THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1862.
THE LATEST WAR NEWS
We have, thanks to. the telegraph, news from
^Gen.Clelisn's army up to yesterday morning.
'The enemy have been driven across the Bottom
'bridge, and our forces were, at the date of the des
patch, within eight tulles of itiohmond, and still
.marching on. They had at that time found no enemy
intone. Six pieces (Aube' artillery were found peer
.ed OD the opprsite bank of the Chickahominy, bat pos
session was not taken of them, it not being the wish
of Hen. Stoneman to lEing on an eng,agemont. Gen.
MoCiellaa's headquarters last evening were ex
pected to be within a short diatmuse of Richmond,
rand the grand battle was believed to he imminent.
Faller official despatohee, with reference, princi
pally, to the capture of New Odeane, have been re
ceived from Commodore Farregut. A number' of
the vessels of the fleet under CoMum - lore Lea hat
mended the Ilisaiesippi es far as Vicksburg, for
purposes not yet to be made publio. Commander
Porter was arranging hie mortar vessels in the vi
cinity of Mobile bar, and planting buoys for, the
guidance of the Chips which, have not yet arrived.
It is thought that Fort James was evacuated for
the pm pose of reioforcing Fort Morgan.
By the arrival of the steamer haze from New
bern yesterday, we bave additional confirmation
of the ropurt that the Utdon evidiment is rapidly •
*reading in that State. 'A Bohm meeting was
Mold in k htpardville, Carteret enmity, at whioh
resolutions were unanimously adopted donounoing
the traitors, asking protection from the Federal
Government of all Union men, and warmly wel
coming Mr. Stanley, the now Q'ivernor, to his
&id of labor. The Union people of Craven
county bad formed a borne guard nominally, under
the 1181110 . of the Craven County' Union ROWS
Guards. The Newbero Progress states that the
North Carolina State Convention will adjourn soon,
and that at least two•thirds of its members are
Union men.
Congress Yesterday.
SENATE.—Ii esolutions were passed thanking Capt.
D. G. Farragut, and officers and men under him,
for their late brilliant achievement. The bill amend
atory of the Post Office appropriation bill passed.
A resolution to resolve the Senate. to-morrow, into
a committee of impeachment on the ease of West
H. Ilumphreya was adopted. The confisoation bill,
was further discussed. The tax hill was taken up,
and several amendments were adopted, when the
Senate adjourned.
BOUNE —The bill removing all disqualifications
of color in carrying the melt was tabled. The eon-
Eiderution of the confiscation hill was resumed, and
speeches were made by Messrs. Voorhees, Kelley,
Mallory, and others.
A smut, ELECTION for a Representative in
Congress from the Becks and Lehigh district,
in this State, to serve for the unexpired ter..
of Dr. THOMAS B. Coorsit, I.st‘-1y deceased,
will beheld on Saturday next, the 24th inst. The
candidates are GEORGIE LEAR, of Doyles
town, and Jona D. &rum, of Allentown—the
that being the open advocate of the policy of
President Ltscoan's Administration on.' of the
war, the second the exponent of all the hostill-
ties alike to the AdMinistration and the autho
rized and proclaimed objects or the war: Mr.
LEAR's platkrtn is contained in the following
.reaOhitiOus, adopted by his friends in County
Convention on Tuesday last :
"Resolved, That it is the ditty of every patriotic
citizen, in an emergency like the present, to rally to
the support of the Government of the country, and
to atd to bit utmost' its efforts to put down a twins
sous, sicked, and causeless rebellion against its an
theta', and intended to destroy its very existence.
"Resolved, That with one sword we express oar
cordial approval and support of the measures of the
National Administration to sustain and protect opr
beloved Union against the attacks of domestic trill
-10711 and that we pledge to it our nutted and stead
faseco-operation until treason shill have been ut
terly extinguished, and every traitor shall have
laid down his arms.
"Resolved, That we repose entire conlidenee in
the energy and wisdom ut the. President and his
Cabinet., in the ability and sagacity of our generals
in the field,.and in the bravery end patriotism of
our soldiers in the ranks, and that we rest implicit
faith in their ability to restore our country to its
ancient condition of strength, prosperity, and har
toony•
"Resolved, That while nearly one hundred thou
sand of the breve sons of our noble Commonwealth,
of all political creed's, are fighting shoulder to shoul
der against a common foe, their brethren at houie
should sustain their efforts by electing to office men
who will strengthen and uphold the arm of the Go
vernment, end vindicate the holy cause in which
the army is engaged.
"Resolved, That in presenting the name of
George Lear, liqt., to the people of this Con
gressional district as our candidate for Congress,
we earnestly recommend him as a true, honest, and
loyal othi, and en able and fearless supporter of
the National Administration."
The position of Mr. STILES is best stated in
the fact that the Bucks county so-called "De
mocratic" Convention which nominated him
was controlled by the worst Breckinridgers
of the county, while the resolutions placing
him before the people do not utter a word of
thanks or encouragement for the hundred thou.•
sand Pennsylvanians who are battling for the
Union, and not a word of rebuke of the traitors
-who began the rebellion. Mr. &us* him
eel', who was present when these resolu
tions were adopted, pursued the same line of
argument in his speech, and fully endorsed
the course of the late Representative, Dr.
COMER, who voted steadily with Mr. Vat.LAN-
DiclitAm and other well-known sympathizers
with Secession in the National Legislature.
Tho issue is, therefore, fairly made up in this
district between the friends and the ene
mies of the Administration and of the war.
Could tta people see the gnestion in
its true , light; could they realize that Mr.
STILES will go, if elected to Congress, to act
with the men who look to the rebellion rather
as a means to overthrow the Government than
as a great and unparalleled crime against free
institutions; could they feel, as their absent
friends in the army feel, against all who
do not sustain the President and 'his
wise, conservative, and patriotic course—
Mr. STILES would be overwhelmingly and de-•
servedl}% defeated. Mr. LEAR should be
elected. His great ability, heart-warm loyal
ty, and earnest opposition to the enemies of
the Union, would enable him to do good ser
vice in the National Legislature in this most
important crisis.
HENRY L. CARE, colonel commanding of
the Ninety-sixth Regiment of Pennsylvania
Irolunteers—whowas a private in Captain Mc-
DONALD'S company, which was among the
first to reach the capital after the fall of
Sumpter, when all was gloom and desponden
cy, and who has since been promoted to the
high position he . occupies—is well known in
this State as an ardent Democrat. He co
operated with the straight Douglas Demo
cracy, in 1860, and was one of the Earliest and
bravest of the men who took ground against
the criminal Lecompton policy of JILNIES Re
cant:An. Hound his regiment are now in the
advance under General MeGtEttax, and we
are not surprised to hear that he has proved
to be a most efficient, energetic, and popular
cpmniander. Colonel CA RR, in a recent letter
to Colonel J. H. PuLEsroy; military agent of
Pennsylvania, expresses some opinions which
will be read with interest, written, as they are,
from the battle-field, and being the sentiments
of a conscientious Democrat. After speaking
of his pro-Douglas proclivities, he says
"That the war will be prosecuted to a sacoesefal
issue for the Union is beyond a peradventure. I
did not vote for Mr Lincoln, but I believe that God
Almighty bad a band in his election. He has three
good years to conquer a pesos, but the present Con-'
greEs has only one. It would seem impossible that
this violent and vindlotive contest can drag along
for another twelve month,' but it may. The
old stagers of the Democratic party are lying
in wait, and by a judicious handling of the
war debt,' the taxes,' the Black Repub
lioan, Abolition' scare•orow, that annually
emancipates a flood of black labor, and sets it
North to the undoing of free labor at home,' it is
just probable that a large majority of suoh politi
cians as Biddle and Anoona will take the place of
the present more conservative majority, and then
where are we?
" As sure as it happens, I believe the great trai
tor Breoltinridge and his party, or all that aro left
of them, will be invited back, and the war will have
accomplished nothing. Thus it may overtake us
again in par time and mine. The Yanoeys of the
South will be more exacting than ever, and while
they again come to the North to insult us with
impunity, will prohibit our speaking above a whis
per in Dixie.
" We can never be at peace with the South until
an,infiesible policy in regard to slavery has been
.establishod. Therefore, meet the question now.
Let its abolition be eo gradual that it will be almost
iroperoertible. If this can be done, who doubts
that every portion of the South—the cotton, rioe,
.sugar, tobacco, hemp, and turpentine region—will
accommodate itself to the new order of things ? It
requires no Daniel to suggest, bat a great party only
can carry out the details of the mode.' .
" Let ell who are slaves remain slaves until they
die; but after the first of January, or the hth of
July, 18f.3,.1et no human being be born to slavery
in the United States of America. This has nothing
to do with the disposition of the confiscated pro
perty 'of rebels; and if Government wants to go
farther, let a price be named and paid for the
slaves of each States voluntarily asking the pre
cipitation of emancipation.
"This war should bear some fruit. Let that
fruit be it hundred years of peace,"
TEE ACTION of Common Connell to-day is
looked for with more than ordinary solicitude.
On the 16th instant a hill passed Seleet Coun
cil authorizing the lease of the railroad on
Market street to the Penns3lvania Railroad
Company, for a period of thirty.years, atone
dollar per annum, and to-day the bill will come
up iu the other branch of that body. As this
is a matter affecting not only the interests of
property-owners, and the Intsiaeas of our mer
chants, but the comfbrt and convenience of
our people at large, and in a measure the future
prospects of the city itsPlf, whatever action
that may be taken should be the result of ma
ture deliberation. Htasty proceteling. in a
matter of such vital importance to the city
would be exceedingly injudicious, and proba
bly excite suspicion. From what we have
learned respecting this movement, the pro
pored lease has been urged upon the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company by interested in
dividuals, rather thau sought by the company.
This alone is enough to condemn it. But there
are other considerations which should, and we
have no ddhbt will, insure its rejection. The .
entire newspaper press of this city labored for
years for the removal of the Market-street
sheds, and, much opposition as that mea
sure incurred, its consummation did more to
improve the appearance of our city than any
other act of Councils within living memory.
The fine business ediflces.fianking that avenue
were, until then, buried ornaments, and no one
doubted that the removal of the old market
houses would give a new impetus to the archi
tectural adornment of the street. But for the
war, this hope wou'd already have been
.irc
alized, and now that confidence is being rapidly
restored by the success of our armies, and
trade is resuming its accustomed channels, the
work of improvement has begun. Twelve
months from to-day will witness on Market
'street some of the finest new business edifices
in the world, and, if unimpeded by blind
legislation, it is safe to predict that Market
street, Philadelphia, will in a few years be
come the finest avenue of trade in America.
