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2 to groceed further with the onso that day, he glo 'd ask thd magistrates Lo allow the further hearmg of the case stand over till the 9th of May, Mr. Fretgou Bad be Bed no objection W Buch a course if the magistrates would ac bail. Mr. Overend said he should not ac oo was Suiliciently clear, especially af eobor Airey had stated, and he should therefore ro mand the prisoners in custody, EXTENSIVE DESTRUCTION OF REBEL PROPERTY. OMicial Report of 2 Southern Senatortal Committee. TAR OUTKAGES OF THE BNEMY. [From the Proceedings of the Confederate Congress, Fri- day, My 1.) Mr. Cray, of Alabama, from the Committee of Thirteen, appoin! ¢ at the last session to collect and report outrages ‘on persons and property committed by the public euemy, in violation of tho rules of civilized warfare, reported im part, and asked leave to contioue their labors during the recess; atso, asked that the vacancy in the committee oc- casioned by the death of Mr, Preston be filed. ‘Tho report was received, and the vacancy of the com- mittee filled by tho appointment of Mr, Caperton. ‘Tho following is the report of tne committee:— Select Committee of Thirteen, consisting of one Se- ch of the Coutevorate ‘States, raised under a upon the porsons and preperty of our citizens, in violation of the rules of civilized warfare aud the right of human- ity, ask leave to report — t they have received statements of wrongs, inju- vies and outrages committed by the euemy in only four States of the confederacy—-Alabama, Arkunsas, North Caroma and south Caroltna—and that these embrace only « smatl part of what has been suffered by our citi- zens in those States. But those statements show that vur tovaders have been uiterty regardives of every prin- Ciplo of aw ul warfare, every precopt of the Christian re- ligion and every sentiment of eolightensd humanity. In Baptrit of wanton and vindictive malice, or of robber Biko rapacity, they hive d-stroyed or carried which the atimates, made almou ‘ granaries, gins and mull houses, the feces and crops. the imploments of husbandry and tools of trade, and provisions for subsisting both man and beast; have cut down or otherwise destroyed the fruit trees -and vineyards, bave Kitled tne oxen and cows, the sheep and hogs; thereby evineing the ba-e and savage purpose of from our People all their means of present and future subsistence; Of forcing them to seek food and shelter beyond reach of their srimics, and of wasting and desolating the land, that they may convert it into a desert. They have burned or battered dewn public edifices devoted to civil or religious purposes— | houses, court houses and churches—and the schoo! have oither destroyed or taken off public records, the boaks, and the & desire and intent! thereby display! ‘vate libra: and other jewelry. Their soldiers have indulged their parsions upon women, sumetimes in open day, and public places with impunity, if not by license of their ‘They have not spared cither ago, sex Old men, women amd children, ministers scoful artisuns, merchunts, meu of ra of the earth, and others not call. rell- and Me: of which will insure (ts publicat a and injuries dove are not half told, the investiga- trons having extended to only a sinail part of four States, they have deemed it best to full recital to —— seanion of Congress, whou they may make @ final Im conclusion the commitice feel werranted in saying st the conduct of the wir on tho part «f onr cnomies Des not oxbibited the moderation, the forbearance, the chivalrous courtesy, the magn :nimity or Christian cha- Tity which the spirit of the ge demande and which the faction of civilize! nations for several centuries lame past Ras Wyesn m war nol more hotpless and innocent ie been prosecuted to desitoy not aly our means of defence, but our means of subsisieoce also, 10t only to rob as Of our wea. poas and armor, but of our (ood and raiment; pot only to conquer but to exterminate. It has been a war not only the bodies but against thespirit of . ur people aiso: wf gvuls have been tortured by all the buse arts uf cowardly despotism; by subjecting them to insults and humiliations, as if the very slaves of their enemies; by robbing them of priceless treasures, consecrated ip their affections by association with dead or absent kindred; by false reports to those within their lines, and who werecut of from communication with their fellow citizens be- yond them of repeated defeats and disasters attending Southern arms, and of our concessions of the hopeless: ness of our oause; by desecrating graves, ehurches, and other sacred places: by destroying which ao sot add to moans of hostility, are only useful in peace, and serve to ‘the common and perpetual interests of mankimd. Ia short, ings but it has boon prosecated as it with the fell put of subjn- gating both the bodies and souls of our or of exas- perating and exterminating them. It has been a war ‘Against property, both public and private ; against both sexes, and against all classes of society; against the political, moral and religious sentiments of our peo- ple; against their boner and their public aiections ; against whatever has hitherto been deemed » ime oifenalve and exempt from hostility by all civilized na tions. It has been cond 80 a8 (0 tnsult while injured, to exhibit towards us contempt as well as bati It has beon