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FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1864.
That Lieutenant General Grant, in
assuming command of all the armies of the
United States, •will lead the Army of the
Potomac, is reason for new hope that the
great decisive Victories of the West win be
repeated in the East; that the glorious con
quests of Vicksburg and Chattanooga will
be equalled by the capture of Richmond,
and the destruction of the rebel power in
Virginia. A soldier who has never lost a
battle, who has had the highest honors con
fixed' upon him by the Government, and
-who has aroused new enthusiasm of the
people, General Grant brings all the power
of prestige and experience to the solution
of the problem which, for three years, has
baffled the finest army on the planet. We
hall see now if Richmond, is impregnable.
Mexico.
The Archduke Maximilian of Austria
has arrived at Paris, and will embark for
Mexico, it is said, on this day week. His
movements have not been according to the
riginal programme, which arranged that,
after visiting his father-in-law, Ring Leo
pold of Belgium, he should proceed with
~him to England, to assist at the baptism of
the Prince of Wales’ little son, on the 9th
Inst. Instead of this, he went direct from
Brussels to Paris—his astute father-in-law's
advice, we are told, being that he should
proceed to Mexico, without his wife, m the
first instance, in order to reduce matters, in
the new Empire, into form and consistency.
There was a report that the Emperor and
Empress elect would take their departure
for Mexico, from Civita Vecchia, theport
made by the Emperor Trajan, in order to
obtain the personal benediction of the Pope.
It would appear that this idea, also, will not
be carried out, for the new Emperor will
sail from a French port.
There was a doubt, for a considerable
time, whether Maximilian would accept
the Imperial crown offered him, not by
Mexico, but by the Emperor Napoleon’s
deputies in that unfortunate country.
There was a hitch about money-matters,
but the last report from Europe is, that
“all the difficulties have been settled.”
It is to be presumed, that from this we
may take for granted that the new Emperor
has found capitalists to lend him a large
sum of money—as one hundred million
dollars is the amount popularly stated—and
party or parlies sufficiently solvent, respon
sible, and powerful to guarantee that the
interest of this loan will be regularly paid,
.and that the principal will he restored, if
required, at some assigned time or times.
Mexico is in bad odor with the European
money-holders, being known “on Change”
as a country with a strong aptitude for
borrowing, and a yet stronger disinclina
tion to pay. The impecuniosity of Mexico
principally arises from the little circum
stance that her revenue, whoever may hold
supreme command, is perpetually less than
her expenditure. To add $100,000,000 to
her foreign debt must be a serious risk to the
lenders. It is whispered, too, that Maximi
lian starts from Mexico with a hopeless en
cumbrance of personal debt to an immense
amount; in short, that, in a maimer, his
exit from Europe may be considered giving
what is called “leg-bail” to that noble army
of martyrs, his creditors. The Mexican
treasury being exhausted, it behooves Maxi
milian to enter upon his reign with some
Teady money. Nor is this the only reason
why he should have hard cash to commence
■with. Napoleon has yet to present his
“little account” for cost of invading and
occupying Mexico, and that will make a
great hole in the bag of treasure which
Maximilian shall obtain by loan. Perhaps,
as was anticipated from the first, France
Will kindly compromise, and accept Sonora
and Lower-California, or .some .other desi
rable province or provinces oi Mexico as a
compromise for impossible cash payment.
There is a resource upon which Maxi
milian might largely draw, if he would.
The Church property in Mexico is of
such immense value that a tithe o*
it, equitably distributed, would pay the
clergy most liberally, leaving the Church
still remarkably well endowed. But the
Clergy constitute a great Power in Mexi
co, as the French commander has ex
perienced in his recent quarrel with them,
and it is doubted whether any ruler, be his
title King or Kaiser, President or Emperor,
ban hope for any thing like a quiet reign,
if the Clergy are not on his side. It is very
true that Maximilian is a downright “ son
of the Church,” (Napoleon, however,
though not remarkably pious, claims to be
the eldest son, by virtue of his being ruler
of Fiance,) and therefore may he unwilling
to commit such “ spoliation” as using the
-wealth of the Clergy for secular purposes;
hut a time may come when sheer necessity
may compel him to attempt it, to rescue
his empire from bankruptcy. Unless the
State be strongly backed up by the Church
in Mexico, no ruler is safe in that country.
The accession of Maximilian, under
French nominaiion and by aid of French
=anns, to the throne of Mexico, is a subject
requiring grave anB full consideration in this
country. In the first place, there certain
ly appears in it a violation of the Monroe
doctrine, hitherto maintained by us. Then
the fact is to be remembered that the change
of an adjacent republic into an empire, with
the rapidity of a transformsti on in a panto
mime, is an organic change of great moment.
Moreover, considering by what means and
under whose auspices this haß been effected,
there may be a doubt what relations the
Mexican Empire may be likely to establish
with the American Republic; that is, shall
Mexico be a good neighbor, or the reverse ?
A. few months and there may be a solution
of some of these difficult questions. This
country has proved her regard and considera
tion for Mexico, in the most tangible man
ner, bv a liberal forbearance at the time of
conquest, and Mexico ought to entertain
none but the most friendly and the most
crateful feelings towards the United States.
The rebel soldiers of Virginia are unfor
tunate. No’- only are they poorly.fed and
clothed, and forced to serve after the expi
ration of their times of enlistment, but they
are supplied with fifth-rate literature as a
punißhment for grumbling. The Virginia
Xegislature, in an address to these unhappy
men, informs them that if they dare to lay
down their arms—
“Your liberties will utterly perish. Your State
organization will be blotted out. AU your property
of ever; description will be confiscated; for all of
ua have participated in the revolution. Your lands
will be divided eu* among the banditti of the North
and from £urcpe. who have invaded our State. A
free negro population will be ectabllahed in voar
niidet, who will be your social equals and military
governors. Negro guards will, at their pleasure,
give you partes and aaiic conducts, or arrest you, to
punished by negro commandants and •
these, yourselves, your wives
and children, win be menial laborers rurd slave?
except those of you whom the malloe of your ene
mies ‘ball reserve for the dungeon or gallows.’ l
Imagine the suflerings of intelligent sol
•dierß, compelled to read two columns of
such imbecility. The Virginia troop B have
-doubtless already exclaimed in desperation,
“ Lead Ufl to battle at once, hut don’t send
us any more addresses. Of the Yankees we
are not afraid, but for the Bake of common
Jtumanify protect us from the Legislature.”
Very Important from Wheatland.
Avery singular correspondence will be
found on our first page. Mr. William
Cornell Jewett has attempted a labor
which excelled in difficulty the twelve
.labors of Hercules, and claims to hare
succeeded. Yesterday, we are informed,
Mr. Jewett set forth on a pilgrimage to
expressly to obtain from tbe
oracle there} in temporary retirement, such a
revelation as might serve to guide the na
tion out of its difficulties. The chief tacts,
-established are that Mr. Jewett saw Mr. -
JJuchanan, that Mr. Buchanan told Mr.
Jewett he would be vindicated in after
ages, and that Mr. Jewett believed him.
Mr. Jewett has had much diplomatic ex
jperience, but he has apparently found a
snatch in Mr. Buchanan. Though he
■wrote’the ex-President quite a long letter,
tie failed to obtain from him a single writ
tei line, and was obliged to be satisfied
With an extract from the Lancaster Ex
aminer of 1861- From his report of the
conversation, however, we gather that the
oracle believed that the loyal people of
America could never put down the rebel
lion, and that peace must flow from other
meanSi which he could not see because of a
cloud; that he admired Mr. Greelet for
Lis conservatism, and thought Mr. Bennett
was right; that the rebels were acting in a
constitutional and unconstitutional manner,
and that the action of the Government was
also constitutional and unconstitutional;
that the war is useless, and should be sus
tained ; that he was very sorry for the war,
and had nothing to regret in regard to his
national career; and, in conclusion, that he
wanted to see the Union restored upon the
principles of James Buchanan’s Adminis
tration, and that, although he insisted on
American independence, he desired speedy
peace, which could only be by European
intervention. All of wliich is in the usual
maimer of oracles, and very consoling to
the country.
Sir. Jewett deserves the thanks of the
few people who care for Mr. Buchanan’s
opinions. But we are not surprised that his
pilgrimage resulted only in the ressurrection
of an old letter, and the discovery that Mr.
Buchanan is not willing to admit that he
did his worst to preserve the Union at the
time when his Southern friends were doing
their best to destroy it.
IrisU-Amerlcan Enlistment.
The Secession cause, very fitly, has a
champion in the Marquis of Cl anricabde, au
Irish peer of ancient lineage and inadequate
fortune, son-in-law of the celebrated Georcie
Canning, but notorious, on attaining his
majority, some forty years ago, for “assist
ing fortune,” in agame of cards for a heavy
stake with Mr. Auldjo, at Richmond, and
generally held as such a mauvais sujet
(which galllicism was translated by Father
O’Leary into “a bad man and an ugly
Christian”) that his appointment, early in
1858, to a seat in the Cabinet, was received
by the British public with so much dissatis
faction that it had to be cancelled, and, no
doubt, helped'to precipitate the fall of the
Palmerston Administration, some weeks
later. Such a cause as Secession, such a
principle as Slavery, very suitably may have
a Clanricardb as champion. Cause, prin
ciple, and champion, have a wondrous simi
larity of aspect, for the Marquis is allowed
to be by faT the ugliest man in the British
Parliament— indeed, the old English adjec
tive laidly better describes him. His ill
looks are “neither here nor there,” it is
tiue, but the old proberb says, “ handsome
is as handsome does,” and, from the time
he pigeoned Auldjo, until now, when he
sides with the Secessionists, no one has ever
suspected the Marquis of Clanricardb of
entertaining any noble principle or doing
any noble deed.
On the 2d of this month, in the House of
Lords, a question was put to Lord Russell,
by this Lord Clanricardb, who moved for
any papers received by the Government as
to recruiting in Ireland for the Union army
here. Several months ago, it may be re
membered, there was a correspondence be
tween Lord Russell and Mr. Adams on
this very subject. Lord Russell had heard
that American enlistment had commenced,
or was immediately purposed, in Ireland,
and frankly wrote to Mr. Adams, mention
ing what had reached him. Mr. Adams
replied in an equally frank manner, with
promptitude and decision, that such enlist
ment had not commenced, and had never
been contemplated. This disclaimer satis
fied the British Government, as it ought.
