The press., May 24, 1864, Image 2

Vits,s.
TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1884.
THE SITUATION.
The official, gazette gives no further ad
'ranee of news from the war in Virginia
beyond the positions mentioned in the tele
grams of yesterday, but we may conjec
ture thatGeneral GuAxm, in the progress
iof his march of manoeuvre, has left: them
some distance behind and is now com
peting with LEE far outside of the atmos
phere of his old battle-field, and toward
the southern border:of the county of Caro
line. We arc wisely in, ignOrance of the
real nature 'of GRANT'S movements, and
will only hear of nein, perhaps, when
le again brings his enemy to bay.
The situation in Virginia is at dead lock
with speculation, but fills us with alitin
,tlant faith, and contents us even while it
'holds us in suspense. We know that the
army has been reinforced, resupplied, and
at this moment boasts efficiency, spirit, and
- numbers even'Superior to those with which
itentered Upon the campaign, Gen. GRANT
116sthus fars.forced or mancenvred LEE out
4of three strong positions, and with every
advance lie has grown stronger, while we
ulaY suppose his adversary has grown
weaker.
iNot to reckon upon so fair a case as this,:
- the - Armyof the Potfanae_ig.alitc-Co - re-pent
77 - 7 - 7stith ,a c apter that of the _Wilder-
-- Of — tfie Po, and of Spottsylvania.
Gen. 131TiLER still ileitis his strong position,
menacing Richmond from the Peninsula,
and two additional repulses of the enemy
onfirm its impregnability. GnAii , ihas based
his plan of action fixedly and solidly ; and
3iow pursues the foe with his characteristic
caution, celerity, and determination, and
'with that free and unshackled strength
which the soldier. gains from the experi-
.encb of victory.
The news from the Southwest is only, in
the ordinary phrase, a report of progress,
but is all that we could expect... Gen. SrrEn
avAN, after his two weeks' labors, was to
have resumed his march from 'Kingston,
Ga., yesterday, pursuing the jaded forces
•of JCHNSTON. 'Gen. CANBY and Admiral
PORTER have collected and concentrated
the national army and fleet toward Semmes
-port, 14risiana, and at the mouth of the
Bed river, Under a general of the regular
:army, who so well understands the topo
graphy of his campaign, and with a gun
-boat admiral of such various and eventful
experience as PORTER, we may expect that
in the next co-operation of our land and
naval forces, the enemy will be taught the
lesson which we have learned.
The Euxopean Situation.
No doubt NAPOLEON thoroughly enjoys
The difficulty in which the leading Pow:7
'cr.§ of Europe are involved, by the
'causeless contest in Denmark: He may
essay : "Had you accepted and acted
upon the proposal which rk made, last •
vember, to hold -a Congress. Of: Sovereign
Towers at Paris, to adjust' troubles which
were evidently at: hand; all would have
:been well, and peace must have been con
tinued.: But, taking the hint from England,
714 ch insolently rejected my proposition,
the European rulers declined meeting me,
and: everything has gone badly ever since."
The•Conferende at London is, indeed, a
miserable substitute for the Congress which
NAPOLEON vainly endeavored to assemble.
onAhe day of meeting all its -- members
had not arrived, and it was necessary to
adjourn without doing anything. After
Asome days' delay, the diplomatists assem
bled, and it was proposed that an armistice
'thould take place endinktheLclise.usstnn--
..cructorrations; Unthis the representa
tatives .of the belligerent Powera, Prussia
and Austria, declared that they had no in
' structions on that point, and could only
transmit the proposal to Berlin and Vienna ;
in fact, it appears that they were instructed
to watch, listen, and report, and take an ac 7
tive part in the deliberations. Finally; it.
has been agreed that hostilities shall be
.suspended for a month, until the 12th of
June,
,at sea as well as on land, which will
include the blockade of the German ports,
in which the Danes - were having the best
of it.
No one expects anything from the Con
fere.uce, for England is not abting with
- firmness. The Englishpeople, for the
most part, are animated with the national
spirit of, fair Play in this affair. They
think it a shame that a small kingdom,
such as Denmark is, should be set upon,
beaten, battered, and to be despoiled by
the united and overpowering force of Ger
many. They are strengthened in this feel
ing by their liking. for the Princess of
Wales, now their adopted daughter; whose
home has thus been desolated, and they have
no liking for the rulers of Prussia and Aus
, tria. It Is said, too, that Lord PALKERSTON
and some of his ministerial colleagues have
been anxious, from the first, to throw the
moral influence, and, if necessary, the physi
cal aid, of England into the scale, in favor of
Denmark, but that Queen VICTORIA has
trongly resisted their inclination, de
claring
- that, following out what she knows
would have been the policy of her late
husband, and what is the scheme of his
7 brother, the Duke of Saxe-Cobourg, she
will not sanction any interference what
' tver in this Danish question. But it ap
pears *that Queen VICTORIA ha,s violated
this neutrality, which she thus indicated
'RS the proper policy of her Government.
M. Vox BIIEST, the representative of the
-German Confederation, (the body most
hostile to Denmark,) had scarcely been an
hour in London, when . he received - a
special invitation to pay It_ Visit to the
'Queen at Osborne, that retirement in
- which she generally keeps herself so much
aloof from all but the members of her
own family, and, at the same time, her son
Prince ALFRED was sent to visit his sis-,
ter, the Crown Princess, tit Berlin, where.
the King of Prussia presented him with
the Order of- the
. Black Eagle— a gift
— Wirren" tne -- ITMeS lolaty - cteciares - io --ue
doubtful honor, under all circumstances,
while Punch, even more strongly, asserts
that it can be most suitably acknowledged
•
by presenting the Prussian monarch with
the Order of St. Gibbet, in return.
Conjecture gets baffled whatt it specu
lates upon the issue of the present war in
Denmark. We see what Prussia has done,
and have been told What England will not
do. Is France to side with Denmark?
- NAPOLEON telegraphed congratulations to
the King of Prussia on the capture of the
• • Duppel forts. What is Austria going to
• do ? It is said that she has resolved to
-abide by the treaty of 1852, which made
Prince CIUtISTIAN ruler of Denmark, On
the 'death • of the late King. Will Russia'
let Denmark be crushed, as Poland was ?
Scarcely so, if it be true that the Czar's
:eldest son, the Usarevitch, is about being
Married to the Princeis MARIA of Den
mark, next sister of the Princess of Wales.
As for Sweden there is little doubt—her
-sympathies are said to be wholly with
Denmark, and her active assistance will
.soon be given.
- Two men have positive interest in the
tilismemberment of Denmark. One of these
is FEEnEnici hereditary Prince of Augus
tenbourg (whose father, still living and
reigning in his miserable Duchy, solemnly
-Surrendered, for a large sum of money, all
.claim tc Schleswig-ROlstein), who expects
to be endowed by the German Confedera
tion with allthat is stolen" from Denmark.
The other man is King WILLTAX of Prussia,
to whom this Danish quarrel has been a
God-send ; inasmuch as it may terminate
to eying him some ports in the German
Ocean and tke Baltic, and it has turned the
;Mention and the anger of the Prussian
people from his long-continued misrule,
which, eight months ago, had nearly
driven them into revolution and sent him
into exile.
In aid of Denmark ; the freest Kingdom
on the Europeah Continent, England has
done nothing, thereby saving money, but
not gaining honor. The argument, said to
have found favor with Queen VICTORIA,
that the people of Schleswig-Holstein have
a right to: transfer their allegiance from
Denmark to Germany, may be applied, one
day, to the relations of Ireland with Great
Britain.
Our Charities.
- We have never felt any interest in the
. peculiar difference that may exist between
the Sanitary and Christian Commissions,
although from clay to day we -feel called
upon to present their respective claims to
the public. In whatever they differ, they
agree in this : love for the soldier, care for
his sorrows, medicine for his wounds, and
tender nursing for his sickness. These are
yplunteer organizations, eomposed of the
hest men in the country. The members of
the Sanitary Commission receive their ap
pointment from the President ; the mem
bers of the Christian Commission are ap
pointed
,by the various branches of the
Christian Church. Both are composed of
the best men—citizens of eminent philan
thropy—who give their time and means to
this good cause, without asking or obtnin
ing any IcOmpensation. They. began Mo . -
destly. To use a Scriptural illustration,
the mustard-seed was sown and it became
a grand and flourishing tree, whose branches
now extend into every part of the country:
The gentlemen of the Sanitary CommiSsion
imagined that they could._e--V--:1140--- -
t 1;, Lian a - Ure — antr — etorfeinTy of the army
:many of the experiences and lessons taught
hy the war in the Crithea and the wars in
Italy. The science of modern hygiene hint
reached a high standard, and the gentle- .
Men Called together by the President, and
known by the name of the Sanitary Com
mission, volunteered to give it their time
`and attention. This modest idea has now
grown into one of the most magnificent .
charities the world has ever seen.: The
Country has taken it up - and adopted it, and
Millions have been given to it from tlie
priVate pUrses of the 'people. The gentle
men composing the Christian Commission
felt that in the hazardous and bloody busi
ness of war more than usual care should
bp given to the care,and salvation of souls;
that the moral wants Of the soldier de-
Served as much attention as his physical
Wants. They proposed to surround the
soldier with all the sweet and gentle influ
ences of the Christian religionHto see that
thq goSpel of
,Christ was preached to him,
and the teachings of the gospel conveyed
to his mind. Books and tracts and reli
gious newspapers were proVided. Qopd
Men. went forth upon this ditty. While
they preached the gospel of Christ they
Practiced the laVe and charity he taught to
his disciples in Judea. They carried medi
cines and delicacies and raiment for the
sick; following the wounded soldier from
-the battle-field to the hospital, and send
ing him in comfort to his home:
It may be said that the Government, out
of its abundance, has done much for the
soldier. This we know. In the business
of war there is no practicaj necessity for
either the Sanitary or Christian Commis
sions ; but we all know that the business of
war is with the hale and living, and not
with the sick and - dying. The hospital
surgeon and the ambulance sergeant are
the extent of its means. Where the Go-.
vernment ends these Commissions begin.
