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The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-03-21
Comment OF the Journals ON
SEr. Stewards Rejection Of
the French Peace PROPOSE
ton.
VIEWS OF 4 MINISTERIAL ORGAN.
from the London Morning Post.

From the London Morning poSt.I
1t is scarcely possible to treat this
strange document seriously. 1t is
certainly impossible to test it either
by arguments or facts II man
AYERS positively that black is white,
or that two and two make FIVE, Of
course, if you are not as great tool
as himself, you will not attempt to
reason him out Of his strange delu-
sion. In like manner, we shall not
attempt to prove that Mr.. Seward S
letter is a tissue Of deiusons or false
hoods from beginning to end. II be
saws that the Government possesses
credit, though it is unable to raise a
loan even among its own citizens: Il
he saws that the armies Of the Ncrth
have been victorious, although At the
very instant he was writing the dis
patch ne we'll knew that the greatest
of its armies was in process OF dis
membernent, after having under
gone 4 continuous series OF defeats ;
if he calls the aggregate area ct the
Southern States small territory IN
defiance Of what Biographies and at
lasses say to the contrary, why we
can onlv treat him as we would a per-
verse man, who for the mere sake OF
obstinacy, wilFullv mistated facts
n i n
and as we believe him to be much too
shrewd to suppose that any one will
be inclined to believe his statements,
we are naturally led to inquire what
motives could have induced him to
write so much (what his countrymen
would CALI "bunknm. Perhaps he
expects to gain in Washington 1T
tie political capital amongst certain
classes, and, in exchange tor that, Is
indifferent about the contempt he
must incur in Europe. Still ema-
mating, as this document does; from
the Federal Cabinet, it is truly IN
credible that that body should have
SINK SO low as to endorse as its own
in the face of the world, so much ar
rant falsehood and absurd nonsense
1t may suit politicians at Wash
ington that the war should drag Its
slow length along during another
couple OF years; but such an arrange
ment does not equally chime with
the notions of the Emperor of the
French. He is too acute not to be
able to predict with certainty the Is
sue Of the war, and he is anxious, If
possible to precipitate it: This he
would gladly have done by amlcable
intervention and friendly counsel !;
but if his good offices are rejected is
it probable that he will accept the re-
buff and tacitly permit matters to
take their course? 1t is so EXTREMITY
easy for different Cabinets to become
acquainted with their respective po-
The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-03-21

New YORK, March lS.--money
easy at 6 per cent.
Sterling Exchange dull at lC9 a
ITO for first class bills.
Gold unsettled and irregular, open
ing at 533, advancing to So, and clos
ing steady at 543 543.
The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-03-21

TRENTON. n. j. March lS.-The
peace resolutions passed the House
by vote Of 50 to IA, after a very
animated debate.
The loan bill Of bill one million
dollars passed to-day.
Also a tax bill for $500, 1000.
The Morgantown monitor. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1863-1864, 1863-03-21

litical tendencies without at the same
time pledging themselves to definite
lines of action, that we cannot help
thinking that the dispatch of NJ.
Drouyn de | Hugs to the French
Ambassador at Washington is IN
tended by the French Government
to lead to something else. What
that something else is it would be
idle for us to attempt to conjecture.
The Emperor is fully convinced that
ultimately the South must establish
its independence, and it may be that,
haviug failed as a mediator, he 7clA
recognize tie Southern COnjederacy in
tie hopes hercby Of bringing lie acar
to speedie1' termination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-20