With- all due regard 'for the advantages
of our great Pennsylvania Railroad, and with
no intention of interfering with its usefulness
as a noble public improvement, we must pro.
teat against this proposed lease, as at once
ruinous to our most Important business ave
nue, and detrimental to the trade of our city,
especially as there are other streets in Philo ! :
delphia through which the same result could
be attained. We hope, therefore ; that the
effort to make Market street a receptacle for
continuous mule trains, clogging the street
east of Broad to the Delaware, as they now do
west of it to the Schuylkill, will be rejected
in COMmon Council to-day, without a dissent
ing vote. We understand that remonstrances
against this contemplated measure are to be
presented to-day, signed by a large number of
our leading merchants.
Tnx Loxnos TIMES can indulge in novel
and startling log!c to serve its own prejudice
or purpose. In an article upon foreign (which,
in this case, means British) intervention in
our domestic troubles, it avows that the
sympathies of Europa are with the So'uth,
and proceeds to establish this fact by a num
ber of characteristic arguments, based upon
the dictates of policy, and totally ignoring
such a useless incunabrance as principle. The
entente cm-chute, which may, for all ordinary
purposes, still be presumed to exist between
thO United States and England, is as perfectly
lost sight of as though it lay at the bottom of
die ocean, along with the Atlantic cable.
What does a royal proclamation of neutrality
amount to when it means starvation to British
cotton-spinners? "" The Southerners have been
our favoritesrsays the Times, "because their
demand for independence was thought too na
tural to be resisted at the sword's point, by a
Government founded on the right of insurrec
tion only." There are only three misconcep
tions in this sentence, that demand our notice.
The Southerners do not demand their inde
pendence. A demand for independence can
never be resisted, for the weapons of right are
Omnipotent. The Times has yet to learn that
there is a vast distinction between indepen
dence and licentieusness—between the abro
gation of old forms of tyranny, and the abro
gation of the very principles of law and order
that lie at the base of society, and underlie
every human reform. A pure democratic
form of government is not a government
founded on the right of insurrection.
By securing to the people the exercise
of the privileges, and the enjoyment of
the blessings ,of civil liberty, •it is
their safeguard against mob violence and
terrorism; and it is only when it comes in
contact with sectional prejudices, and institu
tions hostile to its Spirit, that its peace is as
sailed; and its existence menaced. As long
as such institutions and prejudices exist, they
necessarily imperil its integrity and perpe
tnity ; but it is they that are insurrectionary
and not the, government which has unwisely
fostered them. Again, we deny that a govern
ment founded on the right of insurrection ;
would be a government at all; for govern.
went to a certain extent implies restraint, and
restraint will never be tolerated by the vicious
and lawless, as long as a moans of escape
from its bonds is open to them, and guarantied
as a right. Anarchy is not government, any
more than licentiousness is independence.
The Times seems incapable of comprehending
these nice distinctions. "The demand of the
Southerners for their Independence was too
natural to be resisted." That is to say, their
demand for the destruction of the United
States Government—the moat beneficial, libe
ral, and just on the face of the earth—was too
natural to be resisted. Treason, rebellion, re
pudiation of honest debt, the reign of mob
law, the hanging of Union citizens, and the
j expatriation of their wives and children—all
i this was too natural to be'resisted. Equally
natural, we presume, in the estimation of the
Times, was the plundering' of our, mints and
custom-houses, and the Mogen our forts and
unarmed vessels. All these proceedings we
• • regard as extremely unnatural and barbarous,
and the civilized world is much of, the same
opinion. • It is unnecessary to refer at great
length to , -the absurd arguments resorted to
in this attempted justification of intervention,
which we publish in another column. They
are all off-sboots of the peculiarly British
creed, that might makes right; and had we
but the space, might 'tempt us to a freer use
•
of the pruning -knife.
TnE London Index, weekly organ of the
Confederate party, has characteristically corn
meneed its career by making a statement,
touching the desire of France to 'interfere in
our civil war with a view to recognize the
rebel South, which has been officially contra
dicted, in'Parliament, by Mr. LAYARD, Secre
tary for Foreign Affairs under, Lord RUSSELL.
It was to be expected that a Confederate organ
would "lie through a three-inch plank" to
serve the purposes of Treason, but it has most
fortunately happened that, at the very start,
it should meet the rebuff of an official contra
diction from the British Government: The
Index affirmed that M. MERCIER, the French
Minister at Washington, had visited Rich
mond, by special' desire and command of
NaroL'Eox; to ascertain the condition of
affairs in Virginia, to ascertain on what
terms the Confederates would accept the
mediation of France, and to learn what
they would, concede to France for interposing
with the North to settle the question by tie.
knowledging the Rebel • States as out of the
Union. On the 9th inst., Mr. LAYARD stated,
in the Rouse of Commons, that M. MERCIER
went to Richmond without any instructions from
Ins owe Government, and that his visit was at
tended with no political result whatever. This
disposes of two points : the reported official
character of M. MERCIER'S visit, and the credi
bility of the Confederate organ. Next thing,
perhaps, will be an assertion of Gov. Wise's
headlong bravery, of FLOYD'S downright
honesty, of MAsou's anti slavery principle,
of JzirEnsort DAVIS' lofty chivalry, pure love
of country, and contempt of power.
Perhaps, if the act could yield the neces
sary supply of cotton and tobacco, it would .
be for the present interest of France and Eng
land to recognize the South as an independent
nationality. But the principle •thus sacrificed
is too dangerouslo be put ants peril. England
and France respectively have Colonial posses
sions, and in the event of their becoming ro
t hellions, our recognition of them, first as
((belligerents," and next. as independent,
would be a fatal return of the envenomed
chalice to the lips of Nathoisoriand PALMER
-1 MN. Great distress undoubtedly does pre
vail, in the manufacturing districts of England
and France, from the want of the American
staple which kept the looms at work, and
from the want of demand for the manufactures
and produce of both countries. It would be
arouse if England ctud Franca ;should be
angry, not with the South, whose rebellion
has mainly caused this distress, but with the
orth whose loyalty has been employed in
preserving the Union. . .
On the Bth inst., in the House of Commons,
two motions (relative to
_mediation in Ameri
can,affairs and the distress in Lancashire) were
not made, but a conversation took place on the
national finance and foreign relations of Eng
land, in which Lord PALMERSTON said that'll.
MERCIER and Lord LYONS, at Washington,
were acting together in the most frank manner.
On the following day, the subject of distress
in Lancashire was brought on, and it was
slated, on the part of the Government, that
the stringent regulations of the Poor Law, as
regarded out-door relief, mast be . relaxed, to
keep the working Classes' alive. kr. BRIGHT,
who ban been constantly and, consistently just
and friendly to this country, said that "he
wished to warn the noble. Lord at the head of
the dovernment that nothing was more preju
dicial to the trade of LanCashire than hasty
statements with respect to this war and the
blockade. A statement of the noble Lord
the Foreign Secretary [Lord Russanaj, when
ho expressed a hope that in a few months
the Northern States would allow the in
dependence of the South, had for, the,
time paralyzed business in Lancashire ,by
the sudden reduction it caused in the
price of yarn. The Foreign Secretary was
quite ignorant of the case if he supposed the
North would have consented to such a course.
The trade was greatly unsettled by the reports
spread abroad of the blockade being raised,
for the prices were so high and so sensitive
that a sudden change was ruin to a person en
gaged in large transactions. // was, therefore,
highly culpable, and a breach of neutrality in
the Foreign Secretary, to Indulge in the
remarks he had made." These be plain words;
but true as they are boll. Lord Resser.r.
knows as little of this country as one of his
predecessors in office did of the Continent, a
century ago. cc The Dutch have taken um
brage," one of his opponents said. "In that
case," was the reply, cc a large fleet shall Im
mediately be sent out to retake Umbrage. It
shall not be secrificed."
Tun PACT is worthy of notice that the tri
umph of our armies bathe States that attempt
ed to;i3eldede is ispidly , folloived by the , resto
ration of civil order, andlhe,establishment of
competent and legal State GoVernmenti..
Thus, in *issOttri, the qotrernoi, OLATIORRIL
F. JAmcsom, irliniras elected . .tn 1860, joined
the armed foes of his country', and while he
was sharing the fortunes of their retreating
forces, 11. R. GAMBLE, a true Union man, was
chosen Provisional Governor, and under his
supervision the affairs of the State have since
been administered.
, In Kentucky, MAOOFFIN was strongly sus
pected of sympathizing with the Seceision
movement, but the overpowering Union ma
jorities of the Kentucky Legislature restrained
him from committing any overt act, and having_
pledged himself to respect the decision of the
people, be found. it proclaimed in such un-
Mietakable and emphatic terms, that he had
not the power, and perhaps not the disposition,
to oppose it.
In Tennessee, ISIIAX HARRIS, the Secession
Governor, having fled from Nashville on the ap
proach of our armies, the position ho disgraced
and abandoned was immediately filled by Hon . .'
ANDREW JOHNSON, who, having repeatedly been,
honored with the highest stations in the gift of
his fellow-citizens, probably enjoys a larger
share of their confidence than any other living
man. Ds familiarity with their wants, preju
dices, and opinions ; his knowledge of the tree
and false men around him ; and his stern in
tegrity and wise statesmanship will probably
enable him to so strengthen the Union senti
ment of Tennessee that it will remain forever
loyal to the core, as well from choice as from
necessity. -
In Virginia, a basis for a somewhat similar
movement is already in existence. Lsrensa
and the Richmond crew of conspirators hav
ing openly defied and levied war against tho
Federal Government, the only legal authorities
of the State are those connected with the Ad
ministration of Governor PIERPONT, of Wheel
ing. Ills jurisdiction is already acknowledged
and obeyed in Western Virginia, but as our
armies advance and hold Eastern Virginia, it
will speedily be extended over that portion of
the Old Dominion; Gov. Martial. has already
issued an address preparing for thiscOntingen
cy, and distinetly setting forth the polleyhe in
tends to pursue. He says" the action of the
Wheeling Convention was not, as some bare
supposed, confined in its scope to Western
Virginia; it goes to the whole Stale." And he
adds : “As fast as the army of the United
States puts down the rebellion in the State, I
shall proceed to reorgineize the government in
.every ecunfy, by having all the offices filled
with loyal men, that law and order may again
prevail in every county. In this work I Will
expect the active co-operation of all well-dis
posed people in the State. The Legislature
has denounced severe penalties against every
person who shall do any official acts iu the
State without first having taken the oaths pre
scribed by the Convention. All offending will
be punished."
Thus a complete programme for the re-esta
blishment of civil order in Virginia is already
presented. While the western portion of the
State desires and expects to form a Govern
ment distinct from Eastern Virginia, for the
present Gov. Prznroar's authority extends
throughourt the whole Commonwealth.
It is reported that the Governor of North
Carolina - is so heartily disgusted with the con.
spiracy that he has evinced a strong disposi
tion to openly declare himself in favor of the
Union. If this statement is untrue, or if he
is prevented from carrying out his alleged de
sign, a provisional government of some kind
will speedily be organized after the assured
triumph of ea forces.
