a_~_y t~k~~e)x~g~uc~r,.___ 561.213102 t'i.)3M4.9 Di LP 6 f i r i nt i ng pr e s s es shall be free to evert , perdon'fwho undertakes to .egagnine the pro eeeglifiga 'oftbe legislature, or, any , branch of government; and no law shall ever be made' tottetrain the righttherixtf. -The free commu nication of thought and opinions is one of the invaluable rights. of- rum t and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any sub ject; bein_g responsible . for the abuse of that liberty. Lu.prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of offi cers, or men in public capacities, or Where the matter published Is proper for public informa tion, the truth thereof may be given In evi dence.":_—Cetutifution of .Pennayitxrnia. Political Degradation and Decline. Public sentiment in our country is in some yesitects far from being as elevated asititiouldhe. Our people have been trained to take too narrow a view of life and to put too low an estimate upon its, duties. In all things we have, looked too exclusively to the material advan tages to be secured. The children of this land have been educated, not so. much with a view of forming complete and well developed men and women,in the highest and best sense of the term, but rather with a view to their getting forward in the world. We are and have been too much a nation of sharp traders. Our unvarying question in regard 'to every project presented has been, "will it pay 'X' We have esti mated every scheme by the amount of money in it. The thirst for gold has been wide-spread and all-pervading, and an inordinate desire for wealth has been the prevailing and distinguishing characteristic of our people. Nor have we been at all scrupulous as to the means by which riches were to be gained. Tricks, too sharp to he honest, have been the subject rather of approval than of honest indignation and proper scorn. We have failed as individuals, and as a nation, to cultivate the highest style of manhood. Our model merchant has been theman who has succeeded in Amassing the largest fortune. If a man could only succeed in retiring from pork-packing or stock dealing a mil lionaire, it mattered little what else he had been or was. He might be a low-bred vulgar, man, but his wealth caused him to be envied, and gave hfm influence and social import ance, while a brown-stone front in a fashionable part of the city, and a splen did turn-out on the street, gave his wife and daughters admittance to our most fashionable circles of society. The al mighty dollar has been too much our God. The practical teaching of society td the children of the land has been too much like the reported dying advice of the old Quaker to his son " Get money John! Honestly If thee can, John; but John, get money !" The getting of money has been regarded as the chief business of life, the acquisition of wealth as the chief and most worthy object of ambition. This inordinate desire for riches has pervaded every class of society, and the haste to be wealthy has led to more than ordinary bluntness of moral perception. It has corrupted many of our public men, and caused offices to be eagerly sought, more for the emolu ments to be derived from them than froth a pardonable desire for distinet or the more elevated and ennobling ambition of serving the public chiefly for the public good. Thus have our legislative bodies, both State and Nation al, been crowded by political tricksters; men who scrupled at nothing ; who made their public position subservient to their private interests, who were al ways ready to sell their votes to the highest and best bidder. True they stood by their party, as a general thing, when a question was up which was re garded as a party test, but on all ordi nary subjects of legislation—they were ready, with " itching palms, to sell and mart their offices for gold." It is notorious that the meagre salary of a member of the Legislature of Penn sylvania has for years, possessed the pe culiar property of expanding itself to such wonderful proportions, that a few successive winters at Harrisburg have been regarded as sufficient to secure an ample fortune to any man who Was sharp enough to manage the matter adroitly. It is sad to think how very low the standard of political honor and honesty has come to be among us. The day when suspicion of taking a bribe was well deserved political damnation to any man has passed away, we fear, forever. The moral sense of the people has been blunted by the teachings of society. Dishonesty is only disreputa ble now when practised by obscure par ties, or in little things. The poor scamp who fails to pay his tailor is despised, the miserable wretch who is guilty of petty larceny is tried and condemned as a felon ; but the men who are defaulters to the Government for large sums, those who . .plunder the public treasury of many thousands, and those who take bribes from day to day, are regarded ;is virtuous individuals, and recognized as honorable and distinguished members of our modern American society. We are shamed and disgraced by such oc currences almost daily. Official stealing has got to be the rule rather than the ex ception. Not only does corruption of this kind stalk abroad bare-faced and unblushing in the light of day, but it is no longer regarded as the slightest ban to success in public life. It has become so com mon that it no longer excites remark, and no longer arouses indignation. When such is the political atmosphere in which a people line, public virtue necessarily dies out among them, and the great and tne good of the laud shrink from the wretched struggle by which alone public position is to be gained. It is not strange, in view of this state of affairs, that our Legisla tures, both National and State, present such a decided contrast to those which marked the earlier and purer days of the republic. Our petal cal degradation and decline has been most rapid, most marked, and is one of the saddest possible subjects which can be contemplated by the man who is solicitous in regard to the welfare of his country. The Rights of Congress :asserted The following resolution, which was unceremoniously tabled in the House of Representatives last week, passed yes terday by a handsome majority;—the Democrats, and such Republicans as have not come to regard the other branches of the government as a mere appendage to the executive, voting to gether for it. Our readers mill remem ber that its former defeat called forth a most spicy debate, iu which Henry . Winter Davis and Thaddeus Stevens took occasion to rebuke the administra tion party for their truckling subservi ency, and their disposition to surrender every power of Congress into the hands of the executive. The resolution as passed is as follows: Resolved, That Congress has a constitu tional right to an authoritative voice in de claring and prescribing the foreign policy of the 'United. States, as well in the recogni tion of new powers as in other matters, and it is the constitutional duty of the Execu tive Department to respect that policy not less in diplomatic negotiations than m the use'of the national forces when authorized by-law, And the propriety of any declara tion of foreign policy byDongress is Both cientlYproved by the votewhich pronounces it, end such propositionovhile pending and undetermined, is not a fit topic for diplo matic explanation with any foreign power." Superstition still .exists in France. Lately, in an interior town, a young mason - dug- up a body in a e.emeterY l out off one hand and burned it tose4es; he would then be able to shoot game wittiouthis gun making any repprt to attraeCtiwziotlee of the pollee guard. The Dignity of Labor. zest& • With.ikirraiWiiir ,hearts the mournful story of the fall of our race. The concluding words of the ctirse, "in the - sweat of thy broWshalt thou eat bread until thou return unto the ground;" .the earwith grating harshnes6 But; if ,we hale been thoughtful, if we have. Well 6Oh , sidered this, seemingly hartlV:sentenee, if we have looked at man - in the *la tion he sustains to the world in which he dwells, we must see that beneath this apparently dreadful curse God in his infinite mercy has hidden a bless ing. How ever it may have been with him before the fall, while he existed in a state of perfection, it is plain that, now at least,man can only rise in the scaleof social being, and fulfil the high destiny that is still possible to him by patient and well directed labor. The advance ment of the individual, of the family, of the community, of nations, of the world of mankind is dependent upon this.— Even happiness, the phantom which we all so eagerly pursue, is to 'be found, not in listless idleness, but in the full and fitting employment of both mind and body. This will be disputed by no one; and thus we see that this part of the original curse has been transmuted into a blessing. Nothing great, noth ing useful, nothing high and ennobling, nothing worthy of man's nature, of his lofty origin and ultimate exalted des tiny has ever been accomplished but by toil ; by diligent and well directed eftbrt, by the busy hand guided in its efforts by the wise, thoughtful, hard working brain. Driven from the gar den of Eden, man had all the wide world betbre him. Darkened and en feebled as his mind was by the fall, he was Still ,ainible of the grandest achieve in en ts in arts, in science, and in every walk of intellectual life. Wherever man refused to recognize the dignity of labor, he was found in the degraded condition of the rude savage. He roamed the forests unclad, his home was some rude hut or cave in the earth, he fed upon the spontaneous. productions of the ground, or on the weaker and less erafty beasts of the field, and sometimes sunk so low as to be addicted to cannibalism. Brute-force was his law, the vilest superstitions his religion, his love was but lust, and all unholy passions were ever alive and al lowed to revel unrestrained in his breast. Recognizing the great truth that la bor is honorable, and that nothing good or great can he accomplished without It, man rises, through the triumphs achieved by his own exertions, to high er and ever advancing forms of civiliza tion. The rude hut of the savage is exchanged for the commodious home; his nakedness, or covering of skins, for clothing of the richest material, fash ioned with artistic skill ; his coarse and scanty fare, for every viand that can tempt or satisfy the most capricious ap petite ; instead of indolence we have industry; for harbarism refinement; for ignorance knowledge ; l'or the de grading superstitions of paganism the divine consolations of Christianity ; for fierce strife, and brutal passions, all theb u man it ies and amen ites of civilized life. True, the Wise ones tell its it is intel lect that has done all this. And all honor to. intellect. It also has its la bor, and in its most abstract and ethe rial form cannot develop itself without the co-operation of its t win brother la bor. Where intellect exerts it,ell, where it thinks, Invents - , and discovers, it there lalrors. Through the medium of labor it does all that it dues, and upon labor it is perfectly dependent to carry out its mechanical operations. Intellect is the head, labor the right hand. 'rake away the hand and the head is a magazine of knowledge and lire that is sealed up in eternal darkness. SUCiI are the rela tions of labor and intellect. Each is dependent on the other, and in their legitimate spheres of labor they are alike honorable. Emigration to Maryland The Examiner pub dishes, with appar ent satisfaction, an article from the Bal timore btrrican, stating that in conse quence of the abolition of slavery in Maryland, that State is receiving large accessions to her population from Penn sylvania. The names are given of a number of farmers from this State who have gone over the line and purchased plantations. We have no doubt that a great many of our best citizens will remove to Mary land, being attracted thither by the comparative cheapness of land ; but we can see nothing in this to call forth re joicing from any Pennsylvanian who feels an interest in the prosperity of his own State. I f the abolition of slavery in Maryland is stripping us of thousands of our most industrious tillers of the soil —diminishing our population and re ducing our wealth—then it is unquestion ably an event over which we should not feel called upon to rejoice. Lancaster county is likely to share largely in this new movement south ward. Land is so high in this county,that a little place of forty or fifty acres will sell for enough to buy a good sized farm even in Washington and Frederick counties, Md., where soil is of excellent quality and in a fine state of cultivation and improvement. The chief restraint upon emigration to that section hereto fore, has been the prejudice of our peo ple against the institution of slavery. This being now removed, the line farms of the counties named, which can be bought for half the, price of land of the same quality and irl'the same state of im provement in this region, will no doubt tempt many of our well-to-do farmers to part with their old homesteads and buy large tracts on the other side of Mason and Dixon's line. What It Costs to Live The following is a carefully prepared statement of the prices demanded for the general every-day articles of cow sumption before the war and at the pre ent time, together with the per centage of increase. Some of the commodities named have increased from 660 to 650 per cent., and are still On the rise. NO sensible person can peruse such statistics without stopping for a moment and con sidering to what we are drifting : Formerly.- Present Price. Increase. Tea .... .54) ets pr 1t)......t'l ;0(1175 20),a'250 Coffee. -._i-1 do obs 714 330(0_'400 Sugar S :to 75 Beef 11 to 1-1 do 22(0. 30 over 100 Mutton .. Sto In do 16(4t) 20 about 100 Pork 9to 12 do 20® 30....ab0ut 150 Ham eut.ll do 20® V near 210) Lard 11 do ...... . 30 173 But ter.....25 to 35 do ...... 70® 100 250e1)245 Milk 4 to 5 per qt. l' , 140@200 Flour 104) House rent.. _lien's Clothing. Dress Good for Women and Children... 3006.400 Aluslins :00,150 Brown Sheetlngs • 6000.650 Canton Flannels, formerly De, now.7sc. G3O Cotton Laps, do 18e, do 175 e. 872 Drugs 200 Coal and Wood 1300 200 Boots 200c5M Three years ago no one ever dreamed, and, in fact, it was unsafe to publicly announce that such prices as those quot ed above would be the ruling figures of to-day. But this would hardly be worth a consideration if we were assured that matters would become no worse. Yet day after day prices are advancing, and the present reckless management of the affairs of the nation is tending to add still greater weight to the burden which is :now crushing the people. The largest, refracting telescope in America has just been completed in Cambridge, andpurchased for the Chi cago University for $18,187. Its weight 15f.,000 pounds, and the length of the great tube 22 feet. How Should We Use One t _ preeen ministration shown its utter unfitness to rule, more clearly than by the repeat ed evidence it has given of its inability to make_ any4JToperuseofsuch victories oallavOteckfrom tincitt4 I time gabled by arrities;';,ln ;lie hiiitory 4f, all great Wars it luiaßeetOtsuarfor thafauc cessfut'party, aver a - iigna'yictoiy, to offer to'nake terms of peace with their adversaries. This has been done from motives of humanity, as well as from reasons of political policy. All great wars, being waged for some ostensible purpose, have been ended at length by negotiations, generally add• very pro perly begun at some opportune moment of decided military success. Then the defeated party is inclined to take coun sel from his temporary weakness, and then the victors can afford to be not only just, but generous. The terrible civil war in which we are now engaged was begun for the avowed purpose of restoring the su premacy of the Constitution, and of our constitutional form of government, ever such States as had revolted. Believing it to be such, the war at the beginning I received the cordial support of the mass of the people of the North without ex ception as to party. Over and again, did the Democratic party pledge itself to aid in its prosecution, so long as it was conducted in accordance with the Constitution, and with an eye single to the restoration of the I - Mon. Not only have the crude theories, and the fanatical designs of the party in power led them to divert the war en tirely from its original avowed purpose, and made it infinitely more bloody and costly than it should have been; but they have so complicated our relations with the people of the South as to ren der it impossible for any man to dis cern the end of this horrible strife. We gain victories, but they are barren of good results, because no use can be made of them by our rulers. Mr. Lincoln, being merely the willing tool of a set of utterly imprzu fanatics, dare not oiler the South any terms of peace which they can accept. Horace, we can see no end to the strife, but in the complete exhaustion of one or both of the con tending parties. Is that likely to happen speedily? We do not believe it is. Sy long as the people of the ;••4outh remain or one mind, aml bear to us the bitter hate which the policy of the party now in power must necessarily excite, so long will we re main widely dissevered and warring sections of it once united and prosper ous country. Union on the theory of the radicals in power is impossible, and they can never end the war until they change their policy. So long as vin dictiveness and hitter hate is the pre vailing sentiment on the part of the party in power in the North, it will be met and responded to by corresponding and almost universal bitterness and hate in the South. Until there is a complete change of policy our victories must continue to he barren of any good results. Just now there is almost a surfeit of good' news, and the Admin istration papers arc busy in showing how the war will end in just ninety days more. It is even said that some, who have recently put in substitutes, are regretting the expenditure of their money. So long as there is no evidence of a change of policy, there is but little cause for exultation on the part of the former, or of regret on the part of the latter. It is simply impossible that the war should end, while the sentintent ()I' the people of the South continues to be what it must micessarily be made by the acts anti the policy of the radicals who have charge of our atlkirs. We know, front the lessons of the past, enough to make us very distrustful of the future, and we warn our readers not to credit any of the overwrought repre sentations of Abolition newspapers, but to set their houses in order, and to pre pare for other and more oppressive drafts than any they have yet suffered from. National Debts of European Nations. It is all old saying that " misery loves company," Juni if the adage be an 01l spring of truth, as no doubt it is, we will find con,oltd ion, while we are de sponding over the condition of our gov ernment finances awl the enormity of our liabilities, in the fact that the na tional debts of the principal nations of Europe have also largely increased with in the last few years. Notwithstanding the strenuous efforts which England had made to reduce her indebtedness, it appears that' her debt is now nearly as large as it was fifty years ago, when she was just emerging from her protracted war with Franfp, and is one hundred and twelve millions of dollars greater than it was in 18.53, as may be seen by the following table showing her aggre gate liabilities at carious periods : 3' ,r 1, 4 1 I. 1, 1 1,1( England has struggled hard for half a century to reduce lierpublic debt—with what success may he seen by the above figures—and at the end of each year she has barely been enabled, as AI r. llan stone remarked, to make both ends meet. And how has it been with Prance:' In 1851 the French government owed 5902 7 000,1101 I, or less thanlhall of the pres ent debt of the United States. In 185.5 she had increased to 51,216,500000 ; in 1800 to 51,70n,000,000 ; and now her na tional debt amounts to :'-'1,900,n00,n0n, which, with floating bills to the extent of S168,000,0(51, makes the aggregate liabilities of the empire at the present time foot up 52,065,n00,000. It appears by these figures that the debt of France has increased more rapidly within the last ten years than that of any other na tion in Europe. The Italian States have also been ex pending money without stint, th e y hawing increased their liabilities in three years from 5-153,n00,000 to SBOO,- 000,000, or to nearly half the present debt of the United States, without a tenth part of the resources wherewith to meet it. And the same, in a greater or less ratio, may be said of RuEtsia, Prus sia, Denmark, and many other coun tries; so that we find at the present time the debts of the different nations of Europe reach the.aggregate of $12,5011,- 000,000, which is about the liabilities of the United States multiplied by six.— .iVeu , York He raid. Oua African sister—Liberia—is to have one of our gunboats on credit, as decided by the Committee on Foreign Affairs, " for the purpose of assisting in the stoppage of the slave trade, now carried on contrary to the will of that Government." The Secretary of the Navy is directed to select the vessel and complete the arrangements. It is ex pected that this new policy of making free gifts of our Navy (Liberia being one of the biggest humbugs of the age) . will continue until all the chiefs of the two C4uienas, Senegambia, and the Un explored Region are provided with one of these interesting relies. One Use of Our Victories The President has ordered a call and draft for three hundred thousand more men, to make up deficiencies occasion ed by credits on the last call. This is the first tangible fruit of our recent much heralded victories. We hope none of the enthusiastic believers in the ninety-days theory of Secretary Seward will allow their faith to be shaken. Let them still show the same silly credulity they have so long exhibited. By so doing they may maintain a reputation for consistency, at the expense of their reputation for good sense, The whole of''the rebel Gen. Buek. ner's baggage was captured on theist inst., about four miles above Rodney, on the Mississippi_ river. It consisted of six trunks, all heavily packed with " the thneores of-civilized life." A:0. plied to the leaders of, thatTarty which rut an early period stood upTor the rights of the 'people, as a *term; of reproach:l In the yearl.799, wtis.A:Thdpnwlifaisati,. vas elected Cover:nor of the sAti• of 'Pennsylvania; over Jame Itoss,-party_ spirit ran as high as it haS° done at any periodsinee. ,Then our party held ‘l6 the name of Republicanl . -i but it was styled the Denmpratic party by way of reproach. It afterwards sdopted the nickname thus given to its. and made it not only respectable but figinidable. We have lately had or attention called to an address issued by Thomas Cooper, Editor of the Sunbury and Northumberland Gazettii,, published June 29, 1799. In that paper, in speak- ing of the means by which it would be possible for the President 6f the United States to make encroachments upon the rights of the people, h imagines a ease which in nu in Y respects is so accurate a descriptioof what we have seen occurring in diir day as to make his words seem alai »t prophetic. They at least prove him t 4: have been a man of more than ordinOry sagacity, and show that, even as eaOY as the be ginning of the present 'century the party afterwards known by the honor ed name of the Democracy held the same opinions that they do at present, and that their opponents ifere then, as they now are, in favor cf Executive usurpations of poster. A#. cooper, in the article referred to, says " I can best illustrate ink!meauing by supposing a case. Let me place myself, therefore, •in the President's chair, at the head of a party in this'eountry aim ing to extend the influence!of the Gen eral Government, to inertase the au thority and prerogative or the Execu tive; and reduce by degrees to a mere name the influence of the : !eople. How would I set about it; what system would I pursue? As the rights reserve& td,3 - the state Governments, and the !bounds and limits set by the Constitntiou of the Union, are the declared barriers against the encroachments of exeOttive power ; my first business would Pie to under mine that Constitution, liud render it useless, by claiming authnrity, which, though not given by the eXpress words of it, might be edged in intiler the cover of general expressions or nnplied pow ers; by stretching the meaning of the words used to their utmostdatitude; by taking advantage of evert:'' ambiguity ; and by quibbling upon' tibtractions to explain away the plain ;and obvious meaning of the written imllru went. It would be my business to extend the powers of the Federal !Courts, and of Federal Officers ; encroach upon the powers of the S'fate Govern ments ' • and for that purpt* to promote a spirit of opposition anidug them, so as to subject to accusatiod of disaffec- tion to those which were the most op posed to the arbitrary measinres I should intend to pursue. In addtVon to this I would IIOW and then exerise trilling acts of authority not alrowed by the Constitution, under some; pretense of necessity or sonic prerogative. If by such means I should succeed in making one encroachment, this I Ni - ould use as a pretext for some other greater, until the public should Lys degrees be come accustomed and call Ons to them." " My next object Nrollid pc to restrict, by every means in my i power, the liberty of the press; for the free discus sion of public characters too (longer tts for despotism to toler4e. Hence I would multiply laws agairast libel and sedition, and fence round tile characters of the officers of the Goliernment well contrived legal obstacles. \V hat soever should tend to brilig them into contempt should be sedition, however contemptible or reprehtlnsible they might I,e. Hence, too, 1 Ny'ould express the idea, that all who oppOSed my ideas were enemies of the Itovet•pment, that is, WI my "construction of it,l of the country. It should be the business of my partizans to cry down all such persons, ti's dangerous and seditious; as disturburti of the peace of society ; and as traitors i tor little less than traitors. The °bioin:s' induced by 'these charges, being itweltppon in the public prints under my ; ..outrol, and vociferously urged by nryt dependenk in office in private converifttion, would make opposition to my measures ob noxious and dangerous, and thus sup press freedom of speech, turd put an end to political discussion.!! "The more completely To enlist the ambitious, the needy, and': the unprin cipled under my I•anners, would take care that no place, no no counte nance should be given or any except those whose opinions and language were implicitly and actively coincident with any Own. " By strict attention to the mere forms of religion, by great outwalNl respect for the clergy ; by a declared preference for religious characters ; by ..frequent ap pointment of days of fast lug anti prayer; by all possible means :ft Oty command I would gain over the cletigy to my in terests, and acquire for my designs the popular reputation of sanctity. Thus, should suspicion be laid asleep, as to the motives of my conduct, apil the voices of the bigoted and ignorat4, as well as of the interested and incrOnary of the land should be loud in my praise. " It would be my evidefrt interest to cultivate the moneyed men of the coun try. Hence, 1 would slio,r a decided preference for merentile:people ; and would especially en couragetthe banking and funding systems. Tltr, latter par ticularly ; because the metre money I could borrow on any iiretetice, the more jobs, the more contracts, rt,tid [the more means I should have at Ifitnd for cor rupting my adversaries anti purchasing partisans. 1) , b/. 1 ; ~W,IMXI,INMI 4,111N1,0(111,01111 1,4:5,1X10,0X1 gi5.1)(0,000 ;;,545,11. , 41, (P9O :;,957,1)011,090 " lint the grand engine, the most use ful instrument of despoti.c ambition, the means upon which Ii could most safely rely, would lie a large standing army, and a greatly ineren i ied navy. ,, Snell, under the form of a supposed ease, is a description of t 1 e means at tempted to be employed by the Federal party in 17P9, for the purpOie of inereas ing the power of the execull,i, - e at the ex pense of the rights of the States and the ConstitiOnal liberties of thepeople. They were signally defeated in their nefari ous designs ; hut in our Ay we have seen every one of the beaus above enumerated successfullyi• employed for -.Millar nefarious purposes.— The Constitution has I,(een insidi ously undermined, and most shame lessly violated; the liberty of speech and of the press has heerE restricted ; those who have opposed tlf'k, follies and the crimes of the party in power have been denounced as seditiUtis, and stig matized as traitors; thus has political discussion been entirely prevented iu some States, while in all it ;has been re stricted; the clergy hates liven e9rrupt ed, and made the mere subservient tools of the party in power ; thenioneyed in terests of the country have : been enlist ed, and a huge expenditure' i lias put into the hands of the Administration almost inexhaustible means of corruption ; and the grand engine of despotiSin, au enor mousstanding army, has bee' r n employed to further the centralization Wall power in the hands of the Executri;e. It really seems as if Mr. Lincoln hail deliberate ly adopted the plan for el - dating a des potism laid down by Mr. Cooper in the article from which we haveamoted. A Grim Record From the Albany Argus.; The 'Southern Almanac for hie year 1865, published at Lynchburg, Va., gives a state ment of the killed, wounded tmd prisoners in the great battles of the war;i'for 1861-'62- '63-'64. The publishers say that the returns for the first three years areacc4rate, having been compiled from official soaces. Those for 1864 are approximated r but they are nevertheless nearly correct. r. . Killed. Wounded. PrfB/niers. Total. 1661 . 1,031 4,312 1,606 6,999 1862 ..17,189 49,533 5:075 68,615 18473 _12,200 48,000 7P200 131,400 1804.............15,100 45,000 7316) 67,8181 Total _ . Killed. Wounded. Prisoners. Total. 1861 4,998. 9,874 9,773 24,648 111432.............20,275 68,388 43818 132,371 1863 _18,300 54,0110 311000 100,300 1864 64,000 110,000 3270(81 206,000 T0ta1...197,573 242,265 119,481. 469,419 Fedeial loss ln battle, etc .0,419 !, by sickness, etc 3:10,000 419,119 Confederate loss In battle, ete....274,841 If " by stekness, ete r 100 ? 000 • 424, 844 E. :seem of Federal loss otal loss 14(3,812 FFDI. RAI S 3'14,30 ...... 1,244,263 .-74 10 ,416Mgeatalaillifts -- 41 - the — lftWilielirigirttatin -- the Su , Rretne Court of the United States, on of last week, in commemo -iation of the death of Chief Justice , l'Tifiey t that magistrate was stylecletle `Milt! the line of our!Chil r it Juetfees. lii`Other places he has beenistyled the feuith, and in still others, the sixth.-- Tl 3 ~National Intelligencer says ,the variation results from the omission or inclusion of one or both of the names of I John Rutledge and William Cushing, of whom' the former was appointed Chief Justiceby Preatdent Washington, and took his seat on the bench, but was rejected by- the Senate,- and of whom the latter was appointed by the Presi dent and confirmed by the Senate, but never acted in that capacity; The cir cumstances of their respective cases are as follows : While. John Jay was absent in Eng land, engaged in the negotiation of the British treaty of 1794, he was chosen Governor.of the State of New York. Anticipating his resignation of the Chief Justice, President Washington offered the vacant post to John Rut ledge, of South Carolina. In fact, Mr. Jay's resi g nation was received on the :10th of June, 1793, and on the fol lowing day the President ordered the commission of Mr. Rutledge as Chief Jutice to be made out as of the date. The appointment of the President and the promulgation of the British treaty, as negotiated by Jay and ratified by the Senate, reached Charleston, the resi dence of Rutledge, about the same time. The indignation of the majority of the people of Chaisteston at the terms of the treaty knew no bounds, and Rutledge, sharing in this popular sentiment, ad dressed an excited assemblage on the subject in language of reprehension and reproach, which symbolized with the most violent diction of President Wash ington's political opponent. As Judge Rutledge , had been .a no less trusted than able member of the Federal party, his " imprudent sally," as Alexander Hamilton styled it,was read with "pain, surprise and mortification." Hamilton took up his pen in reply to Rutledge's onslaught on the treaty and the entire Federal party, not knowing that lie bad received the appointment of Chief Jus tice before he had taken his stand against the convention of Jay, was in dignant at his defection, or at the false complaisance of the President, as sonic supposed, when the intelligence of his appointment was made public, without its being known that the honor had been tendered to him before his opposi tion to the treaty was indicated. Chief Justice Rutledge took his seat. on the bench at the August term of the Supreme Court, which opened at Phila delphia on the 21st of that moulth, in the eear 1795. On the adjournment of tile Court, after a session of but a few days, he returned to Charleston. In November of the same year he pro ceeded to Augusta to hold a term of the Circuit Court, and soon afterwards set out to hold the circuit in North Carolina, hut was overtaken by sick ness on the way. His long ; and in cessant labors had imptureil the vigor of his constitution, and, under the access of disease, his miml gave way. The rumor of his failing health conspir ed with the political rancor of the Fed eral majority in the Senate to procure his rejection by that body. "The Sell ate's refusal to confirm his appoint ment," says the biographer from whom We glean these memoranda, " extin guished the last spark of his sanity." A burning and a shining light in our Revolutionary period, his sun Went down in a cloud. He died on the 18th of July, in the year 1500. After the rejection of Rutledge by the Senate, President Washington nom inated \Vm. Cushing, of Massachusetts, who was one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, to till the vacacy. 11,\V 11.• unanimously confirmed by the Senate, and held his commission about a week, when, on the ground of failing health, he returned it, declining the ap po ntmeu t. He never actually presided ;is Chief Justice, and hence his name has sometimes been omitted from the line of the Chief Justices of the - United States. If we include Irotlt Judge Cush ing and Judge Rutledge in the category, Judge Chase is the seventh. The order of the succession is as follows: John Jay, John Rutledge, William Cushing, Oliver Ellsworth, John Marshall, Roger It. Taney and Salmon P. Chase. Sensation in Troy Ito 1111 l nitie ease of Alleged Crime, Lore Exile, Luxury, and Arrest The Troy Times 0; December 3d, has the following spicy, though brief story : Decidedly the most startling and sensa tional case that has occurred in the criminal history of this vicinity for a long time was brought to light by the 'Mitts! States and local authorities yes terday and this morning. The facts are briefly these : For many years there lived in (termany—at Cologne, we be lieve—a young hanker by'the name of Louis (toldenfauss. Trusted by his em ployers, and acquainted With all secrets of the financial world, he is said to have not only forged the names of prominent merchants as drawers and indorsers on bills of exchange, F tt also to have suc cessfully imitated the private mark which denoted the genuineness of the paper. Leaving a wile and child in Prussia, lie (-tune to New York with a beautiful young lady of course a lady is in the vase) last May, and is alleged to have negotiated fraudulent bills on persons in Germany to the value of to,ooo thousand thalers, which, at the equivalent or 72 cents per thater, with gold at S2.3o,gave him the snug fortune of 5ti.5,000. lie came to Troy, and - made many friends—especially among his fellow-countrymen. Tall in person, in telligent in countenance and conversa tion, Louis Iteraud, as he called him self, was a nail to make his mark any where. He "banked" in Wall street, and purchased a farm at Pittstown, in this county—paying 516,000 for it, and fitting it up in a great style, equal to the island home of Blannerhasset. But the Elysian dream was of short dura tion. Yesterday afternoon, Deputy E. States Marshal .Jarvis, of New York, arrived here, with extradition papers Pontr the Prussian government. In company with officer H urlbert he pro ceeded to Pittstown and arrested ( told enfauss, alias Ueraud, at his home.— The officers also brought with them it safe, containing 530,000 in gold, and reached here at midnight. This morn ing the prisoner was taken to N. York, but his friends secured the legal ser vices or M. 1. Townsend and P. H. Baerman, and elllleavorml to obtain possession td . was 'Jud g ed in the jail office. 1t will probably be sent by express to New York, and (told enfauss will start for (termany in the next steamer. His friends claim his innocence, but the Officers say that when he was arrested he made a full confession': The Ai& has made quite an excitement in town. r flie N . r ash iugton Xational Jo irllipcmw,•says: General Sherman will be net by sad domestic news when he reai•hes the ocean on his victorious march through It ebeldom. His youngest child, a fine boy, about six mouths old, died last week at South Bend, Ind., at the residence of Speaker Colfax, which is occupied by Mrs Sherman and family this winter, the General's eldest children attending the Catholic college in the vicinity:of that town, and Mrs. Sherman desiring to be near them. Many will remember a very touching letter writ ten by the General on the death of lds son, a year or two ago; and while he is in the field, so bravely fighting the ene mies of his country, death -has robbed him of another of his home circle t and will cause the old wound to bleed afresh. He will have the sympathies, in this new affliction, of all who honor him for his heroic patriotism. The fine new sloop-of-war Wampa noag was launched on ThUrsday fore noon at Brooklyn Navy Yard, amidst the cheers of a large assemblage of ladies and gentlemen who had congregated to witness the event. Among the dis tinguished persons present were Ad mirals Farragut, Paulding and Gregory, in honor of the first named of whom a salute was fired from the receivingship. Twenty-seven vessels of the same class as the - Wampanoag are now in course of construction five of which are being built at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Chief Justice Chase on Thursday last took the oath of office and assumed charge of his duties as presiding officer in the United States Supreme Court, at Washington. An immense explosion occurred on Thursday forenoon at the Dupont pow der mills, near Wilmington, Delaware, by which ten men were killed and several wounded. The noise was heard and the, shack felt, very sensibly as far north as Trenton N, J. ° ROWS** omliii. r rAngrultir Chien' a-n'nd. - December 9. The Yankees kicked up quite a fuss in the State House. They had a mock Legislature, elected speaker; clerk, &c., and were introducing bills, resolutions, &c., at" a furious Tate, witefta courier? burst into their midst, almost bri.pathlesS' with the announcement" The Yankees are coming!"—then thelwhole peneern absquatulated with the'most precipitate haste and alarm. - This was not a bid travestle on the closing hours of the late session. L. Carrington, Esq., the efficient and indefatigable clerk of the House,sueceed ed in saving the records of.his depart ment, having removed them via Savan nah, Thomasville, Albany and Macon, and thence back to the capital. The Yankees ravaged his •nice little farm, near the city, killing all, his stock, and destroying everything in the shape of subsistence on the place. The richest man in Baldwin county has not corn enough to last till March, and meat is not, and will not be. The house next to Mr. Carrington was burn ed, and it was through the presence of his wife alone, that his own place was saved from the flames. fFrora the Macon confederate.] On Sunday, November 20, Slocum's corps of Sherman's army, began to pour into our devoted city, The few com panies of troops which composed our local guard had been withdrawn. Most of the public stores had been removed, and the ill-fated inhabitants were left to the tender mercies of the invader. On Monday Sherman arrived with the balance of his army. Most of the inert belonging to the city left before the enemy arrived. Those who stayed mid our noble women had to submit to all the insults, tyranny and oppression which the invader saw . fit to inflict. Robbery of every kind and in every degree was the order of the day. Dis gusting scenes of plunder and rapine were perpetrated in the presence, and with knowledge of officers of high rank and when expostulated with, and asked to protect private property, we were told that they intended every Southern man should feel that it was very ex pensive ti, be a rebel. Indeed th6y seemed to think that everything we had belonged to them, and that it was a very great crime to hide anything from them, and hiding did very little good, for they are the most experienced and adroit thieves that we ever heard of, and knew exactly where to look for hidden treasure. They burned two or three private dwellings in the vicinity, but none in this city. Penitentiary can be easily repaired ; the walls are not in jurea except at the gate, and the large building containing the cells ror the prisoners being composed of granite, brick and iron, call be easily repaired. The railroad bridge across Fishing creek can be rebuilt in a short time, as the abutments and piers are uninjured. The enemy remained here from Sun day evening Until Friday - morning, which gave them time to pillage the Sur rounding country for many miles. They strolled about the country in small par ties, frequently unarmed. Captain Sam McComb, Lieutenant Joe Beall, dolphus McComb, Gus Cone and Theodore San thrd were cap tured mar this place by some of Sher man's forces. Messrs. Beall and A. Mc- Comb escaped at No. 11 C. R. R. on Tuesday last, and arrived here sate on Friday last. Capt. Sam McComb was still a prisom when they left. They also state thiti , on. Thos. F. Wells, our immediate St: c Senator, was a prisoner in the enemy s hands. We sincerely trust that they may be soot' released from durance vile. When Sherman's army approached Milledgeville on Sunday, the 20th ult., we had the Presblent'sMessage in type, ready for publication. The next day we took doWn our press and hid it and the type of our office where they could not find it. ()mot' the Yankee generals had his headquarters in our Mike, but did it little damage. We print the present issue 1,11 a hand press, not yet having had time to get home our cylin der press. Gur office 'has literally been trodden under foot by the Gentiles, but we hope by next week to be all right again. The mails have been greatly damaged, so that many of our subscri bers will not get their papers this week, but we hope the mails will soon he re sumed and things go on as usual. Trade Regulations with the South. The general regulations for the pur chase of products of the insurrection ary States on Government account have just been promulgated, providing for the appointment of agents, by, the Secretary of the Treasury, at the fol lowing designated markets or plaees of Nurchase, viz: New Orleans, Memphis, ashville, Norfolk, Beaufort, Port Royal and Pensacola. The price to be paid for any of the products purchased sltall be agreed upon botween the seller and purchasing - agent, lint in no case to exceed the market value in the city or New York, accord ing to the latest quotations, which are to lie daily forwarded tot he agents, and to the colleetor and surveyor of cus toms, less a sum ei rind to the internal revenue tax, the permit fee, and such deductions its will cover transportation, insurance arid other expenses, and to such arrangements for payment as may be prescribed in special instructions. It is further provided, among other things, that the sales of produets pur chased may be made weekly at public auction to the highest bidder, not ex ceeding in quantity ono-fifth of the amount received during the previous week, unless under peolliar circum stances. Any person bringing in pro ducts for sale to the purchasing agent, desiring to repurchase and transport the same to a loyal State, may give notice to that ellbct at the tinie of making sale, when, under certain regulations, the aceommodation will be granted; but the: products sold shall not be re sold until after transportation to a loyal State, or to a foreign port, and shall be liable to forfeiture for breach of this regulation. The President, having approved the regulation, has issued an onler upon the subject, ill which lie says all persons, except such as may be in the civil, military or naval service of the Govern ment, and having in their possession any products of States declared in in surrection which the agents are autho rized to purchase, and all persons own ing or controlling such products there in, are authorized to convey the pro ducts to either of the places which have been or may heteafter be designated as places of purchase ; and such products so destined shall not be liable to deten tion, seizure or forfeiture while in tran sition or in -41111 awaiting transporta tion. Any person transporting, or attempt ing to transport, any merchandise or other articles, except in pursuance of of the regulations of the Secretary of the Treasury, or transporting, or at tempting to transport them, or articles contraband of war or forbidden by any order of the War Department, will be deemed guilty of a military offence, and punished accordingly. The War and avy Departments have revised (feneral Orders, with a view to carry out the above trade reg u la t Louis Price Cotrrciit. . The New York Time: , has:a New Orleans correspondent whose represen tations present a rather discouraging picture of the working of the free negro system there. He says : " The crying evil which play be heard on every plantation down the Missis sippi is the incorrigible indolence of the negroes, and with it the lack of power to make the niggers work. The freed men will work only as they feel dis posed. The planter has no means to compel him to labor, and consequently the negroes on most plantations are un derapoorcondition ofdiscipline. Not one in fifty will raise a linger to help them selves so long as they can get enough to eat by stealing and possess a rag to cover their nakedness. Indepen dent of the ravages of the army worm the crops of the majority of the plan tations would have resulted in small returns the present season. I have heard a dozen planters assert this fact, and they attribute it to no other cause than the universal indisposition of the negroes to do, the necessary work, and the utter inability .of the superinten dents to get the work out of them. The negroes are paid, clothed, and fed ; yet they will steal sugar, and either eat or sell it. They steal the corn and feed their pigs with it and save their own for market; They feign sickness and will lie in the hospital for weeks when nothing on earth is the matter with them. The negro idea of .freedom is that of *unrestrained license to do as they please and go where they choose. • "' The notorious steamer Alexandra, supposed to be'a Confederatesprivateer, has arrived, at Nassau from. England. 1.. A.• • , 7 7"7" .11 . , — Vtir.Viffrritflo:?, - Dec: If. SENATE.—Mr. Clark, President pro. tern. in the chair. _ - Mr. Nesmith, of4n; :presented the memorials _of the - tare of Oregon, proving for the establishment of a manu leaky °farms in that State. ‘G:ritnes, lowa, from Committee on NO/al Affairs, reported a 'joint resolution tendering, the thanks of Congress to Capt. Joim A.'WhasloW of the' S, Navy, in ac cordance-with - the recommendation of the PreSiderit. - • Mr. Grimes said it was not necessary for him to say anything as to the merits of this case, the filets were well known to the Senate. He moved that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the resolution, and asked unananimons consent to do so. _ . Consent was given and the resolution was `considered and passed. qtrimes, lowa, reported from naval Committee, a similar resolution in the case of Lieut. Wm. B. Cushing, which was also passed. Mr. Wilson, Mass., presented the petition of several line officers in the army, asking for additional compensation. Referred to to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. WiLson from the Military Committee reported back the joint resolution offered by him yesterday, with the recommenda tion that it pass—it was read the first time. IfousE.—Mr., 'Wilson, of lowa, from Com mittee on Judiciary, reported a bill amen datory of the act of July 17th, 1862 to de fine the pay awl emoluments of oflicers of the army, etc.; so as to read that any alien of 21 years and upwards, who shall have enlisted in the volunteer or regular army or navy or marine corps, and been honor ably discharged, may become a citizen with out any previous declaration, and shall not be required to prove more than one year's residence. The bill was passed. Mr. Stevens, from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported a bill making appropriations for the diplomatic and con sular expenses, and a bill making apprt priations for invalid and other pensions. Both bills were referred to the Committee of the Whole on the state oft he Union. The bill for a shin canal around the Falls of Niagara, and fir a ship canal front the Misissippi to Lake Michipm, were further postponed to the 2:ld of January next. On motion, Brooks, N. Y., it was resolved that the Committee on Foreign Affairs, be instructed to inquire into the expediency of forthwith providing by treaty or otherwise, for the protection of our Canadian and pro vincial frontier, front murder, arson and burglary, o'4 - the pretence of rebel invasion. Mr. Schenk, Ohio, front the Committee on Military Affairs reported a bill provid ing that all Major Generals and all Briga dier Generals in the Military service of the United States, who, out the 15th day of Feb ruary, 191i5, shall not be in the performance of duty or service corresponding to their respective grades and rank, and who khall not have been engaged in such duty or ser vice for three months, continuously, next prior to that date, shall lie then dropped from the rolls of the army; and all the pay and emoluments or allowances of Knelt general officers so dropped shall cease front that date, and the vacancies thus oceasioned may he filled IT new promotions and appointments us in other cases, but no officer is to be considered as included in the foregoing provision, whose absence from duty shall have been occasioned by wounds received, or disease contracted in the line of his May while in the military service, or by his lacing a prisoner of war in the hands of the enemy, or under parole and any Major ( ieneral of Volunteers or Briga dier General of Volunteers, who may have been appointed from the regular army un der die authority given in section 4, of the act approved July 22. d, 15(11, to authorize the entployment of volunteers to aid in en forcing the laws and protecting public prop erty, and the acts amendatory thereto, who shall be so dropped front the rolls, shall not thereby be discharged from the service of the United States, but shall be remitted to his position anal duty as an officer of the regular army, Second thereafter continuously until the termination of the existing War of the re bellion on the last day of each month after the 15th of relatary Isli.i the provisions of the foregoing section shall be made applicable to any general officer in the mil itary service of the United States, Shall not on the said last day of any month have been engaged in the performance of duty or ser vice or corresponding to his proper rank, tin• three months consecutively then next preceeding. Mr. Cox, Ohio, inquired of his Colleague, what had Iwconie of a similar bill introduc ed here last session. Mr. Schenck replied that, having passed the Ii toe, it hangs tire in the Senate. II r. ('ox sid he could see no necessity for the passage of such a law, as the President has now power to drop officers for incom petency or inefficiency. He asked why the Senate had not acted on the old bill ? Mr. Schenck replied that he could not tell his colleague the reason for the Senate's non-action on the subject, as the question had been fully discussed at the last session. He would lIQW merely move the previous question. This was seconded, and under its opera tion the bill passed—yeas, 96, nays 38. The House then proceeded to the con sideration of the joint resolution pend ing from duly last, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to appoint three commissioners to inquire and report, at the earliest practical It moment, the best and most efficient mode of raising, by taxation, the necessary itmount of reve nue ha' supplying the winds of the I Mvern went ; having regard to the sources from which it is to 1/0 drived, with power to take testimony tinder such regulations as may be prescribed by the Sect - eta-v of the Treasury. The rOsolation was tabled—yeas nays The house then took up and passed with out delude the Senate bill, authorizing the purchase or construction of six steam reve nue cutters on the lakes, and appropriating one million of dollars for that purpose. WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. SENATE.—Mr. Clark, of New Hiunpshire, President pro tem, in the chair. Mr. Sunnier, of Massachusetts, offered the following, which was adopted: That the President of the United States be re quested, if not inconsistent with the public interests, to furnish to the Senate any infor mation on the files of the Department of State concerning the paper published in the VOIUMe or trettties, and entitled "an ar rangment between the United States and Great Britain, between Richard Rush, Esq., acting Secretary of State, and Charles B. Agot, ILis Britanic Majesty's Envoy Extra ordinar," relating to the naval three to be maintained upon the Anterican lakes. Mr. Lane, h unsas, offered the following resolution. that the Committee on the con duct of War be instructed to inquire as to the truth of the alleged charges, that large numbers of disloyal persons are in the eni ph)yment of the government, in the Navy Yards, Quartermasteni' and Ordinance Departments, &e., of the ethintry, to the ex clusion of loyal men, with power to send for persons and papers. VI r. Lane. I desire to make a statement that was made in my presence last night, before a large assembly of gentlemen, in a public speech, that. It few days ago the son of a soldier, 1010 died of starvation in a rebel prison, applied at the Philadelphia navy yard for employment, which was ne cessary for j the maintenance of the family left by thislsoldier who had died of starva tion. lle wa.s refused, while at the moment of his refusal there were thousands of dis loyal Men ill the employment of that navy yard; I make that statement in hearing of the chairman'of the Committee on Naval Affairs, mid call his :Mention to it. I ask for the passage of the resolution. Mr. Chandh•r, Mich., sug , ested that, as the Committee on the Coraluet of the War had as much before it as it could pus sibly between new and the 4th of March, the resolution had better be referred to a special committee. Mr. Lane, Kansas, said his object was to have the investigation made and the report upon it before the installation of the new administration. If there was such an evil as spoken of it should be made known, and the policy of the administration should be changed in the installation. Ile was one of the men who believed that no government could be successfully administered unless it surrounded itself with office-holders in sympathy with it. He wanted the report before the 4th of March next. Mr. Johnson, Md., did not know that he had any more confidence in the Adminis tration than the Senator from Kansas, but he had no doubt the President would see to it that the offices were tilled by loyal men, whatever might be said as to the loy alty of the Navy Yard employees, it was a fact that they all voted for Mr. Limon, he did not believe the Senate had any right to interfere in this matter which he thought was pertaining to the Executive Department of the Government. Suppose the investigation turned out as the Senator from Kansas anticipated what could the Senate do ? Nothing but express an opin ion which could have no legal binding what ever upon the President, and he might or might not disregard it either because he thought it his interest to do so, or not as he did not concur in the conclusion of the Sen ate on the subject, he was opposed to the resolution. Ifors—Holtnan of Ind. introduced a resolution directing the Secretary of War to furnish a copy of the order issued De cember :21st 1863, in regard to troops enlisted, on condition that they should be discharged when their regi ment were mustered out of serrviee ; also, the order dated December, 1853, ad dressed to the Governor of Massachusetts, in regard to troops to fill up old regiments, and, also, inform the House whether the principles therein announced have been ap plied to all soldiers mustered to till up old regiments. Mr. Schenck, Ohio, objected to the con sideration of ;he resolution unless it was referred to the Committee on Military Af fairs, which he said now had that subject under consideration and had already ob tained information on the subject. Mr. Holman's resolution was referred to the Committee onllilitaxy Affairs. Mr. Mallory, Ky.; asked leave to offer a resolution requesting the President to com municate all papers "bearing .of: the arrest and imprisoinuentufLieut. Gov Jacobs and Col..Maiferdy. the latter one (lithe Presiden . fishElec,tonsof Kentnek o T by.whookaordtk arrested and *hint they - are rlsoned Mr. Stevens, , On motion of Mr. Orth; of Ind., the House took up and passed the Senate bill provid ing for a special term of the Courts for the district of Indiana. On motion of Grisartild. of N. Y., a resolution was passed directing an investi gation of all the facts - its to the practical operation of the pension laws, a system of permanent relief, and to inquire into the actual condition of the present invalids of what measures should be passed to secure them employment, independent of persons. Mr. Cox, of Ohio, offered a resolution, which was adopted. Resolved, That the Secretary of State, if not incompatible with the public service, communicate to this House, all communi cations on file in his office with reference to the difficulty upon the northern borders, and which have been referred to the- Com mittee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. f'ox said this information was desir ed with a review of some action of the Committee on foreign offairs and for the eludiation of the questions Committed to therein. Mr. Blaine, of Me.,_ moved that the Com mittee Ways and Means be instructed to inquire to the expediency of 'exempting sailing vessels of 500 tons, and upwards from the 2 per cent. tax imposed in the 94th seetion the internal Revenue Act of 1864. Adopted. WASHINGTON, Dec./19, SENATE.