gt.t t - t ; rm. TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1862. EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.-- ,4 The conspiracy to break up the Union is a fact now known to all. Armies are being raised, and war levied to accomplish it. There can be but two sides to the contr y. Every man must he on the side of the United States or against it: There can be no neutrals hi this war. There can be none but patriots and traitors." FOR SALR—Tbe double-cylinder T LYMPH" Panne on which this paper has been printed for the Nat nine ennnthx. it hi in excellent cuiniitioth hnvink t , ctil MAC' to c• der a sear ago, and will be anal at a bargain. Vor terms apply at this °gigs, or address Joss W. FORNEY, 417 Caestnut etreet, Philadelphia. TILE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY com menccd running, on Monday, a special train, which will leave this city every morning at four o'clock lor the West. This arrangement will afford to us facilities for delivering TILE Pais to our agents along, the whole direct line between Philadelphia and Pittsburg (via Mount Joy and Middletown) four hours sooner than it could be forwarded to them by the re gular mail train, It will give to thortsands of citizens in the interior opportunities dreading the latest intelligence at their breakfast tables, and will, we trust, - do much to cement the bonds between the city and State, and to in crease the usefulness of THE FRESS in the populous and intelligent district to which we hare referred TUE LATEST WAR NEWS_ While all the loyal States have nobly sustained the °even:intent in putting down the great Southern Rebellion, Pennsylvania has far outstripped tier sisters in this great wall. One year ago, and Pennsylvania was defenceless, and without mu nitions of war. The dastardly attack on Fort Sumpter aroused the slumbering giant. Since the 15th of April last, our State has armed, equipped, and sent into the Reid, one liiindeed and thirty thousand men. She has now ready, equipped : and prepared to march, nine thousand more—only waiting for orders from the Govern ment to march. Ban Bluff and Draneaville attest the bravery of her sons in the hour of conflict. It is not in men alone that our State has developed her power The Iron City, Pitts burg, bits furnished a large number of cannon, of the heaviest calibre, as well as monster mor tars, and a large quantity of shells fur our forts and vessels•of•war. Philadelphia has furnished more munitions of war than any, city in the country; a single firm here has already com• pleted two hundred and thirty improved six pound rifled cannon for the Government, and upwards of thirty for the State of Illinois. Truly, OUT State iS Well named the Keystone State of the great Federal arch. Her sons are not for getful that the Declaration of Independence was first proclaimed in Philadelphia, and, they will pour out their blood like water in maintaining the Vuion. TAXATION is a great bugbear. It has been seized upon by demagogues of all times, and made a subject of discontent among the peo ple and a peril to States. The first to raise outcry against it are mostly of a class which can be made to sutler least by the levy, either because they have nothing taxable, or because of the availability of their resources. Care fully ignoring the justice and necessity of the tax, they seize upon the thing per se, and, after distorting it into hideousness, fling the carica ture in the faces of the peeple with a great flourish of indignation. These men care nothing for the people, whether they be wronged or exalted. They care nothing fbr causes or principles. In all that efreete the welfare of humankind they are essentially vile. They have cunning, but of the lower order ; their lives are falsehoods. They are false beacons, set to lure the too confiding upon treacherous rocks, and their feast-day is the season of national trouble. But taxation is sometimes just and neces sary; indeed, in degree, it is always necessary. What in limes of peace would justly arouse popular indignation, in times of trouble may become mot only just, but beneficent. Such a time has now arrived. The existence of the Government depends upon measures which call for a great expenditure of treasure. 'We are engaged in a war whose least stake—and we say it without fear of successful contradic tion—is the wealth, public and private, of the country. Ay, though the purchase of an honorable and enduring peace impoverish every man and woman in the Republic, it would be cheap. The means to purchase such a peace must be bad, and the burden must be laid upon every shoulder, according to its ability to bear it. From the possessors of dimes to the holders of millions, each and all must be permitted to take his share of the bur den and the responsibility. There is but one way to adjust the burden so that it shall bear equally, upon all. The strong. A letter found in their camp states their 1 productive wealth of the country must be But first, let every sinecure, tvp. o .- 1 I :AQ4 they probably bad as many men there as our gene- I expenditure we can abate so much tax. Lei, rels could have brought against the position the ne x t every salary paid by Government fbr services day. Their position was one of natural strength, ;rendered, be taxed, and as heavily as may be and it would be difficult to construct more forsni- necessary.Or, if it be more feasible to reduce t dable earthworks. The rebels were as near to re- : he salaries of public servants, let that be done. If it be necessary to cut clone every salary - to lief as our own army, and they were abundantly do that; minimum, then commence supplied with provisions and every comfort. Yet the living this large army abandoned this strong pasitien and with the President and heads of departments,and let the work of retrenchment descend to fled, leaving everything—guns, tents, wagons, horses, the humblest employee of the Government , provisions, and baggage. Even the cannon were excepting no man, of any grade whatsoever. not spiked. This beats everything in the history This will sbow the people that when men of panics. It is as if at the Bull Ran panic our speak of retrenchment they mean something troops had abandoned their e.itreochments, mans- more than words, words, words. The thin gilt mud stoics at llrctshington, and coma nued of cheap patriotism—such as has been current their flight to the North. Certainly the Ball Run and plentiful for the last decade, will not pass panic is outdone. At that battle Gen. McDowell with a people made lynx-eyed by taxation. had eighteen thousand men of all arms. Of these We want our public, men to frame a tax-bill, a about one-third were panic .stricken, and fled from just, and a thoroughly - competent One; but w the open field. The rest withdrew in order. Athen they take it in their hands and go among Mill Springs the Confederates, nine or ten thousand the people, they must be able to show that strong, took flight from a strongly-fortified position, they have not avoided sacrifice while demand tug sacrifice of °filen it is a poor Quality abandoning everything in their panic."' of patriotism which cannot cheerfully bow to Our latest advices from the South show that the any necessity; that cannot go back to the bare rebel organs are now compelled to admit that they floors and homely fare of the pioneers of free met with a terrible disaster at Mill Spring, and dont in necessitous times ; which cannot ~. ha they acknowledge they are in danger of navog nish every luxury, and lop off the superfluous their communications with the Southeast cut off by branches of pride, and so increase the number General Burnside, and their communications with of good citizens, while helping the nation the Southwest cut off by our forces in Kentucky. through its first days of actual gloom. The troops composing the command of General And, if there be a single industrial interest Buell, in Kentucky, are as well trained and in as in the country - width scuds up a remonstrance good fighting condition as thosein any other depart- against taxation in this emergency, let the ra iment of the Union army, and they are only exceed- monstrants be known as fair-weather patriots; ed in numbers by the corps assembled in the de- blind men, who cannot see that unless the Go pertinent of the Potomac, under command of Gen. vernment be sustained, their investments are McClellan. The whole force consists of about one but dust—utterly - valueless. It is the simplest question of economy ry, and three thousand artillerists, divided into when once scanned hundred thousand infantry, eleven thousand caval down. it is a question whether men shall some twenty batteries. They are arrangedsave half, or any other proportion, or lose all a. Weigh it, sound , in fire it, discuss it, - do with it as divisions, commanded respectively by Generals you will—that is the alternative. Accept it McCook, Thomas, Nelson, Mitchell, and Craton- ard Eve—live so that you will not regret the den. Each divisi on embodies from two to five bri- day of your birth _or stop to cavil and remon gades, and among the brigade - commanders there strate, and perish, curs - lug the blindness of are Generale Negley, Rosseau, Johnson, Wood, ruthless self." Such is, in substance, the Dumont, Turchin, Henan, Sell, Ammon, Sehoepff, preachment of these necessitous hours—hours, Ward, Boyle, Carter, Manson, and Garfield. With which; though heavy with gloom, will separate the exception of lowa, Missouri, and Kansas, every the pure gold of manhood. from the dross of Western State is represented by }mike or lea; resi- pretence, and hyena the false as false. Private advises from Virginia state that the heavy rains that have fallen, within the last few weeks, have caused several land-slides on the line of the Baltimore and OM° Railroad, west of Harper's Ferry. A considerable force of Fede ral troops are now occupying various points on the road, beyond Cumberland. At New Creek and Piedmont more than seven thousand men are stationed, and business of all kinds is en tirely discontinued. The Piedmont Savings Bank has suspended operations. 'Piedmont is the bag est town in Hampshire county, though Romney, at which place several encounters have taken place recently, is the capital. The battle, near Somerset, of Mill Spring, or, as it is called by some of our cotemporaries. " Cliff Creek," affords a fruitful theme for comment, and a just °num/for exultation among the Union jour nals of the country. The Cincinnati Gazette says that the rebels engage d were the t/ower of the con federate army, and that " they marched from their entrenchments to attack Gen. Thomas ten thousand ments. Of the Eastern States, only Pennsylvania Adjusted. has troops in that department. OhM has sent the The Quarrel The Trod affair has been ended by the con largest contingent of all—over thirty regiments. cession unit 31r. SEWA nD made and the. ex- Indian , ' is a few behind this number. Next conies peeted trouble has been staved oflfor the Pennsylvania with fit r at with tiwaa tpresent:` Anicriea said to England, cc ThoSB gan with throe, Wisconsin with three, and Minna* fellows, AfAsoN and SLIDELL, are not worth rota with two. Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania have (paneling about ;—take them and welcome. sent strong complements of cavalry and artillery, But be pleased to bear in mind that they are and Michigan, Wiponsin, and Minnesota, each some • so contemptible a brace of traitors that we do artillery. Twenty-four infantry and four cavalry not think them worth fighting 'about. Let regiments are now organized in Kentucky. There them slide! They belong to the class of sin are, likewise, two regiments of exiled Tennessee ners of whom it has been truly said, give Unionists. Three thousand newly.recruited regu- them rope enough and they will save the exe cutioner a good deal of troub!e." lars—infantry and cavalry—are also stationed in . The British Ministry ' we learn are content General Buell's department. Nearly every pre- „, perforce, with rzawann - s return of.ittAsow paration for a forward movement is completed, _ and General Buell will soon be able to assume the and L-LrnELL, though they had not, at last ad offensive, should he receive orders to that effect vices, been able to digest the terms of Mr., at twenty four hours' notice; and, whenever he SEWARD'S letter. They went in for an out and-out apology, and have been put off with a does, who can doubt that, with such troops un- justificalion, drawn out of the multitudinous der him as fought and won the battles of Wild Cat preetdonts uhieh England has herself stip end Mill Springs, the Rebellion will be crushed plied ever since, in the words of the national in Kentucky and Tennessee? anthem, she first began to cc rule the waves." An anonymous letter having been addressed to England has carried her point, but at what . a General Roseerans, at Wheeling, charging him with price! On the principle, now conceded to the persecution of Secessionists in his department, her by the United States, her entire policy, as and threatening him with retaliation when 4cJeff regards the rights of neutral flags, has been Davis comes," he authorizes the editor of the placed hors de combat. Henceforth, England's Wheeling Press- to respond for him as follows :impertinentsearch rightof ar s . , 4 I. The Government is for the good of the peo- Whoever read the summary of European ple, and not the people for the good of tho Govern- news, received by the Europa, telegraphed meat. • -- - - 'from Halifax, and published in THE PRESS, " 2. Whenever a majority of the people have constitutionally chosen a form of government and yesterday morning, would probably notice a a Chief Magistrate, they have a right to enjoy the statement as follows t cr As to the general true of that choice, in an ority, will cheerfultd every true man, y sub- eve discussion of the law of neutrals, the [British] Democrat of the m ry , mit to it. or leave the mtllbtry Government will decline any answer until they ~ 3 . This people of Western Virginia has chosen have had an opportunity of submitting the to adhere to their old Government and their old • 'his choice a revolution is raised and laws; against I 7 whole note to their law officers. There are the people have to put it down. propositions in this note which are not at all "4 No man has a right to the benefits of the admissible, and after the delivery of the prison peace and oraer which has resulted who wishes the overthrow of this peace and order, an these points may be properly raised and 1 -5 Whatever may be the character of the discussed." It is to be presumed that The writer, the fentirnonts expressed in the anonymous Times (whence these sentences con.e has communication are neither those of a Democrat or ) a ' Seventy•sixer,' but of a cowardly traitor, who sonic meaning. As we take it,—it means that, borrows good names, and who lurks among his disappointed at the unexpected moderation of neighbors with matches and appliances, watching the United States Government, PAL3tERSTON the time when their enemies may give him a ohanco to fire their city and drench its streets in blood. and RUSSELL are in hopes of picking a quarrel ,‘ The general expects neither truth nor justice, with us on sonic principle set forth in Mr. much less mercy, from the relentless vipers who SEIN'Anlr'S letter to Lord LYONFI, announcito , live in a community they desire to destroy, and in e, the sacred name of liberty claim the privilege, of in- . the American intention of surrendering Ithsou suiting, on the public streets, those who have had the courage to stand by their own interests anti their liberties. and defend them agninst an iniquitoss and unscrupulous rebellion, which, if successful, would crush out both State and individual rights, and establish on their ruins an odious military des potism, based on slavery." Tho destination of the Burnside Expedition is still a mystery to all unacquainted with official se crets. The latest rebel papers received contain no tidings of it, save that some of the vessels compo sing the feet have been either wrecked or driven ashore during the recent stormy weather. It is supposed by sonic that, instead of striking a blow upon a point on the North Carolina coast, it has gone to Port Royal to strengthen General Sherman and Commodore Dupont's new expedition now fit ting out at that place, to operate against Savannah or 0.01110 other mailable point on the rein! coast. A gentleman who has arrived at Rolla, front Southwestern Missouri, reports that Gen. Price is at Springfield with about 10,000 men. As an ex pedition is about starting, or has already gone, from Rolla, under the command of Generals Cllrtig and Sigel, it is probable that Price will either be forced to leave Missouri forever, or, with his whole army, be taken prisoners by the Federal troops. The Richmond Div. !ell, commenting on the late battle in Kentucky, says: "This is certainly a defeat for our forces and a vic tory for the enemy which will elate them wonder fully. Victories to them are few and far between, and all the more grateful when they do come for their scarcity. To us, however. thL reverse should only be a motive for increased energy and vigilance. The locality where it happened enhances Its bad (fleets, and should all the more nerve our arms for a powerful effort to retrieve our losses and revenge cur countrymen who perished in the ill-fated con flict. "The incidents of the revolution are evidently taking a concentrating direction, and great strug gles are near at hand. it is to be hoped. The fif th act of the national drama has been brought on the stage, we believe, and the end, in which the villain is ex posed and the wrong righted, is, we trust, to come before the curtain drops again. There has been an unusual and painfully prolonged time occupied in the clearing of the stage—the removal of the tables and Attire—for the Anal seen.. We kayo knee long tired of the supes, and trust to see no more of them. Let the actors come on, and let us behold their deeds; lot us see them settle the right of the wager of battle by the strong arm, the strong will, and all the high impulses of manhood and patriot ism. If we fail, let us fail. But we (hall not fail. We, shall conquer as sure as there is justice in the world." and SLIDELL to .the protection of the British flag. We shall see, and can wait. Parliament is to meet on the 6th February, a little later than usual. Of course, this di di culty between England and the United States will occupy the attention of Queen, Lords, and Commons. Depend on it that, if PAL -S!EItTON and Ressim can make anger between the two nations, they will do it. The other day, we roughly estimated the British pre liminary expenses, arising out of John Bull's exhibiting his pugnacious feelings, at $5,000,- 000. It appears, front the confession of The Times, that the actual amount reaches up to $10,1)00,000, and that, when all the bills are in, t will probably be d ouble that amount. It is pretty clear, therefore, that, with a falling-off in his public Revenue of over $16,000,000 in the year, and these $20,000,000 for merely showing his teeth, poor John Bull will be in a slough of financial despond this spring. We could almost pity him, but he merits no sym pathy at o its hands_ LETTER FROM ♦a OCCASIONAL." IVAsnmaToN, January 27, 1862 The release of Slidell and Mason s by the American Government, iris produced the best results in England and France. Whatever the real feelings, in regard to this country, of the British aristocracy and the commercial and manufacturing classes may be, the sentiment that has been awakened and organized among the British people,by the release of Slidell and Mason, will never permit a War with the United States unless upon , a most urgent necessity. in the face of the popular outcry that followed the capture of these men from on board the, British steamer Treat, there were Englishmen of influence and of intellect Who dared to look: below the surface, to plead for reflection, and to hold up the true side of the Arnerigan question. All the tumult did not terrify them ; and it is a fact, always to be remem bered to their credit, that it was their fearless perseverance in the discussion of the real causes of the war, and their fearless expression of the design of slavery, that secured for them selves a favorable hearing, and prepared the British public to receive any intelligence as to the disposition of the rebel ambassa.dors by the Administration of Mr. Lincoln with mode ration, if not with approval. The aristocracy hoped, as Dr. Russell, special correspondent of the London Times, had predicted, that Slidell and Mason would not be restored to liberty: The fact being exactly differtnt, the advocates of peace will be in the ascendant, and the advocates of war compelled to assume the ex planatory or defensive attitude. A very thorough investigation into the great Ameri can question, by the intelligent and pro ggpssive sentiment in the Old World, is hence forth, and happily inevitable. What we have long desired—viz a patient hearing before thc tribunal of the nations—will now be cheerfully accorded to us. The release of Slidell and Mason has seemed, what the refusal to set them free would have rendered forever impossible, finless after a long war—it has secured the attention to our case of the brave an the thoughtful leaders of European politics, and has given strength to our friends all over the World. It would be unbecoming to exult over the disap pointment of our enemies ; but it is certainly right that we should claim that hereafter other considerations but those which govern the aristocracy- will enter into our relations with European nations. It would be monstrous if the anti-slavery preaching and teaching of the last sixty years had not left some healthy seed behind it. It would be a violation of all nature, too, if the ,spirit of progress should not have cleared away the prejudices of the past. And so far as France is concerned, nothing has occurred, with a single exception, to prevent her people from cherishing profound and sincere affection for the United States. Parties will therefore be greatly affected by the controversy pro duced by the surrender of Mason and Slidell. Men will now contrast the hot haste of the exclusive classes to precipitate a war between English and this country with the prudence and magnanimity of Mr. Lincoln and his con stitutional advisers. .And while the London Times and the Paris Moniteur denounce the blockade of the Southern ports as inhuman England_ ind...il!fortleenndsb l r i o is u t g o i r i y t , . ab T o l t r t cittrn ourge favor in the Old World will tend to quicken the energies and elevate the spirits of the loyal American residents in London and Paris. These gallant citizens have been under a cloud fer many months past - , but now, armed with Mr. Seward's great despatch, with the ninny manifestations by which that despatch has been approved in the United States, and with the avowed purpose of the Government itself to do everything honorable to avoid war with England, they will be able to write, to talk, and to electioneer for their country. The Book Trade Sale The Trade Sale of books by auction, di rect to publishers, from publishers, cora ni ennui by Mr. M. THOMAS, nearly thirty years ago, is to be continued, as usual, in the year 1862, under the usual supervision of a com mittee—now consisting of Messrs. WILLIAM A.. BLA NCIIARD, H. C OWPERTII WAIT, JAMES CRI*SY . , J. B. Lirriscorr, and E. H. Burnsa. On Wednesday morning, at THOMAS'S Sale rooms, South Fourth street, will commence the fifty-eighth Trade Sale of books, paper, stereotype plates, &c. Owing to what Ilicsmis calls the tI Hard Times," the last sale, in September, was entirely for Cash. On the ensuing occasion, in March, Messrs. THOMAS go back to the crsdit system, themselves guaranteeing and cashing the sales. Con tributors must forward their inVoieca early, as the Catalogue will be put to press on the tenth of February. We hear a great deal, now and then, of , c the perrnanency of institutions." We should like to learn what trade institution has been half so permanent as this Trade Book Sale, nearly thirty years held by one man and his family. An Unnecessary Annoyance. We are informed by passengers who arrived in the train from Washington, at Broad and Prime streets, on Saturday last, that through the neglect of somebody the passengers for _Philattmlphi2e were not assigned to the proper cars—namely, those which were to enter the depot. In consequence of this, many, including a number of ladies, had taken seats in the through. cars, and were consequently obliged to alight from the train in a situation re mote from any sidewalk, and make their way through several inches of mud and slush to effect a landing as beet they could. Our attention has been called to this neglect as being inexcusable, as it is. We have been accommodating enough, in all con science, in affording tacilitics for expeditions passage etty, without itapeeing the necessity of stopping, and it is, therefore, the least that we could ask in return, that persons taking passage for this oily shall not be subjected to any , unnecessary annoyance on their arrival. Hamlet to be Read and Analyzed The subject for this evening of the popular course of analytical readings of Shakspeare, by Mr. Samuel M Cleveland, at the Assembly Building, Tenth and Chestnut streets, will be "Hamlet." From the announcement elsewhere, we see that a com parison will be instituted between this play and Byron's " Manfred." If properly treated, this will afford instruction and entertainment of a high or der, and from the large amount of study and the scholastic appreciation, which our talented young author unquestionably evinces in the discussion of the poets, the public will hardly be disappointed in expecting a rich intellectual feast. The roadings of Mr. C., in Philadelphia, have received much praise from the most respectable sources, and to that extent we have in this bold attempt of our young townsman to lay the foundation of his fame, in his own city, in this somewhat new and difficult combination of art and literature, an inversion of the time•honored adage respecting the honor of prophets, and soforth. fibs theme to-night will af ford a fine field, both for the display of dramatic power and refined criticism. We are glad to find that the public interest in these critical readings is increasing from week to week. CONTINZNTAX. TnEArßE.—Manager McKeon will doubtless be amply repaid for the expense incurred by the production of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The houses have been uniformly good, and the enter tainment is rational and effective. The Concert Saloons have been almost emptied since this piece began at the Continental, as the populace only need something stirring and sensuous to draw them away from Baal and the false gods. Of course, the drama in question has little to commend it in point of con• etruction, as the novel upon which it is based is simply a narrative, full of incident, but without plot or unity. Nevertheless, its sentiments are fearless and its positions intense. It appeals to the broadest and best feelings of men, and inculcates the freest anti truest principles. Traversing an ex. tensive field, its events are nevertheless vivid, and all tne characters distinct. A theatre like the Continental is a necessity, and we are glad that it is succeeding. TEE rErss.— PHILADELPHIA, TT_TESD AY, JANUARY 28, 1862. LATEST NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. The resignation of General SIGEL not having been accepted, his military abilities being highly appreciated, he will not renew it. As a strong friend of the Union, he will continuo in service where he can be of the most use, either in Missouri or on the Potomac. A series of events prompted him to retire from the army, but the more recent cause of complaint it is believed will be remedied. Mexican Alfalfa. General Don DOMINGO DE GOICOUVIA, of New York, arrived here to-day on important business for the Mexican Government. • Advices from tbe city of Mexico, from distill guialied comes, confirm the published accounts of the union generally of parties, heretofore opposed to each other, making common cause against the European invasion. Sickness in Camp—Reform in the nos- The Sanitary Commission have had several con ferences recently, both with the War Department and military committees of Congress, in relation to a reorganization of the hospital department. It appears that they desire the selection of officers, of the rvgulur medical staff ? more with regard to effi ciency than to the prevalent usage of seniority. The commission say they are acting on the principle that it is better to take precautionary measures against sickness in camp than fill the hospitals. The committee on lake deforteeN, of whiell Rope sentativeNom) is chairman, have been delayed in their action by the sickness of Gen McCratt.Lax, but since hts recovery they have been placed in possession of his views and opinions. They are now awaiting detailed estimates from Cien. SEITTRST but will before long make a full report with regard to the defences of the Northern frontier. Witnesses Before Congressional Commit -. tees. The President hns approved the bill repealinv the provision of a law which exempts witnesses who have been examined before an investigating corn nrittee of either House of Congress from testifying 'before court. The bill introduced by Mr. COLFAX to-day, rela tive to the postage rates on printed matter, is not a final draft, but has been referred to the Post Office Committee for further consideration. The Appointment of Auh-de-Ctnp. It is understood that the Senate, to-day, in ex ecutive session, decided the following point—name ly, that a confirmation of the aids-de-camp of major generals is not necessary, for the reason that they are in the naturo of temporary appointments, and may be made by the President on the recornmenda tion of any major general without the concurrence of the Senate, according to the act of August last. More than fifty aids-de-camp had been submitted for ontrreatica- Pennsylvania Regimental Affairs. Colonel Rutszv, of the Twenty-third Pennsylva nia Regiment, has been made a brigadier general. Colonel LONGNECKER has been appointed colonel of the Twebty.third4 in the place of Gourd 1311ititir, The Ninety-third Pennsylvania Regiment, Col. MCCARTER, is now encamped on the hill within a mile of the Chain Bridge. This regiment is made up mostly of men from Lebanon county, and num bers one thousand and forty-seven. The regiment is enjoying most excellent health. This regiment is now attached to Gen. PECK'S brigade, in Gen. REYES' division. Col. IIicCARTER is now SpOkallOf AS a brigadier, general. Penti;slTania has now only four brigadier generals out of one hundred and fifteen regiments, while New York, with a much smaller force in the field, has some fifteen or six een brigadier generals. There appenrs to be some trouble in the Ninety ninth Pennsylvania Regiment. Col. Swwanny, Lieut. Col. SEYMOUR, and three captains and four lieutenants, have resigned. The Eighth Penney lvania Rifles, formerly CAORMANN's regiment, and now commanded by Col. CRA/G, was paid off to-day. Pennsylvania Matters. Brigade Surgeon Enx, of Philadelphia, has been cosigned to genet* IhNTER's digision , in KatISAS. Captain J. REESIDP. WHITE, of Company I, Eighty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment, who has been doing efficient guard duty at Alexandria for some months, has been presented, by the members of his company, with a handsome sword, belt, and saris, Captaln Wrnrn Is a P6lldAslishlaa, AEA ryas for a long time an active member of tho Cadwala . der Grays. Some of the Philadelphia officers in Colonel _ fi.valev Regiment Paying off the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Regiments. Major BILI'A paid off the Ninety-sixth Pennsyl vania Regiment, Colonel R. L. CAKE, to-day. Nearly all the men had not received any pay for four menths, and nearly fifty thousand dollars were distributed among them. This regiment is coin• posed of men from Schuylkill and adjacent counties. They sent home over thirty thousand dollars. The Forty-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment, Col. GOOD, and the Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, Col. JACKSON, have also been paid off. The former re giment has bees ordered to Key West. Major T. S. ALLISON, on Saturday, paid Tenth New Jersey Regiment, Colonel BRYAN. The men are mostly from Camden, Gloucester, and At lantic counties. Some of the sergeants received as high as .5,80 pay. Major ALLISON also paid off du ring the week, the First New Jersey, Colonel Ton BERT; Third New Jersey, Colonel TAYLOR, and Ninth New Jersey, Colonel ALLEN. The men, as a general thing, in these regiments, send nearly the entire of their pay home to their families. Capture of Another Rebel Spy. OCCASIONAL One night last week, Captain J. P. Wt . LsoN, of the Cameron Dragoons, with Lieutenants PAUL and MORRIS, and twenty picked men from Com pony F, were ordered by General HANCOCK on a reconnoitring expedition, and also for the purpose of arresting ALBERT S. GUNNELL, one of the strongest Secessionists in Fairfax county. Captain Rit.soi4 left the camp about eight o'clock. The night was exceedingly dark, and the roads almost tin passable, and one half of the distance led the little band through a thick piece of pine woods. But notwithstanding all these difficulties, Capt. Wu.som returned to camp with his men at three &dock the next morning, having travelled about twenty-four miles. The prisoner, GUNNELL, was brought into camp mounted on a horse, believed to belong to one of Capt. WILSON'S men. He is a no torious spy, and is now in prison in this city. The Kalorama Hospital. The citizens are complaining of the small-pox cases at Kalorama Hospital. The say they should be removed farther from the city Commissioner of Public Buildings. The nomination of B. E. FRENCH as Commis sioner of Public Buildings, was confirmed in the Senate to-day. The Brig Berry and Island Belle Run th The United States brig Perry, which has for some months been anchored below Alexandria, on Saturday night ran down past the Confederate bat teries in tow of the Pusey. She was not fired fkt, The repairS to the Island Belle were finished on Saturday. She took on board General Sicar.us and some officers of his brigade, and she ran past the rebel batteries on Saturday night, without being fired at, and, after landing her passengers at Liver pool Point, laid by, until Sunday night, when she returned to Indian Head. On her return sin shots were fired by the rebels, but none struck her. The rebels appear to be again strengthening their works at Cockpit Point. Washington News and,Gossip. There is much speculation in regard to a move ment of General Ilatiszetati.a's division below Mount Vernon. It is the general belief that General llooxem's division will soon cross the Potomac, and take up a position on the Virginia shore, nearly opposite its present encampment., The ground on which HOOKER'S and SICKLES' brigades wore encamped is lowland, and has been in a sad plight during tito past two weeks. In some places the mud is knee-deep. Sergeant Jolts Mama, of Company B, Capt. ADAMS, Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania, found two railroad tickets and some other trophies belonging to the Oecessionista. The tickets are dated previous to the landing of our troops on the sacred soil, and axe " Good for this day only." a. Orange and Alex andria Railroad—Manassas Junction to Orange C. a" Lieut. A. IL Fazzmatt, of the Sixth Infantry, captured two deserters from the New York Four teenth, They were disguised in °him's' clothes, sad bad bought railroad tickets to Philadelphia. They were sent back to their quarters. The United States brig Perry, which for some months past has been anchored just below Alexan dria, fitting out for sea, was put in readiness in the early part of last week, and on Thursday night ran down past the rebel batteries in tow of the ,Prescy. She wee not fired at. The repairs to the Island Belle were completed at the yard on Saturday, and, taking on board Gen. Sichmrs and some officers of his brigade, she ran down past the rebel battfiries on Saturday night without being fired at, and after landing her pas sengers at Liverpool Point, laid by until Sunday night, when she returned to Indian Head. On her up trip six shots were fired at her by the rebels, none taking effect. Th e rebels appear to be enlarging and strengthen ing their works at Cockpit Point, as if to make the Occoquan their main line of defence on their right wing. HALIFAX, Jana 27.—The steamer Europa, sailed for Boston at five o'clock last evening. The steamer City of Mill York eailed on Saturday evening, for New York. BY TF I_,V,GRAPH. Special Despnwhees to ."The Prees•" WASHINGTON, Jan. 27, 1862 General Sigel. The Lake Defences The Post Office, .Blockade Movements of Steamers THE WAR IN MISSOURI. Itor.LA (1110 ), Jan 20.—A prominent citizen of Southwest Missouri has just arrived from Mount Vernon, Lawrence county. lie says General Rains, with about four hundred rebel troops, staid all night at Mount Vernon, on Tuesday night, the 14th itstant, on his way to Granby, where his soldiers said they were going, to work, in the lead mines. Threats were made to arrest all men who had been connected with Rome- Guard companies, and put them at work in the mines, in consequence of which a large number of Union men sere leaving the country. On the same night that Rains staid at Mount Vernon, report says that one hundred and seventy or two hundred rebels were encamped on the head of Spring river, en route for Caseyville. ,In regard to the number of troops in Northern Arkansas, the same informant says that he has it t win good authority that there are only 500 or 600 at Cross hollows and Cane hill, in iienton county; but a body of from 3,000 to 5,000 were at Tillsworth Bend, about fifty miles below Van Bergen, on the Arkansas. Several Secessionists told him that Price's forced a t sptipmfield did not exceed 10.000. This gentle man met the MOWS of the United States army du =ilea beyond Lebanon, and other troops at different points this side. Military Matters Lieutenant Colonel. JOURDAN, of the New York Tenth Legion. was tonight presented by the officers of the Fourteenth Brookyn, of which he was for merly Major, with a splendid sword and sash, to gether with gauntlets, boots, and spurs. The non - commissioned officers and privates of the Fifty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, this morning, through Captain Wiarnonn, presented Colonel BROOKE and Lieutenant Colonel McMionAm, with beautiful and costly swords. General Kent, of Pennsylvania, recently ap pointed Brigadier General, hes been assigned to a Anigade in General CASEY'S division of the army of the Potomac. Captain GREGG, of the United States army, has been appointed Colonel of the Regiment of Penn sylvania Cavalry, formerly commanded by Colonel CIIORMAN. Fire at Boston BOSTON, Jan. 27.—A 'fire occurred in the Quincy market this morning. originating in the story over the stalls. Nearly all the occupants lost by damage from {J 4 grc, and water. A few of the occupants were well insured. Messrs. Nourse j Mason it Co., agricultural implements, occupying a part of the story of the stalls, lose $20,000. The entire build ing is owned by the city, and much damaged. The total. loss is $lOO,OOO. Virginia and Slavery WHEELING, Jan. 27.—1 n the Convention, to-day, Mr. Battelle, of Ohio county, offered the following propositions in relation to slavery in the new State: " No slaves shall be brought into the State for per manent residence after the adoption of this Consti tution. All children born of slave parents in this State, on and after the 4th day of July, 1855, shall be free, and the Legislature may provide general laws for the apprenticeship of such children during their minority, and for their subsequent coloniza tion." The above propositions were referred to the com mittee on general provisions, which committee will probably report some time this week. It is not ex pected• that the committee will report any pro vision of the above character, the majority being averse to the consideration of the slavery question, but whenever that committee make their report a proposition embodying the tientimenta of the free- State men will be brought forward, and wilt be, from present indications, fiercely contested. The Supreme Court of the United States. WASHINGTON, Jan, 27 —The oath of eftee was. to-day administered, by the clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States, to Associate Justice Swayne, who took his seat. The Accident on the Troy and Rutland Railroad BOSTON. Jan. 27.—Rer..H. G. 0. Durges, mis. sionary i o Turkey, was the person killed on Satur day on the Troy and Rutland Railroad. Ile was on a visit to this country, and has two sons in the Union army. Tlit Fire at Ike Fulton Bank ) New 'York, NEW YOWL Jan. V.—The entire specie of the Fulton Bank was removed safely. • New York !lank Statement. NEW Tonic. Jan. 27.—The bank statement for the week ending on Saturday exhibits A decrease of bonne An increase in epecie . A decrease of circulation, A decrease in deposits More Developments of Treason THE POTTER INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE MAKE THEIR REPORT. The Potter Investigatieg committee made their The Washington correspondent of the New York report to the of RepreaeritatlYes yesterday. Post, speaking of the report, says : Charges against more than five hundred persona have been inveslipated ; in many eases, the evi. deuce was so unsatisfactory that it was only sent to the proper authorities to warn them against pos sible danger, and it has been suppressed in the report. _The testimony against the clerks is of a uniform expressing sy — ritiiteiso i l.l h itss!l!.. with uttering th_e Numerous Cases are brought up and - considereTin the report, and it. is unnecessary to quote them. The most important case in the report is that of Lieutenant Colonel William Maynadior, which, with litre or. three minor cases, i send in full. This officer holds the responsible post of assistant to the Chief of Ordennee_ The peinelpa charges affecting his loyalty are—first. that he was a party to the eife, in December, 1860. of John B. Floyd, then Secretary of War, to transfer cannon to the South, under the pretence of arming fiwtifications at Galveston and Ship Island, which. in fact, had no existence ; but, in reality, to furnish the muni. tions of war for the intended rebellion ; and,second, that he was privy to the sale, by Floyd, of 100.000 or more muskets to A. A Belknap, and 20,000 to other parties, in violation of law, and to the great detriment of the public service, the object being to disarm the Government and to arm its rebel enemies. Lieut. Col. Maynadier, in executing or attempting to execute the order of Floyd. for the transmission of ore hundred and forty-one of the largest cannon from Pittsburg to the Gulf of Meliee, did it with the full knowledge that one of the forts was unfinished and the other not even begun. It is scarcely less clear that Maynadier must have known or believed that the object of Floyd in giving the order was to disarm the Government, and to arm its rebel ene mies. He is conceded to be one of the most intelligent men in the !WWI, and has been in the Ordance Department, as assistant, for nearly twenty years. He speaks with evident pride of the confidence reposed in him by Jefferson Davis and Floyd. of their frequent consultations with him, in preference to his superior, Colonel Craig, end it is therefore not to be believed . that he would have withheld an opinion from the Secretary of War in regard to the impropriety of sending cannon to the Gulf coast to arm fortifications which had no existence, from motives of mere modesty. He says that " his duty was obedience, not question ing." On the 17th of September following, Colone Craig was relieved from duty as head of theOrd !mem lseeeu, and on the 234 Maynedier was substituted in his place. The day preceding the appointment a proposition was made to Floyd by A. A. Belknap "to purchase of the department from one to two hundred and fifty thousand of United States flint locks and altered percussion muskets, and to have the same delivered to me or my agents in New York city." This feet is taken from Belknap's, evidence before the Military Com mittee of the last House of Representatives, report No. 85, which your committee have felt at liberty to use in this connection. "As originally written," says Belknap, a the proposal was for two dollars per gun. but the words and fifteen cents' were interlined before the paper was presented to the War Department." On the back of said letter is the following en , dontement ; " The within proposition is accepted to the extent of one hundred thousand muskets, and as many more up to the maximum number as the service will spare." Signed, J. B. Floyd, Se cretary of War. Subsequently Floyd, by estrange freak, professed to discover that the price for which the arms were sold was less then be supposed when be accepted the bid, and said that they should not be delivered for IFss than $2 50 per musket. Belknap leaves us to 'infer that the new terms were accepted, and says that " Secretary Bolt refuses to give me the guns" Lieut. Col. Maynadier speaks of this transaction Bs a mere bid on the part of Belknap, and deelares' That "Sot a single musket has been sold to Bel knap at any price." According to the testimony of Colonel Craig before the Military Committee, 100.000 muskets were sold to G. B. Lamar on the 24th day of Noveraber,lB6o-5.000 to the State of blifaisrippi on the 4th of December. and 5,000 to the State of Louisiana on the 15th of the same month. AD these sales, then, occurred within less than a month after the removal of Colonel Craig and the appointment of Lieut. Cola Maynadier. and imme diately subsequent to the appearance of Col. Craig's report, in which he protests against the sale of more smell arms. Col. Craig states that only 50.000 of the 141.000 arms sold during Floyd's administration of the War Department were advertised, as regnired by the law of 1825, and that ho protested against further sales. The consequence was his removal, and the substitution of Lieut. Col. Maynadier, under whom these immense sales were made to aid the cause of treason by a corrupt violation of law. The 20,000 last mentioned were sold to parties and to States in open or threatened rebellion against the Goyornment, and the fact was as well known then that they were to be used against the Govern ment of the United States as it is now. In the evidence of Belknap, he mentions George Saunders, a well-known traitor, as one of his ad visers in the purchase of the 100,000 muskets. The whole conduct of Floyd leaves not a doubt that he believed he was making a sale to parties in the in terest of the rebellion, and it were affectation to suppose that, in annulling the original agreement at the rate of $2.15, he was actuated by honorable or patriotic motives. The only rational explanation of his conduct in cancelling the contract, therefore, is to be found in the supposition that he discovered that a mistake had been made, and that his fellow conspirators could not obtain possession of the arms. Here, then, we have incontrovertible evidence that within a month after Lieutenant Colonel Maynadier was placed at the head of the Ordnance Department twenty thousand stand of arms were sold to the rebel enemies of the country ; and that one hundred to two hundred and fifty thousand stand were bargained for, evidently with the ex pectation that they were to go into the same hands. Yet Lieutenant Colonel May nadiar made no pro test nor entered complaintin any manner ; and, indeed, Nig Pot gtemptod to show ttutt 1444 net fully conscious of the treasonable objeot of the Ales to which he was privy. ORDNANCE. ARRIVING.—IIeavy ordnance con tinues tcrartive ma Pennsylvania Railroad, a large number of the heavy thirteen-inch mortars being among the lot The latter are being rapidly trans !erred to the mortar fleet fitting out at Now York, making it one of the most formidable which have yet been planned. Large quantities of gun-carriages, es well as shot, shell, and ammunition, are also con stantly being received. XXXVIITII CONGRESS-FIRST SESSION. Several petitions in favor of emancipation, also for the appointment of homeopathic surgeons in the army, were presented. Mr. SHERMAN, of Ohio, presented the petition of the mayor and authorities of Springfield, Ohio, relative to the radiniall armory. Ni-. LANK, of Indiana, preeeniea the petition or the Board of Trade of Indianapolis, in relation to the na tional armory. Mr. KING presented n petition against all further tragic ie public lands. Mr. 11A1t1PIb, of New York, presented the memorial of the Chamber of Commerce, and others, in favor of the continuation of the coast survey. Also it resolution front ono branch of the Assembly of New Vork, relative to frauds, &c. Mr. ►TALE, of New Hampshire, from the Naval Com mittee, made n report in relation to the answer of the Secretary of the Navy to the resolution in regard to the Morgan contracts. Mr. WADE, or Ohio, offered ejoietresoirition in order to devalue: concentrate., and tiring into effect the mo. chanical resources of the United States for the suppres sion of the rebellion, and future defence of the country The resolution authorises the Superintendent of the Comma to perform much duties under direction of the Secretary of War, and collect RUCti war etstistics as in the judgment of the Secretary of. War may he right and Mr. GRIMES, of Iowa„ oppomeil putting the Superin tendent of the Census under the direction of the beers. tary of War. On motion of Mr. FESSENTEN, the latter part of the resolution was modified so as to read, "-The Superin tendent of the Census is authorized to furnish the Secre tary of Wor with ttnth wgr sfactstics, from time to time, cc the Secretary may deem necessary for the one of the Department." The resolution as amended was passed. Mr. HALE, of New Hampshire, offered a resolution that the Secretary of the Navy he requested to inform the Senate what was the cost of the ship-of-the-line Pennsylvtinia, how many cruises she has made, and wren the ship Alabama was built, at what coat, whether she weft for it eallllig vessel, or eau he altered to a darner, Sic. Laid over. Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, introduced a hill for the more effectual suppression of tho sl ,ve trade. Re ferred. Mr KING, of New York, presented a resolution from. the Lagi,lature of New York, instructing the senators from that State to vote for the abolition of the franking privileBe. Mortal_ Mr. WADE:. of Ohio, called up the resolution making an addition to the joint rules of both houses—to wit, that, during the present rebellion, when any :mintier of the Bonne or Senate shall rise in his seat and state that the I.xecutive department of the Government desires imme diate action on any matter perteieing to the suppression of the psest-tit rebellion, the House or Sonata, as the case may be, shah go into secret session and proceed te , the comiderntion of the measure proposed, and the debate thereon be limited to five minutes to each speaker, and slur vote be taken before the attjournment. Any breach of em crecy (unless the injunction be removed) shall he punish. able by expulsion, if by a member, and if by any officer of the Muse, be punishable as tho hotly in Which it oc. curs shall impose. Mr. WADE, of Ohio, modified the relic, ntion, so as to strike out the limitation of debate to five minutes, though he thought lie never learned anything after a person. had spoken live minutes. Mr. t'LIMNER, of Massachusetts otTered an amend that the region of secret session shall he Bah mitred to the hotly In which it is 'proposed, ilant ii the ma jority decide in favor, it shall go immediately into secret mention without debate. Mr. FE-SENDEII, of Maine, said he had no objection to the resolution, and no objection to the amendment of the senator from Massachusetts, if it referred only to the Senate. Mr. 'FOSTER. of Connecticut, did not believe in what the facetious called a secret session." lle thought that what trenspited in secret session was reported sooner than chat took place in open seasion. Ile did not consider secret sessions an element of power. lie did not abject to the revolution. however. Mr. TB , :IYIBT.iLL, of Illinois : was glad the resolution had oven offered. He said for some reason the whoie country felt more hopeful in the thought that the army was to he used to put down the rebellion. There seettltd to be more activity and pre;paration for a mov, most. tie thought the credit for this was due tattle War Uommittee. Be did not believe in secret sessions, as the people ought to knew alt that is being don.; but if the Senate thouht it necessary to do certiiiii iiiiainewi in secret ho would not ohjece. But it wane great power to put in the bends of any single member to compel either body to go into secret session. And as for secrecy le tug maintained, there is a rule now in existence for the expulsion of any member who may divulge the proceedings of the exeM tive session of the Sarate. Yet, what do we see now I Neatly pverithing published the next day in an exagge rated form. lfe would rather Mere n regular rep in than these garbled accOunts. Mr. CHANDLER,of Michigan, urged the necessity for the measure, but was in favor of leaving the form of pun ishment for divulging the proceedings to the discretion of either body. If there was a traitor in tnis hody who would divulge the secrets of his office. h 9 hnng Mr. MALE, of New Hampshire, wanted to say a single word about the (lbgrace of haying garbled reports Ui everything done in ;met session. EN pre bairn that, in futue. if iIE flaw the rule rel ttin3 to secrecy broken, be w010 . . 11..,, g the subject to the notice of the Senate and endeavor to have the &fen ter punished. NVADE 'mid there were measures which ought to Fe eonsidered only iii secret session, and if this rule was established, he would more a secret session immediately. Ifs we confider business in open session, the relicts know all about it in en hour. Senators do'not seem to realize that we are in a state of war. Indeed, our war has been so much like peace that it is no wonder. But the com mittee of which he was a member (the Special Committee on the Conduct of the War) bad determined that some thing, should he d ne. We must act with the 'Executive department { or else force the Executive to take into his own hands the powers which below to Congress. The resolution had been modified so that when any member makes a motion to go into secret session the doors shall be shut, and the member state his reasons, and the ma jority determine whether to continue the secret (session. On motion of Mr. SB A It,IA N, of Ohio, the subject was postponed tilt to-morrow, and the ease of aenator Bright taken 1111‘ *3,313,753 , P,17,060 . 541,011 . 2,45%314 Mr. LATHAM. of California, proceeded to speak at length In favor of Mr. Bright. He contended that public Opinion an the first of March. 1861. was different from What it is now. The Senator from Indiana is not to he judged by the opinion now for what he slid when opinion was very differ ent. If the letter writ'en by the Senator from Indiana had been read in the Senate on the second or Marcb t it wouiti have fallen harmlessly on the ears of Senators. He referred to and read from the speech of the Senator from Texas, (Mr. Wigfall,) delivered on the second of March, which was full of treason; yet ho notice was taken of it. He also referred to the speech of Mr. Toombs, on the second of January, declaring that the. South bad armed themselve, i yet them t e en were allowed to go home. If from these 111CIFILMAC. 11. , 1,5111. gindnei. 11 .naw..1•144.,5,4, 11.414 they were equally guilty in not having these traitors ar rested. But 1:10110 of these speeches were believed by the people of the country, and none of the Senators who made them wereexpelled or their names stricken from the roll till July. He claimed that on the first of March there scan no war, and no one dreamed that war wonid ensue. COnkresli'did not believe tiers would be any war. En. It aajoutnee on the 4th of March, without, even the intro duction of any measure calculated for a state of war. He quoted the inaugural of the President, and the speeches of Mason, Douglas, and ressenden—all made after Mr. Bright's letter was written, and all assert. ing that there was t..) be no war. He also quoted the, instructions of the Secretary of State as late as the 10th of April, stating that there was to ha no war. The mail+ were not stopped till Dtai, contendel that all these facts showed conclusive] V that no one believed there would be war, and there bad been no disloyal intent in the mind of the Senator from Indiana when he wrote this letter—as early as the Ist of March. Many of the news papers now howling for the blood of the Senator frorn Indiana were then willing to let the Southern States go in peace rather than have war. He read an extract front the New York Tribune of the Bth .f. November. 1860. The Senator from Kentucky seems to find fault with the Senator from Indiana because he voted far BrecilinfigoQ, He (Mr. Latham) also Toted for Dreckinridae, Mr. DAVIS said he complained because the electoral ticket was run in Indiana, whit the only ohject wag to insure the defeat of Douglas and elect Lmcoln. He asked if the Senator from California subscribed to the doctrine of State Rights, as taught by Virginia politi cians? Mr. LATHAN replied that hq wie not to be dirtrted by the discussion of party politics. His VIEWS nn State Rights were well known; but he had always opposed the doctrine , of Seces:ion from the first. . Mr DAVIS was glad to hear it. Re thought that the doctrine of State Rights, as entertained by Virginia poli ticians, had created all the political mischief and de hanchrd the public mind. LATUAM continued woo opposed to the pro scription of any man for his political opinions, The bells of Time are ringing changes fast, and tho old land marks of the Constitution are fading away. The liberty of the press is gone, and citizens are rotting in political Bastiles, beyond the power of the habeas corpus. If the Government will eing to the Constitution, it must tri umph as sure as night succeeds day; but if it did not, he feared We were on that stream which bears great nations down to the great ocean of Oblivion, to be forgotten for. ever and forever. The Senate then went into executive session, and sub sequently adjourned. ROUSE OF. REPRESENTATIVES Mr. WATTS, delegate from Nee• Mexico, introduced a bill in aid of the construction of a military road. west of the Blisaouri river, by way of Forte Leavenworth and Riley, to Penver. city. /inferred to tile Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad. Mr. COLFAX, of Indiana, introduced a bill to render more uniform the postage on printed matter. Itefezred to the Post. Office Committee. Mr. COLFAX said, in explanation, that instead of the three bundn d rates now existing on printed . matter, the bill he had pre.entcd provided for three, viz: On newspapers less tbatiStwo ounces in weight, and on which postage is now chargeable by law. floe cents nor quarter for weeklies, when carried less than two thou sand miles, and ten cents for emi-weeklies, &c:, ac cording to the number of issues per week. On maga zines and periodicals a half cent per ounce. On books and other mailable matter sent through the incite one cent per ounce—over two thousand miles, double postage to be charged. He eaid this would simplify the rates 15C , that every Postmaster and subscriber could understand them clearly, which they could not do now, and would supersede the rates of three and a quarter and six and a half cents per quarter, which no ono could pay ex actly in Federal coin. - 'the House then went into Committee of the Whole upon the state of the Union, upon the West Point Aca demy bill. Mr. gE.Ng r jp, Noetnelty, in reply tV the gentle man who had preceded him in debate, explained the pas I sition of Kentucky. Neutrality was the policy adopted by the Dieunionists, so that they might for a while enjoy the benefits of the Union withent sharing iu the respon sibility for its preservation, and finally carry over the State to the rebels. The Dieunionists in Kentucky acted worse than the rebels of the revolted States, because they tried to transfer that State to the rebels when they knew a large majority of the people were against it The Union men of Kentucky have dune as much for the General Go vernment as tney possibly could under the circumstances, and of this the Administration is aware, and appreciates their conduct. Re combatted the principle enunciated by Mr. Stevens to emend pate the slaves of the rebels, and compensate the loyal masters for this description of pro• perty. le (Mr. Stevens) must Save obtained this idea from that Illustrious man, Janice Buchanan, whose re presentative he was, living in the Lancaster district. Mr. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, disclaimed any Intl, macy with Kr. Buchanan. Re bad not spoken to hifn . since he attempted to make Kansas a slave State. Mr. MINZIES, resuming, alluded to the Ostend ma nifesto, in which Buchanan, with abler ministers to to reign courts, advocated the purchase ore - item This nes to buy the property of a foreign rower, but the propo _ shim', of Mr. Stevens was to buy the property of loyal Citizens without consulting them. As to the, price, He stood by the Constitution of his fathers, which could not be perverted to a scheme of general emancipation. The plea of neceesity wits no justification. No such necessity exists. The executive branch of the Government is, ho said, with us for the Constitution and preservation of the Union. and for carrying on the war according to the plat form offered by Mr. Crittenden, and adopted in July last. Our conduct toward the rebels should at least be shaped so as to do the least injury to loyal men. When the rebels shall have repented of their mins, and Dahill the hulks which the salve would not eat lie, for one, would receive them hack. This was the first point at which he wished to have any peaceable Intercourse with them. Mr. RIDDLE, of Ohio, said this question of slavery Is in, over, and through everything, politically speak ing, and it is everything. Ile maintained that slavery is war, prosecuting its own purposes, through its own means of aggression and conquest; awl when the peo ple of the free States had resolved to put a limit to its further extension, slavery took up its old war club. The elettion of Ahrollom Lincoln liml nothing to do with this mar. in the event of the «lection of Stephen A. Douglas, with a elight difference, the canto contest would have ensued. in the fundamental taw slaves aro known only as persons, and legislation by Congress is without limitation as to persons. Thorn la the amplest power within the limits of the Constitution for changims the personal status of theseslaves. Be would confident; the property of the rebels ' and declare their staves free. Reasons might he found to go further than this. Ae coroing to the present policy, we are the allies of our enemies Railing auraelves. A nation whin' noes into this contest to mincingly and besotted, will Mel in the end that there is indeed a death. struggle. Gentlemen who turn their pallid faces away, mid hold their weak stomachs must go to the rear, while the brunt of the battle will be placed in mher hande. Whenever lie could Sod a constitutional right to deal with slavery, he +could strike it a blew and pray God to make the blow effectual. The PeOtle i , re in nilvtince of the President i aiteak of the slow, balling progress of the Administration. The %QOM of the radical forces his produced a radical movement, not among politiciaus, but among the races of Men. Mr. Etlh EFFIE D, bt /11110,110 ISIRIIII, expreesed his sur prise et the sentiment here enunciated, that Congress hiss the power by simple enactment to emaucipate alittwslitres WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 7 1962 BE N ATE held under the lawn of all the slaveholding States. After thin announcement, he was not at all surprised to hear the principle asserted that, In a certain exigency, Con gym bee the power to declare a dictator to control the Government. According to Its views the Constitution was a compact of the entire people with every individual, by which the Government is bound to afford protection, and the people to reodorubedience, on the terms and con ditions set forth in the Constitution. We cannot take property except by due process of law, and this pro vision is governed by the other prohibiting the pas sage o - any bill of attainder. The Constitution must he taken as a whole and not in detached parts. It is an instrument of delegated and limited Dowels. We have no right to instruct the Executive hi the discharge of hie duties any n ore than the Executive has to instruct Hon orees how they shall perform theirs. The powers of et morass end when the armies aro in the field; the Pre sident is at the head of them. The laws of peace give way to the laws of war. A state of peace is inconsistent with a state of war. The tso cannot exist together, The ergwed, quoting from the decision of HA &Wehrle Court, to show that the execution and direction of war is with the President, according to the laws of war. He had no doubt that the President, in marching the armies into the enemy's com.try, has the right to order the cap ture of the personal property of the rebels, but he would not nndertahe to legislate the rebellion down. Fla would tint it tlown in the only way it ceiil Lie pill tiown- , -- namely, by lighting; and, after the war was over, he would art in reference to the slaves with the bent tight he should then have. He believed Congress had nothing to do with the quention now. They should not I)o di vided in council, lint unite all their energies in the pro secution of the war. youniscunus &bun was hero closed by s meal. floc, when the Military Academy apprnpriation Dill WM read az d reported to the House, without amendment, and passed. The comideration of the executive, judicial, and le gislative appropriation bill, was resumed. Mr F. A. CRINKLING, of New York, moved an amendment, that no provision In the bill shall be con- Mood atl giving authority to any t - enotor or in:presenta tive to receive more than two mileages for this Congress. The Clia;rniaii ruled the amenament out of order, as being independent legislation. Without concluding their action on the bill the House adjourned. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. lIARRISBURG, January 27. 1882 SENATE. The Senate was called to order at 3 o'clock hy the Clerk, who read a note from the Speaker deputing Mr. Lawrence to act during his absence. Mal= Mr. STEIN, a petition from Northampton connty for the passage of ite act relative to landlords and tenants. Mr. NIESTAND, a petition from Lancaster city asking that the receiver of taxes of said city be elected by the people. I,OWILY 7 two from Erie county, alleging that the oMcers of the Dunk of Continuos' arc guilty of trawl mid perjury, and asking for the appointment of a com mittee of investigation. Mr. IRISH, from the Committee on Estates and Es- CE rate, reported, with a favorabte recommendation, the bill authorizing W. G. Freeman, administratora of the estate of Wm Coleman, late of Lebanon county, de- Cratt,i, ::Cll certain rest estate, Mr. CONNELL, a bill to provide for the more cermet and faithful] ntsessment of real estate in Philadelphia; also, a bill relative to prothonotaries in Philadelphia. lifr. STEIN, a bill relative to landlords awl tenants. Mr. 80 - COI-ITER, a hill providiog for the settlement of the china °tibia, Marini. Mr. 111ESTAND, a supplement to the act of 1830, rrl•tive to roads, highwaya, ant bridges.. Mr. - KETCHAM, a bill to incorporate the Hyde Park Cr metery A erwciat ion. Mr. t 4 ERIIII.L. a hill for the relief of Charles Johnson, late trensurur of Thiamin, county. Mr. IRISH introduced the followinc, Whereas, The policy of liberating the slaree of rebett, declared and adopted by Major General John C. Fre mont, when in conunat ,1 of the Womtern Departmeat of the artnY, in the only policy compatible with 511CCerRI in crumbing the rebellion and remtering the integrity of the Ci.vprnniont t and Whereas, Be was removed from command while at the head of his army, in the fi 111, and in the face of the en. my : and whereas a thorough and prolonged exami nation 'Of his administration, while in command, has ft fled to sustain the reports and charges, by which lie was assailed, or to disclose any facts calculated to shake the &111fieigt1P0 of the country in hie prudence', courage, and pittriotirm: therefote, be it Resolved, That, in the opinion of this Le.vielature, the exigencies of the public service require that Major Gene ral John Charles Fremont should be immediately restored to is command in the army. The resolution wits appropriately referred. . TAKATIbM_ ITr. LOWRY introduced a preamtda and resolution in reference to taxation, which instraota the Finance CoM• mittee to confer with and engitest to the Revenue Com missioners, to report a bill repealing all laws exempting property from taxation ' • and to impose taxes on tobacco, liquore; to increase hotel end mercantile licenses' int••,b a , Stamp duties i a tax per capita on every citizen 't a tax on fner,int , e, notea, eertifieatea of tlOPoil',, &c.. embracing a great varlets , or tSexable articles. The resolution was conifiderod and finally postponed; and ordered to be printed. On Mellott of Mr. CoNNBLL, the hill to incorporate the Atlietnesim Association, of Germantown, was taken up nod 0..441. On motion of Mr. CRAWFORD, the bill for the relief of Dickinson College seas considered and passed. On motion of Mr. KETCHAM, the resolution author - king she Auditor Ge.,eral to re-examine the claim of flatimel G. Brobst was considered and referred to the Committee on Claims. KETCHAM called up the supplement to the act relative to courts in this Commonwen.llll. [This hill lain tended to nertuit amendments and facilitate proceedings in equity.] It was diecue9ed and postponed, when the Senate adjourned. The Rouse was called to order at 3 o'clock P. M. by the Speaker. Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Moore, of narribburg. The gPEARER Dr 4 Pnted the annual repatta of tlio. Penns)lraola Fchool for the Instruction of the Blind, and of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company; also, the rerurt of the State. Treasurer, on the claim of John Kelly, of Lawrence county. GM= Mews. INiCELEEAND, A RDOY, and MYERS pre. ecniva peiitione praaing rof an ajil+FoiViatloli f Ashland lnwtihate. Mr. BATES presented a petition asking for the forma tion of a new county out of parts of Warren, Crawford and Yenango counties. Ni. COC - Ii RAN, of Philadelphia, presented a petition from the Central Association of Banks, for the suppres sion of counterfeiting, asking art nonrooriation, The pe. Atmitrid..h,v _norms Robins, president, and E. has been instrumental, since July 3, 1860 c ,rn the convi t Fop an d sentence of forty-one persons. rt conata • ninety banks, of which sixty-one are i's n Pennsyt i vanis, eighteen in New Jens y, eight in Delaware, aud three in Maryland, the aggregate capital represented by these institutions being t5:?3,934,835. The tends have beep oh talio..l L 1 eseeeen‘vnts on the banks. The petitioners also ask that a law may be passed requiring counterfeit or altered bank-notes to be so stamped upon their face by cashiers or other officers. DILLE INTRODUCED 8311TII, of Cheater, introduced an act incorpo rating the New &London Association for the tlete;tion o thieves. Mr. TATE, an act to prevent the hunting of deur with dogs, in &tem his county, Mr. COWAN, an act to reaudit the accounts of the late treasurer of Warren county. Mr. TRACY, an act to divorce Stanley Dimmick and his wife. Mr. t..OO.IIRAN, of Philadelphin, an act for the snp pressien and destruction of counterfeit bank notes. The act is as follows : tikerie.x 1. Be it enacted, etc., That from and after the Met day of May next it shall be the duty of any toilet' be othee ofEe'ei , Of slut= bank who shall receive in payment, or upon deposit, or for redemption from any oilier bank, or who shall have presented Gent any per- SOD, a counterfeit or worthless bank note, or a hank note which has been altered from its original dpnomicie- Ron, or piper not a bank note, Milt made in the simili tude thereof, or paper purporting to be the note of a bank which never existed, to write or stamp upon sit encl. counterfeit notes the word " counterfeit'," upon all idle; altered notes the word 1, altered," and upon all such other notes and papers the word u worthless," neding thereto the name of the bank and the initials of the officer by which the writing or stamp is made. SEC. 2 Any teller or other officer of any bank who sinall wilfully 81111 knowingly neglect or refuse to write upon or some any note or notes. se prescribed in the 'Preceding section, shallforfelt and pay the full amount of the mite or notes allowed to pass without being so written upon or stamped. And if th- teller or other officer of any bank, by mistase or inadvertence, and not fraudulently, so writes upon or stamps a bank note, which is nut a counterfeit, or altered, or worthless note, such bank shell be liable to pay to the holder its value on demand- SC. 3. It shalt bottle duty of all pollee mime, eon _ stabes, or other persons who may seine or come into the possession of any counterfeit bank notes, diel, piatee, ci ins, ormatei Misused in counterfeiting or coining, after the trial of any person or persons charged with the un lawful possession or use thereof, to deliver the same to the sheriff of the county in which such trial shall take Place, and the court before whom he, she, or they may be tried, shall order the said sheriff to destroy the said notes, d•es. plates, coins, or materials for counterfeiting or coin ing, and it anal he the duty of the said sheriff forthwith to execute the same and make report thereon. Mr. COW AN, an act to incorporate the Allegheny Transportation Company. EMEEDIM A suPPlement to the act incorporating the Oil Creek Railroad Company. A supplement to the act incorporating the Reading and ColumLiw ltaltrned. An act extending the time for the completion of the Duncennon and Ludiaburir Railroad An act relative to taxes on unseated lands in the county of Tioga. An act authorizing the sale of certain real estate of the Shannon Iron Company. An act relative to the payment or a direct tax. ENGRAVEIie COMPANY The Ileuse proceedea to the eonehlerratleil of sn aef in corporating the AmencaniEngravers' Company. Mr. WILEY moved to amend by inserting the name of John M. Butler as one of the corporators. 'rho bill was postponed without any further action, by a vote of 49 yeas to 13 nays. Mr. DENNIS ietrudtteed an act supplementary to the act incorimeating the efts of Philadelphia, an follows : Be it enacted, Sc:, That the Mayor of Phihulelohia, in the month of Novehiher,lE62, sad 6holiollE thevenftee, shall appoint, by and with the advice of. Select Council, one person (having a knowledge of the value of real estate in the city of Philadelphia) to serve aspity Com missioner for three years, from the first day of' January next succeeding his appointment; and in the case of a vacancy, he shall appoint a person as City Commissioner to serve the term of the person to WilOn place he shall have bean appointed. All laws providing for the ales_ Lion of Pity eommissioners in the city of Philadelphia from the passage hereof be, and the same are hereby, re paled. Mr. DONNELLY, from the committee appointed to consider the contented election of Mr. Willey, offered a minority report, setting forth that the use of the word "Assembly".on the tickets, instead of "Representative," was illegal, and that Wm. 0 Snyder, contestant Cr Mr. Wildey bad ce upped With the 6iTy4i-lhioti of the law, and should have been allowed to occupy' the seat in the Le gislature. An act to refund certain monies to Samuel J. Walker, executor of the .state of Joseph X. Newhall, was read, comidered, and passed. Also, an act to incorporate the Shamokin and Bear Valley Rhilroad Company• Also, an set to authorize the trustees of the DI. E. Church at Downingtown to sell cart ain real estate. The act introduced by Mr. CESSNA, fer the payment of a direct tax, to RP follows : SECTION 1. Be it enacted, etc., That the quota of the direct tax apportioned to the State of Pennsylvania by the act of Congress, entitled " an act to provide increased revenue from imports, to pay interest ou the public debt, and for other purposes," passed on the fifth day of August. 1801, be and the same is hereby Gemmed by the Stated Vennaylvanie,and that for the purpose of pay Ina and satis fying the same to the treasury of the United States, (after deducting fifteen 'tor centum thereon, in accordance with the provisions of said act,) the Governor is hereby au thorized lo Meats° to the United States the whole or any part of the claim of this Slate against the United States, and to pay any balancerof said quota, that may remain due after such release, out of any moneys heretofore re funded or that may hereafter be refunded to this State, by the V,nited States, on account of expenses incurred by this stoic, in claroiiiii,ft . , MlLAkif.”6, ,k,}1.1., 15, supp l y i ng, armi ng , equipping, paying, and transporting volunteers employed in aiding to suppress the present insurrection against the United States. Au act to provide for the appointment of fence viewers was passed. Adjourned. lira would call attention to the annual statenumt of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, an institution that has reached its high position no to Strength and refoky in public °cadence by lie ex cellent management. It will be seen that the scrip dividend is impressed to thirty-five per cent , and OA the scrip of 1850, 18M, and 1852 will be re ceivable in payment of premiums after theirst day of March next. STOLIOI GOODS.—Yesterday 4ftollooll a Ve.- grant was arrested by the Seek:mil district pollee, bavtog in bis possession a lot, of children's clothes. The articles are at the SueoAs•digtriot station , ho46a awaiting an owner. THE CITY THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY niumo—Yestoro day morning, in the Court of Quarter Sessions, Judge Allison, the case of William A. Husband, Benry McManus, Francis Huxley, and Paul 13. An thony. charged with a conspiracy to cheat and de fraud Mrs. Bowen and her daughters, was resumed. The courtroom was well packed with apectators, all of whom seemed to take a great interest in the prodoodinge The witnesses, as before, wore ca eluded from the building and called in as wanted. Thomas B. Atkinson, sworn.—l am Mayor of Carnien ; know Rosanna Bowen and daughters from the fact that had them arrested. Mr. Cassidy. What for 2 Objected to by Mr. Mann, and enstained. Other people know Mrs. Bowen. and from her general reputation I )T9111411 , 4 bidimm Imr op bar oath ; IlMaw the daughters; they lived with their mother in a small street on Library street. Question by fir. Cassidy. "Do you know what they did for a living 2" Mr. Mann objected to the tnestion. He cited the do. vision of Judge Gib.n 7 that the veracity of a female cannot be teettnl by her general character for chtietity. On thin point, Dlr. MAIM briefly contended that, if the Character of a w•itnees is to be impeached, that witness must be named hi a straightforward manner, and not assail their character as a general done, simply from the fact that they were brought before him and committed on expo rte muniments. The Judge said ho thought the evidence might go to the jury. Witness resinmed.-1. Issued a warrant for the arrest of Eosaunn Bowen, on complain t of a colored woman, nettled Ann Bounds ; I went to the hone with six of my Wilco dicers; it was on. Christman eve of I See ; we entered the house; found little or no furniture in It; upstairs we foetid Mrs_ Bowsn t her daughters two little children, and two yonng mon in the 1101 t twain corner of the room was a bed; in the southwest corner was a trundle bed; the girls were lying on the floor; the young men were bitting up; this was all we saw; it was a sad eight; the family had been there about six weeks, I suppose; I never was there any time before that; when she wan before me L spoke about her business to her; after this hearing was over I spoke to her about prostituting her own diuMhterk; sho burst into team and said silo mad not help. It ; a neither of 04111bASerl Were egalithied; hat daughters and the two young risen; I cannot single the girls ant; canuot recognize one from the other; I would not believe either one on her oath. Cross.exemim d.