The New York Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1865, Page 4

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We do not return rejected communications, Volume XXX..... ee seseceecccesseccoece No. 185 * New York, Wednesday, July 5, 1865. THE HERALD TO-DAY. It has heretofore been customary with the Henatp to observe two days in the year, and consequently it has not usually been published ‘on the 2d of January and 5th of July. We have decided to innovate on that custom, and the Heratp makes its regular daily appearance this morning. From this time forth i will be regularly issued on every day in the year. Our office hours will be from sunrise of one day to sunrise of the next, and from one end of the year to the other. Our doors are henceforth ‘@lways to be open. This innovation has been demanded by the public, to whom the Hzraup is so important.an article of daily consumption ‘that the people refuse any longer to observe ‘the senti-annual fast days. THE FOURTH. The cighty-ninth anniversary of our ind»pendence was obsorved in this city yesterday with all the eckit ‘New Yorkers could give to the occasion. Tho military display consisted of twenty-five regiments of infantry, eavairy and artillery, accompanied by thirteen bands, and was received with the greatest enthusiasm along the | ine of march. The returned voterans had a perfect Ovation, a dinnor was given to tho Irish Brigade at Irving Hall, and the wounded, sick and well soldier: were enter- tained at tho State Soldiers’ depot, the City Assemby Rooms, regimental armorivs and other places. The shipping in the harbor was finely decorated, public nd private buildings were hung with flags and streamers, the parks and streots were full Of fair women and brave men, and in the evening tho fireworks in the various squares and other localities @losed the day in a blaze of glory. There were less oas- ‘aalties than usual, but eleven having been reported as -oceurring during yesterday and Monday evening, nine of which wero inflicted by pistols, most of them exploding in ‘the hands of the victims. At Gettysburg the day was cclebrated with groat en- ‘thusiasm, and the corner stone of the soldiers’ monument was laid with the most imposing ceremonies. At day- ‘ight one hundred guns wore fired by the camp on the Wail figld. At ten o'clock in the morning the proces- ‘pidn, headed by Major Goneral Geary, moved from the ‘main stroot of the town, and the cemetery was reached atatew minutes before clovon, where the exercises ‘were oponed with prayer and a discourse by the Rev Dr. Tyng, of this city. After tho reading of a letter from Presidont Johnson, regretting that illness deprived him ‘of the pleasure of being present, the ceremonies attend- fing the laying of the corner-stone were gone through with. Geuoral Howard, the orator of the day, then de+ Bivored an eloquent oration on the sacrifices of the pri- vate soldier, which was followed by the poem of the occasion—"Thoughts of the Time and Place—written and read by Colonel Charles G. Halpine, The exercises. wore concluded by an address from Governor Curtin, ‘At Washington the National Colored Monument Asso. ciation had a larre and enthusiastic meeting, the oration Doing delivered by William Howard Day, a black man o/ rare intelligence and good address. Speeches were maie by Hon. Henry Wilson and Govornor Habn, and the Rev. John Pierpovt read a poem written for the occa. sion. At Albany the great feature of the day was the flor re ception of the New York State volunteer regiments Lioutonsnt General Grant was present. The presentation address was made by Major General Butterfield, an ad Gress was delivered by Governor Fenton, and the Rev. B HL. Chap'n was the orator of the occasion. In Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Jersey City, Hoboken, up | the Hudson, and indeed throughout the country general Ty, the great nationnl holiday was observed as u double colebration—as an anniverrary of the establishmont of our independence and as n day of rejoicing at the resto- ration of peage throughout the land. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. ‘Tho Prosident’s health is so much improved that it is {preanmod he will be able to devote a fow hours to basi- ness on Thursday moruing. A very exhaustive article on the subject of ovr national Agriculture, compiled from the United States census of 1800, giving many practical euygestions and interesting Comparative statiniics of progress throughout the various Bates, together witt a statement of the effect of war on that Immonse branch of industry, and the number of elavoholders and slaves thore wore at that time in the Waion, will be found tm our columns this morning, The oxtonded and carefully prepared skevh of our ‘Motropolitan Police establishment published in this | morning's Henan will be found excecdingly interrst- fing, showing, as it does, the aystem of oryanization of the Porce, how it insgoverned, tho extent of vorritury over which it has supervision, tts power and efficiency, the Physical and moral requisites of its members, and its complete and minute arrangements for tho accomplish ment of the many and intricate