"pea-vine is- groWing so fast, that 1 believe
I shall soon be able to go out in the bright
"I would to God it could be so," said
the mother. But she did not believe it
could come to pass.
Then she stuck down a little stick for
the - pea-vine to run on, and tied a string
around it to keep the wind from blowing
it away. Every day it grew higher and
larger,
"Now it is beginning to blossom," said
Vie mother one day as she went up to the
window,,"l am beginning to think my
:dear daughter will get well again." She
had noticed that she had been getting more
cheerful and stronger of late. So on the
morning that the rea-vine blossomed she
raised-her up in bed and leaned her a
gainst a chair. The next week she was
able for the first time for many, many
months to go out of b..d and take a few
steps.
How happy she was as she sat in the
bright sunshine and looked at the grow
ing pea-vine. The window was open and
the morning breeze came skipping in.—
The girl leaned her hpad out of the win
dow and kissed her vine. That day was
a happy holiday to her.
"The good Father in heaven," my dear
child, "has • planted that little Cowering
pea there for you, and also to bring, hope
and joy to my heart." So spoke the
mother—and truly too.
Now what became of the other peas?
The one which flew out into the wide
world, and said as he passed, `"Catch me
ifyou can," fell in the gutter beside the
street, and was swallowed by a dove.
The two whteh went oft together fared
no better for they were both devoured by
the hungry pigeons. • .
The fourth pea which went off' toward
the sun didn't get half-way there, :but fell
in a water spout and lay there for weeks,
growing larger all the time.
"I am getting so corpulent!" it said one
day. "I shall soon burst, lam afraid, and
that' will certainly)pe the last of me." .•
And the Chimney, who afterwards wrote
his epitaph,. told rne-a few days ago that
he did burst. So that was the last of him.
But the sick girl stood one day with
bright eyes a'nd red cheeks at her mother's
little window, and folding her hands over
the beautiful pea-vine, thanked her Heav
enly father for his .goodness.
"I am proud ofmy vine," said the wid
ow. And so said all the world.
timunt
'WHIN DEMOCRATIC ERLEOWLEB CEASE TO LEAD, WE CEASE
SO r 0 0 .
WM. M. ifitESLIN, Editor and Proprietor.
LEBANON, PA
WEDI. 4 IEBDAY, JANUARY 8, 1862
Cttr The Legislature met yesterday
(juesday,) at 12 o'clock, noon.—
Should thorele no delay in organiz•
ing, the Governor's Message may :be
expected to.day, (Wednesday). 0-w
-ing to the peculiar political construe
tion of the House, its organization is
invested with more than ordinary in
terest. Should the Democrats and
Republicans elected on Union tickets,
Adhere strictly to their respective
parties, the Democrats will be in a
majority of 5, and of course control
the choice of Speaker, Clerk and oth
er officers. - Bat should the Union
members - decline to go Into the party
-ca;ueuses,,tkey will bold the balance
of power, and have the organilation
in their. own' hands. No difficulty,
however, is anticipated from this
cause. The session promises to be ,
one of considerable importance, as
grave measures relating to the finan
ces of the State, and her harbor .de
fences, will have to be considered and :
adopted.
GENERAL AIROLiLLAN'S
Tho reports of General McClellan's
serious illness, are authoritatively
contradicted. The latest despatches
from Washington. say that at no time,
has he been dangerously ill: ffe is
rapidly rebovering frorsa severe 'cold
taken at .Gen. Porter's last review.
lie is attending to all important bull•
noes, and will be out in a few. dhjii:
la. England is finding fault 'With
the efforts of our Government to Close'
up .Charleston harbor btranans of the
Stone Fleet, and some of the leading
English journals declare it the great
est outrage of this civilized age. Of
course, as England is determined to
quarrel with us, she will have plenty
i t t excuses for faultfinding, The on
ly pity. is that wo cannot settle up
our family quarA and give her a
chance.
Lir From all accounts utmost
gayity prevails at the National Capi•.
to! this There is
. nO. the
slightest seriousness, and every one`
seems to consider the present time
one especially created for amusement„
All is fun. The moire Cul faces are all
at the homes that the war has made
desolate.
