The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, June 21, 1864, Image 2

TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1864.
The Campaign ill Virginia.
General Grant is certainly the master of
the situation, not only in. Virginia but in
Georgia. The simultaneous advance gives'
/full occupation to the entire rebel force
•east of the Mississippi, and Sherman's suc
cesses make it impossible for Johnston to
f givo aid to Lee. Every day’s nows justi
fies the soundness of the great movement ,
to the soutli of the James river, and.proves
that, for the first time in the war, the rebel
•capital has been properly attacked. The
■■solitary achievement which remains to de
cide the fate of Richmond is the destruction
of the southern and western railroads. - As
yet we have no positive knowledge that
either the Lynchburg or the Danville road
bas been destroyed, or that the Petersburg
road is so completely in our possession that
Lee cannot use it to bring his troops rapid
ly toward the Appomattox. But it is cer
tain that Oka st, with unequalled energy,
is attempting to cut Richmond off from aid,
and is thus far reasonably successful; in the
enterprise. !
rpi ie order of tlie rebel commander at
Charleston, placing five loyal, general
officers under fire, while the rebel;batteries
in that quarter arc still iu vigorous action,
will excite amusement as well as contempt.'
Gen. Poster fitly characterizes the order
as “ weak and cruel. ” Tlie new rebel oom
lnnndei' in question is one Gen. Samuel
Jones, a relative of Jefferson Davis, and
an extremely unpopular leader with the
military critics of the Soutli. His last.bril
iiant act is sufficiently Quixotic to satisfy
Southern honor, and to catch some brief
applause, but it will do no harm. Five
general officers of the rebels are now on
their way to Gen. Foster, to he placed
tinder fire of the rebel batteries "•
The precious metal, which philosophers
assure us is tlie source of much misery and
crime though we never saw the man who
seriously held it as a thing to he avoided—
gold has become dearer and dearer, and as
its price goes up, the price of all things
rise also. A poor man can feel without
' understanding this cause-and effect. He
cannot follow lago’s advice'to “put money;
in bis purse,” because as soon as lie has it
in his hand it must be expended for daily
sustenance, an<\ he thinks it hard that the
greed and the cheating, the scheming and
the stock-jobbing of others to obtain gold
should double the price of the food which
his homy-handed labor provides for him
self and family. Be never has any gold,
hut is terribly affected by the speculations
Of others in its price. No wonder that he
grumbles.
■ As for the precious metal itself, the now
abundance of which, in ; California and
Australia, throws Opliir and Peru into, the
shade,: a proper editorial verdict has rarely
been obtained, because the Slaves of the
Pen, however great their labor, rarely have
a sufficient quantity of the precious metal
in their possession, or for a sufficient length;
of time, to enable them to exercise a fitting
judgment. For the most part they can do
little more than speculate on what they
would do—if they were rich : howliberaliy
they would melt the ingbts; how gene
rously they would distribute the coin •
What libraries, pictures, and sculpture they
would collect; what elegant hospitality
. they would exercise; what gentle charities
they .would silently indulge in S They
sometimes; meditate on such improbable
possibilities, their fancy wandering into’ the
seventh; heaven of day-dreams, and, pre
cisely at the moment when they are about;
making the- best use -of their imagined
wealth, a loud shuffle of feet is heard on
tlie floor, a rough hand is laid upon the
shoulder, and a brusque voice utters
“■Copy;! sir”—and the day-dreaming editor
: awakes, .hastily gathers .up the “ slips” of.
manuscript that lie around him, and, as the
“printer’s devil” evanishes, tries to recol
lect the fancies which already are fading
into indistinctness, and, as he sits do wn to
write another article, for the pleasure or
instruction of. on insatiable public,; mutters,
to himself the aureate moral of Hood’s
story of “Miss Kilmansegg and her Pre
cious Leg,” expressed with equal quaint
ncss as truth, in the following lines: /
Gold! gold! gold!gold 1 .' •
Bright and yellow,‘hard and cold,
Molten, graven, hammered, and rolled;
Heavy to got, aqd light to' hold;
- Hoarded, bartered, bought, and sold,
Stolen, borrowed, squandered, doled:.
Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old
To the very verge of the church-yard mould ;
I’riec of many a crime untold:
Gold ! gold! gold! gold!
Good or bad a thousand fold !
How widely its agencies vary—
To^gave—to ruin—to Oil r/e—to bless—
As even its minted coins express.
Now stamped with'thelmage.of good ducen Bess,
And now of a Bloody Mary!
Gold is in 'the; market; at nearly double
its real price, and it is conceded that while
this continues the cost of food, apparel,
and all oilier necessaries will remain high.
Not the mere speculators keep.up this high ,
price, hut the public themselves, who will
not dispense with costly articles of 'foreign
manufacture, production, or growth.: What,
is the use of. Ladies’ Leagues to - wear
nothing hut home-manufactures, when tho
crinolined covenanters do not relinquish
their own .silks and satins,: velvets and pop
lins, laces and muslins? The amount
fef gold sent out of.this country weekly is
immense, and it' procures l only about half
tho quantity of,foreign imports that it ought.
On Saturday last, three- steamers,, from
New York to Europe, took out $1,204,000
in gold, and a fourth took $120,000 to Ha
vana, No doubt, the latter sum was to
;pay : for cigars, which we ought: to he men
■enough, in honest and earnest self-control,,
■to dispense yvith. Here, however, in a
. single day is a total of $1,324,000 sent out
■of the country, in gold, to purchase foreign
■articles—chiefly of luxury—neary all of
which we coukl do without if we had a
little honest self-denial. On the preceding
Wednesday, $458,033 had been exported.
‘.To : morrow, which is toother packet-day to
"Europe, another exportation of gold will
probably be made.
> The whole amount of gold exported to
foreign countries from January 1 to 'June
Iff, is not less than $25,526,170, and, adding
in what was sent away on Wednesday and
Saturday, the total of less titan six months
is -,$27,412,800, This does not include
What Americans about travelling in Europe
take with them.■■;/;•;.
. It is necessary to pay for foreign imports,
though it is not necessary to have them.
"When the time comes to remit, which must
he done in specie, our importers; are com
pelled to purchase gold, which lias curren
cy everywhere. The gold-sellers are thus
enabled to keep up the price, and, that kept
up, tho cost of everything else remains
high, to the grief of millions of hardwork
ing men and women who feel that, in their
'■daily expenditure, a dollar does not go As
•far now as forty cents went formerly.
It may he impossible to carry out a sug
gestion frequently made, that the exporta
tion of gold shall bo declared illegal and
punishable by express statute, but we can
. ourselves check the evil; by declining to use,
wear, or employ any articles of foreign;
production. There is no use iu forming
. Leagues for this purpose, unless we
steadily act upon its spirit, and submit
to substitute homespun for : superfine
Saxony broadcloth, linens and home
made muslins for moire antique and velvet,
unless we abandon Havana principes and
long-nines for plain Lynchburg and Big
Xick, and, if we must consume strong
-drink, eschew the costly wines : and ; spirits
of other climes, and limit ourselves (no
difficult task) to the malt liquors of" Phila
delphia, and the various distillations of rye
nnd com. Once that the exportation of
gold is stopped—only Ste can stop it—the
1 price must decline, because specie will then
he ‘required only to pay customs duties to
the Government, by whom it will be dis
: hursed again, in the shape of interest,
among the loan-creditors of the country.
Secession Journalism Abroad.
Of the loading British journals, in their
relations to American polities and persons,
it may he said, in Byron’s words, that of
late
“A change came o’er the spirit of their dream.'”
This time last year, it may be recollected
that a number of The Times which did not
contain at least one “ loader ” abusing the
Union, sneering at Mr. Lincoln, assailing .
Mr. Seward, intimating that bur brave
soldiers were an undisciplined crowd,
while the Confederate “ chivalry ’'included
all that was good and great in the United
States, would have been looked upon with
surprise; hard words against us beiug the
condiment with which the remainder of
that journalistic ollapodrida was seasoned.
Then, too, the early and complete success
of the rebels was exultingly predicted.
Then, Mr. James Spence,; of Liver
pool, not having retired from his double
duties as commercial agent for rebellion and
slanderer of the Union cause, was in the
habit, like Milton's Belial, of making “the
worse appear the bettor reason, ’ ’ in frequent
letters signed “5.,” which contained a
maximum of falsehood and a minimum of
truth. Then, a Cabinet Minister declared,
to a crowd of eager listeners, that Jeffer
'son Davis had “ made the South a great
nation”—the sole exeu9C i for such a rhetori
cal flourish being that this was a post-pran
dial declaration, and all the/ world knows
how truly thee proverb -intimates that
“when the . wine’s in, the wit’s out.”
Then, shipbuilding-for the rebels was held
up, despite of its -violation of the foreign
enlistment act, as an excellent thing for
the artisans in Liverpool, Birkenhead,
Glasgow, and Sunderland. Then, tlie
. piratical creapodes of the Alabama, the
Florida, the Sumter, the Georgia, and other
buccaneering vessels, were, if not hailed as
tTiumphs, T:ertaiuly not commented upon as,
at variance with all that was humane and
proper. • When, in short, rebellion found
a voice in the English press, particularly in ‘
London, and the “ special correspondence”
of The Tiines appeared to have been written
under some such instructions as an Old
Bailey advocate once found on his brief for
the prisoner, “We have no defence, but
pitch into the prosecutor’s attorney.’-’
In those days, too, when. General U. S..
Grant was besieging Vicksburg, it was
the habit of the ‘English press, The Times
leading, to predict that the place was im
pregnable, that no physical power could
take it, and that the besieging army would ;
gradually die off, from the casualties of
war as well as from the horrors of disease.
Then, too, if we remember right, the Eng
lish newspapers used to sneer at General
Grant, attributing to him no military
genius—nothing, whatever, but a dogged
obstinacy, a firm pertinacity, both very
good in their way, but utterly useless
before Vicksburg, which , was not to
be taken. . One day, however, news
arrived in England that Vicksburg had
fallen, that its brave defenders had surren .
dered en masse to General. Grant, and
hat the Union army were in possession; of
.the famous fortress city on the last 4th/
of 'July, the glorious anniversary of our
birth as an independent nation. As far as
we recollect, the English, press published
many very able articles, after the news
reached them, to show that it was contrary -
to all recognized rules of warfare for Gene
ral Grant to have taken Vicksburg,—pre
cisely as, in his first - Italian campaign,
when Bonaparte first beat Wukmser, the
Austrian General, oh one side; and then
beat him on the other, at Lodi, at Castigli
one; at ; Areola, , at Rivoli, . the veteran ;
most bitterly complained that there whs no
use in contending with a young man who
violated .all the traditional rules of war,
; would not/understand, that he was beaten,.
but made to-day’s defeat the stepping-stone
to to-morrow’s victory. Just; so with Ge
neral Grant at Vicksburg ; he ought not
have conquered, according to the princi
ples laid down’ by; Vadban, but he did.
Since that time, let us: candidly.confess,
there has been a great change of public
opinion, in England.; The people of Unit
■ country, who have a long and dogged hate
of slavery, were always sound at the core,
as regards our great.struggle to make ’this
country a land of freedom, not in name
alone, with millions of /the colored, race
subject to: the. whip, and the gyves, and
the auction-sales, and even worse, of men
who owned them as absolutely as, in
other lands, men own sheep /and oxen.
