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sixty thousand circulation,” or “more
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The Terms of Submission.
We said yesterday that Savannah repre
sented the South more thoroughly than
Richmond does, and it is every day more
apparent that in the rebel capital is con
densed an extreme spirit of animosity
and revenge which is only partially felt
by the people throughout the seceded
States. Bichmond is the headquarters of
the conspiracy. There is the machi
nery that moves its armies, conscripts the
men, drains the land, and wrings the very
life-blood out of the once-prosperous South.
There are all the men who have set their
lives upon the cast, and perish if the rebel
lion fails. The spirit of the city is hot free,
but enslaved by the will and influence of
Jefferson Davis. It is, therefore, not
from Bichmond that peace is to come.
Jefferson Dayib will not submit till
all is lost, and wherever he abides,
wherever his armies march, there will be
desperation and defiance. We can only
know how far the people of the South,
are convinced of the uselessness of the re
bellion by the spirit in whieh they
yield to the laws of the Union in such ter
ritory as we have regained. And as Sa
vannah is the metropolis of Georgia, a
cotton State, a slave State, one of the first
States to secede, the ready submission by
its authorities and inhabitants to the Go
vernment is a revelation of the ultimate
result of the war. We need not refer to
Tennessee or Louisiana in further evi
dence ; the action of Savannah is repre
sentative.
The people of Georgia and of the whole
South will now ask themselves this great
question, Why. did the authorities of Sa
vannah voluntarily renew their allegiance
to the United States ? The reason cannot
be concealed from them. They must
know that it was because the rebel
lion is a proven failure, and because
the Government asks nothing of the peo
ple of the South that they cannot hono
rably grant. More than this, they must
see that with their submission they will
be restored to all the rights they pos
sessed. before the war—that Georgia will
be again the peer of Pennsylvania under
the Constitution, and that the solitary
stipulation is the constitutional abolition
of slavery—a measure already actu
ally contemplated by the rebel lead
ers. They will understand that the United
States cannot conscientiously insist that
the liberated negroes shall be allowed to
vote, while the free colored men of the
North are denied that right by the State
laws. They will understand that restora
tion is to be effected upon broad grounds
of justice and generosity ; that we are
to deal as Americans with Americans,
and that the details of the reconcilia
tion will not be difficult to arrange if the
grand principles of one nationality are
admitted. Then they will ask themselves
a question yet more close: “If with such
assurances and for such an object the
authorities of the Georgian metropolis can
return to the Union, why cannot we
all honorably imitate their action ?”
Now that the threat of intervention is
renewed by the Canadian papers, and more
foolish* rumors of approaching danger are
•current than we have time to notice, the
following remarks of the first Napoleon
may be interesting to the third. We quote
from Abbott’s Life of the Emperor:
“After the Emperor had declared his Intention
of going to the United States, the Baron Fleury
said: ‘But will the English allow yo.u to cultivate
your fields In peace 1 You have made England
tremble. As long as you are alive, or at least at
liberty, she will dread your genius. The Americans
love and admire you. You have great influence
over them. You might perhaps excite them to enter
prises fetal to England.’ ‘ What enterprises v re
plied the Emperor. * ‘ The English well know that
Americans would lose their lives to a man in do
fenpe of their native sou. But they are not fond of
•carrying on a foreign warfare. They are not yet
arrived at a pitch to give the English ahy serious
uneasiness. At some future day^erhapa i they will he
■the of the sees.’ M
LETTER FROM “ OCCASIONAL*”
Washington, Jan. 9, 1885.
The action,of the people of Savannah, la
their resolutions of the 28th of December,
accepting the generous terms of Presi
dent Lincoln’s amnesty proclamation, is
•one of the most cheering signs of the
limes. I hail it with joyful gratitude.
‘General Sherman’s Field Order No.
143 is in noble harmony with the
■career of that matchless soldier-statesman
—of the hero who attacks with impetuous
Yalor and forgives with dignified compla
cency. This : Js the true, spirit of me war
we are waging for'the restoration of our
beloved Union. And knowing Richard D.
Arnold, the May#r-of Savannah, as I do,
I am not surprised that that sound old Union
Democrat responded to theofferof the Presi
dent and the example of Sherman. The Sa
vannah people will he amply rewarded for
their sensible and patriotic course, and the
question at the oiose of my letter of Friday
last, will be eagerly responded to by their
fellow-citizens in the interior. Hence
forward events will move with almost
lightning rapidity. What has been done
by the good men of Savannah is
but a logical sequence of the triumph of
the Union policy and the Union arms, and
of the utter defeat and despair of the rebel
leaders. You have only to read the last
utterances of, the organ of Jefferson Davis,
the Bichmond Sentinel, to draw the con
trast between the appalling dilemma of the
population of Richmond and of other un
conquered rebel cities, and the healthy,
and manly, and patriotic eourse of the au
thorities of Savannah. From this contrast
you may honestly anticipate that the noble
steps taken by Dr. Arnold and his friends,
in yielding to the Federal Government
and in acknowledging the supremacy of
the Constitution and the laws, and the hu
mane tenders df President Lincoln, will be
imitated by every- Southern community
when the inhabitants thereof are protected
by Union forces and permitted to range
themselves safely under the old flag.
I regard this Savannah demonstration
as, a moral victory of far more consequence
than two great battles now. We bad no
such demonstration when New Orleans fell
into our hands. At that time, the leading
classes were not only defiant and insolent,
but the -laboring people were moody and
threatening. At Savannah it is the promi
nent men—the controllers of public opinion,
the former leaders of the Democratic party—
who have commenced the good work; and
when the oppressed and starving and de
spairing men and women of the South come
to understand that the only conditions of
peace asked for by Mr, Lincoln are the
of the Federal Govern
ment, the restoration of the Union, and
the constitutional • abolition of slavery,
(the latter soon "to be effected, let us
hope, by the adoption of the joint re
solution in the House of Representatives
providing for such constitutional abo-.
lition,) they will clearly see the wisdom of
following the Savannah example. It is
not, and never has been, tbe policy of the
Administration to degrade the seeeded
States into provinces or territories. The
Southern rebellion did not, according to
the ruling and the action of all patriotic
men, take a single State out of the Union.
To admit this doctrine is to recognize the
right of secession itself; arid lam happy in
the belief that small as the party in favor
of it has been in Congress, it is growing
smaller every day. Louisiana is now
knocking at the doors of the Capitol, asking
admission for her Senators and Representa
tives. However this experiment may be
doubted by some, yet are there so many
considerations in favor of it that I firmly
hope and reasonably believe that
this appeal of the loyal people of that
State will be acknowledged, and that
before the close of the session her Sena
tors and Representatives will be welcomed
to seats in the National Legislature. Such
I know is the wish of Andrew Johnson,
of Tennessee. He and his friends are
rapidly organizing their new State Govern
ment, and will, as soon as it is possible,
elect a .Governor and Legislature, and two
Senators and the legal number of Repre
sentatives. Tennessee polled more Lin
coln votes In the last election than Ken
tucky. Her-loyal people have been bap
tised in fire and in blood. To deny them
the right of representation on any grounds
inconsistent with the conditions above
. stated, is in fact to deny that Andrew John
son himself ( is the duly elected Yice Pre
sident, and ,to pave the way for the wild
est confusion. What is true of Louisiana
and of Tennessee is measurably true, of
Arkansas, where the sure process of or
ganization is rapidly going on. I know that
some of . our friends entertain apprehen
sions that in the admission of these and
other rescued Commonwealths, and the
return of those who are forgiven under
the President’s amnesty proclamation, we
-shall run the risk of having our loyal friends
voted down in the Southern States ; and
there is yet another class who contend that
there should be no welcome back of the
repentant rebels until provision is made
to. confer the right of suffrage upon the
entire colored population of the South.
But we must understand that when the
Southern people express their willingness to
return, accepting dll the offers and pledges
of the Government, and yielding to the
irresistible judgment abolishing slavery in the
United States , no party can stand before
such a petition. If with the preponderating
vote of the free States we cannot hold this
free Government in the hands of anti
slavery Administrations; if with the aid
of emancipated Maryland, and West Vir
ginia and Nevada, and a redeemed Supreme
Court, we are not strong enough to defeat
Our repentant enemies, we shall be un
worthy of the great trust which has been
confided to us. After all, when this Union
is forever cleansed of slavery, the remains
of the disease will soon he purged away,
mid the energies of the Union directed to
lofty, comprehensive, and stupendous
national and international-interests. As
to the question of negro suffrage, that
is a matter of purely State con
cern. Does it become us to embar
rass the Government in this momen
tous hour by pressing the consideration
of Congressional legislation in this matter ?
We must first consider that there are few
even of the old States in which the colored
man has a right to voteso that, before
we begin to experiment with the as yet
illiterate and inexperienced colored popu
lation of the South, we should deliberate
and act in regard to the intelligent, indus
trious, and useful colored population of the
North.. These are commonsense truths,
and they aTe as useful to those who have
not felt the sharp, keen, cruel pangs of
war, as they are to our long-suffering,
down-trodden, and foully-betrayed brothers
and sisters in that region which has been
swept as*by a tempest of flame and blood,
and who are now, let us hope, on the eve
of avowing their willingness to come back
to the embraces of the Government of their
fathers. Occasional.
WASHINGTON.
WAbhingtoh, January 9.
THE CONGKESSIONAL APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The items in the legislative, executive, and judi
cial appropriations, all reported to-day, are heavier
than heretofore. The Appropriations for the Go
vernment Printing Bureau Amount to nearly
$1,600,000, paper alone being $629,000. The total
amount for the Agricultural Department, including
the purchase and distributing of seeds, and for the
propogatisg and experimental garden, is over
$lBO,OOO.
SENATE CONFIRMATIONS.
The Senate, in executive session to-day, confirmed
the nomination ot Albxande a S. Johnson, of
New York, as commissioner for the settlement of
claims of the Hudson Bay and Paget Sound Agri
cultural Company, vice Danibx. S. Dickinson, de
clined.
THE SCHELDT DUES.
The President has sent a message to Congress
asking that an appropriation be made as to the por
tion of money to toe paid by the United States,
under the treaty with Belgium, for the capitaliza
tion of the Scheldt dues.
DECISION OF THE SUPREME COUBT.
The Supreme Court of the United States pro
nounced an opinion to-day in the case of Stone vs.
The United States, affirming to the latter the title
to the southern part of Fort Leavenworth reserva
tion.
THE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE LOAN.
The subscriptions to the 10 40 loan, for the 6th and
7th instants, as reported at the Treasury Depart
ffient,was $25,076,660, and to the 7-40 loan nearly s*,-
600,000.
MODIFICATION OF THE WHISKY TAX.
The bill introduced by Keprosentative Elijah
Waed to day, and whioh was referred to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, provides for the repeal
ofsomuoh of the act to increase the internal re.
venue tax, passed Maroh 7th, 1864, as imposes sf
tax of forty cents per gallon upon spirits distilled
from grain or other materials Imported prior to the
passage of that act, and also so much of section 173
of the aot of June 30th, 1864, to provide internal re?
venue, &c<, as continues in force any fines, Hens,
penalties, and forfeitures, and authorizing and com
pleting any proceedings that have been or may be
commenced, to enforce such fines, penalties, and
forfeitures, so far as relates to the collection of the
tax. The Secretary of ms Treasury Is directed to
refund to the proper party or parties tbe tax col
lected under tbe provisions of the 7th section.
