The New York Herald Newspaper, June 19, 1865, Page 4

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STUYVESANT INSTITUTE, 669 Broadway.—Tue Itatun Mawiowerrs any Muvatcur Tueatee. NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY, 618 Broadway.— Open from 10.4. M. tll 10 P. M. y, June 19, 1865. —— THE SITUATION. ‘The probabilities are that the Southern States will all yo provided with regular or provisional State govern- ments before the national holiday next month. On the Ath inst. President Johnson appointed Provisional Gov- trnors for the States of Texas and Georgia, and others for Florida, Alabama and South Carolina” are to be ap- pointed immediately. ‘Tho following Southern States have elected regular Governors, as follows:— Kentucky. . -Thomas E. Bramlette. - Thomas Swann. . William G. Brownlow. rancis H. Pierpoint. -Thomas C, Fletcher. john Murphy. James Madison Wells. The President has appointed the following Provisional Governors for the following States:— William W. Holden. james Johuson. William L. Sharkey. . Andrew J. Hamilton, Provisional Governors are yet to bo appointed for the following States :— Alabama, South Carolina, Florida. A conference took place in Richmond on Thursday last betwoon Governor Plorpoint and the members of the Vir- gimia Legisiature, the subject undor consideration being & proposition to oxtend the nght of suffrage beyond the mite imposed by she Alexandria constitution, by which all who have taken part in the rebellion are éxcluded from the privilege of voting. If Virginia ts not represented in tho Boxt session of Congress it will not be because Virginians willing to fill soat in that body cannot be found. Can- Gidates for those positions are coming to light rapidly, imoluding some gentlemen who s short time ago would have considered themselvgs insulted by being called Citizens of the United States. Itis even said that the late rebel Governor, Extra Billy Smith, proposes to run for election, if he can first get President Johnson to parden him. General Alfred H. Terry has recently, by direction of the War Department, assumed command of the Depart- meat of Virginia, with headquarters at Richmond. Governor Brownlow, of Tennessee, has issued a pro- olamation ordering the eleotion on the first Thursday of August (the 34) noxt of a full delegation to Congress and members of the Legislature in cortain districts in which there are vacancies.’ Orders have boon issued for the dismantling of all the defensive Works around Washington excepting twenty- twe forts and three or fonr batteries so located as to form @ complete defence to the capital on all sides. These, it fs said, will be strengthened and improved and perma- montly garrisoned. I is stated that among the recent petitions for pardon to President Johnson are Alexander H. Stephens, late revel Vice President, and Robert E. Leo, late commander of the rebel Army of Northera Virginia. i in said that Brephons confesses himself very | emaaged for his rebel- lous course, but pleads tm extenuation that he was led into it by the New York fribwme advocating the right of the Southern people to withdraw from the Union if » majority of them decided in favor of such proceeding. ‘Phe following troope arrived in this oity yesterday, on thote way hofie:—The One Hundred and Forty-second Now York and the Thirty-fourth Masdachusette infantry regiments, the Sevemth New York foavy artillery and tne Twonty-ninth and Thirtleth Massachusetts batteries, The Viret New Hampshire heavy artillery regiment, which acrived on Saturday night, left for home yoster+ day, tron wig agar gps Sp ir a . NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1865. the war-worn veterans keep well crowded with them, fresh regiments arriving as others depart. ‘There are an immense number of rebel prisoners now at the Battery Barracks. Several hundred of them left for the South yesterday, The remainder are expected to leave in a few days. The examination of the graduating class at the West Point Military Academy was concluded some days ago, and on Saturday last the standing of the various mom- bors was announced. This year's class contains sixty- eight members, being tho largest ever graduated from the Academy. The Board of Visitors attending this year’s examinations have unanimonsly agreed on a re- commendation that the number of cadets in the Academy be increased to four hundred, nearly double the present number, The annual academical hop took place on Saturday night. It is expected that the graduating class will receive their diplomas and be relieved from duty to- day. The examinations of the other classes will be con- tinued this week. EUROPEAN NEWS. ‘The Cunard extra steamer Sidon, the first of the bi- weekly line, and'the German steamers Bremen and Ba- varia arrived at this port yesterday, with European ad- vices to the 7th of June. ‘The Montreal