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The Weekly Constitutionalist. BY JAMES GARDNER SUFFERING IS THE NORTH. J'rotn lA< 2t\ \/ri-s~ni A. ~'f<tl' \. An Episcopal clergyman in one of the North western States, writing io a friend in this city j *&y: ‘ The of business which ha*? ; taken p.ace have beggared tiutuauJi; the battles «t : c' have b* ec fought Lave widowed and or panned tens of thousands, cur once fertile va’leys bt c 'me great ccmeteri 'S, and our churches, tote's and ooaverted into hospitals.” This is a picture of the effects of the war in the * rib which ae are not pei mitred *o s**e ta the 3olu*cnsof Northern newspapers. Bit it cornea t-otn a more r hab!e source ttun ape stoned and prcfiigale pr«*f, and is ucqiiestianably true in e^ere partumar. The dratrucnon or life among W rtbero soldiers mi at hare been terrible infle* d when, with the multitudinous resources which that populous -tecwon pos-saees for the receptioo jjid -ehe? of the sick and wounded, “churches, ho tel* and oolleges are concerted into hospitals.” and the 'Vmor fertile val.eys fiav become great nerre?eriw. M We venture to »*y that the S utherc people *»re ri(*t aware of a hundredth part of tbe distress and dor'wtiCfioo which the North has euff< red in this w.*r. Tbe St uthern bullet bas not been thrown t way, and ti e diseases of the Southern climate have told with fear'ui force upon the invaders. The powers ji Nature have combined with the energies of u*n to decimate the immense hosts wt’Cfc vainly eodeuvored to subjugate th-f South. TV hol day en'ertaicmm’ which the North promised itself in this war bus become a ghostly cuiotv.-.l of blood ar.d und already ’ir.r !s in secret ‘rom the horrors which re' rr *iT» uudU-. % ' ?se<; ia ’he a: It-nr ..cd sc feme fu ure. We ir*» fully prepared t > believe that the preut n as? of tbe Northern people, if the politicians v ould leave them to them Selves, word at once r. ipeace. They Ar? p.iltsfc'-d with glory : thev haV- had or - igb it the " jubo'e reputation,” such u t ie, ar.d they w old be / rp )n any terms, u richarge the musket for that more fanit iar * -;oc, the yardstick. I* '* not *ba’ ib«*y luck (i mige; but, list ail e’ lnu ercia! people, they u. ii.t the cnet ot their undertakings, and are n»t eramcred of any enterprise that doesn't "Vv shudder a? the r**petit:.in of tbe doir..»i ucd H&og’Jirtary scenes of tbe past. Ti e- dread the ’dea ot bt lug Called off ve* or having ibeir was and bii/iheis called r>d encounter the eharp edge ot T ue Sou’h rn bayonet, or the equally a-.dly assault of S »utLeru diseases. Their ini ty nut oa |>a'n*s tbe lUMire in 8 imbrt colors. 80 long a* foreigners c mli be employed to tuhl their battles, coaid D.<t have many of tb- men killed. Bji mw ;ie their own flesh ur d olood that must be dragged < C tc the war, und :n view of the terrible fact*, we believe nine mu if ten i f tberr, in their inmost hearts, would re*.ce if peace c» uld be declared to morrow, at lb- oust of ackn< wedging’.be entire and perfect .Ld»‘penclescc oi" tbe South. We believe that o ne mi ofter of the Northern army would vote tne wj aay as the Not.here canons. And yet pr -.•< * Jar effai tbis rue nent to*: we are un ub'r w,l the strongest telescope of Hope, to descry *v»rtbe vu«t expanse of e*|g»ng waters, t-» d the t&iou-at resamb auce of Una, or to make o : is the clouded heavens uaiug.e star, or ore l if .Lt rainbow to indcate thaw the itortn will Tbe wae c,a-t by tL s time have demons rated Uu.t tbe people have as little c ;nt! of a r epiioii* tjcwa ot a rrmcarctial gi'vemmrni. Nn ctdi er wbatihe people may wish, how they may -liff.r, lo* they muy groan m acgu.ah ucd despair, •bey hav t aced .n the banda ot :h« :r ru *;•» bat u-.-r;fSc engine cf despottsm, u siand.og a*ay. an 1 henceforth :teii li\w- and ton*t»ta ucd happrrcrS art toitts i.Tec the hi v) such :k the complete control which ilI. ta-y **-g-.it Zvti< a gives :o afciUgle head.CJU no n -e xe r tirs power to the relict to ibe people <• 'fct.r the £ i. fc'TAv ran threw (IT u practiced r df*. Wt place L'i confidence for ’be future, .r r-fer* ip r 2ry longings which the peoplt, f *vrt ’h- a-tcy of tbe United States on-y huv? jH-ace. Seward is on ibeir back-, nnd, nolr.nt it* v, it y m:ist go when and whether the dev>i il* vra. Sure desirticMoc is before tbrin , fields l a d with their dead, rtvere running crinihon with their gor®, churches hotels sua colleges crowded with their dead and dyiDg 1' it not fearful that tbe few nfco« d thus sack r.l ruin the many ; that polit:c ; ans and speedla- U r - shoe d thus banquet upon the life blood of the n.iwftude, whih t they ne\ er venture tneir own P* - os w thin the possibility ot harm. And yet «* 'tie; and L ocom cracks hie rlnle jokes in whilst the death groans ot tie dupe?