THE PRESS, PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED,) RY JOHN W. FORNEY. No, 111 SOTJTII FOURTH STREET. THE. DAILY. PRESS, m o nvlny Cwerra PER WEEK, PaFable to the Carrier. 'failed to Subearibere out of the °lig at EIGHT DoLLese Pan ANNI:TIC, FOUR DOLLARS FOR Six MOILTRIL TWO Dole LARe FOR Tunas MoNrae--lavallably in advance for the Male ordered. Sir Advertisements Inserted at the usual rates. Six Lines constitute a square. • THE TRI-WEEKLY PRESS, Mailed to Sabecrilmre out of the City at Fotra DoLLA.Eg ' PER ANNUM, In advance. GEWrSi FURNISHING GOODS. is FINE SHIRT EMPORIUM, Nor. 1 AND 3 NORTH METH STREET JOHN O. ARRISON, (FORMERLY J. BURR MOORE.I INPOICFSE AND IMARTTFADTEIREE OF GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS SPT GREAT VARIETY APED AT MODERATE PRICES. N. B.—Particular attention given to the making of Shute, Ja24-104 celollars, Dia'Tors, &e. VINE SHIRT MANUFACTORY. .0- The subscriber would Invite attention to his ' IMPROVED cur OF. SHIRTS. Which be makes a specialty In his business. Abe. 0011- titaritly recelirlag, • NOVELTIES FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR. J. W. SCOTT, GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING STORE: No. 11414 CHESTNUT STREET, Jal7.tr Four doors bslow the Continental. MILLINERY GOODS. 1863 , SP BIN a- 1863 WOOD 411 C3ARY. No. 725 CHESTNUT , STREET, Have now In store a complete stock of - - ;STRAW AND MILLINERY GOODS, INCIZOING STRAW HATS AND BONNETS. HISSES' AND CHILDREN'S STRAW GOODS FANCY AND CRAPE BONNETS., FRENCH FLOWERS, RIBBONS, &c, To which they res'pockfully Invite the attention. of Mer .ohanto and CAWBUYERS will find speelal advantage In examin =ing tilts atoak before pnrchasing. fe2.B-2m I - PAPER HANGINGS. p73ILADELPELIA PAPER HANGINGS. HOWELL & BOURKE, CORNER OF iIrOURTH AND MARKET STREETS, MAIPLIFAOTTIRERS OF PAPER HANGINGS INDOW CURTAIN PAPERS, , Ofor to the Trade's. tillGE AND ELEGANT ASSORT fiNENT OF GOODS. Qom the cheapest Brown Stoak to , `the Finest ,Docorntione. E. COB, FOURTH AND MARKET STREETS. N. B.—Solid Green, Blue, and Buff WINDOW PA PERS of every grade. fel3-2ra - SEWING MACHINES STILL . THEREI2.. • AT THE OLD STAND, . 6118 cinsivtrr smut • Second door, OPPOelte Sayna'a Hall. 'WHEELER di WILSON SEWING MAOHINES. The undersigned has not removed, but le ready at Lie . Old °lace to supply onstoiners, at the lowest prices, with • every style and quality of WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINES. , Machines to hire; also, with drat - class operators, to ( private families and hotels, by the day. Machlnestfteh lag done at short notice, in /MY quantltr. Machines repaired and operators taught. de2s-SM HENRY COY. SI.MGER , I3 SEWING MACHINES, For remit,. &I nn 'and Btauttfactarini Purposes 810 CHESTNUT STREET. Sets-3in • • • FIE 'WILCOX -& ,QIBBS: FAMILY .. • SEWING MACHINES . . • have been greatly improved. watkin git ENTIRELY NOISELESS, .. and with Self.adinsting IlemmeTs, are now ready for bale by FAIRBANKS St EWING, Bet?-tf • .. 715 .011.13STNIIT Street, DRUGS. AND.CREDUCALS. . MOBEET SHOEMAKER it CO., Northeast Corner FOURTH and RACE Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOLESALE . DRUGGISTS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS .801INON AND 1101111STIO rWINDOW AND PLATE GLASS, iLisorAcrxrasas OP wurnuinD Asp ZWO PAINTS. PUTTY.. tai 17=1 FRENCH ZINO PAINTS. •• .Dealers and cosummera supplied at VERY LOW PRICES FOR thizi: I!M AUDIT CLOTHING, &c. OPPENETELISIER,. No. Sel CHURCH Aqw, Philadelphisi, CONTRACTOR AND NANUPAOTURNR or ARMY OLOTWNG Of Ergs Deiorisktoa. ALIA • HAVERSACKS. PONCHOS, CAMP BLANKETS, KNAPSACKS, and BID TICKINGS VON HOSPITALS. MATERIAL BOTRAIT BON CONTRACTOR& All goods made will be guarantied regulation In aim N. B. Orders of any size tiled with despatcli. Jel-Sm PAINTINGS, ENGRAVINGS, dm. • TAMES S. EARLE & SON, - iMPOEVIRS AND MANUFACTURERS *7 LOOKING GLASSES. '-OIL PAINTINGS. ENGRAVINGS., PORTRAIT. PICTURE. and PHOTOGRAPH amok PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS. wirrionsms LOOKING GLASS WARRROOMR AND GALLERY OF PAINTINGS, deSl.t? sue •HEIESTNIIT Street. Phtladelphin. =@:Ma=l TF U•gt . N I T U RE. A LARGE ASSORTMENT, W. ct J. ALLEN & BROTHER, 1909 CFIESTNIIT STREET t ,et . BIIs D IE 3L y s r : IRN7DRE AND BIL MOORE tts (TAMPION, No. 201 kaki SBOOND Streak In connection with theftextensive Cabinet business, are 9 now manufachwing a superior article of BILLIARD TABLES, • and bare now on hand a full supply . , finished with the MOORE & CAMPION'S IMPROVED CUSHIONS, -which are pronounced by all who have used thorn to be • Superior to all others. For the quality and finish of these Tables, the mann.- .faotnrers refer to their numerons patrons throughout the .101nIon. w)* •are familiar with the. character of 'their -work, . • • mill•am • MX; 7 .I;S:=MI 617 ARCH STREET.' C. A. VANKIRK CO., UANUFACTUIIIp4I pa • CHANDELIERS AND °VISE GAS -FIXTURES Also,French Bronze Figures and Ornaments,Porcelain and Mira Shadoa. and a variety or FANCY GOODS. .• WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Please call and examine goods ZENO ARMY AND TOILET MIRRORS, The best In the world for finish and durability. B. M. S. The best brand Silk Finished VELVET RIBBONS. sole Agen t , BENJAMIN hi. SMITH, ltsrt MANS Street, neer West Broadway. fv4l-3m New Perk WILLIAM 11. YELTON & CO., No. 201 !loath FRONT Streets Agents (or the sale of the ORIGINAL HEIDSIECK & CO. CHAMPAGNE, Offer that desirable Wino to the trade. Also, MO:leases fine and medium grades BORDEAUX CLARETS. 100 wises '•Brandenborg Freres" COGNAC BRANDY, Vintage IMB, bottled in France. 60 cases finest Tuscan Oil, to flasks ; 2 dozen in case. 60 bbls finest quality Monongahela Whisky. 60 bbla Jersey Apple Brandy. 00,000 Havana Cars, extra fine. Moat & Cbaadon Grand Via Imperial, "Green Seal" Champagne. Together with a Hue assortment of Madeira, Sherri. Port. &o. I rAiS-1V pELLEvoisnsi,,.BRANDY.---4N IN VOICII. in Bond, for sale by CHAS. 13. 4 JAS. OARSTAIRS, 149 No. 125 WALNUT and 21 GRANITB StS. ' —:..... . - . • • . ' ..- .. . . . . . .. . ~.. _.. ' • --'•''• - - ' -- (11 r frt ' . - -: - . N•`l , 'ri / I , - ' 41:fr 4t* ,i , i ~ -..• ~. .; ~..' 7:j..., . .ti- ' . . . . ' . ../,...-................,'" . . , . 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Pao --. 7 , - , ------. ....,..—.....- -•- ' • -- ••,_-. • • • . . . . . , . , . . • . . k._ • :'''' .L2„.(1-: ...,„ • ..„,......... ,•••_„,____._- • • •,,,..,„.„,..._.;..„ • ....., ~_ :,... _. • .. i . : ...... .: _............._,, .. . .. . • „ . . . .• . VOL.* 6.-NO. 185. COMMISSION HOUSES. SHUFF ,(R7 WERNWAG, IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. MA-R, AND 244 CHESTNUT STREET, SILKS AND CLOTHS: O,A SSIMERES, MANTILLA GOODS, GROS DE RHINES, VELVET RIBBONS, FRENCH CORSETS, &a. ALTEMUS & COZENS, fill GRESTNITT STREET, (SOLE AGENTS FOR GREEN tfc' DANIELS% CELEBRATED IVORY FINISH SPOOL COTTON, WARRANTED 200 YARDS. Pronounced one of the best makes in the market. rel4-11a OUR SPRING STOOK IS NOW AR- BAHOZD 60,000 DOZEN H OSIER Y; LT LOWER, PRIORS TITLE FREELENT COST OF 3M- FORTATION THOS. MELLOR 453 CO., 40 dND 42 NORTH THIRD &TRUST. JOHN T. BAILEY Ba 00.' BAGS AND BAGGING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION; NO. 113 NORTH FRONT STREET, WOOL BAGS FOR SALE. is 7-6 m pHILAD E L P H I A " BAG " MANUFACTORY. BURLAP BAGS, OF ALL SIZES, TOR CORN. OATS, COFFEE, BONE-DUST, Re. ALSO. SEAMLESS BAGS, Of standard makes, ALL SIZES, for We cheap, for net slush on delivery. CEO. GRIGG. No. as and au outman ALLEY. SEEIPLEY,, HAZARD. & 'HUTCHINSON,' No. 1.121 CHESTNUT STNEEN. COMMISSION BIER . OII4.NTS, - FOR THE SALE OB PHILADELPHIA-MADE . GOODS. 066.0 m • • GRIGG & . TAARAISTEAD, No. B 1 STRAWBERRY STREET. Offer for sale, by the Package, RIPKA'S COTTONADES, SUFFOLK BLUE DRILLS, STANDARD BROWN BRILLS, • STANDARD BROWN SHEETING% LONSDALB NANKEENS, dro., &o. inh3 RETAIL DRY GOODS. EDWIN HALL & MO South SECOND Street, will OM this morning The new shades of Alpacas. New style of plaid and stripe Poll de Chevres. Figured and striped Mohair Lustros. Mozambiques and Arabian Lutes. Valencias and Nnbias, New styles of Dress Goode of various names. Pnie Black Alpacas. Jabal( . Modes. iglu*. Magentas, and Blank de Lianas. EDWIN HALL & CO._, 90 South SECOND Street. have on hand the foil lowing Goods, imporlodiast year, and for sale much be low the present costar importation: Brown, Blue, Ind Green Cored Silks. Black Ottoman or Corded Silks. Black Armures and Ponit de Soles. Browns, Blues, Greens, Mode, and Cuir or Leather color Poult de Salmi. • - Brown, Blue, and Green Figured Silks. Black Figured Silks. Black Taffeta Silks. • Black Gros de Ithine Silks. Foulard Silks, &c.. • mh3 LADIES'CLOABINOS. ' • Real Water-Proofs. Middlesex Cloaking& Spring Colors, 6-4 Melton. 8-4 Cloths and Cassimores. Boys' Cloths and Cassimeren s'-flors' Linings. ' . ..e. COOPER A COWARD, mhB 8, N. corner NINTH and BIARKIIT Stree SPRIN r -CLOAKS. . Water-Proof Cloaks. Black Cloth Cloaks. Cloaks made to order. Beet Hoop Skirts. , nOOPER & MNARD, mbS S. E. corner NINTH and MARKET Streets WIDE. SHEETINGS. Good Shirking Muslim by the piece. Fine and I ow•priced Flannels, Table Damasks and Napkins. Spring Prints and Deiaines. COOPER & CONARD, mh3 S. E. corner NraTE and MARKET Street: MARSEILLES 1 MARSEILLES 1-A. good assortment of Corded, Printed, and Plgared ALUM/MLLES, for Essau.s, Children's'Wear, ke. SHEPPARD, VAN HARLINGEN. k ARRISON, mh4 1008 CHESTNUT Street. NIVEEIT-E •GO DS, EMBROIDERED TRIMMINGS, &o. —The subscribers have a large assortment dell descriptions of White Goods for Ladies' Wear; also of Embroidered Jacone', Cambric, and Swiss Trimmings —the choicest 3goods in the market. SHEPPARD; VAN H.ARLINGEN, & ARNESON. mh4 1008 CHESTNUT Street. BLACK SILKS Gros do Rhines. Lustrings,Marcelinee. . Mourning' Po do Soles. Gros Orates. Bonnet Taffetas. fdoireentionee. Doable-faced Brocades. • - Rich, neat Figures. SHARPLESS BROTHERS. SPRING DRESS .GOODS. Poll de Chevres, Maoris. ' Adrienne, Worsted Crepes. FA de Chasms, Nebula'. Chintzes, Lawns, Organdies.. Plain Silks, New Foulards. Plaid All-wool Cashmere& SHARPLESS BROTHERS. • CHESTNUTfeffi and EIGHTH Streets. ~ I iYL•!N: t ~w Jiui ~A:4 J;~:i:~ ~ E. M. NEEDLES. No. 1024 MUST/NTT STEM% Asks the SPROUT, ATTBICTION Of the Ladles to hie LARGE STOCK of . WHITE GOODS, LACES, EMBROIDERIES, HANDKERCHIEFS, &o. A greater part of his' goods have been purchased Previous being RETAILEDEAT ADVARCE, and are now at LESS than whole sale prices. Re has JUST OPENED 100 dozen broad Hemstitched Hdlctc, at 300., and upwards. 30) dozen corded-bordered all-Linen ,11 (Mk, at D3c. , worth 25 cents. 60 pieces plain, buff, and white Piqua, (or Children's wear. 2/3 pieces printed and lig'd Picinkfor Children's wear. NOVELTIES IN LADIES' BOWS. Emb'd Maelin, lace trimmed, Am., received every morning, from 60c.. to EIS. felo-tf .1024THE;STNOT STRUT . . SPLENDID STOOK ON HAND.