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TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1864.
f •WWeoMitaSenonottoeol unonjrmou* oomnm
-»ic»Hoiu. We do not return rejected manuiorlpto.
»-Voluntary oorreipondenoe loUolted from Ml
Sn».° f worldl »“ a etpeolMly from onr dlHisrant
tapaMfcr 4 MVal dep * rtm6nt *- When need, it will
The Foreign Policy or the United States.
The 'Secretary of State needs no better
defence of his foreign policy than the recent
debates in the British Parliament. His
Course is doubly vindicated by the attack
Upon the Palmerston Ministry and the state
ment of Lord Palmerston. In the first
place, the assertion of the English Tories
that the Ministers truckled to the United
States should at once silence those at home
■who accuse the United States of truckling to
Great Britain. The grand argument against
Lord Kussbli, is based upon the assumed
humiliation of England, in the affair of Mr.
Laird’s rebel rams, and this appears to be
the sole issue upon -which the parties meet
in Parliament. From this iact we may
fairly assume fhat whatever the disaffected
in America mp.j- say, English opinion does
not regard the United Stat-s Government as
deficient in resolution to state its wrongs,
Or the ability tt* secure its rights. In the
second place, the testimony of Lord Pal- ,
merston is emphatically given in favor of j
the justice of our demands, and the equity
and independence of our prize courts are
frankly ackaowlodged by him. “It is bat
due to the Government of the United States
to say that they have invariably received
our representations in a spirit of equity and
justice.” In proof of this the case of the
Trent ia cited, wherein the United States
yielded for the sake of a principle, and Mr,
Seward may refer to the stoppage of the
rebel rams as an instance wherein the
United States was ready to go to war for
the EfjJte of a principle. That the Secretary
of .State risked his popularity when he
gave Up Mason and Slidell, and boldly
declared war to be the result of English da-'
parture from a fair neutrality, in the case of
the Alexandra, is evidence that our fo
reign policy has been uninfluenced by
the fear of troubles abroad, or of miscon
struction at Lome. We think we.cau chal
lenge history to show a foreign-policy more
impartial anti straightforward than that
which Mr. Seward established in reference
to Great Britain. The following extract
from his note to Mr. ADAMS, Of July 11,
1863, will show with what fearlessness he
declared the inventions of the Government,
and the consequences of the violation of
neutrality. Because the British Govern
ment admitted the justice of this firm and
temperate appeal it is accused of yielding to
a threat. But, both in England and Ame
rica, it must be honestly admitted that the
Ministry simply acknowledged the justice
of a claim. Mr. Seward said in his note :
“If the law of Great .Britain must be left wish-jut
amendment, and be construed by the Govern ment ia
conformity-with Hit ruling! of the chief baron of che
Bxchrquer, them there will he left ids the United
State* no alternative but to protect themselves and
commerce againzt armed cruisers proceeding from (Sri
iOfi poriSf os ognintt (tie naval forces of a public enemy j
»cd, alto, to claim and insist upon indemnities forth%
injuries which such expeditions have hitherto committed
or shall hereaj it r commit ngain*t fhia Governor ns
and the citizen* ut the United States. To this end
mts Government is now preparing a naval force with
ike utmost vigor : and if the national navy itfhw.h it I
1* rapidly meaning pfcail not be suifioient for the
emergency. \h cn she United States must bring into
employment suvb private armed naval forces as the
mercantile shall afford. British ports, domes*
tic as well as coiujual, are now open, under
ieetncUonz. t*i the t isitg of piratical vessels, aad
not only faroteh theta coals, provisions, and ren^lrs
v £?*£ rectivt; heiipiaonen when the enemies o\
the United M *Ut c.ime in to obtain such reiuf
,r°m voyages sc ws-.ch theyhaveeither burned shipj
they have caj» ured, or have even manned ana arm
ed them as pur tee, and seal them abroad as auxiiU
riffc an the Woik ot destruction. Can it be an occa
sion for eithu supra© or complaint that, if this con.
dvtion of thn-g* it to remain and receive the deUbe
rate fftpcUont-r n>* Bntiah Government, the navy of
me unitea static tail receive instructions to pursue thei n
enemies into the thus . insolation of the law
of nations and Ue obhyUions of neutrality, bsarns har
bors far the p\, ntcsl \ lie Picsiuentvery Oisticc jiv par
c eives them*:*. n;.d 2*«z*i<ia which a naval cjn.lict
tens xnamt.vred w:il bring to the commerce, snd
even to the pescfc of the two countries. But hi ia
obliged to consider that, in the case
oe&tiuoticn oi f nr commerce will probaoiy aaiiiiiai
to a naval u ar vegat by a portion at least of the British
nationsgpiLtX it'd Gov* n>meht ana people ot tae
United Stater—a war tolerated, »Ueoug.i not de
clared ox avow to by tie Biitish Government. If.
through the ntectcsry employment of ell oni* means
of national deles e*», such partial war shall become a
general cue between -.he two nations, the Pi-csvi-ut
thinks that The :* spon*ibiUty for that painful xe?uJt
will not Jail upvii tne United ScateE.”
Wore or the Alexandra.
There ttes an Alderman named Sir
Vesian Peek, in the city of Cork, in former
days, whose judicial decisions were some
times made in the following words: “The
way in which I shall decide this point is—
I "won’t decide it at all.” The Englishlaw
coutts seem following in the footsteps of
Sir Yesjan, with respect to the well-known
case of the Alexandra. First, that case was
tried, in the Court of Exchequer, nearly
nine months ago, before Chief Baron Pol
lock and a London jury, a verdict against
the Crown and acquitting the parties
charged with infringement of the Foreign
Enlistment Act being the result. Next the
case before the Judges of the Court of
Exchequer, sitting in haneo, in the shape of
a motion, on the part of the Crown, to set
aside the verdict and have a new trial. As
might he expected, the Judge who tried the
case, and whose charge to the Jury cer
tainly influenced the verdict, being head of
the Court, it was decided that a new trial
should not be granted. After that, the case
Came before the Exchequer Chamber four
Judges of the Queen’s Bench and three of
the Common Pleas, forming that Court—
and there the defendants raised the point
that this tribunal had no jurisdiction in the
case. It turned out that this objection was
correct, for the Court dismissed the appeal.
The decision was made-on February the
Bth. Of the eight Judgeswho were to have#
sat on that occasion, and whom we described
in a former notice, only one was absent.
This was Sir John Barnard Bylks, of the
Common Pitas, well known to the Ameri
can bar through his elaborate and standard
Treatise on Bills of Exchange,” and a
very able Judge. The opinion that the
Court of Exchequer Chamber had no juris
diction to hear the appeal was sustained,
and the appeal, was therefore dismissed, the
Court being olio-wed to apply for ultimate
judgment by the House of Lords. Out of
the seven Judges, six were fox dismissing
the appeal—named Lord Chief Justice Cgck
bttbn, Chief Justice Bble, and Justices
Williams, Crompton, Blackburn, and
MellOß. The one who dissented-was Sir
James Shaw Wili.es, of the Common Pleas.
He thought that the appeal was competent.
The appeal was dismissed, Chief Justice
Cockbuen saying : 11 The result of this de
cision is, Hint the House of Lords will have
to determine, first, whether any appeal lies
» from the judgment oi the Court of Exche
quer discharging the rule; and, secondly, if
an appeal does lie, whether the judgment of
the Court of Exchequer was right.”
An English lawyer of considerable expe
rience, bow in this city, who has carefidly
watched this case, has sent us some obser
vations upon it, which some of our legal
readers may thank us for laying before
them. He writes : “You niay„be sure the
Law Lords will not reverse the old finding
of the jury, backed by the majority of the
Judges, and nothing will help the CrOWB
but an amendment of the Foreign Enlist
ment Act ; which amendment Parliament
will not make— to please American people,
any more than they would those of France,
by amending law m re Ortini. As I
believe the Writ of Error h a 3 been
abolished, and no Bill 0 f Exceptions
was allowed by the Court of Exchequer
Ido not nee ttel the Lords have any move
jurisdiction than ike Court sitting in Error
because there is no record on which to act
or put the case in motion in the House of
Lords, to which I doubt if there be any
appeal."
It will be entirely in the manner of the
Cork Alderman, if the Alexandra case, after
being thrown from post to pillar, shall final
ly remain undecided—of which, if our
lriend’s doubt be justified, there would seem
to be some prospect. The difficulty origi
nated in the Coui tof Exchequer, of the con
stitution oi -which our legal friend writes
thus:
saw
and eountteg of sticks and hotmatkLandtti
aide, and equity aide, and common law
! w S“?E. to °J 'fierlfflland L?w SSUr or
and pift&tnff lor county sheriffs, and write of Q’:n
*rin«* and evbfana ad retpondendum. All this I linen
in my esily day., when it waa a eloaed court, and
ltd font herons resembled four tell old women, end
were thus tieioribed by the wits of the day:
Chief Baron Richards—A lawyer and a gentle*
man.
“ Baron Wood—A lawyer, but no gentlemans
“Baron Graham—A gentleman, bat no lawyer.
“B&ion Garrow—Neither a gentleman nor a
lawyer.
“ Many Jteara afterward#, tbeclassic Copley (Lord
Jjyndimwr,) beeams Ohief Baron, and agreatehanee
took place in the court. After him came B Lortf AWti-
K er -.,< S^ r . / K?!?,. X?" r „ lct , f '! wbo w «* ouooeeded In
I ’ r . ’. l i r *Si ? eaerick PoJl °<*. who clings to
the bench at the advanced age of eighty cue.’' 5
The amendment in the Foreign Enlist
ment Act, which our correspondent sug
gests, and which is necessary to make the
law effective, ought to be proposed by the
British Government. ButN flo reference to
this subject was made in the Queen's
speech, at the opening of the session, nor
has a word about it yet been spoken in
either House of Parliament. Even if made,
it cannot have an e.v posf facto operation,
and therefore, if the Bouse of Lords should
decline hearing the appeal in the case of
the Alexandra, the verdict acquitting the
defendants and surrendering the vessel up
to them will then stand. However, they
Will have gained this point at a vast
expense, having to pay thejj- own law costs,
which must be heavy, as Sir Hugh Cairns
and other leading counsel were employed
by them. It is a rule ia England that the
Crown, when defeated in a Court of Law
pays its own costs only, and not the costs
of its adversary.
Death of Erederlcli Brown, Esq.
Our sorrow at the demise of
Frederick Brown, Esq, is deeply
not only by the many who personally knew
his worth, but by thousands who knew him
only by his reputation as a leading citizen.
I hough devoting himself with untiring assi
duity to an extensive business, he yet was
conspicuous in everything that concerned
the prosperity of the city and the general
wellare. For a s long period, and up to his
death, he intimately connected with the
management ot some of our most valuable
institutions and charities. He manifested
at all times intense interest in his country,
snd, in parting with intimate friends on
Friday night, expressed regret that he could
not live to see this wicked rebellion sup
pressed. i He died, as he had lived, a
Christian gentleman, and will, in this com
munity,; be mourned for many years. His
funeral will take place this afternoon.'
The Senate to-day* in executive session, con
firmed the nomination of ivinjor General Ulysses
S, Grant, of volunteers, ns major general in the
regular army from the 4‘h of July, 1853, to fill an
Otigimd r&e&ney. The foliOWiflg-Bftmefl Officers
were conßrmedes brigadier general* In the regular
aimy Major General George G-, Meads, of
volunteers, from July 3, 1563, vice Sumner, de
ceased ; Mcjor General Ww. T. Sherman, of volun
teers, from July 4,15G3, to fill an. original vaoaaoy j
General James B, McFhsbson, ol volun
teers, from August, 1863, vice Harney, retired ;
Major General Georgs H. Thomas, of volunteers,
from Oetobrr, 1863, vice Anderson, retired. Briga
dier General Alfred Pleasanton and Brigadier
General Gocvrneur E. Warren: have been con
firmed as major generals of volunteer*, the former
from June 22J, and the latter from May 3,1863.
