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national intelligencer. "THE PLOT." The ? plot" thick.n.T"Mr. F??U W.tJloo, lt i5 ?uc, rtifwo. to "te.tif,." and Monbe. to rn spiring buM Jok'n H?r[oyc?ru tlio afilatua nhicli r< cntH wade him ?" in thc <7e? ?f "l* .?d >he War Committee. But it a,uur.lfy !?'.<? nqr hard with a few .rtle." m.od. to bellithat any thing monstrous, >f predicated of their lete noirt, can possibly be exaggerated of tiJse. Fur instance, the Rochester (New York) American, in adverting to Waldron's provoking refusal to "swear up" the case against McClel ian in the matter of the interview with Gen. Lee, says : "The contumacy of the witneas Waldron does.not.prove lain* W -a.a bafore. It *<*? to ?'? " ,? not conclusive one way ur the other The same may t. ? said of the habit attributed to biui of being ' addrcted to drink.' If drunk when be told the story of the inter .,?w |lt, j? right in refusing to swear to it now. If, on the other hand, appliance have been used to shut bis wuth, it Will m the Ion# run be all the worse for him. If inch interview took place, neither the contumacy of a witness nor the flippant denial of those who know uothiug Tbout it wiU settle the matter. So there is no use in ban dji -tr words over a matter which eauuot be settled in that way" ? As wo concur with our sagacious and wary con temporary in the opinion that this matter should be probed to the bottom, it gives us great pleasure to call the attention of the War Committee to the following " startling disclosures," corroborative ot Waldron's statements, made by the Washington correspondent of the Chicago (Illinois) Tribune, writing from this city uuder date of the 11th in Btant. We quote from t?e Tribune of the 15th instant: " I happen to know something of this reported inter view between Ueu. McC'ellan aud G?*n Lee, httviug learn ed he followiig particular from a prominent gentleman of 1 lliiio's, who accompanied the President to the buttle field of A-iitietaui alter the action had token place. I sup 0 .?e.l how ver, that the interview spoken of above bad never taken p'ace. Frtsidcnl Lincoln had forbade [for b Jderil U>n MrCLtllait to mrtt Utn Ut upon the occa sion ? The facts, as 1 learned Ihem shortly nfltr they had pi,ICC, are tktse: Mr. Li'uudn went to the baitle tield had an interview with (Jen. McClellan, slept in a Lent'preps red |?r him at the Geneial1* headquarters, rode over ihe lield neitday, &.c While the President was at the General'* headquarter* " uf ,ruce Oonvejed H '"''Sa dler geueral aud another officer i>: the rebel army into Gen. McClellau's presence They brought a letter from Geu L*-o desiring an interview With Gen. McClehan, which contain? d the statement (or this might have betn conveyed by the officer) that Generals Median and Lee could settle the matter of the rebellion at a private inter View, and thu- stop any further effusion of blood. Gen. McClellan showed the letter to President Lincoln, and ntked the latter il he might be all -wed, or if it would be advisable, I forget which, to accord Lee the interview. The President said certainly oot; that h* was the person to whom the latter should be pr.perly referred, and who by bis position was qualified to accept or ieject the pn> pi.sal. I he question is, d d Gen McClellan subsequently afford Gen. Lre the interview as above stated T If he did, there is reason to believe he would, as hoi been charged, 1 n'erta u for some hours I^ee's proposition to uuiie both armies, march into Washington, and declare a military dictatorship. This whole matter should be investigated That Le*> M>u?ht the interview with McClellan, and this interview was prohibited by President Lincoln, are facts which can be easily proved. _ Now, this i* a eirnumstantial statement, and ooming from the Washington correspondent of a leading paper in the West, reputed to be the "home organ" of President Lincoln, it must of course bo " rt liable." . As the name of this c >r respendent is doubtless well known to the War Committee, we presume they will hasten to sum mon him before thein Vl.ere he miy make a 9 clean breast of all he l* happens to know To douct their zeal in such a good cause would be a gross imputation on their perspicacity and patriot ism. Lot us know the worst of this perfidious ? plot." But whatever may be the issue of the investiga tion set on foot anew for the exposure of the medi tated treachery of Gen. McClellan after the bat tle of Antietaui, it is evident that his exculpation on this score will be of little avail in the minds of a candid and intelligent public, unless bis friends can also clear up the following mysterious allega tions brought against him by the Washington cor respondent of the 8t. Ix?nis (Missouri) Union. Writing from this city under date of the 8th in stant, (only a day after the disclosures of Mr. Frawcis W aldron,) he says : # "It has been ascertained here that Gen. McClellan, al . ter he was superseded hjr Bomside, went down t?> Rich mond in a balloon a.id had ? long interview with Jeff Da vis ? that the result of thjutttmferene* wns that McClellan, in .lirgiii-e as the rebel con.man.ler, fou?ht wid repulsed Hurnside at Fredericksburg and IIo?'ker at Chaticellors ville Horace Greeley was present and knowing t<> all the (nets. Hut Greeley's partiality for McClellin hn* induced him to be silent till now. . ?? Il i- asserted that the President is now well ??iisfied in hi* own mind that Gen Samuel It Curtis never was iu Helena at alU a'l the cotton that w?s stol-n there wss stolen by Mcbofield. and in a few days Mr Line dii will go before a notary tublic, m?ke sfli.lavit to the ah ive facts, hnrl forward the snnie to tie New Yoik Tribune " The affidavit will come out with fhe balloon story^ " Yours, truly, A II " We are frank to say that we were nefer tnuob iu,pressed with the " Waldron exposure," but this "balloon story" has a probability ard a verisimili tude about it which may well txcite grave suspi cions. We presume the correspondent " A. H." % who contributes it to our St. Louis coutemporary, has already hern 8ubj.oeuaed by the WTar Commit tee, and is at present in charge of the Sergeant-at Aims of the Senate preliminary to his examina tion. We all know that Gen. McClellan was much in the habit of using balloons lor allegid military observations while he was in the V irginia penin- | sula, and it is easy to conceive that he may have become so proficient in their use as to have made a^ily trip to Richmond on the occasions spccifiod. We hope his lriends maybe able to prove an alibi, and we would advise them,not to ri?k his vindica tion on any thing less conclusive than such a de monstration in poinUof time and place. Let them remember how the defendant in the caute celibrt of Hardell v? Pickwick (2 Piekcnti's Reports) came to grief fron: neglecting to avail himself of this prime jesort iu a delicate complication where the antecedent probabilities made somewhat againat him. V\ c (juote, by way of reminder, from the report uf this case as follows : ?? Mr. .Justice Ktareleigh summed up, in the old-estah lisbed and m<?t approved form He read aa mueli "I , his notes to the jury ss b? could decipher on so short a notice, and made running comments on the evidence as he went along. If Mrs liardell were right, it was peif ctly c.ear Mr Pickwick wss wrong, and if they thi nght th>* evideiiee of Mrs Cluppms worthy of credence they woo'd believe U and, if they didn't, why they wouldn't. If they were sati'fled toat a breach of promise of marriage had b-en romnntted, they would find for the plaintiff with such damages as they thought proper, and if, on the other hand, it appeared to thein that no promise of marriage had . ver b??eii given, they would ff d lor the defendant with no daman s at all. The jury then retired to their private room to talk the matter over, and the judge retired to /its piivate room,to relresh himself ?iU a mutton chop and a gia?s of sherry. . . ?? Au auxioos quarter of an hour elapsed ; the jury came back and the )udge was fetched in. Mr Pickwick put cu iu. spectacle*, a?d gazod at (he fcremaa With aa a*i tated countenance Mid a quickly beating heart. 