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Ire PuiLAiiELrnu Resolutions.— Tlie
or having, in our absence, mistaken the
npbic synopsis for the full text of the
hdelphia resolutions, we insert the latter
ir present issue. As a whole, they ought
amand the support of the country, and
Mieve they will. We have heretofore
:«d tbeir substance fully in these col-
-‘,and deem further comment unneces-
Special Correspondence of the Telegraph.
Letter from Ne.w York.
PEACE AND UNION.
New York, Aug. 19, 1806.
There is good news to communicate to your Important Proclamation
readers. I have been behind the scenes here ;
a little, and learn from reIiable y sourcc3 that ’
there will be a complete fusion or union of!
all the conservative elements in this State up
on the platform of principles laid down at j
Philadelphia. The great Democratic organ- J
i Ait ion, with St Tammany and Mozart, and
the moderate Republicans, embracing that l “ Peace, Order, Tranquility, and Civil
large wing of the Republican party which I
follows the lead of Mr. Seward, Thurlow
by
President of the United States.
Texas Restored to the Union.
Weed and Mr. Raymond, will meet at Albany
in a day or two, through their respective
State Executive Committees, for the purpose
of ratifying the action of the Philadelphjp
Convention nnd inaugurating an active and
vigorous campaign. Meetings are to be call
ed throughout the State, and steps taken to
rntify the Philadelphia platform and nomi
nate candidates for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor, for Congress, and for the Legisla
ture. Similar steps are to be immediately
taken in the other Northern States where
elections are to be held this fall; and in those
where there will be no eections ratification-
meetings will be held, and the restoration
policy of the President endorsed.
Speaking of the President reminds me to
say that he is a great power in the country.
He is, undoubtedly, the most popular man
among the Northern conservatives to be found
anywhere 1n the United States. The Phila
delphia Convention was confessedly a very
able body, composed for the most part of in
telligent and respectable gentlemen from all
parts of the Uaion. They represented more
largely than any Convention or body that
has assembled in this conntiy during the pre
sent century, the intelligence, the character
and the wealth of the country; and yet in all
that vast assemblage no reference, however
slight, could be made to the President, which
was not immediately followed by the most
hearty applause. He is exceedingly popular
in tbo Northern States, not only among the
intelligent and wealthy classes, but with the
poorer and laboring population. No North
ern man of the Conservative party, not even
Mr. Seward himself, if nominated lor the
Presidency, would poll so heavy a vote as
Mr. Johnson on this side of Mason & Dixon’s
line.
But returning to affairs in this State, it re
mains to be added that it is already under
stood, if not arranged by the leaders, as I
learn from trustworthy sources, that a Demo
crat will be put in nomination for Governor
of N. Y., and a Republican for Lieut. Gov.
The election will take place in Nov. The
candidate for Governor will probably be May
er Hoffman of this city, or Mr. Murphy of
Brooklyn. Democrats and Republicans will
be run indiscriminately for Congress accord-
Acthority Exist In and Throughout
Tns Whole of the United States
of America.*’
•• further declare, in the same proclamation, or withhold its enjoyment under the Consti-
| that it is the manifest determination of the tution from the people thereof,
i American people that no State, of its own Fourth—We call upon the people of the
! -will, has the right or power to go out or sep- United States to elect to Congress, as mem-
I arate itself from, or be separated from, I bers thereof none but men who admit this
i|l0 the American Union; and that, there-; fundamental right of representation, and who
fore, each [State ought to remain I will receive to seat* therein loyal representa-
and constitute an integral part of the United j tives from every State in allegiance to the
States; and did further declare, in the same | United States, subject to the constitutional
last mentioned proclamation, that the several right of each House to judge of the election,
afore-mentioned States, excepting Texas, had. ~
in the manner aforesaid, given satisfactory
evidence thnt they acquiesced in this sover
eign and important resolution of national
unity.
And whereas, The President of the United
States, in the same proclamation, did further
declare that it is believed to be a fundamea
tnl principle of government that the people
who have revolted and been overcom'- and
Washington, August 19.
The following proclamation is in readi
■Ml:
By the President of the United States of Ame
rica:
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, By proclamations of the 15th and
19th of April, 1861, the President of the Uni
ted States, by virtue of the power vested in
him by the Constitution and the laws, de
clarcd that the laws of the United States
were opposed and the execution thereof ob
structed in the States of South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Lon
isiana, and Texas by combinations too pow
erful to be suppressed by the ordinary course
of judicial proceedings, or by the power vest-
cdlin the marshals by law; and
Whereas, By another proclamation made
on the 16th day of August, in the same year,
in pursuance of an Act of Congress approved
July 13,18G1, the inhabitants of the States
of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana,
Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida,
except tlie inhabitants of that part of the
State of Virginia lying west of the Alleghany
Mountains, and except, also, the inhabitants
of such other parts of that State and the
the other States before named as might main
tain a % loyal adhesion to the Union and the
Constitution, or might be from time to time
occupied and controlled by the forces of the
United States engaged in the dispersion of
the insurgents, were declared to be in a state
of insurrection against tho United States.
