Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1862-05-08

              : i VOL VIII. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO THURSDAY, MAY 8. 1862. - NO. 27: mm: "Vino ."lc3L. TO AlMYp FARMS; HEW SlTTLEMENT OF YIHUUND. A REMEDY FoThARD TIMES. .A TU'e opportunity in tha Host Market, and Most Delightiul and Healthful Climile in the Unloj, Only Thirty Miles 8outh of PhiladalphU, on a Railroad, being; a Rich, Heavy 8oil, tnd a llighly Productive Wheat Land, Among the Dost in the Garden State of New Jewy It consist! of 20,000 acres of good land, divided into fnrir I of different alias to suit the pnrchisor from 20 norm and upward-and ii "old at tho rate of from $16 to $20 per acre for the farm land payable one-fourth cash' and ho balance by qnir-lr-yoarly instalments, with legal interost, wl.hln too term ol lour year. TUB SOITi I', in groat part, a Rich Clay Loam, inltabte for Wheat, Urasi and Potatoes also a dark and nan randy loam, ruitable foreorn aweot poiatooa, to-bacon, all kinds of vesretables and mot crops, and the finest variatios of fruit, such as flrape. Poara, I'uaches, Apricots, Nectarines, Blaokberrics, Melons and other fruits, best adapted to the Philadelphia and new 1 or U mat Rots, in respect to tno soil and crops there can bo to mistake, aa visitors can xamino both, and none are expected to buy before o doing; and Hading these statements corroot under tlicso circumstances, unless tha.e statements wore correct, thoro would be no use in their bolng liiaile. It la cnnsmercil TUB BEST FRUIT SOU, IN THE UNION. See Roporte of Solon Robinson, Esq , of the N. T. Tribune, and the well-known agriculturist, Wm 1'arry of Cinatninon, New Joraey, whioh will be tfurmshod Inquirers THE MARKET. Ry looking eror a map the render will poreeivo mat it enjoys tho best narkct In tne Union, and lint direct communication with Now Tork and l'liilndolphia twice a day, being only thirty-two mites from tho latter. Produce in this market brings double the price that it does in locations distant from tho citios. In this location It can be ".put into markot tho same morning it is "gathored, and for what the farmer sells he gets thehigho.'t P'iooj whilst grocories and other articles ho purchases he gets at the lowest price. In the Wont, what he sells brings him a pittance, but for wha t he buys he pays two prices. In locating hore the Htler'has many other advantages. Ho is within a w hours by railroad, of all the great cities of New 3 n eland and the Middle States. Ho is near his old jrienda and associa ions. He haa school for hi children, divlno service, and all the advantages of civilization, and he Is near a largo eity. THE CLIMATE la delightful: tho wintors being aalubriona and open, whilst the aummcrs are no warmer tha'n in tho North. Tho looMion is upon the line of latitude with Northern Virginia. Persons wanting a change of climate for health, would be much bonefittod in Vinoland. Tho mildness of the climate and its bracing inSuenoe,makcs itoxccllcnt for all pulmonary affections, dyspepsia, or genoral debility. Visitors will notice a difference in a few davs. Chills and fevers ore unknown. CONVENIENCES AT HAND. Unildin? material is plenty. Fish and oysters are plentiful and cheap. Visitors must exeat however to see a new plnce. WHY THE PROPRRTY HAS NOT BEEN SET-TI ED BEFORE, This question the roader naturally asks. Ttis becauso it has been bold in largo tracts by families not disposed to soli, and being witho it railroad facilities they had few inducements, The railroad has just been oponed through tho property this season for tho first t mo. Visitors aro shown over Iho land in a ctrriag", free of expense, an afforded timo and opportunity lor thorough investigation. Those who come with a viow to settle, should bring money to securo their purchases, as locations aro not hold upon refusal. Tho safest thing in hard times, where people have necn tnrownout of employment or business, and possoss somo iittlo means or small incomes,is to start Ihcinsolvos a home. They can buy a pieoc of land at a small prico, and earn more than wa;cs i im proving it; and when it. is done it is a certain independence and no bss. A few acres In fruit troes will insure a comfortable living. The land is put down to hard time prices, and all improvement can uo made at a cheaper rate than most any other timo. The whole tract with six miles front on the railroad, in being laid out with fine and spacious avenues with a torn in the contra five aoro lots in tha town soil at from lift" to $ -00: two and-a-half aenfl lot at. from $80 to $120, and town lots 50 feot. rnnt, by l.r0 footdoon; at $100 payable one half cash and the balance witiin ayoar. It is only u,ion farms of twenty acros, or more, that four years' time i given. TO M VNCFACTURERS, the town afTn da a tine opening for tho shoo manufacturing bnine. and othor article, being near Philadelphia, and the surrounding country has a large population, which affords a good market. This settlement in the course of a sovoral years, will be one of the most beautiful places in the country, and most agroeable lor a residence. It is intended to make it a Vine and Fruit growing country, as this o'lltnro is the most pi ofl tabic and tho beatadaptod to tho markot. Everv advantage and convenience for settlors will be introduced which will insure