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31J 8'OJI itM £2 VOLUME XXV I mjejwW of WARD CAUCUSES THE NEWS The of a an WS I 1 5r I ex i to their I TA i 4a 6 i 11 fcwt Jb I ftfr jcrJ WALKER TAYLOR BARNS PUBLISH EKS AND PROPRIETOBS Tha Daily ree Press $6 the Tri Weekly fS the Weekly $1 per invariably in advance The Delly to city subscriber 12X cents per week Still further particulars of the capture of ort Donelaon are published though mostly details of the events that are already known The fight on Saturday when the rebels made their sortie followed by the capture of the outer entrenchments by the ederalists was perfectly terrific It was in this sortie when Battery was captured and the subsequent repulse when the battery was taken and some of the outer works of the fort that most of the killed and wounded fell The General Johnson taken prisoner is not A Johnston the commander of the department but a Brigadier General from Tennessee The prisoners have begun to ar rive at Cairo and it is intimated that they will probably be sent to Chicago There is another report of the capture of Savannah without the firing of a gun but nothing definite On Monday evening a great light was seen tor several hours in the direction of Clarks ville and it is supposed the rebels have either burned the town or their steamboats on the river to prevent them falling into our bands A large number of seamen have been ta ken from the Massachusetts and Maine regi ments and sent to Cairo to man some of the gunboats The Edinburg has arrived with two later news from Europe The Nashville sailed from Southampton on the 8d inst and the Tuscarora steamed up to follow her but she was prevented from starting for twenty four hours by an English frigate Another vessel has arrived at Liverpool from Charleston having run the blockade with a cargo of cargo of cotton and rosin It ap peared that the Archduke Maximilian was about to accept the Mexican throne New York is preparing a grand reception for Col Corcoran when he shall return The stars and stripes have been planted in Arkansas Gen Curtis has pursued Price Into that State cutting his rear to pieces and taking large numbers of prisoners and stores The prisoners captured at ort Donelson are to be sent to Chicago St Louis Indian apolis and Cincinnati ive thousand of them are now on the way Large numbers of troops are being hur ried up the Cumberland so that an army of 70000 or 80000 will In a few days be collect ed there The inspectors at Washington have re jected 25000 coats for privates Third Ward Caucus The democratic elector of the Third Ward will meet in caucus at the house of rederick Gies cornr of Brush and Congress streets on Thursday evening eb 90 1862 for the choice of three delegate to the demo er tic county convention to be held at Dearborn th 224 Inst JOHN KENDALL HENRY STARKEY RED GIES Ward Committee ourth Wabd Democratic The democratic electors of the ourth Ward are request ed to attend at August corner of Croghan and Hastings st Thursday evening at 7 to elect delegate to th county convention By or der Of JOHN ANDRE GEO RICKENBACH GEO HAGER Ward Committee German democratic papers pltase copy ifth Ward Caucus There will be a meet ing of the democracy of th ifth Ward at Block corner of Grand River and Park street on Thursday evening ebruary 90th at 7X for the purpose of choosing delegate to attend the corm ty convention JOHN VAN SCHOICK Chairman Ward Committee Democratic Caucus A Democratic Caucus will be held at Jacob on Thursday evening at to appoint three delegate to attend the County Convention on Saturday the 22d inst at Dearborn By order WM DYSON eb 17 1869 Chairman Democratic Caucus There will be a Demo cratic Caucus on Thursday evening at 7 at Keller's Hall corner of Orleans and Lafayette streets to elect delegate to attend the convention to bo held in Dearborn By order of the Committee CASPER HTJBEE Eighth Ward Democratic Caucus A democratic caucus will be held at the Eighth Ward Bouse corner of Michigan avenue and Seventh street on Thursday evening at 7M to appoint three delegates to attend the county convention on Saturday the 22dint at Dearborn By order WM HEALY Chairman Ninth Ward Democratic Caucus A dem ocratic caucus of the Ninth Ward will be held at the Houso of Thomas Gorman on Michigan avenue on riday evening 91st Inst at half past seven to appoint three delegates to attend the county con vention at Dearborn By order James MARTIN KANE LOUIS SPECTH EVANS Ward Committee Democratic Caucus A Democratic Caucus will be held at the house of Henry A Blenman cor ner of St Aubin st and Jefferson avenue on Thurs day evening at 7 for the purpose of electing three delegates to the County Convention at Dear born on Saturday the 22d Inst WILLIAM DOWLAN GREGORY NOWLAN JOHN ADAMS Ward Committee Ji a LOCALZINTELLIGENCE to them which they are obliged themselves and the meat furnished 1 them Is 1 the ref Their Circulation The with" which the circulation newspapers periodicals and pictorial papers has increased of latd is truljJsurprising It is of comparatively recent datefthat dally publica tions have assumed such vast importance or merly a weeklypaper did well enough with its European intelligence and and occasional story or speech in Congress But the improvements in the' means of communication have given a wonderful impetus to this branch of modem enterprise The telegraph has prov ed of incalculable importance in disseminating' news The railroads bear the news published to the interior Thus the trade in newspapers 'has become as regular and well established as any branch of business armers now cannot wait for the slow coming weekly but within a rea sonable distance of all railroad lines or places where a daily mail is received every farmer must have his daily paper as regularly as he has his cakes and coffee Nearly every interior town that lays any claim to respectability or enterprise boasts from one to half a dozen depots where daily papers are obtained and distributed in advance of the mails CA feature in the modem Mews world Is the numerous pictorials 1 They are a comparatively recent institution and are immensely popular' People look to them for likenesses of famous men famous places and famous incidents The number ofthese papers which is sold every day is sufficient evidence of the important place which they All in the estimation of the reading public These papers' as well as periodicals and dailies are not now exclusively sent out as they formerly were by mail but are almost entirely distributed through the agency of news depots People no longer send sub scriptions to the publisher of a paper or periodical but where it la practicable prefer the safer more expeditious and equally eco nomical method of buying them of the news agent This has naturally increased the busi ness of furnishing papers to one of the first magnitude Enterprising men have taken hold of it and it already ranks of promises to do so among the most business un dertakings As an illustration of the magnitude which thia business has already assumed we might cite Tunis of this city The head quarter of this establishment are at Niagara alls Here guides and railroad maps are print ed Branch ha uses are established at Clifton OJ 'which supplies the entire trade of west ern Canada Hamilton for the supply of the Toronto Railroad branch Milwaukee which supplies much of the retail' trade of Wis consin Minnesota and the entire Northwest Detroit which supplies many of the Michigan and Northern Indiana Papers are here received by all the trains early and late and at the earliest possible moment after their publi graphed from here by the Pennsylvania Rail road line to Philadelphia and re telegraphed from there to the press