steamship Hibernian also toudited at Father Point, bringing advices, via Londonderry, to the 9th inst., her dates being five days later than those pre- viously received, England has unconditionally withdrawn belligerent rights from the rebela, France had previously taken a similarcourse. Earl Russell, in his official notification, acknowledges that ‘‘peace has been restored within the whole territory of which the United States of North Amorica before the commencement of the civil war were in undisturbed possession,” and states that 4S @ necessary consequence “her Majesty’s several authorities in all ports, harbors and waters must hence- forth refuse permission to any vessel of war carrying a Confederate flag to enter such ports, harbors and wa- tors,” and must require any such vessels forthwith to depart therefrom within twenty-four hours, There is, however, an added proviso that the commander of any rebel vessel may, divest his vossel of her warlike charac- ter and remain within British waters at his own risk. France continued to be violently agitated on the Mexi- can question, M, Thiers, the leader of the opposition in the-French Chambers, in a speech on the bidget, strongly deprecated the continuance of the French intervention in Mexico, urging that by its cessation an annual saving of at least fifty million francs might be effected. La France consoles its readers by arguing that the Monroe doctrine does not apply to Mexico, and that America is too ox- hausted by previous efforts to engage in a foreign war. On the authority of the London Times it is stated that France has notified the Washington government that Mexico is under French protection, and that filibustering will be dealt with without mercy. Details of the war among the {South American repub- lies contirm the successes of the Paraguayan forces. The Paraguayan army is estimated at sixty thousand; the allied forces opposed to them at seventy-five thousand men. Consols closed in London on the 9th at 90% a 903. United States five-twenties were at 67, with a brisk busi- ness doing. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. Advices from the republic of Hayti as late as the 24 inst. shave reached us. They state that the rebellion against the government of President Goffrard had boen completely suppressed. The rebels were defeated in a battle near Gonaives, after which their leaders fled and endeavored to make their escape from the country, and the troops laid down their arms. Our St. Domingo correspondent makes a statement of numerous outrages committed on the property and nghts of citizens of the United States domiciled in the Domini- can republié by the Spanish military forces during their invasion of that country. Many American are sottled in St. Domingo, engaged in various important and extensive agricultural, manufacturing and mining enterprises; and our correspondent states that, whenever their estates fell within the Spanish lines, the simple fact of their being Americans was sufficient to subject them to spoliation. The Dominican Minister who visited Washington had re- turned home digheartened. He stated that his greatest desire was to present a statement of the outrages of the Spaniards to our government, but that he was unable to obtain an interview with Mr. Seward for the purpos>. The United States steamer Somerset, Captain W. P. Rogers, arrived here yesterday from the Florida coast, in tow of the steamer Isonomia. The government steamor Massasoit, Commander R. T. Renshaw, also arrived in this port yesterday. An extensive fire, supposed to have been the work of an incendiary, occurred at Saratoga Springs yesterday. It broke out about half-past four o’clock in the afternoon, in the United States Hotel—one account says in two places—und gpread very rapidly, soon entirely destroy- ing that extensive edifice, ten cottages in the vicinity, the Marvin House, Marvin row, three club houses, a telegraph oflice and an express office, Two lives were lost. In connection with an account of the annual conven- tion, in this city last week, of the United States Flint Glass Association, we give on the second page of this morning’s Hxratp very interesting sketches of the intro- duction of glass manufacture into this country, its pre- sent advanced condition, the mysteries connected with the art, and the character of American glassware as com- parod with European. The orders of Superintendent Kennedy for the closing of the music and lager beer halls and gardeus and the liquor saloons were executed to a@tonsiderable extent throughout the city yesterday and last evening. A singing festival of three or four German societies was commenced at Bellevue Garden, foot of Eighticth street, yesterday; but the police, by direction of Superin- tenden: Kennedy, appeared and put a stop to the pro- cecdings, as a violation of the Sunday law. The Ger- mans