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Notice.
THE LANCASTER INTELIIGENCER
Will pass into the hands of a new
firm on the first day of July next.
The new firm will be COOPER, SAN
DERSON & Co. The paper after that
time will be issued as the Daily and
Weekly Intelligencer. The different
committees in the townships having
the interests of the enterprise in
charge are requested to make report
as speedily as possible to H. B.
SWARR, Esq., so that the final ar
rangements can be consummated.
A Terrible Contest,
We have nothing very reliable as
yet from the terrific conflict which
has been going on since Wednesday
last between the armies of Lieuten
ant General GRANT and General
LEE, in Virginia. That it is a
bloody series of battles, unequalled
in the history of the war, is beyond
question, and the public mind is
deeply agitated in cpnsequence of
the indefiniteness of the reports
from the scene of strife. In the
absence of any official information
we give a synopsis of the reports in
another column, from which we
infer that, so far, the Federal army
is victorious, and that the Confeder
ates have been worsted and driven
back towards Richmond. We must
wait a few days for the official ac
counts.
Mr. Voorhees' Speech.
We publish on our first page the
great speech of Hon. D. W. VOOR
HEES, of Indiana, delivered in Con
gress in opposition to the resolution
of expulsion of Mr. LONG, offered
by the Speaker of the House.
The speech of Mr. V. is one of
the boldest and most eloquent uttered
upon the floor of Congress during
the present session, and is, of itself,
sufficient to place him in the front
rank of the statesmen and orators of
the present day. Mr. V. is yet a
young man, and, if, he lives, is des
tined at no distant day to occupy
the same position before the Ameri
can people that was awarded to
HENRY CLAY, in the zenith of his
fame, that of being the greatest of
living orators. We bespeak for the
speech a careful and unprejudiced
perusal, being firmly of the belief
that nothing we could have published
will give them more satisfaction.
New York Against Lincoln.
An address to the Republican
National Committee, urging the
postponement of the Republican Con
vention, has been issued by the lead
ing Republican politicians of New
York. It is signed by sixteen State
Senators and a number of other lead
ing men, and it is said that nearly
the whole of the members of the
Legislature approve of it. Indeed,
resolutionOntroduced in that body
approving of Lincoln's administra
tion and favoring his re-election,
have been suppressed, through fear
that they would be voted down.—
The movement to postpone the COn
vention is one in hostility to Lin
coln. These facts show plainly that
New York is against him, and it re
mains to be seen whether the Shod
dyites will dare to nominate him
in the face of this great fact.
The Working Classes.
The wrongs of the working
classes are closely hidden under a
veil of spurious prosperity. Because
working men receive generally a
little higher wages than formerly, it
is said they are prosperous and hap
py. But this is not so. Look at it
in its true light. Under the reign
of Shoddy, a man may receive fifty
per cent., perhaps double, for his
week's work, compared with his
wages before the war. But is he a
gainer ? Let him answer :
" I now pay three times more than former.
ly for nearly every article of clothing for my
family, and double, or more, for coffee, tea,
sugar, and all the other necessaries of life.—
I find it growing every :day more difficult to
make my income square off my outgoes, to
say nothing of the impossibility of laying up,
anything against a rainy day."
Such is that Abolition and Shoddy
" prosperity " which is rung in the
ears of our workingmen when their
votes are Wanted to help shoddyites
to fat contracts and demagogues to
fat offices. The seeming prosperity
is hollow ; it is a lie upon its face.
It raises the wages of labor for a
time, and at the same time increases,
to a much greater extent, the price
of every article the laborer must buy
for himself and family. In the mean
time Shoddy gets well paid for its
investments ; Abolition parasites
get rich offices and plenty of public
plunder, arid are merry and jubilant
over the ruin of their country and
the poverty and misery that have
come and are coming upon its toil
ing millions.
LlOlllll/1311 OY THY TARIYP.
Congress after five months of legislating in
regard to negroes and slavery, was, on Friday
week, compelled, by the necessities of the
Treasury, to devote five minutes to legitimate
legislation. They ;passed an sot increas
ing the present tariff fifty per °eat.,
the law to continue for sixty days. Five
months of the people's time squandered in
utopian schemes of emancipation and negro
equality, and only five minutes devoted to the
actual necessities of the country. Had Con
gress, five months ago, commenced a revision
of our tariff laws, we could, months ago, base
had a well matured and disoriminating scale
of duties. Having squandered their time in
senseless debate about Abolitionism, we have
the silly bill alluded to, which will add to, in
stead of relieving the people's burden. The
New York World thus exposes this spasmodic
effort at legislation :
It has been evident, ever since Congress
met and the report of the Secretary of the
Treasury was transmitted, that the session
could not close without a very material in
crease of the tariff. The consequence was
what might have been expected. Orders were
sent abroad in anticipation of high duties,
and goods have been pouring into the country
all winter. Th i tide of importations reached
its flood in March. Orders for goods in excess
of the immediate demand, with a view to take
advantage of the existing tariff, would not
-naturally be sent out so late as to bring the
goods into port after the end of April ; for it
was not to be presumed that Congress .would
take more than five months to revise the
tariff. But now, when the imports of the
season are pretty muoh all in, Congress makes
itself an object of derision by this absurd
burlesque on legislation. In March the im
ports at this port amounted to nearly
twenty-four million dollars according to
their specie valuation at the foreign ports ;
an amount much larger than has been im
ported in any previous month since the begin
ning of the war.
The increase of imports at New York since
the first of January, says the Pittsburg Post,
is nearly fifty per cent. on those for the first
three months of last year. This was pro
duced by the expectation of Congress raising
the duties. And now, continues the World,
!...after the country is glutted with merchan
dise, our sapient Congress is seised with a
sudden fright and juke up the duties fifty
per cent. The effect of such a measure, at
this late day, will simply be to tax the country
to enrich the foreign owners of this vast
amount of merchandise. All these goods
which have been hurried into the country
while Congress has been procrastinating will
rise in the hands of their owners, and the peo.
ple be impoverished by an onerous tax of
millions, not a dollar of which goes into the
treasury. If Congress had matured and
passed a reasonable tariff in December or
January, this tax on the community would
have been paid to support the Government,
and' not, as now, to enrich the importers.
During the sixty days, the goods that arrive
will be entered in bond, as nobody will care
to pay the new duties when the rates may, at
the end of sixty days, be less on the particu•
lar kind of merchandise he imports.
During those sixty days very little gold
will be wanted for the payment of duties, and
it is possible that the expected effect of that
circumstance on the pride of gold is one reason
for the passage of this strange law. But if
less gold is wanted for duties more will be
wanted for remittances, and gold, instead of
being transferred from the banks into the
sob-treasury, will be sent out of the country.
