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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-08-04

There IS great rush at the y. =. " aI Oe-
nartment of parties (rela es and others) ap-
nea,ing in behalf Of army officers absent from
+bor reci,nents, to show cause for such absence,
set fur,o1ghs extended, &C., &c.
The sale Of condemned horses &c, at the
Government coral. on Thursday and Friday IN
Washi1. .gt,n was largely attended. One hun
dred and thirty-Gve horses were sold at prices
ranging from one to fifty-six dollars; fourteen
mules from TWO to seventy dollars: and forty
three colts from seven to ten dollars each.
The anniversary Of emancipation in the B1
t;sh colonies vas celebrated on Saturday by the
c0lored residents Of New York and neghbor
hood. There were special gatherings at Flush
ing, Bulls Ferry, and Testhnry, L. /.
There is intelligence from the Mississippi
AotilIa that the canal which was intended TO
change the course Of the Mississippi, and
make Vicksburg an inland town, has been
abandoned, and the negroes have returned to
tboirrna sters.
Considerable excitement existed at Nassau,
n. P, in consequence Of the Z. S. steamer
Adirondack making chase Of the English
steamer Herald AMI attempting to capture her
The Coluno bus (t%a. Times learns that Gen.
Toonbs has resigned.
The Mobile News says one division Of Low
ells army has been ordered eastward, and is
expected in Mobile soon,
The works on the Isthnus Of Suez are being
urged most energetically. nioie than twenty
i've thousand men are at present employed in
cutting the canal
lhe new postage stamp currency will be rca-
dy tor delivery in large quantities by the mid
ole ct the present month.
Col. kurtz has arrested three New York
Burglars, who have been carrying on their ne
laroua operations in Newbern for some time
past
The steamship 1Iemphis. captured Of
charleston by the guuboat Magnolia, with a
cargo OF 1870 bales Of cotton on board, arrived
at New York yesterday The Memphis is an
English steamer, and ran into Charleston some
o@e ago with a cargo of war material
Inc barque Harriet Ralli, being the first
french vessel captured since the commence
Llsot OF the war, charged with engaging in con-
t'aoand trade, arrived at New York on Satur-
osy from New Orleans. She came in charge
" OapS' Conant, Of the Thirty first Massachu
1''Is regiment The Harriet Ralli was seized
~ y zen, butler IN the Mississippi river shortly
. "''eF The capture Of New Orleans.
" oap'aln Porter Of the mortar fotia has left
=; a9"'ngton for brief visit North, to recruit
'* @'&''n' previous to resuming his command.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-08-04

COn1lne0 In the peIlltentlafy InQer SeIlteLce vi
courts MARTIAL for various offences, in compi-
ance with recent act Of Congress. Some few
are Internationally released, being unfit for
military duty, on account Of ill-health; but the
others arc required to 60 to their regiments or
some others in the service.
Quite number Of surgeons appointed un-
der the law authorizing an additional surgeon
10 each regiment from Pennsylvania have ar
rived in Washington.
The police Of Baltimore made $50 arrests
during the month Of July for violation Of the
laws Of the State and Of the ordinances Of the
city
4 meeting Of hatters in New York was held
on Thursday, and it was resolved that, after
the first Of August hats which have been sold
at 81 shall be priced S. The increase Of ex-
pense in getting the raw material, under the
new tariff and tax bills is the princi pal reason
for this movement.
VIM. B. Hill, Esq, Of Prince Georges
county, Nd, who was last week arrested by
military authority, has been released cn par
OLE
A New York letter dated the lst inst says:
--''In a few departments Of the dry goods
trade with first hands there is moderate busi
ness doing, but the general market squiet, and
some kinds Of goods which d fortnight ago
were very active, are now very dull, by reason
of high prices.
The Norfolk Union Union paper has been
suppressed by order of General Eiele for pull
fishing bureSque proclamation calculated to
bring Commodore Goldsborough into ridicule.
In anticipation of the absence of delegates
from at least nine dioceses at the triennial con-
yention of the Protestant Episcopal Church IN
October, the Church Journal says that it is
serious question with many Of the most emf
nent and influential clerical and lay delegates
whether it would not be advisable to postpone
it for say twelve month. The constitution
requires the convention 90 assemble IN October
Of every third year
Quite an excitement has been raised in the
Navy Yard at Brooklyn New York; by the
orders of the Government TO administer the
oath OF allegiance to all the employees. lnthe
course Of Friday and Saturday the oath was
administered % nearly all the persons employ
ed in several Of the shops. Some few declined
10 take the oath auJ were discharged. About
four thousand persons in all are employed in
the yard
General Halleck has received the degree OF
TT, D, from Union College, at Schenectady,
New York.
Col Bowie, of Marlboro, the predecessor of
Mr. Calvert in Congress, who was recently
LODGED in the Capitol prison, has not been finally
DISCHARGED, but has been paroled until next
80. l,;r of tho 1850 20 RI he
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-08-04

