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MILITARY NEWS.

The funeral Of Lieut.. Press, Of Co. y. aia Repi-
ment N. Y. 4. Volunteers, who Wa killed at the
head Il Ida company At tho battle Of West Point,
wi. take place OH Sunday afternoon FROM Marcus
Church, Sixth street. Tho deceased was formerly
q Sergeant In the Police Department, and resigned
10 Join the army. The superntcnd, Mt Of police has
irsued orders for the police % s,trnd his funeral
aud two Srrg~ants and tive nty five pstroimen from
each Precinct, are to make part Of the process
Tho line IL to be formed In Washington Square At
u NJ, AMI the procession will march through sth
street ~ Broadway, and down broadway TO the
South Ferry, then across - Brooklyn 10 Greenwood
Cemetery.
The French Consul aud family, and the officers
u che frigate D,llonc, visited tho Navy Yard yes
trrday The party WAS received by Commodore
Pandng and es,o r'ed on board the Sabine, where
. fine entertainment was provided for thcm.
The steam fignte Roanoke Ia being iron clad with
+-inch iron plates This weasel cost S50o, 900 befor,
she leh the Navy Yard. Aaers few months ser
vice she was repaired at cost of $500, 900 On sn
other cruise size hrot. down, sul II toot $40 200 T."
aake her whole. when her plating is finish, 4,
her armament on board, and everything 10 rirlts,
abe viii have consumed almost million OF dollars
Tie MiG'i~rpi \ 'illn scarcely cost as much. AMI
they took New Orleans, While the II. ,nyLo never
Ierfurm.d.
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MIR. Weeds Letters from Europe.


Nlncty-two years ago, . rich miscr named Ty-
laer, lived and died In ths city. His passion for
boarding grew with his years, and became finally
intensified. His only sustensnce, for two or three
years before hc died. ~ns pint Of milk. with q
piece of dry bread, daily. by . law OF the city,
milk iurchased for servants, aud taken in from the
back door. was in larger measure than tha, used
for the rich. Tylaer, therefore, purchased half .
pint at the 'front.' and the same quantity A tho back
door. lie bad teen twice married, but had lost his
wives, and ntvcr had children. lie lived alone.
But the great day Of settlement finally came to
him, as II comes TO all. In his will the estate wss
tied for an hundred years. In amount, computed
by weight II was equal to sISrr'.srvEN t9I! TONS
IN GOLD His executors were instructed, 10 expe nd
tho interest In erecting suitable buildings for
aged aud INDECENT females OF good repute, and In
die establishment and maintenance Of = philoroph.
cal and scientific institution, for the instruction Of
youth and the benefit Of all classts
The homes OF the old women most comfort
able Ones and their inmates are as cory and happy,
~ neat aud cheerful ns they could lie II they were
As rich as the miser " lao endowed them.
Several attempts have been msds by the heirs TO
break tho will, but without success, and in years
more the century will expire, oil are now waiting
wi h provcrbiai Dutch pateuce. The heirs mum
her some 100, for each of whom when the dstribu-
ton IL made, there will be between thirty and forty
Thousand dollars
We drove out this morning TO the Palace occu-
pied, half century ago, hy the then King 81 Hol-
land, Father Of the present Emperor Of France. II
was present " Napoleon tho First from Mr.. Hope,
the Banker
Another great feature OF IIarlaem s It's reclaimed
| lnnds-lands first dyked round aud then pumped
out. over 10000 acres were thus rescued from ths
sea, aud are now productive and valuable.
Wind mills, TOO, are one OF tho Institutions Of
Holland You sce them, in almost countcsss nuta-
bcrs, wherever the eye wsndera rests. They nre
employed Ia raising water, saving timber, grind
ing grain, Sc,
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Gen. Ilniicck's Strategy,

