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THE FORT SUMTER EXCURSION, obsess of im president, TTTRKISn BATHS. 63 COLUMBIA STREET, RROOKLYN HHKJIITS. Honrs for Ladles from 0 to 12 A. M. GonU 1 to 8 it apSMWAFlj.

MEDICAL. DOCTOR THOMAS P. NSHltlS ai reAutnod the practice of medlcino and nuraorr III tho Union ns tho ono condition of peaoe, thoy ought not to have signified their desire for Sherman as one of their two Peace 3 Whether or not the terms whioh Sherman granted ought to bo accepted is not tjie question, The administration has settled that. With the information before us, it seems to us to be ungrateful in the extreme to assail this man's motives, malign his character, and impeach his loyalty. He has rendered tho country great services.

If he has errod, he has erred generously through over zeal to accomplish a great purpose, the pacification of his united country, That he will be to tho end a true and loyal soldier it is a shame to question, with the facts now before ns. If Sherman falls, it will be because "Ingratitude, moro strong than traitor's arms Quito vanquished him," It is a curious evidence of the mutations oi public opinion among us that Gon. Sherman, but a few days since the very idol oi tho nation, and without any good reason for the forfeiture of tho good opinion of the people, should need to be defended by any man in the North to day. ments, but they left behind a great deal of anT oientwaste" paper. The Hall of Records, the Banks, library, and buildings, wero littered with books and papers, whioh had been cast loose upon the floors.

The soldiers as they took possession of these buildings cleared bnt tias rubbish; our party assisted their labors. Old deeds and reooids bearing the date of colonial times, lettors, books, checks, certificates, bonds, bills of sale, writs, warrants, and records of conviotions, anything that suited the fancy of the relio hunters, the older the better. Had these things been seen wiywhere else bnt in Charleston, thoy would not have been picked up in tho street. Anything relating to slavery was highly prized. One gentleman came on board with a precious document he had found, and proposed to read for the edification of his less fortunate follow passengers.

It was a court record for the conviction of two slaves for petty larceny, and their sentence to twenty five lashes each. On looking at the date, it was found to be 1829. Somebody suggested that a similar document might poBsibly be found in the records of New York of that date. No paper or dooument of any intrinsic value, and but one or two of any interest as curiosities were found. Some very old newspapers and a small quantity of continental money were tho most interesting of these relics.

Ono old gentleman, a well known merchant of this city, despising such light triflesi went into the heavy business. Old iron was his specialty; and nothing below tho spocific gravity of wood did he touch. His first strike was down at tho Battery, where the rebels had exploded their 700 pound gun. Ho discovered tho band of this gun imbedded in the sand. Ho gave two men five dollars to dig it up and carry it to the vessel.

Tho small cannon balls, fragments of shell he brought from Sumter, or picked up in Charleston, would start a junkman in business. He secured a pair of epaulettes supposed to havo belonged to a rebel officer. Fragments of buildings knocked to pieces in tho bombardment were also in order. In St. Michael's Church, the altar had been bombarded into splintors; he brought away fragments enough to start a kindling wood factory.

Tho old gentleman was last seen running about Charleston trying to borrow a saw. When asked what he proposed to do with it, ho said he wanted to get tho sounding board over the pulpit in. St. Michael's Churoh. I am glad to be able to say for his sake and for the credit of our party that ho did not succeed in getting a saw, and the sounding board was left behind.

But the most disgraceful part of this relic hunting business remains to be told. It was tho DESECRATION OF THE GRAVE OF CALHOUN. John C. Calhoun lies in tho graveyard of St. Phillip's Church, in the old and thickly sottled part of Chaileston.

The tomb is a plain brick structure of rectangular shape, about four feet high, tho top of whioh is a plain marblo slab, inscribed with tho simple word Calhoun," iu raised letters. The four corners of this stono have beon chipped off, defacing tho tomb, which will stand for generations to gazo upon, an ovidenco of Northern vandalism. The work had begun beforo our party arrived, but soino of our folks, I am sorry to say, assisted in tho work of desecration, and among thoso who bore off a piece of the tombstono was tho minister of ono of onr Brooklyn Churches. Calhoun's tomb was not the only one desecrated the, tablet, erected to the memory of Eobert Y. Hayne, has been similarly defaced.

This passion for relics extended itself to buttons. Buttons from rebel soldier's jackets wero in demand. A button cut off tho jacket of a rebel prisoner in Charleston was handed to me. It bore the arms of the State of South Carolina and motto, and was quite a pretty button. On the reverse side were the names of tho makers, Schuyler, H.

New York At Fortress Monroe, we met with a detachment of paroled prisoners from Loo's army on their way to their homes. Tho button mania broke out here.and the 'Johnnies' complacently let our people strip them of every button at 25 cents a button. They also sold out their stock of Confederate monoy, at a frightful discount. The excursionists carried away a lot of old iron and waste paper, but they left behind a considerable amount of monoy. Thoy spent and gave away quito freely, and tho Charloston ians profited by our visit.

There is one terrible event of the rebel evacuation, which I think has beon mispresented at the North. I allude to THE BLOWING UP OF THE NORTH EASTERN RAILROAD DEPOT, which involved the sacrifice of some threo hundred lives. It has been represented that this tragedy was a premeditatod piece of cold blooded atrocity on tho part ot a certain robol officer. I shall offer no opinion but give what was related to me by persons who were on the spot. I enquired about this transaction of five persons separately, four colored men aud a German one of the colored men was an eye witness and had a escape with his own life.

While differing on1 some points those witnesses agreed upon tho following facts: The rebels on loaving tho city intendod to destroy all the publio buildings and railroad do pots. At the North Eastern depot a considerable quantity of stores, rice, corn, remained on hand, which could not be removed. An Indignant Reformer. A lady who signs herself Ellen Beard Harman, has published in a morning paper an indignant appeal to the public. She ventured out in New York, costumed according to her taste in the "reform dress," or Bloomer style, and while in her own language "quietly passing "down Fulton street, I was arrested by polioe man Patrick McGuire for being, as he said, "dressed in male attire that is, for having my "nether limbs clothed in neat comfortable Policeman McGuire is probably a married man, and entertained orthodox opinions as to whioh side of the house tho breeches belonged.

The indignant lady observed that he might as well arrest ladies for wearing sleeves, The force of this logic did not strike policeman McGuire as being at all pertinent, the gravamen of tho offence lay in the "neat comfortable pants. Loaving policeman McGuire in disgust, Mrs, Harman appeals to the public at large, and inquires, "What is male attire?" and recommends officials td post themselves on the subject. If, she argues, women may wear masculine hats and coats, why not pants Man has given way to woman in almost everything, but the limit must be set somewhere, and civilized custom has consecrated one article. Men will still cling to what Mrs. Dr.

H. covets. The ladies can indulge in any extravagances of crinoline, wear soldiers oops, or tight bodied coats, but our nether garments must be sacred. Hen pecked husbands ought to present policeman Patrick McGuire with a testimonial for his prompt vindication of the rights of man. Another Clerical Counterblast against Mr.

Lincoln's Theatrical Tastes. Tho Eev. D. W. C.

