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FRIDAY, MAY 23; 1862
THE LATEST WAR riEws
We have news from General McClellan's army
tip to Wednesday afternoon. General Stoneman
is still at Gains' Mills, eight and a half miles from
Richmond. General Stoneman, in compaoy with
Professor Lowe, made st, balloon reoonnoissanoe of
the alien of the enemy, and also Richmond.
A large Dumber of samba were seen in and around
Richmond, and oars were di.oerned entering and
leaving the city. Heavy firing was hoard, on
Tuceday c in the vicinity of James river, and it was
•
probably by our gunboats shelling the rebel bat
teries on that river,
Our Fortress Monroe correspondent telegraphs
us that the steamer George Washington hat arrived
there, after having been denied a passage up the
James river, above City Point, while carrying a flag
of truce. Further particulars of the outrage com
mitted by the rebels by tiring on a flag of truce are
received. Three hundred were killed in Fort Dar
ling by the fire of our gunboats, and it is expected
that that fort will fall into our hands whenever our
officers may choose to make another attaok on it.
By telegraph from Cairo we have gratifying in
telligence, Pert Wright is probably evacuated,
and 'before this is no doabt in the hands of the
Federal forces. The rebel gunboats and troops
were not visible for several days, and, therefore, _
Commodore Davis determined to make a recon
noissance of the place, and find the whereabouts -
of the rebels The boats were immediately
desi etched, but no trace of the rebels could be
found. It is supposed that they have fallen
beck on Fort Randolph, a strong fortification on
the second Chickasaw Bluff, twelve miles below ..
their former position, and one whioh will be bard
for the mortars to succeeefully shell. The Blom
phis papers of the 17th state that Commodore
Farregut's fleet had arrived at Vieksbarg,
The Riohmomd Dispatch of a late date has a let
ter in its columns from its Corinth correspondent,
dated Nay 4th, and which proposes to give a relia
ble account of affairs in Gen. Beauregard's army.
The correspondent commences his latter. with an
sect unt of the fight at Farmington, which he claims .
as a toilet victory, but significantly remarks that
our shells created great havoc in their ranks, and
tro or three regiments scattered in every direction.
lle acktowledges that our generals have bemuses-.
icg an immense force on their right flank, and
have by a sudden dash cut off the• Memphis and
Charleston Railroad, eight miles above the rebel
proition, cud fears Oa our lonics would perform
the remo operation on the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road.
Tho guerillas of Missouri, prompted by the same
persons w holurge on the same class of murderers in
Virginia, have again made their appearencie in that
Side. committing depredations on Union people.
On Monday a Government train of seventeen wa
gons was captured near BAIA; the wagons were
bill rad, and the hon.'s: , sad mules driven of.
Several days ago various accounts of the battle
at Farmington, Mistissippi, by the Union forces of
Om Pope's corps and the rebels under (lens.
Bragg, Van D ro, and Price, were published, la
which was a Aliment that a rebel general wag
killed by one of our sharpshooters. The Chiaage
papers slate that, that officer was Gen. Sterling
Price, of Missouri notoriety. lie was following oar
army—which was retreatingtoo rapidly, when he
fell, pierced by several rifle balls, which wore fired
by eel. Roberta' sharpshooters, who were acting as
tkirmlshers. Ile rode a white horse, and was,
therefore, a conspicuous mark for our riflemen. It
is stated that deserters, contrabands, and prisoners
from Beauregard's army all corroborate this story.
TILE SUPREME COURT of FOTlBEylVattla,
ting at Harrisburg, as we are informed by •
telegraph, has decided that the act of Assem
bly allowitig our volunteers in the artily to
vote when absent from, the State in military .
service, is unconstitutional, and consequently
tliat the army - vole is illegal_and void. The'
constitutionality of the law was fairly and
fully before the court in both the cases de
cided ; std its nuconstitutionality is, there
fore, definitely and finally settled. In the
case of JOSEPH KIINERANX., the defendant had
been indicted in the Court of Quarter Sessions
of this county for voting illegally at the elec
tion held ittst fall in one of the camps of our
volunteers near Wash ngton ; his coup...
sel demurred to - the indictment on four
grounds: Ist, That the .L .w authorizing the
elect on was in conflict %el:11 . 111e Constitution
of the State of Pennsylvania; 2d, teat the
law was never intended to authorize an elec
tion to be held outside of the limits of tho
State; 3d, that said law had been repealed..
by the consolidation act; 4th, that the law
was in conflict with the Constitution of the.
United Stab a ; arid that, therefore, the elec
tion being void, there could be no prosecu
tion for alleged illegal voting at a void election.
Judge ALLISON, betore whom the case was
pending, sustained the demurrer. The case was
carried up to the Supreme Court by the Com
monwealth, and the decision of Judge ALLISON
has been endorsed by that tribunal. In the
ease of the District Attorney of Luzern°
county, the point way, if possible, even more
simply and plainly put. There was no allega
tion of hand in the manner of Voting or con
ducting the election in the . camps. If the act
authorizing the vote was constitutional, then
the army retards acre to be counted,
and would give the - certificate to one of the
candidates; but if it was unconstitutional,
those returns were to be rejected, and the'
opposing candidate would be entitled to the
office. The Supreme Court, after exhaustive
arguments by Messrs. GEO. M. Mimi:row,
LUNOSTREET, end MANN in favor of the con
stitutionality- of the law, and by Messrs..
STANLEY WOODWARD, RAKES, CONARROE, and
F. U. BREWSTER against the constitution
ality, have decided against the constitution-.
ality of the statute—three of the concur
ring judges, LOWRIE, STRONG, a:sd WOOD
WARD, (all able jurists,) being Democrats,
who can scarcely be supposed to have enter
tained a political bias in favor of those whom.
they knew their decision would place in im..
portant offices In this city, over men of
their own political party.
The effect of these decisions here will be
to give the office of Sheriff to Mr. JOHN
THOMPSON, who contested the election of MG
Ewuio, mainly upon the ground of the uncut
stitutionality of the army vote, and the clerk,.
ship of the Orphans' Court to Mr. STEMS?,
sow. 3n the latter case, we presume there.
will now be no difficulty in the Court accopt=.
lag the securities of Mr. STEVENSON, and the.
Goveinor issuing a commission to him, as
both the return held by him and the one held
by Mr. LAWRENCE show the majority for the
foriler, it the army vote is rejected. In the
anomalous position the contested election in
this case was made to assume neither candi
date has held the office since the election, Mr.
WOOLSEY, the late clerk, holding over until
bis successor should be ascertained and
qualified.
We hope Mr. EWING, whose friends claim
for him such a high character for honor and
gentlemanly fair dealing, will at once retire
from an office which these decisions of
the highest legal tribunals of the State
emphatically declare ho has not the least
title to; and not by availing himself of the
-quibbles and delays of an ultimately fruitless
contest, wait until he is thrown out by the
Court. What effect this opinion of the Su-
Fume Court will have upon the Councils and '
other offices of the city, we cannot, at thts
writing, say, (owe do not recollect whether any
contests have been begun, heretofore, in rela
tion to them; and are not accurately in
formed how far the unconstitutionality of the
army vote can be taken advantsgo of at this
time by those who were defeated by the recep
tion of that vote, and who have not filed con
testing petitions.
The wisdom of the decision of the Supreme
Court, apart from the abstractquestion of con
stitutional law, will be acknowledged by every
thinking person, and by none sooner or rea
dier than by the patriotic, officers and soldiers,
whom it at dist blush appears to deprive tem•
porarily of the elective tractility!. The demo
ralizing effect of an electßneering campaign,
among soldiers in the field, can hardly bo over
estimated; its utter subversiveness of disci
pline, its tendency to awaken party rancor
and strife, c.ngendering bitterness not only
between individuals but companies, and even
rogict mats, was so painfully apparent io the
election of last fall—though bat a very
few of our
, hosts •of gallant fellows in the
army attempted. to exercise the privilege
—that It was Enid the General-in-chief con-
templated at one time issuing orders to
forbid elections being held. The very meagre
ness of the vole polled iu the camps show
how little the brave fellows, who" . ivent there for
a nobirr purpose than to dabble in the . poliica .
they had left behind, regarded this voting,
under such circumstances, as : . a priyileige.
They will thank the Supreme Court for,frise•
-
lug them from an annoyanee, rather tisin de
priving them of a right; and we congratulate
tl cm and the community upon the firmness
and ability with which that court has rendered
.the visite and" "effort/ bt political backs and
managers unnecessary and impossible, at least
for political purposes.
WE rum , a very remarkable article on our
first page. It is an elaborate comment on the
address of the D. mocrafic Committee, and is
reprinted from the Nashville Union of the 17th
of May. We desire to call the attention of
our readers to this article, because it enables
us to say a word or two in reference to the po
sition of the Border Stater towards the Admin
istration, and the duty which all true men-in
those communities owe to our Government.
It further illustrates the position taken by'
TEE PRESS in regard to that document, and
clearly establishes the record we have endea
voted to make upon the Secessionists in our
midst. There is a simplicity and plainness in
this articls which commends it to us as a frank
exposition of Border State, sentimmt. It
speaks for those who have felt the 'horrors of
rebellion; for the men who have been as it
were snatched from the thraldom of Secession.
If the cause of the rebels possessed any merit,
surely Tennessee would be capable of appre
ciating it. Tennessee 'has had a year's expe
rience of Mr. DAVIS and his Confederacy; she
knows the difference between the rule of the
Southern usorpet and the Northern President,
and when she speaks, either through her ora
tors or her newspapers, we are bound to accept
her evidence as conclusive.
