The New York Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1876, Page 3

CONGRESS. Continuation of the Debate on the Amnesty Bill. SPEECH CF BEN HILL, OF GEORGIA. Defence of Jeff Davis and History of the Exchange Cartel. THE DEMOCRATIC RESUMPTION BILL Eulogies on the Life and Ser- vices of Andrew Johnson. SENATE. Wasurxetox, Jan, 11, 1876, A number of petitions were presented and appropri- ately referred, Mr. ANTHony, (rep.) of R. 1, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported favorably on the bill to provide for the completion and location of the naval monument tu the city of Washington. Mr. Mornixt, (rep.) of Vt., said ne had examined the Gesign of this monument, which had been gotten up by officers of the navy, and it would be a very handsome one. The bill was passed. Mr. Merrimon, (dem.) of N. C., from the Committee on Rules, reported adversely to. the resuiution sub- mitted by Mr. Morton before the holiday recess, to amend the twenty-fifth rule of the Senate, so that bills may be introduced without giving previous notice. Mr, Murrmow explained the reason why the commit- tec desired to retain this rule and said it was deemed to be a wise one and should not be changed. Mr. Morton said the committee had wholly mis- understood his resolution, which was to dispense with the formality of asking leave to introduce a bill with- out previous notice, but it was not designed to inter- fere with the rights of any Senator to object to a bill. It cost hundreds of dollars every year to print this yormal notice in the Record and he thought it might as well be dispensed with. Mr. Mernmon said there were scores of bills intro- duced every session which had better be leftout, He would be glaa if there was more difficulty attending the introduction of bills, After further discussion the resolution was recom- mitted to the Committee on Rules. Mr. Wrrners, (dem.) of Va, presented the creden- tials of Hon. John H. Johnson, re-elected United States Senator from that State for six years, from March 4, 1877, Read and laid on the table, Mr. Mircuxx4, (rep.) of Oregon, introduced a bill to authorize persons of foreign birth who have declared their intention of becoming citizens of the United States to be registered as owner or part owner of American vessels. ferred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Mitcue.. said this bill did not propose to change the naturalization laws of the country, but it did pro- vide that a person who had lived in the country ten years, and tiled his declaration of becoming a citizen, might be registered as an owner or part owner of any American vessel, Mr. ANTHONY, of Rhode Island, offered a joint resolu- tion authorizing Captain Temple and Lieutenant Com- mander Whiting, of the Navy, to accept a decoration from the King of the Committee on Naval Affairs. THE STATE OF NW MEXICO. Mr. Pappock, (rep.) of Neb., introduced a bill to en- able the people of New Mexico to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of said State into the Union on an equal footing with the orig- ial States. Referred to the Committee on Territories, Mr. Dorssy, (rep.) of Ark., introduced a bill to au- thorize the construction of abridge across the Missis- sippi River at Memphis, Tonn, "Referred to the Com- mittee on Commerce. : Also a bill to amend and supplementary to the acts to incorporate the Texas Pacilic Railroad Company, Referred to the Committee on Railroads. Mr. Harvey, (rep.) of Kan., from the Committee on Public Lands, reported without amendment the Senate Dill to confirm pre-emption and homestead entries of public lands within the limits of railroad grants in cases where such entries have been made under the ula tions of the Land Department. Placed on the calendar. He gave notice that he would ask the Senate to con- sider the bill on Tuesday next, The Cnam laid before the Senate a resolution of the Produce Exchange of New York in favor of the passage ‘of the bill to appropriaje $1,500,000 for the completion of the preparations for the opening of the Centennial celebration. Referred to the Committee on Appropria- tions. THE LATR ANDREW JOHNSON. The morning hour having expired, Mr. Coorrr, in accordance with the notice previously given by him, announced the death of his late colleague Andrew Jobn- son, and delivered an eloquent eulogy upon his life and public services, Upon concluding nis remarks he sab- mitted theasual resolutions of respect, and declaring that the Senators will wear a badge of mourning for thirty days, &c. After Mr. Cooper, Mr. Morton, of Indiens, spoke of the life and character of Mr. Jobnson, and declared that he was a brave and honest man. He referred to the vote for his impeachment that be gave, and said for that he had no apology to make. He believed Mr. Jobnson had violated law, but he was willing to let the memory of what he regarded as his faults be buried witb him and remember only his services to the coun- try. He (Morton) asked for him the same charity he would ask for himself in the inevitable hour. He re- viewed at some length the life of Mr. Johnson, and said his services should always be remembered. Appropriate eulogistic remarks were made by Sena- tors McCreery, of Kentucky; Merrimon, of North Uaro- Iipas Paddock, of Nebraska; Bogy, of Missouri; Jones, of Florida; Bayard, of Delaware, und Key, of Tennes- see. Senator McCresey, in prefacing his remarks, said he was the only Senatur present who voted for the ac- quital of Mr. Jobnson at the impeachment trial, and, tuke the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Morton), be had no apology to make tor that vote. ‘At the conclusion of the eulogies, at three o'clock, the Senate, asa turther mark of respect to the mem- ory of the deceased, adjourned unti! to-morrow. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Wasmixatos, Jan. 11, 1876, Bille wore introduced and referred as follows: By Mr. Moratsox, (dem.) of IIL—Preparatory to the redemption of United States notes and the resumption of specie payments. It proposes to retain gold in the freasury to the amount of thirty per cent of the out- Standing legal tenders; requires national banks to retain gold paid for their interest on bonds deposited to tecure currency till they have thirty per cent of their outstanding motes, and repeals that portion of the Resumption act compelling specie resumption in 1879. By Mr. O'Nuiwt, (rep.) of Pa —For a removal of the light boat from Crossledge Shoal to the Joe Flogger Shoal in Delaware Bay. THR WEST POINT aPrRorRiATiON. Mr. Hamitron, (dem.) of N. J., trom the Appropriation Committee, reported the Military Academy Approprii tion bill next, It appropriates $251,241. PAY OF COMMITTEE CLERKS, Mr, J. D. Wiuttams, dom.) of lnd., from the Commit tee on Accounts, reported a resolution fixing the num- ber and pay of the committee clerks, as tollows:—Elec- tions, $5 per day; Banking and Carrency, $5; Pacific Ruilrouds. and Railways and Canals (combined), $4; Commerce, $5; Post Offices and Post Ruads, $4; Indian Affairs and Mines and Mining (combined), $4; Military Affairs, $5; District of Columbia, $4; Judiciary, $4; | Private Land Ci and cation and Labor (combiued), $4; Naval Affaira, $4; Expenditure in the Post OMe Foreign $5; Territories, $4; ions (combined), $6; Revision of Taxes, $5; ‘atenis, $4; Public Buildings and Grounds and Expen- ditures in the Treasury and War Departwents, $5; Ac- eounta, $9. ‘ Ip course of the discussion on the resolution Mr. Wiltiams stated that bis commitice proposed to provide for twenty committee clerks in addition to the five Provided for by law, making twenty-five in ail, whereas ‘at the last Cony re were thirty-five. ‘The resolution was adopted, Mr. Vawcr, (dem.) of Obio, from the Committee on Printing, reported