AMERICAN VOLUNTEER; JOHN B. BRITTON, Editor & Proprietor CARLISLE, PA„ DECEMBER 25, 1802 No Paper Next Week.— ln order to af ford tlio hands connected with our office a lit tle recreation during the holidays, no paper ■will he issued by us next week. The other editors of onr town-have also this same understanding with their workmen.. If, how ever, any startling news should reach us, wo will issue an Extra. Sy We are requested to state that both our hanking institutions will he closed on Christ mas day. PIERR.T CHKIST3IAS! This day (Thursday,) is the anniversary of the advent ot the Saviour—Merry Christ mas !■—a day generally observed ns the .occa sion for friends meeting together at the fes tive hoard, and exchanging mutual congrat ulations. Christmas is a day of rejoicing— of social gatherings —of unrestrained merri ment. To the young, Christmas brings mirth in its train—a day of freedom, in its broadest 'sense—when pa and mn are asked to stand aside and give way to tho romp.— "A Happy Christmas;” therefore,, to all our readers; mole and female, old and young. As appropriate to the occasion we insert the fol lowing admirable production of Professor C. C. Moore. It will be road with delight by all our young readers: . A.\miL mir oi? st. sicimis. ’Twasffco night before Christmas, when, all through . the house, Not a creature was stirring, not oven a mouse;- The stockings were hung .by tho chimney with care; In bofO that St. Nicholas soon would ho there; • tThc children were nestled all. snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced .’thro their heads; • ' ■ ■■ . And mama in her 'kerchief, and I in ,my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long’ winter’s nap— , , ’ # When out on’the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to . see what was tho mat-' ter,'j'.-'- Away, to. tho'window I flew like a flash; - Toro open tho shutters, and threw tip tho-sash. The moon en tile breast of tho. now fallen snow, Gave tho lustre, of mid-day to 'objects below; When,'What to tuy-wondering eyes should appear, Jsat'a miniature.sleigh, and eight liny reindeer. With a Utile old' driver, so lively ami quick, il knew in u'm.braeht ironist bo St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his.courses they came, . And He whittled auil shouted, and" called them by name “Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! how/Pfahtor! now, VUon! Ob, Comet! on, Cupid ! on, Donclcr and Blixen I To the top of the porch ! to the top of Now, dash’away, dash away,*dush |A.s the leavcs tliat before the inldhumcanpfly, ‘ nhen they meet with an obstacle, mount to the ' 'sky,' So up to the house-top the courses they flewi With .the. sleigh full of toys—and St. Nicholas too: . , , And, then, in-a twinkling, I heard on the roof, The.prancing and pawing of each littlchoof. As, £ drew id; ray head, and was turning aiound, Down tho'ebimuey St. Nicholas came with* bound. .Ho was dressed nil in fur, from his head to his . foot,' And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot! A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, Aud be looked like a pedlar just openinghis pack; His eyes—how they twinkled! his .dimples, how merry! . • His cheeks like roscs.his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth up like a how, ■ And tHo ou his ch" was, as white, as the • V-?noVv.-.'-... 'Tbe:Mhmp',of a pipe ho held tight in his teeth,' it. encircled his head Hkoawreath, and a little round belly, Thatahobk. ho laughed, like a bowl' full ,6f Ho'was' chubby amt pTunipa rigiit joiry oUI elf, And I laughed, wheu I saw him, in spite of my- , self. Aisxrkspi his eye, and it twist of his head, '&^p^gffeoinarto : know I had nothing to dread. ■; He spoke net 'a word, but .went straight to ‘his work, And filled all tho, stockings—then turnsd with a “jerk, And laying his .finger aside'of his nose, And,giving a hod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whis - .tie, ‘ -, ’■ And" away they all ilew, like the down of a thistle. }lut I hedrdllim exclaim, ere he drove out ofsiglit, *' Happy Christmas to all, and too all a ouod '.'’siobt !”• 130tii Regiment, P. V.