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WEDNESDA Y, AUGUST 2, 1865
TIRE NEWS.
An article n-em the New York Post, giving
-£175 ACCOIllit of a secret meeting of the friends
.of Jefferson Davis and his associates, in that
city, will be found in another column. Seve
ral prominent officials were in attendance, and
c ommittee, headed by Mayor Gunther, was
appointed to solicit funds to obtain counsel
ipr the traitors, and also to devise measures
to hasten on the trial of the parties "so un
;lastly incarcerated" by the Government. All
I be s peakers regarded the failure of the rebel
the' as only temporary, and thought that the
friends of Southern independence need not
.10,pona of its final success. A Mr. Livingston
:intends to go to Europe to raise funds for the
furtherance of the cause.
The inhabitants of Stafford, Spottsylvania
and Orange counties; Virginia, arc in a very
deAitute condition. They have no money,
and nothing to rely upon but the present
crops. The corn crop, however, will, it is
thought, be unusually large this season. All,
with the exception of the "first families,"
writ satisfied with the termination of
the mu'. In many instances those Who, before
the war, would have considered work disgrace
ful, are now engaged in tilling the soil.
Major General Ituger, commanding Depart
ment of North Carolina, has suspended the
: publication of the Doily Union Bonner, pub
li,hed at Salisbury, for promulgating disloyal
sentimentS. Other papers in the State will
also be suspended, it is said, unless a decided
and a prompt change is made in their coarse.
Three daily newspapers are to be started in
Newbern this fall, under the names of the
Ileraid, Times, and Tribune.
Many of the Southern tier -of counties in
North Carolina, bordering on South Carolina,
have instructed the delegates to the State
Convention to take grounds against the con
sti ntiOnal abolishment of slavery, and insist
to the last, upon the body concurring with
them. The health of Newborn was never bet
ter than at present. The population of the
city is steadily increasing ; before the war it
numbered about six thousand inhabitants; it
now has over thirty thousand, which snakes
it the largest city in the State.
President Johnson, in company with other
.distinguished gentlemen, visited the Rip.
Baps, on the steamer River Queen, on the
evening of the 30th ult. They did not land at
Fortress Monroe, but left at six o'clock, and
went up the Chesapeake Bay, it is supposed
for Washington.
Governor Holden has written a despatch to
his commissioners of emigration, in New
York, telling them that none who intend to
emigrate to North Carolina should be deterred
from doing so by the internal dissensions in
that State. He says that the great body of the
People of the State are submissive, and no one
need fear punishment from them for enter
taining Union sentiments.
The steamer Asia, with European advicee of
the i&1 ultimo, passed Halifax yesterday. The
Shore-end of the Atlantic cable had been laid
on the 2211, amid much enthusiasm. The
friendly relations between Brazil and England
are to he restored. The Liberals gain 24 mem
bers of Parliament. Idr. Walter, of the London
Times bad been defeated. Consols closed on
the ti2d atMeal(); five-twenties, 71 1 ,4@71%.
General Gregg, commanding at Lynchburg,
Tirginia, lies decided that the parole given to
lee's officers and soldiers continues only valid
as long as they behave themselves. If such
paroled prisoner insults our Government, he
forfeits all the benefits he is - entitled to by his
parole.
It is expected that during the present month
the addition tothe Government printing office
at Washington will be finished. Fifteen new
steam power presses are added to the esta
blishment. Owing to the great pressure of
- work, some printing ordered by. Congress in.
Preember last, has not been executed.
A horrible tragedy has taken place at Man
chester, Connecticut. A mother and her daugh
ter were found, yesterday morning, dead in
their bed, with their heads horribly mutilated
with an axe and their bodies with a knife.
tier son has been arrested on suspicion of
committing the deed.
On Monday a gang of thieves cut the tele
graph wires leading out of Cape May, and then
commenced to rob the hotels whilst the.
boarders were bathing. They made large
hauls of money, with which they decamped.
The late deputy provO§t marshal of Bedford,
Ta., was shot dead in the streets of that city,
yesterday, by a returned Canadian, refugee
tamed Reed. A brother of Reed, who had been
in the rebel army, was also engaged in the
affray. Both were arrested.
A man supposed to be John IL Silvia passed
through Harrisburg, heavily ironed, yesterday
Cn route to Washington. It is said he was eap
tared in Texas.
A number of prominent rebels who have
been sojourning in Washington for several
weeks desiring to see the President, have left
without being gratified.
The Richmond papers say that there are re
port, current there that anew election win be
ordered. The Whig is in favor of the recently
elected officials exercising their offices.
The Post-Office Department has decided to
issue two new varieties of stamped envelopes—
One with the three-cent stamp on, and the
other with the six-cent stamp.
General Grant, with a portion of his staff and
.13i.< fi uily , left Boston yesterday for Portland,
Vaine.
Secretary Seward was Serenaded last evening
at Congress Hall, Cape May.
The stock market was less active yesterday,
and prices were unsettled. About 3,500 shares
of Reading sold at 51 1 /4@52 1 A. Government
bonds were quiet, and rather lower. Coal Oil
.hares were the most active on the list.
In Flour there was less doing, but prices are
without any material change. Wheat declined
3001 5 cents ift bushel. Corn and Oats are also
rather lower. Cotton was in fair demand.
Provisions continue very scarce, and, prices
are well maintained. Whisky is firmly held
ut the advance.
Golit closed in 2i - ew - York - last night at 1-151,4
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL.”
WASHINGTON, August 1, 1865.
As the sympathizer with treason discuss
ed his coffee and his newspaper this morn
inlT, he no doubt exclaimed, after seeing
General Turner's order setting aside the
Richmond elections, " There did I not
say you could not subjugate or conquer the
Southern people ? And now you have the
proof before you." We are regaled in
oilier quarters with the speculation that, as
Ireland refuses to be oppressed by England,
and Poland revolts against Russia, the South
ern States will reject what is called " the
yoke of the Northern Abolitionists." It is
unfortunate fore the discontented people
of the South, that they allow the politi
cans of the North to inflame their preju
"dives by these scandalous appeals. When
the rebels made war they put every
thing, upon the issue. Taken at their own
word, they were to win or to lose all. Had
they succeeded, not only what they call
independence would have been won, but
the free States would have been torn to
I ieces,- with the aid of the foreign Powers,
and . kept in political and commercial
chains, precisely as 'Mexico is held by
France. He is an idiot who doubts this
now. But the rebels failed utterly, and
'laid themselves as poor and as penniless
as if they had just escaped from the
clinches of savages, instead of being res
cued from their own insane and atrocious
nngatitude. What does the conqueror
dircund Simply obedience to the law,
. 111(1 submission to the changed condition
Of society, produced by a tremendous po
litical, commercial, and social upheaval.
We propose to leave to them their property.
'We feed them. We clothe them. We
build their railroadS. We lend them
money ; and we give them protection
against their own thieves. The response
is abuse and contempt, perjury, and
open disregard of the National authority.
They forget themselves. The rebellion
Vas not crushed that titey should be restored
to power. They must he made to under
stand that it left behind two great duties—
one of them the punishment of traitors ; the
other, protection of the freedmen. 'And they
must not suppose because the first of these
duties has been ignored it has been for
gotten. Their very conduct now proves
bow unworthy they are of magnanimity
and of mercy. The colored race of
the south seem to be the objects
of the bitter hate of the defeated
traitors. For this very reason the Govern
ment should assert a stronger resolve to
defend them against wrong, and to clothe
them with the attributes of self-protection,
The leaders in this last perfidy do not
know the perils they are daring. They
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nisi smiles` and forgiving hand of North
ern power in time of peace. They should
be careful, nay, they should make it a
study, not to add deliberate insult to de
liberate injury. Forewarned is forearmed.
There is this difference between Ireland
and a portion of the South, and between
Poland and the same portion. The Irish
people fiy from British cruelty to the same
warm bosom that the Southern traitors
seek to stab, even as they. draw
.nourish
spent from its generous fountains. The
poor Poles strike desperately without
the prospect of such a friend. But the
picture is most startling when the
Government and people of the United
States are placed in contrast with Eng
land and her relations to the Irish, and
Russia and her policy as to the Poles.