Among the large number of minor military confir
mations were the following:
Oayt. Hataing, with the rank of major; Eiioute,
Davidson C. Moore and John S. Hoover, of Illinois
Volunteers, with the rank of captain, to be aids*
de-ORmpfox Major General fcogan. 41so. the foj*
TrrEinmates of the Western Pennsylvania Stoer»l«, With thh
Hospi-tat for the Insane, at Dixmont, near Lieut. F. Barney, usth New*York* Charles’H*
i lttsnurg, have, it is said, made contribu- Groves, csth New Yoik ; Eao. b. Penn, Bth Near
tions to the Sanitary Fair at Cleveland J 0Il£ ; James Johnson, sth New York; Louis Sal
fifw’dolllrs 6 a Th oUnt ° f T hUndred and ” mU -’ “ *£23^*;
mvy dollars. These contributions include Charles H. Hurl, 22d Massachusetts; Wllberforoa
an Arkansas cabiD. hair wreath, toilet sets NeTic > 79:il P«“=»Jiv«nia; Samuel s, McHenry,
picture frames, India ink sketches by » lh i>l , Dn^' lT * nia - »“« J °bn w. McAoheson, of
yXuGy moee, cone, iioin, and rice baskets, Tte following <o be »s»utant adjutant general*
vases, patriotic aprons, ("likewise, linen with the rank of major: Wm. Bussell, of the 18th
aprons, J spool wagons, sheU and morocco ana CMri °stoa h. Kajmond, of the
Peiui sy ivirn ia ' ££££?“£ Z
mucli method in their mildness ns those at Tork; crab* s. MoEntee, 43d York}
Dixmont, and would feel, cqua] J v liedny to Vf iall 60iQ J ' Hopkio*, John F. Ernst,
contribute to our Sanitary fL. *K
amusement and instruction provided for Bowman, and F. M. Norerosr, all of
them there are as varied as they can I Fr£toick Bcgsc and WiHiam H. Harnec, of Pens’
readily be made. But they are -not so j %7Z^ dC r Overton Carr hss bean ordered to re
very diverse that suggestions for ad- ; lieve Lieutenant Commander M. P, Jones as execu
ailioDal entertaining employment would 1 tive officer of the Washington navy yard,
be hastily rejected. Our Sanitary Fair needs ! Itt “ bt “ R-reed, by unanimous concent, to set
help from every quarter, and would employ J
t„e energies of the inmates of that hospital, j The Senate also confirmed Cyrus EeiU, Eugene
t_Uch light work, with a well-defined and Batson, am! .To»i*h Pierson to be third lieuten
clearly-understood purpose in it would anlfl) ftnd Edward B. Furlong to be second lieuten
render them hazier, or perhaps, lessen- ;
happy, we should say, and might materially , Oharas h. Loohr, of Pennsylvania, eonsul at
conduce to a speedy restoration of health. ; Puerto c,: hello. w. w. Perison, of Ohio, oonsul at
Dixmont, at least, sets a most excellent : Ba^ OI1 “. a s c^® rl f“® BBro ii, of Pennsylvania, conaul
example. If diseased minds in that institu- Wan'd ot
tion could execute a plan for such CUrioU3 ctuiette, consol at Carrera, Italy; Gao. c. Hongs
and cunning, manufactures, the patients in of Idato - to be Dotted states attorney for theTcrri-
Philadelphia environs ought to be equally to i? of , I-!aho
v i m , ,■■ _ ® . - J J Tfie following were confirmed &a collectors nr in.
skilful. The very fact of a collection of such teinal revenue: M. D, Klneaeter, Third idia’rict
articles on exhibition in our SanitaTy Fair; Virginia; J. s. Nixon, Fourth distrlot, Kentucky \
being wrought in such a locality, and under ; Bardaß Hcu ® ll ~ district of rer.nessee ; William B.’
circumstances seemingly adverse, would Swmg 7* m°
...refer upon them an intrinsic value for P-edd, for port of Paducah, Kentucky- s-e
-which the mere price could never pay. pben Longfellow, district of Maohiaa;’jwii
lism D. Gsllegher, port or Louisville; Charles T.
Willlsin*, for the dlctriot of Salem and Beverlv,
Massachusetts. Edward P. Boeny, John W. Koaors
W«t VirgiriS*; M. L. Backman, Indiana; and
WRehtEgtcn MoGlniiess to be hospital chaplains,
Scott’s Nine Hundred.
Major .Tohm C, Sheeburhb, Assistant Adjutant
General and Chief of General Mau'Tlhdai.k’s staff,
has been commissioned by the Governor of the State
of New York as colonel of the cavalry regiment
known as *’Scott’s Nine Hundred.”'
The Draft.
The Star of this morning says: «We have autho
rity for saying there is no truth in the statement
telegraphed to some of the Philadelphia papers to
the effect that Provost Marshal General Fry would,
to-day, issue an order postponing the draft until the
Ist of April.”
W ASHIN GTON.
CSpeclal Dctpatches-td TKe P/csj.3
WA&snr& , £o2? : D» O
Tiie Treasury.
The advices received at Treasury Depart
ment show that another loan will eagerly be taken
up.
Anti-Slavery Report of Senator Sumner.
Senator Sumnek made a report to-day to the
Senate from the aeleet committee on freedmen. It
discusses the relation between slavery and the fagi
ti> e-slave acta, which it eays may be received as
part of a system of slavery, and, therefore, oblige
us So the judgment whiah civilization ia aaonmu.
iafirg ggsiuttUfia batbariam. it iz tad enough to
thinai an escaped Have bach into bondage at any
tine ; it ia absurd to thrust him back at a moment
when slavery ia rallying all its forces for the con
flict which it has madly challenged, but the crime
of such a transaction 1b not diminished by its ab
surdity.
A slave, with courage and address Jo escape from
his master, has the qualities needed for a soldier of
freedom, but the existing statute requires his arrest
and his being sent to bondage. The committee re
port in favor of annulling the fugitive slave laws on
the ground that it would simply withdraw an irra
tional support from slavery. It does nothing against
slavery, but merely refuses to do anything for it. In
tbis respect the present proposition differs from all
preceding measures of abolition, as a refusal to
help an offender on the highway differs from
an attempt to take his Hie. The committee
argue the fourth article of seotion 2 of the
Constitution that, according to the best rules of
interpretation, it cannot be considered as ap
plying to fugitive slaves; since whatever may
have been the intention of its authors, no suoh
words were employed as described fugitive slaves,
and nobody else. It is obvious this clause. oa it.
face, is applicable to apprentices. It is only by going
behind its primary signification, and by supplying a
secondary signifloaticn, that the clause ean be con
sidered applicable to fugitive slaves. These and
kindred topics are amply discussed, and the com
mittee say, In conclusion, <■ Unhappily, the statute
must always remain in the pages of history, but
every day of delay In its repeal is hurtful to the Na
tional cause, and to the National name. Would
you put down the rebellion! Would you uphold
our Jame abroad 1 Would you Bave the Constitu
tion from outrage! Would you extinguish slavery’
Above all, would you follow the Constitution, and
establish justice! Then repeal thiß statute at
once.”
Naval Captures.
The Navy Department has received information
of the following captures:
On the nth test, the United States steamer Queen
captured the schooner Louisa, of Nassau, N F
three miles north by west of the Brazos river pass!
ot that civei - In-reply to
the hail ol the Queen she replied-she waa from
Havana, and was bound somewhere along the coast
of Texas. I did not know of what her cargo con
slated, but upon hoarding her she gave up to the
Queen a British certificate of registry and her ship.
Ping articles, remarking at the time that she sur
rendered as a lawful prize to the Queen.
Upon a hasty examination the cargo waa found to
consirt of powder, Enfield rifles, salt, sugar and
whisky. ’
On the Ist teat, a boat expedition from the U S
bark lying in St. Andrew’s Sound, Georgia, com
msnded by Ensign Ginnasrin, captured a sloop
laden with 72 hales of upland cotton and 2 of sea
island cotton.
They also secured the picket, consisting of a sec
geant and Six men of the 4th Georgia Cavalry and
six civilians. Five were taken on board the sloop
and one ashore. They also brought away the fami
lies of Mr. Latbsbo and Mr. Dacgaix, consuls
an d their wives and eight children.
On the night of the3oth of December the U. s
gunboat Kennebec, off Mobile bay, discovered a sail
tunning out of Mobile bay. Chase was immediate
ly given, but she was lost sight of in the darkness,
but was seen again the next morning attempting to
escape from the Kennebec.
She was brought to by a shot and hauled down
her colors. She was found to be the steamer Grey
Jacket, bound from Mobile to Havana, with a cargo
cf cotton, rosin, and turpentine. She had twenty
three passengers, who were transferred to the Colo
rndo.
The Loss of the Housatonic.
The Navy Department has received the following
Lieut- T. J. Higginson, lately commanding
the United States steamer Housatonis:
. , 1 ‘ About 8.46 P. M, on the morning of the 17th.
the officer of the deck, Acting Master Jj K. Obobb r,
J omet bteß in toe water, about onehun-
L I f the vessel, and moving towards the
*PPearance ot a plank movimr on
the Water, and came directly towards the Housa
tenic. The time from when u was first seen until it
waa olose alongside was about two minutes. 11
torpedo struck toe Housatonic forward or the
mizMn-mast, on toe starboard side, in a line with
pottEi®- The after pivobgun being pivoted to
reS&r 1 ® U “ aWe to “ gua to •>““"pon
Tx e nu 1 .? ute - af *f r,he w *» c‘°«ealongside,
snnk item fim v, l ?* o6 ’ ? he Housatonic
sks- “»“• "Saas." aas'ss
"The above named are missies 0va .... .. ,
drowned,” supposed to be
A Ship Canal.
It Is stated that toe Government authorities a*,
sign cutting a ship canal from foe Eastern branch
np towards foe Capitol, to establish workshops ol
cspacitypufflclent for foe increased necessities of the
war, and to demolish foe old penitentiary, which Is
at present used for the manufacture pi ammuni
tion, &o.
The Lieutenant Generalship,
The bill reviving toe grade of lieutenant general
was signed by the presiding officer of each House of
Oongrew to (Jay, tt hw yet to foe presents to the
President for hie Approval before it become* a law.
Therefore, the announcement that Gen. Gbakt hat
been appointed to that office la premature.
Meeting-or the House Military Committee.
The House Military Committee met this morning
to hear the argument on the application to have the
Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad adopted by the
Government as a military road.
Mr. Bradley, of New Jersey* at the request of
the delegation of that State, and.aa counsel for the
. Camden and Amboy Company, addressed the com
mittee against tho application. He showed that
the road was chattered to go to CapB May, and
not to Philadelphia, and that Congress was
arhed to make it a Yoik and PhlUdol*
IpM* railroad. It Was a OVeature Of New Jersey
legislation, and asked to be m\de independent or
that State. He contended that the Camden and
Amboy charter was constitutional; that every State
chartered mat as many 0 r just as few turnpikes, ca
nals, and railroads na it saw fit, and its refusal to
c »r er more, do matter from what cause, was never
regaidfd as a regulation of commerce; that the
charge that New Jersey levied a duty on passengers
rom other States was false; she only taxed the !
railroad company ten cents for each passenger, and
fifteen cents for each ton of freight carried over the
road ; that every State, at its own discretion, adopt.
~cd its own mode of taxing ils own corporations,
and that such taxation was never deemed a regula*
tion of commerce; that the power of Congress should
receive* liberal construction, and it was not wise
at this time to excite Stale jealousy and bad blood.
Heretofore Congress had never attempted to ex
ercise this power without the consent of the States
in which the improvements were made. It would
be a stigma cast upon- New Jersey to comply with
this application, Mr. Bbaolky explained the his
tory of the Cumberland read, the Wheeling bridge,
the Holliday’s Cave B&ilroad, and other matters re
ferred to by the applicants, ThO hie State
meet., and the apparent soundafiM of hit views,
seemed »o produce a sensible impression.
