The New York Herald Newspaper, March 14, 1864, Page 1

2 EW YORK HERALD... WHOLE NO. 10,040. THPORTANT FROM NEW ORLEANS. ARRIVAL OF THE MORNING STAR. Organization of the Now State Govern- Tent of Louisiana. WNAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR HAHN. GREAT ENTHUSIASM OF THB PEOPLE. THE. GOVERNOR'S INAUGURAL, ADDRESS OF GEN. BANKS. Grand Military and Civic Procession. ®2ED OATH OF OFFICE. BRILLIANT ILLUMINATIONS. THE GOVERNOR'S INAUGURAL BALL. Death of the Wife of General Beauregard, &s., 0, &e. ‘The United States steamship Morning Star, Captain J. ‘M. Courtensy, from New Orleans via Havana, arrived at ‘this port yesterday, with news from New Orleans to the ‘6th inst. and Havana to the Oth. ‘We aro indobted to Mr. Fuller, Purser of the Morning Mar, for prompt delivery of letters and papers. Our New Orleans Correspondence. New Onzeans, March 5, 1864. ‘Onganiczatian of the New State Government—General 2urn- “out of the Pcople—Decorations of the State House—Grand Mittary and Civic Procession—Banners and Mottocs— Phe Governor's Inaugural—Address of General Banks— Tuposiny Ceremonies—The Ina Ball, de. Rarely, if ever, in this country or any other, was such SBeplendid scone exhibited to the people of a city as that @ yesterday at the inauguration of the Hon. Michae) Babn, Governor of Louisiana. For several days past a large number of workmen had ‘been employed in Lafayette square in erecting an amphi- ‘theatre in the sbape of a crescent, for the purpose of seat- fag all the white children and teachers of afi the schools 4m this city. This was crowded, and it te estimted that wo less than from nine to ten thousand children were present. As they passed through the streetson their way to te square, the boys, with their happy faces and @mart attire, and tbe girls in their white muslin dresses, with wreaths upon their heads and banne rs and bouquets fm their bands, thousands of the citizens assembled at corners to admire and gaze upon the intereeting . Immediately in fropt of the children was a piat » op which were about tbree bundred }, and beyond this wae the inaugural stand. Attempt a description of the scene inside |afay- Wreaths ond flags covered the structure ome tenor fifteen feet above the highest tier of seats, ‘On these were inscriptions, in the following order: ecco GENERAL BANKS, THE MRRO OF FORT AND FREEDOM OF LOUISIANA. pve ee Dey DLO SENS OC DOL DET ODOE CS AONE ROCERINOOLE DD DOLDOELE DOE O00bCC 8 DOOD MICHAEL HAHN, FREE STATE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA. POOLE IOLEOE DEED NEOLIDIEOE DE DOMODOLEDE DE ner adadtatedeterd THE STATE OF LOUISIANSA—a8 SHE Was IN 1860, 80 STANDS SHE NOW IN JHE BRIGHT GALAXY OF 1864. AOOOLEOG RE DELEIEDE REDE LE OED LEOOLEDE CELLS) eke ral ar MAJOR GENERAL BANKS, THE NOPLE CITIZEN AND TUB DUTIPUL SOLDIER. POLE NOE ROOT OOLE DEED LE RELI T PPLODDOE OE DDO LODOOE POLLO LES ELOSEDELOTE DEORE NE TOEONE 1008 HOR) “Tostmmat PaRRAGCT, THE BRAVES? OF TUE MRAVE. 3 LOATE ROLE CELE TELE UE TELE IEEE PODOTODNO DENG) Directly io the centre of al! was the coat of arms @f Louisiana, with the inscription — AON DONE FO0E LE ELE LELELELO EE POOL OONEOODEEDIOEDD) ALL RAI. 10 THE CHIEF. 5 3 COE PALE LIE EE DETER DDI DORE DOLE® Jotermingied among these were the coats of arms of the various States, while {rom a iiagstail in the centre of the grand stand }ines of evergr ran to every quurter @ the square, from which were depended American and foreign tas. Over the principal entrence to the square was painte! @ One bust of Wasiington, over wuich was inscribed. — POOP RELELE DE DE EO ROLEREDEPE DEDEDE DOLE DOLE DE OE. FREE GOVERNMENT. THE OEARKST ONJECT OF MY Beant.” PORCINE LEDLLE LE LOLIEE PELE DLODEDOODEDOD Im the rear of the immense amphitheatre were sta- loved Atty pieces of artillery, under the superintendence @f Brigadier General Arnold. The guns were copnected «with a Ginger board opon the music stand by means of @elegraph wires, and were fired by electricity, the per. former playing upon the fifty cannon as if upon a piano. forte, Keeping the most exact time with the powerful ‘Pend and grand chorus; producing the most inspiring ‘The whole musica) arrangement was the conception of P. 8. Gilmore, Fsq., of Boston, by whom the entire ten @housand combined barmonies were conducted. It was certainly the grapdest ond moet able affair of tho kiod @hat bas ever been beard upon thie and probably upon ‘other continent, and has wou great honor for the pro- ‘When the ceremonies commenced there were upwards of whirty thousand persons present. At that bour the Governor elect ascended the grand ‘The procession accompanying the Governor elect was formed 4t the Governor's Rocm by Chief Marshal Colouel ‘Thomas Chickering, and moved in the following order — THE PROCRESION. ‘The Governor Eiect, Ing, Geo. sheney. Sopported Pon, BH. Dorel canary rer, tea. . Beds Gesk U. 8. Court, Myrsh: Court, Alfred Shaw, feq., Clerk U. 8. District Court, Judges. RK. Flowell, 3.8, Whitaker, J. H. Hiostand, —— Bandin, ©. A. Poabody, — . A. A, Atcha, 8, 2. Voonard, Jadge Leaumont. Aid, Mayor Floyt. Aid. : Major Gecoral Banks and stall, y General McClernand and staff. jajor General Sherman avd staff. General Reynolis and staff, . ier General T. W. Sherman and staf, ier General ©, P. Stone and staff. ¥ ier General Bowen and etl ry |. M. Benach |. Piaget, of itverland, , of Spain. Charles Kock, of Hamburg. A. Lanfear, of Sweden. by or ule, ,s Greece. ‘Wm. Preho, of Mecklenburg. Ri thard Thiel, of Oldenburg and Hosse-Cassel, Joseph it, of ium, Goorre 1, of Great Britain. 3. .@. Elmer, of Austria, Badon and Davaria. After th %o,caino in procession a Inrge namber dis. of Gh. tat chureb, opened the ceremonies with a rn cone: \isioa.of the prayor the band struck up “Flat! Columbia y”’ all the children singing, and as the pro- ime rontia #8 was it oxactiy performed. gram’ tune, ful.\ 3 Second timo, (ul band and grand chorus, foil band, grand eborus and a chime of all bolis of the city". arto time, full band, grand chorus, chiming of bells end a great ¢un accompaniment by fifty pteces of ar- fier the excitement And choora with which the music was received tint rometwhat ab ited, Governor Haba avd the State officers took tit Oatt of OMee, which was ad mainiaroned by Judgo Durell, of tho United States District “nen they Wore sented, the Rev. Mr. Chuvbuck, pray of thfully sup- - the United ‘thas I will ee hens Congress ¥ fer- ence |, modi- fled or me Court; ith fall it made slaves, 20 y the jpalified, ‘according to hold the office Twill faith. fally duties incom) ‘accord: and lai troope bellion Uxited ‘The band, artiller; ‘The Ju 7 FPa.iow Crzzns—In to your Bove. reign bebests, solemnly proclaimed through the ballot ‘box on the anviversary of the birth of the illustrious Wasbington, Lappear before you as your freely elected Governor, doubtful of myself in all things save in devo- tion to my country and sincere and heartfelt affection for all my fellow citizens, irrespective of birthplace, creed or political opinion. in the exercise of your dear- est rights as Amorican citizens, you placed me| the exalted office