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2 0 WEEKLY REPUBLICAN, By K. W. B.imu, City and County p r 5 a i cr. , SiS It. BNKKO, “ * KI>I IH*n SAVANNAH, ga. Saturday Morning, May 31, 1863. 25f“ The copy of the Herald from which "' have made some extracts to-day, contains two columns of deaths; and nearly three columns headed “situations wanted—by females. A rolling-mill is to be started soon, at the iron works near Tuskaloosa, Ala., to turn out the iron for gunboats, etc. Iron of the best kind and good coal are found there in great abundance. The Southern public will be joyfully excited to learn, from a late number ot the London Illustrated News, that there is to be another prize fight in England soon. We shall be im patient to hear—that both have been beat into jelly- The Lite Riot in Pennsylvania.—North ern papers report all quiet again in the mining districts of Pennsylvania, where lately a serious outbreak among the miners was reported.— They styled the strike for higher wages “anoth er rebellion,” for the purpose of having the credit due to its suppression. The word "re bellion” is in fashion, and the proper term, “riot,” was ignored. Another Train in From Nassau.—We are indebted to our fellow-citizen, Capt. Augustus P. Witter, who recently arrived in a Confede rate port, for late London, Liverpool and Cork papers, for which we return our sincere thanks. We will, on to-morrow, give such extracts from them as are of general interest. Among other items we have and will publish is the speech of night Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Chan cellor of the Exchequer, on the American war. , rgi” The news from Virjinia is most grati fying and enconraging. Gen. Jackson has swept the Shenandoah Valley. The day he rested after the battle at McDowell, to devote to prayer, was time well speul, and he has reaped his reward. If the' skirmishes near Richmond are the opening of a general engagement, it would seem to be the plan of Gen. Johnston to delay his attack until Gen. Jackson had secured a position in the roar of McClellan. This has now been successfully accomplished, and we look for a bloody day during this week, ou the soil of Virginia. The cause of the death of the Federal Gen C. F. Smith, is reported in the St. Louis Demo cral to have been as follows : “For two or three nights he was very much exposed in front of Fort Donelson, to wind, sleet and cold, in arranging and preparing his troops, and alter the capitulation he was taken with fever and argue, which weakened him greatly. But his spirit was indomitable. Upon the first symptom of recovery he was again in the field. W hile at Pittsburg Landing he jumped from a gunboat into a yawl, and ran a spike into his leg, which penetrated to the bone and caused exfoliation. Erysipelas intervened, and In nine days Irom tthe ime of the accident he died.” Benjamin Franklin Butler.— Our readers need no incentive beyond Butler’s inlaiuous order to the ladies of New Orleans to make them hate the very name of the detestable scamp; but the subjoined article from the Wilmington Journal lays the lash upon the villain with such a vim, that we eunno; relrain irom copying it: The Richmond Dispatch, with the above cap tion, copies our editorial article on Gen. B. F. Butler, which appeared in the Republican ol the 31st. The error in giving the proper credit lies at the door ol the Dispatch, as the Journal in copying gave us credit. As Butlef is our pet, we must demur to any infringement of the right ol private property. Guntowdisk Wanted. —Dr. N. A. Pratt, of Milledgevllle, and late professor of Chtmlstry in the Oglethorpe University, has been appoint ed hy iheC. 8. Government to explore certain sections of the Confederacy in search of nitre caves, galena (or lead ore) and iron pyrites.— These are articles which, as every one knows, the Government very much needs. And it will he the part of patriotism if any one who knows of deposits or caves containing these minerals, will spcdily convey information thereof to Dr. Pratt. Letters will reach him addressed to Milledgevllle, Ga. They will be forwarded to him from that place. He earnestly solicits minute information as to localities, descriptions of deposits or indica tions of such, as well as of the nature of the surrounding country. The districts from which he wishes informa tion embraces East Teunessee, Alabama, Geor gia and Florida. Cotton Planting — Executive Ordek. —The Jackson Missisxippian, remarking on a iate or der of Gov. Pettus, says : “Already many of onr planters have refused to raise cotton, influenced purely by motives ol the loftiest patriotism ; but as the Governor truly says, in order to make the policy effectual it must be general Those plauters who have showu a disposition to disregard the safety of tiie country, aud to jeopardise our cause in the eager pursuit of gain, should not be permitted so to uo. They must share the same fate with those whose patriotism outweighs avaree. They must not be permitted to raise cottou aud thus imperil their country.” Sometime since one of the Columbus (Ga ) papers referred to the fact, that a gentleman of high political and social position in Georgia, and perhaps in the Confederate army, had planted a very large surface of land In cotton. We hope the name of ihe gentleman will be published. It is due the public that they should know that one who has been honored by them iu times past, aud is now leading his fellow countrymen, and enjoying their confidence in the hour of conflict and death, has no more patriotism or judgment than to employ his means in raising that which is useless to him self, and destructive of his country. [For the Savannah Republican ] Vr. Editor .—ln your last Issue, I see a coni utuuicallon under the head of “Florida News,” in which it remarks that, “J. W. Bryant, form erly a lawyer of Jacksonville, subsequently edi tor of the Cubau Messenger, now FMeral Military tioumor of Ferula, was on one of the gun boats if'this be true, I desire to state that an old white haired mother, now over three score years aud ten, of whom he was the pride uud idol in tormer times, and sisters, who ouee loved him with ihe fondest devotion, now utter ly denounce him forever ! At such a crisis the oflVndlug “right eye” sbu.il be utterly pluckrd uni, the “right hauU” cut i 11, though it should ,yw our life . The family tLat would have but clung the more closely to h-m in the hour of adversity, repudiate him 1010, and *Jh him, the dark shadow of Infamy he would east; there is a higher principle than Unman love or life— tumor ami fiber y Ou that prlncly lo we will sacri flee not only life, but all the hope* that make life dear ! For the sake o! his relations I desire lo state, that he has two noble sons, and an oniy son-in law, lighting in the Cos ti fed orate servlet They w* * a th oy tx fun&M* au lie for his derlUctlon. Justice Thomasville, May 27th, HVtiK SiitLte.—e were shown yesterday by sonje members of the First , regi o'c't. 'Who brought them up from City Point several tremendous shells, which hvd been thrown at our pickets by the enemy * gunboats just after the capture of the Yankee prisoners a lew days s nee, but which failed to ex,lode. They are conical shaped, fully eighteen or twenty inches long, and weigh over one hun dred, prolvtMy one hundred and twenty-eight pounds. They are terrible looking implements, and would undoubtedly do a good deal of exe cution, if one of them exploded in the midst of a company or lu a house. The only damage done to life at the Point by these shells, that we have heard of, was the killing of a little j <*•'/, on Saturday evening, when our pickets on ( the blaff were fired at. Sit■ mwuwi-Mnwwww—■ __ ; —tat:: j-pTTn A~v A TsTTsT A-S, aT IE^IE3IE 3 T JIBLIO.A_II!Sry S A-TTri, Tire Bible and tlic Soldier. The Bible. Society of the Confederate States of America, (headquarters Augusta, Geo.,) have appointed the Rev. E. A. Bolles, of South Carolina, General Agent, to travel at large throdgh the Confederacy, and to obtaiu funds to assist In the publication of the Word of God tor the destitute. The Board from whom his appointment is derived, is now engaged In pub lishing 50,000 Testaments, and Testaments and Psalms. The first supply will be delivered by the 30th June prox. The Rev. W. H. Clarke, of Augusta, Ga,, Is president, and Rev. E. H. Myers, Correspond ing Secretary, and Rev. W. J. Hard, Secretary ot the Board of Managers. The Rev. Joseph R. Wilson, D. D., is also one of the Board of Managers. Mr. Bolles is now in Savaunah. He comes among us accredited by letters of recommenda tion from many gentlemen of the highest posi tion, and among them is a letter from Birliop Elliott. He will remain here a week or more, for the purpose of soliciting contributions to carry on this good work, and any persons de siring to contribute can do so most convenient ly by handing the money to their pastors, or to any pastor in the city. And who is not willing to give in such a cause ? A more beuevoleut object the public have not now before them. It is to furnish the Word of Life to the destitute ; not to those ouly who are destitute in this world’s goods, but to