SPAY MORNING, MAY
Seeding matter on every page
The counting sown of the POST is
now In the second story of the building-,
entranceon Wood or Fifth ittreots, he-
log the large and eommodiote% apart
ment !lately occupied by the Mercantile
Agency.
EMANCIPATION.
Gen. Hunter, now at Port Royal, south
Carolina, has begun to issue free papers
to the negroes, entitled, under the Act of
Congress, to their freedom, by virtue of
compulsory services rendered to the rebels.
This is the first act of emancipation of the
general government upon the soil of South
Carolina; the order is confined to those in
rebellion against the Government, and
not an indiscriminate edict against loyal
as well as rebel slaveholders. One of these
freed negroes, has arrived in New York,
and many others will doubtless speedily
follow. What is to become of them after
they do reach the soil of freedom is a ques
tion which- our Abolition' pl, ilant h +ph ists
should commence considering. What pro
vision are these patriots making to re
ceive these newly created freemen ? We
do not hear of auy. In Philadelphia and
New To?;irsevertil of them have arrived,
and their Condition is most lament able
they are already forgotten.
The Oa:retie, yesterday, alluding to the
fact of the arrival of one of these South
Carolina negroes in New York. gives us
the following information:
"In Me Union, hereafter, there will be
nopriailaged classes; no imperious master,
no groom( velcuse, no lordly aristocrat. no
cringing ( poor white trade.' We are ap
proachufg. a better era: a more glorious
and more .permanent state of equality,
freedom and prosperity.''
This fello* is mad; that "distracted
globe" of his needs cooling applications;
he requires blood-letting and moderate
diet, "heside castigation and exercise de
vont."
It is astonishing to thinksiL 'earful
mings
ac.
dominion a ni094)11 , 54k1-T his raring
I
quire over thcke.: -
L 3 how these p oor staves
num n e v rr , S - vided for; and sr' - i nothing
b act which throws tleun loose upon
~•the coldeherities and hitter prejudices of
the world' but a glorious future for us all.
NO privileged classes." hereafter;
imperious master;" "no groaning slave!"
Pittsburgh will, doubtless. soon be call
ed upon to receive some of these mann
mitted:iliires, and we take this early op
portunity to requert . .the Gasetle to com
mence Aiirations to suppo-c
In:akkiliat they will itt,,tie to
sitaL . Ataise selves won't te ,..4er. Our
lea novrsrowdej".. - sth white Llesti
-161101n1; and, bythei o drate this rebellion is
lot dole, we be as poor and rag
- gsd iiel ds ,,,r3rein the painted cloth. Like
, • the Lreetliii of Italy, we will he preying
• arsione another, and looking out to jo;11
association of migrating gipsi es.
In vitardf •this wide spread devastation,
whiehilaar more likely to visit us than
the Godidie!s magnificent future, we would
advisa : onr. nasal-twanged neighbor to ap
ply to4keeident Lincoln for some snug
. little appointment to one of the lately rec
_
ognized_republies of Hayti or Liberia.
There he'can enjoy "the liberty, equality
and fraternity" for which he sighs, and
mingle his tears and salutations with this
fraternity, upon the progress of liberal
ideas in this Western World. If he stays
here he*lsliskiik tossitare the general
dig
tress; Shisdi:im-that 'case, our newly made
- freemenWthettar 'keep a sharp lookout.
Not evelarmn.bread and cheese parings
will be adlit*eineit ; they may enjoy their
"liberty" to their,
,heart's content, but
- - they uniupa,Axpeck to : enjoy any of the
delicate and tender. slices which our co
temporary may, occasionally, be able to
procure. • In'-view s of this , we again sug
gest an appointMent to one of the repub
lics alluded to. There our neighbor can
*ntitersal_eqnality and amal
gamation; he can'pAt'himself at the head
of a vast scheme of colonization, and
transmit his Owe to an; admiring poster
ity, as the stupendous founder of a mighty
empire4fie Erst the - World had seen based
upon the rare concomitants of "liberty,
equality and fraternity.'' This is.the only
manner -in whiplike-can ever realize the
dream in which he-indulges, contained in
the nonsehle•iiihieh ire" have copied at the
beginning of theieblise%vatiOns. 'ln the
meantime, brother, how fares : the war?
0173 PINANGEAL CONDITION.
At thiftSriseiiitinabongress is devoting
iM principal attention 'to ferieting out
time who have re cielYed the largest con
tracts, and moils; the most money dishon
estly off the gdieliimetit since the rebellion
began. 't Seise lof.thete disclosures are
ologlohlllim4Ale4ibst we would direct at-
Nation to Ehe following article from the
New Yolli4NisifisePost, the 14:ling-Re
publican paper efgkekeoluittlylooking, 'as
it does, tit pe,prospectiTit.coxidition of our
Nations' Treadles*: `" •
"We have estimates, fronfttiebeginning,
made ap t hathe :Deper,anniag,'•idtiolt; by
the way, have hitherto, in every ow, prov
ed to beelialdit iin
itt of th e ifity.:- ;W e have
j r riind
~.' all torts, .re mi l lionsth mn
-1 meat is -, 'is t a d a y. now
A gaffe _ •
~-, _ _ •aildonr-,eoatrikrietioll
• Witeliiitiol ineafiet
Oleg glik
of
Vu n7
.t n
anon-
Vision Hs it was:
essistitittion as It Isl
REMOVAL
Mr. Moorhead Indignant.
