s LITERATURE. Xn Story op Kennett. By Bayard Taylor, 0. P. Putnam and llnrd A Houghton, New York. J. B. Llppincott A Co., Philadelphia. Had the last work pf Mr. Bayard Taylor proved a failure we would have teen very loath to acknowledge it. There Is no American author for whom we have greater respect than the one whoso work now lays before us. It Is seldom that we s?e a writer who has acquired fame In a particular department of literature boldly ven ture Into a new field, and hazard his reputation already acquired by endeavoring to succeed In a style in which be Is a novice. Yet such, of late years, has been the course of Mr. Taylor. By bis travels he has achieved a high place among the writers of our land. lie had an established reputation, yot we find hlra venturing Into the field ol fiction and keeping his name as a live author continually before the public by some new work. Other writors lie supinely back upon their already secure position, and let American literature tako care of itself, while they take care of their famo. Mr. Taylor de serves great credit for his energy, even if he has failed. But we are glad to say that he has not. "The Story of Kennett" is a decided uccaFS. It is graphic, piquant, and interesting, natural in its details, and abounding in original characters. Its plot is not a complex, nor yet is it a clear one. Gilbert Potter, the hero, is generally sup posed to have a bar sinister In his genealogy. Nor can he blame the good people for their belief, as it would seen that his mother, Mary Potter, did all in her power to strengthen it. At last, goaded to desperation, ho ueks her, and ehc says that he is her lawful son, born in wed lock, but decliuee, for mysterious reasons, to reveal his father's name. During the greater portion of the work he is employed in guessing who was his other parent. He at one time sup. poses Dr. Dsane, whoso daughter and Gil bert are betrothed, but abandons the idea. He then suspects Tardy Hart, a highwayman, but as Tardy swears he is not, that idea is dis pelled. It finally appears that an Alfrod Bar ton, a mean, despicable creature, was the man who, having sworn Gilbert, his brother, to to secrecy until after his (Barton's) father dies, as ho fears he will be cut off in the will. Tho old man then finds out his son's marriage, and at the last moment leaves the great bulk of Lis proporty to Mary Potter Barton. Gil bert and Maitha Deare are married, and "lived together happy for many, many years.'' Such Is the skeleton of tho plot. The character of Gilbert is one to bo admired. Struggling under a load of infamy and poverty, he plays a new pari, and has the sympathy of tho reader throughout the entire work. Martha Dcaro is rather too much on the strong-minded order, as we fear all the Taylor heroines are. She resom bles Harriet Thurston in some respects, but Is a much better character for a man to fall in love with. Dr. Deare is advancing respectably. Wash. Deare and Sally Fairthen, two well-drawn subordinate, are of the honest country order, and represent a social typo much read about, but seldom met with. Mary Potter appears to have been a giddy, ambitious girl at the time of Gilbert's birth; but is tamed down by sorrow. Her husband, Alfred Barton, is a most despica ble wretch, cowardly, selfish, and dishonorable. Between the two, we have to wonder where the paragon of virtue and manliness, Gilbert, got all his good qualities. Tardy Hart and his attractive paramour, Dob. Smith, are both well Introduced, and tend greatly to keep up the interest or the story. Tho last important personage, Betsy Lavender is a reticent gos sip, a filent receptacle for secrets and a dis criminator of news. A good-hearted creature, with much intelligence and a true nature. In fact, the most serene of all old maids we have ever seen. Blessed is the "Kennett," which can boast ot such an acquisition. So much for the characters. The New" York Iribune, speaking of it, says: "The literary execution of this story shows that it was written during a gracious and happy mood of the author's muse. Tue arrangement and evolution of tho plot exhibit no lack of in ventive resources; the scenes preserve their inter-dependence and consecutive relation with admirable eficct; and the machinery witlwwhlen tho sequel is brought about, though simple in its conception, anil lree lroni ap excessive codx plication ot details, works wh true artistio power. The style is singularly jracetul and Bweet, and throws a srjell of a ulet fascination over the reader whose taste has not been drugged and debauched by unwholesome provocative?. Tor the most part it is remarkable for its Dure and vigorous English, with few of the vices of expression irom wmcn such fertile and popular authors are seldom free. The local dialect of which Mr. Taylor necessarily makes abundant use has a natural and honest air, which is a etrong evidence of its genuineness.,' The New