C h rt.”. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1862 EXTR4CT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—" The conspiracy to break up the Union is a fact now known to all. Armies are being raised, and war levied is accomplish it. There can be but two sides to the controversy. Every man must be on the side of the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war. There can be none but patriots and traitors." IL PAPER FOR THE CAMP AND FIRESIDE - FORNEY'S WAR PRESS.. 'CONTENTS OF NO. 13, FOR SATURDAY, FRRRU- INGBAVINGIS.—The united States Sloop Tuscarora, now wattling the Rebel Steamer Nashville at Southamp ton—View on ,Washington Avenue, Philadelphia, of the new Boilers for the U. S. Steamship Powhatan—Portraits Of Gen. Mei. e'en, H, W, Matlack, Gen. Buell, and Com modore Goldsborough—lnterior View of G. W. Simons & Brother's Jewelry Manufactory, now occupied chiefly in the Manufacture of Fine Swords for the Trade—Count ing-Mouse of G. W. Simons & Brother's Establishment. WAR POETRY.—When the Stare of Our Union Grow Dim—Washington's Prayer at Valley Forge—The Recruit —By the Banks of the Cumberland. WAR TALE.—The Lieutenant's Courtship. FROM GEN. HALLECK'S DE PARTAIENT.—The Situation of Columbus—lnteresting Account of Diallers and Things in Springfield—Sigers Plan for a Great Western Campaign. FROM GRN. BUELL'S DEPARTMENT.—Interest. lug from Munfordsville—The - Reba Defeat at Mill Springs —The Spirit or Gen. Ituell's Army at Munfordeville— Rebel Movements in -Kentucky. . . . . FROM GEN. HUNTER'S DIVISION.—GeneraI Hunter's Expedition: Its Prospective Operations—The War in Kansas : Important Order of Gen Hunter. GEL BURNSIDE'S EXPEDITION.—OfficiaI De spatcbes from Commodore Goldborougli—The Burnside Expedition—Reports from Burnside's Expedition. THE LETTERS OF OCCASIONAL."—The "Regn. Mr" Democracy on the War—lion. Charles Stunner -England and America—The European .Fowera and the Rebellion. FROM TILE SOUTH —A Picture of the Rebellion— Interesting from East Tennessee—Affairs in Tennessee and the Cotton States—Rebel Views of McClellan—The _Rebels Dispirited—Sufferings of Loyal Virginians. EDITORIALS.—The Latest War News—Foreign In tervention—The United States Steam Sloop Tuscarora-- The Boilers of the Fuwhatan. LATEST NEWS.—From Fortress Monroe—From the Rebel States—Au Important Southern Document : An Address to the people of Georgia. SPECIAL DESPATCHES FROM THE CAPITAL—. c on firmati g no Try Ow D. S. Senate—The Naval Academy —Deeratcles I rom the Rebel Government—PrecAutione against the Smuggling of Liquor into the Camps—The Cost of Music for the Army—The Supply of Arma and Military Supplies: Important Order of the. Secretary of War. MISCELLANEOUS.— The Butler Expedition—The Relief of Our War Prifioner_4—The Federal Prisoners in Richmond—From the Upper Potomac—The Ninety. seventh Pennsylvania Regiment. FINANCIAL AND COMMF-SCIAL.—The Money Market—Weekly Review of the Philadelphia Markets. WAR WIT AND HUMOR.. Single Copies for sale at the Counter of The Preis. TERMS ;—Oue copy, one year, V.; Three copies, one year, $5 ; Five copies, one year, $B. WE beg leave to announce to our friends and patrons, 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 now so near Washington in point of time that merchants and business wen will see the advantages our journal - possesses for presenting their claims to the citizens and tradesmen of the capital. THE LATEST WAR NEWS A list of confirmations of military appointments, recently made by the United States Senate, will be found in our columns this morning. Most of Captain Porter's mortar fleet, now fitting out at New York, is finished and ready for ser vice. Three more of the vessels were put in com mission on Tuesday, leaving only three at the Brooklyn navy yard, and these are nearly ready for service. The vessels already fitted out are the brig Sea Foam, barkentine Horace Basis, schooners A. Heaton, Norfolk Packet, Dan Smith, M. J. Carlton, Arletta, Henry Janes, M. Vassar, Jr., Sydney C. Jones, Sophrona, Orvetta, S. P. Williams, Racer, J. Griffiths, J. A. Ward, Oliver H. Lee, Para, Sarah Bruen, and William Bacon. Several other vessels will be used, in connection with the mortar fleet, as gunboats, etc. The flag ship of the squadron will be the gunboat.R*Oe/d, formerly used as a Staten Island ferry-boat. The plan of operation of Captain Porter's fleet has not been disclosed. It is conjectured that it will act in concert with Commodore Farragut's fleet, whose field of operations is the Gulf of Mexico, There are a number of conflicting statements in regard to the future movements of Gen. Scott. The New York Post of last evening states that it is authoritively asserted the General will embark in the sloop-of•war Richmond, now fitting out at the Brooklyn navy yard, for Key West, and that the General will go out with her for the purpose of re cruiting his health. On the other hand, the Ex press states that it is currently reported the old Veteran has abandoned that idea, and that he will remain in New York for some weeks. The London Times, in a recent editorial, recom mends a strict policy of non-interference in Ameri can affairs for the present. Senator Bright was yesterday expelled from the 'United States Senate by a vote of 32 yeas to 14 As some of the statesmen and newspapers of England are continually denouncing as a "great barbarity" the closing up of the rebel ports by means of a stone blockade, it is probable they bare forgotten that ; in the war of 1.412, great Britain attempted to' destroy, in a similar manner, one of the ports on c our northern frontier, and that the port of Savannah is even now, or was only nine years since, suffering from a stone-fleet blockade on the part of Eogland in 1779. The evidence is contained in the " Report of the (United States) Commission Appointed to Examine Savannah River and Harbor," and made to the War Department, February 11, 1853. It is signed by "J. F. Gilmer, First Lieutenant of Engineers A nd Reporter," "A. H. Bowman, Captain of En gineers," and "A. D. Bache, Superintendent of United States Coast Survey," as commissioners. It seems that the expedition which started from Cairo, several days ago, bas gone to attack Fort Henry, on the Tennessee river. On Tuesday, our forces, under General Grant, landed at Itris Land ing, six miles below the rebel fort. The gunboats Essex and St. Louis made a reconnoissance to within a mile and a half of the rebels, and ascer tained the range of the rebel guns. The rebel forces are supposed to amount to about 4,000 men, and as our troops were, on yesterday, within four miles of the rebel entrenchments, it is probable that a battle has taken place. ' THE IltmcmusoN Fammr—John, Fanny, Frank, and Viola—will give a musical entertainment to morrow evening at Concert Mill. In their own style of performances, differing so widely from the modern opera school, the Hutchinsons have always stood unrivalled. MRS. LlNCOLN.—McAllister & Brother, Chestnut street, whose stock of celebrities is becoming im mense, have just issued p (vie de vistte of Mrs. Lincoln, from a negative by Brady, of Washington. It presents a pleasant, genial face to look at. MISSOURI LANDS.—Persons owning Miesow lands will do well to eorreepsixi ysith. Missrs." RiCtircisiff-'2lPNlting, of Jefferson City, Missouri, whose card will be found in our issue of to-day. LARGE AUCTION SALE.—FOREIGN AND Donna- Tic Dar GOODS, HOSIERY, &C.—The attention of purchasers is requested to the largeeand fresh assortment of British, French, German, India, and domestic dry goods, hosiery, ready-made clothing, Act., embracing about 820 lotd of staple and fancy articles. Also, a fresh and well-selected stook of dry goods, to be peremptorily sold, by catalogue, for cash, commencing this morning, at 10 o'clock, the sale to be continued, without intermission, all day and part of the evening, by J. 43, Myers ZeCo., auctioneers, Nos. 202 and 234 Market meet. AUCTION NOTICE.—SALE OF BOOTS AND SHOES: The attention of buyers is call i ki to large and de sirable assortment of 1,200 cases booth, shoes, brogans, tic., to be sold th is morning at 10 o'clock precisely, by Philip For k Co., auetioneers, at their stores, No. 525 Market, and 522 COnneree streets. The above sale comprises goods from first elass city and Eastern manufactures. A. J. MCCLgARY.—A reporter of an after noon cotemporary law received a letter from Mr. Mc- Cleary, a member 14;91=11'111y C, California Regiment, who was taken prisoner at Ball's Bluff. The letter is dated Richmond, Jan. 25, and was unsealed. The writer WO that be is extremely well t and that he is en gaged in doing the necessary clerking about the prison, and calling the roll of the prisoners? He ropttrks that be is 6 . living in style ;" but is anxious to got to Phila. delphia, and makes no secret of his intention of returning at once to the service of his country upon his release, which, be hopes, will occur haters tong. Mr. McCleary wee formerly a member of the reportorial corps of this city. Jr MAY be said of Senator J011403T, of Ten nessee, that he occupies one of the most en viable positions over held by a public man. We speak of him as a statesman, and not simply as a citizen ; for as a citizen he has endured privations most heart-rending. It is his peculiar lot to stand in our Senate Cham ber an exile from his home, with the knowledge that his home is• desolate, his famil,y unpro tected in the midst of enemies, in prison, or wandering among the mountains. "When we remember that he endures these sufferings rather than sacrifice his loyalty; that he might have made a humiliating surrender, like JOHN BELL or Mr. NE1.9011 7 and retained his posses sions and his home, we can appreciate the grandeur of his position and the eminent claim he possesses upon the affections of the Ameri can people. We can appreciate, too, the lessons of patriotism he teaches us—the burn- ing words of truth—the admonition and the appeal—for they have an earnestness of mean- ing which no other statesman can convey. Every experience of his life, every wrong now burdening his existence, combine to carry con viction and respect. The victim of a great conspiracy against the nation, he knows the men at the head of the rebellion, and the machinery they employ, better than any one living, and he knows, too, the duty which is required of every citizen to thwart their schemes by a speedy triumph of our armies and an honorable peace. The North, which came up so gallantly with its legions to the battle-field, when treason in vaded the Republic, has other battles to fight than the contests in Virginia, Missouri, and Kentucky_ The enemy at hoMe is no less vindictive than the enemy abroad. When BEAUREGARD went to Kentucky with fifteen thousand men, he left a large reserve at Ma nassas, and a reserve as large and far more efficient in the Northern States, controlling a part of the press, undermining public opinion, poisoning the public confidence, and even em barrassing legislation in the halls of Congress. The men who paralyzed the Republic in Fe- bruary last, are endeavoring to prostrate the Republic to-day. That experience is too re cent and too sad to be forgotten. The cry of peace did not prevent batteries being erected in Charleston harbor—the efforts at compro mise and conciliation did not prevent those batteries firing on Fort Sumpter ; and while the enemy at home talks constrained loyalty, and professes to be actuated by a peculiar concern for the public good, he is no less active in his hostile preparations, and When the time at last arrives, the blow will come as malignantly as it came from the traitors in South Carolina. This is the danger we have to dread. To use a familiar military phrase, we are in danger of a flank movement—a con centration of the disloyal sentiment in our midst—the capture of the great Democratic party