The New York Herald Newspaper, March 28, 1862, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS, Volume XXVII........ Ha ORR AMUSEMENTS TiS EVEN(NG. ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Lrving Place,—Iratian Orana— Ic Banpiere p Sivicuis. WINTER GARDEN, Broadway.—Camiiur. WALLACK’S THEATRE, ar Law LAURA KE! "S THEATRE, Broadway.—Tux Ma- CaRtuy; OR, THX PRxP OF Day, NEW BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery,—Jxaw Rexy—Tar- ang 1f Os—Povanostas MARY PROVOST'S THEATRE, 485 Broadway—Macarra BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Broadway.—Com™ Norr—Livine Hirroror: Wuaus, fc. at all hours— Savax ano Kavanape, afternoon aud evening. BRYANTS' MINSTRELS, Mechanics’ Hall, 472 Broad. way.—Down IN OLp h-¥-xy. HOOLEY’S MINSTRELS, Stuyvesant Institute, No. 659 iway.—Eruioriax Sones, Dances. &c. MELODEON CONCERT HALL, 539 Broadway.—Soni Danoxs, Buaiesques, 4¢.—Coxtxasann Communion - CANTERBURY NUSIC HALL, 585 Broadway.—So: Dancns, Buacesaves, 4¢.—Inavcor ation Batt, ea No, 844 Broadway.—Here GAIRTIES CONCERT ROOM, 616 Broadway.—Dra AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, 444 Broadway. Danxxr—Kaitnoad—CouLisiox Jory Mine CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERT HALL, No. 45 Bowery. — Bunizsqves, Soncs, Dancus, 40.—Two Clowns. MEXICAN MUSEUM, 663 Broadway.—D: : tng—Couiucrion of Caavep Wax Prova °"* Even PARISIAN CABINET OF WONDERS, 563 Broadway.— Open daily from 10 A. M. till9 P.M. Basten. NOVELTY MUSIC HALL, 616 Bi ee! £ones, Dances, ALL, roadway. —BURLESQuESs New York, Friday, March 28, 1862, THE SITUATION. The divisions of Generals Franklin and King, of the Potomac Army, were reviewed yesterday by General McDowell; General McClellan, Lord Lyons, the Prince de Joinville and several British officers of high rank from Canada being present on the ground. The latter expressed themselves greatly surprised at the superior drill, stature and discipline of the troops. Information has reached Fortress Monroe by fugitive negroes, and some deserters from the rebel army, to the effect that the Merrimac has been brought off the dry dock at Norfolk, her crew put on board, and guns of heavier calibre than she had before have been mounted onher. The rebel steamers Jamestown and Yorktown are also aid to be considerably increased in the strength of their armament, and are ready to accompany the Merrimac in her next attack on the Monitor, aa event which, according to those statements, may be hourly expected. ; Arecannoissance was made yesterday from New- port's Néws as far as Big Bethel, where the rebels were distovered to be posted to the number of ; 1,500. | Upon the approach of our troops they va- cated the‘place without showing fight, and Big Bethel is now occupied by the Union soldiers. Affairs at Island No. 10 progress slowly. Only three shells were thrown by our mortar boats yesterday, and the rebels made no response what- ever. It appears from information received from some secessionists, captured by a reconnoitering Party of our troops on the Missouri shore, that two thousand negroes are employed on the island and atthe batteries along the shore; that sixty-five rebel troops, including two lieutenants, and forty megroes have been killed by our shells; that the upper shore battery is abandoned, but the others ‘re being strengthened; that the enemy is fifteen thousand strong, and that their encampment has been moved entirely out of the range of “our guns. They state that the rebels are confident of suc- cess, and say they havea road to Trenton and other points, by which they can escape whenever they choose, and also, that they have plenty of Provisions. No new movements were “reported yesterday from Strasburg. The rebel General Jackson with the remnant of his army, is supposed to be near Woodstock. General Shields’ condition is favorably reported upon. It is hoped that his ‘wound will so far improve as to enable him to be fin the field in a week. General McClellan has handsomely acknowledged the services of Gene- ral Shields at the battle of Winchester, and has congratulated General Banks upon the victory ob- tained in his department, and urges him to pur- sue the enemy without delay. Gen. Wright, commander of the department of the Pacific has instituted martial law in San Fran- cisco, and has issued an order dated February 2, by which Major Hiram Leonard, of the United States Army, is appointed Provost Marshal. CONGRESS. In the Senate’ yesterday, several petitions in favor of the emancipation of slaves were present- ed. A resolution calling on the Secretary of the Interior for the correspondence in relation to the bark Augusta was adopted. The Naval Committee were instructed to inquire whether there was any laxity on the part of the officers of the blockading squadron on the coast, especially at Charleston, and whether there was any foundation in the state- ment of the British Consul at that port, that armed troop ships of the Confederate States have been allowed to go in and out of the port of Charleston and no attempts been made to stop them. The joint resolution in favor of extendinding pe- cuniary aid to the States that may emancipate their slaves was taken up, and Mr. Henderson, of Missouri, made a speech in its favor. The Finan- cial Committee reported a bill to allow arma, ordered by the States to aid in suppressing the rebellion, to be imported free of duty. The Naval Appropriation bill was then taken up. Mr. Hale, from the Naval Committee, offered an amendment appropriating #783,294 for the completion of the Btevens floating battery. Debate ensued, put without taking the question the Senate went into executive session, and subsequently adjourned. The House was occupied in discussing the tax bill in Committee of the Whole. Among the amendments adopted was one taxing anthracite coal fifteen cents per ton, and cotton one cent per pound after the first of May next. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. In the Senate of our State Legislature yesterday, the bills to regulate the use of public highways and amending the Long Island Railroad charter were passed, and also several othors of only local interest. The bill to le for paying the canal enlargement exp ing. Several others of no ge ceived like disposition. 1) ments to the Erie Railroad |) and the bill was transmitted to his signature. The committe bh York delegation, to whom * to a third read- | importance re. Assembly amend, tuor for | were concurred im, | the ¢ the memorial of the Land Office Commissioners, asking that the State Engineer be given power to survey and sell certain lands in the harbor of New York, reported adversely to the request. The re- port was referred to the Judiciary Committee. A considerable portion of the session was tuken up im discussing the bill to 80 amend the General Railroad law as to permit the gridiron corporators to proceed with the con- struction of their roads. It was finally defeated by nine yeas to sixteen nays. In the Assembly, the Ways and Means Committee reported @ bill transferring from the Comptroller to the County Treasurers the sales of lands for unpaid taxes. The Dill to increase the tax on hawkers and pedlers was passed, as well as several others of a private character. The Speaker named a Committee on the Mode of Directing the National Tax. The bill to punish frauds on laborers was reported com- plete by the Grinding Committee. The bill to amend the assessment laws was considered in Com- mittee of the Whole, and had progress reported. The bill relative to the Kings county Jury Commis- sioners, was debated at some length. The steamship Saxonia, from Southampton on the 12th inst., arrived at this port yesterday evening. Her news has been anticipated. Twenty-one emigrants sailed yesterday for Hayti in the bark Chanticleer. They are, with one ex- ception, farmers from the West, and from their appearance will no doubt be a valuable acquisition to that island. A steamer'will leave this port for Hayti on the 20th of next month, being the com- mencement of a regular line sailing from this port on the 20th of each month for the conveyance of emigrants. The Haytien government is making every effort to encourage the settlement of colored persons upon its fertile soil. Rey. W. T. Conway, Chaplain to Hawkins’ Zou- aves, delivered a lecture last evening at Conti- nental Hall, corner of Thirty-fourth street and Eighth avenue. The subject was the ‘“Negro,”’ and nothing very interesting was elicited. A large possee of the Twenticth ward police was on duty, in anticipation of a row; but the lecturer was so tame that no one became excited. There has recently been some ing@iry concern. ing the whereabouts of John C. Breckinridge and Humphrey Marshall. At last accounts the former was in the mountains, in Tennessee, and the latter was trying to squeeze himself through the Cumber- land Gap. | Turkey to brea Ebenezer Magoffin, a rebel prisoner, has been found guilty by a court martial in St. Louis on the charge of breaking his parole, and sentenced to be shot. The rebels have again commenced the barba- rous practice of shooting Union pickets. Three were murdered last week at the canal locks near the Chain bridge. The Fourth Ohio Volunteers, having taken pos- sezsion of the office of the Clark Journal, at Ber- ryville, have issued a paper of their own, under the title of the Fourth Ohio Times. It is a creditable sheet, and plainly shows that the pen goes with the sword in the advance of our army. ‘The nows with regard to the Merrimac caused almest a panic in Wall street yesterday, and stocks declined at onetimo % a 1 per cent. In the afternoon operators plufked up more courage, and about half the decline wag recovered, the market closing steady. There is no change in money or exchange. Gold was rather firmer. The cotton market was quite firm yesterday, with sales of 1,100 bales, which, added to 2,700 sold the day before, make the sales in two days amount to 3,800 bales, closing }<c. higher than at the close of last week, and firm on the basis of 28c. for middling uplands. By examining the circular of Messrs. Wm. P. Wright & Co., of the 26th March, 1861, wo find that the receipts and distribution of the crop from the Ist September, 1860, to the 26th March, 1861, were as follows:— Receipts at the cotton ports from September 1, 1860, to March 26, bales... -3,147,000 1644 ,000 aic'0 > 677,000 The supplies held in the porte at the present time are uncertain, and said to be quite limited, while the small amounts which have gone