- All the best makes of Calicoes. All the best makes of Muslin& All the best manse of Linens. • • All the best makes of Sheeting& • • ir All th .r e i lies ap. t h uut e. k at e o a . of Napkins. Together with Towels, Crash, Diaper Hnoltabask, Bird White Cambric and Jaconet, fall line. Nainsooks and Plaid Heeling, fall line. ' Winter Goods closing out. Shawls, fieriness, closing out, Balmoral Skirts all prices. Silk and Linen Hakts, nice assortment At JOFIN EL'aVIKES', 3a : ' 70A ARCH Street CAEl'E'rli • AND :OIL CLOTII6 GLEN FJOHO MILLS, M'OAVLUM : & CO., MAXITPACTUEEII.:IMPORTERS, AND DEALERS, 509 CHESTNUT STREET, (Ooirosite Independence Hall,) O ARPETINGS, OIL CLOTHS. tect We have now on hand an extensive stock of CARPET- INGS. of ' onr own and other makes, to which we Cal 1 the attention of cash and ehort•ttme buyers. fel4-3m FAIRBANKS'. SCALES. C I'o ..N • • The well-earned reputation of • .FAIRBANKS' SCALES Ens induced the makers of imperfect balances to off•r them as • FAIRBANKS' SCALES," and purchasers have thereby, In many instance,, bean subjected to fraud and imposition. Fairbanks' Scales are manufactured only by the original inventors, E. & T. FAIREAEKS & CO., and are adapted to every branch of the busineas, where a correct and durable Scalnale FAIRBANKS = '`General Anents, aplo-tt MASONIC HALL, 115 CHESTNUT ST ff)'t ''t)rzss. Correspondouco of The Press.] WasuniamoN, March 7, 1803 On Thursday, liming accepted: an invitation to visit Convalescent Camp, in Virginia, I entreated myself to the tender mercies of an ambulance, through—literally through,Virginian roads. The distance from Washington is a little over , four miles, but it was considered capital travel to accomplish the journey in severity-ftve minutes. The Camp, which is reached by passing over the Long Bridge, is with in one mile of Fairfax Seminary and nearly three trent Alexandria, its main supplies reach it from Alexandria and from Washington over a railroad Which is carried across the Long Bridge, and bears the title, I beliete, of the Loudoun and Hampshire' Railway. This was constructed by the Government since the Rebellion began, and must become and be maintained as a• permanent national institution, rendered necessary by the wretched roads on the Virginian vicinity of the Potomac, upon which wagons, horses, and even broad•beamed foot Pas sengern, too speedity find that they are liable to be subject to Falstaff's alacrity in sinking.” However, I am running on too rapidly,—more so than my team did. It is not allowed to pass over the Long Bridge (rightly an called), without a pass. Mine, dated " Headquarters of Washington," was issued' by command of Major General Heintz:O. man," signed by Carroll H. Potter,' Assistant -Ad jutant General, and rims declared to be in force for two days. On leaching the Long Bridge, it was examined by an old friend, (Ms. Samuel Murdoch, the actor's brother,) who is attached to the Provost Marshal's department, and who, notwithstanding ' our long acquaintance, went to the rear of my am bulance to examine whether it contained any con traband goods. On returning, next day, the pass was given up, One-halt the road to Convalescent Camp is pretty good., Half way is Port Albany, which, to my 'civi lian spectacles, appeared almost impregnable. It occupies a commanding position, and the view of Washington,"icross the Potomac, is .truly beautiful from this position. The Capitol looms in the dis tance, the sunshine making it seem still more white and grand. Leaving this fort we entered, 'soon after, upon a road through aravine, awfully cut up by army wagons, whose wheels sank from six.to seven inches at times. This is the perfection of imperfeetion, as regards roads. Every two minutes came a bump, followed by a shake, eliciting " curses not loud but deep.” The most confirmed victim of dyspep-. sic, who will ride in an ambulanCe over such a road, only twice a week for one month, mini thereby lose the disease. Indigestion and ambulance-riding through " the sacred soil' , of Virginia are as incom patible as oil and water. N. R—The word soil, id. the last sentence should be pronounced sludge or At last, catching sight, on a hill, of the pickets who, our driver said, guarded the camp, we left the apology for a road and entered into what once may have been arable land. A few miserable, scraggy, half-starved; stunted trees were visible, here and there, and a larger quantity of withered, thin, and almost lifeless underwood. The weather, softening the soil, which is of a reddish-brown hue, and which has the absorbing qualities of a sponge, made travel -ling through it as "hard" as, Ethiopean minstrels assure us, is the road across Jordan. But we Jogged on,—with - great fortune escaping a spill, though sorely shaken to the last,—and eventually reached the camp, driving on to)the quartermaster's tents, where I was greeted with a hearty reception from John A. Elison of Philadelphia, formerly first lieu tenant and quartermaster of the 9d Pennsylvania Cavalry, but now A. A. Quartermaster of the camp, since the early part of .January. All the stores are in his custody,—every article to be accounted for, by vOuchers, to U. S. - The administrative system in our army departments Is as regular and exact as in a great and careful merchant's office. Lieutenant Elision relieved Captain Calvin C. koses, 68th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, as quartermaster of Convalescent Camp, by order of General Beintzelman. The camp, though situated on an elevated posi tion, does not break upon the view until you are close to it. Covered as it is by Forte Barnard, Scott, and Richaidson, it is strongly placed. It was first formed as far back as lest August, when Captain Mixes entered upon his duties there, but was then one of the rougheskand apparently most impracti cable places imaginable. At one time, as many as 19,000 men occupied it—now reduced to .4,000. The convalescents from surrounding hospitals are turned over to this camp, where their cases arc treated by competent officers ; but my good friends, the quarter- master and the commissary, who supply them with good clothing and abundance of good food, are the best dispensers, after all. The food is excellent. The men have fresh meat every day.. Twelve head of cattle .are slaughtered and 6,000 loaves of bread are baked daily. There is a supply of excellent soup—in fact, the rations are of best quality. The commissary department is *;,rattically in the hands of Captain A. A. Pvleretllth, of Wisconsin—a gallant soldier who was wounded in the first Bull Run 'battle. Lieutenant Colonel Samuel PacKelvy; of Pittsburg, who was at Bull Run, and all through the Peninsula campaign, and is a member of General Ileintzelman's staff, has command of the convales cent camp an Lieutenant Colonel Commissary of Subsistence. He was so good as to spare an hour. from his multitudinous duties and accompany me all over the camp, showing its notabllta, and explaining numerous novelties which would naturally be "caviare to the multitude" of civilians, who often criticize more than they understand. The camp occupies from 40 to 60 acres of land. It has four principal divisi6ns, occupied as follows: The first, by Pennsylvania troops ; the second, by New Yorkers ; the third, by New Englanders ; the fourth, by Southern and„Western men. There is a quartermaster to each division, but Lieut. John A. Elison is head quartermaster of the camp, from Whose stores they receive all the stores they dis pense. There are ten Burgeons in the camp, two to each division, and also Dr. Page, Chief Surgeon of the Camp, and Dr. Sanford' B. Hunt, President of the Board, by whom the convalescents are ex amined : a portion discharged as unfit for duty ; . 1% large number retained, as recovered and fit for set , ' vice. A new hospital, constructed of four detached wooden buildings, with cooking and dining rooms, is now nearly completed, and will . accommodate 1,000 men at a push. This hospital occupies a posi tion which, albeit the highest in the camp, is still well sheltered. It stands on a gravelly soil. The barracks themselves are variously construeted of wood, a succession of one story houses, in fine Weitz, about 60 feet wide, and of tents, more pictu reeque to look at, but not so pleasant to inhabit. Two new kitchens, to which are attached four dieing-rooms, capable of accommodating 4,000 men at once, are nearly completed. The ranges are large, ..arid with each kitchen-are boilers capable of making 360 gallons of soup at once. The getting-up of these kitchens has been in the hands of Captain Joshua Norton, who was in a state of high delight when I first met him, having just discovered a fine spring, which 'wee capable of supplying all the camp with ex cellent water. There is another spring in the camp. The principal road through the camp has been constructed in an 'lngenious and efficient manner. From the nature of the soil, it is impracticable to have a corduroy road that could . Stand. Colonel BleKelvy has had brushwood plentifully laid across 'a line about thirty, feet wide and coarse gravel plentifully thrown over this. In a wonder fully brief time, trodden down by the• teams, and presseddown by the wagon-wheels, this becomes an excellent road. But there is now in progress, and near completion, a branch of the railroad which connects Washington and Alexandria, and this will run right through the centre of the camp, avoiding' great delay and cost in the transmission of the muni- • tions of war and all other stores of every kind. The main superintendent of the construction of this road, which will bring the camp within fifteen mi ..nutes, and Alexandria within less time, (of distance,) ' is Captain Calvin C. Moses, already mentioned. At present 'l5 four-horse teams do the work of the 'camp. The stables, (as also the wheelwrights' and blacken:lithe' shops,) Whieb Quartermaster Eileen showed me, are comfortable and useful. Each horse, he told me, is allowed 12 lbs. of corn and oats and 14 Its. of hay every day. The new railroad will allow numerous teams to be dispensed with. At present, all the wood consumed in camp has tube drawn five miles and a half—and over such roads !- Among the institutions of the camp is Mr. Wil liam IL A. Smith's well-provided sutler's store ; a barber's shop ; a newspaper office—where there is a sale of from 1,000 to 1,500 papers a day, and a post of fice,in charge of Captain Marston, 82d Pennsylvania Volunteers.,There is aleo.a photographic establish ment, in which Mr. Jones, formerly optician and mathematical instrument maker at Baltirnore, is the artist. He took an excellent likeness of myself, as far, as we could judge by the negative, and nu merous completed specimens attest his skill. One of the soldiers, who had a full-length carte de virile • taken, told me that the . price was $2.60 per: dozen, which is much cheaper than in Washington or Phi ladelphia. On the other hand, no newspaper is sold in camp at a lower rate than five cents each copy. There is a small temporary church, in a tent, but a larger and more eubatantlal one will speedily be erected. From the time of Colonel McKelvy taking command, he has not allowed man or beast to labor On the Lord's day, and he assured me that the men have profited, physically and mentally, by the cessa tion of daily toil. The dattle also are better. , The Colonel's own headifuartere, centrally situ ated, are too small and inconvenient for the business which personally gives him almost constant =ape tion. They Will -bek enlarged, but he 'postpones his own accommedation to that of others. , The wooden tenements are not so expensive as -tents, inasmuch as lumber is cheaper than canvas, but they cannot 'be removed, even a short distance, • without great cost, while the tents can speedily be taken up and transferred to. another locality. The improvements. Convalescent Camp, which have changed it into a military.town, have all been exe-. cuted since the 17th of ,December. An economist: may naturally inquire !, at what cost of laboil') This was what I asked, and Colonel Alefillelvy said, "The whole work is done by - the convalescents . themselves, at : a small extra payment per diem.". Subsequently, Quartermaster Ellson showed me the charges duly, recorded in hie Witco, as disbursements, and these were exactly twenty -live cents a day, for a day's work, over the ordinary pay. Unfortunately for the interest of my narrative, I have nothing to relate under the head "Roughing it OKIMUff OWN, PA. . MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1863 CONVALESCENT CAMP. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MARCH - 9. 1863. in the Camp. ,l I had my regular meals In a tent, good quality, excellent cooking, and only the draw back that my friends wondered that I, for themost part astay-athorne man of letters, was unable to con clude dinner with an extra pound or so of juicy beef steak, and insisted that the fair allowance of capital buckwheat cakes at tea and breakfast, was about thirty-six per man, with extras. About 10 o'clock I turned into the Quartermaster's sleeping tent, which is connected with his, also under canvas. A. warm and spacious room it is, which two iron bedsteads do not crowd, and, in the silence of the camp, sleep soon came on. It rained and hailed in the night, but on going into_ the open air it appeared that a sharp frost had followed. Breakfast over, I proceeded to pay my respects and make my adieus to Col. Meßelvy, to whom, add, indeed, to all whom 'I encountered, I desire to return my thanks for attentive courtesy. ' Rejoining my ambulance,' I returned on it to Washington, my brief, but shaky journey made pleasant by having- my whole-souled host, .Tohn R. Eileen, as my companion, Ile has "troops of friends in Philadelphia, who will learn with plea sure that he is esteemed by those above hini in rank as a reliable, vigilant, and perfsetly syetematic officer,. in a very responsible dePartment, R. S. Al. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, Release of Union Prisoners—Arrival of the Iberville—Six Hundred Paroled Prisoners on Ronrii—lntereating Account of their Adventures—List of Prisoners from the Harriet Lane and queen of the West. [From the NOW Orleans Era, February 26.3 The Iberville arrived this morning, from above Baton Rouge, having on board about six hundred Union prisoners, conhisting of three aompanies of the 42. d Massachusetts, the crew of the Harriet Lane, and about two hundred and seventy of the United States-regulars, surrendered twenty.two months ace by the traitor Twiggs, and about twenty prisoners from the ram Queen of the West, taken at Gorton's Landing, on lied river. We are indebted to William H. Hunt, sergeant of Company I, 42d Massachusetts regiment; for many interesting particulars. Ile arrived on the lber le, this morning. The sergeant is one of the men who was captured at Galveston, Texas, on'the morning of January Ist, at the time the Harriet Lane was captured and the Westfield blown up. The fight at Galveston commenced at precisely half past four o'clock, by the firing of a rebel gun at the head of the wharf, where the detachment of the 4td Massachusetts was stationed. This gun was Immediately answered by the fleet. The firing immediately became very rapid and continuous, and for three hours it was one sheet of name from the shore to the fleet and from the fleet to the shore. A building to the left of the tempora ry barricade,' which the Massachusetts boys had hastily thrown.up, was supposed by the rebels to contain our. soldiers, and they directed their fire against it riddling itsthrough and through with two or three hundred balls and shells. Several of the latter burst in the building. • 'About the time. the fire was hottest, three rebel companies volunteered to charge our troops on the wharf, but they were driven back with considerable lose. A second attempt was made to reach the wharf by the water, into which the rebels waded breast high, with the purpose of gaining the wharf by means Of scaling ladders. But as fast as they mounted these they were shot by our men, and probably a dozen were killed by our musketry. A. gunboat finally Opened on them. They were quickly dispersed, and the second attempt to drive the Massachusetts boys from their position was a complete failure. About this time three rebel cotton boats, one a hospital ship, and the others called the Bayou City and Neptune, were seen bearing down upon the Harriet Lane. The fire from that vessel drove the rebels from their guns, and they once retreated, but returned again. They were again driven back, and retreated by Mee gruder's order, and spiked their guns. sergeant Hunt himself saw some fifteen or twenty rebel guns On the wharf and shell road spiked, as he passed by them; and, at the time referred to, the rebels were retreating "right smart" on a double quick. At this time, however, the Bayou , City struck the Harriet Lane, knocking her anchor off the cat-head, and letting it run forty fathoms of chain, which turned the scale against us. The rebels then returned with their peculiar yell, which resembled a war-whoop, and is very different from the honest "three cheers" of our soldiers. The gunboats first raised the white Dag, and Col. Eurrill, finding his supplies gone, surrendered at 8 o'clock- The corithict of Col. Burrill is spoken of as most noble; throughout the whole trying period he set a constant and conspicuous example (laminas' and bravery. Gen. Scurry was sent to accept the surrender. Col. Burrill offered his sword; but the General replied . : "Colonel, a brave man deserves his sword, and I cannot take yours." The troops stacked arms, and were allowed three hours for preparations to move. They were then marched through the rebel lines, and quartered in the city until early in the afternoon, when they were formed in line and marched five miles to Vir- - girds Point. At 1 o'clock at night they started for Houston by railroad, and were well treated by the rebels on thejourney. They reached Houston at' ham the next day, and quartered in a cotton press. The officers were placed in close confinement at the Provost Marshal's headquarters for some time, but finally they were allowed the parole' - of the city. The enlisted men were kept under guard, but three at a time were permitted Logo up to the city to make purchases. Prices Were enormous,lis will appear from the following : Molasses, 50 and 65 cents per quart; bread, 25 and 50 cents a loaf—such as can be bought in Boston for 4 cents; Butter, $1.25 per ' pound, made of goats' milk and strong enough to draw a handcart. • Army shoes, such as are given to our Soldiers at $1.67 per pair, are sold at 'sB and $9. A good pale. of boots bring. $35, 'and "Sho emaker 's charge $l2 for topping a pair. Flour, $6O per' hundred.' Meal, $6 a bushel—ground cobs and all. Nails, $125 a keg-. worth $5 in Boston. The prisoners passed their time mainly 'tn making rings out of the bones of the meat. The rebel guard b/came no much in- terested in these specimens of Yankee idgenulty that they spent a good deal of time in procuring files for our soldiers to work with ; and one of our men sold $27 worth. There was no sickness among our prisoners ; the men kept up' their spirits bravely, and the officer's Were allowed to visit them on several occasions., • On Thursday, January 20, the prisoners were re moved from Houston by railroad, and made fifty three miles in fifteen hours. They passed through a wild and desolate country, and arrived at Beau mont on' Friday, and were quartered in an old saw mill, 'which was full of hogs and vermin. The hogs were turned out, but the vermin re mained. Prices in Beaumont were no improvement on those in Houston. Lard $1 per pound, butter $2, coffee $2, flour $l2O per barrel, calico $2 per yard, white cotton cloth $2 per yard, tobacco $2 and $s per pound, black pepper $6 per pound, eresm of tartarss3.so, whisky $3OO per : barrel, and poor at. that. 'The prisoneks left Beaumont January 29, einbaik ing on the steamer Roebuck, a miserable old'crai t. They went down the Neches river and across Sabine lake, plainly desorying one of our gunboats with the glasses. The original design was changed, and the prison ers were taken to Burr's Ferry, the furthest poiat up the Sabine river accessible with the steamboat. The prisoners were six days on the wretched old vessel, and one of their number, David Chapit, pri vate of Company I, died on the passage, and was' - buried by his comrades at Stark's Landing. The soldiers were here put into deserted and log huts of the tinkled description, and kept five days, during which Henry C. Sellas private of Company D s died•from sickness contracted on the voyage. Monday morning, February 9th, the bughreounded at an early hour, and the prisoners took up. their, ' line of march for Alexandria. It was One travelling for twenty-four hours, through a high pine country. It gradually grew lower, and'the travelling became bad. The prisoners were urged on constantly, and even some of the mules of the baggage train dropped with exhaustiorts One rainy morning the road lay for 8178'mile:is - through a swamp, when the water was above the knees of the men. - - This wearisome march continued without inter ruption, until the 13th, in the afternoon, when the prisoners came in sight of Alexandria—a handsome little village, once prosperous, but, like everything else in Dixie, about "played out.. They remained hire, waiting for orders, until Sunday morning, when they turned out very suddenly, at 33 , 1 o'clock in the morning, end hurried off up the river to get out of the way of Uncle Sam's gunboats, whites they said were coming up the Red river to take the place. They went twenty miles and remained until after noon, when word came of the capture of the 'Queen of the West, and all returned. • The same night everything was put on board the steamboat, and they started for Vicksburg direct, as it was supposed, but the order was count ermended, and the teams were put on shore, and the s teamer left with the prisoners, and sailed direct for Port Hudson. Here a lieutenant colonel came on board, took command, and examined the papers' and ordered the vessel to the other side of the river, where she remained over night, within two and a half miles of the Union picket. . , . KIIJ.1 0 .1) AND WOUNDED. The following is a list of the killed and wounded of the Forty-second Massachusetts : • - Company G.—Privates F. xnott, kille d ;u. L. ' Parker, wounded in shoulder, severe; G.R. Derry, In the arm, slight; Es D. Double, in the hand, severe; T. T. Sweezer, in the mouth, slight. Company D.Lieut. W. IL Cowdin, wounded in the back, severe; Privates J. O'Shaughnesay, right leg amputated; L. T. Joselyn, wounded• in the head, severely by a piece of shell; T. Elate, in head, slight; T. IllorrllL in hand, severe; D. J. Sullivan, hand, slight. Ordnance Sergeant D. Wentworth, wounded in right leg, severe; Q. M. S. H. Foster, in hand, slight, GOING OVER. TO THE FEDERALS. During the night the two stewards cut down the life boats, and deserted over to the Union lines. Two 'of the engineers, one deck hand, and five of .the • guard, and two negro firemen, also deseregit the re bel craft at Baton Rouge. On Tuesday morning the prisoners were trans ferred to our flag-of-truce boat, having come down to the point fixed for the exchange. They had been previously paroled at Alexandria. MRS. LINCOLN'S: BROTHER AT HOUSTON. The rebel officer whd called the roll of our priso ners at Houston is Lieutenant Todd, a brother of the wife of President Lincoln. He is tall, iat, and savage against the "Yankees." . ,FEDERAL . OFFICERS RELEASED .ON PAROLE.. The following is a list of the United States ofilcers taken prisoners at Galveston and released on pa role, who arrived on the Iberville: • The Rev. Dr. Sawyer, chaplain of the 424 Massa chusetts ; Dr. T. N. Penrose, surgeon of the steamer Harriet Lane; Acting Paymaster R. J. Richardson, do.; Third 'Assistant Engineer ' J. E. Cooper, do.; Third Assietant Engineer —t, do.;•Third Assist ant Engineer A. T. E. Mullen, do.; Acting Master's Mate E. M. Davis, do.; Paymaster's Clerk 7. C. Tobin, do. •. PRISONERS CAPTURED ON RAM QUEEN OF THE WEST AND RELEASED ON PAROLE. • The following is a list of the prisoners captured on board the ram Queen of the Weat, in Red river, on the 14th inet., and sent here on the Iberville: • Carroll Smith, plivate Company 0, Cad Illinois , 'Regi ment ; J. Bates, first sergeant Co . I, do. j Chas. D.