a resolution against printing an in- dex and summary of cases adjndicuted adversely to the Claims Commission. Adopted. Mr. Atkins, (dem.) of Tenn., from the Appropriation Commitee, reported the Pension Appropriation bill. It was made a special order for Friday uext. Jb ap- Propriates $25, 535,590, SPERCH OF MR. HILL, OF GEORGIA, ON THE AMNESTY BIT... ‘The House then proceeded to tue consideration of th Amuesty bill and wns addressed by Mr. Hitt, o! Georgia, He jesire on the part of him- artment, $5: il Agsocintes South to reopen ill feeling between the sectio: ¢ country had alread suffered enough trom feads, He aud his associates had como here With the patriotic idea to remember nol but the country and the whole country, and turning their backs upon all the hurrors of the past, to look with all carnestness to find ries for the future. The gentiewan (Mr. Blaine), who was the acknowledged leader of the republican party in the House, and was the aspiring leader of the ‘repnblican party of the country, haa, however, willod otherwise, and seemed determined that the wounds which were bealing should be reopened; that the passions ich were shouid be inflamed. He (Sr. Hill) wished the House to onderstand t he and his associates did not recipro- bate cither the nurenee of the manifest desire of the the Hawaiian Islands. Referred to | | He (Mr. Hill) only got r | of Elmira, that the statei It was made the special order for Tuursday | NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1876.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. gentleman, and, while they felt it their imperativeduty to vindicate THE TRUTH OF HISTORY as their Cee | they did not intend to sa anything calculated to aid the gentleman in that worl of crimination and recrimination and of keeping up th war by politicians after brave men had raid that the war shall end. The gentleman from Maine had made two points in his speech—the magnanimity and grace of the republican ear st the brutality of those whom be pleased to term is, As to the first question he did not propose to weary the House, because with the history of the last fifteen years yet fresh in the mind of the world it was useless to speak of the grace and magnanimity of the republican party. Wath mas- ter enslaved, with intelligence disfranchised, with so- ciety disordered, with States subverted, with tures dispersed, the people could not afford to talx of grace and magnanimity. that were grace and magnanimity he prayed God to save the country in the future irom such virtues. The gentle- man from Maine had made the grave indictment against Mr. Davis that he was guilty of the murders and crimes of Andersonville, and that the gentleman om Blaine) stood before the country with his very fame in peril if after making such a charge he failed to prove it. He (Mr. Hill) wor tage up the gentleman's proposition im their order. He hoped no one would imagine that he was here to pass any eulogy on Mr. Davis, The record on which his fame must rest had been made up, and his companions and friends had Temitted that record to the only tribunal that would give an impartial jadgment—honest posterity, In the meantime no eulogy of his could help it, no censure from the gentleman (Mr, Blaine) could damage it, and no act or resolution of the House could affect it, The charge against Mr. Davis was that he was a deliberate, wilful, scheming murderer of thousands of his fellow citizens. Knowing the high character and reputation of the gentleman from Maine, he (Mr. Hill) had supposed when he heard the charge fall from his lips that he had certainly made a recent dis- covery, and he hstened for the evidence. But ‘what was it? Nothing but the partial report of a Congressional committee. The testimony read was exclusively ez parte testimony taken while the gentleman now on trial before the country was in prison, without a hearing and without the opportunity of hearin, If there was any principle held sacred in the Anglo on mind, it was that an Englishmap was not to be condemned until he should be confronted with his witnesses. But the testimony was not only ez parte, but was mutilated, ingeniously mutilated, PALPABLY MUTILATED, most adroitly mutilated. In this connection Mr, Hill referred to the statement of Dr. Jones, one of the wit- nesses on the Wira trial, who been sent by the Confederate government to make @ report as to the condition of Anderson. ville, but whose report had never reached the Confederate authorities. had hands of the Judge Advocate, mutilated, and Dr, Jones had called the attention of the court to fact, ‘one of the suppressed statements being that home- sickness gnd disappointment among the prisoners hi Deen more destructive of life than any physical cause During the whole three months of the trial, the federal government, with all the means at its disposal, had not Gagan single witness to connect the name of Mr. avis with a single atrocity. Even on the day of his ad been offered a commutation of his Bat Wirz’s report execution Wirz sentence if he would implicate Mr. Davis, answer to his consul was:— ‘WIRZ’S STATEMENT. “fr, Schade, you know that I have always told you that I do not know anything about Jefferson Davis. He had no connection with me to what was done at Ander- sonville, I would not become a traitor against bum or anybody else, even to save my life.” But, said Mr. Hill, what poor Wirz within two hours of his execution would not say for his life the gentle- man from Maine says to the country for the sake of keeping his party in power, (Sensation.) Sir, Christi- anity isa falsehood, humanity isa lie, civilization ip a cheat, or the man who would not make a false charge for his life was never guilty of wilful murder, Mr. Hill went on to argue that on the logic of Mr. Blaine’s speech—bolding Mr. Davis responsible for the acts of Mr. Winder—President Grant might be held responsi- bie for the acts of McDonald and Joyce, and he asked whether Mr. Blaine meant to establish arule of con- struction that would authorize the country to arraign President Graut for complicity in the whiskey frauds? Was Mr. Grant responsible, he asked, for Crédit Mo- bilier, for the Sanborn contract or for the frauds in the District of Columbia? And yet Mr. Grant had abso- lutely sent to the Senate of the Unitee States for con- | firmation for a high office the name of a man (alluding to Alexander euere, ot Washington) who stood charged before the country witl the grossest peculations and frauds on this District after the charges had been made and while they were pend. ing. He (Mr. Hill) was neither the author nor the d ciple of such political logic; but if the gentleman’s (M Blaine’s) proposition with regard to Mr. Davis were true, then, by entitied to a third term, was entitled to twenty terms in twenty penitentiaries, (Laugnter.) The argument was false; it was a libel on American rules of law and ‘was without precedent. No precedent for it could be found in any civilized country, He (Mr. Hill) acquitted General Grant of complicity in the whiskey frauds and the revenue frauds, and the facts acquitted Mr. Davis of complicity with any atrocity anywhere, Mr. Hall proceeded to quote the law of the Confederate government on the subject of the treatment of prison- ers, in which it is provided that the rations for prison- ers of war shall be the same in quantity and quality as those furmished to enlisted men in the Army of the Confederacy. That law, he said, was on by the Confederate Congress, approved by Mr. Davis, and was, so iar as Mr. Davis’ agency was concerned, exe- cuted, The gentleman from Muine had gone go far as to say that Mr. Davis .had sont General Winder to An- dersonville for ihe purpose of organizing a den of hor- rors. The auswer to that