THE PRESS, PUBLISHED DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED), BT JOKE W. FORXEY, OFFIOB. No. 111 BOOTH FOURTH STREET. THE DAILY I’KESS, ruTBEK U»»T8 Per Week, payable tp the Carrier! nailed to Sabeoribers oat of the city at SevEX Dollars PrrAxnuk; Tkbeb Pot.i.ahr akd Fifty Cents for Six NORTHS! OxE DOLLAS 'AIID SkVENTT-KIVU CKXT3 TOE Three UorcEßi Utyariably la advance lot the time or dered. AST Advertliements lneetted at the usual rates. Six Uses constitute a enure. XHK TKI-tVF.EK T.T PKF.SS, Dialled to Subscribers oat of the city at Folk Dol&ARB F*aA*HOMtnadTanee. GENTS’ EEIiNISHING GOODS. Q.E OR & E ORA NT. Ho. «M CHESTNUT STEEET, - Has now wady A LABOE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF GENTLEMENS FTTH WISHING GOODS, Of hla own Importation and mannfadtare. His celobr&ted "PRIZE MEDAL SHTRT&,” Uannfactnred uador the superlntendancQ of M “ JOHK F. tAQOBRT, KForaserir of Oldenberg & Taggert,) Are the most perieot-fliting Shirts of the age. jfejr* Orders promptly attended to. jalBrsrfm6in gPRING AND: SUMMSR. / ENTIRE HEW STOCK . IJIfDE It C X| O T HIIVCt. THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN. fiiBSTLEMEiVS FDRMSIIISG GOODS. I McimEE MOTHER, , ' TO;4ILL ii EVANS,) * 105,8 CIaBTNUT STREET. , f&e “ Model • Shoulder-Seam Shirt.” i myl-wfmlm : g 25 ARCH STREET. $25 REMOVAL. i£ A. HOFFMAN, jtfjRST PREMIUM SHIRT MB WRAPPER MANOTACTORY, AND GENTLEMEN’S I’URNISHING EMPORIUM, i KEMOVED FKOM GOG ARCH STREET, TO THE NEW STORE, 825 ARCH STREET. 825 jolO-tramwOm ' JJBI IMPROVED PATTERN SHIRT. YTARHAKTED TO FIT AN© GIVE SATISFACTION. ’• N MADE BY ( , JOHN O. ABBISON, 1 HOB.I AND 3 NORTH SIXTH STREET, HAKDFACTURER AND, DEALER 151 CIHILEMEN’S FKE f UENISIffIfCt GOODS. CONSTANTLY ON HAND, HKES, MUSLIN, and FLANNEL SHIRTS and Drawers, Collars, stocks, trayellins BBtRTB, TIBS, WRAPPERS, &0,, &e„ !' OF HIS OWN MANUFACTURE. I ' AIAO, s t» B s, I ! \ SHOULDER BRACES, Bai _ QUAY'S PATENT id at reasonable prices. MOLDED CO I. LARS Haw now been before tbe pnbliofor nearly a year, SPbsy are universally pronounced the neatest and best* Biting collars extant. . , lie upper edge presents a perfeet curve, free from the Abgles noticed In all other collars. . Tbe cravat causes no puckera bathe Inside of tbetum- . down collar—they are AS SMOOTH INSIDE AS.OUT BIDS—and thoreforo perfectly free and easy to the neck.' The Garotte Collar has a smooth and evenly-finished «dge on BOTH SIDES. These Collars are not simply .flat pieces of paper ent In the formof & collar, but are MOULDED AND SHAPED TO FIT THE KECK. They are made in “Novelty” (or turn-down style,} la ©Yiryhalf stzofrora 12 to 17 inches.andia ‘‘Eu reka” (or Garotte,) from 13 to 17 Inches, and packed in .Vsoiid sizes, ” in neat blue cartoons, confcainglOOeaclu Also, in smaller ones of lO eacK—tbe latter ayery handy package for Travellers, Army and Ifavy Officers. ■JET BYEBT-COLLAE is stamped .., t , AY’S PATENT .MOLDED OOXitiAB.” . ifiold by all dealers in Hen's Furnishing Goods. The* Jfrade supplied by YAH DUSEN, BOEHMER, & CO., Srs and "Wholesale Dealers in Men's Furnishing , .' ; ' ear CHESTHfUT Street, arfm3m / Philadelphia. ■©IKS SHIRT MANUFACTORY. Jr The subscribers weald invite attention to their - IMPROVED COT OP SHIRTS,'.. % v- Which they make a specialty in their business. Also;' Mutantly receiving . . - Kr *OVBLTIES;POR GENTLEMEN’S WEAR. . \ J. W. SCOTT & GO., ■' |.\ GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING STORE; - / 4' No. 81* CHESTNUT STREET, . USI7-tf Ponr doors below tbe OontlnantaL RLE & »B¥-600»§ JOBBERS. V^WVW ROBUB WAT&Qjr. Jpw SILK HOUSE. i mmn &' jamey, Xo. *M MARKET STREET, WBMMAM DBALRES I* & IL XC S , oWb GOODS, SHAWLS, WHITE / GOODS, EMBROIDERIES, Sue. jfo wMfh they relpectfully Invite the attention of SHOEMAKER & CO., if. E. Comer or FOURTH and KACE Streets, PHILADELPHIA, WHOIiBSA-fiE I)tIUGQ-ISTS. IMPOBTBES AND DKALEES..IN ' . PORBIGN AND DOMESTIC WINDOW AND PLATE GLASS. jfinrr.MTtrjtßßS of ■white HEAD AND 2ISC PAINTS, POTTY, tto. ABEHTB TOE THE CELEBRATED fRENOH ZIRO PAINTS. ! Doilera and louatimfirs supplied at j , nyH-Snr ■ TEST LOW PRICES FOB CASH. CARPETIKGS. j^ROH-STREET OABPET WAREHOUSE. CM subecriber lia« last recelveda well-aelectedstoek of KNOLISH AND AMERICAS : C A.TJ.r’ETIIV OS,. JOB SPRING TRADE. . . jos. Blackwood; y>i*W-*p« W NINTH. CABINET 'FCBNITCRI •/CABINET FURNITURE AND BIL- V liabd tables. MOORE & CAMPION, ; No. 201 SOUTH SECOND STREET, • ' Jii connection with their extensive Cabinet business,are »ow manufacturing a superior artlcl.e of / BIIXIARD TABIjBS; •find have now on hand a fall supply, finished with the jioobb & campion;* cushions, ~ Which are pronounced bf all who have,used them to .5 it# superior to all others iFOfNtUe qua'lty and finish of ~''-These Tables, the manufacturer* refer to their nume fons patrons throughout the. Union, who are familiar With the charaetero/-tholrwork. ap!9-6m yENNBDY, STAIRS, & CO., l3O and 132 North Wharve*, yf ABOVE ARCH STREET, WHOLESALE DEALERB PICKLED AND DRY PISH. A lari* .took, In assorted packages, suitable for Conn try Trade, always on hand. an2l.2m 'ARCHER & REEVES, «ti- WHOLESALE OUIOCERS, , : Wo. 45 North WATER Street, and No, 4GNorth DELAWARE Avenue, Offer for sale, sit the Lowest -Market Prices, a large sioek of SUGAR, •* : MOLASSES, ’ f * COFFEE, TEAS, BPICES, ■ ♦ J TOBAUCO, And Groceries generally, carefully selected for the country trade. Sole Agents for the products of FITHfAN <& POGUE’S JSxtenriye Fruit Canning Factory & t Bridgeton, N. J. ap2s-fim i ■ A/TACKEREL, HERRING, BHAD, &c. A'A “2,C00 bbls. Mass Nos. 1,2, ana 3 Mackerel,late caught Cat fish. In assoi ted packages. 2,000 bhls. Wow Easlport, fortune Bay, and Halifax 2,800 boxes Lnbee, Scaled, and No. 1 Herring. 180 bids now Mess Shad. . . ‘ 260 boxes Herkimer County Cheese; Ac.;' In store and for Bale by MURPHY & KOONB. Jal9-tf Ku. 140 NORTH WHARVES.. 'pICKLES,— IOG BBLS. PICKLES IN . JL VINEGAR. - - 60 half bbla. Pickles in Ymegar. ■ Also, three-gallon and five-gallon kegs do. For sale by RHODES dt WILLIAMS, - v . 107.S9UthWA.mSiroel. YOL. 7.—NO. 273 RETAIL DRY GOODS. Q.REAT REDUCTION SUMME% DRESS GOODS. JAS. R. CAMPBELL & CO., Offor the'balance of their Stock of Summer Bilks and FANCY SILKS, Reduced. FOULARD SILKS, Reduced. BRGCHE SILK GRENADINES, Roduoed. BROCHE GRENADINE BAREGES, Reduced MOZAMBIQES, Reduced. VALENCIAS, Reduced. GOATS’ HAIR TAFFETAS, Reduced. LAWNS AND ORGANDIES, Reduood. ORGANDY ROBES, Roducod. .... The Public aro assured that we hare made a neat reduction!in the Goods Quoted.above, in order to close outbnr’entire Snromer Stock by the first or July. .... . All Gobjs marked in plain figures. No deviation in prices. ' myll-lm ©ILK GRENADINES AND FOU- Q LARDS. Best'KOoods in the market at . , [ COWPERTHWAIT’S, ("kRGANDIES, JACONETS, AND Ai LAWNS, at last season’s prices, at ©HAWLS, SHAWLS, SHAWLS, OF IO a aif kinds, elegant styles, at + . » Dress goods, dress goods, t DRESS GOODS, of all descriptions, at. ■ CO WPERTH WAIT’S, . NINTH and ARCH Streets. •OARGAINS IN LINEN WOt)S, BAR JO GAINS IN LINEN GOODS,-Table-cloths, Napkins, and Towels, at - COWPERTHWATT’S, ' NINTH and ARCH Streots. ly USLINS* MUSLINS,; .MUSLINS.- The reputation of aellln g these goods cheaper than can "be found elsewkere Is still maintained at - COWPERTH WAIT’S, ; ' NINTH ana ARCH Streete. T>L AC K SILKS, BLACK SELKg, D black silks. - Splendid assortment, cheap, at COWPBRTHW AIT’S, NINTH and ARCH Streets. ADR FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC ary respectfnUy informed that COWPERTH WAIT'S Store is at , > - ■ . NINTH AND ARCH STREETS, myl3-fmw-tf QIVIL. AND ARMY CLOTHS. • MIDDLESEX 84 LIGHT BLUES. ALE GRADES DARK 1)0. M AND 6-4 INDIGO i'LANNET.S. 8-4 AND 6-4 BLUE CASSIAIEItES. • 8-4 AND 6-4 DOESKINS. FULL STOCK OF CLOTHS. DO. IJO. COATINGS. DO. DO. OASSIMEKESr BILLIAKD AND BAGATELLE CLOTHS, CLOTHS FOR COAOHMAKEKS. A T.T. KINDS TRIMMINGS, &0. W. T. SNODGRASS, nyM-lm 3*B. SECOND and 33 STRAWBERRY Ste. MOURNING STORE. ' . JUST RECEIVED, CLOAKS!CLOAKS!CLOAKS! CRAPE, BAREGE, BOMBAZINE, SILK, &c„ IN ALL STYLES. M. & A. MYERS & OQ„ myH-lmt 936 CHESTNUT Street. TABLE. LINENS.—I AM SELLING J- all kinds of LINEJT GOODS much lower than pre sent cost of importation. Extra heavy hand-loom Table Linen, at SI; liner and wider at’sl.ls; muchA better, $1,25. Brown Table : Damasks, all linen, 1 at 873£c, $l, sl.l2>£, and $1.25: bleached Table Damasks, all linen, at sl;.one lot,’very heavy and wide/at $1 21; fifteen pieces, extra fine and.wide, at $1.60, ail different pat terns, some of them being really beautiful. Also, a freat variety of finer and better'goods, that are very esirable. , - Napkins and Doylies in great variety. ■■ • . One lot Richaruson’s Smiting Linens at 50 cents, a •gts^tbargain; ‘ ■ ... ■ • ; 'Also, finer andheitar/. at, higher prices, equally as dßiMFift Crash and all'kimls'of Towellings that erfa fe had. Linen Sheetings, and Pillow Casings in ail tha Alaraeilles Counterpanes-from ; s4 up. ' Harinrsome of them a long timo, I can sell them much under the -market value. / - . • : , . . ■ ■ Nearly all these Linen goods were bought when ex change was fifty per.cent, lower,-and therefore are verycheap. - OR AN VILLE’B,- HAINES, . je!s-4t No. 1013 MARKET Street, above Tenth; FEAUtLIK lAKSBT. . ; B- M-' NEEDLES^ Would call speccial attention to Ms large stock of LACES EMBROIDERIES, HANB KBBCHIEFS.YEILS, AND WHITE GOODS, .all bought before the recent advance, eom ! prising many novelties, in fabrics suitable for . ladies* bodies and dresses, in striped, figured, plaid, tucked, and paffed muslins, &c. TOO pieces White, Buff,and Pigß.rediFiq.ues. 200 Printed Linen Cambric Dresses. In view of tin heavy additional tariff about tube imported goods,.ladies would do well to give my stock an early in spection, as prices must be necessarily largely advanced in a short time. I am still selling at old prices. mh2o;-am ■OAKOAIHS. JL> #i. 00 Melton Cassitnerea. $5 00 Marseilles .Quilts,. ...., . •/ : ' ’ Damask Table Cloths. : $3,608-10 Damask Table Cloths,: 3S-cent neat Plaid Lenos. GOrcent4-4 Plaid Mozambique*. #l. CO Mohairs*;colors and black. 60-cent Black Wool Delaines, : 62-cent Plain Wool Delaines. $3.00 Black Shawls. ••• - . $6.00 Plaid Lama Shawls. ■ COOPER & CONAKD, 10*20 S. E. cor. NINTH and MARKET Streets. ■RIiACK MLKB/'BliAOk BILKS. •D NO ADVANCE IN PRICES: , . • .We era stUl selling onr Black snks'at therms prices, uwe did early In the season, notwithstanding the re-, sent adTanecß, T - MANTLE BILKS, ALL WIDTHS. Plain Silks, all colors, *l.BO to $5.76. Nancy Silks, *1 to $2.60, , , Rich heayv, handsome Fancy Silks, $2.87 to $8.50. BtchChene Silks, at *2.87K, worth *3.60. “ .