afterwards proceeded to a locality at the foot of Sixty third street, whore they continned their festivities without being interfered with. Acoroner’s inquest was heft yesterday on the body of a Frenchman namod Octave 8. Marracini, who was found on Saturday morning lying in an insexsible condition on abench under the Terrace in the Park, Medical efforts were made to revive him, but it was found impossible, and he@xpired in about fice hours after being discovered, An examination showed that be committed suicide by swallowing laudanum; but the motive of the act has not becn made known. : ‘Another raid was made by the police on Saturday night on tho abandoned females of the Fourth ward. Thirty- six of them, ranging from ten to forty years of age, were arrested in Roosevelt, Water, Cherry and other streets, and yesterday morning they were sentenced to six months each on Blackwell's Island. The forryboat Sunswick, running between Yorkville and Astoria, was discovered to be on fire yesterday after- noon while making one of her trips across the East river. The flames spread rapidly, and threatened the total de- struction of the boat, as well as the lives of the passen- gers; but she was run ashoro and partially saved. No person on board was injured. The new and clegant Baptist church im Forty-sixth stroct, near Fifth avenue, was dedicated yesterday fore- noon by appropriate services. The Rev. Dr. Armitage preached the dedicatory sermon. ‘The fourth anniversary of the Institution of Reward for the Orphans of Patriots was held last evening in tho Presbyterian church corner of socond avenue and Four- teenth street, The attendance was very limited in num- bers. The annual reports showed « need of funds. The law of Congress making Treasury notes a legal tender has been declared unconstitutional by the Ken- tucky Court of Appeals. A torrible locomotive explosion occurred at Frankfort, Kentucky, on the 12th inst. Four persons wete killed and eight or ten severely wounded. A piece of the botler, supposed to weigh three hundred pounds, was thrown a distance of one hundred yards, penetrating the roof of a house and slightly wounding a young lady. An axle of the tender of the train that left Indianapo- lis for Louisville om the evening of the 12th inst. broke when the train was five miles north of Crothersville, and two cars were precipitated down an embankment, killing two persons, released prisoners going to Ton nessee, and wounding four or five severely. The lows by the burning of the large drug store of R. A. Robinson & 00., at Louisville, on the night of the 13th inst., amounted to one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars, on which there was an insurance of one hundred and twelve thousand. A largo building on the corner of Hill and Front streets, Hannibal, Missouri, used asa tobacco factory, was totally destroyed by Gro on the Oth insh, entailing & of abgut pisly thousand gollare | Union. Two others—Kentucky and Missouri— Reconstructing the Union—Great Success of President Johnson’s Plan. The work of reconstruction is proceeding with extraordinary rapidity. The proclama- tions of President Johnson, which-we published yesterday, announce the appointments of pro- visional governors for two more of the seceded States. The Hon. James Johnson is to be the new Governor of Georgia, and the Hon. An- drew J. Hamilton of Texas. In these appoint- ments, as in those for North Carolina and Mis- sissippi, the President has selected loyal South- ern men in preference to Northern politicians; and his own intimate acquaintance with the wishes of the Southern people, the standing and opinions of representative Southerners and the best means to assist and strengthen the Union. sentiment at the South, has enabled President Johnson to push on his plan of re- construction very rapidly and very success- fully. Eleven Southern States seceded—from the press. And as we understand public opinion we assure President Johnson that it is with him; that it has comx"dence in him; that thus far he is right, and that he has only to go ahead as he has begun to retain the undivided appro- bation of the country. Giur people recently transformed a radical meeting, organized to dictate to the President, into an ovation in his honor; and thus, upon every possible occasion, they will take care to make the wrath of the radicals his highest praise. The News from Europe—Our Reconstruc- tion Abroad. Three or four steamers arrived yesterday from Europe, with news tothe 9th inst. We are advised by these arrivals of the abroga- tion of all restrictions on our vessels-of-war in British ports and the withdrawal of belligerent rights from the rebels. We had previously announced that the Netherlands had come to a similar determination, and on Saturday Mr. Seward informed Mr. Welles that the Emperor of France had absolutely “withdrawn from the insurgents