The Marquis of Clanric arde, notwithstand
ing, has no faith, or affects to have no faith,
in the word of such a gentleman as Mr.
Adams, and boldly declared in Parliament,
on the occasion we refer to, that “it was
notorious that recruiting for the Federal
anny had been extensively carried on in
Ireland for the last two years. ’ ’ There was
the pietext, he said, of engaging men for
industrial works, and the reality of crimping
them as soldiers on their arrival here. The
utteT falsehood of this charge carries its own
refutation with it here, where the fact is
known to he directly different.
Lord Rue bell’s reply, though brief, was
plain and to the purpose. Only a single
charge of American enlistment in Ireland
had been brought before the British Go
vernment, and the evidence was so weak
that the authorities declined instituting a
prosecution which could not possibly end
in a conviction. He did not doubt “that
many who were induced to go to America
with the prospect of getting higher wages
afterwards entered the Federal army, but
what they might do on arriving in America
could not be a violation of the enlistment
act.”
There is a certain Earl of Donoughmore,
an Irish peer, descendant of that Provost
Hutchinson, whose rapacity was so great
that Lord Chesterfield declared, with
equal truth and satire, that “if Hutchinson
had been offered England and Ireland for
an estate, he would ask the Isle of Man for
a cabbage-garden.” This nobleman, fully
a score years younger than Clanricardb,
has some ability and so high a character for
personal honor, that people may wonder at
his condescending to act with or under such
a leader as Lord Clanricardb. The here
ditary politics of his family have been libe
ral, but his own have changed into such de
cided Toryism that, for four or five months,
in 1859, he was a member of the Derby-
Disraeii Cabinet, as President of the Board
of Trade. This nobleman had the face, ("after
Lord Bussell’s full and positive declaration
that the only case of Irish-American enlist
ment which the Government had heard of,
was “non proven,” ) to declare that “the fact
that agents of the American Government
had for a considerable period been attempt
ing to entice.the Irish subjects of Her Ma
jesty into the military service of the United
States was notorious; and the noble Earl had
not repudiated the statement.” Why, if
Lord Bussell’s reply to Lord Clanri
cabde was not a repudiation, and a very
decided one, words are not to be taken, in
the British Parliament, in their usual ac
ceptation. “ Only a single case,” Lord
Bussell said, “has been brought under
our notice, and we did not order a prosecution
of that, as the evidence was not strong
enough to give any chance of obtaining a
conviction.” If this be not a decided repu
diation, what is it ? As for the notoriety of
American enlistments in Ireland, how has
it happened that there is no proof in even
one case ? Lord Donoughmore declared
that as a prosecution was not risked in the
solitary enlistment case, because of want of
evidence, the war-rams at Liverpool ought
not to have been seized, last September.
Tbe cases are far from parallel. In Ire
land. baseless suspicion of enlistment; at
Liverpool, an unconcealed construction of
destructive war-vessels, which, every body
knew, were to be employed for piratical
purposes under the Rebel flag, though, as
in the case of the Alabama, most of the
buccaneering crew would be British sub
jects. There was no sufficient evidence to
support the single enlistment accusation; it
remains to be seen what a British jury will
decide on the other case.
Lord Clanricardb withdrew his motion,
evidently conscious that though the Govern
ment is in a general minority in the House of
Lords, it would be impossible to obtain a hos
tile vote alter LordßussELL’o positive state
ment—for such a vote would discredit Lord
Russell's word. And here let us say that
ever since Lord Russell has been fully per
suaded of the importance to England as
well as to the United States, of being per
fectly neutral during this war, he has car
ned out his purpose fairly, honorably, and
as fully as he could. It was not Ms fault,
when the Alexandra case was tried, that
the juiy gave a verdict against the Crown,
and that Chief Baron Pollock, the presiding
judge, made the bench responsible for that
verdict by the boldness and directness of his
rulings against the prosecution—rulings, by
the way, which he afterwards repudiated,
affirming that the short-hand writers who
toot down his words misrepresented or mis
understood them. Lord Bussell appears
now determined to do all that we can expect
of him; that is to act, in this issue, without
fear, favor, or affection. Doing this, the
assults of such persons as Lord CLAhßl
carde must he pointless and feeble.
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, March 17, 1864.
To secure possession of the Federal pa
tronage, the new dictators of the Opposition
to the Government will throw their records,
if not their consciences, out of their doors.
When they see how the course of the great
independent minds, who, for so many years,
shed lustre upon and made leadership easy
and honorable in, the Democratic party, and
who early cut loose from an organization
that was too bigoted to shake off the
shackles of slavery—when the self-elected
heads of the present Democracy see how
the course of these men is vindicated, ho
nored, and followed, they may well reflect
with sorrow upon their own mistaken
past and gloomy future, clinging to
the usages of perished and forgotten
dramas, living in the twilight of prejudices,
and preferring the very blackness of party
hate to tliemoming halo of patriotic reform,
they find themselves in a maze of incon
sistency, and are surprised to see what pur
blind conservatives they have become.
Convinced, at last, of their own blunders,
they begin to move their drowsy senses,
and to look about them. They see that
they must do something at once, or their
own followers will rend them. And as
this duty is imperative, so is there no lei
sure to bestow in the choice of expedients.
To secure even a share of the confidence
they have abused, they must become
anti-slavery men, if not Abolitionists.
Two years ago I predicted that this
would be the sequel; and now nearly
every day furnishes a new realiza
tion of the prophecy. However start
ling the change, it is sure to be consum
mated. Hard as it may be for some of the
opposite' leaders (especially the genus
Copperheads) to swallow the compound ne
cessary to complete the transformation, the
thing will be done. We shall soon hear
little more of the cry that the objects of the
war, as stated in the celebrated Crittenden
joint resolutions of July, 1861, have been
ignored by Mr. Lincoln and his friends in
the prosecution of the war. Nor is the
stigma of Abolition so black and bitter as
it was. Why call Northern men Aboli
tionists when those who kill slavery are the
traitors themselves, and only themselves?
What is the use of a fugitive-slave law to
return the “ property ” of the traitors, when
the Union army is inviting the negroes to
come into our lines and to give us the bene
fit of their assistance ? And who will say
that the ruins of the wreck shall not he con
stitutionally removed,when the Constitution
gives us the weapons to effect the removal ?
The force of this reasoning will compel some
novel revolutions. Already the town iB full
of rumors of odd combinations preparatory
to the Presidential race. They would have
seemed impossible three years ago ; nothing
is impossible now. For everything will be
sacrificed to the greed for Federal power by
the so-called Democratic leaders. I think
that if a vote could be taken in both branches
of. Congress to-day, among those who claim
to he Democrats, under a guaranty that there
was to be an oblivion of the old disputes and a
refusal to produce old votes and speeches,
there would not be five in the House, and
but two in the Senate, who would not say,
“ Let Slavery perish, let Abolition be uni
versal, because such are the logic and the
lesson of the times.” But it is only the
bold men who win. This is the teaching of
experience in itß tens of thousands of vo
lumes. And it is so much easier for one in
the loyal States to take issue with the
rebels, and to support the Government,
than, to do the reverse, that I do not
wonder that those who selected the latter
responsibility are full of regrets that
they did not accept the former. There are
thousands who observe these struggles in
the old Democracy without a pang ol envy*
and who hail them not simply because
they may deliver, and disenchant, and for
ever free the misled masses of that party,
but chiefly that they may teach tenacity,
and sacrifice, and magnanimity to men of
their own faith. Occasional.
The Old Slander.
The Woi'ld says
“The elevation of Lieutenant General Grant to
tbe supreme direction is a great improvement oa the
arrangement it displace*, and a practical confersion
that Mr. Lincoln has been fora long while assuming
duties for which he is incompetent.”
Stuff.
“ This sensible-proceeding, whioh is so satisfactory
to tbe common sense of the country, is adopted by
the Administration rather as a political man.CBU.vre
than ai a taray act of military prudence.”
Konsense.
11 To shirk the responsibility of possible disasters
in the spring campaigns, it has invested General
Grant with the supreme command, to make him the
scapegoat for the sins of the Administration. 11
Gammon.
“ If it goes ill with our armies, the new command
with which he has invested General Grant enables
Mr. Lincoln to dear his own skirts, and also kills
cfl' a rival who has been talked o! in some quarters
( i. e. Herald ) for the Presidency.”
Bosh.
WASHINGTON.
Wabhikotok, March 17,1864.
A Review of the Tilled Corps.
A letter (tom the Army or the Potomac says the
3d Corps was reviewed, yeaterday, by Gen. Fecr-cn:
It ia the largeat corpa in the army, and preaented a
•plendid apectacle. Generals Sbdgwick, Oahu,
Robinsok, and others, were present, besides a large
number of spectators from all departments, and
ladies on horseback and in ambulances.
A Grand Ball in Camp.
Agreed ball was gives laat night at headquarters of
General Bartlbtt’s division of the sth dorps, near
Rappahannock atatlon. A large number of women
from Waablngton came down on a apeclal train.
To-day the Irlah brigade celebrated St. Patrick’s
day. it la reported that General Custer has been
thrown from his horse and injured, but to what
extent ia not known.
< Relaxation of Trade Restrictions.
The Secretary of the Treaaury, in furtherance of
his with to relax the restrictions on trade with in
surrectionary districts, as they, from time to time,
come more completely under the control of the Go
vernment, has authorized the reduction of the fees
charged on shipments of merchandise to, and of
produets from the counties of Acoom&c, Northamp
ton, York, Elizabeth City, and Norfolk, In Virginia,
from five to three per cent., and the abolishment of
the system of permits for individual, family, and
plantation supplies.
The Idaho Gold Mines.
A bill is now before the Committee on Roads and
Canals, latroduced by the delegate from Idaho, the
Hon. Wr. H. Wallace, for the conatruction of a
road from Fort Laramie to the new gold mines of
Idaho, at the head waters of the Missouri. This
road will shorten the route nearly live hundred
miles, as compared with the present travelled road.
Efforts are now being made to establish military
posts in the portion of Idaho now called Montana,
for the protection of prospecting or gold-hunting
parties, as the Blaekfeet and Crows, who inhabit
the country, are the moat warlike tribes on the
continent. Those who are -best acquainted with
Montana think the rtehett mines have not yet been
discovered.
Arrival of Escaped Union Prisoners.
