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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1864
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Mexico and the Monroe !Doctrine.
Three hundred thousand reasons existed
For the inaction of the United states when
Louis NAPOLEON invaded Mexico ; each
of these reasons carried a bayonet and was
uniformed in gray. It is the rebellion that
made European interference with American
nationalities possible, and its leaders are re-
Spolleible not only for the troubles the war
has brought upon the North, and the mise
ries of their own people, but for the shame
and sorrow and mitering of the ruined
Mexican Republic. Wretched Mexico !
Where is the land to which nature has been
more kind, to which fitte has been more
cruel, than to her ? Her shores are washed
by the waters of two oceans ; her mineral
-wealth is greater than that of Ormus or
of Ind : her soil seems to have been exempted
from the curse which is said to have
come with sin ; yet there is no nation
more degraded. This century .has sees
the singular contrast of the unparal
leled rise of one American Republic from
the position of a sixth-rate Power to equa
lity with the oldest and strongest empires of
the world, and the rapid fall of another to
the opposite extreme of - Weakness. Years
ago it seemed that Mexican affairs could not
become worse; but below one gulf stilt
yawned another. Her recent histOry is one of
perpetual civil war ; her rulers were con
tinually entering the capital in triumph and
flying from it in fear; one rascal conquered
another, to be himeelt conquered by a
greater rascal ; patriotism was not to be dis
tinguished from selfish ambition. We, who
grew great in peace with the whole world,
could not understand this confused, unend
ing war of factions, and looked with pity
and contempt on a people which seemed
unfit to be free, and the nurse of its own
miseries. Up to the year 1861 Mexico was
the architect of her own ruin ; then, for
the first time, she had help in this unholy
work. Then the rebellion wrested from
the patriots of Mexico their last hope. For
the presence of a French army in her capi
tal, for the destruction of her hopes of a
peaceful Republic, for the weight of a
tyrannical Government, for the whole
French insult and outrage—let Mexico
thank the rebellion_
If this Reptiblic has not been to Mexico a
benefactor, it has, at least, not been an
enemy ; rather has it been a protector; nor
does the war of 1846-4-8 disprove this state
ment. t. 7 ,0 long as this country remained
strong in peaceful union, and free to use
her strength against any toe, the Mexicans
had the mournful pleasure of waging their
fratrieic'al wars undisturbed_ lfore any
foreign prince could have placed his foot
upon Mexican soil as a conqueror, he must
have passed under the uplifted arm of the Re
public. That arm shook the Nlonroe doctrine
in the face of European ambition. The
boldest of foreign rulers might have envied,
hut did not dare to emulate the career of
ClorcrFz in those days when America pre-
Fente - d an unbroken front of battle. We
kept the destinies of the New World in our
own bands, and would have shaped even the
future of Mexico into something like that *elf
our own. The United States protected the
continent. 'Alpe° realizi-s now the worth of
that protection. The rebellion not only made
foreign intervention possible, but virtually in
vited it; and for all the unknown evils which
the schemes of Lours NAPOLEON may bring
to Mexico and the United States, the men
who plotted the destruction of our Govern
ment are responsible. Double traitors,
false to their own land, and panderers to
foreign cupidity, they have done their beat
to make republicanism an impossibility and
American independence S. mockery. But
that power which extorts good from evil has
overruled their purposes. In the golden
balances of compensation wherein we are
told the worlds are weighed, all the evils of
the war, that are or are to be, are counter
poiSed by the abolition of negro slavery and
the wonderful revelation and development
of American patriotism and power.
Before the rebellion the nation had brute
force, quiescent and entrained ; now it has
the greatest army on the earth. ACHILLES
has left his tent, and has discovered his full
strength. 4nd if before we had the Mon
roe doctrine, now we have the power to
enforce it. The House of Representatives
did well when it unanimously reaffirmed
that doctrine so dear to the American peo
ple Reaffirmation was not unnecessary.
The Government of the United States has
bad little time to consider the Mexican ques
tion, and no time to act upon it, and the
issue of the struggle has not been unwisely
awaited in patience. But it was due to the
honor of the nation that this patience should_
not be confounded with indulerenee or fear,
ft.r the French invasion of Mexico is a
matter of vast importance, and no one can
predict its results. MoßaoE originated,
Congress has repeated, no threat in the an
nouncement of this doctrine ; the resolution
adopted by the Bones simply affirms a radi
cal and Resolute principle which we will
not and cannot yield. If Lours Naronaort
should now translate this principle into a
threat, it will be by imperial contempt of
consequences. The Monroe doctrine will
remain, as it has been for forty years, a
wamine, if he pauses, but it must become a
threat it he perseveres in a course which
.- ,pposes. the American idea.
The Penn Mansion.
The proposed action of the Historical So
ciety for the purchase, preservation and re
moval of the Old Penn Mansion, in South
second street, is worthy of the liberality
and Patriotism of that association. The
house has become the property of a public
spirited gentleman, Who will throw no im
pedimeos to its removal, though it cannot
be expected either that, from an abstract
veneration of the Past, he will retain it as
it is, or, with utter disregard of "the al
mighty dollar," indulge the antiquarian
taste of the public by presenting it to _the
Society as a gift. We may be sure that, in
the disposal of it, no mere desire of making
money out of it Will be indulged in.
lien are two Penn habit scions in Phila
delphia. Penn Cottage, in Letitia street,
(Market, between t econd and Front,) is sup
posed
tobave been one of the first, if not the
first, brick building erected in Philadelphia.
WATSON believed that it was built by Col. i
Manament, PENN'S Lieutenant-Governor,
before PENN landed here, " and that some
-of the finer work was imported for it with
the first vessels." PENN certainly occupied
it, at times, during his first visit, in 1682,-83..
During WILLIAM PENN'S second visit, in
11 - 00 7 lie resided in what was called " The
Slate Roof Rouse," corner of t outh Se
cond street and Norris' alley—the building
for the preservation and removal of which
-an effort is now'to be made. JOHN PENN,
the Governor's son, was born in that house,
and it was the temporary residence, in times
nearer our own, yet now becoming remote,
of JOHN Heaccocir, Joii ADAMS, and other
public men of the Revolution, The houss ,
in Letitia street was built by or for Wu--
mem Pairor, - but the Slate House, in South
Second street, was erected by Fitowitt. CAR
PENTER, who was then the wealthiest set
tler in PliriN's province. It is a curious re
lic, and it is to be hoped that it may be
;preserved. •
-If practicable, it is intended to remove it,
for - re-erection in Fairmount Park, a "lung"
of this fair city, which is growing in beauty
and in utility. With onr present appliances
of mechanical power and scientific skill it
- .would not seem difficult to raise the whole edi
fice from its foundations, and /Modify remove
all its constituent parts, en Inalge. But as
the building is wider than some of -the
:streets it would have to be carried through,
it - cannot be thus removed. It has been
thought practicable to mark every brick and
bit of tiMber in the house, with a view of
replacing them on whatever site may be se
lected. But the Old Penn • Mansion was
built at a time when masons took a great
deal of pains with their work, The old
churches and castles of Europe have been
built with a cement so strong that, when
necessary to remove the walls, or portions
of them, . for demolition or alteration, in
moat cases the stones have- to be broken,
being less compact than the mortar which
knit them together. We recolleot the demo
lition, about eight years ago, of a corner
house in New York, which had been the
temporary residence of the statesman
soldier, WASHINGTON, and was an object of
some interest, accordingly. It was a plain,
corner brick house, in Franklin Square, to
the north, over the way, of the magnificent
publishing establishinent of Messrs. IIaRP.ER
& BROTHERS, So solid and tenacious had
the mortar become, that, on pulling down
the walls, the bricks were generally broken
through, and it was found necessary, at last,
to blow parts of them down with gunpow
der. We should not be surprised if the
walls of the Old Penn Mansion were in a
similar condition. If they are, the house
cannot be removed, brick by brick, and
beam by beam, as has been suggested. As,
in the event of a sale, the present owner of
the house will retain the ground for building
purposes, the price, for the habitation only,
cannot be very much. If the Mansion
cannot be -removed, its demolition may be
calculated upon; the demands of Commerce
and the encroachments of Improvement
spare not the relics nor the associations of
the Past. Probably, before another year has
rolled by, the site of the Old Penn Mansion
may be occupied by a stately Corn Ex
change, an accommodation to the merchants
and an addition to the superior public build
ings of the city of Philadelphia.
A CORRESPONDENT, whose communica
tion, being anonymous, is not entitled to a
reply, is disappointed that Tug, Rams has
not fully answered Mr. LoNe's speech. :
"I have not as yet read the whole of Air. Long's
speech, but, to judge from the extracts you give, it
COlltallai three main arguments, viz :
1. That our war against the acceded State. Is in
consistent with our professed republican principle :
'that there can be no government without the con
sent of the governed.'
2. That the war is usekss, because its object, the
atoration of the Union, can never be &coot:a
nal:tied.
-
"3. That the war and its necessary consequence,
the concentration of all power in the hands of the
Executive, will tend to the overthrow of constitu
tional liberty at the North.
"There three arguments, and they are very tor•
minable ones, you do not seem to me to have met
with sufficient force."
Our correspondent misunderstands the
point at issue. The question now before
Congress and the people is not if it is lawful
to put down the rebellion, if the war is
useless, if liberty in the North is in danger,
but whether Mr. LONG should be expelled.
We are not disposed to waste time by
proving self-evident truths. Mr. Lotro'S
arguments are not original with him, and
have been answered, and will be answered,
hundreds of times in this journal. No
gentleman in the House, we hope, will
condescend to an elaborate refutation of
Mr. LONG'S absurd theory ; the immediate
question is whether, after advocating Dis
union, he should not be expelled.
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL."
WASHINGTON, A.pril•l2, .1864
The great debate on the resolution of
Speaker Colfax for the expulsion of Mr.
Long, of Ohio, was resumed yesterday in
the House, and long before the hour . set
apart for the discussion, two o'clock P.
the galleries were suffocatingly crowded.
Hundreds could not obtain admission. Many
of the brave fellows who had been maimed
and wounded in the great battles for the
defence of the Government were noticed
among the spectators. The excitement ex
tended to the Senate, and left that body
Without a quorum at four o'clock. The
afternoon was one never to be forgotten.
The incidents were numerous and sig
nificant. A better type of the popular
feeling against Treason, and sympathy
with Treason, could not have been pre
sented than the audience gathered to
hear this debate. It was as difficult to
restrain their cantempt for the defenders
of Harris and Long, es their enthusiasm
when the Union members addressed the
Chair. This is the feeling at every loyal
fireside, as the proceedings of the last three
days in the House of Representatives are
read. No patriotic man or woman can un
derstand why the Democratic leaders pre
varicate, and hesitate, and apologise, when
their plain duty is before them, and when
the mask of treason to their country is self
removed from the faces of their own asso
ciates. For these three days that great
man, Thaddeus Stevens, who, beyond the
Psalmist's age, displays a vigor and a vigi
lance in his exhausting position at the head
of the Committee of Ways and Means, that
amaze friend and foe—for three days Mr.
Stevens has been seriously indisposed.