We crush rebellion by our arms, and purge
the curse of Slavery by our laws and by the
unfailing agency of Northern and fo
reign emigration. No such substitute, no
such cure, comes in to fill the vacuum, or to
heal the wounds made in Ireland by Eng
lish legislation, with its grim train of
tithes, absenteeism, partial representation,
and religious intolerance. There is already
a new race in the South ; and every day its
numbers are increasing. Observe the pon
derous and golden eloquence in the sin
gle sentence in the despatch from Newbern,
N. C., in all tills morning's papers : " The
shipments of produce, cotton, naval stores,
are larger than at any time in the Ms
tory of that place." If the old chiefs of
society and of trade in the South are
indifferent or hostile to the obligations
they owe to themselves and the Govern
ment, they must even yield the lead to those
wliO l 'are on the ground and who are on the
way. Under the best circumstances North
ern spirit would give Southern retrogression
the benefit of a healthy competition. If,
however, the late Southern slaveholders
and rebels disfranchise and outlaw them
selves by new acts of cruelty and bad faith,
the GoVernment, the loyal whites, the en
franchised blacks, and the fresh and ath
letic emigration of the Old World must
take the business in hand. OCCASIONAL.
WASHINGTON.
THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES
IN ILL HEALTH.
LARGE SALES OF QUARTERMASTERS'
VESSELS TO BE HELD
WASHINGTON, August 1,1865
Illness of the President.
NO visitors were yesterday and to-day re
ceived by the President, nor was the Cabinet
meeting held this morning, owing to his suf
fering from an attack of sickness of a bilious
character.
The Sale of Vessels Belonging to the
Quartermaster's Department.
While the Navy Department sells its surplus
Vessels at auction,. the Quartermaster's,
p De
partment invites sealed proposals for the ut'.
chase of its useless property, at Cincinnati,
Louisville, Nashville, St. Louis, Little Rock,
Vicksburg, Natchez, New Orleans, Mobile, and
Chattanooga. This includes more than one
hundred steamboats, about four hundred
barges of different kinds, and many pontoon
and canal boats, together with repairing appa
ratus.
Postal Envelopes.
The Post-Office Department has shown a de
sire to meet the wants of the business public
by the issue of two new varieties of the
stamped. envelopes, viz: The ordinary letter
size. with taw foie-Dent) stamp,
and the official size, bearing a single-rate
(three-cent) stamp. Heretofore, in sending a
letter weighing a half ounce or more, in the
letter-size Government envelope, it has been
necessary to use an adhesive stamp to pay
the excess of postage, thus disfiguring the
appearance of the envelope and causing
an increase of labor in the work of can
cellation. So, in regard to the official size
of stamped envelopes, with an enclosure
of less weight than a half ounce, the use
of the stamped envelopes necessitated the
loss of one rate of postage. Both of these incon
veniences are obviated by the issue of the new
envelopes, which will 50m,450 for sale at the
principal post-offices throughout the country.
The envelopes are of a neat appearance, hav
ing the embossed stamps in the usual form—
the color of the letter size being purple, and
that of the official size chocolate.
The Present Condition of Portions of
A gentleman who has just returned from a
tour through, the counties of Stafford, Spott
sylvania, and Orange, in Virginia, reports that
he found the inhabitants generally in a very
destitute condition, with no money and very
little of anything aside from the present
crops. The corn crop, though not very exten
sive in acres, will be unusually large in the
yield. It is thought that more will be raised
in proportion to the number of acres planted
than was ever before produced in that section
of the State. The common people are well
satisfied with the termination of the war, and
the soldiers who have been longest in the
field appear to be the best satisfied with the
present condition of affairs. The editors, poll
ticirms, and preachers of the old (4 State
rights" school are the only ones who still ad
here to the idea of Southern independence.
ln many instances, ex-rebel lieutenants, cap
tains, majors, and colonels, are engaged M.
tilling the soll--men who before the war would
have considered such an occupation dis
graceful.
Regulations Regarding Paroled Men.
General GREGG, commanding at Lynchburg,
Virginia, has recently issued an order de
claring that the privileges granted by the pa
role consequent on Lx..l: , s surrender, continue
only during good behavior. When "a paroled.
prisoner insults any officer of the Government
which grants the parole, lie .forfeits all the
benefits and becomes a prisoner of war, and
may be confined at the Win of the captor. or
punished as a military commission may direct.
All paroled men in Lynchburg are required,
by the same order, to report themselves at
headquarters within twenty-four hours, and -
make known their means of living.
The Potoinae Flotilla
The vesSels of the Potomac flotilla, now di
pensed with, have, arrived at the Washington
Navy Yard. Commander PARKER, in his fare
well order, pays a deserved compliment to the
officers and men, saying "In taking leave of
those with whom I have been so long asso
ciated, .my heart is tilled with varied emo
tions—with sorrow at parting, gladness that
our beloved country no longer has need of us,
and pride, just pride, that when I reflect upon
the past, and remember the , taking up of the
torpedoes from the Rappahannock, with the
destruction Or capture of the whole rebel force
engaged in placing them there—thereby mak
ing Fredericksburg a secure base of supplies
for Ueneral Grant's vast army—the burning of
the schooner at Matto Creek, under the se ,
vere musketry fire of the enemy; and the
almost daily expeditions up the creeks and
through the swamps of the Northern Neck of
Virginia—all requiring skill and nerve—l can
truly say, The Potomac flotilla has not been
unmindful of the traditional honor and glory
of the Navy. , "
The Government Printing Offiee.
In the course of the present month the new
addition to the Government printing office
will be completed. Fifteen new steam-poWer
presses are added to the already large esta
blishment. Owing to the extraordinary de
mands for printing by the War and Treasury
Departments, some of the work ordered early
last December by Congress remains unexe ,
opted. The increased facilities will ensure
more promptness in the foture.
Rebels Unsueeessful in their Mission.
A number of persons prominent in the late
rebellion, who had been here for several weeks
waiting to see the President, have left the city
without thus being gratified.
Patients in the Government Hospitals.
There are not more then two thOusand
tients ,iu the various Government hospitals in
this city, and nearly all of the blinding are
being vacated, and the patients concentrated
at the Armory Square, Douglas, and Stanton
hospitals.
Pardons Granted.
It is stated that over one hundred pardons
were granted to-day—all of the *20,000 class.
Army
. Corps Dbleontinned as Organ!.
stations
The following order from the War Depart
ment bas Just been made public :
"WAU DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WASMINGTON, July 23, iso.
"'GrarVRAI. Oltimas, No. 131:—By direction of
the'President of the United StateS, the follow
ing army corps are discOn tinned as organiza
tions:
Id corps, from June 28, 1865; 4th corps,
from August 1, 1865; sth corps from June 28,
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; lin corps, from June 28, 1 1865; 7th corps,
from August 1, 1865 Bth corps, from August 1,
ISs5; 9th corps, from July 27, 1865; 10th corps,
from August 1, 180; 14th corps, from August 1,
1865 ; 15th corps, from August 1,1805; 17th corps,
from August 1, 1665 ; Eohla corps; from June 1,
rorn; 23 d Aug c u o s r f s 1 , ,i f 865 ront August 1, : 1865; 24th corps,
44 1.1 y order of the Secretary of War.
"E. D TOWNSEND,
"Azel4tfult Adiutaat qva9r.v4l,"
General Grant's Movements
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Boa Tow, August I.—General Grant took his
departure from this city, for Portland, this
morning, accompanied by his staff and family,
together with isiayor Lincoln and a few other
friends, and drove directly to the Boston and
Maine Railroad depot, where a special train
was in waiting. A large crowd was assembled
about the hotel, and a still larger ono at the
depot. Every glimpse caught of the General
was the signal for most enthusiastic cheers,
The train consisted of a saloon-ear, elegantly
fitted up and appropriately decorated with
flags and patriotic devices, and a smoking-car,
also handsomely furnished.
The locomotive was decorated with nags.
As the train moved slowly out of the depot it
was followed by crowds for a considerable dis
tance, and the General remained upon the
rear platform, bowing his acknowledgments.
He was accompanied cast by Adjutant General
Schoulder, Colonel Wetherill, Senator Wil
son, Representative Couch, and a few other
gentlemen.
The progress of General Grant from Boston
to Portland was attended with hearty and en
thusiastic popular demonstrations at all the
towns and villages on the road.
At Lawrence a short stop was made, taut the
General was shown over the Pacific Mills, and
subsequently partook of an elegant collation
in the City Hall, All the mils stopped, and
the entire population of Lawrence joined in
the reception.
PORTLAND, August I.—General Grant and
party arrived here at four o'clock this after
noon, and was received by the city govern
ment and a large escort of military and citi
zens. lie was conducted to the Preble House,
after passing through several of the principal
streets. The concourse of citizens, which
lined the streets, was immense, and the Gene
ral was greeted with enthusiastic cheers.
