Cljt c'cO`tss.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1862.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.— ,, The conspiracy
to break up the Union is a fact now known to
ell. Armies are being raised, and war levied
to accomplish it. There can be but two sides
io the controversy. Every man must be on the
side of the United States or against H. There
can be no neutrals in this war. There can be
none bat patriots and traitors."
WE beg leave to announce to our friends and
Tatrons, and especially to those interested in this
newspaper as an advertising medium, that The
:Press now circulates four thousand five hundred
'Copies daily in the city of Washington. The new
railroad arrangement enables us to deliver the
paper to our subscribers in that city before noon of
the day of publication. Philadelphia is ndw so
near Washington in point of time that merchants
and business men will see the advantages our
journal possesses for presenting their claims to the
citizens and tradesmen of the capital.
THE LATEST WAR VIEWS
The active preparations now being made at
Cairo indicate that an early advance of our troops
will take place from that point. In the Cairo
district there are now about 40,000 troops, and
the number is increasing two or three thousand
every day. A large column is being concentrated
at Smithland at the mouth of the Ctunberhutd
river, but for what reason cannot be conjectured,
except it be for the purpose of making a movement
up the Cumberland river. One of the principal
drawbacks that formerly retarded an advance from
Cairo, was the scarcity of competent men to work
the gunboats and mortar fleet. But we aro glad to
learn that Commodore Foote is increasing his
force every day by competent men, and be
fore long his required complement will be filled.
A large number of mortars to be used on the fleet
are now at Cairo, and eleven thousand and four
hundred thirteen.inch mortar shells are on their
way to the same point. The fleet will be under
the command of Commodore Foote. The mortar
fleet will be commanded by Captain Constable, who
was attached to a similar expedition in the British
service during the Crimean war. It is probable
that General Ifalleck will command the troops, and
be seconded by Generals Grant, McClernand,
Paine, and others.
Before many days elapse we hope to hear of the
utter crushing out of the rebellion in Missouri.
With the exception of Jeff Thompson in the south
east, and Gen. Price, with about 10,000 men, at
Springfield, no organized bands of rebels now exist
to the State. The stringent punishments of Gen-
Halleck have put an end to bridge-burning, and
the murdering of peaceable Union people and
lonely pickets is of rare occurrence. Theexpedi
tion that was sent out to capture Jeff Thorny'.
son, it is tete, has returned, but for the make
of humanity we hope that the " Marion of the
West," as he delights to call himself, will not be
allowed to commit any mere murders and depreda
tions on the lives and property of those who do not
sympathize with the rebels.
A few weeks ago Gen. Thalia wrote to Gen.
Hunter that Gen. Price and his rebel horde muse
forever leave the border of Missouri. Gen. Hal
leek is now about to carry out his threat. He has
despatched large expeditions, under able com
manders, from different portions of Missouri ; and
a telegraph despatch informs us that they are
concentrating at Lebanon. As Lebanon is only
about fifty miles north of Springfield, where Price
is now stationed, it is supposed that the rebel
general will either have to retreat into Arkansas
or be captured by our forces.
It is currently reported in St. Louis that Gen.
Fremont will shortly be tried by a court martial,
in that pity. It is thought that Gen. Mcliinstry,
chief quartermaster under Gen. Fremont, will be
tried about the same time.
The steamship Bavaria, which arrived at New
York last week from Hamburg, brought an un
usually heavy cargo of merchandise, and nearly
two thousand cases of arms and other war material.
These cases contain four thousand sabres and over
forty-five thousand stand of firearms, besides equip.
merits of various descriptions, and samples of arms,
which enterprising manufacturers are sending here
with a view of effecting sales. A large proportion
of the arms in the hands of our troops—especially
the guns bought by the agents of the different
States for this market—are of German manufac
ture, and were brought to New York in German
steamers almost exclusively.
Most of the brigadier generals and colonels en
gaged in the late battle at Mill Springs, Kentucky,
have made their official reports to lien. Thomas.
They all bear testimony to the bravery and superi
ority of 'our troops over those of the rebel army.
Gen. McCook in his report states that at one time
the contest between the enemy and the Federal
troops was almost hand to hand, and that the
second Minnesota and the rebels were poking
their guns through the same fence at each other.
Describing the gallant bayonet eharge of his own
regiment, Gen. McCook says :
g Seeing the superior number of the enemy and
their bravery, I concluded the best mode of set
tling the contest was to order the Ninth Ohio to
charge the enemy's position with the bayonet,
and torn his left Rank. 4. The order was gmaz the
sc 7 imemt to cmpty their eavt , and
.fia! hiiyonet.§.
This done, it was ordered to charge. Every man
syrang to it with alacrity and vociferous cheer
ing. The enemy seemingly prepared to resist it,
but before the regiment reached him the lines com
menced to give way—but few of them stood,
perhaps ten or twelve. This broke the enemy's
flank, and tbe'whole line gave way in great coal],
son, and the whole turned into a perfect rout,
As aeon-as I could form the regiments of my bri
gade, I pursued the enemy to the hospital, when
we joined the advance."
Lieut. Col. Kise, of the Tenth Indiana Regiment,
reports that his regiment captured three stand of
rebel colors, while their own colors, presented to
them by the ladies of Lafayette, (Indiana), and
carried by the regiment through the batt e of Rich
Idountain, were literally torn into shreds by, the
bullets of the rebels.
Among the large amount of correspondence found
in General Zollicoffer's camp after the late battle
sere enough ofrionflotters to juetify the belief that
the Union sentiment of East Tennessee is still
strong ; and, although it may be for the present sup
pressed, it will, on the first appearance of aid
from the Union troops, break forth in powerful de
auenstrations. On October 28, Colonel Wood, com
manding rebel troops at Knoxville, wrote to Zorn--
coffer as follows :
ci The news of your falling back to Cumberland
Ford has bad the effect of developing a feeling
that bas only been kept under by the presence of
troops. It was plainly visible that the Union men
were so glad that they could hardly repress an open
expression of their joy. This afternoon it assumed
an open cparacter, and some eight or ten of the
bullies, or leaders, made an attack on some of my
men, near the Lamar House, and seriously wound
ed several. The Southernerelhere are considerably
alarmed, believing that there zs a preconerrted
plaza fora united movement among, the Union
Imen,if by
_any means the enemy should get into
Tennessee."
Again, Col. Wood writing under date of Novem
ber 1, said
I do not believe that the Unionists are in the
least reconciled to the (rebel) Government, but,
on the contrary, are as hostile to it as the people of
Ohio, and will be ready to take up arms as soon as
they believe the Lincoln forces are near enough to
sustain them."
On the 10th of November, Major Slosson, com
manding the rebels, at Lowden, Tenn., wrote to
Colonel Wood as follows :
g‘ The Union feeling of this county is exceedingly
bitter, and all they want, in my opinion, to induce
II general uprising is encouragement from the
Lincoln armies. They have a great many arms,
and are actually manufacturing Union Jugs to
receive the refugee Tennesseans when they re
turn. They are getting bold enough."
Zollicoller, on the 12th of November, responded
to all these letters by ordering the rebel force, thou
stationed in the districts where the Union feeling
-was prevalent, to disarm all of the Union men.
:But, before carrying out this order, Colonel Wood,
-en the 20th of November, wrote to Attorney Gene
ral Benjamin for instructions, and, in the course of
-his letter, be said :
fi gtAt one time, while our forces were at Knoxville,
they [the Union men] gave it out that a great
change had taken place in East Tennessee, and
that the people were becoming loyal [to the rebel
Government. I At the withdrawal of the army from
here to the Crap, and the first intimation of the up
preach of the Lincoln army, they were in arms, and
scarcely a man but was ready to join it and make
war upon us. The prisoners we have tell us
that they had every assurance that the ene
my was already in the State, and would join
them-in a few days. I have to requestat least that
the prisoners I have taken be held, if not as trai
tors, as prisoners of war. To release them is ruin
ous. To convict them before a court as next to
impossibility."
On the 25th of November, the rebel Attorney
lienjamin, replied mi follows to Colonel
Wood:
"Your report of the 20th inst. is received, and
I now proceed to give Ton the desired instructions
in relation to the prisoners taken by you among
the traitors of East Tennessee :
"First. All such as can bwidentified in having
been engaged in bridge , busaing are to be tried
47Mignortiy, by drum-head eourt-martial, and, if
found guilty, executed on the spot, by hanging.
It would be well to leave their bodies hanging an
the vicinity of the burnt bridges.
"Second. All such as have not been so engaged
are to be treated as prisoners of war, and sent with
an armed guard to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, there to
lie kept imprisoned at the depot selected by the
Government for prisoners of war.
" Whenever you can discover that arms are con
centrated by these traitors, you will send out de
tachments, search for, and seize the arms. In no
case is one of the men known to have bean up in
arms against the Government to be released on any
pledge or oath of allegiance. The time for such
measures is past. They are all to be held as pri
soners of war, and held in jail till the end of the
war. Such as come in voluntarily, take the oath
of allegiance, and surrender their arms, are alone
to be treated with leniency.
" Your vigilant execution of these orders is
earnestly urged by the Government."
The Election in Lancaster.
An important municipal election will be
held to-day in the city of Lancaster_ The
opposing candidates for Mayor are Dr. 1 1. .
TRICK CASSIDAY, and the present
GEORGE SANDERSON. The former is a leading
physician—a very useful and patriotic citizen,
and a thoroughly loyal man. In the late Pre
sidential contest he was a straight-forward
Tiouglas Democrat. Prom the commencement
of the present Rebellion, up to this time,
he has earnestly sustained the efforts tnade to
crush it. Faithful fo all his obligations as a
citizen, he has taken an fictive part in credita
bly discharging the duties of honorary local of
flees, and in defending the Republic against
the assaults of its open and insidious foes. He
bas been proposed as a candidate for Mayor
now through no personal agency or solicita
tion, but simply as the representative of the
loyal sentiments of his fellow-citizens. His
antagonist, GEORGE SANDERSON, is the editor
of the Lancaster Intelligencer, a close adhe
rent of the Pennsylvania Breckinridge school
of politicians, who place party above country.,
and while loud in his professions of devotion
to the Union, lie avails himself of all the op
portunities he can conveniently and safely em
brace to assail its defenders. Now that an
election is approaching, he declares that he is
" sincerely desirous of sustaining the national
Administration in its herculean and legitimate
efforts to conquer the rebellion;" but ho has
repeatedly published insidious attacks upon
the Government, and approved and endorsed
the proceedings of meetings, which either
openly avowed or thinly veiled their sympa
thy with treason. We await the result of the
election with no little interest. In times like
these, the indomitable spirit of our people
should be displayed on every election ground,
and in every contest, by the election of men
whosealty is above suspicion, and whose
patriotism is of an unquestionable stamp.
