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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-10
PEACE ~ EEEEEES.

1t seems impossible that even the most char
acterless journals should persist in the current
Interpretations respecting Major Chase Bar
ney and his budget of embryo negotiations from
Richmond. Contradicting with an air of tr
umph what no one has asserted is very com
mon, but sorry resort: it deceiyes only the
ignorant and shallow.
IL was not on Mr.. BIS authority that We
first stated that negotiations were clandestinely
in progress between certain Secessionists in
Dixie and leading Democrats here looking Il
reconstruction" The fact that impossible
terms of "compromise were proposed By the
Rebels was utterly nconclusiye. IL was only
what might have been expected
Nobody has ever coupled the name Of JEFF.
Davis, or of his Government, as such, with
these negotiations. 1t is not yet time for the
business to take that shape. But that it surely
is (or recently has BEEN in progress is attested
in so many ways that We are not at liberty to
doubt it.
Mr.. Chase Barney may be a very nsiguif-
cant, very untrustworthy, or very eaky
parsonage. These are points on which we
have given no opinion. He may think his
" mission" OF more importance than it really
is. He may have entered upon a very culpa-
bic undertaking. But that he is recently from
Richmond is undeniable; aud that he brought
confidential messages thence to leading Demo.
Gratis of the Seymour stamp, is morally GER
taia. That these messages indicated q willing
ness on the part Of the senders to resume the
overseership Of the Union, dividing " the
spoils " with our Northern Seymourites, if the
terms could be arranged, We are well assured.
And these are facts Of grave moment They
are not to be annihilated by sneer nor even
by cOntradicting something else. They will
yet be- established beyond cayil, whether they
lead to any serious results or do not.
Let us once more repeat that tie con-
stltuted authorities OF the United States
are alone authorized TO receive proposals for
accommodation with the Rebels. Those authori-
ties are abundantly ready aud willing to vel.
come and act upon any proposal for term.
mating th, desolating war. Though NOT
authorized to divide the country, they are
competent to reunite it. And flat
they will gladly receive any reasonable and
ust proposition looking TO this end, from par.
les qualified to make it, there is DO manner
If doubt
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First Night of Edith, or The Earl.
Daughter.o

The character OF Mrs. Woods " East Lynne" IN
essentially dramatic, but its Incidents and suat;on.
are such that their natural development. demands the
gradual and anhurried progress of the novel, and
cannot, with due effect, be crowded within the
space of iiye-act play. Mr. Wolfs adaptation.
under the title of " East Lynne" which was lat
evening produced at Nibos Garden masses to-
gether the important events Of the story in such
rapid sequence as to seriously impair their semblancs
Of probability. A safer plan would have been to
seize only the main plot, and omit all nerweavings
Of inferior significance. The further atemnt by the
dramstst to add entirely new characters, naturally
increases the difficulty Of which we speak, Tho
adaptation, on the whole, cannot be regarded as
valuable addition to Matilda Heron's repe,tory. IL
is not well constructed and not especially well writ
ten and POSSESSES interest only in proportion to tho
opportunity it affords of displaying Of her mos.
powerful qualities. II fortu natey happens that the
situation represented in the last two acts is one Of
the stranqest and most startling that fiction has con.
ceiyed and It's extraordinary effect, IN the hands Of
Matilda Heron is alone sufficient to carry the plece
to a successful conclusion. The earlier acts are also
frequently lifted above the level Of the language W
her impetuous aud passionate acting Excepting
the character Of Edith, there are few IN the play
demanding consideration. That Of Alfred Morlel9h,
the betrayed husband, was very ieeingy perSonated
by Mr. McCuloughi anu taat OF Sir Mortimer hush'
ton. the conventional villain, with ample and uacom-
promising hca1lessness. The para Of Justice Grout
does not add to the interest the Importance OF the
drama. The little relation borne by Richard Keith
to the plot was well sustained ~ Mr Collier. sirs.
~ IL. a; Id apa 81 u
which she participated, and Mr. Burnett was ap-
pauded for some pleasant touches Of nature in the
part OF Mr.. Dobbe. The other characters may DO
dismissed withou, specification.
Edith was well pat upon the stage, and the
scenery il not always appropriate, was at least re-
spleudent. TIE taste Of the supernatural picture at
tie end Of the fifth act very questionable. tho
continents Of The horrible and the pathetic never
be harmonzed.
This evening Mr.. Forces. rereas Meiamora,'
.snd on Saturday Edith will DO played for the
second time.
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BOSTON.

