TUEbDAY, APRIL 12, 1864
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The Destruction of the Union Advocated
by Mr. Long
Now that we have read the whole of Mr.
LoNG'S speech we are convinced that the
first telegraphic reports represented him as
more loyal than he FERNANDO WOOD
yesterday, for some unknown reason, at
tempted to falsify the argument for disunion
which Mr. Lore so elaborately and nakedly
presented. He represented Mr. LONG as
saying that in certain contingencies he
would recognize the independence of the
south ; that he would rather make peace on
the basis of separation than annihilate the
Southern people. This is not true. Mr.
LONG advocated disunion as a matter of
right, independently of all other considera
tions.
"How do we stand in the eyes of the civilized
world to-day, ,, he exclaimed, "in Waglog a war Or
cubjugation and conquest against the Confederate
States, vibich have seceded from us and set up a
Government of their own? Are we not inconsistent
with all our former acts? Have we not been early
to admit this preper with regard to others? There
never I ra, a people on the face of the earth
That demandt ti an independent government that
a:a not have the eve:apathy of the American peo
ple ; sae ought we now to shrink from the doc
trine we have been willing to apply to others Pi
He repeats this idea: 't What a splendid tribute it
would have been to a republican Government if We
had yore Will our discatilfied Siaer. States, as
Mr. Everett recommended si late as February, IS6I,
sustained such leading Republicanjournals as
thb Cincinnati rommercial, New York Tribune, In
dianapoiia Jczo wed, Chicago Tribune, New Haven
(Conn.) Pa 7 lqiunt, Columbus Journal, and Salmon
P. Chase, now Secretary of the Treasury, and many
others of that school ! What in monarchical coun
tries bad required a long and bloody war, would
have been accomplished by democratic principles
and republican sense of justice. What a splendid
proof it would have afforded of the capacity of the
people for self government! What a valuable les
son it would have conveyed to the whole civilized
world I. The fact that we could rise superior to all
prejudices and passions and have conquered our
selves would have been the highest triumph that
we had ever achieved."
Is not this enough to prove that Mr. LONG
did not choose between separation and the
annihilation of the Southern people, as be
tween two evils ? As if this were not suffi
cient to show that he is a Disunionist upon
the ground of principle, hear him in the fol
lowing sentence declare that we should, be
lore a gun was fired, have ourselves become
Secessionists, and assisted in the work of
destruction : " Much better would it have
teen for us IN THE BEGINNING—much better
would it be for us now—to consent to a divi
sion of our magnificent empire, and culti
vate amicable relations with our estranged
brethren, than to seek to hold them
to us by the power of the sword."
- Mr. Lows can quote Jona qIIINCY
ADAMS and ANDREW JACKSON—men
who were altogether for the Union—in
proof that the Union should have been
peaceably destroyed in IS6I. That dis
honor, thank God, is spared the American
people. As it is, we have fought for our
Republic, and if it were true, as Mr. Loma
says, that the Union can never be restored,
even then nothing could take away from
every loyal American the consciousness that
he tried to save it. It was not by cowards
that independence was won in the Revo
lutionary days ; it is not by cowards that
the Government then established will be
now preserved. Mr. LONG has adopted
every at gnaw tby which the leading traitors
appeal to Europe for recognition, and the
solitary difference between him and a rebel
is that the one would destroy the Union
by argument, and the other by the force
:,f sums.. Re argues that when JENYKIISON
l)Avts and his iriends wanted to break up
the Union, cad establish a great slave em
pire beside the tree North, we should have
peaceably cons-nted to a division, cultivated
amicable rehl;irns with these traitors, and
have turned trabors ourselves A pitiful
c , Pinicn Mi. T must have or the Ameri
can peoile, when he counsels national
it is ehewheie noted in this paper that
Itlr. Lone is pretected in the utterance of
these opinions by the Democratic members
of Congress, and this Should be noted in
connection with his statement that the
Democratic party is opposed to continuing
the war, and willing to let the South go.
Be positively dec area that his party, were
it in power, could not restore the Union,
and he goes yet further and Bays it does not
intend to :
"I will say further, Mr. Chairman, that if this
war is to be still further prosecuted, I prefer that it
shall be done Wader the auspices of those who now
conduct the management, as Ido not wish the party
with which I am connected to be in any degree responsible
Jot its results, which cannot but be disastrous and
suicidal. Let the responsibility remain where it is
until we can have a cuange of policy instead of men,
If such a thing is possible. Nothing could be more
fatal for the Democratic party than to seek to come
into power pledged to a continuance of a war policy.
Such a policy would be a libel upon its creed is the past
and the ideas that lie at the basis of all free Go
vernments, anti would lead tons complete demorali
zation and min. 1 believe the masses of the Democratic
party are for peace; that they would be placed in a
false position if they should nominate a war candi
date for the Presidency, and leek to make the issue
upon the narrow basis of hOW the war should be
prosecuted. For my own part, as I have airoady
ilicated, I fear that our old Government cannot be
preserved even under the best auspices, and under
any policy that may now be adopted ; yet I desire to
see the Democratic party, with which I have always
been connected. preserve its consistency and repub
lican character unshaken,.
You are right, Mr. LONG. Your party,
-as it is managed, is not able to restore the
Union, or you, an open enemy of the
Union, would not be defended and, eulo
gized by o its managers. But it is not true
that the masses are for peac& The leaders
of the Democracy were forced, against their
own will, to declare themselves for the war,
after being beaten at every election when
the issue was between peace and war. In
New Yolk, Pennsylvania, and nearly all
the States, the Democratic party last fall
declared itselt for the war. In Maine,
- where the candidate for the Governorship
was a peace man, the Union majority was
enoiraous. le Ohio, VALLANDIOIIA3I, the
l&tder Of the Peace Dauocracy, was de.
Rated by 100,000 votes. Even Mr. Justice
WOODWAIID had to come before the people
and declare nimself in favor of the war.
Yet Mr. Lai , c- has the audacity to say the-
masses are for peace. We tell him and all
like him that for this insulting proposal to
tamely acquiesce in the dissolution of the
Union, thevoters of his own party will repu
diatetheirleaders. Thousands of Demoerati
- voters who beheve the Administration to be
corrupt aLd imbecile, the war to have been
shamefully conducted, and who accept the
stale and utterly. false calumny that TILE
PUBES is an Administration organ, which
cannot speak independently, will believe us
in this—that the American people, irrespec
tive of Fatity, are resolved to put down re
bellion, and will thank us for defending
teen-our political enemies from the slander
, of Mr. LoNG, that the masses of them are
ready to accept disunion as a fact.
Can this man speak for American am)-
.
oat's, who, sustained by such men as FER
NAND° WOOD, Cox, VOORHEES, and five
ittpresentatives from Pennsylvania, thus
pitilnlly urges hubmission to the rebellion
"I martinet. ;.tly and despondiagiy forced to the
abneluaion that tlic Union is 14,4, never to be rector d.
I regaxd all dn. ems of the restoration of the Union,
which man The pride of my life, and to restore
which even now 1 would Pour out my hearths blood,
as worse than irk I see neither North nor South any
s e ntiment on which it ie po:sibte to build ¢ linto.s.
Those elements of union which Mr. Adams de.
Scribed have, by the proes aa of time, been destroyed.
Worse, yea worse than that, Mr. 'Chairman. lan
reluctantly forced to the conclusion that in attempt
ing to preserve our jurisdiction over the Southern
States we have loot our constitutional form of go
vernment over the Northern. What has been pre
dieted by our wisest and most eminent statesmen
has come to pass. In grasping at the shadow, we
have lost the sugstance; in striving to retain the
casket of liberty in which our jewels were confined,
we have lost those precious monuments of freedom•
" Our Gpvernment, as an know, is not anything
resembling what it was three years ago. There is
not one single vestige of the Constitution remain
ing; every clause and every letter of it has been
violated, and I have no idea myself that it will ever
again be respected. Revolutionsnever go backward
to the point at which they started. There has al
ways been a large party in this country favorable to
a strong or monarchical Government, and they have nom
all the elements upon which to establish one. They have
es vast army, an immense public debt, and an irresponsi
ble Executive. Ambitious to retain patotr, he is a can•
dtdale for re-election ; and as commander-in-chief, it is
charged (whither t, no or false I shall not underlay to de
cide)thal he has already used the army in Me Florida as
',edition to advance his chem., of success. One of the ge
neural, he has decapitated (General Fremont) has
entered the field to dispute his claim to a continU
ance in power ; and if the Chronicle of this city, the
President's organ, is correct in its construction of
the suggestions of the New York Herald, speaking
of Lieutenant General Grant, the question is al
ready mooted whether he, in certain contingencies.
at the head of thearmy, would not be justified in
assuming the reins of Government.
i* The very idea upon which this war is founded—
coercion of States—leads to despotism to preserve
a republican form or government under any consti
tution, under the prevalence of the doctrines now in
vogue, is clearly impossible. These convictions of
the complete overthrow of our Government are am
unwelcome and uupleasant to me as they are to any
member of this 'House. Would to God the fads
were such I could cherish other convictions."
He who cannot see tire Union sentiment of
the Arnelican people; who is ignorant that
the very life of the North is pledged to its
preservation; that in the South the Union is
still loved; who forgets the word which
the people of Arkansas sent to the
North the moment the rebel armies were
driven from their State—is blind indeed. But
we do not give Mr. ',olio credit for a mis
fortune ; on the contrary, we cannot acquit
him of a crime. There is evident insincerity
in the artful attempt to persuade the people
that it is the purpose of the President to
make himself a monarch. We do not be
lieve that Mr. Lon:), with all his sophistry,
is able to convince himself that so glaring a
falsehood and impossibility can be true.
We have given perhans enough of this
disloyal argument, and are not disposed to
quote or comment further. In our report of
the debate in the House yesterday, it will
be seen. who were hold enough to pronounce
treason to be treason, and who, yet bolder,
could defend its utterance.
The great discussion will not be confined
to Congress. The people will be heard in
this matter, and, speaking for loyal Penn
sylvania, we say that ALEXANDER LONG,
for advocating the dissolution of the Union,
ought to be expelled from the Congress of
the United States.
PelDisylvania Democrats in Congress.
Henceforward argument is unnecessary to
prove disunion to be the object of the Oppo
sition party. It is confessed. Mr. LONG
has confessed it, Mr. HAnnts has gloried in
the shame of the admission, and Messrs.
RANDALL, MILLER, DENNISON, ANCONA,
STROUSE, who pretend to represent Penn
sylvania, have confessed it. These are the
gentlemen who voted that Mr. HARRIS was
not worthy of censure when he said that he
acquiesced in the doctrine of secession, and
thus continued : " The South ask you to
leave them in peace; but no, you say you
will bring them into subjection. That is
not done yet, and God Almighty grant that
it may never be. I hope you will never sub
jugate the South." Alter this, argument
would be waste of time. A man prays to.
God Almighty that the Union may be bro
ken up, and finds men who are paid by the
people to support the Government so faith
less to the contract that they declare such
language not only no cause for expulsion,
but actually no reason for censure ! Penn
sylvania has an account to settle with these
gentlemen.
Nothing political is more important than
this matter ini Congress, and we intend to
make it so clearly understood by the people,
that every man it every nook and corner of
the State shall know it by heart.
LETTERS FROM "OCCASIONAL."
