BULLETIN
SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1864.
JEMMY CLAY ON TEE ONION AND THE
BLeIII I .OF SECESSION.
We have, within a day or two, stumbled
(after a long search) upon a speech made
by Henry Clay, in advocacy of his compro
inise resolutions, offered in Congress to allay
the excitement incident to the admission of
California to the Union in 1850. It will be
remembered that the territorial Convention
of California, Which framed a State Conven
tion prior 'to the application for admission
to the Tederal Union, unanimously em
bodied m the instrument a clause excluding
slavery from the embryo State. This pro
bibition greatly incensed the South, which
bad made the war with Mexico for the pur
pose of making new 'slave States out of the
territory conquered and, purchased from
the descendants of the Montezumas, and
the "chivalry," both in and out of Congress,
boldly declared their intention to secede in
case the Golden State was admitted with a
Constitution formed by the unanimous will
of the delegates of the territory. To recon
cile the South to the admission of the new
state, the Fugitive Slave-law, and other
sops to the human chattel Cerberus, were
enacted, and there was a general sugaring of
bitter pills all around. Mr. Clay, In his
famous compromise speech, said many
things which 'read somewhat strangely by
the light of 1864; but the portion of his re
marks devoted to the subject of practical
secession. and a dissolution of the Union is
so profound in wise statesmanship and Aso
full of prophecy, that we cannot - refrain
from transferring it to 'our columns. It :
will be found upon the eleventh page of to
day's paper.
BENT UST.
There appears to be no State over which
the armies of the Union have passed which
so obstinately clings to slavery as Kentucky.
From the Governor down to the poorest
"poor white," an idea seems to prevail that
amid the universal destruction of the "pe
culiar Kentucky • may be
- Wended, and that through the efforts of
quasi-Unionists either 'at Washington or
through the medium of the Democratic
party,the old status of affairs may be main
tained. The efforts so far employed by the
aforesaid quasi -Unionists have been mainly
threats,aad invitations to rebels like Forrest
to overrun the State, together with intima
tions that the .Kentucky Unionists would
vote for the Presidential nominee to be
chosen at Chicago. However, this kind of
mancenvring has about exhausted itself,and
we find that the unconditional Union men
are becoming aroused, and are trying to get
the public sentiment of Kentucky into con
formity with the real poiition of things.
One of the •leaders of the Union party is the
Rev. Dr. It. J. Breckbaridge, who has ever
since the opening of the war stood finally
by the Federal Government, without regard
to slavery or any minor issue. On the lltk
- inst. he made a speech at Lexington, in
which• he set forth the duty of Kentuckians
in the present crisis. In opening he said :
"More thin three years ago, upon this very
spotyforced in a manner by you to utter my
views to yon; when few were willing to do so,
I openly avowed that I would live and die a
loyal citizen of the United States; that I would
stand by the nation as long as there was any
nation to stand by. I thank Ged there still is
a nation to stand by. [Great applause.]
They who think they are loyal, and seek some
better way to serve her than by being faithful
to her,. or who love anything earthly better
than they do her, and forsake her for that, no
matter what it may be; or who imagine they
can serve her in such times as these by sym
pathywith her armed enemies, and hostility to
her only representative, namely, the Govern
ment she has established; all these, and beside
them, all the enemies of the country, whether
open or secret, whether holiest or hypocritical,
let them run their course and reap its fruits !"
Dr. Breckinridge then proceeded to advo
cate a Union State Convention, to meet in
May, at Louisville, after which he urged
that all loyal Kentuckians should repudiate
the .advice.of the rebel -sympathizing. State
Central Committee to send delegates to the
Chicago Democratic Convention. He said
he . abhorred the idea of calling such ) 11., Con
vention a "'Union Conservative National
CofiNTrition," as this Committee call the
fteicago body, because it was nothing but
Democratic party under a name to suit
Kentuckians, while its rebel -sympathizing
principles were the same as ever. He re
marked:
"In addition to all I have said in reference
to the Chicago Convention, I must mention the
indescribable shame and treachery of
setling
out a great political party like the Union party
of Kentucky, and transferring it, principles
and all, a name and organization entirely
foreign to its antecedents. But you say, we
have as much right to sell out as you have to
sell out to ithe Abolitionists. I answer j that
the difference is immensely great between be
ing swallowed up by the disloyal partisans of
the country, who propose to meet at Chicago,
and co-operation for a special object; infinitely
great, with a party many of whose elements
are offensive and even hostile to us. The
convention at Chicago is a Democratic Con
vention, pure and simple; and therefore when
you go there under the expectation of going
into a Union Conservative Convention, you
make an' absolute transfer of yourselves into
the Democratic-party. -
4, oUthe other hand, if the Union Conven
tion that is to assemble at Baltimore, were to
proclaim itself an Abolition Convention,l would
not go there, or advise you to go either. There
may be Abolitienists there; but it -is a - Union
party, made up, no doubt, of Abolition mem
her's, Old, Line. Whigs;-multitudes of them will
be of the Native American party, who are no
more Abolitionists than you or I. Multitudes
of such are to be found here in Kentucky, who
ara true Union men, willing to co-operate with'
every man who is for the Union, let his opi
nions be what they may. It is a party made
up of a great variety of persons who hold,
some "one opinion, and BOMB another, on the
question of slavery, but hold to the restoration
of the Union and the subjugation of every
rebel. I beg you to consider the differ
enc . :6 there is between the status of these two
parties."