Thus, then, loyal local governments will
speedily be restored everywhere, except in
the Gulf States, Georgia, South Carolina, and
Arkansai, and when the necessity for reor
ganization among them arises, as it probably
soon will, some plan will, no doubt, be adopted
by which all the national interests will be am
ply protected.
WAR IS PERHAPS the most expensivo luxury
of modern times. Those who indulge in it
must expect to put their hands in their pockets
deep and often. And while it is but common
justice that our "deluded Southern brethren,"
being the-instigators and declarers of the war
now in hand;sbould be made to foot the hea
viest bills, it is not less true that the loyal men
of the country are to be heavy losers in a
pecuniary way. Each, of his much or little,
must prepare to contribute to the fUnd for the
support of the Government in the prosecution
of the war. One would naturally enough
conclude that this was a fact so patent as to
need no further elucidation. It seems, how
ever, that it is sometimes overlooked and dis
regarded.
Capitalists, representing the various trades
and branches of industry, may be•supposed to
be among the more intelligent of our citizens.
But bow many branches of industry have not
sent their deputations up to ( Washington, to
protest against this or that, or the other pro
posed degree of taxation ? And now we
hear of another protest—the protest of the
coal interest of Pennsylvania. We do not
say that these protests are, in every respect,
uncalled for and unjust. In degree they may
be both ; but howv soon will interested men flu
upon a law which will require just the right
and proper sacrifice on their part ? Not
soon, we fear. With many, taxation, under
any circumstances, is held at little else than
robbery. A. tax is the last bill to be paid, and
that grudgingly. Yet, taxation must exist In
every civilized land, and under every form of
government, until some poet or capitalist die—
covers Utopia.
But where is the protest of the men who
have to give of their little ? When capitalists
protest against taxation which cannot be
avoided, should not the receivers of lesser
incomes be heard, also, besieging the commit
tees of Congress for a reduction? But we
hear nothing from this class. They expect to
put their bands in their pockets and pay for
the luxury of war. They do not expect to be
granted immunity from the lesser rigors of
war. They expect to suffer pecuniarily as
long as the general-industry of the country
suffers prostration. Probably all classes will
pay their quotas, but most to be admired is he
who pays without protest and without grum
bling.
Intelligent men have not yet to learn that
perfect equality, either under the operation of
constitutions and laws, or , regulations of
finance, is impossible. The highest wisdom
of men is but an approximation to that which
regulates the affairs of the universe. Ideal
ism is good in its place it gives us poets and
THE PRESS.-EWLA.DELPILIA; THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1E62.
prophets. But it never gave the world a
statesman who lived In history. This war is
a bard tact, and everything growing out of it
partakes of its nature. There is money to be
raised and debts to be paid; and neither theory
nor speculation will yield a dollar to the trea
sury. There is money to be raised: How
By taxation.. Then let capital be taxed.
LETTER FROM. OCCASIONAL •"
" Oh, wonderful rights ! that have cost Great
Britain her empire on the ocean ; her hoaßtod
grand and substantial superiority which made
the world bend before her! Oh, inestimable
rights! • th:+t have taken from us our r.►nk
among the nations and our happiness at home;
that have taken from us our trade, our 1114E111-
factures, and our wealth; that have reduced
us how the most flourishing empire in the
world, to be ono of the most compact, tua
enviable powers on the globe! . Oh, wonder
ful rights 1 that are likely to take 'from us all
that yetvemains !"
So spoke Edmund Burke, the groat English
philosopher and statesman, when the Govern
ment of Great Britain was prosecuting an un
just war against the American colonies on the
basis of certain alleged ig rights" and privi
gges. How applicable the words of Burke
to the crusade of the Southern rebels against
free institutions! Stimulated by the cry of
State-rights, they have prostrated one of the
most flourishing regions in the world, beg
gared themselves, and driven their com
merce from the seas. Like England, from_
which 'they derived the system of slavery,
they contend fora remorseless aristocracy,
and like that power, they employ the most sa
vage instruments to carry on their campaign.
Before they close their rehrllion, they will
furnish a still 'more fitting illustration of the
picture of the illustrious Englishman.
Gen. McClellan is on the'eVe of a great bat
tle, or another rebel e'acuation. Some per-.
sons predict that the rebels will not tight . .
Such is not my opinion. If Richmond is
abandoned; Virginia will be rescued' from
the traitors, and the war, at least in this
section, virtually at an end, 'A very few hours
will decide this Question. As I write the town .
is full of rumors, and all are waiting anxiously
for the result. General eClellan, from whom
the Department has almost hourly intelligence •
by :telegraph, Fends hopeful accounts of his
progress and prospects.
.Andrew Johnson's organ in'Tennessee, the
Nashville Union, of the 17th of May, has pub•
lished an overwhelming denunciation of the
Address of the fourteen members of Congress
in favor; of reviving the "Democratic par•
ty," and does not hesitate to stigmatize
the Address as in all respects dangerous, dis
graCeful, and ill-timed. This noble appeal will
.show where the true Southern Democracy
stand in this crisis of our country's .fate.
Publish it by all means, at the earliest mo
ment
The second monthly part of Chambers' "Book
of Days " has boon published by J. B. Lippinoott
, CO. It covers the time from Twelfth Day to St.
Anthony's Day, (January 8-170 and contains many
anecdotes, with antiquarian and legendary pas
sages, and numerous illustrations.
The new number of the London Quarterly Re
view, republished In New York, and received from
W. B. Zieber, opens with a chatty paper upon Der
setsbire, which is folloWed by one on Hymnology.
Two striking criticisms hero are upon' Thornbury's
Life of Turner, the painter, and Stanhope's Life
of Pitt: The first is dissected, with evident relish
for the task, while the other is lauded as a remarka
ble book on its subject and treatment. In a brief
notice, of the Merrimac and the Monitor, the Re
view objects to Captain Coles' cupola, - does not
think that one contest between the two American
hem clads should decide the question, and goes in
for the erection of strong forts as defences of the
British dock-yards and arsenals.
The May number of the London Art Journal
continues a further portion of the Illustrated Cata
logue of the International Exhibition ; engravings
on steel, from pictures, by Turner . and T. Seed;
specimens' of the works of the late John Cross,
painter; with a number of other engravings, and
the usual
,quantily of letter-press, relating to the
Pine Arts. The illustrated Catalogne : heie given
gratuitously, is worth double the cost of the Whole
number.
Johnson, Fry, & Co., New York, have issued the
11th and 12th parts of their National Portrait Gal
lery, consisting of original full-length Portraits by
Alonzo Chappel, with
~ biograpkies by E. A.
Duyckinck. The portraits hare given are Peal
Jones, Governor George Clinton, C. C. Pinckney,
and Abbot Lawrence. In each case a fac-simile of
the signature is given. This collection of portraita
will be more complete and extensive than any yet
published here. Tho engravings are beautifully
ihed, in line and stipple.
our notice of Harper's Magazine we cluster
ed together the names of the contributors. We
now desire more particularly to affiliate the respect
ive articles. The excellent paper, illustrated, on
the Catawissa Railroad, is by 11. D. Mears;
"Rough Riding down South;" by T. H. H. Clai
borne, the biographer of Gen. Quitman ; " George
Bancroft," by Dr. James Wynne; " Burr's Conspi
racy," by B. J. Lowing; "Failing Love," a brief
story with a true moral, by T. S. Arthur; " Concern
ing Laughter," an essay, by Charles Nordhoff ; " A
Dangerous Journey," (concluded hero,) by J. 8. , 48
Browne; and "Broadway," a poem, illustrated by
J. MoLenan, by N. G. Shepherd. There is a very
well-written story, by Harriet. E. Prescott ; called
" Madeleine Schaeffer," which, none but a gifted,
sensitive woman could have written. The continu
ations of stories by Dinah Mulock, Thackeray, and
Trollop°, with the Monthly Record, Reviews, and
Editor's Table, Easy Chair, Foreign Bureau, and
Drawer complete, what we accept as the best num
ber of Harper yet published. It has reached us
through T. B. Peterson.
Death of John Drew, the Comedian
The public will be startled and valued at the announce
ment of the death of Mr. John Drew, which took place
et his reeky nee, in this city, yeaterday afternoon. Until
Tuesday afternoon Mr. Drew was iu the enjoyment of
perfect health and the best of spirits. He Itai just con
cluded a stlCCollhilli engagement, and Hid hoped to enjoy
a brief relaxation from his professional duties, prior to
Mit return to Xurope. •
Thedecensed was born in Ireland, September 3, 18/5.
While yet it young man, in fact before ho attained his
moiority, he emigrated to this country. His aptitude
for the dramatic profession had displayed itself at an
early period of his life, and, condient of success, lie
ed to make his appearance on the gage. Ills
debug took place at the Old Bowery Theatre, thon under
the management of A. W. itickson, in the year 1815. He
played on this occasion the part of D r . 0' Toole, in the
Irish Tutor, which afterwards became one of Isle favorite
sties. His success was very marked, and inspired him
with confidence. He rapidly rose to he a loading artist
in the profession, and bad hosts of imitators, although
none wale 80 inimitable, natural, " and irresistable in
Irish characters.
Such was the impression produced by his original and
grapt.ic impereonatione that he received numerous eligi
ble offers from managers In the various cities of the
Union. Some of these he concluded to accept, and en
tered upon a starring tour, which increased his fame,
made him hosts of friends, end fully developed his talent*
'flaying concluded these engagements, ho came to Phila
delphia, and, in conjunction with Mr : Wm. Wheatley, be.
come lessee of the Arch-atraeit 'Theatre. This eatablialt
ment, order his Charge, bvca a one of the Mating then
tree of the country, and hag cautioned ever since to
maintain its'exalted reputation. He. continued here for
several (cars, drawing crowded ,houses, and gathering
around him some of the brightest talent of the profession.
In .compliance with the urgent d'aritands of Tureens thea
tres, be woe compelled to make another starring tour,
which was equally successful its hie find.
Subeefinently he went to Celifornist„when, after a brief
stay, he proceeded to Anstrelta, pniLthence. to Europe.
Everywhere his reputation bad 4recialed , him, and
he was received to the most cordial and gratifying
manner, being universally ackeowiedied by the most
accomplished critiat to be the greatest living delineator
of tho Irish character. After a sojourn in Ireland, be re
turned to thie country four or five months eines, and
commenced an engagement itt the Arch-street Theatre,
now under the lesseeship of Itirs.i John Drew. This
continued for one hundred and oae nights, and
woe probably his greatest success, having been
enthusiastically greeted by crowded lioness every
evening. During this time he personated, some of
• his beat and most artistic parts, such as O'Brien,
in the Irish Emigrant ;°' Handy Ands; Dr.