The holders of imported goods will now be
anxious to realize, and sales will result in the
conversion of large amounts of currency into
gold for remittance to Europe. So that, in
every point of view, the new law is a piece of
consummate folly.
LABOR PAYS THE TAXES
It is truly said that the people of this
country have not yet begun to feel the effects
of the taxation that is in store for them. The
value of the real and personal estate in the
United States in 1860 was $17,000,000,000.
This amount embraced the whole Union,
North, South, East and West. It must be
admitted that the amount at this time is much
less. Upon what there is left is to fall the
enormous debt of $4,000,0000,000. There
fore, so much of the capital of the country is
sunk—is worse than destroyed, because it is
a burden, a dead weight upon what there is
left for all time to come.
The bonds issued by the United States are
to draw interest, but they are exempt from
taxation. The effect of this is that the farmer
and mechanic mut pay, while the capitalist
who has ready cash to invest escapes taxation
by investing his money in United States
bonds.
In this way this immense debt of $4,000,-
000,000 is withdrawn from the productive
capital of the country, and becomes a burden
upon the remainder. The question naturally
arises, as to bow far it ie safe to carry such a
system, and have we not reached the limit
already ? The farmer and the mechanic pay
the taxes, while the rich man, who has in
voked his capital in bonds, is exempt, and
not obliged to pay a cent. The rich are to
grow richer, and the poor poorer, under such
a system. The discrimination is against the
laboring men of the country. Labor is taxed,
while capital becomes privileged and escapes.
It is, therefore, for the interest of- - every
farmer, every mechanic, every laboring man
of small means, that the debt shall not be in•
creased.
Already the Government Mortgage upon
every farm and every house and lot, is °nor_
moue, and every day's continuance of this
reckless Administration increases it. So long
as the Republican party continve in power,
we have no reason to expect to Bee an end to
this struggle.
Tits Two attn. Pleoz.—The new two cent
piece which has been recommended by Con
gress resembele very mush in appearance a
gold coin : On one side there is a wreath of
wheat in the center of which is stamped " 2
cents " and around which are the words
" United States of America." On the other
side there is a shield of liberty bearing the
words " God is our Trutt." It was feared
that this new issue of money, like all that has
been circulated for three years back would be
made of paper. It will be a refreshing sight
to see a new issue of coin—an article of great
scarcity now-adays.
Adjournment.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania
adjourned on Wednesday night last.
The appropriation bill and most of
the more important bills were passed.
The Legislature will meet again in
August next, to agree on legislation
to enable the soldiers to vote, in the
event of the people ratifying the
proposed amendments to the Con
stitution.
Delirium Tremens !
We are really afraid that the
temperance editor of the Express has
been laboring under an attack of
delirium tremens or something else.—
GEIST sees nothing but snakes ! For
a confirmation of this see the Ex
press of Friday evening.
BROWN'S BRONCHIAL Thomas. for (loughs,
Colds, Pulmonary and Asthmatio Disordecrs,
have proved their efficacy by a test of many
years, and have received testimonials from
eminent men who have used them.
aNICIP RIXEMDITION.
IGen. BANKS' Red River expedition, says the
New Hampshire Patriot, was undertaken
mainly to obtain a large amount of cotton
I which was supposed_ to be " laying round
loose" along Red river. It was simply a
great marauding expedition—s foray for
plunder and spoils. The objet of the ex
pedition has doubtless been defeated by the
delay occasioned by the defeat and retreat of
Banks' forces, and the expedition will there
fore probably be given up. As the enemy
will have time to remove or destroy all the
cotton in the region before Banks' army is
" reorganised " and reinforced sufficiently to
warrant another advance, it is not likely that
the attempt to reach Shreveport will again be
made at present.
This expedition has resulted even more
disastrously than was reported last week.
The shameless but characteristic lying of the
Government tools, which announced magnifi
cent victories was resorted to as usual to
deceive the people and to break the force of
the sad reality which it was known would
soon shock the public mind. Instead of the
magnificent victories so exultingly reported,
after and during a series of bloody conflicts,
Gen. Banks retreated some forty miles down
the river, leaving his dead and wounded, his
artillery, his wagons and his supplies. The
extent of the disaster will never be made
known. A letter from New Orleans says :
The disaster to oar arms on the Red river
has proved a very serious one, in which we
have lost some 7000 in killed and wounded,
200 army wagons with stores, &c., 19 pieces
of artillery with caissons, ammunition, &0.,
even the personal effects of staff officers. We
have the entire gunboat flotilla above the
rapids, with the water of the river turned into
Bayou Pierre, so that the boats are useless.
General Banks has been forced to retreat 60
miles, after suffering great lose, and the enemy
are now between the gunboats and the army.
A despatch from Washington says; a letter
has been received there from Admiral Porter,
who commands the gunboats co operating with
Banks' army, which " pronounces GEM. Banks'
expedition a complete failure. Besides over
thirty pieces of artillery, a large quantity of
small aims, several hundred wagons and a
,first-class gunboat (the Eastport,) near 4000
prisoners have been lost; also, in addition,
the Paymaster's safe, containing a million
dollars in greenbacks, was captured by the
rebels."
It is feared that this disaster may lead to
another. Gen. Steele with 15,000 men was
advancing through Arkansas to join Banks at
Shreveport. Having disposed of Banks, it is
feared the active rebel Generale will turn
upon Steele with an overwhelming force and
annihilate his army.
The managemeit of this expedition by
Gen. Banks is sharply criticised and severely
censured. A letter from New Orleans says :
I have seen a large number of those who
were in the fight, and they all agree that
Banks, by marching up his men in brigades,
to encounter the massed army of Kirby Smith,
simply led them to a wholesale slaughter, and
hie lose of eighteen pieces of artillery, among
which was Nime' Battery, shows how effective
he made his artillery."
The N. Y. Evening Post, an Administration
paper always friendly to Banks, says :
As to the military management of General
Banks it is too early yet to speak a decisive
word ; but the newspaper accounts thus far
received of his grand expedition up the Red
River, and of the late battles at Pleasant
Ridge, are anything but assuring ; they would
seem to show the most prodigious blunders in
the whole ordering of the march and the con
filet. For a commander who is approaching
the presence of the enemy to send cavalry
some eight miles in advance of hie main army,
to let the baggage train of that cavalry occupy
the only road between the two , and when the
cavalry is attacked by superior numbers of
infantry, not to withdraw it, but to support it
with one or two light - brigades, is to evince
bad judgment, to say the least. General
Banks' policy was to defer battle as long-as
he could until he should be joined by the
forces under General Steele and others, rapidly
concentrating, and then fall upon the enemy
with superior numbers. According to the
representations we have, he allowed himself
to be drawn into the fight under disadvanta•
geoue -circumstances ; he lost needlessly both
men and munitions ; and if on the third day
we partially retrieved the case by a merciless
slaughter of the rebels, who had become too
confident, it was owing to the endurance and
valor of the troops, and not to the generalship
of the commander.
