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WEDNESDAY, JUDY 16, 1862.
THE NEWS.
Our Junes' Island correspondent, in an unusually
entertaining letter, d. scribes the evacuation of that
post, and the hardships which the movement oc
casioned to our troops, somo ©f whom, the 100th
and 40th Pennsylvanmregiments, are particularized
for tlicir bravery and endurance. ,
“Chester,” our Stono rivpr correspondent, like
wise furnishes some details of James' Island news.
The news of McClellan’s reverse, coupled with uu
piopitious weather, had the effect of produeing-a
desponding “ Fourth” among the Stono squadron.
By a perusal of the letters from oar eorre
spondent with General Pope, it will be seen that
this division of the army has advanced to Front
Royal, on route for Richmond. We have now two
splendid and effective . armies in Virginia, both
working for a common end, which wo may hope
to see attained before the summer months have
passed.
The oharge of excessive cruelty against General
Mitchell has been pronounced by that officer to be
“utterly and absolutely false. Certainly, wo
should bo loth to beliovo it, although it emanated
from a i esponsible softreo, until the proof demanded
in General Mitoholi’s letter is furnished.
Our Port Royal correspondent furnishes us with
a oopy of a letter written by General Stevens, in
which that, officer successfully vindicates'- himself
from,the charge of boing.,responsible for the late
check at James’lsland.
We learn from the Davenport Democrat, of the,
10th instant, that an armed band of rebels had
made a descent upon the town of Memphis, in the
northern part of Missouri, not many miles from
Keokuk, and with foroe and arms had captured the
town, and takou awsy with them some ninety
Union citizens to parts unknown, and for purposes
concerning which there can be no question. Col.
Koyes, the Governor’s aid, arrived at Davenport on
the evening of the SHh, by steamer, having in
oharge 125 muskets and 17,000 rounds of cart
ridges, with instructions to proceed to the scene of
trouble and investigate thoroughly, and tako suoh
steps with reference to the difficulty as might seem
advisable. .
The strike among the Hew York grain-shovellers
and stevedores still continues, to the great detri
ment of the produce trade. There was a rumor
"enrrent yesterday that the raen would resume work
to-day, but the report cannot bo traced to any
reliable authority. -
It is said that there -were 11,000 slaves in Fau
quier county, Virginia, before the rebellion, about
6,000 of whom havo left their masters and sought
employment elsewhere. Many of them remain ia
the county, hat demand payment for their labor,
aid generally obtain it.
The following is extraoted from a private letter
dated Vicksburg July 1, and published in the Hew
York Commercial Advertiser: “ The river is fall
ing very rapidly, and I would net be surprised if
we were obliged to remain here all summer.
Hero we are four hundred and eight miies from
Hew Orleans, and the river falling two or throe
feet in one night. - The enemy are erecting bat
teries all along the : cliff, and when the river
falls twenty feet more, which it will do, tho whole
bank on either side will be a natural fortification.
All our transports and gunboats have been fired
into by flying artillery, as they were coming up,
and many men have boon killed. We cannot re
turn the fire, as our guns will not boar upon the
cliffs. We hayo a fight almost every day.”
The Toledo riot was repeated at Cincinnati last
Thursday. The Irish laborers, or dock hands, deem
ing $26 to ?30 per month too low, demanded $lO
per month; In the first place, German laborers
were abundant at $3O per monthbut the Irish la
borers, through threats and intimidations, finally
succeeded in driving the Germans from thelevoe
a week or two since. Since then, the negro
laborers have been a source of annoyance to
the Irish. During the last week there were seve
ral disgraceful assaults on the negroes while they
were passing from the boats on which they were
engaged to their homes. In no case, however, did
the police see fit to interfere. But on Thursday
the Irish commenced assaulting the negro gang,
driving them aboard. They then enaoted the same
scenes at all the boatswhere negro labor was used.
The following represents the numbers of the
kitted, wounded, and;missing, so far as is reported!
in several of the divisions of the Federal army,
during the latte batties near Richmond:
Killed. Wounded. Missing .
Gen. Sumner’s c0rp5......132 . 734 . . 3
Gen Couch’s Division.... 50 273 52
The Irish 8rigade......... 35 227 170
Gen. Griffin’s 8rigade.....190 838 V 155.
..407 2122 380
T0ta1.....
C@HGR.ESS.
In tho Stunts, yesterday, a bill was introduced
amending the article of war which provides pro
tection to all slaves approaching the lines of onr
armiis, loyal masters, however, being compensated.
Tho hill amendatory of the militia law of 1795 •
being uiulcr consideration, Mr. Sherman's amend
ment, limitirg emancipation of slaves who enter
the Government service, to slaves of rebels, was
adopted, Mr. Eionning offered a further amend
ment. which was adopted, extending the emanci-_
patien to the motiieis. -neuron or saoh
ciaves;
Mr. IVright, of Indiana, spohe at length on the
bill, argurng that we never oould suppress the re-,
hellion without a polioy, and that policy Bhould
be —protection for the loyal, and punishment for
the disloyal.
Mr. Henderson, of Missouri, urged a more
vigorous prosecution of the war. He thought we
had only gained enough ground in North Carolina
to bury the loyal dead.
On motion, the House resolution relative to ad
journment was amended fixing Saturday therefor,
and adopted. ;•
A hill from the Finance Committee, mating sup
plementary appropriations, including $15,000 for
the purchase of artificial limbs for maimed soldiers,
was passed. \
In the House a resolution was adopted declaring
activo emp'oyment in the military service a valid
exeuse for the absence of members of Congress
fr^gktheir desks. : .
A hill repea’ing all laws and parts of laws giving
mileage to members of Congress was adopted. This
provision applies to the present Congress and the
mileage already received for the same.
In compliance with a requestor the President,
the House decided not to adjourn until to-morrow.
The Senate bill of inquiry as to the amount ex
pended by Missouri in suppressing the rebellion,
the ascertained snm to be set off against Missouri's
portion pf the war tax, was adopted.
TTe have been at some pains to present to
our readers to-day a very full report of the
great meeting in New York yesterday after
noon. It was a magnificent demonstration,
and in every way worthy of the metropolis of
the Umpire State. It showed that in the com
mercial heart of the Republic there existed a
true love for the Constitution; that beyond any
consideration of commerce, advantage, profit,
or loss, the buyers and sellers of Now York
valued the blessings of the Union. To per
petuate these blessings they demand vigorous
measures, and a speedy prosecution of the
war. From such demonstrations as these great
good must come. ' Why should there not be
a meeting of the loyal men in Philadelphia,
to assemble and counsel together; to strength
en the loyal feeling, and avow our allegiance
to the glorious cause 7 Let this thing he dene
at once. Lei our ' worthy Mayor call a meet
ing for Saturday afternoon or evening, and the
loyal people of Philadelphia will show their de
votion to ihe Government in Ihe most generous
and enthusiastic manner. ..
The seiiies of enactments intended to dis
able the rebels by other than military means,
and entitled The Confiscation and JEmancipa
tion BiU, has j ass. d both Houses of Congress,
and now only awaits the President’s signature
to become a law and a law-forming power in
the land. Viewed from any and every stand
point, it is the most remarkable measure
adopted by our Government since 1770. ; It
is our second Declaration of Independence ;
the first created us—this preserves by re
creating us. It is the epitome of all the dis
organizing tendencies that hove threatened our
constitutional integrity from the beginning, the
consummation of all countervailing sanative
efforts, and the fountain head of many of the
causes that shall hereafter give our prosperity a
widerrange and a firmer basis. It marks the first
gteat crisis that our country has ever reached
and sueGessfu ly passed. For the exigencies of
outward danger, even of a Tifc-aad-.death
struggle, do not constitate a national crisis.
The purposes tf Providence so far outran
human purposes that they always find expres
sion in external fact long before a nation’s
heart and energies are ripened to meet the
fact, and to conft ss its moral import. Lot the
danger increase as it may, and the national
course be practically shaped by it how it may,
the real crisis is not reached till a people’s
sentiment is educated, by disaster and sorrow,
to appreciate tbo - true meaning of its respon
sibility ; it is not safely passed till the purpose
of Providence, as expressed in that responsi
bility, is accepted and acted upon. The con
fiscation bill is an index of a vast change in
the opinions of the Northern States; they
have swung up, with marvellous rapidity, to a
higher level; it is, therefore, well worth while
to ask what causes have led to the adoption of
this hill, and what results will flow from it.
How that we have gained a higher point for
observation, ovary' man’s first thought will be,
why did wo not get here before ? Wo have
swallowed the bill, and it is now seen so
clearly to be our only chance for restoration
to health that we wonder what has prevented
us, all this long while, from accepting it. The
creation of a State, no less than of an indi
vidual, implies the endowment of a power to
preserve its integrity ’against all undermining
influences ; the , right of self-preservation is
inseparable irom life; it is life’s first and
universal law. Why, then, did we hesitate,
at first to take every advantage of the rebels
that honorable warfare would permit ? Was it
a magnanimous concession, by us, of our
fundamental rights, a waiving of all that was
nearest and dearest to us for the sake of po
liteness —a courteous bowing away of the most
essential element o( our safety ? The facts of
tho case do seem to warrant this tribute to our
suavity at the expense of our common sense;
and history may record that we out-Frenchi
fied the French when, having to wrestle to the
death willt a monster whose hot rage for
slaughter could be quenched only, by hissing
itself out in blood, we drew on kid gloves in
stead of iron gauntlets, hid our swords' in our
walking-sticks, and sent in our cards accord
ing to the best usages of society, instead of
hurling defiant challenge into the teeth of our
implacable foe. - But therein history would
take a superficial view of things. The cause
of onr supineness lay deeper than a polite un
willingness . to join the struggle roughly; and
even the everlasting attempt to.conciliate the
Border States was used by us as a pretext
by which; we might hide from, ourselves
the real hindrance that opposed our vigorous
action. It was the custom of ready obedience
that constrained us. We had grown used to
the increase of the Slave Power, and that Oli
garchy took advantage of the habitual defe
rence that we paid it to strengthen its great
held upon us— caste. The lords of a thousand
slaves improved their elegant leisure by culti
vating every amenity that would veil their
tyranny, and fascinate while-they subjected
us. They erected themselves into an exclu
sive society, and made us feel it to be a price
less honor to be its doorkeepers; and so the
years would have gone on—cajoling from, us
eviry political right and every manly quality,
if there had not been an uneasy sense of
awakening moving; the nation: we began to
open our eyes.occasionally, and to complain of
what our blinking Bight beheld, and to re
sist further encroachments. Then the caste
policy changed. It was caste still—but
it exhibited its power instead ’of its
courtier-like graciousness, and thus made,
for the first time, a division in . the spirit of
the nation. The whip was cracked, and many
continued in their snbmissiveness to its im
perious ordering; but some let the lash hiss
useless threatenings about their ears; they
stood their ground, then took the offensive
and tore off the cloakTrom the loathsome de
formity that arrogated to itself such lordly
dominion. From that day was dated the
downfall of the Slave Power. ‘ Slowly . the
opposition increased; steadily, sturdily it
struggled;, with tears and beseeching elo
quence it appealed to the nation, and the
great heart of the people throbbed responsive
heats. There were quick calls then; hurrying
feet; rattling armor buckled on; weapons
chosen, poised, and flung | divisions of forces;
plans of battle; watchwords; rallying cries;
and with the wild tumult of enthusiasm, but
the unfaltering tramp of earnest intent, the
hosts of the North, united, marched forward
to the battle.
