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Report of the Surveyor General of
Pennsylvania
SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, }
HARRISBURG, December 31, 1864.
To His Excellency, Andrew G. Curtin, Governor
of the annmonwealth of Pennsylvania:
SIR: I have the honOr to submit the
following detailed statement of the ope
rations of this Department, for theyear
ending the 30th ult.:
Work done for which no fees have been
received
2,178 Patents paid for.
771 Patents endorsed, recorded and
indexed.
2,593 Calculations of amounts due.
2,593 Certificates of amounts directed
to State Treasurer.
808 Vouchers written.
2,593 Vouchers endorsed and num
bered.
549 New warrants written, numbered
and filed.
549 New warrants written and direct
ed to county surveyors for execution.
1,785 Tickets issued for patenting.
336 Warrants to accept. survey!: on lo
cations, and on actual settlements and
improvements, issued.
1,010 Returns of the courses and ,lis
tances of surveys, written out at length,
from which patents are made out.
54!) Applications, the description of
which has been entered in warrant book
and indexed.
800 Entries of the time of patenting
in the warrant register, and endorsed
on single warrants.
2,593 State Treasurer's receipts en: eyed
and delivered to Auditor General, with
monthly lists for settlements.
995 Entries in fee book, transcribing
the same quarterly for settlement with
Auditor General.
7,069 Surveys .and warrants taken
from the tiles, either for patenting,
copying connections, orther informa
tion, and retiling the same.
5,076 Letters received and answered.
Work done for which fees hare horn
reeiiived, for Vic year endingo
Nocn
her 30, 18b4.
1,240 Copies of surveys
400 Copies of warrants
370 Copies of patents__ ...........
157 Connected drafts, embracing
1,433 tracts 397 50
509 Searches 142 25
210 Calculations 105 00
23 Orders valuing islands 23 00
41 Copies of applications 28 00
20 Copies of blotter and vouch
ers
4 Copies of the minutes of the
Board of Property
18 Extracts of deputy sur
veyor's list
6 Caveats and 4 citations
2 Orders of re-survey
I Copy of town of Bedford
2 Copies of paver of attorney .
Copies of Nicholson's papers,
S'lateinent showing thc anuncnt of pur
chase money and
. fres for warrants
and patents received from Dec( odic:7-
W, 1863, to .November 30th,
PurchaN, A1 , ,,u , y.
1863, December $ 2,123 311
1864. January 1,215 4:1
" February 2,115:1 21i 575 . - 1
Mar,ll 2,621 o 5 775 5:1
" April 3,570 57 962 29
‘• May 2,366 81 1,177 67
" June 1,5(16 72 .1,562 6:1
" July 2,1192 75 944 35
" August 6,27 s 611 1,530 61
" September .... 7,097 54 1,559 :12
" I h,tober 21,517 70 t -, .5";7 53
" November 13,029 73 4,09'2 IN
Purchase money
Fees
Copying fees
Statement showing the amount of roomy
received from lands from Dec. 1, 11 , ,0
to Nov. 30, 18(13, a period of sr veil
years.
Th•coip/N
December, is.;, to Nov., 1557 '321,553
December, 1557, to Nov., 1S 5s 1.2,915 .1!
December, 1858, to Nov., IS5q 1;1,9 2'
December, 18511, to Nov., Istio 11,:;25 11
December, 1860, to Nov., 16,1 7,2-12 ,~t
December, 1861, to Nov., 1.. li' 5230 61
December, 1865, to Nov., 163 1,x,157 o:
It will be seen by a comparison of the
two immediately preceding tables, that
the receipts from lands for the single
year ending on the :loth of November,
1864, have been nearly equal to the total
receipts from the same source for the
previous seven years, and•it is believed
that not much short of forty thousand
dollars has been lost through the opera
tion of the graduating act. The patent
and warrant fees alone, it will be ob
served, exceed in amount the total re
ceipts of any year of the seven above
given. The month of October last
yielded over eight thousand live hun
dred dollars more than the year eliding
November 30, 1857, the highest in the
seven. The number of patents paid
for during the year just ended, exceeds
by five hundred and seventy-eiOA the
number paid for in the seven years em
braced in the foregoing table, whilst the
copying fees are, I believe, the heaviest
I hat have been received in any single
year during the last thirty years.
But a few years ago the business of
the Land Office had declined to such an
extent that its receipts were not sutri-
Ment to pay its expenses. This tans
factory state of affairs is now
changed, and instead of being a burden
on the Treasury, the Land Office has
become an important source of revenue.
The amount contributed by it to the
Treasury in the last fiscal year, would
defray the expenses of all the depart
ments of the State Government, except
ing the Legislature. It exceeds the in
terest on one million five hundred
thousand dollars.
This great increase in the
and receipts of the office, has verified
the predictions of every Surveyor Gen
eral for the last fifteen years, that the
only way in which the heavy indebted
ness to the State on account of lands
could be collected, was by Executive
recommendation and Legislative enact
ment. There can be no doubt that the
recommendations made in your Excel
lency's last annual message, and the
subsequent action of the Legislature
thereon, were the main causes of the in
crease. I am of opinion that the re
ceipts might be still further augmented
by the application of a gentle pressure,
in the shape of a light increase of taxa
tion on unpatented lands, to parties in
arrears.
Large as has been the sum received
from lands during the past fiscal year,
it is questionable whether it equals the
interest for the same period on the in
debtedness of land owners to the Com
monwealth. Such measures as would
induce debtors not merely to keep down
the interest, but annually diminish,
and within a reasonable period finally
extinguish the liens of the S tate, should,
if possible, be adopted. If a method
free frbm objection of harshness be
sought after, i know none likely to be
more efficient or less offensive than that
suggested in my last annual report, of
making a light discrimination in favor
of patented lands in the' levying of
State taxes. If this plan were
adopted, I feel confident that nearly
all the open accounts on the books
of this office might be closed
in the next ten years, and two or three
million dollars be gathered in, without
distressing a single debtor.
I trust the graduating act of 1835,
which has from time to time expired
by it own limitation and been year after
year re-enacted, will not again be re
vived. The principal effect of it during
the last, was to crowd the office exces
sively for a month or two, and deprive
the Commonwealth of money to which
she was justly entitled. Experience
has shown that the requirements of the
- act are very loosely complied with by
many who are charged with the per
formance of official duties under it.
Of the total receipts for the year, only
twenty-four thousand two, hundred and
fifteen dollara were from/tols to which
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the benfits of the graduating act were
extended ; and of this sum,
only four
teen thousand two hundred and five
dollars were for purchase money, the
balance being fees. The interest, which
in all these cases amounted to far more
than the principal—running back as it
did in many instances more than , a
hundred years—was cut off under the
provisions of the act and the too liberal
construction placed upon it by many of
the county commissioners.
