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septhqnake in Docouster, 181), an account of which may ‘Rot Be uninteresting just a4 thie time, taken from tbe open la of the West,” pabtiched by Dr. Perkine:— ‘The contre of ite viclenss ae thought to be near fe Little Prairie, some twenty-6ve or thirty miles Below Now Madrid, the vibrations frommwhich were felt ‘over the Valley of the Obiosefar Lan peep * * Froman eye witness, who dhen about inties below Now Madrid, in @ fiatboat, on bis way Orieans with « lead of produce, aad whonw” the seme to me, J learned that the agh ‘which convulsed the earth and tbe waters ef the Missiaaippi filled every living creature with hor. . The Great ebook took place in the night of Decem- 16, 1811, while the boat was lying at the shore, in with several others, At ibis time there was ‘danger apprehended from the Southern Indians, as it wae past after the battle of Tippecance, and for safety several Beats kept in company for mutual defence in case of an ‘Miack, In the middie of the night there wasa terrible mboek and jarring of the boats, eo that the crows were al awakened and burried on deck, with their weapons EFERE @f the island gave way, swallowed up in the tumultuous ‘Depom of the river, carrying down with them tho cotton- ‘weod troes, cracking and crashing, tossing their arms to ‘end fro an if sensible of their danger while they disap- eared Dboneath the flood. The water of the river, which the day before was tolerably clear, boing ‘eather low, changed to @ reddish hue, and became thick thrown up from its bottom, while the. ion of tho jnking masses. Many Sikh theun, “Tt requived the Gtamoot ev qos" m. requi ut ee the boat of which my infor, ,7ertion, bY he men her in the middie of *.@ siver and as far from the shores, sandbars and islimg as possible. Many boate wero wrecked on the 8”, 26 and old trees thrown up from he botiora bf tho-“hissiasippi, where they bad quietiy 30804 for 9ge°, while others wore stranded and suxk on fe 0059"are and islands. At New Madrid seygral boas were carried by tho reflux of the current into ‘PHEall stream that puts into the river 0 We town, and left upon the ground by 1) fag water, a considerable distance from a * * * — The aulphuretted gasses were discharged during the shocks tainted air with their noxious efluvia, and 0 ‘wrong! ‘ted the water of the river to a distance w ‘one Hundred and fifty miles pe used for for any Ne ona ‘Afvota or twenty feet above the = next rise covered it Dottoms of several earthquake in 1811 several shocks have , the last of which was in September, 1857. THE ESCAPE OF THE NASHVILLE. Our Naval Correspondence. ‘Unrrep States Steamer Camunincs, Hamrtow Roape, March 26,1862. } Prach of the Harbor of Beaufort—Injustice Often Doneto ‘fhe Cambridge—To Whom the Blame of the Nashville's Becape is Properly Due—The Blockading Foree Inwyfi- tent, dc. , de. , &8 tho report of the escape of the rebel steamer Meabvillc from Beaufort on the eveningfof the 17th inst. ‘will be reqeived with universal regret by all loyal citizens, ‘enclose a rough sketch of the barbor of Beaufort and $e surroundings, that you may, should you think proper, wive the facts in the case to the public, that the respon- Wdility may be placed whore it rightly belongs. Wehave @cticed that whenever anything occurs in the imme- @iate vicinity of the Cambridge that ean by any Means be constrned ase derclictionof duty on our part, tho unfavorable aspect of the case is dwelt upon ith particalar perspicuity by the newspapers, often @eing us a gross injustice, while, when she does her full phare, or evon more than that, in maintaining the respect ‘@ve to federal authority, it isentirely ignored. For in- @tance, the steamer Hoboken, employed in iaying the Belegraphic cable from Fortress Monroe to Cape Charles, ‘wae overtaken by @ sudden storm, obliged to cut the fable, became disabled, and finally drifted ashore op @ape Henry, where she became a total loss—all of which te reported to have taken place near by, and in plain sight of , the Cambridge (which had as much as she could do to keop herself out of danger); while the truth is that he was seen apparently putting out to sea, and at so great a distance that no signals could be discovered on Doard of her, and we did net know that she was in dim- @ulty until the next day, when we learned at Fortress ‘Monroo that she was lost, And now, that the Nashville has again escaped from a Pleckaded port, owing entirely to the negligence and bad ent of the Navy Department, I presume the Cambr! will again be made the subject of newspaper ariticiam , aud possibly of blame, from those who alone mre culpable; and I trust the accompanying sketeh will ‘onvince any one at all conversant with such subjects of ‘the imporsibility of any two vessels blockading