of Governor of this noble State, and by our acts you have shown that, although the people of a Bate may err, a State, as a member of the American ‘Union, cannot die. 1s there among us to-day a man actu. ated by genuine American sentiments and true patriot- ism who would even an hour consent to have the Commonwealth consecrated to everlasting fame by the genius and valor of Andrew Jackson abdicate her place in the national constellation? Ihope not. I accept the great liovor which lias been conferred upon me at this important ¢ in the history of our State with @ profound distrust of my own ability to adequately discharge its many accompany- ing duties and responsibilities; and if 1 do not whol!y despond ia anticipation it is because of the cheer- ing evidences everywhere present around me that a gen. erous indulgence will be extended to my deficiencies, and that a cheerful alacrity will animate the people in sus- taining me in all the efforts it will be my constant study to make in their behalf. A resident of Louisiana from early boyhood, have always felt proud of her history, and I have claimed the privilege on all-occasions, public and private, in the Congress of the nation ag in popular meetings, to deny that the sovercign people of this State had ever seceded from the Union, or had, at any time, or even in any apparently authoritative form, given their sanetion to the act by which unfaithful agents precipitated her into the rebellion. 1 knew that in mak- ing this declaration on behalf of the people of this State 1 did no more than give expression to the sincere sentiments of ber patriotic citizens, native and adopted, and the immense concourse of every description of per- song around and about me at this moment is stroog testimony to its correctness. We, the people, have never seceded; we never intended to abdicate our proper place jn the Union; and, with the assistance the national government, whose duty it is to protect us from fnvasion and guarantee to us ® republican form of government, we are deter. mined we never shall. We have had our trials, physical and morai—they have been many and grievous—we have bad our share of suffering and sorrow—God knows how snd and afflicting; but at length, drawing a veil over the devastation of the past, the wants and sufferings of our People, the social interruptions, the severance of the dear, tender ties of Iife, the broken bearts. the boetile separa- tion of members of the eame household, the blood and death following in the footsteps of crim visaged war— raising ourselves up from lethargy and inaction, we havé again shown our ability to participate in the blessings of equa) and just jaws, and in the maintenance of the most perfect system of free government that bas ever been vouchsafed to mankind. Where on earth was there a People, when the demon of discord, cupidity and oppres- sion the hearts of the wicked men who plunged this country into matricidal strife, so bappy. contented or powerful as the American Union? And where a nation whose inbabitants were in the possession of the buo- dredth part of the liberty and prosperity which the United States enjoyed, and could with certainty promise to their posterity? Many of oar blessings we have endan- gered. and some privileges, looked upon by many as enefits, have been destroyed. sti the foundation of our social edifice is not ruined or so damaged as to be pe bys the reach of early reparation. How, it will be asked, shall this reparation be made? The answer is obvious: follow up the sensible and reasonable work you are this day with much civic pomp and circumstance inaugurating, by the determination to act, each in his own sphere, as becomes a living man, in the most pro- gressive of existing nations. For the moment civil gov- erameut must necessarily ize with military.ad- ministration, There i¢ no good reason, however, for per mitting this—which will interfere but little with indi- vidual action—to deter apy one from setting to work os energetically as formerly to make up for lost time aud reoompense himself fully in the future for past losses. In all things compxtible with @ steady and unflinehi support of the uational unity. and the efforts of the gov- ernment to establish and sustain it, on, if possible. im- proved foundations, my constant. study will be how best to promote the sdbstantial interests of the people of Lonisiana ; and to that end ! invite the friendly counsel and support of all citizeus. The Union of there States, banded dowr by ovr Revotntionary ancestors. is of more value than any falsely styled ‘State rights,” especially when those *‘ rights? mean sectional institutions, found. ed on a gre't moral, social and political evil, and inconsist- tent with the principles of free goveroment. The insti. tation of slavory ts opposed alike to the rights of one race and the interests of the other; it is the cause of the present unholy attempt to break up oor government. und, unpleasant as the declaration may soond to many of you, I teil you that! regard its universal and iomnediate It is nof to extinction as a public and private blessing. de supposed that, in the adjusttaent of the altered rela tione of labor to capital. an immediate satisfactory resu't can be reached, although the happiest results bave al ready been witnessed on many plantatieus now worked and coltivated under the compensated labor regu- Jations of tbe distinguished commander of this military department A desirable result wiil soon be goverally attained, if tbe difficult matter is taken in band as a Practical question, free from the perplexities that cannot fail to encompass ‘it, were a return to old system among us conceivable of possible. To profit, as it is in bor power at once to do, by onr situation, we must dis: nits dreams o! the past and accept accomplished facts as they are, and as they are evermore certain to remain. In the nature of things, if we will only act as becomes sent people, the greatness we have mo. mentarily bad ectipsed will be ours again, apd secured tous bya more binding and lasting tepure than ever before, Tt must be based on a devotion to the Usion, on & love of liberty to all men, and on a spirit of justice and homanity. The losses, if apy, incurred by this change in our labor system by the truly Joyal citizen will doubtless be properly returned to bim in dao season by a generous government. Atan early day an election wil! be noid for embers to a convention for the revision of car State constitation. The importance of such ao election can scarcely be exaggerated. Fyery citizes aceply interested in the organic law, and that it mi a ip all respecte faithfully mirror the wisbes of the people aod barmobize with the spirit of the age the people must themeelvas exergise al! due ciroumspection in the sel tion of delegates to represent them. The convention will doubtiess provide for ap early election of @ Legisiatnre. On the meeting of the latter the absorbing labor question will at once demand its most serious attention. und th importance of this alone will appeal strongly to the minds Of ail good citizens, #0 that in the election of members none unworthy from vicious babits Or educational unfit ness may be chosen. With the natural adventages Lovi- siana porresses, in ber inexhaustible soll, ber genial climate, ber domination of the river of rivers, ber facili- ofacturing, and the most varied Aoricaltural pursuits, nothing cau’ prevent ber present population, or, if they will not do it, then the emigration that will speedily supersede tbem. from soon becoming what our people onee aspired with reason to bo—pamely, the meet tiourishing portion of the most powerful of na. Proper legislation, snch as we may look forward to obtain before many months, will enable the people to profit by the new life that is being infused into our social system, and in presence of the change no man of obser- vation, enterprise and enlightenment need have a dis- couraging apprehension. 