C(j t rts s. SATUUDAY, APEIL 12, 1362 REMOVAL OF OUR OFFICE. The publication office of The Press has been removed lrom its old location to No. 11l South Fourth street, second door from the corner of Chestnut, (east side,) where adver tisers are requested to send their favors. Is this history we are reading 1 Do we realize, in the bewildered narrative that comes over the wires, all the magnitude of the victory at Corinth, and the great results that must flow from It ? How trifling and heartless the sentences read! The fate of thousands is a cunning guess of the telegrapher. ' Some six or seven thousand Union troops are either wounded, killed, or missing, he tells us ; the rebels are in full retreat; Buell is rapidly pursuing. These are the details—one fact overshadows them all. TTo have gained the greatest victory of the age—and fought the greatest battle ever fought upon the Conti nent. We have met the great army of the Confederate States —an army consoli dated and concentrated by the most extra ordinary efforts of the traitor leaders—raised by conscription and tyranny —commanded by Beauregard and Albert Sidney Joiinstox. It was a tearful contest—the enemy fought with the courage and tenacity of despair. It was the last effort of the rebellion to maintain itself in the West, and let ns .say it, an effort worthy of a better cause. For two days the contest raged. Our men met the fury of the enemy’s attack. On Sunday the assailing force was vastly superior to ours, but we received the assault, and sustained it with unfaltering courage and endurance until night came, and, with night, reinforcements. This prelimi nary fight was the real contest. It was here that our men exhibited tbe best qualities of the soldier. If they had fallen back, or expe rienced a panic, like that of Manassas, the battle of Corinth Would hdv‘o been a defeat and not a triumph. After the arrival of Buell’s column the conflict was decided, and victorv became a more question of time. The closing scenes of the battle of Corinth mnv fairly represent the closing scenes of this almost terminated rebellion. Some of our batteries were taken and retaken six times, — the enemy endeavored to flank our army on the right, and made desperate assaults upon our centre. How strange this reads: “ Kno ty ing that defeat would bo the death-blow to their hopes, their generals still urged them on in the face of destruction, hoping, by flanking us, to turn tbe tide of battle.” Even as tbe strength and majesty of the Republic have been manifested in the progress of the war, in its policy, its patience, its diplomacy, and its prowess, so, In the last and greatest contest of all, they combine to complete the overthrow of the great conspiracy. Here nt Corinth, the rebels had staked their fate. It was the central point of their south ern and western army. “ Tell the people of New Orleans,” said Beauregard not many weeks ago, " that here Louisiana must be de fended.” The Mississippi, its tributary ter ritories, its towns, and its countries; all the vast southwefitdJPfi ferritAry, Arkansas and Texas; the Indian territories and settlements, depended upon the success or failure of the rebel arms in Tennessee, The flower of the Southern legions; the most eminent of the Southern generals; the idolized Beauregard, Johnston, and Polk ; the “ men of Manas sas,” were ail oomhined to achieve the vic tory. They were confident of success. They adfanced upon our army and threw their whole strength at a single point. In the attack Of Beauregard we see the impetuosity of Nato leoh ; in the unyielding valor of our troops we have the best qualities of the old Maeedonian phalanx. All the generalship and genius of tlie-Bouthern commanders, of which so much has been vaunted, failed before the energy and provress of our brave legions. ITe see in this battle of Corinth the respective qualities of the contending forces. Wc honor the generals who led our men t* viAtAry, but we honor more gratefully the men who not only met the intrepid charge of the enemy, but rolled it back, and covered the rebel ariqy whh irretrievable defeat. It is one thing to fight a battle and another to gain it. The battle of Corinth will only be gained when we have unchallenged control . of the Mississippi valley. That must be soon accomplished. Delay and hesitation will have no part in the counsels of the men who .marched from Bowliug Green to Nashville in four days. The army of the West lias not only achieved great battles. It has made rapid marches, and sudden assaults. It has shown courage in defeating the foe, and con- stancy in pursuing it. It has been an army of advance and lts encampments were abandoned in Kentucky, its bivouacs are scattered over Tennessee. It is an army of perils and hardships, and victory. Gon. Buell is not a general of proclamations and speeches, but a general of perform ances. He speaks in the thunder Of his artillery. Grant is a general of the same stripe. They command thinking men, men whose words are musket-balls. Tell ilium where the fee is, point the way, and the rest is accomplished. Tins is the whole theory of the Western campaigns. Their successes bare been groat because silently achieved. They seek no eulogies. Their friends have no cause for explanation or apology. We hear nothing of their strategy; we hear everything of their victory. “ Buell Is driving the enemy before him in splendid style.” This brief bul letin tells more than a volume of defence, or explanation could possibly convoy. It satisfies us. We do not go beyond it. How it was done, why it was done, what might have been done, we hardly care to know. In the tri umphant glory of the success everything is paled. A few more days and we shall have tho an- of,Fort Sumpier’a fall. It is ulmu.it a year tince Mr. Lincoln called for Seventy five thousand men. It is almost a year since the defiant ministers of a rebel chief congratu lated shouting thousands upon the speedy con quest of Northern cities and the desolation of the Northern States. In that year We have undergone reverses, but they have only served as lessons, and not defeats. We can see in the sad disasters of other days the mysterious ways of Providence. Before victory there was chastisement. Every reverse was an experience. Sumpter taught us that trea son was alive with bloody purpose. Ma nassas showed that, as a conspiracy, it should not he underrated. It was stronger and more determined than we had supposed. Its resources were more numerous, Its loaders more determined, its followers blindly obsti- nate and fanatical. We were wanting in pub lic spirit and self-sacrifice—’wo were very wayward and narrow-minded citizens. We took lip the sword reluctantly. We fashioned compromises and made peace p opositions,— the enemy fashioned cannon and made sol diers, and when their cannon opened fire our peace arrangements were rent into fragments of paper and we were helpless. Then came the dark days of Washington danger—the darker days after Bull Run—the darkest days of all, when an enemy’s flag floated in sight of the Capitol for weeks, an enemy’s flag, de- fended by potato-liill entrenchments and wood en cannon. We were passing through the Valley of Humiliation, aud all was dark, and sad, and heart-sickening. We live in other days. Men of the West! by you Lyon has been avenged; Lexington has been atoned for; the massacre at Ball’s Bluff received its righteous retribution ; the stain of Manassas has faded away in the glories of Fort Donelsou, Fea Hidgv, Now Madrid, and Corinth. Victory comes upon victory as rapidly as the hours come upon hours. Every where we are advancing. Tim South has been encircled in a blaze of consuming triumph. We do not know where to look for further con quests. We do not know whose name we shall to-morrow be shouting. A day or two ago it was Burnside; then Dlu-ojjt, and Shields, and Sigel, and Pope ; now it is Buell and Ghaut. To-morrow we may hear of the capture of Norfolk,'a great victory at Yorktpwn, and an advance upon Richmond, by the army of the Potomac, with General McClellan at the head. That army of the Potomac—how we long for its triumph ! Co rinth is but an auxiliary to the great vic tory to come. McClellan commands an army greater than Buell’s and Bf.auregaiid’9 combined. McDowell and Banks and Fre mont each command divisions as large as the division that was victorious in Tennessee. We have conquered in the West, in the South, in the inland, on the sea-board—now let ns have a groat victory in Virginia. That vic tory, we think, will soon be obtained. If we can judge from the generals leading our regi ments, from the extent and discipline of our Virginia armies, from th« high hopes enter tained of them, the triumph in Virginia will be more complete and brilliant than even the victory over which wc arc rejoicing. God of peace grant it speedily. It will end this fear ful and bloody rebellion. The reeling blow has been given in Tennessee; let the death blow come from the army of the Potomac. We are olad the House has returned to tho consideration of tho Faoific Railroad ques. tion. Now that it has passed the tax bill, we know of no measure more important to the interests of the country than the construction of a rilllrs&d across tliA WAStASB wilderness. The argument of Mr. Campbell, that it is a commercial and military necessity, is very convincing, but there are other arguments which speak to us with more emphasis. This rebellion will present to our statesmen the question of consolidating and centralizing tho governing power. That can only be done by placing in the hands of the governing power the means of controlling and coercing the most distant (States, and compelling the loyalty of every portion of our Republic. As we cannot anticipate events, nor avoid the agitations and troubles of tho generations to come. It is necessary that there should be at the command of the Administration all pos sible means for supporting its dignity 7 and repressing any possible troubles in tllC horoatter. We are passing into a period of new ideas. Wo are beginning to believe in powder and ball, telegraphs and railroads, newspapora and iron, gunboats and rifled cannon. We want mare Monitors —and on the same theory we might have a Pacilic railroad. It will bring us within ton days of the Pacific ocean. So l'ar as time and space are concerned, it will make the republic of the United States no laTger than the republic of Greece. We eould scud a regiment or a battery from Philadelphia to San Francisco in less time than one could have been sent from Athens to Marathon. Mr. Lincoln writes an order to advance, directed to Gen. Ualleck. Gen. nALiECK is a thousand miles away, but in six hours his soldiers are moving with three days’ rations in their haversacks. IVc must make space yield to substance, even as it has yielded to thought. We can give the word on the instant, whether to California, Maine, or Mexico. But the possibility is only partly accomplished. Wo must be able to follow with the blow. We must command, and eiifAtlii AAiiimand. There arc reasons of peace as well as reasons of war. We must bring these fellow-citizens of the distant West into close relationship with otiTselvos. We shall grow in strength and intelligence, and commercial greatness— our manufacturing industry will gather value and stability from the inexhaustible mineral and agricultural resources buried away in tho vast regions beyond the Mississippi. This railroad will serve an economical purposu. We must develop these regions for purposes of revenue, by building a great road. In tho industry and wealth such an enterprise must create, \re would, bo amply repaid for any pecuniary expenditure. It is a magnificent undertaking, and in its consummation we shall realize a new civilization. These am the arguments which appeal to us in discuss ing this question. They are suggested by the recent discussion in the House of Representa tives on the bill to aid in constructing a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure the use of the same to the Government for postal, military, and other purposes. We illustrate this to-day by printing the burden of Mr. Campbell’s spOAAh, SA faa* As it relates to the practicability of the road, its advantages as a measure of economy, its cut, and its Toute. These state i ments of the Representative possess more than ordinary 7 interest. He shows that the Govern ment is now paying six millions of dollars par annum for transporting freight and munitions of wav from the Missouri river to the forts on the plains and in Utah and New Mexico. In addition to this, there are the expenses of the quartermaster’s department for conveying troops, tents, forage, and provisions. In the naval department, and postal service, other great expenditures are incurred, making our annual expenditure for Pacifle supplies and j mail service $7, 357,818. j The bill proposes to pay for this road by the | issue of bonds to tho Amount ef i The interest on these bonds will be but $B,- ! 