The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, June 17, 1864, Image 1

THE PRESS,
PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED),
BT JOKE W. FORXEY,
OFFIOB. No. 111 BOOTH FOURTH STREET.
THE DAILY I’KESS,
ruTBEK U»»T8 Per Week, payable tp the Carrier!
nailed to Sabeoribers oat of the city at SevEX Dollars
PrrAxnuk; Tkbeb Pot.i.ahr akd Fifty Cents for Six
NORTHS! OxE DOLLAS 'AIID SkVENTT-KIVU CKXT3 TOE
Three UorcEßi Utyariably la advance lot the time or
dered.
AST Advertliements lneetted at the usual rates. Six
Uses constitute a enure.
XHK TKI-tVF.EK T.T PKF.SS,
Dialled to Subscribers oat of the city at Folk Dol&ARB
F*aA*HOMtnadTanee.
GENTS’ EEIiNISHING GOODS.
Q.E OR & E ORA NT.
Ho. «M CHESTNUT STEEET,
- Has now wady
A LABOE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF
GENTLEMENS FTTH WISHING GOODS,
Of hla own Importation and mannfadtare.
His celobr&ted
"PRIZE MEDAL SHTRT&,”
Uannfactnred uador the superlntendancQ of
M “ JOHK F. tAQOBRT,
KForaserir of Oldenberg & Taggert,)
Are the most perieot-fliting Shirts of the age.
jfejr* Orders promptly attended to. jalBrsrfm6in
gPRING AND: SUMMSR. /
ENTIRE HEW STOCK .
IJIfDE It C X| O T HIIVCt.
THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN.
fiiBSTLEMEiVS FDRMSIIISG GOODS.
I McimEE MOTHER,
, ' TO;4ILL ii EVANS,) *
105,8 CIaBTNUT STREET.
, f&e “ Model • Shoulder-Seam Shirt.”
i myl-wfmlm :
g 25 ARCH STREET. $25
REMOVAL.
i£ A. HOFFMAN,
jtfjRST PREMIUM SHIRT MB WRAPPER
MANOTACTORY, AND GENTLEMEN’S
I’URNISHING EMPORIUM,
i KEMOVED FKOM GOG ARCH STREET,
TO THE NEW STORE,
825 ARCH STREET. 825
jolO-tramwOm '
JJBI IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT.
YTARHAKTED TO FIT AN© GIVE SATISFACTION.
’• N
MADE BY ( ,
JOHN O. ABBISON, 1
HOB.I AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET,
HAKDFACTURER AND, DEALER 151
CIHILEMEN’S FKE f UENISIffIfCt GOODS.
CONSTANTLY ON HAND,
HKES, MUSLIN, and FLANNEL SHIRTS and
Drawers, Collars, stocks, trayellins
BBtRTB, TIBS, WRAPPERS, &0,, &e„
!' OF HIS OWN MANUFACTURE.
I ' AIAO,
s t» B s,
I !
\ SHOULDER BRACES,
Bai _
QUAY'S PATENT
id at reasonable prices.
MOLDED CO I. LARS
Haw now been before tbe pnbliofor nearly a year,
SPbsy are universally pronounced the neatest and best*
Biting collars extant. .
, lie upper edge presents a perfeet curve, free from the
Abgles noticed In all other collars. .
Tbe cravat causes no puckera bathe Inside of tbetum- .
down collar—they are AS SMOOTH INSIDE AS.OUT
BIDS—and thoreforo perfectly free and easy to the neck.'
The Garotte Collar has a smooth and evenly-finished
«dge on BOTH SIDES.
These Collars are not simply .flat pieces of paper ent
In the formof & collar, but are MOULDED AND SHAPED
TO FIT THE KECK.
They are made in “Novelty” (or turn-down style,}
la ©Yiryhalf stzofrora 12 to 17 inches.andia ‘‘Eu
reka” (or Garotte,) from 13 to 17 Inches, and packed in
.Vsoiid sizes, ” in neat blue cartoons, confcainglOOeaclu
Also, in smaller ones of lO eacK—tbe latter ayery handy
package for Travellers, Army and Ifavy Officers.
■JET BYEBT-COLLAE is stamped .., t
, AY’S PATENT .MOLDED OOXitiAB.” .
ifiold by all dealers in Hen's Furnishing Goods. The*
Jfrade supplied by
YAH DUSEN, BOEHMER, & CO.,
Srs and "Wholesale Dealers in Men's Furnishing
, .' ; ' ear CHESTHfUT Street,
arfm3m / Philadelphia.
■©IKS SHIRT MANUFACTORY.
Jr The subscribers weald invite attention to their -
IMPROVED COT OP SHIRTS,'.. % v-
Which they make a specialty in their business. Also;'
Mutantly receiving . . -
Kr *OVBLTIES;POR GENTLEMEN’S WEAR. .
\ J. W. SCOTT & GO., ■'
|.\ GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING STORE; - /
4' No. 81* CHESTNUT STREET, .
USI7-tf Ponr doors below tbe OontlnantaL
RLE & »B¥-600»§ JOBBERS.
V^WVW
ROBUB WAT&Qjr.
Jpw SILK HOUSE.
i mmn &' jamey,
Xo. *M MARKET STREET,
WBMMAM DBALRES I*
& IL XC S ,
oWb GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE
/ GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, Sue.
jfo wMfh they relpectfully Invite the attention of
SHOEMAKER & CO.,
if. E. Comer or FOURTH and KACE Streets,
PHILADELPHIA,
WHOIiBSA-fiE I)tIUGQ-ISTS.
IMPOBTBES AND DKALEES..IN '
. PORBIGN AND DOMESTIC
WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS.
jfinrr.MTtrjtßßS of
■white HEAD AND 2ISC PAINTS, POTTY, tto.
ABEHTB TOE THE CELEBRATED
fRENOH ZIRO PAINTS.
! Doilera and louatimfirs supplied at
j , nyH-Snr ■ TEST LOW PRICES FOB CASH.
CARPETIKGS.
j^ROH-STREET
OABPET WAREHOUSE.
CM subecriber lia« last recelveda well-aelectedstoek of
KNOLISH AND AMERICAS :
C A.TJ.r’ETIIV OS,.
JOB SPRING TRADE. .
. jos. Blackwood;
y>i*W-*p« W NINTH.
CABINET 'FCBNITCRI
•/CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL-
V liabd tables.
MOORE & CAMPION,
; No. 201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, • '
Jii connection with their extensive Cabinet business,are
»ow manufacturing a superior artlcl.e of /
BIIXIARD TABIjBS;
•find have now on hand a fall supply, finished with the
jioobb & campion;* cushions, ~
Which are pronounced bf all who have,used them to
.5 it# superior to all others iFOfNtUe qua'lty and finish of
~''-These Tables, the manufacturer* refer to their nume
fons patrons throughout the. Union, who are familiar
With the charaetero/-tholrwork. ap!9-6m
yENNBDY, STAIRS, & CO.,
l3O and 132 North Wharve*,
yf
ABOVE ARCH STREET,
WHOLESALE DEALERB
PICKLED AND DRY PISH.
A lari* .took, In assorted packages, suitable for Conn
try Trade, always on hand. an2l.2m
'ARCHER & REEVES,
«ti- WHOLESALE OUIOCERS, , :
Wo. 45 North WATER Street, and
No, 4GNorth DELAWARE Avenue,
Offer for sale, sit the Lowest -Market Prices, a large
sioek of
SUGAR, •* : MOLASSES, ’ f * COFFEE,
TEAS, BPICES, ■ ♦ J TOBAUCO,
And Groceries generally, carefully selected for the
country trade.
Sole Agents for the products of FITHfAN <& POGUE’S
JSxtenriye Fruit Canning Factory & t Bridgeton, N. J.
ap2s-fim i ■
A/TACKEREL, HERRING, BHAD, &c.
A'A “2,C00 bbls. Mass Nos. 1,2, ana 3 Mackerel,late
caught Cat fish. In assoi ted packages.
2,000 bhls. Wow Easlport, fortune Bay, and Halifax
2,800 boxes Lnbee, Scaled, and No. 1 Herring.
180 bids now Mess Shad. . .
‘ 260 boxes Herkimer County Cheese; Ac.;'
In store and for Bale by MURPHY & KOONB.
Jal9-tf Ku. 140 NORTH WHARVES..
'pICKLES,— IOG BBLS. PICKLES IN
. JL VINEGAR. - -
60 half bbla. Pickles in Ymegar. ■
Also, three-gallon and five-gallon kegs do.
For sale by RHODES dt WILLIAMS, -
v . 107.S9UthWA.mSiroel.
YOL. 7.—NO. 273
RETAIL DRY GOODS.
Q.REAT REDUCTION
SUMME% DRESS GOODS.
JAS. R. CAMPBELL & CO.,
Offor the'balance of their Stock of Summer Bilks and
FANCY SILKS, Reduced.
FOULARD SILKS, Reduced.
BRGCHE SILK GRENADINES, Roduoed.
BROCHE GRENADINE BAREGES, Reduced
MOZAMBIQES, Reduced.
VALENCIAS, Reduced.
GOATS’ HAIR TAFFETAS, Reduced.
LAWNS AND ORGANDIES, Reduood.
ORGANDY ROBES, Roducod. ....
The Public aro assured that we hare made a neat
reduction!in the Goods Quoted.above, in order to close
outbnr’entire Snromer Stock by the first or July. .... .
All Gobjs marked in plain figures. No deviation in
prices. ' myll-lm
©ILK GRENADINES AND FOU-
Q LARDS. Best'KOoods in the market at .
, [ COWPERTHWAIT’S,
("kRGANDIES, JACONETS, AND
Ai LAWNS, at last season’s prices, at
©HAWLS, SHAWLS, SHAWLS, OF
IO a aif kinds, elegant styles, at + . »
Dress goods, dress goods, t
DRESS GOODS, of all descriptions, at. ■
CO WPERTH WAIT’S,
. NINTH and ARCH Streets.
•OARGAINS IN LINEN WOt)S, BAR
JO GAINS IN LINEN GOODS,-Table-cloths, Napkins,
and Towels, at -
COWPERTHWATT’S, '
NINTH and ARCH Streots.
ly USLINS* MUSLINS,; .MUSLINS.-
The reputation of aellln g these goods cheaper than
can "be found elsewkere Is still maintained at -
COWPERTH WAIT’S,
; ' NINTH ana ARCH Streete.
T>L AC K SILKS, BLACK SELKg,
D black silks. -
Splendid assortment, cheap, at
COWPBRTHW AIT’S,
NINTH and ARCH Streets.
ADR FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC
ary respectfnUy informed that COWPERTH
WAIT'S Store is at , > - ■ .
NINTH AND ARCH STREETS,
myl3-fmw-tf
QIVIL. AND ARMY CLOTHS.
• MIDDLESEX 84 LIGHT BLUES.
ALE GRADES DARK 1)0.