organization, and the use of that organi zation as an ally of the enemy. The battle of peace is impending. Even at the risk of wearying, by repetition, we have re peated our warning of the political trouble to come. We know the men who are engaged in this conspiracy too well, not to dread their machinations. We know the power of a great party organization—an organization sacred in its traditions, useful in other days, and now to be used for mischief and disunion. We have seen this organization si'ently pass from the" hands of patriots to those who have no feeling of Ratriotism. The men who nearly ruined the Republic, under the Administration of Mr. BUCHANAN, are ruling the Democratic party under the Administration of IFfr.LlNcout, and we have admonished the people of the danger now before them, and the duty its presence imposes. We are again admonished of that danger by one of our most illustrious citizens, and on this occasion the voice of warning comes from the Senate of the United States. In his great speech of Friday last, Senator JOHNSON, of Tennessee, presented this subject, as indeed he presents every subject, truly and courage ously. The Democracy of the Senator is his torical, and he speaks by the card. He sup ported BRECKINBIDGE as a 'partisan, only to disarm and denounce him as a patriot. He was the partisan when laboring in the ranks of our old political organization ; he is the patriot now as he labors in the service of his country. He shows that the source of this rebellion was the Democratic party, and that the source is far from being purified. We printed this portion of the Senator's speech yesterday, and our re ference now is simply to emphasize his reason ing. Without repeating what our friends have no doubt read Nyith so much pleasure, we find the argument of the Senator to be ; that the day of compromise is past ; that party must be made to give way to the country ; that we must cease to as roll oft' honeyed words against co ereicin ;" "that the great interests of civil liberty and free government call upon every patriot and every lover of popular rights to come forward and do his duty ;" that if our soldiers put down traitors in the field, Gc we must eject them from our midst, without re gard to former associations;" that we must not give this question, of a war against the re bellion, a party tinge ; " for, if Iknow myself," and we are now quoting one of the Senator's noblest sentiments, cg although lam a Demo- crat, and expect to lire and die one. I know no party in this great struggle for Me existence of my country." Occupying high ground like this ; we must attain the highest measure of patriotism and loyalty. The citizen who adapts his course to these great sentiments of the Senator, never finds himself in the alliance of the disloyal, or trifling with treason. The men who believe in, this doctrine do not talk about constitu tional compacts and our beloved brethren of the South. We do not find them denouncing the Administration as Black Republican," and the war as a Black Republican job." We do not hear them in a frenzy about a war with England, or endeavoring to foster an angry feeling towards the European nations. We do not see them in Congress opposing : every just measure of finance, throwing em barrassments in the way of necessary legisla. tion, and misrepresenting the policy of the Go vernment in regard to the war. The true men do not recognize each other as Democrats or Republicans, but as patriotic citizens, whose ' only faith is the preservation of the Union and the Constitution. They confide and follow. They believe that President LINCOLN is honest; that his Cabinet emulate the spirit of the chief; that General MCCLELLAN is rapidly, silently, and bloodlessly organizing victory. They are willing, in the words of the Senator from Tennessee, "to encourage the army- and the navy—to vote the men and the means ne cessary to bring into-requisition the enforcing and coercive power of the Government." With the past before us, and many a stern lesson crowding the pages of its history; with the mighty destinies of this nation de manding every possible sacrifice and self-de nial; believing that only as there is harmony in our councils and a unity or purpose in our conduct we shall obtain victory and peace—let us follow the teaching of the Senator from Tennesset, and terminate the strife and dis sension now prevailing in our, midst. Who . ever prefers his party to the Union is against the Union, and whoever labors for his party at the expense of the Union feeling is as much ap enemy as the chief traitor in Fort Warren. ‘ l.O. -it be the Republican, with his peculiar principles, or the Democrat with his, when the effect of agitatton is to divide and distract, and build up a sentiment of disaffection thwardhtl Administration, each is equally an— enernyZfor no true Republican, and certainly, no true Democrat, can regard anything Of being snore importani than the termination of the rebellion and the triumph of our cause. At present the dagger comes from the dis bemired organization of the old Democratic party. This is our convietion, and our readers will see that it is the conviction of the Sena tor from Tennessee. Let us, then, unite in overturning the disgraced shrine of a once honored party faith; let us terminate the dis loyal orgies of those now polluting the old sanctuary ; in its stead we shall enshrine our country and its cause, and know no creed but that of its truest and most faithful )vor -1 shipiers. Latest from Europe News from the Old World has been x,tele graphed from Portland to the 24th January. We tarn, to our surprise, that The Times pretty strongly advocates 'European non-inter ference in American affairs, while The Globe (another of Lord PALMERSTON'S organs) de clares that the maritime Powers cannot re spect the Southern blockade, unless really effective. Yet; with curious inconsistency, the English papers condemn our very effective mode of blockade by depeSiting ves - Sels laden with stone - in the entrances to Southern ports. It is difficult to plealOhese cavillers. LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL." WASHINGTON, February 5, 1862. Those who are disposed to take a gloomy view of the financial future of the loyal States, and to doubt the capacity maf the Government to sustain itself in the prosecution of this holy war, should carefully read the manifesto of the Georgia conspirator*, Howell Cobb, Robert Toombs, Martin J. Crawford, and Thomas R. R. Cobb, just published in the Northern news papers. These men have represented the most flourishing State of the South, in that great usurpation, the Pro-Slavery Provisional Go vernment at Richmond. They wore among the mort uncompromising advocates of Seces sion, notwithstanding the two first had pre- viously resisted all those theories which have since led the South into the frightful abyss of revolution and repudiation. And when they took the fatal final step, it was their chief de light to anticipate a comparatively easy war, and the consummation of early Southern in dependence. They are now on their knees before their people freely confessing their own crimes, and attempting to awaken new enthu siasm by invoking the terrible agents of self immolation and universal destruction, as a cover to and a rescue from the admitted evils of poverty, bankruptcy, starvation, and de feat. If this is so of Georgia—if these dis tresses on the one hand and these remedies on the other, admitted and recommended by the four representatives of the Em pire State of the South, it requires a very ordinary intellect to comprehend the situation of the other members of the so-called Confe deracy. With wealthy Georgia in rags, a very beggar for aid, what must be the predicament of invaded, impoverished, and divided Virgi nia—of terror-stricken Tenneasee—of deso lated South Carolina—of closed-up Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, and Alabama ? Even the hope of foreign assistance fades from before the affrighted vision of Cobb and Toombs. It is unnecessary to discuss the questions : Were the people deceived by these traitors—were the people pushed, as it were, into the con suming crater of Secession ? They will eagerly make a holocaust of theinselves and their destinies at the bidding of these traitors, and will refuse to obtain the comforts and the peace they have lost, by an early and a cheer ful submission to the Constitution and laws they have reluctantly opposed. But it will serve a good purpose to ask the people of the loyal States to contrast the pic ture of Southern suffering and despair with their own comparative prosperity, confidence, and almost unlimited resources. It is never an easy task to originate, organize, and keep alive a great financial system. It is never a grateful task to digest a wide-reaching plan of taxation. It is difficult to fly in the face of agreeable traditions and suddenly to resort to a thorough and drastic economy, individually and collectively. Hence, in approaching the great question of maintaining the Government in a war for the existence of the Government, the path of the true statesman is constantly beset with his own doubts, and surrounded by the doubts of his own friends as well as the industrious misrepresenta tions of his own enemies. I assume, how ever, as a propoeition to start with, that neither Mr. Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury, nor Mr. Stevens, the chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means in the House, nor Mr. Fessenden, the chairman of the Committee on Finance in the Senate, nor any Representative or Senator known to be loyal and right in this crisis, can have any ob ject in view but that of arriving at the best method for the maintenance of the public credit, the public faith, and the preservation of the general welfare. That some disagreement should exist between the best friends of our country's cause is only a natural and necessary incident to this unparalleled crisis. Far dif ferent with other men in the national legisla ture ; with those who have never had any heart in the war ; who plotted with those to prepare the South for it, and who labored with almost fiendish perseverance to precipitate the conflict. They criticise only that they may the more successfully condemn; they argue to encourage the despairing conspirators of the South and to intimidate the nervous capitalists of the North. Holding . fast with unscrupulous ob stinacy to their original errors, and retaining seats in the Congress simply that they sway embarrass the constituted authorities, they propose no remedies and refuse to recognize the imperative demands upon the patriotism, the patience, and the endurance of the people. Let us turn from these malcontents to the wholesome majority in each branch of Con gress. The Committee of Ways and Means, united in sentiment, is divided as to remedies. But all sides agree—even the true men who do not entirely concur in the recommendations of Secretary Chase—that any measure adopted by Congress and approved by the President, will be warmly sustained by the people. The truth is our legislators are far behind the peo ple. The most efficient, least demonstrative, and most generous element in all this struggle, is the confidence of the peoldc in the justice of the war, and their readiness and ability to contribute to its successful prosecution. If the good men in Congress will only respect this noble element, cease their divisions, and act together at once, they will be compensated by the apprOVal of their countrymen. It is gratifying to look over the debates in the House on the financial measures, to see how these Representatives appreciate their duties, and realize the enormous resources of the loyal States. In the powerful speech of Mr. Hooper, of Massachusetts, of Monday, after - elaborately