Tomorrow rnorninghe will hold a reception
at the City Hall, and at ten o'clock will leave
in a special train for Brunswick, to attend the
ceremonies of Bowdoin College, where is to
be a gathering of the graduates of the College
who fought in the war. He will return in the
evening. On Thursday morning he will leave
Uy a special train for Augusta, returning on
the samenight.
On Friday he trill make an excursion among
the islands, - on the revenue steamer Mahonaing,
returning before noon. At one o'clock he will
take the Grand Trunk Railroad cars for Ger
hart), N. H., and on Saturday morning he will
leave Gorham for Quebec, where be is to meet
Major General Doyle, commander of the
British forces in North America.
The G eneral contemplated embarking henee
for Halifax, to meet General _Doyle at that
place, but changed his mind in order to meet
that oflicer at Quebec. What his route will
be from Quebec is not stated.
General Howard passed through this city to•
day, on his way East,
Serenade to Secretary Seward
[Special Debpatch to The Press.?
CAPE ISLAND, August I.—Seeretary Seward
was serenaded by Hassler>s band, this evening,
at Congress Hall. A large and enthusiastic
party had assembled to do the great statesman
honor.
Heavy Robberies at Cape May.
TIIETSITIVE6 CUT THE TELEGRAPH WIRES AND
CAPE MAY, August I—Yesterday, at the bath,
ing hour at this place, several heavy robberies
were perpetrated, and the thieves escaped. It
is said that a boarder at Congress Hall lost
row in money and jewelry.
Col. renlin, proprietor Of " The Cottage by
the Sea," was robbed of $l,OOO in cash. Another
gentleman, a visitor to the island, was robbed
of $1,750.
The perpetrators of these robberies cut the
telegraph wires and made their escape from
the island. The affair naturally creates much
excitement among the visitors here.
Horrible Tragedy near Hartford, Conn.
—A Mother and Daughter Slain.
HARTFOR.D, COllll., August 1.--A horrible mur
der was discovered at daylight this morning,
at the village of Oakland, in the town of Man
chester.
Mrs. Benjamin Starkweather, aged forty-six,
and her daughter Ella, fourteen years old,
were found chopped to death in their bed.
The blows, which were indicted with an axe,
severed the skull every time, and the bodies
presented a horrible sight. They were also
stabbed in many places with abutcher knife,
Wnien, - tonether with the. ax e. has been found,
A son of Mrs. Starkweather, named Albert,
twenty-four years of age, is being examined
to-day by the Hartford police, and suspicions
are entertained that he committed the horri
ble deed. A sum of money, less than $lOO, was
found in his drawer, together with the knife.
He first gave the alarm, and both his own bed
and that Of his mother were round on fire.
The daughter, when found, still breathed, but
died in ten minutes afterwards.
Fire in Boston.
BOSTON, August I.—Th e fire last night on the
corner of Commercial and Richmond streets,
in the large granite block known as the "Com
ineroiftl Block," was mainly conlined to the
upper portion of Nos. 126, 128, and 130 Commer_
aka street, occupied by several officers and
commission merchants, iucluding Blanchard
& Sherman, shipping merchants, Thomas D.
Heathfield, commission merchant, Henry Has
tings, currier, and Mr. Woodman, currier and
leather-dresser.
They were mostly burnt out, but the loss of
property is not large. The lower stories, in
which were located the nautical instrument
manufactory of Mayor Lincoln, and Henry N.
Stares' manufactory of shipbuilders' supplies,
were badly damaged by water. The building
was owned by Pierce. The -loss has not
been estimated, but is mostly covered by in
surance.
Fire in New Haven.
NEW HAVEN, COMA.,lgtist I—A fire oc
curred here last night, resulting in the de
struction of the Doolittle block, on Orange
street. The loss is ad 5,000; insured for about
$7,500.
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A Murder at Bedford, Peougylvania.
BEDFORD, Pa., August I.—Jacob Course, late
Deputy Provost Marshal of Bedford county,
was shot dead in the street to-day, by John P.
Reed, a lately-returned Canadian refugee. His
brother, Mingel Reed, who has been in the
rebel .army, was also engaged in the affray.
They have been arrested and lodged in jail.
Great excitement prevails in consequence of
the affair.
Reported Arrest of John H. Sorsa.
TlAntussuno, August I.—A man, supposed to
eb John 11. Suratt, one of the Conspirators im
plicated in the assassination of President Lin
coln, arrived here in irons, and under a guard,
in the morning train from Pittsburg, and left
for Washington by the- Northern Central road
at noon to-day. He was arrested somewhere
in Texas.
The Africa's Nails.
1105Toth August I.—The mails by the steamer
Africa, for Liyerpool dis. lialifax, will close at
seven o'clock to-morrow morning, but she Will
not sail until about ten o'clock.
RICHMOND.
Itarmionz, August I.—All the Richmond pa
pers of to-day have been received, except the
Republic. They eentain nothing of moment.
They say there are reports current of a new
election to be ordered, but no authentic infor
mation on the subject could be obtained.
The Whig contains a lengthy editorial,
urging that the officers elected should be per
mitted to exercise their functions, and that no
hostility to the Government is intondeth
FORTRESS MONTOCIE.
Shipping Intelligence, &c.
Foa:AßA`s lioNnon, July al.—President John
son, with other distinguished gentlemen,
visited the Rip Raps, Or Fort Wool,laateven
ing, on the steamer River Queen, They did
not land at Fortress Monroe, and at six o'clock
left; and 'went np the Chesapeake Bay, proba
bly for: Washington.
Steamer De Molay arrived from New York
with troops for Richmond.
They also landed'at this place a squad of
convalescents and deserters.
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Several Clerks have been discharged from
this Mostly order-of .Major General Miles, and
it is said to be for disloyalty.
Steamer Yazoo, Captain Couch, arrived from
New York for Richmond.
Steamer Hatteras. Captain Parrish, arrived
from New York for Norfolk.
Steamer General Custer arrived froln Wash
ington, bound to Hilton head.
Steamer Ella, arrived from Cheseonessex
with Capt. Grisson, of Gen. Miles , staff.
Seim. jamestown, arrived from New York.
Propeller IL J. Devinney, arrived frau! Phila
delphia.
Propeller Andrew harder, arrived from
Fredericksburg.
Sal.% Saran A. Strong, arrived from City
Point.
Brig Sea Lion, arrived from City Point.
Steamer Blackbird, arrived from City Point.
Sehr. S, A. Reed, arrived from New fork.
The United States steamer Clyde" arrived
hi quarantine, this afternoon, from Port Royal
am I Key Wet, bound for Philadelphia. Put
in for coal. All well.
Steamer Guide, Capt. IL Almy, from Wash
ington, bound to Savannah, Ga., with commis
sary stores.
Simmer Karnak sailed for Charleston last
evening,
Personal.
:Major Gen. N. Schofield is at the Girard.
Judge Cooley, the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs 5 Judge Edmonds, Commissioner of the
General Lend Office ; . the Superintendent of
Indian Al lairs for the Southern Division ; Gene
ral Harney, General Herron, and Colonel Par
ker, of Lieutenant General Grant's staff, have
been appointed a commission to meet in coup_
ell on the Ist of September,.st .or near Fort
Gibson, twenty or thirty, tribes of Indians, in
cluding those who,hecorning dliloyalonade
treaties with the rebel, Albert Pike. The Ott
je'et is understood to be to make sneh arrange.
meats as will conduce to their social comfort,
as well as to preserve peMe on the plain%
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1865.
NEWS FROM THE "CAPTIVES."
JEFF DAVIS THIS TIME UNCONSIDERED, BUT HIS,
COMPANIONS NOTICED,
THE LIVES THAT C. C. CLAY AND
JOHN MITCHEL LEAD.
NATURALNESS OF THE ONE-IDIOSYN•
CRACIES OF THE OTHER
CHEERFULNESS AND EXERCISE VS. HAUGHTY SILENCE
AND COUNTERFEIT DIGNITY.
ANECDOTES OF BOTH IMAGINED TO
BE AUTHENTIC
Interesting Details—Other Yews from
Fortress Monroe.
C.Speehd. Correspondence of The Press.]
FORTRESS Kantor; July 30
Since my last letter to you from this post
there is nothing new to chronicle concerning
Mr. Davis. He remains iii 6MM quo—eating
drinking, seeing, talking. etc., just as he has
been doing during the weeks past. Unless he
dies there will be no change to note in his
health, so that he will be let alone for a time
by newspaper correspondents. But there are
two other objects of interest—Clement C. Clay
and John Mitehel—shout whom your readers
would undoubtedly like to know something.
