The press. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1857-1880, December 06, 1862, Image 2

the current year, shun• the actual transactions for
the quarter ending 30th Septeinhertast, and are esti
mated for the three remaining quarters. 'rhe basis
of estimated 'expenditures is the appropriations al
ready made and those asked for. From the aggregate
amount is deducted the probable. balance that will
remain undrawn 011 the Ist .1 - itly next, by which the
amount actually required during the year is .more
accurately shown than it would otherwise be.
Actual, first quarter, and estimated forihree quarters of
the ?tear eluting Tune 30, 1863.
From custom S :
First quarter, (actual) $23,041,736 69
Second, third, and
fourth quarters, (es
timated)
.15,000,000 00
$69,011;735 59
From lands:
timated, three r
quarters 66,543 „12
Act Ufii one quurter..
220,1 04
From miscellaneous sources
.Koltutl, one quarter . .. 561,079 06
Estimated, three
quarters
1,683,237 24
From the direct tn . N :
Aet ital.;0111' quarter.,
"Estimated, three
.....
11,537,036 22
From internal dutiei :
Actual, one , quarter_ -
_466,303 73
Estimated, three.
quark , rs 85,000,000 00
Aggregate receipls, actual and esti
mated, from all sources other than
from lonhs, for the year -
Balance in treasury )uly 1, 1862.....
TIXRENIWI'IIIGES.,
The estimates being 'based upon appropriations
made- and: asked , fOr the current year; and including
the balances of fernier appropriations unexpended on
theist july last :
For the civil' service, foreign intercourse, and mis 4
eellaneous
First quarteE, (actual) $4436,907 32
Second, third, and
fourth quarters, ap
propriated
Appropriations asked
lor, (deficiency)...
27,697,497 94
$32,811,543 23
For Interior Department, pensions, and 'lndians
First quarter r (actunl) 1,046,906 42
econd, third, and
fourth quarters, 3P
propriated
Appropriations asked
for, (deficiency)
For the War Department:
First quarter, (actual) $90,309,850 88
Second, third; and
fourth quarters, ap
propriated
Appropriations asked
for, (deficiency)
M7;759,132 90
108,730,145 - 20
For the Navy Deintrtment :
First quarter . , (actual) 10,019,353 91
Second, third and
fourth quarters, ap
propriated
72,101,15 G SO'
For interest on public debt
First quarter, (actual) 4,654,128 67
Second, third, and
fourth quarters, re
quired
Aggregate from nil sources other
than for principal of public debt..
Of this amount of $593,346,321.48, it
Inny' be sa fel j esti mated that there
Will remain undrawn on the aOtli
of June next the sum of..
Making the estimated aggregate
amount required during the year
ending j une 3Cs 1863, for the sup
port Of the Ciovernnient and of the
war, the sum of
Add for public debt due and becom
ing due during' the. year, as fol
lows : •
Treasury notes under
various aut4
Loan of
Lertificates of indebt
edness.... ... .....
Temporary loan
TT. S. notes, net Feb.
25, (retired)
Three years' bonds...
U. St notes, act 17th
July, (retired)
$2,819,111 64
2,683,364 11
AggregatO for the year
Deduct actnaland estimated receipts
from Rtl Isbureeg Other• thin loans
for the year
And there remains to be provided
In addition to the sum of $180,495,-
3415.60, the actual and estimated re,
ceipts, for the year from sources
other than loans, there has been
received from lomia and applied ho
current expenditures and pay-
Anent of :public debt durihg the
quarter ending Sept. 30, 1802:
For 2-year• 6p. e. tree
silty ,notes, under*.
act March 2, 1801_ $1,600 00
For 9-yetir 7.30 bonds. 3,650,000:00
]•or 5.20 year 61,.-et.
bonds 2,539,803 45
For Oregon war bonds ...$115,060 00
For U. S. treasury
- notes act Fehruary
For temporary., loin,
act. February 25.... 22,813,813 14 ,
For Certificate indebt
edness.:..
For fractional eur,ey
• • raiA I I. I ,44S,M- 1 2 2 .
For 3-year 7,30 bonds. $13,613,450 00
For, 5.20-year 6 per
cent bonds
;For U. S. n 076, an- .
der act Feb. 25,1802 21,587,211 00
For frictional cu'r'ney 3,097,000 00
For eertif's indebt'ss. 31,181,437 30
For temporary lotIn; .8,072 2 200 96
Letii - eS still be itrovided
The estimated aiklitional .receipts
. front sources uuder existing lair's
jaC
~howing n deficieiwy of,
With the interest merning on that sum
'111.:(11:1PT:i AISrD EXPENDITURES,
4.s Mina - fled for Hu , year ending June 30 , 1.8C4
EMBEEME!
From customs....
From lands
From 111 ticellnneouF sources
From intermit duties
Aggregate
Ex 1' K:N 1)1TI:ICE5. :.
Balance of former appropriations es
timated
to be unexpended July 1,
1803.... $200,000,000 00
For civil service, foreign intercourse,
and miscellaneous 25,081,510 08
For Interior Department, Indians,
and pensions -, 10,346,577 01
For the War Department 738,829,146 80
For the Navy Department - 68,257,255 01
For interest on public debt '33,513,890 50
Principal of public debt 19,384,801 16
$1,095,413
) 183 56
Of this 'amount of $1,095,413,193 56,
it may be safely- estimated that
there will kmain -undra% - vn on the
80tlf June, 1964, the sum of,
Kggregate for the year
The estimated receipts, as before
stated, for that year are placed at. $223,026,000 00
Leaving to be provided for by loans
, the sum of
The Scott-Buchanan Controversy.
To the Editor ophe National hdelligencer:
Silt: An official report of mine, made to President
Lincoln March sa, 1861, on our Southern forts, was
published on the '.' lst of October last. To this ex-
President Buchanan replied, at great length, in the
same month. A short rejoinder from me followed
early in November, and here Is another paper from
Mr. Buchanan,. dated the 17th of the same month,
and on the same cuhject: A-brief notice of this paper
shall terminate my part in this controversy.
Mr. Buchanan has, ntimated that I have been
actuated 1.4 - At • feeling of Personal- ill-will towards
him. This is unjust. I had n'o private resentment
to . gratify. (in the contrary, I have well remem
bered the many official courtesies received from him
IU3 • well as from Mr. Floyd, both as Governor of
Virginia rind Secretary of -War; but to Vindicate
justice-and the truth of history is a paramount obli
gation.
1 had said that, with a view to the meditated re
bellion; Secretary 'Floyd -had -ordered 115,000 extra.
stands of muskets and rifles from Northern deposito
ries to Southern arsenals. To this all'. B. now replies
in substance—l. That the transfers were made under
an order dated. near! - a year before Mr. Lincoln's
election to the Fresh ency. Trite ; but if Mr. B. has
persuaded' himself that the revolt - had not long
beforesheen planned, (dependent on the election of
any Northern man) it is not likely that he will ever
make a second convert to that opinion. 2. He only
gives 105,000 as the number of arms' transferred,
omitting the 'lO,OOO rifles. 3. He says that
the' muskets (iiia,ooo) were condemned, and
that - ' purchasers • could • not be Annuli for
Many of them- at 2.50- each. Now, here is an
Official statement, made to me eighteen months ago,
just receiveu • trout my papers Washington,)
showing that 63,0c0 of these arms were par
mission in militia, " " probably entirely new, and 40,000
• Others, .termed mnaketa altered to perenasion,”
with 10,000 " percussion riflea,”—not one of the
115,000 WITH ever " eondeinned,” but all pre
wisely like most of the small arms issued to our
troops (regular and Volunteer) in 1861. 4. Alt. Bu
chanan further intimates that those arms were trans.;
ferred to equalize, in some degree, the , deposits among
the different States, as if these had any State pride
in allowing skint. to Ihe property of the United
States within their partieularlimibi. If so, why not
establish storage places in the great States of Ohio,
Indiana, and Illinois, within which the• United
States has had no deposit of arms and no arsenal?
6. Mr. B. Supposes me to brand the transferred arms
with the epithet "stolen. o In my rejoinder to Win
I nowhere use that term, because I knew the
- transaction, though very quietly conducted, was
officially 'recorded, and the freight paid for by the
• 'United States, whose property the arms continued
to be in their new depositories.
Mr. Buchanan mixed up:--perhaps I ought rather
to any seem to mnfoulut—quite a different class of
arms with ,the foregoingviz fthe quota of arms
distributed among the several 'States under the an.
nual appropriations towards arming the whole body
of the militia of the Union. Thus he says, i 4 The
Southern States received in 1860 less, instead of
more, than the quota, of arms towhieli they were
entitled by law." This is most strange, contrasted
with inftirriftitiun given to me last year, and with a
telegram just received from Washington and a high
officer—not of the Ordnancellureau—in these words
and figures : •
"Maxie Island, Delaware, and Texas had not
drawn at the end of eighteen sixty (186o)' their
annual quota of arms for that year, and Massa.
ehusetta, Tennessee, mid Kentucky only in parr;
Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and li.ansas were, by
the order of the Secretary of War, supplied with
their quotas fur eighteen sixty-one (1(111) in advance,
and Pennsylvania and Maryland in part."
This advance of arias to eight Southern States is a
sufficient Cthillluattary by itself on the transfer,
about the same time, of the 115,000 muskets 'and
rifles.
In respect to the heavy cannon ordered from Pitts
burg to the (lull Of Mexico, Mr. Buchanan has shown
me that 1 was in error In saying that their shipment
Was countermanded in March Instead of January,
1861. This was the only immaterial part of my .
.statement . ; for / was correct in the declaration that
I gave information to Mr. Secretary Holt that tho
shipment had coniMenced, and that he ordered the
.guns to be reianded, and stopped the robbery.
. . WINFIELD SUOTT,
NEW rbitic, December . 2, 1882.
* Over toul "shove the previous and usual deposits in
the Southern a r.etud..
—HABEAS.oOIII I US SUSPENDED . TO DESER
TEDS.—In`repIy to 1111 inquiry forwarded to Wash-
Mewl' i•y,rhsptoln T. W. Newmaii, military porn
sunder scpullannpolis, the following telegram was
received
• WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 186.2„.::
Centeinliisrmen, Commander;
The writ of hubeaB coqnts is suspended ae to soldiers
in military custody for desertion.
L.U. TURNER, :fudge Advocate General.
58,724 16
2,244,316 32
83,641 77
11,620,117 99
85,156,303 73
167,451,799 79
13,043,546.81
$180,495,345 GO
617, 7
4,925,360 88
10,649 13
6,932,906 43
$747,369,82.3 98
8:2,177,510 7'7
20,360,103 20
25,014,532 07
893,346,321 48
200,000,000 00
693;846,321 48
49,651,979 73
9,913,510 66
2,000,000 00
2,000 00
27,682,490 00
95,212,456 14
788,658,771 62
180,495,345 60
608,063,432 02
72,436,000 00
12,184,824 43
187,800 00
7,219,596 55
0 89a_9'
$407,933,71b,01
131,021,197 35
$276,912,517 66
$70,000,000 00
_25,000 00
3,000,000 00
150,000,000 00
$23,025,000 00
$250,000,000 00
$815,413,183 56
$622,888,1&? 66
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Report. of the .Secretary of - the Treasury.'
The report of the Secretary of the Tres- .
ivory, which we print this morning, is one of
the most remarkable documents that . have
ever been issued since the beginning of - the.
Government. ; This may be attributed more'
particidarly to the great interest.that now' .
surrounds our, finances: No statesman.
ever had
. 11 graver .theme than
ankin 'lnesenting it to Congress,* was
foriiiielled to combat not only the:enmity- of
his - Toes, but the prejudices and doubts of his
friendS: - . There is no question -which every
Man thinls's he understands as thoroughly as
.that of finance. There is none which is so
nuich niisu»derktood by the majority of Men.
In times of went& Money interest is the first
to feel the shed:, Gold is the sensitive
nerVe•of. society. When men begin .to
one nnotlterllteY very soon, lose confidence,
and, IVith the loss of confidence, we have
an endless - derangement of every diereantile
mid labering interest. The result' has been
seen in the war that we are now. waging.
.1.1.1 t. unhealthy and feverish condition of af
fairs-. has been Constantly- seen in the money
Markettius. Mice. of gold,. the: sudden dis
appearance of specie circulation, , and the
advance in the„price of labor,and material,
: • breildsttilfs and apparel. The &Bat of. the.
poor man. IS fowl& to be cif less value than
the sinic dcillitr the4ear preceding, and men
everrthere-'hecorne . , dissatisfied,
.querifietis,
and critical:, Time - rt" :tult 'is : a condition . of
excitement and anxiety and general ditsat6,...
faction:', • . . •
In such a condition of excitement,- anxiety,
iniii•' , keiteral: dissatisfaction. we. receive the.
report ofthe Secretary of the Treasury. We
pay that statesman no unmeaning or idlecom—
pliment when we say, that in this document.,
.sonble, so conscientious, so convincing and
se just, -we he avoneof themost magnificent
tinanciareportiC that :evereame from a Se
erettirk of the TreaSU4, antia splendid
fence
. bf - tbetinancial policy of the Adminis
tratioii
He thoroughly reviews thecondi
'tlitit 'Of our present financial system; and
frankly. deals with every difficulty as
it 'exists.-,. He • renews the recominend*
• tion of leis last report; looking to the
eitablisinnent of a uniform national cur
rency, kr* 'furnished by
,Government
banking associations, and bYthemlstmed,
upon the pledge of,Federal seditritics;, This
is . preferred to a permanent circulation Of
United States treasury : votes, the further
issue of which : is 'regarded only as a tem
porary alternaiiveto :Meet the immediate nea.
cessities..Of the.G.OVertiment, and to facilitate
the sale :of:the ;national loan, and the gra
dual. substitution 011ie — present circulation of
the banks for that furnished bylhe Govern- •
ment.. - ..4n urging this proposition, the Se
cretary disekints uny unfriendly feeling
to*ardS
.pur litnitui,And gracefully
- thei patriotic and Uniform
.suppOrt given • them to the . Go
i:eminent the., • darkest . periods of
its financial .history. But, while recog
nizing their liberal devotion to the Mainte
nance of the public credit, ho refers to the
privilege theyenjoy,.es makers of curreney,.
and Very justly coneludei that, other
species or : 1-tlue and property arc taxed, a
small tax!upon their present eirculationkinV.
be 'dee , nted 'neither tnifitii unreakauftilii..'
The amount of this tax is left for Congress
to deterthine. As
. an inducement for the
subst it ution.of the existing, bank currency for
that propaed, the Secretary suggests that the
latter shall be.,virt uaky exempt from taxation.
We arc not tit all deSirons tuenter into a
crusade upon the banking institutions, nor
do we sec in the Secretary of the Treasury
any indication of such a spirit. At the same
time, we heartily concur with the Secretary,
of the Treasury in favor of a)uniform nation'
a 1 banking system. Ile advances many ar
gnments ill faVor of this plan, We' re-;
CoMmend to the careful consideration of: all
who may be
by overlooking
to do injustice to the
Secretary, by:overlooking or misrepresent
ing,liis true position, The SeciTttiry is par-: -
tictilar and emphatic in declaring that he
proposes no. violent- or sudden transition
the present order of things, and shows
that his plan provides for the gradual and
reciprocal adaptation of every intereSt to tlte
neWschente, withontinjustice to either and
benefit to till. Nor wotild it be Well to make
any violent demonstration against these cor
porations. They haVe already taken huge
amounts of the: national' lam Tlds loan
represents , their securities ; it is their basis
of circulation ;: it enables them to maintain
land redeem their currency ; and if any un
friendly : .or hasty - action of the Government
compelled them to abandon,their currency,
and throw these loans upon the market, it
ii mild So oVerintrden and demoralize: the
Market :that Government securities Would
greatly depreciate, Government credit
Would suffer great AniSfortune.'' This is the
only, just way ,to meet:the banks. We think
we can see : that the Secretary of the Trea,
.sUry:is animated by such a :liberal and gene
roii sPirit, and. we are convinced that good
reSultS will come from it.
A very : interesting part of the report :is ,
that :which notices the present condition of
gold. UnScrupulous journalists' are in, the
Habit of saying ,that the present high price
of gold is ow to the large issues of 'Gb
yernment currency, and that this amounts
to a ivirtpal deprCOltioll of :Treasury notes.
The Seeretary explains: and dispels thiSfal*,
lacy. The advance in gold islittributed to
the fact that, on the suspension of speciQ
payments, geld became an - article of mer
chandise, and ceased to be Used as currency.'
Taking advantage , of this; together with the
fearr of foreign holders: of American seta
titles, and our own timid and nervous peo
pie, speculators produced '0 unnatural and
factitious advance, which has been steadily
:receding since:October 15, when it reached
its highest pOint, It is shown thattlds rise is
not 'entirely attributable to an increase in the
national paper currency by a very cogeTat re
capitulation of facts. : On November Ist,
1861, the total currency, - including United
States notes, brink circulation; and coin, was
$345,140,000 ; and on the kne'.date in 1862
the aggregate Culyency:of the, countrythe,
coin haying iii the interim been. withdrawn
from. eirciflatiowas 1377,104,000—a very
slight increase compared with the increased
"demands of paynicnts," :growing out of
the gigantic operations of. - the war. More
over, trade which, at , the former date, had
not. recoyeredfrom the first depression occa
sioned by the mitbreak of hostilities, had re :
Vived, and a period of remarkable and
most unprecedented activity had succeeded
to .the formerstagnation, thus - vastly ill
creasing the demanibfor a circulating me
dium wherewith to conduct exclumgeS:
That .there has - been no, material depre
ciatien in -the currency May be inferred froth
ghe fact that the prices of many of the most'
iMportant 'articles' of home production and
consumption have not materially advanced
in price: -In- other words, the Beeretary
shows, by quotations from. the marketi.6
"ports, that a Government dollar will bay as
much wheat or pork, and, other Articles of
dornestic produce,
"as it would buy before the
rilleg,ed;eXpansionof the cmTency. Another
cenchgiVe" argument against the theory of
great redundancy of circulation is the de
cline in the price of gold since October last;
in : the face of a very considerable increase in
the emission of leffal-tender notes. •
_we_Merelf:MATtlirs - 71rasty sun - na:lT of
Jthe - Secretary's report _for : :tne-purpis,9 - 6 of
vApk features, and
ministration : has been in the management of
the Treasury pepartnient. - :We leave. it at'
present; with this single remark; that to the
"...honor of Mr. CIIASE ,it must be said that
thus far he has kept Our credit- to: a" higher
standard than has ever been known in any
country in a time of war; and that, When
peace comes again, this Treasury :system ;
which is now so Mach Misrepresented, 'hnd
misunderstood, will show the: effect of - 'its
present admirable imanagement. I •
TEE Ness York , Tribune• of yesterday, in
. ~ . .
its:Washington'eeriespendenee, with many
. circumstances and much
~ Plititsibility, prints
a storyle the eifeekiluit. commissioners had
.arrived in Washington from the rebel States
•nnd: held conference with the President
and Secretary of State,•With. a . vieif to Peace
andcomprondth. We feel authorized to say
that :the statement Correspondent
is ;utterly 'without foinKbition4thet;,. no such
• connnissioners'haVe arriVtdd, and that'if they
should cone Within . : the lines , instead of
visiting the CaPital,, they would visit thb Old
Capitol prison. The Custom 'otteutertaining
rebel commissioners paSsed ' away witl Mr.:
BUCHANAN. This Administration Will hold,
.io• intercourse.. with any : rebel, depntatioa; .
unless it should come . for mercy and - pardon; •
itl l 4lie are sorry to seethe 7 7 tibitt44 Printing
Rieke foolish story. :
LETTER FRO*I:9CpARONAL.”
WASIUNGTOIc Dec. 4 , 1862 . .
Gideon Welles, Secretary of the . . Navy of
the United StateS,' is a New England man,
an • 'old.. Democrat, and, although greatly
abused at the beginning of the. War, his aO
- of 00 Navy: Department lips
beenvindicated, not only by the tritunphant
in:.;which our natal - OperatiOnahaye
been cOnduttek,hut the :integrity and
general , efficiencif his dePtirtiribiit:
ibpOrt, 3 , 0 n
. printed at length on
OtinfOrniation, and
be read with.hreat interest by Many who
have beretlifore ignored the communications
of the different heads of departments to the
President of the United States. Mint con-
cents Philadelphia most. is!.•the. contest be.
tween Nevi ; : London • and your, city . in
regard to a yard and depot for an iron . ,
clad navy. The gecretaty,although a Con
necticut man, clearly. ....decides • in,. • fitvor
of .League Island, • and in the.: •fUllowing
.. .words accepts and enderses the able minori
ty . report of -Alexander • Dallas Bache,
,tIM
head of -the - .United: States coast survey.
quote his Words; " As: neither the harbor
of. New ;Iont(On, nor -the Wafers • of•• Nam-,
gansett bay, are iidipted.tetheptirp4eS and
wants of nu ;iron -navy, Whatever may be
.their advantages respects, and as
.
League, island has of fresh .
WaICI', security from - .cxterual. enen . oo; iuid
proximity to iron and coal, I nieolaiie,to re-
ceive and accept fOit i llOgovermnent, the inu .
niiicent donation of the city of I?lilledelphia, ,
unless Congress shall otherwifie direet:!'.
Prof.jlache made his report in' favor of
League Island, as a member - 61 . a board of
, . .
officers to which the subje ct of a" yard,.
and . a • • depot for iron navy. had
.been :referred,. consisting of Rear Admiral'
Stringhsun;. COmniodores Van Biunt and
Gardiner,. - and Captain Minton; of :tike
navy,And . .,Prof. Bache, and. Engineer Saiv
ger,. and: hiS report was signed . by himself .
aftd - Citiptain Marston, the otierinnitink Ina,
`report in . fa or of. Nt :London. And Yet;
so powerful and unanswerable Were the pro
positions pretented.*.pkor: %Cie; that the
Secretary of the: Wavy,: With all hks.lOval
-attaelinienti in lawor of .Nenr , :London,: de
eided,_ as you percei:Ve,' thaV,League:
Island is the best site for: inch it. yard.
No doubt; , if : Secretary W.Olies', Could ; hal:-o
fairly served an' inkportant'pOrt in Conneeti- .
Cut,. he would have done so ;: but,. alinuifed,
`by a proper and patriotic apiriti heias!not ,
only taken: the: responsibility - of rejecting
the numerous .'appeals of : the.
of New York, but has gime directly
in opposition to a majority ot . . the ebin-
MissiOnors , appointed by himself 'to ; ex
amine and decide, upon :this important anti . ..
)deti. And,
fron of Profess - 4 Di. Bache is examined, it will'
be, found that his facts and reasonings
amount to a demonstration. He shows con=
THE PRESS.-PMLADELPHIA,, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1862.
elusively that League Island is the. only.sit
upon which a • yard and depot for au iro
navy can be successfully established. *Th
policy of New York—the capitalists., and poi
ticiaus of which seem never to have f or k°,
ten that Philadelphia, before New York b(
came the great commercial city, was itself
great commercial city—prevented. the . inim
(Hate adoption of the suggestions of the S
crctary in favor of League Island, ani
therefore, the Representatives froni•that'ci 4
were only too prompt to vote . agaiilst Leiig
Island, and in support of. any other pla
It will be seen whether the powerful reas
in t ; of Professor Bache and the magna
meus endorsement of . Secretary Welles .
be approved by the preSent Congress.
WA_SI-IrN ETON.
SpCcial Despatches to " The Press."l
WASHINGTON, December . 5, 1:
A-Military - Execution at the Old Cap
Prison.
The Old Capitol Prison was at noon to-da:
scene of a military execution. The unfortt.
man Was Private Joni CONRAD KEssLF,R t s
103 d New York Volunteers, lately convicted o
murder of Ist Lieutenant LINZKY, of tfiesam
Pliny and same regiment. Kussum had adi
with another man about the possession 'of
when Lieutenant Liz interfered and thre
KESELEn with trial by court-martial if he
desist, thereupon Kgssr.mi turned around a
his bayonet through Lieutenant L., killi,
almost instantly. The prisoner was tried . ar
victed, and had been confined in the prison
he has been kindly treated, and received th
trations of Chaplain Gllnw, of the N. .T.'Vol
el )
At half-past eleven o'clock, he was conducte
scaffold, and after, joining with Chaplain
some religious ceremonies, the noose Iva
around his neck, the trap was sprung, and t I
derer was launched info eternity. He prof
•
fence during his- imprisonment, tind the la
spoken by him were "I die happY." 'Yeti
ple witnessed the execution. .Kg.”I.);IC
in Saxon Meinengin,-but has lately resided'
ark, New Jersey, where he left a wife.
The Revenue Tax. on Banker;
The Commissioner of Intenial Revenue
oiled that licensed bankera, as well as in
banks, niay draw and sell their own draft
surplus funds accumulated in the ordinary
business, in other places, without a broker ,
as their selling of such drafts is not dealing
change relating to money within tho mean
law, subject to the qualificationlhat inc
banks and licensed banks must have the.
brokers if they do the business of a bro
scribed in the law
Tax Collectors Appointed
JAMES T. McCum.ouon, of Elkton,
has been appointed collector of the First
that State under the excise law; also, A. I
of Covington, Ky., asiesior of the Fourth
Kentucky.
Inyestigations of the Committe
War.
The Committee on the Conduct of the Var, at its
(
1
meeting to day, appointed Representatil Goon;
OnELL, and Corona a sub-committee to i restigate
the. alleged abuses at Camp "Convalesc , and the
condition of the ivounded and sick sol i ra there,
with a view to the immediate discharge i lose who
may be found to be permanently (nimbi o unfit for
duty. The committee will also investi at the sub
ject "of officers and men absenting the a yes front
the .army without proper" authority, t fOnduct of,
army surgeons, and the treatment of fr men en
trusted to their care. They will also, 'commend
the adoption of stringent measures to
l omote the
ellielency of the army.
The. Oath for Tax Office f .
The Committee of Ways and Blean !tare pre
pared a bill authorizing all officers and • the direct
tax and excise law to administer oaths.
The Court Martial of Gen..MeJowell.
In the McDow•r.Lr. Court of Inquiry; to-day, the
defence offered the testimony of Colairel IttfooLf:a
to prove that the witness examinedlYhterday ivss
a man wholly without good reputation, avlng been
engaged in attempting frauds against /he Govern
ment. This testimony was ruled otit4y the court,
when Gen. MoDowELL presented it prdtest against
the proceeding. -•.
Gen. HETNTZLEMAN testified to the ritiretotal
abstinence of General ItteDowE4 fro the use of
wines and liquors, and directly contrary t. the evi
dence of the previous witness.. ,\ :
The Court Martial of General Porter.
In the court martial of General rITZ Joa Poi:-
TIM, to-day, General i.PorE was cross-examined
for a long time by Vie 'counsel for the, defence.
Among the questioniAsketi of . General ]lore: was,
why he had expresiedp General.Poirrkm;two days
after his alleged disobedience of orders, his deter
inination not to report hint for delay, or 'to.take any
action looking to his 'impeachment. To. this gnu-.
tiOn General Port: answered that he' did not' then
' _ think that General I'ourtni__liio.dellhorittCy;tylt -
1 -helelJiin•troopnlTom 1111n2Put - t•ilatillio l ;;Orreigi‘•
Mited'in a mistake or hlimder. •
• The fo limving deaths of Pennsylvlttiasolilieriitre
Freporfal :
3 ourc RUFF, Co. A, 4Sth Pennsylvania, Dumbar
ton Church - Hospital, Georgetown.
MATIEt'S G'now, Co. C, 137th PnnsylVania,
Finley 'Hospital.
RAINS Om 'Mird.Ann, Co. 0, 151st Pennsylvania,
Kalorama
CuArtLxs KlNr&rt, Co. H, 48th Pennsylvania, St.
Aloysius
Naval Orders. •
Commnrider GEouGEII.CIoor hatchcen ordered
to the temporary - command of the Connecticut.
Upon his arrit•al• at Port Roy = al, South Carolina, he
is to transfer the Connecticuf - to Oaptairi &rim!,
WMION, and to assume the command, of the Meree
ditti.
Another Letter from Ceneral S ott.
Gen. SCOTT, through the Inienigepeer, ally and
briefly replies to Mr. BuciiA.xan, denyint that he
has any private resentments to gratify, Staling that
he has received many official courtesies fkoA the late
President, but to vindicate jUstice and the truth of
histOky is a paramciunt obligation. lictisists and
shows that certain Southern States rec an un
due proportion of arnis, and that many ofitienk were
not condemned.
The United States Senate—Arnim icemelit
of the Death of Senator Tho ion, of
New Xersey.
•S:r • "
(Special Correspondence of The Press.) ; •
WASFIFNCTON, De . 4, 1862.
At almost every session of Congress e United
States Semite Is called, upon to mourn he loss of
familiar faces who have long honored it Chamber
with their presence and its 'councils with 'thtir wis
dom. To-day another such occasion closed 1k meet
ing. During the recess one of New Jersey's Litnent
sons, Senator John i illenshaw ThOmson—a lin who
had been all his life a Dcmeari; but who eft hIS
party when that party forailliAuty to its cotintry—
breathed his last, and .thetiepitomary hone s were
to-day done his' menictey'Senate was Opened
by prayer—every member, as the solemn ioice :of
the clergyman invoked God'illfessing upon le body
of which he was part, ackneiViedging the utass
.owed his Creator by ' sonic approprihte yin
Fessenden and Sumner, and Kingand Harris, kid
others, ivhohe names arc familial' all over tic land,
rosb in their seats. All were devoUt—all istoppe`W
their pursuits to solemnly listen, or perhaps to
'silently breathe a prayer to the Almighty. . :....
After a feW shorfpreiiminaries SenlitorTeA,Eyck,
long Mr. Thomson's colleague, rose 'IOUs 'lice to
move the resolutions of respect. The Senator is
an impressive speaker—slow, deliberate, soltiran,*---
ard his manner was eminently suited to the. occa
sion. He read his speech, excepting, a few words of
introduction, telling, in appropriate language, of the
funeral winding among the rustic beauties of Prince
ton, and at the conclusion' gave a eulogy . on. Mr.
Thomsen, full of truth. and worthy eif renienibrance
for its invocations of a just termination to desola
ting war Every one felt the earnestness of his re
marks; even the little page, nape placed a . glass of
.wnter c upon the Senator's deSk, 'stopped, and looked,
and listened before returning to his lowly seat be-,
side 'the Secretary's llesk. Fifteen minutes were.
spent and he sat down. - The resolutions were read,
and were befoie the body for consideration. •
Senator Latham, of California, seconded them
Like Ten'Eyck, he read his 'speech, bur he, did it .
more quickly and with a pleasing grace, which drew
universal attention. ...He . spoke of. Mr. Thomson',.
character and virtues, and after a few moments sat
doivii - to allow the successor of the deceased to take
the floor and tell, as he did, the story of a nelgilfoPs •
appreciation of Senator Thomson. . ..:14.;:lifte
. (Inc can judge - of the feelings of a man wheii .
ilist called npon fo speak in the "United Stii7;
nate. Deep must have been the emotion of
S. Field, when, on the fourth day of . his Senii
career, he had to announce the loss of one who';
nine years; had filled the seat he occupied. He rqe .
slowly, and began With . MI earnest eulogy of
.ThoW
sou. Older Senators turned to listen to this r l
man, just conic among them. Barris walked
ward to Bayard's chair to hear more eftectively.
Mr. Field's speech was impromptu. He gesticulated
but little at first, but as he warmed with his subject
every limb and muscle was full of the glowing elo
quence
,Of the orator. He told of Thomson's ca
reer; how they had been - political opponents, yet
how little politics had Interfered with their personal
relations: He spoke of the hospitality of his Jersey
home; the open house and its decorated 'grounds, on
which so moth care had been lavished by the man
who was to know them no more. Senator Thom
son,s great labors on the Constitution of New Jersey
were not forgotten ; and then, Wandering. .
mourning house at Princeton, Arr. Field 'gave ilk
most glowing words'the cliaracter of Mr. Thomson's
first consort—the'ila tighter of a Senatiir, and grand
daughter of two signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence—and the. lovely wife of a conscientious,
man. Of s Mrs. Thomson, the widow, Mr. Field s~ iii
that he could not speak. She still lived, and all who
knew her- held her in highest esteem. His'ending
was appropriate; it was a
.just tribute to the beau
tiful woman who sorrows for her husband's death.
'Senator Bice followed; and Senator Anthony
eltised the eulogy. Both gave Mr. Thomson the ap
plause of men who esteemed him for his talent as a
'utilities' man, both in the - world and the Senate. Mr.
Anthony is an agreeable speaker, and, much as had
been said previously, be .repeated dime. He quietly t ,
but not less pointedly, alluded to Mr. Timms°Ws al*
fitinenee front speech-making—to his silent laboys'inl
committee for the benefit of his country. The leaden
columns of the Co»graskinal Globe were never
weighed down with long-drawn 4,ol:actions and
lids° logic from his brain. He preferred to listen , o
not to speak.
The speeches were ended, the resolutitThs adopted,
iiiid--the gem* adjourned, f;ilawly and : . soleinnly
the living stream pottreitout front gallery and floor,
innit-stonn i deserted, hyrall Its members, the ehainber
was left In all Its grandeur, undisturbed by aught but
the hasty glances of awed visitors through the
transparent doors. .I'. O.
The Advance—Strength of the Enemy—Re-
WASIIIMITON, Dee. 6.—The Chronicle lias received
the following despatch:
HEA DQIURTEICS ciEN. Bunivannes Answ,
December 3, 1862.
Although our, position still remains unchanged,
there is every indication of au advance movement
of n considerable portion of our army at an early
hour this morning. From reconnoissances made
yesterday, the enemy , is not supposed to be over
eighty or eighty-five thousand strong at or near Fre
dericksburg.
Last night the pickets on both ship conversed
freely, and a few of the rebels came over to our
lines and gave themselves up as deserters. Tlick all
seem very desirous of seeing the President's message,
and "whetherim intends to free the darkeys," as
they express it. •
.OccAsroxiL
Successful rixpedition to Greenbriar C
ty, :Va.—Capture of a Rebel Brigade COnt
missary, a Forage, Train, Seven Prisoners,
Twenty-three Horses, Four Hodes, anti
Seven Wagons.
WASIUNOTON, Dec. s.—The following has been re
ceived at the headnuartats of the army:
dioir Sox Va., Nov. 12, 1802.'
Brig. Gtn. Crook, commanding Kanawha Division:
Sin : I herewith submit a report of my expedition
into Greenbriar county.
On the oth inst., proceeding agreeably to orders, I
bivouacked three miles beyond Gauley river ;on
the moving I marched airdity without interruption,
but learned that Gen: Jenkins with 2,500 men, in
addithin to 00i: Dunn's force, occupied the country
before me, stationed as follows: Col. Dunn's coin
:nand betweeif Lewisburg and Frankfort; the 14th
regular Virginia cavalry at Williamsburg; one regi-
Ment.cavnlryat.:Mendow.Bluff's, pasturing horses,
with a battalion of 400 cavalry on the wilderness
road ns guard; a small force at White Sulphur, and
Gen. Jenkins with the remainder of his command
oft Muddy Creek, eight miles from Lewisburg.
I, however, pushed forward until within three
miles of Williamsburg, where I came upon a wagon
:train - belonging to Gen. Jenkins' command. They
were encamped for the night, intending to load with
wheat the following day. I surrounded and captured
the whole, consisting of prisoners and property as
follOws : "Nine prisoners, namely, J. L. Evans, cap
lain' and: acting : assistant commissary . ; WilliaM L.
EVantc . witgon Master; two wagoners (enlisted men);
three witgiMdrs (citizens); two negro wagoners, and
taco citizens whit were pressed and Interested with
the grain.
ntai,q
, teers.
toithe
_ ~
relaced
inur
pail-
words
w Iwo-
weed
n their
urse of
license,
the ex
; or the
porgted
enseh of
r, asjde-
' The propeety.taken was as follows : Seven wagons;
twerdy-tbree horses, four .mules, and twenty-four
sets of harness. After setting fire to and destroying
The wagons and the grain, with the Guilding it was
stored in, I set out ou my return, meeting Captain
Smith with his command on Cherry river, ten miles
from Gauley river ford.
I arrived in this camp with the above prisoners
and property at 5 o'clock I'. M. on the 11th instant.
I found the roads very' bad, impassable for wagons.
Grain was very scarce ; could procure but two feeds
for - Iny horse while I was gone. The grain destroyed
was about two, hundred and fifty-six bushels of
wheat.
aryland,
'strli* of
'strict of
1 halv = e the honor to be, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
G. W. GILIIIOKE,
Captain Commanding Kanawha Division
P. S.—One of the citizens taken, Thomas O.
Ideelintock, has heretofore taken the oath, and is
the man who bought up the wheat. G. W. G.
XXXVIIth CONGRESS—Second Session.
SENATE.
Several petitions were presented.
The Indian Barbarities in Minnesota.
Mr. WILKINSON (Rep.), of Minnesota, offered
a resolution requesting the President, if compatible
with the public interests, to furnish the Senate with
all the information in his .possession touching the
late Indian harbarities in the State of Minnesota. •
' • Also, the evidence upon which some of the prin
cipal actors and leading men were tried and Con
demned to death.
He said there seemed to be a great deal of sym
pathy expressed in the East for these Indians, and
he, wanted the facts to go before the Senate and
the people, so that they could understand the matter
fully.
He related several instances of the barbarities
practised by these Indians, by a concerted plan kill
ing the Men in the fields and at their work, and then
.murdering the children, and carrying the women and
Maidens into captivity worse than death. He re
ferred to one instance where a young girl of thirteen
Was outraged till she died, and in the presence of
,bar sick mother.
He said the people of Minnesota had always been
a law-abiding people; and he wanted them to con
tinue to be so; but if tires° wretches were not hung
according to law, they would be killed by the citi
zens without law. if the Government would not
protect the people, they must protect themselves.
The resolution was agreed to.
Judgment 1u Snits of the Untied States.
A message from the House was read, announcing
that the House had passed a bill concerning certain
judgments in suits hroug,ht by the United Slates.
On motion of 111 r. FESSENDEN (Rep.), of Itinlne,
the bill was taken up and referred to the Committee
omFlinuace.
Report of the Secretary of the Treasury.
The President pro km. laid before the Senate a
Pmessage from the President, which was published
yesterday, arid also•the report of lid S - effetary of the
' ressuzy..
. .
flie Army of
tile.vnintfae.
b o o • •
• u pan .o waling fox rtiV' l4. l : 4-x e .2. l ' e -n
concerning the Arniy of":thealßoinric and surreirticr
of Harper's Ferry, which was adopted.
The Appointment of Major Generals.
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, intro
duced wbill to repeal the provision of the first. sec
tion of the act passed July, 1862. It repeals the pro
vision limiting the number of major generals. Re
ferred.
Dlnil Arrangetnepts . intu'een Washington
Mr. SUBINER (Rep.), of offered a
resolution requesting the Committee on Post Offices
and Roads to inquire into the expediency of pro
viding for an air-line railroad from 'Washington to
NEW York, to carry the4mtils of the United States
with certainty and despatch, free from all local iffi
pediments. Adopted.
. Apliointanients iu the
31r. HALE (llep.), of New Hampshire, from the
Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill in rela
tion to appointments in the navy.
The'Tox on Powers Attorney for Collection
• of PCIUMOLLS.
Mr. ANTHONY (Rep.), of Rhode Island. offered
a resolution requesting the Llommittee on Finance
to inquire into the expediency of repealing so muck
of the act providing for internal revenue as imposes
a tax upon the powers of attorney for collection of
pensions, back pay,and bounty for soldiers. Adopted.
Mr. POWELL (Derr.), of Kentucky, called up
the resolution offered by. Jib; relating to the • arrest
of citisens of Kentucky.
• Mr. CLARK (Rep.), of New Hampshire, moved
to amend•the resolution by inserting the words " if
not incompatible with the public interests." Agreed
to, and the resolutipn4as adopted.
• . !-• ' Treaty witlk
Mr. HARDING, (TL), offered a resolution request
ing the Committee on Indian." Affairs to inquire into
,the.expediency of negotiating a treaty - with the In
dians of Southern Oregon and Northern California.
. A Opted.
On., motion of Mr. SUMNER. (Rep.), the Senate
went into executive session, after which it ad
ionrned till Monday,
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.*
• The Writ of Habeas -Corpus.
Mr. STEVENS (Rep.), of Pa., desired to intro
duce a bill, of which he had given notice at the last
session to indemnify the President and other persons
fOr suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. • •
VALLANDIGHAX (Dem.) objected to the
seond reading of the bill.
The • SPEAKER said the question now was whe
ther the bill shall be received. .
The bill was read throughout for information. It
•is, in substance, as follows : •
Whereas, On the 4th 'of March, MI, some of the
' - United States were in insurrection, and the rebel
lious condition of the public safety required thepri
vilege of the writ of habeas corpus to be suspended,
and several arrests and imprisonments were made
iffeonaequence thereof;
-
And whereas There' is not entire unanimity in the
branches of this clovetnment as to the right of de
claring of such a sinipension of the writ:
Therefore. be it enacted, That all such suspensions, ar
rests and inipritioninents, by whomsoever caused to
be made, shall be confirziied and made valid, and the
President, Secretaries' and Heads of Departments,
and all epee:nest or advising such acts, are hereby
indemnified and discharged in respect thereto; and
all indictments, informations, suits,, prosecutions
and proceedings whatever, commenced or to be coni
meneed against the President or ally other person,
are hereby discharged and made void.
The second section requires that, during-the ex
. istessee of the rebellion, the President shall be, and
Is; invested with
,power to declare a suspension of
the writ of heibeaacorpus at such times and in regard
to such persons as in his judgment the public safety
limy require. "
" - /Hr. MALLORY (Dem.), of Kentucky, raised the
"Question whether one day's not - ice of an- intentibn
to , introduce the bill should not -have been given.
The rule was then read showing that this course is
necessary. -
The SPEAKER said the gentleman from Penn
sylvania and already given the required notice. '
The Bill Wilharawn for ar. Few Days.
1111. VALLANDIGHAM (Dem.) called for the
16
Sding of the - notice ; but as the journal contain
it wag riot in the House,
Ir. STEVENS (Rep.) withdrew the bill for the
i pent. ' '
NDIGH
F* ; Mr. VALLAAtt mild he should be glad to
ve a full housent all events.
be Granting of Furloughs to Sick and
..
ll
Wounded Soldiers.
Ir. * aNTON (Rep.), of New York, offered the
towing:
- ' ~
-Irhereas, The number 'of sink and wounded sol
diers have increased to an alarming extent, 60,000 of
-Vions are unfit for active service, and many would
'much sooner recover their health at home: There
fore, considering the slowness of themethod of fur
loughm and discharges,
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs
inquire whether some method cannot be adopted by
the Secretary of War and surgeon general, by which'
furloughs and discharges can be more speedily
eflected. 0
The Dutyof Every Loynl Person. -
Mr. MORRILL (Rep.), of - Vermont, offered the
following : •
Besot ved,. That at no time since the existence of the
rebellion have the forces and material in the harids
of the Executive of the Government been so ample
and abundant for the speedy termination of.the war
as at present; and that it is the [duty of, all loyal
American citizens regardless of minor differences of
opinion, and especially is It the duty. of every'oftleer
and soldier, and those in every branch of the Ciia
vernment (including the Legislature), cordially to
strike the Assassins who losve conspired to destroy
par existence, prosperity, and freedom, of which we.:.
are justly proud at home and abroad, and which we
.:ss , tand pledged to perpetuate forever.
;41 . 116 resolution was agreed to—yeas 145'; William
:X:4ll6, of Illinois; alone voted in the negative.
''': „,.'': 7 ; The Tax on Manufacturea. .
Orrinotion of Mr. SHEFFIELD (U.), of Rhode
Island, it was resolved that the Committee of Ways
and Meansjbe instructed to inquire as to the deduc
tion of the tax entering into Manufactures apart
from that on manufactured articles, so that the ma
terial shall not be twice taxed ; and that the com
mittee have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
Thu Indian thxtbreaks in the. Northwest.
Mr. MAYNARD (Union), of Tennessee, offered a
resolution which was adopted, instructing the Com
mittee on Indian Aithirs to inquire into the causes
generally, of Indian outbreaks in the Northwest,&c.
- Mexican Afthirs.
Mr. COLFAX (Rep.), of Indiana, offered a resolu
kion, WhichAvas adopted, clink; for the °Metal' cots
espondenee minting - to the present 'condition Of
BlOcalitAtthirs- .
..se. . - .
-..ifteport of the Secretory of . . the Treasury.
' Ti l e si'EAKER laid before the House the Report
of the Secretary of the Treasnry on Finance. Re
feiredV
to theonunitte of Ways and Mans. . • :
-
The Clerks In the Agricultural Bureau.
0a motion or Mr. HOLMAN (hem.), of Indiana,
a resolution WIIS adopted calling upon the Commis--
Finn/LT of Agriculture to inform the House how many
,
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
bcl Deserters—What They Say.
ARMY OF THE KANAWHA.
- VI r kSHINGTON, December 5, 1862.
and New York.
The Arrest of Kentuckians.
clerks have been appointed since he entered upon
his duties, their salaries, &c. Also, in what manner
the sixty thousand dollars appropriated tOr seeds
and cuttings have been expended.
The Pay of Convalescent Soldiers.
On motion of Mr. NOBLE (Dem.) of Indiana, the
Committee on Military Affairs was instructed to
inquire what legislation is necessary to secure the
hay' of soldiers in the convalescent camp.
Democratic Explanation of Mr. Morri
Resolution.
Air. COX (Dem.), of Ohio, offered the following:
Resolved, That the word "assassins" used In the
resolutions pas.sed this day, ()tiered by the member
from Vermont, is intended by thiallouse to include
all men whether from the North or South; whether
in or out of Cdugress, who have been itstrumental
in producing the present civil war, and who have
been guilty of flagrant breaches of the Constitution,
and who are not in favor of the Constitution as it is,
and the Union as it was.
On motion of Mr. HUTCHINS (Rep.), of Ohio,
the resolution was tabledi—yeas 80, nays 21. •
liftesoltatiOui on flip Piiioetnation of the
Union.
Mr. VALLA'NUIGHAM (Dem.); of Ohio, asked
leave to offer the following resolutions :
Resolved, That the Union as it was must be main
tained, one and indivisible, forever, under the Con
stitution as it is, and the fifth article, providing for
amendments, included.
Resolved, That if any person in the civil or mill
tary.serVice of the United States shall propose terms
of peace, or accept or advise the acceptance of any
such terms, on any other basis than the integrity of
the Federal Union, and of the several States com
prising the Mine; and the Territories of the Union,
ns at the beginning of the present civil war, he will
be guilty of a high crime.
Resolved, That this Government. can never permit
the intervention of any foreign nation in regard to
the present civil war.
Resolved, That the unhappy civil war in which we
are engaged Was waged, hi the beginning, professedly
not in any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of
conquest or snhjugation, or purpose of overthrowing
or interfering with the rights or established institu
tions of. the States but to 'defend and Maintain the
supremacy of the Constitution; and to preserve the
Union with all the dignity; 'equality, andirights of
the several States unimpaired, and was so under
stood and accepted- by the people; and especially by
the army and navy of the United States, and that,
therefore, whoever shall pervert, or attempt to
pervert, the same to a war of conquest and sub
jugation, or for the overthrow or interference with
the rights or established institutions of any of the
States, or to abolish slavery . therein or for the pur
pose or destroying or impairing the dignity, equality,
or rights of any of the States, will be guilty of a Mi
grant_ breach faith' slid of a high- crime
against theUonstitution and , the Union. • - •
Resolved, Thatwhoever shall propose by hiederal
authority to extinguish any of the States of this
Union or to declare any of them extinguished and to
establish territorial governments • within the same,
will be guilty= of a high crime against.the Constitti-
Hon and:the Union.
shall affirm that it is coni
pet6it for thii • Mingo; bi any other authority, to
establish a dictatorship in the United States, there,-
hy superseding , or suspending the constitutional au
thorities of the 'Union, and shall proceed to make
any movement toward the declaring of a dictator,
shall be guilty of a high crime against . the Constitu
tion and the , pion and public liberty.
The Resolutions Tabled.
Mr. LOVELTOY (Rep.), of Illinois, objected to the
resolutions. All that was good was contained in
those of Mr. Stevens.
• On his motion
were tabled—yen
", Mr. Vallandighames resolutions
E '75, nays 50--as follows :
YEAS.
Fisher (IL
Francium (IL)
Frank (It.)
Goodwin (R.)
Gurley (IL)
Hale (11.)
Harrison (U.)
Hickman (IL)
Hooper (It.)
Horton (H.)
Hutchins (it.)
Jul inn (R.)
Kelley (IL)
Kellogg (R.)
Loomis (11.)
Lovejoy (11.)
Low ((5.)
AlcPberson (R.)
Mitchell (It.)
Moorhead (IL)
Morrill (IL ).
Nixon (IL)
Pike (IL)
Pomeroy OW
Porter (It.)
Potter (R.)
NAYS.
Hall (U)
Harding (U.)
Holman (I),)
.Tohnson
Knapp (R.)
Law (I).)
Lazear (D.)
Leary (U.)
Mallory (U.)
Maynard (U.):
Menzies (U.)
Noble (1).)
Norton (p.)
Nugen (It.)
Pendleton (I).)
L'erry (D.)
Prim (U.) '
Controlonols in Illinois.
Mr. ALLEN (Dem.), of Illinois, askes, but failed
to obtain, leave to offer a resolution instructing the
Committee on the .Tudiciary to inquire into the al
leged right of the Federal Government to set at
defiance the Constitution, laws, and sentiments of
the people of Illinois, iwiniporting negroes into that
State, and to consider what action is necessary to
bring about the deportation of the said negroes.
The House then adjourned till Monday.
Aldrich (IQ
Arnold (R.)
Ashley (11.)
Babbid (R.)
Baker (R.)
Baxter (R.)
Denman (11.)
.13ingba 311 (B.)
Blair CIO, Pa.
Blake (IL)
Bnilinton (R.)
Chamberlain (R.)
Clark (R.)
Collioc. (R.)
ConldingF.A. (R.)
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Covode (R.)
Cotter (R.)
Dawes 00
Delano (IL)
Duel I.(11.)
Edgerton (R.) •
Eliot (R.)
Fly (R.)
Fenton (R.)
Fessenden (R.)
Allen (D.) .
Ancona (D.)
Bailey (D.)
Biddle (1).).
Brown (U.),
Clements ( U.)
Cobb (U.)
Conway (Hi
Corning afr .•
Cox (U.)
Cravens (D.)
Crisfield (U.)
Donlan (U.)
Euglisli (DJ
Fonko (U.)
Grainger (D.)
Crider (I,L)
The Case of the Minnesota Indians.
The fol lowing protest against Presidential clem
ency in the case of the three hundred Indians eon
victed of participating in the Minnesota outrages,
signed by Senator WILKINSON Kndßepresentatives
ALnitiou and VONDON, was sent to the President
yesterday :
WAsitucoToN, December 3cl, 1862
To the PreBident of the United Stales:
Sin :..We have learned, indirectly, that you in
tend to pardon - or reprieve a large majority of the
Indians in Minnesota who have been forfnally con
demned for their 'participation in the brutal massa
cre of our.people in the months of. August and Sep
tember last. .1f this be your purpose, as Reprefirn.tn
liven front that State, we' beg - leave -most respect
- o so for the fol.-
__
These Indian's ifereciaiiilFimelCinom- of them;
upon the testimony of women whom they nad car
ried into' captivity, after having murdered their
fathers '
husbands, and brothers, and who were
treated by these Indians with a brutality never
known before in this country, nor equalled in the
practices of the most barbarous nations. There
were nearly ninety' female captives. They were the
wires and daughters of our neighbors and friends.
They were intelligent and virtuous women. Some
of them were wives and mothers ; others were
young and interesting girls.
These savages, to whom b - ou propose to extend
your Executive clemency, when the whole country
was quiet and the farmers were busily engaged in
gathering their 'Crops, arose with fearfal violence,
and, travelling from one farm house to another in
discriminately murdered all the men, boys, and little
children they came to ; and, although they sonic
times spared the lives of the mothers and daughters,
they did so only to take them into a captivity which
was infinitely worse than death. .
.11Ir. President, let us relate to you some facts with
which we fear you have not heretofore been made
ac uainted.
"hose Indians whom (as we understand) you pro
poketo pardon and set free, have murdered in cold
blood nearly or .quite one thousand of our people;
ravaged our frontier for a distance of more than
one hundred and fifty miles, north and
,south;
burned the houses of the. settlers, and driven front
their houses more than ten thousand of our people.
They seized and carried into captivity nearly one
hundred women and girls, and, in nearly every in.
stance, treated them with the most fiendish bru
tality.
To show you sir; the. enormity of these outrages,
we beg leave to state a few facts, which are well
known to our people, but delicacy forbids that we
should Mention the names of the parties to whom
we refer.
In one instance some ten Or twelve of these In
dians visited the house of a worthy farmer, who at
the thne, was engaged with his sons in stacking
wheat. They stealthily approached the place where
this honest farmer was at work, and, seizing their
opportunity-, shot the father and his two sons at the
stack. They then went to the house, killed two little
children in the presence of their mother, who was
quite ill of eonsimption, and then they took the
sick mother anti a beautiful little daughter, thirteen
years of age. into captivity. But this is not all,
nor is it the most appalling feature of this
awful tragedy. Its' horror is yet to be revealed.
After removing these unhappy prisoners to a lodge
which was some miles away, these fiends incarnate,
placing a guard over the body of the weary and ex
hausted mother, took.her little girl outside of the
lodge, removed all her clothes, and fastened her
upon , her back on the ground. They then 'com
menced their work of brutality upon the body of
this young girl. One by one they violated her per
son, unmoved by her cries or unchecked by the evi
dent signs of her approaching dissolution. This
work was continued until her Heavenly Father
relieved her from suffering. They Aft her dead upon
the ground. This outrage was committed within a
few feet of a sick and dying mother.
There is another instance of a girl eighteen years
of age. We knew her well before and at the time of
her capture. She was as refined and beautiful a
girl as we had in the State. None had more or bet
ter friends ; no one was more worthy of them than
she. She was taken captive by these Ig,dians ; she
was taken, her arms were tied behind tier, and she
was bedfast to the ground and ravished by some
eight or ten of these convicts before the cords were
unloosed from her limbs.' This girl fortunately
lived to testify against the wretches who had thus
violated her. 'Without being more specific we will
state that all or nearly all the women who were
captured were violated in this was'. .
Again, there was a little boy brought to St. Paul,
(whose father nd motherland been murdered,) whose
life was spared, as a witness of the horrid nature of
this massacre. His right eye was cut completely
out; it had fallen from its socket, and perished on
his cheek. His two little sisters, aged respectively
6 and 4 years were also saved, but in an awfully mu
tilated condition. Their tender arias had been
mangled with the savages knives and otherwise
fearfully wounded, and left on the ground for dead.
Mr. President, there was no justification or pre
text even for these brutalities. We state what we
know when we say that the Sioux agent, Major
Galbrnithe, has labored faithfully and eftlele.ntly for
the welfare of these Indians. The Government, as
you know, has built a house and opened a farm for
every one of tliesC Indiana Who Would reside upon
and cultivate it. 'Missionaries, as our worthy Bishop
Can testify, have labored zealously among them for
their spiritual welfitre. There has been paid to them
yearly the interest upon $2,000,61. 'Farming im
plements have been purchased, and faimers have
been employed by the Government to improve and
eultiVate their lands.
These Indians are called by some prisoners of war.
There was no war about it. It was wholesale rob
-607.6 rape, and murder- These Indians were not at
war with their murdered victims.
The people of Minnesota, IMr. President, have
stood Hrm by you, . and by your Administration.
They have given both you and it their cordial sup
port. They have not violated law. They have
borne these autibrin:,, , s with a patience such as but
few people ever exhibited under such extreme trial.
These Indians arc now at their mercy; but: our
people have not risen up to slaughter them, because
they believed that their President would deal With
them justly.
We are told, Mr. President, that a committee from
Pennsylvania, whose families arc living happily in
their pleasant homes in that State, have called upon
Weand petitioned you to pardon these Indians..
We have a high respect for 'the religious sentiments
of your petitioners; but we submit that it. is bad
taste, indeed, that it is entirely unbecoming them, to
interfere in matters with which they are so little ac
quainted, and which relate to the security of our
•people.
e protest against the pardon of these Indians ; be
cause, if it is done, the Indians will become more in
solent Spli cruel than they ever were before, believing
—as they certainly will believe—that their great fa
ther at Washington either justifies their acts or is
afraid to punish them for their crimes_
Wepretest against it, because, if the President does
not permit. Oleos executions to take place touter the
forms of law, the outraged people of :Minnesota will
dispose of these wretches without law. These two
people eannot live together.
We do not wish to see mob law inaugurated in
Minnesota, as it- certainly will be if you force the
peoPle to it, We tremble at the approach of stich
condition of things in our State.
You can give us peace, or. you can give us lawless
violence. \l'y. pray you, sir, in view of all that we
have suffered, and of the danger which still awaits
us, let the law be executed—let ja llet. be done oar people.
With high respect, we are your obit servants,
M. S. WILKINSON,
CYRUS ALM ICI I,
WIIL WINDOM.
A TOTAL ECLIPsE.—A.t two o'clock thiS
morning a total eclipse of the moon was
091 , 11AN15 7 COUILT AND AittslONEF:' Pnunsrctoity
SALES REAL -EATATE, STOCKS, 6Ce., ON 'r1:1.:1)Ai. -
NEXT, - 9th inst.—See Thoilms & adrortisc-
Menta And pamphlet catalogues issued to-day. Cata
logues of Dr. Drayton's library ready.
Mee'ensiles Removal in England—The lluS-
Sinik Note on Mediation—Friendly D e s.,
patch of Prince Gortschakolf—Lnird's
Steamer "292," or " Dellance"—Lontion
Times on Mr. Seward' s Complaint About
the " Alabamse t— Garibaldi on Slavery and
Ittunan Ttig,lxts—Prance, Italy, Prussia,
India.
The royal 'nail steamship China, Captain Ander•
son, which sailed from Liverpool at 9 o'clock on the
morning of the 22d, and from Queenstown on the
afternoon of the 2:RI ultimo, arrived at New York.
The steamer Bavaria, bound from New York for
Hamburg, got ashore off Aitenbruch. The pas
sengers and mails were safely conveyed to Ham
burg. She got off on the 18th, and proceeded to
Hamburg.
The news of McClellan's dismissal created con
siderable excitement in England. It was regarded
by the friends of the South in Liverpool as decidedly
favorable to.the Secessionists. In Limdon it caused
a depression in American securities.
The London Times says: "The dismissal of Mc-
Clellan is the first effect on Mr. Lincoln of the late
elections. It is impossible not to come to the con
clusion that McClellan has been sacrificed to the
political jealousies of the party in power. The truth
is, the General was known to be a conservative, and
to disapprove the violent acts of the Federal Execu
tive. The Republican Cabinet, like an old Venetian
conclave, suspects and watches its military leaders,
and, in a moment of terror, displaces one for another.
General McClellan's knoWn dislike to the emancipa
tion edict of Mr. Lincoln completed the antipathy of
the Republicans ; now have come the elections, and
the opinion on the war and abolition held by Gen.
McClellan are proved to be those' of a majority of
the people of the Northern States ; McClellan from
that moment became too dangerous a man to be left
at the head of a great army within a few days march
of the Capitol. What if, relying on the good will of
the soldiers and the change of opinion by the people,
he should seize Washington, expel the incapable.
Cabinet, and conduct or conclude the war on the
principles of his own partyl Such things have been
known even in republics. So Mr. Lincoln has made
his coup Welat.
But it is not clear that it is a success—to dismiss a
Popular general is a dangerous game in a country
where party spirit runs high—the first effect in the
present case is to make McClellan a conservative
martyr. Whatever may happen, no one can doubt
that the North is becoming seriously divided, and
that the Federal Government is now in the hands of
a threatened and almost desperate faction.
The Army and A'avy Gazelle regards McClellan's
dismissal as the defiance of the Republican Govern
ment to the Democrats. The deposition may be re
garded as the humiliation of Mr. Lincoln, who has
so long fought his battles. No moment ean be more
favorable for a bold Confederate movement.
RAl:he same journal questions Burnside's ability, and
thinks his appointment will not give satisfaction.
THE .11IISSIAN NOTE ON MEDIATION
The following is the full text of the Russian reply
to the French proposal of mediation in America:
DEBIATCE OF VT: INCE 001111.3 CH KOFF' TO M. D'OC,
-
DULL, CUARGE D'AFFAIIIES A 7 rAnts.
Porratsnuno, November 8.
Sin : I transmit to you herewith a copy of a de
spatch of M. Drouyu de i'Huys, which the Duke of
Montebello was desired to communicate to us. It
relates to the affitirs of North. America, and has for
its end to invite us to an understanding with France
and England in order to profit by the present weari
ness of parties by Droposing, in common, a suspen
sion of hostilities.
in reply to this overture, I have reminded the am
bassador of France of the solicitude which our august
master has not ceased to devote to the American
conflict since the moment when it broke out—a so
licitude caused by the amicable relations existing be
.,twecn the two countries, and of which Me imperial
Cabinet has given public proof. I have assured him
that nothing would be more agreeable to our wishes
than to be able to accelerate the termination of a
strife which we deplore, and that, for that purpose,
our minister at Witsliiiigton has orders to seize all
favorable occasions for recommending moderation
and conciliation, in order to appease conflicting pas
sions, and bring the interests at stake ton wise set
tlement. I have acknowledged that these counsels
would be of so much the greater value if thcw were
given simultaneously in the same amicable form by
the great Powers which are interested in the issue of
this struggle.
But I have added that, in our judgment, it was
necessary, above all, to avoid the appearance of any
pressure of 'a nature to wound public sentiment in
the 'United States, and to excite sensibilities very
ready to be aroused at the bare idea of foreign inter
vention. Nov, according to the information we
possess up to This time, we are led to believe that a
combined movement on the part of France, England,
and Russia, however conciliatory it might be, and
with whatever precaution it might be surrounded,
If it presented Itself under an official and collective
character, would be liable to issue in a result opposed
to that pacification which is the obiect of the
three Cowls. We have concluded that it the French
Government persist in thinking a formal and collec
tive_step opportune, and if the Cabinet of London
shares this opinion, It would be impossible for us, at
the distance at which we are placed, to anticipate
the reception which such a proceeding would natu
rally meet with.
But if in Ma case our minister does not partici
pate officially. his moral support is not the less as
sured beforehand to every attempt at conciliation.
In sending this to his colleagues of France and Effig
land, under the officious form which he will believe
is the fittest to avert the appearance of a pressure,
M. de Stceckel will but continue the. attitude and
. language which, by the orders of our august master,
he has not ceased to maintain since the commence
ment of the American difference. It is in this sense
that I request you to explain.yourself to the French
Minister of Foreign Affairs, in reply to the commu
nication which he has sent us.
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Stevens (li.)
Stratton (IL)
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Stiles (D.)
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Receive, &c., &c. GORTSOIIII3I.OEF.
The Paris correspondent of the London Herald
says it was asserted that M. de l'Huys had ad
dressed a despatch to England in answer to Earl
Russell's note refusing the proposal of joint media
tion.
The Liverpool Post has the following: "In refer
ence to the steamer No. 292, said to have been built
as a cruiser for the Confederates, she has been built
by Messrs. Laird for :lames Beasley, Esq., for river
purposes in China, and is registered in his name.
Messrs. Laird's vessels are numbered as their keels
are laid, and entered in their books during constgic
tion under the said number, whence this io-ooz. - She
is called the Defiance, peiute" steamer of 140
_inuv—She_wilt leave the Mersey in a day or two for
China."
It is stated that the fast steamer Douglas, hitherto
running between Liverpool and the Isle of DN.., nail
first-class steamers that have been purchased in this
country for the urpose of running the , blockade, are
leaving gradually . The swift river steamer Ruby,
120 tons, and the splendid Belfast mail steamer
Giraffb, 300 tons, sailed on Saturday afternoon, from
reenock. They have both undergone a strengthen
ing outfit for the passage., The Ruby is commanded
by Capt. Gregory, has 22 men, and sails in fuel. The
Giraffe is commanded by Capt. Duguid, has 50'men,
and takes out a valuable cargo in boxes, cases, and
packages, (containing "Gregory's pills," it is said.)
and over £13,000 'worth of leather boots, .£1,3011
worth of medicines, and £OOO worth of surgical in
struments. The Giraffe also takes out thirty pas
.sengers, as they are styled, but these are said to be
more useful than ornamental."
A steamer (name not stated) is reported to have
recently left Liverpool during a dense fog, having on
board 600 tons of arms, &c.,for the Confederates.
The London Times replies to the complaints of Mr.
Seward in regard to the Alabama, and contends that
he has no ground of complaint against England, and
that Captain Semmes is no more a pirate than Gen.
Jackson is a brigand, and that the Alabama is doing
no more than what the Northerners are doing every
day themselves. The article concludes as follows:
"As to our own part in this 'Whir, that can be very
briefly despatched. Strictly speaking, we should
not, as neutrals, knowingly supply either belligerent
with munitions of war; but, in such cases, private
neutral merchants usually shut their eyes to the des
tination of cargoes, and ask no questions of custo
mers who come with Money in their hands. if the
aid of the Govermuent were invoked, it would, we
have no doubt; be given to prevent such equipments
as that of the Alabama ; but how could Mr. Adams
interfere to prevent consignments which his employ
ers were making every day 1 The Americans, always
sticklers for neutral privileges, did exactly - as we
have done during the Crimean war, and President
Pierce was at the pains of asserting their full right
to do so in one of his messages to Congress. lie
plainly said that the Americans sold munitions of
war to all buyers, without troubling themselves
about the ports to which
_the goods would be con
signed, or the purposes to which they would he put.
This, and' no more, is what we have done, our
selves. We have served the }lntends and we have
served the Confederates—each customer according to
his wants. The Federals wanted weapons to equip
an army. The Confederates wanted a ship to begin
a navy. We sold the steamer as we Sold the rifles,
and precisely as the Athericans sold ships to the Rus
sians in the war of 1g56. For that matter, indeed,
there was much less mystery made about the Grand
Adpiiral than there was about the Alabama. The
Alabama was sent from a friendly shore,' no
doubt, but front the same 'friendly shorts' were
sent those countless cargoes of cannon. caissons,
rifles, and gunpowder, which enabled the Federal
army to keep the field: If we violated 'international
law' in one case, we violated it in the other ; but
the Washington Government will find it hard to im
peach, as a crime, what is simply a repetition of its
own deliberate proceedings, or to indict, as 'indi
cating an unfriendly policy, a system front which
they:themselves have taken notoriously the greatest
advantage.
The Morning Poet replies to the complaints in a
precisely similar strain. and Affirms that nothing has
been done inEngland for either party hut what Eng
lishmen, as neutrals, had a full right to do. The
Article winds up as follows :—" The absurdity of the
resolutions of the New York Chamber of Commerce,
and the intemperate tone of Mr. Seward's observa
tions thereon, arc, however, redeemed by..tho.:Jand
heartedness of some suggestions thrown out in New
York, that contributions in cargoes of grain should
be made for the relief of the distress in Lancashire.
Those suggestions may not be carried into ettbet, but
England will not forget that amongst the population
of the Northern States were found those (and we
believe _they arc many)' who, though themselves
weighed down with no mean burdens, could still
extend a helping hand to their distressetitindred on
this side of nig:Atlantic."
IVin. Cornell :Jewett, of Colorado Territory,
_haring written to Garibaldi, urging the expediency
of intermit hinal arbitration in America, had received
the following reply
"Pi .t, November 13, 166:1.
"Sn : rinn &Sired by General Garibaldi to ac
knowledge the receipt of your letter, which he would
have answered himself but for the state of his health:
" General Garibaldi always takes the deepest in
terest in the American question. Nothing could
please him More than the abolition of slavery. He
considers it as being at once a curse and a disgrace
to a free people. Abolition, according to . him, ought
to be full,.unconditional. For hina and those who
march under his nag, human rights are before Con
stitutional rights . '
Humanity must conic first ; com
mercial interests, individual prosPerity afterwards.
"Alto the Roman question. Garibaldi's opinion is
that Rome is ours, and that it must be given to us,
let the French Emperor like it or not.
"With Gen. G ribaldi's kind compliments ; believe
me yours; Very obedient.
" CLEMENTE CORTI.
"War. Conximi..nwrrv, Esq.",
Mr. W.• E. Foster,' member of Parliament, has
been addressing his constituents at Bradford on the
American question. lle generally favored the policy
of the North, and praised the English Government
for refusing to interfere. •
In connection with the. British bark Blanche, the
Madrid overnment has demanded that the extent
of slx miles from the coast of Cuba shall henceforth
be considered to constitute Spanish waters.
The oil refinery of Messrs. Price Sr. Co., at Black
friars, London. had been destroyed by tire. Loss es
timated at .1:50.,M.
The LOmlon Morning Herald persists In asserting
that the relations between England and Dance are
unfriendly ; and the Paris correspondent of that
journal says reports were current in P4ris that Earl
Russell was. ahout to resign his position in the
English Cabill'et--._[There is nothing, whatever to
eontirui th'ese statements - 4 - ""
The London Times accePts the appointment of
Baron Gros, as ambasimdor to London, as a com
pliment to the court and people of England, and nzi
pledge of the Emperor's desire to remain in amity
and alliance with England.
The cotton Market at Havre was in such a state
of stagnation that on one day not a single bale was
sold. .
Art inquiry into the French navigation laws
had been opened - With the apprOval of. the Emperor,
and favorable resulta were anticipated.
The 'Bonnie, on the 21st, closed inanimate at
70f. 5,5 c.
Iu the Millibar of Deputies, with reference to the
election of a deputy in au electoral college of Sicily,
a previous question was reopened as to the validity
of electitins made during the state of siege in that
island. After a short discussion,' the Chamber de
cided that all such elections should be considered
null and void.
Signor Doncompagni requested explanations of
the home and foreign policy of the Cabinet, stating
he did not believe the ministers to posses the neces
sary moral authority to govern the country.
Signor MOrdini complained of the arrest, at Na
ples, of himself and the deputies Cobboo and Fabrizi,
vehemently` attacking the Cabinet upon the - cemsti;.
tutional question.
Other members denounced the Government and its
French policy. The debate was still open.
EUROPE
FitANC.E
ITALY
I'IIUSSI A .
The ICCIIC PrenbibatC Zrifialn
reply of the King to an address
talent from several districts of Prussistt'"lt:
Majesty says : "I shall continue to e•sp7 ( 3.iy.
organization of the military force. 171, 5 - s'lse,
represented in many quarters, and ‘-'l„l'l4t.
been misunderstood. I have sworn '(,) - ola
constitution received from my brother, p l t i 3 Ot'S
jesty, and shalleonscientiously keep Ist 41 '4 ,
sense expressed in my programme of ; I to
1868; but it is also requisite to 0 4 ,
tionally, so as to promote the w elfaresrt n i . 'a , •
The sovereign alone can do this in
representatives of the people shouhl
t l
constitutional co-operation in INistsif.'l4
further obstruct his_government.” HI. Is:
INDIA.
The Bombay mail of October 2 1th I
England, but there is no news of imp.;:;'*.
tional to what has been already telegrsyt::,'.,,i
Gales in the bay of Bengal had done's,'
to slaipping.
A. private telegram of Nov. Ist, fr sx ,
quotes an important fall of 3 per cent, in',V' s o
exchange, the 'quotation being g s
m pose
eats d
from Engla this wouldnd to Ind a i immeditely cheek
a. IN
LONDON MONEY MAR ,
the 21st closed firmer. Consols
There was no alteration in the alisg,,,„,
The weekly returns of the Rank of 3., - ; ;;;`ka..
a decrease in the bullion of .E 2219.2!.. "4/1i
The steamer Great Britain, %villa gold t ,
of about £450,000, had arrived at Liver t „ '4r
MARKETS.—Livsiteorm.. No t . „,
ton—The Broker's Circular says 1.1,, 4
been depressed and irregular throu ghoutli t •
and a further important reduction -•"' •
been submitted to ;the the trade ha% e. wig; ,'Vle
tions, confined their purchases to the
reduced and immediate requiremest;aleie,„
descriptions have given way to the eatte,.44te
130 19 lb. in many instantN.
dined on the average about i!;,f1 44
velar moderate sales. There is it d ecl ine;".4
13 . ;r1 to .2d 111 lb, with limited transy...7- .
business in Surat was at daily redu s i s .;'mta.
Wednesday and Thursday, when 0,0,,,3 11 i.t0.
low rates accepted (fair Dbellatrah,44lhri/-
1400 brought out speculators. and
• better classes have shown some woreft.'4.:...:
position to buy more free It git,tift7l4.
A
the decline
have been 17, on the week
120 of
Im nea s ly .id 31 44 ,
w e
speculation, and 1,200 for export ,
day were estimated at about o,eoo k ite, "
3,000 for speculation and expott, nand
'Qproved demand and prices were titnnar.
uotations are :
Fair Orleans, 260..... .......
n Mobile, 2.5 d ..... aa •••
. . " Uplands, 24d...........
Steck on hand t9IMO bale*. i5,.6 1; ,_,,,5J.
Indian Cotton at sea irsosti t 7+ l 4 . 4. lo A
TRADE AT MA NCIIESTER.-Ikere
terday a fair inquiry for yarns, and also 3 4;„
neral one for cloth ; the tone of Main a:O.A I .
'
became brighter, and there was no laily
that despondency whiela was so marked opt
BREADSTI.:I-I,:.—BICSATS. Wakefield,
Bigland, Athya. & no., and Richardson, s ;v ;
Co. report Flout of good quality firm it Ida!
viz: 23 28s; - wheat rather steadier, ssd t ,
rate business doing ; red Weste rn spa y , yl
ern ..9s Ukl@lOs 3d, white 10f!;12s el 10a 14:
a.
moderate request, at extreme rates ;
30s, white 31s tid9 , 32s 6d 'el ISO ls.
Pitovisioss.- - Reef and Pork in trakres
mend, at previous rates. Bacon 510w.44t.
cheaper. Butter and cheese witht
sta C..
change. Lard in moderate demand soutr-_
North
Tallow America irreg:ular n 4, an 36 d
46s in some cases rattet,:::
Pnoouce.—Ashes—Pots firmer, S 81011.8.;•
348. Pearl steady at 32s Giifii:rts. Rosin st ds ....
inanimate. Spirits of Turpentine dull at
• American. Sugars active, bat at zal dentis t ,
quiet, supplies limited. Riff, in ; s i t
steady prices. Bark—small aales of Plailsahalpi
Linseed ,gs gal. Linseed showsntsitsert„t,,..
Lnse Oil quiet, but steady at las. ord 7; t r
at £4B to arrive. Whale ii fax .
F er. „ o . 4
Crude Pennsylvania £2O.
LONDON TaLkliKETS.—Meisrsip u d sg
Co. report Breadstuffs at a further eediceii
on the week of 1.1 quarter. 1,, s f tz
unchanged. Sugar fiat, and easier.. Di .
Cofibe quiet. Rice inactive. spiathof Item
nominal at 116 s. Linseed Oil tteclierilits.
low flat 468.
A Alla? ICAN SEGUltlTW.S.—ltuic t
American stocks are mostly nominal.
THE INDIAN TERRITORY,
A Bloody null Obstiontv (*mitlici how
the "Union and Rebel Indian Tribe,
Fort Cobb—The Loyal Trib t i yj
Colonel William G. Collin, Indian Sx
dent - of the Southern SuperintendarF",.
here yesterday from Leroy, bringing linm e ,
telligcnce front the southwestern poitirrzkiw
dian Territory.
On .the 23d inst. chiefs and braves of 111 , : l+ v
IZechies, to the number of eighty, anitei u
to ask for the protection of the United s t a
vernment. They left the rest of their SA L
bering seven hundred in all, on Walnut: ,t
State, eight : miles south of Leroy.
These Indians bring with theui a bar cif,
sealps, and the intelligence of a bloody et,,
Cobb, in the Indian territory. on the 2.1:410
The loyal' force comprised three hunk,
Wichitas, one hundred and sisty-threertmi
one hundred and thirty-seven liakos,
clues, a few Kaddos, and about thirty Skursv.
rebels were led by Colonel Leper. at th.t.ruld
hundred of the Tongkawas. Leper is stis
and the Confederate agent of the altilhll
The loyal Indians were entirely sure•sia
defeated their opponents, and A:404 1A
numbers of them on the field, mew; n5.311*.:
Leper. Getting, news that Cheely Metall
approaching, with a large force at Tears -
dians, the Wichitas Bed to this Suit,
complished the journey of :OM threehustat
"in a month and a day.
They bring with them the papers of d.ci . ssa
kawa chief, all of ivhicli were eaptarat. ths•
pars cover a period of thirty years, And •olPd
.bear the signatures of (;.nerd :.:41m floes.
Ternor, Lamar, Albert Bust, and other tyciet
Southern men.
It will be remembered that Fort Cobb wee
ated by the United States troupi is _liar iv
was soon after taken po:istysion of by the Its •
The .Wiehitas have always been repose,
friendly Indians, and the last report issue.t
Indian:Bureau shows That they were altiorg7
to accept the overtures made to there
federate agents.
This last fight shows that the retse:. , &et
serious-foe to contest with in tip? laie ,
-o,,,, s 4 4.vesrthana - rnat
rota. - learentrorlli (Kansas) ('oorrivliN.Yr.)).
The Court Martial of Ceitend kia
Porter.
The court martini of Mnjor General Fit: Ji
Porter is still in session in Washington. Ikh:
day Major General Pope was called to tree.'
substantiate the charges preferred
Porter. He testified that General
his positive orders .on the followinoo:.ologi.
gith August, to move forward biz far J.
Gen. Hooker at Nettle rim. On 29 0 '
move forward in the direction of ilia t.
second order to attack the enemy tta. a
alsii testified to the truth of the oiet!:a*
Preferred against Gen. Porter : which
our columna on Thursday. The fidlow4v9 )
of Major General McClellan to teen. Portcnii
introduced in the evidence :
. WAR DEPAIITMENT, Sept. t.
To Major General Fitz John i'orter: I atti
for my sake and that of the country. of
Army of the ' Potomac, that you and all my •
will lend the fullest and nah , tcorelalco•upetS ,
General Pope in all the brratiotri nor goiry
The honor of our army now depenti4
Cheerful co-operation of all lathe field. TtiF
is the crisis of our fate. Say the sametLW
my friends in the army. It its the hmt remaqtr
to make for our country , s sake. You wW
General Pope the same support you ;awn.- I
in the defences at WaMington to read:l . l 2
ance—to protect your retreat should iuci
sa ry. GEO. B. Mc LE
Decisions under the Revenue 1 ,,[
The Commissioner of Internal Ilefmt . :•
the following decisions :
When persons are employed by tobice:
dealers in cigars, whether in the 5:111.1e ;tins
distance, to manufacture cigars, and 'iv
to receive tobacco from their employers tole'
into cigars, which, when tinLihed. arc renal
their employers, such person; may not berm
to pay the value thereof. provided, At the reiri.
the assessor, they make out a list, sahsertl4
sworn to, which list , hall stile the number of :
so made during each month, and : as near as as:
the -value thereof, with the name and fesiilf .
the person to whom the cigars have bees
If the said employer, to whom the eipt.f.a
turned, shall not reside, nor have hisu•a
business, in a district in.which
then the assessor shall transmit i:
where such employer resides, to themitt• + ' t"t
ties :thereon, under the exch.'s, law. artilitr"
the employer:. But if the plttie4 theft:l9.i
”ri.
district, the assessor will assess the t 9
such lists to the employer.
Political Position of Senator .t
The following card from Senator Atai. 4.l
in the Chronicle of this morning:
/
In the classiliention of Senator: , in r 00 „. ...
...
you mark inc as ."
itCp" while the MO
from my state are market Unica .
strictly party designation should be nil L',`
1 was elected Lieutenant tiovernor
against a violent Repuldieau oporri c :.
same time the Representatives were
party designation was "t7onstituf.e 7
Aly election to the Senate was new'
thi". few rot's against me being
ra s sul:c!!,:,.;
own party slut the DemoctPPorli t " -
mously. and the Republicans ne
is therefore my proper mark. I'le.t=e
morrow's issue, :uul 's your 01 ,050: 2;Ci..
United States Sena.t:r..fg;llllli.'`.
• .. • •
FIRE 'AT THE STATES UNIOS Ito.
At 101 i o'clock, last night, a tire oceurrole,.:
Lies of the States Union Hotel. Narket.A4elt''.
street. The tire was tirst MA: overed
Cole, who also gave the alarm. He : tor j-' O .
Andrew Tracy, the bar-keeper, and JO °
were the tirst who perceived the 001014',:•
bar-keeper immediately rushed •to the ,4 - o ' 4 '
..
Stieeeeded in saving the three lore'
mules which it contained, these aniatilibele!./':
through the front and main entrawee f * t .
The tire appeared in two stalls, hifrot
and at the lower end of the stables The 1- e : ' 4 .
burned down. The various hose anten;io.'..
flies we're quickly on the gronwl,',lnd
eNtinguishinl the flames in a verphOrt tia•'
damage. done is not veil - extenive, tte.vr.
fright given to the guests of the holvew o
rable; apt the opportunities OUrillt o I .l ` k
such na, were probably improved.
._.„:.
IN AYAL MATTEitS.—Th Anitnielii .e
appeared in. sonic of the pipets yeste,W•t'l
ence to the destination of the .1111111 . 0
met; she has not sailed for Port Royal. 0 0
but nfirly on her trial trip. .
On her return, if no aceident won- t,t
chinery, she will leave the navY Po ' s
tended cruise.
IMF-St:lt NA NistAtt.
This vessel which 1 • l • building t'.
, MS let s
yard for some time past, will be lattnel p . 1c•
day, if the expected order a rriVe4 ilMni %V.'
THE 31t)No,MAIISI.A. Is': •
Th e machinery intended for this vessel.
the navy yard, will tie ready the lafterr t ` 4l
week, when she will s:til on her trial trip.
The iron-clad Monitor IVeelfstekea• " 1 ' '
1
launched front Mr. Colwell's yani in R0..1
short time sjime, is MSt apprtsethinttcoll4ell
it is expected will be in n.,:aliness for te::
about two weeks. The turret Ims N.'
position, and the port holes for the fo )3 1
guns are netuiy finished. • The pilot-h0n5".•..7
made of iron plating, iii inches thick. u'll l . i ! :
on top of the i tyret, and is pierced with shis
for look-outs-near the top. I
--- , 1
11 011BERY ---A rTOCery store m
street, below' Ville, WAS entered, night 1.
and robbed of ninety cans of 3furringef'
and nine hundred I/011311N fa cake. of 1 04
Grocers and others, who deal in ::ach Ar!i'4,7o
serve the ends of public justice oil t
hj onliq.,
tiVii*ininiediate information to ili'
e 41 4.,.4
at the detective police ottize, ttio •
them for sale.
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