K'jr Ip.ress.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1865.
FORNEY’S WAR PRESS,
vox thh week ending Saturday, jan. 7, is« 4.
I. POETBY—“The Yanishora,” by J. G. Wbltller—
"Heavy Hearts,” liy Ease O’Donnell—“ The New
Year.” by J. C.W.
If. THB BOY THAT WOULDN’T GROW, an origi
nal novelette, by George Sleyne—concluded.
in. EDITORIALS—The Grand Battle at Wilmtng
ton-The Leglelatnre-Japaneae ClTUizatlon-OMtna<
riee— The Bate George M. Dallas and Robert H.|Beros
lord.
IT. OWE CHRONOLOGY OP THE TEAK 1861. This
la a feature In the present nnwrber, including all the
events that hare occurred at home or abroad during
the past year. It Is the fruit of mueh labor, And very,
correct.
V. WAR NEWS—An account by our special corre
spondent of tbo attack on Wllmlngton'ln full dstail-
Newsfrom Grant, Sherman, Stoneman, and from all
the Important points of the theatre of war—lnterest
ing Incidents, Items, etc—Admiral Porter’s Oflolal
Beportof the assanlf on Wilmington’s derender, Port
Fisher—A New Bebol Privateer: an account of bor and
what she has dote, etc.
VI. CHESS DEPARTMENT—Editors! and answers to
correspondents—Problem—Chess in Philadelphia, Eng
land, Prance, and Germany.
VII. OEHEKAIi NEWS—The, Sessions of the State
Legislature—Affairs in Philadelphia, New York,Wash
ington, and other leading cities—The Noted Bead of
1861—Inteiestln Statistlcag of .Losses by Fire, etc., in
18t4.
VIIL FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL—An Interest
ing Table Giving the Fluctuations of Gold on every
day in the l>et six months of’64.
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The Union League.
We see it announced'that the members
of the Union League will assemble this
evening for the purpose of discussing the
report of the Committee on By-Laws, and
finally determining the same. As the
Union League is a national, organization,
and has identified itself with the interest of
the country, it will certainly not be out of
place for us to make one or two sugges
tions in reference to the subject to be dis
cussed this evening. If we remember the
sentiments Which led to the formation of
the Union League, we see every reason for
giving these by-laws aB liberal a scope as
possible. In 1862 the election of Hobatio
Seymour as Governor of New York cast
a gloom over the nation. It was feared by
many good men that the country wasabout
to pause on the very threshold of the war,
and make a cowardly retreat. We had not
yet reached emancipation.. We had not
begun to recognize the material advantage
of the negro element in the South. The
enemies of the Union, by their complete
organization, threatened to take possession,
of the Republic, and terminate in shame
what had begun in so much self-denial.
It was thought best that our loyal citizens
should assemble and counsel together,
and a small number—not a dozen—be
gan this movement in the quiet parlor of
a distinguished townsman, who is now
gone from us. This -was the beginning of
the Union League. From the beginning
it gathered strength. It realized and sur
passed every expectation of its founders.
It not only became a great power in Pnila
delphia, but a great power throughout the
Union ; and from that day has'wielded a
tremendous influence, and always for good.
Its efforts in the late campaign contributed
wonderfully to the success of Mr. Lincoln
and the Union party.
. It is now proposed to make the Union
League a permanent organization. On
what basis shall fhis be perfected ? This
is the question to be decided to-night, and
we trust that liberality and justice will be
permitted to control its councils. If the
Union League is to be a mere social club,'
nothing remains but to pass sumptuary
laws and regulate the fees of admission.
If it is to he a.mere political concern,..it
need only reaffirm the resolutions of the
late Union State Convention. Social and
political to a great' degree, the mission of
the Union League is-more sublime than
either. It elevated and sustained the
Union sentiment in dark hours, and
now in the days of brightness it
must not degrade; and demoralize it.
The danger of doing this is not to be de
spised, An organization of so much power
as the Union League might very easily be
betrayed into a mere machine like Tam
many Hall. Power always carries with it
temptation; and if a political party, no mat
ter what name it may assume, shall ever
succeed in obtaining possession of the Union
League, its influence for selfishness and
evil will be strengthened,' and that good
lost forever. We do not want to see this
great body the mere exponent and partisan
of the designs of ambitious men. We do
not desire to see it dragged in the traces of
any political hack; above all, we do not
want the embodiment of so much power
for good carrying water and hewing .wood
for the selfish men of any party. Nor do .
we think that it is the design of any num
ber of its members to thus prostitute the
organization.
Now, how is this tt> he avoided ? We
understand that one provision of the pro
posed by-laws declares the test of member
ship shall be an uncomplaining acquies
cence in every measure of the Administra
tion. This in itself would be very well.
We have no objection to be governed by a
provision even as stringent as this during
the present war. But what of the future ?
A liberal construction of such a provision
would do no harm, but what assurance have
we that any subsequent board of directors
Will give it a liberal construction ? In fact,
taking our weak hnman nature as the
test, and the experience of past organiza
tion as illustrations, there can be no such
assurance. Write this provision upon
the statute-books, and there it will remain
for all time the source of as much evil as
any unthinking or unscrupulous number
of gentlemen who may gain power-may
care to commit. Let them, in giving
their organization permanent existence,
rise above any such danger. Let the Union
League be so organized that dnring this
war it will be the support of the consti
tuted powers, and when the war is over,
the Union restored, its influence will
always be found in the cause of integrity,
prudence, public economy, and public
virtue.
The Savannah Republican.
Our armies carry civilization with them.
In all the territory we have conquered
from the rebellion, society Is being re
organized on the principles of freedom and
progress. The bayonet no sooner enters
a rebel city than the soldiers set up their
loyal newspaper, and liberal journalism
addresses itself to prove the truths that
victorious arms enforce. General Sher
man's army has already given Georgia two
loyal newspapers, the last of which is the
Savannah. Republican,. built upon the ruins
of the rebel journal which, two days before
our forces entered the city, denounced
them as vandals and prophesied their
defeat.
The Savannah Bepubliean, we suppose,
has considerable editorial ability. No
doubt, in the confusion resulting from the
sudden change in the condition of the city,
its managers have many difficulties to con
tend with. This we admit, in order to
qualify our condemnation of its course. It
is not what it should be, and what its edi
torsmust make it if they hope to serve the
cause of the Union effectively. The esta
blishment of loyal papers in rebel States is
of very great importance, and such enter
prises should be profitable to their owners
as well as to the -country, and the editor,
in his salutatory, admits that patriotism
was not his only motive in publishing the
paper, and states that he desires to esta
blish it permanently. Thus far the Repub
lican does not seem to prosper. The first
page of the isgue of December gist is de
voted to a report of a review of the 20th
Corps . and a long account of a faithful
dog, and the rest of the paper to military
orders, poetry, miscellaneous paragraphs,
and dead advertisements. We cannot think
the people of Savannah can be interested
in such a sheet, or that it does the Union
a particle of good to publish it. Of edito
rial there is nothing but insignificant no
tices "of fire companies and the arrival of a
schooner or two from HiltoifHead. There
is not one line concerning the great ques
tions that caused the war, and the great
remedies that are to end it.
The Savannah Republican should be an
Argument and an Appeal. It should never
cease to present to the people of Georgia
the creed of the Union, the principles we
fight to establish, and the terms upon which
peace may be permanently made. It should
show that the interests of the South and
those of the rebellion are opposed; that to the
Government of the United Btates there is
a gulf that divides the leaders of the rebel
lion from the people who have been tricked
or forced into its support. It should set
. forth the grand fact that the Northerners'
do not hold Southerners as eternal ene
mies ; that we have not taken the oath of
Hannibal, but are ready at any moment
to make honorable and magnanimous peace.
It should republish the President’s speeches,
the letters of. our statesmen, and give the
spirit of the best Northern journals. It
Bhould print the Proclamation op Amnes
ty, and with it the concluding portion of
the President’s recent message. Let it be a
trumpet-call to the South. There are many
who will listen to the sound.
The loyal journal.in t£e South has a
grand opportunity; no Northern paper can
do half the good the Savannah Republican
may if it is forcibly and wisely edited. If
its editors would establish it permanently,
let them at once make it felt as a power in
the land; a news organ it cannot 'yet be,
but it may he made a journal that will
startle and interest, and. command the re
spect even pf itß enemies.
lETTFB FROM “ OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, January 5,1885.
The progress of the Union arms through
Georgia, “the Empire State” of the South,
is regarded with amazement by foreigners
and with delight by loyal men. Iliave.
just received a letter from Hon. James-
H. Campbell, .American minister to Swe
den, dated' Stockholm, December 13,
1864, .in which he gives joyful ex
pression to his feelings on hearing of
Mr. Lincoln’s re-election, and “ the grand
march of Sherman through Georgia.”
He says: “ A Frenchman said to me, in
tendering his congratulations: ‘ Novi the teas
will remain free while your glorious flag
flies. This plunging into ’.the very heart ■
of the' South has nothing like it in history,.
unless it be found in the records of the
Grand Emperor.’ ” If we lay aside the
curses of the monarchists and the traitors
on account of these marvellous achieve
ments, and come to the better and healthier'
side of the Subject, we shall find a mine of
valuable and hopeful instruction.