Beaufort harbor against the escape of a vessel so noted for her ‘Bpeed as the Nashville, especially when one of them was @ sailing vossel, and the air (as upon the evening in ques- Sion) perfectly calm. ‘The Nasbvile, from the time of our arrival (on tbo11th f March) till she left, lay at the depot wharf, in plain aight of us, and the day before leaving got up ‘Stesm, came down to the junction of the dif. ferent channels, near Fort Macon, without the icast at- ftempt at secresy, and therefore very one on board the Bleckading vessels know that she mtended to make her cape the following night, if possible, and every one was ‘ya the qué vive for the hoped for engagement. Captain Bercer,o the Cambridge, kept underweigh day and night, a would escape vigilance should he remain @tanchor. The State of Georgia npte eee iged to Deave for Hampton Roads for coal, en the day ‘wennxieusly expected another vessel to sup): course, that thoee in control of t! partment must know our situation, and feel the sanve in- Serest in keeping the Nashville rafe, while they had her im their immediate powor, as they did in scouring the Wroad Atlantic for her when there was scarcely a hope for her capture. But no assistance camo, and we there- fore made the bost of our position. From an intelligent eeatraband who oan i, refuge on board the pone enti to earned that picket boats were Union ascertain the exact poniti Teusoin, aNd we therefore felt. thnt the Nashvile pn igg g than ao ‘" Fg or ean should sho ven- tho passage duri ie darkoess of t! Everything favored ber. The tide was at iy iebent it. it ‘Bood, and the moon did not rise v balf-past ‘M., and we know that between the departure of daylight ‘and that hour she must go, if at We stationed our. @elves at the entrance of the shortest channel! (tho one Skrough which she entered), and trusted to the Gemsbok Wo give us timely warning should ‘she take the other hannel; and she did so. But tho Nashville passed Bowe = rate, probably, of twelve miles per ir Bridge, escaped without being seen by whe whose highest rate of ‘eee not nine miles. The manner of ber doing ‘Mf may casily be understood. The Nashville lay close to Fort Macon, ready fora start. A picket boat, withtwo Hghts—perbaps a bright white or yollow one and another is sent to Swash channel, If the biovkaain steamer is there, she is to show Am red light, mheaked Cambridge is here,” nel. Had the Cam. channel, she would ‘Ship chau the entrance of Bhi; been at show the yellow light, meaning "No vosso! here,” and and goes on faghville takes the an on the part of her own officers. ran at all conversant with such th _ the situation of affairs, will teal ootignaes ak tee irther particulars, the culpable noglect ar'the departs or, a8 it would almost seem, connivi ib the eacape of this piratioal orart; and should | attomp 0 denoribe the feeling of all on board the Cambridge Ee of the Tiamat pe fact enough te do to ca 7 168 Lo the subject, Nashville beon made a matter NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARUH 29, 186 WATERS~SON. tion, the merchants of New York or Boston would have found many who would willingly have undertaken to keep her there, even though they bad og as had the Navy Department, several armed steamers lying idle in ‘Hampton Roads. ‘They would have chartered coal schooners to come di- rect from Philadelphia to the anchorage of the blockading squadron to supply them with fuel, instead of having them withdrawn from their station to yo to Hampton Roads for that purpose, and thus tempt tne Nashville to establish a reputation she was never entitled to. Icannet conclude this statement without expressing my high esteem for our able commander (Commander 'm. A. Parker, United States Navy), who, by his ua- tiring vigilance'in performing the responsible duties d volving upon him, as well as by his courteous and geutie- Manly disposition, has won the esteem of all on board. Let all our officers be as vigilant in the performance of their several duties, and no more Nashvilles will escape, to prey upon our commerce and flaunt the fiag of traitors in the face of the world. Our Fortress Monroe Corrcspondence. Fortazss Monrog, March 25, 1862. Arrival of the Uniled States Gunboat Cambridge—The Bscape of the Nashville—The Burning of the United States Bark Glenn in the Harbor of Beaufort—The Britssh Ship Alliance—The Cambridge and the Action between the Iron Guntoatt—The Cambridge Out of Repairs, de. ‘The Unitod States gunboat Cambridge, Commander Parker, arrived here this morning frem Beaufort, North Cavolina. She left there at six o'clock P. M., om Sunday, the 23d instant. She left off Beaufort th Georgia, which had just arrived from he: Gemabck and the gunboat Chippewa, which arrived on ‘he 19th instant. The Cambridge brings the intelligence of the