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Contrabands Learning to Read.
4 novel and somewhat amusing picture Is
huIg in the window Of the American Sunday
school Unions Depository. It is entitled
It Teaching the Contrabands.h The cut rep
rescnts about twenty negroes, Of all sizes,
ages, and looks imaginable, huddled together
before soldier, WHO is pointing with his
sword to some characters on tablet suspend
cd from one Of the Pal1ncttos. On examina-
ton wc find on this. printed in large charac-
ters the words God. earth, created, in,
beginning, and, the, God, heaven, in. the, be-
ginning" and at tie bottom they are arranged
In the Sentence: "ln the beginning God Gre
atcd the heaven and the Garth" The whole
is an illustration Of teaching By the q Word
Method I system not entirely new, on which
is constructed The plan is to teach zco1ds in
stead Of letters. It proceeds on the theory
that the dull drill to which every Child is sub
| jccted III committing to memory tTeney-six
| marks, called letters, in which lie sees no con-
| 1ection one With the other, nor with the Ian
elementary Instruction become delight in-
stead Of drudge. So thought Miss Edge
worth in her day, and SO think many Of our
| most experienced instructors now.
| But whatever value this method may pss-
scss in tie case Of children, it seems almost
Invaluable for teaching adults, aud especially
cur Il nativual freedmen" Of whom thousands
| art now within our reach. The plan WAS tried
few days since in Washington, and the e1,
perimepter writes:
= I have been greatly interested in our FIRST
efforts to teach the negroes to read bT tat
word method We spent an hour yesterday
in room in the old capitol, where the pris
ouers arc held, and where the contra5ands
copgregate- Imagine about asxty men and ter
women huddled in 4 room not much larger
than your dinirg-room, Of all sizes, but chiefly
sta,wert men Of various SHADES Of color, ant
Of considerable intelligence, all from the lant
I of Dixie; Dr.. - and myself Oh one sld'
Of the room, with fye OF six white folk Il
look on, and the card TOR taolet) pinned u
against the wall, with the first verse in tn
Bible. After singing hym2, and = prayer b:
DR.. -, he commenced the Instruction
and within thirty Minutes one-half Of the slzt
| conld read the verse, to their great delight
! This method Is il use among the negroes =
Beaufort.
We expect soon to hear OF many dou1ishiln5
Sabbath schools among the contrah7nds
Our h:aYe soldiers viii net IS teachers, IN
| will cooperate in every Wy with the SundA
school missionary. God speed the work!
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Last Moments Of Albert Sydney IoIlu-
sion.

sion.
The following i from tho diary, published
IN the Natehez Courier, of Maj. D. II. Hayden,
one Of Gen. Jonston's aids, giving an account
Of his death ou the field Of Shiloh:
Gen Johnston, elatcd with the entire suc-
cess Of the whole day, took the position be-
fore the brigades of Kowen aud BreckInridge,
ard gave the order, " fix bayonets." The last
moment saw him, before bis fall, he was ha-
sapguing his troops. The charge was made
with shout, and the enemy fed IN confusion.
l WINS by the side Of Bo@cn, and the mimic
balls few go close that they clipped lis hair.
s'n1ted to the right to see what had become
OF Chalmers, when met Capt O'Hra, who
announced that Gen Johnston was wounded
We followed hin down into the ravine, where
VIC found him reclining in the lap Of Gov. Har-
ris, who had gently lifted him from his horse.
was told that The only and LAST words he ever
s1uIc were, some moments after he Was shot,
sst;eyernor, I believe atn seriously would
| vd" Preston. in an agony of grief, threw his
! a111s around him, and called aloud mud asked
| II he knew him. I caught hold Of his hand
aud saw that he was still breathing. We ad-
| ministered . little stimuIaut, but he was to-
tally unconscious, and quietly brca,hed his
last at ESQ.
