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The New York herald., 1862-03-28

BoMBAsTEs RUssELL's LAsr.-The last letter
of the London Times correspondent shows to
what an utter condition Of bewildcrment The
present aspect of things here has reduced him
lie touches on an infnity of subjects without
any apparent connection or object, and seems
afraid TO venture upon any of those jannty pre-.
dictons which were so amusing in his former
letters More vapid, lifcless penny-a-lining
than this last cpistlc Of bis IL would be difficult
10 meet with.
The New York herald., 1862-03-28

BRIGHT SPRING PRosPEcTs.-Snce the COM
mencement of the present war we have had no
occasion to complain of stagnation of trade.
Our exports were never so great as during the
past year, nor our agricultural resources more
amply developed. AT the same time our
manufactures have been unusually active, and
there is just now every prospect Of an unusu-
ally brisk spring trade. The manufactures Of
New England are in great demand and the
manufacturers are running their establishments
on full, and, in some cases, extra time. In the
West hundreds of vessels are being fitted out
for the produce trade, and already few
have been frsighted from Chicago and
other places. The opening Of navigation
on the Hudson and Connecticut and the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal, and the resumption Of
traffic on the Baltimore and Ohio, Orange and
Alexandria and other railways, will doubtless
give powerful impetus to trade generally;
and with such bright commercial prospects be-
fore us, coupled with those of speedy restora-
ton of tho whole of the rebel States to the
Union, we may safely congratulate ourselves
on the promising, as well as fourishing, con-
dition Of the country.
The New York herald., 1862-03-28

NEWSPAPER LYING, WHITE AND BLACK
There are two sorts Of newspaper lying prac-
tised by our contemporaries white and the
lie-mean, slanderous and despicable; but the
poor, old, dull, stupid, sneezing Commercial
deals in silly, ridiculous white lies For in
stance, in an article upon the rotten-egging of
Wendell Phillips in Cincinnati, the Commercial
introduces two lies about the HERALD First,
it says we changed our course and opinions
Immediately upon the fall Of Fort Sumter; and,
second, it tdeclares that we hung out the national
flag from our Office in compliance with the
threatening dietation Of q mob. The CONNER
ciol finds these lies in the gutter, picks them up,
washes them, dresses them up in baby clothes,
and gives them to its readers as gospel. Would
it not be just as easy for the Commercial to tell
the truth? During the winter of 1s60-61 we
attacked President Buchanan for his do nothing
course. and repeatedly advised him to call out
the militia and end this rebellion as summarily
as General Jackson ended the notification
emeute, by striking q blow directly at South
Carolina, and by insuring beyond doubt the
cuiCty VI w SouauSeOu' AAio DuOuonon uAu uOt
do; and for six weeks after his Inauguration
President Lincoln seemed to be following the
same disastrous line of policy. Therefore.
during that time. we opposed him, just as we
had opposed his predecessor. But as soon as
rebellion attacked and captured Fort Sumter,
the President came over to our policy-not we
to his-and initiated a true defence of the
Union against armed traitors and we have
always since sustained him. So much for this
lie, which we have repeatedly exposed, about
our change of opinion. As to the story
about the mob, that is equally untrue.
The abolition organs endeavored to raise
mob against the HERALD, in order
to save themselves for a mob did certainly
threaten to raze the Tribune Office to the earth.
The Tribune escaped this punishment by very
narrow chance; but it was not so successful in
its efforts to turn the mob against the HERALD;
for we were never threatened, were never die
tated to, and never hung out flag upon COM
pulsion. The banner of the Union was dis
played from our Office simply because the
HERALD has always sustained and defended
that flag There never was a mob, or any
thing like a mob, against the HERALD. So
much for lie number two. Would it not be
well for the old women in petticoats of the
Commercial to tell the truth once in while,
by way Of change?
The New York herald., 1862-03-28
Recent British Policy ON tho American
Question.