The sunboat Sattslit'. Captain Peter iIays,
arrived II tie Navy Yard this morning fro a
the Lower Potomac for repairs, having been
much strained during The late rough weather.
Mr. &. ,. Miller, German, lately employed
- clerk in Richmond, comes mp as passen-
ser, having LEFT Richmond on the 10th instant,
and madr his way to the Rappshannock, which
he cross ed. He represents that the people In
Richmond, even the most rampant secesh, are
gloomy, and think that the Federals are abou.
to mike big strike somewhere.
Every Conf. derate movement made is kent
rs secret rs possible, and are not noticed in tina
papers. Mr NJ. thinks that the Government. ia
aware that there are many Union men in the
city, but they act SO discreeily rs to be seldom
suspected, and consequently but few of them
have la-ely been arrested. The news OF tina
pirate Ala bsm3's captures received daily ia
doing much to increase the con fidence of sac ,sh
and the Union men say that if she could be
captured it would have a great effect on tho
nerves of the Ie5els
Mr.. Miller says that there are but a small
number Of troops in and arouad the city. From
Richm' nd to the Raj p 1t annock the country
seems TO be stripped of everything nothing
having been planted, and the slaves All having
been sent South, or having run away.
passed through Rieh-
mond several weeks since, In the night, and
went South, and since then many troops have
been arriving frIm thu Rappahannock AMI d.
pan ting for the South and West Lately allmili.
tary movements have been made during the
night, and not unfrequently does division 20
through the city and but fe " citizens know the
fact.
Mr.. Miller was on the Merrimac, No. :.
several weeks since, and made a thor ough in
spection If her She carries only four l.r.e
guns, and has eight port holes. The iron plating
On her is four inches thick. She is so top heavy
that she requires lighter on each side to keep
her fIOm ovcrturning. About the last OF Jan
nary she went to Fort Darling, with the lighters
alongside, and at last accounts she was lying
b:low the fort. Secesh says that she will soon
make her mark, and some are confident tha she
Will decide the fate of the city. 7ra ...:
Mr.. Miller crossed the Potomac few DAYS
since, and came on board the Satellite, and oh.
t; iued a passage.
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Sad A>esdsa1 An Baltimore.

S0a Aeex0e3l n b0ltimore. -
coagMAxn1R xAxwlkL Woodruff EltxI&
Qcmnspnder MAXWELL Woodruff, OF Ne ia
Ha1y, eonnAadlng the U. 9. steamer CT.
sroae was accidenta1 killed yestsrdayH BSza.
more. He wssUf tte party which aecomhanied'
items around Baltimore, and while the=party
were at Fort Marshall, COMMANDER Woodruff,
In company with another officer, was walking
on the rampant or parapet while a saluts was
being fired In compliment to Gan. Butler, and
was Immediately IN front OF 81 FOUNDER when
II was discharged. The wad st -uck him on the
calf OF the LEFT leg, the Il sn OF which was com.
pletely torn on, and portion Of the calf OF tae
right leg. Those Of the party In tae vicinity,
ann who had preceded him, of whom General
Scherck, Rev. v. A. Cooper. Chaplain OF the
18Th Connecticut, and SON Of the deceased,
Capt Max Woodruff, were OF the number
fHmediat ~ ran 10 him as hs fell and endeav.
ped to render him assistance, but after gasp;nR
s'Veral times he expired, only surviving two
o. three minutes. - - 80
Surgeon Carlton, of the post, W as inm .dfataly
Q mmoned, but found him, dead on reaching
spot. The wad struck him with such VIC.
l nee as to force him twenty or more feet, he
filling near the abattis. Gen. Schenck mani
listed the deepest emotion at the sudden and
sad termination Of his existence, especially AZ
he is kins man OF the General. The body was
conveyed into the interior of the garrison, and
Information OF the sad affair communicated to
his lady, who, with her children, three in mum.
Der, were soJpurning at the Eutaw House.
The accident was one Of an unavoidable
character, the gunner who discharged the
piece, as well as the officer in command, not
having knowledge Of the proximity OF the de-
ce"sed-the position Of the gunner being below
tie line Of the parapet, and the discipline rs.
curing him to turn his head away on firing the
gun. ---
Commander Woodruff was about so years Of
age. and was much respected for his accon-
plishments. One OF his sons is on the staff of
Gen. Schenck, with the rank OF captain
Commander Woodruff entered the United
States Navy on the 4th Of june, 1882, from the
State OF New York, and for some time COM
manded the brig Bainbridge. He was brave
and chiv:l Irons officer, and strongly devoted
to the cause OF the Union. Last night the BODY
was conveyed to the Eutaw House, prepara-
tory to being conveyed to this city for inter-
m, mt. .-.
Commander Woodruff was we'll aad favor
ably known here. He was married to a daugh.
ter OF the late Moses Poor, Esq.
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lltgllC EDITION.
rH1n O'CLOCK p. II.
20 IN RNC8Apo4D

