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THE DEATH OF HOFER,
/At Mantua long bad Jain in chaing The gallant Hofer bound; Hut now hia day of doom wax come— ‘At motn the deep roll of the drum ‘Resounded o'or'the aoldiered plains. O Heaven! with what a deed of dole ‘The hundred thousand wronge were crowned Of trodden-down Tyrdl !
‘With {ron-fettero arms and handa, The hero moved along. “His heart was calm, his eye was clear— Death was for traitor slaves to fear | ‘Fe oft amid bis mountain bands, Where Inn's dark wintry waters roll, Hid faced it with his battle-song, ‘The Landwirth of Tyrol.
Anon he passed the fortress wall, ‘And heard the wall that broke From many a brother thrall within. “Parowell I” he cried; ‘#oon may you win Your liberty! God shiell you all. Lament not mo! I ece my goal. ‘Lament the land that wears the yoke— ‘Your land aod mine, Tyril
So through the tiles of musketeers, Undauntedly he passed, Anil stood within the hollow square: Well might he glance around him there, Aad proudly think on by-gone yeara | ‘Arnold such eerfe his bannerol, Thank God! had never braved the blast On thy green hills, Tyrl!
They bate him kneel; but he with all A patriot’s trath replied— “kneel alone td God on high— Ac thus I stand so dare Tdie, Asoft I fought so let me fall! Farewell !—his brenst a moment swoll With agony he strove to hide— “My Kaleer and Tyrol!”
No more emotion he betrayed. ‘Again ho bade farewell
‘To Francia and the faithful men
Who gitt his throne, His hands were then Unbound for prayer, and thus he prayeit
“God of the Free, receive my soul | And you, #lnves, tire !""” So bravely fell
Thy foremost man, Tyrd
[From the German of Moi
1y Clarence Mangan.
NAPOLEON'S THREE WARNINGS.
The celebrated Fouche, Duke of Otranto, was retained but a short time, it is well Known, in the service of the Bourbons, after their restoration to the throne of France. He retired to the town of Aix, in Provence, and there lived in affluent ease upon the ‘gains of his long and busy career. Curiosity attracted many visitors around this remarka- ble man, and he was habitually free in com- Tunicating his reminiscences of the great events which it had been his lot to witness. Onone occasion the company assembled in ‘his saloon heard from his lips the following
. story: ¥ figs Adeglees, us Do ypoleon assumedvhe power and authority of a king, every thing about him, even in the days of the consulate,
» began to wear a court-like appearance. All ‘the old monarchical habitudes were revived ‘one by one. Among the other revivals of this kind, the custom of attending mass pre- vious to the hourof audience, was restored by Bonaparte, and himself was punctual in his appearance at the chapel of St. Cloud on such occasions. Nothing could be more mundane than the mode of performing these religious services. The actresses of the opera were the chorists, and great crowds of busy, talkative people were in the habit of fre- quenting the gallery of the chapel, from the windows of which the First Consul and Jose- phine could be seen, with their suites and friends, The whole formed merely a daily exhibition of the consular court of the peo-
ple.
PIAt ons particular time the punctuality of Bonaparte in his attendance on mass Was rather distressing to his wife. The qui and jealous Josephine had discovered that the eye of her husband was too much direc- ted ta 3 window in the gallery, where there regularly appeared the form and face of s young girl of uncommon beauty. The chest- hut tresses, brilliant eyes, and graceful fi- gure of this personage, caused more uneasi- ness to the Consul’s wife, as the stranger's glances were bent no less often upon Bona- parte than his were upon her.
Who is that young girl ?”” said Josephine one day at close of service ; ‘‘what can she seek from the First Consul? Tobserved her to drop a billet just down at his feet. He picked it up; T'saw him.”
No one could tell Josephine who the ob- ject of her notice precisely was, though there ‘were some who declared her to be an emi- grant Jately returned, and one who probably was desirous of the intervention of the First Consul in favor of her family.
With such guesses as this the consul’s wife. was obliged to rest satistied for the time.
After the audience of that same day had passed, Bonaparte expressed a wish for a drive in the park, and accordingly went out, accompanied by his wife, his brother-Jo- seph, Generals Duroc and Cambaceres, and
_ Hortense Beauharnois, wife of Louis Bona- parte. The King of Prussia had just pre- sented Napoleon with a superb set of horses, four in number, and these harnessed to an open chariot forthe party. The Consul took it into his head to drive in person, and mounted into the coachman’s place.’ The Chariot set off, but just as it was turning into the park, it went crash against a stone at the gate, and the First Consul was thrown to the ground. He attempted torise, butagain fell prostrate in a stunned or insensible con- dition. Meanwhile, the horses sprang for- ward with the chariot, and were only stopped when Duroc, at the risk of his life, threw himeelf out and seized the Joose reins. Jo- ‘sephine was taken out in a swooning state, ‘The rest of the party quickly returned to the
»First Consul, and carried him back to his spartments. ' On recovering his senses fully, the first thing which he did was to put his hand into his pocket and pull out the slip ‘of paper dropped at his feet in the chapel. Leaning over his shoulder Josephine read these. words—"Do not driye out in your carringe to-day.””
“This can haye no allusion to our Jate ac- cident,’’ said Bonaparte, ‘'No one could foresee that I was to play the part of coach- man to-day, or that { should be awkward enough to drive against a sténe. Go, Du- roc, and examine the chariot.’”
Duroc obeyed. Soon after he returned, yery pale, and took the First Consul aside.
“Citizen Consul,” said he, “had you not struck the stone, and stopped our drive, we had all been lost !""
“How ?"” was the reply.
‘Phere was in the carriage, concealed be- hind the back seat, a bomb—a real massive
—kindled |’ Things had been so arranged, that in a quarter of an hour we should have been scattered among the trees in the park of St. Cloud. There must be some treache- ry close at hand. Fouche must be told of this—Dubois must be warned."”
“Not a word to them!’ replied Bona- parte. ‘The knowledge of one plot but en-
tire a aucnpd. Test Tostphine, remain ignorant of the danger she has ae Hor-
tense, Joseph, Cambaceres,—tell none of them; and let the government journals say not a word about my fall.”
The First Consul was then silent for some time. At length he said" Daroc, you come to-morrow to mass in the cbapel, and examine with attention a young girl whom Ishall point out to you. She will occupy the fourth window in the gallery on the right. Follow her home, or cause her to be followed—and bring me intelligence of her nature, her abode, and her cireumstances. It will be better to do this yourself, I would not have the police interfere. Have you taken care of the bomb and removed it 2?”
“T have, Citizen Consul.”
“Come, then, let us again drive in the park,” said Bonaparte.
The drive was resumed, but on this ecca- sion the coachman was allowed to fulfil his own duties.
On the morrow the eye of more than one mn was turned to the window in the gal-
But the jealous Josephine sought in vain for the elegant figure of the young girl. She was not there. The impatient First Con- sul, with his confident Duroc, were greatly annoyed at her non-appearance, nnd small was the attention paid by them to the ser- vices that day. ‘Their anxiety was fruitless, ‘The girl was seen at mass no more,
‘The summers of Napoleon were chiefly spentat Malmaison; the winters at St. Cloud andthe Tuileries. Winter had come on, and the First Consul had been holding Court in the great apartments of the last of these palaces. It was the 3d of the month, which the republican well culled nérose, and, in the evening, Bonaparte entered his carriage to go to the opera, accompanied by his aid-de- camp Lanriston, and Generals Lannes and Berthjer. The vehicle was about to start, when a female, wrapped ins black mantle, rushed out upon the Place Garrousel, made her way into the middle of the guards about to accompany Napoleon, and held forth a paper to him, saying :
“Citizen Consul! Citizen Consul !—read —read !"”
Bonaparte, with that smile which Bour- riene describes as so irresistible, saluted the petitioner, and stretched out his hand for the missive.
“A petition, madame 2” said he inquiring- ly; and then’continued, ‘Fear nothing ; I Shall peruse it, and sce justice done.”
“Citizen Consul !"’ cried the woman, im- ploringly joining her hands.
What she would haye further said was lost. The conchman, who, itwas afterwards said, was intoxicated, gaye the lash to his horses, and off they sprung with the speed of lightning. Napoleon, throwing into his hat the paper he had received, remarked to his companion :
“T could not well see her figure, but I think the poor woman is young.”
ightful detonation was heard, ming- ling with and followed by the crash of bro- ken windows. The infernal machine had exploded | Uninjured, the carriage of the Consul, and itsAnmates, were whirled with undiminished rapidity to the opera. Bona- parte entered his box with a serene brow and unrufiled deportment. He saluted, as usual, the assembled spectators, to whomthe news’ of the explosion came ‘with all the speed which rumor exercises upon occasions. ‘All were stunned and stupified; Bonaparte alone was perfectly calm. He stood with crossed arms, listening attentively to. the oratorio of Hayda, which was executed on that eyening. Suddenly, however, he re- membered the paper putin his hands. He took it out, and read these lines : “(Tn the name of Heayen, Citizen Consul, do not goto the opera to-night; if you do
go, pass not through the street St, Nicholas.’”
bomb, and with a slow match attached to it
| held the paper to hi
: The warning came, in some respects, too jate, On reading these words, the First Consul chanced to raise his eyes. Exactly opposite to him, in a box inthe third tier, sat the young girl of the chapel of St. Cloud, with joined hands, seeming to utter ae ers of gratitude for the escape which had takei
place. Her head had no coyerin, Howing asl beautifq? chestant-hair person was wrapped in s dark mantle, which the consul recognized as identical with that worn by the woman who had delivered the paper to him at the carriage door. '' Go,” said Bonaparte, quictly but quickly to Lannes, ‘*go to the box exactly opposite to us on the third tier. You will find a young girl in a black mantle. Bring her to the Tuileries. I must see her; and without maising his eyes, but to make Lannes certain of the person, he took the general’s arm, and said, pointing upward, ‘See there— apk
Bonaparte stopped suddenly. The girl was gone; no black mantle was to be seen. Annoyed ‘at this beyond measure, he hur- riedly sent off Lannes to intercept her. It was in yain. The boxkeeper bad seen such an individual, but knew nothing about her. Bonaparte applied to Fouche and Dubois; but al} the zeal of these functionaries failed in discovering her.
Years ran on after the explosion of the in- fernal machine, and the strange accompany- ing circumstances tended to make the oceur- rence more remarkable in the eye of Bona- parte, To the Consulate succeeded the Em- pire, and victory after victory marked the career of the great Corsican, At length the honrs of change came. Allied Europe poured its troops into France, and compelled the Emperor to lay down the seeptre which had been so long Shaken in terrot over half the civilizedearth, The isle of Elba became for n day the most remarkable spot on the globe; and, finally, the resuscitated empire fell to pieces anew on the field of Waterloo.
Bonaparte was about to quit France. The moment had come for him to set foot in the bark which was to convey him to the Eng- lish vessel. Friends who had followed the fallen chief to the very Jnstwere standing by him to give hima final adieu. He waved his hand to those prongs and a smile was on the lips which had recently given the farewell kiss to the imperial eagle. At this instant, a woman broke the band that stood before Napolepn, She was in the prime of womanhood, nota girl, but young enough to retain unimpnired that beauty for which she would at any time have been remarkable among a crowd of beauties. Her fentures wore full of anxiety, adding interest to her appearance eyen at that moment.“ Sire,” said she, presenting a paper at that moment, “read | read!” ‘The Emperor took the epis- tle presented to him, but kept his eye upon the presenter. He seemed, it may be, to feel at that instant the perfumed breeze of the park of St. Cloud, or to hear the chors- ters chanting melodiously in the chapel, as he had heard them in other days, Josephine, Duroc, and all his friends, came haply be- fore him, and among them the face which he was wont to see at the fourth window in the gallery, His eye was now on that coun- tenance in reality, altered, yet the same. These illusory recollections were of short duration, Napoleon shook his head, and eye, After perusing its contents, he took the paper between his hands, and tore it to pieces, scattering the fragments in the air.
“Stop, sire!” said the woman, ‘follow the advice ! be warned! it is yet time !""
“No,” replied he; and taking, from hts finger a beautiful oriental ruby, valuable sou- venir of his Egyptian campaigns, held it out to the woman. She took it, kneeling and kissing the hand which presented it. "Turn- ing his head, the Emperor then stepped into the boat, which waited to take him to the vessel. Not long afterward he was pining on the rock of St. Helena.
‘Thus, of three warnings, two were useless because negicctadl until the danger had oc- curred, and the third—which prognostica- ted Napoleon's fate if once in the power of his adyersaries—the third was rejected.
“But who was this woman, Duke of Otranto ?””
replied Fouche, ‘I know not with certainty, The Emperor, if he knew ulti- mately, seems to have kept the secret.”
- Albthat is known respecting the matter is, that a female related to St. Regent, one of the authors of the explosion of the street Suing Nicholas, died at the hospital of Hol Din 1837, and that around her neck was
er sus gded, by a silk ribbon, the exquisite py 3 talicuby gt Napolean. 4.
A QUEEN'S DAY.
| The April number of Harper's Magazine ‘contains the following sketch of the way in Which Queen Victoria spends her time :
« Queen Victoria rises at half past 6 o'clock jh the summer, and half past seven in the winter, After the toilet and morning ser- vice in the chapel of the palace, she break- fasts. Coffee, bread, butter, eggs, and cold meat, constitute the usual repast. One of two ladies in waiting and an equerry have the privilege of partaking the morning meal with the royal family. Breakfast over, the Queen sallies forth to walk on the slopos at Windsor, or to the gardens of the palace, and generally visits, when at, Windsor, the farm or aviary, looking at her horses and examining the aquarium.
Re-entermg her dwelling, she goes into the nursery or tothe rooms in which the princes and princesses are going through their studies; then glancing at the Times and Morning Post, she enters her library and receives the Muster of the Household. This oflicer lays before her Majesty s memo- Tandum of all the letters and applications he Nas received, addressed to the Queen, and reports how he has disposed of them. He is allowed a considerable latitude in regard to the dispensation of the monarch’s chariti for, of course, the Queen cannot herself in stitute inquiries into the deserts of the nu- merous applicants. . On the departure of the Ma&ter ot the Household, the Lord Steward's deputy enters to receive orders as to the in- yitations that shall be issued to persons of mefit and distinction to visit her Majesty. ‘These persons arrive to dine on one day, remain all the next day enjoying the indi- vidual attention of one or more of the imem- bers of the houscbold, and return home on the third day. These three days are call- ed the days of ‘ Rest," ‘ Reception, |and:* Departure,”
At eleven o'clock the despatch-boxes of the principal Secretaries of State arrive, or are brought by the ministers themselves, There is one fro the Foreign Minister, one fromthe War Minister, one from the Lords of the Admiralty, and’ one from the Home Sceretary, with supplemental box from the Premier, who'is either First Lord of the ‘Treasury or Chancellor of the Exchequer.
‘The box of the Foreign Seeretary receives primary attention. It contains précis, epre- fully written and signed by the Secretary or one of the Under Secretaries, of all the cor- respondence thaf has recently taken place
spatches, if her wish in this respec! been anticipated. It is a fiction to say that a constitutional soverei “can do no wrong.” In her alone <d the power to declare war and make peace, though the responsibility is borne by the Premier. Tlence it becomes her duty to wateh the progress of every discussion, and to stop, ere it be too lute, the adoption of any policy which may compromise the peace of the nation.
‘Phe Foreign Secretary's box being closed, that of the War Minister receives attention. This box, in time of, peace, contains a re- port ofall that has been done in respect to new military inventions, and alterations in the eything and equipping of the troops; recommendations of certain general officers for important military commands, staff situ- ations, or colonial governments ; and a li of all the promotions and appointments it proposed to make. These latter are in- scribell on large sheets of paper, and if there is nothing objectionable in any of the candi- dates for preferment, the Queen attaches her sign-manual to each sheet, The Lords of
the Admiralty make a communication corre- sponding with that of the War Secretary.
‘The Home Secretary's box contains war- mats and patents for the Queen’s signature, which warrants confer judicial or ecclesias: tical appointments upon the higher members of the bar and the clergy, or are the signals for the execution of great criminals. It is always a subject of great sorrow to the Queen whenthe Home Secretary does not see reason for recommending her to exer- cise the royal prerogative of meroyy ‘Tu’ consign a fellow-creature to eternity is ro- yolting to her Christian spirit, and espe- cially when that fellow-creature is a wo- man. Indeed, since the last paroxysm of anguish which 'the Queen endured on this account, it has been customary to assume that a murderess is a lunatic, and to confine her for life.
‘The public affairs of the nation at an end, the Queen now receives visitors, who have either been specially invited, ‘or persons who have been honored with her ‘‘ com- mands" toattend the palace. Among these latter are artists or publishers, Who haye rare or novel works to show to her Majesty, or her likeness to take ; persons entrusted with presents for the aviary, foreigners with special introductions from their own sove- reigns, tradesmen with articles which the Queen is desirous of purchasing, &e, After these folks haye been dis- missed, the royal family take their lunch, at which the” Queen “eats and drinks heartily. The horses and carriages are then-brought to the door, and her Majesty then rides or drives out for three or four hours, frequently taking the opportunity of visiting some of the nobility, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of [yerness, or even (in the country) poor but worthy people who are contined by sickness. Her Majesty’s kindness to the suffering of her own sex is proverbial. It is on record that when Mrs, Warner, a tragic actress of excellent cha- racter, Was ill of a disease which wltimately carried her to her graye, the Queen sent a carriage every day that she might have the benefit of pure air, On her return home the Queen spends an hour in her private boudoir or library, and then dresses for dinner.
A dinner atthe palace has always been a stately, dreary, tedious affair. The table service is of course superb—gold plate, Seyres porcelain, alabaster vases, flowers, brilliant chandeliers, servants in scarlet coats and powdered ‘heads, a military band performing in an ante-room, and’ many Jadies and gentlemen at table in full dress costume. A profound silence reigns through- out the meal, only broken by the voice of the Queen addressing herself to one or other of her guests, who are expected to confine themselyes toa direct reply. General con- yersation is carried on in whispers only. A great variety of wines are drank at the royal tuble, the Queen confining herself chietly to German (Rhine) wines.
After dinner the party adjourns to the drawing-rooms, and there the Queen casts aside all ceremony, and gives herself up to innocent pleasures, and the promotion of the enjoyment of her guests and family. If the Pay be not too large, a chamber con- cert or dance is improvised, the Queen her- self taking a prominent part in the singing and dancing The objects to the stranger in the snit of drawing-rooms are numerous, und the Queen is not slow to invite atten: tion to and explain them—a_hospituble office, in which she is cordially supported by the princes und princesses, and the ladies and noblemen of the household. ‘There are inagnificent vases ; statues of marble, bronze, and alabaster; glorious pictures by the best masters, ancient and modern; portfolios of engravings, musical instruments, curious articles of vertu, &c. All is life and abandon. At half past eleven, or earlier, the Queen retires, gracefully courtesying to the com: pany, the ladies in waiting and the lady guests acknowledging the obvisance by sinking to the very groind,
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Exp ov THY Wontp.—Eoe dave of the end of the world Ja astlsfactorily thxed lor the year 1388, There ia no ancient prediction, repeated by Nostra. damus io bis“ enturles,"” Which asya that W ieu
t. George shall erucily the Lord, phall ralse him, and St John shall ; ston, the ead of the World aball come. In the ven
IN THE WOODS.
Therefore, at Pentecost, which bringa
The spring, cloth’d lie a bride, ‘When nestling buds uafold thelr wiass, And bishop'e-<caps have golden rlaga, Musing upon many things,
T sought the woodlands wide. ‘The green trees whisper’d low and mild; TEM EEA SEU Of Oy cat
ey were my playmates when A ol Aug rock'd me {a thelr arma so wild 5] Still they look’d at me and smiled,
As I{T were a boy 5 Anil ever whisper'd wild and low,
"Come, be a ehild once more !”” Anil waved thelr long arms to and fro, ‘And beokoa'd solemnly and slow ; (Ob, T could not choose but go
Tato the woodlands hoar; Tato the blithe and breatblog air,
Tato the silent woo, Solemn and sileat everywhere! Nature with folded hands seew’d there, Koeeling at her evening prayer!
Like one La prayer I stood —LonaveLnow,
> DEAD. Still round the old familfar porch Hor cherished roses blush and peer, ‘And fill the sunny air with balm, ‘And atrow their petals year by'year.
Nor here within, no touch of chan;
‘The footstool—the embroidered chair The bookse—the arras on the wall—
The harp—the muric—all are there.
No touch of change! Iclose my oyes— It cannot bo she comes no more! Thear the rustling of her dress 5 Thear her footsteps on the floor. T feel her breath upon my brow 5 T feel her kits upon my cheek— Down, phantoms of the buried past ‘Down, or my heavy heart must breale
ALEXANDER AND THE COLONEL,
The Emperor Alexander, travelling im Northern Russia, reached a small town, and, while they were changing the horses, tools the whim of going a short distance in ad- vance. Unaccompanied, wrapped in a mili- tary overcoat, and without any mark of dis tinction, he quickly crossed the town, and arrived ot the suburbs, where the highway separates into two roads. Not knowing which of these to take, Alexander approach> ed a man wrapped like himself in a militas overcoat, and smoking hig pipe, on the sl of the last house.
‘“Priend,”’ asked the Emperor, ‘‘ which of these two roads must I take to reach Kolouga?”
‘The man with the pipe, astonished that & mere traveller should dare sddress him so
puffs of amoke, the words: a “To the right.” + z “Tbeg your pardon, sir,” said the Ent-
peror, ‘one more question, if you pleasa.’®
“Well?” wai
“ Allow me to ssk you your position im the army ?””
“Quess,"”
“Perhaps you are a Lieutenant?"
“Higher.”
“Captain?”
“Still higher.”
“Major ?”
“Higher still 2"
“Colonel ?””
» “At last.”
“And now in my turn,” asid the man with the pipe, certain that he was address- ing an interior, ‘‘who are you, if you please 1”
“Guess,” replied the Emperor.
“* Lieutenant ?””
“Go on.""
“ Captain 2”
“Higher.
“ Major ?""
“Try again,”
“ Colonel ?””
“ Again.”