Confirmation of Generals.
reb. 59
Territorial Immigration.
.-? 1 Ir - Gbimbs’ bill appropriate, forty thousand
22”" Pinion of emigrants across toe
plates, ten thousand of which Is to be expended
upon tne JOiue between Fort Abercrombie and Fort
S en -i2 2> l a,ld ten thouaand oa the route to Idaho by
the Niobr&rah river. y
ARRIVAL OF COLONEL STREIGHT,
ABD OTHER UNION PRISONERS,
THEIR FINAL EgCiVPE.
Washington, Feb. 29.—The Navy Department
AAB received the following report from Oomnodore
Parker:
U. 5, Steamer Eola,
. Washington, Feb. 29, 1884.
I have toe honor to inform toe Department
1 *? I i v t d £? !te la ; d »yi with 001. A. D. Straight,
of the 61st Irdisna Volunteers j Major B. Ik Mo-
Donald, of toe lOlsl Ohio Volunteers; Capt. W. W.
Searee, of the 6lst Indiana Volunteers, and First
Lieut. John Sterling, of too aoth Indiana Volun
teers, who made their escape from Libby orison
Richmond, on toe 9th instant, and reaohed Blacki»
stone’s island, Potomac, where I found them yester
day. I am, very reFpactruiiy your ob’t servant,
_ i- oxhall a. Parker!
_ „ _■ Lommanding Potomac Flotilla.
o. ELLBa ’ Seoret «y of Navy,
a letter from the Army of the Potomac says that
First Lieutenant Scadamore, one of those that es
caped from toe Libby Prison with Colonel Straight
and party, came Into our lines last night, having
been on toe way nineteen days. He had intended
to proceed by foe way of Gordonsville towards foe
Ohio river, thinking his chances of getting away in
that direction better than by the Peninsula, as he
felt certain of being captured if he had gone
in toe latter direction. After travelling thirty,
five miles, his knees failed him, and he was forced
to lie in a mud-hole, as he terms It, for nine
days, a negro taking care or him and becoming
his companion when he resumed his j'ourney. At
another time he had to lie concealed three days, but
finally reached the Rapldan on Saturday night,
which river he crotsed, pausing foe pickets within a
few paces.
Lieutenant Scadamoresayshe saw no troops near
Richmond, nor did he find any white adult male in
habitants on his route through the country. Thera
were none but women, children, and negroes. He
represents General Lee’s army as being pretty
Strong, but no signs of activity were visible. He
was captured near Rome, Georgia, and has been ten
months in toe Libby Prison,
ARM! OF THE POTOMAC.
New Yoke, Feb. 29.—The Tribune's Washington
correspondent says:
V A portion of toe Army of toe Potomac moved
yesterday, and was in successful advance to-day. If
the Mars who presides over bold enterprises and
brave fighting prospers this movement, toe heart of
toe country will be gladdened, and the reproach of
the Army of foe Potomac measurably taken away.”
The Re-CllUstment or Western Veterans.
St. Lotus, Feb. 29.—Battery K, let Mi..ourl Ar
tillery, (veteran volunteers,) arrived here on Satur
day, and were feasted and flagged by the veteran re[
ception committee.
The 6th Missouri Infantry (re-enlisted veterans)
arrived from Nashville on Saturdav nlgnt, and wifi
receive the hospitalities of the city and have flags
presented to them to-day.
The ad lowa Battery also arrived, and a dinner
will be given to them tc-moirpw. They are now
quartered in the Benton barracks, and will leave for
home as soon as paid off.
AH re-enlisted men passing through St. Louis cn
route home are oordially entertained by our citizens.
About 400 men of the 7th lowa Infantry (re-enlist
ed men) passed through here this morning, en route
for Nashville, their furlougbs having expired.
Great fire iu California.
San Fbancisco, Feb. 29.—The Golden State has
arrived from Panama. •
The entire business portion Of Downleville, Sierra
county, was burned last night. The are commenced
In the centre of the town, and spread with such ra.
piditythat little property was saved.. The loss is
about $200,000, on which there is very little insu
rance. The contents of several cellars which were
believed to be fireproof were destroyed. But three
large buildings remain in the business part of foe
town. Both newspaper establishments were con
sumed.
Murders in Schuylkill County.
Pottsvii.r-E, Feb 29.—We learn that Jas. Shields,
Of the 48thP. Y., and John Stinson, a citizen, were
murdered at Silver Creek, la this county, on Satur
day night. Four Irishmen, who tie accused of the
murders, have been arrested, and are now in pri
son.— Bulletin.
Death ot a Prominent Democrat.
Boston, Feb 29 —Paul R, George, formerly navy
agent in New York under Tyler's Administration,
Mid a well-known Demoeratlo politician of New
Hampshire, died ou Saturday.
AT WASHINGTON
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA., TUESDAY, MARCH 1. 1864.
TUB War Is[ EAST TEPJKESSEE.
THE UNION FORCES AT MORRIS rOWN.
hasty retreat of longstreet
L.otriavrr.T.B, Feb. 29 —lnformation received from
Cumberland Gap, and deemed of a reliable oiiarao*
ter, eaya that our force* have reached iilorriutown,
Tcnnectec.
Major Berry, or the 11 bh Tennegßee Cavalry, who
has arrived from the vicinity of Itogersvllle, reports
that Bougstreet’a forces are going Eut in double*
quick time on each aide of the Holsiea river*
Trlfgranis from Charleston and Tallahassee,
TIIE WHEREABOUTS OF LONGSTREET.
CAVALRY FIGHTING IN MISSISSIPPI
Fortress Monroe, Feb. 29.— The flag, of- truce
boat arrived this evening, from Olty Point.
Tlie .Richmond Sentinel, or the 26th, contains the
following:
“Charleston, Feb. 26.-146 shells have been
flrfd at the City curing the past twenty. Coat hours.
The enemy have erected a battery on Dixon's Island,
commanding Schooner creek,”
The Enquirer, of the 29 :n, says:
“ Charleston, Feb. 22'.—A Yankee picket-boat
containing one otheer and live men, waa oaptured
last night. ‘
“"The enemy oontlDoe to shell the olty. About
LOGO shells were thrown in yesterday.
“ Sanderson via Tallahassee, Feb. 26 —(Jen.
Finnegan’s forces Occupy Baldwin. The enemy have
retreated to Jacksonville.
Lieut. Col. Barron, of the 4th Georgia Regiment,
was killed; Col. Clinch Is wounded.
“ Starksville, Mibb., Fab. 22 —Heavy fighting
all day yesterday, at Pontiac, killing 40, and cap
turing over 100 of the enemy. Our loss Is not
known. Col. Forrest Is killed. Colonels Barksdale
and McCullough ore badly wounded. The battle
doted by a charge from the enemy's oavalry, which
was repulsed,”
"Atlanta, Feb. 26—The Yankees have left
Pontiac. We have lcat many officers -ami man.
Sherman's advance hoe reached Pearlßirer-”
"Dalton, Ga., Feb 26. —Enemy have disappeared
from our front, retreating toward Chattanooga,
with Wheeler In'pursuit. General Longstreet has
withdrawn his forces to a point not prudent to men
tion. The enemy have not yet crossed the Hol
ston river. General Buckner is assigned to comm* n ,
Hood’s diyision.”
“Greenville, Tem>,. p c K err T „
captured 26° of the enemy and 13 negroes, five miles
east of Cumberland Hap. Two Yankee mounted
regiments, supported by a division or mrantry, at
to flank our left ana occupied tiio fan
tbrw wile* from Dalton, on the night of the 25th.
Smith’s Texas brigade drove them Out. Our loss
Is 160 wounded, Including Colonel Curtis,' of the
4lst Georgia.”
‘■team, Ga, Feb. 26.-The enemy fell back
two miles, and will not probably make a stand this
side of Ohickamauga. All signs of a -general en
gagement have failed. Gov. Brown, of Georgia,
bss issued a proclamation convening the Leglcla.
ture for a speoial session on the 10th of March."
Fortress Monroe, Feb. 26.—Among the vessels
Which have passed the guard-ship “ Young Rover,”
are the following: Schooner Worth Pacific, Capt.
Webb, from Philadelphia for Fort Monroe; F. Ed
wards, Captain Babcock, from Fort Monroe to
Philadelphia j eohooner L. A. Dannenhower for
Philadelphia; schooner S. H. Sharp, from Norfolk
for Philadelphia; achooner New Jersey, from Not
folk foi Philadelphia,
Arrival of Prisoners and Cotton—Reported
Dfiath of Colonel Forieat,
panto, Feb. 29.—The steamer Olty of Alton, ftom
Memphis on the 26th, haa arrived, with 347 bales of
OOttOfi and the prisoners captured by den. Smith.
It 1* reported.that Col. Forreat, brother of General
Forrest, was killed In a skirmleh with our foroea.
After.tenderlDg a vote of thanks to the Hon.
Horace Maynard for hia eloquent addreas, alao to
Gol. P. E. Bland and Ur. James A. Butler for the
able manner in which they ..upheld the cause during
the meetings, the Memphis Union Convention ad
journed sine die.
The Memphis Union I.eague tendered Hon.
Horace Maynard a supper at their hall ou the eve
ning of the 26th ir st.
The Memphis cotton market is changed for the
better, buyers being more anxious to invest than for
sometime past. Good middling 64; strict do. 62,
It is snowing in Cairo to-night,
TEE Will IN FLORIDA,
TJbe Battle or Lake City.
Pbovidekcb, K. 1., Feb. 29 —The Jonma4prints a
letter fiom Lieut. Eddy, of the 3d Khode Island
Battery, who participated in the late battie in
Florida, The letter ia dated on board the hospital
steamer Cosmopolitan, in Port Koyal harbor, Feb
22, and says:
“orolng, the 18th, we left our eamps
at Jaiktonvulc in light*maichmg order* with tea
dais’ rations. We marched all dap, and as the roails
were bad we made only sixteen miies whsn we
halted for the eight. On Friday niortiiUiT, the 19th,
we started early, and marching all day, made sevea
.“>l/8; stopping orer night at »m“ll pu«
called Barbero. On Saturday morning, the 20th at
7o clock, we started onco more for a place called
Bake City, thirty six miles distant, which, if we had
succeeded in occupying, we should have stopnld
supphes being sent to the Western’armies of ffie
enemy. We matched eighteen miles, when we met
the enemy, and skirmished with them for the next
Jour milts, when we iound that they were In force,
and had iormea their line or battle. .
The columns were at once deployed, and our ad
vance waß soon sharply engiged. Hamilton’s bat
teiy was ordered forward. Four pieces of the bat
tery. inoiuding my section, were placed In position
within a hundred and fifty yards of the rebel Hr."?
under a terete fire of musketry. We went in with
four Pieces, fifty horses, 82 men and four officers,
Viz: C&pt&iu Hamilton, Lieut. Myrlck, Lieutenant
DoOge, and my*elf. In twenty minutes we lost forty
five men, forty horns, two guas and four officers,
when we managed to get off with what little there
was lelt. It was our misfortune to have for sunoort
a negro regiment, which, by running, oanseu us
to Jose our pieces. The fight lasted three hours,
when, finding his small army so much cut ut>. the
General ordered a retreat, -*** * ne
We returned to Jacksonville, 68 miles distant, and
reached there last night at 12 o’clock. We had 6,000
“* n fDgaged on our side, and lost 1,200, as near as I
®* n *®* rn i The enemy had i6,aco men opposed to
uc, anil, Of Course, whipped us badly. CantT Hamil
ton la wounded in his lelt arm severely, and
hip. Lieut. Myiiclt is badly wounded in the left
foot, and will probably lose some of hla toes. Lieut.
