$ tje. Ccincastei-JlMclligenccr GKO. SANDERSON, EDITOR. A. SANDERSON. Aeeociate. LANCASTER, PA., FEBRUARY 11, 1862. circulation, uooo copiebi BußSOi7nox Pum, $B,OO F«r nmarn,. a- 8. M. Piniaam k Oo.’a Asmnsma Agmct, 119 Kama street, New York, andio State street, Boston. 8, BL PißnroiLL'ft 00, are Agents for Tjte hancatar Jr&Btamcer, and the most influential and latest eircnla* ttngNewspapers in tto United States and the Ganiidaa.-- Thar are authorised to contract for na at onr Usem rates 49»M&tbxk ttJuiXvtK No. flss Broadway, New v *grK» are authorized to receive 'advertisements for Tht iraeux ameer, at our lowest rates. . . w 43- Y. B Palmer, the American Newsjwper Agent, M. B. corner Fifth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, is authorized to receive subscriptions and advertisements tor this paper, at our lowest rates. His receipts will be re garded as payments. . , a «♦ josEi Webster’s Advertisihq Agesct Is located at H’o.BO Tforth fith-Htreet,- Philadelphia. He is authorized to receive advertisements and subscriptions for The Lancaster JaUHigmcer. TX FLAG. Now our flag is flung to the wild winds free, Let it float o'er our father land, And the guard of its spotless fame shall be Columbia’s chosen band. jjQy The senior Editor returns his sincere thanks to his fellow-citizens for their noble vindication of hie character on Tuesday last, and he shall endeavor so to discharge the high trust repoßed in him as that they shall have no cause to regret the decision they have made. THE CITY ELECTION. The official returns of the City Election will be found in our local columns. The poll was very heavy, considering that more than 500 of our voters, at least four-fifths of them Democrats, are now in the army, and the contest was one of the most spirited we have ever witnessed at any election. The means resorted to by the opposition were anything but creditable to those concerned in the desperate effort to break down the De mocracy of the oity. Slander, misrepresenta tion, falsehood and defamation against the Democratic Union candidate for Mayor were the principal weapons used by the unprinci pled combination, and money was freely lavish ed to corrupt the voters. But it all did not avail. The people—the honest masses—took the matter in hand, and gave Buch a rebuke to the coalition as their base and infamous conduct deserved. The Union tickets, with two or three excep tions, formed at Lechler’s Hotel on the eve ning of Monday the 20th of January, are triumphantly elected in all the wards, and the Mayor, agaiDSt whom the whole fight was made, has also been re-elected by a handsome majority. The old city still stands as firm for theVUujon and the Constitution as the Rock oftkjfbralter, and factious combinations in vain essay to drive it from its proud posi tion. ON A NEW TACK ! The Express is walking into the affections of the Examiner in fine Btyle, on account of the gross and calumnious attack made by the latter upon Messrs. Gara, Housekeeper, Sam son and Brubaker, Prison Inspectors, for their votes continuing Mr. Cadwell as Keeper of the Prison. Geist must have somebody to “ pitch into,” in order to make his filthy sheet sell; and as he is done with the Mayor for the present, and has taken a turn or two at the Street Committee and Street Commissioner, he drops them and goes into Jack Hiestand and his “ ring ” with a perfect rush. Well, we feel perfectly indifferent as to the result of this family quarrel, not caring which of the belligerents comes off second best in the melee. In point of character we think they are about on a par— Giest having the most brains, and Jack the most money—and neither of them to be trusted farther than they can be Been. As to Mr. Cadwell, we believe he is about as good in every respect, if not a little better, than either his assailant or apologist, and that is not saying a great deal for him. It is an interesting fight as it stands, and the public at large will, doubtless, he largely benefited by this intestine war. FROM FORNEY’S PRESS—FEB. 4. “ The people of Lancaster should, in vindi cation of their own character, rebuke George Sanderson, and they will find in Dr. Gassidt a true exponent of their sentiments.” THE ANSWER FROM THE PEOPLE, Sanderson 1132 Cassidy 1098 Sanderson’s majority We direct the special attention of the Black Republican Secretary of the U. S. Senate to the above response to his appeal, of Tuesday morniDg last. We shall say nothing more at present in reference to John W. For ney; but as he has been hounding us for the last year or two —in fact since the day he basely deserted the Democratic party and sold himself to the enemy for a valuable con sideration —we may take occasion, when we have a little more leisure, to speak of bis con duct as we think it deserves. We have held off thus long, not that we fear either his malice or his pen, but simply because we did not de sire a personal controversy with him on ac count of former friendship. Longer torbear ance, however, has ceased to be a virtue, and if Forney' wishes to continue his personal flings and misrepresentations, he shall be accommodated to his heart’s content. He will, perhaps, find that the editor of the In telligencer is both able and willing to break a lance with him, though he may not have studied Shakespeare to the same extent that his vilifier has done. A CORRECTION. In the table of County Receipts and expen ditures, as published in the Lancaster Exam iner, Union , Express, Columbia Spy, &c., last week, the item of $1642.50, under the head of Miscellaneous, is charged to Mayor Sanderson, as the amount of Mayor’s and Constables’ costs for vagrants and drunken and disorderly persons arrested, committed and discharged during the year 1861. Of this amount the sum of $433,42 was received by the Mayor, for the use of the City, for ; road damages, but through an unintentional mistake in the Com missioners’ office was added to the costs of the Mayor and Constables. The table is corrected in the Intelligencer. 86?" A terrible riot occurred at Riohmond on Tuesday night last, during the progress of which several police officers and others lost their lives. It commenced in a drunken brawl, and the Mayor of the city is blamed with a derilection of duty. I^ 1 J- Murray Rush, Esq., a prominent member of the Philadelphia bar, died very suddenly; on Friday evening last, in the 49th year of his age. A WORD IN REPLY. The Express, Examiner, Union, and For* j ney’s Press have been hounding us for the : last nine months with fiendish malignity, and j charging us with treason in all its different j. phases—the whole object and intention of. which was to prejudice the public mind against ns and pave the way for. defeating oar re election to the Mayoralty. - They did not ene. oeed, however, in this cherished projeot— thanks to the majority of the people of Lan caster, who knew os better. Ourfellow*oitizens have nobly and triumphantly vindicated our character against all these villainous assaults, and we feel more than ever grateful to our friends for this mark of their confidence. That the editor of the Intelligencer is now, or ever has been, disloyal to the Government or the Union, in thought, word, or deed, is as false as the base and malignant hearts of those who uttered or printed the charge. It is true he sought to avert the dreadful calamity which has befallen the country, by every means in his power, as long as there was any hope for peace ; but as soon as war was declared by the proclamation of President Lincoln, and the oall for troops made, he justified the act upon the ground that the Republican CoDgress, which refused, under the administration of Mr. Buchanan, to pro. vide for the contingency of rebellion, bad left Mr. Lincoln no other alternative. At the same time he has not failed to expose the rascality and peculation of a Bet of thieves and plun derers of the public" treasury, whose boasted patriotism all the time has been measured by the dollars and cents they oould abstract from the poor soldiers and the Government in order to enrich themselves. We have done all this, and shall do it again, despite the ravings and slanders of a pensioned press, its aiders and abettorß. This is the head and front of our offending—nothing less, nothing more—and our politioal enemies may make the most of it. “ The vote of every man who sells lager beer on Sunday, or otherwise contrary to law, and those whom such could influence, were cast agaiDSt him.”