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THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1862.
THE LATEST WAR NEWS.
17c have cheering news for the head of our
column to-day agAin. A despatch from JSarryville,
Va., informs us that Winchester, Va , has been
occupied by our troops, the rebels having retreated
to Strasburg. A slight skirmish occurred on en
tering the town.
We have very full details of the tafa htttltl in
liamptcn Hoads, from our special Fortress Monroe
correspondent, and through other sources. It will
be seen from our special account that the attack ou
our fleet was hut a portion of the rebel tadvemeiifc,
which likewise contemplated land movement
upon Newport News. The rebel troops, ten thou
sand strong, came within a few miles of the post,
driving in our pickets, but, perceiving that the
Mcrnmac had failed to accomplish her share of the
work, they retired. Capb. Buchanan, commander
of the Mcrrimac , had died of his wouuds, as had
also seventeen of the crew.
We print this morning several important orders
issued by the President on the 29th of January, but
published for the first time yesterday. The Preafc
dent ordered that on the 22d of February the
armies of Gen. Wool, McClellan. Roaecrans, Buell,
Balleek, and tbo naval force in the Gulf of Mexico*
should. iii 694 oil iht* Tfebfilj 511Bllll4llfl0llSly. lid IIS6
ordered that the army of the Potomac should ba
divided into five corps d'armee, to be respectively
commanded by Gens. McDowell, Sumner, Heint
zelman. Keys, and Banks, the whole to be under
command of McClellan, and that the force left for
the protection of Washington be placed under com
mand of Gen. James S. Wadsworth, of New York.
McClellan takes the field in person, being
relieved from the command of the other depart
ments of the army. The armies of Generals Hal
leek. Hunter, and Buell, are io be placed under
command of the former officer, and are to be called
the Department of the Mississippi. All the coun
try between the Department of the Potomao and
that of the Mississippi, is to be under command of
General Fremont. All commanders of depart
ments are ordered to make their reports to Secreta
ry Stanton.
By order of Governor Morgan, all the principal
forts of New York harbor were garrisoned yester
day. The Fifth New York Volunteer Artillery—
enlisted and instructed for hoavy artillery sanrioßj
Bnd recently ordered to Washington to garrison the
forts in the vicinity of the capital, were retained,
and, under orders received yesterday, will be ap-
portioned in companies to' the different forts in
New York harbor. This movement is designed to
accomplish a double purpose—the better protection
of the city, and the instruction of artillerists, who
may be relied on in an emergency.
Biographical sketches of all the loyal and rebel
officers of prominence, engaged in the lato battle at
Pea Ridge, are published upon our first page.
Congress Yesterday*
Senate. —The resolution for the expulsion of Se-
Bator Powell, of Kentucky, was reported back with
a negative recoiDinendatiOb-
The bill authorizing the Secretary of War to ac
cept the moneys appropriated by oertaiu States for
the pajment of volunteers was taken up and
passed.
House. —The hill to secure the better protection
of the fisheries of Newfoundland was passed.
Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, reported a bill from the
Committee on Territories providing temporary go
vernments for the rebellious districts. Laid on the
table.
The tax bill came up for consideration, and was
amended.
Pennsylvania Legislature.
Senate. —The bill to authorize the arrest of
professional thieves and burglars in this city was
pasßed-
The hill relative to the payment of the interest
on the State debt was taken up and recommitted.
House. —The act relative to the payment of
certain military claims was taken up and passed.
It will he found tn fall in our Legislative reports.
The resolution relative to the apportionment of
the State was amended so as to provide for the ap
pointm<nt. of a eommittee of nine, who shall report
a hill oii the
A hill was introduced to reduce the Legislative
and other expenses of the Government.
The Evacuation of Manassas Junction.
The despatches from Manassas Junction in
dicate that the enemy have'for a considerable
period been making systematic attempts to
deceive us in regard to the strength of that po
sition, and that a large portion of the troops
formerly stationed there were withdrawn
some time ago. There is a striking con
trast between the complete knowledge the
rebels have, from the outset, obtained of
all the military movements made within our
lines, and the state of blissful ignorance in
which many of our generals appear to be in
regard to the operations of the rebel forces.
It must be conceded that, as spies, they have
shown an immeasurable superiority over us j
and it is difficult to believe that the usual mili
tary preparations for gaining a clear insight
into the operations of our adversaries have
not been much neglected.
It is conjectured that Gordonsville is the
point to which the main portion of the rebel
army have fallen hack, and there, perhaps, they
have been busily engaged for months in com
pleting fortifications similar in character to
these they recently abandoned. Their chief
hope of preventing onr triumphant march to
tbeir capital must be based on a successful
resistance at that point. It may be their
■ plan now to make Bull Bun bear the same
relation to some new stronghold as Cen
treville bore to Bull Run in July. A few days
more, however, will clear np all these doubts
and enable ns to form a definite idea of their
plans and purposes.
Lesson In the Art of War.
The conflict between the mailed war-steam
ers Merrimac and Monitor will undoubtedly
have the effect of largely increasing the taxa
tion of all maritime Powers—especially those
of Europe. What took place in Hampton
Hoads, on Saturday, has shown theimmeuse su
periority of powerful iron-plated wav-steamers
OTer the old wooden war.vessels. England used
to boast of her “ wooden walls,” but steam has
gone far to equalize modern navies, and now,
when applied to mailed vessel*, a new system
of naval warfare may be said to have been
fairly initiated. The first practical experiment
was made on Saturday, when the Merrimac
drove daylight into the sturdy sides of the
Cumberland. A better-built iron-clad vessel
arrived on the scene of contest so opportune
ly, that the interposition of Providence in our
favor is clearly to be perceived* and* in turn,
the Monitor repulsed and injured the Merrimac.
From this time, iron-clad steamers will super
sede all other war-vessels all over the world.
This is the lesson in the art of war which the
engagement of last Saturday has given to the
nations.
The systematic and apparently concerted
attack upon the lion. Ge . hoe Bancroft, by the
leading Democratic journals, evidences the ve
hemence and vindictiveness with which the
Breckinridge faction regard even the mildest
opponents of slavery. Mr. Bancroft, it will
be remembered, in his celebrated oration, de
livered in New York on the 22d of February,
referred our existing troubles to pro-slavery
fanaticism, and advocated abolition rather than
disunion, if the alternatives were presented.
The disaffected journalists at once mutinied
and the distinguished historidti has been sub
jected to the most malevolent stricture and
abuse.
It needs no further proof that these disor
ganizers of the Democratic party are covert
enemies to the Union and the friends of the
Union, and so -wedded to the maintenance and
extension of slavery, that the success of our
arms and the integrity of our Government are
minor issues with them. Few men have la
bored, in the past, more strenuously than Mr.
Bancroft, as historian, essayist, and orator,
to validate and legalize the peculiar institution.
But his patriotism has risen superior to his
philosophy, and for this he will never bo
forgiven. Happily, the Democratic masses
are beginning to discover the motives
of Ihe men who would mislead, demoralize,
and denationalize them, And the example of
Mr. Bancroft will not be in vain ; the ancient
fealty of a great party to a leudal and semi
civilized institution is weakened, nay almost
destroyed, and we have only to expose and
divert the- machinations of these seeming pa
triots to unite the once powerful aud glorious
Democracy upon the single advocacy of the
Union, freedom, and victory.
Nashville would rather at this moment
give half a million of dollars than have the Federal
leave her limits, and the rebel army return
for even thirty days.
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL *’
Washutotoh, March 12, 1862
The course of most of tho Representatives
ol' the Border States in Congress is certainly
inexplicable. The President’s message, in
which lie pointed out a plan of gradual eman
cipation, was so just in itself, and if I may
use a word I do not like, so conservative, that
it met the approval of thinking men of all
parties. It seemed to adapt itself to the pre
judices and expectations of those who have
always been contending against each other.
President Lincoln is himself a Border-State
man. Born in Kentucky, and the husband of
a Kentucky My, he inherited and carried with
him to tho free States that earnest regard for
the rights of the South which, notwithstand
ing Lis Republican connections and commit
tals, has served to render him so useful in
moderating the prejudices of his own party.
It was a tribute to the Border States and a
proof that the Republicans themselves appre
ciated til? necessity of yielding something of
their own feelings to the common exigency
when the message of the President was cheer
fnlly accepted by the ultra party-friends of
Mr. Lincoln. It is true the Hon. Thad
deus Stevens ridiculed the message as
milk and water, and it is equally true that
the Hon. John Hickman, in his speech in
the House yesterday evening, took occasion
to declare that it fell far short of tho disease
it professed to cure. Most of the Border-
State men, however, doubtless influenced by
the debfis of tho Breckinridge Democracy in
the House, attacked it with great bitterness,
and Mr. Crittenden and ex-Governor Wick
lifte led the advance of the assailing party.
They could not, or would not, see that, while
tho ultra Republicans swallowed the Presi
dent’s theory with reluctance, the sentiment
which actuated It was a sentiment of devoted
attachment to themselves. If there is any
subject upon which the present Border-State
leaders have been prominent, it is that of as.
sorting that they look to the gradual removal
of slavery ; and yet, when a man horn in the
South restates their own case, and repeats their
own argument, they fly into a passion and reject
his counsel. "What will please the statesmen
of the Border slave States T Is it possible
that they are so attached to their oppressors
and enemies of the Cotton States, and care so
little for the old and glorious Union, that
whenever a suggestion is made to remove
slavery, with a strict regard to their own
rights, they throw themselves on the side
of Jefferson Davis, and insensibly con
firm the worst suspicions of the ultra anti
slavery leaders of the free States ? John
Hickman has never had any confidence in the
loyalty of the Border-State leaders. In this
I have always differed from him, and yester
day evening, when he saw the Border Repre
sentatives in the House objecting to the Presi
dent’s message, and rejecting the accompany
ing resolution —when even the veuerable
Frank Thomas, of Maryland, placed himself
prominently against the message and the re
commended resolution —it was easy to per
ceive that he gathered from this exhibition
a new argument to strengthen his avowed dis
trust of the fidelity of all men who professed
to love the country while sustaining the insti
tution of slavery. Some of the excuses of
those who voted against the resolution sug
gested by the President, and offered by Roscoe
Conkling, were, not to say it irreverently,
supremely ridiculous. Of course, tho Brack,
inridge Democracy took the lead against it—
Mr. Pendleton and Mr. Cox, of Ohio, together
with Messrs. Ancona,' Bailey, and Johnson,
of Pennsylvania, being prominent in the op
position. Mr. Biddle, of Pennsylvania, ex
panded himself upon the tax necessary to
compensate the people of the consenting
States for their slaves. Ex-Governor Wiek
liffe said the resolution was unconstitutional,
and talked as if the President desires to force
Kentucky to accept that which was left en
tirely to her own free choice. Mr. Crittenden
followed in the same strain. The whole move
ment of the Border-State men and the Breck
inridge men in tho House was to place them
wholly in the wroiig, and to consolidate the Re
publicans, without exception, in favor of the
President’s proposition. It is due to Mr.
