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the situation.
Wliilc wc have but. incomplete details ,
of the advance of General Grant, the ,;
mere naked statements of facts are enough
to’show its rapidity and strength. Me
chanicsville, which the army occupied on .
•Monday, without much opposition, is
itlo more than fiye.. ; miles'xN.' N.'
E of Richmond, and connected, with
it ‘ n turnpike. This road crosses
tiie Chickahomiuy at a point where it
is neither wide nor deep. . The‘ Tight of
the army appears to rest on Mechanicsyille,
and the lines extend to near the Richmond :
and York River Railroad. - The efforts of
the enemy seem to have been chiefly in
tended to embarrass, not to thwart our ad
vance; certainly Lee has'not; yet i, .suc
ceeded in breaking or repulsing any part"
of the line. His attempt, to intercept
Grant's communication with the depot of
supplies at White House was defeated, and
the army obtains its provisions by a route
which is perfectly secure. The Pamunkey
is full of transport vessels, ahd that the. Go-;
vemment is sustaining the army with all its
energy is evident from the suggestive an
nouncement that oven, tire materials for re
building the railroadi'.to Richmond, from
West Point and White House, are now at
Portress Monroe. The line of the enemy
is parallel with our own, stretching
from Meadow Bridge to Bottom Bridge,
along the CUickahominy, and thus con
fined, the activity of Sherman's cavalry
has prevented, and probably will continue
to prevent, any serious interference with
our lines of communication with the base ,
of supplies. The siege of Richmond is
begun upon a sound balls, and in accord
ance with every established principle of
offensive war. Thus far there has not been
an error in any of Grant’s combinations;
every step has been a complete success, and
every day has confirmed the impression
that Lee has neither the force itor the skill
to unclasp that iron hand which is swiftly
and strongly closing upon the;rebel capital.
If the Richmond papers manifest some
fears for the safety of General Lee, they
possess many, for a confession of danger
could only be reluctantly and: partially
' forced-’ from, them. at this time, when
it is more than ever necessary to
encourage the rebel army. That there
is a panic in Richmond we do not
doubt; that' the .enemy admits that
Grant's ability has been underrated is
probable ;' but we; believe that when the
rebel army fully appreciates the power of
his campaign, all its fighting spirit will be.
lost. Grant has thusfar hardly begun to
" show, his strength. The whole campaign
from the fourth of May has been, little
more than a grand preparation. If or:
is the Army, .of . the -Potomac the
only foe which chills the heart of the Con
federacy. Shbbman’s advance—a triumph
al march through a conquered territory—
has been eclipsedby the vaster movements
in ’Virginia, but it alone would he enough
■ to undeceive every man who has dared to
. .believe in'the dream of Southern indepen
dence.
An Unfortunate Man.
. Mr. 'Wendell Phillips evidently en
joys the distinction of being the most un
happy man in this unhappy country. Wo
should like to please him if such a thing
-were possible,., and we .are very sure that:
the public would welcome a smile more:
•eagerly than they do his similes. Ho seems
to have given up his life to the thought that
this world is a world of sin and '"misery,
and that, without being particularly sinful.
-himself, he is" the 'most miserahleVof. all.
mcu. This misfortune generally befalls all
public men, who, like Mr. Pimnrps, make
themselves the standards of righteousness.
If we may believe this unfortunate speaker
of charming sentences, lid is one of the five
good men in : Sodom, and :as-we cannot
find ten like him,’the city will certainly bo
destroyed.. We have sometimes thought
these demonstrations on his part were the .-
results of an uncontrollable eccentricity—,
a morbid. feeling for : contrariness that
lias possession of his mind, like the gem
tlemau in one of our insane asy
lums, who imagines he is the King
of Spain, or the poor creature in. St. Louis,
whose mind was so far affected that she
believed herself to be the wife of James
Buchanan. Mr. Phillips seems recently
to have fallen under the influences of such
a hallucination. We kiiWY a very worthy
man, a peaceable seller of merchandise, and
the law-abiding father of children, who
thinks this war will never end until the
guillotine is erected in Independence
Square, ? His' daily misery is that we have
not begun, to shed civil blood. The mi
sery of Mr. Phillips is partly of this na
ture." He finds sad fault with Mr,: Lin
coln for not retaliating upon the-" South for
the massacre of the negroes at Fort Pillow.
Because the President, on imperfect evi-
deuce, and without having it in his power
do ascertain the real measure of the South
ern wrong,did not order out a regiment of
innocent men at -Point Lookout, placed in
’ our handsby the fortunes of war, and have
them hurriedly shot anil' buried, he hits
been untrue to the negro. He has not pro
tected him , nor paid him. ...Therefore, says
this unhappy mail; ilie negro owes nothing
to Mr. Lincoln, and history will disgrace
him for his want of friendship to that race.
Our miserable and uncontrolable orator
lias another grief. General Banks, “the
Massachusetts boy,” has been doing things
very badly. ‘ General Banks is a safe man
to attack, for just now the man whoso po
-4 pularily a few months ago made improbable
that he might be a candidate for the Presi
dency, is one of tbc most unpopular of men.
The country, in a fit of virtue, has con
demned him long before his defence has
been heard, and of course he is fair game
for Mr. Phillips. He is down, and wo
-can safely strike- him. He failed on the
Bed river, and, therefore, we have him do
nounccd in this style: li Banks lias ground
the negro to powder; lie lias perilled New
Orleans; lie has set up a system of serfdom;
■ he has jeoparded the JJaioni cause again
and again; he lms created a military board,
and christened it the State of Louisiana.”
Banks is evidently a .fit subject for Mr.
PniLurpa’ miaerm, for, after reading the
accounts of the Bed river expedition s the
Chicago papers, the country is in tlio tem
per to listen tq,it.' If Mr. Phillips were a
statesman, if he were even the commonest
and most superficial observer, if he had only
taken the trouble to read the orders of Gen,
Banks, or tb’tek sonic "reasonable citizen
of New Orleans wlmt was really the olltin,,
tion in Louisiana, lie would have found
that in speaking thus of that commandwim
was doing an injustice that no enmity, no
partisanship, no devotion to Hlmnyj t’ft«
exenso. It is Impossible, In a day, or ft
week, or a year, to raise the negro from
his degradation—lVom the misery tmgftti
tlorotl by centuries of slavery. It Is not In
tho nature of tilings for this to ho done, All
wo can do is to protect ami educate tho
negro j to so loach him that ho may In
time, when oapablo of enjoying nil the
■privileges of free men, receive thorn. If
Mr. Pun,Lies had inquired ho would have
found that in Louisiana tho negro was pro
tected, educated, paid, and disciplined, and
that in every way. General Banks’ policy
was that of a.statesman, anti a Christian.
Mr. Phillips finds a sympathizing audi
ence in the gentlemen who recently assem
bled at Cleveland, and, calling, themselves
a convention, placed in nomination two ex--
army ofllcors for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency. Mr. Phillips wrote a long
letter, “ which was received with cheers.”
It is n dreary lamentation. Notwithstand
ing his woes he is t a pert and pat disciple.
Heis as glib as the New York World in liis
phrases. . lie talks about “ eight years of
despotic power,”; and r our becoming “ a
second or third-rate nation,” with; the old
Story About habeas corpus, and the declara
tion that- the Administration is a military
and civil failure.” He wants Fremont or
Boteer. He cannot submit to Lincoln,
and will oppose him all summer. In short,
ho'ls very unhappy, and nothing hut the
sacrifice of Lincoln will appease him.
; Sensible men will remember that, not
withstanding: the woes of this unfortunate
orator, Abraham Lincoln has done all
for freedom and the negro ; that while
this man sat by the wayside weeping and
Wailing our President moved- grandly on.
; Mr. Phillips' might find an opportunity
for usefulness, if he were to clry ; his tears
; and take his place in the line of battle. He
prefers to stand apart. For his own fame
we regret his determination, hut rejoice
that the battle can be won without him.
Parliamentary Fictions.
It is not surprising that .we should often
be misunderstood and misrepresented in
Europe, where even those who ought to
know better join in the vulgar cry, and
swell the chorus against us. Gn the
twelfth of May a conversation took place,
,in the House of Lords, between the Earl of
Eli.enboboitgh and Earl Russell, which
exemplifies this in such a remarkable man
ner, that we are justified in referring to it
here. Lord Ellenbokough (the Ned Pop
per of Bulwer’s novel of 1 ‘ Paul Clifford) ’ ’
is a very able man, one. of the best Parlia
mentary orators, has been a Cabinet Minis
ter, and was Viceroy of India for nearly
three years. .Had his ambition been, we
will not say greater, but more persistent,
and his love of ease' considerably less,' this
nobleman might have been Prime Minister
ere this; but he is a political Sybarite, a
diplomatic pococurante, too careless and' too
lazy to take much trouble to effect any ob
ject. In Parliament, lie wages a sort of
guerilla warfare with the Ministry, and
especially delights in; “ badgering” Lord
Russell. They are much, about the same
age, (Ellenborough horn in 1790 and
Russell in 1798,) but the contrast, moral
and physical, between them is so remark
able as to be almost ludicrous. Earl Rus
sell is about the worst public speaker iu
England,. hesitating i and stammering * and
low-voiced as well as indistinct. Lord
Ellenrorotjcii is fluent, and ‘can be elo
quent. He has a full, flexible, and expres
sive voice, which is audible without ever
being strained. - Again, as to the physical
difference: Lord Ei.lenrorocgu is over
six feet .high, well made and handsome,
Whereas Lord Russell is about five feet
“four inches in height, and never had the
slightest claim to ho considered well-look
ing.
On the evening in question, the Earl of
Ellenborough arose in his place in-the
House of Lords, and “ called the attention
of the Foreign Secretary to a letter which
had been published in the Hew York
Herald, from an officer-of the United States
army, -describing wbat he termed well-
authenticated cases of kidnapping foreign
ers by the United States authorities. - . The
men thus illegally, enlisted.were principally
seamen for the navy ; but a similar prae- .
tice was pursued with regard to recruits for :
the: army. The noble Earl, having read
the letter, said, it was impossible that the.