that Price and ms army had been captured 1 'Rejoicings 1 Columbus eb 18 There Is a grand illumination here to night in' honor of the taking of ort Donelson Nearly every house is illuminated The new Neill House the front of which is just finished is lit up for the first time Bonfires are burning bands playing and the streets are crowded with people ifc ROM THE WEST INDIES SJlSs W'A The Revolution in Venezuela Soil and Climate Commerce ofCuracoa ederal Vessel Again Per mitted to Stop The Slave Popu Nativity Religion Moral dec Correspondence of The Detroit ree Curoooa Dec 25 1881 This city has' 10000 or 12000 populationay four fifths negro and mixed about half of these being slaves 'The' sympathies' of the people of this island are 'nearly unanimous in favor of the government of the United States and of their side of the war their hatred to the rebellion being8 strong'! have met persons from most of the West India Islands A like unity of sentiment favorable to the United Statesis manifested by those people? as well by those we meet (and there are a goodly number here exiles and others) from the Span ish Main Their commerce and trade was chiefly with the United States andthc rebel lion there has to a large extent suspended their' business In Venezuela only forty six miles distant to the coast the revolution has opened anew It has ceased for some weeks to allow an ef fort on the part of Gen Piaz and other promi nent citizens to effect a settlement of their difficulties This having failed the hostile parties have again taken the field in military array There are three or four parties engaged The questions Involved in the conflict between the parties are so mix ed it is difficult to comprehend fully the merits each claims for itself It is in brief a' strifebe tween military leaders each with his followers aspiring to supremacy and to controlling the power and patronage of the State The largest portion of the better people of Venezuela desire peace based upon a constitu tional government The same may be said of all the South American States and Mexico their ambitious and factious leaders producing all the trouble with the inability of their peo ple to comprehend the blessings of a stable gov ernment With a varied and agreeable climate a most prolific soil captftle of growing in abundance coffee cotton sugar cane stock grazing affording all the tropical fruits a good government would render that in a few years in its great and rich resources inferior to no other country The trade between Venezuela and this port which has been active during the few past weeks has within a few days been near ly suspended No privateer is known or be lieved to have been in these waters (save the Sumpter last month in the Windward Isles) since last July The chief importance of this port and island Is derived from its depot trade having shipping commerce and trade with the Spanish Main nearly every country in Europe and with the United States There is no more attractive harbor so far as its beauty safety and capa ciousness are concerned in the West Indies The general character of the soil of the island is rocky of coral formation though there are val leys and many plantations of fair I may say good soil This season being rainy a fair crop of corn will be raised The crop is now matur ing The cattle are inferior goats asses and sheep are the stock raised the donkeys are abundant though quite small' and may be purchased by the cargo from this Amba and Boise dependencies with this isle at $4 or $5 Salt is abundant and of good quality and is the chief article of export Any number of ship cargoes may be had Price per barrel of three and a half bushels by the cargo thirty cents The government of the Hague this being a dependence of the Netherlands had sent or ders to the Governor of this Island restricting the United States steamers (the rebel govern ment the same) to forty eight stay in this port and to taking coal to last only twenty four hours fromport The Iroquois appearing off this port on the 8th of last November upon these instructions being made known to him through the harbor master declined the hospi talities of the authorities here under the humil iating conditions and steamed away in an hour or two for St Thomas although the United States government had 1300 to 1400 tons of coal in this port Strong remonstrances from the merchants and others were immediately signed and the Governor dispatched one of the fine Dutch steamers here (the Vesuvius) to St Thomas to overtake mail for the Hague to forward those remonstrances against these restrictions upon American steamers The first return mail arriving three days since brought orders from the Hague gov ernment revoking all these restrictions All classes of people are polite social kind and hospitable The white and mixed uppers free are dressy and neat in their attire the fe males many of them even quite dashy These usually have one or more slaves to accompany them upon their social calls to take charge of their gloves parasol etc and to attend to any little errand or want A gentleman or lady are deemed unfashionable if not undignified to be carrying a small bundle or two or three vol umes of books through the streets when ne groes are so ready and A slave of colored servant is taken to carry a pen and sheet of paper even a skein of silk There are however exceptions to these This is a fair stand point to view the curses which the black race in these relations bring to the white The dark and native population indulge in song the banjo or drum and the fandango The white and upper are extravagant in piano music This is for their dancing at social even ing parties and there are many of each sex fine performers on this instrument There are in this place (city) over two hundred first class pianos and some three hundred upon this isl and These are mostly of European manufac tory though a few are from New York The Dutch and Spanish population and lan guage are about equal Most people speak a little English Some speak it well The native population mostly speak a lan guage peculiar to this island which is an amal gamation of other languages It is called the The Protestant Catholic and Jew are about equal The latter are chiefly the business and wealthy portion and there are a good number of wealthy shippers and merchants here This port and island are considered quite healthy and it would not be an undesirable place for certain Invalids seeking a tropical clime Hundreds of children from infancy to eight and ten years old are perfectly naked through some of our streets Other have pieces of or a partial garment on them These are mostly native or dark and mixed race In this place as in all the 'West India Islands' the natives bear all burdens from a fish' a piece of soap to a basket of eggs a pall of water a bundle of hats or hay upon their heads Hence you never see one of them stooping or round shouldered but invariably erect and straight 1 Of the color of our native population it is im possible to tell often where shades begin or end often those with slight admixtures of the dark or negro have no apparent index of the same On the other hand many known to be purely of European origin original white (these mostly Spanish) are dark as our Indians Distinct traces of the Indian are visible in'a portion of the native population Aruba Island near this peopled by the primitive or Indian race The number and character of schdols in the towg are creditable Spanish Dutch rench and English are furnished from Venezuela i VJ The standard of morals" with the middle and lower classes to say nothing of tha upper will not allow or a faVotrable comment The 'marriage ordinance' is 'W 'to be less observed amppg those classes mnder