A correspondent Of the Cincinnati GAZETTE,
May IL gives tho following sccount of General
Hsccks military operations before Corinthi
When tho battle viii come now, iii come at all.
is Just hs uncertain us ever. Three hours easy
marching Will throw the most remote OF our troops
under the cnemy's forthcat ors Give the word
March and the deed rs done. stu, tits pretty GER
tam some tInss will be done frst. Our whole front
line, running from Popes On the leit t. Thomas ON
tho rlght, rests ON or near swamp, which forms
perfect line Of defense. The swamp is barely pen
etrsble 10y skirmishers snd utterly impossible 70
artillery or large bodies of infantry. H. some
strange oversight the rebels have Permitted our
skirinishers and p kc,s to gain possession Of the
high grounds extending along the other side of the
swamp, and thus we have had opportunity % con-
sr,ct bridges through al leisure. One part OF the
line will not croes this swamp till all three armies
are prepared 10 do 1t simultaneously. When that
may be, Of course, depends on the Commandius
General. The moment We advance beyond IT,
port on, Mt least, Of the line under the guns
OF tho enemy and II 10 hardly probable that We will
then fail 10 move with more sridity.
Meantime Gen. Hs'leck E reported TO have said
that he confidently expects to take Cor.nth without
losing over . hundred and fifty men. Evident
y lie Is not waiting merely for All opportunity
for battle. Ths, he could have had any time with
In tie past week. lie wants 20 do something moro
than merely defeat Beauregsrd, or allow him To
evacusts and sip away farther into the Gulf States.
Before him lies, OF Ia still supposed TO ie the only
rebel army OF any magnitude in tie Mlssssipri
Valley, west OF the sea aboard of the seeded
States. In short. they have swarmed here, and the
General proposes 10 hive them.
The capture OF all entire army OF hundred
thousand men. is an enterprise " some pith and
moment. Day by day 1t becomes evident that the
General and the Assistant Secretary Of War, twho
10 personally representing the War Once on the
ground,l have set before them no mcAner object
We may well, therefore, afford to wait II success
o. brilliant as the clearing Of the Mississippi Valley
and the Gulf States OF rebel sru!es, sAai crown our
tedious delays,
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IIOu,e nfI,rprrsnniniiKcs.

The House resumed the consideration Of the Con-
fscatou bii.s.
M. shcmr'd tR, I.y argued that the frst bill WAS
In 'fcrt = hill oi attnd' ~, aut ii took property
without due process OF law. The second blll was
for tie emancipation Of tie slaves
Mr., SsdLvick ~ Y, argued in favor of the
flil'st exercise Of tire wpr power, ly which ovrry-
ti'ug tlst s'auis in the way of a -poeiy aud honor.
able p"acc may he oyerthrown. lie advocated that
II the q ny Of military ar naval commanders 70
Issue proc ainBt ons inviting s loyal men, mem ug
Lacks, h. enter tie service, lsn reward for which
Lo would give them and their lescenhants irecdum.
touly would lie employ to slaves of rebels, but
80 those Of loyal men, giving t. tie latter COM
ICl'ton lov their services, all on h he did ult he-
lieve there was .oyal sagaAnller IN the country.
Mr. Maynard did uo, believe the constitution WAS
sl.e.d to project rebc.d and traitors. lie would
use It spear to str kC them i,vn hCucvCT tey
isi an opportunity lie d"lbtd tie power OF Con-
srcss to lass the cohhs alton oils now PENDING
even II they POSSESSED tins pow,r, II would be- uu-
wis, snl improfer t. exercise 1t. When the gentle
man q dgwicsl soil 'tAore were 20 !oya. slave
hVdcrs," he did not speak yith knowledge. n tho
gentleman b ID seen ~ Le tNpyuHrl y hal, Old men,
who believed It was right 10 hold this description #
property, ttstn nom their homes, thlOwn into
prison, and kept there under circumstances Of the
crcatest persona outrage, and then sent further
South there b. linger aud die, because they would
Mt take the oath ot a.log nice T. tie T. led,rate
States, II the ~ cmnn gwieky hnd s,cu n. 80
thinga, lie tM,yaGl! was sure tho gentleman would
recall lis cXir #OAs Slavery was not the eau 20
Of the reLc.iou, Lor was tho agitation the
question. It was seized upon as a pretext
II the rebels lad not adopted tlis they would
have seized upon the col fisheries and
the nav cation laws. Mr.. MayIgrd then di-
rectcd attehtou e. a paragraph from the Louisville
JpuRSAL showing Il at stringent measures should
bc adopted for the punishment Of the rebels, snd
inviting tie attention Of tie Rel re..utatye fro,n
that district to the subject
Mr. Mallory tKy,l said tie paragraph iid not re-
commend confscatOn, but evidently meant trying
The rebes ns traitors lie was in favor Of ii is, and
II found guilty would hang them
Mr., Maynard, In conclusion, offered a substitute
proposing T. punish by fine and imprisonment ali
persons found guilty OF giving aid and couiort 10
the enemy, etc.
RyEsIsG SESSION.
Mr.. Loorns tConn.! advocated confscatlon, II
WAS our duty and right TO free the slaves of every
rebel. wv
MI. Arnold tIll.) maintained that kindness 10 the
~'7Nr""" and crv's.dice I, ,lsaw of t.liIat,o,'
= -,lll4, slA styoyy nae. bs eGteru!.
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A Sequel 20 Descriion.

