The Union au it {VAR;
The Ciinstitution as It in
WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 23.
air Reading Matter on every page.
MILITARY PROMOTIONS
General Shields
This gallant and dashing Trish-Ameri
can, has again been promoted; he has
won his laurels by the performance of
brave deeds, and the government has
handsomely recognised his services by
advancing him to the positi!ht of Major
General. After giving expression to our
delight in thus seeing valor rewarded, we
wish Jo again direct the atteutioe of the
Gaiette to the fact of Shields having been
a Breckinridge Democrat, in order to in
quire, _what our neighbor intends doing,
abotifit. The logic of the Abolition home
guard patriots is, that Breckinridge being
_ a traitor, all those who voted fur him
twenty months ago are necessarily traitors
too. Although this point has been ably
argued by the Pittsburgh Gazette, and by
the gallant Forney, of the Philadelphia
.Press, "Old Abe" iloes'itt seem to be very
favorably 'impressed with it. He com
menced hisenterprise against rebellion, by
the appointment to first class military
commands, of such gentlemen as Dix and
Butler, both Breckinridge men ; and he
still continues to select from that party
notwithstanding the opposition of the home
guard invincibles - alluded to.
-The President, we fear in these proceed
ings shows too much indi&rence to the
true interests of the government. These
Generals are not to be trusted ; General
Shields may receive an almost fatal wound
iikaAteperate charge upon superior rebel
numbers, but that is all understood ; it is
a mere trick, intended to blind the gov
ernment to his sympathy with the rebels.
Oar adVice—and we give it for nothing—is
thatthe Presidentimmediately open books,
and take down the names of every one of
those "Breckinridge traitors," commenc
ing with Dix, Butler, McDowell, Burn
side, Shields, Halleek and all the rest
holding first class positions; then descend
to Brigadiers, Colonels and Captains, end
discharge the entire set. Until this is
done there is no use in induleiug in the
halucination of _conquering the rebels. In
the places made vacant by the discharge of
these "Breckinridge traitors." place,
Wendell Phillips, Horace Greeley, Henry
Ward Beecher, Charles Sumner, Fred.
'Douglas's -and John W. Forney; men of 1
known patriotism, splendid integrity of
purppse,wrid of magnificient public virtue.
These, with the assistance of a. few small
fry foritids 'and carttnins, like the editor
of the Gazette, and other sneezing and
dyspeptic Abolition editors in Pennsyl
vania; will bring the war to a triumphant
and speedy termination. Indeed, we
question very much whether the rebellion
would survive these dare-devils' appoint
ment. Start out a regiment with Fred.
Douglass for Colonel, Forney for Lieuten
ant Colonel and the editor of the Gazette
for Major, and the rebels will disband and
fly the country. And well they might ;
have not these distinguished orators and
journalists pointed out, a thousand times,
the manner in which the war should he
conducted? Ilas'nt the Gazette's hundred
times demonstrated that McClellan is a
charlatan, a pretender and humbug: and
has it not, as often, demonstrated that,
Fremont is a great and wonderful military
genius? Certainly it has: and because of
this display of great military resources do
we desire to see eharletanism discarded
and true military genius recognised and
reweided. The quick eye of- the elder
Napoleon, were he alive and in the place
of President Lincoln, would, nine mouths
ago, have discovered the mettle of the
soldier alluded to; so that, by this time,
Pittsburgh would boast the honor of a
Major General in the army: But, slit uhf
the rebels not lay down their arms, upon
the receipt of the news of the three dis
tinguished captains mentioned, taking
charge of our armies, what instant anni
hilation would overtake them. The im
petuousity of Our daring neighbor would
be . found'where the Union cause was in
the greatest danger; wherever the Repub
lic most demanded a life. Fred. Douglass
would issue his proclamations of emanci
pation to his countrymen iu Virginia,
while the prudent Forney would suggest
somettrms of compromise intended to keep
himself in some snug position when the
war was over. He would carry the sword
of vengeance and the palm of peace to
gether, and would be sure to strike a good
bargain—at least for himself. But the
Gentle - hero would listen to no nonsense—
no compromise ; his fiery spirit, insensible
to fear or danger, would carry him wherever
aforlorn lope was presenteit in the very
jaws of death he would seek for Jeff Davis,.
and should he find him, rebellion would
'Nino more. The hand to hind encenn
ter between the Prince of Wales'and Hot.
spur, which decided the fate of England
in favor of Monmouth, was a gay and airy
performance to this dreadful shock of
arms. Turk Gregory never did - such feats.
and Falstaff's, long hour by Shrewsbury
clock, and his subsequent capture of Sir
Jolui Colville, were slight and trivial, to
the fiery and wrathful charges of Col.
Pluck . of Pittiburgh. *e, therefore, call
upowthe "honest rail splitter'i to turn
McClellan out, and give his place to one
who has given evidence of his ability to
command.
Mir The Philadelphia Pt-ess, of Mon
day, contains a few lines of twaddle in re
ply to the Pittsburgh Post; we refrain this
morning from further notice of it, in order
to give the Gazette an opportunity for
copying and commenting upon this last
effort of the chevalier Forney. To-mor
row we shalt endeavor to enlighten the
Phslidelphia - gentleman and also throw a
volt its muddy and murk echo
dirstribbri*
• Agemnsier HErCII3B writes by the Asia
that he expects to be back home by the
middle of May.