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W Mayor Opdyke Of New York. has ve-
toed the resolution passed by the Common
Council of thas city, rendering public recep-
ton to Thur1ow Weed. Some Of the pspers
are severe upon the Mayor for allowing his
private hates to control his public action IN
this case.
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u44E LOTTERY CONSTITUTION
One niece of viliainy in the proposed
constitution has been most sngularly over
looked. It is thai in regard to lotteries,
which are perenptorily forbidden By the
1ncscnt constitution. Sec s. Of Art 8 Of
the constitution declares that: "The Gen
ueral Assembly shall have no poner to
tt authorize lotteries for any purpose so7sat-
tsercr. and shat pass 2aus to pro-
aAi1;1 the sale Of lottery tickets in this
nStdte"
The makers Of the new constitution
hare suppressed this wise and highly neces
sary provision IN theu ll-begotten bantling.
They have stricken out the section prol,ib-
iting the sale Of lottery tickets, and opened
The doors wide for the establishment Of
The cursed nuisance IN our State # the
new constitution is adopted, Illinois will
be dotted over, as with the smallpox, with
lottery swindling shops to corrupt the
morals and rob the pockets Of our young
men, and it will make Illinois the
p!under ground for blacklegs from
Eastern cities who will reap profitable
harvest in the Prairie State Here they
Rill ply their Internal trade without let OF
hindrance and fleece the foolish and TN
va1y at pleasure. No form Of gambling Is
50 dishonest OF lenoralizing, People are
dazzled with the prospect Of drawing mag
niticenttortunes, and are tempted into vast
ipgthei1 hard earnings in the purchase o
tickets.
The mails will be loaded down with cir
culars and papers extolling the "gran
schemes to be drawn, and every wall wi
be decorated By glowing show bills settin
forth the splendid fortunes that may b
had for q few dollars invested in tickets.
Are our citizens willing to turn the stat
over to the gamblers, to be plucked al
plundered? Are they tired of the prov
sion in the present constitution that saw
tens Of thousands from ruin? All the 9th
States have suppressed the sale Of lotto
tickets. Is Illinois to be made an exec
lion? How can any man callirg hims
a moral, upright citizen vote for cons
tuition that opens the State to the lotto
gamblers Of the whole continent?
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With the harbaris1n, is the motto Of the boys
in thetield. Down with the barbarism
shculd be the cry Of every loyal man in
a]a E.ofo
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The Washington correspondent Of the Phi1a-
delphia Press says the people will be delighted
to hear that Col Corcoran and his brave Iel-
1ow-prisoners Will be released Immediately by
tie rebel government, and that fair exchange
will be made for the priyateersmen. The lat
Ter will be taken to City Point to-day, under
q tlag Of truce.
Gen. Bcauregard stands before the
world e convicted braggart, if not poltroon.
&c claimed Z great victory" st Shiloh,
aud promised his men to wipe out "the
Northern lireljng horde,'' and expel them
from the valley Of tho Mississippi, within s
lTief period. His ability and courage to do
the work he promised is manifest in his hce-
ing like Floyd from Corinth at the close
approximation Of our forces. He called upon
his friends to assist him in ssdriving the il
Faders from our homcs,n aud then is chased
lkc dog by the enemy he proposed to ami
hiiate. Alas, poor Beauregard, what a flte is
tline9
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tNS@aG% @1N - ~ P = ~
filing, while the four
circles indicate the po-
eition Of the Chatterlon
compound, and the dots
the several wires Of cop
per and iron, the latter
forming the outer ring.
In the old Atlantic
cable,'' tays Mr. Field,
"the copper conducting
wire weighed but W lbs.
to the mile. in the new
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! ard that our recognition by foreign powcrs
! wouId be considered :: clsuS be9h had been
falsiiied by subsequent declaration Of AF.
