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WDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1862.
EETEACT . FROM THE LAST SPEECII.OF
NOMMEN 'A. DOUGLAS.-46 The .conspiracy
to break up the Uri - tattles fact now known to
all. Armies are bring raised, and war levied
to escsoespllsh It. There can be bat two sides
;stiitSh controversy. , Every man must be on the
aitde Otthe United Stater or against it. ' There
'wanelre Wo,riratrsis iti tbdswar. There can be
inane bat patriots and traitors."
- donble.Orlindej «T a2LOR" PRESS
Ant: arlskir'. this -furor his been printed for the lost nine
months.' It Is in excellent condition, hiving berk made
to c• der a year ago, a n d "On be sold at a bargain. For
'ilenni," . 7plr'at this ogler, or addreig Jontt W. Iroagar„
417 Goittingetreet, Phtlaile;lphla.
IRE LATEST WAR NEWS
"ffe bare received telegraphic reports of loped -7
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-ast movements in 'Kentucky, but no definite so
eon* are forwarded. : There are vague rumors of
general engagement with Buckner's foroos, but
Vierare discredited.
Gen. Price's army in Missouri is said to be ra•
rpidlr disbanding. the people of Arkansas would
not permit those who had not formally entered into
the service 'of the Vonfederates to match into that
date, - and' the vigorous movements of Generid
Pope , have taught them' the danger of remaining
in Missouri. - . „.
The preparations for General. Burnside's Naval
Expedition are rapidly being completed, and it will
probably soon sail. There are now at Annapolis 14
steamers, 1 propeller, 4 ships, 3 barks, 1 brig, 11
Schooners, 3 floating batteries, besides 2 little des
patch steandugs—in a 11,41 vessels. Gen. Burnside
and staff have also' taken porviession of the Picket,
a handsome little propeller of 400 tons, and have
made it the flagship of the transport fleet. • The
preparations are all on the most extensive scale,
and the expedition • is strong enough to strike as
bard- a. blow as • Commodore Dupont did at Port
Its deatination is very properly a profound
secret, The rebels in the tioinity of YorktoWn,
Nave been thrown into a great state of excitement
by the belief that it will attack that point, and
Gen. Magruder has asked the permission of Ter
Davis 'to burn the town: Ile was directed to ro
fiiiin irenithis infranons work of destructiori until
he was certain that It was to be assailed.
A full "account of the Mississippi fleet, that is
le .o'4e - rate:with ,the land forces under General
Balled, will - be found on our first. page. The
gunboats have been heavily plated with iron, and
so constructed. that they are proof against the
heaviest ordnance. The whole fleet will consist
of twelve sunboats,. thirtreigb.t mortars, and
• twenty-eight. togs and steamboats, carrying in all
nearly two hundred and fifty guns and mortars
of the largest ealibie. The Benton will bo the
flagship of the - fleet,' and So confident are some
of the naval officers of her strength, that several
of them, have expressed a willingness to take her
under the batteries of Columbus, as they believe
that her immense strength will aticeessfally resist
the heaviest metal in the possession of the rebels.
The flag. officer of the fleet is Captain A. H.
Foote, one of the bravest and Molt skilful officers
in the American navy.
qui MOST memoraie year of American
history has just closed. A mere enumeration
of the great events that have occurred would
fill - many columns, and it would require whole
volumes to record an accurate history of them.
It was a common remark several years ago,
tlfat republican institutions were on trial, but
fey could hive dreamed that they would have
been subjected•to so terrible an ordeal as that
which has been created by the schemes of the
infamous conspirators who are vainly essaying
to' destroy this great •Republic. It has fallen
to.; our lot to live in a historic age, and the
Iresent generation, like the heroes of the Re
volution,and the soldiers of the second war of
Independence, must decide by their courage,
their powers of endurance, and their patriot
whether they are equal to a struggle
Of,'tnotneutous magnitude, in which the web
feria of the nation, and of mankind, depends
upon their success. Grmt sacrifices, sore
trbils, innumerable hardships, and sad be
resiements; have already been endured, and
others await us. The sword is a stern arbi
ter, but once appealed to, under such circum
stances, and. - for such a cause, as characterize
the.preirent,contest, it is our bounden duty to
steinli . :confront all the dangers and diflicul-
tiek by which pie are menaced, and to strive
ad - manfully to preserve the integrity of the
as Our brav'e ancestors did to found
and to shield it. Much has already been done.
The moral grandeur of the great uprising of
tho American people; and the promptitude
with which, in the hour of danger, they rush
ed to arms, have no parallels in the annals
of history. It is not strange that in the
outset of , a struggle for which we were
totally unprepared, we should 'have occa
shinally experienced the bitter, mortification
of defeat, and that, while many of the move
ments of the foes of the country have been
baffled, some have been successful. Bat the
cloie of the year finds every loyal State ex
cept Kentucky and Missouri uniovaded, and
over some spot in'nearly every disloyal StatC
our- national ensign waves in triumph. The
whoile` Smithem coast has been' efflectUally
blockaded; and while distrdss reigns every
where in: the Secession region, it is so plain
that utter ruin "tiu (tapas every interest of
those. who have wantonly taken
only
arms
against their country, that their only consola
boa is derived from, the desperate and traitor
ous hope of foreign intervention. They have
many misguided men,in the field, but as they
are hemmed in on all sides with a UnfOn army
of superior force, which is now becoming ad
mirably disciplined, the hour of a complete
National Triumph is, we trust, not far distant.
Dark clouds still hang over our political firma
ment, but as time wears on they are slowly
breaking away, and during the new year, upon
which we are entering, they may be entirely
dispelled.`
Col.' George P. NoLead
We regret that a despdoh from Washington re
cently appeared in our telegraphio columns, stating
that:Col. George P. Bierman, commanding the 88th
Pennsylrinia Regiment, at Alexandria, Virginia,
was about to be court-martialed, for disobedience
of orders, eta., are MfMined that theie, is no
foundatloMfOr this report.= He has conducted him
self is the Most 'exempli4 Manner,' and'no higher
woof 'Mail hare been given of the ldelity with
,Wlthth !re /ins discharged his duUm and the military
isnowliKsw he has diiplaYed, than the fact that be
'was adaded as- acting Brigadier General of his
brigade daring the eiekneei of Its tumileomniasder,
General Moingamery,
Public Amusements.
Amalineo will- take place at the Continental
Theatre this afternoon, when the fairy spectacle of
" Blatt Beard" will be represented. The appoint,
men% scenes, and processions of this piece have
been; prepared without regard to expense. Mr.
Wheatley ploiscs the Continental on Baturdiy i after
a most successful Hopson, and goes to Now York,
where, in conjunction with Fleury , Jarrett and
Messrs. Davenport and Wallach, he will open
Ifiblo's (linden.
Mr. Wheatley will be accompanied by Mr.
Ayer:and Mine Henry, and also by Mr. J. M. B.
'Whitton, his old associate, who will fulfil the fume. •
tikes of treasurer as efficiently es heretofore. Mr.
Thomas McKeon will confirm° at the Continental.
At the 'Academy Mr. Forrest repeats his great
part of Sparlactis-, in the play of the "Gladiator,"
with .fohn McCullough es Phasarina. A notice of
this Play is standing, and will appear tomorrow.
Cubes pee to Baltimore in a week. The " drama "
of "Chippewa" has' been withdrawn, for which
the patrona of thd Academy may congratulate
themselves, It is simply an old circus spectacle,
known as " She Would be a Soldier," wherein, ac
cording, to Mr. Johnpercie's adaptation, two cha
racters have been introduced, nuking the playinore
haw:rim, than ever. That',inoh pietas should be
'produced upon the stage ooseerated to Forrest is
'little ten than deeeeration.
&anon BLITZ will give three entertainments to•
.day, at Oe Temple of Wonders, eommenoing at 11
.A. M 4, Sand 7P. M. The metrical demonstrations
.and ventriloquist mod ulationn are to be of a grand
.and Pealing_ ebartioter, and the canary birds *ill
.sing li.bappy New - Year to all. Blitz is tk great fa
smite.; hejlever disappoints; bus *ways ilinWes:,
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France, Engiiind, and America
It must be conceded that the communi
cation from M. Tuovvni , rat, Forelgt! . .,Minister
of France, addressed: to M. lamas Mnacina,
diploniatic representative of the Emperor NA
•reLson, at Washington, showed a very friendly
desire to see the Anglo-American difficulty
settled without recourse to the argument of
force: From the first, we have uniforthly ex
pressed the belief that France would continue
loyal to all her engagements with the United
States—engagements which commenced during
Our great - struggle for independence—and it
is heriinterest' so to do. , From the United
State's, politically and 'socially, France has
aWays received - friendship and sympathy,
.whilq England has showered enmity and scorn
upon her whenever she dared. No more
anomalous exhibition can there be than to see
England quivering with apprehension, on ac
count of the presumed hostile intentions of
France, yet ridiculing NAPOLEON, through a
scandalous and ribald press. Yet British
statesmen , affect to wonder at the sore feeling
sometimes arising in France out of the slan
demi and satires on the Emperor.
The British Ministry appear to have acted
with great craft and tact in this recent Mason
and Slidell difficulty. It seems that it con
trived, by consulting NAPOLEON upon the in
ternational question, as it were—by sending
him a copy of Earl Ressunn's despatch to
Lord Lyons, and soliciting his opinion upon
it—to make France in a manner endorse its
general principle. It is also said that Lord
DERBY, leader of the Opposition, was advised
with, and he, once known as the Hotspur of
• debate," least crafty and most open of politi
cians, frankly endorsed what was represented
to be a vindication of the honor of the British
flag. There is an on dit that Queen Vierouts.
shed tears over Lord Itussmes letter, and
insisted on some of its language being soft
ened down. Another report, perhaps more
credible, for Vicronta would not be allowed
by her Ministers to interfere in public matters,
affirms that Prince ALBERT was decided in ex
pressing his angry opinion of, the Trent affair,
and that the last thing he did, before he was
smitten with the illness of which ho died, was
to direct that swift vessels should be sent off,
far and near, to warn British vessels at sea of
the almost certainty of a war with America.