“ General ?””
“You've not reached it.""
‘The man draws the pipe from his mouth.
“Your Excellency, then, is Lieutenant General.
“You are coming near."”
The Colonel raised his hand to his cay
“Why, then, your Highness is Field Mar shal?”
“Once more, Colonel."”
“ Bia Imperial Majesty P cried the latter,
his pipe falling and breaking into pieces.
‘The same,” replied Alexander, smiling.
“Ah, sire," exclaimed the officer, falling”
on his knees, ‘pardon me !""
““And what do yoo want me to pardon
you for?” answered the Emperor. ‘asked
you haye shown it to me.
How Gen. Hooun TALKED TO A OAVALRY Bre ndent, writing from the Army
of the Potoinac, aa) “Gen. Hooker, chieftain, Ia the true seove of thatterm He Eiedone bie utmost to brig uy the spirit of the my, and his Iabor has been rewarded with the ub moat gratifying success. The recent brilliant alfalr at Kelly's Ford, where our cavalry rushed upon the foo, without firlug a ehot, aud aabered the rebels tx tholr latreachments, Is but one indication of the great change he has Wrought. The utter worthlesg= bees of our cavalry had long been tho standing re proach of this army, "Who oyer eaw a dead cavak rymanl! was the derisive Interrogatory from every branch of the service. Geo. Hooker resolved this abould cease. He told higchiet of cavalry he would Bave no more disgraceful ‘surprises.’ Said he to = brigadier of cavalry, ‘I know the South and I kaow the North. In polat of skill, of intelligence, aud of pluck the rebels will not compare with our men, if they are equally well led. Our roldiera are a better quality of men. They are better fed, better clothed, botter armed, aad infinitely better mounted ; for the rebels are fully hsif mounted on mulcs, aad thelr aolmals get but tivo rationa of forage’ per week while ours get coven, Now, with such soldiers, aod such A cause as we have’ behind them—the best cause, the most aacred cause siace —we ought to be invinclble, and, by be! You have got to stop theas diese ‘surprises!’ I'll have no more of them fall power over yourolticers, to arn —whatever you will—oaly you mu prlaca And, by—, elf, you du you falr notice, | will relléve the whole of you, and take command of the cavalry myself!” Toat Ik the kind of talk for tardy or deliaquent ollicers, and the rat fruite thereof may be read La the tiash’ait of gallant sabres at Kelly's Furd. [tia the kiad ot talk to reform aa army, and to win battles, and to save a nation, and history will record every Word in letters of gold)!
Mass acnuaert: iF American verty raised ite first voice, and where ite youth was unrtured and sustalacd, there {t etill Lives, in the sirength of tts mnuhood, sau full ot ito origionl apirtt 1 diecord aud diauaton shall wound it ; (C party reife and blind ambition shall hawk and tear it; if folly snd madness, (Cunmasiness uader salutary restealat, stall succved to & parate It from that Union, by which nione its exrs"enne te made sure, It will staud hu the ead, by the wtref that eradle In'which ta to
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Anoy was rocked ; | will stretch forth its arma with whatever vigor it may still retain, over the friends around it; aod it will fall at las fall tt must, suild the browtest mouurmeats of (ts own glory, aad. yo the Vecy # ot of its origin —Dancer Wenstem
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A WERK’S SUMMARY OF NEWS
Gov. Sermouk hns addressed the New York ‘Senato a mesengo upon the propoaed law authorizing Roldiere in the army to voto by proxy, which law, the Attorney General of the State, Hoa. Daniel S. Dickioeon, deciares constitutional. The Governor is of opinion that the Constitution latends theright Yo vote shall be exercieed only by the elector in Perron, ne it requires him to vote in hie residentiary Glestion district.“ Tt would be an Insult nnd injury Yo the soldier to place the exerolee of thie right upon & doubtful or unconstitutional law, when it enn be Teadily eccured to him by a constitutional ament- ment.” Such a doubtful Iaw, the Governor thinks, Bught moke diraatrous complications in 5 Presi: dential ection during a time of war and political excitement. A constitutional amendment would re- moyeall doubt and difficulty. Gov, Seymour further aeclarea that ‘the people of New York will never consent that their absent brethren 4a the national Rorvico shall bedebarred, when they discharge the mont escred duty of the citizen, from the enjoyment of that entire freedom of opinion which they have, dy_no emphatic expreseion at the ballot-box, scoured for themeclyes, and which they will firmly mato- tain” ;
Some of the Obarleston news, by way of New ‘York, may reasonably be doubted. The Post states ‘hat General Seymour has gone to Washington, to Urge the removal of Dupont (uupopular with both voldiers and eatlore), 6s well-ns the prompt reln- forcement of Hunter, This must be regarded as ‘only a report, Our reliable correspondent at Port Royal-etntes there has heen showa much Impatience forthe renewal of the attsck, but no diftioulty what- ever had qeourred between Hunter and Dupont, Out
pe etill possessed Folly Isand—headquarters at
Stono. Gur correspondent boarded aeven of the
monitors, who made their wag to Port Royal with-
out help, ayd iadirme that they are not much damaged—the Weehxwken among tho rest Oa other authority, it ie atated that « countermand, from Washington, of the attack on Ohnrleston came too Inte, Hunter, it f* said, bas not relinquished de alga of offeice. Captain Worden is of epinioa— nd in,this many officers concur—that the monitor
Heot is Able to batter down Fort Sumpter.
‘A visw dayo since the nei {ron-clad gunboat Choo taw arrived at the Naval Dépét from St. Louls. Tt An yot in An untiniehed condition, but in about two Weeko will be ready for service. The boat ie in- tended to ho used as ram, and ie provided with a Jong sharp bow, wilh the jackstatf get back upon the ‘turret, whieh Io placed in the forward part of the YeaccL Thie'turret will contain four guné—oue 11- Anch and one Sinch Dahlgren, and one 200 and one 100pound rifled Parrott, Theeo will be placed on 8 revolving table, worked by steam. Berides these Buns, there will be two smaller pieces alt, and eome S4ypound howitzera on each side. The Chostaw han been placed in charge of Licut, Commander Ramsay.
Reonytxy the New York Boani of Underwriters made the followiog increase in the rates of In Rance : From ports cast of Cape of Good Hope, West Const of Afries, isands in South Atlantic: Ocean, porte-in Mediterranean, ports on Enst Coast of South America, and ports in Pacific Ocean to At- Jantio ports in the United States or North of Europe, and vice yorss,6 percent. From ports in West In- ia Islands, Spanieh Main, Central Americ, Mexi- ¢0, Gulf of Mexico, and ports in Europe, north of Straits of Gibraltar aod not north of Havre,to At: Jantic portein the United States, and vice veres, 3 percent, From porta in Europe, north of Havre, to Atlantic ports of United States, and vice versa, 2 percent.
A DILE is before the rebel Congress providing for san election of the memtors of the next House of
Representatives by gencral ticket. If this law
should pass, the Congreasmen would be elected In _ the same manner that Presidential electors are now “ehoren, the ame men belng voted for throughout “the Stato? The object of changing the law Is to
aecaro a full repretentation froin each rebel State ; = wherene, under existiog regulations, all Weatera * “Virginia and the threo couatice on the eastern shore,
‘together with two districts in North Carolina, three ~4n Louisiens, three 1a Tennestee, and one in Flori ~ ds, would be unrepresented, because no clections “-aould be he}d in those sections.
‘Tue 2d and 3d Divisions of the Army of the o Frontier pre now encamped within fifteen miles of
©Rolls, Mo., and sre under command of Msjor
General Herron. They are in splendid condition. They will probably remaio there till about the ist
of May, until the graee has grown eufticlently to
afford food for the animals ured in the eervice of the ~ “army, We may thea look for active operations in
‘Southwestern Missouri ood Arkapeas, and sbaro
encounters, {/ General Price succeeds in orgablziog ‘Any considerable armyat Little Rock,
~Eymny rruranArion is making in the Fourteenth army corps for the Impending battle in the nelghbor- hood of Tullahoma) and which canaot uch longer De delayed. By order of General Roeeeran, shelter Yente have been distributed to the army, to be sut- stituted, in care of « movement, for those now in ture, which are heavy and cumbersome, and difficult of transportation. The fullest euppiles are rapidly eoncentrating within eaby accessibility, and, the rying up of the roads, now rapidly going on, will be ‘the eignal for a movement ou the part of one or the other of the armies.
APPREHENSION {5 felt for the Eecurity of New Orleqne. ,One correspondent declaree that the rebela
“Dave 24,000 troops at Port Hudson, 12,000 at Jack- ~‘gon, Miee., 15,000 on the Atebafalaya, and 10,000 nt * Mobile—daking 4 total of 61,600 men, “who could,
Dy railroad facilities, be concentrated upon New
Orleans in'twelye hours.” In confirmation of the
Belief teginning to prevail at New Orleave that that
elty Ie to be attacked by the rebels, percone arriving
there from Mobile have stated that great preparn.
‘Hons are golng on at Mobile to take Ship Island,
and that troops and traosports for the enterprise aro
ready and walting the command to leave,
Axona the pupera found in the rebel privsteer which was captured just as it was leaving San Fran- ¢lzco harbor, was an oath in which the pirty takiug 4t bouni! hinicelf, by hie “honor az 8 Southers gen: Aleman" to keep secret, “even from the wile of hie
=" borom," the piratical echeme. A clrolar was sleo alscovered providing for the capture of Henicls nnd, the two forts commanding San Francisco harbor as
A prelitlonry to thé “desire of every Southern
man"'—the "withdrawal of Oalifornia from the now
~“eontemptible Union.””
‘Tay Evansville (Indiana) Journal states that Doate from Green’ and Qumberiand rivers, loaded
Sowith tobacco, experlence considerable difficulty in finding ruliiclent room on the wharf to discharge
‘their cargoes. ‘The tobacco accumulates faster than
At'can be removed by the large force of draymen
constautly engaged In hauling {t to the depot. All
;tthe tobacco warehouses are full, and the railrond Is employed to Ite full eapneity in moving the etaple Eaatyrar. ~ E Thi fing that Col, Miles lowered when he eurren- dered Harper's Ferry to Gen, Jackson, of the rebel army, bas been given to Major Gen. Robert Schenck, who has sent it to the War Department. 1 wna reserved from rebel pollution by a loyal Irish lady, ire. McKissick, who kept # boarding-house at the Ferry at the time of the eurrender, She kept it ‘eonceuled during the rebel ocupstion amoog /her skirte, and avolded search by abusing the Yankees,
Onvens bave been Issued by Governor Yates, under authority of the War Department, to raise tea
~ companies of infantry for the purpose of guard, aud
- protection of the State of Iilinois from hostile ag.
igreaslon, to serve for three years. ‘The twenty thou- Band men for the defence of Kentucky are also being alee, oni! a body of troopa for the defence of the Indinoo line, with the troops for the defence of Mecouri, will Incrense the army nearly 60,000 men.
Fuox North Carolina we hear that Foster suc eceded su passing the rebel blockade, and arrived at Newtein on the lth, General Heckman, with his briga‘e from Hilton Head, hnd been eent to rein foro jim, From Sutfolk it {s reported that we out | Sumber theenemy, are strongly eptreached, and that ‘there \wil) be no great battlo unless Gen. Peck makes tho advance
‘Tux rebel olficere who got so badly whipped st) Souterset, Ky. have been arrested by Confederate authority, and cent to Knoxville for court martial. ‘At the oaine battle, the 7th Ohlo Cavalry captured ag (com Scots rebel cavalry, made from a «ilk dress of one of Faletat® Morshall’s daughters, and preeented by her only about three weeke providus 40 its capture.
‘Pu Democratic majority of the Delaware Legis- ature have passed a. tyrannical. free-negto law — fining negroes for attending political meetings or for sing fire atms ; forvidding negroes to preach ; ‘of any negro who leaves the State for five days, to yoturn under a penalty of $60 fine, or slavery if the flue Ja not pald. ‘There are only 1,768 elayes in ithe State to 110,118 free Inhabitants. oll
Ons of the men sho encouraged the bread riot in Richmond on the 2d inst. wax Dr. Thos. M, Palmer, who waa a member from Jefferson county in |the Florida Convention that took that State out of|the Vnlon. Since,the breakiog out of the rebellion he
uns been in the rervice of the Confederacy, He 1
now a prisoner in Richmond. sft }
FORNEY’S WAR PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 25
, 1863.
Goverxon Conrix, in view of the extgency of the public service, hna euggcated to the President n plan of garrieoning the defences of Washington with militia, that the veteran soldiers now in that de partment might be spared for more Important and preesiog duties Iu the fleld, To this end, he ottered to forward here twenty thousand militia, and asked that about five thousand volunteers who haye had the necessary experience be distributed among the militin, to reaver the Iatter force equivajent for all practical purposes, to the same number of volun- tecre sent to the field, It is not known whether thie patriotic offer haa been accepted, but it mects with the favor of the President.
Tine wasn mutiny on General Ellet’s fing-boat, Autocrat, on the Mississippl, a few days since. After several hours’ confinement and fasting, the mutiocers sent a committee of three from their com- pany to intercede with General Ellet for thelr re leaee ; butthe General sent them worl that they should remain in trons until they were court mar- tialed, and that if death was awarded they should be shot, He aleo added that, eooncr than allow A mutiny to go unpunished aboard one of his vessels, be would blow her up with every soul aboard, not counting hie own life anything in the effort to main- tain that perfeot discipline, without which an army, or any portion of It, Was utterly uscleas to the cause avd to the country.
‘Tnx Government has purchased the gunboat “ Dal-Ching,"’ which was bullt im New York for Ad- miral General Ward, for service under the Chinese revolutiopary Government, Her dimenelons are aa follows: length, 175 fect ; with, 29 feet; depth of hold, 14 fect; draught of water, 11 fect; measure- ment, 728 tons, She has a direst nctlog engine,with two 20-inch cylinders, and 26-inch stroke. She {a -an exceedingly pretty veesel, and will be put into active service a: once.
Tne following arrivals,” noticed in the late Oharleston paper, show that the great bombard ment there attracted many gentlemen of the mili- tary art as spectatora: The following officers are at the Mills House: General Gustavus W. Smith, Ge- neral James Jones, General D. F, Jamison, General B. Huger nud members of his otalf, General W. H. T. Walker and staff, Oaptain W. F. Lynch, 0. N,, Generals H.R, Jackeon and Augustus R. Wright, and Colonel E. J. Walker,
‘Tie action of the Nicaraguan Government In in- torfering with the Central American Transit Com pany’s steamer, having been brought to the atten- tion of the propor Authorities, it hao been decided that there has been no violation of the contract on the part of the company, and thereforp, under the trenty existing between the two Governments, am- ple protection will be given against any future inter- ference by that Governnient.
AN army correapondent writes, under date of near Falmouth, Va,, April 13: “It will be no eecret to say that General Stoneman’s cavalry corps has started on an important expedition, accompanied by such artillery and infantry aa may be needed to co- operate in thelr enterpries. Great results.are ex- peoted, of which the public will In due time be In- formed. Their subsistence, forage, and ammuni- tion were conveyed on the backs of pack mules.
Apvices from Kentucky, dated April 10, atste that Gen, Nagle’s brigade, including the 6th and oth New Hawpshire, third division, ninth army corpa, movei! from Lexington, on the Sth’Jnatant, and marched twenty milea to Winchester, where it re- mains for the present. It is supposed the (ninth army corps Will keep nlong near the borders of the State, to repel rebel Invasiona if attempted.
‘AN expedition against the 'Snake " Indians, in Oregon, is planned for this summer. Seventy trant- portation wagons and four hundred mules have been purchaeed for the usc of the expedition. ‘The ruth- Jese elayers of women in that region will most ae- suredly be cleared out by the Oregonians, who dis- play much enterprise in Indian hunting, as well a3 in everything clee they undertake,
On Monday night # member of a Pennsylvania regiment on picket complained of feeling IL The surgeon of the regiment was called, when there was some whispering instituted. The sick soldier was a woman, enceinie, of course. The result of the sur geon's work wae the delivery of a fine boy. Gen. Josh, Owen named the child Picket Falmouth Ellsworth.
‘Our troops have crossed the Rappahannock un- der Generals Stoneman, Averill, McGregg, and Sir Percy Wyndham, and have advanced into Culpeper county, Virginia. The main body of the rebel Army of Virginia ts now operating. near Newbern, Sut folk, and Williamsburg, The rebela are sending troopa to the Southwest daily by raliroad,
Cononnt Puiuiirs reports that his expedition against the Oreek Indians, employed by the rebels an the region of the Upper Arkauana river, bas been, crowned with succees, He bas cleared the whole country of rebels, and taken posecasion of Fort Gib- s0n,which hae been held by the enemy alnce the commencement of the war.
Guy. Bonxsive bas caused the arrest of two young ladies for giving aid and comfort to the enemy in Kentucky. Their namea are Misa Fanny Battles, daughter of the rebel Brig. Gen, O, Battles, and Miss Hattle Booker, both from Tenuessec, and both are now enjoying plain food at Camp Ohsse, Columbus, Ohio.
Gun. Foster had with -him Inst week, at Wash- ington, N. C., where he is besieged, the following troopa: Splinola’s and Prince’a brigades, comprising the Pennsylvania regiments of Colonels McKibbin, Dyer, Bear; the 12th New York; the 167th New York ; aod the let North Carolina Volunteers.
ACOBRESPONDENT ofthe Nashville Union,who has ‘been within the rebel lines, writes: Morgan's full logs at the battle of Milton has never been pub- Hehed. He had twenty-six commissioned oflicers killed and wounded, His whole loes was not lees than five hundred officers and men, killed and wounded."
‘Twuske was quite a serious riot in Halifax, N.S. on Thursday evening, between the troops of the garridon and the citizens. The mob was finally dis- pereed by a detachmentof the royal artillery, alter’a number of perons had been wounded and consider- able damage done to property.
Oyun sixty thousand tons of ice have been taken out of the Kennebee, Mc., during the ecaron, most of which J8 to go to New Orleans and Havana. Con- tractors have agreed to deliver some twenty-five thousand tons at the former city at twenty-five dol- Inra per ton,
RicuMonp papers, of the 16th inst, report that our troops still remato {n detachments on the Sen {elnnde near Oharleston, protected by gunboat They aleo report the destruction of two gunboate and three transports, on the Cumberland river, by the rebel cavalry under Gen, Wheeler,
Gex. Suits arrived in San Frauelsco oa the 20th ultimo, and made an impromptu speoch at the Uriental Hotel, the same evening. He has realigned hie commission in the United States army, and has no conneetion with the military department of the Government.
On» day Jast week a man attempted to get outaide
of the Federal linea, heyond Murfreesboro, Tean. He was bailed by the pickets, but endenyored to es cape, He was fired at, nnd killed. Upon his person wae found a plan of the fortifications near that place. GuXeRAL SteeLe has destroyed a large quantity. of corn and bacon from Texas, deaigned for the gar- neon st Vicksburg. Thé tléet of Admf{ral‘Farragut prevented its shipment to its destination, and it was stored away temporarily.
PuncuAsuns are looking more after domestic stocks than they, were a few days ago—manufac- turiog, railroad and bank shnrea, it ts predicted, will tule higher for tome time to come than they have for a week or two past,
‘Tue agent of Mr, A. T. Stewart, of New York, has chartered the brig Jeasie Banteld, which he will load entirely at bis own expense, with a full cargo of corn and provisions, for the benetlt of the dis- treaved people of Ireland,
Tur Medical Departmentatatistics show the num- ber of rebel prisoners who have dled in Union hospi- tal, since the commencement of the war, to be owr five thousand, Inatead of two thousand, aa published a few days since,
Fount#en regiments of militia} have been order- ed to be raised by the Governor of Missouri for State defence, If volunteers do not offer, a draft from the State militis will be ordered,
Donino-the recent attack on the train near La- vergae, the rebels killed two of thelr own commis- sioned officers, who were prisonera on the ears, anit wounded several rebel privates,
Ove of Austin's Powder Company's mills was blown up,on the morning of the 10th, at. Akron, blo. One man, by the name of Daniel Gramoa, was, torn to plecea.
Micuioan bas undoubtedly gone Republican in her late judicial clestion by a large increase of her |, majorityTaat fall. It is probably about 10,000. + |
Tux Ohio Legisiature has adjourned, Among the imany bills pasacd was one to provide for taking tho) vote of the Ohio soldiers in the army. ,
‘Ti tenth andual ecasion of the National Typo- graphjcal Union will commence in! Oleveland, Ohio, on the 4th of May. 1
‘Tu Massachusctts colored regiment has six hun- dred nad Kixty-two'men on ite rolls, |
SOUTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. DETAILS OF THE AFFAIR AT CHARLESTON,
(Speelul Correspondence of The Pres} MONDAY!S OPERATIONS. On Boann tHe NANTASKET, Ory OWARLESTON Hannon, April 6, 1863.
At Inst we are faco to {ace with the rebel batteries, ‘The Nantasket arrived off Charleston bar about sun- rite this morning, having been preceded by the iron- clad fleot. Ata quarter past seven o'clock n elfghal gun was fired, and the fleet began manwurring to get ineido of the bar. The sky was hazy, but with a glood glaes wo could cee Fort Sumpter, which was about five miles off. Tt was not until atternooa that the monitors got fairly under was, when they mdved in the following order: i Weehawken. -.-+.0+ Pnsoaic. Montauk. Patapsco. Troneide Keokuk Nahant
apt. John Rodgers, Capt. Percival Drayton. Commander Worden, Commander David Ammch, Oapt. Thomns Turner. ses.-Gommandet A, C,Rhind, Commander John Downes. Nantucket... Coramander Donald Fairfax. Ontekill Commander Geo. W. Rodgers.
Ido not think the fleet will go Loto action in thie order, however, the priority of position being allot- ted to those vessels whoee commanders are first in rank. An exception will no doubt be made, how- ever, In the case of the Weehawken, as she ts pro ded with a “torpedo-rake,"" and will be useful ap a pioneer.
