The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-16 00:00:00

EVENING, APREL 16, 1862.

and it was not believed it could hold out more than
a week. Its ultimate capture is, of course, a matter
of certainty. General Burnside was at Beaufort.
Perfect order reigned at Newbern, and a number
of citizens had returned to the place. Gen. Foster
was military governor of the city. The rebels were
believed to be in strong force towards Kingstown,
35 miles on the road to Goldsboroug 11, and their
scouts frequently appeared in the vicinity of New-
bern. The expedition to Washington was success-
ful. It consisted of about 1,000 men, with an escort
of gunboats. Two companies of the Massachusetts
22d landed and took the place. The stars and
stripes were nailed to a tree before the Court-house,
and left there. The citizens received the invaders
without any apparent excitement or apprehension,
some few expressing Union sentiments, while the
mass had nothing to say either way. After hold-
ing the place all day, and gathering all the infor-
mation they could, the expedition returned to New-
bern."

The National Intelligencer announces the occu-
pation of Augustine by the Federal forces at the
request of the inhabitants .
" On Friday, the 21st inst., Commodore Dupont,
having received from the mayor and inhabitants of
St. Augustine an invitation to take possession of
that place, several gunboats, with the battalion of
Marines, proceeded down and came to off the har-
bour, where they found that Captain Doughty, of
the Wabash, had taken quiet possession of the place
with his Marines and some Volunteer soldiers under
General Sherman. The Volunteers had possession
of the fort, and the Marine guard were quartered
in the town. The gunboat brought the bodies of
Acting-Lieutenant Budd, commanding the Penguin,
and Captain Matthews of the Mary Andrew, who
were killed at Mosquito Inlet, 60 miles below St.
Augustine, while in a reconnoitering expedition up
the inlet."
Advices from Key West to the 24th inst. bring
intelligence from the Gulf Squadron. The report
that Commissioner Yancey had been captured and
taken to Key Wrest is now positively denied. A
vessel had arrived from the Passes of the Missis-
sippi, having left there on the 19th. The steamers
Richmond and Brooklyn were at the head of the
Passes, and heavy firing had been heard in that
direction. The movement against New Orleans was
expected to take place immediately, thoughnothing
authoritative was known regarding it, The health
of the troops at Key West was good, but several
cases of smallpox had occurred at Tortugas.
A French man-of-war, late of the Vera Cruz fleet,
was at Havannah, with 27 cases of yellow fever on
board.

Two of the crew captured on the Magnolia hre on
board the Huntsville. They report that active pre-
parations were being made at New Orleans toresist
any attack. Several gunboats were building there,
and martial law would soon be proclaimed. The
Huntsville brings home some 200 bales of cotton,
part of the Magnolia's cargo, and 247 bales of to-
bacco, captured from the schooner Zavalla, off
Berwick.

A skirmish at 11'Iummonsville is reported from S

Louis. On the night of the 26th inst., a band offrom
500 to 800 Confederates attacked four companies of
State Militia at Mummonsville, Polk county, Mobile.
They were completely defeated, with a loss of 15
killed and a large number wounded. Our loss was
none killed, but a number wounded, among the lat-
ter were Capts. Stockson and Cosgrove, severely:
Some of the movements of the Southern army are
reported from Confederate sources. The Huntsville
(Alabama) Sentinel of the 13th says,—
" Pensacola has not been evacuated, but troops
enough are left there to man the batteries, which
can resist Fort Pickens and the fleet. Mobile is not
to be abandoned, as reported. Its means of defence
are considered ample, and were arranged by Gen.
Bragg, who knows what he is about."
The Norfolk Day Book of March 19 says,—
"That part of the army on the Potomac in the
vicinity of Dumfries, the Evansville batteries, &c.,
are understood to have evacuated their various po-
sitions on Friday last, and they have since fallen
back. We have reports that General J. E. Johnston
is at a point not far from Rappahannock station, on
the Alexandria and Orange Railroad, and between
the Rapid Ann and Rappahannoek rivers. And an-
other, that he is falling back to Gordonsville, which
we do not credit. The point occupied by General
Holmes not being a matter of rumour, but of know-
ledge, we will leave the enemy to discover. On
Wednesday last Serjeant Wade, with a squad of
the Carolina Light Dragoons, captured two of the
enemy, about one mile from theEvansport batteries.
The prisoners proved to be Wm. T. Baum, of Phila-
delphia, belonging to Gen. Hooker's staff, and Mr.
Gregg, telegraph operator, of same division of the
Federal army. President Davis, in secret session,
had advised the Confederate Congress that the pri-
soners released by the Yankee Government upon
parole be absolvcd•from their oath and allowed to

