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MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1864.
No - We can take no notice of anonymous annum.
nications. We do not return rejected manuscripts.
—Voluntary correspondence solicited from all
parts of the world, and especially from our different
military and naval departments. When used, it will
be paid tor.
The Return of the Veterans.
About three years ago regiment after regi
ment marched out of Philadelphia, each
,numbering a- thousand men, of whom few
had ever slain a foe or felt the fever of bat
tle. The long blue lines glistened with un
stained bayonets ; the flags they bore were
untorn and bright. The streets were thronged
with cheering crowds, and were loud with
exultant music. Every one of us had a friend
or a relative in the ranks, and personal in
terest was added to the patriotic interest we
felt in the story of war. When the news of
a great battle came, the first question was
sure to tie,_" Was it a victory for us ?" The
second was as certainly, " How fought the
715. t...?" or, " What of the 23d, the 91st, the
9-:ith, the 29tb, or the 28th ?" With
profound pride we have followed the Phila
-delphia regiments through the war, for we
- sent them forth with a confidence of which
they have proved themselves worthy.
Now some of these regiments have re
turned, and of the thousand men come back.
three hundred. The new uniforms are old
and faded, the flags torn and riddled with
bullets, the guns no longer bright and po
lished, the men bearded and bronzed, and
- marching Ar.:111 that indescribable gait Which.
is learned by long carrying of a knapsack
and a musket. They left us as raw volun
teers., they return as veterans. Their ban
ners are inscribed with the names of many
victories.; but war is not merely a glory to
them, for they have seen it face to face, and
know what it is to march weary miles in the
rain, to lie all night without shelter, to want
food and clothine: to tee their comrades shot
down, to be beaten in hattle,to be decinaated in
victory. But they know, too, that they have
done wen, and none can more deeply fed
the necessity and justice of the war than
those who have made it successful. Few of
them left us as Abolitionists ; most of them
return Abolitionists. Colonel Gezoonv, of
the 91st, in his stirring speech on Fridziy
night, was enthusiastically cheered by his
brave comrades when he declared that the
war must end only with the destruction of
the cause of the war. The policy of thc
Government is the creed of the army, as
well as the inspiration of the people_
From the presence of these war-worn
veterans we should learn something more
than adve - nttnes and anecdotes of war. We
should mote truly know the value of the
principles for which they have suffered so
long and much. We should know the
duty of refilling their ranks, and helping
them to finish what they have so well begun.
The veteran regiments are welcome to Phi
ladelphia for the honor they have donE its
reputation as a loyal city ; they are doubly
welcome because they do not intend to stay.
They are the best soldiers in the world, and
the Union depends upon them still.
The Protective War-Claim Agency.
The protective war-claim agency of the
U. S. aanitary Commission had its origin in
the desire to effect a prompt - settlement of
the claims of soldiers and their relatives
upon the C4overnment, and to afford protec
tion against the exorbitant demands too
often made by claim agents. The measure
met with the cordial approval of the depart
meats at Washington, whose labors it
tended to facilitate by diminishing the op
portunities fOr the prosecution of fraudulent
claims. A board of managers was orga
nized, and an examining surgeon aad solici
tor were appointed in May, 1863, and, in
the same month, an office was opened in
the building occupied by the U. S. Sanitary
Commission, at No. 1307 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia. The result has fully demon
strated the value of the enterprise. Without
any special effort to call public attention to
the work of the agency, nearly one thou
sand claims were presented to it in the first
six months of its operation, and the business
has shown each month a steady increase.
Two-thirds of these claims were preferred
by soldiers coming from all parts of the
loyal States who
_had been honorably dis
charged from the United States service by
reason of rounds or sickness incurred
therein, and the remainder were made by,
the relatives of deceased soldiers. In addi
tion to its regular work of prosecuting
claims'for pension and bounty, the agency
has been instrumental in obtaining their
descriptive lists for soldiers who had lain
months iehospital without pay for want of
those papers, and in cor*cting, through the
aid of its correspondents at Washington,
errors in the final statements of discharged
soldiers, which would otherwise have occa
sioned them serious loss. By an arrange
merit with the paymaster, Major TAGGART,
:and the United States District Attorney the
back pay due prisoners of war at Richmond
15 also prccured for their wives or mothers
upon sufficient proof being made of such
captivity and of the claimant's identity.
These matters are all adjusted and payments
made without any cost to the applicant, ex
cept a trifling fee paid to the magistrate for
executing the necessary affidavits. The
saving thus effected to parties who are, in
nearly ever y - case, of very limited means,
may, be computed already at thousands of
dollars. A few instances, selected at ran
dom, will effectually prove this: A woman,
residing in Philadelphia, whose husband
died in the service about eighteen months
ago, applied, shortly after his death, to a
firm doing business as claim agents, who
engaged to procure her pension and bounty
for 4 the sum of ten dollars : at the end of
eighteen months they handed over to
her the amount of her claim for
bounty, leas a charge of twenty-ftve dol
lars for then sery ices, and then told her that
they had ovellotakea her claim for pension
altogether. :another lady, the widow of an
officer, to whom large arrearage,s were due,
but whose claim required very little proof,
and that of the simplest sort, and was
promptly adjusted by the department, was
forced to pay ten per cent. to a claim agent,
- whom she had employed for its colleetion.
Although a severe penalty is imposed by the
act of July 14, 1862, where the charge by an
attorney for prosecuting a pension claim ex
ceeds the sum of five dollars, the provision
is often evaded, by charges for additional
papers, - which are seldom requisite if the
claim is originally properly prepared.
One great hindrance to the satisfactory
adjustment of claims for the bounty and
pack pay of soldiers dying in the ser
vice, and it is feared, to the work of en
listing
recruits, is found in the tedious pro
cess to which those claims are subjected be- .
fore final action upon them is had at the
Second Auditor's Department. At least a
year usually elapses from the date of the sol
dier's death before the bounty and back
pay remaining unsettled can be secured to
his widow or children. This period is •
usually the one in which his loss is most •
felt, pecuniarily, by his family. Legislation
- upon this point, either in the way of in
creasing the force of clerks in the depart
ments charged with the settlement of these
claims, or in that of simplifying the accounts
of the army, is imperatively needed. To
alleviate, in some degree, the distress occa
sioned by this delay, it is designed to set
apart a sum from the funds of the Commis
sion, from which to advance small sums in
very necessitous cases, upon claims on file
at the agency; but the relief thus afforded, it
is manifest, must be very meagre and in
adequate.
•
The value of the Protective War Claim
Agency =mt be evident from this state
ment of its purposes and principles. If any
- further evidence of its right to the confi
dence of the soldier, and the friends of the
soldier, were needed, it would be found in
the character of its officers. Mr. WM. H .
'Tuturbuial- is the Chairman of the Com
mittee, and among its directors are WRACK.
BENNET, Jn., ALEXANDER BROWN, w iL _
- Lux WELSH, Hon. J. J. CLARE HARE,
CIIARIIIB J. STILLB, BENJAMIN Gzunikun,
WM. L. BRAN, gROBGE TROTT, ilazonoup.
PARRTER, GEOROB M. GONNA - EEO; U.
LENrcox IlonoE, M. D., and Artinwrox
Dx.iowr. Mr. WM. M. A.ertmAx is the
solicitor of the Agency. The institutiOn.
has/ been quietly doing a good work for
some months, and we think it right that the
public should fully know it.
Public Opinion.
The head of "the so-called Southern Con
federation," may exclaim, like another
usurper, " The Thanes fly . from me." In
the rebel Congress it has been proclaimed,
again and again, that he is incapable, and
worse,—that each visit he paid to the army
was sure to be followed by its defeat--that
he meddled with every man's business, and
spoiled whatever he touched—and that if he
had been hired to injure the rebel cause, he
could not more effectively have done that
work. The rebel newspapers, once filled
with warmest eulogia of his courage, judg
ment, and patriotism, have changed their
note. The Richmond journals treat him
with coldness, and the remoter newspapers
unhesitatingly proclaim that he is not their
"right man in the right place." The mise
rable public at large are arriving at the
opinion that this man, who promised them so
much, has brought out no result but bodily
privations, a currency not worth its weight
in lead, and an amount of debt which has not
the remotest chance of ever being redeemed.
The rebel army, without confidence or hope,
(lin:illy distrusts and dislikes him. Pity it
is that brave men, such as these have proved,
should ever have taken arms under such a
chief.
Out of this country, the changed opinion
on American affairs is vitally significant.
The language with which Earl RUSSELL
More than once insulted our Union, has
been_ practically retracted by the firmness
with which he has latterly insisted that
Britif-h neutrality shall be a reality. Mr.
GLADSTONE, once so virulent in his post:.
prandial orations, would not now exult
ingly declare that " JEFFERSON DA 1s had
raised the. South into a great nation."
Sir ROUNDELL PALMER and Sir ROBERT
COOPER, the present law-officers of the
Crown, avow that not only their moral
sympathy, but their legal convictions are
altogether with the North. Mr. VILLIERS
and others of the Ministry, ridicule the idea
of considering the South as anything but
rebellious. Public opinion in England has
been powerfully affected by the plain truths
which Mr. BEECHER so eloquently and
boldly placed before the crowds of well-
educated persons who thronged to hear
him. Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. COBDEN, known
as the true.and tried friends of the masses,
have ably seconded the statements of Mr.
BEECHER ; while, on the other hand, the
redoubtable Mr. SPENCE, of Liverpool, paid
aunt of the rebels and hired libeller of the
Union, in the -WM64, could scarcely obtain
a hearing when he addressed public meet
ings in the north of England and in Scot-
land, and finally had to stop short in his
lecturing tour, because his audiences vo
cally.declared that they discredited him.
