Vrtss. FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1863 THE WAR. By a despatch from Lieutenant General Pember ton, of the rebel army, which we publish this morn ing, we learn that General Sherman has re-em barked his troops, after an unsuccessful attempt to take Vicksburg. We have some cause to doubt this news. The despatch 'is dated January 2, and it is known that General' Sherman did not move .South from the Yazoo river until the Ist instant. How could he have advanced forty .fought for several days, and returned to his transports one day after 1 It. seems quite probable that this is one of the preina ture despatches that the Southern generals are fond of publishing to "raise the wind" in favor of their cause among the rebels. Nothing short of a tremendous defeat would induce such men as Sherman and McClernand to retire from the ac complishment of so important a design as the cap ture of Vick s sburg. It is probable that our gun boats will yet retrieve the advantages lost by our troops, and that Vicksburg will be taken before many days pass by. The announcement this morning that the rebels are menacing the town of Springfield in Western Missouri need create no great alarm. A. band of guerillas, under Quantrill and Burbridge, has been for some time hirking in the neighborhood, having been . detached from Hindman's army three weeks since and ordered to get into the rear of General Blunt's Army of the Frontier, and cut off the Federal supply trains. Brigadier General E. B. Brown, a gallant Missourian, is in command Of the district in which Springfield is situated. General Brown, in anticipation of the present raid, detailed the famous Colonel Catterwood, with his cavalry, to make a reconnoissance, some ten days ago, to cut off and capture these rebel bands. Col. Catterwood has been in this business for two years past, and he will soon be heard from in the rear of the rebels at Springfield. CONGRESS. SExxrx,,---_Pelitions were presented by. Messrs. Wilson and Field. The bills allowineJulditional matiabin matter and raising volunteers in Kentucky, Isere reported back. A resolution giving the thanks of Congress to Gen. liosecrans was referred. Mr. Sherman addressed the Senate at length on the tax ing of bank notes and fractional currency. The bill. for the discharge of State prisoners was discussed by Messrs. Saulsbury, Anthony, and Powell. After an executive session the Senate adjourned. Honsx.—The resolution tendering the thanks If the House to General Butler was passed, twenty. eight Representatives voting against it. The•Coni mittee on Military Affitirs was directed to consider the expediency of a bill increasing the amount of paymasters' trends, and otherwise providing for the fidelity and efficiency of these officers. A com mittee was appointed to inquire into the Josses sus tained by loyal citizens in the South, on account of the presence of our armies. The adverse.report on Mr. Hooper's financial bill was postponed till Friday week. The House then went into a Com mittee of the Whole, and finally adjourned. THE LEGISLATURE. SENATE.A petition of the stockholders of the Farmers' Bank of Bucks county for a renewal of charter was presented; also, a petition for the repeal of the act of- April 19, 1845. A message was received from the Governor returning, without his approval, the supplement to the act incorporating this city, requiring all ordinances to be recorded in the office •of the Recorder of l'eeds. Nominations were then made for United States Senator, and the Senate adjourned. Housn.—Petitions .referring to the Middle Coal field RttilroadcompanY, and the payment of- volun teer • bounties, were presented. Also, several bills, among which was one allowing. the city passenger railway companies to run their cars on Sunday. Nominations were made for United States Senator. A resolution giving certain officers of last session, who have this year returned, pay for ten days and /mileage,' passed. The House then adjourned till _Monday next. The Anderson Troop. A valued correspondent writes us a letter, taking exception to certain comments /Vire saw proper to make upon the conduct of the Anderson Troop before the battle of Murfredboro, which we print in another column. - When our correspondent' appeals to our State pride as a reason for shielding those soldiers from the just censure now vi sited upon them, he necessitates a word of explanation, which we gladly make. In the midst of the good news from Tennessee, we received two 'communications from mem-. hers of the Anderson Trobp,. in reference to the insubcedinatiou of a number of the min bus. We determined not to• print them, "thinking that the bloOd of the pending bat tle and their recorded bravery would be a sufficient atonement for any sin. Other .neWsPapers did not.think so, and the whole subject became one of general notoriety. then reconsidered our determination, printed the evidence we had in our posses sion, and upon that evidence pronounced a severe and decided judgment. To this judgment our correspondent demurs, and we .submit his plea to the public.. ' The Anderson Troop was recruited in Philadelphia with remarkable care and dis crimination es a body-guard for General t•UELL. The desire to enter it was so great that 'from a battalion it was increased to' a regiment. It served in Maryland and in Southern Pennsylvania, and.was finally re. moved to. Louisville. Here symptoms of discontent were manifest in consequence of certain promises made to the recruits not being redeemed. • General BUELL was re moved,- and, of course, they could not act as his body-guard.' General ROSECRANS accepted them in that capacity. but found it to the interests of the service to brigade then, and employ them in a more useful Manner than merely guarding his - own per son. About Christmas time- their com plaints became urgent, and, to use the words -.of our correspondent, ".M. C. P.," whose, letter we printed yesterday, " the various companies composing the regiment held meetings and appointed . ommittee to act for the regiment, and, if possible, ascertain what disposition was to be made of the regiment, and why the acting commissioned officers had been or dered away, and the commissioned officers were not forthcoming." These committees did not obtain the satisfaation they desired, and, on the 26th December, after receiving orders to march, " five hundred and thirty five men stacked their arms in theif streets, refusing to move," while two hundred' and fifteen obeyed their orders and went into the battle. This is tlie statement of "M. C. P.," one of the soldiers who stacked his arms. Another soldier, " F. R C.," who belonged 'to the troop, but did not stack his arms, comments upon the proceeding thus : "I feel sorry to say that a large number of the troops stacked their arms in front of their tents, and refused to move, asserting, as an excuse, that they had been swindled; were not a body-guard ;' had not the right kind of officers, nor enough of them. What do you. think .of such procedure? I call fit cowardice and insurrection." General ROSE ,CRANS ordered out ..a battery of artillery, spoke of the.whole proceeding as 'insubordi, nation;" saying that he thought " the Ander- , son Cavalry: was composed of intelligent . Vnion soldiers, Who understood their duty and intended to perform it." These are the -simple facts of a very sad inidiamentable We find no pleasure in chronicling. these events, and we regret its much as our .correspondent W" that anything occurred to Mar the happiness of the ,4Mlbrion Troop. But he will perthit us to `say that his defence is an excess of partiality. If we accept his doctrine we do away with disciplbie, , and, instead of an army; have a chattering multitude of commit tees and critics: .Thiduty. of a soldier is to obey. is not his place to ask questions or impose conditions. : His musket may not be of an inaproved pattern, but it is the best his Government'ean_atford:. His bacon may be tough, and .his biscUits may be hard, put, the countrY can do ne better for his com missary. He may not . obtain every luxUry he could wish—he may not be,as well fur nished as his m ticks Of enlistment have pro mised, but his hardships arenecessarY ; to War, and cannot be avoided. ' There is not' regilllol in the North that Might not have: , made as many eemplaihts as the Anderso n 'Troop, and they had taken the:same , course as a remedy.the artny Would 'novibe It mob. • ' • • There cap le:nn elteuse for any sucli - eiM; duct as lluit:;Ofi:the*"apldiers: . Their.ran tiny places them beyond defence or apology . . They have disgraced thenfielves; they have disgraced their 'State; they lutiT disgraced the &Orion* flag therfollowed. The blood sited .atAlutfrecOnro ;may atone for their *folly, .7bnt like ;this will be ne cessary to regn'atllie - fair tame r -they barci so, "rasbiy,..tarnasyed: Rebel Bluster JEFFERSON DAVIS lees returned to Rich mond in a very bad humor. ..He has been Making an extended tour through the Snuth,. examining into the condition of thnvarimia . armies under his command, and : endeavor ing to inspire his follOWers with " a Proper degree of hope. It is hardly possible that Mr. Dims has been pleased with the ap pearance of affairs in the Southern Con federacy. Murfreesboro must have shat teredlis nerves, and the contiguity of FAu nAecT to Mobile was certainly not soothing to his feelings. At all events, he has re-. turned to Richmond, and signalizes•his turn liy a.vindictive and malignant, speech, charging the Yankees with all manner of crimes and misdemeanors. We suppose he will issue another. proclamation of. retalia tion, especially as General BUTLER, instead of being in the hands of his executioner; happens to be enjoying himself in the city of New York. Emancipation has been proclaimed in spite of his threats, and, notwithstanding his pains' and ,penal tics, Union officers are gladly volunteering to command colored regiments: The whole. tone of his speech is strictly in keeping with the cause 'of the rebels for the laSt feW months. They ate resorting to their old scheme of bluster and noise. They threaten retaliations on every possible pretext: , Ge neral FuElson threatens .to .retaliate ou General POBTER ; General LEE threatened General POPE ; General .Lovmm s , threatened General BUTLER ; General Bnaoet threatened ROBECRANS, while Governor LETCIIER summarily imprisoning Union officers in re taliation. for the imprisonment of Colonel ZARSONA. Ali these proceedings , are indi cations of a . petty tyranny which supposes the same fear of Southern arrogance that many of our timid Northern politicians were Wont to exhibit in times of peace. We understand JEFFERSON DAVIS, linweyar, and these amusing tactics. So long as he finds it a pleasure to' Arlte7threatening let ters we cannot deny it to him. But should ..any_atterapt .be . made to. redeem these bloody promises; he-will find the vengeance of this republic swift and terrible. His blus ter amounts to speech and penmanship, and nothing more. • LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL." WAsurNa TON, January 7, 1868. Major General Benjamin F. Butler left Washington this morning for Philadelphia and New York, and will, I learn, sojourn in the former city over this evening.