of the United States the character of belligerents.” The clear and distinct action of the King of Holland and the Emperor is in excellent con- trast with the peddling littleness of the British government, as exhibited in the.news which we publish this morning. The British gov- ernment recognized the rebellion in pure hos- tility to us; but, afraid to acknowledge that, it subsequently tramped up the story that it did not recognize the belligerency of the re- bellion until we ourselves had done so by the declaration of the blockade. That story has becn disproved by the showing that Russell had given notice of the recognition of bellige- rency many days before the declaration of blockade was known in England. But, nev- ertheless, the Ministry still adhered to that poor pretext, and endeavored to be consistent with it by the refusal to nullify its recognition until the very last hour, when Lord Russell reluc- tantly issued his order of revocation. Very consistently, the British government argued and argued around every pitiful point, and split hairs to the last possible moment. Thus England makes the same acknowledg- ment of our supreme sovereignty here that the King of the Netherlands and the Emperor of the French bad previously made; and so it is seen that we are reconstructing ourselves as a na- tion before the world abroad at the same time that the process of reconstruction is going on so finely at home: Reduction of the Expenses of the Gov- ernment. A great deal has been said, and numerous promises made by governmunt ofiicials, in refer- ence to the reductionof expenses. There has been considerable curtailment of the daily ex- penditure, but not anywhere near as fast as should be done, nor to the extent which the present condition of the country would justify and in fact require. We fear that there has been more done in promise than in reality. There is no reason why a large diminution should not be made in every branch of ihe service. ‘ihere is no necessity for retaining so large an army as now exists. The rebellion is thoroughly crushed; its spirit, with but few ex- ceptions, is crushed, and a large portion of the present force can be immediately dispensed with. In many localities where an army corps is stationed a division would be ample to take care of the police arrangements. In others, where a division now periorms this duty, a brigade, and perhaps a regiment, would be sufficient. The War Department should attend to this at once and see that the men are dis- charged, and the vast amount of material now no longer of any use, disposed of and the funds paid into the Treasury. The rank and file of the volunteer force, espe- cially those coming from the agricultural dis- tricts of the country, are anxious to get home, are uneasy at their detention, and in many in- stances complaining that they are not mustered out. They enlisied for the war; that is over, and they see no reason why they should not be permitted to return to their families. What is more, they are anxious to reach home in time to take part in the coming harvosis, which are now about commencing in many localities. Aside.trom the benefit which we shall receive in the reduction of expenses in mustering these men out, if they can only reach home in time for the harvests they will find immediate em- ployment. They will thus be able to lay up something for a rainy day, and the sooner adapt themselves to the great change from the exciting life in camp to that of the quiet of civil pursuits.. But if,on the other hand, they are retained until the husbandman has gathered his crops, there will be no opportunity for them to obtain employment until the opening of another season. They will in this instanct return home and pass the long and tedious winter months in idleness and become restless. This will result, as sure as night follows day, in dangerous com- bimations, and in their being induced by de- signing mon into all manner of schemes, which may bring the government into serious compli- cation. The immediate reduction of our mili- tary force and the disposal of a large amount of material, is therefore financially, morally, politically, and in every other way, of the highest importance to the countty. The same rule will applyto the navy with equal force, and to all otber branches of the government which has been largely increased by the war. The transports employed in the navy, the numerous vessels of war improvised for the occasion, should be sold at once, and the men who have been employed in manning them discharged, paid off, and allowed to go home. The force upon many of the regular vessels-of-war can also, without any detriment to the service, be largely reduced. All this will tell very materially upon the expenditares of the government, and sooner enable us to return to a specio basis, and bring our com- mercial interests back to a firmer and more re- liable condition. The War and Navy Depart- ments should attend to this at once. No time should be lost. Every week’s delay adds mil- lions to our debt, which the people will soon feel in the increase of taxation. Will those officials attend to their duty in this respect withont delay? The people are anxiously looking for a practical reply. German Ewronation To THe SovrmHERN Srares.