g4t THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1861_ EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS...-36 The conspiracy s. bre...l. tit; the Union la a fact now kso . x%ii to all. Armies are being raised, and war levied to accomplish it. There can be but two sides to the controversy. Every man must be on the side of the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war. There can be none but patriots and traitors.l7 TILE LATEST WAR NEWS. The condition of /Lairs in the great Western military department is reported to be quite grati fying. General Price is at the Gasconade river with his army, and it is probable that he will gat no nearer the Union lines for some time to come. It is supposed that great dissatisfaction will be created in the Missouri rebel regiments, when Gen. Heath, who has been appointed by Jeff Davis to succeed Price, assumes his new command. The preparations for the great expedition dowel the Mississippi are rapidly being completed, and we may soon expect to hear of its starting for its destination. The gunboats arc all finished, and most of them have theft armament on Loara, while the troops that are to compose the land force are being formed into brigades and divisions at Cairo and at Louis, previous to their depariure. Gen. Buell's column, which is now very strong, is slowly pushing its way towards Nashville, and if Buckner and Johnston's troops, who are at Derrik; Green, do not quickly retreat, they will encounter such a defeat as will break the backbone of rebel lion in Kentucky. Gen. Schoepff, it is true r has retreated before Zollicoffer, but it is believed by the Louisville and Cincinnati press that it was done purposely. both to gain time to receive reinforce ments and to entrap Zollicoffor. In Tennessee, the whole tuion population is panic-stricken, and they are anxiously awaiting the arrival of tile Federal troops. Union men are being impressed into the rebel army in accordance with the proclamation of Governor Harris, and many of thorn are flyiiig into la•iiiiiaypoi ierage. It is said that four hundred men, women, and children have fled from one county alone. Later advices from Port Royal state that Gen. Sherman has occupied Beaufort, and that portions of the railroad which connects Savannah with Charleston were about to be seised. Reinforce- giants heti Veen despatched to Tybee /eland. The first direct news received from Fort Pickens, through loyal sources, partially confirms the rebel reperls, ILA our vessels were serneulat iiija.esd by the guns of Fort Mcßae—the Richmond having been struck by several shells, and the Niagara having probably not entirely escaped damage. At Fort Pickens, during the bombardment of the 23d, one man was killed and seven wounded. The famous rebel Senator Benjamin was re cently a candidate before the Louisiana Legisla- ture for the office of Confederate States Senator. Ife was defeated by Sernmes—the vote on the last bal let standing thus! Deelonat_ 50 Benjamin, 0; Semmes, 64 No Famine in Ireland There are some reasons for believing that the reports of such deficient crops in Ireland as would cause a famine there are greatly exaggerated: Sir ROBERT PEEL I . who was an. pointed Chief Secretary for Ireland, some four months ego, and evidently entered into office nith the intention of doing his duty ; conceived it desirable and even necessary for him to visit remote parts of the island, in order to become personally acquainted with the wants and wishes of the people, their characteristics and position, their modes and means of living, and their condition and prospects. His tour, which was commenced in Galway and ex. tended thence along the coast, all round the north of Ireland to Belfast, enabled him, he Bays, to derive from personal observation more Information than could be collected from - whole files of parliamentary reports. Touching the apprehension that Ireland was likely to be afflicted with famine, this winter, Sir ROBERT'S opinion is entitled to considera ble weight. At Londonderry, ho said, 44 I Lave in company with my honorable friend and most valued coadjutor, the Inspector General (of Constabulary), Sir HENRI" BROWN RIGG, traversed, during the last few days, a - very huge and catentled district. I hare gone through Galway; I have passed through Con nemara, Joyce's country, to the islands of the West; I have toile tlirMiali Maio, Sligo, part of Letrim, Cavan, and Fermanagh—until I liavo arrivod. at Olio cx.cient awl loyal cats— and I have by that means, from sources of in formation which have been within my grasp, obtained most interesting knowledge. I have, ladies, and gentlemen, traversed the less favored districts of the West where the humid in. licences of the Atlantic retard to some extent the development pf agriculture, and check, as it were, the exertions and energies of the people. 7.. A few days later, at Belfast, now the coin ntereialeapital of Ireland, Sir ROBERT PEEL'S WO*w oPO ! I can confidently assert that the reports and rumors which have been circulated about a famine in this country have been greatly exazgerated. I 041Ik ort the authority of Personal 91MITati911, leave those who can write in the secluded districts of Connaught the task of refuting, if they can, what I know to be true. In Sligo, in Donegal, I hear very dlll'e.rent accounts from those which I had ii.gen led to believe, and from personal observation in Mayo' and Galway, and from letters T have re ceived. lam assured that nothing of the kind that was alleged exists. Of course, lam ready to admit. with every gentleman in this room, that there has hrtn a comparative failure in the potato crop, and that food will be dear, but a scarcity of food is not nece. ,. setri/ya famine, and it is very easy to understand the interested motives of some RehO are anxious to gain public applause by a 11-.4.4.1 _ten! for At pntlir ,Freval7,6- er-Lo.e these exaggerate] ,rumors. Now, I must say, as far as I myself am concerned, Ido not find that these apprehensions are in any way likely to be re alized.' Taking this as an official declaration, it will be seen that the Chief Secretary of Ireland, (yirtually its ruler, for the Viceroy is only a lay-figure in the pageant,) strongly denies that a famine is at all likely, this year. There has been a comparative failure in the potato crop, seherthy the price of food will be advanced, but PEEL treats the idea of famine in Ireland as preposterous and false. New Publications 51 - PPLEMENTARY TO "THE REBELLtos CORD."—fart the first, containing 160 pages of lava octavo_ of cc The Spirit of the Pulpit,'' with re ference to the present Crisis, has been sent us by J. Mandan, South Sixth street, and is a portion of a Telutne 6applementary to " The Rebellion Record." It contains, revised. and corrected by the authors, twenty-one sermons, relating to the War or its Causes, preached in various parts of this country, ! oeveti at Now York! one at Brooklyn; two in Massachusetts; two in Philadelphia; one in Baltimore; one in Washing ton ; two in New Orleans ; two in St. Louis; and one in Squill Carolina, and Georgia.. The second part of the "Spirit of the Pulpit" will in clude Sermons preached on Thanksgiving Day, last gnonth. When completed, this volume will be abundantly interesting, and instructive. GonEr's v's Boon, FOR JANI.TARY.—In the literary department we find several good stories. The illuitrations on alert eimaist of n pretty design by Mrs. Lilly Spencer, a neat title-page, and a double plate of colored fashions. (Oddly enough, in the chit-chat on the fashions, none but New York vavtit'ae.y and ktopkooperits arc "'amyl ) Thu Lwty's Book commences the new year very effectively. Acinumv OP Muste.-31r_ Forrest surprised his best friends in the representation of Claude Mel wale. Those who denied him youth and supple ness in Hinoltt should have seen him in the younger part of Crande. In the simple dress of the gardener's son, he looked to be a. full-limbed, Stout boy, who laid bare his heart to his mother, with all its expectations As the Count, he wore a befitting dignity, es if the part were not played, and , melting when the full consequence of his crime was developed, made of his penitence the bandr9lllfirt scene in the drum As usual, the late hour at Which the perfornothee finished forbids the customary notice to-day. Senorita Cubes appears to-night.. This lady is justly noted as the host &nom that has appeased among us for years. She is a native of Seville, and both ber father and' grandfather were pointer actors. She leads her entree at the Opera Rouse of Madrid, 6sst NVUS speedily engaged fora starrter 6 tour, and visited all the capitals of Europe. her movements hare been properly distinguished as embodying the passion of motion. Her body Bums as fltsihle or her limbs. She literally dances With her eyes—and very black and beautiful they are. She visited the Refreshment Saloons yester day, and a curious crowd assembled about the vici nity. The saloon was beautifully decorated with the American and Spanish flags, which had been loaned by Captain Tuner, U. S. N. All the de partments were visited. The committee of ladies joined with the visitors in the repast. Distinguish ed gentlemen also bad seats at the table, and en. joyed the good things sot out so liburnliy before them. The danseuse briefly returned her thanks, and said that it was her wish to do something for the benefit of the inatitutien. The ladies, who have so long assisted in the patriotic work for which the associations were organized, were personally intro• duced. LETTER FROM OCCASIONAL." WA sli iNarox, December 11, 18(i1 It is a curious reflection, the manner in which the Southern aristocracy have con trollcd the whole machinery, politknl, muni cipal, and social, of this saw city of Wash ington. They have heretofore put their creatures into office, manipulated, with ex ceptional cases, the newspapers, and admitted persons into or excluded them from their pe culiar circle, at their will and pleasure. So completely have they held the town it in liattd. l ' that no Northern luau could ever speak his honest sentiments against slavery, unless he stood in the Senate or the Muse, without bringing upon himself a tempest of oppro brium, and without endangering his personal safety. And if such a man uttered his thoughts in Congress, he was allle of being put down as a vulgar Yankee, if not insulted in the streets. Looking over the National Intelligencer this morning, however, I perceive that the spirit of the Nortll is so far aroused that a series of lectures are advertised, even at the Smithsonian Institute, hi which Such notorious agitators as Wendell Phillips, Henry Ward Beecher, and Ralph Waldo Emerson are to take part. This is indeed a forward step. Think of the disgust and scorn of the old aristocracy of Maryland and Yirgi nia when they hear that their divine institution is being attacked outside of the Capitol ! If this outrage goes on I should not be a bit sur prised if, presently, some indecorous knave should openly propose a public meeting in fa vor of the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. We are certainly advancing. The war, fruitful of strife and bloodshed, will be, I have no doubt, productive of much good _at 611 events, oP IV - AAA - neon will not suffer, morally, politically, or commercially. And yet, while great and radical changes are unquestionably at hand, and while new men will resolutely push the Southern despots from the stools they have so long occupied, experience teaches that nothing should be done hastily, and without due reflection. Mr. Sumner, in his splendid eulogy on Baker this morning, uttered a stupendous thought when, in aommehting upon the unfortunate recon noissance at Ball's BMW, he scoffed at the idea of an investigating committee to ascer tain where the blame could justly be charged, and said that the great criminal stood before the country and the world, and that criminal was slavery. Yon Will have his words in print, and can judge of this point for your• selVes. I Confess that it thrilled me like an electric shock. But the real points of this rebellion cannot be gathered at once. We cannot extinguish slavery at a blow. The swords and the muskets of our soldiers may destroy the leaders of the rebellion, but there arc many prejudices to over come, - even among our most loyal friends, before we can reach the disease itself. lentertain an inveterate