take part in the approaching struggle for indepen-
dence. He urged it as a retaliation for the infa-
mous and reckless breach of faith exhibited by
Lincoln in the exchange of prisoners. Attempts
are being made to raise troops by conscription.
Editors and compositors are not to be enrolled ex-
cept for local duty. The New Orleans Delta of the
26th, referring to the gallantry exhibited by Capt.
Rucker in defence of the battery at Island No. 10,
says, One single battery has thus far sustained the
brunt of the bombardment, repulsing the Federal
gunboats and sending one of them back to Cairo
crippled, for repairs.' The Memphis Appeal says
the recent reverses of the Ccnfederate army are
nerving them with new faith, confidence, and hope,
and it entertains no doubt of the ultimate success
of the cause. Van Dorn and Jefferson Thompson
are concentrating a large force at Pocahontas,
Arkansas, preparatory to an attack upon the Fede-
rals at New Madrid, and General Pope will be com-
pelled to evacuate, so the 44 ppealsays. No damage
had been done at Island No. 10 up to Wednesday,
but the Confederates have sunk two Federal gun-
boats. The works at Fort Pillow have been com-
pleted. General Pope is building flatboats at New
Madrid to transport his troops across the river to
the Tennessee shore. In Mississippi the planters
are piling their cotton ready for Bring. General
Pillow has gone to Richmond. A despatch from
New Orleans, dated March 26, says the Confederate
steamer Vanderbilt (?) foundered at sea with all on

