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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Further FROM EUROPE.

NEw YORK, March 26 The steamer China has
arrived, with Liverpool advces of the 18th.
The steamer Bohemian arrived out on the 14th.
The proposed amendment of the liberals In the
French Legislature to the paragraphs relative to
America in the address Of the Emperor had been
Withdrawn.
The proceedings of Parliament were unimpor.
tant. The reduction Of the mail subsidies was
The London Morning Herald thinks It is a pity
the United States donot make use Of the hrst aus
picious occasion presented by the recent successes
to conclude peace They have II now in their
power to retire from the desperate strife with
The Daily News argues that BIZ simply refusing
any rticipation IN the slavery question, the u.
:. government will practically doom slavery to
extinction. ''..-.s .. ..
The Times specula,es on the difficulties of
settlement and points at the public debt. tariff,
taxation and slave laws, as rocks ahead, when ii
looks for day which is to give Us two friendly
. France is reported to have urgently called on
Spain to at once put an end TO the misnndef.
standing between the Spanish and French com.
manders at Vera Cruz ''...p = -.
.. .--.. ..-.-- MARKETS ...
! LIVERPOOL, March Ia Flour has declined Cd
" heat is dull aud la2d lower Corn has declined
6i. Beef steady. Pork steady. Lard active and
steady =
Produce--Ashes declining; pots 32s.; pearls
32s. Cd. Rosin easier Spirits turpentine dull
sugar dull. Coffee firm. Rice firm. Linseed
oil 3Gs37s. - |
American securities active and advancing.
LATEST vIAouEENsTowN.
LIVERPOOL, Standardization closed firm but
unc banged. Sales to-day, 900 bales to speeu-
lators and COO bales to exporters. ..
Breadstuts very dull but unchanged. Pro.
hoSDqS gus tna steady saeSR ,%
32a3l ''-
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The Bombardment o, island M n

CAIRO, March 2j.-Afairs at Island No. 10 are
unchanged. The mortar boats are firing regular
ly, but very mod erately, about once an hour The
rebels do not reply. There are not so many tents
visit Some reports say they are leaving
The rebels at Island No. 10 have not burned
their trans ports and barges as previously reported
but were transporting cannon and ammunition
from the Island to the mai land. They commu-
nicated by signal lights with their forces at Union
City night before last =
dispatch received last night from Cairo,
bringing the latest intelligence from Island No
land are overfowed, and also the whole of the
Mississippi valley in that vicinity. This DELAYS
effective operations by our forces at present.
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o r FL G I A L.
n,REAsURY DEPARTMENT,

|U'KEASURl DEPARTMENT,
..s- I'd. ,r-, March 81, 1862.
Holders Of bonds Of the United State, dsteC
october 1, 1861, and payable three years from
date, are hereby notified that provision has been
made for the payment, in coin, Of the coupon.
ef SEMI annual interest which will become du,
on the LIST April, proximo, agreeably to thei
tenor, by the Treasurer OF the Unitod States a
Washington, by the Assists Mt Treasurer at Boston
New York, and Philadelphia, and by the De
positery Of the United States at Cincinnati, Ohio
All such coupons, together with schedules s how.
ing the number of each coupon, and the aggre
gate sum Of each parcel, must be presented fol
examination and verifcation at least three full
business days before payment
s. P. CHASE,
mn 23.dt ep1 Secretary Of the Treasury.
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sharp skirmi.h Near Independsuce

KANSAS CIrY, March 25.-A skirmish occurred
between a detachment Of the Sixth Kansas reel-
Mo, on the 22d inst. The latter were routed
with seven killed, and captured eleven prisoners
and twenty horses. The rebels killed two of our
men and burned the bridge over the little Blue
river the same day. '.','N
fire occurred IN this city last night, DESTROY
ing three large buildings on the levee The loss
Is estimated at thirtY-hVe thousand dollars, rhs
hre is supposed to have been the work of an in.
ceudtarv - = - ~ ana
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rREAsURY DEPARTMENT.