M AND 6-4 INDIGO i'LANNET.S.
8-4 AND 6-4 BLUE CASSIAIEItES.
• 8-4 AND 6-4 DOESKINS.
FULL STOCK OF CLOTHS.
DO. IJO. COATINGS.
DO. DO. OASSIMEKESr
BILLIAKD AND BAGATELLE CLOTHS,
CLOTHS FOR COAOHMAKEKS.
A T.T. KINDS TRIMMINGS, &0.
W. T. SNODGRASS,
nyM-lm 3*B. SECOND and 33 STRAWBERRY Ste.
MOURNING STORE. '
. JUST RECEIVED,
CLOAKS!CLOAKS!CLOAKS!
CRAPE, BAREGE, BOMBAZINE,
SILK, &c„
IN ALL STYLES.
M. & A. MYERS & OQ„
myH-lmt 936 CHESTNUT Street.
TABLE. LINENS.—I AM SELLING
J- all kinds of LINEJT GOODS much lower than pre
sent cost of importation. Extra heavy hand-loom Table
Linen, at SI; liner and wider at’sl.ls; muchA better,
$1,25. Brown Table : Damasks, all linen, 1 at 873£c, $l,
sl.l2>£, and $1.25: bleached Table Damasks, all linen,
at sl;.one lot,’very heavy and wide/at $1 21; fifteen
pieces, extra fine and.wide, at $1.60, ail different pat
terns, some of them being really beautiful. Also, a
freat variety of finer and better'goods, that are very
esirable. , -
Napkins and Doylies in great variety. ■■ • .
One lot Richaruson’s Smiting Linens at 50 cents, a
•gts^tbargain; ‘ ■ ... ■ •
; 'Also, finer andheitar/. at, higher prices, equally as
dßiMFift Crash and all'kimls'of Towellings that erfa fe
had. Linen Sheetings, and Pillow Casings in ail tha
Alaraeilles Counterpanes-from ; s4 up. ' Harinrsome
of them a long timo, I can sell them much under the
-market value. / - . • : , . . ■ ■
Nearly all these Linen goods were bought when ex
change was fifty per.cent, lower,-and therefore are
verycheap. - OR AN VILLE’B,- HAINES, .
je!s-4t No. 1013 MARKET Street, above Tenth;
FEAUtLIK lAKSBT.
. ; B- M-' NEEDLES^
Would call speccial attention to Ms large
stock of LACES EMBROIDERIES, HANB
KBBCHIEFS.YEILS, AND WHITE GOODS,
.all bought before the recent advance, eom
! prising many novelties, in fabrics suitable for
. ladies* bodies and dresses, in striped, figured,
plaid, tucked, and paffed muslins, &c.
TOO pieces White, Buff,and Pigß.rediFiq.ues.
200 Printed Linen Cambric Dresses.
In view of tin heavy additional tariff about
tube imported goods,.ladies
would do well to give my stock an early in
spection, as prices must be necessarily largely
advanced in a short time.
I am still selling at old prices.
mh2o;-am
■OAKOAIHS.
JL> #i. 00 Melton Cassitnerea.
$5 00 Marseilles .Quilts,. ...., . •/
: ' ’ Damask Table Cloths. :
$3,608-10 Damask Table Cloths,:
3S-cent neat Plaid Lenos.
GOrcent4-4 Plaid Mozambique*.
#l. CO Mohairs*;colors and black.
60-cent Black Wool Delaines, :
62-cent Plain Wool Delaines.
$3.00 Black Shawls. ••• -
. $6.00 Plaid Lama Shawls. ■
COOPER & CONAKD,
10*20 S. E. cor. NINTH and MARKET Streets.
■RIiACK MLKB/'BliAOk BILKS.
•D NO ADVANCE IN PRICES: ,
. • .We era stUl selling onr Black snks'at therms prices,
uwe did early In the season, notwithstanding the re-,
sent adTanecß, T -
MANTLE BILKS, ALL WIDTHS.
Plain Silks, all colors, *l.BO to $5.76.
Nancy Silks, *1 to $2.60, , ,
Rich heayv, handsome Fancy Silks, $2.87 to $8.50.
BtchChene Silks, at *2.87K, worth *3.60.
“ .“ “ 'at *3.26, “ *4.
*• ;■« “ at *4.76, “ *5.60.
■* ** . at *5.75, “ *7.
10 pleess small plaid silks, at $1.25, worth *LM.
id. olfiAii el oUfi,
apg-tf . Nos. 7X3 and 715 N. TENTH street. ,
IVTAGNIFIOENT, ORGANDY ROBBS,;
JXL f tt u lengths, reducedfiom $1210%- '
Eicii Organdies, reduced from *1.25 to *l.
Kicii OrgUndies, reduced from to S7>£.
A beautiful stock of Lawns, from S7M to To. ■
A large stock of thin Summer Dress Goods, reduced
to close out, . ~ • , • .
Summer Poplins and. Mohairs. .
Koat Plaid Silks, 87M cents.
. c 0 >
jeO . gp South SECOND Street.
"O'ARRIS’ .MIXED CASSIMERES.
-IX Light’mixed Cassimeres, for boys'suits,
■■ Melton and plaid Cassimeres. -
Marino Cas&merea and CashmareUs.
Linen Drills, Sattinets, and Cottonades,
Ladies’Cloaking Cloths, choice shades,
Loom and Damask Table Linen, cheap.
. Towels, ToweUing. and Napkins.
Large assortment at
JOHN H, STOKES’,
le7 TO» AKCH-
gHIFIiEY, HAZARD & HUTCHINSON,
Mo. 112 CHESTNUT STREET,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
* FOR TBS BALS OF
*yM-«ro3 FHILADBLFHUrMADE GOODS, -j
j?OR THE ARMY^ANDmYY.
EyANSi&'HASSALL,
MILITARY FURNISHERS,
Banners, Regimental and Company Flags, Swords,
dashes, Belts, Passants, Epaulets, Hats, Caps, Can.
teens, Haversacks, Camp Kits, Field Glasses, Spars,
tnd everything pertaining to the coinpleia outfit of Amy
uad Navy Officers.
A liberal discount allowed to the trade. mylS-lm
'jfan- MISB M. A. BAKER,
Ko. 1346 CHESTNUT BTBEET,
Hfts 01 ,
Tor the Spring and Summer of 1564.
tpl-t-Sm-
• WINES AKI> XiqilJOltS. ■ ;
fin BARRELS YOUNGER’S ALE,
Bt. 'ABno'B Brewery, la jo*B.
Itt store, aad tor sale by
WXBLUM h. yeatoh & 00„
aoi South FKOKT Street.
I Af\ OASES PINET, 0 ASTILLON, &
IUU GO’S COGNAC BRANDY. landing from tail
"Looii," from Bordeaux. For brig by
WJLLIAMH. YEATON4CO,,
*tW! am Rrnith FRONT Sti-Mt.
TTPHOLSTERING.
U H B. BLANCHARD & CO..
, Northeast corner THIRTEENTH, and CHESTNUT Sts.
Carpets and Mattings made and laid.
\ lioddlug, Hair Mattresses, <Sce. ;
pth3o-3«i Verandah Awninga.
IN PRICES OF
LIGHT SILKS
737 CHESTNUT STREET,
Dress Goods at very low prices.
NINTH and ARCH Streete.
C O WPERTHW alt: s,
>. . NINTH and ARCH Streets,
COWPERTELWAIT’s,
NINTH and ARCH Streets.
PHILADELPHIA.
XQ34r CHESTNUT STREET.
loaa CHESTNUT STREET.
COMMISSION HOUSES.
ARMY GOODS.
413 ARCH STEET,
PHILADELPHIA. -
MimNBBI GOODS.
CURTAIN GOODS.
E. WALRAVEN,
(SUCCESSOR TO W. H. CAKRYL),
MASONIC HALL,
Tl'» CHESTNUT STREET.
WINDOW
C TJ 3EE TAINS
AT OLD PRICES.
MANY HUNDRED NEW PATTERNS TO SELECT
FROM. ■
“WALRAVEN, 719 CHESTNUT ST.
myas-tfj ». ‘ f ■ -
", ! ' ' CLOTHING.
v , MV vs/wv'JvywvAArevvuvAivvvv.vVu
jgDWASD P. KELLY,
JOHN KELLY.
1 TAILORS,
NO. 618 CHESTNUT STREET,
(JONES’ HOTEL.)
LATE 143 SOUTH THIRD STREET.
Have now on hand a complete assortment of
SPRINa AND SUMMER GOODS.
*P»-tr ;
1864. CLOTHING.
LATEST STYLES.
WIUIAM S. JOKES,
MESOHANT TAILOR AND CLOTHIER.
SODTHIABT CORNER OF SEVENTH AND MARKET
STREETS*
Sespoctfdlly invites attention to his
" magnificent stock of FINK CLOTH
ING. fot ap in gupertor style, by taste
ful and experienced artlats, and offered
for sale at exceedingly
LOW PRICES.
Also, to his large and choice'variety
of PIECE GOODS for CUSTOM WORK,
embracing selections from, the finest '
productions of hoth foreign and do
mestie manufacture.
WILLIAM S. JONTES,
’ SUCCESSOR TO ROBERT H, ADAMS,
Southeast toner of SEVENTH and MARKET Streets,.
eplO-Sm
QLOTH I N G.
SPRING OE 1864.
EXTENSIVE OLOTIIIXG HOUSE,
Sfos. 803 and 806 CHESTNUT STBEET,
PHILADELPHIA.
£ . - 2
| g-
H The fariliUei of thli honse for doing business n
g ate each that they can confidently claim for It , o
O the leading position among the Tailoring B»-
"S tabllsbments of PhiladelphlaT They, therefore. B
" ■■■**- ' ■■ jj
% Invite the attention of fentlemea of ta»U
g tiieir auperb stock of 0
I BEADI-MADE CLOTHING, '
p >a t by the best artists, trimmed and made eonal
§to Customer Wort—ANP AT S
I pOFDIiAB PKICES.
O Tliey hare also lately added a CUSTOM DS- Q
D PASTMEHT, wheretfaelatest novelties maylte 3
«j ■ j • - _ rS
e found* exnbrafUuc sona* ft*ah from London and
£ Fui*. . -
1 ----- • B
H’* . - w
PERRY Ad CO.,
(08 and 808 ' CHESTNUT STEEET.
CUSTOM DEPARTMENT, 303 CHESTNUT STEEET.
T EAMY’S CLOTHING HALL, No. 836
-Li MARKET Street. GENTS’ FINE CLOTHING.
Loamy's. p. cio'tuif.
■ Lcamy’e, No.WMarketetrget.^-^^
Leamy’s, No. 836 Market street.
Dcaiuj D, *W. -Boys’ Sacks and Jackets.
Leamyte, No. S36.Market.street.. „ -- - * _
- . i Boys’ Fancy, Gassimere Saits.
Leamy’s, No. 836 ' * * * . .
i • * Boys’ Light Caeslmere Suits.
