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WZIMESDiiY, MAY 22, 1841.
Forever float that standard sheet 1
Where breather the fee but fella before tie
With Freedom's nail beneath our teat,
And Freedom's banner streaming e'er as:
FIRST PARR —William Pitt (second article);
The Periodicals; Our War Correspoudonee; From
Harrisburg; Important from Chesapeake Bay;
Late and Important from Port Pickens and Pecos
ools ; An Important Letter from the Seoretary of
War; Important Movement in TODIVISPOO--
Farm's NCH —Treachery Towards the U. S
Army ()fiers in hen Antonio, Texas; The Effea's
of War on a Country; The Crops at the South;
Marine Ititelligenoe.
The Plana of the Campaign.
While the particulars of the plans of the
Administration, and the exact time when any
special movement is to be undertaken, are
very properly veiled in profound secrecy, the
general character of the measures in contem
plation and in progress may readily be seen by
the statements which are day after day pub.
listed of the position of the Northern
troops. All of the slave States, except
Missouri, Kentucky, N•rthwestern Vir
ginia, Maryland, and Delaware, are in an atti
tude of open and undisguised rebellion, and it
will be the mission of our soldiers to sup
press it as speedily as possible. To accom
plish this cud,' we have at our disposal the
means for establishing an effective and
thorough blockade along the whole Southern
coast, and this will undoubtedly exercise a
powerful effect in crippling the resources of
the rebellions States and rendering the
population L - discontented and dissatisfied
with the desperate movement in which
they-have embarked. We not only prevent
them from finding an outlet for their
productions, but render it difficult, if not
impossible, far them to import from abroad,
either the numerous articles of foreign growth
and illigliracture to which they have become
accustomed, or the arms and munitions of
war, without which they cannot easily prolong
this contest. Northern industry is so varied.
and our people are so well able to supply all
their real wants by their own labors, that a
blockade of our ports would be a matter of
comparative indifference to us, and no great
amount of suffering would necessarily ensue
If we were entirely cut off from all intercourse
with foreign nations. But it is far different
with the South. All her industrial energies
are confined to a few avocations, 'and to the
growth of a few products, and she has always ,
relied upon the exchanges of commerce for
the supply of a very large proportion of her
wants. The fleet which we employ to eats•
Nish a blockade will not only serve for that
purpose, but it will constantly threaten
her whole coast with a force which can
at any moment attack, and, if desiva
ble, gain possession of any of her seaboard
towns Witch are not well protected. We felt
the full force of this peril during the war of
1812, when Great Britain kept our whole
country in a state of alarm by threatening, in
turn, nearly all its principal cities, and actually
capturing and destroying our capital, and at
tacking Mdtiniore and New Orleans. We
still bold the most important keys to the
Southern coast, notwithstanding the robberies
of the traitors; for Fort Pickens, Key West,
and Tomes' Monroe are in our possession,
snd so well defended that they cannot be suc
cessfully assailed. At the latter point a large
force is now being concentrated under com
mand of General &mum, and it will probably
*amine offensive operations at an early day,
and very likely acquire possession of Norfolk
mid Portsmouth. Our operations by land will
evidently be conducted on an extensive scale.
The Federal capital is on the frontier of what_
has now become a hostile country, and while
there is some disadvantage in this fact, ari
sing from its liability to capture, on the other
band our Government has, by its proximity
to the scene of the rebellion, superior oppor
tunities fur obtaining rtliable information of
its extent and character, and for efficiently di
recting operations against it.
We have now fortunately opened lines of
communication between the loyal North and
Washington, which can scarcely be broken in
any future contingency ; and, sustained by im
mense camps in the rear, with thoneraide of
Northern troops rapidly preparing for service,
who are eagerly anxious to enter upon active
duty, it will probably be made the base of
operations for an advance into that part of
Virginia which lies immediately south of it;
and an opportunity will thus be given to
the loyal portions of the population of
the Old Dominion to rally round our
standard for protection if they desire to do so,
while the traitor armies will either be obliged
to retreat, or to give battle to our brave sol
diers. In that region, both parties seem for
the present to have made their greatest con
centration of troops, and there is apparently a
stronger probability of a great battle occurring
south of Washington than in any other quar
ter.
Another point of concentration for the tat
tors is Harper's Ferry, which is to them every
important position for several purposes. Its
natural location is such that it might be de
fended against a greatly superior force. The
traitors are anxious to obtain possession of all
the machinery of the national armory, tor
merly located there, and to make it as availa
ble as possible in the manufacture of arms in
future. It is also a convenient place from
which to detipatch troops, either to attack
Wheeling, and to invade Western Virginia,
as a punishment for her patriotic de
votion to the Union, or to send north
ward detachments into Maryland and Penn
',lrani% or, if any disaster should happen
to our forces in or south of Washington, to
cut off our communications with that city, and
endanger the rear of the advance guard of our
army. AU these ddieulties, however, will
probably be fully guarded against, not only by
the troops now encamped at York and Gettys
burg, at Baltimore and the Relay House, but
by others sent forward to strengthen them,
and by the large tortes wbich Ohio is prepa
ring to advance into northwestern Virginia,
sod to enter upon any other important ser
vice that may be assigned to them.
Meanwhile, the Indiana and Illinois troops
will render Osiro impregnable, and the
promptness of the friends of the Union in St.
Louis, and other parts of Missouri, will, pro.
bably, with the aid of the Government, be as
AllseerAnl in re stablishing her loyalty as the
occupation of lisltimore, and the reconstruc
tion of the bridges in Maryland, have been in
crushing out rebellion in tbit State.
Thus, along our whole frontier line, by sea
and by land, we ars rapidly closing in upon
tea traitors I and of our triumph there can be
Ss serious doubts among those who consider ;
the resources, character, and condition of the
Teepsetive combatants. What we particularly
teed at present is time to fully drill, equip,
and arm our gallant regiments, and to or•
'anise oar commissariat, so thoroughly and
effectively that there will be no serious cause
ibr oomplaint among oar soldiers. Our troops
Should march on to their future achievements
with all the skill and confidence of veterans
and with all the appliances sod equipments of
a thoroughly organized modern army.
An Unappreciated Governor.
The seal of Governor BROWN is evidently
Bet appreciated in Georgia. His anxiety for
the cause of treason is actually not shared by
the traitors. They refused to elect him Pre-
SICIOUt of the Confederacy, notwithstanding
his condescension in seeding agents to Mont
gomery to acquaint the members of the eon.
peas with his virtues and qualifications, and
We all know bow terribly the Governor felt
the slight Els proclamation legalizing the
XsOossiois weaknesses for robbery and repu
diation was a great stroke of policy, and, in
reflective community, would have produced a
marked sensation, and yet the newspapers of
the South treat even that with a cold indif
ference, in many cases refusing to publish it.
His last experiment on public opinion is be
fore us. It is published in a jounial called,
The radavai Vision, which enjoys a neighborly
sad wiable circulation in one of the counties
of Georgia. In this journal he assures the
public that to he has watched the Greiner
case, at Philadelphia, and in that, and all
other cases in which a Citizen of Georgia is
concerned, he will take retaliatory steps to
vindicate his tights, and that be will bang two
citizens of such Northern States as shall bang
one or ours."
There Is a sublimity about a proposition
like this which might even be appreciated in
Georgia, and we have been expecting to bear
of arrangements being made by the Governor
to procure an assortment of Northerners for
hanging purposes gc whenever retaliatory
steps" should be rendered necessary. But
Georgia is callous. She refuses to recognize
the great mind of her Governor, or to enter
into the spirit of his marvellous undertakings.
Her people laugh at his presumption, and the
leading newspaper of the State, the Savannah
Republican, thus rebukes it
tiovernor Brown is entitled to credit for his
good Intentions, but he seems to have a strange
idea of the powers and dutics of the Confederate
President wnen he assumes that International
offitirs have been left by the Canstitution in the
naiads of the Governors of the several dunes. We
beg lett"e to remind htm that there le in existence
such an individual and functionary as Jefferson
Davis, President of the Confederate btates of Awe.
rum; and, furthermore, that the past history of
the said President affords ample assurance that the,
rights of all the citizens of the Confederate States
will be protected abroad.
4 ‘ This may be news to the Governor, but it is
nevertheless true."
This is terrible. Georgia is unworthy of
Baows. There is but one place left for his
magnificent genius, and that is South Caro
lina. Let him emigrate to. Charleston, and
join the editorial staff of the Mercury. We
will not warrant the effect upon that news•
paper's meagre subscription list; but the Go
vernor will at least find himself in a congenial
and appreciative community.
Queen Victoria's Proclamation on the
American Contest.
Precise and particular details respecting the
position and feeling of England and France
towards the United States are eagerly antici
pated and expected. The steamship Perna,
which passed Cape Race, on Saturday evening,
has brought news from London dated May
12th. It runs as follows:
"The Privy Council met yesterday at White
ban Lord Kemp!, the Duke of Somerset, and
other ministers, VIM present The Attorney and
solieitor General, and the Queen's Advocate at
tended, for the purpose of arranging a proolama
don to be issued by the Queen and Connell on next
Tuesday, warning Meta subjects against illicit or
overt complicity in the civil war now raging in
America The usual Saturday Cabinet council
eqa not held, in of nsequenee of the above meet
ing.”
There is no such person as tc Lord Henrel,"
—we suppose that Lord Hammer, War Se
cretary is meant, and It is probable that, on
such an occasion, that Minister would be pre
sent.
We shall have to wait for a few days more,
until the next mall steamer biings the Procla
mation here referred to. It would seem as it
England really meant not to interfere in our
Civil War. Neutrality will be her best policy.
The Whig and Tory leaders, in the House of
Lords, have united in expressing the hope
that British subjects will not be so ill-advised
as to join Mr. JEFFERSON Davis' privateers.
if they do, and are detected, British law will
treat them as pirates.
The Proclamation, we suspect, has been
drawn out by the reports that letters of marque
had reached London and Liverpool, from the
South, and that vessels had actually sailed
from Liverpool with them.
Letter from flew 'York
NSW YORK VOLUNTEERS NUSVIRED IN AS REGIS.
