The New York Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1862, Page 4

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A rumor was very prevalent in military and na- val circles in Washington yesterday that the na- Wonal flag is now flying in New Orleans, the impression being that our mortar fleet attecked the rebel fort at the Rigolets few days after the tast steamer left Ship Island for the North. This teport, however, needs confirmation, and, in the absence of more definite news, must be received sa-doubtful. A few rebel cavalry are still hanging round Aquis creek. A reconnoissance on Wednesday discovered the battery on the hill nearest the creek was still occupied by rebels. They fired a few shots at the Satellite, but they fell short. Captain Foster, concluding that the intention was to draw the Sateilite within range of some heavier guns, declined to go in nearer. The Secretary of the Navy has returned thanks to Lieutenant Morris and the surviving crew of the Cumberland for their bravery in action with the Morrimac in Hampton Roads. We give a correct list to-day of the killed, wounded and missing at the memorable battle of Poa Ridge, amounting in all to one thousand three bondred and twelve. Asan evidence of the de- moralized condition of the rebel army we have the fact that after the battle Colonel Rector, of the Arkansas militia, retreated with his regiment fourteen miles from the scene of action, and there ordered his men to stack arms and return to their homes, he being utterly disheartened and dis- gusted with the cause of rebellion, and his men evidently being equally so, judging from the fidelity with which they carried out his orders, for their guns, two hundred in number, were found by our troops carefully stacked and unguarded ina asrrow ravine, There is nothing new to report from Savannah, Lennessee. Our troops are scouring the country all roand, driving off small scouting parties of the enemy and occasionally capturing leading rebels, The affairs at Island No, 10 have not expe- rienced any considerable change within the past twenty-four hours, except that the fire from the rebel batteries was slackened, while our fire from gun- boats and mortars continued as brisk as ever. Reinforcements from St. Louis were arriving in large numbers to support our forces. The fumor continues prevalent that the rebels are evacuating the island and pushing through the swamps towards Merriweather’s landing, but of course nothing positive could be known upon that point. It appears certain, however, that only three courses are opento them—a sarrender, an escape through the swamps, or destruction by the batteries of General Pope at New Madrid, should they attempt to force a passage down the river. Jeff. Davis, according to reports from the South, is onhis way to “the West.’ The Memphis Ap- peal announces the fact through the medium of a despatch from Richmond, which urges the people to rally to his standard. We rather ‘uciine to the opinion that the course of Davis is not exactly west, #0 much 49 southwest by south; that is to say, inthe direction of the Rio Grande, or parts adjoining the Mexican frontior, the blockade of the Gulf probably rendering escape to Mexico by the water route somewhat risky for the rebel chief, By the Amorica at Halifax yesterday wo have news from Europe to the 9th inst., two days later’ The question of the efficiency or inefficiency of the Union blockade of the Southern porte was debated in the British House of Commons on the motion of Wir. Gregory for the production of the correspond. e vce of the Cabinet on that subject. The opinion o' the House was decidedly in favor of the effi. cy of the measure, The Solicitor General of " speaking for the government, strongly vsod any interference with the blockade, and 1 that it was as efficient ‘‘as other blockades rinet years.’ Indeed," Mr, Gregory seemed to owy one supporter, and that one was Sir Fergusson. it was shown that rebol sented by Mr. Mason, of th 2 tohavo ru nineteen, Mr. Gregory’a motion was negatived without division. The steamer Annie Shields had arrived at Queenstown with » cargo of naval stores from Wilmington, N.C. The privateer Sumter remained at Gibraltar and the Tuscarora at Algesiras. asec ass MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. The America, from Liverpool on the Sth and Queenstown the 9th of March, arrived at Halifax yesterday, on her passage to Boston. Her news is two days later than that received by the Anglo- Saxon. The steamship City of Baltimore, from New York, which was slightly overdue when the Anglo- Saxon sailed, waa off Holyhead, England, on the 8th inst. The Liverpool cotton market closed buoyant on the Sth inst. Breadatuffs were quiet and provisions dull. Consols closed in London at 9334 a 93% for money on the 8th inst. The Prussian ministry has resigned. The London Star of the 5th inst. says:—The emigration returns from Liverpool still continue to show a striking