.practices' mentioned ..in:.-it':.could be carried
on without the knowledge of the superior
officers of . the United - States army and
navy. These were serious grievances, and
he wished: to know what steps her Ma- .
jesty’s Government had taken, or would
take, to protect English subjects.” g
T here is ' something inexpressively lu
dicrous in a nobleman’s making a com
plaint in the English House of Lords, en
tirely based; upon a letter published in . the
Hew Fork Herald, —a journal not particular
ly noted for the reliability, of its statements. :
Earl Russell, however, seriously re
plied to the question, instead of taking it as
• a merry piece of banter, and, as it seems to
us, committed the great mistake of accept
ing the charge as true. He is reported to
have said “ That, without giving-any an
swer with- respect ; to the particular cases
mentioned by the noble earl, ho had to state
that great hardships liad undoubtedly been
suffered, /by British subjects in the United
Slates. It had, happened, in many cases that
men had been drugged, or kept without food,
to induce them. to enlist; after which they
had been marched off to a distance, so as
to be unable to invoke the assistance of the
British authorities. He was sorry to say
that, although Lord Lyons had made re
peated complaints of this kind of conduct,'
lie had not yet been able to obtain any re
dress from the Government of the United
States. The noble . earl then referred to
some individual cases, hut in a tone so in- ■
audible that his remarks did not reach the
gallery.; He was understood to say that it..
was very discreditable that the: practices
complained of should be allowed to go on
without any. effective check from the United
States Government' if they gave large
bounties, they- ought to see that they dill
not stimulate the kidnapping of men, and.
especially of. foreigners, who had no inten
tion of enlisting. ' He would make tto
strongest- remonstrances if the present prac
tices, iv hi cl i were a disgrace to the United
States, continued." : . .. ; . .
There is no truth in what Lord Russell
said. British subjects have not sustained,
great hardships, in this country during' the
war, and it has never happened—not in
any proven case—that, in any cases men
: hadbeen' drugged or kept without food to
induce them to enlist, and then removed to
a distance to he out of the way: of protec.-
tion from British authorities. Lord Lyons
‘ may have dreamed of such things, may
have been'told of them by ingenious fic
tion raisers, but the thing stated has not
occurred. If it had, even in a single in
stance, we have newspapers enough very
willing and able to cast it into the teeth of
our Government. There libs been no drug
ging, or starving, or kidnapping of British
subjects, and Lord Rxjssell had no right to
declare that there was. An a Minister of
the Grown, what lie says carries a
certain weight"Or authority with it, and he
should be careful as to wbat he says. Hot
long ago, in response to the Earl of Derby,
lie lamented the frequency of enlistments
in Ireland for the American service, and
within twenty-four hours after giving his
sanction to this fiction, Sir Rocndell Pal
mer, the Attorney General, declared in the
House of Commons, that not even a soli
tary case of enlistment had been proved.
Lord Russell should speak more guardedly
of this country. •;■
The following arc the names of tlio principal cor
respondents ofleadlng European journals at tho
scat Of war In Denmark: Times, Gallonga; Daily
News, Skinner; Daily Telegraph, Dieoy; Steele, Q.
Commettant; Patrie, D’Arnoult; Opinion Nationalc,
Louis Nolr;; Mmitcvr i'Armle, Fdvrior. Dloey lias •
peon in New "York, anil Is known as a facllo writer.
Oscar Commettant has also lived there, engaged in
the musical profession as a pianist.
Atrr articles intended for tlio great Sanitary Fair
may be sent to Mrs. J. W. Forney, tlio ohairman of
the Committoo on Labor, llpvenuo, and Income at
the residence SIS Washington Equate, -
A i'lntbp in lim I‘nimcy. ,
It is Sftirt lllttt His jloHnOfw, Hie Supremo
Ihmtiik is Wf sisk, wn u»io death. Ho
is fttt frM YSWfrh Mbi, I»V tho hist row months,
lifts bftifo Sltlfrfing fi'Om nil extremely dc
bitilftlHig liisaftSih II la not in the nature
of ihiiigs fov- ft snitit aw old as Pro Nono to
live ifiUS'h kntfP') and accordingly we find
(lift ftttelgn Powors speaking of succession
to tho Pontllteale as a new and important
fittest ion In European politics. There have
boon many changes in Europe since tho
present Pope assumed the tiara, and in
none more particularly than in llie affairs
pertaining to the temporal power of the
Church of Rome. His Holiness has had
an unhappy time of it, managing the affairs
of liis small lialidom.. He has seen revolu
tions, and wars, and enmities affecting the
peace and dignity of liis great Church.
Living oil the borders of a hostile king
dom, in the midst of a country whose
policy, published and proclaimed, is the
seizure of all his temporal '..dominions, he
has only been retained in the ancient city
of Rome by the support of the Emperor of
■the French. Whoever lives on the bounty
of the Emperor has a precarious tenure of
bread, and meat, and emoluments, and it
has been said, time and again, that public
opinion in France and Europe had almost
driven the Emperor to evacuate Rome, and
abandon the cause of liis Holiness, When lib
began the Italian war, in 1859, it. was be
lieved that llie unity of the Italian king
doms in one largo kingdom would be ac
complished, with Rome as the capital,
King Victor Emmanuel as the temporal
ruler, and the Pope the spiritual father of
the Church without the sovereignty of the-
Stntcs of the Church. The King of Italy
would very gladly have protected the Pope,
and respected his spiritual; position, per
mitting him to reside in the Vatican with;
all the: majesty arid pomp due to the head
of the Church. This Napoleon declined
to ; do. There was,- perhaps, something:
soothing to French vanity in the idea that;
the; Roman Pontiff relied upon French
bayonets for protection. So long as bis
soldiers held Rome, the Emperor’s influ
ence would be controlling iii the Italian
question, and as this question possesses an
importance greater than any other now be
fore the European Cabinets, Napoleon
will hot willingly allow it to he set
tled. The death of the Pope
may embarrass Napoleon, and compel
him to make a decision. Is this
the proper time to sunder the tem
poral and spiritual powers of the Papacy ?
What -will, become of King Bomba, who,
under shelter of the Pupal court, plots
against the peace and happiness': of the
Kingdom of Italy ? Will the hew ' Pope
continue an alliance with this pretended
King, or will lie accept what seems to be
the true destiny, of Rome, and recognize
the King of Italy as the ruler of the Ita
lians. In deciding those questions the Em
peror of the French will have an influence,
for good or, bad, -greater than he has ever
before possessed in his evbntful reign. He
may endeavor to control the councils of the
Vatican, and; secure ' the election of a
French priest to the Papal chair, or, as has
been said by some,'he may even attempt
tq place a Bonaparte at the head of
tlie Churcli. This would be a unique tri
umph of this adventurous family, and we
should not be surprised if it happened.
No complication can make the conditiou
of Italy more unsettled than it is now.
Any change will be for the best. For the
present, however, his Holiness lives, and in
these changing and bustling times it is idle
to speculate even upon an Oldman’s death.
LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, May Si, 1864.
The politicians wdio think the Hational
Union Convention, called to meet at Bal
timore on Tuesday next, should he post
poned, because, as they allege, it is no time
to attend to party politics while the nation
is fighting for, its life, can console . them 1 ?
selves by looking over the list of delegates
to that important' assemblage,’ and by rei
meinberitig that the State must be guarded
with even more vigilance in the midst of
arms. "We‘must electa Chief Magistrate
in Hoyember. That is a "duty as impera
tive as :the suppression of the rebellion,
and the sooner we name our candi
dates the better. The Opposition go to
..Chicago; .on the 4th of July, to find
'ilieir- man, , by a -straiige hallucination
taking the vS'y city in which Mr. Lin
coln was nominated four years ago, as
if to show that in that period they have;
become as ’ sectional as 'they charged the .
Republicans were in 1860. The Union men
go' to a Southern city, as if to prove their
• nationality. Their Candidate will be se
lected on the basis of a restoration of the
Republic'. To them is entrusted the duty of
'destroying sectionalism. How different the
motives of the present, chiefs of the Opposi
tion party ! : In i 860; these men forced
their dogmas upon their followers, divided
their own party, by. their , aggressive policy,
and sb encouraged the. slaveholders to rush
into rebellion and Ivar. In 1861, although
many of them are undoubtedly devoted to
the: Union, their, party feelings are such
that ihey would -rather see that- Union
separated than see the wav prosecuted
by Mr. Lincoln. Of the Democrats, how
ever, who took-part in the two Democratic
Conventions of 1800, and who supported
the rival candidates, Douglas and Breckin
ridge, thousands are now sustaining Abra
ham Lincoln, and many of the most
eminent of ‘the number will hold seats in
the coming Baltimore Convention. And
it, is these latter who will rescue that body
from all small men and narrow intrigues.
,In fact, I .have never Jmown a national
Convention composed of statesmen more
experienced and patriotic: -There will be
"War Democrats; like Daniel S. Dickinson.
and James T. Brady, of Hew York, and
Thompson Campbell, of California, and
David Tod, of Ohio; Republicans like
Simon Cameron, A. K. McClure,. Morrow
B. Lowry, and James,ll. Campbell, of
Pennsylvania; anti-slavery leaders like
John A. Andrew, of Massachusetts; South
ern men like Robert J. Breckinridge, of
Kentucky. Fortunate is it for our beloved
j country that it: is such men who will sit-in
this grave councD, tender its proceedings,
1 repress; all hasty action, and-glve,strengtli;
{ and dignity.to our great Union party. _.
Meetings for the United States Christian
Commission,
, New HAveh, May 31.—A very large meeting, on
behalf of.the United States Christian Commission,
was held here last night. Bev. J. S. C. Abbott pre
sided. Addresses: were made by. Geo. ;H. Stuart,,
presidents of the Commission, and Uev. Ilobert J.
Fftrvln, of Philadelphia. A largo meeting of the
ladies was held this morning: -
SrmiiOFjKLn, Mass., .Tune l.—A large, meeting
was held in, the City Hall here last night.: Ad
dresses wore made by llov. Mr. Parvin, of Pliiladol,
pliia, and Geo. H. Stuart, Esq. The same speakers
addressed a largo ladies’ meeting to-day.
Senator Anthony, of Rhode Inland, Ke-
fleeted.
NnwrOKT, Juno I.—Henry B. Anthony has been
re-elected United States Senator for six years, from
the 4th of March next. The vote stood 75 against
2T; tho latter being for George H. Brown, tlio De
mocratic nominee. . -
Maine democratic Convention.
DELEGATES TO TUECUIOACIO CONVENTION ELECTED.
PonTX-AKD, Mo.j-Juno I.—The Maine State Ilo
moeriitlo Convention mot to-day. Five hundred
delegates were present, every county but Aroostook
being represented., , The following, delegates at
largo to the Chicago, Convention: wore chosen.:
Hon. Graham L. Boynton, of Bangor; Wm. P.
Haines, of Biddcfovd; John W. Baler, of Fryburg;
Kichard D. Bice, of Augusta.