These are important changes. Still more
di clerative is that which has passed over the
the foreign press. We have it, in the seized
correspondence of the rebel agents in Eng ;
land and France, that they expended con
siderable sums in purchasing the press in
i those countries—paid, in fact, for manufee
-1 tiring public opinion in favor of rebel
! lion. It matters not whether the money
was paid or promised (a little of both, per.
haps), but, if ever it produced the desired
results, it does not now. The Emperor of
the French knows better than again to pro.
I pose to England and Russia that interven
tion in American affairs was justifiable, and
I would be judicious. That bubble has burst,
t and if the Emperor does not play his own rode
a little more carefully, he may find himself
once more a fugitive, without the remotest
chance of ever again being in a condition to
interfere in the affairs of any nation.
i The Times has quietly lapsed from the ut
most abuse to mere mention of the North,
because it found that, being contrary to
public opinion, "it would not pay," and
being at variance with the evident course of
events, it never would answer to say that
black was white. Instead of holding the as
sertion that the South was unconquerable,
and would triumph even when acting on the
aggressive, it now admits that the Southern
armies are being beaten in the South and
! the Southwest ; that the superiority of the
Northern force makes it irresistable ; that
the South suffers immensely front want of
food, clothing, and money ; and that when
GRAliT's army becomes disposable for ope
rations to the east of the mountains, it will
not be easy for the Confederates to protect
their capital. It goes beyond this, and
calmly contemplates the total defeat of the
South ; its solitary taunt, in conclusion, be
ing that it will require> a large Northern
.army of occupation to maintain order in the
South, after the unlucky Confederation is
broken up. The Times does not mention,
perhaps does not know, that there are
crowds of citizens in the South who would
gladly return to the allegiance which threats
Pad local circumstances made them appear
to abandon, for a tirne. Whenever the
South is reduced to submission to the laws
of the Union, the best army of occupation
there will be the men of the North, with
enterprise, industry, capital, and loyalty,
who will settle there and speedily remodel
the Whole state of society. Northern enter
raise and industry 'will soon put " Southern
chivalry" upon an entirely new basis..> Th,e
Times and the Saturday Review, have to con
sider this probability, and will, ere long.
The Last Round of the Ladder.
In polite malignity the London TIMM
probably stands without a parallel. The
opening sentence of one of its Confederacy-
Federal articles has the assurance to refer
to the messages of the rival American Pre
sidents. This impertinence is so froward,
so unexplanatory, that at the first blush it
should seem unnecessary to deal with it
seriously. But the fixed spirit of spite and
vituperation evident throughout the article
demands attention. There can be no rivalry
between Mr. LINCOLN and Mr. DAVIS.
That is entirely out of the question. It is
an idea which has never once occurred to
the Northern States, and which, in itself, is
purely ridiculous. Rivalry might as well
exist between God and Satan as between
ABRAHAM LINCOLN and JEFFERSON DANIS.
- Mr. LINCOLN has not, indeed, been pre
vented by a dangerous illness from address
ing the Federal Legislature in terms that
will - satisfy what the Times is pleased to
tekm. the most extreme zealot of the Re
publican party. There are no degrees of
Comparison in the party which support Mr.
LixeoLN. The members of that party all
stand on the same footing in their support
of the 'Union and the Constitution. Posi
tive, comparative and superlative apply to
Mr. DAVIS' own horde and the Secession
Democracy. The President of the Southern
Confederacy has been playing a sort of hot
buttered blue-beans with the feeelings of
the Southern people. Now he seems to
come near it ; then he is very far off.
At the beginning of the game he seemed,
just about to touch it. Now he is so
very far off that it is doubtful whether
he will ever come near it again. The
wholesale conscription measures which,
by the law of self-preservation, he is forced
to adopt, are having a very retail result, and
will continue to have. It is certainly true
that the trials of the armies are great. It
might be admitted that soldiers have seldom
a strong desire for the termination of a war,
unless they are engaged in Monotonous gar
rison duties far from the scene of strife.
The remark of the Times that the excite
ment of the campaign and the quickening
rivalries which it engenders are enough to
keep troops in the proper war-spirit as long
as they are not depressed by want or ex
hausted by defeats and fatigue, may like
-wise be accepted. Is not the proper war
spirit necessarily ebbing in the troops of
the Eouthern Confederacy? Are they not
depressed by want? Are they not exhausted
by defeats ? Are they not worn out by fa
tigue ? We all know the answer to these
questions, and that answer is contained in
the single word yes. The Times should
likewise remember that it is not a logical
consequence that certain considerations can
hardly have failed to present themselves to
Mr. LINCOLN, because they have already
presented themselves to it. All the acts of
Mr. - Lixeoraes Presidential career are in
favor of the perpetuation of the Vnion.
In everything he says and does in
that direction he is backed by the unani
mous co-operation of loyal Americans. Mr.
Devrs' need of men and money, and his
utter exhiustion of both, are sufficient rea
sons, were others wanting, for the speedy
close of the war and the destruction of the
Southern Confederacy. The Union is not a
partnership, whose dissolution they can
effect at pleasure, and the firm which com
prises our Government does not stand null
and void before the world. The position of
Mr. Davie is like that of the man in the
pantomime, with the miraculous ladder,
which sinks two rounds for every one
round the pantomimist tries to climb. Upon
the ladder of the. Southern Confederacy the
Richmond potentate will never climb to be
the rival of Mr. ',mem.lc. By-and-by the
ladder will Blip away altogether, and leave
Mr. DAVIS in an attitude of chronic amaze
ment as to whither it has gone.
The Whys and Whereiores of Military
Arrests.
If people will insist in placing themselves
in positions where a military arrest is inevi
table, they must take the consequences.
That they do take the consequences is very
evident. Where are a great tribe of dis
loyalists who throng prisons, and who are
on intimate terms with the constantly de
creasing herd of traitors who as yet, at
home and abroad, roam the earth at liberty.
'I his class of people do everything, and say
everything which the malignancy of treason
can suggest, to impede the progress of
Unionism. They have borne despatches
between Confederate States and Confede
rate agents in Europe, their bosom friends
are smugglers, and their pet toasts are trea
sonable. The rebel mail-carriers have been
particularly audacious in their nefarious
calling, and the numbers who have at
tempted to run the blocliade betrayed ener
gy worthy of a better cause. Every means
for facilitating the advance of treason has
been resorted to, and in the most peaceable
localities traitors have attempted to monopo
lize the market. The energy of our Go
vernment has been commensurate with all
these endeavors. The dcstro,yers of tele
graph wires, and the quibblers about taking
the'oath of allegiance, have been most sum
marily dealt with, and having sinned in
haste, have the privilege allowed them of
repenting at leisure. Let rebels and rebel
sympathizers read the news and think it
over, and they will soon see and feel in
what direction the tide of Unionism is set
ting.
In every arrest and imprisonment that
is made there is more than sufficient rea
son. Comparing the feelings of 'Union
captives with those of rebel prisoners,
What a hearty appeal is found therein
to the liberty whose enduring founda
tions were first built in this country. Our
fellow-Unionists who languish in Rich
mond are infinitely better off than malignant
rebels whom we have captured. The Rich
mond sufferers are nerved with a conscious
ness of being in the right, and surrounded
with the blessing of the God who presides
over the welfare of this Union. For what
were prisoners in the South arrested? For
espousing a Government which, like the
rainbow, is the offspiing of the heavens, and
an all-enduring promise to the nations of
the earth. •
The Situation in Japan.
There was some danger, at one time, that
the insolence of the Japanese, in attacking
one of our steamer vessels (the Pembroke),
last June, would lead to serious trouble.
Our Government dem — anded a suitable in
demnity, through our Minister at Japan, and
the advisers of the Tycoon have consented
to pay it. The precise terms of the repara
tion have yet to be decided, but the affair
may be considered as amicably settled. The
British are less fortunate. Their naval and
military force now preparing to be used
against Japan will make a formidable expe
dition, and five European regiments had
been ordered from India still further to
strengthen it, for it was likely that, long
before Parliament could interfere, actual war
between England and Japan would have
been commenced, on the sole order of Earl
RUSSELL. The French are also concerned
in this difficulty, and actually occupy a posi
tion on terra firma, which commands the
city of Kanagawa, and was being strongly
fortified by them at the beginning of Decem
ber, the date of the last advices via San
Francisco.
The Japanese resemble neither the Hin
doos nor the Chinese. They are a warlike
nation, with a surprising aptitude for ac
quiring what we call the arts of civilization
—such arts including the building of steam
boats, the casting of artillery, the manu
facture of gunpowder, and the scientific use
of firearms. They see what such" outside
barbarians" as England and France have
done in India, China, and Cochin-China,
and are afraid that, unless they provide
against it in time, measures may be taken
for their own subjection also. They are
sagacious enough to know that, in almost
every instance where foreigners want to
conquer an Eastern country, Commerce is
the wedge first introduced :-once that
has entered, quarrels, war, subjugation,
follow. The Japanese also know, we
believe, that one great nation; setting
itself against the acquisition of any
territory save on its own Continent, is
largely commercial, and may be safely
trusted when its traders carry their goods
to remote markets. Therefore, while Japan
does not tear the United States, it dreads,
and is prepared to resist any but the most
distant relations with England and France.
Because Japan will remain independent, it
resists even trade communion with England
and France. Our good character happily
places us above suspicion, and we are - what
Treaties call "the most favored nation,'"
because we deserve to be.