Now tbe issue is fairly before us. All the
intrigues of politics and parlies are done away;
pretences, whatever their former splendor,'are
stripped off and flung into a heap of rotten
rags; the times are too awfully in earnest to
brook any mummery, or trickery. No more
ringing false changes on words; more
lutings from the real scent. The routs is right
forward now—no; side debates, no retreats of
a deceptive logic. The enemy is at bay and
abreast of us.' One by one our guns arc fired
to unmask his batteries, till the eleventh sec
tion finally discloses him and his position :
“ And be it farther enacted, That the President
of tho. Dnited States is authorized to employ, as"
many persons of African descent as ho may. deem
necessary and proper for the suppression of this re
bellion, and for this purpose he may organize and
use them in such manner as he may judgo,.best for
tbe public welfare.”.
Kqt emancipation for four million
blacks; so much as for twenty, million whites.
Emanciyaiion from our long, truckling to im
pudent caste and all the arrogance of oligar
chical tyranny de~
-graaatfon into which we hay© become insen
sibly plunged j from virtuaV maintenance of
the docti’ine ot natural human inequality; de
liverance to moral truth as to political justice;
to the Declaration of ,'our forefathers ; to the
safe passage of the Republic oyer this its first
real crisis since its foundation .
Tin: scAitciTY or chaxgk may lead to the
issue of shinplasten in this and in other cities.
Already, indeed, one of our leading hotels has
issued its promises to pay, .1 They may be use.
ful, as media of exchange with their own par
ticular customers, but can be of limited use
for general exchange. Suppose, for example,
thatalady should purchase three dollars’ worth
of feminine “ fixings” in a store, and receive
the difference in shinplasters,. between her
hill and a five-doliar note. What on earth can
sfie do with such currency—notes, for small
amounts, respectively “ good for a drink,”
“good for a sk.ve,” good for a dinner,”
«good ior three cigars,” and so on ? This is
not all. Shinplasters, as actual notes, issued
by unlicensed and unchartered parties, are
contrary to the banking laws of Pennsylvania.
Moreover, nothirg can be so easily imitated or
forgtd. Lastly, if forged, there can be no
prosecution or punishment for imitating an
illegal issue. A great advance in prices of all
commodities, and especially of commodities in
gentral use, maybe reckoned upon as an.in
evitable consequence of falling bark upon
shlnplaster currency. There will bo two prices
—one for specie, another for paper. It was
thus during the first French Revolution, where
Assignats - took the place of specie—it was
even so during our own War of Independence,
when change was scarce and Continental
money at a tremendous discount. It is so, at
present, in the rebel States, where Confede
rate notes are so valueless that people literally
take them only from the bayonet’s point.
The present inflated price of specie cannot
long continue. For some weeks the transmis
sion of specie to Europe, to settle thebalances
of trade and pay the dividends on American
securities held there, may be expected. But,
by the end of August, a change will have
commenced. We shall be sending wheat to
England and France, and shall be receiving
back an immense quantity of gold in payment.
Between this and that time, however, there Is
likely to be much inconvenience from the
want of specie—chiefly of silver coin. , ;
The question is, where has it gone? Our
silver money, with the express view of retain
ing it in the country, was reduced below the
British sterling standard, some years ago, and
very little of it has been exported. If, as is
said, the banks hold large amounts' of silver
specie, they wonld greatly help by paying it
away, so as to lessen the scarcity. It we must
have shinplasters, let them be issued by re
sponsible parties, who will redeem them at a
not distant day. The National Government
and the City Government are such parties, and
the issue of such a substitute for specie by pri
vate persons should be stringently prohibited
andpunished. -
The EDiTOit of the Huntingdon Globe, a
Democratic paper, which proves its right to
the name of Democrat by opposing, without
mercy, the designs of the Breckinridge
sympathizers, lifts the veil that concealed the
real purposes of the nest of politicians who
celebrated the 4th of July at Harrisburg by
doing everything that they dared to do to aid
and comfort the assassins and traitors now in
arms against the flag of the country:
“ Curiosity took us to Harrisburg on the 4th.
W 0 attended the Democratic State Convention as
a spectator, and were not surprised to find it packed
with men as delegates who have been repeatedly
repudiated by the honest Democracy of tho State.
But as the honest Democracy do not make office
hunting a trade, and are not ambitious to excel in.
intrigue and deception, they permitted the old rot
ten politicians of tile State to again meet together
to d evise ways and means to insult the true patriot
ism of our country . The same men who aided the
Seocssionists to secede from the Demooratio party
in J GO, and who havo ever since been acting direct
ly or indirectly with them in opposition to the Go
vernment, wore largely in tho majority, and were
only kept from passing resolutions more opoh in
sympathy with the rebels, through fear of defeating
their candidates by the weight of their platform.
We must admit that the resolutions are more
respect able than we had a right to expect from a
committee with such an o’.d political sinner at, its
head as Arnold Plainer. Several of tho resolu
tions every true Union man can..endorso: they are
the natural sentiments of all loyal men, Democrats
and Republicans. It is only necessary to examine
. the reso tutions to discover ngmrty fading thatshould
disgrace any man yie:ding his consent to it, espe
cially at a time when the President is making every
honest effort to save 'the country. The leaders in
this Convention should be the last man to ask for:
an opposition to President Linco'n. They should
remember that the peoplo have hot yet forgotten
the Bachanan Administration and their coarse
during the last Presidential campaign.
The nominee for Auditor General, Mr. Sienker,
of Union county, we have no doubt is a man fully
competent to discharge the duties of the office—
but if be can endorse every resolution in the plat
form upon which the Convention has plaoed him,
we cannot support him.. The nominee for Surveyor
General, Barr, of the Pittsburgh Post, will not be
in the way of the success of any ordinary man who
may be voted for in opposition to him. He is one
of the very smallest of the small kind of huckster
ing politicians. lie has been fishing for an office
with various kinds of bait for some years. The
“nigger” wont save him from defeat.
A citizen of this city, whom we know to be
reliable, offers to be one of a hundred gentle
men to contribute a thousand dollars each to
wards, equipping the first ten regiments that
may be raised in this city under the new call.
This is a noble and generous offer. Who
among our wealthy thousands will be the first
to second it ?
LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, July 15,18G2
The President’s request that the two Houses
of Congress shall not adjourn until action has
been taken on his suggestions for the protec
tion of the slave property of the loyal men of
the Border States,which request has been
complied .with, proves that when he pro
claimed his desire to aid these States in the
work iof gradual emancipation, he did not make
a politician’s promise. One of the most per
sistent charges against the President’s poliqy is
the assertion that he never intended to go be
yond a mere recommendation, and that, after
tho work of emancipation . had been , com
menced, Congress would refuse to make com
pensation. Such a misrepresentation has done
much harm in Delaware, Maryland, and other
States.. It is to be hoped that the friends
of the President will bear these things in
memory when they come to act; upon the
measure he has presented to them. Mr. Lin
coln has taken a grave responsibility, and
Congress should not allow him to bear it alone.
Their former emphatic sanction of his remedy
should be followed by liberal appropriation to
put it on trial. This will: have the effect of
givingnew strength to the people i f the Bor
der States, and may hasten the close of the.
war. ■ -u
The late raids into Kentucky and Tennessee,
unexpected as they are, are new admoni
tions to the people of the other adhering slave
States, that there is only one way to bo saved
from the horrors of the rebellion—vizto
stand by the Executive and to aid in a vigo
rous and determined campaign against the
traitors. Any other course is simply to help
the traitors and to hamper' and letter -the
President. Indeed, however it may be ex
cused, the half-hearted advocates of the Union
are imperceptibly but irresistibly floating into
.the. rebel ranks. . -And if they intend to
land in these ranks, they need only keep
doing what they are now doing. The
rebels are longing to possess themselves
of Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Tennessee,
&c,; and it sometimes seems to me as if they
acted in concert with such conditional Unionists
as carp at and oppose Mi 1 . Lincoln’s efforts for
their own and the general relief. Butitcannot
be that tho people of tho B order C omoionwealcha
really desire to drink of the bitter cup that
has boon put to the lips of their fellow-men
in the cotton region. This would be incon
ceivable madness, and I dismiss the idea as an
insult to their intelligence.
But not only theße’citizensj but all citizens,
everywhere, should now understand that they
must choose, ; and choose at once, between
Government and Anarchy : between Union
and Disunion ; between the Republic and the
Oligarchy. "We are once more in the midst of
gloom; but it is a glooUtthat should make
every bravo heart more -brave, and every
patriot more ready for suffering and for sacri-.
flee. . If this spirit is maintained unsubdued,
the end . will be as glorious as the: cause we
contend for is just and holy. Occasional. -
These need be no doubt that, at the usual
season, the leading cities in the Union shall
have their lull quantum of public amusements.
Wo hear, on authority which we have always
found reliable, lhat Madame RistoUi, the great
tragedienne,^who / is: considered in Europe as
equal.to Rachel in many points, and even
superior in a tew, is engaged tor lire fall season
in this,countiyj_And_thaS M.Xtuia'jiu-.tw—-
irueußnakspeatian actor, also comes hither
about the , same time... As we stated yester
day, Chaut.es Dickf.xs will spend a few
months here, giving what may be called dra
matic readings from his own works. In Phi
ladelphia, Mrs. Gat.uetson and Mrs. Dnmv
will’respectively open the Walnut street and
Arch-street Theatres with good stock compa
nies. We hear, also, that Mr. Louis Bake®
has at least been in treaty for the purchase of
the Girard House, with the intention ot con
verting the greater part of its front into first
class stores, and the remainder into'a theatre.
There is no intention of erecting a theatre
near Concert Hall, Chestnut street, on the
space partially cleared out for that purpose,
by Mrs. D. P. Bowehs, bntabandonod because
of a difficulty, with respect to the title to the
property.
FR 0 M WASHIIf G T O Nv
Special Despatches to * l The Press.”
Washington, July 15,1862.
Calling Out the Militia.
The Sooate has passed one moat important act this
session, being a bill calling &11 the. militia ioto the held
to put down the rebellion. It is doubly Important, from
the fact that all slaves, after its passage," who coine with
in the lines of oar army* aremado free forever.
An effort will be made to have it parsed in the House
to morrow. The first sectivn provides, that whenever
the !resident ehali call forth the militia of the States, he
may specify in his cell the period for which such service
will be required, not exceeding nine months fend, the
militia so mustered in shall continue to serve for the
term specified; unless sooner discharged". If by reason
of defects in existing laws, or in the execution of them in
the States, or any of them, it shall be found necessary to
provide for enrolling the militia, the President is autho
rized tomato all tbe necessary regulations, so as to In
clude all able-bodied men between 18 and4s, the and.
number; shall be apportioned among the States according
to their population. When so ©Drilled, they shall be
organized in the mode prescribed for volunteers.
