, 1864-01-16

command q the fcnaezsous LOT dta11eo mea NJ
The health Of both the garrison and the prison.
ers continues good, and everything at camp fs
%e 4ssIn efg at GommSssioners are daily expected
from Washington to look into and decide the cases
OF such Of The rebel prisoners as are an1ioqs to
avail themselves OF the privileges Of the Presl- |
dents proclamation. |
There has been very heavy pressure for some
n qe
end other relatives released upon taking the oath
of allegiance. 1
LIGHTS OF THE WAR CLOUD.
Grnce Greenwood ut nryan Hall.
Lecture for the Hene1lt Of the Old La-
dteAs 11Ome--The Lesson OF Deieat-
National S1n--Duty, Publication
and Elevation.
The arst of the two lectures In Bran Hall, by |
Mrs. Lippincott better known as Grace Green |
wood In aid Of the fund established for the benefit
Of the Old Ladies' Home in this city, was delivered
last evening to large and respectable audience.
The first lecture ofthe series would have been de-
uyered on the evening Of Thursday but for the de-
tention Of the lecturess by the rairosd accident on
the Pennsylvania Central; 1t was necessarily de-
fe11ed. /
Grace Greenwood is well known by her writings,
In the West. Many OF those who listened to her
last evening heard her for the first time. while yet
very few, II any In that audience but had been Of
ten pleased with her literary efforts. Nineteen
ycara ago she appeared one OF the lights In the
literary h1namcnt, and was by common consent,
admitted 10 surpass In brightness many
Of her then contemporaries. Her "Green-
wood Leaves" published slx years later,
brought her more promptly before tho world as m
HJ~r tHoS fhrar 1T 1.or
.'History Of the Pcts,' 'Poems' '1lccollectlons
Of my Childhood, i" IS uaps md alishaps," 'Mcrrle
England" "Stortes and Legends" and t'Stories
from lannon's ballads" AL these appeared within
ten year,, and met with satisfactory sale, some
CT them being in very large demand. She eubse-
quently tccarne cd1tress OF monthly journal for
the little ones and has recently given her attention
almost exclusively to the occupancy ofthe lecture
Geld.
OF course, with these antecedents, abe brings to
the task q well matured Judgment, and a style
which charms By Its quietude and appositc touch.
inEs rather than BY redundancy Of hun,oz, OF q
more witty display. She is patriotic to the core,
and her heart Ia othcr~1sc In the right place; she
bends not her talents to the pcrverslon Of tsnth,
the suppression Of the natural consciousness Of
right: but throws all her powers into the contest
oflght with darkness. aiming at the elevation Of
the race, and discerning the finger Of Providence
Her natural powers are not left to operate un-
afded1y, though there Is a wonderful degree of
strength resident in that quick aeh Of instructive
appreciation, which though germinant In the
breast Of every woman exhibits It's full force only
where the appreciative and the enduring are well
blended, giving what the phrenologiss would call
the "nczvons bilious" temperament. She ia well
educated, has read 1argcly the works Of the an
cients and mode1na, and has enlarged her powers
NJ hy fhA rather Unfnunfu}oa utuan -
the dead Iangrages-
Hence she fs copious In uttcrance and ample In
description. She reaeons little, but arrives at
conclusion with few preliminary sentences which
serve well to mare the process Of thought by
| which 1t ia reached. She is more precise in her
statements Of facts and In her elimination Of ideas
than the majority Of lecturers, male female. Her
only orato1ical lack is want Of variety in express
zion. She seems to depend too much upon the
matter Of her utterances and to desp!sc those
graccs which arc a1ways acceptable though second
| ary In importance.
The lecture last night WAS entitled Lights Of
the War Cloud, subject which WIGS very happily
treated; the lecturess Was loudly applauded DUR
Ing its delivery. She was introduced to the an
dieuce By Rer. O. Il. Tiffany, ID. The following
| IL an abstract:
blseEnees. out of sight Of the beauty of heaven a.
| it has brought fire, wrath and Judgment, but not
National destruction It is cheering to think that
aetsat Ne s thoasSt to wotH en o1[sel1es
iof iii nations. Il enr armies had been sascessini
anaec Tesa Sesa sfy bss
ess ct III: Asss star g e est
taking The void eseF witnessed. Doabtleas cor
tain angels, no doubt seceseionsts, fell out with
| the EfcntQT. bCE1USE He made the world IN fhfaA
days instead Of sl1. Many good Unionists 1ec
impatient. They want TO aauf battle every
a'af hight g prooana Isnfes az sa pS
loeophcr said II \ woman wants thing done light
+ R9ouaa aash ses he Aihp9 a e Gd Ga% nigh
light and victory. Paradoxical as It seeEs the
Goye5nmeut, in order to 60 forward, hsd 10 60
bac!:word, as Is witnessed by the resumption Of
AlIeaax il TIC Rsst Is the hour which saw the
to attend others nore in need heroIsrn greater
than Sydney. It Witnessed the death Of Mitchell,
e.ars TO grace our national banner; tho onearnied
| Esa1acs, the Christian Foote, and fthe gallant
tic T sbe9es re sse "a dvias Wsh aG'
friend: While riding along with her compauion,
Res Of II n!sE s1a sf Of tpaFye 1ty and I'd
and the only Eieh she had ior her boy Tie jewel q
country, his God. and Mm.clk This young maa
was the heroic Captain Robert G. Shaw, VINO le!l
how proSdly has Illinois done, and 1nai.ua. the
whole West, md kes own adopted State. Pennsyi-
yania. The latter has the advantage of New York.
e h.ppy We spe hoy
the will Of God they tfemb1e les. some dear one
may fill on the battlefield.
entered The women Of America souls more heroic
| never looked out Of the eyes Of 10. Examples
OF patriotism among the women Of or
of distinguiahed woman, that, having sent two
DID not have tie third. The speskrf oncs found
sed,sr Sea evns S eg2p.aaess ga shs ss,d
She bad Two brothers IN the army, and that proha-
70 fE hoat sds 70
colder as brother A. a recruiting o:ace IN MI
nots fur young gttl led up her lover to the OIL
tie service Of lis country. 4 gil was seen crying
when regiment Was departing from New Yors,
and on being told that ahe had relation OF lover
The eorroWs and e1iets inflicted by this was arc
e nsS 6 ose wa ss
home 10 have his mothera hand to close his eyes,
be buried II the IA nsd se If
bis cap, big suit of blue, IN which be .ooked 50
with his heszts blood. 4 great many Who aght
1or the Union arc not to the manor born; and
others who are Of Southern blood have not be-
csse is worthy Of nieho la he annals Of history
sss ~ %b naem M AZ III ss s1 e
eTen On the field where ny stx sons are :t,hting
S9t Mingled vf9 Ghsistian seha. e6a1y M
paid for 6y broken hearts: The speaksE'a family