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God save the Union oMbe States! ADdl3rigbtW Wake those which fcUone Story-day birth at LeJttngton; For watch hath For aUttojatrlotlc ForaUffietiBarttUiatlbrus 0, save the Union States! fT n. GodsaS-ethVtmion'i YetWeTOeh wholevereitt lawi; And, Washington Who CruBhed oppression's hated cause. Be falttfol totnoae men who.g«v<r iiold fcvor. Gbod-hewrens, madame 1 whatWea youhaYe tomed ojjpnr son.ihat your we afield to "trust him to speak to 1 1 0 Mmmm i luvenei IB ThriateaVnewBfronTMeiico "indicates that the French forces arei gettujg -11 -Thn Mexican Beautiful If actual truth and reality can add to tne attraction of a fairy tale, the little story I am going to tell you will not lose trouble in all directions, off muleteers, capture mules Jin ntnry event. It was on an afternoon, continue to intercept convo, interest because it embodies a nineteenth numbers, and virtually for the French army, by way of Havana TS-Slteredtrnlon of.

tbe m. God save the Union 1 toil Te nun whose love Is nii Te men whose hearts and hands The great flmnlpotence of Bight. Be faithful to one the The Constitution Is your Would wnenold dragged In the dust The-flag of the United States' evr to marry. methatahe voluntarily becomes my The lady looked stm more uncomfortable. is sotimidt she would not dare to tell vonsomuch.

1 'We'll, at any rate you must let me you see 'that I am only consulting her interest: 1 "You consent. I go shall' be alriiost in your presence in tnai The lady fairly cried as sbc again muttered something about her poor attire, but I hastily leftthe room. The more she de- siredtbemateh, the more determined Lbe- came to lascertain if the daughter was averse to it; and a few aecqnds brought roe into the garden. Gabrielle -was. standing under a lUac-tree-the sun glancing in che- oSewd rayVSrough the boughs upon her i hairier white throat, simple Ah, I see that dear little frock now tills in sums of forced to issue FoJ joUars, and it is last Chriatmas week, that a clerk in tie Leipzig post-office, whose duty it istosort the letters, discovering a tawdry Httle epistle, had no compunction in putting it in ihe dead letter box.

The letter went the usual way to the black cabinet, where men are with power to decide upon the-fate of mis- 1 sives unclaimed or The let- SSSsasrttttt toUBue them as low as one dollar, order to make necessary purchases. J- ne8e biils are drawn on the Imperial ireas-1 jer bore the direction to "Jesus Christ, at ur Leipzig," and being opened displayed the Scarcely was Jalapa evacuated by the ow Tngcontents: French when it was occupied by the Mexican troops, and now the Trench have an enemy in front, onthe flanks and in the where, in fact. 1 am- In is Lain intue hand's of Garza, who pieo is again i took The in the Closet. FBOM THE 'JOURNAL OF THE BAROK DELAtJNAT. The Vjcomte de Grandchamps called this splendid asusnal, withbuttous of Roman mosaic on hisvilvet coat, and bis point-lace jabot the true coffee-colour now in vogue.

What an age of pretention it is I The dandy conceals his own fine hair beneath a nideous crop of tlie barber a invention. The ladies cover their fair skins with rouge and little patches of black the graceful play of their limbs is thwarted by artificial device to swell out their petticoats and nip in their the pearly whiteness of their lace must be dyed in coffee to give it a look of age 1 How preposterous shall we appear to future ages, when a more enlightened education and a higher-tone of morality shall enable society to return to nature.consequently to beauty I can fancy how the students of the next century will contrast ihe costume of our their petticonts tucked up to show their legs, attractively stt off by coloured and embroidered stockings their lit 1-. U-et distorted by shoes their painted cheeks, ihcir Inlse hair.their little shade- less hnts-with the long flowing robes indicating the graceful limbs without display ing them, the caste wimple, tlie modest reil of the middle ages. I can fixncy what Ics- they will deduct from these outward nignB, and how they will understand only from pictures the reverential devotion of the knights of Saint Louis's timu for their noble ladies, and the familiar, lewd pallai ry of the reign of Louis XV. To return to the vicomte, Who suggested this digression.

He entered, and threw himself indolently down on the easiest of my chairs, stretching put his legs the bolt to admire their exquisite proportions. 'Is it he asked, 'that you arc nn the eve of giving up your liberty 'My liberty what is that he a little laugli.etrok- ing his calves the while, 'very good wl at it liberty cynical as usual. Do not bachelors come and go at will, order our own dinner, pursue our own pleasures form our little acquaintances, not to shock you with tender names, invite our own friends to our own banquets Once mar ried, mon cJier, some one elai' rules all that you may pay the that will bo your share of the lun. It is true you may have separate establishments, but that ia expensive, and no particular 'All that may be the casein your menage, I replied 'but I assure you it will not be so in mine. Time only can prove how much marringc may increnae or diminish my happiness; but, decidedly, I shall remain master of my own 'Then you will live iuperp'-tual warfare, and we s'liall soon see the marks of nails on your prave, sober face.

That is a worse condition than the 'Neither one nor the other is necessary. I assure poor Delminiiy, what an infatuation I had hoped it might' not be true, when the fellows at the fencing court told roc you had asked the hand ol Gabrielle de Vigny of her Is true that I have made proposals to the parents of Ifaicmoiaelle de I replied, with a stress on the mademoiselle he bad so rudely omitted 'but! am not. so lure of obtaining it. 1 don't mean to say De Vigny hesitated the hypocrite. 1 at all, but the young lady herself has not seen me she is still in the con- 'And you think she will be consulted am sure she will I will not force upon any well, girls are all will say yes, g'ad enough to leave school and be Madame la Baronne Delaunay.

with a handsome husband, a handsome house, and a handsome fortune. And then she will amuse herself. Poor things, they are so caged up know nothing but resti 1 int, whereas we men, by marrying, either lose our liberty, or liberty, truly I We do BB we like, because no one cares what we do atop out late because no on at home is longing for us form silly friendships because there is no one to fill up the blank in our 'Our heart Really, Delannay, conversa tion with you is like reposing in a shady arbour Fancy a man of the court of his Most Christian Majesty Louis XVI talking about our hearts I Ah, here is Francois with chocolate I drink in that most innocent beverage to the success of your Arc dream. May your choice be as sweet as your And so he ran on, and 1 reasoned with him no longer- A mioi Ion It was not worth the trouble. But am I so sure oftbc wisdom of my plane I have seen her portrait it is charming.