Burglary In Albany*
At.tiany, .Tune l,—Tho ofllco or the district attor
ney of Bchssolaer county, John 11. Colby, was en
tered by ; burglars at an early hour this morning,
the safe pried open, and a largo number of indict
ments found against criminals stolon. : , ;
Amongst the Indictments they destroyed was one
against Wm. Culver for murder. . Tho prosecution,
of those .criminals will have to bo suspended for a
time in consequence of tho robbery, i
Tlio Pittsburg Sanitary Fair.
THE Ol’EiaHG CEBEMOIfIES—OBATIOH ]>Y GOV.
PiTTsnur.o, Juno I.—Business Is susponuea tins
afternoon on account of tho opening of the Sanitary
Fair The grand civic and military prooosßion was
the longest ever known In our streets. Tho streets
were crowded along the route of the procession,
from tho Monongahola Hotel to. tho fair grounds In
Allegheny City. Governor Curtin delivered an
oration which was enthusiastically roceivod. The
Hyatt Cadets -from tho West-Chester Military Aca
demy exalted considerable Interest.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1864.
ADVANCE OF GENERAL SHERMAN.
A REBEL ATTACK REPULSED.
THE RAILROAD NEAR MARIETTA HELD.
GRANT’S COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE
WHITE HOUSE-. COMPLETE.
THE REBELS AFRAID THAT GRANT MAY
BE SUCCESSFUL.
THE ARMY AT MECHANICS VIELE..
THE REBEL CAVALRY ROUTED BY
GENERAL SHERIDAN.
DETAILS OF THE GREAT FLANKING
HOVT THE PAMUNKEY WAS CROSSED.
THE SIEGE OF RICHMOND BEGUN,
LATE FROM ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI.
GUERILLAS OH THE RED RIVER.
REBEL ACTIVITY AT MOBILE.
Expected Rebel Attaolc on Brownsville, Texas,
• :. Washinotos, June 1, 7.50 A. M,
To Major,General Dix, New York: ■ ;
\Vc have no intelligoneothis morning from Gene
ral Grant,'later than yesterday at BA. SI. ,
An unofficial aespatchreeoivedhereatLo’eloelitlus
morning, dated yesterday (31st) at Kingston, reports
that “ Major Hopkins, of Gonorai Stoneman’s staff,
came from the front this afternoon, and says the re
bels attacked us at ~}i o’clock this morning, and at
10 o’clock the affair was' over, the enemy repulsed,
and our left reached the railroad near Marietta.”
To accomplish this object had boon for several
days the pul-pose of General Sherman’s movements..
Additional forces are reaching him and ample
supplies. T 1 ■ " -' -
Edwin M. Stantoh-,
Secretary of War.
MARIETTA OCCUPIED BY GEN. THOMAS-'
MCPHERSONMOVING.ON ATLANTA.
OnfCJSKATr, June I.—News lias been received
here direct from Kingston, Tennessee, by telegraph,
which says that General Sherman arrived at Dallas
last Saturday, and pushed-on reinforcements to
McPherson, who was to reach Atlanta by next
Saturday, unless a heavy force of the rebels was
met on .the way. 'At last accounts he was at Sweet
watortown, and had driven the rebels across Powder
and Niekajack creeks, and got possession of tho
bridge across tho Chattahooohio, twelve milesfrom
Atlanta.
The main army under Gen. Thomas is advancing,
and he occupied Marietta on Monday, taking some
four hundred prisoners and a railroad train of slek
and wounded rebels, with several cannon and some
small arms.
It is believed that Atlanta will be in our posses
sion by next Sunday. ; : ;
It is said that Gen. Johnston, with fragments of
his disorganized, army, lias crossed the Chattahoo
ehie, and is falling back to Atlanta, east from Mari
etta about fifty miles. - '
Polk, with an army of all sorts of men (mostly
.conscripts and “ Pemberton boys”), Is retreating to
Mneon, on the Central Georgia Hoad.
Official advices touching these reports may be
looked for immediately. , .
GRANT'S ADVANCE OK RICHMOND.
Old OmracH Tavees, Ya.,.May 30— We Uafo '
again flanked the: enemy. Our forces were: with
drawn to the north side of the North Anna river on
last Thursday and Friday. ..
: General Sheridan, with Torbett’s and Gregg’s di
visions of cavalry, marched all night, and on Fri
day morning the fords on the Pamunkeywere In pur
possession.
At Dabney’s Ferry Baker’s North Carolina bri
gade opposed our advance and persisted When wo
laid our pontoon bridges. ..:
Devins’ brigade drove him off to Hanover Court.
House, killing many and capturing a large number
of prisoners. The 6th Corps was soon on our heels;
then came the 2d, Sth, and 9th. Leo was doomed
to disappointment; his elaborate fortifications would
not serve him. ; Grant was on his rightflank, and
he must away to Richmond. On Saturday morning
Grcgg’sdivision'ofcavafry was fired into near Hawes’
Shop. Davis’ brigade was in the advance. The woods
seemed alive with soon began to resound
with the sharp volleys from'onr carbines. In a short
time Davis’ entire brigade was fighting in earnest,
and Coh Gregg was ordered to his support, and the
remainder of the division were hotly engaged.
- Fitz Hugh -Lee ; commanded- in person, and his
cavalry corps were ail fighting, assisted by a brigade,
of mounted fire-eaters from South Carolina, com
manded by Col. Butler. Thcze men haebijust ar
rived from the seaboard, and admit the warmth of
the reception our troops gave them.
Conspicuous in the battle were the 4th, 13tb, and;
16th Pennsylvania, fho Ist New Jersey, Ottr Ohio,
and Ist Massachusetts Regiments. - '
For along time these men hold Fitz Hugh Lee
back. All the cavalry men engaged behaved with
distinguished gallantry and valor. We found tho
rebels strongly entrenched in the woods, with heavy:
guns in position, but, with every advantage on their
side, they were badly.beaten, flying from the Hold -
in great confusion, leaving tbeir dead and wounded:
in our hands,and over ono hundredprisoners. Gregg
maintained the unequal eonteat from noon till 2 P.M.j
when Custnr came up,- formed his squadrons in line,
and ebarged their works. Gregg’s command advanced ■
at the same time, with a cheer. Many a brave fel
low fell In 'this' daring assault. The works were:
- ours; not one armed rebel could be found for three
miles. The' 13th and 16tli Pennsylvania Cavalry;
and Sth and 7th .Michigan suffered a heavy loss.
Captains Robbins and Swan, of Use 16ih Pennsyl
vania, were wounded. Of the -16th Pennsylvania
Cavalry, Capt. John GCline was killed, Capt. P.
Kane, Lieuts. Stein and McDonald, were wounded;' ,
also Lieut. Bowers, of the 4th Pennsylvania.
. Too much credit cannot be given to tiiis brigade,
which fought with .unprecedented' calmness amid,
that storm of grape aiul canister. • Our loss will
amount .to 360 in killed, wounded, and niisaing. 1
The rebels used grapo and canister profusely. ;; Our 1
infantry was all up that evening. Long and strong
lines of fortifications were erected, and if Lee
crossed our path -we were prepared, but he
did hot. The next morning tho : nowly-mado
breastworks were abandoned, and the column
moved . on towards Richmond.On Monday, the'
,30th of May, Doviand had two : squadrons of. the;
17th Pennsylvania Cavalry on picket, He hold the ;
road leading from" Coal: Harbor to Old Church
Tavern. About noon his pickets .were driven inl
and, the enemy approached in heavy force. Devin
-sent the 9th and 6th New York to reinforce Major
Doviand, and a heavy engagement ensued. John
Anglin, quartermaster of the. 17th Pennsylvania,
was killed while fighting in - the skirmish
lino.- General Merritt soon arrived with his bri- ,
gade and a battery of-Napoleon guns, which ho
;: trained on tiie rebels and opened tiro. Tho 6th
;Pennsylvania tlavalr.y was sent in on the left of the
lino, and charged the rebel flank. 'Captain Lieper
was wounded", and Lieutenant" Martin killed. Ous
: tar next entered. A. general charge was ordered,
and the rebels were swept from sight. They fiod,
leaving a largo number of dead -and wounded-on
the field.
. Lieut. Blunt, £th New York, and Captain Tiee,
17th Pennsylvania, -wore wounded ; Charles W.
Horner, Otli Pennsylvania, killed; Thomas Whnllcy,
.de.j.-Jflllfidi.. Stuaxftfgftmo. through this road 'two
baffled in', his" en--
- deavor' to ■ stop our communication with the "White
.House. 5 , Our,advance is - near Mockanicsville,\ On
tho left WaiTen was using his cannon freely all day.
, Ho drove in the rebel,pickets, about four miles.
Lee’s fiffi? 566uiii«S tfio .tronohos about Meadow
and Bottom Bridges. ,-
This day. communication with the White House
was opened. - ' -
. Tho Pniminkey is full of transports and gunboats.
We expect Genera! Smith to join us with his com
mand in two days. ; -
Hancock made a mighty effort last night about
dark to relieve . Warren, who had been slightly
pressed during tho afternoon. . ; .
Our loss is trifling.
The siege of Richmond lias begun !
THE RICHMOND PAPERS EXHIBITING
FEAR-GEN. GRANT AT MECHANICS
YILLE.
.FonTitESSMoxKOK, May 31.— Gen. Grant’s-com
munication with the White House is complete, and
alt works well. Major Wentz, superintendent of
Government: railroads, arrived here this: morning,
with engines, ears, and materials for building tho
railroad from West Point and White llouso to
Richmond,‘when it may be required. Tho Richmond
-papers:of the 30th havo been. rocoivod hero. They
have changed their viows with regard to the mili
tary ability of Gen. Grant, and say that they have
been underrating him. Thoy say also tbit he Is
smarter than they, had dreamed of,-and manifest
some fears for the safety of Gen. Loo, or rather as
to his success in repelling the Yankee army. A
'messenger from Gen. Grant reports that on.Mpnday
morning our iirmy had reached Moohaniesvlllo with
hut little .opposition. Sheridan had routed the
enemy’s cavalry at all points, and captured many
prisoners. Heavy cannonading was heard during
Monday in the direction of MoehanicsviUo, :;,
SKIRMISH AT PORT ROYAL, VA.
Wasuinotox, June l.—A letter from Port Royal,
Ya., states that several days ago our troops were
attacked near that place by a gang of Mnsuby’s
men,: who- captured oighteon or our troops, but
fallcd to got any of our wagons, tiie guard having
been reinioreed. .
OCCASIONAL.
. ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI.