The people of Lancaster should, in vindica
tion of their own character, rebuke GEORGE
SAMPERM, and they will find in Dr. CASSIDAT
a true exponent of their sentiments.
Gladstone—Moncrieff—Gilpin
It is so unusual for British Parliamentarians
to speak kindly of this country that considerable
attention las been drawn by the London press
to recent speeches by Mr. GLADSTONE, Mr.
MoxentErr, and Mr. CHARLES GILPIN, in which
an Anglo-American war is highly deprecated,
and good wishes are expressed for the great
cause of Freedom, and Unity, and good Govern
ment, for which our army and navy are now in the
field and on the waves. The most singular cir
cumstance is, that all three speakers are official
men. Mr. GLADSTONE, one of the ablest of
English statesmen, is Chancellor of the Ex
chequer and a Cabinet Minister ; Mr. Mort-
CRIEFF is Lord Advocate (first law-officer) of
Scotland g Mr. CHARLES GILPIN is Parlia
mentary Secretary of the Poor Law Board.
Mr. GLADSTONE spoke at Leith, near Edin
burgh, and, having mentioned the great strug
gle in which we are engaged, emphatically
added : "I do not believe that, at the time
when the convulsion commenced, there was one
man in a thousand in this country who had
any sentiment whatever towards the United
States of America except a sentiment of affec
tionate and sympathizing good will, (cheers,)
or who felt anything but a desire that they
might continue to go on and prosper, and to
finish the work, whatever it may have been,
which Providence had appointed them to do."
Alluding to the surrender of Alms: and SLI
DELL, he added : CC Let us form good auguries
for the future from that which now stands
among the records of the past;'let us hope
that, whatever remains, or whatever may yet
arise to be adjusted in those relations between
the two countries, which afford a thousand
points of contact everyday, and must neces
sarily likewise afford OppOrflinlfies for colli.
sion—let us hope that, in whatever may arise
or remain to be adjusted, a spirit of brotherly
concord may prevail ; and, together with a
disposition to assert our, rights, we may be
permitted to cherish a diaposition to interpret
handsomely and liberally the acts and inten
tions of others, and to avoid, if we can, aggra
vating the frightful evils of the civil war in
America by perhaps even greater evils—at any
rate, enormous evils to what, though not a civil
war would be next to a civil war—any conflict
between America and England."
Mr. MONCRIEFF, at Edinburgh, (which city
he represents in Parliament,) spoke in the
same vein—lamenting that the insolence of the
British press had augmented the recent bad
feeling between the two nations.
?dr. GILrIN treated his constituents at
Northampton to a speech strongly in favor of
the Federalists of the North, and strongly
urged them, cc not on any account to give their
consent to a premature and unnecessary ac
knowledgment of the Southern States of Ame
rica."
Let us now add a few personal particulars
about these three Palmerstonian officials who
have thus publicly raised their voice in con
demnation of the Ministerial' policy of in
sulting and attacking the Government of
Washington, of insulting our country and its
people, and of recognizing the Southern rebels
as an independent nationality. Tne religious
element prevails strongly in the speeches, as it
does in the lives, of these three gentlemen.
Mr. GLADSTONE'S first publication was gained
by a work, in two volumes, " The State in its
Relations with the Church," published. in 1838,
and this was followed up, two years later by
his " Church Principles considered in their
ResUlts." In 1845, he published a " Manual
of Family Prayers from the Liturgy." He la
bored for a long time under the suspicion of
being inflicted with Puseyisaa, but though un
doubtedly what is called a High Churchman,
he has never gone farther. Ile is a man with
deep religious convictions—trustful in faith,
pure in life, and, unlike Lord SHAFTESBURY
and other such Pharisaical professors, does not
wear his religion in his sleeve. It is safe to
assume that a strongly conscientious feeling
urged Mr. GLADSTONE, in the teeth of the re
cognized head of the Government, to de
nounce, by decided implication, the in
policy which had lately nearly caused
war between England and the United
States. Were GLADSTONE a man of less
mark and ability than he is, PALMERS-
Tax would probably have written him a curt
note, immediately after reading his speech,
suggesting the propriety of his leaving a Cabi
net, of whose policy he disapproves. But
the personal character of GLADSTONE is a but
tress in the Cabinet of such 'a Premier as
Pmainairrox c his powerful eloquence makes
him the ministerial Cicero of the House of
Commons, and his skill and resources as Min
ister of Finance render him the only ministe,
rial person who can meet the rapidly increas
ing burdens and embarrassments of England—
now with an annual expenditure several mil
lions greater than her revenue. GLADSTONE,
who has carefully eschewed any adhesion to
what is called Liberalism, might accept the
position of Chancellor of the Exchequer in
-
a Ministry of which the Earl of Derby, the
Duke of Newcastle, or Lord STANLEY were the
head. He is in the prime of life—fifty-three
this year—and may one day, ere long, become
Prime Minister of England.. PALMERSTON
cannot quarrel with or dismiss him.
Mr. MoNenixrr, Lord Advocate of Scotland,
who has also spoken kindly of this Jountry,
in its present crisis, is not only an eminent
lawyer, but a ruling power in that great es
tablishment, the Kirk of Scotland. Lord
MONCRIEFF, his father, was a rival, ere he be
came a Scottish Judge, Of CLERK, JEFFREY,
COO:11ERN, CRANSTOUN, MURRAY, and other
leading ornaments of the Scottish bar, and
was also an Elder in the Scottish Church. His
grandfather, the hey. Sir HENRY Alimentary,
succeeded the famous Dr. ERSKINE in the
chieftainship of the 1% party of the Scottish
Church. It was impossible for the Lord Ad
vocate, as a religious man, to sanction, even
by his silence, the recent outrages cast upon
the American people by the British Ca
binet and its Myrmidons of the London press.
By speaking his mind, as he has done, he may
lose his office—though we doubt whether
PALMERSTON dare offend Scotland bY
missing him—but he has done his duty, as a
Uhristian man.
Mr. CHARLES GILrIN, who has been only a
few years in Parliament, is a self-made man,
with great tact, much general information,
and considerable readiness as a fluent and
forcible speaker. He was formerly a book
publisher in London, and retired nine years
ago on a competency. Tim reason of his de
nouncing any British acknowledgment of a
Southern Republic, is very simple. He is
a Quaker, and Anti-Slavery has long been
a ruling principle of the members of that per
suasion. Mr. Gitrm is nephew to the lato
TosErn &MIME, of Birmingham, well known
in this country. It is not improbable that
his adherence to principle will cause his dis
missal from office. But Mr. Gmfmv is not
the man to be frightened from performance of
his duty, by any SOMA consideration what
ever.
LETTER FROM " OCCASIONAL."
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 1862.
cc I trust nothing will be said, and nothing
will be thought, in this country, about pro
'dot's questions, and the old controversies
with the Americans." These are the words
of the Right Honorable William E. Gladstone,
the English Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
I wish they could be read by every American
patriot in the land. In this sentiment, from
one of England's most accomplished and illus
trious statesmen, we can find the assurance of
good feeling on the part of the English people;
for Mr. Gladstone is too shrewd a statesman,
and, With power and position depending upon
the attitude he may present to the coming
Parliament, lie is certainly too cautious a poli-
PM any course of policy
adverse to the English feeling, or even to an
ticipate too early the temper of the House of
Commons.
There is no possible good to ,he accomplished
by the senseless clamor now• prevailing in some
quarters for a war with Europe—and, espe
cially, in some of the most influential of tho
newspaper press. The newspaper men are the
practical statesmen of the age, and they should
not, in this grave lquestion, be guided by their
old prejudices in dealing with England and
English afrairs. They should be moderated
by the fact that the settlement of our recent
difficulty in regard to Mason and Slidell has
been hailed with joy, by England and France,
and, indeed, by the whole civilized world. I
confess I have no patience with those news
paper writers who manifest such a disposition
to keep alive the embers of discord. Peace is
proffered to this country by the leading men
of England ; the heart of the people throbs for
peace ; the hand of the people holds the olive
branch, and nothing but a spirit of thult-finding
—I might say a spirit of malignity—inspires
those who reply to them with scorn and acri
mony. The despatches of Lord Russell
breathe the loftiest and noblest spirit of huma
nity, and if The Times, and if the class it re
presents, have not accepted this settlement in
the right sense, their bitterness results from
disaPpointment. All this clamor about the
cc stone blockade" proceeds from stockbrokers
who desire to affect consols and American se
curities, and from Liverpool shipowners who
desire to evade the blockade, and carry on a
contraband trade with the South. 'With the
knowledge that an attempt to interfere with
the blockade would render war with England
inevitable, and that no results could come
from such interference but a war in which
England would lose more than the price of a
dozen cotton crops—a war in which she would
have the sympathies of the world against her, as
being in the wrong—a w•ar which would preci
pitate ruin upon all those vast interests in
which England and America are so closely
allied—a W a r from which nothing could be
gained for national honor, and, certainly,
nothing in the way of prestige. or aggrandize
ment—there is no probable fear of a contest
arising out of any of the issues now existing
between the two nations.