Ma. MOORHEAD.--1 would like to know
why the gentleman refers to me. I rl.,not
wish the gentleman from Massaphusetts,
and I will not permit him or any othergeu
tleman, to put me in a fuse position. I
want to know why I), refers to me.
Mr. DAwFs. ---r did not know the gentle
man a , as ti n p,..,-, and therefore I would not
say th a t,..ae was there.
ma - MoortnEan.—The n why refer to me
. 0 all? What reason have von to suppose
that I was there?
Mr. DAWES.—Because the gentleman
has avowed himself at this moment, and
under all the lights of the present day, an''
ardent advocate and admirer of the man 1
whose character, public and official, I'
have been comtnentingupon, and I thought
it was but natural he should he invited to
such a feast. I hope he was not over-
looked. t Laiighter.) I have only to say
:hat the papers described it as being a de
lightful occasion, hut I remembered, and
I think the country remembered, all about
the antecedents of these parties, and put
the interrogatories. "why, and what tor.
and what has it cost ?..
Illegal Contracts the Cause of
the Heavy Taxation—Opponi
tion,of the Plunderers to the
Committee on Contracts.
Mr. Speaker. I have a word or two to
say upon the suggestion of the gentleman
from Pennsylvania (Mr. STEVENS) that he
would move To discharge the Committee if
'it were only iit order. The gentleman's
duties in thi: House and the duties
of the Committee have been of a dif
ferent description. I have no disposi
,
Lion to criticise his performance of his.—
, I know the ability with which he dis
charges them. I know very well what I ,
encounter in attempting to reply to his at• 1
tack upon the Committee. i have only I
to say that his labors and the labors of the
Committee are yet to be appreciated.—
When
the thumb-screws of the tax bill, ,
which the Committee of which he is the
head originated and passed through thel
House from time necessities of the times, so
nicely adjusted, shall begin to reach. the ,
bones of the poor, induitrious, intelligent
men of time country and force from them.so
muth of their hard earnings to replenish the
Treasury of the country, beggared and de
pleted as it has been during this war, then,
I fancy this report of ours will come to be
read; then, LlOncy, if his constituents are
asintelligent as mine are—and /have no I
doubt they are—they will ask him the ques
lion,
and he will be compelled to answer I
it, "where is all this money gone?" They
will want to know what was the need of
putting out such lavish and unjustifiable
contracts—contracts at such enormous and
extravagant rates that the owners of them
are willing to discount what is ''estimated
at $1,800,000 on a single contract, and
then save two and a half per cent. commis
sion. , They will ask the question, and the
Committee of which I am an humble mem- '
ber, which has struggled all this time,
- while the gentleman from Pennsylvania,
impelled by the necessities of the Govern-
ment, has been racking his ingenuity to
contrive how to reach the last farthing
that can be reached to replenish the Trea
sury—this Committee which has been
placing their feeble efforts between the
plunderers and the Treasury-4re willing
to abide that time. They are willing to
let this book be read by the side of the tax
bill at any time,. and. more especially at
that particular - time when 'the Clamps of
the!tas bill shall be brought round aboutthe
industryand resources of the country, and
when my friend from Pennsylvania will be.
turning the screw.. If the - gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Hr. &evens) had made
that motion, and ft e House had adopted
it, as I have no doubt they would have
I done that day, the Committee then would
.have hailed it as a glorious deliverance'
from a most - unpleased ditty, which no one
mbar-of tas-of it had sought, but which no
Cilittrelt himielf at liberty to shrink from.
I say to hiss, thereferCthat ff lit will
Make a motion to ditchagaths Committee,
and will give me the liberty of asking for
the yeas and nays on his motion,: that is
aide:ire. I will say to him, as an hon
ored' and leading member of the party to
*bleb I belong, that' a credited at home
with being a sincere m of that party
for principle's sake, and Ism willing -to do
what within me lies to see the anwitmant
tion and final prevalence of those4olci
ples. Having devoted myself to in
the past, I awreadji-to do naoritfor '. -
W- :: .
I tell him that when he arks this lrespi s a i d
s
to discharge a committee ?DUI* el - Spleen! 4-'. 1
-'
to put themselves and this House betwastt
the Treasury and the plunderers. of. it,
while he busiewhissoeff with making a tar
bill to wrench of the hard sasmings qf
army
(trait
extra-
and
Avagant to
Ni mil
meat
!Wed is
be set
.)f this ,
d with
teillkeut as
- 't. be ma
lt is
to meet the ea itures next year for the
support of so much of the army as we may
still then require to keep in service, al
though it is obvious that, under any cir
cumstances, our permanent army must
hereafter be very much larger than it has
been heretofore. Nor is any provision
made for the larger permanent navy that we
shall hereafter keep afloat. The ordinary
permanent expenses of this government,
in times of peace. cannot possibly be less
hereafter than 3150,000,000 per annum,
independent of the interest on the public
debt. With the revenue now proposed by
Congress there would be a deficiency next
year of the whole amount of interest on the
public debt—some 570,000,000. Ofeourse,
if the present state of war is to continue
into next year it is plain that we shall he
running behindhand at a frightful rate; at
a rate that must speedily prove ruinous to
the public credit, and consequently to the
the national dignity and strength. The
very least that Congress can do, if it would
not shrink from its duty, is to provide a
permanent revenue of at least $200,000,000
from internal taxation, and a tariff of cus
toms to yield 576,000,000 more."