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greater part ti iltiOri We
grieve to say, remains. and will rever
remain, unwritten.
The general tone and bearing orate doe
; (Intents exhibit a nervous anxiety to fasten
criminal practices on certain-persons con
nected with the Pennsylvania Railroad,
without an equal desire to discover and
punish the members who voted for the bill
front improper motives, who are surely
sharers in all the guilt, if guilt there has
been. And here, at the outset, let us say,
that too much vigilance cannot be used in
discovering, and bringing to condign pun
ishment, any legislator, who, forgetting
his duty, his oath of office, and all the
Ipinetions that can make a man worthy of
public trust, and fit to guard the liberties
of the people, votes for bad, unjust, or in
jurious laws.
Too much credit cannot be given to
those who inaugurate and pursue, with
singleness of purpose, these praiseworthy
Before we proceed to notice this report
in detail, we may be excused for briefly re
capitulating the history of this tonnage
tax, the repeal of which has caused so
much scandal, and aroused so much indig
nation. When the Pennsylvania Railroad
was chartered, the grant to the Company
met with a strong and factious opposition.
The fact that it would come in competition
with the main line of the State Works
procured for it the bitter opposition °futon
who eared more for having the public
works to plunder than they did for the
prosperity of the State, which de:
manded a railroad through Pennsylvania
to the sea-board. Another party (very pop
ular in this city) were infatuated with rail
road connection with the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad at Cumberland, and thought
*that the charter asked for would interfere
with their special project. These two in
fluences conibiuud procured the provision
of the three mill tonnage tax in the char
ter of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The
charter was obtainc , ,i, and the Company
proceeded to build th.:ir road. It was
builteconomieally, managed car&fully, and
of course, proved successful, but has been
of more benefit to the Site and her peo
plethaa tt ever was to the StDel.:holders—
for it has generally paid but six per cent.,
and the original Stockholders, who paid
in S5O, could not now, iu the best days
road has yet seen, get more than -15 i tai
their share:,
It was soon declared by the Company
that the three mill tax on tonnage was a
drawback and a burden in - --'their rivalry
with other through lines :o the sea-board—
in shoit, that the Baltimore and Ohio and
New York Central Roads, :rho paid no
tonnage tax, had just that much advantage
over the Pennsylvania Railroad, iu the
regular competition for through trade.—
But the superior facilities and better man
aged affairs of the Pennsylvania Railroad
were doing damage to the main line—and the
disposition to hold on to the tonnage tax
became more fixed in theseveral State Ad
ministrations. At length, after various
futile efforts to find - private or corporate
purchasers, the Pennsylvania Railroad
bought the main line for st+,ooo,ooo,
and the tonnage tax (valued by the Legis
lature at $1,500,000) was by the act of
sale commuted . or repealed. It is not
charged,that we know of, that bribery was
used to procure this act. The Common
wealth, it was believed, made a good bar
gain. But the Supreme Court decided
that the Legislature could not commute a
tax—and then the Pennsylvania Railroad,
under the assurance and conviction that the
tax would be commuted, according to the
intention of the act and the government,
in a legal way, bought the main line for
ST,hoo,ooo. This was their blunder,':
worse (accordin g to the ideas of Talley
rand ) than a crime—even the crime of buy
ing legislation. For all the Railroad got
I for their $7,500,000 was the Columbia
ltailroad, worth perhaps s3,ooo.ooo—the:
canals,forwhich they paid $4,500,000, and
which they curet keep up, are a charge
upon the company instead of a profit.—
Yet they are faithfully kept in order ac
cording to contract, and we presume, at
an actual loss to the company. Under
these circumstances, the Railroad has
steadily claimed that they had a right to
I the remission of the tonnage tax for all
time, and so believing, when the Legisla
ture refused to make good the contract
I made, and only Prevented from consum
mation, because - pronounced informal-by
1 ' the Supreme Court, they refused to pay
the tax, and continued to ask successive
Assemblies for relief. •
1 This was the state of the case at the
lopening of the session of 1861. The
rrailroad persisted in claiming as a right
rthe repeal of the tax, under their contract
to buy a bad bargain in the main line. The
1 1 bill was finally repealed on condition that
the
.Pennsyl van ia iteilroad should sub
scribe $BOO.OOO to various railroads in the
Commonwealth. To ascertain what other
influences were used to obtain the repeal of
the tonnage tax than the proffer of these sub
scriptions (of 1800,000) was the avowed
mission of the INkins Committee. And
' certainly no one can object to the incep
tion and purpose of the investigation. It
was time, indeed, that something should
be done. Every individual, every corpor
ation, whether he or it presented a private
wrong for legislatire relief, or a public ob
ject of proper character, for legislative
sanction—every person, in short, who
went to Harrisburg to ask for law, or re
dress, or remission of penalties justly or ,
unjustly incuried, or for purely benevolent,
enactments, or for plain fulfillment ofpre
‘iouslypassed laws, had toaddress himself,
not to the justice and honesty of members,
but to some of the adroit and pernicious
class of borers to carry his point. In this
lamentable state of things at the seat of
government. Mr. Hopkins' committee
looked rekeshing and hopeful, and if it
failed, it failed only because it looked alone
to the discovery and punishment of fraud
on the part of the procurer, no punishment
seeming to be proposed for the procured.