-aulkner, Co. I, do.; Win. Brown, private Co. H, do. is— EloCullom, private Co. F„ do.; L. 9. Jor bal, private Co. IL, 18th do.; Daniel S. Booth, assist • ant surgeon Queen of the Meat ; C. S. Eddison, • mate of do.; 'James W. Foster carpenter. of do.; John Foley, deck hand of do.;.John Williams, cabin . boy of do.; F. S . Duncan , second mate of de.,• E. G. Halsteen, private ; T. F. Rice, do. T. L. Williams, do.; Richard Grove, blacksmith ; Christopher Lan ner, private; G.. W. Hill, steward ; Geo. Watson, deck hand : George W. Bailey, private; Wm. It. ' Taylor, engineer. • ANOTHER PERIODICAL COMET.-The Bos ton Dun/tri H p: . says : "It appears from the rfeenf re port on the arvard Obseivatory, that Kr. Safford, the eminent , matheinaticiaa. has found that the brilliant comet (Tuttle's) Bo well seen in the ,heaven last Bummer moves in an elliptical orbit, gibing it a period_ of 13 1 ; yenta , a conclusion to wlitch the European observers bare also come: The ellipse has considerable inclination to tie plane of; the ecliptic, and intersects- in the two zodiacal con et eliation s, Leo and Oapeleorn., It is extremely elongated, the .outermost part lying away in space,- on the southerly , aide or the ecliptic, nearly as far beyond the whit of the • planetNeptUne ae Neptune bimkelf iB from the sun- , When in perihelion, or neatest the solar orb, the comet is just within,the orbit of the earth. 4 • • • NOON FOR TILE SHE OF TILE UNION, GREAT WAR MEETING IN NEW YORK DEMOCRATS, REPUBtICANS, CONSERVATIVES UNITING UPON ONE PLATFORM. TniE PLATFORM, WAR FOR THE UNION. Enthusiastic Demonstration in Favor of =the Administration; N4tional Union League Fortheoi- Speeches by James T. Brady, John Van Buren Judge Daly, and. others. The New York papers contain long . reports of a meeting held in New York, on Friday evening, to sustain the'Presitient in the prosecution of the war. I Cooper Institute Hall was crowded to overflowing, and another large meeting was organized on the outside : It was intended that General Winfield Scott should preside, but the old chieftain was con fined to his room with an incipient attack of pleu risy. In his absence, his Honor George Opdyke, Mayor of New York, occupied the chair. Our space prevents a republication of the full report, but we .reprint such portions of the addresses as will interest the lOyal reader everywhere. WE. MUST BE TRUE l?.ev. Dr, Hitchcock made the first speech, in the course of which he said : Aitil*rith the rebellion on its own honest or tlis )ionetit feet, as the case may be, shall meet us foot to fooyand eye to eye, and breast to breast, and then it Cvrll be known whether twenty millions of Demo eitatic Republicans, standing on this continent, con secrated to Democratic Republicanism, shall be a match and an overmatch for eight millions of rebels. [Applause.) The Administration has determined that this issue shall be fairly tried. Military neces sity, military wisdoni, has dictated this measure purely and surely, and shall we not bless God for the Opportunity whi6 lie has given us to consecrate a magnificent act of holy justice in the name and ;under the wa y ings of out(starry tlagl [Applause.] strikc for our institutions, tor the graves of our fathers;lor . thecradlea of our children ; and we strike that grander blow for humanity, for man as . man. .[(heels.] And now, beneath the auspices of these new measures, the voice of the nation, that was choked almost silence, bowing to the dust, is peal- In wacioaa the ocean in clarion tones. The heart of the true Engl and, hearing, is responding to us. Every true Frenchman every true German, every true Christian man in Europe is on our side. [Applause.] .11 seems paltry in us to have misgivings.in this 'eleventh hour. The rebellion is almost' The lest blew for our institutions is almost struck, 'arid shall we now be false to ourselves in this final trial By the memory of our fathers, by our hopes for our children, by our faith in God, the Father of all mankind, no, tic, a thousand times NO [Great ;Applause.] WHAT A: BRECHTNRIDGE DEMOCRAT TIIiNKS---SPEEOIL OF .TAMES T. BRADY-, PONE CONSTITUTION, ONE COUNTRY, ONE DESTINY." - James T. Dimly, an eminent lawyer of New York, •Brecliirtridge candidate for Governor in 1860, a warm supporter of Horatio Seymour, and a rigid Demo crat of the Southern school, made the next speech : . But' that grave of mine, 'hdiVever unnamed or .uzinotlced, I want to be distinguished by some lin gering'of affection iri some heart that cleaves to the recollection of film who once was, as the grave of one whose ,country was the United States of Ame rica. [Loud cheers.] That is my country. I can .admit of no other. There is no name to be substi -tuted for that. There is no flag except ours that I can ever accept [cheers], no star to be taken out of it [cheers], no stripe to be stolen from it [cheers]; stars to be added to it without number [cheers], stripes to be accumulated till the eye tires of look ing at theme eo that with all the gallant history of •its past and glorious associations of its present, how ever gloomy the prospect may appear to many, there shall be for us now and hereafter, one country, one Constitution, one destiny. [Loud cheers.] IiESFEOT FOR THE YANKEE Although from the first time that I ever made a speech in public till now most of you have been op . priod to me, aril well understand, in political senti.; ment, I thank God that it has been permitted me to be present on an occasion when any one human being would attach importance to my voice in saying that , I stand up now, as I always have done, for the pre servation .of the Union and the Constitution of the country. [Loud cheers.] When I began life I heard, as I afterward heard, a word called Yankee. It certainly does not apply to me. But the South has applied that word to all of us atthe North. Now I em free to say that I discover in the Yankee cha racter some particular features that I no more ad mire than I do some of the prominent traits in the inhabitants of the land from which I sprang. But I nevertheless accept the name of Yank.ee as applied 'to me in the spirit of our forefathers in the revolu tionary period ; and if the South can find no more of disgrace to be attached to it than its undying struggle for the preservation of this Government, whether slavery exists or falls, I thank God for it. [Loud applause.] • ' 'THE .DUTY OF AN IRISHMAN. YOU. 'will pardon me, my fellow-citizens, if I offend the prejudices of some of you in speaking my mind. The first speech I ever made for a Presidential can: didate was in behalf of a Southern man. From that time to this my Sympathies have been strongly with that portion of the Union. But, gentlemen, to make the matter pointed, if I lived in a house with a friend, and he announced to me some day that under Do circutustances Would he associate with me any 16n r, I - Vould propose to vindicate what is manly in my nature by telling him that I would go some where where I could find suitable company. [Great merriment and' applause.] And when I came here to-night, and as I passed through the streets to-day, I was beset, by. gentlemen. for whom-I -have the greatest: respect, who Wondered whether I would speak at hmeetiog where gentlemen always opposed to us in politics would be present, and where, per haps, a spirit of freedom stronger than any that had entered into their natures might be exhibited. [Ap plause.] Gentlemen, I differ with many of you in regard to the causes, the conduct, the'prosecution, and the probable results of tbe war in which we are engaged. But, with the blessing of Heaven, who ever may applaud and whoever May censure, I would be false to the Irish rase, from which I sprang, to . find here a home and a refuge from the penmen tion and oppression of that detested land to which the first speaker too politely referred [applause and a hiss], if I did not use my last breath, and employ the last quiver of thy lips, in the utterance of a prayer to Heaven againitall assailants, internal and external, for the preservation of the American Government.. [Loud applause] "A WAR FOE THE MAINTENANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT." When this war broke out, -I knew that it was urged by the South. I hoped that it might terminate early; I hoped that my. Southern countrymen—for such they are-would develop among them some de sire to remain with us... I detected with regret that they had prepared means to make an assault upon a - Union that they ought to lore. I maintained si lence in regard to it. You will excuse my egotism but I now justify myself in 'my own presence. Is found that they proposed to take to themselves Fort Sumpter, the forte at Key Weet and Pensacola, Tortugas and Fortress Monroe. I thought it was quite essential to the dignity and prosperity of the country that we should retain these fortresses. I think so now. I did hope, however, that the South ern people would put their feet upon the necks of their leaders and insist upon the maintenance of the Union. But they have informed us that they would consent to no such condition. They have told'lle that if vie gave them a blank paper and pencil tb write the terms of a new compact, they would not agree to it. Therefore ft it a war declared for all ulligate suits that can come, and I spit upo n the Nortlign man who takes any position except for the maintenance of the Government. (Here almost the entire audience rose to their feet, waved their hats, and cheered vocifer ously for some momenta) ' INTERVENTION BY ENGLAND. Great apprehensions are entertained lest England should interfere. I have prayed to God, on m bended . knees, that she would. [Loud. applause.] Let her but exhibit one single manifestation in that direction, and there is not a man of my race that would talk about the exemption of forty-five years* of 'age. [Great Laughter.] Tie woulibbobble up on bis crutch, in the ardent expectation of splitting the bead of any one who undertook to interfere in a matter that belongs to ourselves. Permit me, how ever, to do justiceto those wine, excellent, and patri otic gentlemen' .of England, who have been so just toward 'us throughout this controversy. I would disgrace myself, and insult you, if I did not acknow ledge here my gratitude to those who, without fear or hope of reward, have stood by our cause. I would do myself injustice if I did not admire the character of that great man; John Bright "loud applause], whose last observation In regard to The London Herald and' Standard is that he does not care much about their censure, for neither of them, In the mar kehiof Eugland, could ailed the price of a pinch of snuff. [Laughter and applause.] The single rea son, ally= all know, whyrranee and England de sire to interfere in this fight; is an acknowledg ment, in the presence of the world, that they are in debted to us for the means of employing and support ing their population.. ;Applause.] ' "ROW DO WEt,PROEOSE TOEND THE WARP , Now, fellow-eitizens„ I am met everywhere, as you. are, by the question, "How is this thing to end!" I airt' sorry to say that the presuppoeed an swer to tifat question is interfered with by two class es of men . . 