The Evening Post is moderate in its basis
of calculation; we have nearer seven hun
dred thousand, than five hundred thousand
men in the field; and consequently our in
debtedness, on the first of July will be
nearer twelve hundred millions, than
eight hundred millions, as the Post es
timates. Besides it has not taken into its
calculation the iunnense losses--one-third
at least of the whole—occasioned by infa
mous contracts.
In the meantime Congress is fining on,
as it the natbin were not threatened with
financini distress and embarrassment. .
COMMITTEE ON CONTRAcTs..
Mr. Dawes' Speech.
The reader who desires information of a
peculiar character, we would advise to
procure a copy of last Mondays Philadel
phia inquii.,:• and read Mr. Dawes speech
upon government contracts, since the re
hellion he pan. The Speaker, in tixe•awr,...y
of his remarks, alluded to theti f y i
thin politicians front..P.—"B.Y/v/Xintment
ttc
Co
,t and thY.l
opposed Simon ""ler°l.lße"rwards-rmis
•,,,s were us
.c to the the Secretary as a
~ c,,11- a g. salve
_.ouueing an extensive feast
upon cor.-
.ession drains. At this Partin
lar Gen. Moorhead, who stated that
,inneronis appoint neat was a good one
'or PennFylvaniii. liiienine a little restle,s,
and t•Frid
REMO
a to nytidliethe Amin la the
iry, he mud, and. I carat, and the
to which we belong must, enterer the
lion. why it is.so? The book and the
I of the evidence yet unpablishell
it 1w hid under a bushel.
The Republlesatirairlky.
gentleman must reiwember that in
List rear of a Republican Adminiatea
which came into power apes prefes• .
of reform and retrenchment, there is
itahle evidence abroad in -the land
somebody has plundered the public
_reentry well nigh in that eine° year as
much as the entire current yearly expenses
of the Governnient daring the administra
tion which the people hurled from power
because of its corruption.
While it may be shown that this Repub
lican party is not altogether responsible
for plundering and profligacy, yet they
cannot hold themselves guiltless before
the country if they shrink from every ef
fort,
if they fail to sustain the hands and
quicken the zeal of the men, who have put
their strength and their life for the past
six months to the work; even although
they have made a mistake—as doubtless
they have many in this late book; even
although injustice to an individual maybe,
as probably it has been, committed in some
instance; a committee which has been de
voting itself by day to this work, and rid
ing by night upon the cars, finding, that
while they are busy at work, that arrows
are sent after them from behind to under
mine the confidence of the country in them.
I say that this Republican party, to which
I am as devoted as my friend, cannot hold
itself guiltless.
I hope the gentleman will take these
words kindly from one whose political life,
humble and unimportant as it is, is bound
up in the principles of that party. He has
all to sacrifice for those principles, but he
is irreconcilably hostile, here and every
where,to the thieving, the stealing and the
plundering that characterizes the present
time. Sir, I doubt not that Alexander
Cummings and those other men have
lost confidence in this Committee ; and
that in their opinion there is wonderful
unanimity among all the public plunderers
and their defenders throughout the coun
try. I hope it is so. I should feel a dis
trust of the Committee if I found that its
course was agreeable to these men. The
House and the country hold the Commit
tee responsible for she truth and justice of
what they say, and the country, air, holds
yorramttur-and our friends responsible
that we do notts4..s-latur aaatt - taudro give
the idea that we encouraged and counten
anced this work.w forbear. „tFoaitspke4ak
plainly to
it whether t er
s of a friend, but qv
ca3rfett t i
nyiarferirce:tfuwlh.e:her they bet*,
From the Nashcill,
A Good
Anon, lately estab
ished, of A pr il . .. 3 off, we copy the follow
ng:
---,,-.,<Lbaskris
-Tlitcre used to flourish here a little
worthy, wild-eyed preacher named 9. D.
Baldwin. He wrote a whimsical book on
the interpretation of prophecy called Ar
mageddon. This fellows like a good many
other parsons in this region, became a vio
lent rebel, and while the fight was going
on at Feet Donelson, and the rebel papers
we r .p.predicting a grand victory for their
he announced that he would preach
a sermon on The Curse of Cowardice, to'
be leveled particularly at the Union men
of this city. On Sunday he strutted down
the aisle, and into the pulpit, looking for
all the world like a turkey gobbler in pair
ing season. He stood up and drawled out
his text: "Curse—ye—Meroz. Curse—ye
— bitterly—saith—the—Lord." And then
began to rant against white-livered cow
ards. Just then a man entered the church,
his eyes looking wildly from their sockets,
and panted out—" Fort Donelson's taken
and the gunboats are close to Nashville!"
Poor Armageddon jumped back as if he
had swallowed a serpent. Squalled out,
"Oh Lord!•'—turned as pale as a sheet
and then broke like a quarter-horse for the
door, knocking down little boys, jostling
old men, and upsetting several ladies.in
his frenzied flight. He dashed down street,
and then vanished like the devil in a
cloud of dust, and we believe that that was
the last ever heard of poor Meroz-Arma
geddon Baldwin. The parson attempted
to preach on Cowardice and certainly for
once felt his subject. He furnished his
hearers with an astonishing illustration of
his text. He always was a little flighty,
but in his last sermon he was flightier than
ever. His theme evidently run away
with him!
