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CAPTURE OF FORT ANDERSON.
Victory has ceased to be a sensation.
We are so used to it that we scarcely
appreciate it, Any one of the great tri
ompha of the past six months would have
been good for a year's rejoicing in 1802.
But now, so rapidly does one triumph suc
ceed another that an old-fashioned de
feat seems necessary to interrupt the
splendid monotony. Unfortunately for
those who are in want of new excitement,
our armies have the habit of conquering,
and the enemy is unlikely to cure it. Bunn
rderi's march is illuminated by victories,
and to the results of his movement north
ward arc now added the fall of Charleston
and the evacuation of Fort Anderson.
The garrison of this great work were
not driven out by the bombardment, but
forced to retreat from the impossibility of
maintaining their communications, me
naced by the Union troops under General
ScHorerum3 And the mock monitor which
Lieutenant Cusnruo sent floating up the
river. The force which is not strong
enough to defend the outworks of Wil
mington is evidently too weak to pro
tect the .city, and as all our operations
on the Cape Fear river have shown the
inferiority q,f the enemy, it might be as
immed from this fact alone that General
SONOTIELD has already run . up the stars
and stripes in Wilmington. But there is a
better reason for expecting the news of its
capture. The policy that dictated the
evacuation of Charleston will not be aban
doned for the sake of Wilmington—a city
useless now for military purposes to the
rebellion. There the stand against Swan
MAN will not be made. But these facts do
not lessen the victory. As we have already
said, Charleston and Wilmington, though
they have lost their value to the rebellion,
1841 far as the new policy of concentration is
concerned, are of great value to us. And
it is plain that the policy of our foes is itself
an admission of weakness. They are crip
pled and exhausted, and have abandoned
the Atlantic coast, not so much to increase
their chances of success as to avert imme
(Ditto ruin. Little choice was left them
from the day SIT.F.RMAN reached Savannah.
European Matters.
As was anticipated, Queen ViCTORLes
Plieecb., at the opening of Parliament, on
the 7th instant, contained renewed as
surances of her Government's intention to
maiAtain a strict neutrality, <during the
war in this country, which is now happily
near its close. The " Speech," we need
scarcely remind our readers, is no more
Queen VICTORIA'S than it is ours. It is
concocted by various members of the Ca
binet, and by them, in conclave, -para
graph by paragraph, is discussed, until the
document is complete—the ruling purpose
of its framers being to be as little explicit
as possible. A " Speech from the Throne,"
which is entirely non-committal, dealing
exclusively in vague generalities, would
be esteemed as a treasure by the Ministry.
From France, the latest news of im
portance is a strong denial, in the Moni
teur, the Emperor's official organ, that any
arrangement has beenentered into between
MAX:DITIJAIi and NAPOLEON, whereby So
nora, or any other part of Mexico, is to be
transferred, for any time, for any purpose,
or under any pretext. Of course, nothing
is said as to the The session of the
French Legislative body was to have been
commenced last Wednesday. Of course,
the Emperor's address on that occasion
would be looked for with considerable in
terest. It was anticipated that. its tone
would be eminently pacific.
The- Prussian Ministry have announced
their intention of raising forty-five million
dollars, by loan, for the purpose of con
structing a fleet. It is a . pretty smart sum
to commence with, and Prussia will find
that fleet-building resembles the Giaour
in " Vathek," whose continual demand,
like Oliver Twist, was for " morel more!"
People may ask—what is the use of a
Prussian navy without Prussian ports ?
At present, Prussia, with a sea-board on
the. Baltic, has no port on the German
Ocean. Probably, the intention is to ap
propriate one or more convenient harbors
in Holstein or Schleswig. The Prince of
Auustenburg, in whose name these two
Duchies were forcibly detached from Den
mark, appears to have a very scanty
chance of ever getting them. Prussia-
holds them, and-possession is nine points
of the law.
d. IMPORT was current in Washington
last night that GRANT had been attacked
by LEE, and that our troops had met a re
verse. This is not unlikely. We expect the
hardest fighting of the warfrom LEE, and
it will be surprising if in some of the en
gagementshe should not be successful. But
there is no reason to anticipate any impor
tant
, defeat—great reasons for faith in ulti
mate victory. /
The Late Janie S. Wallace.
In the lamented death of Colonel James S. Wal
lace at Louisville, Kentucky, in common with
others of his friends- we deeply sympathize, and
would fain offer a passing tribute to his memory
in a brief sketch of his life and writings, that may
not prove unacceptable to that public in whose
service he long had toiled, and whose tastes , and
pleasures he was ever most 'anxious to subserve.
The deceased was a native of New 'York State,
where his mother and daughters now reside—the
descendants of one of its most anoient and respect.
able families. James S. Wallace was carefully edu
cated In academical studies, and was placed at tha
proper age in Colonel Partridge , e military insti
tution in Connecticut, wirers he graduated with
honors. His predominant taste was literary, and at
this juvenile period he contributed to the serial
magazines and newspapers emeral acknowledged
tallinted articles on foreign and domestic, litera
ture. As a belles Learee scholar his style and mat
ter exhibited vigorotte thought with polithed Mo
tion. He was a constant reader, and remembered
what he read. His father intended him for the law,
and he had entered upon its studies with infinite
pouf; but his proclivities suddenly beoame mani
fested in newspaper writing, and thus initiated him
Into the editorial corps of the New York prase. In
this poaitiog he soon was known as one of its moat
felioltone and ready writers, wherein he evinced the
g 014115 of political thought on the then exciting
tariff question of the day. With the arts he was
quite au fail, especially devoted to dramatic lite
rature, and as such was deemed a reliable and bril
liant critic, which his Thespian vocations as actor,
prompter, and stage manager gave him ample ex
perience to acquire and improve. We here will
trespEtso upon our allotted space to enumerate
many of his mcst successful dramatized works.
.In 1833 he produced at the Warren Theatre, Bop
ton, the national drama of " Westward Ho l" This
piece ran upwards of fifty nights successively. The
"Spy at Washington"—a clever hit at certain pecu
liarities and political Individuals that till up a Lion.
gressional dramatis persona, was brought out at the
little Franklin, New York, in' 1837, and "Love
and Legislature," produced at Albany for Daffy &
W. Forrest's corps. But the one he adapted to
stage repreeentation -with the most tact and coat.
pact acting compass was "The Water Witch,"
from Cooper's novel. It ran through the entire
season, John R. Scott making an Immense hit in
the Skipper. This came out at the Arch, in 1832,
under the reign of Jones, Daffy, & Forrest. He
also cleverly dramatised Paul Clifford, and others,
as "The Fairy and the Wooden Shoemaker,"
translated from the French. About 1841 he became
editor and part proprietor of a leading political
Whig paper in Harrisburg, and
f inally removed to
Philadelphia, where he became editor and one of
the partnere in the Daily Sun, a penny paper, of
Native, hne, modifying into an ardeut advocacy of
Whig -.doctrines. In this new position he won
"golden'-opinions from all sorts of people," but
especially from the leading Whigs of the party.
The breaking of-that once formidable political
power finally caused the withdrawal of the deceased
from our city to the West. For- the last six years,
to the lad breath which left ids life, lie was edi
torially assioolated with the celebrated George D.
Prudhoe, In the Ltinisville Jouilial. He had re
ceived the pobriquet of the "handsome Colonel," from
his genial companions, as significant of his fine
figure, chivalric mien, and genial, bland manners.
He leaves &Widow and some eight children to mourn
his memory, and to bewail-their bereavement, for
be was the light and dieing source to them, leaving
no means to assuage their Borrows: Let us pray
that overruling.: Providence may cast its bent
meat mantle of love over the OrPhanad Fan , or the
depattAd alter. O. D.
FORT ANDERSON.
The Capture of the Great FortiAMMO%
COMPLETE RETREAT OF VTR GARRISON.
The Fort Bombarded and Its Commant.
cottons Threatened by our Army.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF ADMIRAL PORTER.
The Rebels Frightened by a Mook Monitor
GEN. SCHOFIELD RIOTING ON WILMINGTON.
THE FALL OF THE CITY DAILY EXPEOTED
BALTIMORE Feb. 22.—Fort Anderson WAS Oaf.
tined on Sunday by General Schofield and Ad
miral Porter.
Most of the garrison escaped towards Wilmington,
though the fort ana all the guns were left in gopd
oondition.
The army was following on toward Wilmington,
accompanied by two monitors, and it was expected
by the messenger that Wilmington would be in our
possession on Monday.
[Fort Anderson was, next to Fort Fisher, the
most Important defence of Wilmington. It was a
very extensive'and strong earthwork, erected since
the war began, on the peninsula between the ocean
and Cape Fear river. Its fall makes the fall of Wil
mington certain.]
ADMIRAL PORTER'S OFFICIAL REPORT.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—The Navy Department
has received the following despatch from Admiral
Potter, United States flag-ship Malvern :
Cern FEAR R/ITER, N. 0., Feb. 19, 1865.
Sin : I have the honor to report the surrender or
ersouation of Fort Anderson. General Schofield ad
Tweed from Smithy!llo, with eight thousand men,
on the 17th.
At the same time I attacked the works by water,
placing the monitor Montauk Close to the works,
enfilading them with the Pawtuzet, Lampe, Una
dille,, and Pequot,,the tide and wind not allowing
more vessels to get under tire. The fort answered
.pretty briskly, but quieted down by sunset.
On the 18th, at 8 o'clook, I moved up closer, with
the Montauk leading, followed by the Mackinaw,
Huron, Seamus, rentoosuc, Manatongo, Lenape,
Unadllla, ralatuxet, Osceola, Shawmut, Seneca,
Wyack, Chippewa, and Little Ada, and kept up a
heavy fire throughout the day until late in the
afternoon.
The enemy's batteries were silenced by three
o'clock, thougil k we kept up fire until dark. We
also fired through the night. In the meantime
General Schofield was working around to get in the
rear of the rebels and out them off.
The latter did not wait for the army to surround
them, but left in the night, taking five or sir pieces
of light artillery with them, and everything else of
any value. At daylight this morning some of our
troops that were near by went in and hoisted the flag
on the ramparts, when the firing ceased from the
mortars.
There were ten heavy guns In thetort and a quan
tity of ammunition.
We lost but three killed and Ave wounded.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, D. D. PORTER, Rear Admiral.
Hon. Gummi WELI.EB i Secretary of the Navy.
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WASIIINGTON, Feb! 22.—1 n addition to the de
spatches of Admiral. Porter in relation to the sur
render or evacuation of Fort Anderson, information
was received at the same time to-day that Lieat.
Wm. B. Cushing constructed a mook.monitor so
closely resembling one of these vessels that no dif
ference could be detected at a distance of one hun
dred yards.
On Saturday tight, the lath, at about 11 o'clock,
this vessel was taken up to within about four hue•
area yards of the fort and - set adrift. As there was
a strong flood-tide, she moved up the river and
passed the fort as if under slow steam. At this time
the arnly had worked two-thirds the distance around
and in rear of the fort, and the rebels, no doubt
thinking their communication would be out off both
by laza and water, hastily escaped by the only ave
nue open to them, leaving their guns unspiked and
their magazines uninj ared, &o.