waged as if they wished never to bave peace with ua, or expected us nover to hold in fatare any equality with them. Its prospective paler has not been to reatore the Union, or to bave any future commerce or fntercourse with us as independent and friendly States, ‘They disdain to conciliate, and design to subjugate or ex- terminate our people. The committee ask leave to sit during the recess of Congress, that they may continue the prosecution of their duties and may make further report at the noxt session. ‘They suggest that this reports and the accompanying papers be filed for the preset in the office of the Secre- tary of the Sonate. Board of Ald ° ‘This Board met last evening at five o'clock, Alderman Jore.niah in the chair. THY HACKLAY S1REFT CLEANING CONTRACT. Ac mmu ication was received from Samuel Donaldson , wenigvee of the Hackley coutract, stating that be was ready t» proceed with the work of cleaning the streets when the city authorities comply with the terms of the contract. Referred. A ree lation was presented by Aktermen Farter and adopted, authorizing the Committee on National Affairs to prepare an nance for the relief of the families of ‘volun \eors. A statement from the Comptretier shows (hat, on the 16th of May, (here was # ba'ance in the county traasury to the amount oF, , , -$2,029,009 70 see 809,462 47 + $2,895,472 17 ve. 638,043 57 + + 1,844,828 00 PARK. An ordfhance was sent iu by Comptroiler Brennan, ex- tending the limite of the Central Park in accordance with the provisions of the [egis!sture ‘The matter was oppored by several members. Alder man Haapy said that the ordinonce provided for paying the owners of property around the perk one million of dollars, whereas the property was aggessed at $175,000, The ordinance was ultimately ado," by a vote ot 12 we TRE RRCHITION OF THE RETURN \« MeorMtTe, ‘The report of the Committee on National Affairs, in favor of paying the sum of $14,479 for the the First, Fourth. and Ft tb regimen Of Colonel Ringgold, was adopter Alderman Fox voting in the nogati 0 stom was $13,162 to Mr. Stetson, of (he Astor he dinners. rf ‘A rosolntion was presented authorizing the Committee on Natwnal Affairs to tender @ public reception t the Now York rogimenta on their return, at a comt mot to exceed the sin of 82,500 each. Carried ‘Alderman Hatt, offered & resolution proposing to give ove goucral recoytion to all the returving volunteers. Lat. afvor dis of routing business, the Board disposing ae “4 adjourned to Mhnreday Court ‘of General Sessions, Before City Judge McCune. Mar 18.—At the opening of the Court of General des sions this morning, before City Judge MoCamn, the Grand Jurors who had been"iiecharged for two weeks, again aneombied and were discharged for the term, there being ome pane! still in sesafon in the Court of Oyer and Ter- ‘i yt Witasme waa thea tried on an indictment felonious aase))| |) Which trie aapsind Wiliam Pb. out NEW YORK THE KiNG OF THE GREEKS. George Tho First—Ilis Blectton, Family and Competitors for the Throne, &. On the 30: of March the National Assembly of Grooee, sitting in counci! at Athens, unanimously voted aud pro- claiued Princo William Ferdinand Adolphe George— seoond son of Prince Christian of Denmark and brother of ihe Princess of Wales—constitutional King of the Greeks, under the name and title of George the Firat, It was also voted that a deputation of three members, chosen by the Assembly, should proceed to Copenhagen and offer the crown to the Prince in the name of the Greek nation, and that the proceedings ot the Chamber should be tolo- graphed immediately to the Consul Genoral of Greece in London, and the othemrepresentatives of the kingdom in Europe, by M. Mavrocordato, the Minister of Foroiga Affairs. ‘The Logisiature stipulated that the new King abould an- nouvce himself to the people as a non-Catholic in re- ligion—which he is—but that his successors should be tanght the profession of the dootrines of the orthodox Greek church. Al! these preliminaries having been com- plied with, and the required loyal pledges having been Given, George the First may be very reasonably accepted by the world at large as King of the Greeks, more par- ticularly in the absence of any open opposition om the part of tho great Powers of Europe @ hie assumption of the throne, Prince William George of Denmark, the new King, is the second son and third child of Prince Christian ef Denmark, who is brother to the present King of ‘that country—Frederick the Soveath—and heir presumap- tive to the throne. The Prince (George) was born on the @4th of December, 1845, and is consequently in the eighteenth year of hia age. He is at present employed im the Danish navy, in which force he ranks asa ondet. His father, Prince Christian of Denmark, is in the forty- fifth year of his age, and bolds many high offices under the government of the King of Denmark: His mother, who is daughter of William, Landgrave of Hease, is in her forty-sixth year, and was married on the 26th of May, 1842. She has had six children. The new Kiang of the Greeks has thus one brother and four sisters, viz :— Prince Christian Frederic, born 3a of June, 1843. Caroline (Princess of Wales), born Princess 5 Dagmar Maria, Bora 26th of November, 1847 Princess Thyra Amelia, born ” Princess Waldemar, bom 27th of October, 1858. ‘The candidateship of Prince George of Deamark for the throne