The Government of England is too glad to
have escaped the Treat complication to fashion
a war out of this Southern blockade. We
know that the existence of a blockade is an
unfortunate circumstance for English com
merce, but it is a necessity of war, and Eng
land is not the only sufferer. If there is ruin
in Liverpool from a Southern blockade, there
is likewise ruin in New York. It falls on
Manchester, and it falls on Philadelphia. If
we could conquer a rebellion and give England
cotton, we would do so, but Coitoii and every
staple that blossoms on the Southern soil must
fall before the great duty now meeting the
American people. There. is, again, no way to
re-open the cotton trade permanently but to
permit the North to carry on its war of con
quest, and to aid that war by ita blockading
squadrons. With all our armies upon the
Southern coast, and with McClellan ready to
precipitate the tide of war so soon to deluge in
a resistless sea the land of the traitors, Eng
lish commerce with the South would be ex
pensive, annoying, and unprofitable. England
may desire a recognition of the Southern Con
federacy if it can be accomplished in a peace
ful manner by her diplomatic interference;
but as such a thing is impossible, she desires,
as the next alternative, the speedy and tho
rough subjugation of the Southern States.
And so in the work of subjugation, she will
have rib liAoti t 4
Our policy toward England is, of necessity,
pacific and conciliatory. We must affect Eng
lish public sentiment. We must build up in
England a party of peace, in France a party of
sympathy. We have now the ear of the Eu
ropean world, and by proper and vigorous
management on the part of the Government
and its representatives abroad; by the exercise
of patience, kindness, and forbearance, we may
win the sympathy of the European world.
The recent intensity of feeling growing out of
the Trent affair has brought our case home to
thousands who hardly knew America was in
existence, and certainly did not know she was
in a war for existence. It is true that their
familiarity has been associated with an insulted
flag and threatened war, but we gain their
good feeling by the magnanimity with which
we acknowledged the honor of their flag,. and
obviated the war they had so much reason to
dread. Our duty is now to cultivate the kind
feeling of the people of the Old World. We
must hold up to them the wickedness and
treachery of the lehders of the great rebellion.
We must, above all, say to them, that if they
hope to have an asylum in America, as their
brothers and children have had ; if they hope
to enjoy liberty and protection, such as has
never been enjoyed under any other Govern
ment existing; if they desire to see the great
Republic a successful experiment, and to en
joy the blessings its success will surely bring,
they must frown upon all who attempt to fos
ter Secession by foreign interference, and op
pose any statesman, or the suggestion of any
statesman, that looks to a recognition of the
seceded States. OCCASION/L.
Give a dog a bad name, saith the proverb,
and you may hang him. Punch has put a
mortal insult upon "the so-called Southern
Confederacy," by publishing some dog-verse
in which the name of Mr. SLIDELL is made to
rhyme to—fiddle. What apology can atone
for this? Fancy Mr. SLIDDLE in a court-dress
at St. James's or the Tuileries!
A remora,- appeared in our special despatches
from Washington, on Saturday, which, we learn,
did injustice to Major lielger, the United States
quartermaster at Baltimore. Notwithstanding the
complaints of interested parties, we are assured that
he has labored bard to serve the interests of the
Government, and that he has made great exertions
to obtain forage on the best terms it can be pur
chased.
A supplementary mail fol . the steamer
Europa, which leaves Boston on the sth, will be
made up -at the Philadelphia Post Office at 12
o'clock today.
LARGE POSITIVE SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES,
Buttons, VALI32S, ARMY CAPS, &C.—The early
attention of purchasers is requested to the large
assortment of boots, shoes, brogans, travelling va
lises, rubber shoes and sandals, ac.; also, a large
invoice of blue army caps, and tho stock of shoes,
Ate., of a city dealer, embracing first-class seasona
ble goods, of city and Eastern manufacture, to be
peremptorily sold, by catalogue, for cash, com
mencing this morning, at 10 o'clock, by J. B.
Myers .t Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 231 Market
street. •
SALE OF STOCKS AND REAL ESTATE to-day, at 12
o'clock, at the Exchange. See Thomas A.; Sons'
pamphlet eatalognes and advertisements.
NOT Ants TO Ann.—The jury in the case
of Husband and others, charged with conspiracy,
bad not yet returned a verdict up to the hour of
the adjournment of the court yesterday afternoon.
The delay will cause a considerable`expense to the
county, each juror being ?Hewed the sum of one
dollar per day for his services. They are obliged,
however, to pay their own board and other ex
peOfell.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1862.
If the British Government could have had
any doubt of the sincerity of Mr. SEWARD'S
professions of friendship to England, it must
have been dissipated, ere this, by his gene
rous policy of permitting the passage of
British troops through Maine into Canada.
Ife properly justifies this permission on the
grounds of polity and humanity. It accords
with the practice of which the comity of na
tions has afforded numerous examples, and it
is an exercise of humanity, inasmuch as it
saves the troops in question the danger, delay,
and difficulty of a transit by a worse route, in
an inclement season. It shows, also, not
merely chivalrous generosity to a people with
whom wo have many things in public, but a
thorough reliance on ourselves. We can
afford to be generous to England, and we hope
and believe that the noble motives of our
handsome conduct in this case will be pro
perly estimated by Queen ViteroatA. and her
responsible advisers. It is utterly impossible,
we think, that our genes in this matter
can be attributed to the mean influence of
fear—which, the Times says, and not our
yielding to what was strictly legal, in the affair
of the Treat, caused the surrender of SLIDELL
and MASON!
The entente cordiale between the two coun
tries, now happily restored, would probably
be permanent if Lord RUSSELL was as single
minded and as conciliatory as Lord LYONS has
shown himself in the difficult and delicate po
sition, with relation to our Government, in
which he has lately been placed. He appears
to have met Mr. SEwARD with tact, temper,
and discretion, and to have been met by him
with equal good feeling and kidgment. It is
gratifying to be able to bear this public testi
mony in favor of both oficials.
A few days ago, we examined a beautlful
model of a breech loading cannon, now on
view at the store of Messrs. WARNER MISKEY
and MERRILL, 718 Chestnut street, the inven
tion of MT. W. 0. B. MERRILL, of that firm.
The whole matter is so simple that it possesses
advantages over any other breech-loader that
we have yet seen -- ; -The breech is readily
thrown back to take the load, and as readily
dropped back into place, and - is made secure
by a screw and crank. The trial of the work
ing model was most satisfactory, fifty.eight
shots having been fired in thirteen minutes.
The simplicity of this cannon should ensure
its introduction into general use at once, and
we hope Mr. lifsaarra. will set himself about
constructing one on a large scale to test its
usefulness in absolute war. As a field-piece,
its superiority is obvious.
LATEST NEWS
PROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, February 3.
A Flag of Truce from the Rebel General
A flag of truce from Generi4-Jouiverow reached
the outposts of General McDowELL's division yes
terday. The despatches were brought by Colonel
HARRISON, of, the Second Virginia Cavalry. Ile
was permitted to proceed no farther. The sealed
communication was brought to headquarters here
by Captain DRAVILLAND. The contents have not
transpired.
(lateral STONE will return to his command on
the Upper Potomac to-morrow.
Reports from Burnside's Expedition—
Firing heard in the direction of Beau.
fort, N. C., and Roanoke Island.
The following communication has been received
at the Navy Department from Capt. John Foretop,
dated
U. S. STEAMER ROANOKE,
Hampton Roads, Feb. 1.
SIR: I hays the 110A0r to report to you the ar
rival, during the past night, of the bark Gembock,
from Beaufort, N. C.
Capt. Cavendy informs me that on Tuesday, the
20th ult., he heard firing in the may of Beaufort,
but bas no conjecture from whom it" proceeded.
Capt. Cavendy also reports.that on Thursday, the
30th ult., at nine o'clock in the morning, while off
Roanoke Inlet, he heard firing in the direction of
Roanoke Island—leaving on mxtnind no doubt,that
Flag-officer Goldsborongh is at work. •
Miscellandows.
o •••-
The Republican of this minding states that Gen.
LANE left here with an understanding that he was
to have a separate and independent command, and
that he is so offended by recent developments that
he is on his way back to Washington ;
The new hospitals for the use of the army here
are now finished.
Two or "three New England Governors are here,
and are understood to be watching over the bate;
rests of the troops from their respective States.
The representatives of the telegraph interests,
now hero, have suggested to the Committee of
Ways and Means their readiness to pay a tax on
their menages, and thus contribute to the support
of the Goiernment.
The chairman of the Committee of Ways and
Means, Mr. STEVENS, will endeavor to bring the
House to a vote on tho treasury note bill on Thurs
day.
The speech of Mr. Boma, in the House to-day,
was listened to with marked attention, it being con
sidered a clear exposition ofthe views of the Trea
sury Department on the financial question.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in a letter to the
committee, says that the general provisions of the
bill seem well adapted to the end proposed ; that
the provision making the ROM a legal tender was,
doubtless, well considered by the committee, and
their reflections had conducted him to the same
conclusion. He felt great fears as to making any
thing but gold and silver a legal tender, but, owing
to the large expenditures and the bank suspensions,
the provision is indispensable. The Secretary has
suggested amendments providing against counter
feiting, and directing the manner in which the notes
are to be executed. The Secretary addressed a
note to Mr. SPAULDING to-day, in which he says
immediate action is of great importance. The
treasury is nearly empty. I have been obliged to
draw for the last instalment of the November loan.
So soon as it is paid, I fear that the banks, gene
rally, will refuse to receive the United States
notes. You will see the necessity of urging the
bill through without delay.
An unaccountable error appears in yesterday's
despatch. Instead of the privateers being released
from Fort Lafayette, the order was to transfer them
thither to the military authorities.
APPROACH OF TWO UNITED STATES VESSELS
TO THE TEXAN COAST.
CAIRO, Feb. 3.—[Speoial to the Chicago Tri
bunedL-A copy of the Memphis Appeal has been
received here, which contains correspondence from
Columbia, Texas, dated Jan. 20, Saying that " a
bark and sohooner belonging to the Federate same
near our coast, when they were fired upon by our
forts. Both vessels returned the fire. They fired
ten guns, while we sent them twenty-twe shells,
when they retired, seemingly disabled, or satisfied
that they could not win."
Indications of Active Movements.
STARTING OF THE SECOND EXPEDITION
CAIRO, Feb. 3.—[Special to the Chicago Tri
bunej—Twolve steamers, laden with troops, under
charge of Commodore Graham, left here, at ten
o'clock this morning, to join still larger forces at
another point. The expedition has every indi
cation of genuine active movements.
The War in Kansas—The Loyal Indians.
