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a a 4 JJAH 141 I fril I a jrn 7nizG 7 i NUMBER" 273 VOLUME XXV LOCAL INTELLIGENCES I' Al ftfyttfxw'fflxtsg i ROM NASHVILLE an Read Doctor advertisement in other column headed Private and Confidential vt Mt hit nt squli i5 uiui 1' nailv ree Press $6 the Tri Weekly the ft per invariably in advance The Daily ty sohecribere 19 cents per week New City Government Appointed Gov local Matters in rm ffALKER TAILOR BARKS PUBLISHERS AND PROPHIETOKS 1 I jH Ulfl AS i rm tH itaek? fwW'Wa i fji tA ks 13 "7 5 The Cotton Trade Opened The Cincinnati Gazette of Wednesday says I Late on Monday night the Glendale arrived at this port from Pittsburg Tennessee bring ing three hundred and twenty nine bales of cot ton which had been bought of Union men in Tennessee and shipped to various merchants in the city We hail this opening of the cot ton trade as indication ot the approaching termination of the cotton famine This is the first arrival of cotton that has been bought of southern men by northern merchants all pre vious importations liaving been seizures made by our army or appropriation by steamboatincn 'A lot of twenty eight bales of Tennessee cotton came over the Erie Railroad a few days since consigned to this city and we understand that company has made' further engage menU of sinxUar character: ih I and also by particular request Chanftau will appear again as poodles Those who have seen him play Toodles will pf course be there those who have not should not miss this1 positively the last opportunity of sceing'him Domestic Mrs' Mary Eastman 'a who appears to have: suffered much of late in her conjugal relations was before the Police Court to complain of her hus band for ill treatment She undertook to ex plain the 'condition of things in her domestic circle but her feelings became wrought up to such a pitch that she burst3 into tears and would undoubtedly have fainted away had there been a man near to catch her as it was she merely simpered and sat down' Thd officer stated that he heard it small disturbance at the house and burst in upon them The whisky had been flowing pretty freely and as to which of the unhappy couple was the drunkest there was little to choose The lady however bore evident marks of ill a black eye and a arm The case 'was post poned' until to day when the riotous whisky devouring husband Will be brought up to answer to a charge of assault and battery Detroit emale Seminary This flourish ing institutionclosed another very successful term yesterday with examinations of the vari ous classes and literary exercises In the 'after noon and evening The examinations gave evi dence of thoroubgness on the part of the teach ers and much proficiency on the part of the pupils The school maintains the first rank as an academy for young ladies and it is tho effort of all its teachers that its present justly de served popularity shall be if possible more justly deserved The literary exercises were interesting and were highly creditable to the young ladies who took part in them They were attended by a large number of the friends and patrons of thq institution Tkafued A soldier named Geddes of Com pany one of the regulars now at ort Wayne was caught in a trap yesterday which some of the cute Canadian soldiery who are on the look out for stray sheep set for him He was in duced by one of them to go over to Sandwich to survey the beauties of that rural region and after having fully satisfied himself with the prospect was about to return when he was brought up standing with the announcement that he was a prisoner in the nam8 of Her Majesty the Queen charged with desertion from the British army It is alleged that he deserted while stationed at Dublin in 1855 dur ing the Crimean war Personal We are pleased to see that Cap tain Lewis Parsons well known in this city has been promoted to the position of additional Aide de Camp on the staff of General Halleck with the rank of Colonel The St Louis Re publican says of him Col Parsons js a gen tleman of fine education and ability He has for the last four mouths had charge as Assist ant Quartermaster of the Transportation of the Western Department which he seems to have carried on to the entire satisfaction of General Halleck at whose request the appointment was made We are satisfied that the selection is most Common Council The Council was called to order last evening precisely at the hour But few of the Aidermen were present and they adjourned for want of a quorum It may not be generally understood that the time for meeting is half past seven instead of half past eight ft is understood that in future the meeting will be called to orderat the appointed time I Gone to Aid the Wounded Dr A echet of Port Huron has gone to Pittsburg Landing as a volunteer Surgeon to aid in the care of the wounded Superintendent1 Rice with his usual liberality generously tendered the Doctor a free pass over the Michigan Cen tral Road Death of a Michigan Soldier George Strong formerly Marine Inspector of this dis trict received a telegram yesterday bringing the sad Intelligence of the death of his son Captain i George A Strong of the ifteenth Regiment His remains are on the way to 1 Monroe Aid Society The rooms will be open every afternoon Dona tions of money clothing articles of food old cotton and linen for dressings and anything for the comfort of a sick room will be 1 able I I1 Big Beets Mr John Curry of East Nan kin left at our office yesterday several speci mens of beets raised on his farm which weigh from twenty to thirty pounds The New York Dailies Those who want the full record of the great rebellion contained in i the New York daily papers can make sure of each paper by subscribing at A News De i pot on the corner next to the postofflee He sup plies them at seventy five cents per month being less than three cents per copy Now is the time to subscribe to obtain all the details of the spring cam paign Ho also takes subscriptions for all the week ly papers and magazines at equally moderate rates Thb most successful and only genuine hair restorer in the United States (engaged exclusively in the treatment of the human hair and scalp) is Prof inn office 206 Jefferson ave up stairs or particu lars see his treatise on the human hair and scalp which can be had gratis by writing or calling at the office We direct attention to fresh instances of the skill and efficiency with which Dr Randall has ope rated in the removal of corns and bunions 1862 "1 rrrtirwti j'p ci "i f'' The ifteenth Michigan Regiment i There haAbeeh a rumor that te Micbigan Regiment was among the captured at the battle of Pittsburg Landing The following letter written four days after the battle Will relieve many of the painful anxiety that has been felt in regard to the safety of the regiment kt Pxttsburo Laxdino Tknnkssxe April 10 1862 Phelps This is the first time I had a chance of writing you since I left Detroit We arrived here on last Saturday evening and commenced the big fight on Monday morning No doubt you have more particulars by this time than we have here? Suffice it to say that the enemy was driven back on Sunday evening after two days of the hardest fighting since the commencement of the rebellion It is report ed here that Corinth (distant about twenty miles) is taken by our troops with JI 200 prison ers so I think the rest of the fighting will be only guerrilla warfare Our Colonel hurried through and would not wait at St Louis for transportation wagons consequently I urn put to great trouble for teams to send provisions to our men I am writing this in the bush and have but little time as there Is a steamer to leave here with the wounded of our troops for Cairo in a few hours and there is no mail to this place There is nothing to bo seen but woods for many miles from here a Jot of steamers on the river containing Commis sary stores anti sick and wounded men As I cannot say where we are destined for next I cannot tell you where to write to me TWOMEY Burglary About a month ago a man named George rench was committed for trial before the Court on a charge of burglary A quantity of silver stolen from the house of Vemor and clothing from the store of Dennis Muiiane were found in a trunk belonging to him and the evidence appeared strong against him He however protested his entire innocence and made statements which would tend to fix the guilt upon other parties Yesterday a man named Elisha Wil cox