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TUESDAY, MARCH 89, 1864.
04,1 no notice of anonymous commu
nications. We do not return rejected manuscript*-
Vdmtaiy correspondence It solicited from all
pert* of the world, end especially from our different
'milltuy end naval department!* Wfa* a u** 1 ' lt wlil
tie paidfor.
Amalgamation Dependent upon Slavery*
Abolitionism is based upon principles,
and not upon sentiment. The great argu
ment of anti slavery men never rested upon
the sufferings of slaves, but upon the injus
tice of slavery; and, therefore, had it even
been proved that all the masters in the South
were philanthropists and all the slaves hap
py, the system could not have been defended.
The crime of slavery, not the misery of in
dividuals, was urged by its opponents; and
the appeal was made, not to the sympathies,
but to the consciences of men. It is thus
that the evil should still be fought, for any
other argument than one of principle would
degrade the dignity of the cause. A slave
is not to be ireed because his master whips,
fetters, brands, mutilates, and flayß him; he
is to he freed because he is a man. All that
this nation has to do with slavery is to get
rid of it, and prohibit it by law. Our duty
to the black race will end when we have
given it freedom and opportunity of taking
care of itself. The laws of labor will relieve
ns of all further trouble.
If, then, we have rightly refused to place
our anti- slavery cause upon the lower ground
ot sentiment, are we not right to refuse to
entangle it with social and ethnological
questions 1 The common sense of the nation
■is shown in its refusal to debate What shall he
the future of the colored race. This is not
a matter for laws to settle, or of .which Go
vernments have any right or reason to treat.
Society itself will settle its own conditions;
our duty ends when we have established
society upon free principles. If the colored
man be all that Wendbll Phillips asserts,
he will in time prove it; if he is naturally
the inferior of the white man, he will find
his proper place. We do not think he has
yet found it; his wrongs in the South we
know, and in the North we know how much
he has suffered from the influence of slavery.
But his future is to be made by himself.
Nor can all the theorists of the world make
his capacity for improvement greater or less
by a hair’s breadth.
Amalgamation has nothing to do with
emancipation. Those who are so loudly
opposing it are wasting their trouble upon
a cause which has no advocates. If it were
in any way a result of Abolitionism, in any
way involved in the progress of the war, in
anyway serious, or likely to become so, there
would be some meaning in the outcry which
certain journals are making. But as it is
amply, at least in relation to the freedom
of the colored race, an utter abstraction, we
can only wonder at the folly of the few
anti-slavery journals that have permitted
themselves to he used by such mischief
makers as the Herald. When we remem
ber that the tendency of Abolitionism, from
the very first, has been to destroy amal
gamation, we are the more surprised
at the hardihood of those who accuse them
of advocating it. It is in the South that
amalgamation is the rule, and in the North
the exception ; slavery inevitably produces
it—fredom as inevitably preeents it. In
slavery it has grown to be an evil of such
magnitude that none but those who lived iu
slave States can appreciate; in the free
States it has been but an incident. In the
South amalgamation-affected the entire so
ciety; in the North it has affected indi
viduals only, and had no effect upon society.
Thus, all the facts of history and experience
prove that the abolition of slavery, instead of
being the establishment of amalgamation, is
in practical effect its destruction. With
what unblushing effrontery, then, do the
lowest of the Copperhead organs accuse
the Union party of advocating it!
The Union party—or the Abolition party,
if you please—-.advocates the waging of the
war to the end and the blotting out of
slavery. And this party will do what no
Other party ever even attempted—it will
give the marriage institution to four millions
of colored men and women, and destroy the
system which has for so long made the
South one monstrous brothel. Those who
oppose this party are the real friends of
amalgamation, and worse than amalgama
tion, and they are welcome to the disgrace.
"We think we have said enough to show
that the new word miscegenation is not
more strange to our ears than is the idea it
embodies to our creed. It remains to say
that the colored men who are entitled to
speak for their race have never advocated
amalgamation as a thing to be expected or
desired. All that they ask, all that the war
and the people will give them, is freedom
and civil rights. It is not charity they want,
but justice, and as for their social condition,
that will be regulated by those natural laws
which are beyond the reach of political le
gislation
Ttie European Situation.
A telegraphic despatch from Paris, pub
lished in some of the London papers of the
11th, stated that “Duke Ernest, of Sare-
Cobourg Gotha, is now in Paris incognito.”
It has since transpired that this Visit was
made by the desire of the minor German
States, in order to induce Napoleon to
recognize the right of the Danish duchies of
Schleswig'and Holstein to choose their own
Government—i. e., their own ruler. Na
poleon, it is understood, has given a non-
committal reply. The very day of the
Duke of Saxe-Cobourg’s arrival, the French
Government, in a despatch to the Prussian
Court, declared the Danish question to be
one of nationality. This is a very safe
declaration, for it may mean any thing.
Meanwhile, there is a decided impres
sion in Europe that a new “ Holy Alliance”
has been foi med, or is forming, for the
purpose of regulating the affairs of the Con
tinent, commencing with those of Dan
mark, and that the parties to this confede
racy are the Emperors of Russia and Aus
tria and the King of Prussia. It will be
remembered that the former “Holy Al
liance,” foraied in 1810, after the final
defeat of the great Napoleon, also con
sisted of the Tulers of Russia, Austria, and
Prussia. An invitation was given to
England to join in it, but declined. This
trinity of monarehs virtually governed
Europe for seven years—namely, until the
summer ol 1892, when Mr. Canning, then
appointed Foreign Secretary tor England,
•set himself sternly against this monstrous
-combination, and overthrew it. But now it
has been discovered ("by that not very bright
gentleman, Lord Campbell} that certain
words in a despatch from Prince Gortscha
xoff, Foreign Minister of the Czar, that
England also had become a party to this
new Holy Alliance, and that hostility to
France was one of the objects of this confe
racy. It was explained by Lord Russell
that the words alluded to could only refer
to the conference on Danish affairs, which
England hud proposed, and that England
had not entered into any combination at all
hostile to France.
The Conference will probably be held.
It will he a virtual triumph to Napoleon
who may say “ Last November, seeingthat
the affairs ot Europe were unsettled, I pro
posed a conference of the leading Powers
for the express purpose of quietly adjusting
them, and thereby maintaining peace. My
proposition was declined, rather curdy, by
■one great Power, my ally and neighbor.
Had it been accepted and carried out, who
can doubt that this miserable invasion of
and war in Denmark would not have taken
place? Now, when the evil which my
forethought would have prevented has been
permitted and committed, you request a
Conference of the great Powers. Be it so.
Count me iD. But do not be surprised if
nothing should result from it. The goldeu
opportunity was that which I proffered, five
months ago, and which yon contemptuously
rejected.”
England declares that the action of Aus
tria and Prussia towards Denmark is unwar
rantable, but confines herself to hard words,
which, the proverb says, break no bones!
We believe the report to be that Queen
Victoria, who was thoroughly indoctrina-
ted with German proclivities by the late
Prince Ax-übbt, (whose elder brother egged
on the Prince of Angustenburg to claim
Holstein and Schleswig as his proper inheri
tance, on the death of the late King of Den
mark ) decidedly objects to any manifesta
tion on the part of England which can be
considered hostile to the policy of the Ger
manic Federal Diet, and this, though her
eldest son’s father-in-law, the King of Den
mark, may lose two-thirds of his dominions
by England's non-interference. There ac
tually has been a morion before the Diet to
recognize Prince Augustenbcrg as Duke
of Holstein and Schleswig, which was post
poned only at the request of Austria and
Prussia.
Meantime, various encounters continue
between the invaders, without much loss on
either side. At sea, Denmark has the whip
hand, her war steamers every now and then
picking up German merchantmen as prizes,
and even blockading the Prussian flotilla at
Stralsund, where, indeed, it is hemmed in
by the ice. To some extent, then, Denmark
holds her own.
The Rebels have no liking for our fo
reign-bom citizens, however much the Cop
perhead party of the city of New York is
composed of that element. “ Twenty mil
lions of mongrels,” says the Richmond En
quirer, “ have undertaken to whip us. The
Yankees soon got sick,of the fight, and le
vied on the Dutch and Irish. The resident
Irish and Dutch began to fly, and seventy
five thousand Paddies were recruited in Ire
land.” And it may be interesting to know
that the rebels desires certain kind of peace.
“ Yes,” says the Examiner, “ peace on any
terms—which General Lee, standing in
Faneuil Hall, may choose to dictate to the
base-bom wretches who have sought to
enslave us.”
In one of its paroxysms of gaiety, the
Herald says:
“ Over a volcano, in the shape of fivehundred tons
of gunpowder stowed sway in our harbor, they all,
men and women, will revel without a thought or a
cue of ita exploaion. Yea, with instantaneous de
struction at the door, we shall be gay and careless.
With hundreds of tons of powder belonging to the
Government, in such close proximity to the city
that were a spark to ignite it we should aU be blown
into utter cfaaoa and ruin, and leave nothing but a
wreck behind, the opera will be crowded, the fair
will be crowded, the hotels will be crowded, and the
gambling houses and Wall atreet will be crowded.”
And the Herald itself would fiddle on if
New York were burning. Now, will not
some public-spirited member of the esta
blishment blow up the Herald for its own
amusement ? Though always being caught
in the attitude of Mark Meddle, when he
wished to be kicked, still, when the Herald
offers to play this part to thunder and per
dition, there is sublimity in its mirth.
[For The Press 1
Aa Moses stood upon the flaming mis,
With all the people gathered at his feet,
Waiting in Slna’s valley, there to meet
The awful bearer or Jehovah’s will,
So, Grant,thou stand’at, amidst the trumpets shrill.
And the wild fiery storms that flash and beat
In iron thunder and in leaden sleet,
Topmost of all, and moat exposed to ill.
Oh.! stand thou firm, great leader of our race,
Hope of our future, till the time grows bland,
And into ashes drops war’s dying brand ’
Then let us see thee, with benignant grace,
Descend thy height, Gad’s glory on thy face,
And the law’s tables safe within thy band.
GEOEGE H. BOKEK.
late Operations In Texas.
ICorrespondence of The Press.]
Brazos Santiago, Texas, Msroh 10, 1884.
A NEW FLAM OF CAMPAIGN.
With the departure of General Dana for Mata
gorda, and the arrival of General Heron at Browns
vllle, a new plan of operations at thie poat waa de
termined upon. The forcea at BrownavlUe were
extended up the river, and a chain of forta expedi
tiously conatrueted. The latter are undoubtedly
deaigned. aa a protection agalnat an outbreak In
Mexico, and afford a comfortable aeeurity to the
loyal reaidenta of the town, who have paaaed three
yeara in continual lear of invasion, and Buffered all
the inhumanities and reatrletiona which the border
deaertera have inflicted upon the Union men of
Texas.
The next important move waa the evacuation of
Point laabel and the removal or the forcea there
stationed to this island. But two companies remain
there to garrison the forts built by Gen. Dana, and
the extensive trenohes are to be fllled up. The
transfer to Brazos necessarily changes the entire
route of transportation, and certainly to great ad
vantage. Steamers are now unloaded on the new
docJc recently built here, the supplies conveyed by
teams to the mouth of the river, and thence trans
ported by steamboats up to Brownsville. A detach
ment of two hundred men was next stationed at
Boca del Bio, which had previously remained un
occupied by our troops. Being the lower terminus
of the steam route, it has grown from comparative
Insignificance as a settlement, familiarly known on
tbii side aa Clarksville, into a considerable sub
depot of supplies; and ita proximity to the little pes
tilent secesaion town of Big Cad, on the opposite
back, required the defence of a permanent force.
A BTBAH LINB-BBIZCRB OF A BRITISH SHir.
The Government has established a regular line of
steamers from New Orleans to Brazos. The mag
nificent side-wheel steamers “Crescent,” “Clin
ton,” and “St. Mary,” recently built in New York,
succeed each other in their trips, and with the fre
quent vilitg of the transports“Fairhaven,” -‘Ala
bama,” “ Alliance,” and “ Peabody,” contribute to
enliven the port into one of interesting activity.