the influ Tuscola Countt We enjoyed the pleasure of a short visit to Tuscola county last week and a fine opportunity of satisfying ourselves with reference to the advantages of a life in the northern wilds The county is yet very new and sparsely settled Emigration is pouring in pretty fast however and it will not be long be fore that vast wilderness will be made to yield to the desires of the hardy pioneer The prin cipal business carried on now is the lumber trade The logs are taken to the Cass river and rafted down to Saginaw where it is manufac tured into lumber The pine timber is rapidly disappearing and soon the residents of that country will experience the same inconvenience from its want that we do in the southern coun ties The soil is a deep black gravel or loam and said to be very productive It requires time to test how much working it will stand before it becomes like the southern towns Jfassar the present county site is a very entwpising vil lage We noticed extensive saw ancTgrist mills afurnace and machine shops for doing almost all kinds of work one in particular is a factory for the manufacture of baskets This is a novel institution indeed and the only one now in ex istence Baskets at the rate of a per hour are turned out entirely by the process of machinery It is now owned and carried on by Lane Esq formerly a resident of Grass Lake and two years Steward at the Agricultural College of this county The bas kets find a ready sale at the salt works in Sagi naw and Bay counties Mason Newt Jeb 13 Incendiarism Officer Last Saturday evening James Kingsland a man who had resided in our place for some time a foundryman by trade commenced operation by some petty larcenies at the stores in the way of stealing clothing fcc and being sus pected and watched he went into cabinet warehouse and set fire to the shavings with intent to set fire to the building which if he had would have exposed the entire business portion of the town to utter ruin but Mr Russel Barnum and some others being on the look out saw the fire in time and with heroic exertion extinguished the flames During the confusion Mr Cassius Packard our worthy Constable while In the discharge oi his duty was stabbed by Kings land in the abdomen inflicting a ghastly and frightful wound Kingsland was immediately arrested by Deputy Sheriff Mr Packard was removed to his house where his wound was dressed by Dr Tripp who is hope ful of his recovery In addition to the above we are happy to state that to day (eb ISth) Mr Packard is out of danger and will soon be out again Kingsland waived an examination here and was taken to jail last Tuesday by Mr Coomer to await his trial at the Circuit Court He leaves a wife and three small children made worse thonorphans not by the righteous dis pensation of Heaven but his own inordinate love of strong drink and the wiles of the rum Morenci Star Neb 15 rM Ktt im nv a Log We learn from Mr A A Van Alstine of Somerset that a sad and fatal casualty happened in Wheatland on Wednesday last named Seymour Lane was engaged in hauling logs from thewoods and having got two log upon was in the act of roll ing on the third when his feet slipped and he fed the log rolling back over his body breaking his neck and causing his death In about half an hour Lane was a former hi age waaabout 45 he leave a wife and Hilton 'ft Thurlow Presented to the The Interview with Prince Napoleon Correspondence of the Albany Evening Journal Jan 24 We are yet in suspense and anxiety about the forthcoming speech of the Emperor It is feared that by some understanding with England he will take ground against us Our Minister Mr Dayton is to have an interview with Thouvenal on the subject to day We were presented to the Emperor and Em press by our Minister on Wednesday evening and passed from the Imperial Audience Chamber into the ball room of the Tuileries Among other Americans presented on this occasion were Mrs Phillip Van Rensselaer (daughter of the late Gen James Tallmadge) and her son Mr Leslie and lady late Chief Clerk in the War Department and Robert I Vandewater and la dy of California and Mr Tree of Chicago The ball was of course very magnificent graced as it was by the presence of all the rank fashion and beauty of Paris numbering over three thousand The Emperor and Empress with the Princess Clotilde were seated In the centre of the ball room where they remained until 12 and then preceded by the Duke of Bassano Grand Chamberlain and fol lowed by the Diplomatic Corps moved into the supper room a marked feature of the evening for the supper was gorgeously prepared and served It was in fact a dinner with regular courses from soup to dessert At the other end of the ball room was every variety of ices ereams fruits and comfits for three hours be fore the supper Among the most dlstinguish ed guests were the Duke of MatakofrancTMar 'BhalNeiU The Empress in gracefulness and beauty Is all that she has been so often described Behind the Tuileries? tn the court over two thousand carriages in waiting were arranged in order and with their lights added to the gas lights caused a brilliant illumination The Emperor is but slightly changed in the ten years that have elapsed since he seized the Imperial reins We saw him as now in 1853 at a ball at the Hotel Dieu our o'clock JM I have been to accord ance with an appointment made yesterday two hours with the Prince Napoleon who is to our cause and encourages me to hope that the Emperor will deal justly with America In his speech The interview was pleasant and sat isfactory The Prince told me that the Empe ror regretted that he did not see Geo Scott for whom he has great respect and upon whose judgment and opinions he should have placed entire confidence enceof other denominations than those under Catholic Influence 'The illegitimate portion of an births upon the island Is estimated at from sixty to seventy five per cent? i Thi harbor would be valuable to the' United States and the more enterprising persons citizens here speak of the government here and of the Netherlands as rather of the horse order and too slow for this progressive t' The houses here are mostly two to three stories with thick stone walls all roofed with earthen tile chiefly imported from Holland1 Christmas here also New Years lasts two or three days nearly all places of business being closed All classes indulge in respect ive holiday pursuits the colored and i'mixed Wth the instruments and' music' at frequent places enjoying fandango ctc dances with unique songs clapping of hands march ing about the streets in companies hallooing Binging and antics the upper class very much as our Christmas at the churches and gen eral sociability One bund red seulled by negroes to and from continually constitute the ferry from the on4 one side to Otro on the other side The portion of the town between the Bay and Lagoon occupied as residences Is known as Scharbough Two forts well mounted are on each Bide of the entrenr? of tbohsrlior anotUer near 1C a mile further in upon the cliff high These are manned by about a regiment of soldiers The people of the West Indies have and ex press an interested regard for the supremacy of the United States for to them they look as their parent to espouse their cause and pro tect them from any aggressions from European powers The some prevails to a certain extent with the Venezueleans Although a strict poliec and night watch is kept over the negroes or slaves they occasion ally escape in the night to Coro the nearest shore where these slaves find Venezuela what our Southern slaves find Canada GEN ADVANCE The Camp at Bacon Creek The Line of Battery in the Vanguard The lrat The Burled Dead Behind Ac Special Correspondence of The Detroit ree