y FEBRUARY q, 1S67.
this Department to redeem the Treasury notes
payable in one year from date, arthori ed by the
act Of Congress approved December 23d 1857, and
the Treasury notes payable In sixty days from
date, authorized by the act Of Congress approved
ID March, 1861.
Interest On Treasury notes Of the above issues
will cease al the 7th day OF April mex by terms
Ct those acts respectively. fe 5-tap7
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A RICH AFFAIE.-A Man Dra1os on q Caty
Farm for a Wtje.-A few days since a respec-
table business firn on Water street received a
letter from customer near youngstown, en-
closing an order fora Wife The customer
was rich, middle-aged, a Dutchman and a
widower. lie said he wanted wife right of,
and had no time to look up one for himself
but should be in town in the course of day
or two to marry the woman which he depend
cd on his city friends having ready for him.
Such an order rather took the merchants
aback, but the man was too good customer
to disoblige. AS they had no supply Of the
article on hand, for sale, one of the firm went
out to hunt it up, and at an Intelligence Office
got track of girl who could speak German
and English, was tolerable good-iooking, and
very much wanted to find husband A bar
gain was struck. The Dutchman came in
yesterday, found the article ready for him, ap-
proved of it, got married, and took hiscurious
purchase home with him. We did not learn
whether the firm charged special fee OF a
per centage commission on the market value
of the article.-CLsUslaRd Herald
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A Great Battle An,tctpa,ed soep

Sr. LOUIS, March 2G.-The Repu bliean's Cairo
Gently report that Gen. Beauregard, Polk.
Cheatham, and Clark, were at or near Corintb'
Mississippi, where it is expected great battle
would soon be fought q - =
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DROPOsALs FOR WOOD.
DEPOT QuiRTE2sAsTKa's OpFIcy,
Corner Of l3'h G,Lf O. SfycstS,
-- Wnsh1IgIOn March ~ I.c1

IOlnsf o. 10 nOt " SffcstS, y
- ..- ...-- WashiHgtOH. March IL, ls62S
SRALED Proposals viii be received at this on 70
until MONDAY, the 3lst day OF Msroh A. IS
ociocE ~ 10 furnish tho troops in TINS city and
It's vicinity, north OF the otomae rIver within hi
hve mites OF tbs city Of Washington, With Wonsd
Tor 6)slx months. commencing on tha lat day OF
1852 - - = ''"'Doi'
The Wood to be of the best susIlty of oat n,
hickory, and to be delivered st tn camps or iI,r
teTs oil the troops, In such quantities and at snc
tlines rs the Depot Qnar tsrinsster may direct,
Payments TO be made at tie end of each month
upon the return By the contractor Of the orders
Drawn upon him. The delivery Of the Wood Or
dered must be shown by the rece pt oi ths ono
Ieoeivmg lttspeciiJInE tho amount dslIvered) on.
| Wood ordered for regiments, brigades, or diyl-
sons must be Teceipted for bY the qusTt ssters
The proposals. must speolfy the ppIoe per cord
oil ttSjUn hundred and twenty, eight onbIo fest
All AZ, must be plainly marked "PT0possls Tor
The ability of the bidder to iill the contract,
shoul1 " be awarded 10 him. must be guaTaptied
De Appended to the guarantee. .,---F -
lhe responsibility Of The EuaIantOrs must be
shown by the oficlaI certificate of the clerk of the
tfIot attorney. tt.- = sf'1 80
bidders must he present IN person when the bids
are opened or the proposals. will NOT be
D9ilds IN the sam Of ten thousand do lars rned
ny the coptractor and both of his Euarantors, will
pe resniIed oi the successful bidder upon signing
The right to reject any or ali bids that ma, be
deemed Too high Is reserved by the Depot Quarter
Informal proposals will be rejected. ssaEf I'D
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ja22-n
SWORDS FOR PRESE ALTON
TIFFANY L CO.,

TIFFANY Il CO.,
Nos. $50 and $50 BROADWAY, Nxw YORK.
And No. 79 RUE RIcHELIKu, PARIS,
IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS
OF ALL KINDS OF MILITARY WARES.
Solicit the aftentl on of CivIc and Military Asso-
patIlotIc Clubs and individuals to their large
stock OF
RICH STAFF AND DRESS ARMY AND
NAVY SWORDS.
Their assortment includes the choicest
BLADES OF ENGLISH MANUFACTURE,
don, worn by the officer. of the British Army, aud
most approved by experienced EurOpean authorl-
ties the elegantly wrought
BLADES OF SOLIN6EN ON THE RHINE,
in fhre and finish the recognized modern types of
serviceabls
BLADES OF COLLINS, OF HARTFORD,
Besides those of other domestic fahricsn t.
The mountlngs Of the blades, in al cases exc
cufed within the establishment. Will be found to
sca0oards being OF SILVER. SILVER GILT. BRONZE,
PLAIN or FIRE GILT, SILVER PLATED. BuRNIsHRp
CHASED or EMBOSSED GIIr.or SOLID SILVER: the
GRIPS and 6UARTs OF the same variety ofInaterIal
and hnish, and of either regulation pattern or
original design. Should an article Of
EXTRAORDINARY ELRsANcs,
OF q richness snd oostliness lot represented in
stock, be required for pres entation, the oarh6i Ii
ties OF the establishment for the manuf.oture Of
the choicest works IN gold and silver, and its en-
Its satisfactory and speedy production. In answer
forwarded.
Indlylduals purchasing Swords of Tiffany Il Co.
even more severe than those enjOlned BY Govern
msnt. before Is placed sale-the testing block
Is IN the establishment. and at the command OF ali
IN II swords. fs 2S-lm
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UTAR DEPARTMENT,

