1 - - VOLUME LXXVIII--NO. 65. - - 1 the Vittoturgit dazkitt. :VERY LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. Presidential inauguration. i3l At•dnictolt, , March 4.—president Lineal!' i r,W w as Inaugurated at 19 o'clock, noon, to•day -1 . the weather was clear and, beautiful, bat vn ac , lonutrif the recent miss the streets were ailed • 1 , - {with mud: % perptte this'fact the crowd that as. F 'ambled was exeeedliselflarge, and •• thonsande 3,,rocaleded td the capitol to witness tke iMugit il ration . ceremomeis. The 'procession marched ifrom 16th street sent l'emnsylrania Avenue at it .1 O'clock.. PrealdcniLh f coln had been at the cap ! _,MI all day; and consequently did not accompany' 1 }llO lwoisession to the:acene of the ceremonies, Miro reginteita of the Invalid corps, a mina/Irate i /deavalry, a battery of artillery, and four ,com spenics 01, colored troops formed the military a -1 wortr. ' TM Mayor and Councilmen of Washing- Alen, Councilenen from Sall:Mere, the Armco of ; • :Mb city. andfiremetiof-Philadelpbe Good ; ',VIII, Franklin and Perseverance companies— , I)erusre also lei the procession. Among the bences; lent socialites present Were lodges of Odd Pel t ioMs' and Mamma, inetifdlog a colored• lodes of 1 She latter_ fraternity. The public Anil principal 1 rate bialldlop mi. Pennsylvania Avenne were I }alts detorated witlellaga, and everywindow was . 1, • aged with faces to each a glimpse of the p . n Theprewession reached the Capitol at about 1 11:45 .s.. si., emetic; the Presldentslect.. At a subsequent period, the President, Vice President begetter with the Justices of the Supreme Court, .., Members and ax-Members of Congress,. roreiga : i 'Mitlikrs and other persons of distinction, as sembled h the Senate Chamber. There the "lee Preehlent elect took the oath of oilier, pre efdloplt by ati-addroe. . i.... Chief J net ree Chase administered to Mr. Litioaln e oath to protect and maintain , . the Constitu . i. - }lot of the Vetted lliateit,in the presence of thou : sands with vlluessell the Intepastlng ceremony, , i.. .1 while standing in mud, almost' knee deep; the 4`' Inaugural wairead.after w hich a nationalsaluto l• ....- • was fired ~The procesalon toed again snored no 1; Pennsylvania arcane, the President being con . f toyed in a barouchc, seated with hit( son and .. . 1 Secretary Fessenden, of the Comethtee of Ar . tenements. The President was escorted tattle • 1 ,Whitcllousc, after which the 'prigusidon; saps !, rated. Bierythlng passed ott in the Most quiet. ; ' * order* manner, and &thongs' thalami& iltartiolpsdal In the ceremonies pot an 'accident minted fet mar the pleasure of th e da y . ! - , . .• • . • ittittCEßll. annexes. . - PrahoW Cot thts sechnd stp ' -prauivg•to take the oath of the Prealdentusl '....:..! 'etter 3 there is less occasion for an extortda adi -!--drers then there was at the first. Theo, n state r . .• i., , .meat soniewhal, in detail, of a course to be our= trued seemed were fitting and proper; now, at the •.'•'•,!' expiration of four yenta - during which time public dederallons have liceit constantly called forth ou every point and ;brass of the zest (Mutest which still absorbs the-attention and eogronses the energies •of ' the nation,...lit •-•;, tie that is new could be presented. The ~:. • ;progress of arms, upon which all else : •• • . chiefly depends, is as well knows to the public , •.as to myself, and is,.tf.rust, reasonably iatasfata r-,.; Wry and eneouregiog M.' all. With high hopes -.-:... for the future no Dredifthin in this' regard is . e. Tentared,-- On the occasion; corresponding to !''. • this tour yearaasto t till thoughts were direyted •to an Impending dell war;. all deedisil Itp ail ... • sought toilvold it. While the inaugural address .: , was beingscielive.ral teem this place, devoted al ' ' 'together to bariog the Union without- war, in :I:. Men-gent strati were of the city seeking to .cles-- ....! troy it, end without ware seeking to dissolve the t' %halos, nei„ divide the effects by negotiation. '' • Both ' panties decried war; but one-of them . i would mate war and let the slattern survive, and. -i . ,thitAberseeeptlgat rather than let it perish; ..a aua the war came.; One-eighth of :the winds. • • porniettouvcre considered slaves—am slistrlb 1.6? . nted generally over the Union, but in the south .' •C . urn part of it, Tho slaves constituted a peculiar ,-4; • and powerful All knew that. this in . .1 ' , tercet was 'comatose the, canoe of the war. To -' lilatstn,then,. perpetuate; and . , extend this Inter :. S..'t est, .-was the olleet , for • which"the hasurgenta ,-. ' • madly rent the Union by .war; while the Gov 1' ;: . ernment claimed no right to do more than re -. • •• toilet the territotial enlargement of it. 4 , Neither party expected teethe war the mogul ,• , . Ande or the duration which it has alreadyattalet .; `'. ed. Neither inty;Cetedlliat the cane of the coufllet 1 '-, might cease area "before the conflict Itself !- .! •ahonld cease. -. rooked , for an easy tri •.; -::' !nrouh. and the.roi tisbo fundamental and es- .•!.: '. • Mending: Both 'the same - BMM and pray. Ei k to the same Go d 'mirth invokes Ills aid" ' - agagest the other. :„.... • may seem . strange that :•• men thottd - dart•to ade a just -Gent ass's , :, ..." tepee in arrlognig their tread troth the, serest of other men's faces but "Judge not, that ye be ', '-.• 7 not jedged.” • • • „ ."..i•Ci The prayer of both could .not be answere d, .and that otacither has been &towered fully. - The ..! .• Almighty' has his own:purposes. .Woe unto the •:'''-'' world beeanae of oftenses„ for It mast - bbelajbe' 1,, that offenses come ; but woe unto that Man by .• ' . whom the:oftermaeomelln". And if we &Imitat,. •!i.-: , . pose that American slavery is one of the so-called , r' ' offeoael 'which. In the providenecof God; must needs come , bat which, having - continued 1", throul;h itaappointed time, he now wilts ton ; ,!-'.: . more: that hegira to both North and South ' 1 i this war aa the woe due to those by whotn the !.!*,•:,. offense came ; shall we discern th at there Is any • `I.; '. departure front those divine attributes which the : i believers in a living God always escribe to him? - • • Fondly do we tape, fervently do we pray, that • . -•-„, this mighty scourge of war' may speedily pass away: 'et if God wills that It oantinue small all , ,-salsrtseafth rtecututthttett' by the boodinen!'s 2l.th •'' ' - years or unrequited. totl shall bo sunk„ _and ..:. , i. until every 'drop of blood drawn with the lash ' '...: .shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, ••••• -'' as was sad three thousand years pm. still It •, , ; must. be said the Jo:tyrants of the Lord are ' ,true and righteous altogether. for • • With Malice'. towards none,. with charity - , f all, with firmness in the_ right, as- God ilea na - '-'_•*l•. to Nee the tight, let us strive an to finish the •'•''.,, - work we are: In—to bled :up the national ". ..,.' wounds bud rate fir bins who' shall have bores ! • - the brunt' of the battle, and for his widow and. ! ; ..„..,...; orphans, and to do all which may achieve and 1,.. cherish a jest and lasting Peace among ourselves, -...! ;•;!... dad with en eatlcas. . ~,,,, .. e ~;, W. -, ; 4sinaeermt, Marc (` ,.. —Tho floor of the -i ' . _senate ate Chamber was. crowded to-day by Sena& lazy, members elect,: and ex-roembers_Of..Con !