—The work of practically regenerating the labor system of the South has already com- menced. The German organizations in this city are encouraging and facilitating emigra- tion from their native country to the Southern lands as possessing unsurpassed fertility and a climate at once salubrious and suitable to the were claimed by the secessionists, but never lost their loyal govertiments. Of these eleven seceded States Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisi- ana were restored to the Union under the ad- ministration of Mr. Lincoln, and are now, to all intents and purposes, as loyal as Maryland or Delaware. - Since the 25th of May, when the rebel General Johnston surrendered, five more States have been brought back. North Caro- lina, Mississippi, Georgia and Texas have been supplied with provisional governors, and Vir- ginia has retained Governor Pierpoint, who was elected by the loyal portion of the people while the rebellion was still in existence. Thus, in the short space of @ little more than three weeks, five great States have been restored to loyalty. South Carolina, Florida and Alabama yet remain to be treated; but another pro- clamation, to be issued in a few days, will in- clude them. So before the glorious Fourth of July the United States will be intact, one and indivisible. Nor is this remarkably rapid reconstruction merely upon paper. It is a real and vital cer- tainty. The Southern people are anxious for it and acquiesce in it. So far from the aboli- tion of slavery becoming a stumbling block in the way of reunion, as many persons naturally expected, the majority of the Southerners take emancipation as a matter of course, and pro- mise to aid-‘the government heartily and cor- dially in the tremendous task of transforming the negro slaves into Afnerican freemen. There are difficulties in regard to this feature of reconstruction, however, which only time and patience can remove. The appointment of provisional governors, who shall call State conventions, which shall provide for the election of State officers, State Legislatures and Repre- sentatives in Congrees, is a plain plan, which requires only the selection of loyal men to carry out ita details to be in every respect suc- cessful. But in the discriminaiion between loyal Southerners and rebels, in the exercise of his power to punish and to pardon, in his care for the poor whites—the class from which he sprung—and in his dealings with the emanci- pated blacks and their relations to the State, to their white neighbors and to the United States government, President Johnson will find need for the wisest statesmanship and most dexterous employment of the authority with which Provi- dence and the will of the people have endowed him. Cariously enough, at the very commence- ment of his administration, President Johnson is deserted by the very men from whom he might have anticipated sympathy if not assist- ance. The radical republicans, who professed to be so devoted to the welfare of the blacks, are the most dissatisfied individuals in the country, now that the abolition of slavery has been achieved. They oppose the appointment of loyal Southerners as provisional governors, contending that there are no loyal men at the South and that Northern abolitionists ought to fill these offices. On the other hand they oppose, through the Tribune, the punishment of any rebels, stating that only slavery and State rights ought to reap the penalty of treason. The poor whites of the South they utterly ignore. They insist that President Johnson shall proclaim every negro a voter, giving the blacks ballots before he gives them anything else. Of course the abolitionists know that it is impossible for him to do this, because the ~suffrage question rests entirely with the States; but that does not prevent them from organizing against the President, under the leadership of a Chief Justice who has already disgraced him- self, his office and the country by extra-judicial decisions. Nor does it prevent them from threatening, through Mr. Wendell Phillips, to repudiate the national debt if negro suffrage be not granted, or promising (if we accept the amended version of his speech) to recognize the rebel debt if negro suffrage is granted. Mr. Wendell Phillips, in a published letter, states that what he said at Boston was that he would advocate the repudiation of all rebel debts if the Union were reconstructed on a white basis; and the clear inference from this statement is that