WAR DEPARTMENT,
w JANUARY q, lSS1.
ORDERED, That the War Department will be
closed Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and
Fridays against all other business but that which
relates to active military operations in the field
Saturdays will be devoted to the business of
Senators and Representatives.
Mondays to the business Of the Public.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
ia 22-n Secretary OF War.
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normal proposals viii be rejected.
Form Of Gnayantss.

We, Of the county Of, and STATE
State Of do hereby guaranty that II
Adj; able TO fqlii contract in aeoo' dance with The
po.ition be accepted, he will at once enter INTO
contract II sceoIdance Herewith. : kE
sa8gid 2 y, me eoatract be awarded him We are pre-
gro this guarantee must be appended the ceftaii-
cate a6oye mennonedl ID. II. RUCKERs
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OF STATE,

DEPARTMENr OF STATE,
~ WARRINGTON, January ., 1862
The Secretary OF State will hereafter receive
Members or Congress on business Saturdays
commencing with Saturday, the Hrst Of next
month.
Jan 27.u WILLIAM n SEWARD.
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AMERICAN WATCHES
FOE AMERICANS!
10 sell, bat net 70 keep time.

No More Epsiish or French Rubbish, made
TO sell, bat net 70 keep time.
1 why should an American buy foreign watch,
when he can get better and cheaper one st hone2
Why should IN America needlesslJ enrich
fOretsn Watch manufactures at tn expense Of our
own artisans
Why should o American sene gold 10 En-, Ian,
and France, our oossrt bat bitter enemies. vb,n
gold ls SO much needed az some.
Why should an American Syy an ,u,o,,..
watch, which, IN nine eases cut Of ten. viii COS,
more TO kseS IN oder for one year. than 70, o,,.i
nal price, snd which vss never intended % ts.,
hme under any circumstanoess
why should Americans not eatroni.e nor.
generally American manufactures, and Tim, .n,r-
cpa 70 themselves from the thraldom Of Eu,lj,b
caeitsi, French fashions, and Continental rev
gsvs!
The Ar1erIctn Watch Compsn,,, w,,oh.
particularly adapted for soldiers u.e. beInx no,,
substantially made, and not liable TO ret ou, ~
order' either In marching. riding, or frhtins.
Sold By M w. GAIT & BRO, 3sx Psnp,,r-
vania avenue, Washington. ...
wholesale orders should be Addressed IN
ROBBINS & APPLETON.
Agents Of the American Watch oomp.ny.
Ie @-Im 1s2 Broadway NY
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CENTS Furnishing Goods. Trunks, Clothing,
" trunks, Hats and Caps, al at Northern prioes
st the Peoples Clothing store, No. 40 7th sire l.
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ing Goods, Trunks, Hats and Caps, az whole
fsle Hsle Prices, At No. 46O Seventh street, opposite
Fost Omce- fe a SIN
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EVERY PERSONS INTEREST THAT sue
~ stock OF Clothing for sale over 6alts' JeveITy
StoIe IL now offered AZ less than lesale prices
Post Office. ~ ks1o-a
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DENTISTRY.
.ill: : hfSsRs hkESHs ..s ,..:....

:tih: fIfE a IS TEEfE THEEfEeii .ss s ,.,:..:.
tsnds personally tt his ofoe N this CITY -
many pertons can wear these teeth vno0o
cannot wear others, and no person can wear others
Who cannot wear these
Persons calling st my ofsce can be accommodated
ost 70 tnoEe VINO are particular and vfsh the Dures
ceanest, strongest, and most perfect dentpre that
art can Droduee, the MINERtL q PI.ATE will -
more fully warranted,
Rooms IN this city-No. SIS "a. syenue, between
tth and leth sts. Also, 90E Arch street Phi sdsI
BhlA. msTsi, m
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FIRING A MORTAR