The Eecond section authorizes the President to calldne
hundred thousand volunteers, as infantry, into the held,
in addition to the number already authorized by law, For
the period of nine months, unless sooner discharged; and
every soldier who shall enlist under this receive
his fir A month’s pay, and also twenty-five dollars as
bounty, upon the mustering of his company; or regi
ment, into the service. All provisions of the law re-,
lating to volunteers enlisted in the service of the United
States for three years, or during the war, except in rela
tion to bounty, shall be extended to embrace : volunteers
raised under tbe provisions of this section.
The third section authorizes the President to accept
such number of volunteers as may be required for filling
up the regiments of infantry, now in the service, for twelve
months, unless sooner discharged. All volunteers when
mustered into service shall be on a footing with similar
troops, except as to service bounty, which shall be fifty
dollars, one half of which isto be paid upon forming
their regiments, and the other half at the expiration of
the enlistment. -Section fourth authorizes the appoint
ment of a judge advocate general, with the pay of a
celonel of cavalry, to whom all ; proceedings in court
martial shall be returned, and no sentence of death or
imprisonment in a penitentiary shall be carried out with
out the approval of the President, Sections five and six
auihorize the judge advocate for each army, and section
seven requires all battalions, officers, quartermasters, and
adjutants of cavalry, exceeding the number authorized by
Jaw, and now in service, to bo mustered out of service.
Section eight authorizes the President to establish and
organize an army at his discretion, .and section nine re
gulates the staff of the commanders of army corps as fol
lows : One assistant adjutant general, one quartermas
ter, one commissary, and one assistant inspector general,
with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and three aids-ds
camp. Section ten regulates tbe number of officers of
cavalry regiments Section eleven authorizes the Prert
dert to receive into service for the purpose"of construct,
fog entrenchments, performing; camp service, or any
military or naval service for which they may be found
competent, persons of African descent, and such persons
shall be enrolled and organized under such regulations not
inconsistent with the Constitution and the laws ae the
President may prescribe; and section twelve enacts that
whenever any man or boy of African descent, who, by
the laws of any State, shall owe service or labor to any
pe? gon who.durfog the present rebellion has levied war.
or borne arms against the Government, or adhered ’to
their enemies, shall render any such service as enu
meratid In the section preceding, he, bis mother, wife
and children shalLforever be free, any law or caatom to
ihe contrary, notwithßtahdfogs and where such persons
oae service to loyal masters, ’provision ia made for com
pensation. v ■
Alleged Dlsloyafty iii the Naval Academy.
A few weeks since a resolntieh was adopted ia the
Senate instructing the Committee on Naval Affairs to
icquire if tbe superintendent of the Naval Academy, or
eny of its officers connected with the Government or
instruction thereof, have allowed or countenanced in the
joung men under their charge any manifestation of
; fetling3 or a* ailments hostile to the Government of .the
Uniltd States The committee have made a report, in
which they state that the resolution of inquiry was predi
cated upon information which-.lift no alternative
but to, institute un investigation. This was due', no
tees to the officers of_the academy. than : -the 'Ga
vctnmtnt which supports it The committee {.ro
ciivtd rip Wes from tffcnty-two, officeia and. profes
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY. JULY 16, 1862.
eors, andwith one -J exception they are unanimous
in denying that or any officer
now connected with the academy, or any young min
under their charge, has tolerated, countenanced* or
feelings or sentiments hostile to the
Government, so far as the respective writers are aware.
On the contrary, they assert without qualification,
their belief in the thorough loyalty and fidelity of the
superintendent, and affirm that ihere-has been exhibited
tbe utmost propriety of conduct, language, and senti
ment, on all occasions, by tbe officers and professors,
aod tho young men under their charge. The sioglo ex
ception referred to is tbe answer of William Bogeks
Bodkins, Professor of Natural and Experimental Phi
losophy, who was not prepared to define what -consti
tuted disloyalty.
The Prolongation of the; Session of
Congress.
Tbe confiscation bill has not yet bees returned to Con
gress with the President’s approval. It is generally
thought that bis request for the prolongation of the ses
sion has reference to that measure, as there is some hesi
tation in his signing the act.
A report has been circulating to-day that the Presi
dent is preparing a message; while another rumor, among
the politicians is, that be will suggest some modification
of the bill.. There is no doubt, judging from the large
majorities by. which the bill was passed—namely, of two
thirds in the Senate and nearly so in the House—that
Congress will not adjourn without securing a measure of
so much importance. ;
Naval Affairs. !
The Navy Department hasiufotmatipn that the Dnited
States steamer Flag and bark Restleah captured, on the
7th inst., off Bull’s Bay, near : Charleston, 1 tho British
steamer Emilio, formerly he Wm. Seabrook, of Charles
ton. Her' invoice shows an. assorted Cargo of $21,578,
but there is reason to suppose that there are arms. Con
federate bonds, and specie on board.' She has been sent
to Philadelphia in charge of a prize crew. Also, that tho
United States steamer-Quaker City, when off the Hoip4a
thc-Wall, on tho 3d inst., captured the brig DeUlahj fr*m
Liverpool, with a cargo of saltpetre,drugs, copper, and
other articles, ‘ Also, that on the 2d inst. the schooner
Volatile w»3 captured in Winyaw Bay, South Oaroliiia.
The statement which has been generally published that
charges have been preferred against General lffiTaKELt,
ftre withoutthe slightest foundation. None have been filed
in the proper department, 7 arid General 51. letairis the
highest confidence of the President- arid Secretary of
War. ~ v-/-' 1 -'":
The U. S. steamer Wyandank has arrived at the navy
yard, bringing up V prize schooner. She reports that
the guerillas are quite numerous; alongthe banks of the
Pianketank and Rappahannock They carry off
Union men, as well as steal subsistence supplies.
The President lias accepted the following resignations :
—Assistant Surgeon Quinan; First Lieut. C. Schmidt,
18th Infantry; Second Lieut. Samukl L. BaaGEH,T9th
Infantry.
Confirmations by the Senate.
The Senate to-night confirmed the foffowing nomina
tions:
Captain Simon F. Barstow, to be assistant adjutant
general, with tho rank of major, in the volunteer service.
George hi. Finney, to bemarshal of tho United States
for the'Tenitory of Bacotab.
First Lieutenant Wm. C. Turner, of Ohio, to be assist
ant adjutant general, with the rank of captain, in the
volunteer forces.
J. Speed Play, of Kentucky, to be assistant adjutant
general, with the rank of captain,
Lieutenant O. B. Mabyinb, of New Fork, to be assist
ant adjutant general, with the rank br captain of volun-•
The Emancipation Scheme—Reply of the
Border-State Congressmen.
The Border Slave Stato Representatives to-day finally
agretd upon their reply to the President’s emancipation
propesiifon. It is represented as temperate and respect
ful. They cannot, for reasons stated, endorse his policy,
and . they differ from his belief that the declination of
theao States to; act upon and adopt it has or w!U prolong
tbe war. They join in the recommendation that those
htaies give it a respectful consideration, but in no : way
commit themselves to its support. , ; 1 ,
Probably twenty members of Congress have been in
consultation upon tbe subject, gome of those from the
Border States were not present at the meetings, while
others have ■ left the city. Several will prepare a reply,
of their owu, the tenor of which lias not yet transpired.
Mew Currency io be Issued. '
Tho Committeef o.Ways and Means this morning had
under consideration Secretary Chase’s recommendation
• for making postage-stamps a lOgal currenby,-arid.deter
mined to report a bill in accordance 7 with that sugges
tion /' -n ■ .i .
Acoupleof Washingtonians, who have been in tho
rebel army, returned here a few days since, and had the
impudence 1o walk the streets under the protectioff of
the Government, They have at last been arrested, and
sent to prison. One of them is the son of an office-holder
in the departments. ; V
The folio-wing officers of the corps of engineers, lately
graduated at Weßt Point, have been ordered to report:
Second Lieutenahte'EYS; hfApKEXziE and'G. S. Gil- ,
LESriE Jr., to Major General Burnside ; Second Lieu
tenant Geo. Burroughs to Lieutenant Wat. P. Gbaig
hill, corps of engineers, at Cumberland Gap-; Second
Lieutenant O. R. Shier, General McDowell;
Second • Lieutenant , J‘. A' .'Smith, to./hiajoK General
•Banks ; • Second Lieuteiunt S, M. Mansfield to Briga
dier General fiIANSFiELn; Second Lieutenant H. C.
Wharton, to Major General Sigel.
Miscellaneous.:
It is understood that the President will sand a message
to-morrow, to Congress,' returning the. confiscation . bill,
and soliciting supplemental legislation on it-Hbefore affix
iDg his; approval,' This is the reason why he desires a
delay'of one day in adjournment.:; • ’
The Border-State delegations have not yet finished
their reply to the President’s
r —
Representatives Bingham and Potter are procuring
signatures to the address presented- but rejected in the
Republican caucus, on Saturday night, with a view to its
publication and circulation. %V '
FROM GEN, HALLECK’S ARMY.
July 15.—Information from Corinth up.to
Tbuicday says chat General Halleck was there, and. the
various divisions of his army were in excellent condition,
and eager for active opsratiDns!.. f
, General Bragg has 40,0C0 Tebel troops at Tupelo; - and
some 35,000 more are at Holly Springs and other
Their movements are taid to indicate offensive opera
tions. ‘ ■
From Cairo—The Vicksburg Canal—Cot
ton Burners, &c. ■■
Cairo, July 15.—Water has been let into the canal at
Vicksburg* but the anticipation that it would soon cut a
channel through has not been realized. The. work is
three feet deep.
Tbe guerillas near Memphis are becoming very bold,
burning cotton almost in sight of; the city. : Disguising
themeelves os cotton buyers, they find where ilia stored,
and then come in force and burn it. • ' ' .
Seven scouts of the 11th Illinois cavalry werejattacked
near Herando, on Friday. Two were wounded and cap
tured. The balance esoaped.
Kansas City, July 12 —An. engagement,took place
yesterday between a company of State militia and Quan
trell J s band, near Tleasant Hill. The rebels were finally
repulsed with a loss ©f six killed and Jive mortally
wounded. Our loss was nine killed and fifteen wounded.
Capt. Kethel, commanding the militia, is reported to
have been wounded.'
Quantrell’s coat and sabre,"and a list of the names of
all Mb men, were taken.
- BAL’mrdnE, July 15 —The American has the follow
ing additional news brought by Mr. Airey; who escaped
from Richmond, last Tuesday :
There ia much sickness in Richmond amongthe citi
zens, piincipally typhoid fever. . There are alae sick and
wounded soldiers in almost every bouse.
Our informant was on. the battle*field of Friday, tbe
27th, and represents it to have presented a scene of the
most shocking character.;. Tho Foderals had carried all
their wounded to the Savage Station hospital whilst tbe
battle progressed, and not more than twelve their
d< ad were found on the field. ■ Tbe rebel dead Sverto to
the number of nearly one thousand, who still layas they
had fallen, two days after the battle. On the approaches
io the Federal works, which were stormed, the dead bodies
jwere literally piled upon each other.