The Pennsylvania road was selected as an
example to - parish corruption, because,
we presurne,itlit t — ems; sa d
all
all other allegeratftaptions in legislation
were passed by with small attention.
The result of the labors of the Commit.
r n _._ z
. ,
tee of Investigation maybe 'summed
up: :-;'
1. James Fuller gave, w ,
of his own funds, $2, i I p :tog . r. tbeC
of the Allentown DentocrO, tO4p . tt*
repeal and sustain Senator SOW
his district . Rube opposed tiii re calms
denounced Shindel! A Poorbarkainjor
Mr. Fuller, certainly !
• 2. Seth T. Hurd, of Brownsville, receiv
ed,,,as he swears, from T. A...Seott,.three
or four hundred dollars, for which he print
ed an arguiumitin favor of the 'repeat
Kennedy Marshall, a member from
this county, deposes that T. A. Scott gave
him $5OO as a donation from somebody,
he didn't know who, nor for what it was
given. 'But he was always in favor of the
repeal of the tonnage, tax, and voted for it
uninfluenced by the anonymous package.
4. J. Edgar Thomson was confined to
his room with sickness, and could not call
upon the Committee—and the Committee
did not call upon him.
5. The Committee assert that Thomas
A. Scott " successfully eluded " the sub
puma they issued for him. .
These ire all Abe points made by the
Committee;,thatliee' na of any importance,
and fiomAiiiiiiiiiremises they conclude
that " unlawful.meaus " have been used
to procure the repeal of the tonnage tax.
As to the testimony of Fuller, we cannot
see that, except as showing up a mutually
deceptions and disgraceful transaction be
tween him and the editor of the Allentown
Democrat, it amounts to anything.
The idea that Mr. Scott would or could
corrupt Hurd, would be simply laughable,
if we did not find it in a grave report=
and whether ho paid bins for a simple ad
vertisement at this high rate, or sought to
secure him, the thing is equally unjustifia
ble. As for Mr. Scott's " eluding " the
subpoena, it may be a correct conclusion—
but the statements of Mr. Stanton, Secre
tary of War, who accounts for his absence
in one or two notes, by saying that ho was
i at the writing at various points on import
ant duties of the War Department, con
nected with the suppression of this great
rebellion, is in contradiction of the forced
conclusion of the Committee.
The failure to examine Mr. Thomson
is accounted for, and there can be no
special censure on him. But when we
come to the testimony of members of the
Assembly, the matter becomes more im
portant. We find the testimony of Mr.
Kennedy Mis,rshall, who said be received a
donation of $5OO, but who denies that he
was influenced by it, nor does he know
that it was designed to influence him. If
he had been bought by that $5OO, his vote
could not have changed the result, and his
is the only testimony of a member that the
comp :tee have thought proper to publish.
In vices of this fact, may we not ask,
were not other members of the last As
sembly examined? If yea, why is their
testimony not given in this report? Did
any of them testify to receiving money,and
if they did, who did they get it from?
The majority in each house for the repeal
was tolerably decided, and why are the
public deuied the sight . of the whole testi
tnouy ? Is it entirely fair for the commit
tee to utter the wholesale imputation that
"unlawful means" have been used, and
not let the public see the whole ground of
their opinion? The corrupting proceed
ings attempted with Rube and Hurd made
no opinion or vote f2r the bill. Nothing
e
•as gained by the transaction with Mar
shall, if indeed the $5OO was intended to
influence his vote, for he was always in
favor of the bill. Therefore, though the
I coin mittee concluded that "unlawful
means - were used, they have not shown
that the passage of the bill was procured
by these means—the "means - they tell us
of were lamentably inadequate to the end. •
Heaven forbid that we should discour
age committees of research into fraud
such as this professes to be—for we have
no doubt there is, and has been corruption
in plenty—the very air is nauseous with it;
and we do declare most earnestly ftir its ex
posure. If the plain proof of foul-dealing
can be had, let it come forth, in its naked
, deformity. We don't want to shield the
'Pennsylvania Railroad nor any ono about
it ; but why is it alone made the scape
goat for all the bad practices at Harris
burg? The road, aswe have shown, claims,
as a part of an unfulfilled contract, the re-'
mission of this tax—the banks, on the other
hand, have twice forfeited their charters in
the last five years by suspension, and it is
boldly charged, used unlawful means
to save their charters? The road, if it
disbursed money, imagined it was only
procuring its own contract rights—the
banks, if they paid money, and nobody
doubts that they did, paid for the revival
of forfeited franchises, and for the penalty
of breaking law. If the railroad has
violated the law, it was only in the alleged
buying of votes in the Assembly. Of
course this is bad cuough, in all conscience,
but souse little thunder should be reserved
for the banks aud other corporations, who
confessed their privilegeS were at the mercy
of the Legislature, and yet fully enjoy
them at this moment. •
It is charged that many persons who did
not want to testify before this committee,
(and they might have known something too)
were strangely excused; moreover, it is
known thatthough the committee were some
days in Pittsburg, several citizens of this
place were, after the coMmittee left, sub
paned to Harrisburg, to be
,examined,
thus putting the State to the heavy expense
of officers' and witnesses! expenses, fees
and mileage. It is not pretended that any
of these errors and oversights of the com
mittee lessen the guilt of the Railroad
Company, whatever that may be, ' but it
certainly shows that the committea . 'did not
take the most efficient means to acCOMplish
their ends,
We sincerely wish the committee had,
after their severe labors, made out a
plainer case. We know that the public
mind is well settled on the point that cor
ruption is daily used at Harrisburg to pro
cure the most trifling enactments. Once
trace out clearly the course of any of these
vile bargains, and punish the doers, and
there may be a return to public virtue.—
But bald, unsupported charges have no
more force coming from a committee,than
from common " rumor-T.4l'oy embolden
borers and hangers-on around the Amena
bly, too, by making them feel more se
cure.
