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FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1864
The flour and the Duty.
The news from the army this morning
carries with it a lesson. When Mr. Secre
tary STANTON, in his despatch to Major
General CADWALADER, stated that "it is
the design of the Government to keep
up the national . forces until. the • rebel
lion is overthrown," he conveyed iint quiet
way the duty that must never be' forgot
ten., While we are engaged in the bitsi
ness of fighting, we - - must continue to
furnish the means of fighting. Men and
guns, commisSary.storeS, and all the para
phernalia of war must be produced and
re
produced as often as war and its necessities
demand. :Military operations drain the
country, and the drain will continue until
peace comes. Our task is to send nien
to the field, and support them :in
the, field. We cannot escape it. "Aly
Cousin of Orange will find," said Lours
XIV when WILLIA_M HI began his last war
with France, "that victory will be with
the last louis d'or." The last louis d'or
won the victory, as Louts sadly learned: ; i
"An array," said FREDERICK the Great,
" moves upon its belly." What Was true
when these men spoke is true now, and the
Army of the Potomac mind escape the
conditions that have surrounded every army
since war became the purpose and passion
of mankind.
:In this rebellion we, the 'people, have a
divided duty ; some must go to the front
and fight, others must remain at home.
Our home duty is as important in its way
as our field duty. If we fail in our obliga
tions to the brave men in Virginia; they
fail, and our cause goes to ruin. This
is the simple meaning of Secretary
STANTWS admonition, anti this mean
ing is emphasiied by his Excellency
the Governor in the, proclamation we
print this morning. We do not know
the.precise situation of affairs in Vir
ginia or Georgia,: nor is the knowledge ne
cessary. GliArT has large armies under his
command. It is possible they arc large
enough to crush this rebellion, but at this
time we must not be guided by a possibility
or: a probability. We must not content
ourselveS with . sending into the field what
we consider men and means enough. We
must send all we lave ; when , we sacrifice
upon the altar of our country we cannot
stint our burnt offerings. All that We have,
all that we can gain, our land and goods,-
our very : selVes, we must yield without
thinking of price or peril. If we gain this,
we gain everything, and if we lose, all is
lost: Therefore, it is i,tot good to say that
our generals have asked enough, and be
yond this limit they cannot go. Profusion
now is economy, and parsimony is extra
vagance.
•
We have so often spoken of these calls
that in again referring to them we feel that
we are repeating an old story.. Our fellow
citizens understand the duty of this war too
well for us to say anything byway of •in
formation or entreaty. What we have to
do is what we have been doing every year
Since the war began, and what we must
do to the end: Our enemies know this.
Every . township in the South has' been
again and again traversed by the inexom
cle conscript officer. .FatherS and sons
have been dragged front their homes and
fOreed into this war. Weak boys, with
half-formed limbs, and scarce beyond the,
enthusiasm of the cricket ground and the
play room, are being taken front their
homes and coMpelled to carry on the con
test to which their fathers and brothers
have already given their lives. If the re
bels can do this much for the cause of trea
son, how much more should we do for the,
cause of freedom and 'nationality? The
country is again calling tipon her sous, and
our response should be that of men NOM
knoW their responsibility, and feel that there
is no higher and prouder duty than that
whieh 'gives it their lives and all that they
have in life. This is the lesson of the
hotir, and we should learn it before it is
too late. •
Responsibility of Newspapers.
In the immediate simpreSsion of the
Journal of Commerce and the - 'WON the
Government acted upon the stern principle
that the publication of forged State Papers
must be skipped, and it was - right The
journals whith gave to the world the false
proclamation of the President perpetra
ted one of those blunders which are
indeed worse than crimes, and only the
promptness of the Secretaryof State saved
the Union: from terrible misfortunes in
Fairope. It Was but proper that the Go
vernment should - ;consider the publication
of this forfzery sufficient cause for the ins
mediate punishment of the parties legally
responsible for its appearance. - Yet it :
punished magnanimously in merely closing
•the. offices of the two journals, and per
mitting their editors to remain free to prove
their ignorance of the fraud.
The explanation Made by the editors of
'the Journal of Commerce and the World
snakes plain their innocence of any com
plicity in the forgery, but is, not, iu all re
apects, a satisfactory excuse' for its appear
ance. The forgery," they say;'," was deli
vered at our offices late at night—at the time
of the receipt of our latest news—too late,
of conrse, for editorial superviSion." We
are surprised to find New York newspapers
confessing that editorial supervision is
withdrawn before the hour of going to
press. In Philadelphia, we belieVe, it is
the duty of a night editor to remain with
his paper till it is given to the pressman.
Had the Government known that it was,
the habit of the editors of fthese papers to
abandon them nightly, it might not have
suspended their Publication, for it would
not then haveheen forced . to consider-the
prominent publication of the forgery proof
presumptive that they were aware of it
from the first.
No doubt the Government will rescind
the order suppressing the publication of the
MTN and Journal of Commerce, but the
course it has taken should end in good. It
must Make it clear that a newspaper can
not publish forged State papers; capable of
doing imineasurable harm to the country,
with impunity, The Tribune, with its
usual magnanimity, pleads the cause of
the two papers, which are more unfortu
nate than
,gtilty, but it is wrong in sup-_
posing that any loyal, well-managed news
paper could have published this forged pro
clathation. Such a journal Might:be de
ceived by false reports 'of a great defeat,
but ,not by this- lie, which no -intelligent;
experienced editor could have failed to de
tect:
Stcam and Coal Oil.
Yesterday, at their office in New York,
the American Coal Oil Steam Company
opened books of subscription to its capital
stock, and we do not exaggerate when we
say' that if 100,000 shareS had been ten
deted to the public, instead of 50,000, all
Would have been taken. How many were
subscribed for from Philadelphia we have
not yet ascertained. Mr. JonN L. LINTON,
whose patent is to be worked upon, himself
hails from this city, which may or may not
be a reason why the project should be
regarded With as much favor and interest
here as in New York, where: it has been
taken in hand by leading capitalists. In
this commercially practical age, inven
tions, if worth anything, are brought into
action for the community, by that aggre
gation of small: sums Which supplies joint
stock companies with funds. JA.m.Es
WATT, when he applied steam as a work
ing power, had to raise money from his
friends, and had oitintloss 'idifilculties to
contend with at first, But: herei this
American invention of geneMting steam
with coal oil and other combustible fluids,
will be developed by means of the public
becording interested in it..
The, projeCt, which has - the great merit
of extreme simplicity of principle, has been
laid before the respective Naval Depart
ments of France and the United States. In
Flute, itWas reported oz to the aoyera.
ment as fully practicable and extremely
economic. Here, three Chief Engineers of
the United States navy, specially appointed
by Secretary WELLES to examine it, re
ported to him, a year ago, that the genera
tion of steam, by coal oils and other coin-.
bustible fluids, vas infinitely quicker, in
tenser, safer, and more economic than when
coal was employed, and that, applied to
the purposes of national navigation, it
Would be especially valuable, as an iron
clad or -,War-steamer would thereby " be
enabled to keep the sea, under_ steam,
two or three tiMes as long, with less
labor and greater convenience as compared
with the use of coal, equal weights of
each on board being considered." In com
mercial navigation the advantage would be
no less. For example, the bulk occupied
by the hydro-carbons, or petroleuMs, would
not be half that now occupied by coal, and
the Space thus gained, for passengers or
freight:, would be the source of -high profit,
to say nothing of the difference in price be
tween coal and petroleum, and the certain
ty that spontaneous comMistion,cannot oc
cur with the latter. We need not say that
not only in steamers but in stationary en
gines generally coal oil Can take the place
of coal, With great diminution of the cost
of fuel. As the greatest quantity of pe
troleum is found in Pennsylvania, the de
mand for its use, this new Manner, must
add hugely to the wealth of the State; It
would seem as if this improvement on the
generation of steaM—Lthat real ruler of the
world—had been reserved to be supple
mental to the discovery of the exhaustless:
coal oil of Pennsylvania.
The Death of Nathaniel HaWtherne.
The sudden death of this eminent author
must surprise and impresS the whole world
Of literature. A brief telegram informs us
that while stopping at Plymouth, New
Hampshire, for the benefit of debilitated
health, he was found dead in his bed on
the morning of the 19th, by his friend, ex-
President PLEBE; with whom he had begs
travelling. Previous to that sleep from
which he did not awaken, and that deeper
repose into which he sank instantly,
like a profound dreamer, he was in good
enjoyment of :the calm life which was
his habit, and which i every reader of his
works may imagine. The loss of such a
man to the conuntmity of Anieriean au,
thors is singular and great; for, of all our
men of genius, mine haVe contributed more
richly to give faine and beauty to the litera
ture of America: 'Beyond this, the services
of TlAv, , rnoutiE's genius to the broad field,
of, modern English literature has not, in
respect of imaginative' purity and perfec
tion of language, bCen excelled, except by
TENNYSON.
- HAWTHORNE was born in 1807, in Salem,
a quaint old town. in - .ltissachtt - setts, which
he_has appropriately glorified in one of his
genial word-pictures. His first romance,
which he published anonymously, in 1832,
had a short life, and - Was soon buried in the
World's and his own oblivion, the author
having never desired to elainr it.. In 1537
he republished from the annual of "The
Token," edited by Peter Parley" .Goon
rich, a number of graphic and peculiar
short stories, which are now so univer
sally beloved among readers of fine lite
rature, as the " Twice-told TaleSr" In
1842 .he issued a. second volume of :these
wonderful little stories, and some lyears
later he added yet another series to this
collection of masterpieces in miniature.:
Perfect as they are brief, " The Twice-
Told Tales" have been read the world
over,- and we doubt that the author has
Written, in his subsequent and broader
fictions, anything more thoroughly im
bued with the finest and subtlest qua
lities of romance and poetry than his
stories of " Young Goodman Brown "
and " Pappacini's Daughter," - which be
long rather to the ideal regiOn of poetry
thanto prose. In 1845 HAN'T.H.OHNE edited
" The Journal of an African Cruiser," from
the manuscript of - HORATIO BRTDGE 7 15. S.