BIN KINO OF A STEAMER IN THE CHESA
PEAKE BUPPOBED LOBS OF ALL ON
• BOARD.
The oaptaln of tho steamer Oollyer reports that
In the severe gale or Friday last, on Chesapeake
Bay, the largo side-wheel steamer Knickerbocker,
Capt. Martin, went down between smith’s Light-'
house and Smith’s Point, having been driven in to
wards shore and doubtless knocked' a hole in her
bottom by running against a snag. All on board
the vessel are supposed to have been lost, as nothing
has been heardof the crew, although they may have
been saved, for a steamer was seen to go towards
the Knickerbocker just as she Bank. It Is believed
by river men that the Knickerbocker will be a total
loss; and as she is an old vessel, it Is (eared the
northeast winds Will knock her to pieces. She now
lies entirely submerged, with the exception of her
upper deck and smoke-stacks. The vessel was light
when she went down, and had oome around for the
purpose of obtaining a Government charter.. She
belonged to the People’s line of steamers, Acker &
Qo., New York.
DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE INTERVIEW OF
COL. THOS. M. KEYS WITH GENERAL HOW
ELL COBB.
The President to-day, in answer to a resolution of
the House of Representatives, communicated the
report of Col. Thomas M. Kkys, giving an aooount
of the interview between himself and General How
ell Cobb, on tho 14th of June, 1862, on the banks
of the Chlekahomlny. The report is addressed to
the Secretary of War.
Col. Keys says: “I am Instructed by Major Ge
neral McClellan to report to yon the substance of
an interview held yesterday by me with Hon. How
ell Cobb, now acting as brigadier general In the
rebel army at Richmond, 1 was ordered to pro
ceed with a flag of truoe to the bridge crossing the
Ohiokahomlny on the MeohanlosvlUe road, where I
would be met by Gen. Cobh, for the purpose of a
conference with regard to an-exohange of prisoners,
my instructions being to learn the views of tbo re
bel Government and report them to Major General'
McClellan and making arrangements for a se
cond meeting.
I also received permission to converse with
General Cobb upon tho general subjeot of tho exist
ing contest, informing him, however, that allsneh
conversation was purely personal, and not In. any
lespeot of an official representative character. I
went to the place appointed, and was met upon the
bridge by General Cobb. We availed ourselves, as
suggested by General McClellan, of the shelter ol a
little hut made by our pickets, a few feet from the
bridge, and talked together for several hours, the
conversation being carried on chiefly by him in re
gard to the exchange of prisoners. He exhibited
written authority from General Lee, commander of
the whole army of the Confederate States; giving
him full power to make any convention on the sub
jeot as to any or all prisoners of- war wherever oap
tured. He expressed a readiness to make an
agreement embracing all prisoners now held
by either side, or one Including only those taken
by the respective armies now confronting .each
other before Richmond, and ,to make such agree
ment applicable either to existing prisoners, or
also to those hereafter oaptnred. He statedthat
he would sign any cartel which was based upon
principles of entire equality, and lie proposed that
exchanges should take place according to the date
of capture—first, however, exhausting the list of
officers—the scale of equivalents to be any one
which we might, present, and which would operate
equally; for Instance, the one exhibited to him bv
Gen. wool, at a conference between them, ana
which was taken from a cartel between the United
States and Great Britain in 1812,; the exohanged
persons to be conveyed by the captors, at the cap
tor’s expense, to some point ot delivery convenient
to the other party. The rale of exchange to operate
uniformly, without any right of reservation or ex
ception In any particular ease. He professed ignor
ranee of any complaint against this ’Government’
In any matter of exchanging prisoners, and pledged
himself for the removal of any cause ol oomplalnt
upon representation being made. .He suggested
the propriety of releasing upon parole any surplus
of prisoners remaining on hand after the ex
changes had exhausted either party.”
mVTJTtIi CONGRESS-—Second Session.
SENATE.
Vice President H AML 111 wag in the chair.
A WE6TBB2T BAVT YARD.
Mr. DOOLITTLE, of Wisconsin, presented the memo
rial of tbe Board of Trade of Racine, in relation to the
establishment of a naval depot on the Western Lakes,
INCBBASK OF THE PAY OF AH MY OFFICERS.
Petitions for the pay of army officers were presented
by Messrs. MORRILL and WADE, and referred to the
Commutes on. Military Affairs.
AID TO SOUTHERN REFUGEES.
Mr. &BBBMAN, of Ohio,- presented the memorial of
the President of the Refugee Relief Commission of
Ohio, asking for the appropriation of money for the
support of the Southern refugees.
Mr. SHERMAN said there were thousands of loyal
refugees in the cities of Cincinnati, St. Louis, and
Louisville, and their condition was deplorable. Not
less than a hundred thousand white people had been
rendered homeless and scattered through the South by
the fortunes of war. He thought Congress ought to do
something in the matter; but he did.not believe the
appropriation of money-wonld be the most judicious for
relieving them He thought the Government ought to
give them work to do for the army in the mannfacture
of clothing,'&c., or a law might be passed giving them
the use of lands subject to confiscation. He wished the
memorial referred so the Committee on Public Lands.
Eoordered.
THB PEOOKBDS OF THE COTTON NOT TO
Bit GIVBN TO SHBRMAN’S ABUT.
Mr, WILSON, of Massachusetts, from, the Military
Committee, reported back the resolution to distribute
the proceeds of the cotton captured at Savannah
amongst the officers and soldiers of General Sherman’s
army, with the unanimous recommendation that it be
indefinitely postponed. It was so ordered.
aaSOBiLAKBOUS P3TITIONS.
Hr. ANTHONY, of Bbode Island, offered the remon
strance of the National India Rubber Company against
the extension of Goodyear’s patent. Beferred to the
Committee on Patents.
Hr. HALE of New Hampshire, offered a resolution
instructing the Committee on Commerce to inquire into
the expediency of increasing tho compensation of the
American consul at Halifax, N. S. Paused.
IKQUIEr INTO ALLEGED BBUTAX.I7T TO INDIANS.
Mr. DOOLITTLE, of Wisconsin, offered a joint reso
lution directing that Inquiry he made into the treat
ment of the Indian tribes by the civil and military au
thorities, which was referred to the Committee on In
dian Affairs
Mr. DOOLITTLE, of Wisconsin, called attention to a
letter from an officer stationed in Colorado, in reference
to the alleged brutality of Col. Ghevington towarda-cer
tain Indians, stating that he had wantonly slaughtered
them plundered them, Ac. v
CONVOCATION OP THB THIRTY-NINTH CONOSBBB,
Mr, POMBBOY, of Kansan* offered a resolution di
recting the Judiciary Committee to inquire what legis
lation was necessary to enable the President to.call an
exira session of the Thirty- ninth Congress without
giving the sixty days* notice now required. Adopted,
THB WIYBS AND CHILUBRN OP CO-
to BHD SODDIRBS.
On motion of Mr. WILSON* of the
joint resolution freeing the wives and children of co
lored soldiers was taken up.
Mr. BAULSBOBX. of Delaware, spoke against the re
sold. 1 , ion. Be denied the authority of Congress to pass
such a resolution ’Congress had no right even to free
the slaves enlisted in the army. It had no right to le
gislate on the subject of slavery* although it had done
so and contemplated doing so in the amendment of the
. Constitution. - There was no necetsity for passing each
a resolution, for all slaves were practically free now ac
cording to the party in power. Be denied the right
to capture and carry away properly, especially
in States that had never been In revolt This doctrine
was held by John Quincy Adams in 1820, who wrote that
a nation at war wi;h another had no more right to cap*
lure negroes and free them than to nse poison or murder
prise neTs in cold blood He opposed the measure before
tht Senate on the ground of policy and of humanity,
and because it was opposed to the legitimate rules of
war. . This policy proposed by the party in power was
abhorrent to Napoleon. Gen. Scott had expressed his
opinion against the right of Congress to interfere with
elavery in the States.
Mr. DAVIS moved to amend the resolution so as to
make its action prospective only, and not retrospective,
as reported by the military Committee He regarded
the resolution as a violation of the Constitution, but if
it must pass, he did not see that freeing the wives and
chi dren of those already in the service would promote
enlistments, and he, therefore, hoped that it would bs
made to operate only In the cases of those who should
hereafter enlist.
Mr, CLaBK hoped the amendment would not ba
adopted* and spoke briery against it.
Mr. VOMiBuS spoke m favor or the resolution.
Mr. 83-OWN said he intended in a short time to call
up the r solutions in relation to slavery introduced by
him at tbe last session; but he did not wish this to pre
vent the parage of the resolution now before the Se
nate. _
Mr. EENBBICKS, of Indiana, argued against the
proposition before the Senate, though he believed that a
vote for it would be a vote in favor of the slave- owners,
because, as the male slaves had -all been pat into the
army, it would be for the interest of the slave* owners to
be relieved from the care of the women and children.
Mr. WADE, of Ohio, thought the proposition before
the Senate w&b bo plain that it needed no argument It
ought to have b«en passed when Congress decided to
take colored men into the army. He defied that the
Republican party in a time of paaca ever attemptad to
interfere with slavery in the States, but when the war
broke out and slavery tried to kill the Government, the
case became different. Slavery was an organised rebel
lion, and he hoped there would be no peace until it was
abolished. The war was, in the commencement, atriefc
1t defensive, but sow he hoped it would continue for
thirty years, if necessary, or until the nation was bank
rupt, rather than that it should end before the about .on
of slavery. He was glad the South had held out, aed
he hoped they would hold out in their blunders until
they necessitated the only thing that would give us
l&B'ing peace,
Mr. .DAYIS resumed the floor in opposition to the re
solution. Be and his constituents were slaveholders,
and their rights were guaranteed by the laws of their
State and by Congress, The erneade again't slavery was
unjust, fanatical, and piratic*!, like all other crusades.
Mr. JOHN 60k, of Maryland, disputed the authority
of Congreis to pass such a resolution. There was no
doubt of the authority of Congress to enlist slaves, or
of its right to amend the Constitution so as to abolish
slavery. He 'Mr. Johnson) did not believe thatthe fact
of the slave being called ouc in the service of the Uni
ted Stateß made him free, though he believed it to be
the duty of Congress to provide for the freedom of all
inch men by compensation to their masters, or by some
other constitutional means. There had been no diffi
culty experienced In getting colored soldier*, in Mary
land especially.'- He knew that all the male slaves had
been taken into the service either forcibly or of thetr
own volition. He (Mr. Johnson) disliked the institu
tion of slavery as much as Mr. Wade or anybody else.