to Europe have either run the blockade or have been seized by government and afterwards sold, and in part bought for shipment abroad. ‘The flour market was heavy yesterday for the common grades, with moderate sales. Wheat was inactive and prices irregular, though with some more inquiry, in part for milling and in part for export. Corn was more ac” tive, and prices unchanged. Pork was dull, with sales at $13 a $13 25 for new mess, and at $10 50 a $10 75 for new prime. Sugars were steady, with sales of 1,100 a 1,200 bhds. and 81 boxes. Coffee was quiet; a sale of 1,300 bags St. Domingo, for export, was made at p.t. Freights were steady, with a fair amount of en- gagements. Recent British Policy Qauestio: British policy has lately changed from threats against the United States to gentle in- sinuation and friendly suggestion. From the European news received by the China, which we published yesterday, we perceive that the London Post, the organ of Lord Palmerston and the whigs, and the London Herald, the organ of Earl Derby and the opposition, both agree in the idea that the final separation of North and South, and an “equitable partition of territory,” with the recognition of the inde- pendence of the Southern confederacy by Eu- rope and the United States, isa mere question of time, for that “it is impossible to reduce to subjection ten (?) millions of freemen deter- mined on a separate government.” To the same effect is an article from the London Times of March 13, which we published on the pre- vious day, and in which it is intimated that if the war be terminated soon it “will not be terminated by the submission of the seceders,” but by “negotiation and separation,” which “some of the wisest among the Northerners must have contemplated as a course to be ulti- mately pursued;” and the Times most kindly and disinterestedly suggests that “the govern- ment of Washington might let the Gulf States go” on condition of securing the border States, and that the present time, just after the bril- liant victories of the Nortb, would be most auspicious for effecting a settlement. These journals are the organs of the British aristocracy, and the suggestions they make are prompted by their interests and their hatred of democratic institutions. The wish is parent of the thought. Earl Russell himself, in the de- bate in the House of Lords on the 10th inst., winds up a speech by expressing “a hope that within three months, or sooner, we will see the end of the war,” and that it will “end in manner consistent with the welfare and happiness of both parties—a peaceful separation into two States, both power- ful—inhabited by men with very different edu- cation, perbaps with very different natures, but who may have before them a career of pros- perity for centuries.” The suggestion contained in this language cannot be mistaken. It is evi- dently to the effect that there is an incompati- bility between the population of the North and the population of the South, on account of dif- ferent natures and different education, and that, therefore, it would be for the welfare and happi- ness of both to separate by a treaty of peace and amity, cach pursuing its own destiny. the American Now Earl Russell may desire this; but it is very plain that he is ignorant of the question he undertakes to discuss, With far greater reason might he propose to Russia, Austr k up their respective empires, consisting, as th races, y do, each of men of different | land would have no etrength at all. different languages, different religions, | with the United States. This theie unjon that | to meet with. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 2%, 1862. different ¢ducation, different natures and dif- ferent habits. And some American statesman might with equal propriety rise up in the United States Senate, and advise a separation between the people of England and Scotland, on the ground of different natures and education, and a separation of the Irish people from both, on the ground of still greater incompatibility. England has held the Irish for centuries, against their will, when they were alien in race, lan- guage and religion. And docs she not to-day hold many millions of Hindoos, who hate her yoke, and who lately struggled in a bloody war to break it. In race language, religion, nature, manners, and all things, they are different from the English. Why does not Karl Russell propose to yield them their independence? There is far greater difference between the inhabitants of two counties of England—for instance, Yorkshire and Middlesex, or Lancashire and Suffolk—than between North and South of the United States. As well might Earl. Rus- sell propose to repeal the union of the English Heptarchy, and resolve it into its original ele- ments, as te propose the repeal of the Ameri- can Union on the ground of the’ incompati- bility of Notth and South. The people of North end South are ‘of the same Angto-Saxon and Celtic racea, and they speak the same lan- guage, with far less: difference of dialect and accent than it is spoken by the inhabitants of the North and South of Great Britain. Their education is, for the most part, the same. And so like are the Americans of North and South that when the contending troops meet each other they instantly