St. Louib, Juno I.—A tologram to headquarters
from Kolia, JIo., May SOtli, states that a train of;
Union refugees, from Jacksonport, Arkansas, under
an escort of seventy men of the 2d Wisconsin Oaval
ry, was attacked at Satom, Arkansas, by tliroo hun
dred guerillas, the train burned, and about eighty
men and some women killed. On Friday last, ton
men of a detachment of the '2d Wisconsin Cavalry
who went on a scout from Eol in, becoming separated
from tho main body, wore surroumlod bsr guerillas
and five killed, the others making tholroscape, and,
THE WAR.
MOVEMENT.
OFFICIAL DESPATCH.
returning In largo force, the bodies of those killed
'vrcro found strippod and their throats out.
A gentleman just arrived from Little Hock repre
sents all quiet in that vicinity,
Joe Shelby had loft Brownsville about two vrooks
ago, with a force estimated at 1,600 to 2,000, , for
Southwost Missouri.
General West, with several companies of cavalry,
had- boon sent against Shelby. The cavalry had
been, it is sold, well mounted, and had been joined
by Mcßao, with 600 cavalry, in addition to his own
force.
NEW ORLEANS ADVICES,
Nit w Yonir, ,Tone I.—The steamer Catawba, from
Now Orleans on the 26th ult., has arrived. Tho
papers contain nothing concerning Banks’ or Oan
by’6 movements.
The Btoamor Shreveport had been disabled by
guerillas near Red river, but the assailants woro
driven off by gunboats.
T. Butler King died in Georgia on tho 10th of
May. ■
Mobile papers mention that considerable anxioty
prevails there,'consequent on tho interruption or
telegraphic communication with Biclunond. . ,
The Bhip-buiidorB at Mobile are vory busy in eon-
Structing vessels, and tlio Government works-are
being strengthonod. At tlio same time considera
ble watchfulness of tho slaves Sb kept up.
... Matamoros dates to tlio 10th of May state that
2,000 rebels were at Ringgold Barracks,dOsigningan
attack on Brownsville.
Cotton at New Orleans was Arm at 82080 for Mid
dling. Sugar and moteflscs firm and high.. Flour
$lO, Freights firm at ijijc.' for cotton to New York,
TORTKESS MOXROK.
Order as to Bisiidorments.
Fortress Monroe, May 31.—The following or
der has been issued:
Headquarters of tub Bepartseent of
Virginia and North Carolina.
General Outikr, No. 60.—1 n accordance with
orders from tlio XVnr Department, and for military
reasons, ho bodioB will be disinterred In this depart
ment until the Ist of October.
By order of Major General Butler.
DEATHS AT CnBSAPKAKE HOSPITAL,
.Among the deaths in tho Chesapeake hospital tho
following names occur: Capt. J, B. Lawrence, Bth
New Jersey, and Jeff. Goddes, 188th Pennsylvania
Regiment;
CALIFORNIA.
FIRE AT PUGET SOUND.
San Francisco, May 31.—Tho lumber mills,
foundry, and machine-shop, at Port Madeira,Puget
Sound, were bumod on tho 27th of May.
A P ArER-CUKRENOY MEETING;
A meeting had been called at Nigura, on the’2Bth
of May, by parties in favor of a paper currency, a
projoot .which is probably dead. . r
GENERA!. NEWS.
: : The crop prospects in California continue to .im
prove. . The flour and grain,markots are fiat. .
The Cora is to sail for Sydney, with a cargo of
bioadstufTs valued at $40,000, Very fow mining
companies are now forming.
NEW TOHK CITY.
THE EVENING STOCK HOARD.
1 Closing prices 11X’. 31.: Stock market very firm,,
and strong disposition shown to buy : Gold, 189 >;;
New York Central,l32^j Erie, 112; Hudson River,
143 X; Reading, 13SK ; Michigan Contral, 143 K;
do. Southern, 00X; Illinois Centra!, 127 jj; Quick
silver, 74»<; Mariposa, 48.
. THE GOLD. MARKET.
Gold closed to-day at 189 - ;
THE RACES.
, Lady Emuia won tho race to-day; May Queen
was second, and Dan Mace third. Time, 2.27 XL
2.27‘j, and 2.29’f.
SAILING OF THE PERSIA—DEPARTURE OF THE
CONSUL TO. EGYPT. , -
The Persia sailed to-day for Liverpool with
$600,000 in specie, Tho Hon. Charles Hale, Consul
General to Egypt, is a passenger.
EUROPE.
Arrival of the Nova Scotia and Australasian.
THE NEWS: OF GRANT’S VICTORIES
RECEIVED IN ENGLAND.
PAUL! AMENT -BE ASSEMBLED.
Lord Palmerston Again lu Ills Place.
" S U ' AIT 3? AX BS.
ABASHING ILL-HEALTH OF THE POPE.
NEWS BY THE KOTA SOOTIA.
Fattibh Point, June .I.— The steamer Nova
Scotia, from Liverpool via Greencastle, with dates
to the 20th ult., has passed here.
STEAMERS ARRIVED OUT.
The Edinburgh and Damascus arrived out on the
20tlw ’
The Kangaroo, from. Nevr York, reached Liver
pool at 91. M., on the IStli, and left again at 9
A. M., oh the 20th, having been discharged and
loaded in 24 hours.
.• ~ ■ . PRANCE,
_ Tb,c session; of the French. Corps Legislate :ia
prolonged until May 25th. .
'The Dourse was dull and drooping. Rentes 66f.
65ci- , - ' \ .
The Madrid Epcca says that- Spain will appoint a
representative to Mexico, as soon as Maximilian
shall have notified the Spanish Government of his
accession to the throne. \ ,
MARINE TELEGRAPHS.
• Aprospectus has been issued for a company to in
troduce floating telegraph stations and light ships
near the ordinary track of steamers, such as off Cape
Race, the vicinity of the Sciliy Islands, and in the
English and • Irish Channels, with a capital of
•£•250,000. -
BANISH AFP AIRS
A Copenhagen despatch says that the Prussians
in Jutland have refused to pay for the necessaries
of life during the armistice. The Danish journals
demand the resumption of the blockade as a repri
sal for this breach of the armistice. •
THE PRINCE OP WADES’ FIRST I’TJBLtC SrEEOH.
•• The Prince of Wales made his first appearance as
a public speaker at the annual banquet of the Royal
Literary Fund. He acted as chairman, andacquit
ted himself creditably.
LATER PER AUSTRALASIAN.
Hook, .Tune 1,2 P. M.—The steamer Aus
tralasian, from* Liverpool on May 21st, via Queens
town 3>Xav 22d. has passed this point.
The political news is unimportant. Great anxiety
was ifelt to learn the result of tho recent battles in
Virginia.
New: Yokk, June I.—The Australasian arrived
up afc-4 o’clock.
NEWS OF. TIOTOnrES RECEIVED .IST EXG-
The Pennsylvania arrived out on the 19th with
the announcement of Grant’s victories. .
FIRE IN GLASGOW.
Ablock of warehouses In Gordon street, Glasgow,
was burned on the 21st. The loss is estimated at
■£loo,ooo. ,
PARLIAMENTARY.
Parliament has reassembled, and Palmerston is
again in his place, his health being restored.
'The Marquis of Harrington said two battalions of
the guards, and one of infantry, had been recalled
from Canada without relief.
Mr. Baxter attacked and Lord Palmerston ex
plained, and defended British intervention in China.
THE CONFERENCE.
There is nothing new in regard, to the conference,
The London Times says the: prospects of a satis
factory result do not improve, and charges the G-er
’mans with having entered it with a predetermina
tion to refuse all terms and conditions, and also
with; carrying on vigorous war measures .during
the armistice.
; .An official Prussian despatch shows that the Go
vernment considers itself free from all obligations
of the' treaty of 1852. . '*--
‘.The London Morning Post rejoices at Palmer
ston’s recovery, and callsupon him to back his
moral influence with physical force, as the moment
has arrived for such action.
A Vienna telegram says, at the sitting of the
Conference on the 17th, Austria and Prussia , de
manded the complete autonomy of the Duehlev
their personal union"with Denmark, material gua
rantees, and especially the maintenance of the
point of view held by the Federal Diet on the succes
sion question. This latter point induced Baron Von
Bcust to give his adhesion to the Gorman proposi
tion! It is asserted that Prussia is not averse to the
proposition. ; .
The Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs charges
r thatsecrot instructions sent by him to the Swedish
officials in London were opened in Germany.
bklgium:'. .
Tlio Belgian ministerial crisis had terminated, the
Ministers saving all withdrawn their resignations.
ALARMING ILLNESS OF THE POPE.
The accounts of the Pope’s health continue alarm
in gy and It is reported that the Cardinals will elect
his successor before his death,
OalgdttAj, April 30.—Cotton goods are quiet,
Freights improving. Exchange 2%5.
Shanghai, April 9.—Exchange 6s 6d, Teas in
active* Silks lower.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
Effect of the American news.
’ -May 21—Evening.—Cotton sales- to-day 5,000
bales, including 1,000 bales to speculators and ex
porters, the market closing quiet and unchanged.
Tlie rex>ort that Grant had defeated Lee was the
only tonic of conversation on Saturday, and caused
an unsettled feeling in commercial circles. '
Commercial Intelligence.
: LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, May 20,-The sales
of the week amount t 047,000 bales, including 7,000 bates
to speculators, and 15,000 bales for oxport. The market
closed quiet, but at unchanged prices for American,
while SuinUs and other descriptions liave declined >4®
Kd. The sales to-day amount to 7,000 bales, nicluuuq
3,000 bales to. speculators and exporters. The market
closed quiet, at the following authorir.ed quotations:
Fan*. Middling.
0r1ean5.....".....- 2SL
Mobile. * •* no
The stock in port amounts to 350,(00 bales, including
17,500 bales of American, , - .. ,
Biikaustufi-’s.— The circulars report the breadstuff
market quiet, and the prices nominal.
Provisions dull, hard Rtill declining. • ■ • •
LONDON MONEY MARKET, Mar 20.-Consols
closed at9IMS9I?S for money. The bullion m the Bank
*of England las . increased *562,000. Amoncnu Stocks
ALmutroot, May 21.-No sales in the Maucliostorninr-:
!<ot Flour very dull, and stU declining, Wheat lint
and nominal. Corn. heavy; mixed 2Ss®2Bs Sd. Beef
inactive, l’orkquiet. Bacon declining. Larded lower.
Butter quiet. Sugar dm. Coffee steady. Rtee steady.