Fisher, of Delaware, to say that he endorsed
Mr. Lineoln’s message heartily, and that wide
ly differing from Mr. Biddle, of Pennsylvania,
who, alter professing to be in favor of the re
solution, retreated into the ranks of its ene
mies, lie solved tho question of the cost of
gradual emancipation by repeating the idea of
the President, that the money spent in a half
day in the present war would richly pay for
every slave in the State of Delaware. If the
Border State men in Congress expect to con
i duct coming campaigns upon the basis of an
: agreement with the Breckinridge Democracy,
and of opposition to President Lincoln and his
Administration, after having been opposed and
oppressed by the one, and encouraged and
strengthened by the other, they can do no
thing better than by agreeing now to any
i terms that may be offered by the rebels in
j arms: Ido not believe that this is their pur-’
: pose. Indeed, all their interests are against
• such a fraternization ; but that they took a
| step backward on Monday and Tuesday, and
! one from which they cannot soon recover, is,
I suggest, entirely beyond controversy.
The Traitor Buchanan
Captain Frank Buchanan, whose death is to day
rsperled, was a grandsan af Govern** McKees, of
Pennsylvania. On the marriage of his mother to
Dr BucbsnaD, of Maryland, she removed to Bal
timore, where all her children were born. When
very young tbo ohildren came to Philadelphia,
where they were educated, and some of them have
made this city tbeirhome ever since. On the inau
guration of President Lincoln, Captain Frank
Buchanan held the responsible pest of com
mandant of the Washington navy yard, and
was surrounded by a neat of young Southern
officers. One of his daughters married
an officer attached to the yard, and the President
and all the Cabinet officers attended the wedding,
little dreaming that Buchanan was at heart a
traitor.
On the day the Massachusetts regiment «ii
attacked in Baltimore, this deceitful rebel and his
newly-fledged son-in-law sent in their resignations
and immediately left the city He chartered a
large omnibus with four horses, and stowing away
his fsmily made ior Baltimore, and thence by boat
sailed to the Eastern Shore, where he had a farm.
Finding Maryland did not secede, he sent a
piteous appeal to the Secretary of the Nttyy to
he restored to hiß command, but big application was
spurned by the President. After spending a few
months in that State, he sought employment in the
Secession kingdom, and was received with open
The truth is that Frank Buchanan could not live
in his accustomed style without the fay that he
had in a panic given up ) and having eight or ten
grown-up daughters around him, one of his motives
in stealing across our lines was, doubtless, to ob
tain some of the Confederate scrip to clothe and
feed his family.
Mr. J. E. Murdoch!, the distinguished actor,
whose readings in Philadelphia, a few evenings
since, created such a furore , will give a reading
of selections from Shahspeare, Dickens, and other
popular authors, in Willard’s Hall, Washington,
this evening. On Saturday, Mr. Murdoch will
read T. Buchanan Heed’s new poem at the same
place. The citizens of Washington have a rich
treat in store for them, and no douht Willard’s
Hall will be crowded to its utmost capacity.
Gottschalk’s Last Appeabance.—The closing
concert of this great pi&nist will take place at the
Academy of Music next Saturday night, and in ad
dition the celebrated opera of “ Betly,” which was
very successful last season, will be performed with
all the choruses and orchestral accompaniments. Miss
Hinkley, Brignoli, and -Susini will appear in the
leading roles. Mr. Gottsohatk will play some new
moroeaux.
We are indebted to Hon. Thomas S. Fernon,
• editor of the United States Railroad and Mining
'• Register, for a copy of his annual Coal Register for
: 1861, whieh contgjss much valuable information ia
' regard to the trade during the year in that valuable
] Pennsylvania product.
Mr. Gough's Lectures. —We have been re
quested to state that holders of tickets for Mr.
Gough’s lectures will observe the following: Re
served seats will enter on Broad street; stage and
orchestra seats on Locust street, farthest door west
of Bread, and unreserved seats on Locust street,
first door west of Broad.
I Large Sale of Dry Goods, Hosiery, dc.—
: The attention pufOhaSOH 13 Requested to the
. large and fresh assortment of British, Frenoh, Ger
man, India, and domestic dry goods, hosiery, linen
; goods, hoop Bkirts, and fancy articles, embracing
: about TOO lots woollens, worsteds, linens, cottons,
and silks, to he peremptorily sold, by catalogue,
for cash, commencing this morning, at 10 o’clock,
the sale to be continued, without intermission,
nearly all day. by J. B. Myers & Co., auctieneers,
j Nos. 232 and 234 Market street.
Pianos ! Pianos ! ! —George Steck (Now York)
; makes a Piano-forte which has no equal in fulness
and richness of tone and beauty of touch. J. E.
I Gomn, Seventh and Chestnut.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
Full Details of the Engagement.
REJOICINGS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH.
A REBEL EXCURSION PARTY IH-
How it was Disappointed.
Casualties to Philadelphia Craft.
SKIRMISH AT NEW MARKET BRIDGE.
TRIAL Of TM UNION GUN
{From Our Special Correspondent.J
Great was (lie rejoicing in Dixie on Saturday night.
From Norfolk to Nftv Orleans, wherever the telegraph
extended, the news hndbeen sent that the Mcrrimac had
enut the Cumberland and taken the Congress. An ex
cursion party was at occo got np to go the next day and
see tho Merrimac shell out Old Point and take or destroy
all the vessels lying in the roadstead. Many came from
Richmond, nnd nearly every odo in Norfolk who could
Bpare the time and bad tbo abinplasters went. The ex
cursion party was very large and flhed a number of
steamers. These came out at a safe distance, as they
thought, while the MerrimaCt accompanied by the rebel
Bttttnicre Fairish Iknry »ud Forfrfowni ailvancod on a
full head of steam towards tbe Minnesota, which lay
aground. Tho hitter vessel fired an 11-lncli shell
towards tho excursionists, at a distance of about
(lime miles, whereupon those steamers turned and
nmfle olTi She then fired at tho Fafriefc ifiAPji and
Yorkiown, when those steamers inglorioualy backed out,
the latter vessel with her btoro badly cut up by the Min
nesota's shells. The Merrimacy anticipating au easy
victory, advanced boldly towards tlie Minnesota,
All this thuA the Afrniiw was L las 61a«16 id the Min
nesota, out of sight from the Mcrrimac As the latter
approached tbe the steamed out, and un
der full steam boldly went to tho Merritnac. The
men on tho latter evidently did not know what sort of a
craft was cumin g to meet them, and they kept on tlioir
courte without so much as firing a gun at the strange
object. But they were soon made aware of her inten
tion when the immense wronght-iron bolt, pointed with
cast steel, came with the full force of fifteen pounds oF
powdor from her eleven-inch gun against the iron roof of
their mneh-vounted vessel, causing her to quiver from
end to end. Still they steamed onward, but the agile
Monitor again discharged ber guns, to which the Merri
mac responded, but without effect. The action was now
confined to the two iron steamers, and continued until
after 1 o’clock, when the Mcrrimac hauled off disabled.
Several times during the battle the rebel steamer en
deavored to run into tbe and sink her, as she
bad sunk ’be Cumharlan&i but in vain. The little non
descript stood the shock bravely, and tbe only damage
done euch as the painter with bis pots and brushes can
repair. In fact sbo setmed to court close quarters, for
then she could send ber ballß right into the r< bel. Tha
latter opened her and her crew made a demonstra
tion as if they would board the Monitor 9 bat they evi
dently changed their minds, and did not attempt the pro-
The Monitory np to this time, had fired sixty-two balls,
all of which took effect* Some went through the iron
plating, which was torn off in many places, and' started
wherever tbe immense wrought-irou bolts hit. She then
hauled off. Tbe reason why she did not follow the 3ftr
rimac is not well UDdeistood. It is said that a shot was
accidentally jammed half way down one of the guna. It
was extracted soon after the affair was over. But for
this she would have followed tbe rebel craft and sunk ber.
Tbe Merrimac by this time was half drifting, half
steaming towards Sewell’s Point. She had her flag hoist
ed, Union down, and appeared to have takeu in a great
deal of water, as she was much lower down than when
she came out in the morning. Occasionally she fired
her stern guns but the balls fell far short. The other
rebel steamers came out and took her in tow, heading
towards Norfolk. The Monitor sent a parting shots af
ter them, which struck the Yorhtown, and, passing into
ber boiler, exploded it, scattering tho fragments in every
direction, and it is supposed killed and wounded several
persons, as her deck was crowded with people.
This ended the battle. Since then no rebel boat has
shown itself outside of SevelPs Point
The Monitor , and her inventor, are now Ibe only to
pics of conveisation. The vessel herself Is regarded with
astonishment and admiration. None doubt her ability
to withstand tbe heaviest shot, and all agree that iu her
lay (ho salvation of alt on the point.
The Bancocas and the Atlantic went to Craney Island
to-day under a flag of truce. They took no passengers.
A skirmish is reported to have taken place to-day near
New Market Bridge. A heavy smoke was seen in that
direction about noon, and the reports of cannon were
distinctly heard.
The submarine cable, connecting this point with tho
rest of the United States, was successfully laid on Sun
days under the direction of Mr. TV. H. Helsa, Irom tho
steamer Thomas Jefferson, Captain Evans. The depth
of water aloDg (he line of cable varies from forty to fifty
feet. After the cable was brought ashore a trench was
dug in the sand, commencing at low* water mark, to a
depth of about six feet. Io this the cable Is laid for some
distance to meet the land wire from tbe General’a head
quarters, and the connection with Washington was made
at five o’clock. Its timriy completion has calmed many
RD ftnXiVUB feeftrt fry the news of (bs 5V.99?98 Of the Jfwif?
tor.
But thereby hongs a tale. Cn Sunday night your cor
respondent wrote a despatch, containing a fall account
oT the doiD&s of the day, but upon calling at headquar
ters, it wu not allowed to be scut. The other cot respon
dent) received tlie same answer, and the only despatch
permitted to go over the wires, was the meagre one of the
Assistant Secretary ot the Navy.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
As soon as possible the official list of killed and
wounded will be made out.
THE ZOUAVE.
tPki tug gufibdal Zbuave blew up her halier durian
the action. I did not hear of any one being hurt.
THE TYHILLDIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, BLOWN UP.
It was the W. Whilldin, of rhilatelpbia, that re
ceived a rebel ebc-U in ber boiler, and not tbe WkiiehaUy
as reported. It entered on her port side, near the stora,
and passed upward iuto the boiter, which partially ex
ploded, tearing the after-cabin to pieces. She left-for
Baltimoio last night in tow ol the Adelaide,
The flay is beautifully clear, and tlie rebel camps
and borrackß on Craney Island are plainly visible to the
eye. NYith » sw! g!iW9 the bayonets pf (he rebel sentries
can be seen as they pace np and flown the atroeta of the
camp.
Occasional.
TllcVnicntwelve- inch rifled gun was tried early on
Sunday momiDg. Three shots were fired. The gnn
w&8 set at its full elevation of 28 degrees. The first shot
was find with 40 pounds of powder, and the'timo of
flight of the shot was 32 seconds. Tho other two wero
firtd poundß, each ttme of tiight 33 seconds. •'She
was pointed dowu the bay, and the enormous shot,
weighing 505 pounds, couldbe distinctly seen as it rushed
whistling through the air, screaming like an unchained
de-men. ,
GOTHAM IN GOO!> KVMOIt —THE PBEBIDKNT l S MBS
SAGE —A HATPY FAMILY —DESCENT ON TUB GAM
BLERS —THE HOOFED-SKIRT MAKERS’ PROTEST —
THEATRICALS—BANCROFT'S ORATION—THE UNI
TED STATES SHIP 11 VERMONT.
Dew York, Harek 12. 1833. 1
The fact that there is »o near prospect of the Merrimac
(or, according to the rebel vernacular, the Virginia )
paying a -visit to our hoßpitabie bay, our victory at Pea
Kidge, and our quiet occupation of Manassas, was joy
enough for on® d»y. Bo -we grew joblluit. Bvery flag
was given to the breeze, while the brilliant sunshine
smiled over us, saying, as it were, «• Be happy.” Tet
there is some sadness in reference to the disappointment
of our Potomac army id their haying had do fight.
Iu reference to the President’s message ou emanelpft
tion. tho American Baptist begins a long and interesting
editorial in the following exultant phrase: “ Happy era!
whew the Tribune aud Herald and World and Post, and
all the other great antagonisms of New York journalism,
can unite upon the same measure, and applaud the same
utterances on the great subject which has been to them
so long a source of strife. We hardly expected that 1862
vould Ime brought auch ft millennium u thi& Proallent
Lincoln is, indeed., a wonder-worker: surely, no other
man could have brought such discordant elements into
unison of opinion on the mode of treating slavery.”
The ladies of Missouri have purchased a sword In this
till for Najor General Belleol!. Its coat wm *tW. It
has been forwarded to St. Louis.
Our Metropolitan Police are doing excellent service this
week in pouncing upon gambling houses, when they are
in full blast. Yesterday four merchants were captured
in one of the most fashionable gambling dens in the city,
and two of th?m hvM to Ml. To sow wit for this whole
sale attack upon the gamblers, it may be stated that there
is now in this city a gentleman (onco of fortune) who re
sided in Albany, aud who lost his all by having been vic
timized in gambling houses. Under a determination to
be revenged upon that heartless craft, be is going the
rounds here- and giving necessary Information to the po
lice, who are m-der special orders to go where he points.
For Ihe sake of his family, he has requested his name not
to be used. Be is doing a good work.
My information rel&tivo to the hooped-skirt manufac
turers was incorrect. At their meeting they resolved to
remonstrate with the Government against the heavy tax to
he upon them, aud a committee has gone ou to
Washington to present their remonstrance to the Govern
ment. They ray that all the material used in the manu
facture of the hoop# is taxed before it comes into their
hands, and that the dir-ct tax will full upon the labor;
that from 15,000 to 20,000 persons are employed in this
Be ; that tbo tax will multiply the number of small
makers, who will rpturnferlcssthansoOQand so evade the
tax. They suggest this query: “ Whether i* it better
for the large houses to be taxed reasonably, and the Go
vernment have the benefit, or to be taxed heavily, and
tkebudneus distributed among a thousand small makers
and the Government get nothing'l” it appears that from
two to three million dozens of hooped-skirts are mado in
the United States every year, and that one million and a
half dozens are used in this country alone.
To-night ipriss 9®»*?ni Winter GariteUt will
be Inaugurated by tbe production of Mins Heron’s new
comedy, “Ti e Bello of the Season.” Miss H- will sus
tain the leading part herself, and the piece will be pre
sented with all the exterior appliances necessary to in
sure success.
Tbs oration of tho 2W February > delivered by tho Hon.
Mr- Bancroft, continues to be the subject of much remark
and dissatisfaction among our Common Council, who are
pressed by outsiders having little or no sympathy with
the Union cause. It would not he wonderful to hear the
matter brought up at each meeting throughout this ant
neit month. To candid thinking moil Mr. Bancroft an*
wars right in tho eminently conservative interpretation
lie gave to the acts and wordßof Washington. His bans
was the spirit of the words and conduct of a great man
who loved his country more than the superannuated cus
toms ttt-d institutions, iu the breaking down of which he
took tie iuitiativu—since whose time to tho vrwept none
have been so hold, so sacrificing, so successful. Not only
the greatness of tho nation to-day. but its progressive
aspiration to a Union based upon liberty, is the greatest
and r.oblekt tr cmonal to the lofty and ouward desires of
Gen George Wfluhlngton * aud this is the prevailing sen
tiincptofWew York.
Yesterday I bad a conversation with Captain Chap
man. who, with Ms schooner of the same name, lay by
the Uubed States ship-of-the-line Vermont for six days.
The Vermont was in un utterly helplees condition.
Capt. C. states, however, that he never wwa ship, under
bdv ciictimittnnmi rids so emnfertettly #*dottt tlio Ver-
OTOflf Fifty of her seatnen wore on the sick list from
the effects of frost. Capt. C. broneht letters to Cotnmn
dore Fnulding, the Secretary of tho N»v>, and a mail
Fas containing about » hundred oilier letters. Ha »l*>
lir.ra a cf.n.n.m.ia«tlonto Mr. Baldwin, a law jar iu this
rllliSrd brothor- to Captain Baldwin, of tho 1 emoul.
The Vermont will doubtless be saTea.
THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1863.
FKOVISED.
Fortress Moxkoe, March 11
FLAG OF TRUCE,
REPORTED SKmUTRU.
TUX TELEGRAPH.
WEATHER.
THE UNION GUN.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
FROM WASHINGTON.
THE ACQtTIA GREEK BATTERIES
EVACUATED.
THE WAY TO RICHMOND OPENED.
Occupation of Winchester.
Eetreat of the Rebels to Strasburg.
Special Despatches to “The Press.”
Washington, March 12,1862.
Information received from a gentleman direct
from Manassas, who left there at ten o'clock this
morning, represents the Army about the same as it
was yesterday afternoon.
The report which was prevalent here that the
rebels were again concentrating in that vicinity
is without foundation. On the contrary., there is
little, if any, doubt that the rebels have retreated
towards Gordonsville. and that they rest with their
advance at the Rapidan river—their camps extend
ing back to Gordonsville, a distance of twelve
miles. Gordonsville Is situated at the junction of
the Orange and Alexandria and the Virginia Cen
tral Railroad, about sixty miles southwest of Ma
nassas, and sixty-five miles northwest of Richmond.
Accounts received from Manassas tonight state
that nothing of much value to our army was found
at that place. Tbo wagons, about thirty in num
ber, were old and worn out, and had evidently been
impressed into the service. The contrabands from
the surrounding country enme in and helped them
selves to whatever clothing they could find and also
to the commissary stores, such as flour, bread,
meat, and cooking utensils, which the enemy had
left behind.
It was ascertained from prisoners who wore cap
tured yesterday (namely. Captain Woods and four
privates of the Louisiana Tigers), at the first station
on the Orange nod Alexandria Railroad, bayond
Manassas, that a company of that corps had just
retired as our forces advanced into Manassas. The
works which were deserted by the enemy are not
occupied by our troops.
A large number of the rebels in leaving Dull
Run took tho Warrenton turnpike leading toward
Richmond.
Tbe rebel rear-guard, in passing through Gaines
ville, six miles from Dull Rum, fired and destroyed
the village.
Moore’s extensive flouring mill, at the foot of the
Bull Run mountain, and six miles from tho Stone
bridge, was also burnt by the enemy. The railway
eUtiAbg aHid bridges for a distance of about fifteen
miles were destroyed yesterday morning.
It is supposed, from what information could be
gathered, and making a fair average for tbe num
ber the huts could contain, that tha rchol trcAps at
Manassas did not, at any time, exceed 60,000 men,
and not more than 30,000 have occupied that see
tion within the last two months.
The Evacuation and Retreat.
Astounding developments are coming out as to
the rebel force at Centreville and Manassas, show
ing that our military authorities hare been grossly
hoodwinked for a long time. All the stringent
measures of the Government, even to the suppres
sion of war news in loyal papers, have failed to
checkmate the rebel spies in our midst, or to keep
from the enemy the movements and intentions of
our army These measures seem to have rather
helped the rebels, by giving them a chance to dis
cover and reveal what loyal men would not and
could not disclose. It now appears that the retreat
or evacuation of the neighboring strongholds of the
traitors has been goibg iynjor weeks past!
A man who has just returned from Manassas
states that, at Centreville, on both sides of the
road, tbero were embrasures filled with wooden
guns, painted black . The breastworks at Ma
nassas had been filled with field pieces merely, and
there were no traces of the platform 3 upon which
heavy guns are worked. Between Centreville and
Manassas the road was strewn with hundreds of
dead beretf, who had evidently died of starvation.
There bed been but twenty regiments at Centreville,
and none of them lull, and a smaller number at Ma
nes«aa. The contrabands who have arrived here
state that those who left Qg §UQddy—about 20)000
men—have all gone toward Richmond. I forbear
comment upon this extraordinary statement, and
hope it is not well founded.
How Long hag Manassas been Evacuated 1
An officer reports to several Senators to-day that
Manassas has been evacuated by the rebels over a
month, and other authorities endorsed the general
despatch published to-day. But this can hardly be
true in (he main. As our correspondent stated in
his despatch from Centreville yesterday, it is evi
dent that they have been sending away troops ever
since liKAiiKiGAitn left Manassas; but the general
evacuation did not take place until Friday, Satur
day, and Sunday, as the evidences of a panio are
everywhere presented. They left.army wagons,
an ?pglfr9i 9th?r YftluaWee, which they had
not time to destroy. Their course on the lower
Potomac shows that they ran.
Occupation or Winchester—A Skirmish
t&krs Place—The Rebels Retreat to
Str&fchurg.
A despatch from Berryville, Va., received to
night, says that our troops have occupied Winches
ter, Va.. the rebels retreating to Strasburg. Thera
was a slight skirmish on our troops entering the
town, but the particula’a are not given.
Oath of Allegiance in Foreign Countries,
Senator Sumner introduced a bill in the Sdn&te
to-day providing that every citizen of the United
States in foreign countries,-before receiving a pass
port, or any authentication thereof, from any re
presentative of the United States abroad, shall bo
required, during the present rebellion, to take the
o&tb of allegiance to the United States, provided
for by the act of lB6l ;'and the represent
atives of tbe United States abroad, authorised to
irsue such passports, are empowered to administer
the oath
Pacific Mails,
Senator Latham introduced & bill in the Senate
to-day repealing the act which prohibited foroigu
steamers from carrying the mails and merchandise
from New York to Aspinwall, and providing that
they may take such freight and the United St&Ue
mails, and receive proper compensation for the lat
ter from the Post Office Department. Such goods
are to enter duty free at Aspinwall if conveyed
across the isthmus in unbroken packages.
Hoit. Wm E. Lehman.
In tie published list of yeas and nays in the
House yesterday. on tbo resolution recommended
by the President in his special message, the name
of Hon W. E. Lehman, Representative in Congress
from the First (Pennsylvania) Congressional dis
trictj ties omitted. He voted for the resolution,
being the only Demoorat in tho House, with the
exception of W. G. Brown, of Rhode Island,
who voted that way. To compliment a man
for merely doing his duty is to indicate
that such an example is rare, and In tho
present case, this is the fact, so far as the leaders of
the Democracy are concerned. Mr. Lehman voted
» favor of the fair and equitable suggestions of the
'President, and, in no doing, awayed himself agAlzst
the most of those who claim to be Demooratio expo
nents. For this he deserves credit, as he boldly
takes the responsibility. It should be cheerfully
awarded to him.
Hon. J. W. Grimes.
Senator Grimes, of lowa, member of the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, is generally and deserved
ly complimented, because of his early and vigorous
support of iron-elad steamers for the public servioe.
In this be was energetically sustained by Commo
dore Jos Smith, chief of the Bnrean of Yards and
Docks, and father *f tho gallant Lieut. Suits,
killed while in command of the Congress , in the
late naval engagement off Fortress Monroe. It is
a fact, not pleasant to state, but which should be
recorded as & part f>f hUl*i*y, that the efforts of
such men as Grimes and Smith have been steadi
ly resisted by tome of the ablest officers in the
navy, who have oontended, not only against the
practicability of iron-clad steamers, but bare da
dared that they oould be successfully opposed by
the old floating, wooden walls. It was this opinion,
deeply grounded in the minds of .these leading men,
that led us into the mistake of underrating the Mer
rimac.
The Acquia Creek Batteriea Evacuated—
Route to Richmond Open.
By an arrival at the navy yard to-day, it was as
certained that the rebel batteries at Acquia creek
were evacuated yesterday morning, whether per
manently or not there are no means of ascertaining.
Gen. Fremont will return to Washington either
this evening or to*morrow morning. The repairs
have already been commenced on the bridges in
jured by the rebels at Bull Run, and the proba
bility is that the railroad to Manassas will ba In
running order this week.
The Monitor a Government Vessel.
It is not true, as Btated in some of the papers,
that the Monitor is the property of Captain Erics
son. It was constructed upon his plan, and paid
for out of the fund set apart some months ago by
Congress. The work upon the Monitor began at
the same time with the Mystic, in New York, and
tUe great iron-clad zuonßter now in oouree of con
struction at Kensington.
The Proposed Tax on Floor Stricken Out,
Hon. Alfreb Ely, having received about fifty
letters from millers re&iditig ifi Now York, ap
peared before the Committee on Ways and Means
recently in opposition to the proposed tax of ten
oents on every barrel of flour. The result was
that this was stricken from tbo bill.
Representative Lehman’s Vote on the
Emancipation Resolution.
Hon. Wm. E. Lehman, of tho First Congressional
distriot of Pennsylvania, who was inadvertantly ab
sent yesterday evening, asked and obtained leave
to-day to reeord his vote in favor of the President’s
emancipation resolution. He and Mr. Brown, of
Bliode Island, were the only two Democrats who
thus voted.
General McClellan.
General McClellan has been on the Virginia
side since Monday. There are no indications of
Lie return.
Bill to Authorize the Pic»ideitt o take
the Possession of Rebel Property.
Senator Siieujian introduced a frill in tho
to-day to authorize the Presldeot in suppressing
the present insurrection to take possession of all
property, real and personal, belonging to any one
of the following cUs&os of persons :
First. Priews hereafter noting officers of tha
ann y or navy of tbe rebels, now or hereafter in
arms against tbe Government.
Second. Persons hereafter acting as President,
Vice President, members of Congress, and judges
of so-oalled Coefsasrato States.
Third. Governors of States, members of State
Conventions and Legislatures, and judges of courts
of States now in rebellion, who shall hereafter take
an oath to support tha Constitution of tho said
Confederate States, or having taken such an oath,
shall hereafter act as such.
Fourth. Persons who, having held an offioe of
honor, trust, or profit, in the United States, shall
hereafter hold or exercise an office in said Confede
rate States.
Fifth. Persons owning property in tho loyal
Stateß and residing in a State in rebellion against
the Governmenti snail hereafter assist or give aid
and comfort to such rebellion. All rules, transfers,
or conveyances by any such person, of any such
property, or of any claim for the service or labor
of another, after tho committing of either of the
acts herein described, shall bo null and void, and it
shall be a sufficient bar to any suit brought by such
person to recover the possession, or for the use of
such property or any of it, or to enforce such ser
vice or labor, io allege and prove that he is odo of
the perrons described in this section. •
Section second provides that to recover possession
of any such property situate and being in loyal
Slates or districts in which the ordinary course of
judicial proceedings is not obstructed by the rebel
lion, proceedings m rem shall be instituted in the
name of the UDi»ed. States, in any District court
of the United States, within which the estate or
property may be found—these proceedings to con
form, as nearly -as possible, to those in prize coses.
The proceeds are to be deposited in the Treasury.
Section third provides that where property can
not bo reached by judicial proceedings by c&uso of
the rebellion, it shall be restored when proceedings
in rent shall bo instituted.
Section fourth provides that no person shall hold
any person to servioo or labor at any time, after the
passage of this act, before the termination of this
rebellion; and tho person so hold to service and
labor shall be discharged therefrom. The United
States courts are vested with powers to carry out
the provisions of this hill.
Section sixth authorizes the President to make
proclamation of amnesty to release either of the five
classes of persons described in the first section of
this «Qt, KsWißg m any Stats ot district, fr»« the
operations of this act.
The Latest from Fortress Monroe.
A telegmm received from Fortress Monroe this
CTCDing reports tbat all bos been quiet in that vi
cinity eiMe Sunday.
The flag of truce brought but little news back to
day. The parlies accompanying the rebel flag jo
cosely admitted that our “ cheese-box ” bad se
verely wounded tbo Merrimac. It is thought that
she cannot make anotter venture until she is re
paired.
The telegraph line works admirably, and Wash
ington converses with Fortress Monroe os roodily
ns.it does with Alexandria and the camps of the
Potomac.
Major Boiiinsos, of the Fifth Infantry, who for
some time past has commanded the Railroad bri
gade at Annapolis Junction, has returned to the
command of bis regiment at Fortress Monroe, pre
ferring active service.
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
IMPORTANT SOUTHERN NEWS.
FLOYD AND PILLOW SUSPENDED FROM THE
REBEL SERVICE.
REBEL EXPLANATION OP THE RE
TREAT FROM MANASSAS.
NEW LINE OF DEFENCE TO BE ESTABLISHED.
GEN. LEE NOMINATED AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.
[Special Despatch to Tb 6 Press.]
Fortress Monroe, March 12.
Generals Pillow ami Floyd have been suspended
from their commands by Jeff Davis, until a more
satisfactory account is given of the Fort Donelson
affair.
Rebel Trophies or Uie Late Naval Battle.
The flag of the frigate Congress , and tho sword
(if her commander, are in possession of the rebel
Navy Department.
Ooitoii Tabooed
The rebel Congress has passed an act recom
mending planters not to raise a cotton crop, but to
devote their soil and labor to the growing of pro
visions, etc.
AC.S Supreme Court, etc.
The rebel Senate has parsed an aet organizing a
Supreme Court. Governor Letcher has issued a
proclamation transferring the drafted men to vo
lunteer organizations, if they desire the change.
This is an ingenious method of raising a voltiutaA?
army.
The Monitor.
Everything is quiet. The Monitor has steam
up, aid is ready for any emergency. The “ emer
gency” will not be likely to show herself here
again for some time to come.
[be&paicli to the Associated Press.
Fortress Monroe, March 12.—A rebel flag of
truce was sent down from Craney Island to-day
with an officer of the French corvette Gassindi (
who west to Norfolk a few days since.
Wo fled the following items of news in the Nor
folk papers :
In the House of Representatives on Monday a re
solution was passed advising the planters to with*
draw from the cultivation of cotton and tobacco,
and devote their energies to raising provisions and
cattle, boga sod sheep.
On Tuesday, a vote of thanks was passed to Capt.
Buchanan, and bis officers and crew, for their gal
lantry in the late aotion in Hampton Hoads.
The Senate has passed a bill to organize the Su
preme Court.
The President sent a message to Congress yester
day, stating that he had suspended Generals Floyd
and Pillow from their commands, until theyaonld
give more satisfactory accounts of their aotion at
Fort Doaelson. The President is dissatisfied with
their reports. The message states that “ neither
of them says that reinforeements were asked for, nor
do they show that the position oould not have been
evacuated, and a whole army saved, as well as a
part of it. It is aise not shown by what authority
two senior generals abandoned their responsibility,
ty transferring the comintnl 16 tjfiSioS iffittF. 1 ’
The city of Petersburg and the surrounding ten
miles of country have been placed under martial
law, as well as Richmond and Norfolk.
The Richmond Examiner of yesterday aays!
“Considerable uneasiness is manifested by the
public on account of the reports of onr forces falling
back from Manassas and the Upper Potomac.
Positive assurance is given that these movements
have not been made on account of the pressure
of the enemy, but are purely strategic. General
.Johnston has the confidence of the Administration,
ani it is certain that a new line of defence will be
organized. The points have not been selected, but
it is thought probable that the line of defence will
extend from Staunton to Gordonsville. A depot of
provisions is now being established at the latter
place.
The Examiner contains a severe article against
Governor Letcher, of Virginia, for his recent pro
clamation calling upon the whole body of the militia
to turn out, deßignating.it as fraudulent and mis
chievous, and as calculated to breed disloyalty.
The proclamation is deolared to have been entirely
unnecessary in view' of all the facts.
.It is reported that the nomination of General Lee
as the commanding general of the army was sent to
tho Senate on Monday. 0
Charles Williams, of Fredericksburg, and Samuel
P, Carrcet, of Washington City, were arrested for
disloyalty in lUobmond on Monday,
A new theatre is to be built in ltiohmond. It is
designed to make it four stories in height, and hare
it completed by July.
The Meeilla Times, of the 28th ult, gives the
report of a revolution in New Mexico against tho
Federal authority. It states that M. A. Otero is
at tfee head of the movement, and that Brig. Gen.
Sibley has been applied to for assistance.
J. V. Bamford, major of the Sixth Infantry and
brevet lieutenant colonel of the United States
H my ;Z R. Bliss, of the Eighth Infantry, and J.
6. Van Horn, also of the Eighth Inrantry, who
surrendered to Major General Van Dorn in Texas,
last summer, have been paroled to return home,
and arrived in Richmond on Sunday night.
Capt. Phineaa A. Sprague, of Lowell, Massachu
setts, having resigned the office of proved marshal
at this post, Major Jonea, of Gen. Wool’s staff, has
been appointed to fill the vacancy. Capt. Sprague
has performed his arduous duties with grant ability
and to the complete satisfaction of everybody, and
his retirement is muoh regretted. All is quiet here.
Arrival or Com. Goldsborough from
HMteras
Fortress Monroe, March 12. —The steamer S.
R Spanning returned from Hattoraa this morn
ing. Commander Goldsborough was a passenger
in her.
Four Vessels Abandoned at Sea.
New York, Maloh 12 —The ship Wester, which
arrived at this port this evening, reports passing
four Teeeelt fit sea, fill of whioh were ahawlened,
The Election in New Hampshire.
Concoru, N. H., March 12—A hundred and
thirty-five towns give Berry (Hep.), 23,727 votes;
gtstke (Dim ), 20,031; and Wheeler (Ind.), 1,038.
How the Rebels Despoiled the
Virginians.
THE PEOPLE OP LEESBURG ROBBED OF XHE
NECESSARIES OF LIFE.
PooleSvillk, Md., March 12.—The inhabitants
of this section of country are constantly applying
for passes to cross the river to visit their relations
residing in Leesburg and vicinity for the purpose
of carrying them supplies of all kteds 7 of which
they havo been completely despoiled by the rebel
force in their retreat. Sugar, tea ; coffee, boots,
shoes, and clothing of all kinds, are difficult to ob
tain tfe«r9i Coffee is selling afcs|,sQ pflr pound;
sugar at HO cents; unbleached muslins at 90 cents
a yard, Ac. The farmers have also been robbed
of their teams. One man complains that twenty
six horses were taken from him, and 7,000 bushels
of hig wheat destroyed.
Fifty-one of the male residents were impressed
and carried off, some of them being bound hand
and foot. All of them refused to carry their arms,
which were mostly ghOt-gHfIS Mlltffod from tho
inhabitants, and were carried in their stolen
wAgons.
Secession has had its day here, and a strong
Union feeling predominates.
FKOM CENTREVILLE.
REBEL PROPERTY DESTROYER.
WINCHESTER EVACUATED YESTERDAY.
Centheville, March 12 — There is nothing of
additional interest here An examination has re
vealed the fact that there are no rebel fortifications
commanding our left flank, so that the advance of
our troops from the Potomac would hare been
easy. There is considerable property here which
has been damaged, but not wholly destroyed,
amounting in value to many thousands of dollars,
including esp&dlitlly flAur and bacon. It Is appa
rent that the enemy could not have mounted very
many heavy guns here. It is fully confirmed that
they were here in large force till Friday, and did
Winchester till to day.
THE WAR IN TENNESSEE.
AN ENGAGEMENT AT PARIS.
Fort Henry, Tenn., March 12.—A battalion of
United Stateß troops, comprising the First Nebraska
and a portion of Curtis* lowa Cavalry regiment,
attacked a force of the rebels, sis hundred strong,
this morning, defeating them and taking possession
of the town of Paris; but being apprised that a
lafgi foF&S of th& ?4l>ell were within a few hours*
marching distance, they retired, bringing away a
number of prisoners.
Company A lost five men killed, among them a
go.Tgennt innjor.
A second battalion, under the command of Lieut.
Colonel Patrick, crossed the river to-day to re
inforce them.
mm wbesnm isos.
Washington, March 12,1892.
SENATE.
PETITION.
Mr. DAVX9 (XT.), of Kentucky, preßented the petition
of citizens of Kentucky asking Congress to turn a deaf
ear to all ©cliemru of emancipation and turn their atten
tion to saving the country.
CASE UP MR. POWELL.
Mr. TRUMBULL (liep.), of Illinois, from the Judi
ciary Committee, reported back the resolution tor the ox
palsion of Mr. Powell, with a recommendation against Its
passage.
LIEUTENANT WORDEN.
Mr. MIERMAX (Rep.), of Ohio, offered a joint reso
lution expressing the thanks of Congress to Lieutenant
Worden and the officers mid sailors under him. Laid
over.
POSSESSION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY-
He also introduced a bill to authorize the President to
t&ke ixitftt of &-rt&lti property. Referred.
PANAMA AND ASPINWALL MAILS.
Mr. LAIIIAM (Dem.) introduced a bill to repeal ad
laws preventing foreign vessels from carrying mails to
Panama and Aspinwall.
EMANCIPATION RESOLUTION.
The joint resolution of the Bouse, tendering the aid of
the United States to certain States, Ac. (being the Presi
dent's emancipation resolution), was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.
ACCEPTANCE OP STATE APPROPRIATIONS.
On motion of Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts,
the bill to authorize the Secretary of War to acctpt the
moneys appropriated by certain States for the payment
of volunteerb was taken tip ftud passed.
PAY ANb ®M6LUMifitiTa of fire Army.
On motion of Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts,
the bill to define the pay and emoluments of the army waß
ta’ en up.
Mx. FESSENDEN (Rep.), ot Maine, opposed the pro
vision reducing thn salaries for senrieoin the army and
navy, or in any services for the Govern nont, tea per
cent.
Mr. FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticat, also opposed the
provision, lie was not willing to reduce the salary of
members of Congress. He thought they did not get too
much now, and ha did not think, it just to out down tha
pa) ment of the soldiers who are in the army.
Mr. CLARK (Rep.), of New Hampshire, thought there
was no use in sitting here in great trouble and croaking
because the country was going to be ruined. If we will
only pa3s the tax bill, the people will sweep away our
financial difficulty a© soon a© the army wfll Hiv rebels, if
we cnly let tht-m fight
Mr. FESSEN DEN (Rep ), of Maine, thought that if
we strike olf ten per cent, now, then tho tax of three per
cent, in the tax bill will be uDjust to a large class. We
could mflbo large saving in many cases where we are now
largely extravagant Be had tried iu vain to get some
limit pul to the numbers of the army, especially the ca
valrj force.
Mr. HALE said the Senate were all agreed that econo
my was necessary, but wbeu we came to any particular
cob* then -wo ft -was either too «mnU or too
l&rgA. He wan in favor of adopting some measure,
ard have it apply to themselves, but he was op
posed to any exception in favor of the President,
and to tbe judges of the Supreme and District Courts.
lie thought we would thuß make them odiounin the tight or
the people, and thought me judges would repel any desire
to be rxcepted in this way. If we intend to go to the peo
ple and aek them to bear the burdens of the ear, we
must first begin the sacrifico ourselves and show some de
sire to put our bauds in our own pockets and help to
Lfi&P UP th 4 hiovod to Amend ao as to read
it shall be levied a tax of ten per cent.,’* Ac , instead of
reducing the pay.
Mr. WILSOX (Hep.), of Massachusetts. thought the
pay of volunteers svas not too laige—not so larjre as many
pf tli™ rewiypd vtfvre ttif> war. Tlie treat raaas of the
pjlTuteo are woihtng to day for less than they earned
before. Tbis bill ■would cot touch the pay or privates.
Mr. Halo’s amendment was disagreed to—yeoß 17, nays
S 3.
A vote was then taken on the motion to strike oat the
fcliitli Mfitlnir. Wlil&K fct&Vid*>§ 8. dedUfttiftn r.F ten.
cent, on all salaried paid by tlie Oovei nment, excepting
that of the President, Vice President, and judges, and
non-commissioned officers aud privates
YEAS.
;Gi>lmea(K4‘p.) j
Harris (Kep.) I
Howe (Rep ) I
Kennedy (Union)
Latham (Dem.)
McDongrtll (Dem.)
Morrill (Hep.)
KAYS.
Anthony (Rep.) Henderson (U.)
Chandler (Rep.) King (Rep.)
DttYir(UDiun) Ittno (ttrpOi'Xud*
Dixon (Rep.) Laue(R ) Kansas.
Doolittle (Rep.) Pomeroy (Rep.)
Hale (Rep ) Powell (Dem.)
Harlan (Bep.) Sherman (Rep.) ,
1 here being a tie vote, the Vice President voted in the
negative! so tlio fmieien is ret»infd»
Atter a 'unherdiscusßiou, the hill was passed—yt as 3T,
nays 55, viz : Messrs Kennedy and McDongall.
On the motion of Mr. MORRILL (Bep ). the bill for
the release of persons held to service or labor in the Dis
trict of Columbia was taken up.
fiy&wttteg (Pfep.)
Clark (Rep.)
Collamer (lttp,)
Cowau (Rfp.)
I'espettleo (Rep.)
Toot (Kflp.J
Foster (Rep.)
Ssmol i»f reports frm ft? «>m
n&Htte »bU adopted.
Mr. MORRILL offered an amendment, proritfiog a
punishment for kidnapping- Adopted.
AJbo, an amendment repealing all the laws of Mary
land, or of the District} inconsistent wbh the act.
Adopted. ...
Mr. DAVIS (Dem.) offered an amendment that all per
sona life ruled under the net shall be colonized out of the
United States, and appropriating one hundred thsaaanc!
dollars for this purpose. He said if these negroes are
liberated they will become lazyand vagabonds, and be a
pest to the coDunnnitjr—woreo tb-n cnniinaU—mw txoy
power that assumes to liberate theslaves establishes inevi
tably a war between the races, which will end in emigra
tion orexteimination. They had about two hundred and
twen .y -live thousand slaves in Kentucky. If thte Govern
ment undcrtftKea to liberate them He white people will
not priuiit thun to remain there—never. The white
people will«ither have to drive them out or hunt them to
extermination. If the negroes are liberated in the cot
ton States, these States would be given up to the negroes
or hOHiilities inaugurated. There were men from the
slave States who were aa loyal as any men in the Sonata*
but limy would never submit to have their slaves liberated
by unconstitutional acte and remain among them Never!
sever 1 He epoke the feelings of his heart and a princi
ple that he would devote his life to, and which every
Union man in the tSmtb would agree to. The whole
South would unite in resistance to all such unconrtitu*
tional acts.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
THANKS TO MR. KRICBSON.
Mr. EDWARDS (Ken.), of New Hampshire* intro*
duced ajointresolution tendering the thauks of Cougroa*
to Mr. Ericsson, for the enterprise, skill, energy, and
forecast displayed by him in the construction of the
monitor, ajud to Lieut. Worden, officers, and men, for
services recently rendered. Referred to the Committee
on Naval Affairs;
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.
Mr. MCPHERSON (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, intro
duced a joint resolution, which was referred, to fill- the
Tucauoy in tin* Board of Regents of the SmUhaonUn lo
fltitiitei caused by the death ef Frofi Cornelius <7t I’flteei
by the appointment of Theodore Woolsvy, of Con
necticut.
STEAM-MACHINERY CONTRACTORS.
Mr. RIOB (Dem ), of Minnesota, from the Committee
on Naval Affaire, reported a joint rwwlnttOß» which wue
passed, empowering the Secretary of the Navy to lu iuire
into the circumstances attending the failure of the con
ti actors for building steam machinery to meet their en
gagements within the time specified, and, iu his d. scro
ti on, to remit the whole or pait of the penalty.
KB>\TOU>’bLANi) FlShlißlßS.
The House passed the bill authorizing the appointment
of eovraitesioPeTß t° meet commissioners from Great
Britain and France, for the purpose of adopting me inure*
for the protection of the fisheries on the coiwt of New
foundland* tuid appropriating 93,000 to carry tmo act into
effect.
INDEMNIFICATION OF CITIZENS.
Mr. DUNN (Rep.), of Indiana, introduced! a bill to in
demnify certain citizens of Delaware tor expenses in
currtd for the defence of the United States..
N*KW GKAttAbA AND COdTA RICA.
The House the Senate bill euiendiatory of the
act for earn ing into effect the treaties with Now Granada
and Costa Rica for the adjudication of claim.*.
SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT.
Mr. ASHLEY ( Hop ), of Ohio, front tlut Camnuttoe on
the District of Columbia, reported a bill for the 01
certain persons held ty service or labor in the District
of Columbia, otherwise for the abolition, of slavery.
Mr. CALVERT (U.), of Maryland, submitted o mi
nority report. The subject was recommitted to the Com
mittee for the DUtyict of Columbia;
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.
Mr. BLAIR (Bep.), of Missouri, from the Commlttee
on Military Attain, reported a bill to inorsaso tbe elß
oiency of tbo medical department of the army.
SIGNAL CORPS.
Also, a hill to provide for tbe organization of a signal
corps to sei ve during the present war. The coL-iiMera
tion of both bills was postponed.
EFFICIENCY OF THE NAVY.
The Bouse passed the bill amendatory of rt»a eighth
seiiiiMi bf Hi* act to ptowote the efficiency of the navy
so as to read, *' The hour* of labor and rate of wages In
the navy yards shall conform, as nearly as Is consistent
with the public intereota, to the private establishments
in the Irmnediftte vicinity of tho reapeGtiva yards* to be
regulated by Die commandant?, subject to tho revision
and approval et the Secretary of th'- Navy,**
LINE OFFICERS OF THE NAVY.
Mr. SEDGWICK (Rep.), of New York, reported from
the Naval Committee a bill regulating the grades of tho
line officers of the navy.
The House* passed tho Senate bill providing for the
custody of the letter and presents from the King of Siam.
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF REBELLIOUS
Mr. ASHLEY (Hep.), of Ohio, from the sommittee on
Territories, reported a providing temporary provi
sional Governments over the districts of the country in
rebellion against the Unit*cl States. The President is
authorized to take possession and institute such Govern
ments with tho aid of the military and naval power ; Go
vernors, Ac., are to b© appointed, and legislative assem
blies and courts established, to continue till the people
form new State Governments
MINORITY REPORTS.
Mr. CRAVENS (D.), of Indiana, from the same com
mittee submitted a minority report, which takes the
ground that the above hill provides that Congress has
power to exclude certain States from the Union, and hold
them in colonial dependence and vassalage till they are
readmitted; in other words, that the Uuion may be dis
solved by act of Congress—nn assumption as absurd and
fatal an that a State can annul its allegiance to tho Union
by filfilfi RCtiOD. Thß hill further la Impracticable In Its
details, and incendiary and equally repulsive to the prin
ciples of justice and humanity as to the Constitution.
Mr. HARDING (0 ), of Kentucky, also submitted a
minority view of the committee, saying that there is
abundant reason for bolieving that the armed rebellion
will bo speedily subdued and put down. The bill, at &
single blow, strikt-s at the existence of eleven States. It
is in effect an ordinance of Secession, It strikes down
the Constitution and dissolves the Government. It is in
cr-usistent with sound policy; utterly at war with re
ligion and humanity; and, hence, the minority enter
tin if most puniest mid solemn protest against it.
Mr. PKDNLETON (Dem.), of Ohio, said: Mr Speak
er— I This hill ought to be entitled a A bill to dissolve the
Union, and to abolish th© Constitution of the United
States.” As I nm still unalterably opposed to the de
struction of either, I move to lay tbo hiU on the table, and
fiu that motion I tuk. the yeas and nays* which ware on
tiered.
The bill was tabled—yeas 65, nays 55—as follows
YEvS.
Granger (Rep.) Perry (Dem.)
. Grider )U.) Phelps (R.), Oal.
Gurt«y(Rep.) Pm&r/lUp.}
Haight (Dem.) Rice (ft.), Mas*.
Uardiog (U.) Richardson (D.)
Ilarrtaon (Union) Sheffield (U )
Kellogg (R.), 111. Shellabarger (tt.)
Killioger (Rep.) 3biel(Rep.)
Law (Dew.) SU«le (D.) t N.Y.
Leary (Union) Stratton (flop.)
Lazcar (Dem.) Thomas (ft.).Mass
Lehman (Unra.) Thomas (U.) t Md,
SlcKuight (Rep.) Train (Rep )
Mallory (U.) Wadsworth (IT.)
May (Dwu ) Ward (Dam.)
Menzies (U.) Webster (U.)
Mortis (D.) Wheeler (Rep.)
Nixon (_Rcp.) Whaley (Union)
Noble (Dem.) White (D.), Ohio
Noell (Dem ), Wickltff© (U-),
Norton (Dem.) Wood (DomO
Pendleton (Dem.)
j NAYS.
Edwards (Rep.)
Eliot (Rep )
Fessenden (Rep)
Franchol (Rep.)
War»k (llep.)
Hale (Rep.)
Hooper (Rep.)
U'-rton (Hep.),
Hutchins (Hep.)
Julian ( *tep.)
K«liey r Rep.)
Kellogg (U )Hich.
Lansing (Hep.)
. Loomis (Rep.)
Lovejoy (Rep.)
i McPherson (Rep.)
Mitchell (Bep.)
Moorhead (Bep.)
Morrill (Rep.)Me.
Morril'(Bep) Yt. |
HNMENT OF ARIZONA.
Rcp.)i from the Committee on Territo«
11 to provide & temporary Government
Ancona (Dero.)
Bailey (Dem.),Pa.
Bidfllo (Dun.)
Hlßir (ltep.), Mo
Blair (U.). Va.
Brown (TJ ), Va.
Browno (U.),R I.
Calvert (U.)
Caney (Bern.)
Uleim-nt* (U.)
Cobb (Dem.)
Colfax (Kep.)
Corning (Dem.)
Cravens (Dem.)
Criififld (U)
Crittenden (U )
Dt-lano (Rep.)
Diven (Rep.)
Dunlap (U.)
Duun (Rep.)
English (Dem.)
Fisher (Union)
Aldrich (Rep.)
Arnold (Rep.)
Ashley (Rep.)
Baker (Rep.)
BbxUr (Rep.)
Beaman ( Rep.)
Bingham (Rep.)
Blair (Rep.), Pa.
1 Blake (Rep )
Buffinton (Rep.)
Campbell (Rep.)
Chan berlain (R )
Clark (Rep )
ConklingfFred. A.
(Rod.)
Conk]iDg,ll.(Rep.)
Cutler (Rep.)
Davis (Rep.)
Buell Rep.) j
Edperton (Rep.)
Mr. ASHLEY (
riep, reported a bj]
for Arizona.
The House then
(life stale oi tlui U:
chain
ISfcUB OF BONDS AND NO CES—-THE TAX BILL.
Mr. MORRILL (Rep.), of Vermont, from the Com
mittee of Waj 9 and Means, said they had authorized the
ist-v.c of bonds and notes in ail forms during the present
Congress lo the amount of The appro
tiiintiuiifi fur ISC. tire nearly 5010.000.Q00. If tlis war
continues till 1803, our indebtedness will be nine or teu
hundred millions. To pay the interest on this will re
quire sixty or seventy millions annually. Our ordiuary
expenses cannot, under any circumstances, be less than
sixty millions per year, and the military establishment
alter the rebellion will likely reiuire twenty-tive millions
boyoml that amount. The financial measures in contain*
plation will > fold even more than is necessary to meet the
wants of the treasury.
In the preparation of the tax bill, the committee looked
at the condition cf the several States as well as that of
the United States, f-o that they all might together act
harmoniously. The United States has g right to de
mand whatever may be necessary to sus’ain its public
credit, honor, and existence as a nation. The bill is not
a personal or party measure, but one imperiously de
manded by the general welfare. It was for Con
gress to judge how much of it should be rejected
or pfrnmiiputly retointil. That the committee hid
shown a disposition to be just to every interost would
not be questioned. Many intelligent gentlemen hod
been before tbo committee and given valuable in
formation touching nearly the whole range of objects on
which the House was now called to legislate. In a
very fe-w instances bad any asked to be exonerated or
exempted from the payment <*f their proper share for the
sustenance of the Government. But the committee
sought to avoid oxtrimes, preferring to levy duties on a
large number of objects rather than to confine them to
g narrow fleldi lie proceeded at Length to explain the
various sections ol the bill, showing the efleets of the tax
on the many articles subjected to it. In tbo course of bis
remarks ho said that no duty is designed .to be placed on
literary or scientific works or newspaper publications.
Ou printing paper, like other manufacture, a tax of
tlirei- mills per pound ii proposed, being mu&l to 3 jpe?
centum »d vobrom, or Igbs than half the amount on
writing paper. He said the estimated amount of internal
revenue is a§ follows:
Ale, beer, and other malt liquors, 4,000,§00
bbls *1,000,000
BftUilft. mobo,Coog.ls U,066,656
Licenses of all kinds 3,000,000
Linse*d oil, lard oil, etc...
Candle® aud sobp.
Petroleum and coal oil
Leaf tobacco id the loyal States uud >ir»
Stella, 298,000,000 lbs 5,000,000
Manufactured tobacco, snuff, and cigars,
lbs 3.000,000
Boots and shoes 2,500,000
Hats, caps, bonuets, clocks, ping, shirts,
%>&br4ll&§, 2,000.000
Dapev 1,000,050
Leather 3,000,000
Jnk, etc
Coffee, ginger, epicce, etc.
i»t»m»»1111 n rt» mi r m »i»# mllll n
B?wJt, 225,000
Refined sugar, and sugar made from mo
laßees, confectionery, etc 500,000
Gas 1,000,003
Rectifird and adulterated spirits! wines,
vinegar, etc.
Slaughtered cattle, sheep, and hogs.
Auction soles.
1 ciegrapli companies
Railroads, ferries, steamboats, and omni-
buses CjOOOjOOO
Watches, pldtp, carriages, plu.no fortes,
and billiard tables 2,000,000
Railroad boitfs,
Banks and saving* institutions,
Advertisement?, (estimated at 840,000,000
grOßb). 1 1 tituiiiiiutmiiiii uuii;;u 2.000*000
Income f1uty.............................. D,ooo*ooo
Btampduty on express companies, etc., (ex
cluding patent medicines) 6,000,000
Patent medicine stamps 2,500,000
Legacies and <lis iributiem shares ol tbe per
sonal estate of per50n5.......... 1,556,555
gHiarks— «40,0d0,000 1,260,606
Manufactures, not included in ab0ve...... 30,1X0,000
Total from internal reveuue,
From diri'ot tax
Pearce (D«sm )
Rice (Dom.)
Simmous (Rep.)
Sumner ( Rep.)
Wilkinson ( Rep.)
\nigoQ(lL)» Mo<
Revenue from imports.
Mr. WADSWORTH (U.j, of Kentucky. expressed hie
opppfiTfen to the bill. He could not vote for the t»s for
an nulimired pniod, as proposed, nor for the purposes
which be feared the money thus to be derived would be
wed. For tbe recent special message of the President
indicated the tendency of the Government to interfere
with the rights of the States, lie could not, therefore, give
his full confidence to the PceaidenL While the loiter
was an honest and patriotic man, he had been teased and
pressed by the anti-Blftveryites until he was completely
between the Abolitionists and the pro-slavery men. Tbe
proposition, which had been tendered in the face of the
Constitution and against the prejudice of the Border
State*, was odioui to them. It was already rejected by
them, and, as for himself, he spat at it. Those who had
sustained it, finding that these States will not acquiesce,
will, os the rnoßt efficient means of preserving the Uiiion,
(as prominent gentlemen have declared,) demand of the
President to enforce the policy of “ No compromise with
llHYlilinldorg.”
Ten Eyck (Rep.)
Triunoull (Rep.)
Wade (Hep.)
Willey (Union)
Wilson (K ), Mass.
Wright (Union.)
Mr. FKSbENDEN (Rep.), of Maine, in response to a
remark respecting him, said he wanted slavery to ceise
at the expiration of the war if it could constitutionally
be done. „ „
Mr. WADSWORTH resumed, saying that the Presi
d*-7,t also proposed emitDcijpwlloii by coB»J4HS!lllilt. The
question arose whether we could accept tbe proposition.
He could not, nor would he support the emancipation
policy, either here or elsewhere. He said Fremont had
been placed over a portion of a State which despised h*m.
A wan reeking with fraud and cermptivn, aod respond
ble for the destb of Lyon and the capture of Mulligan,
has just been restored to command, while Gen. McClellan
is degraded, and Buell, Rosccraos, Grant, and other
'heroes, are overslaughed. These things show the ultra
tints of the men to whom be alluded as being *+ all* power
ful with the Administration. 71 He could not vote for the
tax hill to carry ou the war for the promotion of their
purposes. He would have it confined to its legitimate
prosecution.
Mr. MENZIES (U ), of Kentucky, in an explanation,
Biiid y «Now and always, no matter who leaves the Con
stitution, Kentucky intends to live under it. 1 * [Ap
plause.!
Mr. BINGHAM (Bep.)» of Ohio,lnreply to Mr. Wads
worth, said it ought to be kuown that the bUI expires by
its own limitation. The gautleman from Kentucky gave
notice that if we allow the cotton States to go out of the
Übieia, Kentucky will not si&y With hi. TfaS-g&iitlWftail
would vole for a hundred million to be collected from the
loyal States for the purpose of keeping the cotton States
in tbe Union. Who, in the name of Heaven, wants the
cotton States, or any otluur this side of perdition, to re
main in the Union if it is only on the condition that we
Kill preserve the civilization of tbe King of Dahomey I
[Laughter.] The question is, whether the gentleman is
for the Union, after the Government has exercised, right
fully and justly, all the powerwhlch the Constitution and
God has given it in putting down thia infernal rebellion
and despotism!
air. WADSWORTH replied that h« would employ all
the force neceeeary to compel compliance with the law,
but he was imt in favon of preserving the Futon by de
stroying the Constitution by Congressional action.
Mr. BINGHAM asked the gentleman it the judgment
of the majority of tbe people of the Uuitel States should
ha fixprsy&ed through their Repreuntatinei in favor of
the indispensable necessity to sweep away the infernal
institution which has poisoued the brain, and deadened
the heart of one-tbtrd of tbe people of this country,
whether be would sustain the Union. . •
Mr, WADSWORTH WM uwtoretwd to P?P*y that the
Constitution was tt e best that could be devwed, and the
Union conld not be preserved without it; When an at
tempt should he mode to sweep slavery out of the Union,
he would resist it by every lawful and constitutional
means; and, if tho Abolitionists cam© Into Kentucky to
pul sueli a law into operation by fouoti ho would most
them with force..
Mr. BINGHAM. You have not answered my ques
tion whether yow would live in the Übiow.
Mr WADSWORTH. When any one is to leave tbe
Union, I would- make the gentleman leave It.
Ur BINGHAM. You would htuw a busy tims in
doing it. rLaughter.] The gentleman would only stay
in the Uuioa. as a rebel. By what right did Kentucky
comt here aad say in advance- that eba would not abide
the decision of the people as expressed through their re--
v prepentativeal H e would fight it, would he 1
Mr. WADSWORTH P6P&&1&U? B&u&kt to explain.
Mr. HICKMAN (Bep.X of* Pennsylvania, row to. a*
question of order, saying that M». Wadsworth hftdmo.
rigbt to Interrupt the geatißman.&om Ohio.
Ma. WADSWORTH characterised Mr. Hickman.a
conduct as indecent. . _
Ms. HICKMAN (in. an earnout touo). I Mpnoanoo
that a libel upon mo, anil I*ll not permit——. [Cried of
“.Older!"]
The sensation soon subsides!
Mr BINGHATd said he was sick of the- superelaous
manner of the gentleman when measure* were raw*
i duesd and advocated having in view the CBiDpuns «
rebellion, and of the repeated declarations that thoy
were flagrant violations of the Constitution. lla pro
ceeded to sseak against what he pronounced tbe atro
cities of slavery, repeating that all the property of the
rcbrls in arms shall be lawfully eutjjoct to pr»© and c»p
-tm-e. ana thonld bo oondemued aaiach In Ins ouurte of
justico, fer the common defence. Thiswaathe law of a*
civiiiped nations, and lie wanted to know why the United
States should not lie indemnified for Its tosses by this m
f<riial treseon. Tho rebels are not a sovereignty, but
an orgaxiivt-d w-ob, and as sock should be treated. He
vai lor coiducting tbe v« until-tnam ihouli M
PRESENTS FROM SIAM.
STATES.
Pike (Rep.)
Pomeroy (Rep.)
Rice (Rep.), Me.
Riddle (Rep.)
kvldns(&.), N.H.
dargeant (Rep )
Sedgwick (Rep.)
Sloan (Hep )
Stevens (Rep )
Trowbridge (R,)
Van VaUcenourgh
(Rep)
Wall (Rep.)
Walton (U.), Me.
Walton ( Rep.), Vt
Wilrn(Rei>.)
Wjudoai (Rep.)
Worcester (Rep.)
THE TAX BILL
went into Committee of the Whole on
liiouon the tax Mr. Colfax in the
Aggregate total
swept away. In the course of rortnrks he alluded to
John Brown as **tbe old man who had stood firm upon
the altar of hfs trial,** and said if these traitors bare
dioud their hands In tbo oilmans btawk let ib&n Hf
the penalties of their crimes under the laws of the en
tire people.
The committee then rose and the House attyourned.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
The Senate was called to order at 11 by (b?
Speaker. Draper by ihe*&ev. Mr. Hay, of (ho Lutheran
Church.
Mr. CONNELL presented seventeen petitions from
citizens of the Twenty-third and Twenty-fifth wards of
In Dim of (ho incorporation oi the Frank*
ford aim Philadelphia panoDger Railway; also, remon
strances from mechanics, builders, and others, of Phila
delphia, against extending the provisions of the lien law.
Mr. KINSIY, a petition from stockholders of the Mil
ford And Richland Turnpike Company, for an alteration
of thtir charter.
Mr. PENNEY, (Judiciary,) as committed, Ore MU
relative to the election of members of Council from the
rural wardß of Philadelphia.
Also, as committed, the hill relative to the railroad in
debted arts of the cjty pf Allfghfinji
sir. smith,’’of Philadelphia (Corporations?* as com
mittee, the supplement to the act incorporating the Ro
mance Insurance Company of Philadelphia.
Mr. CLYMEII (same),-the supplement to the Colombia
Coal and Ivon Company.
Mr. LOWEY (same), with a nogstiyu recommenda.
tion, the hill to repeal the 3d section of tbo act of 1806,
relative to foreign insurance companies.
Mr. McCLUKE (Railroads), with amendment, the
supplement to the Philadelphia and Readtug Railroad
Company.
Mr. N|CIIQLS (same), f)j, |.j|| fo iccsriwato tt»
Kanton and l-oii Hill Railroad Company,
Mr. CUNNKLL (Finance), as committed, the bill re
lative to the paj ment of interest on the debt of the Com
monwealth.
Ml NOTTi a bill to incorporate the Ponuaylvaad.
Slate und Mineral I’alnt Company.
Mr. MiNN ELL, a supplement to the act incorporating
the city of Philadelphia, relativo to certain officer*.
Mr. BOUGHTF.R, a bill enabling the guardian of the
minor children ol YVm, Cobman, deceased, to sell real
eßtlitUi
Mr. SERB ILL, a bill to incorporate the Delaware
tfteam Tug ai d Transportation Company.
Mr. K INSKY, a bib to extend the Farmers’Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of Warminster, Bucks county.
BILLS CONSIDERED, Ac.
On motion ol Mr. Jsttliiui.S, tbo bill to authorize the
arrest of professional thieves and burglars in Philadelphia
was considered and passed.
Ou motion of Mr. JOHNSON, the bill making Wil
liamsport the place of holding the Northern district of
the Bupreme Court was taken up.
Mi*. MfiULUMS offered ah aruemlmeni consolidating
the several districts of the Supreme Court at Philadel
phia.
Mr. BOUGHTEB moved to amend the amendment by
substituting Harrisburg for Philadelphia.
After discussion, the subject w»# postponed for the
pre finnt.
On motion of Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, the bill
relative to the payment of interest on the debt of the
Commonwealth was taken up, and. after a brief discus
sion, recommitted to the Finance Committee.
Adjourned.
The special order of tlo afternoon session was tbo joint
resolution in reference to tbe abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia.
The amendment proposed by Mr. CLYMEII was lost.
On Mr. JoiiN’auN’B amendment, instructing our Se
nators to vote for & resolution elmilM to that pMps&uft
by the President in his recent message, the ayes and
uoes were required. The ayes were 21, and the noee
none.
Tbe vote was then taken ou tho question of the abo
lishment of slavery in the District of Columbia, and was
fig lflllUWß »
A yes—Messrs. Demon, Bound, Connell, Fuller, Ha
milton, IliTPt, Hiestsnd, Imbree, Irish, Johnson, Ketch
urn, Laudon, Lawrence, Lowry, McClure, Meredith,
Nicholle, Penney, Robertson, Serrill, Smith (Philadel
phia), War ton, and Hall.
ftATSttfOieifirßi Glnneri Crawford; Donovan, (Bate,
Kinsey, Mott, Smith, Stein, Latnberton,
The resolution accordingly passed.
Adjourned.
The House met at 10 A. 31., Hon. John Rowe, Speaker,
in the chair,
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Gabzt.
MILITARY BILL.
<* An act to provide for the adjudication and payment
of certain military claims ” was taken up. It reads aa
follows:
,Section 1, fltUmmtf&t fCc.t That tho Secretary of
the Commonwealth, the Adjutant General, and the Quar
termaster General shall be a board, uuy two of whom
shall form a quorum, to whom all claims contracted for
the subsistence, clotnine, transportation, or organization
of our volunteers, as well os all claims for rent or dama
ges at eucnmpruents or quarters oC volunteers, under or
der B of authorised officers of this fctato* shall bo submit*
ted ,with power to take testimony, whose report, accompa
nied by tbe evidence, shall be returned by them to tho
Auditor General for his approval or disapproval, whose
decision shall be final and conclusive, and the Auditor
General is hereby authorized and directed to draw hia
warrant on the State Treasurer for tl)p (UnOUfit ftllllWOd ill
each case : Provided) Tbivt no higher prices Shill be al
lowed ih&n has been paid for like articles procured under
contract by the State: And provided furthtr t That bo -
much as may, in tbe judgment of said board, be due apoa
any contract made prior to the 15th day of May, A, D>
IS6I, by any tgfiifcj*y iß £00(1 faith Willi CitlKOM
of this gwe, may in their discretion be paid on due proof
of such contract, or so much as may in their judgment
be the true value of the goods or merchandise so pur
chased.
Sac. 2. That such a settlement shall embrace the
for p&y if all P*mn»>-ivania volunteer ofltcam
ir->ni tbe time they commenced to recruit under tbo au
thority of the State, and of privates from the date of
their enrolment: Provided, That uo such claims shall be
allowed unless the claimaut has been actually sworn into
the service of (he Smie or of the United States; by one of
his own officers, or by a regular mustering officer of the
army, or by a maeistrate duly qualified to administer an
oath; And
entitled te tho benefit* or provisions of this act until he
shall file in the office of the Adjutant General an affidavit
thsthf has not at any time received any pecuniary un.
pvns&tion, or pi o.nise thereof, for the procuring or any
commission nr appointment of any officer, sutler, or
othor appointee connected with the volunteer service, or
who has transferred any portion of the men that he re
cruited, or assisted in recruiting, to any other company,
battalion, or raiment, For a pwutilttfp toßiUeratiob.
Hv.C. 3. That the f-flld board shall also examine and ad
judicate. as aforesaid, tho claims of all citizens of this
Commonwealth, who have been etigagel iu recruiting
and organizine the voluuteer forces of this Stole forth#
Vy agtecrity m writing from the GuYurnorof this
&iate, or from tbe War Department or the United [Rates*
or from pei sons thus duly authorized according to their
designated niuk or position, for the timo in which they
were thus actually engaged, at the rate of persons per
forming similar duties in the volunteer service of this
gtflte. but only in proportion to the real lervlssa HfitUv&d
Ihe ftute: Provided) That no claim shall be allows! or
paid, under this act, to any officer who has been paid by
tbe United States for the subsistence of men recruited by
him. or under his nuthoilty, until ho shall have satisfied
the board th*t he has paid in full all the deb}# contract
by bim, in the name of tbe Government, 9r in b199Wl
name, for the support of such men.
Sec. 4. That any company or regiment having eolist
td in tbe voluutoir service, aed having been ordered by
the military authorities of the State of Pennsylvania to
rendezvous at any oointi and having proouaded to such
rendezvous and shall there or eiSKWbore have been die*
Lauded by the Governor or other proper authority, with
out having bettt mnstpri d into service, shall receive
compensation for such time, and all dßms for subsist
ence clothing,and transportation of sn<- h company or re
glfitoLt, IbUll bo adjusled by saM b-oartl : Provided, Tb»i
do claim shall be allowed under the provisions of thU met
unless the same be presented within one year after the
passage thereof
Sec. 5. That when any volunteer, after having been
wri'llftf nnd joined his company, shall hare become sick,
■aa snail hare Uletii or shall have been diicburgod on ao*
count ot such sickness, without haring been regular!,
mustered into service, such soldier shall be entitled to
the 6*me pay and other provision*, from the time of hi*
enrolment to bis discharge or death, as lie would have
Ltl l&tUUll l& h&d lif> ffigularlyjmaelortl lal»
et'ivicei And, (h 6Use of the death of such soldier, hte
widow and miuor children, if any, shall bo entitled to the
benefits piovided in tbe sixteenth section of tbe act of
15th day of May, A. D. 1851. Tot soldiers who may die
alte r having be m mustered into tho service of the United
Slates or or (his State.
• Sec 6. That any soldier enlisted in the Pennsylvania
volunteers under the act of May 15,1801, entitled **Aw
act to create a loan and provide for arming the State,*’
or who were called into such service under (he requisi
tion of the President of the United States, and who bos,
or hereafter may, become insane, who h»s not at such
time been musterod into the service of the United States,
shall be sent, by order of the Secretary of the State, to
tbe State Lunatic Asylum at the expense of
Froeitledi Hii inp&nltj be certified to by th« surgaon of
his regiment, and approved by the Surgeon General of
Penpcylvanfa
Sec. 7 That all moneys made payable by the provi
sions of this act shall be paid out of the war loan autho
rized by tbe act of the 15th day of May, 1691, entitled
it An act to create a loan and srorlda for arming tha
State.’*
600,000
.... 1.600,000
.... 2,500,000
1,000 000
500,000
1.000.000
600,000
1,000.000
1,000,000
101,025,000
11000.000
50.000,000
. $163,925,000
Mr. SHANNON eftid that, by the proviniona of the bill*
claimai.tß were to have a rescript from tbe Governor or
Bccreiary of War. The board would then pay them In
proportion to tbe real wvie© rendered the State.
Mr. KAINE offered an tunemiment by which allclalDM
must bo protented within one yo»r utter the passage of
the bill.
The bill was passed.
CONGRESSIONAL APPORTIONMENT.
Mr. ARMSTRONG moved to proceed to consider tW
resolution relative to the pf toV
Agreed to.
Tbe resolution provides that a committee- of seven be
appointed to rtport a bill to the House,- apportioning tbe
fFtateinto Congressional districts for the next ten years.
Mr. CRANE moved to strike out “ seven” end InoaK
nine.
The resolution, as last amended, was adopted.
On motion of Mr. HOPKINS, of Washington, tho
House proceeded to tho cnnsirierAtfon of the bill for Cite
repeal of tbo act for the commutation of tonnage does*
Mr. BIGHAH obtained the floor, and spoka oa tho
amendment of Mr. Armstrong.
Ou motion of Mr. HOPKINS, of Washington, the MB
was postponed till three o’clock this afterneon.
Mr. ARMSTRONG Introduced » bill to reduce tbe-to*
giulative and other expenses of the Government,
EAST PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Mr. KLINE called up a further supplement to tho act
iccorporaitog ihe P©nh»ylv&hiX JBUlr&Od U&ttPob|L
Tbe hour of one having arrived, the House took * re
cess till three o'clock.
AFTER3MPON SESSION,
The House reassembled at three o'clock.
PgITTIONf.
Mr. COCHRAN presented petitions of Thomw-o,
Jones and other citizens against the extension of Dram
ttreet, iu tho Thirteenth ward, at tho public expense.
Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, presented a petition IB
favor of aboUßhing tbe Board of Control.
THE TONNACKN TAX*
The tonnM* tax bill, having bean postpone unttt tha
afternoon session, was taken up by the House.
Mr KAINE dedared.that the company hod obtained
leaislatioo year after year, until almost every reatrtotloa
of the original charter had been repeated or abrogated,
“plr. AKhM* coooidoTvd that th« R«ll
road Coropaoy, under altciroumatancee, waa a benefit to
the State. . , ...
The debate waß continued and tha «w*>ect waa
postponed until Thursday morning. .
Tha House Uien adjournod until to*morrow nioriuiifft
The Great Wool Sale at Providence.
PaaviDENCB. R. R, March 11—Vk* graat
rale, to-day, was attondad by d«ale« from Now-
Yisfi, Pfciudtlßhla,. Itetton, sndi Itorlfordi aodi
manufacturers. Large prices were realised, thoubt
2ju3 per cent, lower than the overage sales In tha
i Ohio X, eftJifflSbc; Ohio No. 1,
«)a4»x‘ci Ohio Ksf ?T c i- °* io No. 3. 480; OU*
WA 4 44Uc New Tork Stave exfepa, Nfew
Xwk Bta?c iatflsc. I,44*«Xc, NiwYork Btate«toa
Ns. 2. 42c ; New XBrk State commoo, 40c.
St. Louis,. Marsh ia=Judg« George M.JjliU«,
ef Cooper sounty, is announced as a oaniMete for
Governcr of Missouri, at the Augost _ election.
Judge MiUor has been for many yeara jMg« of tha
Circuit Court of this oirouit.
Sa» Francisco, March 4.— The wreck of the
ship fotynesia, from Doston, (bofo»e reported hi
have been burnt) has been soldfos $33,000.
San Frakbiscoi Maroh 5 —The steamoni Gitrtet,
Martin Whitt , Columbia , and Union Stt* hav*
bean purchased or chartered to engage in the mer.
eantile servioe in the China Sane, and ell four wfll
sail for their destination within sixty days.
tus ra.ttioisGtti March S.-rrAnlToa, shi» Slack Bevh
from Sew y ork -, brig Theresa, rrom Uong>cnK, 9ad<4t
brig Mepbeta, Tor Hon* Kong.
Bag Nhahoico, March B.—Arrived, steamer GoMen
(iate, irom Panama; eblp Vising Childers,from N Yorx,
Sailed, li. S. steamer bancaater; ships Qisrtlator, for N.
Vorlii #rtl Flottntfi for H?BgK?wit
HAKRi&Buao, March 12,1802.
SENATE.
PETITIONS.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
afternoon SESSION,
HOUSE.
TOHNAGB TAX
liEGTSLATIVE KXrENCES
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