Huntington, of Rooh.es ter, delivered a funeral sermon in the E. Church on the 10th instant, in which, after speaking in earnest terms of Lincoln as an apostle of anti slavery, ho went on to speak in great harshness of his last appearance in life. We quote this possage in his sermon from the Rochester Express, a Eepublican paper, to show tho animus of a portion of tho clerical party, and the virulence which they havo inspired into many of their followers: True, there is one itom in this history over which wo wish a veil of seoreoy could havo beon drawn. Our lamented Chief Maeiatrato was shot in a theater. It is inexpressibly to bo regretted that ho was at a theater.

A theater ia a place in which no one would wiah to die. lie might havo been murdered that night if ho had not been at a theater, but it bo had not aavod bis life by being elsewhere, he would have saved tho christian pubhc tbe doublo shock of not only knowing that their Pieeidcnt was dead, but that he fell where they would have wept to have seen their sons alive. Ho was the head of the nation, the eyes of tho civilized world were upon him, tbousanda of our youth woro looking upon him as their exemplar, and he should not have gone to the theater. Wo know tbat custom allowed him to be there, we allow that tho education of his courtly Burroundings taught bim that it was innocent we will admit that ho may never havo raised tho question of duty in his mind upon that point; wo know that, wiBo and experienced as ho wis, ho was a "youDg convert" in religion, and wo havo no disposition to arraign biB conscience in tho matter. But we should he unjust to truth if wo did not say that our Chief Maglati ate bad no possible business in theater.

Ho was the "minister ot God," and what a place la a theater for God's ministers I That he wont thero conscientiously Binning wo do not bcliovo and no man has right to say but tbat hia presence there was a lamentable infraction of the proprieties, and a petversian of the influence of bis high position, we Judge to ba qulto certain. If proof was needed, it is intimated in the fact tbat his murderer was a vagabond tragedian, whose preparation for tho crime had beon Au education in the theater. Thero were many villainous men in tho country who bated tho President and wished him dead, but when the agent was found who could plan and oxecuto tho deed of blood, to express the guilt of which no language will ever furnish a phrasoolopy, tho volunteer was a theatrical performer. It took John Wilkes Booth to murder President Abrabani Lincoln. Common robels aud rowdies and gucirillas stood back aid paled at the thought, but a miscreant stage player was found equal to the infernal, task.

An imaginalion educated to tragedy, can put its scenes in practice with but a short step in advance. All crimes aro first committed in thought, and ho whose thoughts aro continually fed with criminal scenes holies himself if he docs not commit the deeds. Towards this, every lesson In the cofttempUblo hypocrisies of stage playing tendB, and tbo crimo of Booth, by which he outranks tho most infamous regicide of history, it but the fruit of his theatrical life. Amusements. The Paek Theatbe.

The Park Theatre will be opened to night, and Undo Tom's Cabin," tho revival of which aeema opportune, wUl bo preaontcd. Mr. Frank Drew, who played ao successful a star engagement last season, ha3 been re engaged and will appear in Iho role of Topsy. The Gebman Opeea, Graver's German Opera Company, which opens In New York this evening, will appear in Brooklyn to morrow night, when "Der Freischufz" will be given. Tho troupo embraces all tlio old favorites, Mesdamo3 Iredoricl, Johannsen, Iiottar, and Messrs.

Himmcr, Haholmao, nermann and others. Carl Anechutz, conductor. Hoolev's Ee Opentno. Iho interdict which a profound national sorrow had placed vipon'aU our places of public amusement for a term of ton days hav. log been removed, our theatres, mostly, will re open to citizens maywithout impropriety roaumo their histrionic pursuits.

Our facetious friend Hooloy, we sec, has been turning tho recess to account, and his purposo this evening is to greot his approving patrons with abill ol faro that will astonish them. This is the worthy Manager's specialty, and of him it may be truly Bald "none but himself can bo bis parallol." The moro prominent features in the now programme are ontitled: Tho Kervo (a palpablo hit I); Happy Contraband; Bacon and Greens; Handy Andy) Fanny at the Soiree; Poor Little Nig; Industrious Family, 4ic. "Our Opera House" reappears in tbe hues of its wonted geniality, liko a Bunburst when tho storm cloud hath passed away. Mcanmwbile "Tho odors aro at hand, and by their show, You shall know all that yon aro liko to know." Chase Newcomu's Exhibition. This exhibition will open to night at tho Atheneum Wo find tho following description of it in the Trenton True American "Chose Ncwcomb's great Exhibition of Moving Fig ores is one of rare merit, aud for mechanical BkUl, beauty of scenery, accuracy and life liko appearanco of ths moving figures cannot be excelled; beside the liberal manner in wbich tho managers conduct their business, their upright and honorable dealings aro sure to win them hosts of friends wherover they go.

The grand concert by Prof. T. F. Harrington, Pianist, and Mastors Arthur and Adolphus, in comic and aontlmeuhl songs, win unbounded, applause. In at'dltion to tho above great attractions ono hundred and fifty presents are distributed at each entortaiument, and the manner in which they aro distributed cannot fail to satisfy the most fastidious tbat the presentation is made in a fair and bonorablo manner.

No Name Caenivl Junta. By reference to our advortiBing columns it will be seen tbat this popular social organization havo postponed their closing Carnival on account of the depression, caused by our groat national bereavement. Ubis' Exhibition. The annual exhibition of the pupils of Prof. TJris Dancing Academy will be given to night.

Tho programme will include a regular ballet performance by the pupilB, Including' national dances, 4c. After the orhibition there will be a grand ball in which tho cntiro audience oan participate, Besignations. We learn that Col. James Jourdan, of tho 158th regiment and acting Brigadier General, resigned hfs position in tho array some time since la consequence of being superceded by an officer of inferior grade. Captain G.

W. McCoun, of the ISSth regiment, was mustered out of service for disability on the 13th of April last. Ho served faithfully and bravely in different capacities, from the first battlo of Bull itua until the siege of Petersburgb. He haB passcfl through many battles and was wounded five times. The Great Fmiorn! Prdcession Skotch o( he Miiimrr Display.

of tic Wo' President Lin toTkthotd Vork iUt ooktho end, and by its it, lin0 mi Nothing liko itlaa over been seen in n.1w rork bofore Aim iitoi ot tho the advance of. a of moumca 7 proocsalou was Jj0. about a hundred dragoons (Captain Otto's troop ot cavalry) handsomely attired in bluo with yellow ana red facings, upon remarkably fluohorsoa and wearing plumw of white and black. Thoy moved with the utmost regularity and precision, and woro nnlvorsally admired alon tbo roulo. Major Gcnorals Sandford aud Diiryea aud Btaff came nest, but did not exclfo ranch tntorcat.

Then came a largo number of staff officers followed by tbo Duncsn Light Artillery. These troops as well asthojo who preceded and followed them wore crapo on tho loft Their etandarta were enshrom'od in tho samo material. Instead of tho checriuUook, tho joyous deportment which usually characterize tho militia ereat occasions, thero was Borrow and solemnity pervading and lorraing the general aspect of all. THE nitOOELYN REORIENTS, which had been courteously assigned a conspicuous position in tho odvanco of tho display, looked roniarkably well, and excited quite a scnsation'aa they passed. Tho S2d regiment of infantry, Col.