In reference to slavery in Kentucky Dr.
Breckinridge said :' - consider the insti
tution of slavery in Kentucky ".gone under.
You cannot help it. We are 'between the
devil and the deep sea.; and .:must ruake - our
choice." He urged that Kentuckians could
only stand still, in reference to slavery, and
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let the Federal Government do what it
pleases; for any possible opposition to the
National authority would only throw the
Ommonwealth into a state of civil war,
during which, whatever else happened,
slavery would certainly be crashed flatter
than ever. The Union party of Kentucky
must stand together and stand by the Go
vernment, cr else, in the opinion 9f Dr. 8.,
the Commonwealth can only fall into
anarchy and civil war. We hope the mass
of the people of the State have sense enough
to heed the wise and manly counsels of this
stalwart Union leader.
A ROYAL WIDOW'S MOURNING.
Prince Albert, the husband of Queen
Victoria; died in - December, 1861, and the
widoiv has not diminished the depth of her
mourning apparel, nor until quite recently
has she consented to appear in public or
I allow any popular demonstrations to be
made as she traveled from one place to
another. The English people have - been
annoyed at this protracted exhibition of
profound affliction on the part of their
sovereign; for their loyalty to the royal
person is one of- their peculiarities, and they
get restive and impatient when a national
holiday passes without the Queen's taking
part in it, or when she suffers "the season'
=which means from_ Easter till the mid
summer adjournment of Parliament—to
pass without giving any royal receptions or
entertainments. The marriage of. the
Prince of. Wales brought a new royal lady
to the court, and Levees by the Prince and
Drawing Rooms - by the Princess, "on
behalf of the Queen," have been the only
general entertainments by the court. But
these vicarious condescensions .were not
altogether. satisfactory, and besides there
were whispers of j_ealousies between the
Queen and her daughter-in-law,in which,
of course,each had her partisans, and there
were rumors of other eircumstances,political
as well as social, calculated to create bad
feeling in the royal family.,
The English people have generally been
very anxious that their Queen should quit
her seclusion and take her old place in the
public displays of royalty, and at_ length
they are gratified. The London papers of
March 31st are jubilant over the fact that
on the previous day Her Majesty visited the
flower show of the Horticultural Society at
Kensington,where, "though attired in plain
widow's weeds," she "appeared in excel
lent health," and received with "deep
acknowledgments," the kindly courtesy of
the crowd outside, as well as of the three
thousand - visitors inside the building. They
are still more pleased at the official an
nouncement that she was to hold "a Court"
at I3uckingham Palace, for the Diplomatic
Corps, on the 6th of April, and a second
one on the 13th, when "a limited number of
distinguished persons" were "to have an
opportunity of paying their respects to Her
Majesty." Three Drawing-Rooms by the
Princess of Wales -and three Levees by the
Prince, 'on behalf of Her Majesty," were
also announced, and finally in May and
June two "State Concerts" arid -- -two "State
balls" are to take place at Buckingham
Palace, "by command of the Queen," and
Her Majesty's birthday -was to be celebrated
on the 24th of May. These announcements
brighten up the mason in London, and
while the fashionables rejoice, the shop.
keepers, who profit especially by royal fes
tivities, are in ecstasies. The re-appear
ance of the Queen in public life will proba
bly put to rest the stories about her being
n a diseased state of mind, and about her
intending to abdicate the throne. It is a
good thing that her sorrow for the loss of
her. husband has not driven her to such a
step. England has never had a better
sovereign than Victoria, and never one so
much beloved. Under the British system,
a virtuous and goOd woman is the safest
and best of monarchs--much better than a
man, who might be personally ambitious, or
whnmight inherit the.weaknesses and vices
of his grand-uncles
INTEBEST-BEAEINO TEEASNRY NOTES.