WAstrINGTow, April 9, 1864
When Henry Clay was Speaker of the
National House of Representatives, some
of those who recollect him at that time have
often told me that it was no uncommon
thing for him to descend from the chair
and address the House on the dividir g ques
tions of the hour. It was, therefore, emi
nently just for Mr. Speaker Colfax to offer
the resolution to expel Mr. A. Long, the
Representative in Coneres3 for the Second
(or Cincinnati) Ohio district, for his auda
cious and unprovoked argument in favor of
the dissolution of the Union, on Friday
last. I have just come from the House, and
heard the speech of Mr. Colfax in support
of this resolution. That his points were
irresistible, I need not say. They would
have been so if stated by a child. What
then, must they have been as they
fell from the lips of the fearless and
elequent patriot who presides over the popu
lar branch of Congress ? Had he failed in
his duty on this occasion he would have
been unworthy of confidence or respect
Who better—eindeed, who so well qualified
to vindicate the outraged honor of the noun
try ? What was, however, most humiliating
of all was to see the manner in which the
so.called Democratic leaders rallied around
a man who declared for the recognition of
the Southern Confederacy. When Mr.
Long made his speech, on Friday, not one
of his party friends rose to rebuke him, or
to repudiate his sentiments ; and this, when
his language was fresh before them, and
still sounded in their ears. It is true that
Mr. Cox, of Ohio, declared that the
Democrats in the delegation held a
caucus, and discarded his doctrines ;
but it is also true that when a mo
tion was made to expel him for what they
said they disapproved, they voted against
it! You saw what Mr. Long said in the
report of Friday's proceedings of Congress,
as it appears in THE PRESS of this morning.
Without stopping to decide between the
accuracy of that report and its alleged inac
curacy, it is enough that .31r. LOilit .4 words
were 'llltderstood to be treasonable even by his
os friends. Before the action of the House
on his case was postponed till Monday
at two o'clock, in order to give him a
chance to explain these words, Mr. Har
ris, of Maryland, the only Secession mem
ber from that State, evidently envious
of the notoriety accorded to Mfr. Long,
rose and pronounced a violent and yin
dictive harangue, in which he disclosed
his own earnest sympathies with the re
bellion, and expressed the strongest sent_
ments against the Government He was
at once> checked, and his words taken
down, and a motion made to expel him by
Mr. Washburne, of Illinois. The manner,
the sentiments, and the extreme rancor of
Barris, showed the hatred of his school
towards the Government, whose money
they accept and whose life they seek.
I do not wonder that Mr. Tracy, the
member from the BradfOrd (Pa.) dis
trict, broke out into an honest expres
sion of his indignation at this unwonted
sr.ectacle. But look at the vote on the
motion to expel Harris. First read his
- words, and then read the list of Penn
vlvaniana in Congress who voted against
expelling a man front that Congress who
boldly declared his sympathy with the rebel
and as boldly said he would not vote a
7rvelt, to prosecute the war or a dollar t o sup _
port those 'who are in the scar. The motion
to expel railed, because the requisite two
thirds could not be reached owing to'" De
n:emetic" votes in the negative. Then
came the motion to censure Ils.rris. Here
we find a still more startling Democratic
record for Pennsylva.nians. Some dodged,
and others voted against the censure, and
among these I regret to see such names as
Messrs. Randall and Miller.
The censure was a protest against the
most fatal of all heresies, that this govern
ment has no power to protect itself against
Treason, and - was intent 6i to convey to the
country and to the world the indignant
judgment of an American Congress against
it. Mr. Harris believes in this dangerous
theory, and we must take it for granted that
those who refilsed to censure him tor it be
lieve in it too. But I have no more time
to write on the important developments of
this day. OCCASIONAL.
WASHINGTON, April 11, 1864
The speech of Alexander Long, the De
mocratic member of Congress from the
second or Cincinnati district, in the State
of Ohio, is published at length this morning.
I bave read it carefully, and it is now no
hasty opinion that leads me to characterize
it as a formal and elaborate, and I must
add able, P.LRA FOR TEE DIEISOLIITION OP
THE AMEB ICAN UNION. This speech, long
prepared, could not have been concocted
without the knowledge of the Democratic
leaders in the House. Their efforts to Save
kfr..Long from expulsion, even in the midst
of their disavowals of his Sentiments, prove
this, at the least. Mr. Long, as will be seen
from the extracts I send you, does not place
his decision upon the alternative that we must
recognize the South and dissolve the Union,
if the said South is to be " subjugated " or
" annihilated." He demands it anyhow,
and argues for it as neither inconsistent with
the dignity nor the history of the Union, as
a condition in which the North might be
prosperous and free ; and, in short, as the
height of magnanimity and liberality on our
part ! We have from Mr. Long a frank
argument to show that, quoting his words,
"we existed as a republic when the mouth, of
the Mississippi was held by a foreign Power ;
when we had nothing west of that river; when
.Elorida was held against us; and we could
exist again if, by the chastisement of
Heaven, we should _be curtailed of our
old territorial dimensions." That "much
better would it have been for us, IN
THE BEGINNING, to consent to a
division of our magnificent empire and
cultivate amicable relations with our estranged
brethren," .t.t c. These sentences, taken at
random from his speech, sufficiently prove
that he does not present DISUNION as a bet
ter alternative than the subjugation or anni
hilation of the Louth, but that he asks for
it as a remedy that the Democratic party
should recommend as part of its pledge of
peace, and that the nation ought to concede
as an act of magnanimity and justice. Mr.
Long is a Northern man, and his case is
regarded as less offensive to patriotism than
that of the only Secession member from
Maryland, Mr. B. G. Harris, who was cen
sured for his outbreak on Saturday by a
very large and decisive majority. What
will be done in the case of Mr. Long this
fternoon, now that his speech is out, the
telegraph report must inform you. Ido not
believe Mr. Harris has gone so far in his
utterances as Mr. Long. Will, then, the
Democrats assist to expel or censure the
latter today ? Observe that the largest vote
given from any Mate against the censure of
Harris on Saturday was given from Penn
sylvania. There were five Democrats from
our good old State who refused to censure
a Representative for declaring as follows :
" The South asked you to let them. live in
peaee. But no. You said you would bring
them into abjection. That is not done yet;
and God Almighty grant that it never may
be. hhope that you will never subjugate the
South." The Pennsylvanians who refuse.d
to vote to censure this language are Samuel
J. Randall, of the First ; 5. E. Ancona,
of the Eighth Charles Dennison, of the
Twelfth,; W. H. Miller, of the Fourteenth ;
and Myer Strouse, of the Tenth dis
trict, hi the present Congress. These
men expect to be returned to the next
Congress after this vote. They rely
upon the heavy majorities they received
at the last election for Congress. How
they will vote to-day on the case of Mr.
Long remains, as I have said, to be seen.
Bailey and McCollister (Independent Union)
voted for the censure, while John L. Daw
son, Philip Johnson, and Jesse Lazear, who
Voted against the expulsion of Harris, were
not in the House when the question was
taken on the censure. Mr. Stiles, (Opp.),
Mr. Coffroth, (Opp.,) are out of town ; Mr.
Thaddeus Stevens, Mr. J. K. Moorhead,
and Mr. Charles O'Neill did not vote, the
first being very ill at his lodgings, and the
two latter being absent at their homes or
paired. The people must make their own
comments on this exhibition. It is for them
to decide the question at last
NW A SIUIN 0-7 CO-
WASHINGTON, April 11, Mai.
The Florida Expedition—Report of the
Committee on the Conduct of the War.
The report of the Committee on the Conduct of
the War relative to the progress, origin, and results
Or the lace expedition into Florida, commences( with
the statement that on the 15th of December last
Gen. Gil:moult addreseed to Gen. HALLEOK a pro•
position to send a force to operate in that State, to
recover its most valuable territory, cut off a rich
source of the enemy's supplies, and increase the
Dumber of colored troop!. On the 22.1 Gen. HAD
LRCM replied, authorizing him Ktu.mourt) to under_
take suckdoperations as he•might deem best, While se
curing the position already held before Charleston.
On January 14th General Gilmore asked permis
sion to establish on the west branch of St. Clair
river, in Florida, a depot, preparatory to an early
advance, and on the following day he wrote to the
Sterettry of War do relation to colored troops to
gart lion the forts from whichlhe troops for the ex•
pedition were to be drawn.
On the 22d of January General Halleok wrote:
"In regard to your proposed operations in Florida
the Secretaiy replied that the matter had been left
entirely to your judgment and discretion with the
metes at your command. As the object of the pro
posed expedition has not been explained, it is im
possible to judge here of its advantage, or practica
bility. If it is expected to give an outlet for cotton,
or cpen a favorable field for the enlistment of
&Meted troops, the advantage, may be sufficient to
justify the expense in money. But simply as a
military operation I attach very little importance
to'such expedition.. If successful, they merely
assorb our troops in garrisons to occupy the places
ceptured, but have little or no influence upon the
progress cf the war."
Gen. Gilmore urged, in reply, that such esn occu•
pation would afford an outlet to cotton, lumber, and
other products, and prevent the rebels from obtain
ing rich supplies of beef, and entablleblog railroad
communication elrewhere, by the seizure and use or
the rails of the Fernandina and St 111sre's Railroad.
It would also obtain colored recruits, and inaugu
rate measures for the speedy restoration of Florida
to her allegiance.
The only Mu taken by the President in this affair
seems toil/are been the following:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, January 5, 1864
MAJOR GENERAL Gn.nonx : I understand an ef
fort is being made by some worthy gentlemen to
reconstruct a legal State Government in Florida.
Omit , a is in your department, and it is not unlikely
that you may be there in person. I have given Mr.
Ray a commission of uutior, and cent him to you
with come blanlobocks and other blanks to aid in
the reconstruction. He will explain as to the man
ner of using the blanks, and also my general views
on the eurject. It is desirable for all to cooperate
but, if irreconcilable differences of opinion shall
arise, you are master.
I wish the thibg done in the most speedy way
possible, so that, when done, it be within the range of
the late proclamation on the subject. The detail
labor will, of course, have to be done by others, but
I shall be greatly obliged if you will give it such
general supervision as you can find consistent with
your more strictly military duties.
A. LINCOLN.
The expedition, numbering Nix or seven thousand,
was placed by Gen. Gilmore under the command of
Gen. Seymour, and Rear Admiral Dahlgren furnish•
ed three gunboats. Particulars of these operations
are given, which have been 'substantially communi
cated to the pun heretofore. After Gen. Gilmore,
who had accompanied the expedition, had returned
to Hilton Head, he received a despatch from the
commanding general, desiring that diversion might
be made against Savannah to prevent the sending of
relief to the rebel forces in Florida. Gen. Gilmore
immediately despatched Gen. Turner, him ehlef of
raid; with orders to fr4l back. A terrible storm pre
vented this order from reaching Jacksonville till the
battle of Oluatee was raging. Turner was in com
munication with General Seymour, but deemed
it expedient to withhold the order during
the engagement. The remainder of the re
port shows that our forces were lees than those
of the rebels, who bad the advantage of posi
tion in improvised entrenchments of logs, ries
pits, etc. General Seymour is secure in his present
position, having been reinforced. Gen. Turner's
testunony, of colored troops is that they behaved
about as well nettle white troops. The let North Ca
rolina ooloi ed regiment supported Captain Elder's
battery. The Captain, who had been in more than
thirty engagements in the Army of the Potomac,
said he had never seen troops tight better than the
regiment of colored troop..
Naval Captures.
Information has been received at the Navy De
partment from Commander C. 0. Row Arr, of the
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, of the cap
ture by the steamer Columbine of the steamer
Sumpter, and the capture of the Hattie Brook by
the steamer Sumpter, armed and manned by a de
tachment of milkers and men from the Pawnee,
under the command of Acting Master G. 0. OLIA:sf,
now, of the Pawnee, up the St. John's river, Flo•
rlda., The Hattie Brook is a valuable boat, having
been fitted up as a passenger boost. She has a fine
saloon, and has-been engaged in the transportation
of stores down the St. John's river.