The; aristocracy alone were against us ;
hot without many noble' and notable ex
ceptions. The House of Commons (which
never did and does not now represent the
British people) ; were, divided in opinion,
but the section which sympathized with
secession and slavery—one and the same,;
in fact—used have a field-day, every now
and then during the session, when they,
used to air their vocabulary of- abuse,
and impute all; crimes and cruelties to
us, all virtues' and valor to tlie enemy.
There was Gregory, who became a
Parliamentary orator, when the Jockey
Club ;virtually,, declared that his pro-:
ceedings on the turf were . very j like the
practices for which black-legs wore usually
expelled. There was Fergusson, who did
not distinguish -himself in the Crimea.
There was big Bkntinck, who has not an
idea of his own, but recited speeches for
which he gave so much per line. There
liras -Lindsay, who, deeply: .engaged in,
blockade-running, may finally; share the
fate of-ZACHAiuAn Pearson, of Hull, who
went in with equal ardor, and . came out a
bankrupt, owing $3,000,000. And, among
others who showed marked antipathy to
the statesmen* arid fighters of our .Union,
Was John Arthur Roebuck, 'the bitter
;Thersites of Parliament,- .or, rather. the
Ismael of politics; with his hand against
every mail, and every man’s hand against
him.'/'' ■
Of late these blatant slanderers hare "been
comparatively silent. During the present
session they liadjbut a singlefield-day, and,
routed by our good friends Bright and
Cobden, have not got up tlieir courage to
renew the tilt. The recent example of the
Government, may, have its effect, but the
will of the People must have been still
greater,. Mr. H. W. Beecher’s speeches,
in London and tbe provinces, did still more.
Tbeir natural eloquence attracted all classes,.
and tbe logic of facts with which they were
filled was unanswered, because unanswer
able, If you say that two and; two .make
four, no logician, from .Aristotle aud
Theophrastus down to; IJViiately and
Mahan, .can persuade the world 'that the
addition will produce a total of (/free or fine.
An evidence of the changed feeling is
the manner in which the British journals
used to speak of General Grant, contrasted
with their; language now. The Times ac
knowledges, grudgingly . enough;; that he;
is a great commander. But the Daily
Telegraph, (edited by Thornton Hunt,
who, moro tlian any writer, goes “ on the
rampage” .when, lie talks about the .United
States,) once a constant railer at the be
seiger of Vicksburg, and for some time a ■
doubter of ; the fact ,of its fall—even, this
inimical journal has turned round. Here,
from its issue on May 24th, is its character
of General Grant :
“ No vulgar man, no more Ido! of-the hour, Is this
.Ulysses Grant, wbo by sheer hard work and konosfc
fighting bos raised himself from a position pf ob-'
scarify to one of almost unlimited command—who :
haß. U some reports concerning him be true, achieved
time rarest Pi all victories, a mastery over himself :
and bis. desires—and who, a virtue not often 1 pos
sessed. by .the military celebrities or tiio United
States, is still modest and unassuming.' Nor has
be yet Jn, any way compromised the reputation
which he worthily earned,; alike by honorable
service -in the field and by exemplary eiric con
duct. A man of merely: ordinary calibre would>
scarcely have dared to accept the glorious but:
teTrible' responsibility, which Grant lias quietly 1
taken ‘upon himself, as'mecame a - good* soididr
who was hound to fear no porilv.oither material or
moral, in his country’s causo. He was as
well as boldj the more splendor of tbe office did not
seduce him; and only on his own terms, which were;
- wiEe and well-considered, would ho, consent to as
sume supremo command. He would submit to no
dlctaiipn from the amateur AuHc counsellors of
Washington ; holding himself responsible for the
Issue of the camimign, ho would not allow it to be
Srejudiced by any undue publicity being given to
is plans; he kept his own counsel, allowed tho
gossips to. talk os they liked, and at lengthj strong
in tbe confidence of his troops, and with tho whole
enthusiasm of tho North to back him, ho set forth
upon the great march from which he liud determined
never to reLurn except in triumph.
»Nor can it be denied that already he has done
much. : Pushing doggedly onwards, with tho fierce re
solution of a man who is intensely in earnest, ho has
his wfty,lo°b by inch, Intotlievory heart of
Virginia; and a victory, so close is now his army to
-Eiuhmond,'would probably.place that capital in his
'hands. It is impossible to read the account of his
operations without seeing .that: they are’tUoso of a
leader who possesses daring and capacity not alto-
aether incommensurate to tho mighty task that Hoa
before him. ‘On to Richmond 1’ which, has so often
boen simply the valn-gtorious cry of Nortkoro brag
garts, Is with this stern and valiant captain some
thlngmoro; It moans something not to be raoroiy
talked about, but to bo done; and if 'tho whole
strength ofthe North, entrusted to stfong and capa
ble bands, can to do it, that purpose will yet bo
achieved.” ‘ i. .. i •
Deducting, by way. of discount, tlie in
evitable sneer at tiie Government, and de
spite of Mr. Hunt’s natural vulgarity of
epithets, here is a just and fair view of
General Grant, which, compared with
what the same journal used to say of him
a ■ year ago, completely shows how miti
gated is tho tone of Secession journalism
in England. ; >.
The appointment of Professor W. H.
Allen to the presidency of the State Agri
cultural College is not more highly a
compliment to this very able man and
experienced educator than it is a real
gain to the institution and- the State.-:
As the late President of Girard College,
Professor Allen has enjoyed the gene
ral respect and esteem of this commu
nity, and by various positions of responsi
bility and honor is Well-known to the State
and to the country. The admirable and
prosperous condition of Girard College for
so many years is mainly duo to his intel
ligent. direction; -and, his resignation,
therefore, has; occasioned wide regret. -It
would have been fortunate had Dr. Allen.
continued in its presidency; arid/we trust*
that it will not' be impossible to see; him
again in connection with an institution
with whose best years his eminent services
are so strongly identified.
The Chicago; Times , the great Copper
head newspaper of the West, endorses
General Fremont's letter of .acceptance,
and speak's in flattering terms of the Gene
ral; There is nothing, in the world like a
man being appreciated by his friends, .
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.
FURTHER DETAILS OF FRIDAY’S BATTLE.
TWENTY-ONE PIECES TAKEN FROM
THE ENEMY.
Petersburg at the Mercy of our Guns.
the Garrison reinforces by early.
THE FIGHT ON FRIDAY NEAR PETERS-
■ BURG.; ,
Hkad<iuai:tkiis Army os- the Potomac,
June 18—8 P. AI.
. The fighting yesterday was very severe along the
greater part of the line, the most determined efforts
being made to break the enemy's line at several
points.
But little ground wag gained, , however, except on
the left, when the enemy was forced to fall back to
an inner line on account of the advanced position
gained by. Sedley’s division of Gen. Burnside’s
corps on Friday afternoon.
The enemy’s line is nearly in the form of a semi-,
circle, with. the • ends resting on tho Appomattox
rivor/l’otcrsburg being about the centre.; AV some
points of the line our guns are within a mile arid a
half of the city, and it can be destroyed at any time
with ease.
The heaviest fighting occurred on the right contre,
where each division, of the 2d Corps at different
times charged the works, but without success, the
enemy being behind breastworks of the strongest
character, with troops massed behind them, and our
men having to cross open fields of two or four'hun
dred yards in extent, exposed to a cross fire from the
batteries .planted so as to swee,> the entire place.
The last attack was made at 5 P, M., by the 3d Di
vision, under .General Mott, and the loss was pro
bably heavier than in either of tho others.
ADDITIONAL FROM ‘ GENERAL BUTLER’S
COMMAND.
Bermuda Hundred, .lone 18, via Baltimore,
June 20.—1 n all, twenty-one pieces of artillery have
been captured from the enemy‘in our assaults upon
the works at Petersburg, besides a large number of
prisoners. .;,/./ '//-■/''/
When the enemy withdrew his forces In front of
General Butler to reinforce Petersburg, Butler Im
mediately sent out a force under Generals Perry
■and Turner, which succeeded in' destroying an im
portant bridge and four miles of railroad track near
Waithal junction.
Early eorps (late Longstreet’s) crossed the James
river, near Drury’s Bluff, in strong force, and was
seen comintjAowu tho. Petersburg turnpike as Gen.
Butler’s forces entered their works.
Last evening the despatch steamer Amanda
Wlnants, whilst passing Wilcox’s wharf, was fired
into from the north side of the James river by a
rebel battery: . Ton shots were fired ,at her, one Of
jwhich passed through her hull near the water lino.
No one was f . s .
The James river Is blockaded a few miles liefow
Drury’s Bluff, to prevent a emprise from the rebel
rami ■■■
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS—GEN. MAR
TIND ALE’S ATTACK.
Washington, June 20.—-General Pierce was
.wounded while/gallantly leading his;brigado in a
charge.- ' ;
. General Martimlale in the night attacked tfie
enemy, and succeeded in advancing his iine and
taking a few prisoners.
His loss is reported, to be about SQO, The sth
Corps did not' lose-heavily in their advance in the
morning, but lost a considerable number of men; in
the afternoon, in their attack on the-left. - / "
/ Our losses during the past two days will reach at
least eight thousand (probably an exaggeration); in
killed and.wounded.; The loss.of the enemy at some
points was greater than our own, but being gene
rally behind entrenchments, they were not so much
exposed, and suffered less on the whole.' All the
prisoners taken so far are some twelve hundred, of
whom two hundred came in yesterday.
They all represent themselves as being from Beau
regard’s army. .. ■
It is not believed such,resistance could be made to
our advance without Lee’s presence, and tho aid of
bis troops. ' ■ J
We have no reliable nows from Gen. Butler.
. The following changes have been made:;.. ,
: Gen.: Ingalls has been designated as chief quar
termaster of the combined armies in‘the vicinity, to
be stationed a’t City. Point, with General '
Lieutenant ■ Colonel;, Batchelder, chief quarter
master, 2d. Army Corps, has been temporarily as
signed as i'chlOrquartermasterat General Meade’s
headquarters. - :
Captain L. H. Pierce, the first assistant chief
quartermaster of the ' Army of the Potomac,‘ has
been promoted to be chief quartermaster of the
9tu Army Corps, with: the. rank of lieutenant
colonel. '//-.-. ... ..: ■ ~.
Captain Ransom, assistant to Captain Clinton, at
Headquarters, of the ’ Army of the Potomac, has
been assigned to duty in the: Commissary Depart
ment Headquarters.
' PEN. LEE pif SRAWT’S MOVEMENTS.
[From the Richmond Examiner; June 16.3 //
Grant has determined on another change or base/
This was, indicated early yesterday morning by the
following official despatch, from General Lee to tho
Secretary of War,.: ;.-/’■•/.. / -t
“ Headquarters Anjrr op Northern Vir
ginia, June 14, 9 P., M.— Hon. Secretary op
War— Silt: The .force of the enemy, mentioned in
my last despatch as being on the Long Bridge road,
disappeared during the night. It was probably ad
vanced toxover Mio ;movemont of tbe main body,
most of which, as far as I.could learn, crossed the
Ohickahbmlny at Long Bridge, and below, and has
reached/James river at westover and Wilcox’s
Landings/ A/portion of. General Grant’s ■ army,
upon leaving our front at Cold Harbor, is reported
to have proceeded to the White House, and em-:
harked; at that place. Everything is said to have
been removed, and, tho; depot at the White House
broken up. The cars, engines, railroad iron, and
bridge timber that had been brought to that point,
have also been shipped.