44' Geutleiuen," ' Mid the individual in black, ' are you all agreed upon your verdict V " 4 We are," replied the foreman. Do you find fur the plaintiff, gentlemen, or for the defeudautT" " 4 For the plaintiff." " 4 With what damages, gentlemen T" "4 Seven hundred and fifty pounda." "Mr Pickwick to<4 off hia spectacles, carefully viped t'ie glasses, folded theui into their oaae, and put them in hia pocket; an ! then having drawn on hi* gloves with gifctt nicety, and stared at the foreman all the while, he mechanically followed Mr. Petker and the blue bag out of court. 41 Speechless with indignation, Mr. Pickwick aHowed himself to be led by his solicitor and friAid# to the door, and there assisted into a hackney ooacb. which had been fetched for the purpose by the ever watchful Sain Wellcr. " Sam had put up the steps, and was preparing to jump upon the box, when be felt hiuiaelf gently touched on the shoulder; and, looking round, his father stood before him. Th* old gentleman's countenance wore a mournful expres sion, as he shook his head gravely, and said, m warning ac cents, 41 ? I know'd what 'ud come o' this here mode o' doin' bisness. Oh, Sammy, Sammy, vy worn't there a alleybi !'" It is to bo hoped that CTon. MoClellan will not bo too late with hia u alleybi," now that he ia fair ly charged with having been in Kiohmond about a year ago, and with having commanded the rebel ?forces at Fredericksburg and Chanccllorsville on the disastrous fields, so fatal to our arms, where " somebody blundered." "THE CONSPIRACY." The subjoined statement received publicity several days ago, and hag remained without contradiction bo far as we are aware. It will be seen that it puts a new phase on 41 the plot"?transferring the burden of defence to other p irties than the original object of accusation : STATEMENT FROM MR. WALDRON. A series of articles having appeared of which I am charged with the authorship. About the 7th of March, 1 met a person by the nnme of Graham, of whom I bad no acqiiaintai.ce. He asked me to write a letter for him to Col. Sharp, iu regard to an account he had with that offi cer. He told me that be was employed by the War De partment to send spies to Richmond While we were talking about the battle of Antietam?I was telling him abuut Generals Kilpatr^pk, Buford, Merritt, and Col. Campbell making my home a place for eating, Sea.?this Mr. Graham usked me if there were at times ninny officers met at my hou*e; and I replied, in the way of a joke of curse, they have; when be replied, if you will make an Hffidavit to that effect we can make a good thing out of it. I don't remuiber what reply I made to the proposition, fur the reason I was laboring under the influeuce of liquor for some days. He continued to keep this subject before me for two or three days, keeping me under the influence of liquor during the time. He visited Gen Milroy, aud insisted on my going to see him iu reference to thi-< sub j-ct. I went to see Gen. Milroy, at the Avenue House, in this cr y, and bark up the statement which I had made to Graham, which was. that l*ee and MoClellan bad an ioterv:e?v at my bouse. We bad a conversation on the matter for some time, of which I do not remember. On the loth of March I was induced to gu to the War De partment aud was introduced to Cul. Hardee and Mr. Dana, tu whom I was indu-ed to say what 1 had to Gra ht.iu and Milroy. Mr. Dana made the remark that he believed every word uf it. The next thing that happen* d iu this pity was, I was sent after by the C mmittee on the Conduct of the War. That was the first time that I realized the positiuu I stood in. Francis Waldron. THE HON. REVERDY JOHNSON. To the Editor of the New York Tribune : ? Will you afford me a few lines of yjur valuable space f.ir the purpose of correcting an error in my work, enti tled 4' General Butler in New Orleans T" It is stated therein that, in the Charleston Convention of I860, a collision occurred in debate between General Butler and the Hon Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland, in the course of which Mr Johnson isteportAd to have said that, iu almost any c rcumstanoes, Maryland would claim her right- ax a Southern State, and would vote with the peo pie of the South. I now learn that no language like this ever fell from the lip* of Mr. Reverdy Johnson, and that he was uot a mem ber i>f the Charleston Convention. The person who figured iu the debate referred to was a certain Bradley Johnson, who was mentioned in the newspaper reports as 44 Mr Johnson, of Maryland " This individual, as soon ns b.utilities began, led a company of rebel# from Baltimore to Harper's Ferry to join .be forces of th&Confederacy. Mr. Reverdy Johnson, on the contrary, from the first data of the rebellion, conspicuously sided with the Uniqn, and threw the whole weight of bis influence and talents upon that si fe The evidence of this is accessible in the Rebellion Record, vol. I, doc. p 199, where a speech of Mr. Reverdy Johnson is printed, delivered in May, 1-6I, which denourioed the rebellion as groundless and absurd, and predicted the triumph of tbeUuioD cause. The error will be corrected in subsequeat editions, but as 13,000 of the work have already been distributed, it is l only just to Mr. Reverdy Johnson that a correction should be made in the manner now adopted JAMES PARTON. New York, Mahch 21, 1864. NORTH CAROLINA FABRICATIONS. From the Journal of Commerce. The news occasionally received from Norlh Carolina beats every thiug. For accounts of brilliant Union soc I'cesses, horrible rebel ^ttrocities, cheering signs of disaf fection in the Confederacy, drc. the letter wiiters iu New bern are beyond the reach of competition. The last story from that quarter relates to the execution of a score or so of soldi^i lately belonging to a North Carolina regiment; but there is at least one newspaper at the North which does not give it implicit reliance. The Boston Traveller says; 14 A telegram stating that these men were executed came to hand some days s'nee We helieve almost all the lead ing Northern papers have been imposed upon by false statements Irom one or more volunteer letter writers frum North Carolina within the la?t three yeais. We have been once imposed upon, aud having in consequence de termined that we shall publish no North Carolina corre spondence again which does uot eome from our own or oilier respectable reporteis, we consequently paid iio at tention bo this letter. . ? " The New York TribunMias been imposed upon about a dozen times by lalse North Carolina letters artfully and elaborately nude up We suspect this letter is from the fellow who his so often imposed upon the Northern press, and perhaps also the telegram previously received. The New York Times, though it publishes this letter, disbe lieves the statement, ana says it has found no confirmation yet of the telegraphic report. 