selling in Memphis at 14 dols. to 15 dols. per barrel.
es- —
Of course, as soon as the advance here is acted on,
there may be a corresponding advance there, which A public meeting of members and other gentle-
market, by-the-bye, is the only one from which we men interested in the process of pisciculture, now
may expect supplies hither. True, we have been carried on by the Thames Angling Preservation
led to expect we should receive supplies from Red Society, at Hampton, for the purpose of stocking
River, but expectations in this respect have nothing the river with salmon, trout, and grayling, was
to sustain them. We learn that the Committee of
held at the Freemason's Tavern, yesterday, to con-
Safety secured several hundred casks of rice, which sider the progress of their operations.
will be sold out at cost to consumers. They must Mr. HANNAN was unanimously called to the chair,
go further, and secure all the flour at market." and said that the meeting had been convened for
Major-General Lovell has proclaimed martial law the purpose of communicating
,to them the result
in New Orleans. Pierre Soule, W. Frerd, Henry of the efforts of the Thames Angling Preservation
D. Ogden, and Cyprien Dufour are Provost-Mar- Society. A meeting had been held on the 13th of
March, 1861, when it was resolved that an attempt
shale. General Beauregard appeals to the planters
for their bells, to be cast into cannon. The Cres-
should be made to breed and preserve fish. A corn-
cent opposes the proposition to burn New Orleans. mittee was accordingly nominated, and they ap-
It says :
pointed a sub-committee to carry out the wishes of
"The remarks freely made about burning the city the members. The attempts to breed fish from the
ova bad been successful in nearly all Instances, and
are entirely out of place. We should like to know
w
what is to become of the tens of thousands of women where they had failed it was from no fault of their
and children in such an event. Fortunately, these own, but was attributable to other causes. With
remarks come from those who have nothing at trout, salmon, and grayling the sub-committee had
stake, not owners of property ; or, perhaps, they
been very successful, and they had prepared a re-
have removed their families into the interior, and port to the committee, which that body had
got all their securities in their breeches pockets, and adopted, and it would now be read to the meeting.
Without going into particulars, he would state that
ance of the invaders. There are a good many of
will advance into the country on the first appear-
Mr. Ponder had given his unceasing attention to
the breeding of those fish, and they were all deeply
these kind of people about our city."
The discussion of the Southern Congress upon the indebted to him for the benefit they had derived
mode of establishing trade with Europe has taken from his services and experience. The funds for
this purpose had all been spent, and it would be
a curious turn. The Richmond Examiner of the
10th says for the meeting to decide whether the operations of
"It is known that for some days past Congress the sub-committee should continue.
has been discussing in secret session the propriety Mr. Ponder then read the report of the sub-com-
of sending additional commissioners to Europe, to mittee, which, after some preliminary remarks,
s
negotiate a sale of the entire cotton crop on foreign stated that, in preparation for the coming trout sea-
son, two sets of apparatus had been completed for
account, assuming its purchase by this Government.
The discussion in secret session took a different turn use by the 15th Nov., 1861, one set being planed
from what was primarily intended, it being moved in the open meadow and supplied with spring
water, the other set being erected under cover in a
that our present embassies to Europe should be re-
called, and that our diplomatic relations with Eng-
green-house and supplied with water from the
land and France should be terminated for the pre-
Longford River. On the Ist of January, 1862,
sent. This proposition has been renewed in open
the first trout ova were taken, the last on the 22d
Congress, and is understood to be chiefly intended February, the total quantity being about 37,000.
as an exhibition of spirit and resentment at the Of these 17,000 were placed in the meadow, and
shuffling and selfish policy, especially of the English 20,000 under cover. The hatching commenced on
the 4th of March, and occurred at intervals of from
Government, on the question of our recognition."
50 to 60 or more days from the impregnation of the
With regard to the Confederate navy, Congress
has not removed the injunction of secrecy from any ova. At the present date the hatching process was
of the reports of the heads of departments, with the completed excepting only the last parcel, which was
exception of that of the Postmaster-General. The taken the 22d of February. After careful compu-
Richmond Examiner learns, however, that the esti-
tation they considered that the number of fish
mates of the Navy Department have been largely
hatched were about 90 per cent. of the ova deposited,
increased under the secret acts of the Previsional and after making reasonable allowance for losses
during rearing time that they would be able in the
Congress, which have authorised the enlistment of
course of the season to turn 30,000 young trout into
2,000 additional seamen, and large additions to the
officers of the navy. The officers of the navy autho-
the Thames. The trout ova were obtained from the
rised to be employed under these Acts are two cap-
rivers 'Caste and Bourne, in Hampshire, the Colne
tains, five commanders, 50 lieutenants, 10 assistant-
in Harts, and the Wandle in Surrey. Of salmon