wasan order locating the prison, which Mr, Hill proceeded to read and which pro- vided that it should be in a healthy locality, with plenty of pure water, a running stream and if possible sha: trees, and in the immediate neighborhood of grist and sawmills. That, he said, did not look like organizing aden of horrors. Mr. Blaine had said that no Confed- erate prisoner in the hands of the federal authorities bad suffered, but that they had always been allowed to buy whatever they wanted. The only answer be would give to that was that he himself had once the honor of beinga prisoner in the North, andon the first day of his imprisonment the officer im charge of the prison bad kindly told him that be would put him on Ander- sonville fare, and would not allow him to buy anythirg. leased from that imprisonment after ten days, before General Dix, of New York. He | quoted the testimeny of a Union soldier on the Wirz trial, to the effect that there never had been any ditll- culty in getting vegetables at Andersonville. He said that the first cause was ‘ THR WANT OF MEDICINE, But whose fault was it that they did not get medi- cine? He did not have medicine in the Coniederacy, and the federal govercment had made medicine contra- band of war—a thing which no other country on earth had ever done belore. Not even had the Duke of Alva done such a thing. Even the federal officers received instructions to examine women passing through the lines, to search their petticoats, even, so as to prevent them bringing medicine to the Confederacy. asked) was respousivle for that? There was also another misfortune, and that was the want of clothing. Clothing, of course, had been made contraband of wi necessity was fastened on 5 analy by the con- duct of the other side. He challenged Mr. Blaine to meet bim face to face and fact to fact in the discussion of the question, declaring that the time was past when the country could accept the IMPUDENCE OF ASSERTION for force of argument or the recklessness of statement for truth of history. He (Mr. Hill) did not want to fold the chapter on the otber side. He was an Ameri- can who bonored his country and his whole country, ‘and it was not pleasant for hiin to bring forward proof that any portion of his coumtry had been guilty of wil- ful crime .or wilful treatment of poor manacled pris- oners, Most of those horrors were inseparable trom nstate of war, and be wanted the Ne to recollect that, so that hereafter they should not be harried into another war, Still, as a set off to the gentleman's (Mr. Biaine’s) statement about Andersonville, he would read some extracts from aletter written by a Confederate sur- geon, who was a prisoner at Elmira. He read portions of that letter, in which It was stated that the mortality of Elmira was no less than at Andersonville. Mr. PLatr, of New York, asked bum who was the author of letter Mr. Aun that not know. Mr. Parr declared, as living within thirty-six miles iy false. Mr. Hrut replied that he did not say the statements were true, but only that they were a* good as the state- ments qnoted on the other side, He merely used them asa set-off, But, after all, what was the test a® to the degree of misery suffered in Northern and Southern prisons, The test as THE RREULT, ‘The report of Mr. Stanton, Secretary of War—the re- publican side of the House will believe him—exhibited the fact that of the federal prisoners in tne hands of the Confederate authorities during the war 22,596 had died, and that of the Confederate prisoners in federal hands 26,436 died. Surgeon General Barnes—he supposed the republicans would believe him also—had given the number of Confederate prison- ers in federal hands during the war as 220,000, and of the federal prisoners in Confederate hands 270,000, Theretore, out of 270,000 prisoners in Contederate hands only 22,676 had died, while out of the 220.000 Confederate prisoners in federal hands 26,436 had a ‘The ratio was twelve = cent of the Confed- erate prisoners in federal bands who died, and less than nine per cent of the federal prisoners in Confederate hands. And now, my friend (addressing Mr. Blaine with great empbasis), who is the murderer? I would have believed General Barnes in preference to Avy politician says ho tives thi haps he could have smelled the smallpox certainly could not have seen it, and I venture to say that if the smalipox was at the ‘prison camp no one could have got him nearer than thirty-six miles, He is a wonderful witness. (Laughter.) But it is not equal to the mutilated evidence which the gentleman from Maine introduced yesterday. We know how OUR PRISONERS SUFFERED in federal hands if we choose to toll. Thousands of our poor fellows came home from Eimira, Fort Delaware "8 frozen off, with and other places with their fager: their toes frozen off and with their teeth fallen out. nsible But the great question is at last, Who was res for that state of things? and that is really important question Mr, Hill went on to dij history of the exchange of prisoners, dwelling on the fact that the “cartel,” which was ager in 1862, was interrupted in 1863, aud thatthe federal authori- thes refused to continue the exchange of prisoners, and allnded to the fact of Mr. Alexander H, Stephens, Vice President of the Confederany, pao hi been commissioned by President Davis in Joly. 1863, to come to Wesbing ioe. “ fee no eg the federal au- thorities in regard to the exchange 0} ‘isoners, quot- ing Mr. Davis’ letter to M Stephens, t at his mission was simply of humanity, and had no political as- brn jut when Mr. Stephens appeaied to Admiral for yermixsion to wo uo Ww Weshingion in the in the | the same logic, General Grant, instead of being | bo (hie | | Mr. | in stagqace Tepe, Admiral Lee returned him this an- ewer :— ‘The request of Alexander H. Srephen Ma jnadasieatnie. Seeretary of the Navy. The next effort in the same direction was made in January, 1864, when Mr. Robert Quid, Confederate Agent of Exchange, wrote to the Federal Agent of Ex- change, proposing, in view of the difticulties attending the release of prisoners, that surgeons of the army on each side should be allowed to attend their own sol- diers while prisoners in the hands of the enemy, and should have charge of their nursing and medicine and Provisions; which proposition was also rejected. At this point of the debate Mr. Hill’s hour expired, but, by unanimous consent, he was allowed to pro- eved without any limitation as to time. Mr. Buaink asked him whether he had not been a member of the Confederate Senate. ‘Mr. Hitt replied that he had been. Mr. Buaine then proceeded to quote a resolution offered in the Confederate Congress by Senator Hill, of Georgia, to the following effect :-— That every person pretending to be he United Staten, whi Ve ca 9 shall be cape federate States after the Ist of January. Pn to bi @ entered the territory o! with intent to incite and that, unless satisfactory trary before the military court had, he shall suffer death. He asked Mr, Hill whether he was the author of that resolution. Mr. Hus—l! will say to the gentieman from Maine very frankly that I have not vbe slightest recollection of hearing it before. M Biains—You do not deny it? Mr. Hit—I ‘do not know. My opinion is that I never was the author of that resolution, but I have no recollection of it, If the gentleman can give me the circumstances under which it was introduced I may recollect, Mr. Biainr—On the Ist of October, 1862, the Judi- ciary Committee of the Confederate Congress mude & report and offered a series of resolutions, and there: upon Senator Hill, of Georgia, is recorded as having offered the resolution whieh I have just read, Mr. Hri—! was Chairman of the Judiciary Commit- tee in the Senate and very likely, like the Chairman of tue Committee on Rules at the last session, 1 may have consented to that report. (Laughter at the expense of Mr. Blaine.) Mr. Buaine—Does the that report? Mr. Hitt—I do not know, but it is very likely. risive laughter on the republican side, ) Mr. Buaisx—The copy which I have quoted from is entitled ‘Republicanism in America.” J wish to know whether the gentioman was the author of that resoiu- hon. ’ Mr. Hit—I really do not recollect, laughter on the republican side.) T. BLaing (persistently)—The gentleman does not bas 2 that he was not the author of it, ft ir Hitr—I do not, but I think I was not the author of it Mr. Buarna—I thonght that, as the gentleman's effort was to show the humane character of the Confederate Congress, this might aid him in remembering the facts, Mr. Hitt—With all due deference to the gentleman, he did not think any sueb thing. (Laughter.) Ho thought he would divert me from the purpose of my ument. 