fir t H,?-17.120- ~ •$-=._:°--I,=-.%'r 60 . EFBIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1862. INITRACT WROM SPEECH OF STEPHEN A. - DOUGLAS.^ ,, The conspiracy to:break up the' 'labials a tact now kiwi= to all. Armies are being rained, ' and 'win' levied toyseetooptish is, There ea* be but two sides is the controversy. Every num most be on the sideat,tke United States or nankin, it. - There can be no neutrals in Hits war. There ca_ nbe none but Peerlits and traitors." - - - YOB HALE—The double-oyllnder st Timms" Pam en which this paper has been'prlnted for test nine menthe. It le In excellent condition, laming been made to viler a sear ago, and will be told at a bawl*. lot terms apply Mai" office, or nddreis Joan W. roam, 417 Otioirtnid street, Philadelphia. 'THE LATEST WAR NEWS. Although no news of an exciting charitoter was received yesterday in regard to the movements of our army and navy, there are strong indications that we are in the midst of the lull which pro-. verbially precedes a terrine storm. Froki both the Burnside Expedition and the Cairo Expedition, which started in quest of the enemy at about the same time, we may soon expect to hear important intelligence. A hope is cherished by many that the rebels" will be virtually'outflanked on the east and the west ; that the movements now in pro gress will result in hemming in the Confederate forces in Virginia on all sides ; that their supplies and reinforcements from the Southeastern States will be cut of by the operations of General Burn side in North Carolina ;. and that the movements of General Buell and General Grant will result in overthrowing the rebel dominion over Tennessee. The mortar fleet now being built in Now York, under the supervision of Capt. D. D. Porter, U. S. rapidly approaching completion—but two or three weeks may elapse before it will be ready to take its departure. The mortars, which are to be placed amidships in each vessel, each weigh about 17,000 pounds, and they are bored for 13-inch pro. jectile r e, which ate the moat formidable missiles known to Modern warfare The following is a oar. rect list tf the pikers and 'remote, as far as coin. pleted: Flagship, sidewheel gunboat Oetorarez, Corn. mender D. D. Porter; Geo. Brown, lieutenant. First Division, Lieut. Watson Smith -command ing. Schooner Norfolk Packet, (dog-vessel.) Lieut. Watson Smith commanding; schooner Oliver H. Lee, Acting Master Washington Godfrey num. mending; - schooner Para; Acting Master G. K. Hood commanding; schooner C. P. Williams, Act ing Master A. R. Langthorne commanding; schooner Arleen, Acting Master T. E. Smith com mending; schooner W. Bacon, Acting Master W. P. Rogers commanding. Second Division, Lieut. `Palter W. Queen com manding. Schooner P. A. Ward, (flag vessel,) Lieut. Wal ter W. Queen commending ; schooner Sidney C. Jones, Acting Mester — R. Adams commanding; schooner Mathew Warner, Jr., Acting . Master H. IL Sarrige commanding; /schooner Marta J. Carlton, Acting Master C. E. Jack • commanding; schooner Omuta, Acting Master's Mates E, Adams and S. Randall, (no cumniander has yet been assigned to this vessel); schooner Adolphus Hugel, Acting Master li. B. Jenks commanding; schooner Geo. Idengbetn, Acting Master John Collins commanding. Third Division, Lieutenant K. Randolph Breese, commending. Schooner John Griffith, (flog vessel,) Lieutenant K. Randolph Deem commanding ; schooner Sarah Bruen, Acting Master IL Brown commanding; schooner Racer, Acting Master A. Phinney nom. mending; brig Sea Foam, Acting Master H. E. Williams commending.; schooner Henry Janes, Acting Master H. H. Pennington commanding; schooner Dan Smith; Acting Meister G. W. Brawn commanding. A. military prison, somewhat similar to Fort Warren,' in Boston harbor, has been opened in California. The San Francisco Bulletin says: 1, General Wight has given orders to make Fort Yuma the Port Lafayette of California. and it is said that for this purpose the fort will be at once strongly , garrisoned. At present, there are three companies of the First regiment of volunteers com prising the garrison there, under command of Major Rigg, who has Dan !Showalter and his party of rebels in Cenfibernent. Other three companies of the regiment are stationed at Warner's rancho, about' one hundred and thirty miles away, and three companies are in quarters at Los Angeles, about one hundred and forty miles farther off; while in another direction, at a distance of over ono hundred and fifty miles, lies the nearest point of seacoast, San Diege, with another company. Fort Yuma seems to ns the most inseenro place for !milli cal prisoners that can be found in all California. It is built on the northern bank of the Colorado river, the boundary line between New Mexico and this State, and is nearer to Texas than any other part of the State. Opposite the fort the Ulla river, from New Mexico, runs into the Colorado. It so disposed, a„,foroo of rebels could march through New Mexico, throw pontoon bridges across the Coltrado, effect a hauling, and, perhaps, take the fort before any troops from Les Angeles, War ner's Ranch, or San Diego could come to.the assist ance of the beleaguered. Even now this is talked of by:Secessionists in our 'streets, and rumor has it that a large party from this side will rendezvous near the fort, and some dark night take it by sur prise.. If we are to have Deanne; of our Evuthe Haan frontier "In connection with this matter the San Ber nardino Patriot says " We hear a rumor that two out of the three commutes stationed at this post (Fort Yuma) have munnitd, and that nearly all the men are under close arrest. It is surmised that they have been tampered with by Southern agents.. Lieutenant Colonel West is fearful of being attacked by a large Confederate force, now assembling• somewhere along the , Colorado river. Be asks for a reinforee runt of three hundred men, and cannon of a heavy calibre, to Maintain the fort. We also understand that Government has the matter under advisement whether it will abandon the post or send the re quired reinforcements and cannon.' " On the afternoon of the 15th inst. the steamer lifaidnzas, on her way North from Port Royal, passed the vessels comprising the Burnside Expodi• _ tion at a point this side of Hatteras. It is reported that the rebel envoys, Mason and Slidell, arrived safely at St. George, Bermuda, on the oth inst , and that they sailed for St. Thomas on the Nth, with the intention of taking passage at that point for England. ,The New York journals of yesterday evening contain the special report'Of Secretary Welles, of the Navy Department, to the United States Se nate. It gives a lengthy account of the plan adopted in purchasing vessels for the Government, and contends that a great saving was et:faded by Mr. Morgan. THE NEW "form. Turas Conspicuouslypub lishert a , letter, "written by a person who speaks from the highest possible authority," in defence- of General lifeCznien's plan of military action. Accepting the endorsement of the Times as to its authenticity, we have read the statements it contained with pleasure. "The War will be over," says the "highest possible ", correspondent, it and their dearest wishes,' perhaps, be realized by the logic of events sootier than their wildest dreams an ticipate." tf Any attempt to weaken him with the army would be a calamity to be deplored by arc:whole nation. The full fruition of all our hopes is st hand." "General MCCLELLAN has caught the rebels in their own trap, They are like a fox in a burrow with one hole, where they mat soon be forced out, and then Gene ral MCCLELLAN will fall upcin them like a thunderbolt. The public will not then com plain of his want of energy. I tell you, it will be so fearful as to have wailing and mourn ing to go up from every Southern household. Knowing what I do, and have thus but barely hinted at as the grand plan of the campaign, I repeat - thht the rebels are doomed, and Seces sion will never again raise its hydra-head in the land." With our unbounded confidence in General MCCLELLAN, we may be disposed to think a defence of• this kind unnecessary. No neaps paper 'in this country has recognized General Meemizzaa's ability with more enthusiasm than I`,llE Pales. We are his friend, and have always treated him with the frankness of, friendship. And it is with the frankness of friendship that tvb represent to him how earn estly and 'anxiously the people of this nation long for an advance mdvement, for if the full fruition of all our hopes." When he chooses to strike the blow, the rebellion must reel into perdition. There is a state of demoralization among the Southern people.; they are suffer ing from a ruined currency, a ruined com merce, general ruin and desolation every where. Humanity would demand their speedy conquest; and the protests against conscrip tion from all parts of the South are heart rending. 'l'ho natural momentum of such an army as General MCCLELLAN commands would almost, of itself, sweep from the Potomac to Patagonia, and, guided by a commander so trusted arid beloved, it would very soon bring peace and, glory.to the Repablia, and eternal honor to his name. While We accept the "highest possible" assurances of the Times newspaper with glad zees, and without reservation, we think it un fortunate that any man, assuming to speak for General MoCasman, should, at this time, as sume the dictatorial style. In this practical age we worship men only in the results of their genius and energy; and by this test we shall worship the young commander of the armies of the Eepublic. Wm Ann gradually entering upon a new khase of national existence-, If this.,war pro *Pines no other result, revolutionize the Republic, in its social, political, and interns fiend relations. We are ,no longer with the past. Its associations, its conditions, its me mories, are even fading away. The people who make history rarely road it. The trials for which we honored our fathers are visited upon us; and what they aro to us, we shall be to our children. Our trial comes to us in a. more fearfully-magnificent shape; greater in its proportions ; ;greater in its self denial; greater and grander in its results. We have been living in the days of national youth, sporting and gambolling with destiny ; our griefs, these of an hour'; our responsibili tiea;few and feeble. As a nation, this Re public has been a spoiled, fretful, petulant, and haughty boy. We have riot as yet been an activemember.of the family of nations. A people of pewee— , blessed' with wondrous re sources=Weldthy be;yond the imagination of man—the granary of the world—the treasury of 'the worldcomprising two zones, and bounded