recognize a kindred peo. ple, and begin to wonder why they are fighting. There is far less difference between the people of North and South on the slavery question than is generally supposed 4h Europe. At the North every State was slaveholding till the in- stitution ceased to pay, and if it had ceased to pay at the South no State of that section would hold a slave to-day. The preponderance of European immigration into the Northern States, and the difference of climates—one being suita- ble to the labor of the Caucasian, and the other to the labor of the negro—create a differ- ence of interest in the slavery question. But alarge majority of the people of the North care nothing about the negro, except to keep him away from them, and hence it is that they object to his going into the common Territo. ries. The antipathy to the negro race is far greater at the North than at the South. It is the interest of the North to employ free white labor. It is the interest of the South, at least of the Gulf States, to employ black labor; and that is best accomplished by servitude. There is no real antagonism; for each system suits the cli- mate, the natural productions and the laboring * population of each, and both contribute to the general prosperity, just as do the agricultural population of the West and the manufacturing population of the East. There is, therefore, a harmony of interests instead of antagonism, and North and South are linked together by the same republican institutions, and by a federal Union which provides for the common defence and general welfare. Negro slavery is recog- nized by the constitution as existing in differ- ent States of the Union, and provision is ex- pressly made for its protection. Under that constitution it has continued for seventy-five years; and there is far less reason for abolish- ing it in the Southern States now than there was at the beginning. The whole difficulty has been created by a handful of Northern fanatics, who borrowed their inspiration from the British aristocracy. The secession demagogues of the South have taken advantage of their violence, and for mere political party purposes inflamed the passions of the people. A Northern party also seized the opportunity of raising an insincere outcry against slavery, and using the abolition ele- ment to bring them into power. They suc- ceeded, though in a minority of the people, just as the democrats formerly succeeded on the tariff and internal improvement questions, and in 1852 upon ‘the idea of ignoring and burying forever the slavery question, which had been settled by compromise in Congress in 1850. The Southern demagogues and fanatics, de- feated in 1860 and stripped of power, resorted to rebellion instead of waiting for another revolution of the wheel of fortune at the ballot box. But the war will soon put down this rebellion, and the question will be settled effectually forever. The abolition disunionists will be crushed, as well as the Southern dis- unionists, by the conservative majority, North and South, who are opposed alike to both fac- tions; and the agitation can never be revived any more than the corn law question in Eng- land or any other defunct party issue. Having received its quietus as a national question, it can no longer create national division. It may hereafter be a subject of discussion for the people themselves of any State in which it exists, and they may abolish or retain slavery, as they think fit. But there the matter ends. There is no other cause of national dissen- sion among us. Religion, the greatest source of civil war, is excluded from the political arena, not only by the constitution, but by the existence of so many sects. Not so in the British empire. Religion is still one of its chief difficulties, though it is no longer likely to lead to civil war or disruption. For one hundred and fifty years a triangular contest took place between Catholics, Episcopalians and Puritans. At one time one sect was in the ascendant; at another time another sect. At last these conflicts were ended; and, though the people are as much divided in opinion about religion as they ever were, they no longer go to war about it. Who hears now of cavaliers and roundheads, who once deluged the country with the blood of civil war? In England the Epis. copal church is the established religion, being that of the majority; in Scotland the Presbyte- rian is the established religion, being that of the majority; in Ireland the Catholic ought to be the established religion, being that of the majority. It isnot so, and that is a gross in- justice. The Episcopal church, about one- eighth of the population, is there the establish- ed church, and the other seven-eighths pay it a tenth of the whole produce of the earth. Isnot that a far greater cause of rebellion and revo- lution than the existence of negro slavery, which does no injustice to any section of the American republic? Will Earl Russell propose the repeal of the union between Great Britain and Ireland? He will not; for he knows that, united as it now is, the British empire is one of the most powerful in Europe, and one of the greatest the world ever saw. Divided from nd | Ireland, Great Britain would be shorn of half jis strength; and, separated from Bngtand, Ire tis thas constitutes their greatness and their strength, and they will never consent to be divided so as to become the sport and the prey of the great Powers of Europe, or to waste each other by devastating border wars, Tux Government anp Irs Exrraorpiany Measeres.