•- a, Justices of th e Supremo Court, Army and ' r , a _rltal Oflleerd,.. foreign ministers In foil dross, ! !• Govesnors.:of thates. and "Territories, all the ' !i• - • Members of the Cabinet:and o th erdistigndshed !, personages: The President, enteral thollimafe , Chamber after the Plea President had delivered ' . i 'F . , ids eddrscht and while the retiring Vice Pre.Sl ' 145 dent was administeriug to him the oath lo sup . . S. putt and de.thnd the. Constitution, and also the t -tit Of ralrkistice. Ori a galtees . wEre densely • . *-, ti td. fborn.ontle of strnegers came hither to-. v.. yto .Witrlcii , the eveireldes. Tc,.night to; '- 4 ' Tact m utiroenslt.o wan 'absent!, opzu lisr public • . i .. rtseeds•dd The Ks-strewn, Imw.cnse. • re] tlonin taw Yerk,POstpoited—Pabl 14 Vire Department*F.stra Swann of the Vermont teicteMture. ' Nrir. Pone, March if. The Celebration in tow of I:rdon vlettariei Tea portponedyeeter. on:necownt of the rain. It will come off to -- tonow, or the fltet fair dai. • The mud Is to be Xemovrd from. Ivrtlons of the prinalral etreets '. 'Where the preceerlon Is expected 0 peas.' • It Is probable that the bill creating a pall ftro department thls tvlll_ pass the let:Isla : ture• The- Select Committee itrarmly eommenda.-thet- operations of the paid 53atem In . Et. Loula-and Cleveland. • • a The Onittior of Vermont has called an extra terelcn of the leglsTattirelo meet on Thuriday, t- plltscot., for the pirposo.of tratt&lntr, the Coned o Intlonal Amendment aholumlnp, slarery. k.t,. ; , : _. , . Aff- o lni ior Mexico. . i; , New *coax, Ifttreli , l.-4idelets received here t4trevgli private enlaces from Sinalea, state that . ..the par in the United Stateeta attractingthe epe it. Oaf attention of Ito, Imperial tiorernmeat. The ctrec are directed . ..to wrest all who express their. ~;: tpal by with the - Federal =ln, and one man i''', rued Valdez hats IcCen centepted to 3 yeaPs 'm it, ris on meet for speaking favorably about the li a 1,..:, ,..:, States, nail Vri4kting4. speedy end of the ;t' 'I4OM Treasury is militia* tan t to f .l. ! The im;stillty of the Church patty to the Lea p doter linikalrnan is on the htefeese• f.• . The frighdeof thelJust*Mtelehere'refased to give credence to I.lloeXrted 'defeat at Oal.aea., !tatd Oswego , ißed. Rochester recelreit 0:•wroo, drareb •4fcl e r:T e '• titer thet the Wee &patch c f n rom a i b e r have reeelyed tutor .l),7l,r,:infroptjiallfax, that the rehela In the eTrar- - t' t oro - reo9torntdottng raid. nu* Oswego and • - • tin to he. lvtld in Etc& r nt rity ork moon, .o Ca .. e CZlk II acTion Oa z,,,0154a tpq Rc uvxistu - s. • . • - T F l A Iv PITTS 1 -- u!! Gil GAZE' T F. OFFICIAL WAR GAZETTE, IMPORTANT FROM GEN. lIERIDAN. Gem Early and Nearly His Entire Force Reported - Captured! HIRLOTTESTILLE IN OSE POSSESSION TELEGRAMS FROM GEN. GRAIr. Hancock in Command of the Middle' De pattme.nt. WAIL DerAitrmr.vr, tt Virminiiihrom, March 5. 1565. Gen. York: The following 'dispatches in relation to the reported defeat and. capture of 'ben. Early by !Merida* and the capture of eharlotteaville, hive been received bylbta department. Gime. Sheridan end Ms Comes commenced their movement last Monday, and were at Staunton when last heard from. Maj. den. Hancbek wan placed in cliaria of thelliddle Military Division donee: the-absence of Sheridan, his Headquarters at litilochest9r. E. M. STANToN, Secretary of War. ..• ' VITT MINT, 11., March 5,11 lion. E. X. &intim: Deserters came in . thin morning report that Sheridan had routed' Early and captured . They reiiOrt four regiments having gone frOm here to Richmond to rein- . fort* Early. (Signed) S.:GILANY, Lieut. Gen. Crri Pam; CA., Mord, 5, 4 A- Eisalex.-Ilefugees confirm the statement of deserters as to the capture of Earlt• and nearly all of his entire force. They say it took place on Thursday laht, between Staunton and .Char lotttsrUle, and that the defeat was total. (Signed,) • U. B."Cht.tyr, 11. Gen. • C 4 71" fora.. March it, P. n. 17co. E. .3f. .s,tentois •Deserters tram every . point of the ettentra lines confirm .the eupthre of Charlottesville by -Sheridan. They say .he eaptirbd General Early and nearly hi entire: 'Mee, consisting of 10 , 00.inen. • • .`•Four brit ades were' reported as baring been seat to Lynehten to get there before General Eherman If passible. G. A. GILOIT. tied. Gen Nair Tons, March 6.—The Timm lola letter , from Winchester width states that on the '2sth nititno ' eavalrY reinforc easents and pontoon trains arrived tlienr, and on the 27th Gen. Sher-, Allan started with about live thousand cavalry it I* iald to opr.rate In the direction of Lynch ,burg. Some fay .Sheridan , and Sherman will meet and'act together In that direction. 6t.n. lianooat'assatmed pi:mu:mid at liiluchaa. -ter on dm departure or Sheridan. Vilna* New Orleans., Nate Gamins; Fib. %.—Tha schooner Juni which had been repored lost off the month or the Rio Grande r arrieed safely inside the bar. A railroad tuts berm constructed from the de pot on.the Jackman eadrio the Mimiskippi river, for military purposes , . *Weis will prove a great advantage In transporting troops mud' subsist _ . General Canby , rammed . to-day from . a visit of inepettion to Mobile bay and adjacent pnlats.• Cora. reMer'S linet Is in complete order and reads for an attack at any Moment: Gardens for the cultivation of vegetables have been cetablished at 'each paella this department, - The health of the troops at the various posts Is coed.: • --- The latest news from Matamoros is that an' American flog was. hauled dawn by soma ; an- .. : In Cotton there le a limited huilness, owing to the rainy weather. Prices range from- ft, to 69 fur ooe ordinary to strictly twiddling. Bogor rungcs from 22 to 2.1 for extra fair toprimt, bosh I ;15( , e1,17. Strletlynalddling Cotton would ccueosnd slightly hinter rates; and Sugars !.1: to.3ic more. Three cargoes of Sugar and Mo lasses attired from Cubs to-day; Thu Times Is Informed that the assigned reit-, Sec fur Maxlmillian In declining *.passpatt to our consul at .Matanagas b the Doe-recoothlon of the Pretteltund Austrian anthoritlet in Mexico by our Omuta:tit. • • ' The lbws' Bagdo correspondent .soys : It is reported that Gene. Carorooll •and Wilms are marching on Matamoros, where General Meta, with 4,000 Imperial troop:, awaits their attack. • Gee. llarthat-bat ordered that no permits for scssels or Meichandise shall be granted for Ma-' tataurits; notil itut.htr orders. Canal. March 4th.—Twohtmdrod and seeentr. -one bales of .ccd.ton• paesed here to-day; for St: • finis and four : hundral. and twenty eight Tor Cincinnati. NewOrleens Times of the 25th ult., says the reperttd expulsion of the American consul from" Malaincfras 'pillows to isa confirmed by his arri sal ht South West Pass. - _ The steamship Empire City; reported wrecked, got al:l'qm Point reef stud anteed at Now Or leans. .. . .. . . - The permits to bring nation into our lines la med et Memphis; for the week ending 25th ult.. cover:twenty six thousand bales, and the sup ;Mu. alkiwed to pais beyond our lines amount to two tuandted and twenty thousand dollars. Dr, Gila and his Colonization Scheme Sax Fitaxcnsco, March 2.