Camp Mabzsox Beyond Green River 1 Kentucky ebruary 19 On yesterday morning the Third Division commanded by Acting Major General Mitchell moved from Bacon Creek to this place two miles beyond Mumfordsville toward Bowling Green The night before had been spent in hurried preparations for the march and long before the dawning of day the vanguard of the grand column moved off a regiment of cavalry and the Loomis Battery leading As the morning sun arose from above the eastern horizon it shone on the grandest spec tacle ever witnessed on the soil of Kentucky Long lines of fully equipped soldiery in full array stood where had been tented cities their bright arms and dark uniforms standing out in beautiful relief from the dazzling frost that glistened in the sunlight Long trains of heavi ly laden huge army wagons with their white coverings moved slowly out from various direc tions and took up their position in the long line that faded from view in the distance The General moved off at a gallop himself and staff dressed in rich uniform and followed by an es cort of picked and dashing cavalrymen taking a position at the head of the column Brass and field bands discoursing cellent music led their regiments their brigades and brigades in 1 turn marched to their places in the grand col umn At nine A the advance commenced and the whole force was four hours and thirty minntes passing a given point The division is now encamped on the south side of Green River two miles beyond Mun fordsville and one mile beyond the railroad bridge which was? destroyed by the rebels and rebuilt by the ederal troops Captain Loomis when out on a reconnois sance this morning found a copy of the order to bum the residences of Unionists in Cave City issued by the General commanding the rebel advance because as it states of their not apprising him of the entrance into that place of some It was with that expedition characteristic of the Cap tain delivered to the Adjutant General and is now on file with his papers This morning one section of Battery was detailed for picket duty There is encamp ed within a circuit of fifteen miles along the banks of Green River an army whose size and efficiency is overwhelming when compared with the foe encamped at and around Bowling Green On a gentle eminence that commands a fine prospect of the pleasant little town of Mun fordsville and the beautiful plain on which that town is situated under the outstretched arms of a giant forest king solitary and alone lay the sacred forms of the noble and departed thir teen that fell fighting and fought after being felled an overwhelming host of rebels Per haps the desperate conflict that happened here near two months since has in the whirl of pass ing events flitted from the memory of the read ers of your journal Not so with the Twenty third Indiana that in that engagement and single hand ed battled with and achieved a vic tory over a force five times their number killing their commander and driving them at the point of the bayonet from their hiding places Speak of the occurrence to one of the survivinghand ful and point to the last resting place of the fallen thirteen (with its neatly painted circular fence beautiful evergreens and chaste tomb stone hewn from an adjacent quarry) and his face will grow dark with an ominous meaning his teeth set his eye burn with a fire before latent and unperceived his clutch on his deadly rifle tighter and his whole being assume an as pect indicative of the terrible retribution in store for the unlucky foe that falls in his power Green River bridge is one of the most pro digious structures of the kind I ever beheld being in length over a quarter of a mile The roads toward Bowling Green are eaid to be in good condition A large force from the Potomac it is rumor ed will soon arrive and join this department It is said they will constitute the left division of the central army Battery is the nearest encampment to General headquarters ITEMS The gunboat Essex has gone to St Louis for repairs The Canadian Parliament has been convoked for the 20th of March Colonel David regiment the ifty fifth Illinois was to the fight at ort Donelson The name of ort Henry by order of the War Department was on Saturday changed to ort oote The Legislature of Rhode Island have unani mously voted to present General Burnside with a word General Schofield has been appointed to suc ceed General Hamilton in the command of the St Louis district An organ grinder having accidentally killed Mb monkey committed suicide at Cleveland Ohio days ago Archbishop Hughes expected home next month When last heard from he was about leaving Paris for Rome All applications for passes must be henceforth made to General Dix and all prisoners to bo exchanged must report to him One thousand three hundred packages of and eight hundred and forty packages of Ba pt re have arrived from Antwerp The salute at Cleveland over tho tictonr atort Donelson fired with a rebel rifled six ponnder raptured ord Va John 8 Corning a baggge man on the New ork Central Railroad was arrested at BuffUo On Thursday charged with robbing the malls The newspapers have now betrothed the gal young Gov Sprague of Rhode Island to Vlllctte the lovely daughter of Secretary einlth Ambrose Worden of Amboy Onondaga county has obtained a verdict of £1000 against jo win 8 Hopkins for the seduction of histighter Aaoraei to been received by the Governor IS isconsin from Gn Halleck directing all armed regiments in the State to proceed at to Cairo ir l'Ony has been bought for the little Prince by his Napoleonic papa for seven t'r'mmod francs and sent to troiuing school to reared on the Rarcy Bystem namel Lawrence Cassidy has been 8t Catherines for enticing and a regiment stationed there American eeryiee says there was very littleice in Straits on the 23d ultf the snow was very heavy the prospects of An eirly openlng were very good jjWsi Cavalry A fotepaper frontilagerB town Maryland con tains the following allusion td the Michigan Cavalry week Company: irst Michigan Cavalry commanded by Capt Thomas Howrigan ar rived at the air town This is? a splendid company having splendid horses and being finely equipped to every respect and has taken the place ofCapt Company to guarding the telegraph the latter company having gone' up the 1 Runaways Thd mania for running away now prevails and horses are carried away by it to an alarming' extent afternoon there was an exciting stampede bn Third street caused by two horses driven by a gentleman" from the interior whoit would seem had been indulging somewhat freely In spite of his muscle the "fiery steeds took their own course coming occasionally to contact with sleighs or vehicles to the streets and finally brought up astride a hitching post throwing out the driver and injuring hlm somewhat I i ni 1 Sent up Larldna made an assault tpn Mr jars furniture and window jjlass because brandy was not forth coming aa desired 8he was brought before the Police Court yesterday and appeared to consid er the whole afiair as exceedingly mirthful She was sentenced to the House of Correction for six months and seemed convulsed with mirth at tho idea Masonic estival Preparations a large scale are being made for grand Masonic fes tival' "in commemoration of birth day at entonville riday evening ebruary 21 Large numbers of invitations have been Bent out and the gathering promises to be one of the largest and most brilliant ever had in the State Twenty Second of At a meet ing of the Board of Trade yesterday a motion was made that the Twenty second be celebrated by the reading of arewell Ad dress and that John Erwin Esq' be ap pointed reader motion was carried unani mously New at The English Magazines CbrnhiU Temple Bar Sixpenny