It is stated that in this bold push into the
enemy's country in search of plunder, Banks'
column was thirty six miles long! The cav
alry were four miles ahead of the nearest
corps of infantry ; that twelve miles ahead of
the next, and that twenty miles ahead of the
reserve ! No one corps was within supporting
distance of the other ; and it was not till they
were burled back and heaped upon each other
that the troops made an effectual resistance.
They fought bravely, and sacrificed much, to
repair the errors of a political General, who
was using them for a 'political scheme and a
moneyed speculation. An expedition thus
managed could not reasonably be expected to
succeed ; and its failure brings disgrace upon
all concerned in its management. It has ef
fectually blighted Banks' Presidential pros
pects, and thus effected one of the standing
purposes of Lincoln—the " suppression " of
rival candidates for the Baltimore nomination.
E=IMIZIECEEI
The Philadelphia Bulletin, of Friday eve
ning, thus truthfully speaks of the Abolition
Legislature of Pennsylvania which has just
adjourned much to the relief of the people I
The people of Pennsylvania are to be con—
gratulated on the adjournment of the Legis
lature. The session has been one of unparal
leled mischief, the full extent of which no
one can now pretend to estimate. Even the
pamphlet laws, when they are published, will
not begin to show all the evil that has been
enacted ; for there are hundreds of bills, the
full purpose of which does not appear in their
titles or contents. The means used to obtain
the passage of most of the bills were as dis—
graceful as the enactments themselves. That
hot-bed of corruption, Harrisburg, was never
before so infested with the agents of bribery,
politely called lobbyists. Bills had to be
bought through committees and through each
house, and the votes of members had their
price, while the lobbyists themselves pocketed
a large share of the sums exacted from per—
eons anxious to procure legislation. The
Philadelphia delegation, with a few honorable
exceptions, was a disgrace to the city. They
effected nothing for the good of Philadelphia,
bat they did a great dual for its injury.
When a measure for the benefit of the city
was proposed, even their advocacy of it was
useless; for they had not the respect of the
country members, and they were consequently
without influence. The bad work of the
session, had its fitting climax in the scandal—
ous scenes of rowdyism of the closing night
sessions, of which our correspondence has
given a slight sketch. Let us hope that such
another Legislature may never again be
elected.
HAVE WE A BLOCKADING SQUAD-
The New York Herald says the blockade
runners are doing a thriving business while
Mr. Welles, the Secretary of the Navy, is
taking a comfortable nap. They are running
freely, it appears, to and fro upon the ocean,
carrying rebel products to Europe, and bring
ing book rebel supplies from the sympathizers
on the other aide of the Atlantic. We hear
of twelve vessels arriving at Liverpool in two
days, laden with cotton from the rebel States.
We also learn by our files from Bermuda that
the steamer Minnie has just brought in there
even hundred and thirty-two tone of cotton
and three hundred and thirty boxes of
tobacco from Wilmington, and that quite a
fleet of steamers had reached that island
laden with merchandise for the use of the
Southern rebels. These facts suggest the
question, have we a blockading squadron
on our coast at all? The port of Wilmington
certainly might as well be innocent of the
presence of any such portion of the new
service.
IMPORTANT HISTORICAL LETTER.
The Portsmouth (Ohio) rams of the 23rd
publishes for the first time,. thefollowing
letter from S. P. Chase to a proininent Re
publican of that plane. The originaLreeently
came into the possession of the editor of the
runes, which he well remarks is of great
value, as revealing the polioy that controlled
the leading statesmen of the Republican party
just previous to, and at the time of their in
stalment into power. It throws considerable
light upon the animus of those members ,of
the Peace Conference, who thought the Union
would not be worth a curse, in the language
of Senator Chandler, of Michigan, without a
little blood-letting. The following is a copy
of Mr. Chase's letter :
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 1861.
Dear Sir : Thanks for your note and expla
nation of that vote. It may be useful. There
is a greater disposition to compromise than I
like to see. But I hope for the best. Half a
dozen of the Border State gentlemen have
been in our room to night. Etheridge and
Stokes, of Tennessee, Adams and Bristow, of
Kentucky, Gilmer, of North Carolina, and
others. I really sympathize with them, but
see no reason why we should sacrifice pertnar•
neatly a LARGE power to help them, for the
purpose of gaining temporarily a LITTLE one.
Yours, 'cordially, S. P. Caen.
Can any one who reads this letter of Mr.
Chase fail to see who brought this war on,
and who is responsible for the present condi
tion of things? Read•the letter over again,
particularly the lines in italic.
When Mr. Chase wrote that there was a
greater disposition to compromise than he
liked to see, he meant among his own party
friends, for the Democrats were all for corn
promise to avoid civil war and separation.
Mr. Chase, of course, resisted the disposition
to compromise which he found among hie
party friends. The result is now upon the
country in one of the most etupenduone and
sacrificing wars of modern times.
To the entreaties of the Border State men
he turned a deaf ear. He could see no reason
why the Republican party " should saorifloe
permanently a large power " to help them,
"for the purpose of gaining, temporarily, a
little one." He regarded the permanent as
cendency of the Republican party of far more
importance than the peace of the Border
States, and their retention in the Union. This
letter of Mr. Chase will form a part of the
history of the fall of the great American Re.
public, and connect his name indissolubly
with its destruction.
THE ELECTION FARCE IN LOUISI
Gen. James M. Ashley, of Ohio, is a mem
bar of Congress who is very apt to say what
he thinks. He is an uncompromising Repub
lican ; but this circumstance does not prevent
him from having a most contemptuous opin
ion of Mr. Lincoln, and his demagogical trick
for getting voters for his own reelection, by
the farce of holding elections in rebel States,
where we have only the most precarious foot
ing for our armies, and where, the instant
that they are withdrawn, the whole commu
nity are a unit in expressing their attachment
to the rebel cause. Recently, in a speech de
livered in Congress, General Ashley made the
following statement with reference to the late
elections in Louisiana. He said:
" The farce of an election was gone through
with, and of course the men representing an
organization whose loyalty never was ques
tioned were defeated. It could not well have
been otherwise. A military commander who
announces that ' martial law is the fundamen
tal law of the State,' and .that all must vote,
would not find it difficult to elect any one he
may designate, especially when the aggregate
vote did not exceed ten or eleven thousand,
with three candidates in the field. Hahn's
whole vote in the State, as claimed by his
friends, is only 6,l7l—less than one fourth of
my congressional district.
" There are fifty-four parishes in the State,
only twelve of which are under our control.