—The Dentoerat of this, city, Which affects to be well Informed concerning the plans and movements .of Dr. Gwir ;denies Umpbuleally on the authority of his sleets that the Emperor Napoleon has with drown from the Sonora optimization scheme, as was Intimated by eastern dbpatches. It says: ' , From sources of Mammalian .which we deem reliable we - Imre 'abundant mit:ranee that there has been no change In the plans of the En:pe rm...recently, while the cause of the Mexican Empire's advanciig as rapidly as could be rea- When the steamer John Stephens left Ma zattrai, there were several thousand- French troops there. Advises had - been reeeived than Bozaine, with tbe main portion of his army, was on his way to Mazatlan, and might be expected there in a few days, accompanied by Dr. OVID. It la barely possible' that --Dr. (twin did not sail fotEurope at a later date than the news welneve received from the City of Mex ico direct bet if such is too fact, his visit has no reference to a change &plans, an It Is not ht contemplation to take possession of Aricho. the future capital of the northern Status, before, - the drst of Mai. It is not intendeeito make the • State., over which Dr. Darin will have control, a portion of the French empire, or a French colony. Earainount authority Is to reside with the em peroror of ldexlco, while the territory is in trust for the payment of the French debt, and" to be defended by French arms. ttctil tommunlcatlon---Nassp, Diatters. Nrw YOTIE. March Is thought hers that the lie, inmate like.; statement that the railroad from !legume to..Atianta is net eoinpleted Ls woof that Dlek Taylor's forme were not able to reach Shbrman'e rear la reason to Interfere with his movements. The rebels have evidently had no railway communications west of duxaSta since Sherman passed through. - Letters Troia „Nassau, dated February 10th.. state that the st eamers Fox, dues captured; and Druid returned to Nassau from Charleston .0 . 13 the 6th and 9th. Gen. Preston bad left Neiman for Charleston, bat after a fewdays atietez was back Thecolonlal authorities had rethse , Aoortnlsslon la the captain or the U. S. gunboat Elduras to anchor in port daring a heavy swell at ea. Maud at Washtllle.—S:oldlera Drottractil . . . N . /04117W.; Marctitt.—The hem rains for [lmpost three days have caused a treat rise la t m he river, which lb out of Its bank. The city Is ' tlrely surrounded by water, and the lower part completely submerged. 011 the railroad run !ling South much damage occurred try' the washing away of bridges anti the trestles. A bridge over. Storm River, near Murfreesboro, has b een ew es away, and also one at Franklin. There 'ls no interruption , on - the ictalsellie and Nashville Railroad as yet.. The liver rose seven. feet yesterday, aid Blast night it was still rising. Much damagcs Is: done to, property li, thevieln. Dy e ;It Is believed the floods will be the ftreetm t T 51 1 .0 soidlers of the nth Indlatm umtley7,rM . drrisined yesterday. In Edgelleld. : ' - ' .., '-: . Peveu-Titlety SubscriptloM . . . PIIILMICLIIITA, March '4.--,Tar , COoke, the Enbocripthm agent, reports the sales Of illel4o - to-day at $4,110,000, Including a subscrip tion of SV,4,ooo.front New York, and ,1g3,000 In dividual suNcriptiona of 6500 and $lOO. Total sulracriptiouSfor the week, 620,871,450. *. • Dry Good'. Silo. Puicsrmcrins, Mora 4.-411 Immense sale of dry goods iil Like plico hero on March hth. vLos Itt3 cis a CO. 31 . 11 . 1 dispo>u of 9„000 ontiro "cases of fortlgn 0r. , 1 cloragstl%7 Dry for . Cat+. ' ' • FROM LATE RICHMOND PAPERS. WHEREANYIS OF EEN. SHEMIN. Kingston and GoldsbOro to be Held at all Haiards. GOVERNOR BROWN SUSPECTED A TRAITOR TO TOE REBEL CAUSE E DILL PASSED TO ARM 100.000 NEGROES Schofield Brought to a Halt )OD TO HAVE A COMMA:IIj IN TEXAS The Pafflc etre 1 Ilichtliond DEETS L'ET/ON OF THE P 112.1 TE CIIICKA MA LOA Stw Tour, March d.—Richmond papers as sume to be, ignorant or Sherman's whereabouts, but at the same • time say he Is stuck In the mud in one' or the Southern States. The estimated tome under his 'direction, including Giltnore's and sebotleld'i farms Is estimated at 60,000. The. exeitemeut at Charlotte has subsided, Owning that Sherman has moved in another direction. There is tetbletr said of the contemplated op• erntions of fkhotield .in the vicinity of Golds- Woe. ,Wado Hampton's cavalry are said to be In pmaesslon of Colnmhla. S. C., and the burned section In that-city_ extends three quaateri of a mile..No puune property was destroyed. Hebei deserters attired at Newham, report Kingston and Goldsboro as being fortified by or der of Lee, who says the latter place most Do held at all hazards. The .fferaid's correspondent says: Hebei ele• sertcra from Lee's army state that yrhen he made Ma late visa south be took two divisions of An desson's coma wit! hlm to reinforce the army confronting Sherman, and that heavy siege gems arc being sent from Petersburg to Jonesboro, and-that citizena,bf both Petersburg and ifich mond are peparjng to leave. The Bout:mond papers charge Gov. Brown, of Go., with disetinra,ginte• the people. enconragiug deserterts. anctjstrungly suspects him of being a traitor to the rebel canoe. The House of Representatives passel another bill to place 300,000- negroes In the army, in or. der is satisfy the objections of tho Senator's. This Mil does not guarantee freedom to enlisted no greet, but leaves the question of emancipation open. r The Richmond Whig of yesterdar says : "It Is stated that Ilrarg has succeeded In bringiug' Schofield to, a halt on the north of FA3t titer, ten or fifteen melts from 'Wilmington. It was thought That Schoileld•would try to effect a inac tion with Sherman at Fayetteville." . . _ . A Y inc drapetch of the let sap that no Tankees-boye advanced in that direction. The rebel pirate Chickamauga was destroyed law Saturday to present her from tailing into Taakee hen.* ln.the Cape Fear river. The Sentinel of the Ist admits that Sherman has creased South Carolina; which shows that he as enterad the old north' State. 'the ttlig of the lot says: 411 of northern (ttornta is tllletrwlth depredatory bawl*. of to rit, and deeetteit. It lit reported that flood will hate an importan ct. to Mond iu Tetat. The mule In Ittehmond hay extended to the trurroundmg country, and the farmers ?fuse to bring In supplies. • Prom Cairo, alensphla and Neer Orleans. C.sout, March s.—Larvi: nitrabitra of reroutes continue to =ire hare from varkms points. Two hundred from Arkansas reached herd last night in a . very deadline condition. . ' The ris e rs are ove;Mwantoa cockaider . able ex tent h. this vicinity, and ;still coating@ to rise. The freshet in Arkansas -river carnal away a portion of the taidge,m Little Dock, but it an Ann-wards recovered. Tho steamer Magenta, with New Orleans th.tes to the 27th, has arrived. Elbe took 1,200 federal priforrens from month of Heti river to New Or leans fur exchange, and brooght tip sixty ex changed marines, captured tram Our gag:afoul Isplted river. - The 'tea:n*lllP Gov. Balky„ from ltaiamaras lad nit.; reports the arrival there of the-steamer Gov. Boman with Atilesel Wood, V. B. Coln ant nt, whcropeued his once on the :nth ult. All ritald at 'Matamoros. fkor. Bailey came as poe ms, xtr from Matamoros. The maraca are nu changed. Two more car go, s of Etl,prand molaists arrived front Cuba. 4:en. Rebuts. late commander of Use district of West Tenumatee, arrived here:, IVarbhurnarrived at Memphis and nel - the, command of the district of West Tt tot:wee. • one Inmdred gurus were dried . yesterday at ittionhis, In honor of the inaugural day. Guerrilla outrages of the moat fiendish char acter, enntlrue In the vicinity of Aleutphls. A tight termed at White Station near Mete. between three hundred guerrilla; and fifty federal pickets,• Mit Hock home, In which a number of giterrillaa were wounded. over a thousand refageen arrived at Memphis . Siree the first of Janpary, seven -hundred and eighty Of whom were s sent to Cairo. A Ilrels now ragir.eon the levee near Four teenth street, which threatens to caesurae the entire block. Pit.w, l ork Stock 3910 Monep Market. New ;Your. March 4.