Bodge is wounded in the left arm, but not badly. I
am wounded in the right leg, about three ioohea
above the ankle joint, but not badly. AU of us offi
wlreture to Hilton H*eaato. e mor?ow.‘ Theb®“ry
lowing us closely. Taking everything together, we
have done pretty sharp work. In ninety houtß wo
have marched one hundred and ten mllre, foughta
battle of three hours’ duration, got badlv whilSed
and what there is left of our little army is Daokaeah!
to where we started from. y “ 0 “ * saln
General Butler and the Jews.
In reply to a letter from the editor of the Jew-
Messenger, Mr. S. lease, of New York, dene
ral Butler explains his resent use of the term
u »TeWB:”
It was meant* when used, to desten&ta n oti rtn
ality, not religion, as one would
five Germans, or five It&lUni. I hftVA alwavi nnS
sldered the Jews a nationality, although posteuine
no rountry. The closeness with which they alius
together, the aldwbloh theyaflord each other of
fent^rh£+ r ’ and i improper occasions, the
fact that nearly all of them pursue substantially
the same employment, so far as I have known
them—that of traders, merchants, and bankers—
the very general obedience to the prohibition
against marriage with Gentiles, their faith, which
looks forward to the time when they’are to
he gathered together in the former land of
* etve to “ how a «l®*er tt® of
kindred and nation among the Hebrews, and a
?, r ®** h ? u , beloa e* *° an V other na
t'ai 11 ®. 0 ? 16 H?? In Ol o«er proximity,
bo that, while I disclaim all intention of any reflec
,uP.on their national religion, which was the
fcundation and typical of that of the Ohrlßtian
world, and holding to the doctrines of Christianity
thß Saviour, no one cfnrtigml
one may be reasonably permitted.
In ail C thß ß fcwi , j?i a «,2 a c'“ D > *0 ® u PPOse there may be
V §.°’j! b ' two °f whom certainly
ate in the Confederate Cabinet, at least Jive who
might attempt to earry on a contraband trade. Be
cause, It may be reverently remembered that when
the Saviour, aided by Omniscience; undertook to
ehwise twelve confidential frienda from among that
sat«?,’5 at «?,’ he got oB ® tt»t "was a thief and had a
devil,”
In the couree of an Interesting letter Mr. lea&M
says:
g|^s^ , s^v«aKss
Jew Ixl tlie *®Bse that you are a
Christian-, yet lam an American in nationality-. 1» *
Of the Jewish element in education, society, and
war, Mr..lsaacs says;
literary and scientific circles, you find the
iS?« Rte ?i ai *?*** aB tbe Christians,. The army,
navy, and marine corps have a fair rfinrp*«nf«finn
»nd*D»trio«« ,o Onp o nf^ emdi * t^ nBU1 * liea H. aUe * t,lert
SCuS., S&£ rtlr'll^’re^en™
i> now home on furlough, We flelf,
TOtersn orgnmziUon, u eompoeed mainly of Israel-
V° u should desire to be in
" Yon will not forget, when reminding me that
there are two Jews in the rebel Cabinet (who is the
? ecJ ? * hat 8 pattern of aistinc
tion in the church militant is a major general In
Davis’ army, and that Davi. himself prof#.”“ to be
A devout member of the Church. There are traitors
among professors of Judaism, unfortunately* as well
? *« a « OES * Christians. A good Jew can no more he
f«J r f*Jp r *P our . fl *S than an earnest believer in
Ohrirtisnity can be enumerated among ‘thole who
speculate on the miseries of their country.* Mr,
Bcrjamin does not adhere to JuO atom—he married a
v'brietian.
I did not intend to be so verbose. However. Ge
neral, I have but another suggestion to make. If.
hereafter, any of your subordinates capture a man
£An.m£ te fe a P^hSS.*?? 0 ’ p i?* ,e designate his ns
calling him German, .Russian, or
-trench, as the case may be, ami not a Jew. In
nine cases out of ten, your prisoner is neither Jew
nor Christian.
Gen. Butler answers finally:
»* I admit that my experience with men of the
J£ W lsh J ajtn or nation has been an unfortunate one.
Living in an Inland town of Massachusetts prior
to the war, I had met but few, and since the war,
those WhOM I have seen have been principally en
gaged in the occupations which caused the capture
which has occasioned this correspondence, and you
5 ourself will admit that that mode of making their
acquaintance has not been a favorable one.
11 1 refer to Mr. Memminger aa the other member
of the Confederate Cabinet. I have been informed
that Mr. Mallory is also of the Jewish faith or na
tionality.
“1 acknowledge the fairness of the hit in regard to
Major General Polk and 'Davis. They aw both
members of the Christian Church, upon whose ser
vices 1 attend.
. I should be much obliged to you for the detail of
facts which you have offend to famish, for, finding
my impressions incorrect upon any subject, I always
desire to be enlightened,**
Death of a New York Merchant*
New York, Feb. 29.-— Thomas TUeston, of the
firm of Spoffoid A Tileston, died suddenly to-day, of'
dif CMB Of the heart, aged seventy one years.
fIERFL SEWS.
MEMPHIS.
THE WAR.
A Brilliant Kxploit In Florida.
HEADQUARTER** DISTRICT Fi.oafOA.J
Jacksonville, Fla, Feb. n, 1584. {
General Orders No. 6—The biigadier-gene
ral commanding heartily oougra’ulates his command
on the brilliant success which has attended all their
movements thus far into Florida. Three flags,
eight guns, with eaitsons, battery wagons, and
forge; many wagons and horses, and much sub*
faiftUUCe stores and clothing hare fallen iLto our
bands, beside large amounts of cotton, turpentine,
and rosin. Property valued at over one and a half
millions of dollars Is the fruit of the auocess.
To Colonel Guy V. Henry and his command, the
battalion of Massachusetts cavalry, under Major
Stevens, the 40ih Massachusetts Mounted Vo tun*
teeie, and to Captain Eider, Ut Artillery, and his
battery, this achievement is principally due; and
the brigadier general commanding especially desires
to prfllee captain George E. Marshall, Company E,
40lh MsseaenuaeUa Mounted Volunteers, and hu
small command of forty-nine men, who captured
and held GMiK&viHc for flity-six hours, receiving
and repulsing an attack from more than double his
force, and, after fulttUjng his mission successfully,
leturnirg to the designated piaco or rendezvous.
Tt ese deeds will be among those remembered b 7 us
wit a u.e greatest pleasure and honor, and the com
mand mny emulate but can hardly expect to surpass
them. Byoiderof Brig. Geu. 8. SEYMOUR,
Official: K M. Hail, ut Lieut., Ist Artillery, U.
S. A., Asßt. Adjt. General.
rOLK AND LONG STREET.
The Montgomery Mail of the 12 a says Polk’s
headquarters were at Newton’B Station, 80 miles
east of Morton, and 60 miles east of Jackson, on the
previous day. It anticipates a battle at Cuunkey
river, 10 miles east of Newton’s Station, where, as
tbe river was not foi dable. Folk might make
The Mail says Grant h*s ntw.doued the movement
on Atlanta, ana is essaying one in the direction of
fhe Alabama river, moving from Huntsville in
ct r-nretien with Sherunsii’a movement. If success
ful, it will inflict irreparable injury on the Southern
cause.
The Richmond Sentinel of the 20th says:
“Longatreetis moving Sou h. He Is s*id to have
cap;ured a number of and large quanti
ties of supplies, at Lemons, ten miles south of Knox
vine.”
Selma, A very important military position In Ala
bama, is m Dallas county, situated on the right
bank of 'he Alabama river. The population in 1861
was 3,117. The town is laid out on an-elevated
plateau, which terminates abruptly in a steep blurt;
forming the binii of the river. Passengers ascend
&Ld leiceml fiom and to steamboats by meaas of
lorg flights of steps, and merchandise is drawn up
the bluff by machinery. Selma is the southern ter*
IliilUlS Of the Alabama and Tennessee Railroad,
and the Alabama aud Musiatippi Railroad connects
it with TJniontown and Marion. In 1860 it had two
iron four drier?, a carriage manufactory, two b\nk*,
two public balls', thr*.e daily newspapers, six
churches, aid a number of public and private
■chcole. In the winter of 1859 60 it exported nearly
one hundred thousand bales of cotton. By the
course of the river, Selma is eighty-qdg miles below
Montgomery, the original seat 01 the Confederate
Government,
STERLING PRICE#
There was a time (says the St. Louis Republican)
when Sterling Price occupied a very eminent po
sition among the public xuen of our State. None
stood higher for personal Integrity, and few for those
qualifications 01 mind that make individuals promt
nent among the leaders of the people.
It is stated, with apparent truth, that Gen. Price
has obtained a sixty days’ leave of absence from the
Confederate Government, to enable him to visit
Texas And nl*£’ GO ? T ll ® common belief and talk in
the lebel army is ihnt be will nevunoturn ?•? M 3
left Camden, Ark., about two weeks Binds* With
only a small escort, and in citizen’s dress. Thirty
two months’ service in the Southern armies has
brought Gee. P. no reward. The hope he has enter
tained of returning to JVlissouii*as a conqueror has
at last been wholly abandoned. Slight have been
the lecognitions he has received as » military man
from The rebel Government, aud If he is dispirited
and disgusted—if his confluence in the success of the
rebellion has been broken—acti If sometimes he
compares, with vain regret, his condition now with
wkbt it might have been had he remained at home
and continued to use his large powers ia behalf of
the legitimate Government—who shall say that he
has not bad abundant cause for such feelings and
reflections? If he was ambitious, places of trust
and honor were open to him here, where he had ties
to make personal prominence the more gratifying to
his heart. Now, he must look upon himself as an
unmade man, a political wreck. Such is Sterling
Price’s lesson of the rebellion.
AGITATION IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The Raleigh (N. o ) Standard of February 12 gives
the proceedings of a number of anti* Jeff Davis meet
ings recently held in that State. There seems to be
a perfect furore in the interior, says the Newbern
Times, for holding public meetings for the purpose of
agitating the calling of a state Convention, and re
monstrating against the Confederate tyranny. These
meetings all breathe & spirit cf defiance towards the
Davis Government, »i ,o are decidedly in earnest in
asserting their State rights.
A CONSCRIPTION BATTLE WITH WOMBW.
[From the Simpler ($ C ) Watchman j
At Browntcwn, a few days ago, an attack was
made on a nest of delinquents. The deserters got
wind of it and escaped to the swamp; but the at
tacking party were gallantly met by a garrison of
women, and after a short and sharp engagement
were compelled to retire. They have often passed
through showers of shot and shell unmoved, but
who in thunder can stand before a perfect avalanche
0/ axes, hot water, and hotter epithets from female
batteries? The party describe the scene as very ex
citing, and the surrounding atmosphere as decidedly
sulphurous ; and although the engagement was but
of short duration, it will long be remembered.
DISMISSED PROM SERVICE,
Headquarters Army or the Potomac,
February IS. 1864.
Gbkkkai, Oeoses, No. S— l. JVUjor .T. G. Aader
boh, 17th PeoEtylyariia Osvr.lry, having, in violation
of exißiiog orders and the customs of war, orossed
the line of pickets, delivering and receiving letters
irom persons outside the. lines, is hereby dismissed
the sendee of the United states, subject to the ap
proval oi the President. J
11. MajorE. Reinhcld, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry,
netioned and authorized the aforesaid act
Andeison, is also dismissed the service,
furjeot to the approval of the President.
By command 01 Major General Meade,
S. F. BARSTOW, A. A. G.
Tiie Mexican iu Revolt against
the ffehclu
Oeleaks, Feb. 20.—We have the report that
olergy and their, party are In open revolt against
Ihe French, and that the latter mul shot the Arch.
