te iprtss. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1862. EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.--." The conspiracy to break up the Unto.' 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 controversy. Every man MIMS he on the aide of the United States or against It. There can be no neutrals in this war. There can be none but patriots and traitors." TOR SALE—The .10,AM-cylinder ""TAYLOR" PRESS on which this paper hag been nrinte4 for the last nine months. It is in excellent condition, haring been made to c•-der a year ago, and will be sold at a bargain. For terms apply at this office, or addrOSS JOHN' W. FORNEY', 417 Oaeatnut Street, Philadelphia. THE LATEST WAR NEWS. The steamer Ericsson, which had en beard the D'Epineuil Zsuaves, has returned from the Burn side Expedition to Fortress Monroe on account of her inability to got over the bar. The Erressou left Hatteras on Wednesday, and, at that time, the vessels which had entered the channel were about to move to their destination. It was generally con jectured that the first attack would be made on Roanoke Island, in Pamlico Bound, where the rebels have two or three regiments stationed, with some artillery. The people of Norfolk and Rich mond, as we learn by a passel:get, who arrived at Fortress Monroe, from the former place, arc in an intense state of excitement, and many of them are panic•stricken. lie expresses the opinion that the rebels are almost at the last gasp, especially in view of the now apparently well • ascertained fact that Reek troop ere—the greater portion of them , — determined to go 740))2e, their enlistments expiring, moat of them, by the twentieth of this month. Added to this is the belief that General McClellan is considered by them to be the evil genius of the rebellion, the Confederates fearing his frsiiirces snore than all else in this direction. They de olare that, " whatever the people here may think of him in their impatience, his course is ruinz,ng thew !" The report that Beauregard has gone to Ken tucky is confirmed, and it ie rumored thatJetrDavis will, in person, take command at Manassas after his inauguration on the 22d of February. One ofthe letters found in Zollieoffer a den, writ ten by a prominent East Tennessean, hes the follow ing : " The Union party in East Tennessee is quiet at this time, and some think forever crushed, but I am of a different opinion. We, 4aYe large numbers of Lincolnites amongst us yet, who are only awaiting a safe opportunity to join their Northern friends." The English journals which express so much indignation with the action of our Government in closing up some of the rebel ports by sinking stone ships in their harbors, should remember that at one time some of their writers proposed to pursue the same course towards this country in the event of another war with America. A similar project was considered perfectly justifiable, too, in Eng land, when she was engaged in her wars with Franco and Russia. In Scott's Life of. Napoleon, vol. 2, chap. 10, we find the following "The repeated success of England, resembling almost that of the huntsman over his game, had so much diminished the French navy, and rendered so cautious such seamen as France had remaining, that the former country, (England,) unable to get opportunities of assailing the French vessels, was induced to have recourse to strange, and, as it proved, ineffectual means of carrying on hostilities. Stich was the attempt at destroying the harbor of Boulogne by sinking in the roads ships loaded witlz stones.' Lord Dundonald, one of England's naval heroes, in a letter dated on board the Imperieuse, April 8, 1809, says "Ships filled with atones would ruin forever the anchorage of Aix, and some old - remits of the line, well loaded, would be excellent for that purpose. — A writer in the London News says: " The follow ing letter, from Lord Hobart to Sir A. C. Ham mond, shows that Jonathan has only carried out, at another port, the design of John Bull more than half a century ago :" f MOST SECRET.] DOWNING STREET, rob. 9, 18114. SIR : It bring thought advisable, under the pre sent circumstances of the war, that an attempt should be made for carrying into execution the project suggested in the enclosed paper for choking up the entrance into the harbor of Boulogne; and the success of such an enterprise depending in a great measure upon the secrecy and despatch with which the preparations may be made, I have the King's commands to signify to you his Majesty's pleasure that you do take these preparations under your immediate control, and that you communicate confidentially with Mr. —, supplying him with such funds, and giving him such orders for the pur chase of *earls. and providing the stone and other materials which you may judge necessary to be em barked, as shall be requisite for accomplishing the object in view. The advances you may have occa sion to make for this service will hereafter be re- placed by the treasury. Assoon as the vessels shall be sufficiently laden, you will give instructions that they should proceed with all possible expedition to the Downs, where all further orders wilt proceed from Lord Keith I em, sir, your most obt. art., HOBART. To Sir A. S. Hammond, Bart., Comptroller of the Navy. During the recent war between England and Russia, Admiral Napier desired to block up tho ap preaches to Cronstadt by sinking in the channel some old hulks, which he thought would at least 1;u1 available to keep the Russian war vessels in their harbor. The only objection urged by him against the project was that it would be 4, espen e sive." Captain Porter's mortar fleet is now nearly ready for sea, and it will soon start from New York, to make a demonstration against some important Southern point. Punch rencillings. The two last numbers of Punch, as might be expected, are satirical on the Trent affair. The first cartoon, on January 11, is called ljp a Tree," and represents Mr. Lxxeoz.:s up in the branches, as a Yankee coon, while Col. Bull stands below with a blunderbuss pointed. The coon says, "Air you in arnest, Colonel ?" Bull answers, “I am," and the coon replies, gc Don't fire—l'll come down." This adaptation of an American joke is better than Punch has given of late. A subsequent cartoon, entitled "Naughty Jonathan," has Mrs. Britannia, comely and stout as Queen! Vieroata herself, delivering back a birch-rod to Earl RUSSELL, a diminutive page, his jacket covered with an eruption of sugar-loaf but tons, and a broad grin on his mean-looking eountenande. Jonathan, alOO aS a lad, stands by, looking as if he could not help it. Mrs. Britannia, addressing her small flunkey (Lord RUSSELL), says, cc There, John! lie says he's very sorry, and that he did not mean to do it ; so you can put this back into the pickle-tub." In these two numbers of Punch there are twenty-four slaps at the United states, not merely satirical, but more or less abusive, libellous, and insolent. City Postal Delivery. Mr. WALBORN, postmaster of Philadelphia, announces the completion of his arrangements, for insuring to the city five collections and four deliveries of letters daily. A penny postage stamp will carry a ltAtcr to any part ef the city 'Without any charge for delivery, and for letters so stamped, if dropped into the United States penny, mail boxes, (the United States lamp-post receptacles included,) no further stamp or payment is required. All letters which are unstamped will not be de livered as addressed, but sent to the Dead- Letter Office, thence to be returned to their writers. Money dropped into the boxes, in lieu of stamps, will not carry letters to their destination. The whole aixangements seem to be judicious and practical. IF THE patriots of this country fought like the rebels, the contest would be quick and de cisive. The rebels fight with the determina tion of despair, and that determination infuses energy into their commanders, ferocity into their soldiers, and a spirit of unity into their counsels. Wrnuat If. SEWARD is an able man, and, as Secretary of State, has written many able despatches. A greater remains to be written; and that is, a telegraphic despatch to the Euro pean world announcing a great victory in Vir ginia. Dn_ TRALL'S LECTURCS--SYOIRNIC VS. MUM, MRRIcAvzON—A ISoLn Poaroarriox.—R. T. Trail, K. D., of New York, announces a course of lec tures in the hail of the Christian Association, Wash ington, commencing on Tuesday evening next, in which he pledges himself to prove the falsity of all the premises of the drug medical system, and the abcolute truthfulness of the hygienic medical sys tem. He offers, also, if permitted, to explain in the balls of the Capital, before the President, Cabi net, Congress, and medical faculty, how the appli cation of the system ba teaches to the treatment of those pe,stilences of an army, typhoid fever, pneu monia, measles, &a., would save the lives of thou sands of our officers and soldiers, and millions of money. These are bold assumptions, and it re mains to be seen how well the Doctor will sustain them. THERE is now before the House of Repre sentatives a bill for the more thorough sup pression of the rebellion, placed on thecalen dar by lion. F. P. BLAIR, Jr., of Missouri. Its provisions have been printed, and we allude to them now for the purpose of ex pressing the hope that Congress will, at an early day, consider and adopt them. While the machinery of the bill might be less com plicated, we must remember that it covers a multitude of propositions, and meets a num ber of new and important issues. And while ; under ordinary circumstances, there is some thing in a bill of twenty-three sections to appal a practical mind, we can see no single point which the Representative could have overlooked, and nu single provision which is unnecessary or unjust. On recalling the powers and duties created by the bill of Mr. Main, we find that it pro vides as follows : That the direct taxes appor tioned among the rebel States shall attach to the lands and real estate of the citizens there of; that on or before the 22d of February these citizens shall pay such tax. In deffiult of payment the President shall publish his pro clamation declaring the fact, and if not paid within sixty days after the publication, then the titles and leases revert to the United States. In consideration of the parity and losses of loyal men in the slave States, they may redeem their titles at any time within two years after the sale, by paying their taxes and the interest accruing. 