—There waa eery little eoirg in financial and emomercial eireles to day, Macre being no regular market la any tit ration. There wu a small erowd or stock operators in the back room of the regular board. The market wits very dull, and the tendencyja towards lower rates. New Turk Central was forted at 111%'• ' Eric , 71; Cumberland, 71%; sa Maripo. 713;;; Michigan Southern, IS( .W. 31: North Western : :3; Raiding, 117; Rock Island. 9:11f.' Government Securities are held firmly. A ;mall trowd of Gold specubdors assemblei on 'William street. The tantinesa woe very tight. and the price run up about 1 111 , cent., bat no large Tote could be cold at the Hors. The Europeati steamers City of Boston and Saxonls, to-any took out ten thousand dollars In spede. There Is nothing doing In 3terllng Mils, and the - ratei are nominally the same. Is no demand fur money today, as no de 111 laic. were made of old or stocks. Petroleum Stocks are - quiet; Cherry Elm and Teti are hi,tber; Occatile and Itynd Farm a Mlle lower. Itynd.Farto, 510; Tack, 375; Cherry Ect., 160. flue are no onotatimut of Petro• lct m, and the market Is rely quiet. The stockholders of the Illinois Central Rel . rer.d are rejoicing menthe defeat of the bill to preunt Abe payment of money to the road for the transportation of troops. Vie elvil Appropriation 11111,•fraretre Speeds of Air; Colfax. W. entrrrox, Mareb 4.—The civil bill, as °rig malty reported, contained large appmptiations for coast survey, light hOuseestablishments, and other objects or miscellanonue character. The lions° added new features and the Beards weigh. est It down with heavy appropriations, Including at !east four Millions for reimburaing Missouri for .xpersses of militia, and to repay Peonnyiva eta for calling- out her retrain, when disagreeing veten of the-two flounce were seat to the Con`er- Incr. The mahagtrs•compromised all their Ml fcrMeen execidllT the emendmeat rencerning the Irle.: . of civil prhonern by ttes CoM't nt Mon• trent, a bleb it was protwocd to ae cd on sap nretclY. /hilly: 'members of the Rouse favored lasing the.bill to surrendering this clause, and . no, by delay, defeat it. All the other general appripriation bills were passed. . - Mr: Colfax, In taking lesiva of the Home, made a lengthy speech. lie said he hoped ho had discharged the duties of prasiding officer Impartially; he referred to the nutmeat of the ar mies during the feN. months put, and paid a high comp liment to the gallantry and patriotism of our atmles; ha called earnest attention to taw claims- of •the widows,' and children of epistlers noon the country and Individuals, and closed by thanking the members for their approbation of his official conduct. ST. 1.0rt.5, March $.—A arc in Clark county, IVll,soorl, on Monday, entirely destroyed the lurk house. pore contents,- or Maxwell. The lots Is estimated at $1.61000. Tim*dry 'goods house of Jenkins, Townsend At Nottoway, county, was eonsato 'ed en Saturday last. Loss .$20,000. No loan, Extensive preparations arc being made to cel ebrate to-morrow In accordance with the plan' tideptql In thu various cities North and East. Etnm tiew Orleans. 01U,CANS, Marcie Isleporterthat Gen. Canby willleure for Mobile to4Uy. He is matter of the situation end good Ittlette - may be soon expeeuet frotaltim. The fleet there Under Commodore l'alince were juird,st work.. Yesterday was observed no a holiday, -several thoutded Mewed sehool children; and a num ber ot - public fonctionarttel, trieleding Citm Hobe. Pa: thdratihe M the cumin:des:' .. Cotton M , . in_ rale - demand , 69@ 70e: (31o10,200@^Ad. 'New York Counnaatipnp. • Nvi: Your., March 4.—Tbo• Poars speetsi that Simeon Draper wor.ucanlinunity rept:rm.-A confuter or enAtoms for t 4uvort of TEN- numni .tbo.S.moto has 3130 ccunnajlAbratain V,rut.eriact al surveyor. - 1'..:.. - 6..:,.: ,.., : , .1..zc.';. , ?•'-: : :i. ,,,, :•: , .... , .5 ., „:. - ;. , ,:' s-,-,4t.*F.-.,%.,i:1.,,,,:k:;,E...,,,.,-;..b11i;,:-::'...,', I‘.IOIDAY Y. ➢IARCII 15/: 1S I , rom the Army of the Petchhae i1F.A1.3 QUAIL:MI6 AI:MY or TIIE roTOUI/C March Z.—Nothing of importa tee i 4 transpiring In this department. Deserters continue to coma Into our dines in numhcrd, fifty nix having ar rived to-day. Nearly all bring their guns and , equipments with them, for which they are to In paid. The number of muskets reeelrei from desert me since February 2211 Is 240. - .411 of trem are In Coed order: In addition to the usual reports told by these nun, they say that .two companies from sack regiment of several brigades have been detailed fern the army defending Petensbnrg and scut to hunt np deserteri.-therusandziorkwhom aro said to he scattered through the country endeaviaring to reach their. hominy- • This Is particularly the case with the North and. South Carolina troops,- whe; sick and tired of the contest, arc anxious to have their families now with!' onr lines. These men are principally veterans of three and four years Service; and many of then' are those lately exchanged. All of them being refused fur loughs and not paid fora long time or env pros pect of getting any soon, they took French leave. A few days ego a sergeant was sent nut in charge of a teamand al" men to get wood. :The mar were unarmed, but the sergeant was armed with a revolver and a sword. Alter getting out side the lines thr t mules apparently ran ,a way,. tut the sergeant guided them stralglat fOr our , lines, and the whole party arrived safely. They received for Abe males seven hundred dollars, which wail dlvidekaniong them. - • The abeeriug among the rebels on Wednesday everting was on account of their receiving a ra tion of whisky, which seemed tat be a rarity In their commissary department. 'Gen. Cook, com manding a brigade le den. lleth'a division, is said Co Lava had the whole of his men on tire C(1:104011 grossly intalleited. ' Antbbny Raymond, of Co. 13, and Newell J. Eagle, of Co, 11, of the 60th New York rotate leers, were shot tO-day for-attempting to desert to the.enemy. Five regiments of the Ist divi sion of the 2d corps, to which the criminals be lorgvii, were assembled to witness the eveeution. The 61st New York'Tehmteers, • veteran re giment, arrived at the front to day and were as siuned to the ad division of the sth corps: They number about 660 men. Ni w YOUR, March s.—The Herald's army of the Potomac special or the WI saps The olght yu Anne a heavy rain tell, making the roads im- :losable Ou the '2nd Col. Mulford excitant:ell fifteen undred i•rittoners under the nsual formdlltles. 'Singleton lout expected !a -return from butood 3 erterdcy. N. w Rebel Programme lu the Southwest. NEW YORK. March s.