LEAVENWORTH, Feb. 3.--Commissioner Win. P.
Dole had an interview on Saturdaywith the various
Indian chiefs, including the loyal Creeks and Se
minoles. The Commissioner promised to aid the
loyal Indians against the rebels, and the chiefs
agreed to take the field with their warriors.
Cole. Deitzler, of the Kangas First, and Jennison,
of the Seventh Regiment, have been appointed
acting brigadier generals.
The friends of Gen. Lane declare that he will
"enter the military serTiee it' he has to eerie AS a
private.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—The steamer Baltimore,
from Baltiworo, was spoken on Jununry 6, lat. 33
deg., lon. 76 deg., steering southwest.
Arrival el the Steamer Stella.
NEw Yonx, Feb. 3.—The stems/el - Stella. arrived
this morning from Havre.
The Gunboat Santiago de Cuba.
Naw YORK, Feb. 3.—The gunboat. Santiago de
Cuba was at Matanzas January 31. All well.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3.—The steamer Northern
Light, from Aspinwall, WM signalled below °soy
this evening, but will probably be detained below,
in consequence of the snow storm
Attempted Suicide of a United States
TOLEDO, Ohio, Feb. 3.—Lieutenant Waterman,
U. B. A., shot himself on the let inst., In this city,
inflicting, it ie supposed a mortal wound.
Passage of British Troops
Merrill's Cannon
BY TELEGRAPH.
Special Despatches to “The Prois."
Johnston
Correction
FROM TEXAS.
THEY ARE DRIVEN OFF BY THE FORTS.
FROM CAIRO.
The Steamer Baltimore Spoken.
The Steamer Northern Light.
Officer
THE WAR IN MISSOURI.
A Regular Counterblast Againet Disloyalty in
the College, On 'Change, in the Pulpit,
and in the Workshop.
Tlrrox, Feb. 2.—The division under Gen. Davis
has been much retarded by bad roads and swollen
streams. The wagons and artillery have sunk aile
deep. " Big Graveas," a stream ordinarily unim
portant, was swollen beyond its banks, and occu
pied two days in crossing. A sharp frost haying
set in on Thursday night, the roads will now sup-
port the trains, and if unimpeded by further obsta
cles, the column will advance rapidly.
Gen. Prentiss, with his command, is advancing
on Lebanon, to combine with the forces under Gen.
Davis.
Price, though so formidably menaced, shows no
tligns of falling back, 4114 from prosont appo4r4noor,
seems determined to give battle. Should he main
tain his position, within two weeks Springtleld will
be the theatre of another bloody contest such as has
made that devoted place famous in the history of
the war in Minoan.
SEDALIA, Feb. 3.—A commission, appointed for
the purpose, by General Pope, has been sifting the
regiments at this point, and discharging all unit 4 for
the service.
A column moved off to-day, under Colonel J. A.
Fuller of the Twenty-seventh Ohio.
The telegram announcing the promotion of Col.
Frank Steel to the rank of brigadier general has
been received with great satisfaction by all the
troops here. They believe him to be prompt, safe,
and brave, and will follow him, on the march or in
the field, with great confidence and alacrity.
Rumored Reinforcement of the Rebel
RoLLA, (M 0.,) Feb. 2.—Reliable information
from Lebanon says that Gen. Curtis is now in that
place, and the number of troops there is constantly
increasing. It is doubtless his intention to remain
at that place till all his forces arrive, which will be
several days yet, as some of them have not started.
A considerable number of them are under orders
to march this morning, and, probably, within two
or three days, all that are going will have departed.
The roads between this place and Lebanon are
almost impassable. Fifty teams aro said to be on
this side of the Gasconade river, waiting for the
water to subside.
There is a rumor, but not generally believed, that
Price has recently been reinforced by 12,000 Con
federate troops from Arkansas, and is preparing to
give our army a hard fight.
The Third Missouri Cavalry are now nearly all
here, but one or two companies remain to conie up.
This regiment is to be attached to General 'Sigel's
division.
Another Order from Gen. lialleek.
Sr. Loris, Feb. 3.—The following general order
will be issued in the morning :
BEAnou.swrsierts OF TIM DErk'RTMENT OF
MISSOZRI,
Sr. LOUIS, Feb. 4.
The `eresident, professors, curators, and other of
fieer's of the University of Missouri, arerequired to
t;..ae and subscribe to the oath of allegiance pre.
set-WA by the sixth artioleof the State ordinance of
October 16, 1861, to file the same in the office
of the Provost Marshal General in this city. Those
who fail to comply with this order within the pe
riod of thirty days will be considered as having
resigned their respective offices, and if any one who
so fails shall thereafter attempt to obtain pay or
perform the functions of such office he will be tried
and punished for military offence. This institution
having been endowed by the Government of the
United States, its funds should not be used to teach
treason or to instruct traitors. The authorities of
the University should therefore expel from its
walls all persons who, by word or deed, favor, as
sist, or abet the rebellion.
The reeldents and directors of all railroad com
panies in this State will be required to take and
subscribe to the oath of allegiance in the form,
within the time, and under the penalties prescribed
in the preceeding paragraph. They will also be re
quired to file bonds for such sums as may be desig
nated by the Provost Marshal General that they
will empl . y no conductors, engineers, station mils
ters, or other officers, agents, or employees, who
have not taken the oath of allegiance, and who
are not loyal to the Union.
No ootitracte will hereafter be made by quarter
masters or commissaries in this department with
persons who do not take and subscribe to an oath
of allegiance similar to that prescribed by the act
of Congress, approved August 6th, 1361.
Purchasing officers are prohibited from making
purchases of persons of known disloyalty to the
Government. Where articles, necessary for the
public service, are held only by disloyal persons,
and cannot be purchased of Union men, the fact
will be reported to these headquarters, when the
proper instructions will be given.
All clerks. agents, and civil employees in the
service of the United States in the department,
will be required to take and subscribe to the oath
prescribed by the aforesaid act of Congress.
The attention of all military officers is called to
this order, and any one who shall hereafter keep in
the Government employment persons who fail to.
take the said oath of allegiance, or who announce
and !advocate disloyalty to tho Union, will be ar
rested and tried for disobedience of orders.
t is recommended that all clergymen, professors,
and teachers, and all officers of public and private
institutions for education or benevolence, and all
engaged in busineps and trade, who are in favor of
the perpetuation of the Union, voluntarily subscribe
and file the oath of allegiance prescribed by the
State ordinance, in order that their patriotism may
be known and recognized, and that they may l
distinguished from those who wish to encourage re
bellion, and to prevent the Government from re
storing peace and prosperity to this city and State.
By order of Major General HOW&
[Signed] N. It. McLEAtr,
Assistant Adjutant General.
From San Francisco—Wreek of the Ship
Flying Dragon.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30.—The ship Flying
Dragon, of Boston, arrived last night from Sy d ney,
run on the rocks after entering the harbor, and was
totally wrecked. Her cargo, consisting of 1,000
tons of coal, is all lost. The wreck was sold to-day
for $BOO.
ARRIVED—Ship Dictator, from Hong Kong;
ship Elizabeth Cushing, from Manila; ship Electric
Spark, from Boston ; ship Neptune's Favorite, from
New York. Sailed, ship R. B. Forbes. for Shanghae.
SAN. FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.—The weather is again
pleasant. Three-fourths of Sacramento is now out
of water.
ARRIVED—Ship West Wind, from Boston; ship
Mary Whiteside. from Hong Kong. Sailed, ship
Storm King, for Hong Kong; ship Neptune's Car,
for New York.
SAN FlLAl4eigoo, Feb_ I.—The steamer Gohlw.
.Gate sailed today for Panama, carrying one hun
dred passengers and $750,000 in treasure for New
York, and $300,000 for England.
R. D. W. Davis, auctioneer, failed today for
$50,000. No assets.
Arrived, bark Benefactor, from Hong Kong
In Search of thP Sumpter
BOSTON, Feb. 3.—The new gunboat liearsa.,n.e
has sailed from Portsmouth in search of the pirate
Sumpter.
Several vessels are loading at this port with
horses and munitions of war for General Butler's
expedition, and are expected to sail during the
present week. They will soon be followed by the
Eighth New!Rampshire Regiment and other troops.
Sudden Death of Professor Lamed, of
Yale College.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 3.—William A. Lar
ned, a professor in Yale College, fell dead, in a fit,
in the street this evening.
ELECTION OF HEAD OF DEPARTMENT.—NOW
that our City Councilefittyo got into working order,
we may expect them soon to elect the heads of the
various city departments. This step is expected to
be taken during the present week, but may be
postponed. The following prog ramme , we are in
formed, has been determined on by the ruling party:
The Chief Engineership of the Water Works will be
given to Mr. Immo S. Casein, an assistant engineer
in the setae det Urtbseiit to Mt. Ogden, who is the
formar's principal competitor. Mr. Fagan, who
was likewiselan assistant of Ogden's, is another can
didate for the same post. A Mr. Harrington an
nounced himself in the early part of the canvass,
but has since withdrawn. Wm. J. Phillips, DN.,
the present Superintendent of the Police ad Fire
Alarm Telegraph, will be re-elected, there being
no opposition worthy of note. The contest for
Chief Commissioner of Highways lies between
Messrs. Schofield and Clery, and Ex-Congressman
Landy. Schofield was at one time Select Council
man from his ward. Clary was recently a candi
date for the nomination of his party for Register of
Wills.
For Superintendent of the Girard Estate,esse
Johnson and Francis McCormick arc the principal
candidates. The former was stamp agent in the
post office, and the latter an inspector or clerk in
the custom house, and lately clerk in the Building
Inspectors' office. The agency of the Girard
Estate will, it is thought, be awarded to Mr. H. F.
Kennedy. He has never, we believe, held any
office. His principal opponents are Colonel R. R.
Young, who has held offices in the custom house
and gas office, on the State road, in the quarter
masters department since the rebellion, and else
where; and Mr. Winship, late deputy surveyor in
the custom house under the BuChansn Administra
tion. Mr. Young was a candidate for the nomina
tion for Assembly fall ; the former for Recorder of
Deeds, Senate, &c., at various times.