explaining and defending the plan of the Committee of Ways and Means 3 of which he is a member, he says The plan which I have thus sketched in its seve ral branches fills up the outlines of the policy sub. witted by the Secretary of the Treasury in his very able report. Mr. Speaker, the loyal States stand in a more independent position to-day than they have ever before Occupied. The reports of the treasury show that they have been small pur chasers, while the record of the exports tell us that they have sold largely. Where, the re the abundant resources of this country ? I r, sir, that they are in our banks, and our uses, and our granaries. Commerce and its lama trade are paralyzed; the timid and disloyal are sending their wealth abroad for security, while the Government is offering the only safe and sure op portunities for investments within their reach. Some of the very men who owe their freedom, their standing, their wealth to the development of the principles in defence of which this war is now waged, seem to be hesitating and wavering whether to come to the support of these princi ples, or abandon them to their threatened destruc tion. For, sir, disguise it under whatever name you please, this is a war, on the part of the South, inspired by slavery against the free labor of the North; and hence the sympathy it receives front those who hems aristocratic institutions. The pros perity of the North, like that of England and France, is mainly to be attributed to the skill that it has developed in manufactures, the enterprise that it has displayed in commerce, and the constant investment of its accumulated wealth in industrial pursuits of every, kind; while the South. from policy, has preferred that its labor should be un skilled and' ignorant, suited only to the employ ments of a peculiar agriculture, keeping itself de pendent upon foreign trade for many of the conve niences and luxuries which it has not the ingenuity to produce. It is important in this great straggle to show the superiority of the principles of free dom, of education, of the elevation of mankind, upon which society at the North is based, over those of slavery, which doom men to hopeless igno rance in order to insure abject obedience. To this our resources of every kind are abundant, both in men and means; and it is only necessary to draw them out in order to ho sestossfal. To foil would not be because the nation was so poorly endowed as to be without the means of success, but because it refused to make use of them. - Mr. Morrill, who took the other side of the question, on Tnesday said • IsThe backbone of the reit ion was even now igoken. He referred to ou military condition, ,'land said that General McClellan mast reap some thing of a harvest within the next ninety days, or is be regarded as an accomplished gentleman, but no general. Mr. Roscoe Conkling, following him in the debate, said The country was rich and ready. Money was very abundant. There is in the North two huff. dred and fifty millions of gold more than ever be fore, and if they deserved it they could get it. The enormous expenses of this home war wore dis bursed among ourselves. The patriotism of the people who bsd ems forward with enthusiasm and exposed themselves to the icy pang of death would -not now demur against honest taxation. Bat the people mnat know what was to be done with the money. They must know that it is not to be swept into the lap of gamblers, thieves, or favorites. They must know that frugality and honesty very to prevail. Be was in favor. of outting off every ex pense vritbin their grasp—even their own compen sation ; and then they could turn the knife in every other direction. Mr. Bingham, of Ohio, on the same day de dared 6Tho banks end brokers were Igainet the right and interest of the whole piople. They wore but duet. The bill would certainly affect this clam of persons, and it ought to affect them. He would not recognise the right of these persons to control the financial affairs of the Government. He said that he had risen merely to show what was the right of the Government—speaking for the whole people of the ,United States—to protect its own rights and decide its own interests, and declare what should be a legal tender in the discharge of debt. He was not for any legislation that would be likely arousetoarouseprejudice against the people. A nation a credit. could not be maintained by force of arms. It moat be maintained, if maintained at ail, by the voluntary. aottuieleenee of a loyal and free THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, TFITIRSDAY, FEBRUARY ep, 1862 people. He would not be for this bill, or any ether bill, if the House was not prepared with a mea sure to meet all accumulating ustereet—he meant taxation. These may be said to be the declarations of three-fourths of the House and the Senate. Is it possible, therefore, that such a bill, or such a series of bills, cannot be drafted as will meet all the demands of the Government and all the expectations of the people ? Public opinion is now aroused and ready. Let the tax bill, the interest bill, the treasury/bill, and the tariff bill, be put through at the earliest moment. If they do not dovetail with ease and effect, they can be amended and improved. Only. Jet our law.makers bear in mind that, as there cannot be any but patriotic motives, they will be sustained in whatever they do by the great body of our countrymen. IF TILE FORTUNES OF WAR should put this nation face to face with some humiliating truths within the next twelvemonth, it is to be hoped that manliness enough will be mus tered to carry us creditably through the or deal. Truths sometimes descend with all the energies of thunderbolts, riving false enstoms and timid policies into chafl; and working radical change in everything not firmly based. The good, however, is indestructible, while evil, like chaos, is fated to retire and give place to the creation and establishment of better things. It is sometimes wisdom to reach forward and grasp the inevitable. This war is a great and unprecedented innovation upon the theo ries of our political institutions, as they have been held and expounded. It is something more than n milling of the smooth waters of national prosperity ; it threatens to leave shal lows where before were deep waters, and deep waters where before were shallows or dry land. But innovations are not to be feared, as such. Properly directed, they may be made to pare away the dead and the useless, and thus give greater scope to the quick and the living. Powerless to destroy the latter, they may yet hold them suspended in function, if there be not decisive and vigorous action on the part of those who are, for the time being, the conservators of the common welfare. Declarations of principles and proclama tions of policy on paper are insisted upon by some as vitally essential even now. But the policy which will master our difficulties and make these times famous, need not, we appre hend, be put on parchment. It will cumu late in a series of prompt and effective deeds, and culminate in the establishment of peace. The historian will trace it in the progress of our armies, rather than in the suggestive dis cussions of legislative bodies. Could we reach forward and control circumstances, we might, perhaps, make laws for all time. But we ' cannot do that. Laws are the demand of necessities which cannot always be fore known. It would be idle to form radical laws, to take effect at some future time. It Would be folly to arm our generals with statutes before cannon arid rifle have told their bloody and effective story. We want action, not theoretical law - making. Go among the people in the loyal States. They are looking to Congress to provide the means of action, but they expect action from the armies in the field. They ask no impossible things; no straining to provide for conditions which may never prevail, but which can be met promptly whenever they do prevail. They understand that when Missouri shall be emp tied of traitors, the laws of the United States would prevail there, even were there no State laws. - So of Virginia, of North Carolina, and of every seceded State. We must subdue those States before we make laws for them. This did Rome, and this did Greece. They subjugated their neighbors before they gave them laws. They smote right and left, and hewed their way through and through the States they invaded ; and having smoothed the way with the sword, gave the conquered laws, and taught them manners. Those were sturdy men in sturdy times, but they taught practical lessons. Let us have a policy that shall roll up on the sword's edge. LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. FROM WASHINGTON. Special Despatches to ,6 The Press." WASHINGTON, February 5, 1862 The Expulsion of Bright. Mr. BRIGHT left the Senate this evening before he vote on his expulsion was announced: The gal cries were densely crowded, and many of the audi ors expressed their satisfaction by applause. Amanda Honorable I am now convinced that the allusions to Major BELOER, quartermaster at Baltimore, in a late telegraphic despatch to Th Press, were unjust and unfounded. Re is one of the most upright officers in the employ of the Government, and, so far from exhibiting favoritism in the dispoSition of contracts, has been singularly impartial. This, at least, is the reputation he bears among the de partments. _ California's Golden Loyalty. The u ous action of the Legislature of Cali fornia, g her portion of the war debt, and Pal," ole amount into the Federal Trea sury, i as communicated by the last tele graphic news from San Freneiree, is an eloquent evidence of the deep and paasionate attachment of the people of that distant State to the cause of the Union'. The Reciprocity Treaty The report made from the Committee of Com- Mere() today by Representative WARD is adverse to the abrogation of the reciprocity treaty, but ad vocates an enlargement of its commercial ()emo tions with the view to render the reciprocity more certain and substantial. It discusses the extent of the population, position, and resources of the Bri tish North American provinces and possessions, to gether with other questions, including the right of the United States to a just reciprocity, and the fiscal reasons for an American or continental system. It appears that the value of Canadian productions has increased twenty per centum by the treaty. While the United States tax on Canadian produc tions is only 525,000 per annum, the Canadian tax on our productions produces a revenue of one mil lion, and also has an unfair discrimination against the United States. The report was recommitted for thef2rther action of the committee. The New Tax Bill. The sub • Committee of Ways and Means have prepared a reugh draft of the new tax bill, which will at once be printed for private use, and be laid before the committee for their private action. A few days only will elapse before it will be matured and reported to the House. ALesson for . Quartermasters. quarteimaster General Maxus has addressed a circular to all the officers of his department. It appears, he says, that a memorandum of the rates of transportation by railroad, which was sent to some of the principal quartermasters, and intended by the War Department to be used as a guide in settling contracts, as a limit beyond which no pay ments w allowed in any case, has boon by some o iaunderstood, and considered as fixing ent tariff of rates to be paid in all y are therefore advised that. it is the every quartermaster, as of every officer of the Government, in making estimates for services or materials, and in making purchases, to make them at the lowest attainable rates. In no ease should -the Government pay a higher rate than an Individual or a corporation fot the same service or for the same material. Any quarter master who allows through freights to be charged as local freights, at higher rates than are ordinarily paid on goods sent over long distances, violates his duty. The rates of transportation for passengers, spe cified in the tariff above referred to, were, at the time of its preparation, understood to be one-third below the ordinary rates upon railroads in the Middle States. On the Western railroads, the freight and passenger charges are generally at lower rates than in the Middle States; and that which would be a fair compensation to a railroad in the monntains of the East would be a very high rate over the easy grades and the cheaply-con structed railroads of the prairie country. In iddition to the regulations for the Quarter master's Department, the attention of newly ap pointed quartermasters is espeeially called to arti cle —, page 147 of the Revised Regulations of the Army, in regard to public property, money, and accounts. Many of the regulations in this &Aide are literal transcripts from the laws of Congress. Paragraph' 1044, in regard to giving public notice of all purchases and contracts, where an Mimed late delivery is not required by a public exigency, is in the words of the law. A careful adherence to these regulations will guide the public officer, and proteot the Treasury against imposition, • The Treasury-note Jul. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day addressed another letter to Representative SPaULDING, urg ing immediate action on the treasury-note bill. But, several more speeches will be made previous to voting upon the pending a manta, and it is probable that a final vote wi /Piobed to-mor row. Arrangements have bee do by the oppo nents of the .bill to form a au ' erefor by consolidating the leading featur ositions already submitted by Messr f Ver mont, N r AIALLNDIQUAM, and R IMPORTANT FROM CAIRO. AN IMPENDING BATTLE THE ENEMY'S ENTRENCHMENTS ATTACKED. FIGHT WITH THE GUNBOATS. THE UNITED STATES TROOPS SUCCESSFULLY LANDED. CAIRO, Feb. s—[Special to the Chicago fourno/..1 —The United States forces, under General (}rant, arrived at Itris Landing, six miles below fort Henry, yesterday afternoon. The gunboats EBSCr and St. Louis made a re connoissance of the rebel works, for the purpose of landing our forces. They went within a mile and a half of the rebel fort, throwing several shells inside of the entrench ments. OCCASIONAL The fire was retarned ; one shot struck the gen b6t E.ysex, going through a corner of Captain Por ter's cabin. The range of the rebel guns having been ascer tained by tbis fire, a place was seleeted fer the Wad ing, of the troops, which was successfully accom plished yesterday afternoon. The force of the enemy is supposed to be fifteen thousand. A despatch from the seat of war, dated to-day, sup; General Grant's forces are . within four miles of Fort Henry, and that a fight was expected to take pistols to-day. [The force of the enemy, as stated in the above despatch, must be an exaggeration. According to the correspondence of the St. Louis papers, dated the 31st ult., the number of rebel troops stationed at Fort Henry was about 4,000. Fort Henry is 55 miles above the month of the Tennessee river.] From Gen. Banks' Command. FREDERICK, Feb. 4.—Captain Patterson's (late Captain Saul's) company of cavalry arrived here yesterday from Hancock en route to join the Third Maryland regiment at Baltimore. They report that five of their number and three horses were killed when Captain Saul was ambushed and shot in Virginia. Ttie - Examinint Board, of which Gen. Hamilton is president, stands adjourned till Friday in conse quence of the absence of that officer at Washing ton. The enow feW yesterday to the depth of four inches. It has ceased falling, but the heavens are still overcast. Everything in the shape of a sleigh is out this morning. The only dolmen! at klottWilt now is the measles in one of the regiments, but they have not been fol• lowed by fatal results. TWO FRENCHMEN ASTRAY-A TERRIBLE CASE OF SALT LAKE. env, Feb. s.—Two Frenchmen, named Silver and Sevine, started, some time since, from the Rocky Ridge to go to the Wind River Mountains. They were overtaken by a storm, and lost their way. After wandering about for twenty two days, they came across the telegraph poles, and remained by them until picked up by a passing stage. They were in an utterly exhausted condi tion, having eaten their dog and a portion of one of their horses and a beaver hat to sustain life. KW 1 1 1 ilite 3*al I RI w EXPULSION OF SENATOR BRIGHT. Mr. CABLILE (U.), of Virginia, moved to take up the resolution he offered some time since, in regard to the Shaheen of the country. He said he offered the Mold. tion for the purpose of calling the attention of the Senate to the finances of the country. The expenses of the country are now at thereto of fifty millions of dollars per month. He had hoped ere this to have some plan from the Secretary of the Treasury, but the only plan he had proposed was the issue of paper currency. He was op posed to any union of the Government and the banks, and was not willing that the Government should be de pendent on the banks. If the Government depends on an irredeeruabb , paper issue, financial ruin must follow. He advocated the passage of his resolutiox, as affording a safe and sound basis for specie currency. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Fi nance. Mr. FESSENDEN (Rep.), of Maine from the Com mittee on Finance, reported back the bill Makin; an ap •• - propriation for the support of the Military Academy at West Point without amendment. The bill was passed. Mr. SUMNER (Rep.), of Massachusetts, offered a resolution calling on the President to furnish the Senate with the recent correspondence relative to the presenta tion of American citizens at the Court of France. Adopted. On motion of Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, the bill to define the pay and emoluments of officers of the army was taken up, and the amendments of the com mittee adopted. Mr. SHERMAN (Rep.), of Ohio, called for the reading of the 9th section, which reduces the salary of officers and all persons employed in the army and navy 10 per cent. during the rebellion. The morning hour basing expired, the bill wee laid over, and the Bright case was taken up. Mr. ANNIONt . (Rep.), of Rhode Island, said he had arrived at the conclusion that lie must vote for the reso lution of expulsion, though he should do it with a great deal of pain. In times like these, the Senate must not be filled with men the least suspected of disloyalty. He slould vote on the simple record of the letter. Re thought that any Senator who could write such a letter as that, to such a man, to such a traitor, was unfitted for a et at in the Senate. . . . - Mr. HARRIS (Rep.), of New York, said he did not rise for the purpose of further discussing the subject. The time for discussion hail passed. It only needs a for. wal vote to indicate the determination of the Senate. The Senator from Indiana is to be expelled, and nothing need further be said to contrql the Senate. He was glad that most of the Senators bad confined themselves to the subject ; but enure questions bed been introduced during the debate entirely irrelevant, and some Senators seem to have merged the characier of a Senator in that of a Partisan. He alluded to the elaborate speeches of the Senator from Massachusetts ( Mr. Sumner) as becom ing a proeecuting attorney. They seemed to him like heaping blows on a fallen foe. The Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Davis) made something like a dozen epeechee: He appeared to be the senior counsel in the prosecution, and had visited the committee room to Be cure evidence to impeach the man by testimony of the chairman of the Committee on Finance. He referred to the speech of the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Johnson) as that of a man. a noble, lofty, self-sacrificing spirit. But he, too, stepped aside from the subject. He ( Hr. Harris) read extracts from the speeches of Messrs. John son, Wilitot, and Sumner, and contended that it was a dangerous precedent to establish, to expel a Senator without he was found guilty of treason, and that the case was not a parallel case to the expulsion of Polk or Brack inridge. But the question had already been settled, and he did not choose to discuss it any longer. But there was a matter somewhat connected with the subject personal to himself. An attempt had been made by the Legislature of bis State to reanimate the stiffened corpse of the legislative instruction—a specious emanation of the well-nigh fatal doctrine of EMUS tights. What would be the result of the discussion in the Legislature of Neal York he did not know. So far as his vile was concerned, it was not Important that he should know. But the circum stances under which the attempt at resuscitation was made were extraordinary. Nineteen of his colleagues of the House, his personal and political friends, had solicited the Legislature, in order to save the State, and perhaps its humble representative, Dom dishonor, to instruct him as to the vote he should give. He made no complaint against Ills colleagues. He could account for it in no way but by the almospherelwhich surrounds the Senate. On a question of political expediency or nation al policy he would listen to the Legislature, but on a question of right and wrong, he was himself responsible to his conscience and his God, and he would allow no man, or body of men, to intervene between bins and his conscience. On an executive or judicial question the Legislature had no right to interfere. Mr. DAVIS (Union), of Gentucey,‘ replied. to Mr. Harris, defending his own course. Mr. FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticut, said the Senates from Indiana (Mr. Bright) hail read two of a series of resolutions adopted at a meeting in Indiana. He asked leave to have the other resolutions, passed at the same meeting, read by the clerk. Mr. PEARCE (Dem.), of Maryland, objected to their being reed by the clerk. Mr. FOSTER thought that all the series ought to be read to show the connection of the whole. He ac cordingly read the remainder of the resolutions, which had been omitted by Mr. Bright, deploring the state of the country, which had been reduced by sectionalism, and reaffirming the principles of the Democratic party ; declared that the present state of the country was due to the agitation of slavery by fanatics, and the adoption of the sectional platforms of the Buffalo, Philadelphia, and Chicago Conventione; and that the Republicans, in re jecting all offers of cbmpromise, had assumed the fearful responsibility, and they had shown their atter inability to conduct the Government in the difficulty ; and de } Pouncing the plan of emancipation and the suspension of the 'writ of habeas corpus. Mr. BRIGHT (Dem.) said he had only read two of the resolutions, because some of the others contained language which might possibly be deemed offensive by some Senators; but, laying aside all that, be could en dorse the resolutions in all their length and depth. Mr. BAYARD (Dein ), of Delaware, spoke at some length in favor of Mr. Bright, contending that the Sena tor could not, from all the circumstances at the time the letter was written, believe there was to be war, and con sequently could not have had any intention of doing wrong in writing a. simple note of introduction: He re. ferred to the speeches which had been made, with some thing like partisan feeling, and of the - party caucuses held in regard to this case. Mr. SHERMAN (Rep.), of Ohio, said he never knew of suclicaucuses, and did not believe that any had been held : Mr, BROWNING, (Rep.), of Illinois, said this was the first intimation he ever heard of any such caucus He wanted to know where the Senator got his information from 'Mr. BAYARD said