OONGREBB -81 ; 0011 D EiBMIOII,
Jan. 23.—Secretary Stanton yesterday sent
In I oommutdcatiou to the Senate stating that the
several resolutions calling for information in Wept*
wagon, had been banded to him on tie return to
tsipateleceZi awl that information would be sent H o w
as pearible. The credentials of Mr.
ard, Senator elect from Michigan, were presented by
Mr. Chandler. Resolutions , from the Ohio- Legisla
tive and the Missend Constitutional Convention,
were presented, asking for the passage of - the Con
stitutional amendment. An act was Introduced and
referred to the Military Committee, to Increase the
compensation of certain officers In. the field. Mr.
Sherman reported that the Committee of Conference
on the Deficiency Sill had been unable to agree,
'and moved that the Senate farther insist upon its
amendmeMa and appointed another committee. The
mann reasoned to. A - resolution deelaring 'the
sense of Congress upon the subject of negotiation,
was printed and laid on the table for the present.—
' The 'Chair laresented a communication from the See.
rof War in reference to naval credits. The
fl u Zellning t e a. rank reso lu tio nnof aymasters In the
• *ivy was passed The advising retalia
tion for cruel treatment of our officers and soldiers,
takeri np,and alter some debate, postponed for
consideration to-day.
resolutiun was adopted reducing the
duty on Imported paper to three per cent ad valor
em. A resolution of thanks to Gen. Sheridan was
selected to the Military Committee. The resolutions
'of the L egi slature of New-York In reference to the
Constitutional amendment were presented by Mr.
Frank. A resolution was Introduced and adopted
appointing a Committee to Inquire Into the facts of
the reeent assault upon Judge Kelley, and mind
bur Mr Field from the privileges of the House until
the report of the Committee shall have been made.
Mr. Brooks, of New-York, caused to be read a let
terr which he had received from Gee- Butler, asking
him to explain certain disparaging remarks made in
a recent speech on the floor of the Howse. Mr
Brooks complained that the sending of the letter
constituted a breach of privileges of a member of
Congress. The Speaker decided otherwise. A lone
and excited debate arose on the question, in which
Messrs. Gooch, Stevens, Brooks, and Kemal took
part. Mr. Stevens at length gave way to a motion
to adjourn.
fisitars, Jan. 24.—Mr. Sherman reported hack the
bill to appropriate money for the Post-Unice Depart.
meat - The House bill to provide for Aetiag Assist
ant Treasurers or depositories of the United grates
iii certain cases, was taken up and pastel Mr.
Sumner reported a series ofreso e luilous as a substi
tute for th e resolution before th Senate on the sub
ject of retaliation, setting forth that It would be im
practicable,lmmoral and d'derading for the Govern
ment to Im itate the practice of the rebels In the
treatment of rebel prisoners, and reiterating the de
termination of the peopleto put down the rebellion.
Mr. Sumner supported the views expressed In these
resolutions In a long and able speech. The subject
will be taken up again to-day. Mr. Wilson intro.
-dotted a new and very stringent conscription bill,
which was referred to the Military Committee,
Housa.—A resolution was adopted Instructing the
Committee of Ways and Means to inquire into the
expediency of reporting a bill removing the tariff on
all materies used In the manufacture of ?tinting pa
per. A bill was introduced for the remnstruction
of the Medical Department of the United States Na
vy, which was referred to the Committee on Naval
Affairs. The House then resumed the eonshieration
of the question of privilece raised on Monday by Mr.
Brooks, based bn the letter written to him by Gen.
Butler. Mr. Bontwell, of Massachusetts, mode a
very able defence of Gen. Butler's career in New
Orleans, to which Slr. Brooks made an evasive and
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nal reply. Masers. Cox, Ingersoll, Stevens and
also participated in the debate; Which closed
by the withdrawal of the appeal from the decision of
Samara, Jan. 25.—Mr. Trumbull prMented the pe
tition of army.chaplains, risking that they may be al
lowed the MUM pay that is allowed to line-oflicers of
the same rank. Toe House Bankrupt Bill was ',-
with amendments and ordered to he printed
peeled
of Hx-Surgeon-General Hammond was
reported back, and the Committee discharged from
the farther considemtion of the subject. A resolu
tion was adopted instructing the Finance Commit •
tee to Inquire into the mcpeliency of relieving the
tonnage of the country from the income tat and re
ducing the duty on chains and anchors. The rest,.
lotion of the Militaty Committee, advising menus
Bon upon the rebels, was discussed at some length
by Messrs- Clark, Henderson, Saulsbury, Wade and
Foster. Me. Wade moved en amendment, :making
the resolution mandatory instead of advisory, and
compelling the President and officers of the army to
retaliate in kind; bet eo action was taken in the
/s matter. The Senate voted to adhere to its , amend
meet of the Deficiency Bill, and the bill consequent
lyfails on account of disagreement between the two
ome&
floras.—The Niagara Fall- Ship ('anal RDs post
paned till Monday. A snbstitnte was reported for
the Senate bill for the collection of direct, taxes in
the insurrectionary States, which was recommitted
to the Committee on Ways and Means. A resolu
tion was agreed to directing the nominittec an Com
mence to Inquire in the matter of a Treasury permit
to exchange provisions with the rebels in North
Carolina for cotton. A resolution of thanks to Gen-
Sheridan was almost unanimously agreed to, Mr
Harrirl;tor Maryland, and Mr. White, of Ohl., alone
Toting in the negative The House recce ed from
their disagreements on the Deficiency Bill, with the
km or tie. 000 erehie sire c4.4.1ia ansi dAripley.... ,
•
C t IM House twenty per cent. additional pay. The
House then proceeded to the consideration of the re.
port of the Select Committee providing for the heads
of the departments to occupy seats on the floor of
the House, to be interrogated under certain rule,
concerning their respective departments, and, to a
limited extent, participate in debate. The measure
was advocated by Mr. Gannon. of New-York, and
opposed by Mr. Morrill, of Vermont. No action
was taken an the subject
Saugrx, Jan. 28.—T00 credentials- of Mr. Sante.
Wry. Senator elect from Delaware for six years imin
the 4th of March next, were presented. A bit for
the construction of a bridge over the Ohio at Louis
ville wasreported and laid over. A petition from Mr
Webb, asking Inc increased compensation for build
ing the Iron-clad Dem erberg, was referred to the Na
val Committee. The House hill was passed anthor.
Laing the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Treasury
notes in lien of any bonds authorizer) by the Act of
June 3014 1861. The Hrase bill to make appropti•
*thin for the military Academy was passed, as was
also this House bill making appropriation for the
support of the Post Office Department for the next
fiscal year. CommuuteallareS were laid before the
Senate from the &cranny of War, in relation to the
loyal earners of enlisted slaves, and in relation to the
thfriy and hundred day volunteers from Delaware.—
The resolution advising retaliation upon the rebels.
for cruelty to our prisoners in their hands, was again
taken up and discussed.
House —An act was passed to relieve antrum-3 of
customs to certain cases. A bill was reported and
referred to the appropriate committee, to provide
for a tar bell or fifg-trumpet. on Governor's hiand.—
A bill was reported and referred to the Committee
OD LOMMerVe providing for two east-taut inspectors
Of sicaintratts at the City of New-York, and Iwo lo
cal ins re ctors at Galena, 111. A bill was reported de
lining the limits of National Bank issues, and its
consideration was postponed till Monday week. Tue
House then resumed the consideration of the bill
proposing the admiasion of Cabinet oft:twee to seats
,on the flour of the House. After some debate the
further cungderation of the hill was postponed for
one week, Another D•ficiency Bill was MI rodured
sad passed. The Committee on Pohlie Bnildinas
was instructed to inquire into the origin of r he lima,
be of the Staidesmisn Institute. A bill eta, 'lnns
diced and referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means, propoeing a tel on National Bank
dastere4an. 27.—Tue credentials of Mr. Wilson,
of it maactinsetta, as 13-nator elect for six years from
March next, were preeenred. Petitions for increase
of salary were presented from employees in the de
partments at Washington. A resonation was offer
ed, and obj,cted to, to legnire Into the charge
against Gen. J. IL la Mats sit in auttan conduct to
went the Degrees who bad joined his army la Geor
gia.- a, joint resolution was laid on the table, &-
elating toe State of Arkansas to tie no longer an
ln
serrre ion against tie Culled Whites. A hill was in.
traduced, and refer. d to the Judiciary C
bill to amend the act to restrict toe funadie lon of
the Claims and provide for the payment of Quarter
master's stores and slobs - isle-nee furnished to the
Army of the Felted States The deficiency bill from
the House was then taken up, and alter being
amended b,ystriking out the - section glilug extra
ettaapateatiOn , to the employees of the capitol, it was
of qThe State taco renewed the consideration
uestionth of retaliation. Masers. Johnson and
fisulsburc spoke against, and Messrs, Howe, Wade,'
Morel, Doolittle and Howard in favor of the reso
lution.
Candid Admissions
- From Army and Nary Gesetfe. (British.) L
• • • Tue tact is, that hood's retreat lees re-1
"toted to the Fedenda nearly sit ttey had kit by
Mbermau's countermove in districts where, in our
judgmen_ the Issue will be eventually decided by ,
mum obtained on the seacoast of the maritime States.
Let us terra moment remember what has occurred
alneerthis War began: Shortly after the United etates
trona sumnidered to BeaureFord in Fort Sander,.
the'4.frderscy flew its /lag Imm Brownsville, on
AtiaMioGrande, to Alexandria, on the Pottimac.—
birldarell was heart and soul a Southern State. Bo
yOnd the Mlsalssippl, Arkansas and Missouri were
eonsidertimmtain auxiliaries. The atarsandstripes
did not ay On adagio point south of Baltimore ex-
S p s '
thwaatwtain M e
Virgoin iaPickens
eann d u n h o e n sTtiotruttuiognaas.l—
ly
divided into two Stator, of which ono has been ap
propriated by the North, Maryland is bound fast in
the Federal Union; Kentucky to to the hands of a
Federal Governor ; Tennessee makes no effort to
shake cause arm grasp welch holds here Northern •
Butte ; Now Orlawas ha fanny, Penkareola is under
inierbarsand &dims Basin ,• the Mississippi is a lila
km dm; Missouri wad arimasas aro Federal States-
Inc Mame of North Corollas are scaled, with the
allerSk lll - 01. Wilmington- The mouths of - Charles.
tow,: alavannah and Mobile belie fallen tutu the bands
OW. Lincoln', roma. Every city on the banks of
the itlisslialppl is to his power. - Great Brilale in the
areas war'beld a burr pert of the revolted , olonitra ;
ibs Imod war- with France • and the thirteen
Stenna ., :etuf had one enemy arrow s i g h t of her
aborts, loathe ratter abets:night tiy tome back to Be
adleganee WsaB,ooo tulles away. The North Is Ilia
itropho with tito &nth.: 'Tare is no tormgo war to
didtant the epetaJtaxd her people, and She tuts made
enough pnof,reartoUneortrage her to make fresh
dissents' train 'Bavannalifall, an attack on Charles.
inn by bind swill 110 doubt follow; and Stith the pr.os
leaskra,of the foils at pe entrance to Cape Fear My
*slammed,' the irork of 'closing the Bouthern.fanna
inn steeiver aril" be accomplished. Whether the
North caningbaust tam
wn, itoi re newer or - not UM .nest
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to bartataruplak but irisf am ;0
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gbh independent gepublican
"A Union of takes and s Union of lands,
A Union of States none efin sever; •
A Union Of hearts, and a Union of hands,
And the Flag of our Union forever."
CIRCULATION 8,100.
H, FRAZIER EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
Montrose,Pa,, Tuesday, Jan, 31, 1865
lerrir The conspiracy is nor k, own. Armies hart beln
raised, war is lerkd to accomplish it. 'Pure am only tm ,
aides to the question. Every man mmt befor the United
s, or dgainst it . There rarity no neuteuts in :hi ,
,ear only patriots ortmitnrs.--STRIMEN DocoLsa,
at Chicago, April 11, 18(31. •
Ur Mat right him the Yorth meatier!? What fn,.
tire here 15.hm denied And what riaint, founded in jun
lice awl right, ham been withheld? Can either of ynu
day wane one single act of wrong, delibenwely and pur
mtly done by the Governoneut rtt tr.Aingto”, of which
the South has a rialit to complain I I challenge the an
szoer.—RON. A. IL STEPHENS. 1861.
BUTLER AND RIM ENEMES
The recent cowardly - and unrighteous attack on
Maj.-Gen. Butler, by one of the Representatives
In Congress, from New-York, 'Brooks of the
New-York Erprefu, has ended, as every honor
able and sensible man in the land anticipated it
would, in the complete diseomfitnre of tht. as
sailant, his slanders recoiling ou his own head.
and the very means ho sought to ruin Gen. But
ler, becoming instrumental in the hero's vindica
lion. The old story about the seizure of gold in
New-Orleans, by Gen. Butler, rankles in the
heart of every traitor North and &nth. It was
hoped by the traitors that that seizure would
embroil the country in a war with Europe—that
it could Le turced to good account against the
Government, but the result having proven s•
entirely different from what suchotraitors
Brooks and his associates in and oat of Congres ,
anticipated, they have now combined in a corn
mon crusade of slander, to Gverwhelm Gen. But
ler with disgrace by stigmatizing him as a gull
robber. The debate in Congress established the
fact that Gen. Butler had regularly and seriipul
ously accounted for every dollar in money and
property he had seized while Military Governor
of Louisiana —that the Secretary of War had ap
proved his entire action—and that his accounts
with that Department and the, Treasury were
audited and settled, the Government having
never lost a penny by the action or the adminis
tration of Gen. Butler. Yet in the Mee of these
facts, Brooks persisted in re-iterating his char
ges, so that Gen. Butler has demanded an hive.-
ligation at the bar of the House, where hi? foul
mouthed traitor assallants will have opportunity
to prove their charges or expose their hste in
the disgrace of their failure. These repented
assaults from Democratic legislators and jOurnal
ists, on Benjamin F. Butler, constitute really the
best stan4ard of copperhead sympathy for trea
son we have in the land. As a copperhead
hates and vituperates Butler, so in proportion
ne loves riltd trimlz t 5.11.4.4 4%. Mat_
ler Is only antagonized because he is to-day the
most strenuous opponent of treason in the coun
try.
PAY OP ARMY OFFICERS.
The 11. S. Service Magazine calls earnestly
upon Congress to increase the pay of army off
cars at least fifty per cent., and says unless it is
done soon, the army will lose many valuable
officers. It asks the press generally to unite In
this demand and to press it upon Congress until
the point is gained. Let us see about this. In
addition to the rations, forage, and the pay,
clothing and rations of servants, our officers now
receive pay in money as follows: Lieutenant
General SBGIO per year; Motor General, $5310;
Brigadier General, $3504; Colonel, $2428:
Lieutenant Colonel, 2010; Major, $181? ; Capt.,
$1422; First Lieutenant, $1 02; Second Lieu
tenant, 1212. The pay of naval officers of cor
responding rank is nearly the same, and they
have besides chances for prize money.
Nobody will obj^ct to giving just and cenerons
pay to our army ofileere, but when the people
oompare these salnries with those earned by the
same men in civil life before the war, it will he
difficult to convince them that there is any spe.
eial necessity for increasing their pay. For
dl except offices of the highest ranks there ar.
plenty of applicants as capable and bravo as
those now filling them, who will be ghvd t?
rut
fill the duties for the pr.-rent pay. Very .few
men can can be selected from the army of brig
adiers who would command as good pay as they
now get in any other business ; and there is no
evidence that the Siajor-Gsnerals or Lieutenant
General Grant are not satisned with their pres
ent pay. Paper MOM yis cheap, to be sure, and
easily printed, hot the government should not
cheapen it still more by prodigal expenditures.
Unless, therelore, the pitied and necessity of an
incrotse of pay for army officers can be fully
made out, Congress should give no heed to the
clamor for it.
LINCOLS AND DAM
So much has been said.bath N,.rth and Squib,
in detraction of Pruodent Lincoln, and not by
copperheads and rebels altogether, but by well
meaning though: misguided Republicans, thrt it
is refreshing to find an enemy so untiring, cm-,
compromising, and unrelenth7sas the Charleston
Mercury driven to do him a grudging measure
of justice, as it does in the 'following paragraph,
which; despite the use of such tenant as " knave,"
"blackguard," and "'buffoon," pictures him to
its readers as possessed of the very highest quid:.
Ries:
"When Abraham Lincoln took the chair of the
Presidency of Use United States, he promised In hie
fist-boat lingo to ' run the machine as he found IL'
Whether he has strictly kept his promise., those
may doubt who choose, to consider 'be subject. ti
is enough for us to know that whether 'running his
machine' In the pathway of his pnalee.u.sors or not.
he has run It with a stern, intlextble purpose, a
bold, steady hind, a vigilant, active eye, a !Sleet/lete
energy, a fanatic spirit, and an eye single to his end
--conquest—etuancipation. its has culled annual
him, in counsel ' the ablest and most earnest men of
toe country. Where lie bas lacked in individual
ability, learning, ex_Pericatc, -or stateentusulp, be
has sought it, and has found it, in the able men
about him, whose assistance be unhesitatingly as
cepts, whose powers he applies to the advancement
of the cause he !Ai Undertaken.
"Iu toe Csidnet and In the field he has consistent
ly and fearlessly, Firessixt ou the search for men who
`tumid advance his busts, and his as unhesitatingly
cut (Jell those who clogged it with Weakness,
hubeclUty; or failure. Force, energy, brains,
earnestness, he has collected artmud him in every
department Thackguarti and buffoon as he is. he
has pursued 'hie cud with an energy as untiring se
ladh4, r and u'eitigleuews ot parp.se that might
almost Wattled petrioqe. if ha were not an un
seruptdotis knave in his end, and a fanatic in his ph-
Mica views, lie would tunittubledly command our
respect se te ruler, an Lei' as 'we are concerned--
Abroad eild at home ha bas exercised alike the same
Ceaseless energy_ and circa m eyeettun.
" We tutu our eyes to Richmond, and the eon
,that eirketilug to thd heart."
• Row few northern Democrats Were are Wto
49.10,4tbrahatti Liwco . Ltt the justice., which this
-dil etO r gaita &nth .CarCallit sebelliaa Chas
THE VALVE OF FORT FISHER.
The capture of Fort Fisher closes the last sea
port in the rebel states. That is to say it cuts
offihe rebels from one of theliehlef sources of
such supplies blankets, beef po rk,long
range cannon, and other necessary articles. The
business of blockade-running at the port of Wit
mington was of such importance to the rebel
chiefs that, more than a year ago, they took it
almost entirely Into their °wetlands The ves
sels engaged in this contraband trade were
freighted for the most part either by the rebel
government at Richmond or by the state of
North Carolina. They were specially hunt for
the trade; the most skillful and daring men
were engaged as pilots; and great risks were
readily taken, because, if only one ship out of
three got in, the venture paid for itself,' the prof-
its were us• enormous as that of the -African
slave-trade. It is said that Trenholm $, Co., of
Liverpool, have wide not less than $lO,O. o,not.
m gold, us their share of the profits of this busi
ness.
Not only is this illicit trade stopped, however
and most important supplies for therebel armies
cut olf, but the capture of Fort Fisher puts s
stop to the payment of interest upon the rebel loan
in Europe. This interest has been paid with tin
proceeds of cotton skipped from Wilmington.
In order to provide for it, the rebel leaders ant!
their agents abroad have strained their resourcer
to the utmost, to procure vessels, and hay,
obliged every outward-bound ship friim Wilming
ton to carry a certain amount of " Confederal.
cotton." Hitherto they have succeeded in pay
in; their interest regularly ; but the holders ol
Cloofedcrate bonds have now received their last
payment of that kind.
THE JOHN nnows ANNIVERSARY
The Richmond rebels have not forgotten their
execution of John Brown, and they have good
cause to remember the shedding of the blood ol
that martyr to human freedom. The Richmond
Dispatch of December 21 speaks of the"memor
able day," and as it trouoled with the blood ol
-brave old Ossawattamie," declares that "the
events of the day, and the week that preced
ed it, will never fade from our memory." John
Brown was hung on the 2d of December, 1859,
and the Dispatch says "that was the beginning
of the war." It adds:
" We say we °hall never forget the day when
Brown was hung. ft was one 01 the most love))
.15)s that ever come from Heaven. it was as mho
as thougu it was the noddle of May; and It might
well hove passed for such, had it not been that the
trees weir. bare Or foliage. Hut tive years, as Link
Is counted, have passed since that memorable day.—
Aud yet tne events of a whole century have beet,
compressed into that little apace. When we look
upon du: day, over the live intervening yeas, we
can hardly relax..., the tact that we see the same per
*Pi, that this is the SAWS country, and that the oh
pcts most handier to us are in reality the same ots
.p eta. It all seems ' like the phantaama or a hideous
dream.' We had all, then, read of war, and had
ward of war; but how few of no bad any conceptior,
of what it ready was? We had beard old people
talk of the trials and troubles or the old Herniation,
find their juniors eloquent on the subject of the
Nievialn war. Hut the most lively imagination had
never Panned a conception of the gigantic struggla
of which that day's work was the opening scene.'
Grant and Lee . on the Capture of
Richmond
The London Throes of thesth Inst., has an interest
log letter from Its Richmond correspondent, undo
date of December sth. It contains some account ca
a conversation that had just occurred, in which the
interlocutors were Lieut.-General Grunt and a "for
sign gentleman in intimate relations with the Con
federate Government," who hail just come to Rich
mond trim the North. This foreign Contederate, It
seems, describes G-neral Grant us " s gentleman 01
eminent courtesy, tranquil and dignified in manner,
free from bluster, awl studiously contitliatlug in
Language." lien. Grunt we are told con:menet-4 the
conversation by praising the abilities of Davis and
Lee, and then proceeded to give his views of the
prospect of capturing Richmond. The correspon
dent writes that—
" Ile (Grant, proceeded next to make the startling
assertion that Richmond is a doomed city, and that
Sir Oasis and Gen Lee are well aware of the fact.
lie pointed out, with emphasis, that slowly and in
citi•vselty V•dc, at cony is corrertinatly ..d radrcieg •
step. and tha never, since the 4th of Jane, has it
made a quart of a step backward. ' The end,' he
continued, m st be the fall of Richmond. Row
long It will be be re the end comes it is impossible
tot me to ray. Gen. Lee knows the position of my
ar "v to be impre.gnatile on both sides of the river,
and he will attack on neither. I do not expect the
city to he suddenly evacuated, but some day, little
by little, my guns will get within eliciting distance
of the capital, find, from that hour, it Is merely a
question of time. it is probable that if, ar this stage,
tna redelence be obstinate and prolonged, We
whole city win 1p burned to the ground. Anyhow,
its evacuation by Gen. Lee's army is In the mid in
es Rattle."
Raving thus been entertained with the opinions of
the army operating sualaat Richmond, the frame
writer next entertains us with the views on the
same subject of the noel commander on the other
side of the lines. Ile says;
"1 call minim Gen. Grant, that if he was In a posi
tion to orrice at. the undisguised opinion of Piesitlent
Darks and Gen.. Lee, he world come to a conclusion
different from that which he last week evpressed,
hut which it is difficult to believe that be sincerely
entertains, It is the deliberate conviction, not only
of the two eminent men In question, but also of
eighteen twentieths of the Inhabitants of Richmoud,
and ninety-wise hundredths of the army which de
fends it, that the city was never an safe since the
war commenced as at the prevent momettL"
The opinion of Gen. Grant, thus given, was ex
pre-sed before he knew of Sherman's triumphant
m arch through Georgia, and before he could tell as
suredly the co operation he would get from that °l
acer and his army. II he felt confident of success In
tue beginning of last December, how greatly must his
COTllidenkb be Westland now. Davis and Lee, it
seems, differ from Grunt In - opinion; but so they
did about Fort Fisher. They have done so vets
often, and have always come out wrong. So we
most adhere bathe present, as the past, to the faith
of Grant, which bids fair to be strengthened before
long.—A. Y. Times_
Assault on Fort Fisher
The following account of the assault on Fort Flatt
er is from Ad.tdral Porter's report:
Ail the arrangements on the part of the sailors had
been welt curled out ; they bad succeeded In getting
up to within a short distanee of tbo fort, and bald •
,icarely in It, Ir ditches- We had hot very few
tided aced wounded to this point Tne Marines
were to have hid the rifle-pits and cover the hoard
mg party. which they failed to do. On rushing
tarough the palisades, which extended front th,
i.rt to the se-a, the head of the column received a
mu-dertms Ore of grape and canister, which did not
hit w ever cheek the 01211eurs and sailor who were
L tiding ; the parapets now swarmed who rebels,
who poured In a destrucilve the or musketry. At
till, moment - had the marines perboned their duty,
every one cat the rebels wuecd have been killed.
I witnessed tun le.kne affair, saw how ricalersly
the retails exposed thetoreives and what an advan
tage the) gave our etuirpshouters, whose gnus were
scarcely tired, or tired with no precision. Nut with.
standing the hot Ore, ottleers and sailors in the luad
rubbed on, and some even readied the parapet, a
Wee number having reached the ditch.
The advance was swept from the parapet like
chaff, and notwithstanding all the efforts made by
cannot:lndere of companies to stop them. The men
In the rear, seeing the slaughter in front, se4 that
they were cot covered by the matinee, commenced
to retreat, and as there Is no stopping a sailor if he
falls on such an occasion on the drat rush, I said the
whole thing had to be given up. In the meantime.,
the troops were more encorsaful on their side. The
rebels, saadrig so large a body of Men - coming at
tlicw on the wa side, was under the Impression that
it was the main attack, and concentrated the largest
pat of tacit' force at thl point, and when they gave
three rebel cheers, thinlibig that they had plubd
the day, they receceived • volley of musketry In
their hacks from our gallant soldiers, wlin tkt4 been
successful is 'gaining the highest parapet. Then
eutnrneneed such a system 01 fighting as has never
oven beaten. Oar roaUller had gained two traverses,
while I directed the iroushies to fire on the traverses
occupied by the rebels. Yous,f) ye cud six traverses
were carried by our troops In the spare of an hour.
These traverses are Immense boitiltprains, about
slaty lest long, fifty feet wide, and twenty feet WO
weenteen In ail—being on the N. E. Lice. Setween
each traverse or boonitt-proof are one or two heavy
guns. The llghthaelasted until 10 o'clock at night,
the hut:tales and monitor firing through the
traverses In itlteutm of our troops, and the level
pleat of land caned Federal Point beivg enfiladed
uy the ships to prevent relufurconeuts reselling the
rebels. t .
blinseg went wo the fartituld I
General Terry,
kept up eonetant ettmintinladiun with. Itlta With
three hearty cheers, whieh were taken' up by the
litwl,Obettenett-d the capture of Fort sbher, .Thad
lug that the (lateral felt” aralout about the enemy
ft - C.4011g rUillrOneerDellte, I directed the sailor* and
marina to rebel's the ;reaps In the outer hue of our
defeue, and a large Lumber of aoldlera were thus
cuuttled to join our lorreato the fort.
It will not :he UMW for Ina LO remark here that I
nee,: saw anythinglike , the fearleas.galittutz.Y at&
eudttrunee dhiplayed by: - our trtop4 They (ought
Mx lions, and knew no Bush won! as fad. They
dually fought and eharaA the : rebels from traverse to
traverse unlit they 'reached battery Lapin at the
mound, a face of wow* extending about 1,400 yards
intength. At 11th point the broke end fled
to the e9d ,of Federal foir4; Our ; trope foilowed
them up an they,aurrendenint diactetiow.
Taw oral crab oat pagnoblii tittiks tal
record, and one that will do more darnaze to the
rebel cause than any that hue taken place In this
war. Twerdy•three hundred. retitle manned Fort
Fisher•, werellikert Planners rent were
killed ok,arr..,-..ded. hare stated some Mae
cursekis wlth* , antto these military matters, which
Lwitt leave to General Terry to supply.
here elate Tinned Fort Fisher and Its adjoining
works, and Ind their strength greatly beyond what
I bad conceived. An englocer might be excusable In
saying they 'could not be captured except by regu
lar rlego.',l wonder even now how It Was done. The
working I said before; is really stronger than the
Malakoff' tower, which defied so long the combined
power of France and England,' and yet It la captured
qy a handful of men, under the the of theguns of
the fleet, and in seven hones alter the attack com
menced In earnest.
Burning of the Smithsonian Insti
tute at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Jan. 2-10, 1.865.
Tile afternoon about :I o'clock, a tire broke out in
the Smithsonian Institute building. in the loft above
.sha picture-gallery, between the ceiling and the roof,
caused, It is believed, by a litfeetive One.. The ceil
ing soon fell in, and in a few moments the gallery
wan nue sheet of flame. The fire, as It mounted the
central tower and hur.t forth in full volume from the
main roof was magnificently grand, and a curious
npectacle was presented by the steadiness of the rev
olutions of the anOmeter or wind register, surmount
ing the tower, while the tierce flame was ravenously
mounting to its destruction.
The windows of the picture-gallerysoon burst out,
disclosing only the shell of the room. There were
some two hundred of Stanley's pictures here. lie
had negotiated for their sale to the Michigan U uL
versify. Only live or six of them were saved. The
loss Is very serious, including the lecture-room, the
philosophical Instrument aturtmeut and most of the
valuable instruments. The offices In the towers and
the originals of the private records and archives of
the 11.11W/012 were dm*yed. The top of the prin.
elpal tower and several attic. battlements fell.
The conflagration was nearly altogether confined
to the main building and shove the first story, the
latter containing the 'unseen', which was damaged
more by water titan by fire. The wings and corri
dors were not much injured. The large library in
the west wing was not damaged. The furniture of
Prof Henry an , ' other property wan injured by hunt)
removal. The fall extent of the loss Is not 3et W -
certalywd. A strong military guard was in attend
ance. (treat difficulty wan experienced at first In
getting water. At no time could all the steam flre
engines have full play upon the flames, and It was
ate in the evening before they were under full control
The Smithsonian Institute.
The Smithsonian institute was organized by act el
Congress in April. ]5441, to carry into effect the pro.
visions of the will of Mr. James Smithson, an Eng.
Itch physicist, who died in Geneva lu 16g9. Mr.
Smithson was the natural son of the third Dnke of
Northumberland. Ito was educated at Oxford,
where, In 17li, he took an honorary degree under
the name of James Lewis Marie, bat soon afterwanl
adopted the name of Smithson, the family name of
lather, by which he was sunsequeffily known
Several years before his death Mr. Smithson execu
ted his will, In which. upon the occurrence of I•er
tale contingencies, he bequeathed the whole of his
property to the United States of America, to found
.t Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian
Institute,en establishment for the increase and dB . .
lesion oknowiedge among men. The condition on
*tich the bequest was to take effect In favor of the
United States having °et:tarred In Ittitri by the deat't
&a nephew of the testa Air without lean, the Gov
ernmeni was officially notified of Its reversionary in
. erect In the estate. The fact being communlmted
to Congress, a joint committee recommended the
acceptance• of the trust. It was accordingly Accept.
-d, and Hon. Richard Rush was sent to •Eugland as
commissions" to prosecute the claim. At the end
1 of eighteen months he was able to report the sue
*caste! termination of his mission, and on Sept. 1,
deposited in the United States mint the pro
reeds in English sovereigns which yielded In recoin
age tY.515,1611
lu April, ISAR, an act in eleven sections was passed
organizing the Smithsonian Institution. The fourth,
ffilh and sixth sections assigned the location nod
gave power to erect a suitable building for the recep
tion upon a liberal scale of objects of natural history,
chemical laboratory, library, art gallery and lecture
rooms. The entire cost of the - building, improve
ments, eke. was about =von, but by careful Man
ageultut of the Board of Regents, to whom the man
agement of the Institution Is assigned, the original
hind has increased by accruing interest to /16.55,000
A free library has been collected which is unequaled
in this eountry as a resource for scientllle research,
and happily this useful collection was Lived from
destruction which yesterday threatened it. The Mu
seum, which was also saved, bad attained a tnagnl
tude and completeness seldom surpassed In collec
tions for the-illustrations of natured science. Lec
tures, chiefly on e;cleutific subjects, have been deliv
ered every season to large audiences Prom every part
of the country. The contributions of the Institu
tion to science and art in this coentry have been
most important ; and the destruction of so many of
Its tine collections will be viewed us a national ca
lamity. _ _ _
erp m Mexico
Northern States of Mexico Ceded to Louis Na
poleon.—Dr. Gavin the Governor-General of
the emperor of the Preneh.
BAN Fiuogotsco, Wednesday, Jan. 25th, 1865.
The Demneratle Press, the Democratic paper of this
city, which Is likely to be well eer:tainted with the
views of Dr Garin and tile friends la this city, who
arc numerous here, publishes the following state
ments:
.• We have refrained from Indult4inat In specula
tions or expressing any opinion In reord to the ma
ny reports and rumors relating to the position and
det.igus ol Dr Gwln In %l- t 12,a until we could give
the 'exact facts and Indisputhbly avouch for them.—
Teta we tire now prepared to do by Information re—
ceived from Barclay Henley, Esq., accredited agent
ol Dr. Owin, under the protection of the Emperor
of Me s I co.
. .
" Maximilian has conveyed by trust-deed to the
Emperor Louis Napoleon Sonora, Senatolln, and
other Northern Staten of Mexico,. the boundaries of
whielt have nut yet been determined un, to be
held and governed by the latter, under Mexican pro
tection, as security for the payment of the claims of
France against Mexico, the same to be restored to
Mexico in lull upon the payment of the said claims,
with all the private rights secured under French oc
cupation continued
" Dr. Groin is Governor-General or Vice-Secretary
of the Emperor to the French, and Is invested with
plenary powers for the government of the states
which have been ceded, and the disposal of the pub
lic lands and mines.
. _
Dr. Gain has drawn np a code of laws, which
have been approved by the Emperor of the French,
of the most Itbend kindp,..rtsrantecing civil and reli
gious liberty, providing for preemption purchase of
the public lands, and regulating the tonna of occu
pation and the use of (be mines.
"Tne Emperor of the French guarantees a milita
ry force, under the direction of the Governor Oener
at, aullicieut to maintain the public peace, and de
feral toe people of the States against internal and ex
ternal force.
" The policy of Dr. Owln, which bat the approval
of both Emperors, is to encourage emigration from
the American States by offering the most liberal
terms to settlem,in order to bring intelligence, Indus
try, energy and enterprise to the development of the
well-known resources of that rt=ion, so bhshly fa
vored by the natural advantages of soil, climate and
mineral wealth, and to form an enlightened mid Olt,-
stanlial population, which will assure permanency
and security, and give strength and power to defend
the State from fitibust/ ring expeditions, which the
unappropnated riches and .amt barbarous condition
Of the pcopie have heretofore invited.
The Capture of Fort Fisher
We are ail the more proud of the taking of Fort
Fisher by a body of soldiers from the loyal start*
for the reason that In Its capture General Terry and
lus men bare what the French cad " done the
Im
pp In the report of Admiral Porter, pub•
itched in this journal two or three days since, awak
ing; of that fort, he says:
" Mute works are tremendous. I was in Fort
Malakoff a taw days altar Its surrender to the French
and &apish. Toe combined armies of the two na
tions were many months capturing that stronghold,
and it will not compare In gee or strength to Fort
Fibber."
This'estimate of the strength of the works which
we baVe captured Is c'edltable to Admiral Porter's
candor. It seems fatly to exonerate General
Bottler
from blame, fn declining to entpose his men o
must have seemed the certain danger of being slaugh
tered in an assault upon a stronghold more difficult
to reduce than even that fortress In the Crimea
which for so many months defied the assaults of the
combined armlets of the tvro greatest powers of West
ern Europe, and for a long time seemed Impregna
ble. If General Welted, an experienced engineer,
gave General Butler the same idea of the prodigious
end eptralling strength of Fort Fisher that Admiral
Portee r givesin his report, there ea. be no wonder
that, with but a handful amen in comparison with
the captors of Malakoff; It was. deehted to refrain
from the assault. Tee fort has Dental:en, however,
by a marvellous conjunction of heroism and ',mod
fortune.—N. Y. Eve..ll.st.
Dizcomfitiare at Blockade-Runners—
Positive Capture of Three of Them.
POUTKIMS Motown, Thursday, Jan. 24.
The gunboat !Ounce arrived at Bort Flaber ti le
morningwith a partion fit the crews of the blockade.
runners 'Stag awl Charlotte, captured on the inst
Inst., while endeavoring to run into Wilmington
with cargoes of rifles, blankets, tte., , being Ignorant
of the occupation of fort Fisher by our forces.
The night M•tore the capture of th6te redacts, the
blockade runner Owl, commanded 147 Capt. Wit,
eiw , e very near matting a aiming mistake, but sus•
p . ,-ct lag 'something wrong, AA ht. supposed, In the
of our forces, main Our escape and
succeeded' Ir. Audip,,4 the, vigilance of our croincrs,
on the alert for _ bluets add. runner&
duother,blueltade-runner Wad, however, captured
On Just Sunday morning, off fort Fisher, but bur
name was not aseertalhed.
A POOR RICIJ Marl to this city, who has
he4l)subpored to
,bo very deb, took n note to one
Or our bahlif, a reit days since, to be discuunted,
istkeis it ow rifused, became from. Ida return of tu•
hi#P4Fil ropoiLeiblUttrif 1141000,0 go*
tro4itop.maivirorna
GREAT NAVAL BATTLE
Rebel Iron-Clad Attack on City liaint.—The
EntLre Rebel Fleet Engaged.--Thetr Maas.
trees. Repulse by the Fortahe Iron.Cind
Tlrgtala Destroyertro OtherspaininOti
and Run Aground.—Agseape of the Remain.
der.
WASIIINGTON, WcdnesdDy, Jan. 25th, 1865
The Star says:—" Dispatches reeelced here state
that yesterday morning at I! o'clock a rebel fleet of
dye vessels—the Richmond Squadron, so long being
prepared—came down the river to destroy our de
pot. and works at City Point.
The Mei water caused by the freshet ernalped them
to pass the obstructions which our commanders had
placed above City Point; for the bet ter protection of
the place.
A battle quickly ensued .between the rebel fleet
and our nearest battery or fort, in whirls one of the
rebel vessels was blown up and Instantly.and entire
ly destroyed, while two others were so badly dam
aged by shot and shell as to compel them to seek
safety by speedy flight back In the direction of Rich
mond; accompanied by the other two, which escaped
damage to speak or
Admiral Farragut left here yesterday evening for
the scene of tale action, and It is understood that he
will at once assume naval command there.
WIBLILNOTON, 3tonday, Jan. Md,
The Time, special correspondent, at City Point,
states that the idea entertained at headquarters of
the descent of the rebel fle.t, which ended so disas
trously to the rebels in the sinking of the chief iron
clad, the I ovisia, and the disabling, end running
lir:round of the other two, is lhat the effort was en
the part of Lee an attempt to raise a great hullabaloo,
under ewer of which he would evacuate Richmond.—
The evidence daily accumulates that the trbel chiefs
would now be Very gLal to withdraw themselves and
the only remaining army of the rebellion safely from
liqt it in too late to - etlect this design.
THE PEACE BUBBLE
Result of Mr. Blair's Admlla It to
bee A Pallurc."...The Terms of Jeff. 1/Avis.—
Independence First and an Armistice Nest,.
Spirit of the Rebel Press on Peace.
S'pccial DiApatch of the Sena York 11mr..1
WASHINGTON, Friday, Jan. 27. 1
The peace bubble that has fur ten days past floated
en brilliantly before the gaze of men, has to day come
to a sudden collapse. Late last evening Francis I'.
Blair, at., returned from Richmond. and l.rought
with him precisely what sensible wen expected—that
is, just nothing,. Ile brouttlit neither olive branch is
his hand, Peace Commissioners under his cloak, re.r
a treaty in his pocket. tits mitsiou, so tar as practi
cal mai:life are concerned, bt, iu fact, as Mr. Blair ex
pressed liltunell to-day, " a total failure."
Thnt Jeff. Davisdesires peace, his own oft-repeated
official annouueementn leave us no room to doubt:
but we bow know that as condition preced , ut to any
overture looking to this cud, he demands, tßrst,
that negotiations shalt be conducted AS between two
independent nationalities ; and, second. that peed
big each negotiations an armistice shall be proclaim-
ed.
Neither or these propositions, it need be raid, can
be accepted try this GOvvrnmvut, To yield rittirr
would be, in tact, to surrender the whole i‘sue al
the war. There is not the staglitvot diaponitiun on
the part ol the Adwtuiatration to du one or the
other.
The dominant tone of the rebel chiefs is substan-,
tiaby Indicated In a semi-official utterance published
in Jett Dania' (won, at the %cry time Mr. Blair wan
In Richmond. It is declared lu the distinct alteruu
iadependentr or subjvano.." In such au al
ternative there is no room fur healtatiou ou our
part.
Turning aside, therefore, from this dream of peace,
which has for a lime beguiled so many, the nation
soberly addrexeca itself to the work of war, through
a continued vigorous prosecution of which a satis
factory peace can alone be obtained. The rebellion
will be raided as most rebellions are ended, by iater
raa d..rraptana nod collapse. It will leave uo treaty in
history'T—uo treaty in which the names of "Jefferson
Davis and "A ssham Lincoln" will appear as ar ,
bitrators of
Very HoneMl Dianatch
PIIILADELPIA, Friday, Jan'y 27th,
The following la a epeelal dispatch to the Phila.
delpala Eevaing Telegraph:
WASHINGTON, Friday, Jan'y 27th, IS6I.
It is now definitely known that Mr. Mar's mis-
810 U to ltielunond ha been crowned with complete
Surreal'.
Mr. Davis elated distinctly to Mr. Blair that he
would couctudepeace and return to the Union upon
terms, that would he perleetly satisfactory to Mr.
Lincoln and Gongres.
Mr. their also Imd au interview with Gen'l Lee,
who avowed himself desirous of ending the rebel
by laying down their arms and returning to the
Union.
Mr. Blair also conversed with a majority of the
rebel Congressmen, who represented themselves as
in favor 01 abandoning further hostilities.
.... .
There can be no donut hat in u day or two at the
farthest commissioners will reach Washington to
bring trout tlie repentant ichele renewed allegiance
to the Union, Constitution and the laws.
Mr. Blair experienced the kindest of treatment at
the hands of the authorities, and reports that since
the reduction of Fort Fisher an entire revulsion in
public opanon has taken place.
Tue most extreme advocates of "fighting it out to
the bitter end" now admit the hopelessness of their
Cana,
The probability of an early peace was freely dis
cons,A in leading social and political circles In
Richmond, and n general ireling ol Joy and relief
r,,,altui trout the rapid clreulailon ol the informa
tion.
Return of Francis P. Blair.
BALTIMORE, Thurnd■y, January ihitit, 18G5.
A apcsdal dispatch to the American from Annum.-
Ils, eaye:
'• Ron. Mr. Blair arrived here this afternoon at 4
p. m. Ile lett Richmond yesterday. Ile is under
stood to report that among many of the leaders in
Ri ebuioud, Jett. Davie Included, there is a etrong
tenting toward makteg peace on the beet t.-rula they
can.'
The Victory at Fort Fisher
Our Losses only 119 Killed snd 535 Wounded
—We Captured Mt Guns.
[OFFIGLAL. I
FROM SECRETARY STANTON TO GEN. DIX.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WARRINGTON, Jan. 24, '65
Gen. Uta —The lollowing telegram has been
received by this Department I rom.Lieut.-Gen. Grant.
Eowi:v IL STANTON, See qf /Var.
CITY PO/NT, VA., Jan. 23d, 1b65.
lion. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secrrlary of War:
One of my staff has itt,t returned from Fort Fisher
with dispatches from Gen. Terry, from which I ex
tract the following:
On the 16th the enemy blew up Forts Caswell and
Campbell, and abandoned them and the works on
dadth's Inland, and those at Sudthville and Reeve's
Point. These places were occupied by the Navy.—
rhole number of gone captured amounts to le . A
large number of email arms also fell Into our bands,
berldes quantities of ordnance and commissary
stores.
. .
Our easualtle. prove smaller than nt first reported.
They foot op thus: 12 °liken and 107 tnen killed;
45 officers and 490 men wounded.
Sheridan to Command the Army of
the Potomac
N , Awithstanding the denial attributed to General
Meade that he has been rerno‘ed Imm the command
of the Army of the Potomac, it is well understood
here that the two armies of the James and of the
Potomac hut. been consolidated, and that Sheridan
has been selected to commend theta, and that au
other command or new duties have been assigned to
General Meade. The time has at last come to bring
about peace by hard, smashing' lighting, silt' the
odds in our favor, and Phil. Sheridan is put Into the
North side of the ring. Sig beta are made here that
be will knock Lee out of time In the first round.—
Washington (,r.
Large Incomes
The New York World publishes the list of Income
tax payers in that city, greatly to the disgust of
said tax-payers and In spire of the prohibition of
George P. Putnam, the collector, who thinks the
law require g the tax books to be open to the In
spection of the public, more honored In the breach
wan the observance. Some of the large Incomes are
A. T. Stewart, the great dry goods merchant, $1 -
843,637, Moses Taylor 537,491, T. M. Taylor 105,1X10,
C. L Tdfany, the Jeweller, 63,903, W. 11. Appleton,
photogmpb album manufacturer, 05,147, John Ja
cob Astor Jr, IX),101, Rufus T. Andrews, United
States surveyor, 21,010, Isaac Bell 18,0(X), George
Bliss 149,980, George Bliss Jr., 7,319, Hobert Bon
ner, publisher of Gm Ledger, 25,0( 1 0, Rev. W.
124146 5192, Iliram Barney, United Stateseollector,
30,025, August Belmont, banker and leader of the
democratic party. 100,M , Leonard W. Jerome, bro.
ker, 100,000 ,. C. Delmouleo, the restaurant man, 70,-
653, Julio J. Chico, late: essisbint ITtilledStatess trlMS
urer. 12,521, Gen. DI: 4.250, William E,Dmige 3%2,-
717, Fietpher Harper, publisher, 9,000, Joseph W.
Harper 3,039, chilled Low 77,313, ellya Louise Kel
logg, the prima donne, 2,400, George Law 59,443, B.
T, Morgan 134,17.18, cx- Gov. Morgan 110000, R. B.
Minium 30,500, Eilword Minturu 57,899, ex-Mayor
(h-urge Opdykc 112,800, W. Yermilye, banker, 70,-
178, I/ A. Williamson 4,0'14, Calvert Vaux, the archi
tect, 3,87-1, Jervis McEntee, artist, 2,103.
-Gov. Wise, of. Virginia, Ming John Brown at
flarpur's Ferry. One good turn - deserves another.
The Governor's farm, some eight miles south of Nor
folk, has been connarnted by the Government, and
several schools for eoutrabands!established upon It.
The teack , ers make the family mansion their real
deuce, and m the parlor John Brown is hang again
—but lu a laurel wreath. Tao soul that la " march•
log on" has traversed the-Old Dominion,
land will
presently Mute swing on unl ittlantleettast.
—A Connecticut man baaluvkatill a watch which
Is eh:nisi. In' lin an:clank= than ordinary watches,
w U l ' rl2l3' three 44 4 0 ihy-50540 4 . 01 41
visit visik wiat iot
--Sixteen years ago General Grant was setting type
n an Ohio printing office.
—Within the past eight months upwards of four
hundred papers have dted "in consequence of the
eaurbitant price of printing paper.
—After a deice straggle the House has passed the
joint resolution seducing the duty on foreign print
ing paper to three per cent ad valorem.
Toronto; papers say that the story that 6 num•
ber of gunboats were coming from England for ser
vice on the the lakes, Is untrue.
—lt Is stated that In the late memorable conflict
at Fort Fisher, the agenta of the United States Sani
tary Commlision effected a landing no the day of
the battle, and were on the hospital ground with
ample supplies several hours before the wounded
arrived. ,
—The ArtnstrOng gem which wascaptured at Fort
Fisher, was-the one which was presented by the
manufacturer, Sir William Armstrong, to Jeff. Davis.
A soldier describing It, says It " It is by all odds the
handsomest gun I ever saw, being entirely of twist
wrought iron, and mounted on a magnificent solid .
mahogany carriage,"
The. Whilington Chronicle says that Maj..Genemi
Butler, In pgrsuance of orders, will soon leave for
his home In Lowell, Mass., with the kindest feeling
for Mr. Lincoln and his Administration, and that
he will there' await any call the Executive may make.
—A diipatch from Washington announces that It
appears froin a communication or the Secretary of
War, that the entire subject of an exchange of pris
oner.; is noW placeo in the hands of Merit 'General
Grant; and ithat, although only partial cichanges
have thus far been made, there Is reason to believe a
full eachangetyliksoott be effucted.
Fortygueirillas under Pratt and Stegregor, on
Tuesday, made a dash Into Bardstown, Ky.,fur the
purpose of recovering one of their men conined in
the jail of that place. The guerrillas set the depot
ollb tire and It was burned to the ground. They were
dually routed and driven from the town. The pur
suit was continued until dark.
—lt Is officially proclaimed that the Ciovernment
have now a reserve of I.AOOO serviceable ihorses,
over those Ih servlae In the various military branches.
An order to suspend further purchases W. 6 made
some weeks since.
The Canadian Attorney-General on Wednesday
placed before Parliament a bill for the.prevention
and suppression of outrages on the frontier, and the
manufacture and shipment of arms for nnlaa fat pur
poses; and providing for the seizure and examina
tion of suspected vessels, and giving notice to per
sons proving unworthy of the hospitality of thecoun
try to remove from it.
—Gen. Terry was not only confirmed he the Sen
ate as Major-General of Volunteers, but was nomi
nated sa a Brigadier in the Regular Army. He was
confirmed without reference. The that Instance un
der the Government In which a volunteer,was thus
snatched to the bosont of the Regular Army from
that leveL Rh appointment as Brigadier last au
tumn was due to Gen. Butler's persistent efforts to
have his ollautry rewarded.
—A son of Herschel V Johnsen, who Is an of.
firer in Hood's army, writes trom that baud of de
moralized scamps to his father, that the people of .
Allatits, instead of looking upon the Confederate I
government as a protection, ace in it nothing but a
great t) rant crushing them to death. He expresses
the opinten that the war will stop within thirty
days after the 4th of March, for the Southern people
will come back on any terms,
—The Rebel Congress has passed the bill (by an
almost unanimous vote in each house) creating the
otilee of Commander-In-Chief, with the moat Impel•
stable addition, for Davis, that Joe Johnson ought
to he restored to active command. One of the
Richmond papers of late date has a doleful article
recommending the impressment of all the cotton in
the rebel Buttes and the abandonment. of slavery;
In short, 'anything and everything for the sake of
seeming foreign recognition.
General Sherman writes privately to high officials
meet endonnsging views of the situation of South
Carolina. There is no point of Importance in that
State that does not Ile at his mercy. Lite Richmond
papers announce that seven days ago he was at Mc-
Pbersonville, forty miles Irom Branchville, and there
In no doubt that he is by this lime In possession of
that point. Panic prevails throughout South Caro
lina.
—A steamer from Mobile arrived at this port
yesterday, bringing 1.000 bales of cotton on account
of the Rebel Government, to be disposed of here and
the proceeds to be invested in blankets and other
creature homforts for rebel prisoners now held in
confinement in the North. That amount of cotton
ought to bring two or three hundred thousand
blankets, which, in case of an immediate and full
exchange of prisoners, would make a handsome ad
dition tolhe wardrobeof Lee's armv.—N. Y. Tribune,
—The Government has received information that
the Canadian authorities are determined to remove
all causes of dissatisfaction on the part of this coun
try, growing out of recent occurrences. They have
determined to remove Judge Coursol from ofil , e,
and to make themselves responsible for the return
of the mousy stolen from the Bt. Albans banks.
This will probably lead to the spot dy abrogation of
the pas. port system so far as It relates to Canada.
A Special dispatch to the Eeeninu flag says:
" The Committee on the Conduct of the War have
completed the investigation of Gen. Butler's con
duct in'the that attack upon Wilmington. Their
report will soon be presented to the House, and
will completely exonerate the General."
—The latest telegrams from Gen. Fry add 14,000
to the quota of the state of New York under the De
cember Pill, making it 01,010, which is divided as
follows: Smithern Division, First to Tenth Con
gressional District Inclusive, 25,6:11; Northern
Eleventh to Twentieth District•, 14,'2'6; and
Western Division, Twenty-first to Thirty.tirst
Dla
tricte, 13,179
--A Missouri Postmaster thus certifies to the
correctness of his official returns: I hereby certif . )
that the four going A Counte In as near Site as I
now how to matte it if there Is any mistake it is not
Dun a purgers."
—The Vice President elect Andy Johnson, will
leave Nashville for the National capital at the be
ginning of February, and on his tour visit some ol
the western, middle and eastern States. It Is more
than probable he will tarry a few bouts In Harris
burg, when the opposition In the Legislature can
again vote against allowirnt him the use of the cap
:tot In which to address his friends.
—Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania, In his speech In
the Home on tie. Reconstrneflon Bill, reproduced a
etrikieg incident from the history of Tennessee.
In 11531, when the State constitution was undergo-
log revision, petitions were rent in from sixteen
counties, signed In many Instances by slaveholders,
and pre} lug that the slaves might be freed by the
year ism. Man was deaf, but God heard. The time
and the event have come together.
—The cavalry expedition of 109 men, consisting of
detachments of the Sthlllinole, tinder command of
Col. Clendenin, and the 13th and 16th New York,
ender CoL Gansevoort. which started from Prospect
Hill, Va., has returned, having scouted through
Fairfax and London counties, as far np as Warren
ton. They found no large bodies of rebels In a'me,
but brought in 52 horses and 41 prisoners. Daring
Friday Col. Clendenin . with his command, dashed
into Leesburg and captured a mall carrier with let
ters from men in Itosser's Walston of rebel cavalry
now stationed to the Einenandloah. to parties In
London county. In this expedition the Union troops
did noVluse a single man.
—Gar. Smith, of Rhode Island, has issued a oro
clamatlon, announcing that the quota of the Slate
under the lust roll has been filled by volunteer en
listmeets, and no draft will be made in Rhode Is
land. lie adds: "The Executive Is gratified to be
able to- again assure the good people of the State
that they are ware from a draft, and urges them to
use every means to promote enlistments; and while
sustaining the bright record of our State, to encour
age out noble regiments in the army, which have on
every field, reflected credit upon themselvea and
Rhode Island."
—One of the results of Secretary Stanton's visit to
Savannah is to solve the doubt as to the soundness
of General Sherman on the negro question. This
suldierle views and policy are those of the Govern
ment. Hie treatment of the negroes of Savannah
has inspired them with confidence, and they rely on
him wholly. Ile has borne in his heart a great
aehetec for the beneat of their race le Georgia, and
it is Undenttood that the country will be elec
trified in a few days by an order from him partition
ing among them the abandoned Sea Island property
of fugitive rebel planters, and establishing them In
their new freehold,, and laying the foundation of
a new. social condition in tbo South, whose super
strnetUre but few politicians in the country are now
permuted clearly to see.
—During the recent rebel occupation of Matta
aille, Ala., Rev Mr. Bannister prayed for the" Presi
dent of therConfederate States," hut has since re
fused to offer up any supplication in behalf of Mr.
Lincoln. Colonel Ramey, of the 18th hilchhom,
who is new Proyost.Marshal of liontaville, !sent for
him and demanded an explanation of his conduct.
Re said that the canons of his church required him
to pray for the President of the Confederate States.
" Very well," said the Colonel, "the cannon of our
army require you to pray for the President of the
United States, and if you refuse to do it you will
leave our Ilnea." He has got ten days to pack up.
U. S. WIANT, Littd.-Gen
()trod Fisher and the adjoining works, Common
dare Porter rays that their strength was "greatly
he' ond vb. 4 tie had conceived. An engineer", ho
adds, " intKlet be excusable in saying they could not
be capturea except by regular siege. I wonder even
now how it was done." This voluntary justification
of the withdrawal of tlen. But ler—for such, no doubt,
It was Intended to be—ls wrrthy of the proverbial
franknpas of a sailor. Geo. Butter, 'lt will be remem
bered. had neither siege train nor entrenching tools,
commanded a mach smaller force than Gen. Terry,
and hart an enemy to confront outside the tort
stranger than his own command. lint history will
set s ha t matter right in due smison.—Tribrese.-
- the &I press of New York scatters Its knee
very t rough the West.' Mr. Greeley's Weekly
Trilmea got* everywhere, but the metropolitan
dallies act westward only until, like a tide
streak, they meet the counter current of the Cincin
nati press, chiefly: The Commercial and Mis Gamete;
whicti; in turn, cover the coiudry as p the waters do
the pc* .they meet man ne r, delrcad. Chicago
hi
rthicie; w ch, In like divides the South
siestiritti the 131. Louie Republican and
opecuterat. All these journals are able and Intluen
tiiii--grotring rich faster , than their brethren
f la o Now
Tatit t - The' t whJeh the; Ner4
Pt* 441110141114$
News Items.
In the West, an Influence not directly upon tie
people but upon tlid journals. But even Oils Ir.
ducnce Is diminishing, not Increasing. New York
perhaps will always remain the metropolis of ti
Union; but it can never become like Par 6 to prune,
—Western neirspapers are publishing, with OEMs
eraUou of belief, the report that Rirby Smith, the.
Rebel General commandleg the Thine Misaisstrpi
Department, la going to Mexico with his army tn
join Maximilian. This story find* absolute credence
among St. Louis rebels, and the Cincinnati Commer
cial thinks it worthy of consideration. The Commer
dal remarks: "It may be observed that Indications
have long been apparent of some peculiarities in
Kirby Smitlestlepartment. ft is whispered latterly,
and the whisper comes from the direction of Mexico
and the , French people of LonisLana, that an Inde
pendent movement In ask the )watstrince of France,
and take refuge under the protection or Napoleon,
has been Inaugurated in-the Southwest. The story
Is, that the proposition amounts to giving to the
French, Texas as a cotton colOny, as the price of re.
cognition of the Southern Coritederacy, or err/weight
of State scestsion. If Napoleen recognizes the right
of a State to secede from the United States, he will
have - no difficulty tn recognizing the•ht of the
same State to leave the Confederacy and put Itself
under his protection." It is plausibly observed, to
support of these mysterious Intimations: the , ' the
correspondence ofJ. P. Benjamin, while Secretary at
State, captured off Charleston, (In a dispatetehas
Intrusted to Reid N. Sanders, eon of George N., San
ders,) show that events of the French Government
did broach the subject nearly two years ago.
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, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCEIN.
ALL per.orm are b•reby fartli barbortng or trwolng my wife
Percl•l • Jane Pamato on ray .0:41113t. 1 'FM o t p 7 .ry
ts of c-mtenelot 14.111Q4 FAILNeII
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LOST,
Bi , TWBEN New Milford and Brooklyn. on eatortlay. Jan
Slat. a sloth) cox after eresperoent Watola, Invicot • sena.
or ellver colored Nice. The ender will he liberally raw.rded
er , eg notice to tbe subcriber at North Orwell, Bradford co, ,
North Orwell. Jan. tOth, 1913.-wwp JAN. BlNft.