Some escaped prisoners came into our lines yes
terday ; one was a soout from General Butler, who
so adroitly managed to deceive the enemy as to ob
tain an opportunity to leave the rebel dominion.
Mr. Lincoln Nominated at Vicksburg.
Mr. fitsTOß this morning received a letter from
Judge Houohtow, of Vicksburg, Miss., giving the
proceedings of a meeting of the people, nominating
Mr. Likcolh for next President.
Admiral Dalilgren.
Admiral Dablgbbh has just arrived here. He
was not able to procure the remains of his son.
The Birthday or Chief Justice Taney.
The justices and offloera of the Supreme Court
called on Chief Justice Tahbt to-d»y to pap their
respecta to him, this being his 67th birthday.
leaves of Absence.
More particularity ia hereafter to be observed in
granting leaves of absence or permission for the
Arm; of the Potomac to visit Waablngton. They
are now required to address for this purpose Major
General Hallbck, and must specify the business
for which they desire the permission.
The Treasury.
The stories or frauds in the Treasury Department
have been greatly exaggerated. Mr. Ohasb is doing
everything in hii power to bring the roguei to
justice.
General Wallace.
General Lewis Wallace, of Indiana, takes
command of the Middle Department on Saturday
next, in the place of General Lockwood.
Collision on Chesapeake Bay.
The star publishes the- following; The United
States steamer Harvest Moon, Volunteer Lleuto
nant Wabbbh, arrived at the navy yard this morn.
leg from Fortress Monroe, bringing up Admiral
Dahlgreh, who is returning from an unsuccessful
errand to procure the body of his son.
On the way up, a collision occurred- between the
Harvest Moon and an unknown schooner, twelve
miles below Smith’s Point, at 4 o'clock yesterday
morning. When first discovered, she was crossing
the bows of the steamer. The steamer’s bow, about
the water line, was stove In, and immediately the wa
ter commenced to enter, and in about an hour the fire
room floor was oovered to the depth of several inches.
Being dark at the time, and a heavy sea running,
the steamer could not stop to ascertain what damage
waa done to the eehooner, which waa soon lost sight
of—the damage to the steamer rendering it neoesia
ty that every efiort should be made to keep ner
afloat. All bands were called out, and the pumps
got to work. During the first hour it is estimated
THE PRESS-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY. MARCH 18, IF6A
about 16,000 gallons of water were thrown out by
the pumps. The Admiral in person superintended
the stoppage of the leak, and the pumps being kept
constantly at work the steamer was brought safely
to the navy yard.
Naval Captures.
Rear Admiral Fabbaout, commanding the West
Gulf Blockading Squadron, reports to the Navy Da*
partment the following captures:
On the 90th of February the United States ichr.
Virginia captured the schooner Henry C. Thwlat,
near San Louis Paaa. The schooner was from
Kingston, Jamaica, with a cargo of 200 kegs of pow
der, 250,000 perousslon oaps, and 600 ounoes of qui
nine ; also, coffee, hardware, and dry goods.
On the 28 h of February, by the United State*
steamer Penobscot, the English schooner Lily, when
about eight miles from Velasco, Texas. She was
from Ballze, Honduras, of 43 tons register, with a
cargo consisting in part of powder.
On the 20th, by the Penobscot, the schooners
Stingray and John Douglas, off Velasoo, Texas. The
Stingray had a cargo of 60 bales of eotton aud 62
half bales. The John Douglas had 100 bales.
Also, the capture by the Virginia of the schooner
Camille, and the burning of a ship by the same ves
sel. Both were loaded with cotton.
General Grant’s Portrait.
The portrait of General Gbant, just completed a
day or two berore the battle of Chattanooga, has
been for some time on exhibition in one of the Con
gressional committee rooms. The pioture la widely
and highly admired. Efforts are being made to pro
cure its exhibition in Philadelphia, but there is a
strong disposition to keep it here. The picture Is a
strong one, and the general’s figure le portrayed With
much dignity and charaeter. Mr. John Antbobus,
of Chicago, la the fortunate painter of this histori
cal painting.
Advices from General Butler atate that he le get
ting along admirably In hia department, and that it
la probable that he will auooeed in proouring a fur
ther exchange of prlconera.
Hon. Leonard Myers, of Philadelphia, argued
hie case at length before the Home Committee on
Elcctions thls morning.
The Gold BUI a Law.
The President has approved of and signed (the
gold bill. It U, therefore, a law.
United States Supreme Court.
In the United States Supreme Court, case No.
IE6 ia now under consideration.
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.
The Rebel Force in Kanawha Valley.
Chableston, West Va., March 14.—Three men
belonging to the 21st Illinois, who made their eseape
from Danville prison, have arrived and reported to
Captain Jamea Allen, provost marshal. They state
that the rebel force la not great tn front of our lines.
General Eohola’ command, two thousand strong, ia
at Lewlabntg. Four thousand convalescents are at
Dublin depot.
One bundled and (even deierten hare oome in
during the peat two month*, including two officer*.
Cincinnati, March it.—A apeoial deapatoh from
Charleaton, Wert Virginia, dated the 16th, report*
that a rebel force, fifteen hundred itrong, wa« within
fifteen miles of Guyandotte, threatening Barbour
rllle. A strong force ha* been sent out to intercept
them.
NARROW ESCAPE PROM REBEL GUERIL-
Washington, March IT.—Yesterday morning, a*
two member* of the Miehigan Cavalry were pauing
in the vicinity of Annandale, not far from Alexan
dria, they were captured by a party of guerillas.
Subsequently, while two of the guerillas were some
distance off, counting the ‘'greenback*’ l taken from
the cavalrymen, one of them suddenly drew a re
volver, shot the two guerilla* who were guarding
them, and made their escape. The cavalrymen re
turned to Alexandria in the afternoon, minus their
money.
REFORED ESCAPE OF UNION PRISONERS
FROM DANVILLE.
Cincinnati, March 17:—A member of the 89th
Ohio regiment, just arrived here, report* the escape
of seventy more Federal prisoner* from Danville,
Va. But few of them have yet teaohed our lines.
—Bulletin,
DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
Louibvili.e, March 16, — Major Generals Sherman
and Sheridan have arrived here.
Col. Bruce has been reinstated a* military com
mander of Louisville.
Col. Wolford ha* arrived here, bound for Nash
ville, having been released from arrest and ordered
to leport in person to Lieut. General Grant.
Cincinnati, March 17.—There is no news from
East Tennessee or the other military points of inte
rest. The impression, as I gather from private
sourees, is that no movement will take place on
Dalton for some time. General Thomas is repre
sented as not entirely satisfied with the way in
wbioh his army has been divided and broken up.
WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST.
Ibe Rebels Moving Artillery from Dalton
to Ringgold.
AN EXPEDITION OF TWENTY STEAMERS
XiOtrisviiiLLß} March 17.—The Journal has de
spatches from Chattanooga:
“The rebels are moving their artillery Horn Dal*
ton towards Ringgold,
“Taylor’s Ridge Gap was picketed by rebel ca
valry on the 16th inst.
“ We drive the rebels off one day, but they return
the next.
“ The rebels have a large force of infantry, cavalry,
acd artillery.”
THE EXPEDITIONS THE RED RIVER.
St. Louis, Maroh 17.—Advices from Vicksburg to
the Bth lnetsht lay that twenty steamers are at the
wharf taking on troops for an expedition which it
is presumed will unite with G-eneral Banks’ com
mand and go up the Bed river.
It is reported that General W. G. Smith will have
command of the expedition.
It U >aid that General Kirby Smith is selling his
cotton, delivered in our lines, to British houses and
others, for sterling exchange.
Instructions to Overland Emigrants.
St. Louis, March 17.—General Pope, from his
headquarters, in Milwaukee, has published some in.
formation and suggestions to emigrants designing to
cross the plains this spring, in which he says indica
tions point to a concentration of the most powerful
bands of Sioux Indians early in the spring in Mis
souri, above the mouth of Grand river. A large
force of oavalry, under General Sully, will march
against these Indiana at soon as the grass on the
plains will subsist the animals. Until this expedi
tion moves, it will be unsafe for steamers to navi
gate the Missouri above Port Pierre*
General Sully’a force will be strong enough to beat
the Indians, if found concentrated on the river* If
this concentration is not made, a heavy force of ca
valry will scour the country on both sides of the
river, and drive the Indians into the interior, and
pursue them during the summer, and either force a
battle or peaee.
It is recommended to emigrants by water to com
municate with General Sully in the upper Missouri*
and not attempt to pass In advance of his forces un
til-notified by him it will be safe. As . many steam
ers as possible are advised to go in oompany, and
the vulnerable parte of the boats should be rendered
bullet-proof. Emigrants travelling overland from a
point above Fort Pierre are recommended not to
start from the Missouri river in bodies of leu than
three hundred strong* A cavalry force will be sent
from Minnesota, as soon as possible,- for the Mis
souri river, near the mouth of Long Lake, and emi
grants from that State oan avail themselves of the
protection of this force, if they chose. Gen. Pope
hopes by the middlo of summer to render travel
across any portion of the upper plains safe, as It
is, but enjoins emigrants to move cautiously
and in strong parties.
Destruction of a Railroad Train by
Guerillas.
Louisville* March 17,— Speoiala to the Journal
say that the guerillas attacked a freight train from
Nashville to Estelle Springs, last night, after dis
placing a rail by which the train was thrown frop
the track. The cars were burned.
Captain Beardsley, of the 123 d New York, a*d
-seven men, arrived at Dechard, Tenn. s on a hand
ear, having been paroled after being stripped of
clothing, money, watches, and jewelry. The rebels
killed three negroes on the train* Two of the
guerillas were killed. No other losses.
Cairo, March 17.— The steamer Liberty has ar
rived, with Memphis dates of the 15th.
The Bulletin says that cotton declined under the
heavy receipts, ranging from 63@67c*
The'steamer Platte Valley has passed up for St;
Louie, with 300 bales of cotton.
The Uth Missouri Cavalry, veteran regiment, and
the Bth and 12th lowa Regiment* of veterans, have
arrived here, en route home; and thes3d Indiana
left for home today.
Obion county, Tenn., cast over 600 votes at the re.
cent election.
Affairs in East Tennessee*
Knoxvillb, March 16.— The Executive commit
tee of the Knoxville Greenville Convention of
1861 met here today, and adopted measures to re
assemble the Convention on the 12th of April. The
movement looks to a separate State organization
for East Tennessee.