For Assistant Commissioners of Highways there
are a host of candidates. Messrs. John kelsh and
Wm. N. King, down town, and Messrs. Patrick
MeAntee and J. J. Morrison, up town, appisar
most prominently. Kelsh and MeAotee were
supervisors under Mayor g'aus's Administration—
the former of tte Fifth and the latter of the
Twentieth ward. Mr. King was a member of the
late. Common Council, and Morrison was a candi
date for Register of Wills before the last Demo.
cratic Convention.
The superintendency of the City Railroad will
probably be given either to ex• Councilman Hazel
or Jesse T. Vogdes, late master joiner in the navy
yard, and a member of Common Council some years
ago. Mr. Vandegrift, of Ninth ward, and Alderman
West are also aspirants for the same place.
The cautlidetee for tile Markel Department are
too numerous to mention separately. None may be
said to have much prominence. The canvass for
the Department of City Property is nearly in the
same condition. There is too great a contest for
either to particularize.
We find that the First, Fourth, Ninth, Four
teenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-third
wards have each one Democratic office-holder al
ready ; the Fifth, Tenth, Sixteenth, Twenty-second,
and Twentylourth, two each ; while tho Sixth,
Eighth, Twenty-first, and Twenty-fifth present no
candidates at all. Altogether the army of appli
cants for offices under the new Councils is almost
as large as the army on the Potomac. At each
meeting of the Councils the lobbies and ante
chamber are completely packed with applicants
and their friends, much to the annoyance of the
members, who are eontinually bored from morning
till night. Of the host of applicants the majority
are old office-holders, and Lt standing candidates"
for all lucrative positions.
TO BE REINSTATED.—We understapd that
Captain Charles Alligood, of the Gray's Ferry
Arsenal, will again assume the responsibility of his
position, the charges made against him be l ying been
satisfactorily shown to be grounaleas,
XXIVIITH CARESS-FIRST SESSION,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 1802
SENATE.
Resolutions Presented.
Mr. WADE (Rep.), of Ohio, presented themint reso
lution instructing the members of Congress from that
State to use their efforts to secure such an amendment to
the naturalization laws as te grant the naturalization of
persons of foreign birth who eorvo in the army of the
Unite) Slates during the war. Referred.
Also, a resolution for securing the location of the Na
tional Armory within the limits of the State of Ohio.
Mr. CHANDLER (Rep.), of Michigan, presented
tho point resolution ut the Legislature of Michigan re-
WARY to tho Governinont end hatred to
traitors, and asking the Govornmont to speedily plitdown
the insurrection ; favoring the confiscation of the pro
perty of rebels, and asking that, an slavery wan the cause
of the war, it be swept front the laud.
Also, a joint resolution from the same hotly in relation
to the frontier defences of the tlate of Michigan.
Petitions Presented.
Mr. SIJMNRIt (Rep.), of Illassachusetts, presented a
petition of the president, professors, and . etudents at
Harvard College, caking Congress not to diminish the
number of chaplains in the army or reduce - choir sentries.
Mr. LATHAM (Dela.), of California, presented the
memorial of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco,
asking the repeal of the revenue laws in regard to the
preront warehousing sYstem. Referred.
Mr. BAWDS (Rep.), of New York, presented the pe
tition of thirteen hundred clthiene of Brooklyn, asking
the employment of homeopathic surgeons in the army.
Also, a petition from citizens of Northern New York,
asking. Congress to take speedy measures for the repeal of
the present reciprocity treaty.
Mee, the reeelotiene of th. u- s imAtiwo of Nor York,
asking a modification of the laws for raining revenue, so
that the MICOUIIt to be raised by any State by any erode
of taxation, except duties on imports, be rained by the
State itself ; that each State be allowed to assume the
amount and assess the payment of the same, and collect
it according to their own laws and by their own officers.
Referred.
General Hunter's Expedition
Mr. POMEROY (Rep.), of Kampala, ntierod
fthithig the secretary of War for all the orders
heated relative to the force in the military command of
Kansas i whether the same be commanded by General
Lane, and whether uny change has been made in the or
ders since General Lane left the Senate to tyke charge,
and VI hether the order of General Hunter (already pub
tithed) is in accordance with the orders of the Depart
ment here. Laid over. -
The Canadian Reciprocity Treats
Mr. CHANDLER (Rep.) offered a resolution that the
Committee on Commerce be instrildtA to inquire into the
expediency or immediately notifying Great Britain that
the reciprocity treaty with Canada to not reciprocal, and
shall be terminated at the earliest possible moment.
Laid over.
The Purchase of Cotton Seed.
Mr. SIMMONS (Rep.), of Rholo Island, from the
Committee on Patents, reported back the joint resolution
appropriating $3,000 for the purchase of cotton seed for
general distribution, with an :uneudntont appropriating
31,000 for the purchase of tobacco ceel.
Mr. (1111.1.1 LE (Union), of Virginia, thought that
cotton could not he made a profitable crop at the North,
and moved to postpone the consideration of the resolution
till January.
Mr. POMEROY laid cotton had been robot in Kan
sas, and he hoped the resolution would pass, as they had
no seed there.
Mr. PEARCE (fem.), of Maryland, was satiefiod.that
cotton was not a profitable crop as far north as the south
ern boundary of Maryland. Re had had some experi
ence in raising cotton.
Mr. trainee motion was rejected The amendment
Of the committee was adopted, and the resolutioni passe&
Miscellaneous,
H;, ANTHONY (Rep ), of Rhode Island, offered a
kosoiution that the Committee on Patonts be instructed
to inquire into the expediency of making an appropriation
to aid in experiments for the manufacture of flax as a
substitute for cotton. Adopted.
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, presented a
petition from the merchants of Boston against any altera
tion in the warehousing system.
Pia FOOT (Rep.). of Vermont, celled up the reeolu
tiOn direetin“ the removal of the army bakeries from Dm
Capitol, and it was passed.
Mr. JOHNSON (II.), of Tennessee, moved to take up
the bill providing for the construction of military rail—
roads in the States of Kentucky and Tennessee. Dis
agreed to.
Mr. COWAN (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, offered the
joint resolution of the Legielature of Pennsylvania rela
tive to the lake and river defences of that State. Re
ferred.
The Zonate then won't into exeoutfro ataraion, and sub.
sequeutly adjourned.
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Virginia Contested Election.
Mr. UPTON (U.), of Virginia, offered a resolution
that the C'ominittee on Elections be instructed to enns
mon before them the conductor, and ono or more of the
commissioners, who held the election at Ball's Orem
loads, on rho 23d of May last,
Its remarked that it would only be fair to him, whose
seat was involved in this case, that this should be done,
and it could occasion but little if any delay. The com
mittee had fallen into a grave error.
Dlr. DAWES (Rep.), of Massachusetts, replied that
this rase was submitted to the committee in July last.
The gentleman bad bad several hearings before the com
mittee, and every opportunity was given him to submit
any testimonyjie desired. During the session the ease
Mel &set/mud enew form. Another gentlemen was here
contesting the seat. They were both given a number of
days in which to take testimony in such cases. They
went on in the manner stated in the report, and what
they did Ia a curiosity. The gentleman (Hr. Upton) took
the depositions of those very persons he desired to be sum
moned before the committee.
If the gentleman wanted to procure testimony besides
that which bad been taken and printed, the committee
won't!, of course, oblige him. But there was no use of
going over the same ground again. If, as ho remarked,
the committee had !alien into a grave error, and if this
was palpable, it would certainly be made known in the
consideration of the question.
Air. DELANO (Rep.), of Itfassachttetta, advocated
the resolution. lie thought the request of the gentleman
IN as a real.vhabk 9ne. _
Mr. WRIGHT (U.), of Mid that Mr.
Tipton came from a dotriet of disloyal people in Virginia,
and hence he appealed to Mr. Dawes• generosity to allow
him further time to examine witnesses.
Mr. DAWES replied that the committee were acting
in a judicial character. They had heard the testimony
of these two men once, and had no objections to hearing
them again. The gentleman (Mr. Upton) only claimed ten
votes, The committee 'Were willing to admit that ten
persons voted for Lim at Ball's Crops Roads.
Mr. UPTON. But you deny their validity.
Mr DAWES replied that it was for the Muse to de
termine whether, under the circumstance, and from the
manner in which the votes were cast, it was a legal
ction. Besides, there was a man waiting outside for
the seat, who obtained seven times the number of votes
Mr. Upton receirtd.
Mr. DELANO reminded him that the gentleman who
contests the sent magnet a candidate at the same election.
Mr. DA ES knew this: but it appeared that a new
election could be bold in . Virginia at any time. He
further opposed the resolution, which was subsequently
laid on the table.
Alleged Mutinous Conduct of Illinois Troops
Mr. LOVEJOY (Rep.), of Illinois, offered the follow
ing
Whereat, It hag 114eit asserted La +Ma Revive that five
Illinois regimente did, on the occasion of learning the
contents of the report of Secretary Cameron, lay down
their arms in token of their refusal to fight: therefore,
be it
Respired, That the committee on the conduct of the
war inquire into the alleged fact, and report to Congress.
111 r. FOUKB (Dem.), of Illinois, desiring to discuss
the subject, it went over, under the rule.
Post Office Business.
On motion of Mr. BAKER Rep.), the following reso
lution was adapted! a
Resolved, That the Comm itee on the Post Office aid
Pest Roads be requested to inquire into the propriety
and expediency of establishing by law, a system for the
free receipt and delivery, by postmen, of all mail matter
in cities containing upwards of ten thousand inhabitants,
in conformity with the admirable and economical post
office system of the principal cities of Europe.
The Defences of Washington.
The House preeseded to not oil the Se.e.te 'amend
ment to the House bill making an appropriation for com
pleting the defences of Washington, and which amend
ment provides that no volunteer or militia in any State
shall be mustered into service on any grounds or condi
tion and confined to service within the limits of any State
or vicinity; and if any volunteers or militia have been
thus mustered into service they shall be discharged.