Her parents are worthy people, and she is only fifteen surely, at that agn, she can have acquired no taint of the vices of the day, nn taste for artificial pleasures. She will yield to no superior experience. 1 will be BO gentle her I will so truly make her feel the identity of our but softly, she is not yet mine, she may never bear my name, for her wisbcs shall never b. forced me. SOiJvnt.

Waited betimes on Vadamcde Vigny, -for had, I know, the 4th for her daughter's arrival in Paris, and I could not rest till I had seen her anl learnt my fate. There is a certain air of poverty about the apartments, in spite of the gentility of the lady's manners, which me tear that my fortune may be an acceptable prospect to the De Vignys, and I more than ever determined to ascertain for jnyself -if the parents dictate to the poor girl her cb-Olcc; After a brief apology for presenting myself BO early in the day, 'Is arrived I asked, eagerly. 'And was quite willing to come a question 1' Gabrielle has never disobeyed her was glad, happy, or did she WMD must she shed many tears but what would you expect She has been with the good nuns seven years, and she 'them She is eo young sho had' thought cf ch her condition and she is so timid, too. There were girls there no older than herself who cast looks Of envy upon her as she bode them iarawell. happy you will be 1' they exclaimed.

and see us whep y.ou are a grent lady and tell us all But nPCHB AUi oci; white chintz strewed, with rosebuds; her face was bent down over a hly-of-the- valley smelling, but the profi was exquisite'i the little hands which held the lower we're so delicate 1 My hwte wowed sadden check-, it was for me to feel timid, uncertain. What.if that lonely fiow- er we'renot for me; whatif that sweet face would turn away from me with aversion. All my thoughts were confused, words failed Now that I had wen her, how could I bear to risk a refusal I had almost resolved to return to her mother. of the Plaza as the French troops evacuated, scarcely giving an opportunity to embark on their ports' The Mexican artillery opened them -transports upon the vessels in the harbor, and a brisk P1 ensued, which resulted in the destruction of a French war vessel which had grounded on the bar. and the driving sove to plead my case but I could not sir-tliat 'hat elegant post, thatbeau- tiful head, enthralled me qui e.

Sudde ly sheiurned round and perceived me a crim- blush overspread her face and necK, and sh" was bounding away starred fawn, when 1 boldly caught her hand, and, 1 away of the fluet. The evacuation of Tarapico became necessary, 0 because tlie climate was de- stroying'the French forces, without benefiting the cause. Puebla is defended by one hundred and eicuty-seven pieces of artillery, of the heaviest ealibrc. Its fortifications are pronounced impregnable, and its garrison is over thirty thousand strong. Thegreat- "DearHoly is drawing near, and, as I full well Thou art now going about presenting good children with bon-bons and nice little toys.

0 dear holy Christ, I wish Thou wouldst come to ns. We are so anxious to see Thee, and I more than my sisters, as I want a satchel to put my booka in. But 1 believe that my sister Selma wants one also. We should also like to have a pair of shoes each of us, as the weather is very bad. To my brother Curt please bring a boxful of tin soldiers.

He is ill, and must not go out of the -room. But above all Thou Bhouldst look after the health of my mamma, who is worse than can- not'tiove except on crutches. Dear Holy Christ, I pray Thee do not forget us. I am a eood child and shall be very obedient to my street, No is over thirty est ciithuBiasm animates the defenders, mother, and I live at" Green in the court-yard. "MARIE.

SELMA. CURT." reassure her. I tad determined to be as correct, as respectfully ceremonious i as-her mother's scruples could have desired but with that darling, trembling child by my side, how could I 1 seated her on a little bench, on which there was barely room for us two, and still retaining her hand, I said, simply, -Gabricllcjour parents have allowed me to ask you to become my wife-did they speak to you on the subject 'Yes, 'And the thought grieves you There was a pause I could tee that she dared not answer openly. not be afraid, you are entirely your own mistress -no one will control jour in- clina'ions-no one will even persuade you in the matter. 1 W.H never see you again, if you tell me to go.

If it docs not make you unhappy, I will remain with.you a little while may I sir, she whispered. don't tremble so have confidence in n.c for I seek only to make you happy. Look 'at me, and tell me if lau so very formidable Sho raised her eyes as if from a habit of obedience, and dropped them 1 beautifu eyes how I dived into their lustrous depths That loolt scaled my fate. Gabnellc ceased to tremble. She said little-bnt the listened willingly and before I quitted her side she had given me the lily oMhe-vallev she had been smelling I first saw her have it still.) Ah! what a change had taken place in my sensations when I rejoined her mother I actually embraced the good lady.

1 she said. is an angel. 1 have not deserved such happiness and she will love me soon 1 know she will. Ah, madame, how can I thank you enough for such a And her dress is charming. Pray do not alt, it do not spoil her lovely simplicity; do not make her look ever so little like the ladies of the court.

1 The good mother was immensely relief edby my enthusiastic admiration but she hncMWi es and lie commander, Gonzales Ortega, is convinced ihat it cannot be taken. The French were completely repulsed at Aeapulco, on the Pacific, after several days' bombardment of the forts, and serious injury was inflicted on several of their vessels. Comonfort remains in Tacubaya with his troops, and the enthusiasm for the cause in the city of Mexico is represented as beyond all description. Everywhere in the republic the utmost confidence of their ability to defeat the Frraoli whenever and wherever they may offer battle. And all anxiously await the grand advance of General Forey upon Pueb.la, which is now the Mexican Sebastopol.