There hss been some further but slight skirmish
ing it the front.
Increase in Judicial Salaries*
Harrisburg, March 17.— The Committee of
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives
have agreed to inorease the salaries of the judges of
the courts of this Commonwealth, and will so report
In the appropriation bill* The committee will also
recommend an increase in* the pay of members of
the Legislature to $l,OOO per session. Both mea
sures will undoubtedly pass.
New York, March 17. —The steamers Mississippi
and Charles Thomas arrived at this port from New
Orleans to-day. Their advices have been antici
pated.
Brigadier General McGinnis is among the passen
gers on the latter steamer. She also brings the 11th
Indiana Regiment.
Fatal Railroad Accident*
Boston, March 17.—Benjamin F. and Nathaniel
Hapgood, of Acton, Mass., were both killed near
their home today, while crossing the railroad track
in a carriage, by a collision with a locomotive.
Arrest of a Young Thief*
Bostok, March 17.—Frank Noble, a lad 17 years
of age, was arrested here to-day with $3,000 on h<«
person, which amount be is charged with stealing
from the Park Bank of New York, where he had
been employed as a messenger. He will be seat to
New York for trial*
exchange.
Leonard Myers.
Louisville.
GENERAL THOMAS.
FOR THE RED RIVER.
From Memphis*
New Orleans.
LIEUTENANT GENERAL GRANT.
He Assumes Command of the Armies of the
United Elates.
His Headquarters with the Army of the
Potomac.
Nashvii*liE| March 17.— Lieutenant General
Grant formally ascumed the command of the
Armies of the United States to-day. The fol
lowing ia bis order on the subject:
HBAEqVABTEES OV THE ABMIBS OF THE UNITED
States, Nashville, Term., March 17, 1864.
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 12.
In punuance of the following order of the Pre
sident :
Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. G., March 10,1864,
Under the authority of the act of Oongre** re
viving the grade of Lieutenant General in the
United States army, approved February 29th,
1664, Lieutenant General Ulyases s. Grant, U. S.
A., la appointed to the command of the Armies
of the United States.
ABRAHAM LINCOIiH—
I atsume command of the Armies or the United
state.. My headquarters will be iu the field, and,
until further order*, will be with the Army of the
Potomac.
There Kill be an office headquarterc in Wash
ington, D. C-, to which all official communica
tion, will be sent, except tho*e from the army
here. Headquarter* are at the date of their ad-
Lieutenant General of the U. S. A*
General Grant leave* for Washington on Satur
day, and repair* immediately to the front. His
staff are composed of officer* formerly with him
in the Mississippi. Among them are Brigadier
Gen. Bawling*, chief of staff; Lieut. Col. Bowers;
Captain G. K. Leet; Captain E. S. Parker, Aaa’t
Adj’t Gen.; Captain H. W. Jones, A. Q,. M.; Cap
tain Bale&r. Lieut. Col. Duff, late chief of artillery,
goes as senior aid-de-camp.
General Sherman la due here to-night, and will
Immediately resume command of the military
division. General Dodge la In the city.
Homicide in Maine*
banqob, March 17.— Deputy Sheriff Thoa. Smith,
or Old Town, was killed near Presque Isle a few
daye since by a desperado named John C. Gore,
whom he was trying to arrest, and who has been an
outlaw in tbat region for a year or more. Gove
was shot, but not killed, byMr. Smith’s assistant*,
and wa* then captured.
The Chesapeake Case.j
Halifax, March 17.— The United States revenue
eutter Miami arrived here today, and will leave to
morrow, for Bolton, with the Chesapeake.
New York Gold Market.
New Yobk, March 17.—Gold oloshd at 161% with
a very fluctuating and unsettled market.
NEW YOBK.
Correspondence of The Press. 1
New Yobk, March 16, 1864.
THB WORLD OV ART I
The long-mooted Idea of procuring and erecting a
statue to the memory of Robert Fulton, la at length
assuming tangible shape. The Fulton Monument
Association la organized, and will proceed with the
collection of funds. The executive oommittee is
composed of prominent citizens, among whom may
be named William Cullen Bryant, William H. Ac
pinwall, Captain Ericsson, Daniel Drew, and the.
Rev. Dr. Vinton. It is understood that the design
for the work le the same that was exhibited in this
city some time ago, and which met with very gene
ral approval.
The statue proposed in honor of John Bright
M. P., has not yet been heard from. Possibly the
idea of procuring it has been abandoned.
There la a dearth of effigies in our city. The eques
trian bronze of Washington looms up in Union
Square, and the brown- atone affair of Washington,
or “ any other man,’’ in the City. Hall Park, stands
dropsically out in rain and anow. These are the only
two we have. If we add the Century Club’s proposed
Shakspesre, and Fulton, we sball consider ourselves
respeotably classic, and our city a thing to “ do” by
art-loving tourists. In Central Park are a bust of
Schiller, and a few fine bronzes. Beyond these we
rcjolae to enumerate several elegant bits of statuary
scattered through our great thoroughfares, mostly
devoted to Highlanders taking snuff, and Indian
maidens seducing the rising generation with cigars.
To these latter we add (prospectively) Mills’ statue
of General Jackson (after life). Thus it will be seen
that the world of art moves.
A CALL FOB LITBBATUBE.
The resolution which provides for the putohase of
one thousand copies of MeClellan’s Report of pro
ceedings instituted against Riohmond, has again
been brought up before the Board of Oounoilmen,
This time amendments were offered, designating
Frank Moore’s Rebellion Record, the Life and Bat
tles of Fitz John Porter, and the Congressional Re
port on the Conduct of the War, as worthy of being
disseminated at the rate of a thousand copies each.
The resolution was referred to a oommittee, with
the object of ascertaining ikeexpenao of the pur
chases proposed.
REOPENING OP NAVIGATION.
One of the first intimations of a perfected spring
comes to us in the shape of an announcement that
the Hudson river is practically clear of Ice. To-day
its navigation will be resumed, and this resumption
will be signalized by the initial trip of the new
steamer A. P. St. John. The St. John is fresh from
the hands of the builders and fitters. Her cost has
been nearly half a million of dollars. Literally, she
is a boating palace—a model of splendor and luxury*
In her state rooms, the substitution of bedsteads for
the inhuman bins known as fl berths,*’ (almost
synoniznous with deaths,) is notable. She is the
finest boat which, thus far, has ever sailed upon our
inland waters.
THB SBWARD CASK,
The case of George W. Jones vs. W. H. Seward,
is going to the United States Circuit Court after
all. It will be remembered that Judge Gierke, of
the Supreme Court for this district, denied a motion
for the tranifeience of the eause. At the general
term it has now been ordered to be sent to the cir
cuit for trial upon the merits. A prominent daily,
commenting upon the circumstances attending
Judge Gierke’s decision, takes the view that his
action was ill-advised, and savored of pre-judgment.
It certainly created no little partisan feeling at the
time* as decisions upon political questions gene
rally do.
PORT LAFAYBTTB KATTBBB,
It is stated by the friends of Mr. Albert M. Palmer
that that gentleman has been released from durance
vile at Fort Lafayette, and is now in the city
There has been no public announcement of this na
ture, and the report may be premature. It is here
givcis for what it is worth. It is known that the
court martial had taken up his case, but whether it
has been disposed of, is as yet problematical. Cer
tain it is, that the verdict, if any has been rendered,
is n6t known among his friends.
It is darkly hinted that, from time to time, the
doors of this notable fort continues to close upon
parties whose misdeeds entitle them to lodgings in
the casemates. Occasionally a statement appears,
to the effect that two or Ahree have suddenly been
snatched from our midst and hurried toils delectable
apartments. Everything is vague, however; and
the grim fort, despite such rumors, may be under
going a process of depopulation*
ODDS ABD ENDS.
A new opera season, at the AcademyZof Music, is
premised. The Initial performance will be given on
the evening of Easter Monday. Two companies are
to be employed, alternately; both being under the
management of Max Maretzek.
On Friday, Gottsohalk gives the last of his fare
well concerts; positively without reserve.
Preparations are making for the spring campaign
at Central Park. It will not be long before the trees
will put forth their leaves, and Dodworth’s trum
pets begin to blow. Already there is a palpable
greenness visible in sunny spots, and signs of a ge
neral vivifleation* Soon, the fever of that peculiar
phase of existence now known as “ park life,** will
commence; and Mr. and Mrs. Potiphar initiate the
tegular afternoon airings. STUYVESANT.
Pbofbbsob Saunders’ Abgumbnt in Behalf
of Aiding thb Southbbn Portion of thb City
ib Respect to Ward Boubty.—The undersigned
regards Mr. Riley’s resolution, passed unanimously
by the delegates of the wards, recommending the
southern portion of the oity, embracing the First,
Second, Third, and Fourth wards, to the favorable
regards of certain parties residing elsewhere, as
founded in justice as well as prompted by benevo
lence, from two important facts s
First. In all parts of this extensive diatriot there
reside an unusual number of poor people, very many
of whom are employed as operatives In establish
ments beyond the limits of these wards, and, whilst
it is true they receive a full and just reward for their
services, Ihelr labor, nevertheless, increases the
wealth of employers residing in other wards.
Second. Very many of the oitizens of these four
wards have enlisted to the credit of richer wards, in
order to obtain bounties which their own localities
could not furnish them, and have thus materially
aided the wards of their adoption to fill up their
quotas. '
It is known to the undersigned, by repeated visits
to these wards, that their finance oommlttees are
among the most zeslous and persevering to be found
anywhere, in prosecuting their self-denying appeals,
and are, therefore, worthy of the moat favorable
regards of all patriotic citizens.
Church Supfbb. —The ladies of theChuroh of
the New Testament, at the oorner of Eleventh and
Wood streets, under the pastoral care of the Rev*
T. H. Stockton and Rev. Alexander Clark, will give
a supper in the lecture-room of the church on Tues
day evening, March 22d.
It is earnestly desired that this effort of the ladies
to improve the condition of the. church should be
entirely successful. Those who have been mem
bers of the church from the first, in calling the at
tention of Christian friends, cannot but go back to
the time of its erection, and the pleasant thought
that sow, after a lapse cf more than twenty years,
If only the youcg men who orowded the Filbert
Hall to listen to the Rev. T. H. Stookton, would
eome with their grown-up sons and daughters, what
a large and happy meeting it would be to all such,
and those of more recent friendship and associa
tions—in short, all who feel an interest in this
now struggling church, are affectionately Invited by
the committee of arrangements. Tioketa oan be had
of the Messrs. Martlen, publishers, 606 Chestnut
street.
