iii(l;fr V 1155. THURSDAY, MAY 29, .1802 THE LATEST WAR NEWS The latest advices from Geneisl Ilallsek's army 'represent that his pickets are only two miles from those of the rebel force, and that he is entrenching meelf. The Memphis pagers report the »wren der of Vicksburg; and the idvanoe of Commodore Tarregut's flotilla up the Mississippi. General- Viet° bee ordered the Norfolk Day Book, a pesti ferous sheet, to be suppresaed in consequence of the publication of an editorial reflecting on the Union citizens of Norfolk and Portsmouth, It is re ported that a large iron ttoamer loaded with cot ton has been captured by our blockading fleet near the coast of Florida. The Savannah papers report the bombardment of Darien, Georgia, by the Federal gunboats, Con siderable excitement has been caused in Easton, Maryland, by the arrest of a judge and prosecuting attorney on a charge of treason. The arrest was made by order of General Dix. The excitement in BaltiMore Is subsiding, and it is probable that the Secessionists in that city will remain quiet till another reverse happens to some pr.rtiou of our army. Further details of the retreat of General Banks from Strasburg and. Winchester have been received. The General promises to take his men back again to Virginia. The battle at Elanover Court House on Tuesday was a spirited affair. The rebel force, consisting of Georgia and North Carolina troops, were com pletely routed by the Union soldiers, who took a large number of prisoners. . In Rhode' Islands Governor Sprague has been elected United States Senator for six years by a large majority. . TILE ESPENDITIIRES of the enterprising news paper press of the loyal States, that they may lay before anis millions of ,readers fresh and accurate news of the war, would create uni. versal surprise if they could be made public. Writers for these journals are found in every column of the array and on nearly every ship of war. They are men of courage, intellect, and industry, and the animated rivalry between them has resulted in giving the people faithful bkotches of all the battles and engagements'of our army and our 'navy—thus making them, the most reliable contributors to the history of these remarkable times. We do not com plain that they are subjected to niftily annoy ances. The recklessness and ingenuity of the rebels, who stop at no cruelty and no expe dient to embarrass our genera's, frequently compel these generals to resort to the most exacting and rigorous measures against the gentlemen who represent the loyal news papers. General Ilicaux.vs's complaint that his operations are disclosed by some of the cor respondents now with his army, is undoubted ly true, as to a certain class, but it would be a very harsh - measure if the editors of these journals should be held responsible for such mistakes. There is no Class of citizens who have sacrificed so much •to the cause of their country as the owners and•conductors of daily newspapers. It may be said, with equal truth, that there is no interest that has ren dered a more patriotic and generous suppart to the Administration, or that has done so much to enlighten, consolidate, and elevate the people in sustaining the Government in its death struggle. It would be far batter, befbre adopting the extreme alternative suggested by GeneranfeatEmAN, to issuran order that., here after, to newspapers shall be permitted to pub lish any letter, from any one of its correspond ents from Me various military centres, in which the slightest reference is made to Me intentions of our military or naval leaders. Indeed, we should be content, if the reinedy could be impartially applied—rather than suffer for the errors of our correspondents—to recall them entirely. This would be a most difficult un dertaking, because all experience has shown that, while many_ journals study the interests of the Government, and obey its injunctions, to the xclusion of much important intelli gence, others talse advantage of their disin terestedness, and print everything that comes to hand.. TuE PRESS has its correspondents in every scene of_ the theatre of war. We_ are new paying at the rate of fifteen thousand dollars a year to these correspondents, and •we refer proudly to their letters, as evidences, not merely of our own enterprise, but of their ability and patriotism. It Would, of course, be a sad disappointment to deprive our readers of these delightful and acceptable letters, and we should part from our corre spondents with sincere regret. If it is possible so to arrange matters- as not to embarrass military operations, we should increase our staff, and rely upon the people to compensate us for the outlay; but if, by any sacrifice, we can contribute to the saf'ety or to the success of our country, we are reidy to make it. NEWS OF TILE OCCUPATION of Yorktown by the United States army reached England by the Persia, on the Mb, a few hours bsfore the Europa left Liverpool. It had caused no small excitement in the cotton districts, where American securities immediately became firm er, and cotton showed a downward• tendency in price, but of Its effect upon London, Paris, and Europe generally there had not been time to learn anything. The Federal successes, successively report ed in the London papers, have been variously received. The Stawiard and Herald (known as the Mrs. Cream and Airs. HARRIS of the English press) declare that each triumph of Federal arms can be no more than the result of masterly strategy on the part of the rebels to gain time. The Post, which is PALNICR sToIes special organ and personal property, is unable to see anything to the credit or ad vantage of the Union in the possession of New Orleans. The Times, unable to deny the broad facts on the record, frankly acknowledges that for Rebellion the com mencement of the conclusion has bagun, and adds: et The North has a right to presume that the hoar of final success is approaching, and that the Secessionists, exhausted by long, and laborious campaigns, dlipirit:d by re ver•ses, and separated from each other by the advances of the various Federal expeditions, will be glad to come to arrangements to re enterthe Union on easy and honorable terms, which the North would bo glad to offer." Moreover, it anticipates that from New Or leans, the blockade relaxed by the United States Government, speedili will be exported large quantities of cotton. The tone of .the English press, generally, is less offensive, and more just towards this country than it•has been for the last 'fourteen' !deaths Tnx DESPATCH . of Commander TATNALL, of the Merrimac, which we publish in another column, tel!s its own story, and pays au -un- CONSCiOUS tribute to the efforts of the Eresi slent, and h's Secretaries, Messrs. Stazrrox and Ortasni f which •induced the march upon Norfolk, and compelled the suicide of the Mer rimac.. As there has been some discussion in reference to this movement, and an attempt made to show that it was comparatively insig nificant in itself, and might have been made at any former period, it is only just, in view of the great results that crowned it, that the au thority under whose orders it was COII3IIOI - should receive the full credit. No ono who roads TATRALL'S ieport can fail to see that the rebels themselves were consternated and demoralized by the demonstration which 'resulted in the capture of Norfolk and the de- Btruction of the Merrimac. Tun TWO PAMPHLETS o: M. RUSSEL THA.TIR, Esq., of this oily, and especially the latter, ,in reply to the lamentation of one of the chief Jeremiaba of Secession sympathy, Mr. CHARLES Irocasetz, are emin.ntly credita ble to the heart of that eloquent and patri otic citizen. We understand that several loyal gentlemen have united in a subscrip tion, and have directed the publication of an immense cation of Mr. THAYER'S reply to Mr. 'Nonuser.'" in order to give it a wide circulation among the people. THE DinEcrons of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company buve unanimously elected THOMAS Scorr, Esq., Vice President of the Com kany. In future, therefore, his time will be devoted to life management of our groat ar tery of trade. Mr. SCOTT returns to• the city in consequence of the departure for Europe of Mr. J. E. Diemen, President of the com pany. Mr. SCOTT resigned his position as As sistant Secretary of War several weeks since, to take effect on the Ist of June. Ms services in the organization of the army have been of great value to the Government. IN A DAY OR TWO we shall hwe particulars of the defeat of the Palmerston Ministry br the House of Commons, on the 15th•ult., on the question of abolishing the payinent of Church-rates by Dissenters and other. parties who do not belong to the Church of England, ce as by law es' abiished." No doubt, the prin epic of that abolition is correct, inasmuch as it is as just to make e man pay for a dinner at a tavern which he did not eat as for the repairs of a church which he never enters. The old objection was, 4 c True, but he may worship in that Church if be pleases;" to which I:0mm Toogs replied, cc Yes, it is open to him, and so is the-London tavern." - During the last fifty years, various attempts have been made, in and out of Parliament, to, repeal' the laws under which persons not be longing to the Church of England aro taxed, to maintain the sacred edifices of that religions establishment in complete repair. Dissenters justly complained that they bad to build and repair their own places of worship, and thought it unjust to be called on to keep up other sacred buildings. In England, every- belief out of the law•Chnrch is called Dissent—a wide generic designation, including Methodists and Quakers,`: Catholics and Soeinians,. Baptists and Presby terians, Jews and Gentiles, and so on to the last of the two or threw hundred faiths into which „Religion has split itself in that country. The - Dissenting population is so numerous and powerful in England that the political party self-called Liberal has allvays striven to con ciliate it. Hence, the - long agitation to re lieve them ftom the paYment of compulsory Chuict-rates. Since 1834, when Lord AL. TIIORP brought forward the repeal of this tax and was defeated, no Government has von tuted to acknowledge it as a question• to be officially presented. Snceessive liberal Go vernments, however,laave given it their best support. On the recent occasion, Sir JOHN TueLawNY's Bill for - abolishing Church Rates was thrown out on the question of its second reading. Thereby, PALMERSTON'S party suf fered *a virtual defeat. It may be asked, what is this defeat The well-informed politician will reply,--uot much in point of numbers, but a great deal when other things are considered. The bill fur the abolition of Church rates was brought in, tin der the particular auspices of the Palmerston Cabinet, by Sir JOHN TRELAWNY, one of the most respectable and respected of the whole British baronetage. The title was conferred early, in the reign of CHARLES 1., and the third who held it was Sir JONATHAN Tanwomr, one of the seven Bishops committed to the Tower by JAMES 11. Their trial and acquittal mainly helped to eject the false monarch frOM the throne. Before the trial, when it was un certain how far the honesty of the jury might be trusted, and when conviction was looked upon, not as merited but as probable, the peo ple' of his native Cornwall chanted a ballad, the rmiernbered burden of which is— Qtr al shall Trelaeny die, and. shall Tyelawny die? TLen thirty thousand Cornish nays shall WILILY the rea 8°1111.113%2, The sixth in descent from this Bishop-Ba ronet is Sir JOHN SAULSBURY TRELAWNY, ROW aged 46, many years in Parliament, almost a Chartist in his advocacy of Annual Parliaments, Vote by Ballot, and household suffrage, and, for a long time, the avowed opponent of Chinch Rates. The bill for abolishing that tax was his, and was lost by a majority of only One—there being 286 for its second reading, and 287 against. In a few minutes after, poor human nature' made one of her usual low exhibitions. Mr. ESTCOURT, an ex-member of the Derby-Disraeli Government, followjd rip the viciory, small as it was, by a substan tive motion against the abolition of the poor rs.tes, and, the 'doubtful and the wavering voting on what promised to be the strongest side, carried it by a majority of seventeen, in a vary full house. The Palmerston' Ministry t; whipped in" their men to ..vote against the Church Rates; and a trial of strength came off, in which the Government went to the, wall, and Intolerance triumphed. By the Europa, off Cape Race on Tuesday, we have English news to the 18tb, three days after this parliamentary battle. As, up to that time, the Ministry bad not made any sign of resigning, it may be assumed that they in tt nd remaining in office. Sir JOHN TRELAW NI'S bill, it is true, .though supported by all the Government influence, is not, strictly speaking, a Government measure. But how any Government can get on, in England, with a majority of seventeen against it, remains to be seen. It is clear that the Palmerston Cabi net retains office only on sufferance. When ever Mr. MSRAELI gives the word, PALMER.