British policy has lately changed from
threats against the United States to gentle in
sinuation and friendly suggestion. From the
European news received by the China, which
we published yesterday, we perceive that the
London Post, the organ of Lord Palmerston
and the wings, and the London Herald, the
organ of Earl Derby and the opposition, both
agree in the idea that the final separation of
North and South, and an equitable partition
of territory" with the recognition of the inde-
pendence of the Southern confederacy by Eu-
rope and the United States, is mere question
of time, for that "it is impossible to reduce to
subjection ten (D millions of freemen deter
mined on o separate government" To the
same effect is an article from the London Times
of March 13 which we published on the pre-
vious day, and in which it is intimated that if
the war be terminated soon it "will not be
terminated by the submission of the seceders,"
but by negotiation and separation" which
"some of the wisest among the Northerners
must have contemplated as q course to be ulti-
mately pursued" and the Times most kindly
and disnterestedly suggests that "the govern
ment OF Washington might let the Gulf States
go' on condition Of securing the border States,
and that the present time, just after the bril-
liant victories Of the North, would be most
auspcious for efGecting settlement.
These journals are the organs of the British
aristocracy, and the suggestions they make are
prompted by their interests and their hatred Of
democratic institutions. The wish is parent of
the thought. Earl Russell himself, in the de-
bate in the House of Lords on the 10th inst,
winds up speech by expressing "a hope
that within three months or sooner, we
will see the end Of the war;" and
that it will send in manner consistent with
the welfare and happiness of both parties-a
peaceful separation into two States, both power
ful-inhabited by men with very different edu-
cation, perhaps with very different natures, but
who may have before them career of pros
perity for centuries" The suggestion contained
in this language cannot be mistaken. II is evil
IDENTIFY to the effect that there is an incompati-
bility between the population Of the North and
the population Of the South, on account of diff
ferent natures and different education, and that,
therefore, it would be for the welfare and bappi-
ness of both to separate by treaty of peace
and amity, each pursuing its own destiny.
Now Earl Russell may desire this; but IL Is
very plain that he is ignorant of the question
he undertakes to discuss. With far greater
reason might he propose to Russia, Austria and
Turkey to break up their respective empires
consisting, as they do, each of men of different
races, different languages, different religions.
The New York herald., 1862-03-28
TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Ten Soldiers KiIlcd-Thrcc Seriously
and . Large Number Slightly Wound.
>N IREr. RxC.

Ten S0IUI6t3 Kt1fcU-1nfe6 SeF10Us1y
and = Large Number Slightly Wound.
ed, &C., SC.
CHICAGO, March q, 1862.
An accident occurred at midnight to the special train
from GAINESVILLE, with tho Third Wisconsin cavalry
aboard vo miles from this city, the Northwestern
road The accident was caused by the breaking Of
axle Of tho sixth car and in the wreck caused By the
cars behind this running into II. Ton soldiers were
killed. three seriously wounded and number slightiy.
The names Of the killed Walter Smell, VIM. Case
E. NJ Burns Company G. Charles Briggs, Lucon ~ Ross.
man. James F. Palmer, Charles D. Hatch. Kaspar Stone.
VIM Davis Company A. also, Hospital Steward Clark, OF
waworth county. u rr
The seriously wounded are 8 j. Edwards. Company @,
ribs broken Byron Wilcox Company L, both legs bro
ken; - Twecde, internal injuries in the left sde
Colonel Barstow says there are about ono hundred
more or less injured able 70 continue with the reg
ment.
The New York herald., 1862-03-28

The BaoADwAY RAuRoAD.--It appears that
the lobby gang at Albany, Interested in the
Broadway Railroad, are drumming up their
forces to push the bill ahead. We hope that those
members OF the Legislature who do not Like
this stupendous lobby job as it stands will in
sist, If we must have this railway, that the
city shall have million or two of the spoils,
as proposed by Mr.. A. 7. Stewart and
others Our taxpayers have the right to make
this demand, and our State law makers cannot
srcgard this reasonable and just proposition
from body of good and responsible men, with
out making the Legislature confederate IL
this grand railway plumber scheme Of the big
and "littlc villains" Of the lobby,
The New York herald., 1862-03-28
MISSING
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

NEW YoRK, March %, 1909
In your issue to-day concerning the arrival OF some
of the wounded from Newbern, you mako slight mis'
take by saying that belong 70 the Fftynrs New York
yo,uptecrs and am wounded slightly" Please correct
n and say that belong 10 the "unon Coast Guard !"
and was attached to tho naval battery In General Burn
sides expedition from the start and was wounded al
Nebern in the right thigh seriously although
ecrousiy. 7. w. B. HUGHES, Lieutenant
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NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1867

constitutes their greatness and their strength,
and they will never consent 10 be divided so as
TO become the sport and the prey Of the great
Powers of Europe, or to waste each other by
devastating border wars
The New York herald., 1862-03-28