N., and in 1846 made another collection of
his magazine sketches, under the title of
" MoSses from an Old Manse "—a house in
which he paSsed his literary leisure at
Concord. For a twelvemontlr - he held the
appointment of surveyor in the custom
house at Salem, of the drone-like life of
Which he writes in gentle complaint,
when ri change of- AdMinistration drove
him froth the desk, and turned him
again adrift on romance. " The Scarlet
Letter," a story of extraordinary tex
ture, appeared in 1850, and was succeeded
by -" The House of the Seven Gables," by
many regarded hiS master-work, and With
but doubt one of the most complete and
Unique novels in American literature. "The
Blithesdale Romance," barely suggested
by-the author's experience as a - member - of
the philosophic company of the "Brook
Faun," appeared in 1852. NeVer were:the
elements of a story More simple, and sel
dom has a catastrophe been so natural and
so tragic as in the story of " Zenobia." His
last and longest romance,_ " The Marble
Farm," published in late years, has given
the widest spread to his fame, and crowns
with a noble dream in Italy the finer labors
of our American romancist. His minor pub
lications tire his exquisite tales for children,
and a biography of President PIERCE, his
life-long - friend and fellow-townsman; from
whom he received the appointment of Con
sul to Liverpool. 'Many readers have hon
estly condemned their favorite author for
showing a want of sympathy with the
earnest moral questions of the hour, and it
is true, perhaps, that Mr. ILtwmonxE
lived too exclusively out of the real and
suffering world, and was too readily
pressed With the sentiments of his friend,
the ex-President ; but, as an 4 author, his
genial virtues appeal to the whole world.
We could well have spared what men,
in our current phrase of applause,` would
call a greater man, than Mr. HAArtatortE;
a general or a statesman, or one in high
power. His death is not a loss to America
alone, but a lossto the world; for Mr. HAW
THORNE had grown 'beyond his country,
and belonged to niankinn. We shall think
of him not merely as the genial romancer,
as the quaint, lwart-reathing, delicious
writer, as the GM Mortality of New Eng
land dead, but as tbe teacher of great and
noble thoughts. There is a beauty about
the chardeter of the man, a--hatred of all
things false, an-idolatry of the good and
virtuous that Made us yearn towards hith
and love him; and now that-he is cold and
dead; and evermore silent,' make us bend
over his tomb with sorrow: He has: giVen
us a new World—a world that will forever
be his own, and as much a part of ourlite
rature. ds that of DICICENS i and Tn6.c.r; - .E
BAY - , and WALTER SCOTT. Miles Coverley,
and the stony-hearted Pynehdon keeping his
fearful midnight vigil, sweet Alice and the
posies on the House of!the :Seven GableS,
the elfish Pearl, and Donatello, and.
am, Hilda in her dovecOte, and midday in
Perugia, the Custom House in Salem, and
the many sights; scenes, and men and wcf•
men in England and New England :that
be Pointed and created, all come to the
memory as we stand by the grave of this
dead teacher. He passes away, and leaves
no one to take his place. England may as
soon regain her loit-TrucKr;RAy
LETTERS FROM "-OCCASIONAL."
WASIiThIGTON, May 18, 1804
It must be a salutary reflection to all who
share the natural solicitude elicited ; by the
events of the war, to know that the num
ber of Union men killed in the late battles
was much smaller than at first reported,
and that a large majority of the wounded
have not been seriously hurt, and will be
ready for 'dirty in a few weeks. You have
only to visit ..the hospitals to see how happy
and well-cared for they are. There is, it is
true, still great suffering. inthehospitals at
Fredericksburg, but the Sanitary Commis
sion, aided by the _GoVernment, is rapidly
alleviating the condition of our wounded
men at that point, and are regularly trans
ferring them to safer places of repose.
These facts are fit to• be :known,
not simply because they will soothe
the distresses of the. , families of our sol
diers, bht because, they will incitethou
sands more to enter the ranks. The Sub-
Ernest aspect of the :war is the patiene4 plat
patriotism of those who have suffered in
battle. These brave fellows teach all. - of'
us a great moral lesson. Even the men
who have been dangerously and fatally in
jtired—even the dying hero in his last
hours—arc never known to utter a com
plaint.: The rebel wounded look at the
sight with delighted . surprise. •As they
feel that they are treated with the same
generous kindness and prompt attention
that arc shown to our own troops, they
draw the wholesome- contrast forced upon
their -minds by the - remembrance of the
dreadful destitution and indifference of the
agents of the rebellion: Hundreds are thus
brought to a keen sense of the mistake
they made in following the counsels of
reckless'and ambitious leaders: The greit
charities Of: our people at home, and the
protecting hand of the Government, while
mainly called forth and extended for the
maintenance - and preservation of the de
fenders of the. Republic, are :never with
held from the Stricken and prostrate rebel
captives. But this touching example is
only in harmony with the whole eimanct
of our Government. The war is not Waged
on our part for revenge 'or extermination.
Even when the blow falls heaviest it is
preceded by offers of pardon and Peace,
and succeeded by the noblest_ offices of
benevolence to the enemies who fall into
our handa. OccAStortAh.
WASIUNGTON, May 19, 1864
There is not the slightest reason for
despondency. The general Military Situa
tion could not be more hopeful. While
Grant is massing a mighty force against the
heavy columns of Lee, the important
movement of Sher Man in the Southwest,
only less conSiderable than that in Virginia,
is proceeding triumphantly, and will se-
Cure results that will be of first-class value to
our armsi and consequently of overwhelm
ing diseotragement to the rebels. Should
Sherthan annihilate Joe Johnston, of which
there' is;.:now every prospect, .and General
Oanby retrieve the undoubted military mis
management in the . Department of Loui
siana, how long do you think it will
take General Grant to coop and hold
Lee and : hiS forces in Virginia ? Ob
serve , and remember that in the two De
partments of the Southwest we have not
only large armies and fleets, but sonic
of the most experienced military and naval
officers. The Manner in which they' are
distributing their material, and their late
successes, must tell teiribly upon the de
pleted eolunms of the enemy in those sec
tions, and upon the impoverished people
who occupy them. Let...us admit thd re,
verse of Sigel, then, in West Virginia last
Sunday, and, if you please,- call the attack
in the fog, upon Butler, near Richmond; a
check ; and let us even throw out of the
count the manner in which both these ac
cidents:were corrected, at least so far as
the movement of Baldy Sthith is concerned,
and what then ? There is undoubtedly no
cause for despondency; in full view of the
preparatiouS of Grant, the victories of
Sherman; and the confident spirit and de
termined purpose of the Administration
itself.
The whole present aspect of the situa
tion displays the extraordinary efforts of
the rebels to make their strongest stand
this spring, and to this end they have in
voked every element, and especially every
element of foreign aid and comfort. They
have been immeasurably assisted by Eu
ropean influences, and they have mercilessly
driven their own people to the work of
reluctant co-operation and sacrifice. We
draw our:resources from a willing - and
patriotic population, and froM a soil as yet
almost unpolluted by invasion, and certainly
independent of the ravages of war ; while
the rebels ektract theirs from impove ,
rished regions and a discontented people,
and from the doubtful friendship of
French and English rulers and specula
tin's. When we study the vast net-work
of armies, and the Unparalleled naval
system that stretches along our entire
coast and defends every threatened river
.or outlet, we know -it is impossible that
we should : fail. A' comprehensive intel
lect presides over every . column—an in,
tellect alive to the duties of the present and
the responsibilities of the . fhture—while
every loyal mind engaged in the solution of
this mySterious problem, whether in the
CongresS or in the Executive Department,
or in the army or navy, must, of necessity
and of conSequencc, act in earnest accord.
,Differences there have been in the past,
but there are none now. General Grant is
the magic influence that has extinguished
animosities, conciliated discontents; and,
adjusted Cr pOstponed rivalrieS, andnow all
true men act together. Errors Will be .
sternly corrected, without reference to fa
vorites, and merit acknowledged :without
reference to party antagonisms. It was the
lack of this spirit that so long delayed and
endangered military operations ; that filled
our political household with dissensions,
and that encouraged disloyalty in the
North and gave confidence to our foreign
enemies. It is unfortimately true that
there are still to be found men who, prefess
ing to be patriotic, would rejoice over the
defeat - of Grant, hoping thereby to justify
the failures of McClellan. But these ma
lignants are lost and forgotten in the ab
sorbing interest of the hour, and will only
be recalled to recollection - and infamy.
when victory'croWns our banners.
NVA.SIIINGra'ON-
WASHIXOTON, May 19,186 A
Our National Finances.
INTERESTING LETTER . PROM - THE SECnETARY OP
The following letter has been addressed by the
Secretary of the Treasury to a bank officer, under
date of - May 18, 1864 :
SIR: Your letter of the 13th inst., making inqui
ries in regard to the kind of currency with which
the five-twenty years 6 per cent. and the three years
seven-thirty per cent. notes are to be redeemed, has
been:received:
It has been the constant usage of the Department
to redeem all coupon and registered bonds, forming
a part of the funded or permanent debt of the
United States, in coin; and this usage has not been
departed from during my adminiStration of its af
fairs.,
All troasuit notes and other obligations, forming
a part of the teMpornry loan; are payable, and will
be redeemed, lo lawful money; that is to siy, in
United States notes, until after the resumption of
speciepayments, when they also will doubtless be
redeemed in coin or equivalent notes.
The 5-20 sixes being payable twenty years from
date, though redeemable after five years, are consi
dered as belonging to the funded or permanent
debt ; and so also are the twenty -years sixes into
which the three-years 7-30 notes are convertible.
These bonds, therefore, recording to the usage of
the Government, are payable ineotri The three
years Treasury notes are a part of the tempora
ry, loan, and will be paid in-United States notes,
unless the holders prefer conversion to payment:
Very respectfully, S. P. CHASE,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Changes in Naval Regulations.
Another law provides that hereafter all appoint
ments in the volunteer naval service of the United
States above the rank of acting mastershall be sub
mitted to the Senate for confirmation, in the same
way and manner as appointments in the regular
navy are required to be submitted. Naval courts
martial have power to sentence officers who shall ab
sent themselves from their commands without
leave—to be reduced to the- rating: of ordinary sea
men. By another law just passed, it is provided
that for and during the present insurrection, the
President; by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate, is authorized to appoint acting
lieutenant commanders, and acting commanders,
who shall have the same rate of compensation as is
allowed to officers of similar- grade in the rtiLVy.