“ “ 'at *3.26, “ *4. *• ;■« “ at *4.76, “ *5.60. ■* ** . at *5.75, “ *7. 10 pleess small plaid silks, at $1.25, worth *LM. id. olfiAii el oUfi, apg-tf . Nos. 7X3 and 715 N. TENTH street. , IVTAGNIFIOENT, ORGANDY ROBBS,; JXL f tt u lengths, reducedfiom $1210%- ' Eicii Organdies, reduced from *1.25 to *l. Kicii OrgUndies, reduced from to S7>£. A beautiful stock of Lawns, from S7M to To. ■ A large stock of thin Summer Dress Goods, reduced to close out, . ~ • , • . Summer Poplins and. Mohairs. . Koat Plaid Silks, 87M cents. . c 0 > jeO . gp South SECOND Street. "O'ARRIS’ .MIXED CASSIMERES. -IX Light’mixed Cassimeres, for boys'suits, ■■ Melton and plaid Cassimeres. - Marino Cas&merea and CashmareUs. Linen Drills, Sattinets, and Cottonades, Ladies’Cloaking Cloths, choice shades, Loom and Damask Table Linen, cheap. . Towels, ToweUing. and Napkins. Large assortment at JOHN H, STOKES’, le7 TO» AKCH- gHIFIiEY, HAZARD & HUTCHINSON, Mo. 112 CHESTNUT STREET, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, * FOR TBS BALS OF *yM-«ro3 FHILADBLFHUrMADE GOODS, -j j?OR THE ARMY^ANDmYY. EyANSi&'HASSALL, MILITARY FURNISHERS, Banners, Regimental and Company Flags, Swords, dashes, Belts, Passants, Epaulets, Hats, Caps, Can. teens, Haversacks, Camp Kits, Field Glasses, Spars, tnd everything pertaining to the coinpleia outfit of Amy uad Navy Officers. A liberal discount allowed to the trade. mylS-lm 'jfan- MISB M. A. BAKER, Ko. 1346 CHESTNUT BTBEET, Hfts 01 , Tor the Spring and Summer of 1564. tpl-t-Sm- • WINES AKI> XiqilJOltS. ■ ; fin BARRELS YOUNGER’S ALE, Bt. 'ABno'B Brewery, la jo*B. Itt store, aad tor sale by WXBLUM h. yeatoh & 00„ aoi South FKOKT Street. I Af\ OASES PINET, 0 ASTILLON, & IUU GO’S COGNAC BRANDY. landing from tail "Looii," from Bordeaux. For brig by WJLLIAMH. YEATON4CO,, *tW! am Rrnith FRONT Sti-Mt. TTPHOLSTERING. U H B. BLANCHARD & CO.. , Northeast corner THIRTEENTH, and CHESTNUT Sts. Carpets and Mattings made and laid. \ lioddlug, Hair Mattresses, <Sce. ; pth3o-3«i Verandah Awninga. IN PRICES OF LIGHT SILKS 737 CHESTNUT STREET, Dress Goods at very low prices. NINTH and ARCH Streete. C O WPERTHW alt: s, >. . NINTH and ARCH Streets, COWPERTELWAIT’s, NINTH and ARCH Streets. PHILADELPHIA. XQ34r CHESTNUT STREET. loaa CHESTNUT STREET. COMMISSION HOUSES. ARMY GOODS. 413 ARCH STEET, PHILADELPHIA. - MimNBBI GOODS. CURTAIN GOODS. E. WALRAVEN, (SUCCESSOR TO W. H. CAKRYL), MASONIC HALL, Tl'» CHESTNUT STREET. WINDOW C TJ 3EE TAINS AT OLD PRICES. MANY HUNDRED NEW PATTERNS TO SELECT FROM. ■ “WALRAVEN, 719 CHESTNUT ST. myas-tfj ». ‘ f ■ - ", ! ' ' CLOTHING. v , MV vs/wv'JvywvAArevvuvAivvvv.vVu jgDWASD P. KELLY, JOHN KELLY. 1 TAILORS, NO. 618 CHESTNUT STREET, (JONES’ HOTEL.) LATE 143 SOUTH THIRD STREET. Have now on hand a complete assortment of SPRINa AND SUMMER GOODS. *P»-tr ; 1864. CLOTHING. LATEST STYLES. WIUIAM S. JOKES, MESOHANT TAILOR AND CLOTHIER. SODTHIABT CORNER OF SEVENTH AND MARKET STREETS* Sespoctfdlly invites attention to his " magnificent stock of FINK CLOTH ING. fot ap in gupertor style, by taste ful and experienced artlats, and offered for sale at exceedingly LOW PRICES. Also, to his large and choice'variety of PIECE GOODS for CUSTOM WORK, embracing selections from, the finest ' productions of hoth foreign and do mestie manufacture. WILLIAM S. JONTES, ’ SUCCESSOR TO ROBERT H, ADAMS, Southeast toner of SEVENTH and MARKET Streets,. eplO-Sm QLOTH I N G. SPRING OE 1864. EXTENSIVE OLOTIIIXG HOUSE, Sfos. 803 and 806 CHESTNUT STBEET, PHILADELPHIA. £ . - 2 | g- H The fariliUei of thli honse for doing business n g ate each that they can confidently claim for It , o O the leading position among the Tailoring B»- "S tabllsbments of PhiladelphlaT They, therefore. B " ■■■**- ' ■■ jj % Invite the attention of fentlemea of ta»U g tiieir auperb stock of 0 I BEADI-MADE CLOTHING, ' p >a t by the best artists, trimmed and made eonal §to Customer Wort—ANP AT S I pOFDIiAB PKICES. O Tliey hare also lately added a CUSTOM DS- Q D PASTMEHT, wheretfaelatest novelties maylte 3 «j ■ j • - _ rS e found* exnbrafUuc sona* ft*ah from London and £ Fui*. . - 1 ----- • B H’* . - w PERRY Ad CO., (08 and 808 ' CHESTNUT STEEET. CUSTOM DEPARTMENT, 303 CHESTNUT STEEET. T EAMY’S CLOTHING HALL, No. 836 -Li MARKET Street. GENTS’ FINE CLOTHING. Loamy's. p. cio'tuif. ■ Lcamy’e, No.WMarketetrget.^-^^ Leamy’s, No. 836 Market street. Dcaiuj D, *W. -Boys’ Sacks and Jackets. Leamyte, No. S36.Market.street.. „ -- - * _ - . i Boys’ Fancy, Gassimere Saits. Leamy’s, No. 836 ' * * * . . i • * Boys’ Light Caeslmere Suits. • Ireamy’s, No. 836. Market street. _ . , Gents’and Boys’Clothing, Beady-made and made to order, JOHN C.LEAMY, • No. 83G MARKET Street, ? ' je6-12t* First door below Ninth Btreefc. 4 - ANByiEWEJHYI HENRY HARPER, • 58 0 AB 011 ST BEET, HAXUFACTUEER OF AXD DEALER 15 WATCHES, FINE JEWELRY, SOLID SILVERWARE, AND SUPERIOR SILVER-PLATED WARE. A large stock of fine goods, lew-12t* AT REASON A RLE PRICES. ROOKING GLASSES. JAMES S. FaARI-E & SON, .. 610 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILA,,. Steve now la store a very fine assortment ol LOOKING GLASSES, of every character, of tko VERY BEST MANUFACTURE AND LATEST STYLES. I OIL PAINTINGS, ENO-KAVINGS, apw PICTURE AND PHOTOGRAPH FRAMES. PURE PALM OIL SOAP.—THIS SOAP A is made of pure, fresh Palm Oil, and is entirely a vegetable Soap; more suitable for Toilet use Ilian those made from animal fate. In boxes of one dozen cakea, for $2 per box.. Manufacture |S IKTOIr : 4 SO N,■! I: No. 116 MARGARETTA Street, between Front and B*cottd. abovA Callowhill- - iae-fira PHOTOGRAPH CARDS FOR GEN- A TLEMEN.— Samples and Catalogues eent for 25 cents. Enclose an envelope, withyour'.ownjiamoand address. - D. BEMMET-TE, jelO-lm . 58KLIBERTY Street, New York. ftAHADA LUMBER YARD. V LUMBER DISTRICT, ALBANY, NEW YORK. The subscribers are now receiving large lots of PINE and HARD- WOOD LUMBER, which they are prepared to oifer to the trade at market prices; 5 per cent, off for cash."’ te4-lin ; - : . . JONES & GO. T ard: oil, fo r lubricating AJ Wool and Machinery, for sale at the lowest market price by MAROT & STEEL, Manufacturers, 131 North TUOfjf Wr*>»t . tav2S-llli* rjGLD’B IMPROVED STEAM U • akd. • WATER-HEATING APPARATUS, for Warming and Ventilating Public Buildings and Private Residences, WATER-HEATING COMPANY usuvi* pxn** PHILADELPHIA. JAMES P. WOOD, *1 South FOURTH Street. *.nSfl.t* w M T?TSLT , W r SniwriTitßodftut. tjrick presses And brick ■M MAKERS’ TOOLS. 300 South FIFTH Street wras-lm*. 8. f. MUiMK. PHILADELPHIA. FRIDAY, JUNE 17. 1864. FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1804. THE NEW NAVY YARD, Kcitorl of Hi© Minority In Favor of Ivnguo Island as a Station for the Con struction and Kcpalr of Iron and Armed Vessels. ■’ The very thorough and ablo report of our Repre sentatives, Messrs. Kelley and Horchcad, and Mr. J. S. Rollins, of Missouri, on the subject of a site for the new navy yard, will bo read with much in terest. It is an incontrovertible argument, and en tirely establishes tho superiority of tho pito of League Island over Now London, applying all tho tests of sclohco, trade, and economy to the discus sion of the case. A comparison of tho majority and minority reports, and tho woll-consldercd recom mendation of iUe.Socrctary of tho Navy, and tho heads of tho Bureaus, should make this appa rent to Congress and the country. Quoting the well-known recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy,dho report, proceeds to show the groat scien tific argument in favor of fresh water: .. ACTXOSf 05 SEA WATISIt ;ON ABMQEED VESSELS. For a yard jbr the construction, docking, and re pair of iron vessels, fresh water is absolutely neees-< earv. This our own brief oxpcrionco in Uio uso of Buck’vessels would;seem to have demonstrated,'but we *may appeal to science and: ; the: experience of foreign navies in support of .the fact; 'The-British and iT'cnch Governments have bestowed much at-, tchtion on the aucstion, and the report of tlio trans actions of tho British Association lor'the Ativancc ment-of Science contain several papors embodying tho resultrof ah immense number of experiments; aiuV theideductions of the ablest sclontlilo minds of ■tho tfarld therefrom. They all demonstrate the. .destructive Influence of saltvfote’r upon IyohTossel3,'' and the prejudicial in , flvie'iibo 'df ! atrrj?phorc pre yailihg Qiilhp sea the maohjtfery for the-: 'construction,of those vessels iind the material while !n-pto‘des3 B cif construction. ; more specifically to'thesc papors, themndorsigned beg leave to 'present the following memoranda furnished by Rear Admiral C. 11. Davis, and to remark .that the results disclosed In the seve ral papers alluded to fully sustain* the Accuracy, of the results hc'presents: ! ' ? “Plates of common boiler .iron exposed for the same length of time to salt and fresh water, and to the atmosphere, were encrusted in the following proportions: •< l.OO Clear sca-water.....;.... 