Mthop E&bastida and Bishop Barajas. That there
has teen the most serious misunderstanding between
Idi e t£t°if “°£ t ceitsiD ' T* l ® «l®igy demanded that
Pt°B er, F taken from them under the
administration of Juarez should be restored. The
**. agreed upon.with England, decided that
bJff™ y -? IlenAte<l Bl >ould not be diaturbed.
1 ]>re»umo, that Immense properties
eeeahm of hi?Vh= r jS.* n SpMa •*“▼* beßn taken pos
scsslon of by the Government for the same reason
that these were by the Mexican authorities, and that
innocaeewere churcbes or other property used for
strxotly religious purposes disturbed In eitherooun-
It is quite possible that this disagreement mav
something like an outbreak; but
«k 8 l?**? 1 ® likel s 7 fhis story j which comesthrough
a hostile source, te ajaera inference from what is
known, and i* probably told to excite the minds of
“** *1 **#. Tamaultpas against the Frenoh, Ido
not believe that the g French would, in any event,
proceed to such extremities as to shootthe prelates
but they might banish them, as Juarez did before.
PENNSILYANIA LEGISLATURE.
THE ORGANIZATION OF TnE SENATE,
Mi-. Bt. Clair g-worn In.
Business Begun, ana the Union Majority
Legislating for the Public Benefit.
SENATE.
!>> £ ° r<Ur at « •’«** thi "
Hr si^r^-l 8 crowded, new Senator
Mr. &t. Clair, having been escorted to the Capitol bra
Pigceeeicn. with music and transparencies. 7 ft
» r » d^»4 st - Clalr 1184
Kw a Tn r DAfp?.W I t?® 11 sworn, and took hfs seat.
I . **• JOBNSON asked le*ve to intro4u«e a Mil tega
-1 Uw* SScr r 7 -Agreed to-yeaa 17, nays Id.
tf a«us?i? rt « i,l, vi tno iT ed .P rc| ee«d to a second reading
j c a adopting old rules for government of the
Senate. Agref d to—i eas 17. nays 18. 01 * ne
n^| e 1 e s< > luiion wsb amended and passed—yeas 17,
-J£‘ t'CO'KXKL'L m ? Yed to proceed to the consideration
appoiu.ing a committee to apportion the
State. Aarced to—yea* 17. nays 16, “ *
SEt® Passed-yeas 17, nays 16
5 Jo,isiS°“ffl S oSr ed 0 eleQl a OWo - Clerk ana othw
KIMRBY moved to amend by inserting ihe word
Speaker. This amendment was lost-yeas 16. nays 17
! J 6 rfSolatioll of Nr. Nichols was agreed to—yeas
then elected the present Chief Clerk and
all the subordinate officers.
All the Democrats refuted to vote on the ground that
nothmg was to order until a Speaker was elected^
Mr. LOWRY offered a resolution inviting the clergy
of Harrisburg to open the session with prayer. The
.resolution passed, the Democrats voting with the Re.
publicans.
Mr COSfItLL moved to sdopt joint rules of the
lest session. Agreed to-17 to 16. 01 IM
. Br FLEKING moved to appoint a committee t 0 con
tr»fl leeord. Auread to-17 to 16
J„ ICa .i OL -. S off,red E resolution fixsai hours for
u? A.ii?T? f ‘ fcrDoo ? ! eBS,OIIe - d *reed to-17 to 12
ElMaker. TAI ' K laovid to proceed to 13th ballot for
a “*«n'',^l7 ! t ll5 no ' l ' ed posipolle for ‘k« Present.
KINSEY moved to adjourn. Agreed to—l 9 to 14.
'uFSESS toorderal 7H O ’ clookp - M by
s?® were introduced:
PMtodelphfa** I*' 1 *' iacoiporatiaff th ® tTnlon League of
1,1
i x x a HoWingthe National Banks to hoi A.
real estate.
Also, an act chat gin. Aldermen's fees to decimal car
rency.
t . he Third National Bank of Philadel
phia to hold certain real estate.
Mr. HILL; incorporating a National Express Compa
ny to all parts of the United States. - y
Mr. WATSON, providing/or an election of State Trea
eurer; also authorizing a Guardian of the Poor, to hold
a salaried position under Councils.
incorporating the Spring Garden
firom Sixth and Spring Garden
streets, double track, up Spring Garden to Twenty-fifth*
thence to Green, thence to Twenty* third street, thence
to fcpring Garden.
Mr. BROWN, of Warren, Introduced an act to ore
vent recruiting in the State for other Statae! which wae
pfttSQd.
a petitionin favor of allowingpaeeengen cars to run
on Sunday wa» nreeented by Mcatra Wimley, Qnialei.
and Alexander of Clarion. andScofleid.
_ Een3_og*trance_against the same, by Messrs Al<w&.n
der of Centre, Bowman of Cumberland, Powell B*lk
bach Coleman, Watson. Watt, GutphenV MUler] lau
coaet, Olmstead, Mupselman, Gnernsey, and xr«gi«y.
Messrs SMITH of Philadelphia, and WALL, presented
a Petition of citizens of the Twenty-second ward, a- king
to be relieved of their Select Councilman, P. C, Brightly,
An act was introduced to incorporate the New York,
Washington- and Pittsburg Bailroad. The proposed
road leaves the New Jersey Central road at Somerville;
tlience to New Hope, on the river Delaware, and thence
to Doyleoto-wn. where it connects with the Doylestown
branch of the North Pennsylvania Railroad {eleven
miles in length) which it is proposed to use to Lansdale;
thence from Lanad *le to Norristown, and from thence
over the Chester Valley Railroad (using the track of
that road twenty-one miles) to Downingtown; from
thei.ee over the Pennsylvania Railroad to Pittsburg,
with power t o construct a branch from Downingtown to
ulenrock. on the Northern Central Railroad, and thus
reach Baltimore afid Washington.
The names of the corporators show that they are prin
cipally New Yorkers and Baltimoreans. Bridges are to
co constructed at New Hope, over the felawars; also,
ever the Fusquehauna, and over the Schuylkill at Nor
ric-wn. to reacli the Chester Valley Railroad.
i he hill allowing soldiers to vote passed a recond read
ing. hut was not Anally acted upon. Adjourned.
The Christian Commission.
Williamsport, Feb, 29.—An immense meeting
waa held in thia place laat night, in behalf of the TJ.
S. Christian CornmUsion, The court-house was
densely crowded} all the obuxchea being dosed and
the clergymen present*
Hon. Judge Armstrong occupied the chairs and
addresses were delivered by Rev. Messrs. B. B.
Hotobkin and Charles P, Dy ford, of Philadelphia.
The greatest Interest and enthusiasm: was manifest"
ed, especially by the business men of the town, and
over twelve hundred dollars were raisod on the spot,
with contributions atill coming in. Williamsport
goes heart and soul for God and the country.
The Bohemian’s Malls.
N A despatch to Postmaster Walbom, of this city,
reads as follows;
« Portland, Feb. 29.— The mails for your offloe
from the steamer Bohemian have been found, lam
drying them. The letter portion I will forward by
the afternoon mall, W. O. HOWE,
Foreign Mail Clerk.”
Harhibburh, Feb. 29, 1384
LECTUBE OF HEffBY WARD BEECIIEB.
America’s Message to Great
The Academy of Musie Thronged.
Last evening the Academy of Music presented a
biiiiißDt and interesting appearance. The secsnd
leotuic of the Kov. Henry Ward Beecher* delivered
in that spacious building, was attended t>7 audi*
ence at once large and intelligent. Every available
arat appeared occupied, »Dd hundreds patiently
stood in the aisles ot the parquet oircle, listening
with a silence that showed the intense interest and
attention of the audience, broken only by the hearty
rounds cf spplauce with wbioh his more pointed re*
marks were received. Thesubjeot of Ms discourse
was “America’* Menage to Great Britain.”
Mr. Beecher was cordially received. When the:
Applause with which he was received had subsided;
Mr. Beecher proceeded:
I propose, this evening, to to you on the
sutject announced, “ America*# Message to Great
Britain.” Some one may &ak, Why send any zaes>
ssgeatalH Because wo have something to say to
JSi)giii:t-ra'n» There has been a good deal ftolni* on
in this country in the two or three y.ara past watch
it sc-ems difficult for Englishmen to understand. It
possibly may help them if one living here and
seeing the interior of the causes of things, ahiU
pieicnt ?hem in the light in which, they appear
to us citizens of America. How can nations
eprsk to each other except by diplomacy!
Once they could not, and yet diplomacy is not
national tut governmental. Governments speak to
each other, and their language ia diplomacy. Bit
the Uedu is oori itig, and has come, wheu, besides the
inleicouj se of Government with Government, ther a
is to be a sympathy *u<! an intercourse of people
w ilb people. Once iiure was no opportunity for too
People to communicate with each other respect
ing political aflHirs, and the Government held that
it was its right to legislate and to determine
all matters authoritatively, while the people
were bound to obey ; but now we fold that the
people have got a voice, and that they talk with
each other, and that they ate capable of passing judg
ment upon matters of pubiio concern. This llo*
erty at h<?n>e is to he extended into A larger one, and
the people of one nation are yet tospeaUtothe
people of other nations, and when that time comes,
when the griat common people of one realm and
na ion speak to their kindred and kind in others, it
will be cue lotg step towards the milienial day of
political affcira, for the people generally are right,
not at each particular moment, but in comprehensive
movements mat require a term of years. Toe
overage duoittionof the grti&fc ms?B 0f the people
is belter than the intelligence of any Cultured olass.
Bo you suppose that tie Emperor of the Breach
would have taken the unhandsome advantage
that hb has in his selfish policy in Mexico if he had
tfaGr a pughteJinow& v before he started, what thirty
Pilots 01 people thick about it, as ho will know
by and by, before he h** go* through with it? tip
pJaUfieJ But why, ii m&s be ask<d, a message to
li l fft t Britain more than to any other nation 7 We
have do objection that all nations should bear what
we have to ssy to Great Britiin; but we apeak to
hi r because we apeak her language; because, alter
all, she Is neaiett to us, and dearest to us of
any other nation on tbe globe, f Applause.] I
know that she behaves at times unseemly;
that she is arrogant, haughty, and uaepeik
abiy provoking. [Laughter.] But, after all,
blood is ihleker than water. Wo are nearer to her
in history, in language, In tbe treasures of a com
mon Civilization, in the throbs of humanity, and in
u,« "Ulsations of religion; W 6 are nearer to
htr in oui thoUghtS or »»«?"*[ J 11 ?'“!!. °J*l
thoughts of the future of tflAtt wo ftte
to any other people? we care more iof What she
thinks of us than for tbe thoughts of Any othdT op
tion, and we believe she cares more for what we
ttiikof her, though she don’t care very much for/
what anybody trunks of her. [Daughter.] There
fore we spefk to Great Britain. We also think it
meet to send a message to her, because she is going
through the same struggle that wo are. Not by vio
lence now, but by the peaceful method Of revolution,
Bbe u waging the same struggle between democracy
and aristocracy that we are, and it may interest her'
to know how we are getting along with our part of
the experiment. We hold, too, that our future
must needs lie on the same plane if not along the
same path. Great Britain and America are to be
the civilizers Cf the habitable globe. For these
reasons it is proper we should send out message
abroad, should send it in chief to Great Britain •
and the first message we desire to send is this, that
the conflicts that are going on in America are not
to be misunderstood as the wrangling and quarrel*
lies of democracy. They are f ?nd of representing
ua as having fallen out, by way or showing that
.a democratic government is essentially weak and
liable to fluctuation and intestine commoUoo,
and we desire to impress upon the attention Of all
our friends and “not friends” abroad, that this
conflict is not between demooratie principles, it la
not between democracy and any part of itself, but
it is first, middle, and last, a conflict between demo
cracy and aristocracy. It is not that our institu*
tIODS arc quarrelling with themselves, but there is a
ibora in our side, and the grace is notpromlaed us to
bear it, cither. [Laughter.] Democracy generates
power more than any other form of government,
but aristocracy shows how to wield power. One is
the maker of power, the other the user of it. Now,
free labor and free institutions in the Middle and
Northern States represent the democratic element of
8“ «°<-l€*y > the slaveholders of the South represent
the aristocratic. We work for ourselves and our
£!“!?■ In the South labor works for a superior class
that is nourished lu Indolence. It la not known to
aty other part of this continent but in the South.