‘About to o'clock, the first gun was fired by the rebels from one of their batteries on Morris Ieland. It was doubtless intended ne a signal. About the ‘same time, the tide becinniox to ebb, the fleet (which had got within the bar, and Jnin at anchor since nine o'clock) again got under weigh. Tt had bedh neces sary to wait until the tide ehould ebb, In order that the veseele might bo steered and controlled ore hue ecestully.
Shortly after two o'clock, a small wooden tai
the Danielion, was observed to putoutfrom the flag abip Ironsides, pass the tron-elad sleet with tho greateot ease and nonchalance, and proceed to within ‘a mile and ahalf of Fort Sumpter, as near as coult be" judged. “She was unsrmed, nnd borono flag of truce. ‘Phe shore batteries fired two shota at her, neitheb of which took ettect. Having entisfied her curiosity, she turned about and steamed rapidly back to com- municate with the Ironsides. What way the uature of her miasion, or of her observations, we could not ascertain. If a mero reconnolesance hnd been de- aired, it eccma reasonable to suppose that one of the fron-cladg, or at lexet an armed oraft, would nye been despatched upon the errand, At any rate, her unblushing sndncity in venturing in the facq of heavy batteries that evca the fron-clads appronehud cautiously, was a sight to behold and to'en,jc ‘Ten minutes passed, and a eolitary shot, evidedtly Trom a heavy gun, was tired from the Morria Telhnd aide nt the Wechawles, which was slowly moving up, in imitat{on of the Dandellon, followed by her condjutors. ‘Thea the whole ficet was in motiomill the traneports, ordnnace-echdonere, ete., hoistivg thelr signal Mage, and joining the train. A tiff bpeeze sprang up from the eouthwest about three orelock,, nnd the sky, already hazy, was overaprend with Jeaden clouds. After eome purporeleas & nouvring, it was evident that no miore cout be as. complished uatil morning, and about flye o'clockeifien nine lron-clads anchored within the bar, ©. 1.3
THE FIRST DAY. _ Ox Boand Tite NANTASKET, OFF Ouancestos, Tueeday, April (Speeial Correspondence of The Presa.) /
Yn my last letter I informed,your readere that tho jron-clad fleet about to arsault the defences of Charleston, was ycaterday ocoupled wholly in pace ries of preliminary manmuvres which had resfited in their getting eafely within the bar, where they anchored for the night. Let me now proceed to na- rate, in the disjointed form of a diary, which jack of time compels me tondopt, the occurrencee of to-day,
‘At ten o'elock this morning We ctreamed out to the New Tronaides ostensibly for the purpose of deliver- {og some Ietters to her officers, but really with a do eign of eccing whatever Was to be seen in the ehiipe of nows, and taking note of it to print. The mam-+ moth battery (on hazy mornings, at a distance of a mile, we have ecveral times mistaken her for Fort Sumpter) Jay within s mile of the Morris Island shore. She was reaily to go into action, os was the rest of the flect, as soon as the signal ohould be given. Her decks were covered With sand- bage, which were being moistened byt water played from a hose; her fron-platiog was c Yered with n thick cont of tAllow ; her heir grim muzziee at us fPovwnlngly tl ‘open ports, and through theee porte the gunnery) crews could’be ecen ranged at their quarters. Qo the bleak, desolate waste of eand that marked tte coast, we could plainly perceive, without the aldo! 8 epy-glase, hundreds of rebels moving about and |watching us with 6 curious interest. Just babi apiece of the main group, a battery, which wan believed to be the battery above Morris Ialand beacon, was faintly discernible, It was the first rebel work we had acen, and appeared to be fully manned, while, Jn addition to the men wo had first notloed, another company of rebel troope, moyiog, with regularity, came marching down townrdd it This wns one of the three or four const batteries upon which the tenure of Cummings’ Point depend- cd; which accounted for tye number of troops posted to hold it. They did not deign to fire neingle shot at vs, but, doubtless, the detalles of sll our move- ments were carefully noted by them, aad transmitted to Charleston by menne of signale. Having watched them until we grew blind and the Ironsides not giving apy Indicatione of an intention to begin the. fight, for-n little while we proceededsto the méuth of the North channel, to await the developments of the day.
10.30:A.M =<A-five-cun battery on Sullivan’sTe}ogil opens tire briekly, but certainly not in the expect4- tion of reaching the iron-clads, which are stout of range. Still, the firing Je continued with muck rt- gularity for nbout ten minutes, and the shells are seon burating In mid-air or canting up apouts of wa- ter, that bubble up here and there in the ehannel Jike 20 many fountaine, Ip a littlo while n rebel guoboat fa seen moying down the channel between Cum- minge’ Point and Sumpter, Her progress istharked with breathless fnterest, and the prospect of an ex- citing engagement between opposing iron-clado is eagerly discusced, But in ten minutes comes disap- pointment, for the rebel crafthar changed her.courec ‘and passed out of view behind the fort. Thoepires of Charleston and the fiag on Caetle Pincknoy are now plainly in sight In our preaent position; fot we have moved up the Sullivan-Ieland channel, and Breach Inlet ie somewhat over two miles to ourright. About a mile above Breach Inlet, on Sullivan's Island, {8 a splendidly-constructed sand-battery, mounting eoveral 200-pound rifle gune. They have Just opened on the tron-clad steamer Bibb, which
wad been taking eoundinge In the main channel for three hours past, Wut fr now anchored a quarter of a mile ahead of ue, and about two ships’ lengths of General Hunter's Nagablp, Ben de Ford. (Tne shote all fall wide of the mark, and the Bibb YWoed not trouble herself to hoist anchor, aa
1A. ML—Tho iron-clads sre still “nactive, and blowing off steam. The rebel fam has again made her appearance, and agaip tired under the cover of Sumpter’s wall The bat- tery above Breach Inlet atill fires with some approsch to regularity; but the gunaers now seem to be wholly intent upon getting the pro- per range to enlute the flect when it ehalladvance suficiently.
1.30 P, M.—The tron-clada have st Inst begun to move up the main ship channel, and io the following order, as nearly ae we ean perceive :
Weehnwken, Passalo, Palapscoy Montauk, Tronsides, Catekill, Nantucket, Nahant, Keokull,
‘They moye very cautiously and slowly, ao slowly that we can hardly believe they are in motion. The Weehawken must certainly be within half a nille of the narrowest portion of the channol, where it is not impossible that torpedoes or other obstructions have been placed. The problem will be solved definitely before many minutes have passed,
2,20 P, M.—Fort Sumpter fires a volley from her northeastern barbotte guns, and speedily eho is en- veloped in # dense volume of smokW that settles down heavily on theacene like s pall, and threatens to interfere with our view of operations, although our Uttlo steamer ie not three miles from the fort, and: wo can readily percelye the smell of burnt powder. / Besides, the atmosphere, which was cldar as crystal in tho forenoon, has become most annoyingly hazy, and our observations are anything butaatisfactory. Nono of the batteries on Morris Island, have yet broken allence, although the Weehawken and Pas- sal have passed directly in’ range of them. What does if mean} is the {universal inquiry. Yo itthe
old rebel system of tactica—apparent Inactivity abd
Ll
lack of vigilance, to be followed by eome startling coup? That is the only explauation. generally nc credited. Ten minutes pass—teo minutes of won- der and atrange anxiety, and frultleas epecula- tion—and then the eilence fs disturbed by the heavy booth of Fort Moultrie’e frat gun. Then, be fore the amoke has fairly rolled away, two other guns from the sand batterics just below Moultrie add their welght of metal to the iron storm that rains down upon the Weehawken. Still, unchecked, the gallant little battery moves up the channe) with the daunt- lees alr of conscious impregonbility, and with a aUlence which cannot be provoked into reply. She turns neither to the right hand nor to the left, but proceeds directly onward in hercourse with asteadi+ nese that never wavere in the hottest fire. It is a grand spectacle, worthy to be perpetuated on im- periehble canvne, to eee that little veesel, a mero speck upon the watery, yet frelghted with how many gallant lves, gliding so calmly through the flery tempest, and under the muzzleo of the most formi- dable guns that human ingenuity over devised !
2.22—At last the Weehawken deigns to reply to the fire of Sumpter, from which ehe appeara to us to be nbout half «mile distant. She ts, therefore, rectly under the cross fires of Cummings’ Point avd Moultrie now, and several shells have just buret above her. Attached to her prow is the torpedo raft for blowing up obstructions, which wns in- vented by Captain Ericsson. Captain Rodgers was the only commander in the fieet sufficiently un- prejudiced to be willing to accord it atrial. He did ‘pot attach it to his vessel in the manner designed by the inventor, but fastened {t on with chains. He wan unwilling to have the torpedo suapended from the front of the raft; perhaps apprehending that it might damage himeclf more than the enemy, aa it explodes by friction, and an accident might easily occur in man@uvring in such a narrow channel, ‘The general objection urged ngainst tho employ- ment of the raft, when the ecveral commanders were applied to come dase ago to teat it, was the ‘agsumption that it would interfere with the steering of the vesecl, which, upon experiment made at Port Royal, was found to be not the cnse. But the ex- perlment was postponed unneccasarily for twenty- five days, and after it had taken place, it failed to silence opposition. It 1s the miefortune of inven- tive genius that it must fight against a host of pre- judicee single-hauded.
9,05 P, M.—The contest has fairly begun, and Sumpter belehes forth tinme and smoke and the heavicet of shot from her southeastern barbettes. The Weehawken does not respond for a full five minutes. Both eho and the Paesaio have contrived to get within close range of the fort, and for a time aro hidden from our view in emoke. They ecem to have got #0 close that the barbette guna of the fort cannot be sulllciently depreseed to bear upon them, apd the lower cnecmates have accordingly com- menced to thunder ‘The Patapsco and Mon- tauk have now taken a band jn the contest, the roar ofwhich has become nimost- deafening. The very heavens ehake with the echoing peals of the artil- lery, and even the watéra of the hnrbor seem to be uphenving. And yet there are no grand salient foa- turea of the ecene before us to invite graphi
criptlon. A naval engagement fg n totally ditfercat atfalr now-r-days from what it wae in 1812, in the days of the Constitution and Guertiere.
‘The toole wherewith men manufacture history have been improved beneath the magle touch of sei- ence: aud now we ee nothing of “grim-visaged war but masalye stone fortress, aod eome balf a dozen black spote, which Wa presume to be the mo- nitore ; and denee clouds of smoke, There is little clro for the keenest e56 to see; little else for the boldest imagination to ground a’ plengure in; little else for the moat vivid fancy to grasp, or the moat graphic pencil to record in striking colora. For an affair destined to atir the heart of the nation fo Sts depths, and.to survive in the memory of men, a6 Jong As history shall live, It waa astonishingly tame and proay. ‘If the fron-clads had been mere calcula: ting machines, and were simply vieing with Forte Moultrie and Sumpter to work out a problem of arithmetic, It would have porsessed almost as much interest, except, of cpurse, in the associations con- nected with it, and the reeulta anticipated to flow from it. Fort Beauregard, for instance, would fire five guns, Ifke a country schoolmaster giving out an, easy sum to the monitors, that stood ranged in a row like pupils, Then the Weehawken or the Pas sac would be eilent for five or ten minutes, healta- ting to epeak, ns though befogged by the emoke. Having been sileat long enough to reckon up the matter cn their fingers, as it were, they would roar out an answer, aod move forward a little nearer to the ‘head,’ To an uneentimental observer, it must have verged elightly on the confines of tedium ; but
it was historical, and consequently {t must have
In eblime. ~ “
3.16 P. M.—Our entire fleet bas not fired more than twelve shots in reply to the two hundred and filty or three hundred that have comé from the enemy. Ah! now there is a proapect of novelty in the pro- gramme. A rebel iron-clad {a, reported to have just Appeared in view south of Sumpter. She \s, no doubt, the aame craft thst sppeared to us thie fore noon, She is not particularly gratified with the ap- pearance of our iron-clads, and in a few minutes gracefully retires behind the acencs, Meanwhile ‘the Weehawken, etl)! in tho advance, has moved up the channel slowly, but Irresiatibly,ae fate, without encountering apy of the torpedoea that were sup posed to cross from Moultrie to'the shoals, “The other iron-clade follow herat intervals of about a fourth of a yalle, and, of course, share in the warm reception which grecta her from nearly two hua- dred plecee of artillery. And now the Ironelves, having come within clore range of Sumpter, one of the southeast barbettes Is trained upon her. The shot richochete, however, and falla short, ¥
2.20 P, M.—Juat here on Incident of an extremely ludicrouo character occurred. Our steamer, the Nastasket, is Iying now in the North Channel, and Breach Inlet fa over thirce miles to our right. We are keeping company with the steamer Bibb, aod Gen. Hunter's flag-ehip, De Ford, having n haweer tothe latter, We are the only three eraft in the vi- cinity, all othera having retired to a more reapeetful diatance from the ecene of operations. Ofeauree, ll oyes nro turned weatwardly to Sumpter. Suddcoly a Tribune, correayondent, looking. north, exclaime “thas for us! We turn ayout, and sure enough from the battery above the Tulet, a little feather of snoW-white smoke” is curling upward. A second passea—a shot ecreama overhead—and then a scene ‘of panté and confusion prevails for a moment on the promenade deck, to which nothing but the pencil of tn Hogarth would do justice. Correspondents drop flat upon thelr faces ns though atricken bys sudden palsy. Our captsin disappeared upon the instant, and is not scen forat leastan hourafter. The tall form of the pilot ls geen to glide down one of the gangs to the main-deck like an arrow, while @ num- ber of demented beings are ecrambling down tho Iad- der, Which upeets {tel just in that critical mo- ment. It is questionable whether the darkest daya of the French revolution could equal the horror of thie moment. Somebody haa cast off the Ben De Ford's haweer; we are steam- ing awny fo a safer epot at the rate of thirteen koote an hour, and then # roar of Inughter announces that every on {s willing to regard the ino{ddat ke 8 joke. In the twinkling of an eye, too, the De Ford hauls up anchor and follows, ‘The shot which was intended for ua must have miscarried, for it had struck her rigging, cutling it, grazed her ‘port bow, and plumped into the water. Considering our distance from the battery (at least three miles), the shot was excellently aimed. The second and Inet shot they fired, during the day, struck the water just in the spot wo had vacated, Some of the De Ford folks tried, in a most unchriatian spirit, to create a laugh against us, but a witty correapondent turned it off with the remark that we hsd “stlenced ‘the first battery, anyhow !""
4.25.—Tho Ironsides pours s brondside of soven guna against the northeast face of Sumpter, Shortly after this she got aground, owing to the great diiti- culty experienced In steering her, but managed fortunately to get afloat again, The Patapsco haa just managed to get within a few hundred yarda of the northeast face of Sumpter, and is ‘blazing away” with comparative impunity, The barbettes cannot reach her, and the fire of Fort Moultrie does as much damage to Sumpter as it does to the little wasp. She will not be casily dislodged.
3.45.—An far a6 we can see through the curtsia of smoke the entire flectisnow io action, firing very slowly, however, in comparison with-the esetoy, whose guns make one continuous roar, varied with fa sharp, cracking report occasionally, as though their armamentembraced some uousually formidable rifled guns, The fire from Sumpter is not as heavy. ‘agit was half an hour ago. Her first shot at the Keokuk entered the aft turret of that vessel, and if yery soon became evident that ahe could: not with- stand the hot fire to which sbe was subjected, ber great ourface rendering her more coneptcuous mark than werethe monitors. Several of the latter, there ge intérpose themeélvea to shield ber, and thus
raw. the fire of Sumpter themselves.
4.10 Pi. M.—Tho Ironsides, for come inexplicable cause, im coming down the channel ogain. \It Is
*) crow wal
feared that ahe hae béen disabled; and yet there\are
no aigns of fofury visible, and from the freedom of
her motion it is clear that her mach{oery Is all right.
Tho firo of Sumpterhas slackened very considerably, and the principal portion of the work has devolved
upon Moultrie, Battery Beauregard, and Battery Bee. The Keokuk lies probably three hundred yards from Sumpter, and has tired two of her guns. ‘A tremendous fire is concentrated opon her, The Tronsides seems to have ceased work for the day.
5 P. M.—The monitors do not reapond to any fire | but that from Fort Sumpter, and are making the most of what little daylight remains, by trying to ‘The Ironsides {s again
batter In the northeast wall. aground, and is being partially abielded, as the Keo- Kuk was, bs'the interposition of a portion of the Beet, which previously, for an hour or more, had been hammering at the southeastern angle of Sump- ter, and, unless our glagecs greatly deceive us, bad
effected a breach near the parapet, There ix a mage~
zine in this corner, ao that thelr purpose was very plain,
5.20 P. M.—The firing hss ceased for to-day, and the fleet 1s coming down In the track of the Irou- sides. The Weehawken is loth to leave, and lingers behind until suneet, The Trousides fires a parting salute to Cummings! Point, but the rebele make 20 response.
The Keokuk has come out of the struggle in a most dilapidated condition, having outtercd woree than any other veeecl fo the fleet. She was atruck threo hundred times, her armor was plerced com: pletely through in four or five places, aud in her bow there lea hole big enough to thrust a man's head In; and to make the matter ag bad ns possible, it is but'a few inchea nbove the water line, Nine of her crew,’ including Commander Rhind, were wounded. The wounds were all caused by frag- ments of flying bolts, and none of them, except in the case of Enelgn MoIntoeh, who was struck in the head, will reault fatally. The Keokuk cannot go {nto action to-morrow. Solld shot arc imbedded in every part of her armor, lke so many plume in a pudding.
You recollect the negro, Robert Small, who ran off from Charleston, rome montha.ngo, with a rebel rcbooner and crew, and took them to New York, where he became quite a lion for atime. When his fame had lulled a bit, he came down to Hilton Head, and started an oyster entoon, Well, Robert fe pllot of the Keokuk now, and one better acquainted with the vagaries of Charleston harbor would be hard to tind. Of course, he was in the pilot house to-day, and of couree he cajoyed an execllent opportunity of viewing the fight, He declares poaltively that they ran to within 120yards ofthe fort. If he had bls way the Keokuk would have been run right up to the wharf. claimed: “Weill tight "em muzzle to muzzle, d—a ‘ets !" Commander Rhind, though quite as earneat of purpore, liad more celf-controly however, and halting at a distance of about four hundred yards from Fort Sumpter, he flung his veaecl round, in- tendiog that the; front turret should attend to that stronghold, and the aft turret fo Moultrie; but as I have enid, the very firat shot recetved from the frat-mentioned fort knocked the a(t turret, meta- phorleally apeaking, Into d cealed the Jo of ita gun with allence. It was not many ml- nutes after, that another shot entered the pilot- houze where Robert waa taking bis observations. OF course It startled him s little, aa it would have startled the braveat inn on enrth, but hia coolne
wer once dederted him, aod his temper was equn- Uized almost AY the same moment’ by noticing A “eartload of brloks,” a8 he .expreescd it, ying from the northeast walls. That fact helped much to calm down the aggravating clreumnatance, that du.
ring the entire action the veesel waa oaly able to |
ire four shots.
I vivited the unfortunate craft thia afternoon just after she camo out of tho engagement, Captain Rhind had been struck above the right ankle with a fragment of bolt, but the wound, although painful, was not ofarerious charscter, and he was giving directions to hia officers with his usual courteous demeanor. Ho Informed us that the rebel fire per- fectly rained upon thelr srmor. It was one con- tinuoue clatter, and about as deafening as the din produced in a botler-shop when elght or ten hundred mea are hammering away simultaneouely. The ‘impleat ordere had to be shouted in stentorian tones, to that eome of the oificera became hoarse, and sll aggravated. The bolte tlew in all directions (ns they didn the orginal Monitor when ahe fought the Merrimac), and conacquently the fron-plating became strained or loosened, and the vessel began to leak before night had set in. ~
From the Keokuk we proceeded to visit the iron- cind'stenmer Nahant. Upon inquiry It was recer- tained that she had been less unfortunate, but that she had pevertheleys sustained damage. Onejof her killed, and three Were. wounded. ! Com- wander Downes received a slight wound inthe foot, but, like the commander of the Keokult,be was " tr- repressible.”” Hie yeasel had done good service, until she was in a measure disabled, having fired twenty- s(x shote, all of whicb told upon the walle of Sump- ter. Towards the close of the fight her turret from some cause or other refused to revolve. The mic chief was easily repaired in a couple of houra to night, and at this writing ehe is perfectly able to join in the engagement to-morrow should it be re newed.
The Montauk Gred twenty-eight shote, excecding In this respect every other monitor. Although ex- posed for two hours to the concentrated fire of the heaviest artillery, including, it 18 believed, eeveral of the Blakefy guns, neither her deck nor turret was anywhere plerced or chattered. She bears an Infinite pumber of honorable indentations, and may not be quite ae eymmetrical aa eho was yesterday ; but in the matter of elfectivences she ranks as high ag ever, and her officers nod crew bave confidence that she is favulnerable against any ordnance that can be brought to bear upon her by the enems—A feeling -not impnfred In the least by the singular circumstance that but one of her erew was killed, belug Ftruck bya piece of bolt. His oxme 1 baye not yet learned.
The Catekill was not severely damaged, althongh struck thirty-two tines, No casualtica occurred oo board of her; nor was there anything novel or ex-
ing In her experience. She simply did the work assigned her inp plain business way, And came out of the conflict ao/neat in appearance, and ae sound In all her vital parte, ag when ehe entered It. Her commnnder, George Rodgers, received the signal to retire with anythiog but eatisfaction, and ie only anxious that operations may be resumed “the first thing In the morning.