by ocean coasts—looking out upon Europe front the West, and thegorgeous countries of Asia and the South Seas from the East—we have grown ,giddy with greatness. As a spendthrift with a large inheritance, we have abused and sqnan dered it. Wars which NAPOLEON and WEL• LINOTON would have regarded as military jests, we have magnified into campaigns more magni ficent- than those of AVEXANDER. Not bur dened by taxation—Government a mere name —and the duties of Government the simple gritification of ambition and pride—we have whirled along blindly, exhibiting a confidence amounting almost to infatuation ; disregarding the' lessons of history and the impulses of reason; so trusting and frank that wo could not realize the possibility of treachery, until now we are suddenly confronted with an ene. my of our own creation, who menaces our ex istence. Our - first exhibition of national manhood was the manner in which we met this fearful danger: We trifled and temporized at first, unwilling to believe that the peril was really what it proved to be. Was it possible that there could be an enemy to the Government which had been so indulgent and kind I Was it possible that Liberty would be menaced by those whom it cherished and defended and covered with blessings? Was it possible that the men who had ruled this country would ruin it, rather than see their dominion tempo rarily pass away ? Was it possible that the shrine of the Union would be desecrated by those who had been paying their devotions to the divinity it contained Was there nothing in the sacred character of the Constitution to save it from violation ? All our dear tradi tions, and the memories clustering around themwas there nothing in these to stay the hand of traitors ? Thought like these have occurred to all of us, and, with a feeling of sadness, we have contemplated the great wrong which has covered the land with gloom. If we paused in horror at the dread contin gency, it vas because we were unwilling to treat the people of the South except as angry brethren, who would yield their passion to conciliation and compromise. We could not believe, until Fort Sumpter's cannon dispelled our unbelief. Even as we had been patient and forbearing, we at once became energetic and determined. When our flag was trailed in the dust of Charleston city—when an implaca ble enemy came to the banks of the Potomac, and threatened the capital with its wrath, it was time for us to realize the fearful peril of our country—it was time for us to do the part of men, and meet our duty as it became men to meet it. Then cams the war, and, with this war, the • period of our national manhood. The Ad ministration of Mr. Lrecor„rt will be remem bered as an era in our history—full of great events. It is with no feeling of disrespect or irreverence towards other men and other times that we say it; but we believe that with the Administration of Mr. LINCOLN the greatness of the American character began to be truly displayed. In the out pouring of national treasure; in the vo luntary sacrifice of life ; in the glad self-ban ishment from home and domestic comfort; in the privations, and perils, and untold hardships of the soldier's life; in the instant abandon ment of business, and pleasure, and responsi bility—we see a spectacle never before repre sented in history. We bare an army of think ing men. No brutalized legions, eager for rapine, follow another Simms CESAR; no ambitious warriors follow another ALUXAN DER ; no mercurial Gauls, intoxicated with fame; and base enough to sacrifice freedom to the ambition of an imperial adventuree,fol, CV - v . tie - Wight the phrase a compliment, we would call it an army of gentlemen, for it contains in its ranks men as intelligent and bravo as the men who command. They have calculated the cost of this rebellion; and ap preciate the magnitude of its consequences. So grand a cause was never before referred to the arbitrament of the sword, and nobler sol diers never entered the field. But we must remember that we are still on the threshold of this war—and we look at the sacrifices we have undergone as foreshadowing the sacrifices we shall be compelled to un dergo. Its great battles have yet to be fought. There must be heavy taxes, and large revenue duties to meet the enormous expense we are daily incurring. The burdens of this tax can not be avoided—they must fall upon all classes and conditions, upon men orwealth, and men of moderate means, upon those who are inde pendent, as well as those who are dependent. The duty of legislating for the finances of the war is ono of the greatest devolving upon Congress—and the people must feel that it is a necessity with them to sustain Congress in its efforts to strengthen the Administration. This necessity will be onerous and exacting, and will require all our prudence and self-de nial to meet. It will be made the means of advancement by demagogues and bad men, who will find in the imposition of the war tax a fruitful source of invective and declamation, and it becomes all patriotic men to beware of being thus led away. We must meet it by re trenchment and reform in our national ex penditures—by more simplicity and economy in our daily way of life. W o must abandon the luxuries of other countries; there are enough of necessities of our own. We must develop the industry, the agriculture, and the resources of our own nation—and give to our Government what we have been giving to Spain Tor its wines, and to France for its silks and costly raiment. There may be in all these things what will give grief to many, and cause a feeling of anxiety and dread to fill the hearts of the peo ple. W hat is our country coming to Iwo hear asked every day, amid fears and painful antici pations, and speculations upon the downfall of the Republic. It is coming to the estate of manhood. It is beginning to realize the grave duties devolving upon a nation. We look upon war as a great reforming agency—we look for nobler manners and purer laws. Our international relations will be changed, and the Republic will hold that position among nations to which it is entitled. We shall have a "strong Government—a Government identi fied with the people, because, by its enormous debt, it is connected with the people's mate rial interests, and because its safety will be their pecuniary prosperity. There may be ether complications arising,—treason in the New World may find an ally in the aristocracy of the Old World, and in the conflict upon us we may be called upon to fight a united foe, Yet we are changing. Our citizens are learn ing endurance and adventure in the field; new sources of industry will be opened by the pressure of a great debt ; commerce will bring new elements of wealth to our ports; manu factures will rise from a temporary prostration with increased importance. The old political parties are passing away. They were but the temporary pageants of peace. Their day of usefulness is over. They were respected and honored in their time, when there were no grayer issues before the country—but, in the presence of a great danger, they have fallen to pieces, and in their place we have a united,' loyal, and patriotic public sentiment. Every citizen'should feel it a privilege to live In such an age, and be permitted to take his part in this great contest. The Flour is a great one, and its responsibilities sublime. Jona' Ditayr's BENO,FIT.-At the Aroh-street Theatre to-night Mr. John Drew takes his first benefit In three years. He appears in two of his best oharaoters—Sangfroid, in " Delioate Ground," and Handy Andy, in the drama of that name. The latter has been rewritten and dramatized especially for Mr. Drew, by Sterling Coyne, Esq. Ile deserves, as ho will surely have, a full house. The Question with Englauil When news of the Trent affair. first reached England, its effect on public securities was immediate and gloomy. Consols had a sud den decline of between three and four per cent. in the stock market, owing to the appre hension of war between England and the United States; cotton sank in value; on the idea that such a contest would speedily cause a vast quantity of the staple to be sent from the South to Liverpool; and breadstuffs ad vanced in price, as it was natural that the same causes which would make Southern pro duce plenty must make Northern produce scarce. Late news reeelved.from Halifax by the 2rabiti informs us that up to the sth inst., when she left Queenstown—better known as the Cove of Cork—so general was the ex pectation of a settlement of the difficulty with the United States that consols had regained their old price, while cotton had become as dear and breadstuffs as cheap as before. Up to that date, however, no intimation of the release of Messrs. SLIDELL and Mises had reached England. The general impression, which caused general satisfaction, was that those men would be released. In very truth they are not worth any bloodshed, traitors iu heart and act as they are. The feeling of the commercial section of the British people is that of restored confi dence. But unfortunately, the voice of pub lic opinion has been but slightly- regarded, on most occasions, by successive British Govern ments. On the few occasions when it has made itself regarded, this utterance has been like the loud and angry roar of a tornado, which sweeps every thing before it. Then, indeed, politicians grow pale, and officials, in trembling haste, crouch before the storm which their misdeeds have raised. Such were the demonstrations of popular will during the Trial of Queen CAROLINE, in 1821; during the excitement of the Reform Bill in 1831-2; and during the crusade against the Tax on Corn, in 1845-6. Admit that the British people have no desire for a war with the United States, the payment of which would mainly be made up by heavy taxes upon the producing and poorer classes, still, should PALMERSTON and Itusscm. determine on plunging their country into such a strife, the People actually have no power of preventing it—except by such a manifestation as would eventuate in something much akin to a revolution. Only nominally represented in the House of Commons, (which is crowded with peers' relatives, peers' nomi nees, and people connected with the Govern ment,) the People feel that Parliament, nose led by the Ministry, will continue peace or rush into war, just as the Cabinet directs. Thus, though nineteen-twentieths of the Bri tish people should object to a contest with the United States, the Minister (who thinks that war will give hint a more secure seat in office) can proclaim war, send out fleets and armies, and waste millions of treasure—actually in the teeth of public