
blown up by the rebels alvut 5 o'cicick on the
morning of the 11th of May , which fact was
soon after communicated to you and the Pres s
dent of the United States.
On the 11th I %hilted the navy yard, and
found all the workihops, storehouses, and oth
er buildings in rnius, having been set on fire
by the rebels, who at the same time blew up
the dry dock.
I also visited Craney Island, and found
thirty-nine guns of large calibre, most of which
were spilt& ; also, a large number of shot and
shells,
with about 6,000 pounds of powder,
which, with the buildings, were in good order.
As far as I bare been able to ascertain, we
haw taken about 200 cannon, including three
at 'the Sewell's point batteries, with a large
number of shots and shells, as well as many
other articles of value stationed at the navy
yard, Craney Island; Seweil's point and other
places. JOHN B. WOOL,
Maj. Gen. Uoruntuding.
The Post Office Department has dispatched
an agent to Portsmouth and Norfolk to regn
gate the affairs of the post offices there, and
o. re•estabiish postal oommunicAtion.
Harvey Brown was yestsrday confirmed as
brevet Brigadier General of the United States
army.
MUMMY Diesarrnan, Kay 12.--Regula
time relating to trade with ports opened by
proclamation.
To yessels clearing from- foreign ports
and destined to ports opened by the proclama
tion of the President of the United States of
this date, vie: Beaufort, In North Carolina;
Hilton Head, in South Carolina, and New
Orleans, in Louisiana. 'Licenses will be granted
by the Consuls of the United Mates upon satis
factory evidence that the vendee° licensed will
convey no persons ' property or information
contraband of war either to or from the said
ports, which license shall be exhibited to the
collector of 'the port to which said Vessels may
be .espectively bound, immediately on arrival,
and if required, to any offic.r in charge of the
blockade ; and on leaving either of said
ports, every vessel will be required to
have a clearance from the collector of
the cue owe &scolding to law, showink no vict:
Patton of the conditions of the license. Any
violation of such conditions will involve the
forfeiture and condemnation of the vessel and
cargo, and the exclusion of all parties concerned
from any future privilege of entering the
United State during the war, for any purpose
whatsoever.
Second —To vessels of the United States,
clearing coastwise for the ports aforesaid;
bamises can only be obtained from T.telisurY
"
Department.
Third—ln all other respects the blockade
remains in full force and effect, as hitherto
established and maintained, nor is it relaxed by
the proclamation, except In regard to the ports
to whipirthe. relartailmils by that Instrument
expressly applied.
(Signed)
S. P. CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Bestow, May 13.
A destructive fire occurred boat night at the
junction of Broad and Odblk streets, commencing
at No. 68 Broad 'street, Daniel Webster & Co.,
deal= in papers, twine and cordage. It et.'
teilded to Nos. 161 and 168 Milk street, French,
& Ce. law 'dealers is
_crockeryware.
vielliiii-ggabag lore—itak*"led:
1 1 0 other'*Mee ohithad by the falling wane,
Igle two humbedi thousewd dolle;e. •
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WASIIINGTON, May 18.
The steamer Wyandock arrived this morning
fromr the Rappahannock.
Her officers reprat that the Freeborn and
Island Belle went up'te Piankatonk on Satur
day, and cut out two rebel schooners, one with
a valuable cargo of Whlskiand other stores.
The. Belle Proceeded up the latter fiver some
distance and discovered a .body of about 500
rebel deserters from the, Gloncetter point bat
re
teries, who 'Stated that when' the order was
given, they, being disgusted with the service,
determined to marobato the federal lines and
surrender.' They bulonged to a Virginia regi
ment. Viet °tiered to lay down their arum
arid expressed a willingness to take the oath of
allegiance, which Capt.- Harris, of the Belle,
administered to all of them.
Flour quiet at $5121@5 25 for superfine.—
Receipts of wheat moderate and market dull.
4,000 bus., red, sold at ,$1 28, and white at
35(3A2 40. 'Corn quiet ;' 1,000 bus:'yellow
at 630. Provisions dad. Whisky selling at 24
®26c.