the prosperitv of tho plaeo The hard times throughout tho oonntry will he an advantage to the settlement, as it compols people to resort to agriculture for a living Largo numbers of people aro purchasing, and peo pie who desire the best location should visit the placo at once. Improved land is also for sale. TIMBER Land ean be bought either with or without timber. The Timb'ir at markot valuation. The Title is indisputable. Warrantee Hoods given, clear of all incumbrance, when tho money is paid. Hoarding conveniences at hand. Letters promptly answered ,and Reports af Solon Robinson and WmParr,' sent, together wich the Vinoland Rural. Route to the Land: Leave 'Walnut street wharf flii'-ldipuhia at 9 o'clock, A M an 1 4 PM, unless thore should be a change of hour for Vinoland.on tho Qlassboro and Millvilie railroad. When you leave the oars at Vineland Station, just opened, in qtiro for CHA8- K. LANDIS, Postmaster, Founder of the Colony, Vltni.itD P. O., Cumberland Co.. N J. P. 8. There ia ehange of cars at Glassbnro. Also beware of sharper on the cars from Now York and Philadelphia to Vinoland, inquiring your business, destination, Ac 13 ly REPORT OF SOLON ROBINSON. OF THE NEW tORK TRIBUNE, WON TBI VINELAND SETTLEMENT EijrThe following is an oxtraot from the report of Solon Robinson, Esq., published in the New York Tribune, Ir. reference to Vineland. All persons ean road this report with interest. Advantages of Fat ming near Home Vine-land Remarks upon Marl Soil, its great Fertility The Cause of Fertility Amount of Crops Produced Practical Evidence. Itisoartalnly one of the most extensive fertile traets, in an almost level position, and suitable condition for pleasant farminr that we know of this side of the western prairies. We found soms of the oldest farmi apparently Inst as profitably productive aa when first oloarod of forest fifty ar a hundred years ago. The geologist would loon discover the cans of this oontinnod fortuity , Tho whole country is a marine deposit, and all through the (oil we found evidences of calcareous substances, generally in the form of indurated oaloareona marl, showing many diitlnot forms of anoient shells, of the tertiary formation;and this marly labstanoe ia soatured all through the toil, in a very oommlnat, form, and in the exact condition nosteaeily assimilated by suoh plants a the farmer desires to cultivate. Marl In all its forme, haa teen used to fertilise erops in England, fron the time it was oooupied by the Romans; and in France and Germany marl bed is counted on as a valuable bed of manure,that ean be dug and carted and spread over the field. How mack more valuable then it must be, when found already mixed through the toil where new particles will be tamed up and exposed, and transformed to the owners use every time be stirt tte earth. Having thou satuicd ear ffl nil af the eeaie,tay will not be excited with wonder et leeln InrtnS liable evidence fertility in a soil which In other situations, havi.ig the same genoral characteristics or at least appearances, it entirely unremunerative except as unproductiveness Is promoted by artifi cial fertilisation. A few words about the quality and vnlue of this land for cultivation, of whioh we bavo strong Our first visit was to William D. Wilson. Frank lintowmhlp, UloaoeHor enmity; who purchased some tight miles north of Millvilie, about tlireo yenrsago, for the purpose of establishing a ir.,,m mill to work up the tim er into lumbar, to send off ny mo now raurumi, pi wan an nrewoud and coal for whioh he bu It a branch track a mile and a half ioiir. no i luruiMiou aixioon miles or the rood with tie, and has no doubt madiv-tho mill blo, though his main object was to open a farm having bcoome oonvinood that the soil was valuable for oultivation. In this he has not boon disappointed, aoaoma of his crops prove. For instanro last year, the so cond time of cropping, 300 bushels' i pommos in one aoro, worm ou cents a bushol in tho Hold. This year soven aorcs vitnout any mi- .11,1 nft,l.AA.I 3 .a kuli..ln .r 1 T. ' u-.- r... - a ... uiuj. in one Hold the first erop wns potatoes planted nmonir tt,A .. and vlnldcd 75 bushels. The potatoes wore due and wheat sowd, and yielded 10 bushels; and the ituiiom mrneu ann sown to oucKwhrat, which yield ed 33 bushols; and then the ground was sown to ""' "muuii wuicu guvoaa a erst cron 2'A tons per acre. r ' Tho fertilisers applied to these orons; were first, phosphate of limo; third 100 nounrla Pni,. .. ano; then 60 bushels of slaked lime has been spread npon tho clovor since it was mowed, and turned in for wheat. Mr- Wilson'f growing orons, end the wheat stubble of tho present season, all indicate his land as v"K luuv ms aoy part oi me statO, At Mary Barrow's, an old stvla Jarsnv farmer, several miles south of Mr, Wilson's, we ......r,..,.,.M,lu(1 it i ui mo nne appcar- noe of a field of oorn, that wo stoppod to inquire of a hired man how it was producod. We found that tho lane had been the your but one before in whoiit, sown with olovor, and this cut one season .,,, pivnuu uuue biui -one poor old nag and planted with corn. i es, -ut you manurod high, we suppose? we laid interrogatively, and got this reply Waal, you seo, we couldn't a done that. Wan.. we hadn'tbut forty one-horse load) altogether, for 28 acros, and wo wanted the moat on it for the trw-K. - The