Be believed it to be a dire evil, but he could not endorse
Mr. Wade when the latter said he wanted the war to
continue for thirty-years, if necessary, rather than that
it should end without- the abolition of slavery. Sla
very was already mortally wounded, and could uot
survive even it peace without its abolition were
declared to-morrow.. He considered the rebels had
good reason to believe that England and Francs would
aid them to aelieve their independence if they would
abolish slavery, as they nnqueetionablyh&d aright to do~
What would* the Senator from Ohio do then ? Would
he submit to the dissolution of the Union, provided the
South thoold abolish slavery? He (Mr Johnson) was
happy to know that the President did not coneur in the
views of Mr. Wade during the last political canvass.
A paper known by its title of *'To whom it may con
cern ” was circulated. One of the conditions of peace
named in it was the abolition of slaven, but tbe friends
of the President took good care to explain this’away
before the people, telling them it did not mean exactly
what appeared on its face. Be was happy to s«e, also,
that the President, in his message, had announced the
restoration of the Union to be the only object of the
war. Mr. Johnson dn elt at some length upon the Pre
sident's declaration that the war would cease o a tbe
part of the Government as soon as it should have ceased
on the part of those who commenced it. He was in
favor of this settlement, but opposed to the view* of
Mr. Wade
Mr. WaDE said the opinions of the President had no
more weight than those of any other man on this sub
ject. He had his own views on the question of slavery,
and had nothing to abate of what he had said on ft.
Be did not fear tbe buraboos of foreign intervention.
He feareo nothing for this country but Injustice Let us
dear our own skirts of injustice and wrong, and then
we shal« have little to from any other source. The
Senator from Maryland had depicted the evils of slavery,
end yet he feared to walk up to the way of its abo
lition. _
The Convention that nominated Mr. Lincoln laid
down the principle that slavery should ba eradicated,
and Mr. Lincoln consented to it. Would the Senator
from Maryland sav that Mr. Lincoln had backed out of
this, and would consent to the return of the Southern
States whenever they laid down their arms If the
Southern JStaUs would abolish slavery in order to be
come the vassal*of European Powers, he (Mr. Wade)
would make them do that very thing to submit to the
authority of the Federal Government. We had a right
under the laws of war to abolish slavery When me
South lay down their arms and sue for peace, t&ey must
dose frith c ean hands. They cannot beg fo mercy
whil* slavery exists among them. There can be no
peace while slavery exists. There cannot bs a free nation
that slavery is not at war with. We have paid tjo
dearly already to permit slavery toexufc, and this war
the sentiment of the Baltimore pi at! ora- There mast
he no peace while there was a slave on American soil,
and be (Mr. Wade) did not f«ar Great Britain or France.
Let uk stand honestly by our principles and trust in.
God. We shall come out all right France and England
were only limited in their aggressions against this
country by their fears. They Wfre doing us aU the
harm they could. They were looking just nowtofiee
how they could defend themselves against the principle*
of the American Government, which threatened their
existence more than any armed force. The proelamatiqn,'
* * to whom it may concern' ’ was the true doctrine* and
was the only doctrine upon which Mr. Lincoln ought fce
have been elected. If the President backed out of this
now. he would bathe mostlofamous man that was ever
put into office bjr false pretences. He (Mr. Wade) knew
that the abolition of slavery was tbe only condition
upon which the Presides t could consent to peace. With
the radical men were the men of principle. They go
deeply down for the principle of liberty, add could uot
&e diverted from th*lr grand purpose. The principles
he now contended for n& hal contended for years ago
in a miserable minority, an« Whs a ha and his radical
friends walked up the avenue they were iu danger of
bfcingbsset by the minions of-blaverr. Where ware
the miserable conservatives, non ? Did they suppose
th« radicals would abandon aU they had gained, atd
rome back again under the yoke l If H was true that
the President web no? -'or the abolition of slavery as
an indispensable condition to peace, so much the wort*
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1565-
far the President. The people .were bettor than amy
President. and they were rlibt.
Mr. WIf«SON» of MasaackuAetta, next took,the floor in
advocacy of the resolution, which he eaid W*uld eman
cipate from 75,000t© 100,000 women and ch&dreiL.
The amendment of Mr. David was then voted down,
Mr: PO WELL offered an amendment that the owner
of the slaves emancipated, under the provisions of the
resolution, should be compensated.
Mr. POWELL spoke against the resolution, auddre
viewed the course of the war and the policy of the-dd
ministration, after which the queotiou was taken on the
adoption of his amendment.
Theyeas and nays were demanded With this result—
yeas 7. naysSO. , t
The amendment was lost. ,
Mr. BAULSBHKY offered ah amendment exempting
from the operations oi the resolution all States that
have hot attempted to secede from the Union, Mot
or Virginia, spoke against the resolu
tion aed denied the right of the Government to con
script either whites or blacks for the array. He denied
fcho right to pat. a slave in the army In any capacity.
He believed tdavtry to be & civil and political blessing*
and thought the negro was made to he a slave to tne
white man .
The joist resolution was then passed—yea* 27. nays Iff.
The Senate tl en went into executive session, and
soon after adjourned.
THE AMENDMENT ORDAINING SLAVES*’® TOTAL
The House resumed the consideration of the Senate's
joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Consti
tution of the United States* by which to abolish slavery
throughout the country. ;
Mr, YEABAIf, of Kentucky, said the country had re
jected, as impracticable, the scheibe for the reconstruc
tion of the rebel States presented: during the last ses
sion. A-simiiar hill was now before the nonse, bat he
could not support it, because his opinion w&s that no
Shale could be organized under, its provisions. After
much consideration, he had come to the conclusion to
vote for the Senate's resolution, which, if responded to
by a constitutional majority of the States, will forevor
settle the vtxed question of slavery. And he had come
to this conclusion as a national man, from the Ken
tucky stand-point. The passage of this joint resolution
did not determine the matter, bat only referred it to
the people. It demanded the earnest respect of the
people, and a profound regard for our system of govern
ment. Seeing that the people have determined to
abolish slavery where it now exists, let the agonv bs
over, and the rubbish cleared away. If he desired the
resolution to be passed merely as an auti-slavery mea
sure, he might quote in his support Sou hern man such
as Washington, Jefferson,and Olay. Tais question, was,
however, decided years ago, one halfof the juror a being
the old friends of slavery, it is notorious that the rebel
authoritHsh&vererolved to put their negroes In the flgh t.
and all citizens of Kentucky know that chat me&ns &nti
slavery. As the loyal people of the North2nui resolved
on a general abolishment of slavery, and as the deaders '
of tne rebellion are panning a course Vhich will have
the same resuit, oux children would say, if wa fail to
perform our duty or hesitate in our course, that we had
' committed worse than a crime—a blonder. The leaders
of the rebellion suppose by this am that they would es
tablish their Confederacy; we, by oars, will checkmate
them in the game of diplomacy By the
he new took he mightiloso friends, but by It be would
satisfy his conscience. When this amendment to
the Constitution shall be passed, let the rebels l«y
down’their arms and obey the laws of the land,
when we shall*treat them with justice. The rebel
lion must be overthrown by the anti-slavery power,
which is characteristic of modern civilization. By
the passage of the amendment to the Cone station
politicians of both sections would he deprived of their
means of aiit&ion, and the: best Interests of ths Union
served. The amendment was competent arid-hlnding*
It had been objected ihat it would not affect Smt«a
which did not ratify it; but this is not a oasis of Gon
gressionalletislation. It u the action of the people,,in
their sovereign capacity, amending their fcoferamenUl
compact, and what might have been done In the first
instance can ttow be done by amendment... a a
Mr. MOEBILL, of Vermont, said the proportion
should receive the vote of every lover of.his country.
It was no time for passion ; now was the moment for
unequivocal action. It admitted, of no comment try.
To his surprise there was reluctance on the part of some
members of this House even to submit the proposition
to the people for their determination There was .not
the slightest doubt ol the constitutional power to pass
the Senate’s resolution, nor any irregularity of proceed
ing; He repeated, it was merely proposes, to giveto the
people of the States an opportunity to say by the required
three-fourths vote whether or sbt they will forever
extinguish slavery in the country. If tag-question
'shall be determined now, it will hereafter be a question
of time; hut let the question be nowforever but at rest.
Slavery is wrong. It has been so recognized by the
civilized world, and can therefore claim no immapity
as a Ught. We owe it to ourselves and to the world to
close up the qaarrel so that it may never be reopened.
If we can close it by the constitutional provision', wfcat
better mode could be devised? He made further re
marks in advocating thepassage of the resolution
Mr. ODELL, of Hew York, said: If the people shall
endorse this proposed amendment it will give i? nearly .
four millions of human beings, now held la bbzuUge,
the blessings of freedom. Its influence will nof ooly be
felt for good, now and hereafter, but the white' and
black r*ces will -be participators in its blessings,
it will be beneficial to the non-slaveholders of
the South, who will no longer struggle- with and
be degraded by coata# jrftH 9l&YL.lal2M, They
will share'in the blessings etjoyed by the honest
workingmen of the North Let the evil or slavery
be removed by constitutional amendment. Let it
be done effectually and legally, so as to command
the respect of this country and tne civilized world. We
of the Democratic party, he said, had stood by the
{South in ail their troubles, and had yieldedour preju
dices to them in our national conventions, oqlyto sub
mit to new demands to extend their system of slavery.
The South did not regard this as an evil to ne tempo
rarily endured, but to be continued throughout all
time. He, in common with the North, had al ways be
lieved slavery to be wrong, and an evil which ought lo
be abolished. With this conviction of right, when his
name shall be called he will vo;e in favor of the resolu
tion. The South had absolved the North from all obli
gation to support its chief corner stone, The -
rebel leaders were now placing negroes in the field for
our destruction, and have declared their willingness to
-abolish Riavery in order to secure the recognition of
foreign Towers. It were better, therefore,Tor us to
break down the physical forces used in the rebellion.
Slavery had lifted its hydra head above the]country.
The time had come when we, as a party, ought to un
loose ourselves from its infineac’s. We Bboahftara our
hacks on the dark past, and our eyes on, (he bright
future. •- ... \ ■
Mr. B. WARD,B of New York, said it was not.,his
intention to discuss the" wrongs which had inaugu
rated the rebellion.. It was enough for him to
know that a sacrilegious attempt had bden made
io; break up the wisest Government that human
wisdom ever devised, to feel that it was his duty to
loin in the effort to chastise theperpeiratoraof the crime.
If the heresy of secession were to be recognized as a
canon of political faith, there would be an And to all
government. If the conduct of the war had- not been
m arked by usurpations of power, his voice would never
have been raised except In the way of encouragement
and of sympathy. Be then proceeded to shew that, if
pure patriotism and maintenance of the supremacy of
the Constitution had been the rule of action with - both
branches of the Government, the war would have
ended long before this. He regretted to say that no
generous and conciliatory spirit had been'evinced
towards: the misguided people of the seceded States,
'but that all our. legislation on the subject had. been
character, zed bya spirit of vindictiveness and oppres
sion unworthy of a unrisUan nation. He was opposed
to the read mission into the Union,-with .the rights of
slave property, .of any State which our.triumphant
armies nan subjugated, bat he was pot wilting*to-; pro
long the'war longer than was neoeßS&ry.toTeffecC "its
legitimate object. . . : , 7 .