Flour heavy ; sales 15,500 bbls. at a decline
of 50.; State $4 50®4 ,55, Ohio $5 00kg5 15,
Southeru. $4: 90 c# 11 60. Wheat steany and
bitter, with an huge export inquiry;
,sales of
17,000 bus. at . 1.1 85 for white Michigan.—
Corn steady; •eates of 25,000 bus. Chicago.—
Beef and Ideas - Pork unchanged; Lard steady
at Silo. Whisky dull at' 24/#2sc. Iteveipts
of Agar 28,000" bblsi, wheat '57,809 infs., Corn
)4 84 1318.
FROM NORFOLK
Condition of Mira in the City
THE MARKETS
Te' Little Union Sentinent Openly Express
The "Last Ditch" to be at Richmond.
A DESPERATE RESLSTANOE TO BE
MADE THEW.
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No Guns or Fortifications at Suffolk
GREAT DESTRUCHON OF TOBACCO
GOV. VIEWS COURSE AT NORFOLK
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The city continues very quiet. 'Most of the
stores are closed, but it 13 expected they will
open in 'a day outabeft, except in cases 'where the
occupants have left the city with the army.
Some excitement still prevails, but it is sup
posed that in a few days, when communication
is fully opened with the northern ports, confi
dence will be completely restored.
The prices of,abnost everything are astonish
ingly high'. Candies` for instance of a miserable
quality sell lat 60 cents' per pound; common
brown wrapping paper 50 cents per package ;
brown sugar 29 cents.
A number of stores will be opened however
in a few days by parties from Old Point and
Baltimore who will bring supplies of the arti
cles so mach wanted here.
The Post Officeand Custom House will doubt
less be .re-optined veiy shortly. Very little
Union sentiment is openly expressed. All over
the city our soldiers, both ,privates and officers
freely talk with citizens which must produce a
good effect.
All the fortification in the vicinity are oc
cupied '4. - Union troops, and all the public
pit:Tarty is la the possession of the federal au
thorities.
The policy of the sonfederate troops appears
to be to concentrate its troops at Richmond,
and some even say:that all the gulf Stetts will
be given up before Virginia, and that Rich
mond will be held to the very last.
All insist that desperate resistance will be
made there if nowhere else.
Several negroes arrived from Suffolk this
morning and, report that there were no troops,
guns or fortifications there, or on the road this
side.
Among most of the citisens here there is but
little confidence entertained in the officers of
the Confederate government.
The Confederate notes are refused in many
places. Gold and silver are welcomed with
enthusiasm by all classes of the population,
many of whom have not seen either for many
months.
Elizabeth river, between Norfolk and Ports
mouth, ia of a deep coffee color on account o
the tobacco which has been thrown overboud
Large quantitits were recovered to-day, damag
ed by water.
Gov. Vide, the Military Governor, pursues a
course calm:dated to produce an impression of
the superiority, of the federal Government and
an intention to throw no cibstadies id the way
of private hoslntis, but to enforce the ordinances
of the city government:
The Day Book newspaper will be continued
as an afternoon instead of a morning paper on,
conditiot that it she'll be respectful in its tone.
The Bret nuutlior printed to-day contains noth
ing except extracts from Northern papers and
an editorial statement of the bare tante of the
evacuation and occupation of the city.
From GenifOlellan's Army
NEWS FROM THE GUNBOATS
WASHINGTON, May 18.
The following diapatch was received at the
War Department this morning.
• than Qtlianas OP THS ABET OP P.Ol
Pormrao, Qom AT Romet's Comm%
' May 121, 1862.
HON. EOM= H. Swarm:
Commanderßogers writes me to-day that he
went with the gnoboata i yesterday, put Little
Brandon. Everything was quiet, and there
were no signs of tioops, creasing the river.