Linseed
Bull and declining. Branch 7Sa 6d. Petroleum steady,
2o.—The demand for discount at tho
Banfc on.’tlfo 18tl, xvas very light, and on the mu the
Bonktrednced its rates from Bto S per eon},. The effect
has eeariely yet boon dovoloped. The stooh ma»kols
a lonti?wark's circular reports a continued dullness in
American securities, operators awaiting the result of
‘.thebattles between Lientenaut General Grant and Lee
in Loxiioxf’ May 21.—Consols closed on Biidny at
aMUsoH MARKETS —BariugEros. report Wheat teud
-ins 'downward and ill lower; Sugar active and Bd.@ Is.
lowori Cofl'ee dull i Tea .steady <and unchanged; Mice
steady iTiillow quiet: Linseed Oil llriu: Spirits Turpeu
tino active: sales at 70s. Petroleum steady.' American
Be ßteBdttuirailat. ! 'Provisiona tending downward, Pro
a’LoBT>OKIIMOSEI?' MARKET, May 21—Evening.—
Condole for money »l}f@9l?ipKrlo, S!@JC; Illinois Cen
tral shares, 2S®‘a per cent, discount. .
.. LATEST VIA QTiKEN-STOWN.
BI'CI.ISfK Olf 11BBKL ISONDB.
Lokbok, 'Sunday, May 22.—Consols, after oiilcinl
houTsLyesterday; closed at BlJjSOlif. A general
impression prOTiiilod on tho stock exchange that
there.was some truth lathe report that Grant lias
beaten Lee. Tho Confederate loan declined nearly
three per cent,, and was last quoted at G3ih)di... .. ,
cAarsßT covmm.
A Cabinet council was hold yesterday, at Painter
stou’s oiliolal residence.
The continental nows is unimportant.
LivKhroon, May 221—The Europe, (rout Boston,
attived nt Queenstown to-day, . ■■■■:■
Washington, Juno 1, 1864.
OENERAL ORAJfT BKFORB RICHMOND.
It is boiloved hero, in the best-infoi-Dtcd military
circles, that when General Grant announced his
intention “ to fight it out on tills !sno, if it takes all
summer,” that ho meant what ho said; and the va
porlngoftbe McClollnnites, therefore, that ho will
approach Richmond from tho oast, as McClellan
did, Is tho sheerest nonsense. General Grant will,
undoubtedly, cover tlio line ho has been fighting on,
and thus keep tlio onomy from using tkoao two im
portant railroads.
At tho same time ho maybe oxpoctod to cover and
use other lines of communications, by which his,
own supplies will bo 'received, which ho still cando
by approaching Richmond from the: north, an® this
position gives him a much better chance for a close
Investment of Richmond on tho west side, whoro tlio-
James river canal ontors tlio city. Thus all tho ap
proaches to the city, except from the south, can be
controlled by an investment from the north side,
which was, by no moans, the case whoa McClellan
was before Richmond.
V The President, in response to an Inquiry to-day,
sent to the Senate al! the papers in, tho Arguellos
ease on Dio in the State Department, and aIBO a let
ter Of. the Secretary, In which the latter says by act
of Congress of May; 15th, 1820, tho African slave
trade is declared to be.piracy, and by tho treaty of
1842 with Great Britain it is stipulatod that they,
will unite and urge upon all Powers tho propriety
and duty of effectually, at once and .forever, closing
all African slave markets. ' ;:...
Tho Secretary says there being no treaty of extra
dition bdtwcen the United States and Spain, nor
any act of Congress directing how fugitives from
justice in Spanish dominions shall bo delivered up,
the extradition in the Arguellos ease is understood
•by tho State Department to have been made in vir
tue of the Inwref nations and tho Constitution of the
United States. Although there is a conflict of au
thorities concerning the expediency or exercising
comity towards a foreign Government, by sur
rendering, at Its , request, one of its- own
subjects, charged with tlio commission of
crime within its territory, and although it may
be conceded that .there is no", national obliga
tion ;to mako such a surrender upon a demand
therefor, unless H is acknowledged by treaty or by.
statute law,yet a nation is: never bound to furnish
an asylum to dangerous criminals, who are oltcndcrs
against the human race, and it is believod that In
any case the comity could with. propriety bo prac
ticed. Tho ono which is understood to have called
forth tho resolution of inquiry of tho Senate fur
nished a just occasion for its exercise.
Our consul at Havana writes to; Secretary Se
ward, on May 23d, that on his arrival: Arouellbs
. was immediately lodged in jail, and next morning
was conveyed to the More Castle, where he .still re
mains. . ;■
The disagreeing amendments of the two Houses
of Congress to tho national-hank bill have beon ad
justed, through a joint committee of conference.
The. Senate receded from its amendment limiting
the amount to three hundred millions of dollars, to
apply either to the. notes' of circulation or. to the
amount of capital stock. The former-branch of
the proposition only is, therefore, retained, but the
city of Washington is included in the places of re
demption. The circulation cir the banks, in lieu of
all existing taxes, is' taxed one-half per cent., and
deposits one-quarter of ono per cent., semi-yearly,
and a similar tax upon the capital in excess of
United States bonds. .
-New York, Juno 1.
Nothing in the act is to be construed to prevent
all the shares Inany of the associations held by any
person or body corporate from being included in tlie
valuation of their personal property in the assess
ment of taxes imposed by or under State authority
at'the.place where the bank is located, add not else-,
where, but not at a greater rate than is assessed
upon other moneyed capital in the bands ofinjU-,
vidual citizens of such State, provided that the tax
imposed under the lavrs of any State upon the shares
of any of the. associations authorized by the act :
shall not exceed the rate imposed upon the shares in
any of the banks organized under the authority of
the State where such, association is located.
This amended’national bank bill, having now
passed both; Houses, will undoubtedly receive the
signature.of the President;. Its main features are
the same as the original act. The principal changes
•are: '■
First. Ho banks can be organized with a less capi
tal than $lOO,OOO in small towns, and $200,000 in
cities with a population of over 600,000.
Second, Hanks must redeem at par at: national
banks in certain designated cities regarded as com
mercial centres.
Third, None but registered bonds can be received
as security for circulation, and the necessary memo
randum on these can he signed by an officer of the
bank, or by the Comptroller.
Complete forms of all kinds, to correspond with
the new bill, will be immediately prepared by the
Comptroller.
By a decision of the Paymaster General, based
upon the law lately passed by Congress giving the
chaplains rank, they are hot required to furnish
certificates from other officers that they have been
oh duty, in order to draw their pay. ; They are, on
the same footing with other officers.
; Tlie steamboat Mary F. Eapiey, chartered by
the Sanitary Commission, has left for White House
with another load of sanitary stores, and a corps of
relief agents. : -
THE NATIONAL BANK BEPOET OP THE CO3I-
• Hr. SHERMAN, from the Committee of Conference on
the disagreeing votes of the two Hons'es on the National
Bank bill, made a report. He explained that there were
only six points of difference between the Senate and
House, the latter having generally agreed to the former’s
amendments. The most material amendment is to re- ?
Quire all bank?,East and "West, to redeem their currency
at par in New York, instead of alio wing Western, banks
one-quarter of one per cent discount on their notes re
deemable In New York. , ,
Mr. HxVLE aslced what was the difference as to fcaxa- •
tiem between National and State banks in this bill. -
Mr. SHERMAN explained that In this bill the whole
tax'relates to'national banks, the State-bank subject
being left to the tax bill/ The rates imposed tty this bill
are one per cent, on circulation, two per cent, on de-
Eosits, aud one per cent, on capital not invented in the
ondsof the United States. State taxation of shares of
banks is permitted, in hands of holders, to be paid at
place where the bank is located.
The report was agreed to. :
THE TRANSPORTATION Ol* . COOPS VOR BRITISH
Mr. SUMNER, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
reported back the bill permitting the transportation of
goods for the British Provinces through; the United
States, asking to be discharged from ita further conside
ration. Agreed to. .
Mr: HOWARD, from the Judiciary Committee,report
ed back the bill extending the jurisdiction of district
court*, with a recommendation that It do.not pass.
Mr. HARLAN, from the Committee on Public Lands,
reported on several bills, asking to bo discharged there
from, including one. to exclude disloyal persons from
lands of the United States, which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. HENDRICKS called ub the bill for thoTelief of
the State of Wisconsin, to pay her five per cent, of the
sales of public lands within her limits, which was dis
cussed until ilie close of the morning hour.
Sir. JOHNSON introduced the followiog, which was
adopted: '.V'.-
Resolved, That the Secretary of War be requested, as
Foon as he receives information ffom the armies of the
United States, to communicate the same to the Senate,
when, in his opinion, such information can be given
without injury to£he public interests. / ;
:Mr. JOHNSON, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
reported a bill uuthorizinglhe settlement and payment
of certain claims against the United States, with an
amendment simplifying : the mode of attaining settle
ment. : ; y • -
. ■■Mr. WILSON, from the Committee oh Military Affairs,
reported back the joint resolution tendering tae thanks
of Congress and awarding a gold medal to Lieutenant
Colonel Jos. Bailey, acting engineer of the 19tU Army.
Corps.foi' his services in rescuing the gunboat fleet from
pen! ,n lied river, with an amendment, as a substitute,
embodying the same recommendation.
■ : THU nErESCE :SILE.
WASHINGTON.
TUB AROUELLEB CASE.
THE HATIOJrAL-BAKTC BILL.
THE RANK OF CHAPLAINS,
THE SANITARY COJOriSSION.
xxxvmth CONGRESS—Ist SESSION.
■/; ;i ; S,SENATE.': ;.; '
MITTEE OF. CONFERENCE.
PROVINCES.
THE PUBLIC PRINTING,
Mr. ANTHONY, from the Committee on Printing, re
ported the House bill to amend the act relative to pub
ic printing, and it was passed. .=
DISTRICT COURTS,
BILLS REFERRED.
WISCONSIN LAND SALES.
RESOLUTION AS TO WAR NEWS,
CLAIMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.
LIEUT. COL. BAILEY.
The revenue 1)111 came up in order* when .
Mr. WI LSON offered the following amendment: That
a tax of one-half of one per cent, bo laid upon the gross
amount of sales of goods, wares, merchandise, produce,
live stock, sailing and steam vessels of all descriptions,
and other articles of commerce or trade, whether foreign
or domestic, excluding coin and gold and silver un
manufactured,'and including real estate, whether such
sale be judicial, public or private, excepting sales of
persoual'pro-perty, less than one hundred dollars. • .