duties in the great work of preserving order with which it i# charged. The Mo tropolitan Police force in tuis city numbers eomothing (Alor two thousand mou, and bosides this oily the Metro. politan district embraces Brooklyn and the rural portions of Kings county, the counties of Westchester and Richmond, and parts of Queens county. ‘The following is a record of the-proceedings before the police magistrates yesterday :—Alexander Hamilton was Committed on a charge of stealing twenty-six hundred dollars, mm gold and Treasury notes, from Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, residing at 612 Broome streot. The safe in the Dullding corner of Howard and Crosby streets, occupied by the Belgian Plate Glass Company, was blown open by burglars about four o'clock yesterday morning. The explosion was very heavy, damaging the building, plato glase, safe, &c,, to the amount of two thousand dollars. ‘The burglars, however, did not succeed in getting into the division of the safe containing the money; but they did succeed in escaping from the building, leaving ‘© complete set of burglars’ tools behind them. Mr. Mann, one of the participants im the alleged oil swindle, was yesterday liberated om fifteen thousand dollars bail. The examination of Messrs. Mann and Stratton will take place at two o'clock this afternoon. William Johnson, alias Murphy, was sent to the Tombs for disorderly conduct. Ho was arrested by officer Sut- ton, of the Tenth precinct,.on. Monday night, but not until one of his arms had been fractured in two places by the policeman. James Keegan, fourteen years old, was committed om @ charge of ahooting Ellen Roseberg, of No, 40 Hamilton street, in the obeck, because she de- clined paying him some money which he alleged she owed him, Charles Williams, Charles Smith and Owen Gannon ‘wore arrested on 8 charge of entering houses for the purpose of plundering. Skéléton keys, screw-drivers and other like instruments being found on their persons, they were committed for examination. Henry Islich, George R. Mester and Charles Gross, wore pieced under bailfor being engaged in » disturbance in a lager bier saloon in the Bowery, on Monday night, during which several persons wers soverely eut about the head. Ber- nard Banman, ® butcher, was committed for examina- tion on a charge of recklessly knocking down and run- ning over a little girl three years of age. ‘An old lady, named Allen, was robbed and brutally outraged by a gang of young ruffians, near the Cypress Hill Plank Road, Williamsburg, early yesterday morn- ing. Six of them were arrested and committed to jail to await further examination. An inquest was held yesterday on the body of John Haggerty, who was drowned while bathing in the East river. The remains of a woman, about twenty years of ‘age, who, it is supposed, worked on one of the Peck slip ferry boats, and was drowned on Saturday last, wore found in the dock at Pier 45 East river. The Fourth of July—Its Observance—A Double Holiday. The national festival, having # double signi- j ficance this year, had also a double celebra- tion. The heart of the whole country rejoiced over the Declaration of Independence which made us a nation, with its accustomed pride, as it has done year after year; but it throbbed with still prouder emotions in celebrating the event which has just “preserved us a nation,” the grandest for its heroism, and the most permanent for its trial and suffering, of which the genius ot history will have to preserve a record. The | Declaration of Independence and the restora- tion of peace—the base and the keystone of the arch of the republic—the one’ the founda- tion upon which it was raised, and the other the final work which makes the structure per- petual, are surely worthy of the most enthu- siastic commemoration. Historic "76, with all its heroic memories, and still not less historic 765, with its practical facts, its gaNant deeds, its victory of democratic ideas, its upraising of | the national siandard to. the view of a jealous and not over friendly world—these two epochs, though eighty-nine years apart, are, as it were, twin brothers in point of the glorious events which came with the birth of each. The celebration of the Fourth commenced really on the 3d. Monday was almost as much of a holiday as yesterday. Business was prac- tically ignored all through the city. Many stores were closed, and the expenditure of gun- powder and enthusiasm had twenty-four hours start of the usual time. Everybody seemed to be elated with the idea that the country was redeemed, restored to its original status, and the impatient public would not wait for the dictum of the almanac. But if they went off at half cock on Monday, that fact did not decrease the enthusiastic celebration of yesterday. Never was there so grand a spectacle in the metropo- Ms on the national holiday. The procession in the forenoon—heightened in interest by the presence of our war-worn veterans, the men whose valor rendered the flaunting Stars and Stripes that floated everywhere a prouder emblem than ever—was a magnificent pageant, while the illuminations and fireworks at night in this and the adjoining cities, literally pro- claimed to the heavens the thanksgiving of a grateful though exultant people. The Fourth. of July, 1865, will be long re- membered for its double celebration of the | birth of the republic, eighty-nine years ago, and its redemption within the present year. The Genesis and the New Evange! of the nation | were jointly and fitly rememberod. Tur Constirurional, Awexpment—New Jer- | sry anp Detaware.