And whereas, By another proclamation of
the 1st day of July, 1862, issued in pursu
ance of an act of Congress approved June 7,
in the same year, the insurrection was de
clared to be still existing in the States afore
said, with the exception of certain specified
counties in the State of Virginia.
And whereas. By another proclamation
made on the 2d day of April, 1863, in pur
suance of the act of Congress of July 13,
1861, the exceptions named in the proclama
tion of August 16, 1861, were revoked, and
the inhabitants of the States of Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mis
sissippi, Florida, and Virginia, except the
forty-eight counties of Virginia designated
as West Virginia, and the ports of New Or
leans. Key West, Port Royal, and Beaufort,
in North Carolina, were declared to be still
in a state of insurrection against the United
In University or Georgia.—The Ath-
Yuchtoan says: The Fall term of this
action commenced on tho 15th instant,
^ nry flattering prospects—over 100 pu
'•togin attendance. We have notlearn-
;« whether Gen. Custis Lee has accepted
thiir to which he has been recently call-
The other new Professors are, or soon
here, prepared to enter upon the ac-
1 charge of their duties.
fn Are Like Railroad.—-The Gaines-
1 '®Al Ragle says Mr. E. M. Johnson has
burned from a meeting of the officers
r Air Line Railroad, held at New York.
Sports that the road will be built from
t» Gainesville, and that from that
F*** surveys will be made—one to Ches-
H’-via Anderson C. H., and the other
- »riott« or Salisbury, N. C., via Pendle-
' a Tills road, it is cr&imed, will,
; «lt. be the shortesfToute from New
* 10 New Orleans—as direct a linens
’ ^'le, and that the trip between the
» v «ati over it will be msdo in 50 bourn.
******* Proclamation.—This import-
will be found in oar columns
-'filing, it derives its chief signifi-
the fact, that whilst it is called
-ifimarily by the renewed political con-
* the State of Texas, it embraces
- U* legal scope the entire sisterhood of
. 'neatly at war with the Federal Union.
'Proclamation of general peace, political
r**i uul a restoration of the supremacy tf
**all the States. It places the
* Corpus question completely at rest,
^ ’f doubts may have existed heretofore,
-?out cf the ambiguous language of
j, ■""•fion of April last. As evidence
■aily restored Union"! nnd the end of
" ^ people everywhere will receive tlie
don with unfeigned satisfaction.
®-ore step remains to
‘a tcut ' Te have discharged its
i but of this we prefer to speak
ti'ae, and n " ,r *' :,t ' ar f>° than our
me and apace will admit of.
scene in the Canadian Par-
■ Ar ’fedneaday was the most disrepu-
has ever characterized a leg-
a jfv-twen in tlie most revolutionary
^■Chamber*, who is one of : lelead-
,A| °f annexation to the United
- ' Jt * 7 ored to obtain an i’westigation
j^ipaign of the Fenians at Fort Eric,
■ct t,,. 11 '; opportunity while upon that
"P*>n the question of annex-
that the destiny of the Arner-
Province was decided, and that
Q \ involved annexation. He was
T 1 * a nd his speech silenced by
lU Jf oru *®*» and his person linnlly as-
? wmlera assault of paper buffets.
ec °mm was never witnessed in n
was-,ary similar to that which
closing honrs of the late Ilou.-e
Tlt ' l,iv «' in Washington city.
States*
And whereas, By another proclamation of
ing to the strength of the candidates and the 15th day of September, 1803, made in
tbeir prospects of success. Some intelligent
persons believe there will be a complete revo
lution in this State this fall, and that a large
majority of those elected to Congress will be
Conservatives. Large gaincs are confidently
expected in other States, where elections aro
to be held. Should Mr. Clymer, the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor in Pennsyl
vania, retire from the contest, as now seems ;
probable, it is believed that the Keystone
State will choose a Conservative Governor,
and add considerably to the list of conserva
tive members in Congress. The objection to
Mr. Clymer is that be is unpopular with the
army, his course during the war having been
somewhat like that pursued by Vallandig-
liam, and the Woods of this city. Should
pursuance of an act of Congress approved
March 3,1863, the rebellion was declared to
bo still existing, and the privilege of the
writ of habeas corpus was in certain specified
cases suspended throughout the United States,
said suspension to continue throughout the
duration of the rebellion, or until said proc
lamation should by a subsequent one be mod
ified or revoked.