- re Pr-tbening every gale; and Seward drink* his * ne gaily whilst the wine of life ie rushing red fas? fr.'nj thousand* of bosoms wntca but ! or hrr might be b-ating high with l if « and hapoi- i? u<« of a termination of the war ncfpt it crud Ling the enemy upon every battle t “’d, and making him fee. that the South is but • neckline cc m> armor for the war, and ißde >”ti.ioed to ngt; it cm-. til) the crack of dawn h . rer -.ban ret;—n to the detested Union, or yield 11 •- its gac-ed rights. The pioneers of the Uo>d S ate* eg. not rc.rry on much longer such a b-rt a natfcis v if its"fortunes in baitie con* ■ ~' A t t< rcre as cisao&l and ignoble ic the future fW We clip »n* ic-.»»*jng paragraphs from : -r Richmond Uhj atch, of April 15:h ; hcv.tßH e A.Hlfl KrPwRTIP OX TAB MoTB- P&S- who arrived by the Fred*-rick3oorg uain evening bring the report that the Yin* fny ha» a r iast con. men led a mere, which * supposed will resu : m active operation a at 00 divant day. From this T eport it would peetn ’.twit Hotter, despairing of a Huccessfui Attempt dislodge the Confederates from the Height? wound Fredericksburg, is moving the forces nn dr- big command in the direction of Cn:*ed "Utea which point is some fifteen mile? -** ve Fredericksburg. What truth there may be this statement we are not able to aay, but be» ■*ve that it is not wiibout foundation ’ r* it Wjujiyaitiaa—The forces of Gen. i engaged the enemy at Wiiiiantfeburg <«o hat* l trday la** but of the result ot the engagement | fcf pcrltcnlar* had reached this city last right. It f Wt -s stated by a gentleman who came up on the |* ir k Ever tram U.U evening mat the enemy’s Ipickots had been driven ic, ana that their force* Ibtd retired to Fort Magrude*, some half oii'e be 11-« \tx town, from wb ch {joint they h&d opened upor the town Gen Wise hao taken poei » >i lieu the old college. If rob WajueiNOTCs, _N. C.—We bare new? from Fphiogton, N. C., ag late as Wednesday. Gen. ■ ha,* .fee town perfectly surrounded; that two yt-nspurte. or guuboete, bad been destroyed by forces. The steamer had not been rlhe was still at Washington, ucafc!*to B* aewe *te r.ver. On Tuesday the enemy at* Bj&pv*d tc re c ores Washington from Newbern, B*t-. h took plane somewhere between .Swih &Ld Chocomm tv rroa? road*, and the eoe ■ b*c*. Ficaet stirmahing is coombb- Hf taking plae*. hcfyt.7 QtT«9«nor.- lUr O -«4« X Jl.pSiP anr-ciooe*, from Anformattcu directly h*ade de in Jsctsoo. that bive beer Twad* for tee sabsis* the a*cj ( again?*, any contingency that dfise :z the lufo-p short of providmiial '*'•• on, and against il! bindSfac'*-* which the r MAcMtb 1 ., mike. ews, truly. And not the »gre«aijl»t intelligence this journal imports. ■h-* 4 - infdKmcd that ail this provision \»*B been without resort to impressment— “scarcely imprefameni Las been mad-.” W* also ware -hat “usr railroads arc cow T epaired. and a t*f order AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING;, APRIL .3*. VSC3. J AcasosvtLLs.—The editor ot the Lake Cttv C.iluoibian paid a visit to Jaoksonvilie, and gfves the following account of the destruction of that town by the Abolitionists : Probably one tbud of the tawn was oeairoyed } by the tires bet by tbe enemy A heavy ratu und j ihe t-fl -ns of the few citiaens remaining, witn the | heavy aid of our troops a* s<*on as they leached \ towo, extinguished the Annies in many ot ihe j 'buildings. O the Churches, bat two were burnt, ; tbe Episccpal and tbeCa.aoiic. Tpe residence of j the late Judge Pear ton, and another dwelling near 'hi* former, was desiroyed. An und the Catholic Church, pretty much all ihe building* for the j ' !*pace of two block* were con Mimed. The Wash uigton Uotei and the torcuer residence of Mrs. ? Koste , a»»d all for the sp«tce of iwo blocks in thetr | ' rear, were destroyed, with the exception of Mr. Hern's hou«e on the upper corner. The Court Jail were cons gned to tne times. The four stores 1:4 the two story brick block on , Ocean street, north of Hoeg A Ambler’s block, • we r e entirely destroyed. On Bay iireet, the foN j low,eg tu'Ming* were totally consumed; Bisbee > A Canova's bl-.ck, T. O Holmes' block. Mr. J Kipp's house, Mr. Bisbee's, Judge Dorman's, Dr. ■ Halilwio’s, and the four brick stored below Hoeg A Ambler's owned by Messrs. Canova, Buckweit j and Miller; also a brick store near, on the sinet ; ! running north. On tbe bill above u.e late Judsc n House, tbe buildings were entirely s wept away. ! : including the restdcncps of Messrs. George K. , 1 Poster, Emery, Gibbs, Fairbanks, und s verai ! 