—The Time.4' New Or leans letter says: The rebels are working out a 114.1 V %.taratne Fr sMe.rutlona [lathe sont trweet, which he gathers from the rebel papers, The Ccdambus, Mbsalsalppl, correspondence of the Montgomery Advertiser, gives some general lama as to certain very important changes to be made by Gen. &waist, though it gives little sat isfaction as-to what they are. The Canton, Miesisalimi, Cgizea ' 'states plainly that all western 3Useisslopi 16 to be abandoned by the rebel leaders.' No ellen is to he made to bold aay country between the Tazoo and Big Black rivers. The line of the Central railroad Is tobigiven wp, which of course yit Ids Jackson. The Mobile and Ohio Railroad Is to be thu new line which It Will hibtlsidr endeavor Whet& while Brandon, about fifteen miles east of Jack se.m, will be the point at which they will make steed against any Federal - advance on the line of railroad connecting IR Jackson with the Can-. tral line, running last to the Mobile and Ohio. The last named road is to ha their groat line of communication between Dick Taylor, in .Nprth Alabama and the rebel fortes the southern portion of that State, telMts at the same time It talti afford • covering for, Belem and. Mont lined has split his old army, marching part of it totwith Corolla' leaving Diek Taylet .in • emomaad the rea ' salnder. AL small port. of it was doubtless turned over to Forrest, he retain ing ail his originaleavalre force. and write...tug enough more to awed his comMaasi to about 20.1Xd. - Vorrist. unce his assumption of the command, of ON department of East Loulsiana.ldissisaipp mat distoritta, has been. nddatr,radiCal In bin forces; apd rrtsmouptla4 conalricraldo theta of Ids Irregular cavalry. Ife esideatly in tends abandoning Western ..tilfoLosippi sad at tmpitntln bold cetly the motor bet wee* Ma Ididrllo and Ohio railroad and the eastern Wen, &try of Alabama.. •• • , Deilgns 4ilrllleserieno—Mtriebo Rein Rebel Papers. N try Torus, March 4.—Tbe Herald's tolfaahinz... ton ;rectal says : 'Apprehenslutis are eItDrZIL944 -,..0tt1e • quarters that there Is a deepdasrlgn In the great influx or deserters (rout the tab.:dor mice iato the loyal Slaty. It Is anramised that taiga naruhers of these deserter; are transferred to heatt of the loyal %gotten of the eonntry U. .rganlze a raid on an extensive arale • The Itlehmond-Arquirer saris The, Batch C.rnmieston of E'grltanohitatoxattted to defiler at Wlngington all the Yankte Orisons/ 1 1ln North Careltaa as fart as transportaaloa eart.be &r otas-a. Estria:Na Lscr.tion3 tLc attcmpt ti bunt down the Maintainer° warehoLee In Richmond. It vuys the Selman.) wan matt, owned - on private account nod folly tutored, nod indications am ilrkt the owners attempted to burn go bollding, nod thus secure Ineurance. The Arenlift? 7 , 6111: On Saturday last twenty or e irsesports coitshilog ,„GXKI) tn*ips lett;Alat-: an lria fur Fortrms Monroe. Their destination b supposed to be Grant's lines. Robert Toombs, in a speech at Augusta, on the firth of February says: Fad management and had legislation were the catt4e,of thadangent Olathe-, set the Botitth He declarcithat . they sunetbeght . at Oa root of evil, and apply the true remedy. and demands the reroorahof theadrolaistrolion, The stuns paper Mentions thiarrliaroftlitonn deierfers from Grant's army, and says; One of them stated that he had seen In the Richmond papeos a'report that m Grant Was asker: on . his right. bat tills was a mistake. He alleged that It was only new recruits coming in. . • %klt of the Mexican Commaadit to the Rebels An. Mrawnsville, 'Texans ST. LOUIS, Feb: 8:-=-This New. Orleans Ikt. of' the tif.th Ult., publishes a privets lead!' from. Matamoros on Jarfnary 30th, 'stating that up kV thin time the Mexican and Confederate authorl. tlre havnbeen simply polite and friendly, GOI3- erAli , 'Milts find Slaughter having crossed file river le rich dress and dined with erazia ofhart• but yesterday General Melia end agar is tau un iform entered lirownsville, where Gen. Slaught er awaited their visit with his whole command' unerr arms, and gave the visitors an artillery !m -ild.; of twenty-one mini. After dinner, the Confederate flew was raised and the Mexican General and stall removed 1.1 dr earn and sain.r. I it, the former nuking a siteeb. in which ha void the Confederacy would it,rn be tecognietal, and eoneladed by hinting tie Confederates to a* grand .banqueti at Ma•rt. motes, and promised to also salute their :lag sill. twentponu guns. . • • . - Thu Importance of this affair consists milufj in lie Jut that Gen. Mejla 4 connand..in ala of. the Mexican armies. and is, therefore, the next personage to the F,raperor. tutite riecoptlon—ExAra or the Senate W taulauToa. March 5.-4pm - 1:lug of the re ception at the EICCIAIIYO tuan-lou last night, the Chi says Many colored per....n, ap iant. d to jay their reepacta 1.0 1110 l'res!drat and tinl.cly, among whoui trete Fred. D0 . .41a3a rad . .dra sess;onqf -tha Senate, •ha , z.;ithing to dovinh legislation, but wi I act 111.04 — uwzat• untlous tor edict., and probably continue for laro weeks. The closing scenes of Congress were not dis graced by personal quarrels, nor 'wore there any prominent or noisy manifes.tatlons of drunken- Inca as Ishretrifore. . , There Is a great sertrelty of news to-nl i ght. I have not everything I could find. The Cclet;ratlou lu SW.)Lead& ST. Lot IS, March 4.—YeaCidlly WAS celebrat ed bare by a generalemmenclrm of busknara and a grand processlori. both blyli and military. A 'profuse dlaplay of flags daueee from tbh public .and private bnildincn. A national salute, cerml eating with a brilliant exhibition of drettorke to the evening. The whole paesee ofl with' great_ en I 'melons. Many thourand oh Irene parr lei pat ed In the ceremonletr. Rebels Forthlying liinggton sn3 GO boro—Coudittou of tho Itoliet Fortes: Ntweator, N. C., Fob. legend's Just lu, report that General Leo hes ordered Goldfboro and Klinplon to Ur. fetChled, which order le how beton carried lobo clam. Clolda. , hero he toys, mint held at all .har.ards: A „ • large force Is now ,at "work night awl day- at Goldsboro throwing - up furtllleatlonn. Preparations for Evacuating Silcbinond • -; and Petersburg. Nem roux, March ti.—Tbe 'Herald's ; armyof the Potomac correspondent sajoi Eiery fresh batch of rebel deserters that come within oar lines reiterate the statement leadu by previous ones that the rebels are- preparing to e 1 stoats both Illehrimnd stud Petersburg. - Shtrzunu , s - Whereablikp. ! NEti Yeru, March 5.