• Ireamy’s, No. 836. Market street. _ .
, Gents’and Boys’Clothing,
Beady-made and made to order,
JOHN C.LEAMY,
• No. 83G MARKET Street, ?
' je6-12t* First door below Ninth Btreefc. 4 -
ANByiEWEJHYI
HENRY HARPER, •
58 0 AB 011 ST BEET,
HAXUFACTUEER OF AXD DEALER 15
WATCHES, FINE JEWELRY,
SOLID SILVERWARE,
AND SUPERIOR SILVER-PLATED WARE.
A large stock of fine goods,
lew-12t* AT REASON A RLE PRICES.
ROOKING GLASSES.
JAMES S. FaARI-E & SON,
.. 610 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILA,,.
Steve now la store a very fine assortment ol
LOOKING GLASSES,
of every character, of tko
VERY BEST MANUFACTURE AND LATEST STYLES.
I OIL PAINTINGS, ENO-KAVINGS,
apw PICTURE AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES.
PURE PALM OIL SOAP.—THIS SOAP
A is made of pure, fresh Palm Oil, and is entirely a
vegetable Soap; more suitable for Toilet use Ilian those
made from animal fate. In boxes of one dozen cakea,
for $2 per box.. Manufacture |S IKTOIr : 4 SO N,■! I:
No. 116 MARGARETTA Street, between Front and
B*cottd. abovA Callowhill- - iae-fira
PHOTOGRAPH CARDS FOR GEN-
A TLEMEN.— Samples and Catalogues eent for 25
cents. Enclose an envelope, withyour'.ownjiamoand
address. - D. BEMMET-TE,
jelO-lm . 58KLIBERTY Street, New York.
ftAHADA LUMBER YARD.
V LUMBER DISTRICT, ALBANY, NEW YORK.
The subscribers are now receiving large lots of PINE
and HARD- WOOD LUMBER, which they are prepared
to oifer to the trade at market prices; 5 per cent, off for
cash."’
te4-lin ; - : . . JONES & GO.
T ard: oil, fo r lubricating
AJ Wool and Machinery, for sale at the lowest market
price by MAROT & STEEL, Manufacturers, 131 North
TUOfjf Wr*>»t . tav2S-llli*
rjGLD’B IMPROVED STEAM
U • akd.
• WATER-HEATING APPARATUS,
for Warming and Ventilating Public Buildings and
Private Residences,
WATER-HEATING COMPANY
usuvi* pxn** PHILADELPHIA.
JAMES P. WOOD,
*1 South FOURTH Street.
*.nSfl.t* w M T?TSLT , W r SniwriTitßodftut.
tjrick presses And brick
■M MAKERS’ TOOLS. 300 South FIFTH Street
wras-lm*. 8. f. MUiMK.
PHILADELPHIA. FRIDAY, JUNE 17. 1864.
FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1804.
THE NEW NAVY YARD,
Kcitorl of Hi© Minority In Favor of
Ivnguo Island as a Station for the Con
struction and Kcpalr of Iron and
Armed Vessels.
■’ The very thorough and ablo report of our Repre
sentatives, Messrs. Kelley and Horchcad, and Mr.
J. S. Rollins, of Missouri, on the subject of a site
for the new navy yard, will bo read with much in
terest. It is an incontrovertible argument, and en
tirely establishes tho superiority of tho pito of
League Island over Now London, applying all tho
tests of sclohco, trade, and economy to the discus
sion of the case. A comparison of tho majority and
minority reports, and tho woll-consldercd recom
mendation of iUe.Socrctary of tho Navy, and tho
heads of tho Bureaus, should make this appa
rent to Congress and the country. Quoting the
well-known recommendation of the Secretary of the
Navy,dho report, proceeds to show the groat scien
tific argument in favor of fresh water:
.. ACTXOSf 05 SEA WATISIt ;ON ABMQEED VESSELS.
For a yard jbr the construction, docking, and re
pair of iron vessels, fresh water is absolutely neees-<
earv. This our own brief oxpcrionco in Uio uso of
Buck’vessels would;seem to have demonstrated,'but
we *may appeal to science and: ; the: experience of
foreign navies in support of .the fact; 'The-British
and iT'cnch Governments have bestowed much at-,
tchtion on the aucstion, and the report of tlio trans
actions of tho British Association lor'the Ativancc
ment-of Science contain several papors embodying
tho resultrof ah immense number of experiments;
aiuV theideductions of the ablest sclontlilo minds of
■tho tfarld therefrom. They all demonstrate the.
.destructive Influence of saltvfote’r upon IyohTossel3,''
and the prejudicial in , flvie'iibo 'df ! atrrj?phorc pre
yailihg Qiilhp sea the maohjtfery for the-:
'construction,of those vessels iind the material while
!n-pto‘des3 B cif construction.
; more specifically to'thesc papors,
themndorsigned beg leave to 'present the following
memoranda furnished by Rear Admiral C. 11. Davis,
and to remark .that the results disclosed In the seve
ral papers alluded to fully sustain* the Accuracy, of
the results hc'presents: ! '
? “Plates of common boiler .iron exposed for the
same length of time to salt and fresh water, and to
the atmosphere, were encrusted in the following
proportions: •<
l.OO
Clear sca-water.....;.... 7.07
Foul sea-water .....14.00
Weather.... ; v. 10.70”
That ihey may not extend this report to an undue
length,' the undersigned will content themselves with
referring for abundant corroboration of tho accura
cy of these results to the following several papers,
namely: ' ‘ ; '
The first report upon experiments,-instituted at
the request of the British association, upon the ac
tion of sea and river water, whether clear or foul,
and‘at various temperatures, upon cast and wrought
iron, by Robert Mallet, M. R. I. A. Ass. Ins. O. B.
Volume VII, Bth report of the British Association
for the Advancementof Science, 1838, pp. 253-312.
The second report upon tho action of air and wa
ter, whether fresh or salt, clear or foui, and at vari
ous temperatures, upon cast iron, wrought iron, and ■
steel, also by Mr. Mallet.
Report of the British Association for the Advance--
ment of Science, for 1810, pages 241-308. . ? :
. The report made on the same subject by the same
gentleman in the transactions of the association for
1843, pages from 1 to 53.
And a further report to bo founcl in tho volume for
1649, pages 88-112. : . - -
; The experiments, thcrcsults of which are recorded
in these papers, establish beyond controversy .all the
facts set forth in tho memoranda furnished by Rear
Admiral Davis, and prove that the influence or the
weather alone upon the sea-shore is more than ten
times as deleterious to: tho exposed surface of
iron as that of fresh water. ,
From the report to be found in the'volume for
1843, page 27, we beg leave to thofvUOYfmg:
,“were it the foci, therefore, that unprotected
iron vessel? corroded equally throughout every part :
immersed, we could easily calculate, by the aid of i
bur preceding researches, the durability of a ship of
given scantling, and predetermine, under such and
such conditions, at what time her hull would have -
become dangerously thin,andmight rest with the as- ;
surance that for this period the iron ship was the best i
. and safest that could be put upon the wafers j but,.
unfortunately, we have found that corrosion does
not take place with perfect has been
.already pointed but, and hence, withouEprotcctlon,
ships of iron must be always liable to Jibe dangerous
.consequences of local corrosion, and consequent
Ithinnirig down of iron at at
some unforeseen moment, possibly
tion and greatest external peril, plate is
burst through, and ithc vessel fills! The facillty of
introdutlon of water-tight bulkheads in iron ships
greatly reduces the danger of such an accident, but
it must always be attemTed.%ith danger and loss of
property, and, occurring where it is most lively to
happen, nainely,in thoenginecompartmcntofan Iron
steamer in. bad weather, would be aimost bertain to
involve the loss of the ship.
‘•The more sanguine advocates of iron shipbuild
ing have, in their anxiety to prove their durability
tohe suck as to tender protection needless, appealed
to the existence ofiron canal-boats of forty years of :
age or more, and to some of the earliest built iron. 1
vessels which have been occasionally in salt water.. I
Most of the vessels alluded to, however,, have , boon
principally in fresh water, and on: referring
-to Table rXV, it will.‘box how- :vast
a difference there is in tjie-durability of a ship of any
given sort of-iron, exposed' to , the action of sea
anclof fresh wglter. Thus, suppose. a vessel of Low
i-Moor plates, intone century the denthofcorrosion
would be;
Tn clear seVwalef...., 0.215
In foul;sea-watcr .v........... 0.404
In.clearfresh water 0n1y............... 0.035
“ In other words, while, the ship, if originally of
half-inch plates, would be almost destroyed in foul
sea- water, it would not have lost one-tenth of its'
scantling in clear fresh water in the same time,
i -These cases therefore prove nothing .to the point.
It therefore seems to me that protection against
.Tocal corrosion and‘fouling’: are essential to the
-Safety and? perfection of iron ships, and are alone.
■wanting to render- our,future iron ships as much
'safer and more enduring: than those of timber, os
- the steamship of tor-day is safer and more enduring
than vessels Of two centuries ago.”
All experience confirms this theory; and we are
officially informed.that the iron gunboat South Caro
lina arrivediußostan from .the blockade, and when
docked, tlie immenae. of barnacles
that had impairkVlier speed'had to be pried off with
; crowbars,to the serious detriment of the surfaco of the
iron; and UiatjOn-thc other hand,the first ofout-Moni
iorS arrived at the Washington navy yard, and after
-lying one week in the freshwater oftiieFotomac,was
haufed‘ out, and all the foul matter that had accu
inulatedjipon her was easily removed by the use of
common shovel.- . )■ 1
KEM" LOXUO2T COXSJDEaED. : .
New London is a: seaboard city, lying two miles
and five-eighths from the point at which the watcys
of the Thames enter into Long Island sound, . and
eight and three-eighths miles from the open. sea.—
Its water" is as salt as that of thcocean. Its exposed
situation oh Die seaboard prevented its adoption as
a ! naval station in theearly iustory of our country. ,
On the 29th of January, A. D, lBOO, Joshua Hum
phreys was ordered by the Navy Department to ex
amine and report upon the fitness for naval stations
of the several ports oi New London, Newport, Provi
dencelßostou, pharlestown, Portsmouth,- Portland,
and Altec setting forth the advantages
of NewLondon r he- noted the .following disadvan
tages, which were deemed conclusive, and led to its.
rejection: \ - •- v '
: “First. The harbor> below Winthrop’s* Point is
notsufficiently large fortsuchamvy^as s -the-United
States must have, and above this point the river i 3
frequently full :of Ice, The breaking up-,
makes it dangerous to .vessels to lay in it."'
“ Second. The Impossibility of entering This port
with a northwest wind, which is the most prevailing
wind in the winter season; .
“ Third, Vessels-in this, port are subject to be in
jured by ice in'thb winter, if they lie in the chan
nel. To deepen the basin' sufficient to move vessels
inside of the dock to koep them clear of ice would
costa considerable sum, and “be an annual expense
• to keep it sufficiently deep,
v “Tourth. The harbor is very open and exposed
all below Winthrop’s Point. . ■
Fifth. An enemy,-with the wind at bast or west,
has a leading wind up to VVintlirop’s Point and
down, which" T is' a great advantage in the attack by.
water of any place.. ,
“Sixth.-Rise" of tide-being only three feet.
“Seventh. The commanding heights to -westward
of Fort Trumbull. J ' 1
“Eighth. Probability of .worms.” /
A position that was thus indefensible against tho
naval armaments' of nearly three*qaarters of a cen
tury ago by reason of itsAiose proximity to the sea.
Is eertainlyrnotoue that a wise nation would select
as the Bite for an extensive and importaut station
for the construction of Iron ships and-machinery if
it could obtain one on fresh water, andjn a defensible
position. • • ■ - \ ' '
Tlie site of the proposed navy yard at Win thr op’s
Point is surrounded on two sides by salt water, and
iron vessels constructed there would suffer wile in
the process Of construction, and would, when fitted
out, require to be removed to a fresh-water station
to cleanse their bottoms, -Ifexpected s to-go' to sea
capable of .operating with any measure; of speed
to the sail they might carry, or the
amount of coat they woukl consume.
The majority of the eominitibo‘have not entirely
ignored the importance- of
sought, as appears by?fcheir reporfcpto escape its
reiterated asserDpm k
of interested panics, that the water of tUe.Thamcs
opposite Wihthxop’s PolutTsmcrclybracklsh.': Lot
; who may assort* or? believe' 7 this, it cannot be truep
and worAthb truth not demonstrable, it would bo- a
subject of regret that Use .committee, had not Jakca
testimony, on 1 the ; point.. The T laws. are
general, ami inflexible." They' opbrdtb'ln ‘the viw
LOndoh as they do elsewhere? and if
it be truAthat a light fluid must-Hlwnysyleld to one
ofgfeatcr'spocific gravity; anu- that %- larger and**
welghticrmass of . fluid must cohirol a smaller duo
of less density, tho waters of tho Thames must bo :
forced back distance from its mouth by
the superior gravity and volume of "those'of the
sound at a point blit five and ’three-quarters* miles
from its entrance into the ocean;
ThcbbttoiQjofan iron vessel fouled by -a sea voy
age would hcdlc&rcd./and perhaps Uio.gra3& bo«
klllcdlby remaining aV League Isihnd anchorage,
The fresh water at League Island has littloy or 'no
effect upon an iron vessel, while the salt water of
IViiitbrop’s Pointeorrpdesmqrepr le3S rapUUy.svefi
when coated, arid coaHng itioif is an expensive
operation. The spray from salt water in.. storms is,
very injurious to machinery near the sea shore, and'
to tbls tke works;at New London woii)d be exposed,
whilcthose at League Islaud-would not.: /
Tho majority wore no less distinct in their ox?
pression of bpihron upon: this question. . They say:
“ Thc.wat&'Qf 'Hew London is salt, which is un&owtt
cdly injurioiis to the bottims of iton vessels / fresh
wator lor laying up such-vessels when not wanted ■
for active service can be found a few miles higher •
up the river. Still this separation, of the tassels
from the immediate' supervision of the officers of.
tho yard would be Inconvenient, and attended with
additional ebstinthonecossaryjjreaftntlons for their
protection and salb-keoping. Tiiis objection could
be obviated by providing means for taking such ves
sels out of the water when not required for immedi
ate service. At League Island the water is -fresh,
and in this respect the board is of the opinion that
the advantage is wiqh League Island, so far as iron
■ vessels are concerned.” ,
i Tims it appears that the commission was uhanl-,
! mbusly. of the offlulon that in this first groat essen
tial—fresh wfticr-rLcaguo Island had pro-emlnentiy
thc.advantago over Now.Lontlon. Indeed,'the,iqg
jorlty admit that New Londomtho acceptance of
which they recommend is, for this reason, unfit for;
the purpose of an iron navy yard, unless accom
panied by a supplemental station a few miles higher
: up the Thames river.: With a view to escape the
inconvenience and additional cost of such an extra
ordinary arraneement, those “scientific” gentle
men suggest that .the destructive inliuence of tho
'water might bo escaped “by providing means for
taking such vessels out of "the water when not re
quired for immediate service." *
... MJiW LOJfpOK IKUEyEXSIULE.
Tho exposed condition of New London to attack
from sea is in itscU' an insuperablo objection to tho
construction of any Important works at that point.
The site proposed to bo adopted is 2% miles from tho
mouth or tho river Thames, which, as appoars by
the const-survey eharts, is but miles from the
open sea } and it l? not only undefended, but wholly
indefensible against an attack by iron-clad vessels.
"Were a naval station locatod there, the defences re
quired lor its protection would cost largely more
Ilian the entire outlay for the establishment of
an adequate iron-ship station at Loagpe Island,
and when eomplotod would,as tlio experience of our
Now Ironsides has proven,be utterly Inadequate.
Colonol Quid, tlio robe! commissioner for tlio ox
elm ngo of prisoners, whoroeontly passed throe days
with General Butler,.informed lutu that sliolls lirod
from Morris Island, by. our rifled guns had been
picked up six miles and .ft.haU from that Island, and
that Charleston was untenablo.from the fire ol our
guns, though distant lit line Tour and a
half miles from the city. .The experience of the New
Ironsides has also demonstrated that a vessel plated
with 4i£ Inches of Iron eannotsbolnjurod byany ord- ■
nance in use at tlio distance 00,200 yards.; so,that,
after all tlio defences suggest®* for Now London
should bo constructed, Blie oouldiapproaeh and lie at
distances ranging: from from the pro
posed site, and never be .within!!, 2M) yards of any
point upon whieh!‘a k gun ooultT befi>lacod. &ho alone
could lie in safety and: destroyitho amplest navy
yard wemightconstrnctistsWiWjLondon. _
That piese assertions arMjtv exaggerated will be
apparent ‘to any ono who, bearing In mind that an
lien-clad Vessel Is' safe* fromthe .heaviest ordimneo
at 1,200 yarclsj vrif! examine trait charts of Long Isl
and Sound betw&aniValiantKdHt and the mouth of
the Thames.. TKoohanhslfat.tfic entrance of the
Sound la IK mllee wiaoJbotweonJUttlo Gull Island
and Knee Point. The. Mehmfflrthls sito assert that
forts could bo built on the' Island arid point, and an
other on Valiant nock; a sffihluedgo lying near the
middle of-, the channel, 2;i3iuUe3 f rom Little Gun
.Island and 2j.f miles fromlfaco point. , ;
Unquestionably such forto could Ws constructed.
■What cxponaetfioy wouitl lDvolvo can only bo Ima
gined; I&wonkl'bediffliiult to'ascertain how many
million* bavo been: expended In fortifying'thc Hip
Haps,drab not difficult ‘to ascertain that they have
been few In" comparison .with what tho ibrtElcation
of YaliantHoCkWohM-fistmire. .
*'♦s* -< • aq * Iv.
rJct-p ”
TJTIi TOPOf) HAPHY* OP ilfetl' LOllßOa.
Another to this, site Is tlio
topography ot iho around oilered, and the inade
quacy of the. quantity. Wlntkrop's Point, proper,
or the plccept ground fim oifered to the Govern
ment, eobtMnriibdift GP aqrtteißest of tb» surface
of-whlcH rangbrflfoi»2o : rt“4o Kct-above high-water
mark.Jt has Binctfbcen%opbßed to add thereto 140-
i acres of adjoining ground, ft targe portion of which
Is composed of s<sld granite and immense boulders,
the surface of which varies "In elevation from 20 to
120 feet above tlsb >ivol ofhlgh wht<jr. It is con
ceded, that noflßsa-tkan 160 available acres ought to
be accepted ior-this purpose by the GorornmcDt,
either as gift or purehaso xaiHito reduee so much of
the ground offered by'ihe elty,of 3Ycw London to a
love! suitable for thfe purposes of a navy yard would,
as the quarrying .ot granite cannot be executed
at less than iJ2»f>er. cubic-.yard, cost millions of
dollars; and wore we At.this site to gharry such'
basins as the -Fronclt have' oonstruotofl at Cher
bourg, say three"basins, . the combined area of
which is about 02 aort^or'a'depth respectively, of
50, and OO feet, or as-'the'English havo at Chatham,
three basins, covering in albOO acres, affording from
E.O to 00 feet of depth Below; tho lowest tides, the oost
would be almost Incalculable. Wherever we may
establish-sueh a statlon,.|largo excavations will
ho required, and tovouMib'e maijiicss to begin thorn
on a granitq.bcdV the 'fowpst superficial point of
which is 20 feet, and tho highest!£o feet above high
water.- To modem seienee hotfilng of this character
is impossible, and the&indebighed.vrill not assort
that adequate excavates .for the purposes of tho
Government could, trot; By an immense outlay of
money, in a iong horursoof years, be made atjtliis
site. To remover the Immense mass of earth and
rock that llqjfMMvi thb’pfeper level for a naval sta
tion w.onld’bo wo work .or.time, and would Involve
great expense; bntetc'qnarrydry and Wet docks and
sucKJasins as requires would Involve an
expenditure oftime andlhoney so great as probably
; to load to the abandonment of the work-when ex
, }>eri’ucnt should have disclosed its magnitude.
To the expenditure invo‘v ed in tho attempt to con
struct p naval statidßfhtpNOw London tho Govern
ment would. have no’oH&t, while at Philadelphia
she owns a station,.wfiljh, inadequate for her pur
poses as Its limiteni'dlrtienslons arc, obstructs tho
commercial doveldpujeht of the city, and which
would sell About 513,000,000. Tho elty,
anxious to be relieved.frbm tho, embarrassments
arising from the pre/eotioeutionof thqyard, tenders
League Island, not Inexchange for tho-old yard, but
as agift totheGovernfitent. ‘The facility with which
its soil may bo htodled, the abundant supply of
Ekllled workmen always seeking employment, and
the cheapness pf'gsnsiftl material in that vicinity,
render it” probable-that the money received for tho
old yard would aiord--than reimburse the outlay
ntade in the originftl-’prgparation of tho new station.
Front its extent of, turned, geological formation,
character of water,broad anchorage, nearness to a
supply of coal, iron, timber, and all other materials
and labor, and being/adit Is, within the limits of a
i city whosespopulationMow; approaches a million,
ta,d protected by.ths defences or that city, League
Island could, witM&heb Outlay of a comparatively
small smtv if eonvbrted into a naval station supe
rior toany existing; an,^P°?f SEi ™ of wWeh the
naval powers, ofthe eD 'y*
■ Following this portion of the : r©^. orfc > tho minority
give in proof the results of various Sclent!" 0 ex *
’animations. Comparing the two sites, the. report
presents tho following figures;
“The elty of Now ; iLdndon,. as appears by the
census of I 860; has a‘population of 10,H5. - The city
of Philadelphia has over 11,000 skilled workers in
iron and brass, -and over 5,000 skilled machinists;
whilo very few, if hny, of the *lO,OOO people of New .
London are workers in iron.and brass on
coroinAnsurate with establishinents Unrecognized'S!
among th% shops and fpuhdriea of Philadelphia.
The navy yard at Philadelphia is the smallest of
-our Editions. .It ethpfoys at this time about.
; 2,sooworkmeD.almo?t : evox“y oiie'of whom is,the
! head of a family ;ilihd allowing them an average of
five members to *<&ch ; : family, it will bo seen that,
i small as that station left's Workmen and their
i families consUtute; a that could not be
1 housed, in the Phtmdelpßiftr fashion of a separate
| house for eaoli fainilyj'lacNew Loudon, were the en-.
i - tire population o£thtft beautiful city to surrender
their homes to them.” V--
Tile vast and .well-known superiority of Philadel-'
phia over all. resources of Iron, coal,
••manufacture, andfcoall the material necessary to
create ;a navy, islfifeilcd'af.length. With regard
to tile-other nrouesetSsitcs on the Delawaro, the re-
that yrlSle neither, of them offer so many
‘such decided lsland, each of
them possesses great advantages over New London.
More Imposition. ~
To the Editor of .the Press:: - - - ‘
V- Sib: The Race and Vine-street Rail
road, which l-eapsjthe lion’a share from the
travel to an4*.froip the Sanitary Fair, is
not satisfied with jthe profits arising from,
the increased rates, , but resorts to the
meanness of hot supplying the conductors
with exchange ticUehjj, in order to add to
the gains of the Company. For .two suc
cessive nights I liave heard conductors say
that they had no exchange tickets—thus
compelling; passengers ,to pay full fare on
two lines. When ’ will this imposition
cease ? is, that
the only way to stop it is for Jthe pity Coun
cils to take possmift of. such roads as con
tains clause in Jfi&i charter giving them, the
right to do so. move will be made
in this direction ahonce.
Yours, .respectfully,
: ' - • Anti-lotosition. :
PnihAPEunrA,!.! 4BG4;
City ltaltnaj-s, .
To the Editor, ofthe'fxess: • \
Sin: I sec hut' twj good- reasons for a change of
fare, and these 7 are 7 fa favor of a reduction of the
price.. fte cars;
and the second, the consequent discomfort of the pas
sengers. .On account -I the first, the companies can
afford a reduction; aid, on account of the second,
the passengers dcs.nyc a reduction. .1. propose,
therefore, that the ; sfcgle faro the reduced to three
cents, and exchange tickets to Jive cents. ;•
In Baltimore, arid ik Washington, the single fare
secures an exchangerilchet-rand. ,this - faro is only,
five cents’. In - Both.- cities, the routes are over hills
also.': In Philadelphitj the finest and easiest city
in the world for such transit,.-the-toltizens are most
imposed upon-by the companies.- , . *
.' . I aru, sir, yours truly, •; ~ . . H.
.. Joke 10th, ISM. . _ 1
An Offer.
To the Editor of Thi Press :
’ Sra; I will-bo om ofthe'onie hundred that will
giro one dollar towawa jurying out the suggestion
of a writer in your jinpcr this morning, who signs
himself “A Friend to tho; Laboring Classes.” . I
would suggest tolilm that ha call a"public mooting
at onbe’ to carry out his ‘plans.- If this -bourse is
adopted, throughout-tlio roity wo-can break down
monopoly; lam years", .truly, T. M. G-.
June 10,' ISGi. .
The Blue'Hen’s OhicKcus.
'To the Egitoir of The Press: • • ,
- moroing-’s paper you"speak of tho
: eiirom-n^o^wx>h':.pr%ii : pioturq " The Blue Itoa’s
; bhlckena;" Mr. Bigot,
painted by Mr. BlsphArijyAud-iltiiographed by-Mr.
Sinclair, ole. Tlijs Is a mistake. I designed and
' |iafnfeif" tie i picture, whAeMr. Bigot.memly copied
'it ‘on Stbnoi lof •pVinßugy 'Will you make this cor
rectldn "itf the; next iSSheuf your papf£t' and oblige
yours, respectively, • ■ llkSfiiv C. Bispham,
Phila., June 16, iSdl.-' Artist.
‘‘ i A Suggestion for the fair. •
To' the Editor 6f-TkePiv*B: \ ' V ' '
Sin: Win ybu.aHowA'warm frlcnd/of the suffer
ing soldlor to.makc a suggestion through your ex
cellent and widcly-ciroulatod paper, by which a'few
more dollars might be added to tho.troasury for
their benifltT' Lot-birds -bo Introduced into tho
Floral Hall of the GroatsGontral Fair. Tlioiyar
bllng Of birds is the 'only thing needed to make this
spot a' place of p'orftet enchantment. The; birds
could readily be sola at a good" price,-.after, they
bhve contributed to tho delight of tiro visitors. And
also, might boiMadieq apjFgcntlemen who are gifted
;with fine voiebs a song now and then, on’
• “ Tho Island,” in thelbsenco of tho band,,and thus
consecrate their .tolont for one of the noblest efforts
of Christian- philanthropy tiro world has ever wit
nessed. ycry respectfully, yours,
.' . "Kino, White, axd Blue. :
The Sihgebs Expeueed vriorr the Altar of..
the Potomac.— Tho Hutchinson Family sang,.
Tuesday evening,. tho .celebratedlinos beginning:
<* Wo wait beneath the furnace blast
The pangs,of transformation”—
at a strawberry leslival of the Ollnton-strdot 81. E.
Church of Newark..,. It ‘.was-for singing this song
that they wore excelled from tho Army of tho Po
tomac two and a half years ago. - By a singular Co
incidence, tho pastor of the Ulinton-strcet Church
(the Bov. Mr. Yard) was tho chaplain who invited
them to. visit : tlio army at that time, aiid for whoso
regiment (tho Ist New Jersey) they sang. Mr. John,
Hutchinson,: tho : only surviving brother of the
Hutchinsons; said that .after . their return to Wash
ington tho : song was. tho subject of Oablnot confe
rence, at which it was decided that it was just sueh
songs that : the Government wished the soldiers to
hoar, and tho Hutchinsons were granted permission
to return, but thoir engagements prevented tholr
visiting the array again.—A. F. Post.
[lllinois IJtmiocrntic Convention.
CmoAOO, XU.', .Tune 10.—TUo Iltinois Democratic
Convention motnt Springfield yesterday, and nomi
nated delegates to the National Convention.
’ The despatch announcing the arrival ot \al
landigiiam lii Ohio, was received with great cticor-
Ink. A resolution was adopted pledging Illinois to
Stand by Ohio la prOtootiDg him, : ' % .
Dedication of the Won! Point iSnillo
Monument.
GENERAL M’OLELLAN'a ORATION.
Tho Battle Monument at West Point was dedica
ted on Wednesday afternoon, General Anderson
being grand marshal of tho occasion, and Gene
ral : McClellan the orator. Generals 'Kilpatrick,
Gordon Granger, Hartsufr, liays, Meaghor, Rev.
Matthew Hale Smith, and Governor Seymour wore
present. General McClellan began Ms oration as
follows:
All nations have days saered to the remembrance,
of joy and of grief. They have thanksgiving for
success, fasting and prayers in the hour of hatnlUa-'
tion and del'cat>trimnph and preans to greet tho living
laurel-crowned vietor. They have obsequies and
eulogies for the warrior slain on the field of battle. .
Such is the duty we are to perform to-day. Tho
yioetry, tho histories, the orations of antiquity, all
resound with the clang of arms. They dwell rather
upon the rough deeds of war than the gentle acts of'
peace. They have preserved to us the natnos of he
roes and the memory of their deeds even to this tils- '
tflntddy. Our own Old Testament teems with the
narration of bravo actions and heroic deaths of Jew
ish patriots, while the New-Testament of our meek
and sulfcring Saviour often selects the soldier and
his weapons to typify and illustrate religious hero
ism aml duty. These stories of the actions of the
dead have frequently survived in tho lapse of ages
the names of those whoso fail was commemorated
centuries ago. But, although we know not now tho
names of all tliobravomen whofougUtaml feU upon
the plain of Marathon, in the Pass of Therraupyhe,
and on the hills of Palestine, Arc have not lost the
memory or.their examples. As longas the warm
blood courses tho vcins of man.aslong as the human
heart heats high and quick at the recital of brave
deeds and-patriotic,sacrifices, so long will the les
son still incite generous men to-emulate the
heroism of tho- past. Among the Greeks, it was
the custom that the lather of the most valiant of the
slain should pronounce tho eulogies of the doad,
Sometimes it devolved upon their great statesmen
and orators to perform this mournful duty.- Would
that a newT)em6sthene3 or a second Pericles could
arise and take my place to-day; for he would find; a
theme \vorthy of his most brilliant powers, of his
most touching , eloquence. I stand here new not os
an orator,.but as the whilom commander, and in the
place of the fathers of the most valiant dcao ; as
tlieir comrade, too, on many a hard-fought field
against domestic and foreign foes, !n‘early youth
and mature manhood—moved by all the loVe that
David felt when he poured forth his lamentation for
the mighty father and sou who fell on MountGlibor.’
God knows that David’s love for Jonathan was no
iuoto deep than mine for tho tried friends of many
long and eventful years,- whose names are to bo re
’ corded upon the structure that is to rise where; wo
stand, would that his moie than mortal eloquence
could grace my lips and do* justice to the theme.*
We have met to-day, my comrades, to do honor to
our own dead—brothers united- to us by the closest
and dearest ties, who have freely giyen.their lives,
for their country in this war, so just, and righteous
so-long as its purpose .is to cru§h rebellion and to
save our nation from tlic infinite evils of dismember
ment. ; Such an occasion as this should call forth
the deepest and noblest emotions of our nature—
pride;.sorrow, and prayer. ;
After mourning the dishonor of those graduates
of West Point Avho have become lcaders of tho re
bellion, the orator paid the following eulogy to Gen.
Scott:.
We may well be proud that womans fierecom
mandert by the' hero who purchased victory with his
bloodrieav tli6 great waters of Niagara, who re
peated and eclipsed the achievements of Cortex,
who," although a consummate and confident com
mander, ever preferred, when duty and honor would
permit, the olive branch of peace to the blood-stained.
laurels of war, and who stands, at the close of a
long, glorious, and eventful life, a living column of
granite, against which have beaten in vnin alike the
blandishments .and storms of treason. His name
will ever be one of our proudest boasts and most
moving ln long distant ages, when
this incipient monument has become vonerable,
moss-clau, and perhaps ruinous—when the names
inscribed upon it shall seem, to those who pause to
read them, indistinct mementos of an almost mythi
cal past, the - name of Winfield stiU.be
clearly eut upon the memory of all, like the still
fresh carving upon the monuments of long-forgotten
ITiaraohs. - ' '• V\.
In the following Gen. McClellan pays an eloquent
tribute to his fallen comrades:..-
Among the last slain, but among the first in honor
and reputation, was that hero ,of twenty; battles,
John Sedgwfck ; gentle and kind as a woman, bravo,
as a brave fnan could be, honest, sincere, and able,
he was a model that ail may strive.to imitate, but
whom few can equal. In the terrible battles .which
just preceded his death he liad occasion to display
the highest Qualities of a commander anda soldier;
ye*. after'escaping the stroke of death where men
lell around him by thousands, he at last met his fate
at a moment of comparativequiet, by the ball of a
single rifleman. He died as a soldier would choose to
die, with truth in his heart, and jv quiet, tranquil
sumo upon his face. Alas, our great nation possesses
few sons like true John Sedgwick. Bike Him fell,
too, at the very head of their corps, the white-haired
after a career of usefulness illustrated by
”4 cool courage at Fort Brovhi, Monterey,
uts skill “i*-. . ‘r. John and Reno, both:
Buena . • -'-xi and intellect, men who
in the full vigof Of mpniw- ‘-''lryin many afield
fiaYoprovedtficirabuityitndcim.— Gentlemen
in Mexico and in this civil war-—gall an u 3 _ •-d it
of whom their country had much to JiopeW-..
pleased'God to spare their lives. Byon fell in. the ;
prime of life, leading his little army against supe
rior numbers, his brief career affording a brilliant
resample ,of patriotism and: ability, impetu
ous ofKearny and such brave generals as liieh?
jardson, Williams, Terrill. Stevens, Weed, Saun.
ders'ar.d Hay.es, lost their Jives while in the midstof
a career of usefulness, v Young Bayard, so like the
most mourned of his name, like s< Knight above fear
and above reproach, 15 was cutoff too early for his
country.. Yo regiments can spare such gallant, de
voted andable commanders as RosseliJ Davis, Gove,
Simmons, Bailey, Putnam and Kingsbury, all of
whom fell in the thickest of the contest, some of
tlidm veterans, others young in service; all good
men and well beloved. Our batteries have partial
lypald their terrible debt to fate in the loss of such
commanders as Greble,'the first to fail in this
war ; Benson, Haggard, Smead, Dr. Hart, Hass
let t, and those other gallant boys, Kirby, Wood
ruff, Dimiek and Gushing j while the engineers
lament the promising and gallant Wagner and
Cross, Beneath-remoter battle-fields- rest the
corpses of the heroic Mcßae, Baccom, Stone, Sweet,
and many other company officers. Besides these
there are hosts of veteran sergeants, corporals, and
privates, who had fought under Scott in Mexico, 1 or
contested with tho savages of the far West and
Florida,‘and, mingled with them, young soldiers
who, courageous, steady, and true, met death un
fiinehinelv, without the hope of personal glory.
Thesemen, in their inroe humblesphereserved their
-country with as much faith and honor as the most
illustrious general, and all of them with perfect
singleness ol heart. Although their names may not
livein the page of history, their actions, loyalty, and
courage will. Their .memories will long be present
in their regiments, for there were many of them
. who merited as proud a distinction as that accorded
to ‘‘the first grenadier of France,” or to thatKus
sian soldier whogave his life fouhis comrades. But
there is another class of men who have gone fromus
since this war commenced, whose fate it was not
to ulie in battle, but who are none the,;less
entitled to be mentioned here. There was Sumner
—a brave, honest, chivalric veteran, of/more than
half a centurv’s service-—who had con fronted death
unflinchingly on scores of battle-fields, had shown
hts gray heady serene and 'cheerful, where death
most revelled—who more than once told me that he
believed ana hoped.that his long career would end
amid the din ofliattie—he died at home, from tho
i effects of the hardships of his campaign. That most
i excellent soldier,-tho .elegant C. I\ Smith, who
i many of us remember to have seen so often on this
; very plain, with his superb bearing, escaped the:
bullet to fall a victim to the disease which has de
prived the army of so many or its best soldiers;
John Buford, cool and intrepid; MitcheVeminent
in science; Palmer, and many of the officers and
men, lost their lives by sickness contracted in the:
field. But ! cannot close this long list of glorious
martyrs without paying a sacred debt of official duty
and personal friendship. There is one dead soldier
who possessed peculiar claims on my love and grati
tude while alive. He was an ardent patriot, an un
selfish man, a true soldier, the beau ideal of a staff
officer: he was iny aid-de-camp—Colonel Calburn,
There is a lesson to he drawn from the death and
services of these glorious rnon which we should read
for the present and future benefit of the-nation. ;
v the cause for which ve fioht.
- But what is the honorable and holy cause for.
which these men have laid down their lives, and for
which ilie nation still demands the sacrifice of the
precious blood of so many of her children?
Soon after the close of the Revolutionary war, it
was found that the confederacy which had grown
up during that memorable contest was falling to
pieces from its own weight. The central power
was too weak. It could recommend to the different
States such measures as. seemed best, and it pos
sessed no real power to legislate, because it lacked
the executive force to compel obedience to its laws.
The national credit and selt-respect had disap
peared, and it was feared by. the friends of human
liberty .throughout the world that ours was but
another added to the long list of fruitless attempts
at-self-governinent." The nation was evidently on
the brink of ruin and dissolution when some eighty
-years ago many of the wisest, and. most patriotic of
the land’ met to, seek a remedy for the great evils
which threatened to destroy the great work of tho
Revolution. Their' sessions were long and often
.stormy; for a time the most sanguine doubted the
possibility of a termination of their la
bors.-. But from amidst tho conflict.of sectional in r
terest, of party prejudice, and of x>ersonat selfish
ness, the spirit of wisdom and of conciliation at
length evoked tho Constitution'under which wo
have lived so- long. It Was not formed in a day-;
but was the result of practical labor, of lofty wis
dom, and of the purest patriotism.. It was at last
adopted by . the people oi all the States—although
by some reluctantly—notas being exactly what all
desired, but the best possible .under: the circum
stances.
: i It was accepted as giving ns a form of govonl
_riient under which the nation might live happily
and prosper, so long as the people should continue
to bo infiucnced'by the same sentiments which ac
tuated those who formed which would not
be liable to destruction from internal causes, so long
a§* tho' people preserved tho recollection of the
miseries and calamities.which led to its adoption,
* Under this beneficial Constitution, tho progress of
■ the notion was unsurpassed in history. Tho rights
and.liberties of its citizens were secured at homo
and abroad; vast territories were rescued from the
control of-tho savage and the wild beasts, and
added to the domain of the Union and civilization,.
Tho arts, the sciences, and commerce grew apaco;
our flagJloatcd upon every -sea, and we - took our
place among the great nations of the earth. But
under,, this smooth surface of prosperity upon
which we glided swiftly, with, all‘the sails set
before: the \ common' breeze, dangerous reefs
wore hidden, which: now and then caused rip
ples upon the surface, and made; anxious : the
more careful pilots. Mated by success, the ship
swept on—the crew hot heeding the warnings
they received, forgetful of the dangers, escaped at
the beginning of the voyage, and blind tothohldo
: ons maelstrom which gaped tdreooivo them, llio
same elements of discord, sectional prejudices, into-,
rests and institutions, which had rondorad tho form
ation of the Constitution so difficult, threatened:
moro than onco to destroy it..: But for a long time:
tho nation was so fortunate as to possess a series of
political loaders, who to tho highest abilities united
tile same spirlt of conciliation which' aniumtod the
founders ot'this Republic, and thus for many years
the threatened evils wore averted. Time, and tho
long continuance of good fortune, obliterated the
recollection ortho oalamitios of years preceding tho
adoption of the Constitution. Thoy forgot that con
ciliation, common interests; and mutual,charity hsd
been the foundation, and must,be the support, of our
Govormiienti and all tho relations of life. At length
men appeared with abuso, sectional and. personal
jjrejudlces and interests, outweighing all considera
tions of tho general good. ISxtromists of one section
furnished the occasion, eagerly soiled.as a protoxt
by equally extreme mon in tho other, for abandon
ing- the pacific remedies afforded by tho Constitu
tion. Stripped of: all sophistry and . side-issues, the
direct caiißC of the war, as it presented itself to the
honest and/patriotic citizens of. tho North, was sim
plythis: ' ■' , ,
Certain States, or rather a portion of tho inhabi
tants of certain States, feared, or professod to fear,
that injury would result to tholrrights and property
from the elevation of a particular party to power.
Although the Constitution and the actual condition
of the Government provided them with a peaceable
and sure protection against the apprehended evil,
they prepared to sock securityin the destruction of
the: Government -which: could protect them, and in
the use of force against: national troops holding a
Snationnl fortress, . To efface the insult offered to our
Ifiag j to save ourselves from the fato of the divided
Rcpubtics'afltdiy and South America; to preserve
our Government from, destruction; to enforce Its
THREE CENTS.
just powcrTind laws: to matntainour very existence
as a nation, fclioso wore tho causes which impelled
U 3 to draw the sword. Rebellion against a Govern
ment like ours, which contains within itself the
means of self-adjustment and a pabific remedy for
evils, should never be confoundod with a revolution
against despotic power, which refuses redress of
wrongs. Such a rebellion cannot bo justified upon
ethical grounds, and the only alternatives for our
choice are its suppression or the destruction of our.
nationality.
CONCLUSION.
,At such a time as tills, and in such a struggle, po
litical partisanship should fie merged in a true and
brave patriotism, which thinks only of tho good of
tho whole country. It was in this cause, and with
these mutives, that so many of our comrades have
given their lives, and to this we aro all personally
pledged In all honor andfidellty., Shall such devo
tion as that of our dead comrades bo of no.availl
Shall it be said in after ages that wc lacked the
vigor to complete tho work thus begun 1 That after
all thege noble lives freely given, wo hesitated, and
failed to keep straight on until our lana was saved ?
Forbid it, Heaven,' and give ua firmer, truer hearts
then that; - ‘
Oh, spirits of the valiant dead, souls of our slain.
heroes, lend us your indomitable will, and If it bo
permitted you to commune with those still chained
by the trammels of mortality, hovoraround us In the
midst of danger and tribulation—cheer tho firm,
strengthen the. weak, that none may doubt the sal
vation oftheßepublic,and the triumph of our grand
old /lag.
In the midst of tho storms which toss our ship of
state, there is one great , beacon light to which we
can over turn with confidence and hope. 1 It cannot
he that this great nation has played its part in his
tory } it cannot be that our sun, which arose with
such bright promises for the future, has already set
forever.. It, nmsfc be the intention of the overruling
Deity that this land, so long the asylum of the op
pressed, the refuge of civil and religious liberty,
shall ngain stand forth in bright relief, united, purl-,
■fled, and chastened by our trials, as an example and*
encouragement for those who desire the pro*
gress of the human race. It is not given
to our : weak intellects to understand the
steps of Providence as they occur; we compre
hend them only as we look back upon them in the
far distant past. So it is now. We cannot unravel
the seemingly tangled skein of the purposes of the
Crcator-*-tney arc tod high and far-rcacaing for our
limited minds. But all history and His own re
vealed word teach us that His way 3, although In
scrutable, arc ever righteous. Let us, then, honestly
and manfully play our parts, seek to understand
and perform our whole duty, and trust unwaveringly
In the beneficent God who led our ancestors across
the sea, and sustained them afterward amid dangers
more appalling even than those encountered byHis
own chosen people in their great exodus. V
He did not bring us here in vain, nor has He sup
ported us thus far for naught.
If we do our duty and trust in Him, He will not
desert us in our need. Firm in our faith that God
will save our country, we now dedicate this site to
the memory of brave men, , to loyalty, patriotism
and honor.'
Tlie Approacliiiig: Northern PA’CSidenf Sal
Election.
CFrora the Richmond Examiner, June 7.3
“ President-making ” is the present and; urgent
business of the whole Yankee nation. The result of
Grant’s military operations in Virginia, and the fate
of Grant’s army, and of Grant himself, are regarded
in'-tho "North country mainly with a view to their ,
bearing upon this one grand, and paramount ques
tion—what set of men is_to have tho handling of the
Federal treasury and patronage for the next four
•years! The grand .“Republican” Convention for
the nomination of a candidate is to be held at Balti
more to-day. It was hoped that, before its assem-.
filing, General Grant would either be in Richmond,
or have gained so decisive advantages over the Con
federate army, that the success of this year’s cam-,
paign might be confidently expected : in which case
the renomination of Lincoln would have been cer
tain. Pending the cnmpaigu and in the expectation,
or pretended expectation, of its triumphant success,
the State of New York has held its State Conven
tion in Syracuse, and the unanimous sentiment was
in favor, wc are told, of a renomination of Lincoln.
In the meantime,-the Convention of .“radical Re
publicans” has assembled at Cleveland, Ohio, where,
it seems, the name of Lincoln was. mentioned only
with derlsion j the speeches were radical abolition,
and all denunciatory of Lincoln for the weakness
and corruption of his Administration. That Con
vention nominated John C. Fremont for Presi
dent, and John Cochrane, of New York, for
tho Vice,. ITesidency. This Cochrane .will he
remembered in . Richmond as the New York
politician who. from the steps of the Ex
, change Hotel, ueeiared and vowed, with solemn ap
peals to the Almighty, timt if the Federal Govcrn
mcDt shouid attempt to coerce the South he (Coch
rane) would be found sword in hand on the side of
Old Virginia. -Some circumstances with which we
areimacquaintedhave changed his mind materially,
and 'he.- is now a candidatefor the Vice Presidency
on the “ Cleveland platform,” which states, amongst
other things worthy of mention, that.“the rebellion
must be suppressed by force of arms, and without
compromise. s7 Another principle laid down in this
same platform Is. that “ the rebellion is to be sup
pressed by the destruction of its sla
very.” ' Yet another clause reaffirms the Monroe
doctrine, and declares that “the establishment of
an anti-republican Government upon this conti
nent bv any foreign Power cannot be tolerated,”
which i 3 about as reasonable as a declaration that
the.passage of the equinoctial line through this
continent “should not be tolerated.” There are
~ral principles laid down in tius Olerelautl plat
i'whiDS constitutional rights, habeas corpus.
jntegrity, &c., but die main point is
tlnrtcentk and last clause, which
TW ,‘ > ‘e i ednfl3cation of the lauds of
and actual settlers, is a measure . 1 ■
Here is the great point. Tho consLiwL tl bhai ques
tions about habeas corpus and thelike; tiiC economic
questions about honest accounts in the Government.
departments; even tjhatprimary and most essential
principle, that “ the rebellion must be suppressed ”
—all are, in fact, minor and secondary to the one
grand doctrine that the soldiers and actual settlers
are to take our lands and live in our houses, and
have, hold, and' enjoy the :same teythem and their
heirs forever. It is truly a very fine inheritance,
and the prospects would be cheering if Grant coulu
anyhow get across.the Chiekahomioy.
This one cardinal principle we may expeetto form
a conspicuous feature of all the “platforms” (as
they call theuj}.for all the candidates. If Fremontfs
friends promise the bare lands, Lincoln’s will pro
mise to fence and stock them for the “soldiers and
actual settlersand Grant and Chase, we have no
doubt,'would eagerly engage to furnish the new
proprietors with white laborers—not, of course, as
slaves, but as apprentices—-selected out of the first
familiesofVirginia.
It is generally believed that the Republican Con
vention announced for to-day at Baltimore must be
adjourned. Singular, to say, Richmond was not in
Grant’s hands in time to Scarry that Convention
triumphantly for Lincoln. " Obstacles had super
| vened which had not been anticipated, and the Con
vention, if it really opened to-day, would have to
contemplate tho last grand supreme clfort of the
most irresistible of Yankee generals too much in. the:
light of a failure.'To think that Grant, U. S. Grant
—-Ulysses, Uncle Sani. and Unconditional-Surrender
Grant, with the whole military, resources of the
United States absolutely in his hand, and missioned
on the express business of taking Richmond in time
for the Baltimore Convention, should, on the very
day of said Convention, be last heard of skulking
behind entrenchments' in the swamps of: Cliicka
hominy. not so far advanced towards Richmond as
McClellan was two years ago—this would look; ill
for the prospects of ‘Mr. Lincoln to-day. No doubt
"his friends could promise to the soldiers: all the
plantations of the South—and undertake to stock
and crop them at the public expense, and carry all
these resolutions amidst loud cheers and irrepressi
ble enthusiasm 5 yet still people would think of that
. tiresome Ohiekahominy, and the unreasonable be
. havior of General Lee and his army. If the Con
vention should meet," therefore; in Baltimore to-day,
we should venture to recommend that it be adjourn
ed onemonUi.
The Blue Hen’s Chickens-
Thb followingaccount of the origin ofthe title of.
the “Blue Hen’s Chickens,” which the Delawa
rians are proud to claim, is authentic, and: was
vouched for by the late John M. Clay ton:
[From the Delaware Inquirer of May.6th, 1561.1 : .
At the commencement of the Revolutionary war,
there resided in Sussex county, Delaware, a gentle
man of fortune, urbanity of manners, and great po
pularity, in that and the adjoining counties of
Maryland, - named Caldwell, in the language of
the county called “Kilweil.” He was a sports
man, whose: breed of horses and game-cocks ob
tained wide celebrity; and Ms judgment of the'
points of a horse or the make of a fosvi none yen-,
tnred, -to dispute. His favorite axiom was, the
character of the progeny depends more on the
mother than on the father, and hence, his reply to
"all questions-respeetiug the breed of game fowls .'
was, be your cock ever so game, you cannot depend
On his progeny, but must look to the hen. BXy ob
servation has led me to select a a biue hen, and in
nerinstnnee have I failed to hatch a good game-cock
from a blue hen’s egg. In consequence of such au
opinion expressed by such a man, at all; matches -
and cook fights, the first question was as to: the co
lor of the hen, and frequently a certificate swortf to;;
before a magistrate [accompanied the fowls. Such
questions engaged the time of the peaceful men of
Delaware.when the.news reached them of the battle
of Lexington, fought on the 19Eti day of April, 1770,
between the royal troops and the militia of Massa
chusetts. Tliisioused the people to arms,: and no-,
where was: there moro martial spirit displayed than
in the State of Delaware. In- a very short time a
fully regiment,; was ; raised, and a day. appointed ;
to orgauiee on Dover Green. Oh the morning of
that over-memorable day a "nm rcoihpany-frouv jcna..
sex county was the first to enter the neld, under the
command of Ooptain.KilweU. Peering above the
loaded baggage wagon, was a coop of fowls, tho- fa
mous blue hen’s chickens, crowing lustily.
Having been the first on tho around, Captain.
“ICilweli’s ” company was assigned to the right.hnA
before the regiment tools up the ilnfe of march the
toys Wore already ealied the game cocks, who retort
ing on their Comrades called them the Chickens.
Auer their gallant conduct in covering tho retreat
on Long Island, the whole army saluted the whole
regiment as the “ Blue Hen’s CMekeas,”
history tells xrs qf Turns, dbeos,
They wore on Long Island, and covered the re
treat'; they were at Trenton and Princeton, at Bran
dywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, in ; the*
North: and whon the tories in the Oarolinas had
made their peace-with Cornwallis, anddriven the
wings to the .mounhtfiis. Lower Virginia over-run,
her. Governor and Legislature fled to Carter’s
Mountain, a force was gathered at the North,
undor General Gates, and pushed Sojith; to these
wercattachcd the troops of Delaware and Mary
land, forming a brlgad<umder the Baron DeKalb.*
Out he- 14 fatal field of Camden ” KilweU. fell—there
tho game cock fought his last round. Lee, iahls
memoirs of the Southern war, tells us;
“Tho regiment, of Delaware was nearly annihi
lated, and-Lieutenant Colonel Yaughan and Ala
-jor Patton being taken, its remnant, less than two:
companies, were afterwards placed under the orders
of Kirkwood, senior captain. Contrary to tlio usual
course of events and the general wish, the Virgini
ans (ivlio broke and fled at the first fire, and who set
the injurious .example which produced the destruc
tion of escaped entirely.”
; But tho spirit of Dohtware yvas not to be subdued;
fresh recruits soon joined, and again we find the
t{ Chickens” fighting under Green at Guilford—and
finally present at Yorktown on the 19th of October,
1781, when Cornwallis surrendered, and the war of
the Revolution closed in triumph.
VOLUNTEERS OF DELA'WARE !
The fire kindled on tho 39th of April, 1775, at Lex
ington, blazed in the breast of your sires. Above,
you have a brief record of their deeds. -
The firb on Sumpter, on the 13th. of April, IS6l—
where it took soven thousand of tho descendants of
the lories of the 11 evolution, to overcome seventy
half-starved defenders of our glorious flag—has
roused you to arms. Soon you will be in tho field.
Carry with you the remembrance of the deeds per
formed by your fathers.
■When you enter Virginia, remember to avenge
Camden, where Virginia’s own historian tells
you “ They escaped entirely having fled on the first
fire.”- r .s
, L»ct the word he—fory/aitd! Until you see the
Stars and Stripes again floating over Sumptor, and
every other fort in the harbor, and every housetop •
in the city of Charleston, lot there be no rest to the
soles of vour foot 1 Delaware’s honor is in your
hands. With half her present population, she kept
her regiment in the field for six years of tho Revo
lution? Gan you doubt her ability toclo so now T‘.
CHiOKHJfS to THE FROST l FOR
" Note.— Baron DclCalb felt mortally wounded ah
Camden. Kirkwood fell at St. Clair’s defeat by the
Indian® in KOI, “ having thirty-three times risked
his life for his country.”—Lee’s Memoirs,
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can Hunting ; Du Chaiilu’s Equatorial Library;
Livingstone’s South Africa; Willson’s Western.