After denouncing the policy of certain legislators who
acted throughout as if the people would only-be-onade
to do right byi driving them, and dweUiz&ftt jUmgth
upon the reasons .which compelled Mm to v£Hsl against
the proposed amendment or the Constitution, he con
cluded by.stating that if the war should beUbrought to
a close Within a reasonable time this groat Republic,
with its immense resources, would spring into new
life* and. .under.the blessed reign of peace, would ulti
mately shake off its bard*us to repose qae’en-like
among the nations of the earth. *
Mr. MALLORY, of Kentucky, remarked that gentle
men might say what they chose about this joint reso
lution, but no one could deny that it proposed a radical
change of the Government of the United Stats*. It was
not an expedient to end the rebellion and restore peace,
but was ablowaimed-at the foundation of the Govern
ment, of which we have ao long been proud.’ In fact,
it was io take from the States of the Unfbn'the groat
power to rfguiatetheir own domestic institnttonain their
own way. Be denied the power to do this even by
amending the Constitution, We are engaged in a-war
to induce the rebels to come into the Union, and how
could we expect them to return to a Constitution so
essentially andradicaliy amended? We Bhall beguilty
of a breach of faith in taking this step. He differed
from the views expressed by his colleague'(Hr. Yea
man), and contended that the adoption of this amend
ment* would only serve to complicate the'difficulties
surrounding us; ' •
* The House concurred in the Senate's amendment to
the pension appropriation bill; * ?■
Mr. EllJnH WARD introduced a bill directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to refund the tax collected on
spirits prior to March ?, 1664, and for other purposes.
Referred tothe Committee of Ways and Mean*
Mr. VOORHBES, of Indiana, said that by- this time
everyone here must see that tbe existence of slavery
does not depend in any degree whatever on the enact
ment of the pending amendment to the Constitution,
The fate of war will assume control of the question of
slavery. The President, by his declaration, has com
mitted the blood and treasure of the countryWthe over
throw of the institution. If our arms tiiuaph, who
was so dull as not to see the liberation of tne slave
without a change of tbe Gonstiiutionl? Suppose, on the
other side, the rebellion becomes a Buccags,}. slavery
then would be beyond our reach, and the aaendraeut
would he applicable only to a foreign Power. He
thought he saw the relinquishment -of the (domestic
institution by the action of the South iiiielf. He
held the question of slavery was rapidly ditiinisbing
in importance; whether for good or evil, it was passing
away. He, however, held that this was an improper
time to amend the fundamental law. This should be
done, not in passion, but in tbe calmness of peace. The
Constitution did not authorize amendments tube made
by which any State could be deprived of any acquired
right or political franchise. The States havfe certain
rghts which so external power can t&fce.away; but
whatever shall be done* he hoped it would redound to
the honor and interests of the country. r !
Mr. CLAY, o'Kentucky, opposed' the resMution, ar
ining that such an element should not nowbe thrown
into our counsels.' We have no right to touchproperty
without just compensation, and cannot do even this
unless the slaves thus taken are for public use* He did
not believe that in Kentucky there was a soiitirv press
not.under duress and dictation. He saJd'he had
been called a rebel because he would notfbow the
knee to power; but* so help him God, he never would
vote for what he considered to be wrong. (You will
never make a man love your laws by oppressing him,
and plundering and robbing him of hi* rights* as had
been done in Kentucky, and the passing oJgjhaeconati.
rational amendment would be an outrage and a oieach
of faith against that State. The dominantipower he
taid was carrying out the very policy with which the
rebate had charged it. These points he Elaborated,
and, the House at 4 30 P. M. adjourned. ' ‘
Accident oil tile Baltimore and' Olilo
Baltimore, Jan 9.—A collision occurre| on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near Farmington,
West Virginia, on Saturday morning, between the
express train bound' West, which left on
Friday evening,, and a freight train bonpid Bast.
.Both-engines were crushed, and the baggage, mail,
and express cars took-fire from the stoves, and
were destroyed. Several soldiers were woupded, one
fatally, named Joseph Robinson, None-ofthe pas--
sengers word injured..: • f*
, From Albany. . ',
Albany, Jan. B.—Attorney Generaf Cochrane
gives the opinion that the vacancy .oosjjteibned in
Congress by. the resignation of Governor Fenton
can only be filled at the next general election j
therefore, no special election will be ordered. .
001. Townsend has received orders to suspend ac
tion Under the last call for men in til< division of
the State, because of alleged inaccuracy %the ap
portionment of the quotas. .
Aid fox theSufibrlag People of Savannah.
Boston, January 9.—A large number of mer
chants and leading men mot at FanuielUSall to-day
to inaugurate measures for sending food and other
necessary supplies to the people of. Savannah.
Mayor Lincoln presided, and resolutions were
adopted to effect the object of the meeting, and a
committee was appointed to receive contributions.
Addresses were delivered by Mayor Lincoln, 001.
Julian O. Alim, Edward Everett, and others.
Hearty sympathy with the purpose was manifested,
and at the-adjournment three cheers were given for
Savannah and Sherman. . ;
Meeting of die Hew Jersey legislature.
Tbenton, N. J., Jan. 9.—The Legislature of New
Jersey meets to-morrow. There are $ Democrats
and 8 Repiftllcans in the Senate, and 3D of each
party in the Honse. There will be a compromise
made In the organisation of the Horfso, A joint
meeting to elect a United States Se'natbr cannot be
held nnless the Honse consents. A lively session
isexpeoted. ■ ; -'U
The Cause of the Accident on the North-
Baltimore, Jan. 9.— The disaster which occurred
yesterday on the Northern Central Bhllroaa is at
tributed to a neglect of tho despatches of trains at
York, ifi not directing the night train to watt until
the express trains had reached that point.
An Ohio Bolling Mill Burned.
Cincinnati, Jan. B.— The extensive,. -rolling-mill
of P. Hayden, of Portsmouth, Ohio, was destroyed
by fire on Thursday, with-a large- stooie of manufac
tured Iron. The loss amounted to $150,000, on which
there-Is no insurance. 1
Baltimore, Jan. 9.—Mr. Flint, the correspon
dent or the New York World, has been released
from arrest, on parole, by General Wallace.
The Position of Virginia.— John. A. Gilmer,
formerly a member of the. Federal Congress from
North Carolina, and now a member ref the rebel
Congress from the same State, publishes in the
Richmond whig, January 4, a letter on the “posi
tion and dntles of Virginia in the existing state oi
political matters.-’ He favors State aotion and in
terposition in bringing about peaoe, and argues that
Virginia is at liberty to take suoh action Without
consultation with the rest of the Confederacy. He
declares against the emancipation orslave* in the
arinv. aodsays “ Oonfederateemanolpatton is worse
than Federal or. coerced emancipation.' l
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
ABOLITION*
Ballroad.
era Central.
Release of“ Braid.”
THE WAR.
IJKWOHTED QUIET AT ALL POINTS.
A HHIOBY OF HOOD’S CAHPHQS.
"Wliat he Lost—What we Gained.
eiMlßit GRANT’S AIIKY.
EXECUTION OF.' DESERTERS DESERTIONS FBOK
thb BHsarr#
Headquarters Army of thb Potomac, Jan.
7,lB6s.—There is nothing new to report on the lines
In front of Petersburg.
-Someshelling took place near the Appomattox
yesterday morning, but without any important re
sult. ■
Pour deserters were exeouted yesterday, one being
hung and the rest shot. The first was W. Thorn
ton, of the I7»th New York, hung for desertion to
the enemy. The men. who were shot were John
Berson, sth New Hampshire; Peter Id. Vox, 4th
New Jersey, and Michael Wort, 181 th Pennsylvania.
Some fifteen deserters from the enemy came In to
day, four of them being cavalrymen, with their
horses and-equlpments.
jl party of poor whites, numbering about twenty
five, said to be lately inmates of a poor-house la
Prince George county, oame Into the lines yester
day, and were sent North to-day. They were forced
to leave on account of ther soarelty of food In the dis
trict where they lived, and looked as though they
had suffered for the bare necessities of life for some
time. -W. D. McGKrrgor. •
FORTRESS MONROE*
PERSONAL ITEMS—ARRIVAL Ok AM 1 DSKSOWS
IRON-CLAD. .... i
Fortress Monroe, Jan. 7.—Secretary Stanton
and Major General Meigs arrived here at a late
honr last eveningj from Washington; D. d.,-on the
revenue cutter Northerner.
Simeon-Draper, Henry Mint urn, .Esq/,- and save,
rad attaches of the custom house In New York,
arrived here yesterday, and sailed for Savannah,
Ga.. at noon to-day, on the steamer Grenada.
A large iron-clod monitor, supposed to be the
Dictator, arrived In Hampton Roads, Ya., this after
noon. The weather still dontlnuas.stormy and disa
greeable. ' ■
' DEPARTURE OF BTAKTOH FOK SAVAKNAU,
I'orteess Monbok, Jan. B.— Secretary Stanton,'
aocompanied by .Major General Meigs and others of
the Department.in. Washington, left here yester
day afternoon, in- the-steamer Nevada, for Hilton
Head, Sputh Carolina, and Savannah.
The mall-steamer Dlotator did no„t arrive from
Washington yesterday until 8 o’clock P. M., in con
sequence of the storm and being oompelled to an
ohor, owing to a dense fog. whloh prevailed during
the entire day. Captain .Blackman reports, having
seen, a mile and a half liils side of Smith’s Point
Light, an unknown sunken steamer.
THE SOUTHWEST.
WAS MOVEMENTS—THE 'REBEL BAH TBNNB3SBS
GOING XXTTO S3SBVTOB.
Netv York, Jan. 9.— Advloes from Morganzta,
La., state that all Is quiet there, and that'the re
cent strict measnres adopted by General TTUman,
relative to communication outside of that post, had
a most salutary effect upon predatory rebels/'
The gunboat Gazsllo hadretallatedfor the m ardor
Of Commander Thatcher by. doßtroylng tho febol
residences In the vicinity of the scene of tha bloody
deed.
An expedition, consisting of a portion of Nlm’s
battery, and an Infantry Mid cavalry force, had
been sent by General Ullman beyond the Atchafa
laya, but met only a few rebels, who fled at their
appearance. .
A report was current that the ram Tennessee,
captured at Mobile, was to be sent up the river, pro
bably to Yioksburg.
The health of the garrison at Morganzia was ex
cellent.
Brigadier General Andrews has been appointed
to the command of the 3d Brigade of the Reserve
Corps.
MISSOURI*
THE -CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION—PROTECTION
VOR THB BORDEK.
, St. Loots, Jan. B.—The Constitutional Conven
tlon effected a permanent organization, yesterday,
by the'eleetlon of Colonel Arnold Kretohell, of St.
Charles county, as president, Charles D. Drake; of
St. Louis, as vice president, and Major A. B. Foster
as secretary. * . .' .
The State Senate yesterday passed a joint resolu
tion for the appointment of a committee of eight to
memorialize the Secretary of War to establish a
garrison of protection near the southwest counties
of the State. Both Houses passed a hill authorizing
the Board of Fuhllo Schools to provide for the edu
cation of colored children In this city. -
THE HEW STATE CONSTITUTION.