- STON and his colleagues mast - retire—or, at least, ought to retire. Perftctly true it is that British Ministers hare continued to hold office, with a majority of the louse of Commons against them. Wil.max Pm did so, in 1781, and, backed by the strong personal support of Groncs eventually broke down the Opposition, him self remaining in office. Sir ROBERT PEEL did so, in 1886, but, atter a few defeats, had to Meld. In May 1841, when Sir ROBERT PEEL carried,a vote of want of confidence in the Mi nistry, by a majority of one, Lord MELBOURNE bad to resign or dissolve Parliament. He chose the latter alternative, and, defeated in the new House of Commons, was then com pelled to resign. The question is—what will PALMERSTON do? The vote against him, on Mr. ESTCOVRT'S resolution, shows that he is at the mercy of his political opponents, who can outvote him, on a substantive motion, at any time. Ho does not seem inclined to resign— will he dissolve Parliament? Much is said, and something is believed, of Psuansron's popularity in .England. But, as head of the Government, the question is— how does he stand in the House of Commons, which makes and unmakes Premiers 7 Tbree years ago, the Commons, newly-elected, gave a vote of want of confidence in the Derby- Disraeli Government, and PALMERSTON was called in to make a Ministry. Three years ago, ho had a' good majority for him in the Commons,—now there is a good majority against him. The reason is,'two out of every three recent parliamentary elections havef end ed in the defeat of candidates hostile to the Palmerston Government. Now that the two great parties, —the Ins and the Outs,—have measured swords, and fairly had the dnello on the Church-rate question, be sure that the Wavorers will join the conquerors. PALMERSTON has two remaining chances. There is a general disinclination to perplex Queen Vicronaa's saddened mind by giving her the trouble arising out of a change of Ministry, and FALB= sroN may dissolve the present and call a new Parliament, on the ground that he has been defeated by men elected under the hostile influences of his pilitical antagonists. It is probable that a new Parliament would be as Mtn fr!ondly to him as the present. A new election would give -hini time, R hick is something, and the new Parliament could not reassemble, _it the earliest, until the beginning or autumn. Patmiasros t , it 1 true, may treat his recent defeat as if it bad not occurred, (he has that way of ignoring misfortunes,) and endeavor to carry on public business with his usual Saucy nonchalance; but the powerful Opposi tion would scarcely permit this, having the power of ousting him by an open and imme diate vote against some Government measure or principle of_importance. To us, from the grounds here submitted, it appears extremely probable—almost inevita ble, indeed—that we shall have early news of the break-up of the Palmerston Administra tion. It is easy to foresee this; much more difficult to predict who will compose the new Government. The Duke of Newcastle or Earl CANme—one personally acceptable to the Queen; and the other, fresh from his Indian administration—is as likely to be offered the Premiership, when vacated, as Lord . DERBY himself. LARGE SALE or DRY GOODS, LINEN GOODS, HOSIERY, &C.—The attention of purchasers is re quested to the large and fresh assortment of British, French, Gorman, India, and domestic dry goods, black and white checked silks, hosiery, housekeep ing-linen goods, sun umbrellas, stock of dry goods, notions, and clothing, fancy articles, .to ,embraoing about 900 lots woollens, worsteds, linens, cottons, and silks, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue, on four months' credit, commencing this morning at 10 o'clock, and to be continued, without intermission, all day, and part of the evening, by John B. Myers k Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street. Capture of a Rebel Iron Steamer Loaded With Cotton. KEW YORK, May 28 —The ha k Pallas, from Bolls°, NISI boatdod on the 10th inst., by the U. S. bark Pur suit, in lat. 23 60, long. 50 81, who reported that on the day Drayton° tho U. 8 steamer Coyler had captured an iron steamer loaded with cotton, and sent her to New York. • The eteatrerS. R. Spaulding had arrived, with three hundred acd thirty-owe sick moldier* from hteCitellaree army. LETTE R FROM " OCCASIONAL." WA.MaNOTON, 1114 y ,28, 1862. There have been popular convulsions, which, like the Earthquake that permanently changes the features of the soil, have produced results felt through ages and never forgotten. The conflict hetweert Freedom and Slavery on this continent is clearly one of these cowd:dans. It is barely possible that liberal principles may be damaged in the struggle, but it is certain that Slavery must . perish. As we study the records and the revoluVous of other centuries, we find that the victories of Liberty have always been enduring, and those of Despotism temporary. Thoneauds of martyis have lost their lives in the fierce contests between the absolute power of the Church or the State and the representatives of mere ideas and sys tems, but nearly every one of these contests closed in a moral advantage for the latter. A much more radical change will be effected by this war in regard to the institution' of slavery in the 'United States. That institution has appealed to the worst practices of the feudal times to maintain itself' against the Government it was the first to assail. The scaffold, the prison, the scourge, the poison, and the bowl ; the aristocratic sense of a superiority, born of the possession of human being as its serfs and servants ; the extinction of the lights of knowledge ; the suppression of the freedom of the, press ; the expulsion and execution of protesting or suspected men and women; a drunken and infuriated prieet hood; falsehoed, perjury; and s,ecret untrclee--, • tide was the ritual of the days when civiliza tion was contending with barbarism, and of the succeeding ages when the 13orgias ruled Italy, to its ruin; when England was chaiued in the fetters of a religious and judicial despatism, and when France was _gasping under the iron heel of insensate and remorseless tyrants. it , is impossible that the agencies of education, equality, and law, will finally fail -in conflict with these practices and crimes. We are I living in the midsf e not simply of a revolu tion W.:paralleled in history, but a rebellion against all the, improvements in government, in science, in law, and in society. The men who refuse to stand by the Government in this crisis, cannot stop this revolution. They cau -1 not save slavery, but they may temporarily ; wound the COILTailll2O7l and the Maori. Radical remedies are always the offspring of grave diseases. The ingratitude and savage atroci ties of slavery have `:turned the heart of Christendom against it, and have made the <severe medicines of men who were called fanatics a . few . years ago, pala table to ' those who haye been among the moderate classes of our people. The true Statesman accepts things as they are. His first duty is to his > country. He must put down her foes by every means; and if one weapon fails, he must try another. Such a leader can no more ignore the revolution against slavery, brought:about by the slave owners ; than he can blot out the undying me leery which preserves for eternal veneration sod. example the great events which have changed the civil polity and religious systems of other nations. One of the incidenta of this revolution against slavery is the extraordinary trans formation wrought in the 'minds of intelligent and conscientious Democrats. I have just received a letter from a gentleman who bears an honored name as a consistent member of the once respected Democratic party, which publish as one of 'the thousand evidences of the change that is taking place in the minds of men * The leading article of. THE Pwass this morning speaks the laugunge,of truth . and necessity. You re "member it was my policy from the outset—s no moro legislation, no more talk, no more compromise or con ciliation.' The Government must show sterner stuff. We must treat those heaven daring and hell-deserving offendtrs, those highwaymen, those assassins and pirates, as the worst of foes. Mercy to them is cruelly' to the civilised world, which, in its broad expanse, is more or Zees interested in the maintenance of this Republic in at/ its integrity. Our Government should and mast press them to the matt,' follow them up on - their way, defeat them until they are dispersed, lay down their arms, and teturn to their allegiance, are sub/urged, or exterminated. We must decide at once and-..sternly—no indulgence of domestic traitors in our midst., We must imitate Baltimore everywhere, all over our country, and drive traitors and their treason from our streets. No more talk of the ties of consanguinity, affinity, or famed friendship with barbarians and assassins. They dissolve in thin air before the trim patriot, who muet bury the recollections of all ties in the proud conscious, nese of duty to Goa and - his country, from whirls source. ho will he sure to receive his reward. For Gods' sake, urge, by all possible means - at your consmand, the necessity of the most . stringent measures ; nor hope. for peace restoration of the Gsvernment by other means. You are doing much : persevere, call men and things by their right names, and let our thoughts turn to subjugation, or, if need be, extermination. America and Christianityde . You will tell me this is strong language, but remember it is the voice of one who has not only, been foremost in the rank of the Demo • cracy, but foremost,among the defenders of the South. He speaks as tens of thousands of Democrats feel. Mr. Lincoln told the border States of the signs of the•times ;" and there is none that suggests a more solemn warning than the revolution in regard to slavery among the masses who have been its ardent advocates and arologists. • 00CASIONA.L. New Books Of "Les Miaerables," by Victor Hugo,—his first proao romance since " Notre Dame de Paris," in 1831,'—a translation by Charles E. Wilbour, has just just been published by G. W. Carleton, New York, and has reached us through Peterson and Brothers and G. W. Pitcher (late G. G. Evans). It is, in deed, a striking romance of real life, very French in character, plot, passion, and locality. The hero is an ex-galley slave who rises in the world, per forms miracles of benevolence, and finally sacrifices himself to save an innocent man. The heroine, Fantine, whose name gives a title to this first por tion of the story, is a very unfortunate woman, with a sad life and a mournful end. Four other talcs, all making one, will complete the romance, which opens immediately after the Reitoration, and will probably come down near Our period. Fan• tine's daughter reappears in the next part, and Jean Valjean in the last. The story, though reminding us of the Mysteries of Paris, has a far higher mo rale,—for.Eugene Sue's mind is eminently sensu ous, whereas Victor Hugo's, oven when expressing itself in prose, is very poetical. " The Stolen Mask," a new story by Wilkie Col lins, will be published to-day by T. B. 