There is no question that the opinion
1l
wci 7PaaPneedirAh!Olatn,
body is believed ikp msny—bui this report
does 'ml prone it, nor
out seeing the whole testimony, tell bow ,
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It ii true the railroad iiiiirell
ieally managed, and has been
o meet its liabilities. But th
Said of many profitable banks, who have
suspended spe*paYMent morePtan once - ,
and of individuals of large means. Still
none of thein are Singied . out fur a special
tax, and why should the railroad he
We are clearly, emphatically, and sincere
ly in favor of a tonnage tax that will reach
all the Railroads in the State. Let the tax
be fair, general, and equitable --not
special burden laid on in spite and kept
On in ill-feeling. And, moreover, let this
matter of corruption in procuring legisla
tion be punished to the extreme. Let all
manner of banks and corporatidus be call
ed to Harrisburg next winter, to tell all
they know about the matter of bribery and
fraud. Let the whole matter be exposed.
It is right and proper and most vital to the
public safety that this should be done.—
But lot it be dime impartially, not vin
dictively—let it be done firmly, not spite
fully.
It is hardly necessary for us to repeat
here that we earnestly believe the re
peal of the tonnage tax was an net of sim
ple, even-handed justice, and our chief re
gret is that the legislature should have
been unjust enough to withhold it so long
—so lost to fair dealing as to require and
receive, as it is alleged they did, large
bribes to do that which it was their bound
en duty to do, freely and promptly.
Mir The Chronicle, instead of acknowl
edging its raid upon our columns tbr mat
ter, out .of which to manufacture t!iose
funny things its special dispatches, treats
us to the following additional piece of
brazen effrontery. Speaking of its dis
patches it says:
"They are intended at our own expense,
to give early news to our readers; they are
published just as received, and they are
promptly paid for when pay is asked. If
the Post can say as much, we congratu
late it."
When our readers are reminded, not on
ly of the larceny alluded to, but to the cir
cumstance last winter of the Chre/ticie's
laying violent hands upon An entire Presi
dent's message, which we had telegraphed
exclusively to the Post, they can appreci
ate the point and beauty of the above par
agraph If our cotemporary wishes to sat
isfy us of its paying promptly for its dis
patches, Wby doesn't it settle with us for
tlie message it abstracted.
It is all very nice and complacent for
one to publish him ability and to pay for
what he gets, but with some people it ap
pears far easier to appropriate what they
require, and then forget to sottle—we name
no parties. Hail it simply manufactured
its dispatches from the Eastern papers, we
should not have noticed it; but taking our
news published by us in the morning and
fixing it up as a "special" for the follow
ing evening, was rather heavy not to re
quire a passing notice.
NEW YORK.
There has been a sharp contest going on
in the Empire State among the Republi
can politicians; one set wish an exclu
sively Republican organization, the other
a mongrel combination. At length the
mongrels have succeeded, because the
straight jackets could not prove that an
exclusive abolition organization could
carry the State. This is the point with
these New York sharpers; anything for
success. The call agreed upon is broad
and general, inviting "all good men" to
join in and elect their ticket. Quite mod
est in them. All who will not join i❑ are
to be considered traitors to their govern
ment, and ruled out accordingly'.
aisl- The Chicago Timex says that if the
present Congress could do anything that
would be exceedingly gratifying, and that
is to adjourn and go home. That nothing
good can come from them, they have abund
antly proved. That they only do evil, they
have demonstrated. That the country
await with fear and trembling the results
oftbeir proceedings, is evident everywhere.
Let them go home and relieve the country.
The Aebel Congress Moving OB=
A. Very Convenient Dodge.
The two Houses of the rebel Congress
at Richmond have resolved very soon to
adjourn over till . the month of August,-
which being interpreted into plainer Eng
lish, means that they have resolved that
Gen. McClellan shall not catch them in
Richmond.
Mr. Russell's Salary
It is stated that the salary of Mr. Rus
sell, the correspondent of the . London
Times, is about $lO,OOO and all his travel•
lug expenses, including extra dinners, a
Secretary and two horses, are paid by the
Tinley in addition.
Hiram Powers.
The following announcement- recently
appeared in the London Times :
Married, on the 20th inst., at Turin, be
fore the British and United States Embus
sadors, by the Rev. Robert Lottus Totton
ham, Chaplain to the Legation, Alfred
Buckingham Ibboteon, Esq., of Sheffield,
to Louisa Greenough, eldest daughter of
Hiram Powers, Esq.-, of Florence.
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LATE FOREIGN NEWS.
ST. 1.0 vis, April 22.---From a.gepthenairt.