1 i} do all that can be re quired of 1e 10 the meantimé to pnt society into heathful and useful sctivity; aod if our foundries, our workshops, our manufactories and sbipyards remain closed, po charge of indiference to them on my part will be with justice proferred against me No able to work Will bo allowed. with my consent, to bea burden on the commanity; the condition of man ts to earn his bread by the sweat of bis brow, and useless, unproductive drones: must comply with the law of our beiog or remove from among us. The canse of public education shall fod in mo A watchful and zealous friend ; neeeful for its support ephere of my datics will be dono for it, Tho biessings of education ought not, as heretofore, to be excluded from the biacks, It is our duty to render them such as- sistance towards their education and enlightenment as will fit them for the higher conditions and privileges of which they may in time show themselves deserving. Io my appointments to office 1 shall scrupulously exact. as requisites in candidates, loyalty to the Union, sobriety, industry, integrity and special fitness. The constitu tional prohibition ogainet the holding of two or more ‘Offices by the same individual will be rigoroasly enforced. Among the many important questions which may be ex- Pected to demarrt attertion spon. the re establishment of civil government and the assembling of a Legislature Will be that of the public credit of Louisiana, expored as it bas been to a rude shock by the bad men whose ma cbinotions have plunged us into war, tho aithful recog- nition and discharge of the faterest wron the pablic debt ave ever been held Ag among the most sacred of oblicn. tions by the people, 1 fully partoke tho public solicitude 1M regard to this subject, and the fair fame of the State will bo indelibly tarnished should the present default bo continued | one day after the termination of the Present abnormal condition of our domestic concerns, The exertions made to recruit the national army Mt this poing by Our citizens are graciously reoounlred by the commanding generni, who has given ollicial testimony to the valor nad fidelity of the Lonteiana volunteers, Untortuniitely tho deprivation of a civil Siate government bas preveoted Us from baying a bority fand wherewith to reward the patriotic and heroic volunteers of Lowsi faba; and udtil a thorough reorganization of tho State NEW YORK, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1864. takes place, and legislative provision bo fear that injustice will be ders. A recogni- Mon of their services at Baton Rouge, Fort Bisland, Port lle, and all the principle battle folds compensation for their sacrifices, earliest acts of the State govern- View Of the peculiar circumstances whieh sur- to afford such assistance as @ national crisis of the high- imerease of the volunteer force of aT tte i ee EHH ty 5. H i BE 5 F g Hl EE ig il i l g ear as the final one of murderous rebellion ivilized pation. on earth took up arms ne ae perfect temple of liberty ever erected flee to shelter universal execration whea the nation hag triumphed? The loyal men of Louisiana have suf- fered much and deeply; but with the blessings of God upon our exertions.all will soon be right again, and potce, happiness and prosperity will th as ofold. Fellow citizens, again from the bottom of my ui i is that may en- perfect Union,” domestic tranquillity and able to assure me that I assumed, and which, as a true sop of Louisiana, feel more ambition to discharge moritoriously than apy other upon earth. At the conclusion of the address the Anvil chorus, from I) Trovatore was, by the band, accompanied by forty time-beaters upon anvils and fifty pleces of ar tillery. This was received by tho audience with repeat ed cheers, and when the bugles bad once more ob- tained silence Major General Banks delivered the follow- ing: = * GENERAL BANKS’ ADDRESS TO THE PROPLE. Mr. Presipent anp FeLiow Crzens—At the request of the Committee of Arrangements I am preseat as a spec- tator to witness the imposing and grand ceremonies of this interesting occasion, and reluctantly to express in words my great gratification at tho progress that bas been made in the restoration of Louisiana to the Union of States and inthe majestic evidence before me of the returning loyalty of its people. I have watched with deepest interest the pregnant events in the bagi, ov through which we are passing from its inception to tl present hour. In common with the mass of my coun- trymen I have sorrowed at revorses and rejoiced at vietories, Ihave mourned over the heroes that have failen on the field of battle—my brothers in blood, my brothers in arms—and have joined in the honors which a grateful people have showered the gallant spirits that by sea and upon land have led our hosts to victory. They never can be forgotten. Day by day and hour by hour I have observed the receding armies of the enemy, unti} more than half the territory covered by the shrdow of the rebel flag at the beginning of the war has fallen into the possession of the government, and is covered by the Stars and Stripes—the emblem of liberty, now and forever, here and everywhere At the call of the Presi- dent the people have sprung to the defence of their coun- try witb an alacrity and strength of which the history of the world furnishes no parallel. ‘he national resources have been developed to an extent never before realized, never before anticipated. Foreign paglons BO longer threaten intervention, and up- frfendiy public opinion abroad is coerced into respectful sileoce. The stupendons difficulties of administration that at the outset obsiructed our path of progress, one by one, under the lead of the great men of the nation, have disappeared; and for the second time ia our history the representatives of the people have smitten the rock of anarcby and revolution, and the gushing waters of Public credit Dave poured forth to refresh and inv: ‘the land. It requires no power of prophecy to satisfy us that tn the bert yy ae this season, before the summer shall bave ended. fourteen insurgent States that a little while since commanded the Atlantic coast. the coast of tho Gulf and the valley of the Mississippi, and our Territories bordering on tbe Mexican frovtier, and