was brought for examination before the Police Court on three separate charges of bur glary as having been connected with taking the things above referred to He was examined on the charge of burglary on the premises of Verribr on the 20th of November last rench testified that Wilcox was boarding with him at the time that he left the house in the evening and returned about five the next morn ing That the evening subsequent the two went down to the ort street bridge and Wil cox took out a quantity of silver plate spoons from a place where it was concealed took it up to his house and asked permission to put it into his trunk saying at the same time that he had won it at a raffle The silver was iden tified by Mr Vernor as being that stolen from his house Wilcox was committed for trial be fore the Court On the other two charges he waived examination and was com mitted for trial Herrmann The expectations of the public had been highly wrought up by the ex traordinary stories related of the great magi cian but for once the people have not been de ceived and their anticipations have been more than realized The man who can stand solitary and alone upon a platform and out of a silk pocket handkerchief bring five half gallon vases filled to overflowing with water and oc cupied by divers members of the finny tribe without being detected by the sharp eyed of his beholders who can number the articles a per son carries In his pockets the man who out nightingales the nightingale out canaries the canary beats the mocking bird at his own song and saws wood with a chair with more gusto than a genuine wood sawyer need not fear comparison with Houdon the sorcerer of Egypt or the Gentleman in Block hlmselt This evening an entire change of programme is announced containing twelve new and won derful tricks In connection with the magical performance of Herrmann the opera of Les yitces de Jeannette will be brought out The story is one of peculiar interest and Madame Herrmann and Dubreuil will throw sufficient life and vivacity into their acting to make the affair amusing as well as interesting The com bined attraction of the opera and the incompar able and incomprehensible Herrmann will draw a crowded house Michigan Wounded at Pittsburg The following is a list of the Michigan wounded in the hospital at Mound City brought down the Tennessee River from Pittsburg as published in a special dispatch to the Chicago Times dated Cairo April 12 Alonzo itstrong ifteenth Michigan Company A Wm Lemon Twelfth Michigan Company David Dibble ife Major Twelfth Michigan Albert Sherman Twelfth Michigan Company Jno Nostand Twelfth Michigan Company Wm Griggs ifteenth Michigan Jaa A Morgau ifteenth Michigan ifth Company A special dispatch to the Chicago Times states that Lieutenant Colonel Moore and Ma jor Worden of the Thirteenth Regiment were wounded at Pittsburg but not dangerous ly The following is a list of Michigan wound ed who had arrived at St Louis up to Sunday evening leming Company Twelfth Michigan Stimpson Company Tw elfth Michigan Brown Company Twelfth Michigan Aster Company Thirteenth Michigan Ivory Company Twelfth Michigan Numerous Our city is well supplied with that style of individuate who wear good clothes bang around beer saloons and live by their wits This living by their wits means swindling unsuspecting countrymen who are green enough to be sold out of what little money they may chance to have about them This is chiefly done by what is known as the There are said to be a large number of this stylo of gentry who make a respectable liv login this way hang around the docks and the various railroad depots on the ferry boats and on the other side of the river They understand human nature and readily know their victim They are a nuisance but it is dif ficult in all cases to reach them with the law They are well dressed good looking oily tongued They swindle a traveler out of a por tion of his money he is ashamed to own that he has been duped or cannot stop to attend to a prosecution and thus they escape Travelers should have their eyes open Death of a Pastor Rev David Clarkson temporary pastor of St Church at Grand Rapids died at his residence on Sunday April 6 Mr Clarkson was a native of itman Worces tershire England where he was born in June 1801 and where the earlier years of his life were spent He entered Oxford University then as now a famous institution under the patronage of the crown and nobility of Eng land at which college he graduated in the higher branches of tho arts and in the funda mental principles of the theology of sacred writ About the year 1823 he came to America and took up his abode in NewarkN where he finished his theological studies and was or dained to the ministry by the late Bishop Doane We was not permanently settled at Grand but had been preaching there during the absence of Dr Cumming with much ac ceptance He was universally esteemed by all whom ho was known His death is a loss to the ministry of the State Last night was the second night of the popular drama of vIt is something people' these times particu larly can appreciate It represents some bf the principal incidents of the early part of the cam paign about Washington the crossing of the Long Bridge and entering Alexandria the tear ing down of the flag from house and murder of Ellsworth tho advance on Manas sas and finally a tableau' scene of tho great battle The characters are well chosen Chan frau appeared as Jupiter contraband and5 kept the audience in good humor Mies Mel ville as the New York' ire Zouave was espe cially applauded The ptey is repeated to night A Tonic for Abolitionists rom the Christian Intelligencer Some lawless and violent people in Cincinnati resolved recently to express their disgust of abolitionism by closing the mouth of its most eloquent apostle Mr vVeiidell Phillips This they did not by words of retort or argument but by the free use of eggs that had their usefulness" The affair was not very creditable to the belligerent party attacking the sentimental and vagrant orator and on many accounts merits universal condemnation But whatever censure the public may feel obliged to pronounce upon the uflair Mr Phillips him self has no right to complain He Las been for sixteen years an avowed traitor and is so still His regard for the constitution is of the fame sort which Yancey and bls fellow conspirators have shown He has labored long and with some success to raise a revolutionary mob on a grand scale whose object shall be the destruction of the government No other wandering crusader has avowed such blood thirsty and ferocious sentiments as Mr Phil lips and if his words have kindled firebrands to be hurled against himself let him not shrink from confessing that he has done his very ut most to stir the fierce passions of the populace both against and for him Moreover as an addition to his capital stock in trade those retuse western eggs will prove profitable to Mr Phillips He and his school have waxed fat on snch lood or they like to make themselves odious in order to become no torious With them notoriety is power They study the relation of cause and efleet So soon as they have been martyred by a stifling aroma of devitalized eggs they then see themselves in condition to receive the fresh honors of a spon taneous ovation given in their behalf by the iiery zealots of the abolition ranks Mr Phil lips will no doubt soon be in New York or Washington or Boston to demand the homage of his followers in more copious effusions than he has hitherto received it and he will get it for retten eggs produce full feathered aboli tionists The brood are quickly generated by this method of matriculation So while others will condemn Mr will no doubt se cretly thank the Cincinnati rioters i i Chicago Anril if The democrats to day elected their entire where he was cared lor by his wife who had ar I 3 a am it i Nrrriiin tnn hntTlf eity ticket by an average majority of one thousand They also elect seven out of ten Our Relations with Mexico Washington April 15 The President to day in response to a resolu tion of the House transmitted voluminous doc IIMN IJIKUII limut' Mliur lllllfS BLM PIHIIVRT tn I nnta KPffimMiL iJuriilir Liie blllliLiiui iiw hud io me auairs ox aiexico rrom a nasty giauee at their contents it appears thaton the third of oeen Acting UU month Mr Sei to Mr Crl They tr tb tg of SSSSU olE" Blgodler nd In mmau? ot Mgde ml rne insurp enrs nr rnts nnnntrv moted to