A running discussion followed, in which it was main
tained on the one side that Rome Gllards were neCeS9MI
in Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland—official provision
having already been made to that end; and on the other,
that no troops had the right to ask for special privileges,
but all should be placed on the same footing.
among the speakers was Mr. THOMAS, (Union), of
Maryland, who, in the course of his remarks, was sorry
to say that there was a Secession element in the Border
States which was only waiting for an opportunity to more
plainly manifest its purposes. Although two-thirds of
the people of Maryland were prepared to defend the Union,
the reinalnder were ready, at aoy moment, to make a de
monstration against it. Hence the importance of home
troops, when the army thall march South, to keep dawn
the element to which he had referred.
Mr LOVEJOY (Rep.), of Illinois, said the object for
which Mr. Thomas desired such home forces, was to
guard the master in his unrighteous clutch on the nogro.
He would not vote a dollar for such an infamous, iniqui
tous, and devilish purpose. The army was not raised to
keep mu in bondage and for screeching women to be
lashed ()tithe naked back with the accursed thong.
Mr. MALLORY OLT.), of Kentucky, rising to a ques
tion of order, said it was unbecoming to denounce in such
language an entire class of people of this country. It is,
be repeated, unbecoming to the gentleman, and I arrest
him in his remarks for ungentlemanly condnct.
The SPEAKER said such remarks had heretofore been
indulged in, but the gentleman had not been arrested
in them when they were not personal in their character.
Mr. THOMAS (U.) eald Mr. Lovejoy had ndoerably
perverted his language when he intimated that he, Mr.
Thomas, proposed a military organization in Maryland
to prevent the slaves of that State from leaving their
masters. He further explained, and said he himself,
though of limited means, had purchased and manumitted
eleven human being.. •
The House finally disagreed to the above Senate
tunendment by a rote of yeas 55, nays 30
The Treasury Note Bill.
The House then went into Committee of the Whole on
the state of the Union on the treasury-note bill.
Mr. VALLANDIGHAM (Dew.), of .Ohio, made a
speech on the subject.
lie addressed the House at length in opposition to the
bill, upon the ground that it proposed to make the notes
a legal tender for all debts, public and private, and thus
force a paper currency upon the country. He denied
utterly the constitutionality of the proposition, but would
not repeat the conclusive argument of his colleague (Mr.
Pendletou) upon that point. He opposed it upon the
grounds of sound political necessity, general policy, and
economy. It would derange im.iness, corrupt the cur
rency, and bring about general confusion-in all contracts
and all commerce. It was unjust to force the payment
of e ebts in paper which were contracted fur payment in
specie. In effect, one promise to pay was to be made a
legal tender in satisfaction of another promise to pay, awl
a promise by the Government to pay in paper was to die
eliarge the obligation of the ledividuel debtoe
to pay his creditor in gold and silver. Again, the bill
precedes where it ought to follow. The promise to tax
would not give credit to these. 'Taxation ought to have
gone before, but force, it seemed, was to take the place
of taxation. The notes were payable, but in what
Gold and silver and treasury notes. The Government
had no gold and silver; therefore, a treasury note was
to be made a legal tender, in satisfaction of another trot
miry note, The bill was a forced loan in disguise, None
but revolutionary Governments, or those in a far decline,
or in imminent danger of immediate overthrow, and no
king or potentate, except a usurper, had ever attempted
the like. It WRS contrary to the plainest principles of
political economy, and, if carried out and continued,
would drive all gold and silver and bank paper outof cir
culation. He objected that these notes, declared lawful
money, were yet made payable, like bonds, at the plea.
sure of the Government, the debtor, and also were to be
received in payment of debts already existing, although
they were, when contracted, payable in gold and silver.
Mr. Vallandigham condemned also the change of the
name contemplated by the trill from treasury notes to
United States notes. Eighty-two treasury—note acts,
referring to treasury notes, public and private, had
been passed, but no oilier name cone given them except
treasury notes He knew no other object for this; change
unless it was to furnish a pet manent Government cur
rency. The notes were, nevertheless, but Continental
money. He objected further to the circular power to
convert these notes into stocks and reissue them witsent
limit, to be again converted into stocks; also; to the
power to make certain of the binds payable in a foreign
country and currency, and contended that it was partial
and unjust. He spoke also of the fact that, in addition
So the endless issue of stock under the &rat section,
five hundred millions more of stocks were provided
for by the second section. Watt the- whole of
this to be but a foundation for the great na
tional paper.mill of the Secretary of the Treasury
Ile argued at length in support of his substitute.
It depended solely on the credit of the ,fievernineat,
supported by adequate taxation. Taxationvidd float
eemewhat more of treasury notes that the amount of
Governmentluee. Ho referred to the success of the
plan in Not th Carolina in 1780, and of Russia in 1827.
Them, notes would have an important advantage over
bank paper, being receivable for Government dues, and
it was not. The banks coeld not drive them ont of cir
culation. The wiled:, theory of the plan was to provide a
medium or currency between Government and its tax
pay era and tax-consumers. lint, of Course, the notes
would circulate also in private business, The substitute
differs essentially from the original bill. The one relied
on force, and the other on credit; the one looked to the
coercion of law and artne—the other to the coercion of
taxation ; the one would override the Coattltution—the
other complied with it; the eav: eheetied justice awl
political economy—the other recognized justice and
conformed to the inexorable laws of trade; the
one would create an unlimited, irredeemable depre
ciated paper money, forced by fear of violence or
confiscation on the whole people. lie proposed a volun
tary and limited and temporary clirrellCY ler the 44041-
ton] and debtors of the Government. The difference was
radical. It was tho difference between the broad road
and the narrow way. The Secretary had chosen the for
mer, and death was at the and of it. Upon the principles
of the latter he (Mr. Vallandigham) would cordially sup
port any measure of finance necessary to maintain the
credit and good faith of the Government. Othorwi.e, he
would not vote to bring down upon the people the triple
ruin of a forced currency, enormous taxation, and a pub.
tic debt never to be extinguished.
. -
Mr. HOOPER (Rep). The unnenal exigencies of the
country renuire that we should look for other sod deeper
Mirees 9'!" rei4nnl4 tiMil 11 .11 Y to Which the Government
has neretorore been accustomed. We are contending for
the maintenance of the Government, fee the preservation
of the Union. and for the enforcement of the laws, on
which depends the existence as well as the security of
property.
To insure our success in this contest, great and unn
aunt exertion's have already been made. An enormoill
army, n powerful navy, with vast stores of artillery and
ammunition, have been created. In providing for the
sustenance, comfort, and equipment of tins army and
navy, the flovernmett haw !seen obliged to incur ex._
penmen far exceeding in magnitude any which have been
hitherto known in our bistary. 7o continue them in
their present state of efficiency, large additional mats
must be expended, and it now becomee the duty of Con
gress to devise metisols by which these stuns can be oh
taint d with the least hardship to the people, and the least
risk to the credit of the Government.
Tn considering (bemoans by which this is to be effected,
it must be remembered that it is hardly possibl e foe th e
Government to raise money for any purpose without no
cahlovitig some inconvenience to Individuals.
Three mensiirem have Leon donaidered In the tointnitiet,
which are, to some extent, connected together, awl form
a comprehensive ay stem, by which, it is believed, the
Government will be enabled to procure the sums neces
sary to the succeesinl prosecution of the war, while, at
the seine time, the burden upon the capital of the country
will bet ght, and the public will be benefited in some im
portant particulars.
The first of these measures is the one now before the.
House, by which the Secretary of the Treeaury 19ae_
thorized to jotter United States notes, not to exceed one
Hundred end fifty millions dollars in amount (itichiding
those authoring] by previous laws) of denominations not
less than five dollars. They are not to bear interest, but
are to be issued and rezeived as money, convertible, at
the option of the holder, into six-per -cent. stock of the
United States, the principal and interest being payable
either here or abroad, and these notes are to no a legal
tender.
Rho second measure consists of a tax bill, which shall,
with the tariff on imports, insure au annual revenue of
at kotetone hundred and fifty millions of dollars.
•
The third is a national banking law, which will re
quire the deposit of United States stock as a security for
the bank notes that are circulated as currency.
The tax bill is now being perfected in its details. It
proposes a moderate rate of taxation upan most of the
articles of nreeesary consumption, with higher rates on
distilled Honors and other articles of luxury, and lega
cies and probates, an passengers by railroads and other
conveyances, newepapers and telegraphic messages.
From these sources, taken in ColltiFetioll with the ta
riff upon imports, it is confidently expected, :liter a
most careful investigation, that the Government
will derive an annual revenue of at least one
hundred and fifty million dollars. The ordinary ex
penses of the Government do not exceed seventy-five
millions, which, being deducted from the estimated reve
nue, will leave an amount sufficient to pay an interest of
six per cent. upon a loan of twelve hundred and fifty
million dollars, or nearly three hundred million dollars
more than the estimates of the several departments of the
amount of the public debt at the end of aqomor ngettl
year it the state of affairs should remain in the saute ties
plorablo condition as now,
This tax bill will give to the bonds of the United States
the character so much desired by capitalists, that of a
sure interest-paying security. With such a character
there would be no harm done if the principal were never
paid, so far as those holding the itonde are eotlcertiad, be
cause capitalists in the aggregate do not care for the pal
mcnt of their principal • the only value which they place
upon their capital is derivedr from the fact that it will
yield them a revenue, and if at any time the capitalist
should wish to use the principal of his bond, be knows
that he can always sell it to another who is desirous to
invest as much as he desires to sell.
There is another advantage attached to this scheme of
taxation. As the 'surplus, after deducting the ordinary
expenses of the Government, will be mere than sufficient
to pay the interest upon may debts which the United
Elates has now incurred. or hereafter proposes to incur,
rrhrn - this rebellion shall have been subdued, and peace
shall have once again spread her wings over the land,
the revenue will increase with the prospprity of the
country, and the excess will operate as a sulking fund,
by means of which the whole debt can be gradually ex
tinguished. We have seen, in our own experience, at
no very distant date, a surplus revenue used to diminish
the national debt by even paying for it an exorbitant
premium.
Having thus, as we believe, provided a wise system of
taxation which should enable the Government to borrow
all the money which it may need, at fair rates, it i* pro-
Posed, in order toy give atilt further assistance. and also
with the object of securing a much-needed reform, to
recommend a general banking law.