School Visitor, the March number of
which we have received, is a very pleasant and weP
edltert illustrated periodical for intelligent cMKiren.
It is published by J. W. Daughaday, Philadelphia.
A school ship is open ftt CU.vlestoa last ruc
tion in seamanship,
XXXVUItb CONGRESS—Ist SESSION.
Washington. March 17.188*
SENATE
Petitions. Memorials. Ktc.
-1., VT OS PBBSIDEMT presented a petition of soldiers
erasing the allowance of the bounty under the act of
March 1863. of »ICO to aoldiers discharged from the ser
vice on account of wound* or disease contracts! in the
aarrlca. whloh waa referred to the Military Committee.
Mm FOBTJBB presented a memorial from the American
Ortmtaisicietvln favor of Surgeon MjcQowan’* pro
posed expedition to conntrles in eastern Asia, which waa
referreftothe Committee on Foreign Relations.
nIwUjSOS presented a petition of four hundred I*-
horinirmeß of Hew York, remonstrating against the ex
toneioriof the Goody ear patent.
Mr. OBIME6 submitted a draft of a proposed new rule
or *l h I°fixpcutiva dominations shall be submitted to the
consideration of and shall be decided by the Senate in
OI Mr ’TRUMBULL moved to print 5,000 additional copies
of the annual message and accompanying document!.
Referred to the Committee on Printing.
The Convention with Ecuador.
Hr fiUMKEE reported a bill to carry into effect the
convention with Ecuador for the mutual adjustment of
bill of Mr. Sumner the commissioner to
carry into effect the convention with Ecuador Is allowed
as compensation a salary of $3,0C0« and 910 per day for
travelling expenses during the actual time of transit.
If the President chooses to appoint Mm the minister
resident, he shall be allowed an increase of fifty per cent.
nI Mr *TRUMBOIjIi called up the hill to provide for the
summary trial of minor offences, which was passed
without debate.
Colonel Higginson and tire Rescue of tire
Hr. DAVIS called up liia resolution of inquiry into the
past taken by Colonel Higginson in the rescue of the
fugitive Anthony Barns and read from the published
history of tbu case extracts showing, as he thought,
treason and murder on the part of Baid Higginson.
On motion of Mr. TBUMBULL the resolution was
tabled. Ayes 29. nays as follows
NAYB.
Hendrick*,
Johnson,
HcDongal,
Buckalew.
Carlisle,
Conness,
D&ViS,
The District Rail road—White and Colored
Passengers.
U. S. GRANT,
The bill to incorporate the Metropolitan Railroad Coni'
pcny of tbe District of Colombia icame op in order, the
penning amendment being that of Mr. Sumner, providing
tbat no person shall be excluded from the cars on the
roed on account of color
Mr. JOHWfcOW thought one-half of the time of the
Senate had been taken op in the discussion of this ques
tion of the comparative rights of the white and colored
men. The white man had no greater privileges in these
cars than the colored man. The remedy which the law
provides for the violation of the rights of colored men is
as open to them as to the white man. There was a
preference for white men and women among our class,
and. the earnffna* tae ttaeo among the otner race witn.
reference to the people or their own class.
Me (Mr Johnson) would vote for every just measure of
protection to the colored race; but when It came to a
question of political rights and social enjoyment, there
were other considerations of vast importance. Nature
had fixed In' the hea?t of the white man, what by
some may be called a prejudice, that the colored race are
not onr equals/ When General Dix was overrun with,
contrabanos, the Governor of Massachusetts refused to
receive them, on the ground that the elimate would not
agree with them. This fact alone would provethat there
waa a natural distinction between the two races Tne
condition of these two classes, at present, is such that
it would he very perilous to attempt to Promote
political and social equality between them. He sup
posed hundred s of thousands of slaves had escaped from
slavery in the South during the present rebellion. Were
they fit to take part in the great political questions of the
day i 1 or as social companions for ourselves, our wives,
ana daughters t He was certain that whatever might be
the capacity of tbe free negro, 'the masses who were now
coming into onr midßt are not fit to exercise the elective
franchise, mix socially with the whites, and take part
in the councils of tbe nation. Justlmasinefiveorsixof
them holding the balance of power in this body when a
great topic of the day was under discussion Would we
appeal to these men by reason? no! By persuasion?
yes! Persuasion followed upon ignorance, and appeal
lug to Ignorance alone, what wou.d be the effect it an
important national measure was carried by. a vote of
thlsdeFcripiion?
a Mr. bUMNEßremembeied that, when he first came Into
the Senate, the Hon. John Bell told him that he was first
chosen into public life by the efforts of free negroes.
_Mr.CoN.ahSS said their choice vwas a bad one.
[Laughter.]
Mr. JOHNSON said that it might be that some of this
class were Intelligent. He was far from believing that
became a man was black his intelligence was not as
great as others What he would say was, that not
withstanding any extraordinary intellect he might
poeseee, there still existed a latent prejudice which
kept him from rising to his proper sphere.
No one would contend for the intermarriage of
whites with blachi. What father would have his
daughter btund 10 a colored man by a marriage vow, or
ms son bound to a colored woman? Such equality would
sin alike against the sense of the times and the manly
feeling of tbe white race. He trusted that upon reflec
tion the honorable Senator would withdraw his amend
ment, as there was not the slightest necessity for It He
said slavery in Maryland, If not dead, has received the
wound of death, and those gentlemen who favored it 3
continuance would find that m the judgment of Chris
tendom. and under the silent iuflnencjs of taat Chris
tianity which hsa-dene so much to humanize society,
there was a power which man could no longer with
stand.
Mr. StUIiBBUKY said the question was solely whether
the railroad company were to be bound to allow the ne
groes to select any car tb ey please. He did not believe
withi the Senator from Maryland that slavery was dead,
aud he desired to close hie 03 es under the eameinstitu
tion he had been reared under. The finger of God had
drawn a distinction between thoraces. Abolitionism
was infidelity to God and a war against Providence.
Mr, bUMAEH said Ms proposition was as simple as
any one of the ten commandments, and yet the Senator
from Mars land, with the nimbleness which be
longs to him, had ranged over a very wide field of
diecuesion. He thouget the Senator showed large
inconsistency in maintaining the legal right of the
colored people to occupy these cars, and claiming, on
every principle of social consideration, tnat they should
not be admitted. He asked that by a few words of in*
trepret.tlon, inch as bis amendment gave, to what the
Senator from Maryland acknowledged to be the law, the
eolortd people might be allowed their rights.
Mr. Ci.BLl&Lk said he wae ouce or twice in a Slew
I o?k car, and he had never seen nergoes.
Mr. fcXJMNERssId he had hardly ever entered one,
but what be bad seen them. ,
Mr. CARLISLE said he supposed they were there on
account of the presence of the distinguished Senator
who had done so much for their down-trodden race.
[Laughter ]
Mr. DOOLITTLE opposed the amendment. He be
lieved the railroad company had a right so make regula
tions for the convenience of the public, and not for their
own convenience. Hla honorable friend from Massa
chusetts did not generally travel with ladles. [Laugh
ter.] Suppose he should attempt to travel in a ladles’
ear ? why, he would be politely informed that there was
a car provided for gentlemen who travel alone CLaugh
ter.j Would that be denying Mm any tight, because
he has puica&sed a ticket? He thought where there was
a divided population, white and colored cars should be
provided for each class.
Mr. MORBILL alluded to the remarks of Mr. Sauls
bury yesterday. As Liras good taste went, he did not
think the Senator would object to ride with the colored
man In a carriage provided be wore the badge of bon
dage. Bis taete.told him that it was just as proper that
the colored man should ride in the public cars here with
whites. He believed mat tlie gentlemanly instincts and
Christianity mentioned by the Senator from Delaware
had been towards Abolition.
Mr. SAULSBUBY said he did not think so.
Mr. MORRILL said that amongst all Christian nations
where the slave adopted its tenets, the tendency was
to emancipation. This was the rule of the church, from
the earliest days. That doctrine has come down to the
present boar; and, God be praised, this nation is noc
going to be an exception to the rule. As to gentlemanly
instincts, hereferied to the fact, that of the four mil--
lionsof slaves of the South, nearly 600.000 were malat
toee. [Laughter.! The Senator might as well be ad
monished bythewords of tbe Senator from Maryland,
tbat the Institution Is fast passing away, and that ail
attempts to bolster it up are vain. He considered the
-amendment unessential when he reported the bill, but
slice that &s» anlt upon It by the Senator from Delaware
he should vote for it. .
Hr. SAUISBURY denied thafhe had assaulted the bill
as reported, and the words'of the Senator from Maine
justified his course in opposition to the amendment
Tbe amendment was adopted—ayes 19, nays 17. as fol
lows:
Rats —Messrs Buck&lew, Carlile, Davie, Doolittle.
Harding. Harris, Hendricks, Johnson, Lace (Indiana),
Powell, kiddie. SanUbury. Sherman. TenEyek. Tram
bull. Van Winkle, and Willey.
The bill was then parsed
Mr. LANS, of Kansas, introduced a bill to provide for
the erection of a custom house and pest office at Topeka,
which was referred to tbe Committee on Commerce.
Mr. FOSTER called up the House bill defining the pay
and emoluments of chaplains, wkico, after an amend
ment allowing them pay while absent on leave or on
account of disability from service or imprisonment, was
passed
At 4. SOP. M. the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. BOYD, of Missouri, introduced a bill to complete
the southwest branch of the Pacific Railroad, from
Holla to Springfield, Missouri, and asking the Govern
ment to refund the tariff on freight carried over said
road since IB6i for Government purposes, which was re
ferred. _ - .
On motion of Hr. ASHLEY, of Olio the House, by
twenty majority, postponed for three weeks the jo at
resolution to drop from the rolls of the army ail unem
ployed general officers.