O'Toole, in the 6, Mel& Tutor ;" Rory 0' Moore ; and
Dreads; of Ephesus, in the " Comedy of Errors." The
term for which he intended to play haring . expired on
last Friday night week, he retired from the Arch-street
stage and immediately commenced to make arrangements
for his reruns to Europe Ms friends, in appreciation
of hie merits as an actor and agentlemao, determined to
'give him a complimentary benefit prior to his departure,
.
and Mr. Drew was tacking forward to .that happy one
sion. But au untimely accident occurred which closed
his brilliant career aud earthly existence.
Taking a child in his arms ill his own home, on TU(I3-
day.lda foot taught 'in the carpet, throwing Mr. Drew
in such a manner that his heed tarmac against a wall,
mid he became utterly !aimless. Convnislons eneued,
and a physician was summoned, but hie aid was unavail
ing. Mr. Drew siiffered until yesterday afternoon, when
be expired at four o'clock.: By his decease the stage has
been deprived of one of its moat earansiag and accom
plhbed actors, and all Philadelphians—for hie greatest
achievements hers identified with our city—can share
the afflictions of his family. .
. . ,
THE claßyry m p spriva..—Tuis evening, at Mmacpj
Fiind Hall, Dr. SheHoti Hacker-210 will deliver his lec
ture on "The Lights and Shades of Irlah Character,"
and reed hie legendary , balled, a The . Geraldine."
Arrival of the BolllBFie — A , Prize Schooner.
NEtv YORK, May 21.—The steamer Borussia has ar
rived. - ricr dates have been anticipated.
She rep)rte eceii4 en the 20th, in int. 41, long. 07,
a schooner with n rebel flag, and an American flag
over it.
Detith of E. P. Christy.
Naw YORK, May' 21.—E. P. , Ohristy, et the misty
Illtnareld, died this morning..
WASLIINGTON, May 21
OCCASIONAL
Some of the Periodicals
FROM WASHINGTON.
M. MERCIER'S vzslr TO RICHMOND
HIS PURPOSE AND INTENTIONS DISCLOSED.
He Received no Instruction front hit, G4v.rn-
IPo Official Communication Hold with the Rebels
THE HOMESTEAD BILL SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT
Special Despaichem 10 The Prem."
WASHINGTON, May 21. 1882.
The Mystery of the Feeoeh Mioisters
Vteit to Ktehmond Diectosed.
' Perraissior hat, been given to state the facts in regard
fo theFroucla minister's vilit to Richmond, which has es.
titer,' so much attention both in this ciuutry and In
Europe.
DS. DSBROIER had no instructions from hie Govo-n
-matt, nor had It the lewd knowledge of hie intention . to
go to Richmond M. Magenta, in conversing with Mr.
SIIWARD. es preseed hie regret that he could Dot Doe Rica
n ond, Ord jedge for Women' shoot the vle'vrt and expezta-
Was of the insurgents. Mr. SIMARD said that he could
go without any objection from this Government ;'that ha
wiehed every foreign minister would go and see for Liai
son how hopeless the insurrection wan. a. MaltolllB
Rant unofficially. He beard and saw for himself, of
cearea 16 00 way acting or spiking for hie Government,
or cornprowiWog hie relations towarJu the United Stites.
The President was previously comul me, and Reproved of
hie going. When ho returned be called immediately on
the Secretary, and aftetward upon the President, and
conuntiniCated to them frankly the impressions that he
received. Be allowed no one In Rlehinned to say any
thing to him that he should not be at liberty to comme
rical., to the totreinty of State, and ho neither csminu
niceted to the rebel leaders anything from this Goyera
ment nor abything from them to the Government. Ho
held no official communication with any one, nor did ho
permit Memento receive official attentions. M. Mon
eta/OS whole conduct in the transaction was discreet,
loyal, and friendly. .
A Fugitive-Slave Case
Much interest was excited in a cam before the com
missioners under the fugitive-slave law, to-day, OtIALRIAS.
B. BILL, of Marylend, defining a men STltrentt as his
slave. Meofrs. BRADLEY end OARLISLII appeared for
tho clefinatd, and Mr. Dasx, of Brooklyn, for BTRPII6Y.
Mr. DRAIN submitted the-point—first, as to whether the
con missioners will exercise their discretion in allowing e
Cross-examination of the elsintent's witnesses; anti, se
condly, whether they will allow testimony contrary to
that of the claimant se to identity, loyalty, &e., contend
ing that, um2er the practice both in England and this -
country, in cx parte pod illlcannrr PriVeedinge, both
atio.inal and ones! criminal, the magistrate ie bound to
eitercles.a tamed discretion in the mode of alcertileing
the bete, and thatiwith elementary and decided law wire
uniform in exactirg Born the magistrate the OLOTCABIS of
tech discretion. The argument took a add* range. Tits
specintore wore principally compoeed of persoue from
Maryland who are here for the purees° of recovering
their fugitives gloves. The commissioners, - WASTER S.
Cox, SAMUEL f. FRU:LIPS, thisai.ss M. Illsvltsw, re
eeived their decision till to-morrow.
The Engraving, and Electrotyping for
l;oa,Rrc~y
The Senate Committee on Printing to-day reported a
bill providing that the engraving, lithographing, and
electrotyping rtunired by either bones of Corignas, the
Ixrcutive and Jedicial Departments of the Government,
and the lithograpLing of the chard and drawings accom
panling the reports of the coast survey, shall hereafter
be executed in the Government printing office, under the
direction of the Fuperlitendent of Public Printing.
It is also provided that for the payment fer work and
materials there shalt be paid the superintendent, from
time to time, n• required, under the rules prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury, a sum at no limo exceed
ing the pr molly of his band.
r oat oftille kind of work hat boon done by contract by
Parties in Philadelphia.
A Secession Sympathizer Silenced.
Mr. Voonnans, of 'lndiana, wasted an hour in the
Rouse to-day in a labored attempt C., impeach the Ad
ministration on the gronedeof unparalleled corruption.
The mild mid otherwiee apologias f.r treason were
in emtaiiies over his effort. As he closed, Repre
sentative ICALLEY, of your city, got the floor, nod its a
telling speech, of fifteen minutes in length, so utterly de-
Imbibed the argument of the Indiana gentlemao, that
the most enthusiastic backers of the latter experienced IL
material elongation of visage for the balancoof the day.
The' effort of Judge Risit.ny was highly appreciated by
the frielicis of the Administration in the Must , .
The Emancipation Committee.
The 'special committee of live, appointed in the House,
on the question of emancipation in the Border States,
have made no report Yet, and probably will not until a
later period of the seesion. The labors of the committee
are rot very burdensome, owing to the absence of testi-
WOOS, etc.
Soldievs not Relieved from Civil Process.
&sine time since a bill was introduced in the Senate,
providing that no civil process should iesne against any
peisen mustered into the military service of the United
States, during the dm lie shall be engniel in that ser
vice; but the Committee on the Judiciary, after a consi
deration of the bill, i,ocided to report adversely upon it,
which was done to-day.
The Family of Congressman Segar.
The lion. JOSEPH BEOAR, of the Efouso of Reprer
Be litatmes, has just returned froai Norfolk, bringing with
hi m his relay, who bad been there for the last twelve
months tumble, before now, to come away.
• Gen. Wadsworth,
fieneral VirAi) ! 3WORTIIi whose dIVIOS as BM tary Go
vernor of this district have been disclutrsed to an emi
nently satisfactory maonfr, will soon receive the com
mand of a brigade for active service. The popular arid
efficient provost maralial, Major DOSTUR, has been alike
successlul in the administration of his office. •
Germ. Pderlovell and Banks' Corps d'ar
: mee all Quiet.
Despatches received at the War Department up to 10
o'clock I'. If., from Generals MoDowELL and BANNS,
report all quiet in their departments.
Pest Office Bill.
The Berate named a bill today mating an apnropria
tlon for the extra dolts in the Poet Office Department,
i mployed in the return of .the dead lettere to their
'writers
The Tax Bic!
The Senate, contrary to general expectation, lira;
Cetded to the conkideration of the tax bill to-day, and
Swished ten or twelve eections ere adjournment. No
radical changes ♦ ere made in these 'motions, which re
late to the mode of collection.
United States Attorney for Maryland
7he Senate to-day confirmed the nomination of Wm .
rams as attorney for the dis'rict of Maryland.
The Homestead Bill Approved.
The President has approved the homestead bill. It he
tbtreforo a law.
Personal.
E. Senator Eros, of 'Minnesota, continues to remain quite
ill. -
Representative CONWAY, of Kansas, appeared to.day
in Congress. Be has been absent, from illness, for some
11. C. BARTER, of New York, has been appointed
an asst taut surgeon, and ordered to tho stoatner Ella at
Port Boyd.
Miscellaneous.
The Thomas A. Scott regiment of cavalry, 9DO strong,
commanded by Colonel JA51113 R. SWAIN, passed in
review tbie afternoon before the 'President and General
WAnswourit, by request. This regiment is from New
Tort, and 18 of the beet personal material, fully armed
with sabres, Colt's revolving carbines, and pistols. They
made a fine and noble appearance.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
A Flag of Truce Fired Upon and the
Beat's Crew Captured.
YORTRIISS Ilmutos, !day 21, 12.80 P. M.—The steamer
George Washington, which left with a flag of truce on
Monday night, returned this morning. After anchoring
below City Point, on Monday night, she proceeded to
that place, whore the flag of truce was mat ashore, and
simmer was received to General Wool's communications
during the day.
The Galena was fired on yesterday by the enemy's ca
valry. No damage was done, and the enemy were dis
persed by a eingle shell front the Galena.
On Monday afternoon a boat went ashore from the
Wacbuset with a flag of truce containing six officers and
twelve men. The surgeon of the ship had been sent for
from the shore, and the officers and the rest remained to
guard the hoot. For some reason, ea yet unexplained,
the party in the boat were Bred on by some twenty
or thirty men, and, simultaneously, a party who
were on the shore were attacked by the re
bels, and all taken prisoners'. Of the party in the
boat, the master's mate, Mr. Almy, of Philadelphia, .and
W. P. -Pierce, seaman, were instantly killed. Henry
Johnson was severely wounded in the face, breast, and
neck ; Brown, in the • kidneys, and John 0 me, in
the thigh. Thee latter were placed on the George
Washington and brought hero, but Brown died au hour
after he wan put on board. The other two men were,
on their arrival here, transferred to the hospital ship,
. Among the prisoners taken were Baker, engineer;
Stockwell, peymaiter ; the sturgeon of the ship Deford
the signal officers detailed from the army ; Thomas Green,
coxswain ; J. O'Malley and Irma Cousin, seamen, and
several others.
Lieutenant Preston, who brought the despatches for
General Wool from the rebel authorities on the next (lay,
stated that the prisoners bad been sent to Baulsbnry,
Nettle Caeotioa. The purport of the communication,
wbich is in ranliou to the °Ricers held as prisoners at
Richmond, has not transpired. It Is understood that it
was the intention of the rebels to ;moves them farther
Eolith a week ago.