- During his stay here he has been visited by crowds of loyal men. Adiniring him for his bold and decided policy, their favorable . impreS sions Were . abundtmtly confirmed by a nearer view of the man and a better understanding of his opinion's. Before Gen. Butler entered the army he was known in Massachusetts as the . champion of the laboring classes, and .some of his greatest legal triumphs were achieved in• defence of the rights of the operatives futile large factories of New . England.' He contemplates the slavery question as a question of labor, and holds that, while by, its influence it oppresses the poor whites and degrades - and enslaves the blacks, it creates an Aristocratic class, which, grown arrogant in its opulence, has become strong enough to attack the Government and to corrupt and control the politicians. It is refreshing to• hear this remarkable man giving utterance to opinions which, wherever carefully weighed, • must inspire the conscientious conviction that they are unanswerably true. Gen. Butler has not yet decided to accept the com mand recently tendered to him by the President ; • but you may rest assured that a general whose career has been crowned with .Such triumph, and a states man whose measures have been vindicated in their works, Will not long be permitted to remain in private life. • While in General Butler's room, last evening, I met Messrs. Flanders and Hahn, the newly-elected re presentatives to. Congress from the city of New Orleans, and found.them to be intelli gent and unconditional .Unionists in full and . earnest accord with -General :Butler's • sentiments,. and in healthy contrast with some other representatives from the Southern States, who, while claiming to be ultra loyal, establish •their insincerity by voting with the enemies of the Administration. • °MASI (MAL. The Canvass for Senator. (Speciul Corror-pondence of The Press.) HARRISBUILO, Jan. 8, 1863. It seems more than probable that the extreme ra dical wing of the. Democracy will succeed in nomi nating. a representative of the Ingersoll-Reed dogma of "peace at any sacrifice." Hughes, Jones, and Buekalew are regarded by them as more acceptable than any other man or men named. Judge Camp bell and Jeremiah S. Black are looked upon as the next most acceptable, though scarcely less dark. Henry D. Foster is the beau ideal of what little war feeling is left among the Democratic leaders. Thus stand the political shades of opinion as known to exist among the various aspirants. Hughes is at Omut , s hotel, occupying - two rooms, surrounded by a set of Schuylkill county claquers. Congressman Strauss is his chief outside manager, whilst Senator Reilly does his principal work inside of the two Rouses. J. Lawrence Getz,•of Reading, is outside leader for Jones. J. Glancy is himself at Buehler's. I wonder if Mester Clymer, an aspirant for Demo cratic nomination for Governor, really desires the election of Glancyl He must vote for him, how ever bitter it may be; for bitter it must be to a mail to go for another whose eleetioa utterly de stroys, or postpones indefinitely, his own aspirations. Glancy, as he appeared when he fainted at his hotel, Bailey beating him for the nomination for State Treasurer, would form an interesting subject for caricature. • • Coffroth is a member elect to Congress from Fomerset, once a loud and demonstrative Douglas Democrat, openly denouncing Mr. Buchanan and his Cabinet. Judge Black having been a member thereof, is trying to elect the late, but unmourned Attorney. General to the United States Senate. His pious eftUrts seem to meet with but little success. Jere. miah will be permitted to continue his lamentations in private life, no matter how much dirt he may eat. He seems to have no inside manager. Beck and Jackson, members of the House, manage for Buckalew on the floor of that body. Mr. Crane, ex-member of the House from Wayne, is also out side, aiding and abetting. There are a number of others. Judge Campbell's canvass seems to be especially under the charge of Senator Donovan in the upper 'chamber, and Mr. Quigley in • the lower. Arthur Hughes, and a large number of other Philadelphia Democrats, are here assisting outside. They do not exhibit an enthusiasin equal to those of the other candidates. It may be, though Faster is not strongly repre sented, that he will be hit upon finally, as he was at Beading, as a spontaneous-combustion candidate, This may easily.arlee should a tierce contest ensue between the three- leading candidates, Campbell, Hughes, and Buckalew. Foster, Campbell, and Buckalew are all at Buehler's, and fierce crimination ' arid recrimination arise constantly between their friends. Each party hunt down incessantly new members from the rural districts, and some..of them seem wofully puzzled with all this maze oSdiscus lion. Some of the shrewder ones pronuse to vote for nil, and thus get rid of being "bored.' Some cif the latter ChM get caught at this 'doubling, and suffer worse than ever. ' T have thus given a hurried sketch of things upon• the surface as they appear. T must express my moat Profound astonishment at the audacity of Hughes in asking a nomination and election to a seat in the highest deliberative body in the world. He is inter= lectually the inferior .of all the leadirm Democratic candidates. He has placed upon the record, from the beginning of- the rebellion, in favor of "peace at any price," which.means degradation to national honor and loss of national life. The Anderson .Trocp. To the Editor of The Press Sin : In The Press of this morning yott give two communications from members of the Anderson Cav-. airy, folloWed by an editorial, strongly endorsing that of "F. R. C.," who'denounces the action of a large partion of his fellow-soldiers as "cowardice and in- Mitrection ;" and this denunciation you endorse by giving it as your "plain and frank opinion" that the members of the troop who exhibited hesitation and insubordination at such a time deserve to be severely censured; that they were "holiday soldiers," and "behaved like I have looked carefully over both those communi cations, and have failed to discover anything to jus tify these untimely denunciations. 'They are at least premature, and should have been withheld until all the facts bearing upon this unfortunate occurrence were made known. Itis sincerely hoped, therefore, that Pennaylvani ans, instead of joining in these unqualified denuncia tions of their sons and brothers, will suspend • judg ment in the case and give their earnest aid in the expo 'sure of the frauds, false pretences, and injustice, through which from the beginning; the Anderson Troop have neDly borne theniselves, until required to march in the face of a relentless foe, without adequate. means to acquit themselves as soldiers loyally devoted to their country. . If.itbo true, as you allege, that other "regiments Of nagciod men as those composing the Anderson Troop'? have been forced into battle with insufft *lent arms,". so much the worse. They have simply been led to the slaughter without the adequate means to oh ike effectively for their country, or to defend themselves against the onset of the enemy. As well might it be contended that a man is a "holiday ,sol dier "—a " coward "-LAn "insubordinate ," . and de served to he classed with the " diletanta," because he would refuse to be'driven to the battle-field 'un- armed, or with has hands manacled behind him. No favors are asked for the Anderson Troop. The demand is for -simple justice ; and I greatly misap prehend the frpfrit - of the people .of our noble and loyal State it they do not See to it ghat, justice is done. am, Tespeeti:ully,' your obedient 'servant W. - ' Special Despatches to "The Press." ,I{viAnquiumni§ Aumy OP TIM POTOMAC, Jan. B. The usual quiet prevails throughout the camps. The sth Army Corps was reviewed to-day by Gen. Burnside and staff; who passed encomiums on the troops. Departure of Women and Children for the ' YesterdaY. at half past twelve o'clock, the steamer New York left the Sixth street wharf, freighted with women and children who had asked and ob tained permission to go . South. The Government provided the steamer and furnished subsistence. A large crowd of ladies and gentlemen were at the• landing, but were not permitted to go on the boat under any circumstances. This regulation was ne cessary, otherWise' it would have been impossible for the detective officers, and others, to have per formed their duty. As it WAS, the boat was detained one hour and a half later than the published time for its departure. It was amusing to see the bundles and baskets which the older portion of the passengers attempted to convey on board ; but the regulation limiting one package to f each passenger was strictly enforced. The detectives conducted themselves in the most gentlemanly and polite manner, and there cannot be, on the part of the ladies, any other than feelings of gratitude for the kind treatment which they re ceived. Many medicinal, and other articles, were detected. One lady, just as she entered the steamer, dropped a package of medicine which she had failed to fasten securely in her dress. Only about two thirds of those having peimission to go were on the boat when she left the wharf. There was much waving of hats and handkerchiefs when the gallant steamer steamed from its anchorage, and many af fecting parting scenes were witnessed. The foll O wing were among the paisengers : Sister Andrea and one child, Mrs. Nellie Arthur,. Mrs. Virginia Cullen, Mrs. Mary Sweeney, Abbie 0. Wallace, Francis 11. White, Henrietta R. Tutt and five children, Louisa Nevitt,-M. Nevitt, Maria L. Newcomb, Kate Levilla, Miss Mary J. Chew, Julia Lontuk, Mrs. Median Leopold, Miss Mariana Jordan, Mrs. Susan Atwell, MIRS Sarah Jackson, Mrs. R. C. Seaman, Mrs. A. E. Smallwood and five children, Mrs. Eliza , Smallwood, Mrs. M. L. Bell and five children, Mrs. J. M. Jackson and three children, Fanny Judge, Miss Louisa M. Bradford, Mrs. Agnes Brighthanon, Mrs. S. A. Putnphrey, Miss Amelia:Lancaster and sister, Mrs. R. Kennedy and two 'children, Mary. J.. Kennedy and three child ren,- Mis:Petei Joseph, Adah Taylor, Laura Rich ards, Jennie P. Ross, Esther Bowen, Annie Ran dolph, Mary. Sweeney, Catharine Smith, Laura Speer, Nellie Speer, Mrs. Smallwood, Josephine Stiles, Rose Stiles, Emily VoHard, Caroline Vol lard, Laura Swords, Deborah Hight, C. Wine sholtz, Mrs. M. C. Nelson, Mrs. G. W. Werntz, Delia Williams, C. A. S. Moorman, Mrs. E. Mc- Cann, Julia A. Miller and two children, M. A. Murden and two children, M. L. Maddot, C. Myers, M. V. Myers, Jesse Mitchell and three children, Maria McCann, Louisa Nevitt, Eliza Fasten, Julia H. Payne, Jane Purcell, F; E. Pindell, I'. E. Rust, Sarah G. Richardson, F. L. Roberts, V. W. Smith, S. A. Stiles, Jane Seaton, J. C. Stiles, Annie E. Hibbitt, Mary D. Hayes, Harriet Halpin, Ella C; Jones and two children, Mrs. Agnes Lavant, Mrs. Sarah C. Lamb and three children, Mary Lee, M. Leypoldt, Mrs. Sarah Loan, S. H. Loveland, Susan F. Lee and boy, Mrs. F. Lightfoot, Fanny Lockhart, Mrs. Park Miller, Mary Mooney and two -children, Annie Myers, M. B. Moore, E:•Macon, Mrs. I. Mult zer, A. M. Montgomery, Mrs. Catherine Delano, E. Delano, Christiana Dippell, Mrs. A. V. Darnell, Mrs. Margaret Dyew and two children, Mrs. Annie E. Dangerfield, Hugh H. Dean, a boy, Ellen Deming, Miss Fanny De Young, Mrs. Eliza P. Ellicott, Mar garet Everett, Mrs. Caroline Ezell, Mrs. Phebe French, Virginia Fitzgerald, Mrs. Mary E. Fitzpat rick, Annie Frizill, Mrs. Clarissa P. Fieni= ming, Mrs. Mary .H. Frijett, Margaret Haymen, Mrs. Mary V. Brannan, Mrs. Eva Post, Anna - B. Park and two sons, Miss Sarah Hufnagle, Mrs. Ag nes R. Hazard,[Mrs. Margaret Hugh, Ellen McCoy Harris, Mrs. Ellen L. Hopson, Mary Ann Ritz, Mary Jane Hough, Mary V. Humphreys' and two children, Anna E. Hatcher, Mary D. Hayes, Harriet Halpin and one child, Ada Henderson, Rose E. Izard and one child, Miss Mary Anna Jorden, Fanny M. Judge, Sciplironia Jackson, Mrs. Isabella Jarins, Mrs. Peter Joseph, Mary J. Kenneday and three children, Pauline Kahl, Mrs. R. Kenneday and three children, James R. Kittrell (boy), M. M. Bangs, Lucy A. Haggett, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. J. M. Barnes, Mrs. E. L. Boyd, Mary M. Brannaugh and three children, Sally. .E. Hassey, Mrs. Louisa M. Bradford, Mrs. Celia H. Beers, Mrs. Lucy A. Butler, - Mrs. Elizabeth Berry, Sarah R. Brown, Mrs. M. L. Bell and five children, Ann M. Clifford and son, Mary A. Carpenter, Mrs.