WASHINGTON. March The following acts of epcfial interest to the Western The letter, as appears from the signatures, although originally indited by the eldest sister, had gained the subsequent approval of the jounger children, who attached their names in token of assent. Some few days elapsed. At last it was Christmas-eve. A knock came to the door of the mother of the three little children, and a gentleman, with a lady entered, and put the satchel, the shoes, and a great many other things on the table.

The German Christmas-tree was lighted and merriment filled the house. For the nonce, official secresy had been violated, and the dead letter, being communicated to a charitable Samaritan, caused more and gladness than the pen can describe. London Telegraph. In aone ore lish sentiment maybe thercausea which have led to a reaction so agreeable'to onTseives; i ana so tive of prolonged international fnendh- uess. Unddubtedrrone of the Wost pow erfiil of the light which begins to dawn on the -manufacturing horizon of England with future supply of cotton.T; A few.

months ago, some of the most intelligent working men of lAncashire were spending all.their time trying to convince their fellows, that they xwiild never go io work again until our contest was ended that this desirable result could soonest be accomplished by a recognition of the. Sonthern; and urging the people to petition the government into the. adoption of that suicidal policy. But this logic was not generally acknowledged; and when the Lancashire operatives became: convinced that freedom to the slave would follow our success; and when a prospect of even partial employment upon cotton obtained from new sources, their traditionallove of liberty and justice revived, inspired a sincere prayer for the triumph of our cause, and nerved them to an endurance which will henceforth occupy the brightest page in the history Wilies aid Pour VESSELS! NEW YOKE, March The latest news from the Alabama is, that we hear she was at Caymen Island on the 6th nit, to men, and had been ordered GBKBK BATrHarch fwhai committed last Saturday at Bay settlement, some twelve of heievrj- The person was an honest old. blacksmith, named Peter On Sun- found in hia house, AGAIN! soli- each daj said her daughter must have the of a lady and so I came home to my tary house in a state of elysium.

suit prospers my Gabrielle (mine grows more familiar, more charming but I feel a sort of panic when I consider her extreme youth and inexperience. She has seen nothing.known not disliked me, but with about court when you are my poor Qabrielle only kissed them, wept without apeaiing. They were all still standing "behind the gnllt when we drove away. But she is quite happy this morning; listen, is not tint' a merry She paused, -andtipenea window; from the littte square garden Tbeneath rose a sweet eat-olllng like the. matinsjof a WroV' How my heart beat the vague MtUne of a female dross amongst the lUao bwhes 'Ah, me.go flO woo to "tor.

Is must see her. 1 can" wait no longer, now I have heard 'What are yon tMinking ofbtt-ont has bo prqper attire one Btin 'wears her poor Jlttle ponvent frock. I hare already sent, for the tnantua-maker, In a fewrdajs to seeffi: -whom could she compare me Her mother takes her from house to house to pay the customary calls to her relatives before marriage but I know well such visits ar endured. A kiss on the forehead, with kind congratulations from the elders, a bow from the young cousins, the distr.bution of a little box of old and young chump with the same relish, and the ceremony is ended, without my timid little Ga hriclle having raised her eyes. I shudder 'sometime! as I think of the wr.tched marriages I have known, and toner that perhaps the poor young bride was taken from her convent to the 0 rant and innocent as my betroth- and that, when it was too late, her eyes were opened, and her aff.

ctions engaged, when her duty bound her to another, a stranger It was my wish to retire to my chateau of St. Vermont, and there to lead with her such a life as cannot exist in this corrupt capital; but her mother, I see, expects her to be presented at court, and I myself feel scruples as to the kindness of selecting her ere she has xperience judge of it for her self "Yes, she must first see a little, more of life, and here, apropos, arrives aniinvitauon from the vicomte's father, the Marquis de Grandchamps, to a fete champetre at his superb house at St. Maur. He tells me I an, to meet Madame de Vigny and her love- Iv daughter, in whose honor the fete is given. Ah! I had hardly patience to think of the old libnrtine carrying her about, and introducing her to his friends-male and female Inconsistent that I am.

it is not what I was just resolving was the juster course of the two 11IA The most lovely day favored the marquis's fete, which was certainly a grand success. Madame de Vigny offered me a place in her couch; it is a most antiquated vehicle, and so heavy that her four fat No man horses could barely drag it along at the rate of four miles an But what mattered the slowness of their pace to Gabrielle seated opposite me with her bright young face, listening to my account of everything the journey sug gested, particularly the donjon of Vmcen- nea 1 Ah 1 I could not resist the temptation of making those large eyes dilate with terror, as I related to her as graphically as I could, some of the horrible adventures of prisoners immured for ever within those walls. "ind are there prisoners there nowi' she looking sadly at the fortified walls. "Ves, many." "So you said when we passtd the Bastille," she answered. "Two prisons in one driTe and on such a brilliant summer's day.