The British brig “ Scyjla,” seized off here a month
ago, with a large amount of specie for the rebel
Govermens, is still here awaiting the decision of
tie General. It was ascertained from the ship’s
papers that her accomplice, another large British
biig, was on the seas on the same errand, but the
fleet has not yet succeeded in discovering her where
abouts.
TUB SOLDIERS,
The 26th Indiana Volunteer* returned horns last
week, having re-enlisted for three yean before
leaving. They are veteran heroes of Shiloh, Pea
Ridge, and Vicksburg.
Major General Ord paid us a flying visit recently,
and inspected the forces of the Bio Grande. On his
return to New Orleans he received the order re
lieving him or command of the 13th Army Corps.
.A grand review ol our division was held at
Biownsvllle, by General Herron, oa Washington’s
Birthday. Artillery salutes were fired during the
day, and the celebration eon eluded In the evening
with a select ball at Miller’s Hotel.
As I close we are experiencing one of the cold dry
northera peculiar to this latitude. The sun is
shining, and the white sand-drifts, blown here and
there by the fierce winds, gives the appearance of an
Eastern snow storm. By moonlight the analogy is
beautifully picturesque. (j.
WASHINGTON
Washington, March 23,1864,
The Conduct of the War.
A rumor is sfloat that the President has sent for
General Fbbmont, and that an important command
has been tendered him. He is expected here on
Wednesday.
To set Ctr the rumor concerning Gen. Fbbmont,
a similar report with regard to fIIcCr.KLLAx has
been started. The new reputed commander of the
Northern Army, General Smith, has an anti-
WcClellak record, a fact which is significant.
Major General Shebiuan has been appointed to
command the Cavalry Corps ot the Army of the
Potomac, in place of Gen. Plbasanton.
General Pleasanton baa issued the following
farewell order, at date of the 25th:
“Having been relieved from duty with the Army
of the Potomac, the regret or separation from the
many personal associations established in the Ca
valry Corps becomes mere impressive by the devo
tion, generosity, and noble daring that have been
exhibited throughout one of the most eventful peri
ods iu the history ol the war. The brave seek no
higher tribute than the oonfldence or their com
mander. Four glorious deeds testify to the trust
you have maintained so saarediy. Continue to be
animated by the same spirit that now guides your
colon to victory, and you will reap the reward of
duty to yourselves, your country, and your God.
“A. PLEASANTON, Major General.”
General PLBASANTOIt takes With htrn to Mis
souri Lieutenants Cliitobd, Thomson, Gboegb
H. Thompson, and Yateb, members of his per
sonal staff.
Movements of Lieut. Gen. Grant.
Lieutenant General Gbant arrived in this city
yesterday, and was engsged In consultation with
the President, Secretary of War, and General Hal
leck, last evening. He len for the headquarten of
tbe Army of the Potomac this morning. He has
established his headquarten at Culpeper, eight miles
in front of Q«a«ral Meadb,
The rt pain to the rooms in Winder’s Building set
apait for General Gbant’s headquarters are nearly
completed.
During bis absence, Captain Gbobge E. Lusts,
A. A. G., will have charge of headquarters.
The Capture of Fort De Russey—Gallant
Conduct of our Troops.
Rear Admiral Poster, in a communication to the
Secretary of the Navy, dated Fort De Russey,
March 16th, givea the following particulars of th e
taking of that stronghold:
The gunboats, it appears, arrived at Simmiport
at noon, and found the enemy posted in force about
three miles back. The Benton landed her crew
and drove in the pickets. The army came along in
about halt an honr more, and landed the next morn
ing, taking possession of the enemy’s camping
ground that night,
G*n. Smith concluded to follow them by land,
w Admiral Pobtbb proceeded up the Red river
?“ tk ® gunboats and transports. In the mean
w«b **,1 Eastport had reached the obatruotions, and,
toat k ®P‘ P*«® with her, had com!
«deon whtohss. ol ' demolishing the formidable barri
cade on whioh the rebels had been employed for five
months. They supposed it to be impregnable but
our energetic sailors, with hard work, op« Sap«!
sage in a few hours. K
The Esstport and Neosho then proceedeed to thn
fort, Which at that moment was be ing ,
by the troop* under Gen. Smith, who had marched
from Slmmsport. A brick musketry Are wasgoing
on between the rebel* and our own troops, and they
were io close together that it was difficult to dutln
guish the combatant*. The Esstport opened her
batteriei, but, fearing to injure our own men, ceased
firing, when our troop* proceeded to the assault, and
carried the place.
“In a few momenta, and with small loss, two
hundred and fifty prisoners, eight heavy guns, end
Grant.
two field pieces fell into our hands, and all the mu
nitions of war.
“ The main body of the enemy, 6,000 strong, under
the rebel general Walker, made their escape.”
Admiral Pobthb say* ’ 11 The whole affair has
been well managed. The troops made a splendid
march and attack, and the officers in command of
the gunboats and transports hare shown great zeal
and Industry In getting up the river and through the
obstructions, which the rebels deemed impassable.’-
In the recent attack on Trinity by the gunboats, a
number of negro™- who were captured by the ene
my In a recent attack upon Goodrloh’a Landing,
were recaptured.
Official Account of the Escape of" the
Florida from Fnnchats
The Navy Department Is in receipt of a letter
from Commander Prbiilb, commanding the sloop
of-war St. louts, dated March Ist, in Fuoehal roads,
Madeira. He says the Florida has succeeded In get
ting to sea, and that he shall follow her Si once
though hopeless of catching her out of the port!
Had the St. Louis been a steamer he would have
anebored alongside of her, and unrestricted by the
twenty-four-hour rule, his old foe would not have
escaped. He says the Florida’s crew is described as
made upfof Spaniards, Frenohmen, and Portuguese,
with c few Englishmen, and only one American.
“My men,” he adds, “have been wild to fight, and
I drew the shot from my guns the day she came in,
fearing, in their excitement, they would Are into
her without orders, and thus break the neutrality of
the port.
The Special Agents of the Treasury.
The Secretary of the Treasury has transmitted to
the Senate, in response to a resolution passed by
that body, a list of the special agents of the Trea
sury, their field of operation!*, and pay and emolu
ments, from which it appears that under the act of
March, 1863, 21 supervisors and special agents have
been appointed, some with $5, and others with $6
a day, and ten cents a mile for travel, in no case to
exceed $5,000 in full. Under the act of July let,
1882, to further provide for the collection or the re
venue, ten special agents, some with salaries as
above, one at $l2OO, J. B. Dillon, Nashville, Ten
nessee, one at $4,500, Taos. Pi' Mat, at New Or
leans, 13 under the sot of March, 1863, for the collec
tion of the Internal revenue, at similar salaries, in
cluding one Thomas Bcowsi, for the Paeiflc coast,
at $6 per day, and 10 cents per mile.
A Steamer Wanted.
The Navy Department is In want of a new side
wheel steamer of about the following dimensions:
Length, 150 feet; breadth, 28 feet, and depth 9 feet.
Persons having such vessels for sale are requested
to send particulars and prise to the Navy Depart
ment.
New Style of Military Equipments.
The House Military Committee have acted favora
bly on the neweeries of military equipments pro
jected by Colonel Kino, of Missouri. They not
only lessen the expenses, but considerably relieve
the soldier of unnecessary weight.
Indians at the Capital.
A delegation of Indians called upon the Secretary
of the Interior for consultation In regard to the
treaty made last fall with them by Gov. Eaubsv.
Chief Maydwagatinbt said at the time the
treaty was made be was away, and did not know it
was signed, which was done without bis consent,
and he asked for a longer time to think of the treaty,
which the Secretary gave them. They were told by
the Seoretaiy that their great father would do
exactly aa he thought their Interest required accord
ing to his judgment.
German Opera in Washington.
The newly-organized German Opera Troupe, un
der Mr. Bisevsnc’s management, opens to-nightat
Gbovbb's Theatre, In this eity, with ” Fault” ai
the attraction. The house will be crowded.
The Quicksilver Case.
No decision was announced today by the Supreme
Court of the United States in the Quicksilver case.
Gen. Grant and the Secretary of War.
The Evening. Post has the following i
Washington, March 28.—Gen. Grant is busily
employed in weeding out the Incompetent officers of
the Aimy of the Potomaa.
A Well-known gentleman asked Secretary Stknton
on Saturday why General was removed, and
the reply was to the effect that “the Department
did Dot consider him fit for any command.” The
Sc £^ , *. l 7 twards said he had no objection to the
publication of this opinion.
General Grant returned to the Army of the Poto
mac early this morning.
KORTH CAROLINA.
New Yobk, March 28.—Newbern advices of the
24th Inst, have been received. The steamers Alice
and Hama ran out of Wilmington on the night of
the 12 th, with 700 bales of cotton on each.
Judge Pearson, of North Carolina, in a habeas
corpus case, recently tried before him, decided that
the recent act of Congress to conscript persons vho
have furnished substitutes for the war is uncon
stitutional.
Five Confederate soldiers, at home on a furlough,
were captured near Cashel, and were brought Into
Plymouth.
CALIFORNIA.
San Fbakcisco, March 26.— The Union State
Convention, now in session, has chosen Nathan
Coombs, Bobert Gardiner, O. H. Bradbury, William
Bitter, James S. Otis, J. McNulty, Tnomas Camp
bell, P. B. Annierey, flev. M. C. Briggs, and John
Bidwell, as delegates to the Baltimore Convention.
SEW YORK
THE GOLD MARKET.
New Yobk, March S3.—Gold has fallen to 66, but
closes at 66;,.
THE OBSEQUIES OB MB. LOVBJOY.
The funeral services of Owen Lovejoy were con
ducted to-day, at Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. A
committee of Congress is expected to-morrow to es
cort his remains to Freeport, Illinois.
DEATH OP A WItITEB.
Frank Wood, of this city, a well-known and ac
complished young literateur, died on Saturday, at
Haverstraw, of consumption.
AS ALLEGED INOBNDIABT.
Daniel McAvoy was arrested to-day for attempting
to fire the Free Academy, of which he was formerly
the assistant janitor.
IMPORTANT TO IMPORTERS.
The following rmportant order was issued to-day
Um-TBo States Treasury, March 28, 1864,
By direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, no
tice is hereby given that, until further ordered, I
will Issue to importers, for the payment of duties on
goods imported by them, certifloates of deposit of
gold coin to Ihe credit of the collector 01 any port as
desired, in exchaoge for notes at a quarter of one
percent, below the current market value of gold.
These certificates are not assignable, but will be re
ceived by the collector from the party to whom they
are Issued. J. j. CISCO,
Aes’t Treasurer United states.
The daily payments for custom* average* not far
from $260,000 at this port.
BAKE STATEMENT*
The following is the condition of the New York
banks for the week ending March 2a th
Loang, increase $l,l« ere
Specie,decrease 63»,03S
Circulation, decrease 75 052
Deposits, decrease ■ 1,372,071
the be galaktuomo.
The steamer North Star has arrived from an un
successful ciulse after the Italian frigate Re Galan
tuomo. She cruised as far south as Bermuda, and
thence northeast to Sable Island, pasalng directly
over the place where the frigate was last seen, with
out finding a vestige of wreck or materials. The
North Star cruised s,soo miles. ’ .
THE STOCK BOABP.
The following were the price of stocks at the
closing of the evening stock board:
Chicago and Kook Island
Cumberland preferred...*
Illinois Central Scrip....
Michigan Southern...
New York Central...
Beading.
Hudson Kiver
Canton Company,
G01d......
mablvjj rusAftTEBS.
The British bark Hantell, formerly the
Ameriean bark Aura, went aahore near Hatteras
Light, on the 19th instant, and became a total loss.
All hands were eared. She was bound from Guan
tanamo for Philadelphia. Her cargo was Insured.
Arrived, Bremen brig Agnes, from Marseilles for
Boston, In distress and leak'y, having touched on
Nautucket Shoals.
The Dutch brig Maurlcio, from Curaooa for this
port, l* ashore on Squsu Beach, The captain and
crew are safe. -
Below, ship Victoria from London.