York Post says: "It is a tale of purely eonntry life, and of a phase rather peculiar. Kennett is a farming township in the iutenor of Pennsylvania, and quite aside from, the highways of travel. The opening scene in dated as far back as 1706. and the actors in the story are either "Friends" or else more or loss affected by the prevalence of the Quaker doctrines and practice in the nelgh boihood. A phase ef life which could not now be 1ouud in its purity anywhere, even in Penn sylvania, is thus presented, and, we must say, with great fidelity and no little descriptive power. ,tfr- "As a picture of rural life we think that this novel oi Mr. Taylor's exceeds any ot his pre vious productions. The plot i by no mean an impossible one, and is developed with considera ble skill, and the characters are consistently maintained throughout. The interest of tha reader is secured at the outset, aad Increases as the story goes on. The style is plain, but vigor ous and attractive. As a whole we can con gratulate Mr, Taylor on the production ot a work which has in it the elements of popularity, and which is a real contribution to the history of American rural life." The Round Table, on the contrary, asserts: "Mr. Taylor's new story belongs to that school of modern novels which aims at simple, un strained matter-of-fact narration of actual or every-day life. Such works grow out of the more impassioned, romantio, and pyschological school, as a sort of protest by practical example ust as, also, for one example of a hundred, Umiy Taylor's Philip Van Artevelde' grew up against the heated and unhiBtorio poetry of fclielley and Byron. All these novels, however, while inestimably superior to such as are merely unnatural, extravagant, and bizarre, are liable to an easily besetting bin of their own that of , being too prosaic and unimaginative. In the anxiety to escape becoming ialsely sentimental nd 'sensational,' they are apt be over-tame. Mr. Taylor's book partakes In the excellences of Its class in romantic literature, but we are bound to say that it also shares its faults. It is sineu- larlv straightforward, unpretentious, and Im personal in stylo. The tale is simply and not unelloctlvely told. It is pitched in a notioeably low key. But it leans towards the error of lack of incident fnot. nerhans. of interests and towards that monotony which usually follows the dlfl use explication of unimportant truth in THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, place of more entertaining, if les common. Ac tion. Whether the picture of Kennett U accu rate must be reserved tor local antiquarians with 'the oldest inhabitant' at their head to decide. It is a question hardly Interesting enough for others to investigate." Another volume of Count Gurowski's diary is before us. If anybody openj this book with tho expectation of finding in it a record of the workings of a doubting and bewildered soul in Us search after truth, h will bo miserably disappointed. Whatever struggles the Court may have gone through In the formation of hn opinions, they were ehhsr all over before tho work before us was composed, or else he has cnrcfully excluded all trace of them from its pages. In the "Diary" he appears before us as a fully illumined believer, and lays the lash over the shoulders of the people around him with all the passion and indignation of certainty, Tho present volume is prefaced by a table In three parallel columns, containing, first, the numesof persons "mentioned in the book with praise," numbering in all 101; second, of those tpokep oi "half-and-half," in all 22; and last, of those spoken of with "blame," in all 40. But we are bound to say that this digest, valuable as it may seem, does not give tho reader by any means an adequate idea of the manner in which the author has meted out his Judgments. If we weigh the blame against the praise, as we find it in the body of the work, we shall find that, sup posing 101 lbs. of praise to have been distributed amongst tho Count's favorites, or 1 lb. a man, at least 200 lbs. of blame are distributed amongst the 40 reprobates, or S lba. a man. The popular impression on laying it down will be, we think, that tho worst crime of which the blood-stained administration oi Mr. Lincoln was guilty, was in not having made the Count himself Lieuten. aut-General, Vice-Admiral, and Secretary of tho Treasury, and Secretary of State. And if ho will allow us to offer him a littla, advice, which we do with a horrible sense of our own un wor thiness, it will be, not to waste so much love as he peemB to do upon the American people. For he may depend upon It they are not worthy of it. ADy community which fills all its high offices with such unmitigated scoundrels as those whom M. Gurowski describes, can hardly bo very pure itself or worth much commiseration. We therefore recommend him to be a man, put up his pocket-handkerchief, lay down his pen, and "let