"F,Msyor Lincoln Of Boston reelected Mayor yes.
;sdy OS Iyss go ts Laee sVas e. for
composed of Republicans and Democrats was also elected
Such are the gingery terms in which the
Fernando Wood organ announces the result of
tho Boston Charter Election of Monday. The
facts that Mr.. Lincoln is a Republican-that
he ran out the Democratic Mayor of the last
two years in city which gave mnjorites
against President Lincoln in 1850 and against
Gov. Andrew last month-are studiously ig-
nored. Wightman has made himself conspcu'
Gus by the bitterness of his hostility TO the
Emancipation policy, to Gov. Andrew and to
Senator Sumner. The Republicans tried hard
TO turn him out years ago. but were signally
defeated
OF course, we do not imply that Lincoln's
election was effected by a strictly party vote,
for it was not. Democrats must have voted
for him to give him over 1000 minority. His
success implies only that Boston had bed quite
enough OF Wightman, which is creditable to
her discernment and her taste.
We esteem it fortunate that the Mayors OF
all the great seoboard cities of the loyal states
-New.York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston
are now firm friends of the Administration,
generally with controlling Influence over the
Police. If the Secesh sympathizers shall al
tempt to get up seditious tumults with H.
tent to embarrass if not overthrow the Gov
eminent, they will Gnd these Mayors decidedly
in their way.
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ILLINOIS.

No State in the Union has made such rapid
strides in wealth and population during the
past ten years as the State of Illinois. Another
decade will find her probably the third State
in the Union, and in twenty years she will
probably be second if not first in population,
and third if pot second in wealth. In the year
Is36-oply twenty-sx years ago-North-Eastern
Illinois was dependent on Ohio for her butter
and flour, and even for her vegetables. Chicago
was fed mainly from the trading schooners
which ran between Lake Erie aud Lake Mich-
gan. Now that spot is the greatest granary of
the world. During the present season, Chicago
has shipped over twelve millions OF bushels Of
wheat. a million and a half of barrels Of flour,
thirty millions Of bushels Of corn, beside large
amounts of barley and rye. Beside oil this,
that city is the largest beef market, the largest
lumber market, and probably the largest pork
market in the United States. The soil of the
State is of wonderful fertility, and all the vast
cereal products which so astonish the world
are yielded by scarcely tenth part of the
arabic land. Although the stoppage of the
navigation of the Mississippi, and the drain of
soldiers, temporarily affects the growth of the
State, constant increase in population is
nevertheless going on. Illinois is not dependent
on her fertile soil alone. Beside her rich de-
posts Of lead, she possesses an inexhaustible
supply of coal. Every part of the State ia
penetrated by railroads, running in all direc-
tons. which add vastly to the wealth and pros
perity of the State. Illinois needs banks.
Those existing when the rebellion broke out
were heavy sufferers by the depreciation Of
I Southern State bonds by which chiefly their
circulation was secured. Should Congress:
adopt the suggestion of Mr.. Chase, Illinois VII
be greatly benefited.
The financial condition of Illinois is admira-
bic. BY the provisions of the Constitution the
State debt will be paid in full in a few years
Illinois State taxes are all collected In gold
Legal-tender notes are not taken for the State
taxes, the Supreme Court having decided that
only gold can be received. The debt of the
State is not large in proportion to It's wealth
and OF the total amount the war bonds form
but a small part. In order to satisfy the pub
lie that these war bonds were legally issued
the question was submitted by tho Governor to
the Supreme Court (the highest tribunaD aud
they decided unanimously that those bonds
were issued in strictly constitutional manner.
The interest on the debt of Illinois is paid in
gold at the American Exchange Dauk The
taxes being collected in gold, tue interest il
paid in gold. Thus the SIX per cent bonds are
equal TO an eight per cent security.
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NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE DECEMBER 10. 1862

reucy rather than those Of Individuals or pri
vate corporations.
As to the proposed change of base" of orr
Public Debt from the payment Of interest in
Specie to q payment in legal tender" We
dread and must resist it. II opens bottom.
less abyss wherein tho Business aud Industry
of the whole Country are likely to disappear.
1t is an attempt to rest something on nothing
which cannot. in the nature of things, succeed.
Congress barely escaped this abyss last year;
it must not plunge US all into it now. Keep
the interest payable in coin, and we shall
never sink beyond recovery; but once cast
loose from this anchorage and We are adriit
on a chartless ocean Astounding in rocks and
wrecks. Pray, hold fast
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-10
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES NEW
EkNANtE BILL.

W. do not know that we quite understand
Mr. Stevens's Finance measure introduced on
Monday, aud published in yesterdays TRIB-
UNE, and We stand ready to Ike it better
after we shall have heard his explanation oil
it but, as az present advised, the only feature
that meets our hearty epprobatlon is the very
one which will doubtless be hardes, to pass
that. namely which imposes tax Of fifty per
centum on all currency issues OF State Banks
beyond the amount Of halt their capital. That
il t. say: Il Bank which has paid up capital
Of 81 100000, may have an untuyed circula-
ton of $500 900; and 80 Tor whatever the
capital may be; while all issues beyond that
amount are in fact prohibited. This means
well; but hoYdk it to be enforced Good,
strong, homes Sank will obey it Of course:
toe other sort will not. How easily capital.
are sometimes built up, wo all understand
specie is borrowed to-day and returned TO-
morrow, the notes OF the inanclers taking lis
place IN the vaults oi the bogus Bank. To
say markedly that Banks circulation shall not
exceed halt its capital is like saying Bank
snail keep on hand specie equal to fourth
third or half IL circulation such
restriction viii BE- found in practice ope.
ratiyc only in the honest, solvent Banks
that are good any how. but will be utterl,
disregarlcd and deied by the uusound and
knavish. Whenever a bank fails, its specie is
found to have stepped out, no matter how I'M
peratiye the law which required its retention.
The only good thing We ever heard OF this re-
qlirement of such q per centage of specie was
10 tie case of the Indiana banker who was
required to redeem pile OF his own notes IN
coin. My good fellow" said b., 81 have
got the spec.e-yOu see il therc-and | would
Ike 10 hand it over; but the law iorbids
just see the provision: Every bank shall keep
ON hand in specie twelve and u half per cent.
Of It's entire circulation Well: | haze got the
proper amount; but if pay You l shall no
longer have IT, but be banking in violation ol
the law. So you see, | can't do il, for which
I AIN very sorry We apprehend the restric.
ton Of issues prescribed by Mr. Stevens would
not be 50 Scrupulousy obeycd.
If We are 10 have a further issue Of green.
backs Bank notes should give way Tor them.
We cannot ca. our cake aud keep it. we can.
not have full paper currency of "groen.
backs" aud another OF Bank notes. Aud. since
one Or tho other must give way, wo prefer
that tho Nations debts should form the cur
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-10

II will be gratifying 10 many of orr readers
to learn that the New-York Yearly Meeting
Of ORTHODOXY Friends have taken up the case
of the contrabauds, or refugees from slavery,
now collected at various points within the
lines OF our armies, and some time since APP
pointed Committee 20 visit the several
dcpots of escaped slaves 20 inquire into their
condition and recommend such measures %
they should deem neces AIRY TO promote their
welfare. This Committee have just returned
from al extended trip to the South As far as
Norfolk, IN the course Of which they visited oil
the contraband dcpots, aud obtained mnch
valuable Information, which they are about to
embody in report. They had interviews
also with the President aud Secretary Of War.
who expressed the most cordial sympathy with
their Objects, and furnished them vita every
possible facility. The well known th)roughaes IS
and ds!nterestedness which chara sterIao the
philanthropc Efforts of the Friends are n
guaranty that the work which they have now
undertaken Will DO well nad wisely done.
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AID FOR THE SOLDIER.

4 An important meeting. called by the Woman
Central Association OF Relief Of this city. Is ,c
be held at the Academy Of Music tomorrow
/ Thursday evening. Why it Is that our sch
and wounded are not better cared for, is on
inquiry often made, but never yei satisfactorily
answered Whether the Government can OF
can not nifty discharge the duties Of this branch
OF service, il ia a very notorious fact that il
does not. With almost unlimited means at Il.
command and with an organization specially
created for the purpose, Tor some unexplained
reason there is an Immense amount Vi hu.
man suffering permitted to 60 uurclie'ed.
Not only is this the case whenever n great
battle is fought, and the wounded are often
left for hours upon the field without succor,
but in Hospitals, even unier the very eye. oi
helpless soldiers suffer for want of proper at-
tendance, aud tho comforts which their con.
dlton imperatiyey demands. Only three days
ago. ten or twelve thousand soldiers in tho So
called Conyalescent Camp al Alexandria were
found by casual visitors to be in condition
L" deplOrabe in the extreme" When the bat.
tie of An,.etam was fought, no provision IT il
assorted on good authority, was in readiness,
so far as the Government was concerned, for
an emergency which, according to oil
human calculation, was sure to occur,
and but for tie forcthought and
timely aid Of the Sanitary Commission.
whose agents Immediately covered the ground
with ambulances, beds, ! udages and all the
other appliances aud comforts needed for the
wounded soldiers, hundreds must have persisted
That battle alone cost the Commission many
thousands OF dollars. An organization Of cit
zens, directed by private energy and skill,
and supported BY private beneyoeuce attended
to the duty and did the work OF Department
of Government. Perhaps in the nature of
things this is inevitable, but whether II is or
not, it is the fact. This field oil Necessary
duty is come to be occupied by the Sanitary
Commission and on it, to the end Of the war,
viii deyolye the onerous duty ii has assumed
and which it has discharged so well.
II, therefore, our soldiers are TO be cased
for when helpless on the field OF battle or in
the hospitals, it is to be by the Sanitary Com
mission. 1t is in relation to this subject that
the meeting is called tomorrow night. AID.
dresses are to be made by gentlemen thoroughly
familiar with all the operations OF the Commits
sion who will explain their necessity, and how
and why they supply the lack Of efficiency on
the part OF the Government widespread and
excellent as that organization is, it needs 10 be
still more complete, that the popular bcnevo-
lence and interest in this subject may have an
intelligent and unerring direction.
Tickets for admission, which are given gra.
may be had at the several places
named in the advertisement under " Military
NOticesn
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GENERAL NEWS.

In the Senate yesterday, Secretary Stanton re-
Piled to an Inquiry that the War Department bad no
Information concerning colored freemen captured
f:om the Rebels and aiterward sold into Slavery.
bill was offered TO increase the bonds of the Super
intenjent of Printing Mr.. Halo introduced a bill
- abolish the grade Of medical officers in the army.
He understood that many Of these medical officers
could not speak Il word Of English but they put on
Slolldsr-s,sps, and went about exercising mill.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-10

The Rlue Boot; Or, Register Of o1iee's aiia
Agents. Civil. Military and Naval in tia service OIL
the United States. corrected to October, lSo@' show
no the rank and name Of each person elected or ap
poiuted 10 Office, .he State or country IN when no
VIVA born. aud tie compensation and condiments
allowed. giving also, The regular and yo'"n'ee,
force of the United States, and the name' force anu
condition Of all ships and vessels belonging 10 Tao
Navy. ,aken from official authorizes; together WIN
the census of 100, by States and Terri 'Tes COM
billed ~ J. Dismrnei, is abou. 10 be published oy
j. Ii. Colton Of this city.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-10

sick and wounded soldiers in the camps about
Washington with generous Christmas Dinner,
such as will assure our suffering brethren that
their country has not forgotten them but ap-
preciates their generous self-devotion. Con-
tributions may be addressed to her at 2S-
III. ST., Washington, ID. C..
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-10

HEEL AnRnALs.-Thc Hon. Dan1a' D. D0"'"'
son Bin shalnton; As Cen Lander and Si''' 'n'', ,,
ter Z the Secretary OF ,Le rfee'usyh in, AZ
-. p.u.anlf ,sa r. O scst. L. 5. \, are st l9'ns !"
9be Hon n. O. Mott Pike County Poi Oip s,Jh New
a, ,,t . mn Z 4 Iove,t PlnyFa sinu,,, ~
,,.,n. "A g. trsemsn Pals Deli hia. and W. ID
I.vil, aa AZ Ae - Nichols hutei ~ .,l Chsv,au
Van Vechea Albany ,ol y. !" W,,,ssAuses., Vol
,,ss,, Col James Strong snd ~he y, ne, i inuis
York Voumtssrs n. Il. scey, = :, w. N'-
keep,, axe a. the AHor House. ,,,, B,l.im,s.
s BskeS ana wife qroy Levi, u t,sis.y aai D.
MAJOR Walter 10 Pey,..L -. 49,. nST I,e ,T.
L5ri H. G.yeudlh tns.nt, I te C.tsal0s
am aud fenry Csitwlish.. PhlaleP'''' "'
Hol0l.
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eliminate charges So FAR they have de,,. !,
the r'ere't generaIh,e', and if Gen. Butler !.
such character as they represent him. ma.
thing would be easier than to furnish tue fact.
upon which they are based,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-10