41 We think we have traced the hoaxing North Carolina letters, of which this is one, in all probability, to a Massa cbusetls sojouri er in North Carolina The fel!ow is doubt less a secessionist, with much of the mischievous rogue about bim. His stories are uniformly of groat Uuion movements or rebel atrocities." Here is a specimen item of the latest manufactured news fn m Newbern, bear ng date on Saturday, the 19th: " The report of Governor Vance, showing the amount of rebel supplies received through this blockaded port, discloses a in st startling state of things. Every thing the enemy cou'd ask fur is received through this channel id great quantities." ' A PROFUSION OF OATHS. In s< me uf the military departments taking an oath seems to be an indispensable requisite, whatever tbe busi ness in hand, buying cotton or going to church. In fact, tbe measure of loyalty with some is the abundance of Maths t*keu But, strange to say, Gen. Grant gets along just as well, and perhaps a little better, without resorting to this expedient, to which so much importance is given in other commands. A letter from Nashville says: " Grant has uot administered a single oath, but hss very summarily deposed ot the rebel at mies, whose presence iu the Mate rendeied the peop.e indecisive. The only oath wbinb lias been submitted to Tennesseana since Gen. Orant's arrnal is the geaerally disregarded oath of Gov. Johnson. This coi d t.on of affairs is exceedingly gratify ing to Union men. and they are already congratulating each other upon the assured restoration of the State." SANITARY KAIRS. Those most familiar with American generosity must be astonished to se?? what sums have been raised at the Sani tary Fairs In this country. The profits are stated thus: Chicago. $A0,000 Boston 140,000 Cincinnati. 24ft .000 Albany 32,000 Brooklyn 400,000 Cleveland AO,000 Buffalo ....I. 40,000 Total ft <M%000 The New Yoikers now talk confidently of raising a mil lion of dollars at their fair. On Tuesday uigbt the sate of the treasurer of Buchanan coauty, at independence, Iowa, was robbed 9t THE CONTRABANDS ON THE MISSISSIPPI PROM TUB CHICAGO TKIBUME OP MARCH 21. from Vicksburg? The Contraband*?Leased Plantation*?An Interesting Review. Vickbburo, (Miss.) Makch 12, 1864. To the army the disposition of the u?gro it becoming & subject ?f gigantic proportion!, and unl aa it it relieved by the philauhropio people of the North, who have shown their loyalty and benevolence in the organisation of Mili tary couiuiationa for the soldiers, it will be ao overbur dened aa to neoeaaarily impede the operation! of the coming campaign. The oonatant ingreaa to our lines of refugeea both white and black, with every shade of oolor between the two, who have travelled long distance#, expoaed to incleinenoiea of the weatlicr. .nd without food or clothing, preaenta a spectacle wreic! e t to behold, far outvieiug in poverty, destitution, and Buffering the worst claas of pau per emigration which lauda upon our Atlantic shores The banks of the Miasiasippi river are lined with negro huta and rude cabins, among whom there ia a vaat amount of deatitution, starvation, and aicknesa. The late expedi tion of Sherman, on their return to Vicktburg, brought in from ten to eleven thouaand colored persons of all agea; very many died on the route They were taken imme diately on board transport*, and sent to different plica on the river, mostly. I am informed, by those who had them in charge on the expedition, they were destined f( r Jeff Davis's plantation, where they were quartered and ?upplied as well aa may be by the Government. Yet they are dyibg from fifteen to twenty a day, and need what it is hlmoat impossible for Qovermneut to aupply them with, j The general tendency of a change in their habita to the army rations and exposure to acorbutic diseases, make it important that aome measures be immediately taken to aupply thein with vegetable!. There if no reacon why they abould be left to suffer, although there feema to le but little feeling exhibited by many officers in the army, who talk as if their extinction waa rather to be deaired than otherwise. The eitreme acaro'ty and high prieea of prov aiona makes it a matter of certainty that a great many will die of atarvation, eapecially exposed aa they are to the visits of guerrillas, who carry oil in many places i their auppliea, limited as they are. The geoeral feeliug of insecurity of plantation business has prevented them from j getting employment. The rebel raids to Rkipper'a and Goodrich's Landing has shown the folly of I ndiug rnuVa and plantation supplies until a mounted force occupies theao placea. The gunboats themselves offered but little protection to those nightly rebel raids, composed of expert Teian outlaws, who plunder for the sake of plunder all parties. Very many Northern men have already taken plantations. Many more are anxious to do so, provided the Government will afford protection, and are awaiting both action in this direction and the arrival of supplies already purchased. They feel much alarmed and rather despondent, yet are promised that order* will arrive at Vicksburg, by Thursday of this week. from Washington, giving them the invalid corps and the marine corpa for | this purpose. There ia said t> be five hundred persona in Vicksburg engaged in cotton buying, who have to get per mita^from each county they operate in, and the soouting from the gunboats ia ui"it!y in those places where cottou ia expected to be touod, and where speculators abound. My own opinion, founded upon conversation with the old planters and residents of the Sou'h, is that the plantation busineca is hazardous at best, and extremely unsafe with out thorough protection of the stationed lorces at all points wbeie such operations are carried on; and they will not work their own without aenurity from the Government, and of protection from all parti*-* whntever. An expedition is on board of transports going up R?d river for thirty days, after whioh another expedition of magnitude and importance is expected. The late proclamation of the President his brought many of the citizena of Vicksburg back to the lines anx ious to take the oath of allegiance and get possesion of their property, now occupied by army otfioers and their families, by bearding house keepers, and contrabands I be matter at best will be very much mixed, na personal property and furniture has been disposed of or changed about, and in many instances transported by official digni tariea, aa well aa changed houaes, by