Any person who shall have, or shall hereafter re 4
ceivo, a temporary appointment as acting volun
teer lieutenant or acting master in the navy from
civil life, authorized by act of Congress, July fi.ith,
1861, may be confirmed in said, appointment in the
nit'vy, and be placed in the line. of promotion from
the date of confirmation, if, upon recommendation
of the President, he receive the thanks of Congress
for highly meritorious conduct in conflict with the
enemy.
Seamen distinguishing - themselves in battle, or by
extraordinary heroism in the lino of their profession
may be promoted to forward warrant offieers, or
acting -masters' mates, as they may be best quail
lied, upon the recommendation of their commanding
officers, approved by the flag officer and the Depart
ment. Upon such promotion, they shall receive a
gratuity of y,lOO and a medal of honor, to be pre
pared by the Navy Department. •
' The-Postal Money-Order System:--.
The postal money-order system, just established
by law, provides that no money order shall be issued
for loss than $1 nor more than $3O. All persons who
receive money orders are required to pay therefor
the following charges or fees, vie: Tor an order for
i.sl, or for any larger sum but not exceeding $lO, the
sum of 10c. shall be charged, exacted by the postnias
ster giving such order; for an order of more than
$lO and not exceeding $2O, the charge shall be 150.;
and for evex - y, order exceeding $2O a tee Of 20c. shall
' bc charged,
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA; FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1864:
,
The various amendments to the 'Rouse internal
revenue bill, reported from the Senate Finance
Committee, include the following, being among the
most important. The collection districts are made
equal to the number of Senators and Representa
tives, giving caoh Stnto two additional districts.
The penalty for neglect or refusal to make return
of property to the assessors is increased from 20 to
CO per cent. The limit to salary of assessors is placed
at four instead of three thousand dollars,
Assistant assessors are allowed four dollars per
day, and collectors • are paid $1,500, Instead of
$l,OOO, and 3 per cent. commission, not salary
not to exceed $4,000, instead of $4,000. The
tax on distillod spirits is unchanged, excepting Unit
$1.25 per gallon Is charged from October Ist, instead
of January let, The - tax on beer Is made $ 1 . 50 Por
barrel. Licenses for wholesale dealers, when their
sales do not exceed s so ,ooo,itre:lnereaSed from $25 to
$5O. Savings banks are taxed $lOO for license as
bankers. Distillers of grapes, apples, and peaches
arc charged $12.50, Instead of $5O. Penalty for
manufacturing tobacco -or segars without permit,
increased from: $lOO to $3OO and imprisonment of
one year, instead of six months for false or fraudu
lent statement,
Imprisonment is likewise inerensect. The penalty
for receiving goods from one who leas no permit is
inerensed from $5O to $lOO. The duty On illuminat
ing gas is : reduced from 30 to 25c. per 1,000, and
from 25 to 20c., according to the Quantity pro
ducod.
Tito tax on refined sugars is reduced half a cent per
pound, lanely, 2) and 3,3‘e.
On iron in blooms, slats, or loops, $3 instead of $5.
On iron castings for bridges, $3 Instead of $2.
On stoves and hollow ware, $5 instead of $3.
On rivets and nuts, $5 instead of $4.
On custom-made eloshtng, hats, boots, and shoos,
3 instead of 5 per cent. on the excess over $6OO.
On smoking tobacco made of stems, Increased from
10 to 15 cents per pound.
On sales of merchandise or produce, 36' of 1 per
cent.
On stocks, gobl e notes, etc., I=2o instead of 1-5 of 1
per cent.
Cattle slaughtered for hides and tallow are ex
empted from any tax.
passpOrts, $5 Instead of $3.
On deposits in banks, -..c.insteaft of;,; oft per cent.
each half year,
On bank circulation, g of 1 per cent. each half
year instead of of 1 per cent. each month.
The Navy Department" has received information
of• the capture recently, off Mobile: Bar, of the
schooner Judson, With forty bales of cotton onboard.
She had run out of Mobile during. the previoui
night. The master and crew profess to be UniOn
mon.
Charge. D'Affaires Recognized
Mr. J. B. PIN2<Y:I'; who has for some time pUst
resided in the shy of New York, in the character of
Consul General of the republic of Liberia, present
ed his credentials yesterday, and was received by
the Secretary of State as Charge d'Affaires of that
republic near . this Government.
The Secretary of the Treasury acknowledges the
receipt to-day, by mail, of $6.25, returned by some
person unknown, as having been improperly re
ceived.
Thp 10-40 tonn.
The subscriptions to the 1.040 loan reported to-day
amount to $1,166.000.
THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST.
OFI I CI JE. z]Z` E.
ADVANCE OF SHERMAN -TO KINGSTON.
OCCUPATION OF ROME BY OUR FORCES
WASHINGTON, May 19-10.15 P. M.
To Major General Cadwalader, Philadelphia :
No official reports of military operations to-day
have been received by this Department from Gene
ral Grant or General Butler..
Reports from General Sherman's command, dated
at Kingston, Georgia, at S.P. M. to-day, announce
that Sherman reached Kingston and encamped last
night. This morning he advanced upon the enemy,
who again retreated. The despatch states, while
being written, Hooker's and Howard's guns were
hammering at Johnston, and the two armies were in
plain sight of each other, two Miles east ofKingston.
Davis' division, of the 14th Corps, is in possession
of Rome. The weather is fine, the roads good, and
the country more open and less mountainous.
•
EDWIN 111. STANTON, SCC'y of War.
GEN. lILLNAN DEFENDING PORT HUDSON.
THE RECENT CAPTURE OF YAZOO CITY.
The Robelg Badly Worsted
GEN. BANKS ORDERED TO NEW ORLEANS
Nnw Yoxtx, May I.9.—Advices from Port Hud
son of May 7 state that the rebels had been making
considerable demonstrations in that vicinity, and a
report was current that they were entrenched in
considerable force at and near Clinton.
Brigadier General Ullman, wh? is in sole cora
niand of Port Hudson, has so completely strength
ened the fortifications of that poit as to defy - any
attack from ten times the number the rebels now
have in that region.
General Ullman ha 3 received important additions
to this army. On the 3d instant he attacked and
pursued some 2,000 rebels over five miles, but the
enemy declined his offer of battle and fled.
Guerillas are very busy cutting the telegraph
wires, etc., but many of them have been taken pri
soners.
It is stated that the rebels have planted a gun on
the banks of the Mississippi, above Port Hudson,
which would soon be Captured: Gen. Ullman's
force is in good health and fine spirits.
CAMO, May 18.—The steamer St. Patrick, from.
Memphis, passed up for. Louisville with three hun
dred bales of cotton for Evansville. Her dates are
to yesterday morning.
In the late capture of Yazoo City by General
McArthur the rebels are said to have beeh badly
worsted, and lost largely in killed and wounded.
Between twenty and thirty thousand bales Of
cotton are reported to be in the vicinity of Yazoo
City, six or seven thousand bales of which were
owned by Union citizens, who bought them before
Yazoo City Wee evacuated by our forces last spring.
The future movements of General McArthur are'
unknown. - : :
General Banks has been ordered to report to New
Orleans.
An officer of the steamer Commercial, who
arrived at Memphis from Duvall's Bluff,reports that
the rebels have erected a battery on the White
river at. South Bend, near the Cut-off. Several
boats are above that point, and have not attempted
to pass. -
Two steamers have recently been fired into on the
Arkansas river, and a lady passenger in one of them
was mortally wounded.
OCCASIONAL
The cotton market was quiet. All offers were
readily taken. The - receipts during forty eight.
hours amounted to 322 bales from the White river.
Middling to strict middling was * quoted at 74@75c
goodat 77@i8c, and fair at TS@SOc.
Came, May 10.—The steamer :Runyan, from Du
valps arrived tonight. She reports all quiet
along the river, which is overflowing its banks. At
Memphis cotton was quiet, all being readily taken
of unchanged rates. Receipts, four hours, 245 bales;
shipment 578.. The steamer Decatur has passed up
With 66 bales to St. Louis.
The Rebel Press on Grant's Campaign
EVERYTHING STAKED ON THE ISSUE
"If Grant Wins in Virginia, Le Wlns Everything."
• FORTRESS MO ROE, Mayl7.—The Richmond Ex
aminer of the 12th inst. contains the following :
"BlEntuaw, .May 9.—Steele's army, nine thou
sand strong, surrendered to Gen. Price, at Camden
on the 25th ult., and Gen. Taylor has-demanded the
surrender of Alexandria, where Banks , forces are
fortified. The result was not known at last ac
counts." (These are probably false reports.—Eu.s.]
"The enemy are attempting to get their boats over
the rapids of Red river."
1 0 GoLns - nono , , May D.—The expedition to New
bern returned on Sunday morning. We captured
sixty-three prisoners. Our loss was slight."
The Richmond Examiner says :
"The enemy have concentrated in Virginia. If
beaten here ho is beaten everywhere. If he wins
here he Willa everything.
ic The war might continue, the Confederacy might
possibly survive, but if Virginia is lost the present
Confederate organicntionFill not probably survive.
Heaven and earth now call on the Government
to brink , up all the troops at its command.
t< The whole number of Union officers in Libby
Prison on the 11th :was twenty-nine.l,
GEN. GRANT'S CArTIV.E.S. A Fredericksburg
letter to the New York Post describes the rebel pri
soners captured by our army in Virginia, who, it
seems, conspired to overthrow their guard
Yesterday ten thousand rebel prisoners pwsed
through here, under guard of two regiments a'nd
battery of artillery, for Belle Plain, where they have
gone into camp. These prisonersi were dressed in
uniforms of every conceivable style and color; appa
'rentiv no two were attired alike
. ;.many were , bare.
footea ; many were without coats, some without
hats, but all hail blankets, though many of them
were made, of pieces of carpet. And such faces—
stolid, gaunt ; the very creatures to
be driven, unresistingly, into any wickedness, any
vehemence of purposeless passion. -
The line extended for two or three miles along the
hills, Generals Ed. 'Johnson and StuaFt (relative of
the rebel cavalry general) riding at the head of an
ambulance; with !bees as sullen as whipped curs.
Over three thousand of these prisoners were cap
tured before, breakfast on Thursday. That night,
after they had been massed in our lineepreparatory
to removal to Belle Plain, it, was discovered that a
plan was maturing to overpower the guard and.es
cape which accounts for the fact that a battery of
artillery, with guns loaded, was sent with them to
Belle Plain. Many of these . prisoners, in private
conversation, apart
.from their officers, frankly 80,
knowledge that their army cannot much longer hold,
out; and it is plain that they will ho entirely content
to have it vanquished.