‘The Ironaldes received one ehot in her starboard dow, which was stopped by her barricades of sand baga placed on deck, One of her ports wae carried away completely. ‘The number two port on her starboard side was atruck; one of the bolte was started, and another carried away. Of her other misfortunes—of her getting twice aground, I have already informed you. The difficulty Iay partly in her stecling gear, and partly in the narrow slze of the chdine, occupied xe itwas by the other eight Jronclads, I regret to have to say that she fired but eight guns in the engagement ; one broadside ofeeven gun into Sumpter, and one gun at Cummings’ Polat. She at one t Sumpter, but her armor proved asuflicient protection toherat that range, although, from her enormous ex- tent of surface, he at once became a target for the rebelgunnere. At the council of war held on board her last night, Admiral Dupont reaofred to go In in advance of tho othor (ron-clade, and to attack the northwest face of the fort, provided {t was found practicable to get high enough up the channel, the walls being weaker on the eldea nearcat Charleston, As we already too well know. Another advantage expected. to be gained by this plan ay {n the fact that it would render Cumminga’ Point and Fort Wagoner’ impotent for harm, while the enemy could not concentrate ns heavy a fre upon us above ae below the fort, But it waa found that if the Iron- sides ehould lead the van the other vessels would be #0 cramped for room that they could aot be ope- rated to as much advantage, while the impossibility
of forcing a channel through the first Une of ob struction, and thus getting above ‘the fort, waa
of the Had one of the monster torpedoes containing 600 pounds of powder been attached to her raft and exploded against theac obstructions, it 1s posalble that a chan nel might have been cleared, It le even claimed that torpedoea of the same description can clear a channel tifty feet wide. But the experiment was not
afterwards demonstrated by the All-succe Weehawken, which attempted the task.
tried, and the fleet could not ascead the harbor, Accordingly, they,dld the next beat thing, and con
eentrated their principal fire against the northeast face, but with what success {a not yet definitely | knows.
The Nantucket did not get off scot-free, Her tif teen-inch gun was dieabled, and her turret dént
serious injuries: for the morning, that he may avenge these {ndignt
ties." He declarea vehemently that be can reduce
Fort Sumpter to brick dust in three hours ; and
may say that, making due allowance for metaphor
cal Heense, there are many officers in the fleet who do not regard the pulyerization of the grim fortress
Ip fact, he was very much oxelted, nod ox- |
ne approached to within 1,200 yards of
ted Lo at leasta dozen places, but abe sustained no more Commander Fairfax {8 impatient
impouslble, There were no casualties on the Nane tucket.
The Weehawken deported hertelf in the coolest, most energetic, md methodteal of styles, Leading the ficet, she moved as far up tho channel av it wae possible to go, and was withia twenty rods of the obstructions that stretch from Sumpter to Moultrie. Hor officers state that they could seo them arranged in three Hace. The first linea were not permanently fixed, but floating to some exteat. Hack of this there appeared to be a row of beer barrels, in con~ nection with heavy chain cables. What other ob- structions wore to be encountered could not be seen. ‘There were no casualties on board the Weebawken. She fired twenty-six gung the majority of whiet struck the northeast wall of the fort.
The Patapsco met with little adventure that de serves to be recorded among the narrow escaper. ‘While cruimng around—in the endeavorPI presume, fo slip through the obatructions—she became en- tangled in the meshea of asubmarive cable, The solicitude of Commander Ammen at this untoward occurrence may eauily be conjectured. Neverthe Jeas, he cooly Insued the requisite orders to the en glncers ; they reverscd the engines, and, after Often minutes of tugging, the vessel mannged to extricate: herself from her unpleasant dilemma. The rebelo had at once perceived the situation she Was in, and did thelr beat to penetrate or sink her, in both of which views they were thwarted. Not a life wap lost nora wound received on the Patapsco during the day. :
OASUALTIES ON THE KEOKUK.
Captaia Rhind, alight contusion sbove right ankle.
Alexander McIntosh, acting ensign, eeverad wounds in face and forehend, and akull fractured = cannot ourvive, \
Oharlcs McLaughlin, seaman, wounded in right knee.
W. MeDonsld, seaman, wounded slightly is’ left koce and wriat,
David Chaplin, seaman, contuelon ln left aide.
James Ryan, seaman, wounded In right thigh > not dangerously. >
Charles B. Mott, landaman, arm.
Henry Snolla, seaman, wounded in sealp; not eerlously.
John Brown, seaman, wounded fn left temple, slightly.
Richard Nicholson, quartermaster, slight wound 4n lelt shoulder. ¥
CASUALTIES ON THE NAHANT. Commander John Downes, wounded slightly Le foot. ‘
Edw. Cobb, quartermaster, skull fractared, dan- | eorously.
Isaac Sotleld, pilot, wounded In neck andahoulder,. alight J. Mealilster, eeamnny wounded In head by plece of bolt
Ono or two others received alight wounds.
‘The rebels principally tired the Eoglieh steel cont cal ehot. . Their most effective hattertes were Forte Moultrie and Beauregard, the latter beings small rthwork beyond Moultrie, From these almést & tinuous tire was kept up. The fire from Sumpr ter, on the contrary, waa intermittent, sometimes censing for three or four mimutes together. Gur
light wound in left
ole engagement, as will bo ecen by the pproxigste statement :
Vesrel No. of Shota, Tronsises... : 8 Passaic Weehawken. Patapsco ... Montauk Nautacket Catskill. Keokuk Nahant.
15 The above is made up partly from actual count, and. partly [rom the statements of commanders, €o- that Inm unable to vouch for its entire accuracy. The total, however, cannot be far wide of the mark. No return was recelyed of the number of guns fired by the Nantucket.
‘To-night ‘nother council of war will be held on thn Iropalice, What the aature of the deliberations \will be ls of course only known to those who have been summoged to be present. If the question be, ‘ae I surmise it is, whether the contest shall be re newed to-morrow, I feel confident it will be settled affirmatively ; for, with the exception of the Keo- kuk, the damages infifcted upon the tron-clads, al- though disabling eeveral of them for the time, are slight, and euch as can be speedily rectifled. ALL that they accomplished to~lay wasn most daring re- connolseance ; nor, In view of the fact that opera~ tlone were not commence! until three o'clock, do I thik that anything more was intendg to be accom= plished. The real work, the hardest portion of the Aghting, get les before us
THE SECOND DAY. Wenxespay Evestna, April S.
The council held fast night was prolonged far into this niorniag, not breaking up until 1 o'clock. “The determination arrived at, after mature consultation, was that the engagement ehould be continued to day; butit has not been, Notsgun has been fired by either belligerent. The roughness of the water and hich wind ave put a check to operations to-day. ‘The fleet ex at anchor {a the Inelde channel, the vesecld maintaining the same relative positions ag when they ceased firing yesterday. They do not lie wholly out of range of the land batteries, but the rebel nre not diepoged to be troublesome while they axe It alone.”
Yet there Is one plece of Important news, which, I regret to say, must be recorded here. The ICéokule sunle at twenty miqutes paat 5 o'clock this morning. She now liea in the main ship-chanuel, off Morris Ieland, just above Lighthouse iolet, All-herofficere. ‘and crew were, fortunstely, eaved, and were taken off in the nnvy,tug. Ae I informed you yesterday, ne leaked bully When she came out of the action, ut her pumps were eet to work, and {t wae thought The large hole Jn her bow, haw- ever, iInished her career for her. At low tide her turret, smoke-stack, and flagatai’ can be seen. She can no doubt be ralscd: but whether she can be Je scrviccable in her former expgelty te, 1a my opinion, questionable, At any rate, It seems Im)ro- bable that ahe can be refitted up intime to astlat the leet In the atruggle just Inaugurated. 7
This morning both cannonading and musketry were henrd io the direction of Folly elnnd. It ie belleved that several regimenta of our troops have deen Junded on the falaad, and that the rebels on the eouthern extremity of Morris Island have beea provoked thereby Into making somo demonstration against them. Concerning our atmy movemente, however, {t {s beat that T abould be silent or the preseat. General Hunter's combinations have not yet been entirely perfected ; but, with favorable weather, little delay can occur from this causo.
‘This afternoon the rebels were scen to be busily engaged throwing up earthworks on the lower end of Morris. Island. Hundreds of them could be ecen at work with plek and spndo and whéelbarrows, and some heavy cuns have already been mounted. ‘They ecem determined that we shall not find them napping.
THE THIRD DAY. F Tourspay Evesina, April 9,
Nothing hae teen done by elther jrty to-day, Jooking to sn-tmmeJinte renewal of hostilitica, With the exception of the Patapsco, (which has gohe to Hilton Head, a0 It-ts reported, to euard against a raid of one of the Savannah rame,) and the Keokuk, the {ron-clads have remained at anchor in the main channel, extending over alengthof about two miles. Although within rangeof Fort Wagoner, Battery Bee, Battery Beauregard, Fort Moultrie, | and, apparently, not out of range of Sumpter, they
have not been molested. Whatever may be, the reaton, the enemy do not seem at all disposed to pro- cipitate affairs. Perbaps they are now engaged in repairing, a8 {ar 88 possible, the Injuries they have rece|ved ; for we know, to a certainty, that they auf- fered somewhat, although to what extent, we must depend mainly upon the statements of the Charlegton papers to ascertain.
It ts known that one of Sumpter’s barbettes wae dismounted by a shot from the Nahant. One of her oflicers states that on the northeast face of the fort, which received our severest fire, three of the port holes, viewed through a glass, appeared to be Knocked nearly into one. A portion of the brick. work had evidently been battered away, for the ma-- , | conry was of a different color. As I reported in - | Tuesday's letter, n breach appeared to have been made in the southeastern angle of thefort, up near the parapet. Then Robert Small’s statement that he ‘saw acart-lond of bricks fying,” Is reiterated (| by numerous observers, and Ls entitled to some ere
dence. About halfpsst three o'clock on Tuceday afternoon, when the rebels were firing at the rate of 33 guns perminute, Adense cloud of emoke sudden- |- | ly rose from Cummings Point, and was instantly
followed by a tremendous report, It ia belleved by 1 | some that one of the enomy’s magazines must have exploded, Tho volume of emoke was so beavy that it was ecen o distance of ten miles, and for sught I know, even further, With this exception, I think
she could be saved.
FORNEY’S WAR PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL. 25,1863.
At will be found that none of the rebel works but Fort Sumpter wero materially harmed, for the leet did not respond to their fire.
It is incomprehensible to mauy that the Keokuk, ‘With 4 greater thickaces of armor than tho Ironsides,
maraartha—porhaps an tgnominions ball and chato ; perhaps a severe Jecture on the enormity of ble guilt, In explanation of General Seymour's sum- mary method of crushing the "lever of civillzation!* under his heel, ft may be remarked that be {s 8 gra-
constructed upon the turret principle, and present: | duate of West Point, and that the graduates of that
ing far lees surface to a fire than the flag-nhlp, should
varnishing establishment, like the idol of Edmund
‘havo fared so much worse, The Keokuk waa pene- | Sparkler's beart, have "no biggod nonsense!" about
trated through her armor in four or five plac
anil | them. in some cases by rountlwhot, The Ironaides was not
There is no organization doing a more extended
penetrated through her armor at all; and beyond | work of philanthropy among tho rolilera of thia the fact that one of her ports was carried way, | department than the Ohristian Commission, The
nd a round ehot was fount rolling mbout her deck
New York Branch has now three representatives,
When the fight was over, thero was little In her ex- | Rev. Mr, Kimball, late of San Francisco ; Rey. Mr. ternal appearance to indleate that she had been ex- | Williame, and Rey. Mr. Emmene, actively at work poseil for two hours toa terrific bombardment. To | here distributing books and tracts, and preaching the sehat was this marked ditference of result attributable | Word of God on all opportusie ocuasions. Hitherto Partly, I think, to tho fact that the Ironsidea' | there has been a great lack of religions reading in plating was backed by wood, and was thus, in somo | this department, and many of the regiments, too, degree, ylelling ; partly to the fact thatehe did not | ate without chaplains. Nevertheless, considerable approach closer to Sumpter than 1,200 yards, while | religious Interest 1s manifesting iteelf, and In some
the Keokuk ran up to within 490 yards; but mainly | regiments a season of revival ia in progres
‘The
to the fact that the rebels adopted the shrewd policy | 97th Pennsylvania Regiment, Colonel Guas, from of concentrating a tremendous fire on the Keokuk, | West Ohester and vicinity, and the 116th New York, with the design, which was accomplished, of placing | have been particularly noted for thelr zeal in the er hors de combat, Itseeme to be thelr purpose to | cause, The change which bas taken place within a destroy our fleet in detail, if possible, On the other | few months, in the characte and conduct of themen, faand, we Isbor under the dieadvantage that we can- | is as wholesome as It is remarkable, The Inbors of aot fo well ndopt the exme plan of attnck agalnst | the Commission are worthy of all praise, and, what any one of their forts, aingly, for our iron-clads, in | is better than praise, substantial encouragement.
whatever position they may sesume, are at all times
About three o'clock this afternoon tho report of
subject to n cronstire (rom heavy rifled guns, throw- | beavy gun was heard in the direction of Folly Im
ing eteel-pointed shot,
land, followed apparently by the explosion of shell.
Ofcourse, these difficulties were seen in the be- | Shortly after dente volumes of smoke began to rise ginning. They have not surprised un in the least; | apparently from the lower end of the faland, and at and yet they eeem to have assumed all the force of | elx o'clock this evening quite an extensive conta
~ povelty sluce Tuesday. I do not mean thatwe have
gration waa raging, presenting a very beautiful apeo-
‘become disheartened. I believe that Admiral Du- | tacle. At.the same hour another fire was observed
pont
4 General Hunter are just as sanguine of | in the direction of Bird Inland. What they indicate
ucecss to-day as they have ever been. Hut 1 be- | Ihave not set learned. They wero possibly mere
eve further, that they do not expect to reduce this | fires In the woods, originating by accident
r they
stronghold by two or three days! bombardmént. It| may have been lighted na signals, There la very may require two or threo weeke of the very hanlest | little ele In the abape of news that can be commu- dghting. Indeed, General Hunter, yesterday, re | nlested at preeent. To-morrow there msy be more caarked: “It may take us a, month to capture | interesting matter for a letter, au « movement {a on Charleston." So, {tin possible that there may be | foot for to-night, which promises somo work. Itis postponement and unaccountable delay—unac- | understood that the several regimenta of troops countable, at least, to the grent body of the North- | Ianded recently on Folly Tala will embark en ‘ern people, who cannot fully appreciate the magnl- | transports, and proseed up Folly river for the pur- tude of the task, as compared with the menus of ac- | pore of surprising a rebel battery, forming one of
complishment. ‘They may count up the strength of the Innd apd naval forces gathered hore, but still they cannot reduce to figures the chances of success or failure, ‘The most trivial
tudy their maps, and | the southern defences of Morris Island.
‘An Ielose there are rumors afloat that Admiral Dupont and General Hunter have eent North for ald, and that nothing will be done until additional
circumstance may upset ol our calculations—a sin- | troops and iron-clada arrive. Improbable. le storm may scatter this tleet to the thirty-two —
points of the compaee, and render futile the prepars- tlonaof a year. But while there may be anxiety ‘and impatience, and restlessnces to gather in the
THE FIFTH DAY. Saturpay Evenino, April 11th, ‘How can I tell you the startling and painful nowe,
fruite of victory, there csnnot finally be such A | the truth of which wae made manifest to us today]
thing as‘fallure. I believe that success Lies within | ‘The combined land and oavalasi
range of our monitors’ guna; but if we ean take
Charleston with the loss of two, or even threo
monitors, we shall have csuse for,congratulation. Tt fe nstonishing how closely Yankee enterprise
ult upon Charles- ton hasnot achieved success, and has, for the pre- sent, been abandoned. It would be uselens to at tempt tb deny, or toglota over the unwelcome truth - it must be told. Ioxn well understand the feelings
{ollowa in the track of war. AtStono Inlet, six or | of mortifestion and astonishment its publication seven miles from here, there arehalf a dozen sutler’a | must occasion the Northera people. For the Last
schooners, the sanguine proprictors of which
six months and more, they haye heard cootinually
chartered them, frejghted them with euch goods as | of the immense preparations belng made for the at-
were likely to command a ress sale in the “nest
tack on Charleston, They have been led tosuppose,
‘of treason,” when it should be taken, and followed | from random newapsper stntoments and from eol- in the wake of the iron-clada, These men never for | dicre’ letters, that General Hunter's army was be ‘8 momentcontemplated the possibility of weeks of | tween fifty and seventy thousand atrong. And
delay ; they imagined that the most exciting portion -of the enterprize would be the trip from Port Royal
very many of them have imagined that an ox- tensive fiect of irooclads—esy several *hundred—
\ up. Consequently, eome of them bave been de | had been gathered here to co-operate with the lani preeeed In epirits. They will write home dismal let- | forcea. In all these imaginings they have strayed tera, predicting national ruln and forelsa Interven | from the facts. By the fight on Tueaday the umber
tion; and theletters will be published in Copper
of our iron-clais fit for immediate work bne vit-
head journals 6880 many arguments In favor of a | tually been reduced to five or slx,. True, they are
dishonorable peace. Meanwhile, those of the aut- fers who rashly epeculsted In provision will fad their cargoea spolling for s market, It is in such
invulnerable in 8 senee, and incapable of being greatly harmed; but it would scem, also, that they are incapable of greatly harming the coemy in hia
Waysasthis that accounta of diessters to our sms | present stronghold. Armed with more powertul.
came to bedisseminsted in the North, and implicitly belleved in by the credulous.
‘The wounded of the Keokuk and Nahant have been removed to the hospital-boat Cosmopolitan. The schooner Recruit, belonging to the Sanitary Commission, was towed up, on Tuesday afternoon, by the hospital boat toa position where she might be of service if required. Four representatives of the Commission jwere ongtoard: Dr. Pags, Dr. Morris, W. B. Roberta, Esq., and Dir, Spaulding. Their
_.vaervices thus far have not been in request.
+ Aneffort will be made Immediately, perhaps to- morrow, if the weather favors, to raise the Keokuk. If she ean be raised, and I do not eee that there will be much difficulty about it, she may yet be of con- aiderable service aa a ram, if not a8. a guoboat. Her mschinery la in good working order, and her armor plating on the larboard alde is not plereed anywhere. ‘On the starboard side it will require to be wholly renewed. The shot-holes in her smoke atack do not amount to anything. Itins most remarkable fact that, slthough so many of ber men were atruck by the flying pieces of bolt, not one of them was killed; and ite still more remarkable that but three lives were lost in the whole “leet. How forcible an illus- tration of the perfection to which the art of war has attained! The most formidable means of attack; ‘the most invulnerable and ecientitically constructed defences; a terrible collision of over two hours; tre mendous roars of artillery that shnke the heavens; tremendous cloude of smoke that yell the fun, aad ‘only two or three fatal casualties! How much more <deadly has been many a firemen’s fight’ in Philadel- phia! Truly Mars is being shorn of hie glory, and the ruddy light of bia star begins to pale.
THE FOURTH DAY. Fripay Eventna, April 10.
Still the roughest of sens, and no prospectof active operations for a little while, It was Intended to ak tempt the raising of the Keokuk this afternoon, at low tide, but, of course, postponement 16 necessary. ‘The atenmer Dirigo, upon which the task devolves, arrived here this forenoon, She is provided with s derrick, from which 4 massive chain-cable depends, and thie fs in-some manner to be attached to the aunken veesel. Tudging from her stolid appearance, her Ufting power must be immenee, and no doubt ie entertatned that ahe will ucceed In her undertakiog. So, although fitted (or sn entirely different purpose (which cannot now be dfaclosed, but will be when the fight fe renewed), ahe will be urefully employed 4n the parenthesis of quiet which It seems we are now promised.
None of the officers of the Keokuk, alogular as it may sound, saved any of thelr valuables, yet the vessel was lesking #0 badly at two o'clock on ‘Wedaesday morning, that every one on board knew she must go down, They certainly should have had ‘ample time, between two o'clock and twenty minutes past elght, to pack up thelr “portable property." However, they have abundant cause of thankful- nea that they excaped so well.
The rebela seem to be Impreseed with the notion ‘that it fe part of General Hunter's plan of ope Tations to land a force of troops either on Folly
© Island or on Morris Island, and thua take the Cum- ‘minge’ Point Battery, Fort Wagoner, and the other ‘works beating on the mata channel, in the flank apd rear At any rate, as waa reported several daye ago, they haye made extensive preparations to hinder such a movement, should It be attempted. Nevertheless, i{ any portion of General Hunter's army is ordered to take Morris Irland, I feel certain ‘that the order will be executed ; and Jt seems to me ‘that the Ironeides, with her long-range guns, could pour sucha raking fire into the triple line of én- trenchmente, commanding the southern approach, a8 would apcedily render them too hot for rebel oc- cupation,
I know not while I write thie letter whether 1 shall be allowed td send it to you; for the news correspondents have come to a mild type of grief. Hitherto they have had no cause to complain of thelr treatment in this department, Geo. Hunter hos al- waya treated them courteously, and extended to them such facilities for news-gathering ne properly lay within bie power, His chief of Ataf, General Seymour, hs, however, for reasons only known to himself, chosen to adopt the contrary policy. On Wednesday he informed the correapondente that they would not be allowed to send North any ac
wunt of the fight, ‘Thereupon, one of their number
‘ited upon Gen. Hunter, explained to him that private letter had already been sent to Hilton Head to be mniled North, and that the Northern people would be filled with anxiety and gloom by the exag- gerated reporte of-the retirement and diecomfture of our feet. The general admitted the correctness of this view, and nt length coneented that the mail mhould be sent, that the Northern public might know the true state of ffnirs, _
‘Accordingly, the Nantasket proceeded to Hilton Head, with letters for The Press, Herald, Times, Tri- bung, and Bosicn Journal, and, baving mailed them, returned to Charleston, Yesterday, General Soy mour, having heard of the strategic movement, ho- nored the Nantaaket with a visit, and informed the gentlemen in charge that General Hunter had re- yoked his consent, and that the Arago, which leaves to-morrow, would fnot carry a mall. It wos LUkewlse intimated, In a general way, that any correspondent surreptitiously sending home s par-
Holoof news would subject himeelf to some anathema
guns, they might tell a different story; but, with their present armament, to attempt to batter down the fortldcntions that Ine both eides of the harbor, would be to attempt s hopeless task. It would not be prudent to mention how many effective ttoopa theréare at Geaeral Hunter's dieposal; it must culfice to state that the number {s less, far leas, than the Northern papers have reoresented. The rebels have sesembled here an army of at least forty thou- sacd men, all under cover of eutrenchments. It would be folly-to attack such An army in our pre sent condition; Notting can &} done towards taking Charleston until adequatd reinforcements arrive. Let them be forwarded, and the elty can be taken,
The “surprise party,” which had been projected for Isst night, was of course abandoned. All the troopa are to return immediately to Hilton Head, nd severalof the transports are already under way. The monitor-fleet, with the exception of the Mon- tau and Paseale, will now proceed to New Orleans, and thence, I learn, up the Mississippi, to the vi- elnity of Vicksburg. The Ericason, which brought a large cargo of torpedos for Capt, Ericeson’s newly: invented raft, or ‘“‘devil-fish,” will go to Fortress Monroe to-morrow and discharge It. The raft not having been fairly teated, of course there was no une for the torpedoes,
Yeaterday a body of rebels crossed over to Folly Island from the main Iand, captured thirty of our troops, and moved off before they could be inter- cepted. The particulora of the discreditsble affair have not transpired out in the channel here.