—The report of the Judiciary Com- mittee of the House makes some very curious and amusing revelations about the government censorship of the telegraph. This censorship seems to have been passed around from hand to hand, from department to department, as if none of the Cabinet officers knew exactly what to do with it, and found it, like a red hot poker, @ very formidable weapon, but very inconvenient to hold. The censor appears to have been equally unused to his power, and awkwardly stopped harmless despatches to let dangerous ones pass, or kopt news from the papers only to enable Bull Run Russell to operate upon stocks. Secretary Seward's passport system is quite as laugh” able as this censorship. It has proved as in- efficient as a paper blockade, and the rebel emissaries have slipped ia and-out-of the coun- | try by way of ‘Canada, or, as. Thurtow Weed declares, ‘direct. from New York, without hin- drance or molestation. The imprisonment of suspected persons has done almost as ‘little good; and the government, perceiving its error, is now emptying the State prisons as rapidly as it filled them. All these measures—the censor- ship, the passport system and the arrest of suspected persons—are of course without au- thority from the constitution, whose framers never expected that a portion of our people would be insane enough to rebel against their own laws. But, for the time being, extra- ordinary powers were vested in the govern ment by the emergencies of the times and the cordial assent of the loyal people. That the government has made blunders is very true and very natural under the circumstances; but, all things considered, these blunders have been very few, and it is equally to the credit of the administration and the nation that all our mistakes have been rectified as promptly as possible, and all extraordinary powers have been laid aside the moment the necessity for their exercise no longer existed. No European government can show 60 clean and fair a record during crises of the same character and import- ance. Newsparer Lyinc, Ware anp Biacx.— There are two sorts of newspaper lying prac- tised by our contemporaries—the white and the black. The Tribune and Times use the black lie—mean, slanderous and despicable; but the poor, old, dull, stupid, sneezing Commercial deals in silly, ridiculous white lies. For in- stance, in an article upon the rotten-egging of Wendell Phillips in Cincinnati, the Commercial introduces two lies about the Henatp. First, it says we changed our course and opinions immediately upon the fall of Fort Sumter; and, second, it declares that we hung out the national flag from our office in compliance with the threatening dictation of a mob. The Commer- cial finds these lies in the gutter, picks them up, washes them, dresses them up in baby clothes, and gives them to its readers as gospel. Would it not be just as easy for the Commercial to tell the truth? During the winter of 1860-61 we attacked President Buchanan for his do nothing course, and repeatedly advised him to call out the militia and end this rebellion as summarily as General Jackson ended the nullification emeute, by striking a blow directly at South Carolina, and by insuring beyond a doubt the safety of Washington. This Buchanan did not do; and for six weeks after his inauguration President Lincoln seemed to be following the same disastrous line of policy. Therefore, during that time. we opposed him, just as we had opposed his predecessor. But as soon as rebellion attacked and captured Fort Sumter, the President came over to our policy—not wo to his—and initiated a true defence of the Union against armed traitors; and we have always since sustained him. So much for this lie, which we have repeatedly exposed, about our change of opinion. As to the story about the mob, that is equally untrue. The abolition organs endeavored to raise a mob against the Heratp, in order to save themselves; for a mob did certainly threaten to raze the Tribune office to the earth. The Tribune escaped this punishment by a very narrow chance; but it was not so successful in its efforts to turn the mob against the Heratp; for we were never threatened, were never dic- tated to, and never hung out a flag upon com- pulsion. The banner of the Union was dis- played from our office simply because the Henratp has always sustained and defended that flag. There never was a mob, or any- thing like a mob, against the Heratp. So much for lie number two. Would it not be well for the old women in petticoats of the Commercial to tell the truth once in a while, by way of a change? Tut Desate on Tae Tax But.