The weight of his incessant labors—labors
equally of investigation and discussion—
has been too much for him, and he sank
under them. His doors were besiezed
with anxious inquiries, day and night, by
men of every shade of opinion. For how
ever severe and terrible his sarcasm against
the enemies of his country, and however
impartial his clear mind when it analyzes
the abstruse questions daily submitted to its
judgment, no man is more gentle in his
manners, and more nobly generous in his
personal actions. His devotion to Demo
crats who sustain the Government borders
on affection. Having heard that he was
being quoted as „sanctioning some of the
views expressed by Long, of Cincinnati, or
rather that some opinions of his were being
perverted to strengthen that Democratic
leader's argument in favor of the Rebellion,
he rose from his bed, and, defying importu
nities and warnings, took his seat at the open
ing of the House, and soon after the debate on
the Colfax resolution, asked attention to the
scandalous yet characteristic use which had
been made of his sentiments during his ab
sence from the House. You had his words
in your telegraphic report of the day's dis
cussion ; but never was rebuke more terri
bly administered,_and never was one more
keenly felt by those who had so recklessly
earned it. The favorite trick of the Demo
cratic leaders is this same business of mis
representing -loyal men. What a task, in
this dreadful hour, for those who are among
the chosen custodians of a nation's honor
and life ! Think of using the pure and
spotless patriotism of Edward Everett as
a cover for treason I Think of staining
that of Salmon P. Chase by placing it in
contact with such heresies as those of
Harris and Long ! The question is, not
what men have said or done, but
What are they now? Everything is forgot
ten if they are zealous and sincere in their
attachment to their country. -Be very sure,
whenever you hear one going back to find
excuses for hesitation, or seeking for reasons
to qualify or lessen his obligations to the
Republic, that he is to be distrusted. The
great strength of the Unioff party consists
in the complete oblivion of all old differ
ences. We only remember the virulence
and injustice of other years when we see
them used to injure the common cause.
When Fernando - Wood rose, yesterday af
ternoon, to iterate his adherence to his plan
of sending commissioners to Richmond.
"to open a way for peace on the basis of
the old Union," who gave the slightest cre
dence to his objection to Mr. Long's pana
cea of Recognition ? It is the manner in
Which men of his school, now leading the
Democratic party, continue their hostility
to the Government, which renders their old
opinions so odious and so mischievous.
Recollect, too, in this connection, there is
not a present opponent of the war in
Congress, or the country, who was not op
posed to it three years ago, long before any
legislation was had on the war, and in the
Midst of Mr. Lincoln's preparations to de
fend the Federal capital. Many of the " De
mocrats" who were elected to Congress by
pledging themselves to support the Admini
stration in a vigorous prosecution of the
war are now, and hive steadily been, fore
most in disregarding these pledges. Among
this class may be named Hon. W. H. Mil
ler, of the Dauphin, and Hon. Charles
Denison, of the Luzerne district, both of
whom now carry then feelings so far as to
have voted among the eighteen who refused
to censure the exulting and defiant treason of
Harris on Saturday last. It is in cases
like them that we should revive the meal..
lection of solemn and now discarded
pledges, and also the sentiments of hatred
to the Government when war was forced on
the country by the Democratic leaders of
the South—sentiments that fell from Wood,
Vallandigbam, Seymour, and „Woodward,
and have been consistently maintained ever
since. Are there, then, no men who were
elected as Democrats to Congress, and who
do not support the Government in its war
policy ? Yee. But, with a few noble ex
ceptions, those who really feel right tear to
vote right on many questions. They dread
offending the leaders here, and the men who
hunger for their places at home. The self
torture of such minds must be terrible.
Free in private circles to denounce
Wood, Long, Harris. Voorhies, and the
rest, and candidly confessing that these self
chosen chiefs must plunge their party into
irretrievable disgrace, they go into the
House, and on the call of yeas and nays en
roll their names side by side with these
chiefs. There are some men injhat body
who never fail to go the full length de
manded by Wood and Company, aped.
mens of whom are Messrs. Stiles, Ancona,
and Johnson, of Pennsylvania. These
worthy representatives allow themselves to
repose in easy security on the heavy majo
rities they received at their last electionr
But sometimes majorities, like mountains,
take into their heads to " slide." It is not
six years since Old Berks seceded from
Glancy Jones, because of his connection
with a cause a million times less odious
than that which Mr. Ancona no w
sustains. There are many intelligent and
thinking Democrats in the Old Tenth Legion,
and in Was, Lehigh, and Montgomery,
who may not be . much enamored of being
represented by Mon like Stiles and Johnson.
These are rnvolutionary times, and it is not
among the impossibilities, I assure you, that
a thundering protest may come from these
heavy districts against those who think they
can vote any way but the right way, and
yet be sustained by an obedient constituen
cy. OCCASIONAL.
W Ri-lING-rrCoN
WASHINGTON, Aprll 12, 1881.
Collection of Taxes.
From the report of the Secretary of the Treasury,
in answer to a resolution of the Senate relative to
the number of commiesioners and the amount of
money received under the law to collect direct taxes
in the insurrectionary districts, it appears that there
were five commissioners in the district of Florida,
and four in such of the districts of South Carolina,
Virginia, and Tennessee, at the salary of $3,000
each; two clerks in Florida, and one in each of the
other districts, at $1,200 each. In South Oarolina
103,614 acme of land were cold for $27,199. In Vir.
gluts 6,400 acres were sold for $110,407. In Florida
124 acres for $16,002. In Tennessee lands were sold
for $52500. The expenses in the district of South
Carolina are $16,816; Florida $14,460; is Yirgln s,
$6,061 ; in Tennessee, $7,122.
Movements of Gen. Grant.
Gen. GRANT arrived in town from the Army of
the Pctonme at 12 o'clock last night.
A New Paper. .!
The first number of a large and handsomely print
ed paper, called the New ka, was issued here this
afternoon, started under anassociation of gentle
men representing all portions of the Union, Who
have, the editor says, considered it one of the press
ing needs of the
times that there should be a press
at the national capital altogether independent of the
patronage of parties or officials. It advocates
single Presidential term, and is a Fremont journal.
Destruction of the steamer Maple Leat.
Despatches received here state that about five
o'clock on the morning of the lst, while the Maple
Leaf was on her return trip from Pilatka, 12 miles
above 'Jacksonville, to the latter place, she was
blown up by a rebel torpedo, and immediately sank
in about fifteen feet water.
The Maple Leaf was a transport, and had just
landed a detachment of troops at Pilatka. Is is
thought that the torpedo exploded immediately
under her mast, as it was raised olewf the vessel.
Movements of GeneralWfricers.
General SBDOWICII and many other officers went
to the front this morning. General HUMS, who
has succeeded General MARSTON AS commandant,
at the prisoners' depot at Point Lookout? is per
fecting the organization of a regiment of s‘reenn
eructed" rebels.
Merging of Two Departments.
The iDep ailment of the Monongahela has been mer•
ged into that of the Susquehanna, and:Gen. Sueous,
who commanded the former, has been assigned to
duty Under ('en. flu Tram.
The Battle of Chancellorsville. -
General SEDGWICK, before the Committee on the
Conduct of the War, fn response to Gen. !low:twee
aseertion that lie disobeyed orders at the battle of
Chancel/oravilie, elated that the ettacktordered wee
made as moon as possible, and failed on account of
meeting with superior tomes.
It should be anted that. Gen. SILDOWIOK visited
Wag/legion under the went orders for the first
time since he hes been in commend.
The Ten-Forty Loan.
The amount of the subamiptions to the teu•fortp
loan reported at the Treasury Department today
was $1.532.000.
The Christian Commission.
GROItGIi H. STUART, president of the United
States Christian Commission, in company , with the
Rev.. Dr. Sinn and prominent citizens of New York
and Boston, have returned from a visit to the Army
of the Potomac. Dr. KIWI preached at General
Mason's headquarters on Sunday. Amongst the
generals present were MEADE, IlimPurters,
WfL-
Lrams, and PATRICK. The COMMiSIiCaI is very
popular with the Obsess and men, and the work is
in a flourishing condition.
General PATRICIC arrived this morning from the
Array of the Potomac.
FROM GEN. BUTLER'S BE PARTMENT,
PORTD.ESS DIONP.O3, April 11.—The flaTof-truse
boats due here from City Point have not arrived.
A small building at Old Point took fire this fore.
noon, and wax materially damaged. It was occu•
pied as quarters for the clerks of the quartermas
ter's department end the New York Herald office.
W. H. Stiner, Herald correspondent, was the prin.
cipal sufferer,
Arrival of a Russian Frigate.
NEW YORK, April 12.—The Russian steam frigate
Oaßaba, arrived from Fortress Monroe under sail,
reports that on the 6th, during a heavy gale off Ab-
Secom, she fell in with the British ship Czar, from.
London for New York, dismasted. The fligate took
her in tow at 9A.N. on the 10th. The wind blow
ing heavily, both hawsers were parted, and the
weather coming on very thick, lost eight of the Czar.
On the 11th the Czar was taken in tow by the tug
Northerner, and arrived this morning. The Czar,
when anchored below, last night, was mistaken for
the ship Wizard King.
A Soldiers' Retreat in New Jersey.
TRENTON, April 12 —The Legislaturetepday passed
joint resolutions appointing the Hon. Nereus L.
Ward, ex-Governor Haines, ex• Governor Newell,
Edwin A. Stevens, Esq., ex• Gov. Olden, and Theo.
S. Paul, NO, commissioners to make Marge.
meet■ for establishing a State Retreat or Home for
disabled soldiers.
Election in Trenton.
TRENTON, N. T., April 12.—F. S. NMI, the Demo•
oxidic candidate for Mayor, was elected yesterday
by 250 majority. The whole Democratic city ticker
and Common Council ticket are elected by an ave
rage majority of over 300.
Albany Charter Election.
ALBAriv, April 12 —The charter election in this
city today resulted in the election of the Demo
cratic city ticket by majorities ranging from 1,500 to
1,800. The Democrats elect eight of the eleven
Aldermen and seven of the ten Supervisors.
Murder of a Citizen by a Soldier.
(Mato, April soldier shot a merchant
of
.Tonesboro, at Anna, 111., this afternoon, killing him
instantly. The affair. created great excitement.
The provost marshal has received a telegram for as.
sistanoe to come immediately. A train has just
started with a force to prevent bloodshed.
New York Evening Stock Market.
Nam Yonk, April 12.—At Gallalter , s Exchange,
tonight, gold wac quoted at 17431 ; Erie. 1263,1; Erie
Preferred, 112; Hudson River, my, ; Reading, 164;
Michigan Southern, 1111%; Illinois Central, 1463. ;
Pittsburg, laeli ; Galena, 142%,1; Rock Island, 134% ;
Fort Wayne, 147%; Cumberland Coal, 86%. Tee
market closed lower. ,
The Weather. ii‘e.
BOSTON, April 12.—Three Inches of snow fell here
last night. The weather today Is cloudy, with an
easterly wind.
Lake Champlain is open, and the boats will com
mence their trips at once from Whitehall to Rouse's
Point.
Arrival of the Ericsson.
New Yoire, April 12 —The steamer Ericsson has
arrived from Key West, with dates to-the 6th inst.
She leftthe steamers Star of the South and Daniel
Webster, from New Orleans. The Mississippi sailed
on the 6th for New Orleans. The steamer Western
Metropolis is below from Hilton Head.
Arrival of Steamers.
Naw YORK, April 12 —The steamers Western Mo.
tropons, from New Orleans, and Virginia, from Lt.
verpool, are signalled below.
Mon—Arrival of Steamers.
HALIFAX, April 12 —There are no signs of the ex
pected steamer Asia. A strong southeast wind is
blowing.
Powmazep, April 12.—The steamer Peruvian has
not yet been signalled below.
Arrival or the Kellar.
Naw YORK, April 12 —The steamer 'Cedar, from
Liverpool, via Halifax, hay arrived.
Ms(Meta by Telegraph.
BALTIMOI7.3, /Wit 12—Flour firm; Howard
sheet Superfine tr4@7.1.2,4. Grain scarce and un.
changed. Provisions Quiet. Whisky advancing;
sales at *1 .14@1.18. Coffee dull ; Rio 43@441.
