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WEDNESDAY, EEBRUARY 4, 1863
The Private Opinions of the Democratic
The gentlemen of the Democratic Club
seem to have a.horror of newspapers, and
more particularly of our own newspaper,
THE PRESS, and we are surprised to find our
reporters objects of interest and. solicitude,
as was manifested last evening. It seems
that the Democratic Club was announced
to hold a meeting at its hall, in Walnut
street. We received an anonymous invita
tion to attend, and although it was not ex
actly couched in the language we are.accus
tomed. to see, and contained certain allu
sions to a " venal press," we nevertheless
overlooked the style and detailed several
gentlemen to attend and report its' proceed
ings. Two of these gentlemen were dis
missed in A summary manner, but the
Others remained, and their report appears in
another column. It seems that the expelled
reporters fell under the observation of Mr.
Alderman MeMUmatc, a well-known magis
trate of this city, and in his own way he
banished them from the hall. The fact•that
Mr. MeMuLLIN has been appointed censor
of the club will do much to impress the
people with its " talent," " high social po
sition," "moral standing," and "genuine
patriotism" We congratulate him upon
his appointment, and the club upon having
secured the services of a gentleman so favora
bly and widely known. At the same time, we
shall say for him and for the members of the
club that they very much mistake our man
ner of doing business if they hold our re . -%
porters responsible for the opinions we ex
press. We print a newspaper, and we pub
lish facts. No matter if the fact is pleasant
or unpleasant, we publish it. The, gentle
men on our paper are engaged to record
truthfully what they are told to record, and
truthwith them is a virtue. The opinions
we choose to expresS are our own, and do
not concern them. They are sent to every
place of interest. They are told to see what
is to be seen, and hear what is to be heard,
and faithfully to report the sarriC.' - Whether
it is a battle, or - a robbery, or a aermon, 'or
a disloyal speech, we take pride in printing
a true account and doing justice. When Mr.
WALL made his recent speech, at the Girard
House, our report was preferred by every
Democratic paper that copied it, because we
printed precisely what he said. We have
received many such compliments to the
fidelity of our reporters, and we dO not see
why they should fall under the displeasure
of the Democratic Club and Mr. Alderman
MeMurmrs - . They would have made a
fair report, ,and, although they might• not
have called Mr. BULLITT it PATRICK HEX
BY," like the Philadelphia Correaponderit of
the World, nor found Mr. Wrritirrow . to be
in . a "calm, Christian" mood, nor dwelt
upon the "choking symptoms" manifested
by. Mr. WITTE, they would have told what
took place; and reported all that was said.
As it is, we have a good report, but it is the
fault of the Club that we have not a better
One.
We commend to our readers the speech
of Mr. B9RE. Let than ron ember that
these words were spoken' before a club of
Philadelphians, almost Under the shadow
of Independence Hall, and-that the men who
listened to them applauded the utterances.
It may be said that it was a private meeting.
If so; then the matter is infinitely. worse;
for it stanips the members Who were present
as cowards as well as enemies of the Union.
Il.iery sacred and holy feeling that dwells in
the American heart was outraged lasthight,
and men calling theritselves Democrats were
found base enough to shout their approval.
,The Union was deneuncedreVolution was
preached—men were urged to go into the
streets and assail the provost guard. ARRA-
Iux LiNcox4v was called a traitor to the
.Constitution, while JEFFERSON Divis was
exonerated from any such crime ; violence
was' adtocated ; the Government was con
temned, and the President compared to a
gorilla ; and yet no voice was raised in op
position. 'We cannot wonder that these
men dreaded the reporters of a loyal news
paper ; and It may be that a. sense of shame
took away theAnstincts of the gentleman.
Treason dreads light, and these men may
Well shrink from the sight of honest men.
Is it not a noble illustration of the forbear
ance and magnanimity of the Government
that these things are permitted ?
Mr. Boileau.
Mr. Alnnwr .D. BOILEAU is by no means
disposed to cower before the Menaces of the
men who published treason in his newspa
per during his absence, and sought to make
him assume the responsibility. He prints
his card in his own paper and boldly avows
it in the following words :
. We publish in taglnyos Journal the letter which we
signed in Fort McHenry.. It will .speak for itself.
Those who have supposed that we were other than a true
Union Democrat hare been very kuch mistaken. We
advoutte the claims of the Democratic party, because
we believe, nay, we know, that the men of that
party are the true friends of the Union, and the real
defenders of the Constitution. He is no Democrat
who is not unqualifiedly in favor of the Union.
Now that Mr. BOILEAU has spoken these
bold words, and exhibited sincere contrition
for his sins, or rather for the sins of those
who 'imposed on • his good nature,' and
shrank from the danger in a cowardly. man;
nor, 'he is attacked and villified by them.
The editor _of the New -York World, who
Seems to be as anxiduS to be arrested as
Mark -Meddle in the comedy to get into a
suit for damages, is especially indignant.
"tln obtaining his release," says this valiant
editor, . "by' an Ile, which consigns him,
therefore, to the • contempt of honest men anal .
the kern of the loyal, he has (and this is the
Only View in Which his action ha's more than
a petty personal . significance) prevented the
Government from righting its wrong, and
enabled it to establish another precedent of
lawless despotism."
The editor of the New York 4rpress,
Ito entertains as poor an opinion of good
.nglish as he - does of the Union, speaks as
.
ollows
TII PITILADELvu IA BOILEAU.—The Philadelphia
Evening Journal Is killed off more effectually than
Gen. Schenck could have killed it by the arrest of
Boileau, or the: military 'encampment in the office,
and. that Is, by the craven card of its publisher,
Boileau. A man who can beg off from gaol bysuch
a card aSthat is not much of a man, and certainly
is not fit for the, stuff journalists should be made of
in such times as these.
This is, of course, a family quarrel, and
We can hardly be expected to interfere; but,
at the same time, we think it *ould be far
more honorable for the men who wrote the
treasonable articles in the Journal tO Avow •
the authorship than to cover Mr..HOILEAU
with reproaches. "I distinctly 'disavow, '
said Mr. BoIr.EAU, •" such article orarticles -
being published with my
_proper authority
or knowledge, and declare that such publi
cation' has been made by. other persons,
agent or employees, without my consent
and intention." Here is a plain statement
under oath. Mr. BOILEA II is innocent—
who is guilty ? Who are " the other. per
sons ?" Perhaps the authors of the habeas
corpus diss6rtations, or the suppressed
pamphlets, Or . the Philadelphia correspon
li
dent of :
.the e3fr York World, can answer ?
If they arc mon, they will boldly admit the
- responsibility they sought to fasten upon an
innocent person. •
The 'Theatres.
The theatres of Philadelphia never did a
greater business than during this .season.
Mr. 'EDWIN FORREST is playing his maul&
cent part of Richelieu to immense andi
enceS, and Mr. WHEATLEY'S new theatre
IS already the favorite . resort of taste and
fashion. At the Walnut, Mr. SETCIIELL; a
stranger- here, is giving us the late Mr,
BURTON'S delicious conception of Captain
Cattle, and although there is a - great differ
ence between the past and the present, we
see enough to recall many pleasant re
ineiribranees;
. and to convince us that Mr..
BETCTIBLI: may become a great actor. At
: Mrs. DREW is engaged in the de,
illeate duty of refusing admittance to disap
;Pointed: .hundreds, while Mr. and Miss
RICHIZiOS, two estimable peciple and ea- r
celiont.paifornim, are, singing and playing
to overflowing audiences.: Who . says that
. 1
suffering ? Let us (knee, and
and enjoy: us live while we :
'Tliere . 'May be war a feUr - mileS . l'over
the border,
..but fashion: and pleasare. anC
merriment dran the dreadful
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 1869.
The six days of excitement in the House
of Representatives, growing out of the stub
born resistance of the •so-called Democracy
to the bill of the Hon\ Thaddeus Stevens, of
Pennsylvania, authorizing the President of
the United States to enroll, arm, equip, and
receive into the land and naval service,
volunteers of. African descent, furnish an
other illustration of the obstacles thrown.
Into the pathway of the Government in the
prosecution of the present stupendous war.
.21 r ot one measure looking to the restoration
of the Union, . and to the supprenion
of the• rebellion, has received • the hearty .
support of the Democratic leaders, or has
been suffered .to pass without mischiev
.ons misrepresentation. Long before the
emancipatibn' of. the .slaves of rebels .
was suggested by the President, his 'efforts
to save the Republic were embarrassed and'
obstructed. Even the responsibilities he'
took between the 4th of March and 4th of
July, 1801—without which Washington
would have* become • the rendezvous and
capital of the rebellion, and Maryland lost
to the Union—were made the basis of ac
cusations against his tyranny, his despotism,
and his usurpation of power. The . loyalty
of the men whO have chosen this sort of an . -
tagonism has thus always been a conditional
loyalty. They are ()Var on the qui vice .to
find causes of complaint. If skies are bright.
they predict a tempest, if they are dark they
predict a starless midnight of defeat and de•
spondency. AcCustomed themselves to ap
plaud vigorous Exebutive action during the
Buchanan rtgime in support of the basest
treason to principle, they have assailed every
bold act of the present Administration look-
ing to the rescue of the Republic as a new
stride • towards conSolidation. and despot
ism. And even as they compliment the
obstinate determination of the rebels,•
they delight in being inconsistent as they
point out what they conceive to be the
timidity and vacillation oU.oUr Orli public
servants. The bill of Mr. Stevens, which
passed the House'last evening, by the large
majority of twenty-nine votes, and, which
encountered. the persevering hostility of
these men during an 'almost entire week,
and in regard to which they have again
placed themselves in the 'most illogical of
positions, is so brief, practical, and simple,
(as amended on the motion of that fearless
loyalist, Hon. Samuel L. Casey, of Ken
tucky,) that I beg to repeat it in this cor
respondence. It is as follows
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa
tives of the United States of Alneriba in Congress assem
bled, That the President be, and he is hereby, autho
rized to enroll, arm, equip, and receive into the land
and naval service of the United States such num
berof volunteers of African descent as he may deem
useful to suppress the present .rebellion, for such
term of service as he mayprescribe, not exceedpg
live years. The said volunteers to be organized ac
cording to the regulations of the branch of service
in which they may be enlisted ; to receive the same
rations, clothing, and equipments as other volun
teers, and a monthly pay not to exceed that of
other volunteers; to be officered by persons appointed
and commissioned by the President, and to be govern
ed by the rules and articles of war, and suoit other
rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Pre
sident;.Proinded, That nothing herein contained, or in the
rules and articles ofnVar, shall be so construed as to'
authorize or permit any officer of African descent to
be appointed to rank, or to exercise military or naval
authority over white officers, soldiers,
or men, in
the military or naval service of the United States;
nor shall any greater pay than ten dollars per month,
with the usual allowance of clothing and rations, be
allowed or paid to privates or laborers of African
descent, which are or may be in the military or
naval Service of the United States.