he was not at liberty to tell. Mr. BRIGHT said, to relic ve the Senate, that he told him that such was the fact. On the first day of tho ses sion he called on his colleague, and asked him to intre duce a resolution in regard to the case. Afterwards, his colleague told him that the case had been the subject of consideration in caucus. Mr. LANE (Rep.), of Indiana, Bald that at the first of the session he had told his colleague that he should feel it . to be his duty to introduce a resolution of geaerat in quiry in regard to this case. Afterwards, at a caucus, which was held on another subject, this case was spoken of, hot no special caucus Wall held on this Cabe, Mr. BAYARD said he was now satisfied that no em cee had been held, but, neverthelees,earty s skit had en tered into the case, and he had no hope for justice being done under these circumstances Mr. BRIGHT (Dem.), of Indiana, said that what he was now about to say should, perhaps, have been said weeks ago. He thanked the Judiciary Committee for the favorable repirt they had made, though rof their -.ember (Mr_ Foster) had given way under the unpre cedented pressure that had been brought to bear upon this case. The reasons for this change of sentiment might be satisfactory to that Senator, but be doubted whether they would be so to even-banded justice. His nude ob ject in speaking now was to place himself right on the page of history. If he could do that, he should be con tent. Be was amazed at the party spirit which had been exhibited against him, as well as at the numerous aecu rations that laid been brought against him. He might with propriety have asked for eouneel ; but, conscious of not having said anything, or done anything, or written anything, or voted in any manner inconsistent with his prerogative as an American Senator, he had not called in counsel, apd he did net now re gret it. He would not try to shield himself Dom partisan blows, but challenged an investigation of all the acts of his political life. lie had been honored by the State of Indiana thrice by a seat in the Senate, and been in the confidence of the Senate, and received the highest honor they had to give. Be said this as an an swer to those whoquestioned his antecedents, and sought to prejudice him in the minds of his countrymen. He referred them to the letter he had written to Davis, and to the character of Mr. Lincoln, whom he had known for many years, and who was ~boays a worthy Mini. He contended that it Vas simply a note of introinution, and that in the address be had no intention of recognizing the right of Davis to the title, but merely as a courtesy, in which he only followed the example of others on the floor of the tenet°. The Senator from Maine (Mr. Morrill), in his assault on him, bald the address was that of a courtier. If the litnator had Puerto hint bettor ho would have Loon satis fied that that was not one of his faults. If he had been Pycophantir, he might have obtained more votes In his favor, but all he had asked was for justice. When the letter was written he did not believe there would be a war. He referred to the President's inaugural, the acts of the Post Office Department, and the despatches of the Secretary of State, to show that ou the let of March it *as not generally believed that there would he war. He From Utah RANDOM AND STARVATION WASHINGTOX, Feb. 5, 1892 SENATE did not believe there would be war until the fall of Fort Sumpter. After this there was war, and lie should not have given buck a letter. He had not the moat distant recollection of having written the letter to Davis, nor of the other letter to Cap' sin Franklin. It bad been argued against him that he would do the seine thing again. He would repeat what he aa,d and meant—that if be believed there was to be no war, he would give such a letter to an old friend. If he had bad the least gleam of suspicion that there would be a war, he should not havegiven the letter. But no one who has listened to the debate here will suppose that this letter lice really anything to do with the attack on him. He was considered unfit to amocistio with such Patriarch§ in the country's service as the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Sumner) and the Senator from Now Hampshire ( Mr. Clark); and even the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Wilmot) and the fenator from Tennessee (Mr. Johnson) were affected by hie presence here, as not loyal enough for them. - Oh! how he (Mr. Bright) must have degenerated in tan years! In 1850 he was appointed on a committee with Each men as Clay. Webster, Calhoun, and Clayton, and used his tumble efforts to maintain peace. lie had ever voted for peace, and never given a sectional vote. /every impulse of Lis heart was given to his country, and he would yield to no man in his attachment to it. Though his character had been aspersed, and his loyalty ques tioned, this would not alienate him. Ile thanked the members of the Judiciary Committee who had supported him, and guarantied the pledge of an honest heart that hla future life should give them no occasion to regret what he had done. If he was to be turned out, he would say to hie friends and 811011lieNli that ho would put himself oe trial before a tribunal that was always found inst. He would submit to the people of the State of Indiana the question of right or wrong in this ease. Referring to the question of Cis Senator from Virginia, (Mr. Willey,) asking him to define what he meant by his second letter respecting opposition to coercion, he said he had always one countersign here—that was peace, peace: w ar, never. He said the Senator from Tennessee had done him injustice in connecting him with the band of conspirators here. He bad no part in the movement for the disruption of the Government. He would not leave the Government, but would leave 'the people to de cide the question. Mr. TEN EYCK (Rep.), of Now Jersey, said ho felt the pressure of the moment and the pressure of the press. Re had heard the public voice loud and clear. Ms nearest friends had entreated him—had told him that his grave was dug. Thiel:mule him distrust his own judg ment, but he could see no reason to chause it. He only ached those who dig his grave that they put a stone at the head with the inscription "He dared do what was right." Mr. COWAN (Rep), of Pennsylvania, said he had only one word. He had nothing to gain.by supporting the Penator from Indiana, and nothing to gain by opposing what he believed to be the universal sentiment of his state.: But he should be true to his conscience. Ile would rather be torn to pieces by wild bonen than yield Ida convictions of duty. He was a free man, and nobody was his master. If Mr. Bright was expelled, and he asked him on what charge, he could not tell Mai. It would be better if the Senate had more charity and more regard for the observance of the rules of' law. After further remarks by. Mr. McDOUGALL and Mr. WILLEY, a vote wan taken on the resolution to eapel Jesse D. Bright, Senator from Indiana, and it was adopted—yeas 32, nays 14—as follows: YEAS—Messrs. Anthony, Browning, Chandler, Clark, Col/tinier, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Fenn:leen, Foot, Foe. ter, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Johnson, Ring, Lane (Ind.), McDougall, Morrill, Pome roy, Sherman, Simmone, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade, Wil kinson, Wilmot, Wilson (Mass.), Wilson ( Mo.)-32. NAYS—Menus. Bayard, Carlile,Cowan4 Harris, lien nedy, Latham, Nesmith, Pearce, Powell, Rice, Sauls bury, Ten Eyck. Thomson, and - Willey-14, ' The VICE PRESIDENT said that as two-thirds had voted in favor of the resolution, it was adopted. Thie announcement wan greeted with amitalt3 , 3 in the gallery. which was checked by the Chair. The Senate then adjourned. MB. WILSON'S BILL TO DEFINE THF. PAY AND EMOLUMENTS OF CERTAIN-OFFICERS OF TME ARMY, A.Nll FOR OTHER PIIRMOSES, AS AMENDED, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent atives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That officers of the army having brevet com missions shall - not be entitled to any increase of pay or emoluments because of the exercise of command accord ing to their brevet rank. SECTION 2. And be it farther enacted, That officers of the army entitled to forage for horses shall not be allowed to commute it, but shall draw the allowance in kind for each horse actually kept by them as authorized by law. hiso. 3. And be it further enacted, That major gene rals shall be entitled to draw forage in kind for tour horses; brigadier generals for three horses; colonels, lieutenant colonsts, and majors, two horses each; cap tains, and lieutenants of cavalry and artillery for two horses each; and chaplains for one horse. SEC. 4, And be it further enacted, Thal whenever an officer of the army shall employ a soldier as his servant, he shall, for each and every month during which said soldier shall be so employed, deduct from his own month ly pay the full amount paid to or expended by the Go vernment per month on account of said soldier; and every officer of the army him shall fail to make such de duction shall, en conviction before a general court-mar tial, be cashiered.. See. 5. And be it further enacted, That the first sec tion of the act approved +kugusi six, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, increasing the pay of privates in the Uni ted States service, shall not be so construed, after the pas sage of this act, as to increase the emoluments of the com missioned officers of the army. And the eighth section of the act of twenty-second July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, chapter nine, shall be so construed as to give the quartermaster sergeants tho same compensation as to regimental commissary sergeants. gee. 6. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act approved twenty-second July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, as authorizes each regiment of volunteers in the United States service to have twenty-four musi cians for a band, and fixes the compensation of the lead er of the band, be, and the same is hereby, tweaks:l; and such bands shall be mustered out of the service within thirty days after the passage of this act. See. 7. And Or it further enacted, That each brigade in the volunteer service shall have sixteen musicians as a band, to be selected from the regimental bands mustered out of service by this act, who shall receive the pay and allowances now provided by law for regimental bands, except the leader of the band, who shall receive forty five dollars per month only. SEC. S. And be it farther enacted, That, in lieu of the present rate of mileage allowed is Milder§ of the army when travelling on public duty, where transportation in I kind is not furnished to them by the Government, not more than six cents per mile shall hereafter be allowed, unless where an officer is ordered from a station east of . Rocky Mountains to one west of the same mountains, or vice versa, when ten cents per mile shall be allowed to him; and no officer of the army or navy of the United States shall be paid mileage except for travel actnallk performed at his own expense and in obedience to or ders. BEO. 9. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of the present rebellion there shall be de ducted from the compensation of all persons employed in the military, naval, and civil service of the United States, except warrant officers and sailors in the navy and non commiesioned officers, Musicians, and privates in the fumy, ten per centum of the amount of their compensa tion. Sac. 10. And be it further enacted, That in each of the permanent hospitals where the President may deem it necessary he may appoint a chaplain, who shall receive the same compensation as is now allowed to ran chap lains in the regular service. Sac. 11. And be it further enacted, That so much of section nine of chapter nine. approved dilly twenty. second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and of section seven of chapter forty-two, approved August third, eigh teen hundred and sixty-one, as defines the qualifications of chaplains in the army and volunteers, shall hereafter be construed to read as follows: That no Verson shall be appointed a chaplain in the United States army who is not a regularly ordained minister of some religious deno mination, and who does not present teetimonials of his present good standing as such minister, with a recom mendation for hie appointment as an army chaplain from some authorized ecclesiastical body, or not less than five accredited ministers belonging to said religious denomi nation. Sac. 12. And be it further enacted, That so much of the fifth section of the act approved July twenty-two, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, as allows forty cente per day for the use and risk of the horses of company officers of cavalry be. and the same is ilereby,.reperale.l. SEC. IS. -And be it further enacted. That whenever an officer shall be put under arrest, except at remote military poets or stations, it shall be the duty of the officer by whose orders he is arrested to see that a espy of the charges on which be has been arrested and is to be tried shall be served upon him within eight days thereafter, and that lie shall be brought to trial within ten days thereafter, unless the necessities of the service prevent such trial; and then he shall be brought to trial wlthia thlrly dare after the expiration of the said ten days: Provided, That if the copy of the charges be not served upon the arrested officer, as herein provided, the arrest shall cease And provided further, That the pro vision of this section shall amply to all persons now un der arrest and awaiting trial. Sac. 14. And be it further enacted, That whenever the name of any army officer now in the service, or who may hereafter be in the service of the United St stes, shall have been borne on the Army Register forty-fire years, or shall be of the age of sixty-two years, he shall be retired front active service, and his name entered on tl e retired list of officers of the grade to which he be longed at the time of such retirement. Sac. 15. And be it further enacted, That the Presi dent of the United States be. end he is hereby, allthoriZed to assign any officer who may be retired under tine pre ceding metier& of this act, or the act of August tura, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. to any ditty; and such officer thus *Reigned shall receive the full pay of his grade while so employed. HOIJSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Home went into Committee of the Whole on the Slate of the Union, end proceeded to the consideration of the treasury-note hill, Mr. CRISFIELD (U.), of Maryland, said be acted with that brad, national, catholic party, which included the whole Union within its embrace, and looks to the maintenance of the Confederacy and restoration of the Constitution as our fathers made and understood it, President Lincoln came into power without his agency, and some things had been done by this Administration of which he did not approve; but, believing him to be honest and patriotic, he conceived it to be the duty of every patriotic citizen to sustain him; therefore, he should give to the Administration, in the groat work before them, a candid, honest, and unreserved support, especially as to its financial policy, because that, of all others, is most important; for on the supply of money depends the existence of the army, and, as a consequence, the life of the nation. The Committee of Ways and 'eans had commenced at the top of the building. They should first have reported a tax bill, thus laying broid foundation on which the whole structure of public credit could repose. In discussirg the bill, he said the legal-tender clause was a palpable violation of the Constitution. He would not vote for the bill if it desiges to glee paper the equal value of gold. Should that clause be retained, public credit could not be sustained by it. It was a system of repudiation and forced hump in its word form It would not only destroy the credit, but place a stain on the na tional character which ages could not wear out. . . . lilr. PIKE (Bep.), of Maine, said it was quite necessa ry to create a debt. The property of the country is nominally in our paper i but the only means of reaching it is by taxation. While we are waiting for the returns of the tax-gatherer we must borrow. Bankers and merchants are only the middle men, and ultimately the burden of Government expenses must fall on the entire country. Strikeout the legal-tender clause in this bill, and it would be but duplicating the present issues of notes ate discount. It was really the specie clause, and, as a hard-money man, be could not vote for the measure Witlivnt its Mr. etIILET (Bee.), of Massachusetts, said sled hie apology for troubling the House again en this question was to be found in the deep solicitude le felt for the de ranged financial condition of the country and his unut terable amazement at the indifference of Congrese to the financial perils that surround us Upon the decisions of this hour are involved, in a great degree, the prosperity and growth of all the material interests of the country for generations to come, no lees than pecuniary sale vation in the present. Beneficent as this measure is, as one of relief, nothing could induce hint to give itsenetion but uncontrollable necessity. He reviewed the objection of unconstitutionality as a legal argument, often used by these opposs.l to measures on ether grounds. It bad been stated by Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio, that the Constitution never authorized Congress to emit o lle if eretlit, 0 ellen. them to he made a West tender. WItY. then, did nut the Constitution prohibit the exercise of that power l We know that deep feeling existed at that time against paper currency;.that there were sharp discussions on the prohibition of bills of cre tit by the States, and, also, that Mr. Hamilton held that whatever power was forbidden to the States and not prohibited to the General Government might properly be exercised by Congress, whenever a paramount necessity for ths preservation or prosperity of the Government required it N e ither Jeffer son nor Madison hesitated—the one in the Puroliase of louidana, and the other in establishing a United States Bank—to approve measures seknowledgedity themselves to be of doubtful constitutionality ' although not posi tively prohibited The writings of Hamilton and the Breeches of Webster were quoted, to show that neither of them would have opposed makingthe paper issues iNjegal tender in an emergency like the present. Mr. Alley then went Onto toy that, having iu his previous remarks stated the history of the currency of England, he would . state something of the history of the currency in this country; and the effects of legislation upon It, and he passed In review the principal financial tutAments from Menial times, with the legislation which controlled them. All this proves that it has been with us as with other na tions, an inflation of currency beyond the legitiniate HMV m.pate or trade, always aniline iu disaster and distress. Government must take the regulations of the currency into its own keeping to provide ways and means to carry on the war,or sanction a repetition of the ruinous sacri fices of ]Bl2, taking front the pockets of the people to fill those of the capitalists and speculators. Shall we be justified 'when the Government possesses this mighty power to help Moil in refusing its exercise and leaving it to the prey of those whose voracity knows no hounds] Shall the Government be deterred front the exercise of its high powers because it will necessarily equelize the di vision of property when its very destruction is threat ened, which, to avert it, is absolutely necessary should be done 1 It seems to me (Bali, Mr. Allot) such an objection is trifling with the great interests or the people. To dis pute of the Wade of the Government at anything 'greedy avarice may dictate, the alternative really amounts to this, rather than revert to this measure, is sucking the very life-blood of the nation to fertilize the already pro lific soil of the capitalist. Congress has the power to inaugurate to-day a rutin of financial policy, built for Government and people, which Mali establish our pros• peril? upon a firm foundation, and give strength and stability to ell our institutions. Let it not disappoint in this moment of peril the just expectations of the Ameri can people. Mr. WRIGHT (U.), of Pennsylvania, said he had voted to sustain the President in suspending the writ of habeas corpus, in declaring certain ports blockaded, and for other extreme measures, which were justified by the public necessity. Now they were called upon, acconling to the terms of this bill, to declare it constitutional and legal to make money out of paper. lie did not feel justi fied in going so far as to cant his vote for any such mea sure. Ile would vote for taxation to the uttermost limits. We have tho means, the property, and the money; but the innws now proposed would bring upon the country worse ruin than the rebels have already thrown upon it. The notes authorized by the bill are payatile at nu place Or thou., and are to be made a legal lender in pal - moat of all debts De argued the constitutional question, that they could not make anything but gold and silver a legal tender. Mr. HORTON (Rep.), of Ohio, said if the bill should pass, which he hoped would not be the case, it would 1.18 a departure from the financial system of the. country. It hint been reiterated. but not proven, that this was a nwa.ttre, not of choice, but of necessity. Passing by the question of constitutionality, he proceeded to express SUMS practical views. The country never was as wealthy ns it is to-day; never owed less to foreign countries, and never so free from financial embarrassments. The treasury wants au immense amount of money. The quiestion le, how shall it be obtained "! The people not only have the means, but the ability end determination to pay 'principal and interest on the public debt. Ho advocated Dir. Morrill - n substitute. which proposes the payment of the interest hi coin, and for tho redemption of the notes in ten and twenty years, and stated at length his objections to the pending measure. The committee then rose, after it was mutually agreed upon that the general debate on this bill is to cease on the expiration of two hours after the House shall again tats it up. The House then adjourned. LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE. The London Times Opposes Interference in American Affairs ARRIVAL OF A BRIG FROM CHARLESTON SUPPOSED NAVAL ENGAGEMENT NEAR ALGIERS ANOTHER VESSEL BURNED BY THE SUMPTER. PORTLAND, Me., Feb.s. The eteamehipNova Scotian Capt. William liatlantyne, from Liverpool at half past three o'clock on the afternoon of the 2441, via London derry on the 2-Ith ult., arrived here at four o'clock this morning. The dates per the Nora Scotian are five days later than there already received. Purser Brown reports; Passed on the ',AI ultimo, at 11 o'clock In the oroning, off Calf of Man, the steamer Nor wegian, bound to Liverpool ; on Feb. lot, lat. 46.5, long. 46.14, a steamer, supposed. to be the Hibernia; also, a steamer on Feb =A, off the wtat end of Sable Island, sup posed to be the North American. The steamship Etna, from New York, arrived at Li verpool on the 22 i of January. Thu steamship Borussia, from ttew York, arrived at Southampton on the 24th of January. The steamship Norwegian, from Portland, arrived at Luialooderry on the morning