The New York Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1862, Page 4

4 NEWS FROM THE SOUTH. TOE WAR AGAINST WHISKEY. SCARCITY OF LEAD. PREPARING TO RUN FROM RICHMOND. ffect of the Federal Suc- eesses Upon Spain, A Southern View of the Army of the Potomac. State of Affairs in Memphis, and Dulness of Cotton in New Orleans. Rebel Acceunt of Confederate and Union Losses. THE REBEL WAR LOAN. INTERESTING MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, &e., &o., &e., War Against Whiskey. The Norfolk Day Book of March 21 complaims bitterly that drunkenness is (rightfully on the increase in Virginia. It firmly denounces the officers and soldiers, but censures the civilians less harshly. Here is a portion of the Day Book's remarks :— Warskey—Wurskky—Wmsxey.—In the cars, at the shanties, at the groceries, in village taverns and city hotels—whiskey. Officers’ with gold lace wound in astonishing involutions upon their arms, private soldiers in simple homespun, and civilians in broadcloth, all seem to drink whiskey with persistent energy and per. Severance. They drink it, too, in quantities which would astonish tho nerves of a cast-iron lamppost, and of a quantity which would destroy the digestive organs of the ostrich. Truth is often unpleasant to tell, but the public safety domands that the vice in question should be ro buked and reformed; for it is a fact which the press should neither palliate nor conceal that whiske®which is no more akin to rye than rye is to coffee—whiskoy which is of the unadulterated tangle—first chain light- Ding distillation 1s guzzied down in a manner alike re- volting to public decency aud the general good. More About Whiskey. Since the passing of the law suppressing tho distilling of whiskey, says the Charleston Mercury, tho whiskey sellers are much disgusted. Tho closing of their shops puts not loss than 500 able men upon the parish—ex- cellent stuff ‘to fill up’? the army. If we include all the and attachees the list will be swollen to 1,509. Lead Wanted. (From the Petersburg Tapress:) ‘This ts avery scarce article in tho confederacy, and one which is much needed by the government to make oartri }. Wehopeevery householder will constitute himself a committee of one to ascertain and report how moh lead there is about his premises which can be coveniently spared to the government for the protoc- tion of nis home. There are thousands and tens of thou- ‘sands of pounds of lead in this confederacy, which might very well be turned over to the government, where it ‘would perform efficient service. to Run from Richmond. d Enquirer, in a leading article, advises citizens “to remove,” if possible, before the advance of the enemy, everything which will conduco to the effi- ciency of hie military operations, and to destroy what caanot be removed. ae Effect of the Federal Success upon Spain. ‘The New Orleans Crescent says that the news of the federal victories by the last steamer has a most depres- ‘sing influence on the Spaniards in Havana, who seem to regard the cause of the South as lost. The Crescent says that the Southerners have no such fears, and feel satis- God that the pext nows will be of federal defeats and glorious victories. The Potomac Arm —— by @ South- ern Paper. The Richmond Enquirer has an editorial upon the ad- vance and return of tho federal army to 3, in which it describes the movement of our troeps as the dis- orderly retreat of arabbie. It accuses our regiments of not having preserved their formation, and says that our men straggied along in a mingle: crowd, weary, ard and travel stained; many, unable to carry their knap- sacks, had thrown them aside; and tho whole force, says that papor, resembled the remains of an army which had sustained a great «lisaster in the field. On @ leisurely march the men fallout in thousands and pile up their knapsacks and arms upon the wagons? When these {1i1 they abaudon them by the roadside. The regiment! oMoers are inferior to the men, and utterly it of their duties; nor are the higher offeers much better. ‘The same paper calls attenti 2 to the contrast in title between the rebel and Union offic. «rs—brigades of the lat: ter, for example, at Bull run being commanded by colone's, while in the South, a‘‘few months campaigning,” @itho .' 94 exploit perhaps, without a sight of the enemy, puts every horseback officer on the stretch for large pro- motion. Brigadier and major general, terms that ought to sound almost awful in the camp, are made cheap by the eagernoss, in some cases, doubtless, the indelicacy, with which they are sought. The State ot Affairs in Memphis. {From the Memphis Appeal, March 22.} There was alittle better attendance on ’change yes- terday, but the amount of business done was not large The New Orleans despatches stated that the flour mai continues quiet, holders still asking above the views Duyors. Corn was in demand. ats steady. Wheat quiet. Sugar dull, and prices altogethor nominal, Only small sales of molasses, and at reduced prices The aggregate receipts by railroads and steamboats yesterday were:—1 cask and 6 tiercea of bacon, 900 sacks corn, 2 head cattle, 15 sacks and 26 barrels flour, 92 bales gunnies, 10 barrels lard, 191 bundles leather, 14 sacks and 14 barrels potatoes, 200 boxes soap, 179 sacks wheat. New Orleans Markets. ‘The Now Urleans Crescent, of Thursday, reports little or no inquiry for cotton, and no sales, Ju sugar the mar- kot is extremely dull, avd prices are too irregular and unsettled for quotations, The sales wore confined to ‘about 300 hhids.; some of yesterday's sales were at Lice. a 1%c. for good common, 214c. a Ac, for good fair, 25 for fully fair, and 2X0. a3c. por Ib. for pri cl In molasses the market is very dull, and pric clining. ‘The sales are confined to about 200 bb! ale. por pal Sales of 15 white corn, at $135 and 150 do. at $150 per bushel. Sales of 150 sacks oats at $1 50. Rebel Account of Confederate and Union Losses. [From tho Nashville Christian Advocate, Feb. 13. % The history of the past week sums up against us, do- cidedly. Let us be honest, and look the facts in the face. It ix not worth while to deceive ourselves or try to deceive othere. Hard fighting and endurance, not lying and Dragging, are to decide the issue We can afford to acknowledge reverses when they befall vs, and owa up like mon. Astatement of casualties in the war, up to tho Ist of January, shows federal successes as follows:-— Philippi, Boonville, Rich Mountain orge, Hatteras Frederickstown, Port Royal and Dranesvillo. In the: the Confederates lost 136 kilied, 278 wounded and 1,249 prisoners ; the feder: 86 killed and 207 wounded. ‘The list of Confer ¢ victories comprises fifty-three; ‘deginning at Sun Antonio on the 15th of February, and enuing at 28th of December. In * lost in killed 999, federal loss was, killed 4,825 Ai?. A recapi- tulation shows that our loss was 1,135 killed, 3,346 wounded, and 1.487 prisoners; while the federal loss was 4,911 killed, 7,521 wounded, and $,177 prison This foots up a Confederate loss of 5,967, and a federal loss of 20,009, That the fede is not exaggerated, is proved by an item wi nington correspondent wonds the New York 7ime—that, by returns at the War tment. (he ready reached twenty two thousand, The loss in picke! skirmishes, &e., would bring it up to this num? must expect some feat nevor. feterals may mishes, by boat and slip, and be» the South than before, All our r ‘out—all. Lat us give ourselves to prayer to Almighty God, and to military preparation and execution erses, therefore; but final de- 4 humired steir- nearer subjagating Act to Prov for the Paymen Bas the Mebel War Loan,’ °f (From the Memphis Appeal, March 13.) ‘The following act was parsed by the General Assembly of Tennessee, on the 12th inst..— Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That the State hereby assumes and agress to pay the war tax to be assessed upon the property, &e of the poopie of Tennessee, in obedience to the provisions of the act of the Congress of the Con. fodorate States of America, approved August 19, 1361, and entitied, ‘An act w authorize tho issue of Treasury war tax for their redemption? carry ing out the provisions of this t, the Governor of this State is hereby directed and i the bonds of the Stato nt to pay said tax, sini+ cient a Jor in all respects to the bonds of the State heretofore issued—except that one fifth Ubonds shall bo paya. bie one year after thei fifth two years after their date, one-fifth thr after thair date, one-titth four yours after their date one-fifth five years after theit date; and should the of dollars, bonds of a like moet such excess, to 1 that not more than of eaid bonds shall fay! t any one dated on the first day of April, 1862, and to boar in « rate of oight per centum per annum, r Wouadly oF Gag poimt a8 may be deoigu ved in said eed two millions ription shall t at such tim 1 th war tax ex NEW YORK HEKALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1862—TRIPLE SHEKT. bonds; and said bonds shall be in denominations of not less than one hundred dollars, and not more than one thousand dollars, to cach of which shall be attached cou- pons for the interast due thereon, See. 2, Bo it further enacted, That the faith and credit of the State of Tennessee is hereby pledged for payment of said bonds and the interest ou the same; and for the next five years an annual tax of ten couts on the huniired dollars “of property subjeet to taxation by ex isting laws, and one-fourth of one per ceptum upon collar of merchandise, er invoice price, whether bought in OF out Of the State, and tea cents on the poll shall be assessed and collacted as a special tax for the parpose of paying said bonds and interest at maturity: Provided, ‘hat no person who 1s the head of a family shall be re- quired to pay a tax under this act whose taxable proper. ty does not amount to the sum of tive hundred dollars. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all money on hand, oF on deposit, in or out of the State, and ail stocks in cor- poratious which are not by law forbilcen, and all county And State bonds, shall be subject to taxation under this act Sec. 4. Bo it further enacted, That the banks of this State are hereby specially authorized to invest their mouns in said bouds, and said banks purchasing any of said bonds shall have the privilege of classing bonds so purchased, in the classification of their assets, as specie funds: Provided, that the State shall have the right to pay said bonds so purchased by said Laaks, in their own notes; aud, provided further, that all the bonds issued under the provisions of this act shall be tree from State, county, corporation and other taxes, in the hands of in dividuals or corporations, . 5. Bo it further enacted, That the Governor is au- ‘ized and requested to issue and negotiate said bonds 4s soon as practicable for the Treasury notes of the Con- federate States of America, and with such Treasury notes to pay to tho government of the Confederate States, on or before tho first day of April, 1362, the amount of said war tax assessed upon the property of the people of Ten- heave, loss ton per centum thereon, as provided in the 24th section of said act of Congress, approved August 19, 1861, a8 aforesaid. 6. Be at further enacted, That revenue collectors | be- entitled to receive for their services in collecting this special tax only one half of the commissions and fees allowed them for collecting the gensral revonue of the ‘State and counties. Passed March 13, 1862. The Rebel Steamer Merrimac. ‘The Nortolk corvespendeat of the Nushyiiie Union and American gives the following intoresting particulars of the steamer Merrimac previous to her engagements off Hampton Roads on the 8th and 9th:— Yesterday, at dress parade, orders were read out for all who wished to volunteer for six months’ service aboard the Merrimac, to report themselves at headquar- ters. From this the inference is that she will soon be ready for sea, The Yankees, fully apprised of every- thiug going on with us, are on’ the look out for her, and are prepared to have a lively time with her should she attempt to force tho blockude—as she certainly will. Inasmuch us the Lincolnites are already fully posted in regard to her, there cun be nothing faulty in giving you aslight idea ‘of the nondescript craft, Once she was the pride of the federal pavy, and’ considered the nest of her class atloat. Being at the Gosport Navy Yard when the frightenod Hessiaus fled from that institution they attempted to destroy ber, but fuiled im the undertaking. Acting on tho hiut of tho New Orleans ‘‘turtle,'’ the government determined to make a Norfolk turtle of the Merrimac, and work- men have been busily engaged on her for nearly six months, and a striking metsmorphosis they oflected in her general appearance, From a first class Irigate she is razed down till the surface she presents above water is no greater than that of an ordinary caval boat, and on that surface no bulls nor shells can take effect. Three foot below her water lines the iron plating, four inches thick, on solid oak twenty-eight inches in thickness, commences and runs upward from cach side, sloping like the roof of a house, and being, in fact, an iron roof on a tloating house, No spars, no masts, no upper works of ‘apy kind are in sight. Even the chimncys are on spiral springs, ‘‘squashabie”’ without injury, aad the only place she can be struck is on her iron roof. The only way of getting into her is through a small hatchway, tu which is an iron door fastened immovably on tho , 80 that the enemy had as weil attempt to board a loggerhead turtle as her. Hor armament consists of throv heavy guns on each side, and one at bow and stern. The iron cleaver in front is supposed capable of dividing a Yankee ship in two equal portions with great nicety and des- patch. To all appearances she isa most formidable in- Stitution, and whether she prove a success or not, the Yunkees aro greatly exercised on her account, and the very name of Morrimac is a terror to them. Contrabands. The Nashville Repwtlican Banner of the 25th ult., says, that four negroes, two of them riding very tine horses be: longing to thoir masters, made their appearance in the camp of Col. J. W. Price, of Lexington, commanding the Twenty-first regiment of Kentucky Volunteers. The dar- kies ‘‘woke up the wrong passenger,’’ however; they dropped in upon Kentuckians, and were sent by order of Col, Price to the Provost Marsha!, who ordered them sent to their masters. Crops. The Knoxviile of tho 13th ult. says, there is little prospect of the cultivation of crops of any kind this year in Powoll’s Valloy, one of the most fertile valleys of East Tennessee. The Union people are fleeing to Ken- tucky, while thoso who adhere to the Confederate govern- ment are so harassed by Union cavalry from Katucky they cannot attend to the labors of the farm. Infirmary Companics. (From the Nashville Patriot, March 26.) The Richmond Dispaich states that the Confedorate government is about to inaugurate a new branch in tho military service—viz.; infirmary companies, in imitation of the Bavarian army,to remain in the rear of the line of battle, to bear off men whon wounded. Arrivals at the Nashviliec Hotels. ©. B. Hough, New York; E. Fontainebleau, France. The river continues to recode fast, and ma few days will be only navigable for small class steamers. ‘tho levee is comparatively bare of boats at present, all the po having left