• Provided furthcr, That the slaves of loyal citizens
in the States exempt by the President's proclama
tion of January let, 1863, shall not be received into
the armed service of the United States : nor shall
there be recruiting offices opened in either of the
States .of Delaware, Maryland, Western Virginia,
Kentucky Tennessee, or Missouri, without the
consent of the Governors of said States having been
drat obtained. 4I
Let us look at the position of the Demo . -
cratic leaders on this question.: If there is
one point upon whith they most industri
ously dwell, it is that it will be impossible
for the . Government to recruit another. large
white army in the loyal States ; and, in order
to make this assertion prophecy, they have
done, and they do, everything to Create po
pular discontent, by disseMinatingthe false
hood that the. South cannot be conquered,
and by incessant clamors for 'peace on any
terms. -They are even ready, as their re
cent utterances prove, not alone to acknow
ledge a solid Southern Confederacy; hut to
assist in the . disintegration of the free States;
to cut off the Pacific States on the one hand,
the Northwestern . StateS on the other; to tie
Pennsylvania--like a captive at -the chariot
wheelsp f the rebellion, and to leave New Eng
land out "in the cold ;" and when it is pro
posed to organize . the negroes into a
separate army, distinct froth the ; whites;
they cry out, oblivious. of their in
inconsistency, " that this is a white man's
'war, and that negroes must not be permit
ted to take part in it, even if in so doing they
will save the white men of the loyal . States
from the bullets of the enemy, the privations
of the march; and the diseases of the camp."'
During the discussion on Mr. Stevens' bill
many wholesome facts were elicited. It was
shown that negroes had been employed in
the navy since the beginning of the Govern
ment. Commodore Perry won his most
brilliant victory on Lake Erie with the help
of black sailors. • Commodore Stringham,
still living, testifies to ...the value of
black men in the naval service,
and insists that they shall be em
ployed. Captain Woodhull, also of the
navy, is full of laudation' of the uegroes
under his command, and commended them
warmly for the manner in which they han-:.
died their guns, and their bravery in battle.,
tie says he has twenty-Six negroes on his
vessel; the Cimerone, and they are among
his.best sailors and fighters. Admiral Du
pont, a patriotic son of Delaware, so well
known in Philadelphia, in a letter written
more than a year ago, speaking of the con
trabands of Port Royal, said
"They serve us with zeal, make no bargains for
their remuneration, go under dre without the slight
est hesitation ; and, indeed, in our cause, are 'ln
sensible to fear' as Governor Pickens. Some of
them are very intelligent',
I might continue these authorities, quoting
from the lips of some of our most distin
guished naval commanders, but these Will
sulfite. On hoard a ship white men and
bin& men are brought in constant contact,
and yet; to this hour, during an experience of
More than half a century, we have to hear
th, first word against their employment. I.
have , before me, as I write, a little pamph
let, written and published by George H.
Moore, ; Esq., librarian of the New YOrk
Historical Sodiety, on 'the employnaeat of
ncgroes in the American army of the Rev();
lotion;'froin which I take the following ex
traordinary and conclusive facts:
There can be no doubt that negroes, bond and free,
were in the ranks of the American army during the
entire period of the war, or that they continued to
be enlisted or enrolled in moat of the States, espe
cially as the pressure for recruits increased in the
later years of the struggle.
Graydon, whose Memoirs are so familiar to the
students of our Revolutionary history, in his famous
description of the army at New York in 1776, makes
a favorable exception of Glover's regiment from
Marblehead, Mass., among the "miserably consti
tuted bands from New England." " But," he adds,
"even in this regiment there were a number of ne
groes, which, to persons unaccustomed to such asse
ciations, had a duarable, degrading etflxt. 9,
It is to be hOped t at the researches of our histori
cal scholars will develop more accurate information
as to this class of our Revolutionary patriots. At
present, a deficiency must be noted in this respect.
The returns of their. numbers, it is to be presumed,
were rarely made separatelyots they appear to have
teen scattered through thd entire forces; or, if made,
have almost entirely escaped notice.
The following return is one of the most interest
ing memor i a l s of the negro service in the American
Army of the Revolution, and may be retied on as
authentic, as it was official
ILETURN OF NPOROBB 111 U= ARXY, 24T11. 'AUG, 1178
EMZEZI
North Car01ina5... .:.:...
Woodford
•Ilnit I enborg
Smallwood.
2d Maryland '
Wayne
2d Pennsylvania
Clinton
Parsons
Huntington....
Nixon
Pa tlerson
Late Learned •• .• •
Poor
SCA3IMIIELL, Adjutant 'Genera
This return embraces the negioes With the main
army, 'miler General Washington's immediate com
mend two months after the battle of Monmouth: -
Entailer returns from the other armies in other de
partments would doubtless show n larger proportion
in Many brigades. The black regiment , of Rhode
Island slaves is not included in the above return, al
though it had been •already organized. Its history
as remarkable as any part of.the subject under
consideration. . . • .
Early in Irt3 It was proposed by General Varnum
to Washington that the two Rhode Island battalions
in camp at Valley Forge should be united, and that
the officers of one, Colonel Greene, Lieut. Colonel
Olney, and Major Ward, with their subalterns, be
sent to Rhode Island, to enlist a battalion of negroes
for the continental service. The plan was approved,
:and the officers were sent home for that purpose.
, The-Rhode Island Assembly accordingly resolved
to ratite a regiment of slaves, who were to be, freed
upon their enlistment, and their owners to be paid
THE PRESS. -- PHILADELPHIA; , WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 1 . 1863.
by the State according to the valuation or a commit
tee (of five, one from each county)—one hundred
and twenty pounds being the highest price for the
most valuaole al ave. six. deputies protested against
this act, on the ground that there were not enough
slaves to make 'an effective regiment; that the
measure Would be disapproved abroad; that the ex
per se would be greater, and the - owners be dissatis
fied with the indemnity offered by the State.
The preamble of the act recites the fact that "his
tory affords us freque,nt precedents of the wisest,
freest, and bravest nations having liberated their
slaves and enlisted them as soldiers to fight in de
fence of their country," •
Governor Cooke, in reporting the result to Wash
ington, said : "Liberty is given to every effective
slave to enter into the service during the war; and
upon hia passing muster he is absolutely made free,
and entitled to all the wages, bounties, and en- -
couragements given•by Congress to any soldier en
listing into their service. • • • • The number of
staves is not groat, but, it is generally thought that
three hundred and upwards will be enlisted."
His expectations were not disappointed; and
these slaves who were to win their own freedom in
fighting 'for Anierican 'lndependence took the field
in force. Before the end of the year, these men were
tried and not found wanting. In the battle of Rhode
Island, August 2.9, ITIB, said by Lafayette to have
been":" the beat fought action of the whole war,"
this newly-raised black regiment, under Col.
Greene, distinguished itself by deeds of desperate
valor, repelling three times the tierce assault of au
overwhelming tome of Hessian troops. And so they
continued to discharge their duty with zeal and
fidelity—never losing any of their first laurels so
gallantly won. It is not improbable that Col.
J otol,Laurens witnessed and drew some of hie in
spire'fion from the scene of their first trial in the
field.
It will be noticed that, in the absence of a formal
system under Continental authority, black men con
tinued to find their way into the: service, under va
rious laws, and sometimes under no law, or in de
fiance of law. Probably every State 'mitts Mitered
representatives among the soldiery—and there are
acknowledgements of services expected or render
ed, among the records of nearly all the States.
In New Hampshire, those blacks who enlisted into
the army focthrec years, were emitted to tho same
bounty as the whites. ibis bounty their masters re
ceived as price of their liberty, and then deliver
ed up their bills of sale, and gave them a certificate
of manumission. Most of the staves in New Hamp
shire were emancipated by their owners, with the
exception of such as had grown 'old in service, and
refused to accept their freedom, remaining with
their masters, or as pensioners on the families of
their descendants.
•
In Massachuietts, whose earlier action has been
noted, a committee of the e Legislature, in 1778, re
ported in favor of raising a regiment of "negroea,
mulattoes, or Indiana"—in which one sergeant in
'each cOMpenr, and all the higher 'officers were to be
white men.
COnnecticut, too, is said to have resorted to the
expedient of forming a corps of colored soldifirs
when .the difficulties of recruiting became pressing,
and the late Gen. Humphreys, who was attached to
the military family of the commander-in-chief, liltc
Laurens, accepted-the command of a companyOf
these men, who are said to have "conducted them
selves with fidelity 'and efficiency throughout the
In New York, where the system of domestic slave
ry was as firmly and rigorously established as in
any part of the country, under colonial laws—cer
tainly with more severity than In either Massa
chusetts or Counecticut—the first act that went to
zeta* the system was the act of . llBl, which gave
freedom to all slaves who should serve in .the army
for the term of three years, or until regularly dis
charged. The enlistment was to be with the con
sent of the owner, who received the land bounty,
and was discharged from any future maintenance of
the slave.
It is a singular contrast that, in - New Jersey, the
enlistment of slaves was prohibited in the same
year, 1761.
InllBo, an act was passed in Maryland to procure
one thousand men, to serve three years. - The pro
perty in the State was divided into classes of .E. 16,000.
each of which was, within twenty days, to furnish
one recruit, who might be either a freeman or a
slave. In 1784.. the Legislature resolved to raise,
immediately, seven hundred and fifty negroes, to be
incorporated with the other.troops.
Among the inducements offered to recruits in the
Southern States, "a healthy, sound negro, between
the ages of ten and thirty years, or sixty pounds in
gold or silver, at the option ct the soldier in lieu
thereof," as well as the land bounty, were given (in
Virginia) to soldiers already enlisted, or who should
enlist and serve to the end of the war.
. _ .
South Carolina gave a similar bounty, "one
sound negro, between the age of ten. years and
forty," "for each and every year's service," •to
soluiers enlisted for three years, or during the war.
The idea that the negroes might be put to a better
use did not escape all the statesmen of Virginia.
James Madison; at that time a member of the Con
tinental Congress, expressing hla satisfaction with
the determination of the Legislature of that State
to recruit their line of the army for the war, refers
to the "negro bounty" as follows: •
" Without deciding on the expediency of the mode
under their consideration, would it not be as well to
liberate and make soldiers at once of the blacks
themselves, as to make them instruments for enlist
ing white soldiers 1 It would -certainly be more
consonant to the principles of liberty, which ought
never to be lost sight of in a contest for liberty; and
with white officers and a majority of white soldiers,
no imaginable danger could be feared iron: them
selves, as there certainly could be none from the
effect of the example on those who should remain
in bondage; experience having shown that a freed
man immediately loses all attachment and sympathy
with his former fellow-slaves.".
. .
In Virginia, an act was passed in ITII, that no ne
gro should be enlisted without a certificate of free
dom, the preamble to which declares that slaves had,
deserted their masters, and under pretence of being
freemen had enlisted as soldiers.