he is prepared to advocate the payment of all rebel debts if the Union be reconstructed on @ black and white basis. Whether he made the threat reported or offered the bribe here stated/his party is alike inimical to Preaident Johnson. But under the circumstances it is very clear that the President has gained more than he has lost by the desertion and the antagonism of the radical faction. The. pgople have a pro- found distrust of these men, who, as Mr. Ste- phens, of Georgia, says in his application for a pardon, were the original promoters and en- couragers of secession, and who now look upon the negro, not as a man, but as a mere voting machine. Consequently, the masses, North and South, will rally around President Johnson in invincible force, and the more he is as- sailed by the radicals for not attempting the impossible, the more the people will ad- mire his eminently practical mind, and the more they will assist him in carrying out his eminently practical plans, A few silly edito- rials in a paper like the Tribune, which holds that if you give a starving man a ballot it is equivalent to giving him something to eat, and @ few silly speeches from such ranters as Wen- dell Phillips, who first insists upon repudiating the national debt and then advocates the re- cognition of the rebel debt, cannot have any weight with a man of President Johnson’s cali- bre, particularly as he feels the steady support of the people upholding and sustaining him, as the deep watersdf the ocean sustain the strong and skilful swimmer. We know the people apd we understand the drift of public opinion. The Tribune itself says that we predicted to Lquls Napoleon the last revolution ja Rrance, gopatituulons of thelr fellow copntxtmep. Ad mar he true of England or other countries, - ee from our observa*tion of the tone of the French | large influx of foreign emigrants to the South Gee iaeal of > Tareas fortunes here are nol may be expected to follow the re-establishment of order in all the States, Tennessee, now become a free State, is already extending a welcome to all comers who aim at the cultiva- tion of tobacco, cotton, the cereals, and espe- cially the fruits of the vineyard, upon prolific soil. Representation and Taxation—The Ques- tiom of the Day. Some days ago we laid down the proposition that four classes of negroes should be permit- ted to vote, namely, all who had been soldiers, all who could read and write, all who owned property, and all those who had been members of churches for five years before the war. This seems to meet to a certain extent the views of both parties to the question; the mass of those who oppose negro suffrage do so because, as they allege, the negro is ignorant and doltish, and so far below, intellectually and morally, the ordinary level of humanity, that he will never either appreciate the privilege or use it with any proper sense of its power Those allegations cannot be made against the classes we name, and all against whom they can be made are distinctly excepted by our division. Thus that division destroys the only defensible position of those who oppose negro suffrage, On the other hand, it meets the views of the better part of the radicals, who, whatever their faults may be in other respects, appear to have some desire for the purity of elections. They, perhaps, do not wish that a worthless negro should have the suffrage any more than a worthless white man, They only want to secure the recognition of the prin- ciple that no class of the Southern people shall be deprived of the right to vote on account of color. That recognition made, as it will be by the admission of these classes— and it is acknowledged that these classes will include every negro that ought to vote— and this plan, which thus seems to meet the wishes of the two parties, ought also to meet the views, of the mass ot the people who have not yet taken sides. . It ought to meet their ‘Views, because some admission of negro suffrage must be made, and this appears to be the only just plan upon which we can make it. We must admit the negro suffrage—because it is utterly impossible that a free and enlightetied people can say that the man who has sustained their cause and freedom in battle shall suffer political degradation. We must give it as a reward and‘acknowledgment to negro soldiers; and we will do wisely if we hold it out as an inducement and stimulus to all others. No philanthropy will do so much for the negro, in- teilectually or otherwise, as the simple assur- ance that he shall bave a vote on the day when he can read and write. Moreover, if we may judge of the temper of the Southern people by tho significant reminder of Sanders’ letter that rabid Southern men have the majority at every poll, we shall by and by want negro voters in the Southern States as much as we ever wanted negro fighters, The Tribune is willing to