GEN. ECHOIGBLD'S ADVANCE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Gen. Sohofield was not
far from Wilmington when Lieutenant Commander
Cubing left North Carolina, on Sunday, and the
next arrival is confidently expected to bring infor . -
mation of the capture of that city. •
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Information considered
entirely reliable HEW received here this afternoon,
that Schotleld's troops were within four miles of
Wilmington on Friday. The ave.:motion of the
place is regarded as accomplished.
A despatch Is reported to have been received from
City Point stating that Wilmington is in our pos
session. The news is probably from Richmond
papers. •
NORTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA.
EXTRACTS FROM REBEL PAPERS.
OVE GUNBOATS UP THE SAVANNAH.
GREAT SOARS OF THE REBELS.
DEATH OF A REBEL EDITOR
THE FEELING IN NORTH CAROLINA.
ENORMOUS PRICES OF PROVISIONS
THE NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE
tSteelel Correspondence of The Prem.]
Nonyota, 'Va., Feb. 20,1665
The Augusta (Ga ) Conititutionalig has the fol.
lowing in a late issue : «There was some little flat
tering in the streets of our city to day (12th), coca
sionedby the presence of two Yankee gunboats at
Lister's Ferry, one hundred miles below this city, on
the Savannah river. It Is also reported that afew en
terprising Federals have moved out on the road to
yards this pity. These are evidently foraging par.:
ties, sent out to get Moe, and no apprehension need
be felt by our dyspeptic. citizens.""
MIAMI OP AR BDITOB
A. N. Gorman editor of the Spirit of the Age and
of the Raleigh /Lily Confederate, died in Raleigh on
the 25th of Jarman, ageksl years.
IcOT A MAJOUITY.
The Raleigh Confederate says : "The Standard
and Progress are making all the clamor that is being
made in North Carolina, while there are at least a
dozen political papers in the State that are opposed
to a convention. On the question of a convention
the people stand just where they did at the last Au.
gust election, when they repudiated both the hob.
by , convention and its Werth voting for Governor."
THE HIGH PRICES OP PROVISIONS.
The Wilmington Journal of the 11th Tkls
morning we strolled down to the market. not like a,
roaring lion, but still seeking what was to be de
voured. We ibund a tine supply of fat poultry, at
*4 per pound for olarckens, and $4 50 for turkeys.
At one cart, $5 war asked for turkeys, but those at
$l4O struck us as being quite as good. Beer and
pork were in proportion, and in everything the
charge from the occasion of our last visit—the week
of the fall of Fort Fisher—was refreshing to a man
with bowels to feel for himself or other hungry In
dividuals. Here poultry was 68@10, and everything
In proportion, being more than doable what.they
are no*, and still they are falling. This fall is
mainly due.to the rapid appreciation of our money.
It is said that axles have been mado at Richmond
at 23. for 1; here, week before last, men paid as high
as 100 for 1. Some folks have got bit, we think.
We do not know that our feelings are much hurt.
At any rate, that is their business, not ours. Some
attribute the rapid fall in gold to the Closing of the
bleektulademand for it. There is no longer an out
let, and so there is nci longer a market. Perhaps
this may account for some part of the fall, but only
for some. There must be other causes at work.
Rightly, or wrongly,a great amount of weight must
be attributed to the failure of the peace movements,
and the consequent reliability that is placed In our
supreme head of antra In this welind the main
solution in the fall in the price of gold—a fall which
Is progressive, and which Is not yet arrested. We
have already given our views in regard to these
things. Further speculations can only tend, to
confuse."
THE NORTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURN,
The Goldsboro Journal says : "There It nothing
occurring in this body worthy'of notice. Mr. Dick
speaks a Fourth-of-July speech every day in the
Senate, but who wants to see it or hear itl When
he rises to speak, we lean:, it is a signal to the
thirsty to go and indulge in a few drinks and a
couple of games of billiardscor to go home for the
lest of that session, Air unfortunate Mr. Dick is sure
to talk them and it out. We are glad to see that
no one is rash enough to attempt to reply to Dlok.
He Is a nuisance."
PHILADELPHIA. VESSELS AT ZHATTPORT, a. O.
The brig Dudley A. Carter arrived on the let.
Cleared for Philadelphia, Titania, Stephens, and
Behr. A. P. Hudson, Hndßon.
MOATS OP CAPTAIN AVERY.
Captain William B. Avery, 112 d New York In
fantry, who it will be remembered was captured by
Conners and his gang, in July, 1563, outside our lines
at Bachelor's Creek, , has just rejoined his regiment,
having made lila escape from the lull Pen at Co.
lumbla, S. C., Nov..24th, 1864. He was twenty.tbree
days in reaching the national lines, first getting
Eight of a blwaclad soldier in the vicinity of Knox
:vine, Tennessee, December 15th. The Captain was
accompanied in his Sight byLient. Ballet, 2d Penn
sylvania Cavalry.
They were subsisted and piloted In their long and
arduous journey of over three hundred miles, by
negroes, until they roaohed the borders of Ten
nessee, when, "guidance, food, and fire," were
cheerfully furnished by the loyal white men of the
mountains. The negroes, wherever met along their
rough and rugged pathway—very many of whom
had never before ravished their eyes with the sight
of a live Yankee—evinced the wildest joy at meet
ing the Captain and his comrade, in several in.
stances thsoWing their arms around the fugitives ,
necks and crying like children over them. The
Captain says in every instance where he entered a
negro oabin he was heartily welcomed, made to
share the scanty store of corn bread and bacon left
to the wretched slave,CeCnrely concealed from pur
suing foes, and when
" Night threw her sable curtain down
And pinned it with a star."
guided on his way to liberty and "Old Tennessee."
Captain Avery's sad experienoe in the Confede
rate prisons and bull-pens of Georgia and South
Carolina, his hardships, trials, and sufferings, to
gether with the refined cruelties to which he was
-subjected, in common with other Union °Moore who
shared his long captivity, offer 'abundant material
for a volume of thrilling interest.
nioorramrno i irORTH 0/LUOLLIM.
Scouts from the front bring Intolligenee thet the
enemy are felling trees and blockading the high
ways leading to Kinston and the Interior of the
State. The object of this singular piece of strategy
has not yet transpired. It is admitted, however, to
be an axe stroke of policy on the part of Oolonel
Whitford to keep the 6th North Carolina Cavalry
from deserting the sinking cause of the Oonfederaey
and galloping their hones and riders Into the /Ines
of the Yankees.
BALX OP A 13BBBL 1111978PAPSIt
Tiio7olleboro (N. 0.) Recorder Is offered for Bale,
on account of the ill health of its editor, but probe.
bly more on account of the low elate or its finances.
COALING HVINTS CAST THRIN. SHADOWS DIMON%
The office of the Wilmington and .Weldon Rail
road has been removed from Wilmington to Golds
boro.
COURT;MARTIAL AT POICTILEBB NOWBOB.
_ .
Major Thorndike 0. Jamison, sth Rhode Island
Artillery, has been court-martialed for frindulent
and dishonest conduct to the prejudice of good order
and military discipline, and employing a private
soldier as servant, failing to make the - proper deduct
tion In his nay, thus violating the act of Congress of
July 17, Rm.
He was found guilty, and sentenced to be dU•
honorably dismissed the service of the United
States ; that •he pay ta, the Government of the
United States a fine of eight thousand (8,000) dol
lars, and that'll*, be confined at snob penitentiary
as the commanding general may direst, for the term
Of three years. Major Jamison raised theist North
VarOlina Heavy Artillery, and it wait in connection
with the raising of thatreglment and the recruiting
last fall that the abuses transpired. The men who
approached him with bribes should have also been
punished.
Union Speech in a Bebel Legislature.
Nawasaer (N. C.), Feb. 19.—The great speech of
Mr. Haines, delivered in the HOUEO of Commons of
North Carolina, on the 20th ultimo, is attracting
much attention. His argument favoring a restora
tion of the Union is as fearless as it is able. The
irresponsible representatives in the rebel Congress,
from Kentucky, Missouri, and otheriStates, who
have no conatituents, and who are assisting to bind
the fetters upon North Carolina, are severely
handled by him.
He holds that North Carolina has a perfect right
to dissolve her allegiance with the Confederate
Government, and enter Into a separate negotiation
with the United s Statea for peace. He proves noes
sion to be a failure, and saykahat Sherman is
moving forward through Soutinnd North Oars.
Una to co•operate with Grant in the reduction of
Richmond and the capture of Lee's army; that
great as this undertaking may seem, it 'is not half
so great as was that of his march from Dalton to
Savannah. s.
The North, he said, being in the best possible
spirits over their present brilliant prospeets, will
speedily furnish the 300,000 men called for by Mr
Lincoln, who will go to the field with the greatest
alacrity, and soon beoomo excellent soldiers, in
spired as they are with the,hope of speedy suction.
He said : " Clan we prevent the 5000550 of our
enemies ? Can we recover back the majority of the
Confederate States which have been taken from us
by the armies of the United-States I Can we even
prevent the fall o f Itiolunond and the capture or de
struction of our only remaining army, recruited to
the full extent of our white population I Sir, these
questions have already been answered by the Go-
Verninent itself in the negative, by Its leading or
gone, the Richmond Sentinel and Richmond Enqui
rer, which have declared the contest to be too unequal
to be longer maintaineillunless we arm our slaves."
He was opposed to arming the slaves, and on this
subject said " we have ten male slaves at home to
One white man—ONORO theta to frenzy by passing
a law to conscript them,and we would have an imme
diate insurrection, which, to put down, would re
quire the withdrawing of our armies, thus leaving
the field to our enemies. If no insurrection took
place they would either go over to the enemy In a
body or turn their guns upon WS with bold con
scripts for leaders."
On the subject of reconstruction, he said
"There are those who think, after so much strife
and bleodshed, that reconstruction is impossible.
This Is a mistake. 9,11 history refutes the Idea.
The case of England and Scotland, which wee in
some respects similar to ours, divided as they were
into kingdoms, and at war for centuries, effeoted a
reconciliation, and Scotland atarted in a new career
of prosperity and glory. Her people, from being
one of the most turbulent, have become one of the
most quierand refined, as well as one of the most
contented and happy In the world. This is bemuse
nature never intended that the island of Great
Britain should comprise more than one nation, and
such will prove to be our own case."
Upon the subject of a divided country, he said
" when we take a view of the country which com
poses the it is dittle ult to resithe
conviction United
that natuSt atesre intended it to contai n
but
one great nation; nature never Intended the mighty
Mlselsefppi to water or drain more than one nation.
Close this river to the Northwest by transferring its
month to another nation, and they become the most
completely land. locked country in the world. Were
they to consent to this they would sign
their own death warrant. This country
can never be divided so as to separate the North
western States from the Gulf . States without re
versing. an unexplor able ban of nature. .The only
hope I have ever seen of success In this struggle
was that the Northwestern States might be induced
to join our Confederacy. The manner in which
those States voted In the late Presidential election
has dispelled that bone forever, and, in . y judg
ment, has sealed the fate of the Confederacy."
Mr. Haines is a distinguished lawyer, and the
author of the able letters which appeared in the
Raleigh (N. 0.) Standard over the sigilletttre Of
41 Davison, which attracted so much attention in
the North in 1803.