Mr. WILSuN said it was an absolute necessity to have
more money than the bill wonld give us. It would
givenomore than two hundred to.two hundred and'
twenty-five millions of dollars, .when we needed three
hundred and fifty millions. His amendment would
accomplish the purpose. .. . - . :
Mr. SHERMAN characterized the provisions of the
amendment as cumbrous, inexpedient, and expensive. :
1 Mr. FESSENDEN said it would cause tliebul to fail,
when ■ -
:: Mr. WILSON withdrew it, and moved an amendment
decreasing the salaries of assessors'.to be appointed to
carry into effect the provisions of the law,as follows:
Whore receipts of a collection districtsliall exceed the
«um of S2CQ,(KXI and shall not exceed the sum of $lOO,OOO
annually, one-half of one per centum; upon excess of
: receipts over $200,000 where the receipts of a collection
district shall exceed $lOO,OOO and shall not exceed $300,.
000, one-fourth of one per centum; upon the excess of
receipts over $*30,000 where the receipts shall exceed:
6600,000, one- tenth of one per centum upon such excess,
but . the salary of ho. assessor shaU-in any case exceed
the sum of s4,ooo—which was agreed to—ye:is 27, naysb.
Mr. GRlMESoffered anamendment;that- thereshall
be no further direct tax whatever collected under this
or any otheract till Congress shall re- enact another law
making an assessment ot a direct tax, : ■..
... M,\ FESSENDEN hoped this amendment would not bo
pressed, as it was calculated to array Eastern aadWest-
I ©rn interests against each other and delay ibis hill. _
I' Mr GRIMES had no such motives in introducing the
amendment now, but he considered the present act use
less ami a dead letter. H,, ,! It
Mr DAVIS denounced the injustice of the direettax
on the Western and Border Staus. ...... - ... . , . .
.Mr WILSON wm tod the rebel Statessubjectcd to this
direct tax. He understood that Beauregard, Forrest,
and the renegade Gov. Harris, of Tennessee, had re
cently paid their taxes Whet* er It was under the am
ncstv proclamation, which had done so much mischief,
he did not know, but if the amendments wore adopted
it would be interprtted by the Administration aa a re
buke to the Administration in its previous acts of con
fiscation and sales of rebel property under thopresimi
direct tax law. The amendment was adopted—yeas 21
nays 16, as follows: *
x 15A5.
Harlan, Powell,
Henderson, Ramsay,
Hendricks, . Richardson,
Howe, Sherman,
Lanedud), ... Tumlbutl.
Eano (Kansas), Wilkinson,
Pomeroy, . Wilson-
NAYS,
Brown.
Bucßalew,
Oarlile,
Chandler,
Davis,
Doolittle,
Grimes,
Harris,
Hicks,
•Johnson,
Moreau,
Morrill,
Anthony*.
Clark*
Couuess,
Fessenden*
Foster*
Hale, . . .
Mr. DAVIS moved to araendiliG 1(
sorting that notes or bills of banks
act goes into opovatiou shall not be
,V Wr. C »m ; is supported hla amohdmentat some length,
lie believed that if tho Govorume.it of the States
wore to give notice that in six or twelvemonths It would
resume specie payments, not a bank, in. the Union but
would place Itself la position to do the same: thing.
Hanks in Kontueky were able to n-eiieem every dollar
of tlieir circulation in Bold, but they were not pre-
Se ur 'WeRMAN vvould, suggest, some such remedy as
thet'adopted by tins robols in.similar cases—lay a tax
on tlio holder* of those bills; according to the ti oio they
were withl.cld • The amendment was injected...
An amendment of,Mr, CLARK was .-adopted, morons,
inn tho tax of tino-cut tobacco, sold or delivered looso,
Inbuilt, packages, -papers,, wrappers, or boxes, from
thirty-five to forty-flvoeonts.
IheSenate, at 6.inP. M.. adjourned.
HOUSE.
THE BAWKItWT BILL,
Mr JEKCKKS, of Blioda ißlaud, from the select
commutes on-the subject, reported bask tho bill teen-'
tubtißli K uniform system of bankruptcy thronghoat ttie
congratulated tbs HoMO;UiatthU nt
mail Meet entirely disconnected from tlio political anil
mfrtl?Sn““tion B of, the dayCo It Minted.solely to the.
business men of the nation. The passage of the bill was
demanded by every brines* interest.; It wa? a subject
which could be discussed without acrliuoujY uudm*m
which all could differ without auger. The enactment
of «icb a law was called for by the direct language of
the Constitution. „
The bill formed the basis of a permanent and uniform
; system, ko that no longer there may be one law in Maine,
and another In Wisconsin, but a uniform law for all.
The system now proposed was a thoroughly practical
one, It dealt not wltu theories but with the fact called
bankruptcy. ... . .
The tml contained provisions for both voluntary and
Involuntary bankruptcy, it brought tho failing debtor
and his creditor to. a seUloiaent equally beneilcial to
each;
It discharged the honest debtor on the surrender of hU
property, protected the creditor against the fraudulent
practices and reckless conduct or the debtor, and se
cured what was nevor before attained, namely, a com
plete uniformity in the mode of proceedings,. ' - .
Corporations are included in the provisions of the bill.
The measure now proposed wua adapted to men of busi
ness in their present condition. Thousands were wait
ing for the passage of this hill. There never was an oc
casion when lt« passage was ho necessary and the de
mand so urgent. Ko amendment of tho Constitution
was necessary to declare their cmanclpaiiou. That in
strument already provided for liberating them from the
bondage of debt in order that they might exorcise the
right which the immortal Declaration of independence
assorts as inalienable.
In conclusion, he said thin was a measure of unques
tionable good. it is demanded by tho people and au
thorized-■by the ConstUntion. Let it become a taw.
Mr, HOLMAN, of Indiana, moved the furtherconsl
deration of the bill he postponed till the second Tiiosdny
in December.- This was disagreed to—yeas. I >3. nays 74.
There wereno more proceedings ontho bill, the-mora
ing hour having expired.
A BRIDGE OVER THE HUDSON.
Mr. DAVIS, of New York, Introduced a bill for the.
construction of a bridge over .the Hudson, at Albany,
for military and postal purposes. Referred to the Com
niUtee on Commerce.
. The House concurred in the report of the committee of
conference on the disagreeing amendments to the na
tional hank hill. •
TIIK MISSOURI CONTESTED ELECTION.
Mr. DAWES,-of Massachusetts, made a report in the
Missouri contested election case, Mr. Birch contesting
the seat of Mr. King. - : '
Hesaid tho-committce had coin© to the same conclu
sions they did in that of Bruce against Loan, that
neither was elected, hut having no desire to re-open the
discussion, and still adhering to their opinion, they ac
cepted the vote of the House m the latter case, as a set
tlement of this one., .
He tkcreforo moved that the papers be laid upon the
table, and the committee be discharged from further
consideration of the subject.
Mr. Birch, ihe cootestaot, addressed. the House at
Lngth in his own behalf.
Mr. KING, the sitting member, replied, when the
question wa-s taken on. laying the whole subject on the
table, and decided in the negative. ;
. Mr. FARNSWORTH offered a resolution-that neither
Mr. Birch nor Mr. King is entitle*! to a seat In the.
House as Representatives of the Sixth district of Mis
souri. . • ' , '
The resolution was disagreed to—yeas 39, nays 72.
, Mlt. KINO RETAINS HIS. SEAT.
The Committee on Elections was discharged from the
further consideration of the subject, so Mr. King retains
bis seat. ■
The House then adjourned.
BERMUDA AND SOUTH AMERICA,
THE TJRATE FLORIDA AT BERMUDA—HEAVY' IM
PORTATIONS AT DKIttARARA FROM THE UNITED
STATES—-IMPORTANT FROM CURACOA—CONSPI
RACY' TO REVOLUTIONIZE VENEZUEL A —DEATH OF
THE AMERICAN CONSUL,
New York, Juno I.—By an arrival at this port a
file of the ,Bermuda Royal Gazette to the 17 th ult.
has been received.
‘ The editor thus' notices the arrival of the rebel
steamer Florida at Hamilton t
“ The far-famed Florida paid us another visit on
Thursday last—this time only a flying one—a 3
she did not enter* St, George’s harbor at all, but
remained for the fow hours—three, we believe—
of her stay, in Five-Fathom Hole. She merely
touched here in order to pick up late :news
papers, and letters for her officers, &c M from
‘Sweethearts and wives ’—her officers and crew
having been without any news for a month and
more. Her intelligence i 3 devoid of any particular
interest. She rcportslhaviug overhauled a large
number of Federal vessels, but as. they had: all
availed-. thcmselY*es of the usual resource, and ini
effect changed their flag, she was obliged to let
them eo. 51
By fhe steamer Alpha, from St. Thomas, at St.
Georges, Demerara journals arc received.
BEMERAIt A.
The peace of the city of Georgetown has been
much disturbed since the great fire of the 3d April,
by; frequent alarms of fire, the dread of which had
almost reached a panic. Strong police force and
the assistance of special constables had been em
ployed to patrol tlie streets from 9 o’clock P. M. to
5 A. 3\l. Many incendiaries were captured and
lodged in jail. ; '
The market is abundantly, supplied- with bread
stuffs, &c. Twenty-two vessels had arrived within
the fortnight ending 22d ult., with breadstuff's from;
America, and sis with fish.
A subscription list, for the purpose of affording re
lief to the poor who had suffered by the late fire,
had been commenced. The Governor headed 7 it
with $5OO from the Colonial fund and $5OO from his
private purse,
Private advices from Curacoa.oFMav 11, by the
bark -Venus, state that there were in that place a
number of ex-generals from Venezuela awaiting
opportunity to get up a revolution against that Go
vernment. IVar vessels of Venezuela are in
and out of port almost, every week. A few
weeks ago. the principal war steamer of the
Venezuelan navy, the Maparari, commanded by
Admiral Todd, which had been repairing at Cu
raeoa. was got ready for sea, and was about to
sail. But when her commander went on board, he
found her in possession of General Pulgar, one of
the revolutionary party, who seems to have induced
all of the officers and crew, with two or three ex
ceptions, to join him. Oneof these exceptions being
the chief engineer, the apparent object of the con
spirators, to get off before; the arrival of the com
mander, was frustrated. It was the intention of
pulgar to proceed to Maracaibo, where, the Go
vernor being absent; his next project was to pro
nounce himself Governor, and proceed to revolu
tionize the country.
The commander, on discovering the state of affairs
on board, instantly applied to the Governor of Cu
racoa, who sent an armed force, which retook the
steamer,'and squelched the conspiracy. Subse
quently to this affair, one Paez, son of the old gene
ral of that name, was arrested at Curacoa on a
charge of smuggling powder into Venezuela. The
Eowder was concealed in butter kegs.. He was,
owever, soon released, he. having convinced the
officials that he'had nothing to do with the affair.
The American consul at Curacoaj Ttiehard ET
Morse, died recently at that place, and was buried
on Sunday, April 24, with consular honors.