When the soldier falls they take him up
and bear him gently away. They are the
people's missions. The citizen likes the
idea that he can, independent of the Go
vernment, of the tax-collector, and the as
sessor, take his own part and do his own
duty in the way of serving and sustaining
the Government. He likes the thought
that he can take his own money and give
it to neighbors and friends who are-mere
• citizens like himself, unadorned with:
.blue and gold, and untrammelled with
'red tape, and bid them Carry healing, and
comfort, , and the consolations of a blessed
son or
• brother._.__He likes this thought,
,that his
:Wffe and daughters can-- -4,thni*...._pful-_.
towards ameliorating the horrors of war,
and be in their own home what FLORENCE
N.I . ORTI.NgALE was in the hospitals of Scu
tari. We have the spirit of this gentle and
world-beloved lady reduced to a system,
for the agents of these Cominissions. go
everywhere, carrying the messages of love .
and comfort that she carried to many a
gloomy hut in the Crimea.
"We are, therefore, the partisans of the
Sanitary and Christian Commissions.
Friends say that great good would result if
they.. united their forces and , labored to
gether. We do not think there is much to
be dreaded in this argument. These Com
missions are virtually one. They are,under
Separate management. They have different
meetings, and appeal to different influences.
But when they reach the army they are
the same—the same in battle—among the
dead and dying—the-same" at the bedside
Of our gallant brother or son. They are,
noble charities. They have risen out -- of
this wai like inspirations. Without effort,
or preparation, or legislation, they seemed
to spring up at once from the hearts of the
people. The nation saw that there was
good to be done, and by these means they
could do it. Therefore, they have created
these charities, and we call upon all to see
that they neither lag nor suffer from the
want of means.
The New Draft.
The Circular of the Provost Marshal Ge
neral, Which we print in another column,
gives us a timely hint, and deserves the
earnest attention of the people and the au
thorities. Gen. Fit* directs Major GILL
BERT, the assistant provost marshal for.
Philadelphia, to confer with the officers of
the State, with a view to anticipate the new
draft referred to in the late despatch of the
Secretary of War, by the immediate and
general recruitment of troops for the last
great demand of the war.
Such a measure is one of the highest con
venience and utility ; .and, in these encou
raging times, we are as ready to take a
hint as to answer a summons. Let us do
both. We need all to make the end sure ; ;
and after the end in view there are hun
dreds of dUties which call upon the country
in its military character. Were it probable
that Virginia would be conquered within a
still need thousands and
thousands of tresliariiis"Tortne-wwrzwelen
is left to do. Our veterans in the field
must be supported, and, in the proper time,
relieved. There is no rest for the military
spirit which has been evoked, and, large
as this spirit is, it is too precious to be ne
glected or wasted. If victory serves our
niinds to some purpose, it is to illuminate
the field of war, and show us the real mag
nitude of the work we have undertaken.
We are all bound to this vast work for the
future ; and it is not enough that we should
make the nation even More successful at
home—we must make it, more powerful
abroad. _ .
The Governor of thd State is giving his
well-known earnestness and . ability to
meet the expected call of the. Government,
and to second the brave men in the field.
Some time ago the note of preparation was
sounded—now the drum should be every
where beating up recruits. Towns, town
-and counties can, as General-FRY
suggests, save time and trouble by begin,-
ning at once, upon only assumed quotas ;
While the Government is diligently pre
paring its enrolment, our people Should be
as busily recruiting. We are yet equal to
another uprising, and, certainly, the yeo
men of Pennsylvania are ready at any mo
ment to takethe place of sentinels for the
nation, while their veteran brothers com
plete their sacred work.
WE ARE GLAD to learn that our lumber
trade is very brisk ; " more active, in
deed," says a correspondent, " thanit has
been for ten.years." This will be pleaSant
news to all interested in the vast luniber
trade, for it tells of a season of bustle and
prosperity all along our beautiful Supciub
liftman:
MIL MANTON MARBLE, of the New York
World, seems to have succumbed to his
many misfortunes. Ile - finds matter enough
for fourteen columns of extract and com
ment in the recent suppression of his paper,
four columns of which are addressed to
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the
United States. In this letter he discusses
the legal tender paper inflation, Mr. LIN
COLN's " oblivion of his oath," " pitiable
subserviency to party prejudice,", and the
Crimes for which CrIARLE "lost lag crown
and life:" The most startling statement Mr.
MARBLE makes is this :
"By a curious felicity the stylus with whisk his
amanuensis copied on tissue-paper the proclama
tion, and signed your name, was abstracted from the
editorial rooms of the Tribune."
This is Certainly a very remarkable state
ment, and one that the country will read
with infinite concern ;' but it does not as
slime any additional honor by being ad
dressed to the President, and having Mr.
MANToIi MARBLES name signed at the
bottom. .
Mr. GLADSTONE has published a state
ment in reference to the departure of GARI
BALDI froM England. Mr. GLADSTONE is a
good and pure man, a statesman Of high
character, and universally respected by the
people of England. What he sayS we may
believe, and although we cannot think- that
`he directly interfered to precipitate GAM
BALM'S departure, it is evident that he was
the agent of shrewder and more designing
men. It is certain that GARTBADI left
England under the impression that the
English Government desired his departure.
It is also certain that he received this
im
pression trom Mr. GLADSTONE At their in
teiview in kafford House. This: is the
conettisran we adopt after reading all the
evidence in an impartial spirit, and with no
desire to think unjustly of England. Her
'Majesty's Government has acted a hu
miliating part, and many years will pass
before her conduct is forgotten.
WE BEE by the liartisburg Telegraph, that
our Democratic members of Congreis aro
engaged in the business of franking news
impers to their constituency which contain
the most infamous abuse of the . President
of the - United States, and are, at the same
time, devoted to the advocacy of General
FRElforr as a candidate for the Presidency.
This is a genial duty so far as the Copper
heads are concerned, but General Fitultoivr
has too great'a record in the cause of free
dom to submit to such treatment. Is there
no one among his many admirers to save
him from the hands of his friends?
LET those who are disposed to hesitate
or be reluctant as to their duty in this war
remember the words of the President at
Gettysburg. Now that the country is called
upon -to continue her exertions for the glori
ous cause, they should be read again and
again. "It is for the living, rather," said
Mr. LiNcorN,." to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought
here have thus far so nobly advanced. It
is rather for us to be here dedicated to the
great task remaining before us—that from
these honored dead we take increased de
votion to that cause for which they gave
the last full measure of devotion—that we
here highly resolve that these dead shall
not have died in vainthat this nation,
under God, shall have a new birth of free
dom, and that government of the,, people,
by the people, for the people, shall net
perish from the earth."
ENGLAND is advancing. A reform bill
has failed, but only by a small majority.
Mr. GLADSTONE has declared himself in
favor of manhood suffrage ;,in other words,
that every man in England who is not a
felon or an alien shall have the privilege of
voting. This places Mr. GLADSTONE, ..vho
has always been conservattr and timid in
reforms, by the side of BitIOTET and COB
DEN, and the radicals may well rejoice at
his accession, for it assures them of a
speedy victory. England's manhood is
now in battle with England's aristocracy,
anclowe - wi'dir - tho-t.mge- Clod-speed.
A N -of-wait has sent a contTibution to
the. Sanitary Fair. The sailor •'is never
silent when a call fpr help is heard.
OTTER FROM "OCCASIONAL"
wAo=mGT — oir;lll - ay - 23, 1864
In •the competition for the earliest in
telligence, great but doubtless uninten
tional mischief is sometimes done. Nothing
in the history of the war will be more in
teresting than the page which describes the
. bravery and endurance 'of the war re
- porters or correspondents of the lead
ing' journals,. and the lavish expenditures
of the editors and proprietors of these
journals to enable their respective repre
sentatives to obtain the freshest news.
The hazards as well as the rewards Of this
new profession have enlisted the energies of
some of the ablest men Of our times, and
niftily of their letters are models of compo
sition. The famous correspondence of
IV. 11. Russell, in the London Times,
in the Italian and Crimean campaigns,
which gave him a world's fame, sink
into utter insignificance before the letters
of the soldier-writers for the American
journals in this unparalleled war. And they
are not only valuable aids of the newspa
per. press. They are often of great advan—
tage to the Government. Most of the news
brought here " from the front" comes
through these corresporidentand the Go
vernment gladly avails itself of their.
labors. At times, however, it is ne
cessary, for obvious reasens, to ex
ercise a restraining influence over these
daring and progressive men. And yester
day was one of these occasions. General
Grant's movements were too important to
be disclosed even to the most anxious and
patriotic public. This will account for the
short and significant bulletin of Mr.
Stanton in to-:day's morning papers. But
you must not therefore suppose that " the
situation" is a gloomy one. The great chief
Who conducts the operations of the armed
masses under the Union flag, although si
lent, reticent, and-.tern, does-not feel the
slightest doubt as to -the issue. He is as
cOnfideni as he is i.esolted. There, in the
very gateway to Richmond, he has planted
his legions, and, with steady and incessant
blows, he is making his advance. No:
power, much less that of a wicked rebel
lion, can withstand the thunder-bolts of a
warrior who is armed with the power of an
injured and assailed people, fighting for
the recovery of their liberties.
Oun counnspownmv , r from - Mew York on Satur
.3.9 loal royoile 1 the.arrleal- from Liverpool of Dr.
- Hayes, the Arctic explorer, which is an error that
we desire to correct. Dr. Hayes 'returned from his
last Arctic expedition in October, 1861, and at once
entered the Medical Department of the army, where
he has performed valuable service. He superin
tended the construction and organized the first of
those mammoth hospitals which have been the ad
miration of the world, and has won for himself new
honors in a new and untried field. His hospital is
located in West Philadelphia, and has accommo-
dated at one time the enormous--number of four
thousand sick and wounded men. It is a credit to
the army and an honor to our city, and it is but jus
tice to our townsman, the Doctor, to say that, while
the war lasts, his patriotism will keep him both in
the army and the country. -
YACHT LAUNCH AT KENSINGTON.-01/ Thursday,
a very handsome yacht, built for Mr. John W.