And whereas. Tlie House of Representa
tives on tho 22d of July, 1861, adopted a
resolution in the words following, namely:
“Resolved by the House of Representatives
of the Congress of the United States, That
the present deplorable civil war has been
forced upon the country by the disunionists
of the Southern States now in revolt against
the constitutional government and in arms
around the capital; that in this national
j emergency Congress, banishing all feeling of
mere passion or resentment, will recollect
he retire, Gen. Hancock will probably benom- onlv its duty to the whole country; that this
inated in his place. ' war * is not ? vn S ed u P? n ou * P"* in “y s P int
1 . of oppression, nor for any purpose of con-
Thc action of the Philadelphia Convention quest or subjugation, nor for the purpose of
has given great satisfaction to the conserva-1 overthrowing or interfering with the rights
tives throughout the North. They speak in or established institutions of those States, but
the highest terms of the temper and bearing to defend and maintain the supremacy of the
“ .ti Constitution, and to preserve the Lmon with
of the Southern Delegates. I have never j dignity, equality, and rights of the
seen men more in earnest. The truth is they States unimpared; and that as soon as
nre alarmed, not only for the country, but for these objects are accomplished the war
themselves. Strange as it may sound, they ought to cease. ,
now realize for the first time that the per- State3 on tll0 ^th day of July, 1861, adopt-
petuity ot our republican form ot govern- cd rego i ution? j n the words following, to-
ment, the peace of the country, and the safe- w jt :
ty of their own persons and property, all de- Resolved, That the present deplorable civil
peml upon the immediate rendition of full war has been forced upon the country by the
justice to the hitherto wrongedand despised
Southern States. Continue tho Radicals in nnd i„ !irmi around the capital; that in this
power, and tho Northern people them- national emergency, Congress, banishing all
selves feci that they will be sate neither in feelings of mere passion or resentment, will
person, estate or Government. How true is recollect only its duty to the whole country;
perauu, that this war la not proaecuted upon our part
it that the steps of Justice, though slow, aic . n anv ol oppression, nor for any pur-
■ure nnd steadfast! ' pose of conquest or subjugation, nor for the
Nearly all of the Geoigia Delegates are purpose of overthrowing or interfering with
■re We shall turn our faces homeward in the rights or established institutions of those
re ' States, but to defend and maintain the supre
macy of tlie Constitution and all laws made
in pursuance thereof, and to preserve the
Union with all the dignity, equality, and
rights of the several States unimpaired: that
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here.
a few days, however. Notwithstanding all
the wealth and splendor that greet tlie eye in
the North, Dixie is dearer to us than ever.
Her poverty and rags and wrongs only draw | ,. 0 I . ,
ns the nearer to her, and make us all the as soon as these objects are accomplished, the
. , . ... . ,1 war ought to cense,
more willing to share her late, whether good 1 And whereas. These resolutions, not joint
or bad. P- W* 4- or concurrent in form, are substantially iden-
••• tical, and as >ucli have hitherto been and are
That the action of the late Conven- vet regnrded as having expressed the sense
tion will contribute powerfully to the. work of Congress upon the subject to which they
of reconstruction, may be inferred from the relate.
following consideration presented by the And whereas. The President of the Uni-
World : Tr'irst. It severs the connection he- ted States, by a proclamation of the 13th of
tween .Andrew Johnson and the Republican June, 1865, declared that the insurrection in
party. Second. Tlie Convention has been the the State of Tennessee had been suppressed,
occasion of a public, solemn, formal recanta- ; an d tliat the authority of tlie United States
tion by the Southern people, of the doctrine therein was undisputed, and that such United
ol'secession. Third. The Convention fixes States officers as had been duly commissioned
indelibly upon the radicals tbe stigma of be- were in undisturbed exercise of tbeir official
ing the only disunion party lelt in our poli
tics. Fourth. The Convention has contribu
ted essentially to the renewal of kind feelings
and cordial relations between Northern and
subdued, must either be dealt with so. os to
induce them voluntarily to become friends,
or else they must be held by absolute military
power or devastated so as to prevent them
from ever again doing harm as enemies, which
last-named policy is abhorrent to humanity
and to freedom.