The following prisoners arrived herr this
morning from Camp Chase, Ohio, and have
been con fined In the Old Capitol prison pre-
raratory TO being exchanged and saut South.
All Of them are civilians, and some OF them
have been in Camp Chase as long IS ele ven
months. There are number OF boys accom-
panying their parents:
John Albert, Wood CO., Va; lewis Ba.choid,
Bibhco, Va; VIM. Bcnneit Upsnur co. Va !;
G. II. Clark, Giles CO., Tenn J. H. Chsse,
jackson CO.. Va; =. H. Campbell, Grundy CO.:
Tenn; jog. Couiscn, Co.; l.. A. Carricor, Pen
dletcn co., Va; Thos. CLAYTON, FRANKLIN CO.,
Va; ]. H psshons, Grrrnhri,r co Va; John
lie JaTEetta Logan CO., Val Christian Ernst,
Harrison co. Va: ID. II. Fig. Logan CO., Fai
Vim. Foley, Meade CO., KY; Joseph III. Gar
nett, Hardy CO., Va; las. J. Gardner, Frank
lin co., Tenn; Claiborne G otte, Sequachee CO.,
Tenn; A. A. Hewlett, Morgan co, Ala; D-A-
mis- Hale, Raleigh CO., Va; n. @. Holmes, Ka-
nawha CO., Va; p. s. Halves, Nashville, Tenn;
r. @. Harrington, WILLIAMSON, KY; Z. X.
Harter, Tyler CO., Va; W. T. Hertzof, Taylor
&C., Va VIC. Jones, Marion CO., Va; G. b
Johnson. Monroe co, Va; Adam Kstterman,
Hardy CO., Va; Daniel Lambert, Kama wha
CO, Va; John Lear, Hamshire CO., Va; Lewis
W. Lusher, Cabeil CO., Va; Thos. Matthew'S
Wayne CO., Va; J. B. Morgan, Franklin CO.,
Va; ID. NJ. Meyers, Tucker co., Va; @. W.
McGinnis, Writ CO., Va; K. s. Meyers, Grun-
dy CO., Tenn; A. ]. Marckbanks, Warren CO,
Va, G. G. Martin, Wetzeil CO., Va; Il. r. Nor
ris, NJ pratt CO., Va; james Poland, Hamp-
shire CO., Va; Daniel Peyton, Cabell CO., Va:
Thomas M. Robinson, Davis CO, KY; Ed r.
Rife, Braxton CO., Va; John Rhca, Marion
CO., Va; b. Y. Smith, Pendleton CO., Va: VIM.
Smith, Wayne CO, Va; a T.. Storm. Harrison
CO, va; a. K. Sutton, Barbour CO., KY: q. w.
thompson, Clay CO., Va; Amos Wisecarsr,
Frederick CO., Va; ID. X. Wood, Giles co
Tenn F. NJ West, Macon CO., Tenn; Thos. w.
Wall, Frederick CO., Va; Oscar ShuII, bod.
bridge CO., Va; John Allen, Allegheny CO.,
Va; J. r. Bettlson, Louis vile, Ky: Archibald
England, Barbour CO, Va; Joseph Orndoa,
Frederick CO., Va; w. T. Sandiige, Simpson
CO., XIV.
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APpOIE TED

The Commissioner OF Pensions has made the
following additional appointments of Surgical
and Medical Examiners for the service of his
bureau. Viz: Drs. Charles Rowland and 4 q
Hutchinson, at Brooklyn, NY; John Il. Lewis.
Rockville, CT: Rial Strickland, Enfield. CT:
James Welsh, West Wins;ed, CT. Seth I,
Srrague, Boston, Mess David Choate, Salem,
Mass; Henry Il. Hubbard, Taunton, Mass:
Ienry Q. Perkins, Newburyport, Mass; f. c.
richardson, Ware, Mass; John Pierce, Edgar.
town, Mass; Shuhael Converse, Norwich, CT:
John l. Ray, Meadviile, Pa; John u. Wilson,
Warrington, Pa; Robert ID. Wallace, New
castle, IA; L. W. Moore, Coalmont, Pa; j. ID.
NJ anon Newton, Hamilton, Pa; Vim strain
London ONO Oliver Evers tt, Dixon, III;
NJ. b. Alley, uneda, N. Y; Agariah ID.
Newell, New Prunks wick N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-20
A RuMOR FROM REREIpOw