Our Tennessee contemporary repeats, with
emphasis, the argument that has been so often
made in reply to the charge that Mr. LINCOLN
has reside his Administration a mere partisan
Government, and mentions the names of Way,
STANTON, MCCLELLAN, BUELL, lIALLEOK, and
ANDREW JOHNSON . , to show that their previous
political antipathy did not prevent the Presi
dent from clothing them with hts confidence
when the country was in danger. The work
of killing Secession is commended to the coun
try as a task more necessary than that of ct kill
ing abolition," to which so much of ths Be
mocratic address was devoted. All the horrors
of rebellion, its perfidy and wrong, are dwelt
upon with a degree of feeling which suggests
.-a sad and sorrowful experience. The gentlemen
I in the North who deuouncethe army and the
warfrom easy-chairs and bar-rooms might learn
the real meaning of the crime for which they'
apologize in this Tennessean's condemnation;
they might learn that there is something more
dear to the nation than the reorganization of
a party, which can only exist in the nation's
ruin" We have our own opinion," says the
journalist, as to the real origin of this detona
ble attempt. The Southern rebel leaders are
at the bottom of it." We are sorry to think
that this siwuld be true, but the evidences are
too painfully plain to be denied. Let us,
then, here in the North, take up the sentiment
of our brothers in Tennessee, and assist them
in :heir noble work, by slaying Secession at
the ballot-box as effectively as our soldiers are
slaying It in the field. And to do so, we must
defeat and utterly destroy the political party
which seeks to triumph in our shame.
ccW.," oust ever-welcome Allentown cor
respondent, does not compliment Mr. E. D.
Slurs, the present Breckinrldge candidate
for Congress in the Lehigh district, to fill the
vacancy created by the desth of Dr. 'No us
B.Moorren, when ho tries to make him a
Douglas Democrat, &c. Mr. &Ines; if ha
ever.cared three straws for the memory or•
the'-principliet .of ..DouoLes, has bravely re.
pitted: of Isis. experiment. Be is now in the
bands of the'Breckinridgers of the district,
and in his. speech at Doylestown, on Tuesday
last, announced his approval of Dr. Coorsa's
cosine, who always voted with these pis - Mains
White he ~teas in Congress. Is it not full
time that. the game or allowing political
tricksters to call themselves ic Doug' is De.
mocrats shoulcl •be closed up? Some of;
the meanest and most slavish followers of the
Brtckinridge school use this disguise to get
dice. Mr. STILES disdains this sham, and
boldly runs on the Breckinridge platform of
hostility to the., Administration and the war,
and utter indifference as to the bravery of our
soldiers and the treason of the rebels. We
had.supposed that c‘ W." had seen enough of
the treachery and selfishness of politicians to
restrain him from arguments in support of
such aspirants as Mr. STILES. Mr. STILES, if
elected to Congress, will go there to do exactly
xlmt - DocOLas.did . not do before he died, and
what ho would not have done if he had lived.
Be will go there to vote as a partisan, not as
a patriot ; to oppose the Administration of
Mr. LINCOLN, and to labor for such a compro
mise as would return the traitors to the power
which they abused and surrendered. And if
he should be chosen, "W." arid the rest of our
friends in the district cannot blame us for not
having served this notice upon them in ad
vance.
IT SEEMS STRANGE that the steam-gun, which
would be one ut the most powerful weapons,.
has not been used either in war-steamers at sea
or in forts on land. It was invented, over
forty years ago, in. England, by the late JACOB
PERKINS, of Massachusetts, the man who in
stroduad such changes in bank-note engraving,
by substituting soft steel for copper plates,
and, hardening the steel after it had left the
engraver, transferring the impression to other
steel platei, which could afterward be male
bard, and thus multiplyirig the design, in exact
duplicate, as often as desired. JAMES WATT,
to whom we owe the steam-engine, had ex
perimented on steam artillery. Mr. PERKINS
followed up the idea by constructing a gun in
which steam was used instead of gunpowder,
as the propelling power. The gun was ex
hibited for years, at the Adelaide Gallery, in
London, and was an especial object of atten
tion for; country cousins. AKINS pre
eented his invention to the cation of the
Ordnance Npartment of EI which the
Duke of WEimarerox then was head, and public-.
ly gave a series of illustrative experiments, in
the presence of the Duke, and the leading ar
tillery officers in the British service. The re
sults were extraordinary, at the time, but
Science has subsequently competed with them.
Cannon-balls were forced through wood and
iron, and, the piece being self-loading, balls
were fired off at the rate of a thousand a
minute. The gun was as manageable as a fan
in a lady's fair hand; Tbe expense of work
ing it—that is, the cost of the steam—was one
two-hundredth part of the price of gunpowder
necessary to discharge an equal . number of
balls in the usual way. Moreover, the gun
could be used to give.the effect of grape-shot,
for all that was required was to put musket
balls, slugs, nails, or other offensive pieces of
metal into a tin cylinder, and charge the gun
therewith, and when the steam drove out the
cylinder, the contents scattered about in all di
rections with deadly effect. Thus employed
against coming boarders at sea or against
storming-parties on land, the weapon would do
terrible service.
The Perkins steam-gun was not adopted
into the British service on two pretences :
first, that it was difficult to give steam the
force of gunpowder, and next, that the re
quired machinery for applying the steam was
too complex for use .on• the field. At that,
time, however, the idea of a steam-plough,
of a steam-reaper and mower, of a steam
thresher, would have been ridiculed as worthy
of the eccentric college of Laputa. Mr.
Panama maintained to his last day that
the steam-gun was not accepted by Eng
land, because it had been invented by
an almerican, after Englishmen of practi
cal science had vainly attempted to make
the, idea praiticable. He mentioned, in
illustration of this, that his invention of
• substituting/steel for copper-plates in bank
note engraVing; was 'rejected by the Bank of
England, 1818, from the same jealous feel
ing. The; Bank of Ireland, on the contrary,
gladly accepted it as a great preventive of
forgery, giving him the contract for supplying
plates for its bank notes, and; ins short time,
two-thirdi of the banki in the United King
dom followSti this example. For a long time,
most of the bank-note engraving in that couti
! by was executed . by Perkins and Heath, and
'the prinCiple has since been largely extended
to book, engravings and la: ger prints.
. .
—.TM Perkins gull, as we have said, was ex
biliitcd tlou liar many y urs , dariug
‘slgo it requitvl . lo . ..ri . pair. We aro anIE.
ciently skilled in meta° to know whether
such a lethal weapon miglst be advantigeonsly
used on the field of battle. There may be
difficulties unknown to unskilled persons, but
it does seem practicable, on board ship, where
*incase steurn-power is necessarily kept up,
to generate steam at a sufficiently great pres
sure as wuuld euable the Perkins gnu to be.;
used. At all ,events; there does not appear
any good grounds for doubting the advantage
of using such weapons in forts and other sta-
tionary batteries, where one steam-engine
could supply the neecssary : power for a hun
dred such guns. No doubt, the weapon could
be greatly improved and strengthened so as
to discharge heavier missiles than Mr.• Psa
lms dreamt of forty years ago. • •
At all• events, we suggest the subject as
worthy of someconsideration. A self-loading
gun, which can discharge a thousand musket
balls in a minute, and lArger balls more rapidly
than it can be fed with; is something not' to
be disregarded in these bustling-war•times.
CERTAIN universally acknowledged facts, in
the nature . of trnisntls,' twit great favor with
politicians in desperate circumstances. When
ever they meditate anything peCuliarly mean
and reprehensible they resort tkaliew coinage
of these truisms, and fling thintinto the cur
rency of popular sentiment by means of cir
cu'ars and addresses. .It is an old scheme, and
ought, by this time, to be perfectly innocuous.
It is a mild bolus; compounded only by quacks,
and may be taken in almost unlimited quauti
ties with no more harmful effects than follow
a copious draught of milk and-water. .
Probably no intelligent man will deny that
differences of opinion tend to preserve the
equilibrium of governments;when such differ
ences are honestly entertained and wisely dis
cussed. In this sense, parties are essential
to the well-being of nations. At the same
time, circumstances occasionally rule which
should keep ordinary political issues in abey
ance, and will so hold them unless force is
used to release them. But there are some
matters upon which no difference of opinion
can be safely tolerated in communities; such,
for example, as actions universally adjudged
to be criminal in their nature, and measures
destructive of the public peace and welfare.
Thus, at present, men ought not to expect
any toleration of sentiments tending to de
. moralize the -body politic and render tlio
Government less vigorone in its efforts
to preserve itself from. annihilation. •. In
short, there can be • but one lawful
opinion touching the right and duty ' .. of
the Government to prosecute this war to the
end of an honorable and permanent peace.
All other shades of opinion are only treason in
disguise. We are told by political casuists
that men may differ honestly as to the justice
of coercion such as we are now practising
towards rebels.. It will be a sufficient reply to
this to say that men do honestly differ as to
the turpitude of theft, bigamy, and homicide ;
but all good citizens agree that these are crimes
against the peace and well•bcing of society,
and no considerable body of men can be found
bold enough to proclaim that such differences
of opinion and practice are necessary to pre-_
servo society from lapsing into despotism.
There was a period in the history Of `England
when highway robbery was practised and
tolerated as a fine art. But would
..say court
.of justice consider it a mitigating plea for a
highwayman _to put in now-a-days on his
trial ? We presume not. The truth is, pre-
Cedents damage, rather thou strengthen, when
we go too far back for therii The wants of no
two ages are the same. Every age is its own
advocate at tho bar of Time. The necessities
which pressed twenty years ago press no .
longer; and he is much less than a philosopher
who maintains that what'was right and neces
sary sixty years ago is, therefore, right and
necessary now.
No doubt some men greatly admire Thiel;
whose moral calmness permitted himto fiddle
while Rome was burning; and we suppose
that some public men may consider it heroic
to pitch pennies, or engage in the highly in
tellectual vocation of fishing up from their
graces the bones over which parties quarreled
years ago, while the nation is struggling for
existence. But it will not be easy. to. engage
the masses in such a business. The people be-:
lieve in progress, and cannot be wheedled out
of their birthrights.
THE REMAINS of the late Captain JOSEPH
WRIERT, who died at Germantown, on Sunday
last, were interred at Wilkesbarre on Tuesday.
Captain Witromr was a son of lloMifirtnition
B. Wince; -member of Congress Nut .Lii
zerne, and waii.one of the most promising
young_ officers in:the . Army of the Potomac.
He received. a 'good mili tary edficattela, and
was considered one of the hilt drill alters in
the service. He was a giuduato at law,.and at
the outbreak of the war . . occupied an office.
with his lather in the town at Wilkesbarre.