Leas—GEonnec, senponn-14,000 nemons
vex OUT DAILY IN NRW Y0R1E....411111 PATRIOTIC
POND- ARMS PROM ENGLAND-.-PALLING OPP Or
IMPORTS--WALLACK'S VISAYAN : JOKE SAVAGE— .
NEWSPAPER GOSSIP.
[Correspondence of The Press I
Nair YORK', MOM 241861
Of all the volunteer regiments that have beer
formed in New York, net including those already
in Washington, the following enty have been num.
tared, as yet, into the United States service :
First II•gt ment, Colune/ Allen. •
Fourth Regiment, Colonel Taylor.
Seventh Regiment, Colonel Bendix.
Colonel Billy Wilson's Regiment.
Eighth Regiment, Colonel Blanker.
Ninth Regiment, Colonel Rawkins.
Tenth Regiment, Colonel Matheson.
Eleventh Regiment, Ccionel Ellsworth.
Second Regiment, Colonel Tompkins.
Two more regiments, Colonel Lansing's and
Colonel McLeod Murphy's, will be mustered in
to-clay_ film two German regiments, Bendiz'a and
Blenker's, are pronounced to be the best corps yet
raised in New York. Nearly every oMeer and a
large majority of the roan have seen actual service
in the thld.
General Sanford Imes town to-day to take corn.
mend of hie division at Washington, composed of
all rho regiments from the city now there, except
ing Colonel Ellsworth's Zouaves. A portion of his
staff, only, sooompany him. His division inspec
tor, Colonel George W. Morel, is a West Pointer,
and graduated some twenty five years ago at the
head of a class of forty-three. It is stated that
General Scott is particularly desirous of General
Sanford's presence at the Capital.
There are now quartered in the Park Barracks
eighteen hundred man, and two thousand more are
receiving rations from the same place. The Qoar
termeeter General is supplying 14,000 rations daily
to troupe In and near the city.
Contribations to the Patriotic Fund, established
for the benefit of families whose protectors have
gone to the wars, continue to flow in liberally,
and public demonstrations in its aid are con
stantly recurring. On 'Saturday next 111 r. Eieorge
F. Brietow, aided by the beet musioal talent of the
town, gives a Concert, at the Academy of Music, in
its behalf. Among its patrons are Gen. Dix, Arch
bishop Hughes, Rev. Dr. Tyng, ex Gov. Fish, F.ev.
Dr. Hutton, and men of all creeds and callings
It will be a very great affair.
The Canadian and Persia are expected to bring
large quantities of the best arms manufactured in
Eagland.
The commerce of the country, as reported week
ly at the custun house, continues steadily to di
minish. Last week the imports were only $2 azs,.
479, against $5 517,687 in the corresponding week
last year. Stacie January Ist the total imports
are only sixty-eiz mil/lone, against ninety.one
millions in the same time In 1860.
It is said that Wallach's new and beautiful
theatre, at the corner of Broadway and Thirteenth
streets, will be opened with anew comedy fromthe
pen of John Savage, formerly of Washington.
The Board of Aldermen last evening ranged to
oonour in the resolution of the Councilmen with•
drawing the publication of the corporation pro
ceedings from the Daily News and Day Book.
Simon.
Interesting Scene in the Old School
Presbyterian General Aes4esnbly.
For The Press ]
The prayer of the venerable Dr. Spring, of New
York, at the close of the morning session on tiatttr
day, will not soon be forgotten His resolution,
looking to some patriotic expression of the Assem
bly in this time of the country's peril, had been
under consideration. Every technical difficulty in
the shape of points of order, for some reason mnen•
platted, bad been interposed agalmet it. adoption.
The signiftnnee of the earnest invocation by this
aged man of God is thus seen. After the moat
humble and touching appeals for the Church of his
love and 'her immediate interests, bringing tears
from many eyes, he supplioated the Divine favor
for his isountry—that God's care might be over it
in this time of its threatened overthrow—that re•
volt might be put down—that the President of the
United States might be encouraged in his high duty
of maintaining the authority and rower of the Go.
vernment—that predenee. wisdom, firmness, and
might from on High he given him—that our great
chieftain, (alluding to Scott.) who for so many
years had carried in triumph our national flag,
might yet, before his eyes closed in death, have
the joy of easing that flag re established, and
waving in its beauty and glory at every point,
from the Lakes to the Gulf and from Eastern shore
to Western. er
IMPORTANT FROM THE INDIAW NATION —A
Ftent fiiollianTantLY xpsoren —The following
important despatch is paeliehed in the Houston
( Towle) Telwapk of the 13:h
Btollinser. May 6, 1861 —We are in a blase of
a:shaman% just at this time. Lisooln had Mo
torola Fort Washita, and the native! became
somewhat alarmed on the 21 inst. Runners from
Sherman were sent to this and adjoining counties
for men to go over to Washita and capture them
and take their arms. The next day *bout 125 men
started from here and went to the call; other com
panies did the some, and on their arrival on Red
river they numbered 700 men. in the meantime
the United States troops, being apprised of oar
intentions, retreated to Fort Arbuckle and also
got the force from Fort Oobb, making their num
bore abOut 800 Our troops are Row holding thew
at bay, and have sent for reinforcements. The
despatch arrived here last evening, and to-day
about 100 men have left here. and I understand
about 200 from Lamar, and 200 from Red river
counties, and about 200 from Dallas. Yon may
soon expect to hear of another Viotory for Texas.
SEIZURE or A MILITARY MAP OP VIRGINIA.--
A trithehie parcel was Beizld here this morning in
transit to Gee. Letoher. Months a g o Goy Leteher
caused entirsys to be carefully made for a military
map of Virginia The memoranda and detached
plans were sent toe German implored in the (toast
nervily dace, to be engraved He recommended
forwarding them to New York, which was done.
A few taupe were engraved and rent with the plate
and original materials toward Richmond, necessa
ray through Washington. where the Government
took charge of them. They are very accurate,
and will be of great use in the coming campaign.
—Wash. correspondent N. Y. Trsbune.
OVJI 8,000 bombshells were thmsported
ham ideblie ti Pemerle last week
kv/I=t4 0; 010 ANDIO :4 00 S) 0 , 3 0:
Letter from " Ocettaltmal."
ICor[tmoadama or The Prelim]
WAHRLNIATON, May 21, 1881.
An original &anoint le always an impatient
one. A progressive people worn the idea of delay
in anything; but a great cause, based upon a great
principle, and resolved upon a certain destiny,
"can afford to wait." AU powerful nature. re
pose BO confidently upon their own resources as to
disregard alight obstacles, and to laugh at little
anemial. The strong man will even submit to in
sult from his feeble adversary, before resenting
that insult with a blow. Who so indulgent and
forbearing as the father of a family of unruly chil
dren, whose very love for them makes him over
look their transgressions, and whose consciousness
of his own prerogatives delays the ultimate chas
tisement ?
Nothing has marked the treatment of the Sou
thorn rebellion by the Federal Government 50 sig
nally as the apparently impassive and Indifferent
temper with which the repeated aggressions end
crimes of that experiment have been rsoeived.
The quiet contempt of the regular Government for
the treason of Davis and his banditti, while arous
ing the indignation of thousands in the free states,
had a certain sublime aspect ; and proved bow fully
Mr. Linooln end his advisers relied upon the
jastioe of their cause and the inexhaustibility of
their resources. It was only when the lion felt
that the pigmy intended to poison, as well as to
wound him, that the sleeping powers of the nation
were awakened, and that the representatives of
the people resolved to exhibit, their strength, and
to assert their authority. The very preparations
of the Administration are appalling. There is a
Magnitude and a majesty in the speetaole of sur
rounding and closing in upon the traitor States,
and of abutting out all supplies for their relief from
foreign or domestic emissaries, that speak almost
as eloquently as the dread Clash of arms when the
hour of retribution and retaliation '
shall have ar
rived.
The army of the Government seems to lengthen
and strengthen as the oriels increases and the
peril deepens. Every salient point is protected.
Wherever our ungrateful and dishonest adversa
ries attempt to threaten they are intimidated or
ornehed. Maryland, swerved for a short time
from her fealty, hes been sabdued and Subjugated
in the persons of her Seeessionists. The serpent
that had celled itself around her fair proportions,
even while endeavoring to 'strike his venomous
fangs into the heart of the Republic, has been
seized and strangled by the iron hand of power;
and as Virginia (which, from having been the mo
ther of the eons who framed and oonstrned the Fe
dotal Coustitntion, has become the mother of those
who are about to attempt its destruction) is being
overridden by the armed haste of Distinion the
armies of the Republic' are about to capture her
foes, and the foes of that Republio, and so save
her from ruin by destroying them.
But the Government Is in no special hurry.
Oonfident and invincible, it prefers to wait before
striking the blow of utter extermination agsinet
its enemies. They, like meet feeble tonneau",
now, as at recent periods, are in .hot haste; for se-
oeission Is nothing if not sadden. It will die the
death if subjeeted to the alembio of logic and the
furnace of inexorable analysis. It is passionate,
revengeful, malignant. It dare not stop to inquire
of itself, lest conscience may compel it to , eubside.
So much for the moral philosophy , of its case.
And what of the practical view of it? If it can
not provoke a conflict, or be struck in a violent
manner by the power it has defied, it must starve•
& fight now with the soldiers of the Repnblle would
be a defeat; but it would be a stimulant ; aini de
lay would be a doable defeat : first, because the
longer it busted, the more money such delay wonted
emit its supporters, and the more time it would
give to those whom they have deceived to ponder
upon their delusion. But the Government, in the
bands of Mr. Lincoln, as
. I have said, " Can afford
to wait." The blockade which it has imposed, as
against the porta of the seceded States, does not
affect the ports of, the loyal States. The troops it
has invited to Washington, and quartered on the
borders of the Ohio and the Mississippi, and along
the frontier counties of Pennsylvania, looking into
Virginia and Maryland, are not only well'led, but
every day is seasoning them for the coming strug
gle. and adding new battalions to their already
overwhelming numbers.