'rho left Memphis a few days afterthe b -
tle of Pittsburg we learn the rebels, put
ting both days of the battle together, still
claim the victory. Their vlaitu rests on
the supposition that more were killed and
wounded and taken prisoners On thu Fed
eral side than the other. I .
Our informant says Prentiss made a
speech to his troops in Memphis in which
he endeavored to mollify their complaints
in relation to the treatment, food, etc. Ifc
told there they would soon be exchanged,
and rallied them generally to keep up good
spirits. Prentiss was in excellent tempq
and owned to the defeat on Sunday, but
said the rebels were badly whipped on
Monday.
Prisoners were being sent to Richmond.
Our informant says he was in Huntsville
when Mitchell reached there with his di
vision.
Owing to the security of that place the
rebels were completely surprised, and the
occupation of the railroad between Deca
tur tool Stevenson was regarded as the
hardest blow the rebels have yet received.
The rebels are preparing to make a des
perate stand at Corinth, and fresh troops
were constantly arriving at. Memphis.
When he left business in Memphis was
almost entirely stagnated, and people gen
erally seem to believe that they are on the
eve of events which will speedily decide
the war.
Rev. D. R. McAnally, editor of the St.
Louis Christian Advocate, has been arrest
ed and placed in the military prison and,
his paper suppressed for publishing trea
sonable matter. This arrest causes uo
surprise, as the course of MeAnally's pa
per for some time past has been very ob
noxious to the officers of the Government.
Z A ES V tux, 0., April 22.—The Central
Ohio Express train, bound west from Bel
lair, this morning, ran otf the track near
Spencer's Station, instantly killing S:Cor
bm, conductor, and severely wounding
several others.
SAvuv IfooK, April 22.—The steamer
City of New York, from Liverpool, has
.passed here, with dates of the 9th inst.
The steamer Africa, from New York ar
rived out on the 6th inst.
Th e new iro n steamship Overto, built for
war purposes, has left Liverpool for Pa
lermo, but it, is believed will go to Bermu
da for her armament, and will cruise on
the Atlantic as a Snalhern privateer.
Tho sehnoner Sophia, which i•an the
Charleston hluekade, has.. arrived at Liv
erpool with nine huadred bales of cotton,
&e. The political news is nut very import
ant.
The I'. of war E tsar:ago. after
wo days to Gibraltar, let Algeciras
the West Indies MI the 1-:t inst.
er.vr lincrAiN.--The steamer [)vertu
was built at Liverpool monhedly as a war
vessel fie. the Italian government. She
left on the 2.2.11, in ballast for Palermo, with
a crew of titty men. The btlief is that
she will go to Bermuda, where her arma
ment has preemaled her. She in built to
carry gine; of the heaviest calibre. She
11108.S:I res St•vell hondred and firtv tons,
and is reported tts very fiest. There are
variou, eontradictory conclusions. The
Stonier was at Gibraltar. and the Tusea
rora at Algesiras on tile d lust.
Lit Encino., April W.- The govern meat
has centraeted with Messrs. I.annula for
an iron cupola ship tinder C a pt. Cole' s .
volition to be roady for sea on the Ist
.1 nil e. to;::.
The experiments at Shoehargners' with
a gun of large size, showed that the best
bout hit herto considered invidnerable form.
cd of iron-sides were, so to speak. almost
as easily penetrated by a shot as if the tar
gets had been of thither.
Sir Win. Armstrong says that a gun of
12 tons weight fired with a. charge of fifty
pounds of powder will break through the
side of the Warrior or the strongest ship
afloat: A target like the side of the War
rior was scattered into crumbs at the
trial.
The London Times says that no weapon
of offence or defense seems left to us now
as effective as large armor-clad and very
swift steam rams.
The English papers continue to discuss
the Monitor affair.
Great activity prevails in the English
dock yards.
It is said that the French army is to be
reduced and only ninety-four regiments
of infantry to be retained and five regi
ments of cavalry to be struck off.
In Parliament, M. D'lsraeli made a
characteristic party attack on 'Gladstone's
financial policy and budget. The latter
spoke strongly in its defense. A general
debate ensued, in the course of whicli;
Lord Ifentwick attribtited the disasters of
the country to the inconsistent and inhu
man policy of refusing to recognize the
Confederate States.
The House, in Committee, adopted res
olutions in favor of Gladstone's various
recommendations in the budget.
The question of shield ships and float
ing batteries continue to..oecupy the atten
tion of the governmet. The shipwrights
have all been transferred from the wooden
to the iron ships in course of construction:
A proposition is before the Common
Council of Loudon to confer the freedou
of the city, in a gold box, on Mr. Peabodi
for his mnnificence.
The crops of England and France are
reported in a most favorable condition.
LIVERPOOL—Cotton buoyant at un
changed rates; Sales" lA' 10,00 bales' to
speculators and emporters 3,000.
Breadsttiffs quiet and unchanged.
Brovisions quiet and steady.
LONDON, April 10 .—Consols 93ie94;
Ilhnris Central 45@441; discount Erie R.
R. 34.
FasNce—The Freneli manufacturing fie-.
counts show 'more animation. The latest
rumors assert that General Guvon is not
to be recalled from Rome. The Bourse
was flat . ; renter 69f 90.
ITALY.—The Italian Minister has order
ed an increase of iron plated ships. The
question of brigandage and the removal of
the ex-King of Naples from Rome were
debated in the Italian Chamber.