Cape Haytleu.
Boston, March 28—The United States gunboat
Rhode Island, from Cape Hay Men on the isth, has
arrived here. Belt the United States steamer Pow
hatan and ship National Guard.
The Christian Commission.
Albany, March 28—A large and enthusiastic
meeting was held here yesterday afternoon, in
Twiddle Hall, on behalf of the United States
Christian Commission. A meeting, for the same
cause, was also held in Troy, last evening, In Kev.
Dr. Bemsns’church. Both meetings were addressed
by George H. Stuart, Etq., of Philadelphia, and
Bev. Cb«t. P. Lyford. Great Interest was mani
fested, and hearty determination expressed to sus
tain the Christian Commission in its noble work.
A Suspicious Circumstance?
Portland, Me., March 28.—The pilot-boat Net
tle reports having seen a bright light early this
morning, in the direction of Saco. It was supposed
to beou shore.
Burning of Vessels.
Poetlahb, Me., March 28 — Three men, employed
in Government vessel* here, report that on their
way from Biddeford to this city, they saw two ves
sels on fire, between four and five o’clock this morn
ine. One was about four miles from Wood’s Island,
nearly burned to the water’s edge, and heading
towards the island. The other was from eight to ten
miles distant. .
The Alarm In Portland.
Portland, Me., March 28 —The steamer General
Lyon has just ieturned from Wood Island. A pilot
there Ltolci them that the fire seen this morning was
on the mainland.
Newbern.
FORTBues Monhob, March 28 —The steamer
Daniel Webster arrived here to-day from Newbern,
with dates to the 26th. She brought thirty refugees
and seventeen rebel deserters. Her news Is unim
portant. .
Death of a Cincinnati Merchant.
Cincinnati, March 28.—N. W. Thomas, a promi
nent merchant of this city, died yesterday.
Tbe New Ten-forty Loan.
Nbw Tons, Much 2S—The Secretary of the
Treasuiy has officially notified the National bank
ing institutions to receive subscriptions to the new
Ten-forty loan. Such banka are to allow the usual
commission to banks and brokers.
Markets by Telegraph.
Baltimoub, Match 28 —Flour very dull, Wheat
finlet; Kentucky white SIBS(SU 88. Corn native at
$1160117, Wblskv firm at $llO for Ohio. Coffee
firm and scarce at 38® 39c.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 39, 1864:
«160*£
ll6*
l46*£
156
69}f
l66^
Thb Enlistment op Slavics in Kbntcoky,—
Governor Bramlette, of Kentucky, with two back
ers, had an interview with Mr. Llnooln this morn
ing, to accomplish by insinuation and ooaxing what
be failed to get by bullying—the stopping of the en
listment of slaves In Kentucky into the Union ar
mies. It has transpired, since the G-ovemor's ar
rival here, that at the time he remonstrated with
the President against turning Kentucky slaves into
Union soldiers, he had in type, in the public print
ing office in Frankfort, a proclamation, calling upon
the people of Kentucky to defy the authority of the
Government, and resist its action with force and
'arms.
Ex-Gov. Jacobs has permitted an intimation to
escape him that the scheme of resistance contem
plated principally the seizure of the lines of commu
nication with Grant's armies in the South, and force
them, for want of supplies, to evacuate Georgia and
Tennessee, and so let the rebels get possession of
Kentucky and bring her wholly out of the Union.
It Is probable that Bramlette will go back a wiser
and a moie loyil man —Tribune,
Gkkat Railway Hbidge.—The new bridge now
being buiit on the railway route leading to Wash
IngtoDt across the Suiquehanna river, at Havre de
Grace, will be 3 400 feet long, and supported by 13
»*ox>e piers, e&eh 240 Jeet apart; seven of these'will
have pile foundations and sis rook. They will be
eonstiucted so as to restit the greatest pressure of
lee which it is possible to biing against them. The
greatest depth of water in which these piers are laid
is 42 feet. The bridge will have ‘•adraw” on the'
pivot plan, with two openings of 70 feet eaoh in
width. Tie railway track will be 25 feet from the
water; above that will be a common carriage way.
The mii>e height of the bridge will be 60 (get *, its
estimated cost is $700,000. It was intended to build
ibe superstructure of iron, but the high price of
that material may cause the substitution of wood.
THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST.
OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS FROM PADUCAH.
PARTIAL BURNING OF THE CITY,
THU POSITION BAPE
RETREAT OP THE REBELS.
THE REBEL GEN. THOMPSON REPORTED KILLED,
RUMORED REINFORCEMENT OF THE REBEI
AT DALTON, GA.
Longstreet’s Cavalri at Marietta, Oa,
THE FRONTIER ARMY MOVING ON TEXAS,
Wasbihgton, Maioh 28.— The following do.
.patches hare been received by the Secretary of the
Navy:
Gaiko, March 28,7 F. M.—At 3P. M. yeeterdiy
the rebel* made an attack upon Faduoah. The
•teamers Peoata, Paw-Paw, and Fort Hindman at
once opened fire. Gapt. Hlek* hold* the fort. The
front part of the oity i* deatroyed, our shell* setting’
fire to the houses on the levee. A brisk cannonading
was continued until about IDP. M., when tbe fire of
the rebels ceased. The attack may have been re
newed thic|morning. Our despatches are reoelved
by boat, tberelegrapb communication having been
destrojed,-
The fort made a desperate resistance.
A. M. PENNOCK, Fleet Captain.
SB O Ob'I) DESPATCH.
March 26 I have just received Information that
the enemy is still in force on our front at Paducah.
A Hag of truce was sent in by them, to negotiate
an exchange of prisoners, which was refused- They
twice demanded |be surrenderor the place, saying
they would give no quarter if refused. General
Forrest has five hundred prisoners from Union
Oity. Reinforcements are going forward, and there
It no danger of a kutrender.
THIRD DB6PATCH.
March 26,— Paduoah is safe. The rebel* left at
midnight.
XOUBTH DBSPATOH.
Match 26.—Information has been received from
Paducah that the rebels have retreated, with a loss
of aoo killed s the number ef wounded Is unknown.
Forrest’s fofoe is said to be eooo men, with 4 guns.
TheJ rebel General A. B. Thompson Is reported
killed. ’ A. M. PENNOCK,
Fleet Captain,
CinciKis'ATi, March 2B. —The Commercial's despatch
from Chattanooga says that the rebels are very
strong in our front at Dalton, with 3,000 cavalry this
side. Deserter* report that Bishop Polk is reinforcing
Johnston’* army.
liongstreet’s cavalry, under General Martin, had
arrived at Marietta, Georgia, -
Numerous deserter* are still coming In.
The rebels are moving up their infantry from the
rear.
Our army Is In splendid condition.
ARKANSAS.
Gib c inkati, March 28. — A despatch from Fort
Smith announces the Army of tbe Frontier in mo
tion, and its supposed destination is Northern Texes.
Terrible Disaster at Sheffield, England.
BDHSTIMG 0» A BKBKRVOIB—TWO HUHDBBD LIVBS
LOST.
Tbe London papers of March 16th give detailed
accounts of the fearful calamity at Sheffield, Eng.
land. On Saturday, March 12, the reservoir of the
water-works at Sheffield, coveringseventy-six acres,
and containing over a million cubic feet of water!
suddenly burst its boundaries, overflowing the adja
cent causing great destruction of life
and property. It is estimated that more than two
hundred persons were drowned In the rush of the
waters. The London rimes says:
‘•Many months must elapse before the buildings
are restored, and years must go by before the faoe
of the country can wear the aspect of verdure and
careful cultivation which it bore on Friday night.
The river, though faUen, is far from being as low
a* it generally is at this time of the year, and every
furlong o( the stream’s banks exhibits almost In.
numerable traces of the inundation—such as trees,
balks, and beams of timber, flrmly embedded in
, b ed. The open land In this neighborhood is
still, for , tbe greater portion, under water, and, as
that drains off, a number of bodies will, it is feared,
be exposed to view. The large hollows which
abound are filled up by the hundreds of cartloads
of mud which are deposited in them. The great
manufacture r» are busily engaged cleaning out
their warehouses and polishing their machinery
wbieh had become rusty by tne water. Round
Neepscnd and by Hillsborough and Owlerton road,
where the great mlsahtel fell, the Inhabitants
of the house* are busily engaged pumping the
water out ot their cellars, ‘Wallers’ and masons
are engaged- In rebuilding, wherever practicable,
the walls that have been washed. down. Fyi>
ther down, in the gardens, opposite, at the other
side of the river, a very painfol Incident occur
rtd. Two or three men were engaged in removing
the rubbish of one of the small, Inhabited garden
houses. Near , them stood a young woman, with
two children clinging to her dress, the only Sea
saved from the wreck of their cottage. Tne rub-
Dish had almost been cleared away, when the leg
of a humrn being was el posed to view, Brick af
ter brick whs removed, until the poor woman
recognized the remains of her husband. A little
above where this incident occurred the oorpse of
a child was brought out of the mud in an open
space near the Old Brewery. About twenty
T* {v OB, T- b ,*a? the of * was also found.
“lathe Xeiham mills the escape of tbe !
workmen was very narrow indeed. Tne first alarm I
was given by a man who hsd been asleep at the I
bottom end of the mill, and was awakened by tbe
rushing In of the waters. He hastened to where his
fellow-workmen were getting dinner—these men
Jemgwhat are called the «night shift’—and gave
thtm warning. Fortunately, the gates of® the
yaid were closed, and the men had no meani
of geitiDg out by these means. Hsd they
done so they would inevitably have been swept
away by the tide which passed in front of the build
ings. They olimbed on the roof, and, as has already
been told, contrived, in their extreme eagerness to
escape, to set it on fire in doing so* But the more re* |
mft»lf«ble circumatanee remains to be told. The man
who gave the alarm, and who was the means of saying
the lives of so many of his fellow-workmen, lost
wife, and two children, who lived
at malin Bridge, and his own bedstead, with other
of his furniture, floated into the mills where he, with
others, was a prisoner—a distance of not less than
two and a half miles. In another part of Kellam
island, a man and his wife, who occupied a smsii
cottage, on heating the noise of tbe waters, went out
to save their pig. Both were swept away by the tor
rent, and the pig as well.”
Johu Bright on BritUh Enlistments In the
NorUiern Army.
Mr. Bright. I only rise to make one or two re
m*ifca with regard to the fact,. There is a charm
lug .implicit; in the character ot the honorable and
learned gentleman oppo.ite (Mr. Boebuck), a. re
*aid. hi. practice ot impartiality with repeat to the
Northern adO .Southern States. I have never heard on
the floor of thia Home, ftom any speaker, language so
unworthy of a member ol thi» Home a. that just
urea by the honorable and learned gentlemen when
•peaking ot a foreign government and a foreign peo
pie—foieign, I mean, only In a certain sense, for
ibey are, alter all, but another English nation [loud
fi ao > 3 growing up on the other aide of
the Atlantic, and with none ot tho.e difference, that
would entitle them, in an ordinary ea.e, to be called
foieignera.
I have heard from the beat authorise.—from Irish
gentlemen near me—that the average wage, la the
•ouih and we.t of Ireland are not more than lOd. or
11. a day. [Hear, hear.] Now, u that be ao, how
dare the honorable and learned gentleman, with bit
logical mind, assume that a foreign Government haa
been breaking the International and municipal law.
for the puipoae of B&tioiog Irishmen to emigrate to
America, when be must know perfectly well that
there is an overwhelming attraction, apart from the
question of war, which would take Irishmen to
America ? That attraction is the bounty, which if
not sioo, as described by the noble earl, but nearly a
sum amounting to £lOO. The only marvel is that
any Irishman, who is not the owner of land or the
possessor oi some capital, should remain in mat be
nighted and unhappy country, (Hear, hear ] I i
happen to know the gentleman who fills the offlae of j
consul to the United States at Liverpool, (Mr. Dud- j
ley,) and he told me not many montha ago that,
since the war began, he has had every day to answer
the questions of Englishmen, as well as Irishmen,
who came to ask him to help them to get over to
America in older thatthey might Bulletin the North
eru army.