The Government has issued Treasury
notes payable, one, two and three years
after date, and bearing interest at the rate
of rive per cent. per annum. The one year
notes have no coupqns attached.; but the
two and three year notes have coupons.
All the notes are legal tenders for their face
only, without interest, until they arrive at
maturity, and the object of the Government
in issuing them is, of course, to induce peo
ple to hoard them for the sake of the accru
ing interest, and thus to lessen the circula
tion of green-backs and the consequent ap
preciation of gold in the market. Some
sharpers, who have about, as much honesty
as patriotism, and• who possess about as
much of the latter quality as a gambler in
gold, and a depreciator of Government
credit, (which are convertible terms,) have
been playing smart tricks with the two and
three year notes. They have clipped off the
accompanying coupons, and while holding
on to the latter, they have passed off the
body of the note, at its face, thus leaving
some one else to " carry " the amount ;
while the scissoring knave hopes to pocket
the profit. But knavery is apt to cut its
: own fingers, , and . its sharpness avails it
nothing in this instance. The coupons are
valueless unles.s they are severed from the
note by an Assistant Treasurer of the Uni
•ted States, and the two and three years
notes, without coupons, are not legal tenders
until they arrive at maturity. Honest citi
zens should: , see that they are not imposed
upon by means of these emasculated notes,
and they should endeavor to trace back
such bills as they may . have had foisted
upon them to the original sharper who mu
tilated them. The old-fashioned "coin
sweating" was quite as reputable a busi
ness as this - toupon-clipping, and neither of
them is more reprehensible than gambling
in gold and huckstering away the credit of
the Government, when every patriotic man,
woman and child are usingtheir best endea
vors toesustain it.
THE 'UNION NAVY-PAST AND PRESENT,
No more convincing evidence of the meg=
nitride of the civil war, which for three
years has been progressing in our once
united and tranquil land, could be adduced,
than that which is offered by the "Navy
Register of the United States for the year
1864." From the first page'to the last, and
this annual work has now grown to be a
volume. of nearly three hundred pages, we
find a succession of facts which it' is impos
sible to obtain elsewhere, and which prove
that our 4tren g th upon the water, if pro,
perly disposed, is fully equal to the demands
of the great cause for which we are contend
ing. The !sudden growth of this branch of
the public' service has been unprecedented,
not only in this country, but also in the
naval history of the world, and can only be
fully understood when compared with its
condition , in bye-gone years.
The origin of the United States Navy may
be dated back to the thirteenth of October,
1775, when Congress authorized the equip
naent of two small vessels, mounting respec
tively ten and fourteen guns, and intended
to intercept supplies sent to the British
army. Two weeks later, two larger. vessels
were authorized, and in the following De
cember thirteen others, all of which were
built in the New England States, New York,
Pennsylvania and Maryland, and carried
from — twenty to thirty-six guns each. In
the same month a corps of officers was ap
pointed by Congress, of which Esek Hop
kins was made the Commander-in-Chief ;
Nicholas Biddle, a gallant Philadelphian,
who was subsequently blown up ha his fri
gate, the Randolph, during a severe engage
ment with a British man-of-war, a Captain;
and the celebrated John Paul Jones, a
Lieutenant. At this time the management
of the navy was entrusted to what was
known as the 4 , Marine Committee." In
Cctober, 1776, an additional frigate and .two
cutters were ordered to be built ; in the fol
lowing month, ten other vessels, and in
January,l777, two more, while eight prizes,
captured from the British, were also direct
ed to be converted into armed vessels. Of
the exploits of this infant navy ; of the bold
and successful cruises which they made in
waters, near and far distant ; of the en.
gagements and captures which in their suc
cess reflected so much credit upon our
officers and crews ; and of the valor of such
commanders as Biddle, Jones, Murray,
Barry, Barney, Dale and other equally noted
heroes, we cannot in a brief editorial give
that full account which each and all demand.
From time to time, as the Revolutionary
War progressed, the naval strength was
augmented, but — when the struggle termi
nated and peace was declared, all the armed
vessels, except a few revenue cutters, owned
by some of the States, were sold. In March,
1794, at the suggestion of President Wash
ington, a law was passed by Congress au
thorizing the construction of six frigates.
In July, 1797, the first of the new navy,
the United States, was launched at Phila
delphia, and was rapidly followed by the
Constitution, Constellation and the other
ships which were required to fill the desig
nated number.
In 1798, in anticipation of a war with
France, twenty smaller vessels were autho
rized, and a few days later a Navy Depart
ment was created, and Benjamin Stoddart
appointed Secretary ; and before the close
of that year twenty-three armed craft were
at sea, fully equipped and manned with
sailors eager for the fray. Every exertion
was made to supply the desired want, and
at the opening of the , Nineteenth century
the United States had thirty-four men-of
war in active service, and numerous others,
built with money liberally subscribed 'by
the patriotic people of the different States.
