The New York Herald Newspaper, March 6, 1863, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 9669. ADDITIONAL FROM EUROPE. 'The Mails of the New York and City of New York. Condition of the Alabama After Her Engagement with the Hatteras. Her Armament Described by . English Visitors. The American Food Ship Fete im Liverpool}. &e., ae, ae ‘Tho screw steamship City of New York, Captain J. Pe- tie, witch sailed from Liverpool at eleven o’clock on the morning of the 18th and from Queenstown on the after- ‘acce of the 19th of February, arrived at this port early PRIVATEER AFTER HER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BATTERAS—HER ARMAMENT AND ONE RUNDRED- POUNDER BLAKBLEY GUN---CAPTAIN SEMMES’ CRUISE OF? GALVESTON—THE SHBLLS FIRED AT THE HAT- Gemaiee (0d 28) correspondence of London Ti jan. ce iraes, he Alabama arrived at Port Royal on January 20, eleven days {rom Galveston, and the following morning great excitemont existed in Kingston, when rumors that she had recently been engaged with a federai fe falldning rl cerd dnd Coote in aooount may generally be relied upon. It ‘as been gleaned from @ personal examination of the vessel and armaniont, and from actors in the taking of ‘she Hatteras, federal gunboat:— . The Alabama, scrow steamer, of wood, fala sel Ned, Semmes commander, of 1,015 tons burthen, three poyer, capable of being worked up to |, wo hvndred wnd ten feet jong, and feet beam, painted black outside, with a round k with wire ropes, aud juick sailing verso}, a saa te ixteen fons water, and an arma- Dive guns—namely, one long sixty-eight-pounder bore (eight inch) and one one hundred-pounder jun, both i the latter rifled i H £ cages 7 prizes. The majority of the have beem educated at the United States Naval sigtinguished eens would favor the execution of bie react aately, perbape—for it turned out pms oo Py Finan heavily armed, ne. I Hlattcraz, Northern it, PM eapled rH id Fi i | i F ° i H f i and armed pipe —vix: three rified Seas ptttan, er Se teeter ene rifled twenty pounder, and a twelve pounder how (zer. Her crow cbnsinted of seventeen officers and 102 or 103 men. The cusuaities on board Hatteras were two illed and seventeen H Alabama ove ‘wounded. bo aencorny a Paved] wi fuses for the smooth ape ‘WMrough both sides of the bursting, in @omsequenes of the close Whe action took .. The sixty-eight charge of an ia'gannery on board the Excellent Bred unset Rin direction seven skeia Na with bead ee, oy thot ou the ous pide sansdenipe port vow, causing & thirty-two | i aronah oS oe casualty sumered. . ‘The men ure paid from £5 to sbae ii Ht 3 i THE NEW YO NEW YORK, FR uns, the Alabama will s there Lig pod coe ee eee el nos suppose she will not stop more officers are all with the 4 young men, the first lieutenant; most of them, should say, and twenty-five years; ‘and fine, manly fellows they are. She has Dundred and fifty. The officers spoke shown to them ihe tlw tas the people us Southern behalf, w interfere on their they gr their cause. I was glad to be abi¢ to set him right & to the wholly exceptional character of the paper in question, which appeared to afford bim considerable satisfaction. We shook hands at parting, wished them a}! success, and jeft them very much gratified by our visit. i could not, of course, learn what is the Alabama's destination alter jeaving here, but from what the officers toid me I tbink it will not be long before we hear of the Alabama ugain, THE REBRL FLEET IN ENGLAND. {From the Liverpool Commercial Advertiser, Feb. 16.) Some unknown person has addressed a letter to Lord Palmerston, which was last week publiehed in the Daily News, directing attention to the eteniners now said to be building in this country for the Confederate government. The statements made by the writer dre erroneour. The two steamers now building at Stoekton for Mesere. Vra ver, Trevbolm & Co,, of this vown, are intended to form part of a line of steamers which are intended to nail be: ween Liverpool and Charlestop,at the voncluien of the imerican war. The Ame an Food Ship. IN LIVERPOOL. Op the 16tb of November a crowded and infuantial meeting, including many ladies, was held in the caacert room, St. George’s Hall, Exverpool for the purpose of pre enting an address from the Liverpool Chamber et Com meree to Captain Lunt, of the George Griewold. Mr, Ks. A. Mactie, President of the Chamber of Commerce, oocu- ved the chair: and near him sat Captain Lunt and the lev. Mr Dennison (chaplain the George Griswold). Amongst the gentlemen upon the platform were Mr, Rathbone, Sir William Brown, the Mayor of Manchester, Mespre. S. R. Graves, J, Beazley, Arnold, J, Shimmin, Rev. Dr. Howson, T. Avison, R. Sheila, C. Aspinal, T.4 bid ton, €, Robertson, C.K. Hail, &c. There were also bersof working men present. Latters of apology read from the karl of Derby, the Hon. A. Egerton, Mf. ».; Sir Francis Crossiey, Messrs. Samuel Holme, J. A. Tobin, Lawrence Meywortb. C. Bushell and Ralph Brocklebank. ‘The Cuammman in opening the proceeding, said that the ‘eessation for a time—possibly for # long titme—of regular employment ip the cotton manufacture wax a great calamity to bandreds of thousands of individuals, who were entitled tw the sympathy of the whole nation, not only on account of their dietrees but also for the good seuse and sound privciples which they bad manifested under the severest trial, if any vemtige remained of the ‘Old prejudice that Liverpool as alien iu feeling and interest from the manufacturing towne, the contribu- tions and intercourse, of the Inst few mouths must have efectually driven it away: for io Liverpeol, as throughout the reet of the country, and indeed throughout the whole Britieh emptre, there was only one feeling—vamely, av earnest decire