The New York Herald Newspaper, April 19, 1861, Page 6

NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1861—TRIPLE SHEET. _NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT; EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU 8TS- cash foney vent by mait will be at the Wk of the pg Some ba Bank Sita cutrent in New York THE DAILY HERALD, two cents per coma, $7 Per annum. THE WEEKLY HERALD, every Saturday, at as cmis Por OF $3 por annum, the European Exlilion ever arn Bret Hritain, cents per evpy. $A per annum 10a part BY déreat Brite me Me lhe Cncminent, both to include postage; the eee eee ia tien and Blot of each month, a vi 75 per annum i THE FLY HERALD, on Wedneeday, at four cente por, 21 9S per ann, | bie TAD ‘ARY CORRESPONDENCE, containing important — neve, solicit any quarter of the world; if wed, will be | Gierally paid for. 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MELODEON CONCERT HALL, No. 539 Broadway.— Bonas, Dances, Buutesquaa, &0. CANTERBURY MUSIC HALL, 685 Broadway.—sonas, Dancus, Burixsquas. 40. TRIPLE SHEET. New York, Friday, April 19, 1861. es OUR EVENING EDITIONS. While important news is dafly reaching ws from all | parts of the country, we shall issue, in addition to our | regular edition, one at half-past four o'clock. The News. The secéssion of Virginia from the Union, the re- fusal of her Governor to comply with the requisi- tion for troops, the reported seizure of Harper's Ferry and the Gosport Navy Yard by the seces- Bionists, together with rumors that Governor Wise, at the head of the rebels, was marching on the capital, created intense excitement, not only in Washington, but throughout the country, yesterday. The excitement was greatly augmented by the report that a deter- mined resistance would be made at Baltimore to the passage of troops through that city. Later accounts confirmed the statement as to the seces- sion of Virginia, The ordinance passed the Conven- | pals were stepping into the ring, Havre market. Breadstuffs and provisions quiet’ | on the 15th, we appealed to the administration | begun, may be aceomplished long before the American securities firmer. The steamship Bavaria, Captain Meier, from | Southampton on the 4th inst., arrived at this port yesterday afternoon. She brings $15,000 in specie. Her advices are anticipated. By the arrival of the steamship Tennessee at New Orleans on the 12th inst., we have advices from the republic of Mexico to the 9th. The deaths of Lerdo de Tejada at Tacubayas and Gov. | Zamora, of Vera Cruz, at. shat city, are confirmed. | They are a severe loss to the liberal party. Mr. | Weller, United States Minister, had resigned. No | Minister will be sent to Washington for the pre- sent. The death of Senor Lerdo renders the re- guine of its stability, though it is extremely cramp- ed for want of money. Executions of highway robbers are of daily occurence, and the road from Vera Cruz to the capital is reported safe. Capt. Aldham is still in a dangerous condition from the effect of his wound. A conducta of $3,000,000 had arrived at Vera Cruz, nearly all of which was shipped to England. In the Court of General Sessidns yesterday, An- drew J. Hackley was committed to the county jail for thirty days by Recorder Hoffman, he having refused to answer this question:—‘‘Whsat did you do with the $40,000 given to you by Edward Hope in relation to the street cleaning contract?’ “I decline to answer,” said Hackley, “because it might furnish a link in a chain of evidence against me that might convict me of a criminal offence."’ The number of inmates in the public institutions of the city at present is 8,396—a decrease of 276 for the past week. The number admitted was 2,062, and those discharged were 2,338. The Board of Aldermen did not meet last even- ing. There is a special call for a meeting at five o'clock to-day. The case of Dillaye against Hart, for assault and battery, was heard in the Supreme Court yester- day, before Judge Welles, and the jury were di- rected to bring in a sealed verdict this morning. A prize fight between two New York pugiliats, for one hundred dollars a side, was to have come off at New Brighton, Staten Island, yesterday morning; but the inhabitants of that rural village, becoming alarmed at the unusual number of roughs congregated in and about the place the previous evening, telegraphed to New York fora force of policemen, who arrived just as the princi- dispersed the crowd and put a stop to the intended fight. ‘The cotton market was more active yesterday, while prices were Grm. The transactions embraced about 3,500 bales, closing stiff on the basis of 123{c. a 127c. for mid- dling uplends. Flour was heavy and less active, while prices were without change of moment. Wheat was heavy and lower, while sales were made to a fair extent, in part for export. Corn was ir- regular, and rather lower for some