The manner in which the people of Geor
gia have received General Sherman, and
particularly the confessed destitution of the
people of Savannah, show that the State
which, a few years ago, was the boast and
pride of the Slave Confederacy, with all
its wealth of productions, its controlling
intellects, and its fifteen hundred miles of
railroads—its splendid 'water communica
tions, interior and exterior— its five hun
dred thousand slaves, now so no longer —was '
not only not capable of resisting the Union
armies, hut was unable to feed the popula--
tion of its chief city ! When we recollect
that Savannah has always been a favo
rite of Philadelphia, and vice versa, and
that many of the leading residents
there'were educated at our medical colleges
and great universities, and recall the time, -
not long ago, when a brisk and lucrative
commerce was maintained between the two
porig, we may have some idea of the re
ception of General Sherman when he en-*
tered the broad streets ctf Savannah. I note
that the celebrated Dr. Arnold, so well
known to many Philadelphians, was the
Mayor of Savannah when Gen. Sherman
ioek-possession, and that while he reluctant* r
ly admitted that the men and women around
him were starving, he freely and gratefully
complimented the humanity and generosity
of the authority established under the aus
pices of the Union Commander-in-chief;'
Dr. Arnold, in the days gone by, and I
still recollect him as an old and valued
friend, was one of the Unionists of Geor
gia. He, in. company with the Hon. John
E. Ward (who occupied a diplomatic'po
sition under the Administration of Frank
lin Pierce, and, after having run the block
ade several times, has af last taken his re
sidence in a foreign land), and Colonel
Lawton, and Major Wayne (the degene
rate son of Justice Wayne, of the Supreme
Court), and others equally prominent in
society and in their respective professions,
were followers of Howell Cobh, and aided
in putting down the nullifiers under Mc-
Donald, fourteen years ago, when the lat
ter raised the standard of State Rights and
sought to carry Georgia into the embraces
of South Carolina. Had' they maintained
the stand they then assumed, instead of
following. Jefferson Dayis and Barnwell
Rhett, and the other bad men who live
in and about Charleston . and Colum
bia, S. C., they would not now he reaping
the fruits of that sad surrender to the spirit
of treason. But when Alexander H. Ste
phens and Robert Toombs gave way, and
when Cobb forgot his solemn pledges to
the people of Pennsylvania, in 1856, on
the Kansas question, the gentlemen of Sa
vannah, never accustomed to politics, ac
cepted their new dictators, and joined
hands with their common enemies in
South Carolina. It is a poetical comment
upon these historical reminiscences that a
citizen of Pennsylvania, well known in
Philadelphia, should, now he the Military
Governor of Savannah. I mean General
John W. Geary. He is teaching the people
there the eloquent difference between the
humane, forgiving, and beneficent rule of
the Government their leaders would destroy,
and the cruel, heartless, and bloody suffer
ings they have endured as a consequence
of the treachery of these leaders. When
Savannah ,is once more opened to traf
fic, and our noble steam-packets are
once more running between that port % and
the North, and an increased current of
trade and social intercourse is set in mo
tion, how long do you think the Georgians
in the flourishing interior counties will re
fuse to recognize the kind power, which
will thus fescue them from the grasp of
their tyrants | Occasional. _—
Tlie Poncral of Mr. Dayton.
A PROPER TRIBUTE OP RESPECT—DISTINGUISHED
ATTENDANTS.
.Trenton, N. J., Jan. fi.—Tho funeral of Hon.
William 1.. Dayton, late United States Ambassador
to France, took place In this city to-day. Thera
have been a great rnkny arrivals from various parts
of the State of persons anxious to pay respect to
the memory of the deceased, and there were also a
number of distinguished persons from a distance.
Among the latter, stopping at the' Trenton House,
were Hon. TOTIHam H. Seward, Secretary of State;
Mr. Robert Idhcoln,son of the President; Mr. J.
G-. Nloolay,the President’s private secretary; Mid
Mr. Hunter, chief clerk of the State Department.
The remains of Mr. Dayton, since their arrival here,
have been placed In the Senate Chamber of the
State House, and the funeral tock place from there,
eleven o’olook being the hour named, though them
was considerable delay In moving. The procession
was very large, and altogether the funeral was the
most Imposing ever seen In Trenton. The services
took place In the First Presbyterian Churoh, Rev.
William Hall officiating.- The remains were taken
thence to the cemetery for interment.
Inauguration or ttae Governor of Merino.
Augusta, Jan. 6 —Governor Cony was Inaugu
rated to-day, and delivered ah address. The State
debt is *5,000,000, mostly created by loans last year
on account of the war. The Governor opposes the
bounty.system, and urges that fugitives from the
draft should be perpetually disfranchised. He also
urges the organization of the State militia, and the
abrogation of the reciprocity treaty. . .
Hr. Fessenden Nominated for United
States Senator.
AUGUSTA (Me.), Jan. 5.-Mr. Fessenden was
unanimously nominated for United States Senator,
for six years from March 4,1865, by both the Senate
and House eauousses.
Hie Ten-Forty loan.
New York, Jau. s.— The snbsorlptlonS to the
ten-forty loan here are very'large on account of Its
withdrawal after to-morrow. The National banks
of this city have made arrangements to receive
BUbsortptlons by telegraph to the latest moment.
Ketoel Generals at Fort Warren.
Boston, Jan. 6.—Major General Edward John
son and Brigadier Generals H, R. Jackson) and
Thomas B. Smith, of the rebel army, paSBOd through
this olty yesterday, bound for Fort Warran.
Flection of a Senator from Illinois.
- Sfringvibxb, HI., Jab. B.—The Degttl&tOre-to
day olected Governor Yates U. S. Senator by sixty
four votes, to forty-three for Jas. G. Robinson.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, January 8.
EFFECTS OF ILLICIT TBADE WITH THE IN
SURRECTIONARY ' STATES -—LETTER OF
GENERAL CANBY.
Major General Gabby, In a letter'on the subject
of trade with the Insurrectionary States, sayslf
it is carried on In the manner and to the extent
claimed by.the speculators who now control it, the
Inevitable result, In his judgment, will be to'add
strength and efficiency to the rebel armies east and
west of the Mississippi, equivalent to an addition
of 60,060 men, and will stimulate Into active Oppo
sition to the successful prosecution of our opera-,
tions at least 10,000 bibb within our own lines. The
cotton speculators in the Mississippi Valley have a
prospective hope to have an aotual interest in every
bale of cotton within the rebel lines. They know
that expeditions within the enemy’s country
are followed by the capture of cotton or Its destruc
tion by the rebels to prevent Its falling Into our
hands. Hence'lt is to their Interest to.give informa
tion to the rebels of every contemplated movement.
He has not sent ah expedition into the enemy’s
lines without finding agents of this character in
communication with the rebels, giving them infor
mation regarding our movements, and nearly every
expedition has been foiled to some cedent in some
of its objects by information so communicated. He
has now several speculators, captured in the ene
my’s country, awaiting trial for giving information
to the enemy, but the pnnishment of these men is
no Compensation for the evil they have occasioned,
and will not 'secure us from further disaster from
the same cause. .
The rebel armies east and west of the Mississippi
river have been supported mainly during the last
twelve months hy the 'unlawful trade 'carried on
upon that river. The city of New Orleans, since
its occupation by our forces, has contributed more
to the support of the rebel army, more to the pur
chase and equipment of privateers that are preying
upon our commerce, and more to maintain the
credit of the rebel Government In Europe, than any
other port in the oountry, with the single exception
of Wilmington.
General Gabby makes this statement from evi
dence. He does not doubt that many of the
engaged in traffic of the produce of insurrectionary
States are loyal and honorable men, but he does
know that many of the intermediate agents em
ployed are either rebels or unprincipled mentor ac
tuated only by the* Instincts of gain, He now has
papers in relation to the contracts made by English
houses, in Mobile for the exportation of 200,000 bales
of ootton by the way of New Orleans, the condi
tion of the sale requiring the payments to be
made in suppiles, in gold, or in forelgnjexehasge.
The net profits of these transactions are estimated
by the contractors themselves at $10,000,000, and It
Is easy to see how much zeal will be evoked by
profits of this magnitude. .He cites this as one of
many instances which have come under his obser
vation, and to show the character of the transac
tions in the Mississippi Valley, Indicating the means
by which our laws are evaded, and how fSh amount
due the rebel Government is converted Into foreign
exchange. A numerous class follow in the track of
tbearmy, traffic in its blood, and betray the cause for
which It Is fought, with all the baseness gt Judas
Iscariot but without his remorse.
The letter, of whloh the abovh Is an extract, was
to-day referred to the House Committee on Military
Affairs, which has the entire subject under con
sideration.
SECBETARY STANTON GONE gOTTJH JOJt CON
SULTATION WITH OUR GENEBALsI * '
. The Secretary of War has gone to Fortress Mon
roe, HUton Head, and Savannah, to consult with
Generals Grant, Foster, and Sherman, on im
portant matters relating to the service. The sup
plies. and exchange of prisoners, organization or
colored troops, raising the blockade of Savannah,
and the seizure or rebel property and products, being
among the subjects of consideration.
PHONOGRAPHIC REPORTERS for. commit-
It is expected that the resolution adopted to-day
by the House, organizing and enlarging the sphere
of operations of shorthand and committee report
ing, will materially facilitate the preparation and
maturing of the public business. The Speaker has
appointed to the position Francis H. Smith,
known for many, years as one ol the ablest short
hand reporters in Congress.
THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
The cases now before the Supreme Court of the
United States are The People of the State of Now
York, ex. rel., the Bank of the Commonwealth, and
the Bank of Commeree, plaintiffs In error, vs. The
Commissioners'of Taxes and Assessments of the
City and County of Now York. Bug
The argument of these eauseß was commenced by
Messrs. Bradford and Silliman for the plaintiffs
and continued hy Mdssrs. Devlin and Brady lor
the defendants.
THE PEACE DEBATE. .
It is a noticeable faot that during the debate in
the House this afternoon, on the snbjeet of peace,
both Messrs. Greeley and Blair were present.
It will he seen from the Congressional report that
Representative Cox said he saw the former on the
Republican side of the House conferring with mem
bers as to measures of peace, while he (Mr. Cox)
was in favor of sending Montgomery Blair to
Richmond-to learn authoritatively what the South
will do.
THE'NEW TERRITORY OF WYOMING.
1 The bill Introduced in the House by Representa
tive Ashley proposes to provide a temporary go
vernment for Wyoming, to be ohiefiy carved out of
ttuTTerrltorles of Utah and Washington,
SENATE CONFIRMATIONS,
The Senate In executive session to-day confirmed
the nominations of Thomas G. Rice as appraiser
of merchandise in Massachusetts, in place of Za
chariah. Jbllison, deceased, and Davyd H.
Elmer as assessor of Internal revenue for the First
district of New Jersey, vice'Joseph O. Spares,
removed.
MB. BLAIR’S RESOLUTION;
The resolution sought to be' Introduced In the
House to-day, by Eepresentatlve Blair, for the ap
pointment of another lieutenant general, inferior to
the lieutenant general commanding the armies, but
superior to ail other officers in the service, was de
signed to create the position in order that Major
General Sherman might be complimented by the
appointment.
RECALL OF JACOBS, . THE EXILED LIEU-
TENANT GOVEBNOB.
The President, at the instance of George D.
Prentice and W. R. Gist, has acceded to the re
quest of Lieutenant Governor Ken
tucky, to return from exile in the South.
A NEW DISTRICT PROVOST MARSHAL.
Major X R, O’Beirnb, of the Veteran Reserve
Corps, but formerly Of the 37th New York (Irish)
Regiment, to-day entered upon hiß duties as provost
marshal of the District of Columbia, In the place of
Captain Putnam, resigned..
THE RESISTANCE OF THE NEW YORK BANKS
,TO CITY TAXATION.