1583, f ibe & urrection and co abet murder, roof be. auduced. 40 the con: fore which bis trial shall be gentleman admit that he made (De- (Renewed can have ali the time he wants, Mr. Hu1—What measures the Confederate govern- ment might bave thought proper to take at that timo vo protect the homes and chiidren of the Confederacy from insurrection I do not recollect. But I shall not be diverted by the gentleman from Maine from the course of my argument to go into the history of slavery or of the msurrection or of John Brown's raid. ison this, that whether 1 or any other gentleman on the | committee was the autlior of the resolution, and which I think more than probable—our purpose was not to do injustice to any man, woman or child, North or South, but to adopt what we deemed stringent meas- ures to protect our wives and children from servile tn- cursions and slaughter while our brave sons were in the field. (Murmurs of applause on the democratic wide.) To the letter which I have read from Ould, our Commissioner of Exchango 1864, proposing that each side should send surgeons to attend to their own prisoners, that these surgeons should carry medicine to the prisoners; that they should nurse and treat them and be also commis- sioned as commissaries and provide them with food, clothing and everything that was necded fer their comfort, no reply was ever received, In August, 1864, there were two more propositions, THE CARTEL OF EXCHANGE had been broken by tne federals under certain pre- tences. In 1864 the prisoners were accumulating on both sides to such an extent that Mr. Ould made an- other proposition to waive every objection and to agree to whatever terms the federal government would de- mand, and to renew the exchange of prisoners, man for man and officer for afficer, just as the federal gov- ernment might prescribe. That proposition was also rejected, Inthe same month of August, 1664, dnding that the federal government would neither exchange prisoners nor agree to sending surgeons to the prisoners on each side, and the Confederate govern- ment, fiuding itself with increasing nuinbers of prisoners, on hand, proposed to send to the federal government the sick and wounded prisoners without eqaivalent, The Confederate government officially proposed, in 1864, that if the federal government would amers and transports to Savannah the Confed- erate government would return the sick and wounded prisoners on its hands without an equivalent That proposition, which was communicated to the federal authorities ‘in August, 1864, was not answered un- ti December, 164, when some ships were sent ‘vo Savannah. The record will show thatthe chief suffering, the chief mortality at Andersonvilie was be- | tween Angust and December, 1864 We sought to allay that suffering by asking you to take your prisoners oif our hands without equivalent and without asking you to return a man for them, and you refused to do it. Mr. Hint went on to quote a series of resolutions passed by the federal prisoners at Andersonville, on the 28th of September, 1864, in which all duo praise is given to the Confederate government for thy attention paid to them, and in which it is said that the sutfer- ings’ which they endured were not caused intentionally, but by force of circumstances. Commenting upon that résolution Mr, Hill said; Brave men are always honest and true; soldies never slander. I would believe the statements of th tribe of republican politicians. (Laughter on tl democratic side.) What can be said of the people which could reject such appeals from their own sol- diers; and yet, even in response to that, succor did not come? Why, he continued, were all these appeals re- sisted? Why did the federal authorities refuse to | allow their own surgeons to attend upon their own | soldiers when prisoners of war and to carry them | medicine and comforts? Why did the federal govern | ment refuse to exchange prisoners man for man and officer for officer? Why did it retuse to stand up to its | own solemn engagement made in 1862 for the ex- | ebange of prisoners? Who 1s in fault? There must | be a reason for this great atrocity—and that is the next | int to which I wish to call the attention of the bared Listen to the reason. The New York Tribun, 4p 1864, referring to the occurrences which I have re- | lated, says—I suppose you would believe the Tribune (Laughter. ) im 1864, even if you do not believe it now. In August the rebels offered to ronew the exchange m for man, General Gr i i ane to those left im thi released on parole n wetive soldier against us at ‘once, either directly or indirectly. If we commence @ sys- exchange which liberates all prisoners taken wo ve to fight on until the whole South is exterminated. rth, would insure Sherman's defeat and compromise our Ma. Ganvretn, of Ohio, asked Mr. book he was reading. Mr. Hrit replied that the volume from which he was reading was “The Life of Jeflerson Davis.” (Derisive laughter on the republican side.) He asked Garfield whether he would say that the telegram was not true ? Mr. Garrirtp—| bave not said’a word about the tele- gram. I merely asked you what the book was, Mr. Hitt—The extract in the book is taken from the Now York Tribune of 1864; but here is General Grant's testimony before the Comtittee on the Conduct of the War, taken on the 11th of February, 1865. You believe him, don’t you? (Laughter.) r. Hill here read General Grant's testimony before the committee ex- plaining the reason why he was to the ex- change of prisoners and which was in effect the same as was given in the telegram quoted from the Tribune, one sentence being in these words : 1 did not deem it advisable or just to reinforce ¢! ‘an immediate resumption of exchanges would etlect without any corrosponding benetit. Mr. Hill then quoted a letter from Junius Henri Browne, in the New York Tribune, to the effect that General Butler bad stated in a speech at Lowell, Mass., that he had been prompted by Mr. Stanton to put for. ward the negro question in order to complicate the exchange of | gore Mr. Browne’s comment upon it being t Mr, Stanton was the digger of the un- named graves which crowded the vicinity of every Southern prison with never to be forgotten horrors. Mr. Hill thea proceeded to SUM UP BIS ARGUMENT, and said:—What bave we proved? {hare proved that | the federal authorities broke the cartel desiveratcly; [ proved that they refased to reopen the cartel when approached by Mr. Stephens as a Commis. sioner solely on the ground of humanity; | have proved that they made medicine con traband of war, left us to the dread prin Saal supplying prisoners with such medicines as could improvised in the Contederacy ; | bave proved that they refused to allow the surgeons of their own army to accompany Rill from what their prisoners to the South; Ihave