the remaining eiti ?ens themaelves, before the <.ffii*era occupied them. Vicks burg is fnll of negroea to overflowing. The Prentice House ia occupied na a hospital for them; it ui undergoing repairi, and is commodious and well kept. Dr. D. O. McCord ia medical dire^.r for the freedpien, and his office ia in tbia building. Col. Eiton has the general supervision of the contrabands, and schools are established here and at various points where they are congregated, where teachers are directed by him from various commisaiona Teachers who have been engagnd in this work give very enocuraging rt ports of the results of their labor, but suffer much embarrassment from the Jranaitiou atate of hffairs, where the children are ao often changed from one point to another. Here ia an a'most Unlimited field f..r the various missionary operations, but the first gieat want ia fix<d and clothing, until tley cau get in ? condition to help themselves, and find employment or raiae something to tobiist upon. The Northwestern Freeduian's Aid Com mission it a uew orgamzition for this purpose, and has ust commenced its operations. J D. flrri.i.man, M D. A. A. Hurit U. 8. A at Columbus, Ky. THE MILITARY OUTRAGE AT MARLBORO, (Mi> ) I from the. Marlboro Gazette, of fVednrsday. I In our last wo noticed the disgraceful conduct of the officers and soldiers of the negro company, und-?r Lieut. Col Peikins, na they pnsaed through this place on their way from Be.mdict to Annapolis. AH ag.>a and conditions of negroes were permitted to ) .in the gan?. and wh'en Ibet Annapolis the numb r of strangling women and children is said to have b >en upw ards of a hundred I hese poor, ignorant, helpless cultures were deluded, by je pomp and parade nj the soldiers, Iroin comfortable homes, and after reaching Annapolis were refused food or abetter. J he Annapolia Gazutte says: w(>PT"**'Im7 'h? carop was broken np, the man conveyed Baltimore, and th* women and child'en sent adrift to shift for tl'eniee'vHs 11,0 cry ng and screaming of ih- st.rmi ,,ers .ii^r ^ I htm tindmg them elves stdden'y with out r,od or protection Sheriff ?lctol!ou<h provided ,,uur (?rsror a nnmbcr of th< m inj .il" /.i ^ Washiunton, on being consulted, de i /' Perkins transcended his authority in let ting these outcasts follow him, and refuted to issue rations lor them Common sense ought to hat? tiught (Lis ? fficer lihll-fT?" WT"h*- 8,,|B" U,H "H*'oet who were liberated from our jail are now in jail at Aonapolm. I ' THE MARYLAND QUOTA. It it announced from Wa,h.ugtoo that the quota of Maryland under the call for troops made on the 14th in fant 4 317 men, but that deficienciet under previ. us calls, amounting to 17.411, are ttill to be furnithed, mak ing^ the whole number of men to be raned in ths State 21,728, which will be considerably reduced by enlistments up to the firat of April^mrric/m IHh MINNESOTA AND DAUOTAH INDIANS. Veaterday a band of the Chippewfta had a formal inter view with .lodge Uniikh, Secretary of the Interior. The spokesman was Ma-dwaygho-no niod, (He that ia spo ken to,) Chief . f the Red Lake hand, who wns introduced by Col. Thompson, Indian Agent. He said: " My father was a ch ef whom the tr.be held in higJi T,""T ?' ??? -U.ad A treaty has been formed by ibe Commissioners of which I knew nothing until after it was oo -eluded. I f. ?| v^ry ,<(rry about this My band are . ot intent We have c .me to our Groat Father for const, J|?;ion in the matter." Mr. U.her assured them that the Great Father deaired only the Welfare of his Red children; that being their pa rent he knew beat what would most Conduce to their hap piness. and that if they would tell him what they required their Great Father would gratify them, if it were tor their good. The interview here closed, ss the Indians are not yet prepared to atate their grievancea; they have not given even a bint on this matter They were attired in true Indian style, and look like the wildeat savages, be.Ag hide ously tattooed ? Gov. Bran.lette and ex S. na or Dixon, < fK. DLucky, are at preaent on a vj.it to tin. city. They are .lopping at Ibe WaUvaal. COXGRR8SION*L. PKOOKEDINQS IN THE SENATE t~jtract* from Our D*Uy l^t^nrn MO.V ARCHICAL UOVSKMMUJiT* The VICE laid belure tbe H untv tbo following communication tho Pr#kideut iu auswer to a resolution uf the Seuale of the instant: Washington, M.ahou 24, 18G4. To the Senate oj Ike United Utate* : la reply-to ths resolution of the Semite uf the 15th iustant in relation to the establishment of monarchical governments iu Central and South America, I truusmlt a report fiom the 8 cretary of State, to whom the subject Vvaa referred. Abraham Lincoln. Department of State, Washington, March 24, 1864. The Secretary of State, to vrtiom hue bean referred the resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, requesting the President " to communicate to the Senate, if not incompatible with the public interest, any correspondence or other infor mation iu potaeision of ths Government relating to any plan or plena now projected, or being pr- jecteJ, with a view to the establirbuient of monarchical governments in Central and Sonth America," has the honor to report: That surmises aud jealona'es are constantly arising on the abject to which the resolution refers, which are brought to the notice of the Department by onr representative! abroad. But there is uo correspondence or other form of information which furnishes any reliable tiolti.showing the existence of plana for the accomplishment of the object mentioned. Any correspondence which might be regarded as embra< ed in the resolution, besides being very vagne, is in ita nature confi dential, aud ita publication at the present time would be in compatible with the public interest. Kespecifully submitted. William H. Siwaro. To the President. PUNISHMENT Or DESERTERH. The bill in relation to deserters in the army of the Uni ted State* was called up by Mr WllSOH. 1 his bill proposes to disfranchise those who shall refuse to return to tho service at the call of the President in a proclamation to be issued immediately after the passage of the Ri*t. Those who re-enter the service at auch place and time as the President mar designate may do so with out punishment, except the forfeiture of pay and allow ances due at the time of desertion and during their ab sence. Mr. WILSON said that it bal been represented that there were eighty thonaai.d deserters from our army. This was a mistake. Ther?>were not mure than forty thousand. Many of these had escaped Irom the army through hospi tuis and other means It was also represented that twenty eight thousand deserters had been returned to the army during the past few months through the provost marshal system; and under this system, in connexion with the enrolment act, there were now few deserters from tl?