descriptions, while sales were fair, at prices given in ancther column. There was a speculative movement in pork, on account of the war, and the article advanced about 50c. per bbl. for mess. The sales were active, and embraced about 3,200 bbis., at $18 a $18 50 for mess, and at $13 26 $13 60 for prime. There was also a ulative move- ment in rice, with sales of 2,500 casks on private terms. Whiskey, from the same cause, has advanoed to 1934c. a 2Cc. per gallon. Sugars were steady, with sales of 1,500 hhds. Coffee was quiet. Freighta were steady, with tion, but seven votes being cast against it. Those faithful friends of the Union were compelled, it is Baid, to flee for their lives from Richmond. The ra- mor ofthe seizure of Harper's Ferry is contradicted. A despatch from Baltimore states that all was quiet there at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, and the government at a later hour had received no intelligence of its capture. The Gosport Navy Yard is still in possession of the government forces, and Com. Paulding reports that it is likely to remain so. The federal capital is now in a position to repel any attack that the revolutionists may make. Nearly all the able bodied residents and strangers there are under arms. Though an attack is expected, there are no fears as tothe result. With regard to Baltimore, it is only necessary to state that the troops from Harrisburg and Massachusetts passed through that city yesterday without molestation, and that aparty of rebels, who hoisted a secession flag and attempted to fire a salute, were set upon by a number of indignant mechanics, who spiked the gun and tore the flag to tatters. The gallant Seventh regiment will leave this city this afternoon at three o'clock for Washing- ton. The Twelfth regiment has been accepted by the government, and will leave for the same des- tination without delay. The volunteer movement is progressing with great spirit, and we have to record to-day many extensive additions to the organizations already mentioned, while several new ones were instituted yesterday. The Fire Department have nobly re- sponded to the call for their services, and the plan for their organization into a Zouave corps has been most thoroughly effected. A detailed re- port of the military movement in the city appears in the appropriate columns. The steamer Baltic and revenue cutter Harriet Lane arrived at this port yasterday, bringing Major Anderson and the garrison of Fort Sumter. A fuli account of their reception is given in our columns this morning. Some of the troops from the Baltic were sent back to Governor's and Bedloe’s islands yesterday, while the soldiers from Fort Sumter still remain on board the vessel. It is probable that they will be sent to Fort Hamilton to-day. The passage of the Massachusetts troops through this city yesterday was marked with almost un- paralleled excitement and enthusiasm. We must refer our readers to our other columns for par- ticulars. There was a good deal of conversation yester- day in commercial circles regarding an order said to have been received by the Collector of this port to grant no more clearances for Southern ports The Board of Councilmen met last evening, and | adopted a series of resolutions supporting the federal government in putting down the civil war; tendering the Governor's Room to Major Ander- fon, and requesting him to sit for his portrait; giv- ing permission to the clerks to leave their posts to join the volunteers, and expressing the wish to do all they can to support the families of the volun- teers during their absence. At a special meeting of the Board of Super- visors, held yesterday, a resolution was unani- Mously adopted granting leave of absence to their chief clerk, Mr. Joseph B. Young, who is an officer of the Seventh regiment. Mr. Young, who has ferved the Board faithfully for some time, was de- Birous of joining his regiment and going to Wash- ington with them; hence the permission. The steamship Kedar, from Liverpool on the morning of the 7th inst., arrived at Halifax yester- day forenoon, bringing one day's later European advices. The news is extremely warlike. The London Globe says that Europe has never peen more agi- tated since 1847. A despatch from Paris states that all the French marshals had been summoned to attend an extraordinary council of war at Paris n the 8th of April. It is reported that France had offered to sup- port the cession of Venetia to Italy. The London Standard of the 4th inst. says:— “We learn, althongh no authority is vouchsafed, that the customs authorities at Havre had notified that ships from the seceded States would be re- Ceived on the same footing as those sailing under the ‘Stars and Stripes.’ The commercial intelligence is not important, The Liverpool cotton market closed on the 6th fist. at an advance of one-eighth of a penny on previous quotations, Sales for the day 20,000 Daler We alee aoticg a slight advance tg the moderate engagements. Stirring and Decisive News—Virginia Se- ceded—Washington and the Line ef the Potomac to be the Battle Field. 4 Virginia has seceded. She has taken this dreadful leap in the dark, and terrible to her, we fear, will be the consequences. A revolu- tionary army, under Governor Wise, is sup- posed to be moving upon Washington; the federal forts and other property in North Caro- lina, it is reported, have been seized in the name of the State; and from these and other Southern reports it is morally certain that Vir ginia will very soon be followed by North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas. The number of States thus arrayed on the side of the Southern confederacy will be twelve, with a population exceeding ten millions. Delaware stands unquestioned in her loyalty, Maryland is apparently immoveable, and Missouri, we dare say, from her peculiar posi- tion and from her preponderating Northern and European settlers, will hold fast to the cause of the North. Thus the flag of the United States and the North will have a popu- lation exceeding twenty millions to uphold it; while the defensive cause of the seceded States, with about half this aggregate popula- tion, will be encumbered with that fearful item in a sectional war of over three millions of African slaves. A brilliant spontaneous mani- festation of the Union loyalty of Maryland occurred at Baltimore yesterday. A body ot secessionists on Federal Hill tried the experi- ment of hoisting the seceesion flag and firing a secession salute; but with the first discharge or two of their cannon, the Union operatives from the neighboring foundries and workshops turned out and quickly dispersed the revolutionists. From this significant incident, and from the Union serenade to Governor Hicks and his Union speech the other evening, we confidently believe that Baltimore and Maryland will stand the tug of war for the Union. This gratifying attitude of Maryland keeps open several railway lines of communication with the North, to say nothing of the military advantages of the water line of Chesapeake Bay. Hence, if the Southern invading army are not in Washington before to-morrow morn- ing, the probabilities are that they wiil not very soon attempt its occupation. The Massa- chusetts regiment, the New York Seventh regi- ment, and the troops pouring in from Pennsyl- vania, will, by to-morrow morning, we dare say, give General Scott an available defensive force for the federal capital of at least ten thousand election of Juarez to the Presidency very pro- | bable. The friends of the government are san- | that, “of all things, in order to avoid a civil war of endless calamities, it is most important | to provide against any treasonable or revolu- tionary movements upon Washington designed to overthrow the established government there.” We now hope that our suggestions of January dn regard to our federal capital will be fulfilled to the full extent of sixty thousand men, 80 disposed as within a few hours to be within reach of the city. They may be needed there before the Ist of May, and, if not needed for the defence of Washington, they will be useful in guarding the line of the Potomac and the outlet of Chesapeake Bay, as the movements | of the enemy may require. That the war will | now be carried into Africa there is very little doubt; and thus, in the fatal step which Vir- ginia has taken, she may not only suffer the disruption of her own territory by the Union elements 6f the Pan Handle and the West, but ehe may suffer, within a year, to the extent of | one hundred millions of dollars in the losses of | her slave property, to say nothing of the horri- ble contingencies of a possible servile insur- rection. Meantime, as all hope of the representation of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ken- tucky and Arkansas in our new Congress may now be abandoned, would it not be well for President Lincoln to assume the responsibility of summoning Congress together without de- lay? The Senate is ready, and a quorum is elected of the new House. Maryland, we believe, is the only State likely to be represented at this extra session which has not elected its members, and she could within a week supply this deficiency. To give sys- tem, efficiency, prestige and funds for the pur- poses of our government in the conduct of this war, the presence of Congress is needed at Washington. The resources are at the com- mand of the government for a short war and an early peace; and half a million of men put in motion from the North may prove the cheapest, shortest and most effective argument in behalf of peace. Let us have no more cbi’d’s play. The great North is ready, and New York city and its suburbs alone, if re- quired, can furnish fifty thousand men and fifty millions of money for