NM. Peculiar family traits may be
traced through *many generations. The
Claudian family, of Rome, is a conspicu
ous instance, which for many - centuries
was the most haughty and aristocratic of
the Patricians, and finally became the ty
rants of Rome. From Appiva Claudius,
the Decamvir, to the monster Caligula,
the same imperious temper seemed to per
vade the race, or at all events to be often
reproduced in individual members of the
fitmily. The Cates were, during several
generations, equally remarkable for se
verity of rectitude, from Cato the Censor
to his great-grandson of the same name,
who killed himself at Utica, and Marcus
Brutus,- the nephew of the latter. The
Guises of France were, during at least
three generations, alike in their imposing
stature,. seductive manners and factious
disposition.
The New Orleans News.
A lettei from New York says :
There is a heartfelt rejoicing over the
capture of New Orleans pervading all class
es of the community, . such as has never
marked any of the other heretofore great
achievenients of war, and in this rejoicing
personal feeling, as well as the natural im
pulses of patriotism, has much to do.--
There are thousands of our people here
who are connected with the 4reat city of
the Southwest by the closest ties of social
and business relationship, and who feel now
that, with the restoration of the Federal au
thority there, communication with them
will be once more restored.
There must be many loyal hearts in the
Crescent City that leap for joy as they saw
the old flag once more unfurled—the joy,
as it were, of emerging from a long dark,
dismal eclipse into the effulgence of a noon
day sun. When mail communication is
once restored, thee men will have tales to
tell, it is believed, rivaling the Reign -of
Terror scenes of the French Renolution.—
Meanwhile, as I have said, we here are all
jubilant over the news, and in honor of the
great event, the Star-Spangled Banner is
floating from the roofs of all the public
buildings and from the masts of many of
the ships in port.
MARRIED
In AllelthselY TorAY. 211 th init., at
•
the residence of the ride ethic t A ye. *4, Rev.
W. S. Pursue, D. D., the Rey. R..R DONEROO,
of Washington, Pc, to GISORMANNA MAR/A.
daughter of GINAGI W. Paining". 2/Ni.
B. B. BULONR ,
• WANIITACTOM Ot
• EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
FURNITURE.
No. 45 Illsolaaolddims.
PVlTungselt.
_
A FULL AWNOIMMT OP
Pittsburgh Manufactured Furniture,
Oaaeon haakiilleh we will sell at the
lowed mese for CAM e•eltkldis
UtiriVlPS .
% r ow ,
f lail a t irn i tabst i r ebis" t°
r pi
of favors
and
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1111 d lit Art . 1
aimullpf, •
at L aw.,Amatataar
3 i2Ftaaetled isaituaa atiltolia4
'Will beattadad to
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,~h.,
fru Edi On.
THE EAU, OF NEW ORLEANS.
flow the Poll tfieir
THEIR OWN ACCOUNT OF IT.
THE REBEL RUFFIAN TODD
FORTRESS Momini:, April :10.—A flag of
Times say s:
truce came from Norfolk to-day, and
brought down the wife and family of Par-
An arrival from Tiptunville reports
son Brownlow. Also, Mrs. Maynard, the
heavy cannonading being heard throughout
wife of the Congressman. The party con-
Monday night and Tuesday in the direc
sisted of four ladies, two gentlemen and lion of Fort Wright.
There has been no arrival from the fleet
six children, all from Tennessee.
since Monday night. It is apprehended
They bring a report that all the [Mon
the rebel fleet at the fort have been rein
families in Tennessee have been ordered
by proclamation to leave within thirty-six forced by gunboats from New Orleans r
hours.
attacked our fleet. This Was not un• " Ys
Eighteen hundred Union men left for ed. The last advices from the .ed to
Kentucky a week ago on Friday. Of a Commodore Foote was full-___
meet the enemy.
w ee from Mem
party of nine hundred attempting to leave.
- ---- -- 'tupied by a small
n h g is
pupapderse
one hundred had been killed. o. April 30.
There can be no doubt of the capture of fire hrpttin Th-t lt h f r e o m w p i
New Orleans. The newspapers speak of rebel force, esy contain little matter of
it in the most dismal style, and demand fensive worlfr than the confirmation of
that the mystery of the surrender of the of the 2.6:ew Orleans. The Avalancheinteresthat the rebel authorities sup
city shall be explained. the details iu regard to affairs, and
The Day Book's editorial says that the irnothing but the bare fact of the sur
fall of New Orleans is by far the most serf
ous reverse of the war. It suggests fn. ,nder is known. The same papers says
the Southern people are fast loosing all
privation to all classes of society, br my confidence in their river defenses. It is
generally admitted that the Federal army
,d
to be lamented of all. it threaten generally
can be nu longer successfully resisted. It
supplies. also intimates a lack of confidence in the
estly recom- Southern Confederacy by advising its pa-
The raising of meat a•
of cotton and tobacc '
' " editor. trons to invest whatever money they have
o
in real estate, while purchases can be
The Richmot7 tch of
mended by the divo t '•.. yesterday, made in money now circulating, which is
enemy'sqleet arrived principally rebel treasury notes.