Jeff Davis attempted to arrest him recently for
making this remarkable speech, but was prevented
from doing so by the Legislature of North Caro.
Una, which has extended over him the protecting
shield of the State.
GENERAL GRANT'S ARMY.
RUMORS OF AN ATTACK BY LEE.
[Special Despatch to the Frees.]
WASHINGTON, Fob. 22.
There are rumors:to-night that General Grant
has been attacked by Lee, and has sustained a
reverse. It is not considered improbable that Lee
has made an attack, but I am unable to And any
definite foimdation to the rumor.
SHERMIN,
CAMDEN, B. 0., OWNED BY OUR FOROBB.
It IS Said that Richmond papers of yesterday,
21st, announce the occupation of Camden, S. C.,
forty miles north of Columbia, by Sherman, on
Saturday last.
ARMY OF THE JAMES.
THE REBEL NEGRO SOLDIER QUESTION.
POSITION OF AFFAIES NEAR PETERSBURG.
Progress of the Exohange of Prisoners
Medal Correspondence of Ther Press.]
ARMY OB THE JAMES,
BEFORE RICHMOND, Feb, 21,1885.
Some time ago I informed you of the attention
which the arming of nogroca was receiving in the
rebel capital, previone to the prOtracted discussion
which the subject has since received in the Rich
mond papers and Confederate Congress,. The ptib-
Re sentiment of rebeldom is not yet ripe for the mea
sure, but it 18 iring gradually prepared in such a
manner as to commend it to general favor. From
information which I deem reliable, I now inform ,
you that at no very distant day the rebels will put
negro troops in the field. It is only a queatiou of time.
The policy is not yet determined upon, but the In.
Cuenca at work will certainly be able to make the
measure successful.
The impressions which . I gave you of the feelhas
of the negroes, in reference to this use of themselvis,
may be relied upon as being the consolidated sent
ment of the beet informed bondman and freemen.
Discipline may influence some, and enlist their
sympathiesin the rebel cause, but the great majorL
ty may be regarded as so . many auies in the ene
my's camps. The organization of this element of
supposed [strength in the Confederate cause will
from time to time furnish many interesting incidents
to interest your readers.
' This army still continues in its present position,
rendering a more effective service to the clause of
the Union than If it were to capture Richmond. The
military combinations, in which. the Army of the
James is playing a quiet but important part, are
gradually encircling the doomed Confederacy with
inevitable , destruction. The present upset of mili
tary affairs will[soon.neeessitate Lee to assume the
offensive. One thing may be relied upon, that the
situation never was more encouraging, nor has any
campaign opened with more assurances of success
than thit which the respeotive armies, under the
Special direction of the Lieutenant General, are
now entering upoii. Yon will soon hear of a sue
cession of brilliant movements whieh will carry
grief to the enemy and joy to the hearts loyal to
the 'Union.
The exchange of prisoners, which lies been pro
greasing at Varina Landing for the past week, has
returned some two or three thousand of oar suffer.
lug soldiers to homes of comfort and hearts of
affection. Since One of the rebel flag-of truce boats
was blown up by one of their own torpedoes, the
river is so °Unmated with the wreck that the ex
change of prisoners takes place at Boulmore Land
ing, a point yldeh may be regarded within the
enemy's line. Some time this morning quite a
number of our returned heroes are expected down
from Richmond in return for an instalment of ani
mated treason which was forwarded yesterday.
Brigadier General Wild, commanding the let Dl
vielon of Colored Troops, 25th Corps, has gone
North on a short leave of absence. General A. G.
Draper is in temporaryeommand of the division
during his absence.
Dlr. E. J. Courtney, who for some time acted as
quartermaster's sergeant in the Seth United States
Colored Troops, was, for meritorious discharge of
Ids duties, promoted to second lieutenant, and re
cently to first lieutenant and' regimental quarter
master in the Seth.
HAVANA:
THE APPOINTMENT O EANITJA .TO COMMAND OP
THE PLEBT AT YBRII-AXOVSBLOBTO OP BLOCKADED..
I=:1!1
Now Form, Feb. 22.—The steamer Columbia
brings Havana dates of Feb. lsth. The appoint-
ment of Fareja to the command of the Spanish fleet
In Peruvian waters caused much exoltement—he
Wring a Peruvian—and Is regarded as =Other don
cession.
Quite a fleet of blookado•runnere left Havana on
the 17th, but only one, the Banshee, had arrived on
her way from Nunn to Matamoroe. Thoee eati•
lug on the 17th were the Denligh, Lark, Flag,
Mingo, Phantom, and Zephine.
Bodies Found at Taakerton. N. d.
CSPeelal Despatch to The Press.]
TIJOIDIBTOII, N. J., Feb. 21.—1 n my report of the.
loth inst., I mentioned the fact of the body of an
unknown man having been ploked up on the beaola t
I learn to-night that another body has been found
The coroner has charge of them, and they will be
properly taken oars of. They, no doubt, wince from
the pilot boat which wont to pieces on Baronet
shows on suaday, Loth bet., cupposed to be the
amigo H. sta.'s, No. is
TIM PRESSPRILADELPHI
WASHINGTON, Feb, 22
THE SOUTH.
RICHMOND ADVIC9, TO MO
THE LOSS OF CHARLESTON OW COL!
ATTEMPT OF JEFF DAVIS TO
PRESS THE NEWS.
IiZN. BTATREGARD AT MANSE
(Bpeclal Deahateh to The Prue.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—FAVIra the RlohMol
pars of lastnlonday, the 2Oth. Inst., reeelved a
Press Bureau, we make the following extraob
THE WAR.
SHE HPAOIYATIOIf OP Offeatailarcik.
We now know that Charleston was evaottat
Tuesday last, and that on 'Friday the enem
possession Of Columbia. It la reported. the
forces, under General Beauregard, are la
In the direction of Charlotte. The presse
effects of the Treasury Department, we
have been safely removed to Charlotte,
DUO the clerical force attached to them
movement having been In progress a week t
the evacuation. It Is said that some of on
graved Treasury note paper fell into the han
the Yankees, and also a considerable quanti
medical stores. Wo have no particulars. of
losses, as the official depatch of the fall of Cc
bin was communicated to President Davis, a
doubt whether it was ever sent-down to the
Department, which appears to bo in complete
ranee of what has happened in south °arena
cept from what bits of information have been
ed up on the street.
LA.TBR-OBIOSBAL BEAUREGAND AT WINANS
General Beauregard, when last heard fiom
at Winnsboro, which le thirty. eight miles fro.
inn:ibis, on the road to Charlotte. It is not
that be will maim a stand this side of Charlotte
On Thursday—the day before the enemy's
pation—ten trains were ran from Coiamb
Charlotte. It is supposed that all the effects o
Treasury Department were brought oft. The
been a prevalent report that the plates fo
graving Treasury notes had fs,llent a lnto the h
the enemy, but this report is now traced to'
negroes who escaped from Columbia, and, on r
log Kingsville, told the story to the telegr
operator there, who sent it, thus authentic
over the wire to Richmond. Mr. Tamtso
agent of the Treasury Department, has oom
eaten with the authorities here from Charlott
makes no mention of the loss of the engr
plates.
MOVIDIBNIS OP THOMAS , 70120116.
We have a very distinct confirmation of t
port of the movement of part of Thomas' ar
The force left tinder command of Thomas co I
almost entirely of mounted Infantry and cc
His work is to open the Alabama river, fro
mouth to its source, Involving the capture of -hi
eelms, and Montgomery ; the capture of Oolu
Georgia. for the purpose of deatruetion of t -
ahine-shope there ; and the defamation of the
way through Oentral Alabama, and the MOM-
Oblo Railway, from Corinth south Ward.
GRANT'S. mans. •
We understand that. Grant •showa no dispos on
to assume offensive operations, and has with. wn
to his works this aide of Hatoher'a Run. The .e
-dition of the roads renders the Success of an ut
portant movement doubtful. The ground is ow
thoroughly thawed and rotten; almost !tapas - .le
for cavalry and artillery, and ,exceedingly alt
for the movement of infantry.
Scouts from within 'Grant's lines report .. -3.
manta of troops backwards and forwards bet' en
our right and City Point. These transfers of tr ps
occur frequently, but theyare generally for the r
pose of relief. It is not likely that any advan ,on
the part of the enemy will again he made for se' al
weeks.
The enemy is eroding strong earthworks
newly acquired grounds on Hatcher's Run. 'N. h
en papers give the rumor that tee Confeder
are mining onerof the Yankee forts in front of •e
-teraburg. They also state that Major Gen al-
Wright has returned to the ArMY of the'Polo • o,
and taken command of the oth Corps.
All AFFAIR WITH DESERTERS.
We have some particulars of an affair wit.. e-
Barters, on Tuesday laat, in Lunenbarg Co. y.
Fifteen deserters appeared on one 61 the high. ye
there, well armed, and avowing the determin on
to fight theft' way through at all hazards. Oa . •
Boning, of the 9th' Virginia Cavalry, and tw or'
throe soldiers, determined to arrest them. Co
Mg some citizens, they made up a psrty of abo a
dozen, and, taking a circuit, got iota positio in
front of the deserters near Saffold's bridge. er
the Captainhiad In vain summoned them to intr 11-
der, a severe fight ensued. Two of the ci rts
were wounded, and seven-.of the deserters. .e
contest terminated in the capture of fourteen .e..
sorters.
DESHRTIONS—SIMAIS, Tan 'NOVELIST, LOSES 3
LIBRART.
The Whig Contains the following:
North Carolina, it seems, is particularly en ,d
with nawamongere, who give currency to wha • .r
tends to injure our cause. -For instance, there s
a moor current, says the Fayetteville Journal,
and elsewhere, that there were extensive deserti
from Bolte's division, now posted near Wilmin:pn
—titty one night, "a hundred another, and a bun, -d
and fifty a. third. By an officer who left the divi..n
a few days ago (wounded and retired), we le
that so far from these statements being true, the of
is, that by returns from furlough, &G.,- the divi.
musters a hundred more men than it did when rt
Fisher fell. And we - have other information •at
such is the Statement of the commanding `gen al
at Wilmington.
It is usually the case that when one' Corded= to
soldier basely deserts bit colors' certain ores re
immediately magnify him into a soore. • -
Among those who have suffered sorely from S -r.'
man's invasion of South Carolina is William it
more Simms, Esq., the well.known novelist nd
poet. In his hurried removal from home, near id-
way, he was compelled to leave behind a lib ry
of choice books of much value, dtnbraotng up • s
of ten thousand volumes. Many planters ve
been utterly ruined. Fortunately for Mr. Si. xns,
he has the advantage of carrying his wealth i. his
brains, "where no thieves can break throng -nd
Steal," &a.
tiVrisarerti• OP TAW 'Mg' 79e4!.. NEAR
,Mss: 0,
A getaleman who le ft Aiken, S. 0., On - the • Orli.
lug of the 10tb, on the approach of the enemy, plates
that Wheeler met and repulsed two Charges of the.
enemy at half-past eight o'olook that -morning, -
about one and a half miles from. Alketwin
Mann's orchard. The „charges ware nasetifellYZ
made and handsomely repulsed. In the aedtime,
a heavy force was flanking our troops both ' •Ort the
right and telt, compelling them to fail Intok - . 'The
enemy entered about twelve o'clock. Two ,prison
era captured state that thefr force consisted of
10,000 cavalry, 4,000 mounted infantry, and one - bat-,
tory of artillery. The Augusta Consieetioaalizi
thinka the strength of the column over-estimated.'