the purposes of a de- cisive war and an early peace. The Federal Union, and the Integrity of the Republic. There exists no principle, so potent to unite the sympathies, and concentrate the energies, of a civilizéd people, as that of national unity. It is founded in instincts which lie deep down in the human heart, and form a part of its un- taught, natural logic. It appeals, equally, to individual magnanimity, and to the most sordid selfishness. Patriotism, reverence for the past, respect for established authority, and benefi- cent institutions, as weH as the law of self- preservation, are all motives for maintaining it. To impair it, appears a sacrilege from which the sensitive mind shudders, and the odiousness of the word treason, attaches to those who would rend the parts of the homo- geneous whole asunder. To it, exclusively, is to be attributed the spontaneous outburst of enthusiasm, within the past week, in favor of a vigorous and efficient policy, to re-establish the Union upon its pristine basis, by retaking those properties of which bac~peen dis. possessed. The government of the Confede- rate States has taken up arms, and commenced hostilities, in order to destroy the integrity of the republic. It cannot succeed, becauee its aspiration to do eo is unnatural and atrocious, and can find no response in the intellect or conscience of the masses of citizens, even in the seceded States. The authori- ties at Washington, have, on the contrary, feund no difficulty in exciting the public mind to fever neat, and the programme it has inaugu- rated is approved, because it is founded upon that imperishable love of country, which will not permit the relinquishment of any of its parts, but prefers any sacrifice to its disintegra- tion. Past history should warn every thinking mind, that revolutionists, or parties, in a nation, which aim at its disseverment, are almost invariably destroyed, while popular sympathy clings spontaneously to those who fight for its autonomy, and crowns them, at last, as victors, The annals of the Roman republic, show that even liberty was more readily given up than unity, and that autocratic authority was yielded to dictators, to prevent the latter from being violated. Under the Cwsars, before Roman dominion was cut to pieces by the swords of barbarians, every Emperor perished, who en- deavored to sustain a partial sway, against a rival, aiming at universal rule, The annals of England, from the Wars of the Roses, to the ac- cession of William IlI., are a perpetual illus- tration of the same theory; and a recent French writer, has justly remarked, of his own people, that their history has been a perpetual strife for consolidation against division, and that the latter has been continually defeated. The sym- pathy that is so universally felt for Italy, grows out of the conviction of its right to be one great, homogeneous power, and an abhorrence of the partitions which separate those who are of a kindred race; and the ray of light which begins, after twenty-five years of civil war, to gleam, dimly, from Mexico, proceeds from the defeat of the internal violators of the territorial integ- effective men. Governor Wise and Major Ben f'rity of that republic. Time will prove in this McCulloch will hardly venture upon the ex- pulsion of this defensive army under General Scott unless they can bring a force of twenty thousand of their raw recruits to the conflict. The name of Scott is in itself a tower of stpength, of discipline and con- fidence, to the troops under his command, and his is a name, too, which will be respected by his enemies. It appears, however, to be the settled pur- pose of the Southern revolutionists to expel the administration of Abraham Lincoln from its seat of authority. The Secretary of War at Montgomery, ina speech there on the receipt of the news of the evacuation of Fort Sumter, exultingly predicted that the Confederate States would be in occupation of the city of Washington by the Ist of May. This would seem to indicate an extensive organization for this object. At all events, no man can longer entertain any doubis of the sagacity which marked the precautions of General Scott in re- ference to Mr. Lincoln’s inauguration. When our vigilant old General-in-Chief first sounded the alarm last December, the New York Heraty came promptly to his assistance, as will be seen from various extracts which we i reproduce this morning on the subject from | our columns. For example, on the Ist and 3d of January we suggested the concentration at Wasbington of sixty thonsand gen; and again, country, also, that the cause of the national Union, is sacredly cherished by the multitudes, in all the States, and that, on this account alone, it is sure eventually to prevail. The bombardment of Fort Sumter swept away all past fesues, in the Northern States, and, with them, all party lines and platforms. They