For several months, in the early part
of the year, a portion of the clerical force
of -the office was employed in making
out lists of unpatented lands, as required
by au act of the Legislature. But this
work could not be continued, as the cur
rent husinesssoon swelled tosuchpropor
don that thediligent lahorofall theclerks
in the office could not keep pace with it.
I was compelled either to omit this part
of the duty enjoined upon me, or shut
out citizens who came forward to pay
their dues and patent their lands.
Notwithstanding the unusually large
number of patents written and recorded
during the year, over twelve hundred
still remained to be written on the first
of December. This number has since
been but very little diminished, as new
applications for patents continue to come
in nearly as fast as the old ones can be
disposed
,of". The work now on hand
would keep the present clerical force of
the Mlle() employed for six months, with
out attending to any new business.
In addition to the unwritten patents,
about three thousand accounts remain
to he entered in the journal and ledger.
Thus flu- no great inconvenience has
1 . 1,111 the omission to enter them,
\Odell was entirely unavoidable; but
doll) ()lit ry cannot be much longer post
poliod with safety, especially as their
nuniher is increasing every day.
In view of these facts, I feel it to he
my duty to suggest that authority be
given to the Surveyor General to employ
temporary Clerks, in such numbers and
for such periods as the exigencies of this
/epartment may reqtdre. The exercise
of this authority might be made subject
to the approval of your Excellency. I
am persuaded that the suggestion
will not be coniiidered unreasonable,
when it is remembered that the
receipts of the office have run
up from five thousand dollars in
IsO:.! to ninety thousand in Pitf-I, whilst
but two Clerks have been added to the
ninnber then employed.
There is a great deal of labor per
formed in this office which does not
properly belong to it, which is all done
free of charge to those who enjoy its
benefits. In thriller times persons who
found it inconvenient to visit the Land
Office themselves for the transaction of
business, employed agents who were
'located at the seat or Government. But
of late years the habit has grown up of
writing :aid remitting money directly
to the surveyor ( )eneral. This requires
much Lion and labor to be spent in cor
respondence, and iu taking care of
money and keeping accounts with the
thousands of persons dius accommo
dated. The labor is onerous, and few
are aware of its magnitude ; but as it is
an accommodation to the public, no'
change is proposed.
I respectfully recommend a revision of
the tables of ices now fixed by law for
this ()nice. Adoptedlialf a century ago,
when money was relatively more valu
able than it is now, the present fee bill
alli)rds very slender compensation for
much labor that is performed in this of
fice. Sonic of die fees might be increas
ed from fifty to one hundred per cent.,
and yet not be too high. This would
make a considerable addition to the
amount of (Alice fees annually paid into
the Treasury by this Department.
Respectfully yours, &c.,
JAMES P. BARR,
Surveyor General.
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Cory Olanus on Family Affairs
The Brooklyn E,tilic has a correspon
dent who knows a thing or two Hear
h :
Ig1=111:1
It is a good thing for a man to pay at
tention to his family.
Provided he has ion..
Married men generally have. So
have I.
It is the natural consequence of get
ting married.
Families, like everything else, are
more expensive than they used to be.—
Shoes and clothes cost a sight, now-a
days, and children have mostly good ap
petites.
:1,90,:_dr; 11 Mine have.
Boys will be boys. They can't help
it. They were born so. It is their des -
tiny to tear their trowsers, and wear out
two pair of Loots per month ; keeping
their ma constantly employed like a
besieged garrison repairing breeches,
and their unfortunate pa paying out
currency, under a strong conviction that
there is nothing like " leather "—to
wear out.
I tried copper-toed hoots on my heir.
The copper wore well, and I have an
idea that copper hoots would be a good
idea, but I couldn,t rind a metallic shoe
maker to carry it out.
Mrs. O'L. also became attached to cop
per, and thought it would bean improve
ment and save sewing if boys' panta
loons were, like ships and tea-kettles,
copper-bottomed. The suggestion was
A No. 1, but we haven't tried it yet.
Copper so ran in my head at the time
that o'Pake called me a copperhead.
This was the origin of the term.
Mrs. O . L. is a managing woman. She
makes trowsers for our son, Alexander
Themistocles, out of lame, when I've
done with them. lie can get through
three pair to my oue, ordinarily, and I
obliged to wear out my clothes faster
than I used to, to keep him supplied.
I once suggested that it might be
within the resources of art and industry
to make him a pair out of new material.
Mrs. O'L. said positively that it
couldn't be done. It would ruin us.—
She concluded it was cheaper to cut up
a pair I had paid twelve dollars for.
I subsequently found upon inquiry
that ut•W cloth for that purpose could
have I u en bought for about two dollars.
I ventured to tell Mrs. O'L., expecting
a triumph of male foresight over female
lack of judgment.
She gave me a look of scorn ; as she
wanted to know if I had asked the
price of " trimmings."
Trimmings were too much for me.
I have been afraid of trimmings ever
since.
Trimmings, I suppose, mean buttons
and things.
In addition to clothes, the scion of our
house runs up other expenses.
But what is the expense compared
with the joy a father feels, when after
a day's laborious exercise at the office,
wrestling with a steel pen, he returns to
his domestic retreat, and is met at the
gate by a smiling cherubim, who in
tones that go to his fond parent's heart,
and makes him forget his troubles,
with, " Hallo, pa, give me a penny."
Your hand instinctively goes to the
seat of your affections, your pocket, and
draws forth the coveted coin which is
invested in molasses candy.
Dr. Givin and his Mexican Viceroyalty
-A Screw Loose
It was lately reported that Dr. Gwin
had mysteriously turned up at Havana,
en route for Europe, and that he had
flatly denied the whole - story of his
Mexican dukedom and viceroyalty. In
the news from Mexico, which we pub
lished yesterday, we have the true ex
planation, we suspect, of this mystery.
Maximilian, itappears, found Dr. Gwin
a heretic and t Southern secession pro
pagandist, and that under his control
Sonora and the Mexican States adjoin
ing would soon be filled by an un
manageable revolutionary Southern
secesh population It further appears
that, in this view, Maximilian regard
ing the "returned Californian" as a
dangerous firebrand, threw cold water
over him and his projects, and that the
snubbed and indignant Doctor is on his
way back to Paris to demand redress
from Louis Napoleon. We fear that
some such misfortune as thip has be
fallen the enterprising Doctor/and will
cut short his dreams of a reign of im
perial power, pomp and splendor, "fuss
and feathers," in the beautiful clime of
Sonora.—N. Y. Herald.
Henry Ward Beecher.
fFr9rn the Newark (New Jersey) Journal.]
Mr. Henry Ward Beecher has been
lecturing in Baltimore. He announced
to the good people there that he had
come to tell them things of interest to
themselves and to the nation. He con
gratulated them upon the fact of a be
nign Government robbing them of their
slaves and refusing them compensation.