EsOAPB op ftitllKL FkIBOHHSS PROM CIHP
Douglas —The Chicago Tribune of Friday aaya:
“On the night of the 22d inat. twelve rebel priaonera
made their escape from White Oak Priaon, Camp
Douglaa, end have not yet been retaken. They were
confined In the atetad atory ol the priaon, next room
to s guard, and made use of the aame, hole, in the
floor, above and below, that the rebel, eacaped
thiough during Colonel De Dmnd’a atay at the
camp. Their manner of concealing their work waa
most ingenioua. While part of them were at
work filing oft nail head., ao that the floor might
be raised, the other, sang loudly, rattled chain.,
and otherwiae engaged the attention Of the guard
in auch a manner that not the aiighteat suapi
cion of their proceeding! ever entered the minde of
thoae over them. Beaching the ground, they bur
rowed their way in a zigzag direction under the
fence, depoaiting the dirt in an old link, of the ex
istence ol Which Col, Strong waa ignorant. They
commenced to piepare for their eaeape nearly ail
weeks ago. At the time of theft leaving, twenty
five of the rebels were in the priaon, and why only
twelve choae to eaeape la a mystery.
“ The day before the escape of these priaonera, two
rebels weie discovered digging a tunnel tinder the
new barracks just erected m tne aoutheoat portion
of the grounds. Of course, they were put Into the
priaon. And a lucky change it waa for them, aa thev
weie Among the mining the next morning. l ’
COVPERHEAB OUTRAGE AT BaHBEY, ILLINOIS.—
The Springfield (111.) State Journal aaya: “We learn
by a letter received in this city that the house of
Captain M. Sperry, at Bamaey, on the Ulinoil Cen
tral Railroad, about seventeen miles south of Pans,
waaviailcd by a gang of Seceaaioniats about midnight
on Monday night last. They attempted to induce
Captain Sperry to come to the door and let them
in; hut, suspecting something wrong, he refuted
to do ao. Booking out from the window lu
the second story, he aaw four men standing In the
yard before the door, armed with guna. Captain
Sperry then armed himself with a pair of revolvers,
but waa twice prevented from, using them by Mi
wife, who caught hie arm and pulled him back. The
assailants, becoming frightened, kept near the
hOUie, 10 it waa impossible to get a snot at them.
Ml*. Sperry, in the effort to get sight of them from
the window, exposed herself to view from the out
side, and while her husband was attempting to in
duce her to leave the window, a shot was fixed into
the window from without, taking effect in her face
and shoulder. The gun with which she waa wound
ed was loaded with bird-shot,”
XXIVUItb CONGRESS—Ist SESSION.
WisßnatoiTi March 28.1888.
„ SK9TATB.
Mr. FOSTER, from tbe Committee on Pensions, re
ported a hill tiring Revolution*.*7 soldiers an additional
bounty of one hundred dollars, which wa» passed.
..^A.»^ a ®®v*, romtb s. Coinzo,t *'®con Public Lands, re*
A* v , 0r ? bI Z °5. Houre bill enabling the people of
Nebraska to form a Stats and maintain a Territorial Go
vernment.
WILBOH, from the Military Committee, reported
of «Oßrantrated feed for hon«a #»d
Awd.M « Won ffi C9d ‘ WU nUttre 10 «*• MU « ar ' r
lew thui urentMa, nor non than twenty Teari old.
and “Jjated “SgHUnir <0 mom and oualUcitloa
Mr, COLLAHER repotted a bill rotating to the com
penaatlon of pension agent*, wnloh allow* thorn Sr
olerk hlre and office rent fly* hundred dollar* for dl«-
bnriem«ntof fifty thousand dollar* annually. and two
£ftr d tno a ne?nd”don d a°r^ r * addltl0 “ 1 for eyery additional
Mr. CRIMES introduced. a resolution inquiring of the
Secretary of tn© Navy bow many ordinary seamen have
whteh WM f adopted° m the “ iUtary *° the naval service;
Vhs Abolition of Slavery.
*“.® Senate then took op the special order, the ioiat
wtSkiM? 11 !* 0 ameod . the Constitution so as to forever
2ima Mt slavwy or eervitude, except for
without stopping to inquire
fcViiSjf led to the present atrocious r«-
ttei. n Aiirt?o£ ftye brought on the country all the ais
fittl*’ desolation and death which have followed in
mran f® Bafel X- gaumed that they chiefly
slavery. If a large party in the coon*
;£* attributed the cause of our difficulties to the.
»>jent interfßTence of philanthropists and fanatics
Jatke JSorthein States with an institution iifthe South
?^*Jray«finye l ?ri’ iii that,toset npan empire of
ii B ri o »Y?v OQn s fe S 4 ollBl^Tery^B i* >clll efcorn«r*sioiie.which
iedtothe rebellion, he replied that without slaverythera
/^l£-,k av ? bt€n B s c h foundationoa which to build. If
freedom of speech and of the press, sa dear to freemen an v -
where and in all times, and cherished especially in this
time of wa? toy those opposed to the AdmiSsfcmtfon has
H nr IWes, been denied us in a large
{heßepnbllo, it was slavery which denied it ir the
hallsiOl thiß Capitol ha>e resounded from our earlieit
aad contests of sections,
S someilmes in blood, it was slavery which almost
superficial observer of our
•i«£2£ k t.orth or South, or of any party, can doubt that
siaveiy Is at the bottom of our present troubles. Our
fathers who framed the Constitution regarded slavery as
S£g.t7&!.^s d j lookt iM Q,wa,, i l **■ early extinction.
Tney felt the inconsistency of their position while pro
claiming the equal rights of all to lire, liberty, and hap
plnese, hence they refused to permit the word slave to
be incorporated lmo the constitution, leßt future genera
tions should learn from the instrument itself that it had
once exibted.
The history of the last seventy years has proved that
the founders of the Repub.Ho were mistaken in their
expectations that slavery would be abolished; and
siaveiy. so far from grwn&Uy disappearing, as tuey had
anticipated, had so stiengthened itself that U 1880 its ad
vocates demanded the control of the nation in Its In
terests, failing in which they attempted the overthrow
of the Government. At the outset or the rebellion there
was a disinclination on the part of the Executive au
thority to interfere in any manner with slavery, and
orders were isiued and executed driving back to the as
sistance of the enemy slaves who escaped to our lines.
Congress, however. In obedience to the popular sent!*
meat, at an early day took aotton against this policy.
At the July session of lt6l an act was passed forfeiting
the owner’s right to any slave whom he should permit
lobe employed in any shape in aid of the rebellion.
This acr, if efficiently enforced* womd have freed large
numbers of slaves; but It was never executed. At the
regular session of Congress, convened in December. 1861,
Congress passed another act making free all slaves who
should come within.on* lines, be deserted by their
masters, or who should come under the control of the
United fctatee authorities. It was a long time before the
slaves escaplflg-into our lines were protected,and longer
still teiore they were organized to aid in tee suppres
sion cf the rebellion. In fact, it was more than a year
after the passage of the act demanded by the public
voicp before any considerable number of persons ofAfri
esn descent were armed, and even now a much less num
ber are In the field than there might have been had by
the adoption ol more energtic measures on the part of
those charged with the execution ol the laws.
The constitutional authority of Congress to paw acts
giving freedom to the slaver of rebels alone has been
quesiicxted by some, thornh they are believed to be
lolly sustained by the usages of natioas and the deci
sion* of com ts. These sots of Congress, if elf actually
executed, would, during ihe progress of the war, hare
emancipated most of the slaves, for they mostly he*
longeato persons who have In some way aided in the
r ®lr®jUon. That power, exercised by a commander-In
chief, as such, must be a power exercised in fact, and
that beyond his lines,-where his armies cannot go, his
orders are a meie orutemfulmen, and can neither work
a forfeiture of property nor freedom of slaves. All these
law® and proclamations, giving to each the lageat effect
claimed by lteiriends, are ineffectual to the destruction
of slaiery.
The taws of Congress, if efficiently executed, would
leave remaining the slaves belonging to loyal masters
which, considering how many are held by children and
females not engaged in the rebellion, would be no in
considerable number, and the President's proclamation
excepts from Hb provision* ail of Delaware. Maryland.
Kentucky, Tennessee. Missouri, aud a great part of
Louisiana and viTgitla—*almcst half the slave Slates,
if, therefore, we would get rid of slavery, and make
our land In fact, what we have long claimed for it in
nt>me, ’ * the land of the free. ” some more effective mea
sure must be resorted to than any yet adopted- Some
have supposed that this can be accomplished by au act
2* A? nareflS declaring slavery abolished everywhere;
but the power to pass such au act is denied by others,
ana it is difficult to see how it can be maintained.
It Is asserted by some that this power may be exer
cised as an incident to the war power, which i»conc d*-d
to exist in the Federal Government. What is the war
power? It is the power to raise and support armies,
axd to use them in the way armies are accustomed to
get against the common enemy. Under this power
slaves, as Weil as freemen, may doub.leag be pat into
the army; enemy’s property may be taken, and his
slaves tet at liberty, hut what right dots this give to
free the slaves of loyal citizens in loyal States ? None,
surely, unless It is a necessity to the raising and sup
porting of armies or carrying on the war. Congress has
the unquestioned authority to draft men into the mili
tary ter vice, and has already passed Jaw* for that por
pote if u had not done so the do wet to do U exists* and
there can, therefore, be no necessity to free all the slaves
in the land in order to raise armies; nor is It necessary
to ir*e them in order to carry on the war. It might be a
convenience to do so; it may be insisted that Incidental-
L* acl -w , tJ J lld al d In suppressing the rebellion.
r oi V ni *iV' he said that if Congress were to pass a law
limiting the price of wages in the land, anathst in no
stale any mtchanic or laborer should tocsivs for his sef*
vices more than five cents a day, the effect would be to
ex. courage enlistments and pi event desertion, as well as
tc save money to the Government, which would then be
able to raise iroepe at Igbs expense than at present.
*®* who would pretend that Congress possessed au
ihority to pass eucU a law. The only effective mode /or
nadlsg the country of slavery is by a conatuuSonil
amendment, forever proluoiti» s its eati*W>a within
Edlc y° n *b o United fatales. Tx ie amendment
adopred, and not only does slavery cease, but it can
e ! tabhsl2< d kjlate authority, or in any othsr
way than by again amending the Constitution; whereaf,
if slavery should now be aoolished by act of Congress,
or by prociamanon of the President—assuming that
enher.ha* the power xodo it—there is nothing in. the
f-oismution to prevent aty State from again
bmhmg It. This change of the ConaututionVifl
T ?l'w Ve J't-H difficulty in the ieitoiation to the Union
ofthe rebel feiates, when our brave so diers shall have
recuc« d thtm to obedience to tfce laws, and he was re
joiced to believe this amendment will have a larva sud
poit from what axe known as ihe border States
BBein* recommenced fay two-thirds of each house of
Coheres* ie it unreasonable to expect its jatiaciiiou
by ihiee-fourih* cf tu* butos. We now have thirty,
five States. Acts have passed creating two more—
Nevada and Colorado Those added to what we already
have will make thirty-seven States To latify the
amendment will therefore require the affirmative votes
oi twenty five States. There are now twenty-one free
unlading Nevada and Colorado, soon to bo ad
gnted. Add to them Delaware, Maryland, Missouri,
Weal VirKinlft, Arkausas. Louisiana, and Tennessee,
and yen have twenty-eight, the requisite number to
carp themiasure, l have assumed that all the free
btates will adopt this amendment. It is now very gene
raily conceded ihat slavery is a doomed institution The
ft w in the Northern or free States who attempt to uphold
it do so on constitutional grounds, denying the autho
rity of «h» Government to interfere with it; but none of
those perton* deny, or can deny, the power of thepao
p e to amend the Constitution in the mode prescribed by
If. 1 ben. th*y shall oppose an
amendment for the abolition of slavery, it will not be
because to abolish it in that form is unconstitutional, but
because it i* not light; or if right, not expedient
Ism sure that the passsge of this joint resolution by
two-thirdaofeachbranehofCougress, and its ratiftca
non by The people, will not of itself suppress the rebel
lion ana restore peace to the country. That can. only be
done through the ateccy brave soldiers At no
peried of the war have the Union armies been more
formidable than at this moment They are soon to be
hurled, under the inspiration of a master mind, with
imei&tibje force upon the enemy. This ought, in my
judgment, to have been done long ago, to hare saved
the country the hundred of millions of treasure aud
the hummus of thousands of patriotic lives which
have been tscrificed. It is the large rebel armies, of
which iheie are but two, which ate to be overcome,
and then the rebellion will be substantially ended.