“Very respectfully, Ac., R. E. Lee, Gcnoral;”
THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST,
A Battle iu Progress at the Cliat-
talioocliie lliver.
CAPTURE OF A BEARER OF DESPATCHES.
SHERMAN’S ARMY.
Louisville, June ‘lK—A staff offleor from tfiei
Front reports heavy firing- on Wednesday, on onr
.left.' z I - /'■;. . /- :
Blair’s corps was storming the enemy’s works.
Our/ whole army was in line, and firing, going on
along the entire front. . : :-
:. The rebels are being slowly driven back under
fire, mainly artillery. Our: losses have been slight
. Blair was reported south of the Ohattahoochie
river on Wednesday night. Johnston has massed
his'artillery to prevent our right from ..crossing, and
a sovbro fight was expected there. ; /./
. A f rebel officer was captured -on Tuesday night
with despatches lroin Johnston to Wheeler, ordering
him .to destroy the bridge which Sherman recently
built over the Etowah. t'f
GENERAL FOLK'S REMAINS-
Atlakta, Juno 15.—The remains of - General
■Polk arrived here this morning,'and wore deposited
in St. Luke’s Church. The funeral sorvieos, and a
sermon by Rev Dr. Q.uintard,woro delivered before
a great assembly. The remains wore then escorted
to f the Noose train lor Augusta with . military
honors. ,
GUERILLAS IN KENTUCKY.
Louisville,. junel9.—A rebel gang, numbering
twenty or thirty persons, attacked Bardsfcown yes
terday morning. The garrison of twenty-lire, men
surrendered; The rebels then moved down the rail
road, and destroyed a bridge and water-station near
Boston. They then went across the Nashville Rail
road, two miles north of- Elizabethtown, and when
last heardfrom wore goingtowards Litchfield.
A Canard and Its Contradiction.
Newark, N. J., Juup 20.-—A private letter from
a supposed-reliable source, ” that the ono
imndred:days men at ■< Tretiton are under marching
orders for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A small force:
of rebels, bent on destruction, is stated to have en
tered the Cumberland Valley. They are, reported
to be the ad vance guard of a large'detachment.”
Ohambkr&»uju>, Pa., June 20.—General CouoU
knows nothing of ;tho hundred-days men being or
dered to Harrisburg, and believes it to be a lio,
Tlie Cumberland Valley was never more quiet than
it is to-day, . .
Pirn at Beck Island.
' Chicago, June 20.—A portion of JYarron’s
tiilery, at Rock Island, was burned on Saturday
night, with a large quantity of grain. Tito toss Is
seo,coo, ”
THE PRESS-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDA Y, JUNE 21, 1864.
THE OFF4CIAL GAZETTE.
REPORTS FROM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS
NO FCTITIIEIt fartiodlurs of OPE
RATIONS ON THE JAKES.
JOHNSTON HOLDING KENEBAW MOUNTAIN.
GEN. SHERMAN FKESBING lIIM CLOSELY.
FIVE UHION , GENERAL OFFICERS mBKI) IS
CHARIESXOS USOKK FIRE.
An Inual Number of Rebel Connuimilcrs
(rent to General Foster.
To Major Gmn'al Dix t Ncvj York:
No operations liwlay upon the .Tames rlvot have
been reported to tho Department.
Unofficial statements represent our loss to have
been severo in the assaults on the enemy’s works on
Saturday, but no official list of tho’casualtios has
J>een received. -
General Shonnan, In a despatch datodthisovo
. ning, at. 7.30, says:
“I was premature in announcing that the enemy
Had abandoned his position. I based my report on
'that of- all the army commanders. The enemy has
thrown-back his flank, and abandoned all his works
in front of the Kenosaw mountain, bat holds that
;■ mountain as. the apex of his position, with his flank
I behind Noonday and Moses crook. ■
“AVe have pressed him pretty closely to-day, al
though the continued rain makes all movoment
almost an impossibiHty.lv .
v General Foster, commanding the' Department of
the South, at Hilton Head, forwards ; the following
despatch, dated the 16th of Juno, at Hilton Hoad,
5.0.:
I have the honor to report that I have to-day re
ceived from Major General Samuel; Jones, com
manding the rebel forces in this department, a letter
stating that five general officers of the United States
os prisoners of war, had been placed in Ciihrloston
to be retained there under our Are, "Against this
weak and cruel act I have protested. .In the mean
time, the fire oh the city Is continued.
(t I respectfully ask that ah equal number of rebel
officers of equal rank may bo sent to mo in order
that I may place them iffler; thW'onemy’s fire as
long as our officers are expo.sed.in Charleston.”
This Department has issued a retaliatory order
transferring, to General Foster an equal number of
rebel general officers to be treated in the manner
proposed as loij£ as our~officcrs are exposed in
Charleston. E. M. Stanton,;:
Secretary of War.
jf : GTON.
The Senate to-night confirmed the following nomi
nations :
Colonel Win. F. Bartlett, 57th Massachusetts
Volunteers, to bo brigadier general;: Colonel
Elliott W. iticoj-yth^lowa, .to be brigadier general ;
Thomas Steinburgh,' to bA. assessor'of internal
revenue for the District of Kansas ; John F. Potter,
of Wisconsin, to be consul general for the British
North American provinces; Thomas Kirkpatrick,
of New York, to be consul at Nassau, N. l P.j Henry
W. Caldwell to be U., S. Judge for the'Di3trict of
Arkansas.
THE - GOLD AND OTHER RILLS »SIGNED BY THE
The President has approved and signed- the bill
regulating thecoastingtrade, by which it is provided
that any boat, sloop, or other vessel or the” United
States, navigating the waters, on our Northern,
•Northeastern, or-No'rthwestem frontiers, otherwise
than by sea, shall be enrolled and licensed' in such
form as other vessels, which enrolment and license
shall authorize them to be employed either ia>the
coastlDg or foreign trade on those frontiers. They
are in every other respect liable to the rules, regu
lations, and penalties now m force relating to regls
•tered and licensed vessels.
The President hasalsoapproved and signed “An
act to prohibit certain sales of gold and foreign ex
change,” commonly called the goldbill' and the bill
providing “ that all goods and--wares and merchan
dise la public stores and warehouses, on which the
duties are unpaid,which shall have been in bond
for more than one less than three; years,
may be entered for consumption, and the bonds can-’
celed at any time before the first day of September
next, onthe payment of duties and charges, accord
ing.torthe laws inforce at-the.time the goods shall
he withdra wh,”; "'f r ' i ; -
: The President to-day communicated to the Senate
a'despatchdated June 10th, from Thomas Savage,
acting consul general at Havana, relative to the case
of'Bbn Jobe and the state
ment that his arrest was sought because of his oppo
siiion to theslave trade. Itappears that Aucjoulles
captured slaves in the expedition, as was his official
duty, but that instead of surrendering them • to the
Governor he sold a portion of them and accounted
•for them as having died of small-pox, and having
been buried; He also bribed a parish curate to at
test his statement.
The testimony shows that thirty-eight were sold
to one man, thirty-two to another,"and: that others
were distributed in a similar way.:
General Bux.ce, captain general, so much abused
by Arguelles, has beea-very efficient in capturing
slave expeditions, claiming that, but five have es?
caped him during his' administration, while four
have been captured. . ?
Mr. Savage further avers that the statement of
AKGcrELLEs’wife’spresence is not true, and that
the woman referred to was not his wife.
He represents that these captured slaves when
surrendered to the Governor General are termed
emancipadoes, and contacts with the planters at no
minal prices are made for their temporary service, but
that great frauds are perpetrated upon them, a
common one beiDg>to report aportion of ; them dead,
or when other slaves die. to testify to the death of
emancipadoes instead, - and thus retain them in
slavery.' ;V m
; Governor Curtin Is here endeavoring to haye the
Senate pass the House bill providing for the expense
the State was at during Hue's raid last summer. He
has had an interview with several Senators; and
there is every prospect that the bill will pass, j
The result of the Senate’s action to-night on the
bill .amendatory of the enrolment act was a refusa!
by 3 majority to strike out the $3OO commutation
clause. The section to make the draft for one year
was retained, and the bill was recommitted to the
Committee on Military Affairs, who will have a
meeting on thcjubject. to-morrow. -
GENERAL GILMORE REPORTED DNDBR ARREST AND
A report Has reached here that General Butler
had relieved General Gilmore of command, and
ordered him to report at Fort Monroe, as under ar
rest, and await a court martial, but that Lieutenant
General Grant, upon learning the fact stated
above, released General Gilmore from arrest, and
• ordered him to report to Washington and kwhJt
further orders.
The subscription to the ten-forty loan, as reported
at the Treasury Department to-day, amounts to
$380,000. . - ‘ ■ : :
‘ The Navy Department has received intelligence'
of tho capturc of the British steamer Syren off
Beaufort, N. G., with a cargo of hoop iron, paper,
,&c.. She was taken by the United States steamer
Keystone State, Commander P. Crosby. : The
Syren is a schooner-rigged iron screw steamer of
eighty-seven tons burden.
Thirty Christian Commission delegates, with
barges and stores, went to the front yesterday.
Thirty more went to-day. Wagons, boats, and stores
scnt.to Bermuda Hundred by the Christian Com
mission, hare arrived safely.
DEATHS AT THE WASHINGTON-HOSPITALS,
The following deaths -of .Pennsylvanians have
been reported at the office of Captain, James M,
Moore, Washington:
Joseph Tewell, K, 55 . Edward Hirsh, HV 90
Frank Leroj, K,17 Cav H Thomas, 3), S 3
Robert Martin, H, 45 ' ■ Korris L Wiser, G, 45
John Jaco, H, 63' Jacob Shriver, 3), 49
Paul Cass, H, 99 w Solomon 93
Forbes Kilgore, H, 105 Robert E Johnson, B, 139
Andrew r P, 48 , ' DavidM -Burkholder,D.lS4
Corleas Hogbm, H, 168 .. a :
mYlllth CONGRESS —Ist Session.
SENATE.
The Chaplain being absent* Bevv B. H. NADAL, D.
D. , made the morning prayer. -i. :
Mr. GRIMES, of lowa, moved that when the Senate
adjourn at 4.30 to-morrow it bo to ait at 7 o’clock P.M.,
which was carried. •
Mr. HALE, of Hew Hampshire, introduced a bill au
thorizing the Secretary to amend ihe contract with Mr.
Ericsson for the construction of two floating batteries;
also, aiiili forfche assiniilationof rank in the navy.
-. Mr. HALE gave notice that he should call up . these
bills on Wednesday.
The bill to prohibit the discharge of persons from lia
bility to military duty by reason or the payment of
money, ami for other purposes, then came up.
Mr. BROWN offered an amendment to authorize the
enrolment'of the friendly Indians for the protection of
tne border States and frontiers.
. Mr SADLfcBUKY, of Delaware, opposed tho amend
ment, and characterized it as inhuman, and against the
sentiment of the civilized world.