'First, by the women of this country. Bachelor as I am, no doubt this remark will subject me to censure. But I say, if the women of the North had manifested that interest, which they should in the success of our cause, which the 'women of the South have done in theirs, thousands more of men mould have been stimulated to take their position in the field. I can never find myself en rappant with that class of people who manifest something like pleasure at the success of our foe. What is this war about? It certainly has grown into a war ; it certainly lea war of the North against the South. And when I talked with .Southerners, as I did with three in Philadelphia last Sunday, as ardent Secessionists mutes bitter opponents as I can find anywhere—as biller at thaw who cluster in presen o vol Verson Davis himself--I said, "Gentlemen, you must admit that there is a moral superiority In the people withwhom I am associated, 'when you can talk to me freely what I would not dare to Day at the South, except at the peril of my existence." - [Applause.] And[l said to them as I sly to you, How is this thing to end! I say, with your permission, gentlemen, to my friends of the Demo cratic party, whom I cannot meet one by one on the street, and who perhaps would not value my opinion if I did—Sir, how do you propose to end it! The South say to you, it ou are all Yankees; we pro pose no aesociation 'with you, and will consent to none." Have you ever seen a man with a whiteface upon him or a black face upon him who would pur sue, for the sake of society, the person who spurned him . ] [Cheers.] You ask me how this le to end: With the feeble powers that I have possessed since I arrived at man's estate, I have strndled for that which I would contend for if the Constitution were restored or continued, that .is every right which the South can justly claim under that mired *instrument. But they say. We will makeno pea Ce. THE SOUTH AGGRESSIVE—THERE CAN NEVER BE TWO GOVERNMENTS. They propose that there shall be twogovernmente mild!, soil, armed governments. •Sir, I cannot con sent twany such condition. ("No PI Rome and Sparta, Carthage , and Athens were all, repuhlies ; this was taught to you in 'four primer. Each of them was a military power. .1 refer you to 2'he Fed eralist and the articles of Alexander Hamilton in re. gait to the possibility. of• maintaining separate or ganizations of government on this continent. When you can answer them, let 'me sec your treatise or bear your discourse and I will be submissive, as I hope I have always been, to the voice of reason. :Eut, hlr. Southerner, listen to ran and the men who have stood by-the South against the denunciations of presses—and, gentlemen, I see' them represented • on thisplatform4isten to me , wild, with the feeble capacity that I possess, have indite(' always that you should have all the rights to which you are en titled. You say rib. Arr. Lincoln was elected Presi dent, but you weeinto the canvass. He' was cho sen President, suit yet there was a majority in both branches of Congress against him. I defy you to point:Jett .a. single net of the Government which should have Provoked any hostility on your part. But as Jung 2US there is breath la , nipbody—it . rou limbo it a question between the SOuthand theNorth' .---1. should think I was unworthy of the mother who bore me if Etlid not go for any.portion eustaMett by 40. e ConatithtiOn of Ahe United States. [Applause.] • - • ' • MUST TRIUMPH Before I saw the ruins of the old world I thought I ehbuld shed a . tear over them, but when I dis covered that they were the steppingatones by , which the human race rose to its_ present height, they became a pleasant sight to me. Here bivilization has found its last resting-place. There is no place to which to go back civilization knows no regurgi tation it has no reflueut wave. The people of the South in the single State of Virginia would never employ the necessary physical power to redeem that exhausted soil; Nobody will say, after my discourse closes, that I have been very eulogistic to the speaker, but seriously, in the presence of my God, in the exercise of the hest capacities that I know how to employ, I say to my . friends of the South, however gallant and chivalric and persevering may be their struggle in the field, all history will be false, all analogies fallacious, every promise to the human race an absurdity, if this people, who have conquered the barren East and conquered , the ocean, and are willing to conquer all circumstances of privation, shall not own the whole of this continent before this country expires. [Loud and continued alt . THE RESOLUTIONS A PLATFORM FOR ALL UNION MEN—FORMATION OF A UNION LEAGUE. Ex-Judge Bonney read the following resolutions.. They were received with very great applause: Resolved, That , it is the, duty, of every citizen to unite in all proper efforts to preserve and perpetuate the Union in accordance with the Constitution. Resolved, That the conduct of disaffected persons, claiming to be citizens of the United States yet zeal ous in their attempts to embarrass and impede the action of the legally-constituted authorities, and In the utterance of treasonable sentiments, deserves and should receive the condemnation of every loyal Resolved, That the loyal people of New York here by pledge, their fortunes, their influence, and their honor to the support of the national authority in every vigorous and determined effort of arms, on sea or land, to secure a complete and final suppression of the causeless and: atrocious insurrection which now desolates our country. Resolved, That the Army and Navy of the United States owe theirundivided allegiance to the Consti tution they have sworn to support and defend, and that no soldier or sailor can rightfully hesitate in his obedience to the commands of superiors in rank, whose authority is derived from the Government of Resolved, That every citizen owes allegiance to the Government, and he who denies its authority, or fails in his duty to uphold the honor of its flag, is an abbettor,of treason, and should suffer the penalty due to his crime.:': Resolved, That this meeting, under solemn sonvie 'Hops of duty and in a firm reliance on the.juntice of that Providence which guides and guards govern ments and peoples, does hereby resolve itself into a Loyal League of Union Citizens, pledged to an un conditional support of the Government in all its con stitutional efforts to suppress the rebellion, and an uncompromiaing opposition,to treason, in whatever form it appears. Resolved, That the committee of this meeting be [Le offi cers 'and Committee of the Loyal Union League ofTie citi zens of New York, and that each person present is a mem ber of the League. The resolutions were adopted by acclamation, An eloquent address was -also made by David Dudley-Field, Esq., a leadirm Republican of New York, who took high ground 6 in favor of the war, the Administration, and the proclamation of the President. NO FAITH. IN "PEACE" POLITICIANS. An address was also made by Judge Daly, a lead ing Democrat, who has been hitherto a warm advo cate of the South, and to prominent in his opposi tion to the North that the Tribune denounced him for his subserviency to the treasonable sentiment of the Confederacy. In the course of his brief speech he said : There are a number of men in the North at pre sent who talk of peace, who talk of an armistice, who talk of concession, who hope for compromise and who have no hope of the war. If persons of -that temper of mind have made:up their minds that the war is hopeless, and that the separation of the States is now inevitable, then their conduct and their declarations are consistent with their convie tions ; but for men who profess entertaining such convictions to be desiroua for the restoration of the "Union, for the preservation of the land in the terri torial unity with which it was committed to us by our fathers—l say, if such men entertain that con - viction, I have little belief in their wisdom, and if they have wisdom, I have doubt in -their na tionality. [Cheers.] SPEECH OP NOUN VAN BUREN. John Tan Buren, well known for the prominent and able part he took in the recent canyces as the champion of Governor Seymour, and the antagonist of the Administration, made the leading speech of the evening. He began by reviewing his own course in the contest between Wadsworth and Seymour, and said: — As to the thing that should be done at this elec tion, if I believed—and I said so with entire truth and sincerity—if I believed that, by voting for Wadsworth, I should contribute to the success of our arms, and bring about in this country an honorable peace,.l should vote for Mr. Wadsworth for Gover nor without hesitation. But it was because I did not so believe ; because I was entirely confident that such a course would not be advantageous to the country, and would not bring about an honorable peace which is the legitimate. object of the war, I that should support Mr. Seymour. I also said on that occasion, in speaking of the advantages of sup porting Mr. Seymour, that my object was to sustain the President as far as justice will authorize and sus tain him in every fair governmental measure that he may adopt for the purpose of carrying on the war, or to uphold-the Government. I said that it was our purpose to stand by the Union and the Constitution, and to stand by Mr. Lincoln as far as lie would let us, and to stand by McClellan whether he would let us or not. [Mingled applause, hisses, and great con fusion:] Now, in conclusion—[renewed hisses and applause]-1 am only repeating to you what I said on thel3th of October: [bites of "Go on."] I said, protract this contest to the next Presidential elec tion, no matter what is the result, this country will be irretrievably swamped long before we reach the 4th of March, -1865. It must be done sooner—the re sult must be achieved under Lincoln; it - must be achieved by carrying vigor to him"in resisting what I may say will, unless defeated, result disastrously to us. It will be observed that then I stated, that party organization had ceased to be of any practical importance; that the sole inquiry, in my judgment, was how should we best carry on the war—re voice, "That's so "F-Land that I would'be governed entire ly in that canvass by thataingle consideration. [Ap plause.] What I .then said I repeated in various portions of the State after the 13th of October, and until the very day of the election. Govenor Sey mour was present on this stand at the time I spoke. Be was with me in Brooklyn, in, Rochester, au t in Buffalo, and the single complaint his friends made, ae far as I understood, was that I fell far short in my support of the war and the vigorous and deter mined support that Mr. Seymour expressed his rem. lution to give to it under all circumstances. [Ap plause.] The election came and passed, and it is no part of our province or purpose to consider the par ticular result, except to say that the people of the State of New York, after a very active canvass, were about equally divided, for to speak of a ma jority of a few thousand in a canvass in a poll of six hundred odd thousand, la. simply to say that they were about equally divided, and the same was true of the States Of. Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania; the • majority in These great Central States was trifling, and to-day, to-night, while we are here, the people of these great central and controlling portions of these United States may very properly be regard ed as about evenly divided between the - two parties that were organized at the last canvass, and the fu ture results will depend, in my humble judgment, a great deal more upon future conduct of individuals Than upon anything that has transpired in the past. [Applause.] Now we have passedthrough the elec tion. There ia no election in this State till next au tumn. We are assembled on the 6th of March to determine, not what New Hampshire shall do, not what Comiectieut shall do, but what the people of the city of New York and of this State shall do. And there being no election pending, I hold it to be entirely'preposterous to assume that people who differed during the last canvass in this State may not unite a few minutes together, and tell what we think will be the end of this war; unite cordially in such measures as may be necessary to put clown re bellion that has no shadow of justification. [Ap plause.] . After alluding to this history, Mr. Van Buren proceeded to discuss the national aspects of the question and the relations of the rebellion to slavery : THE SOUTH THE AGGRESSOR-THE /NEA MEM _OF THE REBELLION. . . There is no doubt that there has been for a great length of time, a large-number of politicians in the South who have been determined to extend slavery to the free territory of the United States. They en deavored to use the organization of the Democratic party for that purpose, and, in 1848, they assumed such a position in regard to it as to force what I con." eider the regular Democracy of the State of New. York out of the Democratic party, [Applause.] The election of '4B, and '62, and '5B, came to pass. The election of 1660 was the next that transpired, and in the meantime this disposition was manifested, by • various efforts, to force slavery into Ilfansae, and other measures that it is not necessary now to &s -ettee, and to which I was always opposed. In 1860, in'the Democratic Convention, they declared that the platform of the convention should contain a re cognition of the legality of slavery in all territories of the United States, and they declared in addition, that slavery should ' be protected by the Genera/ Government in all the territories belonging to the Union. The Democracy of the North refused to agree to that, and the convention broke up. It reassembled at Baltimore, and again broke up, and the election of 1860 came on, the Southern men having a candi date of their own, and the Northern and Western Democracy supporting Mr. Douglas, and a large number of gentlemen supporting Mr. Lincoln, re sulting in the election of Mx. Lincoln. [Applause.] In that contest I took no part. I voted, but 1 did nothing more. No man ever heard me, in public or in private, express any opinion in. regard to it, ex cept when the election came off. I deposited my rote in opposition to Dir. Lincoln. [Voices— " Good."] After that election Congress assembled. Mr. Lincoln's message declared in the fullest manner his unwillingness to- interfere with 'slavery in the States. It recognized,An the fullest extent, the right of the different Slates to have slavery if they chose, and his entire indisposition to interfere with it, notwithstanding that several States . seceded 'from the Union - as they said. They held a con vention, and resolved themselves out. Their ro presentatives abandoned their seats in Congress, although they had control of the Senate and House ':of Reiresentativee, and the Supreme Court of ' the belted" States," they, retired from the Con gress of the United States. • They went further and set up a Government of their own, or said they did. Now you all remember the debates be twern Webster and Rayne upon that suhject, of the right to secede from the Union. Mr. Webster, told Rayne what has since proven true—that that was mere rebellion, and when they put it in operation they would sec that,'in order to carry out what they assumed to be the right of peaceful secession and 'nullification, they must use force, and be met by force, and the law of bayonets must decide the con troversy. [Applause.) .Thie occurred. They as sumed to set up a Government under the right which they claimed to destroy the Uniou. They formed a Congress and elected a President. But _property of a entohte United content th t i h s. e - y T se h iva eyse i Lzed for t t h a e , its ships, its treasure. They fired upon the flag of the United States at port Sumpter, and claimed the right to exercise the power of a sovereign Govern ment. Now, you will , bear in mind—every fair minded man lathe United States will bear in mind— that up to this moment not 'one hair of their beads had been injured. No light of any Southern man had been invaded. NO SUCH REBF,LLICK.IN HISTORY. • 11inory will record that the world never witnessed a re bellion against a governmental authority before where the raels could not lay their finger upon a thing to show that either their property, Their liberty, or their rights had been , in the slightest. particular, //media. [Great applause.] This being the fact; the city of New York sent forth 80,000 men to quell this rebellion. Her capitalists ed vaneed $300,000 , ,000 to put down this rebellion. The State of New lark sent 200,000 men, and lam to argue, in the faceof these facts and the pasthlstozyof. this contest. that the rebellion is atrociously unjust, • and that the war in Which we have engaged with the South is rightfully prosecuted by us in vindication of the Constitution and the Union. [Applause.] Now, what; is the condition of thissontestl They were not " satisfied. with what I have detailed; but they tannouneed they were going to establish a Re `public' the corner-Stone of which should be slavery, and they are now engaged in that task, in endeavor ing to establish a Republic on this continent in 1863, the cornerstone of 'which shall be slavery. Now, I THREE CENTS. went to Herkimer in 1848 to lay a cornerstone, but it was not this. [Laughter.] It was as mush un like this as anything you can possiblysimagine, and it adds no additional attractions to the contest, as far as I am concerned, that they should avow this object in prosecuting the war. It is now a. contest forced upon the non-sltroeholding and 'loyal slaveliolding States, by those who are endeavoring to build up a repub lic based on slavery. To prostrate a rebellion that has that object in view, lam willing to devote any means, any time, any exertions within my power, during Me rat of my life. [Applause and three cheers.] THE ACTION OF CONGRESS—THE POWERS GRANTED TO THE PRESIDENT. Now let us see whether there is , anything worth considering in what is suggested by those who die sent from us, and are unwilling to prosecute tilts war. The measuresthat havebeen recently adopted by Congress are so lately adopted, that it becomes any man who is careful in what he says to be guarded in speaking of them. The President issued two;prociamations—both of them, as I have fre. quently stated, I disapproved. Re issued both be- tine I apoke on the 13th of ()Wolfer, and before Goy. Seymour spoke. Neither of As saw anything in them which prevented us from favoring a vigorous prosecution of the war. It there was nothing then, it is certain there is nothing now: [Applause.] The bill which has excited the sensibilities Of several gentlemen who have spoken in New Jersey, and at a certain hall iq this city, (hisses,] was a bill which gives extraordinary powers over the purse and sword to the President of the United States. They are bills which seek to protect by indemnity the Presi dent and those connected with him from arrest. They are opposed to another bill, as I understand, which has become the law, which authorizes the President, in his discretion, to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. [Applause.] I will state now, as briefly as I can, what are my views in regard to this. Who first place, as to the bill which gives the President the enormous power over the sword and the purse, I agree that it makes him almost a dictator. I agree that it is a verylgreat stretch of power. - THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT—A HIS TORIC PARALLEL—THE POWERS GRANT- El) PRESIDENT VAN BUREN. • I argue that unless there maybe a necessity for it, it should not be done. Everybody knows that in prosecuting a war under a Republican Government, which consists of several States the great apprehen sion is that there may not be unity on the part of the States suffloient to impart energy to. the executive heads. That was predicated as one of•the grounds upon which our system of government would fail. I call the attention of my Democratic friends to this, because there seems to be particular solicitude about them now. [Laughter.] The. President was given the power of the purse and -the "sword in 1839, when Great Britain had directed.z:forcible possession to be taken of a portiorrOf 'the - State of Maine, and Sir John Harvey had moved troops of Great Britain into that territory to- hold it. The Governor of the State of Maine met this action by moving Maine troops on to the same terri tory. The President of the United States called the attention of Congress to it,'and left it to their own wisdom what ought to be done: :Now I hold in my hand a copy of the bill that they passed upon that occasion, in 1839. I will state 'to you the substance of the various sections, without detaining yon at this late hour by reading the bill. The first section puts the whole naval and military force of the United States, and the militia, at the disposal of the President. [Applause.] The second declares that the militia, when called out, shall be compelled to serve six months. The third gives the President power to call out 60,000 volunteers. In those days when our army had never reached 8,000 men, it was a weighty matter to call out 80,000 men, and was re garded as an enormous authority. [Laughter.] The fourth section gives the President power to complete and employ all the armed vessels of the United States—thus putting the whole army and navy of the United States at his disposal. [Applause.] The fifth section appropriates $10,000,000 to carry into effect the provisions of this act. in those days ten millions of dollars was a great deal of money. [Laughter.] The sixth section appropriates $lB,OOO to send a special minister to Great Britain. The seventh section authorizes him to expend a million of' dollars in finishing the fortifications upon our seaboard, and building them. The eighth section . directs that the militia and volunteers when called out, shall be portions of the army of the United States. Now, how do you suppose that bill passed? It put the whole purse and sword into the absolute power of the President of the United Slates. Clay, Webster, and Calhoun—men perhaps.inferior to the &loss of our day [laughter]—weremembers of the Senate. The bill passed the Senate, and these three statesmen—although all rota lenity opposed personally and politically to the then Presi dent of the United States—voted for the bill, and Updated the Senate unanimously. [Applause.] It passed the House of Representatives, after a full discussion, by a vote of 201 to S i and the leader of that six was Help A. Wise [hisses ], the.bold brigadier who dis till shed himself so greatly at Naga Head [laugh ter , while his brigade was fighting acid . his eon dying. [Applause.] WHAT THE DEMOCRACY THOUGHT IN 180 ON THE QUESTION OF ABSOLUTE POW- Now, let us see whether the Democracy of our day was alarmed at this union of the purse and the sword, and, in the first place, let us see how the po litical opponents of the Administration treated it. Gov. Seward was then Governor of the State of New York, having been elected in 1838, ands politi cal opponent of the President. On the 7th of March he communicated this act to the Legislature, with a moat praiseworthy message, concluding