The Secret JHistoix.otf Garibaldis Visit
to aiui Expulsion from England.
CCoxTespondenee of the N. Y. Tribune.! . : . -
Loxdox* May 11, 1864.
Sometime ago some English, friends of Italian
unity proposed to Garibaldi that he should visit
England, and he declined. The matter-rented for
months. Then came on the Emperor Napoleon’s
proposal for a Congress, the refusal of which by the
English Government led to a marked estrangement
between Napoleon and the ministry, which was
manifested in the coolness of diplomats and the
sneers of the press.. The English merchants did not
like this, and the Tories made a strong point against
the present Palmerston Government of .this “ es
trangement from our ally.” The attack grew
heavier from day to day, and Napoleon was very
energetie in his coworking with Disraeli. The sPal
merston Government, once or twice almost cen
sured by a vote of the House, began to emulate the
Tories in their own direction, and to conciliate
France. The Liberal Government was trying hard
—is now—to bo more Tory than the Tories. “At this
time they determined upon an intrigue. They knew
that Louis Napoleon’s special closet-skeleton was
the republican elements _of Southern Europe. It
was by displaying this, by threatening a general
revolution, that Oavour had coerced from Napoleon
that help for Italy which he so hated to give. And
as Nax>o!eon feared revolution in Europehe dreaded
and hated Garibaldi- more than . ail other men.
The English Government determined io-.have
Garibaldi here,' as a card: to be afterwards
played against the Tories. They knew that no
thing could induce Garibaldi to come to'receive ova
tions, which would be contrary- to his, character.
They called into their councils Thornton Hunt,a man
loving nothing so well as political intrigue, and con
ductor of a cheap .daily newspaper of very large
circulation—namely, Thornton Hunt, of the Tele
graph. By his advice the tool for deceiving Gari
baldi was fixed upon in the person of Mr, Seeley, M.
P., a man of weakness of mind and character even
to silliness, whose vanity might be used to make,
him do anything.' One morning there appeared at
Mr. Seeley’s house a lady whom he did not know,
but who it was afterwaxd discovered was Mrs. Cham
bers, wife of a Tory, who, after
much circumlocution, inductSSrlf. Seeloy to invite
Garibaldi to come to England, and to his in
Euch phrase as would leave upon Garibaldi’s mind
an impression of the imminent need of his appear
ance in England. Garibaldi—who could not have
been induced to come except upon something con
nected with his life-long work, certainly not for re
ceptions—at once made haste to come. When he
arrived at the Isle of Wight, h© at once sent for
Mazzini, and had a long interview-with him. It
was immediately after the Mazzini-Stansfeld affair,
and the ■ Government was somewhat frightened
by this independent move. Great efforts were
made by the , Government agents who sur
rounded Garibaldi to keep the fact of this interview
with Mnzzini from getting into tho papers; and it
was suppressed in all except one—upon which the ;
reporter for-that one was personally ill-used, and ;
' was saved from being put out of a railway train and
! left on the road*side only by promising to disappear
apart from' the Garibaldi suite on arriving at Lon
don. During this interview Garibaldi, said some
thing to Mnzzini about meeting the Austrian in
Denmark with 10,000 Englishmen, at which Mazzlnt ?
asked him if he was not'inad. The general stnUed,;
and said he had reason to know that this was proba
ble. A similar conversation held with P. A. Tay
lor, fit the Isle of Wright, led bin as well as Maz
zini to susi>eet that Garibaldi was then under some
deception. Then came the tremendous and un
paralleled reception of Garibaldi in London. This,
followed by adulation of the aristocracy (a part
of the plan), disturbed four crowned heads. One
was the Queen of England, who -vrasjealous—
it must be told. Then there was Victor Ema
nuel, who was also jealous, and said openly that
they had not made auy such fuss over him when :
he was in London, The next was-Austrian
Francis Joseph, who was burning with anger. But
Napoleon was both enraged and frightened, and it
was meant be should be. That the Government
meant to'* play upon the fears of Napoleon a little
longer than they did, is certain: but they, too, be
came alarmed at tho unexpected enthusiasm which
Garibaldi was eliciting throughout, the country.
They resolved* therefore, to play their card at once.
Lord Clarendon was sent to Franco. Tho
press was pouring out phials of wrath on England
for its enthusiasm over the friend and ally of Maz
zini, who had so lately been condemned by France.
It was noted that in the address of welcome given
him in London, Mazzini was mentioned with honor,
and his name received with cheers. .Clarendon
heard from the Emperor’s lips his feeling about the
wholc.affnhY Just then the English ministry deter
mines to restore tho entente cordiale between France
and themselves by sacrificing Garibnhii’s visit. .They
•did it. and succeeded in checkmating Disraeli, who
now stands in discomfiture, unable to say another
word about the estrangement of our ally* Tho move
of expelling Garibaldi also gained the good will of
Austria and of Victor Emanuel. All (his was con*
teniptated before Garibaldi left Caprera . I now come
to relate how it was done. • ■ ‘ ■:
On Sunday morning, April 17, a secret meeting
took place at Mr. Seoley’s house, of which all that,
iq known is that the Earl of Shaftesbury and Mr.
Kinitaird were the leading spirits, and whereat it
was determined that for some mysterious reasons
tho provincial tour should bo given up, and Gari
baldi leave England, It was: decided tliore .that a
letter should be gotirom Dr. Fergusson, saying that
it was medically unadvisable that Garibaldi should
continue his visit; and have it ready at another meet
ing that evening at the Duke of Sutherland’s resi
dence, StniVord House. AVhcn this self-appointed
“committee-met in the evening, it was in win
adjoining one in which Garibaldi was. The meeting
selected three to go in and open the ball, namely:
Mr. Seeloy,Earl Shaftesbury, and Mr. Gladstone.
Tho conversation was earned on in French* and
poor Mr. Neeley did not comprehend a word. The
conversation, as reported by a i-porsonal and politi
cal friend- of long standing of Garibaldi, who was
in constant communication with him then and is
now (Mri Shacn, an eminent barrister of London), j
was as follows: “Ho (Mr. Gladstone), first of all,
told Garibaldi that his health was evidently giving
way: that his friends wore exceedingly fond of nun,
and that they thought ho had demo quite enough,
atid as much' as ho could stand; and- that it-,
would be for the interest of his health, and therefore
of the cause to which his life is dovotod, that' he
should put a stop to the proceedings, and the,wel
come tho English people wore preparing.for him.”
The General said: “Mr.- Gladstone,.! am much
obliged to vou.but iny health is perroctly,well.”
Mr. Gladstone then adopted asecond plan of attack.
He said: “General, you have had a magnificent
reception. So far it has been a grand thing, and it
would bo a very groat pity if anything oceurrod
hereafter which should detract from the dignity of
tho reception which you have received in London.,
We cannot bo so sure of tho reception which you
will receive in tho provinces as wo aro here, and, for
fear this magnificent reception should have a bad
end,dt is better that it shouid.stop where it is. } The
General replied, “ Again I am obliged to you, Mr,
Gladstone, care nothing for success, ioare
nothing for.the result of this recoptionrl came here
because I was invited by the poople—tho responsi
bility of tho reception I meet with rests not upon,
mo, but with those by whom I Eayo boeu Invitod,
and froui whom I have accepted invitations. \ Mr.
Sumner,
Ten Eyck,
Van Winkia,
Wado,
Willey,
OUi section by in
issued before this
liable to any tax
THE RANK RILL.
THE FLORIDA,
CUKACOA.
DEATH OF COXSUE, MORSE.
Gladstone, foiled in. his second attack, tried a
third, to this effect: General, the fact Is,
If tills sort of tiling goes on much further it may
lead to complications which v ,la J' to unpleasant to
BB,» The General replied: Gladstone, am I
to understand that you wish rat 1 1° ff°l boeause, If
you tell me that! will go.” To tt’is Mr. Gladstone
said “Yes.” Then Garibaldi said, “ Upon the un
derstanding that it Is your (the Government’s)
wish, I will go.” The three then k‘ft Mm, and as
they entered the other room Mr. Gladstone said,
“The General has adopted the sensible view, and he
goes at once.”
The next morning, Col. Chambers, who, though
understood to he a Tory, had in some mysterious
way been installed as Garibaldi's private /English)
secretary, went in to take Ids instruction's to the
reply to an Invitation from a Scotch borough.- The
General informed him that the nrovlncial to»r was
given up. Col. C. then went to the next room to re
ply to that effect. Thore he met Dr. Eeraptsaon,
wno, going up to the table, took from a pile of letters
one written by lilmself, and requested the Colonel to
read it. The letter was as follows:
“Mr Dbar Col. Ohamkbrs ; From all loan see.
I fear that the General is undertaking much mom
than is com] reive to his health and'eomfort, end pos
sibly more than a man under the circumstances
could stand. Thavo written to the- Duke of Suther
land and Mr. Seeley to this effect; and knowing how
warmly you aro atuiehed to the General, I write to
the snine.cffect toyou. Fei:<jus3o.v.»
Col. O. then made the following draft of a letter,
to be submitted to Garibaldi,as areply to the Scotch
borough
Loxbox, April Io y 1801.
{i Sm: 1 am directed by Gen. Garibaldi to inform,
you that In .consequence of the fatigue he lias un
dergone, and by the advice, of his medical adviser,
Mr, Fcrgusson, ho is reluctantly compelled to de
cline visiting your city. S. Chamukhs,” &c.
The draft was submitted to Garibaldi, who at once
drew bis pencil. through ail that referred to his
health, and amended the letter to this : “ Sir: I am
directed by Gen. Garibaldi to inform you that for
many reasons, he is not enabled to visit your city,”
&c. On Tuesday evening the excitement was so
great (the certificate of Garibaldi’s own physician,
to his excellent health being published), that the
members of the Government procured from certain,
members In Parliament inquiries which would ena
ble them to deny the reports that ike Government
hod putapressure upon Garibaldi. On Wednesday,
with Lord Palmerston’s emphatic denial in their
bands, the Garibaldi Italian Unity Committee met
and sent two of their members—P. A. M. P,,
and "Mr. Shaen—to wait upon the General with cer
tain resolutions which said that, as his physician de
clared that kls health did not demand his departure,
and as Lord Palmerston declared that the Govern
ment did not, they trusted he would not leave. I
(your correspondent) happened to be at Aubrey-
House. (Mr. Taylor’s residence), when he and Mr.