opinion. These are facts to be borne in mind when the question of peace or war with England is to he considered. Under existing circum stances, nor indeed at any time, has this coun try shown any desire, far less any anxiety, to rush into war with any European Power. We are in arms now—but it is to put down rebellion. On the other hand, our very Republic has been looked upon by European monarchs and their satellite oligarchy as at best a mere ex periment in government—an experiment which was sure of failure, at no very remote day. To them, our enjoyment of peace, plenty, and increase was as obnoxious as the indspendenco of Moans:ear at the gate of AHASUERUS ever was to Hatins : obnoxious, not only because our well-being as a Republic was a great con trast to their struggling, as Monarchies, tinder immense debt and old-world coercive laws, but because their people perpetually saw our great prosperity, and chafed beneath the contrast, sometimes breaking out into revolt, some times, hopeless of its political regeneration, leaving their own land to become free citizens of ours. We fear that though the cloud may have passed away, it Is but for a short time. In a word, we distrust British politicians, for we know tha', if possible, they will try to fix a quarrel on us, especially at a time when we are occupied in putting down rebellion. The British oligarchy have a deadly enmity with the free institutions of the United States. LETTER FROM • OCCASIONAL." WASHINGTON, January 16, 1862 Henry Horn, who died in Philadelphia a few days ago, was a Representative in Congress from your city during the Augustan era of the Democratic party. His death awakens many recollections. He was the intiuMeNstliaiisi otht;s, believed him to be the typo of a hero ism that is sighed for by every patriotic heart in these sad times. Ho delighted in relating anecdotes sad incidents of his experience with Jackson. It is a proof of the manner in which the great Tennessean impressed his followers, that most of the public men in the free States who idolized his character and supported his policy took early ground against the arrogance and usurpations of the pro-slavery dictators. One cause of this sentiment was undoubtedly the earnest and undying hatred of Jackson to Calhoun. Ile infused this spirit into all his real friends. It was his example that made Thomas H. Benton, Silas 'Wright, and Martin Van Buren free-soilers. This, unquestionably, which threw Francis P. Blair and his tons against their old party, and this which con tributed many of the best and truest men to the Republican organization. Henry Horn was a genuine Democrat—plain, practical, severe, and just. His old opponents were in the habit of ridiculing him because General Jackson said he could not lie, but his whole life was an assurance that the compliment was well be stowed. Ile came into the popular branch of Congress just as James Buchanan left it, but in good time to read the character of that consummately ambitious politician, who so frequently, during hie fatal Administration, recalled the allusion of Byron to Castlereagh : Cold-blooded, smooth-faced, placid miscreant. Dabbling his sleek young hands In Erin's gore." Henry Horn never trusted James Bucha nan, All the efforts and offers to seduce him to the Buchanan standard execrably failed, because they were contemptuously rejected. I have never heard of but one instance in which he gave the slightest evidence of his confidence in that selfish aspirant, and that was when a number of the friends of Jackson, in cluding Mr. Horn, and Henry A. Muhlen burg, of Berks county, who were colleagues in the same Congress from Pennsylvania, called upon Old Hickory to ask the appoint ment of Buchanan as American Minister to Russia, and the conversation which took place during that visit has often been repeated by the stern old Philadelphia Democrat. The President hesitated for some time, and when at last he consented, it was with the significant remark that he bad no confidence in the sinceri ty or political integrity of James Buchanan. I think Mr. Horn voted for him in 1856, and if he did, the violation of the trust thus imposed was only a new proof of the justice of Jack son's early appreciation of Buchanan. When the people of Kansas were left to the tender mercies of the border ruffians, when the Le compton Constitution was sought to be forced upon them, and in all the after transgressions of the Federal Administration, Henry Horn took his position and maintained it among the independent Democracy, opposing, with all the weight of his high moral and political influence, the deep-seated purpose of breaking the bond that had so long united a happy people. A Stamp Tax. AIR. BMea venture to make your valuable journal the means of suggesting to the authorities the following expedient, to raise what appears to me would be an equitable tax : lot. That cheeks on any bank should be stamped, say at two cents. 2d. That all bills of exchange, promissory notes, Itc., should be stamped according to their respective amounts: for instance, under $5O, six cents; from $5O, and not exceeding $lOO, twelve cents; and so on, 'according to an arranged tariff. .3d. That any receipt for an amount above one dollar should not be considered as legal, unless a stamp valued at two cents be attached; and that in the event eta receipt being given without each stamp a penalty, on any information, should be A largo revenue might thus bo obtained, and the tax would only fall on those well able to support it. PIIILADELPIIIA, Jan. 16, 1862. J. V. P. The Ohio Ileguilature CLEVELAND, Jan. 10.—The Legislature has pass ed an act authorizing the suspension of specie pay ments by the banks of this State. One of the con ditions of the bank suspension law is that the banks shall resume fifteen days after the resumption of the New York banks. THE ITESS.-- PIIIIADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17,, 1862. [Correspondence of The Preeej Janunry 16,1862 Breaker Rowe's committees are, like the politics of the Honor, combierably mined. To soy the least of it, he /Ist been extremely liberal to the man who opposed hico the harciett—to the party nleoso lenders always shoot the dee, :tore. Messrs'. Duffield, Itt on, Hopkins, of Wash ington, Banks, Llchtenwallner, and Wakefield, six De rain' idge Democrats, have chairmanships; while only pine of the etreeight itconblicans who supported Lim most cordially have similar positions, to wit: Dieters Bliss, Strong, Cowan, Moore, Blanchard, Tra cy, Schrock, Elliott, and Dapper. tef the members of the Union • caucus eight aro chairmen—Mmors. Arm strong, Dighatn. Williams, bleannon, and 'Wil d}, live Republicans', and Messrs. Crane, Gross, and Scott, three Democrats. That he should Ilium taken good care of Lie Union friends is very natural. Indeed, he could not honorably do less. But whether it Is go, d political policy to give one's oppoueutet some of the limit places, Is not so o:ear, Perhaps ho hopes to mollify their strong partisanship by littlefavors, in n Lich ho will be sadly mistaken, if ono rimy judge from the ludicntimes of a few days past. Give there all the pioneer, and all the power, and they will play - the partisan no 1019. 7 bat policy which remembers ono's friends, through sunshine and storm, is not a bad one. A man may sometimes kick away the ladder on which ho climbed to ponce, without an ugly fall; but the experi ment isn't tufo. But lam not grumbling at Spanker Rowe. Doubtless he mill make an amiable and able presiding officer, 1110 position in a oillicult one to fill satinfaetawily, nod the wisdom of bin course may be neon hereafter. I know, however, that sumo of Ida Republican supporters were not expecting that Hopkins would head Railroads, Banks Corporations, or lalchttnwallner Roads, Bridges, end Canals. Mr. Scott has a good position for a now mom bar, nt the head of the Judiciary, with such lass yore as Wilhnmc, Simnel', Vincent, and Dennis under Pleat of the committees me, however, controlled toy Union men and Republicans, the main thing In the make up. Ways and Means has but three straight Democrat 4 on it—Messre. Pershing, Craig, and Zeigler—whereat the foity-six look sullen and gro *I. Most of Tuesday was taken up with passing a result', lion for contesting the Boat of Richard Wildey, of your city. The claim is, that heading his tick La 6 Assembly " lens Mega). and that Me opponent, Snyder, who got only about half as ninny votes, is legally elected, because his tickets were beaded • 1 Representative." Although the Douse flatly refused a committee on Monday, deeming the case "frivolous" enough for llopkina, of Weaning. ton, to move its postponement till the 4th of July next, yet it lens feared a hod prceedeut might be established lb) rolu.ing a committee, whoa the language of the law stems to be finperatfte that the Demo " shall " proceed to select one; so the resolution passed, yeas 50, nays Lot without calling out a Spirited debate and Cal011:11het most of the day. The rano with which a resolution passed the House in structing the Judiciary Committee to report a bill for the repeal of the act of lest session entitled I , Au act for 11111 oomulutonlon of teenage dutien," in no indication of the sentiment of the Rouse on this subject. It may posit, but not a veer largo tn.doritY ought to be found willing to Intake Penney Ivania tho only State to Christen. dom which adheres to the suicidal policy of taxing her own commerce, and demanding tribute of 'those who reach a PhYndelphia market by the greatest thorough. fare between the East and the West. It is time for Penns) Ivnufa legfolators to throw off the prejudices of their people, and abandon this old fogyism for a State policy more liberal, enlightened, and just. A siniihr resolution, in regard to the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, originated mainly front the same men, And is in the mime narrow, vindictive spirit. The resignation of General Cameron is received hero ix as many different INIUS as there are differatt shades of Political opinion represented among the members. The Ifteckinildge Demperacy quietly chuckle over it as a blow at the Administration and the Republican party. The radical Republicans regret it, because it seems to foreshadow the opposition of the ruling powers to the eentiments he holds on the slavery question as connected with the prosecution of the war. The Douglaa Democracy, Ne 11110 they deprotato any change, se !itch might embarrass the Administration in crushing out the rebellion, ore, with the more vonservative Re publicans, o...umlaut by the fact that be is to be one; corded by that able man and intern