TIE GOVERNMENT AND Irs EXTRAORDINARY
MEASURES. report of the Judiciary Com
mittce of the House makes some very curious
censorship of the telegraph. This censorship
seems to have been passed around from hand
to hand. from department to department, as If
none of the Cabinet officers knew exactly what
to do with it, and found it, like red
hot poker, q very formidable weapon, but
very incOnvenient TO hold. The censor appears
to have been equally unused to his power,
and awkwardiy stopped harmless dispatches
to let dangerous ones pass, or kept news
from the papers only 70 enable Bull
Run Russell to operate upon stocks. Secretary
Stewards passport system is quite as laugh
able as this censorship. It has proved as in
efficient as a paper blockade, and the rebel
emissaries have slipped in and out Of the coun-
try by way of Canada or, as Thuriow Weed
drauce or molestation. The Imprisonment of
suspected persons has done almost as little
good; and the government, perceiving its error,
is now emptying the State prisons as rapidly as
it filled them. All these measures-the censor
ship, the passport system and the arrest of
suspected persons-are of course without au-
thority from the constitution, whose trainers
n ever expected that portion of our people
would be insane enough to rebel against
their own laws. But, for the time being. extra
ordinary powers were vested in the govern
ment by the emergencies Of the times and the
cordial assent of the loyal people, That the
government has made blunders is very true
and very natural under the circumstances;
but, all things considered these blunders have
been very few, and it is equally to the credit
of the administration and the nation that all
our mistakes have been rectiGed as promptly
as possible, and all extraordinary powers have
been laid aside the moment the necessity for
their exercise no longer existed. No European
government can show so clean and fair record
during crises of the same character aud import
ance.
The New York herald., 1862-03-28

Tho Casualties In the Battle 1t Newbern.
ADDITIONAL NAMES or THE KILLED, WOUNDED AND
MISSING OF THE rIFrY.FrRsr REGIMENT NEW
YORK STATE VOLUNTEERS.
Below We give some additional names OF tho killed,
wounded and missing Of the Fifty first regiment Of New
York. in the late baltic at Newbern North CarolIoa
KILLED.
Private Richard Keyes, Co. G.
Private John Meaghar, Co. ID.
Private Felix McCarty, Co. +.
Private Nicholas Fitzmorris, Co. II.
Private Chas. Lusty. Co. H.
Private Andrew Keton, Co. II.
Drummer John Gaylor.
Private John Kavanah, Co. x.
Private Stanilus Cooper, Co. x.
WOUNDED.
Private Jas A. Speman, Co. A, right leg.
Corporal Edward Fiugle, Co. A, right han
Corporal WIN. E. Raynor, 70. B. left leg.
Private Danl A. Butterfeld, Co. B. leg.
Private Henry Hsvenor Co B. loft breast (serously).
Private Fenniu'ore Lewis, Co. D, leg (slghtI
Private Chas. Slime. Co. b. shoulder.
Color Sergeant Albert Pepper Co C, thigh
Private John Degan, Co. c, wrist
Private John N. Eoser, Co. C, right arm
Sergeant A. Pentlapd, Go. y, left knco.
Private John r. Milct, Co. 4, ankle.
Private John Ryan, Co. 4, head.
Corporal Robt. Young, Co. y, log tslght)
Drummer Cornelius Evans, Co. 7. head and breast
Private Edward Derum, Co. F. forehead (sovercly).
Private Robt. Logan, Co. 4, ncse.
Private Patrick sssrsy ,r 90 Sns%o soro.% sno' OIL
Private Michael Cannon, Co. e. breast.
Private John Martin, Co. g, head
Private AndreW b. lamy W. TiSps iiu 5uatsofe
Private John Purcell Co. II, right arm (scverel.
Private John Welsh, Co. H lungs (mortal).
Private Edward Miller Co. II. wrist.
Private VIM. f. Smith. Co II, wrist.
private g. W. Fisher, Co. II, wrist
Private Robt. F. Speerey, Co. l. right thigh.
Private George Kane, Co. I, slightly.
Private Jas. McCutcheon, Co. |. thumb shot or
Private Chas. Reay, Co. X, forehead and right arm
Corporal Floyd q. Pugsly, Co. X, hip.
Private John Roy, Co. X, back.
Private John Lahey, arm
MISSING
The New York herald., 1862-03-28