those, also, who are now so situated that with wealth behind them at home, they are yet des titute of the Bible and its treasures. Our sol diers in the field are embraced within the scope of this benevolent and Christian enterprise. Cau the rich man, with money lying idle be cause he has no need of it, and can find no in vestment, hesitate to give of his abundance ? Will not the soldier who knows that wherever the Bible or tbe New Testament is established, order, cbedieuee and courage are the natural results, give wnat he can to introduce one into every tent ? Read the brief account in another column ol what these soldiets, in whose behalf this be nevolent society, in pact, makes its appeal, have suffered to protect us and our property, and ask yourself: cau I refuse to do all in my power to supply my defenders with the only food which will sustain them when falling and “dying from exhaustion ou the roadside?” Under such circumstances, hearing them “beg ging their comrades with tears in their eyes to 3end back for them,” who of us, if we were near, would not give thousands of our useless and idle wealth to administer the consolation to be derived from the only companion who can attend them “through the dark valley and the shadow of death.” “He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord,” and this bread nowcast upon the wa ters shall be gathered atter many days. Our Army Correspondent. It will he seen by reference to our telegraphic column, that Gen. Beauregard has issued an order requiring ail correspondents to retire from the army. Thus has he followed the ex ample of Geu. Johnston in the army of the Potomac. Why such an indiscriminate order should have been made, we cannot understand. It ap pears tbat the correspondent of the Memphis Appeal bad sent forward a telegram, which proved .objectionable. But at the same time it also appears that the Adjutant-General to Gen. Beauregard had seen and appro v -1 its contents. Who is to hltmeiu this raatUi ? i- he cor respondent? By no means, uia t-kiris are clear. lie did his duty by c informing to the regulation, to submit his communication for inspection before it was sent. Gen. Beauregard should have visited the penalty on his own officer—the censor of his appointment. But more than this, what justice is there in punishing the innocent for the guilty ? The public will b- ar witness that our correspoudent has uttered nothing that could endanger the public good or welfare; and yet he, with all others, are swept away, because of the indis cretion of one man, and that man not a corres pondent. We have used our best endeavors to furnish our readers with the latest and most reliable in formation during the war, and we believe that our efforts have not been unsatisfactory, or in vain. But without fault on his part either in Virginia or in the West, our correspondent has been exclnded from the lines, on account ol the indiscretion of others. There is neither reason nor justice in the order. But of this more anon Wo will recur to the subject in a few days, perhaps, under another arrangement and other auspices. Stonewall Jackson Again. Onr readers will see by the telegraphic news that this indomitable warrior has pressed for ward with his victorious columns from Win chester to Martinsburg since our last intelli gence of him. Martinsburg is nearly thirty miiea-northward of Winchester, and but twelve or fifteen from the Maryland line. The great feeder of Baltimore and Washington from the west—the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad—has been torn up; Banks’army is no longer entitled to ihe name, aud the conqueror is free to occupy .the soil of Maryland at will. If lie has under his command uear the report ed number of troops —sixty thousand—McClel lan will be forced either to risk a battle at once near Richmond, or divide his command, iu order to protect Washington and Baltimore. It is known by the letter from 11. J. Reymoud, which we will publish to-morrow, that Gen. Sumner’s command of raw troops is the only protection now afforded Washington City. It is also known that but a small federal force has been left at Baltimore. And we further more know, Ironi Northern papers, that the camps o( instruction in the west and in the tast have all been drained by Ihe respective commauds of Halleck and McClellan. So that the detense of Washington and Baltimore must be made by McClellan, li Raymond's state ment be true, Unit McClelland’s command is but little more than one buudred th usand, he can ill aff >rd to tight two large armies, in the front aud iu the rear. Wo, therefore, look confidently fora radical change iu the state of affairs arcuud Richmond before’this week is ended. 1 hr Emmy’s Movements on the Comiuuee 111 VeK —V\are o.debtcd lo a trieud ou the Comtwhee river lor the tollowirg InulUgeuce: On Thursday evening lasi twenty five Yankees paid a visit to Mr. W i.. Henry Heyward’s plan uiliou, on tha Comba'.te liver. There were two or three of our picket.- at Mr. Hejwood’s when the Yankee' arrived, 'i li-v immediately gave rein to their horses, ih e Yankees firing fifteen or twenty shots at them, doing no dam •ge, lint increasing me speed of the horses. Ftie Yankee* remained at Mr. Hey wood’s house all night, and ie at daylight next morn ing. On Friday morning one company of cav alry were sent iu pursuit ol them, but saw nothing, being too iale to do any good. The Yankee' here* out are becoming bolder every day. —Charleston Mercury, 2R/A Goon Shooting.— itic buoruicru accounts more ihan coufirtu ail that has been said of the spl ndid man igvim-oi of our artillery at Drew ry’s lilull, when the Federal Heel was repulsed, "the shots filed at the Galt-im, which was so completely riddled, were directed by an artil lerist of the name >i Muciartane, a Scotchman by birth, and *<ll kuowu to many persons in this city. He was at one Mine in the regular army, lint ur.’l ;h P. evr v one struck the vessel but the first. Such precision is really marvellous-. It is slated that be managed his cannon so perl<city, that he would tell his com pan ions around him, where the balls would -trike, and they had but to look to see it veri fied. On one o< c.esson, on the raising ol the cover to the port hates ol the vessel, he sent a ball through ibeport. Immediately alterwards, steam was seen to issue from the vessel, and a number of the crew to run to the outside. The Unit* or the South. —A Washington correspond ant writes : Officers who have been in regions lately re conquered by our troops, testily that the “men can be got along with well enough,” but the women are exceedingly violent and insulting,’ This sort of malignity, doubtless arises from sympathy for “their boys.” who were first to i <ke up rebellious arms, and with whom the cotiaseSa of apt and experience went for noth ing. These boys were to the great conspira tors, iike clay in the bands of the poller. The mothers and daughters are continually thinking of these “ youug Southern gentlemen, every one of whom could drive twenty Yankees.” 2*ome wo in in in Georgetown has threatened to shoot President Lincoln, if her son in the rebel army, shall be killed. ARMY CORRESPONDENCE Of the Savannah Republican. Army of the Mississippi, I Uouinth, May 33d. i A day of great suspense has passed. Beaure gard had determined to give the enemy battle yesterday morning, but a heavy rain having fallen night before last, he decided to postpone the movement until this morning. Accord ingly, the entire army moved outlast night to a position just in iiont of the enemy’s lines, where the troops bivouacked in line of battle. The order of battle, however, which I have been allowed to inspect, involved a flank move ment of several hours’ march, and over ground of which we had very little previous topograph ical knowledge. Toe troops assigned to this latter duty, were put in motion as early as 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, and at noon to-day it was discovered, alter they had got within a short distance of the Federal lines, that the character of the ground was such as to render it impossible to advance further in that direc tion, and it was too late to retrace their steps with any hope of getting into position before night. These troops were to have made the attack, and having become fully engaged, the other corps were to move forward and engage the enemy at other points. It was expected that the battle would open by 9 o’clock, and tbe entire army were anx iously listening for tbe signal gun to spring upon their prey. The appointed hour arrived, but no signal was given. Ten o’clock came, and still the wind which blew from the quarter where the first blow was to be struck, brought not to our ears “the clash of resounding arms.” Eleven came—and then twelve—but with them came no order to move. At last a courier ar rived, with intelligence of the physical diffi culties to which allusion has been made ; where upon the troops, to their great disappointment, were withdrawn from their advanced position, and ordered to retire to their camps. The result ot the day’s operations demon strates the importance of having a corps of intelligent and enterprising engineers, who