—Of all the loyal States | inst winter voting ou the constitutional amend- ment abolishing and interdicting Slavery there | were only three that voted against its ratifica- tion—New Jersey, Delaware and Kentucky. But wonderful things have come to pass since that day, and among them is the absolute aboli- tion of slavery, except in Kentucky and Dela- | ware, and even in those States it bas no longer any other than a nominal existence. Recog- nizing the logic of events, Kentucky 1s wheeling round, Even her former fiery secesh Governor, Beriah Magoffin, #8 great a stickler for Southern rights as Henry A. Wise, admits that slavery is gone, gives it up, and goes for the ratifica- tion of said amendment. What do they think of this over in the little empire of Camden and Amboy? Has there been a deluge, or only a slight sprinkle? Is slavery gone, or is it likely still to serve the purposes of a political balance of powor? These are the questions which we submit to the Jersey and Delaware copperheads. A short time ago we thought | that Delaware, with only about as many slaves as Wade Hampton owned, would be the first | slave Staie to get rid of the institution. Now | we guoss she will be the last, Such things are among the unexpected results of revolutionary earthquakes, which submerge the hills and lay | bare the bed of the ocean. Tor Cerna, Hanvest—In this region and within corresponding isothermal influences, the wheat harvest is at its height, and much grain has been already cut. The wheat plant ripened prematurely this season, owing to the excessive heat and dense fogs of the latter part of June, which caused it to shrink ond rust badly. | That pest of the farmer, the weevil, has also made its appearance in the new crop of wheat. Indian corn, sithough somewhat beckward, looks well, as do oats and the grasses generally. Heymaking will commence in a day or two, or ‘as soon as the wheat crop is out of the way, and the oat crop will be fit tor the sickle in a week or two. Some of the small fraits have suffered materially this season from atmos- pheric and parasitio influences—cherries parti- cularly. The American Era. History is made up of epochs or points of time fixed by grand and remarkable events. ‘There are dynastio epochs or eras, such as the Roman, Byzantine, Pagan, Christian or Mobam- medan; and also periods in the world’s history which have been established by historic events. The chronology of history has principslly been the result: of military achievements with » single exception—the Christian ers. These have been effected by extraordinary men of | genius, whose deeds of prowess or sagacity have given new impetus and » marked charac- ter to their times. In the earliest . chronology, during the Assyrian war, Belus was vanquished | by Haikus, King of Armenia; then Semiramis conquered Armenia, and Tygranes in turn Ted’ many Asiatic monarchs before him ss hostages. The feats of Xerxes, with his immense hosts, against.the Grecks mark # period in history. ‘Alexander and Cesar also stand out in the boldest relief; and the fame of many warriors in the struggle of nations is imperishable, al- though they have not constituted distinotive eras in history. Constantine, Charlemagne and Mohammed have stamped with their own names the eras in which they fought and flour- ished. The Thirty Years’ War of Germany, the Magna Charta of England and the American Revolution are all fixed epochs, and a “Petit Corporal” has made his distinguishing mark and transmitted to posterity the lasting remem- brance of Waterloo, » mausoleum as enduring as the pyramids of Cheops. We of the nineteenth century, looking with awe and amazement into the retrospect of the mighty past, have ourselves enacted a more wonderful epoch in the world’s history than any which has hitherto transpired. There never was such a battle field as this continent of North America; nor was there ever such a rush to arms. The hordes of Xerxes, whose arrows bedimmed the sun, could not have numbered more than three hundred thousand men, undis- ciplined and accoutred with the rudest imple- ments of warfare; and the whole combined forces which figured on the battle ficlds of Europe in the Napoleonic era scarcely exceeded one milion. The Amorican rebellion has called out three millions of soldiers from ® population enjoying all the benefits of civilization; men of intelligence, education and the highest moral culture; men from every rank of life, of whom out lamented ruler nobly said, “Each one is fit to be o President,” thus attesting the manhood of each patriot. The complote equipment and maintenance of this immense army, which ‘has’ elicited’ the ad- miration of the civilized world, has displayed the unbounded resources of the country. The bounties to