Lincoln that he could not catrf on two Wars
| ut tine, and tllat if her Maiesty's govern
mcpt had been ucce essible 10 such fears it would
| not have reanneXed St Domingo to the crown,
| and taken lead in tue Mexican expedition:
| tbat those measures had created il t1c North
/ deep feeling Of hostility asalost Spain, aud
| trat willie the recognition of our government
would Tot involve this country in var, no de-
lay N,.uld diminish the intensity of that feel
! icg. HeEaid he had no fear from tla: quarter,
and wsrc fully prepared for anE emergency, as
they bad done NO act which was not in strict
conformity With the law Of nations. After he
had explained to ne the circumstances which
led to The annexation Of St. Domingo aud the
object Of the Mexic1n expedition, I handed
him prin! I'd list, sent to me- By Mr.. Helm, Of
the vessels which had entered the ports of
Cu1a sitter breaking the blockade, and Of those
which left Cuba and entered Southern ports,
and e1atsd to him the blockade Was surely in
eff Give, both from the uulnb-r Of vessels
which bsd violated It, and from the fact that
1t was blockade maintained by crulsers, and
not hS ships Of var permanently stationed st
the mouth of Southern rivers and hsrbors.
He said differences Of opinion might be enteE-
taintd as to its effectiveness but this was
one Of those questions in which one nation
could not act alone; and IS England and
Frauce agreed in opinion that the blockade
could not be considered Ineffective, Spain
would not differ from them.
Before taking leave handed to Mr. Col
lantecs copy Of the communication TO Elr
. Russell, ard bis answer, which had been pub
lished in the parliamentary papers, and also :
: COPY Of nv Instructions, for which he va
thankful. BE expressed the hope that VI
:. might have frequent conversations toge:he;
I ard appeared anxius to obtain correct iufor
/ nation through southern sources. He wa
0 astenished that our government had not pro
: yided meare for transmitting that informs
I tion, and requested me, when I received az
;. that was important, to impsrt 1t to him. Thi
is the subsistence of ,Fha: may be considered q
some importance IN a long and cordial intel
= view. I infer from 1t that this goyernmeI
a viii not act seperate from England an
>. France. Owing to the enormous pEspazs
= tions made By tbe North to suoojuggate us.
/ believe that nothing is now to be expecte
n from my of them until the Northern govern
Le nent is ready to treat with Us aa an indepel
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miscellaneous.

TUE French Government Ia said to have con-
Cludcd contract with company for postal
communication with Mexico Screw steamers
arc to make one passage per month.
TIIE army Of the Potomac must fight now in
stead of write, AN order having leen issued pro-
hihiiing them from sending letters to their
tai, nds.
IilE statistics Of tho War Department show
that tho great majority OF our soldiers is COM
puscl Ot American born citizens though there
are whole hrlsades and regiments Ui German and
liish birth
TIIE Kentucky Legislature has passed law
ngaiust the Knights Of tho Golden Circle, ma
king II criminal oilrEeo to hclouy 10 that body
punishable with imprisonment from one to five
years.
Ar n large Union meeting at FarfaN Court
House, Va, on SATURDAY, resolutions were
passed returning thanks 10 President Lincoln
and Secretary Seward, for their able manage
mcnt Of our domestic ani foreign affairs.
A "CIEERY" Nashville correspondent writes.
Nashville is better thank you. Nearly
every store in town Is open, Tho streets rattle
with ycLi,lus, hun with human voices and shine
and sparkle with female faces. You would he
drlIs shtcd with the dovoTum Of our soldiers. Nary
lracHs yet. All glidcs on without tumult or
| friction. The true and loyal steadily multiply.
| The working men, especially, talking right out
| IN meotinG, on the g"ose. Even the seeosh arc
| growing philosophical.
| A PoHT RoYAL correspondent gives an nc-
| count ot the alleged disgrtcrl,l conduct of Col.
| Whiuvlr Of the 4th New hampshire, who ac-
| cumpiuiri his command an expedition Ia
Jackson, lie, Fla. On the evening Ot his arrival
At that place he was plaCud in command to pre-
| serve order, but IL il iaid. got drunk and noisy
| al his quarters; puradcd the streets at night
with u negro woman on his arm, and made
| drunken speeches to his man till daylight. An
| order Was Issued for hJ arrest in o9us qucnce Of
| 4 memorial hy the officers Of the regiment, but
| he succcrdcd in pcr,uudng them 10 Withdraw
! thrir complaint, AMI got ihe order revoked, 80
| tltt he sill retains hls command to tho great
| disgrace ul the sor ~lce.