III VIC O14 tlEC VI tLlC SEleClS VI ScWUCFI, ~
c. Tie fred twice at his assailant, and captur-
ed one prisoner. When making fast to the
second, the Sergeant Of the guard appeared
and relieved him. The shot being fired from s.
house, and being the isourth attempt to kill
guards stationed TO protect property, and from
the same quarter, created great excitement
General Foster concluded to put stop to
such proceedings, and caused thorough
search Of all inhabitants in that neghborhood,
making arrests Of all suspicious characters, who
were lodged in JAIL The Twenty third Regi-
ment, acting under orders, removed all the fur
niture from the domicls the:eabouts, and in 3
short space Of time, six Or seven Of the ad~
jacent houses we're entirely demolished
The Providence r. J. J Journal says that in
Pawtucket, cloth manufacture has almost en-
tirely ceased The cotton yarn and thread
manufactures, with the skirt cord manutacto~
ries, SEEM to be unusually active
The efforts made to introduce cotton culture
10 Illinois are attended, It is said, with eneour-
aging results. 4 correspondent Of the Chica-
60 Tribune, writing from Golden, in that
State, says:-'Cotton and tobacco have been
planted in Southern Illinois to considerable
extent this year, and the cultivation of these
articles will he largely increased: as year after
year proves the prontabenesS OF their pfoduc"
ton. "
Among the persons at present held IN custca
dy at the Old Capitol priso-i in Washington, is
the Rev. VIM. D. Broaddus: D. D., Of Fred
ericksburg, Virginia. Dr.. Broaddus is arrest
ed on no charge personal to himself, but with
few other citizens Of Virginia, is detained as
hostage for the safety Of certain Union men
Of Fredericksburg whom the Confederate au-
thorities have seized aud still hold as prisoners
DR.. Broaddus was brought to Washington on
Tuesday last.
The work on more iron-clads has been COM
menced. One for California is now ready to
be put on stocks at Jersey, another for home
service in New York, a third at Greenpoint,
and a fourth at Boston. These vessels are
not any Of the eleven original Ericsson IRON
clad gunboats, which have been in course Of
construction for some months. They are to
be Of entirely different Dimensions, larger and
more swift, .-...-...
The Baltimore American says :-'Y Yesterday,
two of the officers of Marshal Van Nostrand
paid a visit to house on Bidde street,
and obtained possession Of aquilt made Of red
and white pieces Of muslin and having centre
piece representing the Confederate flag. On the
white squares were written the names of
number OF prominent Confederate Generals and
officers. The article was designed by the maker
for the use OF jeff Davis
Private advices at the North from Northern
Alabama state that the slaves do as they please
nnder the supnosition that their day OF salyae
, 1862-04-04
Chicago Boys ut Pea Ridge.

We have been permitted to read private let
tiers written ty Capt. H. N. Fu=tic, Of Co. G.
571h Ill and Lieut.. George r. Bell, Of the same
company, to friends iu this city, giving iut.r-
csiing dctai:s Of the honorable share the
Fremont Rife Regiment bore in TIC fight and
victory at Pea Ridge, The news by these let
tcrs has been anticipated mainly in cur col
rn,,s 1'y previous reports Of the fight, but all
90 10 slow tic same crcditablc exhibit for our
Chicago boys in their desperate encounter
with tie enemy. Col. julius White and lis
officers and men behaved with GOODNESS and
courage worthy Of veterans. Lieut.. Bell is a
sen Of our esteemed fellow citizen, Judge
Bel1, who has two other Sous in the service
one III the bloody 18th, low at Nashville, the
other at Manassas, in the grand army Of the
Potomac, who distinguished himself By his
e:.llunt conduct ut tho battle Of Bull Run
These young men were among tile yery frs.
in the service, entering the ranks with their
muskets. All row hold commissions, and as
Chicago boys, VIC laye right to feel proud ot
tEfm
, 1862-04-04
THE GALE DOWN THE RIVER.
Sad Casualty at Point
Pleasant, Mo.
FROM CAIRO.