Colo, commanding, pro ceded by a splendid bond and drum corps, cauio along next They marched in platoonB, with a front to each platoon of twenty men. And thoy marched woll. Thero was no applause, however, from tho vast multitude. and steadily moved tho troops. Their banners were draped and folded; mourning emblems woro boruo by every man, and the Bidearms carriod by thooflbara were bound in deep mourning.

And thus thoy marched in common timo. Alter tho 52d carno tho 4Ttlt iu Iho samo gray uniform. Colonel Meserole marched at thoir bead, immcdiatoly In rear of the bpnd. All wero in full dress, the officers wore opaulottos, and tho men appoar Iw in their brightest colors. Many of tlio troops.

In addition to tbo ciapo worn on tho left arm, prescribed in tho genual order, alao woro miniature llkenessos of tho lato President on their brcaels, with other distlu Btiisbed marks of prief and romombrauco. Xoxt oiuie tbe band of tho 2Sd regiment, followed by Colonel Pralt and tho star! ofliccrs of that haudsomo aud historic corps. They marched as will, and perhaps bettor, than the two infantry regiments which tUooi, and tho ranks wero fuller and perhaps moro precise iu their evolutions. Thero was littlo ditaciico in their gonoral aapect. By this time the multitude had seen a large number ot infantry uud the preBenco of a battery of artillery, if only lor tho salio of variety was 'pleasant to wllncss.

Tho Seventieth Regiment ot Cavalry with lances and red and white plumes passed, and carno tho Twonty cighth llcgimont, Col. CaBper Urban, and tho gallant Fourteenth, Colonel 13 IS. Fowler. Tho latter rogimeut, with tho historic that surrounds it, commencing with, Bu'l Itun and ending at SpottBylvania Court liouso, created quite a sensation aB it pas3cd bearing its tattorcd and on shrouded colors. After tho "red longed dovuVouno the Thirteenth ltegimcnt, Col.

J.B. Woodward, and this fginient was also received with marked favor along tho route of the procession. Tho Thirteenth brought up the rear of tho Fifth Brigade Brigudicr Qcneral Jessie C. Smith in command of the Eleventh Brigado followed General Sandford aud Staff in tlio procession. Immediately following carno a Howitzer Battory, Captaiu Hotcbkiss, forty five men, aud these wero followod by the officers ol the Forty sixth Regiment, Col.

Q. Adams, Lieutenant Col. O'Neil and others about twenty in all. Brigadier Phillip S. Crooko was Iu eoaaimd of tho Fitth Brigade.

THE NEW YOItK EEGISIF.NT3 also turned out iu sdong forco aud mndo a splen appearance. All of thoru with the oxecption of tho Seventh regiment, which formed tho guard ot honor around tho funeral car, carried their arms at a shoulder, and had their colors draped and wore crapo ou tho left arm. Five hundred veterans from Hart's Islaud, undcrcom mand of Major Kwon. Then tho Twenty second regiment; tho 8oventy nloth In Highland costume; tho Fitly fifth with red pauta and capB; the Sixty nmtu, Seventy first, Twenty second, Ktglith, Twelfth, Seventh and othors followed, numbering altogether eighteen city regiments, The cntiro mlhtaiy forco in tlio nrocfssioii numbered about fifteen thousand men. AMONG THE niSTINOUISnEI) OFI'ICEIIS in tbo procession wo noticed Brigadier Oonoral Frauds Meagher, Admiral Paulding, Commodore Ringgold, Commodore Engle, Brigadicr Ocncrai Hunt, Brigadier General Este, Brigadier General Yelrnon, Major Uonoml Dii and Staff and many others.

Major General Bix immB diately preceded tho guard of horor which surrounded tho funeral car. Aftor It came a troop of Cavalry aud then Brigadier General Hall, Graiid SIarslinl of tho Second Division accompanied by bis Aids. A CtmiOUS INCIDENT happened tho funeral car passed near the comer of Brcndwayard. Chambers street. A largo niastiu' of the Mount St Benrtid breed hounded from tho side of his master, Edward 11.

Martin, aud jumped to tlio cir under which ho walked until it reached the Hudson River Railroad Depct. It IB aaid that the dog knew Mr. Lincoln well aud had been with him several times just before his death. Catholic Library Association Election of Officers. In societies like this and tho Mercantile Library ApEoelation, the chief excitement appears to consist iu the annual election of officers.

Whon tho interest wbicb is manifested in tho yoarly canvass begins to decrease a decadence of tho society itsolf Is too oiton indicated, It is a ploJBure, therefore, to learn that In tho mldBt of all our trouble and mourning, our war and victories, ourPreaideutial chango and what not, tho Catholic library Association keeps steadily along in its accustomed course without on abatement whatever in the interest folt In its official succession. The annual election for officers and directors of this Association took place on Monday evening, at the Library rooms, corner of Court and Jorolomon streets. Although two tickets' wero in tho field, and the very lively iuicrest which was manifested by tho frlonds of cacn as 10 too result, imparled a teen spirit of rivalry between them, yet nothing approaching tho slightest deviation from the most courteous conduct could bo discerned. The utmost good humor and hilarity characterized tho cntiro proceedings. Tho following persons, aftor a close and exciting con.

test, wore elected. The result is considered a triumph lor the regulars. For President Jomes Sheridan. For Vice President Felix Gallagher. For Recording Secrotory XliomaB Kelly.

For Corresponding Secretary Jolm Cuuuion. For Treasurer William Casey. Directors Kiernan Egan, R. 1). Cadley, John Byrue, P.

Devcy, F. O. Tumor, Thomas A. O'Neil, Hugh Roddy, P. J.

llahonoy. Ab most of the officers elect havo served od previous thero can bu littlo doubt that tho result of their efforts for theLibrary will bo successful. A unanimous vote or thanks to tho rotiring President, Mr. 1. ltcrko, for tho eiitces slul and agrcoablo maunor in which he conducted tho affairs of tbo Library for tho past year being passed, the meeting adjourned.

Tko Library has nover becu in as flourishing a condl. as at present, aud is woll deserving tho suuport ot tho Catholic young men of this city. General Sherman's Order Announcing the Assassination ol President Lin. coin. SrEciAL Field Oeder No.

50. The muernl commanding auncunees with pain and sorrow that on the evening of the llthinBtant, at tho theatro in Washington city, his excellency tho President of tho United States, Mr. Lincoln, was assassinated by ono who uttered tho State motto of Virginia. At tho samo timo tho Secretary of State Mr, Seward, whilst Buffering from a broken arm, was also Btabbcd by another murderer iu his own house, but still eurvives, and his son was wounded, supposed fatally. It is beiicved by persons capable of Judging, that other high officers were deaigned to bIioio tho samo fate.

ThB it seemB that our enemy, dosiialrlng of meeting us in manly warfare, begin to resort to the assassin's tools. Vour general does not wlah you, to iolor that this Is universal, for ho knows thdt the great maas of tho confederate otmy would ecom to sanction ouch acta, but ho believes it tho legitimate consequence of rebellion against rightful authority, We havo met every phaso which this war has assumed, and now must bo prepared for it in its laBl and worst ebope, that of assassins and guerrillas; but woo unto tho people nbo seek to expend their wild passions in such a manner, for thero is but one dread result. By ordor of Maj. Gcn. ff.

T. Shermau. L. M. Dayioh, Maj.

and ABst. Adjt. Gon. SPOltTS AND PASIIMES. Philadelphia Clubs Presentation of Phoioobaphb.

On Monday night, tho Eeystono Club of Philadelphia gave a very fine complimentary ball, at Musical Fund Hall. In the midst of tho festivities, tho Atlantic Club Committee presented to the Keystone Club, a very fine aott of photographs of their Champion Nine," framed and trimmed. Tho gift was duly presented, and Mr. McDevitt received it on behalf of tho Club. In the afternoon, Col.

Fitzgerald aud Mr. Eleinfelder, as oommitteo irom tho athletic Club, on Mr. Babcock and colleague, whon their picture was appropriately presented and received. The Olympic Club was similarly honored. Tho prospects of an immcdiato flourishing Beason at Base Ball in Philadelphia, is not as profitable as has been reported.

Everything is In a etalo of disorder as hore, and whon theso clubs will visit New York, is only a matter now of conjecturo. The Koystone Ball was a very onjoyablo affair, and under tho management of so excellent a committee could not fall to succeed. The athletic Club will select their nine from Messrs. MoBrldo, Kloinfeldor, Berkonstook, Garten, Wllklas, IS. Smith, Reach, Lauen gene, and others.

In Juno or July they will visit Brooklyn, and in tho fall go to Baltimore and Washington; at least such 16 their present intention. Leottjbe. To morrow evening the Rev, A. A. Wllllla will deliver hia now Lectura on "Sunshine or tho Secret of Happiness," in tha Second United Pres.

bytcrlan Church, corner of Atlantio and Bond strootg. The lecture Will commence at o'olock; Tlokats to bo had at tho door on tho evening of tho leotnre, tho proceeds for the benefit of tho Sabbath School connectod With tho Church. Daetno BonoLABY.On Monday morning lastabout 3 o'clock a burglar entered the residence of Ilr. E. Greenland In Kosdosko Btroct, near Toinp.

Una avenue, and stole a suit of clothes: belonging to Mr. tloNally, valued at $80. Mrs. MbNauy saw tha thlof en her room, hut thinking It vra hot nrotnor gav no ilanD, In the morning, however, it he elothea were tho man eio oistoon ior iu irother waB.tfte no ciuo uaa yet orcu u.m the mlsito'B oibea of the thlof. Br the "Eafcle" Correspondent.

Three miles out of Charleston and you come to the entrenchments beyond which our excursionists were warned not to venture. Tho City of Charleston was actually, in a state of seige. Guerrillas swarmed through the surrounding country and only armed parties could go beyond our lines. Foraging expeditions were going out and returning with spoils and contrabands, The white inhabitants of the outlying districts retired at the approach of our soldiers; the darkies remained and allowed themselves to be liberated. All the Union forces actually held of that section of South Carolina comprised the City of Charleston to the outlying fortifications and the Islands in the harbor.

Not being much of a judge of military engineering myself, I give the opinion expressed by an artillery officer in my hearing as to the land defences of Charleston. They are conceded to be of the strongest kind, and with an adequate force to defend them, could never have been carried by assault, "I tell you," said the artillery man, "Beauregard was no fool." We did not visit the harbor fortifications, contenting ourselves with a passing review as we sailed down the bay. The shoros bristle with batteries, and Charleston must now be one of the most thoroughly fortified cities in the world. As it was the original object of our visit, I may bo expected to say something about PORT BUMTEB. So much has been written already about this now famous pile, that I think everybody bus an idea of its present condition.

Some descriptions that I have read do not convey a correct impression. The work is a chaotic looking affair, an agglomeration of bricks, andjstono and palmetto logB. Sand is the predominating material. The original work could not have been of very great strength; it was built of a hord brick, of a dark reddish brown color, the coping and abutments only were of stone. If Beauregard had not elected to shell Major Anderson out, I think he could have battered the walls down about his ears in less than twenty four hours; they could not not have stood modern artillery.

Tho rebels strengthened the work after they got into it, but our batteries played tho dickens with the original walls, ofwhich on tho sea front thero is nothing loft but a heap of brick bats. The strength of Sumter lies in sand. The sand bags, as they aro called, are chip baskets, about forty inches high and two feet in diamettr, filled with sand, and piled up in rows, as our vegetable dealers pile up peach baskets. These aro bankod over with loose sand, and this sand heap, filled with the dobris of brick, stone, shot and shell, forms tha strongest defensive work imaginable You might as well bombard Fort Greene, and try to demolish that eminence, as undertake to make an impression on Sumter now. fort is garrisoned by white and colored troops; all the lower tier of casemate guns are in position, and there are some field pieces mounted on top of the wall.

No effort has yet been made to clear away the accumulated rubbish, or set things to rights; the fort is just as the rebels loft it. In one place palmetto logs. havo beon inserted to stop a breach in the wall, and they appear to have stood fire very well. There were also some remnants of marble, relics of the tombstones pressed into service on ono occasion, THE FLAG BAKING has already been described; it was a scene, which those who witnessed it will nover forgot. Memorable as a grand historical event, it was made impressive by tbo ourruundings, designed to give tho fullest effect to the scene.

The ceremony was delayed for over an hour by tho non arrival of the Eev. Mr. Beecher, General Anderson and his party. The Arago did not enter the port but anchored outside, and tho passsngera were brought up by a smaller steamer. The Btartling and terrible event which has absorbed public attention throughout the country since, has precluded critical notices of Mr.

Beecher's oration. It was. delivered before a select audience of whose sympathies the orator was sure, tho theme was inspiring, and a masterpiece of eloquence was generally expected. The Eev. gentleman was listened to with deep attention, and was frequently applaudtd.

His oration was written out, and bore evidences of careful preparation. Yet the impression was not altogether satisfactory; not irom what he did say, but from a sense that somotting better was expected. The oration was an e'en and well sustained effert, but it was marked by no grandeur of idea; no sublime thoughts uttered in language of burning eloquence tha; Bhould live forever. Perhaps too much was expected, and tho disappointments aro of the hearers' own creation; still the occasion muit be regarded as the great opportunity of ilr. Beecher's career as an orator, 'when he slould have put forth his masterpiece.

Besides Mr. Biecher the Eev. Dr, Storrs assisted in the exirciseB, so that Brooklyn was the best.represenfcd city in the Union on this occasion; not mmlioning tho two hundred Brooklyn excursimisia, who formed a majority of the civic portim of the audience. After the servicis were over the crowd scattered over the Fot in search of eelics, How many hunned weight of old iron and brick our party carried off from Sumter' I could not estimate Piles of shot and shell, of whioh there wen ship loads lying around loose; fragments (f brick and stone, pieoes of the platform and the evergreens and flowers that adorned it, wtre brought away as memory toes of the place. The day was windy and the sand blew clotds, and everybody brought away half a peck least of Sumter's main defence, on their clofnef and in their hair.

The boats got tangled rp at the dock, so that onr party was separated in three or four divisions, but we got baok t( Charleston, relics and all. I had the distinruiBhed honor of being a passenger on the "Jlanter." Small had organized an excursiondown to the Fort to see the ceremony, and go; a big cargo of darkies on board; when, they to the Fort they were not allowed to land, outrage to the darkies, that the friends of th' freedmen of the North ought not to let piss unrebuked. We got back to'Cbarleston, tied, dusty, and with big. appetites, taring onr dinner. While or the subjeit of relics, I must mention our explorations in the city of Charleston.

The military irathorit.es generously gave ns a carte blcinche do as ve pleased, and some considered that tie city ws rendered up for pillage. The first rail was on the flowers; the ladies went into thii businets very extensively. The longing Bpiiad to palmettos. Everybody wanted sonfe palmetto, and an extensive variety of vegetables was' brought on board the steamer the passengers, under the impression thatfach was the genuine palmetto. The faot one.

in ft hundred of our folks knew a dmetto from pumpkin vine. When the reqisite botanical information was obtained, we larned that there were no palmetto trees irCharleston to speak of. There Was a' sblitarl tree on. which VB8 fenced in aid regarded witii rauh, veneration as the ol Stuyvesant pear tree in New Yorfc But otht specimens were hunted up, and several giantio palmetto leaves were brought home. There were olier mementos to be had in' Ole rebels seemed to hava WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 20.

This Pafcer has the Largest Circnlatioii of but Evening Paper published in the UnitedStates. Its value ns an Advertising Medium, is therefore apparent. Gen. Sherman and his Assailants. The Republican journals have opened their batteries on Gen.

Sherman, and if they go on as tbey have begun, in a week or two from this time the General may claim to bo one of the best abused men in this country. Repub lics are said to lie proverbially ungrateful, but tliero is something worse than ingratitude in the indecent haste shown by the assailants of Gen. Sherman. A great in the opinion of many the greatest soldier in the Bervico of the Republic, has committed what is at worst on error, and such an error as poverty of spirit never prompted, and in an hour his groat public services are forgotten, and his namo is connectod with the iouleet crimes against tlio nation he has so nobly served. The Now York Times is probably a littlo ahead of its cotemporaries, in this bad business.

It suffers its Washington correspondent to publish what follows, which seems to have been inspired by those who ought at least to hear Gen. Sherman befora condemning him 'Ilie enorossinp; tbcnio with us, to day, is, Sherman's surrender to Johnston. The tone of fcelins; in regard to fiberroau baa uudergouo a decided change since yesterday, aud Generally thoso who wero heretoloro inclined to take a charitable view of bis conduct, 'are now taking fast hold of tbe belief that tbo rnadneS3 of tho Ooneral bns in it thoao mothodical elements discoverable in tbe ambition of aspiring politicians, and found in Vie Cromwell scliool. Jliuta heretofore given out now assume tbo form of positive assertions that tbcre aio proofB, beforo deemed unworthy ot notice, but now significant in tbo light of recent events, and especially cf tho Sherman Johnston memoranda, which go to show that Sherman ezpccled political preferment and powerful position as the reward of his diplomatic surrender to Johnston. In distnsBing tbe probability of Sbcimon's insanity, gentleman, recently our minister to a foreign court, was this morning asked bis opinion.

Ilia reply was: "In my opinion Sherman's mind is seriously affected. We lias While House on the brain." Among (be many thiDga brought to notice in this connection, and a matter that has attracted much attention to day in tho departments and among leading men, Is a letter in tbe London Tines of April 5, Irom its Richmond conespondent. Tho letter is dated March tho day of Mr.Lincoln's inauguration. In it tliero is much significance when coupled with recent events. Amongst other things the writer says Gen.

Bragg informed him in 1661, juBtbefore tho war commonced, that war was at band, and bc Sberman educated as a soldier, could not remain in tbo South without taking to arms, and ho did not seo bis way to fighting against his own kinsmen in Ohio. But como what may," he added, jVo human consideration mil ever induce me to take up arms against the South. Iho South has, I know, many griovancea, and I shall go to Ohio with a view to instructing my countrymen about Ihcm." Gon. Shermau had just then resigned his position as President of tbo Louisiana Blato Military Academy, for tbo purposo of going North. The kUcr has in it several passages equally strong, showing that Sherman's heart and sympathy were with the South.

Tho writer wnoBC confident intercourse with tho leading lobels gives imporlancc to what ho slates as the reflex of thoir opinions and judgment gays: If in tbo amalgamation wbicb seems now approaching, Gen. Shermau onco gets tho South Sown, it may bo confidently predicted tbat bis polities will bo moro in harmony with those of Gen. Leo than tlioso of President Lincoln. Mr. Lincoln has found him hitherto a vory valuable friend.

It is posBiblo tbat before tho end comes President John sou will find bim a still more dangzrous ouemy." Whatever may be lacking in Gon. Sherman thero is no question but that he is au able man. If ho desired to play the demagogue, and to pander to popular prejudice and pas sion, ho could do so at this timo and show neither forbearance nor magnanimity towards his erring, and we believe now trymeD. Butler, the blunderer, has a great party at his back in tho North only becauso ho was truculent and implacable in dealing with, tho South, If Sherman choose to inii tato him and throw his splendid service in the balance, who will say that ho might not rido into the very Highest place on the tide of popular passion which civil war is certain to leave ns its worst legacy? Tho calumny that Sherman sympathized with the rebellion at its outset, or that he displayed any hesitation in determining upon the line of his duty, is easily refuted. At the commencement of the present strife, Gen.

Shor man occupied a position under the State government of Louisiana. As soon as it bocamo apparent that the State contemplated seceding from the Union, he at onco resigned hia position, in the letter which follows and wbich will speak for itself: January 1C, 1801. Gov, Tbouias 0. Moore, Baton Ilouge, La. Bmi As I occupy a quasi military position under this 'State, I deem it proper to acquaint you that I accepted such position when Louisiana wrs a State' in tho Union, and when the motto of the seminary was inserted in marblo over the main door, 'By the liberality ot tho General Government ot the United States: The Union.

Eslo Eecent ovonts forcBbadow a great ckange, and it becomes all men to choose. If Louisiana withdraws from Iho Federal Union, I picCer to maintain my allegiance to tha old Constitution as long as a fragment of it aur. vivos, and my longer stay hero would be wrong in every sonso of tho word. In that event, I beg you will send or appoint some authorized agent to take charge of the arms of munitions of war here belonging to the State, or direct me what disposition should bo made of them" And furthermore, as President of the Board of Supervisors, I beg you to take Immcdiato steps to relievo me as superintendent the moment the State determines to seeedo; or on ho earthly account will do any act, or think any Uioupht, hostile or in defiance of the old goeern tttenl of Ilie United Slates. With great respect, W.

T. Sherman. Those who now censure Gen. Shorman have studied his character to little purpose if they have not seen that tho passion of his life is devotion to tho Union. While we have here at homo been shifting about from ono position to another, Sherman is now whore all pretended to bo at the outbreak of tho war for tho Union and tho maintainnance of the supremacy of goneral government.

It must have beon known to every intelb'gEut man at the North that Sherman cared little for the petty politics about which we have beon quarrelling at home, protetced by him and such as he. When ho took arms, ho avowed that tho peaceful acquiescence in the laws of the United States, and submission to its authority, were the objects sought for. In his terms of agreement he. has secured these, and if wo are not satisfied, we, and not Sherman, have changed our opinion and enlarged our purposo. Sherman's views were well known to tho and he was never censured for them.

Not being a politician he not drifted with the current of events. When the rebel armies were powerful and aggressive he told the South what his government sent him to do. When his work was done he supposed our purpose was accomplished. The head and front of his offending this extent, no more." There is one party, at all events, which is, in ft peculiar degree, bound to see that injustice is not done to Gen. Sherman.

In our last political campaign our Republican friends bore through the streets of our city banners with this device: "(Jrant and Sherman our only peace Commissioners." Now tbat one of these generals has essayed the business so generously confided to him, surely he ought to be pardoned for any mistake he may have made. Our Republican Mends were not ih ignorance of Gen. Sherman's sentiments then, and the Clamor for him as the true Peace Commissioner was, an endorsement ot them. In his letter to the Mayor of Atlanta, written on the 12th of September last Gen. Sherman, said: "I know I had no hand in making Ibis wir, and I know Uilt I will mike more sacrifices than any of you to day to secure peace.

But jouoatmot have peace and a division ol your country, If the United States submits to a division now, it will not stop, but will go on till we reap the fate of Moiioo, which Is eternal war. The United Slates does and must assort its authority wherever it baa power; if it relaxes one bit of pressure. It is gone, and I know that moh is not tut national feeling. This feeling assumes various shapes, but always comes back to that of ftiton. Onco annul the Union, once more acknowledge tho antnpnry oi us general government, ana instead of your bouses and streets to lbs dread uae of wijr, I and this army become at onca your protectors and sopporters, shielding you from danger, let tt come from what quarter it may." jf 'the itdniiustration find fault with this; Sherman ought to have been rebuked months ago; if otwEopubUcan friends were opposed to U.

i.tt' ITCH, II EATON'S ITCH. SCRATCH. 01NTMKST SCRATCH. Will cure the Itch In i3 hours also cures Salt Rhoura Ulcers, Chilblains and all Eruptions of tlio Skin. Price cents; by sending CO cents to WHISKS POTTER.

Washington Btrcet, Boston, will bo forwarded freo by For sale by all druggists. mhll GREAT BARGAINS IN LADIl S' AND GUSTS' FURSISI1ING GOODS, SILK WINDSOR SCARFS, LADIKS' AND GUSTS' GLOVES, CORSETS, SKIRTS, HOSIERS', ft, AT W. A. LORR'S, ra C.0niir AND SKlltr STORE, SI EtrCct' and Clark BtoU. BHOOKIA'N AGENCY FOR UNITED STATUS BONDS THK NASSAU NATIONAL BANK Ob' HUOOKLYIl.

HavitiR been appolntod Special Acent lot Ja, Oookolor thosaloof United States 7 30 currency bomU, wlil convertible Into 5 20 (told interest bonds in i'n proparcxl to furniih tho samo in evory denomination. Coupons maturing on tbo 15th of February will bo paid at thin Hank. Circulars relating to this loau, and information other govornmont loans can bo obtained ot tho nffloors the Bank. C. 0.

SMITH, President, Epoab T. Jones. Cashier. f0u FINE KRENOK COUTILLF, (JORSETS. WERLY GORSKTS.

Flegflntly embroidered, as woll us a good asnrtinont of low priced Coreot also tho Fliptio Sonne Skirl, in evory stria and sice, Bt Mmo. MORROW'S French Coraot Storo, til Fnlton streot, 2d door above Tillary street. mg KELLY'S WOOD YARD, 15 AND 17 JAY STRKKT, Where PINE. OAK AND HIOKORY WOOD OF THK BUST QUALITY Can always bo had AT THE LOWEST l'RIOHS. Orders thankfully rooolvod and promptly attended (a.

1,12 tl II. 4 T. KUIJ.V YTHBELlfiTl WILSON'S SEWING MACHINES, SD6 KULTON STREET, UP STAIRS, alt lm 0 0 Ml' 0 I II It A 1 I. N'S I A 11 A 0 It A I 0 80LEPROP RIETOR 3 3 6 0 0 I f. A alC lin'Mp Hale In Brookljn.

on Saturday, tho 1 April, by Her. Thoo. L. Curler. llENnv H.

HlLE, of Tror, N. to Kate daughter of Chas. Kotohum, of Now York. ns Troy Times pleaso copy. Fbencu Qoincey On Tuesday, April 25lh, at the rcsldenco of the brldo's father, by tho Rev.

N. K. Smith, 1). Wm. FnENCn to SAnAn oldest daughlor of Mr, Thomas Quincoy, all of this city.

No carda. MoQlvkn Pelletheau On Wednesday. April 26tb. by too Rev. Ilr.

1'ise, John J. MoGmnn to MIbs'Louise PELiETOEAn, ail oi this city, no cards. Stillwell IUon At tbo parsonage ol tho Sands Blrcoi M. E. Church, on Tuesday, tho 28th by tho Rev.

Charles Fletoher, Annnsw STiiiWEtr, to Olivia J. men, all ol this city. VIED. Greenleaf In this city, on tho 21th of April, Rov. JONATnAN (Ireehleap, D.

pastor of tho Wallabout Presbyterian Church, in tho 80th year of hia ago aud mo mat oi ma ministry. Fuuoral from tho Church on Franklin, near Myrllo avenuo, on Thursday, at 2 o'clock P. M. Tho olorgy, frlcndB of tho family, and of his Bon in.law, John D. McKcnzle, are Invited to attend without furthor notice Tho clergy aro invited to ascomblo in tho Lecture room at yx o'clock P.

M. RowE In New York, TuoBday, April 2.1, Julie B. Bowe, tho wife of tho lato Wm. Rowo, ogod 29 years. Tho friends ot tbo family are rcBTJCCtCnllv invited to attend tho funeral from residence 210 Pearl streot, Brooklyn, on Thursday, April 37, at 2 P.

M. Mason Peter Mabon. His remains will bo convoyed to The Evergreens Cemetery for Interment. CiOTTBM iKa'K AnrilMth, Eliza VinormA, daughter ot Francis and Eliza Cottsbcrgor, aged two yoars aud tlva monthp. Tho funeral will tale place on Friday, 28th at 2 o'clock P.

from the robideneo of Wm. fl. Pock, 1M Fulton street. Ilor Tomaina will bo dopoBltou in tho family vault, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Now York.

MocmionE On Wednosday, April 26th, at his No. 112 street, Brooklyn. William M. Muuii MOKE, aped 6 years and 4 months. 't'ho body will ho taken to Madison, N.

for interment. Trnin leavosfootof Barclay stroot nl 8.30 o'clock Friday morning Funorul norvicos on tho arrival of the train in Madibon. Sorvicoa at tho house (112 Willourrhliy stroot) Thursday ovening, 27lh, at 8 o'olock. Friends ot tho fatuity and tho Masonic fratcrnty aro invitod. AMUSEillEiYrS.

BOOLEY'S OV1SKA HOUSK. CORNER OF COURT AND REMSEN STKKI.T8 THE PEOPLE'S FAVOR1TU RESORT. R. M. 1IOOLEY Sole Propriotor.

WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 20, AND DDR1NII THE WEEK. THE GREATEST BILL OF THE SEASON HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR THIS WBEIC. TrcmondouB hit ot tho Groat Act, THE NERVE. HAPPY CONTRABAND.

BACON AND GREENS. 1IANDV ANDY. FANNY AT THE SOIREE. TOOR LITTLE NIC. INDUSTRIOUS FAMILY.

U. S. 0., 4o Ao. NEW SONGS, ACTS, DANCES AND PLANTATION SCENES. Doors open at to comrnonoe at 8 o'clock.

Admission 30 eontB. Pnvato Boxox, $3 00. Front seats reserved for ladies and gontlomon accorapt pyipg them. Gontlomanly ushora iuattondancc. (' MIEENFIEIJ) PUBLIC GRAMMAR DEP vliTMENT.

GRAND MUSICAL AND OIUMATIO KNTEHTAIN Jtl'NT. at'lsted by tlio BEETHOVEN QUARTETTE CLUB, tho HARMONIC and other dialiuguiihud Talout. FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 28, Commonoine ate o'olock. Tickets CO cents.

Coney Island ears from Fulton avonus at qufiitor beforo 7 will ho in season. TV! OTICE THE 1TRST NATIONAL FAIR Xl in aid of tho A nulo African (colored) notts papcr. postnoredin consoqnooce of tho death of our lata Piebidcut. will open THURSDAY AFTERNOON. April 27th, at MONTAGUE HALL, and cootinuo livo days, 1 ho publio are solicitol to attond.

Admission 25 couta. SUMMER RKSOnTi, BATH HOTEL, si'rUAT(Oi) AT RATH, is now boins thoroughly renovated and rofur mshod, nnd will he oppnod on tho lirntof May tor tho ro cbjition of porumnontbonrdorH and transibiit guests. Kai'i iUeHirmhins board lor Iho hummer will do well to nupl Boon. Accosnihlo by Greenwood, Bath, and Conoy Inland It. li.Jioarly from A.

until? P.M. h22 7l GKO. SHIELDS, Proprietor. SPECIAL NOTICES. A' A HKGULAB MEETING OP THK No Name Carnival hnhl Anrli ot ina; mo.

cuuHuquuuvo ui tuonuDiio aopression CMised by tho recent national calamity, tho olDaiug carnival of thlj Junta, fixed lor tho 2Sth bo postoonod until l'riday, Day 12. and that publio notice of thesamoboirlvin and also that all invitations iaouod by us will be available for said aveninff. N. B. Tha next rcirnlar meeting of tho Junta will bo held on TuMcUy evening, May 1.

A prompt and lull at tondauco ia inotsponsable. ii.K, MOON, Cor. BooTOtary. MAHONIC STELLA LODGH 485 if. A.

M. Tha members ot this Lodge are hereby notl fled that tho regular communication on THURSOAY KVEpiING, 27th. will ho opened at7) o'cloolc prooisely, for tho purpose of proceeding to tho rosidonce of and to piy tho last tributo of rospoct to our lato brother, Wm, M. Muchrnore. Mombers ot siBtcr lodges are fraternally in viied.

By ordor. JOSEPH SHORT, JB, Master. Geo. Q. Cowvukd, Sec'y.

282i" AS. E. TJNDERH1LL, AUCTIONEER. BY UNDERBILL VANDERVEER, Office 366 Fulton street, liroolilju Will toll at auction on SATURDAY. APRIL in.

At 10 o'clock, at 362 Bridge streot, An asRortment of Honeehold Furniture, consisting of tables, chairs, bureaus, bedsteads, caryeta, also one large mirror p28 8t LYCEUM 150 LAFAYETTE AVENUE. The 25th terra will opon April 28th. 1865. Wo have seata for a few more pupils. a20 6t" NOTICE IHE NASSAU SOCIAL, which was to bava been held on Thursday evoninr, April 27th, has boon postponed untltTHURSDAY EVENING May the 4lh, in conscquenco of tho death of tho resident.

By order ot THE COMMITTEE. AUOTION TBE FURNITURE OF bouEO 312 AdelphI stroot, Brooklyn, will be sold at auoiion SATURDAY, 29th iuBt, at 10 o'olock A.M. apM 8t ED. FOSTER. AUCTIONEER, BY FOBTEM 4 LOPER, Office No, 4 Sands streot, Brooklyn.

Will soil on FRIDAY. APRIL 38th. 18C5, In house No. 370 Carlton avonvo, Brooklyn. A general assortment of Housohold furniture velvet and Ingrain carpets, tables, ibaiH, bureau! looking glassts, crockery, kitchen furniture, Ao, 4c 1 tSands rtreouj "Tho greatest of living London Tirroj.

PUBLISHED THlStfAY, MKEOFOENDW.T.SHERlIAN, Hflhed I'V. ETON. Booksoller and Publisher. 83 and 84 Grand street, aw York. 'WZTnfiTVOLES, (JHEAP, AT NORRIS'S ti rurMoler Shop.

JUWU avenue, near Jrlitbuih 11 umm. nU2 tnn Bh T7Tl in (i 1 A 1W WITH A WELL UUIr tlvatid and powerful soprano voloa, wishes to unit uT rermlMlou) In a quirtottecliolr: beat of roferenosfiveri. itoMn. TOBftY. la.WeatBaltlo at, B)Eg lTUBBER MOURiUNU JEWELRY, EN The Poor Players" and the Parsons.

Tho Parsons are making use of tho fact that the murderer of the President happened to be an actor, to' bring not only tho players but the theatre itself into disrepute. The folly of endeavoring to excite enmity against a profession, because one of its members has committed a great crime, is so apparent that it is useless to waste argument upon it. The Eev, Di. Dodd was hung for forgery; what would tho parsons say if an attempt was made from this fact to prove that olergymen have a peculiar fondness lor imitating other men's signatures arid obtaining unlawfully tho property of others It is but a few months since a clergyman was hung in New Jersey for slowly poisoning his wife, while protending to administer medicine to her. The rascal who would attempt to implicato tho clergy in any way with this criminal, wonld deserve to lose his ears, "and yet it will bo very difficult to show that those who are assailing the "poor players" for a crime committed by one of their number aro not guilty of this very offence.

It is true that an attempt is made to show that there is something in tho profession of an actor which developes a tendency to crimes liko that of which Booth is guilty. But against this assumption the fact is stated that no crime of the sort has ever beon committed by an actor before. We published a few days sinco a tirade against plays and play actors, by a clergyman of this city, in which the theory was held that Booth familiarized himself with the use of the pistol and knife the way of his profession. It is true that actors on the stage flourish paste board and inflict torrible wounds upon each other through their coat collars; pistols, too, are used, but tho actor generally hits what ho aims at when he burns a little gunpowder as far away from the person of his associates as possible. To day we publish an extract from a sermon delivered by a clergyman of Rochester in this State, in which, in the worst possible taste, the lato President is assailed for going to the theatre at all, Mr.