patriot, E ill. Stan- ton. It is, moreover, a recognition by the Adntinietra• tion, in a eubstuotial way, of its be•t friends—the t-uo Democsats of tht country—alai an indication of that fu ture co-operation of the teal friends of the Union which will drive the Brecitimulge Democracy forever frost power. The personal triende of General Campion de elate that his sett rement Is only the fulfilment of a par pose expressed some time ago, of lowing that position whenever ho could do so wltfunst embarrassment to the service. The Senate, as usual, takes things easy. As the House Is gt sting eff considerable small-potato buncombe, In the Arai of cuffing down Gm lily of sweeping -women and subordinates, Cho Senate strikes oat in earnest, and takes up the Ithelitton of the franking privilege. This privilege le all wrong, nod ought to Co abolished. As Congress is leading the way in this reform, it is to be hoped that our Legislature mill t of be slow to follow. The calling of a straight Democratic Convention, en the Fourth of July next, by the State Committee, which met limo on Wednesday, is but carrying out the pro gramme of the Brecklorldge Democracy in the organt. cotton of the louse. Union taen aro to be ignored as such. Party and power le to be the watchword. Those who train In that company ate Democrats' all else are bogus. and to be kicked out. If the committee of the People's and Republican party, which mean here on the 2'27, are wise and cautious, they will check-tuato this partisan movement Lot them ex tend their call to all loyal men who love the Colon more then pansy and spoils, and who will stand by the Ad nMis tration in cru•bisg out title rebellion. Let them set their faces like a flint egamet plunderinethe treasury. Let them urge retrenchment, ee , nomy, and energy In the campaign against treason, at home at d abroad, lu the comp and cut of the camp. Pennsylvania has a terrible interest ut stake in the mar. Her hundred thousand eons in the field have mere than thrice a hundred thousand friends at home, who will never allow them or their glorious cause to he merged in a tee•e party strife for power and place. But divided (Tllprole may dater our ferces. a-d weaken our power. A full U3111(.11t of the committee should he had, anti great care and prudence should be exercised In the inaugura tion of a patriotic movement, which easy tell largely, now and hereafter, upon the Cvmmonwealth and the nation. SPEC CATOR. For some time past Mr. 8. M. Cleveland, of this city, has been giving weekly Sbakspearian road• ings at the Assembly Building, Tooth and Chestnut streets, combining them generally with an analyti cal lecture. Last evening his subject was "Romeo and Juliet." Ills audience, though not large, was select, intelligent, and,.approciative. Mr. ,Clove land iS quite a young gentleman, and from the taste which ho evinces for literature, and his per- SiVirlt-enerdriiitilafghlZ.Atamietiffilteetliti N t ie. tertainments, he ought to succeed. The play dis cussed last evening, being of his own selection, wo presume afforded a fair specimen of his powers for tho field he has entered. As a whole, we wore not disappointed in the performance. Wo confess our • solves pleasantly, and perhaps not unprofitably, entertained. Ilis personal appearance is propos sewing; his manner easy, for ono so young, and his voice, in the lower tones especially, excellent. In the treatment of his subject, however, ho evinces a degree of confidence that invites criticism, committing the too common error of young genius, of volunteering contrastive opinions, to the dis paragement of older heads. The analytical, or lecture part of these entertainments, we must say, has leas merit than his reading. The style in which he renders Shakspeare, and the manner in which ho delivers his own comments thereon, are, if not equally dramatic, at least much too similar for the best effect. The matter oleo of his criti cisms might be much improved by more attention to terseness or expression, and less attowpt at "flue writing." Dramatic, power he unquestionably possesses, of which he gave us satisfactory illustra tions in his rendering of the opening of the play— the quarrel between the servants of the two rival houses of Capulet and Montague ; and the cele brated garden scene, in which the adoring Romeo and the easily- won Juliet wore acted with much artistic skill. The love speech of the former was characterized by Mr. C. as " the fullest outgush of human passion over penned by mortal." In connection with this fine passago from "the mililan•mindtd poet," Mr. Cleveland read Tenny son's love invocation in "Maud," commencing, "Come Into the garden, Mud, For the black bat night, has flown," as embodying a similar ideal. The latter ho re garded as the moat healthfully-written of modern love-letters. There is a clear-out distinctness in Mr. C.'S enunciation, and a atage•like manner in his de livery, that proltably affords to the non-theatre going public the best opportunity they can have of hearing Shakspeare read, and, as these " evertinge s with the poets" are to bo continued, we hope that, Mr. Cleveland will End the encouragement he de serves, as we have no doubt he will, especially by giving attention to the fow minor matters which we have hero kindly intimated, and whioh wo doubt not his own judgment, upon reflection, will approve. Barns' oft-quoted petition, can in no Avay be better answered than by heeding friendly criticism. STATE. TREASURER —The approaching election for State Treasurer, on Monday next, the 20th inst., is not likely to give, rise to an exciting contest. The re-election of ion. IL D. Moors to that responsi ble office is generally regarded as a foregone eon elusion. Those who have had business relations with his Department agree in the opinion that strict integrity and the conscientious discharge of his whole duty have characterized his ems() in his present important position, and that ho has wisely and justly decided the many difficult questions which have necessarily arisen during a term in which the finances of the country at large have been so much disturbed. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVE/L—Front TV. B. Zie- Ger : The North American Review, No. I94,—in which the principal article is a notice of the Do• motto and Foreign Relations of the United States, and ably disoussing the Mason and Slidell case. Wo also have the Tribune Almanac for 1862, eon talning much offielal and statistical information re. lativo to the United and "the so.called Confede rate" States. From the publishers, we have the January number of the American Journal of the Medical Sciences, edited by Isaac Hays, M. D. It contains a largo quantity of original and selected information, for the benefit of the medical pro. fession. OCCASIONAL WE LEARN with great satisfaction that the enter prising proprietors of tho Continental Hotel are about adding to their already extensive establish ment, by opening first-class restaurants--one for ladies and ono for gentlemen ; the rooms appro priated front on Chestnut street, both connecting with the hotel, and admirably adapted to the pur pose, being well lighted and ventilated; 1.6 feet high and 150 feet deep each, by 25 feat wide, the roar end connecting directly with the culinary de partment. The patrons of the hotel can hereafter bo accom modated on either the European plan or the Ameti can, at their own option ; affording moderato livers an opportunity to lesson the cost per day from the regular hotel charge, while the most delicate appe tite can be catered for. For local buainen an establishment of thin kind has been long wanted in Philadelphia, and will be a oredit to the city, while under the management of the Messrs. Stevens it cannot fail of being popu. lar and sucoessful. Letter from liarrteburg 111 r. Cleveland's Readings. tt 0 wad tho pow era tho gftlo glo no, To Leo ()urn Is as Ithers sea do," LATEST NEWS BY TELECERAPR. FROM WASHINGTON. THE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. The. Senate Decides that Gen. Lane is Entitled to his Seat in that Body. GENERAL OLNZROWS APPOINTMENT NOT YET CONFIRMED A PHILADELPHIAN ESCAPES FROM CENTREVILLE, Special Despatches to 4 6 The Press." WASHINGTON, January 16, 1612. Official Oxentar on the Culture of Cotton. The Commissioner of Patents has issued a circular in 'which he says the cultivation of cotton, in the free States, is beginning to attract general +Won lion. To prevent failures in its cultivation, it is proper to remark that it is a principle in vegetable physiology that tropical plants can novor be accli mated North except by a repeated reproduction of now varieties from the seed. The attempt to ac climate the sea island cotton, such as is now being brought from Hilton Head, would prove a failure in any portion of tbo free States. The only variety that is capable of successful cul tivation in those sections now seeking its introduc tion is the green•seed cotton, such as is now being raised extensively in Arkansas, Missouri, Tonnes see, and portions of Kentucky, and which produces the white fibre. The seed should be obtained from those localities. The modifications of soil and cli mate will influence the size of the plant, the length and fineness of the fibre, and the product of the crop; but no reasonable doubt is entertained of the success of the culture in all the wild por tions of the Middle States, and efforts aro now being made to procure the proper seeds for distri bution. The Commissioner turther says that the results of the cultivation of sorgha the past year settle the question of its entire praetioal success, and that ono of the difficulties presenting itself is the want of pure seed. To meet this want this bureau has ordered seed from France for distribution in the ensuing spring. It must be borne in mind, how ever, that the same causes which have produced deterioration hors exist there, and well-grounded apprehensions aro entertained that the seed thus imported may not be free from suspicion. Farmers who are interested should seouro pure seed from among themselves, when it is possible, as the season is so far advanced that direst importations from Africa or China will be impractiaable. The New Railroad Route Tho following is the resolution reported by Mr. BAKER, of New York, (not by Mr. VAN HORN, as erroneously printed,) from the Committee on Roads and Canals, which was agreed to: Resobred, That the Secretary of war he directed to ascertain and report to the House, as early as practicable, what arrangements can bo made and the terms of the same, with the railroad compa nies on the lino between Washington and Now York, by the way of