Africa; ; Burton’s 'Central Africa; Barth’s North
and Central Africa; Cumiriirig’s South Africa,
Davis’ Carthago, and the. still, earlier works of
Bruce, Lander, Owen, and Mungo Park. To this
very complete collection has just been added Cap
tain Spekeis Journal of the Dlscoyery of the Sour
ces of the Nile, with maps, portraits, and over se
venty illustrations, finely engraved on wood, chiefly
after drawings by Captain Grant. A yet newer
work, Mr. "Winwood Keade’s Savage Africa, is an
nounced as being in the press.
Captain Speke, an adventurous officer in the
Anglo-Indian army, lia3 already made three expe
ditions in Africa. In July, ISSS, he discovered tho
Like Victoria N’yanza, and then predicted that it
would prove to be the source of the Nile. On the
4th of July, 1860, he arrived at the Cape of Good
Hope, bent on solving the great geographical pro
blem of ages, and, in little more than two years from
date, having reached the spot throughgroat danger,
fatigues, and privation, saw the White Nile rush
ing down kipon Falls, outer the Victoria N’yanza
—commencing its course of 2,300 miles, at,a height
of 3,H0 feet above the ocean. It remains,to he seen
whence the N’yanza obtains its waters. If this great
lako be fed by some large river, we may take that as
the beginning of the Nile, just as we admit the Hhone
after flowing through the Lake of Geneva, and
trace the Shannon from its mouth through Loughs
Derg, Eee, Baffin, and Allen. No explorer is better
adapted or entitled than Captain Speke to com
plete the investigation. His book, independentjof its
great value geographically, shows us more of the
inner or social life of Eastern .Equatorial Africa
than any preceding traveller had ever observed or
related. Above all, as the guest (and often tho
jjrey) of African rulers, he hasnoted down whatever
struck him as curious In their maimers, customs,
superstitions, craft, and cruelty. A wonderfully
interesting book it is.
Another work, which ought to have, numerous
readers here, is “Three Years in Japan,” by Sir
Butherford Alcock, who has lately returned to
Japan as British Ambassador. The illustrations of
this work (two volumes 12mo, with a copious index,)
are finely engraved, and bear out the statements in
the text in a very decided degree. The author lived
for] three years at the Court of. the Tycoon, and, in
these volumes, gives what may be called his unoffi
cial experiences. Certainly no writer has told so
. much about a country and a people, at once so savago
and soeultivated. The way was paved by the official
publication here o'f Commodore Perry's narrative of
the Japan Expedition, which, with an audacity so
bold as to be amusing, the Bev. Dr. F. L. Hawks
claimed, on the title-page, to have compiled, whereas
the work was' executed by his nephew, Dr. Robert
Tomes, an accomplished manor letters, to whom Dr.
: Hawks made the seantiestaekno.wledgmentin a very
111-wrltten preface; nor, we believe, were his labors
compensated more liberally in’ any other manner.
The personal experience and observation of Sir E.
Aleock (down East, most probably, he will be called
All-Eooaterl) are narrated In a pleasant manner,
variedaoccaslonally by serious speculations upon,
the present and future relations of Japan with
foreign States. ;It is difficult to jay thiswork asido
without reading It through, and It cannot be read
without communicating much new and important
information to the mind. . .
Very different frpm the above iasubjeot and treat
ment, is asnsall volume entitled “Nineteen Beautiful
Years,” consisting of sketches of a girl’s life, writ
ten by hersister. This record of a life which glided
away near the, sunset shore of. Lake Michigan, Is
principally.compiled from the girl’s own journals—
her only sister’s affection has supplied the rest. Tho
narrative of her illness and death Is full of tender
pathos. We earnestly recommend this little volume
as a gift-book to young ladies between tho ages or
twelve and twenty. .It "will deeply touch their
hearts. ■
The seventh number of Harper’s Pictorial History
of the Great Rebellion in the United States has
just been published, with numerous good illustra
tions. ‘ It- is written with care and honesty, and
treats of the Battle of Bull Bun, the Army ortii.
Potomae under McClellan, and the Battle of Ball’s
Bluff.
Being on the subject of Messrs. Harpers’, publiea
" tions, W? may add that the following are announced
as “in press'Thackeray’s Novels; Library edition.
With illustrations, commending with “ Vanity Pair ;■»
Professor Long’s History of the Decline or the Ho
man Republic; “ The Doctor,” by R. Southey, in
one volume; Ross Browne’s Adventures in Washoe,
California, Ac., illustrated; Volume IV. of Carlyle’s
Prederick the Great; Guide Book of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, and on Connections
through the Coal : Fields of Pennsylvania; and
“The Ladder of;Lifo,” by Amelia B. Edwards,
author of “Barbara’s History,” one of the best
.novels-.from a woman’s pen, “Adam Bede,” per
haps, excepted, since “ Jane Eyre.” We need
scarcely remind the public that Dickens’ new novel,
“ Our Mutual Friend,” appears in Harper's Maga
zine almost as soon as it is read in England.
TliacJrerny’s Fostinunons Story.
In the Comhill Magazine for June the last pages
of “Denis Duval” are published, and appended to
them are some notes by the editor of the magasine,
showing the nature of the material Mr. Thackeray
had accumulated to,aid him in the construction of
the novel. Frofii these notes we extract the follow
ing characteristic letter, in which. Mr. Thackeray
sketches his plot for the Information of his publisher:
“Mx Dkak. S.: I was bom in the.year 17«, at
Winchelsea, where my lather was a grocer and
clerk of the church, ' Everybody in the place was a
good deal connected with smuggling.
“ There used to come to our bouse a very, nobis
French gentleman, called the Count de la Motto,
and with him a German, the Baron de Lutterioh.
My father used to take packages to Ostend and
Caiaisfor these two gentlemen, and,perhaps, I went
to Paris once and saw the French Queen.
“The squire of our' town was Squire Weston, of
the Priory, who, with bis brother, kept one ol the
genteelest houses In the country. He was church
warden of our church, and much, respected. Yes,
- but if you read the Anmtal Register of ITSI, you will
find that on the 13th July the sheriffs attended at
the Tower of London to.receive enstfldv of a De-la*
Motte, a prisoner charged with Mgh treason. Tha
iaet is, this Alsatian nobleman, being in difficulties
in his own country (where he had commanded tho.
Regiment Sonbise), came to London, and, under
-pretence of sending prints to France and Ost-end,
supplied the French ministers with accounts of tha
movements of the English fleets and troops. His.
go-between,was Lutterioh, a Brunswieker, who had
been a crimping agent, then a servant, who was a
spy of France ‘and Mr. Franklin, and who turned
king’s, evidence on La Motte, and hanged him.
“This Lutterioh, who had been a crimping agent
‘ fox German troops during the American war, then a
servant in London during the Gordon riots, then an
agent for a spy, then a spy over a spy, I suspect to
have' been a consummate scoundrel, and doubly
odious; from -‘speaking English with , a German
accent. ' ■ - •
“AY hat if he wanted tQ marry that charming girl
who lived with Mr. Weston, at Winchelsea 1 Ha' I
see a mystery here,' ..-..'.4
What if'the scoundrel, going to receive his pay
from the English admiral with , whom he was iu
communication at Portsmouth, happened to go oa
board the Royal George the day she went down 1
“As for John and Joseph Weston, of the Priory,
lam sorry to . say they were rascals, too. They were
; tried for robbingthe Bristol mail in 1780; and,being
acquitted for want of evidence, were tried immedi
.ately after on another indictment for forgery.
Joseph was acquitted, but John was capitally con
victed. But this did not help poor Joseph. Before
their trials, they and some otiiers broke out of New
gate, and Joseph fired at and wounded a porter
who tried to stop him on Snow Hill. For Otis he
was tried and found guilty on the. black act, and
: hung along With his brother.
" Now, if I was an innocent participator in De la
Motto’s treasons, and the AYeston’s forgeries and
robberies, what pretty serapes I must have been inrt
** I married the young woman whom the brutal
“ XjUtticrtpk: -vwiia- L.a.va ..had__fQr htmgfd f, and lived
happy ever after.” •*
WONBBBFOL MUSICAL GENIUS OF A LITTLBL
Girl,—One of the transport steamers for New York
earned out from New Orleans very lately a poor
German family, who possess a treasure in their li£
tic daughter, named Biinnio Howe. Accidentally a
lady of this city heard the little girl sing one day,
and was so attracted by the sweet topes of her yoioq
that she was absolutely banned. An iaierviev?
with the Child’s ’mother resulted in the determina
tion to procure for her the rudiments of a musical
education. This was done, and subsequently a bene
fit concert at the Opera House in this city yielded
a few hundred dollars for Minnie’s family to proceed
to New York, there to obtain more assistance by the
means of public concerts, after which she will travel
in Europe to finish her musical studies. At tlm New
Orleans Opera House Minnie sang the “ Casta
Diva ” with such effect as to meet tho most earnest
applause. Bouquets in great profusion were thrown
upon the stage, and one of the admirers released a
beautiful dove, which flow and fluttered, and finally
nestled down among the flowers. This incident pro
duced a pleasant sensation. Minnie Howe was only
thirteen years old last November, andshe gives pro
mise of becoming a more distinguished vocalist than
Jenriv Lind ever was. The modest child merits the
encouragement which ,tho liberal public of New
York will honor themselves iu extending to her, and
wldch they will not regret; for they will confess
ilmt she possesses rare musical genius.—A. O. Cor..
Nno York Hei'aM. . .
Bionulow’s l>ang:!it^.
A Michigan soldierburnishes the Cincinnati
7Hmcs tho ’'following remarkable stanzas, lately
found among tho literary effects of a deceased Con
federate at Blue Springs, East Tennessee:
A lady on the portal stood,
The‘’State and Stripes” about her:
• A pistol waving in each, hand— •
. ’Twas Parson Browulow’s daughter.
Two rebels inarched toward tho house
With hearts full bent on slaughter ;
- They call aloud‘G s ttll down fcbatihig.
To Parson Brownlow’s daughter.
Bot sio was not so easy soared.
Nor Hmtd as they UuniKht aer. .. ,
■■•‘Toarskulls I’U emptyot your brains.’V •
Said Parson Brownlow’s daughter,....
*»i swt ftr> »» quoth one, * l l like her grit*
She is a perfect snort**, ’ . ■
■: And we had best git up and git, .
. From Fa non Browilow’s daughter.
Tho Sag still'waves above the house.
as chaste as stars in water;
It long hasrwaved, and long may wave
O’er Parson Browniow’s daughter.
If over I conclude to be ’
A matrimonial squatter, .
' I*ll go to Knoxville, Teunossoe,, .
And marry Parson. Brownlow s daughter.
ThePeesident’s Latest.— Tho New York
hls re-olection but Grant’s capture of Rich
precisely the disease lie would like to die of.’’