—[Cassidy.] We clip the above sentence from an editorial of the Express on the evening sub sequent to the election, from which we infer that the immaculate Geiat has again mounted his temperance hobby. Before he rides too far in this direction, however, we would beg leave to ask him a question, which we hope to seo answered without equivocation or men tal reservation. It is this: Does he know of two gentlemen who, it is rumored, visited a certain tavern or grog shop in South Queen Btreet, on the Sunday evening prior to the election, about 8 o’clock, and then and there treated themselves and the erowd in the house to liquor which waß bought and paid for by one of these same gentlemen—and all this, on the part of the landlord and his vißiters, con trary to law ? If he does not, we do; and it may be possible that even he, this same im maculate temperance reformer, may yet be put upon the witness stand and made to tell whether he is cognizant of the fact or not.— People who reside in glass houses should be careful not to throw stones, and perhaps Geist will find that he is not done with this matter yet. We await further developments in ref erence to this Sunday night electioneering tour out South Queen street. ANOTHER VICTORY. We learn by a dispatch from Chicago that the expedition against Fort Henry, on the Tennessee river, has been entirely successful, and that the fort is now in the possession of the Federal troops. The fight appears to have been conducted entirely by gun-boats, the land forces belonging to Gen. MeClernand’s divis ion, and numbering 8,000 men, not reaching the scene of action until two hours after the surrender. Fort Henry is situated about fifty miles above the mouth of the Tennessee river, and has been constructed 6ince the commencement of the rebellion. According to previous ac counts, about 4,000 rebel troops were stationed at that point in anticipation of an attack.— The fort, or more properly intrenched camp, mounted seventeen guns. The Federal loss was trifling. Two rebel Generals, one Colonel, two Captains and sixty privates were taken prisoners. What became of the balance of the rebel force is not stated, but it is not improbable that Gen. McClernand followed up his victory by pursuing aDd capturing thorn. THE PUBLIC DEBT. According to the remarks of Mr. Spalding, delivered in the House of Representatives, at Washington, on Tuesday last, upon the bill to issue United States Notes, the Secretary of the Treasury has borrowed ono hundred millions of dollars, at Beven and three tenths per cent., and issued six per cent, bonds for fifty millions, for which he has received not quite forty five millions. The public debt, on the 15th of January, was three hundred and sixty millions, seven hundred and sixty-four thousand dollars. Up to next July, it will be six hundred and fifty millions, and if the war continues until July, 1863, the estimated debt will be twelve hundred millions of dollars, in cluding the floating debt. Mr. Spalding urged that under the constitution the power of taxation on real and personal property was unlimited, and it is this property which will form the basis of the notes proposed to be issued. With ample taxation these will be the very best medium, because the whole pro perty of the country will be held for their redemption. The constitutional power to issue demand notes, and make them a legal tender in the payment of debts, is not doubted by many. EXPULSION OF MR. BRIGHT. The following is the vote in the U. S. Senate on the expulsion of Senator Bright, of Indi ana, for constructive treason : Yeas— Messrs. Anthony, Browning, Chan dler, Clarke, Collamer, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster, Grimes, Hale, Harlan, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Johnson, King, Lane, (Ind.) McDougal, Morrill, Pomeroy, Sherman, Simmons, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade, Wilkinson, Wilmot, Wilson, (Mass.) Wilson (M0.)—32. Nays—Messrs. Bayard, Carlisle, Cowan, Harris, Kennedy, Latham, Nesmith, Pearce, Powell, Rice, Saulsbury, Ten Eyck, Thomson and Willey—l 4. A STRINGENT LAW. A bill has become a law, which authorizes the President of the United States, whenever in his judgment the public safety requires it, to take possession of all the telegraph lines, and any or all the railroads in the United States, and is very stringent in its provisions. The second section makes any attempt to in terfere with the unrestrained use of the pro perty by the Government punishable by death, or such other penalty as a court-mar tial may impose. The third section appoints three commissioners to determine and assess the damages suffered by the owners of the tel egraph lines and railways so seized, and makes the award of the commissioners final. The fourth section places the lines and roads under the immediate control of the Secretary of War ; whilst the fifth seotion gives to each of the commissioners eight dollars a day while in actual service; the aet to remain in force until the rebellion is suppressed. About Poultry.— The farmers of Salem county, New Jersey, recently sent to the New Yorjc markets, in one day, forty thousand pounds of poultry. The lot consisted of 1,799 geeße, 900 ducks, and 3,500 pounds of chickens, making in the aggregate the above total. * OrR PRtENPS JtrBU.ANT 1.... We feerexceedingTy grateful to our brelh ren of the press, at a distance, for the flatter ing notice they have taken of our re-election. We have only room for the following, among many of the same sort: [From the Harriabnrg Patriot.] Election In liMicaiter. The election for Mayor of the oity of Lan caster, held on Tuesday last, resulted in the' ohoice of George Sanderson, Esq., the present incumbent, and editor of the Intelligencer, by a majority of eighty font votes ovor Dr. Cas sidy, the “ Citizens-Union ” candidate. This result is a great Democratic victory, in view, of the means resorted to to prevent the re election of Mayor Sanderson.’;' The Republi cans, in accordance with the policy they have pursued for some time, refused to nominate a candidate of their own, but induced Dr. Cas sidy, a* Democrat -and a gentleman" of"great’ personal popularity, to become a candidate.— By this means it was expected that enough Democratic votes would be 7 drawn from San derson to accomplish his defeat. It was urged against him that he was a “ Breckinridge editor,” and consequently disloyal, and the usual attempt was made to array all loyal citi zens against him. But notwithstanding the odds opposed to them, the noble Democracy of Lancaster city stood firm, and gained a sig nal viotory over the allied powers. [From the Heading Gazette.] We rejoice at the triumph of Capt. Sander son, who is an honest man, a faithful officer, and a true Union man. Achieved as it was over a most violent and vindictive opposition, which attempted to defame his personal and official character, and sought to fasten the re proach of sympathy with the Southern treason upon him, his re-election is no ordinary vio tory, but one of which both he and the De mocracy of the State at large may be proud. [From the Lewiaberg Argns.] Democratic Victory in Lancaster. —We are rejoiced to learn that Geo. Sanderson, Esq., the able editor of the Lancaster Intelli gencer, Has been re elected Mayor of Lancaster city.' The combination against him embraced all factions ; his viotory, therefore, is com plete. [From the Elkton (Md.) Democrat.] Hon. George Sanderson, present Mayor of Lancaster, and editor of the Intelligencer, has again been unanimously nominated by the Constitution loving citizens of that oity. The election took place on Tuesday last, and Mr. Sanderson was re-eleoted over Dr. Cassidy, the Citizens’ Union candidate, by 84 majority. The contest was very warm. FROM EUROPE. The steamships Hansa and City of Balti more arrived at New York on Wednesday, and the Nova Sootian at Portland, bringing foreign advices to January 24. Earl Russell, in his letter to the Shipowners’ Association of Liv erpool, alluding to the stone blockade, says that such a measure would seem to imply des pair of restoring the Union, and that Lord Lyons had been notified that it could not be justifiable. On the contrary, it would be against free intercourse of the Southern States with the civilized world. It was like wise understood that the French government was about to express their disapprobation of the measure. Mr. Massey, member of Par liament, bad been advocating European inter ference in American affairs, and putting an end to the straggle between the North and South by recognizing the Confederate States and breaking the blockade. The Times how ever opposed the views of Mr. Massey, and recommended non interference as the true course for England to pursue. Ou the strength of a London letter to a Paris journal, it was freely asserted that the British government would protest against the proposed closmg of certain Southern ports. — The U. S. gnn boat was Btill watching the rebel steamer Nashville at Southampton. An appalling catastrophe had occurred at the Hartley coal mine, near Newcastle, two hun dred and fifteen of the miners being buried alive. Six days’ efforts to rescue them were unavailing. Finally, about one hundred of the miners were recovered, but it was feared that the others were all dead in another por tion of the mine. The privateer Sumter had been compelled to leave Cadiz. She then pro ceeded to Gibraltar, and on the passage cap tured an American bark laden with fruit.— Six of the crew of the Sumter deserted while the vessel was at Cadiz, and the captain claimed them as deserters, but the Spanish officials refused to surrender them. THE TAX BILL It is understood that the tax bill is now being perfected in its details by the Commit tee on Ways aud Means in Congress. It pro poses a moderate rate of taxation upon most of the articles of necessary consumption, with higher rates on distilled liquors and other articles of luxury, on legacies and probates, cn passengers of railroads and other conveyances, newspapers and telegraphic messages. From these sources, taken in connection with the tariff on imports, it is confidently expected, after tho most careful investigation, that the Government will derive an annual revenue of at least $150,000,000. This tax bill will give to the United States bonds a suro specie paying security. The committee have also considered the subject of a national banking law, which will require the deposit of United States stock as security for the bank notes that are circulated as currency. • Some of the Republican papers are down on “Old Abe” for appointing Mr # Stanton —a life-long Democrat and honest man—Secretary of War. They say the Pres ident has insulted his party, and kicked over a plank of the Chicago platform. Tut, tut, —get out, ye grumblers. The appointment of Stanton was the best act the President has performed. With a Democrat at the head of the army (McClellan,) and a Democrat in the War Department, we may hope to see a stop put to plunder, as well as a re-construc tion of the Union. The Democrats made this country, and they will save it. Abolitionists, n the meantime, must stand aside. Another Expedition, to be placed un der the command of Gen. Butler, is being fitted out at Boston. The vessels already loaded or loading with troops and stores con sist of the ships Undaunted, North America, Idaho, Ocean Pearl, Wilder Farley and Wes tern Empire ; also some steamerß. The 14th Maine Regiment, Ist Maine battery, 2d Ver mont battery and 4th Massachusetts battery of the New England division were embarked on Thursday last. Probably all the above vessels will sail the present week. The entire division will consist of about ten thousand men. At what point it is intended to strike is not known. The Rev. J. C. Fletcher gave us, last evening, a brilliant lecture on the religion, customs and people of Brazil. Seldom have we relished anything more than the picture he laid before his audience of that exuberant garden of the tropics laden with its strange variety of fruits and flowers, teeming with per petualharvestforthehand of man. Surely that country must be the garden of the world, and if its people bad the enterprise which moves the Yankee nation, imagination could not set a bound to the results they would produce there. As relevant to this comparison, the Reverend gentleman stated that the best remedies employed there for the diseases to which they are subject, are invented and sup plied to them by our own well known country* man, Dr. J. C. Ayer, of Lowell, Mass., and that not the people only, but the priesthood and the court of the Emperor down, have constant recourse in sickness to the remedies of this widely celebrated American Chemist. — Ledger , Boston. THE EDITORS* BOOK TABLE. THE.STUDENT AND BCHOOLMATE.—This excellent littleperiodical, for February, ia at hand—well filled, as usual, with entertaining and instructive reading for the youth of both sexes, and .bandspmely illustrated. It ia published by Galxh Jahcs & CoNo. 16 Cornhill, Boston; atsl per annum for single subscription; to dubs of two, $1.75;, four, .$3; six, $1; ten, $0; twenty. $11; or fifty, $26. For twelye,names and sl2,' the publishers will also present the getter vp'OT the clab with a copy -of Webtta*s UrwbridfftfJXctiqnaiy, or Uppincotfi Vnivmal Qwttm] 4SBAI DOCfIIiAB lUBttOOAATAM; f THISK OF FOHSBYt The Pittsburg Post of the 24th ult., the le&diog Democratic newspaper in Western Pennsylvania, and a firm and consistent sop- : porter of Mr. Douglas in the last Presidential , election, administers^scathing rebuke toJohn. W. Forney for his impudence in presuming to j speak for the friends of Mr, Douglas through the columns of the Philadelphia Press while he is .in the pay of the Republican party. The Post gives a sketch of the career of Forney ; shows that up to the time when he quarreled with Mr. Buchanan he was the most obsequi ous and pliant tool of the “ slave power" of the South ; declares that Douglas never trust eed Forney, and that the great principle of Po pular Sovereignty, for which Douglas contend ed, was used by Fornet as a mere pretext; that he remained in the councils of the Douglas Democrats only to betray them; and :£h&ti-from'jfche malignant opponent of Simon Cameron, be became that man's tool, and was, thronghr his influence, rewarded for his treaoh ery by being .elected Clerk of the Senate of the United States. The Post continues: “We have thought it necessary r to remind our readers of. these few points in this trick ster Forney's cateer,’ because he Btill has the assurance to speak in the name of the Douglas Democracy. His game now is to aronse as much feeling ad passible against what he styles the Breckinridge Democracy of Pennsylvania, and after harping upon that string for a suffi cient time, a union of the Donglas men of Pennsylvania with the Republicans is to be proposed. Forney's paper has been at this game for more than a week, and after it is properly ventilated, we are to have another convention of such Douglas men as himself and John Hickman to propose and accept such terms as they can command. It is the old dodge, bat it will not succeed. John W. Forney has run his coarse ; he never can trans fer another Democrat to the ranks of Abo litionism. We too are for a Union of Demo- | crats, regardless of former difference in regard to dead issues, and we are for extending the right-hand of fellowship to every man who is in for the suppression of the rebellion and the restoration of the’Union; but no affiliation with that poisonous'thing Abolitionism; no communion with those whose hatred of slavery is stronger than their love for the Union.— The restoration of the Union at all hazards and at all costs, no matter who or what suffers in bringing it about." We are glad to see that the genuine friends of Douglas are so fully aware of the game which this insolent demagogue is attempting to play for the benefit of bis Republican-mas ters. If Fornet can succeed in detaohing enough Democrats from their organization to again defeat the Democratic party, he would be in a position to claim a magnificent reward for his services, and this is about all he cares for. They seem to know what he is driving at. In the language of the Post, “ his power ’* for mischief to the Democratic party is gone, and gone forever; they know him, and none so well as those he has so shamefully betray ed—the Douglas Democracy of Pennsylva nia."—Harrisburg Patriot. THEY OIEAN DISUNION. When the Republican papers and leaders, a year ago, declared that they would “ yield not an inch” of party platform, purpose or interest to avert a civil war, we told our readers that they meant disunion—that they were entirely willing to provoke a rebellion in order to ob tain an excuse or a pretext for either abolish ing slavery or separating the North from the South. The history of the paßt year, and present pregnant indications and avowals, fully corroborate our statement of abolition purposes. The N. Y. Tribune now boldly de clares that for the old Union it “ has no regrets and no wish for its reconstruction,” and Col. Forney, Clerk of the Senate and confidential adviser of the Cabinet, says : “ Some of our public men do not hesitate to say, that rather than bring back the seceded slave States into the UnioD, they would agree to a peaceful and prompt separation. * * * Although do open demonstration in favor of this theory has yet been made, it is undoubt edly sincerely entertained in certain influential quarters .” That this was the real desire and purpose of the radical leaders of Republicanism, we have never doubted. When they said “no union with Slaveholders,” they meaot what'they said, and they have labored and are now labor ing to carry that motto into effect. They have been long assiduously shaping the politics of the country to that end, and never more successfully and rapidly than during the last eight months. Holding positions as Cabinet officers, Senators. Members of the House, aDd high military commissions, they have been enabled to corrupt the people to an extent which they think justifies more open avowal of their diabolical designs. Accord ingly, as the Albany Argus well says, “ the cry has gone forth from Washington that the old Union is not to be restored ; that it was not worth preserving ; that there was guilt in its inception and the stains of original sin upon its life. The Emancipation cry is raised to prevent the restoration of tho old Union— to make it an impossibility ; and the secret pressure that paralyzes the finances of the country, in this crisis, comes from the men who insist that a war for the Union shall not be prosecuted, but only a war for Emancipa tion. If we had words to characterize this infamy as it deserves, wc should Btill refrain. We want this treason, which is daily growing bolder, to display itself in its true proportions. It has been working in the dark* undermin ing tho Constitution and preparing the way for a destructive explosion. Let it bo seen, and it will be trampled out of existence. At this moment the loyal army is in its way, tho patriotic Commander and the President him self, and a portion of the Cabinet. But this, though it impedes, does not prevent the con spiracy, and the plot ripens to push the war into a crusade of Emancipation, or arrest it where it is, and consent to a dissolution of the Union. Let patriotic citizens watch the progress of this plot, and keep their eyes upon the men who, having brought on a Fra* tricidal War, propose to close it by a Parrici dal Peace.”— N. H. Patriot. DIPHTHERIA. The Philadelphia Ledger states that diph theria has been unusually prevalent this winter in various districts in Pennsylvania, and very many cases have resulted fatally owing to inattention in the early stages of the disease. Some very good advice is given regarding its early symptoms, and how it should be treated. The Ledger says: It generally begins in a family among the children, one of whom will be restless and feverish for a day, or with symptoms not very unlike those which precede scarlet fever, ex hibiting BtroDg constitutional derangement. Then comes on a complaint of soreness in the throat, followed by small patches of white or sometimes yellowish coating on the throat. The moment these appear no time should be lost in sending fora medical man who has had experience and success in treating these dis eases, because there are in fact two diseases to be treated at once. One is in the throat, where there is local danger ; but there is also another in the fluids of the whole body, which is after all, perhaps tho chief thing, though most out of sight. It is well known that the best mode of treating scarlet fever, measles and even ty phoid fever, is to regard them as the effects of some poisonous matter inhaled through the longs and carried perhaps, as the oxygen gaß is carried, through the capillaries of that organ into the circulating system. In scarlet fever and measles the beet treatment has therefore been found not to bleed or reduce the system, but rather to stimulate it so as to aid it to throw off to the surface the poison which in those cases blossoms out on the skin and dies there. The same sort of general treatment is found moBt useful in diphtheria. If a child has an ordinary attack of sickness, or sore throat, a little abstinence or opening medicine will generally reduce it. But in a disease of this kind, on the contrary, a generous diet and a gently stimulating treatment seems to strengthen nature to throw off the disease. Whether diphtheria is contagious or not has been doubted. In all probability it is not.— But it may and does become epidemic in the atmosphere. Whenever there is exposure to it, fresh pure air is one of the best of preven tives,'and even medicine both for the individ ual patient, and for the prevention of the spread of the disease. A room well aired and lighted and warmed, so freely as to allow of a constant change, without draft, or any ex treme heat or cold, will of itself do much in the way of medicine. But there is no time to be lost in the commencement of active treat ment the moment the disease shows itself.— Scientific American . " A Patriotic Record, —The Portland Tran script says: “A young lady, residing in a country town not many miles from this city, has knit one habdred pairs of mittens for the soldiers; famishing the yarn herself. Can any yonggjacly show a more patriotic record than this. ( j: J% ; rr Ui- w,7 LOCAL DEPARTMENT. The City Election —Official Returns.— Below will bo found the result of tfao official count of the votes polled on Tuesday last for City and Ward officers.- The whole number of Totes polled, for Mayor was 2280—a 'larger.veto than baa been oufht any city election for three years, except the one twelve months ago. In the following returns the candidates on both tickets are in Roman; there on the so-called . Pontz, William Rote, Charles Getz and George P. Kil lian. They are capital singers, and elicited the hearty applause of the audience. ■ Organization of the City Councils.—The new City Councils met in their Chambers, City Hall, on Friday morning last, at 10 o’clock, for organization. The Select Council was called to order by tbe Clerk of tbe last Council, when a temporary organization was ef fected by calling Dr. Carpeuter to the chair. Tbe election returns were then received, when it appoared that the fol lowing gentlemen were elected members of this branch: Messrs. Charles F. Rangier, Qodfried Z-ibm.and Robert A. .Evans. The new members were sworn in by Mayor San derson, when tbe roll stood as follows: Messrs. Bllcken derfrr, Carpenter, Penner, Evans, Howell, Kline, Rathvon, Rengier and Zabm, all of whom were present. The Council then proceeded to effect a permanent organi zation. Dr. neury Carpenter was unanimously elected President, and James C. Carpenter, Esq., re-elected Clerk. Tbe President elect returned bis thant s in a few remarks for the honor conferred, and then appointed Messrs. Kline and Katbvon a committee to inform Common Connell that Select Council was duly organized. The usaal resolutions providing for the appointment of the Standing Committees were adopted. A resolution was passed fixing to-day (Tuesday) as the time for the inauguration of the Mayor, and election of City officers, the convention for that purpose to meet In tbe Common Council Chamber, at 2 o’clock, P. M.; and also directing the President to appoint a committee to in form the Mayor eiect of tho time and place designated for tbe inauguration. Mr. Blickonderfer was appointed tbe committee on the part of Select Council. Select Connell being iuformed that the Common Council was organized, and afterwards that that branch having concurred Id the action of Select Council on all the reso lutions, and there being no iarther business, on motion tho latter body adjourned. The Common Council was called to order by the Clerk of the last Council, and Mr. McConomy was chosen Presi dent pro tern. The returns were then procured by a committee (Messrs. Russel aud Wilson) appointed for that purpose, when it appeared that tbe following gentlemen were elected to Common Council: Messrs. Bitner, Coonley, Diller, Fitzpat rick, Gable, Lecbler, McConomy, MacGonigle, Pyle. Rath- Yen, Russel, Trout, Wilson, Witlinger and J 3. J. Ztbm. Tbe roll was called and all the members answered to their names, when a committee was appointed to request the presence of the Mayor for the purpose of qualifying the members. Mayor Sanderson accordingly attended, and tbe members were sworn and subscribed to the oath “to support tbe Constitution of the United Btates and of Penn sylvania, and to discharge their duties as members of tbe Common Council well and faithfully.” A committeo from Select Connell now entered, and in formed Common Council that they had organized and were ready for business. The Council next proceeded to th* election of President, when Mr. William Diller was elected on the first ballot, the vote being as follows: For Mr. Biller —Messrs. Coonley. Fitzpatrick, McCono my. Pyle, Rathvou, Russel, Trout, Witlinger—B. For Mr. Wilson —Messrs. Bitner, Biiter, Gable, MacGon igle, Zahm— 5. For Mr. Rossel —Messrs. Lecbler. Wilson— 2. Mr. Biller took the chair, thanking the members for their choice, and thoCooncil then proceeded to the election of a Clerk, Messrs. Abram Shank. George F. Breneman, William B. Striae and Jacob Foltz being nominated. Mr. ShBnk was chosen on the first ballot over Mr. BrenemaD, as follows: For Mr. Shank —Messrs. Coonley, Fitzpatrick, MacGool gle. Pyle, Russel, Trout, Witlinger and Diller, Prea’t—B. For Mb. Breneman —Messrs. Gable, Lechler, Me- Conomy, Rathvon, Wilson, Zahm—7. Tbe Select Connell was informed of the organization of Common Connell, and in a few minutes after their Clerk entered with thirteen regulations for concurrence—being the usual resolutions relative to tbe Standing Committees and rules, arranging for the inauguration of the Mayor, Ac., and appointing a committee notifying him of the ar rangement. The Council concurred in the resolutions as read, aDd Mr. McConomy was appointed to act in behalf of Common Council on tho last-named committee. BelectCcnncil were notified of their concurrence, after which Common Council adjourned. Ofticers of the City Councils.—lt will be seen, by reference to the proceedings of the organization of the City Councils, that Dr. Henry Carpenter has been elected President, and JamesC Carpenter, Esq.,re-elected Clerk of Select Council. Both gentlemen are so well known, and thoroughly versed in their respective duties, that it is unnecessary tp say a word here in praise of either. In the Common Council William Diller, Esq., has been elected President, and Abbau Shank, Esq , Clerk. Mr. Diller has been for several years a member of the body, and it is con ceded on all hands that be has made a moat excellent City Father, being attentive and untiring In his duties. lie Is one of our most esteemed citizens and intelligent mechan ics, and, being of an affable and courteous'disposition, will doubtless make a popular presiding officer. Mr. Sbank is one of our most promising young Attornles, aud haa all the requisite qualifications for tbe position. He is a good, practical speaker, has a clear voice, and will be a valuable auxiliary to President Diller in facllitatlug business. Fatal Railroad Accident.— On last Satnr day evening, near nine o'clock, as the Colombia and Lan caster Accommodation tralo was being housed in tbe old locomotive depot, at tbe bead of tbe canal basiD, a travel ing Gorman was struck by tbe cars and run over, inflicting wounds from which ho died about midnight. He was in* sensible when first taken np, and supposed dead, but re vived sufficiently afterwards to give his name as Michael Weitner. He was apparently a decent laboring man, and was not in liquor. He was cared for in the switch tender’s office, at the depot, and every attention given to his hope* less case- Coroner Hunter held an Inquest on Sunday morning, and the remains were burled the same day.— Saturday’s Columbia Spy. Mill Destroyed by Fire. —The flour mill belonging to Mr. Dan iel Good, in Conestoga township, be tween Marticville and Conestoga Centre, was burned down on Tuesday night last, with all its contents, including some two or three thousand dollars in. money. The milt was in the occupancy of a Mr. Deitricb, who was asleep !u a room of the building at the time, and, when awakened by the Are, had barely time to make his escape. The lire Sa supposed to hate caught from the store accidentally: IfiTßßsmNa -MiLtTABTr lrtvs pbou Camp Pie&pont —From a letter received from Private William W. Cox. of the Union Guards, under date of the 2d lust., we extract the following items, which will be highly grat ifying to the friends of the respective gentlemen mentioned, viz: Col. Roberts and Lieut. William L. Bear. We are glad to bear of the restoration of the latter officer: “ The Non-Commissioned Officers aud Privates of this Regiment presented their Colonel, R. Biddle Roberts, with a magnificent sword to-day. The presentation was made by Sergeant RnwwAT, of Co. C. The Colonel replied In a very happy and eloquent manner. He is a splendid I sp34ker. The sword and wit cost the small sum of $147.60. l lt was preaented by the nine eomp&nfe the Brandywine j Guards being ‘ nowhar * The blade of the sword can be I bent until the point tonobee the hilt. In shape it la made | according.to the regulation standard. If you do not know what that means I will tell yon : The blade is slightly bent and the hilt Is what is called the basket guard. The scabbard is beautifully chased and eograved; The lnscrip- I tion on these ihb ird is this: ‘ Presented to CoL R. Biddle i Roberts by the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of the First Reg. Infantry, P. R. y. Corps, Feb. 2nd, 1862.’ | “ The news of the re-instatement of Lieut Bear gives universal satisfaction in the Company as well as the Regi : ment Lieut Bear was one of the most efficient as well , as the most popular, officers In the Regiment and I think I It bnt an act of jostles to have him replaced.” 6SI 631 The Howard Evenings. Prof. Thohas C. Porter, of Franklin aud Marshall College, delivered the last lecture before-the Howard, on the Doctrine of Non-re sistance—whether it la sound. The Professor is not much of a believer in the doctrine, if we are to judge from the able and practical lecture which he gave on the subject The discussion was participated in by Dr. John L. Atlee, Sr., Maj. Dltmare, A. M. Frants, Esq., Jay Cadwell, Esq , Rev. Dr. Gerhart Rev. Mr. Rosenmiller and Mr. Sypher. ' Kevinski’s Juvenile Band furnished the muElc on the occasion. The lecture this evening will be delivered by B. F. Bair, Esq. Buhject: “Should Ministers of the Gospel engage in Political Discussion?” A Handsome Missionary Collection. —On Sunday last the annual Missionary collection was taken up in the Duke Btreet M. E. Church. The pastor, Rev. J. E. Meredith, delivered two able and eloquent discourses. The amount realized was one hundred and sixty-five dol lars. A munificent sum certainly, considering the tight ness of the times. TAXATION INTHE CITY Messrs. Editors : An article in the Intelligencer of Tues day of last week, comments severely upon the action of the County Commissioners In regard to the equalization of the trl-ennlal assessment. A few words of explanation will show that the Commissioners have only discharged their duty in the premises, and that no unfairness has been done. Under the act of Assembly it Is the duty of the Com missioners to review the different assessments, and equalize them in such a manner that justice may he done to all. It Is agaiost this action that the complaint is made. Let us see whether it is jQBt or not. Lot it be borne in mind that the same amount of tax that was received last year must he provided for now. To accomplish this, all property had to he assessed as high as in former years, or. if Dot, the per ceDtage must he raised. In the year 1859. the real estate in the City of Lancaster was assessed at $2.660,258; while this year the assessment amounted to $2, *54 336. The amount of money returned in 1659, was $603,713; while this year the return shows but $399,066. This shows that the assessment of property was reduced; and, there fore, if the same amount of tax was to he raised, an in creased addition would be ahsolntely necessary. And of this the city ought not to complain. The country was Subjected to the same burden; aud some parte to a con siderably greater one. This will appear plain from the . fact, that while but two per cent, was added on city ''property, as high as ten per cent, was added on the assess ments of some districts in the county. If caviiers wonld apply at the Commissioners’ office, and learn the facts, all cause of complaint would be removed. SENKX. A NORTHERN REBELLIOUS STATE RETURNING TO LOYALTY, The Wisconsin Legislature has performed an act of wisdom. In 1854 the notorious Sherman M. Booth, of Milwaukee, headed an abolition mob.which rescued from the custody of the United States Marshal a fugitive slave, in that city. This was known as the “Glover Resoue Cuso.” Booth was indioted, tried, found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of $l,OOO for a viola tion of the fugitive slave law. Upon a writ of Habeas Corpus he was taken before tho Su preme Court of the State, and that tribunal, deciding the law to be unconstitutional, dis charged Booth from custody. Mr. Cushing, while Attorney General of the United States, had the decision of the Wisconsin Supreme ‘Court reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States, which reversed it, affirming the constitutionality of the law. Booth was re ar rested aud committed to prison, where he re mained for some time, and until the fine was remitted by the President. It will be seen from this that the Supreme Court of Wisconsin committed itself to the doctrine of secession, or nullification, for they are substantially the same. In the Legislature of Wisconsin, in 1859, immediately after the decision of the Supreme Court at Washington, reversing the decision of the State Court, a series of resolutions were adopted, the termß of which arc familiar to every political student. They committed the legislative aod executive departments of the State, as fully as the Supreme Court had previously committed the judiciary, to tho doctrine of nullification. They emphatically asserted the power of a State to nullify a law of Congress, even after the constitutionality of the law had been passed upon and affirmed by the courtof lastresort. In effect, the position in which Wisconsin was placed in 1859 is sim ilar, in principle, to the position now occupied by South Carolina on the question of State rights, but with this difference, that the loyal people of the Union are endeavoring to bring South Carolina to a sense of her constitution al abligations by the bayonet. Wisconsin for some reason escaped this alternative. But now comes the bright side of the pic ture. On Friday last, the Wisconsin House of Representatives expunged, after several days’ debate, from the records of the State, the nullification resolutions of 1859. They were denounced as treasonable, and voted to be treasonable, by the same men who have hitherto regarded them as the corner stone to their political faith. Here is the expunging resolution, which waß adopted with but seven votes in the negative: “ Resolved. That Joint Resolutions No. 4 of the Legislature of this State of the year 1859, entitled ‘ Joint Resolutions relative to the decision of the United States Supreme Court reversing the. decision of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin/ be, and the same are hereby, expunged/’ Bravely done, say we. But this was not all. The cup of contrition and repentance was not yet full, and at a single dash the Wisconsin House scattered the fine-spun the ories by which Republicans seek to justify the personal liberty laws, and frankly acknowl edged its obligations to yield “ a willing and hearty support to the enforcement of the laws,” until “ their repeal or lawful abrQga tion.” The following is the resolution, and it three negative votes : “ Resolved , That no state of this Union has the right to defy or resist the laws of the Federal Government, but should yield a will ing hearty support to the enforcement of the laws, unless such laws are unjust and delete rious in their operation, in which case the only rightful remedy lies in their repeal or lawful abrogation.” This is a step in the right direction, if it is rather late. It is an emphatic endorsement of principles for the supremacy of