volunteers and the liberal pay of the soldiers have never been equalled. No his- tory records such exploits as will be told of us, such instances of individual heroism, such self- immolation on the altar of patriotism. It did not suffice that thousands of families were called to mourn the loss of their kinsmen; but the sacrifice of the head of the nation was also needed to complete the tragedy. The purse strings of the nation have been opened and the treasure lavishly bestowed. The people have borne the severest taxation without murmuring, and now it is not improb- able that our immense national debt of three thousand millions of dollars will be entirely as- sumed and cancelled by our wealthy citizens, an idea emanating from the same spirit of pure patriotism which has maintained the war. The record of the achievements of our military men will be more brilliant than any which has hitherto marked the pages of history. The cutting of the canal around Island No. 10, on the Mississippi, and the successful transporta- tion of steamers through the woods was a wonderful feat of engineering, excelling the transportation of artillery over the Alps. The capture of New Orleans is equal if not supe- rior to the engagement at Trafalgar or the bat- tle of Aboukir. The conflict betwoen the Monitor and the rebel ram Merrimac, in Hampton Roads, and the engagement and sinking of the Alsbame excited the wonder and the admiration of the whole world. The - passage of the-entire Army of the Potomac, by Grant, across the James, in the very presence ot the enemy, without loss; the raid of Sherman through Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Sheridan’s cavalry mancuvres, causing the fall of Richmond—the Malakoff of the re- bellion—with the surrender of Lee, are grand exploits hitherto unsurpassed. The glory of these achievements is enhanced by the fact that this struggle has not been be- tween superior and inferior races, nor to repel foreign aggrossion; but between father and son, brother and brother—of one race, one blood, one culture and one ability. If the arms of the Union have been victorious it was not merely by force of numbers, for the rebellion hnd the advantage by being indigenous to the soil and standing on the defensive; also, with- out doubt, aided and abetted by enemies of the republic. It was the moral reotitude of the cause, the ultimate liberty and union of both North and South, the rescue of so many mil- lions of the human race from slavery which, like Aaron and Hur, stayed up our hands until this Amalek was ut- terly discomfited. If the military men of our country have been equal if not superior to any of their predecessors, it is because there is a stamina in the American people equal to any emergency. For, when was American in- genuity ever at fault? Cotton was crowned king by the sagacity of Whitney; the exube- rance of our prairies has been garnered by McCormick; « girdle has been put around the earth by Morse, and printing has been accele- rated to lightning epecd by Hoe. Colt, Spencer, Dahlgren and a host of others have combined to make the artillery of war more terrible, and Parrott’s swamp angels have annihilated dis- tance. Our recent struggle has developed the mili- tary genius of the hour, and our armies and navies have been led on to battle and victory by men whose names will be handed down to posterity. Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Farragut, Porter and a host of others, have made this age and this land illnstrious. Our battle fields are sacred ground, consecrated by the blood of NEW: YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, Jour 5, 1865. patriot soldiers, and the footprints of the vete- rans who have fought for union, liberty and equality. Two hundred thousand of these vete- rans have just been on review at the national capital—the most imposing military spectacle the world ever witnessed. One million of these brave men yesterday received ovations all over ® grateful nation. The great Napoleon ob- served that “with French infantry and Mame- luke cavalry he could conquer the world,” and General Grant, with better justice, may say, with Sherman’s veterans and Sheridan’s caval- ry he could go from pole to pole, conquering and to conquer. Henceforth the republic of the United States stands before the world the greatest of nations, and the American era will be the most distin- guished in the annals of history. Tas Mereorotrran Portos.