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Ttibune7
CAIEo, April 3-3r. N.
Tic storm Of Wednesday morning was rcry
scyerr at Point Pleasant, fifteen miles below
New Madrid.
Among other things, tree fell upon tue
tent Of Lieut.. J. Y. Moore, Of Company q,
7,h Illinois cavalry, from slciLyvillc and killed
him. His body arrived here to-day en- route
for Lomc-
Capt II. L. Webster, OF the same company,
was injured, but not seriously. One Of the
priyatas Of the same company was killed by q
lulling treeand several were wounded.
Ur to this hour NC have no arrivals from
Island No. 10, and the Tennessee.
The man Morgan, who has communicated
for some time past enormous stories concern
ing rebel operaticns at Memphis and New Or
leans, was yesterday arrested by order Of Gen,
Strong Us SPY, and sent to Gen. Halleck for
trial. Proof Of his ayocation and completely
with rebellion is said to be numerous and con-
elusive. Morgan has travelled between Mem
1l,is and Cairo four times within the last two
months
CA1Ro, April 3--The steamboat PhiIadcl-
phIa, which Was blown away in the gale yes
:erday morning and supposed to be lost, has
been found ashore inst above Columbus. She
Is badly damaged, and lost three Of her creH
| overheard.
| Eight persons we're blown overheard from
| the steamboat Amcricus and drowned. A fat
boat, occupied BY poor family as residents,
Was blown away and sunk, the family escaping
upon coal barge as it f1oated past
| The Cairo aud Columbus wharfboat vas
lowed back last night, not much damaged.
| Tc-morrow, it is said, our gunboata and
mortafs are to go dowu and occupy posi-.
| ton near this fort, and open lanking fire
upon those remaining on the mainland. You
may, therefore, expect to learn something
! importsnt 1o-EorreW.
, 1862-04-04
FROM OUR POTOMAC ADVANCE.
and Incidents of Progress.

WOODSTOCK, Va, april a.-The rebels,
when rctrcatipg yesterday, attempted to burn
bridge over the creek near Narrow Passage,
railroad bridge, 100 feet high, over the same
stream was burned by JucksOn, when retreat
ing from Gen. Shields.
The gray stallion said to be Col Asl,by's,
IVES shot yesterday near this town The bali
must i1aye wounded the rider in the left thigh
The current report, however, that Ashby was
wounded, is not credited at headquarters.
Some Of A61lby's scouts Elldc their appear
:,ice this ulorpin5 carly on tue high wooden
hridge Of Stoney Greek, beyond Edenburg.
They were fired on by some Of the :9th Penn
sylyahia, When Ashby unniasked four guns
and threw several Ehclls iuto Tic camp. He
subsequently re:rcated under thu fire Of our
guns.
During the DAY they frequently intcrftrcd
With our bridge builders, by shelIin., them at
long range. The foot Of the bridge, however,
has been comp ctcd, aud our skirmisAers aud
some Of the Andrew Sharp Shooters, are no y
Oh The other side beyond the town.
Second Lieutenant Daft and two priyates OF
Ashby's cavalry, were captured yesterday
While carrying dispatches, but refused to
diyu19e the contents or who they were.
a latc Intercepted letter from i rebel
line officer, speaks significantly Of the antici-
pated open rebellion In Maryland, but this is
regarded us one Of the means resortcd to by
secession leaders to dupe their followers.
Ashby's artillery was reinforced to-day By
two or morc guns, with which lie practccd on
us at long TaDgc-
General Banks is here, and Shields is at
StrashuIg.
, 1862-04-04
THE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-,