to relieve the distressee of the Lancashire operatives—-(‘‘ Hear, hear,” and cheers). To-day they had an ru acknowledging @ munificence hut surmanel a te applause), jor gifts u bad re- ceived througo George Griswold cane from an independent nation which was suffer! like selves, only much more direly aud rectly, from the same dreadful and terrible war. The fact of such @ demonetration of love and friendship, made amidst pre sent convulsion and disaster, and the prosnect of large future taxation, did honor to the American nation, and abould receive the by tral eth py oy .) _ Alludi wo “beir ft epnd igh dips Nagi it U LET 66 Ls Ba cover Siiewed them ts shoridce national, cossiders- tions. However Kngihmen might differ from Americans upon questions which were now agitating the Stater, they had never retrained from admering (he patritums which this terrible had elictted. After expressing his ar- dent bopes for the reetoratfon of peace, the Charman alluded to the warm and friendly sentiment shown to- wards the Prince of Wales during his visit to the States, and W the fact that Mr. Peabody and other Americans had displayed a noble benevolence towards’ England and her institutions. He believed that gifts like those Peabody and Mr. Griswold re} ted lo 4 larger exteut than was ly believed actval fee!.ng of Ameria towards this country. (Cheers. ) ‘The Chairman then read the following address. the reading of which wae frequently iuterrupted by bursts of \—Bixteen yeats ago, when our countrym were suffering (he horrors of famine, ‘nd prosperous—sent serows cb ‘And provisions to alleviate thi 5 . 7, with your energies iaxed 10 the wimost by ihe giganto struggle through you bave not cemr foemindful ot sad content Iw infiict- 18 Save ¢/ossond time generously contributed of the ney mi have & me ashy ated of the abun Ace with which God bas fooned You 19 belp the vecemsities those among ub, who, through no fault of their own, are 10 @ state of compulsory idleness and destitution the bufferings of that period, arose for ey emancipation of our todustry an epeakable good, which haa enriched our country) extended our commerce, banished not a few of our social diecontens, great moral revolution, the blessings contined re twhleb this iaery fon of our industrious worke: bearers of th! \y bounty—1 freely 11 ed across the fad Frew hie thee earyice to tase i ef ft ae i j He Ha sembling # board are recorded, and taken of by ‘and paid for by the with the and sible ‘position w! Jou occupy We antieipate among the nations, We sball ze in the retura of see next for it Pence and prosperity among you the best secarition for our of Trent notoriety, and 2 | conth proaper ity We trast that nothing wil! arise to from Port Royal, two stoners, reported to be Yankees, | hicheriS wuvured betweeen. cm) and" on bars ca aan ee of the 23d cruising in mente of i resentations of feelings and motives on efther side wi Semmer Oran on Monday or Tues. — $07 ext, and weatee tBat hie intention ie to Aight an pene 5.4 ‘ankee vessels that may waylay Lim im going out ol fly alwaya be f aoteniets the oraet 4 harbor or near the coast. pnd ia efforts wo ameliorate the condition of maguindl” And (Jamaica (Jan. 23) correspondence of Liverpool Com mercial Advertiwer.) T have just been down to Po yal, in company with wae} to visit the Confederate steamship Ala ig last t0 rete and land ‘one men hese = gunboat i veeton i which came in here on Tuesday even r prisoverk (ove hundred and seventeen olficers) taken from the federal he fought and sunk off Gal Her eras, which on Sg 1th instant port cm the greatest it fn entree bave been down Ra made such unpreceden avOo 1D tbe rants of Sav cotmien, She bas only been in com Mission months, and bas alroady destroyed whirty federal ehips, Wo were ver received on board by Satie al who took us over the verwel, and pointe! out all her arrangements and deserved in detail the inte sucaeestul action. It that ° wes cruming of Galveston, at ‘Shien pore Olle ge yo feceral shipe of war were j aud Captain Semmes iv. vended to run in at my hat he could, and hen shear ot! but they eight of bin deri: D day , and gave cham, one ot thomas eafortunen eae teras—continuing \t until night. Captain heen jo ball unt win guile dark ee hauled round and stood in for the harbor, which ‘maraay vre mon brought him slongside bis opponent, who ap peared not to have recognized him, but hailed —" What ehip's that””” To which Captain Semmes replied, “Thie ie hor Hritannie Majesty's gnuboat Petrel,”” and hailed in rotoro —" What ship's that’ The anewer was ‘This ie tho United States gunboat Hatteras, in geareh of the Ala bawa.” Well,” rald Captain Senuaen, ‘here we are- thia in the Confederate steamer Alabama.’ and une were all loaded acd manned, and the order to fine the moment the men tear the word hama,”’ be bad no sooner spoken rash went the whole of ber elarboard gnne right into the Hattoray at a distance of forty yard, a large shell exploding in her engine peor and completely digab!ing ber, She returned their fire, of courte, Dot It was allop with her, and ehe struck by firing & ya to leeward thirteen minutes after tbe action coinrner A went dowo in fifty-four mi- ertes, head joremest, barely giving Cry tain Semmes tine t save the officers and crow. [ 40 wot koow how mony men were killed on board, as the Comfederate officers bud 60 meaps of jud ing, exeept by the statements of ther enemies, which they fd nut eeem Wo beleve. The Alow ma had not one killed aad bat oné wounded, and thet gory nightly Alabama carter cight gype, alt of Jared calibry, At no distant pertod may the eword be sheathed througbort your land, and the sounde of strifebe exchanced for tb e Li _eail =Mr, President and gentler »\ Chamber ef Commeree—I