Rut. instead of looking back and mourning over the
mistakes cl the past, let us remember them only for the
Jeeeoo&tfaey teach for the faturd, forgetting the things
Which are past. Let m press forward to the accomplish
ment of what is before, making sure, by the cunoeotra
lion of our sallant soldiers under the successful hero of
ibe We*t. of the speedy destruction of the rebel armies;
and when that is accomplished the Union will he re
stored The constitutional government maintained,and
universal freedom established, peace and prosperity re
stored will be added onto it.
Mr, 6RSRMAN answered the speech of Mr. Wilkin
son, made komedavssso. in which he charged him (Mr*
bhexman) with inconsistency on the anti-slavery Ques
tion, to which
Mr. WILKIN* OE briefly replied, and, after a short
coiloqny between the two,
question ILSOI^ tbd Senate on the pending
Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, in the course of his
remark*, said that slavery in America, though, upheld
by intercuts, cu&ttms, and usages* trenched about by
inhuman statutes, and hedged around by passionate,
vehement, andunreiuofainff prejudices, is fast crumbling
to atom* beneath the blows raised upon it by a liberty
loving snd patriotic people. But let the anti-slavery
men listen to no truce, no compromise, to no cry for
. meicy. Let them now be as inflexible as justice, as in*
exoiabie as dettlny. When-ver and wherever a blow
can be dealt atjhe vitals of the retreating fiend, let that
blow be struck in the name of the bleeding nation, aud
of the * * dumb toiling millions bound and sold ”
A truce with, slavery 1b a defeat for the nation. A
compiomiee with slavery ie a prestige of disaetei and
dishonor, and a future ot anarchy and blood Mere? tn
slavery is cruelty \o liberty. The death of slavervU
on «-°^ e rebellion, the unity of tbe £e*
I??* of nation, the haimoniooß develop
icpubikan infctuuuons. therepoie, culture, aud
fhfllba 1 Iba P et »Plo- Though riven and shattered by
8t civil war it inaugurated;
still battles for existence and dominion with the
Thongh waning m power, slavery still retains in its
matees of men to the loyal States ready to do
and presents in Its defence a rampart of
three hundred thousand gleaming bayonets. Thoie
mutt he won over to the gathering hosts of free
dem or utterly iou ed. and that rampart of glitterinir
down before the advancing legions of the
MMsnmctlm! 8 ,Blnl,lllto tt9 * raT * Uat *»»W,
Let not tb® anttslayery men of this age forget that the
[ ot !i E j* rß v° r the Republic believed slavery would wither
and die beneath the blended rays of the Christian and
dtmocratic institutions they founded. L*t them not for
get that slavery was then a mendicant, pleading for for--
beaisnce and mercy—for a little time to hide Itself from
the g»ze of ihai humanity it outraged aud dishonor®?
Let them remember, too, how it deluded and deceived'
*?,L trcm a feeble mendicant
Government and the psople.uxtll itccn
c,Jm H by th « inauguration of the revolu-
Let them remember ihat hundreds of thousands of
ourccmmrjmen in loyal Btat?s,“liw siaTiS??li?ed thf
banners of inturrecuon, and sent death wound* Sick!
sorrow Into the home* of the people, have re--
and ktili contbaue to resi*t,any measureifor the de
fence of the nation, if that measureteuced to impair the
animating powers 0 f Btavery. They resisted the
act mating free the slaves up* d by rebelefor miiitn.w nnr
82S B «V%® c V nfleca t ioa JK’ffee-'
dom of the slaves ofrebol masiere; th© abolition of #
In the capital of the nation, and tne coniflcmti/m 'nt th.
Territories to free labor k£d frM jaboring m?n - tbl
°X em l ai 'c|patiop; the enlistment of colored
Iht blMk snlaw®?!,* 1 ?? country ; the fr#sdom of
ine Piaca soldier who is fighting, bleeding, dying* for
country, send tbe freedom of bis wife and children
SfL , Tirrs? B f>! fsr f « r ««» r l7 three year, iu'*-
?5S «iSSiS.£ r *s® c-ttoci bathed fh. land In Mood,
and filled two hundred thousand graves with our slain
|onr, the,* m,n of Ihe loyal States a- 111 ell a* to the fall
#*.L°« nt * x rclentleeß and unappeasable enemy
of their country and Its democratic institutions. They
expiring Bystem in ths border slave
States, and in tones of indignation and of angufeh they
uiter lainentatlous over the proclamation of emancipa
tion. and the policy that is bringing rebel States back
again, radiant with freedom;
The past, with its crowded memories of the develop
ments and power, corruptions and crimes of slavery
the present, witn its lessons to be read by every eye—all
demand that tbe snti-siav«ry m«n of United America
should seize every ccession to tramole down every ves
i!s2 2? #i a T ,b - m ewsar it, write It upon the
i*®? l^ e i r B A b * le iV •5« r it upon their door poets.
1,1 fate ««th aud of heaven, that
J“ftfbaroui, treaconabie, mEn-dfehonorlng, aud
fc y fctem ftf bnman slavery in America shell
perilh utterly from the face of tbe Republic, that Its
supporters, apologists, and sympathizers, shall never
more guide the conn ells of war-or wear the honors of
the emancipated, disenthralled, and regenerated na
<>& **ery rood of the vast terrl ories of
e«r pStiblt’*d.” 8 ’ ''* l,LV ‘ SC ’ Bh,in *>® tor -
Obliterating slavery and annulling the slave code in
the capital of the nation; decreeing, under the war
power, more than th.se millions or bondmen lu the
rebel states hexceforwsrd and foiever free;” pro
claiming the emancipation of the slave by the flat of
the nation the instant he writes his name on ths
fa/ the defenders of the Republic—have
riven and shivered the slave system into broken and
db fragments, and that bags and ffhftstlv
system now lies prottrate in the convulsive throes of
<ife«oidtlon.
BLNationai leglslat’on. executive action, judicial decl
ale n, may still foither degrade and hamiliaie the now
impotent ey stem that ores in the pride of pow*rg&ve law
il l . ub i tcan ,if merica. The hideous fugitive slave act
Jtmbiackfus the nutates of this GhristlaJ land,remind
ing us of the degradation and humiliation of our couotrv
wh* n the heel of ib»t master-was on tteneck Justtae
bumenUy, pelf respect and decency.all demand that
the ILeßcring lnfrmy shall be ibliterated from the page
li 'blecbers _
Ihe.dtcrse cf ‘mancipation, tro, should bo enforce 1
and sanctioned by mssMinsof leu illation. The colored
sola era. who are Othiing our b*uies with nnserpassr-d
abVQIiC'U &r d bdu;c courage, &ho»)d be entitled by law
:? rf the pay pqu enjolainecte cf other soldier* of
tte K<pobtlc. and fhetr w!t*s and ch'Jdreu should he
by hci of (toisrefs. ac«l placed under t»» p>
tectisg care ot ;he country for Choir h3»bsuisaui
father* are perilling liberty And lire on tbe batn©-aaida
in spite of the merciless ban of tbe rebel chiefs.
But tbe crowning act In this aeries of acts for the re*
etrictlon and extinction of slavery In America Is this pro*
posed amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the ex*
lstenee of slavery forevermore in the Bepublfo of the
United States. If this amendment shall be incorporated
by the will of the nation into the Constitution of the
United Stater, it Will obliterate the fast Ungerlng vestiges
or the Blare system. It* chatlelislng, degrading, aad
bloody code; its dark, malignant, barbarizing spirits
all it was and la; everything connected with It, or per
taining to It, from the face of the nation It has scarred
with moral desolation* from the bosom of the country it
has reddened with the blood and strewn with the graves
or patriotism. The incorporation of this amendment
into the organic iaw of the nation will mahe impossible
forevermore the reappearance of the discarded slave sya*
tern, and the reluming of the despotism of the slavo mas
ters' domination _ .
Then, when this amendment to the Constitution ia con
summated, ne t hackles will fall from the limb of the
hapless bondman, and tbe lash drop from the weary
hand of the taskmaster. Then the sharp cry of the
agonized hearts of severed families will cease to wr
tbs weary ear f f the nation, and to pierce tne dftr Of flint
whosejudxmentearsnow avenging the wrongs of can
taries. Then the slave-mart, pea, and auction* block,
with their clanking fetters for human limbs, will dis
appear from the land they have bruUlized.ani the
school* house will rise to enlighten the darkened intel
lect of a race imbrated by lo»grears of enforcedigno
re?*' Then the sacred rights of human nature, the
hallowed family relations of husband and wife, parent
and child, will be protected by the guardian spirit of
that law which makes sacred alike the proud homes and
lowly cabins of freedom.
Then the scarred earth, blighted by the sweat and
tears of bondage* will bloom as* in under Ike Quicken
ing cmtuie of rewarded toil. Then the wronged victim
§s,*hi 0 slave system, the poor white man— he sand
.°r wasted Held, of Carolina—
impoverished, debased, and dishonored by the system
that makes 101 l a badge of disgrace, and the instruction
or the brain and soul of a man a crime, will lift his
abashed forehead to the able* and begin to run the race
ot improvement, progress, and elevation. Then the na
tion. regenerated and disenthral led by the genius of
unlvertal emancipation, will run thecsreer of develop
j pflwer, at a glory* Quickened, animated, aad
Christian democracy that
?Se Senata'uieifadjonmaS: bDt “*■ "
I HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
m TAe Abolition of Slavery.
Mr. NOBTOST, of IlltaoiSi introduced a joint resolu
tion aroposinff an amendment to the Constitution pro*
hibiting the existence of slavery in the States and Ter
ritories
deferred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr AbBLEY, of Ohio, offered a resolution granting
the use of the ball of the House of Representatives to
the Washington Lecture Association, on'the 6th of ipril,
fvr the d< livery of a lecture b? the Bon George Thomp
son. late a member of the Brili th Parliament, the pro
ceeds, after the payment of expenses, to be distributed
among the families of thecoloredsoldiers of the District of
Columbia.
Mr. HOLMAN, of Indiana* moved to lay the resolu
tion cn the table.
The resolution was adopted by a vote of 63 to 49.
On motion of Mr. GaRFXELJ), of Ohio, a resolution
was acopted calling on the Secretary of war to furnish
the Home with any information lu ila possession with
reference to claims for service rendered by State troops
at ary time daring the piesentwar, stating the amount
of sei vice fud the amount of the claim. '
Mr. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, offered a resolution
proposing a new article to the Constitution, which, when
ratified by the reiuislte number of States, shall be valid
a* a part of the Constitution—namely :
.‘’Slavery and Involuntary servitude, except for the
punishment of crime, whereof the party Shall have been
onlj convicted, is forever prohibited in tbe Untied States
and all the Territories. So much of article 4, section 11,
as refers to the delivery up of persons owing service or
labor escaping Into another State, is annulled. ”
Mr. HOLMAN objected to the second reading of the
proposition.
. T . to< ? question accordingly recurred. Shall It be re
jected ?
This was determined in the negative—yeas 38, nays 89,
TEAS.
Ball.
Harding,
Harrington,
Harris. (Md),
Herrick,
Holman,
Knapp,
Law,
Marcy,
Moms (Ohio),
Morrison,
Noble.
O’Neiul(O),
' NATS.
Dumont
Bckiey.
Eliot,
Frank,
Garfield.
Grinnell,
Hale,
Higby,
Hooper,
Hotchkiss.