Grigg, was launelied at Plum-street wharf, Ken
sington, from the yard of Mr. John Kooker. Her
length Is 85 feet, ley, feet beam, depth 7 . M feet, and
tonnage about 75. , She is built of the best Delaware
white oak, and unites strength with lightness. The
whole joiners work, which is of the best, was exe
cuted by Waples Wheaton, Kensington. The
steering apparatus, instead of the old tiller and
wheel, is a new patent cog and wheel, which can be
handled with much greater facility. The cabin
will be fitted up with black walnut and maple, and
in its accommoclatioia combines conifort and elegance
in an unusual degree, no expense having been
spared and the best taste exercised in every ar
rangement: .The launch was very ea.sy, anal at the
moment of the craft quitting terra firma the naming
of the vessel, now "The Juniata,” was performed,
in the .usual manner, by John Grigg, Esq. This
vessel, has been built In less than sixty days, under
the personal superintencence of her future captain,
CharlesH. Winnett, formerly of the Scud, and well
known by all yachtmen in Philadelphia and New
York. Ho deserves groat credit for having, so
to say, 'created a model: yacht, creditable to the
builders as well.as the owners._ The Juniata will
participate in the next regatta, which takes place
on the .2.(1 of june, in New York harbor, her owner
being a member of the New York Yacht Olub.
ANY articles intended for the great Sanitary
Fair, may be sent to Mrs..T. W. Forney, the chair
man of the Committee on Labor, Revenue, and
Income, at the residence, 618 Washington Square.'
nrE PRESS:—PITILA_DELPHTX; TUR3DAY, MAY Q 4, 1564
LATEST ADVICES FROM ALL OUR ARMIES
TILE ARMY AND THE FLEET AT THE
MOUTH OF RED RIVER. •
Distinguished Services of Lieut. Col. Bailey.
AN LIBIENHE DAM BUILT AOllO9B THE BIM
General Sherman Reinforced and Ready to
Resume Operations.
GEN. GRANT'S ARMY AS STRONG AS EVER.
HEAVY REINFORCEMENTS AND SUPPLIES
SENT TO THE FRONT.
WASIIINOTON, May 23-1.35 P.M.
Major General Din, New York:
Despatches from Major General Canby, dated at
the mouth of Rod river at midnight, May 15th, state
that Admiral Porter hits just arrived, and that the
remainder of the gunboats will arrive to-night.
General Banks will probably roach Sommesport,
on the Atchafalaya, to-morrow. A despatch from
Admiral Porter, dated on board MS nag-ship Black
hawk, at, the mouth of Red river, May 16th, states
rt
that the portion of the squadron above the falls at
Alexandria Stave boon released from their unpleasant
position, owing to the indefatigable exertions of
Lieutenant Colonel Bailey, acting engineer of the
10th Army Corps, who proposed and built a tree
dam of 600 feet across the river, at thenlower falls,
which enabled all the vessels to pass in safety, the
back water of the Mississippi reaching Alexandria,
and allowed thorn te pass over all the shoals and
the obstructions planted by the enemy, to a point of
safety.
Lieut. Col. Belle will be immediately nominated
for promotiOn, 'for diStingeished and meritorious
service.
An unofficial report from Cairo, dated May 22d,
states that the army.and, gunboats were alp safe at,
the mouth of the Red - river and at Semmosport. •
Major General Sherman, by a despatch at 8.80
P. M. last night, reports that he will be ready by
morning to resume his operations. Returned vete
rans and regiments, he says, have more than re
placed all losses and detachments.
We have no official: reports since my last telegram
from General Grant iiir General Butler.
, Official reports of this Department show that
within eight days after the great biLttle of Spottayl
vania Court House, many thousands veteran troops
have been forwarded toGeneral Grant. The whole
army has been amply Supplied with full rations
of subsistence,upwards,of twenty thousand sick and
wounded have been transported from the fields of
battle to the Washington hospitals and placed under
surgical care, over eight thousand prisoners have
been transported from the field to prison dlpbts,
and a large amount of:artillery and other imple
ments of an active campaign brought away.
Several thousand fresh cavalry horses: have been
forwarded to the army, and the grand Army of the
Potomac is now fully as strong in numbers and
better equipped, supplied, and furnished than when
the campaign opened. Several thousand reinforce
ments have also been forwarded to other armies in
the field, and ample supplies to all.
During the same time over 30,000 volunteers for
100 days have been mustered into the service, cloth
ed, armed, equipped, and transported to their rosnee
tive positions. This statement is due to the 'chiefs
of the Finy .In : if and bureaus, and their respective
corps . to Whom the credit belongs.
EDWIN 91. STANTON, Sec'y Of War.
TILE VIRGIMA CAMPAIGN.
Several Attacks on General Hut ?
lerls Position.
THE ENEMY TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
SEVERE REPULSE OF THE REBELS AT
FORT POWHATAN.
FORTRESS MOI:ROE, May 21.—Three hundrad
wounded menwere sent from the 8 1 °04+111 1 4 /los
pital to-day to 111110clohia,
The weather is as yet very favorable to patients,
and mos.t.of them are doing well. Gen. Wistar has
left for home, siek.
Gen. Devins is at Chesapeake Hospital, sick.
Yesterday noon the pickets on our left, and near
the Point of Rocks, on the Appomattox, were driven
in by the enemy, and quite an engagement soon fol
lowed.
- As soon as the pickets reached our reserve force,
two of, our batteries -opened on the enemy with a
deadly fire, and they were so taken by surprise that
they lost heavily in killed and wounded.
The rebel. Gen. Walker is wounded, and a pri
soner, with many of his .men.--rho. enemy got the
worst of it, and retired. -
Pieketskirmiehiev-le going on much of the time
~.„-ear- n nes. There is heavy skirmishin
on this-Nning, but. no garticcuars — nave yet, been
THE ATTACK ON FORT POWFIATAN
FonT IllorntoE,- - May 22.—CM the 21st the rebel
cavalry attacked Fort Powhatan, on the James
river, making 'three chiLrges, all of which - N9431 - 0 re
pulsed with heavy rebel loss and disorganization.
There was but slightloss on our side.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
ADMIRAL PORTER'S FLEET UNBOUND
ALEXANDRIA.RNIOUATED AND IN FLAMES
Advices from New Orleans, Brownsville,
CAIRO, May 22.—Admiral Porter's flag-ship has
arrived at Mound Oity, and reports the entire fleet
out of Red river, the dant having reached a'height
on the 13th inst. sufneieni to'enable them to move.
An extensive conflagration recently occurred at
Natchez, consuming several blocks of most princely
buildings. The fire was believed to be the work of
incendiaries.
The steamer Mollie Able, No. 17, arrived this
evening, with the 17th and 25th Illinois Infantry on
board, bound for Springfield. The 28th has re
enlisted and the 17th is to be mustered out.
Our forces evacuated Alexandria last week, and
moved towards Sellsport.- The officers of the
steamer Laurel Hill, which had arrived at New Or
leans; state that they distinctly heard heary.can
nonading from the direction our forces had taken.
The fleet was much annoyed in passing. out by
guerillas, who lined the banks between Alexandria
and Fort De Russey.
A portion of Alexandria was burning , when the
Laurel Hill left. This steamer had two hundred
sick on board, and while flying hospital flags was
fired into ten miles below Alexandria, but no injury
resulted. Gen. Mealernand, who was seriously ill,
was on board.
SLAUGHTER OF UNION TROOPS ON THE
Col. Mott, of the 149th Ohio, and tnany 'other offi
cers of rank were killed, and the greater part of our
troops, of which there were 600, were slaughtered
on board the steamer . City Belle at the time she
was captured and burned by the rebels, thirty
miles below Alexandria, in the early part of the
month.
THE PRESIDENTIAL STATE CONVENTION.
May 22.—8 y the steamer we have New
Orleaneadvicea to . May 16th. Fourteen delegates
to represent Louisiana in the Baltimore Convention
were elected by the State Convention. The Delta
of the 16th says: "The action of the Convention
was harmonious, every member endorsing the gene
ral policy, civil and military, of the Administration,
and also heartily approiing the civil and military
course of General Banks, and the policy inaugura
ted by Governor Hahn, as tending to put down the
rebellion and restore the Union."
The steamer Cassandra, from Boston had arrived
with MS men of the 30th "Massachusetts, and 9.1 re
cruits for other commands.
MATA.MOROS-FRACAS BETWEEN' MEXI
CANS AND FRENCHMEN,
Late intelligence from .14Tatainoros represents
things as very unsettled, and the bad feeling exist
lag between-the native and French residents had
ripened - into an actual outbreak.
OccasroxAL
General CortinaS and stall; While riding , through
the streets, were insulted by Frenchmen and a
general quarrel ensued. Weapons were drawn and
freely used by both parties.:- Cortinas , adjutant
general, during the melee, shot one Frenchman
dead, and another was arrested and executed• the
next day by Cortinas. Much excitement prevailed,
find many of the French residents were leaving the
city.
REFUGEES AT BROWNSVILLE.
All is quiet in the vicinity of Brazos. Judge I-Ean
cock, ono of the most prominent Union men. of
Texas, had escaped from rebeldom and arrlved4t
Brownsville, accompanied by about twenty others.
The cotton market is quiet, with moderato inquiry
for low middling. Nothing doing in sugar ; 120 bbis
molasses, all in first hands for export, sold at 600.
for inferior old. crop ; l'Oc for common, and 75c. f 4
common new. •
GENERAL SHERMAN ON OORRESHONDENTS.—u-o
neral Sherman's dislike of newspaper correspond-'
cuts in the army is well, known,: but the following
official order, issued last Friday; is the strongest ex- .
presslon yet uttered by him or on his behalf:
ItanosTow, May 20, 1864.
" General Sherman has not prohibited mails to
the North • on the contrary, he encourages every
officer and soldier to write'home as often as he can,
and orders every facility to the malls. He discou
rages the writing and publishing of letters by paid
correspondents, whose letters are the vehicles of
mischief and vanity. By authority,
"JOHN 0. VANDUSEN,
"Captain, and Assistant Superintendent United
States Military Telegraph."