of Greece was brought about to & very sudden, and, to his family, unexpected manner, and he has been quite success(ul over sine other aspirants to the throne— one of them being Prince Alfred of Engtand—just as we Dave sometimes seen, daring a ‘‘sorub race’ for the Pre- sidency of the United States, that the “‘sorub’’ candidate Bominated at the eleventh hour has gained the much coveted honor of election. ‘The negotiations were commenced when the Prince was over in London, oa the occasion of the marriage of his sister to the Prinog ef Wales. Earl Russell opened the subject by proposing “it (0 the father of the Prince when at dinner a¢ the palace. Prince Christian made n0 objection to the overtures of the English statesman, but insisted, as @ preliminary condi thon, that the consent of the King of Deamirk, anole of the young man, should be obtained before making the Proposal pablie. Karl Russell immediately telegraphed to the King at Copenhagen that the British government had resolved that his nephew should be presented to the peo. ple of Greece for election, and the fact was goon after ‘wards officially communtcited to him by the British Minister at his own court, to whom the King expressed his personal satisfaction with the arrangement. ‘The royal family of Deamark—the fabled descendants of the Sea Kiogs—which was little spoken of a couple of years since, aud regarded as of small power or weight ‘among the dynasties of the Old World, may now be cinssed asone of the most “‘rising’ of the king giving houses fm the world, throwing evea the Goburgs in the shade; for our latest advices (rom Eurnpe report that the Princesa Dagmar, mentioned above, who is now in her sixteenth year, is to be immedistoly aManced to the Czarowitch Nicholas of Russia, son of the Czar Alexan- der, aad heir to the Russian throne, who is about the came age. Should this betrothal take glace the series of events Juat sketched will result tn plicing on thrones, present OF prospective, four of the childrea of a prince (Christian of Denmark) who buta few yoare ngs was not included Ja the front rank of even the great persomages—not tory monarohs—of Europe. His brother, the King of Deumark * {a childicss, and separated from his wife on the 30th of September, 1846. He his since contracted @ morganatic marriage with a ‘strong minded womsa”’ of Copenhagen, since titled by himself the Countess of Danner. Should she even bear him children they could not come te the throne, the succession to which was led on Prince Christian and bis male heirs by the treaty of May 3, 1852, perfected after the battle of Istedt, whon the Danish and Schleswig: Holstein question was referred to a confer- ence of the great Powers. The throne of Denmark ts secured by this instrument to the Prince himself and the House of Schleawig-Holstein- ‘Sun lerburg Glocksburg, as it is termed, always provided that .e map of Europe remains unaltered by war, The Princess Alexandra, danghter of Prince Christian, wit] become Queen, or Princess Consort, of England, :a ‘the natural course of events, by the demise of Queen Victoria, His son bas been elected King of the Greeks, and should his daughter, the Princess Dagmar, be married to the eldest gon of the Czar Alexander, she will stead in the same relation to the throne of Russia that her sister oo- cupies to that of England. This shows remarkable progress for a branch of the Danish royal family which is parely ten years old; for tn reality the law of succession which was clicited by the treaty of May, 1862, was not in force until 1853, when the family of Prince Christian received the title of royal higboeas. No European Power has as yet expressed any dissent from the election of George the First, although as King of the Greeks he may enjoy # reversion of the throne of Den. mark, should his father and eldest brother die, just as Prince Alfred, of Kagland, might be called to that of Eag- land should his mother and the Prince of Wales be out off. Kngland ie satisSed, of course, with the choice of the Greek people; Russia approves of it, and it is thought ‘that Napvleon sees no reason to object to the exaltation In Greece of a family whose parent State can hardly over be powerful enough to exercise an inconvenient influence in the East, while he may 208 it produce the immediate separation of the Ionian Islands from the rule of England, & great aumber of Deputies of the Ionian Parliament having just promulgated the following decla ration :— rhatever may be the (ate reserved by the Most High for the Greck should this constitutional agitation in the fonian tstands ead to any decided result, Napoleon may enjoy the satis. faction of beholding England's power in the Mediterraveaa considerably lesaened by the revolution in Greece. ‘The intorests of the different royal dynasties of Furope tndneed a very active canvass for the throne of Greece, there being at one time nv less than nine candidates for the crown in the Beld. We give the tities and clrims of these gontiomen, in order that the readers of the | Henatp may be able to refer to them, should the Danish prince by any moans fail in making his title good, when they would all, no doubt, come out again. They read in d order thus:— Firat.