The Mutiny at Fort Jackson.
The court martial at Fort Jackson, Lou
isiana, of which Brigadier General DWIGHT
is President, has established the following
facts in regard to the mutiny of a colored
regiment, which are thus stated in the cor
respondence of the New York Times
"On the 9th of the present month ten of the men
were Observed by Lieutenant Colonel Benedict
coming in from beyond the guard lines. He asked
them by what authority they did so, and they replied
that permission had been given them by the sergeant
of the guard. This proved to be a falseriood, and the
lieutenant colonel,in a fit of anger,seized a teamster's
whip, sed gave each of them a half dozen welt .aid
on.' This was between three and four o'clock. The
drum-major took up the quarrel, and spread disaffec
tion among the men, and by eight o'clock had about
one hundred men ripe for revolt. The first that the
efficera knew of the mutiny was hearing the drum
major order the men to fall in and load their guns.'
Then began a scene of wild uproar and confusion.
Guns were rapidly discharged, most of them in the
air, although some shots parsed the officers' quar
ters, and Limit. Col. Benedict's tent was burned.
The steamer Sufbalk, lying at the wharf, wee
searched and fired into by the mutineers, who
hoped to hill Lieut. 001. Benediet. How he made
his escape I know not, but he did succeed in
getting to New Orleans. About half the rioters
soon unloaded their pieces and went to their
quarters, but for one whole night the camp
was in possession of tt e insurgents. The next day
moral power prevailed over brute force, the rioters
returned to their duty, and the ringleaders were ar
rested. I know of few instances of moral courage
greater than that displayed by the officers in arrest
ing thirteen of the insurgents and confiding them to
the custody of their companions. There can be but
little doubt that the principal offenders will be sen
tenced and promptly executed. Of course, such an
execution, done by their own fellows, will convey a
terrible tenon to the whole Corps d'Afrique. Colo
n el Benedict is being tried by the same court martial
that is judging the negroec."
If these statements be true, the provo
cation for mutiny was immense. Lieute
nant Colonel BENEDICT did not merely
whip men who had so lately been slaves,
but outraged the self-respect of men who
are soldiers of the United States. He in
sulted his own uniform. But no provo
cation is sufficient to excuse the mutineers.
Strict justice demands that the ringleaders
who attempted the murder of an officer
should be shot, and that Lieutenant Colonel
BENEDICT should be dismissed from the
service, for which his uncontrolable passions
unfit him.
MR. WM. CORNELL JEWETT, who has
just returned from Europe, passed through
the city last night on his way to Washing
ton.- Mr. JEWETT is unlikely to receive
either the approval of the Government or
the people for his proposition that the United
EtateS should meet in council with the rebel
leaders. Mr. JEWETT attaches too much
importance to European opinion.
THACKERAIVS "IRISH SERTCH BOOK."—peter•
Hon & Brother, have lost no time in bringing out a
new edition, in octavo and with the authoecown
amusing illuatrations, of W. Thackeray's "Irish
Sketch Book." It is lively, satirical, entertaining,
and will now be read with additional interest, on
account of the writer') recent sugileti demitu.
THE PRESS.-PITILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1864.
Our season of skating, of late years con
ducted upon old-fashioned principles, has
all at once a magical activity. 7 hough the
ice has bound the currents of the water, it
has not stopped the circulation of blood.
The skating pond, and not the ball-room, is
the reigning sensation, and a rush of blood
to the feet is not half so dangerous as a rush
of blood to the head. Since our ladies have
taken to skates, progress has become ten
times more fascinating, and the weather is a
great deal warmer. They care so little for
the cold, that they have given the ice the
cut direct ; and now the old allegorical,
shiver-faced winter must resign his throne,
and give place to some rosy beauty with a
bonnet on. At the Corinthian pond on
Saturday quadrilles and cotillions were
skated to music, and " chasing the glowing
hours with flying feet," received an inter
pretation of which Byron did not dream.
On with the dance 1 To young gentlemen
and ladies the ice is fairly broken, and there
is no danger of drowning.
Skating has its gossip, and we are told
that the family of General MEADE are
among the earliest and most accomplished
lady.pioneers of skating. This brave
fashion has therefore brave leadership, and"
the ladies will of course be as victorious
over winter as our soldiers over the rebels.
WAEIHMOTON, D. C., Jan. to.
Non-Issue of Legal-Tender Currency.
Mr. Cilesz will not issue any more legal-tender
currency. This is his avowed purpose; and all who
know his firmness of character will not doubt that
he will adhere to his determination. It is not pro.
bable that any more five twenty bonds than the
amount already authorized will be issued.
The Death or Judge Caleb B. Smith.
The Secretary and Aasintant Secretary of the In.
terior, and the heads of the several bureaus, together
with all the employfe of that department, met in
the rotunda of the building, on Saturday afternoon,
and adopted suitable resolutions in view of the recent
decease of Judge CALEB B. SMITH, formerly Secre
tary of the Interior. As a further mark of ramped.,
Secretary Unarm ordered the Department to be
clored for business during the remainder of the day.
A. gentleman connected with the Navy Dep art
meet states that our vessels of war now in foreign
squadrons are about to be ordered home, and others
sent in their places. It is understood that those
now abroad will be replaced by some of our modern
ships, of imposing appearance. The Niagara may
probably go up the Mediterranean, with two or three
of our new screw sloops. The exigencies of the
blockade, and the necessities of home service, have
too long prevented us from being represented in
European waters by a force proportionate to our
immense navy. Henceforward, however, we may
have five or six ships up the Straits. f course,
the important duty devolving on our vessels abroad
will render it impossible for them to return until
they are actually relieved.
Meeting of Democratic Congressmen—
Gold and Silver Payments.
The Democratic and Conservative members of
Congress met on Saturday evening at the Capitol,
the Hon. Jonn L. Dawsorr in the chair, and unani
mously adopted the following important resolutions
offered by Jarriss Buooxe, of New York :
Whereas, Gold and silver is paid to our ministers,
consuls, and commissioners representing the nation
in foreign countries, and gold and silver only are re
ceived from the people at the custoan•houses in pay
ment of duties; and whereas, the people are taxed to
pay the capitalists their interest in specie on their
investments in the national debt ; therefore be it
R(solved, That the officers, soldiers, and sailors in
tt.e army and navy should be paid in gold or silver,
or 'heir equivalents to amount.
ret be it also resolved, That the chairman of this
meeting be instructed to prepare amendments to the
army and navy bills to this effect.
The following resolution, from a committee ap•
pointed to consult upon the political matters likely
to come before Congress, was also adopted:
Resolved, That the President/a proclamation of the
Bth of December, 1863, is unwise, inexpedient, revoin•
tionary, and unconstitutional, and is, therefore, din.
approved.
Capture of a Rebel Schooner.
The Navy Department has been advised of the
capture of the rebel schooner Marshall G. Smith
by the gunboat Kennebec. She was discovered
about eighteen mile. east of Mobile Point, at night,
when chase was given. Discovering the Kennebec,
she changed her course and hauled into the land. A
shell was fired, and the vessel then was approached
and boarded. She was from Mobile bound to
vane, with a cargo of 260 bales of cotton and turpen.
tine. Her manifest and other paper* had been
threwn overboard previous to her capture.
Promotion of Colonel Underwood.
Colonel Unnze.woon, of the 33d Massachuaetts,
who was severely wounded at Lookout Mountain,
Ilea in a critical condition a Nashville. He was
highly complimented by General Hoortnn, Senator
WiLsorr interested himself to have him appointed
brigadier general, and today the commission was
forwarded.
The statement that S. M. OLAme, the chief of the
note bureau in the Treasury Department, has been
suspended from duty, is totally without foundation,
and there is authority for the denial. There will
probably be a vigorous examination as to the mo•
tire of the author of the report.
From Cumberland, Md.
A private telegram from Cumberland, Md., re.
ceived tonight, says all is quiet, and the railroad
is perfectly safe, and the trains are running as
usual.
The Solicitor of the War Department expressed
the opinion that, with the existing laws, further
legislation will be necessary in order to secure the
enrolment of eleven in the loyal States. No enrol
ment of slaves hat thus far been made without an
agreement with their masters. A bill will soon be
introduced to meet the requirements of the case.
(3wrw's offence in the treasury is said to be a di
version of seventy thousand dollars of public money
from the payment of presses and materials pur
chased for his bureau, into his own pocket. The de
tectives have traced paper and ink from the bank
note printing department, in which he and
another were principal employeEs, directly to
counterfeiting establishment in New Jersey. There
was produced the flood of fraudulent postage cur
rency that exercised the Department last summer.
Gen. Humpriparra having been appointed a mem
ber of the National Scientific Convocation, is at
tending its sessions in Washington.
Johnston's Island.
The ice has rendered Johnston's Island no longer
an island, and fears have been entertained of a new
attempt on the part of the rebel officers at that point
to effect their escape. To meet any movement of
this kind, a large force has been forwarded to that
point.
The Trial of Surgeon General Hammond.
The Evening Star says the President has ordered a
court martial for the trial of Surgeon General Ham
storm, under charges of fraud and malpractices
brought by the Commission that not long since ex
amined into the attain of his office.
Ae it is known that a number of persons claiming
to represent the .science and philanthropy of the
country have been exerting themselves here, as a
committee to procure a prejudgment against the in
tegrity of the commission instituting the charges,
as well as against the character of its individual
members, we may not improperly add that Prefer-
SOTS AGAEBIZ and PIERCE, whose names are found
among the alleged signers of the paper or address,
have already taken occasion to repudiate it, upon
the ground that they never designed their names
Should be used in any such way or for any Bush pur
poses as those in which the manager or managers of
the effort to prevent a due investigation of the Sur
geon General's official oonduct, have undertaken
to use them.