—This- reglinont, composed.entirely of companies from Cum berland and York counties, was engaged ui the battle at Fredericksburg, and suffered severely. .11110 followingis a llstpf tho killed and wounded, as far.as can be ascertained : Col. 11. I. Zinn, shot through head. "Capt, tauighlin, Co. ; E, bead blown off by a shell.. • John Fetzer, Go. F, head blown off by n shell. Capt. Jenkins, Co. D, slightly in the arm. Sergpant-Major Hosier, arm. Sergt. Underwood, Co. A, head. Foster, Co. A. arni. •J. S. Forrqst, Co. C, slightly in the head. Lieut. Levi Ilavefstick, acting Adjutant, both legs and arm shot off, Lieut. Marshall, Co. 11, slightly in hand. Daniel L. Smith, in hand. Jacob.Lafersc, Co. C, slightly in hand. John-Staley, Co'. 0, wrist broken. Corp. Laudis, Co. E, in hack, by piece of shel.l. Keller Bold). Co. F, in arm. J. Stcigelman, Co. F, in leg. Sergt. George Fiirrer, Co. F," in hip. Joseph Forney, Co; F, in head. V/illiani White, Co. F, in hand. —— Culbertson, Go. F, in arm. — Lamlierton, Co. F, in breast, :— Stewart. Co. F. Keller. Coif. Alfred Sites. Co. G.' in thigh. .Humphrey Colo, Co. 11, in head, James Bridgeliouso, Co. 11, slightly. D. 11. Kauffman. Co. 11. Richard Gilen. Cx 11, hand. Sergt, Hood; Co,'A. neck. George McCauley, Co, I, hip- Thomaa’J,. Collins. Co. I, hip, Eli Mevors, Co. K, body, i—'Kroll, Co. K, head. • Cumberland Guards.— The Cumberland Guards of Meelmnioshurg, Capt. King, Buf fered severely in the battles before Freder icksburg. ' The company, is attached to tho 7th Reg., P. R. V. 0. Tho following is the reported list of the killed and wounded : Sergt. Comfort. Benjamin Baker and Joint Tonfossen were killed. Lieut. Zug,right arm shot off. Sergt. Ileffelfinger, Corp. McClain, Corp. Leib, L. Jones, J. Kimmcl, W. Smith, George Free, W. Crone, J. Blosser, F. Smith and M. Hess wounded. J. Welty, F. Smith missing. , llm Regiment, P. V.—ln tins regiment is one company'from this county, (Co. A, Capt. Kuhn.) Tho list oi killed and wounded in this conipany, so far ns wo have been able to ascertain, is as follows: Killed—George L. Reightor. Wounded —Lieut. James Noble, J. Vansant, Additional.— »We hnvejustreceived intel ligence of the dentil of George Welsh, n member of Battery A. P. V., formerly com manded by Capt. Easton'. Mr. Welsh was pounded in the battle at Fredericksburg, and jjied from Ibe effect* of the wounds. THE RETOLSE tip BURNSIDE, The repulso of Burnside near Proderioks burg, is a groat National calamity. Not only is it a calamity, but it brings sorrow and mourning to every community in the North. Our troops fought like heroes, as they always do, but tho battle was an unequal contest, ■ and a disastrous defeat followed (heir almost superhuman efforts. ■ Thousands of ourbrave men foil in front of jJtti enemy, and tho soil of Virginia has been made rich with the blood of Northern troops. Who is responsible for this dreadful disas ter? Tho miserable cabal who, unfortunate ly for onr country, have the direction of affairs in their bands! Wo. think the people are, convinced, how, if they never wore before, that-the Abolition programme will not an swer —that Abolition spile-work and revenge will not save the country. It is evident now that those who scoff at the old Union and sot aside with impunity tho provisions of tho Constitution, are not tho' men to carry on a war against the assailorsof tho Union. Tho one party is-as had hs. the other, and both must be put down, if tho Union is to lie saved. ■MoCi.eu.an could and .would have bagged Richmond, thu rebel'capital, long ago, had not his plans been interfered with by a remorseless Abolition faction. 110 was robbed of one-fourth of the host troops in his oommand'just at tho time when he was about to invest the Rebel capital. " The ill-natured Secretary of War detached these troops from McClellan at tho critical moment, and or dered him .to retreat! ' ' Was this trea son or was it imbecility ? Wo believe, ns wo are a living man, that the extremists had determined that McClellan should not take Richmond; they lid not want him to take it. If ho took the Rebel capital,-they feared that this might make him popular with the peo ple, mid finally elevate him to the Presidency.' They' desired to persecute' Democrats, and felt no interest, whatever in the cause of tho Union. Like Jeff. Davis and his compeers,, they assailed the Constitution, and those who desired its perpetuation. . ■ . But, we are digressing. Wo, were speak- ing of our defeat at Fredericksburg—a defeat" that has'brought tears to. the eyes, of every loyal man and woman in, the,North. This defeat is. the .legitimate result of- Abolition teaching. Intho I'a'ngn.ago of the Kevr York .Herald, -wo hold.the administration and the Abolition party rosponaihtc'befaro. God hud the country for the'.disastrous issue of the battles. •'They led our £al 'ant army• -in t%tlio trap, which the rebels and remain with the army and try to save U from utter annihilation. 'This lie.has fortunately accomplished, and for this lie deserves credit. Upon the radicals of the War Department and,their colleagues falls the whole crushing weight of the failure. If the army was : de layed before Fredericksburg, either by the want of supplies or the non-arrival of’ the pontoon 'trains, ■ the radicals are responsible-; for it was the duty of tho'War Department t to have the supplies ready and, the pentqon *ff!MSM , Jir , i#i(rtlfhh''Tn f- 'fo'D"Tiv(nT'eir that • tire army might immediately cross. When sev eral weeks had passed, and the rebels had made a Gibraltar of the,low,, hills hack of Fredericksburg, (hen came the imperative command from .the radicals of ■ the War De partment to General Burnside to cross the river and begin the battle.. la vain did all Burnside’s officers disapprove the movement. In vain did soldiers and civilians alike agree that to rebels by assault was an .impossibiUtyiv-iTho iVar Department over-. rulod-aUtolijectrona', arid.'ordercd this- impos sibility to ba alfifl?Bpted. ' The result was the slaughter of soldiers; and of this the radicals gu, . The people will remember the excitement which followed the rout at Manassas; hut Manassas was innocent and bloodless com pared to-the magnitude and the cool atrocity of this slaughter at Fredericksburg. The gory ghosts which rose .from tho plains of Manassas to appal tho N, Y. Tribune editor into a brain fever, .and wring from Ills quiv ering lips a trembling confession of his crim inality, wore mock and'placable in compari son with tho - terrible, maimed and bleeding phantoms which ra.ust now. surround these radical wretches, ‘who exult like ghouls over the mangled corpses of the fallen. . The.idea of representing tho disaster at .Fredericks burg as “ a cause for public satisfaction,’' is worthy of a fiend. To,the radicals, however, we have no doubt that the news of our re pulse was’ “ a gratifying announcement.”— To them the battle was hut the destruction of a few thousand conservatives, or a new sacrifice to the manes of John Brown, their martyred representative. It.is tho policy of the radicals to rejoice over national misfor tunes. Their victories are the defeats of the nation. Their life is the d-ath of. the coun .try. From the very beginning of this war, which was caused by their agitations and developed by their intrigues, tho radicals 'have, in every possible way, aided the rebel lion. Their object and that of tho rebels is identical. The dissolution of the Union and the establishment of an abolitioijized North ern republic are as much the end of the radi cals’ ambition as is (lie establishment of-a Southern confederacy" tho dream of tho foul traitors who support Joff. Davis. The rebels aim their cannon at our people, and (lie radi cals march loyal men in Irontof those cannon and hold them there to receive the fatal dis charge. Tho waste of loyal life and blood and'treasure through radical moans since this, war began is sickening to remember. If there bo a just God, this culminating crime at Fredericksburg ennnnt long remain una venged. Never before wore the American people so thoroughly roused and intensely moved. Never did the very mime of n radi cal so stink in the nostrils of tho nation.— The soil of this country, which they have too long polluted, ought to scorch tho feet ofthoso miscreants as-they walk. The pious execra tions of tho country men of. our murdered sol filers should follow these rafiieal huteliors and hiss them out of tho land. Unworthy of the name of, Americans or of men,, these blood thirsty and ferocious abolitionists should lie branded with imperishable infamy, expelled from all civilized communities in' this world, and assigned to tho company of Judas Iscariot sud Benedict Arnold in the next. Contempt of the-Popular Will. It will ho soon that two or three attempts have been made in Congress to call for infor mation in regard to thoarbitrary arrests made by order of the administration, and that they wore votbd down two to one. It seems that tho voice of tho people, as expressed, in the late elections, has had little effect upon tho radical majority in Congress. The N. Y. Herald well says that if this Congress had “ been guilty of such contempt of tho popular will before tho elections, tho vote against Re publicanism would have been ten times great er than it Was. t)o the party in power • love the darkness rather than the light because their deeds are evil V If what has been done is right, why do they fear to lay tho facts be fore the country ?, If'the acta of the adminis tration cannot boar scrutiny, tho remedy is not to conceal their dark deeds from the peo ple, but to get rid o'f the perpetrators and put better men in their places. In no gov ernment in tho world, claiming to ho consti- tutional, could such a course ho permitted. In England, for instance, whoso system is so much loss free, tho administration would not daro ti) opnuso so reasonable an, inquiry. If it did, that would ho tho last of it. ■ How much more is it tho. right of the people, through their representatives,,in such a coun try ns this, to demand an investigation into all matters.of public administration, particu larly thtso w.hich affect tho liberties of the citiz -n ? The hare fact of refusal is priina facie evidence of injustice or foul play. As well might, the magistrate of a district insist upon a murdered man being interred with out a ooroner’o , inquest. To-refuse inquiry is the strongest admission of'.guilt. Those conscious of, innocence always court investi gation. i. But there is a good -time a coming, in which investigation will hocomeinovitahle. and well will it-bo for those who now attempt tothrow a veil'over black deeds if they es cape the public-wrath by a mere exposure of their career. Stem justice' may demand a greater sacrifice, and the voters against in-' quiry may thon.ilnd'themselves on the wrong side. •.Nothing is more certain on earth than that a reckoning is to ho'made before this civil .convulsion is over, and that every man will bo rewarded according 'to Ins deeds.— This.is hut. tho -beginni^.'outlie'.end.' Let the fanatics and knaves in-Congress beware.” Cii.risimas-—The Poor, Ou (Ins rlay of general rejoicing, it is not too an noli to ask. of those who have heenhies sed, by a bountiful Providence, in “ their bas ket and, their store,” that (int of their own abundance they shall .contribute something to those who are'suffering'the rigorous hard ships, of poverty. The following,' from-the pen of Mrs. 11. F. Seymore, which tyo take from, the “ Syracuse (M. l r .j Slur,” is a for cible appeal to those who are surrounded with abundance to “ forget not the poor.” . t hey !161% Po-‘ , Those who are themselves blessed with the comforts of life are apt to forget the nocossi-. ties of cithers; ’ They-forget, while at their own luxurious tables, that there are those who',are eating their last cnist, and know not bow they shall obtain another morsel; they forget while seated in their comfortable homes by warm tires, or as they enwrap themselves in their cloaks and furs to encounter'the chill air, that,there are those who are shivering half elad over enihers of their last coals, while the* piercing ■■ air is blowing ♦through every orevioe 'of-their iniserahlo'hab- Station. ■ , ... There-is.imporfiijous wealth enough in otir village to relieve 'every child of want in our midst, and to send comfort, to. every' cheer less abode; and in what better manner could the gilts of God, so abundantly bestow upon many of our citizens, ho employed-.? In what hotter way could they express their, gratitude for their niimy blessings? Freely ye. have received—freely give.” . . • - Yd who have been prosperous in your va rious callings the past year, as yo count over your gains, forget not the Poor-—the starving, shivering, houseless, homeless, friendless olios around-you ! Yo who are surrounded with comforts and luxuries—who are loading your-tables 'with the. vario'iisldelieaeios qf.tlio season to entertain a fashionable .assembly —who are planning gay parties and expen sive balls’,to lend additional,enchantments,to the festivities of the season—forgot not the Poor ! Ye.towvhom God has given, not wealth, hut sufficient, for your own -comfort, anil the relief -of others—forgot not the Poor ! Y-o whose ministries should ever lie those of kind ness and love,-.enlist heart and ti.-uid in this work of benevolence, and diffuse joy through the wretched abodes of-Poverty’mid Want in our midst; and tho‘ happy-faces and glad hearts of the recipients of-your bounty, and the approving voice of your own conscience, shall 1)0 yOur aimidant reward. There is a luxury in doing good'which- is its own reward ; there is a feeling at the heart ivtifrt we have relieved suffering, or done nn act of kindness, which is double the value of. tho good.we have, bestowed; and adds to our other enjoyments. Tdorbt hot that, those ’noble-hearts who, by their generosity, made so many little orphan hearts glad on our re cent festival, felt their own happiness on that day enhanced hy. tho thought that they bad added,-to the,joy and- comfort of others.— •Would that their noble example might he fol lowed hy nil! Let mi .active nyid acting he nevolciiuo pervade all hearts, and let its ef fects ho witnessed in tho evident amelioration of the condition of the poor among us. . Let those now give who never gave before, And those who always"give, now give tho more. Resignations- IN the Cabinet. —Messrs. Seward, Chase and Blair -sent in their res ignations to tho President a few days since, but Mr. Lincoln refused to accept them.—, Tho radicals in the Senate are determined to force Seward tint of tits Cabinet. 'They want some flunky in his place who can bo used. .. The Cabinet Imbroglio.— The, latest in telligence from Washington leads to the belief that there will bo no change in the Cabinet, at least for the present. Messrs. Seward, Chase and Blair, who, wo were informed, hod tendered their resignations, have, at the request of the President, re-considered their notion, and, iejs said, will continue in office. Ist Reg., P. V. R. C.—The following is a list of the losses sustained by companies II and I, both- from this county : Co. 11, commanded by Sergeant Growl. — Wounded Corp. William Hastings. Co. I, eomimindod by Lieut. Wsi. 1). Hal bert. —Wounded—Seygt. George Keller, 11. 0. Uitner. The Chicago- Publishers and the Paper Famine. —The publishers of the' Chicago daily papers held a meeting on Tuesday night to consider the great increase price of white paper, and other items which have enhanced the cost of publication. They resolved to advance the price of dailies and tri-weeklies, 25 per cent, and weeklies 50 per cent. A-rihiion- MdnriwT The contending emotions of sortow'and fin ger fill the brensb of the Nation to-day. „ Our armies before Fredericksburg have boon com pelled to fall back ;-and ■while ire are still in' the dark ns to'tho actual loss they have sus tained in the worse than useless encounter into which tlicy have boon, precipitated ; while anxiety is wide spread in every heart, and anguish Wrings the bosoms of the friends of the gallant slain ; while every patriot mourns the loss, and every honest man blush es with shame at the new repulse : while the clouds gather and the. future looks black with forebodings ; while there is horror enough,' God knows,'for-nil of us—anger, deep,-rose lute and overwhelming, is knitting the sinews and. stirring up the blood of an earnest out raged people. Failure upon failure, millions upon mil lions, hundreds of thousands of precious lives, disaster, labor, carnage, sacrifice—and will not these suffice ? AVhat more of blood and ruin will the insa tiate monster passion have ? How long shall wo stand dumb and silent, and submit ? How long shall wo suffer ? Have wo notdrunktho hitter cup of madness to the dregs ? , There is no uiero momentary passion in.the thought. The gathering rage, which-swells the honest indignation of the land from east to west, like tlio deep heaving of the troubled sea, is'a persecutor-of the approaching storm Which,'if it shall evor come upon us in its full fury, will sweep before it the cause of the nation's danger and. agony, as the rushing turnndu'ewecps and the field in its mad, resistless career. Wo have, no heart to write'more oh the ■subject of that ill-judged and murderous con flict, forced upon General by the ■peremptory conimandsof his superiors—li con flict in Which, it is said, our loss will full lit tle shortof-'iO.OOO in killed, wounded arid miss ing, ending in .a disastrous defeat, and the re treat of .the army across the river to its origft nal position near Falmouth—a position' which, should never have been taken, or, being taken, never.left td attack'the impregnable position of the enemy in. front. It. was: ft terrible blunder, for which-a guilty, administration mast yet atone. . ■ • The feeling in Now York-is blit feebly. por-’ frayed in the following extracts from the Herald and .World- Frp'm-.tho New Yci-V Herald, Deb. 17. Yesterday was a gloomy day, in-this city. It was’not till th.emthal the truth came to he fully realized—that the slaughter of our' troops had boon immense, and the’situation altogether so discouraging that it was neces sary to reckons the .Rappahannock to insure too safety of the .remnant of the army In’ese facts.caused the deepest depression; mingled with intense indignation and smoth-’ ’.ered murmura._ Everybody seemed to feel that the Ijest'blood 'of the country had been shed in vain through the imbecility which directs dur armies from .the city of Washing: ton. ’. ■ 'yC The duty.of the Pros ; dqnt, under these circumstances; .'is' very .plain. lie alone is directly responsible t.i the country. ■ His- Cabinet Ministers.are responsible indirectly, and will liave to render an account hereafter, as sure as' there is a God 1 in Heaven or an in- - censed, outraged people here on earth. Eel him at once provide for the safety of the, re public hy cutting loose from the radical dis 'organizers who have brought ruin on. the country. The delis'cry of the country is in. the; blinds oi lUn yrel'uleut, unit the- people .who clccteif him vfj to him for-the pro-, per administration ;if- theiy affairs, and the sacrifice.of men 1 in ofnoo who are incompetent to the (ask they'have undertaken'. It is the ! Republic and not /the Cabinet that inust he preserved. . ‘ ; From the New York World, 1)0c.'17. . By Gen. Ilalleck’s orders'the Army of the .Rappahannock.was inarched up against the impregnable-batteries of the Fredericksburg heights, brigade after brigade,.division after division, one after.another decimated, thou sands upon thousands slaughtered, from day break to sunset, until its ruin was complete, until well nigh twenty thousand bravo. and noble-souls wet the Virginia hill-sides with, their blood.’ The. unldcncliing courage, the dauntless inti-epidy; of our niagnilicbht’nriny worn never more sublimely displayed. The blundering strategy, the incompetent goner-, alship, which lun-lcd them to a fruitless doom never branded itself so conspicuously as in discriminate slaughter-mid rinirdcr by whole-, sale. Again’haye you,’ Abraham LWi’enln, by, the hands of Jle'm-y W. Halleck and Edwin M. Stanton,- sent death to thousands upon thousands of onr brothers and friends, again ■desolation and anguish to .the homos and, hearts of the-people death that gives no life to the. perishing nation, ami sorrow which no patriotism can console, or the con sciousness of a needful though'costly self-auc- - rificq-.assuago. By the hanks of the Rappa hannock there was slaughter which was fruitless, and hy twenty thousand firesides' tears to-dey are shed which God alone can wipe away. We h ave.no words of anger in an hour like this.’ The sense, for the nation and her slaughtered sons -cools even the licit wrath which mast yet break forth npoir tlio heads of those whose 'selfishness, whoso’ in competency, whose.’ recklessness, ami Whoso ambition have brought onr griff Upon us. By that sorrow, in which there is not a family in all the cities rind villages of the North but shares ; hy flint love for our coun try which Una not faltered among ua and does not falter, in,her darkest hour ;by the hopes which must yet linger in the ho«om of the chief magistrate; to recover the confidence of his people and to transmit an honored name to his and their posterity;’ hy these, and every other, consideration which the breaking hearts or the anxious minds of twenty millions of people can conceive or frame, wo beseech the President to cut loose, now and finally-irom his-past and fatal poli cy, and from the men, of whom it is enough to say that the Union and the Constitution might have been saved, but with the resourc es of a continent find'the arms of twenty millions of"united;freonien at their hacks, they have not saveq it. Wo beseech him’ to call to his Cabinet and aid, the ablest, bravest, and best men of the’,nation, and so, if mu-eause is not yet past nil remedy, hy their help,and a favor of a just Gqd, to make one,final ellbrt for the salvation of the Republic which fruit less milliens have, been spent for, and for which more than a hundred thousand lives have been yielded up in vain. From every human heart—from every, press, except the stony-hearted, false, lying. Abolition press—from every section of coun try, comes the cry of horror, the wail of la ment for onr slaughtered soldiers—alas, slaughtered