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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1862.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAST SPEECH OF
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.—" 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 he but two sides
to the controversy, Sven , man MUSt be on tbe
side of the United States or against it. Thera
can be no neutrals in title war. There can be
none but patriots and traitors."
TIRE LATEST WAR PIEWS
In oonsegnence of Secretary Stanton's restrictions
upon the prey, and our desire, under any circum
stances, to avoid conflicting with the interests and
projects of the Government, we have refrained to
day from publishing many items of news that would
be interesting to the reader. Stirring events, des
lined to live in history, are doubtless close at hand.
Meanwhile, let us cherish the counsel of General
'Maclellan, and with c , patience, forbearance, and
confidence," all will yet be well. 16.
In no State have the rebels been more relent
less in their course of rapine, treason. and blood
shed than in Missouri. Originally a Union State,
she was shamelessly betrayed by her Governor and
others of her chosen servants, who rushed her
headlong into the rebellion, entailing upon her
all the misery and wretchedness that cause is heir
to. Armies were raised in the State, and under
desperate and merciless leadership they have plun
dered and sacked ail they could lay their hands
upon. But now, thanks to the tireless energy of
our commanders and the bravery of our troops,
the adopted State of Benton is at last free
from all armed bands of rebels, and her Union
loving citizet 8 will now have an epportunity to re.
pair the damage done by the despoilers All honor
to Gen. Balleck and the brave officers and men
under him, for their deliverance of the people of
Missouri from the rebel thraldom! Their memories
will be forever perpetuated, not only by the people
of that State, but by the loyal mass of Americans
everywhere.
The gale of Monday last, as we learn from Bal
tird6re, net enly interfered with the laying of the
submarine telegraph cable across the bay, from
Fortress Monroe, but materially damaged the
shipping along the coast. The Hoboken, which
- was employed in laying the cable, was driven
ashore, at Cape Henry, and broke in two. After
remaining upon the wreck nearly twenty-four
hours, her crew were taken off by the Span/ding.
The latter reports having seen the steamer R. B.
Forbes at-here, near Nag's Read, on Tuesday
morning. The steamer Bayress is reported lost
on the Eastern Shore. The frigate Cumberland
dragged her anchors, at Newport News, and seve
ral schooners got adrift.
The number of regular army officers now serving
in the volunteer force is one hundred and twenty
one. Of these, one officer holds the rank of major
general of volunteers; fifty have the rank of
brigadier generals; fifty-seven are colonels; seven
lieutenant colonels, and six majors. All of these
officers, with the exception of twenty-three, are
graduates of West Point. The total number of
general tfrioers of volunteers is ono hundred and
twelve—namely, six major.generals, two of whom
are West Pointers, and one hundred and six
brigadier generals, seventy-three of whom are
West Pointers.
It is stated that since the rebels have occupied
the batteries at Cockpit Point, on the lower Poto
mac, they have fired 5,000 shells, directed at our
vessels and camps belonging to Sickles' brigade and
Hooker's division, on the opposite side of the river.
Nearly all of the shots proved entirely ineffectual,
only about a dozen doing any considerable damage
out of the whole number fired. - a
The news that the rebels have evacuated Nash
ville and fled to Murfreesboro, after having burnt
ell the State documents, is further confirmed. Gen.
Grant has declared martial law in all of West
Tennessee, and the mail facilities have been ex
tended to Clarksville.
Congre.ss Yesterday
SENATE.-Mr. DlcDougall, from the , special com
mittee, reported a hill for the establishment of a
railroad and telegraph line from Wisconsin to <the
Pacific Ocean.
The bill for the occupation and cultivation of
cotton lands, being the special order, was then
taken up, and occasioned a lengthy debate, but no
decisive action was taken upon it.
The bill fixing the number of members of the
House of Representatives was passed with the
amendment of Mr. Collamer, of Vermont, making
the aumber 211.
The ease of Senator Starke was then taken up.
.Mr. Sumner moved to amend the resolution re
ported by the committee, so as make it read,
" that Mr. Starke be not entitled to take his seat
without an investigation of his loyalty." Pending
the debate thereby eeessioried, the Senate ad.
journed.
HOUSE. —The Senate amendment to the bill fix
ing the number of Representatives at two hundred
and forty-one, under the basis of the last census,
was concurred in. This will give en additional
Representative to Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky,
Illinois, lowa, Minnesota, Vermont, and Rhode
reuusylvauia Legislature,
SENATE.—Mr. Smith, of Philadelphia, from the
Select Committee, reported as committed the joint
resolutions of the House relative to the defences of
the Delaware river and bay, which were subse
quently considered and passed.
The bill providing for the appointment of fence
viewers passed with an unimportant amendment.
The bill, which is of special interest to the citizens
of Philadelphia, was published in our local columns
a few weeks since.
Horse.—The greater portion of yesterday's ses
sion was consumed in a discussion upon the act to
repeal the act (approved in March last) providing
for the commutation of the tonnage tax. Mr. Wil
liams, of Allegheny, at length offered a substitute,
section first of which provides that the tonnage tax
impend by the ectincorporatiog the Peunsylvania
Railroad Company shall be reimposed and made
payable to the Commonwealth.
Pending the discussion to appoint a special day
for the consideration of the latter bill, the House
adjourned.
Southern Logic.
Judging from his inaugural address, Mr.
JEFFERSON DAVIS is qualified to fill the chair
of Logic in one of the Universities of the
Flying Island of Laputa. He is . not only a
philosopher sin generis, but also a remarkable
optimist. He reminds one of the physician who
as his patient successively enumerated all the
bad symptoms of a mortal ailment, kept on
exclaiming, while life was fluttering and ebbing
away, ccexeellent symptoms "—despite of
which the sick man breathed his last. Mr.
JEFFERSON DAVIS assured his discontented au
ditors at Richmond, last Saturday, that all their
misfortunes were for the best, and that there
was something sMibiaelety and tonsolin g even
in ce the serious reverses " which, he was fain
to admit, the rebellious conspiracy has recent
ly experienced.
He carries out this optimism, and rather re
joices at the existence of the blockade. lie
includes it among the " corresponding bene
fits" which, in his catalogue, are to be set off
against " the material sacrifices of the- past
Test." He says, "if the acquiescence of
foreign nations in a pretended blockade has
deprived us of our commerce with them, it is
fast making us a self-supporting and an inde
pendent people." Here, with all respect to
Professor DAvis, we submit that a blockade
which deprives the South of its commerce
cannot precisely be called pretended. It was
to effect this—it was to cut off the commerce
of the South that the blockade was established,
and has been somewhat effectively maintained.
.114 r. DAVIS adds : as The blockade, if effec
tual and permanent,"—lf? Why, it has de
prived the South of its commerce !--" could
only serve to divert our industry from the
production of articles for export, and employ
it in supplying commodities for domestic use."
Farther on, he enumerates the articles of ex.
port so produced, which the blockade keeps
on Southern ground,—they are cotton, sugar,
rice, tobacco, provisions, timber, and naval
stores. The export of these has entirely
ceased, thanks to the "pretended blockade,"
.and the prodnctive industry of the South does
not apply itself to supplying commodities for
.domestic use. In fact,the rebellion has mainly
.suspended labor in the South, and afforded
suet lieenze to the " peculiar institution,"
that were the Rebellion to cease to-morrow,
.and the Union once again be in slats quo, the
owners of estates in the South would find it
.difficult to organize one half the labor which
they used before the war.
No doubt, the South has a large amount of
articles fitted for export. If, as Mr. DAVIS
says, the blockade is only cc pretended," how
has it happened that the cotton, rice, sugar,
and other articles of the exchange, which con
stitutes commerce, retrain in the South 1 A.
blockade whirl retains these, surprisingly re•
sembles a reality. .
The Arguments of the Secessionists In
England and America
There is a strange contrast between the ar
guments used to justify Secession in the
United States and those, put forward in Eng
land by the rebel Commissioners, YANCEY,
ROST, and Kum, in the letter they addressed
• to Lord JOHN RUSSELL in August last. Here
Secession has been claimed as a sort of con
stitutional right, not at all revolutionary in its
character. The Federal Government, accord
ing to the t•iew of the rebel leaders, is hut a
partnership or league between cc Sovereign
States," which they have a right to peaceably
dissolve at their pleasure. It is, therefore,
with some surprise that we find YANCEY & Co.,
in their letter, falling back upon the doctrines
of the Declaration of Independence for a jus
tification of their infamous attempt to sever
the Republic. In the letter referred to they
eny ;
They were especially desirous of convineinse
your lordship, and laid before your lordship rea-
SODS for their belief, that the people of the seceding
States had violated no principle of allegiance in
their art of secession, but, on the contrary, had
been true to that high duty which all citizens owe
to that sovereignty which, is the supreme fount of
power in a State, no matter what may be the par
ticular form of government under which they live ;
they were careful to show to your lordship, however,
that the idea of American sovereignty was different
from that entertained in Great Britain and Europe ;
that whereas in the great Eastern hemisphere gene
rally sovereignty was deemed to exist in the Go
vernment, the founders of the North American
States had solemnly declared, and upon that de
claration had built up American institutions, that
Governments were instituted among men, deriving
their just powers from the consent of the governed;
that whenever any form of government becotnes de
structive of these ends (security to life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happluess), it is the right of the
people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new
government.'
" The undersigned assumed it to be incontrover
tible, in order to give practical vital:ty to this de
claration, that the people who were declared to
pessess this right to alter or to abolish' such oppres
sive government must be the neopie whose rights
such government either assaile:d or no longer pro
tected. Whether that government should be ad
ministered by one tyrant or the more heartless and
equally effectual despotism of a sectional and tyran
nical majority oould make no difiiirence in the ap
plication of the principle. when the people who
thus act in abolishing' their form of government
are not mere self constituted assemblages of
disaffected individuals, but the sovereign peo
ple of great States, each possessing separate
constitutions, and legislative and executive
powers soling in modes prescribed by those eon.
stitutions, and taking votes under form and by vir
tue of law, the minority yielding cheerfully to the
decision of the majority as to the question of re
dress, it became clear that, whatever might be
European views as to such action if developed in
Europe, the seceding States were amply jirstified
by the great American prrnerples sell-g-overn
?new proclaimed by their ancestors its 1776. They
submitted that, so far from the principle of Ameri
can allegiance having been violated by the people
of the seceding States, in those States alone is that
principle upheld whereby the actions of men claim
ing to be the representatives of the men of 1776 are
to he guided and justified, and that the people and
Government of the States upholding Mr Lincoln in
his war upon the Confederate States are alone the
traitors to that great political truth, and as such
must be judged by an impartial world."
The Declaration of Independence is the last
document that Southern politicians have, of
late years, thought of appealing to as an autho
rity for the settlement of vexed questions in
American politics, and the sentence immedi
ately preceding the one YAlecnv & Co_ have
quoted has always been considered peculiarly
obnoxious, for it contains the famous passage
which announces that " all men are created
equal t. that they are endowed by their Creator
Wills certain inalienable riglito i that among
these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap
piness," and that it " is to secure these rights"
that " Governments are instituted among
men," &c. The "commissioners" must have
been sadly in need of authorities for their
wicked movement, when they ventured upon
the experiment of quoting from the immortal
document which when literally construed,
condemns the chief corner-stone of their so
galled cOnfederacy.
There is another equally striking feature in
the address of the rebel commissioners.
When appealing for recognition to a Govern
ment which avowedly cherished strong anti
blllYery 'proclivities, they sought to prove that
the slavery question had nothing to do with
the rebellion, and tint the " peculiar institu
tion " Would be as well protected by ARRA
ILAN LINCOLN as by JEFFERSON DATIS. It is
curiouS enough to hear YANcEY—who has done,
perhaps, more than any other man to fan the
flame of rebellion in the South by creating
the impression that submission to the rule of
a Republican President would virtually de
stroy slavery—address Lord JOHN RUSSELL its
the following language
"It was from no fear that the slaves would be
! liberated that secession took place. The very
! party in p . ower has proprfsed to guaranty slavery
for ever in the States if the South would but re
main in the Union. Mr. Lincoln's message pre-
Toms no.frecdom to the sieve, but announces sub:
jeetion of his owner to the will of the Union ' in
other words, to the will of the North . Even after
the battle of Bull Run, both branches of the Con
gress at Washington parsed resolutions that the war
is only waged in order to uphold that (pro
slavery) Constitution., and to enforce the laws
(-litany of them pro-slavvry); and out of 172 rotes
lii Cie loWef Houk., they received all bat 2, and in
the Senate all butt vote. As the army commenced its
march the commanding General issued an order
that no slaves should be received into, or allowed
to follow, the camp. The great object of the war,
therefore,ns now officially announced, is not to
free the. stare, hut to keep him in subjection to hi.,
owner, and to control his labor through the legisla
tive channels which the Lincoln Government de
signs to force upon the master. The undersigned,
therefore, submit with confidence, that as far as the
anti-slavery sentiment of England is concerned, it
can have no sympathy with the North ; nay, it will
probably become disgusted with a canting hypocrisy
which would enlist those sympathies on false pre
tences. The undersigned are, however, not insensible
to the surmise that the Lincoln Government may,
under stress of circumstances, change its policy,
a policy based at present more upon a wily view of
what is to be its effect in rearing up an element in
the Confederate States favorable to the ream/strut
tion of the Union than upon any honest desire to
uphold a Constitution, the main provisions of which
it has mostshamelessly violated. But they confi
dently submit to your lordship's consideration, that
auccees in producing so abrupt and violent a de
struction of a system of labor which has reared np
SO vast a commerce between America and the great
States of Europe, which, it is supposed, now gives
bread to 10.000.000 of the population of those
States, which it May be safely assumed is intimately
blended with the basis of the great manufacturing
and navigating prosperity that 'distinguishes the
age, and probably not the least of the elements of
this prosperity, would be visited withiresults dis
astrous to the world, as well as to the master and
slave."
Here is a virtual confession that the only
danger with which the institution of slavery
is now, or may hereafter be threatened, arises
not from any aggressive spirit in the North,
but solely from the exigencies of the war
forced upon the nation by the Secession con
spirators; and the people of the seceded
States are admonished by their own betrayers
that whatever damage may be done to their
cherished institution will be prodined by the
revolt into which they were misled by gross
misrepresentations.
The National Wealth and Resources.
The debt incurred in suppressing the Rebel
lion, great as it may seem, and burdensome as
it may prove to some of the interests of one
country, bears a much lower relation to the
wealth .and resources of the nation than is
generally supposed. By the census of 1860,
the true value of the real and personal estate
of the United States was estimated at $16,159,-
616,088, an increase of $3,95,481,011 or
126.45 per cent. as compared with the census
of 1850. The following table exhibits the re
ported wealth of the respective States :
Real Estate,. Personal Properly
Alabama $155.034,089 $277,164,673
Arkansas.. 63.251.740 116 1 950 ; 590
9115 ) ,
California 66. 4131
. .
12,748,030
Connecticut.... 191,478,842 149,778,134
Delaware 26,273.803 13,493,439
Florida 21,722.810 47,206,875
,
Georgia 179.801 44
, 1 438,430,946
Illinois 287,219,940 101,987.432
Indiana 291,829,992 119,2E2,432
lowa 140,433,423 55 733,560
Kansas 16 ,088,602 6,4 2 9.630
Kentucky 277.925,054 250,287,639
Louisiana 280,704.998 155,082,277
Maine 86,717,716 67,062,672
Maryland.. ... 65.341,438 231,793,800
Massachusetts.. 475,413 : 165 301,744 651
Michigan 123.605,084 39.927,921
Minnesota_.... 25,391,771 6,727.002
Miesissippi...... 157,836,737 351,636,175
Missouri 153.450,577 113,485,274
. ..
N. Hampshire.. 59,638,348 64,171,743
New Jersey.... 151.161.942 345,520,550
New York 1 069,658.080 320.806,558
North 'Carotin.. 'l, 1 it 946973 175_921,029
Ohio :: 1947 518.121 212.348.980
Oregon .. 6.279.492 12.745.313
PrZ1112`y1V0:11111... 5 1 i1 112 t:s9 153 00 :;55
Rhode Island ... 63.778 291 • 41,326.101
South Carolina.. 129 772 964 359,546,444
Tenneksee 219 991,180 162,504 020
Texas 112,476.013 155,316,322
Vermont . 115,6:19.973 19,118,646
Virginia 417:052 22S 280-080 104
Witeunsin 148,235.766 "3,706 72::
$12?006,756,585
The whole expenses incurred up to this time
do not amount to flair per cent. of the value
of the real and personal estate of our coun
try.
• No one, of course, seriously proposes or
expects that the debt now being incurred will
be paid at once, or at any very early period.
The general expectation is that a considerable
portion of the burden will fall upon a future
generation. Yet, if, as is non expected, the
rebellion should be speedily crushed, a sum
less than one-tenth of the increase in the
value of American property from 1850 to
18E0 would defray all the expeaditues of use
n - ar. If the power of, the GOTernment is tho
roughly re-estabished, and our usual state of
prosperity is fully restored, bu a small frac
tion of the increased value of American pro
perty doing the next len years would be equal
in amount to the whole national debt.
The value of the agricultural and manu
factured products of the Union is estimated
in round numbers at $.4,000,000,000 per annum.
The whole national debt incurred and to be
incurred by the war, will probanly not amount
to two per cent. of We Pl►lue of these products
for ten years.
An annuli revenue of $200,000,000 would
be derived from a tax of one and a quarter per
cent per annum upon the value of the whole
real and personal estate of the country, or a
tak of five per' cunt. per annum upon the
value of our annual.products.
Our revenue system is a compound of direct
and indirect taxa'ion, and more money is de
rived from the taxes upon foreign imports and
upon special articles and interests, than from
a direct tax upon real and personal property.
We do not expect or desire to see a radical
change in this matter made, and the whole
burden of the war thrown upon the existing
owners of property. But it would be welt for
those who are disposed to magnify the ex
penses of the war, to consider the resources
of the nation.
WHAT win be the policy of the Govern
ment in dealing with the seceded territory now
reoccupied by the Federal armies ? The
successes in North Carolina, the capture of
Clarksville, and the impending occupation of
Savannah, give this question a practical mean
ing, and Congress may very soon be called
upon to prescribe a certain policy for the go
vernment of these States. Several proposi
tions have already attracted the attention of
Congress, but it is impossible to indicate what
may be adopted. The whole subject is subor
dimde to the necessities of military events.
In times of revolution the plans of to-day are
uncertain beyond to-day, and circumstances
may compel new laws and a new policy to:-
morrow. The object to be attained is the re
storation of Federal authority in the disloyal
territory, and our statesmen will be compelled
to shape the successes of our soldiers into a
permanent and comprehensive policy.
'What will be done with this reoccupied
territory ? The course of our Government in
Maryland, Missouri, and IVesterh Virginia,
affords a pointed precedent. In Maryland the
SeeeniOniStS Obtained control of the State.
They burned bridges, impeded the progress of
our troops, possessed a majority of the Legis
lature, and were as audacious and powerful as
they are in North Carolina or Alabama. The
Administration took possession of the old
State organization, imprisoned the disloyal
members of the Legislature, and, by throwing a
force into the lower counties on the day of the
recent election, secured a triumph at the polls.
In Missouri, the same policy was virtually
adopted. In 'Western 'Virginia, the loyal peo
ple were enabled to assume control of the
Government, and the Acimirt,ration, by re
cognizing Mr_ PIERPONT its GOvernor 7 And
Congress; in receiving Messrs. CARTAGE and
IS ILLEY as Senators, ratified their action. That
the Administration will follow this prece
dent in dealing with Tennessee and North
Carolina is probable. It is based upon the
assumption that in these States a large Union
feeling exists, having been coerced into silence
by the presence of an overpowering rebellion.
The Government, by overturning this over
powering force s enables the people to resume
their functions as citizens, and to come again
into the 'Union as loyal States. It enables
such men as ANDREW J,onwsorr and his perse
cuted friends to return to Tennessee, depose
expel the Legislature, and bring the
State back to its allegiance.
This seems to be a just course. But can it
be adopted in all parts of the South ? May it
not enable the disloyal States to come again
unpunished into the Union and restore the old
order of things ? If we permit the rebels to
resume all the privileges of citizenship, they
may, without any difficulty, vote themselves
back into power—vote DAVIS and SLIDELL, or
men as infamous as D-avis and SLIDELL, into
Congress—and re-establish the old tyranny.
The contemplation of such a thhig is
terrible. This war woffid be a vain contest,
and the debt we have incurred a criminal and
unnecessary burden, if the possibility of such
a calamity was permitted to exist.. To guard
against this is as necessary as it is to guard
against the capture of Washington by BEAU
REGARD ; and in permitting the old State ma
chinery' to be placed in, operation we must
take care that it does not become an instru
ment of treason in the hands of traitors.
It is contended by those who dread this con
tingency that the policy of provisional govern
ments is the proper one. Or, to be more ex
plicit, the reduction of these States once more
into a Territorial condition, depriving them of
all power as members of the 'Union, and
governing them by military rulers and an
army of occupation, postponing their recogni
tion as States until years have elapsed, and
the country has been repopulated and reor
ganized. We are not prepared ourselves to
support such a harsh measure; but it may be
come necessary, and when necessary, we stand
ready to advocate it as we have advocated
'every stringent measure, in order that the
Union may be saved and the Constitution vin
dicated.
TIIE promotion of Brigadier General GRANT
to be a major general, and of Col. GARFIELD
to be a brigadier general, indicates the policy
to be pursued by Secretary STANTON in making
army appointments, while the prompt confirma
tion of these gentlemen by the Senate shows
that the conduct of the Secretary is approved
by Congress. We are pleased that this course
has been determined upon by - the Administra
tion. It was necessary, in organizing an army
of the magnitude of the army of the Republic,
to go into civil life to procure officers. Our
old military system was small and inefficient,
and we took officers and soldiers from the
peaceful professions as a military experiment.
Tie necessity for extemporizing generals,
colonels, and captains out of peaceful profes
sional gentlemen no longer exists. We have
an educated and organized army, who have
seen service in the camp and on the field.
From the ranks our future officers must rise.
They intot 1100 3 like the got genemils of NA
roLEoN, and indeed like great generals in every
age of the world, by reason of their merit and .
bravery.
The appointment of holiday officers at this
time is a source of complaint on the part of
moritorious officers, and especially those who
have served in the regular army. They say
truly, that if men in civil positions are to ob
tain the honors and positions to which long
years of service entitle them, every motive
for enadation or honorable ambition gill pass
away from the army, and the service, for all
practical effect, ever after will become demo
ralized. This consideration is an important
one and we are glad it has excited the atten
tion of the Senate and the Seeretary of War.
When men win their laurels upon the field,
when, like General GRANT and Colonel GAR
FIELD, they show themselves capable of com
manding an army, it will be proper to invest
them with the power to command.
TIM COUNTRY will honor Governor MORTON,
of Indiana, for appointing, as the successor
to Mr. BRIGHT in the Senate, Hen. JOSEPH
A. WRIGHT. Mr. WRIGHT is a native of
Pennsylvania, and has been a citizen of Indi
ana for a number of 3:ears. He served in
Congress as a Representative of that State
from 1843 to 1845, was chosen Governor for
several terms, and was appointed by Mr. Bu-
CIIANAN minister to Prussia in 185 T, retiring
with the Administration of his chief. He
was a warm supporter of the late Mr.
DOUGLAS, and (lid not hesitate, at all
times, to denounce the atrocities of which
that illustrious statesman- eras the victim.
At the Prussian Court he was eminent for
Lis discretion and 10) ally, and his hit - hit:ace
went far towards conciliating that rower, and
defeating the machinations of the rebel ambas
sadors_ On his return to this country he
placed himself in the adv'ante of the Union
sentiment in Indiana, and has been bold and
untiring in his support of the Administration
in its war policy.
The appointment of such a man is a high
tribute on the part of thc Governor of Indi•
ana to the loyal Democracy of that State, and
it will be appreciated by the loyal Democracy
in every part of the Union. In sending a re
presentative Democrat to the Senate Governor
NORTON recognizes the deVotion of the Demo
cratic masses to the Union, and their sacrifices
to maintain the honor of our flag. If the ex
ample of this Republican Governor would
only be followed by the Republican leaders
.elsewhere, it would produce the moat gratifying
results, and strengthen the public sentiment
POW Administration. Onio, in
electing Governor Toro, and Indiana, in send-
$5,1181,661,050
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111 . . I 4 •
ing JosErn A. Wnzonr to the Senate . , have
sacrificed part;sanship to patriotism, and
strengthened beyond the possibility of over
throw the loyal sentiment of the West.
The Last Hope Gone
• This reporting a Parliamentary speech is
such an unusual, as well as useless a thing, for
it is certain to be corrected at once, that perhaps
it was only by accident that The London Times,
giving what purported to be Lord DERBY'S
speech on the Address to the Queen, on the
opening of the Session, made him say : cc I
think the lime is nearly come when the Go
vernment may probably be called on to recog
nize the so far successful revolt of the seceded
Status." Lord Denny lost no time in assu
ring the House of Lords that he was misre
roved. His correction reads thus : cc What
I said was, that the time has not come when it
on properly be called on to recognize the
verrment representing the successful revolt of
the Southern States. I added that, though
it is the practice to recognize a de facto -Go
vernment that has succeeded in establishing
itself, I did not think that the`resistance of the
Southern States had been so successful as to
justify us in recognizing them as a Power able
to maintain its own independence." This is
a different version, and shows how Whig and
Tory in the British Senate agree that the
Southern Confederacy is not to be recognized.
We never did believe that Lord Deasy, in
whose Colonial Secretaryship, some thirty
years ago, Negio Emancipation in the British
Colonies was carried, could give his sympathies
to the South, where Slavery is an institution.
Dr. Russell's Prophecies.
Out of the millions cf spoken and written
prophecies which are declared every year, some
few must come true. Nothing is easier than
political vaticination, because, in numerous
cases, what will be may be judged from what
has been. This is almost as certain as the re
sult of sowing grain in a ploughed land and
prei icting that, in a certain number of months,
it will wave in the golden beauty of harvest.
In politics especially, the Past is the prophet
of the future. Dr. RUSSELL, of the Loudon
Times ; has been some ten months in this coun
try, during which he has written as much con
cerning this country, its affairs, its inhabitants,
• as would fill two volumes as large as any of
IllAcAtmAy's great history. He has travelled
through the length and breadth of the eountry
—from Niagara to New Orleans and Mobile,
from East to West—he has been hospitably
received everywhere, admitted to sources
of information studiously kept back from
the leading journalists of the country.; he
has been in confidential communication with
leading personages on all sides; he is shrewd,
sharp, well educated, experienced in the art
of dashing journal writing, (especially when
describing battles of which he only saw the
distant smoke, and retreats in which his own
wagon took the kad,) and in, the seventy or
eighty letters from America which he has
written for publication in England he has
ventured on several hundred predictions.
Yet, marvellous to mention, no ono can point
out a single prophecy of this distinguished
cc special correspondent" that has been ful
filled. Long since this curious fact must haVe
struck his own mind, but, with a persistency
worthy of a better cause, lie has persevered in
this prediction line, and his latest letters in
The Times are just as prophetic as the earliest.
When we find that even oil of his prophecies
comes true we shall certainly chronicle thc
exception.
Salaries and Fees.
The bill introduced into the House of Re
presentatives, to tax the salaries of all Go
vernment officers and abolish fees, might ad
vantageously be taken as a model in the prin
cipal cities of the whole United States. It is
intolerable that a collector, sheriff, prothono
tary, or any person, installed into office with
out any peculiar personal qualification, should
sometimes receive in fees, an amount equal to
the annual salary of. the President of the
United States. Each State, 'county, and city
officer should be paid according to the respon
sibility of .his situation and the labor he may
have to perform—should be-laid by a fixed
salary, giving him fair and moderate compen-
Sation for hiS services, and no more, and
every cent received in fees should be duly
accounted for on oath and duly paid over, at
frequently recurring periods, into the public
treasury of the State, county, or city afore
said. We are persuaded that this is a suita
ble subject for State as well as general legisla
tion, and commend it to the attention of our
lawmakers at Ilarrisburg. In the city of Phi
ladelphia, where "the spoils" are enormous,
the proposition should be entertained with re
spectful consideration—as likely to save a
great deal of public money. It might be ex
pected to be unacceptable in cc the Row," but
the pure-minded and unselfish officials there
are too patriotic, of course, to think of re
sisting what would so eminently and effective.
ly serve the public weal.
LETTER FROIR " OCCASIONAL."
WA9HINOTON, February 2i,1862.
The inaugural of Jefferson Davis, the coun
terfeit President of a counterfeit government,
is exceedingly tame and despondent. No one
can fail to perceive that nearly the same ar.,on
meets he employs against the people of the
loyal States and the regularly constituted Go
vernment are used by certain of the so-called
Democratic leaders in the North and North
west, who, while pretending to favor the war,
quietly resort to every means to embarrass
those engaged in the prosecution of the war.
He uses the favorite falsehood that Secession
was produced by the hostility of the Northern
section of the Union to the domestic institu
tions of the Southern States, which monstrous
allegation you will remember was corrected,
refuted, and trampled - under foot by the illns-;
trious Douglas in all his speeches during the
campaign of 1860, and in the Senate of the
United States prior to his lamented death.
Like the New York Journal of Com
merce, Davis bewails the imprisonment
of citizens arrested without civil process or
indictment duly found; -like Mr. Pendleton in
the House of Representatives, he declaims
against the.suspenaion of the writ of ',Wass
corpus; like his friends in Maryland, ho is in
dignant at the arrest of a State Legislature on
account of known Secession proclivities ; and,
not to be outdone in imitation of the .corn.
plaints of those who sympathize with , him in
the free States, lie predicts, as they predict,
that the regular Government must sink iinder
the immense load of debt which has been,
incurred. Thus it is that the organs" othoi
tility to the Federal Administration, who
claim to favor the Government andio oppose
Secession, insensibly adopt , the. language and
use the arguments of Davis himself, or, rather,
furnish to him language and arguments to sup
port his monstrous treason against the Consti
tution and the laws. By a significant coinci
dence, too, it will be observed that in nearly
every case the men who oppose the Administra
tion of Mr. Lincoln in the prosecution of the
war, or who affect to approve what they call his
conservatism, in order that they may damage
him with his own political friends, were closely
associated with Breckinridge during the late
Presidential campaign. Their condemnations
are bestowed not so much upon the rebels in
arms as uponathe Republican party, and, no
doubt, thossands of them heartily sympathize
with their leader, who drew his sword against
the Constitution, and is now acting as a per
jured member of the rebel Congress in the city
of Richmond. Very fow of the real friends of
Judge Douglas participate in this bad business.
Here and there a displaced office-holder or a
revengeful politician may be found to lend him
self to the machinations of such men as Wit
, liam B. Reed, the illustrious Ben Wood, and
I voter desperate and untlirgiving enemies of
the late Senator from Illinois. The Demo
crats of the free States, if they needed any
further admonition, would find it in the
close and unbroken similarity between the .
arguments of Jefferson Davis, the head of
the rebellion against the Government, and the
argument of the so-called Democratic leaders
against the Administration of Mr. Lincoln.
The question is often asked whether this
Session of Congress will be a long one or short
one. Much important business remains to be
done, but as our legislators are working very
bard ibis might be accomplished within a
month or two. A protracted session, how
ever, may be necessary in order to admit to
seats each persons as may be, chosen by the
people and the Legislatures of the reorganized
seceded States, and' if a system of provisional
governments should be adopted a continued
session will be inevitable. One thing is cer
tain—no man will be permitted to take a seat
in Congress, from a seceded State, who has
ever been suspected of treason. OccastoNAL.
PROM WASHINGTON.
THE PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
INCREASED RATIO OF •REPRESENTATION.
THE LONDON EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY.
The United States Note-Bill Law.
Special Despatches to The Press."
WASHINGTON, Fob. 25, 1R62.
Certiliesteg of Indebtedness to Public
Creditors
The following is a copy of the letter from the
Secretary of the Treasury, accompanying the bill
submitted by him authorizing the issue of oortifi.-
mites of liodtbledaese to public crWitors, and which
bill was jesterday promptly passed by Congress,
and has received the approval of the President :
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Feb. 25,1862.
SIR : Notwithstanding all possible exertions on
my part to provide the means of satisfying the just
demands of the public creditors, and notwithstand
ing the actual payments, averaging nearly a mil
lion and a half of dollars each day, arrearagos have
largely accumulated, and the accumulation has
caused great inconvenience, and, in some instances,
serious trouble and distress. Those creditors espe
cially who have furnished supplies of arns.s and
transportation urgently require payment, and
ought to have it. The delay affects not themselves
only, but, through manifold ramifications, large
numbers of others, not to say whole communities.
The amount of unsatisfied requisitions from the
several departments is $26.;4:30,557.83, of which
$21,281,553 69 is from the Department of War.
Thu amount of iloating debt, chiefly existing in the
War Department, probably 65:46644 forty minions.
It is impossible to borrow advantageously, until
the financial measures necessary to insure a prompt
payment of interest from taxes, and to provide
the beet possible market for the bonds of the
United States, shall have received the sanction
of Congress, and the means of payment by the
notes to be issued under the act of Congress
just passed cannot be provided except after
the lapse of the considerable time required for
their preparation and completion. Under these
circumstances, I have anxiously sought for some
measure of relief, and, after much reflection, have
determined to submit to the consideration of the
Committee of Ways and Means a bill authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to issue, for the
amounts found due on the final settlement to such
creditors as may desire to receive them, certificates
of the Treasurer of the United States, payable in
QUO year aster date or earlier, at the option of the
Government, and bearing six per cent. interest.
These certificates, issued either for the full
amounts due, or for portions of such amounts not
less than one thousand dollars, would probably an
, swer most of the purposes of actual payment, and
afford very considerable relief, while the Govern
talent would incur no risk, and could suffer fie 1611
in consequence of their issue.
Trusting that this measure will receive the favo
rable consideration of the committee, and, if ap
proved, the earliest possible sanction of Congress. I
remain, with great respect, S. P. CHASE,
Secretary of Treasury.
To Heil. TiIADIIB I .43 STIVVR4I3, 0131b1170/1110f Ways
and Means.
The following is a copy of the bill as passed :
Be it enacted, 4-c. That the Secretary of the
Treasury be,
and he is hereby, authorized to cause
to be issued to any public creditor who may be de
sirous to receive the same upon requisition of the
head of the proper department, in satisfaction of
audited and settled demands against the United
States, certificates for the whole amount due
or parts thereof, not less than one thousand
(1000) dollars, and signed by the Treasurer of the
United States, and coltutersianed i tt may be di
rteted. bv. the Fieer.--- y
of the Treasury. 7„', L i c h
certificate shall be payable in one - yea from date
or earlier, at the option of the Government and
shall bear interest at the rate of 6 per centum.
The London Exhibition of Industry,
The following notice to the public has just been
issued
WAsstmoroN, Feb. 24, 1862.
,4 The undersigned, on behalf of the commis-
BIM:PIS appointed by the President to represmt the
interests of such American citizens as might desire
to appear at the exhibition of the industry of all
nations, to he held in the city of London, during
the present year, submits the following statement :
" The Congress of the United States, after due
consideration, has declined to adopt any measures
to further National representation of our works of
industry, invention, and art at the aforementioned
enhibition. The authority of the Commiesion hoe
therefore ceased. They have advised the commis
sieners appointed by the British Government that
there will be no general participation on the part
of the citizens of this country on that occasion. But
they have thought it not improper at the same time
to recommend to the consideration of the royal Colm
I:oscine/8 that such works of industry and art as
have received the authentication of the Commission
may, to ' a limited extent, be presented for exhibi
tion through individual exertion.
Wit. 11. SEWARD."
7 The U. S. - lote Law.,
The President has approved of ihe U. S. note
bill. It is therefore a law.
Direct from Roanoke Island.
The steamer Batimore, from Roanoke Island,
run the blockade last night, and arrived at the
navy yard this morning. Kai left Roanoke on
Sunday, and reports that none of our vessels at Old
Point suffered from the effects of the severe gale on
Monday. The Confederate batteries did not fire a
single shot at the Baltimore as she passed up the
Potomac last night.
The President's Family.
Little Tnennzus, the youngest son of the Presi
dent, is now considered entirely out of danger from
the disesse whioh prostrated him. Mrs. LINCOLN,
11110 was much indisposed from anxiety and watch
ing over her children, is now improving, hut is still
cubed to her room, She ii cverschthavd with
sympathizing friends.
Our Friends, the Russians.
The reply of Secretary SEWARD to Princ3GOßT.
SCDAKOFF relative to7the Trent affair is expressive
generally of the friendship between our country, a
great Republic in the West, and Russia, a great
monarchy in the East. Ile repeats the assurance
that the war will end in the perfect restoration of
the Union on the old and well-tried Constitution.
Mr. Julian's Spatch.
A large edition of Mr. Jt:mazz's speech, made in
the House on the 14th of January, having been ex
hausted a new edition and also one in the German
language, have been issued, which can be had,
folded and franked to order, at sixty cents per
hundred copies.
General McClellan's Staff.
Major FEODINAND LECOMPTE yesterday formally
reoeived his appointment on General MCCLELLA.E'S
staff. Be is considered one of the most intelligent
and energetic officers in the Swiss service, and is
known as an author as well as a soldier. ile ob
tained a leave of absence from his own Government
in order to enter our army.
The Schuylkill Steamers.
The little stern-wheel steamers which for years
plied on the Sehuylkill have been chartered by the
Government. COLO. CALEB S. WRIGHT, with his
juvenile fleet, bas been ordered to report at An
napolis.
The Ninety-Eighth Pennsylvania.
This regiment is still encamped at Tennallytown,
expecting every day to receive marching orders.
Col. Ilemman is in Philadelphia, suffering from an
attack of typhoid fever. Lieut. Colonel Manmut.
is sick in camp. Major GEORGE Wysxoor is tem
porarily in command of the regiment. He is a
Pennsylvanian, and a most excellent, practical
officer.
Rev. Mr. Ames
Rev. CHAS. G. Ants, of Illinois, has excited
mush interest here during the last week, by his
lecture at the Smithsonian on the '",Diseases of the
Republic," and his sermon on ( 4 The True and
False Peace." The discourses were high toned
and eloquent, strikingly kind and charitable
towards opponents. They made a most favorable
impression, and were in a temper calculated to
be moat serviceable. Mr. AXES sustained credita
blUdoiligb reputation.
The American Telegraph Company.]
WA SIIINGTON, February 26.—Tho undersigned
gives notice to the public that the military posses
sion of the telegraph, taken by , order of the Presi
dent; will make no change whatever in the conduct
of social, private, and commercial business by tele
graph.
The lines and business remain in the hands of
the telegraph officers, duly authorized by the War
Department. E. S. SANFORD,
President of the Ainekieen Telegraph Company
Skirmish at Independence, Mo
KANSAS CITY, bb., Feb. 26.—A skirmish occur
red at Independence, on the 18th, between a de
tachment of Ohio cavalry and a band of rebels,
beaded by Gauntrol Parker. The latter were
routed, with a loss of three killed and several
wounded, and several taken prisoners. A quantity
of arms was also captured. The Federal loss was
one killed and three wounded.
From Harrisburg.
HARRISBURG, Feb. 26.--Tho following important
order bee just been issued :
GENERAL ORDER, NO. 17
HEADQUARTERS PENNSYLVANIA MILITIA, /
HARRISRITIM, February 26, 1862.
All promotions of officers in the regiments of
Pennsylvania volunteers, wherever the Governor
has the power in appoint, under the, nPrier of the,
ur De purino.ttl of Lhe !lb of May, Mil, aria Lhu
act of Congress of the 224 of July, 1881, will be
made in the order of their seniority, and all second
lieutenants will be appointed from the noweein
minim:led officers and privates in the companies
where the vacancies occur.
This onion only apples to °Meer* below the rank
of field officers, and will be enforced, 13XdOpi: in
special eases, which may be presented through the
colonels of regiments.
By order of A. G. CUICTIN,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
To A. L. lluesELL ? Adjutant General P.. 11
A grand presentation of State liege took place to
day in front of the arcane!. Four regiments of
infantry, commanded by Colonels Campbell, Mere
dith, Lehman, and Wilson, ware drawn up in Nue.
The firing ,of cannon was the signal for the Gover
nor to eenamenee the ceremonies. llis speech was
eminently patriotic and eloquent, and ho expreasod
unlimited confidence in mural McClellan. The
replies of the colonele wore short and appropriate.
The .ceremonies concluded with three cheers for
Pennsylvania.
Sentence of a Slaver
NEwYoux, February 2(l.—David Hall, who was
convicted of Laving voluntarily served aboard the
slaver ' brie, has been sentenced to nine 'months
imprisonment.
MEMPHIS AND COLUMBUS.
Caine, Feb. 26.—[Special to the Chicago Tri
bune.]
Nothing has transpired ifi reference to Columbus.
Reports from rebel sources represent that a stand
will be made at Columbus.
The Randolph and Memphis forces are concen
trating at the latter place.
The streets of Memphis aro barricaded with cot
ton bales.
T.he reports of the paeinostion of Tennessee are
denied. Late Memphis papers contain a savage
war speech delivered by Governor Harris.
FROM NASHVILLE.
Sr. Lours, Feb. 26.—A despatch from Fort
Donelson, dated yesterday, to the Democrat of
this city, says that a boat which had just arrived
from Clarksville reported the evacuation of Nash-
Vale by the rebels.
The Union citizens at that place sent a boat to
Clarksville, which towed one of our gunboat for
their protection.
The rebels, with Governor Harris, retreated to
Murfreesboro. Harris burnt all the State doeunsents
before leaving.
General Grant has declared martial law over
West Tennessee, with the understanding that when
a sufficient number of citizens of a State return to
their allegiance, and show a desire to maintain
law and order over the territory, all military re
strictions will be withdrawn.
Postal facilities have been extended to Clarks
ville, and the mail-bags will follow the flag.
THE WAR IN NEW MEXICO.
RAIISAS CITY, Feb. 25.—The Santa Fe mail, with
dates to the 10th inst., has arrived. •
Sibley's proclamation did not have the desired
effect. Instead of rallying men to his standard, it
has strengthened the Union army by at least two re
giments and placed nearly all the citizens under
arms. Great enthusiasm prevails in the counties
of Bernadilla, Venicia, Socarro, and in the upper
counties.
The militia has turned out in large numbers
Advices from Fort Craig are to the 7th inst
The Texans, under Sibley, were at Fort Thome ;
five hundred miles from Fort Craig, and advancing
on the latter place. Their supplies were scarce,
their transportation poor, and their only alternative
was to fight or starve to death.
Our forces are anxious for a battle. They have
every advantage, and are confident of success, pro
viding there be no treachery.
A grand Pontifical masa was held in all the
churches in the Territory on the 70th, to pray for
the souls of the Catholics kilted in battle.
An Important Order.
The following important order ties boon issued
GENERAL ORDERS—NO. 60.
.11EADquAlt,TAP4 Aloll* or TRY. POTOMAC,
WAKIIINC,TON, Feb. 21, 18112.
Brigadier General Andrew Porter is announced
as Provost Marshal General of the army of the Po
tomac, and will be obeyed and respected accord
ingly.. A provost marshal for each division will ba
appointed by its commander. The division pro
's/At marshal will obey the orders of the division
commander in all matters affecting interior police,
but will be responsible to the provost marshal gene
ral, and be guided by such instructions as h 0 may
from tirllc io little gig°. A sufa f ";.?;
or. guard will be
intai/cd by the division commander for duty under
t . .no orders of the provost marshal. A local provost
marshal for a city or village will, when necessary,
be appointed by the commanding officer or by these
headquarters. For brigades and detachments a de
puty provost marshal may, when necessary, be ap
pointed by the division commander.
The duties of the provost marshals, golsOofil aad
local, relate to the general police of the army, and
embrace the following subjects :
Suppression of marauding and depredations, and
of all brawls and disturbances; preservation of
good order and suppression of drunkenness; be
yond the limits of the camps, prevention of strag
gling on the march; suppression of gambling.
houses, drinking-houses, or bar-rooms and brothels;
regulation of hotels, taverns, markets, and places
of public amusement; searches, seizures, and ar
rests ; execution of sentences of general courts-mar
tial, involving imprisonment or capital punishment ;
enforcement of orders prohibiting the sale of intoxi
cating liquors, whether by tradesmen or sutlers,
and of orders respecting passes; deserters from the
enemy ; prisoners of war taken from the enemy ;
countersigning safeguards, passes to citizens, within
the lines and for purposes of trade ; complaints of
citizens as to the conduct of the soldiers.
The provost marshals, general and local, will
notify the regimental commanders concerned of all
arrests of soldiers made under their orders, and
will cause the men to be delivered, with a copy of
the charges against them, to their proper officers.
They will see that the orders respecting passes to
officers and men absent from their camps are en
forced. All passes will ho taken up by the guards
at their expiration. Passes so taken up will be
turned over daily to the provost marshal of the di
vision to which the guard belong,-who will esiuga
them to be examined, and all forged passes, or
passes granted by improper authority, or for unau
thorized periods, to be reported to the division
commander.
All prisoners captured from the enemy will be
turned over to the provost marshal of division,
who will send them, at the earliest practicable
moment, with complete descriptive lists and infor
mation as to where, when, and how they were cap
tured, to the provost marshal general.
All safeguards granted at these headquarters
will be countersigned by the provost marshal gene
ral. Persers found violating such safeguards will
be instantly arrested by the provost marshals.
Passes to citizens within the lines, and for purposes
of trade, may be granted by the provost marshals,
general and local, who will be guided strictly by
the instructions heretofore given by these head
quarters upon the subject.
the provost marshals will investigate all com
plaints of citizens in regard to the conduct of the
troops, and will report the facts in the case to the
division commander. By command of
Major General MCCLELLAN.
S. Wrmaams, Assistant Adjutant General.
General Bushrod R. Johnson
[For The Press.]
Mn. EDITOR : In your paper of the 20ch inst.,
under the head of "The Latest War News," you
Say " Bushrod R. Johnson, who was captured at
Fort Donelson, and whose name has been con
founded with that of Albert Sidney Johnson, is a
native of Kentucky, and graduated at West Point
in 1.430," 87c.
If you refer to the register of officers and gradq
ates of the U. S. Military Academy, compiled by
Capt. George W. Cullum, 1850, you will see at No.
1039: Bushrod 11. Johnson, born in Ohio, ap
pointed from Ohio, and graduated in,jB4o. The
remainder of his history you have given correctly,
according to the came authority. C.
The Privateer Sumpter.
LETTER FROM COMMANDER SEM3[ES
Tolhe Etiztor of the London. 11'ms
Sia : An article in the Daily Hews, reviewing
the rights and duties of belligerents and neutrals,
has recently come under my observation, in which
the following expressions occur :
"At the same time, it must be admitted that both
the Sumpter and the Neohottle have grossly vio
lated the laws of civilized warfare, by burning
merchant ships to the water's edge, instead of oar
rying them before a prize court. Their conduct is
certainly much more like that of pirates-1104es
humani g enems, as the commander of the Sumpter
says. Nor is it clear that a community which
sanctions such barbarous proceedings deserves to be
treated with the same consideration which is uni
versally accorded to those who themselves observe
the laws of civilized warfare."
Vow, the above remarks are execedingly unjust—
not that I suppose you intended injustice,, but you
have not rightly appreciated the position in which
we of the Confederate States have been placed by
those "civilized" nations whose rule of warfare you
say has been violated. Great Britain has acknour
lulged zts (tea belligerent, Thxoacknototedgmettt
gives vs all the rights of war equally with the
other party. One of the most essential of these
rights on the high seas is the right of destroying
the enelny's commerce, and thus disabling hint
from carrying on the war; a right which ereat
Britain, in all ber ware, has exercised to its fullest
extent, and with terrible effect upon her enemies.
And when she has not found it convenient to send
her prizes into her own ports she has had that
.over
weening influence with the nations of• the earth
which has enabled her to send them into neutral
ports, and there to have them condemned by her
own prize courts.
The ports of the Confederate States were block
aded on or about the firat of Juno, MI. Subse
quently to this period, and with full knowledge of
the fact, Great Britain, France, and Spat?, and the
lesser maritime Powers of Europe, all issued pro
clamations, defining their positions in the war. In
these proclamations they prohibited belligerent
cruisers from bringing their prizes into their ports
—except in case of necessity, iiud , la that event,
both the cruisers and their prizes were to depart
within twenty-four hours. In this state of facts,
how can it be insisted that we shall send our prizes
into port for adjudication ? Into whose ports shall
we send them We cannot send them into our own
ports, for they are blockaded—nt least so far block
aded as to render it ditlieult for ordinary sail ships
to enter them. We cannot send them into any of
the ports of those " civilized " nations who are so
shocked at the barbarity of our burning them.
What, then, shall we do with them? They are our
lawful prizes, captured, says Europe, by the cruisers
of a recognized de facto Government. Shall we
lot them go? This would deprive us of our right
of capture, or render null that right, which is the
same thing. And can this be what impartial Eu
rope intended when it penned its proclamations
It is readily admitted that the usual and more
proper courseis, as you say, for a cruiser not to
'• burn her prizes to the water's edge," but to send
them into a "prize court for adjudication,'' and
this is the course which I need not were you we
would be tied to pursue if the thing were possible,
for ibvious reei-ou, But If the nations of the
earth put it out of our newer to pursue this course,
is it generous to find fault with us because we do
not pursue . it? To show you the earnest desire
which I had, in the beginning of my cruise, to send
lay prins in fur adjudication rather than. take
the responsibility nt sitting, in jiplgment on
them myself, I send you enclosed a copy of a
letter which I addressed to the Governor of the
town of Cienfuegos, in the island of Cuba, 113 early
as the 6th of July last. This letter will explain
itself, and I have only to remark with reference to
it, that I had not at its date corn the Spanish pro
ruination. I rely upon your sense of justice to
give plate in your columns both to this cOUtutuei
cation and the letter.
B. SEM M ES, Commander Confederate States Navy.
C. S. steamer Sumpter, Gibraltar, Jan. 20, 1062.
CAUTION—TnEestair•NoTE CouroNs.—The
public are cautioned against a piece of villainy, by
which the operator cuts the coupons off the 450. 7 30
treasury notes, and passes the note as a demand
nofb in trade, thus pocketing .140.95, the amount of
the coupons for three years, which he may col
lect half.yearly upon presenting them at the Ga
vot:anent offices. Traders should bear in mind that
there are no $5O demand notes, only $5l. Ms,
find 620s....Petersoit's Cori n Mica Detector,
lAD I v I x\I4III4IIN 1u
WAsinsarow, Fob. 26, DN.
SENATE,
GENERAL BANKRUPT ACT
Mr. HARRIS (Rep.), of New York, presented a pa.
tition from the merchants, dtc., of Now York, praying
for a general bankrupt act.
MEMO WALE
Also. a memorial from the Academy or Medicine, of
New York; Holing the employment of hornreopathie ear.
geone.
Meseta. DOOLITTLE (Rep.), of Wisconsin, and
SUMNER (Rep.), of Massachusetts, pretented petitions
for the emancipation of slaves.
RAILROAD AND TELEGRAPH FROM WISOONOIN.
Mr. Mc DOUG ALL (Dem ), of California, from the spe
cial committee on the Butoct, reported a bill for the cc
iftirlintooold of o, coUrvad owl tolvistarh Rho
condo to the Pacific ocean.
OCCUPATION AND CULTIVATION OF COTTON
On motion of Mr. WADE (Rey.), of Ohio, the bill for
the occupation and cultivation of cotton lands was
taken un
r, DOOLITTLE (Rep.) thought it a question whe
ther the Government should go Into raising cotton and
attempt to run plantations. He thought it a very doubt
ful experiment In a pecuniary sense. If It woe a pro
position to lease out tile lands he would not object.
Lir. WADE Paid that he did not auppolie that the
kill would rval l4o any great sum of manful but there
AVEIA a large extent of territory abandoned, and the slam
left at IttJNY, and 601110 thing reset he done to take care
of them. This was Oct any settled policy, only a tempo
rary measure for one year to meet the necessities of the
Mr. DOOLITTLE thought that if commissioners lout
been tout down to Port Royal to see the elephant we
have on our haul!, we might have received much lns
Mr. WADE asked if ho had read the report of Mr.
Pierce on the subject.
DOOLITTLEIII r: said that ho had not, and confessed
to his ignorance on tne He wanted the Govern
ment to take some measures to collect revenue and taxes
in those States, even if we lied to sell the lands.
Mr. SUMNER (Rep.), of Massachueetts, thought that
Ever(' would not wait for the operations of Congresti
Ihn If We enpost to got any crops, seed must be planted
soon, and it will not do to delay the matter. There was
a un-eseity for immediate action.
Mr. BROWNING (Rep.), of Illinois, considered thls
Tory important measure, and should be carefully CAM
'Wend. Be thought the hill vague, and needed revision.
Be moved to refer the hill the Judiciary Committee,"
There was great, danger of doing injury to loyal - men,
who deserved protection.
Mr. MALE (Rep.) said that if the war could be prose
cuted to a successful issue without hurtiag anybody, he
would be glad of it, but he did not think that this was
possible. lie thought there woe great force in the re
mark of the Senator from Massachusetts, that" the seed
flow is upon um," That won one of tho most prophetical
remarks that he ever made in the midst of so mtny slag
eical quotations. It is a fact that the seed time it upon
us, and, if we do not take advantage of it, we may be
obliged to say that the summer has passed, the harvest
ended, and we have nor stved.”
Mr. FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticut, thought the bill
was carefully drawn up. It was Made expressly for the
tuttZtit of attvihg and pre_
poses to provide for those who will be in a perishing
condition unless speedy relief is furnished..
NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Turning hour having expired, the bill fixing the
numf the members of the
11011R0 of Bepreaentadvea
was up. . _
Mr. VOLLAM.Et: (tep ), of Vermont, MTIEIIIIIi an
amendment to make the number 241. He spoke at some
length in furor of his amendment as producing a more
correct ratio of representation.
The amendment was adopted, and the bill passed.
Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep.), of Illinoie,moved to take up
the confiscation bill.
Mr. HARRIS (Rep.), of New York, moved, tg trgio hp
the crier, of Mr. Starke, who claims a seat as initiator
from Oregon.
THE CASE OF MR. STARKE
Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep.), of Wisconsin, said the
Senate was in the middle of a discussion on three hills
He tbonglat it would be better to take up the one that
lied been discussed first, and finish it, and then take up
the next.
Mr. TRUMBULL withdrew his motion, and the case of
Mr. Starke was taken up.
Mr . HALE withdrew his motion to recommit the subject
to tht Judiciary Committee.
Mi. SUMNER offered en ornentnent to the resolution
repettal by the committer „ as to make it real it that
Mi. Starke be not entitled to take the oath without in
vestigation into hie loyalty."
lie spoke at some length in favor of tho amendmeat,
contetding that the Senate, in self-defence, ought not to
admit a suspicion of disloyalty, and it was not justice to
the people of Oregon to adroit a disloyal representation,
which n - as, in fact, no representation of their will. Ho
claimed that the affidavits in the ease were worthy of in
vestigation, and the Senate was hound t meet disloyalty
on the threshold. We should not allow a person to per
jnre himself in the Senate. We should preserve the
sacred oath to support the Constitution. Such an oath
was not an oath of purgation.
Dir. MoD U 0 ALL (Dent.), of California, said the &MB,
ter from Massachusetts had made a most unwarrantable
await& on a person Who was not permitted to reply.
klr. atiDINER. said ho bad only spoken on the facts of
the case, and wanted to know in what ha had made an
assault.
Mr MoDOITGALL replied, the Senator had said that if
the applicant front Oregon was pertnitted to take the
oath, it would he perjury on his part.
• •
Pin YVAINER POI thy gYvatyr !IN nvt da him indigo.
menators had urged here that the applicant from Oregon
ehould Le permitted to take the oath in order to purge
himself. He Lad said that, with all the evidence he had
ou the !subject, if the Senate, without investigation,
allowed the applicant to go forward to take the oath,
they woitld allow him to go forward to perjure himself.
Ile would go Kill further and eay that they would un.
dertake to enact a comedy.
Mr. MAVIS (IT ), of Kentucky, thought the Senate
had all the evidence before them. He contended that
the Senate could not exclude a member for mere opinion's
sake. There must be some overt act committed. What
is disloyalty That is the question He thought the
niejm ity of the people think that the Senator from
Masesattsetts lteedbloyal, 6e tont" take the thioiti
lice nwhich had Lieu °fibre," by the Senator from Mama
churetts and prone that he was as disloyal as the Senator
from Oregon. Indeed, that was his ( Kr, Davis') view
uE thc rclativc etoto of tho "rho gonator.from
Maeeachusette bad better beware of what principles lie
advocates ; or he may be brought to submit to them him
self.
Dir. COWAN (E 1,), of Penneylyania, said that If
members were to be excluded by mere caprice, we could
not tell on whom the blow will next fall. The question
what le this thing disloyalty 1 What are Its hounds
and limital its would like the Senator from Massa.
chusetta to &flue it.
Mr. SUMNER read from a letter to the Secretary of
State, signed by thirteen citizens of Oregon, stating that
they knew Mr. Starke, and he had been in the habit of
openly talking against the Government and in favor of
the South; saying that the South wee right and might to
succeed. If these facts were true, the claimant from
Oregon was disloyal, aid when such facts were presented
to the Senate, it they fail to consider them they solemnly
stultify themselves. That wee his answer.
Mr. HOWARD (Rep.), of Michigan, called attention
to other evidence, where Mr. Stadia had- said that if
there was war with the South, ho would sell his proper
ty foi , Afit dollar and go and fight kbr the
boutn.
. .
Mr. COWAN EWA he bad asked a definition and got
an example. He was just as wise as he was before.
Did disloyalty consirt in talking against the Government
or selling property at half price ! He contended that the
Senate had no right to go - outside of the qualifications
mentioned in the Contethttrinti, hut the Senator (rem
Massachusetts proposed to go outside and make the in
dividual opinions of a Senator a qualification,
Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep.), of Wisconsin, asked if we
admitted Mr Starke to be worn, and if ho was proven
a'terward to have been a traitor, could we expel hint
without finding him guilty of the commission of some
sat MU his salinisbibn
Mr. COWAN eel.' he might answer that question
whrn it arises; but that was not the case now before us.
Mr. WILMOT (Rep.), of liennolvanist, said that dis
loyalty might be defined as unfaithfulness ti 011e'd coun
try and Government, by associations and sympathy,
aside from an overt act like treason. Tim simple (Mei..
tion is, when shall the Senate eons' ter the queetion of die•
loyalty I If a person isdist eyed, he is certainly not a tatted
to a seat. Re thought that now was the proper timo to
settle this quretion.
Mr. CARLILIC spoke at some length He contended
that the Senate had no power to exclude any person sent
with the proper qualifications for a State There were
different views entertained as to what was meant by dis•
loyalty. For instance, there were fifteen Republican
canto charging the sonator from Maeachunotto with
disloyalty. lie would never declare, by his vote, that
the States were held subordinate to the pleasure of the
Senate. in their right to representation.
•
Mr. &KERMAN (Rep.), of Ohio, said the question
wee not one of disloyalty, but whether Mr. Starke should
he sworn in, and whether a Senator could be prevented
fry tn being sworn in by as paste testimony. At the ex
iiiration of this Congress there will ha only thirty Sena.
tors left, and if this rule prevails, it would be in their
power ever after to exclude any other Senator, and such
a rule would everrbrew the Government. The Consti
tution provides that a Senator shall take the oath, but
does not provide the time or place. The oath might be
taken anywhere. He was inclined to think from the
evidence that Mr. Starke was disloyal ; yet he would not
ietnee Oregon its feti'bilSkitatioh. If Pillow should he
sent here be would expel him before he could take his
seat. Be cited various eases in England where persons
were expelled for offences committed long before.
Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep.) thought the Senator from Ohlo
had stated some very extraordinary propositions—that
the oath could be administered anywhere and by any
body, and that the Senate could expel a person before Ike
wall a member and took the oatilkgt.Mkter 4'90.
- Virginia seems snockttl that The majority can exclude
a person. Why, thirty-five members is now the quorum,
and twenty-four two-thirds, and, therefore, twenty-four
can expel any member. That is the law now. It Is not
to he assumed that the Senate will act from mere caprice.
If they do that, then the Government is good for nothing.
Mi. DIXON (Ran.) said ha knew no ditTeranca be
twoon the leader of a rebellion and the man who nn.
held it.
Mr. MARAIS (Rep.), of New York, spoke at length
against the amendment of kir. Sumner.
The Senate then slimmed.
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THANKS TO MAJOR GENERAL lIALLECK
1 - 001LIIEES (Dena.), of Indiana, asked leave to
offer a reAilution of thauka to Major General Manta,
but
Mr LOVEJOY objected.
The resolutions commend the sentiments and policy
avowed in General Halle(Ve general order of F. tinier/
9.3 d, already pntilinhod, as eminently wise and patriotic,
end in strict conformity to the Constitution, and that the
war should ha conducted In accordance with the same.
. . . .
The thanks of Congress are tendered to General Hal
le& for the said eider, and for his military achieve
ments as Commander of the Department of Missouri.
PERSONAL
Dlr. VAN WYCK (Rep.), of Now York, nettod to be
excused from serving further, at- present; as chairman
of the Committee on Government Contracts. A. iew days
would be necessary to close up some unfinished investi
gations. lie would alwtos feel actively interested in the
results of the committee. It lies yet much to do, although
the unflinching integrity and untiring watchfulness of
Secretary Stanton relieves it of many cases. He also
naked to be excused from serving as chairman of the
Committee on Revolutionary Pensions. Ifs trusted the
Rouse would grant the request.
RESOLUTION OF INQUIRY.
Mt.YAN WY(Ili then offered the following resolution,
Which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Committee on Government Con
tracts be directed to inquire Into the amount of moneys
'received Iv the, toiled States °Mears In the city of New
Yvtle by virtue of their °Rice i . also, as to the ownership
iOntot of the bonded warehouses . also, the tarots,
considerations, and profits of the Libor contract and
general orders contract tor the storing, hauling, and de
livering, dm., of foreign goods in the city of. New York,
when made, by whom, and who are now interested in the
same.
The SI'CAKRII ruled that as to the chairmanship
from which the geettenuel se.hed n, i.e excleael r. cot
vice, that was a question for The committee to determine:
OS EL MT It) N %SR.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the Up
ton election ease, being thee. Representative from the
S. Tenth Congressional district of
Mr. WORCIEST Elt (Rep.), of Ohio, nod/dallied that
there Wag no proper evidence that Mr. Upton, the sitting
member, had received any rotes, hence the (31111111111.tHeo
(11 Ell 01011 S hisi reported imanimmisli agabi 4
Mr. anti's ST ICE Opp ) Logue(' that the other mem
hers from 'Virginia were admitted under the sane law
which governs in this case, the only difference being as
to the number of votes.
Mr. RIDDLE (Rrp.) and Mr. FESSENDEN (Rep.)•
spoke is favor of, and Mr. SHEFFIELD (H.).agaList,
Din VPhirs
Tho subject wasilsen lald over,
THE NEW RaTIO OE REPRESENTATION.
The House concurred in the Beside amendment to the
bill fixing the number of Representatives—viz.: that
there Anil be two hundred and fortr•one under the
census of 1860—au aulditionalßepresentative from Penn.
sytcania, Ohio. Kentncky, Ilhnnie. lowa. Prtinnearkta,
Vi rroont, and Rhode Island, owing to the largo traction&
of tho satubliuhed ratio.
Tie Home then adjourned.
Marine Disaster
OTIRENPOTIT, February 26.—The 80h001101t
of New Bedford, for New York, bee been totally
lost on Plumb Island. Three of the crew perished,
the captain only being Run&
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
HA Ra tss t lac t , rebrzikry 26,1862,
SENATE
The Senate was sailed to order at 11 o'clock by kllO
Speaker. Prayer by Nev. hr. Nadine, of Philadelphia.
Mr. CONNNLL presented s remonstrance from resi
dents of Germantown against the supplement to the
North Philadelphia Plank-road Company.
Mr. STEIN Presented two petitions from Lehigh
county in favor of constituting that county a separate
judicial district.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
NhON (Curpieuthsto;), mu l on4me n t e ,
the bill to Incorporate the Peuueylypul4l rotrylannt
Transportation Company.
Mr. Me.AURE (Itaihoods), as committed, the sup
plement to the act incorporating the Macaulay Mountain
Railroad Company.
Mr. SBITii, of Philadelphia, from the select com
mittee on the huldort, ...pit, 441, ay cortunittorl, thn joint
rotiolutiono adopttd by the name relative to the defences
of. Delaware river aoelpay,
BILLS INTItODI;CIED.
Mr. MIESTAND, a bill to extend tho cLarby of the
Lancatiter County Bank.
Mr. SEILBILL, a bill relative to a. eermla burial
grbiii.d I ) ! the ritratur,
Mr, Cbi‘litiLL, a bill tar the mara Caalliatitalt atal
eCollol7iiCal 6C.tliktielit Lf decodentsi estates,
BILLS CONSIDERED, &c.
The bill providing for the appointment of fence
viewers tune up in order on second reading, and Paned
n.oty, atter I.ping wlicrlttl.4l by Mr iumarn ro, to, ry—
Quire that the Bawd of burveyoreanrt ftegniateri than
receive no extra coninetulation for the duties Imposed by
this ant.
The' bin to incorporate the North American Shaft
company came up iu order on mecum! rettddug, and passed
Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, on leave given, road la
place a 13 upplemPot to the act of 1336, relative to to at.
tnclatent 4f work.
On motion of Mr. SMITE, of Philadelphia, the joint
resolutions relative to the defences of Delaware river
and Lay were considered and passed,
On motion of .51r. KINSEY, the enpplement to the act
to enable joint tenants, tenants in common, aad adjoin.
lug owners ol mineral lands, to manage and develop the
same, ti as taken up on second rendin s, and passed
Lni motion of Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, the till
relative to the Green Ridge Improvemeut cmpmay Whir
cconadc-rvd end noblied. Aniuurntd.
HOUSE.
Tho Home met at 10 A. AI., Hon. John Rowe,
Speaker, in the choir. Prayer by the Rey. Mr. Steele.
()RDEII
An act to repaid the act, liPPf9Yell SSh Minh, A, D.
idea, entitled "an act for tho ccmmtiUdion of ronnaga
dittle.4."
the hill was referred to the Committee of the Whole,
Mr. Armstrong, of Licoming, in the chair.
After consideration, the viii was reported back as com
mitted.
The House then proceeded to OPu corolliproti9n gf tha
COMMUTATION OF TONNAGE DUTIE9
Mr. KAINE, of Fayette. This is a very important
Lill. 'That the Legislature hes a right to repeal an act
of the preceding Legislature, unless on a particular cir
eunieteuce, is not to be disputed or denied. The report
of the Committee on the Judiciary . (general) implies, at
k " eet, that 4, 4 1 4 s trantiOnt around this ewe,-
lion. If the Legislature have nut the right, there must
be something in the act of last session different from ordi
nary legislation. If there is anything in that act that
looks beyond the pale of the Legislature, it must contain
something within itself that is protected by the Consti
tution of the State. If it is, as is alleged, a solemn eon-
Intsi euterti lute Intwevu the Ctmmitmwealth of Penn.
eyivonia OD the one part, and the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company on the other pert, upon good and legal coast.
deration, it would be a contract. A contract, I believe,
ie defined to be au agreement made between two parties,
lawfully to do or not to du acute particular act.
The first position I take upon this question is, that
the act proposed to repeal by tidy act was Illegal be
caute it infringed a principle of public polies. and
because it yea iu siotatum of the faith of thla Common
wealth.
I take it that the Legislature has a right to regulate
the toll. No corporation is entirely independent of the
Legislature. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at
the time of the passage of the law, was in debt to the
Commonwealth at least the entire IM MO of .1.950 t :199,
The money belonged to the donatuutanrunittt of Peaneyl•
yenta, and was, or ought to have boon, within its tree
sury ; and, to disrobe this thing of all its surroundings,
it was nothing more or less titan an appropriation ot
3850,000 to ten railroad companies. Pennsylvania was
giving the Pennst ivania Railroad Company E 1850,000 to
be distributed after the passage of He bill by the Legis
lature, le that Roy port of a contract when it is agreed
that the whole amount of this money, or nearly so, be
longed to Pt nnsylvanin I
The act ot 1861 provided that them 8950,000 should
be divided among ten railroad companies, when certain
work was done. When certain conditions in this law
were complied with, then it was made the duty of the
tzeaVaLliV to appronthits ill , money_ %f..t le their Paw!
they say that to six railroad companies they hove appro
priated this n:oney. At the mine time, they admit that
these railroads were not in a condition to receive the
money.
Mr. SCOTT, of Huntington. The law in itself Is preju
dicial to public interests—to the interests of the people.
Its pasgaue was procured by trout
Ton Constitution of the United States Drarldna that
no State shall pass a law impairing the validity of con
tracts. Mr. 8. proposed to consider whether the State
has made a contract in this case. We must take the act
as it stands. The right of the Commonwealth te collect
tonnage duties bee been questionel. If there be Its that
law any provisions that infringe the Constitution of the
tnited States, that the Legislature transcended their
power* in setting apart that money; thk eignisly is open.
no was forced to believe that all re is in title hew a con
tract. The nueetion is whether a fraud in this transac
tion can be reached, either by this body or any judicial
body of this Commonwealth I It is the duty of every
member of this Renee to give his moot serious attention
to title question. A more important one could nut be
begught Lama ally body, I gtslallvs be judicial. He
was not guided, in considering the propriety of the re
peal of the act, by any blind admiration of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company, nor of hostility to it. He
looked upon the railroad as a great enterprise. It
had greatly developed the resources of the State, and in
the late national exigency did much towards saving the
capital. But money was used in procuring the passage
of the law ieSt year. This venality mast he stopped.
- Unless we stop the We of money in public bitiiness it
will not be many years before a travelling artist takes
his stand upon the unfinished shaft reared to the memo
". of Wszolangton, un the hanks ot the Potomac, and
sketches the ruins of a crumbling Capitol.
If the Legislature has been corrupten t why should
not the court,. th.ku eognizu het. of the .jueetiout If the
Lecislahita Call be corupted, and there is no judicial re.
medy, and this corruption can go on,
we may soon begin
to fear that gold wilt begin to Ilea its way in all emata
tion—amoug all public officers: and hold the scales not.
for the justness of the cause, but the merit of the brine.
Mr. TRACY, of Bradford; wished that the gentleman,
and more like him, were here last winter. 1.4 it possible
that the Legislature cannot repeal a law, although It be
an act contracted and consummated in fraud and curritp
tith lie (sle. Ttli.ty) LAl46'Olll that the Lagislatato
have the remedy for corruptions of this kind—that the
remedy is here, among ne, anti it 14 the ditty wo owe our
constituents and ourselves, and the Commonwealth
whose renresentetives we are. The remedy must be
now and speedy. He thought gentlemen from the city
ehculd express their views.
A. SUBSTITUTE
Mr. WILMA 4181 of Allegheny, veld he had prepared
a bill which Iw propoautt as a atthatitutr f.ur the one new
upon the table.
An act to repeal the act entitled an act I".r the commuta
tion of the tonnage duties, approved Match 1, A, D.
1801.
Whereas, An act was passed at the last session of the
Legislature, purporting to be an act for the commutation
of the tonnage duti, by Means whereof the sum of
5752,308.41, or thereahoute, besides Interest thou owing
to the Stene by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and
in contemplation of law in the treasury of the State, to
gether with a large minuet revenue stipulated to be paid
by the said company, as the pries of the charter and by
way of compensation for the deterioration in value of
the main line of the public works apprehended and
actually inflicted by the construction and operation of
the said road, which revenue had already reached
the eutu of three hundred thousand dollars and
upwards, and would have amounted at Gels time ut
is greatly large, emu, with the prospect of indefinite in
ert ace, y, as wrongfully, unjostly, and iloconstitutionally
withdrawn from the etuktue fond provided by the dm
stitution and laws of this State for dm isayment of the
public debit therent, and made sacred and inviblable for
that purl:use, upon euegestions which were false and pre
tended, considerations which were either in conflict with
the Constitution or utterly illusory end worthless in
themselves, amounting in effect, under color of a pre
tended contract or counoutatiou.to a gratuitous donation
of all the.satil moneys and revenue to a private corpora
tion, without any sonstantial equivalent whatever, there
by vitiating the plighted faith of the State and increasing
the burden of the people, at a time when the neceselties
of the country pre-eminently required the meat rigi,t
economy and the strictest husbandry of their resources:
And whereas, The said act was approved by the Go
vernor, as elbow!' in hie meseage to the House of Repro
of d.eY Of February last pier, lirder
stipulation iu writing for the benefit of the people, wnich
was not Made known to them, and has since been ear
rendered to them without their knowledge or consent on
the demand of the said coMPany, without any previous
registering in the proper office, and without even the pre
mental ion of a ropy thereof:
And seherear. It I. affirmed and believed that the
terms of the said act of the Assembly were dictated by
the said company, and that the passage thereof was pro
cured by improper and unlawful means other than thaws
which Lave been already recited on the part of said com
pany and its agents.
SECTION I. Be it therefore enacted, (C . v.. That the
said recited act of Aseepably of the 7th of March, A. D.
1861, be, and the Fame le hereby, repealed, and the said
tonnage tax or duties imposed by the act incorporating.
Ma said Panusylvanfa IblifrOad /30ISITIRHY is hereby tee
kored, reimposed, oast made payable. to the Common
wealth in the Same manner and upon the same terms and
conditions as though the maid repealing act had never
been paorell.
SEC. 2. That it shall he the duty of the Attorney Gene
ral to Drees-ea forthwith to site ILr, recover and collect by
distress irreplevatde or otherwise, the arrears of the.said
tonnage tax, mbich were doe and owl.); at the time-of
the passage of the said recited act, which is hereby re
pented, together with melt edditional tax or duties as
would have accrued upon the tonnage of the said compa
ny, man the date of the present act. And for the proper
ascertainment of the amount of the said additional tax,
it shall be the duty of the said company to ftle forth
with in the office of the Auditor General a statement
duly authenticated by the oaths of the president and
trcnanrer of rain company, of Tile 011101111; of *heir
•
business so made taxable for the Intervening period
and alto to furnish to the Attorney Goners!, from tints to
time, such other aml additional etatetnenta.and such ac
cess to their hooka as he may judge necessary for the
purposes of the said suit, or other proceeding hereby au
thorized : provided, however, that the moneys paid by
the debt Comprenyon account of the said pretended Com
mutieVon, over end beyond she annual hideiment or in
stalments payable by them on their bootie for the our-
Chase money of the piddle works, shall be credited upon
the arrears of the esid tax, which were due Rll , ll)Wing at
the passage of the said repealed act, and allowed in the
collectioa of the sad encore.
Ducting the Aiacn , +ei•m on tb. motion to set a day for
the niacinl consideration of the bill, the hour of ono ar
rived, and the Speaker adjourned the Bono WI to-Mor
row at le) A. M.
SALE OF DRY GOODS, IC., AZ ALTTION.—The
attention of purchasers is requested to the large and
varied &wort/Bent of Britioth French, Gerakein• In
dia, and domestic dry goods;, also, a line of linen
handkerchiefs, embracing about 5110. lots of staple
and fancy articles, in woollens, worsted, linen, cot
ton, and silk, to be peremptorily sold by catalogue,
for cash, commencing this morning, at 10 o'clook,
the sale to be continued, without intermission, the
greater part of the day, by John U. Myers &
auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 231 Market street.
LECTITRE 111 - Ray. E. W. Ilurrim.—The con
eluding lecture of a series, gotten. up by the Lu
theran Board of Publication, is to be delivered
this (Thursday) evening, at Ceneert 11411, Chaotnut
Pirret. trbove Twelttl4 hn ilrc Itev, E. W. Rutter,
Subject: r Our Country." The fertility of the
theme, coupled with the lecturer's eminent ability
to present it in an attraotive and popular foray
will, wo doubt not, insure a full house.
T CuP trot. E m g 41M .—WO (415;0r ro that
Mr. root, of Vermont, has introduced into the Senate •
joint resolution, reported from the Comtnitteo on Pub
lie Buildings end "'wounds, tt ansferring the supervhdoet
of the Capitol extension and the erection of, the new
dome from the Wee Deputhaeht to the Vspartraskot of
the Interior. Our meters are aware that. hue pro
poAition does but contemplate a TOSnrni ea. fir al
relates to the department chargek Wilt, au over
sight of the work, to the original arnangemetat
'AM:A wee rAtabliehr4l at the Lineation of the sr.
chtlt•eturat improvement of no Csoltol, At pre-
Mit the extranrainery engagammta. of the military
breech of the Goverurneut would systurelly render
this labor an incluebrauce s.f which It mLght well desire.
to be rtlieved, to the end that tha work inhand be prow,
crated to its earlier completion. 'The suspension of Obi.
work dering the war is, moreover, Dron perhaps, lea oh.
jections on political ground', as Deeming to leapt," is
lingering doubt respecting the ospedlencr of Wigan the
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