-In reflecting upon the many novel features of Tuesday's engagement, one cannot but be etruck with the sppsrently remarkable difference in the felative strength of the forces opposed. We brought, into the action but thirty-four guns—the Ironsides mounting eighteen guns, and the other iron-clade each two guns, The enemy bad concentrated upon us about one bundred guns; sod some caval officers estimate the number as high as one hundred and afty.
Our monitors can only fire a shot once In ten minutes, and It seemed as though they fired even leat frequently. The rebels Ored incessantly, aod must. have expeaded between twenty-five hundred and three thousand ehot and shell, The Blakely guns, which they had mounted on Moultrie and Battery Beauregard, are, perhaps, the most formidable Weapons known, and weapons whlch our naval offl- cere never dreamed they would be compelled to en- counter. Our ordnance and ammunition were of the usual faeblon, and lees effective than the ene my’s. And jet, notwithstanding this dispsrity of armament, but one of our iron-clsde—an experiment —awas uctublly pierced through her armor, and even she can, It is now believed, be restored to some de- grce of usefulness, Neither the Ircnsides nor any of the monitors swere penetrated through their iron ploting by the revel fire, This a very important fact which should not be lost sight of; for upon this single fact We can ground a reasonable hope of succcas hereafter, for, reat assured, (he assault upon Charleston will be commenced all in good time. Ido not eny re-com- menced, because, io my estimation, the grand at- tack ja yet to come off. It 1s not conceivable, that after weary months of preparation, and of drilling, and of gathering up suppliea, no enterprise of 80 much magnitude, and upon which 80 many national intercats necessarily attend, would have been aban~ doved after ttco hours’ fighting, It 1s not conceivable that Admiral Dupont could be scared away from a fenelble project by s little ill-success In the begin- ing, espectally when the likellhood of it was fore- seen, as it was in this Instance. It ts not conceiya- ble that he would not be jeslous of the reputation for skill, daring, and experience, which he has bullt up for himself by yeare of faithful public service. Nor is it concetvable, supporting we had een the end of the Charleston campaign, that it would have been permitted to close Ingloriously with the sink- Ing of one veeael and some dozen casualties to human life, If the programme was felt to be eo near a close, there would have beco, at Jenst, another day’s hard fighting, for appenrance enke; the orchestra, after 40 much preliminary tuning up snd twisting of keya, would not have separated without one glorious overture.
And this just precisely brings mo to the infereace T drew at the close of Tuespsy’s letter, but which T then penned In Ignorance of its clairvoyant cha- racter, We have done nothing yet but make an ex- tenalve reconnolesance. It wna necessary to know whether any torpedoes had been planted in the bar- bor opposite Forts Wagoner and Beauregard, Our in- formation on this point 1s now full and satisfactory. It was neccesary to ascertain the number of guns the enemy could concentrate upon any one veasel, This point has becn settled, It was necessary to know. the exact number and location of their batteries. ‘This we have determined. It was necesary to know the calibre and range of their guna, which has beca. pretty conclusively determined, , It was necessary to know what species of artillery, and what kind of projectiles they could bring to bear upon us, On both of theao fioints we have acquired valuable knowledge, It was necessary to know, whether or not there were obstructions extending across the channel from Sumpter to Moultrio ; nnd if s0, what was their character. This Information we now poa- sess, It was necessary to koow whether or not Fort Sumpter was ironclad as had been reported, and that queation has been settled. In short, a hun- dred points that were formerly subjects of discussion,
pro’and con, are transferred to the domafn of fast | and ornamental trees for firewood, nnd, in many
by the reconnolesance of Tucaday. Admiral Dupont now know
eases, the owners are destroying thelr fences and
preelecly what is to be done, and what | outhouses for the same purpose. The half a dozen
can be done, and hela not the, Admiral Dupont of | Union families, by order of General Granger, are
‘old, if be does not set to work and do it, Not imme- Sintely—not until he has made his preparations on the basis of the knowledge which he now po es,
belog supplied with firewood by the soldiers, and the necessaries of life they are permitted to procure from the quartermasters at Government rates.
and which military men will sny waa cheaply ac-| Under no conalderation are the rebels permitted to
quired, The balance of power now lies in his own banda, and before the fall months have set in, we
orgas any of the picket lines, even to attend a func ral, taless making oath that thoy will not return
mag ece auch a manifestation of It, a8 will gladden | until the termination of the war. There ts onc
the heart of the nation, now unreasonably depr
hotel in town kept by a man named Caruthers, who
cd, and restore the flag of the Union to the battered | 1s !on the fence ;"" but aa there area great many
walls of Sumpter ! OES.
PORT ROYAL. Taunspay, April 9
‘Since the departure of the Charleston expedition from thisport, the rebela in this vicinity have grown conaldernbly bolder, and bave already begun to make demonstrations of hostility. Yesterday several bo- dies of their cavalry approached quite close to our pickets at Beaufort, ae though reconnoltring. Last night, discovering that the gunbost George Wash- ington waa aground at Port Royal Ferry, which (s in the vicinity of Beaufort, they brought down fy- ing artillery to the shore and fired a shell at her, Which happening to penetrate the boller, blew her up. One of her crew was instantly Killed, and three or four wounded or ecalded bythe explosion, The ofticers all escaped unharmed. The George Wash- {ogton wasa smali craft, She had been formerly used. a fiver tug-boat, then asa cruiser, to drive away the guerilins from the inlota and oreeke along the conat, then asa despateh boat for General Ter- ry, and ‘finally as a gunboat, She was armed with one small howitzer, and oue twelvepound riged gun. Although a emall affair, ber destruction nfBcreated intense excitement in Beaufort, and the Inhabitants are in momentary expectation of a rebel ral. Here, at Hilton Head, conelderable alarm Wkewire prevails. Numbers of autlera aro shipping their goods North, and tho project of forming a home guard is again being agitated. The arrival of the Patapeco yesterday, for the purpose, it is reported, of guarding agalnet a raid of oue of the Savannab rams, has not in anywise tended to diminish the ap- prebenaions of the people.
But there in one incident connected with the George Washington affair which {s worth relating. ‘To give it a dramatlo sort of interest, a few worda of preface arenecersary. About three years agoa negro named ‘Stirrup was kidnapped at the Bshams Telands, taken to Fernandina, Florida, and thence eent to St. Mars’s, in the same State, where he was aold into slavery for eighthundred dollars. We can only approximate the date of the occurrence, having nothing to guide us but bia own statement that he “pent one year with the rebels, and one year with us.” His master frst set him st work cutting wood, and then promoted him to the cotton feld. When the war broke out Stirrup, along with 8 numberof other negroes, took French leave, and came within our lines, snd bas been employed upon Go- verament vessels overaince, Some little atir having been made about his kidoapping, Secretary Seward, at the request of Lora Lyons, made application to Secretary Stanton, In January last, to cause inquit Hes concerniog hla whereabouts to be made by Gen. Saxton, Inquiries were mode, but without result. Ou Thuraday [nat the missing man turned up, st Ge neral Saxton’s headquarters, In search of asslatance. He had been one of the crew of the George Wash- Ington, and, finding his occupation gone, he, vingu- Inrly enough, stumbled upon the very officer who had been scarohing for him for upwards of three months. i
He will go North en the Arago, with instructions to report to the Brilieh conaul. He states that two other men were attempfed to be kiduapped, but one of them waa drowned. The other 1s nsmed Edwards, ‘and {s probably still in slavery. .
Mr. Edward L, Pierce, who was the predeceator of General Saxton at Beaufort, will go North by the same ateamer, with General Saxton’s report of the case, which is, altogether, quite romantic.
OES
(Speelal Correspondence of The Presa] Port RoxAt, S. 0, April 16, 1852, (On Sunday afternoon, the {2th inat., at forty-Aye minutes past two o'clock, the tron-clad fect steamed over the bar, after firing several ahots into the Bulk ofthe Keokuk. ‘Duriog Sunday night and Monday the seven moni-
fick officers boarding with him, he is permitted to purchate just enough articles to feed them with. “No rebel boarders allowed here."” FRANKLIN BEFORE THE WAR.
Before the breaking out of the rebellion, this was one of the most beautiful places In Tennessee, It delightfully situated in Willlamson county, the moat wealthy, except Davidson and Shelby, which contain the cities of Nashville and Memphis, in the State, nud Ls embozomed amid fair hills, being simoat encircled by the Harpeth river. ‘The farma are the finest in Middle Tennessee, the Innd boing of nature to produce cotton, corn, wheat, or to- bacco. There were several flourishing institutions for Jearuiog, several churches, 8 newspaper, and an Intelligent and refined people. The streets are lald out at great cost, and with much taste, and finely graded and Macadamized. The Nashville and Hunte- villé Railroad passes through the place, lt being one hout'a ride to the eapital of the State. The people ofthe town, as a majority, opposed Seceanion for long timo, but finally succumbed, and acted most out- rageoualy. B.O.T.
ye FRANKLIN, Tena., April 9, 1863. Whore has been no change in the affuira at this polnt, and all seems quiet ON THE HARPETH, which is falling so rapidly that it may be forded at ‘S&voral places immediately opposite Franklin. There isa fine pontoon bridge across the river for the accommodation of foot psssengers, as no onc ia allowed to pass the railroad bridge outside of the
cara, NINE MEN OAPTURED.
Night before Inst a large body of rebel cpvalry, under General Whittield, made a dash in upon the Liberty road, and, after 8 one-sided skirmish with our vedettes, the enemy succeeded in capturing the whole party, numbering nine men, two of whom Were wounded. Since then the Lines of picket have deen contracted and strengthened, and several com: panies are detailed for duty, upon all the pikes, daily.
% THE SUFFERING INOREASES among the rebel population, who are most terribly puabed to get food and fuel. First, those who were \}4a need of firewood cut down the branches of their fruit and ornamental trees; but this week they swing the axe at the trunks of their trees, and, in some cases, use their shrubbery for kindling wood. Aa for food, it {a all gone, and the most earnest sollcita- tions are made to General Granger, who coolly in- forma all who aro disloyal that “ rebela are entitled to, and will receive, no consideration from him." ‘He has s happy way of giving them this bit of (- formation without msking them mad, From what Thave aeen of many of our generals, Granger Is the least diapozed to argue with rebels, and in the least susceptible. The pretty wid6ws with charming waya, the pretty girls with pretty eyes, and the wily old rebele of both sexes, have not the slightest tau ence with General Granger. He would makes firat- rate commander at Nashville. A JUST BANISHMENT.
Thear (t whispered at headquarter this morning that General Granget will shortly eend out of the lines all those who have alded and abetted treason {o Franklin and its neighborhood. The people have gohan inkling that something of that sort is about todranepire, and many old raecals are endeavoring to prove honorable antecedents. But this will not do, Ifthe axe does fall, the necks of all rebels—old and young, rich ard poor, male and female—will feel Ito weight, a
MINOR ITEMS.
The fort is rapidly approaching completion. It will mount several heavy guns, aad the combined worka will have a range of the whole county.
There are aix generals here—Major Geperal Granger, Brigadier Generals Green, Clay, Smith, and Baird, and General Gilbert
tora made thelr way to this port, all without ely eaegie eonernt ‘antioipatea a Bght at Brentwood eoriny;
that is, none of them required to be towed or con vyoyed. t ‘The new Ironsidea remains on the blockade at Oharleston. Our troops, mostly cavalry, still remain in posses- sion of Folly Island, the headquarters being at,
Stono. Among the troops stationed on the strip of
land between North Edisto and Stono may be men- tioned General Stevens’ brigade, mortar schooners and two sunboate are atationed in both harbors,
Three of our
‘abd there Is dome exoitement in camp in cousequence. © ~ ! ‘The weather is very Ane, and the health of the troops is improving. Twenty-one deserters belonging to General Gran- ger’a command arrived here yesterday. BO, T.
A REBEL CAVALRY DASH. FRANKLIN, Tenp., April 11, 1853. ‘The officers of guard yesterday, before starting to relieve the regiment on duty acroga the river, r~
I have boarded most of the monitors aince they | ceived orders in regand to Increased vigilance, from arrived here, the Weehawken among the rest, and'{ the fact that Gen. Granger believed, from the mys-
can affirm that they are not much damaged. In no case haa the furret been pierced ; and I do not think
terlous movements of the tnecrutable enemy, that something would turn up before night. The conjec-
that any single shot entered or penetrated the armor | tures of the commanding general proved correct; of the vesscls, save the emoke-atacke—and that, you | for, bardly had the regimenta on duty been re
know, Js unimportant, The turret of the Weehawken
ne struck by Il-inch shot in many placre, and by | dashed in upon the Columbia and Libérty pike several of the ateel-pointed missiles. They did ng | Gen. Haines commanded the force which enters
Meved, before Van Dorn, with about 2,000 cavalry,
damage beyond the breaking olf of a few bolt-beads. | town upon the Columbia pike, and Gen. Whitworth Her deck was considerably bruised and tho plates | tore who ¢ame in upon the Liberty pike, The twisted or bent outof place, but not enough to make | cavalry vedettes gave the falarm, and most of our
her take water. The Weekawken fired 25 shot, and
Jofantry managed to escape. We heard several shota
recelyed the hardest fire. Not one of the monitor |'Hred, and, in a few momenta, our horse and feot sol-
waa bit as often as she.
diers came rushing for the railroad and pontoon
Throughout the fleet, among the sallora and petty |/bridges, pell mell, in company with half a dozen clti- officers, a general dissatisfaction prevalls. They | 2en8- Immediately in the rear of our troops were were anxious, and are still anxious, to prosecute | the rebel cavalry, chasing and oceasionslly Bring
the attack.
upon our) men, most of whom successfully crossed
T have learned from authentic sourcea that the | the bridges. In the meantime, the long roll was line of obstructions extenda from Sumpter to Moul- | beaten upon this ride of the river, and the division trle, and consists of a heavy webbing or net-work, | 0CGen- Baird, before the rebels got well into town, made of large¥ropes or haweers, This netvork ig | Was inline of battle, No unusualexcitement took Interwoven with torpedoes, the whole line being | Place, ax Gen. Granger hoped to decoy the enemy to made fast on the bottom by anchora, and then al: | the south bank of the river, believing thelr intention
lowed to owing with the current, east or we the case may be.
to be the destruction of thy railroad bridge, The enemy, however, ,did not venturo within a hundred
Our new monitor, making eight in all, arrived | yards of Harpeth river, but drew up in ne in town.
here yeaterday from the North. The propeller Haze has just come into port,
frelghted with {ron plating for the monitora’ decka, | And" several Dattalions drawn up in lines. in They are all to be strengthened by thisarrival inthe | €sbelons. To way of additional covering. A few days (perhaps | thirty-two
From the bill this side of the river, we could per éeive the butternuts in all parts of the town, a few moments two heavy ounders from the fort, and two sectlous of light artillery opened upon the rebel cavalry, and
Weeks) will find them stronger than before the | shelled them out of town without opposition. The
attack on Charleston,
guns sbelled away until they got far out upon the
I can atate, upon good authority, that there is no | pikes they came in upon, leaving thelr dead and a
misunderstanding ot personal difficulty between
Wounded lying upon the ground in the streets of Fronklio, Evidently, the whole thing was a feint,
Hunter dud Dupont. Rumors to the contrary are | or q reconnoitring of a cew fort which we have
incorrect. at ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND,
(Speclal Correspondance of The Press} FRANKLIN, Tenn, April.
nearly completed. I have not beea in town this morning, as it 1a not deemed prudent to cross the flyer yet. In nll probability we ehall picket the town he uaual before night. We lost about thirty men prizoners and three wounded. We lost no man Killed. Two rebel cavalrymen. who were pursulog Aoaptain of one of the Ohio regiments, were shot
‘That portion of the Army of Kentucky which ia | dead, while crosaing & little vale near the river, by
under command of Gen. Granger {a encamped upon the north side of this town. GEN. GRANGER AND STAFF. Major Gencral Gorton Granger has his quarters ina beautiful garden, ovned by m beautiful rebel, and the tents of his staff officers surround him in this beautiful place, to the grest astonishment of the owner, Gen, Granger i one of the Sineat gentlomen, and one of the bravest officers, in the service, Ho is one
of the few men who understand how to administer
¢. sentinels who were doing duty upon the rail- bridge. Ido not think any feara need be enter- tained for the safety of this command, aa our posi tlon ia 8 very aioe! one, and the general snd his officers and men extremely vigilant, B.O.T.
PARSON BROWNLOW ys. JOHN SLIDELL. JEPY DAVIS THE REPUDIATOR. CLAVELAND, Oho, April 13, 1662, To the Edilor of The New York Times: Th your leaue of the 11th {oat,, I find the following eard, taken from the London Times: Mr Dean Sin: I am inclined to think that peo-
alfaire in a rebel neighborhood, and ia the only one ple {n London confound Mr, Reuben Davia, whom
I know who gives universal satisfaction to the Union
have always understood to haye taken the lead on
citizens. As Is seldom the case, oll of his statt oiti- | the question of repudiation, with President Davis.
cers are quiet, gentlemanly soldier, and deal with
rebels, without any deviation, according to the | {t was nego! General's rules, As General Granger pursues one | or duricg bi
Tam not aware that the latter was ever in any way identified with that question. I am confident that
during his canvass for Governor, administration. The Union Bank
course, and one oaly, I will give you a brief desorip- | bonds were issued in direst violation of nn express
tlon of his mode of
TREATING LOYAL AND DISLOYAE PEO- | Hani for the repudiation of which neither excure There are but hal{ a dozen Union fnmilfes in,| dent that Jeflerson Davis never approved or just
constitutional provision. There ls 8 wide diterence between these bona and thore of the Planters’
nor palliation cap be offered. I feel pertestly conti
Franklin, out of s population of 1,600 inhabitants, | fied that repudiation, What may have been hie
‘The Union people are put to no snconvenience are allowed to go anywhere within our Mnes, the Secessloniat
and | 2
hile | Baak bonds, Ido not know. male and female, (and especially,
private opinions of the refusal to consider, Missle- Bippi bound to provide for the payment of the Union JOHN SLIDELL.
Tdesire to say that Mr. Slidell hss denied for Jet
the ladies, who generally get all they deairo from our | {eon Davis what the Jetter never dared deny, and
commanders of poste,) are deprived of all privileges,
neret will, over his own signature This anxiety
‘and forbidden to leave the town, upon the penalty | 9 free the rebel President from the disgraceful
charge of having been the advocate, if not tho chich
of being arreated as a spy. When peraons apply to | of ilealesippl repudiation, {s intended to aid the rebel the general for passes; be docs not ask them If they, | causa in England, and fo help on the so-called * Con- will take the oath, or if they ate willing to acknow- | federnte loan." Mr. Shuell certalnly never intendez ledge the Federal Government, but inqulrea Have | Of fen expected this eard to appear in the American
you ‘always been a loyal subject of the United States?) He admits of but one answer,prefaced by
ho Lis and nods, If they anawer "Yea," he makea | four years ago, I heard Heoty them prove thelr loyalty. If they answer ‘No,'' | em
he informs them that,he considers)that none but loyal people are entitled to privileges, and granta
newspapers. At the State Convention In Nashville that bominated John Netherland for Governor, to upon the Union ticket, against Ieham G. Harris, tewart Foote, now 8
ir of thé rebel Congress, denounce Jefferson Dayle, before as large an audience xa could be graded into. he Capito), ae a repudiator And a dis untonut; and he boasted of having beaten Davis for
none; and all the talling, smiles, and taking of | Governor before thereal people of Misaissippl, upon onthe amounta to nothing with bim, and he gives | these twolesucs, Iwasediting a paper in Tennessce the applicants to understand that, ‘The misery and | Attbe time of that contest, and, av s Union man, T ex-
SUFFERINGS OF THE REBELS
can hardly be imagined. They have no firewood, ‘and in two weeks more will have nothing to cat, Not a market wagon Is allowed to enter town, All of the rebels are engaged in cutting down thelr fruit
ulted over the race Foote made, and the disunioniate throughout the South regretted the suoceea of Foote. Jefferéon Davia and Reuben Davis were both repudi- Glors of the meanest and deepest dye, and oo man knew ithetter than Joho Slide, living in the ad- Joining State of Loulalana |
Tam, &0,, W. G, BROWNLOW,
LETTERS OF “« OOCASIONAL.”
Wasnrxetox, April 14, 1863.