Of the number who voted for Hahn, I have
been credibly informed that over 1,000 were
employed in the quartermaster's department ;
about 550 are policemen in the City of New
Orleans ; city laborers 1,100, and other city
officers 100 ; some 1,600 were soldiers, claim-
ing to be citizens of Louisiana. The acting
mayor of New Orleans was removed by Gen.
Banks, and one appointed who could and
would control the votes and influence of the
550 policemen, city laborers and city officers.
With all the military power of the depart
ment to support Hahn, with the votes of all
the Government employees, the Louisiana
soldiers and policemen, his entire vote in the
twelve parishes is but 6,171, and yet this in
significant vote is paraded before the country,
and unblushingly called the ioice of the
entire State of Louisiana, which, in 1860, gave
a vote of over 50,000. Hahn had hardly as
many votes in the entire State as Mrs. General
Beauregard had sympathizing rebel mourners
in attendance upon her funeral in the city of
New Orleans a day or two after this eletion."
TRUE ELOQUENCE.
The following truly eloquent pas Sage is
from the speech of Hon. Oeo. H. Pendleton,
of Ohio, on freedom of speech in Congress
* * * My imagination paints another
When your work shall have been fully
accomplished ; when your mission shall have
been all executed ; when your Constitution I
shall be dead, our Sovernment destroyed, our
liberties gone ; when these States, held in their
proper position by the power of our matchless
Constitution, and emulating in their harmoni
ous action the stars which circle around the
footstool of the Eternal Throne, amidst the
music of the spheres, shall have given place to
" States dissevered, discordant, belligerent ; a
land rent with civil feuds, and:drenohed with
fraternal blood ; " impartial history will hold
its dread inquest, and before appalled human
ity will render judgment, that degenerate
children, discarding the teachings of their
fathers, deserting the lessons of the past, de
parting from " the ways of pleasantness and
peace, rebelliing against the wisdom and be
nificence of Gad, with their hearts tilled with
pride and their souls filled with passion and
fanaticism, raised their hands to strike ;the
matricidal blow, and received at that moment
from the vengeance of indignant and outraged
Heaven, the just punishment of their terrible
and nameless crime.
DESPERATE PRIZE FIGHT.
On Wednesday morning last a prize fight
took place, near the Gwynedd Station, on the
North Pennsylvania Railroad, Montgomery
county, six miles north from Norristown.
The place selected was an open field adjoining
a small copse of woods, and the fight was
witnessed by a large concourse of spectators
from New York and Philadelphia. The fight
was fur $5OO aside, and there was heavy
betting, considerable money changing hands.
The names of the principals are Dorney Har
ris, an Englishman, residing in New York,
and Patsey Marley, hailing from the same
city.
The fight commenced at quarter past 10 o'-
clock and continued for one hour and forty-five
minutes. Harris took his place in the ring a
half hour before the contest commenced. His
seconds were James Elliott and Barney
Aaron ; those of Marley were Kit Burns and
John Monaghan. Daniel Carrigan acted as
referee. In the second round Harris bad hie
rib broken, although the accident did not
disconcert him in the least, as he showed no
signs of pain. After the tenth or twelfth
round it was evident that Marley was fast
failing and the betting was two to one on
Harris. Over seventy rounds were fought
when Marley's seconds threw up the sponge
and Harris was declared the winner.
Marley's face exhibited signs of the most
severe punishment. He was totally blind, both
eyes being closed, and his head was swollen
as large as a bushel basket. Although blind.
he was reluctant to give up the fight, and
eried like a child when carried from the ring.
Harris, on the other hand, escaped without
any serious injury, his face not showing a
scratch. His only injury is a bioken rib.—
No attempt was made by the authorities to
interfere with the contest.
HAlL.—Considerable of a hail storm passed
over the North-Western part of Chester coun—
ty, and edge of Berke, on Wednesday. last,
Fortunately the crops or fruit trees were not
far enough advanoed to receive any damage.
It had the effect to chill the atmospheie.
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HoN. JAMBS BROOKS ON " TEBOWING AFRI- '
dill Drew n ANINIOAN ETV', vo itamave Wares Marg."— ,
A large sod brilliant audience of ladies and gentlemen at
tended the lecture of Hew Jasras BEOONT, <f New York, I
Wore the Young Men's Democratic Association, at Fulton
Hall, on Thursday evening last. Mr. B. entered the ban
a few minute's before 8 o'clock, accompanied by the Exec .
utter" Committee, and was greeted with much applause.—
He carried in his hand s 10-auUfal bowled which had been
sent to his hotel by one of our fair young city belles.
At 8 o'clock he was introduced to the audience by Dr.
WZIAMILINN, let Vire President of the. AltsatiatiOn, and
opened his lecture by making levetal humorous allusions
as to what was meant by throwing African Dust in Amer
ican Byes. He reviewed at length the different messunis
of the Lincoln Administration, showing conclusively that
from the commencement of cur present deplorable diffi
culties the men in power have been throwing duet (Mei
can at that) in the eyes of the people, in order to divert
Gush attention from shale wicked purposes and designs.
He geld that it was not by any Constitutional right that
he spoke thus to his audience, bat simply by the toler
ance of the person called President. This was no longer
a free country, although called such He cited instances
to prove that when tyrants, be they Emperors or Presi
dents, wished to usurp the rights and liberties of the
people they have never yet apparently changed the forms
of government, which was another way of tbrowlng • dust
in the people's eyes A remark that it was not Conetitn-
Gone or Presidents which gave him the right to speak his
mind freely, but that it was breathed into him by Al
mighty God, created the wildest applause, which lasted
for some time.
He also rapidly and scathingly reviewed a few of the
pet measures of the Administration. taking up the Con
scription Bill, the Indemnity Bill, (in which the wicked
results from the suspension of the writ of Habeas Corpus
were put in the most forcible light,) anti winding up with
some telling and humorous reflections on the Financial
policy.
His concluding peroration in behalf of a restored Union
was one of the most sublimely beautiful flights of elo-
quence we ever listened to. He spoke for one hour and
twenty minute' without notes, and we have time only to
give a hurried outline of his eloquent, humorous, inter
esting and Instructive lecture. livery person in the au
dience was delighted, and regretted when be concluded.
He was frequently interrupted with applause.
Mr. Moose, as moat of our readers are aware, is the able
and accomplished editor-in-chief of the New York Exprus.
one of the best of the Metropolitan dailies. He represents
one of the districts of New York City in Congress, and is
distinguished on the floor of the House for his ability,
prudence and sagacity. Aa a speaker he is interesting,
effective, argume tative and at times very eloquent. He
is about fifty years of age, of floe personal appearance, has
a very intellectual face, is modest, retiring and dignified
in manner, but at the same time a most entertaining gen
tleman In company.
After the lecture Mr. Sitcom, with a number of our own
citizens, was handsomely entertained by Gen. Geoeoz M.