-'The report, last week, of a bat:
tta !laving taken place at Pada - cab,
lierrtacky,_ was without foun4a449p.
Theitag of ,tl e Texas' camp, at
Dumfries, Y.a.,,As "faade of the bridv t l
dress of .74re. W4olll—pare
withAPutohe star.". •
Kansas has at present two
Governors. Charles Robinson con.
tends that he is entitled to hold the
reins of r wer another year, notwith
standing the people have elected an•
other man, under the conviction that
Robinson's term expired with the close
of 1861. But even loan pickings and
the barren dignities of the new State
seem to be toomuch far Robinson's vir
tues, and he • refuses to vacate the
place. Mr. Crawford; the GoVeroOr
elect, proposes that the claims of the
contestants be referred to the Supreme
Court of the State for settlement,
promising to yield to the decisioir.of.
the Court. , But Robinson has a con•
tempt for Supreme Cdurts and no
great opinion of the law itself, - and
accordingly refuses the fair offer. ,
Ser . The defences of Pennsylvania
here lately received some considera
tion.. From a late report thereon
we learn that Fort Delaware is now
ready to receive ite armament amount
ing to one hundred' and thirty-five
large guns, beside twenty flanking
24-pound howitzers.
Fort Mimin is also ready for its'en
tire armament, consisting of 47 large
guns.
Besides these -
propariniops, an ap
plication is now before eongress for
a grant of money to commence a
new fort, opposite Fort Delawareiand
for.the means of increasing the de
fensive capacity of Fort as
well as completing the barracks ac
commodations of Fort Delaware.
With respect to Lake Erie, Con
gress is also asked to grant a large
sum of money, for the purpose of
providing temporary defences at such
points on the Norther frontier as tnay
require them.
, xsa k . The Courier of last week in
a bad way because. of our denuncia
tions of the Tonalities exposed by
the Van' Wyok Committee.' We are
not surprised. CuMmings and 'a good
many others also - feel 'rather dpwn
just now. They haVe the right and
we will not dispute: it
. with
The Report is a hard fact and speaks
for; itself. the robbing and
plundering of the Government, from
Washington's adminiStration to the
present, if concentrated in to on e grand
operation, would fail to equal, in cul
pable recklessness anti bold rascality,
the dishonesty and fraud brought
to light by Odd Report.
. ter Messrs. Mason and Slidell left
Fort Warren on the morning. ©f the
Ist inst., for Provineetown, where
they were transferred to' the British
War steamer Rinaldo, criiichinci medi.
ately left for England. . •
Altr Accounts from Missouri state
that Gen. Prentiss, with 450 mai;
lately dispersed a, body - of 9017 rehels,
at Palmyra, in that State, killing and
wounding 150 of them and taking 35
prisoners.
Sqr A destriotive fire occurred in
Philadelphia, on Friday thorn ing
near Chestnut and Third streetsOn
which the American Telegraph Com.
puny, and the iloward Fix - press Com
pany suffered severely.
Gen. FREMONT is at Washingtoa,
and keeps very quie.t. at a priirate
house on E street. He will go before
the Iniestigating CoMmiitee.
He teas "a statement prepared that
will he put before ,them, and which
is said to . contain sonic astounding
revelations in reference to some Of
the charges made against him, mid
. . •
also about their authors.,
Or Col. Lewis' 110th Pennsylva
nia Regiment, left Harrisburg last
week, and on Friday at lEagerstown
got into a fracas ic► which ono *as
killed and fOur or five*minded. ' We
have not received the - particulars of
the difficulty.
irr Mr. Breckenridge is reported,
by the Canada papers, to have
ed for England, froirk Halifax, Nova
Scotia, on the 13th ult.
(gy - An expedition of aur army on
Saturday, attacked the rebels at
Huntorsville, Western Virginia, com
pletely routing th em capturing
$BO,OOO worth of array stereo. no
enemy bad= eight killed and wounded;
our side DODO.
(i Within a few 'weeks past a corps
of English engineers arrived at Windsor,
in Canada West, opposite Detroit, and
proceeded to lay out fortifications;-bring
ing that city within range. The Narks•
have been commenced, and, it continued,
will be ready for mounting the guns in
a short time. , The fort is situated on an
eminence, and'completely commands :the
whole rivet , front and the principe busi
ness portion of Detroit.
Gratifying News from Our Troops in
th • South.
Late ad 4., , r.) ifie South, via Rich:
mond, t.t'gratifying intelligence
of the finther advance of our troops into
the Rebel domain.
While a portion of General-. Sherman's
command have landed on Edisto bland,
ofithe coast of South Carolina, and from
then& penetrated inland to an important
staff upon the line ofthe Charleston and
Savannah Railroad, of which they took
possession, a wrtictn.of General Buttler's
Division
brA;broised the Mississippi
Sound fromo4ond and taken pos
session of Bikott ',one of the fashionable
wateririg-plipon the Gulf coast.
'Edisto - Island is about twenty-film miles
south -eaqt of Charl.”ton.
United States Direct Tax,
The direct tax assessed upon the
value of all the real estate in the
United States, - to raise the 'annual
sum of twenty millions of dollars,
as been overlooked by many persons,
who seem to be under the impres.
sion that there is but, one national
tax (the income tax) to be Teid.
a law of Congress', approved AVOW
sth, it, was prOided, in order to raise
the above mentioned annual sum;
that_each State abould . lte compelled
to furnish - a certain proportion of that;
amount, which is to be collected
the !ollowing manner: Assessors, ap
pointed by the President and approv
ed-by the Senate, will about the first
Of March next, ascertain the valUe of
`each price' of real estate, the valua
tion being based upon the: supposed
money value of such property.on the
first day of April. Property exempt
from taxation is that belonging to .he„
United States or any State, or that is
permanently or .especially exempted.
A .deduction of five hundred dollars
will be made from this valuation. All
persons assessing taxable property,'
or persons having the, care or man.
'agement of such property, will be
'required to furnish written lists of it
to the assessors. A 'fake or fraudu
lent list will itibject the Offender to
a fine of five dollars. After the esti
mates are completed, public notice
will be given bythe assessors where
may
'
their books may be seen and cor
rections be made. The place
at which taxes will be paid will
be published by - newspapers in each
'district twenty days , before the 'tax
hecomes due, and if 'persons neglect
to attend, according to notification,
the collector will make personal up.
plication to Ahem within sixty daya
after the rece,:pt, of the collection lists,
theff the taxes' are not paid with
in another twenty days, ho has pow
er to collect by distraint. The in.
come tax,'whielt will 'be levied on and
after the first of. January inst, will
be three Per cent. on incomes. above
eight hundred, d9jlara, except that
•
portion of such income which is de
rived frotn Treasury notes and other
United States securities, on which the
tax will be one and a half per cent.
The tax to be assessed on. incomes
dating from January 1861. In -esti
, mating the income all National, State
and local taxes, assessed, upon prop
erty from which the income is deriv.
ed, will be first deducted:" The pay.
ment of the tax' will be due' oir or
before the thirtieth day of June next,
and all sums unpaid on that day will
be subjected to an interest atthe rate
of six per cent, ,per annum, and in
default of payment.being made, with
in thirty days therbafter, the collec
tor is authorized to levy the sum on
the visible property of the defaulter,
and sell it, after due notice given.----
If no visible property is found, the
person assessed may be examined on
oath, and any stock or bonds he may
possess, be sold at public auction: A
refusal to testify, is punishable, by im
prisonment, until thu'tax is paid.
THE REPUBLIOA.N PARTY.
•
Tina Republican partpatill lives.—
Madison Journal.
Yes, it lives—but we - ,have a civil
war, a broken Union, an enormous
public debt, a direct tax,__, an' oppres
sive tariff, an empty treasury, a de.
serted capitol. The grave of Wash
ington is in a hostile land. Half a
million men in arms. A thousand
battle•fields drink the bloo'd of our
country's children. The deep trench
es are filling up with the bodies of
fairest sons. The nation awakes each
day to the boom of hestile
The glittering bayonets-of regiments
of meu are passing along the streets
in the murderous work of, the battle
field. The people rise in the Morn
big and lie. down at night amid scenes
Of'mortal strife. The newspaper col
umns throng with the sickening de.
-tails of battles and , death. The old
gorgeous banner of the Union, with
its ,cliedrful blazonry once the radi
ant 'emhlem orgreatnesii, progress,
unity and power, droops amidst the
smoke, of col flirt--=-ifsglory -
many States stricken out. Prjeo - ne
full; grain fields barren ;,homes" in
mourning; huebandmen turned sol; -
diers; the plow idle in the furrow;
great *ships rotting at the wharves of
Our cities; ~v;rass growing in places
where busy feet were wont, to tread;
the avenues of 'trade locked up; the
voice of humanity stilled in the din
of the deathly "war, of fighting men ;
the:family circle tern asunder, in boa=
tile groups; free speech restrained ;
at free . press hampered; the writ of
right suspended ; the civil law sus-
pended ; a militarylaw existing; and
its, permanent establishment threat
ened, predicted; and ,probableis is
Republicanism in its full fruition !
All this the bitter fruit of Repu Mean
ism not yet dead ! For the sake Of
country, people, the world,- and for
-the cause of liberty'and Union, would
that it had been strangledin its birth.
—.Aritwaukie News.
- _
AN EXTRAORDINARY AND. FATAL
EXPIAINIENT MADE BY A BOY.-ElR
gy Lull, 17 years of age, son of Mr.
of Pittsfield, Maine,
.eatne to his death, on Thursday night.
last, under the following singular
'circumstances
Tuesday night, after he had , retired
•
to the bed with his grandfather, he
complairied of being unwell, and ;fter
beingmestioned, confessed that he
had swallowed ten 'stones, eight lead
en bullets, ands metal button. After
this' confession, the grandfather got
up and informed the boy's father of
what had been done, who, being Some
thing
. of a doctor,. told - his son with
tears in his eyes, that the best he
could do was to prepare his mind for
death; for if he had done what ho
.Said, no earthly power could save him.
it was not known how large the
stones were that he swallowed,, but
one found in his jacket was as large as
a walnut. , The. reason the boy gave
for swallowing the stones was, because
he wanted to do , what a humbug
showman pretended to dn: at a Cattle
Fair, i e..eat stone. It appears.that
;the bqy did really suppose s that:the
inanllvedqqfitonSs; as heirOppded,-;
'and ) . as he said, thought ••Ae cOffl do
life same.' - - • • •
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY
Bitter Feeling at the State Capital.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times, writing from Frankfort, Ky.,
under the'date of Dee:
The political lines are being drawn
very closely here, anti the feeling is
.riaidto...Lukgrpwing. extremely bitter,.
though it is a.t present concealed.—
Many of '.the tnion men do not hesi
tate to declare that Kentucky ought
:to, hepl aged., uncles the severest mill.
tary law, and that even if a military
despotism is necessary to the salya
tion of the Staie ' it ought to, be. es
tablish,ed,xithont delay.. They de
clare too much freedom has been al
lowed to Seceision symp,tithizers, and
that it ikhigh time they ,w'ere -sup.
prpssecl. .
Serious TroufikAnticipated.
Persons here have told me that
they would notbe surprised, at any
time,if a gioslsanguinary strife should
occur in this county between citizens
holdi,pg,fliffugent political opinions,
and if the" Most terrible scenes would
be enacted butween those who are so
cially Mends, a d• ar relatives
to each other:
Fears of a Serm nsurrection.
Apprehension ex so felt in this
county of a servile insurrection,.: ud
theuegroes are closely watched, tho'
treated, I believe with• more than
usual kindness. "Vlore than one slave
holder lies down at night with a dread
that he ,may be 'awakened by the
roaring of flames frpru his fired dwell
ing.
hopes of the Kentucky Secessionists: .
The secessionists, or southern-righ
teen, as, they _prefer.to be-called,. as
sume tolavemet only great
,hope,
but sincere belief, that the rebels un
der General Buckner And Johnston
will have possession of the State be
fore the month cif,A . pril, all& some
declare- the-next session of the Leg
islature will neverbeheld here, as be
fore that period:-.the.second Wednes
day of February—Frankfort.will` be
in. the hands of arowed traitors
to the Government, • :
Burnside's Expedition.
WA.sp.xNoToN,4.Anij2,-1862.—Burn
.sido's; expeditionovhich will probe.
bly' sail within the,'present week, -w it
be followed by: the. most
. itnpottant
results, here in well
informed circles, that its successful
landing. will-be the signal-for adVa.nee.
But a short ! , time ago Gen. McClellan
inquired of Gen. Potter in what time
ho could move? ,Being - answered in
twenty-four hours, he rejoined that
he "wished the soldiers not to be de
luded into the belief that they were
about goinginto winter quarters - but
'have themselves in readiness, As_ they
Would shortly, move forwayd.."_ Since,
that. ime it hastrapspired that..orders
have been .given to move yia °cep:
quan.
As the . Burnside Expedition will.
probably ascend' the ;Rappahannock
river, a movement forward via Oeco
!luau will compel ,the ,_.evacuation of
the rebel batteries on the .Potomac,
and aleO . .give us pesseision of the
terminus of the Richmond railway at
Acquia creek, leave' the Coif fad
erates at Mantissas the. bhoiee of two
evils :. fall baek on RichMond, or
completely outflanked and captur•
ed bY.MeClellan's masterly strategy.
CommodoiUGoldsborough, who is
to command the naval portion of. Gen.
Burnside's expedition, has atrived at
Annapolis and is busy inspecting the
transport fleet.. Probably all of the
vessels ordered to rendezvous at that
place are now there, and most of them
are in readiness to sail. The regiments
are also ready to embark- SeVeral
provision-laden Schoonershave already
sailed from Annapolis for Fortress
Monroe; and.Otliers are on the Way
there from New York.
Imilorihnt from Mexico. ,
NEW Yoax, Jan. 2.—The steam
ship Columbia arrived at this port
this morning from Havana.
Intelligence had reached Havana
that the city of Vera Cruz had been
occupied by ,the l §paniards, and. that
the Spanish flag',VTLy3 waving over San
Juan
The Spanist squadron took pans
sion of San Juan - d'Ulloa on the 16th
of December. - The city was evacuat
ed by the troops on the next
day. They retired"without 'firince a.
gun.
Ila,vana letters state that Santa
Anna and kiramon are both to'go to
Gen. Prim Was at Havana, and a-
bout to leave - with reinforcements for
Meriice.
Nzw Jan. 2.—From the-Hat
"vana _Diarib we learn that the Gover.
nor of Vera Cruz waawilling to evac
uate the city, but demanded and re.
ceivedarespjto of t*enty-fonr hours..
Gen. Gossett, on landing, is.4ued a
proclamation to the troops, and an.
other to the people ' the latter being
to the effect that the troops had come
.thither only to demand satisfaction
for the failure of treaties and violence
committed against their compatriots,
and to obtain guitrantees against Si ru
liar outrages in future: The greatest
_satisfaction of 'the army will be, after
;fulfilling its mission from the Queen,
to return to its own coiintr3r with the
certainty, of having merited the af
fection of the Mexicans.
Nearly a hundred pieces of rifled
cannon, of the latest Kilt:ern, were
found In San Jean
HOW THE REBELS OET INFORMVMA•
TION.
It has been well known for weeks that
the Rebels have managed to-obtain infor
mation,of our anticipated movements.' and
it has been a source of much:trouble and
anxiety to the departments, how •they
have become so thoroughly •acquainted
with even the details of our movements.'
Last week it was ascertained that they:
were acquainted with .the destination of
the Burnside fleet, as evinced , by -their
movements. An inquiry was At once set.
on foot to learn where ,the..leakageohadl
been, while the fleet was detained and itki
destination changed. The rumor upon
the streets, for the last few,days, has point-.
ed out a daughter .131,Art official high
Authority., , It is said that ,the movements.
4reie'disoUised it thiA(man,
iaiid thai his daughter ievealed-AliUm- Co
her lover, who, in his turn, communicated
them to the Rebels. She has left the town
within a few days, and, in the absence of
positive proof, we suppress the names.—
It is supposed that this ancient officer will
take a trip to Europe for the "benefit of
his health," during the coming week.—
We learn that the authorities forgot toad
minister the oath of allegiance to,the afore
said
YoUng lady before she left the town - ,
but ifshe returns there is no doubt that
she will haVe to;take the oath before she
is again admitted into the councils of the
nation.
THE IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT.
Said a laboring man the other day, who
had been in the habit - of voting the Re
publican ticket, "I began to-see where the
"irrepressible conflict" is to be, it this war
is made an abolition war. It will be be
4,ween the white laborers of the North and
the negroes turned loose to complete with
them." And so it will be, of course. If
these States are overrun with wandering
and half civilized negroes, compelled to
work sirriplyfor their bread and clothes,
the price : of labor will naturally run down
to a low figbre, and the white laborers will
feel the first pressure.
IMPORTANT FROM POINT orROCKS,
POINT or.RocKs, Jan. s.—Six thousand
Rebels attacked the Fifth Connecticut
Regiment,near Hancock, yesterday, while
protecting the.. railroad. After a slight
skirmish, our men retired to this side of
the Potomac to await reinforcements.
Meanwhile the Rebels destroyed the
railroad-and telegraph lines, breaking our
communication With Cumberland.
General Lardner is marching to the re
lief of the Fifth Regiment, with a sufficient
force. The loss on either side *is un
known, but is believed to - be trifling.
The Rebels'have been shelling our po
sition at intervals all day. Our artillery
has responded. The Rebel shells did no
inisChief.
IMPORTANT FROM CAIRO.
Galveston to be Burned
CAIRO, Jan. s.—Six hundred submarine
batteries have been planted bet* en Co
lumbus and Memphis by the Rebels. A
gentleman who witnessed the experiments
made with these batteries, stated that they
were entirely successful. •
The Houston Telegraph of the 20th
ult. says that the people of Galveston are
in a considerable stew over the report that
General Hebert has ordered the destruc
ton of Galveston if the city could not be
defended.
Jeffi Davis' agents at Havana are a
droitly using General Phelps' (Ship Island)
proclamation to create the impression with
the Spaniards that, if the Federal army
subjugates the rebels, Mr. Lincoln will
turn his army and navy. against "slavery
and the Roman Catholic religion in the is
land of Cuba." -At a grant public recep
tion-of the Spanish General Prim., at Ha
vana; while en route for Mexico, , the. rebel
flag was, in •the presence of high official
dignitaries, lovingly sandwiched in be
tween the English Union Jack and the
French tri-color, the Stars and Stripes be.
ing left out-in the cold.
Why do our Generals issue such fool
ish proclamations as. Phelps'?
THE Aaatv PAY Rous.—lt is said that
the muster and pay rolls of the army of
the Potomac, closed up to December ?1,
1861, are much more free from errors than
those, formerly sent in. If a depletion of
the Treasury does not prevent it—of
which there is some apprehension—the
army will be paid off much earlier in the
month than usual.
ter The consecration ofthe Rev. Win.
Bacon Stevens, D. D.—rector of St. An
drew's Church, Philadelphia 7 -to the As
sistant Bishopric of Pennsylvania, as suc
cessor to thelate Bishop Bowman, took
place in that church on Thursday. The
service.s, which commenced at IQ/ o'clock,
Were of a very imposing character. Cler
gymeb, in large numbers, from all parts
of the diocese, were present, and a num
ber &Bishops 'from the various States,
took part in the solemn 'and interesting
cerimonies.
PROPOSED BANKRUPT ACT.-:-A commit
tee of merchants of New York, have pre
pared a draft of an act for the considera
tion of Congress, for a general bankrupt
law. This act has been framed by Mr.:
Wm. Allen Butler, Of that city, with as
careful a view to the interest of creditors
as of honest and unfortunate debtors. It
combines the provisions of the new Eng
lish bankrupt act, which has lately taken
effect, with those of the French law, the
United. States act of 1841, and the Massa
chusetts insolvent law. It provides for
the full and unconditional discharge of the
debtor upon the surrender of all his prop
erty for distribution without preference a
mong all his creditors, and upon his com
pliance with the provisions of the act.—
The assignees in bankruptcy are to be
appointed by the creditors, and other pro
visions are made to guard their interests.
The proposed act, is comprised in thirty
three sections. It will receive the careful
consideration of the National Legislature.
kir It is said the British naval force
in the American waters, under the flags
of Sir A. Milne and Admiral Daere:9, will
shortly "number one thousand guns, and
will include some of the fastest and most
efficient ships in the'British fleet.
A BOLA AT ruder TO ROB GENERAL TOM
THUME.—The dressing-rdom of General
Tom Thumb,in Chicago, was entered on
Friday night by some experienced burg
lars, and the trunks containing his ward
robe—eight in number--broken or cut
open, and the contents scattered promis
cuously upon the floor. His jewelry,:
however, valued atION:100, wrui deposi
ted elsewhere. The • thieves, therefore,
failed in their design: •
FANATIC7ISAI RUN MAD.---Seitia,tor.
Wade, of Ohio, last week presented
a petition in thel.T. S. senate =to make
"Fremont aLieutenant General," and
t4ms Place him over Major General
McClellan.
It. hah z bece propesed to tax
tpjegrapiii sAmApti4fipa, .for revenue
o . er ‘ .. the tGaatiralPGandirottfenti. • We
aYeThriavdr-Oftthe';igtitlat,leasi for .
the I hig
gent over the iv i i . reiL
'stop to a great ,ouisance.
3LXXVlltheongress.
Abstract of Proceedings
MONDAY, Dec. 30.—1 n the Senate, sev
eral petitions were presented for the abo
lition of slavery. The : Secretary of War
qtlined furnishing the correspondence be
tween Generals Scott and Patterson. A
bill for acquiring:titles in the District of
Columbia, and one relating to the proper
ty of alien enemies; were 'referred. The
Senate then adjourned until Thursday.
In the House, resolutions were moved
calling upon the Secretaries of the Treas
ury and the 'lnterior to furnish certain
formation'to ihe select ponimittee on gov
ernment employies. '-AA debate ensued,
in which Messrs.-Rotter, Wickliffe, Olin
and Mallory took part, and „the resolutions
were not received. Mr: Stevens, ofPenn
aylvania, reported. asliill creating ports of
entry, and, incidenky alluding to the
Trent Affair, he' described the conduct of
France as impertinent. IVir. Spaulding,
of New York, introduced a !All authoriz
ing the.issue of Treasury notes payable
on demand. Referred. The Secretary
of War, in the reply to the resolution call
ing on him to furnish,all the general ord
ers relative to the transportation of troops
and munitions, handed in a report ..from
Quartermaster, General Meigs, stating that
he had not issued any. Annexed to 'the
report is a tariff,of rates for transportation.
The House adjourned till Thursday.
THURSDAY, Jan. the Senate, a
resolution was adopted calling for all the
diplomatic correspondence relative to neu
tral and belligerent rights on the ocean
since the Congress of Paris. Mr. Kenne
dy presented the resolutions of the Mary
land Legislature, protesting against any
interference with slavery in the States by
the general government. A resolution
was adopted instructing the Finance Com
mittee to inquire into the expediency of
establishing a distinct bureau of the Treas
lfryDepartment to regulate mints. Also,
resolutions instructing the Committee on
Military Affairs to inquire into 'the neces
sity of increasing the military status of the
United States, calling on tile War Depart
ment for information about the number of
c valry-regiments, and whether it would
able to convert into infantry those
is not yet mustered into service,
and also calling for copies of the reports'
of the Surgeon General and. Sanitary Com
mission on the health of the army.
. In the House, Judge Kelley introduced
n bill to provide for the defence of the city
of Philadelphia and of the Delaware river,
which was referred to the IVlilitary Com
mittee. A resolution was adopted inquir
ing why certain New York regiments-in
Washington are not furnished with arms.