in consequence of the river falling Salary of Confederate Congressmen. The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle says:—Our Confederate legislators seem determinod to take good care of number one. The bill fixing tho pay of Senators and representa- tives in Congress provides that each shall receive $3,000 per annum and travelling expenses at the rate of twenty ceuta per mile. It is a little iatter thing to be congress- man and talk “buncomb"’ than to be a soldier at $11 per month and fight the Yankces. Floyd and Pillow Denounced by the Southern Pr Acorrespondont of au Atlanta, ((a.,) paper, speaking of Floyd and Pillow, says:—There is not a Southern pa. per but denounces Floyd and Pillow for running away and leaving their army at Fort Donelson to its fate. Their being at large is held as a burning reproach to them, and cannot possibly mitigate our scorn and indignation. ‘Alas, poor people! With Floyd and Pillow in your ranks, your case is indeed asad one, unless the Conlede- rate government can interfere for your protection. Unionists Captured. A late Richmond paper contaius the follows Coariestox, 8. C., Match 17, 1862. Luctenant Colonel Bennett, @ Fifty-first Peunsyl- vania regiment; Lieutenant Riley, of the Forty-seventh New York regiment, ana 8. H. Wills, Union government agent and cotton broker, were captured by our pickets on Edisto Island, on Sunday, and brought here to-day as riding in a buggy when Scarcity of Armz in the South. Governor Harris, of Tenuessee, in his recont message delivered at Memphis! to such @ portion of his itim it Legislature as he could gct together, says:—Since the passage of the act of May, 1861, 1 have organized and put into the fled for the Confederate service fifty-nine regiments of infantry, one regiment of cavalry, eleven cavalry battalions, and over twenty independent com- panies, mostly artillery. The Contederate government has armed about fifteen thousand of these troops, but to arm the remainder of this large force I have had to draw heavily upon the sporting guns of our citizens. Be- lieving that at least one-fourth of the present militia strength of the 1 can be armed by collecting all the sporting guns inthe country, I have ordered that pro- portion to ba placed in camp immediately. Appropria- tlons to equip, pay, subsist and clothe this force white engaged in the public defence will be necessary. Loyal and Disloyal Citize The Richmond Enquirer says:—We | hat nine of the men employed at the city gas works utterly rofused to take tho oath of allegiance, saying that they had sworn to support the stitution of the United States, aud would not perjure themselves. Richmond will no doubt be made too hot to hold these pathizers. ‘They had not been ejected up to lust evening. Miscellancous News. A letter from Richmond, March 25, says that the House of Representatives have adopted a resolution to ‘apply @ portion of the money of the contingent fund to the aid and relief of the captured troops now in the bands of the enemy ox prisoners, Captain Geo. W. Alexander, the companion of Colonel Thomas (the nh lady?) in his exploits on the Poto- mac, has been appointed Assistant Provost Marshal in Richmond. ‘On Monday night, i Portsmouth, Va., a house owned by W. P. Guy, and occupied by Charles Burgess, was damaged by fire. On the same night the beautiful resi- dence of Capt. John H. Myers, in Newtown, near Ports- month, was consumed. Both fires are attributed w in- cendiarie Forty-one prisoners captured by Captain John H. Morgan, in Tennessee, have been carried to Salisbury, N. A daily Union prayer meeting has beem commenced in Richmond, to supplicate the Divine blessing upon tho 'y and her soldiery in the field. jood their eseape from the jail of ,on Munday night. etary Benjamin has telegraphed Governor Pettus that he will receive cavalry companies for the war with- out arme W. Brewor, editor and publisher of the Milton (Fia.) | Tribune, suspends that journal to go to the war—tho road his partner travelled many months since. Saltpetre has been discovered in abundance in Burnett county, Texas. Gunpowder is now being made there, Col, James J. Ramsay, of Georgia, and who commanded tho First Georgia regiment, hus been promoted tobe a Brigadier General. An old brass church bel! of tolerable size, bearing the words “York county, in Virginia, 17 has been re- ceived at the Virginia armory, from York county, as a present to the State from Dr. John Mayo |} Acorrespondent of the Atlanta Confederacy suggests $ | that the churches inGeorgia contribute their bells to the | State to be cast into cannon Jeff, Davin has vetood the bill creating a commanding | genorat if | A nest of traitors bas beea discovered im Dayijson county, North Carolina, and Ofty of them sent to Raleigh as prisoners. Captain Thomas J. Ivy, a native of Norfolk, died in Now Orleas on the 8th inst. ‘The saw and grist millof Mr, Thomas Moore, in Clayton county, Ga., waa consumed by fire ou the nislt of the 10th inst A collision occurred between two passenger (rains on the Virginia and Tennessee road Thursday night, at a point about four miles west of Wytheville. Dr. Burrows, the Superintendent of the Penitentiary at Wetumka, Alabama, was brutally murdered a fow days ago by one of the convicts in that institution. The Victoria Advocate announces the death of Colonel ref P, Miller, an oid 1 1 of the Mexico-Texan revolu- ion. Dr, W. 8, Pelt, chief of the Medical Department of the Army of the Missis<ippi, anda native of Knoxville, Ten nessee, died at Memphis on the 15th inat., from severe wounds received near New Madrid. Dr. R. V. Lemoine, of New Orleans,a distinguished lecturer and writer on the war, is in Petersburg. Honry W. Hilliard, of Alabama, is organizing a legion for the war under authority of the Secretary of War. Atrial trip of the new gunboats Morgan and Gaines, built at Mobile, was made on the Sth imst, Tho result Was most satisfactory. Clarke county, Mississippi, w hundred, has oven full companies in the field, and the twelfth im process of organization, From the Nashville Republican Banner, March 24.) gun factory at Holly Springs, Mississippi, is now g out forty good muskets per day. It will soon be ‘h @ population of eleven ‘0 turn out one hundred per day for the Confederate government. Muskots are the best woapon for three- fourths of the army. It snoote strong, far and accurate, and seldom gets out of order. Tho haif brother of General Zollicoffer, confined among the confederate prisoners at Terre Haute, died on Monday morning. Seven deaths occurred among the prisoners during their confinemont at Terre Haute. MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. Meeting of the Board of Sapervisors. Arogular meeting of the Board of Supervisors was hold yesterday, Elijah F. Purdy, President, in the chair, The minutes of the last meoting were read and ap” proved. 