Gen. Saxten and staff, who were aboard the wrecked
steamer (Mental, nrrived here ou the schooner Sallie
Ann, today, and will proceed to Now York to•night.
The rest of the peumengors will reach New York on the
steamer George Peabody, on Friday.
From .Newbern, N. C
NEW YORK, Nay 21.—Tbe steamer Haze, from New
bent, N. C, arrived after a three days' veeeage. She
brings no news.
Ministerial Crisis in Canada.
Motirraaan, gay 21.—The GnYernment was (Weida
yesterday. in the - vote on the military bill, which was ne
gallred—yeas 54,. nays 61. 'The limns adioornol. A
dissolnlicn of Parliament is anticipated ; but, as the bill
popular In the country, it is probab!e that that tho
Nioletera will beatipported in tho event of a new election.
illotnint.tt, Nay 'sl.--The Ministry has resigned, but
their resignation has not yet beenaccepted.
Supplies Wanted for ;the Sick and
Wounded
FORTRESS MO:reon, Nay 21.—Call upon the farmers of
the North for supplies of butter and egge, to be sent b ere
to the can of Drs. Hunt andlcHoY, of the Cheutpeake
and Mille Oreek Hospitals. Sponges, oiled silk, rage,
bandages, hut. and dried fruit, aro also urgently needed.
In the name of our eufferioir soldier* I make tSecreptar pehis aal •
Mre. JciRN HARRIS, y.
Tornado at Wheeling—Loss of Life
Waltatixa, MRI 21.—A. destructive tornado occurred
at R. o'clock thie afternoon. The Lutheran church, occu
pied. as a school. was unroofed and damolkhed, killing
three and wounding six children. It alto blow down the
steeple. sad partially unroofed St. John's Epitcopal
church. The some tornado demolished the upper works
of the ttesmer Mariner, bound down with troops. The
captain, mate, and pilot were somewhat injured, but no
lives were lost. The hull of the boat and the cargo. were
staved.
From General MeClellan's Army.
UR ADVANCE WITIIIN EIGHT NILES OF
gicOllOND.
TWIRLS BBIVRIf ACROSS BOTTOMS BRIDO-B.
The Army Still noving On.
A BATTLE PROBABLE.
TUNSTALL'S STATION, Va May 21—The enemy's
*ken , were driven across Bottom's bridge ye4terilays by
the troops advancing in that direction.
The rebels attempted to regain the poet by the mei of
their artillery. but failed. Onriretterion opened, shilling
the woods each aide of the bridge.
The adtauce, under Gen. Stoneman, reached Now
Bridge yesterday, within eight utiles of Rich nand. but
found no enemy in force thie ride of the ChieltationtillY,
which at that point dwindlee down to a email creek.
The country in that locality in in a good elated culti
vation. with fewer swat:ape than ern to be found in ordi
nary hottnn lands. Six Dine% of artillery we're fetrad
profited on the epposite bank, but hie purpeee not being
to bring on an engagement, he returned one mite from
the bridge and encamped. During the time we were
driving this enemy out one man was Allied and three
wounded.
The whole army moved this , morning earlyi.with
view of making a lengthy march towards Richmond.
What road they took it is not necessary to mention, hut
o.'llolo MeOlollan's headquarters to-eight will he within
a short dietance of Richmond, In front of whim is sup
poses to be onearaped the main hotly of the rebel army.
If they intend to give the Union forces battle, whith
is iiirsost univrritslly acknowledged, the hani is drawing
near when they will have the oppmtunity.
THE ADVANCE TO RICHMOND,
Despatch from :Gen. McClellan.
A RECONNOISSANCE BEYOND BOTTOM'S
BRIDGE.
11EADQUARTEMS 6.nlfY OF TOM POTOMAC,
May 21,1861-8 o'clock
TO the ITon. Edwin N Stanton, Secretary of Tar:
I have just returned from Bottone'm Bridge. where
examintd the country on the
other side, the,reCOatitlie•
' OATIOO be'ng mode en the heels of the enemy, .whe pro.
belayed not Hue the ekirniish of yesterday. The bridge
ullt be repaired by to.reoremy morning, and others ton•
structed. Alt the corps have advanned to-day.
G. B. MOM. BlibAN
Major General Commanding.
XXXVIIIII CONGRESSMST SESSION,
Hesolution of Thanks to the Naval Heroes at
New Orleans Passed by the Senate.
The Serrate Cousents to Try the Humphrey
Iniperkeiroarnt Vase.
THE CARRYING OF MAILS BY COLORED PERSONS
The Bill TUbled by the House
Reinarke of Kr. Roney on the Confiscation Bill.
_SENATE..
PeYitions preseqted
The Chair presented a communication from the De
partment- of the Tuterior, transmitting the ceases repart
Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep.), of Iflinoid, m +lv! that tOO.-
000. copied be printed. Referred to the tiemmittee on
Mr. a:RIME:3 (Bop.), of ',ma t presented the petition
.of flee widow of Gen. IJharles F. Smith, asking for a
Mr. •TEN EYCK (Item), of New Sersey, presented tha
memorial of the yearly meeting of Friends, at Platalet-
tat pelitioos wero oresenterl fora bautimpt act
Thanks to Captain . D. G. Farragat.
Mr.. GUI NIES, . item the Naval Committee, re
port4d a jkant resolution giving the thanks of Congress
to Capt.-D. G. Farr:vent and tie °dicers and nun unier
hie command. Pasted. -
POSt.Office Appropriation RM.
Mr. 'F itSSKNDEN (Rep.), from the Committee on Fi
nance, reported back the bill amendatory of the post of
fice appropriation bill. Pasaed.
Pension Bill Passed
IiIr.I.VRIGHT (II ), of Indiana, offered a resolution
that the Military tlereiniitee be instructed to inquire into.
tLe expediency af reporting at an early day, a hill pro
viding a animate bounty for the 'eoldiesu enlisted for
thrt e months and one year. and also for pensions for the
widows of soldiers who die in the service. Adopted.
The Land Donation Bill.
The bill donating lauds for the.benefit.of agricultural
colleges and mechanics sits was taken up,
LANB (HMO, of Kansas, spoke against the bill,
as tending. to takeaway all the lands ot •K.aesss, not
leaving an acre for the school purposes of that State.
This wee unjust to a State whose every ocher voter was
serving the country in the army.
, The dismrsion was continued till one o'clock, when
the nodal order, being•the confiscation bill, was taken
Mr. FR 3FEti DER (Rep.), of Maine, moved to take
up tbo tax Wt.
impeachment of West H. Humphreys.
Mr. Fetsl!Eti. (hop.), of Connecticut, by consent, of
ftred a resolution us regard to the impeactimei tof Wet
- Humphreys, that the Senate Will, tomorrow, resolve
inseil into a Committee of Impeachment' ou the case or
Weepli. Humphreys, and the Vice President shall admi
nister, the following oath tr, the louate: svieumlY
swear, ie all cases and things, pertaining to the trial and
inipeachnient of West h. Humphreys, late Judge or the
United States for the several districts of Tennessee, that
lain do impartial justice, as a court of law ; and the
cams, being thus formed, will receive the-managers from
the Bowe, 440. Adopted.
The Confiscation Dill Taken Up.
Hr. CLARK (Rep), of Rhode Island, appealed to the
Senate to continue the conaderation of tile coodocation
hill till they ficiab
Speech of Mr. Ten Eyck.
Mr. TEN EYCK (Rep.), of Now Jorecy. In referring
to4be provienats of the bill in regard to employing blacks,
sofa the oAdiets of New Jersey would not serve beside
block regnneuts; but he aupputed that woe not the pur
pose of the Goveremet.t. lie was perfectly willing to
taunt the Prendeut with power. lie couanee&il the
emu se of the PlCsiiteut In regard to General Linnter's
pg otimeatine 'fbat proclamation wee entirely foreign
ter B eurer 's character, and'he count not expinio It, unleTs
Butter bad been "wed on•by somebody else," or else
he 11..dEot the Preaidential fever—if the latt3r, he hal a
greet Cool better have the yellow fever, which is leas
d sligerotw, and sootier recovered from. He should vote
to take up the 'MX bill.
A Running Debate.
T. LATIIiM (Dom.), of California, bent to the
Clerk's desk a despatch from General aleCielan, eon.
eeraing the advance of the army, which was mid.
Er. BARRIS (Rep ), of New York. said he should
vote to t dro up tbo tax bill, as he regarded it as the most
Important meruntre. The people of his State will proba
bly have to pay one -Quarter of the proposed t-.x, and
they •re ready for it, and went to see -it and look it In
the face. , • . • -
Dlr. SI:TUNER ( Rep) said a alternator in one of Dick
ers, works says if yon take a bit of orange mid peel it,
put it In a glass of water, and make believe very hard,
you would have a very strong driek. He regarded tho
confiscation bill, es reported from the committee. very
ninth like each a drink. It amounted to nothing. It
WEIS net a confiscation hill, but a niece nonentity. There.
101 e, be bbould vote to take up the tax hill, and watt the
action of the other Bowie.
Mr. COLLaMER (Rep.), of Vermont, disclaimed be
leg one of the committee who attempted to dupe and de
retro people by twitting such a bill as the Senator from
MasolebtoseMs had accused him of. Ho Hi:night tide
charge was rather divcourtaous. There had been a great
deal of domineering here, which Bounded like the crack of
a slave whip. lie had acted with integrity, and been
govinned by hie own convictions of what was right.
Mr. CLARK (Rep ), of New Hampshire, repelled any
idea that anybody had been deceived. He bed done
what he had done frankly and openly, and bo did not
like this sort of deounetation and rebuke.
Mr. Gklllltt3 (Ben.), of lowa, said he was In favor of
• stringent bill, but, because be could not get what be
wanted, was not goiug to refuse anything, but he would
take the beat that could be got. He thought tb ere was
no doubt a tax bill would be 'wised when the time came,
but be was in favor of finishing this bill now we were in
the micelle of it
• Mr. TRUMBULL ebould voto spinet taking up the
tax bill. Be thought it beet to go on with this otli, and
Bee if we could not strengthen and make it hewer.
Dl r FEISR e.D N (Rep.), of Maine, Bald he had made
a motion to take up the tax bill, for be despaired of get-
ting a vote on the confiscation bill. It wee a regolar
game to drive It over to wait for the bill from the Rowse,
and ho did not wish to postpone so important a measure
as a tax bill for such a purpoee.
After further discussion a vote was taken, revolting as
follows: _
YEAS.
Howard (Rep.)
ilowe (Rep.)
Kennedy (Union.)
King (Rep.)
Lan. (Rem.), Lid.
Latham (Dem.)
tdeDougall (Dem.)
Morrill (Rep.)
Remit!) (Dem.)
Pomeroy (Rep.)
Powell (Dem.)
NAYS.
Anthony (Rep.)
Browning (sop.)