thus: "I re. spectiully call your attention to this subject, with the expectation that an expression on our part of concurrence in the policy of the General Government will contribute to avert the calamities of war, and cause a speedy and honorable adjustment of the difficulties between this country and Great Bri tain?' Mr. Isaac L. Varian was then chairman of the Democratic General Committee, and Mr. Elijah P. Purdy was one of the secretaries. They called a meeting of the Democrats of this city, and over that meeting Mr. Holmee presi ded, and for vice presidents were men whose names, when read to any Democrat, will bring back associa tions of greatintez est, and perhaps of some sadness, unless he supposes that the prominent Democrats in the city now are more respectable than those whose names I. will read. The vice presidents were Henry Yates, Walter Rowne Samuel Tappan, Divided Van Schaick, Gideon Tucker, Abraham Van Neat; and they resolved, not that there was danger the • union of the purse and the sword , --not that it was a usurpation—but that it was a prompt and patriotic measure on the part of the House of Representatives. [Loud cheers.) Let us see how it wee received by . the electors, It was on the 2d and 3d days of March, as I have stated to you. The election in New Hamp shire came on then, as it will now within a few days, after the adjournment of Congress; and New Hampshire, which had been somewhat equally divi ded, gave 7,000 majority for the Democratic ticket. I shall be pleased if my Democratic friends find It gives a large majority now. [Cheers and laughter.] The city of New York, by a defection in the con servative portion of the Democracy, had been thrown into the bands of what was then called the Whigs. The city election almost immediately followed, and the city was recovered. Isaac L. Varian was elect ed Mayor by a thousand majority, and twelve out of seventeen wards gave Democratic majorities imme diately after this extraordinary usurpation. THE MEASURES ADOPTED TO SAVE THE .REPUBLIC IN THE EVENT OF A WAR WITH ENGLAND. , . General Scott, who was too - have presided here this evening, fortunately for the country, was then pro minent in the command of the armies of the United States. On the 7th of March he went to Maine, and he remained there until about the 21st, when he concluded an arrangement with Lieutenant Gover nor Harvey by which the British troops retired from their position in the State of Maine. The Maine troops also retired, and civil officers were left in pro tection of the publicproperty, and, by his wisdom and his foresight, by the 24th of March he was able to report to the Government of the United States that the whole difficulty had passed over. [Ap plauie.] Congresaassembled in December, and the President of the United States made this communi cation to them : . " The extraordinary pOwers vested in me by an act of Congress; for tho defence of the country in an emergency, considered so far probable as to require that the Executive possess ample means to meet it, have not been exerted. They have, there fore, been attended with no other result than to In crease, by the confidence thus reposed, in me, ob ligations to maintain, with religious 'exactness, the cardinal principles that govern our intercourse with other nations. Happily, in our pending questions with Great Britain, out of which this unusual grant of authority arose, nothing has occurred to require its exertion • and as it is about to return to the Legislature, ' T trust that no future necessity may call for its exercise by them, or its delegation to another de artment ofthe Government." • Not a do lar was expended, not a volunteer was called out, not a man from the militia was brought into the field under this act ; and I would be glad to know whyit may nothappeathatthia extraordinary demonstration on the part of the Congress of the United States, of the power and resources of the loyal portion of this Confederacy,will not again be followed up by a similar auspicious result. The successful way to prosecute a war is to make an overwhelming. de. 'monstration of strength to satisfy those who are pre parekto resist the rightful authority of the Govern ment, that the resistance is useless, and that this must be crushed out. [Cheers.] Now, gentkonen i there is nothing in my humble judgment, therefore, in the law "eased putting this enormous power in the pr session: of the President 'of the United States to deter me from assisting in a vigorous prosecution of the war. [Cheers.] I can very well understand how, if I sympathize With the rebellion—if I deemed that this war should fail—l could spend hours and columns in picking flaws in this act. But if I be lieved that substantial' justice required that the great ends of prosecuting the war demand that the whole power of the Government shall be lodged by the Constitution of the United States in the Presi dent of the United States, I Nvill bow in silence to the act whether I approve of it or not. . [Prolonged cheers.) If the President of tho United States had usurper these powers, there might be a degree of propriety in denouncing it; but when the representa tives of the people, legally elected, after due deliberation, assume the responsibility of lodging these trusts in him, in my humble judgment,. and certainly in view of the precedent to which I have referred, no wise man will ever complain of the act. [Applause.'] THE PROCLAMATION. OF EMANCIPATION. And what I have to say is in reference to the proclamation of the President of the United States, declaring slaves free in certain parts of the Union. [Prolonged cheers.] I have taken occasion, .on several times, to state (and that was perfectly known when I was invited to speak this evening) what my objections were to that proclamation. 'There are no objections to its constitutionality. The President has a right to make any proclamation he chooser, and so have I. [Applause and laughter.] The onlyquestion I make is as to the wisdom and legal caret of this proclamation. Now I say that. the proclamation does not set any body free. If a men is free by law, he is free with or without the proclamation, but I say that it excites the Southern people to this view. of the subject. (Hisses and opplause mingled.] They say, "You declare that If we come back and submit to the law and to the Government, then our slaves are emancipated." That was ' not . the President's intention. You -.may rely upon it that he did not emancipate the thives in any territory of the United States that is under the dominion of the United States. They are not emancipated in Kentucky. in Missouri, in 'Tennessee, or in Maryland—[ A voice: "They ought to be," followed by hisses, applause, and cries of "order' miler j—and that was, in my humble judgment, no part of his purpose. In my judgment his sole object was to declare, as a general policy, that as our armies advanced against the rebelswhen the rebels were conquered their slaves should be le gaily free. There is no doubt about that, with or without the proclamation. Slivery exists by force, recognized by law; .. slaves now are held in the so called Confederatebtates by virtue of the Confede rate States Government and the Confederate United States authority. When our armies advance, and those. Government* arc overthrown, the elavehoiders who refute to rteogniZe the Constitution of the United Stales lose their stares by lam, beyond all peradventure. [Loud ap. Otiose.] That being so, It is not wise, in my huoible judgment, to continue such a declaration; but that, of course, is a matter for the past. I say, as I have frequently said; that in my judgment, all the good that could have been done by it has been done. THE DUTY OF,THE PEOPLE TO THE PRESI DENT, AND • THE PRESIDENT TO THE PEOPLE. Gentlemen, I believe that it is just as much our duty to unite in a vigorous prosecution of the war under the President of the tinted Stales as it was when the war was first declared, notwithstanding anything that may hare been done.. Nor am I one of these who insist that he should pal a particular general in command of the army or any por tion of it. I never suggested that he should make a change in hia Cabinet, that one member should be put out and some. other person take his plaoe. That belongs to him; and I am not disposed to interfere. It is for him to determine - how hieresponaibilitims shall be discharged, and not me. But what Ido say is, that he had better trust the people. lam one, of those who an not in the habit of speaking of the THE WAR PRESS, (PUBLISHED WEEKLY,) TUB WAR Payee wilt be sent to subscribers by mail (per annum in advance) at $2.00 Five Cornea " 9.0al Tea " " 17.00 Twenty " " :3`d.00 Larger Clubs than Twenty will be charged at the satne rate. 111.50 Per copy. Vie mane must aboajm acarmpany Via order. and in nn inelonee cam there lime be dentabsdfront. as tha afford any tot te more than the cost of the bailer. MY - Postmasters are requested to act as Agents tot The WAR Palmas all-To the getter-up of the Mb of ten or twenty. as extra copy of the Paper will be given. peel as eomething separate from myself. I very often meet men who tell me that the people want this or that. Well, 1 say, I guess not. I rim one of the people. I don't wont it ;• and bow do you get at the result t The only way I know of to determine what the peo ple want le to Rieke up yore mind what you want yourself, and then. tater, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that other people want it. (Pro longed laughter.; Now, there is a great anxiety felt as to the course on the Democrats. Gentlemen, a Democrat is a peculiar iestiention. It does no good to drive the Democrats, to bully, or to attempt to intimidate them : they will have their own, was al waya, as I have found. But Tnever stall be made • to b elieve that the met/n*llo stood by George Clinton, anti their fathers before them, in the Revolution ; who stood by Tompkineand .laskson in tam; who stood by Polk and Marcy in.the Mexican war, will be found wanting in this. it' remains to be seen whether they will or not. A COMMENT UPON MR. BROOKS, OP THE EXPRESS. But my own course will be wholly uninfluenced by that of any one else. I have been cautioned by a great many people about attend insthis meeting to night. I was told that it wet an insidious - attempt to disintegrate the Democratic re.; ; and a news paper which joined us last fall [laughter). and many representatives in Congress who never joined us at all, have great fear that I will do something to dis integrate the Democratic party. Now, if the whole party should differ with those to whom. I have ad verted, we should be nd more disintegrated , than we were before. My Representative 1 have revery high opinion of He eeems to be very willing to represent the whole of our :state, and a very considerable part of New Jersey [laughter] ; and, looking at hie paper this evening, I perceive that he has taken charge of the Governments of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and several other States. It la not often that a mania favored with being provided with such extensive plane of usefulness. I mad as teeth that he made before the Democratic Union Anotaiition, on the sd of March, as it was reported' in the World on the 4th. Without undertaking to say what was proper for him to say, or for him to omit, I will say that I thank God that he was not my Representative until noon the next day. The Democratic party, asou all know, nine years out of ten, controls the Gover nment of the country. It requires, therefore, no more patriotism on their part to be attached to the• G overnment and the country. It is. in fact, an attach ment to themselves. [Laughter.] "WAR TO THE BITTER END." ' Bid, fellow•cilizens,whatever lam doing, and whatever y else does , ! I shall sustain this war to the biller e a ercheere,l and the city of NC le York will do it after sending eighty thousand men, and spending three hundred millions of dollars, they will not hesitate to go through; and the Slate, in my humble judgment, will not hetilete to go through. 