shall survey the ground wherever the army may be required to move, and procure full and ac curate information of tbe topography of the country. If tbe country between Corinth and the Tennessee river had been tally examined, and maps and drawings made, designating the roads, water courses, fords, hills and swamps, and the cleared and uncleared land, we should have experienced no such disappointment as that of to-day. Indeed, it is impossible for an army to operate with any certainty, or even safety, in the absence of an efficient cor;.s of engineers. Unfortunately, the wound received at Shiloh by Major Gilmer, the Chief Engineer of the Army of the Mississippi, has deprived the army of his valuable services for the present. Had he been able to remain at hia post, it is probable we should have engaged the enemy to-day in a great battle; and it we had done so, and the order of battle had been cariied out, I do not see how we could have failed to gain a decisive victory. Meanwhile, Hilleck is strengthening his po sition and receiving fresh reinforcements. A prisoner, taken to day, states Seiglehad come up with 20,000 men from Curtis’ army in Missouri, aud that batteries have been planted, and other defenses provided, along the route by which the enemy has advanced. We hear, also, that Mitchell is moving up Irom Huntsville, and that Denver had arrived with such regiments as could be spared Irom Cairo and other points on the Ohio aud Upper Mississippi. The knowledge of these facts, doubtless, had much to do with bringing Beauregard to the decision to give the euemy battle to-day. We ueed also a corps of pioneers—men who shall go before the artny and open aud repair roads, build bridges, make fords, remove ob structions placed in the way by the euemy, and clear the track for the advance of the army. In the absence of such a corps, the movements of our forces must necessarily be slow and irregu lar. In this respect, the enemy has ihown more foiesight than we have. He is uot only provided with an adequate force of active and well trained pioneers, but he has organized alsoa corps of pomonneers, whose services in a country intersected as ours is by water cours es, are of the highest value. The transportatiou of the Army of the Mis sissippi is superior to that ol the Army of the Potomac The teams at e better, aud the wagons are better. Mules are used here instead of horses as iu Virgiula, and the drivers are more accustomed to the management and care of teams. The roads, however, are worse, and ihe supply ol forage much less abuudaut. T-ae patriotic work of destroying the cotton continues to be prosecuted throughout the southwest. The people scorn to be more de termined than ever to allow the euemy to take nothing by his invasion, and to tight it out to the bitter end. The infamous proclamations of Butler,aud especially his treatment of the ladies of New Orleans, have fired the hearts of our troops to an extent I have not witnessed before Dr. Palmer of New Orleans, now with the army, delivered an address two days ago to some live or six thousand men, on the subject o Butler’s conduct to southern women, which brought tears of indignation to eyes “all un used to wetp.” P. W. A. [Corrtsp mdenco of the Ootumbui fiua ] Brevard, Fla., May 21, 1812. Eds. Sun :—A scouting squad, belonging to Capt. Alien’s cavalry company of Montgomery county, Alabama, had the good fortune yester day evening to pick up three Tanks within two or three miles of Barrancas. They say that they were engaged in llie amuseraeut of hunt ing deer and turkeys, with no expectation of being hunted. • When they encountered the scorns they showed fight, and before surren dering one of them was seriously wounded, being t hot through the breast and arm, which was brokeu. The prisoners hail from New Jers.v, and eay they belonged to the 2d United States Artillery, aud have lor years been regu lars. They report ihe enemy lourteeu hundred strong at Pensaco'a, three hundred in Pickens, and three c- m) antes of artillery at Birrancas, the whole under command of Geu. Arnold—a suggestive name. The physical appearance of the prisoners does not denote a high develop tuent oi the muscular man. There are six guns mounted at Barrancas, pointing landward. It is to be hoped that this is but the begin ning of the end, and that I may have the plea sant task of retaining to your readers many occurrences of similar captures, ou a scale of much greater magnitude. Iter. [Curie fjwtdi uce 1 1 ihe Atlaeta Confederacy .] NTckajack, May 25, IBt>2. Fifteen hundred Yankees crossed Ihe Nash ville & Chattanooga lid I road at Cowan, be tween Stevenson and Winchester, about 85 miles trout here on Thursday. Two hundred of them were cavalry and the "rest infantry, with foqr pieces of artillery. It th< i- > bj c was to cut ofla body of our cavalry wes oi Winchester they were 100 la e. Our men. between seven hundred and one thousand strong, are near them ou the side, waiting for ammunition which will reach tnem to- morrow. It they in tend striking at the railro-.d near here to inter cept the eoai, they are not strong enough, nor in sufficient force to attack Chattanooga. Kettles have been placed in vickij ick Cave, aud tbe manufacture of Saltpetre resumed. Yours respectfully, jp jj P. S. —Since writing,"news ha- arrived that our lorces have repulsed the Yankees near VVinchester, with a loss of five killed of the enemy and one on our side. The Yanktesare committing much depredations cu piivate pro perty. Col. Harris, of the 48 J Georgia Regiment, ar rived here this morning with about forty of our soldiers taken by the Yankees at Bridgeport, and exchanged at Belleionte. H H Chatt nooga. —W e are informed that a de spatch was received here night before last by f’apt. Wright from Chattanooga, stating that tbe enemy bad built gunboats at Huntsville, and were approaching Chattanooga with them ; and calling upon him for all the heavy ordnance he had. We have not received any of the particu lars, but refer our readers to the despatch of Gen. Mitchell to the Federal Secretary of war in another column, from which it appears that be is getting up gunboats to conquer all East Tennessee with. We suppose he will hardlv succeed. — Atlanta t onfedcracy. *■"*• Gittin into Maryland.— Old "Stone Wall” will probably be in that down-trodden S'ate soon, and the men under bis command miy have the honor of first planting the Confeder ate flag over the old Capitol and the President’s House in Washington. The 21st Georgia regi ment is with that division of tbe army ; tnd it it does fake Washington and redeem Maryland, Georgians will have a hand in this glorious work. Lieut. Butt is here, and will take a company 1 Into that regimenj.— Atlanta Confederacy. LATE EUROPEAN NEWS. [From the Liverpool Daily Post, April 25,1562.] Speech of lit. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, CHANCELLOR Ot TELE EXOHERUER, ON THE AMERICAN! J WAR, Delivered before the Manchester Chamber oj < tnn merce, April 24fA, 1863. After dwelling at some length on the financial condition of Great Britain, Mr. Gladstone said: And now, Mr Mayor and gentlemen, after having said thus much, I come to that which moro part’culany touches the state of your own district. We stand here at a time when, bat for one unfortunate event, it i probable that you ard your workpeople would alike be enjoying a great prosperity. That one unfortunate event you have described in this address, and m my opinion truly described, as ‘the deplorable s.ruggle in which the two sections of the great American ro public are now engiged.” It.is, gentlemen, a deplorable struggle. We are not of Uiose, if such there be, who envied 'she greatness of the American republic (heir, hear). We could have been Well content to to Eee hvr enlarge her borders from year to year, gradually in creasii g in her wealth aud Strength; wo should have retained the consciourneaS that in our part nothing would be done to prevent tit o continuance ot the moat friendly and peaceful relations (hear); and the admira tion with which we regarded the energy of that nation would have been toially untinged either by envy or by fear (hear, hear.) But this struggle has come abo .t through no fault of ours, and I inir.k we cannot but feel that the portion and attitude of this country with respect to tee United States has not been on the other side of the water quite impartially or fairly judged (hear, hear). Now, gent'emen, I am n' t going to make this a matter of complaint. Let us sympathise with our American brethren in their difficulties. L* t us al low that, under the excitement of those difficulties, and of a desperate..and agon'zing conflict, the mimla of men are not in that state oi trat quiity which ren ders them the best judgeiot the conduct of thei- neigh bors. Under such circumstances, the proportions of s .bjecls alter before the eye, and expectations are formed, and arc thought to which, in a dispas sionate moment, will be seen fed felt to have been un founded. Why, gentlemen, there was a demand ma ie upon us by ilie ■ üblic voice in America at tbe outse, oi tnis deplorable struggle for what was called ‘sympathy.’ Well, now, what was thereat meaning ot ihatdemand, at least if 1 can understand it; snd I hope that in what I say I shal l not say a word inconsistent wi h ihat Pa ternal fetling which Idesiro to cherish towards ali men, and especially towards ou k’ndred be; oml the water; but, practically, what was the meaning of that disire and tint call for sympathy? Why, it was tnis; that we should ako such a cou-ee by our language and by our public acts as would place the €,1)00,000 ol men, or the 10,000,090 I care not which you ca 1 them—o. the South iu permanent hislil ty with us (hear, hear ) Wei', now, we may have our own opin ii>DS —and I imagine we have our own private opinions about the institutions of the South (hear), as, unfortu nately, we may have our own private opinions abo it the countenance that has > een given to ii.o3e instit j tions iH thr North (hear, li n- end cheers). But that is no reason why, on the one side or the other, we shou'd adopt a course of conduct 'hat is to lay the foundations of a'ii nation of ie bug and permanent h siiity betw eu ourselves and those who may here after be a great nation, claim! s to enter iato peaceful relations with us (chei-rs). Why, no doubt, if we could sec that ibis was a corims, o slavery or freedom theie is not a man in the long h ami bread.h ot this room there, perhaps, is hardly a man io all England that would lor one moment, hesitate upo r the But - which he would take. Hut we have no tauh in the propaga tion of free in titutions at t e point of the sword (hear, hear). It is not by such means that the endi of free dom are to be gained. Freedom must be fre ly ac cepted, and freely embraced You cannot invade a a nation in orde- So convert Its tnstituti ms from bad ones into good ones; and our friends in the North have as we think, made u great mistake in supposi g that they cau b*m all ihe horrors of this war to puilanlh-o pic ends Indeed, geuttomea, there are those among us that think—aud i confess, for one, I have shared the appr hension—that if, in the ourae cf the vicissi tudes of the w,.r, the Southern States of America should send an emnassy to Washington, and shar'd say, “Very well, we are ready to lay doon our arms on one condition ; wears ready o renew the compact we are ready to in ke it perp trial; we are ready to attach to it every guarantee and security that you can imagine for your holding us fast; but upon one con .it on—'.bat you will assure uj that theresha ! b ; no interference witn our domestic institutions ” Ah, gen tlemen, we hive had the fear that thar a lieaUcn. if it were made, wo Id receive a very favorable reply (bear, hear). Imi K that it is well stated by my noble col league, Lord Russel, that “this was a straggle on tie one aide fo m r macy and on the other for in ep.in dorsee” (cheers.) Now, g uttomeo, I cannot but sympathise with those wbo are making the struggle for supremacy. It is painful to surrender a great tn imposing, and a magnificent national unity.* We the English people, in other times, have ielt that paia (lu-a-, hear). Old George 111., np n the throne, who fid tte feelings of an Englishman—wliettieP y u may approve his policy m all things or no’, he was a true Englishman in heart and sontim nt ; old Ounri lit. 'ell h s > ea-t “rent in twain” by the lace ation of the empire when the American colonies were parted from us. But, gentle men, I ihink wo tesi this, that the experience which we have had in r.ur null -lial history iu some deg ee gives us the means of judging of ibe prospects of this American struggle batter than those which are p s se'sed by ihe Americans themselves. We have felt that, after the pain o that se erance was over, we came at length lo recognize it as a t ood, an I wo an thankful that the American c ilonies were parted from u>, because w. think tbot wo cmld not have governed ttrem as much or Ih ir own advantage as they have been enabled to govern iliem’elves (-beers) Soma persons may say tae Northern States are a great deal stronger iu lor ner times thaa Scotland; but the Eng lishman as well as the Scotchman knows that when it was the ol ject of I nglaud to cstab ish by torce a su premacy over So Band, the Scotch proved themselves to be wh it a r e called “very ugly cust liters” (laughter): and at length it was not the exercise ot force, nut it was a sense of policy and pruden-e on both sides, dic tated in the main by natural circumstances, that led to the union of the two kingdoms But the position of the N rrtharn States isthi- —' We won’t let you go.” The poi i ,n of the Soothe n States is—“We are de termined to go” (laughter). Now gentlemen, you are men of bj-ines-, and if one of you has g >t a partner, and that par ner warns to separate from you. I ask you whether, in the long run, it w ould not be very and f tiou t to hold him ( uugbtor). B :l I ask you more, sup poting thst you w-re able to h dd that partuer, sup posing you could contrive some indenture ol pivrtn r ship by which he shonl i a' dioaie fiiafr. e will and tie himself to you, like a captive to the chari- t wheel of a victo-, but ha still retaining an alieuated heart—no comm m interest in your business—a desire to trip yon up and embarra-syou—why, 1 say, y u wou’d not h >’d that partner if you could (laughter anil cheers). The Northern States of Ami rica nave undertaken a mili tary enterprise of enormous difli -ulty. It is but fair, I think, that we sh >uld record our sense of the vast and gigantic energies whica thoy have unfolded in the proeecu’ioa of that mi itrry enterprise (hear, hear) They have had cer ain successes in the field Bat, gentlemen, again I all back upon our English experi ence. If you revert to th > anna.sof the Waroi Inde pendence between tbe imorican colonies ani this country, where were the sacce ses in the field in that war? It wss not for want of successes in the field tha' we did not conquer the Aur rican cfinales It wa? this—that wh n wo hau tu.ee ses In the held we were no nearer ou o! ject th.n belore It is net the question when )ouare endeavoring to conquer a co miry whether you can break up its em battle i armies, and and ive them off the plain where they have c >tn led wila yon in fight; the ques.ion is this, and this alone, wheth.r ihe h art of the coun try is s-l upon the separation (hear, hear, and cheer.-). If it is n t sat upon a separation, it mar be conquered; bu - if it is set upon a separaiiou, and if ihe brood of Washington, and of die men of Virgo ia of his day, still runs in the veins of th se who inhub t Southern America, then it ir al but impossible that the military object should be effected: arid if trie military object were tffectrd, the civil aud poll ieat difficulties re claming would render that mi itaiy success a curse and a misery to those wto had achieved it Well, gentlemen, we in this country are in the ► abit of plain speak mg, and it is wel , I think, upon this subj, ct, considering the nearness and intimac) of our relations with a l those who Inhabit the American coniin nt, that we eh)u and tes our minds in regard to the senti ments with wh cu we view what you ha-o well called this “deplorable etrugg’e” M-y tne A m ghty Dis poser o. Even's bring that struggle quickly to an end 1 For ibe sake oi ourselves, for the sake < f the Arner - cans above al', may that strneg e quickly reach iis termination, stay ihrt tare plac , not which we with or pre'er, hat which is lor the peace, happiness, and wellare of Ihe inhab tacts of that count-), be ih-y white or te they black (hea ) Eut, gentlemen we also feel the painful aua deplorable t If rets of this si ag gie upon our elves It is impos-ibie to deny them, not upon ourselves aloDe. but upon oilier c unfies of Europeaso trance is suffering, Belgium is surfer ig, every cou dry that has a cotton manuiaetcre is suffer ing grievous')- —mo e grievously iu | r'portion to the numbers employed than in Ibis country—because iu these countries ih -re is not the cense o' independence; there is greater disposition to lean up m the govern ment for nelp than hap it) prevails aei u< ourselves. But when we are told by an organ ol Ameicen opin ion thit Europ ■ or that Engl .nd has behaved unhand somely by Avnertc i. 1 feel ihe utmost couti lene-i mat iba final verdtet of history will bs this—that there never was an occasion in which Ihe civdized nad m ol the win Id in general bore, aud had been cori.entto bear, so much rial misery, femltiug f om a civil and municipal q mirel In anoth r Sale, win.out line f=r eoce, a' there has been on the present occasion ( ear, hear), it we look upon tbe pain ll h s brought upoo us, it is a grlevo s thought. In another point of view it is a remarkable testimony to the real pro gress ot civi iz&tten and peaceful views among the nations of the world. It is homage to what is call ed an abstract principle, that til tbis misery has been borne. It has been a sense of the danger and mischief or interforence in intestine quarrels in other countries ; and tbe detct.ee that has been paid to that principle of international poliey by Ei gland aud all ihe nations of Europe is. Issy, among the most re markable features that deiermlue the character of his tory as applicable to the 15th century in wtieb we live fence's.) In your own dUt/ter, gmtiemen, it is impos sible to move without being struck on ibc one hand by the menacing character ol the time, no man knowing whether to-morrow wilbe darker than to-day, and whether another montn will not greatly tdvar.ee in the tale of suffering upou the month that is now passing. On the other hand the nio’al signs and the social s gus which the daikness of this p~-<lod has brought into view though the eye might rot have discerned them amidst th elareoi prosperity, arc such as at or.ee to touch the heart, and cheer the mind of men with the hopes that they open lor the tuture. We are Sol i that the people cannot be trusted; that they are fit for nothing except to earn dai’y brtad , and that you mutt not call them to ihe exercise of high-r functions, or lock to them for enlightened views. I ask wfcat prscti cat evidence of enlgalened views are -he workmen of Lancashire and Cheshire now affording- (cheers)-in their patient endurance, in their mutual help, in ihtir respect for order, in their sense of independence, in their dt sire to be a burden to no one—(hear, and (.