CIROULAR FROM PROVOST mAnsisrAL
WASHINGTON, May 19, 1864.
Major C. C. Gilbert, A. A. P. M. Gen., Philadelphia:
Confer with your State authorities, and endeavor
to got the different districts and sub-distriets to com
mence raising men at once, with a view to the nevi
call referred to in despatch of yesterday, from Seem:
tarp of War to General Dix. It will be greatly to
the advantage, of tho different towns, &mulles, h.c.,
to save time by commencing immediately on assumed
quotas. Spare no efforts to complete tho revision of
enrolment at the earliest possible day. The exact
new quotas swill.e based upon it:,,
'I want it report
.
ed to me by 10th of June. SAMES 13. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
FORTRESS MONROE
and Natamoroa.
STEAMER OILY BELLE
THE MARKETS
The New Draft.
O ENERAL SAY
(Bpeciai Despatch to Tho Prem.
The Delaware County Union Convention
MR. BROOMALL NOMINATIM FOR TRH VICR PRIG.
DEEM
Mania, May 23.—The Delaware County Union
Convention, to elect Delegates to the National
Union Convention, mot at this place to-day. Reso
lutions were passed, instructing the delegates to
sustain Abraham Lincoln as the nomtnoo for Presi
dent, and John M. Broomall, the able Congress
man from this district, for Vice President.
WASIIIN TON.
NV/Qum°Tow, May 23, 1861
The Status of our generals.
The War Department, In response to a resolution
of the Senate, has given information concerning
field officers since the commencement of the re
bellion, from which it appears that In the regular
army; Generals SCOTT, HARNEY, WooL, ANDER
SON, and ErnAnt' have retired, and Sinnvita,
MANSFIELD, and TOTTEN have died, and Twmos
dismissed. Of major generals. In the volunteer
,corps, DLAin resigned,, and resignation revoked;
'War. F. Salmi and SCHOFIELD'S appointments ex
pired by constitutional limitation, and they were
reappointed 5 lionAmzo S. WEIGHT, rejected by the
Senate,
.and since appointed, and Is now in com
mand of Sanowlow , s corps. The resignations are :
Oasslus M. CLAY, JAMES A. GARFIELD, SCHUY
LER HAMILTON, C. S. HAMILTON, E. D. KEYES, E.
D. MORGAN, B. al. PRENTISS, and B. 0. SCHENCK,
Ono major general and one brigadier general have
declined the appointment. &worm, Cox, and
Monnxi,Vs commissions expired by constitutional
limits. The nominations of N. T. I-I. Buoorcs and
Joinv Nkw-roN wore withdrawn. WM. H. Fitm.mir
mustered out; FITZ JOHN PonTnit cashiered.
Of the brigadier generals of volunteers, Mtn
nAluts Appointment was revoked. Ten ceased to
be officers by constitutional limitation, and were
reappointed. THOMAS F. MEAGHER resigned,
and his resignation was revoked. Eighteen declined
appointment as major generals, including 1tn.A.31 , !
LETTE, the present Governor of KentuCky, and
CHAS. P.,SToNE. Nineteen appointments expired
by constitutional limit. of eleven rejections by the
Senate, one was reappointed, namely, General
SICKLES. Another was restored to the army, ono
was cancelled, two were revoked, IDmixtlit was dis
charged, REvErtz disthissed..
The total number - (ii , generals in the regular army
Since the commenceMent of the war Is 29 : ono lieu
tenant general, six major generals, 22 brigadier ge
nerals, and 18 of all grades are now in the service,
namely:.one lieutenant gkrieral, three major gene
rals, 14 brigadiers.ltl-.?r,
ln :the volunteer force- , -1831 been appointed
major generals, including the promotion of 91 briga
dier generals, and 477 have been appointed brigadier
generals, of whom 257 are now acting as such.
There are 70 major generals at this time in the
service.
Death of Colonel Hull.
Colonel HULL, of the 67th Pennsylvania (BLACK'S
oid regiment), died yestordoyacternoon of his wound
in the hip.
General Lockwood. Relieved.
Brigadier General W. H. Loowwoon has been
relieved froni duty in command of the third separate
brigade. Brigadier General KVNLEY has been
assigned to the command of It, with the district of
Delaware in addition.
Appointed to a Command
Colonel WEISIVIELL, military governor of this Dis
trict, has been assigned to the command of the Ist
Brigade of the - Veteran Reserve Corps.
The 10-40 Loan.
The subscriptions to the 1040 loan, reported to the
Treasury Department to-day, amount to $1,117,000.
The Secretary acknowledg,es the receipt of the fol
lowing sums, namely: Through E. L. PEIIiON, col
lector of Boston, received by him from an anony
mous source, $lOO, and from a party, signed
"Loyal," on account of tax omitted, $l5.
The. Gunboat Flotilla
It Ls reported that the gunboats of the Potomac
flotilla have removed all the obstructions in the
Rappahannock river.
Examination at the Naval Academy.
The annual examination of the Naval Academy
commenced on the 20th instant. The following is
the Board of Visitors: Commodore JOHN MARS
TON and J. Join; RODGERS, Capt. Ploxsattxo, U.
S. N. ; HENRY BARNARD, Connecticut ; JAMES A.
HAMILTON, New York ; G. D. A. PARKS, Illinois ;
JOHN . W. Bennis, Missouri; and 0. D. Ronvxsox,
Wisconsin.
Important Decision on a Gold Contract.
Justice WYLIE, in the Ciro - nit Court to-day, de_
aided in a suit to recover, where the money claimed
by the plaintiff consisted Of sums advanced to the
defen'aant by the plaintiff, as .niargin in a Contract
-between them, whereby - the plaintiff agreed' to buy
gold on time, at the buyer's option, and of profits
made after settling such contracts, that the plaintiff
is not entitled to recover, such contracts being con
trary to public policy, and calculated to depreciate
the value of the treasury notes of the United States,
which are made legal-tender by acts of Congress.
It was stated by counsel for the plaintiff that as
this was the pioneer decision in America, annulling
such contracts, they would take exceptions, and
carry up the case on appeal,
Official _Despatch from Admiral Porter.
The following despatch was received by tire Nary
Department this morning :
MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON FLAG-SHIP I3LACR
HAWK, 'NORTH OF RED- RIVER, via CAIRO, May
gil.--T.--lx , --fZunRat , LirVELLES, SECRETARY OP THE
NAVY I have the honor 'to inform you that the
portion of the squadron caught above the falls at
have been relieved from their unplea
sant position, owing to the indefatigable exertions
of Lieut. col. matey-acting vagineer_ of the 19th
Army Corps, who prepared and mit a "Me curtu-,,,,-
600 feet across the lower falls, which enabled all the
'vessels to pass over in safety: - the back water of the
Mississippi reaching Alexandria. -
Your obedient servant,
DAVID D. PORTER, Refit' Admiral,
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
A pitr, TO REPEAL THE $3OO EXEMPTION
Mr. MORGAN introduced a bill to prohibit the release
of drafted persons from the draft by payment of moneys,
namely: That so much of an act entitled au act for en-
rolling and calling out the national forces, and for other
purposes, approved March 3, 1163, and acts amendatory
thereof, as authorizes the discharge of any person from
military service by reason of the payment of $3OO for
the procurement of a sdbstitute, or otherwise, be and
theaame is hereby repealed; provided, that nothing
contained in this act shall be construed to alter the pro
visions of existing laws relative to persons actually fur
nishing substitutes.
On motion of Mr. GRIMES, his bill id relation to na
val supplies was taken up, and he addressed the Senate
for nearly two hours in reply to the adverse report
made thereon by the Naval Committee.- He Faye a his
tory of the manner of obtaining naval supplies since the
organization of the navy, to show that under the navy
agents, who originally were not legally authorized offi
cers, a system had- grown up by collusion with con
tractors and master workmen, and that the system pro
posed by his bill would remedy these abuses. He de
fended the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks for
his efforts in detecting the defects of the old system.
He held tlat subordinates, and not the Department,
were in fault. He analyzed certain contracts heretofore
made under bids for supplies, showing as examples in
stances where Scotch iron had been bid for at one dol
lar per ton and American iron -at thirty six dollars per
ton, and of the large amount advertised of the former,
only nine or ten tons were delivered, while of the-litter
double or treble the amount would be furnished and re
ceived. The low figure at which Scotch iron was fur
nished, the contractors knowing by . collusion before
hand what amount of the same would be required,
enabled them to secure the contract against honest men,
by reason of their aggregate bid, under the class con
tract system, being less. He contended that these
things showed collusion between the contractors and
employees of the Government. He mentioned among
these contractors Smith Brothers & Co., of Boston, who
had, since 1,561, furnished to the amount of $1,010,900.
Schofield ST: Co , of New York, to about a similar sum,
and another firm in New Hampshire, to the amount of
$1,882,652. Also, Joseph L. Savage, of Washington.
Items in the bills of the latter furnished to the Washing
ton Navy. Yard, amounted in the"aggregate to $4,687,
be being the lowest bidder of the three, whom Mr.
Grimes presumed lobe merely his confederates. The pri
ces of the articles actually furnished were double their
market value, as axes at 10..50, the market price of
which was 75 cents, and many other articles in propor-
Mr. GRIMES gave also extracts from the books of
Schofield & Co., the members of the firm being now Mt.
der court-martial, which show that in September they
bad furnished brass , costing $l4OO, at s67lo,tand .11
sheets of copper costing $123, at 4434.50; leather, cost
inasl666,S6o.l3, &c.
Mr. GRIMES explained at length the necessity of his
bill to remedy these abuses. He said it would provide
that these matters of supply would be confined to regu
lar racers of the navy, instead of temporary political
appointees, and prorided such aerate punishments and
penalties as would diminish io n largo extent the cor
ruptions and frauds which were now practiced.