Tens story in a tivOrgla paper concerning the pas
sage of Pdra..T. Todd White, a sister of Mrs. Liu.
coin, through our lines, with some articles of great
value in Rebeidom, was read by that lady prior to
her leaving Washington. Major illulrord, at Part
icle. Monroe, says the statement does not contain
one word of truth ; in fact,' its Initehocul war proved
by the absurdity of its own 'statements,
THE PRESS.-PIIILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 13, 1864.
ETBERAL CAVALRY OCCUPYING RUM PAL
DS_EICIC.A.PF NEWS.
A FRENCH VICTORY NEAR MATAMOROS
CORPUS CHRISTI REOCCUPIED BY
' UNION FORCES.
REIIiFORCEMRNTO FROM eitiFORNIL
ANOTHER FIGHT ON RED RIVER
Destruction of the Rebel Steamer Clifton.
Niiw YORK, apri/12.—A letter to the Times, from
the United State. steamer Arkansas, at New Gr.
leans, dated the 2d inst., report, that the rebel
steamer Clifton, formerly the United. States gunboat
of that name. eaptured at Sabine Pas*, while at•
tempting to run the blockade off that Pars, on the
night of the list of Marsh, with 700 bales of cotton,
got aground on the bar, and the rebels had to-burn
her to prevent her from falling into our hands. She
wet totally consumed.
A Jorge aide-whdol steamer, with 9,000 armor for
the rebel Government,. had run into Veleta°, after
being driven off from Galveston by our fleet.
ClLilco, April 12.—A prisoner who crewed from
Forreat at Jecksontown has arrived at Memphis,
and reports that Forrest had expressed his determi
nation of holding West Tennessee, and of driving
out all the Union men. About 20 Federal. were
taken prisoners in the late fight at Augusts. Gen.
Dixon, with a large rebel lone, has succeeded in
crossing the Arkansas river.
The Memphis cotton market is firm, with conside
rable inquiry, and a good deal offering. Receipts
are light. Shipments, 800 bales.. Prices rangefrom
62067 c.
The, steamer Pauline Carroll, from New Orleans
on the nth, has arrived. Generals McPherson and
staff are among the passengers. The steamer
George Washington had arrived from New York,
wish $BO,OOO in gold. The United States transport
Oentinental, from Portland, arrived on the same
day. A large cotton-loaded eehooner grounded near
YelaNco, was burned, after part of ber cargo had
been thrown overboard to lighten her oft The
transport St. Man's, from Brazos Santiago, had
also arrived.
Four thousand Federal cavalry occupied Eagle
Paco, after a slight resistance from the rebels. Thi.
pass is 400 miles above Brownsville, and was the
great highway of the Confederates for running cot,
ton and other article. into Mexico. It was the de
termination of our troops to occupy the place per
manently.
The French are marching on Matamoros, and a
fight took place, in which the French were victo
rious.
Three Freneff frigates are off the bar, preparing to
Cortina, had issued a proclamation ordering all
the troops to be concentrated on the Rio Grande,
below Matamoros, to resist the occupation of that
place by the French,
Corpus Christi has been reoccupied by our forces,
end 800 prisoners captured. The ola residents had
nearly all left the place previous to its reoccupa
tion.
Eight thousand (1) California cavalry had arrived
overland and joined the Union tomes.
The refugees from the rebel conscription were
Hocking Into our lines by hundreds daily.
ImMense quantities of produce have been secured
by our troops.
The lst Texas Cavalry, 1,100 strong, were co•ope
rating with our forces.
Corn and cotton. planting had eommenoed.
The steamer Luminary is reported burned on the
Bed river.
The Polar Star bad taken 800 prisoners from New
Orleans up the Red river, supposed to be for ex
change at Shreveport, MI we have about that number
in the rebel hands there.'
The citizeur of Alexandria were forming guard
companies tor their protection.
An election for delegates to the free. State (Jon.
vention tock place at Alexandria on the Ist, at
which A. Carabot, W. R. Anael, John A. Newell,
and Thos. W. Wells, therein represent the pariffill
of Rapider.
Col. Clark, Adjutant General. of the Department
of Tennessee, Gen. Fennell, of Kentucky, and the
Hon. Sherrerd Clemens, of Virginia, are among the
passengers by the Pauline.
Reports of another fight up the Red river have
reached here. Soon after our troops left Alexandria
a large rebel force, under Dick Snyder, attacked
our iortifioations; but were vigorously opposed by
the 38th Massachusetts, 121 k and 128th New Yolk,
under Col. Smith, and 128th New York. Our troops
fought bravely for several hours, with considerable
loss. The rebel loss was also considerable. No
further particulars are known.
DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
CAIRO, April 11.--Last night the guerillas burned
two houses and stole several horses on the opposite
side 01 the river from Cairo. A squad Was reported
to have been to-day on the Kentucky shore, between
here and Columbus, not more than ten miles from
Cairo.
Since Forrest's late operations, a larger number of
refugees are flocking into Memphis, awaiting trans
portation North, than at any previous time since
the beginning of the War.
SIX SOLDIERS BLOWN TO PIEOEi.
RtmTSVILLB, Ala., Arc i 1 11.—A ON:11111011 of °VOISIN
Well's 11linbis Battery exploded this noon on the
railroad crossing in front or the depot, killing pa
roster Jacob Eng'chart, John Olson, William Rum
pbreyo, David Roach, William Mathew, and Ho
race Allen, and wounding Geo. Barnes. and Win.
Ryan. Several bodies of the killed were blown to
attune, portions whereof were found five hundred
feet theta/it. The horses attached to the caisson
were killed. The railroad depot was badly chat.
tered. One citizen had his thigh broken, and seve
ral others were slightly injured.
THE EFFICIENCY OF IRON-CLAD VESSELS.
Admiral Dupont's Attack on 'fort Sumpter
wAsnireProrr, April ie.—Some weeks ago the
House of Representatives passed a resolution, call
ing upon the Secretary of the Navy for information
in relatiOrt to the efficiency of iron-clad vessels, as
exhibited in official reports. To this a response has
been made, covering much valuable information.
Among the documents is a letter from Rear Admi
ral Porter, in which he says no better proof is want
fag of the ability of the West to supply all demands
of the Government for irOn.sides than is given in
those building at Cincinnati. They can, he re narks,
be built better there than in the workshop. of the
North, and in six months we can have a fleet of
vends which will protect the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers against the fleets of the world. He also ex
presses his opinion in favor of iron•clads for harbor
defence.
Bear Admiral Goldsborough says that but an in
different success has been reached. The efficiency
or intrinsic merit of any iron-clad intended for the
ocean, or for coast purposes, it to be estimated ac
cording to her strength throughout every part of the
hull. Every ironclad should be a ram, and for har
bor defence, unprovired with guns, and might be
used for interior river operations in a country like
our own, in ease of maritime difficulty.. He believes
our iron-clads to be open to serious Objections ; that
there is a marked d( fteleney of ability for general
naval operations, being more suitabib for smooth
water harbor than for sea service. We should, how
ever, profit by experience. He regards the New
Ironsides as more efficient than its predecessors.
Brigadier General Barnard having. examined the
subject of artossed sad turreted vessels, applied after
Ericsson's design, particularly as a harbor defence,
expresses his opinion that they furnish the best so
lution of the practicability of vessels for this pur
pose. The Dictator and the- Puritan can success
fully contend against any ship afloat.
The subject of iron• clads also enters into thit events
before Obarleston.
It appears thatin May, 18e2, Admiral Dupont was
advised by the Navy Department that It was deter
mined to capture Charleston, after certain other
things should take place, and that the War Depart
ment bad sent instruction,' to General Hunter, who
was au lined to the command of ten thousand men.
The Admiral was informed that the capture rested
solely on the service of the - navy, end this was com
mitted to his hands to execute, the - confidence of the
Department being reposed in his zeal, ability, and
energy.
Admiral Dupont, on. the 24th of January, replied
that be should endeavor to execute the wishes of the
Department, but he wanted more venter for the at
tempt at eapitire,
The Secretary of the Navy, during the same
month, advised the Admiral to abandon the attack
on Charleston. if be deemed the number of iron
clads insufficient to render the capture certain.
Alter the unsuccessful attack had been made, the
Secretary of the Navy, referring to previous corn•
fleentisl correspondence, repeated his regret
that
the Admiral's views were not understood by the
Department before the event took. place, for had
they been known matters would undoubtedly have
been ordered differently.
Rear Admiral Dahlgren had solicited the onion'
tunny of making the attack on Charleston, but the.
eotetary says be was compelled to refine him, be
cause be supposed what he sought as a privilege
Rear Admiral Dupont claimed as a right. "Toe
duty," he continues, " was confided to you, who had
mace the subject a study, and bad it in hand for
more than a year. If; prior to the demonstrations
of the 7th or April, you had not confidence in the
monitor vessels and their armament, ea the Depart
ment understands you have intimated to others, it
is to be regretted that you did not make known your
distiust of their capacities to the Department itself
before any demonstration was attempted."
On the ad of June last Admiral Dupont was in
formed officially that the Government was unwil•
ling to relmouish all further efforts upon a place
which has been so conspicuous in the rebellion, and
which continued to stimulate treason and resistance
to the law,.
...From the tone of your letter," the Secretary mega,
'•11 appears your judgment Is in opposition to a re
ea ad attack on Charleston, and in view of thin feet
it has been concluded to relieve you, and order Riser
Admiral Foote to be your successor."
Dears to the ill health of the latter, Admiral
Dahlgren was appointed to the fleet before Chutes
toe. Admiral Dupont preferred charges against
Chief Engineer Stirrers, wholiad reported that Ad.
intraliDupent had but a poor or indtWerent opinion
of the troweled.. Stimera was arraigned before a
naval court, which, after the examination of Wite
nesse", recommended that he be diseharged.from ar
rest The document' are very voluminous, and re
late to these and kindred subjects,
In response to certain specific inquiriest that are
made in the resolution of inquiry, I have the honor
to erste that tne order of the Preeident, dated April
13 1863. " directing Bear Admiral DUDOItt to TO ,
rosin in the bay at Oharlaston, and prevent the one.
my from erecting batteries on Movie Island,” was
duly acknowledged, but was not obeyed. The tele.
:vapid° oreer of the President, dated I.lth April,
" Wresting Rear Admiral Dupont and Gen. Hunter
to take the batteries on Morris Island sod Sullivan
Island, was never, so far as this Department is ad
deo, obeyed, or attempted to be obeyed, by Rear
Admiral Dupont
The order of the Secretary of the Navy directing
Fear Admiral Dupont to go-operate with General
(411znore was rot obeyed.
Bleier General Hunter, in a letter to the President,
*felting to the attack by the iron-clads upon
Cheri , mon, an attack in which, from the nature of
ta e plant 01 Admiral Dupont, the army had no se
live pert, saps, that on the morning after the attack
'be army wee ready to proceed to take possession of
Nlorrin Dliend, and "Fart bumpier would have been
ercen d UDteuati, in two days' fire."
General HuLtei adds "On the afternoon
after
by R 1,71 Clad "MIA en girt ttkc troop' on
THE WAR AT THE GULF.
NEW ORLEANS AND MEXICO
THE GUERILLAS NEAR CAIRO
Folly Island were not only ready to cross Light
house Inlet, but were almost in the act, a final re
conrolesanee having been made, boats ready. and the
men uni.er arms for crossing, when they were re
called, as I hoped merely temporarily, by the an
nnuocement or Admiral Dupont that tie had re
solved to retire, and that consequently vast Mild ex
pect no ernslitarice from the navy. Immediately the
Admiral was waited upon by an officer of any staff,.
who repr err nted theferwarciness of our preparations
far cropping, and the evidently neprepared
iittkin of the enemy to, receive us, while any Iteltrii
now that OUT intentions were unmasked, would
give the enemy time to erect upon the southern Mitt
of. Morris lalasd, commanding Lighthouse Inlet
those works and batteries which he hmtheretoforir
neglected. S.