says that
rendord w vf and demanded the sue- The conscription law is rigidly enforced,
opposite '
Lovell refused, and fell back and Union men are secreting themselves
or flying to avoid its operation. The ref
oore, after destroying the cot
to ad tobacco. The iron (lad M ogee reports that merchants of avowedissis- proclivities are running their
,00 p was burnt to prevent her from falling goods inn places of concealment for secur
intO'hit hands of the enemy. ity, and large numbers of families are
Noting is said of the Louisiana, but it moving away daily. The idea of burn
is supiosed she was scuttled, and it is ruing the town is abandoned in consequence
the
moretthat she was sunk at the first fire. of
de determined opposition of property
Carat Moore is at Tangihahue. seventy-
holders.
t.iii.rently reported at Memphis that
eight tiles from New Orleans, on the leis JacksoLitailroad. I3eauregard's army does not exceed eighty
The wing are the latest dispatches thousand men at Corinth, and there is no
MO
in to-4s paper, hope of him successfully resisting Halleck,
Moult, April 27.—The Yankee Com- who, it is believed, has two hundredthous
modore i'arragut, promised the Mayor's and men. As our informant left Mem-
Secretar: who visited the fleet under a phis• it was reported that the rebel gun
flag of tree, to make a renewed demand boat fleet from New Orleans was in sight,
for the steender of the city. but has not and were bound up the river.
Hollins . fleet steamer, just arrived
done so II to this hour.
from Pittsburg. repot:., serious skirmish
Our chi, the Meßea, came from the fort
between the advance of the Federal army,
under a flt: of truce, with frirt, wounded.
She commaicated with the Federal flag-
miles from Corinth. The rebels were vie-
It was rutored that the Federals refused torions. No mention was made of the loss
to let her tarn. on either side. The Federals took twenty
The russet tat Fort Pike had been evae- I P ris "'' rs '
uated and htvrn up is unreliable.
In a confsence held with one of the of
ficers, after he correspondence between
Mayor Monrsand ComVarragut, die of
ficer declarinibat he uld shoot down
the flag on th. City Hall, it' not hauled
down, and ac ly brought the ship within
range, but has fired thus far.
It is'report at the French and Eng
lish men-of-war,Ve below, and enter their
protest against selling the city.
It is believed tar, the Yankee vessel ,
are short of botlbrorisions and ani noi ni -
tion. v
Ricumnxii. Apl2f3.-- The following.,lis
patch was receive'this morning by Adju
tant General Coopr. dated Camp Moore,
April 27th :
Forts Jackson ad St. Phillip are still in
good condition an in our hands. The
steamers Louisianiand Melfea are sa fe.--
The enemy's fleet re at the city. lea they
have not the forces° occupy it. The in
habitants are starmsly loyal.
MotilLE, April 2S-The forts ou Lake
Ponchartrain were 1.11 evacuated on the
25th. We have sustfned considerable lo ss
in supplies and disrunnting, but not de
stroying the guns.
At Fort Pike allthe buildings were
burned, including thetelegraph ofti ee and
the operator has goueo the limits of the
city to open an office i possible.
All the gunboats onhe lake have been
burned by our own pel)e.
The Mobile boats, illiteinan, Brown.
and several others, are In •• . • •
. e min k , ;loops,
stores and ordnance to tanashock, atter
which we fear they will 1 burned.
A Yankee fleet was at ihip Island, and
are again returning to the station.
In a local paragraph heded "Markets: .
the Norfolk Day Book motions the very
small supply or edibles entosed for sale.
' and says it becomes a quetion of grave
moment as to when and ow the people
' are to he fed.
The death of Samuel B. Todd, brother
of Mrs. Lincoln, is annoweed. He died
on the battle field from ;he effects of
wounds received at Shiloh, an the 7th of
April.
The Charleston Mercuryof Saturday
says that nine schooners leftthat port on
the previous Saturday to run he blockade.
The Guide Wave and two othrs were cap
tured. The crew of the Guie were land
ed on Gibber Island on Wed*sday. On
Friday they were seen by ourpickets and
fired on : supposing them to is Yankees.
1 David kauffer, of Augusta, ww killed.—
The other vessels crews were suit to Port
Royal.
It is reported by tie flag of Iruce that
j the Merrimac had her steam up It was
expected in Norfolk last night that she
would come out to-day She has tot made
I her appearance, however.
It is now raining.
The gunboat Mount 7ernon arrived here
from the blockade of Wilmington, N. C.,
' on Sunday night. She eft there the James
, town and Victoria.
The Cambridge sated hence for Wil
mington on Sunday.
The Mount Vernons boilers are defec
tive, but she will returi to her station in a
few days.
Fort Caswell is beitg strengthened by
the rebels, in expectaGin of an attack.
The schooner Kat 4 from Nassau, was
captured by the Mount Vernon about two
weeks ago, while attenpting to run the
blockade.
LUWED BENNED7—rory auperior.
ACATAWBA Wiliafht ear s old.
lILI
HJIMN'S TOO • ST enuine.
BROCKEDOE'S SODA I LLS— for r acidity of
the stomach.
HESAN SOAP—warranted genuine.
BARD WATElAarived from Springs
CTSQF VA made from the Bean
HY' BLOOD CHER—the only
genuine.
Ro lOppOWTHlß—for ;he extermination of
h
GEN
WATER b.
for sale hi ON JOHNSON.
ealS comer Smithk and Fourth street.
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I
'MANHOOD— II
ROW LOST! HOW RESTORED!