truck consisted of beets.carrots, cabbage, ou-jnmbcra, melons, Ac, and a vory productive patch it Li ma Beans, gronn for marketing. So we wore satisfied that tho soil was not infertile, even nnaid- uu uy oiovor, wnion nau ion tne corn, because the truck patch had not boon olovored.and had boon in cultivation long enough to obliterate all signs of the forost Our next visit was to tho farm of Andrew Sharp flvo miles north of Millvilie, from half to a mile east ol tne railroad, and just about in the centre of Vineland. Mr. Sharp oommonood work hore in Dccomber, 1858, upon 270 aoros. In less than ih. yoara he has (;ot 23 4 aorcs cleared and in orops thia season, ail woll inclosed and divided into several Holds, with oodarrail or pole fence; has built a two story dwolling, about 36 by 40 foot, and a smaller houso for farm laborers, and a stable or granary and some othor outbuildings. Considerable part of the land wasoleared for the plow at $9 por aoro, and on somo of it the first cron Batk i,lrl,n.l tlMAJ 1.1. t,l 1 .,- . . " ,wvMnniio,,,iuiui niLU UllSUCISin pOWdOr per aoro. This orop may be nut in Julv 4th to 5n,h and yields 20 to 30 bushels por acre, harvested in Novemborjwhon tho land being sowod with 150 lbs of l'eruvinn guano and soeded with rye, yielded 12 The rye stubblo turnod, aftor knocking off u w uuEmuia por ouro anu iu wortn of nr.r,nr growth of oak sprouts, and dressed again with guano and seedod to wheat, gave 15 tit 10 bushols lueorop .wnicn ho was threshing while wo wero mcro promises moro, ol a vory plump grain, and tho straw is vory heavy. Wo wont over the stubblo. and found th nlnir.. and limetliy from seed sowod last spring, on the wheat without harrowing, looking as well as we ever saw it u.ion any old cultivated farm, and with a little work done in the winlor to clear off u,in roots and rotten stumps, and setting stakes to mark puuuuiivuvuuua, uo win oe aoie to cut thecrop tho next year with a mowing machine, and we will guarantee two tons por acre, if he will giro the ovor plus if it overruns tho estimate. Part of the land was planted with potatoos for a iirst crop, wnicn yicieou izu Dusdclj per acre. It was then limed with 10 buho por aero, and soeded with wbont and olovor, yiulding an average of uu, ' uufluuu utiu, mm iav ciover now looks OU:iUIUI. Othor portions havo boon nlantcd with com . first crop, which yielded 30 bushels of yollow flint oorn, nnu uiu scconu orop ,uriy bushols, and the third crop, treated to 50 jbs tf guano, we aro sure no ono would estimate bol i 40 bushr ls por aoro. Tho render will ecolleot that tho writor is now speaking of land on'irely new, and which can scarcely be oonsidored ingoodarublo condition l'.D. In other cases tho corn orop of last year was followed with oats thia season, not yot thrashed, but will nvor.igo pr bubly 40 to 50 bushels. Sweet potatoes, 1 oans, melonsand in loot nil garden vegetables, us woll as yonng peach and othor fruit trool planted this year show vory pi ii .ly that this lung loglocted tract of land should remain so no longer, and thoro is now a strong probability that it will not; for undor tho auspices of Mr. Landis.it will be divided into small lots, with roads located to no-coinmodiite all tho survoyor is now busy at this work.. and all purchasers will be required to build neat comfortable houses, and either feuco their lors in uniformity, or agree to live without fence, which would bo pre ernble, by which moans a good population will be secured, who will eUablish ohurohos, sohools, stores' mills, meshanio shops and homos homos of American farmers, aurloundod by gardens, orchards, fields and ooaiforts ef civil ized lifo. If any ono, from any derangement of business, is desirous of chunging his pursuits of lifo, or who is from any cause desirous to find a now location and cheap homo in the country, aud who may read and believe what we have truly stated, he will do well to go and sej for himsolf what may be seen within a two houas' rldo out of Philadelphia. SOLON ROBINSON. JAMES BLANCIIATID. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IH "KJ- fSM MEDICINES, PAINTS , OILS, DTE-STUFFS, CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY, And all miscellaneous articles usually kept in Westerr Drug Stores Also CHOICE AND PURE LIQUORS roa MEDICAL PURPOSES ONLY, PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS Carefully compounded. Recipes of at kinds carefully put up. EAST SIDE MAIN, Three Doors North of Gambler Street, MT. VERNON, O. February 13 nol7 ly D. O. MONTGOMERY, ATTORNEY LI LftWi IN BOOTH BUILDINO OVER MUSIC STORE Mount Vernon, Ohio. Kpeclal attention given to the Collecting of Halms, and the purchase and sale of real Estate.it- bare for sale unimproved lands as follows, fHO?0 met ia Osage County, Missouri, C0 acres ia w-irren Uounty, Missouri, (02 acres ia St. rran-oliCennty, Missouri, also 125 acres and one 40 lore lot in Hardin County, Ohio, and 83 acres in dereet County, Ohio. March 1. '69, H-tf JOB WORK Of ALL KINDS XfUTLT tXKCTtO T THIS OFFICE MT. VERNON REPUBLICAN. TimitNinY May 8 Tho Two Wagons, Jeff Davis brill a wagon; Sitti'xeinn was the name; Rebellion formed the timbers And Treason was its aliamo. But still ho thought it mighty fine; It was his highest pride, Be harnessed to it pangs ol slaves And swore he'd take a ride. Bully for the