-Sarah Orager, Emily - S.' Chapman refused, Mrs. M. J. Cunningham, Mrs. Josephine V. Cummings and five children, Elizabeth Capehart, Susan Cullen and two children, Catharine -Cole, Mrs. Ann C,ourriery, Virginia Cullen, Ann Davis and two children, Ann E. Crosby and one child, Rosanna Correy and one child, C. C. Stiles, - Jennie Snyder, Eliza Stafford, C. Snyder, L. E. Stark, Mrs. W. G. Stickney, R. Sweeney, V. Swee ney, 111. 0. Stuart, Mary Struck, Mrs. C. B. Smith and six _children, E. L. Shepherd, A. K. P. Scott, Mrs. Mary Throckmorton, M. B. Thomas and one child, L. E. Goldsmith, S. M. Wright, Miss Sarah Jackson, E. W. Phelps, Mary. Studer, Caroline Den ver, Hannah Wood, Frances Williams, - F. White, Celestine Webb, Ada Wallace, Annie White, Sarah IVeich,_Ada Taylor, Harriet Butt, S. H. Brady, Louis C. Dunham. Important Financial Measures-Presented • to Congress.. The following is a synopsis of the bill reported to day from the Committee of Ways and Means, to pro vide ways and means for the support of the Govern ment: SEeTtoic 1 provides for the issue of nine hundred millions of dollars, in twenty-year six-per-cent. bonds, the interest payable half yearly in coin, and may be sold, for lawful money, certificates of indebt edness, or interest-bearing Treasury notes ; proirided• that the whole amount of bonds and notes issued under this act shall not exceed nine hundred millions of dollars, except that the hundred and forty millions of dollars of seven three-tenths treasurynotes may be funded in twenty-year bonds, and a further issue for that purpose may be made. Sec. .2 provides for three hundred-Atiitilion dol lars of three-year treasury notes, bearing interest at. ft. 473 per cent. per annum, being one and one•half cent a day on each hundred dollars, payable semi annually in coin, payable to the creditors of the Go vernment, and receivable for all dues to the Govern ment except customs. Sec. 3 provides for the issue of three hundred mil lions of dollars of legal-tender notes in the. usual form. Sec. 4 provides for fraction notes in place of postal' currency, to be engraved and printed in the Treasury building, and not to exceed duty million dollars. • . • . Sec. 5 provides for deposits of coin in the Sub: treasury, receipts to be given, which may he used to pay custom duties. Sec. 6 prescribes the form of the bonds end notes; to have the Seal of the Treasury-Department. Sec. 7 taxes the -bank circulation one per cent. on - a graduated scale, according to capital stock. Sec. 8 modifies the sub-treasury act so as to allow money obtained from loans or internal revenue to be deposited in banks, on their giving -United States bonds as security—the money to be checked for to pay the creditors of the Government. . See. 9 provides against counterfeiting, and appro priates six hundred thousand dollars to carry this act into effect. Mr. STEvExs , substitute provides for the issue of coupon or registered bonds to an amount not exceeding nine hundred millions, payable in coin twenty years after date, and bearing interest at the, rate of six per centum, payable semi-annually, to be issued in such denominations, of not less than fifty dollars, as may be deterinined by the Secretary of the Treasury ; also, three hundred millions of-legal tender notes. The bill repeals the gold-bearing clause of the former acts, except on bonds already issued, and repeals the act authorizing the reception of legal-tender notes on deposits. This morning Senator HARRIS introduced into the Senate, and Hon. Pam). A. COICKLING to the House, a, memorial from the Chamber of Commerce of ,New York, prepared by SA:srUni, B. RUGGLES, showing not only the military importance, but the resources and great advantages to the commerce:of the country to be derived from the enlargement of the locks of the Erie and Oswego, and also the Il linois. Canals. It was referred to the appropriate . committee of each House. - Great 'Profit on Rides. It is stated that. JAMES W. ROBERTS, of Berks Neounty, has been arrested on the charge of following the army and taking the hides from dead animals, by whichle has made from thirty to forty thousand dollars. Before the annulling of the contract by Gen. BURNSIDE, this business belonged to Contract or WERxe, of Philadelphia. ROBERTS is said to have behaved bravely at the hattle of DraineavUle. Colonel Snnivan, Captain Hive; 'and Major 13.AnsTow, nil of General MoDowEra:s staff, were examined and testified principally to the embarrass ments to the progress of General McDougal:a army corps on the. march from Warrenton to Wickland Wills, And thence. further east, growing out of the fact.that*General Sient:s corps, which were in the advance of them on the same road, greatly obstruct ed it with thekhalting wagons and their men loiter ing on:the way, cooking coffee, &c. Reported apture of the Rebel Steamer „.. A special derips teh from Washiniton says thlt the 'rebel steamer Virginia has been captured in the Gulf by one of Commodore Witxns' squadron. No Fears .or Gen. Sherman-Gen. Grant on the Alert;''. MESSENOER No fears are entertained for General Sri ERMAN at headquarters, as it is known that General Gnwa•r is on the alert. ELISHA WHITTLESPX, First. Comptrollar of the Treasury, died last night about ten o'clock. He had been unwell for some time, but was getting much better, arid Was at the Department yesterday. He was in the eightieth year of his age. RICIIA.IID Ete, an old and• efficient clerk of the Treasury Department for the past thirty years, died this morning about one o'clock. He was at the De partment on Saturday. Hie disease was pneumonia. The heads of the bureaus .will hold a meeting this afternoon at three o'clock, to Consider ly i liat arrange. ments will be made foiattending the funeral, and . to adopt resolutions of respect, etc. • • : . . . . . Medical Inspectors.' '•:. • The folloWing is a list of new medical laSpeeto:ws provided for by the tece.nt act of. Congress, Mini oared bythe Presided day to : the Senate: - • 3:05}3.11 K. p t tnir.s,TpAN P...Symmtv.; FRANF.i . HAmix:ToN, Ri ry,II ,piyco; Gi.oupp: W Srim A. C. IlAmx.rzi -- U.S.:Towxszray and tazoiini IC. JOHNSON Gen. Sumner. 1 • • Gen..SumNEE, of the Army of the Potomac, is in . the'city. Postmaster Appointed. .A. O. HENDEnsoN has been appointed postmaster at4.ll.eoderscm, Mercer county, Ps., vice Ttmooonts Kin; resigned. • - -- • - Confirmation. • 'ReporteilTieitir , cif Ex. , Giivernor Packer - . The Senate to-day, confirmed. the nomination of iihnursittn . io, an. S. 12 21 , 1':—:A: report has Just 1 kincheditiere thaVthelion: F. Packer - Os.- ,Assistant Secretary Usumn , to be Seeretayrofithi l • . ~ • 'r.„. 'Le A overnor of .Pennsylvania, 'nd- this morning at • • • ' - A I INV. II /4 1 ,P15Rer,t...1.t is.not4yet confirmed. W ASSING.TON. .WASHINGTON, January 8, 1863 . Army of the Potomac. South. Canal Improvexnents. The MeDoiyell Court of Inquiry. Death of Mr. 'Whittlesey. Death of Mr. Elk. THE TRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, FEIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1863. In both Houses to-day there was some. elmp. firing beiWeen the friends and enemies of the Ad ministration and the war. In•the Senate, in reply to a tieasonable speech of Mr. SAut.sistrity; Mr. ANTHONY, of Rhode Island, pointedly replied that he could not pass a eulogy on a party which com menced with Aaron Burr and'ended with James Bu chanan, whose first infamous act of infamy was to attempt to break clown the Administration of Washington; and whose last was . to sever the Union. .The rebellion is the logical consequence of the dictions of that party. The chiefs of that party in the South are fighting against the Government; the chiefs in the North, with some honorable exeep-. tions, are voting against it.. In times of great peril, when treason is rampant in one section of the country, and just lifting its head in the other, great allowance must be made for the Administration. In the House, there was quite a scene between JAMES E. KERRIGAN, of New YOrk, and Hon. THADDEUS STF:rmie, of Pennsylvania. - KERRIGAN denounced such men AB STEVENS as worse traitors than JEFP. DAVIS. Mr. STEVENS' retort was just such as only THAD STF7VENS could make; full of eloquence, wit, and sarcasm. Our Loss only 7,000 Killed, Wolutded, and Missing—Rebel Loss 12,000 to 15,009—The Pursuit Maintained—Capture of a Rebel Wagon Train—Burial of Gen. Rains. NASI:IVILLE . , Jan. 7.—Our• whole loss during the battle at Murfreesboro, in killed, wounded, and missing, is not over 7,000. The rebel loss is estimated at from 12,000 to 15,000. Our army is still chasing the rebels, and our rear Was eight miles beyond Murfreesboro yesterday. 'lt is reported that a rebel wagon train was cap tared -eighteen miles beyond Murfreesboro , yester day. The rebel General Rains was burled here yester day. No demonstration was allowed. . The bodies of General Hanson, Captain Todd, of the 6th Kentucky, and Captain Ferguson, of the Louisville Legion, were brought in to-day. Considerable quantities of contraband goods have been captured by our pickets. ' For several , 'days, the weather haibeen cold, and the river is at a stand. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTHWEST. . • Generals liTarrnaditke and Burbridge Re ported to be Preparing to Bombard Springfield, Mo.-- , Gen. Iliourn will make a Vigorous Defence. Sr. Louis, Jan. 8. Advices from Springfield, Mo., state's rebel force, reported to be 6,000 strong, under Burbridge and Marmaduke, with six pieces of artillery, are within two and miles of that place, and opened on the town without giving no tice to remove the women and children. One thousand rebel cavalry, in line of battle, are visible from the town. .1 Gcn. Brown has loop-holed the . houses for mus ketry, and will make a vigOroup re s istance. Siege of Vicksburgataitied by Gen. Sherman —Official Despatch from Lieut. Gen. Pent beiton—Federal Troops Captured at Mur freesboro—Railroad Accident —Jefferson Davis on the War in the Southwest— Bragg's Retreat Importance of Rose crafts' Victory—Movements in North Caro lina. [Special Despatch to The Press.) Waslimoxow, Jan. B.—Richmond papers of the Gth instant have been received here, and contain the following important items of news: SIEGE OF :VICKSBURG. Vicxstruno, Friday, Jan.' 2, 1863. To the Hon. . J ames A. Seddon, Secretary of War: The enemy, finding all his efforts unavailing . to make any inroad upon our position here,thas re embakkal, leaving a considerable quantity of en trenching tools, and other property and apparently hasrelinquished his designs upon Vicksburg. • J. C. PEMBERTON, Lieut. Gen. Com'g. REBEL MOVEMENTS IN TENNESSEE. CHATTANOOGA, Saturday, Jan. 3.—Among the prisoners brought here within the last two days, 23 different regiments wore represented. Three cars in a train, loaded with our wounded, were jerked from the track, six miles from Bridgeport,, on Friday morning, and seven soldiers were killed. The train was coming from Murfreesboro. BiunvnEEspoito, Saturday, Jan. 3.—Brig. Gen. Hanson was severely wounded in the leg in the late battle. CHATTANOOGA, Jah. 6.—Gen. S. Cooper: Sly : We have retired from Murfreesboro, in perfect tinter. All the stores are saved. About 4,000 Federal pri soners, 5,000 stand of small arms, and 24 pieces of cannon have already been received. R. S. EWELL: General 'Bragg has fallen back to Shelbyville, twelve miles this side of Murfreesboro. The ene my, after his •reverses, was strongly reinforced, turned upon our army, and drove them back. SHARP EDITORIAL COMMENTS. The Richmond Dispatch of January 6th says Gen. Bragg has certainly retreated to Shelbyville, thirty miles from the scene, of his recent victory at Mur freesboro. But if he has " retired," (that is the fashionable phrase on our side as the " change of base" is on the other), to Shelbyville, he has thrown East Tennessee entirely open to the Yankees. 11 Gen. Rosecrans once gets possession of it, 200,000 men cannot dislodge him. GEN. FOSTER. MOVING AGAIN. - The Raleigh papers state that the enemy has been largely reinforced at Newbern, and that a move ment has been commenced, it is thought, againit Wilmington. • • Yankee reinforcements marched from Norfolk' through Nansemond county, an ant thence down the Ohowan river to Newbern. OUR GOVERNMENT'S DESIGNS ANTICI BATED. A contraband; who escaped from Newbertl, sa • • Gen. Butler is in command, and that the Yankee force now at Newbern is estimated at 40,000. The Richmond Enquirer Of 'the 6th instant has the following': ;Governor Letcher has selected from among the prisoners sent tolßichniond recently,frOm. Floyd's command, the following, who will be held in strict solitary confuisment as hostages 'for Col.'Zar vona and others, similarly held• by" the Abolition Government : Capt. William Gramm ,• Lieut: Isaac* A. Wade, Capt. Thomas Dameran,'Lleut: Wilson I)ameran. John W. Herne; -Isaac Goble, David V. Auncer, Samuel Pack, Wm. S: Dills. • They have been duly consigneo to the State prison, and confined in appropriate•cells. JEFFERSON DAVIS ON THE WAR INTHE SOUTHWEST. •• PETERSBURG ; Jan. 4, MM.—President Davis ar rived here this afternoon at . 4 o'clock. He Was greeted at the Southern depot by a crowd cheering loudly, and clamorous for .a speeclu, The President responded briefly, and spoke mosfencouragingly o the prospects in the West and South. He ikin ex cellent health and fine voice. • • • Governor Letcher's annual message' to the Vir ginia Legislature fills seven colunius. Relating to the division of the State by Congress, he says Western Virginia must necessarily_ e free territory. I cannot supp6se in any treaty of peace that may -be agreed. upon Viminia ever- recognize the di vision of her territory, or ever consent to tteaty that will strip off any portion of " her domain. r It, is better that this war should continue: for an indefi nite 'period than that Virginia should be even par= tinily dismembered. He accuses the North of vandalism 'without pa rallel in the history of warfare, and recites a long list of 'indignities, outrages, and wanton destruction. lie estimates the balance in the treasury at $134,- 000. - The total payments for the war are $7,337,000. He advises that all free negroes now residents in portions of the State governed by the enemphe re moved; and put to work in the fortifications, as they, have it in their power to tamper with the • slaves, and give valuable information to the enemy. Richmond papers of yesterday were received at the headquarters of the. Army of the Potomac-last night, and the agent of -the Associated Press tele graphs the following extracts : THE RAID-OF FORREST. The Richmond papers of January Bth contain a Mobile despatch of January 7th, saying that, a spe cial from Grenada on the 6th says that an aid-de camp of General Forrest, who arrived there that evening, reports the capture of Trenton, Milian City and Humboldt, with over 2,000 prisoners, two cannon and a large amount of commissary stores. The attack on Jackson was a feint - to cover' the rebel operations. The railroad from Jackson to Columbus was destroyed. - • ' DESPATCH FROM GEN. BRAGG. Tur.L.Aiumitn, Jan. 6.—Unable to • dislodge the enemy from his entrenchments and hearing_of rein I forcernents coming to him, withdrew foie 'his front the night before last. He' hash not`folkns:o4. My cavalry are close on his front. - • • BR AXTON BRA . GH3-. 'The Richmond Dispatch characterizes Mur freesboro fight as a mysterious affair, and' cannot reconcile Gen. Bragg's first with his last despatch. . The •Framiner says it was a disappointment, but not a disaster, and finds consolation in pie fact that the Union army was terribly crippled. No .News from Vicksburg—Rebels Erecting Batteries . at Cypress Bend-No. Fighting Since the.29th . CAIRO, San. A.—The steam erfrom Memphis brings nothing later from Vicksburg. _The passengers state that the rebels have batteries at. Cypress Bend, thus preventing steamers from passing up from Vicks . - burg.: Our gunboats will easily remove them when necessary. 7 , ' • By way. of Grenada, reports reached 'Memphis that there had been no 'fighting since the 29th'ult. SAN punxciseo, Jan. B.—Advices from the Band wichlslauds to the 20th ult. are received. The Pre sident's message was published Honolulu only. fourteen days after its deliver s -. 4; • The ship . Cyclane, eleven dais -from San /k.ii4 clsco, passed. Honolulu on the 11111. . . • The total products of the, island during the past geasOri are estimated at 4;,00,000. pounds. Sailed from Honolulu prevtoug to the 11th, whalers Isabella, Emily, Morgan, Nassan, and 141'6, sll for home ports; and the ship Boderger, for Boston. • The trnitecl. States, Senatorship Hann ) sun no, Jan. B.—A- preliminary cauens:of the Democratic members 'of•theLegislatUre,- in refe rence to the United States Senatorship, was held last evening. Senator Olynt6r was selected hi chair man of the caucus.. - Senator Lankberton and other - members addressed the assemblage. It was finally resolved to hold a formal - caucus:to choose a candi= date for . Senator On Monday evening next, at half past 8P; PII: , • • The Republiean 'eauctis will, rirobably meet on. Monday evening also. \ . • • • . : Metists.•Frtinels .W. Hughes, Charles R. Buelcalew, Henry '1.); Foster, and -Shines Campbell, are here already. Senator Wilmot Will arrive to-night. • CrNewri ATI, Jan:. 8.-The.lillana Legislature convened this morning: There 1.1,a Democratic ma- . . jority in lioth houses. .. The Senate elected Paris C. Dunning'president, and the Ilouie Samuel 11. Bus• kirk for Speaker: The Governor!!! meisage will be delivered to-morrow:ll.i • , =SEM .. From For tress ,Monroe.'o Foirritsii *II MO E, ', Jan.-'7 .- The flag-of- truce boat MetamOra,. - •tu charge of Captain John E. IYrul ford, • 3d- Drew York :Regiment; arrived from City Point this foaenoon, and brings:down three hundred Union - . prisoners ); mostly cavalrymen, taken at Dumfries. • t-InoBTosi'iTtiii.43:A.tfull cavalry battalion of four ‘,:eirmptuilea,:frOm• California, has been proffered by Dlassachitsetls. "..The question of their acceptancels now pendingbefiire the . Witt . .. Department. • Sharp Firing ARMY OF TRe CUMBERLAND. STATES IN, REBELLION. BRAGG'S RETREAT HELD AS HOSTAGES MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR*LETORiR. THE VERY LATEST. ARMY OF THE, KISSISSIPPL- The Saidrich,lilailds. ludiina -Legislature. Oivary tioin California. XXXVIIth CONGRSS—Third Session. WASICRitITC . OII, January 8, 1883 SENATE. Petitions. Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, presented a petition for the increased compensation of paymas ters, clerks. Mr. FIELD (Rep.), of New Jersey, presented a petition for a unifot m system of bankruptcy. Superfluous Mnil Matter. Mr. COLLAMER (Rep.), of Vermont, from the Committee on Pont Offleas and Post Roads, reported back the bill to allow additional mailable matters, with a recommendation. that it ,ought not to pass. The bill.proposed to allow, parcels, bundles, Bcc., to be sent through the mails. Defence of Kentucky. Mr.__WILSCW (Rep.), of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported back the bill to raise volunteers for the defence of Kentucky, with an amendment as a substitute. Thanks to Gen. Roseerans. _ _ Mr. WILSON also offered a joint resolution, o , lnr, the thanks of Congress to Maj. Gen. Rosecrans, and the officers and men under him, for gallantry' and good conduct at Murtreestioro, Tennessee. 'Mr. GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa said, so far as in formation had reached us, the exploit of Gen. Ron crane was unexampled in the military annals of the country. He did not think that there were three commanders on earth who could have performed such a g.allant'exploit. Butthe official report is not yet before us, and he thought a resolution of this kind ought not.to be passed without more considera tion, or we shall have large numbers of resolutions offered for every officer who repulses the enemy in every battle that is fought. He chose to make the point in this case. He moved to refer it to the Mili tary. Committee. Mr. 'WILSON said he was perfectly willing to have it referred. He agreed with what the Senator said about General Rosecrana. The resolution -was then referred. , Tax on Bank Bills. On motion of Mr. SHERMAN (Rep.), of Ohio, the bill to tax bank notes and fractional currency was taken up, and he proceeded to address the Se nate in favor of such taxation. Mr. PRESIDENT : It may be difircult, amid the ex citing events of the day, to gain the attention of the Senate to a question purely of a business character; one that is dry, full of details and difficulty. But the currency of the country is so sensitive, and so directly affects all the interests of life, and is now so important to the national safety, that it must re ceive from Senators the most anxious considera tion. Shall bank notes circulating as money be taxed? This proposition has been twice urged upon us by the Secretary of the Treasury, after full reflection, and with the great responsibilities of office upon him. It was proposed to the Senate at the last session, but postponed rather than defeated. It is the vesti bule of any system of finance that can be adopted. It must be definitely determined, and upon its deci sion rest many other questions of finance. With a view to take the sense of Congress, he had submitted a short bill, presenting in two sections the whole question. The first provides for an annual tax of two per cent. on all bank bills circulating as money. The second provides for a tax of ten per cent: on all notes under one dollar, . commonly called "shin plasters." He was firmly convinced of the necessity and im portance of this legislation, and would state as clearly and briefly as he could the reasons for this conviction. They must keep in view the distinction between banks of circulation and other banks. Banks of cir culation are mere creatures of law. Their privilege to issue bills is in its nature exclusive. All other incidents of banking can be carried on without char tered privileges. This privilege tenot at all neces sary for the business of banking. The largest banks in this and other countries do not issue. notes. The Bank of Commerce, with a capital of nine millions, has a circulation of less than twci thousand dollars.. The famous banking houses of Europe, the Itothchilds, Barings, and Peabodys, issue no notes. The Bank of England has two dis tinct departments; the one attends to the business of banking, the other issues notes. The wealthiest banks have most circulation in proportion to capital, and yet an obvious and remarkable distinction is made by. our tax laws in favor of banks of circula tion, and against banks of exchange and deposit. The business of banking proper is heavily taxed. Stamps must be attached to every commercial in strument, notes, checks, bills of exchange, bonds, certificates, protests ; every form of commercial pa per is taxed, and yet there is no tax on bank bills. Bank notes are specially exempted from the stamp tax. Why is this? If a private banker issues his note, he must attach a stamp; he must pay interest on it. If the money is invested in commercial or other pursuits, it then taxed, and his profits are taxed. Why should it not be so with a bank note? We tax almost every employment of life with a license tax; but banks of circulation are expressly exempted from a license. Private banks and bank ers, who have no chartered privileges, have to pay a license, and yet banks of circulation are expressly exempted. Why is this? Why should a chartered bank, with exclusive privileges, be exempted from the burdens we have put upon private banks and on other pursuits? No tax is imposed on banks of circulation except an income tax of three per cent. on net prqfits and that is deducted from the stockholder. This is an insignificant tax; only fifteen cents on one hundred dollars of circulation. 11 a bank issues one hundred dollars in bills, it pays no interest to the public, and thus draws a net profit on the entire issue of not less .than five per cent. On this it pays only fifteen cents. What other employment escapes so easily? A manu facturer borrows this paper money of the bank ; lie pays a stamp tax on his note ; he pays a license on his business; he pays the bank interest of six to ten per cent.'; he pays three per cent. on the entire pro duct of his labor, and then pays three per cent. on his gross profits. Out of the balance he must live. The bank only pays three per cent. on the net pro fits, and is exempted from all other taxes. Is this a • uniform, just, and equal mode of taxation? Banks of circulation pay less than any other cor porations; railroads pay three per cent. on the gross receipts from passengers; insurance companies one per cent. on their gross receipts, or equal to one per cent. on their capital ; we pay three per cent, on our gross pay as Senators, without deduction for any necessary expenses; manufacturers three per cent. on gross products'; private persons three to five per cent. on their gross incomes;'banks of circulation pay three per cent. on their net incomes, and that ra •deducted from the income tax of the stock holders. • There are reasons Why banks of circulation should now pay a higher rate of taxation than other pur :finite. Their profits al.e vastly increased by the bu siness of the war. The net profits of the. New York ..han,lut last-year were 121,1 per. cent. Their burdens - are greatly lessened by the suspension of specie payments. They are therefore better able to pay taxes. When they.derive their profits from the use by the public of their, paper money, it is reasonable that they should at least divide equally the profit with the public. They avail themselves of the sus pension of specie payments to largely increase their issues, and thus at once derange, the currency and make large profits without a corresponding risk and burden. It is said this tax interferes with vested rights,. • but it does no more - than all new taxes. All taxes _are imposed to maintain vested rights to property, liberty, and life. The franchise or a corporation'is' no more sacred than the property of an individual. A State may, by an act of corporation, contract with citizen, and cannot impair the contract by taxa tion or otherwise ; but a -State cannot by any act of 'incorporation withdraw any property from the power of taxation vested in Congress. All objects of taxation must' be left to Congress. The only limitation is that they must be uniform in all parts of the United States. All taxation and excise laws discriminate in rate arid objects of taxation. Our internal revenue Is formed of a multitude of dif ferent taxes, and certainly , those who claim that 'Congress may lay high duties for protection to do mestic industry cannot dispute the, power of Con gress to protect itself from competition in its power toemit bills of credit: The only question is, whether the ratriproposed Is too high. It is but one-third of the profit derived from a business carried on without . riak,.and :likely to he , extended so greatly as to in flate and destroy all standards of value. The alarming increase of bank paper can only be checked by . taxatidon. The rate proposed may not be 'sufficient, but certainly. it is not too high. • The pro posed measure will yield four millions annually; but he did not urge it simply as a question of taxation. His great object was to induce the gradual with drawment of local bank paper, with a view to esta blish a national currency. All parties hive sought to effect this object. The first Bank of the United States was placed expressly on this ground. Mr. Madison proposed the second .bank, in order to get rid of local bank paper, and to provide a national substitute for gold and silver, then drawn out of circulation by the war. The controversy in Gen..Tack son,s time was only whethergold, or silver, or paper money was the best national currency. For various reasons of the highest policy, the Sulr•Treasury was established upon the basis of gold and silver alone. A United States Bank was no longer necessary. The United States was out. of debt. and needed no such agency. Local banks had exploded. The time was favOrable to the best national currency , which un doubtedly is gold and silver coin. This currency must be modified by the necessities of the times. Paper money is now .a necessity. He referred to several historical cases to show thatwar could only be-conducted by resorting to Government credit in the form of paper money. War hoards gold and silver. :Whenever this -is the case, it is the duty of Congress to furnish a substitute. The question is ' not between coin and paper money, but between a - national currency and the paper of•local bank corio ration 0. - Local banks are subject to numerous objections. Over sixteen hundred banks exist under the laws of -twenty-eight States and under every conceivable -plan of banking. • There was no harmony or concert between them. - Such a failure as the Ohio Life and Trust - Company-was like-a panic in an unorganized army...'This was only partially corrected by clearing houses arathe like. They were unequally distri buted among the States'. New England has fifty millions of. circulation and Ohio nine. The West pays to the East a large interest on bank-bills, and prefers to pay it to the United States. The losses to the public by counterfeiting are largely increased by the multitude of banks. The skill of experts and ileteCtiies could not guard the public. The loss by broken bank paper was equal to five per cent. per annum, anil experience proves they cannot be 'guarded against.. The loss by exchange in uncut.- . rent money,.the suction, of brokers and shavers, en tails an enormous annual loss to the people. By • enlatging the 'voline'of cuirency,.bank bills _ilepre ciate_the value of United States notes, and inflate gold and silver.- They effectually destroy all hope. of a' national currency, and defeat a plain provision of the. Constitution; which declares that no State shall emit Villa of credit, • • • . . stated the history of this clause.: Bank bills Were ivithin the mischief guarded against. It watritiipoSsible to distinguish between a ,direct • issue of bills of credit by a State and their issue by a corppration created bra State. Tieasiity notes are better than bank paper. They are,of : more general authority ; they are less easily_ counterfeited • -they may be converted into the bond s :of. the Up ited. - States ; they.may he deposited tem.- **Warily on interest; they are a legal ,tender; they are receivable.in payment of all public dues. ,:Bank ,•'notes h'ave.notie of these qualities. TheY are there fore liPPf in active Circulation While the United States :notes. arehnitidee..• Although two hiindred and fifty millions of• United States notes have been issued, and are of universal credit,.they fire not accessible as • li•eiirreiacy.'• The circulation of bank -bills prevents . the process of funding, by which alone the bonds of 'the United States can be absorbed by the people. A material increase of United States notes, to facilitate - Binding, would only iminiir;the value of the United 'States notesfine bank bills alike.As long as bank billi are -in 'abundant circulation the superior cur •reney will" not be used. • > • - • . Their withdraWal may be grftdual t aad the vacuum filled by'Unlted States notes. • This could be done without affecting the business of banking or ex.- -change. • The capital, credit, resources, and charter of . the banks would still remain. Their business would be on the same footing as other business. . They would be relieved from the unpopularity. always attached to exclusive privileges. The with drawal of their entire circulation would recall but rtwo4evenths of their loans. It would'promote the 'sentiment of nationality, absolutely- necessary to support us in the prosecution of a great war, involv-. lag the existence of country,..property, franchises, and rights.: If a national debt is unavoidable a na tional curreney.must be otablished With it. The two are inseparable; While it is important not to dia. •trnst.the measures of individualai it is more import ant to maintain the national authority. In war, curl' rency is as important as armies. Both must be con trolled by,gederal.authority. Every effort should be :Made to' nationalii p the..whole. people by- binding theni-tegether.Witk a common currency and u coat, moil cause. , • It is only the pride of nationality that will main tain tis in task that must :be accomplished. Mr. Jefferson; always watchful of the rights of the States; declared that this country cOuld:nOt main tain long war except by the use of United States notes as paper money, and with•them we could wage warier years. He invoked the prudent use of this great power, and the steady fortitude of a free people, ,by.which he was entirely confident the,. national unity will be preserved. This great re.: hellion overcome, there was no limit but the will of the Almighty to the power and 'greatness of our country; and be was disposed to use every authority.. granted to Congress for this end. Discharge of State Prisoners.- 1 , ...•On motion of ; Mr..SA.UL.SIIUDY (Dem.), of:Dela-. ware, the bill-for .Ibe diseharge . of State prisoners was taken 'up, and he proceeded to..addreas the Se." *nate at length. licileclared that partisanship had:: ' govelned the actic;iiief tbisAdininistration, and the inftimy'of . thbir t.i.lvoSild drag thellimiiih• disgrace down to future generations. This might be deemed harsh language, but he claimed the right to express- his honest belief. in his opinion, this revolution ought to fail unless the Government should make that right which in the beginning was wrong ; not that it was without cause, but because it was _not a sufficient justification. The raid 'of John Brown, the liberty bills, or election of Abi-aham Lincoln were not the causes of this war, but the assertion of the right to abolish slavery, and the• "evidence of such a purpose. The President had treated the subject with jocular and criminal indifference, and when he - came disguised to the capital he whispered no word of hope to the men struggling to make some peaceable arrangement, and after he was inaugurated he.proceeded to place his friends in office, and manifested no further care about the country, except to endeavor to force the rebels to strike the first blow. The Constitution and Union might have been preservedby the adoption of the Crittenden Compromise, but the President-refused to listen, and war exists, not by act of Congress, but by the acts of Bea.uregard and Abraham Lincoln. Then the army was enlarged, and all nersons daring to express any dissatisfaction were im prisoned in the forts and Bastiles of the coun try, ' until the system of espionage of Napoleon was not to be compared to the tyrannical aci.s of this Administration. He contended at length that the President never had the right to sus pend the writ of habeas corpus ; that it had never been so . held 'or supposed up to the time of this war. He quoted the acts of the English Parliament and 'proceedings in the Convention which framed the Constitution, and the laws of the various States in support of his opinion, and claimed that this power of suspension is vested alone in Congress. He believed that if the framers of the Constitution had supposed that within eighty years a man would sit in the Presidential chair who would suspend this writ, and play the, tyrant by seizing innocent citizens in loyal States, they never would have formed the Union: and vet the President has had the audacity before men, and the temerity before Heaven, to presume to suspend this writ throughout - the whole United States, and seize peaceable citizens and Bastile them in dis tant parts of the country. And hear it, oh ye heavens ; and give ear, oh ! earth ! The patient and long•suffering people of this country have tamely submitted to this exercise of despotic power. - Since the institution of government there never was such an assumption of power, andauch an unwarrantable use of it; and so help him God, though forty thousand Bastiles were to be his reward, he would ? in the name of his country and in behalf of civil liberty, protest against it. Any man who for this said that he was disloyal to his country lies before men and in the presence of high Heaven. He used this language because every miserable press in the land charges every man with disloyalty who dares to express his sentiments. He had some occa sion to speak with feeling on this subject, but while he stood in the Senate he would discharge his duty to his State though;the heavens fall. Innocent men in the State had been arrested, and he had made ap peals for them without effect. He should make no more appeals, but would say to them now, that they must protect and defend themselves against wrong ful arrests, for the President tells even the niggers that they have this right of • defence. Such defence will be in accordance with the law of the land, and meet the approval of a righteous God. If they fall in such a defence of their rights, they will leave to their friends a legacy of imperishable renown, and a name transmitted to future generations in the glorious catalogue of those who bravely died in de tepee of liberty. He then referred to the President's proclamation as a mere "Grulent futincn,” and the President might as well have issued a proclamation that the rebels should all be blind or lame. This proclamation commits the Government to fight for the extinction of Slavery, and prevents the South ern States from coming back into the Union. As it was, the words of that- proclamation would light their author to dishonor through all future genera tions; and though the memory of John Brown might die, The memory of the present Executive never would. He (Mr. Saulsbury) woiild say; let hostili ties cease, and an armistice be declared, and let the people meet in convention and agree upon a basis of Union for all time. Mr. ANTHONY (Rep.), of Rhode I sland, said in the few remarks he purposed to make he should not follow the honorable Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Powell) in a eulogy of that party that commenced with Aaron Burr and ended with James Buchanan, and whose initial was an attempt to break down the Administration of Washington, and its final act was to tamely surrender the liberties of the country. The rebellion we are now fighting is the logical sequence of the doctrines of that party. The chiefs of that party, at the South, are fighting'against the Government; at the North they are voting against it, and the former do not conceal their joy at the victories of the latter. He would not disturb the repose of any Senator who felicitates himself on the triumph of that party, and the return of such men as Davis, Toombs, Wigan, Pryor, Barksdale, and Hindman. He claimed that the men arrested could be released on taking the oath of allegiance, and he knew of nothing better to repeat except the Lord's Prayer. Mr. POWELL (Dem.), of Kentucky, denied that they could be thus released. The subject 'was then postponed, and, after an ex ecutive session, the Senate adjourned. • ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Cornmissnry Department. Mr. WASHBURNE (Rep.), of Illinois introduced a bill to promote the efficiency of the Commissary Department. Referred to the Committee on Mili tary Affairs. !lilt Mr. HOLMAN '(Dem.), of Indiana, remarking that this- is the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, moved to adjourn. Not agreed to. Support of the Government. Mr. STEVENS (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, from the Committee of Ways and Means, reported a bill pro viding ways and means for the support of the Go vernment. Referred to the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union, and made the special or der for Monday next. . Mr. STEVENS stated that he had prepared a bill fin similar purpose, which he intended to offer. • • Treasury Bank Bill. Mr. STEVENS reported back the Treasury bank bill introduced by Mr. Hooper, yesterday, with a ne• gative recommendation. ThOuks to Gen. Butler. The House then resumed the consideration of Mr. Hutchins' resolution tendering the thanks of the House to General Butler, for his able, energetic, and humane administration of the Department of the ulf. It was passed—yeas 88, nays 32: YEAS. Pessenden,S.C.(R) Fisher (R.) . Gooch (R.) - Goodviin (R.) • Granger (D.) Gurley (R.) Harrison. (IQ' Hooper (R. Horton (R.) Hutchins (R.) Julian (R.) Kelley (R.) Kellogg (R.) Mich. Kellogg (R.) Ill.• Killinger (R.) • Lansing (R.) Lehman (D.) Loomis (R.) Lovejoy (R.) Low (U.) . Me. Kean, (R.) McKnight (R.) McPherson (R.) Mitchell (.11.) Moorhead (R.) Morrill (R. ) Me. Morrill (R.,) Vt. Nixon (U.) Noon (D.) a: Olin (R.) NAYS. Lans!ng (U.) Lazear ID.) Mallory (U.) May (Dein.) Menzies (1).) Morris (D.) Noble (D.) • Norton (D.) - Pendleton (D.) Perry (D.) Rolltns (U). Mo.. Postponed. Aldrich-(B) - Alley (R.) . Arnold (R) Ashley (R.) Babbitt (R.) Baker (R.) Baxter (R.) Beaman (R.) • Bingham (R.) Blair (R,) Pa. Blake (R i j Brown ( R. I. Butlintou (A.) Burnham (R.) Campbell (R.) Chamberlain (R.) Clark (R.) Clements (II.) Colfax (R.) Conkling F.A: (R.) Conkling R. (R.) Davis (R.) Dunn (R.) Edgerton (R.) Edwards (R.) Eliot. (B.) Ely (R.)_ Fenton (R.) Fesseuden T. A. D (Rep-) Allen (D.) 0 Biddle (1).) Brown (U.) Ira Calvert (U. Conway (IL) Corning (U.) Cox (D.) Dunlap (U.) .thrding (II.) Johnsnn (D.) Knapp (D.) Mr. Blake's (Ohio) to resolution that the only alternative to the rebels is to submit or to be conquered and - Mr. Holman's resolution that no proposition tending to destroy the Union can be rightfully entertained by the representatives of the people of any of the Departments, &c., were _post poned till the. 14th instant, wlien the other declara tory resolutions (th6he of' Mr. Stevens included) will be considered. Slaves in . Georgia, and South Carolina. Mr. WICKLIFFE (U.), of:Kentucky, offered a resolution, calling upon the Secretary of the Trea sury and Secretary of War to make full report of their action and doings at Port Royal, South Caro lina, and in Georgia, in regard to the care and em ployment of slaves, the number of agents and over seers, the product of.the labor, the expenses,&c. On motion of Dlr. STEVENS, it was laid the table—yeas Si, nays 60. BondsOf Officers On motion of Mr. COX (D.); of Ohio, the Commit tee on Military Affairs was directed to report and consider' the expediency of a bill requiring the in crease of the amount of the bonds of paymasters and such other restrictions and penalties far their fidelity ae will insure a more trustworthy execution of their offices, or if, in the opinion of the commit tee, the abolishment of said office and the transfer of the duties thereof to the captains of companies or some other officer cannot be made, with a view to the public service, that they report a bill accordingly. Losaes by the War. On motion of Mr. YEAMAN (U.), of Kentucky, it was resolved, That a Special committee of five be appointed, with directions to report a bill pro viding for the Appointment of commissioners, whose power and duty shall be to attend in the districts of country passed over or occupied by the armies of the United States during the existence of the pre sent rebellion, and hear and take proof of losses sustained by citizens and caused by the presence or conduct of the said armies; and also proof of the loyalty, or disloyalty of persons presenting such 'claims, and to distinguish the kind of property taken, for what purpose it is taken, and the value of that necessarily taken, vith a gomputation of that wan tonly destroyed ; in no case taking the estimate of consequential damages, but only the actual value, and make and return reports, with the evidence and their opinion, upon each claim, to the Court of Claims at Washington, and providing that no such claims shall be paid until approved by the said Court Of Cpuilication. On motion of Mr. DUNN (Rep.), of Indiana, it was resoß•ed that the Attorney General be requested to inform the House whether the law for the -confis cation of rebel property has been enforced in the District of Colombia, and if not, the reason for de ;Ming the execution-of. thereatne. Pay for Solitivrg. • Mr. WASHBURNE (Rep.); of Illinois, introduced a substitute for Mr. Hohnan's resolution ; asking the Secretary of the Treasury why he has not provided the means for paying the soldiers of the army, and why the bonds, :if necessary, heretofore authorized to be sold :to make such payments have not been soldi Agreed.to—yeas 32, nays 3. . . New Member. AIr..SEGAR(I.I.), of Virginia, presented the cre dentialsi cif Jelin B. McLeod, as a Representative elect fi om the Second Congressional district of Vir ginia. Referred to the Committee on Elections. Drikicellaneons. On motion of Mr. STEVENS, the adverse report on Mr. Hooper's bill, providing a national currency, secured by a pledge of United States stock, and pro viding for the redemption of the same, was postponed till Friday week. The House - then went into Committee of the Whole on the executive, legislative, and judicial appropriation bill. The clause under consideration appropriates $112,000 for the collection of taxes In the seceded States. • Mr. - DUNLAP (U.), of Kentucky, replied to Mr. Stevens', of Pennsylvania. remarks On a former day,. saying that he stood here to defend Kentucky. She was as loyal - and true as any other State of the Union. She has 135,000 men subject to military duty. He confessed that about one-third of theta are disloyal, and some actually . in the field, while others are silent Southern sympathizerN but he was glad to say that thousands are engaged in the battles 'of the Union. He was for this Government—first, last and forever. He had no sympathy for rebellion; With those who would plunge his country in ruin: Be said Kentucky should be excluded from the auti pfelon of sympathizing with the rebellion, because justice demands it. Ni. STEVENS (Rep.), of Pennsylvania; remark •ed that he had heard that three-fourths of the people 'of Nentucky were disloyal. Dir. WADSWORTH (Union), of Kentucky, said that was a lie.. , Mr. STEVENS was glad, to hear that the report was untrue. Mr. NVADS - tvORTFL repeated that it was a lie. - Mr. STEVENS replied to Mr: Dunlap; saying that Kentucky,. on the breaking out of the rebellion; re fused to lake part In favor of the Union, although 'the people would not orpinize against it. Mr. D'UNLAP said that the President endorsed 'the position of Kentucky at that time: STEVENS hoped, then, that the people of that State would endorse the President's acts here after. He knew there Were many loyal men there, but he regretted that she was not able to defend her self and save Ohio, Iowa; Illiuois , and other States, the calamity of sending troops there to be butchered . on Kentucky. coil.. He had only discriminated egatost the disloyal portion of Kentucky. There • A.:of 'one thing the gentleman from Kentuckk could Intlterty;:unlets he denied the records ofthis Hotase.. ' 'Whenever any votetvas.taken •to adopt such mea sures which the Admintstration,deemed necessaryto put down the rebellion, there were two classes here acting with great unanimity. One was the Demo cratic party, naturally opposed to the Administra tion, it was the instinct of the party which led them to oppose it. The other party, with, perhaps, one ex-ception, was found voting with the Democratic party against the side of the House who support the Administration. The inference he left to the House and country at large. He asked them what such professions of loyalty were worth when the votes of such gentlemen go to embarrass the Administration and balk the measures to carry on the war. Such loyalty is worth little mom than this cursed seces sion and treason. Mr. KERRIGAN (Dem.), of New York, rising on the other side of the Hall, excitedly charged the gen tleman from Pennsylvania and his party as being the rankest Secessionists in the country. He was called to order s and, amid the confusion, was heard saying sometlung about treason.. Mr. BLAKE (Rep.), of Ohio. I call ychi to order. Mr. KERRIGAN. And I call you to order, sir, when you—[the remainder of the sentence was lost in the calls to order, the gentleman meantime ges ticulating.] Mr. NOELL (U.), of Missouri. Mr. Chairman, call uporithe sergeant-at-arms to enforce order. Some one suggested that the committee rise. Mr. STEVENS. I think the gentleman from New York is Perfectly in order. [Laughter.] Mr. KERRIGAN. I am very glad to hear you say so. [Renewed cries of "order, order."] Mr. ST EVENS remarked that the gentleman only recently had an opportunity to speak here, and no thing he could say would hardly be out of order. a he CHAIRMAN requested gentlemen to - confine themselves to the subject. The disorder having abated, Mr. YEA.MAN of Kentucky, was understood to inquire what the gentleman would say to the vast multitude of people who had recently declared themselves in the. elec tions? Mr. STEVENS would say they were about as loyal as the present Governor of New York, and they would do no more with the Administration for the suppression of the rebellion than the Governor would. lie did not regard the gentlemen on the other side as engaged in its suppression, judging by their votes. In reply to Mr. Dunlap, he repeated that he did say, when the bill for the admission of West Virginia was under consideration, he found no Avarrant for it under the Constitution. Mr. DUNLAP. I voted against the bill because I believed it to be an unconstitutional act. Mr. STEVENS. And I voted for it because it did not come under the Constitution, which did not em brace a State in arms. This was his deliberate con viction. We have resorted to a blockade. We, and the foreign Powers, have admitted the so-called se ceded States to be a belligerent Power. This being so, they were placed precisely in the condition of an alien enemy. Nothing was more plainly within the law of nations. Whenever a national war springs up every obligation previously existing, whether treaty, compact, or contract, is abrogated. They are then, until peace, governed by the laws of war—the Constitution has no binding effect or influence. Mr. DUNLAP. Are not the seceded States still members of the Union? Mr. STEVENS. My opinion is that they are not. Mr. DUNLAP. Did the ordinance of Secession take them out of the Union ? Mr. STEVENS. The ordinance of Secession back ed by armed power did take them out, and as far as that operated did take them out of the Union. Mr. DUNLAP. My opinion is that they are still members of the Union. Mr. STEVENS. They are not. Mr. DUNLAP. If these States are not in the Union, how do you propose to pay officers for col lecting revenue in States not in the Union _ _ _ _ Mr. STEVENS. I propose to levy and collect taxes as a war measure,just as all nations levy, and collect them on all the territory they conquer. I would not only do this as a war measure, but if ne cessary take every inch of territory of every dis loyal man and his real and personal estate and sell them for the benefit of the nation and carrying on the war. We are to treat them as provinces until we conquer them. It is absurd to say a mania arms is entitled to the same constitutional provisions as a loyal man when he does not obey the laws, and repudiates their binding obligations. Mr. YEAMAN (U.) expressed hiinself astonished at the doctrine just advanced, and asked whether South the gentleman held that the Carolina ordi dance of secession was legal under the Constitution) Mr. STEVENS. I hold that it was an act of trea son and rebellion. - • Mr. YEAMAN. So do I. Did the military force give the ordinance any validity ' Mr. STEVENS. So long as it remains in force as a belligerent power it is in fact an existing opera tion—l will say legal, so far as passing a law fo# preventing it you have not the power. Mr. YE.A.I4IAN further asked whether these peo ple were a foreign and independent nation. If so, whence was obtained the power of collecting the taxes, of which we are in favor Mr. STEVENS. held, in the first place, that the Constitution, operating at the time of secession, the people in the Southern States, by armed rebel lion, committed treason ; becoming belligerents, they are now to be dealt with under the laws of nations. . Mr. MALLORY (U.), of Kentucky, asked with what propriety the gentleman could speak of armed resistance as rebels or disloyal men, when he had distinctly stated that he thought the duty of obe- • thence and of protection were reciprocal, and that • :where protection is not offered, the citizen is not bound by obedience. Hence had he a right to punish 'them by the confiscation of their property?. Mr. STEVENS replied that all these crimes were committed before they became belligerents, and ac quired the status of an independent nation. Mr. MALLORY would further ask whether the confiscation act did not apply to those crimes com mitted since the armed rebellion commenced, and not to erimes.committed before. He also inquired whether the gentleman held the American people to be one people, or simply a compact between several' independent and sovereign States. If the gentle man held to the latter, he could well understand why he should hold responsible every individual citizen for acts committed by State authority. The gentleman's remarks will go out to the country as" those of the party in power, and will be repeated as coming from a representative man. - • Mr. ~STEVENS replied that he spoke only for himself. • Mr. MAYNARD of Tennessee, was glad to hear this, for the reason that otherwise it would not be so understood. Had his own State (Tennessee) -lost its rights under the Constitution, by reason of :the rebellionsof some of her citizens? • Mr. STEVENS replied - that he had seen no act proposed to take any rights from the loyal men in the rebel .States. On the contrary, they had been carefully protected frcim the consequences of the war measures. Great care was taken to separate them from the original sin. • Mr. MALLORY made an explanation to show that there are not more than 6,000 men from Ken tucky in the rebel army. ' - Mr. THOMASII3.), of Massachusetts, maintained' the right of the Government to collect taxes in the disloyal States. Its authority was as valid now as when the acts of secession were passed. Every act Of secession was null and void, and could not acquire force because rebellion was behind it. What was void by rebellion could not be enforced by arms. The authority of the Government is paramount over every-inch of territory. We must, therefore, see to the collection of taxes as if the ordinances of. secession 'had not been passed. At what ever cost, we are to cling to the' Constitution as a national bond of Union. There areno truer friends of the Union than the men from the border States'. The heart of the country goes out to meet and to bless them. The war is Scarcely felt in New York or Pennsylvania, except when the first born is brought home to die, or for burial, but these men have withstood the effect of fire and sword, when desolation was in their path, and death stared them in the face. As to not supporting the Administra ,tion, to which allusion was made by the gentleman 'from PennsylVania, it was very difficult to find out what its policy was. Mr. STEVENS desired the country to know that I he did not undertake to speak the sentiments of his side of the House or of 'his party. For the last fifteen years he had always been a step ahead of the party with which he acted. But they would over take or go with him before this bloody rebellion is ended. As the Constitution cannot be executed in the seceded States the war must 'be carried on as against an independent nation. The people will ad mit that the measures he had advocated from the outset, to arm the negro slaves, is the only way left on earth by which the rebellion can be exterminated. They will find that we must treat these States as ' now outside of the Union, as conquered provinces, settle them with new men, and drive the rebels as exiles from the continent. Phelps (R.), Cal. Pike, (R.) Pomeroy (R.) Porter (Y L) Rice (R.) Mass.. . Rice (R.) Me. - Rollins (R.), N. H. Sargoant (R.) Sedgwick (R.) Shellabarger (R.) Sloan (R.) Spaulding (R.) Stevens (R.) Stratton (R.) Train (R.) Trimble (R.) Trowbridge (R.) Van Horn (R.) Van Valkenburgh (Rep.) Verret) (11.,) IWalker (U.) 'Wall (R.) I Wallace (R.) Washburn (R.) Wheeler (R.) White (RA Ind. Wilson (R.) Windom' (R.) Worcester (R.) Shiel (D.) Steele(D.) MT. • Stiles (U.) Thomas (U.) Md. Vallaudigham(D) Vibbard Wasworth (U.) Webster (D.) Wickliffe (U.) Wood (D.) Pdr..-STEVEINS caused to be read a special des patch from the Chicago Times, and called attention to the statement that Governor Robinson, of Ken tuckyr, had issued a circular to the:members of the 'Legislature, asking their views of the emancipation proclamation and that the answers indicated that fully two-thirdsi are in favor of taking the State out of the Union. Mr. MALLORY denounced this newspaper state ment as utterly false, and that Governor Robinson will do anything ,like advising. Kentucky to engage in rebellion, .is equally false—utterly and entirely false. There was no ground for such an assertion. Mr: STEVENS. I rim happy to hear it. As the statement came from a Democratic.paper, I doubted .its truth very much. -Mr. WADSWORTH stated that Humphrey Mar shall,' when last heard of, was one hundred and seventy miles from Mount Sterling, drunk, and cursing Kentucky because she would not rise like "My Maryland." In reply to a question from Mr. Stevens, he said Kentucky cannot be taken out of the Union, either by Secessionists or by Abolitionists, or both com bined.. As for the emancipation proclamation we despise and laugh at it. The latest muster of Gene ral Bragg shows only twenty-three Kentuckians in his army, and some twelve hundred Kentuckians bad deserted from. Humphrey Marshall. But the course pursued by the radicals has worked more mischief to the Union than all the rebels have done since July, 1861. Mr. LOVEJOY. (Rep.) repudiated for himself, the Republican party, annhe Administration, the idea advanced by Mr. Stevens that, if it should be necessary, as he believed with him, to annihilate the rebels and to repeople the territory with a loyal pi:ovulation, it would he Unconstitutional. Now he (Mr. Lovejoy) claimed that this was precisely, if necessary, just what the Constitution required of them. After further debate, but without action, the com mittee rose and the House adjourned. DETROIT, Jan. B.