5 The following communication was received from his Honor the Mayor:— Mayor's Orrick, New York, March 31, 1862. To THe HONORABLE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: — GgstLemEN—I return herewith, without my approval, the accompanying resolution, authorizing and directing the Comptroller to lease from Peter Mitchell the second and third floors of premises Ne, 400 Grand street for the uso of the Fifth District Court. My objections chereto are as follows:— ‘The court in question is a city court, the expenses of which are borne by the city. The law directly charges the Corporation with the duty of furnishing the rooms for its use, and, although it indirectly anthorizes the Su- pervisors to do s0 also, there seems to be in this case a peculiar propriety in 1ollowing the direct provision of the statute, tuasmuch as it is from the city, and not the county’, treasury that the payments must be made. ‘The Corporation has heretofore provided the rooms for these District Courts. It long ago provided the rooms now occupied by the Fifth Judicial Districe Court, and the Comptroller, on behalf of the Corporation, had, before the passage of your resolution, already hired the present premis.s for another year from the 1st of May next. On the question as to the suitableness of the present rooms, { have, from personal inspection, become satisfied that they should answer for the present. ‘They have suf- ficed for the use of that court for several years past, when its business was probably larger than at present, owing to the diminution consequent upon the general de- pression of business, and they seem to be in good order and repair. While it would undoubtedly be moro convenient to have larger and more commodious rooms for this court, there seems to be no urgent necessity for the change; and this is certainly not the time to encourage unneces- sary increase of expenditure which, in this case, would be double the rent at present paid, and which it ‘is pro- posed to pay for rooms not yct in existence, and the su- Pporior suitableness of which to the it rooms cannot, theref.re, be known ag definitively as would be desira- dle. RGE OPDYKE, Mayor. Supervisor Davis said he supposed the Board would not attempt to override the veto, and as no further ac- tion would bo taken on the paper, he moved that it be laid over without advertising, and thereby avoid con- siderable expense. Supervisor Bicxt supported this viow,ashe did not think thore was any necessity to advertise, unless they intended to give the paper further consideration. Supervisor Twxxp quoted the law on the subject, show- ing that a veto must lay over and be advertised tor ten day This course was ordored to be taken with the paper. ‘ ‘Tho Board then adopted < resolution that no supplies will be furnished to any county offices or officors, except upon requisitions approved of by the Board. A communicetion was received from the Comptroller, in answer to a resolution passed by the Board on the 25th of March,requiring him to inform the Board in what body the title to the ground and building in Fl- dridge streot is vested. He stated that it was purchased in the year 1812, and the present building was erected at that time and used as a watcn house. The title is vested in the Corporation of the city of New York. ‘Tho resolution to hire the rcoms in the premises Nos. 47 and 49 Chambers street, for the use of the Supreme Court, at an annual rent of $5,000, was lost. The resolution offered by Elijah F. Purdy, that the Board of Supervisors call for a repeal of the present Ex- cise law, was.then taken up. Supervisor Davis offered, as an amondment, that as the present Excise laws have failed to accomplish the objects for which thoy were intended, the Logislature be pe- titioned to make such alterations in said laws as may be deemed necessary. Supervisor Pcrpy said the subject was one demanding the attention of the Board of Supervisors,as under the jer Excise laws the revenue derived from that source fallen off $50,000 a year. Supervisor Exy offered, as an additional amendment, that the Legisiature be petitioned to cxompt the efty of New York from the action of the present State Excise law, and that the power of granting licenses be vested in the local authorities, under such regulations as the honor- able Legislature may deem expedient. The whole matter was referred toa special committee, ed until Tuesday next, the 8th ot which Supervisor Ely 1s chairmal Condemnation of Prize Vossele. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. {Before Hen. Judge Betts.) Aprat. 1.—The United State: vs. the schooner Lovita Agnes and cargo.—Decree condemning both vessel and cargo for violation of the blockade. Leave granted to the claimants to obtain monition against naval captors to try the question of their alleged misconduct to crew of the above scheoner. Counsel for the government, Mr. Stewart L. Woodford; for claimants, Mr. Chas. kdwards. ‘The United States vs. the schooner Ned.—This was a case of seizure by the Collector, under act of July 13, 1861, as partly owned by inhabitants of seeeding States. Decree entered condemning the shares soowned. Mr. Woodford for the United States, Mr. Ridgway for claim ants. The United States vs the cargo of the schooner Josh 11. Toone.—A resident of Havana asked leave to file an addi- tional claim for part of the cargo. The libellants object- ed to the allegations of misconduct on the part of the naval a teed contained in the proposed claim. On the ground that the same were not pertineut at the present Biage of the cause, the Judge allowed the claimant to in- tervene but struck out the parts objected to. Mr. Wood- for the government; Mr. Edwards for the claimants. The Court also rendered decrees of condemnation in ford the following prize causes:— The United States vs. the schooners Sarah and Caroline, Henry Middleton, Gipeey. Capt. Spedden, Garron, and Ve. nus; the sloop Lxpresa and the steamer Henry" Lewis.— Same counsel for the government in the above cases. Wholesale Assaults at Sen bya Captain a: ofa British Vessel. MARINE COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Before Hon. Judge Hearne. Avett. 1.—William Broome vs. Captain Robt. Atlein and Pirst Mate Collier, of the British bark Dennis Hail.—This was asuit before the Judge without a jury to recov damago s for an alleged assault and battery on voyage from Melbourne, Australia. The plaintiff’ stated that during the voyage the captain put him in irons in New Zealand, and kept him thus confined for three weeks. On the 4th of February, 1862. the mate and th culled Broomo down to the cabin, where'the captain him with Mate same time on the head with haudcufts im dive or six blows, and cuthim severely inMour places: the captain was’ beating the plaintiff all the time with the gave slung shot, and then struck him on the nose with a pistel and severely injured it; plaintif’ was again put in irons and his back so much injured that he could not stand for three weeks; he was kept in irons from the 4th of February to 21ts of Mare! inti’ was arrested in, New York on arriving here, and taken to the Marshals office and thence to the British Consul’s office, and back again to the Marshal’s office, where he was discharge. Several witnesses deposed to the above facts, Al them was ‘a Mahomedan who was sworn according to faith. Mr.J.H. Hart, counsel for piaintif. @ hisown The Hackley Contract. SUPREME COURT—SYEUIAL TERM. Before Hon. Judge Barnard Avrit 1.—Davis vs. Hackiey, Hope and the Comptroller of the City. —The several parties al] appeared this morning by their counsel, to show cause against the order for an injunction and the appointment of a receiver under this contract, and requested am irnment. Mr. Edwin James agreed to appoint Saturday next, at tweive o'clock, to proceed peremptorily with the motion, tie injunction, Coroners’ Ing $3Tas Hariew Raizoap Accwwest.