the moet important of all the of the repubiic, will be reGuced to three or four States on the Atlantic coast, without an outlet by the sea. or possi- die land communication with either loyal or foreign States of this continent. We bave enough to rejoice our bearts Jp the progress of our armies and to give joy to the fes- tivities of this glad bour— But much remains To conquer still, Peace hath her victories No joss renowned than war. In order to maintain the ground we have recovered with such terrible sacrifice of precious life, and to enable the gallant leaders and beroic men of our armies to retire to ‘the walks of civil life again, it 18 necessary that civil in- Btitetions of government shall be re-establ and a Dew, subdued, yet patriotic spirit. like that which heid ‘The helm of Rome, when robes, not arms, Repelied the fierce Epirote and the bold African, should animate our people and restore the pristioe purity and power of the nation. Louisiana bas not been faith- lens to her duties, nor is she now, nor will sbe be in the future. Am truest spirits in the bour of trial were sons and her daughters. Among the bravest and truest apon the field of battie have been her volonteers. She was the first in this great revolution of ideas, ratber than of arms, to organize her public schools upon a war footing, and infnse into the ancorrapted hearts of its pupils this new septi- mont of nationulity, by the daily repetition, with the morning prayers, of the magnificent anthems of Ame- rican liberty. She was the Orst to institute the system of compensated iabor, that makes the restoration of the institntion of slavery on this continent imporsible; tbat compels us to prepare for the elevation of the oppressed races and the altimate recognition of oi! their rights. She ia the first io this revolution of ideas to give to the soeiai element of the people 4 national interest and im- portance. And to-day it celebrates with becoming splen- dor the recognition by the people, in a canvass of unre. stricted freedom and a ballot of cearly twelve thousand votes, the integrity of which has not been questioned, of the national sentiment that union and liberty are, and must be now and forever, ope and inecpara- bie. Io proportion to. the confiaence with which the peonle of the American continent shall view the resu'ts of this day’s history, so will arise, in all partsof our land. ‘a cry of joy as of a people liberated from the bondage of ry and death. And from the bearthstone and ibe will arice the prayers of the good and wise that this Orst and brightest gleam of light will prove a joyful harbinger of a perpetual day of peace, prosperity avd power. Of all bumap institutions, States are of the slow est growth and require the deepest root. To be perma- nent, they must be fonnced in the babite and customs of the people. Like a statue, they cannot be brought into existence by edict or decree or constitution. Their laws must be founded in the institations of social life and per trate the business and bosoms of mes. The constitution bas this day been partially revived and the State that is this day recreated have this permavens founda- ton. It is not called into life by n vote of the people nor bv the ipangoration of the Governor. Jt has a stronger and deeper brsis than this or than all these, and that is in tho changed babite of the people, and the adaptation of their customs, and their iptoreete, and dally life to the new condition of things, and the demande of the new and great age upon which we are entering. You will eee It 10 the salon; yoo will find tt io the workshop, it is pregnant with ‘life on the plactation; it is io the counting room, on the Levee, oo Merchants’ Exchange, in the army, and moro thao all—above ali—it lives in the precious music of the young hearts that are about us, that. with the majestic accompaniment of artillery and the chimes of bells, rises like a universal holscaust to Heaven io praive to God for the day that has dawved upon as. Let us remember that the re-inanguration we colebrate bas the basis of a century; for we bave achieved deeds of & century 1 the past two years , and so long ‘as the people are faithful apd true to themscives, so long will stand Lovisiana, the first returning State, in which every man ig freeman, the architect of bis own fortune, with nothing betweon bim and bis Maker to limit bis aspira- tione or bis opportunities. But it requires cspacity, de- votion and purpose ; it must be done by the neople, and not by their agents; and, ip invoking blessings of Al. mighty God upon this auspicious and occasion, we can ask of Him in the plonitude of power and wis dom todo a0 more and to do no less thau to impress upon the people of Louisiana » fitting idea of their respon- sibilities and their duties, The addresses of Governor Hahn and General Banks were received witt loud applause, and at times tho en- thusiasm rose to such @ heigbt thata momout or more elapsed be‘ore tho speakers could proceed. The band now struck up ‘Our Flag is There,’ the chil- dren joining, assisted by the cannon apd bells. Prayor by the Rev. Mr. Florton followed, when national aod popular airs were Lt by the band. The benediction was theo pronoun by the Rev. Mr, Chubbuek, the band Lay dat “America,” and, in addition to the voices of the children, the ringing of bolls ana the fring of cannon, the spectators joined in tho chorus and three regiments of infantry diacharged their muskets. ‘The entertainment closed with a grand display of fire- works and a fail dress ball at the French Opera House in Bow stroot. New Omtnane, March 6,,1864, Tmportant Movements Expected=Geneval Banks anil (ene rat Sherman in Consullation—Death of the Wife of Generat Beauregard—An Immense Concourse of People at the Puneral, de. Thave no war aews to communicate as yét, thongh you may oxpect some important movement soon, as the army is preparing for the field in this department in larger force than at any time previous during the war. Major General Sherman, too, was not here on a mere pleasure excursion, as he was closeted several hours with Gonorals Banks, Stone and other generals of tho depart ment, Hin presence here has puzzled all, and many aro tho reasons given for his appearance among us. 1 wout'd tike to enlighten your readers on the subject, but the news is contraband, and must not bo published (or the present, ‘ The large force of cavalry receutiy in this department has started overland for Brashear City, This looks {ike bother movement oy the Tectio:.and I merely give tho otpressed opinion of the majority residing here, wien I stite that it in bellowed that the entire army ts going i the Me Wirection——to thd Red river, by way of Alacandriaand Sheovenort. It ts (probably well Raown at thé North thot Mrs. weauregard, the wife of the rebel Koveral of slat nem, Gas boen an invalid (or some years, aud that sho resided fal dntg to report the indy! who expired ow Wednesday the 3d, 4th and $tb, io ). T. Beauregard, of at three o'clock yesterday af- ter @ long and painful illness. For nearly a and it was evident \t that her hor death will cause heartielt