'I hose who refuse, in the final contingency, will have their property confiscated. To execute these provisions three commissioners shall be appointed to each State, Clothed with planipotentiary powers, who shall enter upon their duties when the commanding general assumes Lary occupation, and, among other things, may make just and humane laws for the regulation of the occupied territory. The lands of the disloyal may be leased to solditmet, who may be in service for more than six months, in preference to other citizens. Slaves of rebels, taken or escaping within the lines, become captures of war," shall be discharged front service and labor by the commissioners, em ployed in cultivation of lands, receive wages, and be under indentures until twenty-five years of age. In order mere permanently to provide for such slaves or captures of war," the President May, by purchase, acquire lands in Mexico, Central America, South America, or the islands of the gulf, and colonize the slaves on forty or eighty-acre farms, as may be deemed expedient. When any State Legislature libe rates slaves, the President is authorized to ac cept, apprentice, and remove these to these tropical countries ; and if any free negro de sires to go, he may be removed by the Presi dent. Malversation on the part of the cotn missioners, or any officer charged with the execution of these duties, shall be severely punished. The moneys arising from the sale and lease of the rebel lands shall be applied to the transportation of slaves, the compensation of loyal masters and loyal, citizens for any losses the rebellion or its results may cause them, and the payment of the public debt. And, ' inasmuch as no moneys have as yet accrued, the sum of a hundred thousand dollars is ap propriated for the purpose of carrying but the provisions of this act. This hasty summary of the bill before us will present to our readers an idea of what Mr. BLAIR proposes to accomplish. They will see that the whole measure resolves itself into five distinct questions, which have been created by this war, and which Congrosa is now called upon to solve 1. Hosi to collect the direct tax in disloyal States. 2. How to remunerate deserving and unfortunate loyal citizens who may suffer from the war, or the legislation produced by the war. 3. how to reward our soldiers now in arms to re-establish the authority of the Re public. 4. How, practically, to confiscate rebel property, and emancipate rebel slaves. 5. How to colonize the persons freed from bondage. There is enough in any one of these proposi tions to cause the gravest legislation, and it is perhaps too much to expect of Congress the consolidation of the whole five into a perfect plan. Nor are we too sanguine as to the suc cess of such a plan if it should be eventually perfected. In legislative machinery, so vast atd complicated, there must be hitches and breaks and obstructions, which no foresight can anticipate and no ingenuity avoid. The colo nization feature, for instance, is dependent upon so many contingencies of climate, choice, convenience, and economy, that Mr. BLant's mathematical way of meeting it seems fanci ful and crude, and particularly so when we find at the bottom a financial basis of a hundred thousand dollars. If Mr. BLAIR will take his slate and go over the figures again, he will find that, to make colonization a practical scheme, it will require millions, and not thou sands, and his millions must emus from source far more reliable than the proceeds from the sale of rebel property. We never looked upon the direct taxation in the South ern States as a means of raising revenue. The provisions of the direct-taxation bill com mended themselves to us because they af forded a simple way of placing the lands and property of rebels within the custody of the United States. But we have never regarded those lands and property as a means of re venue. There is no market open for them, and we see no prospect of a market being. opened. If the State of Virginia were knocked down to-day to the highest bidder, it would scarcely raise enough to -pay for a month's campaign on the Potomac, while South Caro lina would hardly bring more than the auc tioneer's expenses. If we can transfer these rebel regions into bounty lands, and prevail upon our soldiers to accept tracts of land as a reward for their services, we shall consider the Government fortunate. But, with a few . exceptions, we look upon the whole Southern concern, pecuniarily speaking, as a very un profitable enterprise. • While difficulties like these are inseparable from a measure so vastly important and ex tensive as the . bill of Mr. &Ate, there are other provisions very proper and appropriate. He is one of the few statesmen that have fairly met this, perplexing question of confiscation, or, to use a more honest word, emancipation. What Mr. BINGHAM treats as a theory, or Mr. LOVEJOY as a pleasant metaphor, Mr. BLAIR deals with as a plain matter of business. Here are slaves constantly coming within our lines—our army advancing takes possession of rebel territory and the slaves that till it. Common sense says hold and use them; mili tary necessity demands that they shall not be returned to an enemy in want of their'aid and comfort; humanity suggests that the fetters of bondage be lifted from their limbs. In other words, our army finds these slaves re leased from shackles their own masters have broken, and Mr. Brant suggests that, instead of reuniting the shattered links, we accept their freedom as an accomplished fact, and deal with them as free persons. There is somethiag so just, and plain, and practical about the plan of the Representative, that we are surprised it is not accepted as a common platform upon which all loyal men may stand. It is a plain way of meeting a plain duty. The freedom of these bondmen is becoming more and more a mill, 111 tary and political necessity, and Mr. BLAIR deals with it as a necessity. It might be more popular and plausible to pass a law proclaim. fig general emancipation, and in favor of this general emancipation we have read several pretty speeehes, but a general emancipation law would be as meaningless and ineffectual in Alabama or Mississippi, ar any unoccupied part of the Soutlelsas a law prohibiting the changes of the seasons, or regulating the planets in their courses. The people who have remained in slavery from generation to generation will not rise from their hard condi tion at any Congressional enactment, and the agitation which clamors for such an enact- ment only divides public sentiment in the North, and as such is foolish and pernicious. One scheme is nothing but mischievous rhetoric, the other is a sensible proposition. In the light of a sensible proposition wo trust Congress will consider this bill of Mr. BLAIR. We have spoken of it in a general way simply because it commends itself to our judgment in a general way, and to properly consider it would lead us beyond the bounds of a newspaper article. Discussion will no doubt lead to its modification, and this it will largely bear. It contains a policy, and we are anxious to see something in the shape of a policy determined upon by Congress. Wel 4 want to see a path marked out, that loyal men may follow our loyal leaders. If it accomplishes this result, and none other, we sha,il be sails tied. And, in any event, the country will thank Mr. BLAIa for the courage with which he has grappled this great question, and the ability he has displayed in giving it the shape of legislation, Cheating at Elections We have, upon two former occasions, shown, first, the character of the return judges of our elections fifty years ago, and assumed that their return could be nothing but a just one, from their known integrity and social post, tion ; and, secondly, the total want of ability, accompanied with habits of drunkenness, in many of the inspectors and judges of elections at (ho present day, and shall now call atten tion to what we believe would be a certain pre ventive to cheating at elections. In the first place, an act of Assembly should be passed prohibiting any person from acting as an offi cer of election who cannot read and write with case and correctness. Such an act should contain a provision, punishing with heavy fine and imprisonment any officer of any election who shall be found intoxicated between the hours of opening the poll and the signing of the final returns, whether he be_ judge, in spector, or derk—for den is not considered legally an officer of an election . , as he is not elected by the people, and his whole duty is simply to record the name of the voter as given to him by the inspector. Another clause of the same act should disqualify any person from holding the position of inspector, judge, or clerk of an election who had over boon convicted of a felony, or the misde meat or of cheating at an election by failing to observe all the requirements of the election laws of this Commonwealth. Cheating is frequently done by disregarding the challenge of a citizen to a voter whose right of franchise Is doubted, and by failing to ask the questions which the election laws re quire. But the most effective thing to check the election of improper men as officers of election, would be the incorporation of a sec tion in the same act requiring, under a penalty Of fifty &IWO, perSetle elected as inspectors or judges to perform the duties of such positions gratuitously, unless prevented from doing so by sickness or absence from the city . This would be no onerous task upon the citizen, as we ven bre the assertion that there is at least a score of respectable