decrease in the number of per- sons leaving {that port for {settlement sbroad. The number of emigrants leaving the Mersey last month was 2,365, against in February, 1861, 3,588 persons. The emigrants to America this year amounted to 1,674, and no doubt many of these are returnable. In the Senate of the State Legislature yesterday, the Grinding Committee reported several bills com- plete, mostly local ones. The Assembly Excise bill was introduced. The bill to incorporate the New York Veterinary College was ordered to a third reading. The Assembly’s amendments to the bill permitting attorneys of other States to practice in the courts of this were concurred in, Additional testimony was reported from the Har- bor Master's Investigating Committee. In the As- sembly the Grinding Committee reported complete several bills, A committee of conference, consist ing of the Brooklyn delegation, was appointed on the House amendments to the Brooklyn charter, disagreed to by the Senate, and the committee, after sitting, reported that the Assembly amend- ments be adhered to, which report the House adopted. The Senate’s amendments to the Cen. tral Park bill were agreed to, and that document now only needs the Governor's signature to be a law. The New York Annual Tax Levy, as for- warded by the Comptroller, was reported. The bill to amend the General Assessment laws was considered in Committee of the Whole, and had progress reported. The British West India mail steamer Cleator, Capt. Lashbrook, arrived at this port, from King” ston, Jamaica. She experienced strong head winds on her passage. The news shows that the British authorities were concentrating large quantities of military and naval stores at their principal depots. The rebel schooner which arrived there some time ago with a cargo of cotton had changed her name and sailed under British colors. The former commander of the Cleator, Captain Lord, died in Kingston. The Hon. David Brandon, a member of the Legislature, had‘also died. The question of colored emigration from the United States and Canada was being actively agitated. We have copies of.the Royal Standard, of Turks Island, to the let of March. Several thousand bushels of Guinea corn had been harvested this year, and the majority ef the laborers were sub- sisting on it. The question of obtaining a supply of breadstuffs was being seriously considered. The salt islands, it must be known, depend entirely on importations of foreign provisions. The Standard of the lst, saya:—“With the exception of one small vessel, there has been no arrival this week for salt. We have had a continuation of favorable weather, and the pans have progressed according- ly. One or two cargoes have been gathered this week, and, under similar circumstances, the rakings will be pretty general next weck. Our last sales were at 7%{c."” The Nashville Banner, which continues its pub- lication, has already materially changed in ap- pearance, and is now about the best looking news- paper in Dixie. It is‘secesh, of course, but it has sense enough not to make itself obnoxious. Mr. J. C. Patterson, who was appointed United States Consul at Maranham, died at Para of yel- low fever on the 24th of January. He was sick only three daya. There is a secession newspaper masked battery in Frankfort, Ky., called the Yeoman. It has no commander, but its guns are pointed under the direction of Governor Berish Magoffin. The terms of enlistment of another large batch of rebel soldiers will expire in May; andas so many of them have openly said they were sick of the war, we have reason to believe that very few will voluntarily rejoin the army. The Irish regiment at Rochester and the regi- ment forming at Le Roy, in this State, have been consolidated, numbering together over one thou. sand men. There isa ‘band of brothers’’ in Kansas who call themselves the ‘Emancipation League,” which means that the members are underground railroad agents for runaway niggers. In their last report they say they have already provided for over one hundred slaves who have escaped from barbarism, and that they expect in future to be able to do a thriving business. Hon. C. H. Van Wyck returned to the St. Nicho- las Hotel on Thursday evening, and is now continu- ng his investigations in relation to the manage- ment of the Custom House in this city. Twenty-seven prisoners, the crew of the rebel privateer Beauregard, passed through this city yesterday afternoon on their way to Fort Warren, Boston harbor, in custody of Wm. Millward, United States Marshal of Philadelphia, and his deputy, James Jenkins, accompanied by Wm. H. Thompson, Deputy United States Marshal of New York. The committee appointed by the meeting of cap manufacturers held in this city on the 18th inst., consisting of L. J. Phillips, Chairman; H. M. Silver- maa, M. King and L. Golding, to proceed to Wash- ington and present to the Chairman of the Com- mittee of Ways and Means a m jal of their grievances in reference