STTLIMAII, at his residence in Vest King street. After
wards a fine collation was giVen him by the members of
the Association at Hopple'e Saloon, in the Depot building.
—The next lecture of the course will be delivered by
Oceans NoaTHaoP, Eeq, of Philadelphia, an eminent law
yer, and considered one of the most gifted and eloquent
epeakeni in the State. The lecture will be delivered on
Thursday evening, the 26th lost., and Mr. N. has chosen
for his subject: "flow a Free People Lose their Liberties."
RELIGIOUS. —Her. D. . STECK., of Dayton,
Ohio, formerly Pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church,
West Orange Street, this city, preached in that church on
Sunday morning and evening last. His sermons were
able and interesting, and there were large congregations
present.
Rev. Thomas B. Biases., Assistant Rector of Grace
Church, Philadelphia, has accepted a call to the Rector
chip of St. John's Free Church, this city. Rev. 'hunts
U. Howse, the late Sector, has taken charge of an Epic
copal Church at
.bloneadale, Wayne county, tine State.
TIaCZNIZWART 31781121.—The First German Reformed
Church of this city (Rev. Mr. Karen's) will close the
Tercentenary Anniversary of the formation of the andel
burg Catechism with appropriate services on Sunday next,
at 2% o'clock, P. M. The Sunday School will present its
'honk offerings, and place them upon the altar of the
church, .in sections, with appropriate mottoes and em
blems. Each section—seven in all—will be addressed by
some of our resident clergymen. The services will he in
terspersed with chants and hymns by the Choir and Sun
day School. It is hoped the occasion will be edifying and
promotive of the religions culture of the young
THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL.—We had the
pleasure yesterday afternoon of taking by the band our
old friend Turneozn M. Chitxsann, Esq., the energetic and
gentlemanly Agent of that sterling newspaper, the New
York ifirecniun's Journal. He will remain In the city a
day or two, and we trust that all the old subscribers will
continue their subecriptions, and that he may receive
many new ones. The Freeman's Journal is one of the few
faithful sentinels on the watch-tower of Liberty.
AN INTERESTING EXHIBITION. —Hensel's
miniature model of Mount Vernon will be exhibited in
Iteigart'e Bending, Meat King street, opposite the Court
House, commencing on Friday evening next. It is really
a wonderful piece of mechanism and art, and has been
visited by thousands of admiring spectators in Baltimore,
Philadelphia and other cities. It is theret re really worth
a visit by all admirers of the beautiful, and none should
fail to see it.
MisczoeNATloN.—A few eveninge ago in the
City of Reading could be seen the good-looking and genial
editor of the " Betas County Zeitung " (the new German
organ of the Berke County loyalists) walking arm in arm
and indulging in a friendly "smile " with a number of
Democratic gentlemen, prominent among whom was the
veritable Philip Huber, of K. G. 0. notoriety. The anomaly
was singular, bat fully coincided with the popular idea of
Miscegenation. We advise our * loyal " friends in "Alt
Berke" to look well to their interests, lest such associations
should proclaim their resent editorial acquisition *bogus."
Hear 'Oust the Zeitung editor says :
On Tuesday evening last we met an old acquaintance,
who is now Chairman of the Democratic Committee of
Lancaster County, and by him we were formally intro
duced to Mr. Huber, and, to our amazement, wo ascer
tained that it was the very Huber of Golden Circle Coto
rlety I .At the fleet we felt somewhat out of sorts, but
upon a low moments' reflection (for be really seemed quite
clever and perfectly harmless) we concluded that he woo
Just an good an any other repr.entatlve man of the
modern Pemccrecy.
THE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES—EXPIRATION
or rosin Team or Seance—The Ilarriebnrg Telegraph
furnishes the following Information, upon the authority
of the Adjutant General, as to the time of the expiration
of the term of service of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps
let and 2d Regiments, term expires August 1, 18&1; 3d
Regiment, July 28; 4th Regiment, July 17; sth Regi
ment, June 21; 6th, 7th and 90.1 Regiments, July 29;
lath Regiment, July 21, 12th Regiment, August 10; 13th
Regiment, June 11.
The Telegraph al, states, upon the same authority, that
there le no muster In for an unexpired term. Recruits tor
three years' regiments. after such organizations have been
In service, are all mustered for three years, no that at the.
expiration of the term of the regiment, such recruits will
bo held for three years and transferred to other regiments
RECOVERED.—Tbe body of Henry Stein
mats, who left his home in Mountain° about the first of
April in a state of mental derangement, was found a few
days since in the Susquehanna by Isaac Duck, who was
catching loose lumber. The body of the man was recog
nized by his clothing. It is not known how long he had
been in the water. The supposition is that he was drown
ed In Chigoe.' Creek, and tho late rains caused the body
to float down stream. The verdict of the jury wee
"drowned from an unknown cause."
HOMICIDE IN MARIETTA.—The Harrisburg
Telegraph says an affray occurred in Marietta, on Wednes
day night week, in which a young man named George
Wenslinen was mortally wounded. It seems that a quar
rel originated between two soldiers about a woman, upon
which one of them named Bishop discharged a pistol at
his opponent, and missing him shot Weaaelmnn, who hap
pened to be passing along the street. Wes.)!man was said
to have been a very worthy young man, and was to have
been married the next day.
CNANGES IN COMMON COUNCIL.—JOHN T.
MacGostotz, Eeq., President of the Common Council, by
rearoo of biz removal from the tatty, has signed his post.
lion as a member and presiding officer of that body. Mr.
Writtelf A. Matins has bean elected to fill the 'ecstasy,
which le a moat excellent selection. Mr. E)IANUZL 800000.,
an old and• experienced member of the body, has been
chosen President. This is a just compliment to his faith•
ful Nerviest; as a Councilman and estimable qualities es a
citizen. The election took place on Tuesday evening last.
There was no other business of importance transacted.
SCMOOL DIRECTORB.—The annual election
for twelve School Directors took place at the City Hall, on
Tuesday afternoon last, and resulted in the choice of the
THE MONRO
following persons: E. DOCTRINE
Dr. P. Cassidy, John W. Jackson ' William R. Wilson, President BucueNert, in December, 1859
William Whiteside. Simon P. Eby, Hugh B. Gars, Col. D.