Lincoln was known to be fond of the theatre, and if ever a man needed the relaxation it afforded him, surely he did. The late President is declared to have been but a "young convert" to religion, and this is offered as an apology for his sharing in the innocent amusement of the theatre. Dr. Johnson is known as, the "Great Moralist" and he not only went to tho theatre, but he wrote for it, aiid when his friend and pupil David Gar rick died, he caused it to bo placed upon his tombstono that in Mb death tho gaiety of nature was eclipsed. With the Christian philosopher and groat moralist on their side, we believe the actors will be suffered to live a little longer.

Addison, who maybe accepted as the type of a Christian gentleman, was a frequent attendant at tho Theatre and used the stage, as he did the public journal to make the world better than h'e found it. It is no light thing to be ablo to bo at once idlo and innocent; the Theatre affords us the opportunity. Eid as tho Theatre has been of its worst accessories, there is still room, perhaps, for improvement. That tho stage fills some want that exists is proved by the iact that it has existed so long and is still so generally popular. Instead of denouncing it, let us reform what is objectionable about it.

The man who believes that his fellows are anything tho worse for having an hour's agreeable amusement, is no judge of human nature. There is gloom enough in the world as it is; there would bo more if wo closed tho theatres. Those whoso consciences are too tender to admit of their attendance, do not go to tho theatre, and they are welcomo to stay away. Mr. Lincoln was fond of innocent gaiety, and that it kept his heart accessible to the claims of the unfor tunate we do not question.

Let tho old'' converts to Christianity see to.it,thattheyjleavo alter them the recollection of gentler deeds, than the kind hearted President who has just passed nway. Among' those who helped to create the bad feeling which led to this war, tho poor players" are not mentioned. We wish to Heaven we could say as much for tho political parsons. The Inevitable Dabkev. Cuffee is still a source of tribulation to his white friends, and thero is likely to be more than one row in the Eepublican camp over him.

It turns out that the refusal of the New York Common Council Committee to give the colored folks a place in the prooession yesterday, was not altogether the work of those have been politically arrayed against the doctrine of negro equality. Alderman Ottiwell, President of that committee, who voted for and defended the exclusion of tho darkies, is a Eepublican and President of the Union Association ot the 18th Ward. The Tribune recommonds the Association to haul its President over the coals for this act. It further appears that a cargo of darkies taken down to Fort Sumter by tho redoubtable Kobert Small, to witness the fiV raising and hear Mr. Beechor, were not allowed to land at the Fort, a privilege reserved for white folks.

An explanation of this proceeding should be demanded, or the officer in command cashiered at priced What is to become of Cuffeo if his assumed friends are allowed to slight him in this way with impunity? Gen. Grant reachod Ealeigh on Monday morning, and handed to Gen. Sherman the President's directions about the negotiations with Johnston. The rebel General was immediately notified of the termination of the truce, with the additional information that civil questions are not to be treated upon by army commanders. We presume that Gen.

Grapt will offer to Johnston jhe same terms granted to Lee. Grant and Sherman are close, personal friends, and if the latter made an error, we are satisfied that the former pointed it out with more kindness and courtesy than the politicians at home are inclined to Bhow. The United States Attorney General has decided that the soldiers of 'Bee'a army who' were allowed by Geh. Grant to return to ttieir homes, cannot claim a.home'.ih, 'the! loyal States, for the reason tbat they orfeiteSth9 right of residence when they ioined rebel lioctT Ho also decidod that, tho appaardnoe.o' men in rebel uniform in tne North will not tolexatetj, SWS; ted whar Imp. been the, very noturl 1 The people were notified that they could help themselves to these stores.

Tho poor people, white and colored, flocked in by huudreds and carried away as much as thoy could, going and returning several times. A notice was then given that the building was about to bo blown up, and everybody leit. The explosion, however, did not follow, and after waiting an hour or bo, the people eager to get all they could, returned to the building, and were in and nut for some time, when a second warning wad given, and the people, wero cleared out again. There was another delay in the preparations and the people, thinking it a false alarm, went baok into the building, and they had no sooner got in there than the explosion oocurred. It was computed that three hundred persons were killed, of whom two thirds were negroes, the rest white people.

AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE, who will be recollected by many in this city, turned up at Fort Sumter Mr. Samuel Harris, clerk of the City Court under Judge Culver. His friends hero will perhaps be interested to hear that he has exchanged the legal profession for theology, and ib now post lehaplain at Beaufort. ILLUSTRATIONS OF. THE TEIP.

I have just received frorn Mr. W. E. James, of 267 Fulton street, wbo made one of party, copies of the photographic views he. took of Fort Sumter, the city of Charleston, the harbor, He has some thirty views, in all of which he has.

prodnced very good pictures, vividly recalling the, scenes we visited. One picture has a peouliar interest, an instantaneous view of the flag raising, catching a clear impression of the scene as the old flag was going np. This was the only picture of ihe kind taken on the occasion, In concluding 'these desultory sketches of the trip to Fort Sumter, I would repeat that it was a most gratifying expansion" to nil who participated in it. A history of the affair is.fco be published in a bpok, and there is material enough to 611 a fair sized, volume; 1 if priioticable, Eich mond and Petersburg, was down ipt our pro grarnmo, but tho fearful news of the President's assassination, whioh wo receive "at fortress' $ojwei bamshe 3 aU' deiire for fur "QWas" Bailed dHMtJy for NewYoA. Botoiaries.

Some time during yesterday afternoon, tie residence of 8. Coakrbft, No, 142 South 8th street, E. was entered by burglars, who effected an entrance by breaking open tho front basement door After ransacking the house, tho thieves stole twodla' mondB, an cvercoat, and $80 in cash. Total value, $850 Tho family were abBent at the tlmo tho burglary was committed. The residence of Mrs.

Brown, No. 86 Hamil. ton Place, E. during her absence yesterday afternoon, was entered by burglars by means of false keys and $50 In greenbacks, with a quantity of silver, stolen all valued at $58. During the absence of Mr.

A. Cameron, yesterday afternoon, his residence. No. 7 Hamilton place E. Di, was entered by burglars, who effected en entrance py means of false keys, and a gold watoh, an opera glass a quantity of silver forks and spoons stolen, all valued at about $103.

Oedimation of MnnsTEES or the M. E. Chttech! At St. Paul's M. E.

Churoh, corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty second street, New York, the Bev, Messrs. Howe, Bergen and Tan Buskers' were last even ing formally ordained to tho work of tie ministry. The solemn ceremony of ordination was performed by the Bight Bev. Bishop Simpson, assisted by the Beverends Nihchols, J. B.

Walely and Dra. Ctunmings and Crawford. A most able and appropriate sjrmon was preached in the occasion by the Bev. Dri cunrmlngi, President of ae WesleyanUnlvcrairfrom Sf. Mark xv.

and verses. Crii Cotjet. The. jury in the City ffourt which hai.boen poatoqnfid Mtwoweeksjcouj. moicelt'fetteilifctkMK calendar ni calfadn6'ter, bhtJ up hdoi 'no cswi'riaibc'en tenteaiawiyj.v..