—Prince Gregory Ipsilanti, a scion of the fami unit aia much towarte the suoushs of the Groce 7 tion of 1821-8. Nobody knows him in Greece, avd bis own coonirymen have forgotten him. tt is snid that he 4 no talent as Second —The Duke Nicholas, of Naasan, a person wholly new to the Greeks, copted ‘Paine —Prineo Laltpold, of Bavaria, a game in bad odor with Gi des; Greece tn her dark days, and now in reece des} bi Napoleon's As King of Greece, be would, it is thoug! ell that country to France or betray Napoleon + a — Amadeus 8 prices of soventeea, seonad soe. of tector . He belongs demooracy, is a follower of Garibaldi, and bold to a fault. Duke of Lope Seep " ve Pour! cousin. He ie Gorman, and would not be ac. _ 2 ~ - W be would pet deapair, and, should matters come to tho worst, die like a 7ouave. Fighth,-—Nicavlus, Duke of Leudhtenberg aged ninetecn sou of the Grand Duchess Maria Nicholaiewna (daux''e of the lato Emperor Nicholas) avd Duke Maximilian (9 0 of Eugene Beaubaraois): professes the Grok faith; is yet under the tutelage of bis mother, 1s very clevor; has & sweet expression of countenance, aad nd trate for war. In Paris he was visited by u statesman. wholound< bin sitting betore a terrestial globe, upon which be wag in- tently gazing. ‘Looking for a throne, your Highness, op this globe 6 mewhere ?” inquired the visitor, ‘*Yes, air, naively answered tho young Duke, ‘I know very well, however, that to be ak those days one must know & good deal more than his subjects, should shady wo! the spirit of the age. All the world is domocratio. T shall not be ing; for Ido not comprehend ademocracy. 1 hope however, that I shall understand the spirit of the poopie who might entrust their fortunes. to me!” The visitor rejoined, “I unde stand your Highness; but you have relatives who can ou.” “Ob, i my hopes were ‘ith @ emile, ‘i should have HERALD, despaired long ago. The ne ones of the world know no relatives but their interes! ‘Ninth.—Alfred Ernest, second gon of Queen Victoria; 18 yoara of 0; very intelligent, firm in bis principles, true to British “honor oa aD 4 leas patri- otic than a Greek; the favorite of Lord erston, under ‘whose direction he bas beoo educated; tender!; his mothor, and having the high opinion of and the English gene ly. . For his wou'd be given up; also Crete, — Turkish provinces, Coming to Greece the sentiment af Ronenty, and integrity, would enncourage industrial pursuits, and give an impul the commer- cial marine; would establish the credit of the nation in the markets of Furope; would Dr " ture and build highways and railroads, Ba, to'bia kingdom, omher introduce PReelgs capital ‘The Prince of Deamark, now Goorge the First of Greece, we have just sketched. His advent to Athens will termi- nate @ very hazardous and exciting interregnum) for Grosoce. The state of the country at present may be termed one of anarchy, not anarchy of the ‘test dan- gorous character, but one sufficiently alarming to make ber anxious to fill the throne as soon as” possible. The finances of the kingdom are in great disorder, end. will ro- mata 60 during the transition period from « government. Economy has been attempted; but it cannot ‘be called into practice until the throne and cabinet are consolidated—facts whioh weighed beavily with England in her advooncy ef George the First. New Pablitoations. Cavauar: Ina ¥, aun Usus 1 Was. By J. Roomer, LL.D., late.an officer of tho ealey Byo., 516 pages, with ill ions. D. Van Nostrand, New York. This work is one of « serieg of fine military that haa been produced by this house, end tn point of $rpos- raphy, binding and general gottiag It up will rank well with almost any bonse in tho trade. The that gave rise to the production of the book ts one of the deepest interest at this particular time, inasmuch ag the valuo of cavalry as so important arm of the service hag boone mattOr of great dispute during the present war. ‘Th author having béen an officer of high raax in the Nether- lands cavalry gives him some degree of experience neces- sary for an impartial judgment as to the morite or de- merits of the cavalry branch of the service, and he ajso quotes from military authorities to substantiate his theory, He.points out why some countries should have more or leas of cavalry than others, and cites instances where the work of whole campaigns bas been entirely lost through the want of @ sufficioncy of that brave and noble arm, ‘If at the days of Luteen and Bautzen,” sald Napoleon, “I bad had gufficien cavalry, I would have reoonquered Europe.’ He shows what Kussie is, and what she would be without bor cavalry, which he estimates at 99,000 regulars and over 100,000 irregular troops, such as Cossacks, Calmucks, &o. He evters into a clear and comprehensive considera- tion of strategy and tactics, keeping the oavairy con- stantly in view; he troats upoo rifled firearms, and how they affect the effictency of mounted troops; he elaborates on tho value of a cavalry charge, and shows how Jena and Ligny were lost for want of cavairy reserves, and, after particularizing the fold service of cavalry, enters upon e full and interesting historical sketch of the organ!- zation of that arm from the carly ages of the Egyptians to our own time, He winds up bis book with a vajuablo treatise upon horses, their management and de‘ects, and how geod ones may be known by almost the unisitia- ted. The dock is made tho more useful and comprehon- sive by the largo number of well exocuted wood outs which adorn its pages, and which serve the more to sim plify an already clearly written description. To the cavalry officer tho work ia a valuable addition to his milti- tary library ; to the volunteer it is a ready text book, and to the citizen must be a satisfactory anawor to the ques- tion—‘Of what use is cavairy?’ Practiog ann Pixanita 1% ACTIONS IN THR. Courts or Beconp in rag State or New York Unosr tas Cops or Procunune, and othor statntes where applicable, with an appendix of forms. By — hittaker, Counsellor at Law. Third » 2 vols. J. 3. Voorhees, New York. Of books of practica, aa a general rale, tne last is the best. fothis rule the present production is not an ox- ception. Tne author ls a practicing lawyer, industrious end painstaking, and the book cannot but be useful |: every law office. It (urnishes an additional illustration of the hopelessness of framing a law so simple and 80 ox plictt as to be gelf-interpreting, The Code of Procedure, consisting itself of less than five handred sections, has elicited ia the fifteen years of ite existence a library of commentaries, and, as Mr. Whittaker shows by tho list Spypended to his volumes, thore are already upwards of seven thousand reported adjudications on its construction. Books of practice are for reference rather (hao reading , and we do not pretend to have gone through these bulky volumes. We leara, however, from those who havo had occasion to consult the work, that it is a reliabie guide to he practitioner. ¢ Wanpvermas or a Beavry. By Mra. Edwin James. ‘This work possesses an tuterest apart (rom that which its merit awakens, from tho fact of its boing the produc- ton of a lady whom good fortune and ili fortune have alternately brought prominently before the public. In Paris the musical soirees of Mrs. ——, the talented Eng- lish widow, were quite the rage; in New York, as Mrs. James, an interast of a diferent character has been eroused—that of sincere sympathy. We have not space for a detailed criticism of the book, but can recommend it cheerfully as a most pleasing sketch of European tra vel. We wish Evelyn hed pursned her wanderings fur. ther, instead of coming back to Paris, to meot the rathor exaggorated character of Philip d’Arcy, with whom we eannot fall so much in love as the heroine did. In truth, it ts the lovemaking in this book that wo like least of all; it is rather strained, But if the authoress wants a model after whieh to form this important part of novel making, she cannot seek « better prototype than that master mind to whom she dedicates her work. It ff in deacriptions of scenery, and of emotions awakened by that sconery, that Mrs. James is most successful. Some of her similes are poetical in the extreme, while the glimpse afforded us in the carly part of the book of Eng: Nish country life, including country dinners and country conversation, is a laughable and exact portraiture of what goes cn in those ‘‘atately homes”’ which, in Evelyn's case at least, proved to be, like the apples of the Nead Sea, rosy cheeked to the eye, but ashes to the touch We | trust Mrs. James will continue writing; for the improve | ment is so marked as the work progresses that we can | readily believe, judging by this fact, that « little practice | tm works of fiction would place this lady among prominont | modern autboresses. Anoonn THE Prramips, Being a Tour in the Holy | \* Land, and incidentally th several European | Countries and Portions Africa, during the rs 1859-60. By Aaron Ward. New York | tleton. 1863. ‘Tho author of this volume is Genoral Aaron Ward, of Westchester county, who, for thirty years, served his country in Congress, and who, in early life, during the war of 1812, saw active service na an officer in the fel, | A fow years since, accompanied by his dangbter, he made the tonr of Barope and the Kast, under circumstances | which gave him great facilities for seourately obtaining fn knowledge of the countries aad people he visited. Ho made copious notes as he passed along, and nothing worthy of attention escaped bi wervant mind. Ho tells us, tn the prevent volume, some now things oven about | olf England, and becomes enthasiastic over the antiqui | thes of Egypt. Reverently and with pious footsteps, as becomes a pilgrim from the New World, ho passes through the Holy Land and explores the hallowed spots made memorable in the life of our Saviour, He narrates ina aleat, concise and ploasing manner the impressions ho received, and has condensed in small compasy a stero of historical, statistical and geographical knowledge, such | aa many, travellers of the present day are too apt to omit | an being “heavy reading,” but which, undor Gen. Ward's facilo pen, becomes Lane pens Ned doligbt(ul as wo 7 ve. We commend book to our readers, aa Naseer <acage il worthy of « place in their Umtiegore Hon, foage Saipan,” | | of the regiment, and a fing presented by the roiatives ani )NESDAY, MAY 20, 1863—TRIPLE SHEET, THE VALLANDIGHAM CASE. The Administration Condemned by its own Organs. [From the Evening Pout, May 14.) BORNSIDB AND VALLANDIGHAM, General Burnside's res; onse tw the Circuit Court, from which @ writ of habeas corpus was asked im the case of C. L. Valiandigham, arrested for t: words spoken, and tried by & military commission, is publish. ry another page. It is so patriotic in spirit, so decided in its expressions of loyalty, and so nobly bold in the respunsibility, that we almost dislike to