-1 can't say which one is Mary' Mr. Amos Atkinson is no relation of mine ; I do not know him ; 1 have beard Alderman . Alsolmis, Police-pincer Force. end Poliemottlesr Brawl speak against thorn t I do net know anybody who ever !spoke agattait Sarah ot` Diary ; I suppose there are plenty at Camden who could. Louis Heckert, sworn.--I em a ship carpenter, acid work in the navy yard ; formerly lived in Camden, where was in the police force; I have seen Rosanna Bowen and daughter at tta-fr holm, in Camden; bad no nem xion to visit them, only when we went there on the 16th of December,lSee f I lIOVbe beard people talk about her character for telling the truth or anything else. Anna Bounds, colored woman, sworn.—l used to livo in Camden ; 1 now live somewhere down town, in Phila. del plait; I lived in the back part of the house, and airs. Bowe', In the front part of the house; she kept a dissi pattli helm' a print litqlli t'f hyr,lifnshiern HYPI 11414 her, five or six; I never was in her house; they made a good deal el noise there; young inen used to go there day end night; I don't know anything about hire. Bowen for telling the truth; 1 never heard any people speak about her for telling the truth ; I saw a man and ltosanna act ing in at very indecent manner in tier house ; they were arrested about two weeks lifter that; I do nut know what 0.4 alit foe a living. ('rosr•exnmined,—l did not one them; I made to com• plaint against teem because they made so much noise, and I had a sick child; I did not get any warrant out; I just made complaint to Mayor Atkinson ; I 'paid for the warrant, and after this the mayor paid me back for the warrant; be paid me a half dollar; I hail the money to pay for the warrant; nobody gave me the money, Isaac Davis sworn.—l reside in Camden; I was on the police force there in December, lit 00; Rosanna Bowen lived in a small street in South ward, Camden; I was at her house when we made the arrest; the party were taken before the mayor; I know a number of people who know Rosanna Bowen; her character for telling the Beth la rho worst kind; I would not LOMA% hot midst oath, ft on, nil I have heard. Cross-examined.—lt was when. Mrs. Bowen was first arrested that I heard people speak of her character fur telling the truth; Mrs. Bowen was not sworn there' eho never took any oath there; these . Man, whom I have spoken of, are all police officers; they are the ones who would not believe ber ; this whole case was considered to be nn leb!Mein ain4, 1 .44 this , ' , 04 °he reason Wbi thee would not believe her under oath ; the other reason was because she contradicted herself; the people talked about her when she was in prison. Ellen Bressell, sworn.—Reside in Camden; I live with my husband; know Mrs. B.oBattlla Bowen from hearsay' she resided light at the end of my yard; I have not heard p-61,14 bilk 5110 has Wilmette far telling the Melt. I never heard it spoken di I. do WA know who lived with her; heard she bad five or six daughters; never saw Men or women going in there. Lewis Woodruff sworn. I live about three miles from Bridgeton, Cumberland county. N. J. ; I am a farmer; I own five farms in New Jersey; I know the pregmrty , for. nierly mei:tied by Jonathan Bowen; I a Ai ige or NM flit fair value of the Bowen farm in MO; I con• bider was BIRO; others might give more; 1 Include till that I supposed his family now Otql ; the mold of the soil is poor, thin land; it has been well worked out; there is a swamp on both ends of the fat m ; I don't think there was any timber land; there might be some swamp wood in it; I have same woodland mar this farm ; I Wigan am chile jage et the cethitY court for it tenm of five Fee"; I was quite well acquainted with Mr. Bowen ; I did not know Mrs. Bowen before she was married; . I don't re. (ABM that I ever heard her character for truth ones. tinned; I'm not very well acquainted with the farm owned by - Slcßeen. Elias Dougherty sworn.—l keep a hotel at Bridgeton and own opine land there; I should suppose tho Bowen form to lie worth about $1,400; I saw the farm after Mr. Anthony went thete. Mr. Cuddy now offered it, show adit M. An thony offered to sell to witness the very beat of the land at $3 per acre. This was objected to and ruled out. Witness resurned.—l should think the best of the land was worth $l3 per acre; I would not want to gireover sie.to per Pere for the hiwhionili I did not know the Bowens personally hare heardotlierpeople gay OIOY WOUld not take her aosd on her oath. Cross-exandued.-11aVe heard several people say they would not believe heron oath; . It was a year ago' before thi suit was started I never heard her characteefor truth questioned; I um very well acquiainted with the farm; 1 never saw nineteen acres of timber land on it; never PP' 11' CO ?Iwo thprp ; sa!'!tePkPl.49euc4lue,ualt the cedar was cut away; I do not know that new build ings were put on the farm in 1853; lately I have ex amined the buildiAgs on the farm; I don't know that I can estimate their value; I suppose it would coat 81,000 to put up the Louses; I don't know that new buildings were put up since Mr. llowen's death; the buildings were in a dilapidated condition when I saw them ; I can eat put a value 1111 them. Shortly after the court adjourned until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when a number of other witnesses ...as In flag office of I{ls. Husband when the deeds were drawn, also as to the value of the farm, its past and present con dition Mr. Cassidy ngked the indulgenee of the out until this morning. in order to enable him to pro curesomeotherwitneeaes. The request wee granted, and the court was adjourned. PEDDLING WITHOUT A LlCENSE.—Yesterday afternoon a respectable and intelligent looking young man. named George Crittenden, Jr., hailing from Stamford ; Connecticut. was charged, Wore Alderman Beiller, with peddling goods without a license. Ile was arrested on a warrant issued by the Mayor, on the oath of John Doll and George Booth, dealers of toys and fancy goods. Mr. Doll testified that the defendant was engaged in . retailing fly ing tops (a new kind of top) about the city, contrary to law; he had purchased some from him ; he said he was selling them for George Crittenden. Sr., of Conneetieut ; ha Old Witaitie ie he wished more to call at his bnardingAtouse, Eighth and Locust streets ; witness could not swear that he had no license; he never caw him selling any other articles ; the tops are marked . 4 patent." Mr. George Booth testified that ho bought a gross of flying tops from Crittenden on ssturday; he promised not to sell to the retailers, but rifterie•teda did to, and by so doing was injuring the trade of witness. The latter testified that he did not know whether he would have prosecuted him or not had be not sold to the retailers. Mr. F. Carroll Brewster appeared for the defend- PM- Pe PAL from the ovidonoo elicited, the cause of this prosecution could be plainly seen. lie urged that the defendant was not engaged in ped dling. and was not selling by sample, and conk not be arrested under the $3OO law. If he was, a new warrant should be issued, as this one charges him with peddling. The alderman held the defendant in the sum or !moo to sumer at court. SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF THE NINTH WARD.-- Yesterday morning Richard Ludlow, Esq., applied to the court in reference to the election of school directors in the Ninth ward. It seems that the law provides that four school directors shall be elected, three of the majority and the highest one of the minority. It was stated that there were three on each ticket that tied emit ether, itid the informs- Lion desired was, who of the minority should be chosen—if so, by whom—or whether there should be a new election ordered ? Mr. Ludlow said that the school directors meet this evening, and it was important they should know how to act, so that they can legally organize. Counsel submitted an act of Assembly teuelopg the CBEC. The judge said he thought there was a Bab. serpent act, which be would examine into, and give a decision this morning. DISCHARGED.—The young man, Greer, who asked to be discharged from military service, whose case was continued from Saturday, came up again before Judge Allison yesterday morning. The mother gave in her evidence ; the minority of her son was established, and he was discharged. The judge stated, in discharging the recruit, that as he swore he was twenty-one years at the time of his enlistment, he might be indicted for perjury, if the military men thought prom topursue this course' The youth dented having sworn that ke was twenty-one years old. MEErim: OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.—The regular stated meeting of the Beard of Trade wail held last evening, S. C. Moran, Esq., in the chair. Several communications were read and referred to etatraittug. One from the Chamber of Commerce of Liver pool, acknowledging the receipt of various publica tions ; alto, from the Chamber of Comment's of San Francisco, in reference to the proposed line of steamers from that port to China; also, from the Congressional delegation of Pennsylvania, in Wash ington, asking for the views of the Board on the subject of the proposed war tax ; also, from Chief Negibeat CO. T4t45, I 5 reference to the defence of the Delaware bay and river. After a debate on the subject of United States taxation, the meeting adjourned. FUNERALS.—The funeral of Geo. Cadwala der Sanders, the Infant Drummer, of Got. Owen's regiment, took place yesterday afternoon, from the residence of his father, No. 230 Dean street, In the neighborhood of Twelfth and Locust streets. The arrangements were under the charge of Col. Staunton and an escort body of his troops. henry Clay West, of the City Grays, P. IL G. was also buried yesterday afternoon. The funeral took place from the residence of the parents of the deceased, Third and Christian Arcata. This afternoon, at one o'alock, has been fixed for the funeral of Chas. E. Patton, formerly of Com pany C, Col. Dares , regiment, P. V. The proem aion will move from the residence of Mr. Joseph Patton, No 820 Leonard street. The Ellsworth Guard, of the First ward, will form the military escort. PICKPOCKETS rN THE SANCTUARY.—.Pat Iles- Fan, alias Durk, alias Cassady, was naught on Ban day evening in the sot of picking pockets In Dr. Wylie's church, on Broad street, above Pine. Ha had relieved a gentleman of a gold watoh and a pair of spectuales. The former was dropped upon the floor arid was recovered. Hassan had a hear ing yesterday morning before Alderman Battier, and was committed, in default of $3OO, to gnawer at court. Be was arrested a few days linos and committed for thirty daYP, btit lanbligl4l by Mk% meats, to be released from prison. COLLECTOR Wm. B. THOMAS has Deep the Bost of the Frenoh princes and of Secretary Seward. Today they go to Phomixville, to inspoot the ma. cofactor) , of oannon. Yesterday they visited the uhushesse #t3tl the iron mills, FlRE.—Last evening a fire occurred at the store of Mrs. Whittaker, Dla. 635 North Second street, above Green. a The rim Irm damaged to MO amount of $250.
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