are as obsolete as the period beyond the flood. With the opening of the batteries of General Beauregard upon the forces of the United States, a volume in the history of the country closed, and a new one has since been opened. Its table of contents, as compiled at some future day, may contain a register of the sacrifices, the heroic deeds, the sublime devo- tion, the unprecedented bravery of the Ameri- can people for its preservation; it may, also, record miseries, carnage, desolation, a fright- ful national debt, and times of the deepest discouragement; but it will infallibly close with the declaration, that the Union emerged out of all these trials, in its full integrity and splendor, without the loss of a single star from its flag. North, West, and East, the people are resolved. Men and money will be at the dis- posal of the government, beyond what they may require. Three hundred millions of dol- lars and three hundred thousand men could be fornished, if requisite, within a year; al- though, if proper vigor is displayed by the administration, the objects of tae war that has ( close of that time. What is done, should be done quickly, and when the end is attained of saving the Union, it will be discovered that the latent, suppressed feeling in the Southern States, has been as adverse to the destruction of the Union, as it has been here. Whe Are the Disunion{sts? Some of our neighbors, with whom we have been so unfortunate as to disagree politically, have been very busy during the past five or six days in endeavoring to preve that the Hxnxa:p and several other anti-republican papers have ranged themselves on the side of disunion, and endeavored to break up the confederacy. So far as this journal is concerned, the statements above referred to have no foundation in fact. On the contrary, the real disunionists are to be found on the other side of the house. At about the time of the secession of South Carolina— the beginning of the movement—the Tribune printed several articles calculated to encour- age the disunionists, The Spruce street phi- losophers did not hesitate to declare that if South Carolina or any other of the cotton States desired to go out of the Union, there should be no opposition. The Tribune made this statement very distinctly, and de- clared that the North would be a great deal better off without any of the slave States. No means were left untried by Greeley & Co. to force the cotton States into open rebellion. Day after day they were taunted with coward- ice and accused of pusillanimity. The course of the Heratp was quite dif- ferent from that of the Tribune, as may beseen by the extracts we print elsewhere. These are extracted from our files, and they show that when the federal government was menaced by South Carolina we repeatedly called upon Mr. Buchanan to place proper garrisons in the Southern forts. Again, we directed attention to the exposed situation of Washington, and called upon the Executive to strengthen Gen. Scott’s hands with troops to the number of fifty or sixty thousand, if he asked for them, We “told the outgoing administra- tion that Washington must be held at any cost. When the electoral votes were to be counted, and subsequently, as Inauguration Day approached, we again suggested that a stropg force should be stationed at or near Washington. After Lincoln had been swora in we demanded an outline of his policy, and declared that he must take one side or the other. Anything was better, we said, than un- certainty. For cur own part we believed in peace, but we lived in hope of a settlement by some means, and held ourselves ready to sup- port the government, even in apolicy which we disapproved, so anxious were we for action of some kind. Tardily enough the administra- tion came to the scratch and attempted to sup- ply Sumter. Hereupon the leaders of the Southern confederacy took the responsibility of making war,and placed themselves in a false position. The attack on Sumter was a very great blunder in every point of view—po- litical and military. Of course, as the South struck the first blow, every loyal citizen of the North sticks by the flag and the honor of the republic. And our position was to favor peace, to promote conciliation by all proper means,” and at the same time to be ready for war if it should be commenced by the South. Thus it will be seen that we advoested the detail of troops for Washington more than three months ago, and it is our policy which the administra- tion has adopted. Now that war has been commenced, the Tribune labors to still farther excite the public mind, to foster the mob spirit, to instigate do- mestic violence, and to bring about infractions of the public peace, by accusing others of the misdemeanors which properly lie at its own door. The Tribune afded and instigated the secession movement. The 7ribune is now anx- fous to make more mischief and create riots within the city of New York. Therefore we declare that the real disunionists are to be found in the office of the Tribune, the editors of which journal are laboring with all their might to still further embarrass and compli- cate public affairs. Tue Seventa Reoiment.