A CoRREsroSpENr from, General HoOker's
| Division, says that large quantities. Of fresh
meat aud flour were found ~ the lie. srtcl Rebel
camp at the battery, ncaI Shppmg Point, on
NJ, Potomac, Spades, axes Hni articles OF
| clothing WERE iyiug rouTd as II they had been
! abandoned In great haste. Al the batteries
guns Wofs found in position. Exploring tho
| magazines, II was i,,,pd thal the RrbDls hsd set
| ,rap. f!r us, IRON each 'lOqr ran q cord 10 an
| upri1Li pin, uphugl-Ng shelf which in turn
! .upIv@,l hr4yy she'll, lgil trau.ycr-cly To-
! fll ali explode four Other shells set ON end,
whoa we rlvh,d open 'hs door D"achul
thsra oopE, great quantities were found, whirl
" a us trr, l,lrrred 10 the gunhOals, In thick
~ acar u tatt"ry, puc huudrrd and sixty she'll
S.rc i"lld concealed IN hole, covered ly I
pile of brush.
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NUMBER 9267.
THE NEW YORK SUN.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH IS, 1852.


We know Of smart sewers that earn a ceni-dnd-
r.idif for making (ly hand a pair Of soldiers
pants, Of course for patriotic contractor and
some Of them manage to earn twelve cents a
lay, anil some as high IS thirty. Our lssisla-
,ares make laws forbijlins mil-owncrs to work
their operatives more than ten hours day, but
what 10 they arc about helpless females, girls,
on whom whole families are Icpcr ling, whether
scoundrclly contractors compel them TO take a
lime day or dollar1 Ih.re are no cote
to le got, for this side Jr that, In the case of the
poor sewing girls, AMI so they are lcl at the
mercy Of these plunlering ta'k-masters. The
statute ought to step in and put this great
wronE right; there are Car too many gricis and
sorrows growing out of it, on all .idos Of US to
hc allowed TO caukcr the social state any longer.
True, the employer doii he LEFT free to make
the best bargain, for help that hc can; but this
should not be permitted to pass a certain estab-
lishcd limit, below which it becomes eNtoriion
and tyranny Of the wickcIcst form known.
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We make no complaint--the statement should
he suili, Of itself. For instance three mills
tax on every pound Of Papcr-iiyc per cont. on
,lycrtl,emcnts-th stamp tax on tclcsraphic
dcspatchcs--and, as a final sorser,a tax Of three
per cent. on the grand total Of value, - in The
case Of other manufactures. 1t is beyond dis
pute that the new sp-pcrs have II laid upon them,
by this bill, more heavily than any other inte-
rest in tho country yerwe never heard so little
complaint and whining Cor 80 great an injustice.
The public however, will demand to have tie
matter made right they arc always in favor Of
seeing justice doue and, in this case, it concerns
them as closely as if they had been taxed ior the
very air they draw into their lungs.
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CourrubnnI .. E,nIo,,.

negro named jam - Lawson, or Potomac
jim" as he Is called, lIss been the hero Of scye-
raj daring alvcr urc'. lie made his escape
from Virginia In Dccember AMI shipped on
board the frcc1orn, where no furnished Captain
Magraw wi.h much valuabl Intelligence regard
ing tho rebels movements. Jim having won the
estecIh Of Capt a., he was sent on various
scou ing tours and mis- ious Of great danger, on
several occasions enc Junterng the fire Of picket
pSards and pos'ed sentres but always escap-
ING. Jim was ar .xious to rescue his wife ami
four Children vlho were still h'ld In slavery, and
the Captain ordered one Of bis gunboa's 10 land
Jim oG th1 Virginia shQTsgt night, return fol
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4 veteran Of NapDlrun's army writing to the
Philndriplrls Pass, ui lie treason Of Jumlni,
IA, French uiliccr says:
Strategy cannot he learned from books IF it
Is called science, it requires glits innate in
physical organization possessed only 10y icY men.