and profound regret. The of the deceased will be taken to-morrow to the ly vault, 1 the parish of St. Jobn the Baptist. MARGUERITE CAROLINE DESLONDE, WIFE OF GENERAL @. f. PRAURRGARD, ‘een columo yeaterday recorded the death of a in this city #0 well and widely known and 60 Tegarded by go maby warm and affectionate hearts that in ordinary times more than a mere an- Boupcement of ber death would have been made in our . Belonging to one of the best creole families in , closely connected with those who have held he le positions in their country and abroad, known and esteemed by a large and loving circle of friends at the South, at the North and in Europe; yet to none of there wag she #0 warmly, 60 devotedly, ae sho was to 1d, who was absent, and to her reiatives and who, night ond day during the years of her ill- i ness, watched by her bedside, bave anticipated e ie want, and soothed her sickness with an Gevotion commensurate with and compara ‘ple to their love alone. When the immediate prede- very bie bm Present commanding general was in this nt he pean tenderod to her an escort and every facility, if and whenever she should wish to join herhusband. She was too weak, too ill to be removed. devotion of this lady to her husband, her love for him, was such that she would not allow her family to unicate to him her critical position. Her sorrows bor sufferings have been respected, even by stran- gore, to the day of her death and her entrance into the Jand where there \s always peace. In the afternoon edition the foliowing was published:— MRE, BEAUREGARD’S PONRRAL. The body of Marguerite Caroline Destonde, wife of Gen. G. T. Beauregard, was removed this morning from her late residence, 123 Espianade street,.to the boat Nebraska, for conveyance to the parish of St. John the Baptist. A larger thyong was never assembied at any private faneral in this city. As early as eight o'clock the street in the vicinity of the bouse was crowded with people—a very large number of whom were ladies—who came from every part of the city. The bouse was filled and the ad- jacent streets were thronged. The archbishop of the dio- ‘ese and several prieste were in attendance to perform the funeral rites, and the coffin was profusely decorated, with beautiful wreaths of flowers. After the prayers, the body was taken to the boat, which lay at the foot of Fsplanade street, and the coffin was followed by a procession that fairly filed the street {rom the levee to Rampart street. Mr. Theod. Guyol, Mr. Maspero, Mr. Jules Toledano, and Lieut. Lefort, of tne French war steamer Catinet, were among the pallbearers, with others whose names wedid vot jearn this morn- fog. Several thousand persons wore present. Our limits this evening prevout a mote extended account of the funeral. It is rare indeed that so Jarge a funeral throng is assembled where all is so orderly, and where not asingle incident occurs to detract from the solemnity of the scene. The arrangements this morning were per- fect and complete, and the thousands who attended the funeral testified by their presence their sincere respect for the memory of the deceased, and their sorrowing sympathy for her surviving friends. MISCELLANROVS. Av occasional skitmish oceurs between the pickets of the two armies near Baton Rouge. A few days since the rebels made a raid upon West Baton Rouge, and entirely cleared Mr. Oaldwell’s planta- tion of ail the horses, mules and cattle upon it. They also took seven fine borses from Mr. Philip Bauer, at the ferry landing, and ransacked the store of Mr. Samuel . Tueedy morning last a man was found lying on the corner of Gravicr and Franklin streets. He was picked ‘up insensible. Qn examination it was discovered that he had received a terrible cut in the abdomen, and that the ground where ke lay was covered with blood. On arriving at the hospital the unfortunate man recovered bie senses, He said his name was Walsh, and that about eleven o'clock two men stopped him and demanded his money. He said that be bad none, when one of them stabbed bim in the abdomen, inflicting a wound which probably prove mortal. Two men, named Robinson and Murphy, have been arrested on suspicion, and when the former was brought before him be recognized bim as the man who stabbed him. THE QHERMAN EXPEDITION. Arrival of Gen. Sherman at New Orleams. {From the New Orleans Delta, March 2.) ‘The city was startled about nightfall yesterday by the announcement that Major General Sherman and staf had arrived io the Diana, one of the marine brigade steamers. AM sorts of romora were quickly flying from one end of the town to the otber, and conjectures of alt sorts were made the bage of reports most industrieusly circulated. One bad it that be came to command forces from this de- partment against Mobile: a second that the city bad actually surrendered, while the fact that the general wore ‘a suit of citizen’s clothes was proof positive that he had been captured, aud came as a paroled prisoner. We need Dot panse to say how much that is ridiculous, false and absurd was contained in these idle tales. The facts are briefly these: The expedition which, under the command of eneral Sherman left Mempbis aod Vicksburg about the first of last month, was never intonded to be anything more than a gigantic raid—a diversion to draw atteation from other important enterprises, and to effect the de- struction of supplies, munitions of war and the machinery for the manufacture of arms. The march was a rapid one. avd the column swept through the country like a voruado, causing the whole confederacy to shake jn its ahoes. it pevetrated, as we learn, come ten miles beyond Meridian; and having sneceeded in destroying the rail- roads, bridges, the immense stores of corn and commis sary stores held by the Confederates ip that vicinity, as wel! ag devastating the whole range of country, has ro- turped in triumph to Vicksburg laden with spoils. No serious opposition was made, and wherever any sort of resistance was offered the enemy was wiped ont, and the column marched on in triumph. Having scoomplished his mission Sherman returned to the Mississippi, leaving bebind him a ruined country. Fe burned and destroyed whatever he could not carry off. Tbe retribution bas falieo peavily on the people of this section. Eve€ything that could support the life of man or beast or ‘contribute to rebel arms has been crushed. He went empty and came back full. He took bo train and returned with one fifteen miles long. laden with ap abundance of cotton and otner things. He brings 1,160 mules and about four contrabands to @ mule. He bas niso Ove bundred prisoners. {Mnjor General W. T. Sherman and Brigadier General T. W. Sherman, it will be seen fe both present at the inauguration ceremonies of Governor Haho, ou March 4, 1804.