In 1801, after peace with France had been
declared, the Navy was reduced to fourteen
vessels, three of which were forty-four gun
ships, but the war with !Tripoli soon made
manifest the error in thus crippling the re
sources of the Government, and prepara
tions -were again - made to increase its
-strength. In 1803 the construction of
several small gunboats was authorized ; in
1806 the number of-captains was increased
to thirteen, of commanders to eight, and of
lieutenants to seventy-two; and in 1809 the
President was directed by Congress to raise
the effective force of the Navy to seven
thousand men. Notwithstanding all these
commendable efforts the country was sadly
in need of men-of-war when the war of 1812
commenced, their number, exclusive of the
almost useless gunboats, consisting of only
seventeen efficient vessels, while the number
of seamen is authoritatively stated to have
been scarcely more than equal to the num
ber of impressed sailors serving in the Bri
tish navy. The brilliant victories, how
ever, of the Old Ironsides. and other vessels,
inspired confidence, and more vessels were
immediately ordered. From that time the
duties of the Department continued to in
crease, and the American - navy was recog
nized as a very, formidable adjunct to the
Government. Congress recognized its im
portance; the citizens of the Union appre
ciated its great usefulness; and foreign pow
ers acknowledged and feared its superiority.
A few years later, for the purpose of pro
tecting Ainerican commerce and to be pro
perly represented abroad, vessels were de
spatclied to Brazil, the West Indies, the
Pacific and the Mediterranean; and in 1841
a Home Squadron was. also organized.
During the war with Mexico the officers
and seamen of the Navy again distinguished
themielves in the Gulf and upon the Pacific;
and gained additional laurels by their bril
liant exploits.
By referring to the register for 1859 we
find that in November of that year, besides
a host of subordinate commissioned officers,
there were in the Navy one hundred
Captains, and one hundred and twenty
Commanders, and ten ships of the line, ten
frigates, twenty-one sloops -of-war, three
brigs, one schooner, twenty-eight screw
steamers,
,seven side-wheel steamers, two
.steam tenders and eight store and receiving-
ships, mounting in the aggregate nearly
twenty-four hundred guns. The rebellion
necessarily made a prompt and stupendous
increase necessary, and during the three
years which have elapsed
navy yards
the com
mencement of the war, the yards and
priiate ship yards of the Northern and
Western ports have employed many thou
sands of mechanics, constructing and
equipping vessels of different tonnage and
armament. How vast has 'been their labor,
and how advantageous their handiwork to
the cause of the Union, can be fully as
certained and appreciated only by referring
to the official record recently issued by
the Department. Two hundred and eighty
nine pages are filled with facts i*eference to
the Naval service, facts which prove that
never in the history of the world has there
been such a remarkable increase in so brief a
period. Six hundred and fourteen vessels
of all classes, seventy-three of which are
iron-clads and rams, have their titles regis
tered on these pages. Of these all but one hun
dred and two are moved by steam. There were
ninety-two building at various yards. In
all they mount four thousand one hundred
and eighty-four guns, varying in armament
from one gun to eighty-four. The tonnage
ranges from one to five thousand and ninety
tons. There are two hundred and fifty
six under five hundred tons burthen; two
hundred and twenty-one between five hun
dred and one thousand tons; eighty-three
between one thousand and two thousand
ions; thirty-three between two thousand
and three thousand tons; nineteen between
three thousand and four thousand tons; one
between four thousand and five thousand,
and one, the Dunderberg, five thousand and
ninety tons.
Of the total number of vessels,three hun
dred and forty-one were in active service on
the twelfth of March last. Forty-seven of
the iron -clads are still on the stocks, but
will be speedily launched. Of those in ser-
vice — fifty-five are in the North Atlantic
Blockading squadron ; sixty seven in the
South Atlantic ; thirty-four in the East
Gulf ; sixty-two in the West Gulf ; eighty
one upon the Mississippi river and its tribu
taries;four in the special West India Squaa
ron ; eight in the Pacific ; one in the Medit
teranean ; nineteen in the Potomac, on
special service, and two in the East Indies.