W. Patterson, William A. Atlee, A. Herr Smith, Rev. it. reviewed our relations with Mexico ably and
H. Thomas, A. W. Russel, Henry Baumgardner.
at length. Speaking of the hackneyed clamor
Surns.—Whi has not oft in the stilly night, about " entangling alliances," and urging
ere slumber's chains have bound him, been tormentei by
hungry bugs crawling round him 1 and what housewife I upon Congress some decisive action, he re
would not pay something handsome to know just how to
banish from her premises the pestilent vermin. The marks :
Country Gentleman gives the following recipe, which, we "It may be said these measures are inoon
are assured, will have the desired effect: " Take two
pounds of alum, bruise it, and reduce it to powder; sistent with our wise and settled policy not to
dissolve in three quarts of water; let It remain in a warm interfere with the domestic concerns of for
place till the alum la dissolved. The alum water is to
be applied, by means of a brush, to every Joint and crevice. sign nations. But does not the present case
Brneh the crevices in the floor, whitewash the ceiling, fairly form an exception? An adjoining re•
putting In plenty, of alum, and there will be an end to public in a state of anarchy and confusion,
bugs dropping thence."
from which she is wholly unable to extricate
Lisr or JURORti to serve in the Court of herself. She is entirely destitute of the pow-
Quarter Sessions, commencing Monday, May Both:
Robert Baldwin, Salisbury. er to maintain peace upon her borders, or
Samuel Brubaker, Earl. prevent the incursions of banditti into our
John S. Blanks, City. territory. In her fate and her fortune—in
John L..Bnc City.
John W Clark, Marietta. her power to maintain a settled government
Abner Carter, Little Britain. — we 1 have a far deeper interest, socially, corn-
A. Scott Clark, Drnmore. , meroially and politically, than any other
Daniel Diller, Salisbury.
Samuel L. Eshleman, Mount Joy Bor. ' nation. She is now a wreck upon the ocean,
A. C. Flinn, City. • drifting about in the currents of the different
Joseph Frantz, East Earl.
John Graybill, Upper Leacock. ' factions. As a good neighbor, shall we not
Stephen Geisinger, Rapho. ' extend the helping hand to save her? If we
William N. Galbraith, Colerain. do not, it would not be surprising should
Jamb Eliwtand, Mount Joy Twp.
Christian B. Herr, Weet Lampetsr. , some other nation undertake the task, and
Daniel Helm, Strasburg Twp. thus force us to interfere at last, under oir-
H. BKerns, Salisbury.
A.
B .
Kaufman, City.. y
of increased difficulty, for the
Samuel Lockard, Repho. maintenance of our established policy."
George Lomb,East Camille°.
Isaac L Landis, Manheim Twp. These views are statesman-like and to the
H B. Kauffman, East Hempfloid. point. The Monroe doctrine means something.
Henry Mueselumn, Earl.
William ?dcDannel, Mount Joy Twp. ' Or, if it means nothing, then let us hear no
Edward Morton, Oily. ..:-
Daniel Peart, Columbia. i more about it. Let it go quietly down to ob-
John Reese, City.
Jacob Shallow, Rapho. ' livion, until the American people shall again
i
Henry E. ?Rahman, Penn. be equal to that spirit of foresight and saga-
George Bollinger, Little Britain.
Alexander Shultz, Strasburg Bor. : city in which it was first conceived, enunciated
Henry Wised. West Mempteld.
Martin 0. Weaver, Cainiarvon; and approved, and in one grand effort of
Jacob Weemr, City.. manhood drive back to their original obscurity
CULTURE or TOMATORS. —The following, the poor old joker at Washington, and the
which we copy from the Cul/unit, will possess an Interest
t o yegrloulturiste and gardeners who peruse oar paper : miserable pretenders and . factionists by
"There is a diversity of opinion In regard to the culture
of tomatoes Some prefer to allow the vines to_cover the whom he is counselled and controlled.
ground at will; (Otero prefer trellisses or frames. The .
French method Is as follows: As eo,n as a cluster of flow. ' OATS AND WINE.—The Commissionor of
ere Is visible, they top the stem sown to the darter. so
that the bowers terminate the stem. The effect is, that Agriculture has recently received a very en
the sap is immediately inicelled into the two bads next perior lot of black and white oats from
below the cluster, which soon push strongly, and produce
another cluster of flowers each. When theseare visible, Stockholm, Sweden, weighing forty-five
the branch to which they belong Is also topped down to pounds to the bushel, which will be diatribe
their level, and this is done nee times succeLively. By uted among the farmers in quart packages,
this means the plants become stout, dwarf bushes, not
above eighteen inches high. In addition to this, all the upon application to the Department. Our
laterals that have no flowers, and, after the filth topping. Minister to Japati, Mr. Prnyn, has forwarded
all the laterals whatsoever are nipped off In this way the
ripe sap Is directed into the fruit, which acquires a beauty, a choice variety of grape vines and rare
aim and excellence unattainable by any other means" p l ants—a contribution from the Tycoon. The
..... exchange of plants and seeds with foreign
SPRING Exatstylow or - HousEs.—The Ches- countries has done much to develope the re
ter County Agricultural Society have fixed sources of our soil and climate, and recent
upon Saturday the 28th inst., as the time for experiments reported to the Department have
holding their usual spring exhibition of horses. demonstrated the adaptability of the North to
In addition to a liberal list for all sorts and the production of many articles which it was
classes of horses, there will be two Volunteer heretofore supposed could only be cultivated
'Premiums competed for—one of $5O, and the in the South.
other of $25. These handsome premiums will ll.ll,
no doubt draw some good horses to the exhi- Dr Col. Furl, of Ct., late Provost Marshal
bition,as well as •orowda of visitors. The horse of Baltimore, has been convicted of selling
question just now is an interesting one to Government property for his own benefit, tak—
farmers—under the increasing demands from ing bribes, and other fashionable practices,
the Government for this class of animals—and" and has been sentenced to be, dismissed the
the Agricultural Society is disposed to en— service, forfeit all pay due him, pay a fine of
amine the growing of good homes by offer- $5OOO and be sent to State Prison for one
ing libeiral premiums at their spring fair. . year.
TIM MAXICIAR MILPILII.Z.
The Archduke Maximilian received the
Mexican deputation of Notables at Miramar,
Austria, on the 10th of April. He spoke as
follows :
"After a mature examination of the act of
acceptance of the Mexican crown, which you
have submitted to me, I have come to the con- C
fiction that the resolution of the Mexican
Notables hoe been confirmed by an overruling
majority of the inhabitants of that country.
Such being the ease, the first of the conditions
for which I stipulated on the 3d of October
has been fulfilled. The second condition—
that a guaranty of the independence and wel
fare of the country should be placed on a firm
basis—has been secured by the Emperor Na
pJleon, who throughout has been animated by
a spirit of sincerity and kindness which I
shalt - never forget. The illustrious bead of
my family has also given his consent. I now
solemnly declare my acceptance of the Crown
you have offered to me.