question its rey Yot, we think run which ought to be Burnside will create by that law and tried by it extended courts; but we doubt whethor it can be to others in apy cage. Mr. Vallandigham does not belong to either of these categories osha Se Be San tet ra o etal r4 by the Freach—s from mill! ‘deen proclaimed to exiat in ment of She Ohio. Ur, even if tthas ‘proclaimed, we doubt whother any authority it , be exer. SeaRe lr ny ‘stati tof was arbitrary. of military t—the gov- erament of foree—which the will of the comm: for the common or municipal law, i Ly i i 3 z Z x i ff Fits ii ii i Bl i Ena Fre q el i 4 i Ba H 3 i z ir #88 i § z 3 2 ij j 3 : i it : i : 3 : a i Bs, Es 3 I z i E | I I i F g £ ry loty of B pvtegee e barr Mateo or the. Ly jurnside’s ers, it Post or's thousand other journals venture to hint a doave of the superhuman military abilities of General Ralleck? We know it may be eaid his motives are bad and treasonadle, while thoac of the others are toyat; but trj- bunais and commissions cannnt inquire into motives. ” Deeds ara bio, but not thoughts, Oar articte ip already too long, or we should like to add a lineof the punishment moted out to this Westorn dema- preasiona of sympathy. Ho ought , at mast, to bave been rent Sayent our lines, to the rebel friends whom be 50 much adinires aud serves, and the change would bave beca a gain to us, if no = gain to them. Nor, supposing the rightfulness of ¢ jurisdiction, could any one have complained of a sen- tence which meeroxaty contings the culprit to the agreea- ‘die society of his kind. {From the New York Tribune, May 16.) VALLANDIGHAM. General Jackosn bb Cerne soe hd et than average sagacity, yet we do not tht o showed It in writing, alles taking amsle time for cool reflection, that, boon military commandant in Connecticut in De- comber, 1914, he would have hung the leading momberr of tho Hxrtford Gonvention nndor the second section of the Articies of War. We will hot here discuss the Jega'i. ty of such execution: but wo insist that it would have deen mst Impotitic and unwise. The Ila tfurd Conven- tion did vory much to gavo a timid and foeble. adminia- bration fr aim faliing into genera! contempt and odium. It gave the country its first look over the procipice of dts- unicn, and impeiied it to snriuk back shudtering, re- solved to boar any temporary itis rather then plunge into the yawning vortex ben . For a at ‘ter of Madison and the war to have shot or hung the feading Hartford Comventionists would have been not merely harsh but un. Grateful. Tuo copperhead spirit never hed a freer development than In the recent Connecticnt election, where it harmed none but those it sought to serve. Had the demwcratg of tbat State simply renominatet their former cindidsies and held their tongues they must have triumphed. But placed a pronounced copperhead in the front, and had such mea as Tousey, Mayor Wood, Brooks, Richard. fon, Schnabal and Perrin to aid him ia the canvass, that settled their coftee. Their udversa:ies bad no power to beat them, but they were porioctly ab‘e to beat them. eevee, ¥2 the government would ovly let them. And fy Clement [, Vallandigham is a pro.stavery democrat of an exceedingly coprery hue, His politics are as bad as bad can be. If there were penalties for holding irra. tional, unpatriotic and inhuman views with regard to po Titical questions, he would be ‘ne of tho most fagiant offenders. But our federal and Stito constitutions lo not 20 perverse opinions nor unpatriotic speeches. as rounds of infliction, beyond tho infliction of the seeches themselves, and theo the hearer su‘ers the penalty er. ; not So we don't exactly see how Mr. Y. is to be ly punished fir making a bad specch, wuleee by compelling bim to make it to empty seats. We agree fully with General Hurnside that Va'. ought Bot to maky such speechos—that he oucht to bo ashamed of himself—but then he will make them sad won't be ashamed—so what will youdo about it? “Send him to the Dry Tortugss,” says the ¢ ly as a hint tohim to ‘dry up.” “Set him over into Dixio,” the Prosident is eaid to suggest anon alternative. But this is the worst joke Mr Lincoln has yet made. They don't themaeives totry and sentence onpostiion orators kil them on sight, and save a world bam must be ii Ay i Ea i % # i i te E % i t F z : if 38 . m Meeting. TO THE RDITOR OF THE ABRALD. In your report of the Union square mesting of May 18, ft ia stated that ‘‘the editor of the Abend Zeitung made a address,” Sc. Will you please to correct this tbe vitor of the Yaw Forker Journal, paper, Zeitung, made the above address. . ary HERMANN RASTER. The Massachusetts Negro Soidiers. PRESENTATION OF COLORS TO THR COLORED KEOI- MENT—SPERCH OF GOVMRNOR ANDREW, BTC., ETC. Dostow, May 18, 1863. ‘The colored regiment, now full, at the camp ia Read- ville, known as the Vifty-fourth Massachusetts, was to. day presented with regimental colors. Tho ceremonies wore impressive and (nterestiog. The Mags, four in num ber, comprised & national flag, presented by the young colored ladies of Boston, a national ensign, presented by the Colored Ladies’ Reiiof Society; an emblamatic banner, presented by the ladies and gentlemen of Boston, (riends friends of the fate Lieut, Putnam. Tho regiment formed in hollow sqeare, when prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Grimes. Governor Andrew then presented tho flags in an cloquent speech. He spoke of the exceptional character of the regiment as markin, ora in the history of the war, the Commonwealth, the country and humanity, He was identified with the regi- ment, and stood or fell as aman ands magistrate with the history of the regiment. The men of this regiment had now given them an opportunity to labor for a whole race of men. Colonel Shaw, on behalf of the regiment, made a Over one thousand people were present, including many prominent citizens. Anamrep Pass Fi iw New Jansey.