Some OF the newspaper fraternity last eve
ming sent North, from this city, a story aIleg-
ing that. from rebel source, il is said in Wash.
mgton that Gen. Banks has been badly r.
pulsed before Port Hudson
We are very sure that the Government here
has no such information, and are inclined to
regard II as Icing simply a reha-h OF the some
tme-snce-exploded rebel rumor from the same
quarter.
II based upon anything else whatever, il
must be on the probable effort OF some of our
gunhoats with Banks army TO draw the fire
CT the rebel batteries al Port Hudsoa, to get the
range OF their armament prior 10 the combined
attack which viii soon lie made on the rebels
there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-20
LUX SAEE-
so BARRELS TAR
80 BARRELS ROStN
Apply to
no s-h j. L. KIDWELL, Georgetown. d. O.

ITETIL FURTHER ORDERS ALI DEAD
y HORSES will be buried near the Anacostia
river. north of the Poor House.
:. The police and others will confer favor by Civ
1ng me the names OF pa ties Who carry carcassss in
their respective districts or neighborhood outs.ds
Of the desi grated place, tina. [ can bring them
before magis rate to have them punished accord
ing 10 !aw Il r Grating q nuisance.
Washington
AID, notices or information may be sent to the
Superintcnd ent CT Metropolitan Police, or mT of
hfe cor1er o. Stf street and Penn syeuus, Capitol
CHI. KRAUSR,
Captain and A A. O. N.
N. B If parties will pport ma in this m o lsu a.
no more enmf laints " i'll be necessary rs can en-
p.oy MY force TO more advantage instead of seat
tering them al owe r he District. fe 20
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-20

/. THR fALLANDIGHAN LECTURB-Iast eve
ming after Gen. Butler had received his friends
in the hall Of Maryland Institute, and wa
about leaving for his quarters at the EutaW
House, Mr.. John q. Wilmot, of the Seco md
Branch or the City Council, and OF the Com
mitfrs to invite the General to visit the civ
appeared on the platform and made a short
address, stating that a wsll-knowu trait.
Ealiandigham, OF Ohio, was announced TO lee,
ture IN the hall on Friday evening. He said
that ne should not be allo wed to speak Ia Balti.
more, especially az he was known as traitor
to his country. He then proposed the q Question:
whether valiandighsm, In the opinion OF those
aseemblage in Baltimore. and on uuttins ~.
vote II was decided In tho negative. tn Wa
quite apparent however, from the sound. tsat
As.erlcdn, Fsb. -,
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THLEGRARE1IC.
INpoRrANr rRoM MEXICO.
fhn FRENCH ARMY or INVASION N BAp
-F-.. WAY.
FRENCH vssssLs DESTROYER ArrAx,1oo
THE HBxICANs CLAIM ANor4fDR yroropy
OVER PIE IRyxCH.I