—The inquest in the case of Catharine Nelson, who was run over and killed on the Harlem Railroad, near 126th street, on the 28th ult., resulted in the jury censuring the company for Funhing the cars at such @ high rate of spood through Harlem, Deceased was fifty-two years ot age, and was a native of Ireland A Sarton Drowsxen,—Job: ves, a sailor on the ship Fiizaveth Yeo, lying at the foot of Pike etreot, fell over. board on Monday bight, and was drowned before any as | sistance could be r ed him, Coroner Wildy held an | inquest upon the body, Deceased way thirty years of | age, aud was a pative of Wales BROWNLOW IN CINCINNATI, Speeches Before the Union Committee and at the Merchants’ Exchange. Incidents of Heroism in Kast ‘Tennessee, &., &., William @. Brownlow, of Tennessee, arrived in Cincin- pati on the 28th of March, and was escorted to the Gibson House, where he was received by the Union Committee. In response to the welcome which was tendered him he spoke as follows;— He first gave @ short history of his political carcer. In 1825, living then in Tennessee, he supported Adams against Jackson. He next supported Clay and Hugh Iawson (White?) against Van Buren, and in 1840 he = sustained Harrison. in getting up the Webster ticket, which, in con- sequence of Mr. Webster's death, was withdrawn. He assisted in nominating and supporting Fillmore and Donelson, and at the last election Bell and Everett. In connection with Bell he always thinks of the iplet, “Pity the sorrows of a peor old man,'’ but in Everett he foo's pride, for that man still stands erect, like one created ia the of his God. He never sympathized with abolitionists, disunionists or secessionists.. His pa- rents were born in Vi . So washe. Although a &e. 'y issue is prosented, as it may be, ‘' Slavery against Slavery and no Unton,”’-ho is for-the Union, and slavery may go to the dogs. He is Yor the Union abovo slavery or any other in- stitution. Large bribes have been offered him to induce bet to Angled Cages His Ape “Thy money perish wi ” Apoor man, owning nothing but his printing office, and that confiscated, he neverthe- less could not consent to sell for gold his beloved coun- try. The parson told of an interview betweon himself and the rebel General Carroll, in which his liberty was offered him, provided he would take the oath of allegiance tothe rebel government. He answered that the Southern mob had no government, and that before he would pur chase his liberty at such a price,he would rot in their jail. In that same jail one hundred and fifty Union men were confined, so crowded together that they were oblig- ed to take turns in sitting or lying. Some wore taken from that jail aud hung, and be was often told that he would be the next one thus murdered. The joy he folt upon again breaking the air of freedom could not be ex- pressed. The rebels retained his wife and three chil- dren—girls—as hostages for his behavior. Upon leaving town, he told his wife to be 3 parod for execution, for, according to the rebels’ ideas, he would most certainly misbehave himself. When the army goes to East Tounesseo he wishes to go with it. Knoxville is in Fromont's Department, and he was glad of it. Fremont was his sort of a man, and he wished to be with him on visiting Kast Tennessee. A good deal of hanging had been done on one side, and he would like to superiutend some on the other. Without profanity, ho could say that the federal army would be received in East Tennessee with a joy only equalled by tho hosannahs of the angels when Christ was born. He expressed him- self as feeling confident that the rebellion was on its “Jast legs.” The rebels wore proparing for a dosperate fight at Corinth. If defeated thore their cause was gone. He hoped they would be pursued through the cotton States and driven into the Gulf, asthe swine containing devils were driven into the water. After making a few other remarks, the Parson con- cluded his addresa by returning his thanks. BROWNLOW’S SPEECH AT THE MERCHANTS’ CHANGE. In the afternoon Mr. Brownlow was escorted to the Merchants’ Exchange, where he addressed the merchants aa tollows :— Iamsorry, gontlemen and fellow citizens, that Iam not in @ condition to make youeven ashortspecch. I have been accustomed for thirty-five years to making public speeches, and have only failed in the art duri the past three years, while suffering from a bronchia poor pacino lem oe better, however, aad although wo years past could hardly speak above a whisper,1can now make myself heard at the distance of afew feet, particult when I am tatking about disunion; for I never get on that subject that God, in bis Providence, does not increase the volume ef ray voice. In addition to my other sufferings, I have been ii in a damp, gloomy jail, shut out from the fresh air and free exercise, for three months. This has been hard on me, who was always accustomed to jump ee oy and roa mayen than any other man in Tenneaseo—(checrs)—always say- po fer Ro gy mm inne etl coming when I pleased. For three months I have been kept in close confinement, and the only favor allowed mo was that my little son should bring me my meals three times a day. The food that was given my fellow prisoners by the officers in charge of the jail was the foulest offal from the hotel. No true Virginian would give such food to his dog. My food was pao by my wife, and was brought to me by my little gon in a little Dasket, ‘The officers in charge used to take this basket, lift off the napkin, examine between the plates and watch all my movements to see that some little bit of paper containing information from my friends was not con- cealed in the basket, and when I had finished my meal the same examination was made to seo that I did not communieate with them. The only information I ob- tained was from my little son, who would whisper tome that @ fight had occurred here, or a2 engagement there, but no details whatever were given mo, tor they charged that in the absence of Governor Johnson aud Horace Maynard that I wasat the bottom of the couspiracy and the leading spirit im the opposition to the Southern leracy. I, however, entered into a learned diplomatic cori dence with a littic miserable Jow, named Judah P. Benjamin, the so-called = tary of War of the bogus confederacy. In that corr: spondence I have the vanity to believe that I got the better of him. This correspondence bas never becn printed, although, now that I am at the North, I shall take the opportunity to lay it before the public. In that correspondence he stipulated to let me out. He said I wasa bad mao, and # dangerous man to the Southern confederacy ; and, said he, ‘I bave directed Major Gene. ral George B. Crittenden to send you through thelines to the people you serve.” “Agreed,” said I; ‘fit out your escort and I will accompany it. 1 propose to do for the Southern confederacy what the devil never did—quit the country.” (Cheers.) About the time I was ready to etart, an inferior oflicer came in with # warrant for my arrest. Holding in my pocket the passport of the Secre- tary of War of the bogus government of the Southern confedoraey, and the order for my removal sigued by Crittenden, I declined to notice the warrant. This officer, alittle upstart named James C. Ramsoy, seized upon me, ds swearing to his own warrant, the perpired villian, that I bad committed trea- son against the State of Tennessee in writing @ cortain editorial whieh was publighed in the Knoxville Whig, and which, mark you, was printed May 24, one month before the ordinance of secession was passed and ‘Yonnessee had passed into the Southern coniederacy, and yet this was treason tothe State. I was taken out of the hands of the military authorities, denied a trial and thrust into jail on the attidavit of this miserable, de- bauched little puke. After being w jail three wegks, 1 was attacked with typhoid fever, aud for twelve weeks 1 was very low. [was removed ‘to another room, snd becoming worse they called in an additional physician. Aithongh I was-so low that I had to be turned over in my bed,and eould not move of my own will, the guards wore doubled and extra precautions taken to pre- vent my escape. ‘The excuse they gave for all this was that I was only pretending to be sick. In this they showed their ignorance of the Union men of Tennersee. T intended to see them out if all were trumps, and never to ran from them. I intended carrying out the arrange- ments tnade with Benjamin. The Brigadier General com- manding at Knoxville came in to see me one day. Ihe risoners all rallied around to hear what was said. je said: **Brownlow, you ought not to be here.” “1 think #0, too,” said |]. ‘“Now,"’ says he, ‘come along with me and we will make it all right. We will go up to Jndge Humphrey , at the Court House, and yon can take the oath of allegiance to tho Southern confederacy.” I turned round to him at this insulting proposition. “Sir,” suid 1, ‘before | will take the oath of allegiance to the Southern confederacy to obtain my freedom, I will rot in jnil of disease or die with old age. Nay, more—I deny that you have a government; | deny that you are autho- rized to administer the oath of allegiance to your rotten mob government, which no Power on earth will over re- ze, Betore I will do so I will seo the entire Southern y in hell and you and I onthe top of it.” ering.) “Sir.” said be, “that is d—d plain ee,” replied I, He lope, his hat, made returned, and we pert T hope to meet ain, and that will be when federal army possession of Knoxville. The Union sentiment of East Tennessee has nev given way, not a particle. A more loyal, oted, unitiring band tf Unionists never lived on God's green earth, ‘That little valley, forty miles wi and about sixty miles long, of which Knoxville is the centre. of such Union men and women. When I came a jail of Knoxville was fall of Union men. I was jwil when they took my companions out and hung them. 1 did not see them hung, because this was done over th hill; but | saw them go out, with the black poplar coffins, ond’ the soldiers would turn round, and pointing to Brownlow, would say, You will swing next.”” My reply was, “Lam ready to be bung, and all I want is one hour under the gallows to give the of these men.” 1 ‘expected to be hung, and had made up my mind wo it. 1 was told that the drum head court martial ed but one ‘vote of confirming my doom, and that was the vote of a secessionist. Noman ever came 60 near being hung and was not. One of my companions, A. C. Hawn-—the gul- Jant Hawn,one of the most moral and upright men in Knoxville, with a wife and two small children—was sen- tenced to be hung by this court martial, and he bad but one hour's notice to prepare himzelf. He asked for « minis- ter of one of the churches in Knoxville to be sent for, but the reply of the jailer was, “No d—d_ trai- tor in the South has the right to be prayed for, and God does not hear such prayers.” ir Hawn was placed on the scaffold and a miserable dranken chaplain of one of the Southern regiments was sent to attend him. Justas they were about to lauoch Hawn into eternity the chaplain said, ‘This poor unfor- tunate man desires to say that he was led into commit- ting the acts for which be is now to atone with his lit by Union men, and he is realiy an object of pity.” Hawn yore, and in a stentorion voice replied, ‘I desire to say that’ every word that man has said js false, Iam the identical man that put the torch to the timbers of that bridge, and Tam ready to awing for it. Hang me as soon as you can.” He said he would do it again if he knew this was to be his fate for it, No one can tell of the suffer zs and hardships that the Union men of Eastern Ten- «have had to uni nor how many innocent men, out hearing or trial, have been pat to death. Squads cavalry aro roving about the country committing all nd shooting down all Suspected of tron | onto: Te was only necessary j o & finger pointe man and some one was | o shout him down, This was the case with pe | iv had committed uo aot Of treason, but wa supposed to sympathize with the Union men. Walking across one 0! his folds one day, Bome one said there goes @ traitor, when one of a squad of cavalry fired and he ‘was struck with a Minie ball. The jaiis in the South are literally full of Union men, many of them taken from East Tonacesee. Never was a people 80 broken down, Thegovernment owes it to tho people, if they r gO any were ole, to take care of Kast Tennessee, Thoy have ood firm. There are vo Union presses le tin the South, not a Union editor but ove, and that is mysef. They all been bought up. They offered me large sums of money, but iny reply was, ‘Thy money perish with thee, Twill gee you \o the dovil first.” They took my paper, my proses and my type, and gave me notice that I should not publish any more papers. I took the advice of my friends and family, and stopped the Whig. It was tho only time in my life that lever gave in; for, like Col. ling’ ram, I always had a headof myown. (Laush- ter.) They took my building, which was sixty fect long and two stories high, and transf rmed it into an ar- sonal to repair the gang which Floyd stole from the United States government, And this was not all. An Alabama regiment came along one Sabbath day and stolo from me my only nigger, 8 young manof whom I thought very much. I might have oxpected this from tho North- ern army if Thad believed ail that was said of it, but I did not expect that the chivalry and flowor of the South would be guilty of such an act, after all their boasting. T tell you to-day, upon the honor of @ man, that the Southern army and its hangers-on have stolen more ne- groes in Virginia, Tonnessee and Kentucky during tho past six months than the abolitionists have enticed or aided away in the last forty years; and t-day,so help me God, one-half the soldiers in the South never owned a slave or wore ever rolated by the tics of consanguinity with any one that ever did. (Cheers.) They are the oilBcourings of the lowest order of society, the meanest Set of cowards on the face of the earth. Look how they fled at Fishing creek, and everywhore else when the baer pipe as after thom. When they started out they said ‘‘one Southerner could whip five blue-bellied Yan- keos;”’ and here jot me relate an incident that happened in pede ad a few woeks since:—A Union lady mot on the fa Hipbionecg ad & regimont stationed in nd ‘said to him, ‘Colonel, how ia it that I at Fort Honry, Fort Doneison and Fishing creek. I thought one Southron eould whip five Yankees.” “Oh,"’ replied the Colonel, ‘‘you see these troops were from Ohio, Indiana and Ilinois. They are the descendants of Kentuckians and Tennesseeans, who removed from these ‘States across the Ohio ago. They are of our own tock, and areas g° fighters a8 our own soldiers.”’ Well, thon, how was it about Burnside’s victory at Roanoke Island? Were these Ohio, Indiana and Illinois soldiers, too?” To this interrogatory the colonel replied that ho did not know, and hastily bidding the lady good day, lefther. This is my first effort at speaking in four months, and I find that I am seine hoarse and must stop. Thank God Ican now seo aay ight. This wicked robellion is about played out; all tt is needed to finish the work is a ‘little more grape, Captain Bragg.’’ Grape for the masses and hemp for the leaders is my motto. Important Treasury Circular Relative to Internal Commercial Intercourse. ‘Teeascry Deratamnt, Ma:ch 29, 1862. Smm—It is desirable to remove, as far as may property be dono, the restrictions upon commercial intercourse be- tween the loyal States and those States and parts of States heretorfore declared by proclamation of the President to be in insurrection, and which may resume and maintain a loyal adhesion to the Union and the constitution, or may be occupied and controlled by the forces of the United States engaged in the dispersion of tho insurgents. ‘The rules and regulations governing iaternal commerce, heretofore prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury are, therefore, hereby so far modified as to authorize the respective Surveyors of the Customs at tho ports of Pitts- burg, Wheeling, Cincinnati, Madison, Louisville, Now ‘Albany, Evanaville, Paducah, Cairo and St. Louis to issue permits for the transportation of merchanise, and for the exchange of the same for money or products of such States and parts of States upon application being made to thom respectively, ifsatisfied of the loyalty poked faith ofthe applicant, and upon the filing of an vit, properly executed, that the permit so applied for not, if granted, be used 80 as to give, in any way, any aid, com- fort, ie ee encour er sea rsons in insur- rection against the governmen' Inited States or under Ponape dred control and direction. ‘You will hereafter cease collecting apy per centage or fees for permitting the transit and exchange of merchan- dise between the citizens of loyal States and loyal citi- zens of insurrectiouary sections of the country occupied or controlled by the forces ‘of the United States, other than the usual of twenty cents for each permit so granted; and you will make no for permits for merchandise forwarded from = place in a loyal to another in the same or other like State, mer exer: any supervision over the tradc between such States, ex- cept such as may be necessary to prevent supplies of an: dereription being furnished to insurgents. et iS It ts furthermore directed that mo permits be granted for any articles forbidden by the military authorities to be transported into the territory ceoupied by the forces of the United States. Parties, therefore, desiring licenses and permits for commereial trade under the rules and regulations, as herein modified, will hereafter make their ication direct to the proper Surveyor, and not to the Secretary of the Treasury. 1am, very respectfully, 8. P. CHASE, ‘of the Treasury. rap eg Carson, Esq., Siirveyor of Customs, Cincin- nati, he ”~ [From-a Washington paper, Mareh 31.) ‘The citizens of the District of Columbia, as woll as the adjoining country, will be pleased to learn that, under the auspices of the government, a daily line of awilt steamers is about to be established between Washington and Fortress Monroe. These steamers are to leave each place at the same hour, and complete the trip in the short space of nine hours. It ts often surprised us that direct daily communication with the national capital and so im- portant a station as the old Fortress should have been left to the facilities of a neighboring city, and we rejoice that the administration has decided to encourage the present enterprise. Jn connection berewith we may state that such is the confidence of an early restoration of Richmond, Virginia, to the government, that the old Southern Mait Line Com- pany are making stich arrangements as will,ensure a re- sumption of travel by way ot Aquia creek. Itis understood that the cars from Alexandria are now running regularly to Manassas. Produce from the good old county of Loudon is also beginning to arrive. ‘The railrond being completed to Manassas station, gov- ernment trains pass directly through our city to that in- teresting point, making the trip in from two io three hours. Even with the limited accommodations {or pas- sengers a number have already availed theinrvives of the politeness of the conductors of the cars and officers of the army in charge at the terminus to survey the battle field and surrounding country. ‘An intelligent and observant gentleman, who spent nearly two days there, confirms all previous accounts of the wide spread desolation. Thousands of acres of land, ‘but a short time since in high cultivation, are now trod- den down as an earthen floor. The houses for many miles around are damaged and forsaken. Occasiona'ly the humble home of some good Union husbandman is een with pleasure, where to the visitor the oid fash- foned hospitality is extended. In the village church yard the memeutoes of departed worth are broken. General McClellan Screnaded. A Washington correspondent says:—Major General McClellan was visited at his quarters, near Fairiax Seminary, Virvipia, on Friday night last, by the entire Ninety-titth regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, under mmand of Colonel Gosling. The occasion was on liveved by the music of the band, and also from a glee ib belonging to the regiment. After the serenade the Geucrai appeared and addressed the regiment as his comrades, adding that be thanked them tor three things—one im the past, one in the present, and one in the future. In the past, for the superior discipline and military skill displayed on every occasion when be had ‘been permitted to witness them in tho field; in the pre- sent, for the smiling confidence whieh shone in the faces which he was able to see in the dim light; and in the future, for the assurance that on them he could rely to help him, to fight (or him, and, if necessary, to die with him. “Can Inow (At this.a thousand voices answered, es, yes, every time.” He then said he aid not think this last woula be necessary; that he hoped to subdue tho rebellion without resorting to such sacrifice, The General’s wife, who was present, seemed {uliy imbued with the enthusiasm of those around her. Promotions in the Naval Service. The United States Senate on the J1st ult. confirmed the following promotions in the Marine corps;— Major William Dulaney , to be colonel, Major Ward Marston, and Major John G. Reynolds, to be lieutenant colonels, Captains Jacob Zetlin, Addison Garland, Josiah Watson, and Isaac F. Doughty, to be majors. First lieutenants Charles G. McCawley, George R. Gra- bam, John L. Broome, Wm. Stokes Boyd, James Lewis, Clement D. Hebb, Philip H. W. Fontaine, Alan Ramsey, Philip H. Fendall, Jr., John Sehermerborn, Charlea Ha; wood, Lucien I. Dawson, to be captains. Second Lieutenants George W. Collier, George P. Hen- stein, Philip C. Kennedy, James Louis. M. Golds- borough, William H. Cartter, McLane Tilton, John He Higbec, Frank Munroe, Robert H. Huntington, Wm Hale. Jogeph F. Baker, James H, Grimes, Thom Mctirath, Wm. J. Squires, Robert Kidd, Henry A. Bart- A.Stiliman, Wm. B. McKean, Horatio B. W. Matthews, Henry B. Hoff, Uscar P. ne A, Smalley, and Fercival C. Pope, to be first Heutenauts. ‘The following were confirmed William ©, Wheeler, Francis C. Dade, Wm. 8, Stamm, William J, Landin, Mortimer Kellogg, Andrew J. Hiersted and Jobn A. Grier. chief engineer ADJOURNMENT OF New Jersey Lecistaters.—The New Jersey Legislature adjourned on the night of the h ult, ‘The affair was done rather hurriedly, tndicat- ing the presence of a powerfut stimulant, it is said, on the part of the Assembly. mittoe of Conference on some matters relating to the In. cidental Expense bill, and this body had decided that the House should recede, but @ motion to adjourn brought the whole business to a stand. The consequence is that members must dispense with pens, paper, postage stampsand other little extras, to be paid for by the bill which bas fallen dead. Might have been worse, MixreteniaL AVPOINTMENTS IN Canana.—On the 27th ult,, in the Legislative Council, Attorney General Cartier tnnounced that the vacancies in the Cabinet had been filled up, and that his Excellency the Governor Goneral had made the following appontments:— Hon. Mr. Sherwood , Commissioner of Crown Lands, Hon. Mr. Patton, Solicitor General, Upper Canada, Hon. J.B. Robinson, President of Executive Couneil. Hon. Mr. Carling, Receiver General. Minister of Agriculture. The British Prize Vessel Hiawatha, Avittt, 1.—It will be recollected that the Hiawatha was months ago as a prize vessel by Judge condemped Betts, and that an appeal by the owners is ponding be- fore the Supreme Court at Washington. The United tates Marshal proceeded on Monday, under the new prize law, to discharge the cargo, which consisted of 6 ),000 worth of tebacco, but was stopped by a protest trom the British Coneu! until tho matter is dually decided by tho Supreme Court at Washington FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. ‘Tuespay, April 1—6 P. M. The following is a comparative statement of the exports from New York to foreign ports for the week ending April 1 and since January 1:— 1860 1861. 