He marched one ot -Abe - . first companies to
Harrisburg in the spring of 1861, at the call of
the President, and during the three-months
service was attached to the Pennsylvania
Eighth Regiment. He subsequently raised
the company which he continued to command
until a abort time. previous to his death—
Company D, of Rush's Lancers. The .sicli
ness which finally proved fatal—typhoid fever
—he contracted at Yorktown: He was re
moved to the hospital at Fortress Monroe, and
subsequently to the house of H. R. Cond-
SHALL, Esq., Germantown, where he lingered
nine days. Ms funeral on Tuesday was one
of the largest attended ever witnessed in that
part of the State, the citizens from all the sur
rounding counties having turned out to do
honor to the memory of this bravo young
martyr to his country's cause: ,
IT MAY, or may not have been remarked by
the obierving public, that the attempt by =-
thin disorgenizers to resuscitate the Democra
tic party is coincident with the dOadence of
the rebellion under the heavy bloWs being
dealt upon its front by the Union army: So
long as, the rebels made the most ef.their ad
vantages, and proclaimed their ability to carry
out their plans, these political resurrectionists .
kept comparatively quiet. The large and in
creasing crop of Union successes has changed
all that. They seem to be getting alarmed
for the integrity of the Government:' They
are now anxious to devise ways and means to
preserve the Constitution, and restore the
Union. For those who menace the Constitu
tion with arms they have no rebuke; hut
against the men-who differ with them in mat
ters of opinion in nowise vitally affecting the
Constitution, they wax wroth and hurl _ana
thema.
We see no explanation of this conduct save
in the anpposition that these covert rebels in
some way confound the-destinies of the rebel
lion and the Breckinridge party. While trea
son flaunted its stage costume they seemed to
consider that • party safe. But no sooner does
it lay off , its feathers and tinsel, and
take to its swift heels, than they straight:
way clamor for the. resurrection of the
(6 good old Democratic party." * Can it 'be
that the probable capture of their venerated
leader by Gen. HALLECK has incited them to
reorganize the party for the purpose Of his
rescue 7
If we mistake not, the day, is past when any
considerable party can be rallied under the
lead of the BIOLERS and the Bucumwts of the
Democratic party. The country will never
again suffer the humiliation of party rule and
party tyranny under the auspices amen who,
if they did not actually join in the plot for the
destruction of the Governlxtent, cc stood by,
consenting," "and opened not their lips."
THE nim, forever prohibiting slavery in the
Territories of the United States, which re
cently passed the House of Representatives,
and will undoubtedly be concurred in by the
Senate, is one of the specifics for treason which
the events of the last year have made agreea
ble to thousands who would have opposed it
a year ago. This measure is called "Love
joy's Bill," but the credit of framing and in
troducing it is due to Hoo."lsA.Ao N. Artsor.n,
of the Chicago (IIl.) district.
Congress Yesterday
BENlTE.—Reeolutions were adopted calling on
the Secretary of the Navy for the official reports of
the late battles on the .The college .
land bill was again under chnsideration. 'The Se
nate resolved into a court of impeachment , in: the
case of West B. llumplirep; a resolution was
subsequently adopted, adjourning the court to the
9th of ' , hale. Some amendments to the tax bill
were adopted, when the , Senate adjourned.
IiODSZ.—The bill securing a speedy transporta
tion of the snails paned. The confiscation bill was.
resumed. Speeobes by Messrs. Kelley, Voorhees,
Pbelps, ir, and others. An evening session was
held, at which speeches were delivered by several
members- . .
TILE I:SESS. - PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1862.
LETTER FROM ~ OCCASIONAL."
W/isitir:Proir, May 22, : 1802.
However the fate of Richmond' is decided;
whether by battle or evacuation every trans;
action and experience of the past few months
has shown that itis utterly; impossible to crush
the rebellion by half-way measures. The con
servative policy which has been
.accepted by
some of the Repnblicans,and which has shown
itself in successful•resistance to all legislation
that seemed to be severe and thorough, is now
proved to be the unsafe . policy. The rebels
themselves mis'ake our moderatioa•for cow
ardice, and answer Orrery new concession by
new blows. Having conscientiously b2lieved
that the best way to treat the rebellion was to
exhibit to them the magnanimity of the Go
vctrnmrnt, simultaneous with its power, .I am
now convinced that the only way. to check
the leadets -is to prove that a Republic
which has been so ready to bear and for
bear can also strike with terrible force
and eff•ct. Every recent item from
•the rebel• army exposes the fact that there
is a deep hatred among the ruling classes of
the South against the Government and its loy
al supporteri, which cannot be conciliated.
Insults to our soldiers from their women are
followed by violations of flags of trace, out
rages upon our wounded and - dead, and other
nameless and shameless atrocities. The
feeling
.produced. by these unnatural and
saiige proceedings is no less bitter among
the: loyal mon 'South than it is among
people of the•free States. Indeed, the
fOrttier axisl, if possible, more anxious for a
strong and searching confiscation bill than the
latter. The Uniowmasses of the free States
cannot understand why they should be called
upon to submit to such great losses of blood
and treasure, while their enemies are permit
ted to go , on in their career of crime ; their
properly untouched, and, as yet, sale from the
effect of stzingent legislation.
The Union men of the South, who have
been hunted and slaughtered, all their per—
sonal goods taken from them, and their homes
desolated, are also unable to understand why
their enemies are not promptly punished.
This is a question that transcends the issee of
slavery, and is felt by thousands who have
differed on that issue. When those who are
fenced to fight in the rebel army realize
that the Federal Congress is in earn
est, and that .their oppressors and chiefs .
are to be punished with inexorable certainty,
'they will . save tbeniselves by refusing to fol
low such leaders. It is to be hoped that our
friends in both houses of the National Legis
lature will no longer be divided, but will come
together at once, and gratify the people who
are expecting decided and comprehensive ac
tion at their hands. Patriots like bolt, of
Kentucky, and .Polk, Johnson, and Brown
low;.of Tennessee, urgently demand that the
most' decisive measures against the rebels
should be adopted. The servants of the peo
ple should take heed of those emphatic and
significapt warnings.
The eiforta of the Senate to frame and pass
. a confiscation bill were yesterday suspended
by a vote to poitpone the bill of the' select
committee and to take up the tax bill. The
'House confiscation scheme seems • now to-be
acceptable to the majority of the Senate.
That measure receives the support of Many of
the Border-State Representatives, among
them Mr. Noell, of Missouri, who 'referred to
it on Tuesday lust in the following eloquent
•
and stirring language : . .
"I undertake to say that, for the purpose of self
preservation, there is no nation upon the face of
the habitable globe that possesses, I do not say
ruiurpid, but such constitutional powers as this
Government possesses, not for the. purpose of
oppression, but for the purpoae of protection, and
for the purpose of selepreservation. Sir, rebel
lions usually succeed in despotic Governments.
Wby ? Because tboy'are rebellions of the masses
against - one man, while a 'rebellion in' this coun
try is a moral, a political, and a physical impos
sibility, so far as success is concerned, because it
is - the rebellion of the few against the many ; it is
an attempt upon the part of a few individuals to
destroy a Government which is the property of,
the whole, and it follows, as certainly as effeot fol
lows cause, that no such rebellion can succeed.
"it is in this I bold that although the Con
stitution of • the United States is 'the same in time
of peace that it is in time of •war, yet it has alum
boring powers, when waked up by the approactrof
danger, which, in the attempt at self preservation,
ire competent for every emergency, and they are
developed as omelette present themselves.
" Baying said this much, Mr. Speaker, in refer
ence to the constitutionality of confiscation, I de-
Bite now to say a few words in relation to the po
licy of it. I claire to have in my bosom as much
of the milk of • human kindness as most men; I
claim to AGSMs as broad a charity as most men.
lam perfectly willing, for one, to forgive the past.
1 am willing to say to those who have undertaken
to destroy the beat Government on the face of, the .
. earth, I _forgive you. Go and sin no more.:.
em willing to do that ; but wliett I' got there, my
charity and my Mercy stop. I am not willing to
say to them, GO, and do as you have done; in the
full consciousness that wehaie no law that can be
practically executed, and4hat will punish You.'
I am not willing to expencilhe whole stook' of my
charity and generosity upon those who have plun
dered, rubbed, and murdered the Union •men• of
my own seetion. lam unwilling to say to them,
Continue in your hellish deeds, and you shall.
rest secure under the protection of the laws and of
the 00113hIlhtiOh-' 1 know something about their
generosity ; .1 know something about their mercy. I
know how my own poor constituents, whose hearts
were not infee ted with this erim e of treason, this send
ment of treachery, were treated at the hands of these
men; and yet Isay I forgive them for what they have
done. I seek to do nothing against them from mo
tives of revenge. I ask no indemnity for the past;
but, in the name of my outraged anti loyal constitu
ents, I do demand at the hands of this Congress ee
curity for the future; and I say, if the Government of
the United States is not strong enuugb, and has not
Courage enough to punish crimes against its own
authority, and to protect the loyal mon who have
steed by it in the hour of its darkest trial, it is a
Government unworthy the allegiance of a free and
brave people. Sir, when I say these things, 1 say
them In no spirit of revenge ; but I take the broad
ground that ten loyal men are entitled, in any
given State, to more consideration than a million of
traitors, and, So far as I am concerned, .1 will un
dertake to carry it out in every vote and every act
while I have the privilege of occupying a seat upon
this floor.
"I say. sir. that so far from this 1 . )111 producing.
reischief.in the border slave States, it is the only
'senile by which our loyal people can be protected.
Why;- air, it is a common thing for these men, as
soon as the - overwhelming force of the United
States troops gots out of sight, to run back into our .
settlements and burn our 'houses, drive our wives
and children from their homes, and strip them of
every dollar's worth of property they have upon
the face of the earth. Moot them again ' and
they laugh in your face, and tell you there is no
law by which they can be punished. You cannot
hang five hum a lred thousand men. That is impos
sible. Such' a law cannot be executed. No ens
knowsletter tbau they do that snob is tho oase s.
'Ana if we do not reach them in the only way in
which we can reach them—through their property
-,they will Continue to commit these disloyal eats
and murderous crimes. I believe that if we had
passed a confiscation bill at our extra session in
July, and those men who own property in that
country had known that there was a law in force
which could be executed against them effectively;
and which would be executed against them if they
continued committing these outrages against their,
fellow.citizeus, and these crime• against the t}o•
vernment, much or the misohief they have perpe
trated would have been arrested."