accept the arrange- ment we propose “as a basis of concord and peace.” But that arrangement will be good only if carried out in a constitutional way. It cannot be made by any power that assumes to act from military necessity, because there is no military necessity. President Lincoln pro- claimed the abolition of slavery when there really was a military necessity; yet slavery was subsequently abolished by constitutional ac- tion, because there was room to doubt the validity and force of the former measure. It is the same now, and to arrange this question in any but the constitutional way will always leave its legality in doubt. The dnly satisfactory way to settle this im- portant point is by a national convention and the amendment of the constitution, That is the only power with full authority to do it, and the only one that gives a guaranty that it will be done properly. The country would probably not be willing to leave it to the individual States, and since there is no military necessity, the President has not the power. And the same convention might very properly revise thé whole subject of the elective franchise, es- pecially with a view to the just representation at the polls of all taxable property. It has been asserted that taxation without representa- tion was unjust, and the Revolutionary war was waged on that point. But it is certain that there is now a very abundant taxation where there is no adequate representation; and it is as important to overhaul the question of suf frage in this respect as in any other. idlers nor spendu‘wifts, but ths hardest working men in the country. ‘ The Soldiers and the Sailvrs—Thets ‘ Duty as Citizens. For thirty years this country has been agh tated by parties inconceivably corrupt. With indiscriminate rapactty they have plunlored and deceived the eountry year after year, and ft long since became impossible to make :wy distinction between parties in respect to t.ke Corruptness of their motives and acts. All thet old parties were so much alike in this that they could be fairly classed together, so that the country was simply divided into the people and the parties. On the one hand the people—~ & hearty, honorable independent race that builds railroads and steamboats, clears away the forests, mines and develops the great re- sources of the continent; and on the other hand the parties—an isolated section of the commu nity, separate from the people, and banded together for the purpose of plunder, under the pretext of carrying on the government, But these parties, with their villanous schemes, their rancorous quarrels, their gencraS violence and folly, finally rau the country inte a state of discord that resulted in the late see tional war. And the important phonomenca of that war was that the people had to come out from their ordinary occupations and setile the troubles that the politicians had brought om in their wild spirit of party hate. All our armed forces were simply the American people under arms for that purpose. The farmer left his plough, the boatman his oar, the woodman his axe, and the shoemaker his awl; the parson his pulpit and sore throat, the lawyer his case, and the dandy his diamonds and dimity--all parts of the people band- ing together in the common cause simply to prevent the ruin that the politicians wer bringing on; and the people thus generously coming out did save the country, after the grandest struggle of which there is any memory. The important question now is whether the country shall fall again into the hands of these corrupt politicians from whom the peopfe have thus taken it. Shall we lapse once more into the old way, and thus lose a great part of the benefit of the sacrifices the people have made t No; it must be kept forever out of the hands of ihe politicians, who brought on the last trouble, and will, if left alone, bring on another. The soldiers and sailors—tho men who saved it in battle—must now save it in the peaceable, constitutional way as voters. They are the proper nucleus for an essociation of the pee- ple that shall supersede the parties. They have the heart and brain for the occasion. They are bold and intelligent. While they have braved danger they have studied und argued with one another over the cwuses of the war and the necessities of the country. The bivouse has been their school, and while they have talked patriotism at night by the camp fire, they have practised it on the morrow in the face of the enemy. It is in their nature deeply, and is not the mouthy trash of the stump orator. They are carnest, too, and are just the men to inspire a great aggregation of the people with grand purposes for the good of the country. Will they do it? Tas Two Great Enrerrrises.