—This crack corps leaves to-day in all its strength for Washing ton. It has long been the pride of the city; its superior drill and discipline placed it at the head of our militia regiments. As the Guards, the Queen’s Household troops, in England, were the first to proceed to the Crimean war, being the choice troops of the army, so the Meventh regiment, the Household troops of the city of New York, are now proceeding on the dangerous service of defending the seat of government against attack. The intention at first was to remain only for a fortnight in Washington, and to return here when their place was supplied. But, judging from the news which we publish this morning, they may find it impossible to return so soon, and they may be called to play a part in scenes which will try their mettle and prove the value of the training which they have undergone. By all means let them remain at Washington till it issecure from danger and the enemy is placed hors de combat. New York expects every man of them to do his duty and to give a good account of himself. A Crisis ty THe History or tae Country.— For the last half century there has been no war worth mentioning in which the United States played a part. The Mexican war was of brief duration, and was not upon our own soil. It not only did not exhaust the nation, but in its result added greatly to its material resources. Prosperity has consequently abounded in a greater degree than was salu- tary. One result of this prosperity was public corruption. Everything went on so smoothly that the people let the politicians have their way, till they have at last undermined the government and broken it up. War, civil war, is now both a scourge for our national vices and the instrument of restoring health and purity. As the thunder storm puri- fies the atmosphere, so does the tempest of war. It will sweep away the miserable wire- pullers and poligicians, and it will bring forth a new set of men, with lofty ideas, high purposes and brilliant talents, as did the revolutions in England and France, and the Revolution of 1776 in our own country. It will develope the moral and inteltectual qualities of men who hitherto have sought the shade, and can only be brought out in great emergencies. The effect of war— particularly civil war—is to try men’s souls, and to render salubrious the moral and politi- cal atmosphere. War has its terrors, but it has also ite uses, It will bring the gold brighter out of the fire, and separate the dross; and not only will it raise up statesmen and warriors oa- ees pable of wielding the destin..°s of the nation, bat the sufferings and corrows w.'h it inflicts | ment and the lessons which it conveys wi be = tual in preventing a similar catastrophe fo. next half century. Exriosi@® or tag Orers.—The war exci has, it appears, killed the Opera séas in Philadelphia, and put a stop to the p Posed campaign in the West. The associat artists adhere to their copartnership, howevs Something was wanting to consolidate our [ and will occupy during the summer the po strength and to prepare us for further progress in our mighty destiny, instead of stagnating in our prosperity and becoming an effeminate and enfeebled nation. The trial is great; but, the metal being the right kind, it will gain in lus- tre what it may lose in bulk. Tre Natrona, Srirr Anovsep.—The na- tional spirit is thoroughly aroused all over tke North and West, and troops are pour- ing rapidly on Washington in response to the call of the President. Yesterday a regiment from Massachusetts, a thousand strong, passed through this city, and is by this time quartered in the federal capital. To-day another regi- ment from the same State will take a hasty breakfast at the Astor House, and proceed on its journey in the same direction; and to-mor- row the regiment from Rhode Island, com- manded by Governor Sprague, will take its morning’ repast at the same hotel, and hasten onto headquarters. The Seventh regi- ment of our own division received orders to march yesterday, and will leave this after- noon for Washington. The Twelfth will imme- diately follow. With all the facilities of tele- graph and railroad, an army of two hun- dred thousand men can thus be concentrated at ary given point at a few hours’ notice. The Northern and Wesetrn States have an enrolled militia of nearly two and a half mil- lions of men, most of whom are trained to the use of firearms, and can make a pretty good shot, and many of them are regularly drilled and disciplined in organized companies. These States have also abundance of, munitions of war, and money enough