contempt for the wretched robbers and knaves who started this great conspiracy against free government. I have seen, and, in some degree, have felt, their insolence, their arrogance, their tyranny, their presumption, their falsehood, and tlieir crime ; but I frequently reason whether it would not be better to leave these bold men to InillBtion of the people they have betrayed, and whether the slow but sure pro cess of time - , and the inexorable results of a policy; which is so well understood that it need not be avowed, will not accomplish all that the most earnest friends of free institu tions could desire ? OCCASIONAL. THE FIGHT AT PENSACOLA. A FEDERAL ACCOUNT 1 - 9111 i, PM lb — A private letter hog beeaa received from a party on board the steamer Rich mond, which took part in the last fight at Fort Pickens, dated November 23. Ile states that the RititniOnd commenced tramberdintr Fart Mcßae at ten o'clock on the morning of the 211. The writer had been complimenting the captain of one of the guns on the accuracy of his aim, when, he says, a Abell bounded through our bulworleg, took the cap tain's head off, and wounded six men. This shell, on exploding, raised the ship out of the water, and made her stagger like a drunken man. Another shell burst six feet below the water line, causing a bad leak; but the steam pumps kept the vessel free. Thy Ming continued Xfl 4gy, mshytto svgiinic4 by the enemy on the next morning, when we moved out of his range. The frigate Niagara still kept at them, but being oot:slao of the onoin - $ 7 . gum, the &Ulna be much injured. sort rmiens ma, up to gaze, lost but one man 'killed and seven wounded. Fort Miss is mush damaged, but we must de= stroy it with our smooth-bore guns, as they are no . match for the enemy's rifle cannon. The bombardment was to be renewed the next tiny, the 23d , with a determination to whip or be whipped. FURTHER FROM PORT ROYAL, FM:MTWI ' MWMFM ' nI77MM:M The Railroad between Savannah and Charleston to be Seized. OEN. NIECE'S EXPEDITION NOT VET SAILED The steamer City of Ne'u• York arrived at ' hiew York, yesterday, from Port Royal, which place she left en the 6th instant. She brought the following interesting news : General Sherman had sent General Stevens with a part of his brigade to take permanent possession Of Beaufort. The Federal force stationed in that city numbered about one thousand men. There was an understanding at Hilton Head that arrangements were in progress for sending a force far enough into the interior to destroy couununioa tion between Charleston and Savannah. Of course, none of the details had transpired, but the occu pation of Beaufort was supposed to be part of the plan. As the City of Nato York sailed, troops were embarking for Tybee Island on board the trans ports Delaware and lirinfietil Scott. The strength of the expedition was unknown. One detachment was composed of men from various regiments, and it was believed that the men had been picked for this particular service. A short time be ' fore a particular examination had been made of the channel of the Savannah river off Ty bee, to ascertain if there was a sufficient depth of water, clear of obstructions, to admit of the passage of the Wabash, in order to operate against Fort Pulaski, but it was reported to be im pefflible to Who that vend near the fortreee. The expedition which has been referred to was, doubt less. intended to test the feasibility of some other method. General Sherman had appointed Colonel Noble, of the Sorority-ninth Regiment, and Colonel Suy ' dam to superintend the picking and securing the cotton at Hilton Bead and the adjacent islands. The health of the troops remained good. There bad been no engagement, nor had any rebels been ! seen near Beaufort since the departure of the Van : derbih The expedition under command of General Viola Mid net yet sailed, but was actively p_reparing, and would probably Icavc about the Nth lust, The cap of Nan. 3 - ark brings a large mail and thirty-three invalids from the army and navy at Port Royal; also, the following passengers : Lion tenants Myzate, IL Wooster, and Devarney, Mr, Palmer , W. Shields, and Edward Ingraham. The Pirate Sumpter still at Large Kpw YORK, December 11 letter from Mar.: Unique, dated November 23d, states that the United ' States steamer Iroquois was off that post waiting for the pirate Sumpter. Another dated the L'Oth says the Iroquois arrived at that port the previous night, but the Sumpter bad escaped. ITA.LLIN MAlt ULM MONUMENTS AT PUBLIC SALE. —There will be sold this morning, at 101 o'clock, at the marble yard, Fifth street above South, by Blea.ll Rai3, a 061166U:6n o£liallaii vaavisla monuments, of - Messrs. Viti Brothers' importation. s Lir We invite attention to the advertisement of C. Barnard's Anti-Corrosive Vulcanized Pens. We have used these pens, and believe them to be au perior, in all respects, to any metallic pen in the Marhet. As will be teen by the advertisement, Mr. B. presents the strongest testimonials in their favor. LARGE DRY G4{)/18, llosuini, CARPET , . READY-MADE CLOTIMIC, PL•teS, Ste.—The attention of purchasers is requested to the large and varied assortment of British, French, German, In dia, and domestic dry goods, hosiery, fuss, 1.34 also, earpetings and druggets, besides a. large line of ready-made clothing, including 200 blue army overcoats ? embracing about 805 lots of staple and fancy goods ; to be peremptorily sold by cata logue, for cash, commencing this morning at ten o'clock, with the earpetings, to be continued, with °Rt ilitcrtllig44ll, all day and part of the , cymipg, ending with the clothing and furs, by Myers, Clink born, & Co., auctioneers, Noe. 232 and 231 Market street. Mu. 'lmmo liala3 a Cara In ano• fi ler column, explanatory of the views he expressed at the meeting of the stockholders of the Little Schuylkill Narigatioa Railroad and Coal Company ; on Monday last. A Passenger of the Nashville Arrived at Now York. • NEW - 'Vomit, Dec. 11.—A passenger who escaped, from the steamer Nashville, at Deratuda, arrived here to-day in the brig Contest. LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. FROM WASHINGTON. IMPORTANT ARMY ORDER REGULATING THE RECRUITING SERVICE. THE FIGHT AT PENSACOLA. A FEDERAL ACCOUNT OF 1T From Gen. Banks' Column 0:(1WftW1:M:;o_2 .:43i3:4FWA!*J04.0:1$:10* MORE SKIRMISHING IN MISSOURI. PIRATE SUMPTER STILL AT LARGE. INTERESTING FROM THE SOUTH. A RAILROAO FROM CENTREVILLE TO MANASSAS, 0 kt:ll4l:l l )*# , Utgo/gM!V :_)Di 4 1 4 (0; V.:(011PM TUE bTO/iE FLEET /IC E , A - YAMS - A/I IiAISUOiI. Special Despatches to "The Press." WesinsoTos, Dec. 11, 1861 The Mexican Intervention. The President bas declined to communleate to Congress anj communication addressed to him Ly the Governments of England, France, and Spain in regard to the armed intervention proposed by litcto h the Am— er me.tee. .110 deems It 1.,0,,,p0i10nt at this exigency to do so. The Western Flotilla The Quartermaster's Department has asked CCM= gross for an appropriation of one million dollars, in addition to the million and one hundred thousand voted at the extra session, to meet the expenses in eurred foi the armed flotilla In the Western waters. The Story About Foreign Mediation. Letters from Europe say that Dr. Rl:sacra, of the London Timm, writes that the Administration is becoming disposed to aeeept some foreign media tion, with a view to a compromise with the South, on the basis of a separation. It is difficult to con ceive how Mr. RUSSELL should have been deceived into the adoption of Suoh an idea. - Neither the Ad. ministration nor any one connected with it would ever accept such mediation from any quarter ; or a peace on any basis but the complete submission of the States in revolt to the authority of the United States. The President in the Senate Chamber. The President occupied a seat beside Vice f're sident HAmLIN to-day, during the delivery of the eulogies consequent on the death or Senator BAKER. The visits of the President to either House of Con gress arc of rare occurrence, excepting on business during the last hours of the session, and this is the first instance of the kind, certainly, within the past quarter of a century. The Defence of our Lakes and Rivers The Select Committee appointed by the Speaker, on that branch of the President's Message relative to the defence of Northern lakes and rivers ? consists of Messrs. AnxoLn , or Illinois ; ASHLEY, of Ohio; No.v.i.,L, of Missouri ; ALDRICH, of Minnesota; Ban- MTV, of Pennsylvania ; SPAULDING, of New York : GRANGER, of Michigan ; WHEELER, of New York ; and l: OTTER, of Wievonsin, Reconnoissances. A portion of Gen. HEINTZELMAN'S division to day went as far as Oceoluan ; also, two brigades from Gen. 61 , 31NER - S division within two miles of Fairfax Court House, picketing' to the left on the line of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad beyond Ateotink creek. Neither of the reeonnoitrimr parties met with any opposition, nor any signs of the enemy. They returned this afternoon, having been absent from their encampments since twelve o'clock !viol night. Balloon Reconnoissance—Position of the Rebels. Professor LA MOUNTAIN, the aeronaut of the army a the r.otoznac, made an =Tension yesterday afternoon from Cloud's Mills, landing four miles from Washington in the camp of the Second Rhode Island Regiment. He reports the rebel force at Fairfax Vourt ileum as very light. between Fair fax Court House and Vienna there is an increase of strength, one regiment of cavalry having been stationed there since his last reconnoissance. All along the line, very considerable additions have been made to the scouts, cavalry, and infantry. Colonel Kerrigan's Case. The e.rnination, to-any, in the cane of Colonel KERRIGAN was with regard to insubordination and drunkenness, the principal witness being Major SAVAGE, who was the bearer of an order from Gen. biartT/NDilliE It WAIT t 9 report himselittoforo the board, to be examined as to his qualification to command a regiment. On his refusing to appear before the board, Gen, MARTINDALE had ordered him, to be placed under arrest r which was accord ingly Gone. To.morrow the witnesses on the charge of giving information to the enemy will be examined, Combination of the Sutlers. Sutlers, and those who supply them with goods, have tombinedly taken action to protect their in-, taiatz hara tha affaats at ilia ii&EV4Si6at Buda Senator WiLsoti to abolish sutlers in the voltuftwer forces. Letter from a Prisoner. A letter was received Testerilai from PA TRICK, of Chester, Pennsylvania, belonging to Company I?, of Colonel AVERILL'S cavalry, who was taken prisoner in the skirmish, two weeks ago, beyond - Vienna. He states that twenty•seven of them are in the Richmond jail, and all are well ex cepting Sergeant BRYSON, who, during the skir -13141 fell from his .4911 4 1 , 1 }pas iNtircdtl3 the shoulder. The party which effected their capture was composed of 300 of the Georgia cavalry. Important Army orner—Hegalation of tire Reciniting 4ervice Orders have been received at the Adjutant Gene ral's office from the Secretary of War, directing— First. That no more regiments, batteries, or in dependent companies will be raised by the Go vernors of States, except upon the special requisi tion of the War Department. Those now forming in the various States will be completed under the direction of the respective Governors thereof, unless it be deemed more ad vantageous to the service to assign the men already raised to the regiments and batteries of independent 6ohatithies now in the field, to fill up their organi zations to the maximum standard prescribed by law. 'Second. The recruiting service in the various States, for the volunteer forces already in the ear vice, and for those that may hereafter be received, is placed under the charge of general superintend ents for those States respectively, with general depots for the collection and instruction of recruits, as follows, viz : MAINE.—Major J. W. T. Gardiner, U. S. A., at Augusta. 14116146MT.—LiOilt. 0616aa1 U. S. A., at Burlington. . _ NEW Hitairsnini.—Lient. Colonel Seth East man, First Infantry, at Concord. M.MAClicF,ETTfi,—Lieut. CVloLiel A, Day, Se cord Infantry, at Cambridge. RHODE IscAND.—Capt. Wm. Silvery, Eighteenth Artillery, at Providence. CONNECTICUT. — CoI. Wm. Gates, Third Artillery, at Fort Trumbull. NEW YORK.—Maj. T. Sprague, First Infantry, at Elmira and Albany. JERSEY.—CoI. J. L. Gardner, U. S. A., at Trenten. PENNSYLVANIA.—Curt. R. J. Daze, Eighth In fantry, at Harrisburg. DELAWARE.-31RJ. H. B. Judd. U. S. A., at Wilmington. MARLLAZIM—LitIIt. Col. ke V. Wyse, rolatti Artillery. at Annaptilis. VIRGINIA.—Maj. W. I. Newton, U. S. A., at Wheeling. Ottio.—Maj. N_ Maeßaa, U. S. A., at Camp Chase, Columbus. KENTUCKY,—Maj. W. 11. Slidell, Fifteenth In fantry, at Louisville. .114911§91h VI Inalannpolis. ILLitiots.—Colonel P. Morrison, Eighth Infan try, at Springfield. . NICHICAN.—Lieut.-Colonel E. Backus, Third Ilarmatin DetroDD. WiscoNStti.—Major R. S. Smith, Twelfth Infan try, at Madison. MINNESOTA.—Captain A. D. Nelson, Tenth In fantry, nt Fort Snollina_ LW/L.—Captain 11. B. Hendershott, Second .Ar tillery, at Davenport. MISSOI - RE—Colonel B. L. R Bonneville, U. S. & L ift Jefferson Barracks, EANsAs.--Commanding officer of Fort Leaven• worth. The superintendents detailed, as above, will take charge of the recruiting service in the various States to which they are assigned on theist day of Jana.. cry, 1862. They will take post at their general depots, which Will be under their iannedinte command, The stitierilatehtlent fer New York will take FA et Albany. Upon the requisition of the superintendents, a suitable number of volunteer uffieers, non-eom missioned officers, and privates will be detailed for duty in the staff departments and as drill-masters at the respective depots. A disbursing officer of the fund for collecting, drilling, and Organising volunteers will be assigned to each depot, and will be under the direction of the superintendent. The volunteer officers now on rogniting service will be relieved on the Ist of January next, and sent to join their regiments, unless di rected to report to the superintendents of their re- Spoollye States. After that time volunteers will be mustered for pay upon the same form of rolls as those used for the regular army. Commending offieere of volunteer regiments nitre boring less than the maximum for organization fixed by law, will immediately report to the Adjutant general's Office, at Washington, the present state of their eommanda, in order that the govornors of tho several States may be called upon to fill up their respective regiments to the standard prescribed. THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1861. it was Ow poetry 61hbodlee the Ilf. of the &teat and chivalrous action which moved him most, and ho possessed the power to create it. Ife was an oratornot an orator trained to the model of the Greek or Roman Minot, but one far better suited to our age ea phDlO. WOO tC muter dialeetieg, and possessed a skill and power in words which could have confounded the rhetoric of Gorgias, and demanded of the great master of dialectics himself the exact nso of all his materials ut wordy warfare. . • lie was deeply versed in all that belong to tho reins Hong and conduct of all forms of societies, from families to States, and the laws which have governed and do go. %ern them. He was not a man of authorities, simply be cause he need authorities only as the rounds whereby to ascend to principles. Darius testyliest pm* he wee e rereartaalAe mantel , or all be knew, whether it was to analyze, generalize or combine his vast materials. It was true of hits, as it is true of most remarkable minds, that he did not always appear to be all be was. The occasion made the measure of the challenged the effort, he could discourse as cunningly as the sage of Ithaca and as wisely as the king of Pyles. He was a soldier. He was 11 leader; «a man of war," fit., like the Tacbmarite, 4, to sit in the seat, chief among the captains," Like o il fpoo who toShileOii hasa blaad, ha loved fame, glory, honorable renown. Ho thirsted for it with an ardent thirst, as did Cicero and Ciesar ; and what was that nectar in which the gods delighted on high Republican Caucus. The Republiean members of Congress held an ad journed caucus at the Capitol to-night, Senator CLARE, of New Hampshire, acted as chairman, and Mr. CAUPBELL, of Pennsylvania, as secretary. There was an Interchange of clews, contintang over two hours. About sixty gentlemen were present. Finally, the rending resolution of 11 - epresenta- Me It IDi Ci 11A/11, or Ohio, WO unanimously adopted. It provides for the confiscation of all the -property of rebels in arms, and all who aid or abet them and the unconditional emancipation of their ohms. Colors of the Penntylyannt Twenty- A stand of colors. from the State of Pennsylvania, is to bo presented. on Saturday, by Captain Quo. G/ IiSON, United States army, to Colonel Bin NEY, of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, and will be received for the regiment by Judge "Cut.- LEI ! of Philadelphia, XXXVIITH CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION. YESTERDAY'S PROCEEDINGS. THE DEATH OF COLONEL BAKER. THE NATION'S TRIBUTE TO lIIS iggMCORY, Eloquent Speeches by Senators Nesmith, Mc- D9Pg4 l / 1 1 / 1 9M:41K c9Was, Dims, Omuta, and Latham, and Representative Kelley. WASIMMTON, December 1861 SENATE. Mi - . SUMNER, of Massachusetts, proaent4 a poti• tion fur the emancipation of the hloves of the , rebels with out compensation. Mr.lll.l.ditiN, of Massachusetts, offered a resolution, datilaltihi j k tha Coa‘voitteoo ,kit.les i., inpAirc and retort to the Semite what reduction may be made in the expenses of the army. Agreed to. Mr. KING, of New York, from the Committee on MI. Mary Affairs, reported a resolution requesting the Sarre: haw of War to inform the Senate what'lle any and what aid had been rendered by the Pay Department of the army to enable volunteers to transmit home any part of their pay, and what additional facilities amy he afforded them for that pampa. Agreed to. Mr. TOWELL. of Kentucky ; presented a series of re. solutions minuted by the Legislature of Kentucky, ask. ing that Congress afford some relief to the distressed people of Ireland. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Tart 1 - TAIIBIS, of Ecry York, - painted the memo- Val of the Piety York Chamber of Commerce, relating to. the establishment of a line of mall steamers from San Francisco to China. Referred to the Committee on Conli• mem,. Mr. CHANDLER, of Michigan, offered a resolution instructing the Committee on Military Affairs to inunire into the expediency of appointing a joint commit ten of the two - houses of Congress, who shall have power to retire any improper officers eitherin the army or navy. Agreed to. Mr._ XOPPIT , L? ga44et fO9lll - ;ton :or Inc cOPAPF.II.I4 P; . ;110 property of rebels anti the satisfaction of the chants of loyal men. Mr. HARRIS introduced a bill to establish anew mili tary and mail route to Baltimore. Referred to the Cont. mittee on Military Affairs. Itr. V914'1.614;4 introduced a bill to increase the number of eadeta at West Point. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. IsiESMITII said PftgSIDENT : The usage of this body imposes upon Silt }lib MelidiablY duly of an toiii.c g the death of to,y late colleague, Edward Dickinson Baker, United Skates Senator from the State of Oregon. who fell gloriously fighting under our national Hag, at the head of his com mand, near Leesburg, in Virginia, on the 21st day of last October. Mr, Baker WM a ?•;;wityit, While his family einisrated to rbiladelptda, wlicro lie resided with them for several years, and subsequently emigrated to the State of Illinois. He early embraced the profession Of the law, and became eminent as au advo cate at a bar composed of - the ablest lawyers of the West, hiallY of whom have Ace achieved honorable distinction in other pursuits. Mr. Baker was twice chosen a Representative to Con gress from Illinois, and at the commencement of the war with Mexico was selected to command a regiment of his constituents. lle served with distinction at the battle of Ceara Gordo, and &Mina the mamma of hie Lrlg.,l After the fall of General Shields. In 1.352 he wont to Ca lifornia, and by his commanding ability soon secured a line legal practice, which he retained until he changed his residence to Oregon_ As an orator, Mr. Raker tanked high, and was peculiarly &sail:dill in his manner and As aoidt.c, Ito was possessea of a rare amittetv fur the profession of arms, combined with that cool, un flinching courage which enabled bill to perform the most arduous duties, under trying circumstances, and to look upon the most fearful peril with composure. We all re colloot bow, doriag the tote eeesion of Congress, tie threw his influence on the side of his country, and when re , - spondin. to what he denominated the "polished trea son" of Senator upon this floor, he declared himself iu favor of tt bold sudden forward 7 and determined war." *hat tie said as a ,Senator he was willing CO tIO as a KA then It is but a few short months since, in the presence of this body, he took upon himself a solemn oath to support the Constitution of the tinitetbStates. That covenant has been gelled with his hattstie blond. Death hoe silAtltd. his eloquence forever. mid Lis manly form has been con signed to its last resting place on the shores of the distant Pacific. In the glowing eloquence of his own words, us he stood by the grave of his friend Broderick, "The tall, word must be spoken, and the imperious !emulate of death mast be rtataltal. Tune, WI brays heart tlrar thee to thy rest. Thus, surrounded by tens of thou sand, we leave thee to the equal grave. As in life, no other voice among it so rang its trumpet blest upon the ear of freemen, so in death, its echoes will rever bc.raie amid -tour mount; ' andour ratie; - e, unlit truth and valor cease to appeal to the human heart." Mr. President, I shall leave to others more competent' ilium myself to do justice to the cha racter and many virtues of toy deceased colleague, and 1,16 teethes .444 a: l,ts itlbtlts to disclose Or draw 1.15 frailties from their dread abode, There they alike in trembling trust repose, The bosom of his father and his God." I offer the following resolutions: --- - - Bemired, That the inemborm of the Senate; from a gin. care (Metre of showing every mart of respect due to the memory of the -Bon Edward L. Bober, deceased, Ise a benator from the State of Oregon, will go into mourniegi by wearing crape on the left arm for thirty days, ReSOiredi urtanimowtty, That, at an additional %melt of reeptet for theloomorr or Htnu-10d9vard n, molter, me Ornate no now istijourn. Ilesolred, Thai the Secretary of the Senate do com tmadcate these resolutions to the House of Renresenta tivt s. Mr. - DreIPOI.FGATif, Mr. President, within the brief period I hare occupied a seat on this floor, I have listened to the formal announcement of the decease of the two Senators nearest to me by the ties of association and friendship, both representative men, and anchig the Most that me discoursed eounsol in this Santo. I trust I shall be pardoned if it be tioartlit that there ht something of pride it my claim of friendship with duck distinguished and not to bo forgotten men. The late Senator from Illinois, as well as the late Se nator of whom I am about to speak, were my smilers in years, and much more largely inetrizeted than myself in public affairs. Differing, as they had, for a period of more than a quarter of a century, they had met together, and in the maintenance in all its integrity of the great governmental institution of our fathers they were one. Coady- c . myselfa stranger iv your counsels, I looked to them for that home adrice in which there b no purpose of disguise or concealment. Their lose has been, and is, to me, like the shadow - of great clouds; but while I hare felt, and now feel, their logs, as companions, friends, and cottusellirs, whage truth I trusted, I feel that no sense of private loss should find expression when a nation suffers. I may say litre, however, that while for the loss of these two great Sena tors a nation suffers, the far country from whence I come feels the suffering of a double loss. They were both isolator, and eintaxipions of the Weei—of one nev: and undeveloped possessions. A few months since the people of the Pacific, from the sea of Uortez to the straits of Fuca, mourned for Douglas ; the same people new mourn for Baker. The two Sonattirs were widely different men, moulded in widely dilThrent forms, and they walked in widely different paths; but the tread of their hearts kept time, and they each sought a common goal only by different paths. The record of the honorable birth, brilliant life, and heroic death Of the halt EDwARP lies been already made by a thousand eloquent pens, That record has been read in cabin and in hall, from Maine to farthest Oregon. I offer now but to pay to his memory the tribute of my love and praise. While plying this tribute with a proud madness, I trust its value willnot be clinninib - hod when I state that for many years, anti un til the recent dementia of patriotism extinguished con troversial differences, we were almost constant adversaries in the forum and at the bar. A great writer, in undertaking to describe one of the greatest of men, said: know that there is not one of you who is aware of hie real nature." I think that, with all due respect, I might sa3 - of the late Senator the same thing to this Senate, as I tun compelled to say it to Of all the men I have ever known, he was the moat diffi cult to comprehend. He was a many-sided man. Will, mind, power radi ated from one centre within him in all directions; and while themaking of that circle, which, according, to the dreams of old philosophy, world constitute a perfect be ing, is not within human hope, he may he regarded as Last the tr....AL His great powers cannot be attributed to the work of laborious years. They were not his achievements. They were gifts, God-given. His sensations ' memory, thought, and action went hand-in-hand together, with a velocity arid pewee tolihqi, if hst /theses smaithig admiration, compelled astonishment. Although learned, the late Senator was not what is called a scholar. He was too full of stirring life to labor among the mouldy records of dead ages, and had he not teen, thy wiblerness of the Weot Ittini:ilied no held Ra ttle exercise cd niece scholarly accomplishments. I say the late Senator was learned. He was skilled in metaphysics, logic, and law. He might be called a nuts ter of history and of all the literature of our own lag , goose. Tie knew mini, of music—not only music as it gives present pleasure to the ear, but music in the sense in which it was understood by the old seekers after 1.1173. dem, who held that in liarnioniond sounds rested some of the grent secrets of the infinite. Partly' 1E6161 abd aillatus &Ina divine breathed about. him. Many years since, on the then wild plains of the West, in the middle of a star-lit night, as we journeyed together, I heard first from him the chant of that noble son., "The Battle of Ivry." Two of its phITIWIs impressed ma then, andthere are ether reasons why they impress me now ! The King has coins to marshal us, in an his armor di est : , . • And he lima bound a snow-white plume upon Lis gallant breast i He looked Upon his people, and a tear was in his eye ; Ile looked upon the traitors, and his glance was stern and high: Bight graciously he smiled on us, as ran from wing to Down all our line, a deafeufng shout, • God save our Lord the King I' And if my standard-bearer fall, and fall full well he may, For never saw I promise yet 4.)t • such a bloody fray, arcoo 115 e - -Ts Tv r , vv my whits plume MOW) OnitiaoV tlw ranks of war, ' And be your °Mammy to-day, the helmet of Navarre. Hurrah! the foes are moving; hark to the mingled din Qf fify, nna etcedi mid Mimi) onsi Muth CA' vertu. The fiery Duke is pricking fast across Saint Andre's plain, With all tho hireling chivalry of Gueldres and , Almagne: 'sow by the lips of those ye love, fair. gentlemen of ]'ranee, Charge for the golden ttpori theta - with the !mice P A thousand spurs arc striking driet,, a thousand spoilt% in rest, • A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow whit° cud; And in they burst, and au they rusted, wltile,tilto a oti. ding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Na- Olympus but the wine of praise for great deeds accom plished-! Would that he might have lived, so that his Mit rocrificv might hove horn °Mira and lax groat soul have gone up from some groat, victorious field, his lips bathed with the nectar that he loved ! lionc ever felt more than he— Since "all folly resig n, decorate the brave And steal inglorious to the silent grave." ;7 ° 8 n l ll. es .t emi t io 1 delights i , i Mit it wan something more than the tierce thirst for glory that carried the late Senator to the field of sa,ri lice. No one felt more than ho the majestic dignity of the g,.eat toldalt dtif , isaW alakets war. He loved freedom—if you please, Anglo-Saxon freedom for he was of that great old race. Ito loved title land, ; this whole Mod. He had done much to conquer it from the wilderness q and by his own :KW he had undo it his land. ere 11100t1 is patriot blood. When he witnessed the storm of anarchy with which the modnesa of depraved ambition sought to overwhelm the land of his choice and love, when he heard the bottle-call, ii Lay down the axe, fling by the minds, Leave in its track the toiling plow; The rifle and the bayonet blade, For arms like yours are fitter now: And let the hands Mut ply the pen, Quit the light task, and learn to wield The horseman's crooked brand, and rein The charger on the battle-field, Onr country calk ; away ! away ! To where the bloutl-etreanm blot the green Strike to defend the wettest sway That time in nit its course has seen." it was in the spirit of the patriot hero that the gallant soldier, the grave Senator, the white-haired man of counsel, yet full or youth as 11111 of years, gave answer, as does the war IMMO, to the trumpet's i•anna. The wisdom of his conduct has peen questioned. Many thought that he should have remained for counsel in this hall. Mr. President, the propriety of a Senator taking npon himself the duties of a soldier depends, like many Other things, on circumstances; and certainly melt eon. duct has the sanction of the example of great names. Secretes, who was not of the Council of Athens simply because be deemed his office as a teacher of wisdom a higher and nobler one, did net think it unworthy of MIME to Servo as a COMMuli soldier in battle! mid when Plato gooks bridle describe and most to dignify his great toaster, he causes Alcibiades, among other things, to say of hits: "I ought not to omit whet Secretes was in battle; for in Met battle after which the generals decreed to mo the prize of courage, tiocrates Mime, or :dl men, was the saviour of my life, standing by mi• when I had fallen and was wounded, and preserving both myself and my arms from the hands of the enemy. lint to see Socrates when our army was defeated and scattered in flight at Deltas. Wall n setietatilt, weigho Os thot wee among the cavalry, and he on foot heavily armed. After the total rout of our troops, he and Lashes re treated together. I cams up by chance; and seeing them, bane them be of good cheer, for that I would not leave them, As I wag on horseback, end therefore lees oceupied by a regard of my own situation, I could bettor observe than at Potithea the beautiful spectacle exhibited by Socrates on this emergency." * * * * "He walked and darted his regards around with a ma jebtic comumure, looking tranquilly both on his Friends and enemies, BO that it was evident to every one, even from afar, that whoever should venture to attack him, would encounter a desperate resistance. Ito and his rompanion thus departed in safety; Mr those who are scattered in flight are pursued and killed whilst men hesitate to touch those who exhibit each a countenance as that of Socrates, even in defeat." This is the picture of a sage painted by a sage: and why may not great wisdom be the strangest element of a great war? in the days when the Mates of Greece were free, when Rome was free, when Titmice was line, who but their great statesmen, counsellors. and Senators led their ar mies to victorious battle ? In the best days of all the great and free States, civil place and distinction Wll,l never held inconsistent with military authority and con- Cluck. So far from it,on histor:rt.Mllo4 the rocs that these who Lave proved themselves most competent to di rect and uthninietur the affairs of Government in times of peace, were not only trusted, but were he.t trusted with the conduct of armies in times of war. lenAln G , or Motor,- there m he MOM* h..- eons we have yet to learn; and that We have such lessons to learn I knew was the strong conviction of the late Senator. It is with no sense of satisfaction that I feel it my duty to my that I have been led to the opinion that them it ninth soundness in the opinions he entertained. It is but a brief time shies the late Senator was among us, maintaining our country's cause, with wits counsel, clothed in eloquent words. When, in August last, his duties here as a Senator for the time ceased he devoted himself exciustrely to the duties of it soldier. Oecupyins a subordinate position, coninianded whore he was most nit to command, lie received his orders. Ile saw aid knew the nature of the enterprise he was required to un dertake , he saw and knew that he was required to mow., imilerneoth the shadow of the wince of Anal. He did not, he would not, question the requirement made of him. His motto on that occasion was : t‘ A good heart and no hope." He knew, as was known at Balaklitva, that some one had blundered; yet he said' " Forward, my bri gade, although some one bus blundered." Wag this Mktg= inghtlagg I Ka! It may be called sacrifice, self-sacrifice ; but I, who know the man who was the late Senator ' the calm, self possessed perfectness of his valor, and who have studied all the details of the field of his last offering with a sad earnestness, say to you, sir, to this Senate, to the country, and partimalarly to the people of the lam' of the West, where most and best he is known and loved, that no rash, reckless, regardlessness of danger can be attributed to him. It is but just to say of him. that hie conduct sprung from a stern, hero, patriot, martyr spirit, that enabled him to dare, itlChirtiir, With a smile to the green earth, and a smile to the bright heavens, and a cheer to his brave companions, ascend the altar of sacrifice. A poet of the middle ages, speaking of Carthage es then a dead citr, the grzyre of which woe scarcely - diecerldirie, says: „ For cities die, kingdoms die: a little sand and grass covers all that was once lofty in them, and glorious. And yet man, forsooth, disdains that he is mortal Oh, mind of Mee, =Mina° and proud r? It is true cities and kingdoms die, but the eternal thought liveS on. Great thought incorporated with great action does not die, but lives a universal life, and its power is felt vibrating through all spirits and throughout all the ages. doubt 'whether or not mourn for ar9.- the dead. I am confident , hat there should be no mourning for those who render themselves up as sacrifices in any great, just, and holy cause. It bettor becomes us to praise and dignify them. It was the faith of an ancient people tt.at the heroe,, did I.li re..A until their great deeds bad been hymned by bards to the sounds of martial music. Bards worthy of the ancient time have hymned the praise of the great citizen, Senator, and soldier who has left us. They have showered on his ineimokY— "Those leaves Ivhich, for the eternal few Who rrander o'er the paradise of fame, In sacred dedication ever grew." I would that I were able to add a single leaf to the eter -11.1 In long futtire years, when our nights of horror shall have passed, and there shall have come again The welcome morning with its rays of peace," roue gnekorg after fame, and voting lovorg of freedom throughout nil this land, 3 ea, and other and distant lands, will recognize, honor. ano unlintc our one of the undying dead. Mr. President, I second the resolutions of the Senator from Oregon. Mr. IlltOINIZII:11, said Ma. Pr.nsinasr : On taking my seat in the Senate at its special session in July last, my first active participa tion in its business was on the occasion of proceedings commemorative of the death of the Hon. Stephen A. POlililihli my immediate warming; and now, sir, at the commencement of this, my second session, it becomes my aelancholy duty to bear a part in the ceremonies in honor of another who had been longer a citizen of the State of Illinois, whose memory is not less dear to the hearts of her people, and whose tragical and untimely death has throncleil the Otatn in mourning - The Hon. Edward D. Baker was, and had ever been, my personal ant political friend, and, from earliest man hood, the relations between us had been of the closest and most confidential character that friendship allows, and there are bai rev, who.. death would have tat so large a void in my affections: Something nip junior in years, he was my senior in the profession to which we both belonged, and, com mencing our professional career in the same State, and very near the earns time ; travelling much upon the canto circuit, and belonging lo the same political party, a friendship grew up which was cemented and strength ened by time, and continued from our first acquaintance amid the collisions of the bar, and the rivalries of poli tics, without ever having sustained a shock, or an inter oi,oh foo a and I ik to the ries of the past, and to the relations which subsisted be tweet' us whilst he lived, to offer sonic poor tribute to his worth now that he is dead. Few men nho have risen to positions of great distinc tion and to efulnon, and loft the impress of their lives upon their country's history, hare been less indebted to the circumstances of birth end fortune. lie inherited neither ancestral wealth nor honors, but whatever of either he attained VMS the reward of his own energy and talents. lie was very literally " the architect of his own for _ Panes.. Commencing the practice of law before he had readied the full maturity of manhood, and in what was then a bor der State, but among lawyers whose talents and learning shed lustre upon the profession to which they belonged, withomthe pafrooa g e of` woaiih or power, he soon rartdo his way to the front rank of the bar, and maintained his position there to the lam of his death. But he did not confine himself exclusively to proles atonal pursuits, stud to the care of his own private affairs. Re was a man of rare endowments, and of sods fitness and aptitude for public employments as were sure to at tract public attention. He could not, if he would, have made his way through life along its quiet, peaceful, and secluded walks, and it does him no discredit to say that lie rsooid not if be width lie was too fully in sympathy with his kind to be in different to anything which affected their welfare, and too 'heroic in character to remain a passive spectator of great and stirring events. Hewas eminently itman of action; and although fond of literature, and science, and set, sod VaSAMMAII of A. rt,fittAil and A 11144110.64. 6_04, ho yet loved the sterner conflicts of life more than the quiet conquests of the closet; and whilst a citizen of Illinois, served her both as soldier and civilian, and won distinc tion wherever he acted. He bad elasticity, strength, rocmtilitf.r., and fervor of intoned, and a mind full of is sources. His talents were both varied and brilliant, and capable of . great achievements; hut their neefninegs was, per haps, somewhat impaired by a peculiarity of physical or gan-melte. which nude on," or the moot restless of men, and incapable of the close, steady, and persevering mental application, without which great results cannot often be attained. It was not fickleness or unsteadiness of purpose, but a proud and impatient spurning - of re straint, contempt of the beaten track of mental processes, and dieguot with the dullness and weariness of confine ment and inaction. nut this defect was, to a very great extent, compensated by the wonderful ease and rapidity with which he could master any subject upon which he clime to concentrate the powers of his mind; by the marvelous facility with which he acquired knowledge, and the felicity with which he could use it. Whatever he could do at all he could do at once, and up to the full lIICOMITO Or his capacity. Whatever ha tumid comprehend at all he comprehended with the mtiekne,4 of intuition, and pined but little afterwards by invecligation and elaboration. Ile did not reach in tellectual results as other men do, by the slow process of analysts or induction : but, if he could reach them at all, 1w &mid da it at it hoimd. And yet it was not Militant' at Conclusions, for he could always state, with almost mathematical clearness and precision, the premises from which he made his deductions, and guide you along the same path he had travelled, to the same goal. He raw at n +,hatee all the material, and all the relations of the niter' I,whichlieinkealedrotie.tithesublect in hand, but w‘ch another would have carefully and laborionaly to search out awl collect to be enabled to see lit all, and diligently to collate before under,tanding its uses and re • • • To a greater extent than most men he deittbitied tile force and severity of logic with grace, fancy, and elo quence, filling at the liar, at the same time, the character of the astute and profound lawyer and the able, eloquent, end eneeeeefnl ni.voente • whilst In" the Miele, the lefg4, prudent, and discreet statesman was combined with the chaste, classical, brilliant, and persuasive orator. But with all his aptitude for, and adaptation to, the ldiatest mid noble 4 pursuits of the civilian, lie had a natural taste, talent, and fondness-Mr of a soldlor. There was something In the inigiega inn of wuc, ,nua the cannon's roar, which roused his mot to its profoundest depths, and he could no more remain in inglorious ease at holm, while the desolations of war blackened mid blasted the land, than the proud eagle could descend front his IMMO in Tile cleml to 111'5,13 wish Three times in his not protracted lite he led our citizen soldiers to the embattled plain, to meet, in deadly con flict, his country's foes. Alas 1 that he shall lead them 110 more; that he shall never more maralud them for the wori t mo r um t never snore rot.. to the uslAnal-teinnte..t tone." He has fallen, "The fresh dust is chill upon the breast that burned erewhile with tires that seemed immortal :" jrig hipppF Ws hot sleep—he has fought his last battle; Ho sound Shan awoke him to Flory-.:•,gai,~ He fell as Lthinkiie wmild have preferred tl fall had he had the choice of the niude of death—in the storm of battle, cheering his brave followers on to duty in the service of 10 whirled country, to which lie felt that ho owed men, W ilioi, helcooll imot - ...,rvc.1 1005 ma faithfully. It does him no dishonor to say that he wait a into of great ambition. and that he yearned after military renown; tint his ambition waschastened by his patriotism, his strong sense of justice, and hie humanity; and its tiree go fiercely iu lily Lasclm nit to tempt him to purchase honor, elect, and distieetion for himself, by needlessly sacrificing, or (Well imperilling, the lives of others. He was no untried soldier with a 116.1110 yet to win: It was already high un the roll of fame, and indis• iislufily linked with his country's history, Years ago, at home end abroad, he had drawn his sword in hie corm• try's cause, and shed his blood in defence of her right:. Years ago, lie had led our soldiers to battle, and by his gallantry shod ue,v metre upon our arms and historic M ussel upon Cerro tiorde's height+t mid now no nod that fame to gtitied nml protell. Bo hod to Mewl hie already written page of history from blot or stain, as well as to add to it another leaf equally radiant end enduring. But, Dir. President, it would he a poor, inadequate, and unworthy e,timate of his character which should explore only a orifish ambition, and aspirations for vidual glory, for the sources of hie action. The impelling causes were far higher and nobler. Ile was a true, im movable, incorruptible, and unshrinking patriot. He was the fast, firm friend of civil and religious liberty, and believed that they should be the common heritage and bleeding of all mankind; and that they could lie n eared and enjoyed only through the instrumentality of organized, constitutional government, and submission to and obedience of its lane; and the conviction num his mind with deep and profound that, if the wicked rebel lion uhieh had been inangurittal wont umbilical, and treason triumphed over law, antenna - tonel govern. meat in North America would be utterly annihi lated, to be followed by the confusion of anarchy, and the confusion of anarchy to he gIICCPCded by the oppressions and atrocities of despotism. Ito be lieved that, whatever the horrors, and plagues, and deso lations of Chil war might be, they would still be for lest in magnitude and duration than the plagues and calami ties which would inevitably follow upon submission and separation. The contest in which we are engaged Ind been, -without canoe Or pretest or cases, forced upon We had to accept the strife, or so submit to an arrogant assumption of superiority of right as to chow mirselves unworthy of the liberties and blessings which the bloid, and Ircacure, and Whaloln, and virtue of illustrious hati Pelduled fur 115 and he believed that the issue of the contest wile powerfully and vitally to effect the welfare and happiness of the American people, if not, in deed, of all other nations, for centuries yet to lie. With three views, both just and patriotic, he recognized it as his duty to givo his services to his country, wherever, and in whatever capacity they could be of most haw_ tenet, and, with at much of solfodmegation as the frail ties of humanity would allow, he took his place in the serried ranks of war, and in the strict and discreet dis charge of Ida ditty as a soldier, fighting bar his country in a holy cause r he fell. And it is, NEL President, to me, hit f riend, a SWIM of peculiar gratification that the history of the dbastrons day which terminated his brilliant career ' when it shall have been truthfully written, will be hie full and sof licient from anY chargt , of temerity or rocks tessness regarding the lives of those entrusted to his care. Ile was brave, ardent, and impetuous, and ,1 when war's stern strength was on his soul," hr no doubt felt that 11 one crowded hour of glorious life was worth an ago uithont 11 1111111 e," Mittl hit 11115 1114 tile fitful petnosity of the whirlwind, which unfits for self-control, or the command of °there, but the strong, Windy, and resistless roll of the stream within its prescribed limits, and to its sure and certain object; not the impetinteitY which culminates in fantastic rashness, but that which, in the pregame of danger, is exalted to the auldimity of heathen. I have said be was ambitious, hot there was never ambition with less of the taint and drop of selfish neSs. He was incapable of a mean aid unmanly envy, and was ever quick to perceive mid ready to acknowledge the merit of it rival, end would atiile his own desires and pOttpone his anon aggrandizement for the advancement id a friend. Nobly generont, he could and did make sac rifices of both pecuniary and political advantages to his friendships, which, with him, were reel, sincere, and la,t lug. He never soug!..t to drag others down from moral or professional, or politio^l colinenco that ho might rise upon the Min, nor regarded the good fortune of ano ther, in whatever vocation or department of life, as a wrong done him, or as any impediment to his own pros perity. Brave and but neither ra.l, nor pr4,..ump blow, he could avenge or forgive an injury with a grace and promptitude which did equal honor to his boldness of spirit and kindness of heart. tinder insult or indignity lie was fierce and defiant, and could teach an enemy alike fa fear and mutt him; and in ealliaiona in WI; LAMA, may have given Homothina of lie 111101'146M of liarAhnesg cd . temper ; but in the domestic circle, amid the social throng, and under friendship's genial and enchant ing influences, he was as gentle and confiding in his af fections as a woman, and as tender and trustful as a Senator 13aker was not only a lawyer, an orator, a statesman, and a soldier, but he was also a poet, and, at all times, when deeply in earnest, both spoke and acted under high poetic inspiration, tit ono time, when I travelled noon the tame circuit with him, end others, who have since bean renowned in the history of Illinois, it was no uncommon thing; after the labors of the day in court were ended, and•forensie battles had been lost and won, for the lawyers to forgot the asperities which had been engendered by the conflicts of the bar in the in. nocent, if not profitable, pastime of writing verses Mr the amusement of each other and their friends; and I well remember with what greater facility titan others he could dash from his pen MIUMODS sparkling all over with Pins j MO if nil that Ile hill thus writr ten could