And whereas. The President did in the
same proclamaiion further declare that the
Constitution of the United States provides
for constituent communities only as States,
and not as Territories, dependencies, provin
ces, or protectorates; and further, that such
constituent States must necessarily be„ and
by the Constitution and laws of the United
States are made, equal and placed upon a
like footing as to political rights, immunities,
dignity, and power with the several States
with which they are united ; and did further
declare that the observance of political equal
ity os a privilege of right and justice is well
calculated to encourage the people of the be
fore-mentioned States, except Texas, to be
and become more and more constant and
persevering in their renewed allegiance.
And whereas, The President did further
declare that standing armies, military occu
pation, martial law, military tribunals, and
the suspension of the writ ot habeas corpus,
are, in time of peace, dangerous to public
liberty, incompatible with tbe individual
rights of the citizen, contrary to the genius
and spirit of our free institutions, and ex
haustive of the national resources, and ought
not therefore to be sanctioned or allowed,
except in cases of actual necessity lor repell
ing invasion or suppressing insurrection or
rebellion; and tbe President did further, in
the same proclamation, declare that the pol
icy of the government of tho United States
from tbe beginning of the insurrection to its
overthrow and final suppression, had been
conducted in conformity with the principles
in the last named proclamation recited,
ifiWhereas, The President in the said proc
lamation of the 13th of June, 1866, upon the
grounds therein stated, and hereinbefore re
cited,did then and thereby proclaim the insur
rection, which heretofore existed in the several
States before named, except Texas, was at an
end, and was henceforth to be so regarded;
and
Whereas, Subsequently to the said 2d day
ot April, 1866, the insurrection in the State
of Texas has been completely and everywhere
suppressed and ended, and the authority of
the United States has been successfully and
completely established in the said State of
Texas and now remains therein unraisted
and undisputed, and such of the proper
United States officers as have been dulycom-
missioned within the limits of the said state
are now in the undisturbed exercise of their
official functions; and
Whereas, The laws can now be sustained
and enforced in said State of Texas b' the
proper civil authorities, State or Federa\ and
the people ot the said State of Texas like
the people of the other States before namid are
well and loyally disposed, and have con'orm
ed, or will conform in their legislation to the
condition of affairs growing out of the anend-
ment of the United States Constitutioi pro
hibiting slavery within the limits and juris
diction of the United States ; and
Whereas, All the reasons and conclffiions
set forth in regard to the several States there
in specially named now apply equally, md in
all respect to the State of Texas as well as to
tbe other States which had been involvtd in
insurrection; and,
Whereas, Adequate provision has been
made by military orders to inforce an execu
tion of the acta of Congress and the civil au
thorities, and secure obedience to the Consti
tution and laws of the United States rithin
the State of Texas, if a resort to military force
for such purposes should at any time become
necessary.
Now, therefore, I, Andrew Jobnsoi, Presi
dent of the United States, do hereby proclaim
and declare that the insurrection which
heretofore existed in the State of Texts is at
an end, and is to be henceforth so regarded
in that State, as in the other States before
named, in which said insurrection was pro
claimed to be nt an end by the aforesaid proc
lamation of the 2d day of April. 1866.
And I do further proclaim that the said In
surrection is at an end, and that peace, order,
tranquility and civil authority now exists
in and throughout the whole of the United
States of America.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand nnd caused the seal ot the United
States to be affixed. Done at the city of
Washington, this twentieth day of August,
A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-
six, nnd of the independence of the United
States of America the ninety-first.
Andrew Johnson.
By the President:
Wm. H. Seward,
Sec’y of State.
returns and qualifications of its own mem
bers.
Fifth—The Constitution of the United
States, and the laws made in pursuance
thereof, are “ the supreme law of the land,
anything in the Constitution or laws of any
State to the contrary notwithstanding.” “All
the powers not conferred by the Constitution
upon the General Government nor prohibited
by it to the States, are reserved to the States
or the people thereofand among the rights
thus reserved to the States is the right to
prescribe qualifications for tbe elective fran
chise therein, with which right Congress can
not interfere. No State or Convention of
States has the right to withdraw from the
Union, or to exclude, through their action in
Congress or otherwise, any State or States
from the Union. The Union of these States
is perpetual, and the authority of its Govern
ment is supreme within the limitations and
restrictions of the Constitution.
Sixth—Such amendments to the Constitu
tion of the United States may be made by the
people thereof as they may deem expedient,
tut only in the mode pointed out by its pro
visions, and in proposing such amendments,
whether by Congress or by a Convention, and
in ratifying the same, all the States of the
Itoion have an equal and an indefeasible right
to a voice aDd a vote thereon.