the whole concern," In the expressive language of Mr. Mantalini, "go to the domnl lion bow-wows." The secret of the, authorship of Ueloise I'aranquct, the dramatic success of the present Parisian season, has been at last revealed, and tho- Parisians who hal settled so decisively in their own minds that this new favorite was the work of the younger Dumas, are furious at find ing themselves mistaken. Tho author, M. Dos chamel, in the couplo of lines he has addressed to the manager ol the Gymnase on tho subject, thus explains the motive which induced him to offer his play anonymously: "As the three pieces I had already brought out had been unfa vorably received, I felt sure that, had I ap pended my name to Eelolse Faranquet, no mana ger woald have even deigned to read the manu script. For this reason I deposited my new place anonymously in your box, leaving It to stand or fall on its own merits. I think that the result has shown that I acted wisely in so doing." A London journal of March 17 says: "On Monday, the foreign booksellers were active in every direction with Victor Hugo's new work, Les Travaillours do la Mer.' Early copies were received here on Saturday afternoon. In Paris, the work may be seen In every bookseller's win dow; but it will be some days before anything like a supply readies this country. The follow ing lines are printed on the first page: 'I dedi cate this book to the rock of hospitality and libei ty, to that corner of ancient Norman land w here lives that little nation of the sea I dedi cate it to the island of Guernsey, stern, yet swset, my present asylum, and probably my fa tme grave!' " A most curious gathering of autograph let ters addressed to the late Lady Blessington by artists, literary men, nobleman, and others, has been sold recently in London. The names of Moore, Shelley, Landseer, Dickens, Macready, Bulwer Lytton, Disraeli, and many other cele brities occurred. There were also some very extraordinary relics In the shape of locks of hair of distinguished persons; among others, Lucretia Borgia (given by her to Peter Bembo, and presented to Lady Blessington by the Abbe Bcntlvogllo, keeper of the Ambrosian Library, at Milan, May 24, 1766); the Duke of Wellington, Lord Nelson, Countess Gulccioll, and Mrs. Hemans. One of the greatest rarities In the collection of the late Mr. George Daniel, ot Islington, author of "Mmie England in the Olden Time," "Love Labor not Lost," and other not very readable works, was a collection of old black-letter ballads, amounting to seventy in all, printed between the years 1659 and 1687, which Mr. Daniel bought at a reasonable rate, as he did most of his curiosities, but which realized 750 at his sale, This collection is about to bo reprinted by Its purchaser, Mr. Frederick Huth, a well known collector, as his contribution to the members of the Philo- biblio Society, a close corporation of amateurs, whose publications are very limited in im pression, and only for private distribution. The Emperor Napoleon's "Life of Caisar" has been productive of numerous brochures against him, the latest of which, "L'Histoire ddNou vcau Cesar," by P. Vesinier, is having a surrep titious circulation in Paris. Inferior to the iamous "Propos de Labienus,"it is still a bril liant specimen of invective, the writer never degenerating Into dulnefi, thoueh he Is often libellous. He relates many amusing anecdotes of Louis Napoleon's early life, especially In reference to the failures at Strasburg and Bou logne, but he adds so many that evidently were calumnies, as to deprive his work of all histori cal value, George Sand has just read, in the green room of the Vaudeville Theatre, Paris, her new three-act comedy, entitled The Village Don Juan, which is shortly to be produced at that house. The Parisians are also threatened with a "Clas sic Theatre," in which only Greek and Latin authors will bo performed Euripides, Sopho cles, iEschylus, Terence, and consorts alone coming In for the honors of a hearing. Three millions of francs, it is said, have already been subscribed towards the new building, whose architect has fully completed his plans for Us construction. TLe Messrs. Cliappcll have Just made fen en engement with Mr. Charles Dickens, who is to give for them 30 reading?, receiving for the same the largest sum ever paid to a lecturer In Eng land. Tho first reading will be " Dr. Marigold,' at St. James' Hall. " Tho Death of Lucretius" is said to bo tho title of the Poet Laureate's new poem. communicated. Tb Obarvnne of the Sabbath In the RArntjr of Ihe Potomac, null General Jtmhnft T. Owen. To the Editor of the Evening T elf graph- The literary world Is familiar with the collec tion ot graphic and classic letters written by a gifted scholar of Now England under the nom de plvme of "Dunn Browne Abroad," while travel ling in foreign lands. The author was the late Samuel Fleke. He was an eminent scholar, an eloquent