* army He thought there were eight or ten thousand de serters in Canada or the British provinces. ' They had gone there when desertion was not. considered so great a crime as it is now, when discipline was slack, aud when it whs comparatively easy to ebtairi troops He bad learned that many of the deserters in Canada were auxious to re turn and serve their time out, as the war had lasted lougsr thau tbey had expected They find that liviug in Canada, is inucli harder than serving their country in the field. He thought that if the President would name such places as Detroit, Buffalo, Ogdensburg, or some points in the State of Maine where these deserters might come under the terms of this bill, quite a body of men would return to duty t Mr. CLAKK sa'ui he doubUni the propriety and the power to pass this bill. We had better leave the whole management of these deserters to the President. A bill of this kind would have a great tendeucy to demoralise the army. There was a great objection on Ihe part of loyal men and dutiful soldiers to have deserters put alongside of them. He hoped that fins question of ptrdori would be left with the Executive. While thes? soldiers remain' from the ranks they will roam about with the brand of Cain upon their brows. The debate was here suspended on account of the ex piration of the morning hour. MILITARY INTERFERENCE WITH ELECTIONS. The Senate took up the special order, whiob was the bill of Mr,PoWKI.l, to preveut military interference in State elections. Mr. IIOVVAKD addressed the Senate in opposition *o the bill. He considered the bill an extraordinary one in every aspect. The bill provided that no officer of tbp army shrill have under bis control any tloops or armed men, within one mile of the plaoe where any general elec' tion is b-iiig held. Did the honorable-Senator contemplate the possible eff?ct of such a clause as this T Did he fore see that it m ghl happen that a rebel foroe, in f ull battle array, might be within the radius of oue mile from the poll where the election was held 1 Sucb a bill as this would, iu i tf-ct, prohibit a commander Irom attacking such rebel force while they were iu the radius of such magic circle, aud would make our polls a sanctuary for armed rebels It was impossible that a bill containing any such feature could pass the Senate of the United States, as in our whole history there was not a precedent for it. This measure wss brought forward at a time wben the country is engaged in a civil war, in a struggle against an immense armed rebellion, which to crush out calls for the exercise of all the facilities and powers of the Govern ment. All thot-e who are loyal at heart support the old Government, aud should receive Its protection, while those who look upon the contest with indifference, or at heart wish the succest of the rebellion, ought to he treated as enemies He knew of no other test which could be proposed, between the loyal and disloyal, than the method' now devised and cafried out in eur elections in States contain ng numerous sympathizers with rebellion He did not deny that there might have been, in some cases, abuses or misuses of military power at elections ; but the reasons must be mighty, indeed, to demand the passage of such a measure by Congress ss the one proposed He be lieved that the provisions of this hill were plainly obnox ious to the Constitution of the United States. He held that Congress had no power in this subject of Stat? elec tion*, exept that it msy prescribe the time, manner, aud place of electing Senators and Representatives to Con gress '1 be power to regulate local ^notions was on* of the reserved rights of the State*. ? He Would inquire from what part of the Constitution the Senator derived the l><.wer for Congress to punish those who ?hall vn.litte State laws regulating elections Yet the Senator, who sets himself up a* an expounder rf the Constitution ^*re, and so often proclaims that Ihe old fabric is going to po?ces like an old ratt < ver a waterfall, now indulge* in the legisla tive experiment of a?king Congress to punish every person in tl.e military service who *hall interfere with a State election. Congress bad no More right to do this than to pnnish for vioUfi-.n of other State laws Me called the attention of the Senator to the fart that Gen. McClellan wa? the first to issne orders in relation to military super vision at elections, and quote! from bis order to Gen Banks, at Muddy Creek, Maryland, of October U7, 1S6I, instructing biui to detail forces at tiie different polls to protect Union voters from intimidation, and to hold in confinement Ihose who were iu collusion with the rebels. Mr. Howard, without concluding his remarks, gave wny for an Kxicutive session, after Whtgh the Senate adjourred. Mr. HoWAKD continued his speech from yesterday. Me reviewed at gr?-at length the quention of neutrality in Kentucky at the commencement of tbe present struggle, aud argued that, but for the proper intei fereuce of the military of the United States that State would, in all pro liability, have been in rebellion this very day. He deiend ed the orders of Gen. Burnside in ref.-renoe to elections in the State of Ohio. He denied that the subordinates ofGt n. Burnside had departed from their instructions, and claim ed that every an of theirs wss for the protection of loyal voters and Ihe preservation of the State in the Union. He contended that those who opposed a vigorous prosecution of the wsr. here j>r elsewhere, should be placed on the same footing with traitors in arms. Mr. Howard, referring to the elections in Maryland, said that when an order wss issued by Gen McClellan in October, Irtfil, requiring Geo Buiks to detail forces protect Union voters, ami hold in confinem* nt those who were in collision with the rebels, there was iio complaint, it seeming to be admitted at that time that-tucbnnilitary supervision of the election was necessary. But when tbo famous order No. 53 of Gen. Scbenck was issued, great complaint is made. He held that Gen. McClqllan'*, and j a subsequent order of Gen. l)ix's in Maryland, went fur ther^ ban Gen. Scbenck's He regnrded GovernorBrad ford's processus ion, calling Ihe attention of the judges of election* to the fact that they were the sole judges of the right of persons lo vole under the constitution aud laws j of the Slate, as a singular one It was a direct invitation to the judge* ar.d people of Maryland to disregard Gen. Scbenck's order. It was a threat to create insu rection in Maryland, and drive out the United States forces. If* could msko Dotting el,e ol it. ile held that under the circumstances the order of Gen. Schenck was the supreme law for the time, and they had no more right to disregard it than they had any other law of the United States. If they could not succeed m disobeying the order without, it Wits directed that they might csll out the pour, rnmxtatus. If the judges of election had been as bot-beaded or M hasty as Governor Bradford, ere the sun had gone do*n on the 3d of November, IHHJ, the soil of anoient Maryland would have been stained with blood, uuder this mis-advioe, this tssh advice of tho Governor, for it would have pro duced armed collision with the forces of the United States. Kven now, in Maryland, there wu no'law to prevent traitors from voting, and it was proper that the military power should preserve the parity and freedom of the ba'lot b'X to lotal men. ??j.. >. , ij ? Iu regsH to Deltu-are, he pronounced certain reso lution* ol the legislature of that Mate iclative to ti.evvar Ui h? traitoious, and referred to the law pas ed by it in J843, making it a bigh penal offence to bring armed tri^is to the polls. Great and mighty Delaware that aasumed g- puui?h an malefactora officers of th* United States id the discharge ?'f their du y. It wan uot worth while to t?