The New Jersey Railroads.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the bill
declaring the railroad of the Camden and Atlas tic Rail
road Company, and the blanches thereof,ballc and tobe
built, ana the railroad of the Raritan and Delaware
Bay R&Uroad Company, and the branches thereof, built
ana to be built, to be lawtul structuies and public high
way* <,f the Uvited btates, and to be rued as a coatinu
OUB line between Philadelphia and Jtew York for postal
and military purposes
Mr. DEUIRG, of Connecticut, explained the provi
sions of tbe bill, stating that the petitioners, namely,
tae Raritan and Delaware Bay Railroad Company,
pray that their roads and boats may be declared post
and military roads. They state that by meant of these
theie is a continuous through line between the cities
of New York and Philadelphia. The committee find
that after the battle of Antietam, when a universal
panic pervaded the country, and our interests were
imperilled, this line carried from New York to Phila
delphia over 17,400 men, 649 horses, and more than
6(0,COO pounds of freight under the orders of the Go
vernment. Both the Government and. tbe public re
quire constant and piompt means of communication,
and ssyibing .which, prevents this is a prohibition
which ought no; to be tolerated., He briefly argued the
constitutional power to grant the relfer prayed, and
ea d the bill was the unanimous report of the Committee
on Military Affairs.
Mr DBttlftG moved the previous question.
Mr. ROGERS, of New Jersey, hoped time would be
afforded for discuision on a measure so seriously affect
ing the interests of that State.
Mr. PRUT 17. of New York, said to pass such an Im
portant bill with only one hour’s debate would be an act
of tyranniepower.
Mr. DSMIBG wanted to know whether that remark
was applied to him.
Mr BRUY N replied that his remark was general and
not personal.
Tne morning hour expired, and the farther considera
tion of th&-&ubiect goes over until Tuesday next.
The Ecuador Convention.
Mr. COX, of Ohio, from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, reported a bill to carry into effect the conven
tion between the United States and Ecuador, for the
mutual adjustment of claims, which was passed. It
Erovides for the appolntaMht of a commissioner, fixing
is compensation at $8,6(0. together with Incidental ex
penses. . ' .
Stave Oigaiilzittiqa u for Nevada, Colorado,
The House proceeded to the consideration of the spe
cial order, lamely, business relating to the Territories.
The first hill waa from the Senate! enabling the people
of Nevada to form a Constitution and State government,
and providing for its admission into the Union on an
equal footing with the original States.
The hill was read and passed without debate.
The neat Senate bill was taken up. enabling Colorado
to form a Constitution and Bta-.eGovernment.pielimin'iry
to admission into the Union upon an equal footing with
the original States.
Mr. FJtWDLETON wanted the bill referred to the Com*
mittee of the Whole on the State of the Union for dis
cussion. , .
Mr. ASHLEY objected, saving a similar bill had here
tofore passed the House, and this cue had passed the
Senate without opposition.
Mr. COX, ox Ohio, remarked that he had not had an
opportunity to examine the bill, and would like to offer
an amendment providing that the State shall not be ad
mitted until Congrats is satisfied she has a population
equal to that required for the selection of a member of the
Bouse, according to the Federal ratio under the last
ce fir? ASHLEY, of Ohio, replied. The population of Co
lorado » Utw* 1 than Oregon lum fco-d»x.
Mr. COX did not dispute that, but desired the inser
tion of a sound principle. He need scarcely ask
w hether, by the provisions of this bill, slavery was ex
cluded. __
Mr MALLORY, of Kentucky, remarked that It had
been said on innßepublican side that slavery was dead.
If eo. why prohibit Its existence in Colorado, and the
other Territories.
Mr. STEVbMS* in hie seat. We want to bury it.
[Laughter. ]
Mr. ASHLEY, of Ohio, said he never made a remark
that slavery is dead, but if his colleague (Mr Cox)
wanted an opportunity to offer an amendment establish
ing slavery, he would have no objection to giving him
tl at oiPOTtunity
Mr. CUX replied, his colleague knew that he never
proposed eitner to establish or prohibit slavery, bat left
tbe decision of that question to the people themselves.
The remark did not come with a good grace from that
quarter, considering the antecedents of hl» colleague
Mr. MALLORY moved to strike out that part of tbe
bill prohibiting slavery, so as to leave Congreis uncom
mitted on the subject. .
He subfceqoently asked leave to withdraw the amend
ment, bnt Speaker Colfax decided that this could not
he done, as th e previous question had been seconded on
thepapsageof the bill
Tbe House voted on Mr. Mallory’s amendment, and re
jected it—yeas 18, namely:
Tpas—Messrs. Janies C. Allen. Ansona, Chauler. Cox.
Dawson. Denison, hldridge, Hall,Harding, Knapp, Gong,
Mallory, Miller of Pennsylvania. Morrison, O'Aeill or
Ohio, Kandall of. Pennsylvania, Ross, and Stiles.
Tbe nays!were 87.
The Colorado t ill wau then passed.
Mr. ABBLEY. OfOhlo, from theCoramitbe on Terri
tories, reported the House bill enabling Nebrasxa to
ferin f. ConiUuiUon and stats Government, as prallml
nary aaiq th© tJnica,
Mr. COX, QM9» a °ffov€d an axaoadinent requiring
Congress to be satisfied that Nebraska has sufficient
population, according to Federal rates, for the election
of a member of the House.
The amendment was rojec l ed—43 against 72. The bill
was then rasaed.
The *l>ove enabling bills for Nevada, Colorado, and
Nt>b)£fck*; require for each the election of delegates to
a convention, which shall submit the consiitutioa agreed
upon to ihe people for their ratifies tion or rejection on
the second Tuesday in October. The constitution shall
be republican, nad not repugnant to tbe Jouatitutlon of
tieDniud fetetes, and tbe principles of the Owilaration
of-lndei-enuence. Slavery thall be prohibited therein
by an ordinance forster irrevocable without consdnt of
Whf>n tie ccnf-tltutiou i«* Tatttled by the pao
plo, the rnw«tnt Ifl to dtclarih by proclamation* the
admisj ton of these states on an tqaal footing wira. th*
original fctatts- each of which Is to bee'j:Ul3d to
E. D. SAUNDERS.
Slave Burns.
Powell,
El idle,
Salisbury,
Chaplains’ Pay.
and Jf c braska.
member of (be Roane aotll (he aest apportionment, and
two Senators in the Congress of the Uni tod States.
Montana and Idaho.
Mr. BEAMAN, of Michigan, from the Committee on
Territories, reported a bill organizing the territorial go
vernment of Montana. He explained it proposed to oi
vide Idaho, appropriating the southern portion to the
new territory. Seventeen thons&nd of the inhabitants
of Idaho have to travel seven handred miles to reach
the courts. The committee proposed to make the dividing
line the Rocky and Bitter Root Moon tains, which coaid
not be crossed for at least six months in the year.
In rt ply to a question of Mr Spalding, he said the Le
gislature of Idaho bad. asked for such division, and ar
gued it woald be economical to create territorial govern
men Is both for the protection of citizens, which U tM
highest duty of the Government, and the quieting Of in
disntroubles. ,
Mr. COX i uggested the name of Montana be changed
for an Indian noma. . . . . ..
Mr W AbHBURNB, of Illinois, «uggaated i to the mu
tleman the name of Abyssinia. CLaughlerJ
Mr. COX would propose the name of Douglas.
Mr. bTAVENS, mhis seat, suggested Fred. Douglass.
M tJie aa me of Douglas would suit
both sides of the Home, as the Bepnbltcans have a black
Douglass, and the other side have a white Douglas.
W Tb? bUKprcvfding a temporary government for Mon-
went into Committee of the Whole on
the bill appropriating two handred ,and
dollars for public baildings m tbe wvertl twrrwjjjj'
Mr. KENNEY, of Utah, argued that territorial govern
ments, as now constituted, are not republican incnarec
ter, and hence be insisted that the territories should oe
admitted as States ss soon as practicable, to remove aii
constitutional objections. He referred to the history oi
the settlement of Utah, speaking of the patient spirit Ot
the people under persecution—of their patriotism, and
of their wonderful achievements. He advocated the
admitelon of Utah into the Union as a State, and asked
for justice and equality.
Without farther proceedings on the bill the committee
rose, and the House, at 6 o'clock, adjourned.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
Harrisburg, March 17* ISW-
SENATE.
The Senate was called to order at 11 o'clock.
Petitions, Ac.
Mr. KINSEY, a petition from citizens of Newtown
‘township. Backs county,/or an alteration in the school
law.
Hr. BUCREfi. a petition from the Methodist Eplscoual
Conference of Philadelphia, in zererence to the distribu
tion of tie land grant.
During the progress of the reading of reports by the
standing committees, a committee from the House intro
duced Generals Barnside and Hancock to the Speaker,
who In turn introduced them to the Senate, when a re
cess was taken.
Bills In Place.
Mr. NICHOLS, a further supplement to the act incor
porating the city of Philadelphia.
Mr. CLY HER. an act extending the provisions of the
stcood section of the act of April 10th, 1810, entitled an
art relating to sheriffs’ sales, and the appointment of
trnstees in the connty of Philadelphia to the several
counties in this Commonwealth.
Mr. GLAI z, an act relative to recording inventories in
York county.
Hr. BUcHER, an act relative to taking testimony in
Cumberland county.
Mr. CONNELL, a farther supplement to the set incor
porating the city of Philadelphia, rel tive to the elec
tion of school directors.
Original Resolution.
Mr. CLYMBR offered a resolution that the Senate ad
journ at IZX o’clock, to meet on Monday evening at 7is
o’clock, which was agreed to.
Third Reading*.
The supplement to the Warren and fiideout Railroad,
after son e debate, passed the Senate finally.
Mr. GRAHAM, on leave, read a bill in place, entitled
an set to provide for the appointment of a fire warden in
Atirgheny coun y.
Mr. GHAHaM called up the act providing for the elec
tion of tax collectors in Erie. Passed to third reading
?* Mr. MoCaNDLEBS called up the act to Incorporate the
Butler and Mercer Railroad Company, pending which
the Senate Adjourned.
HOUSE,
• The BonsB met at 10 o’clock.
Mr. KERSS. of Philadelphia, offered the following
preamble and resolution:'
Wh&'eas* Major General Bnrneide and Major General
Hancock are now in the Btate capital:
Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to
wait uyon them and invite them to visit the House du
ring the session this meruit g. Passed unanimously.
The SPEAKER appointed Messrs. Kearns, Bigham,
and Wimley the committee who waited upon the distin
guished geuilemen leferred to, and conducted them to
hall of the House. _
The SPEAKER introduced General Burnside, who re
turned thanks for the honor conferred upon him. He
complimented the Pennsylvania soldiers of his corps.
He said they were the best he had in hiß command;
they n<ver failed to perform a piece of work when
called upon to do so. He was greatly attached to them.