'Vulgarly speaking, he talked to them
"like a Dutch uncle," commiserating
with them upon their recent blindness,
and congratulating them upon the fact
that Uncle Abe had given them specta
cles to see with. He told them by all
means to go to school, being so igno
rant ; and by all means to exercise them
selves in Webster's spelling book, until
able to read in Beecher's sermons. He
likewise demonstrated to them that the
ladder of Heaven came down through
the roof of Plymouth Church, Brook
lyn; and, in conclusion, he patted them
on the back and told them to go home
and be good little boys and girls, mind
Father Abraham, and study their les
sons ; so that by-and-bye, when they
died, they might go to Massachusetts.
We fancy the people of Baltimore
must have stared and bit their lips as
they listened. Many things are tolera
ble, but busy-bodies are not tolerable.
And Henry Ward Beecher is eminently
a meddler and a busy-body. He has
that genuine Yankee trait in the utmost
perfection. He has a propensity for
raking in gutters and then crying out,
" I smell a stink !" He has the itch
himself, and wants to scratch every
body's back. He is the type of a class
so fond of interfering in everything that,
if they could carry their characters be
yond the grave, they would make the
angels uneasy on their thrones, and drive
the Devil himself out of Pandemonium.
Human society has to endure many
evils. Small pox is bad ; war is bad ;
taxes are very bad, and the conscription
is dreadful ; but, of all the curses we
know, a Yankee preacher, a nasal-toned
Abolition Yankee preacher, a Yankee
preacher who upholds that " we are the
people, and wisdom shall die with us,"
is the direst infliction that poor suffer
ing humanity has to bear up against.
We have not seen a report of Mr.
Beecher's lecture in Baltimore, but we
have quite a vivid conception, neverthe
less, of its style and its substance. Mr.
Beecher's style is quite fjt:tut•iB. It
possessses a life, vigor, and ('clot of its
own, and now and then " babbles o'
green fields," or flashes out electrically
with quite a genuine effectiveness. But
for all that, the Brooklyn apostle speaks
a " Babylonish dialect." Its habit is
vicious, its dress is piebald and parti
colored. He may know what good taste
is, but he invariably sacrifices it for ef
fect, as the clown wears motley to create
a laugh. The points of his style are al
ways 4c/coot') : its pungency is derived
from capsicum ; its brilliancy is
bluelight. It is a false style,
without genuineness, without smooth
neSs, without harmony, and conse
quently without beauty. It aims always
to startle, and hence, Iwrpetuall2, , resorts
to clap trap. It embraces quite as much
twaddle as sparkle. It combines Emer
son and Elder Knapp, A. Lincoln and
Parson Brownlow ; it probes into the
dung-hill out sniffs at the lazar-house;
it flies from cotton sheep to transcenden
talism ; it -couples in one sentence the
mange and the seven Heavens; it sails
from the duck-pond to the Pacific, goes
from oil-wells to Chimborazo, and, in
short, is that indeticrible compound of
the sublimely ridieu lous—Beecher's
style.
Nor need we be at any loss to conjec
,ture the substance of the remarks with
which Mr. Beecher sought to edify the
benighted Baltimoreans. For Beecher
isms have a family resent 'dance as close
as that which subsists between two peas
from the same pod IVlinever hears the
Plymouth Church-man once, can anti
cipate him always. His utterances, er
ratic as they seem, obey laws as immu
table as those which regulate the paths
of the planets. So, we may be sure that
the Baltimoreans had a dose of the
Beecherian politics, a dose of the Beech
erian economies, and a dose of the
Beecherian religion. If, having been so
drenched, they went home sick at the
stomach, few will be surprised.
The Beecherian politics wear a com
plex appearance, at first view, being
hoisted aloft into certain clouds of tran
scendental indistinctness, and woven
about with an embarrassing tissue of
fine cobwebs ; nevertheless, in reality,
they are very simple, and are easily
summed up in two or three general
propositions. In point of fact, logically
regarded, the Beecherian politics em
braces only a single proposition, since
the destructive Beecherian process of
reasoning has made way with all others
save this one. For, we. ee the Beecheri
an doctrine of universal liberty con
strued into emancipation for the
negro, and hostiles for the white
man, which is absurd; we see
the Beecherian doctrine of submis
sion to government offset by the
counsels of resistance and the boxes of
Sharpe's rifles seldom to Kansas, which
is equally absurd; we see the doctrine
of free and untrammeled popular gov
ernment complimented by the doctrine
that the South must be trampled down
till the last musket is flung away—an
absurdity also. The only political
Beecherian proposition to which Beech
er has been uniformly consistent is this:
Mug the horn of eh,' Brcchcis
This includes everything. This pro
vides an universal solvent for all knotty
questions. This is the adequate to damn
Democrats and adjust the yoke to Re
publican necks. This is the Ethica
Prilnitiva, that goes deeper than all
casuistry. This condemns Robert Lee
to hemp, and awards the laurel crown
to Greeley; this demonstrates the
high morality of shoddy, and blesses
contractors with a conscience This
sanctions the strategy of Stanton, sets
Butler's international law above that of
Puffendorf, awards a gold-value togreen
backs, blesses the hulks of (litleon, per
fect the acumen of Bates, detects the
virtues of Thad. Stevens, and canonizes
Lincoln—Sanctus Abraham Primus—in
advance of the new American Almanac.
This is the politics that was so eloquent
ly preached in Exeter Hall, but which
the English could not be persuaded to
swallow, in spite of its likeness to Spur
geonism. This doctrine is so transcen
dentally true, and pure, and essential
to the well-being of mankind, that
it must be enforced of necessity,
and at all hazards. It is a faith
to be hedged in among serried bayo
nets; to be decided and enforced by
"infallible artillery;" to have its ortho
doxy established beyond all cavil " by
Apostolic blows and knocks ;" and, if
need be, to be brought vividly back to
its pristine vigor in the consciousness
of the peoples by the " godly, thorough
reformation " of " fire, sword and deso
lation."
Th 9 Beecherian religion is somewhat
less simple than the Beecherian politics,
' remotely at least, it is based
same fundamental principles.
words, it is Beecherian in dog
element, and in practice. It
look to authority for guidance,
learning for illumination. It
o itself in every strait, and
out all problems by means of
literal art that costs no pains
study, industry, or brains."
is of this art Chistiauity has
been elevated, the Gospels improved,
and the character of true religion
brought into sublime conformity with
the exigencies of modern times. The
work is eminently Beecherian in charac
ter. Who indeed but Beecher would
have ventured upon the audacious pro
ject of wadding down a Sharpe's rifle
bullet with a page torn from the Sermon
on the Mount? Who but he could have
evolved the doctrine of "No Compro
mise with Traitors " from the history of
the Woman taken in Adultery ?