Magazine Lon don Society London Journal Reynolds' Miscella ny St James' Magazine and Vanity air Wilkes' Spirit rank Leslie's Monthly and the late papers have been received by Tunis In Aid of thb German English School A grand promenade concert is to be given to March at Merrill Hall for the benefit of the German English school of which the lamented Mauch was one of the founders and its able supporter A Dbtroit Lieutenant Sam uel 8 Newbury of the regular army who has been recruiting in Dubuque passed through Chicago this week with eighty four recruits for his company which he had enlisted in Iowa ire The alarm of fire last night at 12 was caused by the burning of a small frame building occupied for a blind and sash factory on ort street between Beaubien and St Antoine It was wholly destroyed Tents for the ourteenth Quartermas ter Lee yesterday forwarded to the ourteenth Regiment their tents tent Btores and camp equipage The regiment is now ready to move as soon as paid A rom Colonel Willcox Senator Howard at lately received a letter from Colonel Willcox urging him to hurry up mat ters for an exchange of prisoners as rapidly as possible Presentation to Surgeon Chamberlain The ourth Michigan Regiment recently presented Surgeon Chamberlain with a splendid pair of revolvers and sash Military Board The State Military Board cofnmenced its sessions again yesterday It will probably continue to session in this city during the remainder of the week Magazines and Papers rank Leslie's Monthly Waverly Wilkes' Spirit American lag Nick Nax for March and the Clipper have been received by George A Bancroft The most successful and only genuine' hair restorer In tha United State (engaged exclusively in the treatment of the human hair and scalp) 1 Prof inn office 206 Jefferson avenue up stair or particular Bee his treatise on the human hair and scalp which can be had gratis at the office Barley Coffee Messrs Baker Broth ers successor to Harter Co No 146 Woodward avenue have a quantity of choice fresh barley coffee Thl 1 a palatable and healthy ar ticle and cost only half the price of ordinary cof fee They are grinding and putting up thl coffee fresh every day Try it or Watch Repairing go to Jew olry Store 139 Jefferson avenue All work war ranted Rmn Doctor advertisement in other column headed Private and Confidential Legal Tender Bill ii Washington eb 18 Committee of Ways and Means recommend that the House agreed to about two thirds of the amendments to the treasury note bill and that they disagree to those reducing the number of United States notes authorized to be issued from 8150000000 to 8100000000 and to the striking out of the original proviso that $50000000 ol the notes shall be iu lieu of the demand of treasury notes authorized by the act of July last The committee also recom mend to disagree to the amendment that the July notes shall be receivable in pay ment of taxes duties imports excise debts and demands of every kind due to the United States and of all claims and demands of every kind except for interest upon bonds and notes which shall be paid to coin The committee also disagree to the amendment fixing the re demption of bonds at the pleasure of the United States after five years and payable twenty years from date The committee recommend the retention of the proviso for the exchange of bonds of the United State bearing interest at 7per cent and disagreement to the amendment authorizing the Sec retary of the Treasury to dispose of the bonds at the market value The committee recommend a disagreement to the new section which pledges duties from the new proceeds of sales or public land and of property seized and sold under the laws of the United States as: property of rebels as a special fund for payment in coin of interest on the bonds and notes and and the purchase or payment of one per cent of entire' debt to be set apart as a sinking fund the interest of which to like manner to be applied to the pur chase or payment of the public debt the residue thereof to be paid into the treasury The committee recommend an 31 agreement to another new section of the Senate with an amendment they proposed namely authoriz ing the deposit of notes or coin in exchange for certificates and instead of five per cent interest on such certificates to substitute such rates of interest "which the Secretary of the Treasury may from times to time prescribe not exceeding six per cent and any amount of notes and coin so deposited may be withdrawn from deposit at any time after ten dajfs no tice or the return of the certificates The Beceptiori Washington eb 18 The Tuesday reception did not take place to night at the Executive Mansion owing to the continued sickness of the children one of whom is extremely ill Y' i If alse Beiort? Philadelphia eb 18 The Pennsylvania Railroad telegraph? line re ports from Chicago that at one o'clock this morning a report: was received there that Price and his army had been captured There are no particulars relative to it There 1 no foundation for the report tdc Mr 8 which they highly prize We leam that Mr' 8 will visit Detroit with his panoramajthe oomlng summer i Police Court Alexander Selkirk not the one who iwaa monarch 'Of aR he kuiv but an individual who proposed to emulate bls worthy namesake far as poaslble Was up for stealing chickens The chickens one dozen and a half to number Were brought into court as living witnesses against the would be at the os well as the brute' The police after thorough investigation found them care fully stowed away in a house on Abbott street in the possession of ope Robert Rurns rom the fame of the two parties' and their 'previous good reputation the matter was postponed twenty four hours for further consideration Peter Murphy was charged with assault and battery He acknowledged the fact plead guilty to the charge and was fined seven dol brs Kate Smith complimenting herself on her good luck A "getting clear on riday last got Into another row and was arrested for assault and battery The poor girl seems to have been unfortunate It was her ffite to fall into the hands of a Philis tine who got her drunk and then smashed her bonnet tore her ribbons and otherwise exas perated her The girl plead to a most touching manner to be let offi promising the most ex travagant good conduct The case held open for twenty four hours 'Morris Hollihan plead guilty to the charge of assault and batte ry He was fined "seven dollars and departed apparently weft satisfied Jhat he had got the worth of his money Return of a Prisoner George Stewart bugler of Company A irst Regiment taken prisoner at Bull Run returned to this city on Monday having been among those exchanged At the battle of Manassas he was wounded in the knee and captured by one of the famous Black Horse Cavalry He was taken to Rich mond with the rest of the prisoners and subse quently removed to Columbia where they were treated with more kindness and allowed larger liberty The prisoners there are not allowed the luxury of three meals a day and what rations they do receive are somewhat stinted Com Is served out to grind which is use such as the Southern chivalry are accustomed to give to their slaves The pris oners are compelled to labor on the intrench ments being driven to their work by over seers and treated like slaves Mr Stuart says that the prisoners are exceedingly anxious for an exchange and count the days and hours till that blessed time shall come All are sighing for their liberty and confidently expect it will not be long before they obtain it Mubder A most horrible and cold blooded murder was committed on Monday evening about eight a short distance east of New Baltimore Two neighbors John Sullivan and James itzgerald set out for home