Mr. Vallandigham was refused leave to
offer a resolution of enquiry relative to the
amount of the floating debt of the United
States and the amount of duties' collected
on tea, sugar and coffee during' the year
1861. The Van Wyck committee has so
frightened some people, in Congress as
well as out•of it, that they smell a rat in
everything that squints towards "investi
gations." Well, the time is probably not
for distant when enquires - relative to the
welfare of the nation will not be consid
ered out of order in Congress nor out of
it.
' BIGAMY EXTRAORDINAny..—,.A young
man, named Levi Irvine of :Bloomsburg,
Pa., being enamored of two young.ladies,
married them both, on last Saturday eve
ning. The girls of course; were ignorant
that they married the same man at almost
the-same-time, and were greatly distress
ad" when the fact was discovered. 'Two
days afterwards, the bridegroom was in
the country jail for taking more wives
`than the law allows,—Philadelphia
Ledger.
Levi Irvine, eyidentiy doubted his
abili
ty to maintain a wife these hard times,
and so concluded - to marry two and make
them support him.. A yery thoughtful
fellow that Levi Irvine.— ..
"One atilt - nit, and the other can spin,
marry, them both, says Brien O'Lyun."
Another Fight . A.t: : . , y00 Pickets.
FIGHTING IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
From, the Richmond _Enquirer
and Whig Of the 3d,. and D mpatclt
of the 2d, we glean the following
summary :
From Pensacola.
MOBILE, Jan. I.—A confeder
ate steamer going from Pensacola
to the Navy Yard was fired upon
from thebatteries of Fort Pickens.
Gen Bragg's batteries, replied and
the firing was continued at last ac
counts.
:The Richmond Pespatch of Fri
day says the Confederate batteries .
replied to Pickens, and the firing
continued all day. No vessels
were engaged on either side, and
no casualties occurred with
Gen: Bragg *as but. Gen.
Anderson was in command. Gen.
Bragg returned-on the 2d, but the
Federals did not renew the attack,
, and our`gins were silent.
',Fro); tiw South Varaina Coast.
- .AUGUSTA, Jan. 2. 77 Private de
spatches-received .4oraTocataligo,
dated on yeaterday,.. state that the
Federals attempted an advance.
from Port Royal 'Ferry but were.
Tepitliedliyilie Fourteenth 'Regi
ment ef South Carolina Volun,
Lteeti, under command of 041onel
The Confederate-104
.fifteal gilled - aiid . ivoundekt One
,Yankee was takes pol•Sener, but
l'their loss is not otherwise stated.•
--,
Lee hasinfornielfJef Davis
that he pis confident of his ability
preivencthe Federals from froth ad
,-vaticingen Charleston o 65,4Vart n ah.
li:(97ltiregt• - ire. South • Carol6ia. •
C • S tr
KARLESpaIf, S .
r:Fig ting
.011 the coast commenced
i 7 yesterdity. Thirty-five hundred of
Lthe.xte.my,.l4tided "on.' the main,
.
near Port Royal .rerry. Th e y
:were met with the -bayonet-bi-to
'regiments. of.:'The
.Yaidiees fled' preoip
i ng away their arina':naithey: ran._
They were driven: nto4heir -beats:
The howitzers on. theirboatikipen
ed fire on our trop killing six
11 011 0 Y -- ;ThlYbefilikilltai4 43 46 l i t
the
7:To~cay' ay -
•
.mudbla-ikerlorteWite,4 d
place. Gen. Gregg's brigade fell
back a short Distance to an eligi
ble position. The pickets were
skirmishing all day.
The enemy•design an attack on
the railroad, and cannot av'oid
battle.
THE UPPER POTOMACf.
A gentleman from Harper's Fer
ry, says that the rebels are evident
ly concentrating-a'heavy force a
long the lice of the 'Upper Poto
mac. It is beliOred tfiat they have
a force of - tiVenty thomanxta
Leesburg.
`They go Right .tirifie Spot,'
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Mr. Spalding.
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