PUBLIC VENDUE.
T
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tee fellow= pro perty t l one pa , r matched baraca comtag loy clxt ' r!:•
matched mite. Raldlear. col two; cow; h2B ' 8 1;`• ,;;.'
ner wagon, 1 market wagon.] bum, cotter 1 abt draft BO:
bard mower. 1 pet doubt, ham", one set lbiltt humeri, /MY. eve
oar; rye, buckwheat, founder ateralkk &e.
TM - MS.—All rums under $5. earn down ; CM,. It..
months' cora, olelt thereat and approves! seaulzy.
Brooklyn, Tan." 46, 063.4.rp J. 11. SMITH
VALUABLE BEAL ESTATE
FOR SALE.
to
TO:able lumber oral wad lot In Lathrop tollseehlp. Panzat 7.
ts. c..xinty, Pa.. enotaining atone KO *ark with a good dwrlhe
home and torn thereon. and shoot lee ears 10 grew. On all pay- ••
I
env h a goal Essunill and beihmlll, mashie of.eultlng 'OO.OOO Se
of lumber per year. T. outman ts witldn two miles of filcher., .'
Station, on the le. L. et W. Railroad. A good lead Inns thwod
th• whole propony. There Is wood and lumber enough .0 It to sal
for It twice over. A tare thanes—will be wild low, estate.) toms
ALSO, the Gum kestwo as the • fassolre Roberts Plum," le NIA
tls Wyoming ctxtoty, Pa., mintaluleg about SOO aura Ili Wirt
rona Nicholson .itsdon, lying nude Tougher:none Creek ; short
13.) acres of dal land :the bal•oce op land—a verldextrable prt.Terty,'
A LSO. a vaheahle 11111 morerty. ohs Z11611'0132 Mrsetnase. Otto •
outlet of Jo .es's Laktelne of • crielmell and wormill, cd
about V) son. of land, `with the water power. The gristmill Is see
dola gad engem busionn,and level adapted Ihrfoercrant wort'
A ore, a vsluslie farm one ogle from Ifoutroatacootalrdeg eau
acra Flftyacree of choke wood land: the Waage Imprastl.:
This hum Is well fenced lath good done wad..ool watered..ol2.
o high state of cultivation ; Is cstrahle of lumping bout forty te,,,
fifty covre—a eery dadrable propene. X
ALSO a noose and lot to the B•rymhed Ilontnee, frond. slf ,
the Poetic *mare Toe lot contidesabout 15csace of lead, eh), 1,,
barn and <hole:. filth and shade trees.
The attention of thaw Islahhg pumle.e reel estate lanllld r,
three properties ae they are oil mad and desirable lurestrorante •
he pnrrm eased for them. Lltennt terms CI! be Oren. For Unnt,
prima and o•ber Info. matlon, mil on, or address Maur.: Hate!
Pluston, L.rroe Co, Pa,or R. N, /3C,AIILII,;dgeu4
l i Montrose, ansqueheras 00, Pa.. Jan. nOth,
INVENTORS, MECHANICS, FARMERS,
...2 DTILOCTITO TO TOT.
AN NV AL PROSPECTUS
Of the elempat end that etconcetcah to in the Woa,
lx.e Iluotrirteilsricntifirgt,incritan,l
A mem Volume of which commenced Jimmy 1.1641.
This valuable Jenneal has been netathed nineteen yeem acl es.
atm all this time It has Wen the Orm zed stead r - adrwata f 4 to.
Interrsts of the Invettor. Mechanic, Ilannts•tueer. and Face ';
and the Wilful chronicler of the proerets of AZT, lIEZZACZ. tat
IN nVITIIII.
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and.o4 widely &cleated 5013;m1 of tbe kind now publbtmt m to
littltell Matta. /a hu wittword tbettepttring and guninti Jeer
Ir al/ th e erect Invent Inn. std lllsertmies ohlms thy totot ofut.. l / 4 1
re
ha been I ll cstist,tl and thscrittedlo I
cOunni. t al. crwsla
IFITILT trrrICIAL Ll= Of all the Farm °LUNA, a tram s.
ova , value l 1777111021 and Palcntses.
In the •ZetrAlfiCAL DEMITIMS. f. • MI 800=101 $ll hams,
ments Msehincry will to given. Abo_ practical astldrs upd
the rota. nob used to Workshops and Mandfactruie•
Seem. ma annum - lose. mroureverso will couthon In men •
careful uteotlon. and all expealmente sad prattled resuluattsba
will be !Qtly rmordett.
Wnoars. Corms. and other Wanufsclurlea Iderrids ben
imeclal extrusion. /OK, Fire arm; War Implements. tholrours
Wu Freres, RaFway Lachtnery. Weelables' trul., aspen.
caemleal, and Ilattrematleal Apparatus. Wood and Lumber to
Mines, Hyde:wilts. Pumps. .ater.wheolls. eta.: lioumbcld ur
cam larmamtra—tbls tatter department very full sza
rott n - alu •to Formers and Clardsnets I Anitles embracing
demrimeut or Pcpu , ar Peleoreorldela ererynody ten um" rstonl
PArzat LA. Ontsinallead macadam I'LL as lavetufloaLe
prottilcorol Nature, Owing to the very lams- esperlsem If 0,
p10,114.W. Ileum. Ilona Sr. Co, as Follelloho or Rano; th.
portmetil of payer will poesortgred Wend lb I . ..guru= 1 . 1
1.5*Z11..e.
The Totes numbers confab. several hundred superb englylmo
atm mama awl al la envy shop and household. T.e
mos. each MT. 416 pthm—mtal,l4lll puma
Te,sue —II! per yew: 61.30 We mouths. Sperhom C
les seat fres Adthets. 14 UN at dr CO. Puts mu,
67 Pang now, Ni, To. Cru
BRITISH PERIODIC:ILS,
The London Quarterly Review (Comervourt)
The Edinburg Review i ' -
The Westminster Review -(teadkx l o
The North British Bee . j ‘l ew (Fro. Mural
Blackwood's Edinburg Magazine (Tory.)
The At:amt.-la Putil.b - efe connate to reprlnt the abeve ewe ;
pertetVcset but he the ma tt printing YY p+Vul .the grrk• po.
per tehtly macre, and tax" 414 . 1 a. fleece/ea etc., 101 , 4 V.
crewed, they ere comptllrd to Ovatuas WU. termcu !allows:
TERMS FOR 1865.
PI . any ate WM/ Radon ' . ' • al 03 per ant •
For any two atria Kyrie rra • 7.00 -
rue lay throe oftba Rerllws. 1001 •
To? In four ofrho Ilevelna..., moo
YOr lilackarood'a Marsh.
Yor .I:warn...eland we anima
Pror IlLaralroorl sari say Moot iibn lierleors..., 10.0
Tor illsomoed sod wly woo of rat ttaTiors., MOO
or Blackwood and the four Bartow* 1400
The erorkt will be orbited rardentlyirnproral quell, or P.V.;
sod ohne heath . ell AttltrietO Pettodletle ode eit• twinned it •
Wee or minced In eds—and very genteally both—we obeli e"ten'
na to ere We're' mite ot all the mot& enUtinot In the ortea
elotnto. 'Renee, oar went Weed will round cheap,
amount of meta [audited. se Mode of ant of the ebsupetbn PC i
alkali In the country.
Compered 'whittle cont.! the oritintfeditkrns; wtieb at the e.
not amid= on gold would Without Son • Totr. oor priso•-•4 1 t• •
ate etOtt(thytly low. Add to this the Wilber, we mike ewe use
VAI doutl e ct i ing on al . tals Unt When fellaa..4ltlt. sod c;.;
mnepcy—solltre loud metre a.ale we hare ado
dad to eratrelylualled hy our readier pubic..
The interest of thee/ Parindinde to Arvolcoa mole= h read>
e-eued thin dladdebeil by the artkin they =thin ow owl
War, and, Una& eosnotlinee doyen with erelonlor. thin any se•
th eye then treat
be the different eland points , ,
width ey are written. be read and studied with adrattelte bt
wayward& touthy,,Of entry and and party.
THE FOUR REVIEWS FOR 1863 •
••
Altrw topknot' Ow above rinuhs oq hand, and will be sold a
for the when seer. or Plan any one. .
We oleo puhlleb the • .
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7.
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the satanlber ontae tam. - li. ORILLA,.
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