about dusk with their sleighs About half an hour after Sullivan was found beside the road with his head split open A sled stake was lying near by covered with blood and brains and was evidently the instrument of murder Sullivan was removed to his home He lived about an hour but never spoke or manifested signs of consciousness His brains were literally beaten out itzgerald was immediately arrested and lodged in jail He did not deny having assault ed Sullivan and said it was a pity if a man mflst be arrested for getting into a quarrel The two had not been on good terms for three months past itzgerald still holding a grudge against Sullivan and had frequently threatened him Rifles The Indianapolis Senlinel in speaking of the passage through that city last week of the Michigan Thirteenth Regiment says: was commanded by Colonel Shoe maker and Lieut Col Moore of the regular army This regiment was raised mainly through the efforts of Hon Charles Stuart Mr Pattison of Kalamazoo also rendered es sential service in getting it up The regiment was full to the lost number and the men and officers looked every one of them as if they were determined to do execu tion on the rebels The officers of the regiment took breakfast at the Morris House and the hospitable and patriotic host Whitmore Esq furnished the men some 1800 to all with coffee Crowds of citizens were on the ground cheering the gallant and brave men onward to their glorious work of contributing to maintain the supremacy of the stars and Army Letters Owing to the careless man ner in which thousands of letters were address ed to soldiers to the army many of them never reach their anxious expectants The following directions given by an Eastern paper will if properly followed obviate much of this uncertainty Address everv soldier by his rank and the are left at home If the soldier addressed be a member company direct to the care of the Captain by name designating the company by his letter 1 Put on the number of the regiment in plain figures It is better to give the State written in full Never put on the name of a camp This is the most fruitful cause of the miscarriage of army letters Thb Skating Carnival On riday next as we have before noticed the grand skating carnival at the Park will take place lt will be In fancy costume and it la desirable that as many attend in fancy drees as possibly can al though it is not essential they should do so In order to gain admission on this day The carnival will commence at 2 In the afternoon and continue throughout the evening At night the Park will be brilliantly illuminated and it is intended to have it nearly as bright aa day Carriages and omnibuses will commence running early in the afternoon The City Brass Band has been secured and police men will attend to preserve order Personal Lieutenant Ladue Adjutant of the Michigan ifth who is now to the city will re join his regiment In a few days Since his enlistment he has been entirely devoted to the arduous duties of his position We notice that his regiment receives the highest approbation of all who have seen it whether civilians or general officers' Our citizens among whom Lieutenant Ladue has many friends will be glad to hear this for their own sakes aa well as his The people of Michigan watch their sol diers with affectionate Interest and thus far may well be proud of the stand taken by their troops Tut Paymaster Howard arriv ed in town on Monday evening having just finished the task of paying off the Twelfth Regiment at Niles The funds are all gone and the Lancers cannot be paid until more money is received This will probably be several weeks as the' new treasury notes if made legal tender will have to be manifactured and many will have to be used for pressing necessities such as pairing for provisions and Quartermas ter stores for the army Vow to the field The Michigan regiments will have to wait their turn Mary Lefleur a young girl four teen years of age who has of late figured ex tensively in the Police Court records was yes terday sentenced to the House of Correction for six month The girl has according to her own story been seduced by heartless villatoar who are now at large and been ruined for life Her parents have not control over her She runs away and stay with improper persons at improper places Her case is a hard one and a tonga ternij Ito prison is too good for the wretch who accomplished her ruin An Early It will be gratifying to all Interested in the lake trade to hear that the prospects are favorable" for an early opening There is far less than the usual quantity of ice to the lake and it is how too late the win ter for the quantity tobe much increased A letter from Mackinaw the MllWHlkeo Sentinel Mr Sumner' Resolution The following are infamous resolutions Introduced into the Senate by Mr Sumner We publish them mainly for the purpose of placing them on record The effect of tho passage of them by Congress wouldbe undoubtedly in tended to prevent a reconstruction of the Union Once declared territories then ha would Intro duce a bill to abolish slavery in the territories of the United States and thus by indirection ho hopes to accomplish that which the constitu tion now prevents being done( Resolutions declaratory of the relation be tween the and the territory once occupied by certain States and now usurped by pretended governments without constitutional or legal right Whereas certain States rightfully belonging to the Union of the United States have through i their respective governments wickedly under taken to abjure all those duties by which their connection with the Union was maintained to renounce all allegiance to the constitution to levy war upon the national government and for the commutation of this treason have un constitutionally and unlawfully confederated to gether with the declared purpose of putting an end by force' to the supremacy of the constitution within their respective limits and whereas the extensive territory thus usurped by these pretended governments and organized into hostile confederacy belongs to States as an insep erable thereof under the sanction of the constitution to be held in trust for the inhab itants of the present and future generations and this territory Is so thoroughly linked with the cuiibiiiuuuu ii dependent there upon and whereas the constitution wmm is the supreme law of the land cannot be dis placed in its rightful operation within thia terri tory but must ever continue the supreme law thereof notwithstanding the doings of any pre tended governments acting singly or in confed eration in order to put an end to its suprema cy therefore 1 Resolved That any rote of secession or other act by which any" State may undertake to put an end to the supremacy of the constitution within its territory is inoperative and void against the constitution and when sustained by force it becomes a practical abdication by the State of all rights under the constitution while tne treason which it involves still lurtner works an instant forfeiture of all those function and powers essential to the continued existence of the State as a body politic so that from that time forward the territory falls under the ex clusive jurisdiction of Congress as other ter ritory and the State being according to the language of the felo de se ceases to exist 2 Resolved That any combination of men as suming to act in the place of such State and at tempting to ensnare and coerce the inhabitants thereof into a confederation hostile to the Union is rebellious treasonable and destitute of all moral authority and that such combina tion is a usurpation incapable of any constitu tional existence and utterly lawless so that ev erything dependent upon it is without constitu