In the Old Dominion," too, many persons during
,tbe course of the war caused their slaves to enlist,
having tendered them to the recruiting officers as
substitutes for free persons, whose lot or duty it was
to serve in the army, at the same time representing
that these slaves were freemen. On the expiration
of the. term of enlistment, the former owners at
tempted to force them to. return to a state of servi
tude, with equal (timecard of the principles of jus
tice and their own solemn promise.
The infamy of such proceedings arodsed a just in
dignation, and led to an net of emancipationof all
slaves who had been thus enlisted and served their
term faithfully.. The -act acknowledged that such
persons having "contributed towards the establish
of American liberty and independence, should enjoy
the blessings of freedom as a reward for their toils
and labors ;" and authorized them to sue in forma
pouperie and to recover damages, if detained in sia
ver7.
I.,ven in South Carolina, an act was passed in
1783, enfranchising the wife and child of a negro
slave, who had been employed h e y Governor Rut- ,
ledge as a spy during the war. the diligence and
fidelity which he displayed in executing the commis
mons with:which he was Intrill3ted, and the important
information which he obtained from within the ene
my's lines, frequently at the risk of his life, are duly
commemorated in the act; and the emancipation of
his wife and child was his ' , just and reasonable"
reward. It does not appear whether the slave him
self ever became a freeman.
Another document will serve to illustrate the sub
ject still further—fas est ab hoste doceri. Lord Dun
more's offers, in 1715, have already been alluded to,
and are familiar to most readers; those of Sir Henry
Clinton in 1779, which follow, have hitherto at
tracted leas attention.
"By his Excellency, Sir 'Henry Clinton ' 1(. B. Ge
neral, And (Joni:minder-in-Chief of all His Majes
ty's Forces within the Colonies lying on the At
lantic Ocean, from NovriScotla to \Vest Florida,
inclusive, &c., &c., &c. :
" PROCLAMATION.
"Whereas, The Enemy have adopted a practice of
enrolling Negroes among their troops : I do hereby
give Notice, that all Negroes taken in Arms, or
upon any military Duty, shall be purchased for [the.
public service alt a stated price; the Money to be
paid to the Captors.
" But I do most strictly forbid any Pergola to sell
or claim Right over any Dame, the Property of a
Rebel, who may take refuge with any part of this
Army ; And I do promise to every Negroe who shall
desert the Rebel Standard • full Security to follow
within these Lines any occupation which he shall
think proper.
"Given under my Hand, at Head-quartet;
Philipsburg, the 30th day of June, 1779.
"H. CLINTON.
"By hie Excellency's Command, '
"Sonic SMITH, Secretary.
When this proclamation was first issued the words
enclosed within brackets were not in it. They were
added in the publication two months later, with a
statement that the omission was a mistake of the
printer's.
This proclamation does not appear to have elicited
any official notice by the American authorities, but
there is a spirited artiste on the subject, by an
"American Soldier," in one of the newspapers of
the day, in which he says :
"Justice, • honor, and freedom are concerned for
all men of whatever nation or kindred, who are in
the service of the United States, and light under the
banner of freedom ; therefore, I have long expected
some notice from authority would have been taken
of that insulting and villainous proclamation. Jus=
tice demands retaliation for every man in the ger•
vice of these States, who may be injured by the
ruffian tyrant or any of his slaves ; and his 'slave,
Sir Harry, ought to be told what retaliation he is to
expect from the insulted majesty of dur nation in
this instance."
It was one of Mr. Buchanan's favorite
sayings that the Southern women retired to
their beds at night in constant fear of a set. :
'vile insurrection, in consequence of the
efforts of the Abolitionists, and this,
too; in a state of profound peace. • When
the
.rebellion began, it was. a common pre
diction that the slaves would rise against
their masters, and resort to the revengeful
remedy of 'indiscriminate slaughter. Nei
ther of these gloomyanticipations has been
fulfilled. -Nor will the prophecy so 'freely
made be realized, that the negroes who may
be 'enlisted in the army.of - the, 'Union will
revel in carnage and in rapine. If employed,
they will be taught their duty by able white
officers, and will soon find that their value
will consist in imitating those who have
heretofore fought the battles of the country.
What American citizen will object to see
the colored race relieving the whites from
many of the dangers, diseases, and 'disasters
of this civil war ? -OccasionAL.
Appeal of Governor Curtin to the Anderson
, Cavalry.
JlAnntsanno, Feb. 9.—The following appeal was
telegraphed to-day . by the • Governor to Geniral
Mitchell, commanding our forces at Nashville, to be
communicated to the itnderson Cavalry: '
"1 ask you for the honor of the State to relieve
the distresi of your friends, and for all your hopes
in the future, to' return to your duty as soldiers.
You will be organized es originally designed, in the
order to increase the troop to a regiment, and will
be detailed for special duty near the general. Gen.
Rosecrans hils written me to this effect, and will
designate officers, who will be commissioned.
The N e w': "Jersey Legislature--Beninei..
• • •
• potion in Missouri. . ,
' ,Te -rorr, Feb. Mr. Engllss, of Bergen court =
in.letkoduced in , the House of Assembly, to-day,
joint resolutions lamming the proposed purchase
and emancipation of negro slaves in the State of
Missouri. The preamble states that a proposition
hag been made to appropriate ten mulions of dollars
for the purpose; and resolves, that while the State
of New J ersey is ready at all times to contribute its
quota towards defraying the legitimate expenses of
the General Government, it is not willing to cause
its citizens to be taxed tor the the special' benefit or
Use of other States of the Confederacy, nor to . permit
the.nioney of its people to be - expended for objects
'not _contemplated by ..the ' Constitution; and the
State. of New Jersey hereby gives notice that any,
debt contracted in ..pursuance of the appropriation
aforeanid, is notbindfng fit law.or equity .upon the
State •or its , citizens; and will .not be regarded by
either In the light of. an obligation. Referred to the
Committel on Federal Relations.
The "North Clit•c)lina - Expedition.
NEW YORE, Feb. 3—The United. States bark
Restless, arrived from Port Royal, reports having
passed on the 31st ult., off Cape Fear, a portion of
Gen. Fosteei expedition from Beaufort for Port
Royal, consisting of six steamers. The Restless
brings nine passengers who wereon board the rebel
steamer Huntress, burned . off Charleston.
•
• The Pirate getributien. '
Nuw, You, Feb. 3.—The British steamer Solent,
from St. Thomas, arrived at Aspinwall, reported
• that-the pFivateer Retribution had burned four or
flirAMerinan vessels in the neighborhood of that
, . , ,
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has made
the following decision relative to stamps requireff
upon the oertitkates corporation stook: " When
ever the officers of a corporation receive satisfactory
evidence that any person or persons, or party, shall
become stockholders in ouch corporation, and shall
make in the books thereof the requisite entries,
showing that such person, persons, or party shall
have become stockholders, and shall make or sign a
certificate thereof, it shall be the duty of such officers
to affix to every such certificate the appropriate
revenue stamp, the expense thereorto be paid by
the person, persons, or party for' whose use or benefit
such certificate or certificates shall be made and
signed."
Col. T l / 4 .101.1 wasexamined on the part of
Gen. Trlcllow ELT, to rebut a portion of the testimony
previously given by Lieut. Col. Looxs, assistant
adjutant general to Gen- PORTER. Lieut. Rontaz
was also examined at length by Gen. illioDowELL,
to disprove the charge in the report of Gen. Km.
ROY, who cannot attend as a witness, which was
read to the court, wherein that officer alleges that
Gen. McDowar.L refused to give him aid on the
30th of. August, because he belonged to a single
corps. Licut. Bontig testified that Gen.. Mc
bownr.r. appeared desirous of reinforcing Gen. : Mire
ROT, and" conversed with Gen. PORTER relative to
the arrangement of his troops to that end. • .
The Louisiana Representatives.
The OomMittee on Elections, in deciding upon
the claims of Messrs. PLANouns and HanK to seats
in the Rouse, from Louisiana, state that they were
elected under the proclamation of Military Go
vernor SITEPLEY. The doubtful point in the muse
appears to be the time of election fixed by him dif
fering from that of the law of Louisiana. The fact,
however, that the rebel Governor had deserted his
duty, while the Constitution of the United' States
guarantees to every State a republican form of go
vernment, made it necessary for the military Go
vernor to assume to I3x a time fOr the election.
Naval prders. • •
KAUTZ has been ordered to 'the
West Gulf Blockading Squadron. '
Acting Assistant Pay maitens HENRY M. TANNER
and M. D. RICEOHER have been ordered to the Me-
SiE sippi Squadron.
The Navy. Department offers a reward or $5O for
the arrrst of • Acting Ensign 0401[GE pfATHEn, of
Portsmouth, N. H., a deserter from the United
States steamer Vanderbilt.
The Duty on Paper.
A meeting of newspaper publishers from all parts
of the country has been calledlo meet bare on Mon
day evening next, to urge upon Congress the import
ance of reducing or repealing the duty on imported
paper.
The Report of' the .Fitz John Porter Court
The Chronicle, of this morning, Bays :
"As we intend making tome comments upon the
trial of General Porter, with especial reference to
the attempt of the. Nakano! Intelligencer to mislead
public opinion into ajudgment'against the eminent
court martial which pronounced the verdict of dis
missal, it is now only necessary to say, in reply to
the questions of that paper as to the pamphlet
purporting to be a recapitulation of the testi
mony of 'the prosecution.; that, upon inquiry,
we learn that the pamphlet was purely the
enterprise of an ,individual; that the evi
dence was the same verbatim as that taken by
the regular stenographer of-the court; that it was
copied .from the notes of that stenographer, as• well
for Gen. Porter's counsel or friends as for the per
son who published the pamphlet—the court grant
ing permission in both cases—and that the difference
between the pamphlet and the elaborated defence of
General Porter, printed in the Intelligencer of .Tanu
-19, was that the latter only contained a part of
the.. evidence of 'the prosecution,' while the
pamphlet gave it, we believe, entire. -Neither the
Government nor the court took the slightest inte
rest in, or can be charged with the slightest respon
sibility for the pamphlet, They spoke through the
review of the proceedings of the whole case, as pre
sented by the distinguished Judge' Advocate Gene
ral, Hon. Joseph Bolt." ,
A ReeonuoisMnee to 'Warrenton, Sulphur
Springs, •and Waterloo—No Enemy this
Side of the Erippahainaook..
WA PHINGT6N, Feb. 3—Accounts from Fairfax Court
House, received to-day, state that Colonel Windham
has just returned from an expedition to Warrenton.
He surprised the town last night, and while there
sent strong patrols to the Rappahannock, at Sulphur
Springs,. and Waterloo. These patrols found no
enemy at either place. He captured in Warrenton
eighty stand of arms, which he was obliged to de . -
stroy, having no facilities for - bringing them away.
, . . .
The Latest. Scare at Yorktown—All Quiet
Now The Onc-11 ircd-antl-Seventy.
ninth Pennsylvania Voliusteers.