a Brigadier General lor nis gauantry in that battle General Wallace on his return from Mexico married the daughter of' Colonel Dickey who commands the ourth Illinois Cavalry which was attached to General divi He had three brothers the service ITEMS A recent fire at Cooperstown New York troyed worth of property tr Abel Tompkins for many years a pub of Univeraalist works in Boston died on 'inlay oiiiie of the prisoners captured at Island No 10 and by General Pope are to be sent to ort 8in lliignear St Paul Minnesota Denman the democratic candidate for Mayor of Leavenworth Kansas was elected on the 7th inst by two hundred majority The St Louis JiepiMican is responsible for tin story that Hollins was captured at Island No 10 along with his It is doubtful however Charles Dickens has been invited to deliver a iir ot lectures in Australia for which he is oih red the sum of or and his peases (en Graut was injured on the battle field at ttsburg Landing by the falling of his horse in wound however which was In the ankleVb slight 'httsburg was hard on rebel A miey was killed George the Provisional (overnor of Kentucky ditto: and Bushrod was Mounded Bishop Tixon of Buflalo has issued a fare well address to his diocese preparatory to his departure for Rome where he has been sum moned Captain Vine Hall late commander of the Great Eastern has arrived at New Zealand and u'lmnenced his duties as superintendent of the mu! steam packet line running between New Zealand and Australia The gold snuff box presented by citizens of Buffilo'to Lieutenant Worden was received on bit unlay He can see but little and probably never will recover full sight (His face will always be powder marked li stated that the salary of Mr Russell the correspondent of the London Times is aboutftiJUOd and all his traveling expenses luclud iii' extra dinners a secretary and two horses are paid by the Times in addition Not many weeks ago the rebels expelled the venerable Judge Catron from Nashville for per sisting so firmly in his loyalty to the national L'n'ernuicut He is now about to return to that i to try for treason the individuals who mdl 1 Hated him A special election will be held in the Ninth Congressional District of Illinois on the 6th of iv to till the seat in the House of Represent atives left vacant by the resignation of Gen A logan dirty Logan as the republicans love to call him Ren Tilghman In command of ort Henry when it wis captured was permitted by Gen G'lut while a prisoner in his hands to give are ort of the defence he made to the rebel anthor He acknowledges the courtesies of Gen Grant and Com oote Rev Dr Wheaton late President of Trinity College and rector of Christ Church Hartford Ct bequeathed to Trinity College the sum of io be applied in the erection of a chapel He also made that institution residuary legatee whence it will realize an additional sum of the famous New York restau rateur has had the audacity to invade the aris tocratic ifth Avenue in that city having 'pened a grand in the nrinsion lately occupied by Moses Grinnell on the corner of ourteenth and that famous Street During the last three months six ship loads Airieans have been landed on the south side oi the Island ot Cuba Slavers are more active th ui erat Cuba owing to the civil war in the tilted States which has necessitated the with Umwal of the American ships of war stationed that island to capture slave vessels Last riday the New England Methodist Con sitting at Westfield was brought to a fcUtid in the case of a person asking admissionf their connection on the objection that he tulmeco During the discussion raised a majority were opposed to receiving any tw member using tobacco and so the case I laid over one respect the recent floods in California 3Tehada beneficial effect to wit: they have doped new mines and in many instances new deposits in the gulches and river "'Off long since worked out and abandoned fian rancisco Jhdletm thinks total ymage caused by the floods wffl not exceed ur and a quarter million dollars Richmond Dispatch of the 4th says: Dur our peregrinations yesterday on Hoard andLin streets we noticed that several of the stores were closed and the following card post on the doors Gone with the will 7 i lru wljen the war is at the end By order of John The suspensions appeared to be general among the 'drugg 1st as ws noticed but om opened tor Inulnets I Yankee A Tragic Ending A correspondent of the New York Evening Ibst writing from the army before Yorktown on the 19th inst relates the following inci dent While coming home from a scout this fore noon we called at a house and found a couple of ladies quite young and one as handsome as Hebe They were secesh to the back and had each a in the rebel army one of them was at Yorktown and only left the dav before to pick his way back along tho York River and carry such information as he had gotten from ua The young lady showed us his photograph a good looking Lieutenant and we should meet him face to face that he wight leave us for dead said she the Yankees were one man and I bad a sword here I should like to cut his throat I And she said it with ft vim too We told her we would take good care of the young Lieuten ant White and see that Miss lorill had an op portunity to change her name after the battle was over hoping for an invitation to the wed ding and as she had called me the Chaplain of the reginieht I proposed to marry said she hone he will come home dead before you shall take Yorktown I would wade in blood up to my knees to burry his spoke bf poison in glass of water we drank a I replied that One look of her angel face one smile from her lovely features would bean antidote to the rankest poison she replied and' too your hatred of the South 1 The flirtation nearly made her in favor of un ion and us tho more so But we had not Jons rebels wao tnemseives sticKle at nothing in he prosecuting their traitorous schemes The I message deciphered reads thus or I I shall cross the river above Little alls on Signal red and white or sake fail us ire the city at all points agreed on at once Dispatch Lincoln and Scottasyou suggest and let the execution of our plot be The construction of the cipher in which the above interesting communication is made is dif ficult of explanation but simple of practice" It consists in laying over a white surface a piece on wnieh is printed the alphabet various combinations and in parallel lines covering the entire sheet By perforating both pieces at the letters needed to spell out such words as the writer wishes to use the white not incompatible with the public interest PaPcr becomes an inexplicable medley of little 1 holes useless to every one who has not the cor relative to the arrest of Gen btine a responding printed sheet to place under it Of Mr McDougal desired it to go over till to I course theCdnfcderate conspirator has only to morrow as he wished to reply I At the white paper sent him to the key in his Mr from Ibe cogence commit bt to frid tee reported back the naval appropriation bill I We may add that the message above printed After an executive session Senate ad I was found under circumstances which verify it iourned as authentic and genuine It is in the hands of HOUSE I a gentlemen of this city and is highly prized as a at? important link in the chain of evidence The minority report declaring Morton will go to condemn the great treason elected Delegate from Nebraska was ordered I when history shall make up the account I printed 51 'f The bill amendatory oflhe act establishing I Smart Yankee We relate a true I story which is a gratifying instance of isuccess the Court oi Claims was taken up I Yankee enterprise A young girl belong Mr Trowbridge called up the motion hereto I ing to a respectable family in reduced circum fore made by him to reconsider the vote by stances four years ago learned to operate sew ed a resolution requesting the Secretary of War to establish the business in that country She to Inform them of the cause if any for the pro I has since enjoyed uniform good health and has traded delay in exchanging Colonel Corcoran I realized between three and fourthousand dol wbbb beebprisotoUtb BobUic Ju SSVb lyand directing him to stop all exchanges until dying bequeathed to her a fortune of eighty Colonel Corcoran shall be released Mr Trow 1 thousand dollars and thus placed her in very bridge wished distinctly to say that1 It was no comfortable and independent circumstances She