To these conpiditrationir, earnestly and elaborately
urged, the Admiral'. ADMAN was that cute would
not give sotohes shpt.' ,
The ER pertinent beg no information as to who de.
'wised the plan of attack on Fort Sumpter 0' Reim
Admiral Dupont on April Ith, 1863, but has never
doubted that it was originated and belonged exclu
sively to that officer.
XXXVIIIth CONGRESS ---15 t SESSION.
WAsointaTON. April 11. 1.8%
SENATE.
The VICE PRESIDIAT laid before the Senate a cones
MUn (cation from the Secretary of the Treasury, in rani,
to a call for information - relative to the STERCRIIIt of moiler
expel ded, and the wisher of mon employed to carry oat
the act for the collection of direct taxes 1131 insurrection
ary (districts, The Secretary submitii a tabalar state
ment. Eating all the information required.
Fi eedmen's tratrs
FREEMAN inc.-0.3110 , d a btu to establish shrive=
for freedmen's affairs• It is placed in the Treasury.
rather than War Department. It provides for a cora.
rnim.loner, at a salary of $lOOO, a chief clerk. and twO
c - crke of taco class. It Pirarde very strictly the rights
and interems of ibe freedmen against lass or failure
ft, in cupidity. cruelty. or accidental carves. It loots
t , Mare e making the bureau self-supporting, by apply
ing to Its vets the proceeds of leaves.
'I he o.g..nlzation of Nebraska. TErritory.
Mr. We ~E c-lied up the House bill to enable the peo
ple of the Territory of Nebraska to form a oonstitution
pr. natatory to ad =Paton Into the
did not I.bIIMBIFLI, said that be did not think that the
ptpoletion of this Territory was sufficient tojantify its
erection into a State It contains only about 27,010 in
habitants. Be bad not beard of any application on the
pa • t Of the people thenn.elres.
Mr. IrOtiTSti. of Connecticut, thought if these Deqpie
did not rosily want the Territory ebangedinto a State it
ought not to he fortnd upon them. He could understand
Ih.w a few men who hope to be Senators. G..wernors.
, could desire a State government, but he believed
fi at it the question were pat to 'he people themselves to ,
Oay rot one half of them would vote for it. He pre.
forted leaving
the people In a territorial condition until
they lad a.tamed the requisite population for a ttato
Though be won d not wit, hold his vote on account of
the it elan i Seance of the population, he would desire that
it eh, Wd be established clearly that the people them
selves do-sire the change
Mr. WADE was astonished that the objection should
be made after the gentlemen had voted for the enabling
acts peered for the other States. The run of ropulstion
bed not be , et, fore been despised in other sections .
Florida. eno Texas were admitted, the latter having two
Representatives in Congress when she had not popnla-
MA, enough for over ore Our action was based upon
the fact that the Territory was rapidly flaing up and
9.1-1111110/ an important position. by reason of its bro.
limb Se sutural resources. He would be as much opposed
to imposing a Crate government Upon thepesple. against
their consent, as the !senator from Conneettcnt. This bill
wee only to enable the people to have a State government
if they met in convention and indicated such a desire.
He did ot ihink the people of Nebraska would thank
the Senator for his advice
. .
. . . . .
for FOl'l ER denied that he wee attempting to give
advice. He bad amy netted what had not beau an
ti were d, wbether the people had . aeked fora state govern
,
meat.
igr 'W ADS sate it was the woke of the people, through
their delegates. in the other House.
Mr'Fos7Tß rejoined that the doer' of Congress were
oven to the petition of this or ano.her people for admis
sion. and it was not our place to dictate the forms of
ttafe government.
The subject was then laid over.
Other Blue and Communicatious.
Mr. WILSON introduced a bill relating to the pay and
sub, late nee of the army. which was referred to the Com
mittee on Military Affairs
On no tion of Mr. HABLAN, the bill granting lands to
the Etat« , of lowa, to aid in the construction of a rail
road OrM McGregor to a point on the Missouri river, to
otnect with certain lateral routes in Olinneeota, wad
taken up. a, d passed with some amendments.
On motion of Mr COLL. s MEE, the Senate resolved to
adjourn when it adjourns to day, until Thursday, oat
of learect to the memory of John C. Dives
Mr.DAYlSintri.duced a bill regulating the. mode of
ascerationg the value of lands and-real estate that may
betakteforthentaof the Melted States. Which Wag re
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr. P SYIS introduced a bill to prevent the assembly
of, end trial bv courts martial, of capital and other
crimes. not arising in the land or naval forces of the
t'n,tedStates.whi,hwas referred to the Commttteeon
the intiteiary
Mr. GM MSS presented the memorial of Henry O'Reilly
for it.oten-it g and cheapening telegraphic correspOndt
• lice rtuong the American people and the nations of the
Old. World, which was referred to the committee on
Con:tierce.
Mr. DOOLITTLE presented a memorial of Perry McD.
Collins. praying the aid of Congress in the establish
', eat n of overland telegraph communication. via Behr-
In g s Straits, to Europa and Asia. Refered to the elOrn
inittea on Commerce.
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the
natal appropriation bill in Committee of the Whole
%he amenoment appropriating money for the purchase
of land to ex end the wharves at the Charlestown navy
yard wst. adopted.
An amendment was offered by Kr. HALE, from the
aval Committee and was adopted, providing that no
part of Om appropriation for the Naval Academy shall
paid to midshipmen. unless in strict conformity with
law. . .
An amendment, offered by Mr. ANTHONY. was
adopted, 113E111a the profeesors of Ethics, Spanish. and
Drawing. in the Naval Academy, to a level with the
other rrofeFsors.
31r. (HOMES offered an amendment returning the
Navel AndsMy to Annapolis, Did . on or before the ace
drink yeatcocomeneing September, 1865.
Mr Ot;mes proceeded. in ao °taboret° speech, to set
forth the advantages of Annapolis over Newport He
contended that. owing to the want of accommodations
at the latter -place, the temptations presented to the
cod. t. we e so great as to be prejndicial to good order
and dimpline, and no one could he a good offickr in the
Lev, who bed nf.tlearred himself to be commanded.
Mr. a DITHODUk defendsd the advantages of Newport
as a aite for the Academy; and. alter considerable de
bate pro and con. the amendment was concurred in—
yeas 20, nays 37—as follows
Foster,
Hale.
13 arlan,
Harris,
endenoia,
Hem ricks,
NAYS.
Collamor
Co nets.
Cowan,
Davie,
Dco
Festenden,
Foot
Morgan,
Pomeroy
Ramsey,
Anthony.
budialear
( bar. dler,
Dixon.
Do , a ard.
Lsne (Kensaft),
AIL YOWELL o
section, repealing
in the cod and orb
spray's,
ISunnier,
I Ten Eyck.
Jared an amen dme
be bounties given
bank fleherfee.
Mr. PL-WELL said he wonid not attach this im
rortart meas,re to this bill, were it not for the
fact that all his efforts to get a direct vote upon
it as an independent proposition. had failed This
was due to some hocus-pocus wh'eh he did not un
derstand Having tried last eeeeion to get measure re
ported by the Committee of Commerce, he tried "the Fi
ner ce Committee, with no better success. and he con
cluded to offer it 110 W. He contended that his ill success
came Iron ' the fact that a New England interest was at
et sire. and a, she had twelve out of the fourteen Senators,
and the chairman of the commibee. it was easy to per
ceive how.the other portions of the country were being
taxed for her bentiit. The great State of New York had
a chairman of one committee—that of Private. Land
Claims, from which he had never received a report
[laughter]; and Pennsylvania had a chairman of the
Committee on Patents and Patent Office. New Ragland
has the chairmanshipL f the Army, the Finance, and
Foreign iffaire, &e. How could the great West get mat
ters of importance to them presented before the body.
When each partiality was shown In the distribution of
members from the 1 ew England States to the cla vinuati
lebiP of committees? When be approached ttie chair
man of the Commercial Committee to set this bill, of
which the present amendment was the substance, re
ported upon, he was told to see Mr. Morrill, of Maine.
Mr. CONFESS inquired if before the rebellion the
Senator bad been in the habit of complaining to the
lords of the south as to the diapotition of the chairman.
chip of committees, and how they took it.
Mr, POWELL sate he had never served at chairman
of n. committee since be had been here.
•...••••• • - • • • • -.
Mr. CA. NOESS said that was net was the
Ear ator then. as now, in the habit of complaining ?
p r . POWELL repoed that the only reason ne now
co i-z•lalned Rue Olt anCOnut of the groat Partiality nJtown
by the chairmen the Committee? of Commerce, Er.
Chandler, who. thottartoilf. 77"viatia " 9l L4l n g u n i d.
was New England born. Toe grossaMenni (otos man
tles now paid was $600.000. to pay nada the resources
and labor of other eections of the country were taxed.
It was said that-we needed these to matotata our mer
est...tile marine He wanted no such nurseries fur sea-
Men, He hoped his friends fs om the great West wonidlgote
r Ohs amendment, ae it waajuit about as jest to tan the
pipe o. Kansas or the power of Illinois as to pay these
bounties.
• Mr. Fh.SSENDEN explained that there was no home
pocus in the treatment of the Senator 's proposition in
the Finance Commi tee, and the Senator found it agalnhi
Cow merited Committee solely because the Finance Com
mittee thought - it belonged there. and it was so referred
in Open Senate. He would not attempt to reply to Wnat
the Senator had heretofore said In derogation of the
bravery of New Eng and citizens- New England was as
far above Kentucky in this respect as the heavens were
above the earth, and her bright record could not be
coiled by anything the Senator aright says. The Senator
might male e something or to is in Kentucky. but he could
not do it here • He (Mr. Feesenden) would nor say a
word against Kentucky. for he made many alletwas.ces
for the position in which al , e had been Named, and
lamented her attachment to the fatal delusion of the j as
tice of human bondage. Mr. Fessenden then proceeded
to show that previous to the present troubles the chair
man, hip of all but four of the committees were ju the
Lands of the Southern Democratic leaders. Re also de
ir red that New Englandwast represented in the Commer
cial Con mittae at the expense of any other section.
Mr. 13DARBIAN remarked that while he was in favor
of this smut/meat he should probably vote against it as ,
an amendment to the present bill. He gave notice that
when the internal revenue bill came up he should intro
duce a carefully-Worded amendment accomplishing what
was desired
A Sharp Debate.
Mr. CHANDLER World loot defend the Committee of
Commerce from the onslaught of the Senator from Ken.
tetchy. De would not condescend to do so. and be was
prnud. as the chairman of that committee. to have the
abuse he bad yeasty- d and he bad voted heretofore for
his expulsion as a friend of traitors.
Mr PO WELL wished to understand if the Senator
called him a friend of traitors now
Mr. °Hen DLE a roes to reply amidst cries of order.
Sr FoIeTER submitted that personalities Were out of
order, and was sustoined by the Chair.
Mr. POWELL said if the Senator said he was now the
friend of traitors, he ststement was false and untrue.
rries of "Order !") The Senator was not one for whom
he bad a personal respect
Mr cHADDLES. roes to May. but Mr. POWELL
refused to yield to what he said was of such a
character that a man of honor and a gentleman
could not reply to it in this Chamber fliensatlon. I He
Put it to the Senator from Maine. if the people of his
section had not been assaulted. and the Senator from
Massachusetts bad denounced as barbarians those who
agreed with tie minority. In reply to Mr. Feseenden.