FonTunas MONROE, Feb. 2.—A. despatch from
Yorktown, dated , today, says : Nothing has tran
spired here of importance. On Tuesday some excite.
ment prevailed here from the intelligence that our
pickets bad been driven in at Williamsburg, and that
the enemy was approaching in force. But it proved
only to be a raid of guerillas. They turned, at
the approach of our force, and went off towards
Richmond. •
LieUtenant Colonel Yost, of the 179th Pennsylva
nia Militia, left here for Harrisburg, Pa., to bring on
recruits for that regiment.
DEPARTMENT OF TEE, SOUTHWEST;
Summary Order of General Loan Against
Missouri Duet-Dins—a` bey are to be Immo..
dintely Executed, their Houses Destroy.
ed, and Property Seized... • • -
ST. Lours, Feb. 3.—Gen. Ben. ,Loan, command.
ing the Central District of. Missouri, has issued or
ders that all buehwhackers, guerillas, robbers, Oon;
federate recruiting officers, and emissaries assuming
to act under rebel authority, found in that military
district, shall be promptly executed by the first corn
ndseioned officer into whose hands they may be de-,
livered, and all persons knowingly harboring, or In!
any way aiding and abetting sudh parties, shall sufH
fer the like punishment, their houses be destroyed,'
and all personal property in the premises be seized
end applied to the indemnification,of Union citizens.
Any officer failing promptly to execute this order .
will be court-martialled for disobedience of orders.
No News front New Orleans Reinforee.!
ments for General Banks en rottte—An.-
other Capture, &c.
Niw Yortn, Feb. S.—The steamers George Wash-1
ington and Quincy have arrived from New Orleans.'
The former brings New Orleans adviecs of January
27, but no news of importance. 1 1
- The George Washington' passed the United States!
steam frigate 14LissieSippi; anchored at the Southl
west Fess. Feb. 2, in ]at. 37, long. 79, passed thei
steamship Ericsson, having in tow a large raft with
a Sag on it.
The Quincy left Key West Jan. 26. She left there
the steamer. Continental, for New Orleans; with the
bad Arassaeinqetts regiment, wands: •! I
Arrived at New•• Orleans, - Jan. 26s brig San An-i
tonio, from Philadelphia.. .
Gen. McClellan at Boston. ,
•
'BOSTON, Feb. 3.—A delegation from Portland,]
about one hundred in number, had an interview,
with. Gen. McClellan last evening; inViting him to'
visit that city.
General McClellan expressed thanks for the flat-1
taring honor, alluded with satisfaction to the con),
sevative feeling he saw in. New England, and re-j
marked that he sate in this conservatism the hope,
and strength of the nation. He promised a written) .
reply. to the invitation. I
A committee from Concord also called upon hnn.
General McClellan responded to the address that he
felt highly honored at the Invitation, and expreised
great regret that he was unable to accept it, having)
already exceeded the time devoted to his visit to
the East. He further said that he was preparing a
history of the Peninsular campaign, to' which het,
wished to devote the principal portion of his time -
At some future period, however, he hoped to meet
his felloweitizens of 'Concord.•
A deputation from Lowell, also, visited him td
tender the hospitalities of the city, but he was coin.'
pealed to decline the kind invitation. •
He visits LawrenCe to-day.
To-night a grand serenade will be given him at the
Tremont House. All the bands in the city will take
part in it. •
The serenade to General McClellan took - place
this evening. The affair was almost wholly private;
and but few were admitted. The orchestra con
sisted of over fifty pieces.
General McClellan's .Visit to. Lawrence:
BOSTON, .Feb 3.—General McClellan, accompanied
by his wife and several .friende, visited Lawrence
to-day in a special train.., The reception was the
most hearty of any demonstration in the history of
the city. Thousands of ,eitizens greeted him, amid
the firing of cannon and ringing of bells. By invite%
lion, the General was escorted to the Pacific Mills!
The General took muckinterest in examining that
immense manufactory. 'After passing through the
various operating rooms, the General was coni
ducted to the Hall - of the Pacific Company, where
three thousand school children assembled there
greeted him .with hearty, cheers, and sang a couple
of songs—" March Along 13 and the " Star Spangled
Banner"—with which the General and company
weremuch pleased. Afterwards, the party partook
of a collation:: Early in the evening the Party re.
turned to Boston:
The General has been obliged to decline all the
invitations to ilia Portland, Concord, Lowell, and
other towns.
PROVIDENCE, Feb. 3.—By invitation of the Gene.
ral Assembly, General Burnside today visited thtt
body.. Business was suspended,. and the General
was introduced to the.members individually. No
speeches were made. The reception was informal,
but most cordial and hearty. •
ANDREW G. CURTIN
ALBANY, Feb. 3.—The Democratic Legislative
caucus ban 'nominated Erastua Coning for U. S.
Senator.
ALBANY, Feb. 3.—ln the Senate, this inorning,eit-
GOvetnor Morgan was nominated (or U. S. Senator
on the first ballot. In the Assembly the first ballot
good as follows:
Eac-Governor Morgan, (Rep.) 64
Erastus Corning, (Dem.) . . 62
Gen. John A. Dix, (Union Dem.) a
Penland° Wood, (Peace Dem.) 1
The Speaker, Mr. Callicott, voted for Gen: Dix.
• Mr. Dearemoved that the Assembly adjourn. '.
• The Speaker ruled that a motion to adjourn was
not •in order, the• House. having a special order
A second ballot was then - taken, in which all the
Republicans changed their votes to Dix, voting
with Speaker Callleott to make the nomination' :
The second ballot resulted as follows :
Dix ' 66 Corning 66
General Dix"wat then declared to have been
nominated: •••".
A motion was made for the appointment of a com
mittee to inform the Senate that -the House had
made a nomination..
•
Dlr. Dean moved to adjourn.
The Speaker decided it out of order.
Dir. Dean appealed from • the decision, but the
Chair was sustained. . • • •
: .
.The Legislature then assembled in joint Omit's&
t '
when ex-Governor - Morgan Ivan elected United
:.Statea Senator on the first tiallot. ' , ,
•
• The vote, on joint ballot; was as follows: • , •
. Morgan • " 861 Corning, • .. ..... " 70
I. 'Dickinson I
wA.s.ternecori,
Special Deepatcheo to ct The Prem.,'
WAtafttE(4Toll, February 3, 181%t.
Internal Revenue . Decision.
The MeDOwell toiirt of Inquiry.
Martial.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA.
DEPARTMENT OF .THE GULF. 1
General Bnrnside at Providence.
New 'York U. S. Senator.
THE BALLOTING FOR SENATOR
OOPYRNOR• 11thRGATt ItLY.CTED
mvntb CONGRESS—Third Session,
• WASHINUTOK, February 3, 1883..
• SENATE. •
Aiipointment of Midahlprnen.
A communidation was received from the Siere t Zr
of the Navy in relation to the appointment of -
shipmen, explaining that it was donein accordance
with the construction of an act of Congreas by the
Attorney General. ' ,
Petitions.
Mr. SUMNER (Rep.), of hlassachusetts, presented
a petition from relatives of the late Rev. Arthur B.
Fuller, chaplain of the 16th Masaachusetts Regiment,
asking for a pension.
Mr. HARRIS (Rep.), of New York, presented the
memorial of the inspectors in the custom •house, at
New York, relative to compensation; also, a me
morial from the importers of saltpetre and sulphur,
and manufacturers of gunpowder, • asking for a mo
dification of the tariff on these articles.
Also, the petition of about one thousand discharged
volunteers, asking for the $lOO bounty that waspro
_milled them at the time of their enlistment
Also a petition in favor of a bankrupt law.
Mr. , lillaKS (U.), of Maryland, presented the
petition of the merchants of New York fora bank
rupt law. lie also presented the credentials of Non.
Reverdy . Johnson, elected United States • Senator
from the State of Maryland for six years from the
4th of March next. •
Treaty with Great Britain.
Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep.), of Wisconsin, from the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported a bill to
carry Into - effect the treaty with Great Britain of
August 9, 1845.
• Pout Office Appropriation BBL
_ _
Mr. COLLLMER (Rep.), of Vermont., from the
Committee of Finance, reported back the post office
appropriation. bill, which was passed.
New . Offices Created.
FESSENDEN (tep.), of Maine, called up the
bill providing for a' deputy register of the Treasury
Department. It was amended so as to make au
assistant register instead of a deputy, at a salary of
$2,600 per annum, and also to provide for a solicitor
in the War Department, at a salary of $2,000. The
bill was then passed.
Pay of Idle Officers.
Mr. LANE (Rep.), of Kansas, introduced a bill to
provide for stopping the pay of unemployed military
officers. Referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs.
The Position of the French in Mexico.
Mr. MCDOUGALL (Dem.), of California, moved
to take up the resolution offered by him relative to
the French operations in Mexico.
Mr. SUMNER, (Rep.), of Massachusetts, * objected
to t !reconsideration of the resolutions at the present
time, or to opening a discussion on the relations of
thilfGovernment with Mexico and France, in the
presenteondition of public business. He thought
there teas no time for a discussion, which, at the
best, would be useless. He objected' to the discus
sion on the public relations of this country with
'France and Mexico. Either these resolutions mean
nothing or something. If they mean anything they
mean war, and no common war, but a war with a
great and adventurous nation, and by no consent of
his should a discussion arise which could only give
aid to the rebellion.
Mr. McDOUGALL thought it was time that this
subject should be brought to the attention of the coun
try; He thought that France was already making
war. Having been offered all she Could ask, she was
advancing Into Mexico with the design of conquer
ing the country. He thought is was the design of
France to take possession of the Mexican states,
and then extend her conquest further. and going up
through the river California to seize California; and
still further by aiding the rebellion, and by collusion
with the Southern Confederacy, to seize on Texas
and the more Southern States, and take
command of the great pride of. the na-'
tion, the Mississippi river. European na
tions have always drawn great wealth from
their possessions in the East and China. Now
the richest nation on the earth is the great prize of
the nations of the world, and this movement is only
a continuation of the policy of France since the days
of Richelieu. The latest news from France states
that thii expedition is expressly to antagonize
against the progress of the United States in con
quering Mexico, and so France invades a sister Re
public upon our boniers, and upon our weakest po
sition. it is a high-banded outrage that should
meet the condemnation of every one. He refer
red to the intriguing of the mission of. Almonte to
Spain and France. with the proposition to establish
a monarchy, in Mexico, . and claimed that this at
tempt of France was the result of the machinations
of Alnionte, Miramon, and Padre Miranda. At
first, under thepretence of procuring the payment of
the debts of Mexico, England and Spain were in
duced to join; but when these. Powcra saw that
France had other and ulterior designs, they with
drew, with a protest against the French proceedings
upon this country. Ail he asked was to be heard on
the grave questions. If he could prove that France
was•making an attack, not only on Mexico, but on
all this Government, he hoped the Senate would not
take counsel of its feats and forbid him a hearing.