Carhie (Union.)
Cowan Rea.)
Davis (Rohm)
Dixon (Rep.)
Feseendon (Rep.)
Foot (Rep.)
Foster (Rep.)
Barris (Rep)
Dondarson (II.)
Chandler (Rep.) (Doolittle (Rep.) 'Lane (Rep.), Kan.
(Mark (Rep.) . l Grimes ( Rep.) I Trumann (Hen.)
Colltuner (Rep.) (Harlan (Rep.) Wade (dep.)
So the tax bill was taken up, and the Senate proceeded
to tbe consideration of thenmendments of the Commit
tee on Finance, several of which were adopted, including
one reducing the salary of the commtWouer ft om 56,000
to 83,500.
The Sena , e then went into executive session, and sub
teguendy adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTITIVES.
Bill for the Raising of Sunken Vessels.
Mr 13IDGWICK (Rep.), of New York, Introdated a
bill providing for the raining cf certain sunken Tedeela of
war in Hampton Reeds. Referred.
A Retolution for Adjournment.
Mr. ANCONA (Dem ), of Pennsylvania, offered
resolution that, the Senate concurring, the Mugu or
Bepreseotatives adjourn on Wednesday next until Mon
day, the 2d of J ono.
On motion of Mr. ROLLING (Bep.), of New Hamp
shire, the resolution was laid on the table—yeas 7S,
nays 46.
Carrying the Mails by Colored Persons.
The Senate bill removing all disqualifications of color
in carrying the mare was tabled—yeas S 3, usys 43.
The Associated Proms' despit , ch of to-day from Ton.
shall!' /station was read in the Rouse. It was liatened
to with marked attention.
The Confiscation Bill.
Ilse House roeumed the cousideiatiou of the confisca
lion bill.
Speech of Mr. Voorhees.
Mr. VOORHEES (Dem.), of Indiana, reviewed the
financial policy which has goveroed the halmlnixtra
tion eines it came into rawe-,'cletracierizteg it ac nn...
souud; unwise, and lateens. The crimieals who have
been plundering the Treasury have not been broueht
to justice, nor has honesty pervaded the departments.
Bistory will, on this suoject. cause every lover Of Me
country to bow Ids heed, while hia cheek intros with
shame because of the extravagance and shamelesa
neat of expendituree at a time when the nation was
struggling for the. By means of mismanagement and
fraud, the public debt a year hence will be one-sixth of
the entire wealth of the country: Now, the proportion
to every voter is two hundred dollars. Twelve months
from this time it will be four hundred dollars. Where
wan 160 evidence that any other peep's had been so
burdened within so abort a time' Be might be m.t with
the familiar cry that these rag expenditures were nixes
eery to carry on the war. To tale be Interposed an ex
plicit denial, come from whoa:loam. 'quarter the plea
might come. The. hlexicau war, though carried
on in a distant country, cost' for every man less
than eve-fourth of what was ion- expended; But fraud
and crime had now swollen enormous burdens on a pa
triotic and honest people. This be stood ready to prove:
Be . alluded to the results of the investigation commit
tees in support of his argument. In conclusion, he
expressed the hope, and . predicted that the people
would rice In their might and send hither repreeen
'Wives who will be governed by the toachinga of the
Bible 'and the:Constitution, and that the Union ail'
be re-establithed on the principles of justice and Chris
tianity.
Speech of Mr. Morrill
Mr. MORRILL (Rea.), of Vermont, exproyeed his
surprise at the gentleman's extraordinary speech. The
gentleman bad afild that at the end of soother year the
natiot al debt will no twelve bundrod millions of dollars,
and the interest over a hundred millions, and attacked
the Aomiutstrationo which was doing all it. could to put
do nt o rebellion Rhich had been inaugurated by the
gentleman's nwn party. Ho would remind the gentleman
that our armies are in pert, rAmoistelot by Dewar:relic
gal oats, and if there is any extravagance nr rsmonsi..
Ginty they moat take their des share. The office of the
lieetetary or War, ioo, is tlllori by a Democrat. These
charges come with an ill grocer from the gentleman.
When the fads 0001 be investigated, he (Mr. Morrill)
would be, ea willing VA the gentirman to visit the delin
quents with ;MA minidtment, and hang them On gibbets
kr public execratim in ell time to come. Ho Dunight
there Roiuld bo found so many of tlema in the Demo
cratic as in any other party. In rel , tion to the expen
ditures of the Govenment, he would merely say that
the entire amount of the appropriation for the year
emdinglB62. amounted to Are hundred and eight.Y-4iX
minims; and lor the year mining 1663, five hundred
and forty-fear aniiliumt; so that if the war- continue
ev..fn till the end of another year, the expenditures will
not exceed eletntn hundred and thirty millions. The Pre
sent debt, including the old, fa a ltule over Rix hundred
millions. The interem, (wen over six per cedilla, %mild
not be more than forty millions. Admitting that the war
shell continue mother year, the intereet gilt not hoover
$75,000,000 per se r um. There was cause for lope, ho a.-
eYer, that the war will he awed long before 1843. ff so,
of ouree our expetittilurts will he largely diminished.
With regard to the ability of our motile to Rtiplurt Ode
enormous load of taxation, he stared that thoae of Eng
lend are taxed to the amount of one-fourth of their an
nual income. We could tap Port tour thoasatid millions
of debt and not be more heavily taxed than they are
To thew the real value of our securities, we have only
to go into the money mattes of the world, into Wall,
State, or CM smut 'decks. These securities at tole mo
ment ',here bear
,a preniinni.
WitrJAY (Kan,), ot t'enney , vnutn, fled if the
statei h of tlr. Voorhees had beau made in the balls of
the rebel llonm•ce.s, its welt rounded points would Pave
Orem' down a tumult of anni,wo, Was Jobe K. Floyd
a nomber, ahr.hant Lincetrea Cabinetl _ Who wAs
be but the man who mote the arms from the weit.
Blocked urtenabn nod gave them to the rebels to
create thin war 7 Wan lobb a member of Lie-
Colb's Cabinet? It was he who put' the credit of our
country so low that we could not borrow mono, at
twelve per. coat. It Vf41141.d +OfftrY foreign natiou to turn
up Ito note, PO to speak, Amnienti ne,Corily. Was
Jacob Thomemn a member of Lincein',4 Cabinet, the
man 11116 mole the Indian bonds? Was Toneey a mmt
lur of ➢lr. LiF,co'.u's Cabinet. ha that distributed the few
Fbips r.insieing in our wands, and sent them to distant
to as? ludo were tIH Terlo4 icoundrela, whale over
throw du. gsidlortan from Minium mourned.
Mr. Vt 7 OKEIEFIS rose to truly, but Mr. It."-dley de
ellLed yiritlior. The former was called to order, but
amid the noise Rod excitement ha eselsimed that it was
tabu and calumnious, saying bo would allow no man to
impeach his honesty.
Mr. Ichl,L ley, resnatiog, remarked that he 'be
lieved in lameety. 'the prtwent condition of - the
ccuhtly WAS the natural result of the treatment
the ptoplereceived at the bands of the Demo.
cretin party. It made our country the plan
darer of ration., provided they were feeble; fdibustering
became identified With Democracy during , the - last two
alminiettationn Considering all their corruption% it
drd not tie in the month of those ae.-king to roMildwee the
Dmocratic party to reproach the presuit Administration
with diehohesty and fraud. is further reply, Mr. Kelley
said the labor of the country will pay the taxes. Stephen
A. Doman.. truly acid, "there could be only two parties
in the non, loyal men and traitors. A man mutt be fur
or againet the Government , ' • -
Mr. LANSING. - (Rep.), of New York, advocated the
paosege of the conts4cation bill. He held tint the olovei
or the Table should beentaucinated as a means of erase.
tr tivg the war. They should he stri [mod of their proper.
and the leedore banged. Every portion of the Inane
reotionary Shaw, ebonid beheld in subiueation to the dt , -
Th h e io l , of the united states ,00lowity. Not only sho old
the career of the vend als, robbers, and criminals be ermi
ned. hot nyeafuree taken againet a recurrence of the in.
eturection.
Jr. MALLORY (U.). of Kentucky, believed that at the
present juncture of oublin: affairs it world be inexpedient
to adopt any act of contiscation or forfeiture of the em
tateß of the rebels engaged in this wicked and un
provoked rebellion, with which, it was known, he hat
eyinpatlty• du the Connie of his remarks he said
that -the scoundrels and traitors. both in the North
and South, had discoverul that the agitation of the
slavery torsrion VMS one of the most efficient weapons
for the dettrection of this Government, and accorlingly
availed thents-Ives of it. Re declared the condition of
slavery is the very boot in which the African race
can he placed, and he had no respeet for that species of
conduct alibi) would turn the neeroes free, but yet st
elude them from the free States. The Lord deliver him
from Ruch Inn.voloure !=whose only object teas to make
the slaves outea,ts
IV A siriNcrox t Alay 21
A Running. Debate.
WIF. GRAN (Roo ), of Ohio, milled that a ma
arity of the free states co not exclude them.
Mr. IST LLORY (If.) inquired whether the gentleman
tennld throw open the dons of the great and noble State
of Ohio to three initliena of freed negroee 7
Mr. B 7 Nr4H NM. The doors ere open inter.
LIKED. When did you repeal the law which
prohibit( d it ?
Mr. BINC4IIOI aonn RR vie turned the Demo•
erotic tarty out of Own*.
aLLoRY wislo.d to know whetlisr the gentle
man was willing thet the blacks shonld conwiste with
a kite labor When the blacks swarm that Stet, like
locusts, the gentleman would close the door by legis
lation.
dr. BINGHAM. had no idea that any,man born on
our soil should be excluded from the Limits of anl - 3tikte.
kfr. COX said the sentiments of his c.rtleagne (Dr.
Bittnharn) were not the sentiments of the people of Ohio.
As MIMI as the Democrats retain power, they will close
the door.
Nr. MALLORY concludol Lis remarks, 'when the
House adjourned. .
Correspondence of The Frew)
Warr YORZ O May 21,1882.
Our - people are big with expectation—expectation of a
grand Union victory atyand a triumphal entry into, the
city Of Richmond. Already arrangements for illmina
tion have been completed, while others are in process,
'e 'whole front of the Tribune office building is fitted up
inside with gas, each window to present a circle of jets in
the Eileen of an 0; and thismerning the Timeshas fitted
up the ti New York Times" in jets in front of that office
We hope !lotto be disappointed.
The gallant Captain Boggs, of the Varnna, who distin
guished himself en greatly in the recent
Blew navel action at
ew Orleans, will be present -this evening at the Acaie.
my of Music, on the occasion of the anniversary of the
Pert Society, and is expected to speak.
The new Cunard steamship Scotia. which arrived here
lost night, in, today, the centre of considerable attrac
tion she preFenta a much more digniSed appearance in
„ .
the water than the Great Eastern, although elm might,
mid mMoubleitly would, etiffer,were she tO be brought up
Meng atie of the latter.