7.07 Foul sea-water .....14.00 Weather.... ; v. 10.70” That ihey may not extend this report to an undue length,' the undersigned will content themselves with referring for abundant corroboration of tho accura cy of these results to the following several papers, namely: ' ‘ ; ' The first report upon experiments,-instituted at the request of the British association, upon the ac tion of sea and river water, whether clear or foul, and‘at various temperatures, upon cast and wrought iron, by Robert Mallet, M. R. I. A. Ass. Ins. O. B. Volume VII, Bth report of the British Association for the Advancementof Science, 1838, pp. 253-312. The second report upon tho action of air and wa ter, whether fresh or salt, clear or foui, and at vari ous temperatures, upon cast iron, wrought iron, and ■ steel, also by Mr. Mallet. Report of the British Association for the Advance-- ment of Science, for 1810, pages 241-308. . ? : . The report made on the same subject by the same gentleman in the transactions of the association for 1843, pages from 1 to 53. And a further report to bo founcl in tho volume for 1649, pages 88-112. : . - - ; The experiments, thcrcsults of which are recorded in these papers, establish beyond controversy .all the facts set forth in tho memoranda furnished by Rear Admiral Davis, and prove that the influence or the weather alone upon the sea-shore is more than ten times as deleterious to: tho exposed surface of iron as that of fresh water. , From the report to be found in the'volume for 1843, page 27, we beg leave to thofvUOYfmg: ,“were it the foci, therefore, that unprotected iron vessel? corroded equally throughout every part : immersed, we could easily calculate, by the aid of i bur preceding researches, the durability of a ship of given scantling, and predetermine, under such and such conditions, at what time her hull would have - become dangerously thin,andmight rest with the as- ; surance that for this period the iron ship was the best i . and safest that could be put upon the wafers j but,. unfortunately, we have found that corrosion does not take place with perfect has been .already pointed but, and hence, withouEprotcctlon, ships of iron must be always liable to Jibe dangerous .consequences of local corrosion, and consequent Ithinnirig down of iron at at some unforeseen moment, possibly tion and greatest external peril, plate is burst through, and ithc vessel fills! The facillty of introdutlon of water-tight bulkheads in iron ships greatly reduces the danger of such an accident, but it must always be attemTed.%ith danger and loss of property, and, occurring where it is most lively to happen, nainely,in thoenginecompartmcntofan Iron steamer in. bad weather, would be aimost bertain to involve the loss of the ship. ‘•The more sanguine advocates of iron shipbuild ing have, in their anxiety to prove their durability tohe suck as to tender protection needless, appealed to the existence ofiron canal-boats of forty years of : age or more, and to some of the earliest built iron. 1 vessels which have been occasionally in salt water.. I Most of the vessels alluded to, however,, have , boon principally in fresh water, and on: referring -to Table rXV, it will.‘box how- :vast a difference there is in tjie-durability of a ship of any given sort of-iron, exposed' to , the action of sea anclof fresh wglter. Thus, suppose. a vessel of Low i-Moor plates, intone century the denthofcorrosion would be; Tn clear seVwalef...., 0.215 In foul;sea-watcr .v........... 0.404 In.clearfresh water 0n1y............... 0.035 “ In other words, while, the ship, if originally of half-inch plates, would be almost destroyed in foul sea- water, it would not have lost one-tenth of its' scantling in clear fresh water in the same time, i -These cases therefore prove nothing .to the point. It therefore seems to me that protection against .Tocal corrosion and‘fouling’: are essential to the -Safety and? perfection of iron ships, and are alone. ■wanting to render- our,future iron ships as much 'safer and more enduring: than those of timber, os - the steamship of tor-day is safer and more enduring than vessels Of two centuries ago.” All experience confirms this theory; and we are officially informed.that the iron gunboat South Caro lina arrivediußostan from .the blockade, and when docked, tlie immenae. of barnacles that had impairkVlier speed'had to be pried off with ; crowbars,to the serious detriment of the surfaco of the iron; and UiatjOn-thc other hand,the first ofout-Moni iorS arrived at the Washington navy yard, and after -lying one week in the freshwater oftiieFotomac,was haufed‘ out, and all the foul matter that had accu inulatedjipon her was easily removed by the use of common shovel.- . )■ 1 KEM" LOXUO2T COXSJDEaED. : . New London is a: seaboard city, lying two miles and five-eighths from the point at which the watcys of the Thames enter into Long Island sound, . and eight and three-eighths miles from the open. sea.— Its water" is as salt as that of thcocean. Its exposed situation oh Die seaboard prevented its adoption as a ! naval station in theearly iustory of our country. , On the 29th of January, A. D, lBOO, Joshua Hum phreys was ordered by the Navy Department to ex amine and report upon the fitness for naval stations of the several ports oi New London, Newport, Provi dencelßostou, pharlestown, Portsmouth,- Portland, and Altec setting forth the advantages of NewLondon r he- noted the .following disadvan tages, which were deemed conclusive, and led to its. rejection: \ - •- v ' : “First. The harbor> below Winthrop’s* Point is notsufficiently large fortsuchamvy^as s -the-United States must have, and above this point the river i 3 frequently full :of Ice, The breaking up-, makes it dangerous to .vessels to lay in it."' “ Second. The Impossibility of entering This port with a northwest wind, which is the most prevailing wind in the winter season; . “ Third, Vessels-in this, port are subject to be in jured by ice in'thb winter, if they lie in the chan nel. To deepen the basin' sufficient to move vessels inside of the dock to koep them clear of ice would costa considerable sum, and “be an annual expense • to keep it sufficiently deep, v “Tourth. The harbor is very open and exposed all below Winthrop’s Point. . ■ Fifth. An enemy,-with the wind at bast or west, has a leading wind up to VVintlirop’s Point and down, which" T is' a great advantage in the attack by. water of any place.. , “Sixth.-Rise" of tide-being only three feet. “Seventh. The commanding heights to -westward of Fort Trumbull. J ' 1 “Eighth. Probability of .worms.” / A position that was thus indefensible against tho naval armaments' of nearly three*qaarters of a cen tury ago by reason of itsAiose proximity to the sea. Is eertainlyrnotoue that a wise nation would select as the Bite for an extensive and importaut station for the construction of Iron ships and-machinery if it could obtain one on fresh water, andjn a defensible position. • • ■ - \ ' ' Tlie site of the proposed navy yard at Win thr op’s Point is surrounded on two sides by salt water, and iron vessels constructed there would suffer wile in the process Of construction, and would, when fitted out, require to be removed to a fresh-water station to cleanse their bottoms, -Ifexpected s to-go' to sea capable of .operating with any measure; of speed to the sail they might carry, or the amount of coat they woukl consume. The majority of the eominitibo‘have not entirely ignored the importance- of sought, as appears by?fcheir reporfcpto escape its reiterated asserDpm k of interested panics, that the water of tUe.Thamcs opposite Wihthxop’s PolutTsmcrclybracklsh.': Lot ; who may assort* or? believe' 7 this, it cannot be truep and worAthb truth not demonstrable, it would bo- a subject of regret that Use .committee, had not Jakca testimony, on 1 the ; point.. The T laws. are general, ami inflexible." They' opbrdtb'ln ‘the viw LOndoh as they do elsewhere? and if it be truAthat a light fluid must-Hlwnysyleld to one ofgfeatcr'spocific gravity; anu- that %- larger and** welghticrmass of . fluid must cohirol a smaller duo of less density, tho waters of tho Thames must bo : forced back distance from its mouth by the superior gravity and volume of "those'of the sound at a point blit five and ’three-quarters* miles from its entrance into the ocean; ThcbbttoiQjofan iron vessel fouled by -a sea voy age would hcdlc&rcd./and perhaps Uio.gra3& bo« klllcdlby remaining aV League Isihnd anchorage, The fresh water at League Island has littloy or 'no effect upon an iron vessel, while the salt water of IViiitbrop’s Pointeorrpdesmqrepr le3S rapUUy.svefi when coated, arid coaHng itioif is an expensive operation. The spray from salt water in.. storms is, very injurious to machinery near the sea shore, and' to tbls tke works;at New London woii)d be exposed, whilcthose at League Islaud-would not.: / Tho majority wore no less distinct in their ox? pression of bpihron upon: this question. . They say: “ Thc.wat&'Qf 'Hew London is salt, which is un&owtt cdly injurioiis to the bottims of iton vessels / fresh wator lor laying up such-vessels when not wanted ■ for active service can be found a few miles higher • up the river. Still this separation, of the tassels from the immediate' supervision of the officers of. tho yard would be Inconvenient, and attended with additional ebstinthonecossaryjjreaftntlons for their protection and salb-keoping. Tiiis objection could be obviated by providing means for taking such ves sels out of the water when not required for immedi ate service. At League Island the water is -fresh, and in this respect the board is of the opinion that the advantage is wiqh League Island, so far as iron ■ vessels are concerned.” , i Tims it appears that the commission was uhanl-, ! mbusly. of the offlulon that in this first groat essen tial—fresh wfticr-rLcaguo Island had pro-emlnentiy thc.advantago over Now.Lontlon. Indeed,'the,iqg jorlty admit that New Londomtho acceptance of which they recommend is, for this reason, unfit for; the purpose of an iron navy yard, unless accom panied by a supplemental station a few miles higher : up the Thames river.: With a view to escape the inconvenience and additional cost of such an extra ordinary arraneement, those “scientific” gentle men suggest that .the destructive inliuence of tho 'water might bo escaped “by providing means for taking such vessels out of "the water when not re quired for immediate service." * ... MJiW LOJfpOK IKUEyEXSIULE. Tho exposed condition of New London to attack from sea is in itscU' an insuperablo objection to tho construction of any Important works at that point. The site proposed to bo adopted is 2% miles from tho mouth or tho river Thames, which, as appoars by the const-survey eharts, is but miles from the open sea } and it l? not only undefended, but wholly indefensible against an attack by iron-clad vessels. "Were a naval station locatod there, the defences re quired lor its protection would cost largely more Ilian the entire outlay for the establishment of an adequate iron-ship station at Loagpe Island, and when eomplotod would,as tlio experience of our Now Ironsides has proven,be utterly Inadequate. Colonol Quid, tlio robe! commissioner for tlio ox elm ngo of prisoners, whoroeontly passed throe days with General Butler,.informed lutu that sliolls lirod from Morris Island, by. our rifled guns had been picked up six miles and .ft.haU from that Island, and that Charleston was untenablo.from the fire ol our guns, though distant lit line Tour and a half miles from the city. .The experience of the New Ironsides has also demonstrated that a vessel plated with 4i£ Inches of Iron eannotsbolnjurod byany ord- ■ nance in use at tlio distance 00,200 yards.; so,that, after all tlio defences suggest®* for Now London should bo constructed, Blie oouldiapproaeh and lie at distances ranging: from from the pro posed site, and never be .within!!, 2M) yards of any point upon whieh!