Therefore, let us bexatient. Let ha repose full
oonfilence in our publie servants at this point It
is not neoeseary for the loyal States to hasten
events. God has taken possession of our cause, -
and He is guiding it. Every hour adds to the
great virtue of the movement in which we are en.
gagod, and dotraate from the rebellion of those
who are opposing us. If It were necessary, to save
our reputation, that a dash should be made into
Virginia, it might be done to morrow. Bat this is
not necessary.; Virginia is as sensible of the po
Withal elements enlisted on the side of our tree in
stitatione as she is sensibleof the wickedness and
weakness of the Secession experiment. When it
becomes necessary for the army of the advance to
move upon the rebellion, it wilt be fully prepared
for the consequences, and those who are now de
manding that it should move upon the mission at
once - will be surprised to find bow much common
sense there has been in the policy that has, np to
this period, animated the veteran . who presides
over the army of the. United States—Lieutenant
General Winfield Scott.
I think it will appear that the British Govern
ment will take advantage of every opportunity to
throw obstacles in the way of our Government' in
order to help the Southern Disunionists. Lord
John. Russell seems to have adopted cotton for his
rule of action instead of cam:dance, and, to please
the commercial and manufacturing interests of the
British realm, will, I fear, proceed to any lengths
to compel a dishonorable settlement of our internal
troubles, or to throw the prestige of his position in
taws' of the Southern rebels. Re, and those in
whose name he speaks, will undoubtedly be pre
sently advised, se I have frequently predicted in
this oorreepondence, that under no carounistaliees
will the Government of the United ;States treat
'oath any foreign Power that tolerates, recog
nizes, or palters with, officially or unofficially,
the infamous and degraded men Mid in arms
against as flag of our Union.
On this point the Administration and the loyal
man are an enthusiastic unit; and if Lord John
Russell and Lord Palmerston should be enabled
even to en list Louis Napoleon in any attempt to
dishonor this Government, they will dud such an
uprising on our shores as will he responded to by
the whole of liberal Europe, and the effect will be
to deprive them not only of the cotton of the
South, but to expel thetufrom the high plates they
havo occupied so long. - OCCASIONAL.
Tar Post Office Department will ignore the
mandate of the Montgomery Postmaster General,
annonnoing hie intention to assume the control of
postal affairs in the Confederate States the let
proximo. Although formal notice to this effect has
been received, it will continue to make up and for
ward mails South until compelled to stop, either by
foroe or the failure of postmasters, contractors, and
route agents to fu!fil their obligations to the au
thorities here.—Heralc
AN OITTILI at na CAmnms—A.PuttAndmintan
BADLY INJURED —On tiunday evenin g , about Eli
o'clock, a man 0788 disoovered lying in the maple
grove, near the paper mill, at Camden, N J. lie
was carried to the court house, when it was found
that be was bruised about the bead and face with
two ants back of the CM one partly severi ng the
ear from the head, one out splitting the nose, and
rwo beneath the eyebrow. Ile was recognised as
Mr James Ikt Caldwell, a teller in the Bank of
Northern Liberties.
Charles Hinkle was arrested dnriag the night
on suspicion of having committed tho outrage. He
denied all knowledge of the matter; but his shoes,
pants. and hands showed signs of blood. fie was
seen in company with Caldwell shortly before the
finding of the latter. Upon his person was found
two keys (one of unusual form) and SLI3 in silver.
He was committed by the Mayor to await the re-
Milt of the injuries of Mr. Caldwell, who. on Mon.
day afternoon, watt somewhat better, though still
in a precarious condition. Drs. Mulford and Cul
len &Pond the wounded man.
Mr Val:Meer, living near the paper mill, was
aroneed about two o'clock, Sunday morning, by an
attempt to break in hie front bor. Paroling out
of the back door to the front, be found a man
pounding there. The ruffian showed fight, but
Mr. V., after a struggles, obtained the mastery and
pat him to flight. The villain escaped. ,
LA GE SALE ON RNAL ESTATE AND STOMA.--
Ttio following property was sold yesterday tit tho
Brohazge by Id Thomas it Sons.
100 shares Bohemian Alining Company—sl per
share.
104 Awes Arah-atreet Passenger Railway Co , =
$ll per abate.
15 shares dunburp and Erie Railroad Co.— $3 per
share.
Three-story brick dwelling, No. 1613 Wood
street, with stable In the rear, 16 by 99 feet
--
VAN).
Lot of ground, Coates street, out of Seventeenth
street, 18 by 100 feet-000.
Lot of ground. Coates street, out of Seventeenth
street, 18 by 100 feet—ss2s
Lot of }ground, northwest corner of Brown and
Sixteenth streets, 18 by 77 feet—ss7s.
Lot of ground, Sixteenth street, north of Brown
street, 18 by 77 feat-4500.
Lot of ground. Sixteenth street, north of Brown,
18 by 80 feet—ssoo.
2 lots of ground, Sixteenth street. north of Brown,
eaoh 18 by 77 feet, $5OO each-81,000.
Lot of wrourd Brown street, west of Sixteenth,
18 by 00 feet---$520.
3 lots of ground, Brown street, west of Sixteenth,
°sob 18 by 90 feet, $5OO each—sl.soo.
2 lots of ground, Brown street west of Sixteenth,
eamb 18 by 90 feet, $490 eaoh—s9Bo
3 ins of ground, Brown Street. west of Sixteenth,
nob 18 by 90 foot, $405 eaoh—sl,39S.
Lot of ground. Brown street, west of Sixbienth,
18 by 90 feet—ssoo. •
2 or. of ground, Brown street. west of Sixteenth,
eaoh 18 by 90 feet, $490 eaoh—s9Bo.
Lot northeast corner Brown street and Seven
teenth street, 18 by 75 feet - $550.
Lot of gronn , Seventeenth street, north of Brown
street, 18 by 78 feet—s46o
2 lots of ground, Seventeenth street, north 'of
Brown, each 18 by 81 feet, $486 euh-1970.
Lot of ground, Seventeenth street, north of
Brown, 18 'by 78 feet—s4loo
Lot of ground, Sevwn•eenth street; north of
Brown, 18 by 74 feet—s3Bo.
Lot of ground, Seventeenth street, north of
Brown, 18 by 74 feet-4410.
Lot ofground. Seventeenth street north of
Brown, 18 by 77 feet-8350.
10 lots of ground, Seventeenth street, north of
Brown, each 16 by 54 facts 1130 eaoh—sl,9so.
Lot of ground, Seventeenth street, north of.
Brown, 18 by 77 tott—s49o
2 lots et ground, Seventeenth street. north of
Brows, each 18 by 74 Nit, $350 cub-8700.
ittE PRE 6 S. -- PMLADELP.FfIA, WEDNESDA', MAY 22, Bea.
LATEST ,NEWS :
By Telegraph to The Press.
FROM ANNAPOLIS.
Departure of Gen. fintlerfor Fortresslonioe,
ANNAPOLIS, May 21..—Genersi Butler and staff,
with two guns of Captain Varian's battery, left on
the steamer Caratina,, this evening, for Fortress
Monroe. •
Colonel Smith and eta will visit Baltimore to
morrow.
The New York Thirteenth regiment await orders
to Fortress Monroe.
The artillery company of the Eighth regiment of
New York will proceed to Waehington on Thurs
day morning.
Governor Kicks is expected here to•nigst.
FROM WASHINGTON.
WA&UINOTON, May 21.—Surgeon Finley will be
appointed Surgeon General of the Army, in place
of Surgeon Lawson, deceased. Physicians Lin
coln, Dove, Stoney?, Hines, Yowl% Lank, and
Waters, have been commissioned as acting assist
ant surgeons, to attend to the troops in Washing.
ton and its vicinity, in conjunction with those of
the army.
It is a sufficient denial of the reports of Lieut.
Gen. Bcott's infirm health, to say that ho is en.
gaged in the discharge of his official duties, not
only throughout the day, but till a late hour every
night.
Ezra Earrington has been sppointed postmaster
at Newburgh, New York.
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Seward ele
gantly entertained tonight the principal
of the New York Seventh and Twelfth, the Massa
chusetts Fifth, end the Pennsylvania Fourth Re
giments, and those of the Rhode Island Artillery,
the regimental and company cfficers of the army,
together with several effluent of tbe navy, the fo
reign ministers, and other Invited guests. The
scene WAS brilliant and imposing. ) As on a former
similar occasion, the evident's:a- of 'hospitality'
abounded.
Ron. Chauncey Shaeffer, of New York, made an
eloquent speech to the New York Seventh Regi
ment to-day at their enomplaent. Re invoked
them by no means to retire to their hornee heft/re
the dose of the war, and expressed a strong desire
to advance Southward.
FROM ST. LOUIS.
Amicable Ariangement peti!reen Gene;.
Sr. Louis, May 21 —Major General Price, com
mander-in-chief of the Missouri militia, arrived
here hat night, and this morning had 'an interview
with General Barney, when a plan was agreed
upon for the maintenance of peace, and the avoid
ance of future conflicts between the Federal and
State Governments. They mutually declare a com
mon„,
objeot, that of restoring peace and good order
laws of the .General and State Governments, and
to the people and the State, in subordination to the
unite in recommending all persons to respect each
other's rights throughout the State. and to make no
attempt to exercise uuouthorizsd powers, an it is
the determination of the proper authorities to sup
press all unlawful proceedings which can only dis
turb the public peace.
General Price pledges the whole power of the
State and its otteers to maintain order Among the
people of the State, and General Harney deo/hres
that, this object being assured, he clan have no oc
casion, as he has 110 wish, ts make military move
ments, which might otherwise create excitement
and jealousies, which he most earnestly desires to
avoid. They therefore enjoin upon the people to
attend to their civil business, and express the hope
that the unjust elements which have threatened so
Seriously to disturb the public peace may soon sub
side, and be remembered only to be deplored.
THE LATEST REPORTS . FROM THE VIRGINIA HORD=
CstemßaßSß6Bo, May 21—Two reconnoissanoes
which were pushed southarard from this point yes
terday, report to-day that they passed the lines of
the Confederate army and went deliberately
through the camps. They saw 300 troops ten
miles from Harper's Ferry, and 700 at Williams
port. No reinforcements had arrived there to day
up t 0,3 o'Clock this afternoon.