'Peterson !e Brothers. It is founded on au incident which oe ourred in England in 1844, as we well remember, and brrolated in a graceful) and genial manner. It is,-in short, an anecdote expanded into a tale dra matic in situation, characters, and dinonepzent. Whoever desires to be amused, and sometimes even affected, by a simple, earnest, pleasing story may safely read this. Anthony Trollope's novel of "Barchester Tow ers." hitherto unpublished here, will bo produced, early next month, by Dick ie Fitzgerald, in the Hand and Pocket Library, uniform in size and print with the celebrated Tanchnitz edition of the works of British and American writers. " The Warden," also by, Mr. Tro Hope, is a specimen o this elegant and convenient series. " Barchester Towers" will occupy two volumes. Excitement at Eaeton, Md. BALTIMORE, May 28.—Last Saturday Deputy Provost MaraWJamos S. McPhail, by orders of General Dix, ccmmanding tole department, proceeded to Nagton, Tal bot county, Maryland, to arrest Judge Richard Oar- Michael, judge of the county, and James Powell, prose cuting attorney, upon Chargoll of treason. • Marebal McPhail, with several officers, arrivc-d at Easton on Saturday evening, and took lodgings at the Radon Hotel. Early on Sunday morning.the purpose of their visit wee rumored, end a fellow named fdelgebb war actively engaged in exciting the people. Some celled on the m 'rabid and stated that the attempt would be re etefrd by at least one hundred armed ince. On Monday the excitement wee intense, and threats of violence were repeated; still the officers were patient and quiet, but determined to make the arrest or die in the at tempt The marshal telegraphed the state of affairs to Gen. Dix, who sent 125 of the Delaware regiment. They reached Wye landing yesterday at noon. The Marshal mot them, and gave an order for them to be in town in an hour. In the meantime the marshaituld Ws officers went to the court-house, where the judge was presiding, and told him that he must consider himself under arrest, and a prisoner. The judge demanded his anthority for such a proceeding, and was answered by the authority of the United Slates. Thejudge replied that be did not regard that authority under the circumstances. Bete a call wee made for the 'Merin', but the crier was goon stopped and one of the olticore ascended the steps to arrest tie judge. The judge resisted and kicked the officer, who drew a revolver and struck the judge on the bead with it, inflicting a alight wound. Other officers arrested Mr. Powell and two citizens, William McNabb and Elixir Paecault. The proceedings were prompt and decisive, and all was accomplished in a few minutes, the - greateet excitement prevailing in the court. room. The military soon made their appearance outside, and after a short delay, the whole party, including his honor, were marched to the steamboat. and brought to this city, when they were lodged in Fort McHenry. Affairs at Martinsburg, Va Batrine/RN, May 28.--A telegraphic despatch received yesterday by tto officers of the Bettina:me and Ohio Rail road, dated Martinsburg, states that Martinsburg was entirely unmolested by Confederate troops, and that Quiet and good order reigned throughout. On Monday evening a party of about eight dragoons of the Confederates rode into the place, but did not re main many minutes. They rode along the principal thoroughfares and then dleappearei. At that time the rear guard of General Banks' army was safely encam p e d on the reed leading to Williamsport. An oxamlnatiOn of the railroad showed that not the slightest damn( ' Wenenstained-at the hands of the Confederates. . " 4 I SS: O 1 O 4:: THURSDAY. MAY 29, 1862. FROM WASHINGTON. Special Despatclies"to ic The Press." WASHINGTON May 28,1882. The Secretary of the Navy adverse to the Completion of the Stevens Battery. The Secretary of the Navy sent a communication to the Senate today adverse to the completion of the Ste yens battery - , as contemplated by the act of April 17, 1852, appropriating $783,294, but providing that the money shall not be expanded unless the Secretary of-the- Navy was of the opinion that the same Would secure to the public an efficient steam battery. . A committee appointed in pursuance of a resolution of the last session of Congress having, after a thorough in vestigation, made an elaborate report adverse to this Ves sel; the Secretary was not Prepared to declare that her completion would benefit the public service without fur ther inquiry. Considering that an opinion as toltho effi ciency of the steam battery; if completed, could be best pronounced by a board of experts in such matters, one was selected, composed of CHARLES e 4,.. Dens, U. S. A., Colonel DELAVIELD, IJ. S. A., S. Id. BOOK, NaVal Con structor, BASIL. V. Illattelax, Esq., of PlilladolObia, and Moses TAYLOR, ER., of New York.- Tho Board met in New York on' the ma of April, and adjourned on the 2d of May. They stated in their re port that they had made themselves well acquainted with the views and plans of Mr. STEVENS, inspected the vessel and models, and the armament, and were of the opinion that the completion of the steamer Of Mr. STE:. VONS in such a manner as to- secure to the public or - vice an efficient steam battery, tt wilt require modifica. tions rendered necessary by recent important changes in the art of war, and with these, modifications, this ob ject may be secomoliehed." They are of opinion that if the vessel is completed on the plans of Mr. STEVENS, it will not make au efficient steam battery. In view of this, and the preauruption that Congress, in approptiating the sum for completingthe steamer of frrNYRIS, contemplated that the vessel should be contrleted in accordance wilt his plans, the Becretary of the Navy concludes by stating that he does not feel au thorized to expend the amount appropriated for that pur- Senator Thomson, of New: Jeisny Mu. Jona S. Tidtztsos, t Senator in Congress from New Jersey, who has been absent rem his seat by rem• ern of severe indisposition, appbared in the Senate this morning : and was warmly welcomed In enat.,•ds of MI - Importaa t to the Coal Trade. The Committee on Finance, of the Senate, agreed yet terday, (the 27th,) that the Hoasebill shonld be =tent ed! FO as to ilia the tax on all coats at three and a bait cents a ton. This is a reduction of eleven and a half cents a ton, on anthracite, thus relieving it of a very „ , material burden. Senator COWAN., of PODOOVIYOUta, who is a member of this committee worked very nealoudY and ably, to bring about this result. it Is believed both Houses will concur in the modification of fluNanato. Lauds for Agricultural Colleges. The Senate bad under consideration to-day the bill donaling lands to the several States for agricultural cot leges, bht did not:pass it. Mr. T. W. DRAIDIYOOD, of tbo w Philadelphia Echool of Design for Wisnen,"•is here endeavoring to bare . a Provision embraced in the bill which will require a branch of these colleges to ho de voted to the class of instruction which he represents. There are now in the Old Capitol priron here one hun dred and thirty nrimter4, - one hundred and three of whom are prisonere of war. 'Moro era three females there—Mn . GREENUOIi, Mn.e l3oxt,nr, and Mn, Koalas. At the request of Governor SrANLEY, Sit the .priaonere belonging to North Carolina have been Bent thence. t The New Agricultural Department. The new Agricultural DEpartment authorized by the late law has not yet been put , in operation. The old bureau, therefore, continues to transact its business as usnaL This morning tbe, burean received two sacks of wheat from 'Odes.la, in Busk's., which aro regm:deO as very fine specimens More is to be ordered for distri bution, should the wheat come up to public 'expectation. General Sigel. General EIGEL visited the Capitol to-day ,and was warmly weleemed by the members of Gongress. Naval Appointments. The following officers have been ordered to the steamer. Booth Carolina : Commander John 0. Allay, detached from the navy yard; Acting Master T. D. Brewer, detached from the Minnesota; Acting Master Frederick F. Brower. Lieutenant 0. F. Stanton, ordered to the gunboat Tioga. Lieutenant W. U. Mane to command the gunboat Tenneesee. Paymaster James Fulton ordered to the Adirondack. S. H. Fisk, of Williamsburg, New York, appointed acting assistant surgeon, and ordered to report to Om. mender Paulding for duty. Acting blaster W. IL Bandall.late of the Cumberland, promoted to acting volanteer lieutenant for gallant con duct, and ordered to the gunboat,Port floral. Assistant Paymaster John tweesor ordered to the FORTRESS MONROE AND. NORFOLK. FORTRESS MONROE, May 27.—The Norfolk Day Book, which was allowed:to continue, its issue, by Geo. Wool, after the occupation of Norfolk hy the Federal forces, on condition that it should be respectful in its tone, was to-day suppressed in corisevence of 'a commu nication in yesterday's paper, signed:" Ecouirer," which, in seveie language, assails those Union citizens who have taken the oath of allegiance to the 'United States. A meeting was held last night, - in which the oonrse of the paper was discussed, and the cons suttee having waited upon General Viete, and 'dated their request.that the pollee should be suppressed, he acquiesced, and 'the or der was issuedlbis morning. After aherd rain, laeting all Light, the weather ie new idemarit but very warm. Tbe ateamtr George Peabody sailed to•day for New FROM TORT WRIGHT. BEFORE FORT Waintrr, May 27—Via Oiricago,' nay 213 —lt is believed that the , Onerny has been laiiely forced during the last three drys. Two transports are known to have arrived from Meer. phis, bringing two regiments of infantry and three bat teries of artillery. A part of thislorce landed at Ban. dolpb, while the remainder occupy the Arkansas shore, nearly opposite Foot . Island. Deserters and refugees continue to arrive at the fleet. Several Who have just arrived report that the enemy is about to assail the flotilla.''. Li refugee, who left Memphis on Sunday, says a rumor was current in that city that ten federal gunboats had reached the White rive:, at the mouth of which they had established a blockade. The stamen arc them cut off from their last avenue of escape. A. short time before the steamer loft the fleet, the mor tars, which had been anent for some days, again opened fire on the fort, CINCINNATI, May 28.