PROM TIER sowrix Brim
We hear or nothing from the south side whieh in-
dicates a movement on the part of Grant. His late
sifiasco,” it seems, has exercised him terribly, and
he hoe consequently given vent to his disappoint
ment by the practical dismissal of Gregg for hie
failure to hold Dinwiddie Court House. His recant
triumphal visit to Washington no doubt tended to
smooths his ruffled temper, and we may therefore
look for nothing desperate from.him as long as his
replenished stock of Bourbon lasts.
The Petersburg Express Of Friday Says that, der
Spite the efforts of Grant, a large number of the
enemy are daily deserting. His men were greatly
encouraged at the recent prospect for peace, but
thatgreat desideratum being now considered more
remote than ever, they have determined to rid.them
selves of "war's rude alarms" at any oosti The
woods and swamps in rear of Grant's lines are said
to be filled with deserters, while' not a fow come
through the front and give themselves up.
" RIRIE'S RAID A PIZZLZ."
The /redell Express Is informed that the Yankee
and Tory force at Piedmont Springs, lathe extreme
northern portion' of Burke county, has dwindled
down to nothing. Kirk was, doubtless, many CMOS
away While the rumors of has advance were rife,
-and only& few Tories showed themselves at Pled.
remit. There is now no enemy there, as we are re
liably Informed, our soldiers having during the last
"few days scoured thanwholls region, Capturing only
two deserters or tortes.
Morganton, Lenoir, Wilkesboro, and all the pro:
raiment localities in those regions are still ummo.
tested, and are probably as secure as any portion of
the country—the few Tories, whose little thieving
opeliktions have been so magnified, are away to the
north in their mountain-hiding places. When Will
groundless rumors cease to annoy the people of the
up-country.
WASIIINGTON'a BiIITIIDAT.
Celebration of the' Festival.
WASHINGTON.
YrASETINGTON, Feb. 22.—A grand salute was fired
at noon from all the fortifications around Wash
ington, in honor of the recent glorious victories.
To-night all the public buildings, including the
Capitol and the President's house, together with
the City Hall and a number of private residences,
were thoroughly illuminated.
The State Department was tastefully adorned
with national nags, and over the main entrance
was a transparency with the following significant
motto, in large letters : " Peace and good•wlti to
all nations, but no entangling alliances and no
foreign intervention."
HARRISBURG.
HARRISBURG, Feb. 22.—EVery one is jubilant
over the viotories today. .
The Senate held no regular session. In the House
Washington's Farewell Address was read.
A handsome portrait of Washington, painted by
Miss Annie Ooljaday, a pupil of the Philadelphia
School of Design, was presented by Mr. Smith, of
Philadelphia, on behalf of the school. A resolu
tion of thanics to the young lady and the school was
adopted, after which the House adjourned.
NEW YORK.
NEW Yonx, Feb. 22.—The eityle gall,' decorated
with the national oolors, which are flying from. all.
the pnblio and numerous private buildings, and the
shipping in port. Salutes were Bred front the forts,
navy yard, and batteit."
The exhilarating offset of the news of our late mili
tary successes in South Carolina is greatly height.
ened by the announcement of the fall of Fort An
derson and the probable capture of Wilmington.
The day has not for many years, If ever, been cele
brated with more general joy, spirit, and pa
triotism.
NEW_ EMIL &ND.
BOSTON, Feb. 22.--Salutes have been fired, belle
rung, and other patriotic demonstrations littve been
made here to-day, to give public) testimony In honor
of Washington's birthday and our reoent.great vio
tortes. Despatches from all the principal towns
throughout New England show a general obmer•
vanoe of the anniversary With similar rejoloings.
The weather fa beauttfta.
BA.LTIDIORE.
BALTI - IfORE, Feb'. 22.—The day 18 very generally
observed as a holiday. BneineeS is almost entirely
suspended, and the streets are gay with flags. Our
loyal citizens are rejoicing over the fall of Charles
ton, and their joy is heightened by the news of the
capture of Fort Anderson and the probable fall of
ilmington.
The national salute ordered by the Seoretary of
War to now being fired.
TRENTON.
TRRIVION ' Feb. 22 .— A salute was fired this
morning in honor of the victories of the Union
annioe, and in honor of the memory of Washington.
Flags were Clsplayed all over the city.
ATLANTIO OITY. •
ATLANTIC CITY,Teb. 22.—Thirty guns have just
been fired 1n oominefiloraUon of Wahhington's
birthday, and the capture of Oharieston. Au the
flags in the city are displayed.
Accident on the Pbiladdiphta and Erie
Railroad.
Ezra, Fa. Feb. 22.—The accommodation train of
the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad collided with
the mail train on a curve near Garland, yesterday
afternoon, mashing the engine, tender, and baggage
oar. Two men were killed and several injured.
The mail train was off time, which oauSed the &col .
dent.
/he Conetitutionad Amendment in New
Tinnvow, N. J., Feb. 29.—Aotion on the constitu
tional amendinent to abolish slavery btu' been made
the Order of the , day tor Tuealls/ halts ill the 119100.
TITURSDAY; FEBRITAItY 23, 1865:
UNION PRISONERS.
ARRIVAL OF A LARGE NUMBER AT ANNATOLIII.
WRETCHED antinnioN OE THEN AMU
AIINOUPTOEMENT BY MAJOR MtTLFORD.
No Supplies to be Soul South In View of a Speeds
Exchange.
Beratirona, Feb. 22.—A. special deepatch to the
American, from Annapolle, says that 150 paroled
ofhcere and 975 men have arrived there from Rich
mond. All were in a wretched condition, and three
hundred were carried to the hospital.
70113 PATON PROM NAJOIt NIILFORD-HO FURTHER
SUPPLIZS TO 1311.8 E NT TO PRISONBER.
The following despatch has been received from
Major Mulford :
HBADQUAUTBBE4 OP TIM ARMY 07 THB
February 22,1866.
To thi Associated Press
I on
ook
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log
and
a r u n d
Ore
On-
I will thank you to make the following announce.
merit through the press :
In consideration of a general exchange, and the
speedy delivery of all prisonerS held in the Smith,
it Is deemed Inexpedient to forward after this dates'
either funds or supplies to any person now in cap.
tivity. Such parcels or remittances as may have
accumulated slr.ce the last shipment, or be in
transit, or may hereafter arrive, will be returned to
the shippers. Jotter AEIIIMORD,
Lieut. Vol. and Aest. Agent of Exohange.
The Relief of Savannah.
(Special Correspondence of The Preie.3
ON BOARD STELIENNITN FULTON, Feb. 18, 7885
Major General Gilmore left Hilton' Head this
Morning at two o'clock for Morris Island. The
Fulton Stopped off that place on her trip North 'to
receive despatches from him.
The brig Samuel Welsh arrived .at Savannah
Thursday evening, and yesterday morning (Friday)
the Rev. nir. Darborrow and Mr. Getty, of your
city, called upon the Mayor, Dr. Arnold. and ad
vised him of the arrival of the vessel containing
supplies for thapoor of Savannah, and by him we
were referred ,to 'the committee of aldermen, con-
Meting of Messrs. S. L. Yillafranca, Robert LoclsU
son, and Geo. W. Wylley, who had in oharge the
distribution of supplies contributed by the people of
the North. It was arranged with these 'gentlemen
to receive the cargo into what is called the City
Store, and. after Mr. Durborrow and Mr. Getty had
made distribution to a few - special cases, which
had been called to their attention..the balance was
distributed in the seine manner and through the
same channels as the supplies which- (lame from
New York and Boston. This course we pursued
after a full conference with General Grover,.the
mUltary commandant, and a meeting of the pastoral
of the various churches', convened by Kr. Dar
borrow, in which they recommended the same
course. The suffering and destitution In Sa
vannah have not been egaggerated. The so
called wealthier ',leases, or those Who were
good circumstances before the war, are almost
universally destitute. Large numbers have been
parting, with their household goods, and even wear.
lug apparel, to obtain the necessaries of life. Mr.
Padelford, an old Savannah merchant and a consis
tent Unionist throughout, informed me that the
contributions from the North had saved a vast
amount of suffering, and, he believed, even life.
The effect of these contributions has been good, and
will go beyond the people of Savannah in showing
that, whilst the loyal population of. the North
are almost unanimous In supporting the Government
in suppressing rebellion, they still recognize the peo
ple of the South as erring brethren and sisters, to
whose sufferings they cannot lend a callous ear.
Whilst the people of Savannah, with but!few exoep
tions, were rebels, up to the time of Sherman's oo
°upsilon Of the city, still the vast majority were
opposed to secession until it became a State mea
sure and State pride was enlisted. Nearly all those
with whom I have talked, now, say they are tired of
rebel rule and desire the restoration of the authori
ty of the Government, and I am inclined to believe,
them, as although I have been heretofore
a disbeliever in what is Called Southern
Unionism, I believe the scales are falling from the
eyes of these people, and common sense and self
interest are coming to their aid. They tegin to realize
the power of the Government to which they set
themselvea in opposition, and see nothing but ruin
and starvation staring them in the face by any
other course than submission.
ists
r ite
ile a
us,
Leiter from Sonora' Sherman.
EELS VIEWS OF THE CAUSES OP THE WAH AND OP
ITS ITIBVITAIILK P.BBIILTS.
The following letter from General Sherman has
past been published
READQUARTARB Kin. DIV. OF rsualrasimeirri,
• In ran F.HiLD, near Marietta, Georgia,
June 30, 1813.
hlrs. Anna Gilman Bowen, Baltimore:
DEAR Marbsia :—Your welcome letter of June
18th came to me here amid the sound of battle, and,
as you say, little did I dream, when I knew you
playing as a school girl on Sullivan's Islazd beach,
that I should control a vast army, pointing, like the
swarm of Altaic, toward the plains .of the South.
Why, ob. why IS this I If I know my own heart., it
beats as warmly as ever toward those kind and
ger.erous families that greeted us with such warm
hospitality in days long past, butstlll present in me.
mory, and today, were Frank and Mrs. Percher, and
Eliza Gi I man, and Mary Lamb,and Margaret Blake,
the Barked ales, the Quashis, the Pryers, indeed, any
and all of our cherished Mole, their children, or
even gielr Ciditiren's childreri E to come to me as of
Old, the Stern feelings of duty and conviction would
'nett rte snow before the Rental sun. and 'I ' be-
Bert Y WOUld Orin my own oral en that they
might be - 11114 We. =Etna---Yet 'me bar
barian, Vandal, ' twitr'lnerrltter, and all the epl
theta that language can` itritint that are algal&
, cant of malignity and hate. All I pretend to
say, on earth as in Heaven, man must, sabuilt to
some arbiter. .-He-must not throw off his allegiance
to his Government or his God without jerk reason
and cause. The South had no eause—net even a
/pretext. - indeed, by herunjnetiftstole course she has
thrown away the proud history of the past and lard
open her fair country to the tread of devastating
war. §he'bantered and bullied us -to the contain.