‘a k gun ooultT befi>lacod. &ho alone could lie in safety and: destroyitho amplest navy yard wemightconstrnctistsWiWjLondon. _ That piese assertions arMjtv exaggerated will be apparent ‘to any ono who, bearing In mind that an lien-clad Vessel Is' safe* fromthe .heaviest ordimneo at 1,200 yarclsj vrif! examine trait charts of Long Isl and Sound betw&aniValiantKdHt and the mouth of the Thames.. TKoohanhslfat.tfic entrance of the Sound la IK mllee wiaoJbotweonJUttlo Gull Island and Knee Point. The. Mehmfflrthls sito assert that forts could bo built on the' Island arid point, and an other on Valiant nock; a sffihluedgo lying near the middle of-, the channel, 2;i3iuUe3 f rom Little Gun .Island and 2j.f miles fromlfaco point. , ; Unquestionably such forto could Ws constructed. ■What cxponaetfioy wouitl lDvolvo can only bo Ima gined; I&wonkl'bediffliiult to'ascertain how many million* bavo been: expended In fortifying'thc Hip Haps,drab not difficult ‘to ascertain that they have been few In" comparison .with what tho ibrtElcation of YaliantHoCkWohM-fistmire. . *'♦s* -< • aq * Iv. rJct-p ” TJTIi TOPOf) HAPHY* OP ilfetl' LOllßOa. Another to this, site Is tlio topography ot iho around oilered, and the inade quacy of the. quantity. Wlntkrop's Point, proper, or the plccept ground fim oifered to the Govern ment, eobtMnriibdift GP aqrtteißest of tb» surface of-whlcH rangbrflfoi»2o : rt“4o Kct-above high-water mark.Jt has Binctfbcen%opbßed to add thereto 140- i acres of adjoining ground, ft targe portion of which Is composed of s<sld granite and immense boulders, the surface of which varies "In elevation from 20 to 120 feet above tlsb >ivol ofhlgh wht<jr. It is con ceded, that noflßsa-tkan 160 available acres ought to be accepted ior-this purpose by the GorornmcDt, either as gift or purehaso xaiHito reduee so much of the ground offered by'ihe elty,of 3Ycw London to a love! suitable for thfe purposes of a navy yard would, as the quarrying .ot granite cannot be executed at less than iJ2»f>er. cubic-.yard, cost millions of dollars; and wore we At.this site to gharry such' basins as the -Fronclt have' oonstruotofl at Cher bourg, say three"basins, . the combined area of which is about 02 aort^or'a'depth respectively, of 50, and OO feet, or as-'the'English havo at Chatham, three basins, covering in albOO acres, affording from E.O to 00 feet of depth Below; tho lowest tides, the oost would be almost Incalculable. Wherever we may establish-sueh a statlon,.|largo excavations will ho required, and tovouMib'e maijiicss to begin thorn on a granitq.bcdV the 'fowpst superficial point of which is 20 feet, and tho highest!£o feet above high water.- To modem seienee hotfilng of this character is impossible, and the&indebighed.vrill not assort that adequate excavates .for the purposes of tho Government could, trot; By an immense outlay of money, in a iong horursoof years, be made atjtliis site. To remover the Immense mass of earth and rock that llqjfMMvi thb’pfeper level for a naval sta tion w.onld’bo wo work .or.time, and would Involve great expense; bntetc'qnarrydry and Wet docks and sucKJasins as requires would Involve an expenditure oftime andlhoney so great as probably ; to load to the abandonment of the work-when ex , }>eri’ucnt should have disclosed its magnitude. To the expenditure invo‘v ed in tho attempt to con struct p naval statidßfhtpNOw London tho Govern ment would. have no’oH&t, while at Philadelphia she owns a station,.wfiljh, inadequate for her pur poses as Its limiteni'dlrtienslons arc, obstructs tho commercial doveldpujeht of the city, and which would sell About 513,000,000. Tho elty, anxious to be relieved.frbm tho, embarrassments arising from the pre/eotioeutionof thqyard, tenders League Island, not Inexchange for tho-old yard, but as agift totheGovernfitent. ‘The facility with which its soil may bo htodled, the abundant supply of Ekllled workmen always seeking employment, and the cheapness pf'gsnsiftl material in that vicinity, render it” probable-that the money received for tho old yard would aiord--than reimburse the outlay ntade in the originftl-’prgparation of tho new station. Front its extent of, turned, geological formation, character of water,broad anchorage, nearness to a supply of coal, iron, timber, and all other materials and labor, and being/adit Is, within the limits of a i city whosespopulationMow; approaches a million, ta,d protected by.ths defences or that city, League Island could, witM&heb Outlay of a comparatively small smtv if eonvbrted into a naval station supe rior toany existing; an,^P°?f SEi ™ of wWeh the naval powers, ofthe eD 'y* ■ Following this portion of the : r©^. orfc > tho minority give in proof the results of various Sclent!" 0 ex * ’animations. Comparing the two sites, the. report presents tho following figures; “The elty of Now ; iLdndon,. as appears by the census of I 860; has a‘population of 10,H5. - The city of Philadelphia has over 11,000 skilled workers in iron and brass, -and over 5,000 skilled machinists; whilo very few, if hny, of the *lO,OOO people of New . London are workers in iron.and brass on coroinAnsurate with establishinents Unrecognized'S! among th% shops and fpuhdriea of Philadelphia. The navy yard at Philadelphia is the smallest of -our Editions. .It ethpfoys at this time about. ; 2,sooworkmeD.almo?t : evox“y oiie'of whom is,the ! head of a family ;ilihd allowing them an average of five members to *<&ch ; : family, it will bo seen that, i small as that station left's Workmen and their i families consUtute; a that could not be 1 housed, in the Phtmdelpßiftr fashion of a separate | house for eaoli fainilyj'lacNew Loudon, were the en-. i - tire population o£thtft beautiful city to surrender their homes to them.” V-- Tile vast and .well-known superiority of Philadel-' phia over all. resources of Iron, coal, ••manufacture, andfcoall the material necessary to create ;a navy, islfifeilcd'af.length. With regard to tile-other nrouesetSsitcs on the Delawaro, the re- that yrlSle neither, of them offer so many ‘such decided lsland, each of them possesses great advantages over New London. More Imposition. ~ To the Editor of .the Press:: - - - ‘ V- Sib: The Race and Vine-street Rail road, which l-eapsjthe lion’a share from the travel to an4*.froip the Sanitary Fair, is not satisfied with jthe profits arising from, the increased rates, , but resorts to the meanness of hot supplying the conductors with exchange ticUehjj, in order to add to the gains of the Company. For .two suc cessive nights I liave heard conductors say that they had no exchange tickets—thus compelling; passengers ,to pay full fare on two lines. When ’ will this imposition cease ? is, that the only way to stop it is for Jthe pity Coun cils to take possmift of. such roads as con tains clause in Jfi&i charter giving them, the right to do so. move will be made in this direction ahonce. Yours, .respectfully, : ' - • Anti-lotosition. : PnihAPEunrA,!.! 4BG4; City ltaltnaj-s, . To the Editor, ofthe'fxess: • \ Sin: I sec hut' twj good- reasons for a change of fare, and these 7 are 7 fa favor of a reduction of the price.. fte cars; and the second, the consequent discomfort of the pas sengers. .On account -I the first, the companies can afford a reduction; aid, on account of the second, the passengers dcs.nyc a reduction. .1. propose, therefore, that the ; sfcgle faro the reduced to three cents, and exchange tickets to Jive cents. ;• In Baltimore, arid ik Washington, the single fare secures an exchangerilchet-rand. ,this - faro is only, five cents’. In - Both.- cities, the routes are over hills also.': In Philadelphitj the finest and easiest city in the world for such transit,.-the-toltizens are most imposed upon-by the companies.- , . * .' . I aru, sir, yours truly, •; ~ . . H. .. Joke 10th, ISM. . _ 1 An Offer. To the Editor of Thi Press : ’ Sra; I will-bo om ofthe'onie hundred that will giro one dollar towawa jurying out the suggestion of a writer in your jinpcr this morning, who signs himself “A Friend to tho; Laboring Classes.” . I would suggest tolilm that ha call a"public mooting at onbe’ to carry out his ‘plans.- If this -bourse is adopted, throughout-tlio roity wo-can break down monopoly; lam years", .truly, T. M. G-. June 10,' ISGi. . The Blue'Hen’s OhicKcus. 'To the Egitoir of The Press: • • , - moroing-’s paper you"speak of tho : eiirom-n^o^wx>h':.pr%ii : pioturq " The Blue Itoa’s ; bhlckena;" Mr. Bigot, painted by Mr. BlsphArijyAud-iltiiographed by-Mr. Sinclair, ole. Tlijs Is a mistake. I designed and ' |iafnfeif" tie i picture, whAeMr. Bigot.memly copied 'it ‘on Stbnoi lof •pVinßugy 'Will you make this cor rectldn "itf the; next iSSheuf your papf£t' and oblige yours, respectively, • ■ llkSfiiv C. Bispham, Phila., June 16, iSdl.-' Artist. ‘‘ i A Suggestion for the fair. • To' the Editor 6f-TkePiv*B: \ ' V ' ' Sin: Win ybu.aHowA'warm frlcnd/of the suffer ing soldlor to.makc a suggestion through your ex cellent and widcly-ciroulatod paper, by which a'few more dollars might be added to tho.troasury for their benifltT' Lot-birds -bo Introduced into tho Floral Hall of the GroatsGontral Fair. Tlioiyar bllng Of birds is the 'only thing needed to make this spot a' place of p'orftet enchantment. The; birds could readily be sola at a good" price,-.after, they bhve contributed to tho delight of tiro visitors. And also, might boiMadieq apjFgcntlemen who are gifted ;with fine voiebs a song now and then, on’ • “ Tho Island,” in thelbsenco of tho band,,and thus consecrate their .tolont for one of the noblest efforts of Christian- philanthropy tiro world has ever wit nessed. ycry respectfully, yours, .' . "Kino, White, axd Blue. : The Sihgebs Expeueed vriorr the Altar of.. the Potomac.