>il hlin no troop" were ueeled In Delaware at the Mm* of an election. lie thanked tbe Government iu hebali of i lo_y.il iu< n fi?r it* actioy, ? Mr floW^bn ti-(d :h'*t ill vieav 'tf HIf 4JiTtf bvl h e de veiled the b|i who i??ni?*ee"" 'y 'I' ?Htth IV no* -?,>??? r the u?Uit ?ry to *c tbu< in ? !<*?' t , s ol tiue-if [ aoe wo ijd not be pfoper, y*? if wk n?~*e*a ry t?i";*>f civii war-l Mr S aiLStil'MY auid 1 e cniigi*tuUud biafrirud from Kentucky (Mr J'i.w ULt.j kjjou U>e partid *uec?aol hi* efforts t? institute inquiries into some of the euormitieu Bract ised Upon tLo rights of States The Senator from lichigan denied the necessity tor such a bill aa this now, for the rehBoo that it has never been found mceaaary in the paet hiatory of the country. lie would call attention to the fact that during the war of 1812 political giant* shaped and controlled the destiny of thb country, mid guided tl|e abip of state through lh<- atorui. We btul not then our political pigmies perched upon Alps, but men who formed a Constitution aa a safeguard against tiie violation of which we now complain While the founders of that instrument lived no man dared to any that any military officer ha I i? right to invade a State and vli lite tboguarsn tees of the Constitution. The reason such provisions us are contained in tbia bill were not heretoh?re dnu.aridet ia ibnt a different class of men administered the affairs ol Govern ment?men thoroughly and deeply fend iu the hiatory of eooatitutioDal liberty and cherishing ila principles. lie supported thin bill < espite v\hat the Senator from Michigan had sad, upon the express ground tfiat the righte of the people had been iovaded und overturned. Lie did not bold theao military gentleman responsible who preferred to lor 1 it over the peaceful citizen* of a loyal State, instead of ?eeking an honorable fame on the field, ile held that their matter at llth other end ol the avenue? the Presi dent?ia the responsible party for these outrages, because be had at all times the light to interfere iu behalf ot the citizen for the protection of bis ooustitutioual rights Neither did be hold the.soldier who enforced these orders responsibly though he d> ubted not that many a gallant aoldi-r felt humiliated at the order to interfere with a peaceful citizen in the exercise of his clear constitutional right to approach the polls and cast i.is vote for the o&n dilate of bia choice. Mr Haulmbijhy then proceeded to comment on the pleu urged in flavor of those arbitrary military nieasurea?neces sitv. He would tell the Senator, and those aiike deluded with him, that the time would oom-% in the proud-Mice of God, when the sous of tb?< United States of Amenc* will rise up and vindicate the ancient birthright of liborty be queathed them by their latheig, aud apurn and ucoru these modem ideas of lib. rty Without concluding Mr. Sauixbuky gave way, and the > ? ?^e adjourned. 'I he Senate having resume! the consideration of the bill fo pr Vdrit the intei ference ol the militaiy of the United Bt?tei with tie Stale electious. Mr. SAULSBUKY continued-the speech k? commenced yes'erday. Alluding to the remarks of the Senator tr ni Michigan (Mr HoWakD) lhat the time was uoprupiAioti* for the passage ol such u bill as this, Mr. S. eaid he would cotnmei.d to that Senator and .others who tb-mght I kt> him the example of a distinguished llntish statermau, who, when the rights of Uoglish sutj *cts were at atak ', rose iu Lis place in Parliament a;id declined t<> discu^a questions of war so long as private righ s were in Jeitpai dy. Mr S argued that under these constant encroachments nf power we shall w.ke up bon after aud sue that the dream iu which we h*v^ been indulging was a delusion. Our constitutional rights were MSfured to ut not ouly for tim->s of peace, but for times of war. They were as a rudder to the ahtp; if abandoned, the ship was I mt. Neither h the pretex that the surrender of these liberties temporarily is neoeasary lor their preservation permanently What an absurdity?the idea that the Union can bo preserved by thi destruction of the Constitution In his opinion the object of thoKe who have thi ae matters in hand i< not ho preservation of the ConstTliitlon I he eff-ct of their ut ? t"raii?es evinces the trath of what he s tid * L?et any pub lic man say thit he was in favor of the Union aa ii was and the Constitution as it is, arid what is the judgment passed upon him? Why, that he is a disloyal man, and ucjfaithful to the Government under wbioh he lives, and the noblest of ail sentiments uttered in thrsTlny i'g adjudged by the veiy men guilty of perpetrating aeta iu violation of t' e Constitution as d\?loy?.i. Mr. S. thonght that the only disloyal mi?n and ?raitora in thit country wore those who scoute-i tb-* Cou?tituti?ui. It was to that Constitution, and that alone, he owed his al cgiance. Had he a tight to cherish rfny !<?ve or atfa h^, meot to any thing else bosido the Union and the Constitu tion T Those who advocate a policy de^truct:Te of the*e are the real traitors, and deserve to be branded ** such Yet so enormous ha.e b<-eu ih>%abus-s p^rpetr?|>c<t this Adiuiriistraiiou lhat the power that sits enthroned at the other end of the avenue finds it ncet-ssary to send artm*l force* into a State fc? prevent a free people from <^press ing their love for a fr-e Constitution made by their fa theri, and under which tb?-y still defire to live Their only disloyalty aro?e Jrom the fact of Iheit followmg the precepts ot their fathers Was he naked to support a new Union uader the oaHi he took T Wna h ? ask-d to en'er the new house buikby Butler on the ruins of tliould fabric built by Washington, Adsma, Jefferson, aad Madison? Hit p?ople ?d not desire to enter the b^u eous pained of Archbishop Butler, iu spit* of the adornments which be picked up in the Oulf Department. Tfcey did not desire ! to look into the costly mirrors, nor to h?*ar the stra'-os of the mu-ic from stolen instruu.eoU They prefeired tbe good old ttrains which came up from the i?us:?'he strain* w hich they bave heard in infancy and manhood?the milsic i of the Union and the Constitution. And for a declaration of this kind, alone, have the people of what was once bia State, but now si military province, had tb? tyrannical baud laid upon them for preauuiiug to vote tor tin repre sentative* of their choice. Yet tbe gentleman from Mi ebigan said if these things were true thry deserved i>t be sides, they abould consider the state of the times. Such a response as that might well como from those who do- j sire t" pick up the crumbs which fall from the Presiden tial table. The sole offence of the dominant party in the State of | Delaware w * their attachment to the Constitution, and : their roluaal to vote as the Administration might d ^t >te You can never conquer the ?piritof briv.