The names of the officers are comprised
under two heads, those connected with the
regular navy, and those who are merely
volunteers for the war. Of the former there
are six active and eight retired rear admi
rals ; eighteen active and thirty-one retired
commodores ; thirty-six active, fourteen
retired and ten reserved captains ; seventy
two active, seven retired and fifteen reserved
commanders, together with eighteen active
officers of that grade not recommended for
promotion ; one hundred and fourty-four
lieutenant commanders; eighty-five active
lieutenants, eight retired, nine reserved, and
five not recommended for promotion; fifty
eight ensigns, and two reserved ; thirty-two
acting ensigns ; eighty active surgeons and
seventeen retired ; seven active passed
assistant surgeons and four retired ; one
hundred and eight active assistant surgeons
and four retired ; sixty-four active pay
masters and thirteen - retired ; twenty-three
active assistant paymasters ; twenty active
and eight retired chaplains ; twelve pro
fessors of mathematics ; fifty-two -chief
engineers ; forty-eight first assistant, one
hundred and forty-nine second assistant
and two hundred and fifty-two third assist
ant engineers ; nine reserved masters and
four hundred and fifty-seven midshipmen.
The volunteer portion of the navy is thus
classified:four acting lieutenants:eighty-one
acting volunteer lieutenants ; five hundred
and twelve acting masters ; seven hundred
and twenty-six acting ensigns at sea and
one hundred and sixty-nine in the Missis
sippi squadron ; nine hundred acting mas
ters' mates ; two hundred acting assistant
surgeons ; three hundred and thirty acting
assistant paymasters, and twelve hundred
and sixteen acting engineers.
There are various other facts to be found
in this Register, which would be of unusual
interest to the readers of the BULLETIN, but
we have already extended this sketch of the
rise and progress of the Navy to as great a
length as the crowded state of our columns
will permit.
CARPINti CRITICISM.
The critic who could find no other fault with
the marble Venus said that her sandals were
too big. The race of which this individual
was the progenitor has not yet died out, for
there are grumblers all around us. Some snarl
at the progress of the war; others relate with
disagreeable delight the rise in gold and the
diecount on agreenbacks;" others think the
President never does any good thing, and oth
ers find in all kinds of affairs,literary, religious,
social and (esthetic, only material for one ever
lasting strain of childish complaint, if their own
fancies and whims are not precisely suited.
The New York Post has recently given a sharp
rebuke to these growling mortals, who can only
see good in their own notions, apropos of cer
tain venomous criticisms on the paintings at
the great Fair. Wejefer to it not because we
we are partisans of any of the artists whose 1
works are worshipped or mangled, but because
the remarks of the Post are discriminating and
entirely just. It says : •
Because for instance, Sir Oracle does not like
dramatic and does like contemplative effects in a
picture, be -pronounces Lentz° a mere -charlatan
and Durand a master ; because he fancies highly
finished details he declares Richards a great artist,
-to the disparagement of others who deal almost
exclusively in general effects.'
Agairithe Poit remarks:
• "Church undertakes to give on canvas an
epitome of tropical sceneryz-delmeating minutely
the vegetation and effectively - the mountainous
perspective and atmospheric gradations. Such a
purpose is quite legitimate ; it Is a scientific land
scape, such as Humboldt earnestlp suggested from
his experience of this very region. As to the
execution—the verdict of those best gifted to judge,
here and in Europe, has been emphatic and unani
mous ; but Sir Oracle does not like what he .calls
sensation pictures ; he wants sentiment to pre
dominate in landscape, or finds something more to
his mind in a work by Colman, Gifford or Rensett.
- Each to his taste; but why strive to put the 'Heart
of the Andes' out of the pale of Art 7 Yet that is
the way these so-called critics reason: Bier
stadt' s picture kills Church's,' say they, or vice
eerie: the one represents the Rocky Xonntains
and the other South American scenery ; there is
nc ground of comparison between them. except,
as to the int-thod a..cl manner in which' quite
diverse themes are elaborated ; and herein, instead
of an essential antagonism, there is a singular
affinity ; the same conscientious, patient ocean
tion, the same careful and true, rendering of trees
and foliage—more detailed, because more exqni
site and variegated in character in the Andes ;
and the same broad, mind and effective aerial
perspective."
St is _truly absurd for people to think that
-good water can only be obtained at their own
_hydrant. 'We like what is Called cfa wide
liker," who can sympathize generously with
all sorts of -people, on all kinds, of questions,
and it is certain that one's usefulness is im
paired by allowing narrow notions an over
shadowing influence npon the taste, feelings,
or judgment.'
I GRACE GREENWOOD is to deliver her lecture
entitled "Lights of the War Cloud" at the
Academy of Music on Monday evening, for the
benefit of the “Committee on. Labor, Income
and Revenue of the Great Central Fair." Her
reputation as a charming writer, and the object
to which she devotes her talent, will be sure to
attract a larse audience.