St. Loom, Jan. 9.—The Convention to-day deolde'd
to completely reorganize the Constitution, and
passed a resolution for the appointment of a com
mittee of eleven to whom shall be referred the diffe
rent articles of the Constitution, and whose duty it
shall be to report such amendments thereto as may
be deemed advisable.
Forts Smith and Tan Boren, Ark., have bsen.evar
ousted by order of General Beynblds. It is under
stpcdybcweverpthatthiß President has revoked the
order at the Instance of citizens of that section of
the country. . ,
ARKANSAS*
THU "MILITARY SITUATION.
■Detroit (Mioh.), Jan. 9.— Advloeß received to
day from Little Bock, Arkansas, dated January Ist,
state-that the military situation remains without
change, The Hon. -William L.,Stowart has been
elected United States Senator from Arkansas, for
six years, from March 4,1866, receiving a two-thirds
vote of both houses on the first ballot. The Arkan
sas-Legislature has passed the 8300,000 loan bin -
REFUGEES FbSm THB STATE. -
Cairo, Jan, B.—The 'steamer Lockwood, from
Little Bock, arrived kere to-day. She has on board
five hundred refugees and fifty orphans, In a desti
tute condition. Many of them are sick, and several
djed on the way up. Three other boat-loads are ex
pected.
, BLOOD’S RETREAT.
BIS LOSSBB DURING THE - RETREAT—THE FIGHT
ING—THE DIRECTION JEAKKN BY HIS FLYING
FORGES —A REBEL RAID—A RECONSTRUCTION
CONTENTION.
Cincinnati, Jan. 9,—Despatches received here
furnish some details of Hood’s retreat. After a
ekirmish, five miles below Pulaski, in whloh the
rebels attacked Harrison’s brigade, on the 25th, and
captured one gun, they abandoned their - position
which was a gap In the mountain!, and marched all
night and next day withodt halting. '
Gen. Wilson overtook them on the evening of the
26th, at Fine Kook, fifteen miles below, where they
had again entrenched. The rebel Infantry attacked,
and here we lost two men killed and eighteen
wounded. During the night they again fell back,
and marching without cessation, crossed their rear
guard over at Balnt’s Ridge.
On the 28th our forces, wearied with marching
and out of rations, did not again engage them.
They oame so close upon them, however, that For
rest abandoned about one hundred and fifty wagons
on the hank of the Tennessee. On the other side
they did not stop to fight. They carried away same
ol their pontoons; but most of them were out loose
and floated down the river. They were merely
wooden scows, Forrest resisted to the last with the
utmost determination. He kept his men well to
gether, and, with the assistance of Hood’s mob,
Intact.
Hood has gone off in a southwesterly direction,
and is now below Corinth, probably on the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad. The estimates heretofore given
of his army are substantially correct. He loßt
while in Tennessee between fifteen and twenty
thousand men, and carried out of the State between
twenty-five and twenty-eight thousand men.
A Nashville despatch of the 7th says: Yesterday
Lyon, with between five and eight hundred men,
.passed through McMinnviUe, capturing part or all
of a company of Tennessee cavalry stationed there.
He erossed the Chattanooga Railroad nine miles be
lowTullahoma, and tore up a few rails. He Is on
his way rapidly to cross the Tennessee and join For
rest at Russellville. His men and horses are much
jaded- Gen- Milroy at once went In pursuit.
The convention for reconstruction meets in Nash
ville to-day. Parson Brownlow and one hundred
and thirty East Tennesseans are in attendance.
. [We give in detail all the above faots, and some
additional, in another place.—Ed.]
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF. HOOD’S CONDITION—THE
REBEL RAIDERS.
Cincinnati, Jan. 9.—The Commercial's corre
spondent estimates that Hood took across the Tea- ,
neesee river from twenty-five thousand to twenty
eight thousand men. Forrest abandoned about one
hundred and fifty wagons on the north side. On
Friday, Lyon, with about eight hundred men,
passed through McMinnville, oapturlng a company
ref Tennessee Union cavalry. He then orossed the
Chattanooga Railroad, below Tullahoma, and tore
up a.few rails. He 1b on the way to join Forrest at
Russellville.
CALIFORNIA.
- DEMAND. FOB RAILROAD HANDS.
San Francisco, Jan. 9.—The Central Pacific
Railroad Company advertise for 5,009 men to work
on the grade of the Toad across the Sierra. Nevada
mountains. They expeot to have filty-two miles in
running order by August. The weather is fine.
THU PASSPORT SYSTEM.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN CANADA—THE NATIVES
THREATEN 11 RETALIATION ” THIS TORONTO
- GLOBE ON THE SUBJECT.
The excitement in Canada over the passport sys.
tern is unabated, seeming rather to grow in intensity
under the canning manipulations of the enemies of
onr Government. It is. spreading oyer the country,
and many of the merchants bn the border are en-'
deavoring to raise indignation meetings, for the
purpose of demanding the withdrawal of the order.
The Toronto Globe, in its issue of the-Tth, has the
following article on the subject, which is a very
good specimen of the general feeling. The Globe
has been unusually favorable to our cause:
The Fabbfort System—What it will bring
About.—ls Mr. Seward going to plaee a cordon of
sentries on the frontier; not in the proportion of
about one man'to a thousand miles, but about one
man to every fifty yards 1 Because, if he 1b not, his
passports can be of little avail. Nearly the whole
irons of New York state, where It borders on the
south side of the St. Lawrence, can be reached from
the Canada side by means of the lee at this season
of the'year. And In the summer time it can be
gaiDed by means of boats. Small parties of men,
having i.ecoimoltered during daylight, and ohosea
the spots both of embarkation and debarkation, may
cross during the night time, unknown to all the
world bnt themselves. Then, again, a very great
portion of Lower Canada is separated from the
States by no natural boundary. It is almost as easy
to cross from one country to the other as it is
to cross a common thoroughfare. The Niagara
frontier is somewhat more difficult, but Id the
•West the Detroit river is nearly as available
as the St. Lawrenoe. How difficult it Is to
prevent unauthorized persons getting into
a: country is shown by the example of Eng
land In the last century.. A passport Bys
tem was then enforced, bnt it was found necessa
ry to add to It a systenl of registration. Every
foreigner hod.to be reported tbo- moment he
landed, and to-procure a certificate giving-Mm
leave to live In the country. But even then, ,
though the people of the continent are so easily.-
distinguished from those -ot England, end though
nnrnmmHlr tll6T liad to CfOBS tk® Be %,
stead of being very that the Soigarner wao
wants a passport can get It* tk® exact rovors® w
the case; If ft wore Impossible to
Isstead of being easy practicable;
not see so stuck reason to find tha/ftis
port order. Bat Mr. Seward must know taat ft is
quite worthless. Tkere Is not tbe shadow of a roa*
son for Its maintenance. So absurd la It, la
that something more than the suspicion Is, raised
that It is intended, not for the purpose for wniohft
Is ostensibly instituted, but as a means of annoying
Canadians, as a sort of retaliation upon us for tne
misdeeds of tbe raiders. By it many of.our citizens
axe put w great inconvenience and expense, and
through the passenger traffic from the United
States of three lines of railway is virtually destroyed.
We Be® no reason wfcy we should be subjected to this.
The raids which have been made on United States
territory were hnlooked for, and consequently were
not provided against. But our Government has
done everything* and will continue to .do every
'thing, which good faith demands, to prevent their
repetition. Instead of strengthening their hands, the
course token by Mr. Seward is calculated to weaken
them. Were he animated by the. same spirit of
friendship to Canada as our Government have
shown to the United States, the order would never
‘have been issued, or at least would beepeedlly with
drawn. If it be not, we trust our Government will
look out for some mode of retaliation for ife ore by
no means inclined to let Mr. Seward Aevejff -oU his
own way, if we are to suffer for the other
people, It Is no> fitting that we should. suffer alone.
We shall be very sorry to see measures takeuwhiok
will tend to alienate people who hitherto lived iu
friendship side by side, Sat we are ready; if need be,
to take the consequences, as we have the satisfaction
of knowing that we were not the aggressors.
The Rebel General Page.
; . The annexed bard from the reijel General Page
appeared in the New York Times of Saturday: - -
Fort Lafayette, Tuesday, Deo. 2T, 1861.
To the Editor of the New York Times:
From a recent Issue of your journal- I take the
enclosed paragraph: ,
“ The rebel General -Page, captured near Fort
Morgan, applied by letter lately to bis old class-
Bodgers,*for assistance In getting
exchanged. The reply was: “I can do nothing for
yon. .You neither defended ydttr poat like a man,
nor surrendered like an officer.”
It does me great Injustice, and, thongh.a prisoner
of war in the handA .of-.yonr Government, X do not
heßitoto-60 -faTw'presume off your sense of right as
to sollelt a correction of. the misstatements Involved
In the aforesaid paragraph.
The facts of tne case are just these: Some time
ago, while 111 and-Safferlng, I sent a private note to
Oommodore J ohn Rodgers, an old comrade and for
mer friend, requesting him, if he thought proper, to
second an application I had addressed to the Fede
ral authorities, for a parole or a transfer to a warmer
climate—which transfer, I may add In parenthesis,
the surgeon of the post had stated to-bo essential to
my health. To this communication I have never
received any reply, written or verbal, nor has any
ever 'passed through the offlolal channel of corres
pondence with the inmates of this prison. _ ,
As to whether the fort of whloh I had command
was properly fought or defended, this is a question
on which It-becomes me not to speak. My own
Government and they with whom I shared the perils
of the fight arfe alone competent to pronounoo on the
matter. lam content to abide their opinion. Im
mediately after the capitulation of Fort Morgan,
certain false an injurious reports were circulated,
imputing some-Irregularity and unfairness on my
part In the surrender of the work. By a council of
war, ordered by Gen. Oanby, and composed of offi
cers of the Federal army and navy, 1 was, after a
most searching and protracted Investigation,
promptly and entirely acquitted of all and every of
these Imputations.. The opinion and findings of
this council were officially published In the New
Orleans papers, and it would have been agreeable
to my desire to have had the whole u proceedings”
laid before the public, which I yet hope at some fu
ture day may be done. Yery respectfully, your obe
dient-servant, B. L. Page,
Brig. Gen. O. S. Army,
Tbe Snooting of Moseby.
OFFICIAL BEFOBT OF MAJOR FBAZAB—MOBBBY
* CERTAINLY SEVERELY, IF HOT FATALLY, WOUN-
.The following official' report has been made by
Major Frazar In regard to the injuries received by
the celebrated rebel guerilla:
Col. W. Gamble, commanding cavalry brigade:
Colonel : In obedience to your command, I have
the honor herewith to report what I know concern
ing the wonndlngof ColonelMoseby. He was shot
by a man of my advance guard, under Captain
Brown, 13th New York Cavalry, In Mr. Lake’s
house, near the Rector cross-roads, on the evening
of the 21st nit., about 9 o’clock, at which time I was
In command of tbe 16 th and MthNew York Cavalry.