Mr. HALE agreed with the Senator from lowa en
tirely, that the frauds and gross outrages perpetrated
upon the Navy Department were enormous, but. the
difference between him and the Senator as to the re
sponsibility was great. Re had no idea that the sweep
ing charges made by the Senator against navy agents
and workingmen, whom he purposes- by one fell blow
to sweep from the navy, are true. `-This assault on the
navy agents and *master workmen and mechanics was
solely because they bad in many instances protected
the Government from the attempts at fraud on .the part
of those who were partisans of the heads of bureaus in.
the Navy Department, 'who sought to be enriched at
nubile expense.
. - .
He instanced cases where navy agents bad, while en
deavoring to protect the Government from fraud on the
part of favorilse of the heads of bureaus, incurred their
displeasure. One case in point was the supplying of
the shaft of the steamer Cambridge, at the Charlestown
navy yard, when the navy agent refused to pay the
enormous price of seventy cents per pound, when
every body knew it could be purchased for fifty cents
Mr. HALE, in defending the Arm of Smith, Brothers,
& Co., said that they had been among the first to expose
the manner in which frauds could be and were perpe
trated upon the Government. The Committee on Naval
Affairs, in discharging , their duty, had come to the con
elnsion, after patient investigation, thar this bill, though
containing many excellent features ? was, uponthe whole,
at this time, unwise and inexpedtent. They regarded
itas an endeavor cut off from the public service and
pass sentence of condemnation upon those who are the
most faithful officers in the United States service, though
they were not epauletted gentlemen. He had ask high
regard for naval officers as the Senator. He thought
them, as a . class, as honest and upright as any other
office,re, but he was opposed to this wholesale onslaught
on the mechanics of the country, who had shed so e much
blood and performed so much labor in defence of the
national life. Be considered the bill itself a standing
libel against the honesty of our hardy eons of toil.
Ile hoped the Senator would press his investigations
until every rogue and every one who connives at fraud
and corruption would be brought to condign punish
ment, but 'after all lie would Arid guilty culprits else
where.
Mr. HALE held that, with all the wisdom that could
be brought to bear, it would be impossible to keep our
selves intact from depredation until we could find men
of perfect fidelity - to administer.our affairs. Until we
could find such men, the Senator should not look too
highly upon eytauletted officers in the navy.
lie had been arraigned for his denunciation of fraud and
corruption and profligacy as opposed to this Administra
tion, His support of the Administration could not be
appreciated by the thieves and plunderers that clung
around it. They could only appreciate the Administra
tion so .long as they could rob it. Such men, in his
opinion, committed a crime only second to those in arms
against the Government.
Mr. DAVIS said the speeches here to-day had disclosed
a remarkable state of things. The chairman of the
Committee on Naval Aithirs sae' intimated again and
again au extent of profligacy and corruption in the de
partments of the Government more alarming than the
enemy in the field. Near the close of his speech he con
cedes that the Navy Department and: the Government
generally are infested with thieves and robbers. Be
(Mr. Davis) supposed this to be trim. But was it not
strange that the chairman of Naval Affairs, of rare ex
perience and a lawyer by profession, should not or
ganize measures to bring there criminals to punishment
instead of contenting himself with mere general de
nunciations, leaving the matter there ?
From the gentleman's conclusions there, never was a
Government more corrupt Ou earth. He wasastonished
that the Senator had not im roduced measures of reform.
If he knows of any thieves in the department, why does
he not hold them up to public scorn and punishment?
These admissions in a vague form amount to nothing
and correct UOthing.
Mr. DOOLITTLE here desired to speak, but
Mr. CONNESS insisted upon taking up the Pacific
Railroad bill as the unfinished business which had been
informally deferred,
Mr. SUMNER wished to say a ward -in defence of a
citizen of .Massachusetts who had been assailed. •
Mr. CONNESS und Mr. DAVIS both objected.
TRE' PACIVIC RAILROAD BILL RESUMED.
_ .•
The consideration of the Pacific railroad bill was then
resumed, and Mr.DOOLITTLE, after a brief reference to
the pending amendments fixing the route of the road
through Kansas, recurred to -the nayal supply subject.
. Mr. COZINESS asked, Wirt had that to do with thi.
railroadT
Mr. DOOLITTLE said the gentleman was out of order ,
in interrupting him, and went on to say that he had -=-
been =engaged for weeks, am a member of-the, Naval
Committee, in connection with the Senator from New
Hm
apshire, on .the subject of fraud - lied . edkrutition , in
the Vary Department.) ' •
Ile had listened MIAs spe ech to-day, and yet he had .
oot heard him name a guiy matt _implicap.l in these.,
outrageous transactions. Why_did not the Senoittor name
one man? Because he (Mr. Dool ttlo) undertook emphati
cally to say that there was no man in the Navy Depart
ment, no head of a bureau, no clerk, who was guilty of
fraud or corruption, as he would see whon the evidence
was presented.
The further amendments to the Pacific Railroad bill
were discussed by various Senators.
THE. RILL ostssem.
The bill was then stmended and passed—yeas 23, nays
s—and_ goof, to the House.
The Senate at 6.15 adjourned.
YEAS.
!Tadao, Sprague,
Howard, Sumner,
Johnson, Trumbull,
Lane (Kansas), Van Winkle,
McDougall, Wade,
Morrill, Wilkinson,
Woman, Willey,
Pomeroy,
NAYS.
Powell,
Saulsbury,
Anthony,
Chandler,
Clark,
Conneaa,
Doolittle,
Foot,
Footer,
Bnckalew,
Hendricks,
HOUSE
MILEAOII AND PAY FOR REJNOTED CONTRSTANTS
Mr. DANES, of Massachusetts, from the Committee
on Elections, reported a resolution that Messrs, Chand
ler, Seger, Ad Kitchen, whose claim to seats from Vir
ginia have been rejected, be allowed mileage for one
session, and monthly pay till the passage of the resolu
tions in their respective canoe.
Mr. Dawes said that Mr. Chanalar is District Attor
ney in the Eastern District of Virginia, but receives no
salary, Inci compensation being paid in foes auto noting,
probably, to s2,ti(o per annum.
Mr. Chandler's name was stricken ont, whereupon
the resolution as thus amended was adopted.
TEE ADJOURNMENT OP THE ANISSION
On motion of Mr. COFFROTH, It was resolved that,
the Senate concurring, both Houses adjourn the session
on the 6th of June, at noon.
PATRIOTIC RESOLUTION
Mr. KINNEY, delegate from Utah, offere t a rose:.
lution, which .was unanimously adopted, declaring, as
the Hum of this House. that the present Crisis in this
causeless and unjustifiable rebellion calls loudly on
Congress for united and patriotic legishu ion; that the
self-sacrificing services of our soldiers, unsurpassed in
ancient or modern warfare, should be sustained in the
field, and are entitled to our thanks; and, forgetting all
past differences, it is the duty of Congress to sustain the
'constitutional authorities of the country in their en
deayers to suppress the rebellion.
TILE SUSPENSION OF NEW YORK PAPERS
Mr. GRINNELL, of lowa, offered a resoluflon re
questing the. President to inform the House whether by
order of , the Government the publication of the ltrorbi
and Journalof Commerce of New York was suspended,
and if so, that ouch orders and proceedings be commu
nicated.
objeelion being made, the resolution lies over.
THE FILNISIIMENT OF FORGERY OF OFFICIAL
On motion of Mr. ARNOLD, of Illinois, a resolution
was adopted Instructing the Committee on the Judi
ciary to inquire whether any and what legislation is
necessary to punish the forgery and publication of offi
cial documents, and also what legislation is necessary
to punish - those who, through the press or otherwise,
give information to aid and comfort the rebels.
THE-HOUR OF MEETING
Mr. HUBBARD, of lowa, offered .
H a resolution pro
viding that the Mouse meet daily at n inetead of 12
ift.WASHRURNE, of Illinois, objected, saying that
-we have too mach time already.
On motion of Mr. PENDLETON the resolntion was
tabled—yeas 91, nays W.
A PROPOSED OENsiftts OP TAR A.DMINISTIE.ATION
DRPR THD
Mr. PRUYN, of New York. asked leave, on behalf of
his friends of the delegation, to offer a resolution. He
would, with the kind permission of the House, like to
say a few Words in explanation of the reasons which in
duced them to request action upon it by this body. The
resolution was read for information, as follows:
Resolved, That the conduct of the Executive au
thority of the Government, in recently closing the oltl-
Cen, and suppressing the publication of the World and
Tolima of Uommerce newspapers, in the city of- New
York, under the circumstances which have been placed
before the public, was an act unwarranted in itself,
dangerous to the canse of the Union, in violation of the
Constitution, and subversive of the principles of civil
.liberty,
liberty, and, as such, is hereby censured by this House.
Objection being made, he moved a suspension of the
rules, in order that he might introduce the resolution,
but the question was decid%l in the negative—yeas 54,
nays 79—as follows;
Allen, Sag C
Baldwin (Mich),
Blisß
Brooks,
BreWn (Wis),
Chandler,
Coffroth,
Cox,
Dawson,
Dennison,
Eden,
Edgerton,
Eldridge,
Ninek,•
Grider,
Harding
Harris all),
Herrick,
Holman,
Hutchins
Johnson (P),
Johnson (Ohio),
Ka'bilabial,.
Kernan,
King,
Knapp,
Law,
Lancer,
Mallory,
Marcy,
McAllister,
McDowell,
Miller (Pa),
Morrison,
Nelson,
Noble,
NAYS.
Garfield,
Gooch,
Grinnell,
Higby,
Hooper, -
Hotchkiss,
Hubbard (Iowa),
Ingersoll,
Jenckes,
Julian,
Kelley,
Kellogg (Mich),
Loan,
Longyear,
Marvin,
Mcßride,
McClurg,
-Miller (N Y).
Moorhead,
Morrill,
Myers Amos,
Myocg Leonard,
O'Neill (Pa).