Mr. Beecher indeed does not deny
preaching a sort of composite Chris
tianity, such as can be made contem
poraneous with Parrott guns, Greek
lire, burnings of cities, desolations of
territories, raids, robberies, retaliations,
bombardments,i bastiles, and other emin
ently modern appliances ., Men may
say of his faith as Samuel Butler said of
Squire Ralpho's:
"'Tis a dark lantern of the spirit,
Which none see by but those that bear it ;"
LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1865.
but nobody can deny it the merit of
being exceedingly comprehensive—aye,
even-to mongrelism. It ranks Abe Lin
coln's dirty jests with the Psalms of
David; it finds elements of sanctity in
Ben. Butler; it gives the Reverend
Colonel Higginson a place among the
martyrs in advance ; it seats John
Brown higher than Stephen, and it
classes the Emancipation Proclamation
with the Lord's Prayer. To be sure, it
detects the Iscariot in Stonewall Jack
son's stern Presbyterianism ; but its
otherwise all-embracing charity detects
the religion in Lucy Stone's sweetness,
in Abby Foster's Free Love-ism, in
Grant's high old swearing, in Carl
Schurz's Red Republicanism; it does
not deny the true faith to,Parson Brown
low's prayers, nor to Andy Johnson's
brandy bottle; 'it finds a missionary in
Ben Wade, and the spirit of prophecy
in Jim Lane; aye, and it goes further
still—it reserves a place in the Kingdom
of Heaven for Shoddydom itself!
Mr. Beecher's notions of political
economy do not require extended re
mark. They are upon a par with his
political notions and his religious no
tions. He is not a firm believer in
mathematical stringencies. To his
mind, two and two need not make four
unless itsuits the Government or Beech
erism to have it so. If occasion requires
it,_two and two may be three, or they
may be seven. The rules of multiplica
tion can weigh nothing in conflict with
the rules of the Treasury or the exigen
cies of the Conscription The half may
be superior to time whole, from a patriot
ic point of view, 'though never of course
in any question that concerns the
amount of the 13eecherian salary, or the
vendition of PlYmouth Church pews.
Miss Anna E. Dickinson Lectures on the
Right of the Negro to Vote
The N. Y. Tribune of Wednesday has
the following notice of a lecture by this
female political orator, on the war, the
negro in general, and his right to vote
in particular:
A very large, very fashionable, and
highly appreciative audience assemblisi
last evening to listen to Miss Anna E.
Dickinson's lecture. Subject: "A
Glance, at Our Future." The large hall
of Cooper Institute was en)wded with
ladies and gentlemen, and the discourse
was listened to throughout with marked
attention.
' Miss Dickinson's appearance was
hailed with hearty applause. She com
menced by saying that oftentimes a
battle lost was a victory won. This has
been evidenced in the present war. At
last this nation stands covered with
wounds, but filled with the glory of a
divine agony, for 4,000,000 of slaves are
free. The speaker touched upon the
recent peace conference with caustic
satire. She was not in favor of any peace
through compromise, or through any
means other than the success of
our armies in the field. We will
give them just such terms of
peace, said Miss Dickinson, as Gen.
Grant gave to (len. Pemberton at Vicks
burg, "unconditional surrender." She
considered that pie President had sacri
ficed considerabte dignity in going down
to Fortress Monroe to confer with rebel
agents as his equals, when in fact they
are robbers, cut-throats and murderers,
and should be treated with a rope to the
nearest tree, whenever they crossed our
lines. She paid: a glowing tribute to
Gen. Butler, whom she considered in
spite of his faults, the great man of the
country, and one who was best calcu
lated to treat with the rebels. He would
manage the rebels in Charleston and
Richmond With the same success which
attended his rule in New Orleans. She
thought that the only lasting peace
could be secured by instituting a whole
sale confiscation of the rebel lands, for
bestowal upon the poor whites, the loy
al, long-sullering blacks, and to be used
as bounty lands for our soldiers. 'l'lle
South should, in this way,-be compelled
to pay her portion of the enormous
debt we have accumulated in subjuga
tion. The air is full of rumors of peace;
but, except through military success, it
is an illusion. Thes; waker spoke of the
injustice of proclam ing freedom ofslaves
and, at the same Bine, withholding from
them the franchise ; and heartily in
dorsed the doctrine of (len. Sherman,
that the black hand that dope t he bayo
net, at the conclusion of the war, shall
be permitted to pick up the ballot. She
considered that the blackness of the
negro was in fact the only reason for
denying him the right of suffrage. The:
if/me/aid and drgrcalcd Irish, who own
posc Mc rank and fitc tlu• diBlogal
party, (err, no mor e
,apable of cycr,is
ing tla right (ha» thr nrgro, s, WHO
MUST BE Ph:HM[I7ED To VOTE
EN ORDER TO COUN'PERA CT THE
PERNICIOUS ' INFLUENCE OF
THE FORM ER CLASS. Patriotism
and loyalty lift all men, whatever may
be their color, to the same heights, side
by side. The white and the black have
marched into the Southern land keep
ing step to the music of the Union, and
side by side they should vote as they
have fought.
Highway Robbers in Federal Uniforms.
Almost every day we hear of robberies
committed in the vicinity- of Nashville
by men clothed in the national uniform.
The marauders are not discriminating,
but pluck white'and black alike, as the
opportunity offers. Tuesday and Wed
nesday they operated on the Lebanon
pike near Mill 'creek. Tuesday they
got about ;',- . :175, gathering it in small
sums from a number or persons. -Wed
nesday they had better success, and
succeeded in getting some :i6o‘). The
parties robbed were men or slender
means, some of them on their way to
this place to make purchases of a hale
coffee, sugar, Sc. Two negroes were
called upon to deliver, and each gave up
S2O and their knives. Wednesday
night they went to the residence of Mr.
J. C. Corley, and stole several hundred
dollars worth of bacon. The men were
on Mot, and armed with pistols. The
immunity which these scoundrels en
joy in the prosecution of their crimes is
injurious to the national cause, and
brings reproach upon the army.—Louis
rille Journal.
How to Remain Young
The following is given on the authority
of one of the most famous physicians of
the age, and will doubtless be highly
appreciated by hundreds of readers, of
both genders, but more especially the
ladies or that portion of them upon
whose countenances Time is begin
ning to leave his tracks : "To remove
wrinkles, lines, crow's-feet," &c., says
our authority, "when presenting them
selves prematurely, or when the results
of severe illness, as well as to ward them
oil at the time of life when they may be
expected to show themselves, several es
sential points must be observed. The
face should he well bathed in cold water
every morning, winter as well as sum
mer, by means of a sponge. Curd honey,
or common yellow soap, should be used
in washing the face previous to bathing.
The oftener cold water is applied to the
face the better. If any roughness of the
skin ensues, a little cold cream, applied
at night, will soon remove it. Then,
again, as much exercise as can be con
veniently taken in the open air, every
day, is to be practiCed. The diet must
be generous but wholesome. Plenty of
substantial food should,be taken, with
port Wine, or stout porter. Vinegar,
pickles, and other acids must be avoid
ed. In addition to all the above rules,
it would be as well if regular hours were
observed, and heated places of amuse
ment seldom visited."
—lt is a fact that a skillful mechanic
at any of our trades could any time
within ten or fifteen years previous to
the war, get S 3 a day in gold in the
South, for the same labor that he would
get only $1.50 for in the North. And
yet the abolitionists say that slavery
kept down the wages of ;mechanics.
The Coming Crash
The Chicago Tribune, one of the most
ultra of the Lincoln Abolition sheets,
has the following article. It says :
All fast livers, speculators, as well as
those beginning to prick their ears fora
start towards extravagance in expendi
ture, should give heed to the words of
wisdom. The feeling is perVading all
classes in society. A paper dollar, says
our cotemporary, is depreciated to forty
four cents, gold value. Currency is
plenty, and growing plentier. Come
easy, go easy, is the prevailing feeling.
But sooner or later the present abnor
mal condition of things will terminate
—perhaps gradually, perhaps suddenly.
The values of all commodities, includ
ing money, are fearfully " watered."
But when the crash comes the water will
be bailed out, leaving only what is re
presented by the, gold standard. Men
are walking on high stilts, and are
making long but insecure strikes. But
all must dismount one of these days, and
come down until their feet touch the
earth. Many will be precipitated head
long who now tower aloft on theirstilts.
Wise and prudent men will prepare in
time for the inevitable change. The
classes who will suffer by the termina
tion of the war are those in debt. A
merchant with a stock of goods
on hand, worth say, 350,000 and half
paid for, will not realize therefrom
enough to pay what he owes. When
the goods are all sold, he will find him
self still in debt for them five or ten
thousand dollars, and this d.-ht he must
liquidate, principal and interest, with
gold or its equivalent, or go into bank
ruptcy. The consequence of the end of
the war on the debtor class will be to
increase every man's debts above 125
per cent. An obligation of S-1,000 will
become, in practical effect, Si 1,000. That
is, it will require property or labor now
worth in currency 510,000 to pay it. A
note outstanding drawing ten per cent.
interest, would then draw what would
now be equivalent to twenty-five per
cent. or thereabouts, to say nothing of
the principal ofthe note, the difficulty of
v: hose payment will swell into a cor
responding ratio.
Our advice is for every man to pay oil
his debts, and contract no more new
ones; to pay cash for whateverhe buys,
and if he cannot (I() that, to go without
the article. Bo not spread too much
sail. Keep plenty of ballast in the hold,
and see that the anchors are ready to
let her go when the hurricane conies,
aml thereby prevent your vessel from
capsizing, foundering or dashing on
the breakers of a lee shore.
Refusal of Rebel Prisoners to be Ex
changed.
The Columbus correspondent of the
Cincinnati trlazo'lc gives the partkears
of the refusal of 20 out of 500 rebel pri
soners, at Camp Chase, to accept the
oll'er of exchange. Colonel Richardson,
commandant at Camp Chase, received
instructions from the Conunissary-Oen
eral of Prisoners to make up a list of
:yell) prisoners for exchange, in detach
ments of 500, and in which he was not
to include any who did not wish to be
exchanged. He called out the first 500,
to whom he read the order, which was
reetAved with cheers. He th'en an
nounced that those who did not wish to
exchanged were not obliged to go, and
ordered any such to step forward five
paces. Only three or four stepped for
ward. He then ordered all hack to their
quarters. This was not the end of the
matter, however. Soon - after he received
a score or so or notes from prisoners, re
questing to he kept behilid. Colonel
Richardson then resolved to test the
matter thorougly, and again assembled
the He stated to them all that had
occurred. He told them that he would
takeanother vote, which should be final,
explaining to them that those who re
mained behind would have to continue
in prison. He then called upon them
to make theirchoice. Immediately two
hundred and sixty stepped forward, re
questing to remain, some of them stat
ing that they preferred to stay in prison
ten years rather than he sent back to
the rebel army. This number included
all present wine had served under Hood.
There are near ten thousand prisoners,
altogether, at Camp Chase.
The French Rams at Sea Under Rebel
It is 'believed by many that there are
now two formidable iron clad ships at
sea, and on their way across the At
lantic to strike a blow for the rebel
cause. Our Paris correspondent, under
date of January 27, gave us a circum
stantial account of these ships, of their
rendezvous on the coast of France, and
of their purpose to leave the European
waters about the nth instant. I\l r.
I nulley, our ( 'onsul at Liverpool, furn
ished the government with the same
intelligence under about the smile date,
and with the additional fact that men
shipped to man these vessehi had left
Liverpool.
These ships are the same " French
lams" of which our readers have heard
hena-e, and which the Emperor once
"detained," while one of them was yet
on the stocks. They were built for the
rebels originally; but it was found im
possible to get them out of France and
into ltebefdom directly without the
knowledge of our government ; so they
were gotten out by meansof a bogus sale
to the Danes and the Prussians—en
gineered as similar matters have been
in England, in the case of the Alabama
and other cruisers. We give to-day a
poriraitof the one of these vessels known
in Europe as the Sphynx. She is a for
midable ship, but not, as has been hastily
said, the most formidable afloat. ller
engines are of three hundred and fifty
horse power, and her ram is thirty-five
feet in length. She has two turrets,
pierced collectively for eleven gnus, and
plated with iron four inches and three
eighths in thickness. Her hull isplated
with four-inch plates. It is the opinion
of paid judges who have examined the
ship Lhat her armor will not resist the
projectile thrown by the 13-inch guns in
use in our navy.
It is very probable that the point will
soon be brought to the test. Our cor
respondent informs us that the destina
tion of the vessels is this city. It is the
place at which, perhaps, t. iey could
strike their most effective blow. They
might go up the James to strike at
Grant; but the ease with which he
could open a new line by the Weldon
road would then nullify their efforts in
that quarter. They could not re-open
Wilmington any more than Porter
alone could close it with better ships.
They will doubtless, therefore, try a
more desperate game. By this means
they hope to make a great scare at the
North, and also, no doubt, to revive the
drooping spirits of thesouth.
- -
But the remedy is in our own hands,
and it is for the Navy Department to
use it properly. The timely and judici
ous distribution of our large iron clad
navy at all threatened points on the
coast, and especially at the greater har
bors, will be the only proper provision
against the Stonewall and the Rapidan.
Our numberless swift blockadersshould
be already scouring the sea to give
timely intimation of the approach of
the enemy, and our iron clads should
already be en route to their various
positions. Then we can welcome the
new corners as additions to our own
navy, for a repulse anywhere is equiva
lent to their capture, inasmuch as they
have only enough coal to cross the At
lantic, and without coal will be mere
helpless massesof metal.-N. Y. Herald.
When Rufus Choate described
the Republican party as " aparty which
knows only one half of America to hate
and dread it, and from whose unconse
crated and revolutionary banner fifteen
stars are erased" he told but half the
truth, very truly remarks another. It
was not merely the Union—it was the
system which had rendered Union pos
sible—the government of laws-of checks
and balances—of safe guards and pre
cedents—which the Abolitionists hated;
and it was to destroy that they began,
as it is with the same object that they
still continue, the present war.
Communication from Mr. Seward—ills
Instructions to Minister Adams.
The following was inclosed in the
message sent to the Senate:
7b the President
The Secretary of State, to whom was
referred a resolution of the - Senate of
the 11th instant, requesting the Presi
dent of the United States, if in his
opinion it is not incompatible with tht ,
public interest, to furnish to the Senate
any information in his possession con
cerning recent conversation or commu
nications with certain rebels said to
have Occurred under.executivesanction,
including communication with the re
bel Jefferson Davis, and any corres
pondence relating.thereto, has the honor
to report that the Senate may properly
be referred to a special message of the
President bearing upon the subject of
-,the resolution and transmitted to the
House this day. Appended to this re
port is a copy of the instruction which
has been addressed to Charles Francis
Adams, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary of the
United States at London, and which is
the only correspondence found in this
department touching the subject re
ferred to in the resolution.
Respectfully submitted,
Wm. H. SEWARD
Department of State.
Washington, Feb. In, ISO 3,
MR. SEWARD TO MR. ADAMS
DEPAI4yMENT OF STATE,
WAsniNGToN, Feb. 9. I
Si R : It is a truism that in times of
peace there are always instigators of
war ; so soon as a war begins, there are
citizens who emphatically demand ne
gotiations of peace. The advocates of
war, after an agitation longer or shorter
generally gain their fearful end, though
the war declared is not unfrequently
unnecessary and unwise. So peace
agitators in time of war ultimately
bring about an abandonment of the con
filet, sometimes without securing the
advantages which were orginally ex
pected from the conflict. The agitators
Mr war in time of peace and for peace
in Iliac of war, are not necessarily, or
perhaps ordinarily, unpatriotic in their
purposes or motives. Results alone de
termine whether they are wise or un
wise. The treaty of peace concluded at
(laudaloupe Hidalgo, was securekl by an
irregular negotiation under the Don of
the government.
Some of the efforts which have been
made to bring about negotiations with a
view to end our civil war are known to
the world, because they have employed
foreign as well as domestic agents.—
Others with whom you have had to deal
confidentially are known to yourself,
although they have not publicly trans
pired. Other efforts have occurred here
which are known only to the persons
actually moving in them, and to this
government. I am now to give for your
information an account of an affair of the
same general character which recently
received much attention here, and
'which, doubtless, will excite inquiry
abroad. A few days ago, Francis P.
lllair, Esq., of Maryland, obtained from
the President a simple leave to pass
through our lines without definite
views known to the government. Mr.
Blair visited Richmond, and on
his return he showed to the President
a letter which Jefferson Davis had writ
ten to Mr. Blair, in which Davis wrote
that Mr. Blair was at liberty to say to
President Lincoln that Davis was now,
as he always had been, willing to send
commissioners, if assured they would
be received, or to receive any that
should be sent; that he was not dis
posed to find obstacles in forms; that
he would send commissioners to confer
with the President with a view to a
restoration of peace between the two
countries, if he could be assured they
would be received. The President,
therefore, on the 15th day of January,
addressed a note to Mr. Blair, in which
the President, after acknowledging that
he had read the note of Mr. Davis, said
that he was, is, and always should be
willing to receive any agents that Mr.
Davis, or any other influential man now
actually resisting the authority of the
government, might send to confer in
formally with the President, with a view
to the restoration of peace to the people of
common country. Alr. Blair visited
Richmond with this letter, and then re
turned to Washington. On the 2.9 th
ult. we were advised from the camp of
Lieut. (len. Grant that Alexander H.
Stephens, R. M. 'l'. Hunter and John A.
Campbell were applying for
. leave to
pass through the lines to Washington,
as peace commissioners, to confer with
the President. They were permitted by
the Lieutenant General to come to his
headquarters to await there the decision
of the President. Major Eckert was
sent down to meet the party from Rich
mond at General (front's headquarters.
The Major was directed to deliver to
them a copy of the President's letter to
Mr. Blair, with a note to be addressed
to them, and signed by the Major, in
which they were directly informed that
should they be allowed to pass our lines
they, ould be understood as coming for
informal conference upon the basis of
the aforenamed letter of the 15th Janu
ary to Mr. Blair. if they should ex
press their assent to this condition in
writing, then Major Eckert was direct
ed to give them safe conduct to Fortress
Monroe, where a person coming from
the President would meet them. It
being thought probable from a report
of their conversation with Lieut.-Gen.
( ;rant, that the Richmond party would
in the manner prescribed accept the
condition mentioned, the Secretary of
State was charged by the President with
the fluty of representing this Govern
ment in the expected informal confer
ence. The Secretary arrived at Fortress
Monroe on the night of the I stday of Feb.
Major Eckert nnet him on the morning
of the 2d of February with the informa
tion hat the persons who had come from
Richmond had not accepted in writing
the condition upon which he was al
lowed to give them conduct to Fortress
Monroe. The Major had given the sa ma
information by telegraph to the Presi
dent at Washington. On receiving
this information the President prepared
a telegram directing the Secretary to
return to Washington. The Secretary
was preparing at the same moment to
so return, without waiting for informa
tion from the President, butatthisjunc
ture, Lieut. Gen. Grant telegraphed to
the Secretary of War, as well as to the
Secretary of State, that the party from
Richmond had reconsidered and accept
ed the condition tendered them through
Major Eckert, and Gen. Grant urgently
advised the President to conferin person
with the Richmond party. Under these
circumstances, the Secretary by the
President's direction remained at Fort
ress Monroe, and the President joined
him there on the night of the 2d of
February. The Richmond party was
brought down the James river in a
United States steam transport during
the day, and the transport was anchored
in Hampton Roads. On the morning
of the 3d, the President, attended by
the 6ecretary, received Messrs. Stephens,
Hunter and Campbell, on board the
United States steam transport, River
Queen, in Hampton Roads. The con
ference was altogether informal. There
was no attendance of secretaries, clerks,
or other witnesse. Nothing was written
or read.' The conversation, although
earnest and free, was calm and courteous
and kind on both sides. The Richmond
party approached the discussion rather
indirectly, and at no time did they
make categorical demands or tender
formal stipulations or absolute refusals.