DR. RICHARD S. STORRS, of. Brooklyn, is to
give his great oration, "The Nation After Its
Ordeal of Battle," at Concert Hall, on Thurs
day evening, as will be seen by our adver
tising Columns. This oration was received in
Washington with uncommon favor. We trust
he may be greeted in this city by an audience
worthy of his great theme.
GYMNASTIC EINTBITION AT WELNINSTON.-
On next Tuesday evening, at Wilmington,
Del., the pupils of Hillebrand Lewis's
Gymnasium will give a very attractive exhibi
tion for the benefit of the Sanitary Fair.
Pupils from the Philadelphia and Wilmington
branches of Hillebrand & Lewis's Institute
will participate.
THE GERMAN OPERA SEASON will commence
at the Chestnut Street Theatre on Monday
evening. Martha; which is always attractive,
will be played. For Tuesday evening the Bar
ber of Berate is announced, and for Wednesday
Faust. We are glad to hear that the prospect
of a successful season is very fine.
Taz AMATEUR CONCERT at the Musical Fund
Hall this evening bids fair to be fully and fash
ionably attended. The rehearsals have given
assurance that the performance will be very su
perior. The proceeds are to be in aid of the
Great Central Fair.
THE WOOLEN AND CLOTII MANITPACITRERS Of
Pennsylvania = and adjoining States are_ 'ap
pealed to by the committee on those branches
of business, for aid to the Sanitary Fair. See
the advirtisement in another column.
LARGE POSITIVE SALES NEXT WEEK OF
ffiISCELr.ANEOUSGOODS, &e.
John B. Myers /c Co., Auctioneers, Noe. 222
and 234 Market street, will next week hold the
following sales,' by catalogue, on Fear Months'
Credit and part for cash, via:
MONDAY; April 18—About 525 lots of French,
Swiss,German and British Dry Goods, Straw
Goods, enc., including Silks, Linens, Cotton,,
W
Cotton,,Cotton,,orsteds, Fanny Articles, /ce
c.
TrICSDAY, April 19—About 1,100 packages Boots,
Shoes, Brogans, Straw. Goods, ic., embracing a
large and general assortment, of prime goods, of
et!.y• and Eastern manufacture.
TEIVESDAY. April 21—About :25 packages and
lots American, British, French and German Dry
Goods, in Cottons, Linens, Woolens, Worsteds,
Silks, .ke-, .Icc.
FII:IDAT. pri 1 22—An assortment of Carpets
and Canton Matttngs , &c.
Air Farriers Sass-07' A. valuable Farm and
Country Seat, containing 200 acres of well-culti.
vetted land, with capacious dwelling and out
houses, situated near the town of Newark,
Delaware; the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad being contiguous.
NILEGANT COURTEY RESIDENCE, AND
the 8
cura, Darnr, to be sold next Wednesday at
'Exchange by Junes A. Freeman. Auctioneer.—
EXTRA LARGE PEREMPTORY SALE TUES.
DAY EXT.
VALL'AELE REAL ESTATE N —MARKET street, 45
by 193 feet:also, CHESTNUT, WALNUT,
Front, Second, Third, Sixth, Thirteenth, Seven
teenth, Nineteenth, Pine, Lombard, Callowhill,
Wood, Bic.bmond, Brown - streets, Ridge avenue,
Delaware avenue, and Swanson street; a's°,
Burlington, N. J., Frankford road. &c., by Order
of Orphans' Court, Executors and others, Also,
an entire square of ground and two large lots,
Twentieth street, Twenty-second and Montgo.
mery streets, to be sold peremptorily.
Sec. 'I honias lc Sons' advertisements, and
pamphlet catalogues issued to-day.
REAL ESTATE 26TH APRIL AHD SD AND 10TH
MAY.
Also, very large Sales. Handbills part read
AUCTION NOTICE---SALE OF BOOTS AND
SH.
The attention of buye O
rs ES is invited to the large
and attractive sale of 1,000 cases Boots, Shoes,
Brogans, Balmorals Gaiters, Cavalry Boots, kc.,
to be sold by catalogue, for cash, on Monday
morning, April 181.11, commencing at lu o'clock
precisely, by Philip Ford 5: Co., Auctioneers,
at their store, Nos. 525 Market and 522 Commerce
streets.
AMUSEMENTS.
THE ARCH.—"Rosedale" will be played at the
Arch to-night and for many nights to come.
SIMICONS, the illusionist, gives a matinee this
afternoon and a final exhibition to-night, in the
course' of which he will present his very best and
most startling feats.
THE ELEVENTH STREET OPEILA. HOUSE Will be
crowded this evening, as one of the best bills 01
the season is presented,
THE WAVNIIT. —Mr. Davenport's benefit last
evening passed off in most agreeable style, and at
the close of "Wild Oats," Mr. H. made a charac
teristically amusing speech, which was received
with great laughter by his many admirers. To
night , •Damon and Pythias" will be given, with.