—We give to-day ‘an interesting description of the Metropolitan Police Department of this olty and district. It will be seen how the great machinery of the system is worked, how it is adapted to the pro- gressive character of our people, and how the obecks and balances by which it is managed prevent it from becoming @ corrupt and dan- gerous institution, The department. is oneof the independent governments of the -city—like the Fire it, the Croton Aqueduct Board and the Tax Commission. It is wisely kept out of the contaminating influence of poll- tics, no: position whatever in: the:department being attainable from political preferences. In former years the Police Department was nothing but a huge machine, worked more for the interests of small ond unscrupulous politi- cians than for the public good. The advantages of the present over the old system are obvious, for this if for no other reason. Some points in the description we give are deserving particular attention—especially that in regard to the sani- tary condition of the city and the suggestions touching its improvement. There is no reason why each of the two thousand policemen of the city should not be invested with authority to compel parties to abate promptly all nuisances prejudicial to the public health, or suffer cer- tain penalties for neglect to do so. By this means we would have a strong and intelligent body of men constantly patrolling every thor- oughfare, highway and by-way, through the public parks, grounds and squares, among the docks, slips, wharves and regions where gar- bage and filth are allowed to accumulate, whose duty can be as profitably employed to- ward the purification of the city as in the maintenance of public peace and order. The ruffianly spirit of rowdyism, weare glad to see, meets the earnest attention of the Police Com- missioners, and effective measures for its sup- pression are enforced. The Detective force is a branch of the Police Department on which great responsibility rests, As these officers aro attired altogether in citizen’s clothes, and not liable to attract attention in case they commit any wanton breach. or stretch of authority, it ia especially incumbent upon the. Commissioners to see that none, but proper mon are assigned | th tothe position, The force is now composed of intelligent and experienced persons. Altogether we think we can safely claim for the Metropoli- tan Police of New York the credit of being the model police of the world. Sourn Carorma.—If the secessionists of South Carolina were not convinced that their Southern confederacy was at an end with the capture of Jeff. Davis, they must be satisfied with the ap- pointment of Hon. B, F. Perry.as their Provi- sional Governor that they have passed through the ordeal of a tremendous and most astound- ing revolution. Governor Perry is a represent- ative of the pure air and unadulterated Union- ism of the northwestern mountain corner of South Carolina—ot that same system of moun- tains which overlap the home of Andy Johnson and his heroic and self-sacrificing Unionists of East Tennessee. That system of mountains may be called the Switzerland of the South, and especially in a political sense, for these people have not bowed the knee to Jeff. Davis, but have adhered to the freedom and the principles of their fathers. Governor Perry, the embodi- ment of their sentiments and their faith, is now the reorganizing Governor of South Carolina; and the secesh chivalry, the dwellers in her peated and sickly swamps, will feel in his pres- ence @ touch of the cooling and health-giving breezes of his native mountains. He comes to give them new life and to put them on a new road to prosperity and happiness, and we be- lieve that his midsion will ‘be crowned with ‘success. The sickly palmetto must give way to the sturdy mountain oak. NEWS FROM THE SOUTHWEST. “The Notorious Guerilla Pete Everett Ar- rested—General Johnson in Pursuit of Guerillas and Outlaws, dec. Cwommati, July 4, 1865. Adospatch to the Gaseite from Lexington, Ky., an- ‘ounces that the notorious guerilla Pete Everett has been arrested and lodged in jail in that place, on a charge of murd:r and burning of railroad trains. "The Gaselte's Nashville despatch says Goneral Johnson is in hot pursuit of the guerilla McWall and @ squad of outlaws, with every prospect of thoir speedy capture. wilt rg City News. A Horrmum Ovrnace on aw Ovo Lavr—Som 1s Rav. ep By 4 Gaxa or Rorrians—Annsst or Six or THE Gana.—About one o'clock yesterday morning ofMfcor Reed, of the Forty-sixth precinct, while doing duty on the Cypress Hill plank road, observed a young man Jumping over @ fence, and, thinking him a thief, pur- suod and captured him in a cabbage field. In company with this young man, who gave his namo as William Understilier, residing in Boerum astrect, near Morrell, ‘wore some ten or a dozen others, who scattered om the approach of officer Reed. Shortly after the re of Indoratillor the officer obs erved a Iady's crinoline lying on the ground, and near it several shreds of wearing, ap parel, and on further examining the ground an ol iy ‘was found in a state of nudity, She to be per- fectly stupefied, her head somewhat cut, and her body showing marks of bratal outrage. She was covered over with such shreds as the officer could find and brought by him to the Forty-sixth precinct station house, When she recovered hor scattored senses she stated that her namo was Al! and remded = in ‘mgfeld, meat Hempstead, bad come to Williamsbarg to make some little urchases, and while on her way home sho was mot by rafflans noar the place named, who took her = into @ ropewalk, and thore cut out her ‘ot, whicl only contained ninety — ‘and also ravished hor per- son. officer ascerteined Underatiller the names of several of the parties who were in company with him at the time, and ho saccseded in arresting thom and looking them up. They are all men, and boar repul well now to the one rollowin are = ye) of dew parties Crag TE oy 19; Miokecl Schubert, 17, ‘They were smken before Justice Walter, who committed them to jail to await further examination. Three of them pleaded guilty and threo not guilty, Mra, Allon was sent to the 30 of Doton- tlon, New York. Finns, —Yestorday forenoon the kindling wood factory of Mr. Bald, Broadway, near Leonard street, KE. D., was damaged by fire to the oxtent of $600. Insurod in Citizens’ Company, Two or three other fires and alarms ‘wore noticed, but only trifling damage resulted. A Connecrion.