Nevertheless, during the conference,
which lasted four hours, the several
points at issue between the government
and the insurgents were distinctly raised
and discussed, fully, intelligently, and
in an amicable spirit. What the in
surgent party seemed chiefly to favor
was a postponement of the questions -'
upon which the war is wakist
and a mutual direction of the effboA4of
the government, as well as those of the
insurgents, to some extrinsic policy or
scheme for a season, during which
passions might be expected to subside
and the armies be reduced, and trade and
intercourse between the people of both
sections be resumed. It was suggested
by them that through such postpone
ment we might now have immediate
NUMBER '7
peace, with some not very certain pros
pect of an ulitmate satisfactory adjust
ment of political relations between the
government and the states, section or
people, now engaged in conflict with it.
The suggestion, though deliberately
considered, was nevertheless regarded
by the President as one of armistice or
truce, and he announced that we can
agree to no cessation of suspension of
hostilities except on the basis of the dis
bandment of the insurgent forces and
the restoration of the national au
thority throughout all the states
in the Union. Collaterally and in sub
ordination to the proposition which was
thus announced the anti-slavery policy
of the United States was reviewed in
all its bearings, and the President an
nounced that he must not be expected
to depart from the positions he had
heretofore assumed in his proclamation
of emancipation and other documents,
as these positions were reiterated in his
annual message. It was further de
clared by the President that the com
plete restoration of the national au
thority everywhere was an indispensa
ble condition of any assent on our part
to whatever form of peace might be
proposed. The President assured the
other party that while he must adhere
to these positions, he would be pre
pared, so far as power is lodged with the
executive, to exercise liberality. Its
power, however, is limited by the
constitution, and, when peaceshould he
made, Congress must necessarily act in
regard to appropriations of money, and
to the admission of representatives front
the insurrectionary States. The Rich
mond party were then informed that
Congress had, on the 31st ult., adopted
by a constitutional majority, a joint re
solution submitting to the several States
the proposition to abolish slavery
throughout the Union, and that there is
every reason to expect that it will be
accepted by three-fonrtbs of the States,
so as to become a part of the national
organic law.
The conference came to an end by
mutual acquiescence, without producing
an agreement of views upon the several
matters discussed, or any of them.—
Nevertheless, it is perhaps of sonic im
portance that we have been able to sub
mit our opinions and views directly to
prominent insurgents, and to hear t hem
in answer in a courteous and not un
friendly manner.
I am sir, your obedient servant,
WM. H. SEW A I; D.
Shooting a Monkey
I was strolling through a wood " high
up in the country," in India, with my
manton on my shoulder, when I heard
a curious noise in a tree almost im
mediately above me. I looked up and
found that the sounds proceeded from a
white monkey thatskipped from branch
to branch, chattering away with delight
at beholding a " fellow creature of a
large growth," for so he seemed to con
sider me. For a few moments I took no
notice of his antics, and walked quietly
along, till suddenly a large branch fell
at my feet, narrowly escaping my head.
I again paused, and found that the
missile had been dropped by my talk
ative friend. Without consideration, I
instantly turned round and fi red at him.
The report had scarcely sounded when
I heard the most piercing, the most dis
tressing cry that ever reached my ears.
The agonized shriek of a young infant
burst from the little creature whom I
had wounded. It was within thirty
paces of me. I could see the wretched
animal, already stained with blood,
point to the wound, and again hear its
dreadful moan. The last agony of a
hare is harrowing to a tyro, and I have
seen a young sportsman turn pale on
hearing it. The present cry was, how
ever, more distressing. I turned round
and endeavored to hurry away.
This, however, I found no easy task;
for as I moved forward the unhappy
creature followed me, springing as well
as it could from bough to bough, utter
ing: a low, wailing moan, and pointing .
ahthe same time at the spot whence the
blood trickled. Then regarding me
steadily but mournfully in the face, he
seemed to reproach me wall my wanton
cruelty. Again I hastened on, but still
it pursued me. When I. stopped, it
stopped; when I attempted to forward,
it accompanied me. Never in the whole
course of my life did I feel so much for
a dumb animal: never (lid I so keenly
repent an act of uncalled for barbarity.
Determined not to allow the poor
monkey thus to linger in torture, and
to at once end the annoying - scene, I
suddenly came to a halt, and, lowering
my gun, which was only single-bar
reled, I was about to reload it for the
purpose of dispatching the maimed
creature, when, springing from the tree,
it ran to within a half a dozen paces of
me, and began to cry most piteously,
and roll itself in agony, occasionally
picking up earth, with which it at
tempted to staunch the blood by st ulfing
it into the wound, that, in spite of my
resolution, when I fired I was so nerv
ous I almost missed my aim, inflicting
another wound which broke the ani
mal's leg, but nothing more. Horrified
beyond endurance, I threw down my
gun and actually fled.
In about half an hour I returned for
the purpose of fetching my mantou,
fully expecting that the , poor animal
had left the spot. What, then, was my
surprise to find acrowd of monkeys sur
rounding the sufferer. As I advanced
under the shade of some trees, I stole al
most close to them before they perceived
me. I took advantage of this circum
stance to watch their movements. The
stricken monkey was crying out in the
most piteous manner; the others were
busily employed in tearing up the
wound, endeavoring to destroy the al
ready dreadfully maimed creature. A
shout drove them all away save the
dying animal.
I advanced—the little monkey was
rolling in agony. I took my gun which
lay beside him. I fancied he cast one
look of supplication on me, one prayer
to be relieved from his misery. I did
not hesitate—with one blow of the butt
end I dashed out his brains. Then,
turning round, I slowly returned to my
quarters, more profound
.y dispirited
than I had felt for months.
Take my advice, sensible reader, if
you must live in India, never shoot a
monkey.
Row True
The Cincinnati Gazette says: "The
patriot in this war is the private soldier ;
the man who endures all the hardships
and faces all the dangers of the war
with no shape in its rewards, and but
an undivided portion in its glories,
which bring no personal honors. They
advance to the charge which decides the
fate of the battle in the face of a storm
of death, or they rush to the assault of
murderous fortifications, a glorious
victory is won, the commander's name
rings throughout the land, the swift
gratitude of the Government mounts
the popular impulse and promotes him,
perhaps repeating it at the instant; they
fall to unknown graves, their names
even too numerous for the war bulletins.
An indifferent addenda to the glorious
ascription mentions our loss at so many
thousands, and the country congratu
lates itself on the cheapness of the vic
tory, and pays its debt of gratitude in
honors and offerings-. to the fortunate
commander."
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Items of News
The nominee of the Connecticut De
mocracy is Judge Origen S. Seymour,
and not Hon. Thomas H. Seymour, as
heretofore published.