" Mexico is entitled to select a Government
corresponding to her wishes and her require
ments. This confidence shall not be mis
placed. I assume the the constitutional power
intrusted to me by the nation. I will retain
it so long as it may be necessary to establish
a state of legal order, and completely to or
ganise liberal institutions. I shall hasten to
place the monarchy under the authority of
constitutional laws as soon as the pacification
of the country shall be accomplished. Ex
ecutive power, strictly defined, is better
secured than when a matter of uncertainty.
and I will define it in such a manner as shall
be a guaranty of the stability of the Govern
ment. I hope to be enabled to prove that
well regulated liberty is compatible with
order. I will also uphold with equal energy
the flag of independence. I desire the assis
tance of every Mexican to support me in ac
complishing my splendid task. Union will
make us strong. My Government, I repeat
it, will not forget the gratitude due to the
illustrious Prince by whom alone the regener
ation of Mexico has been rendered possible.
On my journey to Mexico I shall visit Rome
to receive the blessings of the Holy Father,
which to me is doubly important."
The speech of the Emperor of Mexico was
replied to by the Preeident of the Mexican
Deputation.
The Emperor of Austria permits the forma
tion of a corps of 6,000 volunteers and 300
sailors for Mexico.
The new Mexican loan of eight millions
stet-ling, at 63, will be opened on the 15th
It was announced that the Emperor and
the Empress would probably quit Miramar,
en route for M sloe, on the 14th April.
A Paris paper believes it is able to assert
that the French army of occupation will be
gradually withdrawn from Mexico.
REBEL DESIGNS
The Washington correspondent of the N.Y.
News writes as follows in regard to the sup
posed intentions of Gen. Lae:
It may not be Gen. Lee's intention to invade
Pennsylvania at the present time. But it cer
tainly is his intention to draw Gen. Meade's
army across the Rapidan, to engage it there
with a part of his force, and with the main
body of his army to get in Meade's flank or
rear, and then either to attaok the latter, thus
placing him between two fires ; or else to make
a bold push toward Washington. Gen. Lee
has upward of 95,000 troops, including a body
of cavalry 16,000 strong, and both men and
horses are in excellent condition. His defen—
sive works, south of the Rapidan, and between
that stream and the Gordonsville and Rwh
mond Railroad, are so strong and extensive,
and are mounted with so many guns, that they
can be held and defended by a small propor
tion of his army, while the main body will be
rapidly moved in another direction.
It is understood to be Gen. Lee's design to
amuse and hold in check Gen. Ilt.leade's army
with this portion of his force, and perhaps even
to fall back before the latter nearly to Rich
mond, while Gen. Lee himself, with his main
body, strikes a blow in a very different direc
tion. To this end of course, it will be Gen.
Lee's aim to give the Federal commander the
idea that the whole Confederate army ie mas
sed together south of the Rapidan.
DEMORALIZATION OF WAR
Tongue cannot tell, pen cannot write, ima
gination cannot conceive of the demoralizing
effects of this war upon society. It is not con—
fined, by any means, to those whose sensibili
ties become hardened by the barbarities of
war, but its effects pervade every ramification
of society. It has thrown thousands of help
less women on the street in all the large cities
and towns. Read the following from the
Boston Post, of the 30th ult. It says : " A
young girl, neatly though plainly dressed, was
arrested by a police officer for improperly
soliciting men upon the street. When taken
to the station-house she admitted the charge,
and said she was compelled to adopt that
course of life or starve. She came from Ver
mont, with her mother and another sister,
because they could find no employment there.
Since their removal the mother had been sick,
and their support had devolved upon this girl,
who worked in a shop on Essex street, and re
ceived ten cents for making thirteen coat
I button holes. Work as bard as she might,
she could not earn enough to support the
family, and so was compelled to add to her
earnings by going upon the street. She told
her story plainly, but with an apparent feeling
that she was justified by her necessities.
Other facts known to the police corroborated
her story, and there is no doubt that she was
driven to a life of shame." Such facts show
that there is still work for philanthropists and
reformers at home, even in Boston.
WAR NEWS.
The War In Virginia.
WASHIRGTON, May b.
The Army of the Potomac began its fdrward
march on Monday. The crossing of the Rapidan
was affected without opposition on Tuesday and
Wednesday at Oulpeper, Jaoobs' Germania and
Rly's Nord. No rebels were seen, exospt a few
pickets, who retired as• we advanced. if Lee in
tends to mate a stand this side of Richmond, it is
possible he may be met near the old battle ground
of Ohanoellorsville, but it is the general impression
that he has fallen back from his position on the
Rapidan to Richmond, in order to protect that city
from the formidable force now marching upon it
from the rear, and which is as likely to strike on one
side of the James as the other.
Culpeper is belt g strongly fortified, and will be
used a depot for stores.
Ir. is reported hero to-day that a strong oolcimn of
troops under Gene. Conoh and Sigel are marching
from Winchester up the Sneaandoati Valley as •
co-operating column, destined eventually to out the
Virginia and Tennessee flathead, while Butler's
force, or a part of it, strikes the other railroad at or
near Petersburg, trills severing all railroad 001110111-
nioations between Riehmond and the South.
Gen. Butler took the field in person at the head
of the army on the Peninsula yesterday, and his
host is marshaled by such leaders as W. F. Smith,
Gillmore, Terry and Godfrey Weitzel.
The movement assumes an expeditionary charac
ter. An immense fleet of transports, and a strong
aqnadron of monitors and gunboats will convoy it
up one of those broad rivers to the gates or to the
baok door of Richmond, and perhaps the Iron-clads
may once more try the strength of the rebel bat
teries that line the James, the Pamunkey and the
Rappahannock.
The feeling prevails that there is desperate work
before this army. Bat there is nerve and strength
for it. the iron-clads lie in the still waters off
Newport News, and the fleet of gunboats are in
communication with them. All the auguries are
favorable.
WASEURGTON, 2011 6,
The Army of the Potomac has passed the Wilder
ness which includes the old Chanoellorsville battle.
ground, east of Lee's army until it re totted au open
plain east southeast of the Wilderness. He further
states that Gen. Grant took that route in order to
flank Gen. Lee.
Our informant states that the theory entertained
by officers there, was that General Lea was still in
his works about Orange Court Rouse. Many here
believe that it will be found that General Grant
has Ranked General Lee, and is between his army
and the works of Richmond.
FORTRESS MONROE, May B.
Having permission from -Capt. Poiffer, Aid de
Camp to Gen. Butler, to publish anything that has
transpired here in regard to the highly important
movements in this direction, I transmit the follow
ing particulars.
Oa Tuesday night the ad inst., about one-half of
the large fleet of transports that bad been lying in
the Roads for some time, were ordered to Yorktown,
and commenced embarking troops on Wednesday.
The rest of the fleet went up and took the remainder
of the troops on board and name back here.
The whole fleet then proceeded up the James river,
passing here last night., The movements were con
ducted with the greatest secrecy and with all
_possi
ble quietness. The fleet advanced up the James
river, preceded by the army gunboats under com
mand of General Graham.