Five or six hundred persons have already applied
for passes to attend sales of confiscated land in the
South. The War Department will not furnish such
persons with transportation.
A Raid Over Ice.
If this cold weather continues, the Potomac will
be frozen over firmly, so that a rebel raid across into
lower Maryland may be possible.
Four men were on Saturday committed to the Old
Capitol Prison.. They claimed to be refugees from
Virginia, and had on their persons a large amount
of gold, as well as a considerable sum of money in
Southern bank notes.
Hon. GEOECIE W. JULIAN, a Representative from
the Fifth district of Indiana, improved hie holiday
visit by marrying Miss LAURA. the youngest daugh
ter of old Mr. Grnormos, now our consul general in
Canada. A. great wedding is to come off here in a
few weeks, at which the President will give away
the bride.
Personal.
General Maras and General Dix were at the War
Department yesterday.
CAIRO, Jan. S.—The steamer Fanny, from 'Mem
phis, which she left on Monday evening, has arrived,
with 187 bales lot cotton for St. Louis. She experi•
cooed great difficulty in ascending the river on an.
count of the floating ice. The weather is now mo•
aerate.
BOSTON, Jan. 9—Midnight.—The royal Mail steam.
ship Africa, from Liverpool via Halifax, has been
signalled below, and, in consequence of the ice, she
will not be able to arrive at her dock till daylight.
Her advicep have been received by telegraph tram
Halifax.
thricamerr, Jan. 9.—Governor Bramiette, of
Kentucky, sent a message to the Senate yesterday,
urging the immediate necessity for Rising troops
for the State defence.
A Vessel Burned by a 'Rebel Pirate.
POILTLAND, Jan. 0.--The ship Tonquin, Dupont,
master, for Havre, was burned by a rebel pirate
'mid on October 26th, in latitude 10 mouth, and
longitude 22 west.
Accident on the New Jersey Railroad.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—The 6 o'clock A. M. train from
Philadelphia, when near Burlington, this morning,
ran off the track, causing a detention of some three
quarters of an hour. The cause of the accident was
an obstruction of some kind on the rail. The for
ward passenger oar was pretty well smashed, but
none of the passengers were hurt. '
The Skating Sensation.
WASHINGTON.
Our Foreign Naval Squadrons.
A Contradiction.
The Enrolm ent of Slaves.
The Grwin - 1 , " rand.
Gen. Humphreys.
The Confiscations.
Committed.
Hyutenial.
From Cairo and Memphis.
The Steamer Africa at Boston.
The Defence of Kentucky.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
CAPTURE OF A VOTED GUERILLA'
Restoration of a Disgraced Cavalry Regiment.
0xii.r999.9. C. H., Jan. 9
[Special Despatch to The Press. 3
It snowed heavily last night, but to day it is bright
and warm. To-day, the noted guerilla lllcCoWan
and three of his men were captured by Forrest'm
New York Cavalry Regiment, now reconnoitring in
the direction of Sperryville. They left here in good
humor, General Pleasonton having ordered their
regimental colons and guidons to be restored. Last
October, they were deprived of their flags on account
of diegraceful conduct at Raccoon Ford, on the Re.
pidan. Since then, their behavior has been so com
mendable that they have regained their forfeited
colors. DUB.
COURT.MARTIAL SENTENCES
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Jan.
10.—In pursuance of the sentence by general court.
martial, Litutenants Isaac W. Whitemyer, 19th
Indiana; Thom. A. Dorwart, 116th Pennsylvania:
Edward F. Conway,llst New York ; Chas. Slavin,
hat New York; John B. Hare, '12.1 New 'Y ork ;
Thomas McNamee, 4th New York ; and Albert
Reinert, 624 New York, have been dismissed the
service.
The !Sentences of death, for desertion, in tho cases
of privates John Wilson, 71st Pennsylvania; Jas.
Lane, 71st New York ; Jos. W. (Milton, 6th New
Jersey ; Ira Smith, 11th New Jersey; and Allen G.
Maxon, let Michigan Infantry, have been approved,
and the executions fixed for the 29th inst.
Surgeon Jonathan Letterman, United States
army, for the last eighteen months medical director
of this army, has been relieved, at his own request,
and ordered to Philadelphia.
Everything is quiet. The weather is intensely
cold at night, and ice forms nightly over an inch in
thickneis.
THE WAR IN WEST VIRGINIA.
Retreat of the Rebels f.om About Cum-
beriand, Md.—Despatch front Gen. 'Melly.
WASoentrrotr, „Tan. B.—Since the receipt of the
newspaper telegram early thin morning announcing
the appearance of Fitz Lee and Imboden with a
rebel column, threatening Petersburg and Cumber.
land. Md., the Star we a despatch has reached the
headquarters of the army in this city, direct from
General Kelly, crating that the rebels have retreat
ed from those vicinities.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 9.—Reliable .information from
Cumberland, hid., this morning, says, "There are no
rebels in the vicinity of Cumberland. They have
retreated from the neighborhood of Petersburg, and
have gone in the direction of Staunton.
"All is quiet along the whole line of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, and the trains are running regu
larly."
DESPATCH FROM GEN. KELLEY TO GOV
A. J. BOREIYIAN
OIJMBICRLAND, 14Td., JIM. 7, 1861.
A despatch just received from Col. Thoburn, cone
mending at Petersburg, informs me the rebel force
threatening him for several days past, has retreated
toward the Shenandoah Valley. The force was a
formidable one; consisting of three brigades—Lee's,
Walker's, and Roaser'e—all under the command of
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
Deserters report that it was the intention of Lee
to capture the garrison at Petersburg, take New
Creek.and Cumberland, destroy our atoms, and break
the railroad by burning the bridges, r4o.
I am happy to inform you that the great raid un.
dertsjien by General Early, in retaliation for our
late movements in this department, has thus far re.
suited in a complete failure, or fizzle. An empty
wagon train of Col. Thoburn's, returning from
Petersburg, was captured by a portion of the ene
rol,s forces. With this exception, they have not
thus far been able to inflict upon us any injury.
Many deserters are coming in, and our cavalry are
picking up many stragglers. •
The railroad is safe, and train. are running regu
larly. The weather is cold, and the snow is several
inches deep. B. F. KELLEY, •
FORTRESS MONROE,
Escaped Prisoners.
FORTREEf3 MOITROB, MID. B.—A snow storm com
menced here last evening, and still continues up to 10
O'clock this evening.
The schooner R. W. Froth sprung sleek at sea, and
had to to throw the largest part of her cargo (coneist
ing of salt) overboard.
Two deserters from the nth Georgia Regiment and
one from a Virginia regiment. came into our lines,
via Suffolk, yeeterday.
Sergeant 11/Ley ere, ;Of the 11th Pennsylvania Cav
alry, has been sentenced by a court•martial to be shot
to death, at such time and place as Gen. Getty may
decide.
The schooner Lola Montez, from Cape Cod, was
dragged into one of the RlllOl2lll frigates this morn
ing; and lost her mainmast by coming in contact with
the bowsprit of the frigate.
The steamer Sophia, from New York, bound to
New Orleans, came into Hampton Roads this after
n c on for repairs.
FORTIMS Moulton, Jan. 9.—G-en. Butler returned
to Fortress Monroe bust evening.
- Allahe veered' that were, reported as having ar•
rived here during the peat week sailed this after
..
noon.
The engineer and two firemen who ware captured
from the Star of the West escaped from a Richmond
prison and arrived here to-day.
The following vessels passed the U. S. guard-ship
Young Boyer, last evening, and came into Hampton
Roads, for harbor:
Sebr.Danaviata, Captain Sandere, St. Marys to
New Haven.
Sohr. Idler. Captain Fish, Pokomoke to N. York.
Sohn R. W. Froth, Captain Hawthorn, Turk
Maud to Baltimore.
it... War. Western Orel Fort, Captain McLane, Port.
/and to Washington.
Schr. M. Nichols, Captain soon, Machias to
Washington.
Schr. Win. H. Lawson, Captain Snow, York
River to New Yoik.
Schr. Mary Snow, Captain Atwood, Boston to
Tangfiers.
Schr. Wm. H. Atwood, Captain Foster, Boston to
Deals Island.
Schr. Chief, Captain Ryder, New York to Deals
bland.
Schr. Charlatan Jayne, Captain Burlum, Batt-
Moore to New York.
Adelma, Captain Lound, Calais, Me., to
Baltimore.
Sam. M. Rodgers, Captain Abrams, Nantucket to
New York.
Schr. E. A. Crozier, Captain Jones, New York to
York River.
Schr. Delia B. Strong, Captain Tyler, New York
to Washington.
Schr. L. Sweeney, Captain Decker, Tangiers to
Boston.
_
Sehr. Fanny Baker, Captain Byron, Tangiers to
Boston.
Rehr. J. B. Roster, Captain Houghton, New York
to Washington.
Sehr. Agate, Captain Hange, Tangiers to Bost&.
U. S. schooner Recruit, In for harbor.
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE,
Re.enlistment of Veterans—Oiler Against
Guerilla Sympathizers.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 9.—A special despatch from
Chattanooga, dated the 4th, says that the 41st Ohio
arrived from Knoxville on the way home on fur
lough, having re.enlisted as veterans. The 19th Ohio,
all but one man, re-enlisted. All of the 51st Ohio
re enlisted. The 4th and 6th Kentucky Cavalry go
home to•morrow.