which the democratic party of Wisconsin has struggled since 1854. Chicago Times. The Finance Committee of the Senate have been in session to-day considering the clause in the Treasury Note bill making the demand notes a legal tender. At the close of my des patch yesterday I mentioned that the chances were not favorable for the passage of the bill with this clause by the Senate, and to day there are further good reasons for believing that the prospects of its passage are not favor able. There may be a change, however, in the tide before Monday, when it is understood the committee will report. The chairman of this committee Mr. Fessenden, is known to oppose the legal tender project, as does also Senator Simmons, who is on the same com mittee. The debate upon the measure will be iikely to consume the best part of the week. Rumors are current that Gen. McDowell is about to succeed Gen. McClellan, but they are undoubtedly false ; it is asserted also that Gen. Fremont ib to have a command on the Poto mac, which assertion may prove correct. The letter from Mr. Weed, giving it as his impression that tho Emperor Napoleon was about to interfero in American affairs, is fully confirmed by private advices received here from both Paris and London to tho same effect, but the Governments trenunnely insists on denying tbe truth of all each statements. X presume, therefore, we shall have to wait patiently for time to confirm or refute them ; nor will this waiting be of long duration, for before the close of the coming week the Emperor’s address to the Corps Legislatif will have been received. Within the next six days, therefore, we may look for intelligence from France that will be of the most impor tant character, inasmuch as it will settle the question pretty nearly whether there is to be foreign intervention in our affairs or not., attention of Farmers is called to the advertisement of the Lodi Manufacturing Co's Poudrette. Nothing is of more impor tance than to know where to obtain tbe best fertilizer at the lowest price. This company manufacture all the night soil from tbe City of New York into a dry inodorous powder, and at a price far below any other fertilizer in the market. They have been in successful operation for 22 years, with a constantly in creasing demand, which is a sufficient test of the value of their Poudrette, MSS* It is reported that the division under command of General Thomas has coAmenced a forward movement, into Eastern Tennesse, from three different points. From The Lancaster Union. FROM WASHINGTON Washington Feb. 8. THIBTY-SEVBSTH CONfIEBSS—FIRBT-iSEaHOS. Monday, February 3. Mr. Wade presented to the donate to-day a joint resolution from the Legislature of Onio, instructing members of Congress to use their efforts u> secure Bueh amendments of the naturalization laws as will grant naturalization to those of loreigu birth who serve during tbe war. Mr. Chandler presented res olutions from the Legislature of Michigan reaffirming loyalty to the. government and hatred of traitors, and asking the government to speedily put down the insurrection, favoring the confiscation of the prop erty of the rebels, and asking mat, as slavery is uie cause of the war, it he swept from me laud. Mr. Sumner presented a petition trom the president, pro fessors, and students of Harvard College asking Con gress not to diminish the number of obapiaiua in the army, or to reduce their salarivs. Mr. Latham pre sented a memorial from the Chamber of Commerce of dan Francisco asking the repeal of the revenue laws in regard to the present warenousmg system.— Mr. Harris also preseutod a petition from citizens of New York asking that Congress take speedy meas ures to repeal the present .Reciprocity Treaty between Canada aud the United dtates. Mr. Harris also presented resolutions from the Legislature of New York, asking a modification of the law for raising revenue, so that any amount may be raised by any state by any modeof-taxutiop, except auties on im ports; that each state be allowed to assume the amount of tax, and assess for the payment and col lect the same according to it 9 own laws and by its ownoffioerB. Mr. .Pomeroy offered a resolution, wnich was laid over, asking tbe decretary of War for uti orders relative to tbo force in tbe military oumiuaud of. Kansas, and whether tbe same be commauded oy (ieneral Lane; whether auy chuuge has been made in the military orders since lieueral Lane left the : Senate to take charge of tbe force, and whether Hen. Huhter’s order (already publish.d) is in accordance with the ordero of the War .Department here. On ! motion of Mr. dimtnons, S3,OUU was appropriated for the purchase of cotton seed for general distribu tion, and $l,OOO lor tobacco seed. The resolution directing the removal of the army bakeries from, the Capitol was passed. The case of Upton, of Virginia, was taken up by the House to-day, and tbe gentleman offered a reso lution that the Committee on Elections be instructed to summon before them the conductor and one or more commissioners who held the election at Bali’s Cross Roads last May. This occasioned some debate at the end of which the resolution was Jaid on the table. Mr. Lovejoy offered a resolution, which was laid over, that the Committee on the Conduot of the War inquire into the alleged faot that five Illinois regimenis laid down their arms on learning the oun teuts of Secretary Cameron’s last.reporc, aud report the same to Congress. On motion of Mr. Baker it was resolved that the Committee on Rust Offices and Post Roads be requested to inquire into tbe propriety of establishing, by law, a system for the free receipt and delivery, by postmen, of all mail mailer in cities containing upwards of 10,000 inhabitants, in conformity with the admirablo aud economical post offioe system of the principal cities of Europe. The House then proceeded to action tbo Senate's amend ment to the House bill making au appropriation for completing the defenses of Washington, which amendment provides that no volunteers or militia in any state shall be mustereu into service on auy ground or condition, and confined within the limits uf any state or vioiuity, and if auy volunteers or militia have thus been mustered into service, they shall bo discharged. A ruuuiug discussion followed, in which it was maintained on one side that the Home U-uard was ueosssary in Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland, official provision having already been made to that end, aud on the other that no troops had a right to ask for special privileges, but all should be plaoed on the same touting. The amendment was dually disagreed to by a vote of 65 to 85. The Treasury note bul was theu taken up in : Committee of the Whule, and Mr. Vallaudighain | made a speech against it. Mr. Hooper, of Mussa- I ohusetis, toliowed with a long speech uu the finances I of the country, after which the House adjourned. I Tuesday, Feuruary 4. Amongthepetitions presented to the Senate to-day were the following from the Legislature of Michigau : To pass a law punishing irauus ou the treasury ; to prohibit the sale of intoxicating drinks to uffiuers in the army ; aud in favor of a direct tux bill. Mr. Sumner, from ihe Committee ou Furoigu Affairs, re ported a bill authorizing the appointment of diplo matic representatives to the repuuiics of Liberia aud Hayii. The resolution, calliug on the Secretary of War for the orders in relatio'n to what is kuown as the “ Lane Expedition," was passed. iThe bill pro viding lor twenty iron-clad war steamers was, after some debate, recommitted to the Naval Committee. Mr. Wilson, from the Military Committee, reported a substitute for the bill relating tu the emoluments of urmy officers. The case of Mr. Bright was taken up, aud speeches in lavor of his expuisiou were made by Messrs. Browuing, Dixon, Jjuoliule, Willey, aud Davis. In the couree of the discussion Mr. Bright read a copy of a resolution passed by the Indiana State Democratic Convention m January, which ho said expressed his views on the war. Tho House spent the day in discussing the Treasu ry Note bill in Committee of the Whole. Messrs. Morrill aud Kosgoo Coukliug made able speeches against making, the notes legal teuder.. Messrs. Bingham and Sheffield also made speeches in reler euce to the bill. Mr. Wickliffe gave notice .that if he could get the floor to-day, ho would move to close the debate. Wednesday, February £>. The resolutions relative t'o the finances of the country, offered in the Senate some time since, were taken up and argued by Air. Oarlile, of Virginia', who made a speech stating that he was opposed to any union of the government and the banks, and further, that it the government depends on an irre deemable paper issue, financial ruiu must luliuw.— The resolution wus referred to the Committee on Fi nance. The bill making appropriations for tfio sup port of tbe Military Academy was reported back irom the Committee ou Finance, without amendment and was then passed. A resolution was adopted cal ling on the President to furnish tne Scnnle*ihe recent correspondence relative to the presentation of Amer ican citizens at the court of France. Mr. Wilson's bill to define the pay and emolument of officers of the army wus taken up and laid over, owiug to the expiration of tho moruiug hour. The ease of cieua tor Bright was taßeu up uud debated at leugib.— Speeches were made in lavor of aud agaiust the ex pulsion of ihe seuuior. Senator fiurrris, of New York, in the course of bis remarks, alluded to the instruction resolution that had beea tried to be forced through the New York Legislature. Tie claimed that he had no right to bo instructed in the matter, and that the vote he gave on the subjeot should be one in accordance with bis conscientious convictions on the subject. Senators Cowan of ibis State, and Ton Byck, of New Jersey, spoke in a similar strain. The resolution to expel the Senator was carried —32 to 14. The House went into Committee of the Whole bn the Treasury note bill. Mr. Alley said Congress has tbe power to incorporate to-day a system of financial policy, both for tho government and the people, whiefi will establish our property upon a firm toun dation. Speeches were made against the legal tender clause on the ground that it is a palpable violation of the Constitution. Mr. Wright said he would vote for taxation to tbe uttermost limit, but the issue of paper money now proposed would bring upon tho country more rain than the rebels bad wrought. He then argued in favor of Morrill’s substitute for the original bill, proposing tbe payment of tbe interest in coin, and the redemption of tbe notes in from ten to twenty-five years. The committee here rose and the House adjourned with the understanding that the general debate on tho bill is to cease two hours after it is again taken up. Thursday, February 6. At the hour of the meeting of tne Senate to-day not a single senator was present, but a few moments afterward three members entered the chamber, and the Senate was called to order by the obuir. Among tho petitions presented were the following: To re duce the salary, lees, aud perquisites of the naval officer andsurveyor of tho port oi New York; asking Congress to leave the negro question alone a d at* tend to the business of the country. Mr. (irimes introduced a bill to allow the corporation of Wash ington to issue small notes. Tbe bill to define the pay aDd emoluments of officers of the army was then taken up. Mr. Sherman made a speech against it, and concluded by offering an amendment to the ninth section of the bill, which reduces all salaries and applies to all mileage fees and contingent ex penses. To this Mr. Duolittle added that all mileage be computed by tbe most direct mail route, and tbe mileage of members of Congress be reduced fifty per cent; Tbe debate then turned on tbe mileage question, and speeches were made by Messrs. Pome roy, Cowan, Pierce, Wilson, Nesmith, Dixon, Sim mons, and Trumbull, after which Mr. Sherman’s amendment was adopted. Mr. Doolittle offered an amendment reducing tbe mileage of members of Congress fifty per cent., to be computed in the most direct traveled route provided ; until a railroad was built to the Pucific coast, the mileuge of members beyond tbe Rocky Mountains to be computed by the usual route, which was adopted by a vote of 29 to 10. Without taking any decisive action on the bill the Senate adjourned. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the treasury note bill. Remarks in favor oi it were made by Messrs. Kellogg, Edwards, Stevens, and Campbell, and against it by Mr. Tboinas. Tbe com mittee then considered Mr. Crisfield’s amendment to strike from the bill that part which proposes to make the notes lawful money end a legal tender in pay ment of all debts public and privaio wiihiiPtbe Uni ted States. After some debate the amendment was rejected by a vote of 65 to 95. Mr. Stevens presen ted a modification of the bill, which was agreed to, and the committee rose and presented the measure to the House. The bill was then passed by a vote of 93 to 59. It limits the two kinds of notes so that together they shall at no time exceed 5150,000,000, and retains the legal tender clause. Friday, February 7. The Judiciary Committee reported to-day to the Senate that Mr. Starke, the new senator from Oregon, was entitled to take the constitutional oath of office, without expressing any l opinion as to the actioo of the Senate. On motion of Mr. Hale, a joint resolu tion was adopted giving the thanks of Congress to Captain S. E. Dupont and his officers and seamen for the victory at Port Royal. The gunboat bill was then taken up, and, alter some debate, passed with, amendments appropriating $10,000,000 for the con struction of the boats and limiting their number to twenty. The consideration of the report of the Naval Committee on Secretary Welles’s letter in regard to the Morgan purchases was resumed, and Mr. Hale spoke warmly in favor of its adoption. (The report, it will be remembered, censures tbe Secretary fur his action in tbe matter.) Mr. Dixon replied with a defense of the Secretary, after which the subject was postponed until Monday. The bill authorizing an additional issue of $10,000,000 of United States de mand notes was passed, as was also tbe civil appro priation bill. The Senate then adjourned until Monday. The House, on motion of Mr. Stevens, amended the Treasury note bill passed on Thursday, by striking out the words providing for the payment of the interest on the bond semi-an Dually in coin. The report of the special committee on government con trasts was then taken up, and Mr. Van Wyck, the chairman, made a long speech, in which he showed up many of tbe frauds which had been perpetrated on tbe Treasury. At tbe conclusion of the speeoh Mr. Davis asked the committee and tbe House to unite with him in his efforts to have Captain Davis, assistant-quartermaster, who is charged with orime, arrested, court martialed, and if found guilty and the penalty is death, hare him shot. His brother knew nothing of tbe obarge of defrauding the go ▼ernment and the soldiers until it was published to the world through the report of tbe Investigating; Committee. Mr. Dawes replied briefly, stating that he (Davis) should not find fault with the committee Further consideration of the report was deferred until Tuesday, and the House adjourned until Monday . ,