During to-day and last night, a very successful
landing has been effected, and no resistance hid
been met with up to 4 o'clock this morning, at which
time the steamer Thos. Powell left with despatches,
in charge ot Capt. Peiffer. No casualty has ocoured
beyond the killing of a oolored soldier, and -the
injury of two others by being caught betweon two
boats.
Our movement was evidently a complete success.
At the last advices our forces were being rapidly
landed and pushed forward. We have landed at
Wilson's wharf, Fort Powhatan landing, Bermuda
hundred, above the Appotomax and other places.
Our monitors and gunboats are all over the bar at
Harrison's Landing and above City Point. The
operations of the fleet have been characterized by
great energy and success ,
WASHINGTON, May 7.
The Republican has the following: The govern
ment has information this morning, whether from
official sources or other, we are unable to learn posi
tively at the moment of going to press, on Wednes
day at daylight, Grant's whole army was entirely
across the Rapidan. It marched to a plain a little
beyond and near the old Chanaellorville battle
ground, when Lee was forced out of his works and
offered battle which was at once accepted. The fight
became fierce and lasted until dark, the enemy being
forced back some distance, with great loss, leaving
most of his killed and wounded in our hands,
The two armies lay on their arms ail night Wed
nesday, and at daylight on Thursday the battle
opened again, and raged with the greatest fury on
both sides until dark, when it was found that the
enemy had been forced back in the two days' fight
about two miles and a half, leaving heaps of dying,
killed and wounded on the field to be buried and
taken care of by our troops.
We have heard various estimates made of the
number slaughtered, but at this moment it Is useless
to speculate un the subject. Every one knows that
It must have been terrible and will speak to the
senses when the facts are known.
Oa Friday morning at five o'clock the forces .were
marching for another eonfliot, General Grant moving
on Lee's works. Up to this time Gen. Barnside's
corps, numbering thirty thotu3and men, had taken
no part in the battles, but at half-past five were
marching into position to engage in the bloody con
test of the third day's battle.
Of the result of this day's fight we have no repor
up to the moment of going to press. The battle
commenced at six o'clock in the morning. Unless
Lee received reinforcements equal to Burnside's
Corps, the battle of Friday must have proved terri
bly disastrous to him.
From Arkansas
We learn by way of Memphis, that on the 25th nit,
artraiu returning to Pine Blutl was captured by the
enemy. It consisted of 240 wagons, together with
the escort, under the command of Col. Drake, com
prising the 26th lowa, 77th Ottio, and the 431 Indi
ana, with four pieces of artillery.
lien. Steele left Camden for Little Rook on the
28th, being out of supplies.
On the 80th he crossed Saline liver. Before
crossing he was attacked by the rebels under Fagan -
During the evening a portion of the rebel cavalry
crossed the river above that place and proceeded
within eight miles of Little Rock, causing much
alarm. The enemy harassed Steele during the
whole march in retreat, but he was able to keep
them from doing him any material injury. Hs
found it necessary to destroy his trains and barn
the bridges behind him as he passed.
On the /at of May hie main force was within 40
miles of Little Rook, and his cavalry had reached
that place.
Officers recently arrived from Little Rook report
that that place and Pine Bluff are safe, the latter
being strengthened by 300 men under Gen. Andrew.
In the attack, while crossing the Saline river
Major Atkinson and Lieut. Henry, of the sth Indi
ana regiment, were killed. The loss was heavy on
both sides.
WASHINOTON, May 9-I . A. M
A dispatch from Secretary Stanton, to Governor
Brough, of Ohio, dated at 12 o'clock to-night, states
that up to that time nothing offiolal had been re
ceived from Gen. Grant; that the Government had
no later information than at the time of the Soore
tary's letter to Gen. Dix; that Thursday and Friday
had been vary hard fighting, and Friday particu—
larly was the bloodiest of the war; and that as yet
aims was notirang dem:este known.
A report prevails here that the Confederate Gen
eral Ewell has been captured, and General Plokett
wounded.
General Gregg has been wounded severely, and his
death is reported,
Naw Yonz, May 8.
The Tribuna's vestal says news has been received
by the Government that General Sherman is fight
ing his way through Tunnel Hill successfully and
pressing upon Dalton. The enemy is falling beak,
leaving his dead and wounded in our hands.
A FREE PRESS IN MARYLAND.
The reign of tyranny and oppression in Maryland
is further developed by the following :
[From the Eit, Mary's (Md.) Gasettel
Our readers, being the immediate constituents of
Mr. Harris, will doubtless expect to read his speech
in this issue of our paper; but the annexed com
munication, we presume, will satisfactorily account
for our failure to publish it :
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY DETACHMENT,
DISTRICT or IST. MARY'S, LEONARDTOWN; MD"
April 12, 1864.
8414: The commanding officer of this detachment
desires that you will not publish or make any allu
sion in the St. Mary's Gazette to the treasonable and
disgraceful speech of the member of Congress from
this district, delivered in the Rouse of Representa
tives on the 9th instant.
1 am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient ser
vant, F. VV. DICISISON,
First Lieut. Fifth Cavalry, Acting Adjutant.
To the Publisher and Proprietor of the St. Mary's
Gazette, Leonardtown, Md.
Surely if Mr. lisasia's speech was as here repre
sented, it would do him and the cause he advooated
more harm to publish than suppress it.
THE NUMBER or REBEL Patsozzas.—The
report of the Commissary General of Prison
ers,: accompanying the Secretary of War's
report, has just been published. It shows
that the number of rebel officers and men
captured by us since the beginning of the war
is :—One lieutenant general, five major goner -
twenty•five brigadier generals, 186 oolon
els, 146 lieutenant colonels, 244 majors, 2,497
captains, 5,811 lieutenants, 16,563; non-com—
missioned officers, 121,156 privates and 5,800
citizens. Of these, we had on hand at the date
of the report 28,229 officers and men, among
whom were one major general and seven
brigadiers. There had been 121,937 rebels
exchanged against 110,866 Union men re—
turned. The exchanges of officers on both
sides are computed at their exchangeable
value in privates. Since the date of the above
report there have been less than one thousand
exchanges, and very few captures on either
side. The figures are, consequently, approxi—
mately correct. No statement has been.
furnished to our government of the number of
prisoners held by the rebels.
A NEGRO &temp.—Tao Abolitionists of
Wayne township, Soskuslio county, Indiana,
in which the town of Warsaw is situated,
elected a negro barber Supervisor, on Monday
last, says the Fort Wayne Time*, and we ask,
why should they not 1 The Administration
has commenced making commissioned officers
in the United States army of the same dusky
individuals. Are the white men of Warsaw,
who while working the roads will have to obey
their negro supervisors, any better than the
white soldiers who will have to salute' old
Abe's dark skinned minions as their superiors
in rank.
CAIRO, May 6