to the indiscriminate tax- ation on their goods, concluded thoir mission on Friday afternoon, and returned home yesterday (Saturday) morning. The committee will make their report to an adjourned meeting of their trade, to be held at the warehouse of L. J. & I. Phillips, in Broadway, to-morrow. It will be remembered that the Tax bill lays en imposition of eight per cent upon the goods of cap manu, factures, while other articles of clothing are only taxed three per cent. It is understood that the committee was entirely successful in the ob- ject of its visit to Washington, and will report to- morrow (Monday) that they received an emphatic assurance from the Chairman of Ways and Means in the House of Representatives, which was fully concurred in by his associates, that their goods should be taxed three per cent only, the same as other similar manufactures, thus doing away with the additional adverse discrimination of five per cent npon this class of goods. A regular meeting of the Commissioners of Emi- gration was held Thursday, G. C, Verplanck, Pre- sident, inthe chair. A communication was re- ceived from the Superintendent of Ward’s Island, stating that a reduction of $2,794 can be made in the amount of salaries paid to the employes on Ward's Island, and a saving of $800 in the cost of their board be also effected. It was referred to the Investigating Committee. From the weekly statement it appears that 586 emigrants arrived here during the week ending on the 19th inst., | 658 who have arrived hore making a total of during the present year. me i , J TT . Tennessee and Alabama, Beauregard command- s | Tax bil is righ NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1862, to the oredit of the Commissioners. Ata meeting of the Board of Education, held on Thursday evening, $10,000 was appropriated for the purchase of four lots of ground on the south side of Twelfth street, near avenue B, on which to erect a new school house for the Seven- teenth ward. On the recommendation of the Finance Committee, the sum of $15,000 was also appropriated for the purchase of the ground at No. 293 Pearl street, on which to erect a new school house. The Grand Jury of the General Sessions was dis- charged yesterday, after presenting a batch of in- dictments. Subsequently the prisoners were ar- raigned, and, pleading not guilty, their,trials were set down for the April term. The complaint” against Francis Doyle, charged with the homicide of John O'Connor, was dismissed by the Grand Jury. John Johnson, who was in the habit of stealing overcoats from halls, pleaded guilty to larceny, and was sent to the State Prison for two years. Stocka were better yesterday, especially after the ro- ceipt of the news from Europe. The most active stocks of the day were Toledo and Erie, both of which were @onsidorably higher at theclose. Governments wero in 00d demand. Money was fairly active at previous quo- tations. Exchange was dull. The bullion export of the day was $462,727. ‘The cotton market was excited yesterday, and prices closed at an advance of about le.al3<c. per lb. As maay holders withdrew their supplies from the market, sales were restricted to about 160 a 200 bales, closing in the afternoon on the basis of 28c. a 23}<¢. per Ib. for mid- dling uplands. It was believed that the reaction com- meneed in Liverpool, advices of which were brought by the America, would prove more pormanent and pro, gressive than any previous movement of the kind, or that it would likely be Onward and upward, 80 far as anything to the contrary could now be seen. Tho flour market was inactive, and sales limited chiedy tothe home trade, while pricos were sustained. Wheat wi quiet and sales limited, while quotations were about tho same, though in the absence of transactions of moment they were nominal for most descriptions. Corn was ia fair demand, though hardly so firm, at steady prices. The sales embraced Western mixed at 58c. # 59c. in store, and at 60c. delivered. Pork was heavy and dull, with sales of new mess at @13 3714 261350. Sugars woro quiet and steady, while the sales were confined to about 140 hhds., mostly within the range of 6%c. a 74<¢., with afew bhds. a fraction sbove and under these figuros, Coffee was quiet, and no sales of moment were reported. Freighta were steady, and the rates curront within aday or two past were fully sustained. Their Shadows jefore. From preparations now being made by the armies of the Union on one side and by the rebel hosts on the other, and from various signs and indications, the public mind may be pre- pared for a series of tremendous events within the next fortnight. A number of desperate battles, some of them of great magnitude, will be fought throughout the South, probably be- ginning with Virginia and followed up in other States with great rapidity. Johnston and Smith were by last accounts on the line of the Rap- pahannoek, with their late Army of the Poto- mac, ther centre being at Gordonsville, their