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LANCASTER, PA., FEBRUARY 11, 1862.
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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.
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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 <t CUisens* Onion’' only. In Italic;
those on the Democratic-Union only, in bxau caps:
CITY TICKET.
Mayor. siv. as.w. jt.w.tt. 8,-w.w. Tote!.
Giobqe Basdsssok. 256 211 £9O 825- 1182
Dr. Fatriek Cassidy, 815 275 800 208 1098
High Gmstalle.
Samuel Huber,
665 485
WARD TICKETS.
North Wist Ward.
Select CbunciL Constable.
Qodfried Zahm, 685 Jacob Gnndaker,
Common Council. Assessor.
Emanuel Shober, 311 Richard Waters,
Peter McConooy, 678 Charlxs G. Beal,
John R. Bitoer. 676 Judge.
WiUiam BucJaus, 305 Charles Buclnus,
Daniel Erixman, 304 Joseph Babhett,
WILUAM Dn-iza, 383 ; Inspector.
Adam Trout, 599 George Huffnaglc,
Frederick Ptls, 378 Geobqb £L Albbioht,
Alderman.
Edward M. Kauffman, 684
Norte Ej
Select Council.
Robert A. Erane, 687
lSt Ward.
Constable.
PhiKp S. Baker,
Martin Dobwart,
Assessor.
George P. King,
Judge.
Cbmmon Council.
Anthony Lechler, 549
William R. Wilson, 643
John R. Russel, 658
Edward J. Zahrru, 327
A. Z. Ringwalt, 240
Alderman.
Joshua W. Jack,
Simon P. Eby,
Inspector.
Roland Kinzer,
William Lowry,
est Ward.
Constable.
John Kuhns,
Assessor.
George Musaer, Jr.,
Judge.
William Frick , 850
Jobs Zimmerman, 233
Soots Wi
Select Council.
Charles F. Rangier,*
Common Council.
F. H. Keller.
Jacob Bhoads,
George Martin,
Frederick Coonlet,
Philip Fitzpatrick,
John Witlinger,
206
220
218
310
815
320
Luther Richards,
Jacob Weaver,
Inspector.
Samuel Cormeny, 203
. Christian Frailrt, 327
Booth East Ward.
Select Council. i Assessor.
Charles F. Reogter,* 477 Jacob Gumph, 279
Common OonncQ. J. H. Hxgrnkr, Jr., 202
Jacob Gable. 266 Judge.
James MacGonigle, 449 Benjamin F. Cox, 277
Horace Rathvon, 478 Bernard Fitzpatrick, 204
William P. Brooks, 227 Inspector.
Constable. George F. Breneman, 271
Albert A. Measenkop, 4831 James Barnes, Jr., 211
•Mr. Roogler was nominated on both tickets, as Select
Conncllman for the two South Wards, (they elect one
jointly,; and received 1000 votes.
The Election Night.—The result of the
City Election is already known to oar readers generally.
The polls closed at 7 o’clock, and from that time until the
votes were coanted off the oity was in a great state of ex
citement. At 8 o’clock the result from all the wards had
been heard, and tben the friends of the successful candi
date became jubilant. A large bon-fire was kindled in
Centre Sqoare, which lighted ap the four principal streets
for a long distance. At this time also a large party of our
German friends, capital singers by the way, made their
appearance in Duke street, singing the National songs S/C
fine style. The Intelligencer Office was crowded mean
while with the friends of the Mayor anxious to learn the
result, and, when it was known, he was waited upon by a
number of bis personal friends, at his residence in North
Duke street, and congratulated upon his success Ad im
mense crowd of persons had likewise assembled at Rankio’s
City Hotel, North Queen street, and a committee was ap*
pointed to wait upon Mayor Sanderson, and invite him to
address them. The Mayor complied with the request, pro*
ceeded to the Hotel Id company with the committee and
qnite a number of others, and spoke from the balcony. He
made a few very appropriate remarks, thanking bis fellow
citizens for the vindication of bis character from the infa
mous and unjustifiable assaults heaped upon him by Geist
aud others of bis peculiar ilk. The Mayor was followed by
Dr. John K. Raub aDd Gen Geo. M. Steinman, who spoke
briefly, eloquently and patriotically:
Killian’s excellent Martial Music was procured, and a
large procession was formed, which paraded through sev
eral streets, baiting at the Mayor’s residence in tbeir
route, aud calling for a speech. The Mayor appeared and
spoke briefly, returning biß thanks for the compliment,
an 1 reiterating bis gratitude for the noble manner in
which his fellow-citizens had stood by him in the unjn9t
war made upon him. He was lustily cheered. The pro
cession dispersed at a late hour.
/Death of Capt. John H. Dysart. —We an
nounced last week the oxtreme illness, from An attack of
typhoid fever, of Capt. John H. Dysart. at the Military
Hospital in Louisville. On Saturday afternoon the sad
intelligence reached this city, by telegraph, of his death
that morning. Capt. D. commanded Company C of Col.
Hambright’s Regiment, and whs considered one of the
finest company officers in the Regiment. Be organized the
Union Guards, now commanded by Capt. Barton, and was
Third Lieutenant In that crack corps, the Lancaster Fencl
bles at its organization. He was highly esteemed by all
who knew him for his manly qualities and generous
disposition, and his death will be extremely regretted by
a large circle of friends and acquaintances in this city.-
We understand his remains will be brought home for in
terment in a day or two, and all the military companies
in the city will take part In the funeral obsequies.
A Great Meeting. —The meeting of the
Democracy and Conservative men of the city, (notwith
standing the snow-storm.) at Fulton Hall, on last evening
week, was a tremendous outpouring. The meeting was
presided over by that high-toned gentleman and esteemed
citizen, Gen. George M Steinman. who made a capital
speech on taking the chair. His remarks were greeted
with great applause. He was followed by Samuel H. Rey
nolds, Esq.. who made an eloquent and forcible speech.—
He was particularly but justly severe on certain terribly
loyal slay at-home patriots. Mr. R., as a goodly number of
our readers are aware, is an earnest and pleasing speaker,
bnt he more than surpassed himself on this occasion. His
hits at GeiBT told with grent effect, and received the hearti
est kind of applansa. He was followed by Mayor Sander
son, who was greeted with three rousing cheers on his up
pearance on the stage. His remarks were mainly directed
to a' Buccessfnl contradictiou of the infamous slanders
heaped upon him during the canvnsß by the unprincipled
fellow who controls the columns of the “Bawdy House
Register,” published in South Queen street. If Geist had
been there, be wonld have seen Id what kind of estimation
he is held by the loyal, conservative, respectable people of
the City of Lancaster. (The late Col Benton is said to
have remarked on one occasion, when Bennett, of the New
York Herald, was attempting to bespatter him with praise,
that he wonld not have it—he had a reputation for honesty
and integity, and be did not wish to lose it; the censure of
Bennett was what he desired ) And so It is with Geist —
whenever he fawns upon (and we know of no person who
does it to such an extent) and praises an individual, that
man abonld be careful—for, ten chances to one, he will
drag him down to his own dirty level. An interesting
feature of the evening was the singing of two or three
National songH by a Quartette, consisting of Messrs Ge->.
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 . ,