preacher, and practical good man. In 1861 he sprang at the call of his country In her struggle for national life, enlisted as a pri vate In the 14th Begimcnt of Connecticut Volun teers, and was afterwards promoted t the cap taincy of one of the companies of that bravo regiment. He was in the battles of Antietam, Chancellorsvllle, Gettysburg:, Fredericksburar, and various engagement near Culpeper and tho Kapidan. Captain Fiske, on the second day of tho terrific battle of the Wilderness, fell mor tally wounded, and died in tho course of a fort! night. During hU constant and active service in the Army of the Potomac, he wrote to the Spring field Republican a series of racy, pungent, and thrillingly interesting letters under tho same rwn de plume, "Dunn Browno in the Army." The book so entitled has recently been pub lished. Among the scholarly letters of this good man and brave soldier is 0110 relating to the observ ance of tha Sabbath in tho Army of the Potomac, by the orders and with the co-operation of our townsman, the General whose name heads this communication. It is doubtful if the General ever read it, and I am certain he is not aware of my solicitation for its appearance in your paper. I take pleasure !n copying from tho book a letter expressing a desorving tnbuto to tho wise and elevating military discipline of a brave officer, and containing a practical illustration of the souud principles you have recently incul catcd editorially, for the proper observance of- the Snbbath. Sunday. "SUNDAY IN CAMP." August :if. "I believe I haven't written vou on a babbuth day in a long time. I leel like dropping you a lew lines to tell your readers wniit quiet, pleasant, religious babbaths we have ot late in.this division. Our brigadier at present in command of the division, General JotdiuaT. Owen, until the war broke out, I oe licve a prominent lawyer of Philadclphia.is a man more rare than I wish they were among gene rals, who believes in the "Sabbath, who appre ciates thepriv1 lege and the inestimable advan tage of a Divine service on that holy day. And he does not jut say to his command that there will bo preaching at such places, and they can go if they choose: but he tells his soldiers that Divine service is a most appropriate exercise for the Lord's Day, and they will bo expected to attend as at any other appointed duty; thus making the Sabbath service as important a matter as the rerular Sunday inspection. Inviting a regiment to his headquarters to service, ne just crops a pome note to ine com mander, reauestine- him to briuur his enmmnml officers, and men, except the necdiul guard de tails, and tho sick, at such an hour, with their cnapiain to conuuet toe services. Then they come, and in pood order, decorously dressed, and pay attention, and get good, and eniov it. too, as I have learned irom the testimony on every iiunu. At 10 o'clock this lovely morning ho sum moned the whole division together in front of headquarters, having issued a special order the nigut previous; and we uad a right noble audi ence in line, on three sides of a sauare three bands ot music, all the drum corps, all the chuplains; and a rich magnificent Union meet ing as ever it was my privilege to attend. How the old oaken arches oi our living temple rane, when the psalms of praise wero lifted up by such a multitude of manly voices 1 What a mighty stillness, sucred and Impressive, as that great assemDiy Dowed in tue attitude ot atten tion, while the words of praver rose ud to God ! What an inspiration to him who addressed the words ol God's truth to that audience, in the multitude of orderly, attentive listeners, vete rans of many a battl:-fleld, and who may go forth to another scene of daneer and blood, very likelv before they are assembled thus again ! Talk about the majesty of Korean Catholic woiship in giand old urclied cathedrals, or of the wonderlul interest of the great camp-meetings which still abound in maity parts ot our lai:d; speak of any scenes or ceremonies of re ligious worship that may have most impressed you in all your varied experience, I don't be lieve you can recall one occasion among them nil of more touching solemnity, or real grandeur, tuan this division ot bronzed and war-worn soldiers, sitting as little children at the feet of him who spake in their ears olacruciflod and risen Saviour. Our pulpit was a platform of rails, crossed by several end boards from our big wagons. Our hymn books wore the admirable little collection. the "Soldiers' Hymns," and the bands played us the "Btar-Spancled Banner" and "America: ' and we remembered , the conquest of SumUr and Wagner, reported in yesterday's papers, and ni in tied a little of secular patriotism with our religious services in a way that might seem somewhat incongruous at home, perhaps; but we made it a pood nud a glorious day, greatly enjoyed, I lully believe, by every officer and soiuitr present. Best of all was