- Mi. BROWN replied and said the Indian soldiers were
jntt-nded to be used for the defence of their own homes
. and tbote of the settlers on the borders;' *
• THE -ARGUBLLES CASE—MESSAGE FHOM THE
-A message was received, from the President, commu
nicating letters and papers relative to Mexican affairs,
and also one covering a statement by Thomas Savage,
Vice-eonsoi ; general at Ha vana, in relation to the
Argnellea case. ■ ; :
Mr. BALE reported a bill to repoal the act appro
priating $200,0u0 fora n»val hospital at Kitcery, Maine.
’ MEXICAN AFFAIRS—ANOTHER COMMUNICATION
‘ .A message wftß received from the President, in reply i
toafurther resolution of tho Senate, enclosings com
munication of tho Secretary of State relative to Mexican '
affairs. Also, a message from the President, in further i
aiswerto Mr. Johnson’s resolution relative to the de
livery to the bpaninh authorities of a person named
’‘Arguelles,” for aUeged crime*. .
• - Mr. SHERMAN, from the eominittee.of conference on
the disagreement between the two houses on the leghla
tive aed judicial appjoprlftUoa'biilj’inade a report,
which was concurred in; - ; y .
Mr. PoWELL, from the Committee on Printing, re
ported a resolution for tho printing of 1,650 copies of the i
JDirectoiy of Congress, prepared by Charles Lauoiaa,;
for the use of the Senate, which was passed. - i
: On motion of Mr GRIMES to-morrow .evening was
ectapart for the consideration of District of Columbia
business. •...••••
A bill for the relief of Goorgo F. Nesbit was passed.;
It relates to his contract with the Poat Office Depart
ment for stamped envelopes. ■
: The joint resolution for the relief of Carmack & Bam
s6> was taken up, debated, and laid over ,•
PROVIDING FOR BAIL IN* OASES OF MILITARY All
■ REST.
Mr. MORRILL, from the Judiolary Committee, re-,
jioited a bill providing for bail in cases of military ar
rest uusdi- under the act of July 17,1862, to be taken
before any Judge of a United States. Court, .chancel
lor, judge oi the Supreme Court or . Superior Court, or
chief judge of a Court of Common Pleas, who ahati
exercise their diacretiou regarding the nature and cir
cumstances of tlu oflenceaud of tlie evidence aud usage
ol Jaw. •. s • *;•
AUTHORIZATION TO SELL TREASURY mOFMRTT. *
Mr. MORRILL introduced a hill drafted';by the Sq;
crelaty of the Treasury, »athorlzing the sale of custom*,
‘houses, wharver, docks, aud r mval hospitals, and
land in which they are looaled, whoa not neoded as
Washington, Juno 20, 1864.
10 o’ciock P. M.
' Washington, June 29,1864.
confirmations by the senate;.
PRESrDHNT.
THE ARGUELLES case.
THE RAID BILL.
THE ENROLMENT BILL.
ORDERED TO WASHINGTON.
THE TEN-PORTY LOAN,
GAPTURB OP PRIZKS.
THE CHRISTIAH'COMXnSSIOir.
BILLS RELATIVE TO THE WATT.
ENROLMENT OR INDIANS.
PRESIDENT.
FROM THE PRESIDENT.
MINOR BILLS.
Ruch, sml that the proceeds of such Hale shall be placed
In the United States Treasury.
TBLKQRAPH TO THE TACIP-ia,
The bill lo encourago and facilitate telegraphic com-,
municaiion between the eastern and western continents
come up RHunnaisbed business.
. Mr. DOOLITTLE offorod an auiendmeni that the rate
of charges for public or prlvate ineasages shall not ex
ceed on said line the average usually charged In Europe
and America for the same nervice, or such rates as shall
be ascertained ami fixed by a couventlou between Rus
sia and Ort&t Britain. Tbo further consideration of the
bill was postponed till Tuesday.
THK COMMUTATION CLAUSE, ETC.
The bill to prohibit the discharge of persons from lia
bility to military duty by reasou of payment of money
was called up by Mr. WILSON, the unction being on
bißamendimnit, that every person who shall be dratted
and serve honorably for the period one year shall re
ceive a bounty of $lOO and au honorable discharge, and
a similar bounty proportionate to the term of service
for ai» ss period. The amendment was rejected.
PItOPOBITION TO DRAFT FROM THE INDIAN TRIBES,
Mr. BROWN offered the following as an additional
section: . ,
“ And be it further enacted. That la any draft
which may hereafter take place all the Indian
tribes with , whom treaties have been made, and
who ftTe receiving armuitbK from the Govonmenc.
shall he required to furnish their quota of men; and
that the duties of enrolment or ascertaining the ap
proximate nutithor of said tribes shall, whenever the
same is necessary, bo performed by the Indian agents
as part of their appropriate duty without further comr
PfUiHtion, under further instructions from tbo Provost
Marshal General; and in the eveut that any tribe re
ceiving annuities as aforesaid shall refuse or fail to
furnish its reiiQtred quota, thou, anil in that event, the
whole or such part of thesald annuity as the Secretary
of the Interior shall deem hdequate topmeuresabstt
tuteHshaii bvwithl.old from the auuaalpayment, and
shall he placed in the Treasury along with the commu
tation fund, heretofore paid for a like purpose; aud,
provided further, that the force thus raised may be om-.
ployed by the Government for the pu*pose of maintain
ing the peace and protecting from hostile incursious the
Indian and other Territories, ami uf relieving such
troops br are now engaged in that duty.
Mr. SAULfeBUIiY: said if we would pat men into the
rervico who were wearing-our uniform in loyal State v
and battling against the rights of loyal citizens, we
would be doing the country more service than by em
ploying the wild Indian. Men had boon used to infringe
the rights of citizsnsof Delaware and M;iryl«*ul, wiio
would have been employed to greater advantage in the
field against the common enemy. Instead ofbeiag so
used in the field they were sent into out* election dis
tricts to infiueuce aud control our elections. We called
upon Hie Administration before they placed any of these
savages in the field to call .upon these white soldiers to
take upuntjsag«insKthe enemy in :tho front as there
was no Bane man who thvro was a necessVy for
an armed-force among the peaceful and quiet citizen? of
the loyal bfcates. Two raildons five hundred thousand
troops, or one-tenth of bur entire population, have gone
into this war, aud wewere not only calling for more
men oi a kinured race, hut appealing for. legislation to
callout fho savage tribes.
' Mr*” SAULSBUitY then went on to prove that the
Wibuntof DiF-n lie had heretofore named had been in
service, by enumerating the different classes. He said
that if we passed this amendment we roust forget the
indigntion with which it would have been looked upon
b) our fathers.
Mr, BROWN said his amendment might be justified by
the course of the enemy against us, and his amendment
only proved that the frontier Indians and settlers audit
be protected; besides he believed that these Indians m
that section would be the moat valuable arm of the
service.
Mr. DOOLITTLE raid the purpose was simply that
these Indians should he employed to keep the peace ia
these Indian Territories against hostile tribes. He
offered a subiditut-, as follows:
“That the Secretary of War is authorized to receive
Ul« military perries of the United States Indians of
tribes in treaty with the United Slater, to be employed,
asjjait of the military force of the United States,for the
Eurpr-seof nmiuainmg the peace and protecting from
OBtile incursions the Indian Territory aud other Terri- *
lories where the hostile or wandering forco is ia whole
or in part composed of hostile Indians. ”
Rejected—yeas 24, nays 12.
Mr. Brown’s amendment was rejected—yeas 10, nays
29. • .... • ■ . t-,'
Mr. Wilson's amendment, that every person who
shall be drafted, and who shall serve honorably/or the
period of ont year, shall receive a bounty of $lOO, to be
paid.upon his discharge from' the service,.and evoiy
person tOdxafud, who shall be honorably discharged
after a term of strvicelesb than one year, shall receive
a brunt y proportioned to Ills term of service, to be esti
mated at the rate herein: proscribed for one year’s ser
vice, whs debated at some length.
Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, said when the war.
commenced the people of the country,with a great deal
of. patriotism, rushed in and filled up the ranks of the
army. At the same time the war’brought alt kinds of
business to a stand still, and wages to a . low rate. At
such a-time it was not found necessary to draft men.
We have raised about eleven or twelve hundred thou
sand for the three years’ service, and. we have also au
immense force its the field which occupied, to-day,a po
sition more favorable than they had ever- occupied be
fore. He had never felt such confidence as he felt now
m the success of the two great armies, East aud We«t,iu
the very heart of the rebellion. Ho approved the repeal
of. the commutation clause, saying that no more odious
act coufd‘bepassed by the present Congress.. With his
amendment, he believed, we could speedily fill our
armies. ' ■ - t . ; : - »
. Air. McTOPGALL, of California, opposed the bill at
some hhgih, avgulng that the Government had- a right
to: aemand . the service of all her kems, and. while cha
merchant could easily raise the price required as a com
mutation for bis personal service, the hardy soa.of toil
would be obliged to bear the military burden.
Mr. Wilson’s amendment was rejected,and the Senate
took a retess.
EYENING SESSION. -
Mr. TEN EYCK, of New Jersey, offered an amend
ment providing that when a . non-commissioned officer
or private tkaU bo discharged by reason of injuries re
ceived in the line of his.duty, be shall receive the
same bounty pay as a soldier wounded on the battle
field. ■ ■ ■ : : : Y -
; Mr. HENDRICKS moved to further amend by insert-
disabled by disease, or other causes. ’ V f
The amendment to tho amendment was adopted, and
the amendment prevailed.
Mr. GRIMES, of lowa, then moved that the bill be
recommitted to the Military .Committee, which was
carried - *
On motion of Mr. LANE, of Kansas, the Senate, at
o’clock, west into executive session, and subsequently
adjourned.
HOUSE.
DILL. TO' PROHIBIT THE INTERNAL SLAVE TRADE.
A.bill was introduced and referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary to prohibit the inter-State slave trade.
ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES.
Mr. WILSON, of lowa, introduced a resolution which
was referred to the* Committee bn. the Rules providing
for the creation of two additional standing committees:
one on internal revenue, and the other on hanks and
hanking.
TO TEOHIBIT STREET CARS FROM RUNNING OX
X
BTJXDAT.
Mr. PRICE, of Iowa; offered a preamble setting forth,
that it isand ever.has been admitted, since the fbrraa
tion of the Government, that the prospects of this nation
dependfon a recognition and observance of the laws of
God; and the compelling of street railroad cars to . run
on the Sabbath, as provided by a recent act of Congress,
is it direct contravention of the Divine law, and incon*
sistent with our professions as a Christian nation;
therefore _ '
JtetfoJutd, That the Committee on the Judiciary be in
structed toreport abill repealing the law compelling
the htreet cars to ran on Sunday.
The fcPEAKER said the Sauate.bas not acted on the
bill yet.
Mr. PRICE said it was passed so far as the House wag
concerned;'- - '
Mr. COX, of Ohio, moved that the whole concern be
lain on the table. Carried—yeas 60, nays 35.
THE MISSOURI EJECTION CASE.
Mr. TTPSON, of Michigan, made a report from the
Committee pn Elections Uat John G.Scott is entitled to
letain his seat as a representative of the Third Congres
sional district of Missouri.