Several shots were fixed, and'l was Informed by one
of the advance guard that a rebel lieutenant had
been shot. I Immediately reinforced the advance
guard and dismounted and entered the house, and
found a man lying on the floor, apparently in great
agony. I asked him his name. He answered Lieut.
Johnson, 6th Virginia Cavalry. He was la shirt
sleeves (light bine common shirt), no boots and no
insiy nia of rank—nothing to denote his position or
rank in service. I told him I must see his wound,
so as to make up my mind whether to bring him
along or not. I opened lift pants and found that
a pistol bullet had entered the abdomen, about
two inches bejow and to the left of the navel, a
wound that I felt assured must be mortal. I
therefore ordered all from the room, and being be
hind time on account of skirmishing all the after
noon with the enemy, I hurried to meet Lieut. Col.
Olendennln, Bth Illinois, at /Middlebury, according
to orders received. Nearly every officer of my com
mand, if not all/saw this wounded man, and no
one had thewsllghtest Idea that It was, Moseby.
Major Birdsall and Captain Brown were both iu
the room when this occurred. After arriving
at Mlddleburg I reported the fact of wound
ing a rebel lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel Cieu
dennln. As soon as the camp-fires were lit, so that
things could be seen, an orderly bronght me Moseby’s
hat, trimmed with gold cord and star. I Immedi
ately knew It mnstbe a field officer. I took the hat
immediately, and, although late lu the night, went
In among the prisoners. I had captured eight in
-number*of Moseby’s men, and told them that the
mamvho wore that, hat was shot cloud, and asked
them if It was Moseby, stating that It was no use to
conceal It, asjie was shot dead. They all said no,
and said that he never wore such a hat, &o. Some
of them said that it was Major Johnson, 6Sh Vir
ginia Cavalry, home on leave.
tin the morning I reported the facts, and showed
the hat to Lieutenant Colonel Clendenoin and Mr.
Davis, the gnlde. All this while I considered, as
did. ail my officers, that the wound was mortal.
From Mlddleburg we oame to eamp.
•On this scout, from which I have to'day returned,
I have the honor to state that the man shot in
Lake’s house was Colonel Moseby. He was moved
half an hour after he was Bhot to Qullly Glassock’s,
about one'and. a half miles distant, where he re
mained three days. The bait was there extracted,
having passed round, and,: perhaps, through the
bowels, coming out behind the right thigh. I con
versed with persons who saw him. He was reported
as very low the flrsttwri days,but better'the third. I
then tracked him to Piedmont, thenoe to Salem,
and out of Salem towards the Warrentoa pike. I
met pickets In various parts of the country, and
understood that till within a few days they have
extended as far down as Aldle. Various signalizing
was earried on with white flags near Piedmont.
Several persons who saw him in the ambulance
report his spitting blood, and it seem? to bo the.
general belief that he cannot live. There is no
doubt ill my mind that he Is yet concealed in the
country, severely, If not fatally, wounded. In these
two scouts I captured nine prisoners, without the
loss of one horse or mail.
Yery respectfully, your obedient servant,
~ Douglas Frazar,
Major 13 th New York Cavalry.
Fairfax Court Bouse, Deo. 31, 1884.
The Kentucky Anti-Slavery OoNVBNTtos.—
The Anti-Slavery Convention held at Frankfort,
on the 4th Inst., already reported briefly by tele
graph, was a large and entnuslastlo gathering of
the Union men of the State. The following resolu
tions were unanimously adopted:
That we hereby request our Senators and Bepre
sentativeE in Congress to vote In favor of sub
mitting a proposed amendment of the national Con
stitution, abolishing and prohibiting slavery
throughout the domain of the united States; and
that we invite the co-operation or the Legislature
of Kentucky in carrying forward this request.
That In the judgment of this Convention the
Slava code of the State should be revised, repealed,
or modified, so as to be In accordance with the pre
sent status of affairs in Kentucky, so far as the
State Constitution may permit.
That we approve, cordially, of the most vigorous
retaliatory warfare against all guerillas, raiders,
and predatory bands of assassins and robbers who
commit murderous ravages upon.the people of this
Commonwealth, and we fully endorse the action of
the Federal military authorities In the discharge of
these duties.
That the steadfast loyalty of the mountain coun
ties of Kentucky, and their unmurmuring sacrifices
of life and property In the oause of the Union, enti
tle. their citizens to more efficient protection (than
they have received from the State or Federal Go
vernments.
That the recent brilliant achievements of the
army and navy entitle our brave soldiers and sea
men to renewed favor and honor, and especially do
we feel profoundly grateful for the happy deliver
ance which they have just given to Kentucky in
freeing her from the horrors of a ruthless Confede
rate Invasion.
HEW YORK CITY.
New York, January 9,1835.
FROM HAVANA.
The steamer Liberty has arrived with Havana
dates of the 4th inst. She brlngß no news.
bank statement.
Statement of the condition of the banks of New
York lor the week ending January 9: '
Loans, decrease..: .....$4,000,000
Circulation, decrease....... 109,000
Specie, increase... 480,000
Deposits, increase 370,000'
evening money market.
At Gallagher’s Evenjng Exchange the market
was very dull. Gold closed steady at 226%: New
York Central, 118; Erie, 84; Hudson River, 109;
Reading, 116%; Michigan Southern, 74%; Michi
gan Southern guaranteed, 147%; Illinois Central,
128; Fittsbnrg and Fort Wayne, 96 ; OMo and
Mississippi certificates, 52%; Canton Company, 35;
Cumberland preferred, 46%; Quicksilver Mining
Company, 99; Mariposa, 114%.
MARINE INTELLIGENOB.
Arrived, barks Queensland, Foo-Chow; M. W.
Brett, Cow Bay; brigs S. Thurston, Cardenas; C.
M. Reynolds, Cardenas. . ‘
Tbe schooner Susan R. Lane,'of Vlual- Haven,
from Glaee Bay for New York, was abandoned in a
sinking condition on December 30. AU aboard were
saved and brought here by the bark M. H. Brett.
Arrest of a New York Hotel-Burner.—One
of t the persons concerned in the hotel-burning in
New York has been arrested In Detroit, The Tri
bune, Of that city, of Friday says:
“A few days since a commotion was visible among
the detectives in this oity, which gave rise to a sus
picion that something unusual was going on. What
the commotion was we had some difficulty in ascer
taining, but after careiiil inquiry we learned that
several New York deteotlves had traced one of the
hotel Incendiaries of thatolty to Detroit, which, as
may naturally be supposed, was taking a feather
ont of the cap of our own officers. The individual
was living at one of our first- oloss hotels, at which
place It was thought he has been maturing plans
lor arepetitlon of the New York affair.
“He was taken into custody, and evidence found
npon his person that It is thought will be sufficient
to -insure bis conviction. He gave Ills name as
Cobb. Although it was prevlonsly-aseertained that
he registered himself at New York as Sidney Staun
ton, he is, we believe, a Southerner, and is bold
enough to attempt no disguise. He will probably
claim to be a belligerent, and as sneh entitled- to all
the benefits of a prisoner of war.”
English Pictorials From J. J. Kromer, M 3
Chestnut street, we have the Illustrated Hem of the
World of December'24th, with supplement-portrait
on steel, with brief memoir of Florence Night
ingale—only forty-two years old now, yet faded by
the body and' mind labors of humanityalso, the
Illustrated London News, a. double Christmas num
ber, with colored supplement representing the
bringing koine In Germany or the Christmas tree.
From Mr. Kromer we also have the January num
bers of the CcrnhiU Magazine and Temple Bar. In
the first of these Wilkie Collins’s new romance of
“Armadale” is continued, and, In the latter, Mr.
Yates’s very spirited novel, «. Broken to Harness,”
is concluded. Lovers of fiction will be glad to
learn that a new novel by Mias Braddon, sailed
“ Sir Jatper Tennant,” has been commenced In tho
January number of Trmple llar, and the first chap
ters of a new eerlat'tale by Mr. E. Yates will be
given in the February number of the same magazine.
Rnglibp'JKCagazinbb;—From W. B. Zleber,lo6
South Third street, we have Blackwood’s Magazine
Toi December, and the Forth British Review, both, to
be noticed, more particularly, to-morrow.
TUB CAMPAIGN Of GEM. HOOD.
A Foil Readme of all Che Events sines
BMd’a Departure from Atlanta—What
he has Cost and what we have Won—
Retailed and Interesting statements.
The movements of Sherman, Mb labors, his trl
nmphs, have all been fully recorded. His army wag
one-half of that great host which steadily advanced,
despite the best efforts of the rebels, to capture At
lanta, the hey to their whole system of Southwestern
railroads, and the gate to the cotton States and the
seaboard. The other half, which shared as well in
the labors and dangers as In the glory (that under
Gen. Thomas), also deserves the same careful atten
tion. Its operations, sketched out for It by Sher
man, have also been crowned with the vary fullest
success, holding Hood in check until Sherman was
Iwell away on his mission, and when the tima arrived,
descending on him like thunderbolts from the
olouds, to meet him, to erush htojto scatter Ms
motley army In wild dismay. Correspondents, who
have accompanied Thomas in Ms brilliant cam
paign, have written a resume of all the events.
They are matters of history, and we owe our readers
at least a condensation*
Hood, it will be remembered, left Macon early
*ast fall with, nearly, 30>000 veteran troopß for the
expressed purpose of cutting Sherman’s communi
cations with Chattanooga, and thus force him to
evacuate Atlanta. By a long detour he reached
our rear at a point between the Big Shanty and tbe
Allatoona range. A grand raid was made upon the
railroad, whlea resulted In a few miles being torn
np, and In severe defeats of tne troops engaged In
the work. -Bat though we were thus successful in
driving off some of the raiders, Btili they grew so
numerous and troublesome as to defy us and 'cause
us much trouble. Sherman, therefore, withdrew
from Atlanta, leaving the town to be occupied by
tbe 20th Corps, and wont la pursuit of Hood. By
this time Hood had made his appearance bofote
Besacca, but could not either bully or fight the
Federal commander out of this stronghold. At
Dalton ho Buoceeded in - tearing up four miles of
track and In capturing eight hundred colored
troops. TMs Is all the damage the rebel comman
der did the Federal communication In Georgia. By
this time General Sherman was pressing the enemy
close In Lookout Valley, and Schofield was watch
ing him-at Blnggold. Our advance skirmished with
the rebel rear, a*d Hood rushed his army, believing
that Sherman was at Ms heels, post haste, through
Northern Alabama, hardly stopping until he ar
rived at Florence. Portions of Ms army even crosßed
the river, and went as lar as Corinth* Here Hood
discovered thatno pursuit hadbeen made, and later,
the met that Sherman had gone. ba«£ og Atli*gtiM>e
eame apparent. In due time Sherman’s projected
campaign through Georgia became known, and the
chagrined Hood, to redeem himself, commenced hia
Tennessee campaign. The history of this campaign
Is fresh In the minds of the pnblic. How he was re
inforced by portions of Dick Taylor’s forces and
Forrest's cavalry, and ho who marched upon Franklin
with 40,000 men, and was wMpped by 17,000, and how
he wassubsequently whipped, routed, and almost an
nihilated by Thomas in front of Nashville, are Bash
In the day. -Hood commenced his heaalong retreat
Immediately after his defeat, and on the night of
the 18th nit. Hood and most of Ms Id fan try struck
FM&ski. Although our army was flushed with vic
tory, yet it was fatigued, for It had had no rest.
