The New York herald., 1864-03-22

avEEcH OF rms PRESIDENT TO rHs pELsGArtOh OF
-IHa NEW YOAR woRErsoMsss DHSocSArtc Nh
PUBLICAN ASSOCIATION, Eru. N
A committee behalf Of the New tovh workingmea's
Democratic Republican Association waited Oh tho PrcsA
asas to-day 70 infovm hm thai their et'ou bad
elected him honorary member Tho objects Of tho or
ganizaton advance worsiugmeu Of America IN
morals positson loyalty binds shom osetAev 10
snppors Of the Uuisn and aoss them ~ all sacrifices,
TO sustain " They requested Mr. Lincoln u give his
views ON the subject matter OF which their aAdsess
treated.
The President In reply said the honorary membershp
80 generously rendered gratefully accepted They
that existing rebellion meant more and
tended than the psrpetuation Of African slavery
thas wss In fact, upon The rights Of working
people, Partly 70 show that this vsTS had not escaped
hts attention and partly because ne ooud not better ex
press himself he read passage from his message 70 Con-
gress Of December 1884, and be hen concluded az fo
sews-rhe most notable Of tho disturbance u
your city the hanging Of some working
people by other working people. stonld never be go
The strongest bond Of human sympathy outside Of the
family relation should be uniting all working people,
OF al nations, tongues and kindseds. Nor should thIs
load 20 q war property Or owners Of proper
~ Property b the fruit Of labor. Properly
- desirable, W positive good in the world That some
should be rich shows that others may become rich
and Aesce just encouragement 70 industry and enter
prise Let not him who AouseIess pu down the house
Of another but lst him labor dsensly and build Tor
himself, thus BY example assuring that bis shall be
safe from violence when built"
AZ lho conclusion the Pveeidsnvs remarks he hand
ed copy Of hssspeech 10 Mr. ssil the Chairman, who
upon receiving u said:-"On behalf Of the committee,
Mr. Pres dent thank you, and will only add that 10
she desire Of the worhDGmeU u the United States
that she next President of shs United States shall os
from Springfield Illinois, and that bis name be Abraham
Lincoln
For which the President answered, ~ am very much
obliged 70 you, gentlemen, and the company dispersed.
CAUCUS OF RBPuBLICAN ooNGREssMBS
An adjourned meeting OF the republican caucus was
held in the hail Of the House Of Representatives 10 night
The attendance slim, and the proceedings Of purely
Conversational character The mode Of reconstruction
Of the Enion the rthconing BILL and various
matters OF congressional business talked over but
no definite action was had any subject The Presden
tia question not broached, the cancus was called
TO obtain unity Of action in legislation and the introd
tion OF the selection OF Presden candidate would
inevitably have produced any thing else than harmony
u ss almost impossible induce full attendance in
aey Congressional caucus. The members are tired Of
that DID, slow motOned machinery, and pay little atlcn,
t,on 10 It.
THE NEGRO COLONIZATION SCHEMES.
Messrs. Tuckerman and Forbes, with whom tho con-
tract made for deportng freedmen TO the Ise Of
Avache the majority Of whom have just been broughs
back by the United States government, claim twenty
thousand dollars; but this amount has been paid
and Ia withheld the ground that the contract not
been fulfilled. Tho fund apart for colonization pur.
poses 5000 Ooo Of which sas 900 have expended
The scheme having proved failur E, Congress wi
doubtedly repeal the law making tha Appropriation
The sum drawn by Senator Pomeroy has all been
mari irular n tran
tions have been fled tho proper department Ibis
gentleman volunteered TO ~ out expedition to Chirqu
which defeated by the protest tho New rensaau
government.
The Secretary Of the Interior recent Official com.
muncaou, says But little disposition, 40 far the
department s informed, has yet been manifested by the
freedmen Of the United States be land or their
nativity doubt If be any just Of regret Time
and experience, which have already taught 80 much
wisdom, produced many consequent changes, win
in the end also solve this question for u.s."
1t that the contract for transporting the freed
10 Hsy, taken by Messrs. Forbes and Tucker
OF New York. who agreed take the entire manage
Of the affair obtain the consent Of the Haytien
their location the Island Of Avache This
obtained expected; but upon the rep
rcsentaoDs Of the contractors that there would be no
difficulty upon this point, and that they being sub
ected great and trouble by the detention Of the
part, Forbes and Tuckorman employed superintendent
OF she enterprise a German, named Koch whom tho
government had refused TO employ in any capacity. He
neglected provide properly for their comfort either
upon the voyage to make the necessary arrange
ments for their reception and settlement after their
rival Consequently experienced great hardship and
suffering, and City sixty OF thcm died. and the
rest have been brought back and for the present will
have TO be provided for by the government.
Prominent among the parties interested in the recently
exploded colonization scheme understood to be
Leonard W. jerome and Henry J. Raymond, Of New
York.
the West Indies viii azcmbark Tomorrow and Join the
hourshng colony Arlington under Lieutenant Colonel
Greene
MILITARY INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS.
The Secretary OF War in a communication In response
10 Senate resolution says that orders concerning
elections issued from tho office. He encloses
letter from Assistant Aduant General townsend report
ing that be has given orders 10 provost marshas
Kentucky, Delaware Maryland Missouri relative TO
elections statos. letter Of the same tenor
from Provost Marshal General Fry, which however,
cepts despatch Of October 81 assst Provost Marshal
JefIries, at Baltimore, as folows"Drect your provost
marshals 10 give their aid 10 carrying out General
schencks orders for preserving the purity OF tho cleo
tions at the polls in s.ylandp
the REMAINS or COLONEL pAHL0REH.
Admiral Dahlgren has transferred his flag from tho
steamer Harvest Moon to tho steamer Baltimore for the
purpose visiting Fortress Monroe receive the re-
mains OF his son, Colonel Dahgren, expected to
there tomorrow BY flag Of truce boat from Richmond
THE REPORTED REBEL CAVALRY RAID.
All uuea.ness concerning the reported raid OF stuarts
cavalry has been quoted Ngn. before last there
apprehcnsons Of demonstration upon the railroad and
unusual observed for ts protection but
no enemy appeared, nor lie II certain that be concm
plated doing No fears whatever Of attack Of this
character are entertained
THE QrARTERxAsrER's DEPARTMENT.
The failure Of the Military Committee 10 provide In tho
bill to reorgarzc the army, for the promotion cf officers
in the ouartermastcrs Department, s likely TO provo
very detrimental 70 the service Numbers OF the most
In