now writes trmrge her relatives to emigrate part desire to place) an to Bern and slare heiigoofl fortune Impediment in' the way of 4 the I of CoL' Corcoran but he protested and asked I Sty on the An exchange says the House to join him in preventing I a teaspoonfulofblacktea in asmallbog I it enough of boiling water to moisten the release of the other pnsonersZ1x5be made then put it on the eye pretty warm Keep it subordinateto that of Col Corcoran He had on all night and iu the morning the sty 1 will no doubt that every General liad some friend I most likely be gone if not a second applica whom he deaired should be released though of tion is cert Jo genko it lower rank than Col Corcoran t) He mentioned I The Postmaster General has appointed the name of Col Willcox in this connection Rosenberg Postmaster at Manassas Junction as a man of signal bravery and gallantry Je i Henry Brooky Postmaster at airfax Court 1 HouseandLCnW Dennison at Winchester Mr Mallory said ho met CoL Woodruflu thc These oftices will regularly aup other (lay and heard hlnLtell thdfpeWrotnd plied hereafter with the United Stafca mails Wendell Phillip and Mote rom Xew York Observer 7 Wendell Phillips was mpbbed at Cincinnati as we mentioned last week It was wrong mean and inexpedient Mobs are often the ar guments of cowardice sometimes of intolera tion frequently of impat ience rarely the result of calm deliberation very rarely the expression of justice Everyman ought to Sethis taca against them in public and in private speak and act against them and by the stern power of an enlightened public sentiment jiance them Whatever may be the provocation It is better to suffer wrong than do wrong It Is better to let 'wrong go unpunished than tousurp unlawfill power and use it in the name of justice Wendell Phillips by his treasonable utterances would do little liarm comparedwith the injury done to publie morale order safety and permanent social peace by a riot that strikes down acitlzen without the regular process of law But is there no remedy for the wrong which such an arch traitor commits who goes into the capital of the nation and Into the peaceful cities of the land and blurts out his treason in the ears of the patriot people Is the patience of the country to be tried till its passions can no longer be restrained by the unbounded li cense accorded to this enemy of tbe constitu tion this avowed hater of the Union who glo ries in having devoted nineteen years of his life to its destruction? We have heard him cares the Union with an intensity oi malignant bitter ness that made every honest blood run cold But even then we would not have hadan unlawful band laid on the head of this eneshy of his country And again we ask is there no remedy? There is and we are now speaking words that the highest officers of government have already embodied we doubt not and on which they are acting if they are wise as they are patriotic The remedy is the impartial application ot law and power to the disunion traitor whether his proclivities are southern of northern Mr Lin coln has the ability to command Mr Stanton has the ability to direct and the country will sustain them In the measures they may take to apply the force of government in the work of sell" preservation Their attention we call to the speech which Phillips made In Washington as published without criticism intheNew York Tribune He said: Hove the constitution tbough my friend (Dr Pierpont) who' sits behind me has beard me curse it a hundred time and I shall again ifit does not mean justice I hate labored nineteen years to take nineteen States out of this Union and it I have spent any nineteen years to the satisfaction of my Puritan conscience it was those nineteen years Unless within twelve months or twenty four Maryland is a free State Delaware and half Virgin ia would to God that building (the Capitol) wth this city of Washington had bean shelled io Ashe last July Speaking of the origin of this rebellion Phil lips declared that was but that la the Inevita ble result of the seeds our fathers planted seventy veare and in place he sajs of the athers of the Republic that they dared not trust Referring to Wm Lloyd Garrison the Invet erate disunionist who kept standing timeout of mind at the head of his paper the senti ment that the men who framed the constitution had made an agreement with dealh and a cov enant with heft he characterized him aa a man who had done more in the Providence of God to shape the fate of thia generation than any other and that he (Phil lips) was proud to eit at his feet" Such a man ought not to be allowed to stir up dissension ana sedition nt such a time aa this And if the government at Washington that has filled ort Lafayette and ort Wurren with secession traitors suffers snch a man to talk treason in Washington it loses the glory that crowns tbe administration of justice when its impartiality commands the homage of an enlightened people But it is amusing even in its seriousness to read the fierce denunciations of the Cincinnati mob in the columns of those papers that have not a word to say when traitors of another stripe are mobbed If Dr Hawks should say in Irving Hall have labored fifteen years to take fifteen States out of the and If tho Union is not broken up in two years would to God that tbe city of Washington had been shelled to ashes last he would have been hooted down and driven from tbe city Some of the papers that now condemn the mob that hunted Phillips would praise the mob for hunting Hawks May we not go still further and any that if a newspaper in this eity should i advocate the destruction of ihe constitution and the disruption of the Union to let the South go It would be suppressed instantly and its contractors justly neia responsible lor treason to the government The New York Tribune says It is wickedly false that Mr Phillips advocates That depends altogether on what treason la The Tribune may not be ihe best authority on that delicate question We believe it is treach ciy to the country now to wish the city of Washington laid in ashes if slavery is not abol ished in Maryland Phillips says that and the Tribune devotes six columns to spreading the infamous speech in which the sentiment ia uttered We regard it as the quintessence of treason to speak or print such sentences os we have quoted from the Tribune unless we quote them to protest against them in tbe name of tbe constitution and the Union The Springfield Republican says: Wendell Phillips has the right to speak bte opinions ireely and every friend of free speech must maintain that No he has not No man has a right to do wrong No man has a right to smoke a cigar in a powder magazine No man has a right to denounce the government of his country in the time of war No disunion til has a right to speak his sentiments anywhere now We are in a state of war Every man must stand by the Union or keep quiet We are utterly opposed to mobbing Phillips or any other man But the peace and safety of the country demand that his seditious tongue be si lenced till the Union is re established in peace Let him be indicted for his sedition and held to answer at the bar of justice for his offences but let us have no mobs Justice is slow but mighty An abolition disunionist is as danger ous an enemv now as a secession disunionist and if ort Warren is open for the latter let ort Lafayette receive the former or still bet ter put them both together They have labor ed in the same cause let them rest together In the same walls IB A i i la suf nil White Citizens Wrongfully Imprls I oned The editor of the Rochester Daily Union (Mr Butts) writes to that paper from Washing ton The report of the Commission appointed to examine the cases of the State prisoners con fined in the prisons of Washington Baltimore New York Boston etc if it shall ever be pub lished will make a profound sensation The renders of the Union will remember what a tre mendous noise was recently made by Senators Wilson Trumbull and others because as they alleged negroes were retained in prison here against whom no crime was proven and who could obtain no redress But it now appears that a large number of white men quite aa guiltless as the honorable Senators themselves had even then lain in the prisons of the metropolis for months and hav ing the misfortune to belong to a proscribed they might have rotted in their loath some cells had not their cases arrested tbe at tention of somebody else than