These were obstacles sufficient, even It had not
rained from the 16th to the 20th, and made all the
roads a sea of mud. On the 19th General Tnomas’
headquarters were at Columbia, his. Infantry at
Pulaski, having with some difficulty crossed Bloh
land Creek, and our cavalry advance had entered
Lawrenceburgh, about forty miles to the north
west. After leaving Columbia, Cheatham’s corps
moved directly south for a distance of soma
twenty miles, carrying the belief that Hood
was striking for Decatur. Bat Lee and Stewart
moved their fragmentary columns upon the Mount
Pleasant and Lawrenceburgh roadß, the whole rebel
rear being protected by Forrest’s cavalry, the ex
treme rear guard, composed of Koddy’s coinmaud,
being manoeuvred by Gen. Forrest Himself. This
was the fifth day of the movement, and oar troops
were still buoyed up with the hobo of. bagging the
one-legged chief ana Ms army. 'Oh account of the
muddy state of the roads, made still morefurious by
the ute of the rebels In their retreat, ft was'next to
Impossible to move onr artillery and trains. The
scene could not well be described. The reader must
picture to himself one vast avalanche of mud, In
which the arm; floundered—the cavalry up to their
horses, bellies, the Infantry up to above.thelr knees,
while the only glimpse to be got of the artillery
was an occasional view of the guns and the tops or
the wheels. For miles all that was visible ol the
wagon trains were the canvas-tops.
All this time Hood was making his way toward
the Tennessee river upon their roadß. Portions of
Ms wagon and ambulance train could be seen all
along the Lawrenoeburgroad, while here and there
might be seen oast aside and forever forsaken the
truthful, serviceable cannon, wMoh upon many oc
casions, have hurled death and destruction into the
ranks of Father Abraham’s patriots. But our army
struggles on, and the dismal, stormy morning of the
20th finds it victorious, but dirty and hungry, south
of Pulaski. Headquarters were pitched in town,
and the infantry took ahalf day’s rest, the greater
portion of the cavalry being engaged Inharrassing
the disordered columns of the fleeing enemy. Gen.
Steadman, on the isch, had really out loose from
the main body of Thomas’ army and struck out for
a point midway between Decatur aud Huntsville.
Hood had our right of infantry, with nearly all of
Wilson’s cavalry on his flank. On tMs day Frank
Cheatham very suddenly left the old Deoatur road,
and. threw his corps on the Lawrenceburgh road, and
snbseqnently moved upon the Lexington road, which
lies between the two highways above mentioned, it
being the direct communication with Bainbridga
and Brown’s Ferry. Up to the 26th headquarters
remained at Pulaski, and operations were very slow.
On the 27th and 28 th Gen. Wilson drowded the ene
my olosely, bringing about several engagements in
consequence. On the last aay he had a fierce eu
counter with Gen. Noddy, and at one lime lo.odo
cavalry were engaged. This contest lasted about
-an hour, when the rebels suddenly wheeled around,
leaving two guns, over 200 killed and wounded, and -
400 prisoners in our hands. We lost about 200 killed
and wounded. ■ Despite all our efforts, the runaways
gained"upon ns, ana on the evening of this day a
portion of Lee’s corps, under command, of General
Steadman, had crossed the river at Brown's Ferry.
This Is just nine miles above Florence, and seven
miles above the foot of Mnscle Shoals The retreat
of Hood and his selection of this place for crosslag
his army is the only proof we have that he possessed
ah atom of sagacity. Had he attempted to cross
his army at Florence, our gunboats would have ma
terially Interfered with his designs. Steadman, this
day, Etruck near, and crossed thertvep at Deoatur,
and passed rapidly towards Florence. Hood had
spanned the river with three pontoons, although he
used but one, owing to the fact that one was swept
away aid another rendered unserviceable from Us
incompleteness. Early on the morning of the 29th
the last ol the remains of Hood’s almost rained
columns crossed the river.
The last heard from Hood was. that portions of Ms
army passed through Jacinto and Blengl, on the
Mobile and Ohio road, and that he was making with
all possible speed In the direction ol Okalonn, Miss.
The railroad Is cut south of Mm, and ha is without
railroad and telegrapMc communication from any
point of the compass. In the meantime General
Thomas’ superb army is preparing for a new ag
gressive campaign. Our new base will be upon the
Tennessee river, probably at Eastport, a small town
InMlsslsslppl, about twenty-eight milesnorth of Flo
rence. This will deprive Nashville of muohoflts vas
importance. The military eye will at a glance com
prehend the magnificence and strength of the situa
tion of the Northwest. Florence,Tuseumbia,luka,and
Corinth are all In our possession, and the telegraph
will be in operation between these places this week,
and railroad communication will speedily follow.
This will givensa “ belt” of territory with Memphis
on the right and Chattanooga aud Knoxville on the
left. Tho entire State of Tennessee, for the first
time during the war, has been thoroughly cleaned
out, and no rebels in arms occupy any of its terri
tory. General Thomas has officially Informed Go
vernor Johnson of this facta and adds that the State
must now keep itself, as the anny may soon be ope
rating elsewhere.
The results of this campaign have been most
. splendid. Hood came to Nashville with 100 pieces
oi artillery, and crossed the Tennessee, la retreat,"
with Ices than one-tenth of that number. The read
er, in looking over the annexed statement, prepared
by a correspondent of the New York Times, will de
rive an idea of what has been done, how little we
lost, and how much the rebels have suffered:
union rose.
Killed and wounded before the battleof Franklin,
Cabont). 100
Killed and wounded at the battle of Franklin, (offi
cial)-. 2,100
Killed and wounded at the battle of Nashville
Dec; 16anils, (official) .. 2,9.0
Killed and wounded since the 16th, (about)-.—.- 1.000
Total killed and wounded. 8,100
Mlbblbk before the battle of Franklin, (about).... 300
mating at the battle of franklia, (official) 563
Musing tn the battle of flathville ....- 200
T0ta1.............. .860
Total hilled and -wounded .. 6 100
Tolal mJsßing....... 800
T0ta1..... .... g 9JO
As Is well understood, we lost-no cannon or
wagons, ootolng out of the campaign with all of
onr paraphernalia of war as eomplete as when we
entered-lt. No general officer was Injured except
Stanley and Bradley; both slightly—Stanley in ttfe
neck and Bradley lit the arm. General Rousseau
lost over a hundred men in his battle near Murfrees
boro, which swells our loss to 7,000 strong. Now
glance at the
SEBBL LOSS.
Killed and wounded before the battle of Franklin,
about t(Kf
Killed and wounded at the battle of Franklin 7,0J0
Killed and wounded at MarTressb>ro . .. 100
Killed and wounded in battles of Nashville....... 2,509
Killed and wounded since battle of Nashville..... 1,090
Total killed and w0unded........ 10,700
Prisoners taken tefoie tie battle of Franklio, Coffi
cial),.~... 100
Prisoners taken at battle or Franklin; (official) -•. 841
Prisoners taken at Nashville, first day’t fight, (offl-
Prisoners taken tecond day’s fight, (official)"- 4.440
Prisoners taken 5ince......... .... 2, 000
Total prisoners- 9,884
The provost marshal’s books show an official roil
of 8,900 names, but this does not Include the last
hatch captured by Wilson, near Brown’s’Ferry.. •
Total killed and wounded 10.700
Total prisoners.. 9,554
Total rebel loss 20,084
Total Federal loss 7 000
Total—
Nine hundred deserters have taken the oath.
Hundreds are coming in, and hundreds of men be
longing to the Western section of Alabama, North
ern Mississippi, and Tennessee, have escaped to
their homes. Hood did not conscript a thousand
men In all, and they all got away from him. The
total loss of the rebels in this campaign will not
fall a man short of 22,000. There were - two rebel
generals wounded at the battle of Nashville, not
mentioned before—Lee and Buford—swelling the
list as follows:
Febel general officers killed 6
Bebel general officers w0unded......................... 8
Bebel geneial officers captured 5
Total..», „,19
Careen captured at Murfreesboro .... 2
Cannon captured in fleet day’s figitat Nashville -18
Cannon captured in second day’s fight at riaeh /Ills 31
Cannon captured since battle of Nashville, during
action- S
s
Total capiured in battle 50
Abandoned by the enemy in their retreat, and sent to
theraar ................12
Total os
SheemAjJ’s Nbw Campaios. — The Blchmond
journals are confident that Sherman is moving on
Branohville, S. C. This place is certainly the
point upon which General Sherman might be ex
pected to move, Inasmuch as its capture would be of
far more Importance to us, strategically, than the
reduction 01 Charleston. It is located on the
Charleston and Augusta road, sixty-two miles from
the former, and 'sixty-eight miles from the latter
place. Here, this road is Intersected by another
which runs north throughGolumbla and Salisbury
to Greensboro.
The gap Intervening, prior to the war, between
this latter place and Danville has been completed,
so that communication Is now had from Rtohuwnd
through Branohville to Augusta, and thence on to
Atlanta and other points West. Should Sherman
move on to Charleston,leaving this village (Branoh
ville) unmolested, be might capture the city, but
theenemy would still have one Hue of communion-'
Morn left. Looking at the matter in this light, we
are not surprised that the rebels are lookingfor
Sherman at BranehviUe, and have despatohod engl
aeers from Lee’s army to fortify the piano.
Salvation op Lisjs at- Sba The late total
disaster to the United States transport North Ame
rica, which resulted in th» loss of ease hundred and
ninety-four lives, mostly of sick and wounded sol
diers, has called forth many suggestions as to
means of precaution against such terrible sacrifices.