The Underwriters at LLOYD'S are said to have
voted thanks to the Prince for his activity and
decision in this case.
Whether a war with the United States
would or would not be popular in England
need not be discussed at this moment. We
are certain, however, that it would be difficult
to engage the arms of France against A—the
popular feeling of Frenchmen being greatly
with Americans. Restricted as the French
press is in the utterance of political opinion,
still it sometimes speaks out ; its utterance,
on shch occasions, being accepted as not con
trary to what the Government wishes to have
impressed upon the public mind. While
throughout England rang a cry of "Our
flag dishonored !" the following appeared
in Le Patric, one of the leading journals of
Paris : "It fa not the mission of France to
avenge insults offered to England. If an out
rage has been committed on the high seas
against-the British flag, it does not rest with
our Government to demand reparation, nor is
it the duty of public opinion in France to re
sent it. Let us suppose that, by an outrage
on the French'flag, we were placed in a shut
ter position to that of England. Under pre.
sent circumstances, we are disinterested. We
are not the'judges of what becomes the honor
of England. For two years the Cabinet of
Lord PALMERSTON has been calling together
volunteers; plating frigates with iron; manu
facturing rifted cannon ; surrounding English
ports with formidable defences; and sustain
ing itself in Parliament and the country by
the aid of a warlike poptilarity. Having
seen such a disparity, and such preparation
against the phantoms of fear, the counsels
which we would give to England must neces
sarily appear very moderate and. timid."
I Not against uswould Trance willingly plant
• her ordnance, and point her Minie rifles. The
I - a 'shoo of Frenchmen are strongly in favor of
a contest with England, and the completion of
• Cherbourg, as mucifthe key of the Channel as
Gibraltar is of the Mediterranean, created uni
versal joy in France, despite of the vast ex
penditure upon it, because it secured a suita
ble place for the reddezvous of French ships,
with an invading army, at only some six hours'
steam - voyage from England. In the newly
published Memoir of ALnxis DE TOCQUEVILLE,
(author of cc Democracy in America,") is a re
port of a' conversation between the able French
'Man and Mr. SENIOR, an eminent British poll-
Real economist, in which the then recent coup
d'etat of December, 11851, was canvassed. DE
TOCQUEVILLE, eminently a man of peace, de
clared' his conviction that NAPOLEON was
bound to make war Ron England, sooner or
later., "Great social improvements," he said,
"are uncertain, difficult, and slow : but glory
may be obtained in a week. A war with Eng
land, at ita beginning, is alwaya popular. How
many thousand volunteers would ho have for
a cpointe' on London?" DE TOCQUEVILLE
also believed that, oven if NAPOLEON should
desire it, to retain the Anglo-French alliance
would be' impossible. The nature of things,
which is much stronger than any human will,
must drive NAPOLEON, he thought, into an
ultimate union .with Russia and Austria. At
heart, ho doubt, ProfeStant Prussia and puri
tanical England are inimical to Catholic.
France—independent of old political scores.
With the United States, on the contrary,
France has none but the most friendly and
grateful recollections.
WE DO NOT KNOW what the abet of Mr.
SEWAIID'S action in the case of MAsoN and
Stumm wilfbe in England—and it would be
unprofitable to speculate—but the more we
see of English sentiment, as manifested in
their newspapers and by their public men, the
von rejoiced we are at the position the Ad-
Ministration has assumed. It seems evident
that the desire of English statesmen is the
dissolution of the American Union. They
have thrown their moral influence against us,
and enough has been, shown to prove that
they would have gladly taken the opportunity
of throwing their military power into the
Southern balance. The Earl SUAFTESDURY,
who has been ostentatious and even offensive
in his relations with this country, a mere hu
manitarian, and. rattiCal, lately. admitted. to an
American citizen that; in common with almost
every Englishatatestithri, ho desired the disso
lution of the American Union, and simply be
cause, as an Englishman, he justly feared the
commercial• and political greatness of Hie
United.: gt*li. The Earl has been attached'
to the • anti-slavery cause, making Exeter
Hall speeches against American institutions
and clamoring for the abolition of 'slavery.
It may be a strange and suggestive comment
upon his sincerity on this question and the
sincerity of those he represents, that in the
hour of trial he should be the friend and ally
of the very people whom ho has denounced
and dislatraged all his life. But that is a
question of consistency with which we have
nothing, to do.
We only allude to this nobleman because
if America could expect to find a friend in
any Englishman it would be in one who has
professedly represented the sentiment of
liberty. His declaration only proves that,
whatever sentiment English public men may
profess, there is nothing dearer to them than
the failure of every other system of govern
ment, and the aggrandizement of British
pc.Wer. It may be unjust to harbor the
thought; but we do not see in the action of
English statesmen any sincere desire for
friendshipwith the United States. The aris
tocracy wish democracy to fall; the com
mercial men wish the establishment of free
trade ; the manufacturers desire the ruin of
our , ICorthern manufactures; Lancashire de
mands cotton.. Mr. BRICIOT and his friends
express open sympathy with us, and we find
Mr. }Munn , traduced and vilified more bit
terly than during the Russian war, in which
be was so unpopult.r. English public men,
speculating upon the fiery temper of the Ame
rican nation, its baughty pride and sensitive
ness, *had even commenced preparations for
war, and their tone Was one of menace and
;ferocity. • ,
The masterly statesmanship of Secretary
SEWARD Will bring to these men a bitter disap
piiintment—and that disappointment will only
be more intensified, when they see the unani
mity and magnanimity of the American people
in sustaining its rulers, and admitting the jus
tice of Mr. LINCOLN'S course. We sincerely
trust That the overtures of our Administration
may be met in a proper spirit, but we confess
that we have little hope of such a,thing. Eng
land is no friend of this Republic. She is
baffled to:de.y,,but she may come to-morrow
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1862.
in a temper that cannot be baffled. Jealous of
the American power; envious of the Ameri
can name ; hating the Republic with all the
hatred of unsuccessful rivalry; knowing that
this is our hour of weakness and her hour of
strength ; that she has an opportunity which
never came before, and may newer come again;
we are mistaken if, from being an unfriendly
neutral, she should dispense with the neutra
lity, and become actively hostile.
All these considerations should impress
themselves upon our people, as they are no
doubt impressed upon the minds of our rulers.
We 'Mist prepare for every • possible contin
gency, as in times of sevolution possibilities
are probabilities. We must rise to the mag
nificence of our destiny. Already it has
brought against us a powerful and long-ma
turcd rebellion; it may bring an enemy far
more powerful from over the seas. Let there
be energy and self-devotion and seal. Let
us prepare for any trial that may be in store
for us, so that we may meet it as freemen
fighting Freedom's last and greatest battle.
All for the Best!
The easy philosophy of Optimism, which
proclaims that "Whatever is, is best," has
recently been adopted by that portion of the
newspaper press in England which more
especially devotes itself to ridicule and slander
the great American people, now engaged in
maintaining the great principles of the Con
stitution, and thereby permit the working out
of a national system of public Government,
the success of which interests the whole
circle of human civilization. The favorite
doctrine of Plato and the Stoics, traditionally
banded down - by Anseim and Aquinas, in the
middle ages ; asserted and developed by Leib
nitz, in his " Theodicea ;" put forward by
Pope, in his "Essay on Man ;" expatiatffd on
by Bishop Warburton, amusingly satirized by
Voltaire's wicked wit in the famous story of
"Candide," Optimism pleasantly accommo
dates itself, with admirable facility, to all
changes, putting a smiling mask upon even
the features of Misfortune. The rule in this
placid philosophy is that, however dark the
cloud, it might have been a few shades blacker
still. Thus, if a man lose his arm, it might
have been his head; if his fortune was
wrecked, his health remained; if wealth and
health were both ruined, life was lett ; and,
finally, if death caine'to crown all the ills, it
was donsolatory to feel that the hapless victim
was removed from all further suffering of
mind and body.
Had we the appointment of functionaries in
some great LaPutan university, where Op
timism formed the leading doctrine of prac
tical philosophy, we should appoint the
Editor of the London Daily Telegraph to
the chair of that faculty. He has consi
derable ability as a moral writer, and, except
that lie despises such exacting things as facts,
would write H istory with wonderful vivacity
and effect. All through the American attempt
to put down the least justifiable rebellion and
treason that ever raised their hydra head
against law and order, this writer—with a re
markable persistency in saying the thing which
is not—has given his own version of occur
rends in this country, so freely exercising the
faculty of imagination, that American annals,
in his columns, read like a wonderful romance,
in which the Confederates, in a Crusade for
Freedom, are perpetually vanquishing the
slaveholding Unionists in a sprightly series of
trcmendous battles, but, by the influence of
some demoniac Afrite r (such as we used to
read of in the "Arabian Nights,") are con
stantly prevented, notwithstanding all their
successes, from entering the enchanted capi
tal, bearing the world honored name of WASH
INGTON!
The Daily Telegraph has large circulation
in England—more particularly in London,
here it surpasses all the other penny dailies
in circulation. Its foreign correspondence is
good ; its general news reliable ; its leading
Articles alone, and its record of American
events alone, exhibit powers of fiction which,
if applied in the old fashion, would have pro
duced a - series of romances, as numerous as
those constituting the long list of the late G.
P. R. James's three-volume novels.
While The Times and most of othot English
journals have candidly confessed that Eng
land's principal interest in American affairs,
just now, lies in her want of American cotton;
while the mill-owners and the manufaetors
of Lancashire and Lanarkshire lament the
scarcity of this staple ; while the laborers
whom they hitherto have employed, have be
come almost rebellious, because almost starv
ing, under ic short time," (which means small
wages), the Optimist of the Daily Telegraph
sportingly smiles upon what all others are
grieved at, and jauntingly says : , c It is all for
the best! The cotton trade may languish;
the mill-owners be ruined; the factory-machi
nery be eaten up with rust, from disuse ; the
poor laborers be driven to despair and crime
by starvation—but, it is all for the best ! The
whole stock of cotton-goods on hand will go
off the warehouse shelves. Trade will right
itself. We can wait for the cotton, until it is
grown in India and the West Indies. What
ever is, is best."
Do any of our readers imagine that we aro
exaggerating? Indeed we are not. Here are
the very words of the Daily Telegraph :
ee Under the lamp is the darkest place," says an
Eastern proverb, and Illanchevter has only just
found out her true position. It is far better than
WO or she deserved, for the cessation of American
shipments turns out to be a boon instead of a bane.
It is hard to say what might not have resulted but
for this fortunate misfortune. In the middle of
last year Lancashire markets were crammed with
cotton bales, worth less as they stood than the cost
price at the bonder or the levee. Markets abroad
were glutted with manufactured goods, and ate
Indian depots especially had boon inundated with
consignments. Unless naked Bheele, or Fakirs,
who wear nothing but the ashes of cow-dung, had
Suddenly consented to be decent, India in her best
years could never have taken up the amount of
longoloths sent her. But it happened that the yepr
was a year of famine, and that millions of Ilindobs
had no money to purchase rice, much 108,3 Man
chester goods. If the Americ an supply kill come
to hated, the congestion of industry must have
been even worse than its present temporary inani
tion. Short time means, indeed, reduced wages,
end the physic is a bitter one; but it has had the
good effect of relieving the overloaded market.
Thus, in the opinion of the Optimist, England
has to regard Southern treason and a non-supply
of cotton, es a special and admirable dispensa
tion of Providence. With that inconsistency,
however, which characterizes writers who pre
fer effect to fact, the same Daily Telegraph
which, on the 21st ult., chuckled and crowed
over the extinction of the Atherican cotton
trade, joyfully announced, on the 22d, that
"the Honorable the Secretary of the Navy,
Colonel Peyton," who arrived in England in
the 'Nashville, bad reported Mkt, in the rebel
lious South, " there arc 750;000 bales of cot
ton of the old crop, and over 4,000,000 of bales
of the new crop, and $50,000,000 worth - of to
bacco and naval stores, also ready for ship
ment." It adds, after mentioning how the Nash
ville had slipped out of Charleston, " In Eng
land, we are aware, there are commercial men
who, knowing the blockade to be a fiction,
have contemplated practical measures to bring
that fiction to an experimental lest."
There has been no small sympathy among
'Unionists in this country for the unfortunate
working-classes thrown out of labor and into
poverty by the stoppage of the cotton supply.
The English journalist's congratulation on this
same stoppage would tend to relieve this feel
ing, if any intima ion had been given of pro
vision made for the out-of-employment indus
trial classes. Alas i concerning them, the Op
timist is silent. They are only "the lower
classes "-British journalism sympathizes only
with the rich capitalists, the illustrious peerage
of King Cotton I
THE WAR IN MISSOURT.
OTTERVILLE, Mo., Dec. 31.—One of our men,
captured by the rebels near Clinton, and carried to
Springfield, has just returned, having loft that
place on Christmas. Ile says Gen. Price, with
8,000 mon, had taken all the houses in Springfield
for the use of his troops, turning women and chil
dren into the streets. He had unloaded his wagons,
and was making preparations for a long stay.
The people of Arkansas had refused to allow
Price to enter that State with any other troops
than those regularly enlisted in the Confederate
service. His force included only 1,300 men so en
rolled. The country about Springfield was full of
men returning from Price's army, who said If they
were permitted to return• home and take the oath
of allegiance, Price would be left with only his re
gular Confederate troops.
Since General Pope'e rapid operations of last
week, there is quiet in all the region between the
Missouri and Osage rivers. Not a rumor of rebel
camps or squads has been heard.
The massachusetts Legislature.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The Legislature will meet
to-morrow.
Ex-Gov. Clifford was nominated to-night for
President of the Senate, and A. H. Bullock for
Spenker of the louse.
LETTER FROM ~ OCCASIONAL."
InsitinaTorr, December 31, 1861
The Roman Saturnalia wtis in December.
Ours opens the New Tear. The great Wash
ington feast is that which celebrates to-mor
row: It is an old custom, this joyful greeting
of the new year in cc the Federal City." Long,
long ago, the best and purest of the land
hailed its coming with pleasure, and honored
its birth With pledges never kept, and noun
sets soon forgotten. The very room in
*which the most of these -" Occasional" (!)
reflections are written is redolent of these mel
low recollections. Here the grOsiChiefJuitice
John Marshall, spent some of his happiest
and most genial hours. Here he un
bent the dignity of his high office, and
met his friends in social &seniority.
This may seem a long, long time to you,
and yet I was astonished to hear a still hale
and honored lawyer, now practising before fife
Supreme Court of the United States, say, a
few days ago: "In this very room have I
dined with Chief Justice Marshall." Tho
Southern • aristocracy of the ancient regime
were fine fellows. They looked upon slavery
as dependent upon them; as a curse entailed
by others ; and they cared for it with a
generosity that made it respectable even among,
the slaves. If they assumed to be gentlemen,
it was not because of slavery, but in spite
of it. The moment they became dependent
upon their slaves they sunk into voluptuaries
or tyrants. It is not a difficult task to see
how ante-Calhoun Southerners, like Marshall,
and Randolph, and Hampton, and George
Wythe, (not to slight the sacred memories
of Washington, Jefferson, and Patrick Henry,)
greeted New Year's, day here, or wherever
the regular Government of the United States
was established. They were polished, intel
lectual, and appreciative men. They loved the
pleasures of the table and of society.
Intemperate rarely, they were as blind
to the reasonable indulgences'of their friends'
as they were severe upon every evidence of
vulgarity and excess. I think I can see John
Marshall inclining his almost sainted lips to a
foaming beaker of egg-nogg, or Patrick Henry
pledging the Now Year in a glass of ,old Ma
deira, and even the half-French Virginian,
Jefferson, breaking his philosophic fast in a
bumper of champagne. What theories these
long-departed friends discussed among them
selves! How they debated and disputed—
how they prophesied and protested ! The
New Year, was, no doubt, a gleesome day to
them. I wonder if they ever anticipated such
a New Year as will open to-morrow !
And it will be a very interesting one ; but
it will be surrounded with novelties, n&r
scenes, new events, new issues ; and a new
people will welcome and commemorate the
New . .. - ear in Washington. We are environed
by two armies, each seeking the destruction
of the other, and both made up of American
citizens. We are frequently startled by the
intelligence of a victory of 0110 set of Ameri
cans over another set of Americans. We
breakfast every morning upon the idea that
Southern men can destroy the very Constitu
tion they chiefly constructed and mainly con
strued. And last, not least, we find Washing
ton rapidly filling with a population that have lit
tle or no reverence for the idols and doctrines
of the classes known in the Encyclopedia of
Fossils as F. F.'s, whether of Virginia, or Ma
ryland, or poor, burnt-out South Carolina.
What would the gods of the past say of
this sacrilegious greeting of New Year's day
in Washington?
And yet we will greet it with full and grate
ful hearts. Although they are dead, there is
a living people to contend for thb truths they
preached and practised. OCCASIONAL.
Mutations in Business
Our advertising columns, this morning, contain
announcements of a largo number of changes in Our
mcreautile firms for the now year, which will be
road with interest by the business community.
The partnership heretofore existing between
Messrs. Thos. I. Lea, 11. O. Richardson, A. E. Ste
phens, and Thos R. Tunis, under the firm of Lea,
Richardson, Tunis, ,S; Co.. has been dissolved by
mutual consent, Dither of the partners being privi
leged to use the name of the firm in liquidation.
Messrs. Powers d; Weightman have admitted
Mr. Tames M. Tarr to an interest in their business.
Mr. Francis W. Ralston has boon admitted as a
partner in the house of Messrs. Lowber & Wilmer.
Tho old house of Truitt, Brother, & Co. has been
reconstructed, Ify a copartnership entered into be
tween Messrs. Robert M. Truitt and Thomas D.
Watison, for the transaction of the hardware busi
ness, at No. 528 Market street, under the style of
Truitt & Co.
A copartnership has boon formed between Mr.
Entnuel G. De Coursoy, lately with Messrs. Alfred
ShideA Co , and Mr. Hugh Hamilton, formerly a
representative of Messrs. A. and 5. Henry di Co.,
England, with the view of transacting a general
dry goods commission business at No. 237 Chestnut
street ; style of firm to be DoCoursoy & Hamilton.
The partnership heretofore existing between
Messrs. Geo. J. Boyd and David Bates, under the
firm of Boyd & Bates, having expired by limita
tion, Mr. Boyd has purchased the interest of his
former partner, and will continuo the banking bu
siness on his own account, at No. 18 South Third
street.
The partnership lately subsisting between Messrs.
William C. Patterson, James B. Cantwell, and John
C, Keifer, under the firm of Cantwell S Keffor, has
been dissolved by mutual consent; all debts owing
to the firm to be received by either Mr. Cantwell
or Mr. Keifer, who still continue to trade under the
earns style and name as heretofore.
The former partnership existing between Messrs.
James F. Willcox and Michael Bouvier having ex
pired, a limited partnership has been formed be
tween them for a term of three years, commencing
on the 28th of November, A. D. 1.8131. The style of
firm is James E. Willcox, who is the general part
ner, Mr. /Michael Bouvier being a special partner.
The nature of business transacted by them is the
packing of butter and lard for shikping and the
manufacture of lard oil.
A limited partnership has also been formal be
tween Messrs. William Fraser and Samuel Peedly,
the former being the general and the latter the
special partner, the general nature of the business
to be transacted being Embroideries and Laces.
The term of this partnership is limited to De
cember 21,1864, dating from November 9, DM.
Messrs. Adam, Adam IL, and Anthony M.
Wertheim, Jr., have entered into a copartnership,
under the firm of Adam Warttunan & Co., for the
purpose of transacting the Provision, Slaughtering,
and Pork-packing business.
The firm of Messrs. Shaffner, Ziegler, & Co. has
boon dissolved, - Mr. 11. IL Markley retiring. The
remaining partners, Messrs. John Shaffner, Charles
Ziegler, Joseph Adamson, and T. W. Markley,
have formed a new copartnership,, and' will con
tinue their business as heretofore, with the style
and name unchanged.
The firm of Messrs. McFarland, Tatman, Jr, Co.,
has been dissolved by limitation, and the decens.o
of Mr. Henry Berghauser ; the business of,the firm
to be settled by Mr. McFarland.
The copartnership heretofore existing, between
Messrs. John Linton and Thomas W. Woodward,
under the firm of Linton & Woodward,. has been
dL'eolved by mutual consent.
The interest of Mr. Charles 11. Fernald in the
firm of Messrs. Lindsay & Dlakiston, book pub
lishers, No. 25 South Sixth street, has expired by
The partnership between Messrs, Fredk. Steele
and Louis llirsh, trading under the limn of F. Steele
d Hirsh, has been dissolved by mutual consent; ills.
Steele to settle the business of the firm. Mr. Matt
will continue the fancy dry goods and notion busi
ness at the old stand, under the name and style of
Louis Hirsh.
A copartnership has been entered into between
Mr. Charles F. Norton, of the late firm of Van
Amen, Norton, & Co., and Robert Gaffe% of Ash
land, Schuylkill county, for the mining end selling
of Locust-Mountain coal ; the business of the firm
to be conducted at Ashland, under the name of
Robert Ocirrell 4 Co., and in Philadelphia under
the name of C.F. Norton & Co.
The copartnership of D Kirkpatrick & Sons
having been dissolved by the death of the senior
partner, the business of the house will be continued
hereafter by Messrs. Charles M. David and Francis
A. Kirkpatrick, under the same style of firm as
heretofore.
Mr. Israel Morris having retired from the firm
of Morris, Wheeler, and Co., Iron Merchants, No.
1008 Market street, his suns, Theodore H. and
Frederick W. Morris, aro admitted as partners; the
business to be continued as heretofore, under the
same style of firm.
The partneiship existing between Messrs. Alex.
F. Hazard and John V. Cheesemau, under the firm
of A. F. Hazard Co., has been dissolved by
mutual consent ; the accounts of tho old firm to bo
settled by Mr. Hazard, who will continue business
at 508 Market street.
The firm of Messrs. John B. Ellison & Sons have
admitted Mr. Samuel Collier, Jr., and Mr : Isaac
Keeler to an Interest in their business.
The copartnership heretofore existing between
Messrs. Robert Purvis, Jr., and Joshua Potreo,
under the firm of Peirce k Purvis, has boon dis
solved by mutual consent; the business of the late
firm to be settled by Mr. Peirce, at NOS, 11 and 13
Strawberry street.
The firm of David Scull, Son, Co., has boon
dissolved, either of the partners being authorized
to use the name of the old firm in the settlament of
their affairs. A limited partnership has also boon
formed, under the firm of David SculliJr., for buy
ing and Bolling Wool, in which the names of David
- Scull, Jr., and William Baxter are given as general
partners, and David Scull as the special partner.
Tho term of limitation extends from January let,
instant, to March 21st, 1804.
The copartnership heretofore existing between
Messrs. L. $. Hacker, M. K. Roger, and B. F.
Winger, under the firm of Raoker, Roger, le Win
ger, has been dissolved by mutual consent ; the
business of the late firm to be settled by Mr.
Winger.
The firm of Temple, Barker, & Co. has been dis
solved ; the business of the house to be settled by
Messrs. Joseph E. Temple and Samuel H. Miller,
the latter two gentlemen having entered into apart
nership, under the firm of Temple & Co., for the
transaction of a General Dry Goods business, at
No. 18 and 21 South Fourth street.
The firm of Messrs. Levick, Resin, & Co., Shoe
Dealers, has been dissolved the business of the
firm to be liquidated by Messrs. Richard Loviok
and Warner M. Basin, at No. 505 Market street.
Messrs. Isaac Barton & Co., Importers and
Dealers in Shoemakers' Goods, No. 55 South
Second street, have admitted Mr. John N. Wilkins
as a partner in their firm. Style of firm to remain
unchanged.
Messrs. D. A. rabuestock & Co. announce their
removal to 408 Market street.
LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
PROM WASHINGTON.
NOVFmvNTS OF GOVERNOR CURTIN
INTERESTING FROM GEN. BANKS' COLUMN.
THE BATTLE AT PADUCAH, Kr.,
DISCREDITED
GENERAL PRICE AT SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI,
HE QUARTERS HIS TROOPS IN THE HOUSES
OF THE CITIZENS. ..
Special Despatches to "The Press."
WAsHINGToN, December 31
The Vonale Przspn,
As it is termed here, is under Lieutenant Sit ELDOg,
of the Sturgis Rifles, tho infantry body-guard of
General MCCLELLAN, It is Mrs. GREENHOW'S
house, wherein she is confined for furnishing intel
ligence to the enemy. Besides Mrs. GREENHOW,
there is also Miss ELLA At. POOLE, of Richmond,
Virginia. She was the correspondent of the Rich
mond Enguiler, and several other journals. She
is a very intelligent as well as beautiful Joung
lady, of strict integrity, but a confirmed rebel.
The Government offered her a release upon a
parole of honor, but she refused to accept anything
but an unconditional release. It would bo much
better for the Government to remove them to Fort
Warren at once.
Twenty-Third Regiment P. V.,
Under the command of Colonel D. D. Dritttay, is
now encamped on Queen's* Farm, near Washington.
It is the largest regiment in the service, having
1,460 rank and file. They have decorated their
camp with evergreens, and laid out their streets
and avenues, naming them after the streets of Phi
ladelphia. They, in conjunction with Colonel
ADAMS' First Long Island, Colonel WILLIAMS'
Eighty-second Pennsylvania, and First U. S. Chas
sours, Colonel COCHRANE, attached to the brigade
of General GDAILAM, have erected a new fort on a
hill overlooking the approaches. Private MILLER,
of Company E, Twenty-third P. V., was buried on
Saturday afternoon.
Military Theatre.
In Gon. AUGER'S brigade the soldiers have
erected a theatre 40 by 80 foot. They have formed
a stock company out of the members of their own
brigade, and, as they have two excellent hands in
the brigade, the opening night will present a grand'
scene. It is thought that SUSAN' DENSE will assist
at the opening.
General Lander
Hos sufficiently recovered front the wound ho re.
ceived at Bell's Bluff to be able to ride out it the
saddle.
Benham and Gwin
The question of Almum And Shtonm, having
been disposed of by their surrender, it is probable
that Now Granada will mnice a similar demand on
us for OALIIOI7N DENHAM and ex-Senator GWIN,
who 'were carried over their territories, by General
Stamm, against the protest of the Now Grenadian
Government. It is suggested - that, as a matter of
simple justice, we should eject these two unmiti
gated traitors from our loyal soil.
Photographic Establishments
Are being erected all over the country upon which
the camps are located. They are reaping a harvest,
and giving the soldiers an opportunity to transmit
A souvenir to their friends and relatives at home.
Lieutenant John N. Fisher,
Formerly of Philadelphia, and now lieutenant
in Colonel Ans.ms' First Long Island Regiment,
has been detailed for special duty, in Assistant
'Adjutant General Wibranirs' department, at the
headquarters of the Army of the Potomac.
Female Secessxonnts
Mrs. BANLIW, of Baltimore, arrived here this
afternoon, and was placed in the prison for females,
in tho western part of Washington. It will be re
membered that she was recently arrested as a spy.
Not only in the folds of her dress, but in the rolls
of her hair wore discovered contraband letters,
which are in the possession of the proper autho
rities.
Several days ago, ]firs. GHEENHOW, who was
among the first females arrested, and who is still a
prisoner, received a oaks from some friend of hors
unknown to the guard. Before delivering it into
her hands, Lieut. N. G. SHELDON, of the Sturgis
Rifles, suspecting something wrong, oxaminod the
cake. and found imbedded therein a note, inform
ing that lady that arrangements had been made for
her escape and conveyance to Richmond, naming
the day and hour for her deliverance. This in
formation, however, was not communicated to he*
by the Lieutenant, nor has the writer of the note
been discovered.
Paying the Troops
Arrangements have boon mado to pay all tho
troops up to the Ist of January: Orders for the
preliminary musters were issued several days ago.
Colonel Kerrigan's Trial
Colonel KERRIGAN'S parole having expired, he
is ngain in prison. Ills trial will be resumed on
Thursday.
A False Alarm
Heavy firing was heard late this evening, creating
apprehension of a fight ou the Virginia side, but it
proved to have been merely artillery practice.
Almaden Case
The celebrated California Quieksilver.ease will
be argued before the Supreme Court in January.
%Imprinted case covers 3,500 (thirty-five hundred)
pages. The decision will bo ono of the most im
portant, involving, as it does, such immense inte
rests, ever made by our Supreme Court.
United States Treasurer
GM. SPINNER, the United States Treasurer, has
received the following mysterious communication :
" I owe United States $l7O—R is onclosad—owing
it, it is tile fatilt of a former comptroller."
• Tho business of the Treasurer has been greater
during the past month than the average of the past
seven years, and yet there has been no increase of
the clerical force).
Arms for 'lndiana
The State of Indiana had a large contract in
England for Enfield rifles, at the sum of $l9 eeoh.
The lust instalment, consisting of 3,500 rifles, were
on board the steamer Australasian, about to sail
for tho United States, when tho order of the British
Government against, the exportation of arms ar
rested their departure. Tho result of this is that
Indiana is now short of arms, and RODERT DALE
OWEN is bare on behalf of the State, urging the
General Government to supply the deficiency. Lie
is also endeavoring to get the Indiana prisoners,
now in the bands of the rebels, exchanged. As the
State has acted nobly in the present struggle, she
olefins the sympathy of the General Government in
behalf of her unfortunate eons, now languishing in
the pestilential prison -houses of the rebels.