Rattazzi said thaf • actotints of brigand
ages were exaggerated, and that no addi
tional force was necessary.'
The Italian Government persisted in
pointing out that the presence of Francis
11. at Rome was a source of disorder, and
it was also believed that Napoleon shares
this conviction.
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The Roi
correspondent . of the Chicago Journal says:
The pas from the fleet atFort Wright
ie ithinithitthit. The rebels have cut the
levee,, and the (the_ fermi ag hinds there are
now covered wittt alike of — water" lifted
:trona& The' rettidents .are greatly_exas.
perated at this outrage.
The most encouraging news continues to
Ito received froth Halleck'e army.
The Army Prevented from Mov
ing by Heavy Mains,
Cine.teo, April 22.—A special dispatch
to the Tribune from Cairo says:
The river at this point is at a stand. Ex
perienced river men say that an overflow!
is inevitable. At Pittsburg Lauding, Ten-1
'lessee, the river had risen fifteen feet nr!
tn Sunday night. The country opposite
the Landing was covered with water to the
depth Of. three or four feet. This rise has
not yet reached Niro.
The steamer:Eistport captured from the
rebels at Nashville is being transformed to
a first class gunboat, and is nearly com
pleted. She will be the largeSt boat of the
flotilla, and carries ten-inch Dahigreens.
A special dispatch from. Cairo to the
Times sayk•
An arrival from Pittsburg has the fol
lowing:
The weather at that quarter has been
excessively unfavorable for movements of
the army for the last three days. Rain fell
incessantly and it is now an. utter ithpossi
bility for the army to move on account of
the great depth of the mud.
Preparations, however, are going on
steadily so that when .the roads improve
the army will be in readiness for the bat
tle.
General Beauregurd is being constant
ly reinforced and the citizens of Memphis
and New Orleans are throwing up their
business occupations and flocking to his
standard, believing that on the ensuing
battle depends the 'fate of the Valley of
the Mississippi. It is thought by those who
know best, that the majority of the Southern
people are ready to lay down their arms
and return to the Union, if defeated at
Corinth, while the leaders are as stubborn
and desperate as ever.
Five of the rebel miscreants, who fired
on steemer Minnehaha, while on a recent
trip up the river, have been captured and
will be shot.
Important from Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 21—The-published
statement that Secretary - Chase was in
Philadelphia and consulting with ex-Sec'y
Cameron. in relation to the defalcation in
the War Department is erroneous in three
particulars, namely: that Secretary Chase
has not been in Philadelphia recently.
he has not consulted with Gen. Cameron
upon the subject, nor is there any defalca
tion.
The Select Committee to whom were refer
red the papers questioning the loyalty of
Senator Benj. Starke, of Oregon, to-day
made their report after coming to the fol
lowing conclusions: first, that for many
months prior to the 21st of November,
1861; - and up to that time Benj. Starke
was an ardent advocate of the cause of the
rebellious States.
2d. That atter the formation of the Con
stitution of the Confederate States, he
openly declared his admiration for it and
desired the absorption of the loyal States
of the Union into the Southern Confeder
acy under that Constitution, as the only
means of peace, and warmly avowing his
sympathy with that cause.
31. That the Senator from Oregon is
disloyal to the Government of the United-1
States.
The above is signed by Clark, Howard,
Wright. Sherman and Willey. The other
member concurs in the first and second
conclusions, but is constrained for' rea
sons stated, to differ from his collegues on
the Committee as to the 3d and last. -
Washington and Richmond papers of
Monday morning contain a telegraphic re-.
port of the landing of our • forces near
Elizabeth City, N. C., and of an engage
ment at that point; they admit that their
forces retired to the Dismal Swamp canal,
with a loss of :18 killed and wounded, and
say the Federal loss was heavy. They
also notice the occupation of Fredericks=
burg, and complain of the withdrawal of
their troops, which were there in force,
without a contest.
The Whereabouts of Prlee and
yam Dorn.
Housrox, Texas County, Mo., April 2:
—The correspondent of the Missouri. Re
publican says:
We have been amused at the reports
concerning the whereabouts of Price and
Van Dorn. One day they are reported at
Pittsburg, Tenn., and next at • Pettman's
Firry on Black river, whilst we know pos
itavely thit they are at neither place. Last
Monday Price and Van Dorn's commands
were ut Desark, ninety miles below Jack
sonport on White river. So far from the
rebels being at Pettman's Ferry, they have
evacuated Pocahontas. The town as now
deserted, even the merchants having re:
moved their
.goods. Jacksonport is also
nearly deserted, -the troops having been
removed 60 miles South to Desark, where
the rebels seem to be concentrating in
large force.
Price is reported to.have gone' to Cor
'nth._
Albert Pike with 2,500 Indians and 600
Texan Rangers, were left on the border to
harass Curtis and engage the Kansas
troops if possible, while upon our South
Coleman is in close proximity. One Ed
gar Ashbury is trying to raise a regimen t
for guerilla warfare on the borders.
Col. Schnavel is in Yellville, Ark., with
150 men.
Mcßride has gone to general headquar
ters to get an order to raise an independ
ent command to operate in Northern Ar
kansas and. iinthern Missouri. '
Col: MCFarhind with his command has
gone - to headquarters at Desark.