—The Henan was misinformed, yoster- day, when it published that ‘the sermon, on occasion of the ordination of fiftteon young gentlemen by Bishop Potter in the Memorial Church, was by the Rov. B. W. T. Cook.’ It should have been “by the Rev, Robert L. Goldsborough, of Middletown, Delaware.” large number of intelligent men and women from this THE NEGRO \°" THE FOURTH. —— os Meeting of the Colore, 1 National Monu- ment Association in \, “@shington. Oration of William . foward Day, Colored Maa ° Speeches of Hon. Homry Wilson, of asm ‘¢Ht- setts, and Gov. Haha, of Louisians. Ode by John Pierpoint, the Oc- togenarian, Wasumvaton, July 4, 1865. ‘The National Colored Monument “Assoviation had @ |, large and enthusiastic meeting to-dey im the grounds west of the Treasury. The meeting was composed of & prosent were several Drigadier generals, ove or two Gov- ernors of States, several mombers of Congress and @ officially announced that Major General Hunter would be present and address the meeting; but from some unex- plained cause be was not there. ‘The meoting Was called to order, and Mr. John F. Cood was appointed chairman. Rev. D. W. Anderson, of Chatham, C. W., addressed a fervent and forcible prayer to the Throne of Grace in gratitude for the past and with hopes for the future. Letters were then read from Hon. John A. Andrew, Governor of Massarhusetts, Hon. J. W. Forney, Rev. Josiah De Witt; Fred. Douglass, Horace Greeley, Theo. ‘Tilton, General Fremont and Rev. Dr. Channing, all ex- pressing regrets at their inability to attend and express- ing the earnest interest of the writers im the question before the meeting, ‘ ORATION OF WILLIAM HOWARD DAY. Mr, Wuuam Howarp Dar, of New York, a young col- ored man of rare intelligence end good address, com- moenoced by exprossing the di fidence he naturally felt in the presence of an assembly like the present. He thon proceeded to depiot the condition of the colored race in tho past, his conduct in the late sanguinary contest which has ravaged the land, and claimed as a right the freedom which he had fought for and wrested on many hard fought field from the unwilling grasp of the nation’s foe ‘and the former.tyrant master of the slave. Let us, said ho, remember the great motto, ‘Right is of no sect, truth is of no color, God is the Father of usall.” This is what we aro here for to-day—to recognize that principle, united to do homage to each other, but to the liberty which in the providence of God has been accorded tous after eighty-nino yoars of travel through the wildern:ss, We como to-day to the nation’s capital—aye, to our capital—with new hopes, new and new joys, as well to the future as to the and yet itis proper to eay that we come with that joy tinged—aye pormeated—with s deep sorrow ich, nationally Speaking, we have neyer known be- fore. A little while a fow weeks since, all that was mortal of Abraham Lincoin was laid away to rest, and to-day after the funeral cort-ge has passed away—to-day, when the mufiled drums ‘five hundred miles, aye two thousand miles Jong, tn, this vast procession has c wo Deat, still the sounds stalk through the chambers of our soul, and over the —— overpowers us are shadows of his memory, wl cause us to blend with our thanks ape rain ‘ul-praiges._ sorrow for the great and good man who bas passed away from amon: us, and to d dicate ‘ourselves anow to the cause for which he lived 80 nobly: and fell a saorilice, Mr. Day cavee graphic account of the history of his liberty, and with » flue: of speech at stowed he was master of the position. He ran over in bis course Greek, Roman, Hebrow, Angio- Sexon,.Tialian and’ Swiss, and ¢lanéed at the prinolples of the Pligrim Fathers and the influence thereof on tho destinies of the country. The present time, said the speaker, is not the first in which the prowess of the biack man has been evineed. It was displayed in the Revolutionary war, in 1812 and '16, on many memor- ablo occasions, and he has ever been earnest faithful, to the country. Liberty, sald he, is fot flesh ‘and blood; it is immaterial as air. Chains cannot bind it ‘nor dungeons imeloso it. It is the principle underlying the Declaration of Independence. Since tho black man was brought in at ono end of tho country while the Pilgrim Fathers were bringing thom- selves in at the other, it 1s fittig and proper that they should meet here and march forward to freedom, for as ot tho Pilcrim Fathers’ idea is not on its fect. ‘Tho aration of Independence is not yet fully carrted out, nor will it be until in every corner of the land tho black man as wellas the white is permitted to enjoy all the franchises cea to citizens of the United of ‘America. In conclusion, said he, the State has been min years careening over the billows, and in a devoted hour tho thunderbolt sped and our mast was shattered. Thank God our ship was saved ; but the cargo—slavory—has tossed overboard to save it. Now we must raise a monument to the noble pilot who los#his life in attempting to get us through— & monument of Jearning, where the weary and the worn d_ bury the honored scars gained in the glorious battle; where the former slave ts secured, and, meeting the voices of the air and the murmurs of the s°a, shall offer up prayers of gratitude to God for his blessod freedom, and for the Union, and for the prosperity which this nation is destined yet to attain. Rev. Joun Prervoner was then introduced, and read a written for the occaston, full of punent allies and octogenarian and forever i Sy i of race no moro. ing.) Let former slave masters under- stand this, Let every rebel in the country, from the Potomac to the understand that their yesterday—that any in the country, and ever aims to oF Ox- pross the public opinion—it says “1 is , and ‘with ite death the compromises of tho federal oonstitu- tion, the laws of ‘the Diack laws of the late slave States and of fron $ all the political dogmas and ideas upon which ‘among tho things of the past, The Dred Scott interpre- tation of the constitation from the Supreme Court, under which the necro has no political rights which a white man is bound to not, a with all this other rub- bish, into the dumping ground of slavery.’ (Immense sogeees | T want them to understand that their biack ‘and their binck laws, and all they have done to hold mon in slavery, wore abolished forever with slavery itself; and I serve here to-day a notice upon them that T havo ‘a bill—which [ intend to introduce, on the first day of the noxt Congross—for br ye liberty of every freeman on this continent; 1 want them to anderstand that I belon, body of mon who are accustomed to sleep on the of vi —a class accept the doctrines of the Now Testament, asthe living faith of the North American of Independence—a class of who accept, republic, the Declaration men who represent the principles of liberty, of humanity, of justice, a set of men who never Were and never can be dofvated. (Cheers.) In our cars the the ogo words, of Abraham Lincoln run forever that the blac! man may, in some hour of future trial, eo gate of liberty in’ the family of freedom. Mr. Wii on re. slavery wiped out of the country, from foo. Now I tell you to-day that, casting party tions aside, have sworn obliga- ‘we stand on the eternal principle of rignt, to stand there to the ond of the chapter; ‘as there is a right not secured, or a wron; unredreased, these mor , and will build up an pull down at their pleasure. And I say to you that hinoty-five out of every hundred of the men who in No- vember last voted to 5 Abraham Lincotn—God bless his name—in the Pre al Shoulder to. shoulder, determinod to protect the froedmen of America, Nothing is more sublime than the record of the bisck man in this struggle. They have stood by our brave soldiers and sailors in the thickest fights; they have guided thom against the enemy; they have stood by our men when fugitives from starving prisons ano given them of trial, and the country will stand by them. (‘Good, ood |" Fight of suffrago they wo Jd voto as their former mas- tors dictated to them. food, They stood by the country faithfully in the hour and applause.) It is said if they possessed the If there evor was au ultorance faa 3 z zl EBS ge ia ir i Hf fl rd fiat : E E § a§ ia 5, i a i twenty-five dollars in Treasusy mes in a lounge tavher room, thinking that the most weca’e place to keop hee treasure. George Reed, a young man who had Beem’ paying his addresses to Mre. Robim'on’s daughter, re- Gently received information from the young lady (sine if treasure, Roed’ communicated this boarded: in the house, and tl ey imy tunity, during Mrs. ‘Robinson's absence from the talked with Hamilton about the loss, when ho ro that he knew whore to get plenty of peaney. fod eventu- ally he was acoused of theft. He denied the c! ‘but confessed to knowing where it Reed had purloined the money from lounge and given him one hundred dollars. Hamilton was takon ia Charge by officer Roberts, of the Eighth preoinct, and Justice Dodge committed him for examt Reed ia well known and will be arrested. None of the stolen money has been recovered. BURGLARS AT WORK—TERRIFIO BXPLOSION—A 8478 BLOWN OPEN—DRSTRUCTION OF PLATS GLASS, BTO., RTC. Yesterday morning about four o'clock officer MoCul- lough, of the Fourteenth precinct, while going bis rounds was startled by hoaring a terrific oxplosion, which fatriy sbook the ground under his feet. ‘Phe explosion seemed to be in the new stone building corner of Howard and Cros- by strects, occupied by thé Belgian Plate Glass Company. ‘The officer hastened to the front door of the manufactory, and finding it open called for help. In # few minutes afterwards four other officers reached the and om entering the building it was found that the heavy iron