. John H. Tegmeveri, recently a member of the Oily
Council of Baltimore, has recently arrived at Richmond,
and is said to be connected with the Tredegar Werlcs.
William H. Norris, a well-known member of the bar
of this city; who figured as an aid to the bridgeiburnor,
General Trimble, also arrived in Richmond last’week. ;
Great confidence was felt at Richmond that the result
of the reoent battles would?aecure foreign intervention,
and put an end to the war.
There are fifty-one hospitals in Richmond,all crowded
with sick and wounded.
Robert Ould, recently District Attorney at Washing
ton, is at Richmond; acting as judge advocate of the
court martial being held for the trial of Com, Tatnall, on
the charge of destroying the MerTimac. ; ’ V
Mrs. Frazier, of New: York, oho of the nurses of the
Federal Hospital at Savage Station, had been brought to:
Richmond as a prisoner. - : . *
Major John Stewart Walker, of Richmond, was among
the killed at the battle of the Ist of . July.
Mr. Miey made bis escape along with; three other
Union men, and reached the Potomac oh Friday evening,
having walked sixty miles, avoiding both the rebel and
Federal pickets. Having secured a boat, he was landed
in Oharlta county, where be found the people as rank
rebels as those'he left behind in Richmond,
Keokuk, lowa, July 14.—A party of rebele, on Sun
day, broke open several stores at Memphis, Northern
M hsouri, driving out the Unionists and capturing several
of tho "State troops. It is reported, by to-night’s trait},,
that the rebels are advancisg on Athens, and the people
are fleeing. Troops leave for Athens to-night.
Kansas Cmy July 5 12.—The Santa Fe mail, with
detea to the 30th ult., has arrived here. The news is
unimportant.
It is rumored that all the Texans, excepting one com
pany, have left Arizona and commenced their homeward
maichV \. v .
Boston,' July ciUzenB 5 committee, acting in
concert with the city and State authorities, will first en
deavor to fill up the MassachustUa regiments now in the
field to their foil quota. >Ld then rteruil fot the new
regiments to the number required. The committee takes
bold of .tbe work with great energy and every prospect
of success.. Tte recruiting headquarters will be. estab
lished on Boston Common. .
Portland, July 16.—Governor Washburne announces
that the State Government will pay $3O. bounty to each
recruit for the new regiments, and $B5 to those joining
the old regiments. •
Enlistments ia Illinois.
Chicago. July 16.—The Governor hasiasaed a procla
mation calling, tor nine regiments, of infantry for three
: jears. ~r
Arrival of the Bonissia,
Nbw York, July 15.—The Bteamer Rornssiahas ar
rivid. Her advices have been, anticipated. ..
ISo Charges Preferred.
Tlie Guerillas in Virginia.
Reslgiiatioii Accented,
Arrested.
Army Oiiiccrs.
The War in Missouri.
Further from Richmond;
The War in Northern Missouri.
From New Mexico.
Recruiting iu Boston.
Inducements lor Volunteers.
MORGAN’S RAID IN KENTUCKY.
DESTRUCTION OF A BRIDGE OH THE KEN
TUCKY CEHTRAL RAILROAD.
Louisville, July 15.— 'The Sultetin says that Mor
gan’s band last night destroyed the long bridge on the
Kentucky Central Railroad, between Cynthfana arid
Paris.
A gentleman residing near Oynthiana says Morgan’s
move on Frankfort and Lexington was a feint, the real
object being to strike the railroad at Paris arid destroy
the Townsend viaduct, which it would take six weeks to
reconstruct, then destroy property in Bourbon county,
and retire to Barrodsburg or Mount Sterling.
Advices from Lexington last night to Mayor Batch, of
Cincinnati, render a part of the above theory im
probable.
It is reported this evening' that the railroad track
between Lexington and Frankfort was tom up to-day
by guerillas. .
GEN. CURTIS’ ARMY SAFE.
- THE REBELS WORSTED
Corinth, July 13, via Louisville Jnly 14.—Official in
formation has been received at headauarters of the ar
rival of Gen. Curtis'army at Clarendon, on the 10th,
after almost daily skirmishing, in which the rebels wore
worried. ' \
' Six thousand of themmode a stand oh the 7th on Cock
river, near Bound Hill. . . ’
.Colonel Harvoy, of tbe 33d Illinois Regiment, com
manding tho advance of General Steele’s diviaioD, and
afterwards reinforced by two companies, attacked and
completely routed the rebels, scafetoring them in all di
rections. Most of the enemy ocd towards Little Rock.
They also evacuaied Dimal’s JBlutf.
; LATER.
General Curtis’ advance has reached Helena. ' Tbd
army is in good condition and spirite. Previsions are
scares, but supplies are coming from Memphis. *
Sr. Louis, July 14. —Despatches to military authori
ty. received . to-day cay that Gen. Curtis’ command,
about 14,000 strong, has reached Helena, Arkansas,
wheiethey axe resting at present..
nimcoisiswM
Washington, Julyls, 1862.
. .. . SENATE. ■
The Stevens Battery* .
Mr. HALF (Rep.), of New Hampshire, from the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, reported a joint resolution re
lating to the Stevens Battery. It provides that all right
and title of tbe United States in and to the Stevens Bat
tery be released and conveyed to the heirsof Robert M.
Stevens., Passed. ' . . / ■-y ■; > ' ..
Arrest of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony.
• Mr, LAKE (Rep,), of Kansas, called up the reaolu
tioa calling on trie Secretary of State to give tbe reasons
for the arrest of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony. He mo
dified it so aa to make ita request on the President, arid it
was then passed. . . . r
Protection to Slaves*
Mr, HOWE; (Rep.), of Wisconsin, introduced a bill
further amending the articles of war. It provides that
every officer of the Dnited States shall furnish protection
to every slave approaching the lines of the army. If
loyal men lose their property from, the effects of this
order, they are to be compensated.
. Another Bureau*
Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep ), of Wisconsin, introduced a
bill to establish a bureau of migration. r
Letters of Murqne.
Mr. GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa, called up the bill in
relation io letters of mar4ue.:
Mr. TRTTSaBULL (Bep:), of Illinois, opposed it on
the ground that the rebels had no commerce at ali, and it
would be a sort of recognition, as letters of marque were
.never granted except against recognized nations.
Slaves in Government Service.
After further discussion tlie bill was laid aside, and
the bill amendatory of the act of 1795, calling forth the
militia, &c., taken up—the question being on Mr. Sher
man's amendment, limiting emancipation of those who
enter the service of the United States to the slaves of
rebels.
. Mr. LANE (Rep.), of Kansas, said there were 6,400
slaves in Kansas, the majority of which belonged to
loyaV masters, out of which it was proposed to raise two
regiments. Tbe idea of putting these men In tho field to
fight.bravely, and then, when they had helped to save the
country jto return to slavery, is outrageous. The Go
vernment that would do such a thing as that would deserve
the vengeance of the Almighty. He proposed an amend
ment to pay the loyal masters.
Mr. SHERMAN (Rep.), of Ohio,.thought the auesfion
of emancipation was'-now sufficiently mixed with
war. meesureß....lt was doubtful whether the country
could bear the load of debs which the proposition to pay
for all slaves that were employed, even for a single hour,
would involve. He thought we had gone far enough in
this matter. .■ A scheme, such as that proposed by the
Set ator from'E an sas, would involve the country in finan
cial ruin.
Mr. LANE’(Rep.), of Kansas, said that he propped
to deal plainly with loyal men. When these slaves were
once armed they could not be enslaved again, arid he
proposed to pay them. It was perfectly lawful to use the
slaves of loyal men in the war of. the Revolution, and in
the war of 4 1822 j but according to the prerent policy
theymust not be used d|ainsttraitors.
Mr. POMEROY (Bep.) said he did cot propose to com
mit the Government to any policy of .buying slaves, whe
-ther their .masters were loyal or disloyal. The Govern
menfchung a man lately for engaging in this very trade,
and he should vote against all tbe amendments. . .
After further debate, Mr. Sherman’s amendment was
. adopted. , •
Mr. BROWNING (Rep) - offered an amendment to
strike out the wordß, ‘‘mother, wife, and children,” in
the section providing for emancipation.
........
JSinplbyiheiit’of Negroes by Gen. ftlcClellan*
' Mr. HARRIS (Bep ), of New York, said there had
been a great deal of misapprehension in the country as to
the fact of employing negroes. He .read a letter from
General McClellan* saying that all the negroes,male and
female," who have come.wiihlri the camps of the army'of.
tbo Potomac, on the Peninsula, have been protected and
set to work at wages in performing services which would
otherwise have devolved ripen our soldiers. The supply
of these operatives thus far has been insufficient for the
wants. Be was in : favor, of freeing every person psr
fojmmg such.rcrvicG for the Governmerit, and was also..
Jnfavcrof Mr. BrowniHg’samendment.
:TSoTeI Plan of : akxc han«e. -;-
; Mr. EO WE (Bep.) said it might be the case that these
negroes were employed in some parts of the army, but
they were not in ail. Ho read the correspondence' be
tween Brigadier General Williams and’Oolonel Panid, at
Baten Rouge, tlie latter being under arrest for. disobe
dience to the orfer of General Williams, directing Colonel
Panie to drive all the negroes out of his camp, os the
army yras demoralized by them. He (Mr. Howe) would
he glad if we were going, to make an exchange, to'ex
change such brigadiers for negroes, and give a boot, for
he thought the negroes would be of much more service
to the t ountry. , .
-Mr. HO WARD (Rep.), of Michigan, spoke against,the
amendment, referring to the evidence that there were
riegrocß fighting in the rebel ranks. He said tliat if we
employed them to fight for liberty, we should give them
and, their family their freedom.
Mr. Biowning’a amendment was then rejected—yeas
17, nays 20. . _ •.
YEAS.
Fessenden (Rop.)
Foster (Rep.)
Henderson (U.)
Howe (Rop.)
Lane (Bep.), led.
Poweli (Dem.)
Anthony ißep.)
Browning (Rep.)
CUlamer (Rep.)-
Cowan (Rep.)
Davis (IT.) .
DoolitUe (Rep.)
S AY6. •••
Howard (Hep.)
King (Rep.)
Lane (Rep.) Kan,
Morrill (Rep.) .
Sumner (Rep.)
Chandler (Kep )
Claik (llep.)
Foot (Kep.)
Grin es(Bep.)
Harlan (hep.)
Harris (Bep.)
Mr, BBOWNING (Bep.), of Illinois, offered n further
amendment providing that such mother, wife, and children
shall not be freed unless they belonged to rebels.
Mr. BENDEBSOU (TJ.); of Missouri, contended that,
though Congress might legislate against rebels, yet it
had no right to take from loyal men that which was con
sidered as property by the laws of any State'. He thought
this was wrong in itself, and bad policy, ferit diaconraged
loyalty in the slave- States. • He did not think the Presi
dent wanted immediate emancipation, but proposed to
leave it to.the discretion of the Border States, and-aid
them if they choose to accept gradual emancipation.
The amendment was adopted—yeas 21, nays 16. V
/ We innst have a Policy.
Wk. -WRIGHT (U.)i of Indiana, proceeded to speak
on the bid. ; Ho read irom n letter received.from a gen
tleman in.the South who said that order No 3 of General
Halleck had been tbe death of at least 10,1}00 Western
troops. Be saw young men working at the landings and
on the boats, but not a single , black, except one stout
fellow who was blocking tbe boots of a rebel prisoner.
He (Hr, Wright) was willing to go to any length to put
down this rebellion. There were traitors all over the
land* and we must have more energy in the prosecution
of the war. He bad listened here for a long time hear
ing Senators tell what we could not do.' H» would have
been much more pleased if these gentlemen had spent six
months in fbdirg'out what we could do. He would urge
them to stop discussing the negro Question, and do every
thing to support the Government and suppress the rebel--
1i0n..-: -
We B€v<r could suppress this rebellion without a’de
cided policy, and that policy should he protection to'the
loyal men, and no protection to disloyal men, North or
South/ Bulk ts end bayonets must be the policy of this
war., He would join ho political party till we had peace,
.but act for the whole country and for the suppression of
the rebellion. The watchword must be “War—war—
war”—prosecuted vi gorouely' to the end, and any general
who would not employ every negro in doing all the ser
vice they were capable of, should be turned out, and tbo
property of every rebel, North and South, should be at
once confiscated. Make it understood thatihemau in
arms against tbis Government must forfeit his property
and his rights, and we will soon have them loyal men.
Mr. HENI)ERSON(U;}, of Missouri, believed that
Missouri was, the only State,where:rebel property had
.been seized, but he thought that we could not have a
general policy, but must act in different States according
to different circumstance. He urged greater energy ia
the prosecution of the war. He said the rebels never
wanted the Border States to go with them. They only
wanted to make tbe Boidor 'States the fortifications for
them till they could set up ah empire and control and levy
on the commerce of the West. Ha contended that tbe war.
could not beputdown by confiscation bills, but by uniting
the army and go into tho Southern Confederacy and drive
tlje rebels home.. . Whon the army goes into North Caro
lina and Georgia there will be no rebel army left in the
Border States.:'
Hr. OABLILE (U.), of Yirgiaia t said the army had
been in North Carolina already. %
: Mr; HENDERSON said, yes. The army has taken
just about land enough .to bury the dead loyal men.
Missouri does not afk any stay-of tbo army there to pro
tect them. ■ Let the army go on into the Southern Con
federacy, and make the people, feel that there is a war
existing.. Maes the army together, and when it has gone
through the Southern counlry and planted banners on
every bill-top, then the rebellion will be suppressed.
; .Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep ), of. Wisconsin, contended
thatif tbe army had not.been distributed in the Border
Stales atd down the Mississippi, the. Border States would
not have b» eu able to protect themselves. Though ho
did not approve of everything that had been done, yet
never was more done In the|same time. He could have
witlied a little more energy infnsed into the army and
tbo people last December; but gentlemen are wrong
when they say there basbein no policy on the past of
this Government. There has been a policy, and it hag
been to maintain tho President, to support the country*
and maintain the laws, and put down the rebellion and
irampfl it under tbis Government-
Mr. POWELL (Bern.), ef Kentucky, spoke at some
length against the policy of afroiDg the slaves. :
Tbe dh cusMoo was continued by hleesra. HENDER
SON and WRIGHT.
Mr.'FESSENDEN (Bop), of Maine, called up the
resolution from the House postponing tbo adjournment
till Thursday.
. Adjournment on Saturday. :
Mr. BUMN EE (Bop.), of Massachusets, suggested that
-it bo postponed tillSaiu.day. The resolution, was then
adoptfd ,
/ After further discussion the bill was passed—yeas 2S
•Naye-T'M.vi-prs Bajard, CarKlei, Davis, Kennedy. Powell,
fiaulbbury, Starfce, Widey, Wilson, of Missouri—9.
Jr. FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticut, called up the bill
from the House in addition to the pension bill, making a
provision for pensions for masters, Ac., on the gunboats,
Passul. '
Mr. FESfcENDEN (Rep.), from the Committee on Fi
nance, reported back the bill providing an additional duty
of one cent on sugar manufactured from sugar cane in
this country. Passed. ,
Mr. FESSENDEN, from the Committee on Finance,
reported back the bill making supplementary appropria
tions, with amendments. The several amendments of
the committee were adop'ed. One adopted appropriates
$15,000* for the purchase of artificial limbs for
wcuuded solffiers and seamen. The bill was passed. .
A message was received from tbo President to the Pre
eidentjpro tem.:ofthe Senate, as follows: *
“Bin: Please inform the Senate that I shall he obliged
fcr ihemifttuy will postpone the adjournment at least one
day beiord J understand they bad fixed for it-' 1
TheßfcuMethi^ioolyireceaßtfitToVjlftck,
evening session.
Trtmsfer of the Western Fleet.
Mr. GRIMES (Bep.), of lowa, from the Naval Com
mittee, reported a bill transferringthe Western gunboat
fleet from the War Department to the Navy Department.
Passed.
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, from the cotn
mittee of conference on the bill to prevent the imprison
ment of soldiers in the penitentiary* made a report,
which was agreed to.
Competency of Witnesses.
it,w r ' (Bep), of Connecticut* called up the
mil in relation to the competency of witnesses in United
States courts.
SUMNER (Rep.), of Massachusetts, moved to
amend that no witness shall be excluded on acoouut of
color, and spoke aMome lougth in favor of the amend
ment.
It wm further discussed by Messrs. Wilkinson and
iioward in tavor, and Messrs. Foster and Trumbull
against* when it was rejected— yeaß 14. nays 23.
Mr. DA'VIS (UO, of Kentucky* offered an amendment
providing for tbo punishment of rebels or disloyal ner
sons. Rejected—yeas 18, nays 19. •
Discharge of State Prisoners*
Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep.), of Illinois* moved to tako
up the bill for the discharge of all State prisoners, and
to authorize the judges of the United States courts to
take bail and recognizances.
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, moved an
executive session.. Rejected—yeas, 17 ; nays, 20.
Mr. FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticut, called up the
bill amendatory of tho aot prohibiting the slave trade.
Passed,. . .
The bill for the discharge ef all State prisoners was
then taken up.
Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, moved to strike out
the firtfc two sections of the bill providing for the dis
charge of all State prisoners and the taking bail, leaving
in the bill oneßectioD, authorizing the President to sus
pend the writ cf haliens corpus when necessary. He
said that to hoped that the Senate now, when calling for
more vigor in the prosecution of the war, would not make
a general jail delivery. He thought that never h*d any
Government dealt so leniently with traitors as this Go
vernment ; yet this hill proposes a general jail delivery of
traitors who have been plotting the overthrow of the
Government, and who were arrested on overwhelming
testimony in tho pore*salon of the departments. He was
thankful to the Secretary of State and Secretary of War
for laying bauds on the black-hearted traitors and shut
ting the in up, and lie believed there were many more who
ought to be shut up. He was opposed to tbo bill in any
shape, . •
Mr. TRUMBULL said that the bill might not be per
fect, but the Senator from Massachusetts proposed to
strike out the main features of H. He (Mr. Trumbull)
, waviu iavor of carrying the war on vigorously and deal
ing death aod destruciion to traitors, but ho was not fbr
imprisoning innocent men. Is the Senator from Massa
chusetts in favor of putting men from loyal States in pri
son without telling them what the charges are 7 Tho
Senator OBsmnea they are traitors. How does he know
it 7 ir there ia evidence, in Heaven’s name bring itforth
and. let them.be punished. This is not a jail delivery for
any men who are traitors.
These men were arrested, without warrant of law, in
the loyal portion of the country, and kept in prison for
months, and some fora year. Ho had heard the Con
stitution invoked for traitors in arms: then, should not
these men have the benefit of the Constitution? But if
these men are innocent, are they to Ho in prison all their
lives? By what authority are these men kept in jatl*
What is tho Constitution good for, if, in districts where
there iB peace and the laws are not interfered with, men
cannot claim the benefit of the Constitution and laws 1
Scores of men have been arrested and kept for months,
and then discharged because there was no evidence
against them. He thought it but fair that thes&'men
should have a trial, and no guflty one need eEcapa. Only
the innocent will come out.
. Mr. WILSON, of Hasauckusetts, said if there was no
indictment found by the grand jury these men would be
released.
Mr. SHERMAN (Rep ), asked if the evidence had
been presented to the grand juries.
Mr. COLLAMEB (Rep.), said he supposed not. He
supposed' the Government did not want to’ commence
hanging, and he did not suppose that these men wanted
to be tried ana hung.
Mr/WILSON, of- Massachusetts, declared there was
overwhelming evidence against many of these mpn, and
against, more yet at large. He doubted whether a jury
would convict these men in Washington, Baltimore, or
even in, New York.
There are traitors all over the country, and if tho evi
dence the Government ; has was published, it would
amaze the country. He should regard the passage of
this bill ub a blow struck at the country.
. At 20 o’clock the Senate went into executive session,
and subsequently adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Resolutions Against Ben. Wood.
Mr. BENJAMIN WOOD (Dem.), of New York*
rising to a question of privilege, said: Last week the
testimony, in the investigation of my case was closed,
and I vras not permitted to doubt that a report would be
made by the Committee on the Judiciary. 'Yesterday I
was infoi mtd that it had been determined to defer the re
port until tho next session. As soon as I learned this I
sought the floor, as you well know, Mr. Speaker, to offer
this resolution. ; 1 did not succeed. I. seize thiß, my
earliest opportunity, sotodo. Sir, I protest against this
delay.- As an act of justice to myself, I ask the passage
of this resolution. If lam guilty of the offence charged
against me, I am not worthy to remain a member of the
House. If innocent, I certainly am ontifcled'to my vin
dication. I submit the following: ■
Resolved, That tbo Judiciary Committee be instructed
to i eport forthwith to tbo House in the matter of inves
tigation of Ibe alleged misconduct of Benjamin Wood, a
Representative from the State of New York.
. Mr. BINGHAM (Hep.), of Ohio, objected, as this was
not a question of privilege.
The SPEAKER said he hardly thought this came
under that head, and he stated the question for the con
sent of !he House, when
Mr. BINGHAM objected to the introduction of the
resolution.
Pay of Members of Congress.
Mr. BINGHAM, from the Judiciary Committee, to
whom the joint resolution, further, to provide for tbo
compensation of members of Congress'was referred, re
ported-the following: That till the further order of
Congress, tho Secretary of the Senate and Sergeant-at-
Arma of the House shall receive as valid excuse for ab
sence from duty active employment in the military ser
yice. for the suppression of the rebellion.
The resolution passed.
.".Mileage.
The House resumed the conrideration of the -mileage
. question, which was pending when the adjournment took
place yesterday.
- Mr. COLFAX (Rep.), of Indiana, introduced a bill
for the reduction of mileage; fifty per cent., to which
Mr. ALDRICH (Rep.), of Minnesota,'bad offered as a
substitute that- 1 -all laws and parts of laws giving mile
age to members of Congress be, and the same are hereby
■ 'repealed.”
THOMAS (Rep.), of Massachusetts, moved to
amend Ar. AWrich’B proposition by adding “and this'
proposition shall apply to the present Congress, and the
mileage already received for the same.”
. Mr. Thomas’ amendment was adopted—yeas 84, naya
i 48, and Mr. Aldrich’s tubslitute for Mr. Colfax’s bill, a 3.
thus amended, was agreed to—yeas 71,nay842. >. ..
stated on ordering the bill to lie
engrossed for a third. r*.ftdinsr, when
(Eep )» of Massachusetts, moved to Fay, the bill on the
table. -Disagreed to—yeas3o,nays.,Bo. .
Mr.-COLFAX said the House, by' their|votes, had
abolished ail mileage, and required the members to refund ■
what they have received duriug tha present Congress.
Be regarded their action as serious. He should vote for
the bill as amended, not because ho approved and be
lieved the Senate would concur in it, ; but because it
would give that body something to act upon. Congress
have posted reforms, cutting down chaplains’ rations,
regimental bands to the extent of- millions, and why
should not members, considering the people are heavily
; taxed, reduce their mileage one-half? DouMlese, many
members, like himself, intended to give whatever they
were able to give of their pay, for the war, and could as
well pay it this way as another.
Mr. THOMAS (Rep.) of Massachusetts, explained tho
reason why be introduced his amendment. It wonld be
giactful, in the present condition of the country, and
when the Treasury is in a distressed condition, to give
up their own mileage iestead of regulating that of future
members, who can regulate the matter for themselves.
Mr. ROSCOE CONKLING (Rep.), of New York,
agreed with Mr. Thomas that, in making reforms, mem
bers should not overlook themselves. The mileage al
lowance was indefensible on economical, just, or legal
grounds, whole theory was atrocious. Even if the
mileage was cut down one half, it would not he more than
any man expends.; If they desire to be sincere on the
subject of reform, they ebonld remember that it is not
charity only which should begin at home.
. Mr. SABGEANT (Rep.), of California, controverted
the position oi Mr, Colfax. The la'ter said he wag un
able to account for the personal feeling exhibited toward
him by the gentleman. He (Mr. Sargeant) wished him
to know thatwhen he spoke- earnestly he was not speak
iDg angrily.
The words of the colloquy were not distinctly heard in
the reporters’ gallery, owing to the noise in the hall, oc
casioned by the prevalence of a heavy storm outside.
Mr, COLFAX explained. He did not think that any
thing more radical than reducing the mileage one half
• could ba effected.
Thebill was then passed—yeas 86, nays 29. .
Mr. COLFAX (Bep.), of Indiana, moved to amend
the title, by.making it read, “ An actabolishing Congres
sional mileage.” Agreed to. : ;
The SPEAKER laid before the House a brief note,
addressed to him by President Lincoln, saying that he
would he -obliged if the time fixed for the adjournment
Bhould be extended one day.
Adjournment Postponed.
On motion of Mr. WIOKLIFFE (U.), of Kentucky*
& resolution was passed, that, the Senate concurring, the
seßtion be extended to Thursday.
Expenses of Missouri.
The House took iip the Senate bill providing for the
ascertainment, by commissioner otherwise, of the amount •
expended by Missouri, under the act of the Convention
ot > that State, for arming, equipping, and subsisting
'troops; the sum ascertained due to be a set-off to the
' direct tax imposed upon Missouri, and the same discount
to be allowed as if it had been paid into the treasury in
money. .. '
Mr. PHELPS (Dem.), o! Missouri, explained the circum
stances under which the money was expended to suppress
Secession movements.
Mr. DUNN (Rep.), of Indiana, could see no reason
why this measure should not prevail.
. 3be bill w&b then passed.
, The Senate bill : requiring tho commanders of vessels
sailing to foreign ports, and persons prosecuting claims
at tbo Government departments, to take the oath of alle
giance was passed.
The Confiscation Bill. ;
~ Mr. MAYNARD (U.), of Tennessee, introduced a bill,
which was passed, explanatory of the fifth section of the
confiscation bill, so that Us operation may not be retro
active. Adjourned.,
Sherman (Rep.)
Simmons (Rap.)
Ten Eyck (Rep.)
Willey ( *7.) . ■ ;
Wilson (U.). Mo,
Wright (V.)
Trumbull (Rep.)
Wade (Rep )
Wilkinson (Rep.) .
Wiimot (Bop.)
Wilson (Rop.) Mas
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER ARIEL.
New York, July 35.—The Bteamer Ariel has arrived
from Aspiawall, with $441,000 in gold. '
. The Governor of Fanama has removed the seat of go
vernment temporarily to Santiago de Vesagaos. Fami
lies are fleeing from the city to avoid thejanticipated
danger. . v ,
■f The Fourth of July was appropriately celebrated at
Panama. . Salutes by the U. S. steamship Saranac and
the British ship Termagant were among the events. .
The l’anama Railroad Company’s steamer Salvador
had airived from New York.
Nsw York, July 15.— The steamer Jersey Blue, from
Nowbern on tbe lltb, arrived this mornmg. • She brings
no news. r:
The Canadian Banks.
Toronto, July 15,—The statement that the Canadian
banks ore about to suspend Bpecie payment is untrue. ,
Baltimore, July 15.—Flour, firm for Ohio. Wheat
firm, and advanced sc. for white; red unchanged.
Flour dull and unchanged. Coffee buoyant. Whisky
steady at 26^0*
City Convention.—A joint Conven
tion of the Republican and Peopled parties was hold*
last evening, at the County Court-house, Mr. E. P. Par
ker in the choir. All but rix of the wards were repre
sented.
On motion, it was ordered that a majority of the wards
constitute a quo) um. .
.. It was moved that a committee of five be appointed to
prepare a list of Senatorial and Representative delegates
to the Convention to be held at Harrisburg to-morrow.
Alter a short colsuitation, the committee presented the
following list: . i
George Inman Riche,
William S. Peirce,
IXTATIYB.
1. Samuel Si Gavin. • '9. R.Alsop.
2. Ward. 10. M. B. Moore.
8., John H. Butler. .11. M.H; Dickersoa.
4. Tboniaa M. Hall. 12. Jaroos McManus
6. F, A\ Godwin.
B* Morton McMichael. 14. James H. Billitger.
7. William J. Wamwrighi. 15. O. C. Jackaon.
8. 0. H. Needles. 16. Beojamia Jacobs.
17: John 0. Knox.
The ncminations of the committee were ratified, and
the delegation was, on motion, empowered to fill vacan
cies,
The Ocnvenlion then adjourned. . '
DEAR INTERVENTION.—Louis Napoleon is paying
deeily fer bia expedition into Mexico, It has already
cost 1 him , -
Imprisonment of Soldiers.
The Slave-Trade Bill.
State Prisoners.
$441,000 in Gold.
Arrival from .Newßern.
Markets.
John W. Forney,
Charles J. EUis.
repbese:
13. Montgomery Johnson,
Grand Mass Meeting in New York,
Last Evening.
union BQUABE HI ABLAZE OF PATBIOI ISM.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FREEMEN IN COUNCIL,
The Empire City Fledged to Furnish 10.000 Ken
for the Hew Baiuisition.
THE QUOTA TO BE FILLED WITHOUT DRAFTING.
[Specially reported fox the Philadelphia Press.]
One of the most important events in tho history of tins
country occurred last evening in the city of Now York.
A monster mass meeting, tho largost probably that the
world has ever seen, has been originated and carried into
practical execution in the short space of four days.
Early yesterday morning evidences of an Immense up
heaval in public opinion were evident upon every street
of the commercial metropolis of the United States. Va
lletta public houses in the city displayed their large flags,
while private dwellings hung smaller flags, in some cases,
out at their windows, transforming the city, as it wore,
into a grand bunting emporium.
Although the meeting .was not called until four
o’clock in the afternoon* as early as two o’clock,
thousands of citizens Lad gathered in the vicinity of
Union Square, where the carpenters had not yet finished
pulling up the stands, nor the members of the committee
concluded their operations of gracefully draping hun
dreds ef American flags over and around them. The first
regular procession moved from Broadway through
Broome street, up the Bowery, through Fourth avenue,
and to the place of meeting. It proved to ho the em
ployees of Singer’s Sewing Machine Manufactory, num
bering some two hundred and fifty men, headed by a very
fine band, and a handsome brass field piece, and many
banners and devices. They attracted, of course, univer
.sat attention, and the sidewalks were covered with people
accompanying them to the placo of meeting. Soon after,
bands of citizens, headed in some cases by the simple
drum and fifo, in other cases by bauds of music, came
pouring in from all quarters, and soon it became evident
that the meeting would be of no ordinary dimensions.
All the large, manufacturing establishments of the city
patriotically, closed their doors at three o'clock, in order
to allow their employees to attend the meeting, which
they did tn masse.
Although the weather was intensely warm, it did hot
deter either male or female from collecting in large num
bers around Union Square. The utmost enthusiasm was
everywhere manifested among tho inhabitants of the
city. The cars and stages were crowded to excess,
although extra vehicles of every description had been
placed upon the various lines. After Sinner’s company
of employees, the surviving veterans of the War of 1812.
arrived upon the ground, in their unique 3ad showy
uniform, creating the greatest merriment and good
humor among the citizens. The Metropolitan Police,
500 BtTODg.-were upon tliß ground, and duriug the forma,
tion of the meeting preserved the utmost order.
It seemed that organized bodies of freemen would never
ceate arriving on the ground. Drums were beating in
every direction. A small field battery, known as the
Anthon Light Artillery, was belching forth five hundred
guns in honor of the great occasion. In fact, there was
a most Interminable roar of artiUory.
About five* o’clock the last body of citizens arrived.
Theywere the navy yard boys, bluejackets and marines,
all attired in their gayest uniforms. The streets “ down
town” were almost, completely deserted, and the city
wore the appearance of its being Sunday, the stores ha
ving closed at four o’clock; The shipping, both In Bast
-and North rivers, was gaily decorated with bunting, as
were all the public and private buildings in the city.
At four precisely Mayor Opdyke ascended stand num
ber one, accompanied by a portion of the committee.
The ceremonies of organization beinggone through with,
Mayor Opdyke presided, and addressed the meeting in
the most eloquent manner. He was'frequently inter
rupted by applause. . In consequence of tho want of
space we are compelled to leave out several speeches,
which were furnished to our reporter in advance. David
Dndley Field, Esq., read the following address,-adopted
by a convention of committees:
: ’ . ADDRESS
To the 1 Loyal Citizens of Few TorJc, in mass meeting
assembled, on Union Square, on the 15fi& dau of
July, 1862. , * J
The war in which the United States are engaged is BOt
. a war of conquest, but purely of defence. We ate fight
ing for that which we received from our fathers; for the
Union, which was freely entered Into by all the parlies
to it; for the Constitution, frbich is older than this gene
ration, which waß made, in part, by the rebel States, and
wbfclf every rebel leader has oftentimes sworn to sup
port. Wo did not resist till our forbearance was imputed
to pusillanimity ; we did not Btrike till we bad been
struck; and when we took up arms, we sought only to
retake that which had been taken from us by force, or
surrendered by an imbecile or traitorous President and
Cabinet. .
The rebellion had no cause or pretext which was oven.
plausible. . Miegovernment by the Federal power was
not even pretended, nor any just apprehension of rais
govemmeut, for though a President bad been chosen
whose opinions were hostile to the extension of slavery,
the other departments of tfce Government were so con
stituted that.no legislation hostile to the South could;
have been perfected. The; rebels , revolted, therefore,
against a Government which themselves or their fathers
had, of their free choice,, created for them,-whose powers
they had generally wielded, and whose offices they hod,
for the greater part, filled. .
What this rebellion, was for is declared by the Consti
tution which the rebels immediately adopted for them
selves, end to which, they invited the adhesion of-the
loyal States. .That instrument may be regarded as their
manifesto. It is for the most part a copy of the Consti
tution of the United Stales, with these two important.,
addition*—-the perpetual servitude of the African race,
and the inalienable right jpf each State to secede from
the rest at will. Slavery and Secession are the two cor?
ner*stones of the rebel Constitution, the differences be
tween that and our own, and of course . the only causes
and objects of the rebellion.
Whoever, therefore, either in this country or ia Eu
rope; sympathises with the rebels, or abefc3 them, must
justify the taking up of arms, and filling the land with
dlst ’CES and slaughter* for the establishment of the per
petual right of slavery and the perpetual right of seces
sion. v The bare statement of the propositionj so far as
slavery is concerned, should &eeio to be. sufficient argu
ment. In this ape of the world, under the influence of’
.our Christian.civilization, it seems incredible that any
set of men should dare to proclaim perpetual human
servitude as. a fundamental artiJe of-tuelr sooial com
pact, *r that any other juaD-Btionldibe found on the face
of the world to justify or even to tolerate them. In re
spect'iq tne'assumed right of secession, the argument i 3
short end conclusive.. Our Constitution.established a'
Government and hot a. league; that was its purpose.
The aim of its founders, to make it a Government indis
soluble and immortal, was,a* clearly expressed in the
language of the instrument, and .of contemporaneous
writings; as it was passible to express it.
That man must be most ignorant of American history
and law, who does not know that the idea of: a league or
partnership Is wholly foreign to bur constitutional sys
tun. The union between England and Scotland is as
much a league, cr partnership, as the union between
New York and Virginia, and when Englishmen talk of
the right of Virginia to self-government, let them ask
themselves if they think Scotland has a right to secede
from England at will, , , v
So. much for the legal right—now for the political ne
cessity. . The secession of Louisiana and Florida from,
Pem.sjlY&nia and Ohio can no more.be admitted, con
sidered as a question of policy alone, than could the se
cession of Woles from England, or Burgundy from
France ; nay, more—it would; be possible for France to
exist as a powerful empire without a foot of the old do
main c-f the Burgundian princes; and England might be
powerful and respected, though the Welsh in their moun
tains still maintained their independence. But such is
the shapebf this continent, and the net-work of waters
which flow through the delta of the Mississippi into the
Gulf of Mexico, that one part of the great Valley cannot
secede from the other. Providence has written its eternal
decree upon the rivers and mcimiains of our continent,
that the Northwestern and the Southwestern States shall
be forever joined. ,
But if it were possible to he otherwise—if several inde •
pendent communities, without any national tie, could ex
ist side by side in the great basin of our continent—they
would be rivals, and from rivaVwould become enemies,
warring with each other, seeking foreign alliances, ob*
structing each other’s prosperity, and assailing each
other’s power. The great experiment of republican go
vernment would have failed: an experiment depending
for its success upon the possibility of uniting an inde
pendent action of separate States in respect to the greater
number of the fuactions of government, with the action
of a national Government upon all matters of common
concern.
If, as we believe, the fate'Of-republican government
in America is to determine whether a great country can
be governed by any other than the monarchical form,
w ith its concomitants of privileged classes,'' and standing
aimaments ; and,: of course, whether this . country of
ours is to continue to be the asylum for the poor and the
oppressed of all countries, there can be no greater ques
tion presented to any people than that now presented to
'us; none in which the milliouß of this continent, and of
Europe, are more deeply concerned. If such a sacrifice
were necessary, the thirty millions who now inhabit
these States could do nothing so useful or sublime as to
give themselves and all that they have, that they might
leave this broad lard under one tree, indissoluble, re
publican government, opening wide its arms to thepeo
pleof all lands, and promising happy homes to hundreds
of millions for scores of ages
'We are persuaded that there has never been a struggle
between authority and rebellion whose issue involved
more of good or ill to the human race. We are fighting
not for ourselves Mono, but for our fellow-men, mid for
the millions who are to come after us. These are scenes
in the great war of opinion, which began before tbe cen
tury opened, and which will be ended only when it shall
be df ciced whether government is for the few or the
- many.
Wo do not war with monarchical governments,‘or
monarchical principles. They may he: the best for
some countries. The republican form of govern
ment ia the one we prefer for ourselvee, and for that,
in its pnrity and its strength, we are offering up oursub
siance, and pouring out our blood like water. Wo are
contending for that scheme of government for which
Washington and the rest of tbe fathers took up arms ;
for the integrity of our country, for our national exist
ence, for the Christian civilization of our land, for our
commerce, our arts, our schools; for all those earthly
things which’we have been taught mott to cherish , aud
respect. • ; '
Such being tho magnitude ef the stake In this contest,,
can it be wondered at that wo feel that all that we have,
and all that we can do, should be given to our country in
this its gi eat hour of trial 1 If there be a man amongst
us who does not feel thus, he should leave us. We can
not endure the thought of a traitor in the midst of us.
3?or ourselves, we are willing to make every sacrifice
necessary for the triumph of the Government It can
have all tbe resources of tweoty mflUons of people All
we ask of it is, that it shall use th<m quickly, vigorously,
and wisely. Let us have no disunited counsels, no un
certain policy, no insufficient armaments, no paltering
with rebellion. The crisis is most serious and imminent.
The nation is not m a mood for trifiiDg. It believeß that
tbo surest means of suppressing the rebellion are the
beet. It cr mplains only ol delays, vacillation, weakness.
It wUhes the strength of the nation to be. coUected, aud
when eolkcled, used so that not a vestige of: revolt re
meins. \Ve know that we have the men and the means;,
wo only demand of the Government that it do what It is
bound to do—ute them with singleness of purpose, with
well-considered plan, under tbe lead of the wisest counsel
and tbe mostskilfnl c< mmond.
This rebellion ia a matter between ourselves and' the
rebels No person other than an American has anything
todowitbit. If another intrudes into it, we must re
gard and fcieat him as an enemy. And if any foreiga
Government, forgetting itß own duties, attempts to inter
fere in our aflairs, the attempt must bo repelled, as we
are sure it will bo repelled with that firmness and spirit
which become the ADiericaa people and their representa
tivts. If there be anything about which we are all agreed,
it is the wisdom of our traditional policy, that we will
cot intcifeia in the affairs of other nation?* uor allow
their interference in ours. To the maintenance of this
policy the nation is devoted, and the Govornmeat can
count on the unanimous auppoit of out people.
Fcrasmucb, then, as the actual rebellion and the pos
sibility of foreign intervention make it necessary that
tbe whole loyal people of this country should be banded
together as one mas, for the defence of all they hold
■ most dear,Ave hero pledge oureeives to each otlter, to
Goigrees, and to the.-President, that, with all ourre
sources, we will support the Government in the prose
cution of this war, with the utmost ,posrible : vigor, till
the rebellion is overcome, and'its leaders brought to
merited punishment.
John Austin Slovens, Jr , read the following resolu
tions, which were adopted by a convontlou of commit
tee Bv and which were unanimously ratified;
- > RESOLUTIONS.
.IFftereas, At a meeting of the citizons of-NeV York,
convened ou the 2tth of April, 1861, it was resolved to
tuppoit the Government in the prosecution of the war
then opened by the rebels, with all tlio means ia our
power ; and vriereas, nothing has since occurred to
change’ out opinions or our determination then expressed,
but even thing to confirm them; and wherea*, after a
aeries of to the Federal aim, tuterruoted only
by a few temporary reverses, the casualties of war have
rtducEd lhe effective strength of the regiments in the
field, so that ricruilß are needed to fill them up ; and
vhtreae, tbe occupation of the placesrepoasessed by onr
army requires ah additional force, and the President has
called for, three hundred thousand men, and for these
reasons' another meeting of citizens has been called; anl
is now ass*tabled ; it is, thereupon,.
Jfesolrcd, That we* reaffiim all tha resolutions of the
meeting of April, 1861, hereby declaring that every
event that has since occurred has served to strengthen
the convictions, then held, of the wickedness of this re
bellion, and the doty of all loyal citizens to suppress it
with the strong hand, and atall hazards.
Resolved , That this war is waged on the part ef tbe
loyal for the overthrow only of the disloyal; that w«-
seck not to enforce any claims or to establish any privi
leges beyond those given us by the Constitution of our
fathers; and onr only aim and purpose have been, and
are now, to maintain the supremacy of that Constitu
tion over every foot of soil where it ever bore sway,
with not a line interpolated or a line erased.
Resolved, That we are for the Union of the Stateg, the
mtegntF of the country, and the maintenance of this Go
vernment, without any condition or qualification what
ever ; and we will stand by them and upheld them, under
all circumstances, and at every necessary sacrifice oflifo
or treasure.
Resolved, That while we recognize, and wiU sedulous*
ly maintain, tho rights of each State under the Constitu
tion, we abhor and repudiate the doctrine—fatal to na
tional unity, and so prolific to treason in the army and
navy, and among the people—that allegiance is due to the
Slate, and not to the United States; holding it as a car
dinal maxim, that to the United.Stetes, as a collective
Government, is due the primary • allegiance of all our
People, and that any State, or Confederation of States,
which attempts to divert it, by force or otherwise, ia
guilty ef the greatest of crimes against humanity and our
National Union.
Resolved, That wo urge upon tho Government the ex
ercise of its utmost skill and vigor in the prosecution of
this war, unity of design, comprehensiveness of plan, a
uniform policy, and the stringent use of all the means
witbiuita reach, consistent with the usages of civilfzGd
warfare.
Resolved, That we acknowledge but two divisions of
the people of the United Stateß in thiß crisis: those who
are loyal to the Constitution and every inch of it** soil,
and arc ready to make every sacrifice for the integrity of
tbe Union, and the maintenance of civil liberty within it,
and those who openly or covertly endeavor to sever onr
country, or to y ield to the Insolent demand of its ene
mies ; that we fraternize wilh the Former, and detest the
loiter; and that, forgetting all former parly names and
distinctions, we cal! upon all patriotic citizens to rally for
one undivided country, one flag, one destiny.