escape of the rebel steamer Nashville from Beau" fort. I, aconversation with Purser Canning, of the Cambridge, who gave mo the following particulars relating to the escape of the Nashville:—On the night of the 17th instant, the sky being very dark, the Cambridge and the Gemsbok were the only Union vessels biockading Boau- fort. They were in constant anticipation that the Nash- Ville would attempt to make her escape. Accordingly, the Cambridge teok up a position to command one of the three channels leading from Beaufort tothe soa. The Gemsbok guarded anothor, thus leaving one chanaei open. Fer several days prior, and on the night of ihe 17th instant, bright lookvuts were kept for the Nashville, the Cambridge under a {ull head of steam all tho time. At half-past seven o’ciock in the evening a rocket was sent up from the Gemsbok—a preconcerted sigcal that tho Nashville was coming. The crew of the Cambridge were immediately beat to quartera. Tho Gemabok soon after opened fire at the fugitive craft, firing severa) rounds. Tho officers on the Cambridge endeavored, but in vain, to sce the object against which the Gemsbok’ was directing her fi taerefore coueluded to fire in the same direction the Cemsbok did. The Cambridge in & few minutes after a her anchor, and steamed in the direction of the third and unguarded chaunel, hoping to cut the revel craft of. But, after some timo, the chase was given up, and the Cambridge returned to ber original position. The Cambridge being the fiagship, Capt. Cavendy, of the Gemsbok, came on board aud ro- ported to Capt. Parker. Ho said he distinguisbed the Outline of the Nashville from first observing moviog lights, as the vessel progressed in her pe. The Naeh- ville steamed very fart, and was rucn out of range of the Gemsbok; but Capt. Cavendy is positive that the slot from his vessel hit her several! times, no doubt doing some damage. It was deomed futile by Capt. Parker, of the Cambridge, to give chase to the Naahvitle,as hig vessel can stoam ouiy eight knote an hour, while the Nashvillo, it ig said. full head- way, stoam fourteen or fiftoen. It ia thought that the Nashville will goto Nassau, N.P., there to bo sold on the robols’ acount. On Saturday night, 224 inst., the rebels burned tho United States bark Glenu, in the Larbor of Beaufort. This veancl, it will be remembered, was a prize to the rebels, who captured it last summer. Tho ship Alliance, with British colors flying, was at Beaufort when the Cam- bridge sailed. Thave been requested, ae an act of jurtice, to maken brief statement of the part which the Cambridge took in the Ce Cy on Roads on the 8th just. ihe Cam- bridge towed t! gato St. Lawrence from Lyna Maven Bay when thoy heard the firing in the direction of New- t's News. The Cambridge steamed past Fortress oe, and proceeded with the Lawrence to New- i On theroute eho paseed the frigate Roan hich was aground between the Fortress and New- pol News, As tho Cambrinig and St. Law: o passed ° ay by gan at Sewaill’s ‘ yt . rr opened re, but meta prompt response from the Cambridge. One ot "her sikis was distinctly seen 40 of the rebel battery, and several rior of the work. TheCambridge rboard bow. Another shell te past Captain Parker's fuce, striking the mast of the ves- 1, ond of the apiinters from which wounded a miisbip- jan on board, The Cambridge and St. Lawrence then aged the Minnesota, which was aground on Horseshoe 5 ong | alter these two vensels were hotly on, loing some damage to the rebel g: i the St. Lawrence grounded, and the hawser by w! tho Cambridge towed the St. Lawrence parted during the action, and at one time it was thought that bot vessels would be run down by the Merrimac, By the perseverance of the officers of both ships the action under these trying circumstances, was maintain against the encmy, and at the same time both vessels escaped serious injury. Roth the Cambridge and the St. Lawreuce were aubjectod to @ storm of iron hail from the rebel flest, and it se Almoss riraculous that they escaped destruction o1 ‘The Cambridge is much out of repair, baving doen im active duty for apt months, She will proba. refit, bly bo sent to Now X Gnand SACRED ConcuRt At TnvING HALt.