And to " make them knowledgeable," as my
colored friends about here say, I begin with
CLEMENT C. CLAY,
who is vivified clay, wiry clay, cheerful clay,
everything but cold and impassible clay, which
he might be some time or other if he were the
same man and occupied the same cell as Jeffer
son Davis—and will be, anyhow, in the course
of human events. This Clay is a better pri
soner than Mitchel, who is cold, haughty; and
reserved, as if he were used to being incar
cerated ride Dublin Castle, and had a hope of
escape ride Van Diemen's Land. Clay takes
everything philosophically, dreams of the far
off Southerniand, of the negroes that are not
his any longer, of the diplomacy with Greeley.
and Simpleton-Colorado Jewett at ZOT: gall i
Falls, of the seedy and " short " days general
ly in Canada, and awakes to think of a bursted
Confederacy, the n9Ftiterlit;e9St boundary of
Which he might see through his provokingly
small windows, but—does not. Like Mitchel
and Davis, he eats, drinks, and, as our refe
rence to dreams shows, sleeps often—general
ly once every night. When he wakes he eoir
ducts himself with nroprietydnring the whole
day, dressed in a garb of blue flannel, or, if not
in that, in a dress of some other material, for
he has three suits. He exercises himself con
stantly, accepting every, opportunity to
breathe the fresh air, and add hours and
days to his term of existence. lite pride
has fallen, as well as that of his
master, and all the vassals—at least all
who are left after rallying up to the mouths
of - Union cannon, to be sent back in fragments
or in bloody spray. Ile has no longer at his
Call five and forty "clouds," as he has been
want to name his slaves ; although; how
" clouds " could do his bidding, he has not
been able to explain, except to the satisfac
tion of himself. His explanation is ingenious,
however. The other day in conversation he
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facetious way in which the name was used.
- " Clouds do not work ; that is impossible,
sir," said his indurated interlocutor, " Con
sider it in any way one pleases, your choice of
the term is bad !,,
Clement C. smiled, and such a smile. Cle
ment C. (Clemency) is a captive now, and his
smile is not so winning or so dignified as was
the gemeney (or Mercy, who is the same lady)
so much admired by the Greeks and other
heathens. Our caged Clemency is masculine
and rebel. When the rebels used his influence
it was not as their god—that was slavery—but
they used him to make a laughing stock of
tlecrmseives, and a fool of him m some cases.
In all other eases rebel Clemency was used to
cover up the murder of women and chilAren
in Tennessee, or to starve our priconerti. in
Andersonvillesand Libby.
"Clouds. 'pour' (pore,) do they notl" asked
he gently and insinuatingly.
" Certainly they do!" said the obtuse and
indurate.
"Well, then, if they pour' (pored why, of
course, they read and study carefully. My
4 clouds , have become so used to me that they
read my wishes in my face, and study them
carefully. There's my reason - for the term."
Obtuse saw all this with an unwilling smile ;
saw all but - the verbs in the present tense—for
when lie looked about at , the forts and the
guards, and the prisoner bare-headed, under
the Union nag, he knew that there was no
more enforced "pouring" for the "clouds"
Clement, in his palmy days, used to can "my
own."
With his " labor e away from him, none to
serve but the taciturn guard who brings hint
his meals, or the kindly-disposed shoulder
straps who now and then speak to him, his
time is heavy ; and Clement C., pOOr, fallen
god among misled Confederate mortals, tries
to find in the housewife's duty a panacea for'
that sometime greatest of ills, too much time
and no way to employ it. War is terrible ;
Clemency is loveable, honorable, in some
cases sublime; but this rebel Clement C, is
just now only very common-place and very
undignified. Imagine the diplomat, upon
whose dead-head telegraphic despatches and
oracular utterances at Niagara Vallandigham
and his party built all their hopes a year ago—
engaged in washing dishes! Picture to your
self the scion of the South, who was a media_
for between two grand combatants, and stood
not only as Clement C. towards the United
States, but as a peace -maker before the na
tions of Europe, in undress costume, with
hair awry, wielding the broom or performing
the pleasant and poetical duties of a scullion
or a chambermaid ! But let us leave him and
turn to
From undignified Clay we naturally turn to
the impersonation of haughtiness, John Mitch
el, Esq.—hero of the "cabbage-garden" revo
lution in Ireland in 1848—poet—rampant
Dublin &liter—inhabitant of Yen Diemen's
Land, a paradise of kangaroos and knucka—
eventual skedaddler therefrom—"well-in.
formed' , correspondent in Paris—covetous
owner of "fat niggers," said "niggers" to be
on well-stocked plantation in Alabama—fire
eater in Richmond and New York—and at
last, sic transit gloria Mitchel, resident of close
quarters, secure inside and out, in Fortress
Monroe. Mitchell is a Celt, with the Celt's
enthusiasm and the Celt's obduracy. Dark of
face, of hair grizzled, of eye lowering, Mitchel
ES a crusty acquaintance. He is not ten feet
high, yet he raises his head loftily, as if he
would like to be. He does not weigh a ton, yet
he paces his cell with steady, measured tramp,
as if he believed lie did, and would like to ex
ert his 2,400 pounds avoirdupois in punching
holes through the celPs cemented pavement.
He is not dumb, for during his life a friend has
calculated he has delivered g 32 speeches of
various characters, all occupying, if reported
and printed in The Press, about nine hundred
net forty-eight and a half columns—yet he re
fuses to speak. From those firm-set, and,
when Ills two eyes, (he has the same number
as the rest of us, and one more than his friend
Davis,)—when his eyes see a Yankee, or a
number of them, thoSe curling lips have
issued, according to the calculation of myself
and that friend, adong string of sound, which,
when crystallized into agate type and sot in
one straight line, would reach nearly fifteen
miles ; and he lies written as much more abont,
Erin, and " Sassenach" tyranny, and "South
ern hearth," and the "glorious Confederacy."
So John Dlitch el is a very obdurate man. After
having got so completely into the habit of talk
ing, it is passing strange 441 he can get along
now in his taciturnity. it is generally be'
lieved here, however, that he makes up for his
silence by much volubility in his apartment.
A lamp is left in the cells gall the prisoners,
to illumine their vast extent through the
dreary watches of the night.
In the early part Of the imprisonment of the
"illustrious captive ' 1 No. 3, 10, or 10,000, just
as you please, low sounds were heard :issuing
from his cell in the late hours—often even tlie
wee sins' ones. They were first thought to be
sounds of 4rayer, but the previous record of
the alleged penitent led the impious to
laugh at such a Conjecture, sad guards were questioned, bUt they pretended to knew
nothing about the matter. But there were
many, nevertheless, who then accepted the
siipposition as correct, because, you know—
" While the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return."
It was afterwards discovered that though his
lamp did burn, the vile sinner cared little
about returning, but was addressing his uncer
tain shadow, as it danced and swayed upon the
wall, and with impalpable arms, and head
frown, too, in its impalpability, responded to
the nods and Sestures of its material dupli
cates. I could tell, you what he is said to have
said, but it is of no account. Be assured, he
- was not rehearsing an application for that
pardon of which be Spoke at his arrest. Ile
was only relieVing himself of . the pent-up
words which had gathered in the proud, ri
diculous silence of the . day, and would have
Spoiled his sleeP, if not released from their
thraldom.. , .
So much for these two worthy arehorm of re.
bellicin; se they Ho immured—the chief, the
diplomat, and the writer of the defunct Con•
fcderaeY.
There is nothing here just now to break the
monotony, except the arrival and departure
of vessels, sales of Government stock and pro
perty, and an attempt to raise the frigate Con
gress, sunk that memorable day when the
Merrimac came sailing down the James. A
coffer-dam has been built all around her to
the. very bottom, and pumps have been at
work to take the water out. Enough has been
taken to make her rise and present her decks
above water, all covered with mud, oys
ters, barnacles, and the long fine grass that
carpets the bottom of the sea. Her decks
bear no traces of the blood that flowed upon
them ; but there are great holes through her
hull, where the rebel shot plunged through
and through. Her deck is slippery, infirm, de
cayed; her timbers ail " hogged” and " water
logged.” Never more shall the good old fri
gate—that went * down under the waves with
her flag flying—that went down with her crew
at quarters, and, when the ripples eddied over
her decks,fired a parting gun and disappeared
never again shall her frowning sides or her
thunder frighten our enemies on the sea.