Orth,
Patterson,
Perham;
Alley,
Ames,
Arnold,
Baldwin (Masa),
Baxter,
Beaman,
Blair (W Va),
Blow,
Boutwell,
Boyd,
Broomall,
Brown (W Va),
Clark, A W
Clark, Freeman
Cobb,
Cole,
Cromwell,
Davis (Mil),
Davis (( ),
Dawes,
Deming,
Dixon,
Donnelly,
Driggs,
Eckley,
Eliot,
Farnsworth
THE RECENT MONROE DOCTRINE RESOLUTIONS
Mr. DAVIS, of Maryland, offered the following:
Whereas, the following announcement appeared in
the Moniteur, the French official organ, viz:
"The Emperor's Government has received from the
United States satiaactory evidence of the sense and
bearing of the resolution of the House of Representatives
at Washington relative to Mexico; and it is known,
besides, that the Senate has indeflnitelrpostponed an
examination of the question, which in any case the
Executive would not have sanctioned;" therefore,
Resolved, That the President communicate to this
House,.if not inconsistent with the public Interests, any
explanation given by the Government of the United'
States relative to the sense and bearing of the resolution
relative to Mexico, which unanimoasly passed the
House, on the 4th of April, 1864.
The resolution was passed almost unanimously,nuder
a suspension of the rates.
AMENDMENT TO THE TARIFF RESOLUTION
Mr. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, fronithe Committee
of Ways and Means, reported ajoint resolution amenda
tory of the joint resolution to increase temporarily she
appmed_April, 166-1. Ii is as lot-,
Whereas, A joint resolution of Congieii — elifitled
joint resolution to increase temporarily-the duties on
imports, was approved by the President on the Mth of
April . , at thirty minutes past seven o'clock P, M., but
was not promulgated until the day following, to wit,
April 30,136.4; therefore,
Resolved, That the resolution shall not be deemed to
have taken effect until the said 30th day of April, 1364,
and the said resolution shall not be construed to include
goods in public store or bonded warehouse, or bonded
for warehousing or transportation prior to the said 30th
day of April, 186-1; and any duties which shall have
been exacted and received contrary to the provisions of
this resolution, shall be refunded by the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Mr. BROOKS, of New York, said he was
. glad 'this re
solution had been reported, as a matter of Justice. The
necessity for the explanatory resolution showed the
hurried mode of legislation; something is done one Mon
day which has to be corrected another Monday.
The joint resolution was passed under the operation of
the previous question.
•
THE WORLD AND JOURNAL 4B COMMERCE QUES
.
Mr. PIIUYN, of New York, asked permission to print
the statement prepared by himself on behalf of the Op
position members from that State, relative to the sup
pression of the World and Journal of Commerce.
Mr. WILSON (Iowa) objected. •
Mr. STEVENS said he had no objections to publishing
e statement in the New York papers.
Mr. KERNAN (N. Y.) remarked that for doing so the
newspapers' might be suppressed.
RAILROAD AND TELEGRAPH TO PUGET'S SOITND.
Mr. STEVENS (Pa.) on leave reported a bill to aid in
the construction of a railroad and. telegraph line' from
Lake Superior to Puget's Sound, by the northern
route. The bill was ordered to be printed and recom
mitted to the special committee.
AMENDMENTS TO THE APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House considered various Senate amendments to
the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation
bill. •
During the proceedings Mr. HOLMAN opposed, the
amendment increasing the salary of the Treasurer of
the United States to six thousand dollars per annum.
Mr. KASSON, of lowa, said the gentleman's remarks
were buncomb, not calculated for effect in this House,
but to be read elsewhere.
Mr. HOLMAN replied that if the gentleman was of
that opinion he was certainly laboring under a great de
lusion.
Mr. NELSON, of. New York, sent up to be read an ez
tract from a book concerning the Fremont campaign and
General Spinner.
Mr. KELLEY, of Pennsylvania, wished to know
what book it was. Extracts had heretofore been read
from it which were replete with falsehoods and slanders
of patriotic men He asked for the name of the book.
Mr. COX, of Ohio, in reply, said it was the login of
history, Containing five hundred political texts, and he
then read from it some remarks of that gentleman about
the war,land commented upon them in ridicule.
The amendment to increase the salary of the United
States Treasurer from five to six thousand dollars was
rejected—yeas 37, nays 77.
Among the amendments agreed to was one appropri
ating $5,000 for the salary of two additional appraisers
at the port of New York.
At 4. le P. M. the House adjourned.
ARKANSAS.
General Order by Gen. Steele—AddresS to
the Seventh Army Corps.
HEADQUARTERS OF DEPARTMENT OF ARKANSAS,
LITTLE ROOK, May 9.
General Order No. 23.
To you, troops of the 7th Army Corps, who partici
pated in the recent campaign, designed to co-ope
rate with Gen. Banks , movement against Shreve
port, the Major General commanding tenders his
earnest, grateful thanks.
Although you were compelled to fall back without
seeing the main-object of the expedition aceom
plished, you will have the satisfaction of knowing
that you have beaten the enemy wherever he has
met you in force, and extricated yourselves from the
perilous position, in which you were placed by the
reverses of the cooperating column. This lets loose
upon you a superior force of the enemy, under one
of their best generals, causing the loss of your trains
and the total interruption of your communications,
rendering it impossible for you to obtain supplies.
You have fallen back over rivers and swamps,
while pressed by a auperior force of the enemy.
This you have done successfully, punishine the
enemy severely at the same time. 'The patience
with which you have endured hardships and priva
tions, and your heroic conduct Qn the battle-field,
have been brought, to the notice of the Government,
and will furnish a page in the history of this war of
which you may well be proud. F. STEItLE,
Major General Commanding.
TROPHIES OF THE JENKINS' FORD VICTORY
Three guns and six flags were .captured by our
forces in this battle. The 50th Indiana captured the
regimental flag of the 38d Arkansas. Tho Bth Wis
consin captured one or two. A splendid battle-flag,
belonging to some general's body-guard, was cap
tured.
REBEL OFFICERS KILLED
General Reynolds and General Scurry, of Texas,
and five or six colonels, were killed in the battle of
Jenkins' Ford. General Wussell, of Texas, was'
wounded in the arm.
ARREST OF CONFEDERATE' MAIL CARRIERS AND
OAFTti RE OF A LARGE MAlL.—About dusk on Satur
day evening some of the detectives of Colonel
Woolly, who wore on board a sloop, cruising in
the bay, discovered off Sandy Point two men in
a yawl boat, and determined to overhaul them.
This was speedily done, and the mon arrested and
placed upon the schooner. They gave the names of
Wm. H. Rogers and John 'Fahey. In the boat was
a large mail from the South comprising about one
thousand letters, five hundred of which were directed
to parties in Baltimore, two hundred to citizens of
the several counties of Maryland, and the remainder
to persons residing in New York, Philadelphia, Chi
cago, and many other titles in the United States.
There-were also found large quantities of Southern
song books, newspapers, drafts, checks, U. S.
Treasury notes, specie, Confederate bonds, Sc. Tho
prisoners_a.nd mattor seized were brought at once to
this city, and the former placed in confinement.
Yesterday the authorities were engaged in examin
jug the letters, many of which contain information
of importance to the Government. The remainder
are generally in regard to family matters, making
inquirles . about friends and relatives, and not a few
love-letters. The writers, in many instances, speak
of convoying; letters South by means of the flan-of
truce boat, and recommend that as the best mode of
communication. This is said to be one of the most
important mail captures since the beginning of the
War.-=Baitimori Gazette. • ' • •
Mn. W3f. Knanz, of the firm of Knabe & Co.,
the extensive piano manufacturers, died on Satur
day evening, after a protracted illness, in the sixty
first year of his age. The deceased was born
in Germany in 1803 but in early life settled in
Baltimore, and by his industry and strict integrity
became tho architect of his own fortune. His esta
blishment WDB one of the most extensive of the kind
in the United States, giving employment to about
three hundred. workmen.—Bokiniore Sun.
Mdlle. Patti has just come of ago, and it is
stated that one of the first acts of her majority was
to settle an annuity of'6000f: ($1209) a year upon her
father, and another of like amonnt upon her mother,
ACCOUNT OF TUESDAY'S FIGHTING
A Pretended Victory over Gen. Grant.
BANKS REPORTED IN A DESPERATE SITUATION,
THE REBEL SUCCESS AT NEW MARKET
Rejoicing- over Lee's Assumed 'Victories
SPIRIT ON THE REBEL PRESS-RESOLUTION AND
'Ton Eyck
WASHINGTON, May 23.—The Richmond Sentinel
of the 19th says :
The Confederates find a source of great en
ocovue
r r a t te e t i r n p t r ; , I.lltindnt prosperousreap o 7 tu fo n r es thaf f kf w a e l thankfulness
conquer now, and God is giving us the promise, our
work will be done. The reason and the fears of' the
enemy assure us of this. Grant's army is the last
head and front of this horrid war. This is the time,
therefore, for every man who can strike a blow for
his country to render his aid. •
',Let every one assist in whatever sphere is open to
him, ourselves, and our subsistence ; let all be cheer
dully and zealously rendered as needed or called for
until this great fight is done, and those who can do
no more, the weak and helpless ones, who cannot
lilt the spear of battle, or assist in active employ,
may do as the friends of Esther did when the fate of
a nation hung on her efforts.' They can besiege-the
throne of Heaven with fervent supplications that
its blessings may be upon those who, on. the part of
the Confederacy are conducting the grout issue.
We can pray while toilers light.
We have much to stimulate and to oneourge us.
The news of yet another victory hasjust come down
from Lee's army ; Butler has been driven to cover
the trans-Mississippi sends us cheering tidings. Let
us strike on, and strike hard, for our deliverance
draws nigh.
' The news reached us yesterday morning that
there had been more fighting in Spottsylva.nia. The
reports brought in represented that Grant had made
a heavy y assault on Lee's right at or near Sandar's
DIM, and had met with his usual success in his Vir
ginia operations—a very heavy repulse. The tele
graph may bring us more accurate details before
going to press.
There was some firing on the southside yesterday,
together with some skirmishing, though we have
not learned that it was of material consequence.
We have any number of reports as to the move
ments of the enemy, but we believe there has been
no material change up to this time since 'Smith
sought his fortifications.