'Why was there anything even more pre posterous than the idea that when we ate told by The Southern men that we must recognize their inde pendence before they will treat with us; that we should be wasting time in undertaking to negotiate - a peace? When the President of the Confederate Republic as he claims to be, denounced the best men of the North, and East, and West as pirates and hyenas, and, what he seems to suppose worse than all, as Yankees, [laughter,) is it possible to make terms with him, or to listen with composure to any arrangement for an accommodation. [" No:"] Why, Win are the men that have been sent from the State of New York who are thus denounced by this rebel chieftain? I have differed from a great many ot them politically. I have differed from a great many of them personally, but when you find the Kearneye, the Van Rensaelers, the liamiltons, the Schuylers, the Ditto, the Campbells, the Caubrellings. the Dewers,' the Rings, the Wadsworths, the Row lands, and the Vosburghe, the best blood of the State of New York, who are thus denounced as pi rates, why, I submit that it requires more than or dinary composure to listen to it. Yankees! They arc the Knickerbockers of New York; they are the best men of the State of New York; and when they peril their lives and shed their blood in defence of the Constitution of the country and the Union of the States, he who denounced them as pirates and hye nas is as forgetful of the principles of truth and honor that should govern the language of 4 gentleman as he is traitorous to the flag under which he acquired political fame. [Loud Applause.] We have nothing to do but fight this matter through. We can have no discussion in regard to it, and it behooves us to look around and see what assistance we are to receive, or what interference we are towed with. MEDIATION.—NO DANGER PROM ENG LAND. Let Inn say one moment toyou, that I am not one of those who unite in this sentiment of anxiety .about the course of Great Britain. I happen to have had peculiar opportunities which it is not ne cessary now to advert to, for knowing the people of Great Britain for the last thirty years. They will be neutral, and, in my humble judgment, that is all we have the right to expect. Nations are like individu als. When two gentlemen resort to the arbitra ment of arms, no other person feels himself at liberty ,to interfere in the quarrel, and when two • nations, cultivated and civilized, or claiming to be such, re sort to arms, all we have a right to ask, inney hum biejudgment, of any third person, is that they shall not interfere but shall stand neutral. Now, all the public acts of the Government of Great Bri tain all the declarations of her prominent men, all ! the correspondence of her minister, all tho general source of information compel us to believe that they mean to observe strict neutrality. Gen tlemen tell me that they allow vessels to be fitted out at their private ship-yards. Well, it is for us to ree member, that we are to be at peace before long, and Europe is to be at war; and whatever our shipyards or the owners of them, and our merchants say they will allow the Government of the United States to forbid them from doing when European nations are at war, exactly that we have a right to insist that the British Government shall prohibit the ship builders of Great Britain from doing—no more and no less. We must live up to our own law. Now, it is not a violation of any neutral act, in my judgment, in Great Britain or here, to build a ship, and sell it to a Government that is at war with us.. It in seized ns contraband, ff you can get it—fair prize of war but it is no violation of the neutrality of Great Britain, andites violation of our neutrality.. It our ship owners and ship builders desire such an amend ment to be made to the neutrality act of Great Britain, then it is a fair matter of discussion whether it shall be one. But short of that, believe me, we cannot compel them to do any more than weare willing to do ourseivee WHAT TILE FOREIGN POWERS THINK OF THE WAR. • 'But the Goternment and people of Great Britain have unquestionably a sympathy with the people of 'the Southern States in this contest, and while they do not feel at liberty to interfere, and ought not to be asked to interfere, in my humble judgment, we have their good wishes, and never had apprehended any acts on their part of an unfriendly character. Butane beyond all doubt, is entirely friendly. The Emperor of the French will do exactly as he thinks is entirely for his own interest. I am not one of those who attaches any importance to what he de clared be will do, because his declarations to the French people were never kept, and.l haven't any idea that his declaration to us will be observed, un less it is for hie benefit: He and his prominent Men about him have nothing in their past lives to offer as hostages for their conduct. They live in the present. Be holds his Government by force—whatever is no cerssary to maintain himself, that is exactly what he will do. And, in my judgment, when he sees that he must go alone, that he will have no co-operation. from other Powers, he will refuse to interfere in this quarrel; and will let us alone. WE MUST DEPEND UPON OURSELVES—WM, MUST UNITE—UNION IS VICTORY. - But, gentlemen, we must depend upon ourselves ; if we can fight this battle to -victory, we shall—if we cannot, we shall be defeated. But, beyond all earth ly considerations, we muat unite—thatis our highest consideration, and being united I have no doubt about the result. I do not look forward to a long war—a great many people do. It is not the habit of modern times to have long wars. The-great im provement in the engines of destruction enable na tions to bring war rapidly to a close. The Russian campaign was not long ; the Italian campaign was a short one, and in my judgment the war will be a abort one if we are united and putforward the whole power of the loyal States of this Union. With our immense population and resources we ought to end this war in ninety days. Start your troops in New Orleans, at Vicksburg, at Charleston, and in Ten neseee. Charge along the whole line—advance with energy and will—Union—and, my word for it, in ninety days everybody will wonder that this rebel lion was ever-regarded as formidable in any portion of the United States. [Prolonged cheers.] A LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF . STATE. - lion. Henry J. Raymond made a brief addresto and read the following letter from Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State: • DEFAIITSINNT Or STATE, WASHINGTON, March 3, 1863. To the Ron. George Opdyke and others, New York: GANTLEMEN: I thank you for your invitation to the meeting to be held on the 6th instant, designed to resolve itself into a loyal league of Union citizens, and I deeply regret that public occupations here pre vent my acceptance. I pray that my name may be enrolled in that league. 1 would prefer that distinotion to any honors that my fellow-citizens - could bestow upon me. If the country lives, as I trust it will, let me be remem bered among those who labored to save it. If Pro vidence could disappoint the dearest hopes of man kind, let not my name be found among those who proved unfaithful. I subscribe to your proposed resolutions in their enact letter and in:their right loyal and patriotic spirit. I would reserve nothing whatever/ism the sacrifice which may be required by the country. lie that preferreth himself, his fame or ha fortune, Us friend, his father, his mother, 'his wife, his Mild, hi s party or his sectionabove his coun try, isnot worthy to be a Wizen of the best and noblest country that God has ever suffered to come into existence. No one of us ought to object when called upon to reaffirm his devotion to the Union, however. Un conditionally, I would cheerfully renew the obliga tions of fidelity to it every day and every hour, is every place, at home or abroad, as often as any citi zen should question my loyalty, or se often as the renewal of the obligation on my part should seem likely to confirm and strengthen any other citizen in his patriotic resolution. The reaffirmation Is whole. BORIC for ourselves, even if it influence no one else. I RD; gentlemen, your obedient servant, WM. H SEWARD. A LETTER FROM GEN. BURNSIDE. WASIITNGTON, Friday, MatCh 8, 1863. To George Opdyke, Jonathan Starve and others, Com mittee: Grircri.rixeu : I regret that my public duties will prevent my acceptance of your kind invitation to be present at a meeting of loyal citizens of New. York, at the Cooper Institute, this evening. The resolu tions which it is proposed to introduce are in exact accordance - with my sentiments. It is clearly the duty of every "citizen, sailor, and soldier," to give to the Government his unconditional end moat effect ive support. A conditional support ie.full of discord, danger, and disaster, and, at a time like the present, amount, to disloyalty. In view of all the resources with which God has blessed us, it would be ignomi nious to believe that we have not the physical ability to maintain the Government, when we remember that we are fighting to sustain ,:.Government that originated in truth, justice, honor, and patriotism, against a rebellion that originated- in deceit, fraud, ambition, and ignorance. It- would be distrusting God's justice to believe that final success wilt not attend our effbrts. If we see evils before us, Ist us do all in our power to correct them in a temperate way. Our legislators should be made to feel. that they misrepresent us when they attempt to clog the wheels of Govern ment, or indulge in party legislation. Polities an/12)(14y iines sitould. be ignored for the pre sent. Fraudulent contra 'cots and dishonest disbursing officers should be pun faired. officers and soldiers should be subordinate, patriotic, energetic. and.free from' all per serial ambition. The law of Congress making every man a soldier who's, capable of beaaing arms should be enforced and submitted to. The-old regiments should be kept full, and promotions- made from soldiers and officers in the Held, foremerit. The President And Governsea should. be always surrounded by honest, loyal, and. patriotic men, capable of giving advice in there severatiMpartments. The press should be temperate and independent ; and, finally, our whole people, men, women, and children, about(' be loyal, palriotice and honest, trust ing in the righteousness of our cause, and cheerfully submitting to all the privations .which the Provi dence of God may visit upon us. ' Who will believe, that this rebellion could last another year if we were all I 'solved to fulfil these conditions Thanking you, gentlemen, for the high honor clone me by this kindinvitntion, I remaire'very respectfully, your ob't serv't, • A. E. BURNSIDE, Major General. The Hon. Mr. Darter; of Ohio, late !United States Minister to the Government of Bolin ia,Sind who has Just returned home to' offer his 'services to the veniment, next addressed the - meeting, urging the necessity of prosecuting the near with vigor. At the conclusion of Mr. Carterer address, it being near midnight, the meeting adieurned with cheers for the UniOn.
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