—A special despatch to tiro Ca sette, from Indianapolis, states that an'oilicor who left Corinth on Monday morning reports that the army . moved to within three-quarters of a mile of the enemy's fortifications on Sunday night. and arc entrenching. Gen. Banta( says 1 is poeition will not warrant risking anything, hence he is moving by regular approaches', and fortifying as Ito goes. It was expected that forces would open on the enemy by Thursday. Gen. Lovell is reported as having arrived at Cori `- on Sunday night with 7,000 raw troops from Now 0 leans. Deserters say that the rebel army bee more confidence in Bragg and Price than Beaaregard. • The rebel army fe on half rations. They get final' beef twice a week. and spoiled corn beef the balance of the time, but no pork. The Eickilens in their army Se feat Cul, and increasing, white the health of our army in rapidly improving. Their officers have sent all their baggage and personal effeote to Grand Junction. BATE/071,1.8, Ark., May 2b.—A spirited skirmish occurred on the 19th near Leacy, on the Little Rock river, between about one hundred and fifty men of Gene ral Ostenhanse's division and some six hundred rebels under Colonels Coleman and Ricks. The enemy were routed with •a loss of fifty loft on the field and quite n number wounded. Our loss was fifteen killed and thirteen wounded. Tho rebels have burned all the bridges across bayou Dos Aro and Cypress river, and ton thousand bales of cotton have been aonsumed cn the Arkansea river, by order of Gen Beanregard. 112rIg. Gen. Pearce, In command of the rebel foram in Ibis Erste, line three regiments of Texans at Little Rack, Arkansas. The militia are minnowd to be gathering at tome point in coueiderable Humbert. NEW , yotta i May 23,--The ',tomer George Peabody 'arrived at tine pore 16-niitit, 'kohl natterS ly,.A?.? 4 ' l4l twenty-two rebel yriteoners, end .tho serest' anuiparnal &ere of the wrecked steamer Oriental. Gov. Sprague Elected Co the United, Stater Senate. 1. reamExcli, May 28.—Governor . ~Vttiiam;.'BpeaZtte3 wee to-day elected United &etas Serrator foi• six years. from the 4th of March, receiving 92 ont of 103 votes. Another regiment and battery are expected to leaTetet; Wathington to-morrow. INDIAILtpows, 11ay 28.—A number of companies of the 'Nahum Legion have arrived here to guard the pd. severs. The 60th Indiana Regiment, Colonel Owen, is under marching orders. Tho 12th and 16th Indiana Re gimenis.will reorganize immediately: BOSTON, Dfay 28.—The steamship Niagara has Soap below, where ebe will await Lord Lyons' meatioeger, who le expected to arrive at about 5 o'clock. She has 124 parsengers and $54,000 in specie. BOSTON, May 28.—0 n the arrival of the Southern train to-bight, a steam-tug convei ed the despatches from Lord Lyons soda eupplemontary mall to the steam chip Niagara, at anchor below. She eoon after steamed for Liverpool., BOSTON, May 28.—Governor Andrew has issued an order relieving the military who rallied obedient to the proclamation of Monday, and they are returning to their bonne, except such au volunteer for three years or the war. The men generally expected to serve three or six months, not knowing that the act of Congress required service for an indefihite period. FTOIII Santa Fe. ILima CITY, May 21.—Tbe Santa Fe mait has ar rived, but brings no news whatever. Powder Mill Explosion. Metros CHUNK, May 28 —W. IL Cooke powder at Beaver Meadow, Pa., blew up this morning, at about two o'clock—cause uoknown. ‘Tbe boas in about $7OOO. 7o one injured. OINCINSATI, May %.—D C. Stover, charged with a fraudulent issue of Indiana State bonds, loaves Indiana polis to-day, with a guard, for New York. Be is not very communicative, but says that he used all the blanks be had, and cannot tell without examining the books how much epaulette stock bas been issued. CINCINNATI, May 2.B.—The 61st Ohio Regiment, Col. &lama, left Columbus for Witi,biegton last night. Seve ral thousand men collected at Columbus yesterday, and bundrodaare arriving by every train. . . New Yotta,.llay 28 'The steamer Stella arrived to night, from Jamaica on tbe 19th, with one wheel by coming in collision with a sunken wreak. Political Prisoners FROM CORINTH. From Arkansas An Arrival from liatteias Indiana Troops The Steamer Niagara. Massachusetts Military Affairs. Arrest of D. C. Stover Troops for Washington The Steamer Estella Dl!abled THE LATEST WAR NEWS. From Gens. McClellan and Hallock BATTLE IT lIANO■ES COIIRT HOUSE. AN IMPORTANT VICTORY. LOSS OF THE ENEMY 1,000 WAilautorott,-May 28—Midnight.—General McClellan telegraphs to the Sccretary of War that the battle of yesterday, at Hanover Court House, resulted in a cent plete rout of the enemy. It is stated that we have taken EGO prisoners, and more aro coming ta. The lose of the enemy, is set down at 1,000. Our men buried 100 of their dead. Our loss is 3T9 In killed, wounded, and miss ing, of which c 3 were killed. The forces opposed to us were principally from North Carolina and Georgia. The prisoners from the former Slate express themselves very tired of the war. They also say that their defeat will have a tientoralising effect on the * rebel army. - Information from Generaillailecir, dated yesterday, in dicates that no enaagement had takou place. No particulars of the General Banks affair hay.) been Latest from Gen. Halleok's Army. REPORTED SURREDDER OF VICKSBURG. FARRAGITTS FLEET GOING TO MEMPHIS BOMBARDMENT OF DARIEN..GA., BY OUR GUNBOATS. THE NORFOLK DAY BOOK SUPPRESSED Capture of a Babel Steamor Loaded. with Cotton. EXCITING AFFAIR AT EASTON, MD. ARRESTS FOR TREASON. FROM GEN. HALLECK'S ARMY. Batent Catmint, May 27.—General Eallock has is sued an order prohibiting unnecessary skirmishing with the enemy. The pickets on each aide are now frierdlly;tind being within speaking distance, they improve the opportunity of, conversing with each other. Last night, five rebels, including one sergeant, came over to our lints. AB along the line, our forces are within two miles of the rebel worke. end in some places our heavy guns are within battering distance ; hut the dense woodlands in tervening prevent either party from opening fire. r. Comp rumors say that Vi-•ksburg had surrendered, and our fleet was on the way to Memphis. The renorler of the Associated Press at General MI- Tech's headquarters sti.vs that all the Corinthian news that has been telegraphed from the Chicago papers as centained In &apaches from Cairo, for some time past, bee been utterly without foundation. No engamnent or the least consequence had occurred at Corinth - or the 'vicinity up to 11% o'clock last eye- ping. GENERAL HALLECE'S HEADQUARTERS, any 27.---The Savannah News, of the nth, says : " Two Yankee steamers opened a fire of shot and ehell on Darien, on Friday, without doing any damage." . The labile Register, of the 22d, says "AU is quiet at Fort Morgan." It publshes the correspondence attending the demand for the eurrender of Vicksburg. - The - Vicksburg Citizen, of the 20th, Bator: "Some of the Federals have landed at Warrenton, and a few slight skirmishes have taken place. Governor Slimier, of Alabama, calls out all the male population, not subjected to the coneeription act, for the CAIRO, May f/B. General Strong has issued an order that hereafter all persons will. be required to procure from the provost marshal a permit before leaving Oahe, either by steamer or railroad. Any violation of this order will mined the offender to arrest. XXXVIrril CARESS-FIRST SESSION. WASHINGTON, Map 28 Message from the President. The VICE PRESIDENT presented a Menages from the President, in reply to the rcsAution concerning, the ar ruts made in Kentucky, in which he says that it is not compatible with the public interests to furnish such in formation at present— Also, a message from the Presi dent, relative to the vote of censure on Secretary Came ron, being the same as that read in the House yesterday. It was ordered to be printed. Bounties Tbe bi l making an aperopiation for, and authorizing tbe' payment of certain bounties, was taken up and The Bazikiupt La:‘v. Mr. IfARETS (Rep.), of New York, presented a num ber of petitions far a bankrupt act. I he Ittvisiort of Virginia. WILLIDY (U.), of Virginia, presented a M 013113- rial from the Legislature of Virginia with reference to the division of that State, and also the donstitution adopted by the people within the proposed limits of the 'Western Slate. Agricultural College Bill The bill donating lands for the benefit' of colleges of agriculture and the mechanic arts vas taken, up. Mr. *ILKINSON (itep).of ninnesots, spoke against it as mini ions to the new States, and tending to increase land speculation, and preventing ninny cf the benefits of the books:nil bill. T- , Bill At ono o'clock the tax bill W4li taken up—the queetion being on Mr. Wilson's amendment to strike oat the license to retail liquor dealers. Mr. POMEROY (Rep.), of Kansas, oaks. in favor of the amendment. - - Dir. FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticut, scorned to think it strange that any one should argue against this tax. Inetead of encouraging liquor selling, tt sunjoeted the per Fons selling it to a double penalty in the States whore suoliattle was Prohibited, 31. r. PIXON (Rep.) of Connecticut, thought that in steed of this tex giving Roy privilege, It tended to mit out a groat many small dealers, and, 10 fact, aid the cause pf temperance. In the COIITSO of the debate,Mr. HALE (Rep.), of Now Hampshire, said they had an entirely prohibitory law In New Hampshire, but he did not believe there ever NYSS two•thirde as much liquor habitually sold in the town where be lived us there was today under this law, and yet the people of that town lived as orderly as the rtst of mankind." Aller Wither discussion, the amendment was re jected—yeas, Messrs. Harris, Pomeroy, Wilmot, Wilson (Macs.), and Wright-5 ; nays St. . ' On motion of Mr. CHANDLER (Rep.), of Michigan, the Senate went into executive session, After a few moments spent therein, the doors wore reopened and the Senate resumed the consideration of the tax bill. M 1 .% SUMNER (flop.), of Kasaachusetts, offered an amendment as a new section providing, ti That any person who shall claim the service or labor of any person for life, under the laws of any State, shalt be taxed, on account of each person so. taxed, the sum of $10." Be claimed that such a tax could be laid without in any way . recognizing the offensive doctrine that slaves were property. It was simply a tax on person. Mr. SIIERSIAN (Rep.), of Ohio, believed that slaves were persons and were entitled to all the rights of per_ d r. sone, an such they could pot be taxed in this wayi and C. the Senator from Blerischusetts would not. i proporo t them as property . Besides, If wo under ; tsok to cc t such A tax, it wouldenly fall on the loyal 0:4: " t tbe Border States. and be looked upon as an in •',fr-,;;,.;,4ltentet at enianclp‘lion. He was willing to meet ; , : ,, ,li , 4idri_:of emancipation openly when the time : - :;; , ,:n -. ... vii he believed the Union. could not be pre ;.• :.,:'! . 'V,tri.r, - Shout it, he would support the Presklent in '34 :(Vi.l". pat on. Ilie orly election' way to tax the large — p.'