(jeejst—in the pa ienco wiih which they submit to positive privation (near, and cheers)? And, gentle men, let me add thus much, havii g apokeu of the work people. that, if I am able to judge, the mssters who employ them are worthy of those workpeople (hear, hear). And I can give them no higher praise. It is a satis actory and an ennobling spectacle to see and to know the way in wtich, in this city, and, I believe throughout tee district, according to lbsir means, em ployment is given ; the steam engino is kept going, the factory, if not on ail dais, on some days is kept at work not with tbe hope of profit to toe master, but in lace oi a known and positive loss, in order that eyen under the pressure of difficulty they may rot and •*. rl and abandon ihe nbble bands that they employ (cheers ) Gentlemen, it is a sight good lo’us a!L—it h iws us that in this country class is bound to class Clear, hear) by something belter man merely pecuniary and econo mical relations. It shows us tbal you have in the com mum tv something of a common heart, aud the day may come when you will look back upon this period of crisis as a period which was blest to you in this that it united you more closely than over to u‘ workpeople among whom you live (hear) The London Time* on the Tfhankw C i v - Ing Proclamation or Abraliuui Lin coln. Frgsident Lincoln has appoint and a Day of Thanks giving to the Almighty God lor I lie successes ot the Federal arms and the deliverance of tbo States from foreign intervent on and Invasion. Nothing c.n be more orthodox than such a proceeding, for there never wap a seot that did not think the slaughter of its loes a proper occasion or gratitude to the Author of our being. 1 bis we will not dtapute. Nor, again, can it be denied that, in the u‘ual scale ol successes such affairs as those at Forts llenry and Donelson and Is land No. 10, as well as the unresisted advance of the Army of tho Potomac, are matters for congratulation, ['he only critici im that we have to offer on the Thanks giving for these successes Is one that arises naturally out ot our own slower and more deliberate ways European nations do not shout 111 they are well “out ol the wood.” When a tew fl. e's and armies h iveboer. destroyed, and forms of peace agreed on. they ome to church with a respe. table list of achievement! aud a well certified balance iu their favor. Tin y can then worship honest’y and gratsmOy. at the last dzt -sfrom Ameiica matters were in av, ry different state Two immense armaments were watching one another at New Orleans—the one in possess on. lhe other waiting to attack; two again, under the eaine circumstances below Richmond ; while at Corinth, in the heart ot the country, tbe remains of two such armies were In.,kino a j one aimther after two days’ hard fighting, whi h seems to have leit neither sUo much matter for congratula tion. In fact, the occasiou was evidently what we call critical, as contrasted with Ihat quiet- r phase of af fairs whf n we begin to take breath, aud can rest on our oars. It was the eve of th.ee battles, not the morrow, and remin Is us of the wise old recommendation that they who are buckling on their armour should not boast as they who are taking it off- The Americans willgetoutof their trouDles very soon if th-y pay their earthly <iebt3 as promptly as those whi h !h-,- acknowledge to <leaven. But there ii a poiut ia ibe P/esideuts proclamation which surp.s e* t>e common prol-.ni y and Srlf.deeepti m Incident to such cere monials Tha North, rn States are to tnaok iii-j Al mighty for their deliverance irotn foreign invasion and int.r. ention. Whit does tnis mean.? If the happy event al u led to is the tardy surrender of Messr , Slidell and M ison, unlawfully ami violently taken ou* or a British mail packet, then of rt only the America tie may thank Heaven for ilie unexpected ami uuw.iiiog discretion they have showed on ihat sirens ou. Per haps iheco is no better subject for Thanksgiving' hau a time'y repentance and due restitution. Hat the America's have not heretofore cor.si tarel such an act a matter lor national gratia Je. Tut belter inarmed, We mu t suppose that Thanksgiving is to be for the mysterious defeat or withdrawal of some intended in vasion or forcible intervi ntion, by European a.m i.— A Thanksgiving engraftiug a calumny exceeds even the usual liseuce, ample as th-.t may bo. I the interven tion is only tiiat oi kind w shes and good advice, then it realties to be seen whether the Northern etatesbuve so mieh to t e thankful lor their deliverance. It s quite possible that they miy even:daily have io make peace ou worse terms, and under more untoward circumstances, than ail amicable ‘epa atiou between the Northern and Southern ot.-.tes. Even il they beat the Soul i within the next sixiy days, as they must do if they do it at all this year, Hi -y wtl hove to pty lor it with a taxation fully equal to our own, and y t leave a mutitu ie of questions s.i ; l to be settled between tbo North and Sou.h, East an i West But the Northern States, it is ait, end they say, h da right to expect a European iuteiv nt on, because ti e tfoutuerii States reckoned upon it and rebelled on foe faith of it So tar, too, old they agree with the Southern Sta'es, for Hey thought England and France would do anything to get co.tou. A ew people in ibis country cried .or iuteivcnii >n, but they cried j st enough to give England an oppor tui ity of declaring against it. It cannot be said ilial England never thought ol it, or ihat lhe idea never crossed the bead of'.lie public, lor inlerventlon was strongly urged by s >rne of our Manchester imndr, on the single ground of obtaining cotton by fair means or by (out, to keep open their mills, A ow, the eu'orcod idleness aud starvation ot a million or to of our fdiow subjects is no Pitting matter; ar.d had It bean possible to make the North and South shake hwnds across tbe Potomac, and set tire e tton at liberty, vve do not deny that the end might justify area onab'e ch ice and ap plication of means, but there is no occasion t > defend a course which we did not take. On the contrary, consult ring the greatness of the occasion passed by, and the terrible rosui s of noa-inervennon, we are rather concerned to defend ourselves ior not in erven ing. We sat still an 1 watched the c>i flic, in mute distress, and a good many ol us in starvation besides. What tied our hands was simply r. eptet lo; the inde pendence ot nations, and an op nion that reople must and wit gene-airy fiaht their own way out of their owu quar-els. People will n t lean peace ani mutual courtesy till they have had a little ex crienco ot the contrary course. They must suffer a good deal before they come to the conclusion thatthei; uetghbors are proba ly as good as therm-elves, aud have as mreb to say for themselves. But this is . nly one more example of the ridiculous opinion maintained by some ot our neighbors, and o ten want only encouraged by some of ourselves, that material considerations sway tne policy of England. What ri-.es to the lips ol a rival or a detractor as ths readiest thing th-rt can be said ag dust us is, that we are a shopkeeping nation, and wili no a iy hir.g to keep the shop going. The French have lullen into a thousand mistakes by assuming the British merchant man to be be tha true avunt courrier of our armie, and navies The Russians never would have attacked Turkey atid prepared to conquer the East had they really believed that we shouU go to war wheeour trade was not in question. The Southern Americans, so it seems, would never have seceded had not their evil genius persuade! them that their cotton e rot - tates an inseparable link between them and this coun try Tae Northern Americans no wr- coguiz > the same belief, nor will any amount oi adverte facis disabuse them of it. The truih, tho uniortanats truth, it it must be so describ'd, is that John till-, whom ertainr s > humble an opinion of himself) and who submits to so many jokes on his sleek aud susceptible egr tism, is in fact, the mod roman ic gentleman in Europe. What figures in the caricatures, and is the subject of so many laborious foreign invectives, ii the Banclio Panza of the composition; it is tho Don 1 imself who is the leader, and whose chivalry carries England into a thousand scrapes. No nation to ready to see a high eentiment at issue, to :nist ke windmills f .