and competent men in each of the two hundred and odd election divisions of the city, who would Willingly perform the du ties gratuitously, with a view to secure a just return of the votes cast, or in order to avoid the scandal which almost every election casts upon Philadelphia, through the frauds perpe trated either at or within the polls, or by the return judges, through a collusion with magis trates. Such a measure would prevent the great strife among the horde of incompetent and discreditable men who now enter the con test for judges and inspectors, mainly for the seven dollars which they now receive, by law, for their services. There would then ire no necessity for " watchers" within the polls, because, even now, where the °di cers of elections are known to be respectable and honest, the court is not asked to appoint watchers) , ln the two items of payment to election officers and a watchers," the city would save an expenditure of probably twenty thousand dollars annually, without considering the large expense of contested elections, in the payment of witnesses and other court out lays. We recollect; distinctly, that, sonic twenty years since, when it eOnelleice a whole day and night, and frequently the half of an other day, to count the votes and prepare the necessary papers of an election, the officers were each allowed but two dollars for their serviceee and this whole amount was given fo some hotel-keeper as a recompense for the pro visions he furnished within the poll during the performance of their duties. This was the invariable rule in every incorporated district of the city and county of Philadelphia,. and, as a consequence, a better class of men were selected as judges and inspectors. Young men, of good cleric abilities, were usually ap pointed clerks; but the judges and in spectors were generally well-known and respectable citizens, chosen from among the mature in life and mind. How stands the matter now? The law requiring the ballots to be counted for each candidate, and announced in a printed report, posted on the outside of the poll every hour, enables the election officers to conclude their labors before nine o'clock in the evening, and yet they are paid three times as much for their labor as tbe same sort of officers were twenty years ago, With three times the present amount of labor - to perform. Herein lies one of the great sources of fraud and trouble. The scramble is for the seven dollars, and, unfor tunately for The community, the strife is con fined, in many localities, to the most depraved and irresponsible of our population. We have known instances where a tippling-house keeper has forced the nomination of a degraded debtor of his upon a primary meeting for a judge or inspector of an election, in order to have a lien upon his pay as such officer, with a full knowledge of the utter incompetency of his debtor to perform the duties of the posi tion: There now flits through our mind half a dozen cases where officers of an election have been tried and convicted in court of fraud in their duties, who were re-elected to the same positions, either while serving out their term of imprisonment or immediately after • their re lease from prison. They were required, pro bably, for a special duty, and doubtless per formed it to the satisfaction of their em ployers. If it be considered too radical a change to deprive election officers of all pay for their services, let their recompense be re duced to a sum barely sufficient to obtain two meals each—dinner and supper—and then the community will very seldom hear of a rush of the degi•aded and incompetent for the posts of inspectors and judges of elections. The citizens of Philadelphia have permitted the matter of election officers to run riot, and until the remuneration of such officers be en tirely talin from them, or reduced to as insignificant amount, there will continue to be innumerable•frauds at and within the polls, and the result of an election be dependent en tirely upon which political party can select the greater number of more desperate rascals and debauched imbeciles. The time has arrived for some action in this matter, by the citizens and Legislature, as there seems to be but one opinion in relation to its necessity. Foreign Intervention Nothing is lost by being prepared. The tone of the English and French press, since the settlement of the Trent difficulty, indicates a purpose on the part of certain European rowers, to interfere in the present American war, by an armed intervention, as was done in 1827, in the case of the Greek insurrection. On that occasion, France, England, and Russia, turned against Turkey, whom they affection ately denominated their ancient friend and ally," and procured the establishment of Greece into a monarchy. As it turned out, this did not do much for Greece, and it has nearly ruined Turkey. The pretence for in terference will doubtless be that, after ten months' martial array, the Rebellion of the South has not been put an end to, and that the interests of Europe demand the opening of the Southern ports to obtain cotton and tobacco. It is significant that, though the English admit that by the surrender of MASON and SLIDELL, and Mr. SEWARD'S declaration that they were seized without orders from the United States Government, the apprehended casus belli has passed off, the transmission to Canada of troops and of the muniments of war, continue as before the explanation. Moreover, in addition to the British fleet on the North American station, under Admiral MILNE, which has latterly been much increased, the iron-mailed war-steamer Warrior has been ordered to the British-American waters at once. The Defence is also to be sent. There is au evident intention to have an overpowering naval and military force in British America, ready to pounce down at a moment's notice upon any weak place in our line of seaboard. Already the Palmerston journals insolently boast of the facility with which they could blockade Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, and bombard them too. It would seem, indeed, as if England was angered at having expended $20,000,000 in needless warlike preparations, and wants a fight, with or without. just cause. i slaNOR BLITZ, our amiable friend, the , great magician and popular ventriloquist, appeare this evening in one of hie admirable and Amusing en tertainments, at the Temple of Wonders. The magic feats will bo of an astounding character, which will deceive the sharpest eye and leave the mind bewildered. The ventriloquism is also to be surprising and comical. There is no performer so indefatigable to please as Blitz. AUCTION NOTICE—SALE OP BOOTS AND SHOES.— We are requested to call the attention of the trade to the large and desirable assortment of boots, shoes, brogans, and gum shoes, to be sold this morning, commencing at 10 &Mock precisely, by Philip Ford l Co., auctioneers at their stores, No. 525 Market, and 522 Unmans street. THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1862. Excepting Jesse D. Bright and .Tolin P. Hale, Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, al though still a young man, has served a longer period in the United States Senate than any other member now serving in that body. No Senator has ever been so bitterly abused and so industriously misrepresented. According to the tactics of the South, by which the best men have been blackened and the worst men ,made angels, Charles Sumner was for a long time effectually damned, equally in the free and in the slave States. I shall never forget my sensations when, in the spring of 1856, I was standing at the railroad station in Lancas ter, Pennsylvania, on the eve of starting west ward, to help forward the fortunes of James Buchanan. A telegraph from Washington was banded to me, announcing the assault, in the Senate chamber, of Preston S. Brooks, of South Carolina, upon Charles Sumner, of Massachusetta. Nor can I forget the_ senti ment that broke from my lips on that occasion! ct This outrage will lose James Buchanan five Northern States should he be nominated for. President." For I had read and seen the Southern aristocracy in its worst phases in the city of Washington. Minority as this aristocracy was, its insatiate man could never be gratified. The repeal of the Missouri Compromise, so pregnant of evil, gave it no real satisfaction. The con cessions of the free States were accepted as so many tributes to a IMSotted despotism. When Andrew 11. Reeder, appointed Govern or of Kansas by Franklin Pierce, attempted to give practical expression to his free-State feelings, though he bad served in the Demo cratic party for years before, as one of the champions of the Southern school, he was hunted like a Criinifial, and altnest insulted by such men as Howell Cobb and Lawrenee M. Keitt. At that day Stephen A. Douglas was the idol of the Southern aristocracy, because he had consented to the repeal of the Mis souri Compromise, and James Buchanan was doubted and denounced, because he was sup posed to occupy an equivocal position on the . same question. In the spring of 1856 the mission of the Democratic party was unques tionably to maintain position in the Union by ft,magnanisnotts concession to the free-Slate sea- timeni, and it was its this sense, and with this understanding, that the nomination of James Buchanan was wrung front the Cincinnati Con vention precisely as a victim might be snatched from the jaws of a devouring lion. The enor mity of his subsequent treachery may be mea sured and understood when we reflect that the gallant Douglas would have been defeated in 1856, because of his supposed devotion to the South, and that James Buchanan was only elected because of his supposed devotion to the North. The attack upon Charles Sumner changed more men in the Democratic party into ene mies of James Buchanan than any other event that could have happened. It occurred at a time when the whole North was awakened to a sensitive suspicion in regard to the objects of the Southern politicians. But with that facile and skilful