the srootl, earnest, religious. and patriotic speech which our General, under . me iueuauuii ui u.u uuchbiuii, wus inovtu iu spirit" to ad to the sermon, and showed him as eloquent a speaker and earnest a Christian as he is valiant a soldier. Wouldn't you like to have been with us, dear reader" How Dutch Gap Got Its Name. An Englishman and a Dutchman, so the story goes, undertook, for a wager, to row their re specilvc skiff's from a place seven miles below the Gap to a point above it. Tho man who arrived first at the place of destination was to be considered the champion, and to receive the stakes. Both Btarted. The Englishman pulled out vigorously, when the Dutchman, with true Teutonic imperturbability, suffered his opponent to go ahead without any apparent effort to keep up with him. When the Englishman began to round the bluff, after passing the Gap, the Dutch man was "hull down" and almost out of sight oi his antagonist, who made a "sure thing ot it." When the Dutchman reached the Gap. he ran his skiff on shore, raised it on his shoulders, and made his way with all possible despatch across the few hundred feet ot intervening space. When the Englishman airived at the point at which the race was to terminate, what was his astonishment to find his opponent in his skiff, calmly awaiting his appearance, having relieved the weariness of his stay by smoking, with Dutch leisure, three or tour pipes 01 tonacco. Why is swearing like a rugged coat! It is a bad habit. A man mar care, And Btill be bare, If his wite be naught; A man way spend, And still way mond. If liis wiio be aught. Why doe0 the eye resemble a schoolmaster in the act of Hogging ? It has a pupil under the lash. THE KEw YOBK PRESS. Editorial Opinions of the Leading Journals Upon the Most Import ant Topics of the Hour. COK FILED EVKBT PAT FOB KVJUUNO TRLBOEAPH. Tlie Connecticut Reaction." From the 3'ribune. The Copperhead papers are making great boasts of what their allies in Connecticut could or would do, If tho election were to bo held over again to-day. They claim that a great reaction has been going on in that State.and that they only wanted a few days more to canvass, in order to secure success. The best commentary upon these boastings may be found in the result of a second election which has )ust taken place in Middletown. On Mondav tho vote stood UN) tor Haw ev and 935 lor English; but only one Ituprcsontatlve having been chosen, a second election has lust becu held, at which the Union candidate has been Hpcted over the uther Representative (tho town being entitled to two)Dy 74 majority. A similar gain throughout the State would give a Union majority of 6000; and there cun be little doubt that if an election should bo held In the State to-day, that would be about the result. .Usurpation Thientcned from the Trilmne. The unchanged, vindictive Rebel who serves the Daily Hews in Washington, telegraphs on the 4lh as follows : "The Teaee Proclamation of the President will be immediately followou by other action on his tiart. It will bo observed that tho local rllect ot tho nro estimation is to place die Southern btatos in the tamo attitude precisely toward the General uovernnient mat tney occupied letore me war, ana entitled to the same rights that they berotolero enioyed. Mr. Johnson Is determined to follow out this principle to its legitimate conclusion, aud to sco to it that the Southern States aie no longer dcpnvod of their rights by a factious majority in Conpross." The Peace Proclamation of the President was an act entirely within the scope of his powers and duties. However wise or unwise, timely or untimely, it is the President's prerogative to determine when such a proclamation should issue; and we should very deeply regret any attempt by Congress to interfere with it. The President is resiionsible only to tho people lor the exercise of his otlicial discretion. But the rights of Congress in the premises are as important, well defined, and unquestionable, ignore or usurp those of the other. Over and again has the rresidcnt officially set tortti tho incontestable truth that Congress must pre scribe the conditions whereon the States lately In revolt shall be restored to all tho rights aud privileges they so rashly, culpably repudiated. Those who would now urge the President to dis regard and defy his own virtual pledges on this point are neither his lriouds nor mends ot the country. The English Reform Bill aud Mr. Glad stone. From the Times . The latest despatches show as yet no action by the House of Commons on Mr. Gladstone's great measure, the Reform bill. A scheme of legislation so radical as this, and so vitally im portant ought to require time in its discussion. If adopted, it forms a revolution in English politics, and England makes revolutions slowly. Many of our readers are 10 doubt puzzled as to what the purpose and mbtive may be which made Mr. Gladstone to propose so sweeping a measure whether he is a demagogue, seeing the future drift of affairs, and wishing to guide it, or whether he truly desiras to raise up tho working class and give it a share in the Govern ment of the kingdom. 