OUR readers will remember the alleged doser-
tion, some time since Of one Of the Ship Island
correspondent, of THr SuY, nlmcl T. +. VAN
BhS7nrYsrN, and Of tho strong doubts which
exi.tca as 20 its being calc Of 1csiiion, on ec-
count of the great sa'gicNs which lie previously
made In Tennessee md elsewhere on behalf Of
the Union cause. The lollown, ia an interest
ing sequel to the affair, as related by u New Or
leans correspondent;
Nearly tlree mouths sgo three members or ~.
Massachusetts, Rifle Rangers lisnpp ,,tcl suldrnIv
fdu s.ip. h'ond, and were hc..c,sd to hayo d.
TG5 uy1. 4,D'' ', EAN =, ,L,,SrrAs,S , u ny.
IN % ' uni HS wy c,tnEy wv VIZ w,a . as fIGac .et .
rNel At Nov D.leaus, NAN BrsntYaf;t was lsken
from iLc prison ly detail Of rebel so,i.ori,
ane al st Ne lave lotu uiaho e. learn his
lite. There is n story that ho was huuA;
unt IN u"eatgstlon int tho matter has spts-
Fed o., 'Ncr' that be las been ts.cu N to souo
camp a.. th' ut. tiur. IiurrrH and CLWTogD were
released from tie lnil y.st'rlay rIiuY. and inn
mr.ln,ely report,d at headquarters. Thcy state
tlNt they were driircd from ship leland ssi.-
+pr CITY, entirely against tier will and thai they
were obliged 10 surrender them cycs Us Jrisuue
oi "ar. Con. LoyrLL rross-cNgmIu'd them c'uaoiy
aud tiet hhrd TO learn tie condition of Ship
Island. lie oiiercd them Inducements 10 cut TIE
rcHcl htwy bat u."y persihteAty refused, and
Therefore tI'? were led ia durance vile. They do
not complain much ~ their trcstmeut They were
kept ou shout rtons Of poor quality, but were not
subject e. .us4it.
Notwithstanding the above, subsequent cir
cun!slances, which have come to our knowledge,
induce belief that Van BtNrnul SEN, who is
a nephew of Jrrf. DAVIS, and a man of much
intelligence and considerable ability, but unfor-
tunately lacking in moral stability, dil desert
and has since applied 10 JEFF. DAVIS for a re-
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NEWS ITEMS

PRENTICE fays FlOyds only claim to bo con-
sldered patriot rests on he Lot that his nose is
red, his Liver white, snl himself blue
OVER 800 vessels, it il estimated will sail for
Splthcrn ports about tie lst q June, 200 OF which
will carry ice.
TnE opinion is gaining ground at Washington
that TIE reht viii not give Lalte before RyAIuOud,
bat w!il eyacIstc.
THE LOuisyille FXrRrss Il the title of new
Union paper issued from the office OF the definct
seceah CougIfR.
TIE attempt to raise a regiment Of North Ca
rolinisns II stl progressing IN thu, state, but re-
cruits one in slowly
TIM man whJ anncxes "JUt" TO his Union-
isrn VIII soon rud himself the rump OF the Rebel
psrty.-NdSh0itie lSIos.
DrRISG the past year, the Catholics Of the
United States have dedicated 90 churches, many of
them very costly and magnificent
IuE leading bank in Norfolk, Va, refuses to
receive Confederate treasury notes deposit, In
payment OF maturing notes Its example il likely
u be generally followed.
THE exchange Of Col. Wood, of the Brooklyn
Fourteenth gimcnL Will be effected by General
wool at once, aud tus give him all opportunity 10
JJ.n his regiret sAd see active service again,
THr announcement Of Gcn. Sigel's arrival at
Gen. Halt, KS amp was premature lilo passed
through Cincinnati, however on Wednesday to ioin
II in time for the coiuing Laue.
Mr.. TIURLow WEED, in a recent letter.
stated that he would leave Ensiand for tie United
States by the Persia, which vas ~ sail on tho cath
instant.
AT late Interview between General Butler
sNa the fore C1ns'ila al New Orleans, such rep
rraru ta.oua ust,e "' his Intentions towards
ia 81 hysGta & .aCa ~. {, g,.4-...=.
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LOCAL NEWS.

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'' ~, ''' '"' i'''"l" vi N''"'f"' az an OPP rN-
my '' nNI '''o' pHhtnt' 49, Ia d'n'ird. ltee
VIII '' ''''h Al t'' 'A''' w. b''adF"y 81 the
'e"l'nn "t y" mp " 'Ht'tf.
'Nf'rN RACE came oil yeSicriay IA the
@it.ru'on on ftD..u Course, between Loiy Eu.
mr." ed Jan," lyuoh," Jut,' and "N,uhi"
y H." ioI II pure oi 500, two miles aud t,lept,
TO barnes. t~Ni ntnt'y ~'n hy lady Enm','
IN b'l - h42' C'rSd ra"le each oh4i .-i ual IA.
CoNhilioS or MAJOR NArGous.-Our re-
porter P'd v''t T. M'J"r W'tr'Is, 90 lucc
street, L night y ho WA sh.l on Ti'srsIay c,'L-
X ~ his former partner James Corsou. Tie
wounded r'n ~ ID h''" ''h'r' hnt his p'y" Inns
have n' H. p'"' h'' recovery arp ir' from al
we can l'AIh' tM t' h.'F ls ".''t' Il t" have hr'i
lict int recourse Ia Mis-. cor'on, who's hus-
''"' '' t''''i'i " he f'' 'l-'i - A"hNs' W.T.
ro'S '''i to be bH1 'y i' I.ut t. C'Ia'n-s.Yc- "a
'''"''i''' "' ""'''' '''"""' TRENDS IN t. IN say
M th't L' served WH'r'n" rit't C'r-'n wssstill
~ "r "'' "''''' W" val l''"'oi! give himself
Up ""'n ''"'' ''l' '""
Iiir PAnE l!o7PrrAL,--lO0 conyalcsccnt SOL
lioru were yesterday snt H. the.r homes-ohiefy 8
IN this s'lte, from tbs Losl tal. which ID ufcd rs
.cUcral rtct.vu,,r lrtriiutius hosp tai, for rick
anl wounIcd soldiers arriving In tbs city. 1le
more severe cases ere i'u, = tao City HpspIta'
tho hospital "'tIpAHl'd hy tha Women's Relief As.
so'Htpn IN oIst street, and other hosp p'ils IN
the city. In cases where tAo incu nre ale 10
return lone t1ty sIo iuIniBhed with furlougLs AMI
railroad passes 10 their destination, and
IN some cases, vth small sums Of money
from fund fnnlhed ~ private charity.
There we're last night 200 men still remsining
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NUMBER 93l9.


Washington, Mdy 23.-Tho iatcs; adviccs re-
ceivci at the Wal Department are as fcllowsi
OR army las been within four miles Of Cornth
f,r several days, diminishing. The enemy do NOT
seem inclined TO make an attack.
A. Is quiet in the Departments o. Generals FRI
mont, Banks and N,Dowtn.
No dispatches have been received from TIA vi
ciniiy Of Richmond siacc yesterday. Nc Engage
ment had then taken place.
The latest ndvices from the army Of the Potomac
state that Gen. Mcclellan had crossed tie Clieka-
homlny al D1ttom's Bridge, and that his headlusr-
ters are near New Bridge. Preparations for an
attack are being made.
The rebeln made dash At Gen. Banks line near
Front Roys this Afternoon, and an attempt to burn
the railroad bridge recently rebuilt by the Federal
forces over the Shenandoah. The particulars are
not yet ascertained.
A steamer arrived at Cairo today nom the notilla
An officer on board reports that ,hs rebels gave
striking proof On "Wednesday Of their presence, by
firing into steam tug sent down on q reconnoiter-
Ing e1pediiIon. but IL Is supposed they ia small
force. The rebel fleet had disapneArl.
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Congressional Proceedings.
XxXvIIth CONGRHss---tsenst
First Session.

Washington, May 23.--Mr. Sumner (Mas.)
called npthe resolution ineirnctlng the judiciary
Coniutteo 10 inquire wi further ls !ssion IL me-
crssuy t. protect lr property AMI p'rs1us ot those
Of Ali!r1u l,sc,ut from " ~ tlpt QUA. SECURE,
IL sHil I.t al had l.'H I'll, oked .at's hS tie at
trnps O' tie tleve-hultrrs h. carry - huW' be-
uJ, into el,yarr from tie CAPITAL. Tie uyYis iuS
Tor th' return ,ftg tiyes in tie CONT .p'i.n end
I'm the inW Of 1852 ,sy uoun, about the DiHtr.ct OF
Columbia It pil. E-aqiutiun adopted.
NJ Fos,rr Conn! intr'in-rn h iiil Toy a general
renGlutt,.t Il torrtd the Judi iary mmittre
n Wilson Mfsll fom tie NJ u.taty Ipiujn.lksc.
rclo,.cd tie i.'i pncndHtory Of II" at .n6io6srb
LtMItary L mi .shlno't. lie bll prTy''ti .Gt
stlG ets s-s III nt sent 10 ~ senate ior coufrma
{ II, It WAS lassed. The tx bin was then taken
up.
An amendment yeluc'rt the tax On itnr candy
aud couitctonery to oUe cont per = ui, was
ayr,ld 10. In tlr cOunc of the debate, VI Fcs-
suuden stated that II WAS shown bo!pre thu Com
tl,e t.t over 20, coo, COO po r'g Of confectionery
per RIr'un vAB made in tie init,d Sili"a.
The amendment iH.suy tho tax on uHuufactured
lsc,o, from 10 10 20 c,t' per pound on suiI'f,
lgc.ug from s0 g. 20 cents poi pound and On
,i.e, rHsiug about twenty per cent, was sdoI I'D.
fle amendment striking out tue tax 90 hropma,
vuoiou ware, hatH, caps, lOunoiH, hoop skirts,
ady made clothing, LatIye vile and tIrs, was
adYit,l.
Adl.ancI, having reached the soyen,y-aith sec.
ti,,lI nj tie hill
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Bo'ton, May 23,--The reception of Parson
,h'0"n.n" ~ , uns t!ening was OF most enthusiastic
Character. The Music Hall was crowded II. wa.
lhuodueed by Governor Andrew, who remarked
that never since the beginning of our national exist
ehI', AM ol democratic and Cous,iuIorA liberty
had the people Of Massachusetts been without a
full participation in the sacrifices occasoned by the
war Yet 1t had fallen TO the lot of the Union men
and woman q the South, 10 bear In their persons
present trsitorous and rebeilious warfare against
The Government.
The address Of Parson Brownlow was subs.sn.
italy snSt delivered in other cities, ard msny -
~ pi' p, 81 alt'n" oss"Hrr7 We ~ elYli With pr,
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The Rev. DIR. Brcckinridgc's Great Union
speech.
4 ~ .lns. L. al. H.. Il.