paymasters, 30 assistant-surgeons, 100 acting-
they had received 1,500 ova from Galway, and 2,000
masters, 100 acting midshipmen, 30 acting first
from Clitheroe ; the former they did not succeed in
assistant-engineers, 50 acting second assistant-engi-
hatching, being in their opinion not fecundated;
neers, and 50 acting third assistant-engineers,
the latter were hatched, but being at present under
the gravel the result was unknown to them. They
The Tennessee State Legislature has passed the
had received from the French Government at
war tax. On of the Memphis papers says :
"We would direct the attention of our readers to Huninque, boxes of various ova packed in damp
m
the Act passed by the Legislature of this State to moss, generally more or less in bad condition, the
provide for the payment of the war tax. The bill
results of which had been regulated by that con-
received the approval of the Governor yesterday, dition. The ova were from Rhine salmon trout,
and is now the law. It will be seen that the State common trout, and char. Of the salmon, 2,800 ova
has assumed and agreed to pay the tax. This is being in good order, 2,665 were hatched; whereas
the others, being in bad condition, not more than
right, and we congratulate the country upon the
promptness with which the Legislature and his one-third were hatched. It was the intention of
the sub-committee to distribute the fish fairly at
Excellency have disposed of the matter."
suitable places in the river Thames, within the con-
The strength of Manassas, as a defensible posi-
tion, is described by a correspondent of the Journal trol and management of the society, but at present
of Commerce :
that could not be done, owing to the flooded state
" I shall not pause here to speak of the strength
of the river. In offering these results they trusted
of this celebrated spot, further than to say, in pass-
they might the considered successful and satisfac-
ing, that it is one of the strongest military positions tory to the society and others interested in pisci-
in the world. The reasons for this opinion I shall
culture. If desirable, they considered that without
difficulty or great
_expense, 100,000 trout might be
give when I describe the ground in another letter,
but it is enough at present to remark that if 100,000 hatched and reared annually for the Thames,which
men had advanced from Washington upon these river, although for many reasons unsuited for
intrenchment, Ido not believe that 20,000 would breeding, yet supplied suitable food in abundance,
have reached the fortifications on the summit of the and combined all the requisite conditions for
slope. The cannon of the rebels commanded every healthy development, as shown by the great
inch of the approach within a mile and a half, and weight and excellent quality of the Thames trout.
there was neither tree, nor shrub, nor hill, nor hol-
The. young fish grew rapidly ; and should pisci-
low to protect ,an attacking column from the deadly culture be carried on with spirit the Thames would
fire of 100 guns. Only in the rear was there any shortly be well stocked with that fish, so highly
valved by the angler and approved for the table.
possible method of dislodging them."
Again, the writer says of the number of troops
It was with great pleasure they recorded their obli-
that might have been accommodated,—
gations and thanks to Martin Tucker Smith, Esq.,
"We ran down to the junction, a mile or so from M.P., the Earl of Portsmouth, Lord Malden,
S
the station at which we had stopped. No railroad Samuel Gurner, Esq., M.P., the Messrs. Ashworth,
buildings stand at the junction. I presume none and Thomas Garnett, Esq., for the permission and
f
ever stood there. But the huts of the rebels abound facilities they afforded to the sub-committee in ob-
in :this vicinity, and their white tents are still taining the ova from salmon and trout ; and also to
standing in great numbers near by. Indeed, for Francis Francis, Esq., for whose influence and
three miles along the road the place must have
assistance in procuring ova they were greatly in-
been like a succession of large villages, and still debted. Their attention was now directed to gray-
presents that appearance. With entire respect to ling, and preparation was made for obtaining
those 'reliable' gentlemen, the newspaper cor-
the spawn in the course of the present month.
respondents, who have so sedulously circulated
They had received ample permission and offers to
the statement that there was not accommodation co-operate with or assist them from all to whom
for 60,000 men at Manassas, I must very dis-
they had applied, and they trusted therefore to
tinctly say that they knew better when they wrote
succeed in procuring a good supply of ova, and if
a
the statement. No man who has sufficient brains as successful as with the trout they might in
to correspond with a third-rate paper could look on the course of the present season store the
the huts now standing and the ruins of those which Thames with many thousands of that desirable
were burnt without knowing that they would corn-
fish. The account current to the date of the
fortably hold many more than 100,000 men, and
report being the close of the trout season, was an-
with such a stowing as was practised at Sebastopol vexed, from which it would be seen that the pro-
ess of was not in sive, and
in 1855 they could lodge 200,000. I speak of only
cprobably pisciculture
but few objects with sucitselfh impexpeorntant and
the huts and tents along the railway ; others were
abundant down towards Bull Run and Centreville. valuable results could be obtained at such moderate
This by no means proves the number of the enemy cost. But they must observe that as the river