Seventh—Slavery is abolished and forever
prehibited,—and there is neither desire nor
purpose on the part of the Southern States
that it should ever be re-established,—upon
the soil or within the jurisdiction of the
Unitfd States; and the enfranchised slaves in
all the States of the Union should receive, in
common with all their inhabitants, equal pro
tectios in every right of person and property.
Eighth—While we regard as utterly in
valid, and ; never to be assumed or made oi
binding force, an obligation incurred or un
dertaken in making war against the United
States, we hold the debt of the Nation to be
sacred and inviolable, and we proclaim our
purpose in discharging this, as in performing
til other national obligations, to maintain
mimpaired and unimpeached the honor and
the faith of the Republic.
Ninth—It is the duty of the National Gov
ernment to recognize the services of the Fed
eral soldiers and sailors in the contest just
closed by meeting promptly and fully all
their just and rightful claims for the services
they hare rendered the nation, and by ex
tending to those of them who have survived,
and to the widows and orphans of those who
have fallen, the most generous and consider
ate care.
Tenth—In Andrew Johnson, President of
the United States, who in his great office has
proved steadfast in his devotion to the con
stitution, the laws and interests of his coun
try, unmoved by persecution and undeserved
reproach, having faith unassailable in the
people and in the principles of free govern
ment, we recognize a Chief-Magistrate worthy
of the nation and equal to the great crisis up
on which his lot is cast; and we tender to
him in the discharge of his high and respon
sible duties our profound respect, and assur
ances of our cordial and sincere support.
Obtaining Information from the Confed
erate Capital Durin? the War.
The Richmond correspondent ot tbe New
^ork Times imparts the following informa
tion relative to the manner in which impor
tant intelligence was conveyed from Rich
mond to the Federal lines during the war.—
Tha Richmond Whig admits that the testi
mony ot Gen. Lee did leak out and did get to
Washington, but whether in the manner in
dicated by the Times’ correspondent is not
certain. The version of the correspondent of
the Times is as follows:
.The country will remember that during the
winter our Government obtained assurance of
the hopelessness of the rebel cause, by coming
into possession of tho testimony of Gen. Lee,
before a Committee of the rebel Congress,
which was never reported to the Houses, ex
cept in secret session, if at all. A full history
of the manner in which the Government ob
tained that information would be more inter-
..... . ferring such in her examinations and com-
0 - -. ma c _^> . too soon mcn t3 to the merely ornamental or superficial.
The Conditions to which Prussia Consent
ed to an Armistice.
[Correspondence of the London Times.]
Berlin, July 20, I860.
I am enabled to communicate a general
sketch of the conditions laid down by this
Government prior to the assenting to the sus
pension of hostilities, which expired this day
at noon. Prussia demanded,
1. That a North German Confederacy be
created, comprising all States this side of the
River Maine.
2. That a South German Confederacy be
created on tne other side of that river.
3. That the Northern Confederacy be pla
ced under Prussian supremacy, and the South
ern under the Bavarian supremacy; and that
Austria be not included in cither of them.
4. That a common Parliament be instituted
for both Confederacies to legislate upon sun
dry subjects, of chiefly commercial import, to
be hereafter determined. (I do not know
whether my version of this clause is correct,
but I believe that it included a proviso to the
effect that even if no common Parliament
were established the two Confederacies were
to have the same standard of money, meas
ure and weight)
That Prussia be allowed to annex in
perpetuity Holstein, Southern and Central
Schleswig, Northern Schleswig to revert to
Denmark should the people themselves so
decide by a suffrage universal, and parts of
Hesse, Hanover nnd Saxony.
6. That Austria cedh Venice to Italy with
out receiving any compensation.
7. That Austria refund to Prussia a portion
of the cost of war, to be fixed in subsequent
negotiations.
This programe was answered by Austria
making the following counter proposals:
1. Austria consents that the German States
north of the River Maine be formed into a
Confederacy under Prussian auspices, provi
ded the Kingdom of Saxony be not included
in the list
2. Austria demands that if the States of
Southern Germany are willing to enter into
a special Confederacy, and admit her to the
same, these States shall lie at liberty to do so.
3. Austria insists upon some compensation
or other for the cession of Venice. She has
a right to do so, that cession not being yet
perfected.
Widely different as these programmes are,
both governments, at the instance of France,
agreed to accord each other a five days’ ar
mistice,- to see whether they could not ap-
Before this can
yet to do more than outline it. The evidence
of General Lee was taken late in the winter
by this Committee, and long before the Com
mittee had determined what course they
should pursue—almost before the ink was dry
upon their notes—the entire statement of the
rebel General, word for word, was in the pos
session of President Lincoln at Washington.