—A sacred con- Gort on @ grand soale will take place to-morrow (Sunday) evoning at Irving Hall, The soloists aro, with one excep- Hon, all Germans, and they will be aesisted by tho Arian Soolety and Noll’s orchestra of forty performers, Schu- mann’s Paradise and the Peri’’ will fl) up the seoond Mf mpeculation for the exereie of common sense and cau. part of the pyening’s entertainment. o of st o Lae 40S" SpOAL GROUND CAMBRIOGE CRU, Rn nnn arenes Sketch of the Harbor of Beaufort---The Positions of the Blockading Vessels on the 17th of March---The Route Taken by the Fm att + %& WA yi NA G.8. H., and a postemonnaie containing $18 36—viz: three five dollar United States Treasury notes, one quarter eagle, one half dollar, one quarter dollar, two half dimes and one cent. The shirt of the deceased was marked G. 8. H., 867; no other means of identification wore found. The body has boen taken charge of by tho Brigade Surgoon, Dr. Curtis, and will be properly interred.”” ‘This morning at ten o'clock two doatloads of fugitive slaves arrived at this post. There were nineteon jn all, men, women and children, the property of William 8. Jones, of Warwick. They left Mulberry Island at two o’elock in the night, aud bad, in several respects, a very NEWS FROM FORTRESS MONROE. Information from the Rebels by Contrabands and Deserters. The Expected Reappearance of the Merrimac, ae, ac, ae Barrow eseape. Tho boats wero emajl and leaky, and the least movement of the passengers Forraxss Mownom, Mareh 27,1869. | threatoned to upset the concerns. At daylight they were iecovered by the rebel pickets, who fired several volleys at them, fortunately without hurting any one. Two Minie rifle balis were found Jn the bottom of one of the boats; one penetrated the side of the boat above the water line aud was entirely flatiened; the other was found in a small feather pillow, on which one of the wo- men had placed her baby. The poor creatvres were al- most beside themselves with joy when they kad safely landed. They soon found many «1d friends among our colored population, and the recen’ dangers and suffer- ings are already forgotten. They state, as their reasons for running away, that the slaves kre now treated with unugual cruelty: the least offence, and often a more imaginary one, is punished with ste one hundred lashes; but the main reason js, that the slaves are gra- dually being sold South to their falling into our bands incase @ forward movement should take place. After the success of the Morrimac on Saturday, the 8th inst. General Magruder gave or to his command to move forward aud occupy Newport's News and Fortress Monroe. The informant says thataccordingly they moved on on Sunday morning, but for sorae reason or other re- turned the rame evening without baving taken the above named places. When the reason for this proceeding was: asked the following answer was g veo:—“‘Oh, we weut within sight of their pickets and shook our fists at them; but they didn’t secin to have courege to come and mect us, and, 1t being late ju the day, wa thought we might 2s well go back.” Thenegroes had « few rebel shinpis- ters, which our soldiers eagerly bought as curiosities. “Lor’, if we had knowed that you gave silver for them, ‘Work on the artesian well inside the fortress has been recommenced for the season. It has now reashed a depth of three hundred and eighty-five fect, the last hundred of which has been through fine, tough clay. ‘The steamer Atlantic arrived from New York this marning, en route for Port Royal. ‘Tho arrival of several paymasters this morning isthe occasion of much joy to the soldiers. A flag of truce was sent out to-day; but no news was received from the South. Our Fortress Monroe Correspondence. Foartasss Moros, March 26, 1862. the Merrimac—Prinse de Joinville—Foreign Vessels-of. War in Pert—A Good Field for an Army Commission— A Revel Reconnoissance—A Flag of Truee, dc. ‘The statement of the two ‘contraband’ refugees who escaped from Norfolk, to which Ijalluded in a previous communication, is credited bere by the naval and mili- tary authorities. Consequently we are cn the qui vive, looking for a second visit from the Merrimac at any mo- ment. The rebel craft caught us napping on ber frat visit, but will find us prepared if she has the tomerty to attempt a seoond visit. Firs est et ab hoste doceri. ‘The Prince de Joinville has put up bis tent iv our 7 midst, and bas been admitted into the “Old Point Fra | we would have brought lots on them; they ternity.” Ho can be daily seon perambulating among | 8°, Dieuty enough whar we come from.’ Tho leader of this party is a bright, intelligont thetroops in the fortress and the camps, carefully in- | man, of some wiry, years of an i "tame Specting the mivutim of American army affairs, not Geominug it too undignified, whon be seeks knowledge of things, to converse with tho humbiest looking soldier. Indeod he seems to take pleasure in comversing with our troops on war matters, apd enjoys a jeu d'esprit ne woll as the most democratic gentleman of this republic. A few days ago I saw him on the government wharf conversing with some of the French gail. ors from the Frevch war steamer Gaseendi, He did not announce himself to them; but a bystander gave one of the sailors a hiut that they wore talking to a Bourbon prince, whon they all touched hats and continued thcir conversation with much torest and Leggs The Prince makes bis poregrina- tioms unattonded, He wearsa dark gray English travel- ling suit , with slouch hat, and ususily carries 4 Geld spy- glass strapped across bis shoulders, ‘We have in port the Englieh war steamer Rinaldo, and the French war steamers Ga:sendi and Catin Tho is Kunis Washington. His wife, Nancy, is twenty-five years ol, and has eight children, aged e!