HOW LITERAEY Mmx Vort.—The last number of
the Yale Likrary Magazine gives a statement of the
manner in which .the officers and students of Yale
College voted at the recent Connecticut State elec
tions. It is as follows :,e;
Faculty
Theological shutouts
Law student.
Medical students.....
Selentille stuslcnts..
.1 union
Sophomores
Freshmen
Total ' • • .173 9
The Infernal Revenue Bill
Capture of a Prize.
Another Case of Conscience
THE WAR IN LOUISIANA.
NEWS FROM RICHAIOND.
OPERATIONS OF BUTLER.
A FURIOUS FIGHT O 1 MONDAY.
ONE LINE,OF REBEL ENTRENCH
MENTS CARRIED.
TILE REBELS WORSTED.
INEFFECTUAL SORTIE OP A RE
DEL IRON-CLAD.
Betturegard Heavily Reinforced at Fort Darling
THREE DESPERATE CHARGES ON OUR
LINES REPULSED.
OUR ARMY FALLEN RACE FROM DRURY'S BLUFF
GENERAL HECKMAN CAPTURED AND FIVE
GREAT LOSS OF THE ENEMY IN
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Communications South of Richmond Destroyed
by Kautz's Cavalry.
GENERAL , GRANT'S PLANS UNAFFECTED.
THE SIEGE OF FORT DARLING
ITi;vnQc.vn~srs:OF• TIIP: An MY Os '
AT,fp NORTH CAI:OLINA; PROCTOR'S . (limn:, May
14, cia Fortress Monroe, May I6.—This morning.,
at daylight,
,General Durnham , s brigade charged
upon the enemy's outer entrenchments at Proctor's
Creek, and soon succeeded in carrying the entire
line, section by seetiOn.
At ten A., M. several of our batteries turned upon
the enemy, who had fallen bark into a tier of heavy
earthworks, which are next to Fort Darling,
The enemy replied briskly until 2P. 1V1. 2 when our
batteries, aided by our sharpshooters, succeeded in
silencing the enemy's guns. Nothing further than
sharpshooting was heard from them during the re
mainder of the day.
Our batteries continued to storm their works until
sundown, and then retired for the night.
Our entire loss for the day will not exceed one
hundred and fifty killed, wounded; and missing.
A few prisoners were captured.
Blajor Ainsworth, of the 10th New Hampshire,
was wounded.
At 4P. M. a shot from one of our batteries ex
ploded a magazine on the outer works of Fort Dar
ling, causing great cheering along our lines.
[sEeolvo nusrxron.]
MAY 3.5.=A small gunboat, apparently carrying
but two guns, came down the James River this
morning, opposite Fort Darling, and threw several
shell into our cavalry on the banks of the river, and
then steamed back again.
Lieut. Col. Pond, let - United States Colored
Cavalry, discovered threelnsulated telegraph wires
this morning near the mouth of Kingsland Creek,
leading to three torpedoes in James river.
The repel prisoners just captured say that the
enemy has lost more killed than wounded in the
late fights.
About noon to-day the enemy came out of their
fortifications, and : attacked General Heckinan , s
brigade. The fight was with musketry, and lasted
until "4 o'clock, when they were driven pack to their
works.
Sharpshooters are engaged along the whole lines
most of the time, and the enemy's guns in their for_
tifica lions are kept silenced.
At nine o'clock, last evening, the rebels attempted
to advance on our lines near the Petersburg turn
pike, and, after a short but spirited engagement,
they were driven back to their breastworks. Every
thing is working favorably. General Butler com
mands in person.
8ER31171).A. limsniinn, llay 16-9 o'clock A. 31.
Last evening the rebel iron-clod Richmond came
down the James river and opened fire upon our
fleet.
Admiral Lee's fleet returned the fire and drove
her back, following her up the river. Heavy firing
is now dittinctly heard, and it has been going on
since daylight.
BERMUDA HUNDRED, May 18.—All quiet with
our army to-day. The object of the demonstra
tion on Fort Darling was merely to draw off add en
tertain as many of Lee's troops as possible ; also, to
attract the attention Of all the rebel forces in and
about Richmond, so as to enable General Keats to
destroy the communications south of Richmond.
On Monday morning the enemy came out of their
earthworks, in front of Fort Darling, at day-break,'
having been heavily reinforced during the night by
Longstreet's corps, and made three separate despe
rate charges upon our entrenchments; all of which
were promptly and energetically repulsed by our
men.
The enemy lost in these three charges from 1,000
to 1,500 men, while our loss was very slight.
Geneial Butler having learned that Beauregard
was heaTvily reinforced by Longetreet's Corps, and
also by the rebel papers and by a courier ascertain
ing that General Kautz's Cavalry had destroyed
the bridge over the Appomattox river and several
mileS of the Dan Ville Railroad track, with the dams,
locks, and embankments of the canal leading into
Richmond, decided to fall back from before Fort
Darling, and gave orders accordingly, and by Mon
day evening our army had safely arrived behind
our new lines of entrenchments, having retired in
perfect order, `excepting- General Heckman's bri
gade, which was badly disorganized and the General
captured.
This brigade formed the extreme right wing, and
the enemy attacked this point with great despera
tion, following him back nearly two miles with
overwhelming numbers, killing and wounding many
of them.
Three of our regiments fell into the enemy's hands,
the horses being killed. The guns were spiked.
At , present it is impossible to estimate our loss ;
stragglers are coming in constantly. We have lost
more prisoners than the enemy, but their loss in
killed and wounded is doubly ours, as our men were
protected by entrenchments. •
FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
Ntw "ronx, May 19.—The Times has tho follow
ing special despatch
HEAD4I:IAUTERS. Alnrr OF THE POTOMAC, Wed-,
nesday morning, May 16-5 P. IL-The struggle
has this moment begun with skirmishing on our ex
treme right. We fully expect a great, a bloody,
and, we trust, a decisive battle to-day.
HEADQUAT.I7ERS OP THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,
May 18, 1864.—Yesterday was spent in snaking pre
parations Sor an attack this morning, and we expect
a battle to-day, provided Gen. Lee has not disap
peared, which is not at all, probable, the published
reports to the contrary notwithstanding.
His army was in strong entrenchments yesterday,
in front of the sth Corps, on the stage road, fifteen
guns being counted in one place, - with strong lines
of earthworks wherever the openness of the country
permitted a view.
Last night a body of stragglers arrived here from
Washington to the number of six hundred, includ
ing. seventsen officers, some of them having .sur
geons, certificates of disability; and others Slightly
wounded. General Meade has Ordered the latter to
be tried - by court martial. Many resignations have
been sent in within the past two days, and all will
hove to be accepted for the good of the service, as it
is believed that no officer capable and disposed to
perform hiS duty would resign at this time.
It was reported yesterday afternoon that the ene
my were moving columns of troops and wagon
trains towrads Bowling Green, under the impres
sion that our army were endeavoring to-turn their
right.
This morning, at no, firing opened briskly on our
rlght : and it is believed that Generals Grant and
Meade intended to push the rebels sharply.
A large force of cavalry from the dismounted
camp have arrived here with fresh horses, and will
be of great service to the army in the absence of
Sheridan's commend.
LATEST.
MAY 18,-0 A. M. From the firing it is believed
the enemy aro falling backi as the sounds become
fainter.
The Massachusetts Ihtiota State Conven- .
BosToN, May 10.—The Republican State Conven
tion met to-day, and selected Governor Andrew
Alex. IL Bullock;William Claplin, and Tames T!
Robinson delegates at large to theVatlonal Con-
Vention at Baltimore.
Wendell Phillips made his first appearance to
day in a political convention, and spoke at length
in opposition to the renomination of Abraham Lin
coln. The 'voice of the Convention, however,was
emphatically against him, and the following was
adopted by a unanimous vote :
_Resolved, That the integrity, firmness, wisdom, and:
humanity exhibited by the President of the United
States, during the three years of his Administration, en
title lulu to the continued support of, the people: of the
Republic, and that, at the present time, no person is so
fully commended by experience and personal character
to our consideration as a candidate for the next Presi
dency as Abraham Lincoln.
Arria4 , 4l of a Prize with a Noted Prisoner.
.13a&rort, May 19.—The steamer Greyhound, cap_
tured off - Wilmington, arrived this afternoon. The
notorious rebel spy, Belle Boyd,, is a passenger;
haying been captured on her,
A STEIV.PAPY.II SurruEssum—By order of Gen.
Wallace, the Daily Evening Transcript was sup
pressed yesterday. The closing of the paper was
Caused by the publication, on TueSday afternoon, of
a bogus despatch, purporting to here been received
through the Associated PresS, to the effect that Gen.
Grant had suffered a IoSS of upwards of 70,000 men and
that tlic President had issued a cell for 400,000 more
vblunteers, the draft to tako place in .Tuly. This is
- the second time that the Transcript has been sup
pressed. The following is Gen Wallace's order sup
pressing the paper
HEADQUAILTEES MIDDLE DEPAIITMENT,.Brn
C012.1"5, BALTIMOIIE; May ISth, 1964.
Mr. C. IV. Tayleyre :
Sm: You are ordered to dlscentinue the publica
tion of the Evening - Transcript.
If another issue - of the paper makes Its appear
ance thepublishing office will be taken po:q. ession
- or, and all parties connected with it be arrested.
lam . WArmac
Maj: Gon. Com'valid. Dep't.