—A lant moatiog of the Board of Chosen Freeholders ia Hea son Court ,2HE NA v.¥. _ Tho United Stites mander William Gibson, from Pert Royal, 8. C., arrived at the Philadetphin. Navy Yard: Monday afternoon. Seneoa is one of tho twouty-thweo regular navy bullt sorew guaboats,and first went out-grith the expedition against Port Royal in the fall of 1861- She bas ever since been attached to the South Atantic Blookat‘ing equadron, having been North but once since—last Septeniber—wben sho was at the New York Navy Yard for several weeks. Daring,the past winter the Seneca bas been employed in blookading duty on the South Carolina and Georgia coast. |] During the months of January and February she was in ‘the Ogocohee river, Ga., watching the Nashville, and took “part in the four or five engagements with Fort MoAllister. On the evening of the 27th of Fébruary the Seneca had ‘the eatisfaction of chasing the Nashville aground under the guns of Fort McAllister, where at daylight the next ‘morning the {ron-ciad Montauk succeeded in destroying her. The Sencca goes to Philadelphia for repatrs to her meobinory, which will probably detain herseveral weeks. The following ts a let of ber offcers:— Tfeutenant Thomas 0. Bowen, who weat out as execu- tive officer of the Seneca, was detached and ordered to ‘The United States steamer Shookokoa, Acting Lieu- tenant Commander 8, Huse, went into commission yee- torday at acon, and sails to-morrow, under sealed orders. ‘The following is a tist of her officers:— \cting Iéeutenant Gomman: Huse. Acking Assistant Surgem—J. Aen Miner thee J. ve " J. Goodwin, Adam Parker, Braman. Acting Master's Mater—I,. Bradford, W. L. Herworth, R. 8. it. Acting Third Assistant Engineers—J.0. Smith, H. W. Winnaos. i The Shookokon was formerly one of George Law's terryboats, and was purchased by the government and converted into a gunboat for river use. She carries two gave of large calibre. ‘Tho United States steamer Ticonderoga—12 guns—bas one on her trial trip. Hampton Roads is said to be her Geatination. The following ts a list of her oMcers:— De Lad po coe ar Cam; ‘ ‘ Paymas‘er—ii. M. Deontson. Acting Master—A. E. Hunter. Ensigni—C. F. RB. Wappenhans, W. F. Obase. Master's Maies—¥.. F. Strong, J. B. Means, Thos. G. Bale, John H. Shone. eers—Chiet, Thos, J. Jones; sotieg First ant, D. 0. Chester; Second Assistant, C. Mclivano; Third Assistants, W. A. Powors, Joho 0. Kafer, Geo. A. Baker, R. E. Halse; An orderly sergeant, two corporals end twelve morines compose ber guard, She carries a crew of two hundred and forty men. Her armament consists of one two-hundred-pound Par- rott rifled pivot gun, one fifty-pound Dahigron pivot rifled gun, two eleven-inch Dahigrev smooth bere guns, four ine toch brondsiae Dahigren guns, four twelve-pound howitzers, riflod, and two twenty-four-pound howitzers, smooth bere. Her cabins, wardroom, stcerage, shell rooms, maga- yinen, and all the interior arrangements of the steamer are gotten up in the finest possible manner, and with a degree of GAnixh that cannot fail to obtain the commenda- ton of every beholder. ‘The accommodations for officers and men areeverything that coull be desired, uniting both elegance aud neatness to-utitity. Mr. Reeder, the designer and draughteman; Mr. Kirk the party who euperintended the putting in of the engines‘ and one of the superintendents of the avy, will accom- pany ber down to Fortress Monroe. Merceorra, 9.—Tho following i a list of the officers of the screw steamer Mercedita, just sailed from Boston on special service:— Commander —Georg» M. Ransom. Acting Master and Ex-cutive Officer—Dudloy E. Taylor. Aching Assivant Surcem—Samuel F. Quimby. Acting Assistant Paynas'er—John 8. Maltary. Acting Pnvions—enry G. Macy, G. W. Williams, Ed- ward D. Pett-ngill. Acting Master's Mv'es—Jobn A. French, Granvifio W. Renjamin F. Macintire. Gurner—James H. Addison. Enginers—Aacting First Assistant, Acting Sec: nd Assistant, Frank Henderson: Assistants, Robert B. Dick, Thomas Brooks, ‘R- Commander's Clerk —James Gai nett. Pa: "4 Clerl-—-Francig Felix. Surgron’s Steward—H. E. Rothe. Vawomnonr, 14.—The Vandorbi't sailed from Fortune {sland April 28, in search of the rebel privateers. Davtacut.