-r giants, travellers for magicians, dairymaids for princesses, and convicts for ihe repr. se.datives of ou raged hu mauiiy, as this same John Bail, whoso ruif i counte nance is owing much more to hP dreamy benevolence than to hit c mmorcial industry. It is wa who “li hi for ide-iS,” when France fig, ts for territory, monopoly, lor a political rooting, lor something to call her owu. Ideas aud sen' men s, as opposed to possession and privileges, are the basis of our domestic as well as our loreigu politics. It is not the Engl.shmau who stickles for his suffrage, ior his equal sham of inheri ence, for Ilia bit oi cartb, or of political standing. Nor is it the EDglishmau who i always planting his fopt on th * shore o some continent w o refuses lo take him in. Much less is it tho Englishman who reiuaes toriSt content as tong as a river, or a degree ot latitude, is all hatseparaUs hm rom a neighbor of the same race and tongue. For the Dus reign ol mats rial territorial ideas tho Americans must look eiaewhero or nearer home. [From tha Cork Daily Reporter, April 28.] A Suspicions Craft, On Saturday a largn, handsome and clipper built screw steamer, of fine irces, an i eviden ly Capable of last sailing, put in'o the Harbor of Q leenatown, re ported ss “to flit up coals and take in passengers.” she sailed under tho British flag, was stated io be from Hull to Nassau, with general cargo. Her delay for two days, and no nppearanco of passengers await i:.g ln-r seems to excite some suspicion?, which ser uia to meet confirmation by the arrival of one by the speusl tram conveying the American mails, a very gentlemanly looking man, but of great shrewd ness of expression, though of very quiet demeanor. With him was cunvejed a large quantity of heavy baggage, and on the American mails having been put on board the steam lender Jackall for the conveyance to the outward found mail steamer for New York, the gentleman proceeded wtlh his luggage by a special steamer or board the other steamer, tiie one we have already indicated lyinw in tho c fling Iu the m an timo certain vigilant authoiities al Queenstown had not been nnawakened. and towards 4 p. ru in the af ternoon ol yestsrday it was v r> generally rumored and believed tht t tbe st- am r was ibc hero, and ihai ber dcstinatli n wus Dot Nassau but New Or earn, to ■ihich port the purposes to tun the blockade. Tnu result of this information —supposed and believed to be authentic—was that despatch*! were sent out by the American Consul in Queenstown to apprise Ihe Ft di-rai Oovi rnmtnt ol tbe movime.it* ot to s craft, We hear, hrough touices th it warrant us in giving the statement, though of course wo cauLol officially vouch to: its accuracy—that in-'.rceuocs have been sent through the Captain of the Australasian, to eom tnun cale the intelilgence to any Federal vessels whom he may m* t with iu his duo course across the A tlaulic. The Nero fil ed up c m’s oil Satur 'ay and received, aa we have said, her only pasieng r, believed to beau authorised agent of the boutbern Confederacy, yester day. She lias not yet sailed. We learn mat her sttam power is fully equal to thlrtetn and a hail knots per tio rr, even wiih <lI the aid of canvass, and that in la v-rat)le circumstances and average fair weather, she can beat that by “.-t'ong lines and hickory gads.” A Reportir from ihe office of one oi our con empoiaries, who was duly pursuing his vocation in Queenstown y.-sterda , se- med veiy anxion 10 go on board the vessel, but had r ot th- opportunity affinltdof grati fying his praiseworthy inclination of ‘the purmit of kuew e 'ge under d.ffl’uUW— a favori-e theme ot Lon Brougham's—snd on his eipres tng I is regret to that elf ct to a I tend, the latter ia-ouically replied, “It’s jutt a* well for you y m dld .’t, lor as su e au you’re there, they’d have found out yon were a news paper ma , by reason of the manner y. u’d be asking questt ins, ad the next foot of laud y u’d pul foot up on would be New Orleans.” We cannot say whether our friend of the foot th estate regretted, or did not, that he hadn’t g >t a chance of trying ihe txperina nt, ml his observation, very quaintly uttered, w .s, ‘-Asa who knows if ihey kidnapped mo off bnt it would torn ont another Slide'.! and season affrir.” Tne Cork Daily Hep rter is rich on the Cir cumlocution Office. A Cuai-tee irpos Circu Mt.occTiON—A day or tvo since an nmopbisiica’ed dirkey waited upon a certain military gentleman with a bill ■.! i do,lS?.,for wasaii g and me at ih- camp hospital, which a'ler undergoing a rigid scfUiioy by tpe ( flic r, waa relum-d with t ■ io!- lvwing exnlanation, wh.ah .he astoni-hed so i of Ethi opia iitened to wi.h an >qual amount of wor-der and perplexity ;—‘‘This bin.” .-aiu tie milit try gentleman, * wiii first have to be tent to the Quaitermasb r- rent' ral at Wash ng'oe, and he will report to the Adjut-nt- Gen ral, who will lay it b-.fire tne . ecreUrv of War lor his approvaL The acjaiant leiug satisfied, it will be sent 1 1 the Auditor ol the t tale, who will approve of it, and send it to ihe tecre ary cf th ■ Treasury, who wi 1 at on<e despatch an order to the Coi'ec or of this port 1 1 pay the bill” The darkey relieved h mseli o. a long drawn sigh. ‘•Then massa,” he remarked, -‘Jal last getublem you spike of pa a tor de washing, dins hef’ “No,” toniieutd the other, “he wOthaud it to tho Quartermaster; but as tier j is no such < Dicer here at present, some proper person must be appointed by the Secretary at War, under direction of the t’resid n , and his appointment mast be approved by t e Senate. When till." ecmuiission is r. cs.ved the Q lartermastur will show it to the Chancellor and derua. and the funds. Yoawill then call upon him; be wi.l ex‘.mine your bill, and if found correct he will pay it, you giving yoar receipt-’ Ybe unfortunate nigger scratched h s head, then tho-k it, and fiaaliy sa and, u gutss 111 hah to let dis wa-hing !ide. but it am de lasi job I does lor Uncle earn, shu [From the London Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, , L April lt> ii. j r ,rr Ar>-1' 15 —There has been a little more done in toee'ioth ha * 10-d y u,:in on last Tuesday. The weather isnow mor .etUed, s . that spring appare is beginning to he worn and he r.tau as a cOcsequence .W a 11- tie more a> i>n ed th cu we have latter!) hd to report it. Afo w Wtne;, strong Melt -n-, and some other heavy g oi* are n“W sein g, chiefly oa account t lanadiun orders. A lit lit is doing In tbe American trade, even ior the Confederate elates The txport irale’to Au-.tralia is dull, nor is there much doing for China. As to prices, iney keep steady, those of wool as well a* those ol cloth. HVC-A.'? 31, l.‘ 3ss - The Liverpool Journal of Commerce . A P ril 15, has the following under its comm. *‘ ia * head: Monetary and Commercial. Livzepool, Monday Evening. The Cotton market has been more activo to-dey, and n consider bio busmen* has been dqjje, f e ss'es reach ing 10,000 bales The demand wis general, and the supply of American being very small, prices improved, and in many c Sos a farthing per pound advance was pa don the prices current, on F-iday last. Out of the entire . unuess about 4,000 bales were taken lor spccu laiion and export. uii^n ,> i t ' ir L by lhß , We T “ d ia mall have been de livered to-day, anil the mmt notable point ot their contents relates to the p-og ess marie in the ciilliration of co ton in Jamaica. 11 appears that lhe Cotton Company r- ce-tly organized have me hundred aud fifty acres of land in the Mulrton estate in’ the Mancbi mekl diitdet, plant-d with cotton, Ufy acr s o' which is expected to yield cuton ii,i„ season. The cot on larked heal liy. at and the tr es were c ,vered with pods, and great care appears to be taken in the culti vation. The c mpanv seem determined to give every chance to th ) undertaking. They have gins of various kiDds, and un hydraulic press on the estate ; and au engineer Uon his way out, with machinery lor ex t aeiing lhe oil, and making tbe cur from the eo oa nuit ou lhe property. Every thing on Mulrton indicates success ; and if successful, the undeitaking will be of immense benefit to tbe Island. The Governor rf the Is'an l has also, wo are informed, upon his estate at Weybridge, about tweutr-flve acres of land planted in crvton-ine greater portion of which will be picEcrl this sea-on. No less man twelve thousand crcoa-rut trees have recently be -u planted upon this property by direction ol hia I‘xceil ncy. t'u it appe n thatJa maica is noi the only place in which the American war nas stimulated the production of cotton. We learn Irom our Panama lexers that the steamship Bogota hail arrived at Tobago with 509 bal s of cotton for this р. r.. in re erence t < this announcement the Panama , H hl £lr i ! 