1 others whose immes are unknown to n*. In Inct ! from the Railroad Depot to Mrs. Haddock’s ! place, a distance of twr miles, tiere is nets 1 hollaing of any description left s anding, even 1 tne brick church being burned uud t! e br ek y«rd destroyed. Besiden U i-», an almost irrepar* j •»bie lujury oa« been done *0 J.t< by the | d* «trne*tor» of b?r bemtifuf shade trees-, li was feviden ly the inteoti »n of the villain* to destroy ! the whole town; but us usual, in their infamous »u*i cowardly nsdertsk • gs. tbev only paruaily 1 succeeded. THE MONITORS AFTER THE FIGHT-YAN KEE account Ppraonne, of tbe Courier, thus ra’ates tl> test;*» many of a prisoner cop’ur«d after tbe «*eoen* battle: Wttu reference to the injury :Lfl:c:ed rn tbe Monitors during the lata battle, of course, tbe sunken Kei^kuk.) there is so definite laiormaiion, vvka’ has been obtained from a prisoner, cnpiored on Jjjitff. Folly lelend, Friday nigh', bv Ltsut. Col. Dargar, i f the Twenty-brat riouin Carolina Regimen*, *nd a rqu;.d of men.— Tb*» name of tbe prisoner is John MacDonald, or ci b s regiment the One iiuudreth New \ ork. Ki’bougb an ini; lligen*. u.an, be l: Is > c < : the oiggest lies that ever issued from the lips of ; mortal men, and a cirefui examination only j served to involve him in a tissue ot tabrica ion* and exaggerations, wb\ch spoiled his entire story* Tbe Rtatement he made is, that none of *be iron • clads were seriously damaged, and that the attack | was designed smiply to test the strength of tbe J For?— a sort of t*« nnoisance fore* —and was 1 regarded by naval meu a* etniner. lv Saiisfaciory. 1 They now feel assured of their ability to reduce , Fort Kumter tc ten hours, with two iron clads— . and intend to do rt. adds that they have altogether a fleet of twelve Monitors, seven | tgen or eighteen vesHe n » htch are irou clads, ar.d a Ihrge fl Mil’s in the Edisui, on which are mount ed the heaviest mortars. With reference to the Keokutr, be states tbit , her turre. *»*. not cF»«er.ai** lojarciS, cut? ttrut : shesnnk. co’ ffom t. K e tff.c; of our fire, but. ftom I *be cnccus*ioo of her own guns, vhict ‘ broke her back." h is the Viunchaosennucouni of thepns n -1 er. Tne only valuabl** part of 11 is that which re fers to the concussion ot the enemy's heavy gun-. Taking tbe recent confession of a N< it hern *esp* n iect who was on the Montank during the I bou.uaidment of Fort McAllister, in connect on with the ab r vt, the inference is almost eonclu- j j sive that the Monitors cantor ssiely wiihst&nd , | the shock of their s»»tfi-.ueD*!y long fra prrdracted bombardment. IT he effect on the system? of the men is not le*** to an the effect on the vessels themselves, so that were it probable that the atter may hereafter be constructed u a manner as 10 remove one j part o! the dittico* .ventilation r.nd personal i coacussion are tw «< staciea that are 11 super-able n boats of tha* orsc'.er. Four or five hour a in batfU*. sad fi *at iLtcrra!? ot twenty minutes, is the mw. .ey cau endure, i The C .recficn of the Keokuk is by no means • a si - ac»ory teat of the strength of tbe other iki ors, as the iailer are const! octed upon an en j .e*y differsct principle. The Keokuk was an ex . peritr.ect, which failed. Had we sunk one of tbe • single turretted monsters, we should then have ; known something 01 the invulnerability of toe ■ others of her clans. A« i? ia, we are as much 10 j the daik as ever. j SicfincAKT Mov*»iKSTP.—We have a report i from Memphis, that in addition *o contracting | their ires, and placing an additional guard around ih* city, the Federal authorities hart is ; sued an order forbidding al.‘ commun'eatiou , t througri ‘he r line.- lor six.y d,.ts. The prohib*- I tion,it i-: reported to us, ei’enda to the citit-ne ' •»!' it,.* adjacent country, contrabands, emtr n ; fpeculatcts, etc., in fact it is general, i bis ie : : an entire change of policy, as they Lave always ' ] h*re‘.ofore eDCourtged the fcrirging in of cot<on I by *1- i lanters and smignt trade. We have h*-o ■ beard that !,»r some days coma-umcation has 1 been :nterd'cted et Corinth, and all the advance ; parties south of that place withdrawn. Prom i what information ccntd be obtained by our friendß outside ibe lists, it was judged the\ Were I making preparations tor a move. Graat e anges are also reported to have bean made at Jackson, Bolivar, La Grange, Qian» Jonction, etc. —the principal portion ot the forces having been with draw n. It i< endiLt some new scheme is on f foot, to ktep which irem the public these new regu.atioi.H and precaqtlon« bave been adopted. Jrckjkm, MU*., Apptol. 