•
Tba tamer left this pott to-day for Li
verpool. with F 806,000 t., nperie. Among the Daisencere
were the Chsvcitn lininarun.. Austrian miointer at
Washinoton, and F. S. Edwerde, of ..la city, bearer of
deenstrben.
Og.a of the passengers of the stenmsr
arrived last night front Liverpool, was suspected of hem,
a rebel agent, and detrained. Upon exunjustl on, how
ever, there wee not sufficient proof to warrant his being
held. The authorities will keep an eye upon his move
ments.
Mr. E. P. Christy. the founder of Chrhtv's neero
minstrels. who-a few days since jampe.3 from the Sri allow
of his residence, died this morning from the «ffecte of his
injuries. The doeoss•d leaves a widow and family. lie
was POSSIVf d of enntOderahle property.
Tice Pr.sidant Hamlin arrived :If the Astor Herm this
morning, from his residence in Maine. He proceeds to
Washington this evening.
Saulsbury (Dem )
Sherman (Rep.)
Si SOMODS ( Rep . )
Starke (Dom.)
Sumner (Rep.)
Ten Eyck (Rep.)
!Willey (Union.)
!Wilmot (Rep.)
Wilson (R ),Mau
Wilson (0.). Mo.
Wright (Union.)
B emarks of Mr. Kelley.
Remarks of Mr. Lansing
Remarks of Mr. Mallory
LETTER FROM NEW YORE
lie dittletafY of the New York Juvenile heylum hey°
reef-leer), in the part ten years. about eight thousand
children, by commitment of magistrates]. surrender by
parents, Ac. A large number of these have been inden
tured to farmers in different States, in , stly in the West, a
good propint on of whom have done well.
Mr. Stewat I Newell, military agent for the State of
Pettesylvasia- sent two soldiers, who have been detained
at the Park barracks for some days past, to their homes
in your city this morning Nineteen soldiers belonging
to Pennsylvanie regiments rem sin in the hospitals In this
city. Mr. Newell received a letter froth the commissars
geseral of that State this morning, in whicb It is stated
that "several hundreds of Now York soldiers are in the
hospitals in I Idled elphin."
Mr. Rarey, the celebrated horse-tamer, will Rive
series of Ida lectures and timing exhibitions at Cooper
Institute next week. Us will, on 'Nester night, tame a
wild young col', exhibiting the same animal also on
Thursday and Friday nights, to show the regents made
in his educteion. Since bis performances hero Mr.
Barry has ♦itited all parts of 'Europe, and exhibited his
skill before binge and queens and commoners, rehearsing
for their bent fit the old story of Alexander and Buce
phalni.
The United States transoOrt Irate arrived this morn
ing, from Newborn, with fifty soldiers from the Bnroelde
expeditien, partly discharged and partly on furlough.
She lett Newtown on the lith lest.
Masers. Wilmerdings Al Mount commenced a two
days' sale of 1.284 lots of French dry goods this morning,
of the importations et Messrs. Benkard A Hutton, and
& B. Curtis & Co.
The ea'e waeettractive, and passed off with spirit.
There was a largo falling off in th• receipts of beef
cattle this week. and as a natural consequence there wee
considerable wifely on the part of the butchers in rsgard
to their ability to obtain a good supply. This aexietv
resulted in an active demand, when all Minds were held
at a Considerable advance over last week's prices. There
WAR also quite au active denim d for Ciaverement, and
about 900 bend were taken by the agents. The range of
prices was front 6%c for inferior to 0e0) for prism..
The generel selling prices were from 7.)6 to Ellie. The
stock were barely mediocre, the majority being common.
The sales were quickly effected, and the market was about
finished Co Tuesday.
Mitch Cows or:stiletto in limited resund.
Veal Calves are plenty and dull The average quality
ig gradually improving, and the bulk of the offerings now
coming are ordinary to good.
Sheep ar.d Lambaste irregular —the market being go
vernnt wholly by the receipts. .
Swam are in limited mined'.
Late is heavy and lees active, but not quotably lower;
tale. of 560 title and tce at 7% a Bgc.
The following were the sales of nooks at the wont
board to-day:
58000 U S fis conp.•lo4 50 Erie U Pref 65%
.... . , .
MOO US Be '6B teg..102 100 Hudson RlO - 423
40000 Trees 7.30 0 a.N.104% 100 do 40. 425 r
810 D Team Be 90...... 08% 000 do 560 47% •
2000 do 68% 400 Ilarlern.R 141(
3000 Virginia 85.... 59 10 Chi 8 & Q 10...... 72
r6OOO Missouri 6e..... 62 1100 Harlem R Pref.... 36
4000 Indiene St 5e... 82% 100 d0....*
.... blO 35%
MO Cbi A N W 2 m 24% 100 Mich Oen It 62%
160(0 Tol A W 2d..... 64 250 do ' 62%
9000 Tol & W let.— 90% 100 d0..."..810 62v
3500 Tol 3 W Int Vie 70 100 do • • 560 02%
100000 Amer Gold. 130.103% 100 do '.i.,..e60 611;
50040 do .' ... ..bS 103 g 100 to S& It LG.. 56
275 Paci fi c ITS C0....114 75 do 66i
160 N Y Con R ..... ... 68% 50 Panama R. 131
50 do ...e3O 58% 40 111 Cenß 5crip.....61
100 do ....530 88% i6O do 3 60%
200 do - 88%1200 Gal &CM R... 500 71%
100 Erie 11 68%1 10 d 071%
100 d0...'. 530 385 25 do .,
/1%
1100 do 311g,100 Clev & Tol 12 45%
60 102.10 It Peet 85%1800 Obicago & R 'old.. 63
THE 'MARKETS.
Asnas.—The market is stesdy ; roles of 50 bble at
$5 62 for Pote. Pearls are quiet at $6.
FLOUR AND blest..—The market for the low and me.
dium grades of Western and State - Flour it again lower,
under the liberal arrivals and ices favorable news from
Burnie. At the conceaeion there is more doing for ex
tort and the provinces. Trade brandy are in fair renueet,
but at Irregular rates.
The titles are 18,800 bhis at $4.2004.35 for imperflne
State and Western ; 84 4504 60 for extra State. chiefly at
84 5004 55; $4.6501 85 for fancy do ; $4 5004.70 for
tholes , wade, of Western extra; $4.85e55.05 far Alia
'dug braves cf round hoop extra Ohio, and $5.1506 25
for trade brands do.
Canadian Flour is lower, and less active; the sweaty
It fair ; eoles of 1 600 bble at $4.5004.70 for ehipPlog.
Mande of Spring Wheat extra, atul $4.9006.25 for Wade
brands.
Southern Flour is heavy and in limited demand ; the
supply is ample; tales of 1,400 bble at $505 60 for mixed
to good tuperline Baltimore, Ac., and $5.6500.75 for
trade brands.
Aye .Four is in fair rennin! and is steady; salsa of STO
bble at $804.10 Corti Me rt is Srm but quiet . ; sales of
400 bbls at $2 85a2.90 for Jersey, and $5 15 for Brandy.
wine. •
GAMS —The Wheat market opened a shade firmer,
with a further advance in freights, prices favored
the buyer at tho close. The demand is principally- for
expert.
Tbe sates are 247,000 bye at 850103 c for Chiesgo
spring; 880106 for klilwaukee—the latter for amber;
1060111 c for red Wo•tern ; 1160117 c for anther ;Michi
gan ; 1020110 c for rap State, and 120 e for prima white
Etchtean ; D 20106 for Racine spring; 900100 c for
Canada club; and 100 c for mixed Canadian.
Barley and Barley Malt are scarce mid prices nominal.
Ble le beat, sates of 1,700 bushels State at sc. Oats
are eerier ; the demand feir at 37039% c for Canada awl
Western, and (0)(,04 0 Nc for State..
Corn is lower and more plenty ; the /Over ca In freights
gives busera the ad.antsge ; sales of '66,000 btudeds. an
45e4ein for heated, 47045 c for new mtx.d, 49050 for old
do, 63c for round yellow, and 53afelc for Jersey yellow,
"closing Quiet.
"PROYISIONS.—Tbe Pork msrket is easier, and to quiet;
soles of 600 bbls at $l2 25012.37 for mere; $12.69 for
nninspectid do, and $9.7509.87 for prima
Beef le eteetly end in fair dement ; Sian Of • 175 hbls ,
at 812 50e3.50 for plain mess, and 514.50014 ST for
estra. Beef Baum quiet at $16017.
Bacon to starer tit 0X ex. Out Bleats are plant";
tales of 430 Mule. end tea at 464%c for *Adders, and 00
Mc for hams
Wiinis,r.—Tbe market is • shade better, but the de
mand is not active; gales of 800 bids at 2.4e24.X0 for
&at% a;O3, 214 N 4,214 for Weiteu,
A Beautifal Appeal
We copy the following beautiful appeal from the'
Nashville (Tenn.) Union of the lith inst. The
appeal is applicable not only to Tennessee, but also
to :those from every other State who are now
fighting under the banner of rebellion:
"Wanderers from the fold of patriotism, who ,
have gone from the protecting shadow of the flag of
your country, come home, oh come home! Thou
sands of your fellow-citizens, your relatives, your
neighbors, stand with outstretched arms and eager
eyes tearfully awaiting your return. Do you not
bear the clansmen of the Union rallying once More
along
. the hills of Tennessee ? Break not on your
ear the familiar strains of Yankee Doodle, Hail
Columbia, and the Srar-spangled Banner? Do you
not behold the same old flag which floated over
Lundy's Lane, and Lake Champlain, and Monte
rey, and Chepultepec, and Buena Vista. flying at
the heed of triumphant• legions and victorious na
vies? Do not your hearts warm within you at
the recollection of a thousand holy and patriotic
memories? Come hack to the Union. Desert the
black flag of a falling and ignominious rebellion.
Fly from the rebel camp rei from a city cursed with
the leprosy or the plague."
Washington's Opinion of Traitors.
PRILADELTIII&, May 21, 1852.
Mn. EDITOR : In the .11 4 -story of America, by
Bartlett, these memorable words of Washington
appear, in speaking of Government contractors :
" I would to God," said he, " that some of the
more atrocious in each State- were hung upon a
gallows five times as high as that prepared for Ha
man. No puniyhment, in my opinion, is too severe
for the man who can build his greatness upon his
country's ruin." I think it would be a good idea
for you to publish this for the benefit of such men.
Yours, &c., T. S.