Jut published, in • &velem Price
Ss
eeTilE ad M AMIE. TREAT
of lareenuitoerhass or
al iesknes, rdontsl7 bir"
r ,
flannel Debility, and .to amass
M ir ealf lll.62.L66l Aboso, ea.—ft RlMlll7l7l4l:sftlettLegrit:
Is, Y. 1/.. Autberef the Orees 'look, die
"A Boon to Timm& of Buffortnn." '
m t inibr o ssi, in . phdwanniki a nm . . to any ad. on rrhWe T e vipluitirc ,
I rsi ii ligi Njw la - 10. &he : , xl,'W
1
DEAD.
\%.8: salt }ward wiwii the
The ltebel .ItroeDiem on Our
Dead.
W •if I \ . April —The Joint
Committee on the Conduct of the War
have :nude a report in regard to the bar
barous treatment. by the rebels, at Man
asas, of the remains of the officers and
soldie r s of the r nited States Army killed
lin the battle there. They examined a
number of witnesses, whose testimony is
' sulnnitted. The facts disclosed are of a
repulsive, 4ocking and painful character.
The eormaittee in conclusion say, the mem
bers of your committee might content
themselves by leaving this testimony to
the Senate and people without a word of
comment, but when the enemies of a just
and generous government are attempting
to excite the sympathies of disloyal men
ini our own country, and to solicit the aid
of foreign governments by the grossest
misrepresentations of the war and of the
conduct of the officers and soldiers of the
republic, this• the most startling evidence
of their insincerity and inhumanity, de
serves some notice at our hands. History
will be examined in vain for a parallel to
this rebellion against a good govern
ment, king prepared for by ambitious men
who were made doubly confident of suc
cess by the aid and counsel of former ad
ministrations, and by the belief that their
plans were unobserved by a magnanimous
people. They precipitated the war at a
moment when the general administration
had just been changed, under circumstan
ee; of astounding perfidy, without a 'single
reasonable shade of complaint, and in the
111( . e of repeated manifestations of moder
ation and peace on the part of the Presi
dent and his friends, they took up arms
and declared they never would surrender
until their rebellion had been recognized,
or the institutions established by our
fathers had been destroyed.
The people of the loyal States, at last
convinced that they could preserve their
liberties only by an appeal to the God of
battles, rushed to the standard of the Re
public in response to the call of the Chiet
Magistrate. Every step of this monstrous
treason has been marked by violence and
crime. No transgression has teen too
great and no wrong, too startling for its
leaders. They disregarded the sanctity of
the oaths they had taken to support the
Constitution ; they repudiated all their
obligations to the people of the Free
States; they deceived and betrayed their
own fellow citizens, and crowded their
armies with forced levies. They drove
from their midst all who would not yield
to their despotism, or filled their prisons
with men who would not enlist under their
flag; they have now crowned the rebellion
by the perpetration of deeds scarcely
known even to savage warfare. Tie in
vestigations of your Committee have es
tablished this fact beyond controversy.
The witnesses called before us were men
of undoubted veracity and character : some
of the men occupy high positions in the
army, and others high positions in civil
life—different in political sentiments and
their evidence presents a remarkable con
currence of opinion and judgment. Our
fellow countrymen heretofore sufficiently
impressed by the generosity and forbear
ance of 'the Government of the United
States, and by the barbarous character of
the crusade against it, will be shock
ed by the statements of these unim
peached and unimpeachable witnesses,and
foreigners, must with one accord, however
they have hesitated heretofore, consign to
lasting odium the authors of crime which
in all their details exceed the most excess.
es of the Sepoys of India,
More Surgeors and Nurses for
Ptittsburg.
LOUISVILLE, April 30.—The steamer
Telegraph No. 3, left for Pittsburg, Tenn.,
with surgeons, hospital stores and nurses,
under the direction of Dr. W. S. Chipley,
to bring back the Kentucky wounded, or
await the result of the next battle, if
necessary.
The President and Gen. Sto'ne.
WASHINGTON, April 30.—The President
transmitted to the Senate yesterday a
massage in response to a resolution, to the
effect that General 'Stone was arrested at
his instance and by his order, and that he
should have as speedy a trial as was con
sistent with the pablic interest, bat that
the exigencies of the service were snob that
neither officers nor witnesses to attend a
coertmartial could at promo be, spared
from the field.
Second q'on
YEHY
Another Sidimitiiiiikt Near
Corinth.
Rebels Reported Viotoriow
)0 NOTION OF LOSS UN EITIIIII alli
REBEL GUNBOATS APPROMIING
FROM NEW ORLEANS
A pril ^o.--A spreirA to the
W
—TI
mit"
ker'p•
red
The
kas tel
Res(
Treasui
against
sand HL carough
mon Stevens, Esq., by John - C. Fremont.;
on the 6th day of August, 1861, and after
wards delivered at the United States Ars
nal at the city of St. Louis, on t h e bear,
of a sale of such arias to the govnZi
for $12,60 each, rejecting
mends against the government to
of the purchase of said arm lint it read
An unsuccessful effog e '
amend the resolution i t ork moved to
"purchased from`i; addins ;
"provided Mr. Mr. Fenton, ocoltained shall be so
,V j uonorate the government
amend the re
that nothlaßient of any claims arising
construes made in good faith on cer
from[Made by authorized officers of the
frument."
Ilia was rejected. Yeas 53; against 71.
- The resolution as originally reported was
adopted. Yeas 120; nays 28.