Nothing is positively known yet as to the wove
manta of the troops at this point, bnt it is believed
that an advance will certainly take place as soon
as General Williams returns.
Seizure of Arms by the 'Pniladelplois
Troops at Baltimore.
Bavrtstona, May 21 , —This afternoon two Cow
patties, numbering 120 muskets, from the Phila
delphia Camp, company B, Lieut. Ringgold, and
company G, Capt.: Phelps, under command of
Major McLane, came to the city, and proceeded to
an unoccupied house near Green Mount Cemetery,
where they seized a large quantity of arms whisk
were stored there. They comprised 1,500 muskets
in boxes marked "Prom Dell Meade," making sit
dray•loads in cartage. Ail were taken to the
camp, and thence to Fort Mallent7. The arms
had been in the custody of the oily authorities.
The Philadelphia Troops at Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, May 21—The recent rains have
had the efract on the health of the troops appre
hended by those who have seen their exposed
situation, It IS understood that they will Boon
remove to more habitable quarters at Federal
Hill or elsewhere. Colonel Lewis' camp, which is
located in a brickyard, suffered greatly from the
wet weather, and a large number are complaining
of stiff limbs sad colds. -
Congressional Nomination at Balti.
BALTIMORE, May 21.--The Tinton men of the
Third Congressional district have nominated L.
Loary for Congress. Thbi dlstriet was formerly
represented by J. Morrison Morris.
The Second New York Regiment.
PASSAGE THROUGH BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, May 21.—The Senond New York
Regiment passed through the city this morning,
marohing up Lombard street from the Philadel
phia to the Washington Railroad depot. They were
well received, and oneered on many parts of the
route. •
Arrest of a !supposed Spy.
Desestob to The Press.]
CAMDEN, N. J., May 2t —Samoat Ea A, for
many years in the post office of Camden, New
Jersey, luta boon arrootod, and is now iropriomod
in the common jail. Re le charged with being a
bearer of despatches to Governor Lerman, of
Virginia. " •
Secession Outrages in Indiana.
Lenianapows, May 2t despatch to Governor
Morton, from Bedford, Indiana, says that a mes-
Banger had.arrived at that place from Dover 11W, ,
Martin county, Ind., stating that "a man named
Dromgoole, formerly a resident of Dover Hill, at
the head of three hundred.. Secessionists is com•
witting depredations there
lie had arrested several citizens, some of whom
he is said to have hung. The greatest excitement
prevailed there. Dromgoole was driven out of the
town by the Union men, some three weeks ego, for
expressing disunion sentiments
Grand Rooempinent of the I. 0. of 0. P. "has
convened here in annual session. The Grand
Lodge of the same order meets to-day. Both'
bodies are fully represented.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 21—P. rd.—The reported
secession raid in Martin county, tarns oat to have
grown out of the depredations of a band of dupe.
radoes, who have been plundering and threatening
the lives of the citizens. This band, numbering
about a hundred armed men, yesterday arrested
four citizens of Dover Bill, which gave rise to the
report that they were Secessionists.
The new York Seventh Regiment.
Wasumaron, May 21 —The members of, the
New Yo,k Seventh liniment are 4011 unoertain
as to their future movements. Pressing baaineas
engagements, which hams many of them, call for
their attention unless their services are absolutely
required, while they are anxious To remalu if there
is any prospect of an active campaign. /t is un
derstood that they await the recommendethut of
Libatenant General Scott.
Mach feeling continues to exist among tbstroope
and eitizene regarding the killing of John .111 Rew
ard, of the Waelnegton city militia, by a pollee•
man. The trial of the °Star is awaited with math
interest as determining the relations waiting be
tween the civil and military authorities The
love and respect for the deceased entertained both
by the citizens (among whom he was raised) and
his et made soldiers curve to loom* the into root
felt in the ease. The statement which has been
published, that the Rhode Island troops Dissented
his orphan sisters with a puree of $l,OOO. to entirely
incorrect The members of that regiment, how-
ever, stayed no effort to alleviate, as meek se wes
in their power, the effects of the sad misfortune.
Tantivo May M. —United States Marshal Des
eon, and his deputies, by order of the Government,
took possession, yesterday, of all the telegraphic
messages in the offices at elewark, Princeton, and
Trenton. They date back several years. They
are now in the possession of the United States Dis
trict Attorney, at Newark.
Jeokalow, the Japanese conditionally convicted
of murder and piracy, is to be removed to the
Mount Holly jail today, where he cart have the
benefit of fresh air.
ErmtaA, N. Y., May
. 21—Eight volunteer re
giments were Orgariird in the camp here to-day.
Nay Yalta, May 21. General Dix has issued
orders for four of the volunteer regiments now
here, to start to-morrow morning for Fortress
Monroe—namely, those commanded by. Colonels
Allen. Carr, Duryea, and Banda The rest or his
division 'will start as NM as they can bo got
ready.
Arrival of the Steamer Edinburgh.
NEW Yorta, May 21 —The steamer Edinburgh
arrived this afternoon, brought $420 000 in seem
Among her passengers is °sprain Johnson a bearer
of drepatehee from the Queen to the British minis
ter at Washington.
Steamboat Explosion.
TWENTY LIVES LOST.
ST. iinvlB, May 21.—Ptivato tiespatebte iroUt
Helena announce the explosion, yesterday, of the
steamboat Emma", and the loss of twenty lives,
Inoluding both of the clerks. No other particulars
have been received. The Kentucky was the Mem
phis and Vicksburg mail packet, and valued at
bast MK
rats lialneiantfkitee.
From Charribersburg.
From Trenton.
itiOVeMelltS
RaW YORK
ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIA
The London Tillie* on the American
Blew Torte., May 2L —Tile steamer Persia ar
rived•at &o'clock this evening. Her advice have
boon mainly anticipated by the despatch from St.
Johns, Newfoundland.
The reason the Perna did not carry the muni
tions of war offered was because it was considered
that it might vitiate her insurance, and the agents
of the line wished to keep in a neutral position.
The Loadon Tines. nays that a regular campaign
in Maryland appears unavoidable, and the border
Perhaps States witness horrors that will be remem
bered for generation to come. All that England can
do le to keep aloof. Not only positive law, but the
moral feeling of the community, will forbid any
British subjects from engaging in the conflict.
Several American vessels are reported to have
been sold in Liverpool at - very low rates.
LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.
187 PONT =memos
FORT RHARPeT, May I:l.—The . TZny capress
Passed here at 1 o'clock P. M., with the following
advises :
Ban Fitancisoo, May 11 —There has been no
arrival since the last OXPTCES. Sailed, May 9,
ilfary L ...Sutton, for New York ; May 11, steamer
Sonora. for Panama, carrying 120 passengers. and
3424.000 in treasure, of whiob $354 000 goes to New
York Principal shippers were--Wails, Fargo.
Co , $136 000 ; Parrott, $lO7 009 ; Davidson, $64,-
000 ; (Strauss Brothers ; $49,000; Sather A Church,
$31,000.
Tae following is the list of first cabin passengers :
Lieut. McKibben, 71. 0. A., andfamily ; S. Spring,
F. S. Bissell, wife and infant ; 'James Pratt, John
A Pryor, George Ladd, Joseph Wilcox, W. Good
aloe and family, 'William quisenhael, T. Harding,
Samuel Market, Guides L. Well, wife and infant ;
George. Kt:unworthy, Mr. Allen, O. S. Palmer, E.
William Bohd, Captain George N
A. Wilson, Mrs. N. Jackson and two still;
dren, Alfred J. Langley, Captain E G. Harding,
James Hill, E. Wilber, Miss E Ferran, John Sri.
licit, Joseph Height, P. A. Leibert, John teary,
James B. Renks,Bolton, Max Wray and feral-
IY, J A. B. Cuttlei J. S Coles and wife, John
Russell and wife, Al 0. Roberts, jr., Miss Lewis,
Mr. .j.,essie and family, Mr. Fairehilda, P. S. Wil
• D. Seward,. C, G Hopkins, S Sponotai
Julius Proterse,'A. W. Adams, W. Spooner, Geo.
H.. Lithe, Mrs • Watkinson, J Feiss, R. C. Black
and wife,W. P. Carleton, Frederick Ciandell, -
Rev. Mr . Gowan, S. Wagner, Mrs. Capt. Gardner
irda'son, Mr P. Bunker and two children ; U. C.
Gilbert, W. Cooper, S. B. Ayliff and child; Mrs.
Doman .and child • Jno. Matton, B.- 0- Rothe,
Jno. Brown, Mr. French and family, and F. B.
Grant.
— GENERAL Nzwe.—The wreak of the ship Sea
Nymph, with cargo ' sold for the account of under
writers for $6 609 The shipment treasure today
is smaller than was anticipated, there having been
plenty of assurances thrown, mat that the risk from
privateerS is not great. Etrehangi? on New York
rules at Sad per cent. Money was in fair demand
yesterday, and the market easy at'l, 11a2 percent.
intereat.
There bee been a fair trade, and no noteworthy
change in the prides clan, leading article of mar
°bandies since the last express.. Turpentine com
mands 140a150 per gallon.
Six ships are loaded and ready for sea, but are
detained in oonrequence of the inability to obtain
emirs. Seamen have been learn here for some
The Union demonstration in San Francium to
day is an astonishing encores. Nothing like it was
ever seen here before Business is totally sus
pended, and all the men, women, and children of
the 0117 are in the stroets t and flags are almost as
plenty as stooks of grain in a wheat field. Three
wands for speakers are erected near the °inner of
Market and Second and Montgomery streete, which
are surrounded by men with the folds of the fiag
eying over them. Senators Latham and McDou
gal, General Sumner, General Shields, and others
of less note, have addressed the vast audience.