Mr Powell sato there was not strength enough in his
feeble arm to reach either him or his St4de. In conclu
sion, he reiterated that he had aright to Knelt of the
Committee of Commerce in h ad
manner he had.
CHANDLER said if there wee a man on God's
earth be bad ceased to have respect for. It was the gen
t•eman from Kentucky. Mr. Powell. slime the rebellion
broke out. Bis own and the Senator's feelings were,
therefore. mutual.
- -
Mr. POW ELL said that nothing more could come from
him hem
Mr. SAULSBURY made an lIDDEIRI to the Senate, that
as sons of corona,. n ei il. and brothers, we should, in the
Parent unhsppy state of affairs In whieh the country
and, Itself, act as became the dignity of American
Sr's atom
_
.
Mr. PA VER said. in his votes heretofore. he had en
c (teed the present amendment. nut eeming taut New Eng
-I.nd came up in solid column for the remain of Drostra
,ine the Interests of other sections, he should change his
course and vote for the amendment ai a measure of re
taliation.
7 . be amendment of Mr. Powell was rejected—yeas 19.
nays 19—as lolloWs: . .
YEA&
Her dricks,
Lane nd.),
Lane (Kansas),
McDougall,
Nesmith,
Pomeroy,
NAYS.
Grimes,
Nal%
Howe,
Johnson,
Morgan. '
ItsmseY.
Prick Mew
C4Valii
Davie,
Fla ding,
larlhn,
Barrie
ilendtraon,
Anthony,
()handler,
CODLPPIit
Doolittle,
Feesenden.
Focte,
Fa.Pter,
The Senate then adjourned an Thneeday.
HOVSE OF UMPRICFENTATIVEIS.
-ne Ecame galleries, as on Eatta. day and yesterday
are densely crowded.
Currency Depreciation.
Mr. 'STEVER& of Pennsylvania. from the Committee
of Ways and M.2{118. reported a bill to prevent a de
preciation of the currency. It provides that every per
son. bank. association. or corporation issuing notes to
circulate as Money, stall pay a duty of one , fourth of
sae per cent= per month on the:mount tuned Month
ly returns are to be made. After one year it shall be un
lawful to lease such notes unless authorized by act of
Cons ress.
The sonata. ration of the subject was postponed.
The Resolution to Repel Mr. Long.
The Huuse resumed - the consideration of the resolution,
to ti.nel Mr. its
Mr. Mr. LDRID of Weiconsin, said this resolution was
ortonsfully broils t here Tho only object cou'd be to
stir up strife and ill-feeling at a time when we ougat nit
only to have Clod fellowship and kind feeling but a
union of sentiment Referring to the constitutional pro.
sionsA e denied the sight and power of the ROBlBO to
,apel the gentleman from Ohio under the resolution
sf bey could not. aped him for his opinion's sake The
C0...at011,n submit! sa no stub oasation. A man amid
vet , b. exp. 11,ce for his opir ion. but for acts. Re die
e ere , d with the gentlemen from Ohio and also the gen
tlen.tal from Maryland (Mr Rents)
Be bad come to the conclusion that secession is a tined
aLd unalterable fact. and the alternatives mentioned by
he gerth man from Obio litve not yet been presented to
be lams ry It Tspossible however, that they may be.
us eel. rr.. to , he 14111 Z irk Timm which says Speaker
IfssA 2,-al has outrun lilt discretion. and that hie re
erien is neuter right nor expos lent t alito to the
ntno f e et Which ys that Longs speech WBB g:
t.ly gqiu stt C-X1111,1.1011 if the Matt woe Con
f. E e•• r.f.per cloy the seceded nodes me ha
,• oeh. Mtn* bus carry it o- - for , obi aged-qt. and you
eau accomplish volts purpose Yon aeons!!! the
Len r.n. tete of el n poi:dr.:4a filth the rebels, bus 71 , 1 dp
Vat believe it. The Charge is made fur a wicked and
party purpuee. Be said the Reoublicane are a Tavola.
Dena] y party, is opinions and practice f..r in overthrow.
to
o n iz a br t i b e the t u s t i i mp t ti4qlnigoo
by
r h f they
t aV re e n. r tr t i h zi r gd o rtooitnhbee. men are
willing
e
d care fol me
ly read and cent idered the ohnoXionwspeach
of tt e rotiliter from Otit , • (M aad he found no
h n i e s ll w ia i rrr d e t
a l ,
n o ti r tm ab b o i n u t
niot ing l i e g eg u r , t t a ali c s o lo tum v
t e o m e c ir ed
preie the convictions of bis jadannent Ifoihtnig was
Enid with , st premeditation and yet at the commence
ment of hite.inisnlar haringtigi be made a vile ding at
our Chief Magistrate• by asiertinfl
in effect that in the
asiaeiinstion of the ?resident, or his way to Wash
!neon, there irculd have been gerarmerr greeting than
-*sold have been eartenhlo. Mr Spaulding quoted from
Br. Lora's speech. whileh ha cheractertzed as criminal
Been loneness. and' if not retrained would do more
to_esp the foundation of our Republic than the armed
collort mof the tettellion His colleague had come to the
sonrcineion that the Union is lost. never to bo restored:
and, according ta hie own langttaxm he regarded. all
dreamt , to restore the Union as worse tLaa f Aly,and that
there was no eenthneat Aorth or South on which to
build a Union: and farther. that every clause and latter
of the Constitution has been violated. Die langalge
was uttered within seventy miles of vehare the two
armies are now located. and who are only wailing for a
few sunny days to solve the great mooted question
whether we are capable of setgrovernmeatt In conclu
sion. Mr. 6palding dentbd the truth of a< earer read by
Fernando Wood 7. tflerday, that he (Mr. epanilding)
had, at the Fremont Convention. made atapeods for
dissolution. He made no speech there, and neverenter
tallied much opinion.
SM.TB. of Kentucky, said he did not' hear Mr.
Lona'a epiech, bar, after a catered examination, he had
comet to the conclusion that there was scarcely a senti
ment or a word of it that be conld endorse; nor did he
believe aunt, aentlinente should be ntt,red in Lhis
or were endowed by any csonsiderable portion of the
people of be United states Be then arraigned the De
mocratic party. a portion of which are now la - rebellion,
with being the origin and instrumentality iuhringing
on the rebellion But for them we would not be in the
Anita de we are to-day In the conr.e of his remarks he
repeated what Douglas had said, that there could be bat
two partlee, patriots and traitore [applause]. and then
proceeded to quote from Yancey. Davis. Brooke, and
there. to chow that they were prepared to sever the
Union, making the election of Fremont the pretext. If
Brook 6' advice was followed out—namely, to place none
ant abvery men ae sentinels—the gentleman from Onto
tronid not have been thus selected.
Mr Cita replied that he never held the doctrine that
the Democratic party was anti-slavery tie load satd
that perry wee neither slavery nor and-elavery, but in
favor of non-Intervention, leaving to the people of the
States and Territories the right to regulate their own
domestic mattere.
Mr SMITH. in reply to Mr. Cox, maid he had voted
for Mr. b • unles s Iced believed the spirit or Omelet' ere
Soma' every fentireent he DOW Uttered. and that the
same epiric was raying to the gentleman, from Ohio.
(Mr. Cox,) "you have departed from the truth."
[Laughter
Mr. Of tX wished to know what peculiar right . the gen
tlemen had to speak for the deceased statesman? He
(Mr Cox) mud made toe first speech seated Sesession.
backing np Douglas in his views, and bud never depart.
ed ff. ro them
thIITH replied that he understood-from the good
boot that all true and honest enlace are liberal spirits,
and thus communicate.. Bat there was an impa.,,alde
gulf between the good and the bad, and titer. fore it was
not eurprisiag that the gentleman had not heard from
Douala.. [Laughter
Mr SMITH ti en adverted to the acts of Buchanan,
Floyd, and others, connected with the late AdMillletrit
ttets deviating that as eleven" woo the c „nee of war it
ought to be removed. so that we may have an indepen
dent nation o , fret men. [applauee
Mr. VOORHEES, of Indiana, rose to a point of order.
owing to the remonstrations in the eallories being an
eoppreesed, and speaking of the pretence of the person
occupying the chair. namely, Mr. Rollins, of New
Hampshire.
Mr. GIIINNELL cared him to order.
• . . .
Mr SMITH hoped the gentlemen in the galleries
WorOd keep their feet sail and their hands in their
pockets. his said the gentleman from Ohio (Hr. Laos)
had left his own deck and occupied his. (linich's). at
which to deliver his speech Was there ever such a
desecration of a loyal etst? and Mr. eolith earnestly
contended that we shoals whip down the-rebellion If
we cannot do that, let us subjugate the South and p.spct
laie it wit. , a better people If, gentlemen here sitsmPa
thine with the Southern rebellion, let them honestly de
lis e their positi ,
Mr. PENDE ETON, of Ohio, would not discuss the
sound nese or unsoundness of the.views of his colleague.
(Br Long) Nor would be indulge in any partisan nie
ce moon or allusions. The design was that members
should represent the 'PUMP of their constituents. and by
argument, persuasion, and a comparison of opinions ar
rive at an intelligent conclusion as to such measures of
leg elation am would contribute to the general welfare
and the perpetuity of the Government_ What questions
are brought Infers us ? Confiscation, taxation. the re
ersaninavon of Sate Governments. and amesdments to
the t.:onstitution. The debate here should be to make an
imprereh-n on the minds of members. The speech of his
colleague wee made for that purpose. Were gentlemen
afraid of the argument? Were they afraid to to trust
the country to the power which stood behind them?
The expression of an opinion at the proper time and
Ho
the rules was beyond wa s to
of the
House. e All the house could do was to punish for dbor
derly conduct.
Mr. WASIIBLIENE. of Illinois. inquired whether the
gentlemen did not, during the last Congress, vote to MC
psi two members of this house for other than disorderly
conduct ?
Ms PRNDLMTON asked. what two?
Mr WaSHBVSNE replied. Mr. Bead of Missouri. and
Mr. Burnett. of KeutucitY.
MI. PENDLETON said be voted for their expulsion
btctcut they Were In arms against the Guyon/went
Did not toe gentleman consider that disorderly conduct?
WASHBIIRNE replied that he accepted the ex
pl. nati.m.
Mr GARFIELD. of Ohio, put a case.to his colleague
In order to a better understanding of his views. Sup•
pose he should. in a decorous manner. ii.troduce here
the plans of Grnerel Grant for the-campaign about to be
commenced. Ruppore be should oppose each plane. and
elate the number of men. &c that would not he disor
derly conduct But was it an offence fur which he should
be punished ?
Mr. PENDLETON replied that if the gentleman ob
tained his latts of the campaign from newrp Leers, and
of pubfic notoriety, he wetted be perfectly right to men
ton it and it was not in the power of the House to
punish him for it. But if the gentleman went to the
War Department and procured important information.
Bade] . the Peal of the Secret. ry. and then came here and
made a speech against it, opeoly. when he hal a right
to move that the doors be cm, ed. and by thins publicly
speaking gave aid and comfort to the enemy. that
would be disorderly conductof the gravest kind. Mr.
Pendleton, in coscinsiOn, alluded to the'hietory of the
pact, including in the events the presentation or a me.
mortal here by John Quincy Adams, from Haverhill.
Whine for a dissolution of the Union, and also referred
to a former remark of Mr. Stevens. of Pennsylvania,
that be would never vote for the restoration of the Union
with the protection of slaver'''.