All the Pennsylvania regiment! in his corps were al
ready filled, and his stay in this State should be short,
as he had no work to do. Be thanked the people of
Pennsylvaiia for so promptly responding, and said
they might well be proud of what they had done.
Hancock was then introduced, and made a
few remarks.
The guests were then personally introduced to the
Tn, inhere of the House, after which they retired.
A number of petitions were presented.
On motion thtlHonee, proceeded to theconslderatlon of
an set incorporating the New Castle and Franklin Rail
road. Pasted finally.
Adjourned until Monday evening at 7# o’clock.
EUROPE.
Mrtzzlni and an English M. P, 3lr« Stan
field, charged with Complicity in the
Italian Plot against. Napoleon.
[Paris (Feb. 28) Correspondence of the London Times. ]
In the course of hie speech, M. Uordoin, the Pro
cureur General, alluding to the address, “ JM. Flower,
Thurloe Square, 35, Brompton, London,” said that
be bad reierred to tbe “London Commercial Di
rectory" to discover the person who was thus
placed in correspondence with Greeo. At page 670
he found—and it was in sorrow, he added, that he
found it—tbe name of a member of the Engligh
Parliament who already, in 1867, had been appointed
by Mazzini treasurer to the Tibaldi plot which was
concocted against tbe life of the Emperor. At that
period two letters from Mazzini had been discovered)
one to Masiarenti, the other to Campanula, con
taining these lines:
Mazzini to Massarenti.
If you want money, apply to the friend of the
brewery, who will give it to you. I have given him
tbe order.
Mazzini to Oampanilla.
The Paris affair is become more than ever desira
ble and urgent. Ark James for money; I have ad
vised him, and sent it to him.
Mr. Coidoin read the article of the Times of the
14th, expressing horror of this crime, and declaring
that the moment was come for Mazzini to disavow
all connection with these conspirators, and that, if
he did not, it was for tha interest of Great Britain to
see that her hospitality was no longer given to one
who continued to abuse it. He also read Mazzini’*
letter, published the following day in the Times, de
nying all complicity in the crime. This diacialaier
did not, however, convince him ; and, indeed, the
whole of hi* reasoning was directed to show that
Mazzini was the coneoetor of it,
MR* STANSFBLD’B DBFBNCR.
In the House of Commons, on the 29 Ih of Februa
ry, Mr. Cox said, seeing the honorable gentleman
the member for Halifax in his place, I wish to ask
whether his attention haß been called to what is
stated to have taken place at Paris upon the trial of
Greco and his and to what fell from
tbe Crown preseoutor on that occasion, The Grown
prosecutor said:
He (Greco) was to write to that address in London
If he was in want of money. It is as follows: Mr.
Flower, 35 Thurloe Square, Brompton. I searched
the *' London Directory.” At page 6701 found what
I was looking for, and it was not without sadness
that X recognized the name of a member of Parlia
ment of England, who already had been, in 1857, ap
pointed to he the banker of the Tebaldi conspiracy
against tbe Emperor’s life. I also searched the
*» London Directory,” and found that the honorable
member for Halifax lives at that address. I there
fore desire to know whether the honorable gentle
man’s attention has been caUed to this paragraph
Mr. Stansvbld* I am muoh indebted to the ho
norable member for Finsbury for having enabled me
to answer the question at once. My attention was
directed, this morning, to the speech of the Pro
cmeur General, from whioh my honorable friend
has read an extract, and I must say that the asto
nishment with which I read the speeoh was mingled
with ioiaew])*t of a stronger feeling. For tbe
Crown prosecutor of a friendly Power in the first
place to imagine, and in the second plaee to venture
to insinutttei that one who has the honor of a seat in
the British Heme of Commons, and who, however
unworthily, happens to oocupy the position of a
Minister ol tbe Crown, should directly or indirectly
bave ever participated, or even have been conscious
of any supposed implication, In attempts which, if
serious, must excite the execration of mankind, I
say i» more than I can understand, and I confess I
read his speech with feelings not only of astonish
ment, but also of irdignation. [Hear, hear.]
Sir, I trust it is quite uonecessary, in fact I should
feel it, I may say, an indignity, should I be called
upon to pieid to an indictment like this, and to de
clare in this House that I share the feeliogs of all
decent mcnwtth regard to attempts of this kind,
about which there can be bat one opinion. [Hear,
hear.] But 11 there be to my mind come sort of satis
faction in connection with the indignity of such a
suspicion, it is this: that It gives me the opportu
nity, upon this occasion and from this place, to bear
my testimony to the character of a man whom all
who know me know I have known for some eighteen
years, and than whom I have never known, I have
never heard or read of, any man who has been more
cruelly and more shamefully maligned. [Hear, hear.]
I speak, as I have said, from a definite personal
knowledge of nearly eighteen years, and I have yet
to learn that that knowledge and the convictions
which it produces will not have tome effect upon
the mind of this House and of the public. I say that
M. Mazzini, whose name has been associated with
this attempt—l pledge my personal knowledge of
him for the conviction that he is absolutely incapa
ble of being concerned in it. [Hear, hear.]
ANTI-ENGLISH EXCITEMENT IN THB PBBNCH
SENATE,
[Psris (Veb. S 9) Correspondence of London Herald, ?
I transcribe what followed from the official report
of the Monileur t which it may not be out of place to
obs« rve, is pooled up outside every mairie in France:
M. le Verrier. I have but few words to say. I
confess I am sick of hearing constantly England
andherinstitutiono held up to dsm models, and X
am more so than ever when “ societies” in the city
of London take the liberty (se croientpermis) to send
us i epresentatives in the name of humanity.
M. le Rapporteur, We said something to that
effect in our report.
M. le Verrier. I know it 5 but I want to add
something to what you did say. In my turn I would
leccmmetd England to look at home and take into
consideration a state of things far more serious
(than vivisection), and one which exists in no other
country in the world. It is only in EngUq&.that
members of Parliament are to be found who can be
accused, documents in hand, of subsidizing assas
sins. (Sensation — H bien. ,> )
M» le President, Do you move the order of the
day? ~~
M. le Verrier, I do.
M. le Marquis de Boissy. I am very sorry todis*
agree with M. le Verrier’a motion, but I endorse all
he has said about England. Why should we move
the order of the day? If the recommendation (to
take the petition into consideration) is a good one,
we should adopt it, not because it comes from Eng
land—for we all know that whatever comes from
that quarter is generally very bad, perfidious, pesti
lential—[laughter]—but because It is good per se. In
this case there maybe some good in what is said,
not by England, but by a few English philanthro
pists. By sot voting the order of the day we will
give greater weight to the words of M» le Verrier—
although that neighboring country be a repair for
assassins, though they are nurtured and taken cate
of there, just as ferrets are bred in a tub for sporting
purposes—l support the committee. The world thus
will see that we do not reject a sensible proposal,
though it does come from London. I trust that what
ba> beemisid here will reach England, and that it
may lead the people there to show themselves hence
forth somewhat less inclined to promote the liberty
of assassination, [Movement.}
M. le President. Confine yourself to the question,
KL de Boissy ; you ore but envenoming matters.
M. le Maiquis de Boissy. What is spoken is
spoken. I trust the words of M. le Verrier will find
an echo.
The subject then dropped, and the order of the day
was ultimately adopted 5 but this little episode in
the Senate only confirms what I yesterday told you
of the tremendous sensation made here by the accu
sation of M. Ooxdoen.
Parser Liberality.— FiveParsee firms in Lon
don have contributed five hundred ponndi sterling
lor the relief of the emancipated negroes in the Uni
ted States, s
The Parsees are the deioendants in the East In
dies of the fire worshippers, Idriven out from Persia
on account of their religion. They still preserve
their ancient religion, along with increased purity
of morals.
is the correspondence announcing
[Copy.)
“21 Gjrbsham House,
23d February, 1884.;
“My Dear Sib : Four of our Parsee firms of
G-resham House, Messrs. Gama & Go., Byramjee,
Gama, & Son, D. D. Gama & Go., and Mody & Go.,
and myself, have subscribed £lOO each for the sup.
port of the poor negroes who are emancipated in
America from bondage by the benign Government
of the United States of America, and I beg to send
herewith a cheque for £5OO on the Bank of England,
and request you, on behalf of the contributors 01
the same, to remit the equivalent to Amerioa; as
you think proper; by your so doing we feel
greatly obliged to you.
“ I remain, my dear sir, yours faithfully,
“ Bdliell Sturgis, E,q.” ““-H-hAMiL.
Death at thb Park Babbages Edwxrd
Roser, a private in Company F, Mth resimcTnt
sylvania Volunteers, died •uddenlyy^eS.vmS™
wasaasss arfSIKEK
Hibernian Society,
Yesterday forenoon, thU society, established i
1792, held its annual meeting for the elecdoa of am
cers. The results were as follows: urn ’
President— Major General R. Patterson.
Vice President—Hon. James Harper.
Treasurer—James Brown.
Seeretarj—James L. Taylor.
Counsellors—William J. Duane, Esq ; Samuel
Hood, Eiq.
Physicians—Dr. B. H. Givio, Dr. Thos. S. Harpe?
Yesterday evening the Society celebrated
seventy-third anniversary by a capital dinner at
Continental Hotel* General Robert Patterson
president of tbe Society, was in the chair, and tha
Hon. James Harper and James Brown officiating
as vice chairmen.
Among the invited guests we noticed D. C. cj,.
Gammon, Eiq., of the St. Andrews ; H. G. Jone*
ieq , of the Welsh; George Pilling, Esq., 0 f tha
St. George’s, and Frederick Fairthorne, Eiq,, 0(
the Albion Sureties ; Colonel Ruff, United States
army, was alio present, and, after his profe*
sional duties were “ performed,” Barney Wii.
liams, Eiq.
The President resd a letter from the Rev. Mr.
MoElroy, declining to attend, on aocount of hie *<].
vanced age, and the following from General T. F,
Meagher:
La PrBBBB Housb, PHinAuanvAiA
St. Patrick’s Day, 186 L
My Dear Ghneical : I regret alnoerely that sq
engagement I had made, previous to my receiving
the invitation to dine with the Hibernian Society of
your city, prevents me having the happiness and
honor I should otherwise enjoy in being the guest,
on such an oocasion, of so ueelul, so benevolent, and
patriotic an association.