these champions of human freedom The Commission have com pleted their labors in this city and gone North It has transpired that one man an IriOTtnan was imprisoned here seven months under these circumstances He had been very active in one of the northern cities in getting up recruits for the national armies at an early day Then as matters were rapidly coming to a crisis he set out for the South to find a sister who was living in Soutli Carolina with a view of bring her north before all communication should be broken off He was arrested by the military authorities who supposed him to be a spy and was thrown into prison where he has lain ever since or until a few days ago when he was released by the Commissioners This is but one of a large number of cases of the same genend character of innocent men thrown into prison on a vague suspicion of some subordinate officer and lying there manth after month without the possi bility of procuring a trial or getting the ear of any public officer whatever There was anoth er case of a clerk in one of the departments who was charged by an enemy who wanted his place with aiding and abetting the enemy He was arrested and thrown into prison as a matter of course After lying there for portion bf a year it is ascertained that the accusation was' purely malicious and that a loyal man has been pufiished for an imputed while many who are really guilty ptill enjoy the patronage and abuse the confidence of the government It is worthy of remark that the military au thorities have been more unfortunate in mak ing arrests than the civil a much larger pro portion of persons arrested at the instance of the latter having been found guilty of aiding anu auciung me reucis fall fort PULASKI port Pulaski at the entrance of Savan Biver and the main defence of Savan akcl in fact of all Georgia surrendered nnconfiitionally to our forces on riday last Communication between it and Savannah cut off about the middle of ebruary Eince which time it has been more and more closely invested It stood our terrific bom bardment but a few hours ort Pulaski is a strong masonry work situated on Cockspur Island on the south! side of Savannah River fifteen miles below the city of Savannah commanding one of the deepest and most accessible harbors on the southern coast It has an armament of five 10 inch columliiads four 12 inch mortars two rilled 12 pounders one rifled 8 pounder and forty other guns chiefly 42 and 32 pounders The magazine was said to con tain 50000 pounds of powder besides sixty rounds for each gun while another state ment bad it 100 tons of powder It had pro visions and water for six months according to rebel statements The garrison coasisted of three hundred aad sixty eight men com manded by Colonel Olmstead the officer in charge of the fort though a recent deserter represented there were 500 men in the fort A few weeks ago Colonel Olmstead offered to surrender to General Sherman if allowed to march out with honors but the terms were refused and an unconditional surrend er demanded ort Thunderbolt Skiddaway batteries and('1 the oilier defences to Savannah had been previously taken so that the way up to the city is now clear save ort Jackson Tins is a small work built on a low marsh four miles from Savannah on a site near the bend of the Savannah River It is built of heavy brick masonry Its armament con sists of ten 24 pounders (iron guns) three field pieces five 8 inch howitzers one 10 ineh mortar and one 8 inch mortar It cot the government $80000 The fall of Pulaski however opens the way for Com heavily armed vessels before whose attack ort Jackson cannot stand an hour THE ELECTIONS The result of the elections in this State a week ago could not be more gratifying as those who have read the returns we have published have ascertained There is scarcely a county where the democrats have not uot made large gains In such counties Oakland Washtenaw Ingham and Clin ton the democrats have elected a majority of the Supervisors for the first time in years while Livingston Monroe and Berrien are democratic almost two to one and large gains have been made and additional Super visors elected in Kent Jackson Calhoun Cass Kalamazoo Macomb Lapeer Shia wassee and almost every other county in the State These election returns show an extra ordinary revolution going on in Michigan a revolution that the lying and defamation of partisans and party organs cannot stop Chicago yesterday elected a democratic Mayor and the entire city ticket by a thou sand majority This is the first time that city has gone democratic since 1856 but now it places itself alongside of Detroit Buffalo Milwaukee St Paul Galena St Laiis and other cities at tho West Let the ball roll on rr wBiari tor Lr it TRQit' I Secretary of though our prisoners at QATH GENa WALLACE Richmond ire exceedingly anxious: to be re wt tup' rr nu I leasea uiey are as wumig vim by TELEGRAPH 'should reqmre it to remain) there Arrival of tbe Remain at a I ft a jn uny nthftr Career The Cause of the Surprise at resoiutio he Was not aware tilLnow that! CoL Corcoran so bravely sacrificed his lifeat the late battle at wXlttSDUrffU to be luvesr A a prisoner and his only desire was to Pittsburg arrived in this city test Sunday even call attention to the fact that worthy md igal tag about upon a special tram from i firpatprl Cairo furnished by direction ot Gen strong blgdUDU I lant soldiers are still prisoners and tooscertaln The dy was in Cbarge of Col Lyle Dickey the cause of the delay in making exchanges of the ourth Illinois Cavalry accompanied by di a I After further conversation the resolution Major HR Wallace of the ourth Cavaliy The Secretary of War Called unoh mended reqUetSVhe pf DieklAlde de Ciwntoeneral Hie otCreiajf VI ar vailUU upvu I to inform the House the cause if any Captain Hotchkiss Assistant Adjutant 1 HTl4r Crtlrtnrtl 4 has prevented the exchange of CoL Corcoran I General The wife of General WaUace who ar lor inc Reason Wliyvoionei aud wincOxand the other prisoners of war rived at Pittsburg upon the same day ber bus ftiTil ww a Tii a band received bis death wound also uccompa Willcox Has not been held since July last a nied his remains i I The House resumed the consideration of the At the depot they were met by a detachment I bill reported'from the select committee to regu of aoout fifty men composed of members of 1 7 1 late the franking privilege being a eodifieation of the laws upon that subject with amend of General Wallace This detachment was in I merits rsi: I charge of Captain Simerson of Company QOV Morgan Confirmed Colfax said the Postoffice committee The Pteced in a hearse which had Uin murgan VUIllinilVU been provided by order of Mayor Rumsey and I about ux ciock rue processionstarted irom majvr isbment of the franking privilege and the I the depot in the following order 5 I House hod passed the bill for that purpose now I Two files of soldiers vrith teversed arm? I I Hearse attended by six commissioned officers pending before the Senate He moved to lay four from tbe Irish Brigade and two from the Scotch Great Democratic Vic to Areargbardof six men' with fixed bayonets VieaL AJeiUULrULlG VICLU The House concurred the reports of the I The procession proceeded up Lake street to i 7vl)2p mX committee of conference on the disagreeing I Clark up Clark street to Van Buren aud thence AJT CVV VXUyCUgVi votes on the postoffice and navy appropriation I to the Rock Island depot and notwithstand A Xro hill I ing the lateness of the hour was attended by a large concourse of citizens The tolling of the adjourned I court house bell as the procession passed ROM WASHINGTON of through the streets startled the whole city New York Anril 15 Democratic Victory at Chicago many not being aware of the death of the Gen xNEW lORK April IJ Special DiBprtcJl to The Detroit ree Press eral The specials state that western dispatches Chicago April 15 General Wallace as has been previously received at Washington report that ort Ran The whole democratic city ticket was elected stated was woundedabout four clock on Sun dolph Is being strongly fortified by the rebels hv one tlimmand mninritv nnfl ntait day afternoon the first day of the battle just The committee on the rondnet of the mi tday by one thousand majority anti eight a9 the enemy succeeded in flanking our forces ine committee on the conduct of the war ouj of the teu wards have elected democratic and in the confusion of the retreat