wagon, The new Secession wagon, Bully for the wagon We'll all take a ride. So the axle- they were greased. And the darkies were Untied ; And Caro'ii.s got ri ht in . With Texas by her side, And then Virginia took a seat, With Florida along, And othor States a l snug and neat Joined with the Seseah throng. Bully forth wagon, Ac. "Hnllco, Kentnck." the drivor laid, "Jump in and take a ridel" "Not yet," said she, "the road Is h td , The thing has not been tried " Nonsensel" says he. "'twill all be right Cornel and Missouri, tool" But sage Missouri sh ok her head; Says she, "it will not do." Bully for the wagon, Ac. Then "Lincum"' brought nis wigon out, Twaa old had run lor years; He put the Union horses in, He creased the running gears, And when all ready for the drive He gave the lines a jerk, 'Jump in," says he,"all Union States, We'll give Sesesh some work." Bully for the wagon, The old Federal Wagon. Jump in. my Union boys, Acd we'l all 1 I take a ride. The States get in, crsck goes the whip, The wh' els spin nimbly round, And swiftly down towards Dixie's lend The wagon treads the ground. Till on Manassas, fair aud square The bounding coursers dash, When spokes fall out and wheels run off: Says Jeff 'She's gone to smash!" Bully for the wsgon, Ac. But lot the wagon stands the shock 1 The breaks they so o repair, The driver cracks again his whji , But holds tho roins with care. Fort Henry, Nashville, Bowling Oroon, Pea Ridge, Mill Spring they pass, And Donelson snd No, 10, Roanoke aud Haiteras. Bully fur the wagon. Ate. They drive alont by Hilton Head, Pulaski snd Tybee; And northward turn to Shiloh's fields Away from is'e and sea. And stronger still the wapnn grows, More States are getting in, While Jeff's machine is breaking down-Secession caunot win. Bully for the wagon, Ao. His "corner stone" wont hold the wall, His bonds wont draw ''the tin;"' Bis strongest states are getting out And "nary one gets" in. His negro team, too, bothers him And plays the very witch, And when he gets the ramo of it He'll die iu "the last ditch," Bully for the wagon, Ac. Boyhood, lloys When they are boys -are queer enough. How many ridicub'ia notions they hve, and vhat singular desires, which in after life angj and hape themselves into characteristics) Who remembers when be would (nvesjt'i hi-i birth-right lor a rocking horse, aud his new suit of oiotbes for a in in key? Who forgets the sweet- laced girl, older ban biuisell, against whose golden hair lie' lea ed and wvpt his griefs aary? Wno re- Collects when the t ought of being a circus- ndor appeared .-tester ihiri to bi President and how jealously he watched the lilt e fellows that wi ro the upanglod j ickcts at,d turned Somerset, and desned to becom like thi-ru? I memory proserve not these ciortoes or some thing si mils-, the boy is lost iu the man. Happy visions! tbey corns but once and go quickly, leaving us ever to sijh for a return of what can never be again. J. M. Kosse, of Sun Francisco, has in vented a new o valry cannon. It is a small brass, iron-ribbed piece, about e'ghteen inches in leng'h, and weighing thirty pounds, it is Dreacu-iOading, self cap-ping.and self-priming and thirty on- pound cartridges, of one hundred and fifty bullets each, mav be discharged from it every nvnute. It is intendtd exclusively for be use of cavalry, but might be effectively employed in annost any condition or de fence. It is to be fastened to tho shoulder" of the horse, im nedia ely ia front of the saddle, may bj elevated, depressed, Bwered to the line of assault with rapidity. A slide in the breecb admiis the cmtridg1, tnd the speed of movements of cocking and pul ing the trigger despatches it on its mission of destruction without the delays of cocking and priming. Its most elleciive service; it is claimed, will te in breaking the solid squares of infantry formed for the reception of cavalry. (tirThe Nashville Union says that persons who have hitherto been disloyal are coming in svery day and taking the oatb of allegiance to the Federal Government. The cause of loyalty strengthens In Tennessee, and tne Union leart is hopeful. jgrCommidora Wilkes is to bt the recipient t f a handsome sword, which was or 'end l. aniif.olnmil u. fht v. iV. -u- . M nuraolnr(l for bimby the city COOB- on oi uosion on ni arrival la tnat city alter tha arrest of Messrs. Mason and Slidell. fj3A correspondent ef the Jackson &Ws sissippisn .promises to take the stump to raise volunteers if his friends will flod bim a hcree. Certainly if be does take tbi stump, iis friends wilt find bim ao ass. Our Viotory ot Kaw Orleans. The following memoranda fiora the pin o' gentleman who is familiar with New Or. leans, as it was the middle o? January las', bare Leon handed u lor publication: The glorious news of the capture of New Oi leans first comes to us through rebel ources, and.o' conrse, with all the rebel characteristic ol re' el torfligratlon and rob-el general destruction. We learn the city Is possessed by the Union troops, but that the victory is u.ade ol less value because tho robi els have destryed the steamers, the cotton and sugar that have accumulated through thi long embargo cf her onso migniflcoilt commerce. We have reason to believe that those ctnr'rg t re the result of dsirea and wishes not to be gratiflid. W anticipate ihe finding, not only loyal citizins in