proved that the Contederate authorities proposed to return your sick and wounded without an equivalent in August, 1864, mber, d that you never deigned to reply until 1864; I bave proved that your bigh officers in comman gave as a reason why they would not exchange pi ers, that it would be humane to the prisoners but cruelty to the soldiers in the field, It was 8 part of your military — policy wo let your prisoners suffer rather than that the Con- federacy should have an increase of its military force, I have also proved that, with all the horrors which you bave made such a poise about as occurring at ‘and r- sonvilie, greater horrors occurred in the prisons where you held our troops, and that the percentage of deaths ‘Was three per cont greater among our prisoners in your hands than among your prisoners in our hands, the gentleman from Maine rises again to give birth to that unmitigated efffsion of genius without a fact to sastain it, in which he says, ‘And here before my God, measuring my words, knowing their full’ intent and import, I declare that neither the deeds of the Duke of Alva in the Low Countries, nor the massacre of St. Bartholomew, nor the thambscrews and engines of torture of the Spanish Inquisition begin to compare in atrocity r, BLasxe (apologetically)}—Oh, no; the gentleman | onnt for no more than deud | 10 release all rebel prisoners | | safety here.” | | it stands acquitted from all responsibility and 0. Mr. Hitt here quoted from the speech made by Jef- ferson Davis to the Confederate soldiers after the re- treat of General McClellan from before Richmond, ip which he said that the crowning glory of the soldiers was their humanity to the wounded aud the prisoners who had fallen into their hands. MR. DAVIS’ HUMANITY, He also referred to the fact that the Richmond Ez- aminer, which Mr. Blaine had quoted yesterday as authority against Mr. Davis, had stated that the human- ity and generosity of Jefferson Davis would inevitably ruin the Confederacy. The gentieman from Maine had introduced that withess to prove Mr. Davis guilty of mbumanity, and yet the witness said that the human- ity and generosity of Mr. Davis would ruin the Confea- eracy. Mr. Hitt also quoted the following from the Rich- mond Ezaminer:—'The enemy has gone from one un- manly cruelty to another, encouraged by their im- punity, till they are now and have been for some time inflicting on the people of the country the worst horrors of barbarous and uncivilized war. Yet, in spite of all this, Mr, Davis in his dealings with the enemy is as Oo apt @ sucking dove,’ And that, continued Mr, ill, is the truth. Those of us who were there at the time know it to be the fact, One of the most persiat- ent charges brought by the Richmond Examiner and some others against Mr. Davis was his huinanity, Over been heard to say r the horrors inflicted on our prisoners —I quote bis very language—‘“The humanity of the enemy to our prisoners can be no ji Ufcation fora disregard by us of the rules of civilized warfare and Christianity.» Therefore he persisted in it, and this paper cried out against him that he would ruin the Confederacy, But why bring up sach subjects ? War is always horrible, War always brings hardships, death, sorrow, ruin, devastation, and he is unworthy | to be considered a’ statesman, looking to the pacitica- tion of the country, who will ‘parade the horrors in- separable from war for the purpose of keeping up the rife which produced those horrors, My message to the gentieman from Maine is this: THERE ARK NO CONPEDERATES in this House; there areno Confederate ambitions, de- sires and purposes in this House; but the South is here, | and here she intends to remain, (Enthusiastic demon- | strations on the democratic side and in the galleries. ) Let fanaticism do its worst; let it pase its nullifying acts, eanaie on the constitution, abnegate the pledges of the fathers, incite raids on our people, multiply ii fidelities until they sball be like the stars of heaven or the sands of the sea shore, without number; but for all your iniquities the South’ will never again seek a rem- edy in the madness of another secession, (Renewed | applause.) We are here, and are in our father’s hous: our brothers are our companions, and we are at home, thank God. (Entbustastic applause.) We come to gratily no vengeance, to retallate no wrongs, to resent no past insults, to reopen no strife. We come with a patriotic purpose to do whatever in our political power shail be best to restore an honest, economical and con- stitutional administration of the government; we come charging on the Union no wrong to us. The Union | never wronged the South. The Union has been an un- mixed blessing to every section, to every color in America, We charge all our wrongs to that higher law, fanaticism, which never kept a pledge or obeyed a law; we sought to leaye the association of those who would not keep fidelity to covenant; we sought to go by our- selves, but so far from having lost our fidelity to the constitution we hugged it to our bosom and carried it with us men’ lain AN APOSTROPHE TO THE NORTH. Brave Union men of the North, followers of Webster and Fillmore, of Cass and Douglas—you who fought for the Union tor the sake of the Union, you who ceased | to fight when the battle was ended and the sword was sheathed, witn vou we have no quarrel; we felt your heavy arm in the midst of the struggle, but above the roar of the cannon we heard your voice of kindness calling, ‘Brothers, come back.” We are here to co-operate ‘with you; to do whatever we can, in spite of all our sorrows, to rebuild the Union; to restore peace; to be # blessing to the country and to make the American Union what our fathers intended it should be—the glory of America and the blessing of humanity. But you, gentlemen, who persecuted us by your infidelities ‘until you drove us out of the Union; you, who then claimed to be the only friends of the Union which you had before denounced as a league with hell, | and a covenant with death; you, who follow up| | the war when the seldiers who fought it bave made | peace and yone to their homes; to you we bive hho concessions to make. Martyrs owe no apologies to tyrants, and while we are ready te make every sacrifice tor the Union, secession, however defeated and opposed, will contess no sin to fanaticism, however bigoted and | | exacting. Yet while we make to you no concession, | we say this:—We come even to you in no spirit of re- vengo. We have but one ambition, and that is to add | our political power to the patriotic Union. Men of | the North, in order (o compel fanaticism to obey the jaws and to live in the Union according to the consti- tution, we do not propose to compel you by oaths, tor | you never kept them. The South did the Union one great wrong, and we come, as far as | forty-three or forty-four years old, for he signified to we can, to repair it, We ‘wronged tho Union grievously when we left it to be seized and rent | and torn by the men who had denounced it as “a league with death and a covenant with hell.” We ask you, | | gentlemen of the republican party, to rise above all | | your ammosities and to forget your old sin. Let us | | unite to repair the wrongs that distract and oppress the country. et us turn our backs on the past and let it | be said tn the future that he shall be the greatest | patriot, the truest patriot, the ablest patriot, who shail do the most to repair the wrongs of the past and to promote the glories of the future. (Loud aud sustained | applause on the democratic side of the House and in the crowded galleries. ) | "As Mr. Hill finished his speech and Mr. Garfield, of Obio, took the tloor the debate was interrupted by a | message from the Senate announcing the action