to have been great, but it disproves the falsehood Thames became stocked with valuable fish the
which was designed to establish the theory that greater would be the temptation to poaching,
they were few in number."
which must be guarded against by having addi-
General Fremont has arrived at Wheeling, ac-
tional effective river keepers—that, of course, in-
companied by his family and Major Zagonyi, The volving considerable expense. That was the report
Wheeling intelligencer says:—
he and his colleagues had to lay before the meeting,
"We understand that some of the prominent
and he hoped they would approve of it. One ob-
Union men of Western Virginia intend to urge upon ject they had in view was to register some of the
Gen. Fremont the importance of arresting 200 or
details of their operations, which were of great in-
-300 of the leading Secessionists of this section of the terest and importance, but their chief object was to
State, and holding them as hostages for the release
give effect to the views of the gentlemen whose libe-
of the Union men arrested and imprisoned in Rich-
rality they were indebted for that, their first public
mond and other places. We are not advised as to
The results of
tempts need be only by those at-
whether the General will make his head quartersbounded their desires, for
permanent at this point." they could be multiplied to any extent. Mr. Ponder
Another Military Department, to be called the then went to show how it could be done, and gave
"Middle Department," is created, consisting of the a most interesting and elaborate description of
the apparatus, and the mode of hatching the ova,
States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
and was listened to with the greatest attention. He
the Eastern shore of Maryland and Virginia, and
the counties of Cecil, Harford, Baltimore, and Anne concluded by delicately hinting that, small as the
Arundel, in Maryland, to be commanded by Major-
expenses were to carry on those operations, still
General Dix, with head quarters at Baltimore.
money was required to keep the wheels moving.
A letter from Washington has the following in (Hear, hear.)
reference to the alleged association of "Knghts of the CHAIRMAN read the cash statement, from
the Golden Circle :"
which it appeared that the receipts were £37 65.,
"It appears from official correspondence that
and the expenses £57 55., so that they were £2O
towards the close of last year a letter written by a out of pocket, which Mr. Farnell, their hon. score-
Dr. Hopkins came into the possession of the State tart', had advanced.
Department. It was therein stated that an organi-
Captain Buckland, of the 2d Life Guards, highly
satio'n had been formed by which the members of
eulogised the conduct and services of Mr. Ponder,
the Knights of the Golden Circle were to rush into and for the satisfaction of the meeting produced
the army and service of the Federal Government, and samples of all the fish they had hatched. (These
thus gain influence and position for carrying out little things si ere examined with the greatest
tin-
their treasonable schemes ; and further that Ex- tercet by the meeting.) He then proceeded to say
President Pierce was among the most prominent
that that was the only piscicultural establishment
members. When this letter was received a note in England, and he called on the public to support
was sent to Ex-President Pierce, enclosing an ex-
them in doing what nature pointed out to them
tract from it, saving : Your name is connected
ought to be done, and that was to stock the Thames
with a secret league, the object of which is to over- with salmon. (Hear, hear.) He believed if they
throw the Government. Any information on the were supported they would be able to produce that
fish at the rate of £1 per 1,000.
subject will be acceptable. Mr. Pierce, in reply, On the motion of Mr. BonN, seconded by Mr.
expresses his surprise that even seeming credence
should have been even to the charge, appeals to
Bum, a resolution to the effect that the report hav-
g
his general course as a complete refutation of the mg been considered, that meeting decide that the
slander, and remarks that he never belonged to any
breeding of fish be continued, was carried unani-
mously.
secret league, society, or association ; and further
objects to the form of the note. Secretary Seward, Dr. GUNTER advised them to turn their attention
in reply, explains that this was written by William to trout, but to give up the idea that they would
he signed it, regrets On to the River Thames.
Cii , seconded by
Hunter, chief clerk of the department, explains the
ever again
the motionagainbring of thesalmonback AIRMAN
circumstances under which
Ponder
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sveortve oe
sf thanks
that it gave offence, and offers an apology." was given to Mr.
A moderate business was transacted in flour on
On the motion of Captain BUCKLAND, seconded
•
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the Ist at uniform prices. Wheat attracted rather
more attention, and was firmer. Corn advanced
by Mr. Bons, a vote of thanks was passed to those
who had given the ova, and similar compliments to
lc. per bushel, and closed buoyantly. Sugar, lard,
the chairman closed the proceedings.
and tallow were in good request. Pork was plenty £3O 7s. was subscribed towards the future ex-
and heavy ; beef moderately sought after. Bacon penses of the sub-committee.
butter, and cheese were saleable and
steady. Cot-
ton and resin were in demand a,. previous quota- Mr. R. A. Bentham, for 22 years ia the London
tions. Whisky favoured buyers. The chanees
b 11 Joint Steck Back,
has been appointed manager of the new j
other branches of trade were not important, Imperial Bulk,