Mock PHILANTHROPY AND REAL CHARITY
but Mr.. John w. Edmonds, the great spiritual
prophet of the age, and the rival of that great
Mormon prophet, the immortal Joe Smith,
who, we believe, was hung in q riot in Illinois,
acts as if he thought differently, and writes a
long letter to the newspapers in favor of
liberty and equality, preaching missions to the
negroes in the neighborhood of Port Royal and
Beaufort, whose mission is also to feed, clothe
and otherwise entertain them in the absence Of
their masters. Now. If Mr.. J. w. Edmonds,
and his disciples want to do work of real
charity, would 1t not be better for them to
turn their attention to the sick and wounded
soldiers of the Union army, who have just ar
stead Of carrying their mock charity to the
Beaufort blacks, who. wild with liberty, in q
balmy climate and with plcnty to eat,
are perfectly happy and contentcd, and
stand in no need of their assistance?
Three societies, Mr.. Edmonds tells us,
have been formed-one in New York
one in Boston and the other in Philadelphia
to appeal 10 the humane for aid and these
have already sent out to Port Royal sixty per-
sons to teach the negroes to call them "brothers
and sisters" and "treat them as freemen," and
tell them that they are every bit as good as
whites, and perhaps great deal better. What
charity is there in this? The negroes are well
enough when left alone on the plantations; but
what will become of them when schooled and
dressed, and otherwise operated upon by Mr..
J. w. Edmonds and his mediums, it is impossible
to say. Meanwhile the poor fellows who have
bled for their country are allowed to return
neglected to their homes. Is this charity? If
the great spiritual prophet had organized socie-
ties for the relief of the returning wounded of
the national army, ho would have been the ad-
vocate of a good cause, and doubtless he would
have had no reason to complain Of want of
donations on the part of "the humane" AS 1t
is, he can expect nothing but the reward which
commonly falls to the lot of mistaken enthusi-
asts, who usually do more harm than good and
fare accordingly.
The New York herald., 1862-03-28

TIE CENSORSHIP or TIE PREss.-The re-
port of the House Judiciary Committee
on the government censorship of the
press assails Mr.. Seward for the man
ner in which he has conducted that busi-
ness; and some of the journals Of his own party
join in his condemnation for having arrested
secessionists, or those suspected Of sym
pathy with the rebels. for the utterance of
their opinions. There can be no doubt that
the power exercised by the Secretary of State
is antagonistic to the constitution of the United
States. 1t could be only justified by necessity,
and that will become subject of inquiry
hereafter, upon which Mr.. Seward will have to
answer, as we'll as the other Secretaries who
have assumed powers not given by the law of
the land.
In the beginning of the rebellion such neces-
sity may have existed; but if it did it has long
since ceased to have an existence, and the
exercise of an unconstitutional power for one
hour after the necessity exists cannot be justi-
fed. There is another point on which the con-
duct Of Mr.. Seward will be severely ques-
toned and that is his partiality. If he
had arrested such avowed disunionists as
Wendell Phillips and Garrison, Cheever and
Henry Ward Beecher, and consigned them
to the same prison as the sympathizers
with the rebels Of the South, and had he sup
pressed the New York Tribune and Greeley to-
gether, the people would have applauded his
course and no one hereafter would have dared
to call it in question. But, as the case stands
now, it assumes very different aspect. In the
language ofMr. Salisbury, in the United States
Senate, on Tuesday last "We have seen peace
full men dragged from their homes and thrown
into loathsome bastiies while man who de-
clares he has been a disunionist for twenty
years is permitted to lecture in Washington, and
come on the floor of the Senate, and go at large
through the country" Of the radical disunion-
lists the first man has not yet been arrested for
his disloyalty, nor have any of their papers
been made to pay the penalty of their misdeeds.
Here, then, is the vulnerable point in Mr.. Sew
ards career which can be successfully assailed,
and nothing is surer than that he will be held
strictly to account in future day of reckoning.
Had he been actuated by spirit of evenhanded
justice, and adopted the homely maxim that
"what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the
gander," his record would have been unim-
peachable, even though he had done that for
which he could find no warrant in the constitu-
ton. 1t is not yet too late to set himself right
with the public but he ought not to loose
moment in doing sO
The New York herald., 1862-03-28
ADJUSTMENTS THIS EVENING.
INTER GARDEN. Broadway.-cAmrLLx.

ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Irving Plaoe.-IrALIAN orERA-
IL BARBIERE SlvIGLIA.
The New York herald., 1862-03-28
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

In the Senate Of our State Legislature yesterday,
Che bills to regulate the use of public highways
and amending the Long Island Railroad charter
were passed, and also several others Of only local
interest. The bill to provide for paying the canal
enlargement expenses was ordered to third read.
ing Several others Of no general Importance re.
ceived like disposition. The Assembly amend
aents to the Erie Railroad bill were concurred !.
sns tho bill was Transmitted to the Goyerpor for
bis Signature. The committee composed Of tho
heS York delegation, to whom had bcon rcforre,
The New York herald., 1862-03-28

LAURA KEENE's THEATRE. Broadway.-THE MA.
cARTHY; OR, THE PEEP DAY.
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wALLACK's THEATRE. No. s44 Broadway-Hr,a
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MELODEON CONCERT HALL. $50 Broadway-SoNcs
DANCES. BURLEsoUEs. 6c.-CoSrRABASD CONVENTION.
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BARNUM's AMERICAN MUSEUM. Broadway-CoM
HlpP0PoTAMUs, WHALE, Sc, all hours
SADAk AND kALASADE, afternoon aud evening
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NEW BowERY THEATRE Bowery.-JEAs RExr-TRr-
HSG 1T Os-PocAuoAIAs.
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CANTERBURY MUSIC HALL SS5 Broadway-SoNo 3
DAxcxs ByRLKsoUEs, &c.-IsAuGUR ALTON BALL
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CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERT HALL No. Is Bowery
.uRLxsouEs, SONGS, DANCES, &c-rwo CLOWNS
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GAIETIES CONCERT ROOM GIG Broadway.-DRAwrxo
xooH ESTEErAISNESTs BALLxrs: PANroxInss FARcEs &C.
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BRYANTs' MINsTRELs. Mechanics Hall. Az Broad
way.-DowS IN OLD h-Y-KY.
HOOLEY'S MINSTRELS. Stuyvesant Institute, No. $50
Broadway.-ErHIoPIAN SONGS. DANCES. &c.
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people themselves of any State in which it
exists and they may abolish or retain slavery.
as they think fit. But there the matter ends.
There is no other cause Of national dissen-
sion among us. Religion, the greatest source
Of civil war, is excluded from the political
arena not only by the constitution, but by the
existence of so many sects. Not so in the
British empire. Religion is still one of its
chief difficulties, though it is no longer likely
to lead to civil war or disruption. For one
hundred and fifty years triangular contest
took place between Catholics, Epscopalians
and Purtans. At one time one sect was in the
ascendant at another time another sect AT
last these conflicts were ended and, though the
people are as much divided In opinion about
religion as they ever were, they no longer go to
war about it. Who hears now of cavaliers and
roundheads, who once deluged the country with
the blood of civil war? In England the Epis-
copal church is the established religion, being
that of the majority; in Scotland the Presbyte-
rian is the established religion, being that of
the majority; in Ireland the Catholic ought to
be the established religion, being that of the
majority. II is not so and that is q gross in
Justice. The Episcopal church. about one
eighth of the population, is there the establish
ed church, and the other scven-eigbths pay il
tenth of the whole produce Of the earth. Is not
that far greater cause Of rebellion aud revo-
luton than the existence of negro slavery,
which does no injustice to any section Of the
American republics Will Earl Russell propose
the repeal of the union between Great Britain
and Ireland? lie will not; for he knows that
united as it now is, the British empire is one
of the most powerful in Europe, and one of the
greatest the world ever saw. Divided from
Ireland. Great Britain would be shorn OF half
lis strength; and, separated from England, Ire
land would have no strength at all. is thhs
with the United States. II Is theit union that