ICorrespondence Of the Chicago THbune.
The firing Of a mortar is the very poetry of
a battle. A bag Of powder weighing from Is
to 20 pounds is dropped into the bore of the
huge monster. The derrick drops the she'll
in; the angle is calculated; long cord is at.
tached to the primer; the gunner steps out
upon the platform, and the balance Of the
crew upon the shore. The captain gives the
word, the gunner gives bis cord q sudden jerk,
crash like q thousand thunders follows, o
tongue Of fame leaps from the mouth Of the
mortar, and a column Of smoke rolls up in
beasiiful heeey spirals, developing into rings
ef exquisite proportions. One can see the shell
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SHlRTS, SHIRTS, SHIRTS!-yuss received
~ lSO dozen Shirts, which " g offer al old pTioes
stSSlTa'S. No. 460 Seventh a fs 91-sm
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I,nperiai Marriage In japan.

kanagawa correspondent of the New
York World, writing on the 1st of January
says that the Japanese were in high state
OF excitement over the approaching nuptiais
OF the daughter of the Mikado, or spiritual
emperor, to the Tycoon, or political Emperor.
Inc betrothed lady arrived at Yedo on the 10th
OF december, with train of $4,000 attendants
ana was twenty five days on her journey from
Mako to that place. According to court eti.
quett, she made the first and last stages of bsr
journey in a carriage drawn by bullocks. The
most of the tour was, however, performed IN a
norimono, or litter, made of silken threads. of
peculiar structure, and borne on mems shoul-
ders. On reaching Yedo she went into retire.
ueht Tor three weeks, which had not termina
tea when the correspondent wrote When sbe
entered edo, all the fires in the city were or
dered 10 be put out for thirty six hours. the
streets on the route she took were entirely
cleared OF people, the houses closed the shutters
OF doors and windows all drawn, and no one was
allowed to peep through crack at the august
parsonage. This marriage is the precursor of
important reforms in Japan The Mikado has
hitherto been the real Emperor, the Tycoon
requiring his consent in order to render valid
an important measures. Until recently. the
Mikado had not given his assent to two or
three articles ofthe treaty between the tycoon
anu the United States, and the Japanese did
not therefore, feel that their engagements were
binding, Hitherto the Tycoon has never been
honored with an alliance with the ackuowledg.
ed daughters OF tho Mikado, the persons oe ea.
plying that station having, from time immemo.
rial, been in the habit of making their chief
lords e adopt their numerous progeny. From
these repudiated children the Tycoons have
chosen their brides. The present
marriage :, may be regarded as an admission Of
the iycoon's social and political equality.
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An effort is being made in varons quarters
to reconstruct the Democratic party. IL is
worthy of remark that there is no such move
making in any one of the seeded States. Is
the Southern Confederacy to be excluded from
the organization? And if they are what is the
use of the organization? If the true intent
and meaning of the project is to drum up as
many malcontents in the loyal States as can be
caught, as King James says of somewhat
similar move by ga ne,c toot on the same old
horn, and then transfer them to the Southern
Confederacy, we apprehend that the undertak
ing is too gigantic for human accomplishment
Int Is to organize the whole nest of sympath.
sers into one mass and hurl them against the
Government, it will prove wooden headed
assault upon an IRON beaked Monitor. Ifitis
an attempt to recover the States of Kentucky,
Maryland, Missouri, the entire Northwes; and
pennsylvania, and succeeds, what then! What
uoes Inc rebuilt Democracy propose to do :
Will its first step be to recognize the southsrn
Confederacy as an independent nation sai
open treaties with it for cession of rights sd
privileges now claimed by the nation as their
birthright? viii they stipulate with Louisisna
for the free navigation of the Mississippi, and
go for foreign interference and free trade!-
viii they refuse to pay the Government debt,
and then shipwreck the Union upon the rocks
of repudiations Ifthey win do none of these
things, we would be glad 20 see specifically
what they ito do. 1t does not satisfy men
at such a time as this to talk about old tunes
and platforms, and what the Democracy once
did Every man wants to know what the new
Democracy proposes to do. Fine spun essays,
and illusions to United States Banks, Tariff,
and General Jackson, won't answer, save Only
so far as General Jackson was for hanging
South Carolina traitors. Frankfort Common
wealth.
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IOWA LEGISLATURES.
DEs MoIsKs, March IS, 1862.