-.. Th e; flerahrs Wash ington *pedal elyn: Authentic., int,rmation Just from Nirintiond ban been received that Sher maten od vtniee has reached Fayetteville, North Carolina. jiic,ll,eatelr:tho sayi that Portar'4 bud tii!chit t!.:.t /at. CITY ANIP 0111113MAIV The flolidaj--Joyous Meeting at Lerayttte..liall—Spirited and Patriotic Acorciacs: The meetinz at Lafayette Hall. on Saturday eventeg, was a most lifting and happy condo 6iotl of the celebration. The halt was well filled and a large number of ladies were pre3ent in the • galleries , . The Great Western Band was In at teerinnee and performed several altering airs be fore the time of openin • At half pad seven o'clock Dr. A. G. Mc- Candless called the meeting to order, and, on . . behalf of the committee of arrangementa, an nounces the following rankers • President-00u. James Lowry, Jr., Mayor. Vice Presidenta— Joseph Dllwor th ,Gen. T. M. Illowe, W. O. Davis, a.eD. Crossan Samuel E s eellinder, Joan . P. Pears Jas. MoutoOth, Jab. Park, Jr., Geo. ' Decaliter; e 'Grim IL White, Dr. Thirdlnicyer and Joseph ye. Seeretaries--Wm. Anderson, Dane DeNiell, F. D. Cooley, Lim t e Limn. eValkeDrelielld and James Mills - - r. Mayor Leery, on taking the chair., was greet. ed with, applause, and when quiet had been m etered be remarked that this was ri day •of *C lotting throughout the land,. All had cause for rejoicing, - Insomuch as light had bevel° dawn angWif t i lfa ' : nha our p gdi e = ' : ld wime felt. a r f i r t i l itto7: - Ile alluded to the glean which prevailed through out the lend four years ago, When Abraham Lin coln, the constitutionally eleoted-Prceldenfeltiad to be Inaugurated by the aid ilf fired bayonets, and loaded cannon: The bend. of the nation was aad,beeause the standard orrebdeon had bees raised, and traitors and nosispirators sought the overlarow of the got t and , ther: sube version; of our free tnstittile ' There 'were many Miseivings, even amono the friends of Abrahain Lisumin, that ho would - not be able to struggle successfully with the diflieultiet whiett beset hlm at every step and on every hand, Out after four years of trial all now rejoiced in the realization that la his tiandslhe destinies of the nation were safe. The retnarka et. the Mayor were lii received and heartily ' pla Apuded. De entitle ed by remarking that the muse which, was a tit fightieg - for was 'also worth praying for, abd seem:weed =thee the addressees of the evening would leepreeeded . with prayer by Dr. The audience then arose, wheh Dr. Dongles addressed then:done of Grace in a fervent and appropriate prayer.'• . . - AP113r,33 07 RON. ,A. W. LOOMIS., GOP. A. We Loomis was then introduced to the andlence, anddenvered a brief bat eloquent metros. Ile said: - This day, by the almost coMurreet voice of the people of the North, is obeervedva anatlonal holiday. I sympathize deeply and alreerely willethe sentiment whichrbas induced this ob. servants. No potpie In the history of the world have encountered greater perils; none have dehleved greater triumphs than the loyal people of the tailed States. The Ideltery of the ding, eat rebellion may well be remodel is "I mar- Tel and a. wonder. It has neither par end or counteepart In tin events eer the Paste It Is sincerely- hoped that none- will be demi,. ' eyed in the revelations of the future. Its mag nitude. its extent, its Incidirete, lts, character's. 1 ties and Retells are anomalous. A Mighty peo ple, netrarpassed le. erelong Meer, Pditleal in fluence, and gerieral tatelegeere—a great na tem. 4 lune institertkuts . feud government have challenged the seeped ,alla W 1.11113100 of the titian world, sad kreplated to Its'eltiteas a menu of happiness and -prosperity never ro aline' I any ether pa can suddenly at reetedin Its berth and onward eareer: The land 'of Washington, of Yrraaldhs, of Jefferson—the tbeater of 60 36111/i 30131063030216, of so meek elery, and so great proriperity.--beemne the there ter of carnage - and rebellion. ..The national prayer was defied, the unusual flag Insulted, the national authority and aka openly anfideriaally etereEzenel and resided, The: accursed , rebel ' lionewei conceived, 103 ' Mit dereler 111 those onelleatiel of villainy aa trea son. Cherleston end. ' Ma, in South Caro Ilea, over which, than lo Almighty Gig' and the gallantry ofour - - soldiers, theeeareemd - Stripa, the- hoomtdenerblears of oar sauced -power and glory now felt In triumph:- ' ' Mr. , Loomis then Vi dt4imsedbriefly, the la asetaltha Maoria tt rehilllan, and eoidclis did as kllower - , ' - Thee are evident an pal le indications of ami a rapidly approacki ion of the rebel , lime The powered_ ' I a 11341.11 C by de t , - .*ereten theft sae • efinsialshinte . 1 / 1 -hie ereadiusent and rapture. ; The , national' forceat arc rapidly and /Meet' eonemitrating upon the dromed' city of Richmond. When the heroic arid triumplealanalas of Sherman mid Wm/i -dea stall arrive at - its galls, nutting` with the edema and heroic legions of Grant, let the -teempet blow loud and loug before; this politi cal Jericho, summorleg the deluded - m.4nm an unconditkrual surrender tithe national forces; and If that surrender. be _feCresel„let tho most tenide conflict and slaughter which the world • ever-beheld extinguish speedily, and forever, thecaganixed forces of the waxing' and accursed rebellion. - And then, Iny fellow citizens, may 'our patriotic Chief Magistrate, who, like Michael la the Mates of Motives, has ever beet, fal th eth then may he, aturounded by a angora] and hap- . py pope, enjoy with them the hall bleselnr;a of cur einrione Institutions. And when that napey day shall arrive ' are aballbe telly prepared to es tablish the Mon roe doctrine upoe tide continent, end bid ettlanetAo the,powerof Elapsed, 'Prance sad the world. At the conclusion of Mr. Lomats•, remarks, a glee dub, composed .of 'Nears. Sleek; Cargo, llner,Carter,Wagstaff„ Darling, Tell. Jones, and Bees, which had been lueitilessuotmatiod terth cr. sangr'lleferd the Glorietut Banner the words and music of which are by a Ploablinthe cr. The performance was excellent, and elleb ted hearty applause. ' einansteces A3/131 M. nutereremett, 113 Q. '.. John dl . Kirkpatrick, Eaq. te as next intro duced, and delivered one of t he neatest and timevent and effective adlresees Which wo el . hare yet card from his lips. The tlemau congratulated the andlence upon the. ausprionithess - antijnyousnesa rat' the occasion and the clicemttences• under - which ' they tad assembled; that there was ranee and good cause for Joy and great' rejoicing; that the elevates tbe flag, end the bean 11133 Wl6O -bravely Arnica it were orators more cunning and - eloquent than the speaker or any noun, and that in their erreht presence his Ilps reflood their tit- ./1001.11361 If it were eat for these-Aim:o the great dramatist of France (Dmints,) standing In the 1 'presence; of the master of his art, Car. bellk—he (the speaker) 'debt consider hilmolf , equal to • the requite:meets of the ' ' oecasion; that he would and tsmid on this occasion 141014 the , write of taut 'etelnent ',Grant= aokiierandstatesman Porkia, soil Fey that Mal citizen who would utt gym- width deeply in the-- disasters .and the tee. e.... 5, a of ble toluenes arms, was unworthy to . live and not pa nun's-arms, pered die; that lave of coun try wee nest to love of God. lie contrasted the mt.:Alloy of the country now with 1111111 Hewes sr ne, years ago, and claimed that the mural and material progeesi; which 1101111Yt 01610. in til reipecte had no paree in history, and - }sulked eompletels ghat might be otherwise be cc rirldertd an extravagant and mere exuberance or ,othnslasm,, .11e eentended that the oeceslon bad a deeper simeitleance; and wituld be grander and more-far-reaching in Its effect; that it wane' pass bevtind the narrow endless of thie and other places where rejoicings' were 'beteg had, and would go tn. "the front" to strengthen and glee mew courage to our peeve brother,' and (Metes who en- nn hundred betteeltelde here' add , d me , imtre to the Amereran arm' and the A merino name. le : this re en s , If far nn mhzr. ho . wonll6lll, " lc! Iti rejoice end be exeeedieg gi 1... "—let 0 5e babr ,1. il:.:flan:Ll' lb the Melte el - the ealy spring; le; cur great Peerle Idiom teir V/0/ 3 1 . 