receive t | im reply, Liverpe h upow ap and George Gris whom I represent on the t occasion, | bo distibetion 'n connection with the George Grit J had great pleasure in volunteering ty mervices ross the Atlantic to Liverpool 10 the benevologt donors uf ber need Wt and placed it on board irm whe bave sent it to your #uf- fering countrymen free of charge. Tp their name, and in tho name of the Upited States they so well represent, | accept yout kind acknowledgments for that donation | which (t bar Deon my bappiness to bring over the ere. (1d appiaure.) The manner in which the George Grin wold bas beea received will be highly satisfactory to ail parties concerned, for every demonstration of r has been nade to the off cert of thy abip that covia have been desired. All these acts of courteny will be ever remem. vered and cberisbed by vs. In conclusion, Mr. President And gentienen, permit me to exprees the hope tbat these feenionn of batiabal good leeling may the Liew which should ever bind Frgiand and America ; wlause.) Mort heartily do | joim io the petition which hove your addres*— tbat for peace and the estab. itment of good will amongst all the natiout of the arin, (Apphanse) Mr. Wirstae Rovinone next addrensed the meeting. ‘Wald that having been fifty two years in the American trade, aud being por! the oldest merchant m Liver pel, be bad been asked to say @ few words, It war with eineere gratification (hat be jowwet in an expreeion bd Arsterul eahnowledgement ot the sympathy extended, th the ides ot her own revere aiictime. by America to the suffering people of Lancashire, un Ge éntreated the Americans to believe that they warmly reciprocated this ion of their vet to thefatberiand This was not tue Gret expramion of feeling of s ‘vwilar kind, for uring ihe trig ‘amine he had hiner been made the chanpel of commanication from Masenchuretts aod Lae 4 iiend of rail Ja, monay, ecibing aud yroviaies, A od "s This war at the fostence of Mr. Bennett wiatles ot teatro Nor could they ever forget the nob'> phtiantb-opy of Mr. Griewell in Fepuing, At Bie Own eRDs oR, p ebiy iy comrab of gur int ~~ weld for directing ber panna ADDREES TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE GEORGE GRISWOLD ‘Moat sincerely did me lainent the explorer Prankiiv. trials which beset America, and resolution, expressing the hope that this demonstga. tion of good feeling on the part of America would be moat cor, to. Mr. Charles Robertson sup- resolution. He felt assured that the valuablo received by the Ceorge Griswold would tend ly to strengthen those bonds of friendship and 1y feeling which had always existed between the tro countries, and which, notwithstanding the evenis now passing. would continue to exist. The Mauchestor Committee, he believed, were also prepared to give a Dearty welcome to the un of the George Griswold; and (Mr. Roberteon) felt assured that if on or tunity were afforded, every town in the kingdom Would celight to share in this general expreasion of good will, The Chairman then put the resolution, which was a's unavimously. Mr. R. Sheild responaed on be half of the Town Conucil. He was deeply impressed with the great importance of that friendly ounimunication which ought always to subsist between the inhabitants of this country aud (Bose of América. It always been prodactive of y eouid not be too when the presen ‘Appiaure. ) Mersey Dock Hoard) said it was only to be E that England 0 ber trying and unexpected calamity should have proved true to herself, by showing to the world bow weil Englistimen unde: the obligations which class bore to class. it was alec, perhaps, © be hem, aon that our colonies, in Bo fearful a calamity, would ly round country, and nobly reapond to the ery of want w! ed from a portion of that country. But upon America Fe had no suc claim. Nay, more, engrossed as xhe was with tho terri fiction which was spreading its desolation aver that once prosperous land, it wax but reasonable that she could seareely think of others; but, iorgetial of her own triale, America vad heard the cry of woe wafted oyerthe Atlantic, and nad generously responded to it. Her peonie had opened their . ud a8 & fret inetalment of sympathy and large he: w, the Geurge Uriswold and her noble cargo Wad visited our the intelligence of the arrival of Mis er many & drooping heart, but stimulate thom tw still greater endur nd when the present necessity had passed away, the recipients of the bounty thug contributed wonld retain a lasting recollection of these noble deeds. Thie wae not the Gret gracefol boon which thie eountry bad received from America for, during the trish tamine, Amer noe satisfied with the cexistance rendered by the mercantile ly tarned her ships of War into ships of peace, and sent them, laden with provisions, to the dix- tressed land. (Loud applause.) And, later on, whe political horizon was troabled, the Reavlute wae sent With 4 priculers cargo of amity and good will. Havwg altuded to the serviee rendered by the Americans, in Uae attompt todiscover Sir Joho Frankton, aud the galtant assistance also rendered by them during the Chittee war, Mr. Graves concluded by movitig that The thank® of the meeting be given to the Axseutive Centra! Committee, the Mayor of Manchester aud other viaitors who bad kindly attended on the present occasion. Mr, Graves said shat the people of Liverpool ower! a debt of gratitude to the Moyor of Manchester and the Central Commitee tor the maaner in whieh they burl undertaken the almost herea- lean responsibilities and duties involved by the present distrese. Mr. Chilton, ex Premdent of the Liverpoot Chamber of Commerce, brietiy recouded the resojution. TW BRN. MK. DENIBON Chaplain of the Geurge Griswold, wae thea introduced, and was received