GRANTS OP LANDS,
The report was laid orer for the present. The House
passed the.bill providing that no act passed during the
present session giving lands to States and corporations to
Bid in th*- construction of roads and for other purposes,
or extending the time for makiDgjselections of gf ants,
shall be construed to embrace 'mineral lands, which
are in all cases reserved exclusively to? he United States.
THE OVERLAND MAIL.
Mr. KUSKEI, delegate from Utah, offered a resolu
tion, which was adopted, instructing the Committee on
Post Offices and Post Roads to inquire into the expedi
ency ofrepeaiing so much of the .existing law as pro
hibits carrying newspapers and other printed matier in
the overland Pacific mails. ' . .
COMPENSATION TO PERSONS ARRESTED AND RB-
LEASED WITHOUT TRIAL.
: Mr.,ROSS, of lliiooi?,offered a resolution that all per
sons hot in the military.or naval service of the United
States, who have been arrested or imprisoned without
processor law, and released without trial, are entitled
to the same pay and mileage for being deprived of their
liberty as members of Congress, aDd the Committee of
Claimsare hereby instructed io repoita bill at an early
day for that purpose. He moved the previous question,’
which was not seconded, and, a debate arising, the re
solution went over.
TRADE IN THE REVOLTED STATES.
Mr.IKGERSOLL.of Illinois, offered a resolution that,
in the opinion of the Housv, all permits issued to any
person or persons, allowing them ;to trade within the
limits of any State now or heretofore in rebellion.should
at once be revoked, and that no more such permits
should be issued. '
The Bouse sustained the previous question on its
passage—yeas 65, nays 4G.
A motion was made to table the resolution, which was
lost—yea& f®, nays 71. r,
; The vote by which the previous question wassustaihed
was reconsidered by thretf majority.
CERTAIN CIVIL. EXPENSES.
ATr, FENTON, of New York, moved to refer the reso
lution to the select committee to investigate the affairs
of the Treasury Department, pending which the morning
hour expired, when the House went into Committee of
the Whole on the r.tate of the Union on the bill making
appropriations for certain civil expenses of the Govern
ment.- •
Various amendments were .made, including one pro
viding for a marble floor for the old hall of Representa
tives, ahd snitable'structures ard railings for that set
aparr for statuary. The President is authorized to in
vite all the States to furnish marble or bronze statues,
not exceeding two of them for each State, of deceased
citizens most illustrious for their military or civic ser
vices; ■ • vT .'"r- ■
The bill also makes appropriation* for the survey of
tie Atlantic and* Gulf coast, and for the light-house
establishments for the Atlantic. Gulf, and lake eoasts.
including $UX>,OOO l© enable the Light-house Board to
re-establishiights and other aids to navigation which
have been injured and destioyed on the Southern coast.
The bill also appropriates for public, buildings and
grounds of the Smithsonian.lnstitute, Government lios*
piialefortbe insane, survey of the public lands, in
cluding $*GO,OOO for continuing the work on the Capitol
extension; $lOO,OOO for the ; continuation of the north
wing of the 1 Treasury extension, and $40,000 for the
annual suraidyfor facilitating communication between
the Atlantic and Pacific States by electric telegraph,
and S?&,OCG for finishing the Patent Office building. -
Th« Committee rose without disposing of the bill, and
the House took, a recess till half pastjseven. ■
, EVENING SESSION. ■ /
MISCELLANEOUS EXFENSES.
Mr. STEVENS, of Pemuj Ivania, from the Committee
of Way* and Means,' reported a bill making appropria
tions for certain inisccHaheons expenses, the considera
lion of which was postponed till Thursday. ; .
RULE OF LABOR FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE NAVY
Mr. CHARLES O’NEILL, of Pennsylvania, offered"
the tollowitig, which was agreed to: . '
Resolved, That tho Committee on Naval Affairs be
requested to examine into the expediency of repealing
all laws or parts of laws which require, at stated pe-
the regulation and fixing of the rate of pay of the
mechanics, workmen, and other employees in the dlf
feitnt navy yards, according to the rates paid in pri
vate ehiik yarde. workahops, or establishments In the
neighborhood of the respective navy yards where me-.
clmnicftl or active-labor is employed, and to report by
bill or otherwise. , ’
THE TIME: OF. ADJOURNMENT.
Mr. BROOKS, of NewTork, offered a resolution that
the two Housefc.of Congress beinguuable to agree with
respfect to the time of adjournment, that the President
be requested to adjourn them to such time as he shall
think proper, that time not to be extended beyond the
first Monday of December next. ■ .> '
Mr. STEVENS;,of-Pennsylvania,, objected.
DECLARED -IN 'INSURRECTION NOT TO BE
ALLOWED REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS.
Mr.-ASHLEY, of Ohio, asked leave to offer a resolu
tion declaring that when the inhabitants of any State
have been : decl»red in a state of insurrection bv pro
clamation by the President of the United States, by
force and virtue of the act of July, lS8i» it shall be in
capable of casting auy vote for. President, or electing
Senators or Representatives in Congress,until the said
insurrection .is suppressed or abandoned, and the said
inhabitants returned to their obedience to the Constitu
tion and laws.
Objection was made to the introduction of the resolu
tion. • * . A
Mr. WILSON, of lowa, made a report from the Com
mtiteeon the Judiciary in the case of William Yokutn.
It concludes as follows: >*-11 appears from the factsre
poued that the. proceedings in. the case of the *eaid
Yobum wore regular;, that bis:lmprisonment was Ihe
: ret ult of the sentence of the court which tried him* that
nopardon: wasever issued'to him; that the order for
his pardon was-suspended by the President, and that
his continued confinement is in - conformity.-to the
sentence pronounced against him by the court. The
committee asked to be discharged from the further con
slder&tionof thesubjeet. ; •
The Bouse; in Committee,-then resumed the conside
ration, frdzh the morning session, of the hill making ap
propriatiouH for certain civil expenses, the appropria
tion for surveys of the public lands, e ? c. .In the Terri
tories, and in Oregon and California,being up'for dis
cussion.^
GRANTING THE PUBLIC LANDS,
Mr. BROOKS, of New York, said bore are about;
■s3io,ooo for the surveys, a small part of the annual
expenauureH. How tnat tfte homestead bill is practi
cally ova-ridden by railroad and wagon road bills,;
giving aw*ay about all of the landsV and that corporation
.after corporation is coming ht.ro for ©special donation,
be Western men, at the next session of
.Congress, would bringin feOme bill «dieving Congress,
from all the,special legislation by taking all the lands;
tiom the btates aud Territories, aud legislating upon tho
readH tbeiDßelveß. If there was to bo no more revenue
from the immense doinaini we should bo relieved from,
the cost. away, therefore, to the States
and Territories would be economy as well as a reLiaf
from social legislation . .
. StYeial comparatively uniiuportnut amendments were
nmde, when tno committee rose.
The House concurred in tho action of the comndtieo,
including m appropriation of $3,0J0 jor the
President’s summer residence at the;Soldiers* Home.
This bill was passed. > . -
THE $400,000,000 BILL.
Mr. HOOPER, of Massachusetts,-from the Committee
of Waysaud Means, reported back the bill,
which was reforred to the Committee of the Whole on
the state of the Union; aud iU wuisiderationpostponed
till Wednesday next. ; .
THE DEFENCE OF :THE NORTHEAST BOUNDAHY,
Mr. BICE, of Mitne, from theseleek committeo on the
subject, made a report providing fur the dtfonco of the
uoi theas'eru boundary o| Maine, The report Wits Qr»
dtred-t« be priiitod and recommitted, *
The House then adjourned,
EXJROPES.
ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN.
EXTENSION OF THE DANISH ARMISTICE.
Oapk Race, N. F., Juno 20.—Tho steamer North
American, from Liverpool on tbo 9th, and London
derry on (the 10th of June, passed this place-at two
o’clock on Sunday morning, bound for Quebec.
The Hccla aud Louisiana arrived out on the sth,
the Hibernian, from Quebec, on the 6th, and the
City of London, from New York, on the 6th.
The political news is unimportant. *
It Is stated that the Germans assont to a fortnight
extension of tho armistice.
Cotton sales on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes
day, 21,000 bales. Market quiet and unchanged,
except a partial advance of >£d Tor American.
Breadstuff's dull and unchanged. Provisions quiet
and steady.
Consols closed on Wednesday at oOK@&O>£ ex
dividend.
LATEST VIA LONDONDERRY, June 10.
The Germania, from Now York, arrived out on tho
Oth.
The ship Rockingham was captured by the Ala
bama on the 23d of April, and was burned. This
happened in hit. 23 15 south, long. 32 west. .
A resumption of hostilities in Denmark is feared.
Cotton has advanced #d. for American, and has
declined #d. for common qualities or all other de
scriptions. Sales, for: the w0ek.53,000 bales, and on
Friday 8,000 bales, closing quiet. -
Breadstuff's dull and downward. Wheat easier.
Provisions qiiiet'and stoady.
Cousols 90>£@90,J£.
Illinois Central shares 32@30 per cent, discount.
Eric shares 53@65.
3n tho House of Commons, on : thcSth, the bill for
closing the public houses on a two-third vote of the
surrounding inhabitants, wa3 defeated by 257 ma
jority. V, '■ • •• '
.The Conference was to meet on tho afternoon of
the Oth Inst.
TKOLONGATIOK OF THE ARMISTICE—THE BANISH
ULTIMATUM,
The Paris Constilutionnel learns that Austria and
Prussia consent to a prolongation of the armistice
fora fortnight. Itifl pointed out that the question
of iYonticr is momentous for tho Danes, as tho line
of .the Schiei is of first-rate sirategic lmportance,
while the frontier proposed by the Germans re
•'mains perfectly indefensible, and would loave the
Danes always at the mercy of Germany. Hence
the line of the Schiei is understood to be the Danish
-.ultimatum. .
THK HOUSE OF OLDENJBERG,
It is confirmed that the Emperor of Russia has
transferred to the House of Uldenberg all ciaims
of tlie Imperial family of Russia to the Holstein
succession. '
AFFAIRS IN FRANCK.
* In France the political news is unimportant. The
Bourse was steady; Rentes 67f. sc.
The Emperor has rejected the appeal of La Pom
merius ior a comPHltation of sentence.
M: Deklsseleff', the Russlan'minlsier at Rome, is
recalled. This is regarded as a mark of the . C7A.r’s
displeasure at-the recent proceedings of the Pope
relative to Poland.
The duty on most kinds of goods exported from
Russia and Poland, for purposes of European com
merce, has been abolished.
The news from other parts of the Continent is <fn
tirelyunimportant. - r ,
THE LUNDON MONEY MARKET.—In the
London money market the demand for discount
continued very moderate, and the open market was
easy, but the' Bank rate remained without,change,
owing to the demand for gold for the Continent. The
funds were quiet and rather firmer.
J : FEDERAL RECRUITING TN TItKILAND;
London, June 10.—In the House of Commons,
the question of Federal recruiting in Ireland is be
ing debated. Strong remonstrances were made
against it. Earl Russell complained of the non
attention by the Washington, Governmsnt. to the
representations made bn the subject Lord by. Lyons.
THE CONFERENCE.
Tho Conference has been 'extended to the 25th.of
June. : No advance has been mad© in the settle
ment of the existing difficulty. :
Commercial Intelligence.