Shacn returned from this visit, and heard from him
the following exact report of the conversation: £t The
words of Lord Palmerston,” said Garibaldi, 11 do
not . release roe from the pressure that has been
put upon me. The question* now is out of my
hands. It is a question which lies between th©
English people and their Government.” Mr. Taylor
said. “ Whatchn we get from the Government more
than Palmerston’s speech V 1 The General replied,
“1 must go unless those who.have pressed me to gi>
shall ask me to stay.” During the same day Lord
Shaftesbury went to the General and said to him that
people were everywhere saying chat he was being
driven from England, and. begged him to say pub
licly that it was bn account of his health that he
was jroing. To which Garibaldi simply replied,
t{ MyX.oru,T cannot tell a lie.”
■ The latter portion of what I hare written yon—
i. c., the certainty that Mr. Gladstone and others
lied in saying that Garibaldi went off because of
his health—is now known to the people through, the
unequivocal testimony of Messrs. Taylor and Sheen.
It is remarkable, too, that the Tory. Col. Chambers,
disgusted by the falsehood or the whole affair, comes
forward with the important evidence which he holds
as the private secretary of Garibaldi, To these
statements there has been but one denial—that of
Thornton Hunt, In the Telegraph —an actor in the
chief rascalities of it all. Messrs. Shaen and Tay
lor challenge the noblemen to deny the facts they
state. As yet not a word of reply comes.
Recognition of Congregational Churches
In Philadelphia*
INTERESTING SERVICES AT THE ACABEMY O?
■ MUSIC. '
Pursuant to a call of the First, Second, and Cen
tral Congregational Churches of this city, an Ec
clesiastical Convention was held in Handel and
-Haydn Hall yesterday morning to consider tho
propriety of recognizing these churches, and of in
stalling a pastor over one of them, and should it be
deemed expedient, to assist in the public services
appropriate to such an occasion.
Her. L. Bacon, B. 8., was chosen Moderator, and
Rev. JVBI. Holmes scribe of the Council.
The following churches were found to be repre
sented in the Council :
First Congregational Church, Jersey City, N. T.-
Rev. J. M. Holmes, pastor; Winslow Ames, dele
gate.
, First Congregational Church, Newark. N. J.—
Rev. \V. B/Brown, pastor, and X P. Jubo, dele
gate. . "
First Church, New Haven,'Conn. —Rev. X. Ba
con, B.l)., pastor; and Chauncey Goodrich, dele
gate. ,
Broadway Congregational Church, Norwich,
Conn.*—Rev. J. P. Gulliver and Lewis E. Stanton,
delegate's. :
Broadway Tabernacle Church.* New York city.-
Rev. ,T. P. Thompson, 3). ID., pastOT ; Thomas Ritter*
M. 1)., delegate.
Plymouth. Church, Brooklyn.—H. C. Bowen, dele
gate. •
Church of Pilgrims, Brooklyn, N. Y,—Col. Adams,
delegate.
Blount Yernon Church, Boston, Mass.—Hamilton
A. Hill, delegate. ,
Park-street Church. Boston, Blass. —Rev. A. X.
Stone, D. D., pastor; R. Farnsworth, delegate.
First Church, Pittsfield, Mass.—Rev. John Todd,
pastor.
Rev. Wolcott Calkins; Rev. Newton Heston,'Of
Brooklyn; Rev. D. Abel, M Burlington, N. X;
Rev. Blr, Crowell, and Rev. Mr. Petteugill, being
present, were invited to sit in the Council as hontff
ary members. _ __
Rev. Albert Barnes, of the First Presbyterian
Church, and Rev. Mr. Moore, of the Union Metho
dist Church, were, also present, by invitation, as
honorary members of the Council.
. Letters were also received-from the following
members of the Council, who were unable to be
present t-Bev. Ray Palmer, D. D., Rev. E.M. Kirk,
I). D.. Rev. Joshua Leavitt, D, 3)., Rev. E. W. Hufc
ter, Rev. Daniel C. Eddy, Rev. Henry M. Staffs,
and Rev. Chas. W. Shields.,
After prayer by the Moderator, the Council heard
statements from the several , churches seeking
recognition with reference to their organization ana
principles of faith and polity - "
Rev. Gv W.-Smiley presented his ministerial cre
dentials, related his religious experience, and
was .examined in relation to his doctrinal belief.
The Council, in private session, after due investiga
tion and deliberation, unanimously voted to recog
nize the First - Congregational, Second Congrega
tional, and Central Congregational Churches As
regularly constituted churches of Christ in fellow
ship with-the Congregational Churches- of the
country, aod,toj>roceed to the installation of Rev.
•G. AY. Smiley, D- D., as pastor of the Second Con
gregational Church of Philadelphia.
THE SERVICES AT THE AOADEUT OV irUSIO.
In the evening, the ceremony of “recognizing'*
the First, Second, and Central Congregational
Churches of Philadelphia took place, at the Acade
my of Music, in the presence of a very large and.
highly intelligent audience. Rev. G. \Y. bmiley,
D. D., was at the same time installed as pastor of
the Second Church.
- The services of the occasion were opened by the
audience singing the hvmn of Old Hundred. After
which followed Invocation and reading of the Scrip
tures. by Rev. Dr. Eddy, of this city. The reading
of the covenants of the several churches '-was per
formed by Rev- J. P, Gulliver, of Norwich—the
members of the churches standing daring the read
ing. This portion of the evening exercises was of
quite an impressive and interesting character.
The formal recognition of the three churches was
performed by Mr. Gulliver in a short and eloquent
address. This ceremony of recognition consisted in
addressing a representative of each church, who
was upon the platform, and to whom Mr. Gulliver
extended the right hand of fellowship. In tho
course of his address he remarked that the members
of the Congregational Churches of Philadelphia
were the exponents of the doctrines held by the Pil
grims, and in this community they were to extend,
the influence and intelligence of New England, and
the principles which our forefathers brought with
them to Plymouth Rock. They were doing, he said,
a good work. History relates that the Quaker and
the Puritan were once at enmity; but history is
two hundred ycar3 older to-night since fchat_time,
and the race is two hundred years older, two hundred
years wiser, better, and more charitable. The de
scendants of Brewster and Standlsh extended to
night the right hand of fellowship to the descend
ants of William Penn, and the Puritan and tho
Quaker were uniting in bonds of brotherly affec
tion. . The people of New England extended to the
peopled' Pennsylvania their confidence and sym
pathy. The speaker was commissioned by the
Council of the Congregational churches of the
country to welcome these new Churches into tho
fold, and he hoped that the present movement-would
be productive ofgreat good to the Christian church;
The consecrating and installing prayer was of
fered by Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. I)., of New Ha
ven, and the charge to the pastor and the people
was delivered by Rev. J. P. Thompson, of New
York., The fellowshipof the churches was extended
by Rev.-A. L. Stone, D. D., of Boston. Blr. Stand
alluded to the progress of New England Ideas, of
which the establishment of these new churches was
gratifying "evidence, and in the course of hia re
marks he eulogized the patriotic and religious spirit
'of New England. In the present day, no American
can be a true Christian patriot who is not a Yan
kee.- It was a pleasure for him to welcome a New
England Church in Philadelphia into the Congre
gational brotherhood, but he would not even do
that, he said, unless he was positive of the fact that
tho present churches and the pastors now Installed
were perfectly loyal as New England is to the Na
tional Government. The sermon was delivered by
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, of Brooklyn, who took
as his text Romans, i-, 14-16. ,
The sermon was illustrative of the principle that
Christ was a debtor, because he did for man what
men needed. This was the law of love. Men are
debtors to their inferiors. The fundamental law of
Christianity was humility. He was against universal
pride and selfishness. The present philosophy Is
tending towards Atheism. Scienee is becoming
sceptical, and Christianity is being aa
merely an outspringing of the human mind.
Philosophy tries to show that we are weak; that, of
course, men of religion do not deny, for men aro
wicked, deliberately wicked. There is not a man '
who is not a walking penitentiary. Blan is to be
regenerated only through the church, and the spirit
of Christian churches is one of the happiest signs of
the limes. He hoped the new churches would cling
closer to the invisible faith, and experience that
power of.Divinc love which is imtnutablc, because-it
exists forever.
The services ended with singing the and
pronouncing tho benediction by Rev. Win. Brown,
ofNew York.
Tills movement was commenced in tho summer of
1562, by Rev. D. L. Gear, who then, with a few
individuals, banded themselves together as the
First Congregational Church. Their number,
though small, went to work with a will, and by
their, energies have been" the means of organizing
in this city three Congregational churches as the
fruit of their early efforts. The church has been
steadily increasing in numbers and prosperity, and
their new, stone chapel at Frankfordroad and Mont
eeraery avenue is entirely too small toaecommo
date, the members. The Sabbath school fills tho
chapel to overflowing, and scores of children have
been ; turned away on account of the church not
having suitable accommodations.
SlnrKols »y T'-:lcgrrai>n.
■ St Louis, June I.— Flour Is firm, but there la
not much doing: soles ofdoubleextra atS7.5O@T-75;
slnale extra ni iS7@7.OS. Wheat Ararat sl.M)@l.ss
tbr choice, and $1.C0@1.65 for 500 a. Outs are a shade
higher>sales at So@96c. Corn dull and lower;
mfxed ».23@1-2t; prime white $1.27. Whisky de
clined, closing at «51.23.
IjAROK IMI'ORTAWT POSITIVE SALE OFSOOPACK
aoes Huy Goons, Oarvets, Mattsso, Olothixo,
TJmiuikllas, Straw Goobo, etc., etc.— The early
attention of dealers is reauosted to Hie valuable
and extensive assortment of American. British,
French, Swiss, and German dry goods, umbrellas,
straw goods, clothing, carpets, mattings, &c,, sc. v .
embracing about SOO packages and lots of choice,
and desirable staple and fancy articles In cottons*
silks, worsteds, woolens, and linens, to bo peremjh.
torily sold, by catalogue, oh four months! credited
part for cash, commencing this morning at precisely
10 o’clock (with the carpets and matting) r to. bo
continued all day and part of the evening, without
intermission, by John B, Myers & Co., auetepaeers,
Nos. 232 and market street. -
'•' Annies Notice—Sale of Boots an» Shoes.
—Wo would call Iho attention of buyers, to the largo
and desirable sale of ljiobseas.os boots, .shoes, bro
gans, - balmorals, gaiters, slippers, cavalry baola,
&c., fee., 'He., lobe sold by catalogue for cash.
mor mug (Wednesday h commencing at lOo’cloettpre.
chicly, by Philip Ford & Co., auctioneers, at tb,alr
Store, Nos. 52S Market and 522 Commerce,
I Caul Formes appeared at GrovcCs Theatre, in
j Washington,Right, BS PlunStf,*, iR « KarthaJ*