Davenport as Damon, Wallack as Pythias and-i
Mrs. Farren as Hermione. The afterpiece is "Oli
ver Twist," with Wallack as Fagin. a "chars.c
ter. part, " in Which he has no equal in the world.
Tan CHHISTNIIT—This evening that superb play,
"The Octoroon," will be given for the last time,
as the opera season begins on Monday at the
Chestnut. We have so repeatedly commended the
acting, the scenery and the general appointments
of this thrilling drama, that it seems unnecessary
to add a single word. We need only say that those
who fail to see it to-night will trigs one of the
greatest treats of this or any previous dramatic
season.
A:
__.B,RIVAL OF A REFUGEE AT LOIIISVILLE.--A
few days ago a refugee arrived from the South
in a destitute condition. He is a young man,
about twenty years of age, of marked intelli
gence and pleasing address. He is of wealthy
parentage, and' before the war was the idol
ized heir of a large plantation in the vicin
ity of Charleston, South Carolina. He served
near two years in the rebel army, but having
no heart in the cause, he concluded to leave his
native sunny clime and find a home beneath the
colder skies of the North. Some two months
ago, with a scanty wardrobe in his possession,
he bade adieu to Charleston, and set out on
foot on his weary journey North. He dared
not travel on the public thoroughfares, for he
knew the relentless conscripting officers would
not let him pass. He pursued his lonelyjour
ney along unfrequented paths, often making his
bed on the ground, with only the starry canopy
for a covering. Weary steps lengthened into
weary miles, and a few days ago he arrived in
Louisville, having traveled the whole of the
distance, excepting about forty miles, on foot
from Charleston. He says that a feeling of de
spair prevails throughout the South, and the
rebels, are nerving themselves for a desperate
campaign the coming summer. Through the
kindness of the chief of the military police of
the city, the young refugee has obtained a sit-
uation in Government employ, where he can
earn a living by the sweat of his brow.—Louis
link Journal.
ACCIDENT AT Feramoturr.---A lad named
Buster, while playing at Fairmoapt yesterday,
fell upon the rocks and broke a leg in two
places. He was taken to his home at Twerly
firsrand'earltuirgieettl:—"'
- MR GREAT CENTRAL num.
APPEAL PROM GOVERNOR CURTIN:
SNNsyLv.pa& ExEcurrva CHAMBER, HAR•-
IiTSBURG, April 11," 1864.—T0 .the People- of
Pennsylvania : I have been reqUested by the
Committee of Correspondence to address you
on the subject of the Fair to be held in Phila
delphia, in „June next, for the benefit of the.
Sanitary Commission. -
It gives me much pleasure to comply with:
this request, and to avail myself of the oppor
tunity, also, of calling your attention to the.
Fair to be held in the same week and for the
same purpose at Pittsburgh. -
I cannot, however, speak of the relief of the.
:sick and wounded volunteers of the State , with
ont saying a grateful word in their behalf to ,
yon. Charged by a joint resolution of their
Legislature with the duty of caring for them,.
it has been my privilege to provide for their
comfort and look after their welfare. To thig.
end the State Surgeon General has atoll times,
subject to the regulations, of.the United
States,visited with corps of surgeons and nurse&
the battle-fields, and besides the General
Agency - maintained at Washington, special
agents have constantly been sent to the camps,
to the armies in the field, and to the hospitals,
and at all times when the occasion required or
admitted of such aid, the provisions made by.
the United States have been " supplemented by
abundant supplies of bandages, clothing, deli
cate food, in fact everything that could pro
mote the comfort of our soldiers when suffer
ing from wounds or disease. -
The compensation of the general agency and
the general staff, and the expense medicineg
and supplies of like character, were of cotiratt
paid by the State.
The special agents, men M.standing and
_character, performed I their duties with dili
gence, fidelity and alacrity, and in no instance
received any compensation for their services.
I have never had to seek for such agents. My
only regret is that I have been unable to ac
cept the offered services of toe many men of
the same kind, who being disqualified for
military services ' and having freely contributed
of their means to every patriotic purpose,
were still not contented unless they could be
stow.their time,
labor and personal attendance
on our disabled and suffering defenders, The
bandages, the clothing, the food, the supplies
of all sorts were furnished in kind by
you individually. On
,every occasion
when it has been made known through
the State that a battle had been. fought
or was expected, or that from any other cause
our sick and wounded volunteers were likely to
suffer, the earliest trains from all. quarters
have brought the needed supplies in profusion.