Some divers have her in charge, and, if she is
raised, hope to pay themselves from a pay
master's chest, which iS -supposed to have
much money in it, and their share of the pri:
seeds of the other.
I am going to Richmond in a day or two, and
will try to send you a description of the trip
up the river, and the present political and
social condition of the bone of contention for
four long years. H. W. W.
JEFF DAVIS' FRIENDS
. IN COUNCIL,
They Want to See " Justice" Done Him,
THE FAILURE OF THE REBELLION ONLY
TEMPORARY
THEY EffTEND TO MIKE FT SUCCESSFUL
1.7 ANOTHER WAY.
NEW ronir, August I.—We have received, from
a trustworthy source, says the Post, the follow
ing report of a private meeting of the friends
of Jefferson Davis, held in this city yesterday :
An informal /netting of the friends of rebel
lion lield yesterday pursuantto the follow.,
wg call, viz,: •
"You are invited to meet, with several gen.
tlemcn, at the offices Nos. 19 and 20 in the
house No. 9 Broad street, on Monday, the 31st
inst., at 4 P. M., to devise means for the fair
and full defence of Jefferson Davis and his
associates, so that whatever happens justice
may be done.
6,• l:sr EW Vona', Jnly 20,1805."
The rooms designated are those occupied by
Mr. Carlos Butterfield, who was present, and
took part in the proceedings;
There was no formal organization ; the pro
ceedings were somewhat formal, however, and
on the suggestion of Mr. Peter Y. Cutler, a
committee of five was appointed "to raise
funds for the object stated -in the call, to
consult with Charles O'Conor, Esq., of counsel,
and to adopt such other measures as may be
necessary to hasten on a trial of the parties
so unjustly incarcerated by the United States
Government?,
The following gentlemen were then named
as the committee : Mayor C. Godfrey Gunther,
Carlos Butterfield, Theodore Martine,
Douglas, and Clancy. The Mayor was not
present, but he sent in his regrets and assu-
rances of hearty co-operation. Among those
composing the meeting were Mr. Surrogate
Tucker, Mr. Brown, Mr. Livingston, of Mobile,
and several others from the South,
Messrs. Cutler, Tucker, and Livingston were
the principal speakers. They all regarded the
failure of the rebellion as but temporary ; it
had failed only because it was overpowered.
The spirit that originated it still lives. And
by the assistance of their friends at the -North
it can be successful in another way. Mr. Liv
ingston, assured• his friends that Alabama
- would be represented in Congress by none
who were not soul and body in favor of South
ern independence ; that the execution of Mrs.
Surma had excited the indignation of the
world against the Administration ; and that
under this condemnation the Government
dare not ,trust Mr: Davis to a trial, unless it
was forced upon them by public opinion.
Mr. Livingstosta neWen his way to , Europe
to assure the friends of Southern indepen
dence-0.0.a of Anal success. The plan of ope
rations is changed, but auCceSS is certain. He
expects to raise funds in Europe for the
furtherance of the cause. Mr. Livingston said
that in a short time " any person who would
regard the course of the South in its recent
effort as treasonable, would be looked upon as
a madman or a fool."
NORTH CAROLINA.
A DISLOYAL NEWSPAPER SUPPRESSED.
A Ritter Opposition to the Constitu
tional Amendment.
NEWBERN THE LARGEST CITY IN
THE STATE.
Nnwnunx, N. C., July 29.—Major General Ea
ger, commanding the Department of North
Carolina, by an order dated the 21st inst., has
suspended the publication of the Daily Union
Banner, published at Salisbury, in this State,
for promulgating disloyal sentiments. Seve
ral newspapers have recently appeared, in
different parts of the State, of the same stamp,
which will doubtless be suppressed by General
huger, as they are publishing disloyal senti
ments of the most dangerous character. The
Fayetteville Daily News is one of the number.
It says the people of this State will stultify
and degrade themselves by adopting the con
stitutional amendment abolishing slavery, and
that the State Convention must leave slavery
where they found it, and as it existed before
the war.
Many of the southern tier of counties in this
State, bordering on South Carolina, have in
structed their delegates to the State Conven
tion to take this position, and insist to the
last on the adoption of the same by that body.
The health of Newborn was never better
than at present. The population of Newborn
is increasing at the rate of ten thousand a
year. The city which before the war num
bered about six thousand inhabitants now
numbers over thirty thousand, which makes
it the largest city in the State. This rapid
growth is owing to the enterprise and wealth
of the Northern clement.
Two new daily papers are to be started in
Newhern this fall, which Will make three
altogether, under the names of the Herald,
Tribune, and Times.
A DESPATCH FROM GOVERNOR, HOLDEN
Nmv Yoaa, July 21.—Messrs. Heck and Bat
tle, now stopping at the St. Nicholas Hotel, in
this city, for the purpose of inducing emigra
tion to North, Carolina, recently addressed a
telegram to Governor Holden, of that State,
relative to the statements of the Raleigh Pro
yreas, concerning the disloyal feeling in that
State, and received the following reply :
RALEIGH, N. C., July 30, 180.1
To Kemp P. Battle and J; /IL Heck; S I. Nichotas
Hotel, New York.
GENTLEIMN In reply to your, despatch I
have to state that the great body of the people
of this State are loyal and - submissive to the
National authority; that I do not apprehend
that Union men will be hanged or punished;
that if all the troops should be withdrawn, and
we should not have an efficient loyal police
guard, there might and probably would be
disturbances in some localities, but upon the
whole there is no ground for apprehending
that emigrants will involve themselves in civil
strife by coming to North Carolina. Let them
come with confidence in the future. Our peo
ple generally will be glad to see them come.
Nery respectfully, W. W. HOLDEN.
NEW YORK CITY.
I. YORK, August 1
RETURN OP MASSACRUSETTS TROOPS.
Gen. McLangblin , s brigade, the 57th and 29th
Massachusetts Regiments, arrived here to
night, en route for home.
raa.A.wrup.v. OF max. TIALLECK POE CALIPORNIS.
General Hance& sailed to-day for California.
THE STOCK EXCEANGE.
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At the evening board gold closed at MN;
Erie, 67%; Reading, 104%; old Southern, 64N, ;
Pittsburg, 69; Cleveland and Rook - Islam:1,10n;
1 orth Western, 27; Fort Wayne, M; Brims.
trick Land, 10. The gold and stook. markets
were both firrn,
At the cattle market te.day, 'Beef was !Ale
lower. Receipts of 8 7 000 'head, with sales at
10@inc. Sheep are lower. Receipts .17,039 head;
quotations 3 1 / 4 36e. Swine steady at 11%@15e.
Receipts 10,000.
Num.—A piece of music has Just been is
sued, arranged to the song of "Antony and
Cleopatra." The words were written by Gene
ral William H. Lytle, one of the bravest gene.
rats in the recent war. He was killed'at the
battle of Chieltatnagna. The words breathe the
sentiments of pure patriotism. It ought to
become popular.
BALL NABGIVE AT Cars Mar.—Next Tuesday,
the 13th trust., a fancy and citizens dress ball
will De given at Confines liall i Cage May.
EUROPE.
THE SHORE END OF THE ATLANTIC
CABLE LAID.
ENTHUSIASM OF THE PEOPLE OVER
THE EVENT.
The Liberals Gain Twenty-four Mem-
bers of Parliament
llALirax, August I.—The steamship Asia,
from Queenstown on the 28d ult., arrived at
this port this afternoon.
no steamship Borussia, from New York, ar
rived out on the 21st ult.
ENGLAND.
The following are the very latest telegrams
received at Queenstown before the departure
of the steamer:
Lornox, July 22.—The elections are nearly
over. Six hundred and twenty-six Members
have been returned to the house of Commons.
The Liberal gain up to this time amounts to
twenty-four members.
A portion of the Atlantic cable has been
landed at Valentin for the earth connection,
The main shore end will be landed to-day, if
the weather is favorable. .
LONDON, July 23.—The shore end of the At
lantic cable was landed and the connection
made with the land instruments on the 22d,
in the presence of a large concourse of people,
Enthusiastic speeches were made bythe Knight
of Kerry, Sir Robert Peel, and others, and three
cheers were given for the Queen and President
Johnson.
A reform meeting took place at Cologne, re
cently, hut the Meeting Was dispersed by the
military, on account of the speeches made.