101, 116(1 6611'05 ;II artillery tell It to the wondering . World. , Ile alludes most benutifuey to the old flag, and told how that the "battle-seamed veterans " of Shennenbi grand army of heroes, how:wed and meet fitly called' It `Old Glory!" "Old Glory " it 16 . 35 was, and, la the keeping of such 111311, • ' Old Glary. It would ever be. Clasping' the flag to his breast and kilning It, he slowly and steadily ralsedit to full view, and then re counted Its glories Ina manner that should have Avetuaeen and heard,hut which wo cannot de "scribe. fie spoke of the brightness of its glare that never dimmed, and of the gripes that narer llouted in the breeze but le waudeur and honor, bed In vitelleetton of nelloual manhood add faith and life. Dow It had shrew like au oriflamme of truth to guide the march of heroes. Linn demi gods in the „lath of uuiti, from elathellie, to Ghee tennege, theretriAttrintri, then to Savuunala, and thence, aS ho hoped to- thnvery Walla Or... Rich-1 Wined, resting only Him " Old-Oldry 'r, as It „woe and Is, over tetibattleefields and triumph of thane wbo bore it, over thelil36 der, so it were, where' Itherty was born.; . Thai. ehe star of the East ; which guided th e-enetern magi to where tile young child lay, Stolle 71.01. 41111.1 X brighter, parer or holler lustre than did thew stars one" Old .. Glory" shine when at ,Kenesew Ileighte, and Lnolcaut Vountaln, away "abora the detract'. The boys of the old Keystone married death to Immortality, faille; as" they: did for ,lieliZlndi country, - , e 'With their back to the field, Aud their face to the foe." . 5 .-' Theeffect of his allusion to "Old Glory" was deadest, 'mad cheer upon cheer was -given,- for the old Ilag and .Old Olory.p • It made one feer sale theee.was yet patriotism enough left In old Alleghenyoounte to save the 3166101.1. and We were. tualefled that the great head of the people would - follow. wheuever. "Old Glory" led the . ory . The elopent gentitnern concluded bye glum° it the future, white,. we ere enabled t o give liter _ ` r. '69.03 trikat of the fel nre—the - future of our. wee ee :nein! err buy goodly led Ir-le wed laud I •j - cleb - 47 -, . , 4 , ,%"".,.. , T4 , t5.? , 1 , E • = , • Stand:Da this night, m. n , .. dd. lip-tie no tiro mount at expeitatieb, en I leokiug out into the darkness with the eye of faith, toe lineation will come; 'Will the 'morning ever dawn? or as it would now seem, the stars bbloing, brightly above us will they, too, ever fade Into tie, sun-lb:Mod -brightness of a coining day! Will the .1.-Irm Ida of peace ever again touch the folds of 'Old (Holy' and the lips of nor common and beloved czdantry—tha mother of us all? And the ,in---.ver comes—from out of the graves of our deal coil buried heroes It come,s—from out the cypress and laurel of the living and the demi it comes— from out the deepest depths of the voiceless sea it "comer— terever adilfonlior has snatched life from the very arra ofdeatb;orit Cumberland has bgone down' In o an immortal rest beneath the bubbling wine, itit 'Cld Glory' daunting defiance from her opmost nutst...bead Into the thee of bet contrv's fees— fmni ant of every battle field for freedom, whoever - the starry ensign of the Re paid': has floated high'above the dendlicat shock of battle; ft comes; ''Aye,verrily, there shall be i . future—a frame compared with which - the • tis ha the darkness of the glooratt nlght, sbenng. In the glories of the latighthat day—a ftrtafte whcec history shall be limned' with the light of truth, and justico , —'applet. of gold - In pictures of silver.' For there shall be no wrong there—no cruel exaction nor unrequitted ten— ter the last manacle shall have fallen from the last slave; and there shall be no prejudice of caste or color there, for the truths of the great declaration, all men are created eOnaT,' shall ho everywhere . recognized, and, bathed In this baptism . of these latter days, the starry ban. ncr of the country, white In the. llght of Its new shining, Shall Heat over all lands and allsena the praise, the 'Joy and the admiration of the world, because consecrated- by the genius of universal freedom ; and • ...so shall the Northern rinses; ca joyims on his To will Penobscot's waters—to San FraneLseeta . : Dal- To Tooke the rugged" places smooth eel eon - the heals With IMo. And .hear with 'liberty aid taw, the Bthle la Its trabs. The mighty West shall bless the East, ae sea'shall • And xbouo ab 'r lft e lt - unto mOuptittn call, Praise Ord !far arefrre • At the conclusion of hie addrem, Mr. Kirkpat rick 'was greeted with the most, enthusiastic opt pleusc, which was Several times renewed. be band then fawored the audience with the Star Spangled Banner. ODUSSII OH-Ult. Dovaias, , Rer. Dr. Douglas was next Introduced, the chairman announcing that he would entertain the audience for some ten minute& The learned Doctor was t;rectedolth heartyapplauae, and do livered a most happy and eloquent address, which was Pei:meetly interrupted with enthusi astic demonstrations orapproeal. lie commenced by remarking, playfully, that he did not know whether be could occupy tira allotted time, Inasmuch as the distinguished hiwyers who had, preceded him were guilty of petit larceny In stealing his speech; or to be in beeping with•tbe cloth, In stealing his sermon. They had made tbe.pleadiutu, and all he had to mkt wts to make the application- Both of the gentlemen who had preceded him bad paid a merited rompllenent toe the soldiers of the loyal States generally, and those of Ikon *ghoul' in particular. lie would almost =soon, salute the soldier that eacried."Old Giorr assn.- lute the emblem of his nation's honor, glory and _Forcer itself. Theconspilmcat paid to our sol diem by the gentlemen suggested sin anecdote. Before Nelson want into- the famous battle of Trafalgar be gave this eignal to his fleet, "Englandexpects every man to do his duty.' When this was„ ellspiSyed hum the Admiral's ship, two Semehmen gazed at It, and the Dec said to the other, "Look, up and read, Joyk, 'England expects evecergmet to dal& duty`t-not a wind about pair sold Scotland on this oces pier." Jock turned to bin oconpaulon and sat'] "Maun Geordie; is4bat a' yournenief - Scotland kelt" west mounh that her bairns will do their duty,-dial's Just a hint to the . Ermlkshmen." Eastern poetry given an accountltr a wonder ful tree which yielded golden apples and silver Mil,. Every time the breeze passed by it towed the fragrant branches in tires air and shook down a showerof the golden apples, whilst the bells tilled the ale 'Wisteria harmonic chintes. West ern poetry glees an anemia of a more wonder.- hal tree—the tree of Amerman Übe:Ty-oche very leaves of whist are, polltielliy, for the healing .of the latkam. tta the trona American liber ty there grow richer - and tuoroluselous fruit, mid hells that ring Ibrth more delightful 'muslc than any thaythe gorgeous drapery of Eastern poesy less been able to portray, and every.. piece that tetra:mote:es legiani paw, the storm of war tosses Gm Dageant - and manic branclits• - and •• scatters prolloser the blessings of liberty. 'Such a tree is worthy of being eultirab.