11. fctT' Toe Planters’ Iron Mining Company, of Tr« up county, tu organised inst week ut La* Grange. $24, 000 of stock were represented ;n tt.»- tree?mg. The company will commence opera tions as soon as $40,000 worth of stock i 8 taken. The refasal of lsoo acres of lard, abocnci te tn iron ore, has been secuird, with thtee «<r four furnaces ready for wort. The thanks o! tbe Company were tendered toD r. J>*tc W. Lewie of Cherokee county, f**r valuable information ana : assurance. Ttie followirg are tbe officers John S. Hill, PreaiaenL D1 HECTORS t Timothy ColliM, Troop K R Darts, Merrweth’r J P Cnlberion. do E H Coldougb, Csirvll S W Swanfoo, do Joe H Lane, Heard R AT Ridley, do A PJohnson, ham* H S WiDubish, 6*'. AUV'U* {Qa ) Apr*i 1 bik, Im puhtaet Rumor.—a rumor reached this city last evening, to tbe effect that a portion of Gen. Hooker’s »o.*«e£ crossed lb** Rappahannock yes terday at Rally’s Ford. It mstated that they were allowed to cross without interruption, but were no sooner over than they w tie set upoo by a body c f Confederate cavalry uodltr Gen. . aDd scattered in every direction. Many, we were killed, others captured, and mao? naoreacftt« te'Hf n tbe forest«, who wiH no doP®* be taken. We Lope.ibe iateiiigence may be aotfirmed. It T °&ch*6 at in i manner that wa ih ok eniitleß >t tc credit - jy* n OVE RICHMOND CDRRESPOSDK.vCB 0 Richmond, April 14. IdAS. : In my last letter I furnished an abstract of the , amtndznent oTSenator John* on, of Arkansas, to I the b:ll for the appropriation to public nee of all I cotton within the Confederate States, and •• pro ! riding for ilie payment thereof/* It has been i the subject of considerable discussion in private I circles, and I understand that a strong effort will 1 be made to secnre its passage at this session. The plan as orginally proposed, however, ms j eluded tobcczo and naval stores and contemplated th; purchase of the whole quantity on hand, in* ■ pteid of a part of it, as proposed by Mr. John* son. It was argued that by this means, our redun dant currency would be absorbed ; that the cuiti* ration ot oottno, tobacco and naval fores would be discouraged, if not actually stopped ; that tbs i production of breadstuff* wcudd be stimulated ; and increased; that speculation would die a | natural and that our Treasury notes wou' ' become equivalent to specie, because the Gov c ment wouid be the possessor of that whir:; would ! at any time command silver and .u in the markets of the world. Suppose the sake ot j illustration, (suy they) thit tbei w-e five bullion bales of cotton, and there c not be lees with two years stock on hand, e u that its va'ue be ' twenty cents per pound £ one hundred dollars ! cer buie. That woo u be in round numbers ' $600,000,000 rw that the Govnnount sells it i at the conclusion ot the war at sixty cents per pound, or th* e hundred dollars per bale. That j would yie’ - $1.5(K),00»V 0o of wl ich sr>oo 000,<X>0 1 would r e required to pay the planters, Raving «v ,OOO,OW to be appropriated to the hquida u u oi the debt incurred in carrying on the war. ; i'bus from cotton aloue there would be trained sufficient to in si the burden of the war and re j lieve the country from snot owns taxation at the * conclusion ot a treaty of pear'?. * There is in ihi* argument something th-t ■ touches directly the question that has absorbed bv far the greater portion of the time of the present Congress. Tnere is much that is worthy of the grave-1 cons.de: at:oo. A tax bill and a bill to fund Treasury notes may not result in the benefits claimed fat them, hut here is a measure which would certainly have the effect which every patriot must have at bean. Who can doubt the credit it would give our Government nbr ad after ; witnessing the magic if fluence ot a few bales of 'cotton among our brothers of Europe? Who v. * doubt the ability rs the Government so res j deem its currency and pay its bonds, if it were j known that it possewd u * cotton, tobacco and 1 naval stor *of the conut ry ? A tax bill and a bill to fuud Treasury notes may improve the con* tMion of the currency, but will it a’so have tie effect of lowering prices? To som* extent it doubtless will have tout effect, but by discourage ' mg the production of these articles end stimun ' lating the raiding of subsislance, you wi;l strike • directly at the p »mt arrived at bv the legislators. Prices are always goverened by demand and sup ply. If the demand for food exceeds the snpply then there will be high prices, and t uct persa.