[A,true copy]
Sam'r.33. L. T VWILENCE, A. A. G;
[liaßiniarc, Clipper, XcrY 19] •
Union. Dem
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°num PnoccEnuxos.,,Theskin of the artrakan,
which is so much the fashion in Paris, and is so ex
cessively dear, is procured In all Its beauty by kill
ing the black sheep that is bearing youti, and skin ,
Mug, the lamb thus untimely born, aethe' skin is
thus rendered beautifully flue. The Japanese lately
compared the English to the most barbaric roltives
of the earth: : They bad not heard of tlas %Awn of
to Francais, we presume; •
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GUNS LOST
[THIRD DESPATCIT-]
W3l. SWIIs.ITON
LATER
The I'ennsyls•lania Militia—Proclamation
of Governor Curtin
Whereas, Circumstances render it not improbable
that the President of the United States may, within
a short time, call on Pennsylvania for volunteer mi
litia for a brief term of service:
And whereas, The example of the brave men now
in the field from Pennsylvania, heretofore on every
battle-field distinguished for courage and efficiency,
but who, in the recent battles in Virginia, have
gained an enviable distinction bytheir deeds of valor
and endurance, should stimulate their brothers at
home to increased efforts to sustain their country's
flag, and terminate the rebellion,
Now, therefore; 1; Andrew G. OUrtin, Governor
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, do make
this my proclamation, earnestly requesting the
people of the Commonwealth, willing to respond to
such call of the President, to form military organi
zations without delay, that they may not bo found
unprepared to do so. And Ido further request that
commandingt, offleers of all military organizations
which may be formed in compliance with this pro
clamation, do forthwith report the condition of their
respective commends, that prompt measures may
be taken for gettrng them into the Serrlee in case a
requisition should be made by the General Govern
ment. Such call, if made, will be for a term of not
less than ono hundred (lays. The troops will be
clothed, armed, subsisted, and paid by the United
States, and mustered into the service thereof.
Given under my band and the great seal of- the
Stale, at Harrisburg, this 18th day of May; one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, and of the
Commonwealth the eighty-eighth.
By the Governor: ELI SLIFTIR,
Secretary of the Commonwealth-.
fresim'ylvraniarts Wounded
FORTRE:r: Mo;•um, May LS.—List of wounded
from General Butler's army, arrived here to-day on
stcomer Monitor :
J. W. Murray, 55th Pa., arm; B. A. Bonder, do.
do., ann; J. W. Dunbar, d'o. do., hand; Corp. W. D.
Shenen, do. do., arm; J. S. Campbell, do. do., hand;
John Madden, do. do., hand; George Ranrlencher,
do. do., leg; J. H. Riding, do. do. thigh and shoul
der; John Janes, do. do.,finger;Thtmes Connolly,
76th Pm; hand; W. A. aoh, Mk Pa. Cavalry,
Taco; W. Zimmerman, Rth Pa. Cavalry, hand; also,
10 wounded rebels; 3. B. Field, Ist IL S. cavalry,
hand; A. Miller, do. do.; head; Jacob Shoal, 2d U.
S. Artillery, sick; Charles Brown, `.:11 Pa. Cavalry,
sick; John Gilder, 4th Pa. Cavalry, sick; George
Bate, oth Pa., sick.
Wounded arrived on steamer New York: J. C.
Noel, 55th, arm; A. R.::Baker, 76th, arm;
Dona.van,
55th, leg; Patrick Hogan, 55th, arm; T.
Defraugh, 72d, hand ; A. Howell. Ist, run over by a
wagon ; Patrick Strap, let U. S. Cavalry, knee;
117. M
anloy, surgeon, 2d Ti. S. Cavalry, leg; M.
Ilullenbaugh, 76th Poona., shoulder; Jam Han
cock, 76th ; D. Wolf 188th; T. 0. Brien, 55th;
Michael O'Thely, sth Penna.: Cavalry ; J. Si. 'Colley,
76th Penna.;-J. MeCool, 188th; J. S. D. Golialt,
7 0th,abdomen ; J. C. Fagan, 55th, leg ; James M.
Courane,lBBth, ann ; David Bowser 55th, shoulder;
David Stortnit, 76th, neck ; J. Stiller,7oth, thigh ;
Thomas Donnell, 76th, leg ; Edwin Curtis, 05th,
Volunteering in New Jersey.
TRI:NTON, May 19.—The recruiting here for the
one-hundred-days men is quite lbiely, three compa
nies being nearly ready for muster.
The State Treasurer will advertise - to-morrow for
proposals for State bonds, redeemable as follows :
$lOO,OOO On January 1,1687 ; $lOO,OOO January 1 , 1885 ;
$lBO,OOO January 1, 1889; $lOO,OOO January 1, 1890;
bearing interest at six- per cent, and exempt from
taxation: The bids will be opened on the 15th . of
June, 1884. -- - -
Death of Nathaniel Hawthorne
80.5T0N; Mayl9.-Nathaniel-Hawthorne, the au
thor, died thiS morning at Plymouth, New Hamp
shire. He was stopping at Plyniouth in the course
of a journey for the benefit of his health, and was in
company with ex-PrOident _Franklin Pierce. He
bad been suffering with general debility for some.
time, but retired to bed last night as well as usual.
At 3 o'clock this morning, however, he was found
dead in his bed by ex-President Pierce.
Capture or a Prize.
NEw Yorck, 11.1iy1.0.—The steamer Union, from
New Orleans via Key West, arrived this morning.
On the 27th she captured the British steamer 0. K.,
and sent her to Key West.
The Pirate Fioriiiei
HALIFAX, N. S., May D.—Bermuda papers of
the 12th instant state that the pirate Florida was
there.
Nexvfoundinnit
ST. JOHNS, May Ig.—The ice has closed in all
along the shore. The Bavaria passed here at nine
o'clock this morning.
Plarl.T.ets by Tel egvaph
BALTruonn, May 19. —Flour steady. Wheat
firm ; sales of 3,000 bushels "Western red at sia.soia
1.83. Corn dull; white *1.35.
Whisky heavy and dull at $1.286)1.29.
Groceries neglected.
Marine Intelligence.
PTEw Tons, May 19.—Arrived, steamer Britannia,
from Glasovw; barks Damon, from Buena Ayres;
Wm. Mithtione, from Liverpool; bris Voloce,Pa
lermo; Bertha Reisteroff, Para; schrs Ilarmonie,
Rio Grande, Brazil. Below, ship Melbourne, from
Liverpool.
XXXVIIIth CONGRESS--lst SESSION.
WASHINGTON, May 19, 1964
SENATE.
HET.OHT OF THE LAND coaDrissloNEE.
Mr. ANTFIONY, of Rhode Island, from the Committee
on Printing, reported a resolution authorizing the print
ing of one thousand additional copies of the report of the
Commissioner of the General Lend Othee.
Mr. COWAN, of Pounsylvdtda,from the Finance Com
mittee, reported a bill for the relief of the sufferers by
the depredations of the Sioux Indiana, with a recom
vitiation that it pass.
CALIFORNIA AFFAIRS.
Mr. CONNESS, of California, presented a bill to amend
the act approved February V.,.166-1, extending the time
for the withdrawal of goods in bond from the ware
houses in California, which was passed.
SETTLEr.S trON PUBLIC 1...f.:5T,S
Mr. FLARDING, from the Committee on Public Lands,
reported back the bill to amend the act of September 27,
BA in relation to donation settlers upon public lands
iutalifornia, and it was passed.
Mr. FESSENDEN, -of Maine, from the committee of
conference on the army appropriation bill, made a re
port recommending that the vuate insist on the amend
ment thereto, and ask anoth e r committee of conference,
which was agreed to.
OIWANIZATION OF THE: NEW TERRITORY OF MON-
Mr: MORRILL, from the committee of conference On
the disagreeing votes of the two Menses on the bill for
the erection of Territory of Montana, made a report,
: which recommends that the Senate recede from its
amendment striking out the words "every free . \rhite
inhabitant," in regard to voters, and inserting "all
citizens of the .United States, and those who have de
clared their intentions to become such,'', - Se.
Mr. MORRILL said the effect of the - amendment will
be to authorize temporary organization of the Govern
ment of Montana by that class of, persons who were
authorized to organize the Territory athletic.
Mr. SUMNER asked what class of persons were
they? -
Mr. :MORRILL said they were eitizati of the United
States and such other white inhabitants a declared their
intention to become seek He understood it to mean
white citizens. The:difference between the two Houses
was that the House allowed all free white mates of
twenty-one years to vote, and the Senate simply re
stricted it to the citizens of the United States: In order
to secure the passage - of the bill; the committee of the
itv,j Houses agree to this new proposition. After the
Territory is organized the whole question of Suffrage
will rest with the Territorial authorities.
Mr. SUMNER said the whole question before the
Senate was Whether we should adhere to that which
was right, or consent to that which is wrong. He hoped
the Senate would adhere to its originali position.
Mr. MOP,RILL ekplained that this was a practical
question. When the two Houses find themselves at
loggerheads, and when it becomes necessary for one
party or the other to yield, the - partyinvading should
be the one. How eise could legislation go on? The
bill, as it trill stadd,.tr3tisevade no man's rights,
colored or white. : . , -
Mr; HARLAN would Tote against the report of the
committee, simply because he aid not believe there was
a necessity ter any new Territorial Government in that
portion of Idaho, as the population was not enough to
entitle them to it. Ile.was willing that the bill should
fail, and the subject go over till the next session.
Mr. WADE said that while he held as a settled princi
ple that the black man in a republican Government like
ours had the same inalienable right io vote as a white
man, he considered the original Senate amendment the
mere shadow of a. shade and a miserable obstruction.
He could not be deluded by the mere show of things.
There were no negroes in the Territory, and there were
never likely to be any. Whenever the question should
be raised to affect any man's right, white or colored, he
should stand where be had always stood. .
Mr. HALE differed froin the Senator from Ohio; anti
quoted front the ordinance of Us?, organizing the North
western Territory, to show that our fathers had a wise
foresight, in providing not only for the present but for
the future of the new Territories, though these, Territo
ries-were a mere wilderness at the time. - ,
. . _
Mr. HOWARD said the whole Northwest was a slave
Territory at the time of the passage Of the ordinance of
MS), and there were hundreds .of slaves there held by
French, Canadians, and others.
Mr. ALE said that, so far as regards the condition of
the Territory, it was a wilderness. Oregon, in 1348,
when its Territorial Government was organized,
was a wilderness, and we sat here, week after
week, contending for what Senators would now
call an abstraction. The abstraction was in hold
ing out against the demand of- -Southern, Sena
tors, that the prohibition of :slavery should. not not
'beyond the line of 36.50. We sat until August, and
refused their demand; and if Senators, since that time,
had stood where we stood now, we should have had no
compromise in 3550, and no rebellion in 1561: The policy
we were now establishing for the new Territory would
be its policy for ,all ages to come. He did - not care
whether the bill Sailed or not. The only persons on
whom disaster would fall would be Mose who were this
:Appointed hi obtaiubmotlitesunder the recent Teeritorial
organization of Idaho. They divided the Territory for of
fice once, and, if w e anew it, another disappointed set will
divide again for the sake of new offices. In saying:
- what he did, he did not mean to express the course he
should take on the bill before the Senate m reference to
free suffrage fit the District of Columbia.