the Crescent City, but are also stngu'ne enough to expect hearty demonstrations of Joy at the arrival of our forces, and the consequent ap peumce again of the "old flig.t As to lie burning olthe fl'teen tbouia.id biles of cotton, which wore in New Orleans on the 15tb of January, it would be uttorly Impossible, without destroying at least ons-third of the entire city, for the cotton is strewed in pres. sea located in tbicklv-sett'.ed neighborhoods scattered away everywhere within the muni cipsl boiders. To say that the citixonsi would permit this wanton destruution by General Lovell, a native we Mine, oj it'iunchuettt , and once In our street Commissioner's office, is perfect midaess Agnia, tho iron steam era, are Fcattered mire or less along the Lvee, from CirroHoa dowa to the third nri nicipality, and woull. by their d-ivouring flimes, endanger the entire city, commanding a point ofsev9n or eight milos of houses the majority, from the very necessities, of the climate, beinj of light and inihtnmible structure. If New Orleans were the most disloyal city in the Confod-riay, the people could not, with safety to themsstves, have al lowed these leporled fires to take place, and themilitary,if lead enough to attorapt it,is not powerful enough to oppose the wishes of the resident population, S9 has been the case in other places in rebldorn where p-operty has been destroyed, to k(ep it front falling into the hands of the N.tioiial troops. Presuming, therefore, that we aro-correct in tlieso suppositions, we next naturally ei. amine wbat else we have accomplished by this great victory. By it we have opsned the great aerta of our continent to the com merce of the o utside woild, and released, a numerous and powerful fleet from the most difficult labor of a blockade, to transfer their services to Charleston Harbor. Ia New Or leans, as an Outlet, we find a vast sugar crop waiting for purchasers. The year 18C1 produced 475,000 hogsheads and 1 200,000 barrels of molasses. Only onesthi d of this entire amount has been consumed in the Confederate Stales, and the remainder, leaving over 300,000 hogsheads oi sugar and 800,000 barrels of molasses, ia stc rage in New Orleans or on plantations, ready for shipment the moment it is safe to bring them to the city. There were, on the 75th of Jan. uary last, thirty large ships in the harbors, hall weie stopped by the blockade, and the remainder weie seized along the river be low New Orleans by rebel privateers, many after they had peimits to depart from tbe pri-tendet rebel government. The specie in the Bank of New O. leans at one time was said to bj $13 000000. This money has pissibly been convoyed away, tbuucb when it seems rather difficult to imagine. Tne New Orleans banks, to some extent by coercion, ut to so us extant froai sympathy, have boon aiders of the rebellion T ie Mint is a very fiio granifo building in the lower part of 'bo ci y, and was alays, undor the United Hta'ea authorities, well managed its machinery 'or coining havinj b- n very perfect. One of the first acts o the rebel-) was to roh the Mint of specie and bullions amounting to $750,000, which was long ago expended. No coin has been struck under the rebel Governm ent, paper b;ing under its benign sway, a legal tender. Tbe Custoiuobouse (unfini hed) is one of the fi nest buildiugs of tho kind in tbe world. It has been ovor fiftien yoars in contraction, by which means the Southern Douiocrats. under Slidell and Benjamin, hive had a large number of employees in their serri e paid irom the National Treasury. Ia this building are the offices of tbe United Slates Dis trict Attorney, tbe United Btates Di trict Court and Ihe PostoffJoe. The present Col lector of New Oilcans, originally appointed by tbe influence of S idell, is J Hatch, a na- live of Saratoga county, New fork, who sig nal zed his advent into the Crescent City, by deliberately assassinating a man who wis dressing his bair before a glass, preliminary to entering a ball, at which he and Hatch were guestp, and at whioh they had some slight quarrel. Thenowaod splendid Marine hospital is again ours. When the rebellion broke out, it will be remembered that the authorities took possession ol it, and turned tbe sick sailors, inmates into the streets; For this barbarity, Gen. Dix entered a severe protest agiinst the rebels, for not only robbing tboir country, but also tbe poor sailors whose hard earned funds had eracted tbe building. Just below the city, four mi'es, is a roomy United Slates barracks, with officers' buildinga, convenient and pleasant for troops going to and frt m Texas. Upon the arrival of onr fleet in front of tbe city, it is probable that all the steamers in port ' fired op" and escaped op tbe river, and moat likely pursued by Commodores Porter and Farrigut, at least as far ss Baton Rouge, tbe Capital of the 8tate, one hundred miles above ths oitv. At Baton Bouze are situated a commodious brraiV:, a 1 otu o tbe best United S'atoa Arsenals in the 8m h west. famous not only for being well kept, but lor the pleasant chaiacterol the commander')' residence. At the breaking out ol the re hellion, this residence, with the grounds and property adjoining, were taken pojsossl ,n o oy Qjn. Moore, of Louisiana, who went through tbe form of giving Major Hawkins the United 8 ates Cimrnandor, a rrciipt for the