-ven, ten, nine, four,two and one. She has had’ two more if they had lived, would bave been six a old, “Another woman, Henrietta Sinith, ist ‘oars old, and bas three children, aged ten, This afternoon at three o'clock we were startled by the wight Of two of the enemy's boat»—a large, pardle-wheel, vuarmed steamer, and @ small screw gunbout—that came down the James river ata pretty fast speed. Our gun- nere were quickly at thoir posts, ready to give them a warin reception when they came within range; but when about three miles of they thought better of it, amd a)i at once steamed back again. No loss than five steamers wore transporting troops yesterday from Mulberry Ielaud nt,and signal tires were burned at several placos along the river. The fire which we could see raging uy day is now explai: Asmail island situated some five above hx | int, only inbabited by wild hogs— ite name, Hog Ietand—and compictaly covered With marsh gi wag set on fire by thd rebels, who were watobing in boats all along its shores, shooting the f . ened Auimais as they came down to ihe water to a cape. It is reported that tho rebel soldiers are no ipplied with mont as liborally as before, and that © to resort to every avaliable means to replenish their wauing stock of provisivi yest sitively . er, that the Eng. ish officors are watebing our movements,’ amd at etated periods send full reports—ex parte, of courre—o Lord Ly- o t alao to their home government. The French are here to look out for the interest of the French government io largo quontities of tobacco not their account in Richmond, The V’rench ,officers mitted to “ ttines as ¢ Newrort's News, March 27, 1862. Arrival of Four White Pugitives—What they Say About , Under a ting of truce, using for this purpose. In my observation of matters bere my attention has | the Rebels—The Merrimac Soon Expected to Reappear been particularly cailed to somo of the knavery that has Narrow Escape from Being Carried Down by the Cum - been practised upon the gov fH. A few daysngol | — tertand, de., de. examined a iot of hay that bad t rived, The bales Fo indicia A party of three men anda woman escaped last night were bound with heavy sticks of wood, and the hay from tho rebel side of James river, arriving at our camp saturated with water, betweon both articles making the jo ig i of eg ence ae a little before midnight. They were kindly received and hay is paid for per pound, the kuavery ie ap. | cared for by Captein Kjerg, oflicer of the day. The men parent, This is but one mstance of (bho many | had been impressed in service on tho batteries, and took Similar acts that haye beou broaght to my notice, There je an excellent fleld here for the Inbore of en economic | (is their fret opportunity, to esenpe from the virtual javery in which thoy had been held. Their names are 8. M, Streeter, a native of the State of New York, A,T. Denton, a native of the State of Vermont, Charies E. Smith, a native of the State of Connecticut, and his wife, who was born in Virginia, They state that the most intense excitement existed at and around Smiihield, Suffolk and Norfolk for ral weoke after the capture of Roanoke Island, and that General Magruder bi nt fifteen thousand of his troops from the peninsula to protect the rajiroad connect Norfolk with Petersburg All these troops have sinc reerossed the river, ‘Pho Morrimac fe expected every day to make her re. appearance, It is reported that she haw now oo board s fifteen Inch rifled gun that throws threo hundred aad wixty pound coujcal Mhot with stesi pointe. She terribly im the engagemest with the Monit report that she returned to Norfolk in a sinking coudttion innobexaggorated, ft ta staled asa fact trat the second time she boréd her iron prow in the Cumberiand she could not extricate herself, and that, fortunately for her, the prow broke off, or she would have gone down with the Cumberiand, commission, made up from the right men, with power to act,to reform many abuses in thie department, 1 have noticed another thing which ought to be remediod. ‘The reve! seam gunboat Jamestown eame down from Norfolk this morning as near to us as Sewall’s Point, Alter those on board had reconnoltered this barber and Otherwise satished their curiosity, the eleamer returned a Baltimore, with a flag of troce, went up to day, conveying the captain of mer Calinnt, with despatches for the folk. When the steamer appro & blank shot was fired werefrom, as a sigot wae cowpiled with, and Selden met our flag board. A package of the South to their frien for General Wool, wore Baltimore. Our Newport's News Correspondcnee. First BasGavs, Finer Division, Derantwent oF Virginia, barch 24, 1862, The Pody of One of the Cumberland's Crew Wathed Ashorem Arrival of Nineteen Fugitive Slaves—Tha Information They Give Reconnoitering of Redel Steamers, dc. On Saturday Jaas the body of one of the Cumberiand’s Crew floatedashore. It is the Gret and only body that has so far been recovered, The Provost Mai snye:—' The body of a drowned ga'lor fon fignal station about noon thie day, The fac have been wlightly burned; vut otherwise tho Body had received no injuries. In the pantaloons pookets of the deconged Were found @ smal) key, an knife marked prisoners ta ® peck Murder in Hartford Prison, Hantrorn, Maroh 28, 1802 Warden of thp States Prison at ‘Wothersiield, was assaulted last nifbt by a refractory prisoner named Gerald Foote. Foote had secrotod a knife, and stabbed Webster in the beart and avdomon, Webster died at noon to-day. Be leayos o family, Danie! Wobster Nashville, &e. ORE SOUND LEADS:TO PAMLIEO SQUND ‘G/LONLY.FOR VERYLIGHT DRAFT LEFORD 2020 FEET; HIGH ABQVEHIGH WATES MAPA A\ NaN GEMSBOK AT ANCHOR : 2.-TRIPLE SHEET. THE ESCAPE OF THE NASHVILLE. BANKS NEWS FROM THE-LOWER POTOMAC. ‘Wasnmaron, March 28, 1862, ‘The steamer Yankee arrived from below last night, and reports that on Monday morning two boats’ crews from her landed at Shipping Point to remove the guns left Dy the rebels, but while so engaged a squadron of rebel cavalry, said to be the Dumfries cavalry, number- ing 1,500 men, made their appearance on the Dill, and our men pulled offafter seouring two guns, one a nine- inch Deigren, and the other along thirty-two-poundor, ‘both smooth bore, which were brought up to the yard and found to be double shotted. The Yankee fell out into the stream on the appearance of the enemy and turned her guns upon them; dut thoy retired and kept out of range. ‘The Yankee brought up, in addition to the two rebel gubs, one hundred and sixty nino-inch shells, loaded, and four hundred six-inch shells, unloaded, which were taken from the rebel batteries. At Evansport the rebele have left the sawmill un- touched, and there ig sutticient timber at the mill to make quarters for reveral thousand men. Two deverters came off from Aquia creck a few days since, who state that large numbers of rebel troops are congregated at the Rappahannock, where they will make a stand. Contrabands are coming daily to the flotilla, Thirty- seven arrived in one cay lately from the vicinity of Dum- ent over to the Maryland shore. White refugees also find their way to the flotilla from day to day. Among the last is Dr. Eastman, a New Yorker and aUnion man, who has resided near Dumfries for several y Reopened on Sunday Morning. Bauriworw, March 28, 1862. We are at longth able to make the following reliable aunouncement, which will be received with interest by the mercantile classes east and west:— ‘Tho engineers and track layers report that thoir forces ‘engaged in restoring the track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad have fnished their work, with the exception of three miles onty, about midway between Nartiasburg aud Harper's Ferry. All the numerous bridges, large and small, are completed, and ihe last rail necessary to connect Baltimore, Washington and the Eastern cities with Wheeling and Parkersburg apd the Western railroad syetem, will positively be Jajd on Sunday morning, the ‘30th inet. , Large quantitios of freight cars for government and Private accoant, from the East and West, are loaded, and have boen pushed forward to Harper's Ferry on one side snd Mertinsburg on the other, to go through on Sunday And Monday, as soon as the track is ready. The first regular through passenger traina will leaye Baltimore, Wheeling aud Parkersburg on Wednesday, April 2, at the latest, The restoration of this groat line of communication will certainly be permanent and effectual, as the country south of it is fully ocenpied and possessed by go- yernment troops in tho departments of Ge. nerals McClellan, Dix and Fremont, respective- ly. Renewed life and energy is inspired in businers communities of Baltimore by this happy result, tho influence of which bas been for sume days past very marked in al! quarters of the Wert, by the liboral reduc- tion in the rates om all through freight, equal to some three dollars per ton. In this aunouncoment of the Balti- more and Oni) Railroad Company, which has been fol- lowed by the competing lines in Menneylvania and New York, a result of the greatest importance to the large intereata is involved. Insurrection in Greece. CERTAIN PARTS BLOCKADED-—OFFICIAL ORDER RELA- TIVE THERETO, The following document explains