These two tendencies—democratic in the North, and
aristocratic in the South—might run parallel as con
tiguous nations, mlghtrun parallel without conflict
ing ; but as they co-operated and co-ordinated in the
seme Government, they met at Washington, and
Lu l’fi it was they antagonized, and the con
test broke out there between two entirely dif.
rent sets of Ideas, and institutions, and political
economies, and in this whole conflict these two
elements have shown themselves true to their cha
racteristic natures. Democracy has seed like de
mocisov throughout the North, and aristocracy has
acted like aiistooracy throughout the South. The
South has shown, lor instance, great aptitude for
govemment. It has had more leaders than we have
bad. It lies bad people more amenable to leadership
than our people are. It has greater genius for go
vernment. That ic its lor to. The North has not
shown any great genius for governing. We have
developed a wonderful society, a wonderful poo.
pie, a wonderful power in the North. We
hftvc had a profusion of power, but this conflict
has not developed aDy very great men in tue
North. It ia Eocielime* said wars are dangerous,
because they breed great mea that pe»tsr the state.
I think the Bord has'delivered ua trom any ffeeafc
men; [Daughter.] It is sometimes, too, mourned
over tbat there hare no great men arisen this
contest; but there has something a great dear bet
ter ariren—a great people. That ia bettor than a
single man. Xhe-South have not developed a great
people. In the whole of it a score of men of some
considerable eminence have taken their places, but
the South have failed just where an aristocracy
Always fails—lt lacked ba«e. It ia entirely plain
now that had the South possessed the indue
trial elements of the North, she could not
have been subdued by the North. We should
SX'f.wfiHls’i iD A P English, if they had had
the industrial advantages of the North. But this is
only saying if the South had free labor instead of
slave labor—intelligent laborers instaad of slaves—
she would have been invincible. She would have
Sl^fc. I * , ' l TT ble * t ut * ben ?* 6ra would have been no
contest. It wag because she hart not such a society,
nor tucb laborers, nor suoh economy, that a collision
c&me. She would have been a democracy, not an
atistocracy, then. The North has been slow, pro
ductive os power, not of skill, for a long time. Da
mocracy breeds societies of men strong throughout
in their civil and in their organio relations, not
strong in leadership. Aristocracy is the quickest s
has the earliest advantages; but democracy is
tenacious, enduring, and will win by staml
??* Phtterrt continuance in hard knocks.
[Laeghter.] It will win in the end. The earlier
peiiods of this conflict gave advantages to the
South | the latter periods of this conflict show that,
after all, iu the long run, Democracies have the ad
vantage. They have more wind and bottom.
[Laughter and applause.] The Chief Magistrates
of these two great sections of country are represen
tatives of the two corresponding principles. Davis
was formed by aristocratic institutions. All his
I“®**°/ society and of government are aristocratic,
ror the South was but nominally republican!
r, inj „ - a experience in public affairs,
of great administrative talent, with a autcS
fl, a * na flr “ with a great willpower,
seif power, with nothing subtracted from it to the
credit of conscience sake, [laughter] he has iust that
kind of ability which is called sharp, keen. He is
, ma P* H .® l * a cunning statesman. Now,
bCsit Sr lr ’ er ’ ele'Oft every one admired and on!
vied Mm. We granted that the best side had only a
dull, honest man, and the worst side such a keen,
MHlitwasorten said in the firS
year, ."Let us have their President, and give them
2P[f* and we 11 whip them In three months.” But,
I think, no man has heard that said within the lest
J!!™', bI, £ ne H er aD d applause.] Who believes
now hi Davis sagacity, in Ms statesmanship?
His cunning has tubed him. Men laugh
•* i h ® outooming or those very projcf“
which they admired in their conception. There
was never in civil annals so gigantic a bum
der ss Southern statesmen have ■ mane Their
II a ve irretiievably ruined themselves by their moral
and inflicted vast evil on their countrymen," andim!
hSSfI?TJSVS" thelr - Stetts - “ a this is what
they have to *kow for cunning statesmanship-cun
ning and not wise. Mr. Lincoln is not ounnlag, bSt
he is wise, and wisdom tells in thelong run [SreSt
* man of the peopte.
He WAS formed bv democracy into » a©-
Inidat, He believed iu it with a child-like aim
plicity of faith, as if ho didn’t know there was
anytUng else in the world.. He came to the
Presidency by one of those strange happening
which meu call chance, and Chriatiauc providenoh
without one single gilt which poetry and aristocracy
associate with a supreme leader of a nation. Urn
gajnly in form, without beauty ot features, with a
manner uncultivated even to that degree that i«
common to American farmers, nota poiftwasthere
for romance. With natural s’hrewdne,., -wttWme
experience in the administration of public affairs,
not skilful, however, in discerning or selecting men
and then too hind always to put down i tool whioh
by mistake he had taken up, he has been for three
years learning to govern, and though somewhat dull
he has stuck to his lessons night Tnd dav
with such diligence that now at uSS 1 ?!*>
tious.* P eo P ,e - He is honest, oonsoien
weffare of ß th» ’ alg ‘»te™»*edly seeking the
KS ?* *“0 nation first, the party next, and of
fultothßVr«s I V-.o^P pl .‘ u i ,e l H{!^*B been faith
ivstrm av.f F H St truths of our American
SH 1 he has shown to the world that sue
tho» qualities, it requires just
orderP»l«ioi»nß sacrifice in
mon hnuiaL Bov^ nm , ent-common * eo, ° »“<» «om-
EAppiause ] This 1. a lesson for Eu.
hX,£i?“? r over - Wow > that it ia so, we would
hRd our President any other. Tf he Mtil
snd expSien^ Iwhb«SCh,oi”! 1 w h b«S Ch , 0 i”! “ d l«»™ed by travel'
that SSd I rtSti f „ h !i? lsd ,ha‘i eonoeivable gift
heart men JiSf, 2 ?® the imagination or touch the
viotoV?hnt W „ 0^ ay eood gave us the
tMou/h’ thl pT©S,fnn* aU “* r •£? I l6 ?!' l *’* Power,
nlatiflS 1 n?v» g .* ve victory. [a.p*
oiiioicnle f oVn„? re,ident hM 6een m,de the butt
thoie exMted^si^ r, , Paper "’ " na of derision among
court SSSS&. «“-«• .. ““d elegant masters of
Lincoln wm!?S leß -!l broaa; tm 1 eoofess that Mr.
Bum™ w ?? ua ®Pt t>ut a poor figure in the oourts of
[Laughter.] But it is our pride, however,
thim£^i«!f B f People that we have carried through
knew niS 0 a S, iH Sß '?> tbe uke of which Europe never
r,.?fw, oot by the skill of any extraordinary genius,
man’ef thAi“ a ? from among themselves, a real
this vlctovv P nf P Ploioi.ahople, homely man, and
inbi.nin ly -- of liberty-loving, democracy has been c
crata TOhenff the leadership of one of these demo- i
h“ ep "si'ery was destroyed, it wsb well that it i
fhnnio h»Te the very beat leadership, that no man i
ha«'h?on ay ** waß owing to bad management. It ’
nnd nnS? “sosged admirably ; extraordinary akiil
n?, d K„ out * se have been shown In the management
“'’be f»n»e. If Davis could not save siavenr no
-5*2? hereafter they oanoot say thS the
tgrsas «.T“„raas,VsS
awdsi.ari^assaftMS
Democratic Presidenti, which mpresen^l^tho
srHSE
aristocrat and democrat. Let them
wSI be* R ®hi t Jf **} to vlotoIlou », but victorious it
and tha People m stronger than any leaders.
n,,i l^ o . rld will yet find it out. fApplmuß.] "
North words relate to the the
Koto t i!\,n .i* e i; e * U v oftM ! grea * whlohis
goifig on and has been going a*. For a lons time
wou-W fexhau*t the §ors£
Europe bad been thoroughly poi
!?£® d wi“? fake represehUtions, The South hid
ehio?. Pß^K? na JS 1 paln * P°'* e “ U» .are of map
chants. The North, with a kind p[ iiagiishdi?
UrltaiH.
data, had never thought it her whUe,
in her oonicioue etrengtb, to W
hervelf, and there was, therefore, » totM mis
representation of the respective reaouww of tffa
two countries. The South made the world believe
that cotton was king. Why, there was not a stalk
rf Indian coin growing In the wide fields of the
West tliftt could not parry with ontton Mj
kill them every time. [Laughter.] Even the corn
icon product of Northern grar# wh# more powerful
than cotton; so was nearly every interest of North
om industry. It was prepoiteruus ; vet the South
neuevedif, and the mudsills of the North, and all
-Euf believed it. Then, the wonderful prosperity
of the North was viewed as false—a prosperity that
t v % rv ot> f F ho considers it. Ifc was charged
K&?..E C J lßd mittak CU AU artificial and transient
ftUntuuc for normal strength az»o sound health, and
that oar prosperity was a bubble ; that it was an
egregious blunder for any people to suppose Shat
w»r was profitable, or could give us prosperity. No w
we send back word to our ft lends that we are not
deceived a bit. We know the miseries of war as
well as anybody; we know the dangers, th - evils.
an<Mhe losses of war. Let us look at of them*
The first l* the incomputable waste of
; which has becc made In this conflict. We have
already borrowed $1,000,000,000 of the future. Now,
: if we bad invested that, the mere borrowing of it
would not have been any cause for regret, but
there $1,600,000 000 have, for the most part, been
utterly abnibiiated in every form, and has left via
tbis debt to be paid. It is to be earned and paid iu
the future. We have shot it away, burned It up,
am k It. cut it to pieces, destroyed it, and have no
thiDjr to ebow for it in the way of investment,- no
bonds nor stocks represent It. A few ships there
will be at The close of the war to represent it. We
must take into account, alto, Southern losses, for
they belong to this nation as much as the Northern
losses. Ail the South has lost the United States
has lest. They are on© people. A* bad as they be
have, they are our citizens, nod we must never,
in our computations of national disaster, forget
to rum up all the Suuth hats borne a° as
the North. Now, look at the Southern loss
aside from the equal amount of debt which they
have incurred but which will never be paid.
CApplause j They borrowed it from Southern peo-
Flr azd they’ll leare their people to hunt it up.
Laughter ] Besides this enormous harrowing and
waste, the destruction of the Soutn in cattle, ia
barns, in oubkouaes, in fences, in implements of
husbandry, in stook, in roads, traas*
send computation. Fifty years of labor will not
replace the losses! We ot the North have not
touched capital yet. We have not half wasted or
used our accumulations, our earnings. We are
| Abie tO C&rry on the war, on the same scale, I
wont eft’y bow much longer, bufc sruie con>
alterable tprfl longer. [Laughter.] The South
long ago h%ve used up their surplus of wealth, and
have been fating into the substance of thdrcrmitry.
The suppoit of their armies requires them to kill the
ox in y oke and the cow in her milk, going not to the
oflfapr:ng to supply the waste of war, but hack to
the producing oentre itself. So it is with respect to
1 the iSOUfil All through. They are killing the milch
cow ot their property everywhere Tfci?, regarding
their antagonism, is a matter Of pleasure ts; ua out
when wt come to count up we must ojunt ttrcit- load
as well as ours. Look at the loss' at men that has
taken place. In this war. We are not ignorant 01
1 three thiTK*. .Gen-Halleek deoUresthat'in the vear
! 1663 the iotses of men in killed were ten thou
sand. Now, we may suppose that the South had
I more killed because there, is a definite r«n»>ion be-.