was left areabout to investigate the causes of the late Aldernien This te the greatcsCvlctory since upon the battle field where he lay for nearly surprise at Pittsburg Landing twenty hours before he was discovered Our Several civilians have been enntnred te tho troops had then regained the lost ground and aeveral civilians nave been captured by tbe Dlapatch t0 thc Associated Press Jq him Ring upon the ground in an insensi rebels while curiosity hunting around Manas Chicago' April 15 bleeonditioL Hu was conveyed to Savannah sas I The democrats to day elected their entire where he was cared forby his wife who had ar rived at Pittsburg on Sunday while thc battle THE' REBELS ON YORK RIVER eity ticket by an average majority of one was raging He lingered until about seven Washington Anril 15 thousand They also elect seven out of ten night most of the time in a i I Aldermen 1 I state of consciousness when he expired with The steamer Yankee Capt Eastman arrived I I OXv at tbe navy yard to day having left York Our Relations With Mexico General' Wallace served in the Mexican war as River at 6 yesterday morning The I Washington April 15 I Adjutant of the gallant regiment and Yankee went about eight miles up the York The President to day in response toa resoiu when the rebellion broke out River on Sunday night and anchored off Glou General Wallace was among the first to enlist cester Point where the steamers Penobscot which has taken place since June last? relative and electcd hs Marble Heart and Massachusetts were already I to the affairs of Mexico rom a has tv fiance nois Regiment During the summer lying inc reoei oaiLcries ar mo roiDL i ayyo inrrthonnc? nt i nnr mnnrn MPwnrrt wnrincr ivi Kirwin ftpR a a1 tn ho vhfv PYtPYiftivp Tnnnntimr mnRtiv I 1 Arthn Kattln i intorma nun rnar irnm ininii iirnnep wMrinf? on inn 4K AW UV UUUVA 1U1UU their guns on the steamers yesterday afternoon I part of the insurgents of this country the shot falling very little short of one gata Bf Lower Cal ifornia and that the President expects him The vessel then dropped down the I to exercise his best judgment not only to river and about three miles below I thwart this scheme but to prevent armed ves the point discovered a party of rebels from finding shelter in Mexican ports and building a battery on the north bank on whom that repuJbi The of the Meican pion the Yankee opened fire at a distance of three sovereignty is urged upon tbe attention of that I fourths of a mile The rebels seemed both to government and thc declaration made that thc I abandon their works and although the shells of United States does not desire to acquire any the Aankee fell in their midst they did not tbe 9th of June Mr Corwin informs Mr Tbe leave the vicinity but took refuge in the woods Seward that it had been his constant endeavor I by and behind some neighboring log houses The since hisnrrivifi at the City of Mevico to pos I General Yankee aftPr firimr snme slxtv or seventv sess Lho Mexican mind of the true cause of our Correspondence of thc Chicago Times xanxee alter nnng some sixty or seventy dilHcnUi0St and thus enable them to estimate Nashville Tenn April 10 shot and shell during an hour and a half left the danger which would result from any unfa 1 The restored government has progressed so As the Yankee was leaving the boats of the I vorable termination of them He was quite I far as to organize the Board of Aidermen the Marble Heart were on their wav to the shore to I ttre that wbile the Mexican government would senior branch of our city legislature It is I endeavor to preserve peaceful relations with all composed of eight members one from each burn the houses behind which the rebels had I European Powers on fair terms it regarded the I ward Seven were present at the opening taken refuge I United States as its true and only reliable friend meeting yesterday The junior "branch called I in any struggle which might involve its nation the Common Council will meet to day The CONORMATIONS I al existence members of both bodies were carefully selected Washington April 15 I Toward the close of July Mr Corwin in the from among the most loyal men of Nashville The Renata in ereen five spion to dav ran coue oi his dispatch Incidentally remarks The duties of these functionaries are very im Ihe Senate in executive session to day con I jjia Europe is quite willing to see us humbled portant in their bearing upon the work of re firmed the following nominations Gov I and will not fail take advantage of our em storing order and decency in a community Morgan of New York to bo Major General barrassment to execute purposes of which she disorganized by ten rule of piracy CarlSchnrz Colonpl Nathan Kimball of In I would not have dreamed had we remained at violence and lunacy Besides filling the various CarlBciiurz colonel Natnau Kimball or in Th wa3 8aid witb refercnce to the oflicea of revenUe judicature aud police on diana Volunteers Paymaster Benjamin Alvord I tamt intervention of England rance and Spain which the peace of society and the security of of the United States Army Captain Geo I in tie affairs ot I commerce depend they superintend a well Hartsuff of the Adjutant Departs pnt 51 Seward writing to Mr Corwin on the intended system of public schools which has Wm Rmifh of Ohio Colonpl Cirla I of September assures him the President been no less abused than other agencies of the Wm Bmitn oi Unio Colonel Cuarles IM I desired that the political States of Mex people vens and Rufus Saxton both of Massachusetts I jeo as an independent nation should be perma The conspirators perceived with Satanic sa Colonel James Van Allen of tho Third Reg nentljr maintained and in December after gacity the importance to their purposes of cor iment of New York Cavalry and Napoleon Hpking of the government intervention in rupting public sentiment at its source and at T11 forms him that the government cannot consent once laid their demon hands upon the schools Buford of Illinois to be Brigadier Generate of I to bis returning from Mexico as desired Wicked men and women have been placed in Volunteers I It is known that Mr Corwin negotiated a charge of the children by a perversion of ma I treatv with Mexico but the Senate reiected it nhinerv invented for the best obiects whose ROM YORKTOWN I on the ground that it was not advisable to business has been since thc inauguration of the Before Yorktown April 15 assume as was proposed any portion war upon the government to make the offspring Yestardav mornin? a section of artillerv was of the principal or interest of the debt of Mexico of secessionists worse if possible than their Yesterday morning a section ot artillery was or whlch wonJd the concurrcnce of tbe demented or diabolical parents and the child planted within half a mile of the rebel works European Bowers In commuuicatiug this re I ren of loyal people have been forced to drink in ifteen shots were fired into the earthworks suit to Mr Corwin Mr Seward says April 3d day after day thc language of treason and blas before they could bring the guns to bear when I these circumstances the President is phemy I unable to suggest to you any other mode for But the other day in the Hume building we withdrew euntrjbuting to tiie deliverance of our sister which bears the name of a citizen who lived but A fine view was bad yesterday of tho rebel I republic from the embarrassment by which she to4iobeloved and died but to be lamented and works at Yorktown andGloucester from a house surrounded which will be acceptable to the be remembered with veneration a lady whose at Tnnnth of Creek Twentv Senate Meanwhile I desire to direct your most very milk it seems to me should poison adders at tbe mouth oi oniiiih creeK 1 wenty earnest attntion to the necessity of guarding if bade a class of tender boys sing Dixie with the four guns were seen in the water battery at I possible against any such pledge of the re I infamous words composed by traitors The Yorktown and nine at Gloucester sources of Mexico to foreign Powers as might I guardians of our morals and manners At the latter place new works arc being afiect our cause Injuriously or impair the abil I (which the Council must be for a time at least) srsotaJ The wharves were covered with lty of thc of Mexico to sustain the free should look to such female conspirators The erected The wharves were covered wit governlU(nt established by their own choice cowardly skulking male emissaries of