—Annexed is a tist of the officers attached to the Uuited States steamer Daylight, which arrived at Baltimore May 11, from the blockade of Wilmington, N.C ‘Acting Master Commanding—Francis 8. Welle, ‘Acting Master ant Fzecutive Offiver—John H. Gleason. Acting Assistant Surgeon—Vred, M. Dearborne, Nathan ©. Bates; 7 Acting Third tes Bpoog- Acting Acsistimt Paymaster—Henry M. Rogers. Acting Ensign—Wm. H. Ponfield. Bnyincers—Acting Secoud Assistant, William H. Best Acting Third Assistants, Charies 0, ‘Morgan, James M. Battin, D. F. Hagher. Barnett, Charles Attmore. Master's Ma‘ea—Alvert Suracen's Yenard—Same- ‘The Daylight is bere for repairs. Our Iron-Clad Navy=—The New River The Navy Departmont has just issued the contracts for ® batch of fourteen new iron clads on the Ericsson plan, which are intended for river service. We would mot at this time entor into the details of their description except we have the bost authority for knowing that officials of foreign Powors aro already familiar with their plaas, &o Mr. T. F. Rowland, of the Continental Irom Works, at Greonpoint, has contracted for one, to be called the Co- hoes, aad, as the remaining thirteen are to be built from the same drawings, a description of her will sulfloo for al of them. In general apperrance above the water line they will not differ from the vessels of the Montank class; ®ut in detail they are materially different, being constructed to obviate somo of the deficiencies of the former class. ‘Thess now vessels will be two hundred and twenty-five fest in length, forty feet in breadth, and nine feet in depth. They will havo ono turret, in which will be placed two eleven-inch guns,or perhaps two rifled guns, two hundred-pounders. The hull of the vessel is divided, so that in fact there are two distinct balls, but fast ened together so as t leave an opening of two feet between each hall. This space is to be used as) @ water tank, which, when in action, will defiled with water, and e4d doubly to the seourity of the vessel against torpedoes and infornal machines. By letting the water into the tank the vessel is also sobmerged, so that but very little of her deck is left out of the water. a Outside of the iron skin whiab forms the outboard sido of the hull proper is the wood backing or cushion for the armor piates, which are four inches in thickness. ‘The backing is four feet thick, ranning downeven with the bilge of the vessel, and in the midship section and in the wake of the boilers and engines the backing is ix feet thick; and, if by say possible means this could be penetrated, there are fourteen water-tight compart- ments in the tauk, which would prevent any accident. ‘The wooden deck is fifteen inches thick, and is solid, having no beams and cartings, as in the old styte of iron. clad batteries; and over this dock is put the armor, which { two inches in thickness; and it is not unlikely that « mortar-proof deck may be laid ovor all thie. The deck has @ crown of twenty-one inches, which ts four times greater than that of the old iron-clads, The vessels are to bo furnished with two botlers and two independent which work two screw pro- ‘There is but one oveshang in these new vessels, and ‘that is the after one, which protects the propeliers and radder, The quarters for the officers and crew will be grciboat ‘Seneca, Lieutenant Com- the iron-cldd Nantucket before leaving Port Royal. - meoneed as soon peeatbie and harried to competion. We havo nced of them ; and although foreige Powers may ‘think our iron-clads a fatlure, and that we are running ad Over them, the time will come whea they will fing, we build ships, that wo can’t be tant ew ser ef es troa-clade. New Waoden Vessels. The following wooden vessels havo boon ordered to be The Tuscumbia is the largest of the Monitors built for the Western waters. She has one statiouary turret, twenty by sixty fect, and has three eleven-inch guns, carrying 165-pound balls of shelis, which can be headied 90 as to firo through three different portholes in five minutes. She ‘has also, in beratern, two nine-inch rifled Parrott’, for £00-pound balls. Hor hull ts 186 bonm, and draws five foot }, onl, end i 7 E 38 £ iH a A nl eae ali Litets ; 35 i £3 3 ‘4 . 5. | z g i i : i Es a4 be iE: iEes E i i Fu i ai : | F i i i 4 i i t i Lk i iy g Ki ‘The oumber of guns of the navy at the is over three thousand, and will be largely by the armament of the vow iron-ciads in of construction. The character of the gunsin use at the present time te materially changed, twenty-four and thirty-two pounders being superseded by ninc-inch aad cleven-inch guns, #0 that the weight of broadsides ts, tm the aggregate, a baif a donen times greater than ia these of tho old navy. i i i & E j i i i" FA if j if i i it | A Clorks with midshipmen, CARPRNTERS AND SAILMARERS. Carpenters and satimakors with gunners. STAPY GRADE. The fleet captain to be called the ‘‘cbiof of the nnd to take precedence of the stall ot otat,”* ing to their dates of commission as sur; |, Paymaaters, naval constructors snd engineers, not according to tho date of appointment as floet oficer or chiol bu core. All executive officers to have authority and prece. donee over all other staff officers, next to the commander, while oa board tho vessel, or at the station to which they are attached. In processions on shore, on ccurts martial, summary courts, courts of inquiry, boards of survey, and all other dorrds, line and staff officers will take precedence, ef i i 8 ite [ HI fe it f F A z 5493553 1 € 38 s z' z i | Es ge g i g és s i F i E , j 5 i a g if 2 til ft i H s i Ria ke im the Navy of the ‘mited States in Relation to Paroles: ee ee 9%. et lavt “ARTMRET, April 2, 1868. 1, Paroting must always take place by the inter of signed duplicates of a written document, in which and rank of the persons paroled are correctiy and ‘stated. Any one who intentionally in-estates bis rank forfeite the benedit of his paroie,and is liable to il z i i ' sf i i! vod ea frou thelr com. ming Fas ethan meer Eas i arlgd toyed & eaueys ae 8. No priscner of om