safo of Horring’s manufacture had been blown opem; the partition walls of the office were shaken from their post- tions, and the heavy piate giass in the doorsend windows had been broken into innumorable pieces. A gearch of the ises showod that the burglars hag ’ escaped throwek the scuttle to thu roof of an. adjoining tenement house, through which they descended to the street and eocipes. In the manufactory was found » aay stig! aet of burslar's tools, consisting of @ drill and bit, screw wrench driver, and a blow pipe used blowing powder into safe locks, 8 fuse, can of paifoosking "pistol, °&o., ae aaa at ¥ one or two ‘bu: themselves in the building before it was closed for ame and at the A gt time admitted their | oon! | ates, after the nefarious work was com- menced. By means of a powerful drill the burglass bored a hole in the eafe near the I gon tity of powder, which was exploded by means of « Alshongh one division of tho safe was forood, that per- tion containing the money remained undisturbed, and the burglars were com} to make a hasty oxit from ‘ the premises, without securing, any plunder whatover. \ No clue to tho burglars has yet ‘obtained The lous on plate gags and damago to the safe and building will Pp ly amount to nearly two thousand dollars. THR ALLEGED OIL SWINDLE—MR. MANN BAILED. ‘Tho oxamination in the case of Wm. D. Mann and Daniel Stratton, charged with swindling by means of a bogus ofl company, is named for two o'olook this after- noon, instead of ten o'clock in the morning, as previous- ly reported. Mr. Mann was ray liberated on fitteem ousand dollars bail, Mr. Wm. Matthews, of 64 Catha- rine street, becoming his an. AN OFFICER USING HIS LOCUST. Officer Sutton, of the Tenth precinct, on Monday night attempted to disperse a number of disorderly men who had congrey in the Bowery, when ono of the known as Wm. Johnson alias Mirphy, stacked Wes officer and beat him soverely. The oificer, however, continued his nee, with the mad, and to redice John- MALICIOUS AOT—SHOOTING A WOMAN. James Koegan, # boy fourteen years of age, was yes SERIOUS DISTURBANCE IN A SALOON, ‘A serious disturbance cocurred in the lager beer saloon of Charles Goss, 10 Bowery, on Monday night, duriag which lagor beor glasses and other weapons wero used. Damel Shay, Michael Madigan and Gourge Kellctt were severely cut about their heads. Shay and Madigan both entered the place with their female companions to par- take of refrestiments, but their orders not being promptly filled thoy started t0 leave, but Gros domanded pay- ment for what they had ordered. They refused to com- with the de1 and hence the difticuity. Officer of the Tenth precinct, arrestod Heury islich, George K. Mossier and Charles Gross, who appeared to be the most active in the disturbance. Just.co Shandley required the prisoners to giye bail for the!r appearance ip court, RECKLESS DRIVING—RUNNING, OVER A LITTLE GIRL. Bornard Bauman, # butcher, was arrested by Officer Sheridan, of the Thirteenth precinct, charged with 1Wok- Jess driving, in knocking down and runuiug over Kate Frankford, three years of age, whose parents reside at No. 170 Broome strect, The occurrence tovk place cor~ nor of Broome and Clinton streets, Justice Suaudiey committed Bauman for examination. Coroner's Inquest. Daowsna Casuautres.—Coronor Wildey yesterday hold an inquest on the body of Join Hagxeriy, who was drowned while bathing in the dock foot of Stanton street, East river. He was unable to swim, and qotica beyond his do; sank to the bottom before ait cud reach him. Pescened was twenty-tive years of age and a native of Ireland. ‘The romains of an unknown woman, about twenty yoare of age with light hair, were foun’ fn th» dock wt pier No. 46 Kast river. Deceased is suppor to be a ‘woman who worked on board one 0” the Weck s\iy boats, and was drowned on Saturday last by ful!tn board while attempting to draw some water fromm river. Deceased wore a brown plaid dress, choc apros ‘and shoos and stock: fingers of her loft hand. Sho wore a ring on one of th Nationa, Bawx ov Vinowa.—Wo aro gratified to an- ounce that the National Bank of Virginia lias receis ed at last a part of ite now issue, Mr. Suit, the i " having returned from Washington on Thursia’ ‘with a portion of the new notos, which will be Ciroulation as soon as are signed by tue « the bank. This will make an addition to the m mond tbat cannot be other ti. Cy epee wourcitizens. We waders! th s bank purchased the lot the Custom House, where formerly stood the by occupied by Harrison, Goddin & Apperson, with the to tention of erecting thereon a basking house that wil 4 once an ornament to the oly and gn ge rg rial of the enterprise and apirit jo tuatiou Klas rears en ddichmond Republic, fu 9 aunr.—The Sandusky (Ohio) Register re ee wil ht down vo De'roit on Mon says Burley will bo brougl M be finmediately transferr don his Cy ad ane stonamet Gonoral Grant, and by ber taken Chur chaton tne same evening. — Wis trial will com- mence on morning, @ i be contucted by Tuesday ‘Alfred Larned, United Statos Attorney for the State of Michigan, and J. M, Root, United Suates Dix | Irlot Attorney far the Northern dis.rici 0: Outo