Liverpool, June 9. —Cotton. —The sales of Monday,
Tueecay, and Wednesday, amount to 21,000 bales, Of
whichb.tOu were taken by speculators and exporters.
The market lias been quiet,and prices are generally un
changed, with theexception of a partial advance>£d
for American. - ........
TRADE REPORT;—The Maßchester..market is dull,
and prices tend downward.
Brkadstufps.— Richardson, Spence, & Co. report
FlourdnlJ. Wheat heavy, and quotations barely main
tained; red Western, 7s9d@Ss6d. Corn quiet; mixed,
2£s.
Provibiohs,—Beef quiet and steady. Pork quiet.
Bacon firm. Lard still-declining, and prices 6d@la
lower. Tallow, fiat. Butter quiet.
Produce.— Ashe&quiet and steady. Sugar do. Coffee
steady and unchanged. Rice steady. . Rosin quiet and
unchanged, spirits of Turpentine flat. Petroleum in
active and nominal. ;,v
: LONDON MONEY MARKET, —Consols 90}£@90J4 for
money, ex dir.
„AMERICAN SECURITIES.—IIIinois Central 31K@30>£
cent discount; Erie 54@5G.
LATEST, VIA I,ONDONDBRBY-
Livehpoot,, Jitne 10. —The Brokers' Circular reports
tha gales of the week at 53,000 bales, of which 5,750
were to speculators, and 11,000 to exporters. The mar
ket has advanced Kd. for American, but prices are kd
lower for common qualities pf other descriptions The
sales to-day (Friday) wereS.OCO bales,including3.ooo to
speculators and exporters, tbe market closing quiet and
unchanged. The authorized quotations are Middling
Orleans2B3id; do. Mobile2S>£d; do. Uplaud&2B>£-
The stock in port is estimated ut 293,QU0 bales, inclu
ding 11,600 bales of American.
.. Breadstuff's dull. Wheat easier. Provisions quiet
aDd steady except Bacon, which is advancing, and
Lard btill declining. - i
. London, June 10, —Consols, for money Qo>f®9G.&* Illi
nois Central shares, 32@30 3R cent, discount; Erie, 53®35
discount.
The bullion in the Bank of England has increased
£9 t 5OO during the week. ;
Marine Intelligence.
. Arrived from ’New York—Friede, at Bordeaux; 7th,
, Lizzie Barman, at Liverpool; 7tb, Webster, at do.
Arrivta from Philadelphia, June Sth—Tubal Cain, at
Falmouth.
Arrived from Baltimore, Jane Sth—Florence Chip
man, at Liverpool. ' ■
Kaihd for New York, June 4th —Meridian, at New
port; 7th, Parien, in the Clyde; sth, St. Lawrence, at
Liverpool, V . '
Sailed for Boston, June 7th—Albert,from Liverpool.
Sailed for Baltimore, June 6th—Gen. Williams, from
Liverpool. ’
NEW YORK CITY.
CSpecial Correspondence of'The Press.) r
New York, June 20,
~ POLITICAL GOSSIP. '
The Coppersition press—a cross between the Cop
perhead and Opposition—having already worked
put through unique logic the problem of *-Little'
Mac's” stupendous generalship, his statesmanship,
and martyrdom, is now essaying to build him up a
reputation fbr oratory, upon the basis of hisYVest
Pointless speech. This poor young man is being
shockingly treated: by Metropolitan friends j
who, ignoring the bounds of discretion, proceed so
far with their eulogies that a general cachinatlon
and hiation greet each renewed effort instead of the
solemn awe,for which they are laboring.
One of these compositions is so unique that it de
serves dissemination. "The oration,” it alleges,
.‘‘will live forever.‘V* * * Which will be a for
tunate thing for ’ the people in the next world.
His admirers will con it again and again., The
farmer and the laborer at their firesides will ponder
upon its truths. The historian will interweave the
sentences into his imperishable context. The future
poet will.catch Snspiration”—moreprobabiyinspis
sation—“from its.eloquent condensations of heroic
events. The schoolboy”-^Teryproperly—-“will often
; extract from its Mosaic”—and Hebraic—“ finish the
attractive sentences for his holiday exhibition.
And long after”—and not before—” the fevered anti
fanatical speeches of the day have perished, Mc-
Clellan’s electric; orafcon will fire : the patriotic
heart”—and the cigars—“of the generation who
may look back upon this era of rebellion,” &0., &c.
And this is the method that the metropolitan 7
friends of the poor young maa^adopt for building
himupin the good graces of the and esta
blishing a reputation which shall commend him to
their most distinguished consideration, - The insani
ty and inanity, of New York politics were never
more forcibly exemplified.
Madame Demorest, modiste, and authoress of seve
ral works upon the Fashions, is supporting Fremont
through the columns of the IllustraledNews.
It is confidently asserted in some quarters; that
the delegates to the Chicago Convention will be in
structed to vote for whomever they may desire,
with the understanding that: a- sort of left-handed
fusion witli the Fremont' ticket is to be the practical
result. The Copperhead and Coppersition
have given great prominence to the trades* move
ments, the Aarly-closing meetings, and those of the
Fenian'Brofherhood, of . course without any idea of
asking votes for their upon : of
the great interest they appear to take in those-pro
ceedings.
ARTISTIC,
; Tlio Academy of Design closes its doors on Juno
25th, The artists arc preparing for the annual hegi
ra. Yewell. goes out West, and other notables are
very generally retiring to their country seats. Cra
gin has a fine sign on his easel. Hojer is making ah
exquisite German text study for a prominent mer
cantile fihp on Broadway.
A relishable : anecdote is at present- going the
rounds. L———one day dropped into II —’s
studio.-“ How do. youlike the Sanitary Gallery?”
asked the latter, u O, it’s all G—, O—, C—; nothing
'but G— { Kow there’s his H— of the A—’s j it’s
just like spinaeh. H In the course of-the day C—
dropped in, an<J the same question was asked him.'-
“Ah,”he replied, “it’s all L—, H—,X—’s. There’s
/his Y-- 0, j it’s just like molasses pandy.” Who can
* doubt. the literal truthfulness of artistic
; criticism 1
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
The society of “friends-” having for the time
being given up the delightful sport of maiming and
killing policemen, doubtless, as being too laborious
for the healed term, has devoted itself to a variety
of innocent pastimes. A perfect bouquet of varie
gated Utile crimes has been the result. A few eve
nings ago, a miserable boy of a tailor, aged forty
years, undertook to correct his father withapairof
shears, and succeeded in cutting him severely, in
flicting wounds which, it fe feared, will prove fatal.
Tho papers chronicle a frightful outrage committed
by three youths, who will doubtless be spared to
repent and vote at tho next election. The city,
abounds witlri/young,rascals-—boys bred up In tho
midst of 'physical" and moral filth, who are enly
pests to the Proposals for a pestilence
to sweqp them off should be immediately issued.,
Congregating at the corners, and heaping insults
pu man and woman, doEying the law, and patronizing
the - ''filthiest of liquor shops, 16 would, require tho
keenest kind of philosophy to detect of what possi
ble UsCtheyaretoth«world,and;Whythpyshouid
not be carefully entombed; at the first favorable op
portunity. The ordinances relating to street-clean
ing should be made-applicable to them.
THE COUNTS* WEEK.
This week will ; be memorable for counts. The
nobility Is. well .'represented at court. Count Do
minico Od<lirso v .who was some time since deoorateil
with an ordor of arrest, is to be tried for appro
priating some elothibg at the ; St. Nicholas Hotel;
also for pi similar offence committed at the Gra
mercy Park Hotel. Count Covin© is charged* with
having abstracted sundry and divers: artlolbs of
vertu from the rooms of the Lafiwge House. ; Th(®o
nbbiemeh'have experienced theb vilo mutability of
mctropdlitan fortune. From tlie social "circles to
the cells and the lowah awdalis i, Today the Jo
kannes case oomes off. -
LIBEL SUITS.
The trial of Mr. John Clancy, editor oftho Lp<wlcr,
upon the criminal charge of libelling the “ Count
Joannes,’ 1 will take plac© next week. e It willcroato;
a decided sensation injpurnailsUci as well as other
circles. The Count has also a civil suit ponding,
against the samqgocrioman, and, it is>ald, against
tile editor of ik& Daibj Tron«rrip/, the legal paper of
the city. Those, added to the suit which, according
to report,he was about launching Against the Tribune,
make four , casts in which the Count oocupies and
would have oeoupiod the position oi plaintiff or ex
rel -The Leader y ever, since , of-
Its troubles, has given a spicy and joyial weekly ae
. count of Uio position of aiialrs. The e^itor evidently
is provided' with a fme vertibral deyelopaieut.
Somebody will sustain damage before tlie matters
are finally concluded. ■
COMt’ULfIORY’ ECONOMY.
A ray of hope is illumining the minds of our un
fortunate tnx>paye?s atlast, because there seems to
bo a faint possibility of checking the insane extra
vagance which lias heretofore characterized the dis
bursement of the public funds. The old loungors
who were wont to draw their revenues from the
corporate purso are ieeling very badly about the
matter. There will be no more Japanese balls for
the city fathers; no more gigantic maelstroms suck
ing down the public moneys; no anything to make
their official lives agreeable. The Citizens’ Asso
ciation has opened a complaint book at their rooms
in Broadway, and therein any citizen may record
the facts of any corruption, fat jobbing, or wilful
extravagances perpetrated by our officials, and the
association will Investigate, and sec that the guilty
parties are prosecuted under the law which makes
all wasteful and corrupt uses of the public funds
misdemeanors. Some such method of punishing the
corruptionists has long'.boon needed. They have
laughed at the tax-payers until their sides ached,
and grinned at the weak attempts made to over
throw their schemes of spoliation. Mutters have
now assumed an aspect evidently different, and who
can say that from the most extravagant we shall
not yet come to be the moßt economical of the great
cities of the Unionl
THE BHAKSTEARK MONUMENT.
Some seven thousand dollars have thus far been
raised by- the Shakspeare Monument Committee.
Thirteen thousand yet remain to be procured. The
work goes slowly on, but'will probably bo accom
plished before long through the aid of a few large
donations from prominent men. The sculptor to
whom the task will be committed has hot yet been
chosen/ Bumor points to Clark Mills, however/ ■
THE “ SEVENTH” REGIMENT.
The Seventh Regiment started off this morning
for another field dayjwitli full ranks. Its appcuranco
on our streets has never evoked the old enthusiasm
since its unlelicitous return from Washington du
ring the first months of the war. .
DESPATCH FROM SECRETARY CHASE-—THE PUBLIC
DEBT, ETC.—IMPORTANT STATEMENTS. >
. Secretary Chase Has sent the following despatch
to tins city:
“The present aggregate of the public debt, inclu
ding alilegni-tendcr notes and-unpaid requisitions,
is #1,719,395,168.88. The interest-bearing legal-tender
notes which have been withdrawn amount to
$38,890,700, The ordinary legal-tender notes which
have been withdrawn, and placed in reserve,
amount to $37,258,822.
“Of course, it will be necessary to replace a por
tion of the five-per-cent. legal tenders with com
pound-interest six per cents/' :
’Terrible railroad accident.
The New York express train for Boston via
Springfield, about noon, when a mile north of Ber
lin, met with an accident, caused by the spreading
of the tracks. The two rear cars were thrown down
an embankment and were badly broken up. Some
thirty-five persons are reported injured, mostly by
bruises.