Movements of Governor Curtin
Governor CURTIN left for Harrisburg this eve
ning, having satisfactorily accomplished the main
object of his visit, viz.: the settlement of the ao•
counts between Pennsylvania and the National
Government. The result leaves the State exche
quer in a healthy condition, and renders unneces
sary the imposition of a tax.
The Governor's visit, in other respects, has
been peculiarly pleasant, not the least notice
able feature being the grand dinner given him
by Secretory CAMHRON last night, where, con.
trary to custom, the President honored the oc
casion, with his presence. All the members of
Cabidot were also present. Gov. Quarry was pre
vented from attending the festivities in the Eighty
third Pennsylvania Regiment. Many prominent
officers of the army wore, however, present, and
by speeches and songs added to the grace and plea
sures of the occasion. in additioll to the dinner
prepared by GAUTIER, the celebrated caterer for
Washington, each company was provided with an
oyster supper by their respectiveeaptains.
The British Soldiers in Portland
Permission bee been given in a very courteous
scanner, to pass the British troops through Maine
into Canada. As the navigation of the St, Law
rears is closed, and the transport of troops inland
from Halifax. to Canada, in midwinter, would be
expensive, tedious, and hazardous, England will
appreciate this courtesy as ono of no ordinary im
portance.
New Uniforms—New Arms.
Got. McLEAN's Eighty-third Pennsylvania
lunteors, in Gen. Ponmun's division, have boon
made the recipients of a new uniform, in the style
of the African Charscurs, of the Tronoh army.
The pantaloons are quite loose, of the peg•top
shape, end blue color ; with jacket, bright silvered
buttons, cloth cap, and yellow trimining. The ma
terial is stout and. well adapted for comfort in cold
weather. The uniform also embraces a stout over
coat with cape, and a knapsack covered with calf
skin, dressed in the hair.
The Sixty-second Pennsylvania Regiment, Col.
BLACK, and the Eighteenth Massachusetts, in Gen.
POnTgR'S division, at Hall's Hill, have also been
provided with uniforms of the same kind.
Yesterday, the Eighty-third Pennsylvania Regi;
mont received new arms, exchanging the old flint
lock altered for the Springfield musket. They have
since been busily engaged in putting their new arms
in complete condition for inspection to-day. This
evening the officers of the regiment will sit down
to a dinner with invited guests, including Gen.
POnTnit and staff, Gen. Marcriansix. and staff,
end other distinguished officers and. civilians from
the city, including a large number of ladies. The
tables have been set in front of this Colonel's tent,
in an arbor prepared for the occasion. They are
in the form of a T, and are two hundred and
seventy-fioo feet in length.
Appointment of Quartermaster.
WILLIAM STODDARD, of Lycoming county, Pa.,
has been appointed Superintendent of the Quarter
master's Department at Alexandria.
Sickness in the Fifty-seventh lienn
sylvan's.
There is much sickness in the Fiftysoventh Penn
sylvania Regiment, Col. MAXWELL. Two deaths
—privates BELL and DENNIS PETERS—took place
on Monday.
Deaths of Pennsylvanians.
The following deaths of Pentisylvanians have
taken place since the last report: ROBERT 11oLsoir,
Company I, Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania volunteers,
at camp; Lents LERMAN, Company E, Fortieth
Pennsylvania volunteers. at division hospital, and
GEORGE BRIMIERMEN, Company C, BERDAN'S
ShilTpBhootoTo.
Heavy Contract , for Hay and Coin.
Mr. JonN ITILL, of the firm of HUGHES, FUL
LER, & Co., of Philadelphia, has secured a con
tract forTurnishing the Government with ono mil
lion bushels of corn at 77 cents per bushel, and
seven hundred and fifty thousand tons of hay at
$22.50 per ton. This is ono of the heaviest con
tracts yet made by the Government for "forage."
The parties, it understood, have entered ample se
curity for the faithful performance of the con
tract.
Flag Raising at Locust Point
A number of Philadelphians left in the five
O'clock train, this afternoon, to ho present at a flag
raising, at Locust Point, which is to come off to
morrow. The committee, consisting of Messrs•
JOHN HILL, ADAM WAIITHMAN, JOHN REM, JOHN
DIEFFENDAFFER, and L. D. FALLEn, all Phila
delphians, waited upon Colonel THOMAS B. FLO
RENCE to deliver an address on the occasion. The
affair will wind up with a grand dinner. The
Marino Band from Fort McHenry will be present.
Miscellaneous:
It is estimated by the packages received by
Adams Express and through other sources, that at
least five thousand roasted tutfeys, with all the
et ceteras, have been sent to the soldiers of the Po
tomes during the holidays.
About fifty resignations of officers in the Penn
sylvania regiments have taken place during the
past three weeks. There have been only three
colonels among than, and those on account of ill
health.
Recent reconnoissances from General SMITH'S
and General McCALL's divisions show that the
enemy has a strong picket guard beyond Dranes
ville, but no troops at that place.
The gnartermaster of the Seventh Maine Regi
ment received from the Clothing Bureau, on Satur
day, coats and pantaloons for that corps, but was
soon thereafter obliged to return them, owing to
the fraud which, in their manufacture and mate
rial, bad been practised upon the Government.
General SUAINER, who was lately injured by the
stumbling of his horse, has been brought to Wash
ington for medical treatment.
Ron. DANIEL S. DICKINSON today presented a
costly stand of State colors to the Dickinson Guard,
(Eightyminth New York Volunteers.) lion.
R. 11. DUELL received them on behalf of the regi
ment, delivering—a felicitous address. Vice Presi
dent HAMLIN, Gen. CASEY and staff, Hon. W. S.
DOANE, Arc:l7ms SCHELL, and others, were pre
sent.
There is no evidence that the Pennsylvania Re
serves will go into winter quarters. In their pre
sent position they are menaced by the rebels every
day. Dranesvillo is half way between their camp
and Cptrovillo, where an immense rebel force is
concentrated.
The rebels can at any time throw an Immense
force into Dranesvillo without any fear of being cut
off by our forces. While they have a topographical
advantage, we have the Keystone to teach them a
lesson And it will be taught.
TILE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
VAGUE REPORTS OF A BATTLE.
LOUISVILLE, Deo. 31.—A doubtful rumor pre
rails that the Cavo City Hotel has been burned by
the Secessionists.
Exciting rumors of a general engagement in
Southern Kentucky have been current all day, but
they are generally discredited now, no notice of
any battle having been received at headquarters.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 3I.—A special despatch to the
Commercial, from Indianapolis, says there are ru
mors of fighting in Kentucky.
General Buell ordered the regiment of Fusileers,
and a regiment of light artillery, to Green river,
before he went forward.
General Btekner's cavalry wore yesterday within
a short distance of our pickets, and it is supposed
ho intended attacking General McCook in force.
destroy the Green river bridge, and then retire.
All the United States regulars were thrown across
the bridge early yesterday morning.
Sr. Louis, Dec. 31.—N0 news has been received
here of any fight at Paducah.
ADDITIONAL NEWS BY TILE ASIA.
[SEE FOURTH PAGE.]
lIALIFAX, December 31.—The passengers by the Asia
repeat a rumor that the blocking up of Charleston harbor
with stone to likely to lend to difficulty with England._
It woe further rumored that England's warlike prepa
rations will continue in view thereof, and that the sur
render of Messrs. Mason and Slidell is not the only de
mand England has to make.
Paris correspondents generally Hay that the bollef that
hostilities between England and America will not be ar
rested haspecome mote general.
The English Admiralty bad issued a notification that
instructions hese been sent to protect the British ship
ping In the China and India EtllB.
The Asia has on board 500 troops, stores, etc., and
consequently is under orders of the British Government.
She has also 20 cabin passengers and .i 1,200 in specie.
The Aria, reportg passing the Canada, for Liverpool,
en the 224 inst., also the ship Bremen oil the same day.
The London Morning Post reports that the instruc
tions to Lord Lyons combine suclinuliclousness and tem
perance of procedure that the American, most tender of
his pride, will be unable to complain of England's course
as menacing or haughty.
A telegram of the 20th Inst. front Berne, Switzerland,
contains the following important announcement:
The Federal Council has received a circular ad.
dressed by the French Government to the European
Powers, declaring that the arrest of Messrs. Mason and
Slidell woe contrary to the principles which art regarded
as e - eoitiel to the security of neutral Sega"
The circuiet also states that "the French Govern—
ment had deemed it necessary to submit this opinion to
the Cabinet at 'Washington in order to determine it to
make concessions which the French Government con
sidered indisp.usable."
A large meeting of masters and officers in the mercan
tile marina bad been held at London, and they had re
solved to heartily co-operate with the Government when
ever their services might be required.
the Shipping Gazette says that either mm merchant
men must be armed, or tile Government must detail a
number of the fastest and most effrcienl ships to watch
American privateers.
Mr. Cobden, to a letter declining to attend a 'eubtfc
meeting at Brighton, strongly advocates arbitration in
the American dispute, and says that the object of all
rational men and true patriots should ho to enforce the
principle of ittediatton on the Government, on the terms
of agreement made at the Parte Congress.
Mr. Cobden thinks that no quettion can be more within
the scope of the Faris resolution then the pending one,
and the true test of the dirosoltion of the American peo
ple will be the expressed willingness, on the part of }tog
land, to resort, if necessary, to mediation. Should such
conciliatory step meet with no better response than a
desire, by America, to insult and wrong England, all the
Powers of Europe would forthwith be ranged ott Eng
land's side. Mr. Cobden says that the cry for peace is
hardly enough at the present moment. What is roptired
is peace On Principles of impartial justice, and this con
best be obtained through an impartial PrbiiTator•
The London Times editorially disputes the arguments
of Mr. Cobden, and says that the cowrie Imo advocates
would by no means lend to the preservation of peace,
either in the present instance or for the future.
The Times says: ff We insist upon knowing clearly
whether we are in a rep lon of war or pence. If the
encore of the peleonere (Pleases. Mason mat Slidell) was
an act of the American Government originally, or if it
be adopted by them mow, it le an act of war, and as such
to be encountered by war. If they disown it, they meat
prose their sincerity by repairing it. It is impossible to
negotiate in tho former comae, and the latter has not yet
arisen. There to, therefore, no room for arbitration."
The Doily Arms, while asserting that England will he
satialled with nothing short of bill fratisfaelion for her
violated rights, says that It would be obviously harsh,
violent, and unjust to deny the American Government all
right of replying, and positively to refuse to hear what she
Ices to urge on the legal points at issue.. Should theme be
any difficulty nt Washington in at once meeting Eng ,
land's amends, n little frolic intercourse and explanw
lien between the two Governments. would, in ail prelim
bilitY, remove it, and this would lie by tar the beat, most
dignified, and honorable way of writing:. Falling in this,
it is for America to propose arbitration, and England
wentil not he justified in refueling suds Intervention.
The :allele concludes by denouncing the tone of gin
sore end insult adopted by seine of dm journals.
The Doily News, in anotherastraiw, defends the Werth
from the Owego, of the rilit4S, that the war sins bru
talising the Northern States. It also justifies them.-
jaded blockade of Charleston and Savannah by limestone
ships as a Ononfirle operation of warfare.
The Louden Herald bitterly criticises Mr. Seward's
foreign correspondents , ' I barging hint with 1111807:434,CP,
folly, snit wickedness, as wanton anti mischievous many
that history records.
TI e Times also has en editorial on Mr. Poniard's de
spatches, and treats them with ridicule. It says Mr.
Sett aid assumes to instniet the collie human race ne to
the origin, the rights and pnopocts of the war in Ame
rica, nod his confident assurances as to the dimensions
and dui alien of the It ar are belied before Ids words rench
the
Plot entente were taking plan between Gm Government
and the authorities of Liverpool, looking to the defence of
that pert.
The London Post's Palls correspondent says that
neither France nor Russia has taken any steps as
mediators.-
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Tt l'arin Patric, in ontimeratiVZ the five French
Yf e.ele nt Hen York, an) 9 othere aro &horny to be sent
there.
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The Temp ,. LM giv e n mrrcmeY ton rumor that.
lire Fr etielt Got vnalleut hod prenossil to Russia, Prorsio,
and Austria, a rombler 1 mediation of the four Prirotra
in the Angto•Atnericon queNtlon. The report was *w
rath*. discredited.
The London Herald ears the loader of a unslintion in
stith a form NN ould Len 'menace, and would bus tsveh‘i out
that ground.
Englioh !nude oil, the 24th out e firmer. and 1 .. 1 fa'
vnurtd ,t net cent, cldclly owing to Inr.lo lAvost,"°"".
Various peace rumors were also instrumental in causing
tte rise '
but there was nothing reliable in them. The
demand for money was still increasing.
The Qaeen and royal family had gone to Osborne, owing
to the unsatiefactot y state of the Queen's health. No
further bulletins had been Issued.
The Prince of Wales remained et Windsor until after
his father's funeral.
The Crown Prince of Prussia had arrived at Osborne
FRANCE.
The Finis Bourse teas a shade firmer on the 20th in—
stant, closing at 67f. 25c. for the Rentes. The suppress
sion of one company per regiment in the French army
has been spoken of.
Signor Ratazzi had tendered his resignation of the
Freelddhcy of the Chamber of-Deputies, but the Cham—
ber unanimously expressed a desire that ho should retain
his pest, at least till the close of the 00800 A.
Tho Government bill, levying an import duty on raw
Cotton, had been laid on the table in the Cortex.
1311132
The monetary. panic bed subsided. The Government
had forcibly anspended financial operations.
rued Pasha had returned to Constantinople, find
Ifalim Pasha had been appointed his provisional suc
cessor In by ria.
The Bombay mail of the 27th of November would pre.
bably reach London In aeaton to go forward per the
Asia.
Cotton goods were firm and advancing at Bombay.
Exchange 2s 130.
The export of cotton from Bombay to England during
the present year was estimated at 9204'00 bale.
Sir Charles Wocd had decided to retoose the seat of
Government from Calcuttato the Hills:
CALCurrAp Nov. 25.--Sheetings firmer. Fish quiet
Linseed quiet. Silk advancing. Exchange 2a %deo2s Xd
Freights were nominal.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE, VI& QUEENSTOWN.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 2 —The ship Ben Payson, from
Charleston, had arrivsd at St. Navaire.
The steamer St. Andrew, of the Quebec and Glasgow
line, has been chartered by the Government to carry
troops, &c.
LONDON, Doc. 22 —lt has been decided that Parlia
ment is to assemble on Tuesday. the 14th of January.
Pants, Dec. 21.—The Reifies closed firm today at
67f ace.
The Temps asserts that a despatch was received from
Mr. Bement, saying that the American Government is
ready to guarantee every facility to neutrals compatible
mith the rights of belligerents, and would give satisfac
tion in CMe of the infraction of any rule that bad been
adopted. This despatch was dated before the Trent of
fair, but it is considered important as showing the peace
ful inclinations of the American Got eminent.
Penis, Dec. 22 —The Senate has agreed to the Sen caul
Consult= b 3 332 3 cue against one negative vote.
DI. Fould maintained the correctness of his late report
to the Emperor, and said that it Caused n rise in the public
fends, Which would have continued but for the appre
hension of wer between England and Artieriea, The
usefulness of extroordinar.
~reclitS It ibllimstrated by
What is now luippe:l a
gln England. Without the trans
fer 9f '.. x . t :itortl
in-ry credits, largo bodies of troops and
formidable fleets could be despatched without Parliament
ary action.
BERI Ix, Dec. 22.—Tho Council of Minizters have de
termined to convoke the Chambers on the 14th of Janu
ary.
Th 9 rumors of a Ministerial crisis aro unfounded.
Tunis, Der. 22.—The Budget has been approved by
232 anainbt 39 votes.
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The financial statement of ITTiiister Yoelgi produced. a
good impreeelon.
The deficit for 1381 is put down at 400,000,000, and for
1802 at 317,000,000. The latter, by the alienation of the
Neapolitan and Etonian rentee end by a portion of the
loan, be reared to 159,000 ,000; which the Minister
proposes to corer by several new taxes, which, it is esti
mated, will yield 39,000,000, and the balance can be
covered by treasury bonds.
LONDON, Dec. 2 . 2.—The Obeerrer (Ministerial organ)
say a that 'England wishes for peace, but that she will gain
by war, es it will enable her to rectify her American
frontiers, open the sorts of the South, and give a lesson
to the United States.
The Death of Pnnee Albert.
ITS EFFECT EPON THE ROYAL FAMILY AND PEOPLE
The earliest public intimation of the illness of the
Prince was made through the Court Journal, and was
announced as "a cold caught during a visit to Cam
bridge." At the review of tho Eton volunteers, ho took
a further cold. A gastric freer ensued, during the con
tinuance of which public bulletins of the health of the
Prince were Issued. On Saturday morning, the 15th,
after three days' decided illness, he rallied and was pro
nounced out of danger. On Saturday afternoon, at four
o'clock, a sodden reaction took place, and the following
telegram NI as forwarded to the London papers:
Wiixosort, half past 4.—The Prince is in a most
critical elate, and the phy Octane who are In attendance
upon his Royal highness state that another hour will
decide whether he Jives or dies. A special service has
just been held In St. John's Church for tho purpose
of offering up pray erg for the restoration of his Royal
flightless's health. The greatest excitement prevails in
the town."
In the meantime, the Prince of Wales had been tele
graphed for and iirris ed from Cambridge, and was with
the royal family, at the sufferer's bedside. The wordt
si matrons of typhoid fever appeared and the sufferings
of the Prince were agonizing.. -Whenever an attempt
NI as made to lift or move him his groans were distressing
to bear. On Friday night the Queen, the Prince of
Wales, and the Princess Alice staid up all night with
the Prince, mho Ni as uneasy whenever they left his aide.
All Saturday evening the Prince continued to sink, as it
were from sheer exhaustion, and at eleven o'clock he
Quietly ceased to breathe.
The Prince himself was aware of hie perilous position.
He said on Wednesday that be thought he should not re
ef/Net, and alluded frequently to the sudden death of his
relative the King of Portugal. He retained his senses to
the last, recognizing the Queen and his children, who
were all with him excepting the Crown Princess of Prus
sia, Prince Alfred, and the Prince Leopold.
The Time: says that the Queen has borne her loss
with exemplary resignation, and a composure which, un
der FO sudden and terrible a bereavement, could not have
been anticipated. When the first passionate burst of
Ruled Avila over, her Majesty called her children around
her, and, with a calmness which gives proof of great
natural energy, addressed them in solemn and affectionate
terms. Her Majesty declared to her family that, though
she felt crushed by the loss of one who had been her,
companion through life, Ole knew how much urns ex
pected of her, and she accordingly caged on her children
to give her their aed-tanee, in order that she might do
her duty to them and to the country.
A friend at 'Windsor Castle condoled on Sunday morn•
ing with the Queen, who replied, w I suppose I must nut
fret too much, for many poor vi omen have to go through
the same trial."
The scene et Windsor Castle,
directly after the death of
the Prince, is described as having been intensely painful
and effecting. The Princess Alice was carried from thb
chamber in a state (dills:et-1W agitation, and when the
fatal yeas sins communicated to her she was seized with
ruddily of rho nerves and temporary insensibility,
which alarmed the attendants. The grief of her Majesty
and the royal children was scarcely less intense, bat, as
lies been stated, the Queen did not allow her grief to
OTel coma her sense of duty.
The funeral of the Prince would take place on the I'lll,
between 11 and 12 o'clock A. M. The custom, which
remained in force up to the bullet of Willitiat 1V.,0f
tottering members of the royal family by torchlight, as
for many years been discontinued, and would not bo re
sumed on this melancholy occasion.
The Ring of the Belgians was expected in England on
a visit to the Queen. The Crown Princess of Prussia
(the Princess Royal of England) was unable to visit her
mother, from ill health, but the Crown Prince was ex
pected
A feeling of gloom prevailed throughout 'England, and
a very general mourning was expected. The various
municipal and other bodies were taking steps t o give ex
pression to their feelings of condolence.
In Paris tho Prince's death caused 4. great sensation,
and all the papers unite in expresoiona of sympathy.
The .3tenifettr, utter announcing the sad event, adds
that "the Emperor, the Imperial fwilty, and the whole
of France, will mingle their regret and grief with the
royal family and the English nation." The Imperial
Court had gone into mourning, all festivities at the Tull
leries having been countermanded, and the Emperor is
stated to have despatched en aid-de-camp with an auto
graph letter of condolence. At Berlin the news was re
ceived...A ith strong manifestations of popular sympathy
and sorrow, uhile the King hastened to offer such conso
lation us he might to the Princess Royal, subsequently
sisitei the English envoy, and ordered the court to go
into mourning immediately.
Daring the Prince's illness, telegrams of inquiry were
telegiaplied from almoAnil ie courts of Europe.
The news of the death of tlie Prince was announced to
the people of London by the tolling of the great bell of
St. Paul's at midnight of Saturday.
The Queen nud the royal children were to leave
Windsor Castle for Osborne on the 11th.
The English papers appeared In mourning on the 16th.
The London Times thus aingidarly refers to the Prince
of Wales in connection with the sad event:
ict " The Prince of Wales., of It hom WO have seen so much,
yet seem to know so little has position and power to
Mill. He may be a true King or a shadow of royalty.
The decision is to be made this very hour. The Prince
trill have to make a solemn choice between a life of
frivoll —perhaps of trouble and misery—and a reign of
usefulness. Judging by the measure of age, ho should
now tie as competent to assist his mother as the Prince
consort when ho assumed that‘duty."
From Cert. Banks' Command
FREDERICK, Dec. 30.—The commission for ex
amining into the character, ability, lend qualifica
tions of officers of this division of the army still
continues its sittings in this oily. Many cases of
the lower grades of commissioned. officers have
been examined into and reported upon to the Com
mander•in•Chicf. Others; an.olirding some of higher
grades, are now before the board. The final action
in all the cases will not be divulged until the rising
of the board.
The General Court Martial - to-day takes up the
ease of the murder, by a private of the Fifth Con
necticut Regiment, perpetrated while that regiment
was on a march, last fall, from Pleasant Bill to
Williamsport. After disposing of this, other de
sertion cases will be brought up. Its believed
that several of this class will be made examples of
by the lwecess laid down in the'artlelea of war.
John S. Clark, late colonel of tlie Nineteenth Nov,
York,. has been appointed as aid-de-campto Gen.
Banks, with the rank of colonel, end reported this
morning for duty.
Last week a fire broke out in ao building near
General. Banks' headquarters, affording his body
guard, the Zouavcs d'Africwe, a rare-opportunity
of instilling some new tactics in the fire department.
Before the _alarm had hardly sounded these agile
fellows bad emptied the engine houses of their
"machines," attached hose, staled the wallis, and
extinguished the file in an incredibly abort space of
time, saving the valuable property from any great
loss.
Mrs. Gen Banks, and the ladies of many of the
other officers of this- division, are at present so
journing here, giving a. metropolitan tone to so
ciety, and an increased' air of refinement and ele
gance to the city. On Saturday, Gen. Banks, First
Assistant I'. M. General Masson, and S , . li Middle
ton, Esq.. cashier of the United States Ttetutury,
dined at the mansion of Frederick Slyo, rsq„ editor
of the Examiner.
The Fifth Connecticut has been ordered hither
from Hancock, and will probably be here by Thurs
day. The first section yr Captain Best's (,regular)
battery is now on its way here from the same place_
A wan named James Magraw, (heretofore men
tioned in this correspondencoo from Harper's
Ferry, was arrested here on the 27th It is charged
that he had voluntarily furnished a largo quantity
of salt to the enemy-, soma say 150 to 200'saoks.
an Christmas Day, General Banks, through the
judge advocate, Captain Collis, discharged from
eustody a number of prisoners under sentence by a
former court martini:
A very useful institution is the ordnance depart
went of this division, under charge of Limit. W.
Thompson, of (lemony I, Massachusetts Twelfth.
A force under him is employed is repairing and
issuing arms, which would otherwise be condemned
and returned to Washington. The same officer has
charge of the magazine and trophieocaptured from
the Secessionists.
Clement! , Denham Ordered! to Duty
"NEW YORK, De.c.tlst.—a private despatch recehed
from Weithinuton state , that (301!nal Meakihlll, 011 in
vestignting th, speci fications of tho ottrges against Bri
gadier Bimetal Benham, has ordered. the latter's release
from arrest, and he is to be ordered oh NlCh to duty. This
mill be ; raleful noes to the numerous friends of this
brave officer. $
The Kentucky hulks
10ri5147.1.1.7:, Dec. 31.—The North Bank of Kentucky
amvemlai specie payment th-do.v.
The Ermrte's Bank, at Bcrogng green, has boon re.or
annivod At tou:s,,1110, by tto choice of a new Bowl of
DI eCt4.s.i, w its w ill assume Vita direction of the buta
molts
The Pittsburg Banks.
Yalsourto, Pe, 31,—The eitizeus' Baukkwre.detl
pe,l meats to-day,
Arrival of the Borussia.
NEIV Yong, ilrc. 31 —Tnc‘ steamer I , ol , ThSrin (mired
to•nielit. 11er ad', Ices hal e been anticljatea.
Arruni of Troops al Halifax
Ilstirsx, Dec. 3t.—The steamirs Adriatic end
sin luxe arrived mint troops, and the Cieopatm and
l'oraxa are expected to-day,
The A. Bails at six IfflaCli this eventr.?. I'm , New
THE CITY.
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[FOR ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS, SEE YOITRTH PAWN.]
Meeting of the Board of School Control
lees—The Estimates for 1883.
Yesterday afternoon the Board of f3chool Controllers
lied a special meeting at 33 o'clock.
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Ile report II the Committee on Estimates Wu road,
asking the sum of 8594,808 for the ensuing year.
A dlecusalon ensued as to the amount of some of the
Estimates.
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The secretary read a communication froni the Third
section, and also the following resolution for the In
formation of members:'
Pero/red, That the Committee on Estimates of the
Board of Controllers be requested to meet the Elections/.
Board at their respective sections, in regard to tha esti
mates for the eructing year, where reductions are pro.
nosed in the estimates.
The following milli:tat-Ns were adopted:
Central HighSchool.s2l,46o Fifteenth 5ecti0n...521,465
Girls' If. &N. School 7,285 Sixteenth section.... 1.5,757
First section 26,636 Seventeenth section. 17,12$
Second section 13,411 Eighteenth section.. 21,094
Third section 20,816 Nineteenth section.. 22 , 3 0
Fourth section...... 15,171 Twentieth section.. 19,230
Fifth section 17,436 Twenty-first section 17,938
Sixth section. 11,906 Twenty-second sett. 13,581
Eni °nth section..." 15,2661Twenty-tbird sect.. 20,98$
Eighth section..... 12,701 Twenty-fourth sect. $1,71=
Ninth section 14,260 Twenty-fifth section 12,4=
Tenth section 19,026 --
Eleventh section..., 15,7001 465,1=
Tutrith section..... 13,8241 Special 129,961
Thirteenth section.. 13,860; --
Fourteenth section.. 21,6301 Total 895,094
On motion, the resolution withholding the warrant of .
the principal of the Southwest Grammar School woe re
considered, when it was negatived, and the clerk in
structed to draw such warrant.
On motion of Mr. Reed, it was
Rejoiced, That Councils be requested to make an ap
propriation of $1,500, for the purpose of employing a
teacher of vocal music in the grammar schools of this
district
The following communication was read front Frof.
Vogdes, of the Central High School, by Mr. Richards:
PUILADELPHIA, December 27,18..61.
To inn PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF inc BOARD OP
CONTROL-0E1111E171En: ' On the 13th day of December,
1881, I received a remmunlcatlon from the Committee on
the Central High School; requesting me to resign my po-
Sitio!, AB professor of mathematics in that institution.
Not being aware of any cause which could justify the
committee in making such P demand, I have refused to
comply with it, and respectfully offer the following pro
test against the action of the said committee:
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Ist. The Committee on the Central High School rev
quested my resignation without having ml'lolll4' plies
ferred a charge of any hind s.e.tr,lijmo,
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d ; 8 "l re TIVI; I t l Y above action of the commit-
Was informed that the charges against me consisted
in inability to preserve order in my department, and
imbecility. '
3d. That the present High. school Committee have
newer visited my room, and have, therefore, no actual
knowledge of my ability either as a dlnipliaarian or
teacher, and all information posseased by the committee
must, of necessity, be eenivocaL
4th. That I have been unable to obtain aftecifleatian
of the charges against me, or the names of the parties
by whom the reputed charges have been made.
sth. That I have had no opportunity to meet the re
puted accusers, or defend myself against their attacks,
and hare therefore been deprived of a privilege guaran
tied by the Constitution to every accused person.
6th. I subent to this Board whether It was courteous
to give but eighteen days' notice of an intention to dig-
Place a professor, who has been connected with the High
School for more than twenty-three years.
In consequence of the above reasons, I respectfully
ask the Board of Control to endorse my action, in re
fusing to resign my position, and hereby express my
willingness to pursue such a course as your wisdom may
direct.