— If the market price were paid for supplies the production wan'd be stimulated and we would soon dpd an abundance tor the wunts of the army uud the people. Oo the other hand, the opponent* of the biil contend in at it is opposed i» the doo.tci&e of Ktate avarjM i! rtnenere#* win. the rTghti o: the ca.zeo. I should oe bomi* ? n mind, however, that we are waging war for independence, and that this is no litre to discuss mere abstract ques ; lions. Every oitizep owes life, liberty and prop* ,t;f tn the (jfovermnent which protects him, and every loyal citizen is ready at a moment's notice to pay tie debt. Did not th* Conscription act interfere with the rights of the citn-ns and ihe doctrine of State rights? Rut ibe citizen submit* ! ted because he knew that the fate of the Cooled * erucy might depend upon bin ~e»dy obed and I not because be did to. believe that volunteers in sufficient nun her* could be enrolled if time were allowed for that purpose, and it was known that j thtir services were rtqtt»red. That bill was pass »*d to meet un emergency, and its wisdom none ! question now. Here is a measure of almost equal ! importance. It is a war measure, too, and u not j designed to be continued in existence after the , : declaration of peace. If State tights alone stand , in the w »y ot us passage, I would say lei us waive State rights until we gain *ur independence. The Senate Lis given the Oral assurance that it will i be revived at the proper momeet in refusing to give the Supreme Court appellate jurisdiction ; over the State courts That waft a question in j which ’he carrying on of the war was not in- | voived, and upon which it was proper for the Sen ate to express its opinion. It should be sufficient to convince the people that the principles upon i which our Government was sou >ded will be main- ; lamed at all hazards. Let us yield obedience to ] j ail the demands made upon our patriotism, ana H i i our cotton, tobacco and aav. I s'ores be required t i let us give the n freely end willingly, accepting j ! cheerfully the condi dors imposed by the Leg:a)a~ { t.vc branch ot the Government. Tne Conscript j • act dii no* meet with opposition. i» will not re- : ‘ quire h gieaur sacrifice to com Iv with *he prop* i o-.it on about to engage the attention of Con grew*. I Briefly end pointed v I would Bay trial »: is better j ; *.. conscript cotton, tobacco and uaval stores ihan l s ns, brohers, husband* and lather*, f There is verv little expectation ot an adjourn .. ; ment before the Ist of Mar n» x , although the j members of Congress are quite anxious to return jto their homes. The Tax hill is net yet passed, j and »here still remains many important meas ures that cannot be passed over. However, both branches are devoting themselves with close at tention lo business. The House now meets regs ularly at night. The joint resolution introduced by air. Russell, o? ibis {State, in relation to mar ial low, passed the H«oie to»day. The resolutions are simply declaratory— that martial law does not exist and cannot exist without legislative enactment, and that courts martial have no right to exercise what is called mar ial law, but that command ing General mav, in and near the places occu pied by their forces, un ier extraordinary cir cumstances, be excosable m exercising autnenty not warranted by law. A bill from me Committee »-n trie rjst Office and P.-st Roads is before ibe House. It repeals a portion of the second section of the old act in reference to 'he postage upon newspapers, perin odlcals, Ac. The posiuge upon newspapers will be increased atxnit one third, but the favor of free exchange is extended to newspapers It will not take effect, should H pais, until July. 1 I under stand that the passage of this act will make the Tost Office Department aeifssustainmg, as it is required to be within two years from the organization of the permanent Government. The deficiency as last reported was only ah out one hundred and fiftv thousand dollars. A. l. Fboanu Pl.vn'tebs Plowing cp thrir Corrois. Tup CfaiD«*T!lhs (Fla.) Cotton State®, of ibe lHh, say?: We are hftf’Pl to learn that hundred® ol acre* if ©ott«.n m tb- are bting plowed tip and planted io core. B cause iberp i* not ao ini mediate demand for corn, and beca'iae acme may ro*. this vw, dees no* make it certain that it may not all be needed nest year. Tbifi ia wbat those who have coangeo vmr minds htte told os, and this is the glorious doc- Vrine that will our cause- Many. very many, of onrplamtrs are determined to sontaiD th.oaiwe if It toM all I Lev possets 'B ite world. Liberty, f.le- ions ' oo'ir 'E-wT l»*t and forere.f | NORTHERN ACCOUNTS OF THE ATTACK ON CHARLESTON i From Northern papers of the lSth inst., we * clip the following account of the attack on Chnr ■ leston : j The rebela withheld tbcif fire until the fleet tot ! well up in the harbor. The Ironsides stopped iff I Fort