• , of. the South was to tax cotton. • I. Ou the suggestion of several Senators, Mr. SUMNER modified his eintialment so as to be in the language of the anaodmeot offered by the Senator from Rhoda Idend (Mr. Sammons), .that an manual tax of S 5 shall be paid by every person or persons, corporation or society for end on account of every other person between the ages cf 10 and 65 years, whose service or labor for a limn of years or life is claimed to be owned by such first mentioned person or persons, corporation or society, wtother in ['judiciary capacity or otherwise, under the las - send customs of any State i and said annual tax shell .be levied on and collected of such person or parsons, corpo ration or society, making such claim, and of their % goods, andels, at d lands; but in no case shall the person or persons whose service or labor is so'claimed, be sold . for the purpose, of collecting the 'meld' tax." It further pro vides that this tax shall sot .apply to service one to pa rents. . Mr. STIMITETt, in reply to 111 r. Sherman, said we might as well , tax the slayobolder ai the nnetione4, or ally other employment. The slaYeholdees employment is to make slaves work—bo an anctioneer g in human liberty, a broker in human rights, and a juggler in human auTer . _ Mr. MERMAN, of Ohio, said he would not reply to the Eonator's denunciation of slaveholders. Though be abhorred and opposed slavery, he believed that slave holders had some constitutional rights, and he would not use such language about them. Ant this was simply a piopoettion to tax slaves, therefore we must tax them as property, for we could not tax them as persons. Yet, the indirect effect of this amendment would be, for a small amount of Money, to recognize slaves as property.' /1 wu wanted to tax the South, cotton was the element by which we could.do it. He would not degrade the *Jim., who, invested by the • . , Ved wait the right of persona, to (ho level of the brute for a paltry tax. He would not stigmatize a whole elate of men as ' , jugglers In human suffering" or other opprobrious epithets. Though he be ieval the tendency of slavery was degradieg to the masters, yet there Were many gentlemanly, courteous, and pettiotio men aniorg tee stas'ebolders. Servo of the moat courteous men he bad ever met sere slaveholders. He. offered as an amendment to Mr. Sumner'* amendment a proposi tion to tax cotton one per cone: far potted. Mr KING (Rep ), of New Ott, was in favor of a tax on both cotton and °laves. He should vote fur both if he could, and tberefoto hoped the tax on cotton would not be passed as a substitute for the tax on theca. 'Thom preens wbo have MI talcd the Government.ehould not be allotted to escape from all the burdeos Imposed by war. - - Sir PO teIZIIOY asked if ho. would tax anything he did not proteetl Mr. KING said that so long as the aleveholders re mained loyal, they bed ample protection under the laws. Be waa in favor of having all the protection given which vas accorded by the lawn the country, and in favor of having all the lews of tteWnetry executed. Mr. BaIiILSISURY.(D&M - 4; of Delaware, asked what the Senator thongl4:Weirpersons in New York who resisted the fugitive — W'llVere they good citirens or not 1 ."570/.': Mr. KING was artitilfed:anat the Senator asked such a question It he kneyi,Npw;Tork as well an he_ (Mr. King) knew it, he would not come here and tallenMent her citizens resieting that law. Mr. SUMNER said this was not a tax on slaves, but on eleve-masters. The Senator from Ohio had divided his 11P. ech into two hoe( : One a eulogy on slave-mas ters, and the other a plea for a tax on cotton. Jefferson had said that all commerce between the master and his slaves was the act of boteterous passion; and Mason said every slaveholder was meetly tyrant." If men continue to uphold an institution • which violates all hu man rights, they mud expect no eoft words. If the Senator from Obio chose to sound their eulogy, he could follow in their denunciation. Mr. IrEBSIINDI3II.(Rep.), of Maine, said he looked at the proposed tax simply as a matter of dollars and cents; and denunciation on the one side, or eulogy on the other, bad nothing to do with the question. Tae simple question is: Have we a right to tax slaves according to the Con stitotion 1 01 this he had no doubt at all.. The stave holder has pecutiar privileges, and a large amount of pro perty in some of the States is invested in slaves ; and he saw so reason why they shoutd not be taxed for those pe culiar *TOW'. Mr. Shetman's amendment was rejected—yeas 15, 22.. • Dlr. 111.11DEBSON (Union), of Missouri, offered an amendment that the tax herein prescribed shall not be lotted or collected In any of the States where the system of gradual emancipation may have been adopted at the lime Of its collection. FESSENDEN said that, according to the Consti— tution, the tax must be equal in all the . States. Pending the question the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Confiscation Bill. - Mr. FOP TER (Rep.), of Indiana, moved to postpone till IVedaesday next the 'notion made by him yestenlay, to reccaside r the vote by t.blch the House on - Monday rejectt d thel.lll to confiscate the slaves of tebels. 'Mr. DOM/lAN (Dem.), of Indiana, moved to lay Mr. Potter's motion on the table. Mr. BLAIR (Rep.), of Renanylvania, reeved a all of the Douse, which wag disagree - I Toby three et akorit.l. air. EDWARDS (Rep.), of New Ifamp.hire, moved that the Douse adjDaru. Negatived almost nuaninmim- Ir Mr. PORTER (Rep.), moved a call of the Boum. Negatived by focirtheo mtijority. Mr. Hohnonla motion, to lay that of Mr. Porter on the table, was disagreed to—yeas 119, Days 73. Mr• Porter's motion was adopted. The SPEAKER stated that the motion to reconsider the vote by which the kill to contir.cota the sloven of re beldom nag rejectid, can, ,at a priviloged venation, be taken no next Wednerelay, immediately after eke reeding of the journal. LE,Tlie If 01180 went into Committee on the &elite bill to collect direct tulles in insnrcectionary districts, end for other mummer. Various amoudments were made perfecting the ar rangements tor carrying the act into effect, tied the bill was passed by a vote (497 &Reiman. It provides for the appoietenent nf a Boanlo6Tax Com missioners, to enter upon the duties of the calks when ever the commanding general of the forces of the Ueei te.l States entering into any insurrectionary State or district chill have established the military authority throughout any pariah, or district, or county of the same. la alt cases where the owners of land shall not puy their pro portion of the tax and consennent expenesti, the property is to be sold Provision la made for teo redemption of the land if itbe shown to the 'satisfaction of lee Commit elopers that the owner hav not taken part to, or in arty manner aided or nheAted the rebellion, and that by reason of the Insnrrection he has been unable to pay the tax. In cave of ovenrra havina left their lands to join the rebel canoe, the United States shall take pI)N. suasion, and may lease them until the civil authority of the United Rates its established, and tho people of the State anal elect a Legislature and State Wheats, who shall Peke the oath to support. the Federal Oonstitntion. The Board of Conm.ininners may, under the direction of the President, instead of leaning the land veatod in the United States, cause the same to be aubdivided and sold in parcels to any loyal citizen, or any person who shall have faithfully served in the army, navy, or marine corns.' The pre-emption principle Is also engrafted on the bill. 'A New hospital. Theifouse went into Committee of the Whole on tho stato of the Union on the bill to purchase the hospital in the District of dolumbie, known as the Douglas Hos pital, end aptrropriatiog $75,000 for that purooie. ItTON (Hop.), of Ohio, reviewed the Dented erotic addresses recently leaned, which, while it assumed to hupport the Government, had note word against the re hellion. The prime movers In whihh were the Democrat., the party that made and unmade Presidents with the aid of their Northern Mike. It came with bad grace to talk about the ley pity of the Democratic party and the mainte nance of the Cenqinitiou as it ie. His colleague (ate. Taßateliglifilfi) was the author of this address, and the life and animating spirit of the movement which it con templet . lie reviewed the record of his colleague to show Ortt the latter had made the declaration as early as 1860 that he would give no money to pat down treason and rebel lion, and that he had lived up to it with religious fidelity. Ills colleague had repented this speech on various occa sions, finding fault with the Government, but not cont plaining against the rebellion. and endeavoring t 3 para lyze the energies of the Government. Ile had no doubt this address bad Inspired the camp of Secession with joy. To talk of peace tends only to strengthen the arms of the rebels. There would be no Peace till they are sentinel— not by compromise and concession, but by bullets and The Public Debt On motion of a member, a resolution was adopted call ing on the Secretary of the Treasury to furnish a 6tato mot of tho_public debt up to this time, together with a Etatement cf the average rate of interact. The Contrabands not to he Armed. Mr. WICKLIFFE (U.), of Kentucky, introducei a bill, which wee referred to the Committee on Military A flaire, providing that whereas 190,1 , 00 more volunteers than wore authorized bs the acts of July last have been mustered and the money to pay them appropriated daring the present session, that the corps of volunteers shall not exceed the number Dow In the service, unless Nattier authorized by act of Congress. Also, that it shall not he lawful to receive as soldiers or arm the fugitive slaves that may be captured by tho army, or seduced by any one to leave their owners and come within the lines or the camp of any officer; the officer who shall violate this section to be cashiered, tipOn conviction by a court martial. Joint Resolution. Ildr. FRANK (Rep.), of New York, introduced akint resolution, which was rattled to the Committee on Elec tions, that whenever either House of Congress shall de ride adversely upon the claims of any eauteetsnt to be admitted to a rent, it shall not be lawful for Finch House to allow to such unsuccessful applicant a greater aura than 81,000 for compensation and mileage. The House thew adjourned, Mrs. Reinble's Reading. Although the grand principles of State economy aro fixed, political opinions need constant new discussions, and by new minds, that they may keep the van of life's practical enigencles and guide their perpotrial motamor• phobia. The eonl's connections with Deity are mavery• log and Indubitable ; yet, religions opinions lose their vitality by overworshipping their forms, if skepticism do not constantly sound the alarm to the heart that the head bee been indolent, and admonish the head that!, after all, it must walk the theological path to the !Vim of the heart's beatings. So, rut opinions are always de. mending and receiving reconsideration; for, though the requirements of art and its relations to man remain the earns under all variations of taste as led by caprice or fashion, or as it fluenced by political forms, religious cus toms, or intellectual culture, the essence of art, the roali ration of the Ideal in tits Beal, requires that each mind make its own judgment and reflect this • incarnated Spirit after its own proclivities. Genius and its offspring are forever young by reason of their infinite adaptabidty and Ibis vory manifolds eel of re-presentation. The commentators aml elocutionary interpreters of Shaks pears will alwals find in him something new, because each discovers only that part of the great Poet's humanity which he himself reflects. Every min finds actually in Shakepeare just, and only just, what he. beings potentially to him. It is, perhaps, tl en, not wholly unfortunate that the pre sent critic has never had an opportunity of forming an opinion npcn Keruble's reading.. It is presented to the public as a product really artistic. If it be so, it is always new, and oxperisose avails notatag. Besides, as it is some twelve or fourteen years since Mrs. Kein'ile read here, there will be many who hear her now for the first ,time; with these we exchange opinions; while those who have felt her spell in days past, may not think ft a waste of time to lied out its secret by analysis. Mist exquisite of playe, this "As You Like It l" Most appropriately named! For what extremes of character are not united:in it; and what contrariety of expre.sion do they not make, though submitted to the, same teat? There is Rosalind, the