In the room where the Committee met was
a closet, and from that closet, immediate
ly after their adjournment, came the price
less information. Outside the house it at
once changed bands, and a second party
walked leisurely through the streets of
Richmond with it, until upon the envi
rons he encountered one of the common
country carts of this section proceeding with
the half of a newly killed beef toward the
rebel lines in Butler’s front. No communi
cation that the most lynx-eyed could perceive
passed between the man and the cart, but
the former gradually changed his direction,
and was soon walking back in the direction
whence he had come. Tlie cart went on,
reached and passed through the rebel camps
without molestation, and reached the pick
ets, where it halted as a matter of course,
The beef was destined for the house of a
planter just beyond the rebel lines, and in
plain sight of their outposts, and about cqi-
distant between them and our own outposts.
These explanations made, and a careless
search of the cart made by the rebel sentry,
that is a look into it, the cart proceeded on
its way. Just as it neared the house, a small
party of our cavalry made a dasli at it, and
to the utter surprise of the rebel pickets, who
saw the whole affair, our men only hovered a
moment around the cart, then galloped back
with one more man than they came with,
leaving cart and beef, and driver and mule
behind them. They did not know it then
but under the beef was a man, and the man
had a package, and the package contained
the statements of General Lee before the Com
mittce of Congress a few hours before.
In outline this was how the thing was done.
It may seem strange, but Lincoln and Grant
knew long before many of the highest officials
of the insurgent government the sworn state
ment of their commander as to the hopeless
ness of further resistance. Knowing that tlie
Government and Grant had thi3 information
explains many things in connection with the
arrival within our Tines of Hunter, Stephens
nnd Campbell, at the time of the Hampton
Roads conference, which at the time were in
explicable. The feat of obtaining this infor
mation is unrivalled in the annals of war, and
gradually, as the facts come to light, it will
be found that Grant had every day such par
ticular information from the rebel capital that
he knew what Jefl Davis was talking about
each day in the most private of bis conversa
tions witli his Cabinet and members of his
Congress.
Of course, we know nothing of the verity
of tbisnarrative. We may say, however, that
there was enough accuracy in the report which
was published in the Northern papers of Gen
eral Lee’s opinions and views expressed to
the Congressional Committee of investiga
tion, to render it next to certain that there
had been treachery or eaves dropping, or
something of that sort. But upon the esseu
tinl point mentioned by this correspondent,
and set forth in the report as. published, that
General Lee admitted that the Confederate
cause was hopeless, we know enough oi the
facts to authorize us to declare that the state
ment is untrue. General Lee’s opinions were
conditional. He told the Committee what
would be necessary to enable him to
continue to defend Richmond, and
to prosecute the war to a successful
conclusion, nnd he required nothing that
he did not believe the resources of the Con
federacy and the spirit of its people could
supply. To the last. Gen. Lee believed there
was no cause for the Confederates to despair,
if they would put forth their whole energies
and maintain the constancy anil devotion
which a people truly heroic and thoroughly
determined were capable of. There were bis
assurances to the public in official orders, and
lie held no different tone in his communica
tions with Congress, in secret session. We
deem it proper to make this statcmeut(which
is based upon a personal knowledge of the
main facts) because we conceive tbat it would
be a refection upon the humanity of Gen.
Lee to have believed that he kept the noble
armies of the Confederacy exposed to the
hardships and hazards of war for months
after he had become convinced that the strug
gle was hopeless.
Southern citizens.
Philadelphia Union Convention——
Declaration or Principles.
The National Union Convention, now as
sembled in the City of Philadelphia, compos
ed of delegates from every State and Terri
tory in the Union, admonished by the solemn
lessons which, for the last five years, it has
pleased thq Supreme Ruler of the Universe
to give to the American people, profoundly
grateful for the return of peace, desirous, as _
are a large majority of their countrvmen, in [ proximate more closely.
all sincerity to forget and forgive the past, j come to hand, tlie issue will have been tele-
revering the Constitution as it comes to us 1 graphed to you.
from our ancestors, regarding the Union, in : Tiic minor princes, whose territories have
its restoration as more sacred than ever, look- been occupied by Prussian troops, are mov
ing with deep anxiety into the future as of ing heaven and earth at Paris and St Peters-
instant and continuing trial, hereby issues burg to bring about a Congress.
and proclaims the following Declaration of " -.,
Principles and Purposes on which they have ^ rA p00r young man name Jui]ab M an-
witli perfect unanimity agreed: , .... , ,,
functions. First—We hail with gratitude to Almighty henn, Hying at Natchez, Alias., has recently
And whereas, The President of the United God the end of war and the return of peace become possessed of a fortune of half a mil-
Statcs. bv further proclamation is-ued on the to our afflicted and beloved land. lion. A letter from Natchez says: “He
“d il:>v of April, 1866. did promulgate and: Second—The war just closed lia. maintain- came here without a cent of money about one
declare that t here no longer existed any arm- i ed tlie authority of the Constitution with all month ago. It appears that during the war
1 /if mlorniilMl or others i the Dowers which it confers and all there, lie did a great many favors tor an old man
From the New York Herald.