with oud . He said be hac most readily responded tw two inyitation to accompany Captain Lunt on hie voyage to Fogiand, m order that Be might be ssociated with him, that they might mingle their prayere,and that they might come 4 the ehores of Kingland ape the wings of ab angel of mercy. (Loud applause. ) voyage had been full Of interest. and to himself of Impressions vhat would iast fs long an life itself He bad found on Captaiw Lont true representative of the American sailor; for during the whole voyage lie had not only expressed his pereonal interest in the relief which they bad browgut, but bud Watched over his sup in sunehme aud in storm, aso mother watched over her child, (Applause) Even at the midnight hour, when te (the epeaker) lay in comfort tn bis stateroom, Captain Lunt’ senting! step was heard pacing the deck, watching and toilmg that thix noble gift of America might be brought im safety to the arme of England. Ip couferring an honor upon Captain Lupe the people of Liverpool were conlerring an honor noe only upon the Mersre, Griswold and thore who pro- vided the cargo, but upon the whole of North America (Loud cheering.) The gift which the George Griswold Drought wae a (air and Just representation of the feelings of the United Statee. (Renewed cheering.) America, the Japd which gave him birth, had a sympathy with England, eepecialy jn thie great siraggie, which » was Jmporsible language to exnrese. ilo bore in hu own bosom the bicod that frst bad ith spring among tke fountains of Mngiac). Mo bore in his ame « was identified with the SI "e chair of the or Parliament; and that wi was ideotified also with ‘one of the highest ofilces of the Fngiish chureh But tt was bot bocauge he bad this oame, er because ho came through bie ancestors trom Kuglish shores, that he was there to speak, but because he conid say with Terence — Hone sum; hnani wild a me alionum pul, (oud ap- plauee.) They bad bread enovgh aud ineabs enough in the Northjto proves ute the struggle im which they wergengaged for thres consecutive years without bemg impoverished, They had bread enough and meany enough, baying nalied their staudard Wo the mast, to stana by it. They boped, too, by the bleering of God, to see it triomphent, and that Haegland aod America might meet together and rejoice over a conptry ai) united from the lakes of the North to the gulfy of the South—-from the Atiaptio op the Kast io the golden ehorce of the Pacde op the West. (Loud ebeer ing.) The resolation war then pe { Machesier moved 4 upantmously. te of thanks to the Relief Commit. 16 merchants of Chairman. teo felt a devt of personal gra Liverpool for the interest t ae ited in connec: tion with the distress of the Lancashire people, With regard to tue George Griewold and the gifte of retief from America ve believed that when Captein Laut appeared in Maneher ter, as the representative of ibe American vation on thie particular question, the bearts of the suffering people would rime with one mighty exprestion of thapky to America for the sympathy wich Lad been shown for them to their distreme. thanks to the man who had uayi gated the vente | cerose (ho Atlantic, and thanks to those in Liverpool whé had set Manchester and other towns an example by welcoming the etrangere with eo muel bospi- wiity (Cheers ) Cry Cal man r = eee - REBEL OUTRAGES IN ALABAMA. Burning ef the Houses of Unioniste— Hanging and Shooting of Union Mea— Women and Children Turned Out of Deore, and Their Neighbore Forbidden to Give Them Shelter, &c,, d&e. Baapqrasrens, Demet or Comm, j Feb. 24, Pg "} Cartum—i bave the honor to submit « few of tbe out- rager committed upon citizens of Alabama by the Confe derate troops. While ai) their leaders, frow the Pres- dent down, are beastivg of their carrying on thie war io sccordance with the laws that govern nations in wach casee, and are charging upon our troops af kinds of depredations and outrages, 1 think « few simple facts might put them to biveb,and make those parties and our preer and peuple who are seconding the efforte of Davis 0 cast @ stigma apon us, ashamed of the work they are doing. I will etate merely what J know to ve treo — Abe Cauad) and Mr. Mitehell were hung two weeke ago for being Union mon. They were on the Backlebon eettloment, Marion county, Alabama. Mr, Hallwork and bis daughter, of the same coonty, wore both shot (or the o caane, And the latter war i stantly killed, The form@r is wt ative, bot will pre badly die. Peter Lower and three of his neighbors wer down by one bundred bloodbounds ana captured The houses of Moowrs. Palmer, Welaby, Williame and tho three Weightsmans, and some thirty others, were burned The women and children were tarned ont of doore, ai the community notified that if they alowed them to go into other houses or fed or harbored them \n Gnhy manner they would be served the sam Mr. Peterson, living at the bead of Bal! Mount, was shot. Lam now feeding vome one bundred of there (um lien, who, with their women and children, some gray |. ined men, aod oven cripples on crutches, were driven ot and found their way bere threugh the woods and by waye without food or shelter, All thie was done for the riunple reason that (hey were Union men of that they hed breth Orn or relavives in our wrmy. The statements of these people are almost beycod be Nef, did we not have the evidence before un, | um io punted formed by them that there are hundreds of joys! men and women in the woods of Alabama waiting for eo © p portunity to escape hg Jam, very reepectfully, your ebedient servant G. M. DODGER, Brignaier Geners! Captain RM. Sawran, Ape’t Adjt. Gomeral, Memplie The Aleabam = Piatt Two Our correspondent at Port an Platt, St. Domingo, ina letter dated the Zint wit, eay# ‘Oaptam Gieren, of