be collected together, it would make no mean addition to the poetic literature of our country. Its beauty, igrace, and vivacity, would certainly re. deem it from oblivion. Yet he did not aspire to the elm racter of a poet, but wrought the poetic vein only for the Present amusement of himself mid intimate friends, end I ant not aware that any of the productions of which I speak ever pasted beyond that limited circle. They were not perpetuated by tt the art preservative of all other arts." The same thing is true of his forensic efforts, many of which were distinguished by a brilliancy, power, and elootience, ohd eIiAAAA 0466 Arid purity, +hat would have done honor to the most renowned barrister, but which live now only in the traditions of the country. Stenography was, at that day, an unknown art in Illi nois, and writing out a speech would have been a prodi gality of time and ltbor, of which an Illinoie lawyer was -p ro l o arly never wally-. To ,Senatore who were lilt, ee -1 emporaries here, and who have heard the melody of his voice, who have witnessed his powerful mid ilnPag blotted bursts of eloquence, and felt the witchery if the spell that he has thrown ut.ou them, it were vain for mo to sneak of his ilisplsys In this Chamber. It it an dignit. Moment of his 8111111 - 0 I F. to Sltr that he stood the Deer of any gentleman on this floor ' in all that constitutes the andable and skilful debater, and the classical, persuasive, and enchanting orator. But MS clear and manly voice shall lin heard in theta halls no more. Never again shall these crowded galleries hang breathless on his words: Never again the throng ing multitudes who gathered wherever he spoke ho thril led by the magic of his eloquence.. The voice that could 1100tha to Miring lllPOlith or rouse to it temusid. of Das• sion, is now hushed forever. The heart once so day and brave lies pulseless in the tenth, and all that is left to his country or his home is the memory of what he woe. I will not attempt, Mr. President, to speak poor, cold words of sympathy and consolation to the stricken hearts or ht romti,-. I know, oir,i Low tvgior and Intmedlenblo their anguish I know, sir, how it rends the heart strings, all-willing though we be, to lay our loved ones es sacrifices even on our country's altar. The desth dealing hand of war has invaded my own household and slain its victim there, and I know that words tiring no healing to the grief winch follows these bereavements. The heart turns despairingly away from "honor's voice" which provokes not the silent dust, and from the flatteries which cannot "soothe the dull, cold ear of death;" and the spirit's ebb, and "life's enehanting scenes their lustre UM and ;roam in our sight." Time alone can bring healing on its wing " Time ! the beautifier of the dead, Adorner of the rain, comforter and only healer whoa the heart bath LAM." can alone mitigate, chasten, and sanctity the crushing sorrow. And not till after time has done its gentle work, and stilled the tempest of feeling, Gan the miaowing hearts around hie now desolate hearth=stone, Lind cousolatiom in remembering hoe - worthily he yea and how gloriously ha died that he is „ Fortune's now, and Fame's;" and that when ponce, on downy Pinion, comes again to bless our troubfed land, and all hearts hdre re membered their allegiance to the beneficent Government for which he died, history will claim him an ire own, and rote 'biro in the hearts of his countrymen. a: a ha. rote martyr in the great cause of human rights, and chronicle his deeds on pages illuminates! with the grati tude of freemen, and as perishable as the love of utterly. COWIN ' , of liehneyletkide., elidey&a foe 14hh.iid.- vania, the foster-mother of the dead, the right to weep and pay her tribute to his worth at the side of Oregon, his adopted home. He was nntarally noble and brave, and had he lived in the olden time would have been a 01111 hit Baia tallith 11ilTSS9M9 !WWII With tten gist and Dorn. Ho pant a beautiful tribute to the OM. quence, worth, and true greatness of Gen. Baker. Mr. DIXON, of Connecticut, spoke of the true devo• tion of the late Senator to the cause of his country, of his brilliant life and glorious death. Ma. WHITER, of Ittaisa6lOieettii, said ilitd Henes.d I aker united both the characters of orator and soldier, and iu both was he worthy of admiration. He referred to various instances of his almost unexampled eloquence. After achieving a brilliant success in the Senate, ho tquilhtd from ths .(itista is the aaddlo, Ood, oaa Jerimi. Lettle-field, with his face to the foe, he passed from the service of his country to the service of his God. Ile said that the true cause of General Baker's death was slavery ; and the only way to avenge his death is tosay to this vio lator of the Constitution, this murderer of our dead bens. tor, lie thou overturnol. Mr. LATIIAM, of California, said: MR. PRESIDENT: Several years ago, in my own home, one of the most brilliant tributes to the talented dead, I ever heard, fell from the lips of him whose memory we tmday unite to honor. After a fooling review of the talent% and genial nature of the gifted Fer.ettgon, Colonel Baker suddenly paused, and, with a sadness of tone, that was a fitting echo to the thought, exclaimed " Who will thus speak of me Avlton I ant dead I" The desire then espreMll, Wit no &old von furgetten, it more than fin= need in the just tribute we must all pay to the Moment Baker. Mr. President, during , the lifetime of the deceased, although nut classified among his warmest friends, yet our relations were of the most amicable and cordial na ture. Always oppoeed in politicalopfulon, through ;seve ral strifeful years, the pleasant recolleetion yet remains of not one unkind word or act to blight the respect felt for him while living, and my sincere sorrow at his death. I never knew a man of more kindness or disposition— more willing to make allowance for the elbset-sentings common to all—or more ready in praise, when deserved. Seemingly conscious of his power, he never deemed it necessary for his own advancement to disparage true talent and personal worth in others. An entire absence of vindictive nutliop—the quick forgetfulness of even an injury or wrong indicted—quiet composure amid trying scenes of an eventful life—all bespoke those gentle quali ties which made him a fond father, a good husband, and a devoted friend. It is not my purpose to analyze Colonel Baker's charac ter. Others, Who enjoyed more of his confidence, can speak more accurately. If one quality marked him in public life more than any other, and impressed his whole career, it was his singleness of purpose. His early struggles in life, his self-tanght mind, his school of adversity, his ardent and poetical temperament, all infused into his very soul the most powerful and sins cere love of individual enudation and freedom, in the broadest aeceptation of that term. 'He has left upon re cord as Wowing sentiments as ever fell from the lips of man in that great cause, Upon Chia auldoch on every or, cagion, at the bar, on the hustings, and in tile senate, wherever his mind seized upon it, it became not elo quence," it was fiery inspiration. Views upon the rights of human liberty, and the dignity of free labor, were with him no 1 111111Wiligil eentimentalitr," thee eontrolled and influenced his wholelife from boyhood to the grave. Hence it was when this unprecedented rebellion raised its front against our just and free Government, Senator Baker, by his life and the occupation of each moment, woo willing Is pence the aiueceity of iii= wordg. Hat two weeks prior to his death, lie remarked to me Its he had to others, " I shall never come out of this struggle alive: the presentiment of death is upon me." Even then the dark .winge of the coming messenger were over him, and he walked courageously forward itimolith their and ailiPt9vf; "As drops of rainfall into some dark And from below conies a scarce audible sound, So fall our thoughts into the dark hereafter, And their /113sterions echo re:loms w." - Endeavoring to Persnalle Lim that la , mount not give way to gloomy forebodings, well calculated to destroy his peace of mind and usefulness in his new ditties, I shalt never forget, Senators, the sad but earnest manner in which he rephe4: lam charged with having much to 110 by my :ipercb ill iipOrt oar country : I only hope to have more to do by my acts in ending thetn—: " Among Innumerable false, unmoved, Unobaken, Anoiectueed, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal: Nor number, nor example, with him Wrought To swerve front truth or change his constant mina, 71otujh single." The most brilliant menial efforts of his lifd - Are hdt upon record. The sudden bursts of his often matchless eloquence leLve passed away with the time and occasion of their utterance. Those preserved of his addresses., on &Weren't are solumkesd with others tittered without premeditation, when, under the inspiration of the moment; his mind glowed with the fire of genius and strength. His ease and grace of delivery., his felicity of expres- SiM4 his wonderful flow of lowinvoloos luogoogr l the muswol Muumuus of his Voice, can never be forgotten by those who have heard him in ninny of his happy efforts. Ills - eulogies upon Senator Broderick and Mr. For glynn, a State Senator of California, aro specimens of Hitt highcni vrutvcival patiert, o - vetiee grn. Francisco, upon celebrating the laying of the. Atlantic cable, contains passages of the greatest snblinaity and beauty. In my,indgment his impromptu reply to Senator Week- Inridge during our stmelion in Jay WM, hit atteeth, the Senate. But the genial nature, the eloquent tongee, the mind wlech revelled in its own exuberant creations, now sleeps in those cerements which at last imbraes, with their chill folds, all-the children of men. PreeVieei, let us not 11101trik the death of me compaution. With my estimate of Ids chart.ctor, it was noble conclusion to an almost poetical history. M we are told as the paths of glory leiel but to the g rave," why regret the certain end, when the feet of the nolde- dead. have trod all the tICIWOrY watt of onthitiiatilih and patriotism Col. Baker was tunbitions—he died ii Senator; he was eloquent—he held a Senate captive, and beard the plaudits of an admiring People; hOWa 9 Patriot ic—he could do no more than sm.-L.l6m his life upon the sitar Of ills conttry, amid the shock of battle, and lead ing the yap, The measure o f hnn.. o aims With hlm was complete. Half a century of winters had scattered their allows upon his head ; public judgment had awarded him a place limn& the most eloquent, tutu thus honored and beloved, la; Ims Mica his iiv-strinr. Our people on the far-off Pachke will gather around lute bier, and by silent tears testify not his, but theirown leas and affliction. ! e restless waves of a great ocean will mean for ages biome beside sruve, tual Li, IniasTO he I la the peaceful shadow of lame Mountain, that naterut rue nument for the loved and lost of our new Enu , i r HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. MoKNIGHT, from the Committee on Foreign At faire, reported ia resolution, which was adopted, that an memorials, resolutions, and documents which may be pre sented for the recognition of the independence of Liberia and Hayti be referred to the Committee. On motion, 1,500 extra copies or the Secretary of the Tr*.Rsnry'r rrivrt were ordered to be printed, :air. BINGHAM, of Ohio, introduced a bill to eonfig• cafe the property and slaves of persons who are in armed rebellion aguifed rho I . nited States. Also, a Joint resolution, directing, the present court at Alexundria to retain and hoes 'tardy tbn property of Alone engaged in or aiding rebellion, until further KIM by Congress it had upon the subject. Both measure', were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion of Mr. HOLMAN, of Indiana it wag re solved that the Committee nit Public Lands be instructed to repot what railroad companies have received do nations of lauds on condition of transporting troops and Munitions of war free of charge, and whether the Go vernment hat the unqualified right of such traiesporta- M. F. A. CONKLING presented the memorial of the Chtunber of Commerce of Now York to authorize the coming of 111011eY by the assay (Ake in New York. Re ferred to the Committee of Wept awl Means. Also, the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce for the exfohi4oll of postal facilities by the oidatadiniont of a line of mall steamers front Ban Francisco to port; in China and Japan. Referred to the Committee oii COlll - Mr. LOVEJOY, of Illinois, offered a resolution in structing the Committee on Foreign Affairs to report a 1.1111 estaldishlt.g sAatiot,A States and Hayti and Liberia. Mr. VALLANDIGHAM, of Ohio, remarked that we want no nrgro ambassador. A debate arising, the resolution lies over for future ennaideraf ion. Mr. BLAIR, of Ml9BOllll, offered a resolution de claring it but just to recognize the eminent and patriotic stwvices of the late General Lyon, and tendering the thanks of Congress to the brave officers and soldiers nu der hit Eollllllllllli, (kilo stai+htinimi Urn hoimi' of the 1144 P.iet nchleved a victory at Springfield, Missouri i and in order to commemorate the event, each regiment engaged on that occasion shall bear on its colors the word "Spring field," in Inters of gold; and this resolution shall lie read et the head of tha dirrefeld ikgliooko of iho or the United States. Mr. BLAIR said he believed that the Government had taken no notice at all of the death of General Lyon, and hence the propriety of the passage of the renointion which he 44(1 mainlined, Ile know the am well. One nnver lured who cared more for Ms country and less for him• self. Air. EDWARDS, of New Hampshire, moved that the last Dart of the resolution be stricken out. lie skid we are to have a war of long continuance, in whirls bravery and akin tl. h, 6e - dld„ia,S, and mi , fortur,t, a.rel death incurred. We should not, therefore, be too lavislrat the outset in establishing as UM neglect to notice similar occurrences hereafter may result in serious em barrassment. COT.FAX, of Indiana, tended that the spiehit_ matt would trot be adopted. The reeding of the resolu tion, Be proposed, would have the effect of stimulating our gaunt soldiers to deeds of patriotism. It could do no halm. It was due that we should pay this tribute of respect to Lyon, and to recognize the services of thole under his command. Mr. EdwardW motion was rejected, and the resolution of Mr. Blair adopted. Mr. BLAIR, of Missouri, introduced a bill to punish protide more effectually for the collection of taus, to remunerate loyal eilkentl for the loss of pro. pony, and to provide homesteads for soldiers employed in suppressing iebelli,n. ]referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. • Mr. NOELL, of Missouri, offered a resolution instruct ing the Committee on Naval Affairs to mimics into the expediency of establishing a navy yard and depot at Cape Girardeau, and report by bill or otherwise. The consideration of the following resolution, intro duced by Mr. Lansing, of New York, on Monday, was If7Mirarr, Major Omura] MUM, of the Western Military Department, has issued an order prohibiting negroes from coining within the lines of our army, and. excluding those already under the protection of our troops ; And - whereas, A di fferentee volicy and practice prtrrnil in other departments by the direct sanction of the Admi nistration; And whereas, The said order is cruel and inhuman, and, in the judgment of the House, based upon no mitt tai,y I Is- It , e.qolred, That the President be respeetfolly requested to direct General Flatlet* to recall said order, or cause it to conform to the practice in other departments of- the army. ETEvE.Np, of rennprivania, said if the resew If this resolution is 49 110 , M it geed Circgrfi ear - 0111;i in the West, the sooner it is passed the better. The alle gation of General Ifalleck, as an excuse fur his order, that the fugitive slaves whom he proposes to exclude front hit lines give . infolinatiOn to the enemy, is too bold n pretence to Justify him, The return of- fueithroa trla initiated by McClellan; awl followed by Kelly, Dix, and olliffs. All the eases are a disgrace to the profusion of arms. If such returns of fugitives have been made by orders of the commanding, generals, they deserve to have tht epaulettes stripped from their shoulders._ If by hirrhee uuthetity—tlito Cad ft Nee them, they know oat what they do. • Me. LOVEJOY expressed his honest conviction that sorb orders were issued by the commanding, generals without any authority from the President. lle Wag Ka titfied of 'Hos fact, While the President does not remove cost cackler them, as 110 .(5./ LOVtrinO WOUIA .edvlee 7 he did not believe they had the power for any such in human and shameful measures. As far as mm be ascer tained, the testimony of every general in the field is, that the slaves are true, loyal, awl faithful. While with Gen. prev-lone to the bathe of Bull flirt ge neral carefully inquired of every black- fugitive with re gard to the movements and positions of the enemy, and the topography of the country. They are the most re liable scouts we have. and he thought it most shameful, menu, a , tl contemptible for the major generals of she army to /dander a race already disgraced. Mr. BLAIR, of Missouri, said that Mr. Stevens had evidently misunderstood Gen. Ilalleck's order. The lat ter had informed him that he had no idea of doing any thing contrurr to the lowe of the Inkt Comm and tho policy of the Government: Mr. STEVENS inquired—Did I not correctly state the order as copied I Mr. BLAIR. I think you did, but not at first as writ. ten. It was gross injustice to Gen. Halted: to say that he hoc ordered tile return of fugitive,' st-tvee to them AL loyal master, Mr. LOVEJOY said he had letters to show that per -80116 of color, under the pretence of their being fugitives, are hunted, and actually taken from individuals who Lace thOiix t.r.tection Mr. BLAIR said, while not pretending to deny the ac curacy of Mr. Lovejoy's remark:, 'testate'', for the bene fit of the House and the country, he positively knew that Gee. lfalleek rave an order to discharge fugitives from the npigen iu gi, Lenin, on his (Me. Blair's) application. Mr. LOVEJOY repeated that eleven had actually I}cala delivered up tinder Gen. Halleck's order. Mr. BLAIR stated that he called on Gnu. Haßeck the day after the order was issued, and informed him that it woe liable to he misunderstood, Gen. HaHeck Said he had no idea of contravening the law of Congress II lid the policy of the Administration. His simple object was to exclude from his vamp sueh persons as maid convey information to the enemy. The General added that, at Cflifo 4 slaves came into his camp to sell fruit, hut, re, turning to lientncky and the southern part of Missouri, thew fell into the hands of the enemy, who obtained in formatinu from them. Mr. If01:KE said that the officers regarded Gen. Ildl• leek's orders as most wise and salutary. The allusion WO vat -mime TA01,3031 to the iralmilly 0t (Le slaves was untrue. The army was misled on the of November by slaves. His own regiment was thus led into an ambuscade. Lel the resolution pass, and recruit ing in Illinois will cease. The army will stand bg the Urdu - of Gm. Halltdi. Mr. litrribitil replied that the concurrent testimony of Generals Prentiss and Lane, and he thought (ion. Pope, was in contradiction of what his colleague (Mr. Tooke) had stated, so far as the general principle was concerned. He would like to know from hi: colleague witat wa'3 done with the ..e-sro Wit..., unto an am- Mr. FOURE replied that he sent out a scout who brought in the negro, and the fact was reported to Gene ral McClernand. He did not know what had become of 110 1i2.4 210 time to 100 k after RE W I-005. I? 1.1r4 col league won'd pay lees attention to the nogro and more to the interests of the country we would ge along much better. [Ms last remark was received with applause, which the Speaker promptly checked.] BLAIR; resuming,. said that General Ifallock formed him that he intended to use the slaves,_ if 1w could, to the advantage of the Government, and, if it would weaken the enemy, lie would take their slaves from them, but he did not intend such, persons should come into the lines of his camp. Me. JULIAN, of fadtraia, told that the voila. of 114- livering up fugitivoslaves was now practised. -Last Fri day one found his way into the camp of Colonel Brown, of an Indiana regiment : that officer refused to surrender him until so ordered by Secretary Ca:nen - or. lie pre sumed the Administration sanctioned such a pro. needing. Ids. BLAIR respondel that he inferred diftbrently from what he had read in the President's message. 31r. KELLOGG, of Illinois, assumed to say that the Administration has had nothing to do, directly or indirect ly, nit to tht,t onirr, anni tiutt the Ada x t ,istrat lon e,d i not indicate such a policy to the army. Mr. YALLANPIGH AM, of Ohio, moved to lay the pending resolution on the table. Agreed to—yoas 7S, nays EU. The reeolotto.l.P.retofoiM Ibtatilekh cognition of ilia indeperAlence of Hayti and Liberia, coming up, Mr. CO:, of Ohio, offered as an amendment - that the Committee on Foreign Affairs inquire into the expedi oney of doing so, instead of direct instructions to report a bill for that purpose. Ile said, instead of bringing up so frequently the pestiferous negro, the country ec peels Congress to give a little time to more important subjects. The amendment was agreed to, and the reso lution was adopted. VALLANDICiIiAIIi called attention to the fact that a select committee was appointed at the former Con gress to consider the subject of the abolition of the frank ing privilege. The bill reported by that committee was first on the calender, and it was his desire that members should Cililinints it 1.42 . 01 , 0 it regularly' comes up for comb. (landau. Mr. COLFAX, of Indiana, remarked that the Commit tee on Post Offices and Postatoads had framed a bill to abolish the frsnhiug privilege, with other provisions, swelling the revenue, and satiNfying the public tirdiro. They proem to report the bill next week. Mr. COLFAX reminded members that this Committee pill not, as heretofore, insert in the post-route bill such new routes as members may suggest, but will require slow WA HUAI& ittWitagitY for ogtablighment of new routes. •• • . A mertsage was read from the senate announcing the death of Senator Baker. Messrs. Skip!, of Oregon : Phelps and Sargcant. of Cali fokhl Dusan*, of It Z‘likllol4. Colfax, of Indicant t rudson, of Illinois: Kelley, of PoilugYlvitniat and Riddle. of Ohio, severally delivered eulogies abounding with elo quent end interesting :illusions to the public and private character of the deceased. The usual I,STAiltiol. of re . sint were vane'', Biil tho Hour Mr. IiELLEY, of remitywanin, ; Me. SPEAKER : My personal acquaintance with Sena. ter Baker was of recent date. It commenced about the time of the inauguration of President Lincoln; but under lilt jpilmlice c 10 raticend and mid manners and counting MIMI', it MAI ripenest into mutwa Mead:A.l r , attested on his part by acts gratefully reached, and now sacredly remembered. by a number of my young con stituents, who desired to prove their patriotism by fel lovim him when he should lead a column mid the ~ :thectrd lire Cud Mime" of VOrliv Q , ' , 9144 vcrwCier49, lie wits a fascinating companium and I know not which most to admire, the heartiness, ease, ;Lod grace of his social intercourse or his power as a thinker, ova tor, and leader of men. Who, that has seen his eye asst . , ut has ecicc cwm,si ti,e 3h-note., - tLO 44,,-.1,1,1..,A -titudo of eager listeners, shall forget its fire: or who, that has beard him quietly relate some mirth-Movin,g- in cident, will forget the genial light with which it illumi nated his tweet smile 1 Alas ! that it should have closed in aresh ',Mile the )'reed yr • - tp-vmr. t:mmho.. 3 from his many wounds' But, .Mr. Speaker, sorrow no we may with those he 50 tellderiY 10VCd—gri.ve as we may fur our country, to whelp , weicare and glory his life was so. unsparinglY de voted, let Its net mourn 104 ocean,: tor . well-Apetti life was fitly 1-01111 , 10(1. The' malt/Hoz. monuments of a nation are the stories of its men—which, if these were truly great, iSmninate tho future while they exemplify the past; and, when Edward Dickinson Baker died, medium name MK indelliitly :tram rm the impefishaltie rollt! of Atintritiall oratora, etch maim, and soldiers, He was not a native of the city which I have the ho nor, in par t, to represent. The people of Philadelphia knew tl tl e wa, horn Enalmul—that he came to man l ion d Iv ph i poona at a colonel front that State Wu ton inenullied new of sray menial` Irma Yviii ?rim to the city of NeXiCO; that it wits its a citizen of distant. California he had thrilled the heart of a great and wide spread people, by the utterance of his indignant sorrow the body of the murdered Broderick; and that it wns its nander from mvre Mann: Oregon lie had hocted. from the "Tarpeian Bock" the Cain like ton of Ken toeky, who, impelled by ambition, lawless as that of Lucifer, prated of the sanetity of the Constitution, that, by the arts ofJudint he might betray a confiding people/ they lover lam une of thernAve , His early youth was passed it/ Philadelphia. Bratty of: his relatives still reside there, mid he always loved the. city in which his father, yet kindly remembatod by many,. essayed to maintain his family by the laboas.of a teacher, anal. !WA fah the nuenehleas flitlllo of Mums hie amhition; and, after having publicly dedicated him self to "light fur country, home. law, Ctavernment, Con stitution, right, freedom, and humanity," - ho canto thither to enlist a regiment to follow him to -rietory or the grave lit ho grand 4 reuse. Ito canto ta 4aise ono thousand Mon. 11111 announcement of Ilia wow awl jarPvgc Y.q magical as the tununons of Bloderich: Dhu—cnctro offered than could be accepted : From the gray sire WhOSO trembling hand hardly ta.rthe oa I.De hosiut, 're the raw boy whose shaft and hew Were yet scarce terror to the crow, Till at the rendezvous they stood Ily hundreds, prompt for blows and blood." And when tits se-called CAlifortila Rotelniont woad (min its place of rendezvOttS, it Omlattold throe battalion% and mustered over fourteen hundred of the flower and midis of Philadelphia, The day on which they passed through ‘Air city to encamp iu n migliboelog park was a gala dal/ I saw them as they passed Moog one of our principal thoroughfares. The music to which they marched was the plaudits of dear kindred, friends, and neighbors. It was a gutsily sight to look non. Beside the acute lawyer, experienced legislator, glowing orator, and tried soldier, Oolonel linker, NV name the fen.l.•nt and pron4,st hope, of the city garlanthl, rode the bravo find accomplished young Quaker, Wistar, upon whom, with the affection of a father, ho relied, with such well-played confidence. no his "good right arm ;" and in the rolnmn that followed ae grand an emhodimont of character culture, courage, and loyalty as ever regimentil officer com manded. Nu holiday or hireling soldiers were they ; but men with tender ties, bright prospects. and noble aipira tions—men who knew what peace and freedom are, and hate trorthlmai life would he without them. Ifow daunt_ lonsWWl their courage; how perfect their devotion to chief and cause, Mastachusettt and Now York will tell when they write the story of their sons whose conduct on that Mehemet, field invests with a radiant halo the dontita and dimeterit of Ran Bluff. When his regiment hod been in the field a abort lime, the Government offered Col. Baker a General's commis sion, which lie refused to receive; but, while be graceful ly declined the rank and pay, he accepted the labors and responsibilities of the station. About that time, the busi ness of recruiting seemed to flog, and, with eimractoristk energy, he undertook the labor of enlisting the additional regiments for his brigade. Again he came to Philadel. PIM'. Colonels Dexter, Owen, and Morehead. having served three months and been honorably mustered out of services ltad each giderell Omit him the nucleus of-a reginluni tar tile war, Us saw and f rlTlTerrtMi With them. Morehead, like Winter, had known him as youth knows a gallant lender--u when pursuing honor on the distant fields of Mexico." Baxter, one of their number, was appealing to our firemen to encounter, on a new hall , Ilia 101 l :lila danger with *Melt they are me familiar I and in Gwen he found an intelli gent and educated representative of the courage and en thusiasm of the Irish-American people. He authorized them to announce their regiments as part of his brigade, and this min diaclogril the magical power of hie MUM; for, however tardily recruiting tied gene on harem mem now rallied around the standards of these officers more rapidly than the Government could arm and equip them; and inn few days an exultant people cheered the depart iteo of the Intl of them for the embattled fold. The olualitieit which gave Colonel Baker so controlling an influence among men, scent to me to have been Ilia frankness, his fidelity, and that great-hearted humanity which interested him in whatever concerned the rights, comforts, or welfare of those about him. In him my yntsng 6 .leclare itlwy fo,rn,l not Otsl the. 8.1.11,r'r/ find seed--discipline and guidanco—hut also a patient listener, wise counsellor, and sympathetic friend. His career illustrates the beneficence of our institu tions. Nehlicr the poverty of his childhood, nor the fast of his torsion birth, danrsused him. Under the Con. stitution of our country he found as his restless energy bore Min westward trots the Atlantic even to the Pacific coast, legitimate scope for all Iris activities. It is not generally known that with his varied powers, Ire Merl Pl/l'nfWllli a fine Footle gift. It TITIN liGliiPiTft Nell known to his intimate trientis i and I have Kaartimos thought that though tinder other novernments, or in other times, he might not have been known as an orator. statesman, or soldier, lie would still have achieved lasting fame. The Juan who could clo , e the ritlintical expres elo, of an extodslie the excinnwli..— It were vain to ask as thou rollest afar, Of banner, or mariner, ship, or star; It were vain to seek in thy stormy face, Home tale of the norroithil past to time. Then art swelling high, thou art flashing free— _ How vain aro the questions we ask of thee I I, tee, am a wave on a stormy sea; 1, tee, am a wanderer, driven like thee; toul em Harking a distant Moth To Du lest end gone me I teach the strand For the land I seek is a waveless chore, And they who once reach it shall wander no more The man,l say, who, with Colonel Baker's love of 1 , 11114. a a lama human nemonllty mid hive such ea breetileh to hie few", Might not have attained political power, under institutions affording lean scope to his activity, but would probably have shone in literature, mid enrolled lib...name with those of Horner, Schiller, and BMW: Our sympathy will not reanimate the moulderiaa re. mains of our depths] friend; but let us see to it that we realize the hope in which be rejoiced, gi that tke helmet' et our country may advance, and wheresoever that ban tiff IMP) thcrc killay may rilrain en frsviloto De oata -1)Mml." INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS. THE WAR IN KENTUCKY. MOVEMENT OF THE FEDERAL ,FORCES A RAILROAD FROM CENTREVILLE TO MANASSAS. The Rebels Burn the LighthonSe en Tybee Island. ~►RRIfAL of THE Nruriz FLEET EN SAVANNAH HARBOR. Lerf§rie-Jer ; Pec, Jl,—Venerals Roseau, Ke gley, and Johnson's Federal brigades c rossed last Tuesday to the southern bank of Green river, near Munfordsville. Thg fall/swing itgisg nP g4.uthua 116ais have 6,0111 received : The Kentucky Provisional (Rebell Government has prased an act taring those brokers $26 per week who altarga a discount on Tatfisstr4 and ~out6erq Gen. Zollicoffer. with a large force, is at Bark- The Riehmond Rsw.wtit. , , of the 30th eer, L, borers are being hired for the immediate construc tion of a railroad from Centreville to Manassas. The Southern papers say the Federal forces can not get more than one-third of the Sea Island cotton raised in the South ; the value of which is only 5750, 000. Tho kivrtylk Pall Vag Nip; Goa, Scott will won be in the South after the manner of Mason and Sli dell's capture. IttenuoND, Dec. 5, via New Orleans.—The Dispatch eaya the flotilla lately at Old Point Com. fort has gone up the Potomac, doubtlesit to attaok Evansport or Centreville (?) SAVANNAH, Dec. 5.—A party of Confederates visited T x t.pee letand on 'Wednesday, and burnt the light house there. The Federals shelled the island. but none of the Confederates were hurt. From sixten to eighteen vessels, apparently old wilaterz, were to tile roads yeeterciAy. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 4.—The Electoral Col lege of Tennessee voted for Davis and Stevens for President and Vice-President. Clon. L. Edwara Oparrow a - na T. NSvin , "• 50 144 7 4 been chosen Senators to the Rebel Congress. from Louisiana PROM MISSOURI. Several Skirmishes Reported. OTTOVILLE, Mo., Dec. I.l.—Pnion men, who have arrived from Lafayette county, report that man - hundred rebel recruits left Lexington yesterday morning, to join General Price's army. A band of Mexicana, sixteen in number, from the rebel army, were captured near Durka l.l 3, oa Bfvn. A son and son-in•law of Col. MagoTua have also been taken. They were the leaders of the foray on our teams near Georgetown on Saturday. Thu 3cuuting party which loft hero about toil days ago is said to have surprised a rebel camp is Saline county, capturing a large number of wagons, and taking. fifty prisoners, It is rumored here that Gen. Price is advancing northward. SEDALIA, Mo., Dee. 11.—It is reported that a fight took place yesterday near Lafayette county. between a body of rebels, under the notorious Joe Shelby, and a detachment of Federal cavalry. They 11-ere fighting again thi* morning, but no par ticulara are given. From Gen. Banks' Division FREDERICK, Md.. Dec. 10.—Thero are no ad -view of any further hoattliklez-- at Dam No. S. AC ter retrie} ing their guns under cover of the night, the enemy withdrew to a safe distance, and sent a few harmless compliments to our troops, after which 7 - E7 41.appeur.4. Th. Unto., `other vrto way shot twice has since died. The rebel battery 11118 commanded by Capt. Pendleton. A quartermaster's office is to be opened at Hagerstown, under the superintendence or Captain G. A. Flagg. The object of this is understood to be to supply the troop at and around William test, ag Wt.lf as to prevent tha operatiaric of *sett= lators in forage in that vicinity. Captain Flagg is from Connecticut. Yesterday a man. named J. T. Monroe, came here from Winchester. lie was a private in the rebel army, but baying come under the ban of their arbitrary military code. he fled, and gained refuge within the union Ines. The information he brings Is not of much importance. General Jackson's force consisted of one brigade of four regiments, of about 700 men each, and was located five miles east of Winchester. Hia man were principally residents of the country, were plentifully supplied and clothed ; and were gene rally contented. AdAlfa company of slack nom" ciaTary *ek in the 'neighborhood of :Martinsburg, and Pendle ton's battery was understood to be on its way from Bath to Wincheactr• There were many Union men in and around Winchester, but they were afraid to openly avow their sentiments.. of the StoAlnet POIITLAND. Dec. 12, 10 o'clock A. bl.-1 7 p to this boor there are no signs of the anxiously expected steamer ilugla.NoTon, now duo at thia port, with foreign advice vie Londonderry to the 29th ult. It is supposed that the Anglo-Saxon. will bring the first tidings of the effect of the news of the arrest of Mason and Slidell in England. The litaftleM , Ls Plata, which connastad with the Tossit a t st. Th omas , was salt duo at Southampton fill the 2fitb, but it is probable the news was received in England by the steamer Ceti of New rort, about the 20th. The Western Virginia Legislature IV 11 1: 1: 1.1 1 - ; , December the Legislature* today, lir Garsadon, of litimpohiro, introduced rooolution to prohibit, aly person who may eugao in the rebellion from or - or holding office in thin State. Mr. Snider, of Monongahela, introduced a vim lublon modifying tl. a tsSis or the iii Bel, whieh prohibit writing or speaking against stmery, so as to make them conform with the spisih auti gen iu e of our country. From Boston. Busruti, boo. 11.—Five vessels of the atone fleet sailed from this port. They are anchored in the roads. The ships Geo. Green and Thulhen, or 113eLleril Butler's expedition, also sailed to-day. No News from Fortress Monroe. BALTIMORE, Dee. 11.—The Old Point Post InII arrived, but brings no news whatever. Sailin of the Canada, Dogma, Dec, 11.... The Cunard atearadelp mow da Failed for Livorpool at tWO 0/0100it.
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