I am, however, unwilling to rest my ease hate. I
have rusurned the defensive long enongh, and shall now
proceed to reveal to this Board what I believe to be tha
true cause of the present unprovoked attack:
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As the High School Committee have not visited my
room, they are entirely ignorant of the real condition of
my class; they know nothing concerning the progress of
my pupils in study, or the character of the order main
tained in my department; and I attribute the whole of
the present strange action of the committee to the Influ
ence and prejudices of Nicholas H. Magnire, who is
known to have asserted, prior to his election to the prin
cipalship of the High School, "that Professor Vegdes
was unfit for his position, and should be removed."
No Institution In the country possessed as large a share
of the favor and confidence of the community as the
High Sctool, prior to Tannery, 1559, when Mr. Maguire
assumed the charge Three years have passed, and the
school occupies an unfortunate position in the estimation
of the public. It is impossible to ascribe the change to
the action of the professors of the institution, for of
twelve n ho held positions during Mr. Hart's administra.
tion, nine still remain.
No ono can contrast the course pursued by Mr. Hart
with that practiced by Mr. Maguire without being con
vinced that the deterloratton of the school Is attributable.
to the latter, and to him alone.
Under Mr. Hart's direction the school was prosperous,
study was diligently pursued, and the discipline was all
that could be desired.
Under Mr. Maguire's direction the school has lost its
influence as an institution of learning, ennty has lan.
guis.ted, and the disorder of the pupils has, become a
matter of notoriety.
Dlr. Hart occupied hiswhole tima in the personal super
intendence of the institution. He visited each profes
sor's room at least once every day. Ile called the roll or
the school daily, and read to delinquents the charges pre
tested against them, and thus exerted a meet healthful
influence over the minds of the pupils. Ins presence
conimauded respect. He delivered admirable courses of
lectures to the students on the Watery of the Bible, the
'writings of great authors, and the history of the various
Institutions of the country. Ho supported the professors
in the discharge of their duties.
Hr. Magyar° does not occupy his time in the personal
superintendence of the institution.
Ile does not 'visit the professors' room, either statedly or
frequentlY.
lie does not call the rill of the school, but employs
pupils to visit the class•roomss, and derives from thaw
lists containing the names of absentees.
He transferred to tke professors the &dyer niqualnting
delinquenta with the daily cbargo3 made against theta.
His influence as a disciplinarian, superintendent, and
princi rill has therefore been lost.
He does not furnish the scholars with instruction, either
in the form of lectures or rthcrwisz.
He does not support the professors In the exercise of
their duties, but rather encourages disorder.
Eis wholesale system of excuses has actually plactkl a
premium on lateness Emil absence. -
Ills undue'familiarlt) witb pupils has protnoted Impu
dence on their part.
He bee, on some occasions, employed pupils fors whole
week at a time, excusirfe them from the consequence of
their absence with the professor, and time, not only de
prived the pupils of tho advantages of the school, but in
jured the remaining members of the class by Ibis demon
btrution of partiality.
This course his demoralized the school; has diminished
the amount of instruction furnished, and has brought
about the present low estimate an a hich the school is held
by the public. Respectfully yours,
WM. VOGDE . 3.
Mr. Mahar& moved that the commuuicaUon be re
fermi to a select committee of flee.
Mr. Hollingsworth moved that it be referred to the
Committee on Itlgh Schools. He was much piewsed, he
said, that it has been presented to the Board.
Mr. Richards opposed such reference. With all due
respect to the High del:tool Committee, they could not, he
thought, discharge their duty in this instance impartially.
They bad exceeded their power In the lint place in re
questing Prof. Towles to resign.
Mr. Leech doubted the propriety of the Committee on
High Schools requesting professors to resign. He thought
the subject should be referred hack to them for reconsi
deration. If the charges against Prof. Maguire wore
correct he would vote to remove him.
41r. litchards stated that the resotution redneating
Prof. Togdes to resign woe presented to hint before an
examination had taken place. After too had refused to
resign, then an examination was gone into.
Sir. Plebe desired to hear what the High School Com
mittee had to say for Welt.
Mr. Richards then asked for the reading of the follow
ing coniumuication front Prof. Gerard:
PHILADELPHIA, Dec-24180.
To The President and Members of the Barr& re' Con
trot:
GENTLEMEN: On Friday, Dec. 13, 18431, I received the
following reeolutlon from the Cocnrnittce on thelilgtt
School:
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Reeolred, That Mesera:Hollingsworth and Parchment
be appointed a committee to w ait upon Moro. Yogic , *
McMurtrie, and Gerard, and rsquest their resignations
as professors in the Central High School, to take efibct
on or before January 1,1662.
Upon the receipt of the above I immediately tendered
my resignation, which I, however, now respectfully ask
Del niission to withdraw, being confident of hating Nah
fully discharged my duties as professor of the• French
language in the High School. I offer the following pro*
test against the notional the High School Committee.'
Ist. The) requested me to resign without SC1101121111:04:
me with any failure on sty part to fulfil nay dirtiest As t
did not know the nature of the charge made, mails:die,
the rennest was made to resign, I had no opportunity to
&fend myself. •
2J. I confider that Mr. Maguire is responsible for all
the diflicultiee I have had with the pupils of Divisions
and D, and beg leans to offer the following, in corrobo
ration of toy statement:
Id. There were about a dozen boys whom I could 'not
note for disorder without incurring the displeasure of the.
principal. Among others, the following may be men
tioned, viz: Lewis, Wartzaan, Brightly, Parr, Seward,
McDowell, and Waterman.
' 4th. Ph Lions C and D were the only ones in which I
had occasion to ask Mr Maguire's assistance In Quelling
disorder. Other clams were as orderly as / could fare•
desired.
gth. Mr. Maguire himself demoralized Division D,.by
withdrawing 15 boys, simply because I noted them for
disorder. During the hour of recitation in French, these
toys were allowed (except within a few, weekt immedi
ately preceding the close at the school for the Meetings
holidays) to be idle; and worse than that, they played
cards in the observatory ; other boys, seeing that they
had only to be disorderly In my room to have the gam&
privilege, were Rho disorderly, as a matter of ,course.
6th. In the great majority of cease, wheneveralfr. Ma-.
guire was requested to come to my room to quell disor
der, he encouraged instead of suppreeeed it.
On one occasion, when I mentioned the name of a boy
whom I na.s positive bad created the disorder, viz:
11 - oilman, of Division O, he rebuked me, in presence or
the whole class,
by saying, " You are ndstAken ; I have
known this boy for scrotal years ;" and thus left my
room I
7th. Mr. Maguire's system of discipline took out or
the hands of the professors the power to preserve order,
and a boy who succeeded in reciting his lesson well, no
matter how outrageous his conduct might be, was repre
sented as a nuttily student. The number of demerit.
marks given by a professor produced ne effect at all upon
n pupil's graduating average. Mr. Maguire encouraged •
impudence a, d assurance in many of the pupils of the•
High School by employing them to transact business in ,
the school which it is tno Principal's duty to perform;
even delegating to boys his authority to visit the cluster
for the purpose of ascertaining the number of pupils pre
sent and absent. The boys thus constantly employed'
upon this and similar business were furnished with ex
cuses for neglecting their les - isms, hich them ed a spirit - ,
of dissatisfaction au.ongst the balance of the class.
Sib. Mr. Magiiire occupies no portion of his time in..
tenehints.
9th. Ile does not possess the confidence of the faculty
of the school, they having had abundant evidence of his.
incapacity.
If the High School Committee had investigated •the
true cause of the present unfortunate condition ore titer.
school, they would have found that the fault dul not.reeb
with the foefe.rst., hot w ith the oyster,, of the princiaelt
and the method of hie administration.
Tonics truly,
G GrlnSa.D.
Mr. Riche desired to know what authority the rota,
:Metro had to make these requests of the professors
licillingswortli. We had authority, hat are net.
Neva-sit to answer at present.
Mr. Riche. Rut they were prepared to oak these gen,
tlemeu to resign. [Laughter.]
A resolution was offered that Professor Toirdes,
and Gerard ho requested to resume the duties or
their several professorships. On motion, its, considarcs
limo was postponed until to-morrow afternoon.
Mr. fiche tecmaing. If the committee are notpre—
pared to state their reasons for their action. then.tileY
ate in l a ult.
Mr. Richards. They have conducted an. es • p.7,Je... in—
cestigutlon with Tenni to Prof. Youdas, and haso not
inrrehtinated the cases of Profs. 'Mural . ..Orin, and Gprzani at
all. .t more infamotio proceettihg noun waspractiziA on
this cetainent.
Mr. Flulliugeworth. We have bacm,tcniZed, by prece
dents.
Dlr. Richards. Is it fair that men like Proft.hlchittr
trie ehoeld ho sttiaken dow,, ey a, couaatttct, asst ha
compelled to say (aa I am inforsmod), that it was on no
tount of age nail infirinitiesl Prof, Getty!, Felicaing
that the enmmit•so hail a right ask hintitkitesign, com
plied the siseuest. The.tivxneut he stiescoveted his
inittake he ee i Liavured to 4sticare hiss awe. But the
burden of the committee's investigation, is " Vogdes !"
yosde,.!" mad f. - r what I Ttecansehattas had the cou
rage I. stand and say, "I will not be. artist down by a
eeransittoe, , ' I task the committee ia they Lava over
visited the 200111 of Prof wear Yomleasince their appoint,.
maul ?
Mr. Natehment. • I Dave.
Mr, Valiant& fpe member or the committee!
thaws it herts,that tho committees have never paid agar
eial Ti3it to Professay "Vogdesa' zoom.
By a vote of Ift, yeas to 7 mus s , tha further conAdera
lion of the matte; was rest:tamed until to•morryti,,,afters
noon at 334 Adlourned.
TILE consecration of the . Rev. Veal. Baee
Stevens, 11. n , Assistant Wilton elect 0.1 1003 Diocese. OC
Pennsylyspin, n 111 Le L4l in St. ArAeves Chunk,. on
nilElEtiaE, the 2 inst,, at 10 Voloc.U• A. M. The dergY
111 meet in the in the telt of tk: , :ttrict3, )
et p u n'clostr,