Wheeler's rebel guerillas are very quiet since their
lad defeat.
Gen. Thomas his issued an order assessing the
rebel sympathizers living within ten miles of the
scene of the recent killing of three Delon soldiers,
near Mulberry, Tenn., by guerillas, in the sum of
szo,ooo, to be divided among the families of J. W.
°mutt and Dwight Murray, of the 9th Ohio Bat
tery, and George Jacobs, of the 22d Wisconsin.
NASSAU.
Movements of Blockade Runners—toss of a
Philadelphia Vessel
Nz.w Yana . , Tan. 10.—The steamer Gov. Bayley,
from Nassau, N. P., with dates to tho 4th instant,
has arrived.
The rebel steamer Lucy, with cotton, arrived at
Nassau on the 21st ult.
The bark J. J. Philbriok, from Philadelphia for
Key Wert, with coal, was totally lost on the tith
nit, on the Grand Bahamas. The captain and
crew bad arrived at Naseau.
The Gov. Bayley was overhauled by a Federal
cruiser on her outward passage.
The Nassau Guardian states that Mr. Wolf , ' pro•
perty siezed on the Corsica has been given up on the
demand of Lord Lyons, and that Wolf has com
menced an action for damages against the United
stater.
The rebel steamer Pet sailed on the 26th lilt. for
Wilmington, N. C. The steamers Don, Lucy, Ro
themay, Castle, and Beudego all sailed on the lath
Ult. for the same port.
L.. The U. S. steamer Sonoma wee atiLittle Stirrup
Key on the afternoon of the 29th, and observing a
steamer fifteen miles to the eastward, went 14 pur
suit of her.
The steamers; W. Dayrell and Albauce sailed for
Wilmington on the 2d of January.
THE CIIESAPEAKI PIR&CY.
INTERESTING JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
HALIFAX, N. S., Jan. B.—The cue of the steamer
Chesapeake was commenced in the Admiralty Court
this morning, Hon. Judge Stuart, C. 8., presiding,
Hon. J. W. Johnston, Advocate General, represent
ing the Crown, with W. A. D. Morse as counsel for
the owners of the Chesapeake, and J. W. Ritchie,
Esq., counsel for the Confederates.
The Judge stated that the cause was entertained
upon the ground that the seizure of the vessel was a
piratical act. His opinion was that the vessel
ought to be given up to her owner..
Mr. Ritchie asked the judge to contemplate the
probability of an application for the poseeniori of
the vessel on the part of the Confederates.
His Honor declared that he' would not entertain
anything of the kind.
Mr. Ritchie then gave his interpretation of the
law upon the validity of the seizure, contending
that any citizen of the Southern Confederacy, with:,
or without a commission, has an absolute right to
seize any vowel belonging to the Federal., and it
would be a lawful prize.
The Advocate General mid he felt some difficulty
in bringing the case - into URN court, as there was a
pretence of her being a lawful prize ; but there was
prima facie evidence to show that the capture was
an act of piracy. ilia opinion was that tlie vessel
should be delivered over to her owners. Without
further proceedings, the court was adjourned till the
13th instant.
A Vessel Burned by a Rebel Pirate.
PORTLAND, Jan. 9.—The ship Tarquin, Dupont,
roaster, for Havre, was burned by a rebel pirate yes.
eel on Ootober 26th, In latitude 10 deg. south, and
longitude a 2 deg. west.
Death of Admiral Storer.
BOSTON, Jen. e..--Admirel Storer. U. S. N.% cli,l
at Pottimouth. N. IR.; yeatecday:
Arrival of n Rebel Senator with Orders
from Jeff Davis—A Jewish Spy—lmpor
tant Order of Glen. iSmalco — TfAs Pewit-
dent's Amnesty Proclamation
Oran°, Jan. 10.—The steamer Forsyth, from Mem•
phis, bas arrived, with dates to the'rth, She brings
247 bales of cotton.
. .
The Little Rook Democrat, of the 26th ult., says
Senator Mitchell recently returned front R ichmond
with orders from .Teff Davis which created Con
siderable stir in the rebel camps.'
Lieutenant Green, with a detachment of the 3d
Federal Arkansas Cavalry, en route for Fort Smith,
was attacked, a few days since, by the rebel Colonel
Rail. The enemy was whipped, and the oolonel and
nine men were captured.
Captain Napier, of the Name regiment, had a fight
with the rebels recently in Yellow county, and cap
tured Lieut. Barrett and fifteen men.
A Jew, named Morrison, who has been travelling
up and down the river, remesenting himself as an
agent of the New York . Associated Press and cor
respondent of several newspapers, has been arrested
at Memphis and lodged in the Irving prison. Papers
were found on him proving him an imposter and fat
plicating him as a rebel spy.
The steamer Continental, from New Orleans, with
dates to the tat inst., has arrived. She brings 20
bales cotton, 665 pounds sugar, and 940 barrels mo
lasses. She met ice 60 or 10 miles below Helena,
something almost unheard of.
General Banks had issued a general order incorpo
rating the amnesty proclamation of President Lin
coln and such parts of the President's message as
explain its limits end regulate the same. The oath
of allegiance prescribed by the President to be taken
by those accepting the pardon, is also embodied in
the order. General Banks informs the people that
all who are desirous of doing so can take the oath at
once, and all provost marshals are instructed to ad
minister it.
The Era says the last night of the old year.was the
colds a, ever known in that latitude.
Cotton—Middling 72 raeia ; strictly do. 74; good ;
middling fair '76@79 ; fair •iii@)Bo.
FORT SsilTir, Arkansas, Jan. 6.—Lieut. W. A.
Brittain, of King's Third Arkansas Regiment, at-
Cached to Fagin's rebel brigade, came into our lines
to-day, with a squad of his command. He left
Prices headquarters at Longwood, twenty miles
west of Golden, on Christmas.
General Holmes was in command of the Texas•
Mississippi Itebel *Department.
Price commands the army in the field, which is es
timated at 17,000 strong. but Brittain says the entire
effective rebel force. outside of Texas, does not ex.
teed 13,000 men. Of Price's Missourians only about
3,000 or 4,000 remain, and but few of these are part
of the army be took out of Missouri. The vete•
rens of Lexington and Pea Ridge are mostly in
their graves. The Missouri troops are Shelby's ca
valry and Parsons' infantry brigades, mostly new re
cruits, conscripts, and bushwackersrecentlyjoined.
Gen. Steele has been superseded in command of
the rebel department of the Indian territory by Brig-
Gen. Maxey. Gen. Gano is another new Texan
General who has had command of the rebel troops.
They have issues of only fresh beef and corn meal,
with one ration of flour per week. They are badly
clothed, have no tents, and suffer greatly.
The reports of the Federal successes in Texas, and
Gen. Banks' possession of the Rio Grande, created
great gloom among the rebels. Rumors of the issue
of President Lincoln's amnesty proclamation are
also having an effect throughout their ranks, and
desertions were frequent. The officers were pro
mising that the General would make a speedy ad
vance northward to keep them quiet.
Many well. informed cflicere were of the opinion
that Prise would move his column upon Little Rook,
and Maxey, with another, on Fort Smith"
The weather here bee been the coldest ever known,
The thermometer has ood ten to fifteen degrees be-
low zero for several days, and mow has fallen six
inches deep. Our cavalry crossed the river on the
ice, and intercepted the rebel mail. The captured
letters speak of an immediate advance of their
forces northward as probable.
IMPORTANT DATES FROM TEXAS.
Brigadier General.
The Rebels Concentrating their Forces.
RE••ENLISTMENT OF VETERANS.
Navy YORK, Tan. 10.—The steamer Columbia, from .
New Orleans, with dates of the ad inst., has arrived.
The following is the latest intelligence.
Nam 011.1. BANS, Jan. 3-7 A. M.—lnformation has
reached here, from three or four directions, that all
the rtbel troops which have been operating, in
Western Louisiana, on the banks of the Mississip•
pi, and, in fact, the whole force of the enemy, arc
gathering in Central Texas, and uniting to form one
large army, to attack our new acquisitions on the
coast of Texas. They will number at least 20,000
men. The most ample preparations have been
made to meet this force, as well as possible, with a
number. of the troops in this department.
There will soon be news of great interest front
Texas.
-The 19th Army Corps still remains at New Iberia.
Nearly every regiment has re•enlisted as veterans.
An agent of Connecticut, at New Iberia, is paying
every man from that State who re•enlists three hun•
dred dollars. The 12th Connecticut regiment re•en•
listed en mime.-
Rebel Defences on Brazos Rlver—lllagra
MATAGORDA, Dec. 20 S'eventy-ftve miles north
of Pase Cavallo the Brazos river enters the Gulf of
Mexico. This is one of the finest streams in the
State r and flows through its most thickly-populated
and highly. cultivated counties. The river has ano
ther and more powerful claim upon our attention.
Prom the Gulf it affords ready access to vessels en.
gaged in contraband traffic with the enemy, and is,
also, a secure haven against the terrific " northers' ,
for which Texas and this part of the Gulf are quite
famous. Brazos river presents, also, the first na
tional obstacle to the progress of an army moving
northward. Not forgetful of these facts, the enemy
has determined to make a defence of the river. Upon
its eolith bank, at its mouth, stands the small town
of Quintana, numbering about twenty-five houses,
of all kinds, and, it is said, quite a number of Witt
bitante, considering the timer. At this place the
enemy has erected a redoubt, mounting two guns,
and has also here established a garrison for ire de.
fence, and infantry for its support. Opposite Quin
tana; north of the liver, is situated Velasco, a town
of the size of the other. Here the enemy has con
structed his [main fort, which mounts three guns,
and has also assembled here a suitable force.