propirty that tliusctine into Irs poses-sion. It is perhsps well, hero to state, tha botweon N-i Oileans and Memphis tlier: are no inrmidaMe intrenchments or batteries. Tbi lower portion o the river was mvlo do pen Jo it upon th workiat New Madrid( an In and nbout Memphis. When thesi latter fall, the river is a;iin opn to the commerce o' the great Woet, for neaily three thousand miles. S. Y. Times, Blasphemy of the Southern Car gy. Parson Brownlow In answer to an address of welcome of the Preacher's sso-ciation of Cincinnati, gave the folhwing characteristic description of tbe Southern clergy: I thnnk yon, brother, and through you tho Preacl cr s Association, for your kind expression of sympathy and regard. I claim as a Union mm to hnve done nothing but my duty. I have alwots been a Union roan, n"d bavo edited a Union pa' ppr tor tno last twenty nve years l wrs travelling a circuit in South Carolina in 1833, when I was elected to the General Conference, and there met with Rev. I. F. Wright and L Swormsted. I was aleo travelling tho Anderson District of the Ilolsten Conference, in the same Sta'e, and living near Calhoun, during the nullification troubles which was so scon throttled by O d Hickory. This thing called secession orr inatnd in falsehood, theft and p)jury. Floyd did tLe stealing, the rnasies of t'ie people did the lying, and fourteen U. S. Senators from the Cotton States the perjury. While in the Sen ate ia the day time they mad a show of keeping their oaths, but at night they held their secret cnucusees. planning secession, and advising their leaders to seize the prominent forts of the South, and arms of importance wherever they oould find them. I have no doubt there are better men in hell, oi in t e penitenti ries of this or any ottier Slate, than the prominent leaders in this secession move ment. And I am sorry to say that the worst class of men now in the Southern Confederacy are the Episcopalian, Metho- (1st, Baptist and Presbyterian, preachers. High functionaries ia th Episcopalian urn-en ere now drinking and swearing. Men who have met in our General Confer ences with some of tbeso aged brethren I now see around me, preach as chaplains on Sabbath, but swear and get drunk through the week. A Presbyterian minister in Knoxville invited - II denominations to hold a union prayer moeting, to p ay to the iiord to sink Burnside's fleet, and raise Lincoln's blockado. And at it they went, composed of many old r pa, who beseiged a throne of grace, raising their hands, heaving and selling like an old Tennessee ram at agate post, tint God would send lightning and storm and raise tbe blockade. And the Lnrd did give them n raiie at Ro-tnoke Island, aud with fiat kind of lightning and storm which thev did not expect in answer 'o prayer. I nl'o heard a Pras-byteiian minister in Knoxville mnke Uie of Ihe following words on thp degradation of tbe pulpi'.In ti e coarse of h e remarks he s atcd thai Jesus Christ was a Southern mm, and a'l h;s Applies were Southern, on, sav Ju.las, wh was irom the North and that hd would so nor re id a text from a Bib'e b ,und in hell ihan from one printed north of N'asrn and Dix 'n's L n . I regird the churches in the South rui ed, and financially they are in a bad fix. I came across Dr. MuFirren aboa s-ve-My miles from Nashville; 113 ing to run away, but his horse wouldn't work. He traded the horsn for a mul'i , b 'it the mu'e wouldn't work. When I left bim he was standing on the si reel, in company with his wife and children, ln'ik:nflr for another iradi". Huston, Sclion and Baldwin were stil in Nashville, adhering to secession. Oon- Busll's Strategy. A soldier who was on tbe battle-field Oj Shiloh states that General Buvll executed a mmouvre that reflects great credit on tim as acomraauder. The rebel? were advancing in great forco to turn our left ami capture our transports and supplies, when Duel!, be coming aware of their iutentions, mado prepa rations to receive them Abou half a mile above the landing are large lidges running back from ibo river. The ridgo next to Ihe landing is the highest. Buell placed a battery on etch of ihe ridges, and between them he placed a brigade of lr.fa.ntry. The troops were ordered to lie down. He then ordered lbs lower battery to fire on the enemy and make a show of retreating in confusion so as to draw the rebels on. On cuio the rebels pell-mell, yelling at the top of their voioej 'Bull Bun." 'Bull Run," thinking to frighteu us. As soon ss the irbels came in range, the lower battery, agreeably to orders, opened fire, retroated, and took a position in the rear of the upper battery. Tha rebels neeing our men retreating, chargsd up the bill and took possession of the battery. The rebels in tbe meantime were notawais of our troops being in the hollow below them. At this moment the signal wit sounded and the whole brigade rose to their feet and toured a deadly fire of rifle balls into the ranks of the rebels, cutting them down by scores. At this favorable mo ' eot, also the opper bat. tery poured in a perlect storm of grape and canister shot. The rebels reeled ana stag- o-ered lika drunken msn, and at last broke lend fled in sverydirectl in, leaving the ground Strewed with dead anl dyiug. From Yorktown, Camp IlEroni Youktows, ) Thursday, April 21, Ibli. Five more rebel duserlvr ciimo ovei from the enemy