itself:— Dar anrMent oF Stare, Wasnroron, Maroh 26, 1562. The governmont of Greeeo, in consequence of an insure rection which hee taken pleco in Nauplia, has inetituted a blockade of certain parts of the Argolic Gulf, ‘Tue fol- Jowing is @ translation of tho official notice — NAVY DEPARTMENT. NOTICE OF BLOCKADE OF PART OF Notice is given by these pres the 19th (26th) of this instant month of Fobruary all the sbores of the Gull o ‘golis between the anchorage of Astros (bot jnelasive) aud the Pay of Vouriia, inclosive, @ placed in condition of strict blockade by a sufficient roe of tho royal navy. Noties {s algo giveo that all measures authorized by the aw of axiona and the respective treaties between his Majesty the King of Greece and different frisndiy Powers wii! be adopted and carried into effect im respect to all 4 which shall attempt to violate the sald blockade D BOTZARIS, Secretary of the Navy, ‘Avuuna, Feb, 14 (26), 19.62, ULF OF ARGOLIB. The Massachuactts Legi Ston ture and Gen, Bosiox, March 28, 3862 Arosolution was introduced in the Mouse today in. stracting the Commitiee om Federal Reiations to consider to the President of the is ho immed:ato trial of Gen, Stene, now in military confinement. The reso lution oe opposed, on the groand that such interference wan uncalled for, though the speakers expressed (he hope that Gen. Stone would speedily have a trial, whieh com. mon justice demanded, Tho rerolution was rejected al- most unanimously 3 POPULAR TUMULT AT BURLINGTON, NJ Rev. Samuel Aaron Attempts to De- liver an Abolition Lecture. ROTTEN EGGS THROWN AT HIM, An Account of the Origin of the Difficulty. Statement of the Mayer of Burlington, &., ee. Buauoton, N. J., Mareb 28, 1662. Ariot o) magnitude wae expected bere last night, but ‘the timely precautions of Mayor Alien prevented serious @istarbance. The origin of the didlculty and ise rewulte wili be ascertained by the perusalof the fellowing fects, gleaned from official sources: On the 224 of Februery Colonel James W. Wal: invited by the Common Council of Burlington te ‘an address on the ‘Compromise of the Constitation."” Colonel Wall, it will be recollected, was arrested here as ® rebel sympathizer, inenreerated in Vort Lafayette, and subsequently released witheut parole. Ip bis address, he took the ground that the constitution ‘was a compromise. The hall was crewded, many repob- Means who opposed his views being present. There wae ‘no disturbance. To answor the address of Colone) Wall, the Rev. Samee) Aaron, a clergyman of Mount Helly, wae invited. The following is a copy of the notice published im the Bar- ington paper:— Rey. Samuel Aaron is to at the City Hall, half-; &e., cH Lage ms mage 4 ‘Sul wot alate right and ‘wrong, but a covenant between the whole nation and all ite parta to establish justice eud secure an@cherieh Nberty, to protect patriots and punich traitors. ‘The invitation was extended by the Mayor of Burling- ton and other prominent citizens of the place, and it was understood to be a reply to the arguments of Colone) ‘Wall. Last night, when the lecturer commenced his die- course, the hall was crowded, two-thirds ef the congregation Ddeing ladies, There were mo indi cations of disturbance. Mr. Aaron proceeded, and among his first declamatory remarks was aD sesanlt upon General McClellan, who, he said, had been frightened by wooden gune. A voice demanded,'*What have you to say.against McClellan?” The speaker said he was only commenting upon facts, “Yes,” replied bia interrogater, ‘‘if McClellan had a black stripe down his Dack be would sy you better.” Mr. Aaron proceeded again for some ten minutes. He spoke of Jobn Brown &, being a martyr to principle—as a meek, heavenly minded man, who went down South with peacefa, intentions, whose sole object was to free the bondman frem his shackles, and the bloody aasassins mordered him. He went on to say that Colonei Wall had recently delivered a lecture in this hall, in which he had charged tho abolitionists with denouncing the constitution asa “‘Icague with hell and a covenant with death.” He did not believe this, unless the declaration of Judge Taney was correct—that the negro was not a citizen. If thad decision was true, then he (the Rey. Mr. Aaron) did nel esitate to declare that the constitution was a “league with Alt and a covenant with death,” and the sooner & was abolished the better. Here there was a biast of eggs aimed at the speakor, but none of which. touched him. The confusion which followed was almost indescribable, Ladies bocame fran- tic with alarm, and some jumped from the hall windows, about eight feet from the ground. None were, however, seriously injured, a sprained ankle being about the moat serious damage. The lecturer stopped during the ocour- ronce, but subsequently resumed his remarks. He dwolt