The London Herald announces that the di
plomatic relations between the British and
Brazilian Governments will be re-established
at an early date. It is understood that the
Government of Brazil has accepted the' latest
proposition made by the British Cabinet.
' Mr. Walter,
Of the London Times, has been
defeated for Parliament in Berkshire.
It is understood that 'there is no likelihood
of the sentence of Constance Kent being car
ried out.
FRANCE..
The weekly returns of the Bank of France
Show a decrease in specie of four million seven
hundred thousand francs.
The Bourse, on the 21st, was firm, renter
being quoted at 67f. 72c.
The Moniteur says the rumor of the appoint
ment of Abd el fader to any post in Algeria
is destitute of foundation.
Prince Napoleon has arrived At Bristol in hi*
yacht.
SPAIN.
It is rumored. in ministerial circles in Placid('
that the Spanish representative in Chili will
be dismissecl, on account of the late negotia,
tions he conducted with that Government.
The report that Admiral Parejo had been
dismissed is unfounded.
The port of Islay, in Peru, has been closed
by order of the President.
AUSTRIA.
An Imperial decree has been Issued Miley
in g Count Paltry of the Governorship of Min
gary.
It is asserted at Vienna that all the Polish
and Hungarian political prisoners will be am
nestied.
TURKEY.
Advices from Constantinople state that half
of the town of Cassida has been destroyed by
fire. The loss was estimated at twenty million
piastres.
EGYPT.
The cholera has almost entirely disappeared
from Alexandria.
Commercial Intelligence.
LIVERPOOL, July 22d, A. M.—The cotton re
port for the week was sent out by the steamer
Hibernian. •
The Manchester market is quiet, but prices
are firmer.
The Liverpool Flour market is quiet, but
steady. Wheat has a downward tendency,
and the prices are 2@3d lower; winter red is
quoted at fis 4d Q23s Nu. Corn is scarce, and the
prices are still advancing, with a rise of ;
mixed is quoted at 30sedes 8d; yellow, 30s 6/1@
us.
PROVISIONS.—Beef is steady, with an im
provement on the fine qualities, while the
other descriptions are very dull. - Pork quiet
and unchanged. Bacon firmer. Cheese has
declined l@se. Lard is firm, and is higher.
m
Tallow quiet, but fir, at 401441 S 6d for Ame
rican.
Pitoutica.—Ashes : Small sales at 27@2$s for
pots and 29s for pearls. Sugar steady. Coffee
steady. Rice firmer. Linseed buoyant. Lin
seed Oil steady at 335@33s 611. Rosin steady.
Spirits of Turpentine dull and unchanged.
Petroleum: Small sales at 241026 s for refined.
Lorinow MAngers.—Breadstuffs quiet, bat
steady. Flour is quoted at 221424 s for Ameri
can. Wheat ; Winter red, 41045. Sugar firm.
Coffee steady. Iron quiet at £7 for rails and
bars, and 54s for pig. Linseed quiet. Linseed
Cakes firm. Rice steady. Tea easier. Sperm
Oil quiet at ..£99. Spirits of Turpentine has a
downward tendency ; sales at 45@465. Linseed
Oil quiet at 325 3d. Petroleum steady; refined,
sdfk2s 6d.
•
LONDON MONEY MAREBT.—Consols closed On
Friday at SWAV9O.
AMERICAN STOOI S.—lllinoi9 Central, 89@90;
Erie Railroad, 5334§5t ; United States five
twenties, 7134V71%.
The Latest, via Queenstown.
lavEarooL, July 22, P. M.—Cotton—The sales
to-day amounted to 10,000 bales, including 4,000
bales to speculators and for export. The mar
ket closed ilrxn and M. higher for Egypt/all.
The prices for American are unchanged.
Breadatuffs have a downward tendency, and
the prices are easier for Flour and Wheat. The
weather is favorable for the crops. Corn Is
is Jinn.
Provisions dull, with a downward tendency,
except for Lard s which is still advancing.
Produce is quiet and steady.
LONDON, July 22, P. M.—Consols closed at
89,7&90; five -twenties, 71%071%, Illinois Cen
tral, 50; Erie, 52 , 4@53.
PARIS, July 22, P. AL—The Bourse is excited.
The Atlantic Telegraph Expedition.
GREAT EASTERN, Saturday Noon.
The last passengers and last stores are all on
board, and in a few minutes more the Great
Eastern will be steaming down the river. Her
course is to be outside the Goodwin, through
what is called the Quit stream. Not much
more than eight miles an hour is expected to
be made, partly owing to the recent reduction
of boiler power, and partly to the extreme
foulness of - the vessel's bottom. At snob a
rate of going the Great Eastern ought to be
off Valentin on Tuesday night, or at least
Wednesday morning. In case of any adverse
winds of strength sufficient to get up a sea, or
in any way affect the Vessel, no attempt what
ever will be made to steam against them, and
the ship will be simply turned in to the nearest
shelter. All the nautical authorities on board,
however, are confident of fine, calm weather—
a confidence which is certainly warranted, not
only by the present aspect of the skies, but
also by the high rate of the barometer. The
engines, both screw and paddle, which have
just been turned, seem in excellent order, and
if the ship was what she used to be in her early
dabs, it, would puzzle the best of the steam
yachts now around her to keep her in sight for
an hour even with her twenty-five thousand
tons on board. The signals just taken through
the cable show its condition to be regular, with
the same steady tendency to improvement,
both of insulation and " conductivity: , The
most - entire confidence is expressed by the
naval and scientific men that, withmoderately
line weather, success is almost certain on this
occasion.—Correspondence of the London Times.
WthFS FROM THE SOUTH.
EIOITMOND.
Arnold Elzey, Esq. late General in the late
Confederate army, is at present in Richmond,
The 14th Infantry, now on duty in RiellalOnd,
will shortly leave for California. The city wilt
then be divided into three or four districts.
We were mistaken yesterday in stating that
Lieutenant Merrill, in taking the census of the
negroes in the district composed of Richmond,
Hen rico, and Manchester, desired to ascertain
their money value at the time of their emanci
pation. This is not the case, however, as he
only wants to know the money value of their
property, and not their value.—Rtchotorid Re
public,
EZEECE3
In answer to the many inquiries as to when
we shall have an election and a convention,
(says the Progress,) we may , say that we have
good reasons for believing that Governor-Hol
den will issue his proelamation,nxing the day
for an election for delegates to a convention
within ten days or two weeks, and that the
election will be held in time for the conven
tion to assemble by or before the Ist of Octo
ber. This, it seems to us, will be doing well,
and we doubt not will be satisfactory to the
loyal people of the State.
We hear that the proposition in Monday's
Frogreii, in behalt of a dinner to returned and
returning' Confederate soldiers, has met with
the hearty endorsement of citizens of this
city as well as county. In a few days a num
ber of gentlemen will adopt measures look
ing to some definite arrangements, such as
fixing the time, place, and method of obtain
ing that substantial aid without which such
entertainments cannot be given. It is plea
sant to announce that partisanry has been
altogether excluded from the proposal, and
that men conspicuous for unwavering and un
interrupted devotion to the Union are as ac
tive in the scheme as any who chose a differ
ent line of conduct. Such a spirit may not be
too highly recommended, for the welcome
from the citizens of Raleigh and Wake county
is to old neighbors acid friends, who, whatever
may have been their yontitai differences,
have neverworked forfeiture of social regar4,
Let the dinner be prepared and such a reunion
of hearts and hands distinguish it as shall
bring back again the halcyon past.—Progress,
AIM ult.
EEEMEI
The superintendents of the Norfolk and Pe
tersburg railroad, at the Norfolk end, are
driving ahead with all speed, and, from ap
pearances, it will not be long before it will be
moved out to its old grade and in perfect run
ning order between here and Suffolk,
Mayor Collins left for Richmond yesterday,
to confer with the Governor in regard to his
mains as a civil officer, and in connection, no
doubt, with the late ~ate between the Ports
mouth authorities and the military. Our sis
ter city is growing into some importance,. and
evinces a disposition to progress despite all
opposition to her Interest—AA 290; 1444,.
• •
Seeing, no doubt, the quantity of money to
be made bythe manufacture of turpentine in
this region, a number of seamen, deserters
from the Lenape, have gone into the business,
and were heard 01 at work on a plantation
about twenty miles above here. This may look
to be a singular freak; but the "old tars"
being Yankees, baye an eye to busineb4 as weir
4,5 Seataing,—licrofig i WO WI
THREE CENTS.
WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THEM T
Whoever hos dwelt long among the extreme
men of the extreme South, and carefully
studied their peculiarities, will be likely now'
in these times of uncertainty and anxiety in re
gard to the events of their future, to find old re
roembrances ofthose peculiarities coming up to
unsettle his hopes and plague his endeavors to
helieve "for the best." lie will be pretty likely
to find constant images of wilful disregard of
real interest; Jealous fear of interference;
nervous irritability under advice, and a.poei
tive penchant to control rising before hint, as
the souvenirs of his past experience among
them, and tormentors of his future hopes for
them.
With his knowledge of Southern tempera
ment and prejudice, he will be likely to doubt
whether the old masters of the South will
readily or willingly comprehend the certain
ties and necessities of their condition, and
set themselves to improve them. Their
old slaves are no longer such; but what
hope is there that they will comprehend the
fact that, since they cannot return them to
slavery,. it is their business to advance mom
to freedom 1 That with them it largely rests
whether the negro shall yet prove the agents
of their prosperity or ruin ? Whether, in
spite of themselves, being attached to their
destiny as be is to their climate, and since
they cannot shake him off from either, that
their only safety is to elevate him to an in
dustrious workman, an intelligent freeman,-
a safe and valuable citizen, rather than to de
grade him into a dangerous savage—a thiev
ing, sneaking, rabid brute I Had the Southern
er's own sense of Justice, or a - wise policy
originating with himself, induced him to
knock off the shackles of the slave, no doubt
he would have groaned all the necessities and
duties entailed by the ad, and at once have
set himself to secure hit own prosperity and
the negro's good, by educating and elevating
him to the rights and duties of a freeman. But
liberty to the slave having come by another
band, there is danger that he will refuse to
acknowledge the duties it has thrown upon
him, and will blindly turn his hand away from
the protection of his OWn interests and the
guardianship of his own safety.
If the negroes were kept by contract and
kindness, areund their old masters, long
enough to sec that the new relations had not
broken the old sympathies, but that their real
interests were being cared for; that their la
bor, still wanted, was to be paid for; - their
liberty to be unrestrained, save from degene
rating into license, vagrancy, and crime ; and
even in this respect, white and black to be
controlled by the same laws; that their children
were to be educated, and as soon as prepared,
to be disfranchised ; the contentment of the
black masses and the prosperity of the whole
South would be secure. Without this being
in some way substantially worked out, the
negro is ruined, and - with his ruin comes that
of his old master also. Now, perfectly clear
as this is to everybody but those most deeply
lnlcreSied.; tin are Steadily refusing to see it,
because it is forced Upon them; and many
are actually turning their old servants from
their homes, not because they refused to work
at all, but because they refuse to work longer
as slaves.
Now comes the important question of the
day If the Southern people, blind in their
impotent wrath, refuse to protect the negro
(by a careful provision for his future,)them
selves, and the nation alike, but persist in wil
fully sowing a storm that shall bok gathered in
whirlwind and destruction, and yet ask to re
turn as sovereign States into the bosom of the
Union, what shall be the nation's reply?
This at once involves the question of negro
suffrage.
There is no freedom to a class that has no
voice in its own Control. The negroes, then,
are only freedmen, not freemen. And it is
more the nation's duty to give them the full
rights of freemen than it was simply to knock
off the shackles that bound them to their
masters, for their present uncontrolled and
still ignorant condition is more dangerous to
them and the nation than was their old condi
tion of regulated servitude,
But they are not now fitted to assume the
position of citizens and control themselves,
and, as in many districts would be the case,
their old masters also. What shall be done?
It is the duty of each State to educate and en
franchise all its inhabitants, black and white.
But they show no inclination to do it ; and are
Still knocking at the nation'e doors for ad•
mission. Clearly, if admitted as they are,
they cannot be trusted with these great re
sponsibilities. They would never perform
them. What then.? Shall the Presidentstretch
his authority to the immediate and universal
enfranchisement of the blacks? No matter
whether he has the power or not, that question
is answered by the admitted fact that they
are too ignorant now to properly exercise the
duties it would devolve upon them.
But it is argued to be the only thing left, if
the negroes are not to be abandoned to slavery
again, or a serfdom equivalent to it, and
that it is safer to trust them to vote since they
are loyal and might act right, rather than to
trust notoriously disloyal men, who are sure
to act wrong, to vote for them.
Were there no other way, there might be
some force in this argument. But even then,
would it be wise to entrust the several State
interests and welfare to the rule or ruin of
these men just. out from the depths of
slavery's degradations and ignorance, simply
because, on national questions, they might
prove loyal to the Union? Hardly! for the
internal ruin of any section can hardly add to
the general prosperity or glory of the whole.
What thenl Shall the negro, because he is
now ignorant, be abandoned to a condition
worse than that from which we have taken
him? Shall his fate be left to the mercies of
those who have enslaved him, because it, of
right belongs to them to educate and advance
him? No, neither; but simply let the nation
hold the South—each State by itself—responsi
ble for the performance of its duties in this
respect, and continue to hold them in the
strong grasp of military and provisional go.
vernment, until the evidences of their per
formance are given. Let it refuse to receive
their members of Congress, or recognize any
sovereign act of theirs, till these great duties
have been fairly commenced, and they will be
done.
Does any one ask how, in actual practice, this
is to be done? Let me answer in a word. The
President will go on in his merciful and good
way, giving the different Southern States all
possible facilities for organization and action.
By this they Can act; and when they act, their
real intentions become evident. But what
ever else they may do, one thing they are
certain to do. They, will elect and send
men as members to the United States Con
gress. That very election itself will ex
press the animus both of their present
and future action.. But ignoring all that—re
gardless of who they may be—whenever those
Men present themselves at the doors of Con
gress and ask for seats, I would have Congresi
itself to reply, "Has your State adopted the
constitutional amendment declaring slavery
abolished all over the land' Have you strick
en from your State Constitutions and slave
code all vestiges of their old enormities'
Have you legislated free schools to all your
people, alike to whites and blacks 1 Have you
set to work, not only that all who will, may
learn to read and write—but also to give sub
stantial inducements for education" Have
you made that the condition of suffrage'
Have you thus already shown your anxiety
for the safety of your State, the Integrity of
the nation, the atonement for past errors, and
the doing of present Justice". And it they did
not answer truthfully, "This we have done-
alt and everypart of it we have done,n I would
have the nation, by the united voice of its
Congress, thunder in their ears, "Go back to
those who sent you here, and there remain, if
it be forever, until you can bring as your cre
dentials the evidence of all these enactments
in your hands. The nation holds you realm
sible to -repair the injury you have done—to
restore manhood to him you have made a
slave—to strangle the serpent you have nou
rishedl into life, and to prove that you love the
country you seek to control. And until all
this is done you shall be guarded and pro
tected, but never admitted herc.” Perhaps
never till then, but most certainly then, the
great work will be set about.
Then these four years of war will not have
been for nothing. Then a nation will have
washed the stains of a great. crime from the
skirts of its garments. Then a race will have
been redeemed—and then the world will have
been taught how 'mighty are the strength, en
durance, and justice of a great nation when
aroused to struggle for its life. GLovan.
Execution of Women. .
Youx, PA., July 68, 1865.
.7b the Editor of the Press:
SIR : Your paper of this date contains a short
article under the head of "Execution of Wo
men? giving the details of the execution of
two women by hanging, many years ago, in
England. For such examples of even-handed
justice under existing laws, it is notneeessary
to cross the Atlantic. Doubtless they are
afforded in various parts of our own emuttry
and it is certain that within the memory of
Persons now living in York and Carlisle, there
have been two . executions of women, one in
each of those to*ns, for the crime of murder.
In the fall of 1798, a young woman named
Sarah Clarke '
was hanged at Carlisle, for caus
ing the death of John Carothers, Esq., of that
county, and also of his 1111 . 0 1 13 y poison. tier
intention had been, according to her own
statement, to destroy the life of another mein.
ber of the family—a brown daughter—in which
object she failed.
In the borough of York, a woman named
Elizabeth Moore, was convicted of the crime
of infanticide, and executed on the commona
adjoining town, in 1809 .
So long as the death.penalty is affixed to the
crime of murder, it is not to be supposed that
any class or sex can^ be exonerated from pay..
ing that penalty. Even public opinion, much
less inexorable law, would not permit or noun
togilmigA Optinctimii Owsx4
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for Tun 'Wan Penes.
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an extra copy of the paper win be given.
George Dunn, of Pittsburg, having °hal,
longed all one•arMed billiard plityerd to
match game, Capt. E. D. Rates, ern. Loulai halt
accepted, and offers to pay Dunn's expenses if
he will come to St. Louis to play. The Captain
lost his right arm at Vicksburg.
The new house of worship erected by the
German Reformed Congregation, at Mechan
icsburg, was dedicated with appropriate cere
monies, on Sunday. Several prominent eter,
gynten were present, and the' exercises are
said were highly interesting.
At the late annual meeting of the Board of
Trustees of Franklin and Marshal College, the
resignation of .Tames Buchanan, as President
of the Board, was accepted, and Holt. John
Cessna, of Bedford, was elected to nil the 'va
cancy.
The Northern Central Railway Company
has contributed $2,500 to assist the borough of
York to pay for the assessment made upon the
citizens by the rebel Gen, Early, during his
raid into that portion of the State.
The pnblicatiOn of the Selinsgrove Pos.
nes been resumed by the Messro, Creterhis,
is the only loyal paper at the county scat of
Snyder, and should receive a liberal support.
The Trustees of Lafayette College, at Das
ton, have elected Rev. J. W. Scott, D. D., Pres'.
dent of Washington College, to the Chair of
Mental and ➢coral IltiXolsophy.
The strike among the dock bands in Erie
harbor is at an end, the men having returned
to work, and there is a demand. for one haft
dred more men.
The order of Brigadier General Kiddoo,
distributing guards through Harrisburg, has
had a beneficial effect.
Fifty-fifth regiment arrived in Harrisburg
on Sunday. The ranks contain about five
hundred men.
A new town, to be called Reno ) on the A. 1.-
leaheny river, between Franklin and Oil City,
is projected.
The Lancasterians are becoming greatly
excited over the idea of constructing aslrating
park.
The Erie Dispatch is disgusted because of
a dog.flgbt which recently took place in that
City.
The 202 d Regiment arrived in Harrisburg,
on Monday.
Second-hand clothing stores are springing
up in Pittsburg, whereat the Past is disgusted.
Major General Hartrauft is at Norristown,
his home, on a thirty days' leave of absence.
Three ears are now running on the liar.
risburg Street Railway and are dOthg well,
—The Eerks County AgriC o Htural Society
have determined to hold S. lair this fall.
A fair will cOMmence in . Ebensburg,
Cambria count 7, s pa., on 21st of August.
A Norrnal school is to be erected in Kuts.
town, Blacks county.
Troops still continuo to arrive at 'lards.
burg to be paid off;
A post office has been established at Bed.
ford Springs.
Meadville is to have a now post.office the
coming fall.
-Burglars are troubling the residents of
Pottstown,
- There is a great demand for houses tit
Towanda. •
-- Rowdyism exists to a great extent in tan•
caster.
The pilOtS WhO, during the war, have pur
sued their , Calling in Virginia, waters 6014
Fortress Monroe and Norfolk, some time since
formed themselves into an organization
known as "The Virginia Union Pilot Anode,.
tion ;" but to prevent them from going into
active operation, the pilots of Baltimore have
served an injunction upon them. The 9.9ROCIR_
tion, however, have determined to go boldly
at work, and persist in exercisingtheir calling
till prevented by law.
—At Oxford, Rock county, the other day, a
copperhead, formerly postmaster under Jas.
`Buchanan, who ran away at every call for
men and prospect of a draft, returned home,
when the neighbors in large force assembled,
and gave him notice to leave within twenty
four hours. At the end of that time he wag
still in town, whereupon preparations were
made to tar and feather him, alarmed by
which be again skedaddled.
A horse insurance company is the latest
successful enterprise in Illinois. ItS officers
claim to have established a thorough system
of horse-thief detection, by having one or"
more agents and detectives in every minty in
the State, whose business it is, not only to take
applications for insurance, but to be on the
alert for the detection of thieves.
The Janesville (Wisconsin) Gazette tong
how a Mr. Randall waged war Oa the chinch.
bug by running a line of tar about two inches
wide around the field, with holes a foot deep,
at intervals of two rods, into which the bugs
swarmed in myriads, and he drowned them
out with hot water. He killed half a bushel of
them.
The hide and leather trade of Boston has
for years been scattered indifferent streets Of
the eity, but at last a project is on foot to con
centrate the trade Inoue locality. Arany places
have been suggested, but none received the
favor that was, apparent when Congress and
nigh streets were spoken of.
The, liquor trait° of Vergennes, Vt,, has
been lessened oven thousand dollars im the
last seven months by the enforcement of the
prohibitory law. Fifty barrels of liquor have
been seized, and several hundred dollars of
fines have been imposed.
--- The Saratoga tribe of Indians is reduced
nearly to a minimum, It Consists this year, it
is stated, of six or eight Canadian Frenchmen,
a candle eating Labradorian, two octogene,
rian Squaws, and a North American papoose.
—The Buffalo Sentinel, which was started to
advocate the cause of workingmen, has been
discontinued for want of support. It possessed
no ability, and the workingmen probably
knew what they were about.
A meeting of returned °diners was held at
the Tremont House, in Chicago, last week, for
the purpose of forming an organization of Mil
acre of the army and navy fur social purposes
and for mutual benefit.
The collection of coins at Yale College has
been considerably increased within a few
months; valuable Syrian and Egyptian coins
being among the accessions,
Bayard Taylor has written teMr. Barnum,
promising to look over his souvenirs of travel,
and try and find something of interest for the
new collection of curiosities.
A Yankee in Kansas sells liquor in a gun
barrel instead of a glass, to evade the law and
make ft appear beyond dispute that he Is ceil
ing by the barrel.
An "entirely new comic drama," untitled
" Artemus Ward, Showman," was announoed
as in rehearsal at Maguire's Theatre, San
Francisco.
The yellow fever is prevailing to an alarm..
ing extent in Savannah. Vegaell aro neither
allowed to leave or approach the City.
The School of Industrial Science in liVOreetit.
ter, Mass., is to be established, the subscrip•
Lions proving ample.
-- A new paper, called the Saline County
grew, bag been started at Marshall, Saline Co.,
Missouri.
The fosee are killing off the poultry in
Connecticut.
A committee has been formed in London,
with a view to holding an International Horti
cultural Exhibition next year. More than
£l,lOO have been raised, and a guarantee fund
of £2,000 bas been subscribed. This exhibition•
will be held in London, probably in the week
between the Epsom and Ascot races, and will
be kept open four days. Two morning meet
ings, of the nature of a Congress, will be held,.
at which papers prepared by leading botanists
or hOrtieliiiiiriSts will be read; the papers to
be previously printed in Knglieh and Frailah,
and circulated ; and discussion thereupon in
vited. There will be two conversational meet
ings, at which foreigners invited to assist at
the exhibition will have the opportunity of
meeting with our own leading horticulturists,
botanists, and exhibitors, •
-- The geological world will be sorry to bear
that the wonderful toad, which was found em.
bedded in a block of magnosian limestone, at
Hartlepool, England, and computed to be 6,000
• years old, expired on the 30th ult. It was found
in April last, and had been in an aquarium at
the Hartlepool 'NUMMI, and while there baa
attracted thousands of visitors. Its death
attributed to injuries which are supposed to.
have been inflicted by some excursionists front
Newcastle.
An anti•butcher demonstration lately took
place in Worcester, England, in consequenee
of the high price of meat. It consisted of a
procession of some three hundred Men, WhO,
beaded by a band of music and a banner in.
scribed, "We want cheap beef and mutton, and
no monopoly," paraded the principal streets.
The working classes of the city have resolved
to abstain from meat until it gets cheaper.
Tradesmen in London go the length of
sepaitv their naffs by telegraph j and whelk
you open an alarming missive, says a foreign,
exchange, with the idea that it announces the
death of a tenth cousin, and your consequent
succession to e 2,000 a year, you find, to your
disgust,an obliging offer of undrinkable claret
at sixteen shillings a dozen
-- The King of Belgium, oppressed with
numerous diseases, and on the verge of death,
has forgiven his Sell, file POO 'of Braman;,
wboni he bad for years banished from hia
royal presence for holding too liberal ideite ;
and the • Duke now takes a prominent and
active part in the public affairs of the king
dom. •
The Wallace Mnrinment, at Stirling, Eng.
lend, which has reached the height of one him.
()red andßfty.ftve feet In the form of s tower,
has been stopped for want of fun& ; the plant
andinaterlale on the ground are to be Bold to
pay debts.
There will be three Roman Catholic memo
tiers of the uow BMW raiiiIIALORG%
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