at command to sustain a large force in the field. There exists, more- over, a perfect unanimity of feeling to make all these resources available to the service of the government. It is true that half the men who are now hurrying on to Washington do not care who is President; many of them may be opposed to Mr. Lincoln and his party; but they do care for the integrity, the life, the perma- nency of the republic, and in this sentiment all party predilections and prejudices are now submerged. But while this extraordinary military activity has been demonstrated for the past few days all over the North, it was manifest’ that the ac- tion of Virginia was to be the turning point of the crisis. If Virginia had stood by the Union, and the other border States had acted in unison with her, the contest would have been nar- rowed to an issue with the cotton States; but, with the secession of Virginia, there is going to be enacted on the banks of the Potomac one of the most terrible conflicts the world has ever witnessed; and Virginia, with all her social systems, will be doomed and swept away. Congress meets in extra session on the Fourth of July, to assume a grave responsibility; and although hostile forces may be marching South, we will advocate, as we have always advocated, the earnest consideration of measures concilia- tory to the Southern States—measures which will guarantee them those rights and privileges to which they are entitled by the constitution and the laws. It is to be hoped that Congress, when it assembles, will realize the solemnity of its duties; that it will abjure all party legisla- tion and lobbying mancuvres, and will devote iteelf energetically and with a full conscious- ness of its responsibility to the momentous issue of the day. Whatever the government is about to do should be done quickly towards the settlement of this question, in order that by next fall peace may be restored, and the har- mony and prosperity of the country may re- sume their former vigor. To bring about this happy consummation is the paramount duty of every citizen, from the President to the hum- blest volunteer in the ranks, Tue Union Fezrine Amonost Ovr Naturat- 1zED Citizens AND Foretan Resipents.—There can be no greater proof of the unanimity of feel- ing which pervades all classes at the North in support of the government than the fact that not only our naturalized citizens, but foreign residents, are eagerly volunteering their ser- vices for the contingents demanded by the President from the several States. Both the Germans and Irish are offering themselves in large numbers;and even Englishmen are being carried away by the general enthusiasm. Amongst those of the latter nationality who have come forward in this generous spirit are Mr. Thomas Barry, the manager of the Bvaton theatre, who did good service all through the Peninsular war,and Mr. Roderick W. Came- ron, of this city, In declining a staff appoint- ment offered him by Colonel M. Leay, Mr. Ca- meron gives expression to the following credi- table sentiments:— There is no reason why a good subject of Great Britain should not be an acceptable volunteer to defend the laws and the flag of this ah ces I therefore heart! tender myself to serve in the of the Seventy-nint Highlanders, and share the dangers of those who wear the tartan of my clan. I cannot promise to be constant- ly with the regiment; but if danger threatens I will en- a aa at the moment when the iirst shot We trust these facts will be remembered, should it ever again be attempted to lengthen the term of probation fixed by our naturaliza- tion laws, or to raise the cry of exclusion against our adopted citizens. It will be found we believe, ere the conflict in which we are about to embark is brought to a close, that the latter have been amongst the most ardent and unselfish defenders of the Union. Cuevatren Forxey.—Chevalier Forney con- tinues true to his instincts, which are those of a mean, malicious, low politician. He does not appreciate the crisis through which the country is passing, nor the uprising of the national spirit which is stirring the whole North from end to end; and his organ, reflecting the coti- temptible character of the man, is busying it~ self just now in flinging his filth abroad, and in copying the personal attacks upon the pro- prietor of this journal, which appear in some of the publications issued from some obscure corners of this city. Chevalier Forney is preparing for the dismal future which is approaching. He knows that the republicans have discovered that he is a bad bargain—that in rewarding his services they have paid too much for their mutton— and that when they come to elect a Clerk for the next session of Congress he will be ignominicusly kicked out, and a better man—eome one who can be of more servioe to the party—will be put in his place. Forney knows that his time is