Had wit deonned battle America would have sunk
I back, coward and craven, meriting the contempt of
all mankind. As a nation we were forced to accept
battle, and that once began, it has gone on till the
war has assumed proportions at which even we, in
the blirly-burly, sometimes stand aghast. I mould
not subjugate the South, in the sense so offensively
warm a, but would make every citizen of the /and
obey the common law, submit to the same that me do—
no worse, no better—our equals, and not our superiors.
I know, and you know, that there were young men
In our day, now no longer young, but who control
their fellows, who &seamed to the gentlemen or the
South, a superiority of courage and manhood, and
boastingly defied us of Northern birth to arms. God
knows how reluctantly we accepted the iesue,
but once the issue joined, like In other , ages,
the Nerthern rare, though slow to anger, once
aroused, are_ more terrible than the more
infiammable of the South. Even yet my heart
bleach; when I see the carnage of battle, the
desolation -of homes, the bitter anguish of feud
lies, but the very moment the men of the South say
Mot instead - of appearing to war they should have ap
ptolecrto reason, to our Congress, to our courts, to re.
tigion, and to the experience of history, then
'rodt I say Peace—Peace ; go back to your
paint of error, and, resume your places as
.Azierlcan citizens, with. all their proud he
ritages. Whether I shall live to see this
period is problematical, but you may, and may toll
ythr motter and sisters that I never forgot one kind
loth. or greeting, or ever wished to efface its remem
brance ; but in putting on the armor of war I did It
that our common country shoaldna:perianth infamy
aild di:Shone!. lam married, have a wile and six
children living In Lancaster, Ohio. My course has
.Iteen an eventful one, but I tope when the clouds of
anger and passion are dispersed and truth emerges
bright and clear, you and all who knew me in early
years will not blush that we were once dear friends.
Tell Filmier me that I hope she may live to realize
that the'dootrine of "secession" is as monstrous in
our'civn code as disobedience was in the Divine law.
And should the fortunes of war ever bring you or
your sisters or any of our old clique under the shel
tel• Of my authority, I 410 not believe they will have
cense to regret it. Wife my love to your children
and the assurance of my respects to your honored
hatband. Truly, W. T. SHARMAN.
WALSIIIINGeI'ON.
,
Lb" 1
Despatches
le W the as in m e z .s it s c 7 oN, Feb. 22, 1885.
TSECRETARYSHIP OF THE TREASURY.
Thle little doubt that Hon. Huwa DloCur...
Loon be nominated for Secretary of the Trea
slllF e•MOITOW. .
A POIETMENT FOR HharCOCIC'S CORPS.
T u
Th following additional appointments have been
modeler General Herroocree lat Amy Corps.
.i..leit. Col. Charles Van Hueserew ; Copts. Wm.
Cain, Hugh Neill ; First Lieut. Chas. Ackermann ;
Second Lieutenant W. A. Bennett ; Surgeon
Thelma F. Balton ; Assistant Surgeons E. J. Shel
don4renry V. Dean. .
EXPORT DUTIES.
The Judiciary Committee of the Senate have re
ported adversely upon the proposition to amend the
Constitution po as to allow imposts upon exparts
from tpe United States.
RANK OF OFFICERS RE-ENTERING SERVICE.
The ionse bill, providing that officers reentering
the service shall have the benefit of the rank resalt
ing from the length of their previous service in the
same grade, was today reported adversely from the
hlllitaty Committee of the Senate.
TRANSFER OF OFFICERS IN THE MIMI'.
The Rouse joint resolution to authorize the Pre
sident to transfer officers of the army from the line
to the general staff, and from the general staff to
the line, crom one staff corps to *another, from one
arm of the service to another, or from the volun
teer service to the regular army, was reported ad
versely by Mr. WiLsoor from the Senate Military
Committee.
NSW ARMY REGISTER.
•
Mr. Witsow, today, in the Senate, reported the
Rouse joint resolution for the publication of a fail
Army Register, with an amendment to make it in.
informal organizations accepted and paid by
the United States.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
The various schemes for internal improvement
and defence, by opening navigation around the
Falls of Niagara, and between the Groat Lakes and
the Misalaalppl, culminated to-day In the Introduc
tion by Mr. WILSON of a joint resolution in the
Senate to authorize surveys to be made with a view
to the conatrnotion of a ship-canal around the Tana
of Niagara; to deepen and enlarge the Illinois and
Michigan Canal, and improve the navigation of the
Illinois river; to improve the upper rapids and
lower, or Des Moines rapids of the Mississippi
river, and to improve the navigation of the Fox and
Wisconsin rivers. The resolution appropriates ten
thousand dollars to make the eroveys. The various
canal bills are awaiting action In the t Senate.
BILL ANGINDATORY OF THE COPYRIGHT
Senator (Jewels.; to•day Introduced a bill, which
waXpassed,zameudatot7 of.the act respecting copy
rights, approved Feb. 3d,1631. 'lt provides that the
provisions of said act shall extend to and include
photographs and their negatives which shall here.
after be made, and shall inure to the benefit
of the anthers of the same, In the same
manner and to the same extent, and upon the
same conditions, as to the authors of prints and
engravings. Section 2 provides that a private copy
of every book, pamphlet, map, short musical com
position, print, engraving, orfphotograph, for which
a oopyrlght shall be secured, shall be transmitted
free of charge, by the author or proprietor, within
one month Of the date of publication, to the On
greatiosi Library. Section i provides that if any
proprietor neglects to deliver a copy of
pursuant to the requirements of this aet,
to the Library of 'Congress, the librarian
may make a demand in writing for a 00p7
within twelve - after publication ; and in
default of the delivery thereof within one ----- at
acid demand shall be made, then the right
of exclusive publication, seoured to inch proprietor
under the copyright law, shall be forfeited.
Section 4 defines the meaning of the word ' , boas."
It is construed to mean every volume and part of a
volume, together with all maps, prints, or other
engravings relating thereto, and shall include a
oopy of any second or subsequent edition which
shall be published, with any additions, whether the
first edition shall have been published before or after
the passage of this act. It Is, however, proilded
that no Second or subsequent edition need be sent,
unless It shall contain additions to the first, norany
book that is not the subject of a copyright.
PRESENTATION OF CAPTURED REBEL FLAGS
TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
First Lieut. and Adjutant THOMAS P. Gaao, of
the 6th hilluseseta Veteran Infantry, to-day Pre
sented the War Department, by order of Major
General Tames, with Seventeen battle-flags
captured in the battle of Nashville on the 16th of
December last, and In the ;lotions that Immediately
Succeeded that brilliant victory daring the pursuit
of the rebel forces under ROOD.
Seventeen other flags were presented, fifteen
of the gallant captors performing this office in
person:
The Secretary of War thus addressed them : "In
behalf of the Government of the United States I
return you its thanks and the thanks of the people
for your noble gallantry. Accept alio the grati
tude of this Department for yourselves and for your
comrades is arms. The Adjutant General will be
ordered to take charge of the flags, with the In
scriptions you have this morning given, se as to
connect your own Individual histories with the
noble actions - In which they were captured. He
will also be directed to present to omen one of you
a medal of honor, to be worn by you as a token and
recognition of your gallantry and distinguished ser
vices. I wish you all a safe return to your home%
and that you may long Ilve to enjoy in peace the
victories which have been won by you and your
eampanions in arms. Lieutenant, I return to you
and your command the thanks of the Department
and of the Government, and you will make known
to them the high estimation In which their services
are held."
The Adjutant General was then ordered to give
each of the oaptors a furlough of thirty days.
[l:ty the Associated FL1468.] •
BILLS APPROYSD BY THE PRZSIDBNT.
The President has approved the bills authorizing
the appointment of a Second Assistant Secretary of
War ; to enlarge the port of entry and delivery for
the district of Philadelphia ; to repeal the sot of
1561 to remove the United States Arsenal from the
city of St. Louis. The President has also ordered
that the penitentiaries at Albany, N. Y., OolumbaS,.
Ohio, .Tefferson Olty, Mo., and such other prisons
as the Secretary of War may designate for the
confinement of priboners wider sentence of courts
martial, shall be deemed and taken tote military
prisons.
CONGRESS—second
SENATE.
NAVAL CONTRACTORS.
Mr. HENDRICRII, from the Ne.val Committee, re-
POrte d a resolution to increase the compensatisn of
lq,val Gout/actors, which was read and ordered to be
printed.
THB RECOGNITION OP GOD IA - TkE CONSTITUTION.
Mr. TRUMBUA, of'limits, from the Committee on
.the Judiciary, asked to be discharged from the further
consideration of a petition for tie recognition of a Su
preme Being in the Conetitation of the United States. '
TiLvea..toyr OP -P.XPORTS.
TRIIMIIIILL, from the same committee, reparted
adversely on the proposition so to amend the Constitu
tion of the United States as to permit Congress to tait
airports.
IMPIZESNINTATION.
Mr. TRUMBULL, from the ammo opmmittee, reported
adversely on the proposition submitted recently by Mr.
Brunner. in retard to the basis of representation.
SNIP CANALS.
Mr WILSON, of Masuaalinsette, from the Military
Committee, reported back the Housebill to build a ship
canal around Niagara Falls. and the bill to build a M
lle/ from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi river, with a
joint resolution as a substitute for both, authorizing
surveys to be made with a view to the construction of
the works, the improvement and enlargement of the
Illinois and Michigan Canal, the improvement of the
upper and lower rapids of the Mississippi river, and of
the Fox and Wisconsin rivers.
Mr. COWAN. of PeruesYlvania, offered a bill to amend
the copyright law so as to authorize the copyrighting
of photographs ; also, to require that 6 COPT of every
book copyrighted in the United States shall be forwarded
to the library of Congress. - A failure to do this forfeits
the copyright. The bin was passed.
CIONMISSAJEM DEPARTMENT,
Mr. WILEON, from the Military Committee, re•
ported a.dvereely on the Mouse bill relating to the Com..
ministry. Department.
I=MI
- -
. Mr. WILSON, from the Committee on Military Affairs,
reported back the Senate bill to waddleh a mittenm
militia throughout the Milted States, with a recom
mendation that it pan.
EASTERN DISTEIOT OB NSW YORK.
Mr. HARRIS, of New York, called up the bill to
estt blish the Eastern ladleful District of Aew York, to
embrace the counties otKings and Queens. and Suffolk.
Which, after some dismission, was passed.
.11.1'llat-STATB COMISCRON
Mr. CHANDLER, of Michigan, desired to call up a
bill to reguletnecroinerce between the Beveled States.
vionerusnx's Bosseu
Mr, SUMNER. insisted on calling up the special order.
whick was the report of the committee of conference
on the Yreedmen , duress. The motion prevailed.
Mr. HALE, of New Hampshire, spoke against the bill
as anconstitutfor al
Mr. LANS, of-Indiana, deprecated its passage as cal
culated to do more harm than good.to the black rata.
Further.remarke were made on the subject by Messrs
Davis, CON.NESS,, gOBRILL, sumtse. and JOHN
SON, after which the Question on the adoption of the
report of the eorainitteewae taken and derided in the
negative:
Anthonn 1 3TorS a, Isumari.
&miler,
c ha , ad i er. Pnmavr. - Cirtia
Foot, I‘`"2:
Howard, !Sprague,
NAYS.