Mr. MORRLLL reiterated that this bill would not dis
franchise any man on aceonnrof his color, as there was
not a Single colored man in the Territory, and yet the
'Senator from New Hampshire, while favoring this im
practicable measure,i appears to dodge the question
wberedt is practicable, in the District of Columbia. ,
'h HAI,li said the Senator was mistaken in that as
sumption. He was the last man from whom he (Mr.
Hale) expected to hear reutterauce of the old Whig doe
trine n the course of discussion on the Wilmot proviso.
Mr. Webster at that tine took the ground that the writ
ten law of God had decreed that slavery could not go
into the Territories and he did not wish to re-enact the
law of God. He (Mr. Hale) thought at that time that
that very reason made the measure practicable. Pre
cisely the mime issues are presented to the country as
were then, and he should act upon them: according to
the light Clod gave him as they respectively arise.
is.ESMITII hoped the Senate would nor concur
with the Senator from New Hampshire and allow the
bill to be lost. He had no' particular interest in the
subject so far as the negro was concerned, but he did
take some interest in the white people there, whom he
supposed now numbered sixty to seventy thousand,
mostly engaged in mining pursuits. The object of the
bill was' to give a good government to the people. It
would also be to the advantage of the Government
in enabling it more effectually to carry out its laws,aud
especially to collect its revenue tax.
Mr: SUMNER had no hesitation in saying that the
principle, involved iu the Senate prisitiou was more
im
portant than the passage of the bill. It was proposed
to exclude the African race from suffrage, and the argu
ment made here in defence of it was but a reproduction
of the old well-known slavery argument on the subject.
Ile was opposed to the infriugemeut of human rights,
and more especially in the formation of a new common-
-
nitv ' for just es the twig is bent the tree is inclined. It
was his wish that the tree should shelter all mankind.
THE CONFERENCE, REPORT AGREED TO
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The report of the committee - of conference was then
agreed to—yeas 203, naysl.3--as follows::
Harris,
Henderson,
Ilondricks,
Howard,
Johnson,
Lane (Ind),
Morrill
Neenalth,
Powell,
NAYS.
Buckalew,
Castile,
Coßanier,
Cowan,
DIA
Doolittle,
Foot,
Foster,
Harding,
}We, PonaelVT,
Harlan,. Sprague,
Lane (Kansas), Sumner,
Morgan, - Wilson.
Anthop3,
Chandler,
Clark,
Dixon,
Grimes,
The Pad fie railroad bill came up as unfiuished bast
nes, :tud was debated Cu , miner timendments at con
siderable length.
Mr. FESS - MEIN reported from the Finance Com
mittee, the interual revenue bill with amendments.
Five hundred additional copies were ordered to be
printed.
The cousideratiou of the Paciftc railroad bill was then
reenmed.
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1t4.43 P. M. the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A n.F.Z.ATE PETZSON.A.L "BXPLANATIONS
Mr. DAWES, of Mmsachnseits, rising to a personal
explanation, said' ince he had- been; here he had; hover
for a tdnglo •motneut indulged in personalities toward
any individual, and his object iu now rising 'MIS to
rel'er to the remarke of Mr. Loan, of Missouri, who,
4uring the debate 04 the umitested election case from
the Seventh district of that State, had taken occasion to'
hurl at him shafts surcharged with hate and maiice.
and , this, too, while he was necessarily absent from
Washington. : • ' •
That represontathqi had no just cause of complaint of
What belied said: Whatever allusion was made in him
was in the kindest terms; and honostly.expyossod but
the :gentleman; -four days dm. (Mr. Dawes) turd
spoken, had appeared here with a deliberately: written
speech. making a gross attack on his personal integrity
—a speech the bitterness and malignity of which found
parallel in the records of the House. The gentleman
knew when the speech was made that - he (Mr. Daweel
was not here to defend himself, and he (Mr. Loan) said
the only epithet he could apply to hint (Mr. Dawes> %VMS
that applied by Col. Benton to Mr. Pettit,of lmdiana,bat
that the language would nut be parliamentary. if may
gentleman would furnish him with a parliamentary
phrase similarly expressive he would use it.
The gentleman (Mr Loan) had also railed him a po
litical guerilla, who dies a friendly Jinx in order
that he may strike morn effectually, and that he Sad
earned and would receive the scorn and contempt of
every honorable num The gentleman front Missouri
had.appended a foot note in the Conflresooo
giving the remark of Mr. Benton, as applied to Petti t—
name) y, is a groat liar and a dirty dog." He
(Mr. Dawes) submitted the remarks which he made
on that occasion, which are printed in the Globe.
There was not in there a syllable which was intended
r could be tortured into au offence against the repre
sentative of the Seventh district of Missouri, who had
prepared his speech In cold blood, and had added a foot
giving language which he (Mr. Loan) himself ad
mitted would - 1w a vadatmn of the roles, if tittered on
this goer. So far as lie was concerned, he -welild !Palle
laurels which. could tin as be won to grace the browl
of those who think it run honor to wear theta. fie had
made up his record, tiro( would abide the judgtnent
which might be passed upon it.
Mr, LOAN, of Missouri, desired to state to the House
if iu that dismission he had used any tang - nage, nottusti
fled by the gentleman - a speech, it was unintentional,
and-he recretted It It was true, he had the notes of the
gentleman! s speech before him, and that he framed his
reply to it after careful deliberation. Ile believed the
reply was nothing but n just and legitimate defence of
an attack upon him, made in a most unprovoked man
ner. The attack was not on his cause, but on his per
sonal integrity. There was no ground for it. He re
mated, lire gentleman from Massachusetts made a de
liberate anti premeditated attack on his personal honer.
If, in the opinion of the House, he had made an un
justifiable reply,- be asked pardon for having done so.
After what was said ify the gentleman, he (Mr. Loan)
had no pardOn to ash at his hands. His rule never was
to aggress upon others, arid he never would allow a
sentiment of malice to rankle in Iris heart. But when
ho felt his personal honor attacked, it wai his duty to
defend it to the best of lus ability. The gentleman said
he (Mr. Loan) made the reply when-his (Mr. Dawes')
back was turned. ft was not his fault the gentleman
vacated his seat and was not here to answer. He shot
a parting arrow and then left.
A friend had called his att.ntion to the foot-note, and
Said, it being improper and wrong, should not appear
in the Con greswional Globe, and this was the reason
why he Amnia have withdrawn that foot-note front his
speech. Ile honestly and sincerely believed the gentle
man had made an unprovoked assault upon hint, fie
had done what be believed to be right, though members
might differ from him in this case.
A QUESTION OF BLOOD AND VERACITI
Mr, MALLORY, of Kentucky, rose to a personal ex
planation, and caused to be road a reported colloquy be
tween Mr. Julian, of Indiana, and hinielf, Nem the
Daily (MA!, Mr. Julian, among other th I tigS on that
occasion, said after an inquiry from Mr. Mallory: Vire
who are known as Republicans and unconditional Union
men sometimes associate with negroes; they live
among 11., and, of course, we have dealings with them.
Ent no such intimate relations egist botween them and
the Democrats of the South." Mr. Mallory replied:
The census bureau establishes the fact that 011e,A1 xth
of the colored population of the Lorth have white blood
in their veins, while only one-ninth' of the sMve popu
lation have white blood in them."
. .
JuriAN. I have not examined the census tables
Stott e facts stated by the.gentleman. It mty be true,
for I believe mulattoes more generally come into the
Northern States than those of a darker color, and of
course their increase will be mulattoes continually, ha
bitually, and as the result of a well-recognized law of
Social order. The slave mothersandslave masters of the
South are brought on to the level of social equality in
its most loathsome forum. In some of the rebel States
I believe the number of mulattoes is nearly equal to the
number of Democratic voters. In the State of Missis
sippi, if I am not mistaken. whereveryou find an ortho
dox modern Demeetat,you will find amnlattO not faroff.
The gentlemen is net at all relieved; however; by the
white blood in the veins of these negroes in the North,
for Elie! , have migrated front the South, bringing with
them the gentleman from Kentucky and other distin
guished leaders of his party.[Laughter.]
Mr. - MALLORY said his object in now rising was to
correct a habit which bad grown to be a nuisance, and
against which he entered his solemn protest.
MeMbers of Congress had been permitted, as an act of
courtesy, to correct their remarks from the notes of the
reporters of the Globe, and then to destroy these notes
entirely. The point he made was, the gentleman never
made the reply printed iu tIM C,tolie as applied to him
self. It was a forgery. Rarely, if ever, had it oc
curred among gentlemen to insert in the official reports
remarks of a personal character.
This Course was lefrfor the Member from Indiana (!r.
Julian) for the first time in the histury of this - b .dy.
Ile would leave the member in poskession of all the
laurels he - could gather by that act. An end ought to be
Put to these things; and the member went farther:, and
inserted the word " laughter' 7 in his own handwriting.
[Laughter.] The member from Indiana had insulted
the Muse in the perpetration of another forgery by
saying the House laughed. If the member was satisfied
he had added to his reputation anything of which he
should lie proud, he (Mr. Mallory) was content.
) Mr_ JULIAN, in reply, said he did not go beyond the
line understood and recognized by - this body. He aP•
pealed to the recollection of members to say whether
the colloquy as printed was not the same snbst,ditially
as it occurred in the House. The charges lie made were
in verbal expressions, not in ideas or facts. He was
'sorry the gentleman regarded his remarks as personal.
He would state another fact. He had seen in the re
port of die official proceedings a speech of half a column,
when the member had spoken only five minutes, the
member having substituted his own pages for those
furnished by the reporter. He bad given this merely
as an example, hut did not complain of it. The gentle
man from Kentucky .took exceptions to his remarks,
which were not intended to be offensive and personal.
They could not hear such an interpretation. lie hail tie
.recolleetion of having interpolated the word " laugh
ter." [lf he did insert that word it was an inad
vertence.