Among those hurt are 32. A. Enson and wife, of
Hartford; Mr. Zenn, of the firm of Collins & Co.,
Of Hartford; and George Parker, a brakesman
The latter is not expected to survive his injuries. *
v . - BANK STATEMENT.
Statement of the condition*©! the New York banka
for the week ending June 20: ;
Loans, increase .../$837,761
Specie, decrease. .1,125^413
Circulation, decrea5e........................ 90,361
Deposits, decrease. .3,091,-181
Gold closedat 198 ii-
THE I‘HEbTDENCI.
THE MEETING OF THE CHICAGO CONVENTION. '
We are informed that Mr. Belmont, the chairman
of the National Democratic Committee, has refused
to call a meeting for the consideration of the pro
posal to postpone the Chicago Convention. We
.understand that the reason given for this refusal by
Mr. Belmont is, that he has conferred with the
members or the Committee* and that they have ex
pressed themselves in opposition to i the proposed
postponement. There ia certainly some misunder
standing about this, for the only two members of
the Committee with whom we have communicated
distinctly state that the chairman has not addressed
them on the subject, either verbally or in writing.
At all events, the proper way to ascertain the senti
ment of the Committee.is to call a meeting and pul*
the question to the vote. In view of the extreme
importance attached to the proposition, and out of
respect to the great numbers of tke Democracy who
favor the postponement, the chairman cannot do
less than consider the subject with formality.— N. F.
News.
THE TRLBtTJTE POLICY.
To the Anxious.—As it has seemed to. us expe
dient and proper to devote, for the: present, our
columns and our efforts mainly to the iavlgoration
of the warior the Union, leaving politics and Presi
dent-making to await, so far as may be, the issue of
the campaigns now in progress, some of our friends
and a good many of the other sort are solicitous as
to the course we may ultimately take, and some of
them address to us letters on the subject which we
have not time severally to answer. But we.can
easily give a general rule that will enable any one to
solve all such problems for himself. r
If, then, you cherish any solicitude, any doubt, on
this or any kindred subject, just drop in on the tea
bitterest and most malignant pro-slavery Copper
heads you happen to know, and ask each in confi
dence what course He would wish the Tribune to
take in this or any other, contingency; and, if ha
answers you.truly, you may safelycbaelude that we
shall act precisely as he desires we should not. This
rule is easily applied, and has rarely been known to
fail. And it will probably wear a good while with
out wearing out.— N. Y. Tribune.
THE t£ HIOAWBEP.” - DEMOCRACY. ;
[From The h T ew York Times. )
So they are disposed to wait awhile and see if an
available hero won’t turn up from some unexpected
quarter. They have hopes of Grant, and are quite
ready to take him provided he will'take Richmond.
Itis about the first reward they have ever offered to
, induce one to serve the country—but -Grant doesn’t
need it. He will take Bichmond in due time we
have not the slightest doubt.' So far as that goes,
ifwewerein want of a candidate we should be
quite willing to take him on trust. But the Demo
crats evidently mean to make a sure thing of it—
they will nominate ho man on the strength of what
he Is expected to'do. v. We commend their prudence.
We hope.they will posfcponetheir.Convention, until
Richmond is taken, the rebellion quelled, and the
Union restored. Then perhaps they can unite their
forces. The Peace Democrats* who think the. war
an infamous crime and demand that it be stopped,
and the War Democrats who think it equally cri
minal and iafanious, but demand that it be prose
cuted with vigor* may possibly then unite upon
some man who agrees with both. ' We trust they’ll
try. ■
A WESTERN PLATFORM.
The following despatch was received on Friday
night from Governor Yates, of Illinois, at a recent
meeting in Chicago; -
Springexeld, 111., June IQ,
To Colonel John L. Hancock:
I cannot be with you to-night, but please say that
I am for Abe and Andy, Dick No.* 2 and the
Deacon—against all Copperheads, North or-South—
against sla very— for the Monroe doctrine—for Grant
and his army—for freedom and the Union, now and
forever.; - * Richard Yates, Governor.
“BREAKING IT UP.”
> "Whatever doubt there < might have been as to the
definite object of the Cleveland Convention, pre
vious to its adjournment, it is now effectually dis
pelled, for it is hard to find a single member of it
who does not declare that he went there for the
purpose of “ breaking it up.”
.* •" XIK. LINCOLN*
[From the Philadelphia Ledger.]
Unless, therefore, there should be some defeat of
the plans of Government so complete as to prove a
hopeless incapacity in the present administration
of the Government within , the next three months,
the prospects ;of. Mr. Bincoln’s re-election are all
that the most perfect unanimity of tho powerful
body represented in the Baltimore Convention can
secure. The unimpeachable honesty .of purpose and
well-known integrity of character In Mr. .Lincoln
have done much to secure this result. His
tion in opinion, and the feeling , that hemow has
more experience of the ropes of the ship of State
than any one who has;not been in power during the
last four years, have all tended to produce this
nomination, so honorable, to tho President. There
has, no doubt, also been a desire to show respect to
one whose honest devotion to the Unlon has made
him the mark of such gross personal abuse and
misrepresentation throughout the South and even
abroad.
“ con’s blessing.”
When the platform was under consideration in th e
Cleveland Rev. Henry T, Oheever
(brother of the Rev. Dr. Cheever of New York)
moved to amend the first resolution by inserting the
words, “ with God’s blessing,” so that it should read
ns follows: :
\ u ltes6lred, That, with the Federal
Union must and shall be preserved.” .
: The correspondent of the Herald tells us what was
the fate of this.motion: ... -
“Mr. Oheever’s motion caused quite a sensation
among the Germans, many ofwhom were infidels j
but Mr. Cochrane promptly put the question, as fol
lows: 4 AH those in favor of amending the resolu
tion by the insertion of “God’s blessing” .will say
“ aye,” all opposed “no.” God’s blessing is lost,’
said Cochrane. The suddenness with which it was
put, and several circumstances connected, caused
quito a sensation. The moment that quiet was re
stored the Germans could be heard whispering to
each other, ‘Dash ish de man,’‘Dash ish de man.’
‘"Vat’s dat he shays ’boutGod’s blessing V ‘Dish
ish de man.’ From that moment on it was impossi
ble to.get the Germans to think of any other person
for Vice President but General Coohrane, and when
his name was proposed they rushed it through with
a will, all owing, to that one little circumstance,
which only shows'how a little thing decides a man’s
fate in political campaigns.”
JOHN COCHRANE.
IF there is in this country a more unscrupulous
and slippery politician than . John Cochrane, -we
know not where to look for him. In 184$ he was a
Freo Seller, but, having succeeded in avenging the
wrongs of Jjlr. van Buren by the defeat of General
Cass, he abandoned the party, and, in 1552, was a
supporter of the fugitive slave .Uiw.and of that ar
rant tool of the slave oligarchy, Franklin Pierce,
who rewardecUiis treachery to freedom by making
him Collector of the port of New York. Hcsustain
ed the Administration of the infamous Buchanan to
the very end; be supported Breckinridge for Presi
dent iii 1860, and, as a member of Congress In the
winter of 1860-61, did all he could by Eis speeches
and votes to betray the North; and, in April, 1861,
alter the inauguration of Lincoln. he went to Rich
mond and made a speech to the slavemongers, then
plotting treason, of which the Examiner of that city
speaks in the following terms : V; .
* “This Cochrane wiil be remembered in Richmond
as the New York politician who, from the steps of
the Exchange Hotel, declared and avowed, with
solemn appeals to the Almighty,that if the Federal
Government should attempt to coerce the South,
he (Oochranefwould be found sword in hand on the
side of Old Virginia.” -
And this man, without a drop of anti-slavery
blood ini his veins, and whose lifo ha 3 been one long
chapter of intrigue, is led in triumph to the chair of
a political Anti-Slavery Convention by a nou-voting
Abolitionist who can findco ground for confidence
in President Lincoln, the emancipator of 3,000,000
slaves, and in whose eyes Garrison is an “ old
fogy!? s *— AnU-Slavet'y Standard. - *
AFTER THE NOMINATION.
One of the editors of the in this week’s
issue, gives an account of a trip to Baltimore in com
pany with \V.Lloyd Garrison, to attend the Uonveu
tiou. Subsequently he; visited Washington. Ho
writes:
“ On Mr. Lincoln’s reception day, after the nomi
nation; his face,.wore an expression of satisfaction.:
rather than elation. He made a moro favorable ap-.
pearance, both in manner and dress, than in his latb
unfortunate exhibition before his eloquent and pun- ,
gent critic, Miss Anne Dickinson, a wo-;
man, could not help* noticing a wound, in the good ?
man’s stookings. His honest countenance habitu-:
ally justifies the expression of mingled humor and;
sadness which Mr. Cordentor, the artist, has caught:
in the large picture which he is now invinUng at the
White Bouse of the President. amV hia Cabinet, i
Bfr. Lincoln’s reception .of Mr* Garrison, was. an:
'equal honor to host and guest. I
“In alluding to our failure Uhfind the old. jail, m
> snid, ‘ Well, Mr. Garrison, when you first wont to;
Baltimore, you couldn’t get otd; and the Bobbnd
time you couldn’t get in.’ When onoof us mOnUbued
the great enthusiasm at thi* Convention, after Sena
tor Morgan’s proposition. to ; amend the Constitution
abolishing slavery, Mr. Lincoln iDstßutly said, ‘lt
\\fis I who suggested cn Mr.- Morgan that he should
put that idea Into hia opening speech.’ This .was the
very best word ho has Said since the proclamation of
i'reedoin; President, therefore, and his party of
BUpporters.standnowplo«lged to theoomplete eradi
cation of slavory from the land j and they will be
held to tho pisd&c, wby should sot
Congress hasten to submit the same proclamation
to the peopled The Senate voted In favor or such a
measure by a wonderfully large majority, but the
House opposed. Will the House now reconsider 1 If
not, why not t”
an instructive corrksfowdknob—tub fbb*
MONT MOVEMENT IN WESTERN VmOllttA.
We copy the following juicy correspondence from
the Wheeling (Va.) Intelligencer of Saturday:
« Wheeling, W. Va., June 17,1864.
“ To the Editors of the Intelligencer:
“ 1 enclose you for publication a correspondence
which 1 think will be very interesting; first, as a
rich exposd of some of the movements to create ft
Fremont furore; secondly, as a fit reply from an
officer of the Government, who has tfeen solicited tt
co-ojierate in the swindle. j, d.
“ Baltimore, Md., June n, 1301.
“ Major D. IT. McPhail, U. S. A.
“ Bear Sir: I want you to send me the names of
some two or three or more prominent Fremont and
Cochrane men in West Virginia, if you know any
such. 1 am chairman of the sub-Natlonal Com
mittee of the Kadicai Democracy for Maryland,
Delaware, and West Virginia, and want to com
municate with some of our leading friends In West
Virginia on the subject of the campaign. Try and
serve me if you ca n in the matter.
j* They are going to have two Uncoin electoral
tickets in Maryland. The anti-Blair men have
theirs out.
“ The Blair men are arranging to get theirs out.
They say they have been cheated by the anti-
Blairites, and will go before the people on the
popularity of Montgomery Blair, as if anybody
caTed anything about him.. I hope this may di
vide . Honest people may then couie by their
rights.