the Hamburg brig Urania, arrived thi moraing (com Man ranilla Bay, te complete her cargo here reyorta beving been overhauled by a beat from the Alnbame, off (ape leabele, on 19th inet. They merely seken hin, where be wan boowd. The Alabama aftorwarde chacnd a Mpaneh meamer bownd east, aud breaght ber wby brung 4 ebet Poth sveamert were Obeerved gucning gant at Port au Piatt barbor op the 10h at the evening * HG EL ‘ IDAY, MARCH 6, 1863. ———E THE GOLD RAMPAGE IN WALL STREET. Cemetermation Among the Spec tors— The Rush to Sell Gold—Incidents op Change, dkc., dic. AB aptounding panic has prevailed for the last two days throughout al! that region bordering on Wali street, and to which brokers’ offices do most abound. Unite all other panies, which subside aimost as speedily as they are created, this which har now seized upon the innumerable ont of large and small cold speculators bids fair to be 1 apd promises 10 bring hundreds of tbe small fry to grief. it iret made ite appearance in the ranks who bad taken up their usual ground around Change on Wednesday morning; but the news which subsequently caused such dire commotion failed for @ time to make any perceptible change mm the state of affairs... A little later, however, there was a noticeable lengtheuing of vieages and a stealthy alippiog away éfom the now really perturbed and anxious crowd of the } chaps, whe made big tracks to the various ra’ offices, These wore quickly followed by a whole nob, Bow divided into different packs, according to the direetiog in whicn their prey jay, and the rush war so great that it became dangerons for a oaxual passengor to er one Of those narrow street@, This was the result of the effet which the new bank:vg law has bad upon goid jon, and which brings wp all standing those who hayeé of late devoted their wholo time to this one ail ab- xorbing purswit. Yosterday the panic inereased, and from up townand down town, from Brooklyn and Williams: borg, and all around, came thousands whé poured down Wall street and scattered themeclves bere as frow a common centre. So great was the rurh that it was almost impossible for any one to elbow bis way torongh the excited mass, who fumed and fretted, and pulled their hair, and cursed with a confusion of tongues thas would have shamed the gathering ef Babel. ‘The excitement was not aloue increased by the vast ac oession of cormorants to the crowds of the previour day, but by fhe increasing depreciation of the premium on gold, which bade fair to duvolve the golden dveame io Aalged in by RO many among them, aod which kept their lamentations on the crescendo scale, At the opening of ‘Change yesterday gold, which bat fallen the day pre- view foar percent, came down eight or ten per cent with & crash that sent (he operaiore flying ayexn in all directions. Miliiopaires—old adepix at the game of #pecniation—traders, shop keepers, lottery ticket mea, Pever Punks, clerks, cooks, wasters, old clo’ men, and | the thovgand others that the deranged state of the finances | of the country inoculated with the gold purebaeing op) demic, all ruehed into Willian etreet, and completely blocked up thet thoroughfare for some distance on either side of Wall street. Thore never was seen such a deplor. able crew or disappointed money grabbers on the rampage simee the days of Titus. Many lndicroar scenes were on acted avound the brokers’ offices, Jowtling, and crowding and (rampliog—some endeavoring to get in, frome to get out, all impatient and all resolutely beut on falsify- ing tho vid apboriem, which says, a fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind.” Thougn kindred spirits, thore’ war nothing of a kindred feeling among them, save in the great desire w get rid of Mir gold, which tbey bad beeu previously #0 anxioue to bold over fom higher prices, Mort of the heavy speculatore were Jews, and they cul miserable figures +# they rushed to aad fre, foaming at the mouth, curemg with impotent rage Old Abe and Secretary Chase, who bad brought this roth cn the boure of she fathers, One incient is worth relating. A Jew, named Meyers, having some gold trane Action with a Christian the latter, on cloting tho butiners, anked Moyers bia name. ‘Meyers,’ replied the other. What's your Christian name?” ‘Me ish yot no Ohr an name I’m isha Jew.” Another ancient looking He. brew was 80 astonished at the state of affaire in Wall sircet—-the impetuovs rash of people fiyiug as if purrued by an army ©, bannere, the amount of gold they carried, and alarm exhibited in their counte ances, am if fearing t be left behind m the reve tbat, after come time contemplating tue sceLe with lowered brow, be raised hin head and exclaimed, "Mein Gott! dere #h been peting like disb wince de crowing of do Red Sea.’ The old gentleman was overheard by an Irie apple woman, Bear whom he stood at the time, ays who, guessing bis meaning, quickly said, “Oh! the divid sinkathe whole of yex m the same Red Say, thin, and may this be only the beginn.o’ oi your throubles yoo set of miserable nagurs, yex. Divi) a copper, jet alone a bit of fitver, did you lave us.’ The desire w teil wae bot abaved at the clove of the day, although gold rajlied a little, This slight rally imparted no con fulence, however; the blow came too heavily and stunning, and, as the right arm of the law Steelf has dealt it, farther beneficial ronwlte will follow day after day, "all geld becomes once more a currency mediom in the country, There was conrideratle Buoyancy of feeling manifested in all quarters of the city on learning the consteroation that prevailed in Wall street, and many wore the repetivions of Cassandra prophecies uttered months ago, bot which felP then oo unheedmg care, as to the certain collapse of ail ths currency ‘nfation. Pven the newsboye were jubilant, as the aickels were making their uppearance al) the day in unaccountavie abundance. Jamie’ eried one Of these urchins Ww another, ‘by gorra! do you know what I'll dot I'm eo fly of coppers ve Dight that J')) eend owe $0 the Maxi for for the Greeley fund ye ees The Fiuctaation of Gold in Boston. Bowron, March 5, 1963. Gold foctaatona 0-day cavned covederabie excitement in State etreet, Prices tanged aboot the same as in Wall street, very Srequent telegraphic communication beng kept up between the two localities. A Boston broker, ot three o'clock P, wold $30,000 at ffty-vine. The Cineimnati Gold Market. Cremeans, March 6, 1869. ‘The New York Gold news unrettied the market com pletely, Nething was done. Exchange unchanged. Mystery In Commeetion with t Loes of the Indianota—Completion of the Lake Providence Canal, d&c., dic. Munrnw, March 3, 1863, ‘The Indianola was captured under circumstances that lead Ww the beivef that she was unnecessar.ly surrenders! Last Friday the Indiangla and Queen of the Went were discovered under the gana a4 Warrenton, both 1p 6 cond) ition for affective rervice, ‘The vickneas in the army in Increar'ng. ‘The canal Lotween tha Missisnipp) river amd lake widen hed, The water i* not yet let i. ro IMPORTANT FROM ROSECRANS ARMY. Another Advance of the Hebels Under Van Dorn Towardd Franklin—Their Complete Repulse—Kenewa or the Fight—Captare of Fifty Kebe by « Detachment from a T ssce Union HKegiment, &e., &e. Nasi March 6, 1868. ‘The enemy, under Van Dorn, advanced again towards in yeuterday. The Union force alno advanced wix «aod drove the rebels back. Two men were wound Toe rebels lost thirteen killed. The Oght wae repewed this morn mg. pave been received jwenty- three men of Colones! Jackson # Tennessee reg) ment, while On picket duty weet of Nolaoeville, wore attacked by Gfty Confederate cavairy, whe tried tw far round and captare them. The Tennerseeans, after twenty putes’ gbting, compeiied the rebe'# to rurreuder, took (he whole party prisoners, and arr io thin city to night Renforcemente for Genera) Gilbert, at Pracklin, have Leen sent forward wufflesently large Wo Cestrey or capture Tan Dern’* command It # reported that about one thousand rebel cavalry are in the viewlty of Barpeth Pheale, waiting sect steamers om the river, Hoo. Coonolly F. Trigg, Jodge of the United Mates Die toet Court, han ordered that po attorney, proctor or other yerecn who bam Bet taken (he oath te Ruyport the conati jo 0 of the Lalted Peates will be permitted manage cr RAO CAROR te Abia court ‘The Case of Colone! Ketger. Raveimone, Merch ), 1863. Colfer! Be gor, Qusrvermanter, hae been ordered to Car hile arracks for Vint by court martin on Gharee® pre ferred by the benate Commitee = Brevet (ol. James D. Drralder taser he plage Frew ™ of THE PRIVATEERS. Mecting of the Chamber of Commerce The Bar: 5 Of the Jacob Bell, d&e. ‘The Now York Chamber ef Commerce hold ia usual monthly meeting at ove o'clock yesterday, Peletiab Perit, Kaq., presiding. The discussions were of great national interest and were participated in by 4 jarge mum ber of members. After the reading of the minutes the following gentlo- men, recommended by the Kxecutive Committee, were elected members:—W. T. Blodgot, C. ©. Woolworth, Alfred Edwards, William Orton and Aleaander W. Brad- ford. The Speretary to the Chamber read several commun) cations. The Oirst, from Secrelary Welles, » the fol Jowing — ' nT have had the honor to reoetve the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of the Ist ult, trauamitted b; you, under date of the Zid, the serious Luvuletude oual affalen with Boge omy oul prosent nialo of fobs pal cruiwer wens, iy that others may ere long added my 16 ee Su, that the h twit ry cane of auy foreian war, and urging is departivent the nevesslly of at once. oFlering to she ORine bay, between the Nartonn: kod Sandy Tock a shh War of sundry gunboats, and further requesting that gun oats of auffeent forve be stationed in the East river, at the Fae ag of the Sound, to comman! that approach to the Reailzing mort Hig the magnitude of the interert at in New York aud ail the eontinges | probabiliv. ed to ip the memorial, it would by parunent to a! lay apprehensss requested, provided we bad auers of the Chamber of Commerce . this juncture our whole naval force is pub for important operations oa the coast vo rat ney o. the Liockade or for immediate se! could inan emergency be promplly made avi ume | ax the department been unmindful of th things 19 New ui T troet tt will always be the protec lee expowed ‘Te eonmunk We memortal of the Chau on the subject of the f Now York has not b eck sak UBM ds cut. Lam, very reper Cully, von servant, OfDEON WELL wlary of the Navy, 8, JouN AUSIN Stevan, JK, Bucretary Commneree of New Yorks ‘The snbjoined letters in reforence to the eccupation of tho Texan frontier to impede the supplies of the rebels ond the depreduvions of Southern privateer were aed read — of the Chamber of LATTER YROM THE PeSIDRNT, x, Wasneneton, Feb 24, 186% « 7 a Kuowheage 1 plot your favor ot y prolutions of the Charmer + occupation of the iio Gra’ ry truly, y obedient teryant, Youn tia’ Joum Austin Sreyewe, Jn, Eso, LATTER FLOM SECRETARY REWARD, 1 Wasmincvon, M. coal meeting on the cien OF vensela fitted ov commerce, which agcom) you that d wilh with ve Britain upow American nied it, In reply I have to pleasure dietripute Oy rd teervagt, WILLIAM Il. SEWARD, Joan Austin Stevens, Ja, Secrewry Chamber of Coin. merce. A short lettor from Mayor Opdyke was next read. It served principally to explain the accompanying memo ral on the delences of Now York — kx OF Commence oF THe Brare oF Nw Youn, New Youn, Feb. 21, 1 ‘ To His Monon, THe Mayon AND Tue ComMoN