in vain—murdered by order from Washington: What wo have extracted from the Herald and World is but a faint note of public feeling—of the suppressed wrath which is yet to break forth. ITionderand mouthing. —Adam Thunder was drafted in Franklin, Pennsylvania, anti' Theoiloro Lightning Ims boon drafted in a western town. ‘With the assistance of Thun der and Lightning we certainly-ought to bo able to conquer the rebels,. *•* The Cabinet and tlio Senate, Washington, Dec. 21, Last Tuesday the Kepnblioan members of the Senate niot in caucus, and, alter n session of four hours, during which several Senators made 'ffiorco attacks upon Secretary Seward,' making him responsible for our defeats, and declaring that the country was tired of the present conduct of the war. A resolution was, offered by Senator Grimes, of lo’ivn, de claring a want of confidence in Secretary Sew ard, and requesting the President to remove him. Tliis was passed by a vote of thirteen yeas to, eleven nays. A long discussion was entered into; Senator Sumner making a lengthy speech attacking the foreign diplo macy of Secretary Seward. -Others were made by Senators Sherman, Trumbull, Wade, &o. It was charged that Seward’s policy was a Fabian one—that of delay,; that lie had encouraged McClellan in his delays; that his Idea of ’surrounding the Jlebols was a delusion ; that ho was responsible for send ing the Banks Fxpcdition away to the Gulf instead nf the James river. ■■ They then ad journed over to.Wednosday.when, alter the adjournment of the Senate, they resumed their consultations. Senator Ham’s amended' the resolution to road:—“ That, in the judgment of the Sen ate, a reconstruction of (ho Cabinet would, in crease the confidence of the country,”. Senator Sherman objected, because this was too broad ; that Secretory Chase would resign at mice if that was. passed.' Senator Fessenden .then amcndod : it to road—‘ A partial reconstruction,' and upon that the resolution passed, and aoonimitteof seven- was formed. Afterwards ‘ Senators Howard and Harris wore added, making it nine. On'Thursday, Senator King informed Mr. Seward of the action of the Senatcv arid he and Assistant ■ Secretary Soivni'd.at often sent to the President their resignation., .On Tiiurs: day evening the committee .'of Nino waited ■on the. President and- I laid : the -'matter' before him. No result .was-arrived at. but speeches wore made by the enemies of Mr. Seward, in ■which ,ho-was denounced' in unmeasured' terms. ■ 'i'lie Committee retired and left the matter ■in.the hands of the'President,■ believing’that it was all right. The Committee-from the Senatorial' Caucus were invited by the Pre sident to'meet.him at the White. House on Friday evening. On their-arrival they-found the whole. Cabinet there, excepting Secretary Scwa'nl. •• , The President introduced the.subject and stated the object of the Commitfopf . Secretary Chase at once stated that he did not come there to ;be arraigned-hy Senators. Senator Fessenden, sard ho 'did not eynie. there to' arraign anyone.- The President pa.id.they wore, all there on an equality, and " invited an, in terchange of opinion, ■ Senator Harris stated that ho w.is.not a,per son'al friend of Secretary Seward, though for merly a law partner, rind "thought,there'wore a large number of Republicans who wmiM re joice fit his leaving the. Cabinet, while an equally,large nnriibbr, vylioi-o in favor of his remaining. "He thought it would be.impo,- lilic and uncalled for, because ha quietly op posed any changes.■ ' Secretary-Stariton said that the- resolution" was evidently aimed at sumo one 1 else besides- Secretary Seward. If any one supposed he was responsible-fur Ihc disaster that had oc curred, they were, mistaken ; that ail the charges made‘against’ him wci-o false; that the President know that- Ibe charge that he was responsible for the movement on Freder icksburg was groundless j-'that neither lie nor General Hali'eck wc.ro'Vesponsible. Senator Grimes made a fierce onslaught .upon Mr,. Seward, ' Mr. Fessenden was-finn, hut determined. -’ The meeting laslbd until a late hour, and adjourned Without any 'result being accom plished.. Secretary Chase however, tendered liis resignation to the President, in order to place him in a position to use his own pleas ure., >. ’, Postmaster Blair who is, next to Mr. Rew ard, the most oljectionable man,, refused to resign. In all the interviews the President defended.Mr..Seward warmly, denying that he has actively interfered with military move ments, or that Ids policy bus been detrimen tal-to the conduct iif the.war. Ho expressed the most urihouiidod eiinfidence in Secretaries Stanton and and thought Seciotary Welles has done all that.could he-done. The Emancipation Policy. In the House of Representatives,’ Monday, the 15th,’ Mr. Samuel C. Fessenden offered tile following; llcs'nlred,' That the proclamation of the President of the date of September 22, 1802, is warranted hy the Constitution ; that (ho policy of. emancipation, as indicated therein, is well adapted to hasten, the restoration'of peace, and is well chosen as a win- measure, and is an exercise of power with, proper re gard to the rights of eitizensand the por.pitui ty of free government. Mr, Holman, of Indiana, moved to lay it on .the table. Disagreed to—yeas 53, nays 80. The resolution was then adopted— yeas 78, nays 51 ; as follows. I Yeas— Messrs.. Aldrich, Alloy, Arnold, Babbitt, Baker, Beaman. Bingham, Biair of Ya.,, Blake, Bnffinton, Burnham, Chamber lain, Clark, Colfax, Frederick A. .Oonklin-r, Roscoe Colliding, Cutter, Dawes, Delano', Dnell, Edgortcn, Edwards, Eliot, Ely, Fenton,' Sam C. Fessenden. Tr A. C. Fessenden', Fisher, Frank, Grouch, Goodwin, Gurley, Haight, Hickman, Hooper, Hutchins, Julian, Kelley, Kellogg of 111., Wm. Kellogg, Killinger, Lansing, Loomis, Lovojny, Low, McPherson;'Mitchell, Moorhead, Morrill of .Me., Morill, of Vt„ Nodi,, Patton, Pike, Pomeroy, Porter. Potter, Rico of Mass., Rice, of Me., Riddle, Rollins ol’N. 11., Sargeant, Sedgwick; Shellabergor, Sloan, Spaulding, Train, Trowbridge, Vaii Valkonbnrg, Van Wyek, Vorreo, Walker, Wall, Waslibnrno, White of lad., Wilson, Windom, and Wor cester—7B. N.vys—Messrs. Allen of 111., Ancona, Bailey, Biddle, Calvert, Cobb, Cox, Cravens, OrisficUl,Crittenden, Dunlap, English, Fmike, Granger, Crider, Hall. Harding, Harrison, Holman, .Corrigan, Knapp, Leary, Mallory, Maynard, Meuzios-, Morris, Noble, Norton, Odell, Pendleton, Perry'. Price, Richardson, Robinson, Rollins, of Mu., Sheffield, Shiel, Smith, Steele of N. Y., Stiles, Benjamin F. Thomas, Fritiuis Thomas, Vallandiglmm, Wadsworth, Ward, Whaley, White of Ohio, 1 Wiekliffo. Wright, and Yeaman—sl. The only Republican voting in the nega tive was Mr. Thomas, of Massachusetts. K7*Tho Rebels admit a loss of 3;500 at 1 Fredericksburg. m JOSEPH B.IILY. On all tost questions thus far decided in Con gress, the Representative, from this district has voted with the Democrats. Wo would uofmontion the matter 1 at all, for he has done nothing more than it was ex pected ho would do by the Democratic party ofthe district, were it not that wo see that the North American is complaining because lie did not vote with the Abolitionists. Mr.- Daily wan the regular nominee ot the Demo crats and was voted for, and elected as such. The Noifh American is mistaken in saying that ho ran ns “the Independent or Union candidate," Ho did no such tiling and could not have received the votes of Democrats had he done so. Mr. Daily has always been a democrat and his votes thus far would not seem .to indicate that he has in anywise changed, or that his election was so much ,of a “ triumph of Abolitionism” ns wab claimed by the opposition papers immediately after the election. . - Ho would have been false to his trust and recreant to,his party had he voted otherwise, than he had done. That ho will continue to sustain the principles of the party he has been so long identified with, and which has repeatedly honored him, wo have no doubt. The Abolitionists' have no claim upon his votes on narty questions. They know him to he a Democrat and they voted for him with their eyes open. They dare not say he de ceived them. Had they had any hopes of electing a candidate.• “ mud-turtle” President is nVftch given (Jp bad habit of lying. ■ Wo, are told by it t | the retreat across the Uappahannsok “ p r J R ! that a vigorous policy has at last been i n ! M gurated, Anh that the country may confident' ly look for early and favorable results.” Is the man insane ? Are they all drunk i Washington—President, Cabinet, .Congress and all ? Or dor they look npoh'thc people aS fools, that they permit such stuff as this « go out to the country in tlic official organ f The Press —another ■ string of the Forney lyre —tell us: . , “General Burnside is entirely salinfi„i with the result ofSaturday’s fight;