Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21

Inc capture OF lSland NO. I'D was not
permitted long to hold public attention.
for 1t was quickly
Captured at followed by the
T.,ona NJ N Federal victory at
A'o' ~ Pittsburgh L a d.
ing. the opening Of the Peninsular cam
paign. the capture of Fort Pulaski and
the siege Of Fort Pillow. In The Star OF
April IA. 1862, however. is a paragraph
| which gives details of an interesting
character:
commodore Foote and Gen. Pope, hav-
ing closed up their operations at Island
No. 10. and sent 5000 prisoners to Indiana
and Illinois. are now ready to move on to
| Memphis, and have declared their inten-
| ton Of being there in the course of the
present week. The spoils captured at
Island No. 10 are thus summed up:
1 major general brigadier generals.
10 colonies, 8 lieutenant colonies, 3
| majors. SO captains, GA lieutenants, "a
| second lieutenants, 5000 privates, III
siege guns. 10 steamboats,. 800 horses, "a
| field artillery, 10000 stand Of arms, $4O,-
600 worth OF provisions. 1900 mules. 500
| wagons, ammunition not estimated. The
regiments Of the rebel army captured at
Island No. 10 are as follows: 10th, 46th
and 5Jth Tennessee: Sd, 18th and 18th
Arkansas; LIST Alabama and the Pelican
| Guards OF New Orleans"
Charles F. Browne, more widely known
as "Artemus Ward" delivered lecture
at Wizards Hall on the
Artemus night Of the 18th of April.
vr,..s 1852. entitled 1.-THE Children
"u' in the Wood The Star Of
| the 10Th prints this notice:
Mr.. Charles F. Browne, better known as
.Artemus Ward of humorous renown.
lectured last night at Wizards Hall be-
fore an audience which in numbers and
quality must have been satisfactory to
the great Snowman" accustomed as even
he is to popular applause Mr.. Browne
is native of Waterford, Me-, state. by
the way, which has turned out such writ
ing stock as Jack Downing (Seba
Smith. Ethan Spike (Whittier. brother
of the poet). Mrs. Cakes Smith. John
Neal. N. P. Willis and others known to
fame. Personally, Mr.. Browne Is a de-
mure. sedately clad, turn-down-collared.
| highly respectable looking young man.
| who says his good things with such an
| innocent unmalicious air that comatose
| listeners are considerably bothered what
| to make Of him. Such must have had
time of it last night to tell where his
subject, The Babes in the Wood came
| in; for, after rambling discursively for an
hour. touching with grotesque humor
upon almost every imaginable topic ex-
cept the aforesaid enfans perdus, he sud
denly concluded his lecture by remarking
| that the children under (proposed) con-
sideration were good children but I'M
| fortunate-as far as heard from they
were highly respectable, and he regretted
want of time to give them further at
tention. Whereupon the spectators look
ed at each other, and slightly smiled as
| sucked in, but we forgive the young man,
and may he live long and prosper.
4
President Lincoln signed the bill for
the emancipation of slaves in the Dis
trict Of Columbia the
Emancipation 18th of April. 1862. and
in The Star of that day
OF olaVeS. is printed his message
announcing his approval, as follows:
1.-THE act entitled An Act for the Re-
lease Of Certain Persons Held to service
| or Labor in the District Of Columbia
has this day been approved and signed.
| T have never doubted the constitutional
authority Of Congress to abolish slavery
in this District. and I have ever desired
TO see the National Capital freed from
the institution in some satisfactory
way. Hence there has never been In
my mind any question upon the subject
except the one Of expediency. arising In
view Of all the circumstances. If there
be matters within and about this act
which might have taken course or
shape more satisfactory to my judy
ment, do not attempt to specify them.
| 1 am gratified that the two principles OF
compensation and colonization are both
| recognized and practically applied IN the
act. In the matter Of compensation, 1t
| is provided that claims may be presented
within ninety days from the passage
of the act, but not thereafter. and
there is no saving for minors, femes-
covert. insane or absent persons.
presume this is an omission by mere
oversight, and I recommend that it be
supplied by, an amendatory or supple
mental act"
Considerable interest was evidenced
| about this time fifty years ago in the
| visit of M. Mercier,
French Minister French minister to
the United States.
at hlcnmono. to Richmond. The
Star Of April Is. 1862, says:
1.-The Norfolk papers seemed puzzled
by the current visit Of M. Mercler, the
French minister, to their port That is.
to account for the fact that he was
passed through our lines to that end.
For their information we state that long
since this government concluded. as an
act Of courtesy to other governments,
to allow their warships free egress to
and ingress from our blockaded ports
under pledge to carry neither pas
sengers nor malls. except official dip
lomatic and consular communications
between their own government officials.
| This arrangement was first made with
Lord Lyons, and Immediately afterward
declared general in it's application. M.
MERCER has, ten to one, simply availed
himself of 1T to communicate in per-
| son with the French consuls in Nor
folk and Richmond on matters in that
quarter involving French interests
NO TRESPASSINC.
Stay out OF the garden, Maud;
There really Is no room
For you to walk abroad
i Amid he fragrant bloom.