< men You may keep them from their polls by brute force, and thus de prive them of their rights, khxause they do not desire to i clash against your armed power; but they will retire to | their home's, such of tbem as may not be provided vtii-h prisons, and anoru your power aud deiy your malice. Sup pose t e President sh< uld be a successful nominee, wi;h this army of a tni'lion and a half of now, with th? |K?wer of rootuig out of it every man politically obnoxious to him Suppose that, after tjiis exeroiae of power, he finds this army approves of his aWs. aa the Senator from Michi gan docs. What was to hinder him Irom perpetuating his power after eight years' rul-\ and thus became one <>f the i reateat tnonarchs and despots tbateior sat upon athroneT Suppose the army should become, after five to eight yeara, his wilin g Instruments ti continue him in permanent power, and his children affer hi>n. What is to prevent it? The people of this country could not prevent it Mn wa met here with thi? ar>awer: that the soldier waa too hottest and loved hi< country too much to be guil'y of aunh an act But " confidence waa a plaut of slow growth;" ;?? <1 in this connexion Mr. S quoted from Oibbons's Decline aAd Fall of the Roman Ktnpim; showi' g that flfteen thousand well armed and disciplined men kept in subjection ten millions ot unarmed men If that he true, what could a million and a half of armed men, at the command of the present Executive, or any other do' u a population of (went) in I lionaT lie knew that the sol fWs ent?<ed into the pre sent. contest I t the imtole-tt purp> so*?to preserve the old and not t> make p new Union?but no man ooild tell the cha-iges which might (*mne over the minds of men. The power being exercised, and the soldiers being placed under ofti ers having a common pu'p ??e with the Executive, in tbe hands of an ambitl< us man and onn regardl->?s of the rights of the people, there wonld be no chance for the preservation of our liberties It waa safer lor the people that a change should take place hi f >ur years than that tbe same person sbou'd be continued in order to streugthon himself in power, and have grekter nppoituuity for the purposes of nmb tion. The Senator from Michigan had laid down the b oad proposition that the ordeis ol military < ffi 'ers concerning elections are law, and therefore th? proclamation of the Governor of Maryland w as a u*uipa'ion ol power. Yet, strangely, be compliments the man who never was the Governor of th? Mtate of Delaware by t*ie voice of the people, but waa set over them by the force ofrthe bayonet, because he ii-smd a proclamation for the peop'e to be ob sequiously obedient to--the orders of their mister, (*en | > Hcbenck. If the soil of Maryland had been reddened with 1 blood, as the Senator indie ited it might have been, ag-inst 1 whom wCul I the dread account stand ? Not against Gov. ' Bradford or the citizens, but against him wfto sits en 1 throned at the other end of the avenue and y.mr Major ' General Schenek, and those associated with liim. Mr. Saiii*bukv then prooeede<l to the matt*"* of mitj. i tary int.-re re noes in tbe election in his own State, quoting i from a volume of three hundred pages of sworn testimony taken before a oonnniUee of the belaware LegisUiure. The Governor says that no official information was re ceived by him that troop* would be sent into the State at the election of yet, on the eve of the day of election every village of the State was filled with Soldiery. They swarmed at every poll, except one or two, on the day of election. Where did they come from, aud for what pur pose T He denied lhat thore had been any trouble in th-it Slate demanding their presence The only authority' for 1 executing the laws of the State were entniat^l to the Governor aa coin madder-in cbn f, exoept when he aeck? i the protection of the Federal Government; yet, because that State was small and feeble ui population, but. uot in the patiiotism of her sons, these troop* were seotainongst th-m. He cited the testimony of Mayor G Ipin, of Wil i ming ton, and others, who had never been Democrat a, to show that it had been avowed beforehand that unlesa force waa procured lb" Stat* would go for the Democrat*, and provoat maishals had comymiasious, aliened by K<lw.n M Mtsnt n, and sent in bfank, acnnmpaiiicif with order#, an < yet ihe Secrelaiy of War denies lliat any orders h id l? >en sent dirert fr<tm his Department. Ile could not sboM these orders, but the testimony would |>rove this crime on the Secretary to the satisfaction of any jury of twelrc h'tuoat men The blank couimisaious, it is testified by several of the provost luar^hn'a, who are of course Re publicans, were lili d lip on the Sunday preceding the Tuesday's election by George P. Fisher, Republican eau dida:e lor L't" Mrem, ami now a Judge uf the Supreme ' 'ourt i>l I).itt Dim rict He wished to let tbe country know tLint we hive a Secretary of War who send* out Hank commissions ou the eve ol au election, and allow* partisan candidates to till them iip. After this do not talk, he laid, to hiin about the purity of elections. This was partisan ship ot tbe basest kind.' It would be soorned by all pa triotic and houe*t men. Mr. S also commented upon Ihe President's instruction to Gen. Steele iu relereuce t ? the qualifications of soldiers in Arkansas l'bey weni to be permitted to vote under their State constitution, as uioditied by the President, provided, moreover, they would support his proclamation. Mighty mail! What! meat is this on wtiioti our inoderu Cat ar feeds that he has grown so great? Mr. S. then quoted at length from Plutarch'* life of Pompey, and drew a parallel between Caesar and Mr. Lincoln. It would be seen that the President wan not the first man in the world who hid sent soldiers to control election* He did not know if the President bad r -ad Plutarch, though be un derstood he was well versed in Sh ^sueare, and cuusider ?d the passage "On my o(Tepee is rani" one of the best. [ Laught-r. J He held that there was a fixed purpose, and evety thing is being done' to perpetuate the power i f the President lor four years, and if this attempt was un rebuk.it by the people by their votes, this President, with his army, will defy the American people after the next term o! f* ur yeais sha'l expire. If he does not bo will bo hii extraordinary man. Hi* appealed from Caesar to the Senate, and invoked i by that love of constitutional lib erty which animated our fathers in the Revolution, to save us from impending military despotism The Soru e agreed to the report of the committee of conference oil the West Point Academy bill, and adjourn ed until Monduy. JERUSALEM I B:U> VISA US AGO. The republication of the following article at this iufer ea'ing i eason of the Christian Church will doubtless prove instructive It originally appeared in the Boston Journal: Many ?re not aw?re of the stiiring and moment.us events which took place in the city o? Jerusalem during the *>ix days A. D 33, the anniver.