Why do not the distinguished Democrat.
who dined and wined a notorious Lousis0.
traitor at the Secession headquarters in our
City furnish the press with soma acc,uu, az
their sayings and deings' What would In.
ex.M. G. who twas proud to welcome a ,;s
zen Of the Confederate States on n.r,,,,
ground" take for frA report of hi. spssch,
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-10

against the comet" as they are entreating the
negro preachers in their State to explain to
their several congregations that the Presldcnts
Proclamation of Freedom has no application to
Kentu cky, she being loyal State
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New2tork Daily Gribn,te
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1852.
To Advertisers.

TIE WEEKLY TRIBUNE has the largest circulation
Of sny newspaper in this country, If not IN tie world =
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Price ~ iue Advertisements for this weeks Issue must
IN. hau1ed IN tn.dAx.
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The Southern journ.s, together with The
Lomiou Times. Saturday Reriew, and New
York Journals OF similar proeliyitlea, TEEN vita
denuuciatioAa of Gen. Butler, whom they charge
with cye,y species Of tyranny and brutality
Is il not time that they gave their readers
specifications to support these vague aud iOdi''
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Snccinl Notice.

Subscribers to whom we sent notices weeks since
stating our hea terms for The TRIBUNE, cannot
now return the notices with The amount Of money
ten called for. The price OF The DAILY TRIBUNE
20 mail subscribe;sis EIGHT dollars.
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Navigation Closed on ,i.c Hudson.

We learn from Dr. j. X. Hsrdeubrook, who
came down the river from Waterford. Troy, and
Albany, yesterday morning. that the weather in
these parts has been intensely cold for the last thres
or four days and that the ice which formed in the
Hudson some nights ago is rapidly thickening. Tho
river opposite Waterford, and between Lsnsingbury
and Troy, has frozen over, AMI Is now aimOa; firm
enough for persons 10 on foot. At Waterford.
on Monday two brothers, Frank and Joseph Kelly,
aged respectively six and eight years started for
school but returning soon siier, looked about tho
house few minutes, then bidding their mother
"good by =" get of again Instead of going 70 school,
however, they went, in company with 4AoiieF lad,
10 the river 70 skate. When abou; bait way across
the ice broke and the three Were thrown into the
stream. By tie exerions Of s'me citizens, one Of
the boys was rescued, but the two brothers were
drowned. Several narrow escapes occurred at Troy
in consequence of persons ventu'ng upon tie ice.
The steamboat Vanderbilt, which .ef. Troy on
Sunday evening found the navigation 20 difficult, in
consequence OF the ice that size discharged her cargo
at Albany, ard preceded to tie little bay opposite,
to await an opportunity OF coming dO''n. Tho
Ncw-Worlj got aground a, Coeymans where II is
reported that she sustained seroas damage, breaking
her leans abatt the engine.
The Isaac Newton. which vert m on Saturday
night siili lies across the channel Az low tide, her
stern about foot out of water and all attempts to
move her from her present position have 80 far
proved abortiye. Several tugs have been seat 10
her assistance. Tie New-World Is safe in New
York. The water is exceedingly low, and only
very narrow channel is left open; tie Ice o. each
side j. about lou, inches ia thickness. Uuies, thsrs
should be a warm spoil, AMI heavy rain, which il
scarcely probable, ihe navi saticn Of the iIulsoa
may be considered suspended t5f tie Winter
The canal is closed for the season. anl IS pretty
well clear of boats. at Albany, owing 10 the sni-
den closing Of river nayi yaiion there crowds Ok
boats. These vessels contain
Wlelf... - ~ ""''7.'
toiu.... ....'...'''- -. II.
.''''.'''' !. a., $500
ey'''''''''''''''''S ''''''''.
Total .......... 7J4 800 bushels.
4 greater quua.ity OF gram than was ever en-
Dat,Oc here. .
In addition, there are large quaint ues o, h)ur;
beef, pork, lumber. slaves, &c. Also, meet OK
Rond0ut boats not included IN The utJoined ISL
and several vessels wlth lumber.
AT Troy. there are, We understand, apout sixty
hOats containing prOaucc.
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Mrs. Caleb b. Smith, wife of the Secretary
of the Interior, ia engaged in movement de-
signed to supply tue Twenty-Five thousand