, “We shall organize at once in this State, at least,
eo far us anybody will go with us, hold a State Con
vention, and get our electural tickets out. The
whole of the loyal States will be thoroughly organ
ized on the basis of our principles.
{t l do not know your course, but Ido hope it will
be with us. Lincoln can never be re-elected. His
sins alone will prevent that. Andrew Johnson is
besides a slaveholder. •
“The Democratic party is split in twain forever,
between the peace and the war parties; it .vill make
no nominations at Chicago, but will rally personally
all other discontents around Fremont, who wiu
never yield his distinct organization.
“1 want a soundman in Western Virginia, who
is fit to go on the National Committee. Let me
hear from you. Truly: yours,
W. G. Snethbn/*
“ Wheeling, W. Va., June 16,1864.
“ IV, G. Snetkcn, Esq., Baltimore , Md:
“ Dear Sir : I am in receipt of your letter of the
11th instant, and in reply have to say that since the
adjournment-or ihe Cleveland Convention I have
not seen nor heard of one Fremont and Cochrane
man in West Virginia,
“General Fremont has some warm friends in this
State,'and none regret more than do these his
sent political status.; ami lam surprised al anv
true mend ofhls could not have ?*»- n A"?
has been played off on .him ' aß< , t/o. by /eh pa/
ties as Henry inter jjavis A: Company. I never
considered the ufSveland Convention from the start
a movement in the interests of Fremont, and lata
BtUi ol that belief Davis and his gang of trading
politicians, in and out of Congress, have been the en
irineersof the whole movement. Smart enough they,
however, to keep away from it, and do better service
in Congress ana elsewhere, in embarrassing the Ad
ministration, in the hope that this, together with
what might be done at Cleveland, would distract
counsel at Baltimore, and thereby cause Mr. Lin
coln to be dropped, and their men (Davis, Ylce Presi
dent, for example) elevated.
“1 presume no honest man .will for a moment
doubt that Davis and his gang plotted for the de
struction of Lincoln, notwithstanding their now
pretended friendship for him and their hostility to
Fremont, but these are they whom the Admiaistra*
„ tion took into favor in Maryland to the exclusion of
its true friends.
“It has turned out with them as I predicted it
would - , but they were caught in their attempt to sell
Lincoln, and I shouldn’t wonder if he has not begun
to ‘see it/; ,
“ I have considered pie policy of the President too
tame—you know that—-but I do not see anything.ln
the jjolicy now- being pursued that ought not to be
considered radical enough for the new-born advo
cates of the Monroe doctrine. If my memory serves,
this has always been a cardinal feature in the creea
of the Democratic party, and no one feature of that
creed has received more of abuse from the tongues
of such old Whigs as Davis than has'this one. As a
Jackson Democrat 1 have always been an advocate
of this doctrine, and will go as far as the farthest in.
asserting it at the proper time, but X will never con
sent to ils use as a means to embarrass the Adminis
' tration while rebels are in arms against the liberties
of the people. Its introduction at the present time
was designed for no good purpose; hence I 'can’t be
* counted in/
“In conclusion, let me say that, however much I
might be disposed to favor the election of Fremont,
two reasons would prevent me from voting for him
as now nominated. First* the platform does not
suit me. It savors too much of red republicanism,
with* its - concomitant of infidelity, and it offers too..
many, inducements for the rebels in the Northern A,
and Western States, who call themselves Demo
crats, to fair into line and move unitedly in pha
lanx to break down the Government. Second, I
have too lively a recollection of that speech of John
Cochrane’s, delivered at the Maryland Institute
Hall in the winter of 1860-61, wherein he was unable
to see how a State could be coerced, agreeing, on "
that occasion, with Buchanan. Possibly he may
have since discovered how that thing can be done.
No’thanks, however, to politicians, but all thanks to
the armies of the still living Republic.
“ Very truly yours, B. H. HcPhail.”.
A CAMPAIGN LYRIC.
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Abraham TAncoin knows the ropes!
All our hopes :
. t Centre now about the brave and true.
Bebus help him as we can,
He’s the man,
Honest for the country through and through.
Others good, perhaps, as he
~ There may be :
Have we tried them in the war-time’s flame X
Do we know if they will stand,
Heart in hand,
Seeking for the right In Heaven’s name!
Bet the Nation ask him, then,
■’ Once again '
To hold the rodder in this stormy sea.
Tell him that each sleepless night.-
Dark to light; :
Ushers in a morning for the free.
Bet us not forgetsour rude
Gratitudef
But lend our servant the poor crown we may l
Give him four more years of toil,
Task and moil,
Knowing God shall crown him in His day I
—N. Y. Independent.
Mr. Vallandlgham aud the Badical Dew
mocmcy.
The full report of Yallandigham’s written speech
at Hamilton, Ohio, Is published in the Cincinnati
papers. We extract the following passages In which
he alludes to the new movement inaugurated by
General Fremont. Declaring that order No. 38,
under which he was sacrificed, was' defied and spit
upon>sy the people, and is, therefore, dead, he pro
ceeds :
The indignant voice of condemnation long sine*-;
went forth from the vast majority of the people and •
presses of America, and from all free countries in
Europe with entire unanimity; and more recently,
too, the platform of an earnest, unanimous, ana
most formidable convention of the sincere Republi
cans. * *
Still further, the emphatic letter of acceptance by
the candidate of the Convention, General John C.
Fremont, the first candidate, also, of the Republican,
party for the Presidency eight years ago, upon the
rallying cry of free speech and a free press, gives re
newed hope, that at least the reign of arbitrary
power is about to be brought to an end in the United
States. It is neither just nor fit, therefore, that tho:
wrongs inflicted under “ Order Thirty-eight,” and
the alter edicts and acts of such power, should any
longer be endured, certainly not by me alone. But
every ordinary means of redress has first been
exhausted; yet, either by the direct agency of
the Administration ana its subordinates, or
through its influence or intimidations in the
civil courts to meet a case which no American
ever in former times conceived to be possible
' here, all have failed. Counsel, applied in my behalf
to an unjust judge for the wrttof habeas corpus.
It was denied, and now the privilege of that writ
is suspended by act of Congress and .Executive order
in every State. The Democratic Convention of
Ohio, one year agobyaresolutionformally presented
through a committee of your best and ablest men in
person, at Washington, demanded of the President,
in behalf of a very large minority of the people, a
revocation of the edict of banishment. Pretends
ing that the public safety then required it, he refused,
saying at the same time, that it would afford him
pleasure to comply as soon as he could, by any means,
be made to believe that the public safety would not
suffer by it. One year has elapsed, yet this hollow
Eretence is still tacitly asserted; and to-day Jam.
ere to prove it unfounded In fact. I appealed to the'
Supreme. Court of the United States, and, Ijpcause
Congress.had never conferred jurisdiction in behalf of
a citizen tried by a tribunal unknown for such
purpose to the laws, and expressly forbidden by-the
Constitution, it was powerless to redress these
wrongs.. The time has, therefore, arrived, when, it
becomes me, as a citizen of Ohio and the United
States, to demand, and by my own acts to vindicate
the-rights, liberties, and privileges which I never
forfeited, but of which, for so many months, I have
been deprived. Wherefore, men of Ohio, I am again
In your midst to-day. I owe duties to the State, and
am here to discharge them; I have rights as a citi
zen, and am hero to assert them; a wile, and child,
and home, and would enjoy all the pleasures which
are implied in those cherished. words. But I am
here for peace, not turbulence ; for quiet, not con
vulsion 5 for order, law, notanarchy.
A. Concert at the; Fair,— To-night a concert will
be given in the Exhibition Room of the Fair, In
which many of the best amateurs of Philadelphia
will aid. No more need be said for its musical
value. . The/novelty of the concert will be the
dPbut, in this city, of a lady-amateur from New York,
whose voice is said to be unusually fine. ■/ "
Large Positive Spring Sale of Boots,
Shoes, Brogans, §traw Goons, Travelling-
Bags, Hats, Ac.—The early attention of purchasers
is requested to the large assortment of boots, shoes,
brogtms, Shaker hoods, hats, travelling bags, &«.,
Ac., embracing samples of 1,000 packages of first
class seasonable goods of city and Eastern manufac
ture, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue on four
months’ credit, commencing this morning at*lo.
o’clock, by John B. Myers A Co., auctioneers, Noa
232 and 254 Market street.,
Sale of Elegant Paintings.— A collection of
elegant oil paintings, richly framed, principally the
works of American artists, will bo sold this morn
ing, at 10 o’clock, at Messrs, Son’s auction
store, No, M. 4 Chestnut street. - .. .
SANITARY FAIR.
Central Sanitary Fair, Juno 20—iQ P. ST.
The following is the
YOTfl Olf THE HOHJf.
Good "Wi11Engine....2,645 Globa Engine-**-* *».s*
Fairmotmi Engine...-.2*035 Moyamemdag H05e*..,..16'
Pennsylvania Hose-.. 1, iSS Northern Liberty Hose. .21
Philadelphia Engine 699 Good Imeat Hose
Phamix H05e'.......... 520 United States Hose
DUigentEngine.vr.;..* 215 Weccacoe Engine..
United States Engine.. 155; Philadelphia. Hose... ....fit
Southwark Hose;.***. 101 Columbia H05e...........12
ViaUant Engine....... 57 Washington-Hose. »
Empire Hook & Lad. 49 Marion H05e...... 11
Spring Gardes Hose-- 1 Schuylkill H05e........,,1T
Good Intent Engine... "-L6 Neptune H05e..... ..14
Wearera H05e.......... .-lO s ,Washington' Engine..... .Ik
South Penn 805 e...... ,4.Reliance Engine 1
Humane H05e...8 Union Engine.--,,,,, 1
Spring Garden Engine. 1 Robert Morris Hose-.*..* %
Mantua Hook & Ladder 1 FraakHnEugme-..** 2
IHliient 805 e.......... 1 Fairmouat Hose.. *.*. I
Hibernia Engine....... 5 Shiftier Hose S
Independence Hose*... 3 Columbia Engine A
Western Engine........ , 2 Fame Hose... 2
Northern/Lio. Engine. '* 1 Franklin Hose S
Persevorunce Dose*... 2 Humane Eugine $
Cofaocksink Rose* 2 Mechanic Engine 8
YOTE OS SWORD.
....S.S4I; Scattering.
Total....
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Meade
Hancock..
McClellan.
Grant.....
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............ 27? Scattering .....
Total..
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Biruoy....
Gibbons..
McClellan.
Mcude....,
Grant.....
TC*B OX THK VA£R.
Union League. .."..w. 625 Lincoln
Weldi....“ I U. Bollows-w.*-
Farragni 53 f«0P s &a**
Snare ••• HfeA 8 """"*'
rhai-e H MoCioUan
Giant I.; IS Stanton
BiiKht .. l Shertnaa
letter 6»np0at........
Union Refr»«l>'t Saloon, :i'
' Tbeasei«s'Tkovb.—Some4l4,ooB of BogHstx RO
veroiaos were ottered for sale on Friday, which S.
r. Nu.yborry found in tlto collar of rehouse in Wow
castlo, N. H-| once tlio residence of Governor Allen,
who held Ilia oOHiiaissiou from tlie English QUTsrtt>
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