Every hospital within the State has been beset.
by individuals of both sexes lxd chiefly wo
men, eager to nurse '
to watch, to aid the
inmates. Throughout the cities, towns, vil.
lanes, hamlets, farm houses of the Common.
wealth, are found the Heaven-directed bene
factors whose names are unrecorded; for whose
individual efforts no reward has been sought;
but he who has witnessed the results, as I have,
must have a heart of stone if it be not melted
by their true, unpretending, gentle, persistent,
inexhaustible alacrity in this best and.holiest of
good works.
The object of the proposed Fair is to pro
vide means for similar good works, and it is
one that commends itself to every friend or
his country—to all who admire the heroic de.-
votion of the brave men who are beariag arms
in its defence. It is understood that the man.
agers of these Fairs solicit donations in goods,
saleable articles of every description of mann.
facture,- American glass, produce, fruits, flow
ers, paintings ' engravings;; statuary, and the.
income of all the people of the State for one -
day. Several similar Fairs have been recently
held, the proceeds of which are stated in till
newspapers to exceed one million of deffars.
Another is now being held in New York, encl.
others in Baltimore and St. Louis -are to b.
held in this and the next month, the - proceeds
of all which Will no doubt be large. The spirit_
of emulation has .been stimulated, and Penn.
Sylvania has been appealed to in the hope that
she will rival her neighbors.
I cheerfully bear my personal testimony to
the prompt and beneficial efforts of the Sanitary
Commission immediately after several battles,
and especially after the battles of Gettysburg,
and to the abundance of supplies then furnished
by it.
Beyond this I have no, knowledge of its de.
tual operations, nor of its - internal structure or
aaministrative arrangements. The oppression
of public duties has been - too great to allow me
to acquire or seek such knowledge. It is well
known, however, that gentlemen of the highest
character participate in its management, anti
hat its objects are patriotic, meritorious and .
charitable. .
The proceeds of the Fairs are to pass into
the hands of the Sanitary Commission, as de
clared by the committee, for the relief of sick
and wounded soldiers, in anticipation of the
opening campaign of our noble armies and the
object commends itself to every friend of his
country. -c , A. G: CURTIN',
Governor of Pennsylvania.
FATAL FOOLHARDY FRAT.-A Chattanooga
correspondent of the Detroit Tribune gives the
following: Three days ago, a young man whose
name I did not learn, a private in the 78th.
Pennsylvania infantry, fell from that point of
Lookout kountain known as Point Lookout,.
I a distance of some eighty feet, upon a kind of
table that is formed in the mountain, about that
distance from the top. Of course he was killed..
The victim being a photographer, had-beent
allowed to erect a tent, while his regiment was
stationed on the mountain, and practise his.
profession. When his regiment was ordered
from the mountain he was allowed permis
sion to remain, as he had been to some expense
in getting up stock and apparatus. Sad to relate ,
he was given. to the intoxicating cup, and was
often in a state of drunkenness. While in such.
a state he was foolish enough tarn around the
extreme edge of the rock, for the amusement
of visitors to the mountain. He had done this--
so often while drunk, that he got so careless as
to do it while sober, and on the fatal day, I atm,
told, he was perfectly sober. In the presence
of a lady and her husband, he stepped to the- -
extreme edge and placed the palm of one of
his feet on the edge, and attempted to bring: -
the other with it, when a small piece of the
rock broke off. It was enough to throw him
oil his balance and sway him' backwards, and: him down the dizzy height. le.:
falling he attempted to catch the skirt of the -
lady's dress, but, with great, presence of mind
she drew back and saved herself from the same =
fate. When the unfortunate man was found
he, was quite dead. His neck and back were -
broken=iterally'snapped•in- two. -
A NEW DODGE.—The Oskaloosa, Tows,,
Herald mentions a new dodge used by sharpers
in that vicinity to make money. They go.-
round among farmers pretending to be baying
turkeys for the Sanitary Commission, to be -
given to the soldiers: - The farmers sell thena
cheap because of the praiseworthy object, and _
the sharpers realize handsome figures by send
ing the fowls to eastern:markets, where poultry
is very high.
A COAL Minn tinAn Serf FB.ANCISCO.-it ig
reported that a little north of Fort Point, a
vein of first-class cannel coal has been dis
covered, 3i feet thick. A company, known as
the Coast Range Mineral Co., are at work upon',
this vein, and at , the _depth of 75 feet are said
to have found it well defined, and to have
ont'a ton or more of the coal.
THE ccprice of liberty is eternal vigilmee".
as we write, but it is just as likely as not that it
will eg.vp tiva_per.gent. lefore, these lines._get...l
- print.—Dosion