—On Tues- day last the House of Representatives debated the Tax bill, and Messrs. Wadsworth, Cox, Lovejoy, Sedgwick, Blake, Blair, Kellogg, Ar- nold and others disgraced Congress and made fools of themselves by playing upon words and tickling tho inevitable nigger through the whole session. The low wit and coarse buf- foonery in which these honorable gentlemen indulged are beneath contempt. If they cannot appreciate the fact that the Tax bill is the most important measure of the year, and that its speedy passage is vitally necessary, at least let them remember that they are paid for their services, and, as hgnest men, should try to do something to earn their wages. Jokes about “Box and Cox,” and blackguardisms about the negro, the people will be slow to take as substitutes for earnest discus- sion and prompt action. Congress has suf- ficiently disgraced itself and tho nation already, without so signal a display of flippant uncon- cern about a matter of life and death to: the country. If all honest, earnest, loyal citizens could have their will, the tongues of these silly wags in Congress would be silenced most speedily and effectually. Rebellion asks no better aid than the efforts of such members of Congress to hinder necessary legislation. Bompastes Russeut’s Last.—The last lotter of the London Times correspondent shows to what an utter condition of bewilderment the present aspect of things here has reduced bim- He touches on an infinity of subjects without any apparent connection or object, and seems afraid to venture upon any of those jannty pre- syne which were so amusivg in his former More vapid, lifeless penny-n-lining let than this last epistle of Wey is would be difficult | ———" Tue Cexsonsurr ov Tux Press.—The re- port of the House Judiciary Committee on the government censorship of the press assails Mr.. Seward for the man- ner in which he has conducted that busi- ness; and some of the journals of his own party join in his condemnation for having arrested secessionists, or those suspected of sym- pathy with the rebels, for the utterance of their opinions. There can be no doubt that the power exercised by the Seeretary of State is antagonistic to the constitution of the United States. It could be only justified by necessity, and that will become a subject of inquiry hereafter, upon which Mr. Seward will have to answer, as well as the other Secretaries who have assumed powers not given by the law of the land. In the beginning of the rebellion such neces- sity may have existed; but if it did it has long since ceased to have an oxistence, and the exercise of an unconstitutional power for one hour after the necessity exists cannot be justi- fied. There is another point on which the con- duct. of: Mr. Seward will be severely ques- tioned, and that is: his partiality. If he had arrested such. -avowed disunionists as Wendell Phillips and Garrison, Cheevor and ‘Henry Ward Beecher, and consigned them to the same prison as the sympathizers with the rebels of the South, and had he sup- pressed the New York Tribune and Greeley to- gether, the people would have applauded his course, and no one hereafter would have dared to call it in question. But, as the case stands now, it assumes a very different aspect. In the language of Mr. Saulsbury, in the United States Senate, on Tuesday last, “We have seen peace- ful men dragged from their homes and thrown into loathsome bastiies, while a man who de- clares he has been a disunionist for twenty years is permitted to lecture in Washington, and come on the floor of the Senate, and go at large through the country.” Of the radical disunion- ists the first man has not yet been arrested for his disloyalty, nor have any of their papers been made to pay the penalty of their misdeeds. Here, then, is the vulnerable point in Mr. Sew- ard’s career which can be successfully assailed, and nothing is surer than that he will be held strictly to account in a future day of reckoning. Had he been actuated by a spirit of evenhanded justice, and adopted the homely maxim that “what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander,” his record would have been unim- peachable, even though he had done that for which he could find no warrant in the constitu- tion. It is not yet too late to set himself right with the public ; but he ought not to loose a moment in doing so. Mock Pumanturorr ano Reat Caarirr.— Charity, says an old proverb, begins at home; but Mr. John W. Edmonds, the great spiritual prophet of the age, and the rival of that great Mormon prophet, the immortal Joe Smith, who, we believe, was hung in a riot in Illinois, acts as if he thought differently, and writes a long letter to the newspapers in favor of liberty and equality, preaching missions to the negroes in the neighborhood of Port Royal and Beaufort, whose mission is also to feed, clothe and otherwise entertain them in the absence of their masters. Now, if Mr. J. W. Edmonds, and his disciples want to do a work of real charity, would it not be better for them to turn their attention to the sick and wounded soldiers of the Union army, who have just ar- tived here from Newbern and other places, in stead of carrying their mock charity to the Beaufort blacks, who, wild with liberty, in a balmy climate and with plenty to eat, are perfectly happy and contented, and stand in no need of thoir aasistance? Three societies, Mr. Edmonds tells us, have been formed—one in New York one in Boston and the other in Philadelphia— to appeal to the humane for aid; and these have already sent out to Port Royal sixty per- sons to teach the negroes to call them “brothers and sisters,” and “treat them