—Ep, Hprawn.) GRANT’S ARMY, Affairs at Chattanooga Knoxv'! Cnattanocoaa, March 12, 1864. There is nothing important from the front to-night. The rebols sent in a flag of trace on “important busi- ness.” The intention was to get the location of our ad- vanced posts at Ringgold. The fag was stopped at the outposts, and the scheme failed. Abeavy columo of infantry was reported moving up from Ringgold, but was ascertained to be nothing more thanan escort to a body of refugees seeking the Union lines, Boats from Knoxville report guerillas quiet along the river. ‘The receipts of rebel deserters avernge thirty per day Ubis month. ‘The oath is administered daily at the city prison at soven o'clock, All deserters are sent to the rear. General Stedman, commanding the post, is issuing fifty thousand ratious daily. Citizens come from 6 distance of fifty miles. All unemployed and uifeplisted contrabands will be shipped North on Monday. As an evidence of reconstruction, the Masonic Lodge at Chattanooga has revived and will soon oommecce work Colonel Nicholatail, of the Twenty-fourth tilinojs, who was wounded at Buzzards’ Roost in a late reconnoiseance, died in the hospital last night, Loumvius, Ky., Mareb 12, 1864, Army officers, leaving Chattanooga yesterday nov, report all quieé there, and also at Knoxville, as far as heard from. Kentucky Military Affairs. NEGRO ENLISTMENTS—REMONSTRANCE OF GOVERNOR BRAMLETTE—T COMMAND OF THB FORCES IN THE STATE, RTO. Pranavorr, Ky., March 12, 1864. # It {a anderstood that Goveraor Bramlette has sddressed ‘an earnest romonstrance to the President respecting the enrolment and enlistment of slaves in Kentucky, and bas: Hotified the Prosident that be will execute the laws of Kentucky against all-who attempt to take slaves from (heir ownors without their consent. He claims that Keo tucky has furnished more than fifty thousand of ber sons to defend the government, and is willing to farnied stil! more—all that are allotted to ber—that ebe bas proved her loyalty and must be treated as a loyal State, aud that hor constitation and laws must be respected. Lovisvinis, Mareb 12, 1864. Goneral Burbridge has ordered the arrest of Colonel Frank Watford (or disloyal sentiments retderod in a angech ata sword presentation to him al Lexington on Thoreday. rig fier Gonerot Hugh Ewing, brother-in-law of Moye Goperal Sherman, bas beenerdered to this ery, probaly to supersede General Burbridge ia command of ihe (nt force wm Kentueler ‘ PRICE THREE CENTS. ARRIVAL OF THE FULTON. News from the Department of the South. Affairs in Florida and South Carolina, Ben abe bey The United States steam transport Fulton, Captain Wot: ton, arrived at this port last night from Port Royal, 8. C., March 10, at two o’clock P. M. Among the passengers is Brigadier General J. W. Tur- ner, bearer of official despatches to the War Department. Captain ©, W. Pickering, Lieutenant F. J. Higginson and Dr. W. Plant, of the sloop.of-war Housatonic, are also among the Fulton’s passengers, Captain Ketchum, of the transport Island City, cap: turéd on an isiand called the Two Bisters, near the mouth of the St. John’s river, two large torpedoes, The maga- zines of both consisted of half an oil can hermetically sealed, and contained seventy-five pounds of rifle powder. The powder was to be fired by means of a gun barrel, to which was attached a percussion cap, to be exploded by a hammer, the latter being operated by a powerful steel spring, controlled and regulated by a complete Yankea brass clock, manufactured in Connecticut, evidently con- structed for the benefit of our blockading vessels in the 8t. John’s, The steamship Daniel Wobster arrived at Port Royal on the morning of the 10th instant, having a regiment on board, The Quartermaster’s steambont Harriet Weed (previously reported lost in St. Jobn’s river) arrived at Port Royal without injary. We are indebted to Purser Thomas McManus, of the Fulton, for favors. Mr. Oscar G. Sawyer’s Despatches. Jacksonvinum, Fla., March 7, 1864. THE SITUATION IN FLORIDA, There is little of interest to write from this quarter at Present. The enemy remain quiet, and our forces are resting after the long and laborious marches they have performed; so there is little chance for stirring news for gome time to come, unless the enemy conclude to take the initiative, In that case they will have a fair oppor- tunity of trying battle with us again, and this time on our chogen ground, But I am inclined to the opinion that all the talk the rebel generals are said to indulge in of assaulting our works here and carrying the town is mere bombast to frighten us if they can, and to carry out their ulterior designs, which, it must be confessed, are» little obscure to us. REREL DESERTERS. come in daily, but bring very little news that can be Telied on, They nearly all differ in regard to the com- manding general of the rebel force opposed to us. Some assert that Finegan commands; others that General Gardner ‘8 over the forces in front of us; and others still announce General Mercer as General-in-Chiot of the Florida forces, Beauregard has been at Camp Finegan; but I presume he did not have immediate com- mand of the army there. He communicated with Gen- eral Seymour by a flag of truce a few days since, but the nature of the despatch has not transpired. It was repliod to by Genera) Seymour, under a flag of truce in charge of » Major Eady, of the Forty-seventh New York, Inspector General of the district. . Deserters variously report the strength of the rebel force—some placing it as low as twelve thousand; others eotimate it at twonty thousand. Probably the latter bomber is not far from correct. Welearn from the same sources that the rebel cavalry are engaged in driving out of the State, or to points in the State free from danger of incursion , all the beef cattle and bogs which abound in this region of country. They sre also tearing up and transporting to otber sections of the coun. try the railroad iron on the roads in the State, to patch up and repair the worn out roads used for military pur- poses. The latter report is not at all improbable; for as long ago as last summer the rebel Congress passed an act offering so much money for the Toads, and in case the corporations did not choose to sell the iron was to be taken by and for the benetit of the rebel government, at whatever price government appraisers mizht judge it to be worth. Yulee. president of oue road, and the president of the other road, declined the offer made; and on the governmont’s avents at. tempting to seize the iron, in pursuauce 0; the provisions of the act of Congress, they obtained an injunction from the State court restraining the rebel axents from carrying out their instructions, and at last accounts the case was being argued in the State court. Meanwhile the soldiers step in, and practically close off all the iron, The court will no trouble, it is thought, in maintaining the corporation in the possession of the road after the iron is take up, as the rebels will only need the earth for defensive purposes or to bury themselves in. A MILITARY EXECUTION occurred on Monday morning ast in the town sergeant, by the name ot Walker, of the Third South Carolina Volunteers, tried and convicted of mutiny. was shot to death ip the pregence of his reziment. Tho prizon- ¢r bebaved with firmness, and met his death resolntely. Two volleys of musketry were fired before death ensned, He was only stunned by