The reader will find a despatch relative to the
trans-Mississippi operations, which will give hire
comfort according t olds faith; for ourSelyps, we con
fess that we are waiting for the confirmation. We
have been deluded often enough with the news from
that quarter to teach us caution; at the same time
the result asserted is not tube considered as impro
bable. Banks was undoubtedly in a desperate situ
ation, surrounded by superior enemies, and his na
vigation interrupted and suspended. His pride,
however, would make him refuse to surrender until
reduced to desperate extremities. He Is fighting
for the Presidency, and surrender is not the road
to it.
The telegraph tells of the brilliancy of Breckin
ridge's victory and SigePs pedestrianism.
UNION REPULSES CLAMED OH TUESDAY
We had nothing official from General - Leo yester
day, but a private despatch from Milford says that
General Early made an attack, yesterday morning,
upon the enemy to the right of Spottsylrania Court
louse, capturing nine pieces of artillery and a
number of prisoners. Later in the day the enemy
made two assaults upon our lines near Stanford's
mill, on the Po branch of the illattapony, both of
which were repulsed with severe loss. Persons who
loft Milford in the morning concur in saying the
firing was very heavy.
O'Neill (Ohio).
Pendleton,
Prnyn,
Radford,
Randall (Pa),
Robinson,
Rollins (Mo),
Ross,
Scott,
' Steele (N Y ),
Steele (N J),
&rouse.,
Voorhees,
Wadsworth,
Ward,
Wheeler
White,Jos W
Wood, Fernando
In reference to the surrender of Steele to Price,
there has been much confusion and many contra
dictions. From a comparison of the several stories
we are inclined to the opinion that his army has
been captured just as IVIllroy?s was at Winchester
on the 4th of June, last-year-that is to say, Steele,
with a remnant, made his escape, while the body of
his lbrces fell into our hands. Ho probably lost six
to nine thousand men, besides his teams and artil
lery. Steele, with about three thousand, had a
'race with Marmaduke, which should enter Little
Rock the sooner. Steele carrying light weight, won
by a neck.
Pike,
Pomeroy,
Price,
Randall (Ky),
Rice (Maine).
Rollins 110. -
Schenck,
Schofield,
Shannon. •
' Sloan,
Smith,
Smithers,
Spaulding,
Sterns,
Thayer,'
Thomas,
Tracy
Washimrne (Ill).
Washburn (Mass)
Webster,
Whaley,
Williams, ,
Wilder,
Wilson, •
Windom,
Woodbridge,
A GREAT VICTORY CLAMED AT IiEIV MARKET
STAUNTON, May 18.—General Breckinridge , s vic
tory-at New Market was even greater and more
complete than at first announced. He captured six
pieces of artillery and nearly one thousand stand of
small arms. The loss of the enemy in killed, wound
ed, andiprisoners, is heavy. Sigel ran thirty miles
without stopping, abandoning his hospital and de
stroying a portion of his train. His cavalry force
alone prevented us from burning the bridge in his
rear before the rout, and thereby capturing the
whole. Our success was - chiefly due to a day and
night march of over thirty miles, and commencing
the attaek before the-arrival of one of his divisions,
which was whipped when it did arrive. Sigel com
manded -in person. Brigadier General Stahl com
manded his cavalry, while Generals Sullivan and
Couch commanded each a division. The enemy
encamped last night on Cedar creek, the swollen
condition of which alone checked their flight. Oar
advance is two miles below Strasburg, and it is
thought Sigel will continue to Martinsburg.
PETERSBURG, May 17.—The enemy have gone
from our front, and his entrenehments at Bermuda
Hundred and the turnpike to Richmond are now
open. Haute' raiders are eight miles this side of
Jarrett's. There is general rejoicing here over
Lee's victories.
Destruction of Little Washington by the
NEW You's, May 23.—The North Carolina Times
of the 21st states that the rebels in Little Washing
ton had Set fire to that town on the 11th, destroying
all but about twenty houses. They also robbed all
the woinen_anauar_en
Important Dates from Mexico—Extent of
the French Occupation.
SAN FRAIN - me°, May Z.—Acapulco advices of
the 13th instant say that the French occupy but
a narrow line from San Bias to Vera Cruz and
Tampico.
It was surmised that the French admiral does not
venture to occupy any of the other Pacific ports be
cause he would be unable, to keep up communication
with the interior.
The steamer Golden City has been libelled for
landing goods without a permit.
There have been but few arrivals of general mer
chandise lately. The markets are generally flat and
the grain markets easier. •
Sox Mortise°, May 21.—A severe shock of
earthqunke was felt last night. It shook the houses
and alarmed the people, but did no damage.
Sax Fitaricisco, May 20.—General merchandise
from foreign and domestic ports continues to pour
in at a fearful rate of increase, filling the bonded
and other warehouses to repletion, rendering the
markets dull, and reducing prices far below cost of
importation.
AID FOR THE SANITARY COMMISSION
An enthusiastic meeting was held at Sacramento
yesterday, realizing a large sum for the Sanitary
Commission.
The Chamber of Commerce has forwarded a
remonstrance against the mining taxi
The grain crop is more promising since the rains,
and may reacda half crop when but a quarter one
was expected.
Money is lower. The bullion in market Is $330-,
000. Exchange for currency 65@68; coin bills 4@5
premium. Telegraph remittances
Trade is Wet: on account of the bad roads In the
interior.
Sailed, opposition steamer America, for Panama.
Ship Black Hawk, for Callao. Arrived, ship Gas
pel, from New York; Ibrlg Antelope from Ham
burg..
Arrived, ships Ville de Toulouse and Fleetwing,
from Rio; Viente, from Callao; Dublin, from Shang
hae,
Sailed, ships E. Buckley, Port Angeles, Brewster
for Boston.
The 2ttediation of the United States.
[From the Mercurio del Vapor.)
The Mercurio del Vapor, of Valparaiso, of the Ist
of April ult., contains. an editorial relative to the
offer of mediation proposed by the Eon. Mr. Nelson,
minister of the United States at Chill in the trou
bles at present existing between thisrepublic and
Bolivia. It supports the Views of our minister in
his slote of the 15th of February last to that Govern
ment. and says that this gentleman, with the
straightforwardness of the great nation he repre
sents, establishes the principle of arbitration as the
most rational and most fitting for Chili. It speaks
also of the mistrust which at first was put on the
mediation of Peru in that affair, as involving danger
to Chili us regards the di.putca-q.e.tion Sr niejil
lone:,, widen was intended to be submitted to the
"Congress' , of South American Republics. Then,
referring again to the mediation of the United
States, it says : "In our view such an intervention,
far from presenting the least symptom offensive to
our national interest or susceptibility, unites, on the
contrary, all the conditions of a mediation bona ,fide.
The arbitration of the United States appears to us
in every respect in the character of strictimpartial
ity attributable to its Government, in the frank
manner in which it has been offered, in the time of
its arrival, preferable not only to that of Peru, but
to every other that might be offered. Independent
of all these considerations, the Governments of
America have especial and powerful reasons to seek
the support of the United States, just as they had
urgent motives for estrangement in the era of the
criminal filibustering expeditions, now proved to
have been only an anticipatory part of that culpable
rebellion which is still rending that colossal nation."
BALTIMORE, May 23.—A Better. from Fortress
Monroe says the steamer Dictator, from Newbern
and Hatteras Inlet, reports that a bottle was picked
up off Hatteras on the 20th, containing a record of
the loss of the steamer Manhattan at sea. She was
from 'Wilmington, N. C., bound to Bermuda. A.
large lot of cotton was picked up off Hatteras on
the 20th.
Armaxy, May 23.—The new car shop of the Cen
tral Railroad, at West Albany, w destroyed by
fire before morning. It was supposed to have origi
ginated in the waste-room. The loss• amounts to
about $lOO,OOO.
Daniel Skelly was arrested to-day, charged With
having shot Boman' Illarnhan, in Brooklyn.
The Recent SeAzure of lifewspopers.
ALBANY, N. Y., [May 23.—Governor Seymour
has written to the district attorney of New York
directing him to prepare Indictments against all en
gaged in the seizure of the offices of the Journal of
Commerce and the World.
RTFE ; FRENCH Taus Go.—MonS. Edmont About
makes this odd calculation of the manner in which
the taxes of a Frenchman who pays 1,750 f. a year
(which he says are the taxes.paid by the master of
an income of 20 000 f., $4,000, annually) go : The
Emperor comes in for 251.; the Imperial family
lf. 50c; every deputy 3f. 04c.; the Legion of Honor
Sf. 550.;• the Imperial library 400.; the Institute
61c.; the 15th August 10e.; scientific and literary
subscriptions 14c.; tke improvement of the breed of
horses 3f. 87c.; the Conservatory and Imperial
theatres lf. 710.; scientific mission 5c.; the guillotine
20c.; war (army, navy, and Algeria) 42.8 f. 29c.; pub
lic works, agriculture, industry, and commerce 72f.
08c. cost of collecting Lases 2671.610,; ministry of
justice 321.; interior 51f: 27c.; public, instruction 53f.;
religiouS 46f.; diplomacy 12f, 62c,
THE REBEL PRESS.
THE PIGILTD..74I ON TUESDAY
CONJECTURES AS TO STEELE
BUTLER'S DEPARPME'ST
NORTH CAROLLYA.
Rebels
CALIFORNIA.
AN EARTHQUAKE
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MGM=
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
EETIZEr!
SOCCII AMERICA
Loss of a Bloekaide-Runner.
Destructive Fire at Albany
orritill , NEW YORK.
ADP - lONA PROM BERMUDA -A-SAILING OP TIM Pl
PLORIDA—Bunsum Q A saw YORE
MOVICKENTEI O BLOOKADH,RUNIVERS
NEW Yons, May 23.—The schooner Hound, ft
Bermuda, confirms the reported sailing of the
rate Florida on the 14th inst., when she stood to
North. Sho reported burning a New York '
from Callao, three weeks before, and had se
crew to England by a foreign vessel. The bk
runner Thistle, from WilMinton, arrived of
10th. The steamers Petersley and Index had 31
to run the blockade. The new steamers Georg
McGaw and Lynx, intended for the same trade,
arrived from England.