The Governor of lowa has called an
extra session of the Legislature of that
State for the purpose of ratifying the
constitutional amendment abolishing
slavery.
Captain John Yates Beall, the notori
ous rebel pirate, spy and guerilla, who
was arrested at Suspension Bridge on
the lath of December last, has been
tried by a military commission, con
victed, and sentenced to be hanged on
next Saturday, in punishment for his
crimes, on Governor's Island, between
the hours of 12 M. and 2 P. M.
'Phe numberof National Banks organ
ized for the week ending Feb. 11, was
14. Their aggregate capital was $1,705,-
000. The amount of currency issued
during the week $3,265,100. Total cur
rency in circulation, $90,553,700.
It is said that General Grant's recent
visit to Washington was connected with
important combinations for the Spring
campaign, and his time was principally
given to consultation with the Presi
dent and the head of the War Depart
ment.
The House Committee on elections
have reported in favor of admitting Mr.
Bonsall to a seat as Representative of
Louisiana, and have also decided to re
port in favor of admitting Messrs. John
son and Jackson as Representatives
from. Arkansas.
The Traders' Bank of Providence, R.
1., was robbed on Saturday night of
.: , :50,000 in Government bondsand 56,000
in gold.
Twenty-three vessels loaded with the
cotton captured at Savannah were at
Hilton Head, to sail under convoy for
New York on the 7th inst.
A memorial to President Lincoln,
recommending the Hon. Thomas M.
Ilowe of Pittsburg - , for appointment of
United States Secretary of Treasury,
signed by the Governor, Heads of De
partments and Members of the Senate
and House of Representatives'of Penn
sylvania, will soon be sent to Washing
ton. ''
llangman Foote, who is now en route
to Europe, positively refused Mr. Sew
ard's request, to take the oath of alle
giance, stating that he would never re
turn to the Confederacy, that it was a
failure, but he could not renounce his
own conduct. Permission was then
given him to leave for Europe on parole,
not to return during the war without
permission.
It is reported that Maximilian has
pronounced agaihst Pr. Gwiu's colon
ization projects in Northern Mexico, on
account of his intention to introduce a
colony of Confederates, which the
Emperor thought might create trouble
ill the empire.
Howard, of the Times, the "Viichuna
tion forger," whom it cost no little
money and pains to arrest, is not in Eu
rope, as has been stated, but is upon the
stair of a certain fragrant weekly sheet
issued in New York. He looks none the
worse for the brief imprisonment which
was inflicted on him; is apparently in
his old spirits, and as full of " fun" as
usual.
Evidence has been presented in the
Con rt at ',Montreal to prove the genuine
ness of the rebel commissions of the St.
Albans raiders. Cameron one of the
raiders' messengers to Richmond, ar
rived in Montreal from there yesterday
afternoon, having with him rebeldocu
ments bearing on the ease. George N.
Sanders testified that the raid was di
rected by Clement C. Clay, of Alabama
who had promised to assume all the
responsibility.
The fifth auditor in the United States
'Treasury married a ward of Chief Justice
Chase, a few days ago, and the Chief of
Transportation gave the bridal party a
special train of ears in which to go to
Baltimore. What a nide thing it is to
Is lung to the Shoddy nobility. It is so
nice to splurge at the expense of the
dear people (subjects).
A whale was captured in Provinceton
harbor on Monday last, after a running
fight of two hours; but not until Levia
than had struck the boat, knocking two
men overboard, and breaking the thigh
of one of them. The whale is fat, and
will yield forty barrels.
There were 479 deaths in New York
env last _week. Sixty-seven persons
died of consumption, 47 of inflammation
of the lungs, 19 of diptheria, 19 of typhus
fever, and 11 of smallpox.
The President's son,•Mr. Robert Lin
coln, has been nominated to the Senate
to be Assistant Adjutant General of
Volunteers, with the rank of captain.
1-le is to serve upon the staff of Liout.
Gen. Grant.
A New Military Policy In the South.
A special correspondentof the World,
writing from Washington, avers that
recent intelligence confirms the report
that Richmond would be evacuated un
der certain contingencies, and that the
new military policy of the rebels was to
give up all the seaboard cities almost
without a struggle. He also states that
General Lee accepted the position of
general-in-chief on the written pledge
that the military policy he might advo
cate should be carried out without let
or hindrance, and this includes the plan
of evacuating all the posts on or near the
Atlantic coast and concentrating the
troops of the Confederacy atone ormore
points farther inland. But this is but a
part of what is to be done. The rebel
armies in the South-west are to be or
dered to the East, leaving behind asmall
force to act as a corps of observation.—
This, of course, will remove Dick Tay
lor's army from Thomas' front and to a
certain extent surrenders to our forces
the rich territory in the South-west.
Meanwhile the Southern forces will be
concentrated into two large armies, viz:
one in Eastern Virginia, under the di
rect command of Lee, and the other in
South Carolina, under the command of
Beau regard. This movement is under
stood to have been so nearly consum
mated that each army is ready for the
duty assigned it.
General Beauregard's instructions, ac
cording to this report, are to fall back
before General Sherman, making a
show of fighting only to draw the Union
troops inland; when our forces have ad
vanced far enough from their base, and
their lines of communication with co
operating armies are so far extended as
to be readily severed, a desperate attack
will be made upon them. This attack,
the rebels believe, will be successful,
and they found this confidence upon
the strength of Beauregard's army and
the inability of General Sherman to fall
hack or obtain reinforcements. Just
where this battle will be fought circum
stances will determine, but probably
not far from the line which divides the
Carolinas. That it will be the most
hotly contested, if not the decisive bat
tle of the war, is openly conceded.
General Lee will act on the defensive
before Richmond until the result of this
battle is fully known. Should Beaure
gare be defeated he will quietly evacuate
Richmond and Petersburg, and with
draw further inland, in accordance with
the plan heretofore noticed in this cor
responence. If, on the other hand
Beauregard should come off the victor,
and Sherman's army be thoroughly
beaten, Lee may attempt an advance
with his force in a direction calculated
to give General Grant no little trouble.
More Loyal Thieves.
The Washington correspondent of
the Boston Tranacriptnaentions arumor
that the Senate Committee of Finance,
of which Senator Sherman, of Ohio, is
chairman, who were directed'by a res
olution of the Senate to investigate and
report what losses of public securities
have occurred in the office of the Re
gister of the Treastfry during the last
year, have already discoveredtwo losses
of U. S. Bonds from that officer—one of
$30,000, and the other cif , upward of
$1,200,000. These are in addition to the
defalcation of S100;000 mentibried to the
Annual Repoit of the Treassity to Con
gress' last Deceniber. The pommittee
are still pursuing their ihyef3tigation,