of the 23d orTanuary. GREAT BRITAIN The Paris correspondent of the London Moraine? Post gays: It is not true, as somejournies represent, that the French Government has taken any steps to bring about a reconciliation betneen the North and the South. Mr. Massey, member of Parliamentp had delivered a speech before his constituents at Salford, in which he advocated that the European Powers should interfere to close the struggle between the North and the South by recognizing the rebel States and breaking the blockade of the Southern ports. Mr. Meecey's speech attracted some attention. Tito London Times, in an editorial upon it, says: 66 Let France interfere if she likes. England's line of policy is to suffer a little longer, and let the event work itself out; it will not be long. It may, indeed, be doubtful . N\ nether our interference would not rather retard than hasten the desired event of opened ports and a largo supply of cotton. Let us, then, pursue our honest policy of standing quite aloof." The Mapchester Guardian argues in a somewhat si milar eh ain, at tl, as regards the cotton supply, it says; It is a question now how far, in this district, the prevail ing diet , ess is due to the civil war in America, and who ther it is not as much attributable to over moduction as o a mere dearth of cotton. The factory statistics of Manchester show that the shortening of the hours of labor in the factories is gra d nall3 extending, ar.d in the course of a week or two the movement was expected to become much more general and extensive. The London Times publishes a letter from a war cor respondent, calling attention to the fact that the. United States gunboat Tuscarora has infringed, and continues to infringe, the rules of neutrality, at Southampton, and calling on the (Zovernment no longer to tolerate such a flagrant disregard of neutral rights. The brig West Indian, Capt. Foote, from Charleston December 2411,, with a cargo of spirits of turpentine, had arrived at Liverpool. Her captain represents the United States blockade of Charleston as anything but of fectual, and says that the "stone blockade," so far front siopping the pub an m to the port, will eventually deepen the shallow channels. The citizens of Charleston have very little un , asihess in regard to the subject. It was represented that Charleston was well defended, and that uetween that city and Savanna! Oeneral Lee had about forty thousand troops under his command. The French steam despatch-boat Forfait, at Cher bourg, had received orders to be ready to sail for North America on si special mission. A London letter in the Paris Patric , asserts that the 'British Government will protest against the measure for declaring the Southern ports closed against foreign com merce. After Ftrennous exertions, access bad been gained to a pint of the Ha; tley coal mine, and about one hundred of the two hundred and fifteen buried miners had been die covered. It was feared that the remainder of the miners would be found dead in another portion of the mines. F a&NCE. The !Paris Moniteur of the 224 publishes 31. Feul,l's budget in the shape of an address to the Emperor. For the sake of economy in figures, we convert the francs into pounds t ter ling. N. Fould's estimates for 1803 exceed these of 1862 by £2,800,000; but the increase is only ap parent, as there will not be the extraordinary and supple mentary credits, which amounted to over £6,000,000 last y ear. The military and naval estimates show an appa rent increase of £760,000 over 1662 but, in fact, the army will be reduced by next January to its rated esta blialiment of 400,000 men, and 85,70 horses, while in 1861 its avi rage strength was 461,000, and it Is still 410,• 000. The naval estimates amount to £6,720,000, and as they will cover ordinary and extraordinary services, they will show an important diminution to cover increas ed expenditure. Fould proposes additional taxes on horses and carriages kept for pleasure, increased dues on the registration of deeds, and an augmentation in the stamp dutios. From these sources he expects 12,000,000, although all workmen are to be exempt from tat on personal property, and by the close of the year he expects a sur plus of £Bo,ooe. The total accumulated deficit at the end of 1861 is stated at £40,320,000, but Fould declares that it will not be necessary to resort to a loan. He pro poses the conversion of 43i per cent. stock, on equitable tetras, to 3 per cent, but if the holders decline the terms, the state shall subsequently redeem the stock. The extraordinary budget of 1803 is to be made the subject of special law. o provide for the construction of rutin ays and public wicks, Fould recommends the tent pct ary establishment of additional duties on salt and su gar,which he expects will produce 12,500,000. With the help of all these ways and means, tho ordinary and ex traordinary expenditures of 1863 will be fully defrayed, and although the accumulated deficit still remains, it will not only cease to increase, but will soon diminish. Ft ilid'rt report caused great excitement on the Bourse, Find funds declined considerably, At the close, however, there was some recovery. and rentes were quoted 091 Net a decline on the day of about per oent. The London Times congratulates Europe that the military force of France now bids fair to shrink to rea sonable limits. Let it be once understood that France has no desire to disturb the tranquillity of her neighbors, and the industry of Central Europe will shoot up and fioorlsh with a vigor hot to be surpassed in the New. World. The Princess Clothilde is reported enceinte. ITALY. The Turin papers publish a despatch from Rome, as. serting that the Austrian Government was about to ad— dress a note to the great Powers, declaring that the State of Piedmont constitutes a perpetual menace, and readers it necessary that ei.e slioubi be required to disarm. A marriage wits talked of between Prince Oscar, of Sweden, and the second daughter of the King of Italy. Idonsigneur Cann, an agent of Antonelli, has Men arrested at. Leghorn. The Italian Chamber of Deputies, after a sharp discus. sion, 'Voted a duty of 40 per cent. on railway passenger receipts. SPAIN. The official Gazette formally announces that the Queen is encsis te. PRL SSIA In the Chamber of Deputies, the Minister of Finance, amid the cluers of the members, laid on the table of the Donee a bill relative to the privileges of the Board of Control, awl stated that the bill should be considered as a token that the CloVernbietit bat the cOmpletion of the conatitutional edifice always standing in view. The members of the Progressive Party have resolved not to make any proposition in reference to the address to the King iu reap - insole the speech from the throne. An imperial ukase had been published, stating that in view of the increased requirements of the State, en aug mentation will be matte in the pull and stamp taxes, and in ltoport duties, -which lb the mite of the latter will be five per cent. on articles entering Russia by the European and Asiatic routes. A tax will also he levied upon regis. tered h tters. BRAZIL Additional details by the French mail report that Gen. Flom bad taken possession of Santa Fe. Roses, the late Goverhor, and Gen. Lopez, luul tied to the desert. Troops hell been rent in Pncenit ef_.them. The arrivals of sugar at rerinonlinco were heavy, and large smoke were on hand, but prices were without alteration. Freights were active at Bahia. The sager market there was that, but holders refused to recede from their prices. Logilog Monty MARKET,—The Nada on the twenty second of January were dull, and about glower: Tire heaviness was produced by lower prices from Paris, for although the French budget was favorably regarded In London, it enticed a feeling of depression In the Paris Bourse. The London discount market continued very easy The City of Ballimorego The following sureniary 01 news aces sent out by the steamship City of Baltimore, which left LiverpOol on the 22d, and Queenstown on the 234 of January lie Question of European intervention in the civil war in f. merica has been miteh more freely canvassed, the proceedings at Charleston and the alleged general ineffi ciency of the blockade hying the excuses put forth for such a n ter. The text of Earl linaselt's letter to the Lifilipaol Ship owners' Association had been published. Ihe letter sal s that the English Government nolitied Lord Lyons, when the measure was preparing, that such a plain (the stoim olnckade) would seem to imply despair of the sublimation of the Union, the professed olden of the oar, for it never entail be the wish of the United States Government to destroy citi, a from which their own ea mut y was r derive a portion of its riches. Stash a plass could only Le inionfed as 11 measure of revenge, and as an irremediable honer magnet au 011011lY • Lord Lyons was further told, that even us a scheme of embittered and sanguinary war, such a measure could not lie justifiable. It would be a plot against the com merce of l ll nations, mid against the frets intercourse of the Southern States with the civilized world. Loud Lyons wale deslrtal to speak in that sense to Mr. St ward, who, it was hoped, would disavow the illegal • Now, however, says the letter, that the project same, to haVe been carried into effect at Charleston, Lord Lyons wilt be instructed to make further representations to Mr. Seward, with a view to prevent similar acts of destruc tion at other ports. It was stated that the French Minister at Washington had been furnished with the cordial disapprobation of the French government at the conduct of the United States Governmext, in clinking up Charleston harbor with stone, and that he would join Lord Lyons in protesting against the act. The London Times continues its denunciations of the Moue blockade, and assorts that the action of the Rritieh Government against Boutoime. in 180.1, was a far different thing ; having been designed to shut iu a hostile fleet. a. The London Morning Part says that matters in Ame rica are evidently approaching a situation in which the de facto Government of the South may claim considera tion in Europe. Sonic journals say that, in spite of the remonstrances against it, other Southern ports ate served like Charles ton, lllngland aid France will have nothing to do but to interfere. The Liverpool Post emphatically declares thatthe civil war mind be stopped—by mediation, if possible, by force, if necessary. , The London Daily/Vein continues boldly to denounce the idea of recognizing the South, and says that it Is time the country should utter its voice against it in tuunlatakes able tone& It is reported that the initiative in proclaiming the blockade of the Southern ports Ineffectual will be taker' Dy France. The French Government jonrnals continue to make the MOSt of Gm Charleston blockade. The privateer ,Yumptcr, having been ordtTiri from Cadiz, reached Gibraltar on the 10th of January. Du ring her passage ehe burnt the American Lark Neapo litan, front Messina for Boston, with fruits. She also captured the brig investigator, of Searsport, :or New port, with ore, but aubsennently allowed her to proceed.. Six of the Sumpter's crew deserted at Cadiz, and made their aubmiesion to the American consul. The cistitatre of the Sumpter claimed them as dettertere, but the 01)11a nigh officiale declined to give Win op The Tuscarora and Nashville are in slain quo at Southampton. France will send large additional forces to Mexico, and will take the lead In the operations there. Two hundred and fifteen colliers were buried alive in the Hartley Mine, near Newcastle. Six day' efforts to rescue were unavailing. It is feared that all aro dead. Letil Elgin was about to leave for India, lie promised the deputation on the cottoh yneiitloa tb do hit beat to encourage its growth. The Bank of France had reduced lie rate of discount from 5 to 4,td. The Pourer wag buoyant at 70f. 40c. The other continental newt it unimportant. LATEST. (Via Londonderry.] LONDON, Jan. 24..