The spirit of all the addresses, as well as of the
resolutions adopted, is that the Administration
must be sustained in all its efforts to put down se;
cession, and'preserve the Union complete A pro-
Cession moved through the principal streets, cum
posed of thousands of men on horseback, In oar
riages, on foot, and embracing all the military
and civil org . anizatione in the City: All the politi
cal parties joined in the demonstration. and the
outward signs are that the people of San Francisco
are unanimously for the Union and 'the Adminis
tration, and that they will peril everything to pre•
serve it
The Douglas Democratic State Central Com
mittee has lamed a call for a State Convention to
assemble in hacramento. on the coming Fourth of
July, to nominate a State ticket. The , resolutions
passed by this committee adopt the If and the
laws as the platform of the party, which means
that they favor coercion and civil war to any, ex
tent necessary to put down Secession. - -
A telegraphic despatch from Los Angeles states
that,. tone star flag " was raised in Edmonta,
on 9unday lest by a band of forty mounted men.
They were probably Texans, as emigrants from
that State have always composed a large portion
of the populatiou residing in the southern counties
of this State. Not much importance is attached
to this small rebel crowd. This is the first de
monstration of the kind that has occurred on thin
coast, and is probably•destined to be the only one.
The rebellion settlers of Santa Clara county had
a eenferenee yesterday with the Legislative Com
mittee:- They:are memorializing the-Legislature
to pane an act to enable them to amend the record
in the District Court so that they can take each an
appeal us will present the merits of their defence
more full,* than the same now appears on record.
-The conference was still in session at the last Re
counts, and it is hoped that a compromise will be
agreed upon by which the question of title -to the
land they occupy may be read and indicated so as
to remove all onuses for the compie ate they now
rank..
The latest pony express dates that have been re
cdived are to April 29Ch. The general belief here
is that a terrible and exhausti‘ e civil war is inevi
table, and ought not to be shrunk from if a dis
honorable peace is to be the consequence. The
enthusiasm of the masses throughout toe populated
districts of one State in behalf of the Union, and
the organization of clubs in the cities and towns to
maintain the laws and prevent treasonable de
signs, area complete cheek on the utterance of Se
cession alintitnents, if anyaucti ening in the State.
In the Assembly, yesterday, Mr. Converse pre
sented a petition from a large number of oitisena of
Eldorado, praying for the po.ssage of an ant offering
the President the credit of the State of California
for any sum which the Legislature may see fa, for
the support of the Goverment, snob act to be sub
mitted to the people, at the next elution, for their
approval.
OREGON
News from Oregon has been received per the
steamer Cortez, to the 6th inst. ; and from British
Ouipmbia to the 21. -
The papers contain nothing of interest.
The stampede for the Caribboo mining region
in British Columbia continued. The prospects
were excellent.
- Considerable amount of treasure hed reached
Victoria by the Fraser river steamers. In the
meanwhile, bullfrogs at the town was very duU.
Ihs people of Portland appear to be in a blase
of petriOlo armament. in cousequenoe of the
news resilited'from the East. The papers of tbat
place pnblith a call fora mats meeting, to be held
on the evpnlog of the 4tb of May, ot all good citi
zens who desire that the Federal Oovernment shall
be sustained. and that the national flag shall not
trail in the dust.
The steUmer Cortez brought down three con
parries et:, the Third Artillery, S. Army, in all,
eight Awe and two hundred men, and aunty
flee horror, under command of Captains Ord and
Hardee aad Lieutenant Kip.
Secesstou of North Carolina.
MONTGOMVILY, May U.—Governor BIM has pant
the following telegram toPrealdent Davis
i 0 North Carolina dap palmed as ordfuswoo of
aeoesetou uainimoaaly.";
A Southern Blockade at Memphis,.
ST. Lome, May private despatch froM
Memphis announces that the Southern Confede•
racy has established a blockade, at Memphis, pro
hibiting the passage of all onward• - bound boats.
The London Times' Correspondent.
Haw °MOANS; May 21 —Mr flamed, tha nor
rasrundeni of the London Times, arrived hero
thta morning. ,
Markets by Telegraph.
Nate Ontassme, May 20 —Cotton—Salea today
of 800 bales at 111 i. Sates of three days ' l,Boo
bales; recSipte, - 2,400 balsa, against 2.000 balsa;
decrease of receipts at this pert for the season,
848 000 baltta ; decrease at all Southern porte,
847 400 bales. Sugar is firmer at Nike Flom
buoyant and adianclag ; sales at $7 50. Mess
Pora $22 ' Lard, in kegs, 13 io Coffee—Rio,
14iFa,15Se. lezezekti on notton to Liverpool. 'slid.
dealing orethauge, 913697 ; on New York, Zio3 per
cent. disootint. I
POINT Rimumis,F.aasc.—A, trot will come off
thin atternen ntlhe Point Breese Pak. Theo:mu
test will be between Capitols and Creole, both
well matched for firmed. A large number of our
tautens will doubtless be present on ibis occasion.
—Tide tgdmery Advertiser of the 16th
'natant say thus the various amounts abOut
dride of le mist moque having been granted by
the Wasßepasts:cent of the Southern Clotifede
ram and , that thonaande of applications'are el
reedy on Ale, it a gloss error. Applioations for
that business are made to the colleotors of the dif
ferent ports, and not to the department at Mont
gomery, where none have been received. A num
ber of applications.have been made mite Deflect
eporarts,l N. , 4 Orleans, Mediae., and other Southern
Tlis power of the Minie rile bail been proved
in the colibion of the troops with the mob at et.
Louie. The belle in etriking the waits tore the
backs for a epees of three or fon? Inaba in diamot
ter, and, when they .trunk perpendloularly, pene
trated to the depth of six • inches into the solid
wall. One 'het, fired at an angle to the wall, tore
away the owner of a brink next the door-frame,
struck the edge of the frame, penetrating through
It at leEnt 111 Mabee, and went through the door
Into the building, lodging in the oppeeite
IT IS 51W that Commander Maury, soon
after the efection of Lincoln wee ascertained,
wrote to indasotisl persons abroad that the Go
vernment would soon be broken up, and that the
sooner European Governments recognised the
Southern Confedereoy, about to be established,
the better. Being better known in Europe,
through hie contributions to nautical science than
most other Americans, there is an apprehension
that his adolost will not be without weight.
TUN TEXAS EPI9COPAI CO2iVSITIOEI has been
in session at Austin for some days. It bas been
decided to send a delegatien to Montgomery, Ala ,
In July next, to moo; with delegations from th e
worst diodeses of the sanded Sam, it to +builds
whether or not this vonerabie and influential
religious body dial steeds from the Northern
Church."
MorrooMilvpaper says OVer one thou
mud men haye loft Montgomery for Penewoola
wAilia the lass two days. They aro all In good
spirits, and expel as early engagement. dome of
room wore Disrobing to the very anpop g lar and
inappropriatelane of the "Dead March.
D. H. TODD, of Now Orleans, brother of
Mrs. President Lino*la, has beau appointed A gm
lieutenant in the army of the Confederates. W.
W. Crane tt. Co., b whose employ Mr. Todd has
been for the last -five year'', have given him an.
outfit, and consented to continue his salary u long
as the war Mt&
THE CITY.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS.
SOLDIERS AT CHURCH-
CAPTURE OP ANOTHER PR12.1
SEIZURE 0I? TELEGRAPH DESPATCHES
Yesterday morning. the Scott Legion Regiment
were addressed by Bev, Ar. Boardman. The Le
glom formed on Walnut street, about half past 10
o'clock, and marched toward the church, where
they were seated, to the number of six hundred,
by half past 11 o'clock, filling up the lower floor,
the galleries being occupied by ladles.
The appearance of the gallant fellows, 609 -
pod in their martial uniforme, with the frankness
of the soldier and the intelligence of the cltiien de
veloped. in their feCeil, was suggestive of those
sterner days when the Puritan pastor, on the eve
of battle, lilted up his voice to the God of hosts,
and besought a blessing upon the horoio men who
were about to throw their bode; in the broach,
and their soave in thaAght,
Their cf6aera, in fill &ilk With stlord and Saki,
sat at the heads of the companies, and implicit at
tention was paid by both orneore and men.
Dr Boardman spoke in a calm, cogent tone, and,
after reading the 91st Psalm, he made a speech ea
follows
GOWNED iiRAY, 011 , 10DRO, OND Mu s t Or TWA
SCOTT LIiGION: I OM bore to-day by your request.
A few days ago your commanding officer asked for
the holding of these services. I feel that the re
quest was honorable to your regiment. lam sure
that your presence here to-day . will increase the
interest which these ladles take in you. All here
will follow your course with interest, and pray for
yen. ,It is most becoming in us to acknowledge
God when engaged in such &solemn cause as yours.
God's providence is universal It works in this
war in all its particulars, and the preparations of
CtOvornsitent. Without his smile all will be unless.
Others have rethinded you of Hunker Hill, and
rehearsed to you the canoes of this contest. Your
presence here shows that you require no voice from
the pulpit to influence your patriotism. I would
turn your thoughts to religion. Por the time be.
ing yon have chosen war for your profession. No
one knows how long you will be so engaged In
the Revolution it was said by Washington that the
men only who enlisted fur a long period ware to be
much depended on.
As time and religion are the great reconollers of
men to sorrow, so they reconcile on to the discharge
of any painful duty. You think this: a painful
service, more so because it is against your fellow
oonntrymen. The uprising of the North has as
tonished us, and will the world. This trading
race has all at owe given testimony of the posses•
eon of most enthusiastic patriotism, equal to that
Shown in the Revolution.
Your great question is bow may I best qualify
myself. Your officers will train you for figistiog.
It is my ogles to tell you that religion is more in
dispensable than any other qualification for
this or any other work. Whether you have
enjoyed religious privileged or not, or have
fallen into evil habits. it hi plain that you must love
and oISOY God, or yeti Can never dwell with Him.
I come, then, to point you to the cross of Christ. lie
came into the world to save sinners. He alone'
can do it. The great central doctrine of true
religion is the deotrine of a 61416143 d Savieur_
I can well imagine that to some here this whole
subject is full of mystery. You say I respect the
Bible and religion, but knots [Rad about them.