Nar.WIll hruG tl,n out.
The clns ui battle produces the greatest ncr-
Nuua exc .l,muut men can uul"rgo. II 4 general
can r.t.,u All his cool, d'lllofI'iyo faculties,
with uo nervous excitement cluWing L,s mind,
sound u.I-m.ut va, inspire him, and dictate
uhItis ~ Z, dyqa, prpyi 'r his troops have me-
,i.mi.H G,1/ t.l de. Iliui to execute hih orders
Il.lriv. That b. tht kind a science nI STRATEGY
u,r uai-hal- OF Napoleon had Studied. lary
were u.uly an men destitute Of tie first ruu-
mon. ot Learning.
To Illustrate what | have advanced, | will
state AN iuci1pnt. The nj int before ths BATH
low jena. OI our lrit were heights, cut 10y o
rl.iur uHlI.l the Euht i, on which We a-gcuI"l
the next ru 'rniu.s to attack th.ruluy. An oT-
drr wi- given that all the yo''gours should
take the head Of the column, IN coming
ont ui the Tyiur W. saw ih" village UI
| Nurl.uli.r, Whorr the hru-,l,ns hull a strong
po.it,1u. Then 70 appeared why the yuiiig-lrs
! had ben Il.p.l ~ I'll" head oi he column, NCy
lnd no dulht received uu count, ly pies, Of "a
| careful reconnaissance If the lTuuu We Were
! adyaucins un. IN" space between the ruyin"
and lat VILLAGE WIS narrow hut our yultigcura,
/ irIlpyW, with such rapid movement, kept uT
a hr IS, uNilmg fire, to lnu,k ie mOy'mcn. u
! the ~ Ia body, giving as time 10 iOrm IN 0rlr
! Of battle lU- sirltapr IA pcri, city sucCV dCl IL
/ draviu, the ,uumy from his strong pOs ItiYn.--
| Without tho pro,uutiOn, We would hive bec
! rypl.nI to "a rakiug fir; the ground only per
! u'' ing us 10 come out Of m" rlyiuG Ly file
/ n is uuy be called strategy; but II was yruch
eel erp0,isHce di,cci,I Ly common se,,ss.
Every country, wherein an ann y upcrdtes, r.
ouires strategy specially adaptT TO H. Nap,
leon learned, by sad expA,e nee, this truil
through his obstinate determi nation 10 folio
the same system in Spain tha' had been aloptc
in Germany. lie thus sccuT td for WelnLtu
su,c,5sr, which he could NO have won on Il
fields Of Ulm, Austerltz or Jena.
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Tho repnInllon OF New YorIs.

In pursuance of requnst made by Police ga
perintcndcnt Kennedy Of Mr., j. G. Kennedy,
Chi2f Of tie Census Bureau at Wa hias'or, the
following figures are given Of tho actual popu-
la,iou Of this city, which, it will be seen, place
the total At some torty-iyc or iity thousand less
than we have boon in the habit Of considering il :
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him the next night. Jim succeeded in getting hy
the scntrics unharmed, aud brought his family
safely to the gunhoat. But tho crowning act Of
Jims hcrusm was his reconnaissance of tho en-
emy's position and strength at Aqua Creek and
Iredcr.okshurgh On this occasion, accompanied
by two other intelligent contrabands he was land
Ell near tho Potomac Greek batteries, by Capt.