WE have received from the author, Mr. D.
Brainard -Williams, a popular naval ballad, ‘• Oh
give us a Navy of Iron." The words—which have
been set to music—are dedicated to Captain
Jahn Ericsson, the inventor of the Monitor. It is
published by J. W. Lawton a 00.,19 South Eighth
street.
Ertamszt MAGAZINES.—From S. C. Upham, 403
Chestnut street, we have the Corrard/ Magazine
and Timple Bar. for Maya The former contains
continuations of Thackeray'a two stories and
Richard Doyle'e sketch of Rotten Row, and,the
latter cenatinuesSala'a tale of ".Captain Daragerorta".
and the remarkably able stoiTentitled "Aurora
Floyd." . Both .mtigaairtes have articles on Iron
war ships,' the question of questions just now.
SALE OP CARPETING, MATTING, &c.—The early
attention of purchasers is requested to the general
assortment of 300 pieces of velvet, Brussels, ingrate',
cotton, hemp, and list carpetings. Also, superior
white and red•ohecked Canton and cocoa mattiogs,
to be peremptorily sold, by catalogui, on a credit
of four months, commencing this morning, at 10
o'clock precisely, by John B• Myers & Co., alto
tioneers, Nos. 232 and 234 Market street.
Yeti A111413R011 tt . CO.'s IIIEXAGNEIII.—To-day is
Doei
tively the last but one of this most attractive Zoo!ogical
Phew, which is drawing Immense crowds to the enormous
pavilion on Arch street, above .14 ineternih, Exhibitions
will be given morning, afternoon, and'evening.
id X: AND MIIB..PRABOOT At Boua.—Tille novel enter
tniement bee proved a success. •On Satunlay, Mr. and
Mrs. Peabody give a grand matinee in the largo Concert
Hall, when four hundred children„ from the principal
Catholic school', will ho present by Invitation. Thetare
ell soiree, in the new lecture rosin, will be s, , iven . in the
evenieg.
Tun Ornaa.—The Academy of "Music win be open on
Monday evening - for the perfOrmaks of the Daughter
of the Regiment" lniev Kellogg wilt maintain the ifnia
of Marie, for the iii-4 time, sestet , dby Siguora Brigpoil
and E uaini. The grand concert Ai the celebrate:l pianiati
6ottechelk, ia also announced for the same evening.
Sensalional Despatch. from.:Washington.
NEW I Old:4 22.—The Post of Vile °Toning con=
.
tattle special WaehtogtOtt despatChes,etattoat . hat the . city
in
wee full of exCiteent; consequent upou reported battles
which had been fought, and not yet made public. The
excitecueut wire increased by a report that a Governor,of
one of the New England. States bad flatly refused to cal
for more lroope, until the Government agrees to anti and
employ slaves hero it *as dangeroue fur white moo to
perform military duly.
Death of'ekifetisiar Holyoke.
,
Loutsvit.tat, May'lll„Prefeeior Ito'yoke, the lite
Drittcl lal of Ito remit, High Schivl, auatiro, al: Salem,
hi flit flaUtt MI, (Fool teat'ulsbt.of ooneutnptiolf. lle - it
anivtztally leateuted. .... . ~....- ........
OccialoxAz.
Public Amusements.
F.R014 I.ffASHINGTO,II.
The floakkty of friends and the War.
T: • •
An Int4nong:iiennnial from Them.
THE iIJOiTTVE:-SLAVE LAN(r.
'A Conflict Between CUR Officers
THE MORE SPEEDY TRANSPORTATION OF MAILS.
The Amendments to the Tax Bill.
LATE NEWS FROM RICHMOND.
special Despatches The Prem"
WASIIINGT . O)I, b 18.7 22, 1862
From Richmond.
Two rersons, a lady and gentleman, have reached
Weehington from Richmond under a flag of truce, lt liv
ing left there Ibis week. But little could be gleined
hero them. They think that the rebel army will make a
stand in trent Of Richmond, though there was considera
ble of a panic, consequent ou the belief that our forces
might take the city. Everybody in the rebel Govern
ment is already parked up to join in the. retreat. Dan
ville, N. C., is thought to be the next temporary resting
place for the rebel Government. The lady (who came
through our lines below Fredericksburg) has gone on to
Philadelphia. Ehe was a bitter Beceseionist, and her
language on the boat coming up wax of the moat out
rageous nature
Payment of the Returned Prisoners.
The 800 I-mutated Union pawners now hero are being
paid their ration-looney for the time of their captivity
at the rate of twenty cents per day, and will he paid
their monthly dues within a very idled period. The
GoYerion.ont intends allowing each man to determine
whether ho will tako a disch%rge or return to the ttervice
after obtaining a furlough or exchange.
The Call fur Dlure Troops
There is a good deal of exaggeration in the statement
that Ito President has called on the Govaroore of the
various States fur ono hundred thousand. additional
troops The limit is correctly tinderetool to be fifty re
giments.
The Tax Bill.
. The Senate considered the amendments of the Finance
Conanitteo to the tax bill, through fifty sections, to -day.
The most Important atnendtuent Is the one of the com
mittee placing a tax of twenty-flee cents a - galon on
liquor(' instead of fifteen, as proposal by the Houle .
Notice was given that an amendment would be offered
for taxiug all liquors at that rate now on band, in addi
tion to those to.be manufactured. It is understood that
no amendments will ho offers 1 the l,ll 1 from
the
CO iltoae
the committee me disposed of.
The More Speedy Transportation of Mails
The Boum) passed a bill to-day, pro►idlag that all
timpani( s, corporations, or persons, having l000mo•
tives cr cars, for the transportation of merchandise or
paseengers, for hire on any post route io the Gaited
States, et all be ..required, upon demand of the Peat Ot
ero Department, to restive and, transport the mails; aad
postal &dente, upon the care, are to deliver such malls
along the line to their de6tication, for a compensation
and contract, upon terms to be untie between the'Post
reartrr General and the carrier, and In case of their fail
ure to agree, the Oourt of OPIIIII3 shall settle it. In the
pvent of a failure to agree, it obeli not prevent the trine.
yoriation of the mane, for the Postmaster General may
take and use tho roads, for which compensation shell be
trade; and any one obstructing such use shall be fined
not exceedieg five thousand dollars, and be imprisoned
not exceeding one yt ar.
The Postal Service in Virginia;
It is a gratifying fact to elate that, as the postal
set Vise is extended in Virginia Tennessee, Sic., many of
the old - officials, poetrusaters and mail coLtreetera, re
some BOTviCO on taking tie oath of allegiance. Besides
•hie requirement of the Poet Office Deputeaent, there
has to be some other proof of the good intantma of
those that receive appointments from the norSrnment,
The same rule ought to be applied here to persons in
office, for there are a plenty who don't atop at With: the
oath, Who would find it hard to prove their loyalty, by
their daily walk and conversation at the time of the
breaking out of the rebellion.
The Union Feeling in New Orleans.
Colonel Disarm, of the Connecticut Volunteers, who,
as bearer of despatches from Now Orleans, low just
reaction here, states that there al much of a Union feel
ing In that city, which exhibits itself in an indient or
. round-about way. Citizens Iwo aloof from our officers
from fear of the -" Thugs." who abound in New Or
liana just as a Plage' did a' few years ago in Balti
more. As an instance of the impressed Union foaling,
he stator tbar, as one or eur officers was complaining of
the sickly effect of the water upon hlsmon, a citizen who
'overheard him brushed past, saying, in a low voice, "let
it stand eighteen home." Another was showing an offi
cer a locality that was deeited for army purpodea whop,
observing himself watched by ‘‘ Thugs,' he had to rood
to abuse of Yankees to NM himself from attack. ' Sugar
at New Orleans
.is now bringing• seven cents, in.
stead of three under Confederate rule and the moms,
ries of life from the North can soon be had at a reason's
blerate. The farmers about Norfolk, too, are beginning
to reap the advantages of trado.with the North.
The Society of Friends on the State of
the Cuuutry.
VI. Tyne Xvpis; Senator in , Congress for New Jersey,
on Wednesday, presented the following communication,
in the nature of a memorial, from the yearly moaing of
Frisuds, held in Philadelphia for the Sta?es of Pennol
yenta, New Jersey, Delaware, and-tbe Eastern Shore of
Merilend, during the present month of Mal. As the
communication is Tory short, and comes from a morting
reMotenting timvery large andliorthy religious soMeti
of "Prim de residing to four of the .loyal Hates or thia
Union, it was read send attentively Hates:led to :
To the President, Senate, and douse of Representatives
of the United States of America: _ . •
At the yearly Meeting of Friends, held in Philadelphia
for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, by edjanrnmenttfront the twelfth day.
'of the Filth mouth to the sixteenth of the same, Mehl-
MVP, Anno Domini, ono thousand eight hundred and
sixty-two.
The following minute was read, united with, directed
to be signed by the clerks, at d forwarded :
Thie meeting hea been introduced into a deep concern
rilattie to the Present cone Won of our country. Oar
minds have been directed to thee° who preside over our
National Government, and gratttutb. has been felt to the
Great Ruler of nations that He hes ao far muvo4 the
It arta of these that they have decreed the L 'strict of
Cr.heithia fr. é from slavery.. We earnestly desire that
the Lhief Magistrate of the nation sod our Con
press may, in this season of deep -trial, humble• seek
Pivice guidance, that under this ienueoce toey may act
for the cause of justice and mercy, in that wisdom which
ie pure peaceable, and profitable to direct, and this the
eflueicn ct blood ma) ho stared. _ •
Signed by direction and on behalf of the meeting afore
said. MART S. LIPPINCOTT,
Clerk of the Woolen's Meeting.
WILLIAM GRISO')kl,
Clerk of the Men's Meeting.