COURCK. oF yum Our¥ oF New Youn — ‘This memorial of the Chasober of Commerce of tbe State of,New York My nt ‘ot thin eity and harbor are yy, and this Chamber looks bazards to whieh the vast weal) 04 ov nmerre Now York are ex from the porminis viritasioTrot tne puratical craft pow aljoat, and lurther voasels of likeenarae: ms fitted Oab iD a comby Ww prey upo our comme ‘hie Chamber Curt Sy govertinent, in view ¢ ference in the present war for our vatiouality, @ ad the ffinerat oud Haus goverumente in oy thin port and lw ater In whatever, tion of these lave measures noon so be Joined by i 4 governnent, to ta uch immed’ i@ite bo #ueb end. Bt bas the urgent need for preeent defence te ver of Hloating batteries or ui ad gunboats OT raws lo guard the outer bay aed entrances at tie Nar. rows aod Bound, or a thorougs arwlng aod manning uf the for. Foapecttully reyert that ian end, thu noticed with interest and satisfaction tbat measures are already in progress in the city went te 2 sum of sumoient o for much dete ory ea Alderm C Teapecttanty urge that there 5 and the inpleting tho same and a nd 100 jong delayed wort A. A. LOW, Becoud Vier President, Jonn Acmin Stevens, JM, Seeretary. ‘The fojlowing w regard to the eolargementof the canals between the Mirsiaeippi and the Atlantic wae next read:— Wasuimaton, March 4, 1863, lore you a printed copy of the eal for 4 national ¢ Chieagy for evlarging the cavals, T trust the iat tenly national Chamber of Commerce of il appreciate the iinportance of the movement, Geud cooperation. There are several other d ty the vali, at this need not delay action. Very rerpectiully, your obedient servant, IKAAC N. ARNOLD. THR BURNING OF THE JA00N HEEL. Captein Nye alloded to the destraction of the ship Jaco® Bell, and said that the Chamber should take immediate action in the premier. He believed that if such acta were continued there would soon be @ genepal war jn augirated on the high ¢eas in defence of Northern com we entering merce, Some effort should be made to draw the serout attention of Hritish merchants to these facts, and be bo doubt that there were mouititudes of them who would heartily respond. Me cow cluded by propowing the following reeo lution — Resolved, That the Executive Committos be instructed to inquire anit report means, if any, are proper to be adopted by thie Chamber in reapert 0 10 important an ine! dent in Anerican cominnrve as ive) receni destruction o( the Jacob Bell by & pirate Stted out aod ruppited im Britia HMMOKE expressed his raiefaincce to Capt. Nye ing to the question. The Chamber awed it to iteeif to keep before the pablic the conduct of the great- est commercial pation of the world aud ite treatment of the commerce of American merchants. He had a letter 1p bis pocket from « gentiemao in England saying —"Why dow't the American merebants take steps to expore the conduct of the — ans The writer sdus— “England is at war with you while you are at peace with Pngiand,”” Yes (continued the Genoral), we are at peace With England; we are feeding ber starving population, while sho is preying on our commerce. This conduct of in the great disgrace of the age. ohip &. No particutare | over, he did not reject it. by the Durning of the vessel, He bel. ought veut the building of rebel ships in Engiand. had a tendency to war, if opew beet: esa! re ‘wateers, bow would the Eagiieh, be af #33 two er three doubt be pleased to ef tea on board bel: were, in fact, meoting or on ore aide— (applause han they were doing jo) attention w the move ment candin from the Miorleipp tw the Atlantic in order « the agrieuitaral inte | rents of the Wert, and recs 4 the Chamber to alt the eo lerpriee. follo Mr. Huccum then offered (he ng ope resolutions, which he sapyorted in some marks — Wherean at the eit inet. munety ead Seatnn, largely re vie br Enaing to promave rioie onmt"y, 0nd im tas " id of the Board of Trae fal societies apd bur fore. | eur whois at ve barn reiuerating the opinions they have heretofore exprerned of vreceatity of the work, 1a queen, coraraige ‘rion Wun extended Uy 80 large ® portion Of the uathon pone of being 4ul: of wouty-ave, ‘The presmbie and reseiotions were unanimour'y doped The folowing were aunounced of the com ratte, in portwawee of the motion of Captain Nye, rem tivo 10 the deetrueton ef the Jacob Rell —letetiah Porit, Wm. WH. Awpinwall, 1. Merwih a. Grinneli, A. A Low, Joba B. loner, ¢ povern, Kara Kye, Thomas Tuestow 7) wereoke wail that, f necenmary, in ten days the private armed sieamenip avenger tovid be upon the queen in the tencla of ihe privateers, Lie Uowght © report on (he eulyect should be immediately made by the com | mater The power tuggreted war evento’ io (be committer, bed the menting ad reed | Able to deal with a tbourana such verrels. Ae concerns | RK HERALD. Eee PRICE THREE CENTS. She Is Fired Upon by the Union Iron Clad in the Ogeechee River for Two Hours and a Half. HOW SHE CAME TO BE ATTACKED An Incendiary Shell Sets Her on Fire and Completely Destroys Her. SKETCH OF THE VESSEL, &e., &e., &e. (From the Richmond Examiner, March 2.) The following despatch bas been received: — Savawan, Feb, 28, 1668. The steamer Narhville in comihg up the Ogeechee river last night grounded on the rand bar before Fort Mc Allistes and was discovered by the Yankee fleet, clad opened tire agrows the marsh at the Nashvilie at A Yankee iron thirty minutes past seven o'clock, and continued it unt) ten o'clock, when an incondiary shell struck the Nashville and sot her on fire, and she is now a total wreck The fort fired upon the iron-clad and bit her twice. The other gunboats of the fleet fired at the fort, but did no damage. SKETCH OF THM NASHVILLE. Nashville is one of the historic vearets ob It was one of the first seived