Moultrie, then dropped her anchor, it being I daugerouH to take her up farther, not draw tog ■ more than 15 feet of water. At this moment there aeemed so be a temporary mißunderstandinK, and from a fort erected on the middle ground, th* fire of four and five hundred guns wae diitcted in a terrible hail on the vessel. Such a tire has never perhaps been equalled m the hietory of the world. It wa* met by the Keokuk with heroic fortitude. While balls were striking her, one for every second, btr guns were worked vriib v,gor and piscision, and their weight ind force were already making their mark on Sumter, it soon became apparent that the Keokuk was not ts impregnable uh Kricsßoo*B Momtore—that, as an iron clad, she true a failure. The rebel balla aeemed 10 penetrate her a« easily us a wooden vessel The port holes or shutters of b«r turre‘B became jv. aimed, and ter I guns perfectly unmanageable^ During the 30 minutes undtr this fire, 100 shots etriick her, V 0 of which were water*line* shots, or such aa would c; use her to siiak in a seaway. She was perfectly ridd'ed. Tbe flag was shot into Utters, und ♦he whole cf her sides badly bru’Aoti or pierced. Perceiving the severe injury she had received, the Adm’ral signalled her n retire oat of action and anchor beyond range, which was safely accomplished. The Monitors, Nshaut and had moved up to the support of the Keokuk and engiged ! Fort Sumter, The Ironsides ond other veshels, j tit long, r distances, were d.vidfeg their attejnu.n I between Sumter and Moultri *. l..»o and on the 1 f irmer a heavy fire was thus poured, and it is be. j lieved uot without effect. The engagement 'as*, d j trom oue till b ar (/clock, when the fleet retired ! slowly receiving and returning'the rebel lire un* ! »tl tbejAanclx red out cf runge w ithin the bar. | The \¥eebnwken was assign d the duty of ex j and tiring, 1/ possible tbe obstructions | extended across the harbor front Foi.« Moultrie 1 and Sumter. Protected by the sccw und tbe j “devil” id fron f , sJ e pusht-d np to tbe obstruc tions, w hich were found to cons st of a network of chains *and cables stretched across the harbor, over which it was impossible for ihe Weehaw ken to run without fouling her propeller, and which tbe found it impossible to force. To ibis network tbe r> bolt* a-e supposed to have suspended torpedoes und other siibnianoe explosives. Having tesUd the impopstbility of working up tbe barn r until mesns sr-* devmed for removing tbe obstructious, the Wethawkeo returned and reported to ’.he Admiral who or dered the coi fl.ct dtPCrntiLu* d. I* is believed F-rt Surx/er M»r ouslv ditai aged. %o far as it showed externally. Twoemtla% surei- were knocKed into one, and nu-i erous in* derta'ionsin the waii, which it is believed a few hours more pounding would col vert into a st-rions ; breach. Tbe lost of life in the fort .s believed to be con | siderable. Fort Moultrie -?as wen hammered alro, and bad | one gun dismounted. 1 Beyond the sinkiog of the Keokuk, the dum* ’ age to the iron clads was very slight, not more than wouiti require 21 hours to repair. The Don -1 side-' wus bit frequently, but k« yond ot3e port shuts I ter damaged, wa* uninjured.. Therm wer,. »»;. e«r- on board unv of tbe vessels except I tbe Keokuk .which sunk uex; mori.iug, sboat 1 000 yards from Morris I*laod beach. She had 13 wounded, »woof whom will die. The ‘ Devil** wa» not los\ as stated by the rebel despatches. When the Weehawken re ! turned from the oostructtocs, the scow sbe had in tow broke loose and grounded < fl Morris' Js« land. The rebels, thinking it was a a ff.nr, peppered aw ay at :t, thinking it was the *’ Devil/’ which is sate, and tviii yt-r be used against tbe'rebels. The affair might be suuia.ed up thus: We have entered Charleston harbor, made a successful re connoisance, engaged tbe rebel forts for three hours, damaged Sumter pretty seriously, lost one vessei, and have had a crowning proof of the in* vulnerability of the Monitor fleet. An» ther account says: A pointed shot of Eng lish maCnn?ac?ure penetrated the iron olai Whit ney battery Keokuk, which suck twelve* hours a! ter wards near the beach. A quartermaster and tux autt on the Nantucket wtie killed. Arrangements are being made to biow up the Keokuk. Reports ar** coufl.cticg as to future movement. It wai positively stated oy cue of the pilots that tbe Monitors would withdraw over the bar and furthei action for the present be su pended. Capt. Atwell, of the steamer Geo. Peabody, who w’as at Hiitou Head on the fih, saw the Monitor Nab ant. Bhe had Lve hol-.s :n her chimney, and shots were tired at her from the rebel baiterles iu Charleston, bat she was rot severe'v injured. Some rive’s had been started Irom h*r turret, which precluded her gj ns fi >n. working load* v.