NEW YoRx, Feb 2os--The sssAner Easls IA.
arrived from Havana with da.ss "a sss ,,,n
Mexican adrices represent the Preach arm,
in a,sd state OF health. The small. pox ana
dys.ntery are playing sad havoc
The French war sseamer Lance has n.,
burned and abanrisred n Tanpdoa som. a.
counts say she was ered By her crew. .,a
others assert that she was destroyed BY M.,I-
can shots. ---tt
Three vessels, laden, one with asnrnunitio,
and others with provisions and coal, were ala
abandoned. ta 81" Q. g.
The Mcxicans claim to have captarsd tsrs,
larg- lots OF French m uies, and also 10 ha,,
beaten i,.ts Frrnch troops a. II 0rjaso, cans.
ing them to rrtiie with iosSs Of % killed. ass
80 or 80 wounded. Also, 70 have occupied
Jalapa. 90 ..... .. ..
The French have established hospitals At ps.
rote and Qusbcboiac. In the latter there are
two thoaand patiertsO g. tfft.= alE
A Mexican named Benardi, vino serv.d a
escort 70 several American Oonsels, was CAP.
tured by the French, and shot.
The steamer Bio Bio iefl Havana on the IlIh.
Tie Pacific was 70 sail On the 18th. ...
The Sbeldrake, from New York, arrived on
the 18TH. -. . I'D 1-r't ~ -
The rebel steamer Anlonics, from Charirsto.
on the 9th ult., via Nassau on cue 3ist has ar
rived a, Havana. The rrbel schooner. william
and Mary, Joe Flanssr and Nearei have also
arrived. the two latter ARE from Mobile and
Mszetekas. --.. ...t. ....a
The Havana Opera Troupe are pa.s.enxsr.
by the Eagie. 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-20

ONE HI HDEED AND FIFTY MEN AND NINE
WAGONS REPORTED CAPTURED
. We learn from passengers who arrived last
evening from CIimbt rland that a report WIS
current there on Monday evening THAI the :
be!s had attacked the town of Romney an 1
drive our forces ont of the town. Yesterday
m"rDing, however, another report reached
Cumb'riaEd that a Forging party, NUMBERING
one hundred and fifty Men and nine wayons
had gone out from Ronney, and being attack.
ca hy he r. be1s, were all captured. In view
OF these several reports 1t would he well %
make due allowances for exaggerations The
whole story may turn out hoax WheeL:nJ
FHfsIiiGencSr, Feb IS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-20
LOCAL NEWS.

HEARIEG III Tng HOMICIDE CASE OF rHn
CoATRABASD Bor MoSEoK.-At light clock
last night, The boy John tlannig1n. charged
with killing the conirahand hoy, H..ury Mon
roe, appeartd before Jpstics Johnson for a
IA, srlng- Messrs. Davidge AID Diary appeared
for the defence.
Dr. Thos Miller sworn.-Tes,ifed that on thu
morning Of this occurrence he Was CALLED 70
Sc the coiored boy, about 81 or 10 o'clock
he foAnd him dead, bols;ered up with pill
low IN 50 mi erect positioa. Was told h had
been statbee, and found q wound on the breast
a little TO the right, on the breast bone, b.
tween the collar bone and pit OF stomach a little
less than hail way. Prob d IL with a n,edl.
and 1t appeared 10 enter no furth r thIn tn
skin, and scr3ped upon the bone. Carld fad
no entry into the cartilagtnous portion ther-,
which in boys of that age is not perfectly o.si-
fed, and from it's elasticity max have closed
sitter The wound, and the pfo5e net enter
Prob-d 10 find IL IL had taken an oSIi0ua dIrae-
uon, bat 1t did not appear. His opinion was
that fright had much TO do with the death as
Well ~ The fact of the position in which ma
was placed if tile wound had penetrated
throdgh the bone. There is nothing irnmed-
ateiy beneath the wound on the urface which
would produce death. and witness couid not
understand how q blade as short as the oas
produced could reach the heart from the punc.
in length. -
The report Of the evidences of Or. Sbafirt. 81,
the inquest was here read by DR.. M. in the Star
and, alter reading II, he agreed with DIR Ssha
hrts that the heart must have been penetrated
His impression at the time had been thai the
wound was not fatsl, but as he made no post
mortem examination he copld not decide with
certainty as to the condition OF things internally
Phillip Jnitdn stated that on the morainy Of
the 18th instant, after breakfast he went 70 get
groceries at the store corner OF thirteenth and
streets. When at the corner OF Thirteenth
and g saw boys snowb1Aug, and the colored
boy with q SNOWFALL In hts hand. Saw JOHNNY
Flanagan, am haiieed % him, aHit him again |"
Johnny made ball and threw IL at him Wit
ness supposed It only a SNOWFALL fsht and
passed on: Crossing the street. witness turned
and saw the coiored boy having q basket raised
over Jonnys head in the attitude OF striking
Heard ths colored boy say he would tell Mrs
Brown, but did not zee The stabbine u
Sergeant b. n. Reed testified thai the nan
knife exhibited here was the knife prod q ced by
the ofncvr who arrested John Fianniyan AZ ths
time he was brought 10 the Second Ward Sta
non-house, - the knife with which fhe wound
was inflicted - :
Messrs- John p. Clements, Edward Conner,
John Sands and James Shshan testified % the
GOOD character and miidness OF tsmper OF the
defendant y $50 ss'
Justice johnson decided to hold the defendant
to bail in $1,000 for court He remarked thai
though IL was evident that the wound was
inflicted by The defendant, and that death re-
suited from II, he did not consider the acs
malicious or Intentional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-20