The Fugitii - e-Slave Law in This District
The fugitive-slave lair CommisSioners to-day decided
on tho points raised yeitotday. , It was discretionary
with them to allow cromeexaceinatiOn as to the Identity
and ownership, and therefore they permitted it in the
cage of Stephen, claimed by a citizen of Maryland. This
case wee concluded by tbo remanding of the slave to the
cleirnact. This morning, while 76ch Ttogiment of New
York wee marching through the city, a number of
civil officers, provided with judicial papers, seized two
Degrees from the rinks, and soon' placed them beyond
the probability of rescue. An effort was made to arrest
ati or eight other alleged fugitive slaves, when many of
the soldiers interfered, pointing their muskets at the po
lice and warning them' of the danger of persistence.
They, therefore prudently retired, the negroos departtog
under the protection of their military friends. A great
excitement, for n short time, existed, conseunek upon
these proceedings, which will, it is said, be investigated
by the proper authorities, in order that difficulties of the
same character may be prevented in the future.
Our Relations with Buenos Ayres..
Information hae been received at the State BCpartment
fromithe 'United States consul, at Buenos Ayres, that the
Increased duty of 2x per cent. on all Imports, levied
upon en Increased voluation of 10 per cent., to be paid
In cash, wont into effect on the first day of January last.
Also, that the increaa d duty of 2X per cent, making 10
per cent. In all, upon all exports, went Into effect on the
first of March last.
Mail Communication with New Orleans.
NAM. SPOFFORD, TtLII3TOM, d CO, have Offered their
steamers to the Poet Office Departmental mall steamers
between Now York and Now Orleans, via Key West, at
acompenintion agreed upon, smiths Pentameter General
has accepted them for temporary service.
The• mails will, therefore, be deapatchei by these
steamers with more regularity. They will also be for
warded,, as 'heretofore, by the Government transports,
sailing from New York.
Miscellaneous.
The folioning order has been issuod by order of the
Secretary of 'War: "Brigadier General C. P. BUCKING
nest, United States volunteers, is Resigned to special
duty in the Vac Department, from the lit instant..
“lbe commiesery general of prleoners,-nod command
ingoffieet s having Charge of prisoners, will, as soon as
practicable, fixiiard to 'thiseaffice a list of the priaoneCs,
stating their rank, regiment, whore captured, date of
confinement, and *bore confined.. A similar list will bo
furnished of new detachments, as often as they malt ar
rive at the several places of confinement.
4 4 By direction of the President of the United Stated,
the mune of Assistant Surgeon J. J. Gomm:, United
States Army, is stricken from the rolls of the army.”
Captain LIYINGSTON has been appointed:to the Nor
fOlk Navy Yard, and not Captain Itrrcsita, as heretofore
publiehtd. ,
Captain AIIBROSS TDOMPSON, Jr., of Now York, who
vi as recently thanked in the general orders forhie gallant
conduct est the battle of Winchester. and for his devoted
alt. 'Alen to the duties of the Quartermaster's Depart-
went In the field, has keen promoted to n lieutenant
colonel in the army, and 'diced on the staff of ,General
Bem.ack, buj astigned, for present.dnty, to General
Snlmms ,
The dews from abroad ii healthful It is ascertained
that the rumors of intervention have been the creation
of the desires of Becessioniste, without any foundation
in face.
Gen. Banks' Army—A Successful Expe
dition.
NWT/ YORK, May 22.—e. special despatch to the BIM.
sting Post, dated Franklin, yesterday, says Col:
(kook, tu all expedition, captured two notorious guts
rfflas. Be also mired the telegraph office at C-vington,
where be learned from the deenatcbos that the rebel
General Jackson was about sending several regimatts
from Etanaton to Co'vington,• whereupon Colonel Crook
advanced, his force to .tbe Jeeksou-river bridge, on the
Central railroad, and burned the - structure; tints ire;
venting the movement of Jackson's troops, and enabling
Colonel Crook to protect the region on this side from it-
The Guerilla War in Missouri
Bou.a, Meg 28.—~ train or seventeen wagons, ladon
with'Government stores, which left hero on blonder,
was overtakeo.to-day, when about twenty ~miles out on
the Springfield road, by a band of rebel guerillas, who
binned the wagons and contents, and carried oft all .the
mules, 80 in number.
Congressional Eletion in Illinois.
OTTCACIO:MiIy e cOmplete official footings, of
the voCe nail in th• Congressional alection,in the Ninth
disirict, give W. J. Alltn 742 plurality. "
•
From General MeClellan's Army.
ALL PROGRESSING FAVORABLY.
A Balloon Reconnoissance of the Rebel Army
and Richmond.
HEADQUAKTRAS ARSIY OF TEIR POTON4O,
Wedueetaty afternoon, May 21
The encampment of tho advance of the army, under
Gen. Stoneman, is still at Gains' night and a ball
miles from Richmond, and one and a half miles from the
Chickehominy creek.
The pickets (Wils rebels occupy the bank on one aide,
and those of the Union troops on the oth.r.
Gall. Stoneman, M company with Prof. Lowe, made a
balloon roconnoimance, this morning, from Gains' Rine,
reaching an altitude of live : hundred feet. From their
potation an admirable view nos had of Richmond and
the eurrout ding country. With a glees, the camps of
the enemy, tituated within the limits of the city, were
eau, as well as the arrival end departure of railway
traios.
On the road between New Bridge and Richmond very
few troops were seen, but to too 11 ft of the city, on the
lino of the mall-coach road 'towing to Bottom's Bridge, a
large number of treeps were 'secs, and the smoke learn
numerous camp fires, coming from the woods in front,
neve evidence .ttint they wore occupied by a large force
of the aueecr.
Ifeavy flriog wits heard yesterday afternoon and this
morutog, to the left of Richmond, which was probably
canted by our gunboats endeavoring to force their way
up the;James river.
The aoather is warm end pleasant during the day
whit heavy Con at night. The hiril.ll or the troops coa
t iones remarkably good.
Two ratione of whisky and Quinine are now issued
daily.
FROM CITY POINT, VIRGINIA.
Flags of Truce Fired on by the Rebels.
The Union Women Fend for a Surgeon, and the
Rebels Fire on the Boat's Crew, Killing,
Wounding, and Taking Them Prisoners.
MORE OF THE BOMBARDMENT OF FORT DARLING.
The Rebels Have Incendiary Shells.
REBEL - LOSS AT. FORT . DARLING 300
THEIR. GUNBOATS SUNK
IdoCLEITAN XOl/141) ON MCKIM.
[Special Despatch to The Pram]
YORTRASS DIONROZ, May 21—P. M.—By the arrival
Of the (Gorse Wastington, frOm City Polo, t hero
some astounding and revolting intelligence.
The steatutr above mentioned felt this point on Mon
day evinit g, under orders to proceed to Richmond, under
a flag of truce, to obtain tho persons of Col. COROORAN
end other Federal ptiseners, safd to have been reisseed
by the rebels. She arrived at City Point en Tuesday
morning, and her captiln wee informedby Commodore
0 OLDSBOROUGII that he could not go any further up the
Jam it river.
Communication was then sought and obtained with
Major General 'DUCKS, commanding the rebel forces in
end around Petersburg, Va , who, by ',Pedal le tor' to
formed tbo gentleman in Command of our flag of truce,
that litreafter no communication with our Government,
- under a flog of truce, would 'be dealrable or respected
in that region.
The women of City Point village Brut a message to the
Galena, which ie 1) Ingot anchor in the stream, saying
that their cluldrtn were tick, and requesting that a sw
arm be scat to bore tram some, of our vessels for their
To this end a boat was moored from the We:lwatt,
contaiving the vurseon of that vessel, the paymaster and
waster's mate, with twelve seamen. When they landed
they were Bred on by the rebels. Two wore instautlY
killed, five woundtd, and eight, including the officers,
were taken prisoners, and oar men could see the rebels
taking their swords away from them as they were
trim obeli, under guard, in tbo hot sun along the railroad
to Petereburg.
Two of the wounded were brought down on thestesmar
George Washington, but one of them died before retch
ing here. The officers on the :lag-ship refused to give
vie any name, for some ream or other.
The shell which the rebils Bred et the Galena, and
which did so much damage, was filled with some kind of
liquid fire. It went through the Galettalfrom quarter to
quarter.
• The rebels acknowledge a loss of three hundred killed
and rounded at the bombardment of Fort Darling.
- The steam gunboats Ttaser,Yorktowe, end James,
town were sunk in the James river, it is thought, with all
bends on board—none being seen to escape. The North
ampton, Babel. and other reisele have been sunk in the
chamul by tbo robels as river obstructions. It le thought
that our War vessels can take Tort Darliog the next at
tempt.
Cdplaln CONSTABLII; the gallant commander of Ithe
Nimgatuck, Las considerably recovered front the wound
he receivf d in the recent engageiriSitin . the James river
near Richmond. Re kits been-permitted to return to
the acetic of the conflict with his little battery and brave
Yankee crew, and is preparing Lis boat with the utmost
despatch. Captain,Consyamx is in earne,t, and intends
to 'butt somebody."
I have information to the effect that Gen. BloOtzt;-
I.2,:t'S 'airily moved npab Richmond at three o'clock this
morning. It is the general impriseion hire that . the
rebels will zetire atter sacking the city.
The gunboats in the James river are to act in concert
with Gen. liticetatLe...tk in the capture of the rebel
capital. , .
Le son is intensely hot, and the atmosphere' close and
oppressive. •
All hi quiet here, at Norfolk, and Suffolk.
We havo whims of increasing Union sentiment
throughout North Carolina.
The. despatch which yon published in your paper of
yesterday, giving tnll particulars of the bombardment of
Fort 3:ititling, in, adeince of all other papers, gave tint-
Tercel satisfaction here, and The Press was in greater
demand than ever.
Lock Gilt for startling news in a day or two.. We hats
direct telegraphic communication from Richmond to Phi
ladelphia now. ' L. W. W.
Important from the Mississippi
River
Probable Evacuation of Fort Pillow•
CON. PAP...Morn . FLEET AT VEIESEITRII,
CAIRO, May 21.—An axival from the fleet states that
on Monday a flag of truce went arouud Craighead Point,.
for the purpose of exchanging released prisoners, in as
with an arrangement made same weeks 6 1 / 2 CI/.
After waiting some hours, the boat returned without be
fog met by the robeld.
Late In the afternoon, one of their boats came up and
effected the exchange.
It is believed among the officers that the rebels have
evacuated Fort Wright, and fallen back to • Fort Ban
dolph, as•no rebel gunboats could be seen around the
Point. A' reconnoiseanco in force MS sent 'down by
Commodore Davis, to ascertain thePositiou Of the ode.-
my, but bad not returned when the boat left. •
Cameo°, May 21,--A spacial despatch to the Times,
dated near Fort Wright oil the 20th, says : From indica
tions made apparent yesterday, it is clearly evident that
the enemy have evacuated Fort Wright, and fallen back
on Fort Randolph. a strong fortification on the second
Chickasaw Bluff, tvrelfte miles below their former poet-
The officers of the flotilla, who went down the river
yesterdai with a atm of truce, returned with the intelli
gence that neither troops nor gunboats were visible, and
that Fort Wright and the river as far as the eye could
reach were deierted. Towards evening a rebel craft,
• with a flag of truce, came up, and the exchange of pri
soners was made. No explanation was offered as to why
our flag of truce was not answered in the morning.
Taking all the circumstances into consideration, there
is not the least doubt that the rebels have left. In their
new position they can maintain a more thorough de
fence, and be leas expowddo the fire of our mortars.
Cl7llO, May 21--The Memphis papers of the 17th lust.
announce the arrival of the Federal fleet at Vicksburg.
They bad met with no successful resistance.
Fort Adams is 100 miles below Vicksburg, and the pre
sumption is that a fight bad taken place Ahem.
WASUINGTON, May 12.—The following despatch has
been received at the Navy Department:' • '
OArno, May 21,--Alivjeoa from..llia flotilla announce
the probable evacuation of. Fort Pillow. The steamer
Kennett, which went down with a flag of truce with a
Dumber of. prisoners to be exchansed, returned to the
flotilla without seeing any sisna of life at the fort, and as
far, as could be seen below it.
. .
The general impresiion is tbat the enemy has fallim
back on Fort Ilendolph, twelve mites below. Two boars
after the Kennett returned, a rebel steamer with a flag of
truce came np from - below, and took off the prisoners
from the Kennet; and steamed down the river.
The Memphis papers of the 17th announce the 'Federal
fleet, under Com. Farrasut, opposite Vick.burg.
The Latest from Cairo
Probable Evacuation of Fort. Wright.
NUMBER AND CONDITION OF BEAUREGARD'S ARMY.
Com. Farragut En ItOute for . Memphis.
, ©erne, May 22..LTbe &teenier Do.Seto arrived to-day
from the flotilla, but brings no additional ramve. The
flag of truce ivhich came up Yesterday fruit' the rebel
fleet returned, but came up a second time. The object
of ibis tulsaion wee not arcertained.
The opinion still Novelle that Fort Wright limbo=
evacuated.
Drecrtere from :the rebel ceinp4whi) loft Corinth a
week ego, report thnt Benuregard had 130,000 troops,
30,000 of them being held as e reserve under Breckln
ridge.
The rebels were suffering greatly from sickneee, an
averace of 800 being daily sent from camp over the Mem
phis and Charleston railroad, and all the houses along
the railroad being used as hospitals. - •
Bestir. gtrd was continually among his hoops, making
speecbes and using every effort to encouvage them. Ilia
troops are subeisting on half rations, which are said to
be of tiinitet able Quality, end are issued once a week.
The rifle pits around. Corinth 'china:mild all the ap
proaches to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad for ; thirteen
Mit( s. The reboil at e - Making extraordinary efforts •to
proiure heavy , guns, of -which they acknowledge they
have but a poor 'supply. ' •
[Special to tho Chicago Journal ]—Clay King, the
noted guerilla chief, has been publicly disgre,:ed from tbe
SOuthera army by . en order which was publicly read at
dt ere parade, at Corinth, not lengaidie. •
[Special to the C. Meager Tribuna.)-1 he steamers ply
tug betweon here and the flotilla , report that there are
over Si thoneand 'refugees below New !traded, and the
banks of the river rare fairly lined With them; begging to
be taken aboard the aterantra and carried NortS.
• patty of deserters who arrived on board the flag
ebip Benton, on Tuesday, reported that Cora. FarroguVi
feet left - Tickeburg :on „Saturday lett, hie destination
being blemphis. •
Vermont to Stipply Another Regiment
Buitanwroar. Vt., May. .—Got ernor liolbrook, in
COBiOTIPPIite witbe orders front ilia War Ve•partmeaq
ham. called for another regiment of volunteers from tills
State. It vall bo reenuttd immediately.,
FROM GEN, HALLECK'S AR4IY.
Skirmishing Moog the Whole (due.
iIEADQUAWIERS or vas ARMY 01 , TIIR MIRSISSIDer,
BEFORE 001lINTII, Moy 22. 1802. S
There was considerable skirmishing along oar whole
line Yesterday.
In every care . the enemy was driven back.
Onr loss in these confide initomted to 40 killed and
wout.ded: The enemy's lons will about the 84.010.
Deserters Continue to c , me in dal yin monads. They
are mostly from the 13,h IooI7IOBOR Regiment.
THE WAR IN MEXICO.
A Battle'Between the French and the
Mexicans.
THE FIGHT A DRAWN ONE
New TOUR, May 22 —.The steamer Itoineke, from
liavaus on the lith instant, arrived at this port title
morning, with dates from Vera Cruz to the 12th, Jalapa
the Bth, and the city of Mexico the 2J.
Private letters firm Mexico report a battle at Atolan
cirgo, in which the French lost the most in killed and
wounded, especially in officers. It was a drawn fight,
the Mexicans retiring.
The gerriron of the fort in Perote had mutinied, and
skin - ire °Seers prisoners.
Bole dad and Cordova were occupied by Mexican troops
as soon as the French left them, and fifteen hundred
Mrxicans were ready to occupy Orizaba when the French
leave there. .
The Mexicans appear to be pursuing a course by
which the Freitch find it harder to got out of than into
the intt r;or.
&rend influential chime denied that they authorized
the ute of their names in declaring
. oordaYa for General
Alumni°.
The 'lack vomit was committing fearful ravages at
Vera Cruz.
Goers! Almonte has issued a proclamation, dated at
Pliable, although he has not yet arrived there.
The sick of the french troops continue arriving at
Havana, and yet the health of the french army is said
to be good.
The French vice admiral, haler' de la Graviore, hue
retur nettle France.
General Prim and stuff arrived at Havana on the 9th.
The Bpaniah ttoamer Blasco do Garay had sailed for
Now (Munn, responsive to a call from the Spanish con
sul, to mob et tho Spaniel' intend there.
The blexlenn Goveinn.ent bad ratified the Wyke-
Zamacona treaty in spite of the French protest against
any treaty with Mexicans.
. The merican consul, with Mrs. Shufaldt and Secre
tary of Legation Plonip, arrived at Puubla on the 9th,
and would probably arrive in the city of Mexico on
the 11th.
Ihc Spanish troop' continue arriving at 'lavala
It is reported that a baud of Americans from
Texas sacked the town of Pick's!' Negras, and burned
the custom hones and other buildings.
No rebel vessels had arrived at Havana since the 9th.
The 'English steamer Havana arrived on the 13th, front
St. Nary's, Florida, with a cargo of cotton.
The glorious news from the States had depressed all
the markets at Havana, and sugar and cotton had de
clined.
&total vessels were at Havana awaiting the reopening
of the poet of New Orleans.
The black vomit appeared at lie vane on the 16th,
Captain Petdleton, of the schooner Amanda, of Sears
port, Me.. was its first victim.
The correspor dent of the New York Herald sends the
following paragraphs to that paper :
HAVANA, May 8, 1862 —By a sailing vessel, which
leaves here to- mon ow morning, and which will most pr,-
bebly reach the tl sited Stete.e before the next steamer
from here, I send you a batch of news from Mexico, re
ceive° within the lest three dais. You will Bad that the
Fretch are progreati.g In a lIINITIOr which mutt be per.
fectly satiefectory to them j for, not only are they meet.
iny with little or no resistance, hut the Mexicans are
jeinine them in mgebtre. M. tie Saligoy prote.ts against
the Mexican Govei »mint selling any potties of the terri
tory of the Republic to a e- foreign.Govetement which
has au intent now in Mexico." We are not iutoruied
what °Deem:tient ie tritest to perches° territory.
Generel Almonte was elected President of Mexico by
General Teboada, five atm re, one sergeant, and twenty
'wet!! rank and Me. No other votes have been re
corded.
President Juarez and Cabinet have fled from the capi
tal, and were at last account. in Queretaro. The French
propose to be in the city of Mexico some day between
the 10th end 35th Suet.
The Iteelirb and Spanish flags are no longer to be seen
in the country, and Vera Cruz Is governed by Mexican
officials Pecitaii by Almente. -
Gen. Prim has not yet returned to Havana, but is ex
pected daily.
Mr. Allan, H. S. consul et Micatitlan, goes on to-day
With the treaty of the Bon. Ihorna*Clorwin. if this treaty
have any or the wonderful restoring propertee attribu
ted to It, It is to be hoped the people at Washington will
accept It; but they muet be quick alrut then' work, else
the Government of Juarez wilt be hard to fiad. I ahoald
not much wonder if the Jusrez Government would be
out of Mexico before the arrival of Mr. Corwhee treaty
at Mexico. Rely upon it, there will not be much differ
ence in the time of the treaty's arrival and Juarez's
departure.
Arrival of Sick Pennsylvania Troops at
New York
Ilsw Tonic, May 22.—The following is a list of the
Pennsylvania soldiers brought home in the steamer Deal
Webster:
Geo. Jennings, Co. A, 96th Regiment; Win. Daniels,
Co. A, 96111.1tegitneni; W. 11. Singers, 00. B, 95th Re
giment ; Chas. Carlon, Co. D, 95th Reement ; Wm. Kea
ton, Co. A, 49th Regiment; David W. Geri!, Co H, 103 d
Tegument; Vim. Histon, Co. F, 49th Regiment; John
Dougherty, Co. D, 06th Riglcuent ; Jas. Shank, Co. H,
96th Regiment; Wm. 11. Event., Co. C, 96th Regiment;
P. Brennan, Co. K, 05th Rest.; W. Low, Co X. GM do.;
C. 7 owler , Co. I, 95th do; J. Kennedy, Uo. H, 96th do. ;
Eery ant C. Shoemaker, Co. B, iGth Regiment; Israel
L. on, Co. C. 6th Regiment.; David Bigard, Co. 11, 6th
.Regiment; Thomas Ovrtnir, Co. H, 96th RegiinSnt;
Je ed Boyer, Co. C, 93d Regiment ; Jeremiah Hell, Co.