He found two batteries of ten or twelve guns
eaoh on the south side of:the James river, one
opposite the mouth of theYirarwick dyer and
the, other about southwest from Mulberry
point. The upper battery on Harding or Mo
ther Linces Bluff bail heavy - rifted pieces. Be
tween the batteriee lay the Jamestown and the
Yorktown.
Commander BogPrs offered battle but the
gunboats moved off. He silenced one battery
and run past the other.
Cf. B. M'CLELLAN,
Major General Comtnanding.
From the Rappahaxmock.
Capture of Two Schooners with Valu
able Cargoes.
TWO OMER REBEL TROOPS Mg IN
T :FEDERAL LINES.
=I
MY ARE DEMOTED WITH MILNE
XAMIMTEI BY TELEGRAPH
l'uneaninu t May 18
Mow Toas t May 13
LATER
ARRIVAL OF UR STEIXER
Intervention of England and Fran ce i t
American Affairs
FATEM Puna,U.ay
The steamer Jura, from Liverp3ol wi t h 4
vices via Londonderry to the 3d IEII. p i ,.
tee.
this point this morning, bound to Portlint
The Liverpool cotton market au
lower, owing to the rumor s of fr aa „
England's intervention in American alLint.
The sales of the week amount 40 v i
ati
bales, end of Frichy, the 2nd, to 4,9)a . th ,
market closing quiet and unchangel.
staffs were dull, and the quotattoni brui
maintained. Provisions were neory. °P
Loanos, stay 2 COM6OId are quoted a t ?,3 4
®93i. American securities aro dull k i d 44 ' .
changed.
GENERAL NEWS.
The Paris correspondent of the ki,, r4
Beige asserts that the p!ojected iattrrts;;;.;
France and England in the war ia
"4
confirmed in the most absolute toaLuer.
The south will be required to guar
emancipation of her slaves. h.
The same authority says a i-cr,t
rr
which has been entered into betw*ni Frktl'io
and Spain provides for the e
slavery in Cuba.
The ope ccessning of the great exh:bitt):.
perfect su.
NOBIOLK, May 12
Rebel Vessel Malting fora Chance to
Ran the Blockade.
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The brig Alma, from Na•sau. N. p tE.
2nd, reports that the ILitiih st.,a-na
with arms and Minnie with sAlt froati.
ampton, were in port, be3id.s tan Or,ei.o.a,cait.
log a chance to run the blodzi,i,
IX:Mth Congress—First Session.
SENATE.
td.'DocoAL, (Cal ,) frnui tte
mittee, reported b ack tee Pacitic
and moved that it be made the
Thursday next.
Mr. Fs:Femmes obje:ted to th
Made a special order. A ; z, : .
nitude could not be paBF,,ll is i di: t,:
taz bill must yet be taken up. At - !
nothing else to interfere with [Lit
The motion to make the 10:11a
was rejected, yeas 17, nays l'4.
On motion of Mr. WILKIN,N *. ~
tact the Indians who hart• a ii , il[ol
habits, was taken up. Aft, , r t,
bill was passed.
Mr. Wnsoo (Sloss.) from 1:,..
mittee, reported ki j..iut re, !.Eti
for the presentation of r001,,..y.
enlisted men and v.d te-ri.
Mr. WILSON ids.) miffed aIE EENEENELEEE.EIt t. eta
resAntion, offered by Li.; c.4e.E,Hr
io regard to placing Ore Law,: of battier
the colors of regilihni6.
The amendment i- Ets f
Revoked, that thu Po--; I , n• it atrhorized to
permit such regiment, raly le m
Ruh& themselves be trri i e mitt, tin bat
tie, to it:write the tiara t u: tar bittli.s in rbich
each regiment watt V.eir
Hassid they should the
On motion c f yr Cu ,) the
bill for the preir..l , l, Te. , 31.1r
taken up.
The bill authoriz i,TIL to ref tae
clearance to any v,—t.l, i,uporta , ..iuc of
any goods when be has r- ,to that
the goods are intoud , • , l to n,_l, or Larz,lt tai
rebels.
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