-ntage. From Vicksburg wt cote nothing, - ive th»- three items below; Our lower batt< ries fired a iiumoer of .shot* ye terday at the Yankees about Town .* place, but failed to elicit a response from the supposed batte ries in that locality. The Yankees were shelling for some time yester day In the vicinity of their ramps fadow Young’s i , oint. Tbe cause of the firing i« unknown. A small tug boat flying a white flag came down the river yet terday afternoon within about tiVe miles of the city. As she stopped behind the woods on the other side we could not see whether our truce skiff met her or not, but suppose it did. however as the tng went up to the fleet again in a yery short time So Kb arc fob Bi.Arnn.Aßn—The Richmond Enquirer says: Those happy llttie incident-- that nsually come under the head of “ mere mention," make up the mm of all that is most pleasing to the popular heart. The cheering news from Charleston being told a soldier as he passed along the street on Thorsday, hia reply was: “Vo fear- foi Beuure gard ; (Aid is always where he is!” The religious feeling which seems to have dictated this sentiment seem- to have been most strikingly well founded. In the harbor of Charleston the fame of Beaure gard began, and on the tfttdofleld of Manassas blazed out with ten-fold brilliancy ; and streaming midway over the continent to the bloody ground of the Southwest. expanded into a still broader glow of glory on the crimson fields of Corinth. l"ie last, perhaps, and still, perhaps, the brightest of the honors he lias won, awaits him at the spot on wliiah he plucked the first lanrela of his fame. Tbs Explosion or Drrxnr’i Powme Mills.— It 1« Staled that the report of the recent explosion of Dupont’s Powder Mills, in Delaware, was heard a dtstanee ol one hundred and twenty-five miles. Admiral Dupont will beat this The repor' of the explosion of bis powder a*t Charleston, S C, wil! be heard around the world. ts« frrk B-raA. And the tepon of the elp.otvpc of Linoolu's schema V. capture Chariest ti w 1 also be beard ah around the world Jejf ii the fatkees are going to cruet, ui res beil'.oc.— why are they to'lifting Laics* ' e ' I'd ties expett L erast t at U.a - evt * VOL, 16 No 16 THE UHITED STATES. TUB C’OXNBCTICCT BLBCTIOK- Buck Ingham I Rep.J beats Beymour by ft brut 8,000 majority. Doming, Hu bar a and Brnodeges j Union] are elected to Congress, and English [Dem ] The Republicans have fifteen out of twen* tv-on** Senators, and a large majority in the House The Democratic gam on the Bt*te ticket ts üboc’ «,000. french pstei proposition. No response baa yet been received in Washing* too from France in answer to Seward's letter de clining ike j>e**ce propositions of the french Gov** eminent. ASM T or THE POIOMAt^ Six or eight bur tired furloughed soldiers from this army arrived in Washington on the night of ’he tUh Sioneman’s cavalry reviewed no tin tf’h, aud a grand review of infantry on the 7 h. D. A. MAHOMET AND ABCHBIMHOf BCOHE3 Archbishop Hughes is out in a letter in the N. Y. Herald to an artrolo written by Mahoney, in which it was charged that the Archbishop had wheeled about and is n >tv a w.*r Democrat and favoring conscription, and grinds up by paying who cures, thw Archbishop, in politics is n<> more than a country bumpkin. To which the Arch* bishop replies that he has never wheeled about. He believes if the con?cr»otion law had parsed twenty months ago, the result* would have been more humane to both sections than they are. He says, if disposed to meddle in politics, hi could accomplish murk in twen<y*ft>nr hours than Ma honey could in twenty-four year*, bnt ’hat he knows his duty too wi i! to iu'erfere ia po'itireJ a/In; s. THE ALABAMA WHAT SHK HAS DOVE The Herald, on the authority of the Liverpool Journal, gives a liet of thutv-eubt vessel* cap tured r destroyed since she was put in or mm is* sion. Each seunum's prize money is |. f COO. IMCtJ* AL AMD COASTWISE IKTKRCOCRSE. Lincoln has iS.sced a pioc anialion umendin / his | roclamatioa of July IC, IS6I, so as to with* draw the exempttona contained in that p roc lam a non. which were granted to '•such other part* < f the States hereinbefore named as ought to maim* tain a loyal adhesion to tb«* Union add ?h<- Con* stitiition, or might from time if* time he occupied or controlled by forces of the United Slate a en gaged in dispersing the said insurgents. This in modified so as not to embruce or include New Or leans , Key Weal and Beuufort, or North Carolina, unless the permission of the Secretary of the Treasury is especially granted. i This is, evidently, part of the starving out program me.