— Tho Hutchinson Family sang,. Tuesday evening,. tho .celebratedlinos beginning: <* Wo wait beneath the furnace blast The pangs,of transformation”— at a strawberry leslival of the Ollnton-strdot 81. E. Church of Newark..,. It ‘.was-for singing this song that they wore excelled from tho Army of tho Po tomac two and a half years ago. - By a singular Co incidence, tho pastor of the Ulinton-strcet Church (the Bov. Mr. Yard) was tho chaplain who invited them to. visit : tlio army at that time, aiid for whoso regiment (tho Ist New Jersey) they sang. Mr. John, Hutchinson,: tho : only surviving brother of the Hutchinsons; said that .after . their return to Wash ington tho : song was. tho subject of Oablnot confe rence, at which it was decided that it was just sueh songs that : the Government wished the soldiers to hoar, and tho Hutchinsons were granted permission to return, but thoir engagements prevented tholr visiting the array again.—A. F. Post. [lllinois IJtmiocrntic Convention. CmoAOO, XU.', .Tune 10.—TUo Iltinois Democratic Convention motnt Springfield yesterday, and nomi nated delegates to the National Convention. ’ The despatch announcing the arrival ot \al landigiiam lii Ohio, was received with great cticor- Ink. A resolution was adopted pledging Illinois to Stand by Ohio la prOtootiDg him, : ' % . Dedication of the Won! Point iSnillo Monument. GENERAL M’OLELLAN'a ORATION. Tho Battle Monument at West Point was dedica ted on Wednesday afternoon, General Anderson being grand marshal of tho occasion, and Gene ral : McClellan the orator. Generals 'Kilpatrick, Gordon Granger, Hartsufr, liays, Meaghor, Rev. Matthew Hale Smith, and Governor Seymour wore present. General McClellan began Ms oration as follows: All nations have days saered to the remembrance, of joy and of grief. They have thanksgiving for success, fasting and prayers in the hour of hatnlUa-' tion and del'cat>trimnph and preans to greet tho living laurel-crowned vietor. They have obsequies and eulogies for the warrior slain on the field of battle. . Such is the duty we are to perform to-day. Tho yioetry, tho histories, the orations of antiquity, all resound with the clang of arms. They dwell rather upon the rough deeds of war than the gentle acts of' peace. They have preserved to us the natnos of he roes and the memory of their deeds even to this tils- ' tflntddy. Our own Old Testament teems with the narration of bravo actions and heroic deaths of Jew ish patriots, while the New-Testament of our meek and sulfcring Saviour often selects the soldier and his weapons to typify and illustrate religious hero ism aml duty. These stories of the actions of the dead have frequently survived in tho lapse of ages the names of those whoso fail was commemorated centuries ago. But, although we know not now tho names of all tliobravomen whofougUtaml feU upon the plain of Marathon, in the Pass of Therraupyhe, and on the hills of Palestine, Arc have not lost the memory or.their examples. As longas the warm blood courses tho vcins of man.aslong as the human heart heats high and quick at the recital of brave deeds and-patriotic,sacrifices, so long will the les son still incite generous men to-emulate the heroism of tho- past. Among the Greeks, it was the custom that the lather of the most valiant of the slain should pronounce tho eulogies of the doad, Sometimes it devolved upon their great statesmen and orators to perform this mournful duty.- Would that a newT)em6sthene3 or a second Pericles could arise and take my place to-day; for he would find; a theme \vorthy of his most brilliant powers, of his most touching , eloquence. I stand here new not os an orator,.but as the whilom commander, and in the place of the fathers of the most valiant dcao ; as tlieir comrade, too, on many a hard-fought field against domestic and foreign foes, !n‘early youth and mature manhood—moved by all the loVe that David felt when he poured forth his lamentation for the mighty father and sou who fell on MountGlibor.’ God knows that David’s love for Jonathan was no iuoto deep than mine for tho tried friends of many long and eventful years,- whose names are to bo re ’ corded upon the structure that is to rise where; wo stand, would that his moie than mortal eloquence could grace my lips and do* justice to the theme.* We have met to-day, my comrades, to do honor to our own dead—brothers united- to us by the closest and dearest ties, who have freely giyen.their lives, for their country in this war, so just, and righteous so-long as its purpose .is to cru§h rebellion and to save our nation from tlic infinite evils of dismember ment. ; Such an occasion as this should call forth the deepest and noblest emotions of our nature— pride;.sorrow, and prayer. ; After mourning the dishonor of those graduates of West Point Avho have become lcaders of tho re bellion, the orator paid the following eulogy to Gen. Scott:. We may well be proud that womans fierecom mandert by the' hero who purchased victory with his bloodrieav tli6 great waters of Niagara, who re peated and eclipsed the achievements of Cortex, who," although a consummate and confident com mander, ever preferred, when duty and honor would permit, the olive branch of peace to the blood-stained. laurels of war, and who stands, at the close of a long, glorious, and eventful life, a living column of granite, against which have beaten in vnin alike the blandishments .and storms of treason. His name will ever be one of our proudest boasts and most moving ln long distant ages, when this incipient monument has become vonerable, moss-clau, and perhaps ruinous—when the names inscribed upon it shall seem, to those who pause to read them, indistinct mementos of an almost mythi cal past, the - name of Winfield stiU.be clearly eut upon the memory of all, like the still fresh carving upon the monuments of long-forgotten ITiaraohs. - ' '• V\. In the following Gen. McClellan pays an eloquent tribute to his fallen comrades:..- Among the last slain, but among the first in honor and reputation, was that hero ,of twenty; battles, John Sedgwfck ; gentle and kind as a woman, bravo, as a brave fnan could be, honest, sincere, and able, he was a model that ail may strive.to imitate, but whom few can equal. In the terrible battles .which just preceded his death he liad occasion to display the highest Qualities of a commander anda soldier; ye*. after'escaping the stroke of death where men lell around him by thousands, he at last met his fate at a moment of comparativequiet, by the ball of a single rifleman. He died as a soldier would choose to die, with truth in his heart, and jv quiet, tranquil sumo upon his face. Alas, our great nation possesses few sons like true John Sedgwick. Bike Him fell, too, at the very head of their corps, the white-haired after a career of usefulness illustrated by ”4 cool courage at Fort Brovhi, Monterey, uts skill “i*-. . ‘r. John and Reno, both: Buena . • -'-xi and intellect, men who in the full vigof Of mpniw- ‘-''lryin many afield fiaYoprovedtficirabuityitndcim.— Gentlemen in Mexico and in this civil war-—gall an u 3 _ •-d it of whom their country had much to JiopeW-.. pleased'God to spare their lives. Byon fell in. the ; prime of life, leading his little army against supe rior numbers, his brief career affording a brilliant resample ,of patriotism and: ability, impetu ous ofKearny and such brave generals as liieh? jardson, Williams, Terrill. Stevens, Weed, Saun. ders'ar.d Hay.es, lost their Jives while in the midstof a career of usefulness, v Young Bayard, so like the most mourned of his name, like s< Knight above fear and above reproach, 15 was cutoff too early for his country.. Yo regiments can spare such gallant, de voted andable commanders as RosseliJ Davis, Gove, Simmons, Bailey, Putnam and Kingsbury, all of whom fell in the thickest of the contest, some of tlidm veterans, others young in service; all good men and well beloved. Our batteries have partial lypald their terrible debt to fate in the loss of such commanders as Greble,'the first to fail in this war ; Benson, Haggard, Smead, Dr. Hart, Hass let t, and those other gallant boys, Kirby, Wood ruff, Dimiek and Gushing j while the engineers lament the promising and gallant Wagner and Cross, Beneath-remoter battle-fields- rest the corpses of the heroic Mcßae, Baccom, Stone, Sweet, and many other company officers. Besides these there are hosts of veteran sergeants, corporals, and privates, who had fought under Scott in Mexico, 1 or contested with tho savages of the far West and Florida,‘and, mingled with them, young soldiers who, courageous, steady, and true, met death un fiinehinelv, without the hope of personal glory. Thesemen, in their inroe humblesphereserved their -country with as much faith and honor as the most illustrious general, and all of them with perfect singleness ol heart. Although their names may not livein the page of history, their actions, loyalty, and courage will. Their .memories will long be present in their regiments, for there were many of them . who merited as proud a distinction as that accorded to ‘‘the first grenadier of France,” or to thatKus sian soldier whogave his life fouhis comrades. But there is another class of men who have gone fromus since this war commenced, whose fate it was not to ulie in battle, but who are none the,;less entitled to be mentioned here. There was Sumner —a brave, honest, chivalric veteran, of/more than half a centurv’s service-—who had con fronted death unflinchingly on scores of battle-fields, had shown hts gray heady serene and 'cheerful, where death most revelled—who more than once told me that he believed ana hoped.that his long career would end amid the din ofliattie—he died at home, from tho i effects of the hardships of his campaign. That most i excellent soldier,-tho .elegant C. I\ Smith, who i many of us remember to have seen so often on this ; very plain, with his superb bearing, escaped the: bullet to fall a victim to the disease which has de prived the army of so many or its best soldiers; John Buford, cool and intrepid; MitcheVeminent in science; Palmer, and many of the officers and men, lost their lives by sickness contracted in the: field. But ! cannot close this long list of glorious martyrs without paying a sacred debt of official duty and personal friendship. There is one dead soldier who possessed peculiar claims on my love and grati tude while alive. He was an ardent patriot, an un selfish man, a true soldier, the beau ideal of a staff officer: he was iny aid-de-camp—Colonel Calburn, There is a lesson to he drawn from the death and services of these glorious rnon which we should read for the present and future benefit of the-nation. ; v the cause for which ve fioht. - But what is the honorable and holy cause for. which these men have laid down their lives, and for which ilie nation still demands the sacrifice of the precious blood of so many of her children? Soon after the close of the Revolutionary war, it was found that the confederacy which had grown up during that memorable contest was falling to pieces from its own weight. The central power was too weak. It could recommend to the different States such measures as. seemed best, and it pos sessed no real power to legislate, because it lacked the executive force to compel obedience to its laws. The national credit and selt-respect had disap peared, and it was feared by. the friends of human liberty .throughout the world that ours was but another added to the long list of fruitless attempts at-self-governinent." The nation was evidently on the brink of ruin and dissolution when some eighty -years ago many of the wisest, and. most patriotic of the land’ met to, seek a remedy for the great evils which threatened to destroy the great work of tho Revolution. Their' sessions were long and often .stormy; for a time the most sanguine doubted the possibility of a termination of their la bors.