Harlan,.
Harris.
Henderson,
Howe,
Johnson.
Lane (Indiana).
McDougall
Heenan,'.
T OR NOT VO'
Foster.
Hendricks
Lane (Kansas),
Hy*,
Bucker.law
Carina
Cowan,
Davie,
Dixon
Doolittle,
G Imes,
Hale,
Clark
Co ame
wanes%
Farwell,
On motion ofilir. WIISOA, the Senate insisted on lie
anienenient to the original 11U, and called for another
committee of conteremce.
manttoans.
r Nr, CHANDLER then moved .to call tip the Vilna re
lation to certain railroada, entitled' en act to regulate
commerce between the eaverai States.
Mr. ThUMBULL hoped that the bill would be post
poned. nable the Senate to ',roomed to the considers.
tion of the 'evert of the Jodielar7 Committee In regard
to the State Government of Louisiana. •
. . . .
Mr. HALE hoped Mr. Trumbull's motion would. pre
vail, as it related. to a much more important matter than
a 13 cht between two corporations.
Mr. CHANDLER. It is only one iiorporation; one cor
rolalion against all the people of the United d.
/W
s, and
I am curry to say that that corporation is ab ay ror
sour seL
The motion of Hr. Chandler prevailed, and the bill to
regulate commerce between the. several States was
taken up.
Kr NTH, of Nevada, took the floor in advocacy of
the bill, arguing the constitutional right of Congress to
pass it.
The CHAIR ampinted Messrs. Wilson, Harlan, and.
Willey a committee or conference on tae freedman's
bill.
EICSOLMIENT IN I.OITISUNA.
Mr. SPRAGUE. of Rhode Island, offered a resolution,
which was adopted, calling noon the Secretary of War
for a copy of instructions famed for the enrolment of
citizens of Louisiana.
E3EOIITIVE WESSIO7r.
Pending the consideration of the railroad bill the Se
nate vent into executive session and adjourned.
/10IISE OF ICEPRESENTATIV.ES.
TONNAGE.
Mr. O'NEILL, of Pennsylvania, introduced at bill.
accompanied by a petition, repealing so much of, the
act of Ray, 1804, which regal/nes the admeasnroment of
tonnage of eh:Ps and. Tesiele ae applies to any canal
boat without masts or steam power, now by law re
quired to be registered and Bronzed or enrolled and.
cermet. Tine bill was referred to the Committee on
Commerce.
7111 t. FIELD 112111.11ILNDED AND DISOHAXGED PECK
0118 ODY.
The fergeant-at.Arms of the Haase, in accordance
with a resolution painted yesterday, brought before tile
bar of the House A. P. Field, to receive a reprimand.
The Speaker addressed Lim as follow,:
.ffir. Field. the duty bar been devolved neon me by
the Representatives of the American people to express
to you their condemnation of the act for which you
have been tried before a committee of their members,
and ordered to be reprimanded at the bar of the Molise
by their presiding officer. In this Hall assemble thole
who have been chosen by the sntfrage of chair 1/311.
mituents throughout the continental area of the Re
nubile to deliberate and decide upon the gravest mat
ters of national concern. Differing often widely from
each other, their acts and votes on many questions
may prove distasteful to large portions of the people
for whom they legislate, and the Constitution tar
berefore wisely declared that no Representative
shall be questioned elsewhere for words spoken
here In debate. Accountable as every Representative
is to this body with which he is associated, to which is
reserved the right of expulsion for whatever renders him
unworthy of its membership. the House has repeatedly
decided that menace or assault by one member upon
another is a flagrant breach of privilege. rendering the
offender amenable to whatever proper punishment it
may see fit to Inflict, and while thus subjecting a sworn
associate to its discipline, It claims and exercises the
right to Ss the penalty against those not of the Way it
self wl o endeavor by threat or attack to interfere with
the freest action °Lite members. In your case the of
fence seems more inexcusable because you were your
self a claimant of a neat on.this floor, and the question
involved in the decision of that claim reason e of far more
than ordinary importance to the nation and your State.
The Representative 'who was first denounced and
then attacker by you was not a member of the commit
tee btfore which the !nue was pending. and wnose re
port was I ecessary to bring It before the Hone.. He
bad him, elf joined to the unanimous vote by which you.
were antbortnd to occupy a seat upon this floor pend
ing its decision, and to 'rind 1 Oe to your claim to member
ship when the question should come before this body
for its action. Yet, without provocation, without any
reltminary personal controversy, you 'Ares insulted
him at a gubllo table and followed it with a violent at
tack with an open knife. inflicting a painful wound
upon his person, and with threats that you would shoot
him before you went to bed. Yon must rejoice that
your assallt did not terminate in graver results than
thore for which yon are now arraigned
It is hi:Ain/It to Yon to state that the testimony of your
friends before the committee declares you to be a 'gen
tleman of correct deportment, kind and amiable in
your Intercourse with others, and unexceptionable In
demeanor, except on occasions of indulgence in con
viviality ; and the unpleasant position ion oconoy to.
day is therefore only another illustration of the exceed
ing valne of that warning voice of inspiration, • • book
not upon the wine when it is red, when It giveth its
COlO7 in the cup, for at last it blteth like a serpent. and
stingeth like an adder. ' Invoking you finally to re
member that, whether as an individual or a legislator,
•• he that is slow to anger is better than the mighty.
and he that raleth his spirit than he that taketh a city,"
it only remains for me to direct the Sergeant. at Arnie to
discharge you from his custody.
Mr. yield was ticcoidingly discharged.
MISSISSIPPI BRIDES °SMEARY.
The Home indefinitely postponed the bill for the be
nrflt of the National Mt siseippi Bridge Company, which
proposed the erection of a bridge near Bt. Louis.
A number of bilis were reported from the Judiciary
Committee and were mead, embracing the followieg:
Providing for the publication of the opinions of the Al
to:nay Gentry,' of the United States since March, M 57:
regulating the appropriation of private property to
Public uses; .designating tbe mode of nelsotingr wore LI
Ducted States Circuit and District Courts and regulating
procoedisgs i in criminal cases.
ILEMBIOIS DIM( BTATILS TN DISIIIMBOTION
Mr. W [LEON, from the Committee on the Jadiciary,
reported a bill providinithst neither the people nor Le
metatarsi of any btate declared In insurrection by the
odamation dated August. 16. ]BMI, shall hereafter
elect Senators and kepresentatives to the Congrem of
the 'United States until the President has declared by
proclamation that• armed hostility within field, btate
has ceased, nor until the people of such State have
adopted a republican fora) of.goventutent conformable
to the Constitution and law% and not until by a law of
Congress said. State it entitled to , representatives in
Congress.
Mr Wilson laid the principle on which the, bill
relied waa that provision of the Constitution which
authorized Congress to prescstbe the times and manner
of holding elections for Senators and RePreeentatives.
Mr. MALLORY, os Kentucky, saw no propriety of
enacting rticonetruction laws, as In his opinion 'woes-
MOn ordinancee dtd not carry States out *of the Union
The measure under consideration restricted the right of
the people and placed their action under the comrol of
the eresident
•
Air. HintlaN, of New York. denied that under the
clause of the Com-Winton quoted by th e gentlemen they
could pass ale bill- That provision did not give C ma
gmas the power to prohibit slew/ions under any regale.
lion. If to• morrow the State of Georgia should dis
avow the 0710DaDOB of telifillOll, and:rend reproaanta•
tivea ben., would any Union man ray they should not
be admitted? We ehouid deal with each State as itS
taco le Prerenied, end lay down no general rnlea in ca
l/Man to the admisalmot rep reseatativea. Lot 9.4
to the het whether each; rePreaentatties come from
to al
Nr. =AtRm
eY said the bill dyed no time for holding
A nr before an
electiene. but that ce rt ain things ghoul-. -
election le held. Het , bedieved that all the constitutions
of the rebellions States had been subverted• and that
new llfe must be breathed into them by the sameinstru
mentality by which they were overthrowa. Be desired
t° ate a new state of things. and this would come Mina. when
slay. ry shall be wiped away from them. The
.thereofthe reconstruct Congress When m e m ber s eople
, and not with
sent themselves here. gentlemen would be called upon
to decide as to their qualifications and returns. He
would not now anticipate what the action of the House
should be in such eases. He would be governed by the
fact as tow bet her the repreeeut valves came from atoTal
and 'Union -abiding constituency.
Mr. COX, of Ohlo. gave hierreamons for opposing the
btu. It was a prohibition against elections bele g . held.
Mr. BIGHT, of California. raid that without an act or
Otneyess to the contrary, the mem b er s uld be oh iced
to readmit the same number o from the South
a. came hither previous to the rebellion. To this he
was not disposed to assent.
Mr. WILSON, of lowa. answered the objections which
bad been made to the bill. The object was to di tee
condition of election by law. and act on the admissive.
of Representatives when they should present them
-
mites. In the course of his remarks he said he would
never vote to recognise the government of any State
unless on the condition that the exietence of •friean
slavery is forever prohibited. The perjured traitors in
South Caroline, for Instence. are subject to our jurle
ektios • although they have, destroyed their loos" go
vernment.
Mr. ASHLEY submitted a substitute for the bill. it
beingeln liar to the' recftetruction bill laid on the table
Yesterday. He said it would secure the civil rights of
every man who bad served in the military oruaval ser
vice, and give him the right to vote for delegates to the
State uonventions proposed, and whether he would
accept the Constitution when formed.
r Mr.-COX understood that personally his colleague
vas in favor of the !Negro, but in committee he wee
in favor of the while wan, saying, in effect, if he could
not get the negro he would have the white man.
„Er. ASHLEY explained, although the gentleman
from Pennsylvania , (Mr. Kelley) moved to strike oat
the word • • white, ' the Speaker decided the motion
could not be entertained for the reason that an amend
ment was already pending.
Mr. BLAIR moved that the whole matter be laid soon
the table, and thin was agrees to—yeas 79. nays 6.5.
Mr WILSON reported, from the Committee on the
Judiciary. the Senate resolution to promote enlistments
in the at my by dectericg the wives and children orient
twice ed men as enter the tiervice forever free. any usage.
law, or custom to the contrary notwsthstanding. and
declaring married such men and women as have lived
Weather in that character.
Mr. BARR'S. of Maryland, said the Howe was get.
Mpg wild on the sobjebt of the negro
Mr. WILSON, on the contrary, thought they were
getting their senses.
Mr. HARRIS, reeumink, remarked:that gentlemen on
the ether side had the negro on the brain. The Ines
sure was illegal and uneonstituttouel. 'because it pro
posed to atoll& en institution maintained and legalised
in certain States. In this connection reference was
made to the decielon of the baprerne Courtin the Drod
Scott case.
Mr. I& I LSON thought the gentleman himself had de
veined thedisease of negro on the brain, for he seemed
to be distracteo 'with It He hoped the time was rit-
WAY naming away when any man would rice here and
quote the Died Sent decision. There were hundreds
and thousands of colored men fighting one battle,, and
tithing everything for the salvation of the Republic on
. fields once crusted by slavery, and this' measure would
gladden their hear sby according to their wires and
• children the freedom to which they are entitled.