The good God comfort the poor captives 1" I reptnted the pictui-esquencss of my nlas 1 in no way exaggerated- when I found that I could not win another smile from her till we came suddenly to a turn in the road upon the Marne, winding here silvery bright in the sunshine, there blue and cool beneath the willows which overhang it. The grounds of marquis slope down to the water's edge, brilliant with gaily-painted kiosqucs and Chinese summer-houses. Poles supporting wreaths of Bowers, festooned, marked the approach of the house almost ere we had passed the gates a group of would-be shepherdesses, attired in white and blue brocade, all looped up with roses, snd with blue ribbons floating from their crooks, advanced to welcome iis-and conduct us to the master, of the They were his daughters; Three yesra ago they were as fresh, as as Now their beauty is entirely ob- cured by artificial adornment not alook unsophisticated, not a gesture is natural (To to contlnnedin States passed during the late session, and were approved by the President: An act authorizing the holding of spe- eial sessions in the United States District Court for the District of Indiana. An act fixing the terms of the County Court in the District of Wisconsin. An act for the removal of the Winnebago Indians, nnd for the sale of their reservations; An act for the grant of lands to Kansas in alternate sections, to aid in the construction of certain railroads and telegraphs in said State; An act to establish the guage of the Pacific Railroad and branches; An act for the removal of the Sisseton, Wahatton; Medawkanton, and Wapakoa- tah bands of Sioux or Dacotah Indians, and for the disposition of their lands in Minnesota and Daeotah; Joint resolution tendering the thanks of Congress to Commander John Worden, of the United States navy Joint resolution to revive an act to secure the officers and men actually employed in the Western Department or Department of Missouri, their pay, boun'y, and pension, and for other An act to make Wisconsin part of the 9th Judicial District; An act to change the time of holding Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the District of Indiana An act authorizing the raising of a volunteer force for the better defence of Kentucky An act to divide the State of Michigan into two Judicial Districts, and provide for holding District and Circuit Courts therein; act granting land to the btatea ol Michigan and Wisconsin to aid in the construction of a military road from Fort Wilkins, Copper Harbor, Keweenan county, in the State of Michigan, to Fort Howard, Green Bay, in the State of Wisconsin An act for the relief of persons for damages sustained by reason of depredations and injuries by "certain bands of Sioux Indians.

An act prescribing the times and places of holding the terms of Circuit Courts of the Districts of Iowa, Minnesota and Kansas. lion. John P. Polti-r. It will be seen by a telegraphic despatch elsewhere, that Hon.

Jxo.F. POTTBR has received the appointment of Governor of Da- cotab Territory. We regard the gentleman named as deserving of almost any position, at the hands of the Government. There is no person in the conntry who lias done more than he, to maintain tin- right of free Bpeccb, he having stepped forward to interpose his own life, if necessary, agaipst the brutish ruffianism of slavery, which had become so rampant in the halls of Congress, and before which all the manhood of the North had previously seemed to In this he performed a service for the country for which the people may well be grateful. He has also been one of the most industrious, resolute, ihoughtful, and conscientious Representatives ever sent from here to He never lost sight of his principles and of his duty, and the cause of truth and of free.lom has always been a gainer by his presence in Congress, and by his labors therein.

We had wished to see him given a position in which he could, per haps, wield a more effective influence to wards suppression, of the great Rebellion, for which hia heart yearns as eirnest- ly as that ot any one in the country but it is a responsible and promising position to which he has I een appointed, ami wo of moral heroism. But there are other motives at work than the desire to employ the suffering operative. Manufacturers begin to see that unless they speedily set their spindles in motion, they are in danger of. losing their markets; and the possibility of this disastrous result has induced them to'put forth effort bearing some proportion to the importance of the enterprise. Matters are bad enough at present, for them, but a permanent transfer of the cotton business to some other country, would be much worse.

By the influence of philanthropy and selfishness, however, a ray of hope cheers the hearts of the suffering, and increases the satisfaction of every true cosmopolitan. We think the worst period of Lancashire distress has passed. The unemployed are fewer in number, and are receiving more relief than heretofore. Business has improved, and the improvement will doubtless be progressive and there is good reason to believe that the East and West Indies, from America, and other be obtained in steadily increasing Great activity is being displayed in IncJia. As soon as it was made known there that prices in England would rise and be maintained, every available pound of cotton that could be obtained was sent to Europe, so that native manufacturers complained that they could not get raw material for their industry.

In some cases the ryots of India have ploughed ty- the authorities. Admiral Wilkes and four war steamers were outside 'blockading the Alabama, i- March to the Tribune: On the return of good weather the enemy made his appearance in great force on andjs materially strengthening his Hooker is on the alert. His system of to private soldiers: works admirably. Furloughed soldiers almost invariably return punctually. are becoming more and more nnfrequent.

Times special says Nothing is positively known in regard to distant Military operations, only that the Government is in high spirits and sanguine of success. Notwithstanding numerous positive assertions that Generals Butler and Fremont are definitely assigned to high commands, it is probably not true that either has'received any authoritative answer. It will probably prove that the settlement in. each of their cases depends somewhat upon the other, and that their commands If they get any will be co-opera- rG. It is said that General Rousseau has received authority from the War Department, to raise ten regiments of mounted infantry to operate in the West, against Forrest, Morgan and the other guerrilla day morning he was dead, 1 having en, where the deed bles, chairs, were knocked about generally, showing that lie had struggled manfully for his life.

It is thought that son and soiwn-law of his, are" the "guilty The murdered man was. soon to be all of his property to" be- deeded to hiasecond wife; to prevent this being done, "the man'was murdered. CALIFPRJTIA, March -tenders have advanced 65c. At the recent municipal election in Nsw YORK, March Herald's correspondent' at Port iSu' tningo, in a letter dated the 21st says 1 1 1 Virginia City, the principal 'town, of tri- li live. bill to organize the new Territory i has become a law, receiving the chiefs.

The-Herald's specials say that appointments for Idaho Territory are as follows: Go H. Wallace delegate from Washington Territory. Secretary J. B. Daniels, of Oregon.

Edgarton, of Ohio, and Marksman, of Washington Territory, and Samuel Parks, of Illinois. District Williams, of Oregon. J. Payal, oi Oregon. The Secretary of the Treasury will not probably recede from the position he has taken in refusing to receive postal currency in payment for Custom House dues.

Tbe fifty million fractional revenue currency authorized in thelast finance bill will likely be substituted for postal currency, which was inadvertibly made equivalent to demand notes and postal be withheld issue, and to be withdrawn as rapidly as possible from circulation without inconvenience to the public. Leonard Jewett, of Illinois, has been appointed commissioner to Peru. NEW YORK, March 7. Steamer Columbia from New Orleans 27th, and Havana 2d, has arrived. Among the Havana passengers are two persons who had just landed a cargo in Cuba, the profits of which amounted to $96,000, which they brought in gold to this port.