Lieut. Col. Wood, commandant of this
post, has been absent nearly a week. He
returned last evening and already we are
under marching orders, so look out for
something in this district soon.
Front Fortress Monroe.
Foantess MONROE, April 21.—The Sag
of truce boat arrived to-day, bringing a
pareerof Southern papers.
A Petersburg paper of this niorning says
the rebel Senate had refused to concur in
the House resolution for an early adjenrn
meat.
The same paper-also contains the report
of the -repUise of a Federal force under
Gen. Burnside at Elizabeth City, It is
stated that the Federal troops five thou
sand strong, attempted to land there, but
were repulsed with a loss of 500 by a Con
federate force of 1,000, including a Geor
gia regiMent. The Confederate loss in
killed and wounded is -15, including Capt.
McConms and Lieut. Wilson, both of the
Georgia regiment. A report to the same
effect of the same ..fight was current at
Norfolk last.night.
There is no news from Yorktown; except
that matters are progressing satisfactorily,
The weather is still bad.
BelcYei.
ST. Louis, April 22;;—Hanry • Li Rout,
one of the parties indicted-by •,thirdiary of
the United States Cirenit Cants in this
city, for conspiracy and treason, has bee 6
released from custody, by order of the
President:
The difficulty at the culvert of the Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad, at East St.
Louis, has ..terminated. No -effort was
made toluenes. with this nfilitlry-gaird.
left-there. Ale lefiestali tbse: °imams Other
culSeet wealtdoll e itur damn INS
supposed.
. from Pro so regord for
mven.ieu s rCill ad.
April - ht• finzptfp .
von .a%
(441•0:11.•1
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c:11 1 ,41
ed dowi. tit Corinth: tl ,
collected at l'ltatt:oloogn ati.l "Ohl- 1,,,i111.,
Oil the T.•;01(•,,, , , , rig. t, tooll,le to itio%
forward :m o unt of I;en. OIA•
,
Strilet 14111 S-
'Tieniuregard's tlispal eh ult..'
uriL
it•tt iu uipltee but stns easily iianslaied Lc
The rolling stork evq.turvil Lr Nliit•ho'd
has Leen sent ti) Nashrilk.
From San Francisco.
SIN FI:A Nelsen. April 21.-- noir steam
ers have arrived 11'0111 Oregon autl
Columbia within the last three days. The
no.rt4rn mining di- triers were • becoming
accessible again. The :teantersuilldotthi
lesieretitra ertiwitt•ti with passengers:
"Aiiiied.—To-day. the ship Latitit with
llong Kong dates to the st It or N:i r ch,and
two hundred and filly passengers,. -
tittiled--The ship UnettiN nit fir Callon.
The steamer 1414:ilia :Idled litr l'antyant
to-dap With our 111111,fre l l rtlos fi es s er ,
gees and 5470,000 in treasure -10 i New
York and '...2-10,titto ftw England. Edward
Stanley was among the pat,,,imger-:.
Froila
CAII:0 7 April r.,
poquinstei•
Cairo requests all pi4tirtfisters in Mailing.
letters for the :may. which. should prop•
erly be sent tcrthisr,otlice for distribution,
triput thVnt'iti'separnteltelinges. endorsz
ed soldieis letters: Cairo postoilice.
Oveeinnd irtntekrimpli Line, •
•
C ii.trAr: 0, . April 22.—A dispatch re-'
ceived- here.lforu of aerator dated
i'he I tyliang' hare ilnpped:
all cominuttieat,int . is by the overlitnil
No particulars tit'e cirri:. It. I;•anai that
the , telegraph ling, ha:i
Arr 4 Sr a g At' Vold,
t4i Jco,li44444ae•seness
i At :by ,
_
wtte\'‘' e-,-,;'starLialk,.9:ll,6ted.Y.
ffner ,, leattktrofien ,, teriair*o .. .ucly.
Fcto "ataare - 64! , heinipa*Aike cg`
s t‘ 7 PPing Xati . lh: er g,ll.qh/
.frtt ntotle ; that 'which
in the leainnihg would yield to a
miZ,Z Terrbed,y, not attend .7 to, 0..0n.
atta.:lke the 10.h.q8.•
were first introduced eleven. tasrs ay.o.
It has I een, :proved that they are
.the
best arttle. he/are trte p 4t2io .r
/reirls in
to
for l-..81/z.nza, ,Vatai 4, the FLlckint
,
CA'Nt.9-h "O'artaitin.fittrin., = and
numerobs crffe.,:tions it - the ~9:hr-atzt,,
giving immediate TZlref.
Public Spenkers If SiUgera
will find them. effectual .for c/earing
and str .L.gthening the voice.