Hubbard (Conn),
Huboardi
Jencks,
Hasson,
Kelley.
Kellogg (Mich),
Longyear,
: Mcßride.
: McClurg.
iMorehead,
I Morrill,
[Norton,
Alien J <?,
Ancona,
Baldwin, CMioh),
Bliss.
Brooks,
Brown (Wls)
cuianier,
Cjay,
Cravens
Bldridge,
English,
Ganecn,
Grider,
Alley,
Allison,
Ames,
Anderson,
Ashley,
Bailey,
Baldwin (Mass.),
Baxter,
Beaman,
Blair,
Blow,
Bontweli,
Boyd,
Brandigee,
Broomail,
Clark, a "W
Cobb,
Cole,
Davie (Md).
Davie, (N. Y.)
Semis;,
Dixon,
xffe BPEi KBB announced that the
enrred on (he second reading.
Mr. BOLAIAff raised the point that
two-thirds vote, the result was in e
the proposition The Speaker ovenu
The proposition van then reed a tecor
Mr. STEVES S withdrew the latter i
tion, namely, to annul the fugitive?
Ci netitntion.
(The question was then stated on ai
part of the proposition.)
Farther proceed in IS W6T6 discontl
nonncemenl; of the death of Mr. Lovej
The Death of Mr. Ito-
Mr. 'WASHBURNS, of Illinois, in announcing the
death of his coUeagae, (Mr. Lovejoy) said he waa great
in the leadln* of his life, great in his convictions, great
in the elements of his character, great in courage, and.
great in his abiding and ever-living faith in the ultimate
trioznph of the eternal principles of right, justice, and
humanity.
Early impressed with convict! >ns on the subject of
slaveiy, he pursued them with unswerving fidelity in
the face of dancer, obloquy, and leproach. The tragic
fate of a beloved brother quickened his natural abhor
rence Of slavery. In (he advancement of the great idea
of hie life no dangers daiuted, and no labors tired.
The heated denunciations of partisans, the ridtoule and
clamor of the vulgar, and the threats of the cowardly
and the base failed alike to turn him from the great
purpose of Mb life. If he did not live to see the end
ef that stupendous struggle which was to establish
tio *T€at problem which he had spent his life in
working out, like Moses, he saw the promt-ea land,
Might and beautifahas the last object upon which hls
expiring eyes fell. He had served country and his
constituents with distinguished ability and usefulness
As a legislator he waa wise, intelligent, practical, vigi
lant, and. independent, and, above all. he was incor
rapt*bJe He has been spoken of as a public man: but
£5£ alt £ f the virtues which adorned his pri
vate Uie ? Who shall sp-r&k or him as a husband,father,
friend, neighbor, citizen ? He was so genial In his in
tercouTße, of a sympathy so quick and ready, so kind,;
so attf ctionate, and so generous, th*l there seamed com-'
blued in him.ail those qualities which challenged the
love and admiration of those who knew him beet aud
which disarmed the resentment of his enemies and en
deared him to the hearts of Ms friends.
Mr JAMES C. ALXJ3J9. cf IlJiuols. said he had known
■ the aficeteed as a fearless and bold advocate of hU
opinion*. Always- vigorously pressing on to accomplish
those ends which be thought best to promote the In
terests of his country and race His late colleague was
or extensive scholastic acquirements, possessing high
forensic powers, and always formidable in deDate. Al
though he and the deceased differed in opinions, iu their
ew oCcurra4 t 0 diatttrb
„ bTBVBHB, of Pennsylvania, said Mr. Lovejoy Was
so clear in hie perceptions and so forcible in his diction
that nobody could misunderstand him. His great heart
was ever auve to human freedom- tie was not afraid
»2 ?L^ ,^ ate . lhe ri *ht anywhere, and was not ashamed
to unite in the same worship and kneel at the same altar
with tlie oppressed. The only regret is he did not live
toi€6 Ptace and Union restored and universal emanci
pation in hie own native laud.
Mr. FAh-NSWOKTfI. of Illinois, remarked, that
though his, colleague did not Jive to Res the end ot
slavery, he had impTeseed its death-throes. He was a
kind and good neighbor, end a friend of the weak aud
oppressed. The pantieg fugitive from the lash of the
overseer found ready relief, and was pointed by him to
the'northern Btar, and sent on his way rejoicing.
Mr, PBNPLRTON, of Ohio, said, after tu© friends or
the deceased had strewed the bUr with roses, made fra
s rant by their affections, he paid his tribute of respect.
iJe spoke of Mm as a prompt and ready dictator, a
vigorous thinker; what he believed he expressed, and j
was at all times prepared to defend his position.
,Mr ODELL, of few. York, said Mr. Lovejoy died in his
district, in tiie immediate neighborhood of bis home,
attended in his laet days by mutual friends. No pub
lic man had more ardent admirers in Brooklyn toa*
their bniher. His efforts to suppress the rebellion
were paramount to all other considerations, fie was
sccia), genial, kind, and outspoken. In these degene
rate days, when corruption stalks abroad, might it be
said of each of them now here as it could be of the de
ceased—hewas an honest man. He ( Mr. Odell) would
profit by the lesson here presented of the shortness of
life, and desired that all mil ht ao live as to gain a title
to that ’ inheritance which. Is incorruptible and fadeth
not away. V
Messrs. Pike, of Maine, Ashley of Ohio. Norton, of tl
linois, Davis, of New York. Grinnell of lowa. Morrill,
ff ybrmont, and Arnold, of Illinois, severally paid their I
tribute to the memory of the deceased. j
When the usual resolutions of condolence and regret 1
were passed, and a committee of three appointed, con
sistingofMesam. Farnsworth. of Illinois, Sice, of Maine.
and Eobs, of Illinois, to superintend the removal of Mr I
Lovwot’b remains from Brooklyn to Illinois,the flouTo!
at half-past three, adjourned. „ I
PEJTNSIIiVAJfIA IEGISLATUBB.
Haermbitrci, March 28. 1884.
SENATE. -
evening session.
FaS L er &Urc“d d a in fa ™ «' **
The folloWJDg bills in’ place;
La“k a |L A * K RasroaS Plemeßt *° lhe and
C^SfiaS, l y. HOLS ‘ *“ act t 0 IneOT PM-»te the Eater Market
l4™“»“™OoIS.pa& 1 S.pa&. lMOr,!oratinl Bun
Mr. BOOH, an act iaeetPMAting the Oil Oltv r'nm.
SlCompMy. "* inCOI P»™“”K >he MadisonSifSJfd
Mr. CONNELL, an act to refer judicial Droceedinerß
aUo, an act to vat ate Wharf street.^Becnnd P ward • alfo'
to Powelton Coal andiron Company* aiso'
t 0 aep , ajrat ® prop&rty of married women*
Mr. erfilN. asoppidxneht to the Stockton Iron Com*
thB “U-MpUau-I
L 8 “/d.Vd M lmpro,Z e S?C S omp 0 a a 1 # eOWO, ' atS theClarBnd j
r"rt "t.® I SSSrSUSSLj? ‘» corl,orate th « Western
JeZ l^i, B o^o^V nSat t 0 “ Bct I”««P0»tin,
c bf^S, c , t JS latin * to .attachments.
r ' j aMIoO. a supplement to an act for adindica.
tion and pa, ment of certain military claims. 1
to interpleading.^^
proximo as tne day to?i flxi “ g lt9
bills were considered; ' I
lev? “wc““S L nSSS CoU “ t>- pay boa ” lp a “ d
deTl?ii I>l< ft l »ed 0 *“ ac{,nc <> r l | oreting the city of Fhila
portVa:d a n. tllOI ‘ Zij,E ob * ,ter »o»on«h to appoint one
Adjotuned. {
Foreigu Altaira*
Lbttbb ynoar mazzikt.
been miifnViT 1 TtmcS! My attention hi.
FJf i e<l to 80 article In your paper of thi. dav
in which, referring to the .talemeot of tho Procurer
SJ ! he ®««>«»!, r°“ lm piy “«!£>££
to,nr m needed lu order to clear the oharao
’ ° r , M r - Man.feld from the iisputation. made
v« “m h e “, by th *‘ fu “ etlon * rir ol th ® Imperial Go
*.££‘i were eoatained in a epeeoh to.
h®»uppoited by legal evidence; and I ehouid
ner.llwo!?, “;* Stan»tel<P» oharaeter and] go
*? , lb ? Home of Common, would have
j a 2j ; any * a t£judging person of the untruth of
IFve of h ?i Be, ‘ But lf m y « >tlmon y might be deot
*bf question X cannot withhold it from one
to ,ome
of ttiVStterf* 1 ” 8 ' * oie l u “ ,i o! you the iaeertton
mifS!.*® 0 •***tion«of the Procurer Imperial, a*
you, are: That Greco,waito
•nnl?« t 0 * cWm *»> "Mr. I'lower, 3S Thurloe
~9. u * r *L B|°™pton,” if he wa» In want of money.
?hi*hJ M u st * n,fe, “ hs<l l,eon ,a 1367 appointed to be
the banker or a Tlbaldl cou.piraoy fund.
‘*’f u , e U»t at vartoue time., owing to lettera
addiced to my name being .topped or tampered
».h h fr b iLP. ont i^ antail polloji I Have aiked my Eng.
n<l "t* oo * t&em Mr. stau.ftid, tore
®“V° tttttu for me, tbe.eontent. of the lettera bain?
naturally unknown to them. But It lanot true that
J ever gave to Greco the addretaof “Flower 36
Thurloe «qu.re>V(or, Indeed, any other nao^lYnr
«i e |ffiB P «n^t f i“L P p?rtlipi r o? one7 - 0r “y^lngLn
.urd fund hat never to my knowledgJexSted.
what ln your article oonclnui me t have
piomlied to. myself not to write ima
more about affal» W t word
the on againstmo—thelutntnoninir of
sssgsssssssa
f* to H l ® “Theory of the Dagger,” the fint
Urn " xfiKSf n V 14 ’ n will be modlded Into
°f the Moral I)agger. ll Those who
m!oi?e D hlf ,Ceß<l ’? re *? tae Whole of the psmpMet.
quoted by a member of the House will see that mv
01 a « Thwry 1 of the claainßttie poi,iMllt *
Ti B l^ly^ve U mDj“‘ , '-‘ aU3r ’ JU5 '
Public Entertainments.
WAt»OT-STMBT TaBATKB.-Tbe writ.
ten for Mil* Lsura Keene, called • The Wlvei of
Ireland," dramatized from one of Catlton* tra
dltlona of Ireland, and Hie burlesque of ma
zeppa," were performed last evening, to a mu
bouve, by Sbu Keene and her company, The lame
bill will be repeated to nlgbt.
Mb. Scbhitz'b Soibbb. —A fine mnitoal enter
tainment will be given thli evening by onr talented
townsman, Mr, Charles Schmitz, at the Armory of
Company D, Gray Reserves, Eighteenth and Chest
nut street*, in aid of the ladies* braneh of the United
Ststes Sanitary Commiesion. Mr. Schmitz, whose
abilities as a violoncellist are too well known to re
quire any praise, will be assisted by Messrs, carl
Gaertner, Charles B. Jarvis, M, H. Cross, and A.
Roggenburger, who have volunteered their servioes.
The Amateur Glee Club will furnish the vocal por
tion of the concert. The character of the above
named artists is a sufficient guaranty that the per
formanoea will be of the best kind, and the patriotic
object to which the proceeds will be applied should
bring together a largo audience,
Tbb Uelmonico ASSOCIATION will repeat Us
grand concert this evening, at Sansom-street Hall.
This repetition is given by request of numerous par
sons who were unable to gain admission to tec for
mer concert, which was agreat success. The princi
pal singers will be Mesdames Brown and Furnell,
Ira D. Cliff, and Mareo, the popular tenor.
oGbnbbal Gkaht.— Messrsi Maeallster, of Chest,
nut street, have just published a fine carte de visile
of General U. S. Grant, and another Of the late
Colonel Dahlgren.
English Piotobiaas. —We have, from Mr. J. J.