Foster. Succeeding in his mission, while re-
turning early next morning, one " his compan-
ions was fired upon hy the picket guard and
killed. Capt Foster then fired two shells into a
barn, behind which tho rebels had hid
den, killing four Of them, and seven of their
horses. General Scklcs gave Jim 800 for HE
success In this instance and Gen. Hooker has
sent nm account Of his exploit to the War De
partmcnt, aud unitcs with the army and navy
stationed on the left wing IT the Potomac, in tho
hope that the Cover ncnt will present him with
a fitting recompenl lor hs gallant services.
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The Rhode leland Republican State Conven-
ton met on Thursday last, and adopted Plat
form but no candidate for Governor. They
knew II was useless To oppose Governor Sprngue,
hut with nsrrow jealousy refused TO nominate
him, .Id follow the example Of tho Republicans
ut this state in their hearty support Of Daniel
:. Dickinson. This course, however, lcayos
Governor Sprague without competitor, and
insures his reelection
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Capture of Beaufort, NJ. @.

of the best harbors In North Carolina, hnvirF
accommodations for vessels with fourteen fees
of water, and contained about two thousand in
habitantS Quite number Of vessels have
n"cn built thcrs. Fort Macon cost the United
S'"tes nO'arumnnt 100000. II hsd accom-
modations for three ,'s"dred mon, and mounted
fifty guns. It was seized by uoysrnor Ellis on
the % Of January, 1861.
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and sweeps. So wAtters have remained since
our arrival hoe. Icps and his gallant coa,-
mand have L,en cili ,yed to rest on their hor.
ors, although anxious 20 Join or cooperate with
US In conqucrlup .lis ooint, known "a Island
No. ~, although n'uc-g"nths 1t their guns and
f1rcc are ON tho Koatuckv shore. They could
distinctly hear the caunon tdus for the last four
days, and almost hear the sl'rhs burst, but oould
Do nothing
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OFFIClAL AND LEGAA.

OFFICE OF TIE GOODYEAR ELASTIC
" Fabrics Co.--Feh. 2itu, l5j1.-st.oA- v
the stockholders Of the Goodyear Elastic Fabrics
Co., will be held at the office oil the Co., 20 CeJt-
landt St, New York Cay, on Wednesday, tie letl
day oi March ngNL At IL o'clock, noon, oil tnat
day, for the purpose of diminishing the capital
stock Of sold Co., to tie sum Of B90O,O0O. Will
LIAM JthauN Prt,.lf. I, Henry l., DAGGEfE
Jos. 9. LOWERING, JAMES +. BRADY, CHAR
Trustees t,-5 20'llJ
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EOR A FEW DAYS
u ABLE BODIED MEN WILL NE RECEIVED
INTO THE FIRST KIGlMLNE n. \. V.


luis regiment. commanded ny
Colonel GARRET TT pYCKNAN,
che hero Of The Mexican war Is about g. he hled %
che maximum number. sworn ia btd Tor two
years, IL has but Gficen months 10 s,rp', Nhon
each man will receive bounty of SioO-uiaklu.,
his pay, Ohe Joins nor, equal h. nearly
TWENTY DOLLARS A MONTH
by applying u the Recruiting Once, NJ. - Broad
way, the applicant receives at once Uniform, hd-
tions and Pdy rom The same day, and Il sent 10
Newport News, Va, where the regiment is pies
sanity situated, being in JdTTacts, nth bsis and
stores, DC Ills regiment las also the finest band
Of any In the field Those desiring to enlist will
hnd IL TO their interest 10 apply trstto Lieut.. Col.
J. FRED. PlERSON, "a Broadway, Rccriitiu-
OfiCe. mh11 usi02
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The news from Fortress Monroe yesterday
annoO"""d the occupation, by the Burnside eN-
petition, Of Bcsufu,, -; the destruction Of
the steamer Nashville, and tho biu-;ro IN of
Fort Macon by the rebels, further particulars u
which action may be found in our tecgraphic
columns.
The town Of Beaufort, map showing tho
position of which is presented allows, has one