Admiral ' , ARR./0:113T reports the capture, on the
12th of Much, of the schooner Marlon, by the
steamer Aroostook, off the Rio Braze., bound to
Havana, from Tampico, with an assorted cargo of
little value.
Resigned.
Lieutenant Colonel HALPIN& has tendered his re
signation to the War Department in consequence of
ill health.
[Lieutenant Colonel 1:IA1x1mi is the famous
"miles O'Reillp,)) of the 47th New York Foot. He
has suffered for a long time from an ocular affeo
tion, and is now almost blind.]
Change in Cavalry Commands.
Brigadier General WILSON, Chief of the Chivalry
Bureau in the War Department, has been relieved
at the request of General GRANT, who desires his
services as commander of the Ist Cavalry Dlvtalon,
Army Of the Potomac. Colonel Thum, 6th Ohio
Cavalty 3 succeeds him in command of the Cavalry
Bureau.
Operations of the Rebels.
InfOrmation received here, today, is to the efNat
Vat the rebels are busily engaged in strengthening
trick fortifications on the line of the Rapidan and
along the Orange at d Alexandria Railroad, between
Rapidan Station and Orange Court House. Lee is
daily receiving large accessions to his army. It is
said that the rebels are building fortifications at
convenient points between the Orange and Alexan
dria Railroad and Fredericksburg Railroad. The
rebel cavalry is being reorganized and reinfOrCed by
mounted infantry.
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1864:
The sales of ton•forty bonds are exoe?.ifng
peotatione, and the demands recently have readied
the full ability of the Department to supply them.
The amount of sales reported at the Department to.
day Was $2,060,150. The total amount reported in
the last five days is $7,400 . 000.
Army Subscriptions to the:Ten—Forty Loan.
Subscriptions to the TetoForty loan are beginning
to come in from the army. Three hundred thousand
dollars were ordered here yesterday.
The heaviest freshet known forten years occurred
on the line of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad
on Saturday night. The railroad is badly damaged
at Cameron, four miles frbm Alexandria, and the
water is entirely over the track and bridge. Heavy
slides occurred between Springteld and Heck's
Station.
Bull Run bridge went entirely yesterday about
noon. Broad Run and Kettle Run bridges are badly
damaged, and several legs were taken out of the
Cedar Run trestle, but that is now In order. Bull
Run bridge will be ready for the passage of trains at
4 P. M. today, if nolfuither diftloulties oocur. The
whole track will be ready by 7 o'clock to-night; con
sequently there have teen no trains to the Army of
the Potomac yesterday or to-day, but they will run
tomorrow.
Heavy firing is reported to have been heard yes
terday in tho direction of Bristow Station.
The steamer Harvest Moon left today for For
tress Monroe, taking down Admiral DAgr.ountr,
who expects to receive the body of him son by hag
of ttuoe, due at that point to-morrow.
Naval Orders.
Commodore RINGGOLD has been ordered to special
duty et New York. Commander JOHN DOWNS has
been ordered to the steamer R. R. Ouyler, And Lieu
tenant Commander Ores. S. NORTON hes been
ordered to the same vessel.
Intelligence received at the Indian Bureau of the
Movements of Indians goes to show that the Yana
tons, Sioux and Assinaboines hostile to Glevern
went, were moving north to Meuse river, sixty miles
north of Fort Union. From this rendezvous they
intend making predatory excursions and committing
depredations. Tbey are short of ammunition, to
obtain which they will attack some of the trailing
posts. If pushed too closely by General
force, they will go still further north among the
forts of the Hudson Bay Oampany, where they ex
peat to obtain ammunition and supplier. The
agent writes that it is the opinion of the settlers
there that it will be dangerous settling or travelling
along the Missouri. The whole Creek Nation, num
bering fifteen hundred lodges, were at Wood Mona.
tain, near Fort Union, making preprrations to at
tack the Gros Venters this spring.
IMPORTANT FROM MOBILE.
WITHDRAWAL OF OUR GUNBOATS
E'repar.ations of the Enem:y.
REBEL EVEIONS.
The New York Herald correspondent writes WI
follows
BLOCKADING FLBET, OFF MOBILE, March 28
Although Admiral Farragut remained here with
his fleet after it was known that Sherman had re
turned to Vicksburg, engaging Fort Powell with
his mortar vessels and gunboats, there was, per
haps, no glimmer of hope in the breast of the old
veteran that with theme he could capture Mobile as
he captured Nevi Orleans. ile could not peas the
forts as he pasted Forts Jackson and Philip, owing
to the shallowness of the water and the nature of
the obstructions placed in the channel in every di
rection.
mobile must be taken by a land attack, or Mint
ral rarragut must have two or three iron•clads, if
for no other purpose than to guard his fleet from the
attack of the formidable same Tennessee and Nash
ville.
We no looser bombard or fire upon Fort Powell,
for the eimple relieve that the gunboats and mortar
vessels have been withdrawn, and are now at Pen.
resole.
The cpwalip and MaheOrcet are blockading in the
Sound.
The rebels are building (Joao around the Tennes
see for the purpose of lighting her over Dog river
bar.
The Nashville is nearly completed. She will
not be such a formidabipappearing monster as the
Tennessee.
OCCASIONAL
On Sunday, March 20, a picket boat belonging to
the enemy was captured by the Jackson. In it were
five men and an officer (master's mate.) The boat,
officer, and men belonged to the rebel gunboat
Selma.
The North Shore, in the Sound, is full of deserters,
and I hear that the whole of the 3d Mississippi have
deserted almost to a man, and established themselves
in poste, and actually captured a number of the
rebel cavalry and paroled them. The authorities at
Mobile have recently sent out a force of between
four and live hundred cavalry for the purpose of cap
turing them and breaking up their camps.
In Jones county, Ala., there are hundreds of de
serters. Some of them are hiding in the woods, but
the majority have returned to their home..
THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION.
RUMORED CAPTURE OF SHREVEPORT.
VICTORY AT CANE JEVINTEaIo.
The Louisiana Constitutional Election.
GOVERNOR HAHN RECOGNIZED AS CIVIL AND MILI
TARY GOVERNOR.
The steamers Varuna and Morning Star bring
New Orleans dates to the 211 instant. The New
York Tribune's correspondent says:
The Red liver expedition of Generals Banks and
Smith aeems to be progressing finely,.though ac yet
we know but little of what has actually transpired
in that quarter, beyond the fact of the occupation of
Alexandria and Natchitoches, and that our troops
are bravely pushing on. There was considerable ex
citement yesterday over an extra gotout by The True
Delta, announcing a great battle at Cane river. An
intimation in the evening edition that the said extra
and battle were founded more upon the immemorial
custom of All. Fool's Day than upon information or
fact, bad the effect of quieting the excitement.
We are still without any trustworthy account of
the condition of anirs at Shreveport, though the
expectation that the enemy will give battle before
abandoning that country is growing weaker every
day.
[From the Era. 31st tat ]
The United States transport steamer James Eat.
tie, which left Alexandria Tuesday morning, has ar
rived.
The Union forces, both on land and water, had
made rapid progress toward the interior, driving the
enemy before them, and new. reached Alexandria
the day before 3 eaterday that Shreveport had been
taken possession of by the Union troops.
None of the particulars of the advance upon and
occupation of the place had been made public, al.
though it was known that the gunboats were the
Brat to arrive there.
Several of the iromclads and transports crossed the
falls several days since, and proceeded up the river
at once, and Gen. Smith's troops were en route at
the same time, and in the came direction.
Considerable difficulty was experienced by our
fleet in getting above the falls, and one of our
steamers wee /oat. She was a hospital boat.
(From the Sas. 29th nit 3
The election yesterday, for member/ of a Coast,-
tutional Convention, resulted in a complete tri
umph of the Free-State party. With few excep
tions, the regular Free• State ticket was elected in
Ibis pain)/ ; and in these exceptional cases tile suc
cessful candidates are in favor of a Free Constitu
tion.
• •
The total vote cast in the city and Algiers is about
3,500. This, considering the tacit that the weather
who rainy and disagreeable, and that there was not
opposition enough to the regular Free State nomi-
Dmati4Dl3 to induce the people to go to the polls in
such totes as they would had the Copperhead!' put a
ticket in the Held, is very good indeed. When the
returns from the country are all received, we think
the total vote will amount to considerably more
than the President's proclamation requires to re•
store the State to the Union.
PRESID.ENT LINCOLN ON LOUISIANA POLITICS.
Letters have been received in. this city from Pre
sident Lincoln, in which he expresses his hearty
gratification at the rapid strides Louisiana is mak.
ing in her return to the Union. Heaven grant that
before our honored Chief Magistrate transmits to
his successor the official mantle he has so worthily
worn, not only Louisiana, but all the " way ward
Meters" mar be found arrayed under the banner of
Union and Liberty.—Era, March 30,
ISSIPPI FOLVIIGNES BLOCKING TO.PORT PISS.
EPromThe New Orleans Times, April 17
An officer from Fott Pike informs us that since
Sherman's raid into Mississippi, a great desire to
escape from rebeldom has possessed the people of
that State, who are flocking down to Fort Pike.
Recently, thirty five arrived in one day. On Thurs•
day last another party arrived with the informa
tion that seven hundred Mississippi refugees were
coming in et body. Sixty or seventy are now stop•
ping on Henry Island, on Pearl river.
When these poor people, coming into Fort Pike,
catch a distant view of the old hag, they make
the welkin ring with cheers of enthusiasm and
gratitude.
Goyimtam RAHN RECOGNIZED BY THE PRESIDENT
AS CIVIL AND MILITARY GOVIeRNOR.
We learn that the Government at Washington
has not only recognized the Hon. Michael Hahn as
civil Governor under the Constitution and laws,
but, anticipating that circumstances might arise to
which the old Constitution and laws might not be
applicable, the President, in addition to the power
as civil Governor, has conferred upon him all the
powers of a military governor, transmitting to him
lor his guidance copies of the orders and instructions
under which Governor Shepley. acted. These
powers are, no doubt, intended to be temporary, and
will be withdrawn as soon as the people of Louisiana
skidl have adopted a Constitution harmonizing
with the age.—New Orleana Mat.
Reported Relororeemead. or Forrest
Murals, April 9.-01lerson's cavalry still hang
around Forrest's forces, but are too weak to meet
them.
Last evening they made a sally upon a bridge over
the Wolf liver, which Forrest had just completed,
and succeeded in capturing and destroying the bridge,
with a loidi of eight killed and wounded. Two pri•
loners were taken.
This morning they had another fight, in which
Capt. Harrington, of the 2d lowa, WAS ieverely
wounded.
It is reported that Forrest hss been reinforced by
a portion of .Lee'a cavalry, and intend■ creasing the
Tennessee river, his demonstrations towards Mem
phis being feints. All preparations have been made
bete to give him a reception, should he coma this
way.
Arrival or a terenell Frigate.
NtiW Yons, April 11.—The Preach frigate Goer
iiele arrived today from Port-rox-Prinoe.
The Ten-Forty Loan.
The Late Freshet.
Admiral Dahlgren.
The Indians in the Northwest.
THE WAR IN THE GULF.
NEW 0111LEiNS.
SHICP.VSPOICT IN 0118 POSSIISSION
THE CONSTITUTIONAL BLEET/GTTs
MEMPHIS.
I 'VISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION.
General Steele at Arlcadelphla
A REBEL CAMP SURPRISED.
CINCINNATI, April 11.—A special despatch to the
Commercial from Louisa, Ky., lays that Captain
Patrick, with fifteen men of the 14th Kentucky Re
giment, surprised minty rebels on the 6th at Quick
sand Creek, and killed ten and wounded eleven of
them. All their arms, horses, and camp equipage
were captured.
By. LOlllB, April 11.—Advioes from Little Rook,
Arkansas, say that the only official news received
from General Steele was that he was at Arkadel
phia on the 28th ult., and bad constant skirmishing
with the enemy on the route ; but the progresa of
his expedition was at no time impeded,
CENTRAL AMERICA
NEW Yoruc, April 11.—Liter advice, from San
Salvador state that the Congress of the Republic
had issued a decree appointing officers of a Provi
sional Government, who, in ease of the death of
the new President Menem, or of his being other
wise disqualified to hold office, shall constitute the
Government. These officers, at a subsequent meet
ing, issued a decree dated February 29, at which
the action' and decree. of President Dulles were
formally approved.
President Duties, with his Cabinet, had attended
a ball given by the Minister from the 'United States,
Mr. James R. Partridge.
The San Salvador papers contain numerous
charges against ex. President Barrios, who is now
in this country.
New York Financial and Legal Matters.
Nuw Yong, April 10.—Gold closed at 1723.1:. Ster
ling exchange unsettled. Bankers , bills 188. -•
The Supreme Court ham issued an injunction re.
,training the trustees of the Mariposa Company
from issuing more bond; which the company pro
posed to do, to the amount of $2,000,000.
A bill was introduced into the State Senate to,
day permitting the holder, of Erie preferred stock to
exchange it for common stook.
The New Ten-iorty Loan, ike.
New Tone, April 11.—The subscriptions to the
new ten-foxty loon, at the First National Bank, to
day, amounted to $529,600.
The enatom•house receipts were $369,000, of Which
all but $lO,OOO was in gold certificates,
Wreck of a Steamer.
liaLivax, April 11.—The steamer °Bled°Ma,
hence nor Bermuda and 'Nassau, wee totally wrecked
on. Spectacle Island on Friday. -
[This is a different vessel from the Caledonia,
which arrived at St. John, N. 8., to•day, from Glas
gow ]
The Illinois Democratic State Convention.
CHICAGO, April 10.—The Demooratie State Cm.
von lion fot nominating Presidential electors and de
legates to the Chicago Convention meets at Spring.
field on the 15th of June, The Convention for no
minating State officers mill be held at a later day.
Strafe of Printers at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, April 11.—The printers in some. of
the newspaper establishment of this city have been
on a strike for several days, and two papers, the
Daily Depatch and Sunday Independent, have been
compelled to suspend publication in consequence.
Movements of European Steamers,
HALIFAX, N. S., April 9.—The steamship Kedar
mailed tonight for New York, with 180 passengers.
Avy northeast gale now prevails.
MJaPits, N. 8., April 11.—The steamer Cale
donia, from Glasgow, arrived here yesterday. Part
of her cargo is for Portland.
Canadian Members of Parliament Elected.
MONTRISAL, April 10.—The Lion. George E. Car
tier, Attorney General for Canada East, and Hon. T.
Darcy McGee, Commissioner of Agriculture, were
elected to Parliament for Montreal city, to day, by
acclamation. The Hon. A. T. Galt, Finance Com.
=Wilmer, was elected by acclamation for the town
of Sherbrooke.
New York Evening Stock Market.
Nnw Youn, April 11.—The following are the eve.
ning-quotations for the New York stork market :
Chicago and Rook Island, 132 A I; Illinois Central,
1.174 • Michigan Southern, 11GM; do. guarantied,
143 ; ' Residing, 1637; Hudson hive; t6B ; gold,
17334.
New York Bank Statement.
Naw YORK, April 10 —Tile following is a state
ment of the condition of the New York banks for
the week ending April 10 :
Losne—increase
Sptcts—increase
tardulation—increase...
Deposits—deorease...........
Illness of General Wlstar.
Feemnizes Mormon, April 10.-Brigadier General
Winter was taken suddenly and seriously ill yeater.
day.
XXXVHIth CONGRESS---lst SESSION,
WASHINGTON. April 11, MI. -
SENATE.
Mr. WILSON presented tho first annual report of the
Vett. ual Academy of nciencen i and moved the printing
of Steen hundred copies
tow Ari presented a remonstrance of the Pennsyl
vania Legislature and of sevo al railroads in that State,
including the Philadelphia. Wilmington. and Baltim.tre
R:tiro,d Company. against the eatattion of the Good
year India Bunter Patent.
Also. a Memorial from the Board of Trade of. Phila.
deiphla. for a suitable pier in the Delaware ricer, at
Lewes. Delaware.
Mr. WADS, from the Committee on th e Conduct of the
War, made a report, with the avid ence in the case in
relation to the late military expedition into Florida,
which was ordered to he printed. He submitted a reap.
lotion. alto, for printina five thouvand extra copies,
NvLieb goev to the Ooitunittee on panting%
Mr. WILSON. rom the Military Committee, teported.
without amendment, the bill to organize a regiment of
vete an volunteer ev Mears.
t.n motion of Mr. L Zilt, of Kansas, the Committee on
Indian a hairs was instructed to loquire into the expedi
ency of abolialopg the present eyetent of Indian traders,
whichwasreferref.
A Personal Es'slunation from Mr. Grimes
. _
Mr Gls I MES rose to a personal explanation, aad read
from the report.) tips Naval Committee. Mr Hale.cnair-
MEM, condemning the manner in which the resolutions
concerning the uanster seamen from the army to the
navy had been introduced NY:theta the cognizance of the
c, =mince. The report eays, when the committee first
cart their eye& upon the resolution. introduced by Mr.
Gr;IIIEB, to repeal the legislation authorizing the trans
fere, they saw that it repealed two things instead of the
one that was necessary. Mr. Grimes charged that the
reembere of the committee never saw they report, and
that it was alone Mr. Hale'e. and aererts what is not
true in saying that he (Mr. Grimes) desired at once to
Pass the repeal
He knew that the gentleman from New Hampshire
considers himself the Naval Committee from the manner
in which the business of that committee had been con
dnetee for the past three years, and as showing the spirit
of the gentlemen, he mentioned that at the beginning of
the seedier he (Mr Hale) had offered the gentleman from
HUM Yerk (Mr. Barrie) the chairmanship of that com
mittee, but like the instance wherein Satan hal offered
the Saviour of man great rewards not in ale power to
bestow it be would fall down and adore him, both the
tempter and thetemptstionwere spurned The gentleman
was the most unrelenting, determined. and Persi.tent
enemy of the Secretary of the Navy and the Navy De
pertinent that there is in the country. both in public and
Private, theugh in the position where he ought to, defend
it. Mr. Grimes also noticed an adverse report made by
Mr. Hale, purporting to come from the gavel Commit
tee, though none bat the chairman had anything to do
with it, on a bill which he introduced to changesehe mode
of procuring navel supplies. with the view of correcting
many abuses.
Mr. GitiM BS went on to state how frauds were com
mitted in this connection through naval storekeepers
giving orders when certain things were wanted in the
mechanical departments. by which, through corruplione
of blacksmiths and others, frantic were committed. He
denounced the met ner in which Mr. Hale onoted from a
speech of his (Mr. Grimes) in the Senate the other day,
by cni tin g off a sentence in the middle, as a specimen of
pettifogging tbst would have done credit to a practition
er of the Old Bailey. ste said he was done new, and he
trusted forever, with the Senator from New Hampshire
and would ask, in conclusion, that Senator to recollect
that non resistance was not one of the traits of his creed.
Mr. ladlelgireplied briefly. indicating that like the
sportsmen who took their horses out in the morning for
training, the gentleman from lowa seemed lately to
think it neceesary to exei cies himself a little on him
(Mr. Hale) before entering upon the race of the day.
'I be gentleman had practiced on him several times. He
hoped, however, the country would survive, and the
rebellion be put down. He explained that Mr. Grimes'
rt so. ution of repeal was outwitted to the Naval Commit
tee, at which a mojerity was present, though Mr.
Grimes was not. and they came to a unanimone concin-
Bien, and authorized him (Mr. Hale) to draw up a re
port. and it was in part submitted to some of them after
ward. The report was simply a relation of facts, and
those facts were true
The cease of the difficulty with the gentleman is evi
dently that be has i,bonnht he had not sufficient intim
em ce with the committee; but notwithstanding the gen
tleman's vituperative assault he should not respond in
that spirit. The gentleman looks upon the suggestion of
the r tnator from New b ork to accept the chairmanship
of the Naval Committee as only second in corruption to
the effort or the each enemy of man to tempt the baviour.
The fast wee, the tugsestioet was made because it was
due to the great commerce al stale of New York that her
Senator should have that position. Be was sorry he
had so stirred the ire of the gen./egnan, but as
loner as that venom so exieted in his heart. it
was better it should have come forth. The gen
tleman wound DP with- a threat, but if the
could allow either to influence him in word or doed
be would be the meanest wretch that ever crawled into
this bod The senator says be has dose will. me. He
(Mr. Bale) .
was glad of It Be should not descend to
pereonalitiee, as it was unworthy of the dignity of this
body. But whenever it should be conducive to the
moral or physical health of the gentle man to get off
another such speech he boned he would be allowed to
oft. He (Mr. Hale) would take no notice of it The
gentleman admitted there was corruption in the NhvY
Department.% but instead its 'being among blacksmith.
and mechanics, as indicated, he (Mr. Hale) thought it
was to a higher quarter.
The Senate then, on motion of Mr. FESSENDEN, pro
ceeded to the considetatien of the House navel appro
priation bill for the year ending June 30. 1865, as re
ported from the Finance Committee with amendments,
the most important of which strikes out an appropriation
of i1620,f00 for the purpose of building floating dry docks
for monitors at the New York and Philadelphia navy
yards. The amendments of the committee were all con
curred in.
Mr. HALE offered various amendments proposed by
the naval Committee.whioh were adopted. The amend
ment appropriating $130.000 to purchase land for the ex
tension of the wharf at the Charlestown navy yard was
debated at considerable length by Messrs. Hale, r 01113811..
den. Sumner. Connem Davie. and Ilherman.
The ayes and noes were called. but no quorum voting,
on motion, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
On motion of Mr. BOLMAN, of Indiana. the journal
was corrected so as to make it accord with the fact that
Mr. Harris, of Maryland, on Saturday. used the word
subjugation" instead of "subjection" of the South,
in connestion wiih the remarks for which be was "se
verely censured."
The SPEAKER laid before the House General Grant's
rr Port of the battle of Chattanooga and the reports of the
sub• commanders, whica were ordered to be printed
Mr. HOOPER. of Massachusetts, introduced &national
bank or currency bill, the consideration of which was
nostroned till gaturdey-
Mr BROOMALL, of Pennsylvania, offered a resolu
tion instructing the Committee on Naval Affairs to re
port a bill for the location of a navy yard and depot on
the Delaware river. Debate arising, the resolution
Went over.
By unanimous consent. on motion of Mr. STEVENS.
it was rerolved that when the Rouse adjourns it be to
Thursday. in order to enable members to attend the
funeral of J.,hr, C Fives, tale an officer of the Hones.
On motion of Mr. PARNEWORPH. of Illinois. the -
Clerk of the Rome was directed to send to the President
a copy of a resolution heretofore passed, requesting the
President to sive certain information as to conferring
brevet rank on officers of yoinuteer corns, and that his
attention be respectfully cal. ed to the fact, no answer
having yet been given.
Mr. BROWN, . of Wisconsin introduced ajoint resolu
tion, anal horizing the Preeident to appoint a commiseiou
of three ceinpetent officer. of the engineer corns. Whose
duty it [dial/ be to examine the different harbors on the
northwestern lakes. with a view of selecting an appro
priate site for a naval depot. and that said commission
report at the earliest possible time
•1 he resolution was referred to the Committee ou Naval
Affedre.
Resolutions again filt .. 4 mending the Constl
attt=l
Mr. CRAVENS, of Indiana, offered the following reso
lutions. and moved the previous question. which was
decided in the negative by a vote of 41 against 74. De
bsti7 arising, the resolutions went over. They are as
follows:
Rehulrilf. That in the pigment condition of the 416d11.
tey. viler, the passions of the people are inflamed and
their preiodicrs are excited, It is nitwits and dangeron
to attempt to alt. r or amend the Constitution of the
United States : that ample power is contained within its
limits. as it now magma. to protect and defend the an •
tinnal life, and the exerclee of power not warranted by
its prosletone would be to enter the geld of revOlatiOnt
and dennerens to the liberties of the monis. tending to
the astablhhment t f a millte ry dePpotim and the tinel
°Yeah] ow of free government in America.
Reaohnd. 'that any attempt by Congress to cad uci
Slalea tv the condition of 7 erritories is es odico dud as
revolutionary in its character and tendenoy as eeetteltioll
Heel!.
.Reaolved, That it to the duty of the Government to
listen to and consider any proposition for reconciliation
that may be offered by the 'moments which doss not
involve thequestion of separation.
Rego/tied. That the the nks of the nation are due and
are hereby tendered to the officers and soldiers and sea
men who have so gallantly borne our flag in the hour
of peril to our country.
Naval Administration.
Mr. DAVIS, of Maryland, introduced the following
bill which was referred to the Committee on Naval
Affairs
Be it enorted, Ae., First. That the chiefs of the Bn
resins of Yards and Docks. of Equipments a,,,d Recruit
ing, of Devightton. of Ordnance. of Constellation and
Repair, Mid of Steam Engineering, shalt be a &mid of
Ravel Administration. presided over by the Secretary of
the Davy, or tun member as he may designate,
greyed. The Board shall deliberate in common, and
Adele° the Secretary o.li any matter submitted by him
relating to naval organization, naval legielation, the con
struction and equipment of yawls at navy yards aid
other naval establishments. and the direction and em
ployment and disposition of the naval force in time of
war. Ail each opinions shall be recorded.
Third. No vessels of war shall be built or materially
a'tered, nor any inns of new construction ordered or
adopted. nor any engine for any veesel of war adopted
or endowed. nor any permanent atrueture for the naval
service executed. until the plane. estimates, proposals,
and contracts for the same shall have bran submitted to
the Board, and its opielone and advice thereon comma
nicated in writing to the Secretary t nor shall any pa
tented invention be bought or adopted to the naval ear-
Vire Without first the opinion of the Wood thereon
having been taken, and all experiments directed to toot
the invention. and naval plans and strap urea, shall he
collected under the Inspection Board, or Stembere there
in named by the !Secretary. and submitted to the Board
for its opinion thereon.
Werth. All invitations for plans and proposals for
any of the work. , above mentioned shall be prepared by
the Bond, subject to the approval of the decrentry,
and all hat s or utters. or prt•posele far the same, shall
he owned in the presence of the Board. and the award
made by it subject to late epproval of the Secretary.
Fifth. The beerehlry May add to the Board, from
time to time, other officers or the naval service eligLille
to the tOilliOn of abler of Bureau. not exceeding three
et spy time, tcr m.ncnltation on any of the aeove cub
jellie. The Board may take the opinion of eminent
practical ereitieers, machinists. and architects, In their
respective breeches of art or iedustry, when. in their
opinion. the r abilc or rice will be promote! by it. and
pay them such reammable compensation as the Secretary
may approve
Resolution Advising Calmness.
The 13011 Se preceeded to the coofilderation of the fol
lowing resolution, heretofore offered by Mr. Finch. of
Ohio namely:
Whereas., In the opinion of this Houser the Federal
Government is invested by the Constitution of the United
S.ates with the necessary power and authority to sup ,
press any resistance to army execution-tif cl u edaws
thereof. end to en:m.loy the in aid of the an
thorny to dirpertir all armed resistance to the rightful
power and Jiuri.diotion of the United State.; and.. where
as. In the jodgment of this Howe, the army and the
navy cannot be rightfully used to subjugate and holt as
conquered territory any of the States of this Union;
therefore, be it
Resolved That in this national emergency Congress
Will forget all feeling. of mere passion or resentment,
at d will recotket only tie duty to the country that this
war should not be urged on our part in any spirit of con
guest or subjugation, nor for any purpose of overthrow
ing or interfering with theylshts or established i mann-
Lions of the States, bnt to defend and maintain the in
Dremacy of the Constitution. and preserve she Union
with all the dignity. equality. and rights of the several
States uninjured. and as soon as these objects are attain
ed tbe war nusbt to came.
Mr. ASHLEY, of Ohio. and Mr. WILSON. of lowa.
severally moved to table the resolutlon.
Mr. COX unsuccessfully appealed to them to take a di
rect rote on the r, solution.
The question was token. and the resolution laid on the
table—yeas 61, nays 64, as follows:
Y RAS.
Garfield,
Gooch,
Grinnell.
Eligeqr.
Hooper.
Hotchkiss.
Hubbard (lowa
Hubbard (Couu.) ).
,
Jenckee,
sultan.
Kasson,
Kellen (Mich ).
Kellogg (N. 1(
Loan.
Marvin.
Mcgri.3e,
McClurg,
!Miler (N. Y.).
Morelli.
Morris (hi Y. ).
Myers, Amos
Myers, Leonard,
Morton.
O'Neill (Pa ),
Orth.
Patterson.
IHerrick.
nolman.
Janson (Pa. ).
Johnson
Kerman.
King.
Knapp.
Lew.
Lazear,
Long.
Marcy.
McAllister,
McDowell.
McKinney.
Middleton.
Morris (Ohio)
Morrison,
1 Nelson .
Odell.
Pendleton,
Alley.
Allison.
Ames.
ndetson.
/Undid,
Ashley.
Baldwin (Hens.).
Baxter,
Beeman,
80, d.
Broomall.
brown (W. Va.),
C.ark. W..
Clark, F.,
Cobb,
Cole.
Davie (Wd.).
Davis (New York)
Deming..
Prisms.
Dumont,
EckleY.
kliot,
Farnsworth.
Frank.
IM!!
11, own (NV's. )
eater.
Coffroth,
Cox,
Cravens,
Lawson.
DPIYM iton,
Eden.
K`dridga
Englieh.
Harding,
Harrington,
Harris (Did. ),
The Resolution to Expel Mr. Long
The House resumed the consideration of the foflowing
resolution. offered by Mr. Colfax on Saturday, namely
Reso/ved, That. Alexander Long. a Represent 'tire
from the Second district of Ohio, baying. on the Bth of
April, 1864, dejlared birneelt„ in hvor of recovering - the
independence and nationality of the so-called Confede
racy, now in arms against the Union,and thereby giving
aid, countenance. and encouragement to persons en
gaged is armed hostility to the United States, is hereby
expelled.
sir. BLESS, of Ohio, expressed the hemp that the House
Would consider the resolution NOM deliberation and in
cool blood. He thought the mover of the resolution had
not so:anciently reflected on the import of tits language
for winch it was proposed to expel his colleague. He aid
not understand that his colleague had expressed a desire
for the success of the Confederste cause over the armies
of the invited States. He did not understand hie colleague
to express any want of sympathy for the success of the.
IMOD tut he understood him simply to express an ODI-
Won he had formed by his own raft ...atone. and came to the
conclusion it would b • bt tier. as &choice of evi la to recog
nize the Confederacy than to pursue the war for the p ar.
nose of conquest and subjugation, with all the attendant
evils.
He did not concur with hie colleague, but if he believed
his colleague had come i . to the Rouse and. Maintained
the cause of the public enemy, thus showing an absonce
of good faith to this Government, he would regard him
as unworthy a seat in this. Howe, bat if his colleague
had only erred in judgment, he was disposed to look
upon him ith that degree of charity which all human
beings require should be exmnded to them, His col
lea gue..kaa uttered no novel opinions whoa he said
would prefer recognition to subjugation. He d:d act be
lieve the House, in a mama., t of passion and paroxysm
CI anger. should expel a member or put a tarnish on nit
character because he entertained and expre,sed opinions
pith the usual freedom of debate, and because they did
not compo4 with the better sense of the majority of this
House.
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Mr. STBVINS. of Pennsylvania, said during his ab
sence from the Home on Saturday an effort was m ode to
compare the position which he assumed:lt the beginning
of the greaten with that taken by the gentleman from
Ohio. He (Mr Stevens) had contended that the Con
federate States had de facto seceded from the Union, and
an, doing so bad committed a groat crime, w hich should
be punished, not only by the extreme rights allowable
by war, but that they have outlawed themselves from
ell protection, under the Constitation and laws of the
country; that they had - abrogated the laws and the Con
stitution and Union. so far as they were concerned
and that we ought to confiscate all their property, real
and personal- and „treat them as a foreign enemy;
and further, that they could .claim no rights did' rent
from a foreign enemy- While, be said, they had set no
a de facto goveinment, he at the same time contended
they had committed the crime of secession, and stood in
that attitude alone from the protsibtlon of the Constitu
tion. But it was said on the other side that having be
come a seceded Power, 'they should be permitted to re
main so without punishment; that, the Government
ahonid extend the right band of fellowship, and with
draw its armies and allow them to maintain that atti
tude, and et the same gentleman had endeavored to
assimilate his views with those who would let the se
ceded States depart in peace without punishment.
. lir. COX said his colleagce (Hr. Long). In his speech
now declared to b 6 so obnoxious..bseed his ararrmeut on
the doctrines of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Sr.
Stevens). in which tLe latter declared that. the Southern
States were independent in their purpose of war and sab
lurostion
Mr. bTEVENS. I understand how perfectly strip it is
for the davit to quote Scripture and per vert it. [ Laugh
ter, and applause,
Sir. COX said he gave the very words of the gentleman
who had _charged him with perverting his language.
Cerise
. .
bTRYENS said be began no personalities, and
would not indulge in them- He repooted, that he had
assumed that as belliserente. for their crimes and trea
son, they deserved to bepunished by the sword and vio•
levee as traitors should be—not the admission of the gen
tleman from Ohio (Mr. Lone), that being a de facto Go
vernment. they, ought to be permitted quietly to cat
themtelves loose from the Government. He protested
being linked with such an infamous work. No man
would do it - who was not a fool or a awe, or both.
CLanoter.)
Mr. Fernando Wood Defends Mr. Long
Mr. FERN A.NDO WOOD. of N ew York, said that,
doubtless, the country had heard with profound regret
the proceedings of tine...Sion% on last Saturday. It was
humiliating to him, as a member of the American Con
gress. to witness this continued trilling from day to day.
when the country was bleeding to death for the want of
the remedies which Congress alone could give. Oar
arms were apparently paralyzed in the face of the ene
my. Our treasury was exhausted, and its receipts lees
than one tenth. of the revenues. The laboring classes
were borne down by oppressive taxation and iced agnate
compensation. Oar tables groan under a load of bibs of
various characters awaiting legislative action. We have
an opening court for the trial a.nd punishment of mem
bers for the exerciee of rights of which God alone can
deprive them. It is a disgrace to the age we Jive
in, and should. as it no doubt will, meet with the
reprobation .of an indignant people. Be spoke of the
Position of the Speaker as undignified and unprece
neared, sayint that the gentleman had descended
from the chair, with all its exalted surroundings, to en
ter the gladiatorial arena as a partisan combatant. The
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Long) is arraigt ed for what?
For the honest avowal of the opinions he entertained.
and for which he waa responsible to no other power or
authority than to that be represented in this House—hm
constituents. He had declared that in a certain contin
gency, which be stated, he would prefer recognition as
between annihilation and recognition. and that he pre
(erred the latter Is It criminal so to declare? None of
us are in favor of taking human life • earl yet all of us
are prepared to .10 so in self defence. When sued an al
ternative is presented. either of us would kill. Tnis to
an - analegona case. The gentleman declared substan
tially he was in favor of recognition rather than
to tee every man, woman. and child of the Southern
States put to the sword. He thought every hue
man and Christian man would endor.e the sentiment
thus presented. lint the e.entlemau was arraigned be
cause it was said his speech g ives aid and comfort to the
reties If this were so the other side of the goose has
no right to complain. The Republican party have been
feeding the flan e of rebellion ever sties its existence
That party was conceived and brought forth in disunion,
and could not exist for forty. eight hours an a political
organization but for this fell and wicked spirit That
English vagabond Thompson was sent hither by the
E'litieb. Government thirty year, ago to sow the seeds
of dissolution, and he now comes back as the guest
of his fellow disunionist, to witness the bloody harvest
John Quincy Adams and Joshua R. Old dings presented
Petitior s in 1842 In favor of a dissolution or the Union
Senator Hale. of New Hampshire. presented menivriale
to the Senate infavor of disunion. and Seward and Chase
voted for its reception. The present Sncrelary of the.
Treasury (Mr. Chase) advocated a recognition of the
Sonth,rn Confederacy in the Cabinet, while the Confe
derates had only a provisional Confederacy at Montgo
mery and Sumner, and, indeed, all the leaders of the
party in power were. and still are. in favor of eternal
separation. How dare the leaders in this House then to
arraign a member for doing that which they themselves
have been doing all their political lives?
Mr. ASHLEY asked whether Mr. Chase had. in any
official act. expressed himself in favor of recognizing the
Southern Confederacy.
Mr. COX replied to this by saying that. on the 19th of
April. 1861. the Mayor of Baltimore, in a speech. said
that Secretary Chase bad told him so [Exclamations
on the Itepnblican side of • • Oh !.' " Oh !" and laughter.)
Mr. AS LEY. I deny it for Secretary Chase
Mr. COX. You should not deny anything without
knowing what it is. The Mayor represented air. Chase
as saying he opposed the right of secession. but when
the South became an independent and powerful. State
out of the Union. he wag for telling them to go in Peace.
Mr. ASHLEY. I deny it now.
Mr. COX What authority have you?
Mr. ASHLEY said his knowledge of the character; Of the
man, and acquaintance with his views -
Mr. COX If yOnitldgo by the character of the man I
MIT the gentleman ig not authorized to deny for any
body. [Calls to order. ]
Mr. FERNANDO WOOD resumed•, saying the Secre
tary of the Tra&eters. would not deny the fact, and be was
surprised that any denial of it ehonld , be made here. He
pursued his remarks at some langttioind ganged to be
read from a earop.ign document the. views attributed to
leading !Republicans, in favor of a dissolution of the
Union:
Mr. SPAULDING'S name being mentioned in connection
with others, that gentleman denied the statement attri
buted to him as false, come from what quarter it might.
Mr:Wood in Favor of a Peace COMMIBBIOn.
Mr. F. WOOD said he was not in. favor of recognition,
but advocated the sending of commissioners tv Rich
mond. believing this would open the way to peace on
the basis of the old Union. The war, he °widened, can.
not restore the Union. The Democratic peerty cannot
be a scar party. There could not be such a thing as war
Democrats. because the war tended to the destination of
the Union and toe Conetitution. If the warp was to be
conlititeeel, let it be carried on by the Revuhlican party.
Speech of Mr. Molten ok-
Mr. 131CMithiCli, of Ohio. remarked that the gentle
man from New York said he was no disunionist. and
diseented from the view. of the gentleman from Mary
land (Mr. Barris). while at the same time he dissented
from the views of the 'gentleman from Onto (Mr. Long. )•
The gentlema id he would send commintottore to
Rsehroond sad a s k to treat fur 'peso% Mow many others
r aped •-witit the gentleman he did not know, but he
knew the rebate treated all such propositions with scorn:
They tenet not come In that ahapa between tho mind
and their nobility. Those who thus advocatesk peace
would crawl on their bellies and lick the feet, of the
rebels to see whether they would not - Make terms. Lie
(Mr. Schenck) did not belong to any such eahepl.kl4
lie was fur heels* no conference ,rice rube!" in arms,
and Levee in favor of no treaty lie believed, the only
safety of the count, y is to Hatt out this wan te'e the cod.
and in nutting down the rebellion so effer.Srially that it
wiil never again rear its hydra held.
In revivals g Mr. Long'* speech, Mr, %chimer dented
thp truth of the ' , mark that hostintlea did not onn-
Menet until after the In:vinare Hon of Prosldent Lincoln
The Star of the Went was tired :onto derin,r I.tnuarr.
whale Bil.Cbara !I wee President. /EVIL,' tha In.)it
an
watrantid lendrale° elate:Dant over pro.i.ruted the
public ear. Mr. 1. oliencle th•.,n alluded to the co nda
Fen:mode ln relatite IO the arms lataved f.3r
Wood
Pike.
Pomeroy.
Price.
Randall (Ky. ).
Rice (Maas ).
Rollins (N. H. ).
Schenck.
Scofield,
Shannon,
Sloan.
Smith.
Seaithere.
Spanldhar. •
Starr.
Stevens.
Thayer,
Phones,
Uonon.
Van Valkenhnrg,
Wat&bnrne (111. ).
Waal:Loom (Mane.)
Whaley.
Wildiaeae, -
Wilder,
Windom.
Woodhridne•
Parry,
Prays.
Randall (Pa ),
Robiesors,
Rogers,
Rollins (610.1.
Ross,
• nett,
Steele (N. Y.)
Steele (N. J.).
Sums°,
StewAr t.
Sweat.
Voorbese,
Webster,
Wt eeler.
Whlte. C. A.
Wiote. J. W.
Winfield,
WOud., F.
Remarks of Dlr. Stevens
Georgia. and his corresposidence with Robert Toombs on
the subject, Georgia having solemnly declared in favor
of MeelllOXL six day. Wore. Bat the gentlemen wan
not a War Democrat even solute's wearing the United
Mabee uniform were murdered in the Aram of New
Tout during the riots. Perhaps the gentleman was not
seen in the streets: perhaps he held no Weapon and so•
plied no torah. But who did not know the riot was
ip consequence Of the teechine of his school. inducing
the persons to deeds of violence . min. and rapine?
And yet the gentleman now stands here talking about
peace.
;It er the gent? man bad proposed tbe secession of New
York Le remelted that be could not help Georgia In
118. the g;ntleinem helped to swell the voice of the loyal
people of New York by making a aresedit in Union
Square. and yledaing himself to the assembled thou
sends of business men for the war and for Union. He
apprehended the gentleman was then a war Democrat,
like those now denounced by him and his party.
Whether It wee an honor or a dishonor be Mod on the
mumplatform with the gentlem e n. Fie did not know
what kind of a war Democrat the gentleman would be
hereatter. The ;gentleman and his friends said, in offset.
to the rehab!' :I" Do as you will. our masters; blot out as
many of our stars as you choose. Do as you will only
seve the IN mimetic party. and give us patronag. and
office herea ft er. and we will bow down in all humility."
Mr. bCFI NA cfr spoke In stern denunciation of the WM
tinenta Uttered titre, which gave aid and comfort to the
enemy. spoken by Copperheads who bad crawled out of
their ht les. The gentleman had read exlvaate to show
that the authors or them entertained the same views as
he did himself. before the war many gentlemen were
undetermined as to whet course they should tate; bat
week the war commenced.the patriot did not tiseltate as
to what side be should advocate. The Tones of the a.-
velnticn were patriots and gentlemen compared with
the Copperheads of 1864 . He said , among otter things.
t) at if a soldier were to make snob P ropositions of
peace you would shoot him. and bad a citizen the right
to crawl on lila belly and cry for peace any more than
soldier? 7 hough such men could not be executed on the
gallows as cr:minels, there was a gibbet of public
niftier' which would raise them higher than Hainan.
end bold them up to the scorn of ail who looked own
them. re.mt&nee.)
Mr. Vows hews in Defence of Mr. Long.
Mr. VOORHEES, of lndiane, said the gentleman from
Ohio (Mr, Long) was cent here to utter nis views, and
was responethie to his constituents. The gentleman (emu
Ohio worod have been among the men who burnt Juba
/Worn, and piled the faggots ironed the victims at
Smithfield The gentleman knew he spoke the truth.
Ste gentleman world have been among those who
ould lave cried out for the crucifixion of Wiest on the
lolls of Judea. Be endorsed the right of the gentleman
fre m Chin to express his opinion. The man who did not
express his opinions was a coward. and deserved to be
a slave Be liked hew England, if for nothing else. for
the pre Auction of Webster. When Jackson entered his
protect against certain Proceedings of the Senate, the
blood of northern liberty took ere, and when our righte
were jeopardized, a voice went np loader than ever be
fore heard Mr. Webster then Bald: " When this and
the other House lose the freedom of speech and debate,
end consent to all the important measures of the iteeco•
Ow , . end are not allowed to maturate their own autho
rity by vote, declaration. or resolution. them we would
no longer be the representatives of a free people, and
n °aid be et instruments to make slaves far others
(Mr Voorteep) adopted these words and would Mani
by them in behalf of the Union men of the Haase.
He then proceeded' o discuss the question before the
House, holding that the rules of the House were ;effi
cient to protect its decorum and to protect the personal
relations of pewlemen. Enforce them! A man has a
Melt to express his public sentiments in a proper man
ner. This was ail that the gentle can from Ohlo has
done. He bad listened to the remarks of the gentleman
aeout Copß , rheade, ' and of their • sneaking out of
their holes. Such language would barer become the
bar-room of some political gatherina, where he sheold
judge from the gentleman's remarks. he would be more
at home than in the society of gentlemen. His colleague
(Mr. Colfax) bad placed himself in the position of public
accuser; and in this connection he spoke of his colleague.
as having recommended. the Helper book, which incited.
to mob and riot. and led to invaelon and massacre. Yet
hie colleegne, with his benevolent countenance, could
not et dot ee the remarks of the gentleman from Ohio
Mr Voorhees then referred to the fact that Mr.
eel! , rick, in 18)7. advocated withdrawing one troops
from Mexico, while his colleague in the Senate. acing
in the same spirit, said if he were a Mexican he" we old
welm me our troops with bloody hands to hospitabl
graves " Were Mexican, inomgrel. "miscegenated"
people any better than Southern men . ?
Mr. VOOSHESS made a further response to Mr.
Schenck, and concluded by saying he represented a dis
trict es loyal as that of the speaker. He came from a
" Copperhead " district, in the e,oquent language of the
gendentan, which stood by him because he stood by the
Constitution, by which the Union was to be renewed
He maintained. in lehalt of liberty, that the represee•
tatives of the whole people should have a right to speak
their rights and wronas.
Mr. LIGIISMIS briefly replied to the personal part of
Mr, Voorhees' remarks He never thought the Mexican
war should have been commenced, or that there was
canoe for it, but being in it, he thought we ought to fight
it thronah. ana therefore he &mays voted for men and
money. It was only a difference of opinion as to con
ducing the war. While troops were withdrawn from
Mexico, a ecfficiency of men were to protect the border
while our slips 'blockaded Mexican ports and possessed
the custom houses. But that was a different question
!rem withdrawing our troops sent against banded rebels
In arms _
CHENCE: also made come remarks In explana
tion of his military conduct at Vienna, ceding that for
what he there did he had Ihe Rommel of Lieutenant
tieneral Emu, and ban been fully commended f,r ser
vicee fidStWhere by snea ii ae,ale . as McDowell and
others.
Elr COLFAX imled the Hoene totet apart to morrow
at two o'clock for a yoto
Mr. COX said the vote could not then be taken.
Mr. COLFAX raid as a threat had been throws out
h.. hoped ihe blouse would finish this queation to-day.
Mr (.oX...id be had ando no threat, but that other
gentlenien wished to elder into the debate.
-Mr. WASEißriiiiill, of Llinole. snoreetad that the
sct,ole or tomorrow be dev.ited to diacuration
Mr. VOoh HEE. raid thati as que.tions have bleu
thrust prion them. they would agree to no time when the
vote shalt be talien. The vote would-be taken in good
faith whenever the gentleman had an opportunity to es-
prose him views
_ .
_ Mr. ORT'ff - , of Indiana, commence a speed), bat at
5. - Z0 gave way for a receao ti,l7 o'clock.
NIGH? S.F.SiICIT
Mr. Orth's Speech—Mr. Harris Denounced
as a Traitor.
Mr_ O.IITH in the evening resumed his remarks. aim
ing thg iesue was made in Indiana daring she campaign
of 1562. Hi• Democratic colleagues, and their friends in
aim out of the convention, claimed that they were for
more vigorous prosecution of the war than the Repabli
cane, but on a vote to expel the gentleman from Ohio
(Mr. Long). these gentlem. n were found on the opposite
side. If old Oenerel Jackson had been in pawer.instead
of censure only, the traitor would be now in the Old
Capitol orison
Mr. .
PENDLETON. of Ohio, rained a question that the
lam urge was unparliamentary in calling the gentleman
from Maryland a traitor.
Mr. DA eRIS (to Mr Orth) Yen are a !
Mr. Oki El replied that the vile slabbering of one con
victed of treason fell silent at his feet. tie alluded bele fly
to his co:league (Mr Voorhees), and confessed with sore
row that Ida colleague was sustained by trescon.titneets.
In conclusion he said be was for continuing the war no
til the supremacy of the Crewel:Leon and the laws ex
tended over every inch of American toil.
Mr KEENAN, of New York, said, in the comes of
his remarks, If ten men combine to resist the laws of the
nutted etetes. the Government has a right. and it is its
duty lo put them down So If a million of men coin
bine-Within a Ste te, its duty is the same. We have
nothing to do with putting down the resietance of
States. We deal with individual men. We are dealing
with those who owe alleatence to the Federal Go sere
reent and its laws. I differ from tho4e who fin any
difficulty in reasrd to the right of the Government
to, put down any Pas:hie:ere to its authority: I be ,
here it is the duty of good citizens to sustain those who
are engaged in putting !levee the rebellion. Alt r ongh
1 do not agree with mach of the policy of the Admini
stration, I hold that it le my duty as a citizen to Jur
tech the Administration with all the men and 12194115 ne
cessary to sustain the canes, if they adopt a diffe ant po
licy front mine lam in favor ofno factions Opposition; my
Platform may be bristly Mated.. Mists onr Governmelit.
my 0617one:tent, and it le my duty to defend and sus
tain it I desire peace—who does not 'when he looks
around and Peer mournine at every hearthstone'? But
it is idle to !elk about peace while the rebels are in arms.
Tbey must be put down by power, and. it is useless to
talk about sending commissioners to treat with armed
rebels. He deemed it necessary to say this much to ex
plain ble position, and he thought it his duty to vote
against the expulsion of the gentleman from Ohio.
Mr. DAVIS, of Maryland. said the question was not
whether the speech delivered by the gentleman from.
Ohio waa treasonable within the law, but whether
lie was worthy_ to be a representative of the
people of the United States. He did not envy
those gentlemen who had refaced to expel the gentle
wan ft cm the House. and afterwards voted that he was
unworthy to hold a s?at here. Be argued that the [louse
bad the right, and had exereised it, to expel a member.
not es pricionelee but for something wring which he
d done. The gentleman had proclaimed himself the
ft iend of the enemies of the United States, in violation of
his solemn oath to suserla the Constitution. He said,
rather than sustain it to the extent of the extermination
of its enemiee he preferred its destruction. It was not
the freedom of speech he complained of He was brave
and honorable, and he thanked him for it. It revealed an
enemy unties the gentleman from New Yorke Sir. Wood.
who wish similar nentimente conceals them (Laughter .I
He did not Wish to punish him for his speech, but for en
tertaining such sentiments This is one of the cams
where, with or without law. bis expulsion is emcee
eery. It in one of those questions Where there its no
right to be on more than One side. President Buchanan
scandalized the American name when he said this war
was unconttittilionst and that there was no power to
coerce sovereign States. Those who have taken up and
echced this question, and acted upon it, give aid and
comfort to the enemy. When McClellan and Fitz John
Porter shall again bring the rebels within sight of
Washington; when Vallandigham shall rule in Ohio.
Betel tin Indiana. Seymour in Connecticut. Woodward
in Pent eyleania; and when the friends of Seymour in
New York shall make the streets run with blood, and
when division shall prevail throughoat the State. then
these who bare thus given aid and comfort to the enemy
wilt acknowledge their masters at the South. At every
hazard of his life be would meet with each antagonists.
Mr. Finch Responds.
Mr. FINCH, of Ohio, said he did not concur in all the
views expressed by his colleague, (Sir. Long, l and did
not believe seceeeion exists under our Government. and
was unwilling to acknowledge the Confederate States.
• e alto dissented now, as he had from the beginning
• lamented. from the views of re r e Stevens teat the South
was an Inds pude ot t ower. The Democrats of the great
It orthse est. be believed, were with him in these views.
H. did not believe that force alone could restore the
Union there must, besides, be conciliation anJ
letetesmanship - but, alas! such requeeta steersmen
ship was rot to be found. If questions of peace
and war were not to be disenesed, then what
should be discussed? If questions of reach moment could
not be debated, then Indeed we were in a lamentable
condition. If that speech gave aid and comfort to the
enemy, why did certain Hepublicanemembers subscribe
for copies to ha distributed? On January 07th.. leree,
Mr, Conway, of Kansas, made a speech here. and deli
berately proposed that the war should terminate at once,
and that the President be authorized at once to open
negotiations, for recognizing the Confederate States.
'W here at that time was the terrible outpouring Menage
nation? Where was the record of expulsion and con-
tare 9 The public opinion of which the gentleman from
Is diana (Mr. Davis) spoke would' demand an answer.
The people must and would insist upon ter pleff. Why
was not Mr. Conway censured or expelled? Why was
rot a resolution for that purpose introduced by the ion:
tleman from Indiana (Mr. Colfax). who was a member
of the Home at that time, and the reason why his col.
league (Mr Lens) was to be expelled was that he did
not belong to the tfepnbilcan party. The epeeches made
in favor of expulsion were merely partiean, and
were unworthy ole a deliberative assembly.
r. WHALEY. of West Virginia. controverted the
truth of the remark of Fernando Wood, that there were
no war Democrats. On the contrary, thousands of De-
Ttle crate, Jackson and DOWilaB Democrats, had taken the
field in his own State. If the eentleman from New
Yells was to be the leader of the Democratic party, let
his friends make their preaeliee aceordingly. Let ns
tl vitt the traitor s.. North and youth, in and out of this
ball Let us not lay down our arms until. the Star-
Spat ailed Banner Audi be everywhere unfolded, and re
spected throughout our land.
Mr. DUMONT. of Indiana. in the course of hia re
marks. in support of the resolution of expulsion, said
when Mr. Lope wanted to win a warm place in the
beset and effectione of Fernando Wood. the only way
Was reaLy to show that he was a trai:or. •
The House at 11 30 P. H. adjourned.
PENNSYLYANLI LEGISLATURE.
HARRISBURG. Apy.llll. 1864.
SENATE.
EVENING SESSION.
The Senate met at half pest 7 o'olcck.
The follow iug Petitions were Presented :
Air. COLVIN ELL favor ng the .gront. street Railroad.
Aleofavoring Sttudea travel,
..9180. one against the same, from the Fifsh NethOlist
Episcopal Sunday Scheel.
hiess.s. DOACIVASI and NICHOLS, favoring Front
nt2 eet Ratirnad.
• .
Mr. FLEMING, a remonstrance of the Connell of Har
risburg against the removal of the cannel.
the following bibs were introduced:
.Inr. COMMILL, Incorpaxting the LaNrenCe 011 COM
puny.
AlgO. opening Broad street, north of Germantown
road.
Mr. LOWRY introduced a aeneral military bill.
HOUSE.
The Howe wag called to order at 10 o'clock.
PetitionS 7 iterwonsl mac.
By Mr. ALEXAINDEE., of Centre. petition of citizens of
township of anowshoe. Centre county. askiog for a law
authorizing the treasurer of set' county to collect a tax
on nnseto, d lands
By Mr...E.IITPRIN. two minnow! of citizens of Phila
delphia in favor of the Front.stroet and. Reneington Pas
et tiger il
BaWay.
£l . O . "m u g for fora law prohibiting the peddling of
milk one nada., in rhiladelphia.
Also. a petition of pronerty.ownet a on Frankford road
in favor of opentiog NiontgonaerY and Cherry otreete. In
the Nineteenth ward.
Bs Mr. LEE, four petitions in favor of repeal of law
anthollzing the Fraukford and Southwark Railroad
C o mpany to nee steam an the northern end of road.
illy ECRANUF, one of similar import
d leo. two politic's/a:A favor or paeeenger cars running
on Sunday
Also, two petitions. In favor of a.passenger railway on
Front street.
By Mr BARTER, two petitions in favor of the Navy
Yard and Bensingo Railway.
3y Mr. PAM One ST, a petition-of citizens reeldi tin on
Coates street arid PIIIIII.7Ivania avenue. ' , Atha - for the
repeal of the supplement to the 'Mates and Green.stroets
Passenger Railway Company. passed tabled
Ago. two remonstrances axidust the running or Pal ,
center cars on Sunda-Y.
Also. a petition in favor of the Front street Passenger
Railway.
By Mr. ALLSMAII. a petition In favor of theformation
of a new con - sty to he called, Delphi.
Also. memorial of the Common Council of Havrishurse
against the removal of the State capital
Mr. BOWMAN. of Cumberland. offered a "isolation to
Investigate Into the loss of the manuscript evidence
elicited before a committee appointed donna the Bowe n
of IBA relative to the circumstances of the failure of the
United Statists Insurance, Annuity, and Tract Company.
Laid over for the present.
Plus Intvadueed.
By Mr. ALEXANDER, et Centre, an act to incorporate
the Centre Coal, Iron, tad Lumber Manufacturing Coos.
panye
On motion. the ruins were suspended, and the bill
passed finally.
liy Mr. WINDLE, an act relative to hawkers and ped
dlers in Chester county. •
my Mr. ILLIs. an act let in carperate the Pennsylvania
bon and Blannfaaturing Company.