Mr. AMOS MYERS, of Yennsylvanta. said, in his ex
perl.nce as a lawyer, he had never before seen man
Come into court and express his guilt. All the gentle
men from Ohio. Mr. Lcng, had to do to show himself a
r.bel. woo to present his revolver. 'they had not to
Wait for him to go into the rebel army bemre they ex
cluded bim from this hall. The soldiers would take blot
by the neck and heels and throw h'm out of camp for
declaring omit sentiments in their presence. Mr. Si, era
then alluded to the speech of Mr. Long. examining into
the motives of the gentleman. maintaining that be hat heart of a traitor, and had made use of language
similar to ttat of others previous to openly going lute
rebellion He should vote for the expulsion of the gen
tleman from Ohio for the reason that he believed.. frrem
the member's own declaration, that he preferred the
recondition of the Southern Confederacy to the subjuga
tion of the S oath
Johnson,
smith,
Powell,
Riddle,
Sherman,
Willey.
Trumbull,
Wads,
Wilkinson,
W hon.
Wright.
con%ersati on then took, place among several mem
bers concerning the time at which the debate shall be
clPsed,
Mr. COLFAX said lie was willing to close the debate
to-night, and not to call the question on the resolution
1111 early Thursday afternoon_
Mr - FENTON was anions the debate ehonld be closed
to-night. that the House. may proce-d with the eoaside
ration cf business. including that relating to tax" and
Buenas , . especially in view of the that that gold is now
Tieing rapidly in the market, owing to our present mone
tary candid...
t, as an additional
to vessels evgagel
.
mo!lon 'ciao made at a quarter of five o'clock for a
reces. bll da-, and thte WE. agreed to.
The galleries were crowded at 6 o'clock. bat very few
members were present, as it was known no vote would
be taken till Thursday.
Who Long Debate Again.
Mr. CHAVSNEI, of Indiana, said he had read Mr. Long's
sreech, and was unable to discover anythtsg in itjust.y
sobjecti, g him to censure or dishliasal. He did not be•
neve with the to ntieraan in men! of his conclusions.
he hoped he never would arrive st the cenchtel,,n that it
was necessary to recognize the Southern Confederacy.
He would not have made he d eclaration the gentleman
did in the House, but if the issue were presented to him
whether he would exterminate every man. woman, and
child in the Southern Confederacy, he would have come
to the same conclusion The gentleman from Ohio, as
the representative of a free people had a right to be
hi ard. Many of his views were widely different from
those of the gentleman, He was an sdvocate of the war
for the restoration of the. Union and the suppression of
the rebellion_ He did not believe. however, that the
measurer, of the Administration were best calculated to
Produce that result He regrettedmere wait a riie
nosition t...7.roseilbe every man whTdid not agree with
theMsiipirglicaliS in their particular Policy.
Mr.HeItRINOTON, of Indiana, In alluding to the
Pending resolution, characed it as a tisan pro
ceeding. anti not prompted bypatriotleut. Rte colleague
(Mr. Colfax) had not only descended from hie high poet.
HOD ,but bad at once bees nut the accuser and prosecutor of
the gentleman from Ohio. In the course of his remarks
be said the people of New England have no stomace for
fighting.
This called up Mr. BOUT WELL. of Massachusetts, who
asked bin• what authority he had for the assertion.
Mr. HARRINGTO a replied, he had judged such to be
tb-ie ca.* loom the fact that Massachnseds has agents r.
Inthena rem ailing nerrcese to fill 121, the quota of that
State: Indiana would have nothing to with negoes. She
sends White men Into the field.
. . . .
Mr. BOLITWELL wished to know what proof the gen
tieman,had.
Mr AARRINGTON replied that there was no doubt of
it. Yedlniting agents hsd been at work in his own town,
and the negroes thus gathered said they were going to
Ma:sacbo.ectp.
Mi. BOUTWIILL observed that Massachusetts had less
to fear from Secession than any other State, because of
her isolation, and having two-thirds of the maritime
Power of the continent The men of that State rallied to
the defence of the republic without a second invitation
Be knew of no act of her representatives on this floor to
justify the acmtlemt n in saying that they had no stomach
leLP.losBCiliiDg the war
mr. BAk RI NUTOM. I said stomach for lighting.
Mr. .BOITTWELL rsplied they could draft without
Producing a mob •
Mr. BA.h.R.INGTON said the name -of Indiana was
written on every batt,e field. While Mr. Barrington
was epesking there was some hissing in the galleries.
Mr ILDRIDGE said they bad suffered enough from
New Ragland men in the galleries. and their 'lmmix of
ostler ought to be prevented. Some one asked how he
knew tber were New Englanders
. . .
Mr. HOLMAN said there was ample power for the
Chair to suppress such disturbances
Mr. ILDRIDGE said he would move V at the galleries
be vicar.' it any [nether Matt:urbane. occnr.ed.
The MAKER pro tem. (Hr. Solace. of New 'amp
e hire, ) directed the doorkeepers to remove from the gal
leries persons who might repeat the disturbance.
Mr. B ARRIRGTON resumed and concluded his re
marks, advocating the right of free speech. for no force
could overcome the mind, however it might oppress the
bt dy.
Mr. Browitall's Amendment.
Mr. BItuOMALL. - of rains, c.ff,red an amend
ment to the pending res. Milan. declaring iileizander
Long to be an unworthy member of the Mouse. and that
the Speaker read this reso..ntion to said Long dialog the
session of the Pones
Mr. ILDIIIDOk, rained a point of order. that Mr. Gong's
speech wa. made in Committee of the Whole on the state
of the Union. and no exceptions having -b. en taken in
committee, the proposition could not, under the rutee,
be eetertehled ih Il,a Had4e.
The Speaker overruled the point of order, on the
ground that It was proposed in the amendment not to
censure Mr. Long for words spoken in debate, bat for the
Publication of his speech in Washington and Nrw Y ork,
and his Riving evidence of disloyalty, and aid and com
fort to the enemy
Mr. 3 LD3I.ID(.+B appealed from the decbdon.
Mr. HOLMAN also raised a point of order that Mr
Breomall's substitute was not germain to theforlginal
proposition.
There questions were reserved for future action.
Mr BliOtar ALL said be offered his resolution of cen
sure because, from what lied already tat en place. they
could not obtain the requisite constituti,nat two thirds
to expel the member and as be could not be grant/edict
haying Eire expelled, mast be content to get a resolu
tion of censure The Democratiearty hal: drifted to the
position of Mr. Long,of Ohio, and p Wares of Maryland.
They bad been so used to running in the old Democratic
harness. on the Democratic trace, that all the Republi
can aide could urge failed to switch them off. Preeident
Buchanan laid down the Same doctrine as the member
from Obto, and so said Jefferson Davie. De wee glad
there had been some improvement. for many Democrats
do believe there is power to coerce evil deers to soot be
havior under the Constitution. This dist/fission showed
where the dividing line is to be drawn.
Mr. Winfield on War Democrats.
• • • •
Mr. WINIPIIILD. of Bow York, said there always had
been and always would be War Democrats. When as
sailed in the past they had always been on the side of
the country to the extent of the last dollar and the last
available means This war had not been preclpitatsd on
the country by the Democratic party or any of Its mem
bers The Democrats have stood by the country's honor
by . preco pt and practice. Be spoke of the rebellion as
unjustifiable. unlawful, and unholy. Considering the
readiness with which the Dsmocrats had rallied to the
cause, it was too late to say that there were no War
Democrats. Is was right to resort to arms to bring
back the rebellious citizene to their allegiance to
the Constitution If he thought there was a pros
pect of peace by negotiation, he would leave no means
untried to bring it about. But before he would
sfiree to sending commissioners it must first be
shown that peace overtures would meet with a corre
sponding spirit. and because he would not pursue this
false light he was to be told by his colleague (Fernando
Woud) that be bad ceased to be a Democrat. He said
that colleagne.Who had risen In Democratic Conventions
to give the law, had expressed his willingness to let the
rune of Power remain with the present Administration.
He was sorry his colleague had himself proclaimed his
separation fro in the Democratic party. In this his col
league would seem to be in unison with those on the
other side The Democratic party had not lost cond.
deice in itself aid its principles. Be knew that the war
bad mot been prosecuted en the prinoiplee at flew des
Glared. but that should not separate them in the com
mon effort to bring the war to a close It had become a
common threat to speak of Democrats as sympathizing
with the rebellion. and say that, after the enemy has
bean crushed in tte L onto attention will be paid to the,
enemy in the people an d
things hawa r ts den u n ity i vide the people, and to protract the The of
M , P. , p e was more important than a parte triumph foe
four years Mr. Winfield referred to the unjust rsmarka
freduontty applied to Governor Seymour. and defended
that genth man, showing that he bad always a ivocated
force to put down the rebellion. and that, on every call
of tatriotism,was always with the right.
kir. GBINNBLI, of lowa. referred to the Democratic
party as the etch man orifice. It was too far go e feranir
reediting yet discovered to cure it, iksPr_ote ged against
Sir, Winfield turning over Fernando wood I. the Re
publican party. They had done nothing to Justify each
a terrible infliction The gentleman from Indiana (Mr.
Barrington) had said the soldiers of Massachusetts had
no stomach for the fight.
Mr 13. , ..LMAR. of Indiana, remarked that his col
leseno did not sal the soldiers, but that the Representa
tive') of feassacbstielt• bad no st macb. for the agog.
• Boutweil baying Wert appealed to. Mr GBIS
- LL
“aid that sir Barrington fir, t s ,id that the sot
diets of Mt to Rehm sits have n o tom 'oh for the fight,
end next the geople. and, in the third place. the depth ,
welati yes or this fl or
G RIR NeLL rore'l J , oe bass ...tenders on New
gnitla.d. no a remarked th ty..” Wes.era eolatere [Wan
that the coldiere f.nns that ox ,r).11 d . a i psi Itelt 0 .1 any
Powell.
l.aulebars,
Trumbull,
W Ikluson,
Rril:ey,
Wright.
Sherman,
Sprague,
Sumner
Ten Eyck
Wade.
Wilson.
JEVELIING SESSION
°there. He refflffedultethe action of tba House tg Isla,
when JOltima ri Inge was cassurca for orrning
re, Muttons declarigg at the slaves of the Creole had e
right to rise and seven their native freedom. The De
inoClats voted in a 60114 body for P, end be repro:limed
the case ae a DemoiMatio pracedent in regard to to
sl boh ho a dr 's Whi do e
we std
roar y ac
ea h
r o s f
ago.crick
ogin.
Oman front
ally (Br .Harrisy sate that he was
lillng to take he sine of slavery Evert/ one of the
eaves of the urember had a reateagainet With com
pound Interest Mr. Lovejoy,. the Abolltionist. had hie
seat in Heaven, beat the gentleman from Maryland Would
not have one near him I would remarßed Mr '0 n.
nell, rather ear a thousand times. let the country be di
Tided, the South ge tnetr way, alt slave. and tin Korth
all tree. than to see the country ours more under Demo
crane rule.
taken
Mr
downr MAN dema
e nded that this sentence slmuld be
iby the Clrk.
There was much merriment on the' Democratic side.
when
Mr SMITH, of frentocbv, exnreesed the hope that the
B outs mould keep quiet. C,Criee of "Order "7
Mr. ELDRID(AIg tra..ted the House candid bear the
gentleman fronygentiachy. Meet. of " Order. "I
After some further noisy proceE dies&
GRINNEBL said be was merely attempting- so
quote the remarks of Representative Conway.
The SPEAKER pro tem. said. under these dream
at/Laces. the gentleman from lowa was in order:.
Mr. GRINNELL 'concluded hieremarks.
Mr. ROLLINS, of Missouri, said his heart had been
tilled with sadness at the notes of party sounding here
It reemed that all was for party and nothing for the
country. But for the resolution introduced by the
kpeat er of this House, the speech of the gentleman from
Ohio Would have been forgotten like many others; now.
however, it would baread by thousands who otherwise
would never have heard or it. He relied on the discrimi
nating sense of the country, and did not aupreheud the
speech would produce harm. If the country was to be
stricken down be sues a speech as that, it ought to
perish. While he disavowed the sentiment that
speech, thinking It was improper. If not impolitic; at a
time like this, he would not censure the gentleman for
its delivery. being in favor of the freedom of speech.
Be concluded by making Strooaly patriotic romaiks,and
at 11 20 P. M the House adjourned till Thursday,
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATVEZ.
BARRIBBUIRO. April 12. 1884.
WEN ATE.
Tbe Eerate met at 10% o'clock
Tbe newel slumber of pennon' were preeentecl, among
tbern two bN Mr COMM ELI. to favor of Sorkda.y travel.
. . .
COB ELL,ralating tc-eertain streets in the Twen
ty fourth ward.
Mr. JOHNeON. a supplement to the act relating to
bounties for volunteers.
Damages for litelml Raids
Mr MoSPSRR‘ called nke, a resolution reemeettnit the
Governor to inform the Senate whether the btate has vet
made claim upon the General Government for damages
eastalned dorlegrabel raids. Pa,aed.
Pityment of Bounties
The Senate went into Committee of the Whole on bill
pa3ing 33L0 bounty to yo.unteens. The bill was lost
AFTERNOON SESSION.
- - - - - _
The Fenaie spent the whole of the afternoon solution in
diten,sizan the p> men of intere. t on the State debt in
legal-tender notes instead of sold. Adjourned.
The Howe met at 10 A.
Removal of the State Capital
The committee on the removal of the State capitol re
ceived aloha announcement this morning through the
committee of Plailedelphia Councils, of the proposal of
Pbilace'phta to furnish ell; 00(1,000 for the erection of
public buildings. The Legislative committee, there
npcn, nn. ilicitoly agreed to report a bill for the re
. movsl, Mk follows :
TV/urea& The city of Philadelphia hes pledged the
sum of one million dollars for the erection of the Capi
tol buildings of the State. Governor's house. buildings
for the various departments. and purchasing the noose
eery lands, on condition that the Legislature.shall, at
ire present session. declare said city to- be the goat of
Government, and bee further pledged that the said city
will furnish said L,. gietature with a smaeble place to
meet in until each time as appropriate buildings shall
re erected for that purpose. and will at the earns time
-provide a &liftable house for the Governor, and build
ings for the several departments: therefore.
Be re,Yolved. 'net relying npott said pledge. the
seat ol.gover n men tof Phil a delphi a, we tth shall be re
moved to the site of and tae 8.84011J1 of
the Legislature shall lte held in said city, And al the de
partraents of the State government beret-fore located at
Harrisburg shall be removed to the raid city and titre
roamer tly located there, of er tre 9th day of July next.
Provided. That on or htzebre the loth day cf Jane next
the sale city, in accordance with their pledge, shall have
provided suitable buildi etre for the Legtel attire and cove •
sal departments of the Government and the Governor
SECTION 2. That the overnor. Attorney General, seep.
tart': of she 0020.00171 , Pa th, Auditor Geeerel, state Tres
surer, five members of the Senate site ace members of
the House, to be appointed by the re,pective epeshers,
be commissioners to superintend the removal of the seat
of government- in put g mance of the foregoing resolution.
and to select the ground for the buildings, to adopt the
necessary measures for their erection, and direct and
supervise the erection
elm .0. bat when the said commieeionere shall be
eatiotled that eultalee buildings for temporary occu
pancy of the Legislature, tee several Departments, and
the Lovernor have been provided, the Gweruor shell
issue his proclamation declaring that on and after. July
9th next, the seat of government of this Commonwealth
stall be in the city of Philadelphia; and the said Gout
1111R15101111T9 w 111 thereupon cause Such of the movable
property books. and eapere of the Commonwealth, as
they may deem Prover, to be removed to said buildings.
I.FC. 4. That all snits, or their proceedings, in which
the Commonwealth may be a party, and which are now
be law to be commence t and prosecuted in the Court of
COLuICOD Pleas of Dauphin county. or other court, shall
hereafter be commenced at d p 'lamented in the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania for 08 Banters/ District, and
tried at Dlei Prim; and all appeals fibm the aettiement
of accounts by the Auditor, State Treasure* or either of
them. which now by law may be made to the court of
common pleas of the con nty in which the seat of g..vern
roent is :ccated, shall be made to .he Supreme Covet and
tried. at Dial Prme as aforesaid; end such cases in which
the Commonwealth is a party or such ae are now pend
ing in tie Court of Common Pleas of Danehin county as
the Attorney General may deem proper, shall, upon his
order. and when he may them expedient. be certified
eLd removed to the supreme Court as aforesaid, and
proceeded in as it they had been originally com menced in
said court
. . .
The above bill is understood to have been prepared by
Hon P. Frazer smith, of cheater. The chai.man of the
Philadelphia Connell Committee wan AMR Briggs. Esq.
A message from the Oovernor was received, stating
that he bad vetoed an am authorizing the Lehigh and
Sueoriehanna Coal. Company to hold land in this State
The Governor has
_signed the act incorporating the Union
Pabt eng er Railway.
Private Bills
Ob 4 handrod and sistosn petunia bills woo read and
laid over until afternoon for final action. They included
all sorts of subjects, from dog laws to soup societies, and
from sidewalks in country towns to " wet end spouty"
lands in mai districts Adjourned.
AFTERNOON ERSHON
The lime was engaged in the conoideratlon of private
bills patch hod been iead during too morning session.
Private Theatricals in Washington.
[Correepondence of N Y. Evening Post
WASHINGTON, April 9, 1861
Mr. Maunsell B. Field, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, and Mrs. Field, received at their house,
on H street, on Tbursday, 7th inst., with their usual
courtesy and hospitality, the most distinguished re
sidents at Washington.
At about half past seven members of the Cabinet,
foleign repregentativeir, heroes—naval and military
—and many ladies, whose beauty and toilettes
formed a most pleasing tableau, began to arrive,
and at eight precisely the curtain rose, displaying a
bijou theatre, kindly lent by Lord Lyons.
The first play was the amusing farce, Why Did
You Die I" in which the company was kept con
stantly amused by the pert Lady' e Maid, admirably
interpreted by Miss Hetzel, nor was less delight 'af
forded by the refined acting , f Miss Tucker as Lady
Caroline Sunderland, and by the intelligent rendering
of the part of Emily by Miss H. Loring.
As to Sir Andrew and Frederick, Menus. Cooley
and Heizel, and Joseph, Mr. Smyth of the British
Legation, we need only say that they carried on the
friendly rivalry which has so long existed between
the two branches of the Anglo. Saxon family for su
periority in the histrionic art. Candor compels us
to say that they failed In deciding the point; this IS
the only failure we have to record.
After a abort pause the curtain again rose, this
time en the Palle Corneae of the "Ladies? Battle,"
in which the cast was as follows :
Countess d'Autreval Miss Loring.
Leonie Miss FL Hetzel.
Henri de Flavigneul Mr. Kennedy.
De Grignon Mr. Malet.
reentrisbetd . . , ~, Mr. Eliot,
Gendarme Mr. Hazel,
.11. this play the ladies are both American, and the
gentlemen belong to the British Legation.
The acting of the Countess, displaying, as it did,
talent of the most varied kind, tenderness in the
scenes with Flavigneul, and persiflage when en attics
with Me/Picketed, might have afforded a lesson to
many a roje,lfional actress, and it would be diffi
cult to conceive a mire pleasing rendition of /genie
than that given by Miro y. Hetzel. Mr. Kennedy,
in his role of "Jenne Premier,” we: Very effective.
Mr. Malet made his thematic points with a grace
and s skill worthy of veteran treader of the
boards, and Mr. mot sustained himself as hlontri
char din a manner which, had he been a star actor,
would have won the applause of the most critical
audience.
In concluding thisvortion of our letter we will,
confessing our oblieation to a friend of considera
ble classical attainments, remark that the corps
dramattque thin brought together was fetus, teres
alquq rotundas.
The Secretary of State snatched a few hours from
his arduous labors, and followed the diplomatic en
counter of the Countess d'Aurreval and the Pre.
fit; the Secretaries of the 'Treasury and of War
were also present, and seemed equally interested
the navy was prominently represented by Admiral
Davis, Commodore Rodgers, and Commander Wife;
the army, by Generals Metes and Augur . ; the diplo.
metre corps by the ministers of Great Britain,
France, Spain, Russia, Beigiuin, Italy, Peru, Brae
zil, Chili, and the secretaries and attach& of nearly
all the legations.
After a supper and a dance the distinguished com
pany left Mrs. Field's house some time after mid.
night, much pleased with their evening's entertain
ment, which will, we may confidently predict, re
main for a long time pre-eminent in the memories of
those who partieipatea in it.
MARCHANT , S PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
—The wef•known and able engraver, Mr. Tohn
Sartain, is now engaged in transferring to steel, by
aid of his burin, the tine portrait of Mr. Lincoln,
painted by that able artist and fellow townsman,
Mr. E. D. Merchant. The painting belongs to the
Union League, and all who have seen the original
pronounce this 'I counterfeit resemblance" to pre
sent not only a faithful and spirited likeness, but
also to possess the characteristics of an excellent
work of art. Loyal citizens, who fortunately are
numerous among us, will be gratified by having the
opportunity of obtaining, at no heavy charge, a true
likeness of the President.
TBSTIMONIAL TO DAVID PAUL BROWN.—While
trophies of every kind are exhibited to the eye of
the city, and ilagsjand swords, and presentations of
plate, are the order of the day, in one of our toursjcif
curiosity and inspection we entered the magnificent
establishment of Caldwell t Co., in Chestnut, near
Ninth street, and there, amidst a brilliant collection
of every variety of gold and silver jewelry, our at
tention was draw n to a pair of large and splendid
silver pitchers, the 111103346 value of which was im
measurably increased by the device and inscription
which they bore. On one side of each was appro
priately represented a slave kneeling, with h an d s
clasped before his breast, and face turned upwards
RS in supplication, engraved, as was understood, by
the gifted 7. Sartain. On the other side, done in ad
mirable style, was the inscription: "Presented to
David Paul Brown, Esq., by the disfranchised citi
zen, of Philadelphis,lin 'testimony of their appreeiro
Bon of his moral courage and generous disinterest
anti. in advocating the rights of the oppressed
without regard to complexion Or condition."
TEM TER-CIINTRNAItY ÜBLEBRATION OV SHAMS.
PHARR'S BIN.TEDAY.-1, seems that tne English
and Americans are not the only ones who
take pleasure in doing honor to the world's great
est dramatist, for while the nation is discus
sing in what way a national monument may
be raised to Shakspeare, the Germans of this
city have originated &grand festival in honor of the
23d of April, leased the Academy of Music, obtained
the services of eminent artists, both theatrical and
musical, and propose to give an entertainment that
for two evenings will he alike interesting to Ger
mans sod Americans. Not the least pleasing fea
ture in the programme is the fact that the whole
undertaking is in the hands of a few spirited and
loyal men,who, while honoring Schlegel's greatest
master, tae pleasure in making the celebration •
contribution to their adopted country's cause, by
devoting the net proceeds of the entertainment to
the Sanitary Commission. The array of talent on
this occasion is sufficient to command consideration.
tin Friday, April 22d, Daniel Bandmann, - Beq , will
play " liamlet"—Schlagel and Tick's trauelation._
assisted by distinguished German actors , of this
city and from different portions of the country;
while the well-known Germania Orchestra, under
Carl Sentz's lesderebtp, will furnish the music.