The fate of Poland contains a lesson that America should learn. Tecan, of course, find no comparison in these countries beyond this, that America 1s fighting to maintain her nationality, while Poland is fighting to obtain the birthright which an oppressor took away. The great crime of history holds Poland in chains; the great crime of modern civilization caused the South to rebel. The fate of Poland is so far deve- loped that we can profit by her unfortunate example. She perished because of dissen- sion and rivalry in her own counsels. The leaders failed to realize the sublimity of patriotism which yields everything to the good of the cause, Instead of consolidating and making effective war upon the common enemy, they quar- relled with one another, Langiewicz had hardly assumed the reins of power, and made the cause of Poland respectable in the eyes of the world by his energy and valor, before another son of Poland advanced his claims to tho illustrious and perilous posi- tion, The rest is briefly told. The armies of Poland were demoralized ; they wasted the energies that should have been directed against Russia in civil commotion, and their cause perished. Langiewicz is a prisoner and a fugitive, and Russia is again the mas- ter of the kingdom. Diplomacy has been appealed to to do what the word of the Pole might have more effectually accomplished. The elements that combined to produce the overthrow of Poland msy be found in the United States, We have seen among our generals the same spirit of rivalry and jealousy thst resulted so shamefully to them. We’ have scen generals discussing personal grievances within sound of the enemy's cannon. We haye seen timidity where we looked for courage, and apathy where we expected devotion ; deceit instead of honor, and fraud instead of honesty. The report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War is a vast catalogue of these sins and errors; and if we look over the roll of battles we shall be mortified to sce how many precious golden moments have been Jost, because the proper spirit did not ani- mate the servants of the Republic. Then turn to the political situation. In eyery part of the loyal North we find men bold and bad enough to ayow sympachy with the South, and to make that sympathy the basis of political action against the Ad- ministration, ‘‘ Let the Administration be overthrown,’” say these enemies, ‘ and wwe shall construct another.” This was the cry in Poland. Langiewicz fell, but the Russians, and not his rival, triumphed. Depose Mr. LinosIn, and Mr. Davis, or a worse than Mr. Davis, will take his place. ‘Then we sball have the fire, the sword, the scaffold, and a bloody saturnalia of retribu- tion and crime. We baye reached the tum- bling-point: in this struggle. One or ano- ther must full, for the strength of the North and South are braced to the utmost. The country necds the energy and faith of every man, and whoever fails ber in this hour of trial is a traitor more degraded than Judas, and more infamousthan the first-born, Caln. One betrayed his Master, the other betrayed and slew his brother; and to-day our master and brother is the nation. OccastonaL.
Wasninetox, April 15, 1863.
I find the English journals discussing the future of the African race, as affected by the war. The London Times, which never ceased in the days of peace to revile Ame- rica for the crime of slavery, isnow slavery’s ablest and most audacious defender. This strange exhibition of feeling is one of the most extraordinary phases of the war. I can easily imagine an Englishman who wished for the success of the South and the dissolution of the Union, believing that slavery would perish with the Union, 1 can imagine an Englishman” acting in harmony with the South, hoping thereby to break down the power of the Republic, and thus rescue the free North from the tyranny of Southern dominstion. I can imagine any possible reason for friendship to the South but that assigned by the Zimes. To defend the cause of the South is no- thing more than to defend treason; but to strengthen that defence by becoming the friend and eulogist of a system that is re- yolting to every instinct of humanity, is to add to the cyime an infamy that cannot be described. The argument of the English newspaper is repeated by the disloyal press of the North and South. The war is made to involve only the question of slavery. ‘The people are continually told to look upon the negro as a rival; an enemy; the cause of all their trouble ; an offensive, disagreen- ble, half brutish being, who has left a happy home in the South to create mischief in the North by taking away from the laborer his means of life. The negro is constantly used to create demoralization and disgust among those who donot think, You re- member the appalling riot in Detroit, and the brutal outbreaks we occasionally see in New York and other Northern cities, Re- calling the coarse and ungrateful speech of General Patterson last summer, and the studied tone of the Democratic journals and jeaders, I have no doubt that it is their in- tention to inflame the minds of the people into a condition of anarchy and madness. Democratic politicians bave signalized them- selyes by offering petitions for the banish- ment and the prohibition of the negroes now in your State and in other States, and cre- ate constant irritation by the discussion of impossible problems, in which the social condition of the whites is disadyantageously compared with that of the negro. Without pursuing this subject—for, my object this morning is simply to point’ out the! fol- lies and wickedness of otbers, and | gi no argument of my own—there can be no greater crime than this effort to array a race againsta race.’ The leaders do not sufler. They summon the storm and dy from it, like the fierce and cowardly leaders of the J cobins, Who made the people drunk with wine and gunpowder, and, throwing open the doors of the prisons, leh the poor victims to the pikes and poignards of the mob, while they fled themselves from a vengeance that might have returned with the returning tide of popular passion. ‘This negro ques- tion is one that must settle itself. The laws of Nature, society, political economy, sup- ply and demand, will govern aud decide it. Tt is but an incident of the war. The President published his proclamation of
Emancipation just as be published his pro-
clamations establishing the blockade and preventing intercourse with the Southera States. It was a wor messure, and thus far slavery has only perished by the natural effect of the war. The Southern people have made it the foundation of strength and power, and as’ we war upon their strength and power, we find slayery in the ‘ange of our cannon-balls, When Englisk writers, therefore, attempt te prejudice our cause by representing the negro as the victim of Northern rapacity and heartless- ness, and the Democratic leaders appeal to the basest passions of men to excite ven- geance and massacre, they are not only guilty of a wrong to this country but to am humble and helpless race. OccAstoNAL.
Wasnrnoton, April 16, 1863.
Our relations with England are exciting much attention. You must not accépt ag authoritative any of the rumors that burder the -New York papers, as, in a matter as graye as this, the policy of the Government will be dictated by events, and will be put- sued with calmness and caution. A war with England is not to be invited, and, as in the case of the Trent, we must be prepared to go to the verge of endurance before plunging into the strife. A war with England ‘at this time would haye the effect of giving to the South, which hss now one of the gréat- est military establishments in the world, the greatest nayal power. It is possible that wa might commission a hundred privateers, and destroy the commerce of England, but that in itself would be a malignant and fruitlésa revenge. We should certainly have our own commerce destroyed; our iron-clids would be compelled to hurry home to defend our cities and harbors, and tha famishing South would receive new life from the Old World. England is so placed in the bosom of the contending seas that a successful invasion of her shores would be almost an impossibility, snd. particularly when the expeditions would be compelled to carry their resources over a wide ind strictly-guarded ocean. Instead of inflicting a blockade, we should suffer from one, and the distresses of Lancashire would be re- peated in New England and Pennayl- yanis. I am not a lover of England; I feel keenly the injuries she has’ inflict- ed upon us, and the constant want of faith she has manifested during the pre- sent war; and when I read the heartless speeches of England's Prime Minister, and the cheers that the “House of Commons be- stows upon them, while such men as Bir. Bright, Mr. Baring, and Mfr. Forster are listened to with apathy and dislike ; when I remember, too, the prompt and ready cour- tesy that has always marked the conduct of the United States towards England, I can- not restrain the indignation which every American must entertain. But goyern- ments are not actuated by passion. .They have grave interests to consider, and- the gravest of all is the happiness of the people. War is a misery, not only to the wounded and slain, but tothe thousands that nevec know the battle, and whose wounds ara more poignant than those of the sword ot the bullet. It is the last resort ofa free and proud people. When England attacks our freedom or our pride we shall welcome the alternative with joy. The present trouble srises out of the case of the Alabama, The English journals seem to be ashamed of this transaction, and, notwithstanding the ef. frontery of the Ministry, we find their organs weak and verbose. The Times, 50 audacious and unscrupulous at all times, speaks like an adyocate who does, not believe in his cause, and the popular feel- ing responds so feebly, and with so much reluctance, that they are evidently ashamed of the whole transaction. The ministerial agentsare clamoring about the case of the Poterhoff, with the evident hope of weaken- ing our complaints about the Alabama. The case of the Peterhoff is at the best but an exhibition of unusual zeal on the, part of Admiral Wilkes. It has, been referred to the proper courts, and England will have justice. If we sre wrong in this matter, we shall admit the error and make all repara- tion. There is nothing in either of these questions to excite our passions, or give us any reason to anticipate war. No feeling of confidence in the ministers of her, Ma- jesty's Government induces this beliet ; but a feeling of confidence in the people, in the rough and hardy men who liye by* labor, and sympathize with the effort of America to ennoble labor and make the cause of De- mocracy triumphant. Ihave confidence in Jobn Bright. His mighty soul—rising above the allurements of a court or a cabinet, with the blood of the people in his veins, and the true interests of the people his great ambi- tion—grasps the issues now being deter- mined in America. He is to us the true leader of English sentiment. He is the Saxon, and he represents the struggle of eight centuries against the Norman, That struggle was never nearer a triumpl than now. England is becoming weary of rents, tenantry, privileges, and aristocracy.’ The Englishman looks out of his mill and his mine with feelings of degraded pride, long- ing for the day when God's creatures shall be permitted to enjoy God's free gifts. Do not be deceived by: the’ constant and fulsome professions of loyalty that we constantly hear from England. It had a great rejoicing a few days since, and in the midst of the ceremony and merriment, the aristocrats of England looked upon America and thanked God that they were not a3 other men were. The roses covered the volcano, but did not smother it; and the music of the wedding march bad not been hushed In the chapel of St. George, before the smoke appeared, aud the cry of bread was heard in Manchester. That delightful writer, Mr. Hawthorne, in one of his recent essays, sail that in Eugland he always fuueied Le heard the rumbling of a coming earthquake; and that although everything was cali and placid, the old seemed “about to perish be- fore the new. If anything at ull could husten the end, it would be the, course of the aristocracytowards America. We leave the English rulers to the: English jieople. Let us not think of wars; but while defend- i own honor, leave onr cause'to the brave and true men who are struggling for the principles that must soo trion.pl in En <1 over all the workd.
Occasiox AL.
land,
Wasmixoron, April 17, 1863, The ulluir at Charleston is the opening of the new campaign. Anisolated undertaking,
and without any possible effect on the general
'A
strategy of the war, the failure is little more than a yerdict of sclence against us. Jam glad that Mr. Ericsson thinks otherwise, Dut the world will probably accept results for theories, and decide against him. The moral effect of such a misfortune is also to be ‘Considered, although, after all, the opinions ‘of the world seem to be so fixed and partial, that moral effect is a mere term of etymo Jogy. We hnye had additional reuson to be roud of our navy, ind out of the gloom ‘and smoke that enveloped Fort Sumpter, that ‘noble branch of the service hus come forth with glory. Charleston, as I have said, is the opening of the new, and, as many thivk, the final campaign. The strategy of the Just two years hrs had the eflect of reducing, concentrating, eliminating, the extended field of our military. operations. ‘That ingenious writer, Mr. Schalk, whose Uneories on the srt of war have created so much atten: tion, makes it the axiom of all his demon- strations, that.the true purpose of war is to dreak up and demoralize the opposing armies. Annibilate the amilitary power of the South and all else will come after, for the country is so exhausted that another army is an. impossibility, and it must sink helpless at our feet. This is the point to which everything is now tending. New- bern, Port Royal, Key West, and New Or- Jeans are little more than blockading sta- tions, They may be taken and retaken without affecting the game. They are the smaller pieces with nominal values—the King is at Richmond, snd there he must be checkmated. Taken in their general re- sults, we have not had.as yet a successful expedition, These expeditions have been mere incisions in the flesh—a vein or two was severed—the blood came forth—but the life was untouched, We must abandon ex- peditions that merely have an agricultural, social, or commercial purpose, and give our soldiers and sailors mere chances for glory without domg anything toward the grand result, We must concentrate ourselves and move against the life of the rebellion. It seems to inyite us. Vicksburg, Chattanooga, and Richmond are the three remaining heads of the hydra,—and when they are stricken the monster dies. Grant mepaces Vicksburg, —Rosecrans holds the line of the Cumber- Innd, and protects the Northwest—Hooker Jooks proudly on Richmond. We must crush these armies before we think of vic- tory. It is possible that the armies of Vick burg and Chattanooga may unite, and throy ing themselves on Rgsecrans, beat him and General Grant in detail. That is a contin- gency against which these generals must pro- ‘vide; although when I heard the'recent ru- smors of the evacuation of Vicksburg by the rebels, I feltapprehensive, In the Exst, we have the great army at Richmond. Our military men are speculating upon its future movements. Will it retreat or receive battle? At seems to be certain that General Hooker ‘will not offer battle under the heights of Fredericksburg, making that memorable plain another Aceldama for the national army, It is not probable that the rebels will accept battle in any other position, and we may therefore expect our advance or their retreat, and probably a new campaign upon an interior line of operations, General Hooker, however, is not aman to dwell Jong upon interior lines of operation. He neither digs, nor permits others to dig, and having unearthed Lee out of his present hiding-place, there will be an carnest chase and fierce work before he is permitted to find another cover, These seem to be the ge- neral features of the new campaign. It is not for me to predict,'nor to teach. None can control the uncertain chances of war, and we must content ourselves with hoping, praying, comforting, and standing together shoulder to shoulder in support of the Ad- miinistration. Never before did the Goyern- ment go truly need the comfort and friend- ship of the people. These brightening days and pleasant skies—this gentle sun “that smiles upon struggling nature as it comes forth to gladden the carth—all these tokens ofa genial and fertile spring predict the speedy opening df a new campaign. It is strange that so much beauty should be ‘the harbinger of blood; but we regard the future without a shuddering thought, ‘The. affiir at Charleston," said a rebel journalist a few days ago, ‘will soon be lost in the thundering rush of events.” Thus you sce that our enemy expect what we ure prepared to give—quick, fierce, and decisive war. Ltt it come quickly! I look upon the struggle with impatience and upon the fu- ture with hope, for I have faith in the prowess of my countrymen and in the goodness of Almighty God. OccAsIONAL.
Wastinoton, April 20, 1853. We are haying some new scengs in the great drama of the war, ‘The last would ve ominous if it had not been revealed too early, and been managed by parties almost ‘openly Secession. It is, that if there is not a great yictory over the rebels ‘‘in the coming campaign,'’ to use the language of the Jn- wlligencer, the Administration must prepare for dreudful consequences—the plain mean- ing of which is, that, in the event of de- feat, the rebellion must be declared victo- rious, and the usurpation of the traitors acknowledged. But this expedient will de- ceive nobody. Comingas it does from those who haye never felt a single conscientious conviction in the necessity of this great, effort for the preservation of the Go- yernment, it must be regurded only as a new indication of their desire to em- Darrass the Administration, and to termi- nate the war at any sacrifice of honor or of territory. It is the interest of no patriotic man to protract the war. Every energy of the Executive, and of all his representatives, civil and military, is devoted to the achieve- ment of yictory oyer the cnemy. Suppose, however, this victory does notcome to us in “the coming campaign:” are we then to yield to the new proposals of those who are only desirous of peace with the rebels, and are, therefore, really in earnest for de- feat, and not for triumph? I need not ask a question when I can so well anticipate the indignant reply. If it should so fall’ out, that God will not give us the advantage in “the coming campaign,” we must eyen pro- ceced to make another effort. Every hour proyes that cither the ‘old flag or the new one must succeed; either the Government of our fathers, or the rebellion of a portion o! their degenerate and ingrate descend- ants. The best way to realize the dread- ful impossibility of a peace not based upon ne entire country, is to attempt to mark
FORNEY’S WAR PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1863.
the limits of vision, the terms o! purtition, the conditions of separation. You might as successfully divide the human body, and expect the heart'to beat, ‘is to separate the American Republic and expect liberty to live, Every great national interest, whether of trade and commerce, or of society and religion, would perish in a maze of factions and a cea of blood; and order would only be restored by the strong bund of the despot. The human frame is not more closely knitted together than are the freedom of the people and the entirety of the soil of America.
This scheme to give a new impetus to the rebellion, by holding out the hope that the people of the free States will be willing to ree to separation, if the next movognents of our army are not crowned with suce is suggested at a moment when’ through every organ of the Confederacy, fiom Davis himself and his so-called Cabinet to the self- constituted Governors of the different sec- tions where the rebels hold sway, we hear the cry that there is a prospect of want of food for both troops and people. Their cot- ton trade brings them neither corn nor be und without these they must perish. Com- pare this confession of poverty and pro- spective famine wifh the superabundant re- sources of the Joyal States, and you haye the best argument to set-off the. cry that we are unable to put down the rebellion. If we cannot defeat them “in the coming cam- paign’ by force of arms, we at least hold the whole of the free and loyal States clear of violence and bloodshed, and can exhaust them by our own steady, resolute, and un- shaken constancy.
There is another element which enters largely into the future. I mean the rigor and system of the organization of the ne- groes in the Southwest. Adjutant General ‘Thomas, now in the department of General Grant, has stated the case so fully as to leave no doubt as to the purpose of the Ad- ministration on this question. You will haye seen how his appeals to the white soldiers have been received. They hail this experiment as one that is certain to operate advantageously upon themstlves and the cause. You will have algo noticed that not ouly has no dissent been expressed by the troops, but that the general officers, in- cluding some of the imost distinguished Democrats, haye voluntarily nnd’ cordially endorsed his recommendations. It is it~ possible for any mau of sense to resist the powerful arguments in the speeches of the Adjutant General. The approach of the warm weather, the expiration of the term of many of the regiments in Louisiana, and the immense increase of fugitives who run from their masters on the approach of our forces, render this act of the Government a mattér of wisdom, as it is clearly humane and necessary. Un- der a proper régime, and with good lesd- ers, the whole character of the war in the Southwest will thus assume s new charac- ter. As General Thomas well remarks, the rebels haye had every chance to ayail them- selves of the generous offer in the President's Proclamation, snd baying rejected that, they cannot complain if the Government acts out ita policy by declaring their slaves to be free, and by taking care that if they are to be used in war, it shall not be against the American Republic,
There are ten thousand remedies yet to be tried before the craven demand for an igno- minious peace is responded to by the people. ‘ASIONAL. '
Sorney’s Tar Press,
SATURDAY, APRIL 2
, 1863.
A KING FOR GREECE.
‘The Revolution, which drove a German dynasty from the throne of Greece, was una- nimously and quietly effected on the 22d of last October, without the effusion of one drop of blood, Never was any great na- tional movement go peacefully and yet so completely executed. After a reign of thirty years—for Ormo of Bavaria condescended to accept the Crown on the 5th October, 1852, he then having attained the mature age of secenteen! —the Bayarian-Greco dynasty tumbled down, precisely like the castie built of cards with which childhood amuses itself. What ensued is so notorious that we necd not here detail it. The leading Greeks, mysteriously imbued with the idea that an English prince would be ‘the most desartless man’? for the situation, and probably deceived by British misrepresenta- tions, elected Prince ALFRED, a midshipman of eighteen, and the national yote confirmed this. England, however, having obtained such a complimentary demonstration for one of her princes, coyly declared that he could not be spared, So the election went for nothing. Queen Vieronra, however, though too much overwhelmed with grief at the death of her husband, in 1861, showed her- self perfectly able, as well as willing, to attend to the interests of her family. Doubly a Cobourg, by descent and by marringe, she used every effort in her power to prevail upon her cousin, Ferpranb of Cobourg, (who had been King-Consort of Portugal, ) to become a candidate for the crown of. Greece, and, on his judicious declension of the proffered dignity, next tried to place her brother-in-law and -cousin, the reigning Duke of Saxe Cobourg-Gotha, in the fame position. Of him it might be said, “Barkis is willing,” provided means were taken to put Greece out'of debt be- fore he ascended the throne, The na- tional debt is not very much, (somewhat about $5,000,000 we believe, ) but it is due to England, France, and Russia, and, at all events, the two latter Powers did not exactly
see the necegsity of foregoing their respective claims, as creditors, in order to help a Ger- man prince, the protégé and near relative of the Queen of England,
So, the second Cobourg candidature fell through. A third
was slightly manceuyred for, in the person of the Count of Flanders, cousin to Queen
(uncle of Vierorts and ALneRt,) but the astute ruler of Belgium had too much saga- city and prudence to permit 8 son of his to run such a risk. }
‘At Jast, after a suspense of five months, the Greeks have made a choice, evidently at the suggestion or under the influence of England, in the person of the brother- inlaw of the Prince of Wales... The young gentleman, who is to reign under the title of GEonex the First, of Greece, is brother of Anexanpna, the yobng lady who miarried the Prince of Wales, on the 10th of March, He was seventeen years old at Christmas. Like Prince AvFRED, he ig a cadet in the navy—of Denmark, not of England. He was brought up in the Lutheran faith, but would proba- bly not make much objection to becoming a member of the Greek Church, inasniuch as his second sister, ManrA-Sornta-FREDE- RICA-DAOMER, Will probably become \the wife of the Césaravitch, heir to the throne of Prussia, and must change her faith pre- viously, The new King of Greece, Who will he eighteen years old at the close of this year, is called Cnmrstran-W1L1tAxe Fenvinanp-Abovrnus-Georor, — Nomi- ually a Danish prince, by his father's hay- ing been adopted by the Parliament of Den- mark, he really is thoroughly German; by birth and blood. The Greeks, then, baye cast off ong German ruler to obtain another. ‘The nation expelled a Bavarian prince, and must take up.a prince of the petty housé- of Schleswig - Holstein - Sonderbourg - Glugks- bourg. What. is more, they dismissed a man, and have replaced him with a Foy.
No. Not the Greeks. It happens that Greece has nothing to do but accept, as King, him whom three of the great Powers of Europe, (3. e. France, Russin, and. Bel- gium,) may place before them, Until ‘the marriage of the Prince of Wales with the Princess ALEXANDRA was talked of, no bue dreamed of a psendo-Danish ruler 'for Greece. It is certain. that, in the matter of advancing her relations and covnexions, Queen Vicrorra is a true Cobourg. “No sooner was her son engaged to the Princess ALEXANDRA, than the expediency of putting that handsome young Iady’s brother on the throne of Greece came to be ‘conkidered by Vicrornta. We donot yet know whether his nomination was made with the congur- rence of France and Russia, nor whethet Europenn royalty, in general, will accept this youth into “the family of Kings.» But we do know that to place the Prince of Wales’ brother-in-law. on the throne of Greece, would be a political move greatly in favor of British influence in the Medi- terranean, the Levant, and the southeast of Europe.
The King elect of Greece, we beg leave to add, has a younger brother, Prince Wat- DEMER, Who, like the rest of the fami}; very poor. In fulness of time British influ- ence may be exercised for Aim. Let us sug- gest, as the South want a King, (according toMr, Russevt,) that Prince WaLpEMEn. would bean eligible person for their choice, It is true that his Royal Highness will not complete his fit year until next<October, and would have a long minority; but the \Southern monarchy will not be constructed, atany rate, before he comes to manhood, ‘and, if he possess the Christian virtue of pa- tience, he can live in hope, -unti that eygnt takes place.
THE PETERHOFF OASE. .