WASHINGTON. April s.
Mr.. HALE, from the Naval Committee, re.
ported bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Navy to Test plans and materials to render
floating batteries s.invulncrable, with an amend
mcnt reducing the appropriation from s5o, 600
to 525, GOO. The bill was amended and passed.
Also from the same Committee, bill for
the relief Of the widows and orphans Of the
officers of the ships Cumberland and Con-
srcss. The bill gives tweyle mouths cxtr:
LAY to the widow ,.chld, OF nearest relative.
Passed.
Nj. DOOLITTLE Of Wisconsin presented
the resolutions from the Legislature Of Wis
consin against imposing stamp tax on news
papers or any introduction Of suffrage.
lit. KENNEDY Of Maryland presented
memorial from tobacco planters aggainst the
proposed tax on Leaf tobacco.
Mr. WILSON Of Massachusetts, offered tue
following resolution:
Etsclced, That the Military Committee be in
structcd to report whether any further
is necessary to prevent persons employed in the
the rendition releasing control over persons
claimed to be fugitive slayes, and to punish them
therefor.
The resolution WAS laid over.
Mr. DAVIS Of Kentucky offered the follow
ing:
Hao'r<d, That the war shall not be prosecuted
in any spirit OF conquest or subiugation. but to
defend tic constitution and preserve the rights of
the several States unimpaired- and the United
States will prosecute the War until this Is secured
On motion Of Mr.. SUMNER Of Ma=sachu-
sets, the bill to administer the oath of ale
gianec to citizens in foreign countries, was
taken up and passed.
Tic bill to abolish slavery in the District Of
Columbia vas taken up,
: Mr. TEN EYCK Of N. J. said he would
have prrfcyreG bill providing for q gradual
, 1862-04-04
MEMS FR0M TIE SrfeAETs-Ez3E:
PROSPECTS OF An OPENING DE'
Nxt If:ATsytsE

N L. ~ > r HFAA AkIAE h.A--Ex IL e
PNtsS1'ECES OF An OPENING OE
M! 1G4TIGH.
Nc Iayc news from Muck inaw 11p to tie
1911l of March, t,n ~1ich slat the ice was
only twelve inches thick, with prospects Of
I'll unusually early opening.
Navigation on Lake Erie is row rcsunl-
ea-rrcl'ellc7s running regularly between
Detls,it a1l1 Bul:.lo and Toledo and Dun
Link,
Accounts from the Wclland Canal arc
not quite SO favorable. 1t Port Robinson
tlc ice was fourteen inches thick, and a,
Bu1li;g gton Bay, loaded teams were cross
ing lie ice as in nlid-wintcr.
l;rcm Detroit we learn that the ice still
ohstructs navigation between that port and
Port Huron; but it was thought the strong
northeast winds which have prevailed for
the past few days woull open passage
yesterday The Sea Eid had made two
OF three attempts and failed to gel through
The ice.
From Green Bay we have advices up to
the 1st inst On thai date the ice nea,
RIcnornincc River Nss firm, and teams were
coming up OH tho ice from below.
, 1862-04-04
Hollin's Ram--The Manassas" or "Turtle.'
VERY LIKE A WHALE."

Our readers will lie interested with the
above accurate representation Of the Hollins
ram @' Manassas ~ minrtely described By our
Cairo correspondent in another part Of this
paper, 10 which We refer for details, giving
here only the following references:
1-fs-puurd cannon. 4-Ha!eh-way.
2-Open pu1t. 5-Pi Of ho1sc.
:-SoaoEc stacks.
Her arrival at Island No. TO was the cause of
a profound sensation, and the rebels looked
to see her walk straight up the current to St
Louis. She has not even s'mizel in the
fight,r' but has kept under shelter of the
Island, as shown III the following cut, which
We reproduce from 4 drawing furnished by
our correspondent with the fleet:
, 1862-04-04
HOW Gen. McCook Concfldates the
Rebels.

The Nashville Iatriot states that consider
able number Of fugitive slaves arc following
the amy on its march southward through
Tennessee, in tho expectation Of being ulti-
mately freed. s' The action Of tile army lead
ers Oh this subject" says the Patriot, "is OF
vast importance to the owners of slaves" l.
gentleman, who has just tested the matter, re-
ports that they arc disposed 10 be just aud
honorable. We qnotc:
"Hc visited the camp Of Gen. McCook, in
HIau1y county, in quest Of fugitive, and that
officer, instead OF throwing obstacles in tho
way, afforded him every facility for the success
fiji Tros: cution OF his search. That General
1reateti him in very courteous and gentleman
ly manner, IS also did Gen. johnson and Capt
Blake, the Brigade Provost Marshal Their
conduct was, IN all respects, that Of high
toned gentlemen, desirous Of discharglng their
duties promptly and lonoraUly It is impos-
sible for the army to prevent slaves from fol-
lowing them; but Whenever the fugitiyes
come into tho lines Of General McCooE, they
are secured, and record made of their names
and The names Of their owners. ALI the
owner has 10 do is to apply either through
person or throuCh an agent, examine the
record, or look at tho slaves, and il he finds
| any that belong to him, takc them away.
''1t gives us great deal of pleasure tc
| make these statements, which a1quit the fed
e,a1 amy and it's officers OF conniving ut the
| at the escape OF slnves.'
, 1862-04-04
SHALL THERE BE A CONtES-
1ION2