of that | | body in connection with the death of ex-President | Andrew Johnson. | Mr. McFan.ann, of Tennessee, rose to offer the usual | resolutions of respect; butin view of the intense in- | terest manifested in the amnesty debate he offered to | defer the eulogies until to-morrow. | In that, however, Mr. Keutry, of Pennsylvania, ob- | | Jected as irregular and unprecedented EULOGIBS OF MK. JOUNSON, The offer was withdrawn, and the | day wert with speeches in eulogy of Mr. John. | son, made by Messrs. McFarland, Thornbargh and | Young, of Tennessee; Waddell, of North Carolina; Con- | ger, of Michigan; Cox, of New York, and Throckmor- | | ton, of Texas. FOOT RACE IN PE penents of the | NSYLVANIA. ‘Trextox, Jan. 11, 1876, ‘A foot race took place this afternoon at Wheatsheaf, Pa., a short distance from this city, between John T. Crossley, of Philadelphia, and James Letts, of | Trenton, for a purse of $500, 100 yards being the | distance, Crossley giving his competitor two yards start. The result was in favor of the Philadelphian, | with one yard to spare. His time was 10\ seconds. | A large crowd were present and much betting was | carried on. HANDBALL MATCHES. At the racket and handball court, corner of Hoyt | and Douglass streets, Brooklyn, yesterday there was a | continuation of handball playing by tho*noted experts | of the previous day. The contestants were Philip | Casey and Wilham Hartigan against Richard Townsend | aud James Casey. The match, best two in three, was commenced by Townsend's taking the ball and serving low and strong throughout tne match, which made it , exceedingly difficult for even Philip to get in his re. | turns. James, like Townsend, served low and hard all | way through, while Hartigan, not really pert, the iF od an irregular hand in support of the excellent serving and hitting of Philip. In the first game, as during the mateb, there were no very heavy rung. | | In the first game Philip Casey and Hartigan maile 18 to | | Townsend and James Casey's 21. In the second | | Philip and Hartigan made 21 to Townsend and James? 16. In the third game Townsend and James were again ahead, making 21 to their opponents’ 15, thus winning the game and the match. H BROOKLYN VS. NEW YORK. In consequence of the unavoidable postponement of | the benefit to Mr. James Moore, the veteran ball- | player, to the 18th inst., announced to take place yea- rday at the Madison street court, in this city, a atch was arranged between Brooklyn and New York. Messrs Dunn and Dore represented Brooklyn; | Now York sent in Messrs, B. McQuade and Millan, the match to be decided by the best two in three games. The following 1s the score:— McQuade and Millan, Dunn and Dore... McQuade and Milian, Dunn aud Dore, . FIRST GAME, D MeQuade and Millan...... Dunn aud Dore. The Jersey City Curling Club hold a meeting y i | day in Kaiser’s Hotel, Lafayette, to discuss the ar- | rangements for the great match between New York and New Lae” (which is set down for next Tuesday), at Paterson. The New Jersey clubs that will partic pate in the match are those of Jersey City, Newark and l’aterson, CHESS. A novel feature in chess play here will be introduced | to American lovers of the game this evening at tho | rooms of the New York Dowtown Chess Club, No. 1)g Second avenue, Mr. Henry E. Bird will play twenty games simultaneously against as many of the strongest amateurs of New York and vicinity, These amusing contests of one inst many are quite popular in England, Blackburne and Zukertort Biving soirses of this kind frequently during the season. The games will commence at o clock, and the rooms are open to all who desi witness the pia fev. ire to GAMECOCKS STOLEN. \ Some of the persons {oterested in the recent cock | fight in the town of Northfield, which was raided upon | by the police, but who escaped capture by taking ref- uge ina neighboring farm house, left behind them a haif basket of champagne, three bottles of brandy, a half box of cigars and twelve gamecocks, valued at th the hideous crime of Andersonville,” let bim add to it— “And the atrocities of Andersonville do not begin to compare with the atrocities of Elm) f Fort ged or of Fort Delaware; and of all the atrocities, both at | Andersonville and at Elmira the Confederate govern- $10 cach. ppears that a “tall, slim-faced person’’ called at the farm house the next , and, represent- ing thi had been sent by the owner, handed woman a ten-dollar bill and took the cocks away with bim. The “tall, faced person” bas not been seen or heard from and the owners of the cocks are | idle one, | tries and grow up as well in Germany asin America. It | | pall is given @ brief sketch of its career will not ba | a statement against which no one can raise any protes- | are requested lo meet at Sachse’s Kunst- ‘ THE DYNAMITE FIEND. THOMASSEN’S LIFE IN THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW-—INTERESTING FACTS AND CURIOUS INCIDENTS—THE NATIONS DISOWN HIM. Berwin, Dec. 26, 1875, Every day brings forth fresh revelations pecting the author of the frightful Bremerhaven explosion. According to the latest news be seems in roality to have bee no true born American; for, as the Dresdner Nachrichten is assured by u Mr. “R.," whose fuli name is known to the editors of the paper, Thomas, the ap- pellation under which the criminal is called, in spite of | his stating himself to be William King Alexander, was | born in 1838 or 1840 in i small town of Bocholt in | Westphalia, Ho was scafcely two years old witen his | parents emigrated to America, where his father was | the possessor of a carriage manufactory in one of the | suburbs of New York, I believe Brooklyn. | FIRST ACQUAINTANCH—“THOMAS! ’” PURSUITS, “1 made the acquaintance of William Thomas,” writes | Mr. R. to the Dresdner Nachrichten, “im 1852, in Osnabrick, where we both visited Noelle’s Commer- cial Academy, Thomas was there with two American cousins, by the mother’s side, named Robinson. For a long time I heard nothing of Thomas I took to farming; he returned to America When, in 1869, I went to Osnabrick, tho now deceased director of Noelle's Academy wformed me that ‘Thomas, during the American war, had turned traitor to his adopted country, and in conjunction with another German, by the name of Haxthausen, had passed over with & part of the train to the Southerners.’ Having no particular interest in Thomas 1 svon forgot this cir- cumstauce, WHAT WAS KNOWN OF HIM SUDSEQUENTLY. “During the past summer I was conversing with a gentlemen for some time in Kunst’s beer rooms in Dresden, who was not very well up in the German | language, and after some questiouing we recognized each other as old schoo! fellows. “I now frequently met Thomas in Kunst’s beer sa- loons, but never accompanied him to his lodgings. | Nevertheless, I, had met his wife and eldest child | several times on Brihl’s terrace. For about two | months I have not seon or heard anything of Thom He told me ho intended returning to America next April, Iconcluded he had put bis plan sooner into execution than he intended.” WIS DEBT TO THE BANKER ROURRT RHODE, i The German public, as a matier of course, strive against recognizing such a monster of iniquity as a countryman. The whole press protests again and | again against Herr R.’s statement, doubting its authon- | ticity, Among other refutations we have one sent by Herr T. to the same newspaper. The writer of the letter seems to be the banker Robert Rhode, in Dres- den, who met frequently with Thomas and transacted some money affairs for him. On the death of Thomas it was discovered that he was indebted to Rhode $1,110, Herr T. declares that he has been in constant communication with Thomas since 1870. He writes thus: | ‘Thomas has repeatedly told me himself that he neither | spoke nor understood in 1868-1869 a single word of German, or had never been in Germany before; he mu- tilated the German language most terribly, but was en- deavoring to learn it, In the autumn of this year (1875) I met him and bis children on ® steamer going from | Pillintz to Dresden and exchanged several words with | him, remarking to myself what progress he bad made 1m speaking German. Thomas’ face and head betokened natural sense, energy and good nature; qualities he displayed in his whole manner, as every one will cou- firm who knew him. He was what one calls in common intercourse a ‘good hearted fellow.’ He might be about me he was five years older than mysolf, and was an | American who bad only received bis education and in- struction in America, ”” NATIONAL DISOWNMENT. The question of Thomas’ nationality seems a pretty Similar criminals are to be found in all coun- is altogether unjustifiable to judge of a nation by such specimens of wickedness. Not taking into considera- tion where Thomas was born or educated, it seems, doubtless, that he had been living many years in Ger- | many. Americans can therefore declare Thomas was ruined in Germany and there devised his infernal plan, tations, The pharisaical pride with which the German press strikes itself on the breast and exclaims, “Thank God, we are not as that Thomas!” is absurd. Every one may look out for the beam in his own eye. The conclusions formed at present by German papers of | the American nat‘onal character are simply mdiculous, In honor of the German people, let us say, that ca- lumniatory articles against America, such as appeared, for mmstance, in the National Gazetle, are not re- sponded to, and are repudiated as exaggerations by all reasonable people.- THE AMERICAN PROTEST. j The leading members of the American colony in Ber | | lin, as announced to you by cable, have taken the at tacks made by the German papers on the American character so much to heart that they intend holding a mecting next Wednesday, in order to protest against | such calumniations of the American people. The cards issued by the committee ‘‘to the friends of America’’ read thus:— | In view of the attempt of several Berlin journals to fasten upon American civilization the crime of the lato explosion at Bremerhaven, all Americans in Berlin, | and all Germans, who wish publicly to disavow the | sentiments of said journals (both ladies and eee ion, Tau- benstr. 34, on Wednesday evening, December 29, 1875, at half-past seven, to take such action as may be deemed expedient. ST. PETER'S RECEPTION. A reception will be given at the Belmont Hotel this evening, for the purpose of raising funds to furnish a | permanent residence for the Christian brothers at- tached to St. Peter's schools. The affair will doubtless be very enjoyable, and it is expected thata good sum | ‘wil be raised for the object in view. BRICKLAYERS IN COUNCIL. Yesterday the delegates to the National Convention of Bricklayers held their third session in the hall cor- ner of Court and Joraiemon streets, Brooklyn, The chair was occupied by Louls Carpenter. The name of | the society known as Union No, 26, of New York city, was changed to No. 7. The propriety of changing the travelling card now in use was referred to a com- mittee, The reports of the secretary and treasurer were adopted, and reports were read from a large number of local unions. “SHIPWRIGHTS’ DIFFICULTIES.” | To THe Epiton or tHe Henacp:— In your issue of this date you give aetatement, under the above heading, as the assertion of 1 New York em- ployer of shipwrights, that though thé workmen at Red Hook are paid fifty cents less per day than has heretofore been paid to New York employés the New York workmen are worth the extra half dollar, “boing so much more expert.” As a committee representing the Red Hook calkers the undersigned desires un- equivocally to deny this aseertion. W Glatos claim that we have bad equal t trade as apprentices, and certainly at equal expe- rience as journeymen, and we assert that nowhere can there be found more expert caikers than among our association, We would work to help our New York brethron in their resistance to ® reduction of wages, aod ¢ helping them by refusing to take jobs out of their hands; but we do not consider it our duty to re- yur trade te called | SED HOUK CALKERS, mi in question. Buooxiys, Jai THE WATER STREET TRAGEDY. Coroner Woltman empanelled a jury yesterday in the case of Mary Knight, who was killed by being thrown down the cellar steps of No. 345 Water street, | on Monday evening, by her husband. The prisoner, | Jobn Knight, stated that his wife was an habitual (@runkard; that his home was a ‘‘perfect hell’ to him, ‘and that he did not push her until she bad attempted to strike him with a bottle and atin kettle He was temporarily committed to the Tombs. NEW JERSEY RAILROAD OUTRAGE. The Central Railroad authorities in New Jersey seem to be unmoved by the numerous complaints made against their employés by the people in the Bergen district of Jersey City. Frequent outrages are perpetrated on passen, in that section, Yosterday ‘a complaint was made that two ladies, connected with the family of Dr. Hardenberg, who were accompanied by two children, were alighting from train on Satur. day at the Com jpaw station, and before the entire party had reached the plattorm the train A gentleman who was standing on the platform canght ove of the children, who would otherwise have been nder the wheels. Dr. Hardenberg has called jon of the railroad officials vo the case, | manifestations of charit, | number of children. | world of Gotham Is the Orphan: hu | Asylum of Brookiyn. bj THE BALL SEASON. How the Coming Social Events Af- fect Our Beaux and Belles. AND CHARITY PLEASURE COMBINED. The Charity, Orphans’, Infant Asy- lum and Emerald Balls. The deaux and belles are all alert and preparing for the coming balls, Who will know of the sleepless nights of the belles occasioned by lack of confidence in modistes’ ability to produce with telling effect tha latest wrinkle in ounces? and who but the tailor can tell of the soul seated anxietyof the young man whose heartisin bis new claw-hammer coat and trousers, prodigal of cloth and regardless of ft? These excite- ments, to say nothing of dreams of conquests and visions of broken bearis, make up much of the pleas- ure of this festive season, which ends in a whirl to Strauss’ music, a delightful promenade and the recol- lection of much beauty and more fashion, Underlying all the pomp and apparent wordlines of the several grand balis of tne winter js an clement of charity as warm as its manifestation ts brilliant. The Charity Ball, the Orphans’ Bali and the Infant Asylum Ball are each and every one of them prolific mints trom Which money soiled in selfish trate is reissued bright and new for charitable ends. THE CHARITY BALL, For any seasons this ball has been regarded as the ball, and as the years roll by each successive winter leaves its record more brilliant than its forerunner, ‘The ladics and gentlemen having charge of the affair this year are confident that 1876 will be as brilliant a year in the history of the scheme as it is in that of the pation. The subscribers to the ball dwell in such bigh | social latitudes that the much-talked-of “hard times’’ do not affect them, unless it be to open wider their sympathies and purses. Although the ball docs not come off until the Ist of February its success is already assured, and an alfuir of dazzling magnificence is looked forward to. Owing to the distance of the date fixed aud the many intervening balls the committee ot | arrangements have not yet completed all the necessary details for the occasion, The proceeds of this ball are donated to the Nursery and Child’s Hospital. Tickets can be had by applying to Mrs Daniel F, Appleton, Mrs. F. B. Alexander, Mrs, Joh Bigelow, Mrs, Chris- tian Bors, Mrs. L. M. Bates, Mrs, A. B, Cornell, Mrs Jobn H, Draper, Mrs, R. 0. Doremus, Mra, J. C, Fargo, Mrs. Tremont, Mre. Charlies G. Franklyn, Mrs. Abnet Mellen, Jr. , Mrs. John McKeon, Mrs, Stuyvesant Mor- ris, Mra. B. 4. Livingston, Mrs, Abraham R. Law rence, Mrs. Livermore, Mrs, Pierre Lorillard, Mrs, Havemeyer, Mrs. H. J.’ Hoffman, Mrs. Benjamim K. Phelps, Mrs. M. 0. Roberts, Mrs, Ruthertord Stu: vesant, Mrs. A. T, Stewart, Mra. ©. H. Stebbins, M Aaron’ J. Vanderpool, Mrs. P. L. Van Rensselaer and Mrs, Tzuaga del Vaile. Among the gentlemen ‘inter- ested in the atair as managers the following naines are noticeable:—Hon. Samuel J. Tilden, Hon, William H. Wickham, General F, L. Vinton, Hon. J. R Brady, General Chester Arthar, Mr. Gunming 8. Bedford, Gen* eral John A. Dix, Mr. Charles A. Dana, Mr. E. L. God- kin, Hon. Hugh Hon. A. Oakey Hall, Hon. Jobin K. Hackeit, Mr. . Jerome, Mr, Ferd De Luca, Mr. Manton Marble, General Prince, Hon, C.N. Potter and Hon R. B. Roosevelt. THR INFANT ASYLUM BALL. In this ball is to be foun other of the agreeablo it gives promise of rivaling the famous Charity Ball, and many of the ladies and | gentlemen whose names are given above are interested | in its success, It ts told in fashionable circles that our bachelor Governor has consented to uet as chairman on the occasion of the ball, which comes of on the 13th inst, Some one has said that the Hon. John Bigelow, our newly elected Secretary of State, 1s to act as Vie Presideni, and assist 1s worthy chief. Tickets for th affair, so “Sweet Charity” says, are very scarce and boxes aro much scarcer, All the best boxes in the Academy or Music—the scene of the ball- sol the “not best’ ones are going off like hot little is known of the modest charity for which the amiss. A house of reception was opened fn Clinton place in 1872, sinco which time the institution has steadily grown in usefuiness and public favor. During the threo yeurs of its existence it bas taken care of several thou- Sand mothers und has saved no less than three thou- sand children from the streets, At present it has abou three hundred mothers under its care aud an equal In bis recent report to the Secre- tary of the Interior Commissioner Eaton mentions with marked approbation the manner of the management of the New York Infant Asylum. In addition to the | Sixty-third street house, to which a wing has recenuy been added, the managers have a country house for the little ones at Flashing, 1. The wing was no soover built than it was possessed by the little ones, and the crowding was Just as great as before the extra room was made. The proceeds of the ball will be expended in enlarging and tinproving the country house at Fiush-, ing, Where tue little ones spend the summer. ORPHANS! BALL. Tho great social event of thi in the Catholio Ball. For eighteen years the Academy of Music, at each recurring Or- phans’ Ball, ias been a scene of beauty and magniti- cence unrivalled by any kindred gathering. Last year no buil was given, and it 8 proposed (his year—in fact, on Monday, the 17th tnst,—to combine in one event the splendor of two balls. It is stated that the asylum is more in need of funds this year than it has been for some years past, and it ts hoped by the managers that the necessities of the institution will awaken the sym- pathies of the public. Tickets for the ball and boxes can be had of Mr. M. J. Cody, No. 203 Broadway; M: Charles O’Conor, President; Mr. W. J. Kane, First Vi | President; Mr. Peter Trainer, Second Vice President; Mr. R, J, Morrison, Corresponding Secretary ; Mr. John T. McGowan, Financial Secretary, and Mr. Malone, Treasurer. A meeting of the managers will be beld at Deiwouico’s, Fourteenth street, this afternoon, to make tue Goal arrangements for the ball. THK MMBBALD Balle The finest bali of the season in Brooklyn will andoubtedly be that given by the Emeraid Association, For thirty-eight years this associ: n bas annually given a ball whose proceed: have gone to support the Roman Catholic Orph: This association is now, at always has been, composed of happiest way of combining it atiemen who have tho desire to avsist the needy with that for amusement. Its entertainments have always been brilliant with assemblages of beauty and fasuion; but, as has been said before, the indications are that the bali which will occur on the 26th inst. will be the most brilliant that has ever been kvown in Brooklyn, The association has the advantage this year of being without a competitor. The Charity Ball, 1s rival in former years—an aifair whose objects were in every way worthy—will not be heid this season, and the Em- erald Association is intent upon, improving this ad- vantage. It is designed to make the Emerald ball fuil enough of varied enjoyments to make ap to pleasure- seekers for the omission of the Charity Ball, The mo- tive of open-landed charity, though powerful, is not relied upon alone, but every incentive th | ean be procured trom the angouncement that wondrous lights will flash, that @ summer profusion of rare and Jowing flowers will bloom and perfume the air, and 6 | that masic of the most exhilarating character will fi) | the Academy of Music with the choicest melody on the night appointed, is being used. It is intended to change the appearance of the Academy so that it will resemble a garden, she ballroom floor being the level and each gallery a blooming terrace of fragrant beauty. Flowers and foliage will adorn every part of the build- ing, and the sweet harmonies of Giimore’s Band will issue from a bower in which the musicians will be concesied by a veil of flowers and verdure, The poetry of grace and har. mony will be ent everywhere in th throng, as well us in its surroundings. All these thin, are promised by the committee—men who are now hard at work—and they are so confident that the ball will be the greatest event of the season that they intend to sell the boxes and reserved seats in the galleries pevio auction, They have already engaged. ilmore jand to turnieh the music, and in the intervals between, dance and promenade pieces solos will be performed by. the Jubilee Manager's best musicians, LECTURES AND BALLS, will be delivered to-morrow night at St, Angustine’s chapel, in the Bowery, by the Rev. Mytton Maury, on “Egypt Throe Thousand Years Ago.” Ad+ mission is free, Tickets are to be bad at the chapel. Mr. Henry A Horn lecture in Steinway Ha! Sunday evening, the 234 inst, on “Drumming as @ Fine Art.” The ball of the Telegraphers’ Association will take place on the Zist nat. at Ferrero's Assembly Rooms, The Bachelor Club will give a bail, at Ferrero’s As+ sembly Rooms, on the 24th inst. The annual’ invitation ball of Company K of the Seventy-first regiment will occur at the regi armory to-night. The “United North German Band,” Of the Prussian army, bas been engaged to furnish the z cae Wil make its frst appearance in this city at this The Hoboken Tartle Club will have @ reupion af Perrero’s to-morrow night ‘The annual fancy dress ball of L'Amitié. a French benevolent and social organization, 18 to occur on Fri- day night at Irvigg Hall. THE PROJECTED GERMAN SEMINARY. The Central Association for the Preservation of the German Language and the Advancement of Pablic Edu. cation held a meeting at the Tura Hall, in Fourth street, last night Plans and propositions were dis ‘cussed to raise funds for the establishment of the pro- Jeeted National German-American Teachers’ gmtme 4 i jo this country, Action was taken to organize ‘associations and to enlist the namerous German societies in the movement, Thoa far tha mm of $1,861 62 has been collected, A lectn: