f.tli This «mrch was the charge of R
I nnothy Woodbridge, D. D, who die^
T 1 , ZIT? aDd reBpeCted ’ last y ea r.
. b dmg has rece ntly been remodeled,
nt an expense of fi ( 800.
Re\ Isaiah B. Hopwood has been
I ailed to the pastoral charge of the church
at Oxford, N. J., organized last May.
. 'e \ en persons hare recently been admitted
* 3 profession, and fourfoy certificate. The
' hurch ba s already given over $5OO to be
nevolent objects, and is engaged in build
-I!iS a brick edifice, to cost $6,000.
Rev. James B. Dunn was installed pas
tor of Central Ghurch, Broome St., N. Y,
January 13th. Drs. Adams, Prentiss, Cox,
and Crosby took part in the services.
Religious Interest of unusual charac
ter is reported as prevailing in the churches
of Little Mill Creek, 0., and Coming, N.
T. The church of Newark Valley,. Tioga
Co., New York, has enjoyed a blessed re- !
rival, dating, from the middle of last No*
rciiiber. Between fifty and sixty hopeful
: 'inversions are reported. The pastor,
Kov. S. F. Bacon, writes’ to^the Evange
list:
“The convertsare almost exclusively from
no Sabbath-school. A precious work is
i progress among the children, and I de
i to the afternoon of every Saturday to
hem. One of the first converts was a lit
■ ■ girl only nine years of age, ! who gives
idcnce of a bright hope, and several who
vc not reached their twelfth and four
-1 ' n, l' years. One only six year 3 has
r heart filled with the love of Jesus.”
Rev. Thomas B. Hudson, late of Au
urn, N. Y., has Accepted the call of the
’hurch in North-Bast, Erie Co., Pa., and
as entered upon his labors. A debt of
1,300 has been removed from the church.
Churches on the Advance. The
■ hurch of E. Bloomfield, N. Y., has ad
ded $2OO to the salary of the pastor, Rev.
Ti. Conklin. $15,000 have been sub
scribed towards a new church in Coldwa
i>r, Mich., to be erected in the coming sha
ken. The church at Peekskill N. Y.,
has cleared off an old debt of $2,000, and
presented the pastor, Rev. E. G. Cobb,
with $lOO.
Milford, Del. —The Rev. Mr. Bowen,
who has accepted a call from the Presby
terian Church of this place, will preach in
hat church on Sunday morning, January
24th, at o’clock, A.. M,, and in the
evening at T o’clock. Mr. Bowen visited
Milford a few weeks since, and his jninis
ratious wore well received. We gladly
welcome him to a permanent residence in
iu r midst.— Peninsular News.
CITY RELIGIOUS ITEMS.
The Methodist organization for some
:imo past worshipping in a hall at the N.
E. comer of Broad and Arch Streets, have
purchased the lot on the South-East cor
lor, and, says the N. Y. Methodist, will
proceed at once to the erection of a suita
ble building.
Thirty-Four Persons have recently uni
ted with the Siloam Methodist Church.
The numerous friends and admirers in
this city of the late eminent scholar and
divine, Rev. Charles Rudolph Demme, D.
1)., will be glad to learn that a volume of
his sermons is about to be published.
The pastor of the North Baptist Church,
Philadelphia, Rev. W. S, Hall, has ten
dered his resignation, to take effect in
March next. The church, however,
promptly declined to accept it for the pre
sent. We understand, says the Chronicle,
that one hundred and nineteen members
of this church and congregation have been
in the army. One of the pastor’s sons is
.unong the number. In addition, seven
teen or eighteen have been wounded.
This is a case of extraordinary patriotism.
’ESTIMQNIAL TO THE LATE REV.
DR. CLARKE.
At a meeting of the elders of the Cen
tral Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia,
held on January 19th, 1864, the following
resolutions were presented and unani
mously adopted:
Bowing submissively to that Providence
of our Heavenly Father, which has re
moved by death onr revered and beloved
pastor, Rev. Henry Steele Clarke, D. D.,
wc are resolved:
Ist. To express our gratitude to God
for having granted unto ua, during so long
a period, the services of so faithful and de
voted a servant.
2d. To testify our appreciation of his
blameless character, pure life, and the
noble principles which have ever actuated
him in the discharge of his ministry among
US.
3d To rpcdrd our testimony t° th o va
cancy which his sudden death has caused
in our church, our homel and our hearts,
r 4th. To ask the Master to sanctify this
solemn add sad dispensation to all in the
■hureh of which he has been so recently
■ in! pastoK ‘
Lf.th To- tender to his lone widow our
Warmest condolence, and assure her that
coramead her and her fatherless child,
-o the pr’esembgcare ahd Sanctifying
blessing of an unfailing Father and Hus
band‘ John C. Capp,
Clerk of Session.
At a meeting of the Clinton Street
Church, Bev. Daniel March pastor, held
on? Wednesday evening, January 13th,-
Mr. B. B. Comegys was unanimously
chosen a member of the session.
Mr. Comegys returns to the church after
an absence of some ten years, daring
which time he has resided in Germantown
and West Philadelphia. He is one of the
few now connected with the Clinton St.
Church who were members iu its early
Jays, when, under the , pastoral care .of
Rev. Dr. Todd. His return to the session
will add to it experience as well as
strength. ‘
During the past twelve years, Mr.
Comegys has held one of; the most impor
tant'positions of honor and trust in this
city, as cashier of the Philadelphia Bank.
He is also one of the few of our laymen,
who finds time, notwithstanding the en
grossing,, cares of an arduous position to
attend regularly the weekly meeting of the
church, to teach in the Sabbath-school,
to keep himself thoroughly informed in all
the current interests of the church, and to
devote more time to reading than many
literary men by profession seem to do.
DR. COX’S LECTURES.
We again call the attention of our read
ers to the course of lectures on Poetry and
Poets, to he delivered in Concert Hall, by
the Rev. Dr. Cox, of New York. Those
who are acquainted with Dr. C. need no
urging to‘induce them to attend.
No fitter theme for the eloquent lec
turer’s remarkable powers could be chosen—
the rich stores of his memory ; his fine po
lished taste and hearty appreciation of
every thing good; his complete acquaint
ance with English history; the brilliancy
and originality of his own suggestions, and
the charm of his manner. An unusual
treat awaits our citizens in these lectures.
We understand, that tickets may be had
at the Presbyterian Book Store, 1334
Chestnut Street.
THE PRICE OE PAPER.
' This important item in the expenses of
a large paper like ours, is at present nearly
double in price, compared with eighteen
months ago. Nor does there seem to be
any downward tendency. To secure this
result, two measuresrshould pass Congress:
first, a law to prohibit as criminal mere
gambling speculations in gold; and sec
ond, the removal of the heavy, and, in
fact, prohibitory tariff on imported paper.
By the first measure, a clique of perhaps
not over fifty gold -speculators, who con
trol the entire money market by the ficti
tious value they give to gold, will be
broken up, and the price qf gold and of all
other commodities, would fall. The second
measure has recently come before the
House of Representatives, and a resolu
tion instructing the committee of Ways
and Means to inquire into the expediency
of abolishing the duty on paper; has passed
that body. It can never be good econo
my to tax heavily the means of enlighten
ing and educating the people. This the
duty on paper does, and we trust the
House will see it in that light. A clique
of speculating manufacturers of paper is
more mischievous, and calls for measures
to break it up, more loudly than almost
any other combination prompted by
grasping covetousness.
ANNIVERSARY OP THE CHRISTIAN
COMMISSION.
The Second Anniversary of this great
and highly successful agency for the phy
sical and spiritual good of our army will
be held in the Academy of Music this eve
ning. Afi the exercises will be of deep:
and general interest, we have made ar
rangements to secure a full phonographic
report, which will appear in our next num
ber.
We shall issue a large edition of the pa
pery but persons desiring copies in quan
tities should send in their orders at once.
PAPERS POR THE ARMY.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
From a Union meeting of Hopewell
: and Beech Woods cong’s, at
- Hopewell Cb., 0., for Banner, $14,85
From Chaplain Stewart, for indi
duals, (Banner,) . . . 10,00
From Rev. E. E. Adams, (Ameri
can Presbyterian,) . . 2,00
We have been disappointed greatly in
the quality of the paper on which one or
two of our issues have been printed, and
are seeking to remedy the defect for the
future.
In some hour of solemn jubilee
The massy gates of Paradise are thrown
Wide open, and forth come, in fragments wild,
Sweet echoes of nneafthly.melodies,
And odors snatched from beds of amaranth,
And they that from the crystal river'of life
Spring np on freshened wing, ambrosial gale !
The favored good man, in his lonely walks, •
Perceives therm and his silent spirit drinks
Strange, bliss, which he shall recognize in hea
wn - • ■
!» .ifirf y*i}
ELDER ELECTED.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 88, 1864
Jocular
The general lull in military operations which
we noticed last week still eontniu.es. Occa
sionally a small raid or a reconnoitering expe
dition takes place to disturb the general mo
notony of army life. The armies of the Union
are using the winter season profitably in fill
ing up their broken ranks. A very remark
able feature of the recruiting business is that
nearly all the veterans who have been in the
service since the commencement of the war
are re-enlisting. We are not fully advised as
to 'wliat the; rebels are doing toward filling
their ranks,' nor do we know exactly where
they propose to get the men to take the places
of'those Who have fallen, but we think they
will be confronted by such an army of patriots,
in the spring, .as will, strike terror into, the
hearts of the people everywhere throughout
rebeldom.
Senate, Jab. 18.—A bill to establish a Bu
reau of Emancipation Was reported. A reso
lution was proposed to abolish the “color”;
qualification in carrying the mails. The reso
lutions' to expel Senator Davis were referred’
to the Judiciary Committee. , The Enroll
ment, bill 'was, after considerable .discussion,
adopted, without important alteration, by 30
yeas to 10 nays. The resolutions of thanks
to'. Gens. Hooker, Meade, Howard, Burnside,
and Banks, and; their men, were adopted.
The hiU to promote the sale and settlement of
unoccupied public..lands (incorporating the
North' American Land and Emigration Com
pany, was referred to the Committee on Agri
culture.
House.—The. resolution instructing, the
Committee on Military Affairs to inquire'into
the propriety of exempting active clergymen
of all denominations from the draft was laid
on the table, by a large majority. Mr. Cox
wanted to take the business of exchange of
prisoners.oufc of the hands of General Butler
and give it to a Board of Commissioners. . The
House respectfully dee|ined', 91 to 56. Reso
lutions were passed authorizing the Commit
tee on the Conduct of the War to inquire into
all contracts made with any of the Depart
ments. and to sit at such times and places as
they may think proper daring the recess qf
Congress, A bsolution lies over proposing to
close the present session of Congress on the
third Monday of April. A bill was referred
giving chaplains the rank of captain of cavalry.
The Ways _and_ Means Committtee were in
structed to inquire into the expediency of re
pealing the tariff on printing paper.
Senate, Jau. 16. —The Military Committee
reported in favor of thanks to Gen. Thomas,
his : officers, - and men., Mr. Sumner presented
.a bill for the payment of the claims of the Pe
ruvian citizens. Mr. Wilson presented a bill
establishing rules and .regulations for the go
vernment of the armies of : the United States.
Referred. Mr. Wilkinson introduced a bill
providing for the payment of a bounty of $lOO
to men mustered into the service prior to May
3,1861. Referred. Resolutions were reported
to .thank Admiral Dupont and Corns, Cadwal
lader and Ringgold for gallant services. The
resolution amending the rules of the Senate
to require a certain oath by tbe Senators was
taken up, Mr. Bayard addressed the Senate
at length against the propriety and constitu
tionality of the proposed rule.
House.—The house resumed the conside
ration of the joint resolution amendatory of
the Confiscation Act, so as to make it conform
able to the Constitution. Mr. Bliss opposed
the confiscation policy; contending that the
estates could not be forfeited beyond the life
of the offender. Mr. Boutwell advocated the
pending resolution, understanding it to make
it the duty of the courts to administer the pe
nalties of treason within the limits of the Con
stitution. The subject was then passed over.
The Naval Appropriation hill was reported
and made a special order. The House went
into Committee on the bill amending the Ex
cise laws. ;Mr. Lovejoy proposed to tax spi
rits $1 instead of 60< cents per gallon. Fer-,
nando Wood opposed it Mr. Chandler, of
New York, said some, spiteful things against
whiskey taxation. Mr. Kelley, of Philadel
phia, spoke sharply of the encouragement
given to rebels by members of tbe House.
Mr. Chandler put on the coat, and wanted to
know if Mr. Kelley was not elected by Demo
crats. Mr. Kelley satisfied Mr. Chanler on
that point, saying that he was too pure to do
the, work of Chanler’s party, that they re
pudiated him, whereupon the people elected
him. ' Mr. Randall insinuated that Mr. Kelley
had broken certain pledges to the Democratic
party, but he got no satisfaction:, Mr. Ste
vens; opposed, the increase of tax on spirits on
the ground that it would decrease the revenue.
Without voting the Committee rose. Fernan
do Wood introduced a bill to pay New York
city for her efforts to suppress the rebellion.
' Senate, Jan. 20.- —Mr. Brown occupied
most of the morning hour in remarks upon
the course of Gen. Schofield in Missouri. A
bill for a uniform ambulance system was re
ported. The resolution authorizing a Gom
mitteeon the Conduct of the War was adopted,
including the House amendment that the
Committee inquire into the manner of fulfill
ing contracts. Mr. Collamer spoke at some
length in favor of the proposed rule requiring
a special oath from Senators. Mr. Anthony
spoke to the same effect. Mr. Hendricks re
prehended the Reconstruction policy of the
President. The report of the Hon. Joseph
A. Wright, U. S. Commissioner to the Ham
burg Fair, was sent in.
House.—Mr. _Sweat, of Maine, one of the
three Democratic members from New Eng
land, and entirely new to the House, under
took to annihilate Henry Winter Davis, of
Maryland, because, the latter had spoken se
verely of the seemingly disloyal course of the
minority. Mr. Sweat’s speech does not seem
to have been any thing extraordinary. It was
supposed to have , been an argument concern
ing the Confiscation act, but the argument
does not appear. The House, in Committee,
took up the amendments to the Excise law,
spending most of the session on whiskey alone.
The amendments made were as follows. The
extra tax shall date from Jan. 12: liquor
taxed heretofore shall pay only the additional
rate; all liquors not otherwise provided for
shall pay twenty cents per gallon in addition
to present tax.
Senate, Jan. 21.—The Commissioner of
Agriculture reported against the proposed tax
of 20 per cent, on leaf tobacco. Referred to
Finance Committee. The bill requiring Se
nators to take a special oath was taken up, to
the exclusion of all other business, and Mr.
Reyerdy. Johnston proceeded with a long
speech in opposition thereto. Mr. Howard
(in favor) and Mr. Foot (against) also spoke,
after which the Senate adjourned to Monday,
the 25th inst.
House. —It was voted to appoint a Stand
ing Committee of five on a Uniform System
of Coinage, Weights, and Measures. The
Confiscation Act amendments were taken up.
Mr. Morris, , of New York, spoke in fa
vor of Confiscating rebel estates. Mr. Chan
ler opposed the principle. Mr. Bakers was
also opposed. No vote was reached. The
House went into Committee on the Amended
] nternal Revenue bill; It was agreed to that
cotton in the hands of manufacturers hereto
fore exempted.shall _ be .taxed ..two..cents a
*«**»£* puttith-ei
Congress.
drawback of two cents per pound on cotton
used in .manufacture on which duties have
been paid. A rambling debate ensued, in
which Sir. Voorhees, Mr. Washburne, of 111.,
Mr. Wilson, Mr. Dawes, and Mr. Stevens
participated. Mr. Brook’s amendment' was
lost. .An amendment prevailed, by a small
majority, to tax all spirits imported prior to
the passage of this act an additional duty of 40
cents per gallon. The bill, as amended, was
reported to the House, and, with a substitute
by Mr. Stevens, ordered to be printed.
House, Jan. 22.—The bill to increase the
Internal Revenue, as reported from the Com
mittee of the Whole, was taken up. The
House concurred in amendments, 'so that spi
rits will pay sixty cents a gallon, and adultera
tions, sold as whiskey, wines, brandy, etc.,, an
additional tax of twenty cents; all spirits on
hand for sale, whether distilled prior to the
date of this act or .not, shall be subject to the
rates of duty provided by this act, from and
after the 12th of January, 1864, except' that
spitits which have been already taxed under
'the law of July!' 1862, shall not bear more
than the additional or increased tax provided
by this-act.; AH provisions, of law whereby
cqtton, in the hands of manufacturers of cot
‘tpn fabrics on. the Ist of October 1862, and
.prior thereto, is exempted from tax alone, are
repealed, and the same, shall be subject to a
duty of two cents a poundi Spirits imported
.prior to the passage of this act shkli pay ah
additional tax, of forty cents per gallon. Mr.
Stevens substitute for the bill was rejected,
:51 against 100. The amended bill then passed,
86 against 68. The House took up the con
current resolution to, amend , the confiscation
ac a Bracks were made .by. Mr. Spaulding
and. Mr. Stevens, the latter’viewing the rebel
’ States as beyond the pale of Constitutional
protection by their own act and their recogni
tion by us as belligerents; A bill was referred
to . the. Military ,Committee providing for the
extension of bounties to soldiers for two years
service honorably discharged within that time.
Senate, Jan. 25.—M1. Suinner introduced
a bill which.precludes the admission to the
bar of the Supreme, District or Circuit Courts
of the United States, and Court of Claims, of
persons'unless they first take the oath pres
cribed in the act of 1862. The Secretary of
War was requested to furnish all orders or
prodamationsmoncerning elections issued'by
military authorities in the States of Kentucky
and'Missouri. The Committee on the Conduct
of the War was instructed to inquire into the
character. and efficiency of the heavy ordinance
now'provided for fortifications. The resolution
requiring Senators to take an additional .oath
was then debated by Messrs. Saulsbury, Sum
ner, Doolittle and Johnston, of Maryland, and
was finally passed—yeas 2Y, nays 11.
House.—The Committee on the Judiciary
were instructed: to inquire into the expediency
of organizing a department to be called the
Department of Industry, to embrace a Bureau
of; Agriculture, a Bureau of Freedman’s Af-
a Bureau of Mines, Minerals, and Min
eral Lands, and a Bureau of Colonization and
immigration. A.resolution instructing the
Comniittee on Military Affairs so report a bill
increasing the pay of the soldiers of the army
was referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs. Mir. Edgerton, of Indiana, present
ed a resolution offering the Crittenden com
promise as the basis on'which the war should
be conducted. Laid over. The Committee
on'rMilitaiy.Affairs reported, with amendments,
the bill authorizing the President to appoint
as Lieutenant-General the Major-General most
distinguished for skill, courage, &c., during,
the war. The bill .was. postponed until Mon
day next. The House then went iuto Com
mittee of .the Whole on the bill to supply the
deficiencies for the year ending the 30th of
June next. An amendment appropriating
$25,000 tp coniplete the Post office building
in Philadelphia, was adopted. ;
The War
\ Virginia.—On Thursday night,' the 14th
inst., a force of about two hundred Tebels un
dertook to capture a smallbody of Union cav
alry at Three Mile Station, near Bealton.
They supposed that a paymaster w§us there,
and were after £is greenbacks. > After several
desperate charges upon a small breastwork
they gaveuptke job, leaving three dead on the
field and twelve wounded in a house near by.
We had two wounded—one probably beyond
recovery. -
Col. Mulligan writes from New Creek, W.
Va., Jan. 13, that “A soldier of ours, James
A, Walker H, 2d Maryland Regi
ment, captured in the attack upon the trMn
at the Moorfield and Alleghany Junction on
the 2d inst., by the enemy under General
Fitzhugh Lee, escaped when near Brock’s
Gap, on the sth inst., and'reported to me this
morning. He informs me that thirteen of the
enemy were killed and twenty wounded in the
skirmish.”
Dispatches from the Army of the Potomac
represent the greatest discontent and hope-’
lessness of the cause to exist in the Rebel lines,
Our troops ,ate in fine condition and spirits,
and the weather excellent. Some stir on the
part of the enemy have given rise to the be
lief that they meditate a Dew movement.
A dispatch from Fairfax Court-House, Va.,
of Jan. 18, has this: “This morning 15 or 20
Rebels attacked our pickets at Flint Hill, but
were quickly dispersed. A few guerrillas were
hovering around us on Sunday night. ”
North Carolina. —Disloyal persons who are
coming into our lines for the_ oftly purpose of
obtaining possession of their property, and
who confess such to be the case, have thus far
failed in their efforts. The Honorable David
Hecton, an eminent jurist, who has the entire
charge of all abandoned property here, takes
the ground that it is not the intention of the
Government to encourage disloyalty, that-dis
loyal pesrons desiring to obtain possession of
their property under the .President's Procla
mation must first give conclusive evidence of
their intention to keep, iti good faith, the oath
required of them, and that they have come
into our lines for the purpose of becoming loyal
citizens of the Union States, and. not for the
purpose of obtaining their property. Many
persons have openly confessed that they do
not consider the required oath binding, and
that they did not intend to respect it after
obtaining possession of their property. This
.decision will, however, frustrate their plans,
uevelop the right kind of loyalty, and save
the Government many millions of dollars.
The Conservative papers in this State are
in open rebellion against the wholesale con
scription act now before the Rebel Congress,
the enforcement of which they predict will re
sult in the-tecession of North Carolina from
the Rebel Confederacy, while the Rebel papers
say that the South must lay down their arms
unless the act becomes a law.
A letter in thcUoston Traveller, from New
bern, N. C., states that information had
reached there that a call had been issued at
Raleigh for a State Convention, for the pur
gose of seceding from their allegiance to the
outhern Confederacy. The writer says Go
vernor Vance and nearly every leading man
of North Carolina desire to return to the
Union.
South Carolina.— Gen. Gillmore is trying
the strength of one of his-300-pounder Par
rotts. The gun is sighted for Charleston,
and has been fired, at intervals of 10 minutes,
about-500 times, dropping a shell each time
into the cradle of Secession. Thus far the
gun gives no sign of failing; but it will be
worked until it bursts or otherwise gives out.
Tennessee.—Gen. Grant telegraphs,. Nash-,
4flf MMte'-Ctori.'-T&nw 1
(Rebel) made a raid toward Tenisville and
captured a train of 23 wagons. He was prompt
ly pursued by Col; Palmer, recaptured
the wagons and took one ambulance loaded
with medicines, 150 saddle-horses, and 100
stand of arms. Vance, his AdjutaDt-General,
and Inspector-General are among the prison
ers captured. ”
A fight between part of Col. McCook’s
cavalry and the Bth and 11th Texas Regiments
at Mosey Creek, Tenn., occurred on the 12th.
Fourteen of the Rebels were killed and 41
prisoners taken. :. :
The Memphis papers contradict the stories
of Rebel successes in Arkansas, such as the
capture of Pine Bluff, &c. They are all fic
tions.
Two trains run through daily from, Chatta
nooga to Nashville, making the trip in 19
hours. The mortality in the Chattanooga
hospitals is about 90 deaths per week..
The greatest distress exists in the rebel
army. Desertions are frequentj and some
times number over a hundred in one day,
The Tennessee and Kentucky troops ini the
rebel army are said to be kept under guard to'
prevent desertion. Union recruits are ar
riving sufficient to balance the number of ve
terans going home. 'The rebel army at Dal
ton is reported to be 30,000 strong, and so re
duced for supplies that they are killing their
best mules for supplies of meat. Gen. Grant
arrived at Chattanooga: on the 23d inst.
_Gen. Edward Ferro, who comands the.- Ist
Division of the 9th Army Corps, writes from
Blanc’s Cross Roads, East Tennessee, that he
has succeeded in re-enlisting as veterans seven
regiments of infantry and two batteries of his
command, -- ’ • ’ •
: Louisiana.—By the Morning Star, from
New .Orleans, we have news to the 12th inst.
The weather in New Orleans was cold and wet;
orange trees and cane had suffered badly,
Madisonville, La., had been taken without
resistance, and is now garrisoned by a Union
force. Gen. Banks, on the 11th inst. , issued
a proclamation for .election of State officers,
Governor, &c., to take place on the 22d of
February— voters to take the oath of allegi
ance ; and be otherwise qualified according to the
Constitution of the State. It is also provided
tbqit an election for a Convention toTevisethe
Constitution, shall be held on the Ist Monday
of April. The organization of colored regi
ments is almost at a -stand stil, for want of
more material. There are now 35 regiments
of .colored troops, with full sets of officers,
but the regiments will not average 200 men,
rank and’file.
Reconstruction is the dominant topic in
Louisiana- It seems that the loyal people dis
agree with Gen. Banks about the mode; he
orders an election of State officers under the
old. Constitution and the Proclamation —they
are in favor of a clean sweep by first making a
new Constitution.
A smart fight had occurred at Pass Cavallo,
Texas, in which the rebels suffered severely.
Dispatches and letters from Port Hudson
state that the enemy are concentrating in that
vicinity and about Baton R,ouge, and that Ge
neral Ullinan is almost daily receiving priso
ners from the rebel lines, who express them
selves disgusted with the service of the Con
federacy. Many of them never heard of Mr.
Lincoln’s Amnesty Proclamation.
From Rebeldom. —We have an installment.
of Rebel papers, coming down to the 15th.
A bill is in Congress to repeal the act author
izing partisan rangers (guerrillas), the South
having got enough of robbery and inurder.
A Confederate (paymaster has defaulted with
$500,000. The negro-hirings are not satisfac
tory (for slave-owners). Provisions are up
' ana wages down. The Rebels are nervous
about Wilmington, and expect a Union, attack
there at any moment. The presence of But
ler at Fortress Monroe annoys them beyond
endurance; they look for no mercy at his.hands
and’ are quite sure that his restless brain will
get up : some campaign that will give them
trouble. ‘ 1 If Wilmington is taken (says the
Whig,} Charleston falls-by an attack ip the
rear,” , The rebels are'greatly disappointed
at the re-enlistment of the Union three-years’
men, and confess that the hope of Lincoln’s
being left without, men is a fond fallacy.
Thereupon they renew their cry for more men
in their own armies! Their editorial articles
are pregnant with evidences of hopelessness,
in fact almost despair. In spite of brag and'
bluster, the direful want of men and means
will be manifested.- Some of the papers talk
to Davis and his'crew in » manner more forci
ble than complimentary i and the most hopeful
of them find little to lighten the settled gloom
of the position.
General News.
Gov. Curtin of Pennsylvania was conspicu
ously inaugurated at Harrisburg on Tuesday
the 19th inst., for his second term. The pro
ceeding were on a grand scale, and passed off
well. In his speech the Governor said:
“I need hardly renew my pledge that dur
ing my term of office on wlucn I am about to
enter, I will give my whole moral and official
powers to the prosecution of this war and in
aiding the National Government in every ef
fort to secure the early complete success over
our malignant foes. For the preservation of
our National Government, life and all things
else should be subordinated. It is the firsts
highest, and noblest duty of a citizen. It is
his protection in person, property, and all
civil and religious privileges, and for its per
petuity in form and power he owes all his ef
forts, his influence, his means and his life.
To compromise with treason would be but to
give it renewed existence, and enable it again to
plunge us into another causeless war. In the
destruction of the military power of the Rebel
lion is alone hope and peace, for while armed
rebels march over .the soil of any State no real
freedom can prevail and no Governmental au
thority consistent with the genius of our free
institutions can properly, operate. The peo
ple of every State are entitled under the Con
stitution to the protection of the Government,
and to give that protection fully and fairly
the Rebellion must be disarmed and trodden
in the dust. By these means and these alone
can we have enduring Union, prosperity and
peace. As in the past, I will in tne future,
in faithful obedience to the oath, I have taken,
spare no means, withhold no power that can
strengthen the Government in this conflict.
To the measures of the citizens chosen to ad
minister the National Government adopted
to promote our great cause I will give iny
cordial approval and earnest co-operation. It
is the cause of constitutional liberty and law. I
cannot close this address without an earnest
prayer to the Most High that He will preserve,
protect and guard our belovedlcountry, guiding
with divine power and wisdom our Govern
ments, State and National; and I
my fellow-citizens here and elsewhere, in our
existing embarrassments, to lay aside all par
tisan feelings and unite in hearty and earnest
effort to support the common! cause, which in
volves the welfare of us all.”
Trustworthy information has been received
by the Government that the feeling South is
decidedly in favor of an exchange of prisoners,
and it is confidently believed that the consum
mation of the exchange will soon be brought
about. Gen. Butler has had several inter
views_ with Secretary Stanton and Gen. Hitch
cock in relation to this matter, and certain
points prepared by him axe now under consid
eration.
_ The Legislature of Kentucky has passed a
bill prohibiting, the importation of-slaves into 1
that State, The great influx off slaves, is said
to have the'effect ofeheapening.She price
atid overflowirijgthe-mkjkefi : -V-Ssliis.
-cawrmyr L OAG,
“ Press Printer,
Admiral Lee has officially f^pCbestnutSt.
struction of the new first-class rebel
Dave. This was the vessel’s first trip ; am,,
on the 7th inst, finding it impossible to escape
falling a prize to our blockaders off Wilming
ton, her captain run her ashore, when she
bilged, becoming a total wreck. The Dave is
the twentieth steamer destroyed or captured
off Wilmington since July last.
President Lincoln has directed General
Steele to order an election to be held in Ar
kansas, on the 28th of March, for election of
State officers. Those only are allowed to vote
who take the oath prescribed in the Proclama
tion of December Btli. The Constitution ot
the State is to be so modified as to abolish
slavery in the State. :
foreign news,
St. Domingo— Dates from St. Domingo tc
Dec. 26th hare been received. The accounts
are contradictory. Severe battles have Been
fought in different parts of the country, though
with small armies. The Domincans fight with
greatibravery, and at times gain substantial
advantages. The Spanish loss of men, both
by battle and disease, is heavy, estimated at
one thousand per month. On the 29th ult., a
sanguinary battle was fought at Puerto Plata.