NV YORK, Feb. l9.-The steamer McC,IelIa,
has arrived from New ORLEANS on tn lUrh sa.t
She passed the u, 5. frigats Hartford ami TIA
st'amer Illinois, bound up the river. The Rev.
doctors LeacOck, Fuiton and Coz drich are
passengers. Col. A. N. Shipley is also among
her passengers.
The New Orleans Delta had been sappres-ea
10y Gen Banks, but he workm n waited uooa
him and repr sented that their source of .uh-
sistence WAS in its continuance, aud tn Gen.
eral directed il 10 ne continued under tue MN.
agement OF It's book-keePer, Henry Green. IL
was thought that the Editors We're ares ed in
oonst quence of an article on the impolicy of
excluding tie captured portions OF the south
from the privilege of the Presidents proclama.
tion. Oihels thought the French Consul and
ReNerdy johnson induced Gen. Banks 10 take
the step.
No military move has taken place ~
1t was rumored that the rebels had aft,rked
the biocka1ing feet at Mooil,, but uothiu.
defiiiiie is known. The attack on our vessels
al Charleston is doubtless the foundation for
This r,.niur at New 0rleans.-ED. STARl
The brooklyn and Sciota were blocKadinr
Galveston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-02-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
XXXvIIth CONGRRSs-THIRD sEsSYOy
FRIDAY, February 20.

FRIDAY, February 20.
SKHATR-Ths Senate insisted on their amend.
msnt To the bill suspen ding the writ OF hahaas
corpus, &c, and agreed 70 have the COMMITTEES
OF conference asked by the House on the dis-
agreeing votes OF the two houses upon the pro-
visions of the said bill
Mr.. Howe presented q petition from meY-
chants and manufacturers Of Wisconsin, AK
ing for such changes in tho internal tax law IA
will assess upon incomes the taxes now paid
on manufactures.
The President pro tenn. laid before the Senate
the Secretary OF tho Treasury,s reply to their
resolution OF the 18th instant asking inforrna
ton relative to fraudulent transactions in the
New York Custom House; ordered to be
printed.
Mr. Grimes presented petition from citizens
OF the District OF Columbia, asking the passage
OF = law prohibiting the sale Of intoxicating
liquors for use as beverage In the said Dis.
trict Referred. :.
The joint resolution to facilitate the payment
OF sick and wounded soldiers was taken up on
motion of Mr.. Wilson, and passed.
HoUsR-Mr. Snellabarger offered a resolution
instructing the Committee Of Ways and Means
TO report an explanatory act SO an 70 secure TO
soldiers pay from the time they enter the
service, instead Of from the period their COM
panies were mustered in. r..s.
The House resumed the consideration of thu
Senate bill 70 secure . National currency.
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CAPTURES OF CoNTRAn,NpIsrs ON TILE

CAPTURES OF CONTRABaNpIsTs on Tup
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
CAIRO, Feb. l9.-Kon. GIDEON WeIf,s, !S,er.tary
Nary: The steamers Rowena, White CIoud
and Knapp have been seized As prizes by the
gunboat New Era at or near Island No. 10. for
containing eontraband goods, such as quiuips
and morphine in large quantities, arms, Con.
federate uniforms, army blankets, and other
general merchandise and contraband of war
The White Cloud had on board large rebel
mail, containing importan: infcr nation.
The steamer Home was seized by Admiral
Porter, and sent up here from below.
A III. PESNocx,
Fleet Captain Commanding Station.