Bat there is one can teach you, and will do so wil
lingly. Some of you are fathers. I visited the
home of a volunteer the other day- Six little
children were there, innocent and beautiful
These ladies have denied themselves in helping
the volunteers; but what are their sacrifices com
pared with that of this departing soldier? You
fathers love your children, but your Heavenly
Father is more willing to give you what you need
than you are to satisfy the wants of your children.
You get favors time and again from a friend, and
then feel doubtful about asking for more. The
more Gad gives you, the more He wishes to give
Give him your hearts freely, and Be will give you
the most desirable equipment even for a Midler.
A while ago many thought that religion and
warfare could move nothing in common In these
last days the history of the Bridals army is full of
such names as that of If aveleek
War is no holiday affair. Heretofore we have
seen only the parade, and thought it was a fine
thing. Soldiers, and these who gene at them now,
wear DO holiday faces. Every one of these six
hundred is a centre of affection. There is, there
fore, much straining, though no sundering, of the
ties of love.
Your coming life will be often monotonous—
year fare plain. There will be much exposure to
be met, in all kinds of weather In the Revolu
tion, in the very first year, 4 000 out of 6 000 Con
necticut soldiers deserted, because of Boma sick
new. You are mostly young, and have the Ante
dean youth's love of having your own way. This
is our national defect. This mat not do In the
oamp, as year <Owe will tell you
There are groat temptations to be encountered.
This cannot be too deeply impressed on your mind
do hope you will glve up that useless, wicked
ungentlemanly practise—profane stressing. Be
on your guard egainet strong drink. Resist this
devil and it will flee from y ou
The very object of
war is destruction, and it is
dangerous all around. But more die by other
&mess than by wounds. Already there are twenty
soldiers in the hospital in Christian street. Guard
against anneeessary exposure ; your health Is your
most precious earthly treasure. Y u hate to lie
down on a home sick bed ;'but how comfortable
that is compared with the camp hospital. But
when your sickness and wonndroome, remember
there are 10 04:10 ladles in Philadelphia, who will
ears for the aiok soldiers sent here. .
in our present controversy the very life of this
nation is at stake. In one.third of the land loyalty
to the Union is called treason. Bach is the mon
strous, spectacle that is presented to us- Where
before has sin achieved such a triumph over reason
and Christianity? May God enlighten the minds
of these insane men.
The heroes of this war will be held In remem
brance like these of the B evolution. Their names
will be embalmed for all time. You are not mar
etenaries—no }lonians. You are fighting for your
own intonate. Religion will intensify year pa
triotism.
You are a legion. The Roman legion were not
made of mercenaries; but of citizens. Yet you
will need help from God to carry you through.
For true'religion is ever the true nurse of courage.
It establishes natural courage upon a firm founda.
tion. The more we love God the lea we fear men.
" Havelock's Saints" were the men for emergen
cies in the Sepoy war.
True bravery is allied with humanity and reli
gion. Major Anderson's leading attribute is his
profound piety. Oh if we could have an army
of such men. You will need religion as a pre
psration for death. Yotimay all come bask ; but
it is not likely. Soldiers, you take your lives in
your hands, and the battle-field is no place to pre
pare for death.
A British officer wrote the night before the
storming of the Sedan "At one o'clook to-mor
row we storm the Redan I place my trust in
God through Christ. Pardon me,
my beloved, for
any unhappiness I have caused. Should I fall,
my word is ' Thy will be done.' If we meet not
again here. may we meet in Heaven through
Christ." He died in the attack. Soldiers, go to
the war in that spirit , and it will be well with
you.
In conclusion let me recapitulate. Resist temp
tation, do your duty; be not ashamed to pray, even
If you have to kneel among your comrades. One
of our naval trommanders once, after a worldly
life, became religious. There was much merri
ment on the ship, and much curiosity to see how
be would act. On Sunday he stood up before them
with his Bible and read, " I am not slammed of
the Gospel of Christ " Headley Viokere went
around exhorting the soldiers when the shot wore
falling thick around him.
May God's presence surround you as with a wall
of Ire! May the everlasting arms be under you
through all the coming struggle! May you all,
through Christ, be brought into the heavenly
kingdom ! Amen.
after the conclusion of the service, the Legion
countermarched before the church to let the people
see them. Their equipments are not yet complete,
but they are being untried forward with all pod
ble despatch.
It is expected the regiment will leave to day.
crant.narort rate's SUM IN roar.
Yesterday morning the steam tug Ame•oea ar
rived a' this port, having in tow the ship General
Parkhill, of Charleston, and taken while attempt
ing to make that port on the return trip from
Liverpool.. We learn from the naval authorities
that the ship made tiro attempts to evade the
Wakede end run into Charleston. She was or
doted off twice and attempted to make signals to
the land. She was then seised and 'ant North in
charge offessed Midshipman Sly and a prise crew .
Two Palmetto flags, which had evidently been
freely used, were found on board.
Through the kindnese of the °Mean of the navy
yard, we proceeded to the prize ship, which liaa at
anchor opposite the yard, and we had an interview
with Forbes, the master of the ship. Be treated
us very eourteottely and gave us the following par:
doulars :
The ship Is 555 tone burden, and ehe in owned
by Patterson A Stark, of Charleston, S. C. Capt.
Forbes did not sail out in commend of the ship,
lint joined her at Liverpool, having been requested
to do so afar the death of the captain. tmptain
Pike, the former master of the ship, was murdered
on board by the crew, while lying at Liverpool,
and the mate wee vary severely Injured at the
time. Forbes and an entirely new orew then
pined the ship, and she set sail for Charleston OD
the 26th of March.
• Forbes states that he knew nothing of the block
ade until he reached the coast, not having spoken
any venal while on the voyage home. Oa at
t em ptin g to slyer the harbor of Charleston with
the American flag flying, on Sunday, the 12th inst.,
-he was brought to by a shot from the Niagara
He lays he satisfied the Commodore that all was
right. and he waa given a passport to enter Hamp
ton Roads, or anyliort north of that point He
states that after parting company with the Nea.
gara, he run up the house flag," bearing the
letters " P 8," the initials of the owners- On
making this signal he was again overhauled, and
this time a prise orew wee put on board, an d , the
ship was sent North ae a prise.
Forbes is said to be a Northern nice by birth,
but his present home is in Baltimore. He ex
presses much surprise at finding himself a prisoner
and his ship a prise. It is almost needless to say
that Forbes and his crew are properly detained
OA board the ship for the present.
The Parkhzfe is loaded with salt, principally In
ballast. She is . quite a fine looking ship, although
rather an old craft. She now has the Stars and
Stripes flying from her peak.
Midshipman Sly went before Judge Cadwalader
as judge of a price court, and having made
the necessary affidavit, a prise commissioner wee
appointed to take testimony. After this shall have
been done, a notice will be issued for claimants to
appear and show cause why the ship and cargo
elloold not be confiscated to the 11130 of the United
Mates Government , As the ehlf sound as the
property of a hubjAnt of the United States, the
Government declaring the blockade, there can be
no division of prise money among the orew of the
blockading ship. The money realised trout the
sale will go into the coffers of the Government,
and aselet to defray the expenses of the blcielcade.
TBL LOWIS6 WARDS AWASIECI
An anthusiaatic Union meeting waa held on Mon
day evening, at the corner of Ninth and Waslpng
ton streets, by the citizens of the - lower wards'.
Addresses, were delivered by a number of promi
nent speakers, salutes were fired, and immense
bonfires illumined the sky. Jeff. Davis was burn
ed in effigy. The whole affair passed of with
great ezeitement, and was participated in by thou
sands of the citizens. Jeff. Davie has bean bang
Wlin effigy for some time on the telegraph wire at
point.
MICIOND onoonrirt or. mood isdtort.
This regiment hue Its ireseiesvoue at ionee'
note!,t Cbeetnat @treat, store Sixth, and In a few
days will be nitteterod Into the aerobe. The offl•
oars are men who have. olbrted their country in
Mexico, and they now offer thettienives a second
time, for any period that may be required. Ao
!hie °recantation goes for the ear, we would ask
the aibseee of Philadelphia to interest theillaelVeß
in itt fairer, and to see that they start fully and
comfortably equipped Lieut. W. F. Evane,_Lleut
G it Came, Lieut. Vanschlavin, Capt. 0 5 Van
del, Capt. Horrcll,and Lieut Ctl Haines have been
appointed um a committee, by the 6oat'd ar officers,
to receive contributioni.
TIM EMMA 'MITA 6113A9DS
Captain Idward W. Powers, of the Buena Vista
Guards, now attaeffed to General Sickles' Brigade,
13 at the Globe Hotel, reuniting for the brigade.
Captain Powers , company of the Guards is full
all US 'nowhere have boon sworn in and radstered
into the United States service. Mechanics tit fef
a company of sappers and miners will be enlisted,
sworn in and pat under pay immediately at the
Globe Hotel, from which they will proceed to New
York to join the Excelsior Brigade. The reception
of Cara; foiowe on him return tam New York was
a fine tribute tf:i file real and patriotism,
611{BNI I .I.Cf:ErRED
Ey advices from Harrisburg yesterday morning,
we burn that four companies—A ; B, D, and 1•:--
and a fifth company, 11, from Montgomery county,
of Col. De Korportay's regiment, have been ac
cepted by the Governor. The meta the regiment
Will be taboo from the country. They go to camp
at Auden this week.
nutzunnof TRlr TELECIRAPR ROOREI , ..I" I 7LL PAR-
dz~~Lar.~
The propriety of taking, pcsatAwien of ail miss.
sages conveyed South, by means of teleswaphio
companies of the Northern and WesternStateff, has
been the great topio of discussion in the Cabinet
at Washington during the last week.. The cm
partitive scarcity of arms in Northern aides, and
the fact that announcements bad been known to be
made of the different military movements of ,the
Federal Goverallialit to the leaders of the revolip
tion South, led to the idea Mid its general develop
ment.