I tween the number of captures
1 bei’pf iren hiiieo, n ha* been. reduced to a scale!
i but suppose the South to have had no more than the
| North, there were 20,000 men killed outright in the
year 1663 by battle. But statistic# show" that five
r ® destroyed by disease where one is killed in
SJ ie then 120,000 men that in 1863 wore
destioy cd. These were our best men. the voun»
! \?S?, u -S ll^V lßbo » li e uat| the very stamina of
S a u, } > WBrB out olt - Ooa.iaer them
i « 1
to
but.. ‘- 1 8r>.cul»ilon these men represent not lets thin
S3oo.ccu,ouu ca,"'**-! destroyed in the year 1363 Bn
sides this, we must tilt'- into account the wounded,
the enfeebled by sicknero, that ir.ye become in their
several families dependent upon theif friends. We
must take into aoci.unt alee, among the ev'U* Qf the
war, the demoralization* that have taken fi's oB,
which we cannot estimate, but which must be very
great; aid in the faoeol suchf»et,it oertainTvis
one oi the most terrible calamities that can haf.ii »
nation. Slavery is the greatest, but this B
the next. Opr British -friends must rot sun)
steak \'he ‘ffhbrant or tue truth when we
epenk of the prosperity of the North We
measure as well as we can the orb that swings
our darkened horizon, emitting flashes of
lightning—war, Our experience has not made it
ers terrible than the most vivid description of the
philanthropist. We knew it was Dad P before; we
know it more now than ever. We see its eiftot. in
w»r®in® h e *i° r ° Ur br ° ,htr "’ cur children. We know
worlß bad as ever described, and worse than de.
not»n o i,»n ha m ! n lll * ll<i “1 bclletrc before. But iti*
not all bad. There aie two sides. i,tt ns look on
°‘bfr side a little; and first, the North l«
, able J° bear thil! S re a‘ drain of men
Jlblch has taken place; that is to say, the North
has had men enough to supply its army, to aupply ita
waste, and fill up it* armies again. Then. it h** man
enough toflil aUit.indu.tr»il?„t», «“d to 0.4 y S
the economy or royiety while the armies in the Held
are doing battle. There has been no consoription, re
“°r I? 1 ?'A ft hd unsps,ring. in the North. We have
ba ? dran, and, although this is the right theory,
Mt’/iSSv^ 0t bee . n oarr ‘ c d into effect, we wul
‘bat worst way of raising an army, by
S?l™lta , “?'. b t cau, si t -bows a noble trait inou?
‘•barecter. It shows that a people like ours can And
aEd S a , a msinlaia an army for
thiee years, under the most desperate oiroumataDoes
?.!n for J ,nd fi “ “ full i »°d keep it
trill for tlieo y6Ai#, witb ©very mau a volunteer.
Stow me a European army, a Oontinental people,
that ever could raise an equal number of volunteers.
>ri rlr,g ’ bcot “«e it does not dis
tribute the burden of war. You could not supply
b: ? Y oluntar y taxation. [Lauehter.J
It is folly to supply the armies thus, it ahnuid be
rquolized, but since vhlunteerin? has been the
bow noble has been the spirit of a nation
that could raise a million of men for three years,
Htili be rS. at least ? a f *b a * number always ia the
- be want of men at home. We
tn ffi*. blbor. Our farmers find It less easy
1??,. S) . n ‘!i n 5 “V r factories are somewhatstralghi
tbwln®b'h,®'l*?' 2 ® *“'? men cnou sh, and wnan
tberph T Tbifk 5 we B ‘»t'vart young taen
r,.5 re h* think sometimes we have too manry—
[iapghttr]—or they are in the wrong place. If tve
f!«-i.hur y i I ’ i u l 1 ‘bivb; a draft would dogond.
■ « g b;? r -3 If men and money be considered
as a puce for the redemptiou of a nation, for
harmony and homogenecusness in the future, all
tho men we have let, and all the money we have
spent, were the cheapest price a nation ever paid for
i f a nation could buy
lteell OUT ol its trouble*, or bujf itself into proaocri
i ty, what Boaa. would be conaiaered too largro of laea
“'j ““ e y,‘ o sure * perpetuity of nationsl life to
a free people with such a continent as this 1 For
tne first lime in our lives we are a nation, and can
stand befoie any nation on the globe, and Dot be
ashamed of these United States. [Apolsuse t If
this aristocracy Is cast out, what it the body lor a
short time did lie wallowing on the ground! I had
rather a man should be weakened by having a devil
cast out of him than that he should be ever so
strong, yet running around the tombs. [Bvigh
ter-] The North, in spite of the waste of
property, has teen financially prosperous. We
5 T f. DO ‘ growing rich on tne war, but growing rloh la
spile of the war. Though there i. war, there is such
an enterprise, and such a people, that we are still
rich. If It drtws Wood, if It draws money
“ightr strosms, the reservoir Is filled by such in
bt-stry it don’t draw it dry, and we are eslniss
lather tbftn lOßlDg's Our money Aa2 not been spent
?r U d„«.2 le YKi E ‘ry, and it hn, therefore, stimulated
P£°*perou# bec»u#e we have tkfl
whole nation hard at work. It is not a speculation,
bbt » real, productive work. Ws have increased
P°!’b |a ‘‘o n i aE<l l regard the emigration to the
fc,ta ‘f. a Coring the last year as one of the
most extraordinary phenomena during the war
European nations have represented the country as
dangerous; that every one was drafted, and every
thing was being destroyed; and England represented
toemtaurt, that the Canadian soil was therefore
preferable to ours, Slaughter,] or recommended her
‘bijicls to go to Australia, or other eolonies; and
yet, Englishmen, Irishmen, Scotchmen, and Get
mans were determined to come here, even though it
was the scene of a terrible war. The neediest Same
and we have had a hard time With them"
ter.] Though they have corrupted our politicians.
we corrupted them. [Laughter.l We come to
iheir P nhiirt w b*ob we are having to do with
their children now, and I take notice the chip
school, /"istajits put through our common
** good si if born in ttu#
_The/ are good oitizene.
I am not a twift man 5 Ui theory 1# not right, no
S°« T e»*r S islnJfhJi e rUD ’ thaa “ ia to builo wali#
?inSf i!n Wee { 10X16 nati o« and anoiher. You
cannot nave milionnium manners. until we have &
I b“VS?t theslig®ht«t
fLauahter 8 f( Vnoii^ t , ter thlB 8* ‘b»h ‘be tariff.
..7^—Sr ter - If England grumbles now more than
for tlmt taT«r° ( ??« lari,r ’ let En gf» n< l ‘hank herself
mr that tArifr. It is a war tariff; If, when Great
UktvsUe said t€ « Sou *b to be belligerent, it had
vioa.it t? 1 ace opposed to aloverv.” there
tl^„ d ii a ? e been n ®“ber a war nor a tariff. England
Sheerer tbl i? , tb ® So >i‘b would succeed. I
down*nn rebe^B ’ ®nd compelled us to come
wMh onr Sfte S nffe „ and we
i»p. nn™+JE^? “Bbter and applause.] The suffering
If," hP°h toe Esncashire weavers, the noblest set
inc«fnv ret °to' But .we are curing that by I
W6a r e £» °ver bere, and they are oomtug;
, Br ‘og‘bis great struggle the North has instituted
“, a eredit system into a better sys
‘b* n “ has known for generations. Thera
.V?? when there has been such a
ilTit d SIJ? n debt bnow there has been a
gzeat deal of change in. the business svstem of the
crfiut^fo™ 6 superseding the immense
rmerly demanded. It ma ,, b e true that
mayoorae a period of stagna
neve? vvni U oom?f V m °i r e or J*?* Protracted, but there
some a period or bankruptey. If a man
decs not owe Anything* ho cannot break. A* tn
a .? f *rabove that. It will take
.Ylbde io travel down to it. I sometimes tnink
do do hurt if wo would {TO down a
!iVi e “^ rertbe S*ound. DuringlffismSdrSSfts
money j and during these great changes in
ee t° material things any of our natural or
SnfoibSlS? 1 "*. » bas Been said we have become
?Jy® : For the sake of maintaining the ex*
terior forms of society, we have given up everythin* I
Tt l ere nevet haß been a more I
sound condition of the churches and religion than
during the past three years. There k™
that ptculiar form of religious development caul®
1 ™” °‘™Ugioh. We have the
right kind of a revival, and just where we
needed rt. We never lacked for enthusiasm. There
was a people who sang more hymns than wo
bf fo ,ff our revival. We were singing hymns
and making chains at the same time. We were
SSI hymns and doing the devil’s work too,
substituting a sentimentality in religion Tor eon
science. We wanted a revival of the ethical
principle. The conscience or the North has grown
more in the last three years than in thirty vears
before. [Applause.] We have oome into safe,
ty, and we are beginning to adjudicate ques
tion* on the basis of absolute right, and, so far from
being materialized, tbis war has been a preaching
gospel. You never knew a nation lifting up the
oonicience od the nation that was not followed by a
gieat revival of religion. We have been lifting ud
the conscience, and the feelings too. The progress
of the nation has been real and deep. Oar .educa
tional institutions have kept straight en, and have
been healthy. It is extiaordinary to read the re
ports that have been made from the different States
—lllinois, Ohio, New York, and others—of the oon
aiiicn of the academies and common schools
During this period of three years, the war ih
seme States has induced a falling off of
scholars, because the adult population having
gene into the army, tho boys have done men’s work
to the field. But everywhere the systems mrasouad.
The number of school-houses are increasing from
year to 3 ear, and thi ougbout the North ihe'evstom
lias never been in a more healthy condition. Men
say there are thiee cardinal Institutions. The first
Society is epitomized)
A ‘ph» and Omega; then the Church,
i ba “ tohools. If these three are
l ca “ happen to the State. [Ap
din-VJ 0u * ll ‘ “Ot to be pasted by that
c,Y,™’L?w e i War . we have not only, maintained our
f,,.Y c S!i t> Y al , f a * ema and our religious institutions,
out, west la more extraordinary, our people have
actually grown to the appetite or their Suer senses.
1 here has waked up In the American mind a desire
for something more than meat- and drink. They
want, a gratification higher up than the mouth, arid
blessed is the man whole appetite ia in his eves.
[Laughter.] We have been growing In wants.
Our artists were never so busy. Our schools
of design were never so thronged. We
do not say these things b&aatfolly, b U t be.
cause English gentlemen nave taken great pains
to predict our ruin. So wa want John Bright,
that noble man [applause], to visit this country after
the war. He will be received heartily, for Americans
love an honest mao. Whenhe will return do address
tb e laboring classes, we wish him to say that America I
i> an illustration, of great and free government - that
its people, whUe engaged to a great ahd desolating
war, promoted religion, promoted iatemgenoeTnrX
moted the firne artai they have olakumd tSato
mode of business from oredit to e&aSrMd h«S£
maintained, in spits of the
of war, the refinement* and amenito?Yf ,S! i?H9i?
That is the exhibit whiehAmSfSKwM. fYn*ii UrB
- institution*make on tbathead lnri twm
the GQc««age we wiih to Mnfi to J*
r xperiment of wm in a demv2nrti?SlMJ? rtt * l K “"'S®
another wpeot on which * * There U
tte London Time*, that the dUjnito aro** t
J»n6 question in .Great Britain This'
question, because land deterrm**, fi r ;t,
meut Wow- there are t wo svatpM?