1862. For the week..... $2,063,734 3,295,963 2,320,060 Previously reported... 18,777,860 30,372,653 30,286,080 Since January 1...$20,846,504 33,663,616 32,600,140 Though less than last year, the above is a good exhibit, and the aggregate, though nearly a mil Von short of that of the corresponding period of last year, is also satisfactory. The money market is without change. The de- mand for call loans is slack, and rates are 6 a 7 per cent, as heretofore. First class paper rangee from 5 to 7 per cent, the former being an excep- tional rate. Certificates of indebtedness come more slowly into the market than was expected, many people preferring to wait for legal tender notes. Foreign exchange closed atrong; leading houses could sell freely at 112, but declined to do ao. Francs range from 6.06 to 5.7%, with few first class bills at the lower rate. Gold continucs to advance. To-day it sold at 102, and bids fair to tise steadily. The street jobbers are free sellers, asthey calculate that a profit of one per cent every sixty days. will cover any loss. This de- pends upon-circumstances. If we begin to export gold freely, the premium may‘advance in- a- week enough to absorb the interest fora year, and -the short interest is now so large that any panic in the bullion market would put gold up to 7.8 8 per cent. The stock market is stronger, and prices are higher. At the morning board to-day, however, government’s were again offered at 93. It hae transpired that some heavy short sales of govern- ment sixes have lately been made by parties whose disloyalty has been a general subject of remark. In most continental countri speculators who try to discredit public securities at periods of national peril are liable to prosecution. Only a few weeks since, in profound peace, a French banking house was prosecuted by the government of the Emperor for dissuading the public from buying the public stocks of France. In this country, hitherto, the government has never had occasion to resort to measures of repression to prevent bear sales of its securities. Whether it can still afford to despise such assaults upon its credit is doubted in many quarters. The public sentiment of the mer- cantile community would be decidedly opposed to any such restrictions upon trade as would be re- quired to meet the exigencies of the case. But at the same time public sentiment at the Brokers’ Board, and among the leading jobbers, ought to prevent the Stock Exchange being used to produce a depreciation of public securities, at a time when it is vital that the national credit be maintained. The leading speculative railway shares were al} higher this morning ; business was done in Cea- tral, Erie, Rock Island and Galena at an advance of 4a%. Between the boards the market was firm. Atthe second board the demand for Erie, Toledo and Central was better; other stocks showed but little change since the morning. ‘The market closed with a healthy appearance, the following being the last quotations:—United States 6's, registered, 1881, 93 a 93; do. 6's, coupon, 1883, 9274 a 93; do. 6's, 1874, — a 87; Indiana 5's, — a 79; Tennessee 6's, 56% a 57; Virginia 6's, 57 a 68%; North Carolina’ 6’: 6824; Missouri 6’s, 6134 a 5154; Pacific Mail, 9748 97%; New York Central, 82% a 83; Erie, 37% a 37%; do. preferred, 6154 a 6134; Hudson River, 36 2 36}4; Harlem, 124 a 12%; do. preferred, 304 a 31%; Reading, 41% a 423/; Michigan Central, 65%, a Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana, 2234 a 23; do. guaranteed, 46 a 464; Panama, 1192 a 120; Illinois Central, 6124 a 617%; Galena and Chicago, 68 a 6834; Cleveland and Toledo, 46% a 4614; Chicago and Rock Island, 56 # —; Chica- go, Burlington and Quincy, 61 a 62; Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien, 2534 a 2534; Cleveland, Co- lumbus and Cincinnati, 112 a 112%; New York Central 7’s, 1876, 101 a 103; gold, 102 a 10244. The Hon. E. G. Spaulding, member of the Com” mittee of Ways and Means in the House of Repre sentatives at Washington, stated yesterday that the Reciprocity treaty with Canada had cost thie country not less than thirteen millions of dollars. There is no reason to doubt the truth of the state- ment. The Hon. Mr. Ward, from the Committee on Commerce, reported on the 5th o@ February last that the treaty was unequal; that Canada had taxed American products forty-five times as much as the United States had taxed Canadian products; that our manufacturers and merchants were in reality paying the bulk of the revenue of the government of Canada, while our customs revenue collected on the frontier does not defray the cost of collection; that from the time the treaty was made, in 1854, the Canadian government has ever disregarded its spirit, and increased the duties on all leading articles of im- port from this country; that discriminating tolls and duti have been established by the colonial Parliament, giving to colonial ves- sels, and even British vessels, advantages over American craft in the trade flowing from the great lakes; finally, that the reciprocity established by the treaty was entirely one sided, and, while it gave Canada the benefit of ourmarkets duty free, practically placed us on the same footing as strangers in theirs. The following table is given in the report of the Committee on Commerce, te show the spirit which has animated the Canadian government ever since the treaty was made:— Du'y Bef.re the Treaty. Present Duty. 16 per cent 30 per Sugar, a} “ Pr anagn Sugar, other ay sot Boots and shoes..... 124 6 wg BO Tig o« 6 « iy a « iy mo « ay o « In other words, the Canadian government no sooner secured the treaty, and obtained admission for Canadian products into our markets, than they began to levy increased duties on our products, and have increased them from year to year, until at present they are generally seventy-five per cent, and inmany cases one hundred per cent, higher ‘when the treaty was made. It unt to prove that this is no recipro- “United States obtain no return p they give. Ever since the treaty nt has pursued an unfair @ fraudulent policy toward this country. The Committee on Commerce recommend the appointment of commissioners to rectify the inequalities of the present interchange of products, and to recall the Canadians to a sense of fair dealing. This seems to us a lame method of treating the question. It is clear that perfect reciprocity and the abolition of all custom houses on the frontier would be the best thing for both countries. But nothing short of this is worth having. Partial reciprocity will al- ways be so worked as to cheat us and make our manufacturers and merchants pay the bulk of the revenue of the province. As to the appointment of commissioners, to whom are they to be accredited? We cannot deal with the colonial government of Canada, which has no status among the nations of the world; and the government oI Great Britain, with which alone we can deal, hay no control over the Parliament of the province. The true course for Congress te puraue is to give notice of the abro. gation of the treaty at the period ap pointed. Woe shall then be ina condition to re- ceive proposals from Canada, either directly ot through the channel of the British Minister. it is not likely that the Canadians would at first realize the extent of their loss; but time and experience would improve their education in this respect From the present ministry of Canada, which ae pears to have been bought up by the weantuy