— Reporter | THK WAR—ACTION—fiII DANCER OF FOREIGN INTER VENTION REVIVED. This is the heading of the Herald's leader. It says the Polish insurrection haviog collapsed, Na poleon is free to pursue his plans in regurd t: America and from Lord Russell's insul ing tone to Mr. Adams, it fears tha> England bodes the United States no good. It continues: “Thepres ent, therefore, is the golden opportunity ou our part for action.” The people and the a> my of the South arc pressed for subsistence. By 'hi? middle of June, however, the wheat crop will be gatb* ered, and by autumn they will h.*ve an ot lodian corn, for wb'ch they are preparing.” Ii says the rebel army and horses weaker now then they will be a month h"oco end «•«>*»• .wicriPit'Uif rouiiiv «« r^igi»ao and Louis Napo* leoii, bow »s the time, it ‘’ay?., for vigorous and decisive military opeiations ; but Virginia is the particular field to which the present is the gold* «n opporionity. Let fighting Joe move upon the enemy, rout him, and march upon Richmond, and let Sherman atone for the disastrous de eat at Vicksburg. Cbnrles’on we accept ah a good be» giuning, but baffled in .H\ their strategical move' ments against Vicksburg. While Banks, unsup ported, is too weak to advance up ,n pent Hudsoc In respect to th fight at Charleston, it says : ,We exptet thatlhe F»dersf flag will only be v.ctori ous after odd of the m'at ter ib e figuts that the war has witnessed. The elections id town* in Indiana show large' gains for unconditional Union men. The Republicans hare carried all municipal election*- in Missouri. Advices from Washington, North Carolina, 00 the Slat, lead to the impression, the Herald gays, that a fight wan then m progress. The eieamship Southerner, supposed for Con* federate service, has been gotten r*ady tor se* in hngiand. FINAMCIA L. Gold fell off on Charleston atopies to but closed atls2>£ asked, 152f£ bid. Exchange 16S. Cotton 7tc. FROM BUFPOLX Kmoi toe Feteuihurg Exp;***, 16(4 I Wi art? without any official information fion: i Suffolk, the time wbicn tbit? is written. Passer* I gets on the Norfolk (rain yesterday afternoon re* : port the arrival of a courier from Gen. Long street’s Headquar'ers ui Ivor station yesterday I morning. He stated that Suffolk was completely f invested by our forces as dark Tuesday evening. | Every avenue of iugreao and egress wuj occupiec bv our troops. The tracki of the sesbord and I Norfolk railroad- in the rear of Suffolk had been jtorhop; pontoors had been thrown across the j Nansemond rsvtr; and eligible portions occu pied for our heavy guns, in the event of any at* tack bv the enemy’s gunboats. It w*k> not known that Gen. Longs treet intended to make an effort to carry the enemy’s fort fications at Suffolk bv direct assault. Many are of the opinion that, by enttieg off bia supplied, the garrison ut Suffolk must speedily capitulate, and that to avoid any nnnecessary effusion of blood, Gen. Lrng6treet will resort to this expedient. The heavy firing heard Tuesday was occasioned by the opposition of the enemy offered to our marching npe n his rear. Our casualties are report* dat 84 wounded. It i 6 said that we lost several killed, but no defi* nite number has been mentioned. It i 3 stated by those who have recently been ic Suffolk, that the enemy have no fortifications oc the Portsmouth side, having never anticipated any attack from the rear, and believing that the Dismal Swamp on tbet aide was impenetrable, if this be so, and our forces are in the rear in any thing like formidable numbers, we may be pre pared to hear of the capture of Suffolk &' any me meat. N. B. Since the above was written we learn that the courier who reached Ivor yesterday more ing, report that we bad encountered two of the enemy’s gunboats on the Kansemond river, end jhat one of them was destroyed and the other re* treated in a crippled condition. These Yankee bugaboos have long since lost their terrors, and if one of them now venture* into a narrow river, the chances are decidedly in Our favvr. Wooden gunboats cannot successfully contend again*' shore batteries properly managed. Irou'clad*, even, have lared badly of late. «T The following is one of tbe boat epig'-arr.- mat ic retorU on record : To” men ±re angel* when yo-- wu* the m*.d But devlla when ifef marr'a**' vow hi said. The lover not to be outdone, replied a* f low*; The char/e, dear Is <*a*!’3 for*!v hi— We ind curwiw- in h U inrtc *d or heaven. ST That live paper, the Sumter [A Watchman, quietly says: Brin* Unen ra»—ceClxi rag*. Or even thrend-horv WJ*rn«n«t baa. Hat <loo t attempt to m-.ke u* sail fK* pr*ntlnx ont or •« o i f