Whether the enemy has any other communication
between these two points than by small boats has not
been learned.
From numerous unquestionable- sources we are
advised of the great unpopularity of Magruder.
The charges laid against him are acts of tyranny
and oppression and most gross immoralities. The
character of his rule is very clearly sustained by the
proclamations he has published within the last
month in relation to a line of duty to be carried out
by the citizens of Texas. Indeed, it is a question
whether he is doing more for the cause of the rebel
lion or the Union. The popular voice of Texas
never heartily sided with the insurrection, and
there is little doubt whether their action in the fu
ture will not tend boldly for the restoration of the
authority of the National Government.
One of the acts of Magruder's severe rule was an
order to the citizens of Powder Horn, Indianola,
and Lavaeca to destroy their towns in order to pre
vent them from falling into the hands of our forces.
The citizens, however, did not feel disposed to obey.
at d armed themselves to resist any attempt to carry
the order into effect. Three consecutive nights and
days did the inhabitants of those places patrol their
streets. Fortunately no effort was made to carry
out Magruder's instructions; otherwise there would
have been an Immediate disruption of the present
apparently peaceable state of affairs.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9.—The aggregate business
of the week ham been large, particularly as regards
alcohol, sugar, and syrup. The general markets
since New Year's Day have bean firmer, with con
rieerable animation.
The political contest in Nevada Territory Was be.
coming intensely exciting. The clause in the con.
atitution, permitting the taxation of the miners, is
furiously assailed, and though there is a general de
she to have a State Government organized as
speedily as possible, the indications are that the
constitution win be rejected by the popular vote.
San Pnatserseo, Jan. 10.—Arrived—Steamer
zaba, from Panama.
Surveyor Andrews, suspecting L.' J. Olmstead,
of Yonkers, of being engaged in the contraband
trade of sending goods to the rebels by way of Ha
vana and Nassau, he was arrested, on the 4th inst.,
on that charge. Three special aids proceeded to
Yorkers and investigated the facts, and were sub•
sequently authorized to arrest him and seize his
Imperil. Among the papers some were found which
had unmistakably run the blockade. Olmstead , a
family reside at Yonkers ; but for the last two years
he has been spending the chief part of his time in
Havana, where he pretended to be engaged in some
public work ; but it appears he had agents in Havana
end Nassau, who were sending good. forwarded to
them to the rebels. Devier was his agent in Havana,
and he shipped goods ta Wilmington and elsewhere
in the Confederacy. Saunders & Long were his
agents in Nassau. Olmstead was about leaving for
Havana when :kneeled. He has been handed over
to the United States Drenthe' for safe keeping.—
Herald.
DOES any one believe that, if the Democrats had
carried Pennsylvania, last October, and if they had
seventeen Senators to sixteen, and one of their
Senators were a prisoner at Richmond, and the
Senate thereby tied, so that it could not be organ
ized, Mr. JefF Davis would refuse to exchange that
Senator for one of his own officers, so as to let the
Democrats organize the Senate and go ahead?
if any one does believe this, will he please to make
it manifest 7—Tribune,
TDB SANDWICH IBLANDS.—The providence Jour•
nal remarks upon the approaching extinction of the
population of the Sandwich Islands, and says :
" It will soon become a gnettion of importance to
&termite into whole haring the Islands shall fall."
The Journal itself then proceeds very gracefully
to settle this question :
"They ought to come to us, whenever the time ar.
rives for them to give up their independence:,
•
The story that has been going the rounds, s,
al
leging that George D. Ptentiee, of the Louisville
J00772A had become so intemperate that the proprie
torsbip and editorship of that paper had passed from
his hands, is denied on authority.
SEATING AT TIIE PARR.—During Friday
and Saturday last the Park at Thirty.tiret and Wet.
nut streets was in fine condition for skating, and
thousands erjoyed the invigorating exerctie. The
ramie presented on Saturday afternoon was varied
and exciting, and the ludicrous gyrations of new
beginners afforded =tole merriment. For the pur
pose of preventing all inufroprieties, and adding to
the comfort and pleasure of the patrons of the Park,
the managers have adopted a number of rules, and
have secured the service. of an efficient police force
for the preservation of order. Persons without
skates are not permitted on the ice. The excellent
arrangements, superintended by Mr. William F.
Van Hook, are calculated to make the Park one of
the moat attractive features of our city during the
peiod of the cold weather.
FIIII3.—A slight fire took place yesterday
afternoon, at No. 1414 Santora street. The dsmsge
may [Mug.
ARKANSAS ANO LOUISIANA.
ORDER OF GENERAL BANKS
FROM PORT SMITH
DEPARTMENT OF TRH GULF.
TEXAS.
der's Unpopularity
SAN FRANCISCO.
The Contraband Trade.
IRTTIR FROM HiRRISBIIRO.
The Majority in the Senate will not 'Wield
—Rumored Exchange of Senator White—
Senator Lowry in Washington — Mr Lin
coin Sustained by the Legislature — The
Dela yof Business—The Bounty Et Heenan —
The Object of the Opposition—The Pro
babilitiet.
CCorreepoodenca of The Prase
HAIII3IBIII7nff, Jan. 9, 1864.
The Senate is yet at a dead lock. Neither party
seems disposed to yield, and thus time runs along,
and the Democracy are adding the finishing strokes
to the grave of their party. They killed it long ago.
Union Senators will never yield to the demands
of the minority. Of this you may assure the loyal
millions of the country. The public will not dia
-1 appointed by their action. In the language of Sena
tor itdotlandleee, they will set in their meal until
dhomsday before they will consent to yield to
minority, which is now talfieg advantage of one of
the calamities of war. Union Senators are a unit
upon this point. There will be no Wavering, and
the Copperheads are calculating without their host
if they expect anything else.
It was rumored in town yesterday, that the rebel
authorities had offered to exchange Senator White
for a general of theirs who is now in our hands, and
that they would release him on parole, until the
exchange was consummated. The Union Senators
united in recommending to the War Department the
necessity of accepting their proposition, and Senator
Lowry left here yesterday afternoon, to confer with
the authorities at Washington, confidently hoping
to accomplish the object of his misidon. It has been
sugeated that J'eff Davis is ashamed of the so ,ion of
his Northern friends, and that he demirel to end the
Senatorial lame as soon as possible. This rumor
may be unfounded. Yon have it for what it is
worth. But, of one thing the Democrat:fp may rest
assured, when the Senate has a new organization, it
will befeunded upon a Union basis, unless prevented
by the calamities of war or the dispensetions of
Providence.
A circular has neen signed by the Union members
of the Senate and House of Representatives, en•
dotting the war policy and general conduct of the
Administration, and cordially recommending Abra
ham Lincoln as the proper person for the next Presi
dent of the United States.
Much important business will be before the present
Legielature, all of which is delayed by the factious
opposition of the Democracy. A bill should be passed
at once for the payment of a State bounty, in order
that our volunteers may receive as much as our
ncighbOring Staten are paying theirs. In my opinion,
One of the main reasons for their unoaUed for opposi
tion is the hope of staving off a vote upon quote
Hon. A Democratic member of the Heuer) told me,
yesterday, that "he would not vote a single dollar
for the payment of bounties; that each county
should raise her own volunteers, and pay them."
His party, while professing an unconditional loyalty,
never neglect an opportunity of embarrassing the
country. Last winter, the House was flooded with
remonstrances from Democratic counties against le
galizing the nits of the commissioners who had paid
county bounties. And now, they are for local bourn
ties! Axe they not jewels of consistency 1 The
simple truth is, they are determined to oppose the
Government, and never neglest an opportunity of
throwieg cold water upon everything which has for
its object the reinforcement of our armies, the crush
_
ing out of armed rebellion, or that tends to add to
the dignity of our Government, or the enforcement
of its laws. Their patriotism is too cheap. Loyal
men regard it with suspicion.
LI do charge the Democratic party with being die
loyal. They say they , are not. But I must submit,
with all due respect, that their course gives but
little aid and comfort to the country. Suppose the
Senate is not organized, and that Speaker Penney is
holding hie piece in defiance of law, and that the
present state of things should exist upon the 19th,
the day fixed by the Constitution for the inaugura
tion, who can administer the oath of office to Gov.
Curtin? It has been more than once reported that
their object is to stave off an organization beyond
that day, and by force or intimidation prevent him
hom resuming the executive chair. Can anything
else be inferred from their actions? If the Speaker
had resigned the day the Senate convened, they
would have had it all their own way, and might have
been able to inaugurate "a speck of war."
The country is under many obligations to Speaker
Penney for his conduct in such a delicate position.
He has not disappointed his friends or the people,
nil has upon this occasion, as upon all others,
proven fully equal to the emergency. Had he yield
ed, who can tell Wbat would have been the result?
If Senator White returns, there may be a new
election. If not, the oath of office will be adminite
tered by the present Speaker, and the country will
sustain him. FRANK.
11EW :YORK.
Henry Robbery in the Sixth Ward—A Safe
Car Tied. on!
Naw YOBB, :ran. 9.—At a late hour on Thursday
night ?owe adroit and expert thieves enteres the
frOnt room of the premises No. 60 Hiatt street, oc
cupied by Dirs. Rachel Newton, by means of false
kepi, ant- while the occupant was asleep in the
back room, they carried oft's small safe in the apart
ment. The safe contained $2OO in Mill ;a- gold
watch and chain, valued at $l9O ; a diamond breast
pin, valued at $3OO ; a gold ring, valued at $3O; a
bank-book, on the Chambers-street Savings Bank,
for $lOO, and a United States five-twenty bond for
$l,OOO.
The thieves, it appears, had a home and wagon at
the door of the premises, into which they placed
the safe, and drove off. The hone and wagon were
subsequently found some distance from the place,
backed up in front of- a house. No clue has yet
been obtained to the thleveii but Captain Jourdan, -
of the Sixth precinct, has the matter in charge, and
has hopes of ferreting out the perpetrators. The
husband of Mrs. Newfelt is a sutler in the army,
and the wife feels very much the loss of the valu
ables.
THE BONDS FOR BLOCKADE RIINNEES—ARREST OF
THE PRIVATE SECRETARY TO THE COLLECTOR OP
NEW YORK.
.From the N. T. Tribune .
It will be remembered that United States Mar
shed billrrny . Rustle the arrest several dar-s since of
Louis Benjamin, on the charge of having shipped
goods lo Nassau, the ultimate destination of Which
was for the South. Benjamin was at once sent to
Fe r t Lafayette, and all tne papers found in his office,
his o.ffice irate, account.books, letter-books, he.,
taken pnasession of by the Marshal. The safe was
found securely locked, and there was very little in
the papers and books found that could be considered
evidence of the prisoner's guilt. Nothing was
ke own of the contents of the safe, but Maraud
Murray was convince dit would be policy to know
just what it did contain, and on Tuesday afternoon
succeeded in opening it.
The check. hook of Benjamin was found inalde,
with marginal references, showing that a number
of checks nad been drawn in favor of A. K. Palmer,
Collector Barney's private secretary, for sums vary.
ing from $l5O to $250 each. There were some other
papers found, tending to show considerable inti
macy between the parties, and one of these in Pal
mer's handwriting, on the official paper of the Cus
tom Rouse, read : •
DEAR BEN4AMIN: Send me $l5O immediately.
I will use it at once.
" Yours,. _ PALMER"
. - .
It is stated that Benjamin was in the habit of shin
ping goods to Nassau in some other name; that he
would then enter his own name in the bond as one
of the sureties that the goods should not go tato the
Coaftdersey. It is alleged that Palmer procured
the second bondsman (the law requiring two), and
that he accepted the name of Smalley, a clerk in the
(Mice, as the ;second surety. Another statement is
that Fmalley was induced to go upon the bond out
of friendship for Benjamin. In either case, Palmer's
position was such as to allow any name to pass that
tad once been approved by him, andje is stated that
he allowed these names to appear mind to pass for a
consideration. The full nature of the evidence
against him, however, is not fully known, and it
cannot be said with precision how much or how lit
tle he is implicated ; but there are important dom.
meats in the case 'and several papers in possession
of the marshal which have a bearing upon the entire
transactions of Palmer and others.
Tribune correspondence from the army of the
Potomac notices the melancholy event of the death
of Lieutenant Thomas J. Armstrong, of Pittsburg:
"Lieutenant Armstrong was universally beloved
by his brother officers for the many excellent traits
which. upon the long, tedious match, and amid the
Pie rce hours of the bloody conflict upon the field,
shone out from his unblemished character. Sicgtv
laxly modest, he possessed the undaunted courage of
a Christian soldier; and he leaves behind him a re
cord of patriotic heroism undimmed by a single min
demeanor, He came out as a private with tile first
tto ee• months troops, and at the first can for three
years troopa be again responded, re-entering the ser
vice as a first lieutenant in Company G, 23d Penn
iulvania Volunteers. May, 1863, he received an
appointment as aid-decamp on Brigadier General
itiesander Shalcr's ataff; commanding fat Brigade,
3d Division, 6th Corps, where he served with the
same distinction. Chaplain Shinn, of the 23d Penn
sylvania Volunteer., assisted by Chaplain Burk
hardt, of the 65th New YorU Volunteers, admints
tried the last solemn rites of Christian burial. in
the presence of a large number of stair and regi
mental officers, this morning, at Brandy Station,
Many of the officers rode several miles in the drift.
ing snowstorm to testify their. appreciation and
regard for the deceased by their presence on this
solemn occasion."
GOVERNOR SEYMOUR.—Governor Seymour, of
New York, whose first year'. atiministrption has
been condemned by 30.000 majority of Ins fallow
citizen., resumes his old monotonous task of abusing
every act, measure, and step taken by the Federal
Government toward suppressing the existing rebel
lion. lila argument., new and old, have come to be
r early devoid of public interest, Meanie his attl
tude of total opposition is taken for granted. It is
his political stock in trade, and he ls expected to
make the most of it. We-can only conceive of him
as passing the greater part of his time in thinking
over what he can say against each new measure
proposed at Washington ; and if, as sometimes
happens, the measure first proposed be dropped, and
another, quite unlike it, adopted, then he probably
cudgels his brains to see what can be said against
that. Of couple, he la successful in accumulating
a fund of objections, so that, as Governor of New
York, be has even more to say on topicalalling di
folly within the province of the President of the
United States than the President himself Perhaps
--obi any one think of it beforet—he is in training
for the Presicency.—Beaton Jotana.
A MAN BAKED TO DRAT/I.—The Newark (New
Jersey) Journal records the following : (in ia Curday
last a man named David Winston, employed in Sten.
gel's patent•leather manufactory, Plane street, was
missed from his work, and it was supposed that he
had left the premise s. On Tuesday, an unpleasant
smell was noticed in the vicinity of a large heated
chamber, and next day the smell increasing in Wren..
aliveness, one of the men in the factory entered the
archway to ascertain the cause, and there discovered
the body of Winston reclining against the wail.
The chamber was too hot to allow of the immediate
removal of the remains, but it was evident that the
unfortunate man had been literally baked to death.
He bad probably gone in for the purpose of warming
bin self, and was so overpowered by the heat as to be
unable to find his way out. The oven was cooled
off yesterday afternoon, and the body removed from
its awful tomb.
Public Entertainments.
NEW CHELSTNIM•STIIEBT THEATRE.--H'ile Vest
vali has recovered from a severe indisposition, and
will appear this evening as Caphein Henri de Lager
dare, in "The Duke.'s Motto," a drama of ineatima.
WO effect and interest, which thousands have seen,
but would ace again. Mlle Vestvall will endow all
the original music of her part, and sing, basidegthe
delightful music of "La Manola." how well she
is able to sing, how well to act, every one has heard,
and every one should know. Rarely are two re.
markable gifts combined With so much unqueation
able power as in Wile Vestvali; and we are well
assured that her real and full merit has been but
very partially! witnessed. "The Duke's Motto" is
lacking in no essential of theatrical interest. As
produced at the Uhestnutstreet Theatre it is a very
brilliant spectacle and an absorbing story. Mlle
VestVali Will give it double raseluatical.
GLUON MEETING IN CINCINNATI,;
SPEECH OF GFN. E. W. GANTT, OF BMW
GDNS. ROWLAND AND NEOLDI PBE SlitiT,
A large 'Union meeting assembled on the eveetu;
of the 7th, at Mozart Hell, Cincinnati, to hear the
oration of Professor McCoy. General Rosecrez,
presided, and beside him eat General Negley 9 44
General Gantt.
— The following letter was read amid great ai,,
plaute
CINCINNATI . , 0., Jan. G,
Mr. Jno. D Caldwell, Car. Sec. G. W. Fair:
SIB: Your kind note extending to me au oppo t ,
tunity to address the people of this city at alozart
011 Saturday night, for the benefit of the M c ',
and wounded soldiers, has reached me.
I regret to say that circumstances beyond myoon.
trol will deprive me of that pleasure.
Reciprocating your 'sentiments of friendly feelings
between. the people of our reapeetive States, I
hazard nothing in saying that In four months At.
Minims will resume her relations with the National
Government, under a Constitution excluding for
ever negro slavery from her aoU, as having been the
source of all her sufferings and calamities, and as
opening up a new pathway of wealth. power, and
progress, and that by another Neilson the fleets and
commerce of your noble city will be once more wet.
come visitors throughout all our borders.
For the sake of the bleeding and desolated South--
to shorten this terrible war—to restore order and
quiet in the land, and to uphold our noble national
edifice, I would implore you, and all Union men. to
speak no word of peace to my Southern brethren
save that which thunders from the mouth of every
cannon, or flashes from the point of every gleaming
sword. I say this because I know their leaders will
Bever permit them to yield until their armies are
dispersed In deadly conflict.
Your obedient servant,
E. W. GA NTT.
itir. Gantt was then called for by the audience.
who was introduced as a recent general in the rebel
army, but now an earnest advocate of the. Union
canes. Re was received with cheers, andasked
to Me excused from making a speech. But he
briefly referred to his connection With the
Southern army, his birth in the slave States,
his feelings and sympathies with those among
whom he. had lived all his days. But gradually
the impossibility of succeding in their struggle
forced itself upon bim, and be tried to be agent, to
occupy some obscure place, and let the great march
events roll on and work out the destiny of the
country. But, after a short time, he felt theet
such a course would be unmanly ; it would oe
cowardly to leave the masses of his fellow
citizens to suffer and fall under the terrible
despotism of Jeff Davis. He accordingly wrote
the appeal which had been so extensively
published in the North, and he was managed
it would work goad results in the South. Re war
determined, regardless of danger, to pursue the
Minnie he bad marked out for himself. Re had been
charged with ambition faroffice, and that his present
course was for the purpose of securing official dia.
tinotioe, but he disclaimed any such idea he
wanted no office, snd would receive none.