LARGE SALE OF Dar GOODS, LINEN Goons,
Homenv, Sawrrea %teams, &c.—The attention
of purchasers is requested to the large and fresh
assortment of British, French, German, India, and
domestic dry goods, hosiery, housekeeping linen
goods, fancy articles, stock of goods,jawelry, notions,
; also, eleven of I. M. Singer & Co.'s celebrated
sewing machines, patent press, tables, &c., at com
mencement of sale—embracing about 1,000 low '
woollens, worsteds, linens, cottons, and silks, to be
peremptorily sold, by catalogue, on four months'
credit, the sale coramenoing this morning, at tea
o'clock, to be continued, without intermission, all
day and part of the evening, by John B. Myers &
Co., auctioneers, Noe. 232 and 234 Market street.
SALE OF ELEGANT ORNAMENTS, VASES, Fallor
GOODS, & , C.—The sale of choice agate, bArdiglio,
and a marmo vases, French bronzes, Pariaisa
fancy goods, &0., of Messrs. Viti Bros.' importa
tion, will take place this morning, at 11. o'clock, at
the importers' warcroorns, NO. 639 Arch street.
Public AniuNelneuts.
Tire NglY PLAY AT rag WALNITT.—On Tuesday aye.
Mug, a new play, entitled " Lost and Found," and wiitten
by a lady of this city, was brought out at the Walnut
street Theatre.' Of the merits of the production little CO.
be raid. It is a very Preachy affair, made np of the usual
int redisnts--two harmless duels—a suicide—a liaison, in
high cann ute reopt ed letters—flame
and smoke. The story, shorn of embellishment, may be
very briefly told. Bernard, a French sergeant iti any
regiment the reader chooses (although the Tiorty-ascend
Is specified in the text for some =accountable reason),
contracts a "drum-head" marriage with Marie, a YiYall
diere, who bears him a eon, 'Victor. In are engasement
with the. Austrians, the mother, with her bite, becomes
separated from her husband, and, re using to yield
herself a prisoner, is shot by one of her pursuers,
who et the ensue instant is struck dead by a pistol
ball. Marie, believing her death at hand, debrera
her hey to the keeping of a French grenadier, who
discovere her, and who swears that be wilt restore
him to his father, Bernard, who is blinded in the bat
tle, is male's general for his valor, and, believing dfarie
dead, weds the Countess Melee, who proves nnfaithial to
bitu, being desperately smitten by one Gaston etc Mon
clor. Victor, discovering his stepmother's dishonor,
challer ges de 3fonclar, and comes off with a slight
Mound. His antagonist, knowing that all must now be
discovered, writes a litter to the Countess proposing
elopement, and, not receiving a reply, disappears to
parts unknown. Marie, after the lapse of fit , east
3 ease, is restored to her husband, (who is thus placed
in a very pretty dilemma indeed,) gets a glimpse
of her son Victor, who bar now mown to be a
comely youth, and preserving her incognito towards the
qountess, le engaged as her tadyebip's attendant. In
this capacity she becomes acquainted with the liaison of
the Countess, and intercepts de ifonclar's letter. Gen.
Bernard, whose suspicions are aroused by Victor's
wound, makes inquiries, and is informed of his wife's
infidelity. While in a frame of mind natural under
such circumstances, he meets Marie, 'Who holds the
elopement propositi. in her hand. She toads a portion
of its contents, but, out of consideration for his feelings
and the honor of his wile, omits such paragraphs as
would criminate the latter. Meanwhile, Victor's
wedding is approaching, and, in order to succeed to
his father's estate, it is very necessary that he
should avow a belief in the death of his moth sr, the irre
gularity of shoae marriage with Bernard, in a manner,
oasts a stain upon his bitch. This Victor refuses to do,
and then for the first time disco Vera that Marie is his
long• lost mother. The last act ends with the death of
Marie, who, in her intense and unselfish devotion to the
prospects and happiness of her son, commits suicide by
poison. The play, as a whole, was unimpressive, sensa
tional, and marred with the usual improbabilities of the
French school. Several of the most pathetic passages—
or rather those which were meant to be each—filed
to warm up the sympathy of the audience, because
of their exaggerated style. ' , Lost Sod Found," with
inch alterations and emendations as must suggest them
, selvt s to the authoress, would make an attractive play.
Full justice was scarcely done to it Tuesday evening. nor
could such an unheard-of thing be expected on a first
performance.
On Ode occasion Madame Legros made ;her first ap..
pearance en Marie. The lady very naturally felt em
....reseed, and even, in one or two Instances, hesitated in
ber pea ti, i.nt generally she sustained her ride with spirit.
Madame Lefirnbuee It fine face and figure, but her voice,
although sweet, seen . to lack compass and boldness.
..
In her effort to fully relr , 4e the character of Marie—
tbe pure esretedoetet et . the vl•-ndiere's love, as the wife
and mother—ape rntberoverdid th,... otuor, to our view.
If we were ding:died to be by pereritle4,... might point
out several defects in her style, which ea.... ianae and
stray wilt cot rect. They are by no moans
and might pass unnoticed by a less attentive andien c .,
them was assembled on Tuesday evening to greet ui t ,
young and pretty debutante.
Mr. Young; as Martial, enacted a prominent awl
talkative part, with mnch spirit, wearine a remarkable
hat. Mr. Barton Hill made the part of aencrat Ber-
Ward one of the best, as it was one of the moat prominent
in the piece. Ilia Wood was natural, end merited all
the applause she received, as the Countess. Mr. Jr Star
ton Wright, who took his annual benefit on this ma
iden, made the most of Gaston de Mime/gr. The other
characters were of little prominence, but were judicious
ly borne out.
In the farce of the Lottery Ticket" Mr. lisle made
his bow to a Philadelphia audience. His Wormwood
was applauded, and wil bear seeing twice.
Mark Hassler's Farewell Cloucert takes place this eve
ning, and it promises to be a great success. Among the
artiste who will assist, we notice the names of Hailame
Johanneen, and Messrs. Wolfsohn, Simon Hassler, and
others well known to the freonenters it the opera house.
The programme contains many popular and rare gems,
and the orchestra and military band will not be behind
the other performers in points of excellence.
'lnc Orsei.-71te operatiOtroupe of Mr. Strekosch
will give a grand entertainment in this city, as will be
seen by an advertisement in another calumn. All the
beet performers in the recent company will be engsgai.
end we shall have two exquisite operas in splendid style.
The details of this entertainment we ehall notice air Lin.
Mr. James E. Murdoch will give the second of hie
new series of readings at Concert Hall, this evenitte,
and be bee selected for his programme extracts from the
writings of ench - anthors as Shakspeare, bchiller, Dry
den, Hood, Dickens, Longfellow, and others well koowu
to fame. 'The extracts which Mr. Mnrtioch has selected
for his readings this evening arc enperior to his p• onions
eelections; although they were oxosrent, and we know
that he will be rewarded for It by having a crowded
• house. He will give his last readings on Saturday eve
ning.
THE TURF.POINT BRREZE PARK.-
The second regular exhibition at this park. which oc
curred yesterday, was a trot, in which there were three
contestants, •iz: Mr. McConnell'e brown intro "Rate,"
Mr. IticCella's bay horse "Dan McCann," and INr.
Turner's bay mare "Tfaidee." After five false starts,
they got the word Mr the
Fine HEAT.—At the start "Rate" .Vas leading,
"McCann , ' second. and Madre" third. At the turn,
"liste, ,, seemingly confounded at the respon.ihle
lion she wns oecnpyinr. left her feet, and would not re
covi.r until McCalla" and "Ilaidee" had pawed her,
and the first-tinmed was leather her Bevan length.. In
this poriiion they passed the quarter-pole. " ilaideett
won the heat in 2.53, "McCann" second, and "Ruts"
third.
nCOsn HEAT.—After two unsuccessful attempts they
got off, "11Icealla" leading, "Kate" aCCOII4, and
"Haidee" third. At the turn "Kite" had out- trotted
and lapped re lticCella," and at the quarter-pole war
leading him three lengths, 0 Raidee" eight lengths on
the trail. Before reaching half-mile pole, •' McCune'
trek a "fly," from which he did not recover until
"Haidee" had passed and wan leading him five lengths.
The driver of "Haidee" now endeavored to duplicate
the previous beat and obtain the lead, but notwithetand
leg Ida exertions, be decreased the gap but two lengths
NVIlfIl elle broke, which. she in company with "Mc-
Cella,' repeating twice down the etretch. the heat was
mpily won by "Kate," in 2.60%," Haldee" second, and
mecana" third.
THIRD EBAT —At the word, " 11cCalla" w•ns leading,
"Kate" second, and "Heide." third. Almost simnita
neonely with the word, "hicCalla" broke and tell off four
le ngthe in the rear. Around the turn "Kate" out-footed
lleidee." and at the quarter-role was passing four
lengths. Here "Kate" broke, but was recovered by her
driver before "Held's" could get to him; and "Kate"
again bruehinc, was eight lengths ahead at the half-mile
pule. In the mesetime, "HcClalla" had got to trotting
and was gradually approaching ' and before
reaching the third-quarter had lapped her, when she
broke—a mnrrenvre which was immediately followed by
"McCann," from which, the latter recovering first,
swung ernund the stretch in a second plsltion. In ibis
position they came down the stretch until within ton
law's of the score, when ‘• ITaidoe" brushed by and came
home second to "Kate," who won easily in 2.51%,
thicCalla" being third.
FOURTII K, AT.—" Kate" won the heat and race in
Hnniee" second. We append a
EM2III
WEDNISDAT.—Trotting., mile beats. beet 3 in 5 to bar
nese, for a static of *lOO, Association ' s prOMitlllo. to SO
cnod beet:
Mr. McConnell names ho. 21. ~ Kate," 'I 1 1 1
3[r. King < 4 b. tn. " ltaidee,".. 12 2 2
ldr. Goodin <4 b. h. "Den a1cCa1ia,".....2 33 3
Time-2 63; 2.603 i : 2 . 51 K ;4 2.513 i.
A FOUNDLING.—About nine o'clock
last evening afeniele infant, supposed to i e about four
weeks old. was left on thefront step of a dwelling in the
:teighborbood of Twentieth aNI Wa'lece streets. The
little stranger was warmly wrapped in a blanket shawl.
to which IV/18 planed a label, bearing ito name of Ma
tilda Clayton. It was taken to the Northern Rome for
Friendless Children/ where it will be eared for, for the
present, end then perhaps sent to the Ahnehoueo.
SAVED 111031 DROWNING.—Last eve
uirr, Frederick- Beldel, residing at No. 813 North Third
street, was taken ant of the Delaware, at Washington-.
street wharf. be . Ilr. John Dallis Ile Arai removed tea
ILO gononti-district station• house, and was there morel,
tated.
NATAL—The 'United States guAboat
Bineillero Actinic Heater W. S. Gillespie, cmaksaariain g ,
atrlyed et; the DMV, yard on Wedneidni emotoon. from
Ilamoton Roads. to be repaired. !Pe:se& at anchor
aboye the Point Bowe, bait ROsinb,(7ll4l.oll/N from
Licata, Sicily, with brimstone, &c. •