tional or legal support 3 Resolved That the termination of a State under the constitution necessarily causes the termination of those peculiar local institutions which having no origin in the constitution or in those natural rights which exist independent of the constitution are upheld by the sole ex clusive authority of the State 4 Resolved That slavery being a peculiar lo cal institution derived from local laws without any origin in the constitution or in natural rights is upheld by the sole and exclusive au thority of the State and must therefore cease to exist legally or constitutionally when the State on which it depends no longer exists for tho incident cannot survive the principal 5 Resolved That in the exercise of its exclu sive jurisdiction over the territory once occupi ed by the States it is the duty of Congress to see that the supremacy of the constitution Is maintained in its essential principles so that everywhere in this extensive territory slavery shall cease to exist practically as it has already ceased to exist constitutionally or legally 6 Resolved That any recognition of slavery in such territory or any surrender of slaves under the pretended laws of the extinct States by any officer of the United States civil or mili tary is a recognition of the pretended govern ments to the exclusion of the jurisdiction of Congress under the constitution and is in the nature of aid and comfort to the rebellion that has been organized 7 Resolved That any such recognition of slavery or surrender of pretended slaves be sides being a recognition of the pretended gov ernments giving them aid and comfort is a de nial of the rights of persons who by the ex tinction of the States have become free so that under the constitution they cannot again be enslaved 8 Resolved That the allegiance from the in habitant and protection from the government are corresponding obligations dependent upon each other so that while the allegiance of every inhabitant of this territory without distinction of color or class is due to the United States and cannot in any way be defeated by the action of any pretended government or by any pre tence of property or claim to service the cor responding obligation of protection is at the same time due by the United States to every such inhabitant without distinction of color or class and it follows that inhabitants held as slaves whose paramount allegiance is due to tha United States may justly look to the national government for protection 9 Resolved That the duty directly cast upon Congress by the extinction of the States is re enforced by the positive prohibition of the con stitution that State shall enter into any or the consent of Congress keep troops or ships of war in times of peace or enter into any agreement or com pact with another or letter of marque and or coin or emit bills of or the con sent of Congress lay any duties on exports or all of which has been done by these pretended governments and also by the posi tive injunction of the constitution addressed to the nation that United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government" and that in pursuance of this duty cast upon Con gress and further enjoined by the constitution Congress will assume comple jurisdiction of such vacated territory where such unconstitu tional and illegal things have been attempted and will proceed to establish therein republican forms of government under the constitution and iu the execution of this trust will provide carefully for the protection of all the inhab itants thereof for the security of families tho organization of labor the encouragement of in dustry and the welfare of society and will in every way discharge the duties of a just merci ful and paternal government TUe Tactics of the Confederate Embai gadors In A New Manifes to from Mr XV 11 Ham HI Letter to the London New To the Editor of the London Daily New Sir A friend has to day called my attention to an article in a copy of your paper of a late date entitled Equality of Negroes and Nut megs Speech of Mr Under that head you insert a few sentences less than a quarter of a column purporting to be speech of Mr made at Montgomery Ala in May 1858 in favor of the African slave trade After some personal explanations of his course in the Montgomery convention Mr Yancey says: ao sum up tnis matter i nave never aavoca ted the African slave trade Ido not know two public men in the South who have done so The people there are and have been almost unanimously opposed to it The State lawst so long in force prove this and another striking fact There have not been one hundred slaves imported into the South from any quarter for the last fifty three years I know of but one small cargo and never heard of another The slave trade is carried on between Africa and Cu ba alone Southern men have nothing to do with it Yankee captain Yankee ships Yan kee ship chandlers and Yankee capital orc the notorious mainsprings of that trade "When in the late ederal Union in order to gain new Senators to resist Yankee taxation tho South was very desirous of forming new slave States out of the Territories But now being out of that Union there is no such motive ana there are slaves amply abundant with their in crease for all our wants No State no promi nent man in the? South wishes to revive the slave trade No sooner had the cotton States seceded than the provisional government established by them adopted the ederal laws prohibiting the African slave trade On the Uth of March 1861 they trained a constitution for a permanent goveraruent one of the provisions of which ia to prohibit forever the African slave trade and to require Congress to pass law effectually to prevent the This constitution has been submitted for ratification or rejection to the several States composing the Confederacy and all thirteen in have ratified it Not a voice has been raised throughout the en tire South against the prohibitory clause' Allow me to say further that not a charge has been mode against the South and its govern ment as to slavery that is not when true all true also as to the North Note tho follow ing facts: 'i Both the ederal and Confederate constitu tions' are based upon a grand political distinc tion between the white and black race secur ing liberty to the one and recognizing the ser vitude or slavery of the other Both of those constitutions demand that the master shall be protected to his possession of his slave and both guarantee that if a slave runs (or ia run) off into one of the States hehkll be delivered up to his owner In both governments therefore fugitive slavclaws have been enacted In the ederal Union such an one was enacted during the first administration of and was approved and signed by George Washington This law was after ward amended at the Instance of Mn Maaon and was approved and signed by a Northern anti slavery President Mr illmore In both constitutions it is provided that 1 HIS REAR Cil ARD ALL fit in A ae 4 Large Numbers of Pjls friers tv 1 Its ui GEiri CTOTIS STILL IN rasiriT 7 The ort Donelson Prisoners to be Sent to St Louis Chicago Indianopolis and Cincinnati died ii? IBYrj $15314 1 CWES 1 ANOTHER REPOit THAT SA VANNAIhlS CAPTURED rf Price Driven out of JMtts New Books Object Lessons Prepared for Teacher of Prima school by A welch Principal of Michigan tate Normal School New York: A Barnes Burr Studies on subjective or objective The former bring into play the reflective faculties There fore argues the believer in the Pestalozzian sys tem subjective studies should be postponed in educational training It is too often apt to be the case that education ia regarded as a sort of jug filling process in which the child ia sub merged beneath the wave of knowledge and