Accordingly, on Saturday last, ordett from the
Government were received by all the United States
District Attorneys in the several districts of the
Northern and Western States, reqUeeting them to
take possession of all telegrap hic matter sent over
the wires to the Southern States, in order to disco
ver the aid and sympathy which such States had
received from trailers in the North. There were
two hewn objects which the movement was In
tended to accomplish The one d os to dirsmvor
the quantity of arms received by the South from
the liTsrtli, and those who had sent them; and the
other to ascertain if the plane of the revolutionists
bad at any , time been revealed to the individuals
who were siappoged to aympetbife With them. The
order was received in this oily by Georg,' A. Cof
fey, El., the U S. District Attorney, who prompt
ly gave Wm Miliward, Eq . , Marshal of the die
triot, orders to obtain possession of any telegraphic
despatches that may have been Bent or received,
with purposes hostile to the Government, or in re
lation to supplies of arms or provisions purehatied
or forwarded to the Southern rebels.
Upon obtaining possession of the despatchee,
said the District Attorney, should the record or
files in which they are included -also embrace
Other telegraphic despatches, bearing no comma
don with this subject, you are authorised to assent
to the peokagen which may be taken by you being
sealed, to be opened and examined on the part of
the United &atm Government, upon notice to the
telegraph agent from whom you receive them.
The lilOtreMeDt was ordered to be simultaneous,
Sit order to prolout Fbe outolattolootitta of the toot
,er from one city to another, which might time de•
feat the objects of the Government Tne arrange
ments were all perfected in New York on Sunday
last ' when the effmers entrusted with the secret
met. Ae there was but one office in this city. that
of the Ameriesn Telegraph Company, in direst
oommattica-ion with the South, it wan deemed
p•r.p•r that it should be the only one to which the
offloere should proceed. The secrecy was so par
kin*, preserved in the matter that not an indi
vidual, except the officers cognisant, was aware of
the design till it was mowed. The west ample
means were taken to avoid any public exposure of
communications of a private nature, while, at the
same time, securing the means of mob a thorough
examination as would insare the motes of the
proieeding.
At the hour named in the order, three o'clock on
Monday afternoon, officers in all the ()Mee entered
the telegraph offices. At that of the American
Telegraph Company, on Broadway, New Yolk,
they made known to the president, Mr. Sandford,
the object of their visit, and the authority of the
Government to make it and take possession of the
original copies of nigh despatches as had been sent
South. The president of the company claimed that
despatohes of a private nature, and net , relative to
the objects of the Government, should be held !ti
ered. The officers assured the president that ouch
despatches would not be revealed, and that the
utmost care would be taken to separate them from
those deemed of importance, by the Goverpment.
The officers were then shown to the upper rooms,
where the despatches had been stored.
The apartment was literally covered with
parcels of telegrams, which had been received
daily from all parts of the South for the last
twelve months. There were some three hundred
and sixty-five packages, each composed of about
seven hundred telegrams, amounting in round
numbers to two hundred and fifty.five thousand
despatches When the offieere gazed at the huge
bulk of telegraphic matter they bad come to re
move they mined aatonithed. Bach of the Macre
present would have as his appropriate share about
forty of the parcels to carry. In view of the cir
cumstance, it was at once arranged that the tele
grams should remain in the room under the share
of two deputy marshals, who will be quartered an
the building till the Government shall appoint
°Evers to examine the telegrams. Mumps were
exchanged between the different telegraphic offices
in New York oily and the North and West, an
nouncing that the Southern despatches of those
offices had been also eimultaneously seized by
authority of the Gavernment. The atidement that
parties in this 'city and LNew York were involved,
by the telegrams seized, in the crime of treason,
was simply a speculation on the proceeding, ee
will be seen from the fact that the despatches have
not yet been opened, but retain the seal of the
company with which they had been originally
bound. -
&PIM; IN THE NORTE
It has been regarded as certain, says the New
York Post of last evening, that Jeff Davis has
bad an tinny of spies and informers in the North
am cities, some of whom were sent on from the
South, and some of whom are citizens. These
telegrams will establish the truth of this belief
beyond a doubt, and will also furnish the
Geyer-natant tenth the names of many of the spies
and informers,_ arid if snob regard their personal
safety they had better leave for the territory of
the rebels immediately, for there oan be no doubt
but that the United States authorities havenow a
clue to their proceedings, whlok will render it nn.
safe for them to remain.
Nor are the spies and informers the only (nisi
whoa* treason will be laud bare try these despatches
Those who have been supplying the booth with
arras and munitions of war will now be known, and
if the Government does net obtain evidence t000n•
viol such men of treason, it will at least be able to
mark and watob them with a vigilant eye, and
prevent them doing future mischief
One thine is certain. Every traitor who has
corresponded with the rebels by telegraph during
the last twelve months is now known by name to
the Government
The finsnoial and diplomatic hopes and plans of
the rebels—their negotintimo for arms and ammu
nition—the treachery of army and navy Moors,
and other movements of the greatest importance,
are by this bold stroke platted within the know
ledge of the Jeederal authorities,
There can be no doubt but one result will follow
immediately Hundred, of loorot traitors, who
are now in this city and other ratios In the North,
will deem it safe to leave immediately, and we
shall probably see no more of them in theee parts.
They will forthwith place themselves under the
protection of the Montgomery Government.
Presbyterian General Assembly, 0. S.
The Moderator, Rev. Dr. Backus, opened the
Assembly with prayer yesterday morning, at
nine o'clock.
The Assembly deoided net to create an English
mission, as adted by a Boon* minister, who sent a
communication from tbe military camp at Alder
shod near London.
The proteet of Rev. Dr. Breokinridge was then
dbonsand, but yrkhout c=robading the eubjeot, the
order of the day came ap. This was she report of
the Board of Pabliontioa , of which we have given
an abstract.
The seeretary of the Board of Publication, Rev.
Dr. !Schnook, made an able, forcible, and elaborate
address on the position and somas of the Board
And its variant enterprises. 11 wax listened to
with much Interest. Be remarked as an indloation
of progress. that more than one hundred churches
bad contributed to the Board this year who had
never before 'Dent Iry a dollar. This woe en
couraging, but much more, aid was needed, and
he appealed with earnestness for mere sonorous
and general contributions to the great MOO
These printed worke, issued by the Board and
bearing the seeds of the Gospel, are a moat potent
means of grace, end while we should pray for mis
sions and the preached Word, we Shenld not forgot
this mighty engine. the Press. 'We plead that the
Assembly would remember in their homes, fami
lies, and pulpits the came of publication.
The report of the Committee on the Annual
Report of the Board of Publication was then taken
up by seollons.
be nut motion approves the seal, economy, effi
oienoy, and fidelity of the Board.
The second section contains a eulogy of the
late J. P. Engles, so long connected with this In
terest.
The third section urges the introduction of the
juvenile issue , of the Board into churches .
The fourth section recommends pastors and Sun
day schools to the dietribution fund.
Toe sixth section nominates nee members of the
Board
Oo the first section the Rev. Dr. Edwards took
the door. He proceeded at length to state that in
opposing the adoption of the report, he was acting
dielateresMdly, and then went on to state that he
could not thoroughly endorse the actions of the
Board without fuller information than the Board
has given us in their report Although they are a
mercantile and manufacturing agency, they have
not fiirnisbed us the statement of their profile, and
I wilt aRk for the statement of their profits for
the peat five years. In purananoe of his argn•
meat the speaker referred to the Mot that $3 000
pir annum was given to two executive officers
:or the memastement of $41,000 Then, in adas
the corner DEng loorotary gets 81.200, and tl e
treasurer gets $l.OOO, and a book-keeper and hi
smistanta get $2,031 per annum. He thought
there were too many of these Moors, and the
duties of two or three of them might be performed
by one of them. Re further remarked on the
Publications of the Board, the Record and the
Sunday School Visitor. The latter, he thought.
had improved mimeo be " pitched into" it. but as
for the Record, it was so dull that you might as
well read the Con gressi oval Globe for instinct"( rt.
[Laughter I Again : The speaker thought the
Board ought to get their printing done wherever
It could be done cheapest, instead of giving it to
any firm on account of their high 'tending. Again :
Board is altogether too intimate with the
Pre., kyterian newspaper for the good of the Boud.
Farther, the speaker thought the Assembly ought
to know all about every aetaii.of the business of
the Board, and 110 blushed for the Preebytesien
Church, when he compared the ISeOrtey of -the
operations of the Board with that of the Methodist
Marah, for Instance
The Rev. Dr. McPhail, chairman of the Oom
ratite° on the Report of the Board, next took the
floor: lie bald that the Board had made no effort
to conceal its operations from the committee, and
that, so far is they knew, the Board was toady to
. answer any inquiry.
Dr.-iShneak then came on the platform to and
ewer Dr. Edwards, and maintain the itorgeotneee
of the policy of the Board. Be said that the
Ili.
nutes of the Ezeontive Committee of the Dota
together with full stamen:tato of the operadenrrei
rotten. This has been in accordance
the Beard, had been presented to the ournotittoe
for their is
with a reselatiod e the Assembly, passed in Pap
and it has been dealt regularly every ye ar. T •
Beard d ohertainly consider that it would he i n ::
pedicnt to scatter abroad in print the tell iletsllS
of the operations of the Board. In lisle they ens
with most of the religions publishing Gram:dur um :
in the country. These same charges we:o t ea d o
against us two years ago, at ladianapolle, and
the
Assembly was satisfied with my explanation.
A ga in, UM same thing happened at Peochetter
y e ar. Bet if the Assembly now wishes to De e s
rho printed and published, it hill b:
done. It is against the opinion and flavoring s of
the Board, but It will be done
A Voice. Why is it inexpedient to publish th e
bulance•sheet ?
Dr. Schnook. I cannot go into details, but lin t:
km here, that ether houses are in jest the Beale Ilea
of business, and it is not desirable to let our rivet s
edxsayanalzwadtiwonigthin
with know the detail( of our operations. The spe a k er
went on to state that the percentage of expendi ture
a t t , y u the
try Board
ur z r s , o th w , e r, Bp s n o proporti o n ,
akwlroseni esalaatraytihnDaendr.mt2bodas.tt
of the religious publishing
the various executive officers,
wards objected to, were busy
correepondence, superintendence, do , which 00012.
pied their time to the fullest extent The worker
the secretary is a work for a clergyman, while the
labor uf Me other alleys is exeluelvely regui tt ..