1 |> rk6: -“ That this ar tc , brought fr. ru , I T ;',U 3 ° * eru ’ ,low hums a large part of tho cargoes mall the compam’s st umersarnvingatPansma -Ihe impose given to the pr dition of cotton in all paitsotLhe worfo by the late events in the United с. itss is also producing 1 s t ffucts in Peru. Iho quality ot taocotton is oi tua von beat description and each plant jieltls four times as much as iu the Boulhern btates ■>( America. Next year it is expected lhe ex port from Peru will be over a million of pounds weigju.” Cotton.—Trifi sales of cotton to-day are estia-a'ed at 10,000 bates, iuc.u ling 4 000 on spocalßion and for export SALES- IMPOHT ™ !ay - : Judy" l 1 920 7410 Ame-lcan..lo @,14 2SbO | 2TOI Brazil ll%@tfi | 333 1700 |' SOjj Egyptian. ..12 @,O | 1560 I— -3500 | 7000 Hu rat 7 @loxl i— -1 —iOiho-kinds— @— i— | _ 10000 I 15000! ' 1560 ss3" j 1000' I j 1560 125000 ’i 2443 Taken t. -duv ou sp-caption 85 0 Previously this week .4000 6500 Taken to dav for export 1500 ' Previ lUely this week 2uoo T 3500 There h, been a very general ilcna- and tor cotton to-, day, and tee market closes with much firm 11 ss, at the fu'l prices of Ba’unlay for ail descriptions. —Liverpool Journal of Commerce , April 15. The Post of the 25th April, in referring to the news of the day, remaiks editorially: Mr. Gladstone’s speech at Manchester, yesterday, was spirited aid eloquent. It was devoted t > tome two or three subjects, on each of which the Chancellor of the Exeh qter expressed himself witr, originality end animation. U-form 01 Parliament Mr Gladstone was prepared icry resig ed’y to see given up. Finan cial reform, however, he insisted on with mu h en pna is, especially complaining, but in lha general terms which on this subject he always iulopts, of tbe excessive , expenditure of the countay. The el< queut spe ker passed irom ibis su ject to the American war, and it is indubitable that the tone of his remarks was somewhat favorable to the South. Mr. Gladstone’s main a gameut was that if the south was heartily de terinuiea to be separated fr m the North it would b luipostib o f r the N rlh to retain it; and second y, that il it c uiii, the heart nuruings and enmities which would remain would make ,he restored Union a curso instead of a bies-ing We cannot help saying that an argument of this kind sounds very extraor dinary in the mouth of a Minuter of the Crown. [Correspondence of tho Mobile Adv. & Register.] E. IE S'TiSK FKOJI COHINTH. Corinth, May 21, 1862—10 P. M. There is a dead ea'm prevailing to-night-tbat ter rible stiiln ss which precedes the storm. ’ And what a wild storm ot human stri e is there not in the lit te cloud of war whici sleep- q irtiv on the horizon, in creasing every hour with its portentous threatenings ! r>Uf little town is 11 but deserted, and fec-ms to nigbt like a country village on the (Sabbath. No beat ng of drums was liea'd as usual in the camps—no mariiil rnnsie by the band 9. Tne chirp of he wicket repeat ing its nightly song air ne is heard upon ihe slill> air. iiis a glorious s arlight n'ght. On ihe surroundii g hills lo .m up against the da' ku;sa camp after camp of sn wy white tents, stretjhtng out on tilher hand for miles, against a tack-ground of demo woods and forest trees. But they, too, aie unoccupied and de serted, a few smouldering camp fires alone indicating the presence o: a camp-gu„rd. But what a diff rent picture do not our trenches present ? There, bivouack ed, sleep our ar my on I heir arms ! Let the enomy “Beware the confines of the wolf; nor spread llis snares ior foxes ou theOrehaiian hills !” ,r e need no oracle from the Ismrn'an Apollo to tell us of fbecomirg battle, but without some unforeseen event t .kea place, to morrow’s sun shall see our Inns in battle array, aid g isiening bayonet become dim mo t wi h the life-blood ot ti e foe. There is much s: ecu atlon whether the enemy will give us tatt’e, or fail back se'erting his own po iliouj, and gradually retiring>oas to prevent agnterai engagement. But if followed up, he mu t be tore and to make a stand, when the late of Corinth will be decided. Tha nature of the ground, both on our right and let, is a succes sion of ridges, and ruling hills covered with dense forest trees aud un'ergrowtb. On our ce Ire towards tbe Monterey rood, for some five mi es. th? woods are a'so very thick, bcit'a t umb r of faruiß line the woods on either si ie From this there Is a dense swumo of about a rciie, but w hich no doubt has nearly become dry by ti.is tim?. The wo ds will ufford shelter to bo'll par icq but will be much n the way of maiuimviiug an a-my, besides toromg us to attack a covered f e. I is said th ,t the enemy have be n cutting a treat deal of tin.bjr for the purpose ot forming abatlis, or obstiuct or-s formed by trees hewn down with their points outwards. This will prevent the action of our cavsliy and artillery, if they have pursued this corn- e to any ex'ent on the roads hading to tho Tennessee river, and w 11 greatly lend to oov r the retreat of the rnemy. But as .Jouiini. Iho great French writer on the art of war, has sud, alter th.- disposition 1 f tiie fore s, much depends ou chance, or forti.ne, for the n suit. 0.. e of the basest acts which the enemy has yet been guilty of, and most revolting to humanity, is that ia relation to the exchange of prisoner" by linileck. Gen. Bt-aur gard in good ailh sent him 20) prisoners, who hu l been well fed aud their liea lit cared t r, and who had been paroled, to beexcha ged, if Halleck thought proper to do so. He agreed voluntarily lo lire propo sition, but instead of sending us men who h .and been well treated and iu horithy condition, he sends 200 ot onr men from St. Louis to Fort Pillow, who wo.-e af flicted wilh the small pox.! Gen. Viltepigne, in com ma and at Fort Pi low, of corns- reiused to lecc-ive tin m among his troops, and sent them back, informing Gen. Beau-egard of ihe outrage. To-day the General sent Lieut Col. J. W. Ferguson, ol Stark’s cavalry, with a flag o truce, to Ben. Halleck, and a despatch complaining o' the bakl la'.lh and inhumanity which attached to such an act of infamy Ho r. plied pre tending ignorance of ilia whole matter, and that he was not aware the disoaso exi -ted among our m n 1 Msj G. W. Brent', Asai taut Inspector General, baa been appointed Act ng Chief of Staff to Gen. Beaure gard, in pises ol Brig. Gen. 'lll s Jordan, whom I regret to say has been o’ liged to be relieved on ac count of j.lness. Maj Brent Da most talented officer, and r'istinguised hiiitsed at Ihe Hitlo of Mana-sas. where he s. md as *sJ >r of tho ITth Virginia Regi ment LATER. Mat 22, 5 a. m —Our troops inarched out this morn ing at 3 oVock on the right, under be .8. Van Dorn and Brice, feeling fit ir way gradually—and heavy fir ing has b en heaol iu that dir.-ctn n, towards tho ’ arm ington road, wlrcb gra uai y increased a l al ng our in s to tho left, becoming very heavy at tim s, and wi h occariot al intervals of some fi teen minutes There is no doubt that the cur my has (alien buck, and wili endeavor to draw n r on the other side of ihe swamp, (already menii nr-d ) before he makes a stand. ! go to pin this on the train l r Mobile, and then, ho! for ih tiiit’.e field. OitA. STII.L LATER. [By Te’egraph io ihe Advertiser. . Corinth, May 2§. —Alter ihe confident expectation of a!) that ihe battle would occur to-day, Halleck fad ed to make the attack. There w is cousidera le ski-m’shiog on the Monterey roa 1 to-day. One nan wa? kiiicd on <ur side, and Private Price, of bom, auy ft, . re-c nt Ro.truent, was badly wouudvd. Tow-rd evening Hindman's Artillery opened a heavy fire, and shelled the enemy irorn a hous; on ibe Farm ington road. Our picket’ row occupy Ihe vi Inge of Farmtng'on, the enemy having teen ertven rack Ora. The Enemy’s Operations near George town.—A private letter hr.s beeu received in this city giving some iuterestitijf accounts of Hie doings ct the Yankee gunboats in the neigh borhood ol Georgetown. It appears that ifie gunboats ysccnded the Waccamaw river for a di*uinee o' eight mil*-?, stopping at the plan io of the If ;n. J. Izard Middleton, 'i here thiy made fa-1 to the wharf, and began a wan too shelling of every portion of the premises. Mr. Middleton was absent at the t line, and his family just succeeded in escaping ia time, through the exertions of the miller, Mr. Dag gett. The negroes alt, lied at the approach of the invaders, excepting lour, who joined the Yankies. Doe of these latter subsequently escaped from the enemy, and returned to ijte plantation. 'lhe ni-rai; dvrs tillered the rice mill, on the pf uration, where about 100 barrels of rice were stored, and, ot these, they carried ofFab ut2oo-anoch as the:r vessels COU;d hold Io k-ating they promised to return in a short time for the lemaiuder of tbe riee. After leaving Mr Middleton’s place, the gunboats went down Winyah Bay, taking ofl 1 , it is said, jonia of the-negroes of Mr. Win. Johnstone and of Mr. Wm. Mayrnnt. There gunboats w ere wooden vessels of no great strength. [Charleston MercuryZith. Information from the Bar —Reports from below state that the blockading fleet run OH a propeller on Monday morning, which was try ing to make this harbor. Tire enemy 3 vessels fl ed at her for some time, wneu sue stood to the southward. On Saturday afternoon a steam er was seen among the blockade**, which look ed like a prise. Ala A vur-el. a t-eiUin gnowi tdge of the position of your vessel before the. dajr dawrs, and Dot too much ro! the eue my’a shells, are absolutely necessary to run the blockade.