—The Times (city article) says that an morasy feeling prevail& The avoidance of colnpliCa. I ions in connection with American policy cannot be per• manently anticipated, and the feeling will probably in• creme until the meeting of the French Chambers on Monday, at which come indication of the policy to bu adopted by France, England, or Europe generally, Beams to be looked for. The belief gains grooml that the French Government will consider that the proofs of the fictitious character of the bloCkatle have long been too complete Mal haMerotta to render it poesible to be Tamed over without danger to theme public and national rights, the quiet maintenance of which depenth on a firm regard for precedents. The cily article of the /ferahl eaye the accounts from America are of a moat desponding character s the cimanereial situation of Neu• York being un paralleled. It is reported from Algiers that a prolonged can= nonade had been beard off that roast, and a vessel was subsequently Bightod, believed to be the pirate .Sumpter. It woo eupposed elm had sunk her advetsarv. The London Maim: argues that the maritime Powers cannot be expected to respect the blockade unless it be really effective. Commercial Intelligence. (PIT Nova Scotian.] JAYXII.I ) 9QT , VQTTON MAREHT,—Tde ealeg of CO-- ton for four days it ere 17,000 bal e fi, including 10,000 bale a to sr seal afore and exporters. The m srket is irregular and easier, with a slight decline on all qualities. TRADE REPORT.—The advices from Manchester are unfavorable, the market for Roods and yarns being Sat, with a downward tendency. LIVERPOOL BREADSTUFFS MARKET.—The Breadstuffs market leas an upward tendency. The usual authorities quote : Flour firmer and advanced 6d 4JY barrel. Wheat firm and advanced dead cents'; red Western, lle 2ddsl2s 4d j red Southern, 12s 4d012e Bd ; white Western, Its dlalds Bd i white 80trihern Maas 3d. Corn firm and advanced ad IFY quarter; mixed, 31e Meads. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARE:RT.—The provi• Rion market is generally dull. Various circulars report: Beef quiet and steady. Pork dull. Bacon quiet, Lard nominal. Tallow dull at 48ct49s LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET.—Ashes steady. Sugar quiet and steady. Coffee downward ; sales small. Rice steady. Rosin has an upward teLdeucy. Opirike Turpentine dull. LONDON MARKETS.—Wheat firm. Flour has a downward tendency. Sugar quiet and steady. Coffee firm. Tea - buoyant. Rice steady. Tallow heavy at 4Ta 3a :1 , 4786d. Linseed Oil quiet and steady. LONDON MONEY MARRET.—Consols closed on Wednesday at 92X dr93 for motley. AMERICAN tiTOCES.-..Tho latest salon to Wednoso day afternoon wore: Erie Railway shares 28* Illinois Central ehares 443 643 X discount, New York Central 6t 70. LATEST, VIA QUEENSTOWN, Liv RPOOL, 'Friday, 24th.—The sales of Cotton for the week were 24.000 bales, including 10,500 balm to specu lators and 3,250 bales to exporters. The market in dull, with a decline of 3( arXd, the lower Qualities haring de• c iced most. 'The sales to-day reach 6,000 bales, lulu ding 3,000 to speculators and exporters, the market clo sing quiet at the following quotations Orleans, fair . . ... .... 14d.1 Uplands, middling-1244d. " middling.. , .1244 d. Mobile, fair 1334 d. Uplands, fair 13.iiii. 66 middling...J.2)4d. The total stock of Cotton at Liverpool is estimated at 561,500 bales, incluaive of 275,500 bales of American de• seri ptions. Brimintuffs,—The marlcet closes dull, and all qualities are slightly lower, Provisions.—The market is quiet and steady, LONDON MONEY MARKET.—Consols closed on Friday at 9.27;w93 for money. The weekly return of the Bank of England shows • decrease in bullion of £59,000. AMeRICAN Snooks—The latest sales were Erie R. E., 2.8 x er,28.31 I Illinois Central shares, 44 discount, (Ps+ Nova Reotloo.l Shipping Intelligence. Arrived from New York Jan. 4th, Experiment, at Tarragona; Sth, A. Pendergast and Lotus, at Lisbon; 13th, Harvest Home, at Cadiz; 15th, Samson, at Trieste; lath, Fylla, at Texel; Allen, at Marseilles; 17th, Tan Name,at do.; 18th, Salem, at ; Olengary, at Car diff likUM and Itebittion, At do. ; 2 9tb, Jaeques Langloia, at Havre; Cornucopia, at Milford; Blue Nose and Scotia, nt Cork; 19th, Order and Sir Hobert Peel, at do, ; 20th, E. Barnard, at do.; 21st, Star of the Sea, Prince of Wales, and Living Age, at Deal Phenix, at Liverpool;. C. 0. Brien ' in the Clyde. Arrived from Philadelphia January 21, Xephias, at Queenstown leak y. Arrived from Baltimore . January 2, Isabella, at -Ports mouth. Arrived fr.tit Charleston January 20, West Indian, aP Liverpool. Sailed for New York January 19, American Eagle, from Deal ; 18th, Columbus and Lizzie Homan, from do; 21st, Jeremiah Thompson, from Liverpool. Sailed for Boston January 21, S C. Smith, from Liverpool. Sailed for Baltimore January 21, John Blark, from L VarPCOl. Mumoalltna.—The British Tar, from New York, for Falmouth, had been abandoned at sea. Crew saved. The Columbine, from New York, for Queenstown, had been abandoned at sea. Crew saved. The Neapolitan, from Messina for Boston, had been burnt by the pirate steamer Sumpter. The Forrizot, J, F. Gates, Ann Adamson, and Queen of the Netherlands, all from NOW York, were at Queens. town, leaky, etc. LATEST SHIPPING Arrived from New York, W. F. Schmidt, in the Schelde; Prince of Wales, at Deal ; Frank Lovett and Jas, Foster, Jr., at Liverpool. Arrived from Boston, Time. Whitney, at Deal. MEMORASDA.—Th6 Tiger, from Liverpool for Now York, hae het,' t,d,dly wrecked pear 'Waterford, Two of the crew were drowned, The Margaret, from New York for Gloucester, put Into bharaless 234 with loss of boats, bulwarks, anti one man. Further from Europe. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE AND lIANSA New Toon, Feb. s.—The steamships City of Balti more and If with dates to the 23d nit, arrived at this port to. night. 7lie news has been anticipated by the Nora Scotian at Portland, but the papers contain the following additional intelligence : Arrived from Philadelphia, Wpm Ellen Stuart and Crimea, at Deal. LONDON, Jan. 23.—Political motives are attribute' to the vi it of the Bing of the Belgian*, who has had con ta,:heeg with Paintsitton, Russell, Granville, and Garay. Pants, Jan. 23.—Prince Napoleon is seriously ill. BlAnnin, Jan. M.—The Cortes will discuss a new law for the government or the Press after the Budget free been dispoitd of. Beata, Jan. 23 —Some volution to the Roman question fa shortly expected. Liberal popu'ar manifestations have taken place in the streets of Rome. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. EARRISOCRG, Feb. b, 1382. SENATE. The Senate was called to order at eleven o'clock by the Speaker. Prey er by Rev. Mr. Steele, of the Episcopal Church. Petitions Mr: CONNELL, a petition front George Tit Dallas, Joseph It. Ingersoll, Eli K. Price, and other citizen , of Pt iladelphia, praying for an appropriation to the School of Design for women, geld city. Mr. REILLY, a petition front the borough of Tama qua for the passage of a law relative to the election of Town Council end School Directors in said borough. Mr. PENNEY, a petition front officers of the Ninth iteganetA, PemrEOVllit.l6. Reserve Cork% to ho rehnintsod certain expenses for clothing. Bills Introduced. Mr. BETSTAND, by direction of the Committee on Printing, rind a bill supplementary to the act relative to public printing. Also, a supplement to the act for the resumption of apecie payments by the banks, and to etilligiV,O the cur rency of the State. The Direct Tat:. On motion of Air. BENSON, the Senate proceeded to the colit4deration of the House bud providing for the as sumption of the Hate's quota of State tax for the year 11362, and it was passed without discussion or amend ment. Bills Vonsidered, On motion of Mr. CONNELL, the bill to reorganize the Board of Controllers in the First School district, w•s taken up, passed Committee of the Whole, and was laid over under the rule. On motion of Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, the bill re lative to the Bank of Penn Township was considered, and parsed. On motion of Mr. STEIN, the bill relative to the ap pointment of p ra rr ragtile appraiser la Northampton county Wits considered, and riassf.d. On motion of Mr. HIV:STAMP, the supplement to act cormating the Reading and Columbia Railroad, wag considered in Committee of the Whole, amended, and then laid over under the rule. On motion, adjourned. 110tiSE. Tha Hons 4 was called to order itt 1 o'clock by the The OPEARER announced the following committee to inveetigate the act relative to bauks Smith ( Phila delphia), Roes (frzernel, Crane. Cochran, and Bingham. Original Resolutions. a Mr. REX offered a resolution to dispense with the services of the Marshal of the Rotunda, which was not OMNI to, Dlr. COCHRAN reported an act in regard to the mu nicipal claims of Philadelphia. Mr. PERSHING reported an act to reduce the rate of payment ler advertising delinquent tax payers iu the city of Philadelphia. Mr. GREENBANN, or 'Philadelphia, reported on act relative to the supplement of the act on the consolidation of that city. Mr. DUFFIELD reported, as committed, an act to legalize the official acts of Benjamin Jay, justice of the peace also, an act relative to the better smiting of the wages . for labor in certain counties of this Common wealth,. in a resolution that the Speaker draw his warrant in favor of kir, Eteerge Dergeer, postmaster, for the sum of $2,03£1.83. c Agreed to. Dlr. MoDIANUS reported an act securing to the peo ple of Philadelphia the right of free travel over certain highwa)c, with an amendment. The Senate not concurring In the amendment offered by the House yesterday, the latter proceeded to a vote on the original renoluilou, which haa %eon paosiat hr the Senate. in relation to the expulsion or Jessajb Bright. Agreed to—yeas 44, nays 36. The motion that the House should recede from the amendment presented to the Senate was lost by a vote of 441 yeas to 41 nays, and the House, therefore, refused to recede. The nonce than ailjnormal. From Boston. BOSTON, Feb, 5,- - xne luncros z",JULant Gene nil George F. Hodges, of the Massachusetts Eight eenth Regiment, took place at Roxbury to-day. The gunboats Ino and Ifuron sailed today, the former for Ship Island, and the latter for Key West. The bark Neapolitan, which was burnt by the PiTAO §'ll9t?ptor, on her iaasage from Cadia to Gibraltar, was owned in kingston, Maas, and in sured in Boston, THE COKSPIRACY CAsE.—Yesterday morn ing, the jury in the case of Meyer.. fluebende, McManus, Huxley, und Anthony, came into court, baying agreed n upon n verdict, The netcpusetre, except I♦ir. Iluxtetl, and their connect, Were present. Mr. Dare said: "Gentlemen. of the jury, have you agreed awn a verdict'!" Mr. Lukens. aWe have." Mr. Pare. "Bow eay you, are the defendants guilty in the manner and form as they stand trntlcted, or not guilty Mr. Ltikene. 44 athrify of OMLIPire/19 todefran,l." Mr. Mann desired to call the attooticm of the judge to the fact that the verdict was not in regular form. Mr. Cassidy, for the defendante, said that the case here ends, and all the clerk had to do was merely to re cord the verdict. Judge Allieon eatd , there were six counts to the bin 0 , indlebuebt. If the parties are not guilty in all of them. then you 'Amnia specify is which they are guilty, an who, if the pasties are 'guilty on any particular count The judge called the attention of the jury to that part o his charge in which he referred particularly to the noun aegazately. The bill wee again handed to the jury, end they re Med.
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