with severity upon the last administration, denouncing with particular vehemence President Bu- chanan, He spoke of William Tloyd Garrison asa very much abused man, and described him ag a great defender of liberty. Ho declared that tha men who abused ‘Wondoll Phillipa were unworthy to tie his shoe latehes, and said thet he (Mr. Aaron) had beon for years laboring to bring the public mind toaright way of thinking om this subject, and that the people of the North, he was proud to say, were now flocking to the platform he had stood upon for so many years. Here there was another volley of eggs and intense 6x- citement. The Mayor, who was on the platform with the speaker, left it for the purpose of suppreseing the dis- turbance. As he proceeded to the entrance of the hal} he found it blocked up by exesperated people. A city constable was discovered tn the condition of being throttled by one of the rioters, Constables Charles Williams and Thomas Richardson were in the melee. ‘The Mayor jnterfered with energy, separating the com- batants, and succeeded in arresting and securing of the offenders a shoemaker, natned John Firing, in the employ of William Bunting. In the mean time the rioters attempted to reach th® gas meter and turn of the gaz. In this effort they failed” ‘The audience was then dispersing, and had the rioters sucereded in their intentions, loss of life would undonby ediy have been the consequence. em It is proper to state that extreme violence was pre~ vented by tha attendance of x special polic2, detailed for the survico by Mayor Allen, the city constabulary noe being uader his orders or control. Firing has given rocognizance to anewer the charge of disturbing the peace. STATEMENT OF MAYOR ALLEN. On Thursday evening there was u call fora meeting at tho City Hall, isaued by the friends of Rev. Samuel Aaron of Mount Hoily, to hoar a lecture from that gen- tleman in explanation of the proper construction of the constitution, The attendance was large—ladies and gen- tlemen. Mr. Aarou opencd his discourse by laying down the proposition that the constitution was a plain, simple instrument, designod by its framers to be as plain as the Now Testament; that it did not require lawyers or doctors of divinity to expound it. There were only three parts of the constitution not easily com. prehonded by men of ordinary attainments, viz. :—First— The ex post facto law; second—Lettore of marque and re~ prisal; third—That Congress should not pase bills of attainder. There were only ono hundred and twenty sentences in the constitution. They were short and concise. Every part of it was expressed with clear. ness, although at the prerent day many might be ata loves to know what some of its provisions meant. The framers of the constitution had designedly omitted to use tho word “slave,” Mr, Aaron had probably spoken half an hour whon he said, ‘What! state is true—docs any one deny it?” Some person near the door replied, “Z deny it.’ Confusion followed, The speaker continued, and repeated bis inquiry, “Does any one deny i?” Here thore was anotber interruption, garnished with eggs. The Mayor, sitting on the platform, ob- served the person who made it. He proceeded at once toward the offender and said there should be free speech; and no ove should interrupt thespeaker. If anybody was opposed to him they should leave the hall. As the lee. turer was about closing some person from the back of the gallery threw an egg toward the speaker. It did not hit him, bat foll within @ few feet of the Mayor. The gallery was filled with men. The Mayor madq hie way thither, and demanded to know whe committed the disturbance—in his own words, “ Who throw that egg?’ Hearing scuffing below, he went down and found the eoustadles aud people Sighting, as before mentioned, ‘Aaron ie known as a violent abolitionist, of the Garrk- fon and Wendell Phillips school. He ts some seventy yours old,atda map of marked ability. He wae for- morly a temperance lecturer, and was cowhided in Nore ristown, Pennsylvania, come years ago for some vitupe, rative language. He new is the superintendent of @ highly respectable seminary ja Mount Holly, city, from the wounded soldiers who passed through here iast week, em route to tholt respective homes, from the victory at Newbern, expressing a desire toreturm their most grateful acknowledgm ts to Mr. Charles A, .Jt., of the Astor House, for the liberal St Soleken soup, sandwiches and coffee turaweed teen ‘on their arrival io this city, where the evidenee sincere kindness was most needed and betty estowed. They alse desire to acknowledge: Jation of the efforts of the Iadics of New York, Colone) Howe, Mi Almy, and General Baxter, Ms o cnetions Sicit wulterings and to render and f Vernnt them entirely comfortable during thelr eojourh in the Park Barracks.