Queen Emma at the White House.
Washington, Aug. 14, 1866.
QUEEN EMMA AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
A very disagreeable storm prevailing alt
the early part of the day, Queen Emma was-
compeilea to confine herself to her hotel un
til after lunch, which was served to her at
one o'clock. Willard’s was the scene of con
siderable idle curiosity throughout the day,
large numbers of people standing about the
halls and doorways, in hopes of getting a
stray glance at royalty. The storm abating
this afternoon, carriages were ordered, und,
under the guidance of Mr. R. S. Clicltin, of
the State Department, nnd Air. Odell, of New
York, the Queen and her party visited and
were shown through the Patent Office and
the Smithsonian Institution. The Queen be
trayed a most remarkable interest in the for
mer place in the modeis of inventions of a
useful and practical nature, in all cases pre-
Prcacbing Ibc Gospel in Missouri—
The Test Oath.
Wliat radicalism really is is best seen where,
by the aid of the military, it has complete
possession of power, and all one side, ns in
Missouri. A test oath exists in this State,
and to what extent it is operating may be
gathered from the partial returns of the
docket of the Circuit Court of a single coun
ty (Marion). The Palmyra Spectator of Fri
day last says:
‘•The regular term of our Circuit Court,
Judge Pamson on the bench, commenced its
session on Monday last. The criminal docket
is quite large, and differs widely from tbe
dockets of former years. Fourteen ministers
were indicted for preaching the Gospel.—
Their cases, we learn, were laid over to the
next February term. The docket runs some
what after this, fashion: Rev. James S.
Green, preaching the Gospel; John Smith,
clling whiskey without a license; Rev
She lingered a long time in this place, and
expressed herself greatly pleased at the inge
nuity and enterprise there displayed. At the
Smithsonian Institution she found much to
awaken her attention and interest, but in a
loss degree than at the Patent Office.
The great event of the day was the recep
tion of the Queen by the President of the
United States. At about fifteen minutes past
eight o’clock, p. in., Her Majesty and suite
arrived at the Presidential Mansion. Hon.
Edward ^Stanbury, Attorneys General for tbe
United States, received her at the door and
escorted her to the Red Room, where tho
Hon. Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treas
ury, and Hon. Gideon Welles, with several la
dies and gentldmen of celebrity and high po
sition, were assembled to receive her. Judge
Stansbury introduced Her Majesty to tho
President who addressed her as follows:
I am most happy to renew to you Majesty
the assurances ofprofound regard and esteem
made to you by the Acting Secretary of
State, and it affords me pleasure to offer you
a cordial welcome to the capital of these
United States, the seat of government for
over thirty millions of pcopTe. And in ac
cording you this earnest welcome, permit me
to assure you that it is not because you bear
the title of a Queen; it is induced solely by
tho prestige that has preceded you, that has
assured us of your virtues as a woman, and
especially of your efforts in the cause of Chris
tianity, civilization and education among the
people of your country. It is more on that
account than of rank or appellation that you
bear. If I were disposed to be facetious on
this occasion, I might say that while none of
the people of these United States wear crowns,
while no man is acknowledged as a king and
no woman as a queen, yet while you arc here
in these United States, you will have none
but queens to associate with.
To this address tlie Queen curtesicd, nnd
in an inaudible tone to me made an apparent
ly earnest and heartfelt acknowledgment.—
She then entered into an animated conversa
tion with Secretaries McCulloch, Welles and
Hon. Mr. Stansbury, and was then introduced
to several ot the distinguished ladies and gen
tlemen present, and shortly afterwards re
tired.