Mr. SUMNER said he hoped that the Senate
would dare to do everything that was right. He
thought that it would give joy to the rebels to know
that this Senate was discussing the subject of .war
with a foreign nation.
The resolutions were then taken up by the follow
ing vote :
•
YEAS
Cathie (U.) Kennedy U. Rice )D )
Collanier IL) Lane (It.) led. Riot ardson (D.)
Cowan (R.) Lane (It.) Kansas Saulsbury (D.) -'
Fessenden (R.) Latham (D.) Sherman (Rd
Foot (R.) McDougall (D.) Ten Eyck (It.)
Grimes (R.) Morrill (R.) . • Tarnie )
Harding (U.) • Nesmith (U.) ' Well (I).)
Harris (R.) Pomeroy (R.) • Willey(U.)
Henderson (U.) - Davis (U.)( Wagon (U.) M.
Howe (R.) Powell (D.) I
RAYS.
Foster (R.) • Sumner (R.)
Harlan C)t) Wad° (EL)
mere (13.) Winctuson (R.)
Howard (R.) • Wilmot' (R. )
King (R.)' (R.) Mass
Anthony (R. if
Chandler (L)
Clark (R.).
Davis
Dixon (it )•
Doolittle (R. )
Mr. MCDOUGALL proceeded to address the
Senate at length. He contended that the conduct of
Francewas in violation of all international law and
of treaties, and of, all Assurances made to this
'Government. - It was an attempt, to ,establish an
European monarchy in Mexico and to overthroW;
thewhole commercial system of this Government'
He referred to a letter from our minister at Lon
don, of November, 1881, in support of his views.
The treaty entered into at London bound the high
contracting parties not to attempt to acquire tern-.
tory in Mexico. He, commented at some length on.
the ultimatum offeredi. by France to Mexico, and
declared that it was a disgrace to any civilized na
tion that could make euch an offer. He then quoted
from the letters of Earl Cowley to Lord Russell, and
of Mr. Adams, our Minister to London, to show
that they all feared that the design of France was to
establish an European monarchy in Mexico—if not
even still further designs on the interests and em
pire of the United States, and contended that, from,
all this evidence, the ulterior views of France were
evident. France has no large mineral possessions
like other nations and no colonies fitted for settle
ment, so as to enrich the central State., Hence, her
policy has been for a long series of years to aggran
dize herself by the possession of 'empire without re
gard to right. Else, why her uncalled-for attacks on
Shim, Cochin China, Africa, and other coun
tries? Elee, why was Abdei Kader dragged, as
were the ancient British Kings to Rome, to
be exhibited for the gaze of the canaille of .
Paris 1 In 'the early history of California large
numbers of the disorganized Garde Mobile were sent
to California, and then crime the attempt to seize the
State of Sonora ;'and such has been the policy of
France since the days of Richelieu. The Govern
ment and aristocracy of France and England are op
posed to our success in crushing this rebellion, be
cause the success of republican institutions is al
ways dangerotte to monarchies, and if there is any
Government unfriendly to us in this contest, that
Government is France. France needs a cotton coun
try. She can find it in Mexico. Lower California
is not very loyal, and 'many disloyal men have gone
to Sonora; and to-day, very few arms and less am
munition is left in California, and France might
seize and hold that State at any time within thirty
days. He thought the Government was bound to
pay some attention to this matter, and there was no
reason why we. should be afraid of ' a conflict with
France, or with Spain and England combined.- They,
in California, were apprehensive of the designs of
France, and he thought, from the course and policy
of France, there was reason for this apprehen-.
sion.' The Monroe doctrine in regard to
foreign interference has been admitted by
all nations as sound and true, and the Govern
ment is boOnd.to sustain that doctrine, and should
maintain it at all hazards. Suppose France will not
withdraw her troops from Mexico; ten thousand
troops sent from this country to aid the Mexicans
would drive the French army into the sea. If neces
sary to go to war, this Government should do it in
order to maintain this great fundamental doctrine,
and maintain our honor. - 'lf anything could now
bind together' this nation, it would be a just and
holy war against -a foreign foe. He believed that
many of those now fighting against us would turn
and join hands with us in a common cause against a
common enemy.
Mr. SUMNER said he was willing to bring every
question to the touchstone of the suppression of this
- rebellion. He would vote for nothing now to add to
the burdens of the Government or to give aid to the
rebellion. The adoption of these resolutions would
invite a war from a great and powerful nation, and
give so much aid to the rebellion by bringing them a
kowerful ally. He should not attempt to follow the
senator's argument. He should say nothing of
France, whose friendship he would do all to pre
- serve; and he could not follow the policy of the
Senator which would necessarily bring upon us
the hostility of France. Senators are, indeed, justly
sensitive on seeing the return of European empire
on this continent; but the most effectual means of
preventing this is by the suppression of this rebel
lion. He moved that the resolutions lay on the
table.
After nn executive session, the Senate adjourned
MOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
• Congressmen from lAm'slalom
Mr. DA%VES (Rep.), of Massachusetts, from the
Committee on Elections, made a favorable report on
the credentials of BenjalOn Flanders and Michael
Hahn, as Representatives from the First and Second
Congressional districts of Louisiana, Laid over for
future spnsideration.
General Broakru . pt• Bill.
The House took .up the bankrupt bill. Several
gentlemen expressed a desire to address the house
upon the subject, and others wished to offer amend
ments.
Mr. ROSCOE CONKLIN& (Rep.), of New York,
who reported the bill, and who has charge of it, said
that Its details could not enter into the vote, which
must depend upon its princfple. He therefore asked
that it receive • a square vote, and urged prompt
action.
Mr. KELLOGG (Rep.), of Illinois, moved to lay
the bill on the table. 'Agreed to—yeas G 2, nays al.
ROSOO.E CONKLING, who had changed his
vote to the affirmative for the purpose of enabling
him to move a reconsideration of the vote, made that
motion accordingly.
Mr. KELLOGG, of Illinois, moved to lay Mr.
Conkling's motion on the table, which was decided
in the affirmative by seven majority. The bill was
then rejected.
The ReVenue.
On motion of Dlr. SHEFFIELD (II.), of Rhode
Island, the hill to expedite the collection of revenue
in New York, by the appointment of assistant col
lectors, was laid on the table.
, Maritime Rights.
The resolution reported from the Committee on
Foreign Atrairs, declaratory of maritime rights, was
postponed till the third Monday in February.
National Currency.
The bill heretofore reported to es•
eurreney,secured by United States
poned for one week—yeas 60, nays(
YEAS.
Edwards (H.) '
Eliot (R.) •
Gooch (R.)
Grider (U.)
Hall (D.) •
Harding (D.)
Harrison (U.),
Holman (A)
Johnson (D.)
Kellogg (R.) ID.
Law (D.) •
Loomis (R.)
Mul'hersou (R.)
Mallory (U.)
Marston (IL)
Maynard (U.)
Menzies (U.)
MltchellO(.)
Moorhead (R. )
Noble (D.)
:NAYS.
Gurley (R.)
Haight (1).) .
Hooper (R.)
Julian (It.)
Kelley (It.) -
Kellogg (R.) ]lick.
Lousing (D )
Lehman
Idvcooy IL) .
McKean ( )
McKnight
Mnrrl,(R.)Tt•
Odell (D.)
Olin (R.)
Phelps (11.) Cal.
Pike (R,)
'omeroy (H.)
Allen (D.) Ohio
Allen (D.) llle.
Ancona (D.)
Babbitt (L)
Bally (D,)
Bingham (R.)
Blair (U.) Va.
•Blake
Brown (13.)
Bufflnton (R)
Calvert. (U.)
Cobb (D.)
ConkliugF.A. (R.)
Cravens (D.)
Crisfield (U.)
Crittenden (U.)
Cutler (R.)
Dawes (R.) .
'Delano (B.
Edgerton (K.)
Aldrich (R.) Potter (R.)
Arnold (R.) Rice (R.).
Ashley (R )
Baker (R.) Sart:sant (R.)
Baxter (R.) Sedgwtok (R.)
Clerk (R.) Begar (U.)
Colfax (R.) Sheffield (C.)
Conway (R ) Shollabarger (R.)
Conklin; R. (R.). Sloan (R.)
Davis (R.)"
Iven (R ) tiC i r i nt n e
D did
Donn ( R.) Trowbri e (R.)
Fessenden T A. D Van Horn (IL)
(R.) Walker (R.)
Plsh^r (R.) Wheeler (D.)
Pranchot (R.) Windom (R.)
(Goodwill (R )I- rood (D.) go
Grantor Or ) i
The Rouse passed the bill to incorporate; the
Washington Theatre Company.
Paymaster. Tl General.
Mr. McPERSON (Rep.), of Penrutylvanlii, re.
ted from the Committee on Military Attaira a
lull authorizing the Piesldent to select from. the Pay
Department, or from additional pa)mastera of voltin.-
teors, without regard to rank, but solely as to quell.
lications, Paymester General, who shell have the
pay,,rank, and emoluments of a brigadier general.
Mr. McPherson said the bill involved no additional
expense,
and was intended to place the Paymaster
General on n rank with the heads of other trattraus.
Mr. BIDDLE (Dem.', of Pennsylvania, writ not
prepared to vote for the bill, as he understoodi Its
object was to overslaugh Colonel Andrews, one of
the beat, most efficient, and incorruptible men in Nie•
country.
WASIITSURNE (Rep.), of Illinois, took a
similar view. . Colonel Andrews had served the
country for forty years, and was entitled to the
place in order of promotion. His character could
not be challenged.
Mr. OLIN (Ren.), of New York, and Mr. Me-
PHERSON severally. explained that the regular
army was &mere fragment compared to - the volun
teer forces. No blow was intended against Colonel
Andrews; but the President should have power to
select the best man for the position. Congress had
already recognized the principle.
The billwas rejeeted—yesa 61, nays 7(7...
Internal Improvements.
Mr. OLIN (Rep.), from the Committee ow Milita
ry Affairs, reported back, with amendments, the
Michigan and Illinois and New York canal bill,
'which provides. for the transfer of the lernobrand
Michigan canal to theUniteetStates commissionert,
to be appointed, with authority to enlarge the canal
for the passage of gunboats;, and other boats; &et ,
the improvement to commence after the plan
have been approved by the President, and be under
the direction of the Secretary of War; the work to.
be given to the lowest bidder. The revenue de,
rived over and above the expenses of the manage
rnent and repairs to be timid into the National!