He then presented a hasty sketch of the relations
between the North and South, admitting that the
elaveholding States had sought the extension or
slavery, and when the North sought to circumscribe
it they determined to set up a government of their
Own. When the war broke out they flattered them
selves that they could keep it up longer than the
Nor , h, because their slaves could keep their armies
and families supplied with the necessaries of life,
while the North bad no such advantage. But the
proclamation of emancipation came out, and it was
destroying all their calculations.
In conclusion, the speaker inquired : What is the
philosophy of all this struggle as seen in the results
now developed/ It is, he answered, that God
Almighty intended that negro slavery should be de.
strayed, and it is being destroyed. This solemn
conviction of a recent advocate of slavery, who
had but just came out of the armies fighting
to sustain it, roused the enthusiasm of the audi
ence to an unwonted degree, and they cheered and
cheered again. lie contended that this was a great
national struggle to throw from itself a foreign ele.
merit, as the body in disease throws of the impuri
ties of the system. lie bad no doubt it" would sue-.
coed, and the nation in the future be mote home.
geneous sr d prosperous than ever before.
An Appeal from Wm. Cornell Jewett.
Naw Yourc, January 6th, 1864,
To (he Editor of The Press:
Sin : I ask for my country the publication of my
appeal herewith to the American people and to the
Church universal, In which I urge a conoentratioa
of efforts to restore American peace, upon a basis oC
the reestablishment of the Union, through an in.
partial tribunal, agreed upon by commissioners front
both the North and South, and the decision of which
tribunal to prove a solution of the position of Eu
rope and the world towards the South and the
National or Federal Government, as well as to
establish as just or unjust, the position of the South
towards the North for independence, and the pod
tion of the North towards the South for allegiance
to the Union and the freedom of the slave, thereby
basis secured for an honorale peace in accordance
with the judgment of the civilized world.
s. WK. CORNELL. JEWETT.
A national appeal io the American people and the
Church universal, urging an Independent Peoples
Convention, tor, first, an entreaty to the South to
meet the North in council for deliberation • second
ly, an appeal to the Northern people, shoZving the
necessity of uniting with the Administration and in
creasing the forces, for a euccessful proeecution of
the war, should the South refuse such offer; thirdly,
to unite upon a people's candidate for the Preal.
dency ; finally, urges the power of the Cauroh to
induce the people, Congress, and Government, to
maintain liberty, and secure a peace through con
ciliation rather than the sword.
" Hcpa ie 111 e the wings of an angel. soaring lITA to
Maven, and bears our prayers to the throne of. Clod.
"Anlcreal la proper for religion but the zeal of the
sword.
Truth, like tbe dew of tleaven to retain its parity:
must be deposited in a clean vessel."
I use these expressive lines, first, to show the
power of hope, accompanied with prayer, as efts.
tual as the faith of a grain of mustard seed to remove
mountains, and that yet peace may be restored to
my now desolate and bleeding country, through the
wisdom of deliberation ; secondly, to show the ma
nliest duty of the Church to urge concillation in
maintaining the American Union ; thirdly, to show
the American people, 'lke the dew of heaven, to
retain its forefatheripurity, requires a regenerated
Republic.
Pass over with me in solemn review the progress
of nations from the creation. Do you discover a
more elevated, transcendent, pure, and liberal form
of Government than the American? Do you find a
more desolate or more powerlets one from the now
uruortunate civil u artDo you find a combination
Of circumstances more clear, to show that unless
avoided, it must result in the entire destruction of
liberty upon the American continent, to the joy of
monarchs. and the distress of humanity 1 Moat sin
gular,
h,o, the position of England in connection
with this sad state of national matters, for, through
an acknowledement of the independence of the early
fathers, Engler's!, gave to nations and the world,
the unexampled position of America, while in a
refuter to join nations, in response to the invite
tion of France, to urge and entreat a peace, and
through her late refusal to join in a Congress of na•
tions—in which was intended to bring the American
question—she is not only responsible for the fearful
slaughter of human beings since, but for the new
sad position of America, and for European wars
that may lolloW a nomacceptsnce of the most Liu.
mane, most wise, and most timely effort of Nespolemn
to secure general peace and a partial disarmament
of nations. Oh, England, fearful indeed is your re
sponsibility to future ages ! Remember, proud in
deed is your position today before the world, and
humbled my country, but, may not, will not, the
day come when a just God will humble you In your
seillahness, while he will exalt America in renewed.
power?
It is to you, American people, and to the Church
universal. that I now appeal to sustain the Republic
through timely and just action. Do you, the people,
I say, think to what end is this war to come um.
checked Rave you no duty I Have you no re.
sponsibility I Will you heedlessly pursue your daily
business, and not heed the war in your midst, threat
ening the loss td your liberty, your wealth, your
power, your national pride, amid future desolation ?
I answer youhave a duty and responsibility to check
this war, through, first, humane efforts, that failing,
a powerful force. Your present position towards
the South is uncompromising, without even thejus.
iiticatiou of a knowledge that she refuses recognized
otters to treat for a peace. Your present pm ,
Wien from a disunited North, is weak, and you
must, for the safety of the Republic, first inaugu
rate a conciliation policy •, that not heeded, a
united North- must crush out the rebellion.
To effect this, I, under a due sense of respond•
bility to buniseity and to my country, do en.
'rein; for efforts so that the body of the people-.
outside of politicians and party—may be repre.
sleeted in an incependent people's Convention, for
the avowed puipose of, first, appealing to the South
to deliberate in council ; secondly, to unite with the
Administration and increase the forces; thirdly, to
select a Presidential candidate. Ijuetify Menne post.
Son as but due to the large army now in the field, 00th
North and South; thereby,if possible, peace establish
ed and blood cease to flow. Further, an accept•
once of so humane a position by the Southern people
is their only hope, now that Europe will not at present
mediate, and will under no circumstances recognize
the South, being satisfied in doing so it would be
declaration that the American nation had ceased to ,
exist—a precedent thereby for a portion of the pea ,
pie of any nation to rise up, and powerless to over.
throw the Government in a successful revolution,
claim independence ; finally, the impossibility of the
South conquering a united North. Secondly, /heal
the South not heed an Offer of the people to meet in
council, the then responsibility to unite with the
Administration and increase the forces, so that
the American nation may be maintained, and
the South conquered. Thirdly, the responsibility
of the people to maintain, either in war or peace,
the pure government given by our fathers, and
with& has become corrupt through statesmen
controlling for the last thirty years, and that
this seismal government can alone be main•
tained by a Presidential candidate direct from the
ranks of the people, who will know no party,
but alone his country, and who will eurround
himself with a Cabinet of the Cincinnatus
stamp. The distinguished French statesmen who
of hoe addressed the Loyal National League
of New York in vindication of Liberty, Union.
and the freedom of the slaves, asks why, foc
three years, so unheard. of, so desolating, and
bloody a war has been permitted—l answer, to
sweep from power. hoot influence, and t catter,.
amid civil war, corrupt Statesmen Who, b o t h North
and South, have been and are governed by self rather
than patriotism. Note how,. one by one, the reallyr
great American statesmen have p uled away. note
the withdrawal of statesmen front the Italie of Con
gress, note how their entire influence has passed
away from the councils of the North, with not due
today in whom the people have confidence, or would
elevate to power. With this state of things, in con.
nection with the war, is the pa p a oppor time, yea,
the obligation of the people to rise nd raise to
power a new order of statesmen to control a regene
rated republic.
To you, the representatives of the Churc upon
earth, who are responsible to the beat of your ability
to secure man's salvation, I appeal for your power.
Jul influence to secure peace. While your duty is
Manifest to urge the mediation of our Saviour for
man's eternal welfare, I hold it equally to be your
outy, from the command to seek peace and cod will
among men, to secure man's temporal welfare- amid
that peace and happiness which is a type of the
promise ;beyond. I have made three indepen.
cent peace missions to Europe, with a piety to
international action to induce a speedy pease. My
first mission resulted in the inauguration of me•
oiation by France. Illy second, through the
Co. operation of Ring LeOpfed, in the entire
favor of Governments to a friendly invitation
to America to cease the strife for arbitration, both.
however, the mediation position of Friona and the
subsequent favor; of continental governments, was
ineffectual, from the determined inactive position of
England. lily third trip witnessed a Congress [dna.
tions propoaition by Napoleon for general peace—
time mediation for nations as wee as America,
to which England was likewise Unfavorable. In
this state of things, on the 6th of December last, I
made an appeal through the Liverpool journals to
the Pepe of Rome to urge the Church universal to
join in efforts for American peace and for the Ms
cess of the congress of nations. Thus Slot was fol
lowed immediately by a delegation of workingmen
of Er gland proposing a mediation society for the
purpose of a memorial of 100,000 signature, of the
working classes to induce England to yield to the
desire of nations for friendly efforts to secure Ame
rican peace.
The Subsequent reply of the Pone to Na)bleous
favoring the Congress, insures Ids favor, while.
therefore, the mediating position is moving in Eve
rope, through Governmnts being interested in a
peace, and desirous to establish their position to
America, I now do appeal to you, the representative+
of the Church upon the American Continent, to use
your power to secure the action of the people, Con-
Fess and Government, to a peace, through wile and
just council.
You cannot refuse thin, in view of your own posh
}ion as reediatortito etnythewatfof the human raw.
With the mighty GOd, from the natural propeutti of
the heart to evil, rather thangood. •
WM, CORNELL Jawttt,