French tsd the English. The Aw*Me*n tt Jl
fcetwren them. lain not ashamed‘to
attention of the world to our v*>
system as compared with that which obtain *
monarchic*. In Fraoce, you know, atwi 1 r
If oh’fl time, property had to ba divided
twftn all the heirs, and then there was a **-t ’ fi?
sHoihß;. Where a family was largp, and tbp r,«3 J '
of the land Itself small, thy quota of
might he rolled off in a wheelbarrow. [Ltii.. , i;i
It ts utterly impotsible that tbote ; c ( i
any system of jimpiovcd hueoawJrr
tvoh elrcumstarces. You might ar well try > 0 4?» , :
a farmer make a farm in answer-pot, under v., ;»H
lard si stem. It weakens Mid enfeebles Clio rev,:?
ry, although it was done lot the sake of giving th..r
a better chance. Now. precisely the
tem obtains in Great Britain. Land is taut,. .7;
in immense masse*. There is a favoritism of
lice. The old families make agreement* Vj ?
themselves, by which the estate shall go down f-. Q 3
father to eon. Besides all this, the law ;>f K-.>iV ; ?}
ia such that nothing can be traDtferr -; ’
ctpt at the sacrifice of wealth. The cost of «*.*>*•
a proper tine w*k*n the land beyond the r,w
of the poor. The common people, therefore, 0,/
own land. Now, in America, au opposite a ; ,. B d
prevails. Every man can do just what hs pi,-
Be can bequeath his whole farm or divide hu f v :■
BesjCesthat. nature is on our side. We hcv<j
Uors of the ftciest soil the sun ever shone u.oa V*
ha-.r—lbnr.kfe to the temporary secession 0; »! e
vV \ l : . W 0 ftVO a homestead law, in wbisa •!;
{ail. 1 Elates addresses every man in i* rtt ;
t If I .,'°t “Hsat thou ro cares in thy pat-/ -
ttfn ufSS 01 ® bither * brother, and
?nfi wtthm? cc \ mc Rnd bu V land, without i., , n J
rnnir r Applause.} If will tO . •
}9P& . , are h*ie *jll evervoneis
1 hose .iOble weavera who would i.ot ffO with t- c
itch of them. [Aj.piaufco.] You would sc-,r !'
believe how i* the impassion throSJf
Europe that the North hast loat its lioertlea , 11!
attempt; to overthrow the Übertiee of the s'.V*.
The doctrine is echoed ir. this country. Th-'w. "•
party, or the crystsiiizirg elements of a '
piniully moan over the destruction of ri.V’;.-* ltt l
of tpefeh. They- exhaust the vocAtr'
show how deeply they feel this great i ‘ V ? f
Hun it is said the habeas corpus h M
ttat everybody can bs picked uo
body, ard there is no retires*. [Lv*Y~
never otj*cted to auy man disadte'ed U/ "r -, 1
Government being arro*ted r.;:d
tiial, I only find fault that they d*tl rmf ' I ' ; ’
l If I had bscn tife PiwdVS ; c
totatts I would have given Quarrpp fJ *
hcGo.ejnmrntexrei.ee to men who sfo£? *
of Slates as well Ra other
in humble walks. 1 would mai.*A thr»m ,* ',
itamlthat, whtn an exigency occurs reoiifrln? T'
g? r suppoit 2nd maintenance, tne nowS »
the Oc vein meet thauhl be e.- 3 Vci»ed that®,!.*
toi.woulo tremble .t. ?
> 1 flee. howußjouved the Rrevt body of the HS iVi
eic in respect to thia giving up or their .rir ' r
Tiuoe is on lhu»tr»*loa [II democratic
lv. ’I 1 a maa wa “ Rccuatomeil to ..- 1
““B gf“ childhooJ, ho alwoyn takes to H tSjto* .'I
. cnsa grace. I'r.o former is M ) .;
When he rs on hl« form; transport him Into »
parlor, st'Jhei߻wkword,Justus awkward i., 1
men whp owns the parlorwould be if tiiuisn '.l
to the pioiisb. Evesyraan in his p!»f ? j; „ ■
aid where ’(is natural : ti« griceiul. T&ke a tv'v'
that do not know whether they can dtfond tl f
liberties or not, and they are uneasy) hut to u,i i !
take to Interfere with the liberties of a
craey is a dangerous thing .in this oouuirv ft”
never had a thought but that wo were free, ini.
have not the slightest doubt but we shall coatin4.
be free. To sustain the Government, we are wnl' 1
(o yield something. The people say tint j f !
have not power enough take this, and tabs t
atrt then is there anything else you want? a
people are not jealous of their liberties, a. W,,.
theuieelve* and their Government, So far hVa
having lost our liberties we have emancinvc i.
spirit of liberty in the minds of our people 'tv*
lies never been a period when enthusiasm for m;4:'
has risen to high. The love of liberty is not a -il
meat, but an enthusiasm. Wo were rcnro.f"J
abroad with haring waged this war witn’m> 1
eipic, is the mere interest of ambition, ahi'lw
out any regard for the liberty or the nc’4'
But we have been guided by a hand higher
oiil-S; by a spirit that leads to liberty an.l vioiv-'
I am not one of those who believe slavery u j 1!
It Is said that its political power is gone. Nav ”..;
so. There is a Democratic party in the North Vi
would rtsurreot slavery in twenty.four ip
Alas! there are enough recreant men that „ ,
accept this bass compromise. By a war 4
may cut the South in two, but then ,i,»i
will linger some time afterward to stmg V!
There is but one sure remedy against the psriiV C
lion of slavery. Put the provision in the Unt,,!i:
tion. [applause.] We have gone through this V.
rihle war not witnout some good result. Or.se «'i
ycU introduce into the Constitution that cs -i
shall be held to involuntary servitude excctf/i
crime, then will wo have secured perpetual V ; !'i
and prospeiity. I have another message tm!;",
land, and that Is to assure her that we are a nv
[Applause ] We have armies and uavict lir
can defy the world. But though we
armies and navies, we want pease. Wj m
to Great Britain and the continent iint s
mean to carry civilization everywhere. Whiic ”1
will not suBbr ourselves to be trampled upon. > :;
while we will keep our flag respected and terns 4
„ thß . J !0 ? un 'S people of every nation ul iv
spirit of brotherly affeotion. We desire the m-4
tion of the interests of humanity and ctvithoii-(
a fraternization of the nations, a uniting of mi t.j
man beings in the closer bonds or amity ami etyl
will, and the regeneration of the world.
Ittr. Beecher relircd amid mush applause, in-d
Peeu listened to with the earnest attention o' d
entUe audience, I
A Farewell Dinner.
!•*** Fridayevening a farewell dinner waa»:
to Mr. John Eueeell Young, a gentleman woo;
IODg Seen Identified with the editorial manager!
or The Fkess, by the gentlemen associated r
him- The oecation was the departure of Mr. I f
for New Orleans and Texas, on a tour of tte
months, whloh may possibly be extended to B! i.
and South Ameiica. The affair wa« altogeths:
promplu, but none the leas genial tor being *o:;
will the many frienda of Mr. Young regret O
that, in giving up tor a time hit aotlve paitic:'
management or this journal, he will uontiaj.:
contribute to ita columns, and that, althoegi.
visit to the South la not primarily a matter of is»
ness, it will probably result in new gratifleata 1:
the readers of Tan Panes,
The dinner to Mr. Young was one of the gkau:
eetof newspaper reunions. Among the iowaj:
posed were; « The President of the Unite ! smei
“The Guest of the Evening,” Mr. John W. F ji«
“The Journalism of Philadelphia;” “T,.c lb
“The Pulpit;” and “The Ladies,” who, tho:
absent, were not forgotten. If we were s;l
what speciality was present to yonder tho ec;
ment so harmonious, we should not answer!
it was because the jokes were as plentiful
snow-flakes in December, or as blossoms in a r :
or that the gastronomic display was stristlr
accordance with Francatelli’s book of etujo'ei'
or that tho eloquence resembled linked swebfsf
in the respect of being long drawn out. .v
of these reasons individually, but all of ts
combined with those sentiments of warm pro;
friendship which -were cherished for the guest -ji
evening by every member of the party, rsn '
the entertainment singularly congratulatory.
Yeung made a brier and modest aliusion-to Macs
upon Tub Pkbbb, acknowledging that the intst
of that journal-had been the sole end and aim of
endeavors. He reverted to the pleasant rclitle:
the past, and alluded with muoh hopeiulecu
feeling to their renewal in the future.
hour*, which will insist on growing late al
wrong time, were no less perverse on this
sion. Express trains and sea-going vessels 1
through the morning prospect, and it was ti
say poc<t-bye before any one was aware the eri
was half completed..
Mr. Young sailed for New Orleans on Sat;
afternoon, from New York, in the steamer ur
Washington.”
JPublJc Entertainments.
WALLET. STREET THEATRE If the SUOCEt
debut 1b to be judged by thB size and enthm
of an audience, the detdt of Mils Ettle Hcau«
last evening, i« to be judged a decided succeed
it a delicate and pleasing actress rather than s l
ble one, and charms chiefly by her grace aiiii
nesa. Her voice in some passages is soce
harsh and wliy, and 1b not a good sieging'
She has a fine olive complexion, soft, iustrouo
and in tender passages; a gentle, quiet
The shadow dance, at the end of the first art
performed with much artlesenese, and the pert
ance throughout waa marked with frequent. » r
may add, deserved applause. None of the
characters were well sustained, except, p?:
that of Old Fadelte (Miss Wood);
Cross akd Jarvis’ Soiree.— The eeconl :
will be given this evening in the Foyer of W
demy. Habelmann, of the Q-erman opera,
list.
The Second Grand Concsrt of the H*a&
Haydn Society will bo given at the MuSiC-1
Hall on Thursday* evening, and the members
fine association will be assisted by the entirt
mania Orchestra* The programme is excelled
firet including the “ Adelaide ” of Beethover
popular selections from Verdi, Donizetti, &
and Wallace. The ibutieal event of the evenir
bo Mendelssohn’s «• Hymn of Praiae, f ’
will be produced in its completeness, with li
strength of the society. The Handel sa:i 1
Society deserves to succeed, and the public h»
son to respect its musical ambition, and ths
of its management.
Mb. Gottsohalk la now In Boaton, wli«
aucceaa baa been, as uaual, all tbat could be lie
Prevloua to hit departure for Europe, he irt l
two farewell ooncerta In thia elty, to t»Kc
Monday and Tueaday ; eveninga next, at C.
Hall. Tfceae will poaltlvely be the only eccoei
great pianlatwill be able to give in thia city,
are eapeeially glad tbat Mr. Gpttaofcallc «
aaeleted on both nighta by Madame D’Angri,
noble contralto alone would make any con
lightlul. Mr. Behrena will have the muaiw
Uon.
“ Forty Days in .Tkruralkm,’*—A lestu'
“*** “ by Kev. W
WMJe Williams, A. m., of New York, will i
livered At balfXpast seven this evening, in the :
and Aroh-stieet Baptist Ohnroh. Unique cost
remarkable ieiice, and rare euriosities wib
bibited.
Yn Ebbts y Byn.-Thls, which mc - a0
Truth Against the World,” is the motto '
Weigh Society, the annual meeting of which,
eleotionof officers, &0., will be held at no?'
day, at the WetherUl House, Sanson atras*
anniversary dinner will come off at 6?' M.tt
at tho, Continental Hotel. The chairman
Horatio Gates Jones, Esq.j president of th«
Sootoly*
PosmvH Sale op Boots, Ruosf;
GAas, *o.—Tie early attention of
quested to tlis large aaiortment of bootr, eM ;
f lB ' 1 e S? raclng samples or 1,100 pn;b’
j ?*** “ d Eastern manufacture, *-
remptorily sold by catalogue, on four month;
morning, at ten oN)toctc.- ;
£iiuty 00l> mutioneent, Not. 232 an; -'
hmd I V£S2. 0 2? AMO Oaudidats.—At If® 1
dele 111 New H<vyen,
b, ballot foir their Oobet
gjg^as^a’a#*
«*»£5 0 W ESS ? R 8a ™dbhs and Ti
SSM"' No one ln*FhU-,«jelpl>'*
ertedhto‘«elf i aoteto«e«ii>nm , lnW.imUW tl
«»“ B tntMc»r*‘ T ey WM ® I,:i * enea
Of the nlnety-elx ooionrja m the No® .