manipulation of public opinion, always the characteristic of the pro slavery leaders, the early indignation thus aroused subsided at last into respect for Brooks and ridicule of Sumner. If James Buchanan expressed any regret when this outrage transpired, it only went far enough to show his et:isistent and constant selfishness— it was the regret of the politician, and not of the patriot. And when Sumner retired to Europe and Brooks retired to his grave, the parasites of the South forgot their hatred of the one in their sorrow for the other. It was the commonest thing to charge upon Charles Sumner that he lacked the true spirit of the fighting man. lie could not be a bully, and would not be a blackguard. And because he did not choose to resent the insults of the vulgar tyrants of slavery, he was set donnas wanting the instincts of a thorough-bred gen tleman. When he returned from Europe to resume his seat in the Senate, he unquestion ably returned under a cloud. I am no echo of Mr. Suruner's extreme anti slavery opinions. I do not concur with him on the subject of immediate emancipation. But I cannot withhold from him the tribute of honest admiration of his abilities - 1s a debater, his erudition as a scholar, and the compre hensiveness. of his general views on great questions. He speaks easily and well upon any subject, and takes frequent part in the discussions constantly arising in the body of which he is a member. When he spoke on the aspect of our foreign relations, on the 9th of January, he spoke against the wishes of many of his own friends. Mr. Seward's despatch to Lord Lyons was supposed to have exhausted the subject, and even the word of the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations was looked upon as something like an effort to paint the lily and adorn the rose. But Senator Sumner insisted upon making his speech, and he did it to a crowded auditory, and when he concluded, received the praise of many who doubted the, policy of the effort, including many of those who had differed from him on many questions. Its effect upon the statesmen of Europe must be • wholesome. Those who are not satisfied with Mr. Seward's argument, and who believe with the London Times, that lie has rested our ease upon a somewhat narrow basis, will hail the broader and more comprehensive view of Mr. Sumner with unfeigned pleasure. Coecnstout.. WALNIIT-STREET THEATRE.—The success of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams is one of those inexpli cable things which reverse the theories of the critic, and mortify the best•iaid plane of the cynic. Those gentrlafi have said that these delineators are neither individual, versatile, nor impressive; that their humor is not genial, their wit neither pungent nor refined, and their pathos, at most, ludicrous and ineffective. At the same time, they have obtained crowded houses during four weeks, and have even ventured upon a fifth week, pro bably not less successful. It may be familia that the people lead the critics in this regard, having better conceived the genius of the Irish man and the Yankee. 'Whatever the conception has been, the encouragement has certainly been great. At one time both Mr. Forrest and Mr. John Drew were playing here, and the Williamses drew better houses than either of them. Probably ten thousand dollars have been the receipts of these artistes since their inaugural. They 'have taken upwards of seven hundred dollars in a single night. Next week they go to Baltimore, and afterward to Washington. The bill to-night includes the drama of "Ireland and America," and the extravaganza of " Mephiatophiles." ARCA-STREET THEATRE.—bir. John Dreir has recovered from the hoarseness of Satin ay, which compelled him to retire for that evening, and will to-night appear in two dramas : the "Knight of Arva" and the "Irish Dragoon." In' the first of these pieces all the admirable characteristies of Mr. Drew will be exhibited—his keen wit, his genial humor, and his refined sarcasm. The house should be good, as heretofore. From S. C Upham, 310 Chestnut street, we have the last London pictorials, of the 18th of January, with eopious illustrations. The libistrate4 London News, as usual, has some good American sketches. The Illustrated News of the. World gives, as sup plement, the very last full-length photograph of Prince Albert, engraved on steel, and a nice size for framing. From Peterson to Brothers, we have ((Fort LILA fayette ; or, Love a'ud Secession," a novel by Ben jamin Wood, brother of ex-Mayor Fernando, and member of Congress for one of the districts of New York city. It is at once a sensation and a Secession story—every character in which might have lived among us, every incident have happened. Its ac tion commences last April, near Richmond, and Closes, later in the year, in Vetment, with thedeath of one of its heroes, after be has been wrongly im prisoned in Fort Lafayette. Mr. Wood him the re putation of more than leaning to Secession princi ples, but it is only fair to say that, in this fiction, he does not allow any one to perceive whether he ap proves or disapproves of thorn. His men and women talk - about Secession, for and against, but the author's own siding does not appear. The literary merit of the work is considerable, but Mr. Wood is not yet master of the difficult art of con structing a story. However, he has produced a readable volume, and an account of the battle of Bull Run, in which several of his characters take part, is spirited and graphic. The publisher is G. W. Carleton, allooo3l/Of t 4 Rudd Carleton, New York. LETTER FROM “OCCASLONAL." WASHINGTON, February 2, 18G2 Public Amusements. Publications Received. Destructive Fire in Boston. BOSTON, Feb. I—A fire occurred this morning in the granite block, Nos. 283 and 285 Washington street, occupied by John It. Pray & Sons, carpet dealers, and George B. Darla e Co. and William It. Stones k Co., dealers in dry goods. The lON is $50,000, most of which was Insured. The balding was owned by the heirs of Franklin Dexter. Arrival of the Steamer John Bell NEW Tonic, Feb. 2.—The steamship John Bell, from _Liverpool, has arrived with 1,698 bales of cotton. LATEST NEWS BY TELEGRAPH. IMPORTANT ORDER OF SECRETARY SEWARD, TIM REBEL PIRATES TO BE TREATED AS PRISONERS OF WAR. Our Relations with Great Britain. Special Despatches to "The Prem." WasutauroN, February 2 Notwithstanding the alarms and croakings of some of the foreign journals and letter-writers about stone blockades and other sinister reports. the despatches received at the State Department are regarded as conclusive of a complete restoration of the entente; cordiale between the United States and Great Britain, and of the best possible under standing of the Governments of France, Italy, and other continental States. yesterday Secretary SEIFAR7I and Lord LYONS exchanged congratulations on the adjustment or the Trent atrair in a spirit similar to that which in the same case animated Earl Emma. and Minister ADAMS. Release of Privateers. The Secretary of State, on Friday, directed the release from Fort Lafayette of all the purdorai Wien from on board of rebel armed vessels, which order has been undoubtedly executed. The Proposition to Exchange Pirate Smith for Col. Corcoran. It is true, as has been stated, that General Woos, tinder instructions, asked Gener&l Lit:Gsn whalier if SMITH, the pirate, were delivered to him at Nor folk, Colonel Com:mats would be restored to liberty and sent North. The answer in the negative was on the ground of a difference in rank as to the two persons. The reunion at Secretary SZWARD'S resilience on Friday, embraced the largest attondatien of members of the diplomatic corps and their families that has been witnessed at any similar assemblage for a year past. Washington society is cheerful, waiting only for Congress to establish a financiai system far the Government, and for sunshine to dry up the roads Or Military purposes. Eon, ALFRED ELY, member of Congress from New York, and late prisoner at Richmond, had an interview with the President and Mr. Secretary Se. WARD, yesterday, and it has been determined to place the rebel privateers, Low in Now York and Philadelphia, upon a footing of prisoners of war. An order bee been innetl removing them to military pri sons, with a view to their exchange for citizens of the United States incarcerated in the South. This important and humane course on the part of the Government may result in the return of Colonels CORCORAN, LEE, COGGSWELL, WOODRUFF, WIL COX, Renews, and the other officers held as hos tages for these privateers. A general exchange of all the prisoners will, it is believed, speedily fol low. The interview with Mr. Sra - ,_in conjunction with several of his associate members of the House of Representatives, was not only interesting, but is described as affecting. Lic its'. VDWABP Vomama", Of thb Sixty-ninth New York Regiment, and a prisoner of war, has arrived from Columbia, South Varolina, and was present at the interview with the President and Secretary of State. He reports that the health of Col. Concomix, and the other prisoners there, was good. Dreadful Affair—Two Pennsylvanians Killed A court of inquiry, over which Col. McCtiaTHR, of the Ninety-third Pennsylvania, presided, closed its sitting yesterday. One of the cases which came before the court was that of 11.1.torsr GROGAN, a private in Col. ROWLEY'S Thirteenth Pennsylva nia Regiment, who was tried for the murder of two of MS companions. AA otheer, who was present when the murder oc curred, gives the following account of it GRO GAN was somewhat intoxicated when he got into an altercation with another private, named' Youxa. They both got excited, when GROGAN raised his gun and deliberately shot Yoeso through the head—the ball entering his right eye, and carrying away the entire side of his head. A private, named LYSANDER ROHR, who was guard ninety yards distant, received the ball which kill Y ousa in the breast, one inch above the right nipple. The ball passed through, and lodged in the akin of his back. He lived but a few minutes after be re ceived the shot. Mr. Rosa was only nineteen years of age. He is very respectably connected in Pittsburg. He was a great favorite in the regi ment. Colonel ROWLEY manifested much feeling when he learned of hie untimely death. Roth bodies were sent to Pittsburg yesterday. The ball which was extracted from young ROBB'S body was found to be much indented. There is no doubt hut that GROGAN will be sentenced to be hung. He is mid to be a quarrelsome man. Army Changes. Capt. AMBROSE THOMPSON, lately attaohed to Gen. WADSWORTH'S brigade, has been ordered to Gen. LANDER'S division in the same capacity— namely, as quartermaster. The Hunter and Lane Imbroglio. The President, in conversation, yesterday, with Representative CONWAY, of Kansas, stated that he appointed JAMES H. LANE brigadier general with the express understanding that he was. to serve under General HUNTER, and that General LANE had frequently declared his willingness to do 60 j that he (the President) had, and has, the strongest desire to obl ige General LANE, and consequently he appointed a large ' , staff to suit and gratify him ; that while he hoped and expected an expedition somewhat to his liking would, be sent forward under him, he expected It to be done by amicable arrangement -with Gen. HUNTER. He never intended, and does not now intend, that it should be independent. of Gen. HIINTES, or in any way offensive or dishonoring to him ; that 0011. LANE must receive his orders from Gen. HUNTER; and the President will be glad if Gen. HUNTER, acting within the range of his orders and his sense of duty to the public, can give such orders as will be satisfactory to Gen. LANE. I learn, from a reliable source, that General LANE is on his way to Washington. The difficulty in regard to himself and General HUNTER ii be lieved the cause of his return. lion. J. Moorehead. No member of the Pennsylvania delegatioh in Congress dispenses a more liberal and enlightened hospitality than the distinguished Representative from Pittsburg. His large wealth, accumulated by years of industry and enterprise, is employed for the noblest purposes. He was serenaded at his residence, on Siatit'street near E, last Wednesday evening, by the band of the Sixty-second Penna. Regiment, which, by a vote of all the officers, was christened the " Moorehead Regiment,'? on the first of the New Year. A Telegraph Around the World lion. Minion S. LATHAM, one of the most lobo- How and active of all the rising statesmen of the day, will Shortly introduce a bill for the purpose of establishing a line wedding the United States to the Rusaian Empire, wbieh, when completed, will almost encircle the globe with the electric wire. Ue will sustain it in an elaborate and eloquent re- Port. The. Tax Bill It is understood that the tax bill is now being perfected in its details by the Committee on Ways and Means. It proposes a moderate rate of taxa tion upon most of the articles of necessity and eon gumption, with higher rates on distilled liquors, and other articles of luxury, en Novice and pro bates, on passengers by railroads and other convey ances, on newspapers, and telegraphic messages. From these sources taken in connection with the tariff on imports, it is confidently expected, "after the most careful investigation, that the Govern ment will derive an annual revenue of at least one hundred and fifty millions of dollars. This tax bill will give to the United States bonds a sure specie paying security. The committee have also con sidered the subject of a national baakiag which will require the deposits of United States stock as security for the bank notes that are circu lated as currency. Our Foreign Relations—Secession Inven- The rumors which it is represented threw New York into a panic yesterday are regarded here as inven tions of the Secessionists in London and Paris. The commutdeations which have been received from Great Britain and France, as well as the; other European States, by the two last steamers, are more frank and cordial than any since the insurrection began. Appointment of Col. Windham Lieut. Col. Sir P. WINDHAM, late commanding the second 'brigade of the Italian army, kas been appointed colonel of the Michigan Regiment of Loners. Troubles in Michigan. Some two months since, a man named GUY HOPKINS, residing at a small town named North Branch, in Lapiorre county, Michigan, on the bor ders Of Canada, was arrested on a charge of organizing a society called the Knights of the Golden Square, a secret organization opposed to the Government He was sent to Fort Lafayette. The citizens suspected the postmaster of the town of giving information, and seized the mail and de. atroyed the letters. Warrants have boon issued within two weeks past, and several arrests were made. The parties implicated are JOSIAH HITT LEN, DAyrn C. WATTLES, MATTHEW MHO, and y.IcHARD B. BOYLE. They have been lodged in prison to be tried before a United States court. A Queer Mistake In making up the estimates of the Government, it is said that an oversight which had been previ ously made, of nearly fifty millions of dollars for contracts, was discovered. Money Sent Home. QM hundred and thirty-four privates, belonging to Capt.. WILLIAM 11. nonatee battory, of the Irish Brigade, sent home out of their pay $3,284. This is greater than the general average of other oompimies. The War Debt of Pennsylvania The war debt is stated in political circles hero, to be nearly thirty millions of dollars. General Stone. There are rumors current to-night that General STONE has been deprived of his command. Washington News and Gossip. We are enjoying, for a novelty, moat delightful weather overhead ; 'but the streets and roads are in a horribly muddy condition. Secretary STANMON has agreed to add the name of Hon ALvitnn EWE to the commission to visit Richmond and other Places for the purpose of ministering to the wants of our prisoners if that gentleman would divest himself of his public dos meter as a member of Congress. 'he other night, as the /stand Brile passed the rebel batteries at Evansport, a shell exploded directly over the smoke-stack of the steamer, but did not injure any person on board. FROM MISSOI7RI. Mutinous Companies Disbanded—To be put to Work on the Cairo Fortifications. Sr_ Louis, Feb. 2.—A general order will be Issued to-morrow, in which it is stated that several companies of the Fourth Missouri Volunteer Regi ment, lately called the Third United States Re. serve Corps, have shown themselves mutinous and disobedient to orders, and have been disarmed and plaeed in confinement at Beaton Barracks. The privates and non-commissioned officers of these com panies will be sent to Cairo, to work on the fora cations, until further orders. The commanding officer at that post will sea that these companies are made to work faithfully, and will report to these headquarters of any, who, by their repentance and obedience to orders, de serve a restoration to the ranks. The offieers of these companies not having joined in that muti nous demonstration, but having failed to enforce order and military discipline, will be mustered out of the service, and discharged. The major general commanding is always willing to listen to complaints, and ready to redress well founded groivanoos, but be is dotinvin9d to 9P force discipline and obedience to orders. All companies, regiments, or corps, who shall hereafter disobey orders, or exhibit a mutinous dis position, will be dealt with in a most summary manner. • Rebel Prisoners to be Taken to Fortress Monroe. BOSTON, Feb. 2.—The bark Trinity has been chartered to convey 386 rank and file and 11 o!&- cars of the rebel prisoners now at Fort Warren to Fortress Monroe, and will probably sail to-morrow. Commodore Barron is not included in the list. The _prisoners who remain in Fort Warren aro mostly charged with political offences. A public meeting will be held at Faneuil Rail on Wednesday to memorialize Congress for the re lease of Col. Corcoran. The ship King Fishy ) .ttom Ship Island, in bal last for Boston, struck on Peaked Hill bar at 12 o'clock last night• She beat over the bar and went aehore on the teach, and bad three feet of water in her hold, The crow were saved. nein California AIIOTHER STORH-6ALIPoRNIA ASSUMES THE PAY- SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31.—After one week of extraordinary cold, though pleasant weather, nn other rain-storm has commenced in this vicinity, which, doubtless, comes from the flooded part of the State. The storm, in most of tho interior counties, has subsided, but the communication with the mining districts is still suspended. The Legislature, by a concurrent resolution, has agreed to assume the Culifernht platten of the direct tax. A resolution has also been passed instruoting the delegation in Congress to urge the establishment of the line of mail steamers between San Francisco and Japan and China. All the navigable streams of Oregon are now closed by the ice. The Latest from Fortress Monroe Fomnuss MONROE, Feb. 1, via Baltimore Feb. 2.—The National Zouave Lodge of Free Masons celebrated St. John's Day by a brilliant festival, last evening, inside the fortress. A bountiful sup per was partaken of, and dancing and music con tinued until a very late hour. . . . . In consequence - of the foggy and stormy weather no flag of truce was sent to Cranny Island to-day. The colonel of the D'ffpineuil Zeus Yes denies jpsitively the statements of the commander of the Ertcssou that the captain of the John. Trucks was sent forward by that officer, and that he (the colonel) took command of the vessel. The John. Trucks and the Eric.mort are ex pected to leave for Annapolis to-morrow morning. Contrabands who have recently come on board the Young Royer, stationed off York river, report that about fifteen hundred troops are at Gloucester kOint, and cis or serer thtnigarta at Yorktown. An attack is constantly expected front Gen. Wool in the rear of Yorktown. The Constitution is to-day taking in coal. Col. Shepley, who returned from Washington yesterday morning, brought orders to sail as soon as possible for Ship Island, her original destination. Ship News. NEW Yong, Feb. 2.—Arrived—Ship Frank Pierce, frrni Ifirrre ; bark. E. Watson, from Palermo; brig A.n tiover, from savannah Le Mari brig Thos. Farrell, from Mayaguez. At - Mayaguez, Jan 19, brig,Cotumerce, for Philadel- VIA: and acbr Mary Alice, for Baltimore in g day e. 7 Departure of Beauregard for Kentucky. [From the Norfolk Day hook, Jan. 30.] We announced some days ago that General Beau regard had been transferred from his position on the Potomac to the command of the forces at Co lumbus. We cannot witness his departure without expressing the deep sense of admiration and grati tude which is felt towards him by the people of Virginia, military and civil, and of the whole South within her - limits. The enthusiasm which was 'kindled for him by the successful reduction of Fort Sumpter has been only increased and intensified by his subsequent services on the banks of the Potomac. He was then comparatively an un known man, and there were many who said that, although he had served with marked dis tinction in the Mexican war, his services at Charleston were too narrow a foundation upon which to build up the reputation of a great man. Ali acknowledge now, however, that the brilliant power of the rising sun has been more than surpassed by its meridian glory. For nearly a year General Beauregard has been tried in the presenee, and under the close inspection of the assembled South in Virginia, of the enemy at Washington, and of an interested world. It is needless to say that he has come out of the furnace like pure gold, and now stands by common consent, one of the first military men whom America has ever produced. His very name has become a tower of strength as well as glory to our cause, and is held by the enemy in a degree of wholesome terror, which they scarcely affect to conceal. The battle of Manassas will long remain an immortal laurel about his head. The brilliantqualities of the soldier are only equalled by the virtues and modesty of the man. There is a daily beauty is his BSc," whisk is as charming to those who know him most intimately as is the eplender of his military character to the world at large. As a gentleman of the highest tone of honor and the most rigid, and exemplary virtues. be would command respeet, even if not distinguished by talent. It is needless to say that he is the idol of the soldiers, to whom his amiable qualities have united him with hooks of steel, so that they would follow him to the death, not only from confidence in hie leadership but from devotion to his person. The correspondent of the London Times, in sketch ing this illustrious general, spoke of the stern gravity of his demeanor, which, in his likenesses, approaches almost to solemnity. It is the face indicating what we most like and respect among mankind, that rarest of characters among our race—a single-minded, 011Thest lam A pattlgp and an honest man indeed, a man without pia, who loves the Southern cause from his heart of hearts, and not becauee it gives him distinction or power, is this noble creole gentleman and Christian hero. He is willing to serve in any place and under any body, so that he can serve the cause which is dearer to MED than honors, position, and life itself. These words but feebly express what the people of Virginia think of the respected and beloved gene-, ral who, for nine months, has guarded their fron tier. illustrated their soil with the, radiance of pa triotism, valor, and genius, and who takes with him to his new field of action their beet wishes and pray ers to Heaven for his preservation and happiness, and who, whatever may be his future lot, will always have a home in every Virginian heart, and among the household gods of every Virgintan home will have a place only second to that of George Washington. Allitirb at 014 Point_ The troops which were landed two weeks since from the steamship Covstitution, are still en camped on the beach. The sick are being removed to the hospital to-day, to ItLe number of two hun dred, and it is said that thi remaining twenty-three hundred will re-embark to-morrow, and start for their destination, which is under stood to be Ship Island. Several of the officers brought their wives with them for a sea trip to Ship Island and back, expecting to be gone about three weeks, and they have new been three weeks on board, and aro all sick with the measles. . - The United States steam sloop-of-war Hartford took on board to-day an additional supply of shell and shrapnel, and win sail to-morrow (Saturday) for Key West, to take on two more cannon, She it the flag-ship of Commodore Farragut, whose fleet, consisting of twenty-three gunboats, is said to be destined for operations against Mobil*: She is a beautiful vessel, carrying twenty-four heavy Runs, and lies a crew of about three hundred and fifty men. . Three released rebel officers from Fort Warren arrived here this morning, from Baltimere, on their parole, and applied to General Wool for per mission to go to Norfolk on the flag of truce, but, for some cause, the permission was denied them, and they will return to Baltimore this evening. Three rebel officers who came from Baltimore on Tuesday were also still detained at the Rip Itaps, the truce steamers having taken to Norfolk this evening only a few women and children. The names of those who return to Baltimore this evening are W. J. Willie, Milton Ferguson, and W. P. Compton. The French admiral returned yesterday from his trip to Norfolk, and is said to have visited Rich mond. What was the object of his visit is not known. To-morrow it is understood that the cap tain a the Pomiing will go up to Norfolk, with the intention of visiting Charleston. The object is sup posed to be to bring away such citizens of France as may desire to leave the rebel States. The mud in the vicinity of Camp Hamilton and the ruins of Hampton is hub deep, and in some places there seems to be no bottom to the roads. A large force of men are engaged in digging drains, and hauling bricks from the ruins of Hampton to fill up the deepest of the mud holes. A large force of men are engaged in the works of the Fortress rifling cannon. I counted sixty large eight-inch guns to-day finished and ready for trans portation. A vessel is loading at the wharf with heavy guns for the forts in New York harbor. About one hun dred are now on board of her. THE CITY. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING ARCH-STREET THEATRE—Arch street, above Sixth.— " The Nnlght of Arva"—" The Irish Dragoon"--“A. Loan of a Lover." WALNUT-STREET THEATRE—Ninth sad Walnut ate.— " Ireland and America"— hlephietophiles"—. , Ladies, Beware." CONTINENTAL THEA,TRE—WRIIIUt street, above Eighth. —" Uncle Tom's Cabin." TEMPLE or WONDER:4—N. E. corner Tenth and Chest nut streets.—Signor Blitz's Entertainment THE GREAT PENNSYLVANIA EXPEDITION— DETAILS OF THE FORCE COH PENH EN E Thoro is tittle doubt that Governor Curtin will succeed in PO pressing upon Government the etnISO of til9 Pennsylvania naval expedition, that arrangements will be on foot to organize and embark it within a few weeks The proposition meets, in this city and in Washington, with general favor, and the very moment the Government would signify its acquiescence of the offer, every regiment in the State would be filled to its maximum number. As matters now stand everything is an uncertainty, Governor Curtin will no doubt press the matter until a definite answer is secured. The first stop in the proposed organization is to get together all the regiments yet recruiting in the State who have attained the mininum standard, and divisionizo them, as was done with the reserve regiments [an der McCall. The Goverhot degree fiitther to have them es• sembled, as coon as oonvenient, at camp, full fifteen miles from Philadelphia, where they can be bri gaded, and learn to move together m masses, and thoroughly familiarize themselves with field evolu tions upon a large scale. In this they would have attained considerable proficiency by the time the Government could furnish the amount of trans- Iportation necessary to carry so large a fans to the Southern coast. The force thus concentrated would consist of Col. J. M. Campbell, Fifty. fourth Infantry 850 Cot. S. A. Meredith, Fifty-sixth 1nfantry..........850 Col. Jos. 11. Wilson, Ono Hundred and First Infantry 900 Col. F. L. Lehman, One Hundred and Third Infantry 900 Col. M. Scblandeckor, One. hundred and Eleventh Infantry 90Q Col. J. Richter JOlllftl. Fifty-tighth Infantry 850 Col . John F. Stanton, Sixty-seventh Infantry 850 Col. Peter Lyle, Ninetieth Infantry 850 Col. Peter Gregory, Ninety •firat Infantry 900 'This latter regiment would be from Washington I These nine regiments sum up, total infantry, 7,850 121iMM ()colonel It_Butler Price, Fifty-ninth, In the Be _ sand Cavalry Prielana Bi lk Gallagher e Sinadron. Total Cavalry ARTILLERY Colonel C. Angeroth, One Hundred and Twelfth, in line, Second Pennsylvania Artillery 1 000 inmates Light Battery, from Williamsport 140 wows Light Battery, from Lewisburg 120 Captaio goyfilOriga Battery A, Fifth Regular Artil• lery 120 Total Artillery 1 330 Total of aU Arms.... The men now enlisted are held in camp without muskets for drill purposes, and many valuable weeks are being lost to the service. Col. Lyie's Regiment is well drilled in the movements both by company and battalion, and if arms were distribu ted to the men they would soon become proficient in their use. Col. Stainrock, of the One-hundred and-ninth Regiment, has his men quartered in the upper portion of the building No. 533 Chestnut street, whore '; bunks" have been constructed for the accommodation of the men. Unless great care is exercised by those having the men is charge sickner will Mar In and do no little harm. An. Informei Intimation has been received from the War DePartment that it would be mtined to see another body of reserved troops raised in Penn sylvania, to the number (say) of ten thousand. These, if raised now, could ue nail w ieliface any column that might need assistance; or, in ease their services are not needed in this way, they might take the place of the seasoned and disciplined troops used to getting, A.lMapolis, Frederick, and Baltimore, and thus permit the latter to join the grand army when it advances. Governor Sprague has already acted on the idea, and Governor An drew, of Massachusetts, is about to follow. Colonel Price's cavalry regiment instill in camp at Point Breeze Park. QUARTER SESSIONS CASES.—A considerable portion of the time of Judge Allison ; in the Court of Quarter Sessions, was occupied on Saturday in disposing of writs of habeas corpus, issued for the purpose of procuring the discharge of soldiers. In one ease the application was in behalf of Samuel Gorman. I n t was in evidence that Gorman was in Colonel Lewis' regiment, in the three-months service, and was then sent home on account of ill health: next he enlisted in the First California Regiment, and was again discharged on aoooUnt of sickness; and be now turns up in a third regiment. His mother stated that there was no objection to his enlistment, provided he was physically capable of enduring the campaign. His father and brother are both in the army. The case was held under ad visement. The friends of John Rememba, a soldier, applied to have him discharged. Captain Glenn, connected with a regiment in service, stated that the young man bad deserted from his company, and had been found on board the receiving ship, at the navy yard. He asked a few days' delay to allow him time to obtain papers from Washington. The case was adjourned until Wednesday. In another case, a lad, fifteen years of age, was before the court, in uniform. His father estab lished the boy's age, whereupon the captain pro duced what purported to be the father's consent, but which the father denied. The boy was die- Charged- A writ of haoeas eorptur was heard iii the ease of Mr. Lippineott, charged with larceny, as a halloo. The charge against him was that money was borrowed from Mr. L., and jewelry left with him as collateral. As he had no license as a pawn broker, Mr. L. took the precaution to have a bill of sale, and Judge Allison ruled that the revised code in regard to larceny by bailee was intended to apply to common carriers more partioularly. Mr. Lippincott was discharged. e Another case of larceny by a bailee was heard en a writ of habeas corpus. A colored man testified that he deposited $10.50 with Jonathan Boneall, about two weeks ago, and atter his (the witness's) discharge from the hospital he WO to get his money, but was unable to secure more than $l. The judge ruled in this case as in the preceding one, and ordered Mr. Bonsall's discharge. Before he left the court Mr. Bonsall paid the colored man his money. August Seaman was charged, by Captaigßeeves, with having deserted from the Second Regiment, of Chestertown, Md. Mr. Seaman made a state ment to the effect that he had, after some Solicita tion, joined the Home Guard, at Chestertown, last November. There he obtained a furlough and came to Philadelphia to recruit for the regiment. Meantime, the Guard was plastered into the ser vice of the United States. After Seaman had been in Philadelphia some time, he joined a company of sharp-shooters, attachedr to Colonel Frismuth'e re giment, and was raised to the rank of second lieu tenant. He wrote a note to this effect to Captain Reeves, and suppofed that no harm could bo thought of it. The judge decided that, haying he" come a member of one company, he could not de sert and join another. He was remanded to the custody of the United States, and, ere this, has probably arrived in Chestertown, where he has re sided for some years. Mr. Crittenden, who was held to bail one day last week, to answer the charge of violating the law, for aelling goods without a license, was heard', on a writ of habeas corpus, before Judge AlliOol2, The article he had for sale was a Yankee notion, called a "flying top," a . plaything for children. The suit was instituted by importers, who pAy shop i tax, etc. The said article was manufactured n the State of Connecticut. The judge dismissed the case on the ground that the alderman should have inflicted the penalty provided by the law, and not have returned the ease to court. MILITARY. The Twenty-third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, is to be attached to the brigade of Gen. Birney, it being understood by him that such was to be the disposition made of his command when he accepted the appointment of a brigadier general. Gen. Birney goes to Kentucky unuer (ten. Buell. A new Burgeon has been ap pointed to the regiment. Very few cases of sick ness are now to be found. Lieut. A. D. Bailie, Sergeant Major Vogdes, Capt. John Bowers, Capt. John Johnson, and Hyland Price, are now in this city in the recruiting service. Lieut. Wm. F. Baumm, late of Col. Small's regi ment, has been appointed ordnance officer on the staff of Gen. Hooker, on the lower Potomac. The funeral of Corporal Joseph E. Walker, of Company P, Twenty-third Pennsylvania Yellin tem, took place yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'olook, from the residence of his mother, in Pine street, between Fifth and Sixth. He died at Camp Gra ham, Washington, D. C., on Thursday last. He Was an exemplary young man. The funeral of. Corporal Joseph L. Riddle, of Company 0, Twenty-third Pennsylvania Regiment, also took place yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock, from the residence of his brother-in-law on Alder street, above Poplar. The death of the corporal occurred at Camp Graham en last Wednesday. Ho was a member of Lodge 296, L 0. of 0. F. ; also of the Typographical Association, and Hibernia Steam Fire Engine Company. The funeral of Charles W. Riffle, Jr., of the United States Military Camp, also took place, from his late residence, 1305 North Tenth street. His death was very sudden, and occurred at the camp on Thursday. THE Ctiliatrinacv Gast Tnts 11.7111 C UNAJILIO TO ACti% —The jury in the /Llama,' comitptrady ease came into court on Saturday afternoon, and said they could not agree upon a verdict; that they had discussed all the counts (six in number) and atood now as they did when they first went. There was not the least likelihood of an aereement. One of the jurors said he was willing to say to the (curt how the jury stood. This was not desired by Judge Allison. One of the jurors, speaking for several others, said they bad wade arrangements to stay out for some thee---6Tio extending the period to the ?Mirth of July—but none of the jurors entertained any other opinion than that they never would agree; nor would they ask to be discharg;ed. The fore man, Mr. A. It. Lukens, when the jury came into court, said they could not agree, and would like to be discharged. Anotherjuror said there was no fair understand ing of this kind. There was no expression given as to the verdict a majority was in favor af. There wee a eurrent rumor that eleven were for conviction; but this, of course, is only Conjecture. The judge said that he had examined, the law ap pertaining to such cues, as to the power of the court to discharge. He entertained the opinion that by discharging the jury he would discharge the de fendants, a responsibility that he would not like to assume. He could not think of discharging the jury merely because of the simple hardship of their confinement. Ile did not _even know whether he had the power to discharge, even if a juror's life was in danger from sickness, unless application was made to discharge by the counsel for the de fence, of whose choosing the jury were. After this decision, the jury went out. TUE FINANCE COMMITTEE of Councils have issued bonds to meet a debt of $lO,OOO, due Janu ary Ist. They were sold at ninety, being eight lea then the city hands hare ever heretofore been dig• pored of. for they were immediately taken, and are now held firmly at par. The MO debt %now about $70,000. The taxes last year for ward, county, State, and other purposes, was 1 per cent. The national tax, this year, will increase the rate to about 1.40. To BE Pam 1a COlN.—Hon.llenry D.Moore, State Treasurer, is in town, for the purpose of pay ing the semi-annual interest on the State debt. The interest will be paid in specie. The II ceepon on the 7 3.10 national loan win be due on the lilth of the present Satirith, We pro sums the Government will take care to maintain. its credit by paying the interest in erste. CAMDEN INTELLIGENCE.—ThBeriffIiDaI court, DM. week, was occupied with the Ware F. M. Vanstavern, and others, charged with otiii[Aftlay In August last the house of the defendant was set on fire by some one, which he charged to be hie neighbor. a Mr. Abbott, wife and son, whom he prosecuted for the offence. The Grand Jury, at the October term, ignored the bill, and Abbott com menced proceedings against Vanstavern, wife, ser- Tent giel, and James Good for conspiraoy. The evidence was conflicting. The chief witness for the State was the girl, Mary Davis, who was also the principal witness for the prosecution against the Ahbotts. In giving her evidence, on Wednes day, she raid 4, she was then tolling the truth," but bad before sworn to what was false. The case was given to the jury on Friday, who, after an ab sence of several hours, rendered a verdict of guilty. Vanstavern Wag sentenced to pay a no of One hundred dollars and costa. The monthly , meetings of the Board of Education are held an the first Monday evening of the month, ih the Council chamber. The board consists of nine members, three from each ward, who meet and transact their important business, month after month, without the least notice being taken of their action, The citizens pay no hod 4F thetA, and were it not for the reporter of the press, the public who have so deep an interest in the matter, would remain innocent of all knowledge of their proceed ings. Joseph C. Delacour is the president, and James M. Caeaady secretary. There are in the city twenty-three schools, twenty-six teachers, and Efteen hundred scholars. Additional accommoda tions are badly needed, the time elapsing betereen the application and admission being, In many cases, over three months. An effort is being made to so amend the militia laws of the State as to insure greater effi ciency. A meeting of the State Military Associa tion was held in Trenton, last Tuesday, at which various propositions to that effect wore discussed. Brigadier GRIMM Runyon was elected Predident of the Association for the ensuing year; Lieutenant Colonel Ituckalow, Recording Secretary; Uetieral Perrine, Corresponding Secretary, and Major Old, Treasurer. Gov. CURTIN AT THE COMMERCIAL ROOMS.— On Saturday evening, Gov. Curtin was. present, by irrvitatiob, at the Commereial Rooms. The at. tendanco of members was unusually large, and em braced many of our leading merchants and business men of all classes. There were no formal ursine nies on the occasion, but the Governor wee intro duced personally to such of the gentlemen as be was not previously acquainted with, and conversed freely with all. In response to a toast by the president, Mr. Wm. B. Hart, he made a brief but Moit, effeetiVe epoch, chiefly in raferenee to the existing rebellion and the means width Pennsylva nia bad adopted to aid in its suppression. Short addressee were alsodelivered by Charles Gibbons, Thomas Smith, Morton McMichael, Charles Gilpin, Wm. J. Wainwright, Henry D. Moore, Oral; Bid dle, William S Smith, Thomas Webster, William Devine, Dr. H. 0-, Smith, Col. Chambers, and otheie. All the speakers bore the strongest testi. mony to the zeal, diligence, ability, and Meese with which the Governor has discharged the onerous and important duties which have devolved upon him since he assumed the Executive chair, and the sentiments they uttered in this respect were re ceived with the most fervent marks of eympathy and approbation by the large audience of subitan tial end intelligent citizens. 1,600 BLANKET TIIILEVES.—On Saturday, at De tective Sam Henderson wus quietly walking along Pine street, near Nineteenth, be observed a couple of colored men whom ho recognized as being "on the sneak." Ono of them had a handsome new white blanket, with red border, under his arm. Henderson arrested him. The other fellow took " French leave," but was captured by Offloor Orr, of the Fifth district, The prisoners were committed by Alderman Dottier to await a tlbmitg. ca Thurs day next. Losers of horse blankets should stop at, the ceptral Sletion, OOQ of the priliouert it named John Wilson, alias Williams: the sad, George Parker, alias Davis. The last named is a desperate fellow. Two or three years ago he cut a police officer badly, for which he served out a term of imprisonment, _ BIIWILARIC AND ARDEST.—A dwelling hOtISC at Twenty•tbird and Pearl streets, in the Fifteenth ward, was entered by burglars between three and four o'clock on Saturday morning. The first at tempt was to enter the house through the trap door, after mounting to the roof by means of an unoccupied building next door. Failing in this, this bgrglers then forced a window and got in in that way. Three young men, named Jainei Muf ray, John Kelly, and Edw. Spring, who are said to belong to the notorious gang of "Spiekets,” were arrested on the charge of committing the act. They had a hearing before Alderman Hutchinson, when they were identified by the occupants of the dwelling. They were all committed to answer. FATAL AccinEwr.—On Saturday evening an unknown man was killed on the railcoi<d lik DO6it street, above Front, by getting jammed, it AU thought, between two freight cam The driver of the care says he saw the man staggering along and in danger; he hallooed to him, but did not see whether he was run over or jammed. The body was conveyed to the Third•district station-house in Union street, and the coroner was sent for to hold an inquest. The investigation was postponed until 10 o'clock this morning. The witnesses, if any there were, are requested to call at the coroner's office, Fourth street, below Chestnut, The de ceased appeared to be about forty years of age. His dress consisted of black pants, black-velvet vest, brown undercoat, and bleak overcoat. lie had a plug of tobacco in one pocket, and a piece amp and a comb in the other. There was nothing found on his person that might lead to his early identifi cation. NAnnow &ME .FIRE.•-•ll7ostCrda7 morning, about one olelock, a fire occurred in a ono-story brick building attached to the large five story structure at the northwest corner of Ninth and Wallace streets, occupied by different puttee. The basement was occupied by Messrs. Bohler Weikel, coffee roasters and manufacturers; the first floor by Guereboffer l Lowy! it CO., fillifillial turers of covered buttons; and the second floor by John 0. Mead d; Co., silver platers. In the upper stories no work is progressing at the present time. The building and fixed machinery is owned by Win. T. Petit. The building in which the fire originated is used by Dopler & Weikel for roasting their coffee, dm. and origiiiated ACcidentally. The dames commani , cated to a large wooden chimney, and set fire to the fifth story, which was but slightly damaged. The interior of the roasting department was burned out, and some alight injury was done to the machinery and stock. The loss, which is not heavy, is fully covered by insurance. The whole establishment narrowly escaped destruction. PATRIOTIC.—The board of control of the Mechanics' Cemetery Association have appropriated lots from No. 1 to 6, inclusive, in Division 13, Sec tion 14, in their cemetery, for the free Interment of soldiers who die from wounds received or disease contracted during the war. Henry Deperven, un dertaker, No. 1007 Poplar street, will give the ne cessary information upon the subject. SEETENcEs.—On Saturday, in the Court of' Quarter SessiollS, the I . oll9lfieg sentences were passed by-Judge Allison : William - Halliday, lathe ry, two years in the Eastern Penitentiary ; Thos. Dickson, receiving stolen goods, two years in the same institution ; Wm. Barnes, larceny, eighteen months ; Elisha Davis, colored, fifteen months ; John Thomas, larceny, one year in the county pri son. THE SiIEETPFALTY.—In the Court of Ooni mon Plena, a motion to quash the petition in the COM of Thompson va. Lwing was argued before Judges Thompson and Ludlow, on Friday and Battuday. The matter was held Bader advisement. THE HEAPS Or DEPARTMENTS.—The official term of the heads of the various municipal depart ments exnired on Friday last, but were extended, by an ordinance, until the cies? of February, un less the new officials are sooner elected and quali fied. It is now understood to he the purpose of the majority in Councils to elect the new heads of de partments on Thursday next, and much interest is manifested in the result. The Democratic mums, to make nominations, will probably be held to morrow or Wednesday. ANOTHER OLD i`. 1 .0141/IVilt COMM Keller ' one of the defenders of North Point agair British aggression in the war of 1812, died at residence in this city on Friday, at the adrs• age of 71 years. ARRIVAL OF BALL'S BLUR' WOUNDED. number of the wounded at Ball's Bluff and Run arrived in our city on Friday night, and entertained at the Volunteer Refreshment Salt As a general thlDg they were wounded in the and legs, arms and bands. One of the party all his hand, excepting one finger, earned as and another had a hole through his left hand. St of the wounded, after refreshing themselves at saloons, passed through the city on their way hr in other parte. REMOVAL OF GOVERNMENT PitisoNEßs FonT LAFAYETTE.—MithhaI Mil'ward revel orders on Friday to send the Petrel pirates, other State prisoners, forthwith to Fort Leap They will be moved thither to-day or to•morz Lieutenant Burnett, of the regular regimen) charge of the fortress, is now to town. Ills settee may have something to do with the rem of the prisoners. There are about fifty gentry be removed. PERSONAL.—Hon. Andrew G. Curtin, vernor of we )500, Hon. Simos Cameron, Late °relay of War, anti lion. Edgar Ovvrnii, STV States Senator from Pannsylvania, wore in Saturday. COMMITTED TO ANSWER.—Wash Kern, what celebrated in the pollee annals of Pht phia, was arrested on Friday,on the charge ol ing, or attempting to pick, pockets of unsnap people along the market wagons on Second e was committed by Alderman Bottler to al at the criminal court. BIRTH AT THE CENTRAL.--Yesterday ing a respectable woman named Catharine . frey gave birth to a male child at the Centre lice Station, where she had come the night pre for lodgings. The little one, we understand, be adopted by one of the me*ors of the Rr Corps of Police. Tlll ,- ; CITY WATSII , Wortus.--The follow a statement or tho amount or water maga ' different works belonging to the city, duru month of January Ganone or water Average tu pumped during gallons pun am mount. 44)'' Fairmount 200,169,032 6,457.094 Schuylkill .... 1E4,439,520 5,917,403 Delaware Mkutr2,4J9 2;225,886 Twenty. touri h w'tl, 28.Saii9#9 923,70 T R.timon of THE PREga : It ill wL sure that 1 now announce to the caddie the that we, the undersigned, the late released prime toward Mr. Henry Duncan, of Philadelphia, wi Captain of Company I, of the Om, Hundred's PelmaYlYaula Regiment, who lots had its in, cl our arrival at Washington, for the interest, t taken ill Mt iD PPPTidtag for our comfort,. wl busy almost night and 'lay in getting our Luab FO that We might return Lome to, after an absence of over nine 'unlink very grateful to the citizens of Pit% to tho Committee of the Qooper-tilop Roil. kind reception, and for the kinditesa mid with which we have been treated during one glace.__ Yours respectfully, U. Chas. Brinkerhoff', Company C, First Mehit, Stereo Carney, Company I', First Celiforula Goo, W. Gray, Company ii, Viral Massachu Conn W. F. Wilson, Co. F, New York Fir, W,N, thorn, C9)111 , a1 , 7 11, 14. w Y ork -11". jam 01040, ObinpfttlY 0, Zi p , Now Yorf James B. Belcher, COmpany V, Fifteenth James W. Anderson, Co, F, Second WisCt 1(004.091 481,246 812
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