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.111 r. Se ' ward. 7 B Diplomacy.
)Ve print to-day elaborate .and compre
hc•ntive extracts from the correspondence of
the Secretary of State with ou• ministers
. abroad, but more particularly with our
minister at the English Court. It is an in
teresting chapter in the history of this war
for the - Union, and it will be read with great
eagerness by the people of America and
Europe. We need only look at the public
document •containing this correspondence to
see how impogant the American question
has become in the eyes of foreign Powers.'
The correspondence with the English Court
embraces over three hundred pages, and iu
this correspondence there are two hundred
and sixty-one despatches from the Secretary
of State to Mr. ADAMS, not to speak of vo
luminous letters- to Mr. SruAnr,' Lord
LYONS, and others. Many of these de
spatches are length, and prepared with
great care, covering many points of in
ternational law, explaining the different
movements of the army, controverting
false impressions, and discussing the
gravest questions of social and po
litical economy. The chaste and elevated
style of the Secretary of State was never
seen to more advantage than in this cor
respondence ; and many passages will be
remembered and preserved among the finest
compositions in our literature. The ques 7
lions discussed are numerous and grave, for
the Cabinet of England has been a captious
and unreasonable neutral. The doings of
Mr. Buxcn, the Charleston consul; the
blockade • the contraband trade at Nassau •
E4;land with her escape ; — tliFliTiagitlia
the draft; the emancipation proclamation;
the case of the Emily St. Pierre ; Mr. GLAD - -
STONE'S speech, and other questions of im
.
portance, arc all discussed and determined.
• It is rarely that we see such an amount of
labor from a single public man, and the
Secretary of. State need ask no greater
monument to his fame than this diplomatic
correspondence:
It is of course impossible to make any but
a genertil reference to a .correspondence so
voluminous and complicated. Although
these letters embrace only a year of time,
many_ . of the events to which they relate
have been almost forgotten. The impres- •
sion we receive from a careful perusal of
the whole volume* that of perfidy and
dissimulation on the part of the English, and
an earnest desire to satisfy just demands of
that nation on the part of
,the Administra
tion. We see the spirit of friendship per
vading every letter of the Secretary of State ;
we look in vain for any reciprocation. The
case •of • the Alabama, .as detailed in this
correspondence, is a flagrant illustration of
the want of English faith. We see this vessel
built in an English port,. fitted out in English
storehouses, and permitted to mount cannon
and , sail from the dock. Mr. ADAMS appeals
again and again to Earl RUSSELL to interfere.
That nobleman procrastinates and asks for
evidence. Evidence is furnished, and the
solicitor of the Crown is taken sick ! Be
fore he recovers the Alabama is gone and an
order is then issued directing her detention!
We particularize the case of the Alabama,
because it is thoroughly treated in these
letterS; and because it is the best instance
of the injustice of England. Altogether,
.we see in these letters the existence of a
nervous and unsettled feeling between the
two.countries.. The Secretary of State keeps
his temper and does not forget 'the respect
due to his position. This, it must be said,
i* s at times a very difficult matter, for the un
ceasing animosity of England is so apparent
that no indignation of the Secretary would
create surprise.
We have also a brief summary of Mr.
SEWARD'S correspondence with the other
foreign courts. We could wish that more
friendship to this country existed at many
of these courts, and cannot but regret the
indications of growing sympathy with the
rebels that we see so frequently manifested.
That this sympathy has not become active
and troublesome is due to the masterly
statesmanship of the Secretary of State.
Thus far he has sustained the honor of the
Republic before the world. He has shown
the rulers of Europe that while the Rephb
lie . desires peace at any possible, price, it is
abundantly able not only to repress domestic
I reason but to punish foreign insolence.
The Indian War in Minnesota.
"We trust that .there *ill be an immediate
response to the resolution of Mr. Senator
WimmisoN, calling for the documentary
eVidenee in the possession of the Govern=
ment against the condemned Indians of
Minnesota. The Indian war Was such ' a
brief episode in the bloody tragedy now being
performed, that it imssed away without ex
citing public attention. We know very little
of - what really took place in those distant
and nameless Indian countries of the North.
west. In the protest of the Minnesota dele
gation we see nothing but. the just resent
ment of kind4learted and charitable gentle
men. It is an outburst of indignation very
natural and proper, but still unsatisfactory
to those who know very little of the subject,
and are anxious to be well informed. Ac
cording to our own Vague ideas, it seems that
in a distant agricultural district, on the imme
diate frontier of :Western civilization, two
peoples were dwelling. They Were the re
presentative races of America—men of the
Present and men of the past, men of art and
men of nature. There was a sparse popula
tion, from the Eastern States and some of
the over-burdened districts of Europe, of
free, hardy, and ambitious white men.
They had gone into the new country
with the axe and the plough, and
having hewn logs enough to build a
home for their little ones, had ploughed
the land around it, and raised a crop of corn.
They held the outposts of our advancing ci
vilization. .In their rough way of life they
had done much
. / towards benefiting them
selves, • and . making one another happy.
They had schools and churches; and county
.newspapers in plain, if not elegant English,
were beginning to appear. • A few years
more, aM these men would be the fathers of
a great State, with populous cities and well
tilled, farms, and a large delegation of Con
gressmen. Another race of men lived at
their side and were their neighbors— a
strange, 'mysterious, haughty people,., whose
barbarous and savage pride seems to have
been sweetened and softened by adversity
and perseetition. The lords of all this mighty
continent—with a history which to student
'has ever been able to trace—a wild, fierce,
and implacable nation—the leaders in many
a well-fought war ; :with customs and hit's,
a literature that was written on hidden stones
and barks•of trees, with a quaint take and a '
reckless prodigality of gold and
thing is left of what they once were but
some sweet namee;for States and rivers, and - ;
an occasional remembrance of a midnight
niasseCre. .
• e bud been ]ed • to think that in no part
of our Territories were. these
tii - o,ineeii more anikaiiie than in Minnesota.
;.•The v " friendly. Stouk'.' . :lS a familiar phrase
~ t o those Who Tend the current literatnrn.of
#46, (lay. • The Government agents May not
• haVelotind them as mane , other
:4,00 further' south, but-'they still had 'shown.
:Aid ; they:Were not insensible to the .kind• -
. 41ess
.the.V bad received frbin the Goiein
...inehtrarins had been arranged for Adm,.
Jimises' had peen built, and no intinehea was
:spared to make . them respectable citizens.
The humanizing proeeSs failed in many es
sent wars. • Tlininteuse vanity of rho In-
• dinit'; etinneter made: hint Value a 'scarlet
cnaliirore than a hundred green acres, and
his own passionate soul fonnd- the hunting
groUnd of his ancestors and the happy, land
of the. Great Spirit
~in thesinebrinted dreams
•of adult erated'rnm. WhiCh tin, the,
white man drinik:thade• the red . ' , Man mad.'
Ills frenzy look oftentimes a ridiculous,
and occasionally a tragic, turn. He laughed
and danced grotesque dances, and screamed
his war songs, and rubbed his fiite with ochre
and gamboge, while shrewd white men gave
him more rum and scarlet trinkets, and repaid
themselves in neglected and fertile acres. The
tall of such a creature from the virtues of his
woodland life to the vices of the city and Settle
ment was rapid, and, in a few years, the
proud possessor of acres, where thc deers were
.wont to dwell and die' before his arrow, was
a wandering vagabond about stable-yards,
eating crusts of bread and craving for whisky.
This is the story of the intercourse between
the two races, as we have unfortunately seen
it too often illustrated. , But, occasionally,
we have a fearful outbreak, like this war in
Minnesota. The Bend in the Indian charac
ter comes to life again, and he sets out upon .
the wild work of devastation, desecration, dis
honor, and death. Its saturnalia is but tem
porary. There is a rising in the settlement,
a hUrried ride of a cavalry company from
the nearest post, a brief skirmish, the mur
der of half a tribe, and Peace. Then comes
the old life again. Rum, trinkets, madness,
death—all the while retreating to the setting
sun, while the white race advances into the
new domains.
We look upon this war in Minnesota as
one of these mad and brutal outbreaks of the
Indian character ; and we think when the
history is known it will be nothing more
than a new chapter in an old story. The
Sioux is an Indian with all the vices of the
Indian, and, we arc inclined to think, the
victim of Saxon rapacity, and his last rebel
lion is one of the most terrible that history
records. Men were murdered at their fire
sides, by their
.ploughs, in their homes—
women and maidens of tender years were
dragged into captivity, and to a fate, corn
pared with which death itself would have
been a dear and welcome blessing. We
could not conceive such horrors as those
containesi the report of the delegation
from Minnesota : " The Indians have mur
dered in cold blood nearly :or quite one
thousand of our people"—'' burned the
from the
porc - b - rgram-u .r n ir
Senator and two Representatives:from Min
nesota. Added to these were outrages which
the pen cannot detail. Refined and beautiful
girls die violent deaths in shaine and horror,
with a helpless and dying mother as the only
witness of the atrocity. The limbs of little
boys arc mutilated, and their persons fear
fully wounded and disfigured. Over one
hundred and fifty miles this work of horror
and death extended, and, as it seems, with
out any serious effort being made to over
throw and punish the wild ruffians.
Something must be done to punish these
savages. We may feel restive at the threat,
that unless the President orders their exe
cution " the people of Minnesota will dis
pose of these . wretches Without law," but
we cannot blame a people who have suf
fered so Much for talking with such fierce
sincerity. Let the Indians Who have ruur
.dered our brothers, and dishonored our sis
ters, die. We may even hang the three
hundred, whose Jives are forfeit, and it
will be but a trifling expiation: With all
our dislike to capital punislunent, and the
disinclination to deliberately hang , three
hundred men on any charge, in :this case
we withdraw any sympathy-we could pos
sibly have. Every accomplice in this fear
ful work should be punished even to death.
But this is only a work of vengeance, and
we are not called upon to inflict vengeance
alone in our dealings with the Indians of
Minnesota. We cannot hang the whole
Sioux tribe. Every guilty one may die, but
hundreds will live, with thousands of other
tribes as treacherous and blood-thirsty as
those condemned to death: What hu
mane and. Christian policy must We
• adopt towards this proud and vanishing
race. ' We cannot massacre them nor drive
them into the sea. They must not mas
sacre us. There must be no more raids
upon the border like the recent foray upon
Minnesota. We must protect our own
people.. flow to make the white man se
cure and the.red man harmless is a . problem
'which it will . require the wisest statesman
ship to solve. We shall better understand
the 'whole question when we read the evi
dence asked for by the honorable Senator
from Minnesota. We shall then know the
real history of this war, 'and perhaps we
shall discover the causes leading to the
massacre, and the impulse that turned these
savages into so many demons. More than
all, We may be enabled out of these lessons
to shape a policy:which will hereafter con
trol the Indian-race to its:own advantage.
It would, indeed, be a' blessed chance, and
whoever gained it would justly deserve to
be ranked among the . wisest and most hu
mane statesmen of the age.
Our Relations with France--Highly
teresting Correspondence.
WASRINOTON, Dec. e.—The foreign correspon
dence, under the head of France, covers one hundred
and thirty-four pages—the letters extending through
this year.
In a letter of June last of Mr. Seward to Minister
pay ton, he says :
France has the right to make war. against Mexi
co and to determine for herself the cause. We had
no right and interest to insist that France shall not
improve the war she makes to raise up in Mexico
an anti-republican or anti-American Government,
or to maintain such a 'Government there. France
has disclaimed such designs, and we, besides re
posing faith in the assurance given in a - frank,
honorable manner, would, in any case, be bound to
wait for and not anticipate a violation of them.
Circumstances tend to excite misapprehensions and
jealousies between this Government- and that of
France, in spite of all the prudence we can practise.
On our part we studiously endeavor to avoid them.
You will, therefore, be fully authorized in assuming
that-this Government does not aspire and has no
responsibility for assumptions of a different charac
ter made by the press. When we desire explana
tions from France—when an occasion shall -, have ar
rived to express discontent, we shall communicate
directly and explicitly with M. Thotnieneithrough
your good offices.
Dlr. Dayton to Mr. Seward, on October 14, in ac
knowledging the receipt of the proclamation of the
President of September 22 . , says :
You may look immediately for- the most mis
chievous efforts from portions of the foreign press
to.pervert and misconstrue the motives which have
promptedjhe proclamation and the probable conse
quences which will follow it. You must not be
surprised if another spasmodic effort for interven
tion is made, based upon the assumed ground of hu
manity, but upon the real ground that emancipation
may seriously injure the cause of the South, and will
interfere, for years to come at least, with the produc
tion of cotton. But whatever may be the motive which
prompts emancipation, or the immediate conse
quence which may follow it, the act will remain,
and this cannot fall, in the end, to commend itself
to the enlightened conscience of . the . Christian
world.
Mr. Seward, writing to Mr. Dayton mi October
Seth, says the views he is about to express should be
Understood as official, and may be made known to
the French Government. In the course of his letter
he remarks that it surprises the President that the
expectations of a recognition of the insurgents .are
still lingering in European capitals in view of the
disappointment and failure of the campaign, which,
by its successes was to prepare them for that hos
tile measure. The people do, indeed ? desire peace
and repose, as they have all along desired these ob
jects,• hut the first voice has yet to tie raised in de
mand for peace at such a cost as a loss of the Union,
or even of an acre of the broad foundation that it
covers.
after discussing the whole subject, he concludes
as follows :
The European impuLses favorable to the recog
nition of the insurgents are due chiefly to 'the
earnestness with which they have announced their
resolution to separate. In this respect, they can
surpass us. We, the loyal people of this Lnion,
are less demonstrative. We are necessarily so.
Time works against the insurgents and in our favor.
Reason and conscience are on . our side ; passion
alone on theirs. -We have institutions to pre
serve, and responsibilities world-wide and affecting
future ages to discharge; they have none. They
are at liberty to destroy, and trust to future
chances to rebuild; we must save our institu
tions not- only for ourselves but even for them.
I trust, however, that even if the early operation's •
Of the Government left room for any misapprehen
sion on the subject, the decison and the energies
which this Government and the loyal people have
put forth, within the last three months, will satisfy
Europe that ive are not only a considerate but a
practical, persevering people. It is time we should be
understood there. In one sense, a generous one it
is true, as Earl Russell has said, that we are fighting'g
for empire. But the empire is not only our own
already, but it was lawfully acquired and is
lawfully held. Extensive as it is, none the less is
every part our own. We defend it, and we love it
with all the affection with which patriotism in every
land inspires the human heart. It has the best of
institutions; institutions the excellence of which is
generously, /mil even gratefully, conceded by all
men, while they are endeared to ourselves by all na
tional recollections, and by all the hopes and desires
we so naturally cherish for a great and glorious fu
ture. Studying to confine this unhappy strwale
within our own borders, we have not only invoked
no foreign aid or.sympathy hut we have warned fo
reign nations frankly, and 'have besought them. not
to interfere. We 'have practised justice. towards
them in every way, and conciliation in an unusual
degree..r But we are none the less determined for all
to he sovereign and to be free. Wdindulge in - no
menaces and no deflances. We abide 'patiently and
with' composure the course of events, and the action
Of the nations whose forbearance we have invoked,
-scarcely less for their sakes than for our own. We
have not been misled by any of the semblances of
impartiality, or of neutrality, which unfriendly pro
ceedings towards us in a perilous strife have been
put on. When any Government shall incline to a
new and more unfriendly attitude we shall limn re
vise with care our existing relations towards that
Power, and shall act in the emergency es becomes a
people who have never yet faltered in their duty to
themselves, while they were endedvoring to Improve
the condition of the human race.
• RUSSIA.
The correspondence from and to Russia is not es
pecially interesting. Minister Caasius M. Clay, in a
despatch to Secretary Seward; dated in Japuary
last, writes, among other things :"Union with us;'
with equal rights; should be uttered to the Usnadi
ans, and the lives and property of friends leturedi;
Dien and money eltould be acqt ato Irciand t India;;
and all the British dominiong all overthe world, to
stir up revolt. Our cause ifijust, andivengeance will
sooner or later overtake that perfidious aristocracy - ."
Minister Cameron to Secretary Seward, in a de
spatch of June last, after describing - his audience
with the Emperor, says:
"The Emperor was exceedinglyplain, frank, and
unostentatious in his demeanor. The unusual
length of the interview as well its the unaffected
earnestness and sincerity of his "expressions, gave
evidence that he desired to make special manifes
tation of his friendship for our country and Govern
ment. Both on entering and leaving his Cabinet he
gave me his hand with cordial famillarity. This
practical experience of the good faith of these pro
fessions of sympathy with the - United States, which
RUSSIA now makes, as she has heretofore made, not
only unimpaired, but strengthened by tke. acknow
ledgment of our national trial, afforded ..'most pro
found gratineat ion."
• SPAIN. VA*
Horatio J. Perry, charge d'affaires for opaia,
treats upon Mexican and other affairs. In ri"? -
snatch dated March 30th, he narrates his intervie
with Mr. Calderon Collantes, and continues:
"But the position of Spain towards us had from
the beginning differed from that assumed by Eng
land. In the royal decree of June 17, 18G1, he had
carefully Abstained from insisting on the word belli
gerent as and legitimately applicable to both
Parties in the contest in the United States ; but it
was a civil war, and a war extensive enough, and
important enough, to call for some rules of conduct
to be laid down by her. Catholic Majesty's Govern
ment for the Spanish authorities and Spanish sub
jects to observe. The war was a fact, and ho had
merely taken cognizance of the fact, and proclaimed
that Spain wished to have nothing, and would have
nothing, to do with it."
The minister from Spain. Tassara, in October last,
verbally communicated to Mr. Seward the substance
of a correspondence which had been made to him by
the Captain-Greneral of Cuba, to the effect that a •
United States cruiser had chased an English and
neutral vessel into the maritime limits of Spain, •
driven her ashore, committing at the same time.
other acts of aggression and violence against not
only subjects but even the authorities of the Queen
of Spain in that island. •
Mr. Seward informed Minister Tassara that he
Was authorized to renew to him the assurance con
veyed to. his Government that no delay shall be
made by this Government in ascertaining the merits
of the complaint, and in awarding to'}Spain and to
Any
other parties who may be concerned in it, if the
facts presented shall not be adequately controverted,
all the redress and all the satisfaction which the law
of nations, or the treaties of Spain and the United
States, or even the comities due between friendly
nations : shall require. •
AUSTRIA.
Minister Motley wrote to . Secretary Seward, in
October last, as follows:
"The Government of the Empire to which I have
the honor of being accredited has never hinted at
any desire of interference or made any ostentatious
proclamation of ' neutrality' between • the Govern
ment bound .to• it by treaties of amenity and com
merce and an imaginary nation which has no exist
ence save in the vision of domestic treason and
foreign malice."
Minister Marih writes from Turin, in January
last: "In no part of the continent was the sympathy'
with the Government of the :Union at the commence
ment of the rebellion so strong, or so universal, as in
Italy. Although that sympathy is greatly weaken
ed, it is not yet lost, and I trust that events are near
at hand which will restore it to its original strength,
----r 4, m_the_Goynent in its disposition to
Minister Corwin, in a despatch Fo' ---- S'eCr•efary ST;
ward, dated September 28, says: "Recent events in
France. and elsewhere on the continent of Europe,
all tend to render the conquest and subjugation of
Mexico by French power impracticable. How much
of carnage will be required to restore the supposed
damaged prestige of the French arms, remains to be
seen, but this being accomplished, I confidently an
ticipate a treaty, good or bad, for the Republic, by
which all French questions with Mexico will be for
the present adjusted."
The entire correspondence covers a thousand
pages, including interesting letters from Brazil, Por
tugal, Turkey, ,Switzet/and, Central America, and
other countries in which we have ministers.
WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to 66 The Press."
WASHINGTON, December 8, 186'4
The Capitol.
The work on the capitol extension makes speedy
progress. The iron plates have been placed on one
side of the dome almost to the top, and those for the
rest of the surface are lying in the area in front of
the building, read - to be raised and fastened in their
places.
On the RepresentatiVes , aide preparations are
being made to build the arch ;in the grand staircase.
the blocks of marble have been prepared, and
they only have to be fitted to their places.
On the senate extension. an immense derrick has
been erected, and two of the large columns with
their capitals.been put in. place. The arch of the
staircase is partly completed, and the masons are en
gaged in building the steps.
The galleries of both Houses daily show rt sprink
ling of risiters, many of whom are ladies.
Secession Tactics. •
It seems to be the intention of Messrs. Cox, VAL•
LANDIGIIAM, PENDLETON, & Company, to, throw
every possible obstacle in the way of legislation in
the House of Representatives. One or the other of
them is always prepared with some piece of non
sense to occupy the time of that body. Prominent
Democrats have told me that they regard the con
duct of these men as most childish, and unworthy of
the objects which the Democratic party is supposed
to have in view.
Judge of Supreme Court.
DAVID DAVIS, of Illinois, was to-day confirmed
in executive session of the United States Senate, as
Associate Justice of the- Supreme Court of the
United States.
More Prizes.
The Navy Department has received information
from Rear Admiral LEE, commanding the South At
lantic blockading squadron, at Hampton. Roads, of
several, captures made :by the blockading forces off
Wilmington, North Carolina, and the neighboring
coast. He says, on the 30th of November, the United
States steamer Mount Vernon captured the schooner
Levi, Rowe, of and from Nassau, N. P., and pur
porting to be bound for Beaufort, No . rth Carolina,
with [a cargo of salt. She was at the time standing
in for New Topsail Inlet.
. On the 3d of December the steamers Mount Ver
non and Cambridge discovered two schooners near
New Inlet. In obedience to a signal, the former
gave chase to and drove ashore one of the schooners,
when, after being fired, she filled with water, and the
sea made a complete breach over her; while .the .
Cambridge overhauled and captured the other
schooner, which proved to he the Emma Tnttle, of
Nassau, with an assorted and contraband cargo.
On the same day, the United States steamer Day
light, off New Topsail, captured the schooner Bril
liant, of Nassau, loaded with about 300 bags of salt.
Her master made a written statement of his inten
tion to run the blockade, under instructions from
the vessel's owner, Mr. WAYNAN, of Nassau. On .
the night of December 3d, the steamer Cambridge
captured the schr. J. C. Roker, from Nassau, loaded
with salt, the master of which also made a written
statement of his intention to violate the blockade,
under instructions from: the owners, Messrs. 1.A. - N.*-
- nzas Soss, of Nassau. The J. O. Boker and
Brilliant Were sent into Beaufort, being unsea
worthy.
The Levi Rowe and' Emma Tuttle were sent
North for adjudication. Up to the 4th of Novem
ber, therefore, the list of vessels captured off Wil
mington and the adjoining coast, since Septem
ber Ist, includes one steamer, two barks, two brigs,
and fifteen schooners, making a total of twenty
vessels, of which six have been sent North as
prizes. The others, with the exception of one,
which sprung slesk and filled, were chased ashore
and destroyed. .
The Porter Court-Martial.
in the court-mnitial in the. case of General RITZ
JOHN PORTER, General POPE was recalled by the
court to-day : which put questions to him for informa
tion, explanatory of portions of - his former testi
mony. The counsel for the accused asked permis
sion to question him as to whether, in case General
PORTER came upon the enemy's front in force and
in position, instead of upon his flank or rear, he
would consider him justifiable in not attacking in
obedience to the order to attackjiis flank or rear,
but the court ruled out the question.
Capt. DRAKE DE KAY was examined with re
ference to the time at which General PORTER
obeyed the order of the 27th of March at one o'clock
A. M., testifying that he moved at four o'clock A.
M., and that he . saw General ?MITER and his staff
using great exertions to get out of the way. of the
wagons, which impeded the march of his troops.
McDowell Court of Inquiry.
In the McDownLL court of inquiry, to-day, Mr.
BELA CLAnir, of Fredericksburg, was examined.
His testimony was to show that Gen. McDowspL,
when in command at Fredericksburg, released• a
man named LITTLE, a lawyer there, who had been
passing to and fro on horseback within the. Union
lines, playing the part of spy for rebels.
Gen. Burnside and his Correspondence.
Mr. LAMNED, private secretary of General BURN-.
SIDE, says that the large number of letters addressed
to the General upon private and individual matters,
to which his personal attention is expected or re
quired, are not the least of the labors which occupy
his time. Were it possible, he would gladly respond
to each and all of these friendly letters; but the de
mands of the service render this impossible. While
he offers this as his apology for any seeming neglect
of his numerous correspondents, lie expresSes the
wish that the General may be spared, as far as pos
sible, all demands upon time and attention, except
ing such as relate to the public service.
Death of Gen. Churchill.
General SYLVESTER CHURCHILL, of the U. S.
army, and late Inspector General, died here last
night, aged eighty years.
General Cllunclur.r. entered the army, from Ver
mont, in 1812. He was appointed inspector general,
with the rank of colonel, in 1841. He was brevetted'
a brigadier general in ISIS for gallantry at Buena
Vista. He was put on the retired list, September2s,
1381. General On URCII 11. T„ when in health and
younger, was au able officer, and he ivas Universally .
esteemed in the army. . . .
Naval Orders.
The following officers have been ordered to the
Eltenm sloop-of-war Sacramento: Lieut. Command
ing CARP'ENTEIt, Lieut. Ity_tx.
The following to the Monomg)hola: Captain Mc-
Acting Master MAR EX)Uii K. •
• 1.).v. rEr. H. MliftiNY, of Riyriey, Ohio; has been
riilpointed assessor of the Sixth district under the
tax law. • "
Generals Mott and Prinee.
• Brigadier Generals Mori' and Pitille% have been
ordered to report for duty with the Army of the
Potomac.
Resigned.
Capt. E. W. IVlrrcnrmr., quartermaster of volun.
teers, son of the late Gen. MI - ctn.:Lt., has tendered
his resignation, which has been accepted by the
President.
Consul to Martinique.
EMMA); untirm, of Pennsy/vanin, has been
nominated to the Senate as Consul to Martinique.
Destructive Vire at Harpers Ferry.
ITANPER'S FERRY, Dee. 'l.—A fire broke out in
the guard-house, where rebel iirisoners were con
fined, last night. Two Government buildings were
completely consumed, including the Government te.
legrsph office. Loss about o'4ooo. Most of the con
tents were saved. A magazine, was in danger for
sometime, and some of the gunpowder was removed.
•
Thp ipilitstry ia{►tered the tire, - ,
711; PEESS. - PHILADELPHIA; TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1862.
ITALY
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Sufferin g of the T roops—Efrect At of thr Cold
Snap on the quart ermeistees Depart anent
--Soldiers Building Huts--No Move nt
It eported.
HEADQUALTERS Aunty OY THE POTomAC,
December B.
Reports from,tge river stn Hotta note several deaths
from exposure during the past forty-eight hour*
Large quantities of supplies are preventedittom
landing at Acquia and Potomac creeks, by Li
low
water And ice. The . latter is fully twei;inclicis! . ic
Notwithstanding this, the army generallyaitiProvi
sioned for twelve days ahead. Credit is (Me to the
army quartermasters and commissariffOr their
energy in overcoming great obstac tft- nd massing
the supplies now on hand.
There has been no movement importancefo
da y.
Many regiments are industriously* engaged in
erecting huts as if preparing to spend the winter
hereaboutil. The impression, however, is prevalent
that • the present quiet will be of but short duration.
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.
The Disgraceful Surprise at Hartsville,
Tenn.—Further Porticulzu•s—Morgau Cap
tures a Federal Brigade, its Stores, Tennis,
and Two Gnus—The First Operation of
General Joe Johnston, &c.
The following additional details of the battle of
Hartsville, Tennessee, (of which we published an
account, exclusively, in yesterday's Press,) have
been received, and give some idea of the extent
and nature of our loss, but eve no reason fox; the
surprise of our troops:
NasnviLLE, Dec. ;'l.—The following additional
particulars have been received:
The 39th Brigade, Dumont's division, consisting
of the 1131 th Illinois Regiment, Colonel Moore coin
manding the brigade; the 10th Ohio, Colonel Lim
bergi,Nicklen's Battery, and a small detachment of
the 3[i Indiana Cavalry, were surprised at daylight ou
Sunday morning, at Hartsville, by General John
Morgan, commanding three regiments of . cavalry
and two of infantry.
After fighting for an hour and a quarter our forces
surrendered. and the enemy burnt 'our camp, cap
turing nearly all the brigade, train, and teams, and
burning what they could not carry away. Two
guns of Nicklen's battery were also captured. Our
loss was between fifty and sixty killed and wounded,
who were left on the field. The rebel loss is not re
ported.
The gallant Lieut.. Col.. Stewart, of the .d Indiana
Cftway, And Col. Moore'were among the captives.
Major Hill, of the 2(llndiana Cavalry, was wound
ed, but' not dangerously. He says that half of our
infailtrY fought well, but the other half soon broke.
Col. Harris' and COL K'iller's brigades were sent
in pursuit, put the enemy had forded the Cumberland
river, and were out of reach.. A few shells sent after,
themmtuard &Wild retteat._______:_— „, prlSMrit
it was no tne air was more disg - raceful to us, as
Hartsville was a strong position.
• On Thursday, a lieutenant colonel of Davis' divi
sion was captured while skirmishing. Two regi
mental quartermaSters of Gen. Palmer's division
were also captured while foraging. Thirteen wa
gons, with mules, on a foraging expedition, were
captured on Saturday.
A deserter from Murfreesboro reports that
Cheatham and Breckinridge were, there with 15,000
troops. Buckner was at Shelbyyille ; Kirby Smith
was sick, at Manchester. 0 - en. Joe Johnston was
certainly at Mtirfreesbovion Saturday. -
INDIAN TROUBLES IN MINNESOTA.
The Dllimegotirma Attempting to Take the
Law' Into Their Own Hands—Proelaina
tion Of the Governor.
ST. PAnr,, Minn., Dec. B.—A body of a hundred
and fifty citizens, armed with hatchets, knives. and
other weapons, forced their way through the guard
last night, with the avowed intention of murdering
the Indian prisoners confined at Canip Lincoln, Mar-
Icato, but they were surrounded and captured. They
were subsequently released on parole.
The Governor has issued a proclamation, urging
the people not to throw away her good name by acts
of lawlessness; that the people have just cause of
complaint by the tardiness of Executive action, but
they ought to find reason for forbearanCe in. the ,ab
sorbing cares which weigh upon the President. If
he should decline to punish them, then the case
comes clearly within the jurisdiction of the civil au
thorities.
DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA;
No Election Ordered—Reason Not Clearly
Detined—ACurious Statement About a Fe _
• (lend Evacuation of the State—Healthiof
the Troops Good, &c.
NEWBERN, N. C., Dec. 1, via Fortress Monroe, -
Dee. '7, 1862.—1 n consequence of !Me strong' opposi
tion of the free-labor party in Eastern North Caro.
line, who, with no grounds given for nullifying the
President's proclamation,lM election will be ordered
for Representatives to the Thirty-seventh Congress
from this State. Petitions, however, are in circula
tion for an early election to the next Congress: ....-
It has been disoovered that it is the intention o
the United States Government to abandon imme
4liatcly all that portion of North Carolina lying
eastward of the Weldon and Wilmington Railroad...
The health of the officers and soldiers in this De
partment continues remarkably good.
fever at Wilmington is slowly abating.
ARMY . OF THE FRONTIER.
liint
Iznatt And Marmaituke Attack General
Blunt at Cane 11--They are Repulsed
Twice, and will Probably Retreat..Gene
rad Herron :Marching to the Relief of Gene
ral Blunt--Further Bettina of the Battle of
Cane 11111, &c.
ST. Lotus, Dec. 7.—Adviccs from the Southwest )
received here to-night, say that
.the enemy, under
Gene. Hindman and Marmaduke, 25,000 strong; at
tempted to force Gen. Blunt , rpositionnt Chine Upti
Ark., yesterday, but were driven back. •
This morning they drove in the pickets of General
Blunt's command a distance of three miles ; but on
the arrival of reinforcements were again repulsed.
General Blunt is of the`Opinion that this demon
stration of the enemy is made to cover their retreat,
as they were felling timber all night, probably for
the purpose of obstructing the road and preventing
pursuit.
General Blunt has held the enemy in cheek for
four day. General Hertores command will reinforce
him to-morrow.
.PAItTICIJLAIIS . OE !Mk bXiiS BA.trtLE OF
CA1413 HILL
ST. Louis, Dee. 4.—The following, dated at
"Headquarters Prat Division Army of the Frori=.'
tier, Cane Hill, Nov. 30th, 1862," has been received
' at the department headquarters
~ • 4
"General Marmaduke- continued his light all.
night after the battle of the 28th inst., and istiow in
Van Buren, Arkansas. General Hindman was ex' 7 ,
pected to reinforce him at this place on the evening'
of that day. Prisoners, of whoni I captured twenty
five, state that Marmaduke's force was eleven thou
sand. They were compelled- to abandon two pieces
of artillery disabled by my batteries. A number of
their officers are killed, among them a Lieut. Col.
Monroe, of a Texas regiment, and a Captain Martin,
of an Arkansas regiment.
" The notorious Quantril and his band were en
gaged in the light, with Col. Shelby and Emmett
McDonald commanding the rear guard in the retreat
across the Boston Mountains. They fought. despe
rately.' Some of Quantril's men were killed, and
others taken prisoners. My loss in killed is live,
and four more were mortally wounded, one of whom,
Lieut. Col. Jewell, 6th Kansas, has since died.
Lieut. Campbell, Kansas 6th, was taken prisoner.
" The loss of the enemy in killed was about seven
ty-five. They carried most of their wounded off the
field, and sent them to houses on the right and left
of the road and battle-ground.
"All regret the death of Lt. Col. Jewell, as he was
a brave and gallant officer.
"Two contrabands arrived to-day from Van Buren,
who state that Hindman, with 12,000 infantry., crossed '
the Arkansas river from the South on Tuesday last,'
for the purpose of moving up to reinforce Margie
duke; but they have now all returned to their hole: .
"My transportation has just come up. I oc
cupy the same position occupied by MarmadOke
when I attacked him, and intend holding it. Re
apectfully,
" JAMES G. BLUNT,Hrigadier General.,,
STATES IN REBELLION.
. .
Richmond Dates to the 6th—Pront :Pretle
ricksburg—Datt I e Imminent—Expedition
to Wilmington North Carollifa Ucgiala
ture—Trne to the Confederacy—Advance
Upon Peteraburg—Eieiting Reports from
South Carolina—Attack upon Georgetown
Expected, &c.
BATTLE EXPECTED ON TILE RAPPAILANNOCE.
FORTRESS Paozrnon, Dec. 7, via Baltimore, Dec.
B.—Richmond papers of Saturday have been re
ceived here, and contain the following interesting
items of news :
The Richmond Dispatch says : "The: •reports . re
ceived from Fredericksburg yesterday indicate that
some severe skirmishing occurred in the . neighbor
hood of Port Royal yesterday morning, but With
what result could not be learned.
" The general aspect of affairs is represented to'
indicate a battle.
"The columns of the enemy have been moved to
the front, and much activity is observable along:
their lines."
GENERAL EMORY'S . EXPEDITION.
The Richmond Enquirer, of December 3, says :
"Two deserters, just in from Washington, North
Carolina, report an Abolition fleet at Newbern, and
that Washington is to be attacked this week)) •
UNPGLINDED RIU'ORT.
The report of the skirmish at Cove Creek is um;
founded.
FRO IL TENNESSEE.
KNOXVILL'E, Tenn.—The Cliff's Renegade Regi
ment is devastating hlorgan county. •
N ORTII OAIWISNA LEGISLATIME, ON TILE
UNION
The following resolutions unanimously passed the
house of Commons of North Carolina, on Thursday
last:
ittio/vcd, That the 'Confederate States have the
means and the will to sustain, and' perpetuate the
Government they have establiehed r and to that end
North Carolina is determined to. contribute all of.
her power and resources.
Resolved, That the separation between. the Con
federate States and the United States ie final, and
that the people of North Carolina will. never con
sent to a reunion at any time or Upon:any tering.
Resolved, That we have full confidence in the abi
lity and patriotism .of his Exceilency, President
Davis, and that his administrational entitled to "the
cordial support of all patriotic citizenii.
Bcso/rord, That we heartily approve of the policy
and the conduct of the war, set forth.hy his Excet
lency, Gov. Vance, in his- inaugursiaddressand Mes
sage to the Grand Assembly, amithat he:owlit to be
unanimously supported in the manly and patriotic
stand he has.taken for our independence.
EXCITING NEWS IROM soon" 'CAROLINA
• •
The Richmond pa pers of Si4urday say::
"Official despatches from Gen. Walker, at Poco
tallgo, say that. iv fleet of twenty vessels sailed on
Friday last from Hilton Rend:. .
"Georgetown or Wilmington is the point .arrived
at.
"Our troops were evetywhere put-under march
ing orders, to be ready For a mere at the shortest
notice.
" Several large vessels passed Charleston hartioe.-
' on Stinday, going southward. • It is . thought that
they have gone to aid the Gulf squadron in :an
at
tack on Mobile. - !
4 f Five additional vessels were oft' OharlestOn • bite
On Siuntity,' and six blockaders oft Stono I'otut.' l . •
XXXVIIth CONGRESS-•Third Session.
*ARRINGTON, December 5, 1862
SENATE.
Petitions.
Moor& FOSTER, SUMNER,' DIXON, LA
THAM, FESSENDEN GRIMES, and KING,
severallypresented petitions in favor of a general
bankrupt act.
al" willowp (U.), of Indiana, presented a me
morial from Gov. Morton, of Indiana, praying for
an increase of , pay for the common soldiers. Re
ferred to the Committee of Military Ailliirs,
Mr. HALE ptep.), of New . Hampshire, presented
a petition protesting against the action of the Ad
visory Board of the Navy. lie also gave notice that
he should introduce a bill to abolish the grade of
medical oillcers , in the navy.
Surplus Army Officers.
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Mr. NESMITIif (U.), of Oregon,
W offered a resolu
tion instructing the Secretary of ar to report to
the Senate the number and rank of the aids-de-camp
appointed under the net of Congress, Mt, and also
the number and rank of those appointed drawing
pay and not in active service. He said that, accord
ing to his estimate, there were about fifty-colonels,
thirty-four lieutenant colonels, two hundred and
twenty-one captains drawing pay and not in active
service, drawing, in the aggregate, pay of $13,230 per
month, and sl6B,76o'per annum. The country is full
of them. He knew one colonel who was practising
law, another running a saw-mill, and another keep
ing a lager-beer shop, and many others campaigning
about hotels and drawing money from the Treasury.
The resolution wits adopted.
Mr. WILSON ('Rep.), of Massaehusetts t offered a
resolution instructing the. Secretary of 1% ar to re
port to the Senate the number of major generals and
brigadier generals now in the service, and how they
are employed. Adopted.
State of Ilissona4.
.Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, offbred
resolution instructing the Committee on Military
Afikira to inquire into the expediency of providing,
- liy law, for the more effectual suppression of the re
bellion, and seeitringtranquility in the State of Mis
souri. Adopted.
°Feral lOUS of the Army of the.Potomete.
Mr. SUMNER (Rep.), of Massachusetts, offered a
resolution that the call upon the Secretary of War
for correspondence, tee., relating to the Army of the
Potomac, be extended so as to embrace all such ope
rations since the first movement of that army.
Adopted. ,
. Middies nt the- Naval Academy.
Mr. McDOUGALL (Dem.), of California, offered
a resolution instructing the Secretary of War to in
form the Senate whether any Congressional district
of the - United States has more than two midshipmen
in the Naval Academy, and if so, by what authority,
and under what law they were thus appointed.
Adopted.
Sol:try:of Senator Thomson.
Mr. FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticut, offered a
joint resolution to pay the widow of the late John
R. Thomson the amount due him as Senator.
Mineral Resources.
; -
; Mr. LATHAM. (Dem.), of California, introduced
A bill to provide for the development of the mineral
resources of the United States and its public domain.
Referred.
Arrest of Delawareans.
, Mr. SAULSBLTRY (D), of Delftware, called up
the resolution relating to the arrest of certain citi
zens of Delaware.
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, objected
to the resolution. He said there might have been
. - Doine mistakes in these , arrests, but there were many
,tebre, men who ought to have been arrested than
Government was especiall3 - 'valuithlt - phMt
tion to citizena, yet in no other free Government
was. the citizen liable to arrest at the discretion of
any and every omcer. He urged the adoption of the
resolution at some length.
Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep.), of Wisconsin, 'said he
understood that in all these cases of arrest, the offer
of liberty had been made, if the persons arrested
would take the oath of allegiance, but it had been .
refused. There had been complaints made that the
Government had been too lenient, and that many
who had been simply imprisoned had not been hung
or shot. He would like the resolution to lay over.
Mr. SAULS.BI.IR.Y said he had referred to these
two persons because they had never heard any
charge against them. They had been arrested in a
loyal State, and for no offence whatever. Peagyable
citizens in Delaware and Maryland had been ar
rested, and dragged from their homes, and he thought
they had at least a right to inquire into the matter.'
There was no disposition to oppose the Government
at all.
Bankrupt Act.
After further discussion, the Chair announced
the special order,to be the bankrupt act, which was
informally laid aside.
Mr. FESSENDEN (Rep.), of Maine, from the
Committee on Finance, reported a bill concerning
the judgments in certain Suits brought by the United
States, which was amended and passed.
Amendments to the Constitution.
Mr. DAVIS (Union), of Kentucky; offered ajoint
resolution, proposing certain amendments to the
Constitution to alter the mode of the election of
President and Vice President the United States,
as follows:
•
•
That the President and Vice President be elected
in the following manner : Each State may . , within
thirty days next before" the time appointed for the
election of President, in any mode adopted by the
State, nominate to Congress one candidate, and on
the flist Monday of February next, before the expira
tion of each Presidential term, the two houses of Con
gredpi shall meet together as a convention in the hall of
the Houseof Representatives, and all the candidates
nominated by the States within the preceding thirty
days, not exceeding one from each State where no
minations shall have been authenticated to Congress,
shall- be before said' convention candidates for the
,Preildency, and thereupon the said convention shall
proceed, under the supervision of the presiding offl
,'cers of the two Houses, to vote, br open ballot, from
'among the said candidates, for President, and when
any one, shall have received the number of votes
equal to all the members elected and appointed by
both Houses of Congress, he shall be declared by the
Presidenti of the Senate to be elected President of
the United States.
• • In all eases where balloting shall have continued
in this mode through five days, Ando) election shall
have been effected, on the sixth day it, shall be re
sumed, and after each ballot the officers presiding
shall drop the candidate who has received the small
est number of votes, or two or more candidates who
have received an equal number of votes and less than
all the others ; and the balloting shall be so continued
among the remaining candidates until one shall re
ceive the majority aforesaid, and thereupon the Pre
sident of the Senate shall Announce him to be elected
Prsident of the United States: The .Convention
shall then proceed in the same manner from the re
maining candidates to elect a Vice. President of the
United States.
Whenever it may occur in the voting for Presi
dent or Vice President that all candidates but two
had been dropped, the balloting between them may)
if necessary to make an election, continue two days
longer, and if then no candidate shall have received
the required number of votes, the officer presiding
over the convention shall report the state of facts to
the Supreme Court of the United States, and it
shall thereupon pronounce which two candidates
shall fill the office.
Vie amendment was ordered to be printed.
M iseellnueous.
The ()HAIR laid before the Senate a communica
tion. from the Secretary of the Treasury, in .answer
to a resolution calling for the amounts paid for pro
secution andlitigation of land titles in California.
Mr. ANTHONY (U.), of Rhode Island, offered a
joint resolution, increasing the bonds of the superin
-ondent of pilblid printing tolorty thousand dollars.
The bankrupt bill was then taken up and read at
length.
On motion of Mr. FOSTER (R.), of Connecticut,
It was postponed till Thursdny,.tlmr . lBlll, and made
the special order of that day.
•.on, motion of.llr. SUMNER (B.); of Massachu
setts, the Senate went into executlyc session, after
.which it adjourned,
HOD§.E_OP 11P.PRESENTATIVMS-.
The Committees.
The. SPEAKER announced the appointment of
'Air:McPherson, of PennsylVania, to till the va
cancy in the Committee on Military Affairs, in place
of Mr. Blair, of Missouri, and Mr. Yeatman, of Ken
tucky, 'on the same committee, in place of Mr.
Jackson, of Kentucky, deceased.
T. A. D. Pessenden, and Walker, of Massacht
setts; were appointed to fill vacancies on Committee
'of Private Land Claims.
The other standing committees continue as here
tofoie.
Ashley Investigation.
The SPEAKER appointed the following special
committee to investigate the charges derogatory
to the character and standing of Mr. Ashley, of
Ohio; as published in the Toledo Blade and other pa
pers, viz : Messra. Blake, .of Ohio ;. Shanks, of In
diana; Noel, of Missouri;• Casey, of Tennessee; and
Haight, of New York:
Indian ' Affair/.
On motion of. Mr. EDI%IONDS . (Rep.), of New
Hampshire, it was resolved that the Committee on
Indian Affairs be instructed to inquire whether any
further legislation is necessary in relation to the In
dian funds held by - the Government, and to report by
bill or otherwise.
General Buell.
On motion of Mr. ROSCOE CONKLING (n.), of
New York, the President was requested, if, in his
opinion, not incompatible with the public interests,
to transmit to the House the list official report of
Major General Buell.
Pay of the Army.
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Mr. VAN WYCK (B.), of New York, introduced
a bill to provide for the immediate payment of the
clothing lost in the service by soldiers of the United
States, and a bill increasing the pay of privates, non
commissioned officers, and MllBlOlB,llB. Both of the
bills were referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs. .
Indemnity for Losses h Suspending Writ
of Habeas Corpus;
Mr. STEN - ENS (Rep.), of 'Pennsylvania; intro.
duced a bill to indemnify the President and other
persons for suspending the privileges of the writ of
habeas corpus, and acts done in pursuance Thereof,
as folloWs :
• Whereas, on the 4th of :March; 1861, some of the
'United States were in-insurrection, and a rebellious
condition of the public safety required the privilege
of the writ of habeas corpus to be suspended, and
several arrests and imprisonments made in' conse
quence thereof.
.dnd whereas, There is not entire unanimity in the
branches of this Government as to the right of de
claring such a suspension of the writ:
Therefore be it. enacted, That all such suspensions,
arrests, and imprisonments, by whomsoever caused
to be made, shall be confirmed and made valid, and
. the President, Secretaries, and heads of departments,
all concerned, or advising such acts, are hereby in
demnified and discharged in respect thereto; and all
indictments, informations, suits, prosecutions, and
proceedings whatever, commenced or •to •be com
menced against the President or any other person,
are hereby discharged and made void.
The second section requires that during the exist
ence of the rebellion the President shall be and is in
vested with power to declare a suspension of the
writ of habeas corpus at such tunes and in regard to
such persons as, in his judgment, the,public safety
may require.
.111 r. vALL,INDIGHAV(D)., of Ohio,' objected to
the second reading - of the bill Oherefore ' under the
rule,. the question occurred , " Shall the bill be re
jected
The House refused to reject it by a vote of 31 yeas
against 90 nays.
: The bill was then read a second time; •
. .
Mr. STEVENS moved to postpone the bill till
next Thurtality, and make it the special order of that
day.
VALLANDIGHAM objected to making it
the special cyder.
Mr. COX Weal.), of Ohio, desired to refer it to the
Judiciary Committee.
Mr. STEVENS .then reeked that the bill be put on
its passage.
The main. question vas then ordered—yeas 33,
• nays 47.
OLlii (Bey.), of New York, expressed his sur,
prise thatany erection should be made to the post
ponement oti the bill, when an opportunity for its dis
cussion would be afforded. If it was postponed till
..next Thursday it could be examined with the care and
wisdom which the House should bring upon so im
portant a subject. What he objected to specially
was that 8, measure of such great _importance, and
upon which there was a diversity of opinion,
should be hurriedly.thrust through the House. The
President had authority by law to exercise all the
power he had exercised in regard to the writ of ha
beas corpus. He concurred with the gentleman from
Pennsylvania PD. Stevens) theta bill of this chit
racter was proper. But while he thus concurred, , he
should regret if the bill was hurried through the
House.wiftiout probably ten members 'knowing its
legal Provisions. It,was discreditable to the House
and the%country, and he should feel ashamed to re
turn to his-constituents and say that Congress had
paesett an act without permitting a won!, yea or
nay, to be said on the subject. He hoped, for the
matt of the House and the country, that the matter
..irould 'be postponed. If'or himself, he was ready to:
meet the question at any.time.
hlr. VALLANDIGHAM (Dem.), of Ohio, said he
bad objected only to the bill being made a special
order. •
Dlr. OLIN replied—l did not say you had made
:any other objection.
Mr-COLFAX (Rep.), of Indiana, differed from
,Pdr.olln. He did not thitik the inunediate passage
of the . bill would be discreditable to the
i ns t elt d. o f this, it would , be creditable, The (Ines.
Lion has. been discussed all over the land as to
:whither the. President .had power to buspiul'ftte
privileges of the writ of 'tubes* corpus during the
rebellion. He stood ready' to vote for the bill to
indemnify him, and hoped it would pass at once.
Mr. STEVENS was about addressing the House
on the miblect, when •
VALLAIWJGHAM railed" the guestion that
Mr. Stevens had no right, under 511 e rule, todosm
Mr, STEVENS asked that he Might be allowed
three minutes to explain.
Mr. VA_LLANDIGHAM objectedi unleee others
should have a similar privilege.
Mr. HOLMAN (Dem.), of Indiana,.moved to• lay
the bill on the table, Not agreed to--yeas 44 nays
fO.
Mr. STEVENS remarked that it had not'been his
intention to put the bill upon its passage at the Mae
he introduced it. He' hail asked for iis postponement
till Thursday, and that it be made a special order.
Gentlemen who knew enough of the bill seemed
unanimously determined to make it a special order.
lie presumed that they thought that no time was ne—
cessary to examine its provisions, in order to arrive
at a correct understanding-of them. Still, feeling as
the gentleman from New York (Mr. Olin) did, that
it would look better to , have a few days to examine
the bill he was willing to afford time for that put',
Pose. lint 'being prevented by gentlemen on the
other side, he had made up his mind that the bill
should not fail by any such objection as had been in
terposed. He would demand the previous question,
and adhere to it.
He would not have said , anything in relation to
the contents of the bill had he not - seen it stated
in some of the newspapers that the bill as
sumed to indemnify everybody, who, during the
time of the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, has
presumed to make an arrest in the name of the Go
vernment. The bill had no suoh absurd provision.
It provided that the President and members of his
Cabinet, and those who. have made arrests during
the rebellion by the virtue of their authority, shall be
indemnified. It went no further.
Mr. THOMAS (Rep.>, of Massachusetts, was un
derstood to Say that he did not object to the bill be
cause it would indemnify the President, but as it now
stood it left those who were-unjustly and illegally
imprisoned without a remedy.
Mr. COX (Dem.), of Ohio,.remarked that it would
be eminently proper for the gentleman from Penn
sylvania to withdraw the demand for the previous
question, and, instead of having the bill passed in
indelicate haste, send it to the Committee on the
Judiciary for examination.
Mr. STEVENS expressed his thanks to the gen
tleman from Ohio for his advice, but he had become
so provoked with the conduct of the gentlemen on
the other side that he did not receive their advice
with kindness.
Mr. COX rejoined that the provocation was upon
the action of the people during . the late elections.
Mr. STEVENS, resuming, said, the gentleman
from Massachusetts (Mr. Thomas) would find, on
examination, that he had drawn his bill precisely
according to English precedent, and had used pre
cisely the language of the indemnity bills of the
two -last centuries, as passed by the British Parlia
ment, with the exception of confessing the Me
gallty of the acts of the President in the premises.
He had not confessed such illegality, for the rea
son that - the Attorney General and Administration
held that the President, without such a bill
as this, had full authority to exercise the
power of such acts. Therefore,- it was
not a remedy for anybody. A remedy ex
isted only where there was a wrong: If the Pre
sident had the right to suspend the privileges of the
writ of habeas corpus,and under such suspension
arrests took place, this bill could do no harm. He,
however, repeated that there was a doubt upon the
subject. He doubted the authority of the President
to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus,
excepting from absolute necessity, when Congress
was not in session; but when Congress was in ses
sion, then in - Congress is the sovereign power, and
of the rrCallielra --
N (Dem), of Illinois, asked whether,
liCtregv"Elli - or - inr - ouvaaing postponed till Thurs
day, a discussion would then be allowed or stifled'
.11.1 r. STEVENS replied thatif the bill had been
postponed there was no intention to call the pre
vious question. The object of the - motion was to
allow of a discussion. But the privilege was not
permitted, and the friends of the bill were com
pelled to place it on its passage now. He did not
choose to put it in the power • of its enemies,
and the enemies of the Administration. He
repeated that he had carefully - copied the bill
from the • precedents of the English Parlia
ment. He had not added a word. with the
exception of what was rendered necessary by the
present circumstances of the country. Whether the
Attorney General and other gentlemen were right
in their opinions,
this bill conferred nothing •addi
tional, and could do no harm. If the President had
not the power to suspend the privilege of the writ,
he should now be indemnified for doing so at the
time of our extreme peril, and when* traitors were
found in every household and township, North and
South.
The bill was then passed under the operation of the
previous question—yeas 90, nays 45—as follows:
YEAS;
IFessendeu S C (R)
Fessend en T. A. D.
(Rep.)
;Frauchot (R.)
Frank (R.)
Gurley (R.)
Hale (IL)
Harrison (U.)
Hlckinan (IL)
Hooper (R.)
Horton (R.)
Hutchins (R.)
Julian (R.)
Kelley (R.)
Kellogg (R.) Mich.
Kellogg (R.) 111.
Lansing (R.) .
Loomis (It) .
Lovejoy (R.)
Low (U.)
McKnight (R.)
Moorhead (R.)
Morrill (R. ) Me.
Morrill (R.) Vt.
Nixon (R.)
Noell (DJ
Olin.(R.)
Patton (R.)
Pike (R..);
Pomeroy (R.)
'Porter (It.)
NAYS.
Allen (D.)Ill Grider (IL)
Ancona (D.) Harding (U.) . .
Bailey (D.) Pa Holman (D.)
Clements (U.) Johnson (D.)
Cobb (D.) Knapp (R.)
Conway (R.) Law (DJ
Cox (D.) Lazear (DJ
Cravens (D.) Mallory (U.)
Crisfield (U.) Menzies (U.)
Crittenden (U.) Morris UM
Dunlap (U.) Noble (D.)
English (1).) Norton (D.)
Fonke (D.) Pendleton(D.)
Goodwin (R.) Price (U.) •
Granger (R.) !Richardson (D.) I
• Report of Mr. Chn
Aldrich (R.)
Alley (R.)
Arnold (R.)
Ashley (R.)
Babbitt (R.)
Baker (R.)
Baxter (R.)
Bingham (R.)
Blair (U.) Va.
Blair (R,). Pa.
Blake (R.)
Brown (U.), Va.
But Milton (R.)
Burnham (R.)
Campbell (B.)
Casey. (U.)
Chamberlain (R.)
Clark (R.)
Colfax (R.)
ConklingF.A. (R.)
Conkling R. (B.)
Cutter (R.)
Davis (R.) -
Delano (R.)
Duell (R.)
Dunn (R.)
Edgerton (R.)
Edwards (R.)
Eliot (R.)
Ely (R.)
Fenton (R.)
"Mr. CLARK (R.), of New York, from the Cern
mittee on Printing, reporied a resolution, which was
adopted, that ten thousand copies of the report of
the Secretary of the Treasury be printed.
Mr - 7 7 VVIOKIJIFFE (U.), of Kentucky,- offered a
resolutidOwhich was adopted, instructing the Com
mitte.e"Of;Ways and Means to inquire into the ex:
Pedienek.of amending the direct tax law so as to re.
peal the clause requiring manufacturers of spirits,
beer, and porter, to make certain returns of mate
rial, etc.
interned Revenue.
Mr. STEVENS (R.), of Pennsylvania, from the
Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill em
powering the collectors, assistant collectors, asses
sors, and. assistant assessors, appointed under the
tax' law, to administer the oath, etc. The conside
ration of the bill was postponed till to-morrow. .
The Rebellion.
Mr. HICKMAN (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, intro
duced a bill for.the suppression of rebellion, treason,
and insurrection. and for 'other purposes. It %Vas
referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Admission of West -Virginia.
Mr. BROWN (U.), of Virginia, and Mr. BLAIR
(U.), 'of Virginia, severally presented memorials,
numerously sighed t asking for the admission of the
State of West Virginift.into the Union.
New Re-c-enue
Mr. STEVENS, froin the Committee of Ways
and Means, reported a bill providing revenue for the
aupport.of the Oovernme4.. It was ordered to be
I.wantail-azul.rancklit rn it '— • • - •
Union Resolutions.
Mr. WRIGHT (Dem.), of Pennsylvania, submitted
a resolution declaring that the rebellion in the se
ceded States, against the Government ; the laws, and
the Union, was deliberately waged without rea
sonable cause, the constitutional omapact being per
petual,' and no State having the power to secede; that
it is the duty ofthe Government to put down the re
bellin, restore the Union under the Constitution,
etc.
Mr. LOVEJOY (Rep.), of Illinois, moved to lay
the resolution on the table. Not agreed to—yeas 42,
na 69.
'he consideration of the resolution was postponed
till to-morrow week:
Tax on Advertisements.
On motion of Mr. McIC.N.IGITT (Rep.), of Penn=
sylvania, the Committee of Ways and Means were
instructed to inquire into the expediency of modi
fying the tax law so as to dispense with the tax on
advertisements.
Tax on Resolutions:.
Mr. MORRIS (Dem.), of Ohio, offered a resolu
tion, which was adopted, amid laughter, instruct
ing the Committee of Ways and Means to inquire
into the expediency of amending the tax law so as
to require every member of Congress offering a reso
lution, to affix a ten-cent stamp.
• Relief and Protection of Loyal Citizens:
Mr. WICLIFFEE (U.) introduced a bill to pro
tect and grant relief and protection to the citizens of
the loyal States Whose property and slaves have
been wrongfully taken, seized; and abstracted by
officers and soldiers of the United States. Removed
that the bill be referred to a special committee. He
said that it propoked to gather the evidence in such
cases. Not only soldiers, but railroad employees
and others, had seduced n%rroes from their masters,
and' colonels have refused, at the point of the
bayonet, to return them. He spoke of- negroes
being brought to Louisville by army, and of
being detained for jail fees.. It-was his desire to ap
ply a reihedy to this state of affairs. '
Mr. LOVEJOY (Rep.) expressed his surprise that,
when the - life of the nation is flickering in its socket,
the gentleman brings in the negro ! negro ! He (Mr.
Lovejoy) would aid in no legislation by which to
return those who have escaped from the lash of
despotism. The remarks of the gentleman remind
ed him of Patrick Henry's story of John Took run
ning through the army . - crying " beef ! beef!"
[Laughter.] - Noiv, When the death-rattle of the
nation is heard,: the gentleman exclaims "negro!
negro !" As for liiiaself, he ekpected to pay those
loyal slaveholders who emancipate their slaves.
The bill was referred' to the Committee on the
Judiciary. , • , • •
Repairing. Damagca.
On motion of Mr. MENZIES (IL), or Kentucky;
the Coninrittee on•Clainis were histriieted - to ascer
tain and adjust the damages resulting from the na
val and military. operations :in Kentucky, since the
Ist of February; 1 61.. •
President's Messag e.
On*motion of! Mr. STEVENS (Rep.), the House
went into Committee of the Whole on the 'state of
the Union (Mr. Dawes in the chair) upon the Presi-7
dent's message.
Mr. STEVENS offered a resolution referring the
different branches of the message to the appropriate
eommittees,
.
Mr. It ICHARDSON (Dem.), of Illinois, proceeded
to review the message, observing that it was re
markable for what it save, and still more ieuntrica
ble for what it delfts.. one-half of the twenty
one pages is devoted to the negrO. :Therel ; was no
page, no sentence, no f to the 'bravery and
good conduct of those in the . Reid fighting to main
tain the flag and the Constitution of the Union. No
sorrow was expressed for the , lamented dead—no
mention made of the maimed and wounded—no
sympathy was eXpressed for the wittoOs. and the suf
fering orphans made in the progress of this'war,
which could have been avoided by . honorable com
promise if the President and hislnends had desired
to avoid civil war..
The sum and substance of the-message was to tax
The white man, mortgage hint and his posterity for-,
ever, to free, feed, clothe, and colonize the negro.
'When our people, anxious for the restoration of the
'Union and the return of peace, kook to the ntessage
,te see What infonmation they could get on that sub
ie'llt could draw only by inference that the war
.wou 'he l t dind in thirty-seven years, provided all the
President's plans were adopted by Congress mid the
people. But, then; the. President gave the consola
tion that most of us would be dead by that time.
Every propOsed change of the Constitution was for
the negro. No proposition was, made to change the
Constitution fov the benefit of the white; or to per
petuate the Union of these States by preserving the
.Constitution of the country. The people will, in
due time, compromise for the benefit of white!men,
and not for the negroes. had hoped that the
.President would- so conduct himself that he might
accord to him his support; but he had hoped against
hope. The President had violated the pledges he
made in his inaugural address., by his prochunationt
of the 2(1 September.
In the course of his reumrks,• he said that the * effect •
of the proclamation was net to restore.the Linton,.
'hilt only to free the negro, Reviewing the military.
events of the year, he vindicated the course of Gen,.
McClellan, saying that he was remove*not beeau,se
of his incompetency ns a leader, but because be re
:.fused, to endorse the-emancipation proclanilition.
The Republicans had been running the Rouse and
the departments of Government.foethe
Speaking of the bill which mks passed toklay, in
deninifying the President and. Others from the con
sequences of suspending the privilege of the writ of
habeas corpus, hesaidc o u r t s w ill no t sanc ti on
this reckless and tyrannical exercise of power: The
.dernlnant party, he cl. - aged, had violated the, Oen,
Mitution and the lac,:e. , •
• 'Mi. Hutchins, of Ohio, Obtained the flop*
.; •
Thee'conunittet rose at 4 o'clock,and the ifouse,
e
'adjourned.
••
COVNTERFEIT POSTAGE CURRENCY.--It
appears that there are counterfeit fifty-cent notes of
the new postage currency in circulation. They are
said to be well executed, and should be guarded
against. The following easiipmated :narks will ena
ble holders to detect them :
1. The paper is thinner than the . genuine. 2. The
fire faces of Washington vary considerably from
each other in the counterfelt—sa much so that two
or three of them, if standing alone,
would hardlyy
taken to be portraits of lirostiington--while on the
genuine they all closely reseretsle eacieother. 3. The
linked letters "11. $.," under the middle face of
AVashiogton is the counterfeit, do noir show - the
lower end of the "Sy?" inside of the leg - of the " IT,"
while in the genuine they do. This mask-is easily
seen. The border round the lettering - and" 60"
on the back of the counterfeit is dhrk, and the lines
are crowded, while' in. the genuine the border is
open, with a line of light dots running throug-h‘ the
middle all the way rotted. In the counterfeit this
middle line is almost :invisible, while in the genttine
it is so distinct - air to catch the eye at once.
INSFECTION OF GOTEItrimENT iTARNE:Ft.
—The harness rattnufactured in this city for the Go
vernment is hereafter to be .sent to the Schuylkill.
Arsenal, and there inspecteil. This is a reform which
tvill•prove-beneticiai to•the•interests of the Govern
ment. There are still• other - articles, such as army
wagons, covers, &c., that might also be sent to the
Arsenal and there• inspected and be placed under
the military storekeeper. The proposals for wagons,
like those for harness, should call for their delivery
and inspection at the-United States Arsenal.
FINANCIAL AND C4IMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8, 1862.
Business opened to-day very bristly on the street,
and the general feeling was one of relief and satis
faction at the course Mr. Chase is pursuing. If
Congress will act upon his suggestions prices of
stocks and Governirient securities- may fall
,some
what, but the benefit tn. the- country, in the shape of
a sound financial condition, will more than balance
any depreciation of national 'loans, The values of
the necessary commodities- of life must likewise de
crease, and where the better class of the people
would be slight losers, the larger and poorer class
would be great gainers.. We do not see that any
important depreciation' will' follow " an act to pro
vide markets for the sale of United. Mates bonds." .
They will pay six pee cent..interest in gold, which,
just. now, is more than any good security on the
market. The difference only will be the urgency of
the case being taken advantage of by. speculators to
cry down the issues. If the Government bonds are
worth fifty cents on the dollar they are worth one
hundred cents. Wealth can only be measured by
its productiveness ; hence, if the United States
can pay her interest when they are only mar
ketably worth fifty cents on the dollar, she can
pay it when worth one hundred cents; and if
•she cannot pay at all they are not worth even
fifty cents. The danger to them will be simply the
large amounts it will be necessary to keep upon the
market in order to raise-in part the necessary funds
for carrying on the war; but even this difficulty
---- sr - in -,,,,,,,, i-sonin—rv - on - r — caprrinisrs, — nntr-tnitens - of
surplus means, would come actively forward and in
vest it.' We hope a strong effort will be made to in
fluence the next Congress in favor of the loan mea
sure. The subscriptions to the popular five-twenty
year loan, at the office of Tay Cooke, Esq., exceeded
one hundred and twenty-five.thousand dollars. The
interest being payable in gold, and the ease with
which they may be converted at any time, make
them a very 'desirable investment, and we look
confidently forward to larger figures during the next
few weeks. . •
Gold was very active and firm to-day, ruling at
131, with a slight advance on this fieure at the close.
Old demands rose to 127, and continued firm. quar
termasters' vouchers were a shade lower. Certifi
cates of indebtedness were without change. The
robbery in, Mr. Spinner's office, Washington,
caused a flutter among dealers, but the remarkable
signature of Mr. Spinner will insure the safety of
future buyers. Money is active at six per cent.: a
few transactions noting lower, and some., higher
figures.
The stock market WaS moderately active, and prices
without much change. Government sixes were a
shade weaker, seven-thirties rising ; holders
were stiff. State fives .sold at 939.0; no change.
New City sixes improved ;14. Camden and Amboy
'sixes, 1870, sold at 103. Long Island sixes sold at
par, an advance of M. Pennsylvania Railroad, Ist
mortgage, rose.M ; the 2d do. were active at 105, an
advance of M. Schuylkill Navigation sixes, 1882,
were steady at 653.. Philadelphia and Trentim
Railroad sixes sold at 104. :West Chester Railroad
eight per cent. scrip sold at 60. North Pennsyl
vania chattel scrip at 71. Elmira chattel at 45.
Elmira sevens fell off ;!.f. North Pennsylvania
sixes M. Reading bonds were steady. Lehigh - scrip
rose M ; the shares M.
Reading shares were dull at Saturday's figure,
closing at 37% ; was 3( lower ; Pennsyl
vania was active and rose M, selling at 663,1 ; Elmira
sold at 19 ; Norristown was steady at 61 ; Little
Schuylkill at 25 ; Beaver Meadow'Sold at 65%, an
advance of 3z on last sales ; Long Island and Cata
wissa were steady. In passenger railways very
little was done, Arch-street selling % lower, which
was the only transaction ; Tenth and Eleventh im
proVed ; Chestnut and Walnut Z. Manufac
turers' and Mechanics' Bank brought 24% ; Me
chanics! 25.4.; Philadelphia 116 ; Merchants! and
Manufacturers', of Pittsburg, sold at 82. The
market closed steady, $38,000 in bonds and 800 shares
changing hands.
Potter (R.)
Rico (R.) Mass.
Rice (R.) Me.
Riddle (R.)
Rollins (R.), H. H.
Sergeant (R.)
Sedgwick (R.)
Segar (U.)
Shanks (IC.)
Shellabarger (R.)
Sherman (R,)
Sloan (11.)
Spaulding , (R,)
Stevens (R.)
Stratton (R.)
Tntin (R.)
Trimble (R.)
Trowbridge (R.)
Van Horn (R.)
Van Valkenbnrgh
(Rep.)
Walker (1/,)
Wall (11.)
Wallace (R.)
Washburne (R.)
Wheeler (IL) -
White (R.) lnd,
Wilson (R.)
Windom (R.) •
Worcester (R.)
Robinson (D.) Il
Sheffield (D.)
Shiol (R.)
Smith (D.)
I Steele (D.) N.Y.
Steele (D.) N. J.
Stiles (DJ
Thomns(R.)llDis:
Ira Da ildigham(D
Voorhees (D.)
White, Ohio. (D.
Wickliffe (U.)
Woodruff (D.)
Wright (U.)
Yeoman (IT.)
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$2.3,142,759 45 32,213,063 73
The following statement shows the Condition of
the banks of Philadelphia at various times during
present year :
January 6 ..
February 3
3farcb 3.
April 7
Nays
Juao 2
July 7
Autzust 4
September 1
October 6
November 3
" 24
December I.
•
Dnexel & Co. quote : .
United States Bonds, 1881 103 X 104!
United States Certificates of Indebtedness 87 97X
United States 7 3-10 Notes 1033 104
Quartermasters'. Vouchers 4- 5
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness.. 2;40 29,C
Gold • 3042 31X
Demand Notes 28x, 27X
Messrs. M. Schultz Sc. Co., No. 16 S. Third street,
quote foreign exchange for the steamer Africa,
from Boston, as 'follows :
London, 60 dayli
a days
Paris, 60 days sight
3 days
Antwerp, 60 clays sight...
Bremen, 60 days sight.....
Hamburg, 60 days sight...
Cologne, .60 days sight:
Leipsic, 60 days sight ...•
Berlin, 60 days sight......
_Amsterdam, 60 days sight.
Frankfort, 60 days sight
larket dull,
The following are the trade tables of the port of
New York for the week ending December 6th.
For thn weak.
Dry Ronda
General inorchmidise
'1%,11 . 11 for the i53;4611,993 1,699,7b3 1,530,330
Proviously reported 219,179,567 117,10),621 162419,CC0
Since January 1 . 11M6,640,372 118,799,547 163,625,349
EXPORTS OF'PROPUCF: -4-XD MERCHANDISE.
• 1,560. ' 1:161. 1562.
Tor the week • .$1,971,G9) 2,5.1.9,411 3,903,91,3
Previous:ly. reported— 90,586,036 in,667, 155.550,047
Shire January *2147,718 12.4,517,273 142,=965
PAPONTS OF SPECIE.
For the week •. - - 10141 1
45474673
Siuce
As • usual, this table exhibits apparent: excess of
exports over the imports, which is very satisfactory,
to our feelings of security; but the true state of the.
case will reversethe figures: The exPOrt, figures:
are based upon United States notes, the impiirt table
upon gold, making a difference of thirty Per:cent,.
Thus, if the imports figured at • $1,800;00(k arid the
imports at $1,300,000, an . apparent ,lulyantage: of
$300,000. in. favor of the exports exists, but thaly
per cent. an $1;800,006 it $480,000, leaving $lBO,OOO
against the export side.. Renee, the purports still
exceed the exports.
The•NeW York Etienigg.Pot of to-day.says
The market•opened hefore theboard at about the'
closing prices of.. Saturday a.4 - elhoon.. There *ere
• sales gold atl3lX ancl.l3lX, with, that bld. Erie
sold. at New York Cfentral at ICWe I , At 'the
boazd the. market , opened heavy , on Go3remments,
and continued throughout the Hat, with the single
c.ception of Pacing Arad. •
7 The closing in•iceaon the ; first call wore for 'United
States coupons C 2 1881, 101; registered, of 1331, 96P43
certificates of indebtedness, 97; Tennessee, 54; Vir
ginia, 62; Nostit Carolinas, 63; Missouris, Mg;
Californias, 1 - 4; Canton, 1.73, ; Dolaware and Hud
son, 112; Peralsylvania Coal, 115; Cumberland Coal,
13; Pacific Vail, 121 X ; New Jersey Central, .1024 ;
Erie, 613(i preferred, 9234 ; Hudson, 733(2
2 / 3 4 . ; 1 31 : 7 0erred, ackg ; Reading, 75; Michigan Cen
tral, fWI Michigan Southern, 313 X ; Uarantied; ;
Panama, 160.; Illinois Central, 77X ; Cleveland &
<Pittsburg, - Galena, 1303‘ Toledo, sw, ; Rock
7f); ; 'Quincy; 115 Milwaukee and Prairie
])n Chien, common; 32 ; Wabash, oriiimon, 31; pre.
I , fermi, 70,;; Fort Wayne and Ohloago, • 50.
Since . the, adjournment of tlit /.foam the MArl‘et
Clearings. Balances.
•'......ir3,919,187 94 $04,?.21 36
, 4,011,496 19 fri9,117 95
4,04.%917 43 4504)1 20
. . 4, (1 1,173 75 322,700 46
' 8,316,641)82 414,967 54
, 3.341,31. S 42 :412,763 24
31,046,337
:74,:3553,119
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9156
N,037,6
129V724,433
31,747,070
:33,2+10,661
33,517,9110
33,699;151
34,a26,163
35,514;435
:A976,123
36,737,071
37,4 i lAffi
36,774,722
*460,010
5,668,7*.N
5,864,011.
6.851,106
5,866,424
6,019,635
6,561461'
5,645,607
6,600,187
5,643,160
5,153,748
6,4.68,09
5,624,621
5,511,064
5,521,465'
.1,465,834
16,101,7561
2,14.5,219
2,144,39 S
f . /. 9 34,493
3 .373,X0
7G4 , SEV),
4,&35,611
4,749,221
5,026,0'70
.5,071,855
5,fti,704
4,6,91,M
4,763,457
4,655,775
4,565,636
'4,541,:4)4
4,52 I,Sl$
7.14)6,014
20,0644 , 13
16,541,190
16,6X,6:JS
21,316,614
24,354,614
24,367,752
24,658,26.6
24,a97,:216
23,419,340
_6933,714
'27 396,678
27,365,122
26 ,6 5 - 4 3,342
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31,8734
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. 48 @: 4834
97 9732
97 973‘
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IMPORT:!.
1860. 1961. Liat
$1,N2,031 10540 n 090h3
2,255,774 1AX3401 1,032,-M
6,405,23 : 67425,778
$45,118606
shcaks no Change, operators bei
nthice t i from Washing,ton.
The ratilit'ay bond market ct
strong. All Government seven
freely taken up at full quoit:tin,
Terre Haute, and Aifons, tries.
westerns are favorites,
Governments are heavy., t;,
and lin per cent. ; registeetti r I
of indebtedness, 97@;98.
Gold is weak and lower thli
about 131;;,. The proposition of
paying interest on Governms.,.
also to' atop denramtling gold ia•
makes the operatoritior a rise in
easy: •
demitnO notes firm at
- Exchangr on 1.0210 rt. sikty
s.Sout 146.
PElbola- Stock 3L'oc
Elleyerted by S.. E. SLAV/Miff
F 111.57
40 Mic Fitota.bs. 62
5 l'Ailactelphia :13k . 415
500 Bower Itleadow., 6551.1
2 LitiNt R. • 2i3
2101.; S Ilotes -1 , 13(1.102111
100 l:~tatnigt .. . ...
32 WeSt Eh 8 pc :scrip. £lO
1000 Ph lla at Trent bd5`...104.
2000 Penn .11;2f3 • int ir.....1115
BETWEEN
1000 Cam & Ran GS ';o...1111
25 Elmira 11
SEHD
rhlo S 7-30 T 13k itI CO O4
6COO Long Isla tyl.ll 6.-165
160 liVenna CCa t :cp. • 71
20 Mechanics' 1t1:.....
20 Man & Mech 8k.... 243 i.
4 Elmira It 10
CLOSING PRI
Asked.
US Os cpns 104
ILS 7-20 D bi.k.• • .1031 1 104.
American Gold-1:31%i 1313( 1
Ph ila 6.F • .ohl. • -100 1001 l
Do new 1021 103
Allege() 6s R 60
Penna. 5s . 9.1 94
Reading R . 3
Do Ws 130.•• 105
Do bds '70.• .10134- lin
Do bds '86... 16117, 16q
Penna It 5 1 11,1
Do Ist in 65..111 113 -
Do 2d m 63...10136 IQi
Morris Canal.... 60 6114
Do. prfil 105..126
Do Os '76....1.(r) 100 i
. Do 2d mtg...
Sum .....
Do 66
Sciluylav
4X p.!
Do red ••.•• 13 132::
Do 66 633; Ea
Elmira R 19 Du
Do prfd 32
Do 76,164 in.. 9834 . 993;
Do 10.5........4.1 59
N Perms R 10 , ;
Do 6s ..... .SI SSY
Do 166.....,,.100 161 4
Phila. Ger & Nor. 53ii 54
Lehigh Vat R... 64 ..
• •
Lehigh Val Ld5..1063" 10731'
New York Stor
1000 1./ S 6s 'Bl reg...... Q 1:;
10000 U S Gs , 81 COUP. • • .104?..
2500 T.i S Dem note , — • •127.4"
1000 U S Os 1-venr cer• • 9 , ;,!i
SOW 3To St Ss -
N Cn r St Gs rp a
2000 Bklvn 0 W
2010 hurl Illy 3 ..... v.
4000 Tol & Waha,4ll in fr,li
F• 650 Told o alnodt 2ln
17600 & W
POW Alt &Tll 2 in pifd.
83000 AM G01d... .... . ... 1:31.7‘;
20000 ("10 • • V.0••131
4000 ID Con ..... Ito
N .1 Line ....
no rag: P•tii C0...4421..121 1 / 4 i
150 do ••• • • t.slo-121%
24 Pen na Coal C0....115 , 4'
GO N York Cen
• IC4I Erie R.... 61
25 Erie Et ... . .. frri
300 do—. • .•• bBO.. PAI
100 do • .... IWO
L5O do..
Philadelphia Marketi.
Inx cniam.3-8 :
There IS no change in Flour. and /mingle.
either for export or home use ,te A u t . 24 .. snrms
extra family at s 7 ; 100 Ptilsq
extra sold at the same figure. Is m 2 , ) , 0 , 4
fitmily.at — 57.60. Sales to the Mule ar t lc l
$6@6.26 for super *6.31,tzq7 to t exttm;
'
7.76 for extra family, and $89:8.60 fort auto
according to quality. Rye Flour's
, tt
6.7514 bbl. Corn Meal is unchhncest. bi tp,
vania is held at $3.50 and Brandywine
WHEAT is scarce and in demand. at I:14i
rates : about 2,600 bus Western and Mai:.
at 146 . @148e, the latter for prime lob luster...
bus do on private terms ; "600 bus Ms:7l,n t l i
afloat, and white, in small lots, at164115►..ti
ter for Kentucky. Rye is selling on arms!
98c for Penn's. Corn cornea in slowly; em
of yellow are reported at 80c, which is sr, s
a sale of fair'white was made at rc,andm
yellow at 71c. Oats are steady, and :.31Y).
At 41@42c for Penn'a, and 42e for :70
Barley.—About 1,000 bus Barley and Eni,
sold at 150 c 1/1 bus.
tr RAM: continues dull at $3B p ton
quercitron.•
Corvow is firm but quiet, and very ht.:
the way of sales. We quote midf!ins e
p. lb, cash.
GROCERIKS are firm. with a smalar::
in Sugar and Coffee at full prices ; smaftst
at 31@33c I lb. Small sales of Sngarstezx
.10, 1 ,i6113;c for Cuba and New . Orlean s. PßOYlS fors.—There is no clutnee in Irn
mend; a Bale of prime Western item' Le.
made at 93,0 tmsh.- - /ness Pork is seitio;
13525 'ft bbl.
SEEDS.—There is a good demand Farrar.
4@500 bus have been taken at $6.40k.);
Timothy is quiet at $1..7.5@.2. and Flaxsial
WHISKY is firm; Penna and Ohio Ws
40c, and drudge at 39c ft gallon.
The following are the receipts of Plom•ial
at this port today
Flour
Wheat..
Corn....
.
Philadelphia Cattle Market—Dre-
The receipts and soles of Beef Cattle at P.
Avenue Drove Yard continue large. reaching
2,200 head this week. The market opened tid .
ing with a good inquiry, and extra Cattle
rather better prices; common stock, as a
noticed for some time past, continues vein
--
low, ranging at from s3e4, gross ; ordkuy
quality at s6@6, and extra Cattle at from
9.25, the latter for very choice lon. The .
closed rather dull, and the above quitv,z4i.:
barely maintained, the receipts being, lirge
demand. There is very little doing in Cord
Calves, and prices are about the same as tutu
ranging at from $l6 to $4O re had.sio:"
quality.
The receipts of Sheep are inoilerite, el
rather lower, ranging at from o(d.s , ic ?
Stock Sheep are selling at $2.50 ' 3 !lee
The receipts of Hogs are large. and o,6in
maintained, ranging at from $5:75411 ?
latter price for prime corn-fed.
The Cattle on sale to-day are from I!.e
States:
900 head from Chester county.
600 do do Ohio.
600 do do Illinois.
100 do do Maryland.
60 do. do New Jersey.
The following are the particulars of the El.is
Barclay 0. Baldwin, 24 Chester roucty
selling at from $309 100114 for fair to
62 head sheep at Sc Va
Alexander Kennedy, 30 ChestercountyStesa
ing at from $7.60@9 for good to extra.
Jones hicClese L 36 Western Steers. selling
$.7.60 ra.8.50 10 100 Zs for fair to good duality.
J. 200 Western and Chest(
Steers, selling from $869 l 100 Ps for goaa
tot quality.
Fuller & Brother, 71 Western Steers, pr.:
from $668.60 V? WO As for fair to good quAly.
tillman & Shamberg, 70 Western Steers.
at from 87.60e5.50 Q4lOO its for fair to gond.
Cochran & IttitcCall, Si New Jersey sod Pe:
county Steers, selling at from $7€9.25i0
extra.
P. McFilleri, 70 Chester county Steers:
G. Young, selling at from .S3Q - 09 for fair to sT
I'. Hathaway, 70 Chester county Steers. ,6 :
from sB@9 for fair to extra.
J. .Abrahams, 33 Chester county Steels. of
from $607.60 for fair to good.
Fellheimer &Kirwin, 200 Western Steers. sr
from $3 . 50®4, gross, for common, and Frss•
fair to good.
W. S. Black, 89 superior Steers. fmni Pick:
county, Ohio, selling at from 8&5011.9.25 tigge
extra.
.....
COWS AND CALVES.
The receipts of Cows at Phillips! Arena,.
Yard reach about 100 head this week, selling at
S2O to S3O for Springers, and t 5 to S 4O . ifhe:
Cow and Calf. Some poor Cows sold at lower;
say $15@17 'ft head. The market is dull, and
unchanged.
C_aLvEs.—There is very little inquiry'. and!
are unchanged, with sales of tirst quditystgit
and $4@.1.50 for second do, as to quality.
THE SHEEP MARKET.
The arrivals:" and sales of Sheep at ralialg . i,
nue Drove Yard are moderate this wroV.• tot'.
about 3,500 hearrat $V.5.25 for fair to ava
The market is dull t and prices bareli %silo '
Stock' Sheep are selling at $2.603 034
quality.
Lambi are very scarce and of poor gal'
at . $2.50Q3.50 . I VI head; according to qualitY•
Deposits
THE. HOG MAIIKET.
The receipts and stiles ofHogs are huge Mit
4,507 head sold at H. G. Imhott's Union 1/c'
at from 85.757 ?I 100 its net; market ka':'
prices well maintained.- , e I
John Crouse .57. Cp., at 'Philips' Pc
'Yard, sold Hogs at from 0 6. ?. 5 . 6 . 3- '?
the latter , for good quality. cpxurfed.
New Voile 3lna , ket3lresten tor.
ASHES are quiet at $8.59 for Pots, sad f'
for Pearls.
BREADSTUFFS.—The market s:)r State nel
ern Flour is rather more steady, with
business doing
The sales are 12;060 barrels, at v ,:
perfine State, $666.15 for extra State. SS.YV.-
.
superfine Michigan, Indiana, lowa, Obl o . &:"
67.45 for extra including shiPrig
round-hoop Ohio at $6.7566.:5, and trade
$6.9568.75:
Southern Flour is steady and uschonsg.,l,.
'Weil "(4800 bbls at $6.7567.93 for supenise
timore, and $7.1068.75 for extra do. et 2'j
Canadian Flour is a little firmer.
bbls at $6e6.30 for common to good, 3 r 1,1 .4,
for extra biande. •
Corn Meal is steady, =din moderate WV - ,
quote Jersey at $3.75, Brandywine $4.51-w•
ch
:W arms:eta.
heat is a shade firmer, and rather mor'l, l3
the sales are 100,000 bus, at st.2ot , S l • ll 6)t l isq
spring $1:2361:35 fOr 11111wankee dub: s
vs
for amber lowa ; . $1,416L44 for winter red
$1:4461.46 for amberrlkliohigan.
Ilya is quiet, at 83685 c for- WesterrO na
• for S tate
Barley is steady, at $1.35'61.55, as tog'.
Corn is in !Sir request. and the ntartet
ora driller tone; sales 85,000 bus, F.a
at 1- ‘ - t„
lots of Western. mixed; 676;73e for
stertw
68.669 c for heated and unsound. •
Oats arc moderately, at 65C"'"°``
*on rim
to e..
HAY is steady and unchanged,
.wit h
mend yasdoo- are ma ki ng at - 6 , :ci . 70 ,1 0 , M. p:.
p
750185 c for retail sales.
TALLOW is in fair request, with WO a ' l°C
Western at logfitOxe..
..Hors.—The market iswithe.ut mitten.
with a moderate. export and hotn:e coot.:
Saks 160 bales nt 16623 c for erdinar,s to pit
24628 e for choice-and fancy lots.
SEEDs.—Clocer is-in fair request for exr:,.
the market is firm, with sales of prime At ' y,
mothy is stead at $2.2563.35, I:ough
quoted at. 52.5069.75.
11r3itsuy is quiet and sternly; Vales 150°
THE BOSTON MARKET.S, Deeefil l !' t
receipts of Flour for the week trading Reit
December have been. bbls, sgal P ;
bbls for the corresponding weer last Near—
decrease•for the week of 91,790 bbls.
We quote Westera supertYne 9 5 . 61 21 123 :.,
common extra (shipping w.ades) $IL" ;
have bean made at arc 3; stelvauce—sca rceY34
selling below the former price; medium nd;
inducting Ohio, Michigan, s it
s 7 @r9s
and Genesee , 1 10,- , 1
s 7 @r9s St. Louis brands , are in fair demand
varying front sl,7s§Aalti bbt.
eltAlN.—The markeet for Corn is steadY
changed, with a moderate demand. Sales 00
‘1
I m i
ern mixed at 20@ille.; Southern yellow is.
Sue Is bushel. Oats arc plenty and din!; ,
Western and Canada at alft. 60c
selling at $1 bushel. Shorts are dull at,,t i
Feed- and Middlings V.7@501,1 ton. Bowl
and nominally $1.25@t..15 se
NEW BEDFORD 01. L MARKET, ne e ' r i
The past two weeks our sperm and witalF.!..
has been.very quiet; holders continue
of sperm amount to about 2,000 W 4,11 1 ,
$1.76 900 do, at 81.700.7;1 as to 9 113 :.,?;1 0
1,000 ' bbls Vi brown and drk, SI.;
attn„ th
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