inridse Of Kentucky, delivered a speech tcs lsrre
audience IN C.ncinnn,, tie state of Tie country
lie loldly grapplcd with the errors Of secession,
and trk Tie ground that the seeded atates can
only back intotle Union rs ,eriiorics and be
restored on terms ditt,d by tho rest of the states
II, declared that it would I've better for this cuun
try terrible the calamiiy would I've, aud incol,u
lshe as the misery would bel believe, sud
he. it would lie better for Gods purpose upon cnrth
Il believe it would be incorarably better for tho
human race. for all that is gained by us, that We
should 60 back to Plymouth Rock aud Jamestown
so tie infancy Of our country than to let this ntro
cious and alominatlc st,empt to subvcrt the gov
crnment succeed. lie denounced the fatal attempt
Of conciliatlng those who have placed Themselves in
armed opposition 10 the country aud said that IL
was nothing but the proximity Of Kentucky to the
frse States that preserved II 10 the Union On this
point he related some occurrences now first given
to history. Tho question was fatty asked hv ten.
Boyle, of the army, then private citizen Of Ken
thcky-"will You have 12,o0d men ready the mo.
men' we ask f'r thcmi" I, was fa,y asked OF the
Gouethors Of Ohio, Indiana md Illinois, and the re-
Ply WAS they would sustain them. and ] suppose
may add, that NJ Lincoln was tcl,grarhcd t.,
nskiW whether lie would assist them, and hc said.
with his whole power" Mr.. Boyle telcsraphed
to Governor Dsnnison for ten thousand men nj
call. lie replied, "you can have them" iie s'so
asked for ven thousand from Indiana and
Illinois, and received the same reply. And
this was the salvation ~ Kentucky. The
Sc, cded states were bought into the Coufcdcrscy
hy money. and the movement was accomplished
with insolencc and blood. There could lie no doubt
OF the ability Of the American people ~ accomplish
wh,s they had undertaken TO do, and restore the
nation "a it, int gritty. There was still majority
of four millions of loyal people In the rebo
States, AMI with tho aid Of twenty mi lions II
Nortlcrs they would restore uic t'nion. The cx
pertinent is now being tried In Tcnncssce. II IL
not a question ~ arms, It was work " time, and
a hundred ycars ia tho history of nation was
hnt NJ an hour ar compared with the lifs of
an individual. Commencing with the Monitor, wc
can start anew side ~ aide with the naval pow
crs Of Europe, and standing on the centre Of the
earth, between two oceans, va can dictate e. the
world. NJ such glorious future was before
presented t"ary nation. We must not stand ly In
cold neutrality, and help the men who connpirc for
the ruin ~ their country. The work must he done,
the country must be preserved. snd every man
counting his HE hut M dros. should fight In this
great cause, s he hopes to transmit AL unsulliod
name TO h.s children aud ascend high to tho
right hand of the majesty Of God.
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Cairo, Nay 23.-The tug sen, down from the
feet u reconnoisre was Aired on from Fort Pillow
yesterday evening. subsequcn, deinonstrsti ons by
the rebcls indicate that they still occupy the place.
LArka
Chicago, Nay ?3.--A special " the TRiBvSx, from
the let the 22, states that At O'Clock yesterday
two mortsrs opened on ,he fort, which was kept UP
at intervals Of i've minutes until Ia the evening.
The firing returned three or four times 10y guns
FROM the rebels, either from tie fortacations or
from, their mortar boats, thor shells bursting wide
Of the mark, and doing no damage
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lteunn from WashInx,or

WdsHIr0FoN W0I q. 1t has hccn ascort ain
OF the Government from April lsdi, to the presrnt
time, have not averaged fL000,0JO per day. This
may be considered rchitaticn OF the exaggerated
reports upon the subject
Secretary Chase has issued instructions ~ the
Collectors OF CustoiGs stating that articles con-
trabsnd Of war will hc permitted 10 enter any Of the
Gently modified aud directing them I, refuse clear
ahcrs W vessels bound for any Of those ports with
such articles GA board. lie tLeu specifies contra.
band articles