--Nlr. Clark, the president pro tem, occupied the chair. Mr. hale, N. U., tiPpeared in his seat. Mr. Ten Evek, presented a petition front citizens, who had United States Certificates, asking for indemnity. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. .. • Mr. Sumner, Mass., presented a petition, from Henry Ward Beecher and three thous and citizens of New York, praying for the abolition of slavers. Referred to the Com mittee on Slavery. • Mr. Wilson, SifISS., presented a petition, front the officers of colored trools, asking for an increase of pay, ,tic, lleferrNl to the Committee on Military Affairs. HousE.—Mr. Davis:Md,,otTered the reso lution reported by hint on Thursday, and which the 11m usethen (aided, d6claring that Congress has a constitutional right to an authoritative voice in declming and pre scribing the foreign policy of the United States, and that it is the duty of the execu tive department to respect that voice, ke. Farnsworth, 111., moved to lay the resolution On the table, Disagreed to—yeaA 49, nays 73. WASIIINGTON, 1)0(.. 20 SEN ATE.-Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, front the Conunittee on Finance, reported the llonss llill. to extend the time allowed for withdrawal of,ertain goods, therein named, front public stores, winch was passed. Mr. Dixon, of Conn., from the Committee on the District of Columbia, reported a hill to amend the (Darter of the Washington tias-light Company, so as to allow ft to charge an inereasoid price tits' gas. The rate fixed by the hill is the average price charged at the Capitol of Maryland, Penna., New Jersey and New York. The bill was postponed. llousE.—on motion of Mr. Rollins, N. a resolution was adopted having in view retaliation of treatment of rebel prisoners in our hands, unless the I at federate au thorities afford bettor treatment to Union prisoners in their keeping. on motion of Mr. Holman, a resolution was adopted instructing an enquiry into the expediency of selling lands, the pro ceeds of the sales of which are to be disposetl of by the State legislatures for the benefit of soldiers permanently distilded. Mr. Stevens, of Pa., reported a bill for the support of the military academy and a bill to supply the deficiencies of the appro- • priations for the year ending with June next. Rolling them Responsible, The Lou/sr/tie Dcmocrist thus em phatically announces the determination of the Democracy to hold the fanatics now in power responsible for the salva tion or ruin of the country. 1t says: We call upon the Republicans to ex hibit themselves now. They have it all their own way. The Senate and lower House are overwhelmingly for them, In the whole length and breadth of the land there is no voice powerful enough to stay them or direct them outside of their own organization. There are no excuses now for them ; they cannot shift their blunders on to the Democrats or excuse their failures by pleading the constraint of a power ful minority. It is all theirs—every thing. Democrats have nothing to do with it ; the few present in Congress are only marking the game. They can de clare the moon green cheese and slice It out among themselves. They can con script the man in it, if they can catch him. They can present a Heel of ves sels to the negro kingdom of llayti, as well as to the republic of Liberia. They can present a red flannel shirt and a family Bible to all the winsom infants it Africa. We wish them loak ! We call upon them to save the country, or at least to save the pieces. We are not proud— anything will do. Only we warn them that we Will hold them to a strict a 0... countability. We will not abate one jot or tittle the penalty they owe for bringing on this war. We warn them that they are housed in places that do not belong to them, and we will as suredly mahe them account for the waste they do while thus situated. A Proclamation by the Rebel General Breckinrldg,e. HEADQUARTERS, itee. itl24. Protection having been guaranteed to all citizens of East Tennessee who, having entered the Federal service, shall, in good faith, return home and enter upon their pursuits as peaceable citizens, this privilege is hereby ex tended to all who, not having belonged to the Confederate army, have gone within the lines of the enemy to avoid service or for other reasons. Such as are above or below the military age shall not be required to perform mili tary duty, and all shall be free front punishment except such as had been guilty of murder and other high crimes. All citizens and soldiers are requested and enjoined to receive with kiminess those who avail themselves of this or der, and to cultivate such a spirit as willput an end to the internal strife and domestic warfare which have so long desolated this portion of the State, .Jxo. ('. linEclusninGE, Maj. (len. Items of News Kossuth has three nephews in the Union army, Col. L. L. Zulaysky, who when General Ashoth was disabled in the late severe engagement at Mariana, Fla., took the command and brought the action to a successful close; Major A. Ruttslagg, commanded the lst Flori da cavalry, and Lieutenant E. Zulaysky in his brother's regiment. Rufus Choate's widow, who was n daughter of the Hon, Mills Want, of Hanover, N. H., died at Roxbury, Mass. on the Bth inst. The Czar, of Cracow , says that there are at present seven hundred operative tailors less in Warsaw than there were previous to the insurrection of last year. The tailors supplied the greatest num ber to the revolution of any class of ope ratives. Our loss In the battle of Franklin turns out to have been much larger than first reports made known. It was over two thousand in killed, wounded, and missing. We lost nearly rIS many prisoners as we took—that is, about a thousand. This loss occurred when our lines were broken, early in the action. A wild boar was killed a few miles from Bridgeport, N. J., a few days ago. His appearance indicated an age of about fifteen years. His skin was half an inch think, and several loads of buck shot were required to despatch him. The carcase weighed 500 pounds, and the tusks were. 3 inches long. It is sup posed that there are others in the same vicinity. About a year ago a pedestrian of that neighborhood was pursued by a wild hog, supposed to be the one ,just Mika. The rebel Longstreet is said to be still suffering greatly from his wounds. The ball went in at the base of his throat, just below Adam's apple, and cut its way out through the right shoulder, just below the clavicle. As it passed out it cut the nerves of sensation and motion of the right arm. The arm still remains paralyzed as far as motion is concerned, but the nerves of sensation are somewhat involved in the cicatrix, and are morbidly and acutely seusitiye and irritable, lie has taken oceans of morphine, and is greatly reduced, but the pain seems to remain as great as ever. The Sandusky I?e,gister of Monday has the following : We are credibly informed that one day last week one of the rebel officers in the 'BulLPen,' as our soldiers call it, otherwise in one of the barracks in the enelo4ure on John son's Island in which the rebel pris; oners are kept, gave birth to a bounc ing boy.' 'This is the first instance of the father giving birth to a child w 4 have heard of; nor have we read of it in the books. The officer, however; was undoubtedly a wonian.!! The Internal Ifovenue Pepartnient haS detected the o;iliector at Detroit in appropriating large en* money fat' prlviitb apeOulationk,
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