DANK P.TATEMENT
NEW Yonx, May 23.—Statement of the condb
of the New York banks for the week ending Ms
Loans, increase 33,11
Specie, decrease
Circulation, decrease
Deposits, decrease....
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NEW YORK, May M.—Arrived, ships Oi
Liverpool ; Talisman, Havre ; B
brig Gideon, RI
NEW 'ionic, May 2.3.—Ared, ship Adler, ren
bark A. Sootier, Cardiff; brigs Win. Allen, El
River, Ja. ; Essex, Porto Rico ; Solinus, Porto Ri
Le Coq, Matanzas ; Sophia, Rio Grande ;Henri'
Rio Grande ; schooner Ouachita, Frontera.
Boston.
ARRIVAL OF A RUSSIAN FRIGATE.
liosToN, May 23.—The .Russian steam -frig
Vitiaz is below. Others of the fleet are °ape(
soon, when it is proposed to give the officers a pul
reception.
GREAT FIRE IN WARE, MASS
A fire in Ware, Mass., on Saturday night,
stroyed the buildings in which are located the
office and Masonic Han The loss is $15,000,
is partly insured,
Domestic Markets
ST. Louis, May 23.—Flour firm and mist.
Very little doing. Wheat firm ; higher for
prairie ; $1.60(411.67 for choice first. Corn drool
mixed C.2.3(01.25 ; old white $1.20.; choice
Oats are loss firm at 92Q93c ;120,000 bushels BM
United States Quartermaster at 91.10. Groot
firm. Sugar 19@22e. ; Coffee 46,14048 e. ; Rio .
lasses $1.05. Cotton quiet ; sales of middlings
81yi ; receipts 690 bales.
Public Entertainments.
THE UNIVERSITY COiCZRT.—The musical
tortainment given last evening by the Students
the Pennsylvania - University must have answ(
its good purpose, and netted a very clever sum
the Sanitary cause. As a musical affair, it deserv(
note or two. It was a college concert through(
with the unmistakable Freshman and Sophom
twang, and with as much humor as students of
University could well put into the box of deco(
and place on exhibition. The fun was just a lit
solemn, anti-hilarious, and a step or two aside
the Young American student nature. The y
gramme was made up of a number of Latin sc
from the German Universities, tolerably clui
one or two solos—" Sleep Well," for instance, .
with manly taste and expression; and anal
hodge-podge as "Lutsow's Wild Hunt," " Upide
"Landlord, the Flowing Bowl," "The Last
gar," and "Rally Round the Flag." "Lar
Horatius," (the original of the "My Mary)
tune) was given with too much soberne
with too little esprit ; but the chorus - , "We
it no sin, sir, to take a freshman in, sir," windli
With doxological words to the tunes of "God
the Queen," and " Co-ca-che-lunk," with " Old 1
dredth." Examination Doxology, were fall
force and suggestion. They were frightfully of
tune, perhaps—but immensely clever.
Two programmes were handed to us by some
terprising sophomore, one of which was neither a
nor sung. It had such an irreverent title as ✓
"University Gay Club—A Blow for the Ber
the U. S. &Mussy Commission ;" and ar
specifications such personalities as these
Editor of the United States Service Magaaine,
cuss a good night's rest for the audience, will hi
read his last editorial (without gestures). 8. Be
diction, byyrof. Frazier (without notes)." Now,
is decidedly incorrigible.
We wish the young men of the University alt
success possible in the pursuit of music anl Ens
matics. Every college should boast a Urge
good chorus, full of that well-contained atm
spirit of which every one is fond, and with ma)
voices and intelligent ears. At the next coicert
hope our University friends ;will - do as veil,
better.
LECTURE AT THE ACADEMY OP
Academy of Music was crowded last einnlis on
occasion of a lecture by Very Rev. Dr. 11:10arty,
the subject: "England -has no right to rile in
land? , The Rev. Doctor was received with
bursts of applause. In the beginning of 'his loci
he alluded in glowing terms to Father Lavelle;
whose benefit the lecture was given. He said, w
right has England to rule in Ireland? Tho math,
ty and power of all civil governments cone U
God. The greatest stress that is laii ul
this matter is found in the lath clupter
Paul's Epistle to the Romans; There we
taught the obligation of obedience.. Obedience
necessary. Obedience is insisted upon on amount
the necessity of legal restraints. The oily
son that can be assigned here for obe_
these instructions, is its tendency to do good.
may be asked, are not the people the source of
power? Why, certainly so; because God set
power through man to the rulers. You never he:
of God sending, directly, power to any one pens
excepting perhaps a rare case among the Jews,
people elect. The ruler only has authority to
cute and carry through your laws. Accore.
the wisest theologians, a law, to be reasorksbi ,
obligatory, must be to the good of, the people.
must be in harmony to nature, accordirhe
toms of the country. There is no such tin
istence as a tyrannical Government. If its out
tyrannical it is not, properly s e alang, a Go ,
g - caldeltfille n a -- T - CriimVi
just and tyrannical. Revolution is holy, and
sort to arms is just.
It is then sanctified by God_ England norm
and never pretended to have a legal governmei
Ireland. It would not suit her infidels. Most pail
it is to think what Ireland has lost ; to think- of
the causes that have sent devastation and ealamil
all over the land. Most certain it is thatarelt
has been robbed ; that she has suffered tremend
losses which have never been repaired. All the
natural, social, and loyal, in Ireland, is still m
ral and Catholic. The natural growth of Irish
tionaiity has been suppressed, therefore there Cl
be no legal government among the English_ '
speaker then alluded to the invasion' of
land, and of the effects it had upon tl
State, Absolute lordship was the obj,
Sought. The invader appeared as the • robbl
tyrant, and murderer. Will you call the rule
the murderer legal '1 [Cries of " no, no."] kelp
at the present day is the inheritor of all the !or,
quences. He then alluded to the taxes itapm
upon that country. If England has no right tq rt
in Ireland, then she is a transgressor of the la
So, guards, be up and at her. [Great applaast
The lecture occupied about two hours in its
livery, and was frequently interrupted by the m
deafening applause.
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palm and Leghorn hats, Shaker hoods, tiny(
bags, &c., &c., embracing samples of 1,100 packa4
of first-clasS seasonable goods, of city andEastt
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LARGE SALE to-day, of Real Estate anti Stooks,
See Thomas d: Sons' advertisement and pamphie
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Cl 2 Y I rJ::ThIS.
BUY THE "FLoaminn.”—there are, a multittu
of Sewing Machines in the market that have ce)
tarn desirable characteristics, but, in the "Florence
Machine, sold at OSO Chestnut street, we have a
the merits of the best Sewing Machines inthe worl
combined. Every " Florence" machin3 sold I
guaranteed to give satisfaction, or the money wil
be refunded to the purchaser.
ENGLISH WALKING HATS, of elegant and ya.
materials, beautifully trimmed. The - finest a,
largest assortment in the city, at Wood & Cary'
725 Chestnut street.
DEprzanoNS.—Rome—the place where childrt
have their own way, and married men resort wh(
they have no where else to keep themselves. Wif
the woman who is expected to purchase with&
means, and sew on buttons to keep herself Rah.;
the thing on account of which its mother shou
never go to the opera, consequently need never ha ,
a new hat. Trowsers—the disputed territory,
where to get those that aro worthy of the name,
ins - the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhill
Wilson, Nos. 603 and 605 Chestnut street, abo ,
Sixth.
Emcm.a.,—.T am composed of fifteen letterz.
m y the husbandman's desire.
My 2,3, 6, 4 is the delight Of the parched a
weary traveller.
My 8,6, 5, 9 is what all creatures desire.
My 7,3, 2,13 is the early bird that catches t
worm."
My 11, 12,13, 14, 4, 15 is what lovers interehan.
My 1,2, 3, 4,11 is the name of a General who
never known defeat. -
My whole is the name of a fashionable tailor,
whose "palatial store , is at No. 609 Chestnut street
PROCLAMATIO'S.—NOW I, Abraham Lincoln,
President of the United States of Amerta, by
virtue of the power vested in me by the Cdrstitu
ton: do hereby order and proclaim that all persons
who may be drafted (aliens not excepted) tot new
suits of clothing for the coming summer Camlaign
shall patronize the best establishments in the re
spective States. The inhabitants of Pennsyhtnia
will, therefore, repair to Charles Stokes & (o.vs
" One-Price, ,, under the Continental, and thert be
measured and drafted. Done at Washington
W. SEWARD, See. of State.
_ A. LiNcot. - _ , \
NIGHT COUGHS—For. Asthmatic, Consumpti;e,
and Chronic Coughs, which are always more or leis
troublesome at night, unfitting persons for the \-
daily occupations, and undermining the constittt
tion, great relief will be experienced by taking, at
bed-time, one or two of " itrownls Bronchia/ Troches, ,,
or Cough Lozenges, which will insure ease and com
fortable rest.
CANCER, SCROFITLA, AND GOITRE.—A.mpIe
perience has proved that no combination of medi
cine has ever been so efficacious in removing ti
above diseases as Dr. Jayne's Alterative. It la
effected cures truly astonishing, not only of Came]
and other diseases of that class, but has remora
the most stubborn Diseases of the Skin, Swelling
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, 1.c., &e. This. mad
vine enters into the circulation, and eradicates di
eases wherever located. It purifies the Blood as
other fluid of the body, removes obstructions in t
pores.of the skin, and reduces the enlargements
the glands or bones. It increases the appetite,
moves headache and drowsiness, invigorates
whole system, and imparts animationao the dices
and debilitated constitution. There is Roll
superior to it in the whole materiamedim
The Alterative is prepared only by Dr. D. Ja
&. Son, 212 Chestnut street. msl+4
Comm, Bus - lons, Iritrzymcao Pfssr.s, .ENL,
JOINTS, and all diaeasee , of the feet, eared Wit
pain or inconvenience in the patient, by Drs. Za
rie & Barnett, Surgeon Chiropodists, 921 Chest
street. Refer tn physicians and surgeons of
city. kg: