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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1862,
THE LATEST WAR MEWS.
General Curtis’ official report of the battle
Vearidge. Arkansas, bas confirmed onr anticipations
of the severity of the contest, and the gallantry of
our troops engaged. The attack was begun by the
enemy on Thursday last, upon our right wing, and
ah attempt was made to gaia it® rear. This, how
ever. proved unsuccessful, and resulted in the fall
of the rebel General McCulloch. The enemy’s,
-centre was then attacked by Colonel Davis’ divi
sion. supported by Sigel’s command, which had
previously been upon the left; while the right of
our lino was supported by Colonel Carr’s division.
.Finally, a charge of infantry along our entire line,
put to Sight the entire rebel force, who retreated
through the deep defiles of Cross Timbers, and it is
thought have mostly returned to the Boston moun
tains. Thither they were being pursued by our
cavalry at the latest accounts.
“ Sound,Jsoimd the note! Sebastopol is taken 1 11
sung the allied armies of the Crimea, when the
frowning fortress had grown weary of bombard
ing, and the Russian eagles had been humbled to
the dust. Our volunteers can sing as jubilant an
anthem. The Sebastopol of tho great rebellion h&S
fallen, and the way has been cleared for an “ on to
Richmond*’ movement, that may now be under
taken without fears for the fosulfe, and with a glad
assurance tbat e new victory awaits us at the rabal
capital. An army of retreating volunteers—and
above all, an army of disheartened and demoralized
rebels —is not the kind of material that can success
fully offer opposition to tho enthusiasts XJnm sol
diers, flushed with the glory of success, and pant
ing for a fresh battle-field to show their devoted
valor.
A special despatch from Washington states that
the Navy Department is exceedingly active to-day
in providing against all contingencies at Fortress
Monroe. If the Minnesota had not grounded on
Saturday, it is believed by our naval authorities
that she would havet grappled instantly with the
JiUrrimap. and, with the assistance of the St. Law*
rence, would have ended the contest on the decks
of the Merrimac. The Monitor is believed at the
Navy Department to be fully able to cope with the
Merrimac, and certainly by to-morrow the squadron
at the fortress will be so reinforced that the tables
will be turned, and they will be forced to acton
the defensive. A correspondent of the New York
Evening Toft says that the strong feeling iu both
branches of Congress in favor of the immediate
passage of the bill containing the appropriation for
iron gunboats, will carry it through whenever it
cc-mes up in the Senate.
Two companies of the Second Ohio Cavalry had
a severe skirmish with a bund of rebels near Inde
pendence, Missouri, on the sth instant. Tile trai
tors, under the notorious Quantril, have been
prowling around Independence, murdering and
plundering, until tbc inhabitants could endure it
no longer. They accordingly called upon the Ohio
troops to rid them of their presence. Our troops
were not fully equipped, having nothing but
Sfthres and pistols, yet they succeeded in hilling
and wounding about twenty of the onomy, losing
hut one man killed and three wounded. They
have also taken a number of prisoners. A com
pany of Montgomery’s men have jaafc arrived at
Tort Leavenworth, from the Missouri border, with
about thirty prisoners, Jayhawkers and rebels.
Colonel Geary, acting brigadier general in com
mand of our forces at Leesburg, Virginia, made a
personal reeonnoissauce, day before yesterday, as
far as Carter’s Mills. He found that the bridge
over Goose creek had been burned, and that the re -
treating|enemy had burned granaries, hay and grain
staoks, and such other property as could not readily
be removed. The loyal feeling in and around Lees
burg is increasing, and the oath of allegiance is
daily administered to many of the residents.
{Congress Yesterday.
Senate. —Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, offered
a resolution of inquiry relative to the late naval
battle near Fortress Monroe. Referred to the Com
mittee on the Conduct of the War,
Mr- Wilson also reported, from the Military Com
mittee, a joint resolution authorising the Secretary
of War to accept the moneys appropriated by any
State for the payment of and to apply
the same as desired by the State.
The confiscation bill was considered. Mr. Wil
son. of Massachusetts, offered a substitute for the
first section, which was ordered to be printed.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Senate.—'The consideration of the resolutions
instructing our Senators and requesting our Repre
sentatives in Congress to vote for the abolition of
slavery in the District of Columbia was resumed.
Ur. Lamberton offered an amendment, which, if
adopted, would completely nullify the resolutions.
House. —The bill to incorporate the Eutomolo
gical Society, of this city, was taken up on first
reading, bnt objected to.
The act to incorporate the Frank ford and Phila
delphia Passenger Railway Company was taken up
and passed.
Also, a supplement to an act incorporating the
Bible Society of Philadelphia.
The Movement of the Army of the Po-
tomac.
Tlic long-expected advance movement of
the army of the Potomac has at length been
commenced. It is useless now to discuss
whether the delay was wise or unwise, ne
cessary or unnecessary. It is unquestionably
an army of which any nation might justly he
proud. In numbers, discipline, and equip
ment, it far exceeds any body of men ever
bolero collected in the now world, and it has
strength enough to perform military feats of
far greater magnitude than any heretofore
achieved on this continent-. It is in excellent
health and spirits, provided with every ne
cessary appliance that foresight could suggest
or money procure; and it contains many thou
sands of brave men who will eagerly embrace
any opportunity that may be afforded them of
crushing the armed foes of the Rcpublic-
At the first indications of the commencement
of its march, tho enemy made preparations
for a precipitate flight. All the important
points they determinedly held against «s du
ring the campaign of last summer, have fallen
into our possession without a struggle. On
our right wing Gen. Banks has advanced,
without a contest, towards Winchester; the
our centre has quietly occupied the boasted
stronghold of the rebellion ; on tbe left, the
Cockpit-batteries were tamely abandoned, the
blockade of tbe lower Potomac voluntarily
raised, and all obstructions to the onward
march of our armies removed.
This craven flight of the enemy was unex
pected by many, and can only be fully explain
ed by future developments. Many theories
are propounded. Our antagonists probably
felt that they were totally unable to cope with
our mighty forces, and that only by a
hasty retreat could they prevent a terrible
defeat. The movements on their flanks, too,
were pressing fearfully upon them. The ne
cessity of contracting their lines became daily
more and more apparent, as one fearful blow
after another was dealt by our gallant soldiers.
It was plain enough that if General Buaxside
gained control of their railroad communica
tions in North Carolina,'and Gen. Buell of
the great railroad leading from Tennessee into
Virginia, the rebel forces, thus isolated, would
speedily be destroyed. Whatever power they
still possess can only he made effective by so
contracting tlicir lines as to maintain commu
nication between all their armies. Whether
they intend to entice our brave men into am
buscades, to assail partially isolated divisions,
or to devastate the country through which
they retreat, and to impede our march by
burning down bridges and tearing up railroads,
in ttm hope of exhausting our resources, re
mains to be seen.
Some of their intercepted letters assert that
large reinforcements have recently been seat
.northward to Virginia, a policy that would in
dicate a determination on their part to protract
tbe war in the Old Dominion as long as possi
ble, or make diversions on their right against
Gen. Burns! ME and on their left against Gen.
Bancs. But, whatever may bo their plans,
there is little doubt that their capital will soon
be in our possession, and their linos driven in
on every side.
Probably the most serious embarrassment
that our army will bo subjected to will arise
from the difficulty of transporting to it the
supplies it Will require. But, great prepara
tions have, doubtless, been made to supply its
wants. Immense fleets of boats will be ready
to ascend any navigable rivers that may fall
within our lh.es; injured railroads will bu re
paired with wonderful celerity, and the teams
of the Government will be kept busily plying
between the nearest accessible depots and the
positions onr forces occupy. We have not
O'.'ly an army or soblivrs, but ono tilled with
industrious laborers, farmers, mechanics, and
engineers, who will evince as much skill and
celerity in mastering physical difficulties as
courage in assailing the rebel army.
The Monitor.
The opportune arrival of the Monitor in
Hampton Hoads is one of the most, fortunate
and gratifying incidents of the war. We have
already published a full account of her suc
cess in driving back tlie iron-clad monster
Merrimac, at tbe very moment when, flushed
with victory, the rebel officers supposed that,
alter destroying the Congress and Cumberland.
they could demolish at their leisure the Minne
sota, and all the other Union vessels lying near
Fortress Monroe. We had yesterday an
interesting interview with a gentleman
who went on board the Monitor a short time
after the action terminated. There was little
in her appearance to indicate her formidable
character. At one end the stars and stripes
were proudly floating. In the centre the re.
volving turret, iu which her deadly guns were
mounted, projected but a short distance above
the level of the iron-plated deck; and in the
rear was a cabin which, at a distance, seemed
no larger than a hat. On entering this
room he found it furnished in excellent
style, and three or four officers as coolly ar
ranging their toilets as if they were in their
own quiet rooms on shove. On the bed lay
Lioutonant Women, exhausted by the terrible
contest in which he had been engaged, and his
eyes considerably injured by the matter con
tained in one of the enemy’s shells that had
hurst upon the deck. That brave and accom
plished officer is now in Washington, and
under skilful treatment, the light of at least
one of his eyes will probably soon be entirely
restored. lie is deservedly the hero of the
hour, and shares, with Captain Ericsson, the
inventor of the new battery, the glory of her
brilliant success.
The late naval engagement at Fortress Mon
roe is one of the greatest events of modem
times, and will exercise a vast influence upon
the naval warfare and tlie naval preparations
of-'all countries. It is singular that America
should be not only the first country to illus
trate the wonderful efficiency of iron-clad
steamships, (by tlie temporary triumph of the
Merrimac,) hut that she should also, by the
timely completion of the Monitor , show how
they can be successfully combatted. It is
fearful to think of the injury the rebel monster
was enabled, in a few short hours, to inflict
upon vessels whioli, under the old system,
we regarded with pride, and how much more
mischief she would have perpetrated, if she
liad succeeded in running the blockade at For
tress Monroe. But a thrill of exultation is
carried throughout the whole country by tlie
thought that our inventive genius has already
discovcrcd an antidote for the boasted bane
of the rebels.
The Monitor proved in actual trial to be at
once even more destructive than the iron
plated steamship of the enemy, and as invin
cible as her inventor could have deemed it
possible, even in his most sanguine moments,
to make her. In vain did the heavy balls and
shot of the Merrimac rattle like hail upon her
sides and deck; and the iron prow which so
easily destroyed the Cumberland dashed against
her sides without doing a particle of injury.
Fortunately, the period cannot he far distant
when our navy will be well provided with
iliese improved instruments of modern naval
warfare. Several iron-clad steamers will soon
be completed. In four months the.celebrated
Stevens battery, with its fearful broadside,
can be finished, if the necessary appropriations
are made, and, as the Monitor was built in 100
days, other vessels of a similar description
can speedily be put into service. The genius
and resources of the rebels were well nigh ex
hausted in remodelling the Merrimac, aud it is
utterly out of their power to materially increase
their navy. The experiment upon which they
concentrated the strong hopes that on Satur
day last were apparently about to be fully re'
alized, proved a virtual failure by the timely
arrival of the new device that at once aston
ished and terrified them; and we look to the
futnre with the consciousness that we have
ample facilities for profiting by the lessons of
experience, while they are fearfully impressed
with a sense of the deficiency of their mechani
cal skill and appliances, and of their utter in
ability to cope with the great people they have
defied, in arts or in arms; on land or on the
sea; in military or naval engagements; in
numbers, resources, or inventive genius.
The Blockade to be Observed.
One consequence, it can scarcely be doubt
ed, of the reaction among British politicians
and statesmen, in our fiivor, from the news of
our successes over the rebels, In all directions,
is Lord Bussell’s declaration in the House of
Lords that ours was not “ a paper blockade,”
but one which as a maritime and
commercial nation, was bound to respect.
This, the ultimatum of the British Govern
ment, settles the question of recognizing the
f'so.c, ailed Southern Confederacy.” Of course,
in this matter, this is an European as well as
an English decision. Mr. Gregory asserted,
and Mr. Lindsay re-asserted, that between 600
and 700 vessels, breaking the blockade, had
found their way into and out of Southern
ports. ll@w singular, if this were true, that the
whole quantity of cotton brought into England
since the blockade was commenced has not
exceeded 700 bales. This shows how real the
blockade has been.
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, March 11, 1862.
It is finally settled that the rebels hare re
treated from their strongholds, and arc being
rapidly and steadily pursued by the army of
the Union. Whether this retreat is the result
of policy or panic cannot, of course, bo ascer
tained. Certain it is, however, that many of
those who have clamored for an advance upon
Richmond, during the last three months, ac
cept the retirement of the rebel forces as a full
realization of their predictions, that the enemy
would fly if attacked, while it is not to be de
nied that many who have heretofore sustained
the theory of delay, on tho ground that we
wore notready to move on, confess themselves
grievously disappointed. Where the enemy
will make a stand is the next question. Whe
ther our columns are to march onward without
a “ retiring ebb,” until they have captured
Richmond and completely vanquished the
traitors, ox whether there is to be an
other great pause before the end of the re
bellion is ascertained, are questions almost
universally discussed. When the army be
gan its passage into Virginia, on Sunday
and Monday, many who had not estimated
its numbers or its capacities were surprised
at tho magnitude and magnificence of the
spectacle. The members of the British and
French legations, who have been industrious in
collecting all the available information in re
gard to this war, confess that they were as
tonished at the splendid materiel of the army,
its almost perfect discipline and its admirable
appointments. How it is to be subsisted in a
country desolated by war will be one of the
main difficulties of those having it in Charge.
Every pound of ammunition, forage, and ra
tions must be conveyed from the base of ope
rations, or, should a junction be effected with
General Wool, lrom Fortress Monroe. It
must bo borne in mind, however, that the
blockade of the Potomac has been raised, and
that the railroad from Alexandria has been re
laid to Fairfax. These are great advantages,
hut they may he counteracted by tho certain
destruction of the railroad by the rebels ex
tending from Manassas to Richmond. The
obstacles in regard to transportation and sub
sistence, particularly tbe latter, will compel
prompt and rapid action, so as to prevent tho
rebels from fortifying themselves in new posi
tions, and of depriving the Union army of the
indispensable military facilities and of tho ne
cessities of life.
Without the army, Washington is a dull
city. As I write, the streets and avenues,
lately so bustling and excited, seem to be en
tirely d*S£rted. Many of the trades and avo
cations, that flourished during tlm presence of
the troops, will feel their departure seriously,
particularly the publishers and vendors of
newspapers. With all tills, however, there is
a deep and profound prevailing excitement.
We are constantly on tho qui five, watching
and waiting for intelligence from the different
sections of the revolted country.
Occasional.
| Mr. McEeon, the manager of the Continental
! Theatre, takes a benefit this evening, and presents
i a good bill for the amusement of the patrons of
! that establishment.
] Tim HuTcniNsoN Family give a concert, on
: Thursday night, at Sansom-street Hall, for tho Port
: Royal contrabands. The Hutchinsons are the best
i and most popular vocalists on this
From Hen Burnside's Expedition
[From Our Sptcinl Correspondent ]
Steamer Cassack, March 4,1882.
Again on board the Cas sack quietly riding at
anchor on the placid waters of Croatan Sound,
with Roanoke Island to tho eaitWAfd, thfi mainland
with tho dilapidated buildings at Nag’s He*d and
bills of sand surrounding to tbo westward ; the
calm waters of the Croatan now mirroring tha
bright rays of the setting sun against the golden
tipped clouds, blending nil tho varied tints of tho
rainbow hues, to the northward. The vessels com
prising tbe expedition lying at anchor, with here
and there a little yawl or surf-boat skimming over
the water from vessel to vessel, and to this island,
I write to you again*
We had become nicely ensconced in comfortable
quarters, and were indulging in all the luxuries—
wild gee?©, brant, duck, fine shad, salmon, and
prrch—that the waters of Albemarle and Croatan
abound in. The natives (the Islanders) wore bring'
ing everything that could be obtained, and were
exceedingly nnxuus to exchange for “ Uncle
Sam's** silver, gold, or notes —that which they
but a few weoks before despised and depre
ciated, not on acconnt of its intrinsic value,
but on account of its nationality. Wo wore just
beginning to have some of the luxuries, after having
seen a little of th eiroughs of North Carolina lifo,
when orders came for an immediate embarkation,
lip goes the hat of one. down goes the bright
smiling countenance of another. Long march,”
says ono ; “ can’t stand it,” says another. Ttut
plaguey rheumatism has returned, and away he goes
limping, while two minutes before he was gay aod
frisky, ready for an imaginary cnomy. Up comes
a lean, lank, gaunt .looking soldier, muskot shoulder
ed, knapsack packed, and says ” I toll you, boys,
we may be chawed up this timo; but I guess we’ll
make them fellers git four buck shot uad a Mini©
ball, iu old Enrjivr's Terry —sbo’il scatter em.”
It is amusing to hear tbe conversation and actions
of some on receipt of orders for marching. How
ever, nearly all bail The orders with great satisfac
tion, and await anxiously for the time when they
can render their country the aid it requires, and
crush* the arm that dares to destroy the Constitu
tion framed by patriots, whose forms have re
turned to dust, but tho emulation of whose
virtues, and the admonition of whoso counsels,
still raise the patriotic impulses of thousands
upon thousands of the brave Boldiers new risking
their all for a country distracted by treason’s
blighting curse, prompted by patriotism, guided
by a lovo for our cherished institutions, a union of
States, of interests, and the perpetuation of a glo
rious nationality. Tbe Union soldiers go forth to
grapple with treason at the cannon’s fierce mouth,
amid the most terrific showers of shot, shell, grape,
canister, and musketry; brave every danger J
endure every hardship peeuliar to a life in an ene
my’s country, with a changing climate of twenty
to thirty degrees in an hour, and a thousand and
one hardships, <fcc. Imagination can more graphi
cally picture than tbe pen describe, It is to the
Union soldiers that the maintenance of tho groat
boon of constitutional freedom is due. It is to
them our country to-day owes its national existence.
I would here say that the Fifty-first, on the en
gagement of the Sth —noted by some of the special
correspondents as in the rear or on the reserve—
were on the right flank, plodding through the deep
est and worst part of the morass, almost side by side
with the Twenty-seventh Massachusetts, and ex
posed to the enemy’s lire. Their bravery, stealy
bearing, and undaunted gallantry was highly com
plimented by Gen. Reno. Every officer and soldier
felt the importance of his position, and pushed for
ward with that energy and zeal characteristic of
Pennsylvania soldiers. A studied desire on the
part of the reporters of some of the leading New
York dailies to place the Fifty-first regiment
in a different position from that which
they occupied, in order to heap all the honor upon
the New York Hawkin Zouaves and the Fifty
first New York. lam willing to see justice meted
out where it is due, but, at the same time, I don’t
want to see all the honor heaped upon a few to the
detriment of others whose bravery and conduct was
equal to any. As a Pennsylvanian, I feel a State
prid a in the gallant troops we have now in the field,
and in none of the reoent victories has the old Key
stone been deficient or in want of an honorable re
presentation. The Fifty-first, under the gallant
Harlraiift, represents the Old Keystone in the Bum
side Expedition, and when the timo again arrives
to enter the conflict, it will do its duty.
Contrabands are still arriving, but bring no news
of importance. Their intelligence, thus far, of the
forces, and the important places occupied by the
enemy, has been of but little account. However,
they came from points remote from p9sts occupied
by the rebel army.
Health of the expedition is good.
Yours, AnrnA.
TY’e would gladly publish tha letter of our cor
respondent in full, but it contains much informa
tion which might be pronounced contraband by the
authorities.- —Ed.
LETTER EUUAI NEW YORK.
[From Our Special Correspondent.]
New Yoke, March 11, 1882.
VTe are a very forbearing people here. Fox
months a new Secession organ has existed in our
midst, and as yet no arm of authority has been
raised against it. The longer it is let alone the
more impudent it becomes. “ The Decline of New
York ; :i this is a specimen of the announcement of
an article on its bulletin. Such captions frequently
meet the eye, and increase the disgust of passers
by. That feeling may one day be fanned into a
paesion which our excellent police may be called
upon to cool.
An arrangement is nearly completed for holding
Union army prayer meetings in various churches
in this city. As far as lam able to learn, tho plan
contemplated is to hold a morning prayer meeting
at a central point, to be conducted much iu the
sfimo manner aa the ‘‘great- revival 5 ’ meetings j
aod other meetings M bfl hdld ih dif
ferent churches Iu all caseß, prayer to be made
specially for the success of our arms, and the pre
servation of our friends and relatives, who repre
sent us on the battle-field. I think this is one of
the most interesting steps that have been taken sinoe
the breaking out of the rebellion. How a soldier
must fight when he is conscious that, in his behalf)
the city is bent in prayer !
The sons of Vermont held a meeting at the
Fifth-avenue Hotel last night, agreed upon a con
stitution, and elected an executive committee.
They met again, this morning, at the Park Bar
racks, to entertain a regiment from Vermont 0q
Thursday evening, there is to be a grand “ Sons of
Vermont" levee, at the Fifth-avenue Hotel, to
which are invited former residents of Vermont,
their descendants, their wives and their daughters.
It is expected that Governor Holbrook and staff,
of VeTmont, will be present
The first annual commencement of the Bellevue
Hospital Medical College was held last evening, in
Irving Hall. The audience was very large and
very enthusiastic. At the close of the regular
exercises, the Bev. Dr. Chapin delivered a spirited
find eloquentaddress to tho faculty, to the graduate!,
and to tne people. He said that the medical pro*
festion was one which called forth two of the most
powerful elements in man's nature —Love and
Wisdom. To them society was shown in its real
garb. Tbe hypocrisy of pride and modesty was
thrown aside in presence of the physician or tho
surgeon. Humanity threw off its mask and
exhibited a poor, weak, and fallen nature, in
it veriest frailty. They, also, had an op
portunity of seeing society at home in its surround
ings of Inxury, or its attendant sqnalidity and
wretchedness. The discovery of a great difficulty
had been the harbinger of a forthcoming improve
ment, and year after year the medical faculty were
mastering new problems in tbe treatment of new
diseases. of evil may show itself,
but an Ericsson’s battery will rise to view in due
time, eent by advancing science as a kionitor to
teach rebels lessons in wisdom. Tho Bollovue Col
lege has been in existence for several years, but
this was its first public demonstration, and it proved
a success.
The manufacturers of hooped skirts had a meet
ing this afternoon, to take into consideration the
tax tp he levied on steel skirts. Of course, they do
not propose to rebel against the tax, but they con
sider it quite {important to have a generaljunder
standiDg in the trade as to whether the manufac
turer shall add the tax to the price of the skirt, and
so mnke the consumer the responsible taxpayer, or
'whether the tax shall be equally divided between
the maker and tbe wearer.
Notwithstanding the value of money to the tax
payers. and the prospect of the Federal tax, our
City Fathers are very considerate. From a step
which they took last night in the Board of Aider
men, it is very evident that our City Hall is going
to be the centre of some very large transactions
during the current year. Our tax levy has been
increased to an enormous figure, and yet wo sub
mit. Why should we not? Tho men who do these
naughty tricks are elected people, at least
they who bad most votes at last election consider
so. Look at the following presentment and sym
pathize with us:
Grose amount recommended by the Comp
troller : $5,780,713 36
Grosß amount adopted by Uonncilmen..... 4,510,558 97
it u «« Aldermen 0,605,46.’) 95
Increase on Con ptroller’a estimates 874,752 60
it Counciluien’s estimates 1,135,806 90
This morning 144 of the wounded soldiers from
Burnside's army arrived here. A portion of them
have been sent on by the train this forenoon. Others
go in the evening, snd a portion of them, the most
seriuue cases, remain at the military department of
the New York City Hospital.
Major General Fremont and family are hero.
They are at tho Astor House.
The Constructor of the Monitor*
As many of our readers wish to know who Mr.
Ericsson (the inventor of the iron-clad battery
Monitor which did such efficient service at the
recent naval engagement in Hampton Roftdfl) is,
wc have compiled thu following short biographical
sketch of that distinguished person. John Ericsson
was horn in 1803, in the provinoe of Vermeland,
among the iron mountains of Sweden. His father
being engaged in mechanical pursuits, the son
early evinced a remarkable taste for the same
occupation, and before he was ten years of ago
he constructed several mechanioal contrivances
which would have been creditable to older
heads. In 181-1 he was appointed to a cadetship
in the corps of engineers in the Swedish army,
and whde in that position was several times
made supervisor of important trusts, although
several offioers outrank ed him both iu age and po
sition. In 1828 he visited England, and proceeded
to construct a number of new engines of his own
invention, which met with wonderful sucoess. In
the fall of 1828, the Liverpool and Manchester Rail
way having offered a prize for the best locomotive
engine, to be tested on their road, Mr. Brtosson
constructed the Novelty steam carriage, which
darted along the track at the rate of fifty miles an
hour, to tbe unbounded admiration and applause of
the epectatois. lie afterwards constructed Severn
THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA WEDNESDAY. MARCH 12, 1862.
flf6-fengln<?s, which proved to bo successful
inventions. Ho was tho first to apply to marino
engines centrifugal blowers, using anthracite
coal. Mr. Ericsson emigrated to this country in 1839,
andhie first great achievement was the building of
tho United States steam frigate Princeton, the first
vessel that steam was ever introduced into with the
works below the water line. His success was so re
markable that the French Government engaged him
to plan the French frigate Pomone , of 50 guns,
which also proved a success. lie next undertook the
planning and invention of the steamer
and although it did not meet the expectations of
the builder, it was a success. He next deter
mined to construct a battery which would
be useful in naval warfare. On (he sth
of October he signed the contract for the
construction of the Monitor, and on the 31st of
December, being a period of two months and eight
days, tbe steam machinery and propeller were put
operotiw, find or tbo one hundred and first
working day she was hunched. The rest of the
history of the Monitor is so well known to our
readers that its recapitulation here would be un
necessary.
A subscription paper is now in circulation, among
tho merchants of New York, intended as a suitable
testimonial to Captain Ericsson for his public ser
vices. We learn thathandsome sums have been sub
scribed.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE EVACUATION OF OUCOUUAN.
YOLUNTABY EMANCIPATION BESOLGIION.
The soldiers of General Banks 7 division have
pushed their way rapidly towards Winchester.
Several events of the march remarkably illustrate
the varied mechanical aptitude of the Northern
troops. In completing tbe preparations for the
pontoon bridge on which they crossed the Potomac,
tbe skilful hands of many of the mechanics of the
d ivision four d congenial employment. As they pro
ceeded into the interior they found that the rebels,
in accordance with their usual devastating policy,
had totally destroyed telegraphic communication;
but the activity and energy of the Union troops, in
an* almost incredibly short period, fully restored
them.
A large field, containing several hundred acre 3,
near Charlestown, was filled with corn, in shock
asd uuhupked. The troops detailed to make it
available for the quartermaster's department per
formed that service in a double-quick style rarely
before exhibited in agricultural operations in slave
holding districts.
Although the rebels fled preoipitatety before
them,.they could not, in all cases, elude the swift
pnrsuitof our dashing cavalry regiments, and se
veral of their schemes of destruction were unex
pectedly frustrated by the rapid movements of our
mounted soldiers.
Many of the rebels exhibited the same rude and
hostile spirit that was manifested when Charles
town was occupied last year by General Patter
sox ; and in cne case, one of the so-called “ladies”
of the town spat in the face of a Union soldier, who,
notwithstanding this flagrant insult, protected, in
obedience to orders, the house she occupied.
A great scarcity of salt wa3 freely complained of.
I was told that in one case $4O was paid for a single
sack, and in numerous instances considerable quan
tities of pork were spoiled forwa?t of that iadia
ptnsablo article.
General Banks rapidly marched forward, occu
pying in rapid succession, without opposition, each
of the strategic positions which lie between Har
per’s Ferry and Winchester. The latter town is
now virtually if not actually in his possession.
The Evacuation of Occoquan.
Official information to-day reports that the enemy,
formerly encamped back of and below Occoquan,
have retreated, destroying everything they could
not carry on their back. They left on Saturday.
Our troops took possession this morning, and were
welcomed by a part of the inhabitants with great
joy, Every boat in the vicinity and anything that
would, float had been destroyed. The rebels toid
the villagers that they were going to fall back to
tbe Rappahannock.
A call from the rebel Governor of Virginia on
the militia of the State for ten thousand men w&s
proclaimed in the streets of Oeeoquan on the 9th
inri., by an official, who immediately departed.
Nearly all the able-bodied mon of tbe village left
with tbe rebel army. A few refused to go. Tho
rebel force which has thus retreated wa* com
posed of three Texan, one Georgia and Mississippi
regiment, and the Hampton Legion.
Cum. Vanderbilt Agrees to Carry the
Central American Malls.
Commodore Vanderbilt gave notice to- day, to
the Postmaster General, that he would oarry the
Central American and South Paeifio mails on his
line of steamers, provided he could be protected
against parties who are smuggling California mails
over bis line, for which he received no payment-.
The United. States Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court will not hear the argument
of any case after Thursday, the 20th instaut, nor of
any motion after Friday, the 21st, the court intend
ing to adjourn on the lath instant.
Captain Davis, United States Navy, reached
Washington yesterday, with despatches from Com
modore Dupont, which were yesterday published
by order. He gives some suggestive particulars of
the state of public opinion in Florida and
Georgia. The poorer classes denounce the war as
a rich man’s war, and the accounts brought
by the prisoners indicate that the heart
and determination of tbe rebels are gone forever.
Ho states that the chasing of the railroad train by
tbe Union gunboat Ottawa waa a most amusing
affair. Captain Davis returns here to advooate
the plan of iron-clad steamers, and to pronouuco
against tbe wooden walls. He was one of tbe naval
commission that decided in favor of the Ericsson
floating battery.
The Latest from Fortress Monroe—The
Merrimac at Norfolk.
A despatch from' Fortress Monroe, this evening,
says that all is quiet in thatvicinity. A flag of truce
was received to-day from Craney Island. No in
formation has been obtained about the injury to the
Merrimac. She reached Norfolk on Sunday eve
ning, from which it may be inferred that she was
not capable of making very good time.
Ten Mote Gunboats for the Western
Cincinnati, March 11.—The Secretary of War
has requested proposals for the building of ton new
gunboats, the same as those now at Cairo. The
proposals are to be sent by telegraph, specifying
the price and the time at which they can be fur
nished ready for service. 1
A Visit to Ball’s Bluff— Burial of the
Bones of Ihe Victims.
Colonel Geary, with some of his officers, and a
detachment of the First Michigan Cavalry, rode to
Rail’s Bluff to-day, and buried the whitening bones
of the brave American soldiers, who fell upon that
field in October last Impressive remarks preceded
this humane act, and a monument of gross rebel
neglect was hid from human sight.
In the House to-day. Mi. IVILSSS, of tbO Judi
ciary Committee, introduced a bill providing that
no person who has ever hold any office, oithor
civil, military , or naval, under tho so-called Con
federate Government, shall ever hold any office
under the United States Government, or in any
State of the Union. Such a bill as this will doubt
less pass.
All Quiet on the Line of*the Potomac.
All is quiet on the line of tho Poiomae, as re
presented to-night by telegraph.
Two Light-draught Steamers Wanted.
The Quartermaster General advertises for two
light-draught steamers, suited for towing boats at
Ship Island. He myites proposals.
Captain Buchanan, of the Merrimac,
Captain Buchanan, who commanded the Mer
rimac on the first day’s fight,is reported, by a tele
gram received to-day, to be wounded. Captain
Jones commanded the Mammae on Sunday,
when she met the Monitor.
The Vote on the Emancipation Resolu-
Six Southern members voted in the affirmative
and nine in the negative, in the llouse of Repre
sentatives, to-day, on tho President’s emancipation
resolution. The other members from the Border
Slave Smtes were either not in their seat! or with
drew before the vote was taken.
Boston, March 11.—The schooner J. V. Clt.i.p
100V, from New Verb, arrived last evehlbd. im
ports that on the 2d iusr. she fell in t*i h tho U. S.
frigate Vermont. She lay by her till the 6th, and
left her in lat 39.45, long. 63.05, drifting S. S. E.,
half K., at the rate of two knots per hour. Her
rudder, sails, and anohorswere gone, and she was
entirely helpless. She wants the assistance of pow
erful tugs at once.
SvKAcrsE. N. Y., March 11.—At the aharter
election, held to-day, » large vote was polled. The
Republicans eleoted their candidate for mayor by
291 majority, and the entire city ticket, except for
justice of the peace. The supervisors stand as fol
lows : Republicans C, Democrats 2; and the al
dermen, Republicans 6, Democrats 2.
THE CAPTURE OF MANASSAS.
The Central American Mails,
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
Special Despatches to '‘The Press.”
Washington, March 11, 1802.
From General Banks’ Division.
Onr Fleet in Florida.
Waters.
Ineligibility to Office.
Wounded.
The IT. S. Frigate Vermont Spoken.
Charter Election at Syracuse, N. Y.
Generals Buckner and Tilghman Put in
Close' Confinement.
Boston, March 11.—Generals Buckner and
Tilghman were yesterday put in close confinement
at Fort Warren. The reason for this is not eta tod.
FROM CENTREVILLE.
MOBE CHEERING NEWS.
OUR TROOPS OCCUPY MANASSAS.
THE STABS AND STBIPES WAVING OYEB
THE ENTRESCHMgNrs.
The Rebels in Fall Retreat on
Richmond.
OUR TROOPS IN CLOSE PURSUIT.
[Special Despatches by Our Own Correspondent.]
The News of the Evacuation of ATannssas.
Washington, March 11, 1882.
The news of the occupation of the famed Manas
sas Junction reached the eity at an early hour this
morning, by an official telegram, which set at rest
the idle rumors of a fight, retreat, etc. The in
telligence which has been coming in ever since
Saturday from contrabands and refngoes,
has all centred to tho fact that the rebels
were fulling hack from Gentreville, with the
intention of not only abandoning their works
there, but at Manassas, a few miles in the rear.
The evacuation of the batteries on the lower
Potomao, and the withdrawal from Leesburg,
all tended to the confirmation of those stories, which,
were fully realized at a late hour last night, by the
advance of our forces from Centrevillc, towards
Manassas, which they entered early this morning.
Tho forlorn hope of the rebels was seen straggling
over the hills, but a short distance beyond the road
to Stiasburg, as our cavalry entered the deserted
entrenchments. It was evident that no inconsi
derable panic had seized the rebels, for their works
seemed to bo as hastily abandoned as on the lower
Potomac. The rebel flag was flying at Fairfax
Court House and Centreville, and was allowed to
remain up, but with the glorious flag of the Union
waving proudly over it in the clear light of this
balmy morning. Some of the rebel pickets that
were not quick enough to follow their panic-strioken
companions were captured, and reached the cUy
to-day, a most dejected, worn-out looking set.
They were dressed in a white woollen uniform,
made from negro-cloth, bub the hardships of the
service had rendered it of many colors. In other
respects the soldiers seemed far inferior to ours,
and displayed an ignorance end stupidity rarely
seen in the lmmsn face. They were placed
in confinement. On their march up Pennsylvania
avenue they were the objects of great curiosity,
hundreds rushing on the streets to get a sight of
them.
CuMTiiEvir.T.n, Va., March 11,
I arrived this forenoon in the farmer stronghold
of the rebel troops, but, as I anticipated, found the
place completely evacuated, and presenting a scene
of gloom and desolation rarely witnessed. Though
it is evident that tho rebels hare been sending regi
ments away within the last week, the general
evacuation did not commence until Saturday last,
and continued until Sunday night.
On Fun,lay, during the latter part of the move
ment, it iedcuS that & terrible panic seized the
rebels, they leaving in great haste, burning every
thing that they could not move away, besides de
stroying locomotives, and immense quantities of
provisions, tents, ammunition, &c. Most of their
cannon were removod, though a few inferior ones
were spiked and left in the fortifications here,
which were formidable, the rebels placing batteries
over the hills, in the rear of Centreville, for a long
distance, while others followed them in regular
lines, so that, if our forces drove them out of one
entrenchment, the rebels could easily fall back
within another. The fortifications at Manassas,
some four miles from this place, are reported to be
the same as those constructed prior to the battle of
Bull Run, but likewise greatly strengthened.
Humbers of refugees and contrabands came into
this plaoe, and during yesterday some rebel pickets
that were not quick enough in getting off were cap
tured. Their statements differ as to the number of
rebel troops that were here, hut from the best
information I could gather I think they numbered
one hundred thousand men, including those on tho
upper and lower Potomac. These latter evacuated
their posts on Saturday, leaving their guns, etc., in
our possession, and immediately started for Rich
mond via Fredericksburg. It is evident that the
main portion of the rebel army managed to leave in
cars, tho rear falling back on Culpeper Court
House or Gordonsville on toot.
There is little or nothing of interest hero, the
grand and formidable position of the rebel army
having been at Centreville. Q«r cavalry passed
over the Bull Bun battle-ground during fast night,'
and ere dawn this morning raised the stars and
strips over tbe ftuuine-lookine place. The flame
picture of a hasty retreat and destruction or pio -
perty is exhibited here. The country from Wash
ington for thirty miles baok is one vast scene of
desolation and woe, and it will take a long time to
repair the damage done to the surrounding country
by the ruthless hands of the rebels. A.
The Scene at Manassas—Destruction of
Property.
[Correspondence of the Associated Press*]
CENTREViiiLE, March 11.—Upon a closer exami
nation, it was discovered that the rebels, before
evacuating their much-boasted stronghold, hod set
fire to suoh of their commissar; stores as the; oould
not conveniently carry off. The place presented a
scene of the utmost desolation—a mass of blackened
The rebels also blow up the bridges along the line
of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad for some
miles below Manassas. Such of the locomotives
which were out of repair were also destroyed, it is
supposed by blowing up, and the vicinity of the
depot is covered with fragments of machinery be
longing to the destroyed locomotives.
It is said that the rebels left CeotreTfUe on Sun.
day morning.
Largo numbers of contrabands have reached our
lines (which now extend beyond Manassas Junc
tion), and are still coming in by droves.
On our way from CeDtreville, yesterday morning,
we passed at least one hundred who were malting
their way to Washington.
Borne of the refugees claim to have come a dis
tance of twenty miles west of Manassas. They all
agree in saying that the rebels left the latter place
in great precipitation, and that the destruction of
their commissary stores was commenced at an early
hour on Sunday.
The contrabands state that a portion of the force
which left Manassas passed northwardly. This is
conEsdered improbable; bat if thoy did, it was for
the purpose of reinforcing Jackson at Winchester.
They also state that all the bridges along the
routo by which they came had been blown up by
the refaols in their retioat, and that the greater
portion of the track is also torn up.
The earthworks at Centreville had been greatly
misrepresented. Thoy were not of the formidable
character supposed. The enemy, before evacuating,
had somewhat injured them by breaking the em
brasures and casemates.
The same is probably the oaso at Manassas, the
fortifications of which, however, have not yet been
fully examined.
Our troops, on arriving at Fairfax Court House,
found not more than a dozen families remaining
there. The soldiers rushed into the courthouse
and brought away some of the records, but, on this
being discovered, the officers directed their return.
When our troops learned that Manassas had boon
evacuated, their spirits suddenly became depressed i
as they had anticipated a spirited oonllict with the
enemy.
.Most of the contrabands above alluded to were
cheerful and happy in their liberty, and remarkably
communicative to the extent or their limited
knowledge.
Abont a mile and a half before reaching Centre
ville a number of graves were discovered, princi
pally of the Alabama troops; the graves were
marked with head and foot boards, on which the
names of the deceased were inscribed. A guard
was placed near them, as if to shield them from
mutilation, although it was not to be supposed such
an act could be committed.
Manassas Evacuated Two Week* Ago.
Washington, March 11 .—When, some time since,
it was stated in this (tha Associated Press)) corres
pondence, that the rebels were falling back from
Manassas, the assertion was industriously- contra,
dieted r but thero is now satisfactory evidence that
the main body of the rebels left their lines- at that
place -nearly two weeks ago.
The roads in Virginia, in some places, arc tole
rably good and improving.
The whereabout* of the rebels, who retreated
from Manassas, is a subject of earnest speculation.
jsleven prisoners, who were captured in the vici
nity of Burks's Station, on the Orange and Alex
andria KoUread, yesterday, were brought here to
day. They are roughly olad.
HepoTts ©l* Union Mon from New Or-
leans nud Memphis
St. Louis, March 11 .—A special despatch to the
Dcmuerut, from Cairo, taystwo Union men reached
ihere from Hew Orleans to day. They left that
city pp the 16th ult., and by oareful travelling they
•were enabled to Ret off in safety. Both spent the
winter in Hew Orleans, where the greatest ezoite
ment and distress prevail. The approaches to the
eity on the sooth are pretty well' defonded. On
the north, the fortifioatioM ito hwit ftp® Carpjtpn, j Efeetioh lit New Hampslure.
The only persons in the city not regularly enlisted ; “* w _ . it—The election for
are the Jews. The eity is also.fttll of secret Union ! Legislate took place to-day.
clubs, and at least,twelve thousand citizens belong ; candidates for ttoveraor were in the field,
to these clubs. I viz : Mr. Berry, the present incumbent, who was
The CWditop »f thing? rpas no bettor in Memphis. by the ItopubSoans > Mr the
The Appeal, of the latter city, advooatostho burn- i W"
ing of the city as a last resort; but the Mayor has rUj ure uired to o i ee l a Governor in this State,
issued a proclamation declaring that any person ' The following is the result of the vote for Go
detected in setting fire to the houses shall be iimne- vornor in some of the leading towns:
diatoly hang. Baanregard had left Jaokson, and 1 Bernv (K.) Starke (D.) Wheeler (t.)
was expected to take command at Island Ho. 10. i 1” * 779 4SB 7
A large number of transports are tying at the foot Berry gains" 291 votes ovor lost year. Fifty:
of that island, to take off the troops in case of de- I five towns foot up the following vote: Berry,,l3,
j eBtl l 712; Starke, P, 688; Wheeler. 563.
THE BATTLE AT PEA RIDGE.
FEDERAL LOSS 450 KILLED AND WOUNDED.
Rebel Loss 1,000 Killed and Wounded,
SEN MeCULLOCH AND GEN. HcINrOSH MOR
TALLY WOUNDED.
Si’RiXG field, Mo., March 10.—(Special to the
St. Louis Repvbliean.)—X messenger who arrived
here at three o'clock this morning reports that the
battle at Pea Ridge lasied from Thursday morning
to Saturday evening, and that our loss was about
four hundred and fifty killed and wounded.
The rebel lost was about 1,000 killed and wound
ed, and 1,000 taken prisoners. Among the latter
was Col. Mcßea, of an Arkansas regiment.
The attack on our forces was made from the
north and west—?«r army being completely sur
rounded.
Generals Van Dorn, Price,. McCulloch, and Me
Intosh were present with 25,000 men.
McCulloch and Mclntosh are reported to have
been mortally wounded.
The attack from the rear was made by McCul
loch and met by General Sigel, who wounded him
and completely scattered his force in wild confu
sion. We have also captured a large amount of
stores, teams, cannon, small arms, and ammunition.
The Rebels Still Hold Winchester.
POSSIBILITY OF A REINFORCEMENT FROM
CENIREVILLE.
AN ARMED RECONNOISSANCE ON
THE MARCH.
Bunker Hill, March 11.—Tha intelligence com
municated, yesterday, of the evacuation of Win
chester, was premature. It was the town of Berry*
ville that was reported to have been evacuated by
the reconnoitring party.
The latest intelligence from Winchester is to the
effect that the town was occupied by at least one
brigade of rebel infantry, and other troops.
There is also a strong suspicion that a portion of
the forces which evacuated Centreville have been
ordered to reinforce Winchester.
Our pickets were undisturbed last night. Active
scouting expeditions are continually kept up.
Stevenson’s Depot, (0 miles from Winchester,)
March 11, 5 P. M.—The forces under Generals
Hamilton and Williamsi constituting an armed ro*
connoissance, have reached this point without any
serious opposition.
Louisville, March 11.—Humphrey Marshall is
at Gladesvi le, eight miles from the Kentuoky
line, near Poundii g Gap, with the few unscattered
demoralized forces belonging to Colonel Williams 7
regiment. Marshall at first attempted to con
ciliate the people in that region, hut since hU de
feat has been irritable and overbearing.
Tennessee advices say that the citizens of Shelby
ville, Bedford county, burned, on Sunday night, a
large quantity of Confederate stores to prevent
their falling into the hands of tho rebel troops,
under A. Sidney Johnston, who w&a in full retreat
from Murfreesboro.
liEESBUKGj Va., March 11.—Col. Geary, acting
brigadier general in command of the troops here,
made a personal reconnoissance yesterday as far as
Carter’s Mills. The trail of the retreating rebel
army was blackened with the ruins of granaries,
ashes of hay and grain stack?] fences, &c. He found
that the bridge over Goose creek had been burned
after our occupation here on Saturday. The enemy
has completely fallen back.
The command continues to make captures from
the ranks of the Secessionists.
Manassas, 7 P, M,
The loyal feeliDg is growing, and many come for
ward to take the oath of allegiance. ;
HAMiISRtRO, March 11 —Governor Curtin hifi
procured an extension of the furlough of the re
turned Richmond prisoners for thirty days. An
order to that effect will he t&moA to-morrow.
Hew Yokk, March ii.—The steamer Philadel
phia has arrived at this por l , from Fort Pickens on
the Ist inst., and Key West on the 6th.
The bark Tyroon, with a part of the New Hamp
shire Seventh Regiment, had arrived at Tortngas,
and the ship S. R. Mallory, with the other portion
of the same regiment, was passed off Carysfort on
the 6th.
The troops at Fort Pickens were ail well.
Contrabands from Pensacola report that a rebel
regiment had left there, and two unarmed regi
ments had arrived.
Anderson was to he court-xnartialled for com
mencing the bombardment on the Ist of January.
Seven Northern men, deserters from the rebel
ranks at Pensacola, are passengers in the Philadel
phia,.
The steamer Magnolia had been brought to Key
West. She is a prise to the steamer South Caroli
na, and had 1,000 bales of cotton aboard.
AKKIVAL OF GENERAL SUTLER'S EXPEDITION.
New York. March 11-—The steamer Oriental,
from Port Rojul on the Sih, arrived at this port
to-night.
She reports that she saw a frigate in tow, on the
11th, off Absecom, steering southwest.
THE WAR IN ARKANSAS.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
and 1,000 Prisoners,
THE ENEMY’S FORCE 35,000.
THE WAR IN VIRGINIA.
On the March to Winchester.
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE.
From Gen. Banks' Command.
The Fuilongh Piolonged.
Later from Fort Pickens.
General Arnold was in command at Fort Pickens,
Colonel Brown having sailed for New York.
From Fort Koyal, S. C
LATER NEWS FROM EUROPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN.
ENGLAND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE
BLOCKADE IS EFFECTIVE.
THE GREEK INSURRECTION SPREADING.
EUROPEAN POLITICAL NEWS.
Portland, March 11.— The steamship North
American has arrived with Liverpool papers of
the 27th, and advioes by telegraph of the 28th ul
timo.
The sales of cotton at Liverpool, for the week,
were 54,000 bales, the market closing firm and un
changed.
Breadstnffs were dnll, and unchanged. Provi
sions quiet and steady.
London, February 28.—Consols for money, 933 a
931.
GREAT BRITAIN.
The papers relative to the Southern blockade had
been submitted to Parliament. Earl Russell, in a
letter to Lord Lyonsi dated the 15th ef February
says that the fact of Bilips baring successfully run
the blockade don’t prevent the blockade from being
effective, and argues that a neutral State ought to
exercise caution with regard to a de facto
fr|9sfeade 7 and ought not to disregard it unless the
power of blockade is abused.
The bullion in the Bank of England has decreased
£146,000. . t a .
The unemployed laborers at Liverpool had made
a demonstration, but were peaceably dispersed by
the police.
THE LATEST NEWS.
Paris, Feb. 28.— -The Opinione Nationals says
that a reactionary movement is being prepared in
Southern Italy for next spring- Reactionary bands
are organizing at Trieste, Malta, and Rome, and
will disembark simultaneously at several points on
the Neapolitan const.
The Presse says that France has sent orders te the
commander of the naval station in China not to per
mit the repetition of atrocities similar to those com
mitted by the rebels at the capture of Ningpo.
The English Government wttl send similar instruc
tions.
Trieste, Feb. 27.—The garrison of Tripohtza,
following the example ofNauplia, has revolted. It
is believed that the- insurrection at Nauplia will
hold out.
Many Greeks now staying at Leghorn, Genoa,
and Ancona, are preparing to return to Greece.
The number of insurgents will soon be considerably
inoreased- The insurr-ectioai is considered import
ant, because it might influence the state of things
in Turkey.
Londonderry., Feb, SB.—'The WOtt-eUd Steamer
Warrior has arrived at Plymouth. It is reported
that she steers well', and there is no leakage.
Tho London liar old- asserts that Sir Robert Peel
and the Hon. William Gvwrper are about to exchange
Offices in tbe Cabinet.
The Times’' Paris correspondent says that the ex
citement consequent on Prince Napoleon’s speech.
is increasing.
The Daily News'' correspondent says.that it sb
rumored that tho serious conflict betwaen the Em
peror and the Corps Legialatif on the subject °?
Count Pnlikao’s (.General Montuuban) donation is
likely to end in a compromise, tha* House voting
bim a life pension of 50.UU0 francs and the Govern
ment consenting iK>t to bavo it inado hereditary.
ravin MiEss-n session.
Wabhikqtom, March 11, 1862,
SENATE.
FBTITJON.S ETC.
Mr. SUMNER (Rep.), of MassßChuflotts, present**! pe
titions for emancipation. Also, from tho Committee on
foreign Relations, a report on the stver&l memorials in
relation to airing relief to In land, and adeed to be dis
charged. The same committee also asked to bo dis
charged from the consideration of the papers in relation
|q the Trtnt affair.
PANAMA MiILS.
Mr. LATH %M (IX), of California, gave notice that
he should introdneo u bill to rep al all tho acts prohibi
ting foreign vessels from earn ing the mails from Panama
to Asplnwalt.
TII® LATE NAVAL BATTLE.
Mr. WILSON (Her); of Massachusetts, offered a resolu*
tion that the Committee on Naval Affairs he Instructed
to inquire into the late engagement with tho robe!
steamers near Fortress Monroe, and tho destruction of
property there, and all the circumstances.
Mr. HALE ( Rep ), of New Hampshire, said he did not
wish to make any objection] hut, as far as lie knew, or
h«ui leaqon to beliove, hlh2* the eamMunooment of tho
rcoellion, no matter what disasters occurred on tho sea or
land, neither the War nor Navy Department, except in a
riingiu instance, has made (be least Inquiry in regard to
toe matter.
Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, said, from his abso
lute knowte-dge, tho- attention of th© I>opartmentfl had
been callid to this rebel ship. It has boon known tor
months that she wan fitting out, and the merchants and
underwriters everywhere frit anxious, and the attention
of the Government was called to It over and over again,
and he thought the matter ought to be looked in r o.
Mt. GRIMES (Rep.), of Indiana, said, in regard to
the disaster at tho month of the MiMissippi, the Govern*
meiit liad done nil that It could. The responsibility for
this last disaster rusts upon tho Government for not, long
ego, sending a military expedition against Norfolk. The
officer* of the navy have been ready at all times to break
the Potomac blockade, and the flotilla ha<J been under
order* for several days for the purpose; but tho superior
military officer* who had command of all the forces for
bid the expedition, and the responsibility does not rest
on the Naval Department, at least.
Mr. HALE (Rep,), of New H-trapahire, said he did not
mean to charge the Secretary oF the Navy. He meant
simply to allude to a fact which be thought was very re
prehensible to that department. He made no inquiry at
all. When the Norfolk navy yard was abandoned, no
inquiry was made into that or anything else. He moved
that the resolution be r«‘tefro4 to Hip G/ffiniltfe? the
Coi duct of tho War. Agreed to.
STATE APPROPRIATIONS FOlt THE PAY OF
YiM.UNTKEItS,
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, from the Mi
litary Committee, reported a joint resolution authorizing
the Secjet&ry of War to accept the mouuy- appropriated
by any l?tat& for the payment of volunteers* and apply
the same as desired by tho suio.
PURCHASE OF COIN.
On motion of Mr. FESSENDEN (Rep.), of Maine,
the bill providing ter the purchase of coin was taken up.
Mr. FESSENDEN offered an amen iment to increase
the amount of deposits (provided for in the treasury-note
bill at twenty*fivc millions) to fifty millions*
THE CONFISCATION BILL*
The morning hour having expired, the confiscation
bill wn« taken up:
Mr. GARLILE (U.)» of Virginia, proceeded to speak
at length against the hill Hu contended that it was un
constitutional. and the* Supreme <!ourt would have pro
nounced it bo if ever the case came before them. Such a
sweeping proposUion—so unjust Mid cruel a
was calculated to continue the wur forever. He con
tended that if the rlaves were emancipated the only result
could be either their extermination or re*enalavemdnt.
Be denied that the Constitution was any the less binding
in tin eof war than in time of peace.. lie quoted from
the President's inaugural, anrl other messages, the
proclamations of Gtnural Shtrman, General Hal leek,
mu! Gen. Burntide, and referred to the resolution passed
by Congress, to show that the (tovgrumaui have? in
tended to make war against slavery. The leaders of the
rebellion should be hung, but the great masses should be
granted pardon. He thought that if a proclamation
of amnesty was made, we could have peace in niaety
days. Be said that intimations had been made against
his own loyally by those who think that, In order to be
loyal, & man must be an Abolitionist, Yet be had par
rilled his all in defence of the Constitution. He had stood
in the capitAl of his own State amid tho jeers and threats
of a mob. and when assassins sought his life. On the
13th ot April, 1861, a inob of not than one hundred
men or dt-vils cauie to his lodgings with a rope to hang
him He stood here, to-day, in tho nation’s capital, to
defend the Constitution from uthioks from any quarter,
aud was prepared to sacrifice bis life itself.
PURCHASE OK COTN.
The Senate then resumed the consideration of the bill
for the purchase of coin, Ac.
Sir. FESSES DES’s (Rep) of Maine, amendment in
regard to the amount of deposits was adopted—yeas HO,
huys 16.
The bill was then passed.
THE CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL.
Mr. FESSENbEN from the committee of conference
on the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation
bill, made a report.
Mr HALE (Kea ), of Hew IlaraDshire, asked if there
was any legislation in the report which was not included
in the disagreeing votes of the two Houses.
Mr. FESSENDEN said there was not,
The report was then agreed to.
SALE OK PUBLIC LANDS
On motion of Mr, LATHAM (Dem ), of California, the
bill to reduce the sole of sundry public lauds was taken
up and passed.
AMENDMENT TO THE CONFISCATION BILL.
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, offered the
following amendment to the confiscation bill:
Strike out the Ist section aud insert “The personal
property, monies, Blocks, credit, find effects of every
Sind and nature, both corporal nud inrorporal, and
wherever situated within the limits of the United States,
belonging to all persons who heretofore held office or
cooimipsion, either civil or milbar;, under the Go
vernment of the United States, or Any State, which
office or commission required the taking of an oath
or affirmation to support t!>e Uomtitutlou of tlw United
States, and all persons who hold or may hereafter hold
any office or commission, either civil or military, under
the so-called Confederate States, or any State in rebel
lion aga ust the Cunatitutiea and laws of the Government
of the United States, aud who are or who may hereafter
engage in resitting, opposing, or obstructing the laws,
ot forcoß of the federal frovornmont, or aiding
flhd mbUMdS those Vho are or shall ho bo encased,
such persons being beyond the jurisdiction of the United
Status or any Stale or district within the United Stat« 3
now in a state of insurrection and rcoellion against the
authority thereof, (so that in either case ordinary pro
cess of Jiiw canned bo served against lU?.o»») shall be con
fiscated to the United elates —such confiscatidh to take
immediate effect on tho commission of the act punishable
by confiscation : and all right, title, and claim of the
persons committing such act*, tom-ther with the right
a n pi.wi-t- to onpose or alienate personal property of any
kind and every description, shall instantly cease and de
tvu.ir.f, and the same shall at once vest in the United
5t tf»Si . „
The amendment was ordered to l>e printed. Tho Sen*
ateihen aojourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
NATIONAL FOUNDRIES, ARSENALS, Ac.
Mr. BAKER (Rep.), of New Yurk. introduced a bill,
which was referred to the Committee of the Whole on tliti
stale of the Union, for the establishment of ft national
foundry at Chicago, Illiuoie; at Pittaburg, Pa, and at
Foughkeepsie, N. Y , for tho fabrication of cannon and
projectiles for tho Government. It proposes an appro
priation of lialf a million for each.
Also, for the establishment of an annory and arsenal at
Columbusi Ohio, with an npproprMioa vf half A million
for that purpose.
Also, for the establishment of a depot for a saltpetre
and powder factory and magazine at Indianapolis, lud.,
and tor a powder factory at Trenton, N. J.» and appro
priating $200,00u for each.
NAVAL STATIONS OX THE LAKES.
3ffr. KELLOGG (Rep.), of Michigan, reported a bill
for ilie establishment of naval dcpot3 and navy yards on
the lakes. Referred to the Select Committee on Lake
Defences.
PATRIOTIC PAPERS.
Mr. WALTON (Rep.), of Vermont, reported, from the
Committee on Friutiu*, a resolution, which was adopted,
that there be printed for the use of the House 60,000
copies of Washington’s Farewell Address, Jacks on’s anti-
N unification Proclamation, and the Declaration of Inde
pendence.
THE CIVIL APPROPRIATION PILL.
The House emeurred in the report of the committee
pf conference on the disagreeing amendments to thole*
gislatnre, executive, find judicial appropriation bill.
BRANCH MIXL AT DENVER.
Mr. STEVENS (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, reported back
from the Committee of Wajs and Means, the hill i©
establish a branch mint at Denver city. Referred to the
Committee of the Whole on the slat** of the Union.
TiiE EMANCIPATION SCHEME
The fcPEAKKK announced that the next business
would be the motion to postpouo until Thursday the re
solution introduced yesterday, namely
Hesolved t That the United Stateß ought to co-operate
with an> fctnte wbivh may adopt gradual abolition of
slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid to bo used
by such State in its discretion, to compensate for the In
conveniences, public and private, pioduced by such
change of system.
Mr. CRITTENDEN (IT.), of Kentucky, asked per
mission to make a statement.
Mr. STEVBXo ( Kep.), »ud Mr. LOVE JOY (Rep.). oF
liHnoia, objected* tho former saying that if consent was*
given to the gentleman from Kentucky, the House would
have to give a similar consent to others.
The House refused to postpone the resolution till
Thursday by only one majority.
The House, by two majority, refused to postpone the
bill till Monday. ... » .....
Tbs resolution being now open to debate) Mr, BLAIR
(Rep.) offered the following amendmont:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
*< That nothing herein shall be construed to
imply that Congress will consent to any partition of the
teiritory now held by the United States. On the con--
traiy, it is again declared to be the unalterable resolu
tion of this House to prosecute this war until the Con
stitution is restored to its aheldht BUpMUUUy OWP AVery
State rightfully apart of the Union.”
Mr. PENDLETON (Pern.) suggested an amendment,
which waß read for information, “ And that CoDgres<,
in < rder to redeem this pledge at the present session,
ought to pass a hill for the levying and collection of a tax
within the current year for the payment of the pecuniary
aid so tdiidLrdd to the Slates -*
Mh.WIfJKLIFFE (U.), of Kentucky* said that if, as
the gentleman-from Pennsylvania- (Mr. Stevens) said
yesterday, this resolution meant nothing at all, ho (Mr.
Vickiiffe) thought Congress ought not to trouble them
selves about- it. No doubt the mover of the resolution
eon Id toll whatwai meant by it; He (Mr* Wlcklifff) dc«
aired light on the subject. To-day, his colleague (Mr.
Crittenoeu)-bad asked permission to make a single state
ment. This was refused. Yesterday, when the resolution
wsb introduced, the mover sprung the previous question,
thus seeking to cut otf debate—the gentleman declaring at
the time that ho was under » pledge to call tho uuoationi
With alt respect to tho House, he did not believo thirty
men here would vote for a lux to purchase the negroes
when emancipated. If il was left to him to say whether
the slaves he might own should be emancipated by Iming
paid for out'of tho treasury of the Uuited States, he would
reply no. Ho would prefer that they should escape by
the underground railroad rather that* tbftt thu
should be taxed to pay him for whatever losses ho might
thus sustain He denied the constitutional po »vor, first to
iub rfere, amt then to appropriate money to buy the slavos.
He might be accused of a want ot loyalty for oxprosaing
bis old-fashioned sentiments
In the oyuxso of his remarks, he said, if the people of
Kentucky shall be left te their free choice, with tho cotu j
tinv.at.ee of their right to control their institutions in ;
their own way, they would say, We prefer the Govern- \
ment ns framed by our patriotic fathers, rathor than join •
one hanging together by a rope of mud, and: which cau- j
uot-stand. It seemed to him that the resolution proposed ;
iD effect to gD e up the Cotton States, provided the Border
States would continue with the North.
Mzv DIYEN (Rep.), of New York, Bfti.il; Whether
tbi*. Desolation snail be adopted or not, aud whether the
Hordes-slave States shall abolish slavery or not, ho should
always ho in favor of leaving them in tlis-possessiou or ad :
the- constitutional rip hts which they possasMdla* the timo ;
they entered into tho Union. All the Northern states .
were not untied on ho construing the l.opfititllUfth 08 to ■
claim the exercise of jurisdiction oven‘lcvmestic matters. ;
gome of them, however, understood this roHolution ftfli in ;
no manner covllicting with these He alluded to th» ;
fact that Jeff Davis recently declftieJ.tUat the rebels luvil;
m.ihrtskni tin, much, sis if h« pr.-ruou-l to l-.*t the .loraer
ulave States go. aiid Gimcoutratu h'J.aitttrifit’tJ i u tho hoftrt i
of the Gulf States, with avit,wto.U;e ultimate recogni
tion of their independence. Wiy net, then, disappoint (
the hope of the miserable aud.raleudless enemy, who .is
fighting to desperation'l IS all. loyal men stand l-y all !
the fctates and their reserved rights, why should not the j
Border-slave Stales be satVwdtf As to the
ptudits, li wo* bite to tIUV filiUJliUH of iWUStittU
taonality. The aid could bo nfSordod on the ground of
the amelioratumof a race while it is not proposed
; to interfere with tbo right* of State.
Mr. BIDDLK (Dem.)).of Pennsylvania, l have
given some reflection to this.matter Binco our adjourn-
W\l\ yt-pteiiUy. I have noS biul an opportunity, liow*
ever, to confer with otiiria »e>r to Urn tly. wLlme
my conßtitucntc.. I see plainly that tho o&3i,qr and uuu?o
popular course will l*t* to-vote tor this teiylution. Tae
senllmeut it so amUble aud
that it commend* itself to. nrery one. it is uot
tho duty ot ten Representative to consv.lt' only tho* teo.»
ing or the moment. 1 have asked mzjaalf, shall L truly
represent, the inter osts aud sober tlmnajlit of HiV
crns'.itvsnte by declaring that to ail iho bunlenathat ata
to rest upon theiu »t»d their children, they ought to add
thevmfc incrp*s> to give any practical effect
to ibis rcwdmkm. It would take nearly a u\tiUanrf
dcitars «o turn few slaves in Delaware Into free ne
crcci—and what tlivn Tln ovwy olhfv tho pur*
chaser wanta tho subject of it delivered to him. My
constituents would not desire that, Bofovo we. can
expect this proposal to be of any *-ffefl, we must make
the terms ot it more specific. The reeololioa says only
thttt the United States ought tfl glvjt pwimlary aid in the.
nlolinhmrLt of slavery i It ban orrr burn my b*hof that
ibis Is A nu-ahbr*- of which the raspohMiotity aud the
Itadcj] rest on tho people ol tho State in which slavery
oxhts. frtete action on it has always been beneficial.
Federal action has always been exasperating, pernicious,
ami, I think, unconstitutional. Ido not prejudge any
practical lueaniiru that may hereafter come bofuro in, if
am such can bo dtvhcd ; but now I will nut, on behalf
of my constituents, rtcclaro that tho Federal Government
ought to Increase out* burdens for this purpose. I regret
that 1 cannot vote for tho resolution.
Air. CKISFIKLD (U.j, of Maryland, mid be had no
doubt the President, in making the ►ecomniendation con*
tained in this resolution, was actuated by hi ;h and honest
principles; but the proposition ought to he a free offer*
ihg fibm the other {Ro|mhltei&) *(4*, Then fettboa*
from the border States give the answer. It was not
propei Unit lie should vote upon this subject, because he
and his constituents have a personal Interest la it.
Mr. OLIN (Rep ), of New York, in reply to Mr.
Wteklifle, denied that either tho people for this House
liavo imy object In tho prosecution of this war different
froii. th— lh|tj body lii l*l9l—BUfit**!)',
the maintei.ancncf the Constitution and the Union. True
there was a difference of opinion as to what moans should
be (•mpbijtd. the pei»Munt effiut of Soutuern men to
Imbue the Southern mind with tho belief that Hie party
in rower would, by force and violence, emancipate tho
f-laves, adds HtreLgth to the rebel umno. If this could bo
dissipated, the enemy wonM fail Uko I’lmnpimr before the
sun. lie spoko in favor of the resolution, which, he wai
sorry to ht-e, had unnecessarily prpluccd too much excite
ment in this Unune. The fart of the people of the free
Statue being willing to be taxed for the cooHitimn ation of
the plan, ceriainly evidenced kind fooling* aud net thoso
of hostility.
Ml 1 . CRITTENDEN (Union), of JCoHluotey, said thm
was a consultation of the Border* State men thU morn
ing, and he came into the IJouFe inHructed to move a
po&tponenien of the resolution till Monday, He was not
able, however, to make this motion, having b*eti cut off
by the previous question. It seemed to him Unit the use
of the previous question, when arbitrarily made, does the
work of many fiect-nniooW-x arid is Injurious to free de
llbfreth’n and te*»*Mto** dignity.
He did not doubt the patriotism find integrity which
it rluveu the President to recomnivnd the policy now un
der consideration, hut he did not believe dm muasuro
was exactly tinted tj the time*. Ho would not speak at
length of Kentucky, aud her sacrificoj tor tho Union,
but the way to conciliate that Stato is not to press thta
diii-Biifitj neon her. Iht to wfiflli'it') KShttlSlir I,
to h-t her alone Why should it bo insisted that sho, or
any other auto, should give up any of hnr political
rights I If one institution should be taken from her con
trol, w hat will he thn result i The proposition would intro*
Ouce agitation at a timo when it could produce no good,
Lut tf-mind to < Ifect evil. What; he asked, are we fighting
fort Wagit not to uphold the Govornmnnt 1 Yottfontlomen
have tun oh tin it- logte, doing tho greatest possible- hariii
by advocating tho performance of every enormity, lit
order to weaken the enemy. They should not sink from
their high pos s ti*n. The) wore not called upon to violate
the laws of God and man in order to put down tho rebel
lion They should behave dutifully toward their coun*
li7i find Phf'T?* duv to the MatituttoJU
In this they would do their whole duty* He believed tbo
President meant to do right, but he could not consent to
the policy proposed. They have on their hands the sup
pression of the insurrection aud hostility to the Govern
ment, and the reunion of two groat so lions into one U%r
moMi.us whole—our beloved Republic; The aim ought
to he that, and that alone, leaving out altogether all un
happy and peip’exiDg coiitrovorsiog. Why should they
indulge in suen petty strifes when this great empire is
trembling in their hands ?
Air. FISHER (U.), of Delaware, remarked that he did
not stand here in the same delicate position as Lila friend
from the kastein Shore (Mr. Urisfleid) Though by
descent left a slaveholder, ha did not stand now here
in that capacity. Ho was relieved from it by a good
and pious mothn's deeds of cnmncipaiion and the laws of
Belawfiri. lie reorder! the policy now presented M h coun
ter-scheme to thatvf gouvralonianclpation, which wasof*
fured in good taith on the part of the North, and she vod
that they had no disposition to do the South the slightest
injustice. Half a day's expense of carrying on the war
would emancipate all the slaves in Delaware. He re
garded tho proposition as a return to tho policy of those
who framed the Countitution, who regarded slavery as a
nociftli mors], ttml pulltlMl evlli which uiuiit to be oxter:
minuted. Hr Simula vote for ihn proposition as oue of
peace, and as a pledge that the Northern States and the
Republican party will wait till the Border States take the
initiative, when they may rely on the aid of the Federal
Government.
Mr. HICKMAN (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, said that al
though l-o did not consider the resolution of any great
practical hi Wdilld Vole For it It did not pos
sess any great intrinsic merit, for the reaaon that It **3
not legislation. It would have been better as api auk in
the platform of a party. It was rather a consolation for
disappointed hope, a warning to tho people of the Border
States which have the most interest in the subject to
wuirli too Prcffi(r«Di’» nivaaoio ranfci&ily refers, He re»
ptAted that the proposition was ratter a palliative than
an open and avowed policy It whs an excuse for non
action ratht-r thau a determination for action itself.
Neither the message n-r the resolution wan manly and
open. It was not becoming the position of the President.
li was not such a out? as a full-grown man ought (o have
imblnluuj to u mitiop, in sunli il urisis.
Tho President desired to give more aid and cooifort to
the border slave states th»n to the other states. Ac
cording to his interpretation of the message, the Presi
dent looks to a contingency in which an extrema war
message may become necessary—the alw>lition or slavery
in the Gntf or Cotton States—and he not only regarded
the message as offering a compensation fora diaippointod
KsbN bat an awful note t>f uatHißg n tha b&pd&p SUtea
to make preparation accordingly If this-was not the
plain interpretation oi what the Chief Magistrate meant,
then there w’as a moit unfortunate use of language, in
the course of his remarks, Mr Hickman said lh»t the
man who was not willing to save the Conaiitutirn and
the Union by the sacrifice of his private interest «nd
projiorty is already a rebel. lie coroii nut on whose ear
this declaration toll with harshness. Tho border el are
Stateß were not In the Union because they loved the
Union, but because ibey feared it worse.
Mr. WICKLIFKB (U.), of Ivor tnrky. I oppose to
that remark an unqualified contradiction.
Air* HICKMAN said this did contradict him, and
then proceeded to speak of Kentucky and Maryland oa
not being loyal at the commencement of tho rebellion*
He was speaking the plain truth.
Mr. BLAIR (Bep.), of Missouri, said that Ms
struck the first blow, before they obtat&ed aisistonM
from the Federal Government.
A,r DKJKfIIaN replied, that the people were kept
sti iking v lows hr fore they knew whether they were in or
out of tho Union. He spoke ot* Mr Blair’s services as
valuable, and as adding much to the laurels which that
gentleman was entitled to wear.
Air BLAIR (Hep.) said the credit was due to the peo
ple of bis State, auil not to hiui-jelf, aud if this Govern
ment had not previously beeti jiortfeept criminis in Iho
ftUlli&ii tU-y wtuld UaveliM lose dlffiuuUp.
Messrs. WEBSCEII (U ) aud CRISFIBLD (U.), both
from Maryland, severally denied that thMr .Stato re
mained in the Union for fear of worse cnnaeqiidncog, and
spoke of the loj ally of Maryland.
Air COVODE (Rep.), of Peunsylvania, remarked that
he wm» wrry to wy fbfii the Oovernof of Marj-iAiui, at
the time the troops were prevented from comiug through
Baltimore, made a speech under a Secession flag in that
city.
mi. omavicLD said that the Governor dto %3 was
slated, but regretted it as wwii aw mu nw trictms. I( was
at a timo ot excitement, «nd some excuse should be
afforded. The general course of Governor Hicks wm*
however, not only patrioLiu and loyal, but that gontio»
man n aui* many pncrifices.
Mr. FISHER (U j, of Delaware, said that Mr. Hick
man’s vernalk'in relation to the Border States, as far as
Delaware was concerned, was untrue. It was true there
were some men there who would have drawn that State
into secession hod they possessed a bold leader aud the
power,
Mr.THOMftJ? (U.), of Maryland, said if tho geatio
min had confined his denunciations to Individuals in
Maryland, he (Mr. Thomas) would hare been found a
disinterested spectator.
Mr. HICKMAN concluded, saying that the slave
holders lore slavery us much as they lovo Gad, Th-r*
wau a diffhi'encu between a slaveholder of Maryland and
a slaveholder of South Carolina. The President wMI
between two sworde—the one of bis party and the other
of the Border blave States, and was expected to era fat
treason at the earliest moment, but the nation have ba n
disappointed in the military leaders appointed by tho
Mr.ROSCOE COXKLING (Bep.)j said that) U ths
mover of the resolution, he felt a strong Interest In ob
taining a vote upon it, IrLer now, or at any early Mmo
when it cun bo reached. If the House adjourn now, this
resolution would be overridden by tho special order to
norro.v.
Mr. RICHARDSON (Dem.), said that, notwithstand
ing *ho tax ‘bill vvi'l be the special order, the ar.t>jsct now
sending hi &y b 6 dU4U e st-d. See Mal gentlemen doslAvl
to siitak on it.
The tiPEaKKR suggested to Mr. Richardson that,
under the rpviß#-cl ruhw, the debate in the o*‘
the Ml o'OOirth 9 ate o' the Uulou must be confiaed
the subj «i . ••rifci-iHrHtion.
A conversation took place between various gentlctneu.
who einkitvortiui lui imtinTt-ssfiilb i tv iix ft cvrUiff vlftr
when the question should he tat on on the resolution.
Mr. RDSUOE COXKLINH moved the previous ques
tion, which was secouded.
The BPKAKIR decided, the point having boon raised,
that the amendments of Mr. Blair, of Virginia, and Mr.
Petidletou, of Ohio, reed ot an early period of tho day)
were not before the House,
The question, however r was submitted to tho House,
which suftainetl this decißion, by a vote of 43agiinst TB.
Mr. WICKMFPB moved to table the resolution.
Disagreed to by yeim 34'. nays 81.
The resolution was then passed—yeas 93, nays 31, aa
follows;
TEAS.
Eliot (.Rep)
Ely (Rep.)
Fessenden (Hop.)
Fisher (Uuiou)
Kranuhol (Rap.)
Fraok (Kep.)
Gooch (’lUp.)
Cfoottarin (.Rep.)
Granger (Rep.)
Haight (.pern.)
Halo (Rep.).
Harrison (.Union)
Iliokroan (.Bop )
llnnpor (Imp.)
Horton (itelp.)t
Hutchins (;Bep.)
Julian ( ><ep.)
Kelley { Rep.)
Kellogg (R >Mich.
Kellogg (B.)i 111.
KiUlugvr (Itep.)
Lfumiug (:Ropi)
Loomis (Knp.)
Lr
Aldrich (Rep.)
Arnold (Rep.)
Ashley (Rep.)
Babbitt (Rep.)
Baker (Rep.)
Baxter (Rep.)
(Rep.)
Bingham (Rep.)
Blair (Rep.), Mo.
Blair (U.), Ya.
Blair (Rep.), Pa.
Blake (Rep )
Brown (U )» Ya.
ButHnten (Hap.)
Campbell (Rep.)
Chan.berlnln (R )
uiementr (U.),
Colfax ( Rep )
Conkltpg,Frcd. A.
(Rep.)
CoukliiJS,R(llep.)
Conway (Run,)
Covode ( Rep)
Cntler (Rep.),
Davis (Rep.)
Delano (Rep.),
Diven (Rep.)
Buell (Kep.)
Dunn (Rfp>)
Kdyerion (-Bep,)-
Edwards (Rep.)
McKnicht (Hep.)
MoPhorMmi(Kt*p.)
Mitchell
Moot-heart ((Rep.)
Morrill r-itep./ai©,
Nixon (Rep.)
NAY'S.
Ancona (Bern.) Johnson (iDem.)
Bailey (l)om.),l‘a. Knapp (Bop.)
Bidills (Dam.) LawtDflm.)
Corning (Deni,)’ Leary (Ifnien)
Cox (Bern.), Noble (Bara.)
Cravens (Bern.) Norton (.Dim.)
Crisflcld (II.) Pendleton (Dem.)
Clilffenden (U ) Perry (Bern.),
Dimlan (U.), Riolmrdjon (D.l
English (Dom.)' Robinson (Lem.)
Harding.(U.)
Tho Bouse then.
at Blx.an<i a half
Hon. William H. Seward.
[From tli« National iClttrkabtug TflMlfftpM
The letter of this gentleman, forbidding the ugfcof
bis name in connections with the Presidency! spciks
well for hia heart. “ D renoanee (says he) all am>
biiion, and came into the Executive Governmentfcc
aid in saving the ConsUtutioo and the integrity ©*
niy country, or-to.perish with them.” Noble- son
ticuente, and well supported by the suCC#Ssfdl-tiiAh
ner whSch.has characterised hia management oSouv
foreign relations, llie decision in and settlement «
the jkwr-a Shir, .did as much to weaken the rebels as
has been accomplished by our arms, and Jo-extort
from Davis the confession made by him in his re
cent message, “tfcattht? fc&d U*<Urt&k&& BUM
than they nave been able to achieve,” meaning
that the rebellion had proved a signal failure. “ I
could never (raya Mr. Seward) consent.. iF unani
mously called upon, to be a President eft a division
of the Republic. 7 * l*et such of our- readers as
have beeZ taught to look U&Ofi tfi* pMSCIIt
Secretary, of- State as an enomy te. hia oonntry
ponder- upon these sentiments axdr admit the
injustice tnol bus boon <inno htcai Animated
b v a. -im'.Tt. sSoirn to restore to- :|s. former po
sition the Union which brought, tc,our country so
many blessings, 3lr. Seward brmgs-to.be oountry’a
aid the experience of a life-loufe ptiblio service,
which has roads him one of the ablest and most sa
gacious statesmen of the age ; enabling him to con--
triV-ita as nswh, if not more than, any othßr man,
iii the republic tumid do tuwurnla. the aticvßplhth
ment of the great purpose which, overy patriot uw
at heart—the reatoration of tho Union and the
niaintenaaee of the Constitution.- Equally worthy
of betag oherisbed with the sentiments ttupted,
from, hia letter is hiB declaration to Lord Eyonß*
h that he was dosiruis that the Unit&d
should, in the pre3ont w&fj offer lo thp, world
I an example of lwiiency toward th* enemy,
i and regard for tho iotorcst of neutrals, sj&pa as. had
! never before beenfeon.” 1 Can any inaAi ( dou,hfe the
success of our cause whs»4 those who adcmcu&ter the
Government aia themsirfS g?V9FP°4 b? sentiments
like these ? let such of our readqqs as have been
taught by the demagogues who lech them into seoea
sion. bv charging upon the President and the Secre >
tary of State a disposition to despoil them of thoiv
property end deprive them ef their constitutional
sights, in regard thorn ss frjs to their country and
traitors to the Conatitutiou, receive these daolara
tions in the spirit they hie mado, and actively aid
those who are laboring to bring peace to our land, RP.d
stability to our Quyerbustipt-
Olln (Rep.)
Patton (ltnp.)t
Phelps (B.)< Gal.
Pike (Bep.)
Pomeroy (Rep.)
Porter (R^p.)
SiCH (tt.)i Matfi
Rice (Rep.), Mo.
Riddle (Bep.)
Rollins (B.), N.H.
Sargeant (Hop.)
Shanks (Bep.)
Sheffield (U.)
(BOi
Sloan (Hep.)
Stratton (Rep.)
; TrM» (lt»p.)
Trimble (Bep.).
Trowbridge (R.)
Van Valkoiumrgtk
(Rep)
,Ywroe (Rep.)
’Wallace ( Rap.)
W&Uc* (K.), Me.
Walton ( Bnp.)t Yt
: Whaley (Union)
Whito(U ), Ind.
Witeoa (Bop.)
IWfodoin (Rep.)
lWo?e«Ver (ttep»r
Stifel (Rep.)
Sewlo ST.Y.
iTtomfls (U>)t Mdrt
Voor&eea r Pena.)
'Wadsworth (U.)
'Ward (Dam.)
White (0.), Ohio-
WickUHe (U.) t
Wood (I)fl(Qi)
Woodruff (Dem*) 1
o’clock, adjourned-.