right extending to Fredericksburg and York- town, and thelr left to the mountains. Whether they have since fallen further back, or even totally abandoned Virginia, we have no means of knowing. But whether they make « stand or retreat they will have @pfight at last. There is another rebel army in Southwestern ing the first corps, Bragg the second, and Al- bert Sydney Johnston, the defeated General, commanding the wreck of the army which evacuated Bowling Green, and has been re- cruited in its retreat. ‘In all perhaps these dif- ferent corps number from sixty thousand to seventy thousand men, and are in process of being reinforced deily from the farther South. They must soon come into collision with the armies led by Halleck and Buell, which have already penetrated Tennessee and Alabama. Albert Sydney Johnston was, by latest intelligence, at Decatur, Ala- bema, and Beauregard was at Corinth, in Mississipp!, where that State borders both Alabama and Tennessee. There is one defi- ciency which is everywhere apparent at the extreme South—the want of small arms. The army in Virginia appears to have monopolized all the good small arms; but even that army is deficient in the bayonet. The Southern jour- nals, though men are drafted and pressed into the rebel service, complain that they have five or six men ready to fight for every weapon on hand. In order to meet the emergency, the rude old weapon, the pike, is resorted to, and we are told that it is being manufactured in Memphis for the raw recruits. Nothing can demonstrate the deficiency of proper weapons more than resorting to the antiquated pike, Alone it is almost useless. It is only when ac- companied with troops having fowling pieces, or muskets, or rifles, or cannon, that pikemen cando anything. Of course, in the hands of brave men who understand its use it is a for- midable weapon, particularly in repelling cav- alry; but the moral effect of a pike with an ounce of lead behind it, such as the musket and bayonet, or rifle and sword attached, is to paralyze the naked pike unsupported by fire- arms. And as for artillery, pikes alone are of little avail agaifist it. But, even if effective regiments of pikemen could be organized, the weapons could not be mannfastuged for them intime. Pikes cannot be le by maghinery, and all the blacksmiths in tle South fould be a long time in supplying even a moderate army with the weapon. The rebels of the cotton States will therefore have to fight without bayonet or pike; for the armies of the Union are upon them. The army of Joo Johnston, in Virginia, will havo soon to fight, be captured or run away; andeven flight may not save it. The chances are that the whole of that army and its generals, together with the rebel President, rebel Cabinet and rebel Congress, will be bagged before the ides of April by the brilliant strategy of McClellan; and this would virtu- ally end the war. Great events arejat bond. Tue Tax Bit ano tHe New Enctaxp Maxv- racturers.—We have received and read a lot- ter addressed to Hon. Thaddeus. Stevens, Chairman of the House Committee of Ways and Means, from E. 3. Bigelow, Esq., on behalf of the New England manufacturers. The letter complains that the tax upon manufacturers is too large, and proposes a stamp duty upon bills of sale instead of a tax upon manufactures, This is one of a thousand complaints and new plans. Every interest cries*out “Oh, the Tax billis admirable, except in our case, and there it is decidedly wrong.” If Mr. Stevens and his committee listen to all these grumblers, we shall not have a@ tax bill until doomsday, As for New Efgland, it manufactures North- ern abolitionists, who manufacture Southern No tax could be too large upon these and any tax not pro- For the r and ovg rebels. articles of manufacture, hibitory would be too small. enondh now The Roman Italian Policy. The debate in the French Senate on the 34, which will be found in another column, will be read with interest. It gives, in the speechof M. Billault, the first authorized exposition of the Emperor's policy in Italy that the world has been favored with since the treaty of Villafran- ca. Like the oracles of old, however, it leaves us as regards the future in as great a mist of doubt as ever. The motivo of this partial unburdening of the imperial breast was the apprehonsion that the speech made by Prince Napoleon on the previous Saturday—and of which we also give several extracts—would be taken as conveying the Emperor’s views on the Roman question. diato withdrawal of the French army from of the Roman question was possible than the poral attributes of the Papacy. his eagles across the Alps. He did not go to Italy to dethrone sovereigns, or to destroy the power of the Holy See, but to enfranchise it from Austrian domination. What he wished for was the confederation of all.the Italian States under the honorary presidency of the Holy Father. As to the evacuation of Rome by the French troops, its immediate result would be an insurrection in that capital, in which the lives of the Pontiff and the members of the Sacred College would in all provability be sacrificed. fe French government neither wished to see reaction, which, by invading the revolted provinces, would hand them over bound hand and foot to the Holy Father, nor did it wish for evacuation, which would hand over Rome to revolution, would lead to the fall of the Papal power, and cause profound trouble throughout the whole of the Catholic world. “It wished to conciliate the two ex- tremes.” The meaning of all this is clear. The Em. peror cares nothing about the preservation of the Pope’s temporal power, or even about his personal safety, but he makes use of both pre- texts to subserve the real idea with which he took his armies to Italy—that of giving France the permanont control of its destinies. This was defeated by the united attitude and pru- dent conduct of the Italian people, who saw in the scheme of a confederation only a change in the form of their enslavement. There then remained to the Emperor, as the last pivot of his Italian policy, the French occupation of Rome, To this he clings with a tenacity which proves its political importance to him. Italy, united and consolidated, would constitute in the future a formidable obstacle to his plans. So long, however, as he occupies Rome, he holds, as it were, in his grasp the heart of the nation, and can thereby miould it more or less to his views. Hence this pretended desire to conciliate the two extremes. | Just as easily could he get the poles to meet. The scandal to Christendom which he professes to apprehend from the evacuation of Rome by his troops is @ transparent attempt to impose on the sympathies of the Catholic populations: Let him transfer Rome to a Piedmontese force under Victor Emanuel, and the world will reat satisfied that not only will he then have no in- surrection in that city, but that the persons of the Holy Father and his cardinals will be as safe as ever they were under French protection. Tas Inox-PLaTep Navy or Exctanp—A Lzs- 8oN FoR THE UniTep States—We publish to- day some very interesting extracts from the London journals giving an account of the iron- plated ships of England, and of the experiments now being made to test the effect of very heavy shot upon iron plates of different kinds. From these extracts it will be seen that already six iron-plated frigates are built, or in process of completion—the Warrior, Royal Oak, Black Prince, Resistance, Defence and Minotaur—be- sides the new shield ship proposed by Captain Coles, the idea of which is evidently borrowed from Ericsson, unless it can be proved that Ericsson has appropriated the invention from Coles, for both are manifestly the same. The evidence as to originality seems to be strong on the side of Ericsson, as the American gun- boat is already built and has fought a battle, whereas the English craft is not yet in existence, but only proposed- This” invention has attracted great atten- tion in England, and public opinion seems to have settled down in its favor. The new ship is tobe 2,500 tons burthen, her draught of water 20 feet, and her speed twelve and a half knots. She is to cost nearly a million of dollars. She is to be without masts, and when afloat will show to view above her deck merely her smokestack or funnel and her shields or cupo- las, which Ericsson calls turrets. She is to have six of these, with two one hundred-pound Arm- strong guns in each, and they are to revolve just as in the Monitor. But they differ in height, being only five fect, and presenting an angle of forty-five degrees, whereas in the Monitor the tusret is nine feet high, and it is perfectly cir- cular, rendering it extremely difficult to strike of the shield re- sembles the rgof of the Mefrimac more than the She will be a terrible engine of war. Other ships are only able to bring one of their broadsides to bear upon 4 single vessel at one time. The new ship will be able to bring the twelve guns in her six cupolas to bear at one time upon any point de- sired, with no limit to their training. It is thus evident that ina contest with any ship whose speed was slower than her own, she would be enabled to keep her position as long as she chose, with her whole twelve guns bearing upon the enemy, which she could destroy at her leisure with impunity. <A curious part of itat right angles. The {i turret of the Mébitor. the invention of Captain Coles is, that he can without an instrument prove the distance he is from a vessel by the degrees of training marked on the cupola when directing it atan object and referring to the table of angles. This is very important, as it enables the gun- guns the proper elevation. Another curiosity is that it is the shield which is sighted, like a rifle, ner very rapidly to give his and not the guns. The invention has been fully tested both in firing from the cupola and firing at it, and the results af® described as highly satisfactory, thus confirming the immense value of the Monitor. It will be observed by one of the extracts from the Loudon Times that the Warrior does not her helm, which in a ship-of-war is a t. In other respects, too, she is pro- answer fatal It has been four In that speech the Prince advocated the imme- Rome, in the conviction that no other solution separation of the spiritual from the tem- To this M. Billault, on the part of the Emperor, replies that, although Italian unity is now a fact which he would be sorry to see disturbed, such was not the idea with which he first sent equally as good as rolled, and, jf well dono, even better. These are matters which deserve the atten- tion of the Secretary of the Navy, and of the naval constructors and engineers, and of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs. We ought not to let any nation get abead of us in this new invention, which is henceforth to rule the buy till something isinvented for its destruc- tion, Wuat tae Crrmens Tonk ov THE TRIBUNE'S Mranyess.—Tho following letter is published in the Zribune, and therefore must be relia- ble:— To mam Bn:ror or Tae New Yorx Tamiunz:—= Sm—I see that in your paper of to-day you prudently take no notice of an exposure Yof your moanni ie by the Hmrarp yosterday, As that papor 3! in publishing General Cullom’s report of the occupation of Columbus, you omitted from itall the words as given below in italics: — “Columbus, the Gibraltar of tho West, ia ours, and Kontucky 1s free, thanks to the brilliant of the campaign, by which the enemy's centre was ‘at forts turned, compelling hia the exouation of Me dronghold of , compelling thus icn of his Bowling Green firs!, and now Columbus bo I do mot wonder that you are ashamed to say anything about an exposure so damning to yourself. Yours, disre- spectfull ‘A FRIEND OF TRUTH, Naw Yorn, March 21, 1862. The correspondent thinks the Tribune is at last “ashamed” of its conduct. Alas,no! The man who repudiated his connection with the “On to Richmond” articles when he foundshe had brought disgrace on the country could not be made to feel shame by any exposure never so damning. The fact is too apparent in the case cited to be denied even by the Tribune, except by a quibble. Tur AriaNric TetecrarH—Revivat oF THE EnTERPRISE.—Elsewhere will be found several articles frgm the London journals advocating the acceptance ie e offers mate by our g6- vernment, through Mr. Cyrus W. Field, to co- operate with that of Great Britain in guaran- teeing the interest upon the capital necessary to lay and put into permanent working order another Atlantic cable. It is understood that Lord Palmerston and his colleagues are all well disposed towards the enterprise, and that itrequires but a clear demonstration of public opinion in favor of it to induce them to accede to the overtures of our government. The enor- mous expense occasioned to England by the time consumed in the transmission of despatches, backward and forward, during the excitement of the Trent affair, has prepared people's minds at the other side for a ready acquies- cence in any further steps that may be deemed advisable to place the two coun- tries in electric communication with each other. This disposition has been increased by the results of the inquiries instituted by the government commission, of which the members of the Atlantic Telegraph Company formed part. All the doubts that existed as to size of conductor, insulation, testing and other work- ing details, have been thoroughly settled by them. The assertions put forth by Colonel Shaffner, who represents the interests of the competing line (the North Atlantic), are prac- tically refuted by the fact that the Toulon, Al- giers, Malta and Alexandria, and other impor- tant cables, are in successful operation, and are found to improve instead of deteriorating in deep water. The offer made by Messrs. Glass, Elliott & Co., of London, to incur a large personal responsibility in the construction of another cable, provided the two governments will give the required guarantee, will remove any lingering doubts that may exist as to the permanent realization of the work. On the benefits, political and commercial, which would result from its accomplishment we need not enlarge. They are fully set forth by our London contemporaries in the articles to which we refer. The fact that the existence of the line would have saved their government $10,000,000 in a needless war expenditure dur- ing the Trent excitement is, with a practical people like the English, the most convincing argument that can be urged in favor of the prompt resumption of the undertaking. Mr. Gladstone, with whom the decision of the mat- ter, we believe, now mainly rests, cannot but feel, with the promoters of the enterprise, that it will be an important link in the com- mercial relations of the two countries. There is, therefore, every reason to believe that the wishes of the British public, so strongly ex- pressed through their journals, will be promptly complied with. Once the necessary guarantees are entered into by both governments, the cable can be manufactured this summer, and be laid down and in working order by the middle of next year. Tue Derence or THE Hansor.—The defence of the harbor against the possible appearance of the Merrimac or other vessels of her class has aroused the serious attention of our citi- zens, and we are glad to eee that the initiatory step taken by the Chamber of Commerce has been followed up by the Corporation, which, we are led to expect, will vote half @ million of dollars for the purpose in the course of a few days. The steam sloop-of-war Adirondack is to be iron-clad, as also the Vanderbilt and Ocean Queen, and various suggestions have been made for the construction of small plated gunboats and the conversion of strong wooden steamers into rams by the addition of iron prows. A vessel like the Monitor, with heavier guns, say fifteen inch, would doubtless answer every purpose, and in the event of the Merrimac really finding her way here we could, in addition, convert ata very short notice our ferry boats into floating batteries, and these would be difficult to sink, and might bo made to do considerable execu- tion. Butit is reasonably urged that, in all probability, before such a vessel as the Monitor could be constructed the danger would no longer exist. However, money invested in batteries of that description will not be thrown away. It is a good sign that the government, Corporation and merchants are equally active in providing against the enemy in armor, and we have little doubt that their combined efforts will amply suffice to secure the safety of the city. Taw Tawone’s Fioutine Gexerats—The Tri- dune, in reply to our proof of its meanness, as manifested in ite suppression of a portion of Gen. Cullom’s report, says:— Even if it were possible that we are govorned by per- sonal considerations in publishing or withhoiding val documents, or parts thereof, Wo should havo desirod to publish the above; for it 8 of the strategy of Gen. Halleck, which, like that of every other fighting general, we bave never omitted any proper occasion to praise. Although we have a very high opinion of the skill of General Hallock, yet, as he is still comfortably located in his intermural quarters at St. Louis, and his victories have been con- ducted from that point by his subordinates in the field, and as he has not yet taken the field in person, we cannot understand what complaint K could for such a length of time ral McClellan for con have had against € cvrsimiberesiiesebiindiaatia east ic tho headquarters of the army in Washington. The latter Genral is in the field, and the formed is not. The Tribunc’s fighting Generals stay at home; for General Greeléy has not yet taken the field in person. ~ A Pousp ror Lost Cumoren.—We think the following letter from James McDonnell, which we publish at his request, is entitled to some attention from our City Fathers, if they have any feelings of paternal golicitude for their lost children:— 18 THE FIVE POINTS HOUSE OF INDUSTRY A PRISON ¥OR CHILDREN? ‘TO THE KDITOR OF THE URRALD. Some time since I was called out of town, and left my little boy in the care of kind friends. On my return to the city I ascertained that he had loft his boarding place, For many days I suffered all the agonies of a bereaved parent. I was ledto make inquiries at the Five Points House of Industry, Mr. Barlow, Superintendent.. He told me the boy had probably been sent West by somo a0- ciety, and that he waa not at his House of Industry. This pane I learned that he was there, andI calied and demanded my child, The assistant in charge toid me E must pay six weeks board for him, and to como again in the evening, when Mr. Barlow would be in. In the mean- timo I went te the Tombs, hoping to obtain redress, but ‘was told it would bo nocessary for me to procure the ser- vices of a lawyer to be able to accomplish anything. ‘This evening I called again at the so- Home, de- manded my child, and was harshly treated by the Superintendent. I ‘ama poor man and eannot afford to fee a lawyer, neither can I pay the charge made for board for which I never askod or agroed to pay. It scems to me that the Five Points Houso of Industry is nothi more than a large pound whero stolen children are for a redemption fee. My child, as they contend, is now im pawn, waiting to be taken out. It is an out proceeding, and one of which the publio should be fut!) advised. 1 have not been able yet toobtain my chik Thope you willgive Lage Be this letter, and perhape many missing children will be found by those who had given them nea lost. JAMES McDONNELL, 27 Washington atroot. Naw Yorx, March 21, 1362. This is a very serious complaint against the Five Points House of Industry. If there be no mistake in Mr. McDonnell’s statement of the facts in his oase, the institution in question is not only a pound for lost children, Dut a speculative ¢oneétn in which the Tombs lawyers, such as they are, appear to have some sort of a professional interest. Has Mr. Bar- low anything to say upon the subject? Toe Tax Bit aNp THE WasutvaTon Lossr.— The general Tax bill which is pending before Congress has created a high carnival for the Washington lobby, the Washington hotels, barroome, hackmen, &c. The representatives of the special interests of artificors and archi- tects, banks and breweries, brokers, bakers an@ boneboilers, corporations, cheesemongers and dairymen, distillers, doctors and dentists, editors and engravers, farriers, furriors and farmers, gilders, glaziers and gunsmiths, hackmen, hatters, horse dealers, habordashers and huck- sters, ivory and iron mongers, jobbers, join- ers and junkmen, knapsack and knickknack makers, lawyers, landlords and leather dealers, merchants, masons, mechanics, manufacturers and milliners, newspaper and nigger dealers, organ makers and oystermen, painters, plumb- ers and perfumers, railroad men and rumsellers, soap, segar, saddle and shoe makers, trustess, tinsmiths, tanners and tailors, undertakers and upholsterers, vegetable venders and victual- lers, watchmakers, wheelwrights and whiskey dealers, xylographers, yacht builders, yeo- men and zinc manufacturers, are but a few of the enormous alphabetical catalogue of voca- tions to be taxed in the Tax bill, and now re- presented in the Washington lobby. We pre- sume that after hearing them all the law- makers of Congress will tax them all to their satisfaction, and that the lobby will make hay while the sun shines. Woll, when we havea dance, we must pay the piper, and we are ready for our share. Hurry up the bill, Mr. Stevons; and, as our existing troubles aro largely charged upon the rascally newspapers, put it on to them good andstrong. The shoulders of the Hsratp are broad and staunch, and we are ever ready to prove our faith by our works. Tae Swrrasontmay IxstrroTion aND ABOLITION Lecrorers.—The Smithsonian Institution, at Washington, was founded by a wealthy Eng- lishman named Smithson, who designed that the institution should promote solence and disseminate knowledge. Are the lec- tures delivered there by such abolitionists as Greeley, Cheever and Phillips in accordance with the plans and intentions of the benevoleng Smithson? These fellows expound only the science of rebellion, and disseminate only the knowledge of their own treason. The President went to hear Greeley, in the lack of other amusement at the capital—Russell not appear- ing thenjin Bombastes Furioso—but was s0 disgusted that he has never repeated his visit to the lecture room. The Smithsonian, and every other hall in the country, ought to be closed against the abolition authors and advocates of this treasonable rebellion. Lermyc Loose tie Starz Patsoners—The government commissioners are -now releasing from custody the State prisoners ¢onfined at the Capitol jail, and intend to investigate and decide upon the cases of those in other govorn- ment prisons and forts. This is’very well. But ought not the release of each prisoner to be accompanied by a statement of why he was ar- rested? Was it upon suspicion or upon evi- dence? Was it for thoughts, or words, or deeds? Some of the prisoners are yet ignorant of the cause of their imprisonment, and certainly the government should be candid enough to tell them their crimes, or the crimes of which they were accused. Inportant Moyement.—Barnum has securoa Bull Run Russell, and will exhibit him through- out the country in conjunction with Commodore Nutt, the What Is It? and other curiosities. Rus- sell will appear in his great character of Bom- bastes Furioso, at the battle of Buil run, with songs. As an appendix to Barnum’s lecture upon “How to Make Money,” Russell will re- late his stock gambling experience, and de- scribe his arrangements for writing stocks down in the Zimes, and then buying them up through a friend who “acts” for him whenever “some very good news” is privately telegraph- ed. Barnum’s enterprise is unrivalled, and this exhibition cannot but prove success. Go early. Tur Tateune AND GENERAL CULLOM’s KeE- port—The Tribune refers its readers to its issue of March 6 to prove our statement with rogard to its suppression of a portion of General Cullom’s report to General Halleck to be false. We refer our readers to the same paper, and they can at once see that in the pretended copy of the official report of Gen. Cullom to Gen. Halleck that portion roferring to the strategy of the campaign is, as if witha purpose, en tirely omitted. Tho report is published the same day inthe St. Louis journals, and by a comparison a prima facia evidence of the fact is undoubtedly established. Woollen Factory Burned, Berusenem, Pa., March 22, 1962 Doator’s woollen factory waa ontirely destroyed by 10, of which two-thirds i iw {for acomgs fire today. Loss sured. The fa ohgagad on a contra nol Known ny