Earl Russev.’s letter which we pnnt to-day, concorning the seizure of British vessels suspected of a design to break the blockade, is both important and interesting at the present juncture. The British mihis- ter distinctly acknowledges the right of Federal cruisers to capture and detain, for examination in the prize courts, alll British vessels bound (ostensibly) for Matamoros or Vera Cruz, whose intentions are open to suspicion, and he declares that the English Goyernment will only interfere in their behalf in a case where they have been wrongfully held, and the courts have re- fused them redress, This position of Earl Russern isin strict accordance with the past policy of Great Britain, and is‘clearly just and proper. But if the opinions ofthe noble Earl do not possess extraordinary novelty, it ia well, nevertheless, that they should be expressed so clearly at the pre- sent time, when the case of the Peterhoff is being agitated in both nations. The. fol- lowing sentences, which convey the gist of the communication, will show how ground- less such agitation has been, and, perhaps, convince some of the most skeptical that England is less disposed to provoke war with us now tban she wasat the time of the Trent affair: “It is the right of the bellige- rent to capture all vessels reasonably sus- pected of either of these transgreesions of international law, and whenever any, auch case of capture is alleged, the case cannot be withdrawn from the consideration of the prize court of the captor, After the case has undergone investigation, it is the duty of the prize court to restore any such prizes unlawfully made, with costs and dajnages; and the proper time for the interfertince of her Majesty’s Government is, in general, when the prize courts have refused redress fora capture which the evidence shows to. have been unjustifiable.” If the Peterhoft was not a Jawful prize, the court, having been thus kindly instructed in its duty by the British Secretary, will doubtless make proper restitutios to. the owners. If she was properly confiseable, English interference is the last evil we have cause to fear, and the last eyil we should tolerate.
INDIAN COTTON MANUFACTURE.
We learn trom England, in advance of newspaper information, that the Lancasbire cotton-spinners are “putting the screw? upon Lord Panwenstox and his thinisterial colleagues, to bienk down the flimsy, if not nominal, neutrality which Englind affects to have set up, and to acknowledye the in- dependence snd nationality of the reyolted South, without avy further delay, A par- ticular) development in India has greatly alarmed the distnterested cotton-lords. There are numerous very wealthy merchants and traders in India, sagacious and enterprising, who, it is said, have determined to. go into the cotton business, with energy and money. ‘These are chiefly Parsees, and generally re- side in Bombay, whereaindeed, they have a well-conducted English newspaper, called The Indian Gentleman's Gazette. OF this crowd of rich mercliants, the late Sir Jast- BETJEE JEJEEDKOY, (created Baronet in
VicrortA and second son of King Lkorotp, | 1857, ) long was head, and his successor and
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namesake, the inheritor of his vast wealth, a shrewd man of fifty-two, now holds:his Immense fortune, and has inherited his standing and influence, The Parsees of Bombay can expend thousands where the Lancashire cotton-lords would be afraid to risk hundreds,
It is stated to us that their project is not to sell and send Indias cotton to England, but to retain it in India, and themselves to manu- facture it into the various fabrics into which it is now converted in Europe—at least, into such fabrics as.are in demand in India, China, and the East generally. They can ensily obtain the necessary machinery, and may Wholly supersede, in a short time, all foreign cotton manufactures. The British cotton-lords would thus have o large and lucrative branch of their trade cut off. No wonder, then, that they are more than ever anxious to obtain cotton from the South, so as to preyent the contemplated action of the Indian merchants, Once that India manu- factures her own cotton, in equal quality with that of the Lancashire operatives, England will have to lament over the great- est blow to her mechanical industry.
REAR ADMIRAL 8. F. DUPONT. ~All great commanders must expect the unthinking mass to feel aggrieved atgpey check, however insignificant. Many,#too, from various motives—some from personal prejudices, others from secret infidelity to the great cause now tasking all the energies of our nation—will take adyantage of any slight failure to cry down 8 gallant officer, and thus assail the Government, Admiral Duront, we regret to observe, bas been thus assailed. We speak from personal knowledge, when we pronounce him unsur- passed for gallantry, enterprise, and skill, and aided as he was by go wuny distin. gished naya) officers on the decasion of the Jate attack on Fort Sumpter, we know well that he did all that could possibly have been done under the cireumstances. We haye to support these remarks the personal testi- mony of our correspondent, who witnessed the fight; and we are sure that, when the Admiral's report is published, it will con- firm and prove all we have been saying. In the meanwhile, Iét us not forget the bril- Jinncy of the Victory at Port Royal and the hero ofthat engagement. 4
FROM WASHINGTON.
SPECIAL DESPATOMES 10 THE ‘“WAR PRESS. "” Wasmroron, April 20, 1669.
‘Tho Hon. Ront. J. WALKER has gone to Enrope, partly in behalf of the Quickellver Mining Com- any, to assert its claim in a sult against Baron Fonnes, who represeats the company now ia pos ression of the mines. He also will act for the Go- vernmient for thé purpose of effecting an arrange ment to seoure uniform weights and measures of coin, so as tobe equal in welght and fintnese be- tween the United States and Great Britain, aad thus equalize the exchanges for the convenience of commerce, aa recommended in the annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury. His businces is not, as atated, on the subject of loans,
Mr. ASriNWALL's business in Europe, it is un- derstgod, fe connected with the Navy Department,
‘The Navy Department haa received a letter from Acting Admiral Lue, dated off Wilmington, April 18th, enclosing a report from Commodore Scott, of United States steamer Maritanza, cear Cape Fear mver, stating that, on the Sd instant, the United States transport steamer Union hove in sight in distress, and in the afternoon it was found necessary toabandon and destroy her by fire to prevent her rifting asbore to the rebels. ‘The officers and crew were ali saved. She was bound from Hilton Head te Beaufort, South Carolins.
HanvEY SHERMAN, onc of Col, BaKER’s detectives, guerillas, aad was hung esrly on Saturday morning,
ville.
fever at that Institution has entirely disappeared, and the eick Mist is emaller than during any previous tenson.
VIRADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE Potomac, April 20 The following orders were published to-day =
GENERAL ORDERS No. 4.
In order thnt no misunderstanding may exiet Aeto the course to be pursued with regard to regiments whoee term of servioo are about expiripg, the fol- lowlog rules will govern the rection of corps com mander and others io the matter :
. When companico and regimente reenilat atter tho expiration of their present term of service, in accerdance with the provisions of general order No. $5, of April 2, 1863, {rom the War Department, the regimental nod campany officers will be retsin= ed; the regiment will have @ furlough for the time ejcelhed in the onlere, and will he allowed to pro- ceed xt the publle expengc, with thelr arms and equipments, to the place of their enrollment, the date of their furlough betog two yearsor nine months (a3 tho case may be) from the date of the original hiuster into the service of the United States.
‘zi, When the regiments ina body decline tore int, the otticers and men will be mustered out at the expiration of two years (or nine monthe) from the date of their notual muster into the eervice of the United States. ‘Their arms and equiprieate will bo turned over to the ordnance officer of the divi- sion to which tho troops belong, and transporta- tloa and subalatenco to the place of their enrollment Ue giveu by the quartermaster and subsistence de~ partments,
3d. In enees where lesa than one-half of the men re-collat, the proportiga of officers to be, retained, anil the g¢leotlon of thoee to be retained 1a cervice willbe determived by the corps commanders in ac cordance with the proviston of paragraph ¢hird of xeoeral order No. 88, of April 2, 1863, from the War Department. The ravk, proportion, and number of ofticers to be retained with the regiments where the reentistmente are partial Is left to the disere ton of the corpa commande: *
4th. The portion of the bounty provided fa geaeral onter No. 60, April 24, 186% from the War Depart ment, for reenlistment, will be eatered upon the musténtolle, to bepald At the fret payment after the return of the men from their furlough.
6th, Io regiments where two-years men and men’ eolixted for three yeargor the war aro nseocinted | together, epecisl recommendations may bo made to the headquarters for furloughs to the latter, whea the umber of two-years mea re-enlisting may, in the oplatoa of the corps commanders, justify the ia dulzence,
Gth, Where the two-years regiments do not r= eplist, ns above provided for, the cnrps commandera Will direct the travafer of men eolisted for three years or the warin such rogimenta to three-year Tegimente from the same State; or if thelr numbers ‘aro aufficient théee men may,’at the discretion of the corps commandgr, be formed {nto battalions.
7th. Vuis onder, #8 well ng the following order from the War Departaient, will be read at the head of each company of the two yeare and nine months regi- moat serving fo thie army,
By command of Major General Hooen.
S. WILLIAMS, Aaa't, Adj't, General.
Heanquanvers ARMY ov THE PoToMAc, ‘April 20, 1863, Guwerdt ORDER, No, 43—It appearing, from the report of commietions duly appointed, and from Oillcial fnformation otherwise furotshed, that the absence of tho fallowlog-pamed oflicera, annolinced, for diamienal in genera) order No. 20, tesucd March 6, 1863, from there headquarters, canbe satistacto-! rlly neooiiated for, they are bereby relieved from all further lability under the provisions of that order: Lieut J. M. Andrews, Jr. 30th New York ; Uapt. Jacob Ex. Yates, 24 New York; Lieut. Colonel 1, Shaul, Toth New York. Capt. A. Sagor, 76th N. Y., honorably discharged. Lieut, Hen}. B, Hapcock, 19th Indiana, Col. L. Curler, 6th Wiscoosin. Second Lieut. Martin Rodman, 24 Wisconsin, Firat Lieut Gharles G. Esalinger, 24 Wisconsin, honorably discharged. Col. Alexnoder E. Donaldson, 20th New Jersey, honorably dlechnnged, Major Charles Ryan, 126th Penns. Cave, We H. Jackson, 120th Mags., honorably dia charged. ‘Capt. Sherman N. Aspinwall, 29th New York, hopneable, dlecharged. Lieut. H. B. Stewart, 149th Penna. Lieut. Francls O, Duke, 24 Delaware, honorably diecharged. Major Benjamin Ricketts, 2d Delaware, Major Peter Nelson, 60th New York. Licut. Jacob Fisber, 68th New York, honorably dirchanged. geziculy Jobn Caslow, 28th Masrachueetta, mus ered out. Licut E. B, Rich, 19th Maine,
Reliable information wes received today, that was captured on Friday, st midnight, by Noskpy’s by his captors, io eight of bis family, near Drance-
Commodore BLAKE, superintendent of the Naval Academy, writes to the Navy Hepartment that the
in W. y discharged,
Anelstant Surgeon F. L. Haupt, ath Pennsylva- nin, honorably discharged.
Lieut. Jamca Woodward, 6th New Jersey. Cnptain Clarence D'Hesr, 13th New Yori, hono- rably discharged
Captain Wm. Doweny, 13th New York.
Licct. Louis E. Crone, 224 Maesschusetta. Liout. Wa. M. Cloney, 22d Massachusctts, mus tered out.
Ohapiain O. FE, Welrea, 1th New York, honors- Bly discharged.
Lieut. Wa. M. Edmons, 14th New York.
Lieut. E. W. Reed, 834 Pennsglvanis, honorably lscharged.
Licut. Robert B. McKibbeny, 48th United Ststes Infantry.
Atsistant Surgeon J. E. Smith, 12th United States Infantry.
Captain T. W. Newman, lith United States In- fantry. As vanin. Lieut. J. A. Mellinger, 134th Pennsylyanin, hone rably discharged,
Oaptain W. H. Eldridge, uth Now Jersey, hono- rably discharged. ‘Osptsin H. W. White, 27th New York.
Captain, Burbank Spliler, 6th Matne, honorably iarged.
‘Captain Angon S. Daggott, 6th Maine,
Fe rt Olcott, 12let New York.
Lieutenant Albert Webber, 20th New York, ho
norably diecharged.
Osptain R. W. Oliver, 824 Pennsylvania. Osptain John Ashisnd, 82d Pennsylvania. Liouteoant Arthur B, Keen, 234 Penoaylvania. Lieutenant Richard Carter, 6th Wisconsin. Lieutenaot Samuel Aechur, 6ith New Yori. Captain A. B. Botsford, 79th New York ‘Asslatant: Surgeon J. H. Hassenplug, llth Penna, Lieutenant Bayard Will 1, 4th U. 8. Artillery. 2d. The commanding general takes this occasion to censure in the strongest terms the inexcusable conduct of all those through whose negligence or in- difference in not forwarding the proper Information to these headquarters, officers, who had been honor- Shy discharged for wounds received in battle, or
‘ness induced by camp exposure, or who had Jain down their lives in the service of thelr country, or whore abeence from their duties in the field was justitied by the orders they had received, had been held up to public remark, and reproved, ne '* abeent. without leave.” The records of some of the regi- menta com to have been kept ins manner htetly discreditable to the commanding and staff officers charged with the important and responsible duty of collecting and arranging the data which make up. ‘the military history of the ihdividuala composing thelr respective commands. When this trust is neglected, the reputation and rights of offcers and men inust necessarily be endangered.
By command of Major General Hooker,
S. WILLIAMS, A. A. G.
The following telegram was recelved at the oflca of the Provost Marshal of the War Department laat night To Colonel L. C. Baker Fameax Counr House, April 17. I have to inform you that Harvey Siren about ten
ie Moore, 12th Now Jersey, honors-
ant Surgeon L. W. Coff, 124th Pennoyl-
sir SAN was captured Inst night at hie hous o'clock, by nine of Mosny’s men. SPAULING, Scout.
Another despatch was received this forenoon cons firming the above; also a note addressed to Colonel BAKER, from Simnwan's wife.
A telegram from General Stanx etates that he had aent forward n cavalry foree to intercept the captors of SinziOt AX.
‘The report hns reached the city that Suzewaw was executed this morning at daylight, Itis brought by A Seceznion woman, who saya ahe witnessed the execntion.
Suen an had been captured once before, at Lees- burg, and received a shot in the arm from hie pur suers, He was released on parole, and when seized was ona vielt to hia family.
Oficial Information haa been received of the cap- ture, on the 17th inet,, of the rebel Gen. Prenom’s chief of staff. The capture was made on the Nanse- mond river, by Lieut. Cusura, of the Commodore Barney.
AntHur O, Kext, orderly sergeant of the Old Do- minion Riffes, of Alexandris, s Confederate soldier, was recently captured near Acquis Creek, and on ‘Thursday was brought to Washington.
A distinguished Greek cavalry officer, General Yrsiano, formerly chief of cavalry in the military zervice of Greece, has arrived here for the purpose of tendering his services to ourGovernment. He brings a letter from Mr. ADAMS, our minister to England, to the Sccretary of War, strongly recom- mending him to the favor of the Government.
-The Navy Department has received ofljeial infor- mation of the following captures:
‘The D, Sargeant, from Galveston, bound to Hondu- tea, on the 6th, with fifty-one bales of cotton, The capture was made by the United States gunboat Kittanning, off Galveston bar.
‘The T. Capps, on the 26h of March, by the ‘boats ofthe United States ehip Cayne, in the harbor of San Francisco, while esting under suspicious circumstances showing that che was desigued to preg upon our commerce. ‘
The sloop Ranger, of Clays Landing, Suwannee river, by the Fort Henry's armed~bosts, off Chris- tal river. Her cargo consisted of salt, drs-goods, gunpowder, &.
Also, the echooner Anna, of Nassau, N, P., while endeavoring toevade the blockade off the mouth of the Suwannee civer, with an assorted cargo.
It appeara fcom the information received at the Navy Department, that the extent of sicknes among the midehipmen on ‘board the practice-sbip Constitution, st Newport, RI., has been much ex- aggerated, The few psticnta are to be landed and placed in the hospital at the Academy.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
GEN, STONEMAN’S MOVEMENTS.
New Yorx, April 29—The Post has a report (rom an officer wh eft the Army of the Potomac pn Sa- turday, to the efect that Gen. Stoneman wa heant from on Saturday afternoon; that he reached Culp per ©. H., where 3,000 rebele were surprised and cap. tured; algo, that a number of Harris! Light Cavalry: were killed in a previous ekirmisb. The story. is doubtful.
THE REBEL ACCOUNTS.
The following are extracts from the Richmond Prquirer of Thursday
THOM FREDERICKSHURG, [Sreelal Despatch to the Richtaond Bogusrer )
Frupenicxenoeo, April 15.—Heavy firing waa heard up the river yeaterday, which Was eupposed to be ekirmisbiog shout Kelly's Ford, between Stuart's cavalry and those of the Yankees, ‘The cavalry pickets have all been withdrawn from Port Royal toa point up the river within six milles of tows. Last night large fires, ae of 8 conilagration, were visible in the direction of Acquila Creek. TW0 Dalloone were up seaterday, and the cars ave been running incessantly since’ Saturday plght. Toast evening there was « good deal ofcommotion in front, and the algnala were unusually active.
THE FIGHT ON THE UPPER RAPPA- HANNOOK.
Rallway fatelhgeaes makes out the Bght on the Raprnhannock on Tietday, a(BKcelley'a Ford, fo which the enemy were repuleed after five successive Attempts to cross, with some loss, extent not known, but slight on the Oonfederate side. On the same day, 8 demonstration was made near Germann and U.S. Ford, but no engagement ia reported. It was believed that Hooker Intended a general advance, but all remaiolog quiet on yeaterday, this Impres= sion abated. A report wae io circulation, based upon, the etatement of a clvilian from Frederickaburg, that-a general advance was projected by the enemy, Dut that A InrRe body of the troops whore term of service expirea between the Ist and sth of May, re fused to obey orders, believing that It was the object of the Comulsnderin-Ohief to force them {nto a fight of desperation before the efficiency of the army should be impaired by emergencies which would arlae during that period,
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA,
Fortress Mowroe, April 19.—Last evening the steamer Freeborn arrived from Charleston, bringing no news of importance. The monitohs were all lying near the bar, none of them having left, a3 has been reported.
Cannonading was distinctly heard Jast night, and moat of the time to-day, on the Nansemond river, where our gunboats are engaged in shelling out squads of rebele who are attempting to plant batte- rea upon the banks of the river. Thus far they baye been defeated,
General Dix had staff left this morning, on the Henry’ Burden, for the Nansemond, The general returned late last evening from Suffolk. He keeps avigilant eye upon the enemy's movements about ‘thie department,
Fortaess Mownnor, April 20.—Heavy firing has been going on for the last twenty-four hours on the Nansemond river, occasioned by our gunboats whelling out the rebels, who are attempting to plant batteries at different points on the river.
Last night our gunboats, with the 68th New York and 8th Connecticut Regiments, captured a rebel battery of aix pieces of artillery, together with two hundred prisoners, taken from the 4ith Alabama Regiment.
OFFICIAL DESPATOH FROM GEN: PEOK, Wasntnaton, April 20.—An official despatch has deen received from Major General Peck, dated clght o'clock Jast evening, which says “General Getty, fn conjunction with the gun- boats under Lieutenant Lasmon, has juat stormed the heavy battery at the weat branch, and captured six guns and two hundred of the 44th Alabsma Re- gineat They crossed in boats. The sth New
‘ork snd Sth -Connecticut Regiments were the storming party.?
THE MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON.
Miserssirri Savapnox, ‘Hutewa, Arkansas, April 11, 1863, (Special Corrospondance of The Pross.1 Tt is now too Iate for me to give you tn detail the events of the Yazoo Pass Expedition, or more pro- perly apeaking, of the two expeditions, and the be. role and noble Sights of the United States gunboat Chillicothe, which alone and unsustained by the army fought Fort Greenwood threo several timer, receiving fifty-nine terrifié shots, and having in killed and wounded, out of a crew of less than sixty, twenty-two killed and wounded.
The expedition ia not a failure by any means, but it would have been a perfest success bat for the need- eas, yea, criminal delays of the army officera nt He lens {n fitting out transporte for the troops, and for the delay, after the expedition got through the Pasa into Cold’ Water river, of Lieutenant Commander Watson Smith.
Genernl Rose, of the army, and the commanders of the Chillicothe and Baron De Kalb would have achieved a fame such as the war has not produced, but for the delaya of their superiors, or but for their Jealousy.
The expedition ie ao far a great succeas in thie, tnat ithas entirely destroyed all prospects for crops of ‘any kind on the Yazoo Pass, on the Cold Water, and on'the Tallahatchic. In addition to the above very important item, all the cotton, cotton-gina, planta- tlon houees, and negro quartera, all the corn and all the cattle, and all of the fences on there atreams, were utterly deatroyed; bealdea the rebel loss in kUled and wounded and in prisonere, and from desertion was very connlderable. Their greatest Joss, however, was in the very large amount of cotton thoy destroy~ ed to keep us from getting it, and the loss of a great number of their negroes, who were brought out an« dor the provisions of the President’s proclamation, and inthe complete demoralization of what were left. A portion of the egroca that the Yazoo Paso Expedition caused to leave their mastera, are now being drilled at this point as Federal soldiers.
‘The breaking of the levees In getting into the Paes will destroy all the country adjacent to our route, and will render the whole upper portion of tho State ‘of Mineieslppi no ickly, that it will be Impossible for thelr armies to remain in the localies we have just visited, The eamo may be eaid of all the Lake Providence country and that of Vicksburg, nnd, in fact, of all the States on the Missleainp{ river—for the levees are broken from Memphbia to New Orleans, and cannot soon be repaired, for the pegrocs won't work, and Southern chivalry have to fight not only the Yankcee, but starvation.
‘There is a movement on the tapis to-day that in- dieatea a complete concentration of all the troops, from Memphis down, on the City of Hilla, aa the rebels poctically style Vicksburg. If, as I supposes Twill hot go wanting for material to keep up my correspondence.
T think wo will atrike this time by the way of Laice Jence—and, should we fail again, we beg to sof our fricads the anecdote of Brace
and the epid ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
Onxerx att, April 20,—¥ou many look for import- ant news from Vicksburg about this time, aud T think {t will be nothing Icas than that the passage of the river batteries by the upper fleet has beea ac complished with transports nnd an assault by 70,000 men by the way of Warrenton. Part of the boats forming the Yazoo expedition have arrived at Mem- phis, The damage has been appraised as follows : The John Bell, $1,453; the Key West, $2,225; the Mariner, $2,600; the Tecumseh, $5,500.