Kromer, 403 Chestnut street, the News of the World
of the 13th Instant, and also the London Illustrated
News., and the News of the World of the 12tb, both
containing fine engravings.
Labob Positivb Spring Saab op Boots,
Shops, Shakbb Hoods, Ac., Ac. —The early atten
tion of purchasers is requested to the large assort
ment ofboots, shoes, brogans. Shaker hoods, trunks,
&e.j embracing samples of 1,100 packages of a»t
elass seasonable good*,’of city and Eastern manu
facture, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue, ou
four montha’ credit, commencing this morning, at
10 o’elook, by John B. Mjera & Co., auctioneers,
Nos. 232 and 234 Market street.
A Neat Bit of Satibb— The ‘‘Bragg Saloon"
ia the cognomen given by its enterprising keeper to
a salon hereabouts, that formerly rejoiced in the
watchword-like appellation of ‘‘The Sentinel."
Many great military men, such as Lee, Beauregard,
Jackson, Ewell, have salons and other publirplaees
of entertainment coupled with, and identified by
tbeir Dimes: but never before do we recollect seeing
the hero of Ferry sville and Lookout Mountain ha*
norod in a similar manner, and make a note on It
accordingly. We take it for granted that the pro
prietor of the “Bragg Saloon" is a sensible man,
who watches the times. He has struck the flood-tide
in the affairs of men that leads on to fortune, and
his Is already as good as made, for the name is tails
manic and suggestive of SUBCCM. Thef" Bragg Sa
loon" should be an excellent retreat, —Richmond
Enquirer. _
Pendleton,
Praia.
RandaU (Pa),
Rosera,
RoUlfis (Mo).
Roes,
Scott,
Steele, (N Y),
Steele,(NJ),
Sweat,
Winfield,
Yeaman.
[VOB ADDITIONAL CXTT NBWS, BHB VOUBTH PAGE.
Right Ret. Bishop Baylby’s Lecture
Last Ev*hi»g Last evening, Rt. Rev. J. R Bay
ley, Bishop of Newark, New Jersey, lectured at the
Academy of Musia on the life and labor! of the late
Archbishop Hughes. There was a large audience
present, and on the platform were many clergymen
Of this city. The lecture ItseU was quite interest
ing, and received an additional Interest from the an
nouncement that Bishop Bayley was for manyyears
the private secretary 01 the Archbishop. He is one
of the moat distinguished converts to Oatholiolty
which the American Church possesses, and like
Bishop Wood, who Is likewise a convert, very po
pular with the Catholic body. He belongs to the
Roosevelt family of New York, and was formerly
sn Episcopalian clergyman of Trenton.
Bishop Bayley was received with great warmth
'of approbation by the audience. He said he did not
"intend on this occasion to make a panegyric of the
late Archbishop of New York. He wished merely
to refer to the life of that great man, to show to
what great height of success merit, talent, and vir
tue may bring a man who is earnestly bent upon the
accomplishment of a good end. The memory of
such a man should not be permitted, he said,
to die out. The Moat Reverend Arohbishoo
of New York, it might be said without exair
geration, was an extraordinary man. His
name will always occupy a high place m the
lut of distinguished men whom Ireland has pro
duced in such rich profusion. He was one of those
men who were born for greatness. He would have j
been a great man anywhere, and under any olroum
stances. God had given him a powerful intellect
in a sound and vigorous body. He was not what ts
ordinarily called a learned man, nor a hard students
in the ordinary sense of the word. In his early life
he cultivated and Improved his natural talent* with
great care, and laid a broad and solid foundation or
knowledge. The superstructure that he built upon
it> from time to time, was not so much the result of
Study as it was of thought and labor* He did not
quarry from other men** minds, but built upji grand
mental editice out of materials which he himself fur
nished. No .one required so much the excitement of
conflict in order to bring forth and keep in freshness
the active faculties of the mind. He would have made
a great lawyer* His. appearance, his manners, his
courage, his quick appreciation of character, the
readiness with which he could seize upon the strong
points of a case, and make the most of it, would have
made him irresistible before a jury of his fellow
citizens. As a statesman, he would have been pecu
liarly fitted as a great leader, and would have swayed
thousands of his countrymen in the political arena.
Few persons were more celebrated for great origin
ality of thought. His conversational powers were
of the most comprehensive character* He 'was
in Ireland, In 1798 the year of the re.
beJllon of the United Irishmen, whioh rebellion
but furnished an opportunity for the oppressor
to tighten Mill stronger the screws of political
tyranny. Coming to this country, he attached him
jelf to its institutions with a reverential love that
was peeuiiaily marked. His course of conduct,
while fitting himself for life in an American theoio
logical college, gave indications at an early day of
the greatness of the future prelate. In the sermons
¥* e . young clergyman there was a ring and
Originality that attracted universal commendation.
His labors were of the most arduous character,
for he never desired ease, and was always ready to
do even more than his share of work. He had not
been very long an ordained priest in Philadelphia
before his talents and labors were appreciated, He
early became for the Catholic community a repre
sentative mail. This was first exemplified ia the
part he took in what was then known as the Hogan
schism. That schism, if it could be so termed, was
no small matter. Hogan was not so bad as Lu
ther. The speaker would not desire to insti
tute a comparison between such a man as Lu
ther and such as Hogan. Luther was like
Lucifer, ana came as near \n character to the great
author of all evil as any human person could. Ho
gan, however, was a little devil* [Laughter.} I* ]
was remarkable that one so inconsiderable should
be able to do so much mischief. The Rev. prelate !
said he did not intend to expatiate on tbe Hogan •
controversy. It was one too familiar to Catholics
J?*}?*? dissertation. The Catbolio body was
diVideC—many Catholics siding with Hogan against
the Bishop of .Philadelphia. These men were Cstho*
lies only in name, and undertook to dictate to the
clergy, saying to them that they should leave tbe
transaction of lay matters to them and the
priests should attend to the clerical duties only*
ivi, xfZ*!* the pa i?y da *® 01 lay trusteelsm. Rev.
»aw the necessity of uprooting it en
tirely, and he did it. Later in the history of Phlla-
Hughe f bore ano loss noble and manly
J a £* The population of this city had been greatly
augmented by an accession of Puritans, and, some
wherever the Puritan goes he makes
PhLrftfhie **®tuter said he was not un
but he mutt speak the truth; the
truth, is never uncharitable. A crusade was not un
against the Catholics, deliberately and maliciously,
fh, 1 ' e K d<c l > n bloodshed, trouble, sod dliunlon
,be , countr y. The Presbyterians espeolal
t£nS°£ * prominent P»t In the orusade against G»-
tholloiiy, and l>r. Breckinridge was out forward a.
iSfiLS^® ai P* <>n ' Breckinridge was doubtless a
rru.lfnr.U? 11 ’TifJn C£l “ r ? ote ' rt2Ba by ta!ca ‘» of .9
VL’.S .l:. 'J 18 oohtroversy whioh Mr. Hughes
fnl. *hie disiingul.bed Presbyterian, he showed
,S r f*l P o "* l * of **** intellect were used as
of his religion, and with proba.
The B nub t li, T hl'il o rtehlit. h *^i ll, * ny of hl " ministrations.
dsbate * ‘’id great good to the Oathollc
w ** -remarkable fact, that tho.edebatea
S e ? by fho Gatholie publishers
»n?i y rh^rf. 1 221 k ha * K° nB through several editions,
“« 8 1* y«* an increasing demand for it. Where
-Dxlous Inquirer obtain a oopy of Breokin
**u S be * t Only in the Oatholie boekstares:
h n* 11 ?.® sufficient to show the com
S®*** Mr. Hughes bad gained. It has made
O * b L “ er ’,? lo Oatholiolty throughout the United
* 111 hls native State, New Jersey.
[Laughter.] The career of Mr. Hughes as a blihoD
nhJJ'lo* *K. Ter . , .? d to l In thi * position he waa the
s ablestdefender. He was a pillar of strength
!° 5AJ holl S? y v?“ ,hl * country. One of the first things
he fliu as Bishop was to purify the trustee system.
He issued a pastoral on the subject, whioh made the
pecqitc leei ibat a new hand wa» at the bellows.
The ecclesiastical authority of the New York
Rud»>?n’ k 9 ?*®* l wa * “omewhat bound up under
snoop Dubois, soon Mtfitted its iwau and th an.
tholic flock wore compelled to respect tLe great sav
iuffite pl rfL ,Se . OtanlMhZcJto
“s # impossible, in tbe short space of
a le h C !f r v°’ justice to so great a life as that of
A l _ cbb i ,b() P Hughes, Yet there were some parts of
bj* character that stood so boldly out as to dem&ud
a consideration from every good Catholic tha
m U A e^,f I . ehblih ". p in the time o'fthe Nv
tive American excitement, his celebrated letters to
llwal> ) bis aotivity upon the school question
hf.hni r£ U *i, 011 \? r exclt “8 m»tters, in which Arch
bishop Ifughes bore so prominent a part, were each
spoken of in turn, and Siscussed at leogth, affSrdiSi
llluitifttloDi as well ab narrative
much inlereatmg and instructive matter! aw,ftMr *
O'Neill (Pe&na).
Orth.
Ferhaxn*
Pike.
Pomeroy,
Price,
Sloe (Mass),
Rollins (N fl)
Schenck,
Shannon,
Smithera.
Spaulding,
Stevens.
Thomas*
rracy,
Upson,
Van Valkenburgh
Wasbbarne, (111.)
Webster,
Whaley,
Wilson,
Windom,
question now re-
i there not being a
effect a rejection of
il«d this objection,
ad time.
sart5 art of bis p opoai
ave feature of the
ireelng-tp lhe other
inued by. the aa
loy.
rejoy.
Meeting to Avoid the Dhaft A
?JiS ,1 , Dg . 0 ' ,he f 141 2 of the Twentieth ward wu
SS? 1 t veDl Si¥* 4110 church on Eighth street
Above Maater. The audience preaent waa Imm an,
compoted chiefly of ladlea. Kev. WiUlVmsfll* 1?
ThS* 1 of lte , eh<lrell ' called the meeting to order
«n e ™i® a,Ultr ‘ le P°rt waa then read. Itahowa that
paid on the old quota, end 630 a the
laatone. There la atlll sll,oou required to dav for
flillng the whole quota. Colonel William B. P Mann
s'«S»w, e . n i I ?H. o<luoe<l, 1° *he couree of hia remarks
If thla draft takea place in ydur ward it
,Tn!i I .i* u * e th ® unhapplneii th&t haTcoma
mider your peiaonal reeolleotlona for yeara! Let
the man of family take thia matter homo S
hia heart. If he'la drafted, and haa nS the
“f* D * to Pay the commutation money what
will become of hie family! But a draft?®,
be averted by every peraon doing
h«r individual duty. By railing the monev vm
<•* who ate willing to inter the aemoe^ur?S
hot, thoae are ocnaeripied who go agalnat their
will and the will of their famtUea. t" *?S, r °": n
ment deabrea volunteera who are wliiina tnfl?h?"
*?J *t*hd all the hardablpa of a aoldler’a fSfe° i
who are liable to be drafted In MU. ward
there ate but few who attend auoh lmnnrtunJ mii.
j?.e* " theae. You have contrthited framV"fi?