Rules entioended. sad bill pasted.
By Mr tin ton resting ha the public
grounds:
Br Mr. HORTON, art to Intorpc.,,
and Southern Pi nnaylvaniatiroa i ,
roan, Also, sot relative to Pittsburg an'
By Mr. BURGER. act to inoorro m ,
COMM y.
By Mr. JOIMPEIft. Rot to Incwinra•
Company of Phlliutelphla.
Ronex encnee'led are b1:1
Sou tyM s r
re H et O PaKaplN n S g .
e a nH a r l t l way. Ore to ti n
Arts 'Moos riEss lo
The Hence herded a renoluttan i k a
on the 2.td of •tignet next for thu
vote on the amendment,' to the ritatu ('
mg sold filth to vote. -
Th• following bills pmard
Izeotporitting the .Netioual hllnlpt
Colorado.
inoorporr Hog the Kentucky
p teoult
Poppletarnt to the sow , or ' i ,
ntilio ,ora ln tin g g PliCUIOlll' woo r
EV,
eyta
ENINO On'
The House dflicuoi•ed the . seprop,l 4 , l
mitts° of the Whole A dyna urq +i,
LAM!, POOITIVIC S o u 4 g 0 ,
Triuria, ISHAKIng HOODS, kr; —The
of purchasers is requested to the 1,41
of boots, shoes, brogans, trunks, m ake
&o„ (also, stook of shoes), 8 4 . 0 e m i uuin
1,100 packages Of lirat•clais seseons'de
and Eastern manufacture, to b e perk,
by catalogue, 012 four months' cr e di t,
this morning, at ten o'clock, by J o h n
11.110t101100n, No. 232 and 231 ,1,14,0,
rilL LORD'S LVTITItEIi,--rhe
lecture by the Rev: .Totko Lord wtll be did
evening. We strongly reoommend the eet
Public Entertainments.
Sro. Ps:sacra% AITATKI:I4 liOtfeeter,
Fund Hall, tomorrow evening, promisee
extremely attractive entertainment. The
of the concert will be given to the 1)&1.1,4
fund of St. Clement's Church. big ye rel
aided by his best pupils, and the prom ,
leeted from the finest compeer,.
Mr. SIMMONS eantinues his r6tcdei a
Hall. This week he has added to hit pr
several new feats, including the celeeta
as performed by the Davehitoit
Be/fdecopitation,
tiIiEBTNUT.ATBEET TH BAT R l L—The .r j
11 still highly successful, having altudy
mense run. Gounod's gratd opera et
announced for Friday night.
AME-STRERT THEATRIG —.The beau.Y.
"Rumenle, or the Rifle Ball," le attrt
audiences. It ix finely performed, and
the pingo.
Tllll DAVENPORT•WALLACIC ALLIAr,
the Walnut , street Theatre. The public
an opportunity of acting the drama e.
such competent pmformers.
CITE
[FOB ADDITIONAL CITY NNW% SEE PIM
TUB MARINERS' BAPTIST BETP—
Markers' Baptist Bethel will he dedicatee
ring, with appropriate ceremonies. l at
ttf the church tendering the house will le
by Rev. J. Wheaton smith, D. D ,
will be made by the pastor, Rev. Jot.
dresses will likewise be delivered by g E ,
Cooper. Wm. Cathcart, J. Hyatt SniN ,
The "Bethel" is located on Front
Christian, and is a strong, substantial hn::
ture, forty by seventy feet, and two e
height. With its fire-pressed•brick trout.
trance porch, and trimmings of Piotou
will be an °ram:rant to that aceti c ,. , r
The lower room is divided into a leaturet
fantschool-room, and readioprooin, so
that by means of glass sashes they es:
thrown into one. The lecture room is
for the use of the Sunday-school, aril is
with reading books. , 1 / 4 0. The reading-roan
provided with a library, and Will be coit
iurnithed, so that sailors may come at s .
and there find in books, newepapme ayt
materials, occupation for their leisure
while on shore. The second or main et::A
poeseeses accommodations for between
people, It is approached by meant 01 two
etaiiwa3s, sue lighted by statue,/ glsp
The vealibuie Is so arranged that hi 4
glass sashes it can be thrown into tit s
room. Over the vestibule is a large
the rear end is the chancel, with the INt
der its tleor, and dressing-rooms on ern!.
the woodwork is handsomely grained. 7 ,
of the interior effect is exceedingly charts a
tiful, and in fact the whole structure,
convenience, and beauty, cannot be exeC,
church of the same size and cost in li t•
reflects great credit upon the builder, X:
who was likewise the architect.
SOIREE OF THE GIRLS' HIGH F. 7
The literary and 'musical Belida by tie 1.
the Girls' High and Horrrisd SchoA,
evening at the Academy of Mode,
spurt a success. It could not help being ,
when it was known that the proceed. were
the Sanitary Commission. The exerci
OCOM ion were of the most interer ing
greht credit to all participants. Mr. P. A.
principal of the school, superintended tie er
and the- excellence and much of the sumo
declamations were in no small mesa:Peg
the instrintione of Mies Ash, teacher . ft
in the Girls' High School. G. him
Eq., opened the exercises with an a:: u
aderess complimentary to the High Schcqi !
successful management. An interesting to
the evening was a dialogue entitled " r:C.I
Family," roustrative of the unhappy coign ,
the national demesne circle, occasional I.sth
lance and resistance to authority whin t
terize the representatives of the SdutLea
The moral imam of Disunion Was wavers
most pleasing and forcible manner, andilm 1
effect upen the audience. Mite Kate WIO
presented " Uncle Sam " with much ram
feat. A recitation, " The Proud miss 2.1 Cal
MEN Josephine O'Connell, was well Min
called forth much applause, as did sic.
citation of the "Christian Sleve," by Met
Flue. The other recitations were a, Tie t
Ivry," by Miss Mary Birch " Motipr
by Bliss Annie Morris; "Barbara Filet.:
Mite Mary Allison ; and the "Rising ni t.
pie," by Mite Julia Orum. The singing w
of the most satisfactory character.
TRH PRESCOTT LITERARY ASSIICA
—The second public meeting of this assrAit,
held last evening, at Handel and Haydn Hsi.:
and Spring Garden streets.
After the meeting was called to order, al
on "The Objects of Education" was read
F. Koerner. The eaaay was brief, but tro::
eurjtot in a comprehensive manner.
A declamation frf , m The Wild Wegew!
Alleghenies." by. Dlr. Stockton }latex, wro t
order. lie Spoke rather fest, but, berzillg
remarkably well.
An essay entitled "Two Sides to a Pietun
then read by Mx. W. bunion. lt WU well CO
and kept the audience smiling from beginalagt
He was followed by Stephen W.Tellar, is I
roation on the " 6 . "lceletc.n. to Armor.
eta tone of voice was harsh, too much like r
This did not seem to iraprces very (avant
the minds of the hearers.
The meeting closed with a debate on that,
sut.ject "Would immediate pease, toles[
very, be preferable to the continuance of
until slavery is abolished 1" The aillnui!
%vas debated by Messrs. Gaskill and Os f.
and the negative by Messrs. Oox and WWI
speecher on either aide, with the exeepnor
Crawalader's, were poorly delivered, s7s!
re fleet much credit upon the sper,,lcerth Tt
decided le favor of the nesa.ive
MESSES. SCOTT at STRWAET have ern
for next 'Thursday, 14th that., at their sak.
No, 622 Chestnut street, a large assoftmeato
French, English, and American pasebnit ,
comprising the finest goods ever Imported as:
for sale in this country. The public will fllJ
to cult every taste, not only in low-priced
borders, &c., but also the finest decorations la:
and dining• rooms, with magnificent rely! .
stamped gold papers, suitable for the perlir,4`
or sltting-room. This opportunity shouN 3
neglected by our citizens and country deslez
rally, as it will be the beat and only s&e
Every lot le to he sold, end we feel enld..l;
our subscribers will thank us for notifying tG
time, especially at this season of the year.
HUMANE HOSE COMPANY.—The
berm of this active and honorable comp‘ss
bled at their house Piet evening, and prea6!
Benjamin Levy a gold watch and chain,
$225, as a mark of esteem entertained for
treasurer of said company, which position
filled for the period of seventeen years. The ,
is a chronometer balance, made by Howard. of
ton. It was presented by Mr. Fred. Esskr, •
half of the company, and received by Nei:
torney. Wm. B. Mann whose remarks Wet= quent, appropriate, andpatriotio. The moll.
enthusiasm prevailed. after which the me
separated, well satisfied with the erects c
evening.
THE RECENT BOILER. ExyLosioN.
coroner's jury will resume this afternoon tr
tbiation in regard to the explosion of the
boiler at the foundry of Messrs. Merricl S
CITY . ITEMS
A GOOD lxvir62mitrtm.—We have yet to
the first complaint against the celebrated "
Sewing Machine, sold at" 630 Chestnut street
who have tried it are delighted with the min
which it performs. It executes with equsi
no list than four different stitches, and /a 044
pertaining to a &stelae' family sewing inpa
unquestionably without a rival. Every 4,
Machine sold is warranted to give perfeci sit
tion, or the money will be refunded.
FORMS. OF Bantu - V.—lt if to express Ere'
tic idea stiuggling in the soul of genius tO
marble takes its form, the canvas its color,
sounds combine in melody, and language n'o ,
self Into the wreath of song. The same 1:111
the ramp grasping alter a higher exaelleulet
the sculptor, the painter, the composer, s3l
poet, while real genius is exhibited in the 0 6
apparel made at the Brown• Stone Clothing 1 '•
Rockbill ar. Wilson, Nos. 603 and 001 COO
street, above Sixth.
AN INTELLIGENT WRITER remarks the
strength-and safety of a community consitta
virtue and intelligence of its youth, eppecislic
Soling men. Nothing is more indicative r
virtue and intelligence of the young Men '`)
than their proverbial good taste in wenrio ,
neat and graceful styles gotten up by Gtr
Stoltes„the celebrated Clothier and Feta:MO ,:
609 Chestnut street.
BRoveres BRONCHIAL TROCHES are reval
for public speakers and others for the rci;ct.:'
aid to clear the voice. Their efficacy is itiz
tiara]. by Congressmen, Clergymen,
and others who use them. As there arc
sure to obtain the gcnui.e.
A VICTIM Of sespalahness describes 11:3
thus : "The first hour I WM afraid I 0:1'.' 1
the second hour I was more afraid c! , " - '
Thome who purchase the elegant sum ro
Charles Stokes & Co., Under the Clontiazati l,
expel fence such feelings, end are Bow l to
easy consciencto, staling fisoes,,etud happy Igo
DEAF:if:es, Eye, Ear, Throat Diseases, so.
tarrh treated by Dr. Von hlosetwAsker,
Aurist, author of the work just publistm l,
Ear, its Mammies. and their Treatment." llc
PM:whisker le the only regular phYllici 33 i° '
delphis who makes the above maladies his I c i
ty. The very highest oily and other referen „
be examined at his office, 1027 Walnut 6t.
MAi3ON
CABINET 0n6ii.753)
Vied by Gottschalk
at all his concerts
throughout the souritry,
/lad pronounced
TEE YiNffirg ImED
/NETRUVANTS IN
TEM WORLD.
For sale only by J. E. Goma", Seveo
Chestnut. si
00}1X8, BUNIONS, INVERTED rinme,
Zooms, and ail diseases or the feet, 0114
Pain or inconvenience to the patient, by Ur '
rie, Surgeon Chiropodist, int Chestnut itre
is
less to pbystoisus and 'lagoons oft