Sold all Pruisrists and Oealer .
in,
_Medicine, at P & cents per hoz.
deg-6md,tw
CUSTOM HOUSE,
Pittsburgh, April 14th, ]tall 5,
UD 4ITICI: IS III:RES GIVEN
that "SE ILED PROPOSALS" iiceohi
panic.l he plopei utiarltilei•S according in forms
to be furnished int oppli...ttiott at this 4 'ilia% will
be received thereat. until 12 1 1
on
the FIRST "ft; ESItA 1" >l' .11 SE N.e.,,XT, for th. 3
supply of Provisions. entititeratt‘t
iu amid 1113111.6, fir oh- 3 -, :tr. th..
tirst uf.luly next, and di , thirtietts “I
.1111,e following. The on:Haiti. , ..iated are .. 4 1i
waled with reference I'. the ti-ted n Lo 1,.l .4 . tt.
tients in the Hospital: hat the 1 cited Stmt. re
serves the right to take 1/1.40 or less dfrt :aid art i
eles, accordingly its tiny may he I equired„
. IXthe,
articles delivered at the arc not , us.-tilua
judgment of the Physieittit of I h., lie.st, quality- 514
adapted talho flOspilal. li' will lc. at lilteity ht
reject thesatue, (01)111,118Se other articles iu their
stead, and to charge the contractor vrith'tut yl'et
eess °Most over the contract price,=. Tim I/ piled
States reserves the tight t.. the proltosals
far the whole Of any prortio.l
fled. -•- r CIIAS. W. BATCHELOR.
apls:td Surveyor and Agent of Marine Hospital.
Certificate of Twenty-eight Yearn• Use.
NEUTASTI.R. ESTell KSTKR COUNTY,
N. V., Anif,ust II I 1360. -
DR. B. UttANDrtrrii:--
My Dear ant now seventy-nine years old,
and fur the last twenty-eight years hare been it
constant user ..f Your Vegetable (TriiVerShr
when sick, fully realizing the mlvantage
of en
forcing purgation with a medicine, which, while
harmless in its nature, renoovelt impurities.
can safely say that vtgur ous old age I now enjoy
has been caused mainly by the timely use of
Brandretles NIL+. I have had in these last twen
ty-eight years several tits ti sichne.. , s. luel occa
sionally Caine intirauity of ago would, press upon
me. At these times f have :away:: haunt your
pins a sure remedy. giving me not only health.bu
strength. I consider them, not only inraluahle
as a . purgative, but also as a tonic , hare never
during the last twenty-eigbt years used any Other
medicine whatever. being •omvineed, by egret*,
once, that none was as good. nrandreth's Pi t 5
have idea been freely used by my - neighbors itt
every kind of sickness; and have been never
known to fail when promptly administered.
Yours truly. :N ATn AMU.
Justice of the Peace for forty years in Westchester
County. Y.
Price ttEt cents per box. Sold by
THOS. REDRATiI, Pittsburg4. Pa..
And by all resPectable dealers in medicine.
mhalm
AMUSEMENTS
•
PITTSBURGH THEATRE.
LESSER AND MANAGER WM. HENDERSON
- PRICES OE ADDISSION. — Private Boxes, W6O:
Single Seat in Private Ban. $.l 0(k Pernuctieluid
Dress • Circle. chairs,--50 cents; 'Family
cents; Colored Gallery-. 25 cents: Colored Box
50 cents; Gallets" , ls cent&
Third night of the engagentenf.of the beautiful
DONNA 'NADEL CUBAN,
and Suavelab Corps de Ballet
.
conithenc:ol,ith • .;
DRAW 'CUE.IIII4II—.
• • After which the
TWO BUZTAHOR.,.,
'To machete with
• THE wit,Trri. . ,
SENORITA CUBAN will appear in several fa
oimitiriii dances.
CONCERT HAl`~i;-
WEDNENI.IO.I,Ir IrrENEVO. AUPIRIL VOW.
Third Apiiearanco of the
GREAT PEEST/DIG/TA.TEUR,
HERRMANN.
GI- It A. C 1E; p
By the Celebrated Trio from Anadmiy%Of
Music, New York,
Admission, 58 emits. ltuserred Seats, 9T cents
extra.
The . H
Sale
_ofts Sea will continu q at the Music
Store o f J. . MELLOR.'
Doom OPPen at 7 1.4. To emntnenee at 8 o'clook.
apia' :11
T
E ORIGIN E, II'ELEII it A TED
- and world renowned American man in minia
are
GEN. TONI TIKILTIIIIB.
smallest Mall alive. at MASONIC IiALL, for n
short time, commencing Friday, ..A.1411,23ih.
Two brilliant entertainments'esich day ; atitknonii
at 8 and evening at o'clock. isooniMPeli half an
hour previous. .An extra .Morning 'Matinee Oil
tiaturday at 12 o'clock.
The little General will appear in Pittsburg fog
the first time in nanny year in all his new and
wonderful impersonationaLSW/g4 dancer. Unmake
&Mum, .ge., assisted by Mr. M,
- TOBlLLikthe
great English liatitone and Buffo, from the No
bility's concerts. London: . .Mr. DE FERN:
the American Tenor. and C.;11.,T401.018A
Brilliant Pianist. The Conentl- will - Ade in. hit
miniature carriaxeliflMll kty Liliputian Ponies. -
and tdteaded by 'Elfin Coachmen and. Footmen.
from the St. Charles 11.ae1 to the Hall previoul to
00hprtainaitsat i . = -
Adudinion—Day Entertainment, 2ft eeufs
Children under 10, 110 cents; Evening Fog s
Meta 13 CetICA: Children under 10.10 cents:Me
setveddeats, emits. '
• Schoolsagniittedoistiliaratteima.
The Piano ustul is a"Chiekering, - kindly fur
aished by JOHN LI,OMMI Wood minim
3 1 0 21-28 d
. ALFRED CA'LEIN, 'tuskless" Agent.
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