— Charleston Courier, ‘ilth. TELEGRjt ~10 LATEST FROM. CORINTH. [From oar Special Army Correspondent. J jj 0 liii, May 27 —Gen. Beauregard bai Issued ai order pi "'Mbitlng tbe usn of the telegraph frem Corinih, and rt quit 1u '*9- correspondents to retire from tho army. This is done k&Hiose ol a telegram to the Memphis Appeal by Its Cor. v ® f P on . dellt > notwithstanding it had been approved by h Adjutant General. I return to Saorgia, Tho Federals have go*t one seige gun in posldrii, and are bringing up others. From Virginia—Official Despatch f'roin Stonewall Jackson. Eichmond, May 27—The following detp&fob was received by Gov. Letcher this morning. biAu.NTox, May 27.—Banks’ army has been ci.n pl-’tely routed. He is still flying in ustcr cons,era;t tioa. Tbe rout is worse than that at Bull Eun Can nons, stores and provisions, are still being c‘ pttired by our forces. Winchester, May 27.—Gen. 8. Cooper, Adjatai t Gen.:—During the last three days, God has blesse,) our arms with bril iant success. On Frida", the Fed eral at Front Boya! were routed, and one section of arlilleiy, in addition to many prisoners, we e captur ed. On Saturday, Bar ks’ main column whilst repeating from Strasl u-g to Winches;, r, was pierced in the rear, a part rctreati g towards Strasbjjrg. On Sunday, the other part was routed at this place At last accounts, Brig. Gen. H. Stewart was ]■ ur-u:n ? him with cavalry and artillery, and capturing fugitives A large amount of medic ;1, ordnance and other store-, have fallen into our hands. [Signed ] T. J. Jackson, Maj. Gen. Commanding. General Engagement Richmond. ErcnaoND, May 27.—Ail is quiet along the lines to day, so far as is known hero. There has been n, cannonading heard to-day. It It new raining f-t, which interferes With military operations. The coun try bo dering on the Chickahorainy being swampy, it is almost : mpassable in wet weather. EtonMOND, May 27.—Heavy skirmishing was heard from 1 to 7 o’clock this afternoon, In the direction of Hanover Court House It is beiievoi to be in that vicinity. The cannonading was heard here. No par ticulars have been received. This skirmish is believed here to be the prelude tj a general eLgagement. RATES* Richmond, Vay 27.—The skirmish this evening was at Hanover Court nous3. Th 9 25th New York anil’ 23;h North Carolina were principally engaged. * Eighty Federals were killed ands xty captured. The prisoners have arrived here. The Confederate loss is six or eight. Nothing is yet heard of the skirmish at Atlee’s eta tion. Hie Steamer Gordon Captured with her Cargo—s,ooo Arms and 25 tons of Powder. Wilmington, May 28.— The steamer Gordo”, Geo. Walker con mending, was captured by the bluckad<-r s at ten o’clock this morning off tbe main bar of Cape Fear river One of Ihe b iat’a crew escaped and reports no or e hurt. Her cargo was five thousand stand of arms and twerity-flve tons of powder Two Y ankees captured on tha Manchester road fO miles hence have been brorght here. They are proba bly spies or bridge burners. Reported Fight Near Richmond—Re sult not Known. Richmond, May 28.—A1l tbe sick and wounded in tho hospital at Ashland were brought here tc-day. The Yankees are leported to be advancing o that place in force. Telegraphic communicatT n was sus pended ttiis afternoon. Soldiers who arrived on tho trains tc-day report that a serioiD engagement took place on yesterday, near ihe Central Railroad, between Branch’s Brigade and a large force of Yankees. Nothing official has betn received All efforts to obUiu reliable information have proved unsuccessful. 'there has ceen no fight to-day. The city remains quiet. Flight of Ranks’ Army— Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Broken up. Richmond, May 28 —The following telegram was received to-day by Gov. Letcher, from Staunton : Banks has fled with his whole army in broken squads across Ihe Potomac. The stores we have capt ure aat Martinsburg arc innumerable The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has been effectually broken up. Steamer Ashore.— At daylight, Snnday ear citizens were nrou.-ed by the sound of heavy cannonading, which was discovered to proceed from tho fleet of the enemy off this port. Num bers of persons soon collected on the wharves, and in answer to anxious enquiries it, was ascer tained that a steamer, in attempting to run the blockade, had been eh iscd ashore ou t he south ern end of Long Island by the Lincoln cruisers. During the day an officer of the steamer arrived in the city, and she was discovered to be ihe Nellie, Captain Moore, from Nassau, having on board a cargo of medicines ad general merch rindizs. At day dawn off Dewees’ Island she i assed a schooner which soon commenced firing at her, and several armed steamers which lay between her and t he bar cut off her entrance into port, compelling her officers to run her on the beach. She had not commenced leaking up to a late hour, and it is thought tbat her ear? go will be saved, and perhaps the boat, if she can be sufficiently lightened and the weather continue moderate. She is partly protected by a battery, and we are informed that a detach ment of riflemen will be placed near her to keep off the launches of the fleet. Her agent has proceeded in tbe steamer Ualdweli to her as sistance. The Nellie was shelled for several hours by ibe Lincolnites, but none of their mis siles struck her. —Charleston Courier. Capture of tiie British Steamer Stettin. The British steamer Stettin, from Plymouth, England, via Nassau, and bound for this port, was captured shortly after daylight on Saturday last, off Cape Romaiu. The Stettin was lying off P.omain the wnole of the preceding night, her Captain thinking that he was off the Charles; ton Bar. Before break of day on Saturday, a sailing vessel tired into them, and the report soon drew tire steamers to the locality. Onr informant, Mr. Fred’k J. HiKon, at: English man, but for some years a resident of Mobile, seeing that e.-eape from the blockades were impossible, in companyiwith the pilot, Mr. Henry A Mulling3, Mr. T. Orison, of Wilming len, and Capt. Smith, lowered one of the life boats and made towards the shore. They land ed on Mr. Blake’s plantation on ihe Smith Santee, bnt before they had landed their steam er had fallen a prize to the Yankees. The Stett in was laden with powder, saltpetre, lead, iron, ta, coffee, anti other valuable articles. Her cargo was insured in England at an avenge f sixteen guineas. The enterprise was a private one, and the vessel, though chartered at a high rate, was not insured. We are indebted to Mr- Hilton, whovis the only one of the four who eseapGd who has yet reached Charleston, fol iate English papers.— Cfior. Mercury, lllh. Government Cotton.— Nearly every steam transport from Port Royal bring* a small lot of confiscated cotton. The whole amouut of seed, or unginned, cotton sent to New York, from Ijie Sea Islands of Georgia and South Carolina up to this time is about 1,000,0001b*, and of ginned cotton 000 bales. Upon the seed cotton 23 of the Macarthy gins and half a dozen of liic Brower machined are constanUy engaged. These are the only varieties of gins employed ; and between them all the cotton to arrive "will be divided in such proporti#**! as the government agent may determine upon. Small consignments of confiscated cotton are expected from those portions of the Florida er ase which have been reoccupted by the Union troops. Hitherto none has been received from that Quarter. Among the trophies of the Union victory at Fort. Douelson were about 30 cotton bales which had been used by the rebels for strengthening their defence. This portion of the rebel ramparts has been sent to this e-ty for sale by the government agent.— New York Journal of Commerce. Col. Jack Morgan arrived in Mobile on ibe 2jth instant. It appears that the brave C'llom 1 i* something of a wag, and enjoys a good joke as weil as a good fight. A story is in circuia ,ion that ou tlie day of his arrival in Mobile lie went into a dry goods establishment and, after bargaining for a few articles, he handed the clerk a Yankee bill in payment. The latter cohld not have been more surprised it a bomb shell had come crushing tbrongh the roof, and, looking the customer in tlie face, said, “We don’t take that kind of money here, sir.” “You don’t,” was the reply of the soldier; “Why baint our fleet got here yet?” “No,” answered the dry goods man, “and they isn’t going to.” “Well,” was tbe response, “they will be here sblorty and then I guess you’ll take it.” The clerk was seen slyly to put on hi* hat and start towards the Provost Marshal’s office. In the verses of Mr. Ilavne, published in yes terday’s is*ne, Butler was. by a misprint, styled “Friend of lu*t and guilt.” It should have been “Fiend of lust and guilt.— Charleston Mer cury, 27th. A distinction without a difference.—Rep.