Three companies of the 42d Massachusetts, 27 men of the 8th Regulars, and the crew of the Harriot Lane, captured by rebels, have been exchanged by rebels, and have arrived at New Orleans. Also 20 prisoners taken from the" ram Queen of the West. A letter from the U. S. Consul at Mat- savs from three to five thousand Nevada Territory, the Union party umphed over the democracy.

The first gunpowder mill erected on this coast is nearly ready to commence operations in Cruz county. Considerable flax will be raised in' the southern counties of California this year, experiment having proved that it is more profitable than raising'wheat. The rage for speculating in stocks m- creasds. It ia estimated that from $25,000 to $50,000 change hands daily buying and selling shares at the San Francisco stock exchange alone. Nothing like it was ever known here before.

WASHINGTON, March House ofTJtah signature of the President to-night. The following are the amounts appropriated at the sessions of the 37th Congress Extra session, held during July, 1861, two hundred and sixty-four millions. Long sessions, ending July, IboJ, nine hundred and thirteen millions. Short session, ending March 4th, 1863, eleven hundred millions. Total amount two thousand two hundred and seventy-seven millions.

The Senate to-night retained the House amendment to the Civil Appropriation bill appropriating mileage to members for the session of this Congress, thus taking several hundred thousand dollars out of the Treasury. A 111., March City election to-day. The entire Union ticket was elected by a very large majority. congratulate him on his gnod fortune. Dacotah territory is directly west ot Minnesota, and embraces ao immense tract of country.

Should the Indians continue their insurrection the coming season, his duties will call into exercise all the sagacity and energy which he can command. In oonneption with the name of Mr. POTTER, we would mention that a letter wrifen from Washington on the 2d informs us that his wife was still very dangerously ill at tbat time, with typhoid fever. For several days previously, they had even despaired of her life. Mr.

POTTER had been, for ten days, and was still, closely confined by her bedside, and had not been enabled to go to the Houae for all that time. He has the sympathies of all his friends, in Joint resolution giving the thanks of Congress" to Gen. Rosecrans, and the officers and men under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct in the battle of Murfreesboro. An act supplementary to an act entitled an act for the relief of persons for damages sustained by reason of depredations and injuries of certain bands of Sioux Indians, approved February 16th. It is understood the President of the Senate pro tern, will reappoint the Committee of last session, assigning the new Senators to the places vacated by the retiring Senators.

At the commencement of the regular session an organization will probably be made. The McDowell court of inquiry report has just been made public. The court acquits him of blame in any particular, except in his having gone to Manassas on the afternoon or evening of the 28th of August to confer with Gen. Pope, on an appeal of the latter for his views, whilst befd) -impoaBitae that': Itomhmrie y.i. by myaetf, anal entreat you to set A BOOK THAT'wrii been published France, and irariijajed here "with the dubious title Thirty-Nine Merrfor One Woman Thirty TSini his command was Centcrville.

It is on the march upon mentioned that Gen. Pope, McDowell's superior, did not censure him for this. Of this, the Court says that the separation was inconsiderate and unauthorized, but was any unworthy motive. not induced The charge disloyalty madehy an officer of the rank of Colonel, after being fatally wounded in battle, in general terms, without defining any specific act, is fully disproved by all the evidence bearing on the The Court denounces the charge of drunkenness against Gen. McDowell as ridiculous.

A Col. Jilesginore. EDITORS OF WISCONSIN notice in the Milwaukee News of the 27th inst, the following, in relation to the arrest of Jared Thompson, "We learn that nearly all of the officers and men in that regiment, (meaning the 31st reg.) utterly disapprove of Messmore's proceedings, and we believe him to be an unfit man for the position he occupies." the undersigned officers of this regiment, wish to state that we have the fullest confidence in the ability and fitness of Col. Messmore, that we believe him to be the. right man for the position he occupies, and that in relation to the arrest of" Thompson, we Tally justify and endorse him.

if is entirely untrue that the officers of regiment ever disapproved of his action that matte.r "We'do, and always have, regarded Col. Mcssmorc with the highest esteem, andas a Colonel who is fully competent and willing to protect his regiment acainst attempts to destroy it by traitors at home, as well as creditably to, lead it A 1863. James jS. Williamson, 21 Lt H. A.

Co. A. 0. Capt. Co.

F. Q.i, lit 'It do. "Salej" irtthoagh the transBittfr, assures Jdi IrtJideri that "Nereis a- word lo-ft and ot Chevalier's novels. B. Co.B, B.Ttwt,l«rl,t; i A Uuoa.iCapt.

Co. E. B. Dibble. -Ft Lt.

Stevens, Sd Lt. his painful suspense, and their wishes that he may soon be permitted to see his wife restored to health, and the enjoyment of a long life of usefulness and happiness. THK DISASTER AT SPRING HILLS, 13 miles southeast of Franklin, is reported to be caused by the neglect of Gen. Gilbert to send reinforcements. General Gilbert is one of those serai-loyal slaveholding Generals, whom President Lincoln appointed in order to please the Border State influence.

He was in command at Muldraugh Hill, where the rebels cut off Rosecrans' communication from Louisville. He is known as an inefficient, indifferent officer. He is a very different man from Colonel Gilbert, who suppressed the rebel Convention at Frankfort. Gen. Gilbert is a Kentuckian, and quarrelled with Col.

Utlcy, of the 22d Wisconsin regiment, for delivering up fugitive slaves. THE OBSTRBTIONS AT CUAUI.F.STON—The Port Royal Correspondent of New, Tork World, writing under date, of the 25th ultimo, states that a Into gunboat rc- connoissance in the direction of tort Sumter showed that the rebels had removed their lower tier of guns and placed them en barbetle, doubtless intention of destroying our iron-clads by means of plunging shot. The writer adds, however, that all these manceuvers have been foreseen and others also, to which it would not be proper to refer. Torpedoes, sunken ships, piles, rocks, and all the curious gear used to close harbors will be of little avail. You will discover, within tbe next two or three weeks at farthest, that this.delay in commencing operations Has li-en very usefully-employed by at least branch of the service is cenainly no reason for the delay having occurn d.