The noted cases of the Now York banks resisting
the claims of theolty to a right to tax them are new
before the Supreme Court. Messrs. Daniel Lord,
A. W. Bradford, Silliman, and Blx other dis
tinguished counsel being In attendance on hehair of
the bamkß; while the oity is represented by Meaara.
James T. Brady, John Dbvlin, Corporation
counsel, and thd Hon, Mr.' Kbsnan, of the House
of Representatives.
XXXVIIIth COMRESS—Second Session,
SENATE.
The Senate reaesembled at twelve o'clock. Vice Pre
sident ITaMl.lXliidhochair Prayer was offered by
the chaplain, Mr. Bowman, of Indiana. The journal
of Thnrtday, December 22.1864, was read by John W.
Forney, Secretary of tbe Senate. There were twenty
seven Senators present, twenty -five being a quorum.
TAXATION Otf HBVADA MINERAL LANDS.
The CHAIR presented a communication from the Go
vernor and Legislature of Nevada, asking that Congress
take no action on the bill to tax the mineral lands of the
Sta te m tH the newly-elected Senatorefrcm Nevada take
their seate. The communication was ordered to lie'
upon the table. The Chair laid before the Senate
copies of the organic laws of the Territory of Nevada.
MILITARY AFNAIBB IN ARKANSAS.
A commnnlcaiion from tho Secretary of War, in
reply to a resolution calling for the'report of Gen, fiai
ron upon the condition of military affairs in Arkansas,
was read.stating that'the reporthad net been mads.
bills, reports, and petitions.
A communication from the Secretary of the Treasury
was read, stating that the repoit of the coast surrey
for 1564 was ready: . i . .
’ On motion of Mr. WILSON, twelve hundred copies
of the report were orders* to be printed for the nee of
the Senate, end three thousand for dastributton from
the office of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey. -
Mi . WADk presented, two petitions from citizens of
border counties in Ohio, asking for the passage of the
resolution of Mr. Chandler, to organizes corpsfortbe
aferonce crriw-nortkextthoider. IBtfSrred to the Com
mittee onroreign RelStfon*.
Various petitions from officers of the army and navy,
a-fiirg for increased componseUao, v—. F re-s«i.a Ci
Messrs. FOSTER and WILSON, and were referred to
the Militarr and Naval Committees.
Mr. SOMBER presented a petition from colleges of
New York, asking for tbe-abolition and prohibition of
slavery in the United States. Referred to the Commit
tee on Slavery.
Mr. DAVIS presented a memorial from the president
ahd'directors of the 'Louisville and Nashville and the
Jeffersonville Railroads, asking for a modification of
(lie law of Congress authorizing the construction of
bridges across the Ohio river. '
Mr, CONSESB presented a petition for the better
organization of Indian affairs in California, which was
referred to the Committee on Indian Affaire.
Also, a bill to regulate the salaries of steamboat in
spectors on the Faotflc coast, which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce. ,
Mr. NESMITH presented a bill to allow mileage to
Justices ofthe Supreme Court of the united States, and
moved that it be referred to the Committee of Finance.
Messrs. FOSTER and SHERMAN thought it should
go to the Committee on the Judiciary, and it was to re
ferred; f
* Mi. HENDRICKS presented a statement from the
clerk Bin the Treasury Department, asking for an in
crease of compensation. Referred to the Committee of
Hr, RAMSAY, of Minnesota, presented a bill to aid
in the construction of a telegraph, line from St. Cloud,
Minnesota, to th© British possessions. -Referred to the
Committee on Public Lanas.
Number op men in our naval service.
Mr. GRIMES presented the following resolution,
-which wax adopted: -
Resowed, That the Secretary of War be directed to
inform the Senate of the number of men enlisted In the
naval -service of the United States that have been
credited in the military quotas of the respective States,
and upon what principle, in what manner, and upon
w hat evidence such credits were made:
DISPOSITION OP THE CAPTURED SAVANNAH
COTTON. /
Mr. lOSTSR offered a resolution, which was adopted,
instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to inquire
into the earn dienoy of reporting a bill to distribute the
proceeds of the sale of cotton, ete , captured in Savan
nah among the soldiers and officers of Oeneral Sher
man’s army upon the same princip!e«that naval prizes
are dist iibuted amor g officers and men of the nary.
THE PENSION APPROPRIATION BILL.
On motion of Mr. SHERMAN, thepenMoa appropria
tion bill was taken up. A letter from-the Secretary Of
the Interior was read, recommending to supply thedtf.
ficiency in appropriations under the acts of 1818 to 1838,
$66,000; Bnd under the acts of 1868 and 1862, $?i6W,OOO.
During five months ofthe present decal year $2,929.155
have been drawn* leaving but $164-457 unexpended,
which -will scarcely suffice for expenditures to the mid
dle vf the pieeent month. The bill was then passed.
EMANCIPATION OF THE WIVES AND CHILDREN OP
ENLISTED SLAVES,
The Senate next proceeded to this consideration of Hr.
Wilson’s joint resolution to make free the wives and
children of slaves who enlist in the army of the united
totates. The question was -upon the reference to the
Jttdidsry Committee, moved by Mr. Davis. . ,
Mr WlbSON* of Massachusetts, honed the resolution
would be passed to-day. He had received letters from
officers of the army engaged in the recruiting, service*
and they all endorsed ana approved this meainre. He
did not wish to detain the Senate by discussing the pro-
TMtsltion if Senators would refer to the Globe of last
session they would find it was debated for hours. He
kfilr! 1 DOOLITTLE,"of Wisconsin. I am in favor of the:
motion to refer tho resolution to the Committee ontfie.
Judiciary. My reasons aro very simple and very clear
The Senate has already passed a proposition to amend
the Ctonetttntion of the United States, and Rni an end
to this eiavory qneation in all lie forma by an amend-,
mast of the fundamental law of the land, which (s
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1866.
akov© Consresst.ftbovft the Supreme Court, aud ab&rq.
4he President-—w;ltADsre;WlriC6, , wlxea once established,
bo change of Presidents, no change in the Supreme
Conn, and no change in the legislation of Congress can
effect at all. That measure whieV passed the Senate at.
the last session is now pending in the House of Repre
sentatives, and as 1 am informed, and believe, the jour
nals of the House show it. next Monday is fixed for
the day upon which that House wIU act. w Of course, I
do not know what mat he the decision of the House, but
I have strong hopes, asd I think good reasons to be
lieve, that the House .of Representatives will adopt,
that proposition. It will at once, if adopted by the-
Bouse, be submitted to the Legislatures of the several
States and passed upon undoubtedly during the present
winter, before the adjournment of thee Legislatures la
the spring, and this vexed question—the whole of it—
will be disposed of and put outside of Congress, out
side of Its power to control, and there will be an. end to
the agitation of the question At the last session of
Oi niTess some of of the Democratic party
w« re disposed to resist the adoption of this constitu
tional amendment, I have good reason to believe that
some of them, at least. wiUxtvor it now, for when Jef
fefeon Paris himself, with his Cabinet, and the press
at Richmond, recommend the abandonment of the
institution of slavery in the Southern Confederacy,
why should the Democratic party in the fforthera
Slates have any reason to hold on to it any long
er? >They will have no reason for it, and no ex
cuse for. it. and I believe the proposition will
triumph. When it triumphs here in Cfcmgress, 1 hare
not the least doubt-that it will receive-the sanction of
three fourths of the States, aud when that is done, this
- great question, the cause of all our troubles—that ques
tion which,' lure sin, has brought into our Paradtaa
death, with all its yroßß, covering the land with blood
and ashes—will be finally settled, and settled by the
supreme judgment of the great American people, ex
pressed in a constitutional form by an amendment to
the Constitution itself. I therefore hope that my honor
able friend will allow this question to goto the Committee
©n the Judiciary. There are those who seriously doubt
whether you have the power to pass this measure as it
Is proposed, but no one doubts the constitutionality of
amending the Constitution
Mr. WILBOK. 1 cannot consent io have this resolution
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The Senator
from Wisconsin tells us rh«re is au amendment to the
Constitution .pending, and that he has strong hopes it
will pass the House or Representatives on Monday next.
I had hoped last week that that measure would pass the
Honsfe. 1 have more doubt about it now. Whether it
passes or not, the Benatpr from Wisconsin knows, and
we all know, that it cannot and will not become part of
the Constitution for many months—for two years at
least, it may be three or four, but certainly not within
the next eighteen monihs. The facts are these: The
Congress of the United States, at Its last session; decided
that a man. who should enlist iu the army of the United
States should be free by the fiat of the Government of
the United States If any one doubts the constitu
tionality of that law, Jet him test it now. Sir, the
wiytß and children of the men we have made free are
held as slaves. We were told by army officers at the last
session of Congress how they were treated in Missouri.
The facts were presented to the Senate and shocked the
sense of humanity of every one who heard or read what
was going on there. 'The wrongs that have been perpe
trated on the wives and children of par colored soldiers
, in the past year would shock the humanity and sanss of
justice of the people if told to them. Of the power to
pats such a resolution I do not entertain a doubt; the
most eminent lawyers of this country have so said- We
may have to-pay for these slaves, probably we shall,
but as to our right todo it there can be no'question; and
I think that at this time we ought not to hesitate a mo
ment We read already ci what is taking place In the
rebel States* and what Jeff Davis proposes to do. They
propose to give freedom to the slaves, audio give them
as interest in lands. They who commenced this rebel
lion for the purpose of making slavery eternal are now
talking about making slaves free if they will fight the
battles of the rebellion. . . ....
Hr. WILSON continued his. remarks in a simllaf
strain, after which
ttr. BAULSBUBY said: When this question comes up
for a hold and manly discussion in the Senate of the
United States, I hope it will be discussed ina spirit of
charily, and with no bitterness on either side. I would
like the advocates tor this measure to present argu
ments to the Senate of the-United States. Ido not wish
to hear speeches upon the evils of slavery or the wicked
ness of slavery. Igwishto meet this, question in this
light—have we the power, have we the authority
under the Constitution of the United States, to pass
. a bill of this kind? Has the Congress of the United
States the authority to enter within the limits of the
respective States and declare that .any parson who
is held In slavery under the Constitution and lairs
of a particular State shall be free? Has this doc
trine of military necessity gone so far that when we
were in a state of war whatever the Congress Of
the United Steves shall decree as constitutional is de
creed? last the honorable Senator from Massachu
setts, the chairman of the Military Committee, who
has introduced this bill, when he comes to present his
reasons to the American people and. the Congress of the
United States why this Bill should he passed, to point
US out the authority to pass it. There are some ques
tions which in law are settled. Tbaie are jjosueques-
Which, Constitutional qugstioas.oave'ueefiiDhg
. Settled, abd I shall maintain the doctrine, when'this
question shill come npfor discussion in theSenate', that
not only have } on not the right to and
children of negroes who volunteer in our army: if they
a? e from States where slavery is recognized* out you
cannot give freedom to the negro volunteer himself, if
he is a slave. There is no principle more clearly recog
nized in international Jaw than this, that if a slave be
captured from his lawful owner by one belligerent, and
he afterwards comes back into the possession or the
other belligerent, that he revel ts to hU original owner.
Mr. SUatNEB said there was a call only a few days
ago for 30P,000 more troops. The country needs them,
and it is the duty of Congress to help supply them. To.
this end there must be no difficulty, Impediment,or em
‘ bamsEment in the way. AU these must be removed;
but this is not all. There must be encouragement of
every kind,and such is the character of the present pro
position, There can be no delay. The country cannot
waittfthe slow action of a constitutional amendment.
Congress must act to the extent of its power, aed any
abdication of itspower on this quest lon will be injurious
to the publicMatereat. All must confess" thS hamant
ty of the proposition of enfranchising the families
of colored persons who have borne anus for this
country. AU must confess the hardships of-Continu
ing them in Uavery.•' But the question is Bsked what
power has Congress to set the families free? This
is the single point oh which I shall express an opi
nion. My answer is that Congress has precisely
the same power to. enfranchise me families that it has
to e&franchisethe colored soldiers. The two power* are
coincident, and* from.' the same-source It has been
already assumed that Congress may enfranchise the
colored soldier. This has been done by soleisff'Bt&tates,
without any reference to tbe consent of his pretended
owner. If we were asked the reason for such outran
chisement, it must be found, first, in its practical ne
cessity, that we may secure the best services of the
slaves, and secondly, In its intrinsic jnsnee'ahd hu
manity. In brief, the Government cannot be so im
provident and so foolish as to attempt to obtain fcfc? ser
vice « of the slaves/ at the hazard oflife, wtiftout se
curing to them the boom of freedom; nolFif the
Government were.so bereft of common sense as to
fort go this temptation to enlistment of efficient
service, could it be guilty of the unrtierabie mean
ness of using the sieve in the - national defence
and then returning him to bondage. Therefore the
Blare who fights is enfranchised. But every argument,
every consideration which pleads for the enfranchise
ment of the slave*, pleads also for the enfranchisement
of the family. There is the same practical necessity for
do'hgit, and the same unutterable shabblaess in not
doisgit. There is no principle of law better establish* d
than the rule that any acknowledged right carries with
it all incidents essential to i s exercise. I do not em
ploy technical language, but I give the idea’ which i«
founded in reason and the nature of things.- It would
be vein to confer a right or a power, if the means for its
enjoyment were denied. Prom this simple statement
tbe conflation is irresistible, la conferring upon. Con
gress the power to create au army, the Constitution
conferred therewith, all the powers *saentialto the ex
ercise of the principsipower. If Congress cab author
ize the enlistment of slaves—-ai It uaqttestlon*3|fcp r .
it may at the 'same time authorize their enfranchise
ment, and'bV'tbe same reason it may authorize., the an.-
/ranchiseiDentof their families; and all thts-frarsKrene
cesstiy of thefca^e—
An English patriot,neatly two centuries axo.cufrclaimed
in memorable words—tha! he would-.give hisiife to
serve Ms country, but he would not do a meafr thing to
save it. If there be any value iu this declaration, it
may well he invoked .when it is deliberately Argued
thstlhe National Government can create anMnhy, and
in this service- van enfranchize the slave , wiieh it«n
lisis, but that it is impotent to enfranchise' Ms famHr.
£ know-not how we can use his rlfht arjh > and‘'4 , ijrhina
to she'd his blood in our defence* and then handover
his wife and child to bondage. 3he case is too clear for
argument But it.is said that the tlavehas no family
such is the argument of slaver? I—hut 1 —hut all that he
has,as well as all that heis.evenluife and child, belong
to another. Surd; this unrighteous pretension will not
be made the apology for a denial of rights. If the fami
lyof the slave be not designated by law* or*Jjy-thg
forms cf legal marriage, then it iouet be asofelalned by
the next best evidence postibJe, thavis. bf cobabifcatioa
and mutual recognition as man and Wife, and any. un
certainty in this evidence must be regarded as. a
natural incident: to slavery,. As men cannot take ad
vantage oftbeir own .wrong, so slave masters, on this
.occasion, cannot take advantage o 1 slavery. Any-otter
3 ule would practically untie with slavery in denying
to the £lave a wife and child. There is ; .a well known
French maxim that 4 *it is only the first step which'
cdsts ,, — diTn'ettoue le premier pas qui coute~a,nH on
this occasion permit me 10 saj it la only the first stage of
the argument which merits attention.
Concede that the <oidier may W enfranchised, and it
follows that, by'the same v constitutional power*-, his
family may be admitted to an equal liberty. Any other
conclusion would be Sa illogical as inhuman, and dis
creditable alike to the head and heart Therais no ar
gument, whether of re&Eon or of humanitv/for the en
franchisement of the soldier wMch plead
squally Jor'thatrf his family, nay, more - Lknow not
hew we can expect a blessing .on our arms while we
tail to parfi m this duty I cannot close what-d -have
to say without adding that* iu my opinion, Con
grers at this,moment is complete masterof the whole
question of slavery everywhere in the United States.
Even without any constitutional amendmenti it can
sweep it all out of existence precisely as it can remove
any other obstruction to the all
this by virtue of a p&wer as indisputable as the power
to raise armies or to suspend the habeas corpus Future
gene7ations;will‘raad-w3th amazementthat-agreat peo
ple, when national life was - assailed, hesitated to exer
cise'a power so simple and beneficent, mid this amaze
ment will know m bounds as they learn that Congress
higgled for months on ihe question' whether the wife
and child of a colored, eoldxer should be'admitted to
freedom. . w •*
The question was then taken on the reference of the
resolution; and was deelded in the negative—yeas 15,
nays 19 . ... .f-
At the requsstof Mr- BAULSBURT, .who wished to de
bate the proposition, further comidbratioa of the sub
ject was postponed. ’ V .
. ALIEN 80LDXBRS AND OITJJJBKSHIP.
Mr. WILSON called up a bill to perdiifcalifflJßwhohave
served one year In the army lo become citizens of tse
United States, •-■ • A .
Mr. SIIERMAN offered the following a* *tt amend
meat: Thatno-alien who had resided united
States for five years tbe%Btfc.of
April. 1861, fchaU be naturalized nnderthe laws of .the
United Sta'es alter'the let of April, l lB6s, anyfchingin
any act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Mr. SHEBMAN explained theohjec* of this amend
ment. There were a great many-aliens in the United
States who would nofcbecome so as to keep
from liability to military serviced •/> ,
Pending- the consideration of the rabiect the Senate
adjourned. - - - i -
Hr. WILSON, of lowa, introduced a bill to increase
the commutation value of rations it general and post
hcspltale. Referred to the Committee on Miift&r/ Af
fairs..' : “ , k: '
THE. GUNS BTTRSTBD IN THE PORT 715H38 BOM*
• f BABDMSNT. ;•’?
On’motion of Hr/HoBBABlXof,Connec!iflnt H was
resolved that of'tne a&ry berequested to*
comnmnicate, asfar as in his Knowledge, what number
of eans were Durst in the recent bombardment,of Fort
Fisher, on what ships,the causa of. the failure, the
number .of persons" bsllea and whether
anv 6ftbe sans were Wsn. construction,
. ;Mr. J&UAfltB, of Maine, ashed Ibave to introduce the
foUowinsrreaolutlon, but •••." '
_J£x. COX*rof OMu, objected. " ;
~ A 3? CriTßC»»7*ij® gsnsrA.l,.
Resolved, That the Committee oxu Military AfFai'S be
instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing
by law for the appointment of another lieutenant gene*
ral,to be selected from the list of major generals now in
the service, whose rank shall bg inferior to the Lieu
tenant General commanding,' aiKLeupsrlor to ail other;
officers in the service; • -f* . i * t
Mr. AMBEOSE CLAEK, of Hew York, introduced a
joint resolution that at] vacancies In- the clerical tores
in the several departments of the Government shall be
Ailed by soldiers and sailors disabled by wounds, who
shall be competent .to perform such duty, or easily in
structed therein; and requiring the‘headsof depart
ments and bureaus to appoint wounded soldiers and
sillers as speedily as changes can be made without
detriment to the public service. The resolution was
refer rod'to the Committee on the Judiciary. v
a KSEBITOBIAL OOVB|tKOB.
Mr. ASHUBY, of Ohio, introduced-:* bfitio provide*
temporary Government for Wyoming, which was re
ferred to tlie.Committee on Territories: - -
) IKOESASB OP SOLMBBS’ PAY. .. .t
Mr. HOBS, of Illinois, Introduced a ..bill to .Increase
the pay of effletrs and soldiers, and also of pensions
twenty , five per cent. Keferred to lbs Committee on
Military Affaira. . ‘ A
On motion of Mr..MORRIS, of Ohio,u resolution was
adopted instructing the Committee for the District of
Colombia to report a bill incorporating the national'
Telegraphic Union.
-On motion of Mr. 10AH, if'Missouri,- a resolution
was agreed to instructing the Commit ee on Military
Affairs to Inquire whether any, and If so, what legisla
latlou is necessary to afford rel ief to the„aistressed wo
men and children vko H&YB ffiiug® fxOXQ fchd 31®*
bel State* within oar own. .
NAVAb EEOEVITS. - . ,
Mr. PIKE, or Maine, offered a resolution calling upon
the Secretary of Wartofurnlshdo the House a copy of
the rules adopted for the appointing of naval recruits.
This woe adopted, withanjamendmenf nugget led by
Mr. Stevens, ashing In .wbat'provlsion-of law a man
enlisted for three years is made to connt.as three men
for one year. 'V.
DISPOSITION OP BOUNTIES ,TO DBABBOLDIBBS.
A MBOlution was also adonted toatrnojfee the Com
mittee on Military Affaire to Inaaire whetbsrboiintiea
accorded to wounded eoldlera, bat wbo die, before ra
ce Ivina the same, ehouM not bo given tosieir heirs.
On motion of Mr, MOBfilS. of New York, a rßßoln
from leceiyinE pay for any such pretended service. -
.. THE TAX OK B^LLBQAPS^
Mr. BEEEXGK, of New York, offered a ; wmmMe
setting forth that as the railroads in the city of New
York charge an addition of twenty per,ceat ; ,on the .
pretence that there it no other waypf collecting from ;
gaeengers the internal tax of two and a half per cent,
tooted on the cyobs receipt! thereof: therefore
Resotoed, Shat the Committee of Ways and Means in
quire into the expediency of repealing so much of the In
ternal Revenue act as compels *aUroad compame& to :
creasetheir rates beyond those focallaw» ..
, or to amend the act so that it .will not becousUaed to
authorise the collection of a higher ratd*of fare than the
State of New York, or the ordinances of the city war
rant. ■ -' $ .
THAHKB AKD SIS OOMStAKD.
Mr. COLE.'of ioipt*eaoW
tion,' tend!tiDe fbe tifanks ofthe peo&eiand jj?®*,*
gross of the United States to M«o* general Sherman
HOUSE OF BEPBESEK^ATIYES,
IRCBBASB IK THE VALUE 03* BATIOHS.
SOLLIBBS 808 CLERKS.
A TBLBGBAPH3O UNION.
BBLIEE OV.BEEtJSEES.
PAT TO BBOSTHTIKQ OFFICERS.
and.the officers and men under Iris command, for their
*®y*s*7> and good conduct in passing through Georgia,
and thu the President be requested to cause a copy of
tMs resolution to be engrossed and transmitted to Gen,
Sherman.
AffSrs? tion WftS * of erred to tJie on Mill*
CREDITING 07 SOLDIERS.
Mr. BALDWIN, of Ifassaebusetts, offered a resolu
tiou, which was adopted, Instructing the Committee on
M lib ary Affairs to inquire Into the expediency of, re
porting a bill, which cannot be misinterpreted, re
quiring that all men, enlisted or drafted, shall be
crediled to the city, ward, town, or district to which
(hey belong, provided they have a legal residence in
any enrolment district.
EMPLOYMENT OF A KEFORTfIB.
Mr. WILSON, of lowa, offered a resolution, which
was adopted, authorizing the Speaker to appoint a com
petent stenographic reporter, whose duty shall be to
report, in ehott hand, for any standing or special com
mittee, such matters as may be necessary, which shall
be properly indexed. Such reporter shall receive the
annual compensation now allowed by regulations for
reporting court-martial proceedings.
DISCUSSION ON THEGOLD BILL.
Hr. |ST£VENS introduced a resolution instructing
the frmmtttie of Ways and Means to inquire into the
expediency of bringing in a bill to prevent combine
tions being formed to raise the price of coin, and de
preciate the value o£ lawful money of the United States.
He said it would bo recollected the Secretary ©/the
Treasury called attention to combinations of men to
enhance the price of gold, and .asked Congress to pro
vide some remedy. It would also be recollected that
on tbe second day of this session he had the honor to
introduce a bill which was designed to accomplish that
object. The next m orning, as soon as the journal was
read, his excellent friend from Maine (Mr. Blaine), in
an alarmed and excited manner, informed the House
that the bill did mischief to the best interests of the.
country. The gentleman said it contained a provision
to prohibit the expectation 01 gold. A slight mistake,
and fraught with all the evils of Pandora’s box. The
ge q tieman said it was airiest unheard-of bill, and that it
was absurd. The House, partaking of (he magnetic
manner of his frie&d, and wishing to escape the evils
of thiß gunpowder plot, laid too bill upon ths table
without its being printed. He remembered the gentle
man said the very announcement of the introduction of
the bill had raised gold twelve par cent. Many obsar
vations had been made in ridicule of the bill, hmonge
otheisthat they might as well undertake to a aide
the planets or control the course of the moon, and a
sotto voce remark was uttered that they might
as well make the mercury in the thernffimeter regulate
the weather as attempt to restrain gambling in gold
by such a measure, but all these things made no im
pression upon him. It was due to the respectable gen
tlemen who voted with him that he should lay some
facts before the House and country to rescue them from
the imputation of utter ignorance. He theu proceeded
to give a short history of the legislation or England
bearing upon this subject, showing,that afterEsglaad.
in 1793, had declared war against France, combinations
were formed to enhance the price of gold; and that in
view of that fact, laws were passed by Parliament to
remedy the evil.
Fr. B 1 AiKE, replying to Mr Stevens,stated that ac
cording to his reading cf BngUsh hist.rry the prohibi
tive legislation of the British Parliament had produced
no effect whatever on the price of gold, buck was the
Judgment in England; both contemporaneous!y and
subkqufntlv.' What kept gold down in England was
the fact that more-than half the war expenses were
raised by taxation, aud she was blessed with victory in
the field. The gentleman had stated that eight years
beforedhe formal resumption of specie payments in.
1823, gold bed (alien to a nominal value,
Mr STEVENS did not say that English legislation was
an entire cure of the evil existing, tn that country, but
when the -WW stopped gold went down to par. He
thought similar action was worth trying, in order to
produce a like effect. His action w4* justified -by the
example of the ablett men in England, and he;was
willing tbat shallow scholars should knew what fools
they had made themselves. Hie object was to frustrate
the objects of the shoddy deceptions; of Ihe sweat
cloth money- changers who were scourged out of the
temple, Tbe gentleman from Maine mistook when he
eaxd it was the universal judgment of the English na
tion thstthe legislation was insufficient. The difficulty
here was in being compelled to pay gold and silver for
customs, audio borrow for that purpose, thus giving
tbe gold gamblers an opportunity to say what; shall be
the price of the money.
Mr. BROOKB said the high position which the gen
tlemen from Pennsylvania held makes every movement
of his of the highest importance in financial affairs.
Hence the very agitation of this subject was calculated
to have its own effeci upon an always sensitive money
market.
Mr. 6TETENS explained that ho said, at the opening
of his remarks, lie did not intend to ass for action upon
Ms resolution. • • „
■ Mr. BROOKS replied, he was ([lad to hear tile eenUe
man say so. Tnere were three points of difference Be
tween tnal72"*d States and England. The notes of ths
EMltoflDgUndweMret,;;;S everywhere thronghont
England, creating no demand, as With UJ, ror
wMle here the demand was constantly created hr the
action of our Government, making gold and silver only
receivable at the custom house.
Another gieat difficulty was, that England at the pe
riod to which the gentleman alluded, had the carrying
trade of the world, while France was altogether ex
cluded, and gold rushed into England to pay for the ex
ports. Our history is, according to the statement pub
lished on the firzt of January, that our imports were as
two to one against our exports in gold aud silver. An
other great difference was, thatthroughout the twenty
two years of specie suspension in England the circula
tion of Bank of Engl aud notes was limited, while here
the policy from beginning to end has been anincrease of
currency. The gold legislation of England would not
be wise for this country, so differently situated. He
did not think it possible to regulate tbe price of gold in
this ccunify. No penal laws can reach, the dealers iu
gold. The high price of gold is the necessity of our po
sition. The best way to reduce the price of gold is to
stop thV’xpansion of currency.
„ Mr. STEVENS 'remarked that he did not believe the
high price of gold-is the necessity of our position, but
the result of vicious legislation.
Mr. BROOMALL, of Pennsylvania, said he had op .
posed the’ introduction of the resolution because legis
lation could have no other , than a bad effect in raising
tbe price of the commodity. On .another occasion he
should demonstrate that the price of gold is jast as
much beyond the reach of Congress by the laws of trade
as to undertake by legislation to control the planets in
their orbits
Mr, BTEVENB then withdrew his resolution.
CORRECTION OF ENROLMENT jSRBOBS.
A messate was received from the President, return
ing, without his approval, ths.bill to conect certain
clerics! errors in the Internal Revenue act. He under
stood that these errors were discovered only a few
hours before the last adjournment, a&d that the bill
was not presented to tbe President of the Senate for his
signature. Other errors having been discovered, he
suggests that all the corrections be included in one
joint resolution' The bill was referred tolhe Commit
tee of 'Ways and Means.
THE COMMITTEE OF THE WBOLrf.
The House resolved itself into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union on the President s an
suslmessage, when Mr. CRE3SWBLL, of Maryland*
made a speech against slavery whtehhe characterized
&shn unmitigated evil, to be tolerated lor a lime only.
J? e spoke of the good effects of the abolishment of slave
ry in tbat State, which he claimed was forever secure to
the Union. Be also advocated tbe proposed constitu
tional amendment abolishing slavery throughout the
country.- He said the issue was between disunion for
the sake of slavery, and the abolition of slavery for the
sake of the Union*
Nr. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, said, although the
President’s message was brief, it treated a subject of
the utmost importance not only to the nation, but to
tbe whole family of man. He was not extravagant
when he declared it was the most important and best
message communicate! to Congress for the last sixty
years. The stylo of-the President was not-always sx
pebtid to be of the highest-order* but he hadpowhare
seen any faurt found"%ith the iaegnage of th* t'ddcu
meat. The 3d*as were expressedrih :the pores) lan
gosge, whichwas scarcely surpassed by the beat Bn
gib!) composition. •
He then proceeded to reply to the remarks of Mr.
Brooks, delivered on a former occasion, saying that but.
few loyal men would agree with tbe gentleman that his
Government must sue for peace. The President, in
pursuing the course he did, could receive no aid from
his' Cabinet, finding nothing but hesitancy, timidity,
and moral cowardlcj. He also alluded to the Chicago
Convention, and spoke of the Copperheads asking that
the nation be humbled by asking the traitors forVcom
promiae. The President consulted Mb own good sense
asd saved the nation from disgrace. Never had thp
President fctood so high, aud deservedly, aE.he did no r.
Be favorably comparad him with the best of Romans
arrd the conscript fathers.
The gentleman from New York wanted! to save the
dariinr institution of the Democratic party—the insti
tntion cf slavery. If the majority here should vote for
thh proposed amendment to the Constitution, the sword
of the destroying angel'will be withdrawn. May the
ghc&tsof slaughtered victims set heavy on those who
thw&H so rust a measure.
Mr COX. of Ohio, said he was.touched by the earnest'
appeal of the gentleman in the name of God and hu
m'nity tovoWforthe amendment to abolish siaverv.
Be desired, in the name of the God of Mercy* to appeal
to the gentleman to help stay the effusion of blood,’aud
restore peace. Instead of hospitals, wounds, taxes,
mourning, end death, to substitute order, peace, and
Union, ttch sertim>nts bring reproach.
' The t ditor of the Tribune, Mr. Greeley, had confer
red with members as to measures of peace. That edi or
in bis issue of yesterday urges that attempts be made
for peace, at Hast, tha* as a Christian people, we are
bound to ascertain what the rebel* will do
Hi; STFVINS. I do not agree with Mr. Greeley.
th> egb I think Mm a patriot.
Hr. COX. Yet yon denounce the Chicago Convention.'
General HoClellan, and my colleeane, Mr. Pendleton,
by odious words for taring what the patriot Mr Gree
ley published yesterday. -1 aek to have the article read
for tie instruction of the other side.
The Cleric jea<£ tlie Tribune article ah the Blair em
bassy, taking ground in favor of reaching the re'bslk’by
a mipsioncf peace, and that no harm could come oven
if it.failed, &c. *
- Mr COX inquired. why does not the gentleman de
notrce Mr. Greeley for toying only what we hare ever
saidf He is frank and outspoken, yet he does not de
nounce the elector of New 3ork who is to vote forJMr,
Lincoln. I am not prepared to say that Davis will
agree to any peace except on the basis of independence t
bat as Mr. Greeley jots, there Js no harm in trying.
Jrmijlion of men in ilie North believe that an attempt
would reenlt in peace and Union. The gentleman
asks ns to givenp oar views of State and municipal
control over domestic matters; and change onrform of
government by voting the amendment abolishing*}*?*-
• ty, I appeal to him first to try to make peace and bring
the South back to the nnamcnded Constitution. If yon
fail we on this side may then consider the question un
der new lights. Ido not say we can vote for it, bat let
the gentleman make an honest effort for peace. Give
up something—his desire for vengeance—his notions of
nqyro.f-qcaluy.
Mr. STBVBaS. I doriot believe in negro equality.
Mr. COX. Does aofcHhe gentleman believe all men are
created equal? :
- Mr. STBYENS, ' Equal before the law.
Mr. COX. Black and white equal before the law?
Then give up that,, and, instead of your pagan ideas of
vengeance, follow Mr.-Greeley’s advice—be civilized
aid. Christian, and seek to know authoritatively at
the South will do. No harm cau come from
the trial- Send 4he gentleman, Mr. Blai-* and his son,
who now sits in this House to confer, no doubt on this
matter, to Bicimond, or the gentleman from Pennsyl
vania himself.
Mr. STBVBNS. They would not let me come back.
Mr. COX. The persuasiveness of his appeals to “ God
and humanity ** conld not be resisted Atleast make
the trial If it fail, you will secure unity in the North.
Cue million seven hundred and fifty thousand voters
agree with us in this trial. Mr. Greeley asksfor it
1 will offer a resolution in his language* and when in
order try to g« t a vote on it.
: TJieresolutionsareasfollows:
Whtreas, The country hails with manifestations of
patriotic joy and congratulation the victories recently
achieved by our brave armies; and,
- Wfiereas. The recess Szed object of war, at least
among civilized and Christian nation*. is an honorable
and ratis-actory uefice, and that, although we do sot
know that the 1 insurgents are yet prepared to agree to
sny terznsof pacification that our Government either
would or should deem acceptable, > et as there can be no
possible barm resulting from ascertaining precisely what
theylare ready todo, and Iu order to refute the imputa
tion that the Administration contemplates with satisfac
tion of hostilities for their own sake ou
any ground of mere punctilio, or. for any reason than
because it is compelled by an absorbing regard for the
▼erv ends of its existence; and ' „ •
WJurtas, An established and rightfully constituted
Government combatting anarmed mercenary rebellion
should Strain every nerve to overcome, at the earliest
moment, the resistance it encounters, and-should; not
merely welcome but seek satisfactory, however infor
mal, assurances that its snd has been attained; there
fore, "
Resolved, That now in the present hour of victory,
which ought to be the hour of magnanimity, and before
any action be taken to change the Constitution of the
United States* it is eminently ti e duty of the Pxetident,
on the basis of the.present rightfully constituted Go
vernment, either to send or receive commissioners or
agents, with a view to national pacificatlon-and Iran*
tjuilltly. or by some other means known to
ttvßSzed'and Christian nations, to secure the cessation
oil osiilUles, and the Union of the States.; -
Mr ,PBUYB, of New,York, said he and those on his
" site Claimed that the Union had never, been dissolved,«
and that it exists in Its entity this day.* That therein a
rebellion against the laws and the Constitution, and
that tie whole object of the war is to put down the re
belftoi. and to bring the rebels back to obedience, fn a
very memorable speech made last year, the gentleman
fromtFennsylvsnia (I£r. Stevens) said that we had ac
knowedgea the South as belligerents and as a foreign
Bowel, and that the rebels kan-ail tne rights of bellige
rent*, andli&d been treated as such by all the Powers
of Ennpe, and at we were bound to treat them the
same way Now, he-understood, the gentleman had
revexscl his position* .and claimed that these people
were simply rebels, that we are to put down the rebel
lion, anilhatthey do not occupy the position they did
last year A
Mr. frTLYBNS. To what does the gentleman refer?
Mr. PRTTCN. Your speech of last year. -
Mr. STEVSNS. I stiU maintain that the South, hav
ing proclatrow itself independent of this Government,
and taken upNarme to support its position, it, by the
law of natitpr, a belligerent: ana £ hold that they
should never eome back into the Union except as new
States from cmquered territory.
~ Mr. PBUYReald he had quoted from the gentleman’s
speech to showthegentleman’s position was utterly in
conMstentwiththat which he took last year, flow the
gentleman sayathey are not a conquered nation.
Mr. STEVENS, rsaid no such thing.
Mr. PBUYN. iThen the gentleman quoted -from
Seriplure, to show we ought to execute vengeance on
X applied Scripture to show the Lord
punished ns for tot abolishing slaver,, and that he
Trill continue to ptnlah ns until wedo.
Mr, PItUVN. I Wtainlv understood the gentleman
to say it was onr miral and religious' duty to put down
tterebellton as a rebellion, and not as the conquest of
aforeign Power. \
The committee the! rose, and the House adjourned.
Arrival of (Reamers wltfc Cotton,
- Cairo, Jan. 6.—T10 steamer Fanny Ogden, from
Little Book, Arkanßai, arrived here to-day. She
brought outfouxtmndwd bales of cotton, eighty
five of which, the Government, were
left at the month of Whiteriver for the purpose of
being sent North. v
- ah was quietalong the Arkansas river. One hun
dred bales or cotton from Helena arrived at Mom
phis on the 2d Inst. .
'Arrival of the Asia,
Boston, Jan. 6-MJ P. M.—The Asia has strived
from Halifax. Her ijaUs will go South by thought
HOttl. \ ' '' ’ i
THE WAR.
REWS FBOM S AtA SNA HTO TUESDAY
eiK. nABDEE OE*. SH BR-
MAN IN MOTION.
IO S FORCES ACROSS Mi SAVANNAH RIVER.
AN ADVANCE ON CHARLESTON
FEARED.
ESCAPE OF HOOD INTO ALABAMA.
His Pontoons and most or his Wagons
Captured or Destroyed.
SEWS FROM ALL IMPORTANT WAS POINTS
Ct£N* THOMAS’ ABMY.
bsoapb or hook’s akmy—ekpobted captors or
HIS POHTOOH TEAIH AHD OTBER SPOILS.
Cohrtlahd, Ala., via Decatur, Alabama, Jan.
4.—The cavalry belonging to Major General Stead
man has pursued, captured, and burned Hood’s
pontoon train. They also captured 600 males, 109
•wagons, and 200 hogs. Forrest is reported near
Russellville, and a deserter from Hood’s army re
ports that Hood has been ordered to Tuscaloosa to
reorganize his shattered army. Roddy’s eavalry
command Is almost entirely disbanded.
HEBEI* NEWS.
EXTRACTS peom the latest rebel papers—
SBEBMAN’S FORCES CEOSSINO THE SAVANNAH
PREPARATORY TO An AHVAHCE OH CHARLESTON
—DESPATCHES FROM BBAHREHARD AND HARDEE
—THE DESTROYED SALTWORKS—AMOUNT AND
CHARACTER OF THE DAMAGES. " ~
, Washington, Jan. 6.—The Richmond papers of
Wednesday contain the following Items:
FROM GENERAL BEAUREGARD.
The following official despatch from General
Beauregard was received yesterday by the War
Department
Charleston, S. C., Jan, 2.— The Federal raid
era are reported to have returned from the Mo
bile and Ohio Railroad, going westward. They
have left forty wobhlled men. General Gholson
was badly wonndbd. The damage to the railroad
will be repaired In about ten days,
. . G. T. Beauregard. .
FROM GENERAL HARDEE*
The subjoined despatch from General Hardee, re
ceived yesterday afternoon hy the secretary of War,
gives us. the latest news from South Carolina *.
Charleston, Jan. 2.— The enemy are landing In
force, on the South Carolina side of the Savannah
river, and are driving our pickets towards Hardee
vllle. W. J. Hardee.
An official report of the damage done to the salt
works states that the piping, cisterns, &0., are un
injured. The sheds.aie all destroyed. There are
seven hundred and eight kettles broken, and twelve
hundred and eighty good kettles remaining. The
total amount of salt at the works is ninety-two
thousand bushels, rngaily l7 , aie '
The wells are not seriously damaged. . **
OHIO, lIBIASA, AMD KENTBCK.Y.
HEAVY BOBBERY.
Cincinnati,. Jan. 6.—A carpebbag containing
sls,ooo~was rifled of Its Contents, on Saturday, on
the train between Indianapolis and Lafayette. . Ho
clue to the robbers has yet been obtained.
MEETING OSWAN AHTI-SIAvERY CONVENTION.
An Anti-Slavery Convention was held at Frank
fort, Ky., yesterday. Resolutions were adopted ad
hering to the Baltimore platform, and requesting
the representatives of Kentucky lu Congress to
vote for tbe constitutional amendment abolishing
slavery, and Inviting the Legislature to instruct
them to that effect. Also in favor of repealing the
slave code of Kentucky, endorsing Gen. ilurbrldge,
and approving vigorous retaliatory warfaih against
the guerillas. Great harmony prevailed in the
Convention, and letters from all parts of the State
were read, urging the Convention to take strong
anti-slavery grounds.
A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS’ MEETING.
The'Newspaper Publishers’ Convention assem
bled at Columbus yesterday. A committee was ap
pointed to memorlallze Coisgress against a prohibi
tory tariff on paper. It was resolved to raise the
price of alf weekly papers to $2.50 per year, and to
Increase the rates of advertising. A State Publish
era’ Convention was also formed.