as freemen,” and tell them that they are every bit as good as whites, and perhaps a great deal better. What charity is therein this? The negroes are well enough when left alone on the plantations; but what will become of them when schooled and dressed, and otherwise operated upon by Mr. J. W. Edmonds and his mediums, it is impossible to say. Meanwhile the poor fellows who have bled for their country are allowed to return neglected to their homes. Is this charity? If the great spiritual prophet had organized socie- ties for the relief of the returning wounded of the national army, ho would have been the ad- vocate of a good cause, and doubtless he would have had no reason to complain of a want of donations on the part of “the humane.” As it is, he can expect nothing but the reward which commonly falls to the lot of mistaken enthusi- asts, who usually do more harm than good, and fare accordingly. Brigut Serina Prosrects.—Since the com- mencement of the present war we have had no occasion to complain of a stagnation of trade- Our exports were never so great as during the past year, nor our agricultural resources more amply developed. At the same time oar manufactories have been unusually active, and there is just now every prospect of an unusu- ally brisk spring trade. The manufactures of New England are in great demand, and the manufacturers are running their establishments on full, and, in some cases, extra time. In the West hundreds of vessels are being fitted out for the produce trade, and already a few have been freighted from Chicago and other places. The opening of navigation on the Hudson and Connecticut and the Chesa- peake and Ohio Canal, and the resumption of traffic on the Baltimore and Ohio, Orange and Alexandria and other railways, will doubtless give a powerful impetus to trade generally; and with such bright commercial prospects be- fore us, coupled with those of a speedy restora- tion of the whole of the rebel States to the Union, we may safely congratulate ourselves on the promising, as well as flourishing, con- dition of the country, ‘gta Tun Broapway Ratiroin.—It appears that the lobby gang at Albany, interested in the Broadway Railroad, are drumming up their forces to push the bill ahead. We hope that these members of the Legislature who do not like this stupendous lobby job as it stands will in- sist, if wo must have this railway, that the i city shall have a million or two of the spoils, as proposed by Mr. A. T. Stewart and others. Our taxpayers have the right to make this demand, and our State law makzts cannot dsregard this reasonable and just proposition from a body of good and responsible men, with- owt making the Legislature a confederate in this grand railway phinder scheme of the big | and “little villaine’”’ of the lobby. Gexerat Fremont ann His New Sworp.— General Fremont, the pet of the abolitionists, has been presented with a new toy, in the shape of a sword, all gold, carving, diamonds and faney work. Next we shall hear of his having a new carriage, with a new span of horses, all decked up with new harness, given to him to carry him luxuriously along the rough roads of bis mountainous department. We are afraid Fremont is beginning this cam- paign just as he did that in Missouri, and will end it as ignobly. He failed in California and failed in Missouri, where he went to do great things, and did not do them, Now the President has generously giver him another chance, and we hope, in all sincerity, that he will improve it. Let him mount his old woolly horse, if he can find no better charger, and dash off to the mountains of Tennessee and Virginia. He is needed there to cut off the re- treat of the rebels. We shall be delighted to report a brilliant victory gained by his arms- Now is the time for him to show himself a man and a general, and atone for past deficiencies by splendid victories. Boaus News anv Boous Journatisu,—A A word or two about bogus journalism. The Tribune and Times of this city had it on Tuesday last that the Journal of Commerce ‘had been suppressed, and that its editors and those of the Sunday Mercury and the Boston Journal had been arrested and hurried off to Washing- ton, to be tried by a court martial, and then to be shot. On Wednesday the Tribune had it that the Journal of Commerce was still permit- ted to live, but that, with regard to the other journals mentioned, their escape from condign punishment is not so certain, which means, ina word, that the whole story of the day before was a bogus report, put in to be contradicted the next day. This is what we call bogus journalism. If, however, any members of the press gang deserve to be tried by a court mar- tial and shot for publishing information useful to the enemy, they are the editors of the Tri- bune and Times; and we are doubtless all in- debted to their previous bad conduct in this matter for Secretary Stanton’s present remark- able censorship over the press. TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Ten Soldiers Killed—Three Seriously and a Large Number Slightly Wound- Tea Mee Cmoaco, March 27, 1862. An accident occurred at midnight to the special train from Janesville, with the Third Wisconsin cavalry aboard, five miles from this city, on the Northwostern road. The accident was caused by the breaking of an axle of the sixth car, and in the wreck caused by the cars behind this one running intoit. Ten soldiers were Killed, three seriously wounded and a number slightly. ‘The names of the killed are Walter Snell, Wm. Case E. M, Burns, Company G; Charles Briggs, Lucion M. Rosa, man, James F. Palmer, Charles D. Hatch, Kaspar Stone, Wm. Davis, Company A; also, Hospital Steward Clark, of ‘Walworth county. ; The sertqusly wounded are S. J. Edwards, Company G, ribs broken; Byron Wilcox, Company L, both legs: bro- ken; —— Tweedie, internal injuries in the left side. Colonel Barstow says there aro about one hundred more or less injured, but able to continue with the regt- ment. Tho Casualtics in the Battle at Newbern. ADDITIONAL NAMES OF THE KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING OF THE PIFTY-FIBST REGIMENT NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS. Below we give some additional names of tho killed, wounded and missing of the Fifty-first regiment of New York, in the late battle at Newbern, North Carolina: KILLED, Private Richard Keyes, Co. C. Private Jobn Co. D. Meaghar, Private Felix Mecart "Co. F. Private Nicholas Fitzmorris, Co. H. Private Chas. Lusty, Co. H. Private Andrew Kelton, Co. H. John lor. Drummer Gaylor. Private Jobn Kavanah Co. K. Private Stanilus Cooper, Co. K. WOUNDED. Co. A Private Jas. A. Spolman, Corporal Edward Fiugle, Co. A Corporal Wm. E. Raynor, Co. Private Dan’! A, Butterfield, regory, Co. G, Cannon, Co. G, breast. Private Michael Private John Martin, Co. G, bead. Private Andrew B. Lamy, Co. G, right arm shattered. Private John Purcell, Co.'H, right arm (sovere). Private John Weish, Co. H, lungs ( je Private Edward Miller, Co. H, wrist. Private Wm. E. Smith. Co. H, wrist. Private G. W. Fisher, Co. H, wrist. Private Robt. E. Speerey, Co. 1, right thigh, Private George Kane, Co, I, slightly. Private Jas. McCutcheon, Co. I, thumb shot off. Privato Chas. Reay , Co. K, forehead and right arm. Fioyd G, Pugsly,, Co. K, hip. Private John Roy, Co. K, back, Private John Lahey, arm. 1SSING Private Robt. MioGuire, Co. D. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. New Yor, March 26, 1862, In your issue of to-day, concerning the arrival of some of the wounded from Newbern, you make a slight usie tak, by saying that I belong to the Fifty-first New York: Volunteers, and am wounded ‘-slightly.’? Please correct it, and say that I belong to the “Union Coast Guard,’* and was attached to tho mayal battery, in General Burn- side's expedition, from the start, and was wounded at Newbern in the right thigh, seriously, although not dan- gorously. T. W. B. HUGHES, Lioutoaans. Acapemt or Music—Denvt of Mapamx pg Lossax.— There is no more trying role for a debutante than that of Leonora, in tho “Favorita.”” Its highly dramatic re- quiremonts, and the continuuous efforts that it exacts on the part of the singer, who is almost always cn seene,loawe her by the time she reaches the last act—whore tho intorest of the part culminatos—ao fatigued that but fow artists have strength to get through it successfully. Even Steffanono, whose organization is by no meanaa de- ligate one, broke down in it on tho first night of hor ap. pearance, That Madame de Lussan should choose such a charactor for her debut on Wednesday last aegued great confidence in her own powers. She underratod, how- over, the difficulties of tho part—or, rather, over- estimated her own solf-possession—for to this, we beliove, rather than to any other cause, was the qualification of her success owing. Hor yoiee, as wo have hoard it in the concert room, is f mezzo soprano, of very pure and even quality, ranging trom G to C in alto with factlity. Under the emotional influences to which it was subjected the other ight, a good deal of its volume was lost, whilst the effect of stago fright was still, farthor manifost in the tremolo that porvaded it. Theso defects will, peobably, disap” pear with another representation, as will also certain, faults of intonation, arising from. want of familiariay, with the acoustic peculiarities of tho hawse. Of the dramatic quaiifications of tho now debutaste, the gousral opinion is favorable. Sho is petite, but Boy features are wolt formod, and expressive, and she caarie’s herself in a manner to make one forget the smalinesa ‘of hor stature. She repeats. the past in Boston, mead vicok, Wo have never sean, Brignolt exert himself more, than he did on this oceasion. Ho gavo the charting romance in the fisat act will great donb of feeling, and his “Spirits Gent” a chef A* eure of oxpression and sentiment, was rapturenyy encored. Susint was indisposed, ond sang Toadly, whilst Manous, vena indifferent and careless, The dancing of Milo Cubas, as usual, formed an a8t yeable feature of the even ing’s entertainment. Out hy olic are acquiring a taste for the ballet, and it will soon become as pensable to the ricoeast til rosull Of AN OPF.a season as good singers and in oMiciont orchestra, “To-night Mmo. d’Angri, the best contralto, next to All’mi, (hat we have had here, will gmake hor rentree in Wer favorito role of Rosina, in tho Cparbiore.”” On-Saturday, at the matinee, sho will ap- pear for the seedud nd Mngt time, with Misa Kellowg, im (pinda di Chamoupts.”