yesterday, and were us lorled (0 Gjn. MoClellao's headtjuart rs One of them siati'S that the rebel army a Voiktowo is 100,000 s'.iong, and; to ust- lit! own words, "ara preparing to give ui h II." Ho belonged to the Sixth Ala Dims. Regiment, liich, be snvs umbers 1,700 men. Their term of enlistment t?x pires ia seven days, and beyond that time they nro ut'iermmtd not to nglit. His appearance ws anything out pr . posn'SMiitr A babbf drab rack tver coat, slouched fell list; racd vet, pan: ana docks computed his dress. He wa: station d on picket nlht before list, and early next morning rnn over to cur out posts and delivered himself op, rid , pii-tol, bowia knCe and all. The Iri linr n in the enemy's ranks, ho ropons are gmrded wilb well grounded suspicion, nr.d will show but a faint disposition to fight us. 80 intense is tbe fear which tho prae'lec of cur sharpshooters bs infused into the enemy, that in many of their batteries they seldom dare approach their guns to roply to our .firing, and negroes aro employed, n many instances, to load the pieces, and they tco, ara shot down as fast es they present themselves in an exposed position, T. e enemy employ nil sorts of mipsles, nnl many hitherto unknown in modern warfare. Yesterday, I was shown a common musket-ball, in which was iussrtod three ten-penny nails or, nuber, the n ils wero set in cftsiiog tho ball. It was found rithin the lines of tf.e camp, and probably bad been among tho contents of one of the enemy's bomb9, many of wnloh are htled with miscellaneous mate rials of destruction. Another de crter from one of he Gsor gia regiments repirts the enemy's right wing to number fifty thousand men. IU made ood his etespe during the exchange of dead and wounded with the Third and Sixth Vermon' Regiments, who were the victims of the skirmish of the tli. He was a Vermonter, and during the tz change rrcogniz'd from conversation rasny acquaintances who ho bad known years before. He bad lived in Georgia severa years, and was impressed into tho re be ranks about four month since Much s'ck ness prevails among the enemy. Tie Irishmen b their racks, and torn 3 en'in-Irish rejimnts, have broken out in re volt and refus 1 to fight against troops bearing the green Irish banner. He says they caught a glimpse of our lush Brig ade, and siccti that time have expressed a dt termination never to fire a shot where that banner can be seen. It is reported in official positions here that dispntel es Lave been received from Warwick, reporting the absence of a Colonel and Mi jor belonging to a New Yo k regiment, near that placo, under peculiar circumstances. It appears from the dis patch, that a demonstration wns made by the rebels against cur troops a day or two , since, and although they retired without bring a gun or coming within munkel range f cur forces, yet iheso two officers were found missiug. There arj suspicions that they have voluntarily gon 1 over to the enemy. ARGU3 The ''French Lady," w'10 con. rived to deliver the steamer St. Nioliolas, of 13nl-lim?ro. to the rebel?, some time about the beginn'ng of the present wtr attempitd lo escape from Fort LaeyMte one night last week, and, in fact, almost succeded. The "I itly" is of the male gender,- ant) his name is Thonia . Ha man 'gvd to pru-curo a number of emp'y tin cans, whi :h ' e corked light, y, ti, cl 10 hi w ii-tt, and to-k to the watt-r. While swimming atony like a duck, ths sentinel esp'oj sometliin', nnd gave the alarm. A bo it w.is minced frooi tho fort, and the ohj'-ct v as gained about ono-qiurter ot a mile distant, nvar the Long lalan I shori, w', en the flo ilin object w is idet tifiVd as the "French La'y." lit) was hoisted into the boat and convey ed back to h's quarters, and nrre strong ly guarded, to prevent such excursions hereafter. The ncamer St. Nicholas, which lv rann.iged to transfer to the rebl authorities was committed to the fhmrs in front of Fn-di'iicksbur? last week by the rebel themselves, fiarin that she migr.t faV into the hand i of Genoral Mc Uowell s army. OrWhen Gineral Polk first occupied Co lumbus we stited tho rob la bad aswrlfd that if the soldiers ' f the Union obtained the control of the M ssi-isippi river they would destroy its artificial banks and devastate the while cou -try by an ovetflow. We now earn, tbat, U order to prevent tbe occupation of the Arkansas shore by the Federal itroops opposite Fort Pillow, the rub Is have cut tholeveo in many places along tbe banks thus causing tbe wiole force of- the stream to rush through the apertures and crevasses and inundate tbe entire surrounding countiy. submerging valuable plantations and exposing (hem to the most seiious disaster. Tfcere is not a wrong or injury or a spirit of wanton destruction, which ti-e leaders of sice sion attributed to tbe incentives of tbe Union cause in ordrs to precipitate the South into extremities, tbat bas not been perpetrated by the Confederate leaders or their hordes 0 reckless followers. Lou. Journal jfyThe rebel steamer Nashville, now oalled the Thomas L. Wrag, had returned lo Nassau, from an unsuccessful attempt to run the blockade at Charleston. One ot her paddle boxes is badly injured; sup nosed bv a cannon ball. She has a full areo of ammunition and guns, brought r. 1. 