The Government has, In view of these facts, taken
the matter Into consideration, and has furnished
many of the United States transports with the new
patent life-preserving mattresses and pillows, which,
belDg made of prepared cork, are hot only cool and
pleasant to those suffering from fractures and shot
wounds, but are also valuable as a judicious and
hum sue precaution, by which many, If not all, lives
couldhe saved w similar disasters at ge&,
HMr the English
No language can deplot *
o«ed a Btorm, and the folloniL^ tro,B *lu
Plctoiecf Badajos, as uZj™"* t?*
after It had been carried, “I th,
the dreadlU outrages that ton,
“It was nearly dusk, an 4 4™-
Blept had wade a frightful cham, fe * W
ana temper of the Midlers. S BB la K l }
were'obedient to their officer, tlla utX 1
semblaneeor subordination?Pr^® ;
state of furious intoxication i fttr ? 1
ten, said the splendid tnwps I|>!l >>6vr!? !
come a fierce and sanguinary '
touchef human feeling, an^ht?' !e .
nine passion that can brotaUzo SrJ'tft
was in terrible contusion, and J. tt s». r
tokens of military license met ttti» £
“ One street, as I approach,,, tV I9 -
most choked up with broken ®aatl» w
honse had been gutted from ?
the parUtlon tom down, and ere, te <!>
and scattered to the winds, in^L 111 ' Wu'
might be found concealed, a a ’P« '
the Strada of Saint James w « ,’, Bnl at £? 1
saw more than one wretched nun 7
drunken soldier. A general o£L la the IfM
soldier’s wives stripped of bur ? . !r *l XA
vost, of which he had got an &A V A
cret InJormatlon, or b? iA atrA**;
on his notice &om bein'. AA’mi,;;
bordered with gold laoe Blip,, 9 ' ted
lv the covering of a, communion > 4 *n. J},
the cenluslonseemed greater- b4„J ■ i’urrtv
were rolled out before the
some half drank, but mom sfe.?* B
ness, and the liquors running
Many a harrowing scream sim-4 11 haw 1
furious ana licentious madnu-n t; e:il i t‘ '
Immense population, affio“ R
loveliest women upon earthlu 1 i
within that devoted city was S hl K*, 5 -
Infuriated army, over whoS XL
was lost, atdedbysn-Infamous* r??~ 8 6 '=k.V
followers, who were, if no«s'h4 C, '" ssti «
and pitiless even than t&s'o wfo N? 8 H'ift
cbo™- Jb IS useless to dw-pV'4, '“ d,-? 1
from which the heart revi?,7
In .this beautiful town were'Sci . A 5l ? '4'
the .wife and daughter of the arM-a 453
age, were aU Involved in general £
respected, and few, - v:
madness of thoee desper&tL hrfJ Vri SVi! ' r '.
exhibited. Some ftreS X 1
pthera at the church bells; m*SS v l" »<)i
Inhabitants as they fled Into
tte bayonets ol the savages who
the K property within doors; whi:„ '
as if blood had not flowed in s u « 1 ’ e
already, shot from the windows r
panlons as they staggered on b.l w ■ • ’<s ■
had the miserable inhabitant; or * Li
when mere than one officer perished ‘
of the very men whom a few h, )u „ l * s ,
led t& the assault P’—Jlfaro-, i;’s i ; ,>, lte fe
lingtan and me British Armies ,Wifi ij
The olio wing heretofore
from President Lincoln will be rtan J-.-,
particularly by members of the Sm;.,- 1 “?•
It was written by the President prior "to ***
Uon to Sirs. Eliza P. Gurney, the “ ,J ‘-
we!l-known Friend and philanthropic 7.-' tS: '
Gurney, who was one of the ***&£{£
London. Mrs. Gurney is an Am-n^,°| la , itn
since her husband’s death has restjtjl ,/ 1
ton, N. J: - ' ‘“ j:
My Ebtebmed Feirnd : I have », ,
probably never shall forget, the
occasion -when yourself ana friends *&.?«»
Sabbath forenoon two years ego. '
Itlna letter, written nearly a year later V 5 * J
forgotten. In alilt has beenyoarpurn 35( ,’. , :; r
en my reliance in God. lam mnehmi4!f®
good Christian people of the eoumn Y M
slant prayer* and consolations, and totu>V.f‘;
moiethan toyourself. The pmposesort VY;*:
are pel feet and must prevail, thaar" 1
mortal* may fail to accurately parceiviV!’.'-;;
vance. We hoped for a happy tsranr'-i”'-?
terrible war, long before this, bat Go! «VV
and has ruled otherwise. We shall y e *
ledge His wisdom and our own errors tkeraisX"'
While we must -work earnestly in the best jt’,r
gives ns, trusting that so working still "cos?;
the great ends He ordains. Surelr n*
some great good to follow this mighty e'-"
which no mortal could make, and no o,r=
stay. ■
Yonr people—the Friends— have La ' ■■■■
having very great trials, on principles a- 1 ;i'~
posed to both, war and oppression. Tier o
practically oppose oppression by war."',
hard dilemma, some have chosen one bore
the other.
For those appealing to me on
grounds I hare done and shall do the be- " 7
and can in my own conscience under my ir V,
law. That yon believe this, I doubt not, it'
Uevlng it, I shall still receive for our -
myself yonr earnestprayers to our Fatter £'t
ven. Your sincere iiiend.
—lt 18 a noteworthy sign of tins tint;
‘■li’Ecole,” a work by M, Simon, a Dex,--
opposition member of the Corps Legisir.::”
drawn from the French Minister of'Peiii:
strtictioa a letter of compliment and appro;.!
dresßed to its author. Jules Simon suppor
theory of “gratuitous and obligatory” ;n:
education. Setting aside the Talae or Me a:
that the State, as a general tutor of minors m
to secure their rights, should force parent? a 3
their children to school, his hook, “L’Ejjl#,'
eminently valuable; a well-ordered mas-azine if:
liable facts, classified and labelled so ihii i: cu
easily and safely consulted by any one stadioi;
the actual condition and' deatitution la tieru:
of “schooling” of the French people—one eft ;
four orfive peoples who constantly andneirly seat!-
mously “resolve” themselves to be the tin
lightened and freest people on the face of taj ta
One-third olthem cannot read or write the;: sue
not more thanonehalf of them can rei-ltaemti
and write correctly. The old republic of -o al
the later republic of 1818 planned a thoroacr, rs>
lntlon In this regard. They neither of them :.-d
long enough to put their plans well Into eiecsr/.u
A. good yoke on the English antiquaries atytui
in the London Bcadtr ; it reminds one of Dlcksf
celebrated account of the discovery of "Billstump
His Mark.” When the British Association wen;
Stonehenge, lass summer, thtlr attention a as.
traded by certain marks oaths undersurface of£ia
Impost of the great central trllith, or what nij be
regarded as the keystone to the temple. Tterata
not unlike a Roman V and I combined, ami appwa
.edto resemble either an astronomical symbol
seme ancient masons’ marks. An animated
cussion took place thereon. Professor Ran:'
denied that the marks could be anything due
man ; observing, however, that he should not
it necessary to conclude that Stonehenge n
erected at times subsequent to the Roman
The gentleman who lectured on Stonehenta
in” lor their remote antiquity. But very rececfe
there have appeared a rustic school-mikE i
bumpkin shepherd of Salisbury Plain, as: ,
lew-laborer, who distinctly assert that they»?
present when the marks were made—at/r.'
five years ago.
There has been a revival la Lon Son, or
a development of the feeling against :li .. -
persistent seclusion, of whlob the Ti„ta
on the third anniversary of the death ot ■ ■ '
Consort, was but the expression. The l
are of two parties, one t&bing the mih!-..
respect for and sympathy with the Qae-.-:
coupled with the hope that she will see t. i
tive necessity of rousing herseli, while --
boldly, not to say brutally, denies the :
Its protraction, pronouncing it “gamr. a' i:
amusing Instance of this latieristold - -
mao who visited Marlborough House, the ret
of the Prince of "Wales, just before the tas
marriage. The visitor was shows overture-/
furnished rooms by a talkative old lady. «•> o _=•'
of her having recently performed the same " ■'
Her Majesty-then but a one-year’s old wSie* f
qulriehabcut her manner and supposed ventre! >
jeotlon were met by a flit coutradletfea 3
elderly elcerone. ‘‘Bless you! the q,w&
right,’? asserted the old lady; “she feh l: - ’
’ooman, ol course, and why shouldn’t she : ;
come round again by this time. It's the ?.!
got about her os puts her up to it!” y
Berlioz, the French composer, is chare*! «-
the following atrocity, committed In the 1 --
jpafcti. Monsieur Berlioz, wiio, by the
singular facial resemblance to photograph
ments of -left Davi3, is thoroughly at h' me & i- 1
classics } and whatever were the musical
merits of his much-discussed “Lss Tories-,''
libretto, also written by the compcser, was riMi»
and Ingenious to a degree that would excite ta« t-’
miration of all the professors of Litfn !o '* \
This is what M. Berlioz wrote: “OportetFW
with diverse translation, such as that o! toe S “
mauds, “we must, have the patties.” but n ■ ”
and as that of all the dillettanti, "we ceeu “ •
' Permits were granted last ysar, ay m -
Government, to two hundred l'*"*”*’ 1 "*
within safe, limited, inter-political bouada.
popular assemblies. Alexandre Duma. Jy “
recently, In the hall whefe a magnificent co* -
of the pictures and sketches of Bugeue u* _ 1
had been on exhibition for the preceding
about Delacroix and himself, with brilliant- -
An Indiscreet chronieler of la Presse .*;
Alexandre was lately discovered to »
buying a rhyming dictionary, on which
he builds up hope that Dumas i» going 66tljU :lj
work on Ms lon g-slnce proposed poetical
of the « Old Williams’ ” “Romeo and Jnlte^-
_ « Commodore” Nutt and Miss Minnie « f
appear to be successful In their “reception*
London. If people will go and see awarfe-<“
probably be the case for an time— they c*n • •
hope to find a nicer pair than these e«8“ t : Vjs
of nature. Nutt informed a ftlend, that u
General” and Mrs. Tom Thumb had
genial, he would willingly have taken * ”
theatre. ..thstfl*
The National IntOHgencer announces wu .
George H. Thomas has been appointed ,
general in the regular army, to date irom - , 9
15th, the day ofhls great victory over
fill the- vacancy occasioned hy the retig
Gen. John O. Fremont. tu®::* 1
-Gounod Is at work on a “Romeo and Jiu
for the Paris Theatre Lyrlque.
....IS.CS4
mule ai
CHESTSOT-BTBBBT TBBATSB.—TfiIS “ j|jl
Warren combination. will appear ia
comedies of “ The Serious Family” aE ' J oi its
of Promise." Mr. Warren’s tapersonatw
nnctnons Aminad&b Sleek Is ft l ier “
character. w - t " *
WALBUT-STBSKT ThJSATBB. -TO® - a(ri ;il!
“Hamlet” wUlbe performed at
evening, the principal characters .'jsiijas*'
by the members of the Wallack-Dave SJ*'
Abch-stbbkt Theatek.— Wr. a® T ‘ )jU }a!« a ;
togs will reappear to-night to tb f j ;a s
the Regiment.” The alter-plaoe win
Baby.” „„ v .. r , r
BAYAED TAYX.OE To-KIQHT at ” 0 . , L ..
—Bayard Taylor will lecture to-nh?nw
Hall, on “OursSlves and our Kelatlors- ~sl
demon Is well known as a novelet a t g! - tta
we suppose that many win oyall then”
opportunity to hear him. The a 1 1 * 1
Cpabsicai. Q,tmmraTß Omtb.— T#»
nte wUI take place to-morrow. A nee
music Is announced, and the *h!htf ' to
composing the olub Is too well *-*
praise, • —.
A canmn. incident is
with the loss of the Havelock, oar -
SeoUand. Ab time wore on, ami , 9Ve j
taincommunleaaonwith the»««*• .s
and the m-fated vessel was bstok „i ,-eu of ‘pi:*
to pieces, her crew seemedto nave a
they assembled on the desk, anu Jo yle s , e.- ,j
’hymn, the sound of iheir ' °tee3 pP pp
being distinctly audible thrown loe j f ,o
storm to those on shore, who ,j[j S aisE‘- ,-t. l
moved by this mournful so?® 0 . 1 c tm >•“ •
to the rigging, where, with
compospw they seemed to awa—
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