* and of be ing watered with the best blood of the uatioh. • lie hardly knew how to share the honor and glory of the preset t conflict among Grant, Sher man and Sheridan. To-night however we are to speak more partieularty of the achievements of Shout:in, which were equal in pemorthin to these of any general either la ancient or mod -1 -ern tows. There was more pomp And pagean try In the march of Xerxes from Pcrela to Thee sum.yhe with a land and sea force of morn than two mittens and a half, (2,641,610,) but It was test prelltic than the marsh of Sherman from At lanta to —, he dare -not say exactly Where lest he might glee information to, the enemy that Is eoutraLand. When Napoleon assumed com mand of the army of Italy, at twentrooven v t 2, or ttgr. be tkund it huddled tegether the a lh_ch of sheep on the lofty outurnitor the mar itime Alps, whither it had been driven by the allied tams of Artstrln and Piedmont. From Ibis elevated cucempment the Corsican de scended like an avalanche and swept *everythlim bethrehlne--defeated the allies on the plains of Holy, and then appeared tedare the gates of Term, and compelled the Pledmontese Govern= • meat to conclude a separate Malty with France, the teynro and conditions of which riot only gale him a firm hold lultaly, but afforded a new base upon which to carry on Ma operations against .:Austria.:Equally brilliant and glorious was the descent or Sherman front the mountains la the north of Ocorg.la. lic - diseended like a torrent upon Savannah, and flom , thence upon Colsan-' his bearing everything befom him, and estate., tithing at terry imnortant point, a new hose for more ellacleild operations. • - • - . Every campaign bits had Its declaim battle or battles. Thei„battle of Marathen fought 11. C. 41 1 0, In which the Greeks, nada" Therudatocies, defeated the Petulant tinder`Daring, hot Only saved Greece from the powerof Tendert thamot- Ism, but rolled back the tide of Asiatic invasion whin!' would have spent Its fury on Eueope. The Athenian power was blokes In the battle of Sy secure B. C. itti, und the halance3of Europe lens delivered from the dominion of Greece. Tho de. eV :action of the Armada In IW, meshed rho -hopes of Spain tei domineertarer England. Thd ' battle of 4:0(17, Secured to the parliamentarians the possahlon of all the /strong eltie.s in Ragland, Brietol, Bridgewater, Cheater, Sherborn and Bath, deelded the fate of Charies,l, and brought his - bead to the block.' 'The earrender or Bar- - gcyne at 'Saratoga was•the bingo upon which dmerleanludependencs tuined.. • - In the Present conflict the decisive battle was fought oil l'ennsylvaniti soil at Gettysburg. The great (let:litre Indite or the Southwest woo fought et Allatits,4ol.Y.2 o .li, 1144, when Sliermall de footed the rebel Fenorel yrlth a. hoot or Alma mints thousand:in killed, wounded Mak prison - . ere. 'rent that time to this Sherman has been .teottilug MI litilfrin {Weil:lit rebelileM. lie bed - Akunclthie Hector of rebellion to his chariot' wheels. awl like smother Achilles la dragging hint In disgrace (not twoundlhe walls or Toy,) but around the broken down Walls of Seeesdn. .. Savannah: - Columbia Clutrienott and Wil mington all fell witble ale short, space of two - months. .Three of ilien fell between the 17th and tr:d of Firaary. The el.is ,l r g bin nt t dared tot crettatte Si t ta-,. illanl tritinirlatnt nieh. 1 few years agothey , ueelaled 4., re was ititt tat nitwit tlitirin :ill a Vi ket,d.,,o; ~i . v.,ItIRI W.'s.: 4 !Intl. , bdY , 14 1, 414L.0t: n eioutittri :.,e;itlentita, but they dare not . ques. that the tide even ' , if "itigg,tre” to liar main: their occupation ot these beitulltal ; islands. re." . ferred to try the Stst speaker. Th e three principal Stales ~,in reholdom, Ocorgla, North and South Carolina are not COM pletely subjugated: 'The "home guards".'of. . Plitsbumh and Allegheny could march as tri • umpbantly over them to-night us they marched'. Oyer - the Allegheny, Commout two erthree , yea* since. Beeriest', like another. Cromwell, is great on adjournnil. When lie made a molten for ad journmen on Milledgettle, the legislatcfrettd-', Murned itbout putting the qumtion. Ile is now ma g another motion foradjournment to. wards Ili mond, and Inanticipatlon of Its Wing pet the r 'el Congresemedare",jiatring '0,11 . 7 . 14 such numbers that theta Is scarcely 4 quorum to transact btisiniee. .. . . ~ . - Sherman lausbeen called a "capital" General, because he alms us a Meal thing' aC capitals.: Bat be le also a capital general la the sense that he is ton cieellent general. Moral triumphs. remit reotton. amongst our' military triumpha. -A fewyears ago-Charles Sumner, one of the . most ;profound, • learned and. sagacious stateanteri; was aisafaited ha the Senate chinalber of .istates. by. Preston fOrooks, of South Carolina, and men • elakte to rgspeetahility sinre aihald to' liderfeia "lest Their inetlves-mlght be minced!' itrustLi , ,, paced many yr,ho • the same , claim almost aeoldialLiumnar Ort Ito street; for no Ales. came Wan That'lta'wai tha item; andna-' erbmpromliimic champion of human rprhts. new lie is the fvzognized leader of, his Party In the, Unitedbtates Senate; .and the nation delights to "do him honor. • , ' , h . . Who adiefniatered tho mat to-dity. , to •Protl dent Media Salmon P— Chase; Chief dttaUca of the Somme Court of the United Statea, - who .ntood aide by skis with Sumner on the subject of human rights., and immortalized - himself Up the etateentanillm -and logleal . arzument *bleb be made to "Maintain the Plighted 'Faith, of the Nation:" 'Cbl,f.Jtietice Taney in ecarctj.g cold FA ld &ave. tOurt. ori:r 'Fail-. 71:1 !an;: t0 . , t,n4 111 , . Drel Seca dMMovi and decianal that a black man haw L 4 WhiCk: ' ;1 0 V r.. /li r le (c m i. r . ft, and a Supreme Cour . tt,.. ! re. Lanett , Then we haie actlonstliutionitptresrodmant waled by Congress, forever pmbibming , shwety in the Unlted:Bletts. ..ttissottri is free, rennet - see and' Lonistana are almost etnancfpwed. Diary!smd Is dlsenthneled. The rebel corm:won der-In-CID f, R. E. Lee, reeomm6ncls the antleg of slaves to fight for a Confederacy that Is babg . raised on slavery as the chief corner stone. anti , . declaring that all slaves who fight - shots* hart their liberty. If slavery is ti "bieasin,..r" ?Sty :Send the black soldiers into 'then,. to endure a cwn;et The District of Columbia has beta pugged froth the wain of taxman bondage,. GoiLnever ed the "Caldera of 'Liberty" ,to' bernieed tit her aerial throne on tho dome of the , natlaat* capi tot until the tut rivet that-bonne.. the chains ott the hands and foot of the dime =6 Wrellehed in sunder, and theh e tisrict of" \ Columtfa visa !broiled. Now "Goddess" eitsiprensily and consistently Upon her leftyk throne, anti, smiles benignantly optic the free harito4 hormatbi anti there she shall reign so lour as "old - Glorr" floats In , hu ' , mac, and shower dawn Ul6 rich. blessings of liberty, purchased and re - plarchased ' be the host blood thlat-ever the great erater in fused Into lamati'velos. ' - . The Doctor retired amidet mud applause, when the Glee Club sang, with line effect fr.th e Star r gled 'Danner," the audience joluleggri the 31r.' Kirkpatrick mpose4, mi a titting•tvinelu eon to the song, three eheen_ for !lint Glory". which was given with _a will—Many-1n the- au dience rising to their feet tunifirtildr-gtileilliets. lion. T. J. Dighamwai - ntit called; ate. on taking thy stand took upthedcey-note Of the air just sung, "In God's oar trust." Theln plea which were involved Kate