G, 93d Regiment; Samuel Rissock, Co. A, 96th Regi
ment; Clunks Bich, Co. K, 31st Regiment; C.. Sargon
stock, Co. B, 98th Regiment; Fred Richards, Co. E,
98th Regiment ; •David Gordon, Co. A, 95th Regiment;
Chas. Giitlith, Co. D, Bth Regin.ont ; Danl. B. Halle,
Co. 11, 6th Regiment; Sand R. Triveley,' Co. E, 6th
Regiment, Sanil. R. Lenahart, Co. A, 6th Regiment;
Harrison Stislicross, Co. 0, 6th Regiment; Win. Pebler,
Co. K, fhb Regiment; Woodroes Spears, Co. 0, Bth
Regiment.; David Do Laney, Co. I, 49th Regiment;
Tbecdore Boon, Co. X, sth Cavalry.
The Daniel. Webster, with the above invalids, arrived
this bTeniugftora White House, Va.
Gen Ila!leek and the Newspaper Corre
bpoudents
Cato/Go. May 22.,7be correspondents of the.. New
Yolk. Potion, Philadelphia, and Cincinnati papers,
yrl o were expelled from Gtn. Malteck's camp, publish a
milted protest ibis morning, in which theyety that Gen.
Halleck alleged 11 0 offence against tbom as journalists,
but bad said repeatedly that he bad no objection to any
thing they might write, as be did not care NOW the
newspaters published ; but the enemy bad spiel in his
camp, and, in order to make sure of excluding them, be
bad rt solved to occlude all civilians.
The r.-porters offered satisfactory proof of their loyalty,
when General Halleck abruptly said he would take no
proof of loyalty. Two of• their number bad a rasa an
thotiring them to pass within the tinta of any of the
United ttetee forces, whicii had been homed at the War
Department and signed by Col. Anson Steger. Genaral
Ilallsck said he had no otßciat knowledge of the issue of
Buch pews. end, if he had, he should not respect Wen
The older expelling civilians wait not rigidty enforced,
many civiliene ren Billing in camp, while otherspass
daily from the rear without encountering any obstacle'.
From Key West and Pensacola—A Vain-
able Prize
NSW TORY, May 22.—The Key West correspondence
of the Express, writing under date of the 16th [aslant,
etatee that the British iron steamer Circassian. of 1,600
tone, with a cargo of tea, silk, coffee, and munitions of
war, valued at mull:lion dollars, had been seized by the
'United States blockading squadron, and will be sent to
NOV York.
Advicen froM Pensacola slate that the rebels, betides
homing the navy yard, burnt all the steam sawmills,
thue destroying the only merino of euetenanco of hundreds.
The weather was very hot.
The Army Vote Unconstitutional
HARRISBURG, May 23.—1 n the case of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania vereua Joseph Keintrosan, from
the Quarter fiessions or Philhdelphie, the Supreme Court
to-day (Woodward, Justice, and concurring Opinion by
Brad,. Justice) affirmed the judgment of the court be
low. •
In the ease - . of, Obese, of Luzern comity, tho army
vote bee been pronounced unconstitutional in an opinion
rendered by Woodward, Justice; Thompson, Jneice,
dissenting. W. 11. MILLER,
Prothonotary of the Supreme Court.
Harvard. College.
BOSTON, May 22 . -The Doarl of DIMICOTS of Ileryard
College hove reje.:ted the nomination of ROT. Thomas
Bill for President- of • the College, by a Tote of 19
it.niust fl
The cense of learning in tbo Wait, and tho interest of
the Antioch Cellege, of which Dr. Hill is President, were
successfully urges. . .
Arrest of Rebel Emissaries in MisSouri
JIMBESOI , I CITY, Mo. 11ay 22 —The following rebel
cfbcors have been captured by Brie. Gnu, Totten, while
they were about croesing the Missouri river in the vicinity
of this city : Lieut. Cot. Mcllhaney, Judge Advocate of
the Second Division of the Missouri State Guard, and a
iw.reber of Gen. Harris' staff; Lteut Col. Rawlings,
commtinbligl 14 billet" of the Second Division, formerly
Da) msiter on Oeb. Parson's staff; Lieut. Col. Thurman,
Pay matter in the . Fifth - Division Lieut. Col. Davis,
Judge Advocate of the Fifth Division, and a member of
Con. Prier's staff.
These men are- said to be °mimicries from the rebel
arthi. end Were on a mission to stir up a rebellion in
MIMI mi. Thy will be sent to fit. Louis, and committed
to prison. -
Re-Election
,of Senator Dixon of Con-
necticut
Nair Bevan, Nag , 22.—Hon. Jatnos Dixon was
today re. elected United Statts Senator by tho State
Legislature, recoiling 162 vntra, agsinet 57 Oren or
Charles Chemin, the Democratic candidate, and fr mat
tering votes. • • • •
gniking of a Lake Schooner"
DKTROIT, May 21.—The schoooer Rapid, Capt Black,
was sunk by coming innolliaion with the echooner Nar
ragansett, off Clay babke, ou Tummy night. Her cargo.
consisi log of 13,000 bushels of wheat, is probably a total
lose. The captain of the schooner was drowned.
MaeFachusetts Ready to Supply Morei
Troops.
Bos roN. May 22.—1 n response to n re ntnunicatioo
from the War Department, (Arrernor -Andrew rePtie3
that DI Berachugette will promptly contribute hor quota
of additional troops, if required to put down toe re
hellion. •
Froni California
BAR .Vitusctsco, May 19.—The steamer lit. Louis has
aitivecl from Panama. About 1,000 paiseettore soiled
for.Oregou and Byttiahrolncabis leet week. ,
Sag FR allots`co: Mai 21.:=Virrlyeci, , " ship Andrei ,
Jackson, from New, York. Eatiodl. Lookout, for :New
York.
At the municipal election, held here yesterday, the
whole Poople'i ticket was elected by !Modal:a:no mo
-Jority Over the Fusion 'political ticket. •
•
Arrest of Hebei ftorse-Thieves
Lot:lsl7l.Ln, liter 22.—Two mea r csiling themselves
Weird and Inton;recently of the rebel army, were
srrs vied here to -day on the charge of stealing horses in
bliesouri, and selling them to frotli.ral Government cen
tral:lo/S.
Arrival of the Gunboat Penguin from
Port Royal.
May 22.---The gunboat Penguin arrived;
tie.° blookoding off
If otauitelnl( t, uteri' she loft the Wyandotte ald Henry
Audriu , on the /6111. • ,
MR CONGRESS-MIST SESSION,
Resolution Calling for the Official Reports of
the Lat e Battles Da the Mississippi,
THE IMPEACHMENT OF - WEST H. HUMPHREYS
The Senate a Court of Impeachment.
THE CONFISCATION BILL.
Exciting Debate Between Messrs. Kelley and
.Voorhees.
SENATE..
Petitions Presented.
Several petition.. fora bankrupt law were presented.
Mr. IC ENISEDY ). of 01 arj laud • presented peti
tions Loin Citi7.ol3B of Maryland asking f,r a bettor en
force meat of the fuaitiru tiara law in the District of Do
fumble, to dm. they may secure large numbers of slaved
who ere now in the District.
Mr CLARK (R,p ), of New Hampshire, presented
the petition iron, Mr. Mortis, or New Hamad:lire. who
was a soldier in 1812, end who, whea_the rehedlou broke
out, tent lne only eon, 19 3eurs of ay. ' to ,ho .r:tr. The
eon wax kited, and the old man and hilt wife are lett
without the means of support. 110 rake Congrrer for re
lief.
Resolution for Official Reports.
Idr. GRIMES (Rep ). of lowa, offered a resolution
caloog of the Secretary of the Navy for the aidsl re
ports of the We battles on the fdisiindopi. Adopted.
African Protection
Mr. SUMNER. (lisp.), of Massachusetts, offored a
resolution that theemonatee on the bistrict of Columbia
be 0 irected to consider what lesislatiou, a any, is
nesth d to protect persons of African descent from un
constitutional seizure as fugitive slaves, or seizure by
disloyal persons. ..
br.POWELL(Dein.), of Kentucky, objected to ita
',recent considkration. Laid over.
College Land Bill
Mr. WADE (Itep.),ot 013/o, moved t 3 take up the bill
dot aging public lends for tbo benefit of colleges Cur the
ham notion of egricultural and mechanical
. .
I.. Aft (Tleo.), of Reheat', and 11c. WILKINSON
(Boo.). of Minnesota, °pealed tho matlon.
The bill woo taken op by a Tote of 23 yeas to 12 nays.
and vi sa further ditcustail till 1 o'clock.
The Impeachment of West U. Humphreys.
at ro'clock the Senate proceeded to organize itself
into a high court of impeachment for the trial of West
b. RunaphreS&
The Oath Administered to . the Vice President
and the Senators.
Te Secretary of the Senate ' lonel John W. Forney.
admitisiered the following oath to the Vice President
w I, Ifehribel Ilemlin, do solemnly swear, tl”t in alt
things appertaining to the tiled and impeschmetit of West
It. Burophrers, late district judge of the United States
fey the si 'vital districts of Tennessee, I will do impartial
justice according to law; so help me God."
the oath was dun adadni,tered to the Senators, four
at a time advancing to the Secretary's deal.
The "louse woo notified that the Senate was organised
into a High Court of Imuesehrneut t and ready to receive
the managers of the trial for impeachment from the
Ilona°.
The House Managers Appear.
The managers on the part of the Rouse, Messrs. Bing
ham, Pendtotal., Dunlap, and ?lain, thou appeared at
the door et the Senate.
Speech of Mr. Plingham
Mr. BINGHAM said: Mr. President, we are an
" Maud, on the part et the R.•u.e of ltepreeeritatives, as
manager's of amnia! andimpeachment of West FI. If tun
phreys, late district Judge of the United States for the
several districts of Tennessee, to appear at the bar of the
t3tuate and pre soot the articlesof impeachment against
the said West H. Humphreys.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The managers on tho part
of the Hone will please be seared at the teats prepared
for Shim within the bar of the Semite.