—A sagacious provincial cotemporary has discovered that two great enterprises undertaken in New York have failed. One is ‘the Mexican emigration, and the other the payment of the national debt by private subscription. It happens that both of these plans are still going on, although the ultimate results of each may be postponed. We have just learned, for instance, that a large portion of Kirby Smith’s forces have “emigrated” to Mex- ico, and no doubt thousands more will make their way across the Rio Grande, some im boats, and some, perchance, by swimming; but they will emigrate anyhow. As for the payy ment of the national debt, people, we find, are still subscribing according to their means and inclinations. It is quite practicable, and, i properly orgatiized by the government, will be successful. Therefore we assure our provincia} oracle that both these enterprises “still live.” Tue Rerorvep VeTsrans aND THE Fourrm or Juty.—The coming anniversary of our National Independence will be celebrated im an unusually enthusiastic and impressive man- ner. Perhaps two hundred thousand Union troops, veterans and others, will be at home on that day, and the hosannas that will be sung te the restored Union, as well as to the restored fathers, sons, brothers and lovers to their family hearths and sweethearts, will not be paralleled since those heard during the days Isracl was redeemed by Divine grace. To give éclit to this extraordinary attraction of the day, the Gov- ernors of a number of States have issued special proclamations to the people, calling attention to the fact that so many of the restored heroes will be smong them, and inviting their earnest co-operation in giving them # welcome beconting their sacrifices and fearless devotion to their country. The day will be especially distinguished at' Gettysburg, Pa., by the ceremonies attending laying the corner stone of the monument to be erected im the Soldiers’ National Cemetery, at which the President of the United States and many other dignitaries of the land will be present Our countrymen are warm in their to honor the brave Union soldiers ss Inde pates Dy ee Incomxs anp Ixcomz Tax.—The assessors’ lists of the income tax for 1864 are now ready to be passed over to the hands of the collectors, whose duty it is to notify the public when the tax will become due and when it must be paid. The lists this year show a large increase of income over 1863. Many people have overhauled their affairs more carefully and are able to make a fuller return, while others'have added to their earnings considerably. Thus tho show of in- comes over five thousand dollars ts much greater in 1864, and thosé which mount up to the hundred thousands have not decreased in number. These enormous incomes of five and eight hundred thousand, and even a million dollars perannum do not represent in this country idloness or luxury, as in Europe. The fortunes have been won by hard toil, and when they reach this princely figure the owners do not fall back into indolence or leisure. On the contrary, the men in this city who enjoy such immense incomes that they pay taxes on eight | hundred thousand and a million work more hours 8 day—and work mentally and physically too—as the common laborer. We venture to say that if any laboring man were asked to work as hard for his bread and butter and clothes, he would grumble, and strike for the ten hour system. It is told of the millionaire Girard that when @ man once congratulated him upon the happiness which his wealth procured, replied that it he would take care of his property, he (Girard) would give him all he wanted to eat, and drink, and wear, and « house to live in. Of course the remuneration was declined as entirely too small. “Well,” said Girard, “that is all I get for doing it.” The possession of wealth and the curse of idleness are happily not synonymous in Ameri- ca. No man lives if he does not work. He only vegotates. The doctrine that groat wealth and unbroken ease are not a guarantee for somebody, probably Jay Cooke, is trying om in regard to government securities. It appeare that a spread eagle sheet has been started im Philadelphia, filled with transparent financial puffs and campaign songs as » pretended sd- vertisement for government securities. The e t is assure to be disgusting to the people as it is likely to be damaging to the onal bonds if allowed to be continued. nations on or before the 15th inst, were mus tered out of service on Friday last. There are several others who will soon receive notice that their “time has come.” John H. Surratt Not in Portland. Bawaon, June 18, 1865, ‘The man who supposed to be John Surratt in Portland recently, has been here eight or ten days. Ho is prow not Surratt, the conspirator. every may be « bitter philosophical The Rody of J. H. Page Recovered. pill for the unwealthy to swallow; batitis | a. say of 5. use kan thes maton tee hevertheless true, Our millionaires feel this | wines, was fount yesteay in sioeraet nee and they act upon it, consequently whatever