Mr. MALLORY said if the necessary number of Statei
ratified the constitutional amendment slavery would. be
swept away, and it it should not be retitled. the Piaci.
dent's emancipation proclamation would remain In
fo ce. Be therefore failed to tee the propriety in pass
ing the measure under consideration.
Mr. WILSON did not wonder that tie gentleman failed
to per the Wilily of the measure, as he had too
long been connected with slavery to appreciate it. The
constitutional amendment might not be railed for two
sears to came, sod Indio meantime he did not wish any
responsibility of these women and children remaining
in bondage end the continuance of this great wrong to
rest upon himself.
Mr. MALLORY moved that the bill be laid upon the
table.
This was disagreed to—yeas M. nays 77.
The resolution was then passed by a strictly party
vote—yeas 74, nays 68.
Mr. WILSON reported from the Judiciary Committee
the Satiate bill to prevent officers of the army and navy.
and others engaged in the military and naval aervice,
from interfering in elections In the Elates.
The bill was pasted without debate—yeas 143, nays
19, the patter being. Messrs. Ashley, Beaman, Boyd,
Cobb. Cole, Davis of Maryland, Davis of New York.
arfield. Kel'ay. Knox, B co of Maine, Schenck. Shan
non, Floan, Smithers, Stevens, Upson, Wilder, Worth
ington
LITIFITBD STA.THS COURTS AT EWA AND BuooKiArkr.
The House passed a bill directing a Circuit and Dis
trict Court to be held at Brie, Pennsylvania.
The House concurred in the Senate's amendments to
the bill creating a new Judicial district in the State of
Now York, to be heti at Brooklyn..
Mr. WILLIAMS, from the Judiciary Committee, re
ported elan. that so much of the joint resolution ex
planatory of the act to suPPrese insurrection, punish
treason, and to confiscate property, approved July 17,
1861, ae prohibits the forfeiture of real estate of rebels
toyond the natural life,
be repealed. This act to take
effect from and after its passage
Pending the bill, the House adjourned.
The following additional contributions were re
ceived at 27:1Press °Moe yesterday, 22d inst. :
From the treasurer of the committee Of young
ladles of the Natatorium and• Physical Institute,
proceeds or a Soiree CalLethenique held last Satur
day evenirg, 18th hist 8223 60
J. D 503
William Dirndls) 50 00
Ms 50
Amount previously reported 4,808 53
Total subscriptions to date 115,087,03
[Special Conespondence of The Press.]
Niw You c, Feb. '22, 1B(15.
A special committee of the Common Council,
kindly appointed for the purpose of looking atfer
the patriotic interests of the day, has declared
George Washington to have been "illustrious,"
just as the Revolutionary - Assembly of Prance,
headed!byltobeirpiarre, decreed the existence of a
Deity; it also has determined not to gilt itself a
dinner, "purely from motives of economy, and in
order to give greater eclat to the occasion." This
sacrifice of eapeptie delights is only one instance in
which the highly educated and ingenuous creatures
who form our municipal goiernment have discarded
their own comforts that Pure Economy may live.
we are to have a fine exhibition of pyro
technics, and the aldermen storm in consequence!
The geteral public has kept the day in its usual
slovenly manner, business being only partly am.
pended. The public offices are closed, of course.
The notable portion of the celebration has been the
obime-ringing from Trioity belfry.
Powell.
itichardeon,
Biddle,
Ten Syck.
Trumbull,
Van Winkle,
Willey,
Wright.
LNG,
SauleberTs
Sherman,
Wiluittson.
1 This question scarcely excites comment save in
political cholas., The resolution offerings site for the
building of a capitol, pledging Central and all other
parks, the new court house, in short, everything that
is of value, providing that a magnanimous Senate
will deign to accept and remove its body hereunto,
has been amended so that the Mayor may be one of
the committee appointed for the purpose of confer
ring with said Senate upon the subject. Such a de
luge of wild politicians,' such swarms of lobbyists as
would be incurred by the city, were the capital re
moved, would cap the climax of all our misfoltunes
and rob us of the very little reputation which, as a
city, we possess. Our indigenous politicians are,
however, bent on establishing the Senatorial head!
quarters here, so that the patronage which Albany
now enjoys map be diverted hence. The public,
generally, exhibits no interest' whatever In the sub.
ject. We are already about as badly demagogne
ridden adore can be.
The Senatorial Investigating Committee, which
has undertaken the Herculean task of cleansing the
Augean Stables of Clty Government, is slowly
eliminating them truths which have heretofore.been
hidden from the public eye, and revealing the in
trinsic, purity which characterizes our Democratic
institutions. Suet at present the committee is en
gaged in overhauling the Controller'S Department.
It will be remembered that when examinlbg into the
incorruptibility of the street-cleaning officials, it was
discovered that some of our eminent street-sweepers
wore diamond pins, and, we may infer, lapis lazuli
suspender-buttons and erusted-silver vest-buckles ;
now, during the present Investigation, it would seem
that revelations equally laughable may be expected.
There appears to be a somewhat general practice of
bestowing one or more positions upon certain gen
tlemen who are already enjoying office : thus, we
hear of no less than three members of Assembly and
one State Senator who are drawing salaries from
the municipal treasury—the same treasury which,
while our citizens are groaning under taxation,
could afford to the Controller himself the sum of
$12,500, which ho testifies he received last year for
his services in various capacities. These facts are
scarcely worth any notice, except 80 far as tlusymay
go towar a history of the human capacity Atr
holding a diversity of public positionS, and yielding
to each exact attention and service.
THII - $50,000 GIRT.
Some doubt has existed in the public mind as to
whether Par. Blunt, supervisor, and chairman of
the county volunteer committee, actually received ,
a New Year's present of $50,000. An outcry was
raised as soon as the intention was made public, and
after that nothing more was heard of the affair.
Naturally enough, many of our citizens took it fbr
granted that the Idea was abandoned. But if the
Controller's testimony is correctly reported, an
doubt must now vanish. He states that Mr. Blunt
"was presented with a set of complimentary rasa
lutions which cost several hundred dollars. M.
Blunt was presented with g 50,000." And the Controller
"thought Mr. Blunt deserved anti* got." Shell
being the ease, let us thank ourchars that we have
but few great and good men ; they are so vow cost
ly. A Sill ng Example cannot be afforded'every
day.
Quite a little excitement liaS been caused among
book.dealers-by the alleged discovery of what might
perhaps be called the "fraudulent issue" of an old
book, under a new little, by a certain. Philadelphia
publiSher. One of our leading retailers is out in a
card, offer ing to refund moneys received for the sale
of said volume, which was originally published an
der its proper title of "The Earl's Heirs. By Mrs.
Henry Wood." •
An old miser and book.wormhas just died 09rant
in one of our most wretched localities ; a man not
essentially used up, so far as money is concerned;
but a pernicious creature who perhaps made litera
ture serve him for food for long abstemious hones.
He was found lying dead upon a gniat rub•
bish. A. candle end stood on. the table, and near It
an open volume of " Bylvanus ,Urban's " Gentle.
man's Magazine, which he bad doubtless been read,
lag not long before "he got well out of the scrape
of being alive and poor." He was known as Wil
liam Blellvaine.
Lamm Posrrrvis Seta or 775 PAOKAGES AND
Lore or BBITIBU, Paulson', GERMAN ' dIrD
EWAN DRY Goons, &0., THIS Dar.—The early
particular attention of dealers is requested to the
valuable and desirable assortment of British, Ger
man, Swiss, French, and American dry goods, eni
bracing about 776 packages and iota or e► t aple
and fancy articles in linens, cottons, **Meg,
worsteds, and silks, to be peremptorily sold by cata
logue, on four months' credit, .and part for cash,
commencing this (Thursday) morning at 10 &cloak.
and to be continued all day, without intermission,
by John B. Myers & GO., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and
tat hlarket street.
IMPOBTMIT SUIT DECIDIII4-411 the Cincinnati
Probate Court k on Wednesday, the important ease
of the United etates Telegraph Company, of Ohio,
against the Cincinnati, Hamilton, and Dayton Rail.
road Company, Was dealded against the former.
The question was as to the right of the telegraph
company to exercise the power of eminent domain,
the company desiring an appropriation of a right
to construct on and along the line of the railroad a
magnetics telegraph, which right had alrostrbeen
given the Western Union 'Telegraph Company.
The clout held that the act of the Legislature
giving telegraph companies the right to construct
their lines along and upon any of the public roads
did not extend to thossimada established by railroad
corporations, quanitrivate or oompeny roads. The
power of eminent domatnin railroad companies was
conferred by special enactments, while the powers
of telegraph companies were general, priaileginol.
them to so anywhere upon the public:-roads of t;tio
Stafe, but riot uron private or eerperate roads,
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'LITERARY.
Public Entertainments
Tire Giumserf Orints.—Notwithstandin g tt p
pleasant weather last night there was as in: l2l ,n
audience BM the Academy of Music.
Formes had not got over his petulant extiblt.2,l4
temper which prevented him from
Plunkett on Friday night, the opera of
had been withdrawn, and the c, j e , e L
was substituted. There is no oemparts.: 2
tween these operas, for ' , Robert'? Ls 0z ...'"
Meyerbeer's most finished compositions AL
. 4
ditional attraction last evening was tho sin ? ,
the "Star Spangled Banner" by bites Z,lattelZl
troupe. As any company of loyal American;
ocularly on Washington's birthday, appinw,
national anthem, no matter how truiltiereally g 1 ,4
Miss Motto's performance received as much to S
Lion as it deeerved. Eshelman did not al,p 2ar l:
evening and accordingly the opera Iva, only
sung.tislly This wan a great disappoletztz:,
Mr. Grover in his card Maims an e ipkt,: ; ._
which shows that he is determined to do ever-, t .1: 1 5
In hiS power to remedy this dirappointme4,..
- extra night is announced, at which holders c. , r
tickets will be admitted free. This U the be e.
can be done, and shows great generosity ol
Grover's part. So we had "The Jewess'.
part of Leopoldo omitted. Oar readers
imagine what such a performance unr,:,: tr '"
and therefore we will not attempt to critlcs v i :
Hernia= as the Cardinal, with Kee lams 3
banns= and Better, struggled bravely ttr34:
their parts, and deserve all possible credit for try.
courage an d fidelity. To-night we are to 1, 1 ,
"La Dame Blanche." Eshelman will
part, it is hoped, and in addition a coneatt sulk!
given between the sotto by hid , lle do .Eltav,
Russian violoncellist, and Mr. Wehtl, th e
gashed pianist. These artists creato,l a ma- tt ,
sensation at the concert last Saturday, and it e i t
portion or the programme to-night will uadont,.4
ly give pleasure to all who love good music,
Tag ote.cue,-,The benefit of Mr . . Frank Vrix.,
taker will take place this evening at the Nat!.;:x
Oren& A rich WU of performance is anioar..
Mr. W. Is a veteran in the burliness, and deserree
fall house.
The Weather at Baltimore.
13A7.2issona, Feb. 22,—A mild southeastrainem.
manned falling this evening.
CITY _ITEIKS.
CADEOE Ow BECJOIOINO —VICTORY, WILXTWO7M
Ann CHARLESTOWN—We rejoice in our vietto l
for many reasons. Because oar lovely lend k g ,
soon be free from the accursed stn or slavery,
peace again restored, with it the return of thol e
devoted eons of liberty who bravely battle le ot .
canto. We, too, rejoice that John Berns 1„,3 ro
duced Lis very best unbleached yard-wide
to 39 cents. '
44 Forresdale ffineltn ; 1
4-4 Semperldem I tuslln 42
Heaviest Bleached /Attalla made
94 extra heavy Bleached SheatMg...• .81 01
10-4 44 “ IS
Soma Balms,
247 South Eleventh, above Spro,,
N.lllanarrille Muslin 47 cents, whla
_ guarantee to be the genuine article represents!.
REAL ESTATE sap STOOM3.—SIM Thomas k
Sons' advertisement.
FORT AItDRRSON °ATV:GIRD !—Step by Step to
grand work of restoring the authority or the mike
is progressing. Columbia, Charleston, Fort Au,
dentin have fallen with the regularity of a row
bricks set on end, andwith almost as much rapidity,
Let every Union man rejoice, and let every lowy
of his country lose no time M procuring for Ur*
a new and elegant snit at the Brown Stone Clothig
Hall of Hockhtil & Wilson, NOB. 601 and 605 Quo.
nut street, above Slatit.
FENS CLOTHING AND PIECE GFOODG.
Constantly .on hand at
GRAD ILLS STOKHG° OLD STAND,
No. 609 Cheatimt 'street, above sixth.
Priem moderate. Wait
ADVERTISEMENTS ISSICRTED 111 811 ROW/p3pr9
In the United States at the Philadelphia Advert!;
Ing Agenoy, No. 011 Chestnut street, (second flow.)
Newspapers on file at the office., fen-at
Funs AT OosT.—::quirrel Muffs *is to $lO, wnrt
$l2 to $l6. Mink Nun 810 to VO, worth
$3O. (Mooing out balanoo 01 our furs at OWL
do not intend to carry any Over. CRAB. Onzion
& SON, Continental Hotel. f6lo•iil
Crams NoTimm—Royal 'Ermine Fars, at cut, st
Chu. Oakford & Son's, Continental Hotel fa2o-10:
EYE, EAB, AID CATARRH, EIECOIEEfoIIS trettel
by J. Isaacs, K. D., Oculist and Aurist, 511 Ilse 3t,
Artificial eyes inserted. No charge for examloatin,
OPERA NOTica.—Royal Ermine Fars, at oat, at
Chas. Oa/a:ford & Son's, Continental Hotel. le2o-10:
°PRIOR OP BrrraltlFlßLD 3 t3 0 1 711 BLAND Dsr
rderos removed to N 0.40 South Fifth street. foligi
SPECIAL NOTICES.
OFFICIAL,
DEPARTICRICT OF STATE,
WABBINGTON. iebEo.6ll'
Information has been received at this Dapsitsen
from Mr. Marquis L. -Rine, the comml of the Onni
States at San Josf., Costa Rica, of the death, on th,'.t.A
of Dessonbor last—atthat piaci, of Dr. IA MRS HOG AS,
a native of Phil eaeiphie, fe22-3:
REVOLITNe WAFFLE Inors, or srvEr.g,
axes; Wafer Irons; Erman Alum; Wlaoonaln, War*
sofa. mad other Cake nag,
For sale by , =MAW & SHAW. -
80_ saa; (Ei g ht Thirty-floe), KARlcElhEttreet.
It - itelOW Ninth.
TOBACCONISTS CAN OBTAIN TOBACCO
Cutters and carved Cigar Knives, at the hardware sten
of TRUMAN & SHAW,
NO. 835 (Eight Thirty. Ave) MARKET Street.
it baiow hint(.
COLOAT'E'S HONEY BOAT. .
Thie celebrated 'TOILET OAP. Kish extrema &
mend, Is made Mort the 0110I0111T materials. is lULD
and INOLLIIIATIn its nature, YEAGRABTLY SCUT
SD, and EXTRItIENLY BI3bIIFIGLAL in Its action ma
the SM.. For 'sale by all Drunk& and Fans, Gmb
dealer., fa&tetkiir
Cmcrummi's 0141:luxe- laing off at
greatly reduced prlmm to make room for a splendid sii
sortment of SPRING GOODS al X. SHOERkNSR
CO.'S, No. 4 North.EIGATEI Street. fe22-3e
011111-111119 Gloom STECK & 00. 1 13 41 , -1-111111-4
ri ;Tit PLUMS,
MASON & HAILLIN'I3
CARTERET ORGANS.
PIANO Over 600 sash of these fine cAminr
FORTES. instruments have been sold ORGANS.
PIANO by Mr. 0., and the demand is CAR US!
FORTES. sonstent/y increasing. ()ESAU
PIANO Fos sale onlv'by
CABISIf
SORTS& J. 8. - GOULD. 01t0i56.
PIANO EanTRIIII4SI sad OBBISTRET Ste. OABIS.ef
FORTES. nolg-tf OWLS&
BLS TIffiI — HANNA.-011 the Slat inst. by Rev. D.
W.Sartine, D. D.. assisted by Bay. esp. D&ea Bard'
MO. DH. Bartle°, DI. Seon 2d Artillery V.,
and Clementine, daughter of Jo hn Hanna, BK. ? di. Ifi
this eft_ No cards.
HOWELL -- STOCHTON.---On February 21st, by the
Re. Rev. Bishop OdenheWster, Franklin Dacesisort
Howell to Annie gtookton, youngest daughter of WM
modore R. F. Stockton
~~~
liIHARPLESS. —At Faireille, Chester county : on th e
21st Mat., Jane R , wife of Wm. Sharplase. arm dee."
ter of Britten C. Pyle.
The funned wlii take place next First-day moreL
26th that . at 11 o'clock.
JONSE.—On Fourth• day, the. 224. instant, Tittle,
w id ow of Willis.,' Jones, aged el years.
The relatives and friends of the family are invited
attend the funeral, without further notice. from her Pa
residence, No. 123 North Tenth street, on Seventh-0f
morning next. (the 25th instant.) at 10 o'clock. It:4P
ment at Friends' Southwestern Burial Ground. *"
BURK. —Henry Richards. son of the late James Soh
on Tuesday evening, 21st 'last in the 25th year 0/1 . 2
ege.
The relatives of the family, and !heath p e 4 sto yirvit
Cavalry (Rush's Lancers), are reapectfally
attend hie funeral, from his upther's residence, Si AI
Vine street, on Saturday morning next, 86th 3,E4
O'clock. To proceed to Laurel Hill
OOLMAN. —On the morning of the. TM
liam Woolment, in the OM year of his age.
The relatives and friends of the family are invltes 10
attend the funeral. from his late residence, neat Bel"
cocas,. Burlington county, New .Jersey, on &vane
day, _ the 25th inst., at 1 o'clock P. 26.
BLEAME. —On Tuesday evening, the Mit inst.. Jets
Sergeant Meade, eldest son of Major General Lisle.
tinned, States Army.
PARRISH_ —On the afternoon of the Slit last., .rim
Parrish. eon of Sarah R. and the late Dr. Isaac rdnin.
in the 19th year or hie age.
BOP (MPH. —On the !morning of the 20th liatilt•
William P. Rudolph.
His relations and male friends are respectfully
ia
vited to attend the feneratfrom his late resideace. 3
121 Forth Fifteenth street, 'bn Thursday moraine. "es
23d instant, at, 10 o'clock.
RANDALL. —Suddenly, on the 19th instant, Joseph C.
Randall, in the 65th year of his age.
,The relatives and male friend's of the farellY are it
ted to attend his funeral, from his rate testeence,
1715 Wine street, on. Thursday morning, at 10 o'clast.
To proceed to Laurel Hill Cemetery
LUPIN'S PLAIN• I3L&011. MOODS-•
LUAU!' Tinlen&
Bombazines. •
n3l-wool Reps.
MFa:uprose Cloths.
e aces and Cadman&
lioness Use De Lainos.
S-4-wido Barege HernanL
S-1-wide Baratta and Craps MaratZ.
Thibet Shawls : Bm.
BOSON & SON. Nournias OM.
No. 918 CIIBSTNEr. r Street'
232 R B A r i a t iLf is3 AND WHITE HAL3IO
Balworals lower than flannels. for atria.
Unshainktng Flannels.
BlegaztAmerican Da Leines.
Choice style Spring Chintzes.
fen tf EYES & LaND'ELL
FIETEI Is WARD.—TSB—THE CI
ESNS are notified that at a Hass Meetieg O:
on Vonday evening. 13th instant. every laboring Ire;
and. mechanic was assessed ten, dollars. eel
otter citizen twenty dollars. to meet the szigrem,,, L
filling the quota of the ward. Immediate ogYer,7l
mnekite made. Cr the Exeetotve Gemming° rill
in securing recruits. and a draft will be inevitable. Ths
Committee meet every TUESDAY, THURspalr, 10 : r
SATURDAY EVICNISOS. at School House. corn er "
TWRISTINTEt and COATIS Streets,
also reeie the st;
easement& The following collectors ere aaihero"
.to receive the same:
FIR I T PRECINCT.
Christian Brown. 669 North Sixteenth street.
Dtmiel B. Dietz. 1437 Callewhill street.
.1. G. Gilmer% 804 North Fifteenth street.
SECOND PRECINCT.
• Hr. corner Nineteenth and Etandllen ,
W: D. Bison, 1712 Wallace street.
THIRD PRECINCT.
John M. Bose. 1621 Wallace street.
Big. P. Hippie. 1526 Wallace etzeet.
FOURTH PRECINCT.
Biw. Hoop, 1413 Ridge avenue. -
B. 11. Belknap, 11. W. corner Broad and Perm..
FIFTH PERCES CT.
W. H. Durborrow, 2016 Wood atreet.
- Jae. .13. 6 ay, &Al North Twentieth street.
R. C. Brodie, corner Twentieth and Gallowhill.
Cresemen,
SIXTH P.RaOLNOT.
ZOO Callowhill street.
Wafter, 4ES. worth Twenty-second street.
R. W. W. Fraley, 83lHottli Twenty.- third etre
_.et.
Benj. Glover. Carleton. below Twenty tbirdlalle.
SBVItteTH Pk:MINCE
Joe. Heidler, SIN Wood street_
An9rew Fleming. an North Twenty. fotirthetreei,„,
R. Jamison, N. E. corner Twentirieer''
Handlton.
NIGH= PRICINCT. g el
Lieutenant Lovalre. Police Station Tarenta•LAL`'
Brown.
Rush Whiteside. 2212Honsit Vernon.
Thee S. Brown. 2W9 Brandywine street.
• NINTH PRIOINCT_
H. B Lien. 61.9 North Ms hteenth street. ttid ,
Edw. H. Lewis. sores? Eighteenth and Aft, Ver
TSB PuSCINCT.
J. IL Harvey, 2:03 Norms Vernon street.
F. Partridge, 1918 WAllace street.
T. A. Pennington. Intl Monet Vernon street.
R. H. Hawkins, 2142 Blount Vernon attest
Samuel C Roney. 2192 Green street.
• BY ceder of the Eiseendvii Committee. _
ORO. w. &tins. Clauri
1.
Jolla B. limos. Noositarn