We received many expressions of en-
dorzcmcnt and approval Of the rccom1ncn-
tations in our last Issue. that 1he forth
coming municipal election be fought and
carried On a stTaiglt-out Republican
ticket put il 'llc field by a convention TO
1c forthwith called It is no time for anl-
bush fighting. Let us know who is on
the side Of Freedom and Loyalty, and sup
rort such, taking care that it be no one
u ho carries On his shoulders the Infamous
constitution with the Egyptian breed Of
seeessiuaists aiding Lis scheme. The mu-
nicila1 election must not be "a prestige Of
the success Of tho constitution in the Statc'
There will lie Il Republican Convention.
, 1862-04-04
NOTES AND QUERIES.

Is Government aided or embarrassed in
lie conduct Of the war ly the ceascless
adulalion and praise OF single military
lca,IcT in advance Of lis having earned |
such 1aurcls? Are the difficulties in the
wsy or tic renewal Of an officer, found TO
Lc incompetent, lessened or enhanced by
persistent cxcggcratiou Of his merits in the |
public mind!
What il tie well understood policy on
Tic Potomac Of no advance until bushes
sy;.ze to bear leaves, and mud to form
Under T3!ufal1s should have INDUCED sense
ot security III the rebel leaders, who, trust
ibe 10 Il card ertwo Of Quaker gllns, and a
few 'tgilnen1s II busy scouts to hold tho
Potomac army in check proceed to mass the
flower Of their own army i'll the valley Of
lie Mississippi to olposc the vigorous blows
ii Western troops, what advantage has
bctn gai1lctI 70 the Federal cause: And
is i: ,:ot a1 Injustice to the Wes! to ailow
the brunt If the contest to fall this
side Of tho Allcghanies: May not the
k'solaicrs Of tile Army Of The Potomac"
consider themselves deprived Of glory thai
justly belongs TO them, if the above be
true?
Considering Ill The difficulties in the cap
lure Of Island No. 10, would not the vieor-
ous cleaning out Of Columbus, and thor
nugh defeat Of thu enemy there, have been
better thing wherewith to begin the Mis-
=issip1i Expedition: And may it not prove
equally true that the capture Of Manassas
after bloody fight woald have been easier
and more telling than The Island No 1Q'
that may Lie in wait for cir troops Oh the
RapTahaunock
When the passengers had al paid their
ture and taken their seats in the stage, was
it any consolation TO them that tho
stsgcdrivcr, without starting, expressed
the gr:atcst confidence in his team. and
passed six mortal hours in discussing the
breeds Of horses. andin hicking flies off his
leaders! Was it strange that the passca-
gers hy vote represented to the Stage
Company that man may he a good horse
chantcr but a very poor whip after all?
Now that April has come, did OF did no
our army before Washington '.go into win
Ter qrarcrs:" If moi, is il TO be considered
that winter quarters arc not necessary il
that climate ft'c an army that has no tielt
opcraisnsY Did our army do anything
clsty'
There died in the army Of the Potomac
during The months of November, Decem
Der and January, three thousand soldiers
more than the whole number that have 2ief
IN the battles Of the war. Has delay il
ahis instance " "saoed z;Ge2" hit a favor tt
our troops to hold them back from the bay
onets aad batteries tley would brave uni
carry, and fasten them down to die q
measles aud pneumonia Gould thcr
have been found on the road to Richuon
il, October, batteries SO deadly that thej
taking would have cost three thousan
lives?
Which is the easier, to take Norfolk wit
The Merrimac and the batteries Of year
growth, or to have nippcd the preparation
in tie bud? Isthe "ounce Of prevention
Dclicy excluded from the articles Of war:
, 1862-04-04

Why don't our Legislators pass the bill
for the abolition Of slavery III the District
If Columbia: Thus ask the people. Read
What u local paper says in the extract
given in another column. Our Senators
aud Representatives are deliberately hold
ing hack to give the SLAVE owners timc to
run of their chattcl=. Jn]ess Congress
Speedily passes tle hill there will be no
slaves III the District to emancipatc. All
This while gucl air. Browning and others
arc pleading the c;luse Of the absent, and,
trEe to their lavycr-lil1c instincts, milking
tue worse arpcar the better reason. The
people would Ike 10 ste these gentlemen
argue 4 while Oh the other side, and be less;
ready 10 man tlle brakts when Slavcr; is
il, danger. 1t may he c'liy:alrous, hut We
sullni: that it is mi quite lair to the people