Charleston anyhow will fall; it ouglit to be in our hands at the present moment. SOMK Prairie du ChienConr- iersays- "There are strong indications of tbe commencement of fowl Shooting here. Occasionally flocks of ducks have began to appear, and a few have been killed. There 'has been splendid wild geese and duck shooting at Savanna, on the Mississippi, for several weeks, and the market at Dubuque has been stocked with maillards killed in the spring "sloughs" of the isla ds'thereabonts. In'ten or" fifteen a ys the sportsmen will be having fine times.

The river will not be very high, and all the sloughs, "rice lakes and nds be easily ADDRESS CHAMEII OF bad laid oniour tablo the pamphlet copy of TBOJOS address Cbhinbet' of Coiumercelr addresses rcilete with" coinmercial lore, and evidently the fruits of elaborate research. Mr. WHITNEY is not content with giving a summary of the-commerce of Milwaukee the settlement of tbe city, but takes in his; ibope the' commerce of the world. jeyipces the depth and" eld- up green crops a foot high, in order to sow cotton so that there is no doubt that'the cotton cultivation of India will be increased byjat least one-third the course of the yea'r. If this should be the case, (luring the year 18G3, 1,500,000 bales of Indian cotton may be landed in Liverpool, at an average of M.

pt-r Ik, and a million bales more if price should induce extra shipments. Estimating the annual consumption of the world at 5,000,000 bales, the" above amount from'India, and 1,000,000 bales from other parts of the world, leaving America out of the question, will go far toward keeping the mills in until the United States send to Kurope nearly 3.000,000 bales, and thus supply the entire requirement 3 of the world. Jamaica, also, has gone earnestly to work in the cultivation of cotton. Sea Island and New Orleans cotton is now raised on the.mountain sides and in the valleys. Sir Charles Darling has 83 acres of cotton on his estate, and the Jamaica Cotton Company are preparing to plant 3,000 acres this season.

"This Company have obtained a new. kind of cotton seed, which (from the experiments of Mr. Kendal, an American farmer) will grow and flourish wherever Indian corn will ripen. Earl Russell sent a bag of this tree- cotton" seed to Jamaica, (obtained from Peru) which is likely to lead to the cultivation of this extraordinary tree on all the mountains of that island. Mr.

Kendal states that' he saw in tlie valley of Chipura a perfect specimen of the gossipium arborium. "Its foliage had dropped, but the pods remained, having fully burst, and turned their spotless buds in almost spotless roses, which covered the entire structure with a dense mass of spotless, glossy cotton." He says the amount of clean lint gathered from one tree, could "not be less than 100 Now, if this tree is all that Mr. Kendal says of it, (and the Jamaica Cotton Com- have in the 1 A. BottnmrCKpt. Co.

B. 2:1 little' AdeBnaPatUia ta married to a rich Spanish banker. a professor of commercial Milwaukee organized a great. it? Bjejrcial problems. arnora, rebel soldiers, under Gen.

Bee, are marching towards Brownsville. United States gunboat Kinsman, for- merb" steamer Gray Cloud, was sunk in Beradock Bay by striking a snag, and it is reported ten or twelve men were drowned. She was a river boat. The rebel armory at Clinton, has been destroyed by fire. Nothing of military movements Jhnspired at New Orleans.

Gen. Wei.tzel had a force Lafouche country. Gen. Graves is still in command at Baton RoiiiM'. It is rumored he refused to recognize negro anil Banks issued an order commanding him to treat them on an equality.

Business at New Orleans is dull. Havana advices unimportant. Vera Cruz dates of February 17th, say there is nothing new. Rumor said that Gen. Forey would start February 21st or 22d for Puebla.

Advices from Canacas state that the federals had obtained possession of the city. Alaricabos was still blockaded. KEW YORK, March report about the Alabama coming to Panama, is thought to be a canard. NEW YORK, March dispatches dated Savannah, March 7, say The enemy shelled Fort McAllister all last night, but did not renew tlie attack this morning. The vessels are still in the riv- now testing the matter for them-.

an impetus will in a few year? be nlvon to the cultivation of cotton I If it wherever corn will ripen, our Wiu-torn farmers will soon be able to supply thu world with cotton, as well as corn, and thus be masters of two kings who shall rule the destinies of the world. We may reasonably look for strange developments in cotton culture, pany growing ou of the Southern rebellion. As to cotton substitutes, they are looked upon with suspicion. There is mr doubt that good substitutes for cotton exist, but we do not think they will ever be able to surmount the prejudices of. the friends of the cotton-plant; at least, in time to be ef any service.

Ask good old Dr. For- merday to adopt some new theory connected with his nobie science try to convince a shoemaker that there is anything like leather compositor- who puts our thoughts into type, if there is any probability of a type-siting machine ever answering its intended purpose and then ask cotton spinners to' believe in a substitute for cotton. Nevertheless, we could mention more than one substitute which would be well worth trying if the genuine article could not be obtained. But before a fibre as good and plentiful as the cotton plant could' be obtained, and overcome the natural "obstacles in its way, the markets of Liverpool would be glutted with the "old 'original" raw material. HAIX IHE NORTHWEST.

ON i BELLY ones tion, is, shall the 'itliii A west go crjiwimg, at feet 'of th'es'e -insnlting -and' con- temptnotis Southern-p'oliticiahs 'Are we to beg, supplicate, implore the to be taken near where do us the honor, to us? For. onrselVes.jWe nVi-i-jSi. Louis Rep er. The fort is in good condition. A columbiad was dismounted yesterday, but has been replaced.

An attack by three gun boats and two mortar boats commenced early on the morning of the 3d, and continued all day. Only two persons were slightly wounded. CHARLESTON, March' 3. Nassau advices report privateer "Retribution" taken and burned. Several vessels had encountered with unknown whalers in the Carribean sea, which fight, killing one man on the Retribution, and she was sunk with all on board by the Pirate.