-. But from amidst tho conflict.of sectional in r terest, of party prejudice, and of x>ersonat selfish ness, the spirit of wisdom and of conciliation at length evoked tho Constitution'under which wo have lived so- long. It Was not formed in a day-; but was the result of practical labor, of lofty wis dom, and of the purest patriotism.. It was at last adopted by . the people oi all the States—although by some reluctantly—notas being exactly what all desired, but the best possible .under: the circum stances. : i It was accepted as giving ns a form of govonl _riient under which the nation might live happily and prosper, so long as the people should continue to bo infiucnced'by the same sentiments which ac tuated those who formed which would not be liable to destruction from internal causes, so long a§* tho' people preserved tho recollection of the miseries and calamities.which led to its adoption, * Under this beneficial Constitution, tho progress of ■ the notion was unsurpassed in history. Tho rights and.liberties of its citizens were secured at homo and abroad; vast territories were rescued from the control of-tho savage and the wild beasts, and added to the domain of the Union and civilization,. Tho arts, the sciences, and commerce grew apaco; our flagJloatcd upon every -sea, and we - took our place among the great nations of the earth. But under,, this smooth surface of prosperity upon which we glided swiftly, with, all‘the sails set before: the \ common' breeze, dangerous reefs wore hidden, which: now and then caused rip ples upon the surface, and made; anxious : the more careful pilots. Mated by success, the ship swept on—the crew hot heeding the warnings they received, forgetful of the dangers, escaped at the beginning of the voyage, and blind tothohldo : ons maelstrom which gaped tdreooivo them, llio same elements of discord, sectional prejudices, into-, rests and institutions, which had rondorad tho form ation of the Constitution so difficult, threatened: moro than onco to destroy it..: But for a long time: tho nation was so fortunate as to possess a series of political loaders, who to tho highest abilities united tile same spirlt of conciliation which' aniumtod the founders ot'this Republic, and thus for many years the threatened evils wore averted. Time, and tho long continuance of good fortune, obliterated the recollection ortho oalamitios of years preceding tho adoption of the Constitution. Thoy forgot that con ciliation, common interests; and mutual,charity hsd been the foundation, and must,be the support, of our Govormiienti and all tho relations of life. At length men appeared with abuso, sectional and. personal jjrejudlces and interests, outweighing all considera tions of tho general good. ISxtromists of one section furnished the occasion, eagerly soiled.as a protoxt by equally extreme mon in tho other, for abandon ing- the pacific remedies afforded by tho Constitu tion. Stripped of: all sophistry and . side-issues, the direct caiißC of the war, as it presented itself to the honest and/patriotic citizens of. tho North, was sim plythis: ' ■' , , Certain States, or rather a portion of tho inhabi tants of certain States, feared, or professod to fear, that injury would result to tholrrights and property from the elevation of a particular party to power. Although the Constitution and the actual condition of the Government provided them with a peaceable and sure protection against the apprehended evil, they prepared to sock securityin the destruction of the: Government -which: could protect them, and in the use of force against: national troops holding a Snationnl fortress, . To efface the insult offered to our Ifiag j to save ourselves from the fato of the divided Rcpubtics'afltdiy and South America; to preserve our Government from, destruction; to enforce Its THREE CENTS. just powcrTind laws: to matntainour very existence as a nation, fclioso wore tho causes which impelled U 3 to draw the sword. Rebellion against a Govern ment like ours, which contains within itself the means of self-adjustment and a pabific remedy for evils, should never be confoundod with a revolution against despotic power, which refuses redress of wrongs. Such a rebellion cannot bo justified upon ethical grounds, and the only alternatives for our choice are its suppression or the destruction of our. nationality. CONCLUSION. ,At such a time as tills, and in such a struggle, po litical partisanship should fie merged in a true and brave patriotism, which thinks only of tho good of tho whole country. It was in this cause, and with these mutives, that so many of our comrades have given their lives, and to this we aro all personally pledged In all honor andfidellty., Shall such devo tion as that of our dead comrades bo of no.availl Shall it be said in after ages that wc lacked the vigor to complete tho work thus begun 1 That after all thege noble lives freely given, wo hesitated, and failed to keep straight on until our lana was saved ? Forbid it, Heaven,' and give ua firmer, truer hearts then that; - ‘ Oh, spirits of the valiant dead, souls of our slain. heroes, lend us your indomitable will, and If it bo permitted you to commune with those still chained by the trammels of mortality, hovoraround us In the midst of danger and tribulation—cheer tho firm, strengthen the. weak, that none may doubt the sal vation oftheßepublic,and the triumph of our grand old /lag. In the midst of tho storms which toss our ship of state, there is one great , beacon light to which we can over turn with confidence and hope. 1 It cannot he that this great nation has played its part in his tory } it cannot be that our sun, which arose with such bright promises for the future, has already set forever.. It, nmsfc be the intention of the overruling Deity that this land, so long the asylum of the op pressed, the refuge of civil and religious liberty, shall ngain stand forth in bright relief, united, purl-, ■fled, and chastened by our trials, as an example and* encouragement for those who desire the pro* gress of the human race. It is not given to our : weak intellects to understand the steps of Providence as they occur; we compre hend them only as we look back upon them in the far distant past. So it is now. We cannot unravel the seemingly tangled skein of the purposes of the Crcator-*-tney arc tod high and far-rcacaing for our limited minds. But all history and His own re vealed word teach us that His way 3, although In scrutable, arc ever righteous. Let us, then, honestly and manfully play our parts, seek to understand and perform our whole duty, and trust unwaveringly In the beneficent God who led our ancestors across the sea, and sustained them afterward amid dangers more appalling even than those encountered byHis own chosen people in their great exodus. V He did not bring us here in vain, nor has He sup ported us thus far for naught. If we do our duty and trust in Him, He will not desert us in our need. Firm in our faith that God will save our country, we now dedicate this site to the memory of brave men, , to loyalty, patriotism and honor.' Tlie Approacliiiig: Northern PA’CSidenf Sal Election. CFrora the Richmond Examiner, June 7.3 “ President-making ” is the present and; urgent business of the whole Yankee nation. The result of Grant’s military operations in Virginia, and the fate of Grant’s army, and of Grant himself, are regarded in'-tho "North country mainly with a view to their , bearing upon this one grand, and paramount ques tion—what set of men is_to have tho handling of the Federal treasury and patronage for the next four •years! The grand .“Republican” Convention for the nomination of a candidate is to be held at Balti more to-day. It was hoped that, before its assem-. filing, General Grant would either be in Richmond, or have gained so decisive advantages over the Con federate army, that the success of this year’s cam-, paign might be confidently expected : in which case the renomination of Lincoln would have been cer tain. Pending the cnmpaigu and in the expectation, or pretended expectation, of its triumphant success, the State of New York has held its State Conven tion in Syracuse, and the unanimous sentiment was in favor, wc are told, of a renomination of Lincoln. In the meantime,-the Convention of .“radical Re publicans” has assembled at Cleveland, Ohio, where, it seems, the name of Lincoln was. mentioned only with derlsion j the speeches were radical abolition, and all denunciatory of Lincoln for the weakness and corruption of his Administration. That Con vention nominated John C. Fremont for Presi dent, and John Cochrane, of New York, for tho Vice,. ITesidency. This Cochrane .will he remembered in . Richmond as the New York politician who. from the steps of the Ex , change Hotel, ueeiared and vowed, with solemn ap peals to the Almighty, timt if the Federal Govcrn mcDt shouid attempt to coerce the South he (Coch rane) would be found sword in hand on the side of Old Virginia. -Some circumstances with which we areimacquaintedhave changed his mind materially, and 'he.- is now a candidatefor the Vice Presidency on the “ Cleveland platform,” which states, amongst other things worthy of mention, that.