10 those who nave watched kngush politics and studied the character of the leaders in the House of Commons, it need not be said that Mr. Gladstone is a genuine Liberal and a statesman, with nothing ot the demagogue of his composi tion. He has been gradually advancing in his political theories to the most liberal standpoint. moved no doubt by the carrents of the age. as every thoughtful mind must be, seeing their driit, but sympathizing each year more and more with the great popular and democratic im pulses of the times. His generous and hearty utterances two years since in regard to the hersic bekring ot the workmen of Lancashire during the cotton famine, spcakine of the moral power. the eeu-restraiut .ana subordination and intelli gent understanding of the difficulties of the British Government, they had shown ns surely the bt bt "qualifications" lorthe suffrage; showed a change of sentiment which he and thousands oi others were no doubt then feeling in regard to the true quality of the British working-class. The quiet endurance and obedience to law and the principled adherence to convictions, shown by the cotton operatives duiing the crisis of our war, not improbably convinced great numbers in the kingdom, that such men were worthy ot a share in the Government. Mr. Gladstone has studied for many years the material and moral condition of the British working classes. No measures of chanty and aid were ever deviled in the history of tho king dom so well calculated to prevent pauperism and cultivate economy and prudence and thrift among the poor as his celebrated schemes of Government Assurance and Post-office Savings Banks. Mr. Gladstone knows better than any public man what a vaBt, seething, explosive muss of poverty and ignorance is working be neath the surlace ot English society. He dreads the too long pressure on these pent-up evils. He may not improbably have bronchi before his imagination some great public crisis when the me ot the nation snouiu oe in aanuer; and this dangerous class at the bottom havo the chance as the similur but much smaller class once had 1n Kew York to clutch at the vast wealth which was always glittering belore their eyes, and to wieak their malice and envy on the classes so far above them. He has seen that England, with nve-svxihs of her population only possess one-tenth ot the Gov ernment, was always in danger of revolution. With the upper portion ot the working class holding; the suffrage, the lower or varabond part would be as easily restrained as In America, ana no more aangerous. ne ueures to secure the monarchy or more properly British society Irom any fear of revol ationary outbreaks. He wishes also 10 do lustice, to a class which, like our Southern negroes, have shown the moral )lf not the intellectual) qualifications lor suffrage. The couree of events has seemed almost provi dentially to place Mr. Gladstone at the head of the Liberal party, and to force him, though the representative of the most conservative constitu ency in Great Britain, to guide the great demo cratic relorm of this century. His re ectton by uxtord has undoubtedly helned to emancipate him, and the death of Lord Palraeraton has naturally left a freer neld tor him as chiettuin or the Liberal iteform Party. He has shown at once his wisdom and his boldness by the character of his bill, which is even more liberal than the Reformers hoped lor. Whatever biectkms will lie against this, would hold almost equally agaiDst a more meagre act: the prejudices which the 'iory party wiu met and excite against this, they could against any other; the opposition wUl be as strong to any .bill, while the discontent will be worse and more bitter with a narrower reform. With this succcsslul, the Liberal party hold the Govern ment, in ail probability, for the next generation. If it be deleated, they have only to begin agita tion again. The American war showed universal suffrage on trial. All nations see that the North never could have put forth its gigantic efforts if the working class had been disfranchised. The weakness of the South was in the fact that their working class was disaffected andrevolutiouary, APRIL J7, 1866. The qualifies shown by the Northern masses have raised the character of the laborinir class the world over, and shown how powerful is a Government resting on broad suffrage. These considerations aid now the Liberal party; and though the great reform may be de feated this year or the next, it is sure iu the end to prevail, and England to approach tho democratic form of Government. Senator Trumbull on the Civil Rights BUI He Fall Short ot the iteal Issue. From the Herald. Mr. Trumbull, Chairman of tho Judiciary Committee of the Senate, and