PORT HUDSON, Feb. The Yankees, 4,000 strong, arc advancing. Morgan's advance guard, 1,000 strong, is at Amike River, 12 miles from here. This is deemed an important movement, and strong steps have been taken to arrest it. PORT HrosoN 1 March 27.

Col. Mill's Legion, and Ferrery's Battery drove the Yankees from Point Caupee. MOBILE, March A despatch from Mcilinnville, of the 2d, says Major Austin, of Morgan's brigade, passed around the Murfreesboro Nashville R. tearieg up the track and running the train of soldiers ofl the embankment. Gold in Richmond is quoted at ina advanced 40c in one day.

Sterling exchange is held at 26c. From twenty to thirty buildings were burned. Several persons were killed and alarge number wounded. DETEOIT, March 7. The military last night succeeded in dispersing the rioters.

All is now quiet. CAIRO, March All the rivers in this region are rising. Forts Henry and Heckman are submerged and will be temporarily abandoned. troops and stores will be removed to Donelson to-day. The Ohio at this point is within fiye feet of the top of the levee, and still rising.

Deep water is finding its way into town, and two steam engines are pumping it out. KBV. MR. JACKSON. The McGregor Times, on the Mississippi, says We learn with pleasure that our Baptist friends have secured the services of Rev.

John Jackson, of Milwaukee, for the ensuing year. Mr. Jackson is not only a talented, but a good man, and the society and town are indeed fortunate in secnring-hia services." repnblish the above tc-day, in order to correct serious typographical error which, occurred in tlie paragraph yesterday. "We regret very much thatanch a mistake should have for no one holds Mr. JACKSON in higher, esteem "than, do we.

He is an acccompliahed scholar; a gentleman of vast experience, acquired from 1 travel 1 through far distant conn- tries, and Le is an attractive and impressive as well.) a true-hearted and popular regret very much 'to have lost him from our city, 'andean congratulate the people of McQregor on: their good fortune in securiug him for a minister and citizen. advertising tallow-chandler modestly says that, "without intending any disparagement to the sun, he may confidently assert that his octagonal spermaceti are tbe best lights ever invented." THE COSTROLLERSIIIP OF THE TREASURY. Taylor, State Auditor of Ohio, lately appointed Controller ot the Treasury, has declined to exchange The impression here is that the Controllership will be tendered to John F. Potter of Wash. Cor.

N. Y. Tribune. ere is a man in Portsmouth, N. who sends a valentine to a local bej nevolent sDciety every year, with enclosed.

He hns repeated the act for twenty years, and still is unknown. A gentleman who left Memphis tlie latter part of last week, informs us that the opinion in official military circles there was that the attack upon Yicksburg would certainly take place within a fortnight. The siege had, in fact, already commenced. A SERIOUS QUESTION FOR THE An editor out West wants to know "what's to become of the women if muslin up much higher?" Our devil thinks the result will be that they'll turn out to be a set. QUEER know lazy, shiftless, trifling devils, who never paid a dollar of taxes in their lives, who are howling twelve out of the twenty-four hours about the enormous taxes we are burdened with." We know men, the seat of whose pantaloons display the flag of distresa at half-mast, who could not buy the toe-nail of a nigger if able-bodied slaves were at a dollar a dozen, who fly into a passion if thev hear of an attack upon slave We know men who never did a day work in their when borrowing or stealing was are howling like wolves against "niggers coming to Ohio to compete with the labor of poor white men." We know men who never had an entire dollar in their lives, spend hours in expatiating upon the dangers of "a paper currency.

There are queer people in the Nine-tenths of all the talk on the above topics is done by the classes mentioned. Ohio Buckeye State. They merely asked him where he was bound. The 'Alftbama aftefwanfW-ehsled steamer, bound east, and brought her too by firing Both the steamers were observed ing east at Port au Plat harbor. The Herald has the following from 'the Richmond Examiner of March 2d.

SAVASS.AH, Feb. Nashville, in coming up" the' OgeecheeJ-' river, last night, grounded on the sand bar before Port McAllister, was diar the Yankee fleet. A Yankee iron-clad -opened fire across the marsh, at the Nashville, minutes, past 7 o'clock, and continued until If) o'clock, when an incendiary shell struck the Nashville and set her oil fire. She is now a total wreck. The Fort fired upon the iron-clad and hit her twice.

Other gunboats of the fleet fired at the Fort, but did no damage. CINCINNATI, March to the Times: Some additional particulars concerning the capture of the Indianola: have been received. When she was attacked, she'had the advantage, and was on the off side of the rams. The Indianpla moved slowly, compared with them. They kept clear of her bow 1 where her best guns were, and butted her sides'ana stern.

The Indianola kept changing her guns from side to side, but as fast as this done, the active assailants on the opposite side, and in the boldest manner butted her again. The Indianola had a coal bargo on each side. These were sunk immediately. At length Capt. Brown announced that the boat was in a sinking condition, and surrendered.

The action lasted about twenty minutes. It is reported at Lake Providence that the Indianola was.annk, but her crew eg- The'Piwyidence 'aa-' meaning --iieiMfe -sffttsff in them. if.lK£. i Fnosi BOSKCRANS' Burnett, of Cincinnati, writing; to the Commercial of that citr from "Camp near NolmsviHe, "We aredaihrsn- donating a forward Merer better tbs" Col. Samuel Merrill, of this command of the 21st Iowa Gen.

Warren, are said to be under arrest. Precisely what are the circumstances of, und causes for this arrest, we are notad- vised. We incline to the belief, however, that sundry parties are fighting Col. who should be devoting ihtir energies against McGregor Times. The McGrogor News believes that a gross wrong has been done to both of the above officers, and that it will so appear on investigation.