sweetest embodiment of cultured womanhood; whose wit heads and breaks in winkles bubbles along the crystal river of her love, as if the wine of her life had compressed into itself such joyousnees of winds that had sported among the vine -leaves, such (m -elon of ouniii i bt that had given the gripe its voluptuous aroma, such dewy warmth of luaus that had given the fruit a pulp, whose rich sensuousness of tissue was bidden only by its raciness of flavor—as If all these wore stb ring among themselves to escape condensation in o single nature, and had frothed over tho edges of love's goblet in this softly-sparkling frame. Fur love is the glass that holds and shapes Rosalind 's being ;—not Juliet's glass, dyed through and through as if with her heart's blood ; nor intootert's cut clearness ;'cast of all, Beatrice's fantastically twisted gasket; but a love, whose would was info, whose moulding was tho ethereal energies of a womanhood shapely, delicate, and strong. There is Celia, Rosalind's counterpart in temper, her antithesis in temperament. Both so vivacious, the Nitrite of the one are the retain of a bluntness that does not feel keenly enough to discover unhappiness; cf the other, an effluent harmony of heart and mind sensitively accorded. The spirit of Celia lothobravoureofa breezy, brusque brunette; she is Rosalind, with the Rosalind left out. We give this as a specimen of the difficulties with which a reader of a As Ycn Like It" must contend. But portraitures of such refined, though distinct, diffe rence were the least difficulty which Mrs. Kemble had to overcome. There are other characters which must he aletu ehended within their own limits, not being outliued by contractor similitude, and these present yet more yawn ing chances for failure; And, even with the initial charm , tirization successfully - made, there remains the Millet wreught upon all the characters by their mutual inter mingling and by the accidents of the plot. Tbis portrayai can be made only by genius of the highest order. When we remember the problem of the play—the changes wrought upon society-bred characters by their coming into intimate contact with nature, and when we recall the variety of chsreetera subeetttedito this teat— Rosalind and Oetia, the Duke, representative of court-tinsel; Oliver, the," unnatural" villain ; Touch stone, with hie motley ; Jacques, with his meiancholy— adequate histrionic depicting, by the powers of any single nature, of scenes, characters, and issues so diverse, would seem impossible. Let In ace bowline. Kimble managed it. The very lira difficulty of the play lies In the first scene of the first act, outlining Orlando's character, a genuinely noble Mg that rebels against an unworthy surrounding, not from wiarinefs or retaliation, but because its powers are stirring within it, and demand that a consistency be maintained between themselves and their external posi tion, hire. Kemble showed her appreciation' of this delicate stroke of at by her reading of the scene. The swell of Orlando's passion was constantly subdued. iven when tbo outraged brother bad seized Oliver by the throat, it seemed, as it ought to seem, only for the sake of detaining him. After Oliver's fierce Let me go, I say," Orlando's reply was given with determina tion but quiet dignity. The next serious difficulty occurs in the famous second scene of the same act. The characters of Rosalind and Celia must be distinguished, and the Instant-born loveof Orlando and Rosalind be justified by showing their anal gone positions and the natural parallelism of thole natures, brought close together by their common sorrow of depend epee. if hire. Kemble had not made another good point in the play, the different vocal timbres which she gave to Rosa:ind and Celia would have given her rank as a true artist and a sympathetic student. Waite Celia was alt blithe abandon, underneath Roudind's glints of sprightliness there ran a toue of deep and tender feeling, Which 'intently showed her superiority of nature ; and anawerfog to this, in Orlando, wet the eadness that tjaVO Lie respectful . answers still finer courtsey. • It was a pitg to omit any of tho conrerention during and tidier the wrestle, every word so materially carries on the action. So, the first part of the third scone, in this first act, aids to define with greater distinctness the difference that ob tains between Rosatind end her friend. In the Duke'i sentence of banishment, as in the pea- Won of Oliver, in a previone scone, Mrs Kemble's deficiency of force end depth of voice watt condo almost painful by Its being the only deflcleniy. In the first scene of the second act, Mrs. K.. gave tie her only attempt to define Jaques, and that; not in his' own 'words, but in those quoted from him M the Duke. This is our most serious quarrel with afro. Komble —that elle Phoviii have omitted $o many seed's that tiring ;agues forward. From the little that aim rend of Caul, we appre hend that uncertainty withheld her from reading more. But Jaques is certainly the character of the play, em bodying in half eatlre, as la frequently Shakspeareht yilau, the autegonistic elements that move the plot. It Is a very difficult-character, and has given rise to several con flicting opinions; but Mrs. liemble4 study ough6 to be thorough enough to give it some obvious shape. The mereele that we had were hnrdly boron out by the text. The quoted words were given with rapid onward final concretes, indicating a half-brutal sneer of a coarse nature instead of the !satire of one who "can sack melancholy out of a song as a woazel sucks eggs." The Duke never succeeds in noderstanding Jaques, and doubtless exaggerates his profligacy as he does every other feature of his character. There can be no question that Jaques had, in early life, flung himself reohlessly tato dissipation end all the artificial pleasures of the world; and we see him now with hie freslineas of feeling and healthfulness of thinking gone— hie body and mind alike experieocing the dull ache of exhaustion. This, however, tenet the cause, or a cause, of his melancholy satire ; it is onlr thrown In to enhance the other causes lying In his character and hisexperieuce, and to give the emotions wider limits. Even if it were the came, it would tend to soften, not harden, his satire of the world. Leisure and a woodland home are ennui to a man so blase to all sense-onjoyments; and the mitten. thropy of ennui Is misanthropy with a good deal of water. Jaques never stops as to the moral or theinetis. physicist world; this Is reserved for Hanalei. Jaques !softly amen of experience and clever insight, rather disgusted with pleasures that he has found pall—not competent to understiuql nature's naked loveliness, and therefore throwing over it the ragged patchwork of hie own expe. riencr, and by making bie analogies to life, recurring again and ogedn'to the worship of his grotesque image; but it is the covering of his fancy as displayed on the figure, not the figure—oven as it appears through the co veting, that claims hie continued admiration. Jaques' mind is, indeed, pecnliarly disposed to trace relations, through contrariety or resemblance; and be might have ban a liamiti if bin profligacy bed not debased hfs soul and put beyond its conception al thoughts beyond its reach. AF it ts, be sees in Nature nothing higher than illustrations of life. ' Fcc the Duke, it has absolute signi. ficancu; ha area sermons in stones. But 'mynas only makes Fame sermonizing remarks from etones. We repsat, then, that the imrortance of the character, whatever view be taken of it, demands of Mre. Komble Done definite conception and portrayal. There is not time now to notice any other details than those that made for the development"of character. Adam wee portrayed with touching tenderness—his faith fulnees, his eager generosity, his self-abnegeting love. The picture was Mama aa beautiful as Shakspeare's con eel:4ler, and nothing higher can be said of it. Touch stone was graphically reprcaluoiid with all his clownish grotesqueness; but not enough self-consciousness was given to hint to hint the trenchant force of his witty, keen, obsorvent gibing. Hrs. Kemble should keep in mind the Duke's epitome of Touchstone: "Ho sties his folly like a stencitnpluiree, and under the presentation of that be shoots his wit." 7 hero are two other points that we cannot forbear mentioning, they ao clearly establish Men. Komble'a cl elm no a true artist—the gradual sober toning of the Duke's speeches, thnt Jaques' "Seven Ages" might be uthered in ; and Rosaiind's gradual development, by means of love and the influences of nature. Mrs. Kern ble brought this out prominently fu the scone in which Rosalind determines to test her linen' 'sincerity by the mock marriage, The wit, the genial irony, the prac tical edroitnesa, the true womanly feeling which she displays in of eating her end, form' ne of the most ex, quirks pictures in Shakepeare's work's, and fitly did Mrs. Xemble present it. The arrowy vitatitles, the dex terous petulancies, the nimble . shifts and turns, the glinting quips and quibbles, are hinge to be bettor felt in 23re. Kernblo's rendition than even in the study. Mrs. Kembie'e physical helps last night were all of the beet description. The audience was very brilliant and eathoriaatic, the stage tastefully arranged, and loaded with 'lowers. The wimie entertainment paned off with out the keel thing to seer, and ever) thing to please. Public Amusements. Mn. BODERTS AS BEILPITECOR.—Mr. Roberts is such a faithful, copecientious, and reliable actor, and so de voted to hie profession, that we are glad to know he has achieved the success accorded to his present engage ment in Philadelphia. We do not think, however, that ho can play Belphegor. Oar recollection of tide per formance is one of the moat delightful in our dt : ltinattc extkrience We remember Mr. Dillon, an English actor, who came to this country some two years ego as the representative of the port, and can think of few alums more faithful, vivid, and true. Ile was the monuteb fink. the mere straggler, the juggler, the buffoon who livid fer a few pannier, and danced and strolled and drew large crowds , of children, fie gave this part a force that tears followed him In some sconce, and rapturcue applause in others. It in the only thing he could play, and we remember it, as a triumph of dramatic art, just as wo remember Mr. Iforrest in Lear, Mr. Mur doch In notelet, Mr. Davenport in Othello, Mr. Booth as Richard, Mr. Burton es Toodles, or Mr. Drew as the plain, honest, and bluedering Irish emigrant. When, therefore, we saw Mr. Roberts underlined to take the part, it was not without some hesitation, and certainly with some fear, (hit we witnessed the performance. In many respects it was a failure. None of the points which Mr. Dillon made so effeetlvely be teems to have, and there wore none of his own to startle or amuse vs. Be plays every thing with character and judgment, but lack emphasis. The expression of blank aetonishment, which never left Mr. Dillou from Mit time be came en the stage till the time he went off of it, wee entirely lost by Mr: Roberta. We hope that be will not attempt the performance of this el:erecter again. Thera are so many parts he plays well; he le such a fins Richard, such an exquisite Louis 81; he presents blephislophilos so naturally, and has such redeeming traits in other parte, that it would be well if he confired himself to their rendition. Repeating, our pleasure at the success he has achieved, and hoping he will remain longer with ue, we give him this advice in the best possible spirit, and with the most friendly mo tives. Na. JOON Bowan.