Mr. MALLORY, resuming, said the privilege had
been exercised of changing the phriseology but not the
substance of the remarks. He had- himself rarely ex
ercised it. He had never known any gentleman of
proper responsibility attempt to change a colloquy
without the consent and concurrence of the oilier party
in the act: No rentleman would undertake to do it. He
tieclared and called on-every gentleman present to at
test the truth of the declaration that- the personal re
marks directed against him were never uttered by the
- member. It was a forgery, and there were sheet.;; of•
manuscript, to show that the member had sub- , tititted
his own handwriting for the notes of the reporter. No
such remark was uttered as- that, perhaps, the blood of
the gentleman from Kentucky coursed in tteir
etc. It was never uttered.
Mr. JULIAN. It is false.
Mr. MALLORY, of Kentucky. I say it Ls false; you
never uttere.d R.
Mr. WADSWORTH, of Kentucky. The memberfrom
Indiana states what'e a lie, and he knows it.
This hurried colloquy occasioned much excitement,
and many members rose to their feet, among them
Mr. COX, of Ohio, who demasided that the offensive --
words be taken down at the clerk's desk.
. . . .. . ..
Mr. G ARFI ELD. f demand chat the \ cords of the gen
tleman from Kentucky be taken down.
Mi,. MALLORY. I suppose the reporters have taken
them down.
Mr. isil7.iEß, of Pennsylvania, wished to know
whether, while that was being done, it would be in
order for'thElHouse to lake a laugh.
The SPEAKER said it would not.
Mr. WINDOM, of Minnesota, in his seat, asked
whether it would be in order forgentlemeu on rite Oppo
sition side to cry. •
The SPEAKER said as no one had called Mr. Mallory
to order, as was required by the rules in such cases, the
gentleman would proceed.
Mr. GARFIELD said.both the gentlemen from Indiana,
and Kentucky were out of order.
The SPEARER replied the point came too late.
Mr ,NORTON, of Illinois, said that'hehad called the
gentleman from Indiana to otaier.
After further conversation permission wm given to
Mr.fMallory to proceed in order.
He apologized to the House for any language he may
have uttered violative of the rules of the House. He
rose to protest against the practice of members altering:
the official reports. The member was not only guilty of
forgery, but had destroyed the reporter's notes, the
legal evidence on which be could be convicted. He had.
piled crime on crime, l'elion on Ossa, and added larceny
to forgery.
The SPEAKER said these remarks were out of order.
Mr. MALLORY. 1 begpardon. I did nix know whether
they came within the rule or not. I express my regret
that 1 was out of order.
Mr. JULIAN, oflndiana. - lappeal M my friends from
Michigan and Massachusetts, who heard my remarks,
to sustain the truth of my assertion. that I may brand as
false the assertion of the gentleman from Kentucky.
Mr. MALLORY. IS that in order :, It is a cheap way
he has.
The SPEAKER remarked that when the House gives
permission for an explanation they expect remarks of a
personal character, and i he Chair waltsifor the member
to be called to order for improper homage. This is the
usage in such cases, and for this .reason he had not in
terrosed.
Mr. - LONGTEAR, of Michigan, having been appealed
to by Mr. Julian, said he was paying particular atten
tion-to the latter's remarks, and remembered distinctly
that he used thelanguag,esUbstantially if nor identically
as applied to the gentleman from Kentucky.
Mr. JULIAN nest appealed to Mr. Stevens, of Penn
sylvania, who said he remembered the remarks of the
gentleman from Indiana, and thought at the rime that
they were rude.
Mr. DRIG GS ' of Michigan; next endorsed what was
said by his colleague.
Mr. "MALLORY said the truth- could be established
only by the reporter's uares.
Mr. JULIAN. I have thus branded the statement of
the gentleman that I am guilty of forgery. I arraign
him on the evidence of gentlemen who heard me say
the identical words. I throw back into the teeth of the
member—
'The SPLAKER, interrupted by saying. If no member
rises to call the gentleman to order. the Chair will eat:
him to order.
_ . .
Mr. JIM - LAN, resuming, remarked that the gentleman
from Kentucky knew nothing wa.o more common than for
members to take the reporter's notes, and substitute
the same number of pages, withholdi rig the notes. If
the member thinks proper to be a blackguard and a
rufilan I cannot help it. •
Mr. MALLORY replied that his recollection Was clear
and distinct that no such language was uttered. None
of the gentlemen celled upon to prove it say that he tit
tered these words, but only substantially what is in the
Globe.
Mr. KEIZNAN, of New York, ,having been appealed
to by Mr. filallory; said he sat near to Mr. Julian, but
did not hear him say that the blood of the gentleman
from Kentucky coursed in negroes' veins, or anything
to that effect.
Mr. BALDWIN, of Michigan, who 'also sat by Mr.
Julian on that occasion, said at the latter had made
o such reference.
. _
dlr. GRISWOLD, of ..New York, remarked that Mr.
Julian's remarks were in the character of Seaeralea
prersions.
_
Mr. AMOS MYERS, of Pennsylvania, Asked—Will the
gentleman from Indiana be allowed bicall rebutting wit
nesses? [Laughter.] -
Mr. SCHENCK. of Ohio. Will the gentleman from
Kentucky allow a chapter from the Pickwick Post
humous Papers to be read?
Mr. MALLORY. Some of your remarks would answer
just as well. [Laughter.]
Mr. PROYN, of New York; confirmed the statements
of the witnesses called out by Mr. Mallory. He heard
every word Mr. Julian said, l.taring sat in front of him.
Mr. MILLER, of Pennsylvania, said his own recol
leCtion squared with the gentleman s. 'The gentleman
from Indiana did not - utter the language in the GloSe.
He did not believe the gentleman would have tittered it
unless under lock and key or under the protection of the
Mr. :AMOS MYERS objected to his colleague express
ing such an opinion.
Mr. 11LD, 3 ,9, of Ohio, said he did not hear Mr. Julian
use the lan,ouage as printed.
Mr. MALLOE Y. The 'member from Indiana has the
only 'absolute- and conclusive prool—iiamely, the
reporters notes—to show wheilier he uttered the ex
pression or not. If he can show that he did utter the
language I will retract my charge; if net, will insist
.upon.the charge.
Mr. JULIA.b. then called upon Mr. Orth, who said he
did not remember Mr. Julian- s exact words,
but the
impression on -his mind was that they were as printed.
in the Globe. - -
Mr. DEMING, of Connecticut, said he at the time
looked to see whether there were any_ladieS in the gal
lery, and therefore he paid particular attention to the
gentleman's remarks: lie could not assert that the
identical language appeared in the Globe, but he dis
tinctly remembered the same idea was conveyed by it.
Mr. JULIAN said the gentleman frost Kentricky had
proven by several Members that they did toot hear him,
and now having proved that he did use the language,
ho submitted his case as made out. He commended the
gentleman to the Globe reporters. Let him ask them.
At a subsequent period, Mr. Julian having succeeded
in finding apart of the repofter's notes, produced them
for the inspection of Mr. MALLORY, who, after examin
ing them, said they:leer° in accordance with what had
been printed, and, of course, he retracted the charge of
forgery. He (Mr. Mallory) would nor have made the
charge but for his distinct recollection of the matter.
He understood the member hum Indiana as bringing
charges against the Southerners, as a class, of mingling
their blood With that of the slaves, and for that reason
ho replied that the emigration of a e 1.., of white men
to the South accounted for the number of mulattoes
goinit North. - -If lie had at that time understood , the
member as addressing him personally his reply would
bare been different. The gentleman lias relieved him
self of the charge of forgery, and retract.
Mr. JULIAN, in replying to Mr. Miller, of Pernasyl
vaniil, said, I suppose he speaks from his. own feelings,
and possesses the cowardice lie charges.on um.
Here the mistier ended, and the Honseptoceeded
the consideration of the joint resolution, heretofore re
ported, providing for rho appointment of conunisAonera
in order to effect a inure perfect reciprocity of trade be
tween the United iitates and the British North American
Province,.
RECIPROCITY OF TRADE WITH THE DMth a rno-
Ramsey,
Saulsbury,
Ten liyek,
Trumbull,
Vau Winkle,
Wade,
Wilkinson,
Willey.
Mr. PINE, of Missouri, said that reciprocity had now
been in operation nearly ten years, and we mad judge
fairly of its influence upon die trade of the country. It
way, as a business arrangement, au entire failure. It
had not fulfilled any considerable expec ations of its
originators. The fisheries had expected benefits from
its but instead of that they had been losers. Mr. (lax
tier said the other day, in the Canadian Parliament,
that the "codfish had made the treat*, and would con
tinue : it t" but he slandered the cod fish, which were
valuable fish, and neither made the treaty nor desired its
continuance. The manufacturing and commercial inter
ests of the country had both sutfe 1)(41 froth the treaty. At
the time of its ratification we were exporting to the PrO-
Vinci% about three dollars for every elm imported, and
were receiving atumaliy a balance from them of about
$16,1X10,00) lu gold. Now the balance of trade is against
us. The treaty has failed to bring about good feeling be
tween the two countries. - Great Britain had acted badly
during the war, mid so had the Provinces. British
chips, like the Alabama and Florida, were destroying
our commerce; provincials, at Nat.stia, were busy aid
ing the rebels, and running the blockade, which was
violated by the vessels no other nationality except the
British; and - on our northern and eastern frontier they
were busy in defrauding Our revenue, rind smuggling
into our marketsgoods Which had received drawbacks
at our custom-houses;-and were trANIX to the Proriticos
for the 'purpoSo Qt being smuggled hack. In these
'various .ways we were seriously injured, and it was
high time to put an end to granting these largo boons to
the Provinces. • .