rebellion Commissary stores and the river dotted with you will not leave the government of Mexi will use them for purposes which would eudan sails co in doubt for a moment that the govern ger their own necks I take it for granted both On Ratnrdav Corooral Bean Comnanv ment of the United States te not Indifferent to male and female traitors will bo removed from the perils by which they are the public schools Berdan Sharp shooters was shot while on I learn by means of rumors from below that picket duty I Parson Brownlow Griffith the chief financial proprietor of I Anril I JuSnviiie UHUjn anu wi kiiilu CONGRESSIONAL SENATE enthusiastic He leaves to moreow for Pitts Washington April 15 burgh where he remains over night and then burdehihad so assiduously to lay Mr Wilkinson presented a petition from the JXralelksSnH? oLplrted1 tbe backs of bfcttcr PcoPlc" be was im citizens of Minnesota praying Congress to call which he wkhcs to speak Tor him tor rim fict hi Se with on all the people of the United States bond those intrusted with the work of making use of and free to aid the suppression of the rebel reat ire at Kingston Jamaica bj6 body for military purposes lion and assuring them of the protection of I New' York April 15 The news from Corinth just in line dampen the flag thereof I an arrival from Jamaica we have papers of ed the ardor of our rebels Mr essenden from tho inance Commit A great fire occurred in Kingston March 31st tee reported the House bill without amend destroying several entire streets The loss is ments for establishing a branch mint at Denver I estimated at three hundred thousand pounds Colorado I Mr McDougall called up the resolution on I CIplier Dispatch from Beauresard the Secretary of War for information as to the I rom the New Krening Post causes of the delay in the trial of Gen Stone We have been shown a dispatch or message i I in cipher from Beauregard to some confeder and if the latter had not applied for a speedy I ate jn "Washington which in addition to the trial etc ingenuity which characterizes the cipher con Mr essenden suggested that the resolution tains intrinsic evidence both as to its origin and call on the President instead of the Secretary I the desperate means proposed by the rebel I General for getting possession of the capital of War I It seems certain that arson and assassination Mr McDougall said he specially preferred It I were component parts of the chivalry of which as it now stood He alluded to the fact that it we heard so much a year or so ago: and per I haps the publication of such a dispatch as this was now fifty days since General Stone I mfty mOdjfy the tender sensibility of those who been arrested and closely confined In a dark I adhere to the kid glove policy of dealing with fort without being able why be was I rebels who themselves stickle at nothing in arrested by whom nor had learned whether his arrest was a I iLi lit it dered by the President Secretary of War Sunday at two A Sign or thc commanding General The manner of I rockets from Hall his arrest and confinement seemed to be more the result of a Venetian Council of Ten than that of officials in a free republic He briefly I perfect reviewed the circumstances prior to Stone ar rest Mr Wade defended the committee on the I consists inlaying over conduct of the and believed arrest of paper on which is printed the alphabet in justifiable Mr Wilson offered a substitute for the resolu tion calling on the President for all information ri Transplanting in the Night A friend in whose powers of observation we have confi dence and who is an exact experimenter in forms us that last spring and summer he made the following experiments: He transplanted ten cherry trees while in blossom commencing at four in the afternoon and transplant ing one each hour until one in the morning Those transplanted during daylight shed their blossoms producing little or no fruit while those planted during the darker portions main tained their condition fully He did the same with tendwarf pear trees after thefruitwas one thtrd grbwn Those transplanted during the day shed their fruit those transplanted during the night perfected their crop and showed no injury from having been removed With each of these trees he removed some earth with the roots i i We are well aware that when plants are acci dentally friozen in green houses it is customary to render I the house dark before applying cold water to thaw them and that when this is 'riot observed they are Injured while if entire dark ness be secured during the operation many of them (are saved But the experiment of our friend seems to have but little analogy to this fact and it is entirely new to We shall be glad to receive information'on this subject from" our reatfers and hope that "numerous kindred experiments will be made during the coming season Working armer A Swearing General There is a good story going the rounds at ortress Monroe concerning a certain General who is pious enough in creed but on certain occasions when his is np can do full justice to his feelings by giving them mouth When the Merrimac came down the General was all motion he was highly excited and now and then he eased his feelings by certain forcible ejaculations A contraband who heard him gives a ver good description of how the white haired old i mtjn moved about in the midst of the storm Of shells By golly said he but de way dat old moved about dat day war a caution He went dis way and dat and he went dor but to habhearnede old swart Boss de solemn truf dat de way de old war was plumb nigh like prcachin Wheat armers from various parts of the country advise bis Hhat the yoring wheat looks ver? promising at this time as a general thing ulton (Id) Democrat The wheat in the parts of our county which we have visited lately has a very fine appear ance covering the fields already with a beauti ful verdure! and giving promise of a good crop Charleston (III?) Courier Tttt: Wheat Crop All accounts agree in saying that wheat crop in tins vicinity nev er looked better or more promising than it does now The prospects are for an unusually sue cessful crop Springfield (Hl Journal i 1 Va papers announce that General loyd arrived at his residence in Abingdon last Tuesday morning and will take a short respite from the arduous duties of tho field" Hf need breath after running so 1 1 for AboIiafriHC Slavery In tlie District of Columbia Below is the bill which passed the Senate on the fflh and the House on the 12th fo? the i abolition of slavery in tho District of Colom bia: De it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 'United States of America in Congress assembled That all persons iteld to ser vice or labor within the District of Columbia by reason of African descent are hereby charged and freed of and from all claim to such service or labor and from and after the pass age of this act neither slavery nor involuntary servitude except tof crime hereof the party shall be duly convicted shall hereafter exist in said District Section 2 And be It further enacted That all persons loyal to the United States holding claims to the service or labor against persons discharged therefrom by this act may within ninety days from the passage thereof but not thereafter present to the Comririssloaers hercr inafter mentioned their respective statements or petitions in writing verified by oath or affirmation setting forth the names ages and personal description of such persons the man ner in which such petitioners acquired such claim and any facts touching the value thereof and declaring his allegiance to the government of the United States and has not borne arms against the United States in the present rebel lion nor in any way given aid or comfort thereto provided that the oath of the party to the petition shall not be evidence of the facts therein stated 3 And be it further enacted That the President of the United States with the advice and consent of tbe Senate shall appoint three Commissioners residents of the District of Co lumbia any two 6f whom shall have power to act who shall receive the petitions above men tioned and who shall investigate and determine the validity and value of the claims therein pre sented as aforesaid and appraise and apportion under the proviso hereto annexed the value in money of the several claims by them found to be valid Provided however that the entire sum so appraised and apportioned shall not ex ceed in thc aggregatean amount