the first volley, bat bevore he re. vived the second was final. and life became immediately extinct. The scene will not soon be lost on the troops who witnessed it. THE NOSPITAL SHIP COSMOPOLITAN sailed yesterday for Filton Head ond Reaufort, with the last of the wounded remaining im the bospitais of this town. Surgeon Swift, the Medical Director of the de- Partment, went to the Head in her. The Cosmopolitan is one of the institutions of this De- partment. She is a fipe, noble steamer, swift, and cot fortabie at sea, and fitted up in the mort complete m ner for the traneportation of the sick 1nd wounded ders from every portion of the department to the lospi- tale at Hilton Head, Beanfort or St. Augustine. The boepital department of the vessel! is ip charge of Assistant Surgeon Buckley, of the Sixth Connecticut, young officer of great merit and scientife ability. ite bes been on the Cosmopolitan vearly seven months, aud bas discharged the arduous and varied duties of his position with excellent judgment and an unwearied zeal. His assistant, Sargeon Porter, of the Seventh Connecticut, is also an officer of marked talents and profesrional skill, and one who do votes hie entire time to the duties of bis office. Under their charge the Cosmopolitan is one of the best hospital boats aftoat. Captain Croker, commanding the vessel, was for a long time an officer on the Collins line of steamers, and is ‘@ perfect seaman anda genial, accomplished gentieman. Hie vesee! is always ae neat and clean as a man-of-war and @ model of good order. The department and country are fortunate in baving @ hospital ship so complete and well organized in every respect a8 the Cosmopolitan. TUE OLUSTRE AFFAIR In my account of the recent battie of Olustee 1 unin- tentionally neglected to mention the gallant conduct of Lieutenant Colonel James F. Hall, Provost Marshal Gene- ral of the department, on the field. He wae in the southern district organizing his department, and when the advance was made sccompanied General Sey- mour as an aid. During the battle he was zealous! eogaged in ‘inspiring our troops with confidence when the day seemed to be lost, in exhorting the timid and driving up the cowards. He rallied the troops, and held them up to their work at all points of the feild, and did invaluable service in every way. Though tw the thickest of the fight, he escaped without ecrated, and gained ap additional reputation to that be = already won for great coolness and gallantry under re, A colored OUR OUTPOSTS are now about four milee from town, Colonel Henry’s Light Brigade has the port of honor as well as danger, and maintains a sleepless vigiianc® at the front. His com- mand is somewhat jaded and worn out with bard march ing and picket duty, but is {0 good spirits, and ready to Jead the advance at any moment. The lodependent Battalion of Masanchusetts cavairy, onder Major Stevens. bas established a reputation for efficiency and soldieriy bearing second to none of that arm of the service that I have yet seen, and will yet gain bigber taurels before the campaign is ended. IR RAVAL FORCE 0 the river and off the town consiete of the sloop-of-war Pawnee, Commander George B. Balch, senior officer of the station: the Mobaska, Com- mander Creighton, and the gunboat | (Ottawa, Lieatecant Commander Breese. They are al! atchore? of the town, with broadsides covering the front and flake of our defeosive works, and ready at any moment to open fire, The gunbont Dai-Cbing, Lieutenant Commander Chap- 10, 8 OM blockading duty ut the month of the river, whife the Norwich ig anchored off Yeliow Hlaff, between this and the bar, covering our forcs at that important point. Commander Creighton bas been relieved of the com mand of the Mobarka, aod ordered North to assume com mand of anew doubleender of the first claes. He is an wdicient aud gallant officer, and will bear with bim the Dost wishes of all who are fortunate enough tw know tim ~ His snccoreor’s ante has not transpired. Histon Heap, 8. C., March 10, 1864, t this port avd at Siorris and Folly isiands are coadingly dui! and monotonous The. enemy is quiet anit disinelined to axsume the ofieneive, Our guoe bear ing of the ety of Charteston apd Fort Sutter have been Jiring regularly unti Duesday last, when fire was sus: an pended for the time being. The enemy have once or twice attempted to induce us to indulge in an artillery duel with them, but without avail. Operations abous Charleston are likely to remain quiescent for a while, aad if anything Occurs in the department it will take place in the Southern district. / 4 BLOCKADE RUNNER CAPTURED, A small schooner, of about thirty-five tons burthen, from Nassau, bound for Savannah or a rebel port, was discovered by Corporal Smith, Company F, Third Rhode Island artillery, on the beach of Tybee Island on the 4th inst. Captain Churchill, of the same Cm od swith @ led and took to get into Savannah, and ail bands got drank in order to prepare for @ period of incarceration in the Rip Raps, at this delightrul place. Fortunately, in that instance, rising tide floated the schooner off and hopeé of the captain abd his crow. They struck for the Tybee entrance, but not fn ap ber condition, a8 may be supposed. They did straight, it was. evident, for they went bard ‘Tybee and foll into the hands of the ‘‘damneg me ae ty ee ate i Cog of an ext fool of all who Brave the daugers ade to galn'a Ni:le pelt. Tho feseon. will not pat, be ig thought, on the neutral community to wBleb a8. be be COURT MARTIAL, A court martial, ordered by the President t try dier Gene Gordon for digrexpect to bia superior cer, met here to-day. The conrt consists of; Brigadier General A. H. Terry. Brigadier General Israel Vogdes: Brigadier General R. 8, Foster. Brigadier General Rufus Saxtoo.) Colonel Alford, Lieutenant Colonel Morgan, Lieutenant Colonel Jackson, Judgo Advocate, Captain Hengbaw, The trial will probably consume some time, The steamer Cossack, Captain Downing, arrived here from New York, via Fortress Monrog, on the 4th, ‘Thore js no other news in the department. Brigadier General Munn goes on tho Fulton with offictal despatches. Chase of the Rebels by Cur Cavalry in lor {Correspondence of Port Royal N: Colonel Guy V. Henry, with his indom is daily on whe alert in Worida to ascerta abouts and movements of the enemy. In his endeavors he hus been bighly successful, and much valuable infor- mation has been received and communicated by him to the Commanding General. Laet week he started with hia force, including pieces of artillery, to reconnoitre the enemy’s position, and had proceeded ‘ag far as a little creek called Three Mile River, in virtue of its distance from Jacksonville, when he discovered a body of rebel ca- watry vain: Up in Hno on the opposite side, apparenty, on the point of sallying forth on a mission simailar to hig own, The result of tne meeting was a brief encoun- ter, in which Henry succeeded in routing the enemy, ig him to make @ precipitate retreat toward his f reserves beyond Camp Finegap. Captain Fider placed his guns in battery and opened a rapid Ore, which ‘was replied to by