caused to be filled by the action of specific gravity Information must be got into him in some way no matter whether it is understood or digested Believing that the senses of sight and hearing are first in exercise and development and that the first step in school training should be to give them a systematic culture Professor Welch has given us in his book a series of admirably arranged lessons which if followed out shall tend to such a result These lessons have been given to laige classes in the experimental de partment of the Michigan State Normal School and have been found to answer fully the object for which they are designed Having been tried by the test of actual experiment and found to succeed is the strongest recommendation that could be given the work or sale by Smith 5 Arctic Panorama The Panorama of Arctic expedition now exhibiting at Young Hall will well repay a visit Asa work of art it Is admirably executed and the scenes presented are vividly portrayed Next to taking the voyage itself of the lamented Kane nothing could 'give so ac curate an idea of the wonders of" the Arctic region as a view of this painting Accom panying it is a descriptive lecture by Mr Seager which adds much to its interest There are also to be seen the celebrated dog Myonk formerly owned by Dr Kane and other inter eating relics of that interpid traveler and his expedition The panorama is of that class of amusements that combine instruc tion with entertainment' and should be well patronized by our citizens An evening spent in looking at it will give a clearer Idea and impress more strongly upon the mind the salient features of the Arctic region than the perusal of many books We hope to see anoth er such a house out this evening as its merits demand Hermann tlie Prestldlgltateur It is now positively arranged that this won derful professor of the art soon give an exhibition of his wonderful magical powers in this city He is now performing at Buffalo where the houses are crowded to over flowing and the people are undecided as to whether he is one of the human family or Old Nick himself out in the world on a spree That he will create a great sensation here we have no doubt Wherever he has appeared the halls and opera houses have been found too small to contain the vast crowds who nightly flock to see and it Is not a spasmodic furore for in New York he crowded the vast Academy of Music for months a feat that has not been per formed by any of the great artists musical the atrical or otherwise who had preceded him His success will be distinct Mid unequivocal It Europe he is regarded as one of the two great conjurers now living In America he is pro nounced by all the best we ever had Not the least of Mr merits is that he is free from all the vulgar pretence so frequently found in connection with the modern professor of the black War Scenes on Canvas by a'orMer De troit Artist The National Republican says Stanley the well known landscape and portrait painter and Mr As Conant of St Louis also an artist of high reputation as sisted by several of the best scenic artists in the United Statesj are vigorously engaged in this city to the production of a panorama of the present war which is expected to prove one of the most truthful and magnificent representa tions of any subject ever presented to the Amer ican public The events are depicted In the or der of their occurrence respect to time the local scenes are given with the precision of reality and a spirit is imparted to the whole which will well accord with the popular mind in this eventful Mr Stanley was s' resident" of many years where in 1835 he commented his career as an artist The first production of hfs pencil that brought him into notice was a sign painted by him ip The rteirtst establish ment which was embellished with a life size portrait of ranklin' that attracted the atten tion of an Italian artist of celebrity who In quired out the author and volunteered to give him instructions to tha art Mr Stanley sub sequently spent several years to1 Southwest pointing the celebrated collection bf Indian portraits which adorns the galleriea of the Smithsonian: Institute He afterwards accom panied the expedition through New Mexico and made the sketches which embellish the report' of Lieutenant Emery He has deservedly ac quired' a high rank among tlie'bcsf oCAmerican artists and such'a work could not' bo'undefto ken by abler hands Many of The old residents hero still have om of productions of i jr? Il MICHIGAN WKDNESUAY' tMORNING EBRUARY f9 1862 1 3a sST a Si i ORT SAVANNAH '7' 7 ortress Monroe eb 17 We understand that the Norfolk Day Book this morning makes no mention of the sur render of ort Donelaon but represents that the contest is still going on Nothing additional has been received from Savannah 4' ri ROM WASHINGTON Washington eb 18 The Navy Department has received the flag which most prominently waved over ort Don elson The Navy Department has no other dis patches from Savannah than those received through the associated press agency RUMORED CAPTURE SAVANNAH Baltimore eb 18 It is rumored by passengers on board the Old Point boat that new had reached Norfolk of the surrender of Savannah without firing a gun Our dispatch from ortress Monroe makes no mention of it The story is therefore given as a mere rumor' CLOTHING CONDEMNED Washington eb 18 The Military Board of Inspectors are engaged in examining supplies received at the clothing department from Philadelphia and New York and have condemned 25000 coats Efforts are making to organize a clothing and supply bureau for soldiers PRICE DRIVEN OUT MISSOURI St Louis eb 18 The following has bqen sent from headquar ter to Major General McClellan Washington The flag of the Union is floating in Arkan sas Gen Curtis has driven Price from Mis souri and it is several miles across the Arkansas line cutting up rear and hourly captur ing provisions and stores The army of the South must doing its duty nobly is (Signed) HALLECK Major General Commanding St Louis eb 18 ive steamer left for St Charles Mo to day where troops will embark for Cum berland River Two regiments arrived from St Charles by railroad and will immediately proceed South the most active and extensive preparations are being made hero for the trans portation ot troops and store Gen Cullum chief of staff will go to Cumberland for the prisoners captured at ort Donelson 7000 of them are to be sent to Chicago and the balance to Springfield Illi nois and Indianapolis ive hundred will go to Cincinnati and the balance be brought here The regiments which suffered most in the battle are to be detached as a guard to the prisoners to the places of their confinement Some 4000 prisoners are now en route from ort Donelson The most extensive preparations are being mode to celebrate birthday CONGRESSIONAL SENATE Washington eb 17 Mr Wilson of Massachusetts from the Mili tary Committee reported back the joint reso lution from the House relative to certain rail roads in Missouri The resolution authorie the Secretary of War to pay certain railroads to Missouri for transportation Pending the consideration of the question a message was received from the House asking a return of the resolution which was done Mr Harris moved to print the bill offered by him He said the bill waa founded on the Eng lish principle of outlawry It provides for the the forfeiture of the rights and privileges under the laws of those who take up arms against the United States Ordered to be printed The case of Mr Starke of Oregon was taken up After a long discussion bn admitting Mr Starke the subject was unconcluded The Senate adjourned HR rs 'w 1119 SI I 7 I 1 Mr gH 11 Will Ainr a 1 IH I BJ VA 4 aurr xtlAlS' 't BW A I THE A 1 3 Xu 4 A 1 ii I.