• Mr. ARNOLD, of Illinois ' maintained. that the subject
now under consideration should be viewed, - not in a
sectional, but a national aspect; experience had shown
tint the treaty needed many essential modifications, bat
shOuld net be abrogated. Ito dwelt nada the importance
of this measure to the agricultural interests of the
Northwest in connection with a communication with
the Atlantic. These groat outlets are a necessity to that
portion Of the Union. , -
Without tigthr preceeding,s the _Reim
A DISORDEP.LY SCE E
Pabiic Eutertainmentsy
lIMSTI COMEDY—THE ARCH-STREET, THEAT-
Ever since the memorable Tyrone rolver b
father of a kind of acting called 'Mai Gob
stage has grown a regular crop of this kin
inor; of late years, probably, more rank than 1 • -
°us. Power's genius has had a succession far great
er than Bangui), and, although the number of good
stage Irishmen are so few, the line, as it goes.
stretch out to the crack of doom, if our stage
ways to be as barren as it is now. Irish Comet
been sure of favor; and whether lite actor haS
good, bad, or indifferent, he has rckelved a gooe
turgid langh—this, sometimes, at the expense of
public ; but what of that? The public is riefi cue
in favor to dower all the Irishmen who choof
venture their lilttrimony of humor upon the sl
The Irish topic, in almost every form, has beer
or less a popular one—lreland itself is rare a
nations for its story of suffering, and the Irish
racteristics are distinctly above all other nati
traits. That a people so pastoral, warlike,
unfortunate, should have had so strange
interesting an element or mind as I
which is given to US in Irish charm
and literature, is not at all wonderful. '
Irishman must remain for some time a novc
"Green Erin," "Tara's Harp," "Tipperary,"
"Pm Sitting on the Stile, Mary," will not dio
nor, for the most part, would the world permit
good things to die. Spite of everything, the I
man has a nationality in literature and art, as
as elsewhere; although in literature he does
amount to much, and in art is not generally reel
ed an artist. He is great as an Irishman chb
He belongs to the world, and to everybody,
not much to himself; with a mixture of all '
of talents, follies, humors, anal passions.
world has hardly seen him at his best, but may
out of what it blows of Irish character, liter:
and music, the ideal of an Irishman in comedy
is an epitome of clever things, and is seldo
never more than clever, we think; bat there
original dash and flavor which he gives to his hi
and which keeps all his extravagances in a
state of preservation and consistency.
Nothing could be more popular, as the tern)
and nothing could be so easilypopular. Irist
dies, Irish humor, Irish song, and Irish pathos
the rich property of the Irish people, and I
had things of this character so popular and so
ral an oridn. What Irish authors and actors
done is hardly their own, and has been easily c
for the material has been plenty and ready at h
The element from which they have drawn has
spirit of nature and genius In it, and influences
world in thousands of ways. But all they have
they have got very cheaply, by drinking at the i
mon spring and kissing the comaloa blarney-st
so: that it would seem the easiest thing for an Jr ,
man to write. Irish dialogue and talk brogue
humor.
The Irish comedy which has, of late days, bet
forth to entertain us, has had little merit other
the fact that It was Irish. Art indulgent in
grins and bears the trashiest acting besides, bee:
it has the frail merit of being Irish to cover its
Now, there -is no real virtue in merely tr
brogue, and hundreds of humble pipe -smokers
furnish us with better - character than we see on
stage. After negro minstrelsy, Irish acting has
come the cheapest success, and the lower his col
dy the more popular the actor who deseerate,s
character which. he is vain enough to think
portrays. Acting of this kind has become
outrageous small vice, and it has been tiatti
to excess. But the truth is, the current Ir
comedy is much below the regular low come
of the stage, and many of the representati
of Irish character are far inferior in intellige
to our ordinary low comedians. Nevertheb
the Irish farce is terribly popular, in spite
its extravagant bad taste. Worthless as
play may be, the actor is worse. Talk hr
whirl a shillelah, mouth a little blarney—(the
distinctly Irish of the Irish stage qualities)—ar
comedian makes himself with as much ease ,
Ethiopian clown acquires his clog-dance and
grimaces. This kind of acting is neither fish
flesh, and certainly does not belong to the pr
stage. We can only imagine a place for it in
Pound for bad actors.
The performances of Mr. Frank Drew at
Arch-street Theatre have given us occasion for
reflections upon the degeneracy of the Irish
of acting. There is, perhaps, a good field ft
Irishman, who has the instincts of an artist an,
a clown, to do justice to some of the best cht
teristies of his nation; and such an Irishman,
a special genius, is welcome to his special w
But otherwise, the great mass of the Irish pl
were better settled into place behind, or with
stock force of the stage, where Mr. Drew will
doubt settle with them. This gentleman is the
test star appearance, and his claim to considerat
would seem the more recognizable that he is a b.
- tiler of the late Mr. John Drew. But he has an tl
faults of his very faulty and talented brother, wi
scarcely any of his peculiar merits. It is also
markable that the farce or comedy which he y
forms sustains the broad weight ofvulgar eariem
which he imposes. It is not less surprising that
lag so entirely destitute of ordinary deco'
should set up for merit.
The latest performance of Mr. Drew is in the..ni
play of " Mac Oarthy More," Which, we are
formed, has been expressly written for hint by Sal
Lover, the well-known Irish novelist and scat
writer. A drama by Lover could hardly be withc
some sort of cleverness, and "Mac Oarthy Mor
contains, at least, a hint or two of something good.
is a play in which the author says just what happy
at hand, and in which the actor may do just as
pleases.. As it is nearly barren of character, it.
course, fails of use as an Irish drama, ated if e'
as a story, is very tedious as a play. Of the
Darby Sullivan it is only necessary to c'N
takes as little merit from Mr. Drew'° perk
as it gives. But we shall not eenwure Mr. DI
much for that want of good taste which is r
of more popular actors. Wirshall not regrc
him return to his proper position upon the
his follies as an actor hate not lost him the
satisfy good taste ; and w 2 shall be glad ,
that, for a time, at least, the stage Irish=
been sent into exile.
M-T. Drew will take his benefit this even:
gearing in two comedies, and the extrava,f
"11l Treated 11l Trovatore."
CHEST:NTT-STREET THEATRE.— Yesterdi
fling the drama of "Fraud and its Victim:
played at this place of amusement. The ph
old hackmeyed one of a virtuous family, em
of a widow, a beautiful and innocent da.ught
a noble-hearted son, who are reduced to '
by a; fraud perpetrated upon the late
the family by a villainous banker, V
lives in affluence under an assumed name.
final catastrophe of suicide or starvatie
averted by the happy interposition of
confidential clerk who possesses a miraculoi
served receipt, which restores the long lost
while the wretched defrauder of the widow
phans is borne ie - nominionsly away to ineao
or transportation. The best parts of the peat)]
in fact, all that can be tolerated, are those b
the facetious eharadters appear. Mr. Walter
plays Tans Trumper,the confidential clerk,aft
a knife pedler, with great skill and humor
Annie Ward is very natural and entertainim
part of Patty Raselips, the sandwich vender,
Ward gives a blunt, straightforward (Tenn(
her lover Gabriel Pennypat. The rest of ti
might as well be omitted, for it is actually vi
for the performers to support.
The entire drama will be repeated to-night. i .
Mu. E. L. TILTON, the stage manager of th
Walnut-street theatre, offers an attractive bill o
the occasion of his benefit this evening. Mf Lu
cille Western has volunteered her services,
appear as Lead, with Mr. Whalley as Zia(
apostate. Carneross C Dirty will render
assistance, and Mr. Tilton will appear in a
drama_ The friends of the beneficiary she
neglect this opportunity.of giving solid 0
of their esfeem.
SANITARY Commissiox SCOTTISH Cox,
This evening, at Musical Fund Hall, there
one of those heart-stirring Gatherings of ti
which the public have always found at:
The various Scottish Societies in this ci
united to give a concert in aid of the U. S.
Commission, and the chieftains will appeal
splendid Highland costume on the occasion,
national song, with chorus, written and c.
by Mr. John Hiliyer, of iNew York, will I
and the strength of the programme may bt
from the feet that Mr. Bishop, Mr. Ali
Robb, Mr. George Simpson (New - Yorl
Malian, Miss M. Shell, Mr. James
Mr T. E. Harkins, Mr. J. Duncan, Jr.,
Daniel Mclntyre, (the latter also acting as
tor,) have volunteered their services. TI
nineteen pieces on the programme, which w
some of them to be encored, if desired. Al
find an audience of some fifteen hundred pi
Musical Fund Hall, this evening, we hope.
ELEVENTII-STP.UNT OPERA Horst. Can
Dixey:s admirable troupe of ethiopian CCI
give entertaining performances every even
At - enor.c NOTICE—LAI:OE. AND ATTI
SALE OP Boors AND SHOES.—The attei
buyers is called to the large and attractive sale of
1 : 000 cases prime boots, shoes, brogans, balmorals,
cavalry boots, he., embracinga fresh and desirable: f
assortment of goods, to be sold by catalogue, this
morning, commencing - at 10 o'clock precisely, by
Philip Ford h. Co., auctioneers, at their store, Nos. •
625 Market and 522 Commerce streets. iii
- SALE OF FELISITrItE THIS BIORNING.-Illesars. ;
Birch Si Son, No. DU Chestnut street, sell this morn-
int:, at 9 o'clock, a large assortment of superior
household furniture, including parlor and chamber
suites, carpets, pianos; also, glass-shades, liouarg s
&e., comprising over 500 lots of desirable goods. •
NEw Music.—We have received from the corn
poser, Mr. Harper F. Smith, the " American Fleet. 'r
Waltz," which is just published by Marsh,
A Ormors CEIZEMONY.—On Thursday morning,
April 2ist. at an early hour, a ceremony of a very
peculiar character occurred at the - West - Bromwich
Cemetery. At about six o'clock, Mr. George Wilks,
an octogenarian politician, who had taken a leading,
part in affairs of a local nature for many years, ac-!
companied by a few private friends, assembled for
the purpo'se of laying the first stone of the grave in-I
tended for the reception of his remains " when he
has shunted off this mortal coil." -
the Fides Achates of the expect:
selected to perform the ceremony.
ed with an elaborate silver trowel
lectured for the occasion. Mr. B
ceived the trowel, after the usu:
been performed, read the followi
the name of the ratepayers of Wei
hereby lay the first brick of the ti
beloved and esteemed patriot, G,
we beseech Thee, 0 Lord, that the
to live in this world he may live it
love of God. so that in hislast uu
able to say, All is well, all is w
noble spirit ascend to that place
and harmony—Heaven—and be
'All is well.' 0 Lord we besecel
tomb with the love of the Holy G
ceremony was concluded those I
ceived the sacrament.—ifirmingh.
G. Porn AND THE Izinik:c.
correspondent of the Chicago TM
is not true that General Pope and
of his troops ore going to Washing
trary, the campa s ign against the Ii
commence. General Sully is real
are meat of mounted infantry,
valey, and a battery, all under ,
will join him at a certain point on
the two expeditions will, then '
Indians,