NEGRO SOLDIERS IN ARKANSAS,
GixcixsAtt, April 20—The let African Regiment at Helena is nearly full. The negroes manifest much enthusiasm, and geome of them are very proud of the service of aoldiers In our army. |
GEN. THOMAS! PLAN FOR THE EMPLOY- MENT OF COLORED TROOPS IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Catno, April 20.—Below will be found General ‘Thomas’ plan for employing negroes on abandoned plantations, He eays he wiobes it had been done a month estlicr, then the success would have been complete, but even yet much may be done
First. The Government of the United States, in order to secure the safety of commerce and naviga- tion on the Mississippi, have determined to locate onornear ite beach a loyal population, who will
rotect, Instead of destroying, aa is now done, the freedom of commercial intercourse on this great in~ tnod res, That thie pollcy may the more speedily receive ita initiation, George B. ‘Field, Captain A. E,Shickle, and “Kev. D. S. Livermore are hereby ‘appointed commieatonors, whose duty It shall be to superintend the letting of plantations to persond of proper character and qualiticationa, and to sce that the mutual obligations between the negroes and their employers or superintendents, ehall be faith fully performed ; to attend in come meaeure to their moral and Intellectual wants, and generslly to carry out the policy of the Government regarding acgroea that are to be put to agricultural puraults.
‘Second, It being deemed the beat polly as far os possible to mak the employment, sod sutaistence of negroes A matter to be left to private enterprise, plantations will be placed {n posseesion of auch per S006 as commissioners shall deem of good character, god pecuntary responsibility, and in Meu of rent & tax will be collected upon the product of the land, payable to such agents aa the Treasury Depactment ball deaignate, eato being taken to secure, as far 8S possible, the just rightsof employce and employed, And in allcaees the negroea will ba furnished with enough clothing for comfort in advance of their earnings, in consequence of their extreme destitu- tion, and in nocaae will negroes be subject to corpo- ral punishment by fhe lash or other cruel and uau- aual modes.
Third. Upon the occupaneyof plantations ioapect- ora will vialt each plaatatiog ani take sn inventory of all the property upon the estate. Crops yet un
athered will be turned over to be gathered by the jeaaee. upon such terms as shall eccure to the Go
Verament its falr share, while all movable property,
stock, grain, &c., will be taken posscasion of by the
Government or gold to the lesnee, if he so desires, at
thetr appraised value, payable out of the proceeds of
the plantation in the [all. ‘The appratuera to be sp polnted by the commlarioners, unlees otherviee de- signated by the Government.
Fourth. After the lessee ahall have taken posse sion of the plantation, as many negroes of average quality aa he may deatre aball be turned over to him upon the order of the commlesioners, the leatee eu- tering jato bonds to employ them until the first of February, 1564, and to feed, clothe, and treat bu- manely, sil tho) negroes thus turned over, the cloth- ing to be deducted from thelr wages, and tobe fur nished atcost.
Fifth. Tf itehall be found impracticable Ja conse quence of the lateness of the season to find persong of sulticlent character-and reaponsibliity to give em Ployment to all the negroes coming within the linea of the army, the commicsioncre may appoint superio tendente under whose eupervision the soll may be cultivated for the exclusive use of the Government, or may have the plantations worked upon. such terma as in their judgment shall be best adapted to the weltare of the negroes, taking care that In all Plana adopted the negroes shall beself-sustalning and not become a charge upen the Government
Sixth. ‘The wages pald for Inbor shall be na fol- lowa: For able-bodied men, over fifteen years of age, seven dollars per month: forable-bodled women, oNer, nlteen years of age, five dollara per, wonth ;
n, hetw
ets cen the ages of twelve and dftees, Children under twelye yenra of age shail not be
used na eld hands, and famniiles tauet be kept tom gether when they so Wesire. ‘The tax on the products of the plantation in Heu of rent shall be nt the rate of two dollars per bale of 400 pounda of cotton, and five cents per bushel on corn and potatoes.
Seventh, Whilst military protection will note guarantied for the safety of persona engaged in cul tivating the soll, yet all troops will be required to Elve protection where it,can be done without tajary to tho service, and {t le éonfidently beloved that the military organizations of the negtocs Will alford all the protection necessary.
Eighth. Commanders of the army will render tbe commissioners such military aealstance as may be necessary, without Injury to the service, forthe exe- cutlon of ‘thelr duties." The commissioners wil report their proceedings to the Secretary, every two weeks, * rs
Given under my hand at Milliken’s Bend, La. ‘April 16, 1863, by authority of instructions eed Sceretaty of ‘War. L. THOMAS,
Adjutant Geseral.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
New Youk, April 19.—The Herald has the follow= Ing news:
A letter from Moorehead City announces that Gen, Foster has succeeded in passing the rebel blockade in the steamer Escort, with the loss of the pilot killed and several wounded. The Escort was riddled by about forty shots. Gen. Foster arrived at Newbern on the night of the 16th, and was joy fully received. j
Gen. Nagle ja in Newbern. z. Gen. Heckman Would go from Moorehead City to Newbern with the Massachusetta 234 and New Jereey 9th.
Monemzan City, N. O., April 16-2 P, M.—Tho Newbern train ia just in, and brings Intelligence that General Foster had succeeded in passing tho rebel blockade in the steamer Escort, with the losa of the pilot killed and several wounded, The Escort was riddled by at least forty shot.
General Foster arrived in Nowbern last night, and was joyfully received. His force in Washing ton, N. O,, ia still there, General Nagice is 10 Newbern.
General Heckman will proceed Immediately in special train to Newbern. The Massachusetts 234 and the Sth New Jersey go with him. Communics- Mons with New York from Newbera, via Hatteras Inlet, are still openy
FORNEYS WAR PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1863.)
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EUROPE.
SIRE DATS SEIZURES BY FEDBRAU ORUIZERS. IMPORTANT LETTER FROM KARL NUESELL Fouriax Oprick, April S. 1850 4 Grm- Tam now directed by Bacl Huesell to make yon. acquainted with tho conclusion ac which, having con {Ferwhiis. communication with he law offlacrs of thy Craw, your letter of he 25th of March, Teagesting to Bo {Miormed in regard fo the rlghtct Britlsh veasols to tender Fite Mlatnmocos, ber Majesty'c Government hive at Hy
0 tof the United 8 bas clearly no Habtigseive Dritith vessels band gfe bound from ti Tight to ter trom aby. otter Dritiah posession, to the
porteot Vera Grorand Matamoros, or eltler of them, or Pre cersa, unless eack vesnols-aitempt to (ouch al, ox Fave an_immediato or contingeat destination to, same: Blockadedl port of place, or are earriors of contraband of War deetined for tho Confederato States; aod In any go Jnitted eure of such ablawfal captore, ber Majerty's Bos Ferment would feel it thelr daty promptly to luterf-re, Wiha view to oblalp the Iemmetiato rostitatlou of thd Ship and-sargo, With full compensation, aud witout th Belay of proveedinis ia a prise court. { Hor Malssty's Goverument, bowever, cannot, without violating toe rules of foteruntiopal lave, claim for British Jestelecaaviknting betweea -Groat Britnin’ and Were Places soy Kenern exempuon trom tho belligereat rigat Srvisuation by the ernisers of tho United States got eam they peoeced upon way geonral assumption that Ruch ‘Sesrelt may not ro act ae to nendor thelr capture Laerial Gnd jusuable, “Nothing is more comaiou than for (hoes, rho costemplato a breach of bloeeade, or the earrlayte of Soutraband,todisiuite thelr parpose by a elmulnted dealle Batlon a53) by deceptive naperes and the situation af tho ports onthe coastof Moxieo,W ith ralerouce (a Use Confeda. Talo Slates, Iesnch ds to make IwoCouly posalble, bat ia Binoy cares Hobable, that aa ustensible Mexical deatls pationvoald bo resorted (o aga cover for objects which’ svould-really justify capture. [taka alreaily happetid Tovmagy cares, that firltieh vesnels havo licen nolan while eoraged In Voyages apparently lawful, which! Vessels bave aerwards beeo proved 1a the prize caurts to bave been really guilty of epceavoriug to break tbe + blockade, oF of catrylog contraband to the Confede-,
rates,
Ita the right of tho belligerent to captare all veeeole, reasonably euspected of wither of these trankcressloue of interoations| law,\nd wheasver any such ease of eon: Coro in alleged, the caso cannot bo Withdraws ftom tao! consideration Of the priza court of the captor. After tbe care basondergono Investigation, It's the duly of the privo court to restore Ay woe peices unlawfully made, Gilh costs and damsces. aad tho propor me for the Jotorftrenen of her Majesty's Goveram-nt ls, In qu: seral, thoa the prize courts hava refused redress (ore gapltite-avhich tho evideneo shuwe co have bee anjestl- iablo.
Her Majosy'r Government eanna?, upon ex-parte rtets-| ments, deay the bellicerents 1o dla Wat tho axerelaa af thoen rights which, Ia all wate in wieh Great britala Bes beso copcormedysho has Aaiged oreo io exerelsa,
Tam, Hr, your Biost obedient humble servant E HAMMOND. ET. Gouuar, Esq., No. 3 Leudeabnil atrest. LORD PALMERSTON ON NEUTRALITY WE PROMISES NON-INTERYEATION |POR TIMAELP xD “ioPhs 17 PROM THE DERELITES. aight Palmerston alluded to tho American, question: nF a
ine Fexan wali putehdng the lance, too < kh Y made t turn fercer and tei fo" tisslon sof anes are deeply-ca- ited “nthe couteet nh tbiy ary cayasedew boa {ovis opposed! foe, aud on toe potat ol-strikion bis ua iggeasiee auyiftiend who Juterposce tracd ouly. fare the
Seat for iit Iotorpasition, bat would, uot overt tbe Tow! lotwlled jby the. one neninnt the otter. sbini the people or the, United “Kisgdum have judued that {siPecvermment has deteraslard rightly 1a not witenipe ing Wetervueou, “A great aud tnt celoablo part of BE opulation nie bees sdcring deep daisere.” That Giifeus bas bool lees, perhues, sitions yon to. Seotlaad fbau in tbe distriow douthy bntaven boréla Gluskaw aud fe'uther placescat misery hes been experienced by the Ereetled ofthe tage of the stead safe of Oar induse foe Uat ar wo led auempted by Torelols means to brlce over thar supply which, uwing th the cvatest, hae Beeo Withield rom us 1am ‘couvinged that instead
ofadimloleling the reesure, We ehoeld bave Increased fi\cand wuould. very iach bavo lncrased tht evil Which we intended (alleviate, aa result
the ecantry Would hate blimed Bo for baving taken-a Wroug slew, and haying nd 2 polley” ilrsuited” 10" tho eireumstaners sulltuat tis ealamitoas war may soon have 3 Teannot bot tiok, rhen tbo passions which exit (ost war bave bad thelr veat—and all passione muh t hive {hele vent kad hieg the respite of hut war shall poets biore abd more heavily upou both. partice vusaaed fe it, that without laverveatlon, which they world resaal akan adroni, thelr cwa good suse aud thelr own proper feel Inge may Icad them to pexce(al totentions, aud that ar- ¢ to mado whlch will put ao ond to tbat
dresdiul bloodshed und tbat wide-siread desolation of Gbleb the American contizent bas wow for nearly two Sears been tho scene Gestlemen, [cag only mesure you Giatiho polley whted we, the preceut Uoveroment, pare ene ls fonuded pou our bellet thut we alo the faltofal ‘exhooeats of thu fenllage end eontimente of tho Bogiisn People, 1 believe, and. all Indicatlouy bave cout med Ueroavieuon, at iw tbat sudement we ro BOL mis- taken, “(Cheors.} Aad Jwill tay thiny apeaking ex 1 But to (oak arrembly not campored entirely of 1seg of Sno politieal party—f will sey is tho spirit of an bi Tehsoua~(ebeors)—ibat Lam convinced tbat If elregai- ftances should lead toa change in (bore who aduninitter the wiaire of the countey, aud that Ifthe wen who BOW aitopgosite to as, nad are pulllically our eutazonitts, though not pertonally our enemles—(ebeer]—should Lake tbe places which we Bow eccary, they would, botb from thelr pereonal feeling. bat, auove tha all, by tha electane pressure of Publigeplniaa In thle country, par- $002 coarse much thesaindas that whieb we ou
rie, {Cheers} lay it not (o thelr diaparageiaeat,
et ta thelr honor, for I hope, and trust, and believa hat the bonor and interest of the coantry would be nave In their baads I do not at the newe time, toll yom thatl look forward with apy great or partiealar {ia- Falenen to Wie moment whew hoy. wil’ Us pot toch
thes
hich, I (raat, would uot & 1g reat, would not pavere trial THE DECLINE IN THE REBEL COTTON LOAN. {From the London Times. )
In thoforvign markst there has again been great ac: uvitye and fo moet Iastanceg ua Lsproveneac Tse Elatedernta Ioan, “however, baw been ap exception, The price to the mozeloy wes m discount to pat: bet ta the afisraoon & Toriher fall occurred, whica. eas ioe creaud yoreat the cluso Ova Wlegram uenouacieg (Be Stoppagt of Mr. dB. Speuee, of Liverpool, ig tbe prvva tinue Acreport was immediately circulated that thie tes Sr" pence, the Copfederais nancial agent, aud the serip of the foan flually Weal to 2% to lis ofsenunt, The Cobiedcrate Boepelat Agent, however, ter Semmes Grrace, aed elthounb, he in ear eluted fo Me. 3B. Spence: thera buwaee been, fis eacds the slightest bat: Brus eybucetion betwere them.” suiben the expporsers Of ibe Ioan it was etated ate large pomber of tpecule® ther sclow were cxiected (0 day in order that tbo Cuawed Htsmer om starday may curry out sdeeme prices Rottiog appears to have tanepived politiclly to alter Reposition or broemets, aod ie Ie wchty tee Cotton, pss
‘Ore throaft oot the Kingdom Ghee tbo {ark of detar~ fafng tp value mace etiitrere: Uniorsnaately, cue ta, malt ofthis condition ls, that the epecolarloa in thw Lou ‘en markos nscumes the cinsnqesr of thas willoh is moet congenial at Liverrod!,
(From the Daily News}
‘The serip of the vew Confederate loan was ngnin very heavy to-day, and gradually. declined, eloriaw at 24; to 2ulecount, Some of the ealos wero raid t> bo atteibata- Ble to an impression that Mr. Joba B, Spence, merehaut Of Liverpool, who hax jost siovped payment. Is ideuth
_ fed with the'Snancist ugent, of tho Confederate Cavers. meal. This, however. te oot the case. str, Joba B. Spence, who has teen Gficen yearn In busioces and is
well known, isa brother of Mr. James Spence, tho Con- federate agent, but Is eutirely noconpected with blm in business,
(From the Star.)
‘The Confederate cotton loan, tho objeet of which Isto fetunguey bere, to ray for the sar ships now balling,
a \iclating of Ist, Iu our ports for the Southern Con:
federacy, aod which, when launched g fortaight alae, |
suddenly obtateed #0 mach faver 4 to riko 10 8 i
slum of five per cent , bas already exparieneed a rlenal reverts of forluve Aw the rott-n oature ot the recarity
‘etered by the Confederate Gaveroment cuine to be bet” ter Koown, aod thy ecandalously ilecal porposes to Which tbe moucy wan to beapplies in England wore ex
Fored, peepla weho at ret were hoowbtl se1) allored
tho arparcutly splendid profi offered, took the nian and the conscyuecen fs, that the Confrderay: lonn le uow dealt with on ont Stock Exensoge nt maiecanat of two
Fe ceokgned, maulterty all (hee: mptome uf m comin.
dity rapidly #inkiog out of poblic favor INSURRECTION AS A WEAPON OF WAR
(From Rorrell’s London Army und Navy Gatetto.) ‘There isn jourpal in thls metropolis which Is the re
poted orcan of theConfédorata Btates, Atall aveutey the
Faper bas decided Southern prreitvition. In tho Test
Kumber it Is asserted (bat evvillzed nations will think
death by powder and ball "Ix too resneetanle for men
Fullly of da attempt toioelte ao loterior race to. lusue
Feetloo,” Pho allusion arises from a report that Federal
oficers of a certain begrareximeat which Ineniil to have
Been taken iu Florida, bed bon tentenced to be shot
This passage ie one of ‘many proofs, that the Americar
caupdt comprebued the feelugs of this coaatry—it may be of any other—reggrding the war.” Tho aprining of fyortion ofaa rurtay's wabjerts, Infuelor or ayer
race, In desirable object tovetlcct—Ik iw quite @ levi mmsie operation of war. If Great Brivala were engacs
Ina warwith Franco, aotbing sould be more natural
than for nur enemy to excite Hindoo, Mussalmau, oF
“Arab(o revolt. No rale of warfaro woold permit us 0
ireat officers engaued in toat service otbucwiee than ae then conducting © legitimate poration. [ewe becessary evilofa war, In whlch eer ‘ile Jusurrection nay bo 1u-
Vobed by np ‘iuvader, {0 increacn tho ordinary borrors
And calstaities of bostilo secnpation. Wheu somo years
Bro Sovthern tatesmen, Insolent and avaressive, threut-
ened thls country with war, It War remarked over and over again, 1 British jourpils, that (bo despatch of fome of our West Indian regiments to Loalstana or the
Carolinas might be of on9 of tho wost G rinidableagencles
Ih Which ovon opr vast belligon at power conld resort
Onr Southern frends most carry thy wholn welzht of
slavery oa thelr abouiders, tp po oo or fa war.” Servile
{oturriction would be a dreadful evil. Itwould bea
repelicion of the Indiua revolt of 1897. Au iuferior race
Would rise acalust thelr wiatore, But it tn ao Eceldent
Anda contingent of any war, in which a Rlato of sluve-
holder euxages. Tho oflicers who develop It wre aa trea from any nevat vengeance or ro'aliatinn Gs thos who
Sight on the decks of tholr ships or in tho lines of (hele
regiugents
OUR MONITORS AT CHARLESTON.
OPINIONS OF CAPTAIN ERICSSON, To the Editor of The Press:
‘Sin : I feel called upon to state, for the informn- tion of the country, that the imperfections of the Monitore, shown by Admiral Dupont's trial of their strength at Charleston, are not of a serious character. ‘What has happened will be Teadlly obviated foF tho future, Everything connected with our new fight- ipg machines worked prociecly as Jotended—pot a single chan gs. of piaas being called for, The pilot- ‘house proving of insufficient thickness was not an unforeseen circumetance. The limited experience which we bave had in actual conflict indicated that eight inches thickness would be eufcient, but it) by no means assumed to bo a rettled point. Henco auch s construction waa adopted that, without. removing the structure or changlog ite interior arrangements, any oumber. of ‘nddt ‘onal plates might be attached to the exterior and ite thicknees inerenaed to any extent. So with regard to ‘the turret ; It s constructed of ap interior ekeleton cylinder comporéd of plates firmly riveted together, to which apy number of platea mny be bolted. [tia by no means xet establiabed (hat our turrete require increased thickness, excepting. possibly, at the base, ‘The public will do well not to be alarmed by the re~ marke of inexperienced observers who are startled to see the indentations produced by the cormy's pro jectiles. We apply armor 10 keep out hostile shot, not to prevent ecara and Indentatione. So far we have fully succeeded, It will be proper to observe that the euppored liwperfect steering qualities are btterly groundices. There Jeno class of vessels In
would have been
‘squlpoiae rudder employed is acted upon by the Powerful current {rom the propeller with such. tree 4s lo ebnoge the couree of the vessel with the Alightest motion of the helm. In strong curcents 4nd shallow water, ae fo Obnrleston harbor, no vessel can be readily mantavred,
Admiral Dupont’s preliminary attack on Oberler ton—tho first practical teat of tron-clads—muat be regarded as the moat important event in naval ble fory. To this ceuntry the gallant aasault on Sumpr tor by the new and untried verscls, exposed to the Aerrible Nanking and 'raking Gre of numeroucother forte, ie fraught with incaloulable benedt, What- -ever'may be the alterlor object of Government, the substantial advantace has already been secured of Anowsog exactly whot the iron-clada can endure, ‘and what rematan'to be Woae to render the new aye: tem perfect, It was high time that a practical teat was instituted, alnce we are building a more nume roue tron-clad ‘foot than. posreseed by all Europe. ‘The oation may thank the commanders of tho Moni: tora for the knowledge gained through their gallan- try. With leas daring on-thelr part, the Navy De partment would yet lack. come information nece: ry to direct the completion of the Swmpregoablo ticet How building. At the same time, the apirited at- tack on Sumipter and the havoo made during half an hour's contest, warns! the Confederate lenders that they must kecp their gumerous battertes fully manned, and that they murt ot fora moment elack- en their vigilanoe with Depont and hie Monitors in with half a day?s eal.
‘The history of war may be scarohed (a vain for ‘an instance of eush coatly preparations, kept up at such vaet oxpenditure, ae Charleaton now requires, to wanl off the blow from bolf a dozen small vessclo, | -Ranped, provisioned, and conled, at lees ocet than ‘a0 ordinary first-class ecrew ship.
‘Yours. very zeapectfulh
J. ERIOSSON. New Yorn, April 14, 1889. STATE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The following aro tho {tems of the general anrroprla: sien bill pacsed by the Penueylvauia. Lexisiaure, 40d
approved by'the Governor: Governor's FAlaryenro-0.: 64.00) 0 fecrotary of Commonwealth 1.700 UWeputy Secretary of Commonwealth 1.409 Araltr Generals. Bit yBurveyer Goneralyensvress~ = sen "Attorney Geuerabs. S00 0 Sbiile Treaaretycvecccc wcrc: 11.20 00 superlatendent Commun School Aye co Bite, TAMPA M cence secs see 0 Spporintendent Publio Priaton. 50 00
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PHILADELPHIA AND Ricamonp Prices Couranen.—The following table will exhibit the Averaco prices of every dav articles of consumption in Richmond and other rv bel cities ; aleo, the prices patd for the samo articles Jn our own clty
Richmond, Piladetphia.
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From the above, it will be seen that about ten times na much le paid for an article in the rebel citica ns it coats inthe North. Surely, we have no cause yet to complain when we conalder the state of affaira in the South. Employment and money are ‘more abundant in the North than they have beea for years, which ally makes up for the ndvageea in the
the navy that obey their belm eo readily as tho Monitore, The reason is eell-evideat. Tho large
rice of living. The past wintor has beea an exceed