Treasury, to reimbursellLinois fisr the expenses that'
State has incurred, and toward'the payment of the•
principal and interest on the expenditures. After
the enlargement is paid for, the canal is to be for
ever open and free to the navigation of citizens of
the United States, subject only tesuch toile as may
be necessary to keep thecanatin repair and payment
of its management. ' The Government of the Uni
ted States is to assign Illinois, on her transferring.
the canal, thirteen millions three hundred and forty
six' thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars
of six-per -cent. bonds interest payable semi-annu
ally, and redeemable In twenty years, to he reim
bursed !by the tolls. Provision •is also made for
the enlargement, through the New York Canal
Commissioners, of the Oswego and'Erie canals, to
afford passage for armed vessels, he., from the Hud
son river tothe Erie and Ontario lakes, the Govern
ment to appropriate three millions and a • half of
similar bonde.,
Mr. HOLMAN (Dem.), of Indiana, raised the
question that, as the bill contained appropriations
of money, it must receive itelirst - consideration in
Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union.
The SPEAKER admitted the point well taken, and
Was sustained by the House—yeas 93, nays as.
Mr.. OLIN moved to recommit the bill to the
Painter Committee.
Mr. I OLMA.N 'contended that after the reading
of the bill it must go to the Committee of the Whole
on the state of the Union.
Mr. Olin's motion was agreed to—yeas 61, nays
66.
. Coastwise Ocean Telegraphs.
Mr. OLIN, from the Military Committee, re
ported a bill authorizing the Secretary 61 War to
cause to be constructed and laid down a submarine
cable, from Fort Ildellenry or Fort Monroe to Gal
veston, touching at Fort Macon Port Royal, South
Carolina ; Fernandina, Rey West, Fort Pickens,
with 'a branch from the last-named to New Orleans;
or so much of the military line as the: military exi
gencies may require ; the Secretary of War to enter
into the contract with such responsible parties as
may give security for the prompt and faithful ere
'outwit of the work.
Mr. OLIN caused a letter to be read from the Se
cretary of War, in which he says the distance is
twenty-five hundred nautical miles, and that a re
sponsible English firm are willing to undertake the
contract, and guarantee success on the payment of
£2OO sterling per mile; that all the departments of
the Government recognize its importance, and the
work should be put under immediate contract,
which can be finished in four months.
Mr. OLIN, in answer to an inquiry - from Mr. Eli
jah Ward,' said it was proposed to give the Secretary
of War power to enter into a contract - with any per
sons who can best and most expeditiously execute
the work. . . , _
.
Mr. WARD ( Dem.), preferred that mune Amerinan
firm should undertake the work. He understood the
wires could be made in the United States as good as
In England, and the work' should be open to compe
tition.
Mr: OLIN said that if the line had been in opera
tion a month ago the Government would have saved
•
four times its cost.
Mr. WARD moved to - lay the bill on the table.
Not agreed to—yeas 46, nays 68.
Pm:ling question on the passage of the bill the
Rouse adjourned.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
The Senate met at eleven o'clock, and was opened
with prayer by Rev. Mr. Moore.
The SPEAKER laid before the Senate the
thirtieth annual report of the Pennsylvania In
stitute for the Instruction of the Blind.
Also, an abstract of the accounts of the German
town and Perkiomen Turnpike Company."
Also, an abstract of the accounts of the Chelten
ham and Willow Grove Turnpike Road Company.
kir. DONOVAN presented the report of the super
intendent of the Girard estate.
Mr. SMITH remonstrances from six hundred and
ten citizen. of Montgomery county against legalizing
the loan for bountypurposes.
Messrs. Kinsey, Stein, Reilly, Mott, and Glatz
severally presented remonstrances against the re
construction of dams on the Upper Lehigh.
Mr—CLYMER, the memorial of citizens of this
Commonwealth, settiqs forth their grievances
arising from the arbitrary illegal, and unconstitu
tional arrests of their fellow-citizens by orders of
the Federal Government, and praying the General
Assembly to adopt such measures as may be re
quisite to, secure to the people:the rights and privi
leges guarantied them by the Constitution of the
United States and of this State. The memorial was
read and referred.. .
.
Mr. STEIN, a petition for the recharter and in
°realm of capital of the Allentown Bank.
• Postage. Account. •
Mr. SERRILL; from the Committee on Accounts,
presented the following bill forPoStagep to Feb. 1:
Postage during recess 3489 00
Letters sent ' 220 00
Letters received 3 12
Documents sent -878 00
$1,69012
The account WAS passed. .
Bills Introduced..
Mr. CONNELJ, a bill to incorporate the Ameri
can Engravers' Company.
Also a bill to Incorporate the Oantinental Ex
press Company.
Mr. HIESTAND, joint resolution instructing our
Senators, and • requesting our Representatives in
Congress to favor the repealer the duty on paper.
On motion of Mr. Hiestand, said resolutions
were considered, and passed Sna p yeas 22, nays 2.
Mr SMITH, a bill to extend the charter of the
Batik of Delaware county.
Mr.•BERRILL, a bill to extend the charter of the
Bank of Montgomery county.
Mr. GRAHAM, a supplement to the act relating
to auctions and auctioneers.
Mr. STEIN, a bill to change the name of the
Northern Iron Company. Considered and passed.
On motion of Mr. KINSEY, the bill to extend
the charter of the White Hall Mutual Fire Insu
rance Company was considered, and passed finally.
On motion of Mr. KINSEY, the bill relative to
the sale and conveyance of real estate was taken .
up on third reading, amended, and passed finally.
On motion of Mr. WALLACE the bill to incor
porate the Northwestern Navigation Company was
considered, and passed finally.
On motion of Mr. BOUND, the supplement to the
act incorporating the Macaulay Mountain Railroad
Company was considered, and passed finally.
Adjourned.
•
HOUSE. •
The House was called to order by Speaker CESS
NA et eleven A. M. . '
The journal of Monday was read.
The Aareet 'of Boileau.
Messri. BARGER of Philadelphia, and EARLY
of Elk, asked leave to record their votes on the re
solutions relative to the arrest of . A. D. Boileau, of
Philadelphia. They voted aye.
Mr. RITTER, of Snyder, asked the same privi- .
lege, and voted no.
The calendar of private bills was then taken up
and prepared for a second reading. After the drat
loading, a motion was made that the regular busi
ness of the House be proceeded with. Concurred in.
Mr. MeMURTRIE, of Blair, from the Committee
of Estates and Escheats; reported an sot to incor
porate the Woodland Cemetery Company of Phila
delphia.
Mr. RAIN, of .Fayette, to incorporate the Pitts
burg slid Uniontown Telegraph Company. Also,
one to prevent illegal arrests, and a resolution to in
struct our Senators :and Representatives in Con
gress to vote against paying from the treasury of the
United States twenty millions of dollars for emanci
pated slaves in Missouri. Resolution referred to the
Committee on Federal Relations.
-• Arrests by the Government.
3lr. REX, of Montgomery, read in place a bill to
secure to the people of this State the freedom or
speech to which they are entitled by the Coast&
tution.
The preamble of this bill recites the difibrent arti
cles'of the Constitution of the United States, guar .
anteeing protection in liberty of speech and the
press, and the enjoyment of private property, gsting,
also, the privileges guaranteed to every citizen - when
arrested for 'crime.
Section one provides that from and after the pas
sage'of this act, if any civil or military officer of this
State, or of the United' States, shall arrest, or at
tempt to arrest, any private citizen of this State,
With the intention of carrying him out ofthe State,
without a legal hearing or trial in the manner and
form provided in the Constitution of this State, or
of the United States, he or they so offending shall
be deemed guilty of a high crime, and, upon con
viction in any Courts of Quarter Sessions of this
Commonwealth, shall be fined not less than $5,000,
and in addition be imprisoned for not less than five
years at hard labor.
Section two provides that if any such officer shall
suppress, or attempt to suppress, the publication of
any newspaper by force, or prevent its circulation,
or shall in any way interfere with' the freedom of
speech or of the press Illegally, as recited in the
preamble, he shall, upon conviction, be fined not less
than $5OO nor more than $l,OOO, or be imprisoned in
the State Penitentiary for not less than one year, or
both, at the discretion of the court.
Section three requires every sheriff, police officer,
or constable, to arrest the person so offending and
bring him before the nearest Justice or alderman,
and if the evidence shall be deemed sufficient, the
person so charged shall be committed to the county
jail until the next ensuing Court of Quarter Ses
sions. •
Section fourth makes it the duty of the Governor,
immediately alter the passage of this act, to issue
his proclamation, warning all civil and military Mil
aers of the penalty for 'a violation of this act, and
his determination to enforce the same ; and notify
ing sherifik, police officers, and constables, or their
duty in this connection, extending to such officers,
when resisted, such aid as the emergency may re
quire.
The bill was referred to the Committee on Judi
ciary General.
Mr. KAINE, of Fayette, also introduced a bill to
prevent illegal arrests. This bill provides that the
removal of 'any person beyond the limits of this
State or of the United States, for offences committed
in this State, is to be declared a misdemeanor, and
that any person who shall seize, or shall in any man
ner aid in such seizure, or attempt at seizure, or who
shall actually remove or attempt to remove, said per
son so committing offences, shall be guilty of a high
misdemeanor, and on conviction shah he sentenced
to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and an
imprisonment in s olitary confinement Sir any period'
not exceeding ten years, both or either at the discre
tion of the court; and that upon the trial of any
person charged with the offences above recited, the.
not that such seizure, confinement, or removal was
by order of the President of the .United States, or of
any member of the Cabinet, or other officer of the
General Government, shall constitute no legal of..
fence. Referred to the Committee on Federal Rein,-
tions.
Opposition to Emancipation.
tablish a national
stocks, was post
. as follows
Norton (D.)
Porter AR) -
Price (D.) -
Robinson (DJ_
Rollins (R.) N. H.
Sherman (R.)
Stevens. (R.)
e tiles (D. )_ •
Thomas (O.) Maas
Trimble (U.)
Vibbard (R.) •
Wadsworth (D.)
Wall (R. ) •
Wallaee (R.)
White (R.) Ind.
Wiekliffe (b.)
Worcester (R.)•
Wright (D.)
Yearaan (D.)
Mr. BAINE alio read is paace joint resolutions
instructing our Senators in Congress to oppose the
passage of a•law aPpropriating twenty millions of
dollars to compensate the owners of emmicipatdd
alavee in the State of Mbsouri. Laid upon the
table.
Supplement to Paousylvatuin. Rnarond
Mr. THOMPSON (Philadelphia) read in place a
further supplement to: an act to incorporate the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, as follows:
SECTION 1.. That the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the said Pennsylvania ila'aroad Company
shall. be held on the third Tuesday of February to
every year instead of on the first Monday in Feb
ruary, as tioretofore.
Snn: 2. That the Directors of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company be, and they are hereby, autho
rized to'add to their number, by electing, from the
body of the stockholders at' such time as they may
determine, and annuallithereafter, if they deem it
expedient, an addition member, who shall eat as
HARRISBURG, February 3, 1883.
SENATE
Petitions
Bills Considered.
Private BlUe.
C]►nrtcr.
fin additional rice president or managing director,
with ouch powers and for siich compensation as the
said board may, by law or resolutiou r establish and
direct.
Sao. 3. That the Directors of the Pestnsylvania
Railroad Company be, and they are hereby, au
thorized to create mort gage bonds, payable at ouch
time as they may determine upon, with coupons
attached, bearing interest not exceeding sis per
centum, to an amount equivalent to the cash out
lay upon any branch road hereafter constructed
under the provisions of the charter of the Pensyl•
yenta ltaifroad Company, its supplements, or laws
afircting said company; the bootee& created to be a
lien upon the net revenue derived from the branch
read for which they may be isauek and may be se
cured by mortgage uponsaid property.
Referred to Coarunittee on Railroads.
rer. FOSTER read a bill to macadamize a per.
Barr of Broad greet; lir Philadelphia.
DIP. LEE a supplement to an act incorporating
the Philadelphia ant Delaware Railroad; Company.
Reports of Committees.
The Committee on Accounts reported the suns of
$2,1119.i4 due the U. S. post office at Harrisburg; for
letters told documents from - the }lmmo/ Represen
tatives passing through that othce, with a sescdutioc
to pay theesame. Agreed' to:
Mr. THOMPSON frmnithe - Committee on,Corpo
rations, reported, w i th slight amendments , an act to.
V
incorporate the alley Forgo - Railroad Company.
Mr. YOUNG, from the eame - committeedireported
as commated,supplement to.the act incorporating
the Bethlehem Railroad Company.
Mr. BARER, of Philadelphia, read In place e a
bill providing fer the payment or the assessors of
the city of Philadelphia for making, the military en
rollment for tinrdraft. Also, one Incorporating the
Chester and Delaware Market' Company, to be
located In Philadelphia. Also, onto repeal the act
incorporting the Lombard and South. Street Passen
ger Railroad Company.
The House now resumed the consideration of the
private calendar,.which having been-gone through,
ft:notion was made and seconded that the House
adjourn until 11 A . ..M. to-morrow, and' not hold an
afternoon session this P. 112., according; to previous
agreement. Mr. Hattie offered an amendment that it
meet at 10x A. M.—lost. So the House stood ad
journed until to-morrow A. M., at II o'clock.
THE DEMOCRATIC' CLUB
WHAT THE DEMOCRATS THINK IN. PRIVATE,
Two• Reporters of The Presa Expelled.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS
SPEECH OP REV: C. C. BURR
lie Macho Sedition, Riot, and Bloodshed,
Lincoln a Greater Traitor than Jeff Davis
With.a desire to inform our readers ask,. the pro
gress of the Northern revolution spnken'of publicly
by Mr. Bullitt, at the headquarters of the• Democr
atic Club, a few evenings ago, several of the reporters
of . The Press were sent to the headquarters last eve
ning. We expected, of course; that they would en
counter gentlemen, and be treated gentlemanly, for
there is no reason to suppose that a club which trum
pets itself before the public is- composed of men of
"high social position," "moral. standing," "gene
roue patriotism," and " ability and talents," would
not, at the outset of its career, exhibit rude
ness and incivility. We were, moreover, invited to
notice this meeting, and hercwitk we attach our
very polite and suggestive invitation:
To the Editor of Vie Press :
' Stu : The Members of the " Democrat Central'
Club will hold a meeting to-night at half past even'
o'clock. They fear neither the negro-worshipping
tyrant, or the reporters of a venal press. Send them
along, they may hear some wholesome truth.
Edward's building, Walnut, below. Sixth street. -
Tuesday, Feb.; 1563.
At half past seven the Club-room was about a
quarter filled. Here and there - stood select spots of
four or five, and all discussing Important matters of
State. The topics of conversation were not many or
varied. They all tended to one common centre—
that card of Mr. Boileau. The gentlemen pro
nounced Mr. Boileau a "poltroon " and a "sneak."
We heard another remark that "John Brown had
more pluck when be died that Al. Boileau ever
showed In his entire life." "The Journa/ was al
ways an Abolition sheet anyhoW till Pine and Rill
Reed took hold of it," said another blear-eyed indi
vidual. "Yes„" said his friend,. "old Baker had
control of it until the last five or six months, and
then it was always wishy-washy."
" Well, Mr. I—, what do you think of your
friend, Boileau," . said Mr. H. "D—n such a mi
serable coward I" We : refrain, of course, from
giving publicity to the vulgarisms in which this
crowd indulged. It was almost entirely personal to
Mr. Bolleau.• One of our reporters, whom we will
call Reporter No. 1, had been in the room about half
an hour, and, while in conversation with a personal
friend, was thus accosted by Alderman William Mc-
Mullin, who .was busily engaged in surveying the
crowd : .
McMullin—"A word with. I - ou, idr, at your
leiaure.t , -
Reporter—" I am at leisure, sir, wtititla it you have
to say I"
McMullin—" I understand, air; that . you, are a re
porter."
Reporter—" That is correct; I am a reporter."
McMullin—" Reporter of the PRESS, teo;. I under
atand.”
Reporter—" You understand rtght, air; a reporter
of Forney , a Press."
McMullin—"Then, sir, I order you out of this
room.P
.
Reporter—" You will allow me the privilege of
asking by what authority I am put out of this place.
I understand this to be a- pUblic meeting of Demo
cratic citizens, and as such I attended it. If this is
a private meeting, I shall certainly leave."
"Mcßlullin—" Well, I give you warning ; you
had better leave, or you may regret it."
Our reporter had received instructions to remain,
and although a modest and timid man, and by no
means anxious to encounter raclllullin, walked
away, hoping to escape him. But the distinguished
lender of the "unterrifled" soon gave him to under
stand that he could no longer tolerate his presence.
The reporter had meanwhile learned from various
other persons in the room that the meeting was by
no means of a private character. Some personally
told him that they were not members of any Demo
cratic club; that the constitution of this club had
not yet been framed; and that, consequently, there
could be no private meeting. No officers had yet
been elected, and this was a mass meeting. The
alderman, howeVer,again saw him, and stepped for
ward to the place where he stood, and this second
colloquy occurred
Alderman.—"Do you intend to leavdthis room,
sir
Reporter.—" Certainly, air, if the president an
nounces, at the commencement of the meeting,
that it is a private meeting. Are you the presi
dent 1"
MeMullin.—" I am not the president, but whoever
he may happen to be, he will not make that an
nouncement. Now, out with you.”
Our "Reporter, N 0.1," was not disposed to argue
further with one who was determined so hear no ar
gument, and left. .
Determined to enlighten the people of Philadelphia
as to the purposes of the meeting, there were, un
fortunately for the Alderman, several Reporters of
The Press present. Reporter No. 1 having been
summarily dismissed, we give the experience of
Reporter No. 2, as follows :
ANOTHER nxpoirrlir. DIS'HISSED.
Upon entering the room, Reporter No. 2 discover
ed it to be in a distracted condition. He walked
around in a meek and mild manner, never imagining
himself, for one instant, to. be in the lions' den.
Unlike Daniel, however, he was not left unmolested.
He heard the name " reporter ;" he felt a frown
levelled at the back of his neck, and the influence
of a forefinger perforating the brain. The voice was
whispering, the frown was gentlemanly, the fore
finger wee clean. It beckoned him into a remote
corner. He followed, still bearing the meek and
mild aspect which in his wont..
This, sir, is a strictly private meeting," said the
forefinger.
•
"Indeed l"
"We allow no reporters here."
"This, then, is strictly a private ineetingr
"Yes, air; none are admitted but members of the
club." '
" Suppose I wish to come, how will I set about it?"
".70/.i THE CLUB !"
If not, what am I to do then?"
"Leave the room!"
"Suppose I don't leave it, what then I"
" Then 3! Gull be put out." [The questicm, "
put me out," now occurred to him.]
" You'd better sift the company, sir—every soul In
the room !"
"I didn't know you were a reporter, or I wouldn't
have let you in !"
" Will you give me the pleasure of knowing your
name before I go 1"
" My name is McMullen."
"Alt ! I think. live heard that name before. Good
evening, Mr. McMullen." • .
Reporter No:2 left.
be THE EHOCEEDIEHE OP THE MEETING.
Notwithstanding the kind attentions of Mr. Mc-
Mullin, the other reporters of 'The Press-who were
present succeeded in obtaining a report of the meet
ing. It was organized by Mr. Charles Ingersoll
taking the chair and calling the meeting to order.'
He introduced to the meeting the Reverend Chaun
cey C. Burr, well known as a distinguished minister
of the Gospel, and celebrated' for his Christinti Hie
and principles. Hewas received with loud applause,
made an elaborate address, and denounced the
Administration in bitter terms. It wasa drunken
Administration, besotted with its violation of the
Constitution. It had never had one honest pulsa
tion for the good of the country. It was a set of
rascals.. He had lately been to Washington, - and his
soul was-filled with shame when he saw the streets
of that city tilled with lunatics and persons looking
as if they had come from Bedlam or some freedore
association. • [Loud applause.) The members of
the Administration are not fit to be boot-blacks for
his hOnorable auditors. [Applause.) Abraham Lin
coln is a greater Ira itor than Jeffeisosi Davis. [Applause.]
What has Jeff Davis done? He has vseretg infringed
upon• our territorial juriariietion. 1k has not struck al
the Constitution.
On. State rights lilc. Burr disooursed at length.
He believed that we would have to come back to.
this good old doctrine of State rights in order to.
save the Republic. He alluded, in en affectionate
manner, to the old Camden ferry-boat, the " State
Rights," and how his heart ached when he found
that her name had been changed to " United States
Rights." " Why, sir," he continued, " the - United
States has no rights. It is merely resting, on the
solid basis of State rights. Suppose that a. State
should refuse to elect a senator or a representative,
where would your 'United States bet pleeel silence.]
Congress is nothing but the repreaerdative of the
States, end this is the only doctrine that can, save
us. What we want is pluck."
"lio we don't" interposed a voice. "We want
money." .
"Yes sir ! We want miracle (arta the speaker held
up his arm and displayed its devslopment). Carry
the pluck which you have displayed this evening
with you into the street. It you, do so, the provost
marshal of this city will bo alore afraid of being rid
den sublimely on a rail Lima you Will be of any In
jury which he can do to your • constitutional liber
ties.), (Applause, and in loud tones, "we will, we
After the applause had subsided, he reverently
looked heavenward, and said in the voice of tragedy
eubtime . : ' S When the soul of this Government fs deed, I,
for oiN t ear( not what becoriiOt 4ffic [Ap t wal
"If a plot whit* is now proposed should sue
that one of our sdtdiers should go to Richmond ana
aseftesinnte Jefferson Davis and bring back his head,
he hoped it would be pet on Abe Lincoln's should
ers." (Loud and long confirmed cheering.)
Mr. Burr reiterated that Mr. Lincoln was a
greater traitor than Jeff. Davis, and if his abontion
polity was permitted to go on, lie (Mr. B.> main•
taxied that Jefrenton Davis dais fighting for our
liberties in the North as well as For those of hie fel
low-citizens in the South ! [Tremendous applause.)
Why not stop this war now 7 Why, my friends,
you will ask, "Bow can we decay without dis
grace P , Why, said Mr, Burr, if you would be dis
graced now, what would your dishonnt amount to
six months hence, if you go on making dead men
and public debt 1 He - thought the attitude of the
two powers at present were like a great big bully
pummelling a small' effeminate lad; the illsht was
unequal, disgraceful,• and every way despicable.
And all this was the' work of that—that - Eaere
Mr. Burr scratched his head fora trein endoi. idea,
most vigosoualy, creating great nuvrlrnent.] that
gorilla! at Washington Old Abe, who reminded , him
of an AtricaA king seated in his mud hut thatched
with skulls! This wee the positron of Lincoln
tow—he existed in a Golgotha of his own nicking.
JA volce"--P Be dom, but I. hope John Forney wilt
git ahoold of tlr3t. I whauder if Muria a rapoortec'
abooLl
Mr. Burr was now quite haatne: He' palled out
his watch, stated Mat it was almost eleven o'clock,
• and- that he must give way to other and abler
speakers. [Here thecriea to "go on" wore deafen.-
. ing, and Mr. Burr continued.]
• He wanted Pennsylvania, with. her sublime, mo
rali[and conservative strength, to go with New Jer
eey in her efforts to maintain constitutional: liberty.
New York was with us. That good, weak, old
man, Gen. Wool, had said that he called upon the
militia of the Empire State to report to
him of his own accord; but - it was known
that the order came trona the Secretary of
War, and Governor Seymour would- have
placed any regiment or battalion. of 'militia' under at-rest
that had dared to report for the sertria of the Uniket
Stales to Gen. Wool. He had been up at Trenton with
the Legislature-for the past four weeks, he said, to
watch the movements of the-Abolitionists. He was•
glad to report that there was now a bill before that
Legislature to authorize the Governor to reorganize•
the militia—the sum was small—den thousand dol
lars—but he hoped to have twenty or thirty thou
sand dollars added to it. He might be asked the use
of this measure by the Abolitionists, and he would
complacently reply that theremightbc aforeign war,
in which case they would be needed. [Applause.]
If this Abolition programme was to be carried- out,
and negroes were to be put in our forte as garrison
troops, he, tie a peace man, thought it would be
hie time to turn soldier.. [Tremendous cheering.)
Be contemplated' the new compromise line with
pleasure. It would run east of New Jersey, and
would therefore include that State and Pennsyl—
vania. As for New England, he cared very little
whether it came .in or not. These States- might
be tolerated' in the new Union as a sort of ulcer,
which could not be taken out until it was perfectly
ripe ! [A voice—" tak' it not by the roots I"] No,
he said, I have some hope for reconstruction in Con
nectidit, Maine, and New Hampshire, but Ver
mont and Massachusetts had sunk, beneath all
chance of redemption, in the Abolition whirlpool i
[Sensation, and smothered applause.) ,
About this time a number of the "half-and•hal
men" went out, accompanied by the secretary, who
had the books of the concern, tied up in a handkp
chief, under his arm. Mr. Burr continued to 11 ,
as long as a dozen persons remained, but g
boarse at last that he wail oblieed to give up
down, when the "meeting" wee dismissed.
tbutdasm died out long before Mr. B
speaking.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CON
TOILS TO THE OFIUSCH HomE.—The annual
of the contributors of this Institution too
yeeterday morning, at the ,Ifurtgution, co
Twe.rxty-eecond and Pine etreete: Rev. Dr
acted as chairman, and Edward H. Rowley, •
secretary. The annual report was read, showint
object of the society to be the care and proper train
togof the children who may be placed in the Home.
The treasurer's report exhibited a balance of the
year 1883 of $42.5.31. The expenses during the past
year were $3.514.45, making the total amount
of $3,999.78. The annual sermon will be preached
shortly in the Church of the Epiphany, by the Rev.
Dr. Huntington, of Boston. The following gentle-.
men were elected officers : Presidents, Rt. Rey.
Alonzol Porter, D. D. LL. D. Rt. Rev. Samuel
Bowman, D. D. ; secretary, E d ward H. Rowley ;
treasurer, Edward S. Buckley.
Faxon° hlsoeziroc.—We have the February
number from W. B. Zieber, South Third street. It
contains a variety Of well•selected articles, in prose
and verse, from the Edinburgh, British Quarterly,
North British. Eclectic, and Westminster Reviewe,
Chambers' Journal, Fraser% Bentley's - N . 6:r Month
ly, London Society, and Dublin University Maga
zines. The steel frontispiece gives portraits of the
five deceased Secretaries of the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions, viz. Rev. Dr.
Samuel WOrcester, Jeremiah Everts, Rev. Dr. Cor
nelius, Rev. Dr. Wisner, and Rev. Dr. Armstrong.
Brief but sufficient- memoirs suitably illustrate
these portraits. •
ENGLISH PIOTORIALS.—We have the Illustrated
London sews (a double number), and the Illustrated
News of the World, both of January 17th, from S. C.
Vphalh, 403 Chestnut street. As usual, they con
tain numerous engravings of considerable merit and
interest.
CI XIC "Y' ITEM S.
A. SPLENDID PICTURE. OF GENERAL Me-
OL2LLAN.—Mr. F. Gutekunat, Nos.. 704 and 700
Arch street, is still exhibiting, in the east window
of his magnificent ground-floor Gallery, to ad
miring thousands, his recently-executed life-size
Photograph of Gen. George B. McClellan, finished
in Crayon, and the popularity of his caries de visite
of the General, in various styles, is the greatest
triumph in this branch of the Photographic business
ever achieved in this country. Orders are coming
in from all parts - of the North, from the trade, for
. thousands of these Capital pictures.
Tim &mini . KING has been paying his
respects to the good people of the community within
the last few days to some purpose, and this effect of
it has been instinctively to turn the thoughts of all
sensible people towards the superior quality of coal
sold by 'Alr. W. W. Alter, at his yard, Ninth street
above Poplar. The facilities of Dlr. Alter, for ob
taining coal on the best terms, and the great quantity
he sells, enables him to favor the public in prices,
and hence his enormous trade.
BUCKWHEAT CANES 3 COFFEE are
now pre-eminently in season, and the numerous pa
trons of thipopular old grocery house of Mr. C. H.
Mattson, Arch and Tenth streets, are enjoying these
luxuries in 'greatest perfection. He has now in
store a fresh supply of his superior Buckwheat
Flour, of the famous "Silver Flint" brand—the
best in the country, without an exception—also, a
fine lot of Wheat Flour, of the choicest brands. libs
fine Old Governm ent Java Coffee needs no comment.
DELICIOUS FRESH CONFECTIONS.—Mr.
A. L. Vansant, the great Philadelphia Confectioner,
Ni9th and Chestnut streets, has constantly fresh
on his counters, the finest Roasted Almonds, Cream
Chocolates, French and American Mixtures, Portu
guese Secrets, Taffies, and French Nauget, together
with the choicest assortment of foreign and fine do
mestic Fruits, not to be found elsewhere.
POPULAR PIIOTOGRAPII ESTABLISH-
ItENT.-11Ir. E. P. Ripple's splendid Photographic
Gallery, No. WO Arch street, is literally besieged
with patrons six days in the week, and the style
and fidelity of his pictures, in all sizes and styles,
are universally admired.
SIGNOR BLITZ, ASSRIIRLY BUILDING,
TENTH AND CnSsTnn.r.—The great versatalitrdis
played by the Signor, in his various necromantic
delusions and ventriloquial dialogues, renders his
entertainment-amusing to all classes and disposi
tions. This afternoon, at a, the Signor gives a
Grand Matinee. Also„.in the evening, at 73g.
.WE AIM apt to be free with our jokes
upon Doctors and their drugs, until sick and lirneed
of their aid; then all alike bow to the necessity of
recourse to their hard-earned and often ill-requited
skill: The prevailing bellef that physicians frown
upon whatever • deviates from their peculiar system
and usages, arises from the fact that their better
information leads them soonest to detect and dis
card the medical delusions and impositions that are
thrust upon the community. That they are ready
and prompt to adopt any really valuable invention,
isseen by the treatment Doctor T. C. Ayer's. Chemi
cal Remedies have received at their hands. They
appreciate the value of these medicines because
they know their composition ; and where is
the man who ever heard a respectable physician
either disparagetbem or discourage their use! No
profession. or:pursuit has done more for the human
fondly' than . the medical profession. -None is fol
lowed by nobler men or for nobler ends inor is there
one which better . deserys the beet thanks of man
kind-Canton (W. Y.) Democrat.
"BAD .. ELA.mTs."—It seems to. be, as, it
should be, the chief end of man to cultivate good
habits. A lounger, smoking a cigar, havingenbered
a menagerie, the proprietor reiluesitul.him to take
the weed from his mouth, " lest ho shoUld teach the
other monkeys had habits.": . There are various
kinds of bad habits; one is to "smoke, another to
take other persons' umbrellas or hats.at an, eve:nir_g,
party; but the moat inexcuiablePit - ni;se times
the arts and sciences, is t.l , l,4aigiiag of & t ra d_gtt
garment, when the begjoelass goods are. ftwailli .
ready , Matt within the reach of afs a
Charlevo l les Sc Co.'s " OneTrice,' , water t
Co , kSental Hotel, In this city. An inspection of
their goods will convince any one of the.trutts of this
statement.
MISCATtRIAGE OP REBEL. SUPPLIES- --
Some of the munitions of war which. our perfidious
cousin across the water has been, getting , sp for re•
beldom have lately miscarriedond there has been
consequent gnashing of teeth. in JetS Davis' do-.
minions. In the loyal States. we are- independent:
of foreign aid in any way, as we makocan own gun%
build our own shim make our owe. powder, and:
clothe our own soldiers. This last that remindr.,us ,
of the circumstance that the Brown Stone ClothinC
Ball of Rochhill & Wilson, Nos. On and 605 Cheat•
nut street,. above Sixth, has facilities for keepiog au
entire army comfortably clothed, while its mosuisc
hire of garnients for civilians goes forward ratthout
delay &interference.
0171 t TRBEE SYA GAB OP BEING.-4 1 1.5e three
great stages of our being are•the birth,,tke
and the burial. To the grat we bring only weak
seas—for the last we have nothing hub- dust !
here, at the altar, where life joins lifkthe pair come
throbbing up, to. the holy man, widswaing• the t-Vel'
promise that arms each other's heaat., to help on in
the life struggle of care and duty. The beautiful
will be there, borrowing new hewn' from tb,o scene,
The gay and the frivolous, they and their pounces,
will look solemn for once. Arni youth will come, to
gaze on all its sacred thoughts pant for; and age will
totter up to hear the old words repeated, that to
their own lives have Om the chains. Every man
of taste will beithred in the faultless garments pro.
cured at the urdmrpasaatde One-Price Clothing Es
tablishment of Oveaville Stokes, No, 609 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia, where every Variety of ISESSO I Ia
• tilc gamma ta alma oA Wald,