the framer of the Freedmen's Bureau Extension and Civil Rights bills, ha put in his vindication of the latter measure in opposition to the President's veto. Whether he will be more fortunate in tho test vote of the Senate in this esse than upon tho Freedmen's bill remains to be seen; but from pre pent appearances the President will be again sustained. Mr. Trumbull's argument in support of the bill is that of a skill ul lawyer, who knows how 1o present in bold relief the strong points on his own side, and the weak points ol his adver sary. He contends that all persons born in the United States, not subject to any foreign power, and excluding Indians not taxed, are constitu tionally citizen of tho United States; that this was the opinion of Mr. Lincoln's Administra tion; that the Secretary of Stato, in his pass ports to black men as citizens, has adopted it; that Mr. Marcy. as Secretary of Slate under poor Pierce's administration, held tho same opinion in reference to free blacks, and that President Johnson himselt does not come into ontliec with the construction. Ho only holds that, while the bill does not purport to grant any other lights than those of Federal citizenship, it still makes invidious discriminations asainst certain classes of persons, and invades the re served rights of tho Slates in regard to Slate citizenship, and the powers of the Mate Legis latures and judicial authorities over that subject. Against these objections of the veto messaire Mr. Trumbull says that they are porvcrsions; that the bill Is lor the relief of persons who ned relief, not lor the relief of those who havo aright already; that the objectionable machi nery of the bill was copied from tho oil Fugi tive Slave law. always held to be Constitutional, ana now uscu 111 ine interest 01 irceiioin ai u originally wa:t in f the Interest of slavery; that the measure does not interfere witn the re served Constitutional rights of the States in any way, and that, unless this bill can be passed, nothing can be dene to protect tho frcedmen in their liberty and their rights. These arc amopg the leading point of Mr. Trumbull's lawyer like, compact, yet minute and elaborate re view of the President's objections to this Civil Rights bill. But, giving the learned Senator the full bene fit of bis legal authorities aud conclusious, and tho full value of Senator Andrew Johnson's argument against President Buchanan's veto objections against the Homestead bill, as " the adcaDtundum of tho mere politician or dema gogue," and as a veto involving a violation of tue spirit oi ine v ousuiuiiou in ram inierposeu against a two-thirds majority of each house, we must remen-ber that the opiuions of public men are shaped by the positions in which they are placed, by the duties devolving upon them, and by the circumstances and public exigencies by which they are surrounded. Thus the views of Andrew Johnson as a Sena tor, devoted to a particular bill, and his views as President touching the veto power, devoted to a particular policy, may oe widely aiuereut; but still iu each case they may be perfectly consistent with his convictions of public duty. That they are In the case of Andrew Johnson we have no doubt. We apprehend, too, that In all the learned specifications, authorities. precedents, and arguments of Senator Trumbull he does not reach the real difficulty in the case. We apprehend that the real trouble Is this: that this Civil Kigtis bill, in proposing to enloree by the executive, Judicial and military powers of the Lnited States the rights of the blacks in all the States as citizens, opens the way to the placing of whites and blacks in thjs country not only on a basis of political but ot social equality, and the consequent deterioration of this people to the condition of General Scott's undesirable mongrels of Mexico, l'resident Johnson, in fact, holds fast to the idea that this is "the white man's Government," and that, in order to keep the dominant race us adulterated, vigorous, and effective, tho colored races must be held In a subordinate position, politicaUy; for that otherwise the next step must be an indiscriminate social admixture and general decay, as in Mexico aud the South American States. This is the issue which is now before the Se nate, and which, however settled in that body, will assuredly be settled before the masses of the Aroericun white poople on tho side ot Presi dent Johnson. This is the real issue which Senator Trumbull has failed to meet . Fighting the Battles Over. From the World. General Buell's letter to General Grant, giving Tacts and official documents not heretofore pub lished respecting the battle of Shiloh, or, as it was first called, Pittsburg Landing, will attract, ns it deserves, a good deal of attention. There has been some confusion in te public mind touching the precise state of the facts previous to aud during this important conflict, which this statement