by the rebels Charleston in J861, and was ont sea under She has on more than one occasion since given our blockading fleet » great den) of trouble, It will be remembered that rbe ran tho blockade of Beaufort, North Carolina, early lox year, and after being to the i The the rebelijon. ny to the repel fag. bor for some time, and | gappoeed to de secure, eluded what was deemed Wo be a strict wateh and again escaped to soa, She bas weveral times run between Bermuda and Charleston with a con traband cargog but the last time she entered one of the Southern ports she was 80 completely hemmed in that she could not escape, It was reported last October that she was fitting eut with heavy armament for the purpore of Joining the privateer vessels now engaged in the rebel cause and committing their ravages upon the open seas. To prevent this a close watch baa been kept on ber move- ments by Admiral Dupont's squadron, which vigilance bas been flually rewarded by her complete destruction. The Nashville was a side-wheel steamer of eighteen hundred tons burthen, and was built at thir port in 1864 She belonged to Mesere. Spofford, Tileston & Company's Charleston ine, and was one of the fastest ships running from New York. ‘The usual pasenge to Charleston ww two and a half days, but the Nashville usually ran down fifty Ove hours, and bas made the trip in forty-six and « hall She mado ber last trip from thie port to Charleston just before the bombardment of Sumter. Her captain at (hat time (Murray) was a South Carolina man, and foiled from bere with orders not tw go into Charleston if there was any danger. He arrived off the bar April 12, while the bombardment was in pro ‘gross, and ley off and on until Lhe capit. lation of Hamter, when the sbip ram im and wae et once seised by the rebel authorities at Charleston. It will be remembered Ubat they had just before @vized and released the Marion Of the same line. After her sevzure the Ne#hville jay for some time idle at thg dock in (harleston untl! ebe eacaped to sen, She wan then jn the very best order, as her owners had but a short time before laid out $60,000 in repairing the ship. Her former purser came from Charleston shortly after her captare, and reported that the vensel was well taken care of, and was covered with tarpauiline to keep her from the sun. She was considered #0 good & nea going Vessel that the Collins Company twee chartered ber to pat ber on in place of ope of their Liver pool ships, and abe made tbe trip acromm each time paide of twelve dayr. om HOOKER’S ARMY. t Civil Not to Remain the Lines—Faurloug to we Granted for Merit—OMcers and Privates Kuceeding Their Leaves of Absemee to be I'ried by Court Martial, d&e., dsc. March 6, 1969. } General Urders No. 14 contains tae follow ing — Basvquanrens, Al ov ree Vorvomac, Citizens, Boe-resiieuts, will not be allowed to remain ‘Will cagse all such persowe within their commands w be brought before the Provost Marshal Gemere) for bis de claw and action. ‘The napection reperta of the following regimente aad bdatterion, give evidence of the necemity of strong exerting on the part of every officer and member to bring =p to the proper state Of discipline and oMficieacy, No abrence will be granted to these commands and all of cers absent tberefrom must be recalled and the leave revoked. The following are the vames of the regiments, bat tories, ke. — The 12th, 2iet, 294, 20th, 24th, Both, 424, Seth COth, THth, OHth, 104th, 106th. 107th and 146th New York reg) ments, The 20th, Gath, ov, 1d4th, 126th, iad, 96H and 165th Pennsylvania | the 27th Indiana and 92d Magmw Chasetts Volunteers, Hattorien , let New York Peuit’s 10th New York, liruen's, 1ith New York, Pultkam mers avery, Int New York, Barnes battery H, Ist Maryland, thow's) Battery A, let New Jersey, He vamer's, liattery ©, Ist Penunyivania, Me > rth tat tory D eonayivania, Hoots, 12h Che, Jobmhow 4 Panneyivaota, Hampton's, Battery C ist New York battalion, Languer'# The following regiments an’ batteries, appearing from the inspection reports to have oa: ned high ovmtuemdation from inepeeting officars, it tw left to the diveretion of the rps command having regard w the efi wney their commnanda, o inereaume the leaves Of aleroce and firloughe to theme commande fur the Oftewn tare follow ne este) the receipt of this order to three, instead f tw men for every one hundred present for duty, sed threw officers immtead Of Wao, an provided te Genera: Ord No, & Foret, Beeond and Twentieth Masserbowtie reciente Tenin aed Nineteenth ye, Pith aod Tenia how Yor Fifth New Jersey, Goo Nupdred and Weventh Feumeyive tin, Third Wines ict Micemem Voluntenre. ‘ ne (Lappe #), Ay viret Rote ixiand Hhede iniaod (Haxard’e) K, Roortn 1, iret New York (Gehorne’s) ret Vhoie Inland (Randolph's), Fite Viasiett's). C, Fite Mammmcbonevin (Martin's); nana hunetia ( MoLariney jew Yor® (leven s) Secon, New York (Blumen) K, Vint Uuited Raven (Gre bam #). Firth (iatve) sod B, Firet Ovenece ut (Brewkar's) ‘The commandant f the cavalry corpe will 6wermtions the iaeven and furloughs authorized ander General Orders Ko. 9 to regimenle of bie command neglecta) in dieipline, eBeleney, care of arms, equipments a! mols, ce Ot & epected that ail commenting cers A Corpe ead Aivintone will Cuapprons andre fone caver and furbrughe (0 Uncee regiments (6 | «(erie whieh are arly situated All Moers and enliated mae abeent beyond (he period of their eave on farlough must be tried by arte Al) eaters iit eomline Uneiy (raftie emimens 0 whit they are appeintet ant below Tie prete and property of those fant yletathoe | or will be enn erated wpan proot tharet. Rulers whe ose the games on ortere fh Othcars Wo prone ton pore heen and oll contraband articien, will Dy subhocted i” ‘%e mame poole