the evemy, who. had also brougbt up artillery. The pieces used by the enemy were two or more of those taken at the battle of Viustee. But in this artil- lery duel Eider was too much for the rebels, ana io a short time they were glad to limber np their pieces and drive them to the rear. Everything goes to prove thas with an equal force the enemy would bo thoroughly beat- en ina grand encounter. Colonel Henry puraned the rebels aa far as Camp Fine- gan, and then, having successfully accomplished the ob- ject of the reconnoisance, returned to his camp. In the skirmish he had five men wounded. The rebels an equal and it is believed a greater logs. Emancipation in Marylané. ADDRESS OF THH MEMBERS OF TH# LEGISLATURE. ‘To Tae Lovat Prope oF MARYLAND: — ‘The undersigned, members of the General Assembly, congratulate yon tbat the first legal step hag been taken: in the redemption of the State, The bi!! to take the sense of the people on the call of a Constitutional Convention, and to bling; has become a jaw. In its ossential features it embraces all that was struggled for during the campaign of Inst fall. The yote of the peopio is to be taken on the th of April, aod the Convention, if the people vote to call one, ie to-aasem- Dic on the 27th of the same month. If the people now do their duty, Maryland may jn ao few months as one of the tree States of the Union. The importance of the isenes of the election of the 6th of April—the danger that the will of the people may be defeate’—the wiles of pretended and the weakness of lukewarm friendg. and the now apperent organization of open enemies—iead us to address you a few words warning and advice. Woe are in favor of emancipation, immediate, final, un- conditional, unfettered by negro kerfdom , unaccompanied by any oppressive burthens on @ people whose dearest in- terests have been sacrificed, whose blood has been shed, whose fields have been laid waste in a war selfishly been by armed traitors in the iutecest and on bebalf of slavery. ‘We cal! on you to see to it that such emancipation shall be the result of the Convention. We exhort you at once to organize ana work to bring out every vote fora convention and for candidates who are ia principle and feeling hearty supporters of imme- diate emancipation, You are aware, fellow citizens, that the representa- tion in that Convention, oo the ‘present coustitutional~ basis, gives to thy small counties a vote vastly Out of pro- portion to their population. It is necessary that @ solid vote should be sent ap from the loyal and emuncipation parts of the State io favor of decided uetion. The opp f the Convention hive determined to . They hope that the certainly assemble may cause the friends of a convention carelessly to be absent from the pois. It fs ouly necessary for the friends of the call to vote, to carry it by such @ majority as shall make it overs whelming in its moral effec! You must not forget, fe\low citivens, that the teium- phant march of the armies of the republic, lifting ite banner in every “tate of the rebel confederacy, has mo- difled the utterances avd professions, at least, even of the secessionists of Maryland. Those among them who nepire to public position, who will seek goats tn the Con- vention, will not come before the people ag rebels, They profess now to be State rights democrats and are endes- voring to put themselyes sido by side With the Woods and Vallandighams of the North. Some part of our people may need to he warned eves against them. Wo have seen them in this General As sembly, occupying high positions by their admitie® ubjlities, and studiously denying the chargo of being ; Yet on crery-question that could test opinien, whether it has been to offer bounties to our patriotic volunteers, to relieve their families by tho appropriation of money, to returo the thanks of the State for their gal- lunt conduct to our soldiers and satlore, to present the stars and Stripes, in the mame of the State, to the soldiers of Maryland—tbey have voted solidly and squarely against every loyal and patriotic meusure. ‘Again, there are two*ciasses of emancipationists’ to Maryland. it bos been suid freyuently that everybody ie ia favor of emancination. If this means merely that tnost men believe that slavery is either dead or near to death in Maryland; and that emancipation may be a ve- ceasity, it nay, perbaps, be trne. Many people, loyal and disloyal. are beginning to think that emancipation ip the inost profitable way to sell their slaves, Fogret that slavery has been brought so low; they would do all in their power now to raise it from the dead, or stimulate its sickly voty 89 new vigor, If it must be parted with, they want seats in the Con- vention to sell ft ont on the best terms, to gave ag much of it os is possible. They yield merely to a necessity which tbey cannot control. if, when the Com meets, sinvery is evidently ‘ead, they will make the best burgain for the sale of the corpse. If eircumstances should chonge—if the favorite institution can stilt be saved—they will try to save it, Some of ‘Men are loyal, but they disspprove the policy of the administra. tion: they regret that the war has affected 4 believe that tte abolishment can have no effect to restore the Union on a permanent basis. They preter the Union with slavery to the Union without slavery, ‘We and you, fellow-citizens, are for the Union, with or without slavery. woder al! circumstances and in every contingency, bat we prefer the Union without slavery to to the Union with slavery. **We believe there can be no permanent peace in this country while slavery remains.” We have no regrets that the efforts of traitors to elevate the institution to supreme power have brought it to ruin, We rejoice that this war gives the people of Maryland the opportunity to remove from their midst an incabug on their prosperity, and enabies them to do what our fathers could not see their way clear to do, bat what tho Harpers and Pinckneys, in common with the men of their days, the golden days of Maryland, earnestly de. aired to do—to free every foot of their soil from the trod of 2 @lave, and consecrate it unreservedly to freedom We urge you, follow citizens, to send to the Coovention men who sy: ize with the elorious future shih new opens before the State, not men who sig! the past; send men o aa. of honesty, of firmiess,, cavalry; where: reavintely execute. Wirvenspie unase tor | personal roy Opens ness of it let nocry of union or har. mouy ‘ndoes yon to vote for men who do pot feel, and ‘who will not vote, in Accordauce with these views. ite ail loyal men, who are erancipationista, im ear pe, ot) phe toc ettort to help our bieeding country and beloved State, that she may come out of this cantest not ay still the centre of a united onentty, et purified by the baptism of fire ani ae «raise Then. fellow citizens, we may et! re aim hor, not in the spirit of the apes of yates who iove ber to ber nearness Aaa ‘and de- strnetion, | patriot . 1 O 5 Ww noody mm, Siiverw M. Dundoa, Hevon ©, Marray, ‘Thos. H. Mules. Geo. W. Boulden, Henry Murray, Henry Gants. D.O. P Blot. asters, Jacob B