— This evening, at the Academy of Music, the female pupil of the grammar schools of this city, who owe a great deal to hlr. Bower, for the able aid successful manner in which he has cultivated Ulric musical taste, give him a complimentary concert. TLe programme exhibits a well-chosen and various se lection of vocal and instrumental performances, in which the leae;ieg musical artists of the city will assist. A splendid sight will be 1,000 of Hr. Bower's pupils, taste fully dressed in white, seated on a platform, eurrourded with beautiful scenery. AI hlr. Bower has proved himself a capable and indefatigable instructor, he is worthy of The compliment to be Riven him this evening, and the puhlip amulet make it a substaatial one. The admission is as low as 25 cents, with ten cents additional for secured seats. AIRS. JOI/X DREW.—No word of ours is necessary to remind our readers of the benefit to be given to Mrs. John Drew, at her theatre tomorrow evening. It will bo such a demonstration as has rarely been witoessed In Philadelphia. apart from the associati,ne connected with this occasion, there Is more than usual attraction in the bill as presented. It is rarely that we have such an entertainment, and our renders never had such a handsome opportunity for doiug a kind and noble part to the widow and orphan. T:`11 E c,i T y frort A:Dili/mu. CITY NEWS, SEE POSE= PANE. j Cari.'Joini K. MURPHY. --Yesterday, zuw,erons reports were In clrcaledion relative to Colonel John K. Murphy - , of the 20th Pennsylvania Regiment, who, It was stated, had been killed at Front Royal, do -ring the attack of She r. belt on General Banks' command. From private information received in this city, we are led to believe that -Colonel Murphy was not killed, bat taken 'prisoner. Of Ms death his wife had art received any intelligence during yesterday, and this report was generally discredited. The Colonel resided in Dean street, below Locust, and is well knosia and respected by a large host of friends. Tie has three children, two of whom ore married, and one a lieutenant to his father's regiment. The Colonel was for many years the proprietor of a replier swimming bath, which to now in the hands of the eon. Ho served the city in different capacities lle was special officer while e:-Mayor Vaux was Recorder. Many 3 ears since he also acted as special officer at the Walnut. street Theatre. One year previous to the con solidation, be was elected marshal of police, nod served with credit for three years. when the silica stile Fe served in the war of 1812, mad was a member of the Slate militia. lie was known as a great emitter - fist, and aus ale aye selected upon prominent occasions to are estates. Last evening we weie informed that the private e ffecte of CoL Murphy were sent on to thig city by his eon, it Wag . generally understood that tee former had been taken prisoner. ANNIVERSARY OF THE . BOARD OF MISSIONS —Loot evening. at S o'clOck, the anniversary of the Roam of Missions of the Diocese of Penostivania was btld at Bt. Andrew's Church, The proceedings were opened a ith clotting sod pray er 'The third annual report of the Beard was then real by the Bev. Mr. Morrie, of Germantown. The after specking of the decease of Bishop BoWnvui i&u Mr. Wm. H. Newbold, both active and beloved merubece of the Boned. 411)e they are also called npon to record- the death of one of their missionaths—thu Bev. Mr. Menden hall, of Wayne county. The Board have employed during the past year forty nice mitaionarles. The Board have recently directed their entire labore to such parts as were most needed. Reports of the most satisfactory character were received from tome of the missionaries. At Tiers, Slugs county, a lot has been given for a church, and the work will be pushed rapidly on. The parish at New Castle. in Lawro3ce county, has beet in a depresaml condition for some time pact, although the peat y ear has mitnersed some hit. provement. The church there is Pow free from debt. The missionary in the Upper Lehigh region proposes 'o commence the crectou of a church in Hazleton, where a lot has been donated. . . At 'New Milford, the work it progressing rapidly. Tho parish at 6ntbury and Northumberland gives indica tions of growth and improvement. The Sunday school numbs re 170 scholars. The attention of the Board has been .called to several new stations, two of which havo. bien provided for. The church proposed to be erected to the memory of Bishop Bowman will probably be constructed in the oil region," which presents a tine field for missionary labors. Bethlehem and Allentown have been selected as missionary stations, and it Is hoped that, in a few years, a substantial church will be erected at each of these places: St the beginnisg of the last fiscal year, May last. the Board found themselves In arrears $782. In the two months of March and April the anin of $4,000 was received. The grout receipts of the year were $7,781, while, in 1861, they were $5,740, showing an Increase of $2,011. In this city there are now 122 churches, contributing 5',529. Contributions were received, this year, from thirty nine churches, which the year before gave nothing, while the contributions of the country aunties wore nearly double. Upon the conclusion of the report the Rev. Dr. Page addressed the meeting. Thirty years ago, upon an occa sion similar to this, he bad the pleasure of making an address in the St. Paul's Church of this city. Ile coil tittered the want of a regular, premeditated charity as the . great impediment to the progress of their work. Charity to our f-flow man was our most sacred duty. Rev. Dr. Clare addressed the meeting. There were twenty- one counties to this State which had not palish. These counties embraced over 356,000 awls. Three counties in the northeastern part of the State, with a population of 45,000, had only two parishes. Those couniiee which are smock the strongest, judging by the number of coMmunicanis, contributed hut slightly to this cause of the mission. He would ask, who °retire nu milers of this Board"! That turns out to be the members of the Church; or, in other words, it is the Christian work of ell the members of the Diocese. It is the work of ne all, and does not only devolve on the ap pointed agents. but upon all the members. Per the pro secution of this work we have additionally our convoca. thins', which, be thought, might be msds still more ef. fective in this missionary work. lie thought that more erurgy should be shown among the conntry parishes then in the city. The receipts in 1800 and 1861 were merle $5,800, of which Philadelphia alone is accredited with $4,400. Rev. Mr. Palrympie and Hr. Lombard, of Harris burg. addressed the meeting, after which the assemblage was dismissed. REPUBLICAN MEETING IN THE SIXTH WM:P.—The Republican ExectztUre Committee, of the Stith ward, met last crenlug at the house of Mr. 11. Davie, Second and New streets, and organized by the election of A B. Eloanaker as President, nod Jackson Leidy as Secretary. They also elected Mr. ttl.ll. Harris a member of the General City Committee of Superlntonil cute, and made arrangements to Organize the party in the ward for a vigorous prosecution of the naming elec tion. YOVNG MEWS LITERARY INSTITUTE. —This emaciation held a meeting me Tuneday evening, alien it w•ae agreed that during the IVMM season the meet ing shout(' be held only every other Tuesday evening, at 8 o cinch, at the president's residence, at 218 North Ninth street. , SOLDIER'S FIINERAL.-::—.1" eSterday af ternoon the funeral of Chrietopber Crawley took Place from the reeideuco of hie parents, Orchard street, below Rattle. Deceased was at the battle of West Point, and was attached to Company A, 95th Penniylyania Re giment, Colonel Gobline. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Mary Marne, a child, two years old, of Italian parentage, fell out of the thhd•stcn window of the house southwest corner of Blehth and Christian streets, yesterday morning, and was instantly haled. BUSlNESS.—Philadelphia is fast re covering from the war depreasion. The shitramaildors never eujoyed more proeperons and holy times. Most manufacturing firms are oneratiog largely as over, end not a few of them have been more hurried during the tart six months with orders than at any former portal in their history. AT A. MEETING of the officers of the. Ponneltrania Guard, held at their headooaAirra het night, they agreed to loader their services to the Go'yarn' mut for three years or the war. OPENING OP TITE STATE SA.BBATH• sonooL CONTENTION.—At 10 o'clock ~yesterday morning the first State Sabbath•seheel Cenvent:on ever held in Penneytrouts convened in the First lodem,nutetit Church (ltev. John Chantbere). corner of Bromi and Pansom streets. The attendance 'Tres large, the dele gates alone cumbering over five hundred, and repeesent ing every section of the State. At the appointed hear. Hon. Ex•Coveroor Pollock rose and said that, ea chair man of the Committee of Arrangements, to which that call forthe Convention bad been entrusted, it devolved upon him to ca•l the meeting to ender. ffe welcomed the large number or delegates erment, and thanked them roe the prr•mptuese with which theytad responded to the rail; the more go under the circuinetances now existing in our beloved country. It was a matter of congratu lation that, amid the political and udlitary excitement or the hour, the mural and religious interests of our people were not being neater:W. It was also to him a source of extreme gratification that every teetion of the State was to fully represented in the Convention. The Go vernor concluded his remarks by a motion that Mr. George H. Stuart be called to act as temporary chair man, which was agreed to. Idr. Stuart. ou taking the chair, said that his duty wax a Pia/1)10 one—merely to prepare the way for a permit tient organisation—bud he did not know that that coukl be done in a more micron' late way than by spending a few minutes in a devotional exercise. He therefore re quested that the Convention unite in singing the hymn, ccitunencing, "All hail the power of Jesus' name, Let angels prostrate tell.;" the sissies of which NC :1.1 followed by the media tof the F.criptures, the 75th Pealm, 1-8, belog *eluded f4l. the Planless. After the reading, the chairman stated that Hr. Chambers, the Tarter of the church in which they were assembled, bad been unexitectetlly called away to attend the funeral of a loved grandchild. Prayer wee then oared by the Dor. Dr. Gans, of Berriebnrg. On motion, Mr. Get:y was elected. in act as Secretary pro tem... Professor John S. Dart moved that a committee ho appointed to nominate permanent officers of the Convention, which committee was subse quently made to conuiat of Professor nett ' Rev. J. H. Terrence; Mr. William Getty, Bay. Stagel, of Wash ington, Pa., Rev. R. L. Bowituan, of Pittsburg, and Roy. J. Hayes. of Cumberland, After the committee witbdrow to make their nomica- tioits. the chair stated that ample arrasg•mesls hat been made for Ibe entertainment of all the delegates during their stay in the city, free of expente, the chief m utsgar of this hospitable feature of the proceedings being ttr. Abraham Martin, the venerable Sanday-school mission ary of this city. Mr. Pardee, of New York, Leine , called upon for a brief stddreze, restri.ded in a neat and Intereel Mg speech. He was agreeably surprised to flud eo large a repreientation in this conference. New York bod male throe efforts to hold Millais Convention, neither of which had priewnted nearly so large end general a representation from ail parts of the State as he now saw before him from Pum as Pranks. Mr. Corie, of Lucerne county, next addressed the Conception. lie felt that this convocation wool I have a good offect, and could send out it moral Influence that would nice a new impetus to the Sabbath-school cans,. Mr. Snow:en, another delegate from Luzern!, spoke open the practices fruits of their deliberations. He hoped that the practical suggestions of the Convention world be embodied in the form of resolutions for preserv ation and circulation. Mr. D Steinmoty., of this city, thought that, relatively, tho Sabbath-echool cense WAS more flourishing iu the in torior of our State then in Philadelphia, and he trusted that this influx at Ssbbath•echool men from the country would have a wholesoreo effect upon the work in this city. Prayer was nextoffered by the Rey. air. Patilnn, of bis city. ➢tr. Brown, of Clinton, next addreased the Oonyea- tion. 01 the eve thousand children in that tt HUM coun ty," more that three not:taut had never yet been brought under the salutary Influence of the Sabbath school. Mr. Price, of Notthnruberiewi t next occnoloi tho floor. Bo urged tho propriety of fount end county convention.