“the rebellion must be suppressed by force of arms, and without compromise. s7 Another principle laid down in this same platform Is. that “ the rebellion is to be sup pressed by the destruction of its sla very.” ' Yet another clause reaffirms the Monroe doctrine, and declares that “the establishment of an anti-republican Government upon this conti nent bv any foreign Power cannot be tolerated,” which i 3 about as reasonable as a declaration that the.passage of the equinoctial line through this continent “should not be tolerated.” There are ~ral principles laid down in tius Olerelautl plat i'whiDS constitutional rights, habeas corpus. jntegrity, &c., but die main point is tlnrtcentk and last clause, which TW ,‘ > ‘e i ednfl3cation of the lauds of and actual settlers, is a measure . 1 ■ Here is the great point. Tho consLiwL tl bhai ques tions about habeas corpus and thelike; tiiC economic questions about honest accounts in the Government. departments; even tjhatprimary and most essential principle, that “ the rebellion must be suppressed ” —all are, in fact, minor and secondary to the one grand doctrine that the soldiers and actual settlers are to take our lands and live in our houses, and have, hold, and' enjoy the :same teythem and their heirs forever. It is truly a very fine inheritance, and the prospects would be cheering if Grant coulu anyhow get across.the Chiekahomioy. This one cardinal principle we may expeetto form a conspicuous feature of all the “platforms” (as they call theuj}.for all the candidates. If Fremontfs friends promise the bare lands, Lincoln’s will pro mise to fence and stock them for the “soldiers and actual settlersand Grant and Chase, we have no doubt,'would eagerly engage to furnish the new proprietors with white laborers—not, of course, as slaves, but as apprentices—-selected out of the first familiesofVirginia. It is generally believed that the Republican Con vention announced for to-day at Baltimore must be adjourned. Singular, to say, Richmond was not in Grant’s hands in time to Scarry that Convention triumphantly for Lincoln. " Obstacles had super | vened which had not been anticipated, and the Con vention, if it really opened to-day, would have to contemplate tho last grand supreme clfort of the most irresistible of Yankee generals too much in. the: light of a failure.'To think that Grant, U. S. Grant —-Ulysses, Uncle Sani. and Unconditional-Surrender Grant, with the whole military, resources of the United States absolutely in his hand, and missioned on the express business of taking Richmond in time for the Baltimore Convention, should, on the very day of said Convention, be last heard of skulking behind entrenchments' in the swamps of: Cliicka hominy. not so far advanced towards Richmond as McClellan was two years ago—this would look; ill for the prospects of ‘Mr. Lincoln to-day. No doubt "his friends could promise to the soldiers: all the plantations of the South—and undertake to stock and crop them at the public expense, and carry all these resolutions amidst loud cheers and irrepressi ble enthusiasm 5 yet still people would think of that . tiresome Ohiekahominy, and the unreasonable be . havior of General Lee and his army. If the Con vention should meet," therefore; in Baltimore to-day, we should venture to recommend that it be adjourn ed onemonUi. The Blue Hen’s Chickens- Thb followingaccount of the origin ofthe title of. the “Blue Hen’s Chickens,” which the Delawa rians are proud to claim, is authentic, and: was vouched for by the late John M. Clay ton: [From the Delaware Inquirer of May.6th, 1561.1 : . At the commencement of the Revolutionary war, there resided in Sussex county, Delaware, a gentle man of fortune, urbanity of manners, and great po pularity, in that and the adjoining counties of Maryland, - named Caldwell, in the language of the county called “Kilweil.” He was a sports man, whose: breed of horses and game-cocks ob tained wide celebrity; and Ms judgment of the' points of a horse or the make of a fosvi none yen-, tnred, -to dispute. His favorite axiom was, the character of the progeny depends more on the mother than on the father, and hence, his reply to "all questions-respeetiug the breed of game fowls .' was, be your cock ever so game, you cannot depend On his progeny, but must look to the hen. BXy ob servation has led me to select a a biue hen, and in nerinstnnee have I failed to hatch a good game-cock from a blue hen’s egg. In consequence of such au opinion expressed by such a man, at all; matches - and cook fights, the first question was as to: the co lor of the hen, and frequently a certificate swortf to;; before a magistrate [accompanied the fowls. Such questions engaged the time of the peaceful men of Delaware.when the.news reached them of the battle of Lexington, fought on the 19Eti day of April, 1770, between the royal troops and the militia of Massa chusetts. Tliisioused the people to arms,: and no-, where was: there moro martial spirit displayed than in the State of Delaware. In- a very short time a fully regiment,; was ; raised, and a day. appointed ; to orgauiee on Dover Green. Oh the morning of that over-memorable day a "nm rcoihpany-frouv jcna.. sex county was the first to enter the neld, under the command of Ooptain.KilweU. Peering above the loaded baggage wagon, was a coop of fowls, tho- fa mous blue hen’s chickens, crowing lustily. Having been the first on tho around, Captain. “ICilweli’s ” company was assigned to the right.hnA before the regiment tools up the ilnfe of march the toys Wore already ealied the game cocks, who retort ing on their Comrades called them the Chickens. Auer their gallant conduct in covering tho retreat on Long Island, the whole army saluted the whole regiment as the “ Blue Hen’s CMekeas,” history tells xrs qf Turns, dbeos, They wore on Long Island, and covered the re treat'; they were at Trenton and Princeton, at Bran dywine, Germantown, and Monmouth, in ; the* North: and whon the tories in the Oarolinas had made their peace-with Cornwallis, anddriven the wings to the .mounhtfiis. Lower Virginia over-run, her. Governor and Legislature fled to Carter’s Mountain, a force was gathered at the North, undor General Gates, and pushed Sojith; to these wercattachcd the troops of Delaware and Mary land, forming a brlgad<umder the Baron DeKalb.* Out he- 14 fatal field of Camden ” KilweU. fell—there tho game cock fought his last round. Lee, iahls memoirs of the Southern war, tells us; “Tho regiment, of Delaware was nearly annihi lated, and-Lieutenant Colonel Yaughan and Ala -jor Patton being taken, its remnant, less than two: companies, were afterwards placed under the orders of Kirkwood, senior captain. Contrary to tlio usual course of events and the general wish, the Virgini ans (ivlio broke and fled at the first fire, and who set the injurious .example which produced the destruc tion of escaped entirely.” ; But tho spirit of Dohtware yvas not to be subdued; fresh recruits soon joined, and again we find the t{ Chickens” fighting under Green at Guilford—and finally present at Yorktown on the 19th of October, 1781, when Cornwallis surrendered, and the war of the Revolution closed in triumph. VOLUNTEERS OF DELA'WARE ! The fire kindled on tho 39th of April, 1775, at Lex ington, blazed in the breast of your sires. Above, you have a brief record of their deeds. - The firb on Sumpter, on the 13th. of April, IS6l— where it took soven thousand of tho descendants of the lories of the 11 evolution, to overcome seventy half-starved defenders of our glorious flag—has roused you to arms. Soon you will be in tho field. Carry with you the remembrance of the deeds per formed by your fathers. ■When you enter Virginia, remember to avenge Camden, where Virginia’s own historian tells you “ They escaped entirely having fled on the first fire.”- r .s , L»ct the word he—fory/aitd! Until you see the Stars and Stripes again floating over Sumptor, and every other fort in the harbor, and every housetop • in the city of Charleston, lot there be no rest to the soles of vour foot 1 Delaware’s honor is in your hands. With half her present population, she kept her regiment in the field for six years of tho Revo lution? Gan you doubt her ability toclo so now T‘. CHiOKHJfS to THE FROST l FOR " Note.— Baron DclCalb felt mortally wounded ah Camden. Kirkwood fell at St. Clair’s defeat by the Indian® in KOI, “ having thirty-three times risked his life for his country.”—Lee’s Memoirs, THE WAR PRESS, (PUBLISHED WEEKLY.) The War Press will be sent to subscribers by mail (per annum In advance), at I* OS Three copies. S OO Five copies 8 OO Ton copies ~....,..,..,.,......15 OO Larger’Ci aba than Tea will be charged at Ihe sanv rate, $1.60 per copy. The money must always accompany the order, and in no instance can these terms be deviated from, a* they afford very little more than the cost of paper. 0®“ Postmasters are requested to act as agent* toe The Wak Press. . DO- To tbe getter-up of the Clnb of ten or twenty. IM extra copy of the Paper will be given. New Publications. Harper 4 Brothers have done more to spread s knowledge of tho actual condition of Africa than any other publishers in the world. They hayo re printed, with all the maps and original illustrations, all the works relating to Discovery arid Adventure In Africa that have appeared during the last ten years In England, and scattered them widccast among the numerous reading population of this country, at one-fourth or tho price at which they are sold in’England. The result is, that for one reader abroad there are twenty here, which riiainly accounts for the general superiority of Intelligence of our middle .and working classes. Among the .works thus reproduced hero are Anderson’s Oka ranga. Elver and his Lake Ngarni; Baldwin’s Afri can Hunting ; Du Chaiilu’s Equatorial Library; Livingstone’s South Africa; Willson’s Western. Africa; ; Burton’s 'Central Africa; Barth’s North and Central Africa; Cumiriirig’s South Africa, Davis’ Carthago, and the. still, earlier works of Bruce, Lander, Owen, and Mungo Park. To this very complete collection has just been added Cap tain Spekeis Journal of the Dlscoyery of the Sour ces of the Nile, with maps, portraits, and over se venty illustrations, finely engraved on wood, chiefly after drawings by Captain Grant. A yet newer work, Mr. "Winwood Keade’s Savage Africa, is an nounced as being in the press. Captain Speke, an adventurous officer in the Anglo-Indian army, lia3 already made three expe ditions in Africa. In July, ISSS, he discovered tho Like Victoria N’yanza, and then predicted that it would prove to be the source of the Nile. On the 4th of July, 1860, he arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, bent on solving the great geographical pro blem of ages, and, in little more than two years from date, having reached the spot throughgroat danger, fatigues, and privation, saw the White Nile rush ing down kipon Falls, outer the Victoria N’yanza —commencing its course of 2,300 miles, at,a height of 3,H0 feet above the ocean. It remains,to he seen whence the N’yanza obtains its waters. If this great lako be fed by some large river, we may take that as the beginning of the Nile, just as we admit the Hhone after flowing through the Lake of Geneva, and trace the Shannon from its mouth through Loughs Derg, Eee, Baffin, and Allen. No explorer is better adapted or entitled than Captain Speke to com plete the investigation. His book, independentjof its great value geographically, shows us more of the inner or social life of Eastern .Equatorial Africa than any preceding traveller had ever observed or related. Above all, as the guest (and often tho jjrey) of African rulers, he hasnoted down whatever struck him as curious In their maimers, customs, superstitions, craft, and cruelty. A wonderfully interesting book it is. Another work, which ought to have, numerous readers here, is “Three Years in Japan,” by Sir Butherford Alcock, who has lately returned to Japan as British Ambassador. The illustrations of this work (two volumes 12mo, with a copious index,) are finely engraved, and bear out the statements in the text in a very decided degree. The author lived for] three years at the Court of. the Tycoon, and, in these volumes, gives what may be called his unoffi cial experiences. Certainly no writer has told so . much about a country and a people, at once so savago and soeultivated. The way was paved by the official publication here o'f Commodore Perry's narrative of the Japan Expedition, which, with an audacity so bold as to be amusing, the Bev. Dr. F. L. Hawks claimed, on the title-page, to have compiled, whereas the work was' executed by his nephew, Dr. Robert Tomes, an accomplished manor letters, to whom Dr. : Hawks made the seantiestaekno.wledgmentin a very 111-wrltten preface; nor, we believe, were his labors compensated more liberally in’ any other manner. The personal experience and observation of Sir E. Aleock (down East, most probably, he will be called All-Eooaterl) are narrated In a pleasant manner, variedaoccaslonally by serious speculations upon, the present and future relations of Japan with foreign States. ;It is difficult to jay thiswork asido without reading It through, and It cannot be read without communicating much new and important information to the mind. . . Very different frpm the above iasubjeot and treat ment, is asnsall volume entitled “Nineteen Beautiful Years,” consisting of sketches of a girl’s life, writ ten by hersister. This record of a life which glided away near the, sunset shore of. Lake Michigan, Is principally.compiled from the girl’s own journals— her only sister’s affection has supplied the rest. Tho narrative of her illness and death Is full of tender pathos. We earnestly recommend this little volume as a gift-book to young ladies between tho ages or twelve and twenty. .It "will deeply touch their hearts. ■ The seventh number of Harper’s Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion in the United States has just been published, with numerous good illustra tions. ‘ It- is written with care and honesty, and treats of the Battle of Bull Bun, the Army ortii. Potomae under McClellan, and the Battle of Ball’s Bluff. Being on the subject of Messrs. Harpers’, publiea " tions, W? may add that the following are announced as “in press'Thackeray’s Novels; Library edition. With illustrations, commending with “ Vanity Pair ;■» Professor Long’s History of the Decline or the Ho man Republic; “ The Doctor,” by R. Southey, in one volume; Ross Browne’s Adventures in Washoe, California, Ac., illustrated; Volume IV. of Carlyle’s Prederick the Great; Guide Book of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and on Connections through the Coal : Fields of Pennsylvania; and “The Ladder of;Lifo,” by Amelia B. Edwards, author of “Barbara’s History,” one of the best .novels-.from a woman’s pen, “Adam Bede,” per haps, excepted, since “ Jane Eyre.” We need scarcely remind the public that Dickens’ new novel, “ Our Mutual Friend,” appears in Harper's Maga zine almost as soon as it is read in England. TliacJrerny’s Fostinunons Story. In the Comhill Magazine for June the last pages of “Denis Duval” are published, and appended to them are some notes by the editor of the magasine, showing the nature of the material Mr. Thackeray had accumulated to,aid him in the construction of the novel. Frofii these notes we extract the follow ing characteristic letter, in which. Mr. Thackeray sketches his plot for the Information of his publisher: “Mx Dkak. S.: I was bom in the.year 17«, at Winchelsea, where my lather was a grocer and clerk of the church, ' Everybody in the place was a good deal connected with smuggling. “ There used to come to our bouse a very, nobis French gentleman, called the Count de la Motto, and with him a German, the Baron de Lutterioh. My father used to take packages to Ostend and Caiaisfor these two gentlemen, and,perhaps, I went to Paris once and saw the French Queen. “The squire of our' town was Squire Weston, of the Priory, who, with bis brother, kept one ol the genteelest houses In the country. He was church warden of our church, and much, respected. Yes, - but if you read the Anmtal Register of ITSI, you will find that on the 13th July the sheriffs attended at the Tower of London to.receive enstfldv of a De-la* Motte, a prisoner charged with Mgh treason. Tha iaet is, this Alsatian nobleman, being in difficulties in his own country (where he had commanded tho. Regiment Sonbise), came to London, and, under -pretence of sending prints to France and Ost-end, supplied the French ministers with accounts of tha movements of the English fleets and troops. His. go-between,was Lutterioh, a Brunswieker, who had been a crimping agent, then a servant, who was a spy of France ‘and Mr. Franklin, and who turned king’s, evidence on La Motte, and hanged him. “This Lutterioh, who had been a crimping agent ‘ fox German troops during the American war, then a servant in London during the Gordon riots, then an agent for a spy, then a spy over a spy, I suspect to have' been a consummate scoundrel, and doubly odious; from -‘speaking English with , a German accent. ' ■ - • “AY hat if he wanted tQ marry that charming girl who lived with Mr. Weston, at Winchelsea 1 Ha' I see a mystery here,' ..-..'.4 What if'the scoundrel, going to receive his pay from the English admiral with , whom he was iu communication at Portsmouth, happened to go oa board the Royal George the day she went down 1 “As for John and Joseph Weston, of the Priory, lam sorry to . say they were rascals, too. They were ; tried for robbingthe Bristol mail in 1780; and,being acquitted for want of evidence, were tried immedi .ately after on another indictment for forgery. Joseph was acquitted, but John was capitally con victed. But this did not help poor Joseph. Before their trials, they and some otiiers broke out of New gate, and Joseph fired at and wounded a porter who tried to stop him on Snow Hill. For Otis he was tried and found guilty on the. black act, and : hung along With his brother. " Now, if I was an innocent participator in De la Motto’s treasons, and the AYeston’s forgeries and robberies, what pretty serapes I must have been inrt ** I married the young woman whom the brutal “ XjUtticrtpk: -vwiia- L.a.va ..had__fQr htmgfd f, and lived happy ever after.” •* WONBBBFOL MUSICAL GENIUS OF A LITTLBL Girl,—One of the transport steamers for New York earned out from New Orleans very lately a poor German family, who possess a treasure in their li£ tic daughter, named Biinnio Howe. Accidentally a lady of this city heard the little girl sing one day, and was so attracted by the sweet topes of her yoioq that she was absolutely banned. An iaierviev? with the Child’s ’mother resulted in the determina tion to procure for her the rudiments of a musical education. This was done, and subsequently a bene fit concert at the Opera House in this city yielded a few hundred dollars for Minnie’s family to proceed to New York, there to obtain more assistance by the means of public concerts, after which she will travel in Europe to finish her musical studies. At tlm New Orleans Opera House Minnie sang the “ Casta Diva ” with such effect as to meet tho most earnest applause. Bouquets in great profusion were thrown upon the stage, and one of the admirers released a beautiful dove, which flow and fluttered, and finally nestled down among the flowers. This incident pro duced a pleasant sensation. Minnie Howe was only thirteen years old last November, andshe gives pro mise of becoming a more distinguished vocalist than Jenriv Lind ever was. The modest child merits the encouragement which ,tho liberal public of New York will honor themselves iu extending to her, and wldch they will not regret; for they will confess ilmt she possesses rare musical genius.—A. O. Cor.. Nno York Hei'aM. . . Bionulow’s l>ang:!it^. A Michigan soldierburnishes the Cincinnati 7Hmcs tho ’'following remarkable stanzas, lately found among tho literary effects of a deceased Con federate at Blue Springs, East Tennessee: A lady on the portal stood, The‘’State and Stripes” about her: • A pistol waving in each, hand— • . ’Twas Parson Browulow’s daughter. Two rebels inarched toward tho house With hearts full bent on slaughter ; - They call aloud‘G s ttll down fcbatihig. To Parson Brownlow’s daughter. Bot sio was not so easy soared. Nor Hmtd as they UuniKht aer. .. , ■■•‘Toarskulls I’U emptyot your brains.’V • Said Parson Brownlow’s daughter,.... *»i swt ftr> »» quoth one, * l l like her grit* She is a perfect snort**, ’ . ■ ■: And we had best git up and git, . . From Fa non Browilow’s daughter. Tho Sag still'waves above the house. as chaste as stars in water; It long hasrwaved, and long may wave O’er Parson Browniow’s daughter. If over I conclude to be ’ A matrimonial squatter, . ' I*ll go to Knoxville, Teunossoe,, . And marry Parson. Brownlow s daughter. ThePeesident’s Latest.— Tho New York hls re-olection but Grant’s capture of Rich precisely the disease lie would like to die of.’’
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