Queen Emma wore a trail dress of rich,
black satin, ornamented with similarly color
ed lace and bugles. Across her breast run
ning over her right shoulder, she wore a wide
mauve ribbon. Around her neck was a beau
tiful necklace of jet pendants, suspended from
which, in the centre, was a large diamond
brooch. On her head she wore a white lace
veil, studded with small and chaste jet orna
ments, so arranged as exceedingly well to
represent a royaT tiara. Her majesty has an
amiable appearance, that would have indica
ted great mirthfulness in her sunny days of
royalty. She has very large, expressive eyes,
indicative, as phrenologists declare, of lan
guage; and, in truth, if ever eyes could
speak, hers do. Her color is of an olive hue;
although seen far behind, the color of the
skin ot her shouldere seemed no less fair than
any of the many beautiful ladies present.—
Her face, however, is considerably darker, so
much so, indeed, tbat it led me to believe
much of her color may be induced by the ex
posure she has experienced in her recent trav
els.
The President seemed in one of his happiest
moods, and appeared happier in mind than 1
have seen him for a long time before.
Tlie Queen was accompanied at the White
House by Miss Spurgin and Major Hopkins.
Among the ladies present to receive her were
Mrs President Johnson, Mre. Patterson,
daughter of the President, Mrs. Stansbury
and Mrs. Welles. The ladies were all iu full
toilet. Contrary to the usual custom in such
coses, the doors of the White House were
thrown open, immediately on the entrance of
the royal party, to as many as could he ac
commodated in the Reception room, no pref
erences being given in the mntter, so that all
might witness the reception.
To-morrow morning the Queen will visit
Capitol, and, if tlie day is pleasant, will drive
out in the aftemcon to the Soldiers’ home.
A Bold Feat.
[Tranalatod specially for tho Richmond Kxnm-
iner.]
Captain De Luc, the leader of a squadron
of the Victor Emanuel lancers, attached to the
fourth corps, having received an order from
General Cialdini to push himself forward till
he should meet with the enemy, boldly pre
sented himself before the gates of Sadowa,
where, of course, witii liis squadron he met
with the Austrians, (for the city was still in
their possession,) and in large number, too.
Instead ot retracing his steps in double-quick,
(for he might have considered his mission at
an end,) tlie brave Captain entered fearlessly
into tlie city at tho head of his squadron,
sounding his bugle. The enemy, though pos
sessing a force six or eight times larger, think
ing that the squadron was followed by the
whole vanguard ot the fourth corps, evacua
ted the city in ureat haste. Still Captain De
Luc was not satisfied. Accompanied by only
four lancers, he rode to the railroad station
and ordered an engine to be got ready. En
tering a car with his four men, be- made it
hitch to the locomotive and bid the en
gineer to start for Vicenza. No sign of Aus
trians on the road. At last the locomotive,
with the car containing Captain- De Luc and
liis four men, entered tbo railroad station at
Vicenza; it was foil of Austrian troops!—
Nothing was left for the Captain to do but
unis steps, if that was even possible.—
WB W]
M. Ncwland, preaching the Gospel without a ! re t r; ,
license; James Brown, selling whiskey on Had lie had with him the whole of his squad-
Stmday; Rev. J. H. Luntlier, preaching the . ron, ten to one. lie would have ordered the
Gospel: Judy Dunlop, keeping a bawdy bugle to sound the charge, and no doubt have
house; Rev. Henry Loutlian, preaching the thrown the enemy into the greatest confiis-
Gospcl, and so on.” ion, who was not prepared for a surprise.—
Many hundreds of clergymen throughout But what could five men do among several
which have to some
it lias ever necn
learn that the obstacle
extent embarrassed the onerations of the Com
pany in Virginia have been removed, and
wish them, ns well us their worthy rivals, a
successful career in this important depart-
1 ment of commercial intercourse.
wall
lv disposed, and have con-. tion as abiding in every State, and as a duty
formed or will conform, in their legislation imposed upon its people, fundamental in its
to the Condition of affairs growing out of the
amendment to the Constitution ot the h nited
State- prohibiting slavery within the limits
or jurisdiction of the United States; aud did
nature and essential to the exercise ot our
Republican institutions: and neither Congress
nor the General Government has any author
ity or power to deny this right to any State
pffr A Washington correspondent of the
Augusta Chronicle writes that Hon. A. II.
Stephens had a lengthy interview with the
President on the 14th, and that it is known
that tha interview zti of a most pleasant
and satisfactory character.
of their prosecutors, they should have ex- : The engineer, let it be said to hi- praise,
alted polities above religion, and should have ’ formed the nmneeuvre with both dexterity
dealt out damnation to all who would not bow and quickness; aud twenty minutes later
to Gesler's cap, or believe in the humanizing . Captain De Luc entered Sadowa at the head
inlluence of fire, famine and slaughter.— j of a whole train loaded with Austrian toba ■
NoshviUc Ootetfe. ce—a trifle worth half a million of francs!