Baltimore and Philadelphia, for the construction of a side track between Bris tol and Chester. in Pennsylvania, through West Philadelphia; and also for the construction of a side track from Back river to the Relay House, in Ma ryland, through West Baltimore ; and also for the construction of another truck between the Relay Nouns end Washington, seas to open a speedy and direct communication between the said cities of Now York and Washington; and furthermore, that he bo directed to invite propositions for tho conßtrllolion of a distinot and dirCOt road from New York to Washington, Investigation of Contracts. The Government contract investigating com mittee aro now engaged upon the subject of alleged frauds in this vioinity. They dis cover that the samo horses have been twice sold to Government, and the superintendents and in peotors bribed to certify to the soundness of horses, and sometimes selling them to private indi viduals; also, that the enormous amounts paid by the War Department for transportation had induced strong competition among the railroad companies, so that many colonels in the West have resolved from $1,500 to $2,000 as a bonus ; also, that some sutlers arc making $3,000 per month, and that nearly all the sutlers south of the Potomac sell liquor with the knowledge of the officers ; that it is smuggled in boxes marked " Government and hos pital stores," or packed in barrels and marked " beef." Major Jounnex, of the Brooklyn Fourteenth, having been appointed lieutenant colonel of the Tenth Legion, enables Representative VAN WYCK, who is its colonel, to give much of his time to the business of the investigating committee, which will soon proceed to the examination of the contracts for wintering disabled and sick horses, as proposed by Representative Afc?nausea's rooont resolution. The Exchange of Pnsonets So fer, about one thousand prisoners on each side have been exchanged, nearly five hundred of whom were connected with the array of the Potomac Tho system of exchanges inaugurated by our Govern ment is fully reciprocated by the rebel authorities. General Cameron Genoral CAMERON, in replying to tho resolution of the Senate calling for information relative to 4 °P1172,!'._ 1,'0201F, have not made a single contract for any purpose what ever, having /claws interpreted the laws of Con gress as contemplating that the heads of bureaus, who are experienced and able officers of the regular army, shall make all contracts for supplies for the branches of the service under their charge respec tively. The New Secretary of War. The new Secretary of War will not make any changes whatever in the present clorioal force of his department. Ile will,however, appoint at least thirty new clerks. Appointment of Brigade Surgeon Dr. G. D Brans, of Chicago, has been appointed a brigade surgeon. Arrival of a Pinladelphian from Centre- A Philadelphian, who bad bean impresod into the rebel service in North Carolina, came into General liascom's brigade yesterday from Centreville. lie was on foot and armed with a Mississippi ,rifle. Ife" occupied three days in making his way through Itho enemy's pickets, and brings important information. A Piety Sort of Bombshell Several thousand persons wore attracted to tho grounds between the President's house and the Potomac river, today, to witness the explosion of a Greek fire bombshell, which invention the proprie tors desire shall ho adopted by the Government. Mr. Cameron's Appointment Not Yet Confirmed The Senate wore in executive session for four hours today on the nomination of Mr. CASIEP.ON us Minister to Russia. The debate is represented as having been earnest and spirited. Bo definite vote was taken, other Senators be ing desirous of previously expressing their views on the subject. Fmtmeml Schemes. Among the schemes presented to Congress is one proposing a permanent annual revenue of $220,- 000,000, and pointing out the mode of raising the sum. The writer advocates the issuing of $300,- 000,000 of demand notes, and $1,000,000,000 of six per-cent. bonds, redeemable at the pleasure of the Government after twenty years. The demand notes to be converted into six-por•oont. bonds at any time. Another proposition is, for the Government to receive specie on deposit, issuing certificates therefor, payable at any of the public deposi tories. Colonel Berdan's Sharpshooters Sharpe's rifles have been ordered for the Sharp shooters, at Col. 13Eno.AN's request. The liansas Contested Seat in the Senate. The contested-election case of FREDERICK P. STANTON against Gan. LANE is considered ono of the most interesting that ever came before the Se nate. Gen. LANE'S right to his coat was confirmed by a vote of twenty-four against sixteen. It is un derstood that ho, together with his staff, will shortly leave Washington for the purposo of assuming the command of his division. There is a perfect her mony of views between him and Gon. MINTER, who is in command of the Department of Kansas. His friends to-night complimented him with a serenade. The Pennsylvania Contested Seat. Mr. LOOMIS opened the debate in the Rouse on the contested seat in the First Congressional die taint of Pennsylvania, in favor of Mr. Burven. Ile was followed by Mr. WORCESTER. who advo cated the claims of Mr. LEEMAN, the sitting mem ber, to retain his seat. Other gentlemen partici pated in the debate, which was confined strictly to the merits of the ease, and an examination of the facts and the law. Washington News and Gossip The city Is in a feverish state of excitement, growing out of three causes—the rumored Cabinet resignations, the state of the finances, and the on ward movement of the army. To the first the answer is, there will be no further resignations in the Cabinet; to the second, Secretary CIIASU has amicably arranged with the capitalists for all the money that the Government may require ; to the third, General MeCr.ELLAN keeps his own counsels. The city is much distressed for the wont of small change in a trade way. Some of the heaviest re tail dry-goods stores refuse to give change for a five-dollar Treasury note, unless over two dollars' worth of goods are purchased. The paymasters and sutlers also complain of the want of small gold for oh cogs. The desertions from the rebel army are continu ing daily, and it is beginning to be a very serious matter whether it is polio) , to admit all who desert to their liberty on parole. The report that Hon. TIIO3IAS A. SCOTT, Assist ant Secretary of War, intends to resign, is without any foundation in fact. The tender by Mr. LIN COLN of the Secretaryship to him, on the resigna tion of Gen. CAMERON, which he gracefully de clined, is probably the occasion for this report. Mr. SCOTT will not desert his post while the country is in trouble. The Spread of the Small• Pox There is no use of endeavoring to conceal the fact that the small-pox is spreading in this vicinity. The army is free from it, but the citizens are at tacked. Fortunately, as yet, but few fatal oases aro known to have taken place. The city au thorities should at once take such precautionary measures as aro necessary to prevent its further spread. A writer in the Star this evening very sensibly suggests that " whenever it shall be known that an individual has contracted the loathsome disease, a yellow flag shall be displayed over the side-walks in front of the house in which the patient lies; that no persons convalescent from email-pox shall he allowed to leave their houses for a certain number of days after the fever has subsided ; that any individual found wilfully disobeying shall be fined fifty dollars." Miscellaneous. The Military Committee in the Senate havo, to day, reported a bill for converting a large number of the now volunteer regiments of cavalry into in fantry. Thero were only two votes in tho Sonato yester day against the confirmation or Mr. STANTON' as Se cretary of War. Secretary Wnr.r.u.s positively denies tho rumors of his intended resignation of tho Navy Depart ment. The bill to return all dead lottery to their writers became a law to-day. The Senate Committee will report on Gen. Ca- MERON'tI nomination as minister to. Russia to-day. Con. CAMERON remains in charge of the War De partment till Monday, when Mr. STANTOX will en ter upon his duties. The Committee of Ways and Moans, in the Mouse, did not corns to an agreement on the subject of the direct tax, at their mooting to-day. AN ARRIVAL FROM PORT ROYAL. TEE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—The steamer Matanzas, from Port Royal, S. C., on the 9th inst., arrived at this port to•night. The weather at Port Royal was mild and plea sant. The Matanzas passed the steamer McClellan towing a light ship into Port Royal on the evening of the 9th. On the afternoon of the 15th inst. the Matanzas passed a fleet of vessels, comprising the Burnside expedition, this side of Hatteras. THE WAR IN KANSAS. LEAVENWORTH, Jan. 16.—Intelligence has been received hero that 4,000 loyal Indians, in Chero kee county, were attacked on the 6th inst., by a superior force of Texans and rebel Indians, and were compelled to retreat. They aro now in llamas. Brigadier General Denver loft to-day for West ern Virginia. A continual guerilla warfare is carried on in Johnson and Bates counties, Missouri, between scouting bands of rebels and detachments of Jen nison's command. A quantity of Government stock has been re. covered, and rebel property confiscated. On the sth inst., near Columbus, Johnson coun ty, the Federal troops were fired on from ambush and five men killed, FROM CAIRO. The Force Sent to Paducah Nino, Jan. I.o.—The force sent from this point to Paducah has been nineteen regiments of in fantry, four regiments and two companies of ca valry, and seven batteries of artillery. The steamer January, with the Ninety-fifth Il linois, Col. David Stuart, is aground 20 miles above Cape Girardeau. Sho cannot be movediby the steamers sent to her assistance t A land force, with a provision train, has been sent to her. Tho troops will probably march to Jonesborough, and come here by railroad. Tho river is full of floating ice. Mason and Slidell Safe at Bermuda NEW YORK, Jan. M.—Captain Pray, of the brig Mountain Eagle, which arrived hero at seven o'clock this evening, reports that the British steamer Gladiator Rinaldo ' ) having on board the two traitors, Mason and Slidell, had arrived at St. George, Bermuda, on the 9th instant, and sailocl for St. Thomas on the 10th, whentb the two rebels would take passage for Vagland. New Jersey Legislature TnENTON, Jan. 18.