The, Spaniards were at first victorious, but a
re-enforcement of Domincans came up; when
a fierce hand-to-hand battle ensued, the Do
mincans using their machetes, and the Spani
ards their bayonets. The result, as stated by
the Domincans, was that upward of 150 Spani
ards were cut down, among them three officers,
and that the rest retreated to the fort, carrying
with them thirty wounded, making their total
loss.lBo in killed and wounded.
Central and South America,— By the arri
val of the steamer Illinois from Aspinwall, we
have, later . news from Central and South
America. The new Government of San Sal
vador is trying to make itself popular by dis
tributing money among the poorer classes.
An election was to come off on Jan. 3d, and the
Convention is to be opened on Feb. Ist. The
report that; a revolution; has broken out in
New Grenada against Mosquera is confirmed.
lifthe State of. Antioquia some 4000 men of
the revolutionary party are underarms. The
Government has raised a large military force
to suppress the revolution.
Europe.—The. steamship Columbia has ar
rived bringing news to the sth inst. Her
news is not very important. We give a sum-
It is semi-officially announced that Arch
duke Maximilian will soon visit Paris, and from
there, sail with requisite - re-enforcements for
Mexico, where he expects’to arrive before the
end of March. Capitalists are said to over
whelm him with offers of money on the simple
guaranty of his accession to the throne. The
address moved in the French Legislative Body
to the Emperor is very pacific toward Russia
and loudly extols the Emperor’s scheme for a
Congress. The rebel steamer Florida, at
Brest, having nearly completed her repairs,
was to sail in February. A French vessel was
to accompany her, as well as the Kearsarge,
which was anchored about 200 yards from
the Florida. The Anglo-Chinese fleet fitted
out in England has returned, as Prince Kung.
has refused to ratify the bargain!
The Holstein question has still a threatening
aspect. TheDaneshave completely evacuate?
Holstein. At the same time the Danish Gov
ernment have called for 14,000 reserve troops,
and . issued a proclamation in which it is de
clared that the honor of the country is to be
upheld with peace, or, if necessary by force of
arms." At Copenhagen it- was. believed that
the French; and English fleet will soon appear
in Danish waters. A fresh contribution of
6,000,000 roubles has been imposed upon Po
land by Russia, two and a half of which fall ta
Warsaw. .
Later from Europe.
; The steamship Etna, from Liverpool has ar
rived bringing two days later news*,
* ‘ The' French Corps Legislatif though con
sisting of the most devoted partisans of the Em
peror, are unmistakably in favor of pntting an
end to the French'Expedition in Mexico. The
Committee upon the Supplementary Credits,
requested by the. Government, advised this
course unanimously.
King Christian of Denmark' has issued a
proclamation to the Danish army, in which he
assures them that the -honor of the country
shall be upheld if needful by force of arms, and
declares that no life can be too precious to be
sacrificed for,the salvation of the Fatherland,
Acknowledging thb superior' numbers of their
opponents, the'King reminds his troops that
courage and discipline go farther to secure the
victory than mere numerical superiority.
A telegram from St. Petersburg, received at
the Hague, asserts that the young King of the
Greeks has abandoned Athens and his new
crown, convinced of his incapacity to regulate
the confusion of the country. The authenticity
of this report is disputed, but there is no doubt
that Greece is again in a very agitated condi
tion.
Latest.
The Steamship Canada, w ith Liverpool datef
to the 9th, inst., arm ed on the 25th. The Fa
deral Forces in and upon the borders of Hols
tein are reported lo number 50,000 men. Tfr
committee appointed by the Federal Diet r«
ported adversely to the treaty of London. Th
Princess of Wales gave birth to a son on th.
Bth. A judgment will be given in the Alexan
dra case on the llth of February. The Frank
fort Senate has refused to authorize* the draw
ing by lottery of the steamer Great Eastern. The
British Parliment had been prorogued until
the 4th of February. Four conspirators from
Italy had been arrested in Paris. A large
American order for railway iron has been given
to a French honse. Matters confined to wear
a threatening aspect in regard to the Hols
tein question. The Times regards the com
mencement of the campaign in Schleswig as al
most certain, within a brief space. Garibaldi’s
resignation in the Italian Parliment has been
accepted.
Philadelphia Tract and mission Society.—
A meeting in behalf of this Society will be held in the
34 Uni tea Presbyterian Church, Front Street above
Jefferson, on Sabbath evening, 3let inst., at o’clock*
Bey. J. T. Cooper, I>. D., Ber. hlr. Crow* and others
will address the meeting.
A collection will be taken up to aid the Society.
J. H. Sokkuhteb,
920 Chestnut St.
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