-ary of which occurs the present week. Few, also, are conscious of the fact that tb'* record of the doings and sayings of that short period ot time occupies one quarter j>art of M.tthew's Qospel, morn than a qiinrter ol Mark's, nearly as much in Luke, and more .liar, a third of Jobrt. Out of the eighty nine e. alters of the four Gospels, twenty fire are tilled with the r< Col'd of what transpired during these tail days of the history of our Lord and Saviour Josui Christ. The events of each of these days are so clearly marked that it is cft-y to note them from day to day, beginuing with bis tni.mplimt entrauce into tbe " Holy City' on the first day and his crucifixion on the sixth. Having arrived at Bethany six days before tbe Jewish Pas-over, Je?u? and hia Disciples there pat-ed the night. Taking th- days ts we now call them ths fallowing is a briet index to tbe occurrences of each day : Sunday Morn in a?Christ out rs Jerusalem in triumph. Goe* lo the Ten. pie, and car,t* out buyers, sellers, m n-y changer", <fec. Heala the blind arid liime, reproves the chief priests, and declares t! e object of hi< mission. Even ing?R. turm to Bethany, and lodges there. Monday M ruing?Uoej to Jeru-al in Curies tbe barren tig tree on the w-y Teaches in thef Temple. The people attentive Hnd astonished, and the priests alarmed. Evei iriff?Retires from the city, pr babty to Bethany. 7?ve d^y Morning.?On th? to Jerusalem the fig tree found withere.l away. Talks t<> Peter. Teaches in the temple. Questioned by the priests. &,o. Parablo of ' the Vineyard and of the Marriage Feast Argument wilh i Hn?r Nadducees, and also with the Pharisee*. The widow ? >l her tw mitts Foretells bis second coming. Parable 01 it* Ten Virgins and of ibe Talents Description of the ! Judgment D%y. Eveniug?Retires to Ihe Mount of Olives for the night. 1 Wednesday ?Foretells his approaching death. The Ru'ers consult how they might take him aud put him to death Judas went to the L'luef Priests, and bargained 1 with them to betray him. Thurtday ?Christ directs the disciples to make preps ration for celebrating the Passover in an upper room. Eveniog?He Cometh with the twelve. Being seated, he admonishes theni and washes their feet. Speak* plainly of his Betrayer Night?Juias retires. Christ admon I hes Peter 1 hen he t? ok bread and wine and instituted the Kuohsrist, levying. Thit do in remembrance of me. Exhorts and consoles ib* Eleven. Sing a hyirfn and go our to the Mount ..t Oliv-s. Continues his discourse, and declares himself the Vine Exhortation, promises, ai d prayer fellow Now go to the garden of G ihseaitne. His agony tbere^prsyer, ?fcc, Judas enters with a band of men and be'ruys him with a kiss. Chris' taken to the palare of Caii?{iha*. Examined an 1 ondein-ied by tbe Jewish Tribunal. Midnght?Struck aud insulted by the soldiers I , frtday Morning 3?VW4 ?P?te.'s denial of his Master. Christ, surrounded by soldiers waiting for the dvwn of day. Daylight?Judas declares Christ's innocence. All go to Pilate, the Kon Ao Governor, who examines an I declares " h m innocent. Pdate sends him to H?rod, the King, who mocks him and sends bun back to Pilate^wlm again de. claret him innocent Toe Jews insist on his death accord ing to th. ir laws, *nd Pilate gives him up He is led away to the Common flail, stripped and dres?ed in a scarlet r-.be Thence hick to the Judgment Hall to Pilate, who for the fourth time declares him innocent, and tries to get him clear. He is 1-d aw;iy t? Calvary, nailed to the Cross, and expires amid the darkness wliic.h prevailed over the h n<I fnon the sixth (12 o'clock)to the ninth hour(:io'clock ? M.) Evening?His burial. 1 brougbout the greater part of nominal Christendom1 this week, c died " Pasoon Week," is cslebra ed with so lemn religious services, and especially Friday, commonly called *? Go>k1 F iday." It cannot but be interesting and profitable to Christians of every name to conoentrat. their thought* and refl c Itons ou the momentous events which were now going on, at the close of our Haw- ur's thirty-tim e years'sojourn among iner on earth ; and the writer cannot tin? hope tint, in the midst of the Absorbing events ot the prevent mo ment, some persoriH may sp?re time enough to read it It has been objected to the Me bra-ion of Christmas on the 'i?:.h December, as th? annive siry of the birth of Christ, lliat although it has been ob?eived tor so many cen'iiries throughout the greater part of Christendom, still there is no p.oof of lis b. ing the exsct day of that event. No such object on exists against the day of h.s death, of which the Jewish Pasnover is a sta di g1estiiu?r>y GEN SUTLER'S DEPARTMENT. Pr Vtfl M nshaf'g Offirtt, Hrnilquurlr.r* Dtpartmrn! of Virginia and /V. Carolina, Fortrrts Monroe., ( !'a ) Man k 2, 18114 ? The . xelusive right to import into and s II wlhin tbe" limits of this <i^artm. nt daily and w.ekly eewspaper#, monthly magaxu ^ and periodicals, ha* been this day aw-irded tn Cast mi r B dm, of Fortress Mnnree, Virginia. Pirtieg interested in this matter will g<weru them*?lvt s accordingly Proper protection in this right will be given by t'.e mill ary authorities to Mr. liohn. This privl e^o f? remain in force for such time only as the Cidnftianmng U ncnil may deem proper. By command of M?j >r GenersI Butler: Joh\ Cashri,, Provost M ir?b?'. Headquarters Nor/nl/t and Portsmouth, " Norfolk, (fa ) March 7, IH64. Let cv. ry Tourtb dog in tttls district he \ill?Al The provost marshals of Norftilk an 1 J'ortsmou'h will ace this order executed. "By coinmsnd of Hrig Gen E A Wild: Ur. i IT Joiinsthw, Ca t and A s Adl O n Cn.\s M. Whildkn, Lt. Col. nnd P,ov. Marshal. IleadquarU rs h ightrenth Army Corps, Itep't of Virginia and North Carolina, k fortress Mnrtroi, March l?, 1H<J4. .? /, cnn"",tir,?( "f Capr (ieorge P Ed<ar,>. U. C.,Capt George T Csrney A Q M HIM 1 M, Dud ey Beau, t?q , of Norfolk, is heretry appointed for t!iO pur ,1'Me of ca: ing for and supplying the needs of Ibe poof white people in Norfolk, Eluaheth City, and Princess Anne coon lies, who aro a chatge upon the Gritted States, mid employing nuch as are willin# to work and are with out employment; aud a so f. ?r the purpose of extendi! g nod controlling all the charitable association* now ext nt, >r which may be organised. The post co nmis-nries am I '*rteruihslets will turmth all i?enes??ary aid to the further *nce of ttie ot'j 'cts of th s order, when desired All orders n.d eiimm >us is-ue l by this Commission must be iespe< ted Hid nbey d. 'I he provoat m ir?ha n will lurnish milltsry :ii l when needed Reports will be made direcMy to these Headquarters. By coininiiid of M?j ir General Butler: S S i^avim, Major and Ass't Adj. Oen. TO THE EDITORS. In looking over the recent volumes of Diplomatic Cor lespondeuee, I notice, in that pari which relates to Portu gal, Uist the name of the accomplished Mini-ter of Foreign A flairs <f that country is in every instance where Hue curs erroneously printed. The Duke de Louie would ?aidly cure to be identified, even in so slight n manner, with the red republican So-i e, who is now following his natural instincts, as a malcontent and revolntlonist. x. r z. Dr Franklin Haciir, the oldeat great grtiids >n of l? "' jtmin Franklin, and a distinguished member of H.e ill-. i;?Hl p .f ?u,n, < i.*d in Phita lelpbia list. Ma'ti'day. Dr Hi ho burn iii I'liiUde'p is on tt e 2M, i o' ?)( Ui ber I7!^J, and was the oldest a>>u of the oldest fciau?i.,hi'a of Beigsmm Franklin.