—Col. James W. Wall sent in to the Legislature to-day a long statement of his grievances at the hands of the General Govern ment, in being arrested by order of Secretary Cameron and taken to Fort Lafayette, and there incarcerated in a prison for weeks, without charges preferred, and without his knowledge to this day for what ho was arrested. He reviews the rights of the citizens to personal liberty and protection from unreasonable seizure or searches, and calls upon the Legislature so instruct the Representa tives of New Jersey, in Congress, to inquire into the causes and authority for arresting her peace able citizens. The memorial was referred to the Judiciary Committee. The Gubernatorial Contest in Kansas LEAvuuwonvn, Jan. I.6.—The Supreme Court of Kansas is now hearing arguments on the guberna torial question. The attorney for the oontestant filsturaniall -" ‘ -143(ftAgrgreiGt - for George A.. Crawford, for Governor, at tho late eleotion. U. S. Senator from Missouri. ST. Lotus, iSfo , Jae. 16.—Robert Wilson, the President of the State Convention, has been op pointed by Governor Gamble to fill ono of the vacancies in the Senate of the United States occa sioned by the expulsion of Johnson and Polk. Nothing has been heard from the expedition which kit Rolla on Tuesday for Springfield. Marine Disaster NEW Yonx, Jan. 16 —The schooner I. Wallem reports that, January 16th, in lat. 32.20, long. 69. 20, rho spoke and boarded the brig William H. Parka, of Ilarpswell, Maine, from Philadelphia for Portland. Her captain reported having been blown from Cape Cod to south of the Gulf stream. She bad lost all her head sails, and was leaking. Part of her deck-load had gone overboard, and she was going into Bermuda to repair. Arrest for Forgery BOSTON, Jan. 16.—Daniel B. James has been ar rested at Newberg, °barged with being an accom plic) of Tirrell, the forger. rive thousand dollars of the missing money was found in his possession. The Arabia at Halifax ileuvax, Jan. 16.—The steamship Arabia ar rived from Liverpool this afternoon, and will sail to-night for New York. Cotton from Liverpool NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—The ship Australta, which arrived at this port from Liverpool yesterday, brought 700 bales of cotton. A Modern littroun-Al-Rasitchid 'HE DENZVOLENT DEED., Or AIMED PASHA The following literal translation of a "leader" in The Garden of News, an Arabic paper, published at Ileyrout, gives a curious idea of the social system of Mohammedan countries s , The publio is aware how assiduous is his Highness Ahmed Pasha in seeing to the order and well-being of the inhabitants of the oity, and how that he makes every effort to promote the prospe rity and comfort of those under the shadow of the Sublime Porto. " Amongst other instances of the care he has for the order and quiet of the city, we may mention thitt he has a regular custom of going out into the city under the protecting wing of night, lit various disguises, to prevent his being recognized by the beholders. Thus incognito he patrols through the streets of the city, and stands at the cross roads to investigate in person the causes of disorder, and to see to the preservation of peace and quiet. "Whilst wandering thus on one of those nights ho passed one of the houses and heard the voice of a child crying most vociferously, there being, appa rently, no one to mind it. After having waited some time, and the crying still continuing, he went up to the door of the house and began knocking, but, thunder away as he liked, no ono mime. At last, after a considerable time, the people of the house came down, and a man and his wife appeared at the door. On his Highness inquiring what was the cause of the child having cried thus violently, they informed him that they had slept so heavily that they bad never heard it. His Highness warned them not to let this occur again, and advised them, if they slept so heavily, to have some ono to attend to their child. "On another night, having gone out, he passed by some gardens, and observed a crowd of people sleeping in a miserable hut, with neither door nor window. Ho approached and called out to them, and inquired who they were. They informed him they wore some of the sufferers in the tnassaerbs ; and, on his asking why they slept in such a place as that, they replied that that was the only place they bed bad given them by the Government to livo in. 'Present a petition to his Highness the Governor to-morrow,' said ho, and I will answer for it that you will be heard.' Ho then put some more question' to them as to the condition Choy were in, distributed some money amongst them, and departed. " On the morrow they wont before the Governor, not in the least suspecting it was ho who had ad vised them to do so, and immediately an order was given to provide them with a house fit to live in, and they retired, putting up prayers for their generous benefactor. "Another timo, whilst riding beyond the city, he perceived a surveyor laying out a road. Whilst he was stopping to look, the owner of a house close by came out, and complained of the injury the con struction of this road would be to him were it to run as tho surveyor intended. His Highness im mediately. alighted from his horse, and gave or ders to the surveyor that the road should run so a 9 not to interfere with the owner of the house, for which, it is unnecessary to say, the owner knew not how to thank him enough. .• Lately, also, that diseases of all kinds have in creased sogreatly in Boyrout, his attention and hu manity have known no hounds. An order has been issued for the doctors of the town to assemble to consider the best moons to be taken for stopping the ravages of the epidemic, and certain doctors have been appointed at certain stations to give me dicine sad advice to all who ask for it." A writer, claiming to be a woman, publishes in the Augusta. Chronic* a coarse and bitter article. against the 'United States Government, and all con• neck(' with it. From the superabundance of gait she pours forth, we judge that she must ta tt galled jade." We learn that Gen. Buckner says his loops aro en suited mob, and that ho must have Vitae to work the in up before he risks a fight. Let him risk the and Gen. McCook will work theta up fur XXXVIITII MESS-FIRST SESSION, WaSHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1862. MEE! Mr. OHANDLIR, of Michigan, presented the memo. Mai of the Legisintra a of Michigan, asking an appropria. Hon fur a nasal depot at Grand Haven, on Lake Huron. Referred. Sir. LANE, of Indiana, presented a memorial from the Society of Friends, adopted at the yearly meeting for Indiana end Eastern I➢lnois, aikigg that hereafter all differences with foreign Powers be referred to the arbi trament of some lot efgn Pouter. Referred. A communication was received from_ the Secretary of War, in answer to the resolution of Mr. Powell, di recting an nastier to the resolution of last session in re gard to contracts, lic, The answer states that the Ant resolution was received at the Department just atter the battle of July 21st, and since then the clerical force of the Department has not been sufficient to allow the Secre tary to answer the resolution: The answer also states: it I, myself, bare not made a single contract for may purpose whatever. The beads of bureaus made all the contracts." Referred. Mr. RING, of New York, presented a petition that the lands of all convicted traitors be awarded to soldiers, end also to abolish all fees and perquisites of office. Re ferred. Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, introduced a bill to amend certain articles of war. Also, a trill for the better organization of the cavalry forces. Referred. Mr. HALF, of Now Hampshire, offered a resolution that Ward H. Lamas, marshal of the District of Colum bia, by his recent ordo, communicated to the Senate, ex. eluding members of the Senate from the jail without a pose, has been guilty of a breach of the privileges of the Senate, and of contempt of the rightful authority of this body, and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to communicate a coDy of this resolution to the President. Laid over. Mr. COLLAMEB, of Vermont, moved to take up the Lill to promote the efficiency of the dead-latter office. It was taken up and passed. Mr. bHERMAN, of Ohio, from the select committee on compensation introduced a bill in relation to the Covertly. eat printing. Mr. HALT:, of Now Hampshire, offered a resolution ask. tug that ecretary of the Navy to intern the Serrate whether or not the Alp Alabama, at the Portsmouth navy yard, and ship nroinia, will be taken to pieces, and their ma. toriat used in the construction or repair OY other vessels. Agreed to. Mr. PSIARCE, of Maryland, called up the resolution asking the Secretary of War land amounts have been paid by the Government for the railroads of Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania. and Rem Jersey, and for the outEtandinn accounts with them railroads. The resolution was adopted. . On motion of Mr. NESMITH, of Oregon, the bill for the protection of overland emigrants to California and Oregon was taken np and passed. On motion of Mr. WILSON, the bill In relation to the arrest of persons claimed to be held to service or labor, by officers of the military or naval service of the United Stater, M. taken up. Tie bill provides that any officer arresting such person be discharged from the service; Mr. COLLAMER, of Vermont, offered an amendment as a substitute, that no officer of the army or navy, mili tia or volunters, shall assume to exercise any authority to arrest, detain, hold, or control any person on account of such being held to service, and any officer so offending shall be dismissed from the service, Agreed to. Mr. SAULSBURY, of Delaware, offered an amend ment, as a new sectima: "Nor shall any soldier, or offi cer, under like penalty, in any way ontice, decoy, or re tain any such person front his master or owner." He said_he thought that the officers or soldiers of the United States oupbt to havo nothing to do with the question at all, either way. Alr. BICH of Minnesota, moved to add after the words "master or owner" the wards "who may be a loyal citizen of the United States." Agreed to. /fr. WILSON opposed the amendment. He said he was opposed to any kind of justification of slavery. What ho wonted was to prevent officers from returning slaves. Some officers had already disgraced the service in that way, and, God willing, end if he (Wilson)had the power, he meant to prevent their confirmation by the Senate. Itir. PEARCE, of Maryland, Bald that the effect of thebilt woubt he, without it was amended, to invite all the blaveg of the loyal State of 3tarytand to come to the army, where they would be IMP' from the legal rlghts of the owner. lie thought that lattice demanded that the bill shonid be amended. The rooming hour haying expired, the unfinished busi ness of yesterday came up, being the contested seat of the Senator from %/WM The question being on the motion of Mr. CLARK, to ettike out the wore w not" In the resolution of the Com mittee on the Judiciary that Mr. Lane be not entitled to the Beat. Mr. IdcDOTIGALL ' of California, opposed the amend ment, and contended that the President had authority, under the power to suppress insnrrection. to appoint Mr. Lane a brigadier. He thought the Senator from Kansas was attempting to exercise military and legislative p twee et the same time, and, in fact, had no right to Ids seat In the Senate. Mr. LANE, of Nausea, said he had refused to accept the office on the 22,1 July. Ho referred to the contest in Itanens with Mr. Stanton for the Senate, and said that four data aft:r he was elected, the Governor, whom he had overthrown, and the contestant whom he had beaten, &eland Ms seat vacant. Mr. WRIGHT, of Indians, thought the question was purely a leant one. The President having appointed him to an office which was not created, the Senator from IC sums could not accept It, and, therefore, did not vacate hie seat in tho Senate. The diecnesion was continued by Messrs. Lane, Stan ton, Clark, and Printer. The vote being taken on Mr. Clark's motion to strike out the word...not," it was agretil to by the following vote: Yana—Messrs. Bright, Browning, Chandler, Clark, Coflamer, Cowan, Doolittle, Pesaemlion, Hale, Harlan, Harris, Hon e, King, Lane of Indiana, Latham, Morrill, Pomeroy, Rice, Sherman, Sumner, Trumbull, Wilmot, and Wilson-21. NArn—Messrs Anthony, Bayard, Carina, Davis, Dixon, Foot, Foster, Johnson, Kennedy, McDougall, Nesmith, Pearce, Powell, Saulsbury, Ton Eyck and Wade—lS. D I X .. 9 11.10 f e"nnectient, (roved a vesotation that `" '77— mileage be allowed to the contestmg member. Laid over. The Senate then went into executive session. The Senate subsequently adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. DUNN, of Indiana, from the Military Committee, reported a bill authorizing and directing the Secrets& of War to furnish the prisoners of the United States army in the revolting States with clothing and other necessa ries of life, and for this purpose employ each agouti; as may be necessary. Passed. Mr WILSON, of lowa, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported back, with amendments, the bill amendatory of the act of 1867, to enforce the attendance of witne,ses. It repeals that part which exempts wit. nesse!, who have testified before any examining commit. tee of either house from being used as evidence In a court of justice. On motion of Mr. SPA ULDING, of Now York, it was reeelved that the use of the flail of Representatives be gr anted for the annual meeting of the Colonization Society on Tuesday next. Mr. LOVEJOY, of Illinois, Introanced a bill to es tablish a Bureau of Agriculture. Referred to the Com mittee on Agriculture. Mr. BLAIR, of Missouri, asked leave to present the memorial of one hundred and forty_gelered persons, lien. Tho FPEAKER sold the memorial could be proeoated under the rule. Mr. BLAIR. asked that R be printed, to which the Muse agreed. Mr. LOOMIS, of Connecticut, of the Committee on Elections, called up the contested election case from the First Con@reesional district of Penneyleanie, John DI. Butler against IVin N. Lehman, the latter being the sitting member. After a debate of several boors, the House adintreed, with the understanding that the question on the Butler and Lehman contested election case should be taken to. morrow, at 10 o'clock A AL PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. 11A88t5Buito. JaikBftry 16, 1862. MEE! The Senate wag called to order at U o'clock by th Speaker. Prayer by Bey. Mr. Bowman, chaplain of a New York regiment. hlr. PENNEY reported from theJudleinry Committee, as committed, the bill to refund to Paml. J. Walker cer— tain money erroneously paid by him for collateral inhe ritance tax; also, with amendment, the bill relative to forged mca tgages. DILLS INTRODUCED Mr. CONNELL, a hill to reduce the capital stock of the Girard Bank of Philadelphia • also, a bill to extend the charter of the Fanners' and Mechanics' Land and Building Association. Mr. STEIN, a hill relative to mercantile appraisers in Northampton county. Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, a supplement to the act of March 37, 1713, concerning limitations of actions. RESOLUTIOXs Mr. LAMBERTON offered a resolution to print four hundred and fifty copies of Bo annual report of the Slate Librarian for the use of the Senate, and fifty for the use of the Librarian. Agreed to. Sir. CONNELL offered a resolution to print two thousand code, of the report of the Auditor General on Railroads, which wan agreed to. NOMINATIONS FOR STATE TRgASURER. On motion of Mr. SBRRILL, tho Senate proceeded to make nominations for State Treasurer, when Sir. MOTT nominated Albert G. Brodhead, of -Nor th arum on. Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, nominated Henry' I) Moore, of Philadelphia. DONAVAN nominated 'William V. Magrath, of PhiladrlDbin. On motion, the nominations were closed. PAY or YOLUNTERBS. Mr. BENSON reported from the Finance Committee the bill providing for the payment of the officers of Colonel fitcLane'a regiment at Erie, which, on motion, was token up• Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, held that the bill ought to be general is its prcvisious, as there were a number of regiments in the same situation. It should bo made to cover all cases 'where the claims were ascertained by the accounting officers to be equitable and just. Mr. Lt,WPS thought that no other regiment was placed hi the same position as that of Colonel McLane. This regiment wee enlisted for three months, and ordered by the Governor to Pittsburg. After some thee they AN ere ordered home, and paid for one month and a half, but required to remain, subject to orders to the end of the term of enlistment. Mr. PENNEY had no doubt that the case was very metitorious. There were others of the some kind. Ile suggested that the bid be recommitted for amendment, after which It would go on the fife and be perfected, to as to meet all similar eases. The motion to recommit was agreed to. On motion of Nr. PENNEY, the bill relating to the Pay of families of volanteers in Allegheny was consi dered, and pawed The joint resolution front the House authorizing the franking of envelopes for the use of Mlle:ors ned soldiers now in Camp Curtin was taken ; and, after 1301110 die ens,don, recommitted to the Finance Commtttee. The Senate then adjourned, The Hoe. was called to order at 11 A. 31. by the Bpeaker. Prayer vas offered by Hey. Mr. flay, of tho Lutheran elmrch. BEDFORD COUNTT CONTBSTEIr ELEO7IoN ?dr. BROADS, of Cumberland, on Wulff of the com mit ee appointed to try the contestedsclection Cate of George W. Householder, of Bedford county,,made a re vert deposing the sitting member, Mr. Householder, and giving the seat to the contestant, Mr. John Cessna. The report, which w.fta very lengthy,. embraced many facts in reference to the past history of the counties of Bedford and Somerset, now forming one Representative district. It referred to the constitutional guarantee of separate representation for each county, and declared that the union of these named in 1857 was uniust and unconstitutional. Bedford, at the time of its organiza tion, contained a sufficient number of to rabies to entitle it La the lima] representation, and, as Hr. Cessna had 1,000 majority in that county, the committee declare that he was duly elected. The report was accepted, and lifr. Cessna was sworn into office. . Mr. STRANG, of Tlogu. on behalf of the minority of tho committee', asked and obtained leave Mille a minority report. 131321223 VINCENT, of Erie, presented tiro petitions from citizens of Warren and Eriecountleox praying for tho f o blid o ,,,, o f o f a naval depot at tho city of Erie. Aloo, a petition for the repeat of the act taking brokers and pri vate banters. Mr. SMIT a, of Philadelphia, presented the petition of citizens of the Sixth district of Philadelphia, contesting the seat of John MoMakin. Laid on tho table. Mr. ItION, of Schuylkill, presented the petition of Carolate Parke, praying for a divorce. ENLISTMENTS PKYOND TUE. STATE Mr. WILLIADIS, of Allegheny, asked that the petition of Elenry Forest, et Westmoreland county, might be read. Rho petitioner 'OM a 'privates in the Second Virginia tegtment. Ott April 1,1881, he was one of the parties organizing the "I'nrmme• Guards," of Pittsburg. The company has tag been completed, tendered its services both to the President and 'Governor, but was not accept. ed. IVlnn the thew years' call was issued it again mode en effort to enlist under the State, and was again reioeb ed. Finally, on Juno 1, it was accepted by tiro Governor of Virginia, and hoe since beou in service. The peti tioner complains that under these circurmit niece, and while icing a taNpa3er mid property owner in 11 . 400118- burg, Westmoreland county, ho can receive tin mist from pellign 'rattle, being ilelstrrisl therefrom by theact of the legislature of Tarty 15, 1861. Ms family at Fareenaborg bee Men refused, any portion of the comity relief fund, and lie nose a,1:11 either that his property may be exempt from taxation for the alit of volitoteoca. or thst tile family may receil o a moiet) of the fund. GONTIISTEL. SEAT- Oi 1111. - 161t/Sllt, - -• • The minion contesting the seater John Helga/an, et the Sixth district, declares ' First. That the alleged majority. of 135 rotas of John blebiabin over Harman Haugh was 'obtained by" cosmic tng illegal votes, and that the Board of Haturn Judges acted under compulsion--a writ of bensuntiOr manda. mos having been issued by Judge Ludlow, Second. That in reality John Mcttakta received bat' 1,500 votes instead of 1,090, and that Harman Haash re-: ceired 1,929 rites, Third. That 1.67 votes. claimed to bave been met for Dlr. Dieldakin, were taken without authority of law, and received at polls outside of the said city. . • • Fourth. That 175 votes wereleast by persons in the military, outshine( the city, who were not competent tie exercise the elective franchise, Fifth. That a large number of votes ca,t for Mr. Mc- Makin were counted in violation of the law of Febrtt, ary 2d, 3854, (30th seethe:,) which . enacts that "The general, special, municipal, and all other, except mili tary elections, by the qualified voters of the city of Philadelphia, 011931 be held in the respective election divisions of the wards of said city." Sixth. That the military votes were not returned ac cording law. , Seventh. That the votes of Companies O,R; 78", fl,"said K, of the Secoad Regiment, were not transmitted ao cording to law.' Elghth That three votes of the Thirty-seventh Regi ment were not legally transmitted; that the same Ille gality affects the votes of the Thirty-tnat "Regiment, ea well as those of the Third and Twenty-first Regiments. Ninth. That other informalities exist. COMMITTEN 05 FEMMAL IBLATIONS The SPEAKER annotineed the following ae the Corn. mitt*e on Federal Relations: • • • . . . Mesa*. Williams of Allegheny, (Republican), Traci* of Bradford (Republican), Smith of Cheater (Union De. =wrat), Cessna of Bedford (Democrat), Armstrong of ',teeming (Republican), Scott of Huntingdon (Union Democrat); Rains of Payetto (Democrat), Strang of Vega (Republican), Roes °lLl:manse (Union Democrat), Greenbank of Philadelphia (Democrat), Abbott of Pill. ladelphia (Republican), Cowan of Warren (Republican), Pershing of Cambria (Democrat). SEM:TES/ITM DISTRIOT CONTEST/CO RUMOR The Rouse proceeded to appoint a committee to try the contested-election case of Charles F. Abbott, of the Be venteenth district, Philadelphia. The usual formalities having been gone through with, the following-namod gen tlemen were chosen : Meters. Gross, Caldwell, Strang, Chatham, Scott, W Boss, Schrock, Rapper, and J. B. Smith. . . . The committee were ordered to meet immediately The nous° then adjourned. The State Treasurer, REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. ILlmuseuno, Jannary 16.—A caucus, of the Republi can members of the. State Legislature assembled this evening, at half past seven o'clock, to nominate a candi date for State Treasurer. John P. Penney, Senator from Allegheny, was celled to tho chair, and Mr. Smith, of the House, was appoint ed secretary: Mr. Moore, of Philadelphia, nominated the Hon. Henry D. Moore, the present Treasnrer. Senator Ball, of Matt'. moved that further action be Postponed, and that a committee of three be appointed to confer with the Union Democrats and Union Republi cans, to report at a caucus to be held on Monday next: The motion, as agreed to, and Mews. Hall, Moore, and Vincent were appointed the committee. Tbe:cauctts then adjourned. DEXOCRATIO . .CAFOCS-1501.11NA.TION OF WILLIAX V. WO RATH. The Democratic members also held a caucus this eye ning. Hon. Henry S. Mott presided, and MOSBY& Nei man and Duffield acted as secretaries. On motion, a ballot for a candidate for State Treasurer was gone into, and resulted ns follows 8 - Witliam V. McGrath 31 A. G. Brodheal 14 Henry - L. Dieffenbech 4 ' Alexander H. Dixon • 4 William V. McGrath was declared the nominee of the caucus, and the nomination was male unanimous. The meeting then adjourned. Markets by Telegraph CINCINNATI, January 16.—Sales of Flour at 33.9004. Whinls). Is 3 c higher. , Hoge active, and a abade higher ; 3,134)0 sold at 83.30m3.45. Mess Pork $9.2509.50. Lord 6% 64c; et the close, Park and Lard were held higher. Exchange firm. THE CITY. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. CONTINENTAL Tasirsz—watran strata above eighth. The War for the Union"—"Sixteen String Jack." WALINITT-81Rial 1412.11701--tilnta and Wa OS[.- "'deb Pont Irish Assurance and Yankee Modesty" -.The Magic Jelte"-o• Brian O'Lynn." Aaost-Eansav TEsavrin-Arch rtreet, above Stztls.-. Delicate Ground Handy Andy "-t , Shocktrig Events. THISPLII or Wonnens-N. E. corner Tenth and Ghee nut streets.-Signor Blitz's Entertainment. EXCITEMENT AT THE NAVY YAMD--STEHCE OF ONE TnOUSAND EMPLOYEES—DISCHARGE OP Frv.r. HUNDRED MORE. more than a mouth the employees of our navy yard have been in an unwonted state of excitement, caused by rumors of a reduction of pay, a measure extremely un palatable, as it came in midwinter, and directly upon the heels of au increased working-time. On the 20th of December last Congress Imaged am act by which the pay of workmen in the various, departments was made the same as that of work -7,;,en employed in the nearest private shipyards. Tho effect of this meattue et•!_,'"e Brooklyn navy yard is well mown. The men there after "strik ing" at length consented to return to work, under protest, however, and have since bees employed without intermission or loss of time. The effect of this measure at our navy yard WAS to alter the pay of several of the departments o.s follows: Spermshers.. Painters Boat-builders Plumbers .... Moulders..... Coppersmiths. Tinsmiths.... Blacksmiths.. Machinists... At the same time the working hours were ar ranged as follows : From September 20th to March 20th, from three.qnarters of an hour after sunrise to sunset, with one hoar for dinner ; during the baton°e of the year the men were to be required to work from 7 A. M. till 6 P. M., with an hour's intermix '.JimUn ---- - Wednesday evening. five hundred and four teen of the men were discharged from the follow ing departments : Laborers, 400; riggers, Ti ; painters, 43. No unusual excitement accompanied this measure. The men had boon anticipating it, and few were taken by surprise. They were paid off in United States treasury notes. Most of them quietly proceeded to their homes, though, no doubt, with heavy hearts and dark forebodings. But others cursed their eyes and buttons, and went upon drunken sprees; these were the few in number. Last week two hundred and ftety-four had aim been discharged and paid off, without any demon stration. They wero as follows: Bailmakers Carpenters Caulkers Others, not specified Total Yesterday morning one thousand of the mechanics quit work, and assembled in mass meeting, chord," after ten o'clock, in the spar loft. The proceedings were dignified and orderly. Mr. Joseph Maul, of the ahip•carpenter'a depart ment, was unanimously selected to preside, and vice president from each of the aggrieved depart ments was chosen. Captain Turner, commandant of the navy yard, then stepped forward, and addressed the men. He endeavored to convince them, but with. ill success, that their course was one of folly, and could only do themselves an injury. By an act of Congress, which was the law of the land, their wages had been reduced to the rates paid by private em ploy en, and they had no right to offer opposition to the law. Mr. John M. Crosland (author of the song of the Union) then arose, and, out of respect to Captain Turner, offered a motion that the men should re turn to their work for the ported of ten days, under protest, and that, In the meantime, Congress should be memorialized upon the subject. The motion was greeted with a unanimous shout of "No ! no !" and some hisses. Capt. Turner then retired. Mr. Crosland resumed his remarks as follows: Gentlemen—Congress has resolved that we shalt work for so much. I think we are equally as com petent to judge of our own affairs and protect our own interests as they are. I move, therefore, that this Congress resolve that it will not work for so much. [Applause ] Another mechanic , arose and expressed hie die satisfaction that all of the employees of the yard had not quit work as well as those whose wages had been cut down. Mr. Crosland replied that thiseould make no clif ference. If the carpenters did not lay the keel, and the borers did not drive the bolts, the vessel could not be built. 'Applause.) A resQlntion was then offered and adopted, to telegraph the announcement of the strike to the Now York, Boston, and Washington navy yards: On motion,a committee of ton, consisting of two from each epartment represented, was appointed to wait upon the authorities at Washington taxa cure a modification of the act, and also to seeure the co-operation of the Brooklyn, Charlestown, and Washington navy yard employees. A committee, which had been chosen to consult with Mr. Hoover, constructor of the yard, reported that they had had an interview with him, and that he had informed them that Congress was the only authority to whom they could address a memorial of their grievances, it having passed the law. The following motion was nowt offered: I?csolved, That thin meeting , stand adjourned until 9 o'clock, to-morrow morning, and that it re assemble at that hour, at Jefferson Hall, corner of Sixth and Christian streets. The motion was agreed to, and the•meeting ad journed. The grounds upon which the strike was- doe! upon are as follows: Firstly. The increase of the working time aft minutes per day. Secondly. The reduction of the wages, ps cents per day from the carpenters, 50 cents perday from the joiners, and 25 manta per day from the black smiths.) Thirdly. The delay in making payment. Fourthly. The summary discharge of the work men on the above-mentioned occasions. The third-menttened grievance has. been occa sioned by a scarcity of small change, and not from any inability of the Government to discharge its debts. The wages of the men wore-due on Wed nesday, the 15th inst., and, for the above reason, they had not been paid np to noon Yesterday. By our last report, published less than. two weeks since, it was shown that the number of mon em ployed in the yard was as follows-:- Carpenters, 500; gun•earriage makers, 81; carpenters- on dock. 18 ; sawyers, 10; mouldmakers, ;: borers, 140; oar penters' laborers, 103; blacksmiths, 135; joiners, 208; caulkers, 73; spinners, 37; re/users, 57; scra pers, 7; laborers, 642; yard do., including watch men, 42; sailmakers, 77; sparmakers, 20; riggers, 121; painters, 117; boat-builders, 15; plumbers,. 107 ; blockmakers, 47 ; engineers en dock, 18 ; mss chinists, 57 ; gunner's crew, yard carpenter's. gang, 4; teamsters, 9; writers, si;, superintendent, is Total, 2,715. Of this number the plumbers, 112, la borers, -200, and gumearriage makers, 81—in, all ahem 400—are, we believe, the only men now at. work. A complete revolutikin has occurred.. MA Band has an appearance of being deserted'. No 'onger the deafening clang of the hammer nesounds through the two. ship houses, and, unlesathe de mands of the men are complied with, reasonable, fears must be entertained that neither theilremort gahela nor the Juniata can be completed until many valnalte months have passed. The master workmen are not concerned in the strike, but many of them believe that the salon of Congress was impoillie at the present juncture. The ITartford and St. Louts- are ready to pro ceed to see, as soon as their crews shell arrive from Boston. Naval matters, for the most party - ere as dull as ever, owing to the impeded no.vistitibn of the Delp,. waro by floating ice, $2.00 per day 200 " 2.2 s cc 2 00 2.00 " 2.25 " 2.00 2.00 " 2.00 " 30 90 :4:
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