For nearly thirty years, the country has been without
a uniform paper currency. As nearly all the business of
the country is done by means of paper ' specie being
so:dom used except in the payment of balances, the in
conveniences resulting from this want have been very
great. The travelling public, remitters of small sums
by mail, and the laboring clams, who often receive
their pay . in uacurrent funds, chiefly experience these
jne@DVOllleaft.• in order to relieve this want, It is no.
cassary to give to the paper currency three quali
fications :
Vint. It must be well secured, so that tine people may
feel that they are sure of obtaining its value when
needed.
Second. It must have a governmental endorsement or
guarantee, so that the people every n•b)re may be able
to distinguish it, and the Government prove its confi
dence hi it by fitting it in payment of tares, assessment,
and other dues.
Third. It must be guarded, as far as possible, against
arbitrary increase.
l hese requisites have all been provided for in the bill.
The paper currency is to be secured by a doposlt t
with the Government, of the United Settee stocks,
the market value of which shall be equal to the
amount of the currency issued. There can bo no
higher security known to the Government, and its
permaneni value has heretofore Seen shown. The
Government, upon the receipt of such security, is to
certify on the face of the notes for currency, that the_
same are "secured by pledge of United States stocks,"
and is to take them in payment of all taxes, excises,
and other ,dueu, excepting only for duties upon im
potte. Lastly, the Government cannot increase the
amount of the currency except upon the application of
a bank, and the banks cannot increase it except upon
application to, and depositing security with, the Govern
ment.
The currency is left to the banks; they are only re
quired to deposit security for it, and to submit to certain
established rules and regulations prescribed in the bill in
order to insure conformity of manacement, for the com•
mon lieneht of the banks themselves and of the nubile.
To many of the banks these requirements will not be
difficult of performance, as they already hold stocks of
the United States which they will be at liberty to pledge.
In exchange for the restrictions imposed upon them, the
banks will enjoy the benefit of a fixed and permanent in
terest upon their hypothecated stocks. 6, An odor of rm.
tionality," as Mr. Webster called it, is also imparted to
`their bills, enabling them to circulate wirier and farther
than before. And what would become a constant
drain upon their specie is cheched by the consent of the
Government to receive their notes in satisfaction of its
does.
Thus are secured all the benefits of the old United
States Bank without many of those objectionable
features which aroused opposition. It was affirmed
that, by its favors, tire Government enabled that bank
to monopolize the business of the country. Here uo
such system of favoritism exists. It was affirmed that,
- while a large portion of the property in the several
States, owned by foreign stockholders, was invested
in that back and its branches, yet t was nnjuitly
txerepted from taxation. Hate every . State is lett at
perfect liberty, so far as this law is concerned, to tax
banks within its limits, in whatever manser and to wire . -
ever extent it may please. It was affirmed that fre.
(luridly great inconvenience and sometimes terrible dis
aster resulted to the trade and commerce of different lo
calities by the mother Bank of the United Slates arbi
trarily interfering II lib the management of the branches
by sth3enly reducing their loans, atd sometimes with
drawing large amounts of their specie for political ef.
felt.
Here each bank transacts its own business upon its
own capital, and is subject to no demands except those
of its own customers and its own business. It will be
as if the Bank of the United States had been divided
into many parts. and each part endowed with the
life, motion, and similitude of the whole, revolving
in its own orbit, managed by 'its own board of di
rectors, attending to the business interests of its own
locality i land yet to the hill, of each - will he given as
wide a circulation and as fixed a value as were ever
given to those of the Bank of the United States in its
palmiest 'days. It is not to be supposed that variation
in the rates of exchange will entirely disappear. These
institutions all originate among the people in their own
lecalities, and are not created by Government. The Go
vernment simply authorizes the investment of capital in
the loans, and the use of the bonds representing the
loans as the basis of a sound circulation.
This rename will, therefore, give to the people that
which they most desire, a currency which shall not only
purport to be money, but shall actually be money in a
broader and more positive sense than are the notes of the
Bank of England, high as they are in the estimation of
the commercial world ; for the reason that the entire
capital of the Bank of England invested in Its Govern.
ment stocks, paying a very small rate of interest, and
upon these stocks aro based, therefore, the ultimate se
curity of their bills, which is a divided security, because
the depositors of the bank look to it equally with the hill
holders : while the plan proposed by the committee con
templates the hypothecation of the stocks of a Govern
ment with fewer liabilities, paying a larger rate of in
terest, which are specially pledged for the security of the
currency alone.
The levying of the contemplated tax, the proper inau
guration of the new banking scheme, and the successful
negotiation of a new loan, are matters that will relaire
time.. In the meanwhile the Irettenry is comparatively
empty, and the demands upon the Government are nume
rous and pressing. To enable the Government to sup-:
port itself luring this interval of time, and to facilitate
the negotiation of their loans, the committee have de
cided to recommend the issue of Government notes.
The question wo have to consider is + how this force,
now under arms to uphold the Government, shaldbe paid
fort And how shall we pny for what is necessary to
mnintoin it in the future', There in au abundance - of
everything requisite for the purpose. The question is,
`simply, bow can the Government best provide the means
of paying those who have supplied, and may continue to
supply these forces
There are but two ways in which this can be justly and
fairly accomplished. One is by iaxation-,in other words,
calling on every man to furnish at once his just propor
tion of *he amount required. Theother is by loans—that
is, by issuing the obligation of the Government to pay at
.401510 future time, with elicit rate of hatred as may be
agreed upon, thereby allowing our descendants to share
fome portion of that burden, which is incurred as much
nor their benefit as for ours.
The Committee of Ways and Means recommend loans,
with taxation to meet the interest and the ordinary ex
penses of the Government ; and tho measures they have
considered are fur that purpose. The people are ready
and willing, and are anxious to be taxed to an extent
that will secure the prompt payment of this interest, and
a sinking fund that will provide for the paiyment of the
principal in twenty er thirty years. By joint resolution
Congress has pledged itself to meet their wishes in that
respect with great unanimity ; and the tax bitty as men
tioned heretofore, is now being perfected in the commit
tee, and will soon be submitted.
It is proposed to issue $500,000,00. of bonds, paya
ble in twenty years, with interest, send-annually, at
the rate of six per cent. ptr annum, upon which the
committee confidently rely for adequate moans
to main
tain the Government and carry on the war until the
rebellion is aulitlueil. There would be no difficulty
in relying upon these bonds alone, if the parties who
contrucled to furnish the necessary supplies, and other
creditors ot; the Government, were the parties who
ate nisO to receive and bold the bonds Mist are to
be issued. But, nnfortnnaiely, these contracture and
others haye incurred large debts to banks met capitalists,
which they are called to pay, and have time for beau put
to great inconvenience by the delay of the Government in
payine them. Hence there Is a necessity for money; and
the object of the authority to issue 5150,000,000' United
States notes not beating interest, tied made a legal
tender, is to pay these creditors of the United States, and
enable them to discharge their debts.
In the natural course of trade, these United States
notes will continue to be transferred from one to an
other until they conic into the hands of the banks - and
capitalists, who will not allow them to remain
long idle in their possession. Money, for commercial
purpows, ems now be obtained for less tolall feats per
...cont. Such portion, theretore, of the f , Unite,t States
notes" as are not needed for circulation, and cannot
' to to-ed in iegithir business channels in a way to earn
interest, will be returned sooner or luster to the Treasury
lit par Intent, to be converted into bonds bearing interest
at the rule of six per cent. and payable in twenty years.
By this process the exchange is completed, and these
boo-Is of the Government will thus be made to furnisik
the supplies required to carry on the war without the
intervention or use by the Government of bank paper.
To render the Government financially more indepen
dent, it is necessary to make the suited States notes a
legal tender. It is possible that they would become a
practical tender like bank notes, without providing for
theni to be a legal tender. If this were a foreign war
there would be no doubt of it; but in this present emer
gency, when those who are openly or secretly disloyal
to the Government are found everywhere to-suggest ob-
Steeled that may embarrass the Government, nothing
should be omlio-d that will add to theft ellielens
cy. 1 slit, therefore, in favor of making like nci..ee
a legal tender, believing the Secretary of the Treesury, who alone has the power to issue them, chi and
will ins the tower with his well. known discretion, mid
that it r ill assist him in his endeavor to keey, the notes
at tar with cote. We shall probably he told that Bug..
lent in lur great Edmund°, while specie pain outs wan)
enspended, leaver made paper money a 1,441. heft
in this respect her example should serve as a warning
rather than a guide, because, instead of it, she did what
was much worse, by sumpandlng the laws to enforce the
payment or debts in cases where the paper money had
been rrfuaed as a tender.
•
Tbs.' Pia!! whit!! I We Moo eiteteled, IP Ito (several
branches, fills up the outlines of the policy submitted by
the Secretary of the Treeninry In hie very able report.
Mr. Speaker, the loyal finites stand In a more inde
pendent position today than they have ever before oc
cupied. The reports of the Treasury allow that they
have been small purchasers, while tho record of the ex.
ports tell us that they have sold largely. Where, then,
are the abundant resources of this country"! I answer,
sir, that they are In our banks, and our warehouses, and
our granaries. Commerce and its attendant trade are
paralyzed; the timid and disloyal are sending their
wealth abroad for security, while the Government to
offerthg the only Hale lint' (sure ePPertuitltlel ter hives!,
went within their reach.
Some of the very men who owe their freedom, their
standing, their wealth to the development of the princi
ples in defence of which this war is now waged, seem to
be hesitating and wavering whether to come to the sup.
port of those principles, or abandon them to their threat.
cued destruction. For, sir, disguise it under whatever
name yen 'please, this is a war, on the part of the South,
inspired by slavery against the free labor of the North;
and hence the e> mouthy It reeetvea front thtete who favor
aristocratic institutions_
The prosperity of the North, like that of England and
France, le mainly to he attrihotcd to the akin that It ham
developed h, manufactures, the enterprise that it hue
displayed in commerce, and the constant investment of
Ito accunintateO wealth in industrial pursuits of every
kite ; while the South, from polity, hat preferred that
its labor should he unskilled and ignorant, suited only to
the employments of a peculiar agriculture, keeping itself
dependent upon foreign trade for many of the conve
nience,' and luxuries which it has not the Ingenuity to
prodilco,
it la important in tide great 'draggle to thaw the ape
clarity of the principlen of freedom, of educatiom of the
elevation of mankind, upon which noddy at the North is
based, over thane of slavery, which doom men to hopelesn
ignorance, in order to insure abject obedience. To do
this, our resources of (miry kind are &umlaut, hunt in
men and In means; and it in only necessary to draw then
out in order to be successful.
To fail would not be because the nation was an poorly
endowed as to be without the means of success, but be
fetise
it WNW to Millie Ile of Mom, alich s rudult, It
it were possible, would not weaken the truth of the great
principles of liberty and equality for which we are con
tending, but would simply demonstrate that we, of this
generation, were faithless in guarding those principles,
faithless to ourselves, faithless to our country, faithless to
good government throughout the world, and, since such
infidelity is a violation of unquestionable duty, faithless
to Cod.
The House than adjourn , d.
THE CITY.
AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING.
ARC H• STREET THEATRE—Arch etreet, above Sixth,—
lne Knight of Arva"—" The Irish Dragoon"—RA.
Loan of R Lover."
WALNUT-STREET THEATRE—Ninth and Walnut eta
" TrOMPI - Alwrlca" "An ifoOr In Solite—.
"Limerickßoy.o
CONTINENTAL THEATRE—WaInut street, above 'MOM
Uncle Tom's Cabin."
TEMPLE OF WONLIEk9—N. E. corner Tenth and Cheat.
aut streets.—Siguor Blitz's Entertainment.
TRANSFER OF PRIS MEM FROM MOYAILEM
SING PRISON . TO FORT LA MAYETTE.—Yeaterday
afternoon, the prisoners confined in Moyamensing
/limn were brought before Judge Ciulwelader
upon a writ of habeas corpus, and, after being in.
terrogated by counsel as to their willingness to be'
handed over from the civil to the military Ratko
ritice' they were requested by the Judge to signify
their feeling in the matter. They all replied, stand-
ing as their names were called, "No objection,
5 1 . V." The following are the names of the pirates,
the first four of whom have been convicted of pi
racy and treason :
William Smith, Thomas Quigley, Daniel Mai
lings, Edward Rockford, VI illiam Perri,
Richard M. norm, Charlei Catup August
Peyrupet, 'Robert Barrett, Henry Mills, Edward
Flynn, Austin C. Williams, Henry Antmans, Daniel
Courteney, John M. Morgan, George Hawkins, Asa
Dolahay, John Cunningham, Richard R. Jeffries,
William H. Hasleburst, George S. Harrison, John
Mark, Hugh Monagrow, William Bryan, George
Sawden, John Cronin. Michael Dillon, Ilenry A.
Rum, John Millings, John W, Deamig ; C IL Mar.
riott, Geo. IL Roberts, Thomas A. Brookbanke,
Richard Lewis, Edward Murphy, John H. Ed
wards, Thomas Wood, and John G. S. Lucket.
The pirates are evidently afraid of each other,
and many of them whispered in our ears that they
intended to remain in the North if they could pos.
sib'!" do so. In public, however, and in hearing of
their comrades, they expressed contrary intentions.
The Irish element appeared to be the most formi
dable, and we understand that eight of the Irish
crewamen manned the Petrel's guns and did all
the firing.
They were neatly clothed, and many times ex.
pressed gratitude to Marshal Miliward and family
for interest in their behalf.
Prax—ltsmar.urra Ilan or WATEII.—About
eight o'clock, yesterday morning, a Are broke out
in an old two-story frame building at the southeast
corner of Second and Green streets. The building
was principally occupied by Mr. Charles B. Deets,
grocer. A small portion of the lower floor was
partitioned off and tenanted by Mr. Raphael Vogel,
cap manufacturer. The flames originated from a
hot stovepipe which passed through a wooden
partition. Mr. Vogel had kindled up a fresh fire
with wood and charcoal, and upon returning to his
shop, after a temporary absence, he found the
place in a blaze. The cap shop was entirely
burned otth and the fire worked Ili way to the roof
Of the building.
The police and neighbors saved a portion of the
stock of Mr. Deets, but what remained in the
building was deluged with water. The millinery
store and dwelling of Mrs. Clara Strauss, next door
below on Second street, suffered considerably from
water, which poured in through a skylight in the
rear, which was broken by some falling bricks.
The cellar of the dwelling of Mrs, Strickeri on
Green rtreet, 610 W BeOphd, wriij fleodOd, •
Mr. Vogel says that his stook, which was Wall):
destroyed, was worth ROOO. He has an insurance*.
upon it of $2,000, in the Girard.
Bin Deets has an insurance of $3,000 upon his
stock, which will fully cover his loss.
The building belonged to Mrs. Eliza Stricken
It is insured for *OOO, which "will cover the Lod
upon lt.
The fire caused a blockade of the Second and
Third-streets Railway, which continued for some
time t and caused much inconvenience to the lines
running upon it.
The necessity for a reform in the arrangement
of the fire districts was demonstrated at this eonfla
gration. The presence of two fire COMF.Anims would
have been quite sufficient to have extinguished the
flames, but there were probably fifty companies
upon the ground with their apparatus. Their
mere presence was not the greatest of the evils in
volved. All that could go into service did so,
and the extent of the fire was ridiculously dis
proportioned to the means applied to its extin
guishment. At one time, after the flames had
been apparently quenched, we counted no less
than eight powerful streams from steamers
which were poured into and upon the building
from Second street alone. Water was aliti beteg
poured in perfect torrents from Green street, at the
same moment, but we did not count the number of
streams which came from that quarter. It really
seemed as though some of the firemen, after ex
tinguishing the flames, were endeavoring to knook
the crazy old structure to pieces with their streams,
and float away the fragments on the flood they
were mating- A r4f3rin le si - 941;ir , needed in the
arrangement of the fire districts, in the number of
apparatus which go into service, and in the lavish
use of water, when it can only result in damage.
The hose carriage of the West Philadelphia steam
engine company, while coming down the grade at
Market-street bridge, on their way to the fire, ran
into a heavy wagon, and was rendered a complete
wreck, ,
CORRECTION.— t :aptain ELL. Vaticlove sends
us a communication complaining that certain im
postors misrepresented him in the eyes of the pub
lic. The following embodies the facts of his state
ments
On the seventeenth of January my company
asked for an election of officers, saying they were
dissatisfied with their Present ones. I granted it-.
whereupon (acting) Lieut. Monroe Murphy received
five votes, and (acting) Second Lieut. Alfred W.
Miller reeeiving but one single vote. Thus they
were expelled from the company for incompetency,
and in order to shield the fact from the world, they
did by falsehood and sedition, entice some thirty
men to leave the camp. And these men, to add
weight to their false puhihration t have signed them
selves as sergeants and corporals, knowing tiny
never held any such position.
THE ISQUEST.—Yesterday afternoon Coro
ner Conrad held an inquest at the Fifth-ward sta
tion-house, on the body of the unknown man who
was killed on Saturday evening, by being jammed
between two freigbt , ears, on the railroad at Front
and Doak .WM6. This lidto+r and {*aka man up6A
the train wore arrested, and held to bail to await
the result of the coroner's investigation, which ex
onerated them from all blame.
The deceased was apparently a laboring man ; he
was dressed in dark clothes. Ho was about five
feet ten inches in height, apparently about thirty
five ram of ago, and he wore his board, which was
dark, fall.
PIIOI3AIILE HOMICIDE.—Last evening, about
half past seven' o'clock, a man named Samuel
Smith was beaten with a club over the head at a
low den, Front and Union streets. He was pioked
up for dead and conveyed to the hospital, where
he was in a critical condition at a late hour lase
evening. Three women were arrested upon the
charge of being implicated in the outrage, The
police are after the man who inflicted the blows.
DEATH OF AN OLD lIIERCIIANT.—James Bar
rett, Sr., a merchant of this city, died yesterday
morning, at his residence, No. .1414 Green street.
The deceased was sixty-five years of age, and had
been engaged in the grain trade for a period of
thirty-four years. Ile was formerly president of
the Corn Exchange Assoeiation, and was WAVY U.
teemed and respected by his numerous mercantile
associates.
MISDEMEANOR.—Augustus Burns, a member
of Colonel Gallagher's Regiment, was taken into
custody on Sunday night, in Frankford, charged
with misdemeanor. Be waa intoxicated, and made
his y into several dwelling Louses, and when re•
quested by the occupants to leave, would rotutla
to do so. At one place he behaved in a very inde
cent manner, and assaulted several persons. Yes
terday morning he had a hearing before Alderman
Coady, and was committed to answer at court. ..
ANNIIAI. MEETING OP MN BOARD Or nip
—The annual meeting of the Board of Trade
held last evening at their rooms, Fifth and •
nut streets. The report for the year was road
contained a statement of all the business trail
by the Board. An election for officers was
held, which resulted in favor of Samuel C. hi
for president; David S. Brown, John Welsh .1
Samuel Y. Merrick, vice presidents; Wm. C. 1
wig, secretary ; 113 L 1_1 Wood , t reasurer;
executive council of twenty•ono members.
A SHEEPY INDIVIDITAL.—Yesterday a
noon Simon Seniff, arrested by Officer Cape.
was before Alderman 'killer charged with etas
a sheep and two calves from the barn of Chas.
Joker in Frankford. The prisoner had sold
animals to a butcher Who Mid slaUghtero4 tb
but the skins were recognized by the owner.
Of was committed in default of $l,OOO , bail to
ewer at oourt.
MR. RICHARDSON will exhibit hialargo churn
or chapel tent for the soldiers, ou, the north side of
the Eastern Market, this afternoon, from two to sk,.
o'clock. All interested are invited to call and eir;s:
anoint i t.
SCIMM. EXASIINATkON9.—The e.
of candidstos for aUttission, into both
sud Boys' High &bools c.outmeneed
morning.
POLICE APPOINTMENT.—Jac obi M.
man, of the Thirteenth Poliee• I)ietrtot,
promoted to the rank of aergeenit lay the Ma