But the true anniversary of the birth of Shale.
peace, April SZ, will bo (mistreated Au a way more
acceptable to Americans, as on that &session James
E. Murdoch, Esq., has consented to deliver an Ode
to Sbakspeare and the speeches of Brutus and Mare
Antony over the dead body of Caesar. The Ger
n onia.Orchestra will play selections from Mendell
'. ho, the Junge Maennorehor will sing choruses
om Beethoven and Wagner, and the German
Artists' 01116 will give representations from the life
and works of Shaltspeare, after designs by Cornelius
n'l NaulbliCh.
prolic
T/iaBRAN 01.111a> will return t o
day neat, instead of Friitag evening, at
armour ced. 'What, therefore, will be s
Ie
loss [to up, will be a decided' gain to the
Washington, where the therm to op",, It o%
japing a prosperity equal to itie great d e ,„ 1
the request of teeny of the higlect
Goverment, many members of 0;01,, 4 ;,
polite acquiescence to a wish from tlx p rp e j
self, the opera prolongvite stay at thetaDN
peat lie great successes - in "Foust ar.c F
The wale of seats for Vim MINOR 00111MCCef
r q
Monday will begin on Thursday at the
New Chestnutoetreet Theatre, and at Goal ,
store. Mr. Bitgield is 4111 business ao tt
opera, and this fact we are grad to notice
at the Uheitnutlinet Theatre, under !,
Grover , " well.knowmenterprise; cannot i%llti,
great attraction.
A far.AZID vocal and instrumental conc eit.
of the Great Central Fotr• will take Pile" , h .,
and 'Haydn Ball, Eighth' , cud Spring fi
Friday Mining next. Art aburdance or,
talent has volnnteered,icr whisk the mon"
superior violinists, Messrs. Ilsosi.;
and the admirable contralto, Miss r,isr;,. ! „:
distinguished. The programme is a tor se i, e ,
goad things, Which will be pleasant
for the Nakao! innate and tae ' irteptraitle ^;
taffy."
THE "Firat Grand Amatetir Vocal kr,
Mental Concert, ,, under the auspices at t,;
COmmittee of the Sanitary Fair, win he
Saturday evening, at Musical Flied '4,04 T.
tLD ten t;.,gramme announced is tall of interot, ,
tiernem who have volunte ered to fltiPiBt !II ne,
success of the occasion art• quite a late
meat inteiligent amateur talent of The
Amplifon Amatesse D-rni n.as Ms:. offered
We may confidently expect one o r
performance, for years.
Greaue GRERPIWOOD'S r oRCTRRE., Th e
of the-Wai Cloud, ,, to be gi ren next
fling, at the Academy, for the beljelit
tary Fair, will deserve the general b e ,, rin ; . ;
we feel acre it will receive. This lectur e
calved a true war christening, !win; bent,
enthusiastically by the veterans of the
Potoma c , and by Warren, (3abbre 1, ICii• l
and other distinguiehed chiefs 17,r
New . York Evening Pod states that, in .:erst. 7
the lecture was heard by nearly two timussT
sons, whose unanimous applause was an InsF
seldom given to lecturers.
ANDREW. „Tacicanar.—On Saturday el:el,
Rev. John Walker Jackson will deliver n
the old hero who solemnly swore that " Thie
must and shah be preserved " The Actc.
Music has been secured for the Ocettaina, acd
object is the benefit, of two most worthy h
wkose cblefaupporis, Captains Boothby anal
are in the hands of the rebels, the buildh q t.
he filled to its utmost capacity. Mr. Jealan4
Wide reputation for eloquence and orlgintfilr
Leone of the moat fluent and agreeable ilpestE
the country.
Lenotir POSITIVE SALE OP DRY Gccri;
milliliter and early attention of buyers ft 1:
to the large and attraotive sale by Panccast
nook, auctioneers, No, 240 Market street
morning, at 10 o'clock, comprising about 994
and consisting in part of a fall line of embmi
Paris ieee veils, Barbee. black and white lace
bone, millinery goods, straw golds!, !moiety,
alpacas, dress goody, hoop skirts, stookmiond i
B:ci. Samples now arranged for examination,:
eatslogues.
BURNS, OV GETTVSIIIIRO ' VOTES sort
At the New York Sanitary Fair, on Fridays,
Burns, the Gettysburg farmer, stoop" d ua
took in which the votes for the army snarl
pres6nted to one.of our generals are resistor',
Entered his Vote for Lielltelvitet General Gills
IT IS STATED that a large quantity or .7M
was bought from the Bohemian wreck at gi t
The chests were watertight or nearly so. A
Yorker took the tea to his own city, sold it Mr
per pound,-and 'week, $7,600 on the opermin
(3 lIC - 1( I 11' IEIIS .
WHAT CONSTITUTES A GOOD SEWING
—Firm the multiplicity of claims put Inferth
GUN Sewing Machines that have been inrenlec
time to time, the public may be In some dot
what really constitute the best qua;itirr is
chine. Having devoted some attention total
jeot, we feel warranted in expressing our o
No sewing machine can be said to be very r
for family purposes that does not combine if
the greatest variety of capabilitiea for the ri
hinds of sewing required in a family, The i
meat that best meets these requirements is It
ver & Baker machine, sold at 730 Chestnut
This machine, for all kinds of family Lewis,
comparably superior to any and al/ others
and the fact that it is the only mschlue aver
ed capable of executing tine Embroidery her::
a prestige with the ladies that none of its
likely to attain. The Stitching iroom ii
Agency, 120 Chestnut sheet, are new !asp
tionized by our citizens,
'ELEGANT FASHIONABLII SPItTNO CLOTE
Gentlemen now looking out for spring
clothing will tied it greatly to their advali
visit the popular old house of AL:sari. C.
Son, No. 625 Chestnut street, under JiyuL , s
Their present stock of fashionable mprit:q
is the finest they have ever offered, Embruln;
variety of new materials and style of ga
Their goods are mainly of their own impair
selected with excellent taste in the best iv
markets, and the corps of cutters and arti.r.
ployed by this firm are not excelled. in Viet:
meats in this ceuntry. There is, in feet, no
plaee in the United States to get the worth c
money in clothing than at Somers & Soe'e,
Jayne's Rath
WRY PHOPLIC PIMPLE, THE "FLOD.LACrt."
reason why people prefer the Florence dcwic3
chine is, that on examination everybody , belie
to be the best, All who see it in operation sre
fled of ita great advantages for all kinds Of 3
and the fact that it is bought without the at
possible risk to the purchaser is also a greet i
its favor, every machine told being wcrriot
give perfect satisfaction or the money to
funded.
THE 111117101 AL WEALTR Or OVA STAT:
coal beds of Pennsylvania contain in thendel
Wealth of Mlll empire. Few men have dm ,
practical service in developind it than our
man, Mr. W. W. Alter, 936 North Ninth
The coal be sells is tine cheapest and beet In tt
hence he sells more of it than any of 0
petitortr.
GitItTLEMIEN'S FITR/VISHINO GOODS,—SIr ,
Grant, 610 Chestnut street, has not rsvlit
the finest stooks of Furnishing Goods for
men, embracing a number of novelties not
elsewhere. His "Prize-Medal" Shirt, lave
?1r..1. F, Taggart, is unrivalled for fit, besot;
durability.
DELICIOUS SPRING CONFECTIONS.—Mt.
Tangent, Ninth and Chestnut" streets, Iv
rc ady his latest seasonable preparations in th
0: healthful, delicious, artistic Confection!
Sweet Jordan Roasted Almonds, Cnocolit
paranoia, Portuguese Secrets, and Pliedlnicl
Drops, for colds, are now immenselspopubc,
ADVICE.
" Ditest not him whose way himself will chl
'lts breath thou Indust, and that breath
The bard of Avon wa■ a philosopher, and ‘c
follow hie advice, by advising those who win
vised of us to procure their clothing at Cir
Stokes , Metropolitan Hall of Fashion;
Chestnut street.
orrir.r. hear, one of these days of outs,
Some poet sing of April showers,
Of warbling birds and springing lieweia,
But I've a theme with lighter notes:
'Tie yon palatial store you see,
Owned by Charles Stokes & CompsaY,
Where you and I and all can be
Suited with pants and light spring eon
So go, ye gay or sentimental,
To Stoker', beneath the Continental.
Ix ova. perambulation' through the
stepped into the new and splendid Wear
Mews. Scott & Stewart, 622 Chestnut Ore
were amazed at the large and elegant dirpl s l
immense variety of paper hangings. Amoy
we noticed splendid sad velvets and OM*
decorations of French and domestics melte, of
and graceful styllto, gold and colored papers
hue and style, as well as all the cheaper at
glazed and unglazed. The trade.and other;,
well to attend the sale, which is the latief
held in this country. Sale, Thursday Moroi
boat., at 10 o'clock. Every lot to be sold
WHO MUMS A COLD?—It seems a mot
and in consequence is usually allowed to
Own way, and yet how frequen • ly
ends in Bronchitis or Consumption ! Whc
a cold in time, then, and by using at ern
JATNB'S EXPRCTORANT, Which for thirty ft
been a standard remedy
for all Coughs ar
avoid those dreadful alternativesi
WHAT IS MEANT BY BRONcErre z
Is an intlanunation of the bronchi, Or
which convey air to the lungs. In its earn(
this disease is commonly called a cold, or
thip breast, It Many comes on with a llttl
nets, followed by a moderate cough, w ti
feelings of heat or soreness about the ttl i
cheat. If not arrested, the oough bents !
the most prominent symptoms, as well as t
painful and distressing ; the inflammatia
14 intePAY,until it lleehlY interferes I .' ll
ceps of la' to the lung cells, when the vim
soon FIVE, way. In most of the stages of
ease Dr. JAYNR'S EXPECTORANT effeeta s
cure by producing a free and easy exPe o
suppressing the cough, and allaying the fewer.
trial is all that is asked.
IN CONeUNPTION AND ALL PIILDOrIA O
PLAINTS,
Pt. JAYNE'S EXPIICTOBANT will afford ft
letter, by removing the diffioulty of Threat!
OAUsing an easy expectoration, Whereby
sing and obstructing matters are remov ed
lungs. Having - maintained its repiltedi`
parts of the world for over a quarter Of
it Is- confidently recommended as the be t
ever offered for the diseases it prOcesee l
Sold by Agents and 'Druggists everywhe
whom may also be obtained Dr. JAvw
PILLS, a prompt and effectual sure for eoi
sick headache, and all bilious affeatione
All of Dr. D. JAmen & Sores Pair r
are prepared only at No. 242 Chestnut eV
apli•mwfat
BE-"Nzga. Eye, Ear, Throat D 1.406
tarrh treated by Dr. Von Idomehziete r i
audit, author of the work just Pub
lieb
Ear, its Diseaaea, and their Towboat."
fdosehzieker is the only regular phYsia i t t i
delehla who makes the above mai adi ".;
try. The very highest oily and other """
be examined at hia office, toe? Walnut °'
Correms, COLDS, Hosasarrees, and Ail'
comPfainta are cured effectually by JsV it
toast
1)°BbOt /317/1101 4 113, 11493 wrap NAlLet
.TOINTS, and all diseases of the feet, tuT
Path or inconvenience to the patient, be
rte, Surgeon Ohlropodiet, f=t Cheeteut ou
tors UO PbrifoUlne and aurgeOßA Of ttiOtti.