Mr. Colfax's resolution was adopted,
90 against 41, as follows :
Resolved That the course adopted by
the Naval I nvestigating Committee of '59,
of communicating to the advisers of the
Government evidence apparently adverse
to them, and giving them the opportunity
to cross-examine the witnesses against
them, or to refute or explain their testi
mony, is, in the opinion of this House,
worthy of imitation whenever practicable
by Investigating Committees appointed
by order of the House of Representatives,
especially when the said Committees re
ceive and collect such testimony in secret
session, and that it is contrary to the
plainest principles of justice to condemn
any citizen upon ex parte evidence taken
against him by a Committee in secret, and
the purport. of which has not, if practica
ble, been laid before him by said Com
mittee, with an opportunity to explain or
refute it before their report.
The following resolution was reported
by the Committee and adopted :
Resolved, That the practice of employ
ing irresponsible parties having no offi
cial connection with the Government in
the performance of public duties, which
may be properly performed by' regular
officers of the Government, and of pur
chasing by private contract supplies for
the different Departments where open and
fair competition might be properly invited
by reasonable advertisements, for proper
proposals, is injurious to the public ser
vice, and meets the unqualified disapproba
tion of the House.
The following resolution, submitted by
Holman, from the Committee, was read:
Resolved, That Simon Cameron, late
Secretary of War, by investing Alexander
Cummings with the control of large sums
of public money and authority to purchase
military supplies without restriction, with
out requiring from him any guarantee for
the faithful performance of his duties,
when the services of competent public
officers were available, and by involving
the Government in a vast number of con
tracts with persons not legitimately engag
ed in the business pertaining to the subject
matter of such contracts, especially is the
purchase of arms for future delivery, has
adopted a policy highly injurious to public
service and deserves the censure of this
House.
The resolution was adopted. 75 to 45.
Mr. Holman's second resolution was
read as follows:
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Navy in the employment of Geo. D. Mor
lan, without requiring from him any guar
antee for the faithful performance of his
duties in the purchase of a large' number
of vessels for the public use, with a com
pensation dependent on the prices paid for
such vessels and receivable from the seller
instead of employing responsible officers
of the gouernment, has adopted a policy
unauthorized by law, the destruction of
public economy and public confidence and
deserves the censure of this House. Res
olution rejected, 45 against 72.
The House in Committee on the Pa
cific Railroad confined to perfecting a sub
stitute which had been effected. The
Committee rose and the House adjourned.
SF:NAM — After debate on Mr. Powell's
resolution, the confiscation bill was taken
up.
Mr. Wilmot made a speech in favor of
the bill, and was followed by Mr. Wright,
who was also in favor of some confiscation
QM=
Mr. Cowan spoke at some length in fa
vor of his motion to refer the bill to a
special committee.
Mr. Howard, of Michigan, offered an
amendment to Mr. Cowan'a motion of
reference ' with instructions to the com
mittee to bring in a bill for the confisca- .
tion of the property of all the leading in
surgents, and the emancipation of the
slaves of all persons who have taken up
arms against the United States.
Mr. Dawes moved to amend Mr. How
ard's amendment, by strikiq out all that
relates to emancipation. Rejected.
Mr. Howard then withdrew his amend
ment.
Mr. Doolittle offered an amendment to
Mr. Cowan's resolution, that the commit
tee report next Monday or Tuesday, which
was adopted.
After further discussion, Mr. Cowan's
motion to refer was rejected.
Senate adjourned.
important Order.
HARRISBURG, April 80.—The following
order has just been issued :
HEADQ'RS PENN A MILITIA,
HARRISBURG, April 30.
GENERAL ORDER No. 21.
In acknowledgment of the gallantry of
the 77th regiment of Infantry, Pennsylva
nia Volunteers, Col. F. S. Stambaugh com
manding, at Shiloh, Tennessee, and the
Ist regiment of Cavalry, Pennsylvania Vol
unteers, Col. Geo. Q. Bayard command
ing, at Falmouth, Virginia, it is ordered
that Shiloh, April 7th, 1862, be inscribed
on the flag of the 77th regiment, and that
Falmouth, April 18th, 1862, be inscribed
on the flag of the let regiment of Cavalry;
and that this order be read at the head of
all the regiments of Pennsylvania volun
teers. By order of A. Cl. CURTIN.
Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
A. L. RUSSELL, Adjutant General.
The Governor
.h
The through
Adjutant General Russell, the most grati
fying intelligence from Surgeon General
Smith, near Yorktown, in relation to the
Needed arrangements for the care and
pmmpt transportation of the killed and
'minded Pennsylvania soldiers to points
within the State.
The floating hospital under his charge
accommodate over three hundred pit•
dents, and can reach Philadelphia-via the
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal, thus
evading the, roughness of a sea voyage.
lieconcludes by saying that Pennsylvania
is the only State on the Peninsula fully
pre?ared for every emergency, and that
these prepafations will undoubtedly he in
stninental in saying the lives of hundred;
of brave men, that wiitdd . otherwise' 'hi*"
beet lost for want of , care and proper ec
combuidation.
vaa •
Philadelphia ROI
'own , ' ay business attending the
' rgular practitioner." SO Xj)ut
aster right over the (Mn, renew
v.everes Eistankwisight I t
Brandreth's Pins, three or four. as I ti
Nary ti's dose. which operated on me
up, three to five times in the forenc
day, Tuesday and Thursday nights I
Addition Pill, which produced one 1
tion. I pursued this course for sir
could attend to my business without
I worked,'ate and drank as I was we
soundly and awaked every day with .
now I know nothing of the co m plain t
I feel obliged to make you this st
proper flee, hoping that this :imp)
may benefit many as it has done me.
I am dear sir. Yours most re.
La Cronies °nice 65 Franklin str A oc
AU enquiries immediate}y answer,:
ing DR. BRANDRETH. hew York.
THOS. itEDPATH Pitt
And by all respectable deal ers in
apMilm
.1 Slight
W
k t p
C.14.a.11,014
BRON 4 or gfarte ,
hich m" t
);I) OC\P w -
with a sintTl
ff neglect:3,, often terminate,
Few are aware of the imr
stopping a Mattah. or
Xab, - i in its first stage; t
in the beginning would
. 1
mud remedy, if not attends
attach the lung..
4yoczatn.'.4..ogutchial,.
were first introduoed eleven
It has been proved that the
best article Want: the:
Xatigiza,
gaihrrza, ,p 0404,44 7 1 - 1,
Cough in gtdamp i.
numerous edroothis
giving imonoiltitijAp
Public 14NtilliE*1 a
will find them, effftwituat.fr
and str.‘wth,ening the
_w•
Sad all (Druggists an
in j&elioine, at f's cents per
de9-tinktim
tai a , DISTRICT ATTORNE
M. KIRKPATRICK wil
date for nomination to the above oili,
next nominating Republieau Con
tion.
CUSTOM 110
Pittsburgh, April 14t
al. NOTICE IN NEMER
that "SEALED. PROPOSA
partied by. proper guarantees accon
to be furnished on application at lit
be received thereat, until 12 o'clock.
the FIRST TUESDAY OF JUNE IN;
supply of Provisions, Medicine, ,ke..
in said forms, for one year, eommet
first of July next, and ending on th
June following. The quantities ate'
mated with klealellee to the usual nt
bents' ilks Hospital; but the Unit.
serves the right to take more or less
eke, hewerdistglY as they may be . requ
articles delivered at the Hospital ar
judgment of the Physician of the, be.s
adapted to the Hospital , he win be
retitle the same, to purchase other ar
stead, and to charge the contractor ii
cam of cost over the contract prices.
States reserves the right to accept tl
for the whole or any portion of the at
fled. CHAS. W. BATCI
apls:td Surveyor and Agent of Mar
AMUSEMENTS
PITTSBURGH THE
Lases' . Atm MANAGER WM.
PILICZB or ADMISSION. — Pyivate B
Single Beat in Private Box, $1 00._,
Drees Cirele , chairs, .50 cents; Fami
cents; Colored Ga11ery,..25 cents:. Col
50 cantle Gallery -15 cents. '
4th Rig of the Engagement ~ 1
brate d Actress
WM ADAK I. MENU]
LOLA .MONTEZ, OR THE C(
GARIBALDI.
Lola Montes,
Catherine Eloper
A L i r al Adall I.
which
MY NEIGHBOR'S WD
To conclude with
GOLDEN FARMER
ADAH I. DENKEN.
ADAK I. MENKEN.
ADAH LAI
In Six Characters.
In Six Chi
TH E ORIGINAL, CELRE
T
and world renowned America n met
turn
GEN. TOM TlltriNflt.
smallest man alive. at. MASONIC I
positively close SATURDAY, MA'.
Brilliant Entertainments each dity.. Aft
it and Evenings at S. On SATURDA:
morning matinee at *2 for the esPoch
dation
pof
lafo &Dailies r th esiamt at a distano
three rmanoes at der. -
The little General will - appear in Iltt
the first time in many years in all bis
wonderful impersonationksongs. dance
StatuiV isk y,, assisted by Mr.
great Baritone and Buffo,fro„
bility's newts. London ; Mr.' IJ
the American Teaor, and Mr. C. i 2
Brilliant Pianist. The General will ri
miniature marriageidrawn by Liliputia
and attended by Mu Coachmen and
from the St. Charles Hotel to the Hall pi
each entertainment.
Admission— E ntertainment, 2i
Children miter 1 is cents; Evening
anent eenes_L en under 10, 10 e
served Sea& WS cants.
Schools admitted on liberal terms.
The Plane 110011 is a "Chiek,"
fished by JOHN H. MELLORenng, StWooki
ALFRED LATELY,Basin eltEl
air The General and Suite par in 1
Hail Alleghnor. City, on MO.I9AY and
DAY MactliNuidA.
• _
TSETH EXlMAciiim Wir TA
PAIN by the U. of-an apparatus •
no drugs or galvanic battery u s e d weather is the time when the tus
used to its bent advantage. 'hi get
and their families have their teeth extra
my process, and are ready to testifY
safety and painlessness of the operation,
ever has been said by persons iatermtad
setting the contrary having no kimorledx ,
process.
sir ARTIFICIAL TEETH Warted it
style. E. 01.1 DEL Dent
nolt-lydis 134 Smithfield
LOIIIB
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REINEMAN I MEYRAVIIIIED
No. 42 FIFTH OMSK
PITTSBURGH, Pd..
WHOLIALLII AND ItITML DIILIIIII I
WATCHES, BUM,
DIAMO:NDST.
SILVER AND PLATED ; , WAB'
cLOCNOS,
of every description.
FANCY GOODS ,
Bronze Statian, etc.
, _
WATCHMAERS' TOOLS,
Material. and Matiiiiiier'9
Wholesale Agency fo , y, the sdehrated
AMEINC *WA I TCHASi
aa■e.d
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