Will be called upon to do so attain r>n 4* ♦ifflv
sss. ss&” wfersHS
auch a courae. It It lmpottible lor a ?
that atate by giving to P oharitaWe Ju?p“e^
It "SSS
SjSSfB&KB:Si,?ASSJ! ffl
?teii y .l Or . tb S* u J? DO J* , ° nlll » war, when wlrtmlln
PhJSV'hfv 1 huabenda, mothera their aona, aiatera
their hrothera. Thla la what may be oalled a aaort?
fice. We all love a oharltable heart. The T..r,T-d
tovea a charitable heart. He went about dS
k j l ‘ d i and Charitable aote. The turn toJAlnr
allhi. doaltinei wag love to one another? and our
neighbor! aa ouiaelvet. What ia,there more bean,
tiful In nature than to aee a peraon
dlatreaa 1 Without Ithoae who. noaaeaa
£?* r i. tab i?. hearta the* world wSaIJ beToid .fd an .
blank. The world and heaven will go mnoh tLSiL®
with those who pert with their
charitably. Kind aota blcaa not only thoae w>!n ®® 4
wtaebWtaJao tho.e who give.
marka were touching and calculated to m?t? „ "L
one preaent acknowledge the duty they aw?i,.T. e 1 y
oountty by oontrlbutlng of their m*anaao?h?» Mlßir
r“^iisS?Sd ttß M,al “
dueed. Hla’a^eohwVa’ahortb^vf^waalntro
related aeveral ImsSSSt. « JS!? 0 •Jif®*"*- He
byaome famlllca In lending their*.wi??** MM * 1
theermy. The*De®karhi»s*2ii u *street ones ta
to help dcfend theOoven?went h a* 8l veft two
of hie rcmarki» mottan waj m‘adf
mret again on Tbmaday
room o) the aame ckurolnwhkili wea*.aSi® , l< * , 'we
audience wae dtimi.aßd withth! M Wrtod. Th#
Rty, Mr. Kill, w WUhtl * e ‘’•■•4IIJHOO by
THE CITY.
Death op a Prominent Citizen
Charter Kelly, a prominent manufacturer r ,','3r
delpbla, died on Sunday evening, at hta ra.i, '“W
Kelly vlll*, In the 61rt year of hit age,
wag UDlveraally eateemed aa an upright oirL;
a public-apirited merchant, and In privates, 11 «i
the reputation of an honorable and oonm,i e ,J i
man. Bia career la an lnatanoe of the
private worlh and peraeverlng induatro, “ ■
vanced hlmaelf, by honeat toil, -from an kb
walk of life to a poaltlon of weil-deaerved i!**!
oatentatloua competence. Aa proprietor of 5? 1
teneive miUa at Kellyville, Delaware ooiL?' 1
furnlihcd many workmen with profitable labS'
at the came time built up. one or the mo«t Si«
towns of tbia nelghborhowl. To him l,
amall meaaure, the rapid advanaement whleh'jiJ
delpbla haa recently made in the mannf,..,';'
department. Hie funeral takea place on Itm?!
morning.
Abbived fbom Fobt Delaware
guard of 116 men, belonging to the 88th Ohm -j
ment, which copveyed therebel officer, t 0 F » Bt
laware on Sunday, arrived from tt«t plus
day. They proceeded to tbe Cooper-ihop Rif'
ment Saloon, where a good meal waa prorM,"
them, which they Indulged in. They were n,„',
at the tame place laat evening, and are ekijEM)'
leave for Oolumbm, Ohio, to-day. "
Consecration. — The Episcopal Chu,
of “ Our Saviour,” In Herd atreet, belotr p,;,
will be formally eonaecrated thia morning, oifj*
oceaaion tbe aermon will be preached by thn u l '
Dr. Ooddard. The- obureh waa ereoled in ,a..K
haa been uaed for public aervloea ever
owing to the exiatence of a debt it' haa new
oonaeerated.
The Gas Wobks. —The trustees m
Qu Work* are expected to bold a meeting th
Bing for the purpoce of electing a Chief p„ ,
in the place of Mr. John O. Oreuon, recigaej $
are four gentlemen named for the petition - ~
Abraham Mover*, Samuel K. Brick, Frederic!, r‘ l
and Charles B. Trego. These are all «cienti«
tlemen. 0r
His Condition— Officer John hn
who w»« .hot bra robber, »» atated reatonu
doing very well. Mayor Henry h« grow
beat medical and magical ckll! for the » 6-1
man. Dr. Pancoaat ancceeded yeiterdAr *„ ??
ing one of the kails. The patient was doin? I!'
aa can be expected. s ai
The Monttok Tona wanda.i Tho
the“»vr°#Md WMoommenoed^slDyf.ter'ciaJt
L D /^ye^htTi t D foM Sd
CIT TI? EMS .
Gbaud Opening op Millineev.—w b <
the attention 61 the trade to the announce®
Meeere. P.A. Harding & 00., In another coin
our paper to day, that they will have vJ,
grand opening of »traw and millinery
rally, on Thuraday or the preaent week tli
inatant. Among the atock offered by this e D( .
tag new firm, at their aplendid wareroomt s'
Arch atreet, are 250 eaaea of all the latest L|
hata and bonneta, together with a large 5i, 5,1
of French and American floweya, laces, mete
menta, fce. Their atqrehouae Will, no doubt. •'
a buey acene on the day of the 11 opening,”
Examine before Yob But,— Msov
h»ve bought Sewing Maehine* lately, ana »«,
tequently seeing the “Florence," regretted thi
bad not aeleeted tkis celebrated initrument i,
ol the one they purchated. The « Florence'
le now unlvereally admitted by the mortexpeti
to be the beet tewing maohine ever Invented r 0
eona that are made apparent to all who exiM
It 1* told at 630 Qhettnut atreet, and every one i
guarantied to give perfect tatlafaetton or the
will be refunded.
NosßOtooT.—Seme genial, who ht< &
mneh thought and attention to the lubjeot,
noies m follows:
01 (HO I. The Komen Nora.
11. The areclan Nose.
111. The Cogitative, or wide-nottrijs.]
IV. The Crooked Note.
V. The Snub Nose.
VI. The Turn-up Note, or OelertUl
He adds:
“Now it must be confessed that the prejudia
Veiy strongly in favor of wearing a noaa;
And that every one who a thing or two kn-,
Never fail* to procure hi* Surnlav Clothei
At the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Hock 1
Wilson, No*. 603 and 606 Cheitnut street
Sixth.
Thb Sibb op thb Biibsuios !—One
Bickley claims, in his diary, to bays been tin
of the rebellion. Some one Inquires who Hi
wa«l Our familiar suggests, «lt was never
a dam That is good, as far it goes, and we
suggest to all wbo read It to go at once lo t!
latial Clothing Store of Granville Stokei, ’
Chestnut street, and examine fats rare and &
ly beautiful new spring styles for gentlemer
Clothihg, Kbady-madb.
Clothing, mode to order.
Clothing, fintolMi.
Clothing, but woflunanihip.
Clothing, eholee materials.
Clothing, at “ one prioe."
Clothicg, at Charlea Stokes & Co,'a.
Clothing, under the Continental.
Heowk’s Bboschial Tbooheb,—Tile tl
eflfcets resulting from the use of ttia rcivciii
extensive uae for Coughs, Colds, and Ti:oi;
tions, has brought out man; imitations, a
which contain injurious ingredients. Tic
have proved their efficacy. .
But thb Florkkcb,— That a Hewing Mu'
now indispensable to the comfort and ecpt
every household Is no longer a question, Tci
Is stilled. And It ought to be settled omXbr
the'bcst machine In the world to buyforTi
is the 11 Florence " Instrument, sold at 630 C.
street. We have impartially examined »!11
itg machines out, and are bonnd to award a
est praise to the “ Florence. 1 ’ Its slmplicitj
cbanism, thoroughness of execution, wide i
operation, ease and comparative noitelcs!
motion, all conspire to make it a boon
family.
Stocks on the Kampaoh— Stock* i!uri
present week have been steadily advancing,!
them taking tjremendoua leapa, and the geos
petition la that '■ the end la not yet.” So, t
Alters Goal been advancing, not in prieei,
cant from hla yard, No. 935 North Ninth it
hundred* of atoiei and d welling! all over to
Tbs "Prize Medal” Shirt, Invented
John F. Taggeit, and told by Mr. amgi
610 Chettnut meet, i«, without exception,
thirt of the age, in fit, comfort, ba&uty, m
bility. HU rtopk of Gentlemen'i Far
Goods, of hU own exclusive manufacture
portAtion, ia al&o the choicest in the city
ptieea aia moderate.
Qbsat Reduction is Paioas.
Great Reduction In Price*.
Ladle** and Misse*’ Fine Cloaks.
Ladle* l and Mines’ Fine Cloaks.
AJeo,
Rich Fur* of ail kiodf.
Rioh Fur* of all kind*.
In anticipation of the close of the sesw>
aow prepared to make a large concession ft
naer prioe* on all our atock«
J. W. PaMfM 4
The Full Cloak and Fur Earn
920 Oheetm
Thb Easter Holidays.— We are not
upon the Easter holidays, the season wht
sanctions the procuring of new spring *ui
ia a moat wise and commendable practic
meets our hearty approval, While upon
ject we would suggest to our numerous ref
wisdom and propriety of obtaining their
at the Browm Stone Clothing Hall of K
Wilson, Nos* eoa and 605 chestnut sirs*
Sixth. Their stock of goods is not escsll
country, and the reputation of their sup?ritf
.and skilful workmen is almost world* wide.
"IrfBITTBNANT GENERAL GRANT’S *!/£'
tM* pity to* day, in Advance of the General
ittgion Chronicle.
Til* is another evidence of the despatch'.!
izirg Gherlee Stokes is Oo.’s one-price olorhi
tinder the Continental. It will be remeof
General was not measured for his sui:
morning of the day he left our olty.
Thb Union National Convention.
ble at Baltimore on Tuesday, the 7th <l*l
next, will, it is presumed, after present
dates for the offices of President sad Viet* 1
of the United States, adopt a resolution iw
elegant styles of clothing gotten up st the f'*'
Clothing Emporium of Granville Stokts,
Chestnut street.
Wjjebi.hr & Wilson's Highest I'iibs,'
ing Machines are the beat, the aim|'l*’> !
oheapest. There unequaled -midiinc* art
to ever; variety of aewing for family wear
llghteat muallna to the heaviest cloths. 1
fqually well upon ilib, linen, woolen,»'
good#, with alllt, cotton, or linen thread,
ream, quilt, gather, hem, fell, cord, braWi
perform every epeelei of sewing, maliin?
ful and perfeot atlteh, alike on both elder
tide sewed.
If it be inconvenient foe tbs purohsacr V
taleiroom, the order may be forwarded
and it win be aa fsithfslly filled 1> If W
end been made perionally. Maohinescrf 1
to eny part of the country and full InstrM!
which will enable the moat lnexperWnw:
tb *“ without any trouble or clifllmdty.
Ail good dressmakers, seamstresses, 1
women, uae the Wheeler Sc Wilson in P
all other maohinec.
160,000 of the Wheeler & Wilson Ji-’d
been cold, five thousand are fn ur ' e ‘ l
phia. It is no new experiment to.be
N\ B,—The Wheoler Sc Wilson A* e " t!
slantly on hand a large assortment ol f*'
Children’s Hesdy-made Clothing,
done to order. Operators, wither ;vitJi» ul
tarnished at short notice,
Wheeler A Wilson’s Salesroom!,
street, above Seventh. Wax figur.-s in tl' fl
Out this out and preserve it for futa™ r '
SByaaioßiTT op tbe Qbovs.b -t H-' : *
hjwe,—-a. judioiom eotempuratT' |;
of thi. »ul.j eo t, teratly remark. (Mi« 1
machine* have ona faculty, a til other 1
Hone MB . only atitch, while others
embroider. No intelligent mother <*"■
•awing machine Em family u»o width t
hr older aa well aa atitch. Grover
brated premium Machine attiolie* '
*0 perfectly that M 1> impocciblo to
Mtpeot the machine excel*. Ttieo 3 *'
machine! that embroider a* writ »■ j
may add to tbii, that for all kind* o!
the Qrovor & Balter Machine i* i’ rel f.
other, aa it perform! tbe neateit, rutJ!
acourate work, and with ffltir*
other machine. The Stitching ii<Kl ,
operation at the Agency of the
Company, No. 730Ohe»tnut •treeh “
great convenience to tbe ladle* "
kind! of lewlrg li there neatly ext
notice.
Oobks, Bunions, Iwvbbtbd
Joiwtb, and all lUaeaMi of tho f ce, j
pain or inconvenience to the ,
tie, SurgeonOhlropodiit, C& c *
fern to phffiosaß* antUu^flo 11 * pJ r