892,080, leaving a sinking fund of $3,4Gf>,701 j ns a saving on the annual coat of transporia i tion. The annual saving of expenditure would, in the thirty years for which the bonds are to he issued, accumulate more than enough to extinguish the bonds before they become due. It would also bring within tho control of tho Government a reliable means of transportation | l*Ar life military and naval supplies, ami its pub i tal service. It will be an advantage to tho i people as well as to the authorities. There is I no longer any difficulty about tho route to bn I followed. The treason of the Southern leaders j has forfeited their claim to have the road taken ! through Texas or Arkansas. It repudiates j any extreme northern or southern way, and I authorizes existing railway companies to con j struct the branch roads contemplated. It j shall rviu, says tho hill, “ wesiwardly upon the i most direct, central, and practicable route i through tlie territories of the United States, j t<? the eastern boundary of the Territory of l N evadn, there to meet and connect with the | Nevada, Railroad line across the Territory of | Nevada.” There can no longer be any con ; diet of personal, local, or corporate Interests; i for the Government, in the exercise of its ' wise discretion, bends these interests to its ' own necessity and advantage. By so doing it : protects tiie people, and secures to the ontur ! prise stability and success. I While these arguments of the Representa. I tivu strengthen tho hill now under con ; sideration, it requires no word from him, and certainly none from ns, to impress upon Congress tho necessity of constructing this ; great road. It is one of the necessities of the i age. Its very magnitude only adds to its im i portaneo, and Congress could do no wiser, and j certainly no - greater, act than authorize its I completion. It would be a victory of peace, ■ as great in its results as any victory of war. We have been requested to say that the statement made in the Harrisburg correspond ence of the city papers of Wednesday last, relative to the “ Report ot the Investigating Committee,” is untrue, so far as it refers to J. Edgar Thomson. Mr. Thomson, on boing summoned, made arrangements to meet the committee in February, when on his way to Pittsburg to fulfil an engagement that could not be deferred. The committee adjourned their . meeting without hearing him. On his return from Pittsburg he placed himself under the surgical treatment of Dr. Fancoast. Upon a renewed request that he would appear be fore the committee, ho informed them that it would ba inconvenient for him to attend, but offered to answer at his residence any ques tions that they might propound to him. A sub-committee came here on Saturday last to learn at what time it would suit Ms conve nience to see them, to which he promptly re plied, that he would be pleased to see them at Ids residence at any hour between eleven and two o’clock. These are briefly the facts. Mr. Thomson’s ailments are not such as affect ma terially his general health, or prevent him from taking moderate out-door exercise. The Secretary of the Interior The following loiter from Hon. Caleu B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior, to the New York World, explains itself. It evinces a deter mination on the part of that faithful and high minded public officer to preserve the high character lie has justly earned, not only pure, but above suspicion. He will doubtless not only defend himself against the unjust insinua tions to which he refers, but shame his ac cusers : Department op th B INTERIOR, 1 April 3, 1862. I ; Editors World , New York : Gentlemen : My attention has Leon called to an editorial article in your paper of yesterday, which reads ns follows: “ VVe are pained to learn, on authority we can hardly discredit, that grave and probably valid charges are urged against the Secretary of the Interior for improper speculations and other mal j feasahc*-in «ud that there is a strong likoli< hood that a general sbango in the chief officers of ! the Interior Department will be necessary, in ; eluding the heads of the patent and pension offices.” | I respectfully request that you will inform me j upon what authority the statements contained in i this article were male by you. 1 atn, very respeotfully, Your obedient servant, Caleb B. Sutra. LETTER FROM " OCCASIONAL.” Washington, April 11, 1862, The patience, forbearance, and self.denial of the people of the loyal States of this Union, constitute the best proof of their fitness for their sphere, as the custodians and defenders of free government. These high attributes, also, establish that they are proud of their position and grateful that they are permitted to occupy it. Noth ing has surprised the Europeans more than the temper of our people under man ifold trials and experiments. Even the Lohdon Times has been compelled to ex press its surprise at this spectacle. But no class has been more disappointed than the dis loyal politicians of the loyal States. It will not be forgotten that when Mr. Lincoln was elected these politicians were confident that the mass es of the free States would rise against the Republicans, Blinded by disappointment, and confident that, as their transgressions under Buchanan and their support of Breckinridge had been largely supported by deluded Demo crats, they revelled in the anticipation that they would be still further sustained by popular tumults in Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. No idea entered more thorough ly into the calculations of the traitors them selves. They had been so filled with hope by the Tylers, O’Conors, W. B. Reeds, and Isaac Touceys, that they did not WltllUold till 1 prediction that the signal for riot would be sounded among the working-classes of these great cities, the moment Mr. Lin coln attempted to execute and enforce the laws. The attack upon Fort Sumpter was a rude awakening from this cherished dre&m. The masses rose, but not for them. The people spoke, but not on their side. Hundreds and thousands of disen chanted Democrats rushed to the battle-field, as if fo prove tlicir fealty to the Federal Con stitution, and to disprove tho hopes based upon a different course of popular action. Kvery subsequent day has added accumulated manifestations of the forbearance and pa triotism of the citizens of the loyal States. They have sustained every act of Mr. Lincoln and his friends. They re ceived the surrender of Mason and Slidell in the spirit that prompted it, and nobly subdued tlieir passions in the face of tho prognosti cations of Dr. Russell, of tho London Times. They observed the long delay of our army on the Potomac, and credited it to the most patriotic motives. They overlooked the operations of speculators as excesses forever incident to a great war. They saw themselves deprived of wotK, property de preciated, commerce arrested, a great debt incurred, and still they murmured not. Enough lor them that the struggle in which their country was involved was not tho work of Mr. Lincoln and themselves ; that those who precipitated it did not deny, but, instead of this, gloried in their shame j and that the pre servation of the Union was worthy of every sacrifice and every effort, no matter how cost ly and how severe. Unenlightened by these forcible teachings, the politicians, so baffled and borne down by former disappointments, again predict that there will soon be an uprising in the free States. “ Mark my words,” said one of this school, a few days ago, “ blood will pre sently flow in the crowded cities of the North and Northwest. Now will come the turn of the men who hunted usfor supposed hostility to the war after Sumpter fell.” This fond hope is in spired by the expected exodus of free negroes from the South. The demagogues rely upon the natural prejudices of caste between the whites and the blacks to realize a wish that Is father to their thought. Take note how se dulously this game is being played. All their papers and politicians, who were only' loyal when personal interests and personal safety forced them to he loyal, are engaged in it, How desperately these gamesters stake their fortunes upon the supposed igno rance of the American people ! They read history forever backwards. Because a thing has been, they believe it must he. In asmuch as they have been successful deceivers of great bodies of men, they hug tha.hope that they ean renew this system. Far hotter and more profitable it would be if they would review the events and lessons of the year gone by. From this retrospect they would gather tho great fact that the American people, once deluded, can not soon again be misled by the AjUWA hiUu that falsified history and violated confidence. Reason is ever vigilant and wake ful after a great crime has been perpetrated. Millions who would not believe that these leaders contemplated secession, or sympathy with secession, now they are convinced of both these things, will no longer confide in such false and faithless champions. But the people have not read the wonderful experiences of tho last twelve months for nothing. These experiences have been seared into their memories. They have made them eager for more light; hungry for moic facts; instinct and alert to know their rights and their wrongs. Can it be possible that such a people, so patient under an accu mulation of ovils; so silent in tho tempest of misrepresenta ion; so lavish of their blood and substance; so dignified in victory; so uncom plaining in defeat and in death, will now al low themselves to be cheated and carried off by a new clamor of old and convicted be trayers? And, above all other clamors, by that which is based upon the increase of the free negro population in their great citios 1 Let us face this last appeal. Should there be a large release of slaves, who is it that releases them? Not the Abolitionists, for they are a powerless and an unpopular minor ity everywhere, in Congress and in the country. Not the Republicans, for their platform and their pladgas Arc sternly set against abolition. Who, then, are to be the authors of this new exodus ? I answer, and defy contradiction, tho same traitors who began this war, who broko up the Democracy, who refused compromise, and who sought for the blood and life of our best and bravest—and men ready not only to seize and despoil the Federal Capital but to de pose a duly-elected President of the United States. Then arc the practical Abolition ists of the day. They destroyed their own institution when they sought to destroy the Union; and if the people, in any future tumult, require victims and guilty men, let •them lay their hands on James Buchanan and his satellites, and say unto them as Nathan said unto David, “Thou art the man," and . these are thy instruments and slaves. The Hon. ifir. E. Lehman, Representative of the First Congressional district, who sig nalized his independence by refusing to follow (ho lead of the Breckinxldgers in his vote lu favor of the President’s emancipation propo sition, on Tuesday last, assumed his position on the question of abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. He voted against Mr. Vai.landigham’s motion to reject the Senate bill, and announces that' he will support the bill itself when it comes directly before tho House. Reviled by the pro-slavery leaders in bis district for taking ground in favor of gra dual compensated emancipation in the States, he will, of course, be subjected to still further attacks from the same sources, now that he has resolved to sustain the bill for tho abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. Thus the issue will he squarely presented to the people whether a Democrat, who exhibits such inde pendence and courage, shall be forced to give way to a politician like Charles J. Biddle, or shall be upheld by Die people. Mr. Lehman is one of an immense class of loyal Democrats in this city who have watched the intrigues of the despoilers of the old Demo cracy, who have seen these despoilers sus taining the last Administration in all Its inla mies, and who have been finally convinced that they owe it to their consciences and their country no longer to co-operate with politi cians who, whether in peace or in war, recog nize no higher obligation than that of support ing the tyrants of the Southern States. This class is not. confined to Pennsylvania. Its ranks are swelled by hundreds of thousands in other States. They are not Abolitionists in any sense, but they cannot close their eyes to the fact that their duty to the true Demo cratic creed, and to their posterity, demands. That they should not withhold from the just fllld eminently Conservative Administration of Mr. Lincoln the tribute of tlieir hearty ap proval and encouragement. Hos, it. j. Morris.— We have to thank the U. S. Minister to Turkey, for the Levant Herald , of March 12th, published at Constantinople, in the English language. Geo. Steck’s inimitable square-grand Pianos! Have you seen them f If not, ball on Mr. Gould, Seventh and Chestnut. THE PRESS—PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1862. FROM WASHINGTON. PIN Alt PASSAGE OF THE BILL ABOLISHING BLAVER7 IN TBE MSfBICT. Important Treaty on the Slave Trade. EFFICIENCY OF THE ENGINEER CORPS. SECRETARY STAN lON ON NEGLIGENT ABUT SURGEONS. DEPARTMENT OF AORHILTIRE. Col. Frank E. Patterson Confirmed as a Brigadier General. MAJOR GENERAL CASSIUS M. CLAV ALSO CONFIRMED. Special Despatches to “The Press,** Abolition of Slavery in tho District, The passage of tbe bill for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia was followed by applause itt the House to-d»y- Only two members from Uie BlttTO-llOW ing States, Messrs Blaru, of Missouri, and Fisjier, or Delaware, voted for it; aud of the 39 against it, 22 wore fi om the free States. The Senate has already passed the House bill establish ing an independent Department of Agriculture, with but alight amendment. In the Senate, to-day, however, Mr* PASTSB intVAdllMd & fi4iir bill creaiiog sucli a Jopart meut, but in connection with a Statistical Bureau. It jrovidosfora commissioner of agriculture and statistics at 53, 000 per year. ThiacommUaioner ia to procure anti distribute new and valuable seeds, grains, plants, And procure from the best sources valuable information re lating to the cultivation, renovation, and drainage of the soil; also, concerning the domestic and foreign trade and manufactures, internal improvements, bonds, currency,, nnd ench otter Butyecw as may be adapted to illustrate the condition of the industrial interests of the country. The Bureau is to be charged with the duty of taking the census, in the manner provided for by law, aud is fur nishtd with clorkSi mb, etc. Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, reported from the Military Committee a bill in the Senate to-day, pro moting tho efficiency of the engineer corps, by consoli dating ihe topographical with the regular engineer corp.i, with one brigadier general, four colonels, eightlieutenant colonels, sixteen majors, twenty-four captains, twenty four first and twenlyr four second lieutenants/ one arpa pfiftht major, one quartermaster sergeant, and five com panies ef enlisted men, as provided by law. The general officers are to be selected from the commissioned offi cers of the corps, the qthgr VWMCieB to be filled by regular promotion of its present officers, and by graduates from the Military Academy. AU vacancies hereafter are to be filled only by graduates of the Mili tary Academy who have becu recommended thereto by the Academic BoOrd. The National Intelligencer says : Imports from the Rappahannock river, down to 'Wednesday morning, state Hint the Union forces occupy the north bauK Of the river, which is much an ollen. The railroad is repaired up to Warrenton Junction Numerous refugees and contrabands are coming in daily i who report that tbe main body of tho rebel akw have fallen back to Richmond, doubtless with tho inten tion of strengthening Gen. Macruouh. Tho rebel pick ets are occasionally seen on the south bank of the Rappa hannock, but they are believed to be merely watching our moyemenis. The health of our troops is generally good. A gnorilla warfare is being carried on from BrentsviUe towards th Occcquan, and stray soldiers are picked off by these outlaws. Rebel Defences on the Lower Mississippi. The capture of Island No. 10 will add half a dozen re bel gunboats to our fleet of about double that number on the Mississippi, ifow -useful they may be ib not yet known. Com. Foote speaks of No. 10 as being “im pregnable in a good cause.” Therefore it cannot bo ox pected that gunboats alone can reduce other fortifiod places of strength farther down tho river. Of such no thing is known at the Navy Department, butir they do exist, they must share the fate of No. 10, by land ap proaches in their rear. Late rebel newspapers speak of the commnmg to make now fortlfiontioufl at two or thrOO points below Memphis, near which place it is re ported there are two, and a like number at a short dis tance above. The rebels first thought that Columbus was a Gibraltar, and sure that Island No< 10 was. Their torts below these points are probably not formida ble at present. The Great Hammock Tent. Wa that letters patent have jUOt boon is* sued to Augustus Xdwakps, of your city, for his great invention, the Hammock Tent; and we trust it will not be long before we hear the Government has adopted It. Of all preservers we ha-re ever Been, this TOQt most certainly bears the palm. It is novel, ingenious, simple, and inexpensive, and can be economically transported. It will do pwny with nine-tenths pf the hardships of a swldler-s life, by afonUug him a dry and easy Usd to lie upon, instead of his sleeping upon the wet. cold ground. The saving to the Government will be onormoh'^—mil lions of dollars per annum—whilst the saving of human life will bi beyond estimate. It has been eel up tor m>me weeks In front of the War Department, aud been visited by officers of all grades, soldfers and civilians, and has stood triumphantly the test of tbe severest criticism. TfMtOM tc be Ferreted Oat. Our Navy Department has no reliable facta about rebel works on the Mississippi, except as we “get at them,” and it seems that the best knowledge we have of their dispositions about Yorktew* IS J«ri veJ from n balloon reconnoissance. On fhe contrary, the enemy have full information long beforehand of our intended operations; therefore, there must be traitors somewhere in the War Department or ita bureaus, or .in the army fllftft. It iS pretty dear that, with! ait our money, we have had no good system of espionage. The Rebel Vessels Captured br Burnside. ®Js6 Slcrclary of War sent a t9 tbO Senate to-daj, in answer to a resolution relative to the disposition of the vessels taken by General Burnsidk, at Roanoke Island, N. C., stating that no report had yot been received respecting &u&h disposition An Act to Remove all Disaualiflcatiod of Color in Carrying the Mails. 2he following bill passed the Senate to day: Me 41 enacted by ihe J&enale and Itoaef of ißOfTCiFCrtGOt iives of the United States of America in Congress as sembledt That from and after tbe this Act no person, by reason of color, shall be disqualified from em ployment in flftfHllhg th& mai'sj And »|i acts AQd partS Of actß establishing such disqualification, iucluding espo ciallj 7 the seventh section of the 5; JJ Brch 3 .j ) 1825 i are hflt}>r. Albert Sydney Johnston. General Albert Svdney Johnston, who was kitted at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, used to be spoken of in army circles here, at the begitming of the Wftfi R 9 thg most capable nma upon whom the rebel) CD Tinted for A commander-in- chief ol an army. General Mackaii an ex-Clerk. It is stated here that Gonerai Mack.u.Li who com nmruled for a day at Island No. 10, was a clerk for a period in the Attorney General's office here, and resigned at tbe outset of rebellious demonstrations. He cannot be much of a military tnan r and the confusion tbftt existed iu the rebel councils may be attributed to an appointment that might not have been satisfactory to the rebel officers there. Caution to Clerks in the Treasury He* parimcnti The clerks in the Treasury Department have received instructions from Secretary Cmasib not to communicate in private correspondence- facte within Knowledge as to army movements. The thing is of more Importance tbau might, on the face of things, be supposed, but It is felt that there is ft traitorous organization at the North which gather) up pointsofinformation from every source, and conununicates it to tho enemy* The Contemplated Attack on New Orleans, The report thftt obtained among the better-informed, some time since, that orders for army demonstrations in force against New ‘Orleans had been countermanded, seems somewhat credible, from the fact that General Butler »on his return hither. Government Mail Agent. J. I>, Wickham, of New York, has been appointed mail agent for tbe Governmontocean mafia in Key West, end for Southern ports and Bauodr<ms generally. Wxcept stores, nothing bat mails are carried, The ronnd trip occupies fonr weeks. Important Treaty on the Slave Trade. The President sent to the 'Senate to.day, for ratiftca tf&H, AM IfidPAPtAßt tflatjf, tendered by Great u, fey the mere effectual suppression of the African slave trado. It was considered in executive session, and ordered to be printed and referred. q Thb-ltßieM from Yprktotrn. Occasional. General McClellan, under date of yesterday, tele graphs tbe Secretary of War that nothing of interest had gcc^n-ed, The roads Are a little better, and opwAtiobg are pro gressing favorably. Confirmations. FhaXOIS 13. Fattemok, of Pennsylvania, ha Bsl ga<licr General of Volunteers- Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky, to be Major General of Volunteers. Postmaster at Manassas Jdhctiott- The Postmaster General has appointed J. W. R’jsii berrt postmaster at Manassas Junction, and Hknry C. Bkookb, postmaster at Fairfax Court Houso, thus re* storing the mail service which has been interrupted during the past year. Edwin Forrest. Mr, Forrest appeared this evening as Macbeth. This performance will close tbe uShakeueure weak,” in which he has given Edmlet, Lear , J&chard 111 , aud JUacbeth , and certainly one of the most brilliant and successful weeks in the history of the Washington stage. Tbe inclement weather of the earlier part of the week made it iDApvßpibi? for pedestrians, and even C»rrift?Cfi, 10 travel with*any degree of comfort or safety. Notwith stbnding this, Mr. Forrest has achieved »n extraordi nary success, the houses being large in every condition of weather. He continues his engagement in the onsa* iug week. _ Counterfeiting establishment Broken Up. Si*. 3O The police of ihia city yesterday broke up an extensive counterfeiting establishment, aud Fuzed about §25,000 in bogus United States treasury notes, and some §lO,OOO in counterfeit notes on the State Hunk of Indiana, together wito eloveu bank-note plates, and an assortment of implements aud material ÜBtti by bank-note engravers. An adroit conr terreit-note en graver, named Harvey Walker, alias Bill, and a number of suspicious characters residiug here, all known to have heretofore engaged in the sale of palling counterfeit bills, were areattd. Conflagration at Cherry valley. N. Y. Chxiirv Vallet, N- Y., April 11 —A moat destructive Hr. occurred in this place lMt night, burning Lewis’ Hotel, Driven’ Hotel, Fhinnev’i Bnlldinga, Pack's Hotel. Ydwarda' cabinet ehop, and a number of dwellings Tba lobb amounted to §200,000. A Privateer Fitting Out at Hamburgh. Boston April 11 A letter from llsmbeMh. dated March ID. aays the British atcamet Jlahama waa _ihere loading with guns and ammunition to clear for Mata moroa. The writer had boon aboard the veiael. and it was Ills opinion that’ she woe intended foe privateer MtVSW. 7 WISniNDTON, An.il 11,1862. Another Agricultural Dill* Efficiency of the Engineer Corps* From the Rappahannock. LOSS $200,000. War Bulletin. ASSIfiTAST SURGEONS SUSPENDER. WAII PKl'AimiMT, Washi.votox City. April 11, 1882. Grave complaints against Assistant Surgeons Hewitt and Stut having reached the Department, they are suspended from duty and ordered to roport tliemwlres. A tifgl'gcnt vr inhuman surgeon fs regarded by this Do* partmeut as an enemy of his country aud of his race, and will be dealt with according to the utmost rigor of military law. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary ot* War. War Dkiwktmkst, Wajuumuton, April 11, 186*2. The Secretary ot War znakee public acknowledgment to the Governors of Massachusetts, Itwll&he, and Ohio, and lie Board of Trade of Pittsburg, Pa., for tbeir prompt offers of assistance for the relief of the officers and men wounded in the late great battle on the Ten nessee river. Their offirs have been accepted. It Is understood threi similar humane and patriotic service has been rendered by other city ami State autho rities, which have not been reported to the Department, but are thankfully acknowledged. EDWIN HI. BTdNTONi Becrelary of War. IFOHTAI FROM MMSS NONROE. [BY TELEGBArn DIRECT.] THE MEHRIMAC AGAIN COMES OUT. THREE SMALL VESSELS CAPTURED BY THE REBEL FLOTILLA. ENCOUNTER WITH THE NAUGATUCK. THE MERRIMAC RETIRES AFTER FIRING ONE ROUND, Fortress Monroe, April 11,4 o’clock P. M.—To the Hon. Edwin M. Stantojj, Secretary of War. The rebel gfeivmerß Mcrrimaci Jamefifoiwu YutJctowni BQd Eevtr&l guuboats and togs, appeared to-day between Newport News and Sewell's Point. The only damage done us is the capture of three small vesseiß, one empty, and one loaded with coal, it is said. Those vessels wore captured oppoaiio Brigadier General C#W)'*B fliTisiQD] whose battery contains small guns of three-inch calibre, some two hundred feet from the shore. JOHN E. WOOL, Major General. Fortress Mosirou, April 11—6 o’clock P. M—To Emvix M. Stanton, Secretary of War : Tbe JJ/tfrrmac came down towards the Monitor and tlm StuvexiH battery, Naugatuck. The latter fired four or fivo round) and tho Merrimac one round, when sh*, With her COUSOYt, returned te Craney Island. Thus ends the day. What the night may bring forth, lam uoable to say. JOHN E. WOOL, Major General. FROM CAIRO. THE REBELS HOT PURSUED TO CORINTH. PRISONERS FROM ISLAND NO. 10. Cahio, April 11.—The only additional information TO* ceived, to- day, from Pittsburg Landing, is tb&t the pur suit of tbe retreating rebels was kept up but a little distance beyond the position of our advance previous to the battle. Several boftUloada of arrived here co-day from Island No. 10. The generals and field officers will be sent to Fort Warren, tie company officers to Colum bus, Ohio, ADd tho privates to Chicago and Springfield. Generals Hakall, G;uiH ? and govern! BUbcrdififtt? offi r errs, are here on parole. Tlio latter Are generally very communicative. They say that our four weeks bom bardment killed only one man. ffiVIITB COMKHIIST SESSION, INQUIRY CONCERNING THE HOME GUARDS. Disqualification of Color in Carrying the Malls* THE BILL REMOVING IT PASSED IN THE SENATE. ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN TIIE DIS. TKIL'T OF COLUIURIA. FINAL PASSAGE OF THE BILL. Washington, April 11,1862. SENATE. Fefitiftu* Mt‘. SUMVLR (Eft of M.aaeacl,u*etts, presented a petltiou for the employment in tho suppression of the re bellion of all classes, without respect to condition or color. Acti Sir. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, introduced a bill amending the fugitive-slave act. Home Guarus? Mr. EfOWE (JUp), of Wisconsin, orfV-rol a fOBOHIfc? 1 * that the Military Committee De iastructed to inquire what troops have been or are being mustered into the service of the United States, os Home Guard*, who are etill in service, or who refuse to go beyond tho limits of their own State. Mr. LANE (Rep.), of Indiana, eaid that the War De partment already mftfetering out of service this class of troops. Mr. HOWE said he had heard this morning that somo frepps from Maryland refused to go over the State itnc, • Mr. GRIME 3 (Rep.), of lowa, said that some of this class of troops were no w being enlisted. The resolution was adopted. Agricultural Statistios- Mr. FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticut, introduced a bill for tiie collection of agricultural statistics. A Quorum. Mr. Henderson (U.), of Missouri, offered a reaotu tion that a majority of tbe senators now in tho Senate, »ud duly elected, shall constitute a quorum. Referred to the Committee on Ihu Judiciary, Carrying the IYlails. On mollnn of Mr. the pfll tO rOIDOYO fill disabilities of color in persons employed in carrying the mails was taken up. Passed—yeas, 24; nays Messrs. Davis, Hendereon, Kennedy, Lane of Indiana, Latham, Nesmith, Powell. Starke, Willey, Wilson of Missonrfi W*4hi— ll. Confiscation Bill. The confiscation bill was then taken up. Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep.), of Wisconsin, said that when the bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia Wflfi bt*f6F& tho Sonaio, Rnd an amendment was OlfereU py ft. Sanatoj; f-;- ” CDra csy, q, buhJo »m» ani said be could UOt support tiiat amendment. But the cor respondent of the New Fork Times telegraphed that he said he could not support the bill, aqg (he Chicago Trie hnne Lad actually declared that bG voted against the bill, at the same time remarking that all the other Re publican Senators had voted for it. He should not have noticed it if this was the first lime that journal had mis represented him. The editor of that journal WAS enjoy* lug the patronage of the Republican party inthepist office at Chicago, and its correspondent here was a clerk of one of the committees of tbe tienate. If that journal sought to intimidate him, or levy black mail, they had mistaken their man. Be Midi in record to the bill ttOW before tho Senate, the Senator from New Hampshire said, yesterday, that all the navy could not carry away all the annua! increase of negroes. He proposed to figure up with the Senator a little. For the decade ending 1860, the increase Of the Tvbifts YrM 38 12-100 per ceut* and tlio slaves 23 3Sslfl3 * tiieincreiipeorfreoclncKs* 10 87.100; total increase, 35 08*100. The increase of slaves, therefore, supposiug the whole number to bo 4.000,000, would be 93,520 for the last ten years. A single ship like the Great Eastern would take all the increase to Africa in eight trips, ax.d much sooner to n>ytj. The tounage of the United States would carry the 'whole colored population in ore trip. The statistics show another thing: that the free blacks do not increase half as fast as the'siaves, aud if the slaves are set free, the increase would very much diminish. .TW6 efeainboate running from tiew Orleans or Beaufort, just across the gulf, could carry away the whole ineifrase of this population. It was impossible for the people of the slave States to consider the question of emancipation without colonization, and it was his be lief that they must together- Bv« a nov, it) Spite Of All the attempts to prevent it, the im portation of negroes into Cuba, stolen from Af rioa, is .500,000 more than the whole Increase of this population if it were free. He believed that the people now going into tho Southern States to fight for liberty would slap there, and make themselves new homes, and he believed the States would be regenerated and re newed. He thanked Cod that 'Wisconsin was born of Virginia in her better days, aud he believed that Virginia would yot be disenthralled from the weight and curse of slavery} rad again take her place as a first-class State. He was sorry, yesterday, to hear a remark against the Senator from Virginia, (Hr. Willey.) No matter if there were differences of opinion with that Senator, so long to he stood by tii? Union andthe old ltog.be (Hr, Doolit tle} would give him the hand of friendship, aud tel] Um to take courage, fer better days W? coming lor the Ha public. He believed that the party th.it will fDßcribe on its banners “Emancipation with colonization - free hoiUcstesds for white men in the temperate zone; and for eolor&l men In (ho tropics, »o 4 »" railroad to the Pacific Ocean,’' will be the party that will rule the future destinies of the nation. He said ho thought this the most important bill perhaps ever brongbt before the Senate. The first section proposed to confiscate all the property of parsons hereafter In rebellion. ]Ur. TRUMBULL (Rep.), of Illinois, skid it only pro posed to-confiscate the property of persons who could hot be reached by judicial process. Mr. DOOLITTLE asked if he meant persons out of r tho United States, Mr. TRUMBULL Bald lie did, and.alio persona not to be leached by judicial process. The bill confiscated no property until seized, and then, if there is no court and the person is beyond judicial process, then the bill pro vides for confiscation, Mr, DOCLiTTLfi, Suppose our army should take possession of one half of one of the cotton] States, and the owners of property go with the Tcbel army. Wontd the Senator say that we could not serve process on them 1 Hr. TRUMBULL should tfcjhkWi tfthW WW* fighting against vi in the rebel arm j» Hr. DOOLITTLE. Cannot we take them and the army together !: Hr. TRUMBULL. I hope that we shall be able to do so, as wo have done mnen of it lately. Mr. LOO t*rf fit. bo not wo expect to do it ? Mr. TRUMBULL, I expeet a great many of these rebels will be banished tho conntry. Mr. DOOLITTLE. I will be glad to vote wit!) the Senator for a penal colony, and to banish them to it. He said the second section provided practical emancipation for a large number of slaves, and then the bill provides voluntary colonization, bringing before the people the great Issue of the age, and it remains to be seen whether the conntry is equal to the question. Hr. WILLEY (U.) f of Virginia, said that ho offered thd ln kindness and no attempt to injure tho hill, and had been grlovcd at the unkind denunciation burled against him aud his colleague, as being here by a kind of charity. He came here, waß admitted, aud had taken the oatb, aud he demauds, and will have, the rights of a Senator. He djg pot intend to urge his ideas on the Senate m a dictatorial manner} but when He thought proper to express his views be should do it freely and frankly. If tho Senate decide that ho has no right here, he was ready to go, but while here he claimed the rights of courtesy and kindness due to a Senator. He had bspu hunted from piilar tp post for lqo hostility to secession, and hissed iu the couucils of Virginia ; aud now if the other extreme clioose to hurl denunciations against h*m, he can afford to receive them. He repelled the idea that because he came from a slave St ftte, ho should necessarily bd & bOtUdHAB- I! tUepAsM in fetoi-t, he need only to refer to the fires of Salem, the blue book, free love, ppiritualUm, Ac., to ventilate the liistorv of New Eng land, but he preferred to refer to their groat men and large commerce. He might also refer to such names as Jefferson, Madison, and the greatest of all, Willing* o !!! if ho -m bore denounced for taktqgtbe ground of these crest men, lie whs willing to receive it. Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep ). of Illinois, said that he had made a few remarks yesterday, but did not denounce the Senator or allude to his right here, and did not know that lie said tv vWMfrfl SHF Iwftt 9r warmth ix? the Senator, He had opposed bis amend ment heenvat* be thought it would injure the bill. Mr. WILLEY withdrew his amendment. The Senate wei t into executive seaiion, amt subse quently adjourned til! Monday. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Private Bills. Mr. RICHARDSON (Dem.), of Illinois, expressed the desire that the House go into committee on private bills. Indemnity to General Grant. Mr. WASHBUBNE (Rep.), of Illinois, suggested that the House take up the bill for the relief of. General Grant, which was aepented to, and the bill passed. It which amount* whitoaervtag m a quartermaster in Mexico, was stolen trom hla trunk, without neglect or default on bis part. Mot Entitled to a Seat. Mr. (VIJI or fthode from tin Com* mince on Election*, reported a resolution that William Vanderver Ims not been entitled to a seat In the Hf'tut) since he was mustered into the military service of the United States, as colonel of an lowa regiment, in BeMtKbfe? l&sL Tho report was ordered to t>o printed. Abolishing .Slaver)* in the District. Mr. STEVENS (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, moved that the debate on the bill abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia Closp one Imur after Hie LUnriidttrfttiOD or tile •.nme Lo irminurt tn CODUTIUtCe Of UlO \YUOIBOQ the ftl*tO ot the Onion. Mr. COLFAX (Rep.), of Indiana, moved to amend, no as to extend the debate two hour*, in order that a speech might be made on the Southern side if detired. Kt-itiuck)- not on the Southern Side. 1 ’ Mr. ADSWOBTII (V.), of Kentucky, wanted to know what the gentleman meant by .saylug 44 the Southern Hide’!” Mr. COLFAX as promptly replied that he meant uo diprrapfcf if; tiny uno. Mr, WADSWORTH objected to the form. Tbo SPEAKER called to order. Mr. COLFAX remarked th*t he made his motion with a view to accomtno ate the other side, but a* it had undesigurdly given offence, withdrew it. Air; WADSWORTH. I made a point of o*<W h, tbo Isususgo used by tho geittlemau froth ludUna. The HPKaKER saki that the Chair sees no reason why the gentleman, from Indiana should not use the Iftnpuage ho did, hot the motion is withdrawn. sir. Btovtns’ niQtiflß wftadiHugnel to—vetMs7inw«Gl> bin -was then mkrn up in «ommiiton> Mr. NIXON ( Rep-) wa« in favor of tho general principle* of the bill now pending before the committee recognizing the express constitutional power to auoliah slavery here, on making a just compensation to the owners. He re viewed the fitltiaes awtgiieJ for thv rel>i-liiuD) which I were AS causeless and senseless as the rebellion was ma lignant and wicked. The ambition of Southern leaders and slaveholders was at the origin stimulated by tho Inst for power and airogance. Tears ago they commenced the work upon nationul dismteflration. Having muul to control thu Government, they sought to reconstruct it with African slavery a* the corner-stone, and over it exercise their former sway. He would punish the au thors of this war as far as the Constitution permits. The insurrection must be put down, If WH# tlhlti for IhC pro* pht of tho to nth and European nations to Understand that the people of the North atom earnest iu this matter, and before they will submit to the triumph of this rebel lion, they will, should tho necessities 01 war, as a last resort, require it, aim every slave of the rebel musters, drive the rebel* beyond their border* and hold the terri tory for the hone of the liberated negroes. Mr CRITTENDEN (XJ), of Kentucky, said we are on lo summer Bea; we are in the midst of a storm of war. The country was convulsed from ono end to the other. This state if affairs was enough to put nil men 93 (hyjf Afefep&at ieaiic o£ reep«*nail>ilit>', an<\ be had felt iy TQ an I Oppressive degree. This rebellion was without parallel in the history of the world. Where did rebellion ever assume such gigantic proportions as thUf Where was there so much 10 be destroyed, whether we consider the material prosperity or the beneficent iLstituttoha in volved I Bui the immediate question was the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. For the first thirty or forly j ears of our existence, perhaps, the re cords of Congress bear no trace of a measure coatemplH. tii'g 6iich 11 chango of condition; The proposition had been rejected timo and time again in the palmiest days of the Republic. It was judged impolitic by the predecessors of the geutlenen now here. The Senate, however, had just passed the bill which was npw before Hie House for its action, what practical good or advantage would be de rived from its becoming a law 1 Apart from other con siderations, this was a most inauspicious timo for such action. We are engaged in a war which, he trusted, was coming to an end, founded on the apprehension that it lVftß the intention of Congress to violate the right** of the State* by consummating a measure whUh had so long been agitated. It was this apprehension which had engendered the war. Under it the insurgent* had flight With fury. Would not the passage of the tell strengthen them in the belief that such is the Of OiWgrtiMl It would he considered by tbe rebels as the general pur pose to interfere with slavery in the frrates, lie did not say Congrets bns not the power to abolish slavery in tbe District of Columbia, bus asked, would not such a po ver sow be unwisely exercised 1 Was it not the WOret time that could he selected for too act £ Was there any idea, when miß District was ceded for the purpose of the seat of the Federal Government, that the purp ae waa to enable Congress to exercise it 3 power over the slavery question 1 He repeated that this territory was ceded for a single purpose. Mr. HICKMAN (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, whe ther it waa the gentlemans opiuion that because Mary land and Virginia ceiled the District of Columbia, Hon gs ess, under tbe Constitution, having exclusive legisla tion over the District, there was an implied understand ing thdU throughout ft!L timo, tho thon ejaatia* 4 lu&Uta tiop of those mates should he continued Iu force, end that CongreFS bad no right to exercise its power under the Constitution. Mr. CRITTENDEN replied that the cession was made without the slightest apprehension that slavery would ever be Abolished in tho District, it being located be tween tbe Slates of Maryland and Virginia. The abo lition spirit at that time scarcely existed among the peo ple of the United States. By the passage of this bill there would seem to be eotue breach of faith. Slavery hfld been dimlhiftbiKg ; lot it alone, ond it •would go out Uke a candle. The passage of this bill would bo re garded by the South, already exasperated as it is by ap prehension, as the commencement of a system eventually to reach the States. In conclusion, he condemned tho proposed confiscation not, sat tag that tut biulk4s<* U te heal, tO PftCify, and to Cdhsolid&to atl tho States in one great nation, and to restore the former brotherhood. Victory is the moment cf generosity, and true policy does not require vengeance for what ia already done. Let n*ersy god mild and moderate counsels prevail; Kt. bingham. (Bep.hoi Ohio, remarked that, con sidering the time which bad eiapsed since this bill was Introduced, an oppoitnnity having been given to the country in the meantime to judge of th« propriety of its prorieionßi he had hoped that tho Question wonid have hfen taken without further discussion. But in this he vras disappointed. The bill was so simple as not to re quire explanation. It appropriated a million of dollar* as compensation to Ihe owners, and a hundred thousand dollars to defray the expenses of those of the freed slaves who may emigrate. The power of Congress to legis late on this subject in the District of Columbia was conceded by the gentleman from Kentucky, and he (Mr. BiDgfaam) would uot be deprived of it, £|l that remained was the anostinn, wa* it v<>W and wisdom to pteroiflfl the power at this Uto© I The geatie ! hi*b from Kentucky had well remarked that it was the duty of all to prCMOte the melioration of tlie condition c f mankind. The gentleman had quoted from the Magna Charta t showing what are the rights of freemen. ThW word rnietd Hit presumption of the existence of slaves ia Tnglaitd. But there was a new gospel, namely: “Alt rrrOD are equal before the law,” 110 matter in what part of earth he waa born. This, however, ha* long been ig nored by one class of our fe , low-£ftift?nj?i Mr. WiciiLirFE (Unionb or Kentucky - ! inquired whether negroes voted in Ohio, or were allowed to in termarry with tbe whites. Mr. BINGHAM replied that tbe gentleman could get a satisfactory answer by reading the statutes of that State. Mr. WIOKLTFFE paid he bad. read them. Mr. BINGHAM remarked that colored persons in Ohlowere protected In their pereone, liberty, and property. Mr. DTuKLIFFK further asked if they have political rifihia, and voted* Mr. binghaoi replied that ha WAS ft bold inan who would say none are citizens of the United States but these who vote. Our mothers, wives, and children, are natural-born citizens, and constitute a majority, but do not vote* He tkmt answered tlio trifling untbuts always iiiterpoeud whenever an attempt *&* made to do justice. The Federal Government had nothing to do with th«» elec tive franchise, that was with the States, and Mr. Bing ham referred to tbe Beveral States where colored persons enjoy This privilege or right; Ho wished notto be offen sive, but bis judgment was that the representative who refuses to provide the necessary laws in accordance with the spirit cf the Constitution, to give protection to the life, liberty, and property, within the jurisdiction of its provisions, violates his 3ath and brsft&} }(, Tp ~ rrisiMd u»* n<rtt™',vL luautpictons for doing justice ano removing tbe odium, shame, and disgrace, to the letter and spirit of the Con stitution, which have too long been violated in this very heart pf the Republic! before tbe eye* of the public law givers. Mr. BIDDLE (Rep.) and Mr. HUTCIIINS (P.ep ), both of Ohio, obtained permission to print their remarks in favor of the bill, without previously delivering them. The general debate was iheii closed by the vote of the fiOUBf. Proposed Amendment Mr. CRADLKBAUGH offered an amendment, so as to mnke tbe bill apply to emancipation of white staves in the Territories. It should not be confined t > persons of African blood. In the District of Colombia 19 nothing to be compared with that which exists in some of tbe Ter ritories. Mr. LOVEJOY (Rep.), of Illinois, said the amend ment was not appropriate, as it was proposed to strangle lliP bill now before them. Tbe amendment was rejected. Proviso* Mr WRIGHT (Union), of Pennsylvania, offered a proviso, requiring the President to issue a proclamation for a special election* tbe majority of the legal votes being reiuired to affirm and ratify this act. This adopted, he said he would vote for the bill. Not a soli tary person residing hero has asked for the pa«sage, al though it interests tbe people of the District only. News has recently reached here of the BuccesKa of our armies* aud we are awaiting with anxiety tbe events at Tork town. It was a most inauspicious time to change the fundamental laws of the country. Mr. POTTER (Rep.), of Illinois, said Mr. Wright was mistaken. Petitions had been presented for tbig Oil), Mr. W RIGUt replied that had beard of none- Mr. STEVENS (Rep ), of Pennsylvania, said it was somewhere written, “The wicked shall be damned.” [Laughter.] Now, he suggested to his colleague [Mr. Wright] a fuTthor proviso, that the wicked consent thereto. [Renewed laughter. J It was just as reasonable as the amendment of lus colleague, Mr. SHEFFIELD (U.), of Rhode Island, inquired whether the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania had not de cided that an act dependent on the popular vote was un constitutional. Mr. WRIGHT knew of no such decision. Hr. ALDRICH (Rep.), of Michigan, offered an amend ment, which was received with laughter, that the act shall not take effect until after the termination of the reciprocity treaty with Great Britain. Mr. Wright’s Amendment was rejected. &till Another Proposed Amendment. Mr. WADSWORTH (U.), of Kentucky, unsuccessfully sought to amend the second section, arguing that Con* grvßß cwmet discriminate between tbe loyal and disloyal men in making compensation for the slaves, Mr. HICKMAN (Rap.), of Pennsylvania, iu reply, said a man cannot claim the protection of the Constitu tion which he repudiates and attempts to cast off. Ffsrsrt Ft»BsylYnn}» freias “Flooded” ivitli Slaves* Ur. BIDDIVE (Dem.)» of Pennsylvania. said that five minutes afforded no time for an elaborate discussion of this measure. Waiving the question of constitution ality. tp my mind N&f, h© continued, tb© eminent etatwuau from Kentucky (Blr» Grlfieuflcn) tins demon" Btrated that the bill is utterly inexpedient and inoppor tune at the present time. But 1 leave to tlie representa tives of slavebolding States, on this floor, tho troatoiont of this question in its relations to their constituents, those loyal men -who, from oh, mre entitled ip every consideration that is due to loyalty maintained un der circumstances of the utmost difficulty and danger. It is in relation to the interests I represent that I shall say a few words upon this bill. The most Ingenious rlie torie ■will hardly.persnswfe ax ea/trnngs of tw domestic servants in this District are now peculiarly ur gent or intolerable. Why is this bill pressed upon us I There is an answer which my esteemed colleague of Pennsylvania may listen to at this time with interest. I will read ftci» the JtepuMlcah organ of this olfcy a few passages from an editorial, which urges the immediate passage of this bill, and discloses some peculiar reasons for the urgency. [Ur. Biddlo here read from the JVa ttcnal of April Stb, that the number of nvgrvw iu the Pifrtricti by r©Moii of current evonts, had become alarming; that it is a reservoir into which the streams run, and must have an outlet: that the restrictions of the Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad on the transportation of negroes obstruct their passage to tbs North; that it hod been represented, in a comma nicuticu in The Press newspaper, of Philadelphia, that contrabands sent to Philadelphia from Gen. Banks 1 column had been gladly received, and that a thousand more were looked for in that city, and that an indefi nite number might be favorably disposed of there, and that as soon as this bill passed the House the rati *6Ad Jrinuafc convey such negroes to the North.) Since. tblS| said Mr. Biddle, is to happen when this hilt posses, as a repreecr tative of Pennsylvania, my vote shall not help to pass it I will not lirip to make this city the flood gate through which, at this critical period, all the smaller cllftUltilH Of intimity at the North shell b© choked and blackened. Now that you have practically nullified tho constitutional provision for the reclamation of the great swaruis of fugitives, thousands and tenacf thou sands may come like black locusts and settle down upon hk» Agaiuet this threatened iuuudatiou. Pennsylvania may need protection. So far as my vote can give'it, she shall have it uo*.v. I would not hurry this unfortunate rase northward to be repulsed there. 1 would leave it where nature Atul circumstances seem to have determined its Stbodu. Tilts Coiiiin&ii sense of the country ia warning ns that the common sense policy toward slavery now is to let the subject alone. Mr. LOVEJOT {Rep.), of Illinois, in the course of the dibatc on amendments, said ho was tired of hearing <lis custrions about the law, when it was known that every gIAVO li'&M tabbed of his liberty without a show of taw. Mr. HI'NK (IU-p.), of Indiana, alluded to the remarks of several gcatUmen that this kill ought to pass without amendment. Bo expressed his astonishment that any member should wish to press it through without afford ing ftp appoTtiihit y to offer amendments to a mpoiura of euch impoitance. Motion to Strike Out the Maximum Limit of . Appraisement* Mr. HANDING (U.), of Keutucky, moved to strike out the provision that the entire sum appraised and ap shell not exceed in the aggregate AU amount equal to three hundred dollars for each person shown to have been so held by lawful claim. He said thore waa a strange end unusual haste manifested for the passage of this bill. Mr. LG \"KJ 0 Y axofMud his desisG to upe&k- Mr. HARDING replied. When the gentleman gets sober on this question I will bear Mm with pleasure. Mr. LOYEJOY said he asked do courtesy from the fiePtlßmin. .. . Mr. HARDING then concluded Ms reinarks, when Mr. LOVKJoY epoke of robbing tbe slaves of their rights. Avery one of them has been robbed. He ex pended bis five minutes in speaking of what be called 4t the subiiinitjr pf infamy.” Mr.ifaniiog's ameudmeDt waj rejected. Qualification* Colored of Witnesses. Mr. WICTvLIFFE (U.) offered an ameudment to strike out a clausa against excluding witnesses on ac count of colon Hayiue that thu was esßtp&F? i& the law of tbe District. Mr.BTEM£Nd (Rep.) said that was an outrageous law. A man of credit, whether black or white, ought to be A witness. Sir. Wickliffe’a amendment was rejects, Mr. DUNN (lUp.) said U wa» the determination of some genUerotm to pass the bill, no matter how im perfect. There was a higher tribunal than this, tbe American people, to which they were responsible. Du ring his remarks tu> was'called to order from the Repub lican Hide, when he remarked that h$ B3PP9H&ti If lit) had mrered numo f««?i abuse or slavery lie would have been beard. The hot liasto with which the Mil was pressed more than ever convinced him that it was covered with imperfections. At the same time he beliovod slavery ought to be abolished In the District: but this should be effected in a prooer way. A Substitute Offered. Mr WIOKLIFFE offered a substitute for the hit, providing, tn substance, that no persons not now in the District of Columbia, or who may hereafter be born therein! fthaU bn held a* bl&vm. PA*sen& eeml&g to ?&- Bide temporarily may bring th*lr servants with them. Those now held as staves shall remain as such-until eman cipated by their respective owners, compensation to bo paid them therefor, the hill to receive the approval Ot the legal voters. Mr. Cox 0 f oiiio, said our whole duly ouaht to be first to increase the strength of our army to put down the rebellion, ami secondly, to increase our ro vtnue in a lair way. Thu time may cotne when w© will have to reconstruct our ideas, but not now It had bum said that this Dlutria tU »r free tu Hitt constituents did not authorize him to vote money to pay for this curse. Mr. VALLANDIGHAM (Dem.), of Oliio, opposed any bill of abolition of slavery in tho District of Columbia, for mnuy reason?, ono of which alone wan for him cifnt. He regarded all this class or legislation a« tead ing to prevent the restoration of the Union of the States as it was, aud this was tho grand object t> which ho looked, in a very little while the queatiou will bo be tween the old Union of the States, the Ctnou cf our fa thers, and a new Whfe h or «nlly- of flovommorit, ■y© latter he WAs unalterably and unconditionally opposed, and to this bo w»»b bound to tho last moment of his per sonal and political existence. He spoke of tbi- bill as initiatory on tbe part of the Republicans to interference with xlnveiy in the fifflfCß, Tlll'B CH»rga llflrctOtbrO lull betn tieuird fl» ft “ IOCOIOCD UP. 1 ’ Tlie'Trvp Way to Quiet the Mr. DIVGN (Rep.) of New York, said he would vote for the substitute if that part providing for it to be passed upon by the penpleheatrickenont. lie wishoi to remark to tliore who insisted that the RQDUbiiuaua In tend to interfere with slavery ia tbe States, that they are lie believed Conaross could do no bettor thing than abolish slavery in the District of Columbia. it would exhaust the 9f Congress and tend to «i«!et the e^tatioa, Mr. DUNN (Rep.), of Indiana, said that so far as tho remark of a u locot'oco lie” was concerned, that was about the truth. It was never the purpose ot thu Its publican party to interfere with slavery to the Statei, and ntYtr shouio be while he was a membor of it. It was a slander in that party to toy Buch a charge. Somo would do so. They were not of, but acted with the Be puhlienn party. Mr. Y'jckcliffe’s auhslitute was rejected—yeas 35, nays 84. AiiAlltef Substitute—Children Barn of Slaves* Mr. MENZIES (U.), of Kentucky, offered a substi tute that children boro of slaves, on and after the Ist of May, be free, aud at IS assert their freedom, etc. Dis agreed tO; Tho committee rose, and tho bill was reported to tho House precisely as it came from the Senate Mr. S I EVENS moved the previous question, which was seconder!. Mr. IVIUKLIFFE unsuccessfully appealed $9 My, to Ifct the yeas and nays he tuWun pn U'lVsti" ttite. of tlie 111 The bill was then passed—seas 93, YEAS. AWritfi (Bcp.) Fenton (liep.) Alley (Kt-p.) Fessenden (Rep.) i Fisher (Union) .Franchot (Rep.) ! Frank (Rep.) Il«p. ) Goodwin (Rep.) Granger (Rep.) Haight (Pern.) Hale (Bop.) (ftep,) Uarrison (Union) Illckman (R.j Hooper (Rep.) Hutchins (Rep.) Jnlmn ( *ep.) Keiley (Rep*) Kellogg (R )Mich. KitJinger (Rep.) Landing (Rep.) Loomis (Rep.) . f*9Y»ip>' (Rcpi) McKnifht (Rep.) | McPherson (Rep.) Mitchell (Rep.) Moorheau (Bop.) Mah^ll Morrii)( Bep) Vt. Nixon (Rep.) Odell (Dem,)» Olin (Bop ) Arnold (Itep.) Ashley (Rod.) Babbitt (Rep.) BfiUer Baxter (Rep.) Beaman (Rep.) Bingham (Rep.) Blair (Rep.), Mo. Blair (Rep.). Pa. Blake (Rep) Browne (U.), B I. lUiffii'ton (Rep.) Campbell (Rep.) Chamberlain (ft ) Clark (Rep ) Colfax (Rep.) Conkling,Fred. A. (Rep.) Conkling, R. (B ) Oowum ep .y 1 (Rep.) Dawes (Rep.) Delano (Rep.) Dlven (Rep.) Duell ißep.) Dtihh (Rep.) Edcorton (Rep.) Edwards (Rep.) JCliot (Rep ) English (D-) Johnson (Deni.) Kuapp (Bep.) Law (Dem.) Lazeur (Cera.) Mallory (U.) May (Dem.) Wenzies (U.) Morris *i(m>ic ( 1 Norton (Deni.) Nugen (I>em.)i Pendlotjn (Dtm,) Perry (Dem.) adjourned till Modi Allen (Dem.), Bailey (Dem.) Pa. Biddle (Dew.) Bl4lr (U.) v Vi. Brown (TJ.), Va. Ca?ey Crittenden (U ) Pcloplain£ (Dew-) Smiiiip (V») Grider (IT.) Hall (U.) Harding (U.) Holman (Dem.) Tlie Songs then PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. HABBIBBUMj April 11 j 1861 S£NAT£. The Senate Jwfl3 called to order at 11 o'clock by the Speaker. Prayer by Rev. Dr. De Witt, of Harrisburg. Mr- |?iCfiVb§ aelicd leave to withdraw tha papers in the Hopkins cirorcp case* which was not granted. Mr. KICIIOLS made a report from the Committee of Conference on the bill relative to gas companies, recom meoditig that the House recede from its amendments. Adopted. t S’h* SPBANBB rose and reaisned In tho follow* mg words: Sksaj t*u=<: We are about to part, each to go hack to the constituency which sent him here, some to return to this chamber, to fill unexftrffl ferine, Olberfl WhlMo terms (vf whom your Speaker 19 one), to return no more. I rerign the trust you have committed to my hands with the consciousness that £ have devoted my best efforts to the discharge of its duties, however imper fectly 1 may have succeeded. In looking upon (he session, -now about io dose, it 11} With ttl© EQOSt sincere gratification that I remember your uniform de ference to tho chair, your respact towards each other, and your fidelity to principle which has exorcised from you? midst all sottv hickatices and a jsaipij'teß, h‘a propriety of conduct on yPUF pWt tI»S gOlirfartO supply the deficiency of your Speaker. Nor is it to the parliamentary graces developed in this official and pub lic theatre of action, to which alone we now* re vert with interest. The beautiful amenities belong ing to PSrSCHaI and feit&dly Intercourse are least of those things which give to this parting hour a ttege of sadness. Cold aud dreary indeed were the world nithout these social harmonies. They ever give the finest and purest tints to the picture of human life. Coming from districts of the State, teprtscnling, often, diverse and opposite interests, thrown together, far the most part, os strangers in this pul lie capacity, we have not been unmindful of the claims which v e have upon each other as social beings. I cannot forget the many ncrsoual mtimadoi and gincora Jrit-ndgbips bore formed. They will be treasured in me mory. Though our paths of life may be widely diver gent, your images will never bn effaced from my mind. They will cheer and illumine my future years. The pain of separation is much rel'ered though that, After having labored here, w? tTO9t) ftSSftUOIVSIy for the best interests of our State and nation, wo are about to return to our homes, there to mingle our con gratulations with those of our constituents upon the brightening prospects of our country, and the splendid MICCePPGB U'hicll have recently CtaWhed the Federal arms. The State we represent has borne so conspicuous nnd honorable a part in these thrilling national events that we cannot be insensible to their glorious import. To call to mind legions of heroes, need I more than name fort DodoIbou; where Smith's nudaußtod columns charged home end stormed (lie enemy’s works at the point of the bayonet I Sigel’s fame has lent its radiance to the once obsenro name of Pea Kidge, and associated it with the moat resplendent feats of arms, and the ©nblimert exhibitions of courage, Roanoke* linked lest pambiy with Burnside's name* suggests inu petuons, fiery charges at the cannon's mouth, aud tho triumph of military skill anil daring over the staunchest natural and artificial defences. Can 1 pass over ia silence the battle near Wiicbester, on© or |h© DIOOE dc-Bj*?raie ano deadly engagements In the annals of war? There Pennsylvania was largely represent ed iu the lieta of valor, heroism, aud death. There, at the head of his regiment, iu the blossom of his fame, bravest of the brave, fall (h© g*Jlftut Murray; and* <w» his heroic spirit aoaretl to immortality, tho glorious Eighty-fourth, amid awful raking fires, still inspired by their leader's last rallying cry, with the illustrious One- Hucdred-and* Tenth close at their side, in the hour of fate, avenged his death by prodigies of VAior. A 1 honor to the deathless spirits, whose daring? deeds have shorn romance of half its novelty, and shed such unfading lustre upon the escutcheon of our State! But tha process of speech is too slow for the march of our vic torious legions, and the news of the latest victory grows old, even while w© nr© relating it. Hark l the hoarse thunder from . the gouthwoßt is peal* jng through the heavens, and even while lam speak ing the telegraphic wires are ablaze with tho news of an overwhelming victory at Pittsburg Landing. Of the immense numbers tho terrible losses on hoik elden, the (ImLlds charge a, the U»ncj-te'fcPU4 en counters, the deedsof individual darine, and the splendid results of victory, ’twere long to tell.” This is as yet the last greatest victory—a day to be remembered—- 1 11 a day of onsets of despair.” Ah 1 how poorly the pomp of apAAfih portrays tha glariAU* ta&lliy! In lh« heraldry of war shine immortally the names of Halleck, Grant, Sigel, Curtis, Burnside, Shields, and others. Drauesville, Henry, Donelson, Pea Ridge, Roanoke, Winchester, and Pittsburg Landing are his toric names. At the mention of each ana of tiiam a**?? loyal Americas heart will leap with joy. Well may we depart from this chamber prouder of our native State and our radiant nalioual flog thau ever before. Stay your affections for the State you have so honorably re present here* be ever oa ardent u turn aud may your mvo or country never suffer change or decay. For my self, I shall ever look back with pleasure upon my asso ciations here, and hope never to have occasion to change tho kindly feelings of friendship and regard, with which J now bjd jou farewell. The Senate proceeded to elect a Speaker with the fol lowing result; George P. Lawrence had 23 votes. Henry S. Molt ** 10 “ Mr. Lawrence was conducted to the chair by Mr. Mott, u hen he addressed lb* Senates follows: Sebatous i I thank you mGBt # sincerriy for this evidence of your confidence and esteem, this endorsement of my private and public acts while associated with you is the transaction of business, and this Is but a feeble expiennlon of the RrfttilHde whisk I trust I Shull OTOr evince tp you pH, We are the representatives of 500,000 electors, 2,000,- 000 of people, and or oVer $570,000,000 of property. To legislate with a (nil appreciation of (til the varied inte rests involved, and so as to meet tho just demands of an intelligent people, should be our highest purpose. Owing to circumstances beyond our control, what I conceive the most important measure proposed for our considera tion, and one which I trust will receive the early atten tion 11* those of us who may return, has not been con sidered. I refer to the revision of the revonua laws of the State, aud a moro just aud uniform assessment, which will brim; f° light millions or money now escaptug taxation. To moet the demands of the General Govern ment. aud raise the common revenue for State purposes, wilt absorb a Inge portion of tffp products Of tho Ifi* dc»try i’f the but if the system of taxation is unife rm, the same patriotism which offers life to defend, will give money cheerfully to sustain the Government. Since tlie days when Civsar flourished, there has not tie< n such striking events as we have witnessed within the hftt year. Thera » no parallel in history to this syectKcle. The President chosen by the people was scarcely permitted to enter the capital of the nation, In March, 1361, to assume the oath of office; violence, assas sination was threatened. He found all the departments of the Government he was expected to administer full of traitor* \ the army and navy completely de* moralized, existing only Id name,* the arm stolen: vessels- nf loar held in Southern ports; mints rob* led; farts seized; fltatea denying allegiance, and de fmrnl)" assuming separate and distinct powers. In short, the pillars of the whole structure of government trembling at lliii uiiß&iural acd unexpected assault j but the pa tiJoliwn of the President was only equalled by that of ibe people. As the danger became more imminent, soidiei.s bee tune more numerous, and, in the brief space of mje year, we find over 600,000 men in the field, well armed, y ell fad, and ready to did in dtfenr© of the Uuion, can we realize tha fact that while we are here* Quietly puTMilng ov.r ordinary dnties, and peace, plenty, and comfort reign throughout the Northern and Western States, there are. a few hundred miles south of us, a mlt lion of men iu arms? TV«Li Vfte C<?is<s ttntll tho t»s t coeqxy 9C the Union and Constitution is conquered. The rtcto already achieved we trust are but harbingers < greater come. go» prf>Hd AH) W 0 Of the Wrt Stnte bf am in this conKst * The sons of raimsyif ft as gallant, as brave as the “ Imperial Guard," are To in alt tbo divisions of the army. Winchester has l inscribed on the banners borne by some of them, Richmond mar soon be added. Some havo fallen in c filet bit II.& field, trxLiMlh.g (lie UgWl li«lta of pern* hrAVAry. Let their names be pAewd gently dowu to children as examples worthy of their imitation, am the tombs of ail let the inscription be made—//* died the Union, Let us sympathize in onr heart of h« wilb those who mourn and are in Littepatu for dead. Wherever you go, toil will find the mble wee* mourning—hearts stricken with grief— *r*d these are ing evidences ef the wickedness of this monstrous hellion. The hour is at hand when we nepftrftte and turn to assume other, and to many of US moro pICOSA duties in another sphere. Our Intercourse hat bt most pleasant and agreeable, and attachments, only i ferlor to thc*c for our own household, art formed. 1 have held and defended our own opinions OR all que tbns with ftfYW and Kfiftli but that court&iy and ael re«j»«ct, which should always bo found In the represet tatiYcs of an intelligent cnnstitnencvi has cnwACtertoe our acfH, and we part friends —ardent friendB. I # away, cherishing for all of yon the’ kindest feeling ant the highlit personal respect. It is scarcely possible we shall all meet again in tho mme capacity—imUAd it u comm wo will noT—tno fntiiM is pMIM In but. whnreyer wo ato found, let us attempt so to perform onr part In the great drama of human affairs, that when the shadows of tho future appear in view we may look back on onr past history and gay w? llrtTff not li veil in Vain. Mr. CRAW *‘6ri> oftend a resolution, that the thanks of the Seuai e he tendered to the Hon Louie W. Hall, for the able, impartial, nml gentlemanly manner in which he has performed the duties of Speaker of the Senate, A' opted uuauJM&Ufilp. Ml*. STEIN OftiiH-ii a resolution of thanks to-the Chief Clerk and his assistants. Adopted unaniniouHly. A resolution thanking the clergy of Harrisburg for their -voluntary attendance, and opening the seesiODfl of IbfrftnalG with urnreri wa.i artnntal imiuilmoiuly. A resolnth n was adopted requesting the Governor to refuse a certified copy of the biU to incorporate the Union Xxpiesg Company, the same never baring pasaad the Benate. The Senate then adjourned ffar 'fry, [CONCLUSION* OK TBCHSbAV lilGilT’i? .-KSSUMf.) The Ifnuso mot at 10 P. M., on Thursday night. Thu suuplamimt to Ihu Rftet; atd vta* strain railroad having been ft-JfeCted by the limine, was again considered and passed, as amended by the Senate. Also, the act Incorporating the South Broad-street Hotel Company. The House vybb callud to order at 10 n'olt *k A. M. Mr. ARMSTRONG, on behalf of the officers of tli» House, presented the Speaker with a gold-beaded cane. It wus jeceived with appropriate thanks. Mr. DUFFiELI) offered a resolution appointing • eOfiniiiltte«3 of three lo w»U tiit, CipTOITWr) RDfl ID* forin him that tho Itouhe would be ready t-> adjourn at 12 Al, fine dit. A committee was olbo appointed to wait upon the Senate. Mr. KAIJS’E offered a resolution that no officers should Tbtlirn lit this OlWMlitljf if MXfc S^iil6n r except ihoM au- Ihoriat dby law. A greed to. A resolution was adopted providing for the printing of the Report of the House Committee relative to the army fraud*. Mr. LIOHTEXWALLNEII ottered a p&a&lullou pro viding for tho printing of 5,000 copies of the biU for the at judication of certain military claims. Mr. HOPKINS moved that the evidence taken before the tonnage investigating committee should nol be printed, bring ret, long am) tJfjpenniYP. The motion Wba atUrwMQs -withdrawn, The Alleged Corruptions of IHU« Mr. STRANG presented to the House a communica tion from Elisha W, Davis, Speaker of the House in 1861. it wad>tad, itssUtfilh Dial grunt iujustioa hid beau done to J4r. Davis by tho report or the committee, and that, while it was not agreeable for him to appear before the public, it was unavoidable. The inference left by the report was, that Mr. Davis refused to attend the com mittee. This was a xuitstako. He went voluntarily btfoie them* and answered every mitetloßi m*«i t *f.*r Marshall's testimony was made public, be again hurried to Harrisburg, but too late to give additional evidence before the committee reported to the House. Mr. MARSHALL testified that he had seen money in Davis’ room on a feed. Davis went with Mgrtfli?]! tfford AUikH»a*n lieUw, of Harrisburg, 9fl ApHlftbl MUI SWOT* to the following statement; “The impression I wished to convey to the committee in regard to my visit to Speaker Davis’ room, and the facts in the case are substantially as follows: HI rooalM why I went to tho voas. It w&» u borrow forty dollars. lJuvihg a considerable sum of money (I do not recollect the. amount), he eaid he wou’d lend me the money providing I paid it back as soon as we arrived in Pittsburg, stating, at tho timet that the money belonged to another ga&tU nmn, and that be (Davis) was instructed to deposit it (a Kmm rand Itahm’s bank, in Pittsburg. lie said he had about $5OO of his owu monoy, and that he would like to have it exchanged for gold. I weut with him to the bank when we arrived in Pittsbnrg ( apd llLlil (I biiViilg an ac<iuainlance -with sh c bank UflitWfl) tO get about $206. We had a good deal of conversation, la a jocular manner, but those arc, to the best of roy recol lection, the facts in the case. Mr. Davis at uo time stated to me, in a manner that I could suppose or believe, (hit bo fiver received my motuf frsm i l . ;onaj -i T BailfOad COttipftllV, 6r frohi Thomas A. Scott, although it was not unusual at that time to pass a joke in reference to the accusations made by the enemies or that road. “KENNEDY MARSHALL*' Mr- Paris further states that the money referred (a belonged ro parties who had given it to hitfi f6* tU PUr- POBC of patenting oil lauds, and that it was deposited to the credit of thoee parties in Pittsburg The sum was in the possession of Mr. Davis for two months before tttf passage of the commutation act; and amounted to $2)000. ire denies tliar Thomas A. Scott, of &&» other person, ever approached him in connection with the tonnage-tax question, and declare; that he voted for the acc thrtugh principle alone. Patton (RdP.) Pike (Rep.) Porter (Rep.) Potter (Hep.) l>ic© (T*ep.)| Me* Riddle (Rep.) Rollins (R.) t N.H. Sargeant (Rep.) SfilgMck, (15.) Snanka (H.) Sheffield (U.) She’Jabarger (B.) Sloan (Rep.) Spaulding (Rep.) Stevoni (Rep.) Stratton (Rep.) Thomas (R.) Mass. Train (Rep.) Trowbridge (ft.) VftßbsrD (liep) Tan TalKenourgH (Bep.) Yerreo (Rep.) Wallace (Rep.) Walton (Rep.), Vt. («,) Wheeler (Rep ) White(R.), Ind. Wilson (Bop.) Windom (Bep.) Rollins (U.), Mo.j Shiel (Rep.) Steejc (D,), W.Y, Steele (D.), N. J, Thomas (U.)» Md, Yalltndighlm (D.) v °?r&°ss (Pem,) ivwsmin (V.) Ward (Dem.) Mil KAINE oallo<l for the mdlue &f tLo evidence or Marßiiuii, as taken by tho Investigating Committee, It was read as follows! “I went to Davis' room on the afternoon of the ad journment of tho Legislature, and saw a considerable amount of money lying an the bed ar tents* ido net fejolliot Which. I picked UB Sdffie of the uole* aud put them In my pocket, and a&ftud him where he had made such a * raise.’ Ho replied that Thomas A. Scott had given it to him ; to which I replied that, os he was so liberal fo him, l wished he would call around and am some of the rest of ut» Mr, Davis then replied that he was only joking—thnt lin rnceived it from anothersoitrcA, or that ir belonged to another party, We were Coming out to Pittsburg together. He asked me to carry a port of it, that he did not like to pftriT SO nillCll of iti Which I djd, St* 11 The Lhii Hours of the Session, White (0.), Ohio Wickliffe (U.) Wright (U.) Mr. HOPKINS (Watrhlugton county) offered a reso lution returning the thanks of the House to John Bowe* &iurtw, On tho resolution the ayes vim nau 4) and li members did not vole. Sir. SUA3HOX ofTe.reil » resolution thanking the Cieikof the House, John A. Smull. Agreed to. Other resolutions of thanks were offered and adopted. A cane was presented Jo John Smillli M vhißpelßf in thv procuGdingH tno strangers' gallery was densely crowded with visitors. It was moved and carried that the “Star Spangled Banner” be sung by Mr. Woodbouse. This was accord iitsly the hnwJred voices of tho members joining in Thu vbonw, and some of the ladles in the gallery pwH ciparing, Mr. WILLIAMS, of Allegheny, was called upon for An address, and complied. He alluded to the gloom which overspread tho nation a$ opening of the 8M« ?d©t» f and to'tbe onnjigbtVhich followed. He spoke of Secretary Stanton as having infused into a derelict War Department a spirit and energy which bad resulted so successfully, and as having ordered the advance of the Federal arnifej* to Yictorf. He gave the particulars of Ln ItiiwvL-w wide!* i*» W Md yfilb immediately after his appointment, ana cited tho conver sation as giving proof of tho ludomitable energy of the present Secretary of War. Tho Republic had been de monstrated not to be a failure. lie was frequently Sttd londiy applauded. On motion, the sentlrneuls of tiie speaker were en dorsed. Tlie Governor notified tbo Home that he had signed a number of bills, among (hem the appropriation bill. The Speaker delivefed A farewell address, Just sb ihe House was about to adjourn sine die, a re solution was received from tho Bcaate staling that it had been discovered that the Governor had signed an act in corporating the Union Express Company, ami that the said act had never passed the Souatet The resolution prating tho act wab immediately adopted, and tha House tbc-u adjourned sine die . THE STEAKEB ASIA AT HEW YOBK. Knvr Toiik, April 11.—Tho ,|?M»t||fp A«i» ftrriral this eveniDg with EiTfrpopi dotes or the 29th ulti» and by telegraph from Queenstown to tho 30th. The Government announced in the House of Commons on the 26tli that it would make a concession in the edg (Ml&ii&l AUfsllbh, In order to settle the controversy t The opposition expressed great satisfaction. Lord Palmerston bad bo far recovered as to attend a Cabinet council. ©n the 28ih, Sir T. Smith gave notice in the House of Commons that he would call attention to th«- eh gHgemMi t hitween the J/iyyfffidd aud Mdhilor } and ask whether, in confluence of its results, the Government would not Bti*peud the construction of iron‘plated ships until the question of iron-plated gunboats is considered. it ii) proposed that the Lord Mayor of Louden call a meeting to adopt a vote of thanks to Mr. Peabody for hte munificence. The Locdon Times has a sarcastic article on the taxes about to be imposed in America. It says it will take the whole aiEDV when released from duty io the field to eoU loct than, And Insinuates that they will not be sub mitted to. Gyrus W. Field returns in the Asia, He entertains the most sanguine opinion in the ultimate enecess of the Atlantic telffiropHt Glass, Elliott, it Co, have offered to construct and l»v it as the hare cost price, reserving all profit till its efficiency is demonstrated by its working. A brilliant conversazione wsa held at the residence of Mr: Gurney, 21. P., in Loudon, on the snbject of the Atlantic cnbie. A great many influential men were pre lont. and many speoebea wore marie. It ihiagUt that England should taltd tha InlU&llvd. Mr. Field sold that be was authorized to say that the American Go vernment had the greatest confidence in the judgment and integrity of England, and was ready to co-operate in any plan that might he adapted. The conrinentol news is without Interest. FRANCE. The Paris Bourse was depressed and fluctuating, but closed firmer. Rentes 60f, 70c. Tbo amalgamation of the southern and rogular armies of Italy has been officially decreed. Uavhk, March 29.—The sales of Cotton for the week were 2,000 bales. Orleans ires ordinaire ls7f r Tb© DWArkfct fa finn, but with ft Alight (KlTftntTO, Tlve totul stock in port amonuts te 75.000 bales. Liverpool. Hard, 28.—Breadstuffs closed Tory dull, and still decllmvg. Flour dull, with a decline of 6d®l*. Wheat flat and prices nominal; red Western 10s 4dolla £.l * rt d 11a ft.ls.lli* “A - I«0 , white Southern Ids ftdntlds M, Corn ,heavy, at a de cline of 6«l®9d *, mixed 28s yellow 28* 6d. London, March 2S. —BreodatnlTs dull. Ml Hi a down ward tendency. Iron dull. Sugar has a downward ton drilCP. JiliA dfill-i Coffee baa declined 10, §pMt® Turpentine firm at "Or. TalUw quiet at 40s 9d, Linseed Oil advancing; sales at 375. Common Congou Tea quiet and steady. American securities steady: Illinois Central shares M(N3 Oieconut; Brie Railroad 23(134, Livunrom., March 30.—The rebel schooner C. 9. Evans was passed on the 4th of March by tbo O. Vltm inpi from Bombay. Thera waa un HaUnAwn Amirtein flllD alongside. The Ufildii flag wda lowered when tha yesaels parted company. The ship <7. IT. Connor t from Boston for Santiago, has beeu abandoned at sea—crew saved. The ship A. U. from Maulmafo for towiif ban bean WTPVfcVd ftt TftVlVßftrT The Bbip San Francisco , from the South Seal, wai abandoned at reaon the Ist of March—crew saved. Tho steamship Norwegian, from Portland, has arrivad at Londonderry., _ • M»|-cb 53^ —The ship ®T Stockton, from Baltimore for Bordeaux, baearrirod bra* leaky, and with the malnmaat gone Commercial Intelligence. Jiarcli 30,—'Tbs aaloi oT Cotton rsitat rtay were HSUO bales, Die market rioting Bn» *t un changed nnotatinna. The advices front America bad no nereeptililu i fleet, upon the market 't lie Jircailatiiff market waa very dull lhurieiuus ruled uuiet and steady. X.tvyrinv. Mnrob tUted tail .i for money. AMKItIOAN STOCKS.—The last sales ware Erie llailroad atfktWe>36; Illinois Central 44n43J{ discount. Psitia, March SO.—The Bonita yesterday olosed dnll. Bentut 09106 c. AViLtaJT-aTREETWKSttIKNCB, BUSINESS STANDS, Neat Dwellinos, Taverh, Laiioe Vacant Lots, Lancaster and Allegheny Avenues, Ac. Tbom&s A Sans 1 fi&la. on Tuo&i&y h6xt ( will com prise very valuable property, by order of Orphans' Court, executors, and others. Extra Larc.e Sale Stocks, Loans, Ac. —Also, by ifdM &f AdUiUtSIfUMS And 6tb4H, a y,jy latgT amount of bsnk, insurance, and railroad stooka, loans, do. See advertisements, auction hemi, and pampWot SRtwWgwes Lei,»d tv-dey, HOUSE. rmn.n-i April U. LATER FROM EUROPE. GREAT BRITAIN. THE LATEST. [By Telegraph via Queenstown.)
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