will serve to clear up. All candid men must admit, alter reading this letter, that General Buell establishes by official telegrams the following points: 1. That he (General Buell) was not tardy In the overland march of his army to Savannah, as he arrivtd sooner than he was expected by General Grant 2. That but for the timely arrival of General Buell's command, the second day's tight would have resulted disastrously for what wa9 left of the Union forces under command of General Grant, The publications by uencral officers since the close of the war will be a great help to tho future historian of our civil conflict. The re ports of our leading erenerals speak for them selves. To settle disputed points or to vindicate military reputations, we have also had letters and statements from Generals like Glllmore, Franklin, Buell, Warren, Sheridan, Early, and others. Colonel Bowman's "March to the 8ea" of Sherman, and General Lee's forthcoming account ot his campaigns will also be considered important contributions to history. It is quite time that some justice was done to the generals who led the Union armies in the first two years of the war. The indecisive bat tles they fought were what broke the strength of the South. Tho Northern armies were the weakest and the Southern armies the strongest at the beginning of the war. At first the North ern armies lacked in numbers, discipline, experi ence.and material of war. The minor officers were all rreen and generally incompetent. These disad vantages soon told, as the Union army, from the nature ol the conflict, was the attacking party, and iisdefects ol personnel, material, and organi zation became immediately apparent. The par tial fuilure to meet the extravagant expectations of the public which resulted brought undeserved discredit upon military leaders of quite a,s much natural capacity as those who finally brought the war to a successful conclusion. History, no doubt, will set this mutter right. Tho Trial of Mr. Davis. From the Daily Xtws. The superlative radical, Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary nffered scma resolutions in the House of Reprcl scntatives yesterday, instructing that Committee to inquire whether there Is probable cause to believe that Mr. Davis and Mr. C. C. Clay are euilty ot treason and ot the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, and what legislation is necessary to bring them to trial f The consideration of the resolutions being objected to by Mr. Ancona, of Pmnsylvania, they were not discussed. rOf course the resolutions were offered to embarrass the President, aad la piosecuttoa of the radical warfare against him, refher than for the purpose expressed in them, teouan we nave no doubt that Mr. Wilson would gladly see Mr. Davie murdered, for a crime of which ho la as inno cent ss Mr. Wilson, and which he Is iuflnitolr less capable-of committing. We may mention In this connection that tue wasnington national Jiejnihiican, which is falsely put forward a the Presideat'a organ, has a disgracefully ignorant article in its yesterday's issue upon Mr. Davis. i J . f The English Retoim Bill. From the Duily News. Tho Reform bill is the subject of the hour In political circles in England. Extending the franchise to a considerable breadth, as that measure proposes to do, it enlists many of the old feelings which have divided English classoe. Earl Grosvornor's resolution will, if successful, involve not only the r'eteat of the bill, but, ac cording to tho cons'Itutional usage of the House or 1 oiumons, will torce tho Ministry either to accept the vote, by resignation, as a declara tion of "want of confidence," or to appeal from it to the country. The conservative lournala assert, with great confidence, that the Grosvenor amendment will De carried; while, on tho other hand, the Liberal papers insist that the Govern ment will be sustained. At this distance, it Is impossible to say which ot these results is the more likely; but, inas much as threats appear to havo been uttered by tne Premier that, it he be not sustained, ho will dissolve Parliament, we may conclude that he looks upon the trial with apprehension. Tho threat to dissolve is a hint to weak members; and one which, involvuur, if enforced, the ex penses, work, and hazards of a now election, is a very effective agency ol "whipping In " but, on that very account, 1s never employed save only when held necessatyto avert the danger of defeat. SPECIAL NOTICES. Fx? CAMDFN AND AM HOY RAILROAD AKD lUASM'OKTATION COMPANY'S OFFICE, Houdfntowm. Man h 1H66. MOTIVE. The Animal Mrotlnv of tho Btockuolilom Ol the CAMDLK AM) A M HOY RAILKOA1) AND IRAlSSrOKTMlON OMPANY Will be held iw the Company's oflice in HOKDKVI'OWN. on SATURDAY, the 2sth 01 April, iMilt, at l'J o'clock M., tor the eleotloa or pc von Directors, to nerve for the enmilnK year. ao U E-AMU1L J. HAY A1U. 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