% F ft:010r to theone in which they wore now met. Rev. 8. rhtlllpY, of Orbsle, was the neat waiter. The chief defect, in We opinion, in the Ssobath•echoete in the country, wee the v. att of books. The Coma,ittee on Orpnoizstion hveing, in the mean moo uttered the church, there worn tro mintEes spent In silent prayer, after which the report of the committee WON read by Professor Hurt. The nominations were as follows : For President—Ex-Governor Pollock. Vice Presidents—Front Old School Presbyterian 'Clinrch, Dr. R. IL Reed, of Wallington, Pa; Retorted Dutch, T. Dewitt Talmage, Philadelphia; Gt moan Re formed, Rey. Dr. liarbaugh, of Lebanon , Protestant Episcopal, Judge Conyngbam, of Wilkesharre; German kenneled. Win. Keyser, of Chatubersburit ; Motto diet Episcopal, N. E. Cbambetlaiu, of Northemberlied ; Corobeilitad Presbyterian, Rev. S. S. Stewart, of Pitts burg; Church 01 God, Rev. A. Hostetler, of Shi ppensburg; United Presbyterian, Rev. J. B. Dales, Philsdeiphia ; Baptist, Rev. Dr. Bennard. Philadelphia; Lutheran, Rev. C. A. Bay, Harriaberg; ludependent, E. Tracy, Philadelphia; Reformed Presbyterian, Geo. R. Stuart, 1110raViall, D. DI. Warner, Philadelphia; New-School Presbyterian, K. W. Baldwin, Philadelphia; Welsh Baptist, Rey. J. Roberts, hlinersville; Disciples oY Christ, S. W. Vanculin, Philadetphiu Secretary—William Getty,. Philadelphia. .Assislant Secretaries—J. B. McCullough, L. L. Honpt, and D. W. 0. Moore. Treasurer—John W. Harper. The gentlemen nominated having been unanimously elected, ex• Governor Yonne': woe welcomed to the chair by the president pro tent. GOVERNOR POLLOCK'S OPENING ADDRESS. On Resuming the chair Governor Pollock made an elo quent and chatactstistic address. thanked the Coa van tion for the honor it had conferred upon him in caU log him to preside over its deliberation+, and also the chairman pro tem. for the kind terms in which be had been welcomed to that poet. In the prosidence of God it had been Ida lot to hold a number of official stations in du. course of Ms lifo, aid by Ills grace he had endea vored in each to discharge hls duties; but be felt that,. in occupying this chair, be fitted a higher and more dignified petition than the Geveruersoip of tide or tiny other Commonwealth; for he was act ing officially in the glorions came of the King eternal, immortal and invisible. This wet ;he first State Conven tion that had ever been held in our noble Odmmutwea:th. 5 hey.bad met in it, not es the representatives or bigotry or sect, but in the interest of a common Christianity. And In the name of Him who bad left heaven to dwell upon. the earth, to bleat childreo, he would ass, was them anything in the vorntion of a Seobatit-school teacher that wee calculated to leAsen a mac's dignity or degrade his position? Meet assuredly there was nut. The Euttl.y School, he was happy to know, hail Wenn* a permanent isstiintion in our count .y, as the Bible, which was the foundation or our Sunday Schools, bad become a power. It brceme them, therefore, togs ard, resting assured that they wore labori ug le the cause of God and humanity. Be loved our common-school oa t( nt, and would go as far to defend oar acal-ent.s of learning as any other man, but. we ought LOG Wier:ook the fact that intellect without Dennis, education without truth, mai mind without God, w.re a mero china. But he would not (Mein them farther. His e`osing Imo k. boned with patriotic lire, and from the Vesture dep!ctril in every countenance, his glowing words in be of our now threatened country evidently elide, d a hearty ree'POLSO. At the close of the chairman's remarke, it was stiggelt ed that at twilve o'cloek the Convention unite with the Noonday Pray er Meeting at flantoru4treet Church. Mr. A. m. Spangler, of this city, thought that as their bad met in Convention for business, he th this pro pos( el interruption was unnecessary. A motion wee sub sequently made and carried to invite the Noonday Prayer Nearing to spend the accustomed nom lime with the Conventim., where they wp,e than Several committeee were thee anointed to arrange business for the Convention Kt iisersh , setwiniettaioni, et cetera, and at a few minutee past twelve o'clock Pio chairman announced that, to accordance with the action of the Convention, that body would now be merged into a prayer meeting until 1 o'clock, the exercises of which were conducted by Plr. Pardee, of New York. •It was agreed that the sessions, during the three days of the Convention, art to be opened at 9 A. M. and 334 P. M. At three o'clock cu Friday afternoon, there is to be a greed Sunday-K.4o' jubilee at the Academy of Mu sic, where the children of the various Sabbath•echosl: of this cits ere to be gathered en =ruse, in order to af- ford the tr embersof Cie - Convention a farewell exhibition in that splendid edifice. at the close of the prayer meet ing, a connutinicatinn from the Board and officers of the American Sunday-scbool Union, inviting thedelegatas to the COM is.lion to visit their building, No. 1121. Chesnut street, to inspect Be ooerations, and also philiug ruins at the dizpotal or committees at their CI:MI . 1'111mo), wet read. A resrintion, offered by Mr. Stuart, was ati) Mooted, inyitirg Stulay-scho: I teachers, and friends of rho rani° generally, to sit as cot) capon:ling delegate.' iu the Cou- Tuition. The sante courtesy a r ea afieraards also ex tended to the clergy ot our city. AFTERNOON SESSION. Tbe Convention reassembled yesterday afternoon at half pest tbtee o'clock, and web opened with prayer by Bev- Di Ed umds. The Business Committee presented their report. It is as tures% s : Your committee temud this Convention as both representing the pnblic o,iolun cf this State in tee matter of Sunday -schools. aid is In come sense charged with the duty of forming It as it ought to be. Tuey thereft.re deem it inexpedient to present frr considera tion the subject of fuuday-tchools in their moral, reli gious and sectesdasticsti aspects as the M 93.116 for their eetabliebment, the methods of their mauntemeot, sad the organization which may be necessary fur the general came, and they recommend that these items severally be ess,nahly dierneetd, and that a committee be appoiutel to embody the conclumone arrived at in the formation of .resolutions; at .d also, that a committee be appointed to prepare en address or appeal to the Christiee people of I'ennsylvanta, on behalf of Sunday-schools. The com mittee woe anointed. The following, which was presented by Idr. Cummings wee adopted: 'Whereas it in a well-anthenticated fact that there ex- its in many motions of our noble Commonwealth a great destitution of the means of religious education for the young, as devdoped in Sabbath-schools; and whereas the ostensible object of ibis Convention, as set forth in tbe COIL was to adopt such measures as would result in a more general extension of Sabbatu-schools in such desti tute districts of the Slate: therefore, 'Resolved, That the committee be appointed to take into consideration the expediency of organizing a State Sabbath-school association. 'Reablred. In order to give efficiency and practical effect to ouch organizations, that auxiliary associations be, established in each county for the object had in view in the call of this Convention. Resolved, That the expediency of appointing a State sup( ribtenaent, as the agent of the °entrel association, be referred to a committee to be appointed under the Bret resolution. Resolved, _TOM raid committee report at an early pe riod during the LISSIODB of tie Convection. The following paper was presented, giving questions for dinuseion : Toe S•OHAIR-SCROOL —First,[their moral, religions, and ecclesiastical relations. QUESTIONS. 1. Does not the Sabbath-school improve personal cha racier, promote general morolitf Nave tease, and pre serve peace in the community, and thus deserve the to terest of curry good citizen and philanthropist? 2d. Isn't the labor of tabbath school instruction such as every CWII4IIIII pledges himself to engage in, by his earnett and warmest vows of consecration to bis Re deemer 1 &I. What is the reflex operation of Sabbath-school instruction upon the personal piety of the teachers .18 there Scriptural warrrint for, and Scriptural armou r *gement in the labor of the Sabbath-school I What promise in the Word of God directly encourage Sab bath-school teachers to hope for the colivenicm of sin ners, and the increase of chut ch.members 'I What natural relation is there between Sabbath school instruction and the labors of the Christian min istry I What is the effect of Sabbath.school enterprises aeon the relations of denominations to each other.' Do they promote Christian Innen ? FP What is the relation of the Sabbath-school to family religion? These onestions were discussed at length, occupying much of. the time of the Convention. It will be con tinued to-morrow. The Pt esident then announced thy committees. Prof. John S. Hart, chairman of the Committee on Resolutions; and Mr. Geo. 11. Stuart., chairman of tho Committee ou Address. Mr. J. S. Cummings was appointed chairman of the Committee en State Association. On motion, each member was aelossedtwenty-llvo cents to defray the expenses of printing for the Convention. The Convention then adjourned until 8 o'clock in the morning. EP-EKING SESSION The Convention assembled at 8 o'clock. The list of vice presidents was read. They number seventeen, and are of various denomination.. On motion of Professor Hart,loriday meriting, at 9 o'clock, was fixed upon for the adoption of resolutions expressing the view. of the Convention, as determined by tho light evolved by the debate. Much debate ensued en the topics set forth in the Pa per presented at the afternoon session, and which is pro • seated above. Every speaker seemed to think that the piety and Intelligence 01 the teacher is the great deside ratum in Sunday•school work. . . The sixth topic was but pititially dismissed, the hour growing late. On motion, the Convention adjourned until this morn ing at nine o'clock. This evening the State Bible Society will bold Be an nivereary at the church of Bev. John Chonibera, where e Convention inflow aittitg. It will most likely be an iuteresthig meeting. EJABBATII SCHOOL EXHIBITION.—This evening the Sabbath school of the Twelfth Baptist Church, Ilichroond street, east of Frankfort' road, wilt have an exhibition of speaking and singing. The pro gramme howdahs of abont forty pieces. 'Malodors, duets, etc , will be spoken and sung by the oltiriren. The pro ceeda to aid in the payment of the cherub debt. THE. BELIEF FUND.—The amount dis tributed by the commission for the relierof the riuniliest of TatUlteellip during the peat week, wee $11,11%."(0,
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