These two breaches cannot be combined, and ought
not to be combined. Again, When we found we
must have a treasurer in place of Dr Iditohell, we
ascertained that if he was put under bond, n o
aught to have a salary. No mercantile arm or
bank will ask a man
_to go under Wade without
paying a salary. The opinion of the Board wee
une yiftntme that be should have a salary.
L 4 7 718r wis t tok r ifthe r k et ePr
does t s lly do teworwhilet:trure?
Papers
merely
the bookkeeper does any work
ideal •Itie ?
Sohneolf.
belonging to the 1. - i.S. s ‘rer'S °fri°t . , presume it le
a matter fairly and 1„.91 . 10111bly adjusted betweenth A em e . olee. What are the boi'it? of the treasurer?
Dr. Schneok. I believe they 're $ l 6 000, tho ug h
I am not certain as to the exact tuPohtut•
.A Tilice. What is the amount of the oaphal of
the Board?
Several voices. What ' d the capital?
Another voloe. I hope that will not be statA an.
lest the Aseembly call for the balance-sheet
Dr. Schnook. Whenever the Assembly Gallo for
the balance-eheats, I can give an appriiikanteeati•
mate of the capital. Ao to the dullness and Ile.
pidity of the Home and Furrtga -Record,' the
Board of Publication la responsible for about two
pages of it. The other thretrhoarda of the change
may take the'reaponsibillty of the stupidity of th e
other fourteen pager [Laughter J Again, the
Board done most certainly get Its printies and Med
ics done as cheaply and as well as it ie poraible to
have it done. Other parties would do it cheaper
for ue, but they are not responeible prem. 1p
reply to the charge that the Board was controlled
with the .Presbyterian: newspaper clique, th e
speaker declared that so far as that paper and Its
editor were concerned, they had always acted BO es
to help the cense of Christ and the interest of
Preaby terianism.
Dr. Aldrich. Has the Board ever gives a con
tract to a 0.7 of these parties connected with the
Presbyterian, who took it on the conditlina that
the loot would not be published, and who took it
several hundred dollars cheaper on account of its
80-r - -07 7
Dr. Eishnock. No air.
Dr Musgrave. Ido not see why information hi
withheld as to the capital of the Board. I think,
the Assembly ought to determine whether the
Board has not sufficient capital. Are the prate to
be kept down constantly by adding one salary
armor after another? I think, fur one, that the
capital is large enough already, and I think that
the Assembly should change the direction of Carr
plus. For instance, the p rice
. of the hooka issued
might be decreased. it 111 not desirable that the
Board should get a capital of half a million, for it
will roach that amount, unless they multiply their
salaried officers =oc fast [Laughter J
In 1861 or 1852. I estimated their net probta at
$lO 000 per annum By this time I think the capi
tal has reached $250 000 A year or so ago they
would not sell tam real estate in this oity for $75,.
000, as I have reason to believe; and that is a
pretty good item of capital to begin with.
The order of the d.'y wee imbed bore, cod the
speaker took his seat
Dr. Cook, agent of the New York Sabbath As.
sooiation, then took the floor and made an able
address, and the Assembly soon after conoluded
its morning session.
APVIIRKOON 81N410./
The meeting was opened with penyee at four
o'olook.
The committee on bills and overtures reported
as follows :
Toe Preebyteries of Lucerne and fitutquehnna,
in the Synod of New Jersey. _ The ' af
Northumberland, in the Synod of Philadelphia.
Overture to the General Assembly for the forma
tion of a new Synod, embraoing the Synod of
Northern Pennsylvania. Its first meeting to be
held in Danville, on the Third Tnead.sy of October
next, at 2 o'clock. To be opened by a sermon by
Rev Dr Yeoman, or, in ease of hie absence, by the
oldest minister present.
Toe dissuasion on the report of the Board of
Publication, made in the morning, was resumed
Dr. Musgrave first took the floor. He said they
were asked to express an opinion that the Board
had conducted their affeire imonombiall,y. This he
ROW d not do, unless acquainted with the excesses.
The expenses in Philadelphia amounted to $17,600.
what he termed an morrow sum. MI was IR
per sent more than their sales. In his consoieuee,
he could not believe this economy ; he thought It
an extraTegant sum. The of of the Board
were paid too high salaries
He thought the Board had been paying higher
prices for their printkA, than they ought to. For
the publication of the Record they had been paying
45 °mots per token, when ho bad had reliable in
formation that a gentleman offered to do the same
for 27 oenta per token Hs thought the Board of
Publication was too closely connected with the
Presbyterian. He did not pretend to charge the
want of honesty on any of these officers ; but ft is
not economy to place the printing in the betide or.
those who are so obeely conneoted. The printing,
he thought, could be done with an abatement of at
least 101815 per cent. Another thing, be wanted to
know if any book establishment in Christendom
would hire book agents at fixed salaries and pay
their travelling expenses? He thought not, as
there would be no inducement to sell Why not
pay them a commission on what they eon, as other
book estabLahmenta do?
Mr. T. 0 Henry moved that the whole matter
be recommitted to the committee again, and
that Dr. Musgrave and Dr. Edwards meat that
committee and then explain and point out these
charges which they bad made.
Mr. Henry thought this Board was as well
managed as any other. They had been charged
with certain things, and gross insinuation' had
been thrown out. .0e hoped these gentlemen
would go before the committee and say all they
had to say, and then the Assembly could deter
mine for themselves; whether things; were managed
economically.
Dr. Edwards thought this motion was an impro
priety upon the member. of this house. He would
offer the following as an amendment:
That the committee on the report of the Board
of Publication be instructed to inquire into and
report to this General Assembly what changes, if
any, may be made in the organization or policy of
the Board of Publication, in order to Its greater
efficiency and usefulness.
Said animates shall eonfer with the Beard Or
officere thereof, and shall eopecially consider, 1.
Whether the officers of corresponding secretary
and superintendent oolportege may not be
merged into one. 2 Whether the officer's book
keeper and treasurer may not also be combined.
2. Whether there should not be an editor
appointed for the Home and Foreign Record
sod Sunday School Vinton or whether the
present editor of the Board might not eon
duet both, or whether the former of these
papers may not be diseenthlued. 4. Mather it
be not economical and expedient to issue prep
eels for Its materials and Its work, and to award
the contracts to the lowest and best bidder. 5.
What is the present actual capital and assets of
the Board, and then net amount of profits of the
;let five years. 8 Whet systems, if any, of dis
trict agonies, would best serve, with due regard
to safety, to increase the sale End circulation of the
Board's publieations? 7 What other improve
ments, if any, may be advisable and predicable in
toe department of colportage? S And in general
whatever else may be pertinent to the subject
matter or their inquiry.
Dr. Schnook thought that ea only cite side bed
been heard, it would be wrongto room:emit ilia
we had beard from the opposite side
Dr. Montfort moved that the matter be referred
to a special committee, to report one year bones
on the inquiries made in the resolution of Dr. "'a
wards.
Mr. Henry withdrew his motion.
Mr. Bahneek, secretary of the Board, took the
floor. He was not aware that snob charges were
to be made against the Board. The first thing the
Board was called upon to answer was in regard to
their capital. Some , years since a collection wan
made in all one ehtirehea, which was to be appro
priated under the direction of the General Assem
bly for a capital stook, to be used for trading pup ,
poses by this Board of Publication. This fund•
has accumulated rapidly, and at present is eery
large. When it becomes too large then the pries•
of books is reduced. This his been eons at we.
ray times. The speaker then went on to explain
the necessary expenses of the Board, and had the
floor up to the hour of adjournment.
ZVXNIZW BESBIO.III
A largo slumber of the commissioners were pre
sent in the evening at the atutiversat7 of the hoard
of Publication.
Tae report has alleidy been pallet:Led in the
columns of The Press.
After the tonal devotional exerriati, nnamber of
addreasel were delivers d the clergy preeent.
hf.PROVED Anvirioset, Limne.—Porliape
DO branch of industry bee there been a more mark
ed improvement during the lest few years than in
the manufacture of artitiolal limbe, and we were
partioalarly impreseed with this feet, yesterday',
upon visiting the establishment of Henry A, OH
7121"Cheatent street, and inspecting two awns
just fi nished by that gentleman, and intended for
Catharine Mcßride. Our readers will remember
that this young girl was acoidentally caught to the
niaohinery of a print manufactory at Holtaelibuill
some two months ago, and so severely irjuied that
her life was despaired of. She was removed to St.
Joseph's Hoepital, however, where. thinks to the
eminent proles:dont' skill of Dr. McClellan, of thie
city, both her arms, above the elbow ' were suesiess
fully amputated, and she has once more been re.
stored to her Wends. We made an appeal in her
behalf at the time of the otiOurrenee, which me
nobly responded to, and sefiloient funds were re-
OeiTed to purehase the artilleial limbs referred to.
Yesterday afternoon they were furnished to the
girl by Dr. McClellan, in the presence of her rola•
does and the committee who Interested themaalves
in her awe, Mr. fi Idea has Ibsen p enl dr.
ly anceessfal in tho manufacture of these nabs.
and has blended mechanism with art. The arms
when covered will present a natural appearance,
and the fingers are jointed in snob a manner that
their wearer will be enabled to nee a knife and
fork. and in the souse et time perform micro
tionaehold. &Mee.
MONTHLY MELTING OP TUE HORTIOULTVIAL
4 .0011 T Y —Lent evening the regular moonily meet
ing of the Hortioultnral Soolety was held at Cow
cart Hall The attendance wu large.
There wee a very line display of flowers and TV.
tables. The meeting was called to order shortly
after sight o'clock. Several oommlttees reported:
and a number of .remitting were awarded.
Suicres.—At au early hour yesterday morn•
lag, a man aimed Arthur Dobsin Isar disoorared
hanging by the neck from the rafters of an old
altd, fri Twentieth street, below Arch When dia•
covered life was exitot, hie feet touching :be
grota.d The deceased was about 46 years of sae.
'a d The coroner was willed •