Prodamation.of the Sergenut-at-Armt.
The managers took wets at a table wnich bad been
glum d dlreatls in front of tho Vice Pre•ideut's de.s, and
the ber ft. ar, t-at .Arms of the Senate made proclanimion :
"MI persons are commuuded to kcoo Wont,. on p Lill of
im prlaonmet 1, while the managers from tie House ex
hibit to the Senate the articles of impeachment against
Wert 13. lit mrineyr."
The Articles of Impeachment Rend
The Managers then rising, Mr: BINGffa•K reed the
articles of impeachment mule by the Rouse against
Writ H. Uuniphr?ye,for high crime. and whaler:lie:more,
boo detotuided in the name of ell the people of the United
States at.d the Bones of Represent Alves, that the s kid
West D. Buniohreye be called upon to sower to the
high crimes alleged against him.
Adjournment of the Court.
The TICS PREolDtt NT informed the Managers that
the tenets would take the prover order iu toe ease, awl
due nwice wou!,l be giv..n to the Rouse, when the
Corot idiomred for tbo prrseut.
The Tax-Bill Taken up.
The Fenate than took up the tax bill, and the galleries,
which had Men crowded during the imptathment pro
ceedlope, wore Boon emptied.
Tt e conettleretion of the amendment' recommended by
the Committee of Finance we, resumes.
The amendment relating to the collectors and their
sureties was rejected.
The Tax on Whisky
The amendment increasing the tax on whisky from li
to 20 ceeto. wee debated.
Mr. SHERMAN (Bev ), of Ohin, opposed the amend
ment on thelround that it would have the effect to stop
the manufacture of whielry till the present eupply wie ex
hausted, and make a diecrimloation in favor of the apacn
later cud thoao who had a large .opply on hand.
Mr. t t uotbign (Beo.). of Blameachneetti. moved to
wake the tax 26 ceute per ;ration, which motion wee re•
jetted. • •
. 'The amendment of the committee wan then adopted.
Tho Condition of Mexico.
By mutual consent, aIcDOUG.kId. (Dem.), of
California, offeren a resolution cnlli•g on the Presid-nt
for any informaVon hG may have received since hie meo
w° of April .14th, in regard to the present condition or
Mexico. or the repotted diesclutiou of ;he olivine(' of the
European Powers In their, ar on :list country. ddopthd.
The Case of Judge Humphreys.
Mr. FOSTER (Rep.), of Conn.ctieut, offered a reeo
lotion that the Eecretary of the Snout be instructed to
Mane a summon, iu th. neual form. directing. Watt H.
Itumpbreye to answer to the Impeachment male by the
Roues of Bepreeeutatiyee the commons to he made re
totnable on the 9th day of Jnna sod that the high
court of impeachment adjourn to that day. Adopted.
After the further counideration of the tax bill. and
reaching the 63d section, the Senate aljourned till to
morrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The Bill to Secure the Speedy Transperta-
lion of the Mails
Mr. COLFAX (Itep ). of Indiana, reported back from
the Post f Mee Committee the • bill to secure the speedy
transportation of . the - rutile, by repairing railroad nom.
tomb's to enter Into a contract with the Postmaskr Gee"-
rat for that purpose. In case of • failure to agree upon
the compensation for such service; the bill provides that
the same shall be flied and determined by the Court of
Claims.
Explanation of Mr. Colfax
Mr. COLFAX explained that the bill was intended to
'Amato the Government from the combination of rail
road intermits, who now dictate their own terms.
• Remarks of Mr. Conkting.
kfr ROSCOE OURICLING (Rep.;, of Now York, op-
Dosed the bill, on the pound that It proposed an unjust
Interference with private rights as secured under the
law.
' Passage of the Bill.
The bill was pnsi•ed by f.itir insierity.
The Confiscation Bill
The Noose retooled the consideration of the confine,
Eon bill.
Dlr. If MARY (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, rising to a
.personal explauattou, said be forted in the Gtobe Isn
rune which be did not bear estorday uttered on this
floor, and putt of this language was not on the notes of
the reporter. Be caused the alleged interpo.ated words
to be mut, as follows.:
".Dlr. Vootheas. Whenever the gentleman from Penn
sylvania--
u Mr. Kelley. Ido not yield to the gentleman.
a Mr. Voorhees. You ahull yiehl. I denounce the mem.
berle statement so false. I denounce him here as a
calumniator.
w The Spf ektr. The gentleman from Indiana Is old of
order and Hilt take hie beat.
Mt. Voorbfrs 1 will allow no man to inspeaoli MT
loyalty to this Government, and especially I will not al
10a the, member from Pennsylvania, who has signalized
him. elf on this floor for nothing except the nofence of
thieves."
Speech of Mr. Kelley
Mr. NELLE'r. after the Cierk bad read the above,
said he dio cot hear such rcmarka. and they were not all
but , dby the reporter. Th. country would juige of the
mendacity of the &tidal of the fact that Fl•rstl, Cobb,
twd Thcmpsou were members of James Bacbauaa'a
Cabluct, awl had perpetrated the outrages ho hod dealg-
r. ated, and the country would recognize the mendacity
of that denial. The man who could secretly interpolate
language of that kind in a public report is a' liar and a
scoundrel.
[Diem , and rails to order.]
Tbe eTEAKI:It reminded the gentleman that language
of ihe kind ho bad alt-red must met be need in the
and addr...ssed a fea seasonable words of advice to the
galleries for hissing.
Speech of Mr. Voorhees.
Mr. TOOREIEES esplainsd that tho denlel he yester
day made was as to what he considered an impeachment
of his loyally, and not as to the members of Buchanan's
Cabinet. lie had tittered the OrOrdB es printed in the
Globe, nearly all of which were to be found In the notes
taken al the reporter's desk. The few words that were
net there be had supplied himself. Ile did not leruish
two poser, as the memoer did, out only about fire words.
Be made the remarks as printed.. Be meant them, and
mood by them.
Bete the matter ended.
31r. WALL.4"] (Rep.). of Perneylvenia, entered into
en efeberete argument in support of hie powtion that
Congruse in time of war hue the unreserved right 10 rime
acts eontleentlng the real and personal estate of rebels to
the Government.
Speech of Mr. Phelps
PHELPS ()on.), of Miseourl, dissented from the
views ex prreeee by the gentleman who had just taken his
emit. We are geverned by the Constitution, which has
ample power, width, in time of war in peace, is always
the same, and not subject I. different interpretations to
meet circumstances. Ile wan for the enactment of such
meaner...a ay would put down this infamous rebellion.
Ile had no empathy with traitors. He desired that the
Union should be teetered as it was. Be admitted that
one of the parties of this country had been led too much
by the South Carolina politicians, who regarded the
Union a mere rope of sand, which could be dissolved by
atingle State, amt, ha would say to the Republican
party they had bairn too much influenced by the Abo
title mists, who are net Republicans in principle.
'rheas extremes, North and South, deceiving the people,
have mate their victims believe that the one section is
the enetay of the other. As to theeonfiscation bills pend
ing, if Congress shall pass the m,listead of putting au end
to the rebellion, they would add fuel to the flame. They
were an innovation on the law of nations, contrary to
our wages in former wars, and, if adopted, would im
pose toms more rigorous on the insurgents than we
ever imposed upon foreign enemies. lie did not
speak as a partisan, but as one determined to aid
the Government in suppressing the rebellion, and
restoring peace throuenout the country. lie argued,
referring, to high authorities to anstein him, that
private property on board to not subject to capture,
tenure, or contisoatiou. Theee taking part in this civil
war, their alders and abettore, era guilty of treason, wed,
en conviction, may be punish...it ay the forfeiture of their
lives. • Ile bad no samples in subsisting our armies with
supplies drawn from the enemy, or levying contribucions
for the purpose, aed he set forth what may he done in
time of war. He incidentally remarked that Fro
metre proclamation drove thousands of Missourians
to Price's army, while the President's modification of it
never came within 'Me lines of the rebel army Some of
those who had been fighting against the Union had in,
formed him that if they had teat believed that the Ad
minietratieep intended to abolish slavery they would
not have taken up arms against the Government. But
slavery IVA 4 not the foundation of this rebellion. It was
the ambition of is few bad men in South Carolina, who
had been sowing the seeds fr. In 1530 till now. In the
ineutgent states the nomeaveholders are the most vio
lent traitors and reb Is, who suppceni that the negroese
ore to be thusucipated and pieced, on an equality with
them
Sprech of Mr. Blnir.
➢lr. BLAIB (Bep )• of reon.ylrauitt, said the members
are divided Ili opinion on the measures pending; but
theft, was one purpose on which the majority were nearly
United—namely, tbst the Goverpment should not be cur
billet of its . territory by the surrender a a single foot of
soil. 'She people will not tolstate a conventional separa
tion of- any portion of the -Union. If this was not oar
fixed ,and solemn pu r poke, we ahould not hesitate a mo
ment to teed andoieter to Riobtriond to arrange terms of
peace. The war is to be ended by arms, and not the chi
cowry of the diplomatist; In the leogusito or. the Rover.
nor:of Tenreasee, a if we matte term. with tho rebels we
could 'not have ponce for sixty years." Wo mast not
only extinguish the rebellion, but exterminate its cause
.ano anitnaiins principle-.that of idavery. Emancipation
atends on higher ground than confiscation.
, Speech of Mr. Rollins.
HOLIANS (Hop ), of New Hampshire, argued
that Congr e ss had the right, and it was its duty, to root
outiend sweep away this xuenstrone rebellion, cad to.
scatter Its seeds so that they may never garmloate.
They. ehould strip treason of its chief means of suppnt.
Theiefote, he gave to the confiscation bills hie hearty
suppnt. Confiscation would not prolong the war, nor
could it:make the rebel; wore I even telul and morass.
To whet 110.aut , of cadge warDsro hare they not Ire >rt
.ed 4 To what depths of c•eeliy have they not descended t
:What nett-and internal muchtnery cau they aduitiorAig
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