A CONFICT OF is a conflict of authority between the Sheriff of New York city, and Colonel Loomis, who has command of the military post at Governor's Island. The former had a writ of habeas corpus to serve upon tfce latter, and now has an attachment for his arrest, for Contempt of court, but the latter will not allow any one to land upon the island, to arrest an officer with civil process. It is said that the Sherriff ia determined to make the arrest. caped capture. The Herald says that a protracted cabinet session was held to-day, and rumors of important changes of that council had bean received.

NEW YORK, March steamship Northern Light, from Aspinwall, is coming up. WASHINGTON, March to the Tribune: John Hauxhurst, Gilbert Watson, and Wm. J. Borman, have been appointed Commissioners for Virginia, under the law for the sale of lands on which direct tax'has not been paid. HALIFAX, March steamer Ara- bia from Liverpool 21st and Queenstown 22d, arrivedhere this morning with two days later news.

The Polish question is the leading topio in Europe. France sent a despatch to Berlin expressing great dissatisfaction at the inter- uention Prussia in the affairs of Po- In the British House of Lords, Russell denounced the course of Russia. LIVERPOOL, Feb. dull. Wheat and flour unchanged and steady.

Corn 3 a 6 lower. Provision's dull and tending downwards. LONDON, Feb. 92 3-8 111. Centrals 41 1-2 to -10 1-2; Erie 44 1-2 to 45 2 On the 21st, after the official news of yesterday, cotton became excited, and elosed Ia2d higher, in consequence of the Australasian's news.

On the 22d, it closed and unchanged. NEW YORK, March Light arrived from Aspinwall bringing $1,283,000 trecsure, was conveyed'by gunboat Conneciicut. President Carrara of invaded Salvador. A battle is soon expected. The British minister is using every exertion to stop the war.

MADISON, Senate spent the evening on Senator F. Thorp and resolutions substantially informing the right of each man to decide acts of the Government are constitutional, and what are we arc not to obey or sist accordingly. An important bill was introduced this morning by Senator Clark, to incorporate the bond-holders of the La Crosse it Milwaukee railroad. The resolution amending the consti- tion, allowing each member of the Legislature a salary of $500 per annum, was defeated. Last night's session lasted until a quarter past two this'morning.

Mr. Hanson's resolution endorsing the President's emancipation proclamation as an eilective wax measure, was called for by the exigencies of the country, act of justice to one class, and. damaging blow to the rebellion, was adopted. Ayes 46, nays32. Considerable time was spent in discussing the question, whether or not there bad been an anti-draft mob in Ozankee county.

Bills were passed to amend the charter of the Milwaukee Gas Company; THE democracy are already discussing the question of the proper candidate for the Mayoralty, the coming year. Mr. EDWARD'O'NEiL is the most prominent candidate just now, and would make a good Mayor. The only objection we have to him is, that he is a rabid partisan, and voted for the Ryan Address. But perhaps a man'a national politics should not enter into the question of a Mayoralty at all.

The office is a praty sure political death to.a man, anyhow (with now and then an exception), and if ha can stand it a year, perhaps we ought to be satisfied As a business man and citizen, he is one of the most honorable and straight-forward men in the city. It would be but justice to Mayor CHASE, that he should be renorainated for he has mada one of" the best Mayors we ever had. But we are an outsider, and therefore will offer no advice. A FALSE report recently publish, in ths Picayune, that a man had shot at General Banks: afthe City Hotel (says a correspondent of the World,) is.un true. out of the fact that an officer thoughtlessly thiew an explosive plaything on the sidewalk.

"TKATi.icAi.-It is stated that Laura BCeene is about to build a ntw theatre on tha northwest corner of Broadway and Thirteenth opposite Wallack's. MOLASSES wili do to predictvrey miich of sugar and glasses crop in Louisiana next season, ftr. the frost came OB tie 26th of full all! the each yearis planted with charter of the Fond du Luc" Mississippi Railroad Company. One hundred cases of sickness exist at Camp Randall. Imports and Exports at Sew Yorlt.

NBW YOBK, Marc-li importations of foreign merchandise at this port for the week ending yesterday amounted to $1,285,209, to which add the importations of diy goods, $466,346, and the aggregate imports lor the week will foot up $1,751,555. Against this wq exported $4:181,730 of domestic produce and merchandise and 11,377,015 of specie, amounting together to $5,558,745. To this may be added some half a million do'lars worth of American securities sent abroad for sale, which would swell tha export nggr gate to over six millions of dollars. Makinir due allowance, therefore, for tho fact that our importations are entered nt tncir specie value, while our exports are invoiced at their currency value, there wiil still remain on the trade of the week asiibitantinl balance in favor of the One ot our heaviest articles of import at presr ent is Egyptian cotton, which can be bought in Liverpool and lniil down down here, even ac tha preset rates of exchange, at a fair profit. The Africa arrived yesterday lull of cotton, and such is the demand for cotton freights from Liverpool that when she sailed the Cnnard Company were despatching an extra steamer.

to VESSEL We are informed that the vessel now building by Wolf Lawrence, at their 'snip-yard, was sold yesterday Messrs. Ackcrman Wuslcr, ot Kcnostm, for siim of $22,500. Twelve thousand cash, and ftclmlance in monthly ins ailments of $1,000. The vessel is to nc completed by the IStii day of April. She is to be an A.

1 canal vessel, with a carrying capacity of 22,000 bushels. WitD A few days; ago two large wild swans were shot on the Jiignt Mile Flats, Delaware river, by a couple oi sportsmen from Philadelphia, fcacb ot these birds measured more. than six feet between the tips of their wings. Swana are very rare at up the nver. BOSTON, Marcn.

Bermuda, dates of the 19th state that the British stqamer Cornnbia, with a cargo cotton, from had arrived, load with arms for a Southern port. The. steamer Muiarn was alsp'Tondinfj with and would snil for Charleston in 1 Among recent patents following J. P. Gray, Hudson, Wisconsin) operating; wither strip T.T.Jrpsser, Fond du Lac, ventilators.

Th 1 wcr FRANCIS, iJSry Anne 1 years and eleven.