The love of our dear old native land, which kindles
and sanctifies, imparts a high purpose and oharaeter
to the festivities of Irishmen In this country on the
anniversary of their national Mint and patron
eivea the lie emphatically to the assertion of Esrl
£&£, uttered the other day in the British Hou.e of
Peer*, that Irtibmen, in emigrating to America,
were about to fstabliih themselvefi in a land where
their love for Ireland would be extinguished.
I for one do not heiitate to say, my dear General,
that, if the aame deep love prevailed for Ireland
among her sons at home aa prevail! to-day, and
for generation! baa prevailed, in this glorious
and powerful Republic, among those hundreds of
tboutandl whom a desolating and exterminating
system of foreign government baa driven every year,
for tbe lsat half century and npwarda, from their
ancient field, and fireaidee, tbe history of Irelant
would have been for years paßt, and for an incalcula
ble future would continue to be, the history of a
happy people and a proud nation.
Heartily thanking the Hibeftaian Society for tha
invitation with which I have been honored, and to
sewing the assurance of my sincere regret that I
have not been able to avail mycelf of it, I beg you
to believe me, with the truest regard, my dear
aeneral, most faithfully and cordially yours,
uenerai, THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER,
Brigadier General U. S. Vols.
TO Major General Fattbbsoh, President of tbs
Hibernian Society of Philadelphia.
The regular toasts, from the Chair, were as fol.
lows:
1. The Immortal Memory of St. Patrick. . .
2. Ireland- Onr Moths r Land: Her teeming womb hi,
already peopleo the richest regions of the globe* and qa
iiocfe yet to be born, of her shall rise UP and call oar
- W | e The Memory of Washlnslon: The wisest, purest.
* r f a 'nie o Dnion'f The golden chain that binds the natio.
together: the strength and temoeref Its links are now
tested by the fiery ordeal of war, but the people will
come forth from the crulcble -refilled, strengthened., re.
generated, and united .. , _ .
6 The President of the United States
6. The Arm* and Navy: The heroic defenders of our
’*7 ftifilSia: Her motto. "Virtue. Liberty end
Independence;” let these ever be the exponents of her
social, civil, snd political condition. .
8. Philadelphia: Our own home and city, her gooff
name ranks among the highest on the scroll of hia
tcry; let n> preserve and transmit it untarnished to pos
aSood Government: The greatest earthly ble,.l a!
vouchsafed to any people; it* absence —one of the direst
calamities that can afflict a nation.
10 The Judiciary: Faithful and learned—the corner
Hone of good government; unfaithful— a terror to uoae
hut good citizens. J ~. .
11 The Press: The conservator of law and liberty, aa
lorn as it is free, -truthful, and enlightened: if vaaiL
false.orllcentlous.iUn good for nothing bat to betrodd.it
: The tldd which bears on Its bison
national wealth, power, end prosperity, may It coati
nne to flow with increasing flood from the old to the naw
world, ■•from the risiigof thssnn to the going down of
the seme. ”
13. yt v 1,1,45 fly from public sight.
Domestic worth avoids too strong a light:
After the regular toasts were given, Mr. JYloCain.
mon, Vice President of the St. Andrew’s Society,
gave the health of General Patterson, President of
the Hibernian Society, which was drank with en
thusiasm. To this Gen. P. made a brief and earnest
reply.
Mr. Barney Williams, called on for a volunteer
toast, gave 11 General Shields, the atateiman and
soldier—the only man that whipped Stonewall
Jackson, and it took an Irishman to do it." This
was drank with cheers. At the President's sugges
tion, in the course of tbe evening, National aonga,
Irish, Irish-American, and American, were sung by
Mr. M. F. Keenan, Mr. David Boyd, Sr., Col. Alex
under Murphy, Mr. Charles B. Mount, Mr. Andrew
Mcßride, Mr. Adam Hill, Captain C. M. Donovan,
Hon. James Harper, Mr. Barney Williams, and
other gentlemen.
United States Service Magazine.
Seventeen days after date, we have received ihe
March number of this well-conducted periodical. It
ie an improvement on the second number, as th&t
was on the first. If continued ,in the same spirit
and with equal ability in its various departments,
it will not be exceeded, possibly not equalled, by its
English namesake, hitherto the best naval aul
military periodical in any country. There are tro
articles on the siege of Charleston, a brilliant and
brief sketch of the chase of a blockade-runner,
a sensible paper upon Volunteering and Conscrip
tion, another on the importance oi Railroadc in War,
a further description of the Modern Topography ol
■Europe (a title which imperfectly denotes the iub-u
jeot,) a vindication of the eligibility of medical of
ficers of the atmy upon oourta-martial, an account
of the proper way of teaching a horse his menage
an account of the military organization of Switzer
land, and a clever paper upon Russia and Ame
rica;—this last, which shows what atepi Progress has
made in Russia, of late years, is from the pen ol Mr.
I-elar.tl, and creditable to his research and industry.
The only poetry this month is a Ballad of the Cid.
The compilation of official intelligence, whioh con
cludes this number, Is full and authentic. We have
received this magszine from W. B. Zieber, South
Third street; it is published in New York,
Theatrical.
Mr. Gustavus V. Brooke will, we hope, shorn?
appear in America. A month ago he appeared in his
native city of Dublin, and received this high praise
Irom the Freemen’s Journal:
“ There appears to be now but one opinion as to the
merit# of Mr. G. V. Brooke as an actor. He has
taken by unanimous consent the first place amongst
living actors, and up to the present we know of no
person worthy of taking from him at any time the
premier position on the stage. No contemporary
actor can give a part the vitality and material power
which he ean, or approach within along dUtance of
him a. an Interpreter ot dramatic poetry.”
The ovation offered Count Joanne, in Bolton
wa. a remarkable one, and affected that auioeptible
.cion of nobility to tear.. He made hi. appearance
In “ Hamlet,” hi. wife playing Ophelia to hi. Ham
let. T{ie audience numbered fully four thounnil
per.om. He mu.t.bave made a .good $O,OOO from it,
” It’, an ill wind,” &c.,a ay. the adage, and the Count
him self may well think .0. He addteued the de
lighted audience in a warm little .peech, and promieed
to clear up, in four week., the my.tery of hi.
charging Mr, Salley with the murder of the young
bank cleik In Malden. Joanne. 1. the only genuine
.prig of American nobility we have in the land, and
Boeton very con.iderately nourishes it.
Of Wallack’a Theatre, Newport, the Evening
Post .aye: “ With very rare exception.—and the.o
exception, only ooour In a few of the dull old oouib
die. of a pa.t century—nothing i. ever .aid on tne
ttage which a lady need bluah to hear; and the tame
can be .aid of few other theatre, in Hew York.” We
believe this compliment might be paid with equal
truth to every theatre in Philadelphia. Profanity
and vulgarity, vicea in private converiation, are
positive orime. before an audlenoe of gentlemen,
Indies, and children. The morale of the .tage have
been greatly improved of late years, and we are glad
to congratulate our dramatic artists upon the exile
of thee performer, who bring disgrace upon an
honorable profeeilon, Haring banished rude oath,
and di.guiting joke, from the Philadelphia theatre.,
the intelligent leader, of the stage should make
deadly war upon the imp. of bad grammar, pronuncia
tion, and emphasis, which still hover about the foot
lights.
Public Entertainments.
Mb. Murdoch's Reading fob the Christian
Commission. —We take pleasure In calling the at
tention of our reader, to the advertisement, in
another column, of Mr. Murdoch’s reading for the
benefit of the United States Christian Gommiiilon.
Hr. Murdoch ha. exhibited a degree of patriotism,
»inue the war began, deeerving the highest praise.
When it la said he read, for the benefit of our
soidlers, the word, are to be understood in a literal
sense. He doe. not charge any fee for hi. valuable
services, and therefore the entire proceeds of his
entertainment, after paying necessary expense, of
rent of bulidlDg, etc., go direetly to the soldiers. If
Mr. Murdoch were to read every night In the week)
such disinterested patriotism a. he has shown should
be greeted with a crowded house on every oooasion.
Het him have one on this occasion. The sale of
tickets begins to-day.
Mb, N. K. Richardson's Shadings.— On Wed
nesday evening Musical Fund Hall was nearly
filled with an audience, unusually appreolatlve,
assembled to hear a series of Selest Headings from
Mr. Hichaxdson, one of our most promising young
elocutionists. He has a manageable voice, melo
dious and sufficiently powerful, without shrillness.
His action is graceful, appropriate, and not ex
cessive. His readings were good, beoauie he evi
dently understood all that he said. Mr. Rlohardson
was ably assisted by Mr. Philip Lawrence, hi. in
structor in elocution.
EWaintjt street Thratrb M r . Edwin Adams
announces “ The Robbers” for his benefit to-night.
The popularity of Mr. Adams is increased by hie
continued Improvement. Few of our younger tra
gedians possess equal energy and graoe.
Obrmakia Obc&bstra.—The following pro
gramme is announced for the rehersal to-morrow
afternoon:
Overture—Lestocq......
Eulogy of Tears
Walts—Witches’ Dance
March —Funebre ......I
Overture—£in Sommernaehts Traum.
Mendelssohn.
apnog Jubilee T „. r
Ballet from » StradeUa” .....I ."'...'..“.n010wl
f. T^ VB S „ AI '“ °' English Oabpb'es, he.—
The attention of purchasers Is requested to the
choice and desirable assortment of carpets and mat
be Bold tbu “omlng, embracing Oroseley’a
English, Bru Stella, Hartford, and Lowell three-ply
and euperfine ingrain oarpets, Canton mattings, fco„
o be peremptorily iold t by catalogue) on four
month*’ credit, commencing this (Friday) morn*
ing, Match is, at o'clock precisely, by Johr. B. /
& Co., auctioneer*. No*. 234 and 234 Mask**
street.
Important Peremptory Sale of 45,111 Acsas
Land. —Thomas & Sons advertise 45,111 aorei of
land, to be sold 29th instant, without reserve or liiui-*
tation. See fourth page of to-day’s Press.
Labor Sale of Stooxs and Real Estate, on
Tuesday next, 22d inat. Pamphlet catalogues to*
morrow.
The French consul did not appear, in conjunctiva
with the couiujs ftpm QtbM-countries, in. ww P-°.
cession at the inauguration of Governor »
New Orleans. This looks li i rA3MB
about to recognise?
fljiber.
F. Schubert.
...Danner.
...Chopin.