Resolved, That the Government of the United States
and its people, will) an occasional exception among the
reckless inhabitants where this rebellion was fostered,
have wisely and studiously avoided all interference
with tho concerns of other nations, asking, and usually
enjoying, a like non-interference with their own, and
that such is, and should continue to he, its policy; that
tho intimations of a contemplated departure from this
sound rule ot conduct on the part of some of the nations
Of Europe, by an intervention in our present struggle, is
ae uDiust to tin m as it wonld be to us, and to the great
principles for which we are contending; bntwo asiure
them, with a solemnity of conviction which admits of no
distrust or fear, and from a knowledge of. and firm reli
ance upon, the spirit and fortitude of twenty millions of
people, that any attempt thus to intervene, will meet a
resistance unparalleled in its force, tmconqnerabie in its
persistence, and fatal to those whom it is intended to aid;
and that it will tend only to strengthen and elevate tho
Republic.
Resolved, That the skill, bravery* and endurance ex
hibited by our army and navy have elicited our admira
tion and gratitude; that we behold in these qualities tha
aEsurancte cf suie and speedy success to our arms, and
of rout and discomfiture to the rebels; that we urge tho
Government to aid and strengthen them by all the means
m its power, and carefully to provide for sick, woimded, 1
. end disabled soldiers and their families; to prosecute the
war with increased vigor and .energy, nniil the rebellion <
is utterly.crushed, the integrity of the Union in all ita
borders restored, and ©very rebel reduced to submisofon,
or.driven from the land; and that, to accomplish these
ends, we pledge to our riders our faith, our fortunes, and
onr lives.
Resolved, That we approve of the Administration of
the President of the United States, and of the mea
sures recommended and sanctioned by Tam for the pro
secution of the war, tha suppression of toe rebellion,
and the welfare of 'the country; that we sanction as wise
and expedient the call for 300,000 more troops, and ear
nestly exhort onr countrymen'to rally to the standard of
tho Union, and bear it aloft until it shall float in peace
and security, and be everywhere respected and honored.
Resolved , That a general armament is required by
every consideration of policy and safety, and the Govern
ment should lose no time injfilling up our armies aud put
ting the whole sea coast in a state of complete defence.
Resolved , That it bo recommended to the Common
Council of the city of New York to offer a bouuty of
twenty-five dollars to every resident of the city who
shall, within thirty days, enlist into any regiment now in
the field.
Charles King, Hiram Walbridge, and Samuol Osgood
then addressed the meeting at length.
At stand number two, Prosper M. Wetmore presided,
after which Francis Yin ton, Charles P. Daley, and David
S. Coddington addreßS&d those assembled.
At'stand number three, Hamilton Fish presided, and
addresses were made by Hamilton Fish, B. D. Hitch
cock, John A. King, Francis B. Spinola, and fieth B.
Chittenden. .
At stand number four Francis Lieber presided, and
the meeting was addressed by Wm, Curtis Noyes, Win.
A. Butler, \Ym. J. A. Fuller, and R. A. Witthaus.
*' At stand number five the announcement that Major
General John Charles Fremont would preside created the
liveliest excitement.- Hero we are compelled to acknow
ledge that more than half of the meeting had clustered
itself. .
Gen. Fremont was introduced by Hon. Benjamin gF.
Maniere. Gen. Fremont arose* and uncovering hia
head, was received with the most tumultuous applause,
bowing frequently and attempting to speak, but for the
space of some minutes'nothing could be heard above
the din of cheers. In consequence of our refusal of a
place upon the stand we could not'obtain a verbatim
report of Gen. Fremont’s remarks, bat they were emi
nently patriotic and appropriate. He said he had tried to
do his duty to his country. He wonld like to have her right
in every respect, but ho would be true to his country and
his flog right or wrong, and he wonld even now bo
willing to do more—to lay down his life for the defence
of our glorious Union.
General Fremont was followed by Parson Brownlow,
Hon. Joseph Hoxie, Colonel James Fairman, jtnt from
James river : Captain ChariesO. Nott,of FortDonelson;
Rev. R. S. Stores, D. D.; Eev. Rufus W. Clark, D.
Hor. E. Belafidd Smith, Charles Gouid, Etq, and Colo
nel J amea SlcKaye.
At this stand, the following letters from dUtiogmahed
gentlemen wore read:
LETTER FROK CHARLES SUMNER.
Washixgtos, July H.
Deab Sir : I welcome and honor your patriotic efforts
to arouie the country to a generous, determined, irre
sistible unity in support of our Government;,bat tha
Senate is Btfli in session, and my present post of duty is
here. A Senator, cannot leave Ms post more than a
soldier.
But absent, or present, the cause in which the p3ople
are to assemble has my God-speed, earnest, devoted,
affectionate, from tbe heart. What I can do, let me do.
There ia no work which I will not undertake; there is
nothing which I will not renounce, if so I may serve my
country.
There must he unity of hearts and of hands, too, that
the Republic may he lifted to the sublime idea of a true
ccmmonwealth, which we are told “ought to boa 3 oaa
huge personage, one mighty growth and eta r ua of an
honett man, aa big and compact in virtue as in body.”
Oh! sir, if my feeble voice could reach my fellow- coun
trymen in their workshops, ia the streets, in the fields,
and wherever they meet together: if, for one moment, I
.could take to my lips the Biivcr trumpet, whose tones
should, sound and reverberate., throughout the land, I
would summon alii forgetting prejudice and turningaway
from error, to help unite, Quicken, and invigorate our
common ‘ country—most beloved now that it is most im
perilled—to a compactness aud bigness of virtue in just
proportion to its extended dominion, so that it should be
as one huge Christian personage—one mighty growth
and statue of an honest man, instinct with all the single
ness of unity. Thus inspired, the gates of helL cannot
prevail against us. ”
To this end the cries of faction must be silenced, and
f&e wickedness of sedition, whether in print or public
speech* mustbe suppressed, these are the Northern
allies of the Rebellion. An aroused ami indignant peo
ple, with iron heel, ought to tread them out forever, os
men tread out the serpent, so that it can neither hiss nor
sting. .
"With such a concord God will be pleased, and He will
fight for us. Ee will give quickness to our armies, bo
that the hosts of the rebellion wi 1 be broken and scat
tered as by tbe thunderbolt, and Ee vtfll give to our be
neficent Government that blessed inspiration, better than
any newly-raised levies, by which the rebellion shall ba
struck in its single vulnerable part • by which that colos
sal abomination which was its original main-spring, and
is its present motive-power, shall be overthrown, and by
which the cause of the Union shall be linked with that;
divine justice, whose weapons are of celestial temper.
God bless onr country ! and God bless aU who now
serve it with singleness of heart l
I have the honor to be, dear eir,
Your obedient servant,
CHARGES SUMNER.
■; . LETTER OF SENATOR SHERMAN, OF OHIO.
Washington, July 14,1862.
Gentlemen: I heartily approve the object of yoor
meeting, and only regret that my duties will not allow
me to attend.
This is no time tor parties or partisans. It is no time
for creeds, platforms, or names. We must preserve the
unity of Ibis Government. We must use all the re
sources at onr command, and all the men, white, black*
or mixed, willing to aid ns. If at liberty to choose, I ,
prefer to employ only white men of a certain standard of
'morality, religion, and politics; but tbe man is a fool /
who, when his bouse is on fire, or he ii in the midst of a *
shipwreck, will not accept aid from any and every hu
man beirg.
Nm: should we mingle any motive for conducting this
war with the high, noble, and patriotic one of preserving
Ihe unity and authority of the Republic. Emancipation*
Colonization, Free Trade, Home Industry, party names,
may all be well enough to quarrel about in quiet times*
but if we sustain the Government, we can leave these
matters to the Providence 61 God and the good sense of
our people.
Pi evident Lincoln is a patriot. His errors are the errors
of kindness and gobd motives; as he has the exclusive
power to make cabinets or general;, and as we can only
strike the enemy through their commands, I prefer to let
them alone. - For the sake of God and humanity, let
them use their ample means to crush tbe enemies of both.
' Gentlemen, my opinion is, we have not sooner subdued
the ltbels, because we have been afraid to use nil our
means, lest it might advance or retard certain political
notion?. I am now more sanguine, because we are all,
row, EootCg earnest. The people, and I thiuk .most
of the officerf, are determined to whip the rebels, even
if ibeir slaves become free, even if their property is no
longer protected, but is transferred to loyal citizens.
Very truly, yours,
JOHN SHERMAN.
LETTER FROM MR. SEWARD.
• Department of State. >
“WAsnixcTON, July If, 15G2.)
To James H, White* 'Geo. Opdyke, and others, select
cc mmitteo:
Gentlemen : Your note, inviting me to attend a meet
ing oi loyal.citizenaof New York, to be held to-morrow,
has b*en received.
Q lie objects of the meeting are of vital importance.
They involve nothing less than a choice between aa
early peace, with the delivery of the nation from all sur
rounding danger®, or a protracted war, with hazards of
ultimate natural dissolution.
Pu&ic duties forbid roy leaving the capital at this mo
ment, but I have given to the only male inember of my
fjniily not already in the public service, permission ta
enroll himself as a private in the ranks of the volunteers
which it ia your purpose to send into the field.
I have the honor to be, gentlemen,
- Your very obedient servant,
WIRIiIAM H. SEWARD.
• PROM SENATOR KINO-
Washington, July 12,1562.
MesFra. James White, George Opdyfee, Samuel Sloan,
Bxoeptr M. Wetmore, Denning Duer, and Gflarlea
Gould, Committee: .■■ ' . . , "
Gentlemen : Tour irritation has reached me to ad
dn ssa maw meeting'of alt parties in favor of eupporting
the Government in the pro»ecutif a of tbe war, and sup
pressing the rebeUiou, to be held in tbe city of New York
on Tuesday, the 33th instant. My whole heart is in the
cause your meeting is called to promote, and I wish I could
be there, but public eiigflgements here, that I cannot pat
as f de,‘ prevent my attendance. I thank you for the invi
tation. Very respectfully,
PRESTON KING.
At six o’clock, when our reperterwas forced to leave,
a threatening storm-cloud hovered In the sky, and
belched forth its thunders ominously, as’lf the heavens
thfemeelveß fefcind to unite their applause with that of
tbe freemen asstnibled to give eclat to the movement.
Eecruitirg parties were on the ground, and reaped
rich harvests. It was' the general opinion of parsons
present that the full quota of the Empire Oity would be
promptly raised without drafting. It is believed that ten
theueand men will be forthcoming From the chic 3 of New
Ytrk and Brooklyn in a short space of time.
The following telegram was read from stand No. I:
Urgent business of state prevents my being with you y
pertonally to-day; but I am with you heart and saul,
neveritukss. A. Lixcolm.
Stand No. ± contained Wallace’s band, fourteen pieoss.
At a quarter past four there were not less than five hurt-..
dred persons present.
. From the turrets of Cheever’a church was strung*
Hag, bearing the following incription: /
“ Pi oclaim Liberty throughout the land, and to alHhe
inhabitants thereof.” /
The windows and balcony of the Everett
occupied by a goodly number of ladies. The Blame were
fitted up regardless of expense, and preparations
kg,. together with a large esnvas awning, ran**™ *J*
place a convenient and comfortable reaor^^ 0 ® tlie otn *
STAND No. > *
was erected on the fuusre, m ,A r i?"J?Ln { 5
old Spingler Infctitnte, S il? £d wi
. This btond was appropriated tc > the yoEBg ©«h
Burronndtdby alarge/*^'-*
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