ARTIFICIAL BREEDING OF FISH.

SUICIDE F, 2OM ILL-TREATMEN77.

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Yesterday Mr. 1 V. Carter, the coroner for East
Surrey, opened an -, inquiry at the King's Arms Ta-
vern, St. George's-s treet, Camberwe.ll, on the body
of Jane Louisa Oleri nan. The investication created
great interest in th, s neighbourhood .'wing to the
many reports raised as to the cause of &lath.
Eliza Jones, wife of a labourer, residir. gat No. 7,
Bath-street, Camber A7ell, said that on Saturday
afternoon L'ihe went t o No. 1.1 in the same street,
and there found the de ceased retching on a sofa in
the kitchen, her bead t eing supported by one he nd.
She appeared either tie ad or dying. She called i.'er
,by name, but only her eyelashes moved. She, with
her eon's wife, lifted he. r head, and rested it on Der
shoulder. She cried out for some one to go and fetch
a doctor. Both her eyes t were blackened, her nose,
had bled, ant there were bruises on her body, and
her arms appeared' displacod. I saw some of the in-
juries inflicted on' tile previous night. I saw three
blows given with th e fist by Richard Tace, a man
with whom she lived. I found in her pocket two
papers labelled " Poiso, 9." I believe she poisoned_
herself, as at 2 o'clock th e sane afternoon she said,
" So help me God, I will n.lake away with myself ha
consequence of my husbano:'s ill-treatment." I ad-
vised her not to do so. WLie u 'he came into my
.
house she seemed very L
I told 'er I would have
gone into her house when she was Veing beaten so,
only I \vas afraid he would have served me the
same. She. replied that her husband had beaten
her, so he shOuld bury her next week, as he was
leading her a woe! unhappy life.
The Coroner—how long has this sat of treat-
meat lasted?
her twice before bruised
Witness—l have sect'
and her eyes blackened—
once, a fortnight before
her last confinement. Th.l whole time she was
with me on Saturday she ;vas crying, and com-
plained of great pain in her head a.nd all over her
body, caused by the brutal treatment ,of Tace.
A daughter of the deceased, an intel.ligent little
girl only six years of age, said that she saw her
mother take two paper packages out of het pocket,
put them into some warm water in a wine -glass,
and aftt'r stirring the contents with the cant', she
drank the .game. She asked what she drank, And
she said salts and poison. _ _

Mr. Chabot, surgeon, of Camberwell, said that
on Saturday aftOrnoon he was fetched to see the
deceased, whom he found lying dead on the floor.
He saw two paper packets, each having a printed
label of poison. He ordered a search to be made
for any vessel that might have been used, and a
wine-glass was shown him that had been wiped out,
but there was a minute vottion of acid adhering to
one side. He tasted it, an.l had no doubt it was
oxalic acid. He examined the body arid found
bruises on the head, arms, ana,' side, and her two
eyes were blackened. It was hit,' opinion tt,: at she
had died from the effects of the oxalic acid, but he
could not be positive in the absence of a post mo.rten2
examination.
The Coroner explained that the child had sees
her put the powder into the glass, mix it in watery
and drink the same. And that she then said it was
poison, and, from the fact of his tasting the remains
in the glass, he was of opinion that it was oxalic
acid, He therefore thought those circumstances had
removed all reasonable doubt on the subject.
A female named Goodenough, the landlady of the'
house, gave corroborative evidence, and added.
—She (deceased) asked me in the afternoon to lend
her 2d., which I did, and she said, if this was poison!
I would take it. I believe that she was induced to
destroy her life owing to the ill-treatment she re-
ceived from Tace. I heard her say, when he was
ill•treating her the previous night, "Dick, you
have almost murdered me, but you shan't do so any
more"—when he gave her three more blows on the
head. (Sensation.)
Mr, Woodman, the summoning officer, said that:
owing to the death he saw the man at present in:
court. He said his name was Richard Daniel Tace,
and that he had lived with the deceased, but he
was not married. He said when he entered the
room, "What a pretty mess I have got myself into."
The learned Coroner summed up, and
The Jury returned a verdict to the effect that the
deceased died from poison, but there were causes
affecting her mind.
The learned Coroner then addressed Tace, and
told him that he ought to feel exceedingly thank-
ful that the deceased had not died from the
effects of his brutal treatment ; if she had he
would have sent him to Newgate for murder.

COUN7 RI MARKE2 S.

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LE E D S-TUES DAY.

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We have to report a small show of English wheat to-
day, and a liberal supply of foreign. A fair demand, at is
over the full prices of last Tuesday. Beans and oats at late
rates, and a readier sale. Barley and other articles were•
at fa prices.