THE KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE,
The Kentucky Legislature assembled yesterday.
There was ho quorum In the House. The senate
organized, and elected J. B. Bruner speaker pro
tern., la the absence of Lieut. Gov. Jacobs.
GUERILLAS IN KENTUCKY. -
Louibvillb, Jan. 4 —Owensboro has been taken
possession of by the rebate under Major J. Walker
Taylor, our forces evacuating.
[Owensboro, Is the county town of Davies county,
and is on the Ohio river.]
IH£ GUERILLAS.
CAPTURE OF A PARTY OF MOSEEY’S MEN.
, Washington, Jan. s says; “We have
lnformatlonoftSieeaplure ofa captain, lieutenant,
and seven men of Moseby’s command, whocon tem
plate d a raid on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
The party crossed the river at Darnestown, dressed
to citizens’ olothes, for the pnrpose of taking the
ears at the Relay House to proceed to-Point of
Rooks, where they would -tap the Baltimore and
Ohio road. Upon reaching the Relay House, infor
mation of their movements having previously
reached General Tyler, who commands ths pest at
that point, tliey were arrested. A large amount of
money, and papers containing Information of value
to our authorities. Is said to have been found upon
their persons. There are some matters of interest
in connection with this capture which It Is not judi
cious to publish at this time.’’
CALIFORNIA.
SHIP AND FINANCIAL NEWS.
San Fbanchboo, Jan. 4.— Sailed, steamer Con
stitution, for Panama, with 316 passengers and
$1,456,t00 in treasure, of[which $511,000 goes to Ne w
York and toe balance to England, Panama, and
•Acapulco. Among her passengers are the new
Senators from Nevada and Oregon, Messrs. Stewart,
PTje, and Williams.
Money Is plenty and-easy; coin hills, 2 per oent.
premium 5 currency, 110 ; telegraph transfers, 3K
THE PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON CENTRAL PACI-
FIC RAILROAD BONDS CONSTITUTIONAL.
San Fbanoisoo, Jan. s.— Trade Is quite active
since the holidays. The mail steamer Sacramento
airlvhd arrived tc-day. The Supreme Court has
affirmedthe constitutionality of the act guarantee
ing payment hy the State of 7 per cent, interest on
$1,500,000 bonds of the Central Pacific Railroad, and
the firstpayment of the interest has been made hy
the State Treasurer,
SOUTH AMERICA.
POLITICAL AND BUSINESS NEWS—A BBVOLUTION
_ / ary movbmrnt in cabthagbna.
New York, Jan. s.—We have South American
advices to December 13, via Panama.' There is no
important political news from Chill.
Business was affected at Valparaiso by the unsa
tisfactory relations with Spain. A bin has been ap
proved to raise by loan *3,000,000. A Spanish fri
gate had arrived at Valparaiso. Exchange at that
place on London was «%a,®4sd. per dollar. There
is no change In the Spanish-Peravlan question. The
South American Congress is trying to see what they
can do by farther negotiations.
Admiral Panda has taken command of the Spanish
squadron at the Cblnohas. The recalLof Admiral
Ptozon by Spain Is regarded as indicating a more
favorable policy towards Peru,
.Exchange at Lima on London 87% pence per
dollar. .
The' bar at Greytown has closed up the channel
so that the small river steamers cannot get out.
A new revolutionary movement had broken out In
Carthagena, ending favorably for the Opposition.
The President of the Assembly resigned, and a suc
cessor had been appointed.
TJ. S. steamer Lancaster, Admiral Pearson, sailed,
Deo. 17, for Callao, from Panama. The TJ. S. sloop
St. Marys was atJPanama on Dec. 26.
KATANA.
SPANISH OPINION OP AN HNGUftHMAN—OBNSOR-
SHIP-OP THE POEBION PRESS.
fswTobk, Jan. s.—The steamer Eagle, from
Havana, with dates to Dec. 80th, has arrived.
A report was brought from Matanzas on the 29th,
that a vessel arriving there had reported having
seen two vessels burning just outside, and two
steamers supposed to. have been the captors. But
little credit eras attached to the report, as It was
made by an Englishman (!) who did not tell the
story twioe alike.
After the Ist of January all foreign newspapers,
are to be subjected to a vigorous oensorshlp, equiva
lent to suppression,
NEW lOBK ClfT.
New York, January 5,1865.
BBMEP POB THE DESTITUTE CITIZENS OP SAVAN
NAH—INTBBVTBW OP COnONJH. AIMS WITH THE
CHAMBER OP COMMERCE.
Colonel Allen stated to the Chamber of Com
merce to-day that he had been appointed by the
people of Savannah to buy food for the sufferers
there. Ho had no rice or cottouto sell, and was pre
pared to buy what he could and receive such contri
butions the merchants and people of New Fork
saw fit to extend to the loyal oitizena of Savannah.
He stated that at the citizens’ meeting the resolu
tions were received with three times three cheers
for the Union and President Lincoln, and they
were all to favor ofthe old flag which had ruled over
them. Colonel Allen stated. that Savannah was
destitute of provisions, and his mission here was to
relieve the necessities of the people.
THE REWARD FOR THE CAPTURE OP THE FLORIDA.
The committee of the .Chamber of Commerce ap
pointed to report on the communication from the
merchants of Bahia relative to the seizure of the
pirate Florida, which requested the merchants of
New York to suspend giving any reward to the
captors of the Florida, made a report to-day. They
stafq.that most of the signers of the oommunioatlon
are allied to the British rebel Interests, and recom
mend that the thanks of the Chamber of Commerce
be tendered to Oapt, Collinsof tho gunboat We
ehnsett for his courage and conduct In generously
subjecting himself to the risk of censure andthe loss
of his commission to order to rid the seaS of a
scourge and our commerce of an Incendiary foe.
. A. motion was made to send a copy of the report
to tho merchants or Bahia, but the objection was
made that the merchants of New York should take
no further notice of the‘motors of the British pi.
-rates, and the motion was not put.
THE BVEttZHCt BTODK BOAIU>.
10 P. M —Gold 221% j New York Central 118% t
Erie 84%; Hudson River 112%; Harlem 75; Read
ing 117%; Michigan Southern 72%; Illinois Central
127 ;.Pittsburg and Cleveland 87%; Toledo and Wa
bash. Ip8%; Rook Island 103; Northwestern 38%:
ditto prejerred TO; Fort Wayne 100%, Ohio and.
FQssifiippi certificates 83%; Cumberland
Qutokslfrnr 98% ; Mariposa w, w '
i ! J
nABBISBUBfi.
ADJOUESSEeST OF THK LEGISLATURE UNT'.'.&TURS
PAT NEXT—THK COST OF LIVTHG IN HABBnWUBG
—THE “BBOOBD” THAT IS HOT A EBCOSn—HOW
THB MBBSAGE IS BBOEIVBD—THE FBOOBBDIHOS
IH THB HATTER OF OOHTBBTBB SBATB.
[Special Correspondence of The Press. 3 .
Harrisburg, January s, 1865.
Both Heueei of the Legislature adjourned yester
day morning, not to meet again until Tuesday
morning next. An effort was made In tbo Senate
to make the hour of meeting eight o’oloak on Mon
day evening, bnt them embers of the House pre
ferred to wait a.few hours longer before they should
again convene to attend to the duties for whlobthey
are paid, and Tuesday was designated. Thus far,
although nothing vers important has been acwDm
pushed, there has been sufficient activity mani
fested to Induce the belief that the members of the
Legislature, hAve no Intention of protracting the
session. Three months, M not less, will doubtless
be the loDgest period the assembled wisdom of the
State will remain here, for be It known that, not
withstanding all the attractions and inducements
offered by the Harrlsburgers, neither Senators nor
Representatives wish to reman here a single day
longer than they are compelled toby thepressure
of public business. f .
The prices of Hying in this city will accelerate
their movements, while the fact that the recent
amendment to the Constitution interferes with the
Intentions of honest members who desire to pass
bills hastily, will by no means retard their locomo
tion. Hotel keepers must make money as well as
those who support their hostelries, and It Is not,
therefore, surprising that a few dollars additional
each-week should he demanded of each boarder.
Legislators, however, are shrewd and generally
excellent financiers. They know their expend!,
turns and calculate what their receipts shall be to
meet those expenses and leave a margin, and It win
not, therefore, be a matter of surprise If they should
deem it proper to Increase their salaries before the
close of the session, not probably by voting so much
additional per month, but by one of those conveni
ent '‘extras” which almost annually bring so much
comfort to the-honorable recipients. The first evi
dence of this design was made apparent yesterday
when a resolution waß offeied to pay the retiring
officers two dollars a> day, the usual rate, and
mileage. -
Whoever knows anything about. Harrisburg is
aware that about the slowest “institution” la the
burg Is the daily reoord of Leglslatlve7proceedtogs,
not so much perhaps on account of the manner In
which iiSa printed and issued from the press] as
on account of the ridiculous habit some members
have of having speeches published which were
never delivered. They are generally long, prosy,
and uninteresting productions, Intended only to
gull the constituents ol the members who purport
to have made them, and as they delay the lssne of
the sheet several days and Increase greatly the
printing expenses of the State, the Sooner the cus
tom Is changed the hatter.
The Governor’s has received the enco
miums of all the Republicans, and the opposition
pf but lew of tho Democratic legislators. It Is wen
written, and refers briefly or at length to every sub
ject which he deems either important or Interesting
to the people of our great Commonwealth. Some
of the members may objeot to his views relative to
special legislation, hut the reason of that objeotlon
is so weU known that their opposition wUI he of
little avail. Ho better evidence of the satisfaction
wlthwhlohlt was received could $e needed than
appointment of a commission to Inquire
into the quota which Pennsylvania should n»Uy
fill under the last call of the President, a subject
to whieh the Governor directs the attention of the
Legislature. And other no less gratifying evi
dences win he forthcoming when the two bodies
again meet.
The greater part Of tfco session In the House yes
terday was taken up With the case of Mr. Wilson,
of Lycoming county, whom certain Democratic
partisans and others are endeavoring to oust from
his seat, and with speeohes from members relative
to tho decease of Dr. Reed, of Washington county,
who died recently of small-pox. In the first case a
committee of nine was drawn, eight of whom were
Republicans, and as neither right nor superior
power appears to he with the individual who desires
to occupy his comfortable arm-chair, it Is not at aU
likely that another member of tho Opposition will
have hl| name enrolled on the list of the House.
