, 1864-05-08

Senator Wilson, OF Massachusetts; Mrs. |
Loan, Of Missouri; Mra. Pike, Of Maine;
Mrs. i. A Douglas, Of Illinois; Mrs. Inger..
sol, Of Washington; Mrs. spanlding, Of
Hughes, Of Indiana Mrs. Choate, Of this |
District, and Mrs. Morris, Of the Navy, took |
part In the proceedings. Articles OF Assocla- |
tion were adopted, officers elected, &c. The |
following ia list Of the latter: \
THE EXECUTIVE ooxnrTEE.
P1esiden&-Mrs. Gen. Jas. Taylor.
T1ce Fnts1den&-Mrr. Stephen A.. DouSlas.
Miss Vtfetaia smitd. s S
B. s. French, In. S. Bowen, Ms. q. G. inSersoil.
dea, Mn. Capt. Kidden, Miss Williams, MISS Ma
t1lda Bates.
An address to the loyal women Of America,
was adopted. It refers to the selfsacrifcfng
spfrit Of the women Of 'T8, who refaeed to
use Imported tea, aud the women Of this day
ore urged to emu1ata their example. The
constitution as reported deslgnates the Asso-
following pledge to be signed by the mem-
"For three years or tho war we pledge our
ea1vea to purchase no foreign article OF appar-
el, when American articles can possibly be
Once let it be the fashion to be uniashtona-
ble and the thing Is done. remember when
the first ladies Of Chicago {whose hus.
bands are now worth their hundreds ofthou-
sands,) went to dancing parties in shilling
calicocs, and well and handsome they looked
too; Why may they not DO SO again, and fesl
times as patriottcY The Southern women
show an c1amp7e to the Northern In this 70.
epect, which The latter might energetical1y
and probably follow.
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
see By the news from Europe that Winter
n n1r4t~ kk.nH
doctrine, which came up in the House some
time since, "slcepa the slecp Of death - In the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, of
which Mr.. Sumner is chairman Its visible
effect In Europe has been to pnt up the Cen
feaeratc bonds What Its Invisible effect was
| time only can determine. Resolutions on for.
| cign relations offered to effect political uom-
| mating conventions at home, arc the offspring
| Of very poor statesmen, indeed Of small pol
| iticlans.
| WAsnroros, My q, 1884.
| The process Of concentration By Gch. Grau
still goes IN both night and day. Troope keep
pouring in. On Thursd,y afternoon Col. Bross
fode down the avcnue at toe head Of his hne, col
esrd regiment, which was pronounced to number
| In ita ranks Eonae Of the most etalWErt looking
men who haye ever passed through hero. The Col
snel rode the splendid charger which hsd been Pre-
scented to him In your city.
1t ia confidently asserted that Cen Hooker With
CORPS had arrived At Harpere Ferry. and tits even
added thnt ho passed through this CITY on Sunday
night, At any rate enough moro troopa have nj
rived to enable Gen. Grant to move Burnslde's
| corpn more to the front, which was done on FIJI.
day or Saturday LAST The rebel writer's put 0ranti
force on the overland route Ut 10000 men. ON
people put It all figures from one hundred up t
one hundred and nfty thousand.
In ,ss nsanstHe oea assn: a sa T. constantly @ ssap
easo reported thas Of fLitle Washington, In Nofts
) Carolina. Tbs Eehels sre Initiating our % example
portei, have seized Ill the railroads running soasl
9s az l05 tn
Called On for thrir contributions 70 s1ell III arm
! Of Lee. But IN the midst q all these stqpende1
aa eaen'as}ty q ,s possbs saPtale TRe ' eek
{nsl1d1e Re ss,, saisS q shs a.s Tssa:a D
4 toiumbia, South Carolina It,s stated he reaso,
y toF this IL Met Atsng y eAeoper r. Aat eAy D2
Ill., e sn1 Ite
q vital department. OF tho rebel administsahonf
ii not because II Gen. Grant captared jed, DaEit
In the meantime Gen. Lee continue. to strength
S. fsa fosae1ions more aud an m 1nsre 81 IL Hut tou
- hls icn. From .h'e ii Wonld eeem that he expect
10 zieht rather than lei, by which our forces woa,
ssp to fsoss the r S q sos Of i
CIR. Lee las signal station on C1ark's Monntal1
alttle northeast Of Orange Court House {the latts
J. place bis hesdquarters,l while Gen. Gtznt has on
GonDtaa' II lille south ct e capeppef, 1assns Kan an
a. Meades headquarters.) The officers Of each srn,
e. arc constantly eudeavorne TO discover the sigma
y success. It Is noticeable whenever Grant move
= abody Of men to Tho east, thus renAcing Lee
IS siEht ihs lsbe1 Signals are EesI numerous,
g. will not attack directly. the pQ4{too Qf geu Le
"a but that he Will e0aeavor to turn IT, They autc
- pate thu movement will be made on Lee'e right
u fhe East) for eome reason OF other. probably b
cause 1t IL the shortest route to Rlcnnond Ssoul
tho movement be made on Iee'a len then they {:
Sssas se@e Psa. q r. Ssass, SfRss Ylesass 81
Il - liz 10 81 e ss
tste Up ano,ber positton on he viFg.nia censr
Junction. ON the right btnk Of tbs North AM
River. This line ID also eald to be extensively Il
~ But the movements ofboth asrniea aze 10 depea
ent npon the wills Of tbeis respective commands
=. that It ia impossible TO NY with certainty vh
70 nenre amy wnien the rebe1s now have IN vlein
nc must tax III their resources IN tho way Of prvt
II tapPess enes Dc s:s u me-
Tie Southern papers that thefoeop1a Of behmo,
In fins Q. Ae Ya1tss amy !. 6ed<a a,sd arios 81
To Fhew how the rebels Keep themselves posss
49, On The noyenente Of our troops might state u
yer tne anhoftusS sre now aware that ono Of Ge
ng this dry and also 10 New T1.t. In the lat,
rty pace be was entertained sumptaonaly, By copp,
m, heads. Of course and again returning here whine
A"> ed the paseagc Of Gen. Burn*ides column throa
At this city. a1so ebeefve that a Fredetickshu
nj correspondent OF the Richmond Erasnsnkr. Writ
nEdes datc of April S7th, speaking OF Grants m
Tas tays: "Ik4s doEs 1esoe Il EIQ'hs ready for
adranoe" &c Now, t. show hsw near the TT
this correspondent comes, Win state that lesIn
- g4stesGaY IRON unQuestionAh!e authority shat g,
In Grant would be ready to eivc Or tate hlows on
po- morrow wednesday), or tho day aiter It furthe
lis . az J .o, t9o ths ss.he ~,
on or scs1es of Conflicts. may. consequently b.
an | commenced.