come; that the pickings of the Clerkship are about to pass away from him; that those who bought him have found out that he is not worth the thirty pieces of silver they paid for him. ing iller lachrymar, Son of an army of observation—Muzio goi abroad for recruits. Probably our peoy will 20t want any more mimic plays for while. We have supplied the Southern peoy with the fashions, the Opera, the drama; ' have traded with them, trusted them and ¢ tertained them. Now they have seen fit challenge us to fight them. Weare compell to endeavor to prove to them that war is game at which two can play, and that the gs of battle, once thrown down, is to be taken 1 without a moment’s hesitation. The South w ascertain that the people of New York can some things as well as others. The Camadian Parliament—Union 8 tweem Upper Canada and the Northe! States. Toronto, C. W., April 18, 1861 In Parliament last night Mr. McDougall, one of leaders of the opposition from Upper Canada, stated tl if the existing evils in consequence of the union w Lower Canada were not otherwise remedied, an allia: Rebvase Unner Panedn nad the Serthern Baten was it New Jeracy College. Princeton, N, J., April 16, 1861 The Union loving students of this national college rat ast evening the Stars and Stripes on the cupola of | ‘Nassau Hall. Disaster Lake Erie. Vv Burraro, April 18, 1861 The propeller Kentucky, went ashore during the Nor east gale and snow storm of Tuesday night or Wed ‘day morning, near Oak Orchard, between Genesee 1 Niagara Rivers. She lies on smooth rocks with dep of sand and mud perfectly easy; not injured; did | bound any. They scuttled Reratonce. Assistance | been sent toher. She will probably be got off and tal to Dalhousie. Non.Arrival of the Niagara. Haurax, April 18—Noon ‘There are yet no signs of the Niagara. Tho weathe boieterous, but is clearing. Tybee at eleven o'clock Weaneaday t, and at | wharf here at eleven o'clock Thursday one Markets. PHILADELPHIA STOCK BOARD. Btocks hea Pennsylvania, Bute be rage wy. \vanl ; Read Rallroed, 16%; Morris Canal, 49; Long Island’ 10; Pennsylvania Railroad, 39. exchange on } York at par a 1.10 per cent discount. Bapeee, At 18, Flour steady: Howard street and Ohio unch Wheat duil: red, $1 30 a §1 33, white, $1 40a Corn nets, Pork firm at $20; prime, $15. Coffee at 130. a 14c. Whiskey dull. Parapetrata, April 18, 1! Flour dull but firm. Wheat quiet: sales 6,000’ bu red, at $1 28.a $1 32; white, $1 28a $1 60.’ Corn sales 6,000 bushols at 62c. Mees pork, $17 60. key stepdy at 1730. a 18¢. ‘ AcapEmy oF Music.—Madame Anna Bishop’s nial benefit is to take place this evening. The very lar English opera ‘‘The Bohemian Girl” and a scene “Tancredi’’ will be given. It is tobe hoped that aq cellent a programme for the benefit of an artist wh afforded so much real entertainment to the New public will attract a crowded house. It is reported Major Anderson will be present on this occasion. Comptrmntary Bawurir To Mr. W. F. Brovan. gentleman, #0 long and favorably known to our pul connection with theatrical matters, takes a benefit Brooklyn Academy of Music on Monday next. The} has been got up by a number of the leading inh of that city, as a mark of the high appreciation in Mr. Brough, for many years a resident amongst th held. The programme offers a strong array of i there is no doubt that the friends and admirers q veteran will rally im force upon this occasion. Oreratic Marrers.—We leasn from Philadelphi the war excitement has quite used up the Opera. engagements made by the associated artists exp the 21st [of this month, and as the prospects cees_in the West are nnt flattering, Muzio & © square accounts and repose on their laurels for th sent. The copartnership between Madame Go nori Brignoli, Susini and Muzio has been renewed next year, and Muzio will shortly go to Europe, view to engage Tamberlik, the tenor, and a new, donha. Lrrerary.—Doolady has just published a curious! very interesting novel, from the pen of Mr. F. G Adams. It has an ingeniously constructed plot, scenes are chiefly laid in South ‘The auty painted a curious picture of its society. Coroners’ Inquests. To Mrs. Seriscsteap:—* 1 want only your kind hand to me in the I should die, and let my dear. bi hy trunk and my letters in it; and when you write you, inthe name of God, not to say one; grieve . He was al kind to bless l. Ee eee Fray tor he ri . SUSAI N. B Ihave peid my rent to May. I saw ti sun this morning, and moon last night. arson de; ; that she separated from him some t oan, aaa married her last husband, Mr. Reek. Farat Acctpent To Tim Rossin Consvt.—Al o'clock yesterday morning, as Johnfde Nottbeck , Sian Consul, was riding in Gentral Park in co his wife, his horse took fright, able, dashed forward at a Seeyee he ee ome ee venenee the p Twenty-secend precinct police picked up tH and “om ed him in fan ‘insensitie station ag number of em!