EplroR HAwK-EYE:
Last night the Joint Committees of House
and Senate made final and permanent agree
ment as to the division of the State into six
Congressional Districts--the first election under
this apportionment to take place next October.
The districts are composed as follows:
FIRST DISTRICT
Lee, Des Mones, Louisa, Henry, Washington,
Jefferson, Van Buren,, Davis.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Auscstine, Scott, Clinton, Jackson, Jones,
Linn, Cedar.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Delaware, Dubuque, Clayton, Alamakee,
Winnesbeik, Howard, Mitchell, Worth, Cerro
Gordo, Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayctte, Bremen.
FOURTH DIsrsIcr.
Appanoosc, Monroe, Wapello, Keokuk, Ma
haska, Marion, johnson, Iowa, Poweshiek, Jas
per, Tams. Benton.
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Wayne, Decatur, Ringgod, Taylor, Page, FREE
mont, Lucas, Clark, Union, Adams, Montgom-
cry, Mills, Warren, MadisoD, Adair, Cass, Pot
tawattsmie, Polk, Dallas, Guthrie, Audubon,
Shelby, Harrison.
Sixth DnrRIcT.
Marshall, Story, Boone, Greene, Carroll
Crawford, Nonona, Buchanan, Black Hawk,
Grundy, Hardin, Hamilton, Webster, Calhoun,
Sac, Ida, Woodbury., Butler, Franklin, Wright,
Humboldt, Pocahontas, Buena Vista, Cherokee,
Plymouth, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Clay,
O,Brien, Sioux, Winnebago, Emmett, Dickinson
Oceola, Buncombe.
The bill making this division passed the House
to-day. tbs.
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-CAr1AIH WoxDEx N rHs Fresr.
pondsnt Of the Tribune who va - eofsN
the Monitor during the light with ths S SOssa u
Wordsn: Vaptan
"Capt Wordsn placed tie Mosito, !, -
forwarded the bearing Of the Merr;mss rv,ittse,
Green 10 the turret, and gave the o,a.s - Llest
The port apron swings aside, the ennn.' . uls
spf'Dg 70 the gun-ropes, creaking Of n,' seo
for q moment, and then a tbunae,;,o. Pailies
broke the desth. IKE stiffness that re;srss feps
the dusty ranks Of powder psssers ~, ,ss s'oas
zine deck---the Monitor has made he. msgi
speech. From this time the Merrim.e maiden
down to attack the Minnesota, TUNED souing
on the Monitor, and we were the res;a; gus
her compliments thenceforth. She sas.
few more shots, and then, as II frenzied :.
failure to demoIish us, run head on A. M, Ia
10 her action with the Cumberland. bp, -
instance with far different result, c.. :" ns
den judged that, failing to run US down nv "e'
tention was to board US, but, II 80, she Cha,
her programme, probably not pleased vim s
expression OF the grin eye Of our Cohns;ass
which at this moment, at hint from Lier,..s
ant Green, shot her iron glance tw.iyb,
hundred and seventy poundsl directly tb,oS.s
"Now comes the order from Capt Wo,d.,
the Lieutenant Reserve your FIRE, I will l.a.s
alongside the Merrimac; then aim del;hs..@
and do not lose shot In a few mir'S,~'
movement was accomplished, and ,s.n ea
both combatants the firing was very r,nid,a
ecuted for some time until the Merrimsa a
liking her position, retreated to a large, ~. w
To Mr. Green's occasional inquiry as toS.
fects Of our shots, Capt. Worden answered.
cool, deliberate manner that excited the ar
ton and enthusiasm Of all within hear;og
cat one time, while the vessels were M.
by side, Mr.. Green accurately trained bi, 80 sas
the MeTrimar's water line, and, after ds,;ss.u.@
the shot, inquired Of Capt. Worden The a..
The answer came loud and clear, 'splepd,S !.
you made the iron Fly. You cannot do 80. y
but FIRE as rapidly rs you car The ~
resreated still further in the direction !, ~
all's Point Capt. Worden, judging The -.
too great for effective firing, directed ,bs ~.
tenant to wait for his order before eiyina =
another shot. A few minutes passed ,1s - -
order came; it was scarcely executed - Ae
percussion shell struck the corner of n. ~.
house, ard exploding, injured the cspta,,, s a.'
A few seconds and another exploded IN ne ~.
neighborhood, and adding TO the Dreyiops I
| Jury rendered for a time our noble eonu,na-.
completely blind; this occurred a, y, -.
was, believe, the last shot the Merriuse s,.s
| in the engagement. The command nov desoI,.i
| on Lieut.. Green, who took the captain. post;os
| in the pilot house, and directed the eloso,
| movements of the action