1 Dy tne Uiauiator irum juiugmuu. r&"U is reported that Com. Tatnal and principal of the Merrimao have reiigned' She lies off the Marine Hor pi al, Craney Itlani, fa tened to a buoy. She mow mount twelve gum. Inotnor JBittiaat IXiinUvilo Itobols Defeated. HcrV!tx, AU, (via L1u.i1villi.Miy I. Hon JS. M. 8laiitun, Sxrel iry of War: On yesterday ths enomy hiving cat our wire aid a'.tackad during the night, one our brigades, I deemed it my duty to hea4 in porson the expedition igainst Bridgeport. I started by a train of cars U the morning, fol owd by two addition companies' of oav airy. I found that our pickets had engaged the enemy's pickets four miles from Bridge port, and aftor a sharp engagament, in which wo lost ono man k'lled. drove thorn across a, stream the railroad bri lga of which I had previously burned. With four regiments of Infantry, two piccos of artillery, dragged by hand and two companios of cavalry r.t Bridge port, wo advanced to the burnt brilgo ail opened our fire upon tho enemy's pickets on th other side, thus producing tbe impression that otir idvanoe would be by tho railroad. This accomplished, the entire force, was thrown across the country about a mile, and put 00 the rovl leading from Stevenson t Bridgeport. The middle column now advance J at a rapid peo. Our ccoats attackod thoae of the enemv - and forced them from tho Bridgeport roads We thus succocded ia making a complete surprise. Immediately forming onr line of battle on tho crest of a wooded hill, within 5JO yards 01 the works constructed to defend the bridge, t our first fi?e, the Kebols brcke and ran . Tbey attcmptod to blow up the main bridge, but they faded, and then attomoted to fira tbe further extremity, but tbe volunteers at my call pushed forward in the fire, and saved ihe bridge, From tho Island to the main shore we could not save it. It is of small moment, i s length being bat 450 feot. The prisoners report that five reglusnta of infantry and 1,800 of Cavalry was stationed at the bridge. This campaign Is ended, and I now iosopy Uuntsville in parfoct security, while in all Alebims, north of the Tennejso river, as fhg floats but tbe old flag. (Signed,) 0, M. MITCHELL, Brig. Goa. Commanding. M'Oiollan on Drunkonncsa. Gen. M'Clellau 'ent back s me time since, as not s.itisfactoiy, the findii g of a court-martial, with the following pointed, jmt, timely admonitions: "The testimony in this case exhibits a most disgraceful stale of things. An officer receives from a 'friend,' in a neighboring city, a case o liquors. The arrival of this mischievous box in camp is the signal and tho occasion for a most Llameable breach of dieo'pline. It seems that a 1 the acquaintances, ofJiccis and men, of the lecipi-nt, were called in to pnrlnka of this mo t pernicious gift, which, if it had been sent liy an enemy oouMJJnot have bien mere fee ectly adapted to work injury 10 the regimen'. From drunk' nne brought 011 from drinking i 1 this assemblage, proceed id tho irsubordioa'e, tbe gli-ringly insubordinate, ooiduit of tha prisoner1 Thi W38 no puliation of his offence, but addition to it. No one evil agent so much obstructs this army, in its paogr-ss to that condition which will edble it to accomplish all tlint true soldiers can, as the degrading vice of drunkenness. It is 1 ho rouse of by far the greater part of tho disorders which ere cxam:ned by courts nr.ir'i.l. It is irrjios ib!e to es imafe ihf Lmtfl;s that would accrue to the service Ir 111 t: e adoption of a resolution rn tha pin of the officers to set their men nn cx- aoit'l; of tofa! abs'tnence from intoxicating 'miiks. 1 wou a oe worth Buy thousand aim lo the United St'ites." 'Worth 6t 000 menl" This is rot tha opinion of a recluse, unnrq'iaiutrd with the ways of ihi world, or a flight of liented dcclnmaiion, but the calm &tute inent of one whose txp-.tii-nca and position clothe his words relating to suoh a sutj ct with the highest authority. Tho last two svni.Oi.ces .he fwo paragraphs iu fact leserve to ba w i ten in letters of ;ohl f.T the i Etruction of Ihe country, tnd oured in fire and ihuudor upoa tha e.trs of drinking officers. 37 The exc evalicn of tie buried ciiles 01 Pompeii, Herculaneutu, Poaiarol and Cupua is going on with renewed rigor, I'tdf r the stimulus of an appropriation of money for the purpose irom tho Italian government. At Pompeii new frescoes have been discovered, and there is an inscription on the wall of what as probably a work-hop of some kind, as follows' "OiAot is hie loous non est. Disced, Mo. rator." This may be transited: "Thia plaoe is not for loafers, depart." It seems human nature wat ths same igbteea ban dred years as it is now, and thai Insy fo ks and loafers ar - not the exclusive prcdiiois of the nmewe-ni : oentury. Niw Yok, May 1. Tbe Henld says. e have received information from a reliable source that certain pariiei iu this city are giving ptaotical aid and comfort to the rebels. L our luforma ion be oorrect, two st-efssioniatf recently arrived here from ihe Soutl brought on a qnai t ty 0' b cco, valued and sold for 8 6,000, which mm they inve ted in army clolhin and baW ' for the rebils. Tbeso goods were irent from tbi city yesterday in a small ton south of Nashvillo, where they will te . taken in charge bv ths rebel autbo.ities. Tbe boxes conmininjr them are marked with a diamond. If our authorities, on the line of route, exercise due figi'.aaeu ths goods may be Intercepted.