The rtsolutions relative to the death or Dr. Reed
were appropriate and expressive, wMle the ad
dresses were, without exception, models of elo
.quence and beauty. The deceased was beloved by
all who knew him, and no representative ever had
a moie honorable record.
The committee drawn to try the WUsont contested
election case Is composed of the following members:
X F. Kline, H. B. Herron, N. J. Sharpless, W. W.
Watt, of Philadelphia; W. F. Smith, of Philadel
phia; J. T. Thomas, of FhiladelpMa; Jaa. Miller,
of FhiladelpMa; P. M. Osterhout, N. A. Penny
packer.
Mr. KIJno Is the only Democrat on the com
mittee.
It was very amusing to witness the Interest which
the representatives of the two political parties
evinced as the names were drawn. Alternately the
Democrats and Republicans were satisfied that the
majority of the committee would be In their lavor,
and even at the last moment the former believed
they had the advantage. Rob Roy.
THE STATE LEGISLATURES.
ORGANIZATION OF THB MARYLAND LEGISLATURE.
Baltimore, Jan, s.— The Legislature of Mary
land organised, to-day. Governor Bradford’s mes
sage was read. He congratulates the memberson
the adoption of the new Constitution and the con
summation of emancipation. In , this connection,
speaking of the many natural advantages ot the
State, he says there is scarcely a State in the Union
possessing such guarantees of prosperity, yet, from
some cause, she has hitherto, in population, pro
duction, and many other evidences of pubUo
thrift, fallen far behind others Inferior to her In
nearly aU the ,advantages above enumerated. I
will not Say that slavery has heeii the sole cause
of this tardy progress, hut it has unquestionably
- been the most prominent, If not the only feature
particularly distinguishing her Horn other States
that have outstripped her In the race. The imme
diate results of the extinction of slavery, and the
question of how the advantages expected from It
can he best realized, and Its temporary inconve
niences obviated, are subjects that will undoubtedly
challenge your earliest attention. That so com
plete and Immediate a revolution in a system long
Interwoven with our social life and habits can be
accomplished .without some personal Inconvenience
is not .to he expected, but judicious legislation may
do much towards a remedy.
In, regard to compensation by the National Go
vernment, the Governor says: « Whilst it Is trae
that other States once possessed of slave property
have at various times ordered Its abolishment, and
In so doing have provioed no compensation on that
account, we must bear in mind that Maryland Is the
first State that b&B ventured, by an immediate pro
cess, to put an end at once to the institution. It Is
undoubtedly true' that the public sentiment here,
for the last two or three years, has strongly and
very inßtly tended to the policy of emancipation;
hut 1 feel assured that Is is not less true that
nothing but the existence of the rebelUon, and the
Intense desire of the looal masses of our people to
sever what they consider the cMef cause of sym
pathy between rebelUon and any part of our popu
lation, ever Induced them to adopt that policy In
the Immediate and unqualified manner that they did.
Bnt I advert to this consideration not as of Psoir
furnishing the foundation of any claim by the State
upon the National Government for Indemnity, hut
only to conneotjon with the fact that the Govern
ment Itself has expressly held "forth the promise of
such an. indemnity to any slave State-that would
Initiate a system of emancipation.
THE INDIANA LEGISLATURE.
Indianapolis, Jan. B. —The Indiana Legislature
convened ter® to-day. The Hone® organized! by
electing John N. Petitt (TJnlon) speaker. The
Senate, after eleotlng the prlnoipal and assistant
secretary, came to a'dead lock on the balance of
officers. The Senate Is composed of an equal num
ber of Democrats and Union members. The Go
vernor and Lieutenant Governor will be Inaugu
rated on Monday next, which will give the Union
ists the casting vote of the Lieutenant Governor.
The partial organization was effected by one or the
TJnlon members being previously pledged to sup
port the Democratic, nominees for principal and
assistant clerks.
TUB MISSOURI LESIELATURE.
St. Loras, Jan. 4.—John Thompson, a member
of the lower Bouse of the Missouri Legislature,
was expelled yesterday for disloyalty.
Public Entertainments.
ChbsTlKft-stbbbt Theatre.— Mr. "Warren, who
takes a benefit to-night, Is certainly one of the most
artistic and finished comedians upon our stage.
Every part which" he plays, whether in force, as
Bunductety, or In the highest comedy, as Sir Peter
Teazle, (perhaps his finest character,) hls per
formance exhibits the nicest and most correct
appreciation of the humorous. It is one of
his greatest merits, . and one of the rarest
In comedians, that his humor is always kept
within strict bounds. He never Interferes with
the progress of a play or the success of the subordi
nate characters by unnecessary by-play, but, on the
contrary, rather withdraws himself from promi
nence when others are speaking. He la most admi
rably supported, too, by the other members of his
“combination,” one of the finest which has appeared
to this city for years. To-night “ Sweethearts and
"Wives” will be performed for the first time during
the present engagement, which It may be well to re
mind our readers will terminate at the end of next
week.
Academy of Music.— “ East Lynne”has really
something to it, or Miss Lucille "Western could not
make the ladles cry by her portrayal of the follies
tod woes of the unfortunate Lady Isabel. The
Academy is likely to bo drenched to tears to-mor
row alteinoon, when Miss "Western, supported by
the "Walnut-street company, will give a day per
formance of the moral emotional tragedy, at the
request of many ladles. With this week ends Mira
Western’s engagement.
Germania Obohbbtba,— The rehearsal to-mor
row afternoon will have the following fine pro
gramme :
Overture—“La Dame Blanche” Boleldleu.
Song—“ The Song of the 9thßeglment”..Lortztog.
The Carnival of Venice Gungl.
First part of Sinfonle No. 8 .. Beethoven.
Overture—“ William Tell”. . Eosstal.
SSecoi d Finale—“ Linda” . .Donizetti.
Galop—“Bride of the Winds”. Toller.
Tboops on tub Canadian Frontier. —Some
four hundred Canadian troops arrived at Windsor,
opposite Detroit, December 28th, to guard the bor
der against rebel raids. They were welcomed by a
‘ salute and the cheers of the people, and were a fine
looking body of volants erf, well uniformed and
equipped. Three companies came from Montreal,
one from Quebec, one from Broekville, and another
from Belleville. Two of the companies, the Victo
ria Bifies and Quebec Light Infantry, will be sta
tloned at Windsor; the two companies from. Mo
ntreal will.perform duty at Sandwich, and the Brook,
villc and Belleville oompanles have been assigned
to Amherstburg. The detachment is to command
of Colonel Osborne Smith, of Crimean, celebrity.
The advent ef these troops will doubtless arrest any
further attacks upon our frontier about. Detroit
from Southern desperadoes.
G»n. Butler yob Kentucky.— The gossips tell
a piquant story .of the Interview between the Presi
dent and Certain Kentuokians, who wore praying
for the assignment of General Butler to command
their department. “Yon howled.’lsaM the Presi
dent, “ whenhe was at Mew Orleans, and called
him a beast. - You have always been howHng.When
ever ho was appointed anywhere since. How long
would It be before youevould be howling again If I
complied with your requestl”
At a chuboh vaib to St. Paul, last week, a series
of conundrums were re»d, and a set of Cooper’s'
works promised to the person who should answer
the most appropriately. The winner received the
prize la the shape ot small woodia^paW,
A Great Blessing.—
they fill our hives with little been „ b! f EB «,
ease life’s Shooks, they mens hoil «7.\\ ,i|
they spend the mo»£ ] “he" * mk> ,
heal « quick, and when
*lk not like senseless brutes, wl B “>b ■
go to the Brown Stone OTothtog^E*
Wilson, Ncs, 60S and 605 Ur ftathS*
Sixth. uhsattat et: C; ,
„ '
“ Scouring the Oobae.”— .The
rornMly the British
actively engaged to the destructfonofJ^Wt
vessels on the Atlantia, and,
socurlng the ocean.” Query—Win sit?
sands of the sea In the operation i Tti 6 »
crew, whether British or reb, that
her on this scouring expedition, migh-^ W " s »fh
off-scouring of the world; we boIi»» >«•.!!
Some thtogß are the better for “acoari tils J is
are, some kinds, and this reminds „ s -w' ®«tw
to get new olotheß Is a* Charles Stokes ?' ? s 'M
Price, under the Continental.
Ths St. Hawkehce Hotel continr.
heretofore, for the entertalnmem nr °P6n,»,
wiU Btm ana therein the superior" coa?.; 6 "' »S,
tentlon for whioh. this House has alwanT* 5 * M h.
gnlßhed, _____ 1
BSCABS* a PbeBOH HAB A Bad C OWo ,
not bo Inferred that Consumption hag m
one (with rare exceptions) can h iTB <vL h,5 * ! h
without a Cough, sooner or later.
position to Pulmonary Disease exist.
left to Itself, strains and raeks the Dnnmt t
the general strength, andsoon eatabliabK "h*
We complaint. In all Cases, then, it t 5 “tarsa,
to get rid of a Cough, Cold, or Hoarset*,* s*srMk 5 * 5r Mk
delay, and for this purpose no reassij
promptly or surely, or with more benefit ,
gsns of the chest than Dr. D. Jayne’s E til "*
an article selentlScally compounded fro P! ” l,as l
selected drugs, and which, on trial, wiifjf"%
found, worthy of Its World-Wide reontoti, l! *1
pared only at No. 242 Chestnut street
— ‘ jii-it
To TUB PHOrLE.-In a few 4l
ready a work on the Eye, Ear, Diseases *“ «
Passages, Catarrh, Asthma, by Dr, Yon v
ker, who can now be consulted on an *’**4
dies, and all nervous affections, which a **.
by him with the surest success with bis ?
Etmcted apparatus. Office, 1027 Walnut a*.’ 11 ' 14.
Faebb Dblicacv.—The friends or tVra
.troubled with bad breath, and, through
misicets, dislike to refer to It, commit
and creel mistake, especially If they ar9 ?***
the merits and great efficacy of the
donfc. This Is the tree and only remedy f, )t l'
enlty; there Is no valid excuse forabid brar '
Sold by all druggists.
BubdsJlLl.'b Abnioa IdHiMsirr, ea i.,,
cure for burns, scalds, sprains, rheums^ 6 '®*
shot wounds, Sec. A single application uwj
pain from a bum the Instant It Is am>Uii v.
ly should he without It.
Gbobob Stbok & Oo.*e Pianos,
Hamlin’s Cabinet Organs, for sale *
Could, Seventh and Chestnut streets,
Eva, HAS, >Asn Oatabkh, weowefiaw h**
by J. Banes, M. D., Oeullst and Aorlst, ni 2?
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