equal to three hundred dollars lor each jieraon shown to have been so held by lawful claim and provided further that no claim shall be allowed for any slave or slaves brought iuto said District after the passage of this act or which originates in or by virtue of any transfer heretofore made or which shall hereafter be made by any person who has in any manner aided or sustained the rebellion against the government of thafUnited States Sec 4 And be it further enacted That said Commissioners shall within nine months from the passage of this act make a full and final re port of their proceedings findings and appraise ment and shall deliver the same tb the Secreta ry of the Treasury which report shall be deem ed and taken to be conclusive in all respects as hereinafter provided and the Secretary of the Treasury shall with' like exception cause the amounts so apportioned to said claims to be paid from the treasury of the United States to the parties found by said report to be entitled thereto as aforesaid and the same shall be re ceived in full and complete compensation pro vided that in cases where petitions may be filed presenting conflicting claims or setting up liens said Commissioners shall so specify in said report and payment shall not be made accord ing to the award ot said Commissioners until a period of sixty days shall have elapsed during which time any petitioner claiming an interest in the particular amount may file a bill in equity in the Circuit Court of the of making all other claimants defendants thereto setting forth the proceedings in such case before said Commissioners and their action therein praying that the party to whom payment has been awarded may be enjoined from receiving the same and if said court shall grant such pro visional order a copy thereof may on motion of said complainant be served upon the Secre tary of the Treasury who shall thereupon cause the said amount oi money to be paid into said court subject to its orders and final decree which payment shall be full and complete com pensation as in other casco Sec 5 And be it further enacted That said Commissioners shall hold their sessions in the city of Washington at such place and times as the President ot" the United States may direct of which they' shall give due public notice They shall have power to subpoena and compel the attendance of witnesses and to receive tes timony and enforce its production as in civil cases before courts of justice without exclusion of anv witness on account of color and they may summon before them the persons making riim tn service or labor and examine them un der oath and they may also for purposes of identification and appraisement call before them the persons so claimed Said Commissioners shall appoint a Clerk who shall keep the files and complete record of all proceedings before them who shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations in said proceedings and who shall issue all lawful process by them ordered The Marshal of the District of Co lumbia shall personally or by deputy attend upon the session of said Commissioners and shall execute the process issued by' said Clerk Sec 6 And be it further enacted Thai said Commissioners shall receive in compensation for their services the sum of two thousand dol lars each to be paid upon the filing of their re port that said Clerk shall receive for his ser vices tne sum oi two nunurea aonurs per month that Said Marshal shall receive such fees os are allowed by law for similar services performed by him in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia that the Secretary of the Treasury shall call all other reasonable ex penses of said cotnmisssion to be authorized and allowed and that said compensation fees and expenses shall be paid irom the treasury of the United States Sec 7 And be it further enacted That for thc purpose of carrying this act into effect there is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise aopropriated a sum not exceeding one million of dollars Sec 8 And be it further enacted That any per son or persons who shall kidnap or in any man ner transport or procure to be taken out of said District any person or persons discharged and freed by the provisions of this act or any free personbr persons with intent to re enslave or sell such person or persons into slavery or shall re enslave any of said freed persons the person or persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of felony and on conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction in said District shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not less than five or more than twenty years Sec 0 And be it further enacted That all acts of Congress and all laws of the State of Mary land in force in said District and all ordinances of the cities of Washington and Georgetown inconsistent with the provision of this act are hereby repeal Sec 10 And be it further enacted That the sum of out of any money in the treas ury not otherwise appropriated shall be ex pended under the direction of tbe President of the United States to aid in the colonization and settlement of all persons liberated under this act and such free people of African descent now residing in this District as may desire to emigrate to the Republics of Hayti or Liberia or such other country beyond the limits of the United States as the President may determine Provided that the cost shall not exceed for each person colonized Sudden Couvenlou A Nashville correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette says poor fellows taken prisoners at ort Henry and ort Donelson are not so stiff neck ed as tbe cowardly rebel civilians in this State who sent them thither They have learned that the causes assignfd for the rebellion are false and many of them have the candor to acknowl edge their error To influential friends here loyal men they write earnest letters offering to purge themselves of treason and take the oath of allegiance to the government rom a letter to a prominent lawyer shown me the oth er day written by a Captain who was captured at ort Donelson ana is now a prisoner at Camp Chase I make the following brief ex have fully complied with my oath to the Jeff Davis party and I am now willing to take an oath to support tbe ederal constitution and stand by it to the last with The oath taken by the Confederate soldier is not so strong as your readers might expectand the Captain says well he has fully complied with it Here is a copy from one of tbe 8 A blanks: do solemnly swear (or affirm) that while I continue in the service I will bear trud faith and yield obedience fo the Confed erate States of America and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully their ene mies and that I will observe and obey the ore ders of the President of the Confederate States and the orders of the officers appointed over me according to the rules and articles of 5 i President Pierce a nd Secretary Seward 4 rom the New Hampshire Patriot The letter of Guy Hopkins sent to tbe Senate by the Secretary of State appears to be a truthful statement of motives and facts and so it was evidently regarded at the department because upon it he was" discharged Hopkins in his letter of November 29th to Secretary Seward says that thc anonymous paper was de signed to sell the Detroit press by writing a letter frill of dark inuendoes and hints but which in reality would mean nothing he never belonged to or had any knowledge of any such league as figured in his fancy letter and that he had no purpose except to play off a practical And yet three veelas after the date of this letteTjtmdif course with fud knowledge of its Seward writes to Gen ierce that a letter had been received at the department of State from Which it would" appear that Gen was a member of a secret league the object of which was to overthrow government' We have seen no attenfpt to explain this extraordi nary conduct and hence are not prepared to say whether it was tbe result of gross" negligence or of partisan malignity The writing of the anon ymous rietter was on the part or Hopkins anact of culpable folly but the jilting of the blank with the name ranJdin ierce' at the State Department without treason and against truth aiyd 'thed'sending it forth for ssat paRry and baes tznuiscit i i it 1 ta a 1 fKWa i wt moTJXs I 'KS il I IZ gg 1 'XSMwc st 4 IB A A Ls A 4' I 1 11 I XT rt WW a I a'' kt II it gw I a i I 1 A A a 9 ti i5 1 slii i lfc" 1 I.