—The State Legislature assem bled at Lansing yesterday. The Governor's mes sage was delivered to-day. The financial affairs of the State are represented to be in a most satisfac tory condition. A dcquate"sinking funds have been provided for the gradual extinguishment of the pre sent State• debts, and a system of taxation not, burthensome inaugurated, which will prevent the - further increase of the debt. The State has furnished in all 45,4500 soldiers, of which 20,200 were.sent to the field previous to July last ;.2,900 are yet to be raised to fill the State quota under the last call for 600,000 men. • Alluding to the emancipation proclamation, which is heartily endorsed, he says we are about to strike, hands with the entire loyal population of the South; whether white or black. Wre Shall no longer respect he claim of a white .traltor to compel black loyal= sts to aid him in destroying the Government. Maine Legislature. AtrottsTA .Jan. &—The Legislature assem bled today for the inauguration of Governor Co burn.. in his message he pays a tribute to the' Maine soldiers. He states that the credit of the State is at a high premium, and-recommends the renewal of the act suspending specie paymenti by the banks, which expires -on the 10th- instant. The establishment of a naval and military station at Portland is recommended. He concludes his re marks on national aliMrs with an endorsement of the emancipation.procla`mation. ' Noutps•row'iq;: Jan: .B.—The Democratic converi- . tion met to-dav, and elected Dr. A. Martin, Chas. Hurst, "Henry 'Mt:lnlet * and J. S. Yost, delegates to the State Convention. The delegates were instruct ed to divide their votes between the two candidates for Governor from this county, the Hon. Jacob Fry, Jr. and Wm. H. Witte, and if at any stage of the bal loting the four votes will nominate Fry, they will vote for him, and vice versa. Front New Orleans: 7 '‘ N,Ew Yonn - , Jan. &—The steamer Empire City arrived at this port . this morning, from New Or leanson the 27th ult, and Key West on the 3d inst. She brings the crew of the ship Thomas Jefferson. IPho were sent home by the commanding officer at Key West. • Italtimore 'and Ohio Railroad Regiarations. WAsitiNnTow,,Jin. B.—Shippers of freight upOn the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad must hive 'special permiti from the Treasury Department, which will only . lie granted !ape oflading: • • Cl'ellcicAr t Jan. B.—About three inches of snow fell ;luring last night: The weathet is clear this evening; thermometer NEW YORK, Jan. B.—The steamer Pram has been, tom to the Government, and is being fitted out for a_ gunboat. - ~CRr/eta;s' COLTS AZDEXECUTOreS' PERVAPTORY ESTATE AND STOCKS, Tuesday next I ':Stle 711onicti 4. ‘Soal , advertisements, comprising 18 pRo-K -PERTIES' to be sold peremptorily, besides a valuable iiXint, stocks, loitns, Fcc. Pamphlet -coltiloOes, . to-morrow - ' Michigan Legislature. MOntgomery County Politics. Snow at Cincinnati. .- :The:Steamer Union. PENNSYLVANIA LESISLATijii' BA 0.11.1 g nit Jul, j" . SENATE. . The Senate was called to order at 1 , the Speaker. • ork, The Secretary of the Commonwealth bei, duced, presented the returns of the electio ditor General and Surveyor Gen eral. n Mr. KINSEY presented the petition or ii holders of the Farmers' Bank, of lin e k r . l ' ' , ie• a renewal of charter. csr., Mr. CONNELL presented the me morial nt• Riddle .& Co., Samuel and William tv,- Welsh, Edward Shippen, 'and thirty c ir l i r l• tors of the Commonwealth, prayi ng il l , t ---, the act of April 15, 1845, so far as it it bend creditors of the State of any portio n ~,f deli., which the Commonwealth, by its o wd t he it gations, stands bound to pay. mleal Bills Introduced. Mr. STEIN, a bill relative to landl mints. ord i er Mr. LOWIII - , joint resolution toe action of the Executive relative Sick nirl,l; ed soldiers... • Messages from the Govern!, The Secretary of the Commonwealth be,..: duced, presented a message from the ci e ,.-1 tifying the Senate that lie had signed „„ .. triiv passed at the close of the last session. - ''''ia Also, a message, returning, with out hi. the supplement to 'the act ineorporaini"tlti• in Phthe ilad offi elphi ceo a, f th requirin e Recgorder All oriof Dlinancestio eeds. , r,,t'ari nor objects that this would impose larZell upon the city without any correziciirl tage, and refers to a comm unication in! '!" Henry, protesting against the appro val ,„, 4 On motion of Mr. CONNELL, th e ;TA postponed for the present. Sick and Wounded Soldiers, On motion of Mr. LOW it y, the joint re s „, approving of the action of the Go vernor', ":''' to sick and wounded soldiers weretai ter , : .4, Mr. LAMBERTON inquired if m e.r, ll. any information that the sick and wourirle?„ from this StewerenttirpnroopetriticlTT.di the h e Federal tate s h Government_. 1 d attend o their wants. ii i ; . . it would be a useless expense. Mr. LOWRY believed that they w ere et , as far as possible. He had visited the ho-:' never met with a Pennsylvanian that tiiil,i. press an earnest desire to be returned 10 o ut Gov. Curtin was so far unable to carry out f o ; wishes in this respect. But, with the eid er ': : 'of the Legislature, he wouhl, no doubt, dal; carry out his good intentions. The resolutions then passed. 'Nominations for 'Unit N 1 State., s m On. motion of Dir. PENYEY th e e4 : 0 ? ceeded to nominate candidates for tinted s t l ,' nator, to be elected on Tuesday n ext. phin. 11Ir. Nichols nominated Simon Csine ren6i c • -,` kilMibr. Reilly nominated .W. Hushes, of V Mr. Turrell nominated David 'Wilmot of 14, Mr. Donovan nominated lames Campbell delphia. Mr. Stein nominated Charles R. Iluskaletr ~ lumbin. Mr. Clymer nominated .T. Glancy Jones, M M of r. ott nominated David R. Porter, of phin. Mr. Heistand nominated Thaddeus Stevt Lancaster. Mr. Lowry nominated James Thomppo n o f delphia. .111 r. of Philadelp Lamb hia erton nominated George IT. \Tot _ Mr. Matz nominated Jeremiah S. Black, 61' Mr. Penney nominated Thomas Williaihiog gheny. ter.Mr. Serrel nominated Townsend Hainea, of _. .Mr. l Wallace nominated Henry D. Foster, ot moreand. Mr. Connell nominated William D. lien , Philadelphia. Mr. Robinson nominated Joseph It. (bad! Philadelphia. Mr. Graham nominated .T. K. Moorhead, of gheny. Mr. White nominated Joseph Buffington ; of strong. Mr. Kinsey nominated George M Daliayof delphia. Mr. Phila de I?idlphia;gw ay nominated Morton 31cI1ichsi Mr. Fuller nominated Nathaniel Elri II!. Of • yette. Mr. Penney was appointed teller, on the the Senate. Mr. STUTZMAN announced the ['titan:Set Wharton, of Huntingdon, and the custotany tet Lions were adopted. The Senate adjourned until :lionday enema. three o'clock. HOUSE. The Speaker called the House to o:,:or st o'clock. Petitions Mr. BROWN presented a petition prayin* renewal of the charter of the Driddie Cod -Railroad Company. Mr. SMITH. of Chester, one from de stoners of Chester county, asking that tk : pi of bounties to volunteers might be legalitel. • . Bills Passed. - - Mr. SMITH, of Chester, presented ti bill;;, zing the school-directors of West Chenn certain real estate, Mr. BROWN, an act changingg the timx ing courts in Northumberland county. Bills Presented. Mr. 111cMAITITS, an act to incorporate the Forge Railroad Company, (authorizinK tie struction of a railroad from some point on tr. high river to some point on the Ramat fa bay.) MoIELANUS, an act to allow the Cite pa railway companies to run their care on Sunie,, Mr. SMITH, of Philadelphia, a supplement[ act relative to tae opening of Fifteenth sum Nominations for United States Stamm Mr. NEIMAN offered a resolution that the IR proceed to nominate candidates for rnitod S:, Senator. and notify the Senate of the saitium: tions. Agreed to. Mr. Jackson nominated Charles It. Burkale Sullivan. ➢lr. Beck nominated James Gamble, of Ly Mr. G raber nominated W. Hughes, of . kill. Dlr. Ludlow nominated .Tames Campbell, lsdelphia. Mr. Pershing nominnted Henry D. rage: Westmoreland. Smith (Chester) nominated Wm. M. dith, of Philadelphia. Mr. Trimmer nominated George W. Woods of Philadelphia. Mr. Ramsey nominated Jeremiah S. BIC , York. Mr: Robinson nominated Caleb E. Wright, a zerne. hlr. 'Weidner nominated T. Glancy Jones Berks. Blr. Laporte nominated David Wiliaot.of ford. Mr. Neiman nominated David R. Pow. Dauphin. Mr. MeClay nominated Samuel S. BI lir. of Mr. Smith (Philadelphia) nominated Simor C. ron, of Dauphin. AMr. Shannon nominated 'rheum 1115iimf. llegheny. Mr. Vincent nominated Andrew G tut.r. Dauphin. Mr. Boyer nominated Kennedy L. ELV.. , Y. ferson. Mr. Brown nominated 'William fleld Mr. Gross nominated James K. Monte?). legheny. Mr. I3ebee nominated James S. Myers. !tango. Mr. Henry nominated Daniel S. Agnew ; of 136 JackSou 9 s Proclamation. -- - - - It was reeolved that Jael:Eon's proclamitioi farewell address should be printed for the we o: House. Legislative Books and Officers. A resolution to purchase Purdon's Liget Ziegler's Manuals tor the use of all members officers of the House was lost. Mr. YID:aI:NT offered a resolution skin; if officers of last session who had this garter.. pay for ten dam and mileage. Mr. KAIRE contended that those only got paid who were authorized by law to telllka opening of the new session. A lung discussion ensued, and it xvos final cided to pay certain officers who were named. It was moved that when the House adjoins so to meet on Monday next at eleven o'clock. was lost. Committee on Governnei )le. .age. - - . A committee to consider the propositions message of the Governor was announced bi Speaker. A motion was made that when the House a it do so to meet at four o'cloc•k on Monday: , Tbis was agreed to. The House then adjourned. THE CITY• • (FOE ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS SEE FOURTH r • INAUGURATION OF DEMOcitAllf QUARTERS IS PH lI.AD EL retA.—Yesteriliy . the anniversary of the Battle of New I trietns. s selected as n desirable day for the inautalta 7o3 the sew Democratic Headquarter, at 5t4 street. It may be recollected that the helihlriir! of the DoUglas Dennoentcy during the itte Prez tial campaign were at Fifth and Cheihr...r, of, the Brcelsinridge wing of the party it int. Chestnut. These were abandoned on the ev% of Mr. Lincoln, and, in view of future itaig.' new rallying point has now been chosen- , The assemblage met at four o'clock, And - of about one hundred and fifty persons, nearly whom were of the kid glove order; not s working man was to be seen. Tint anteettled' those present were of the extreme. preAlr' - Breekinridge order, whose adoration of t. 9 bondage has led them to court the fellowship s; honest and unthinking masses, simply le that obsolete and infamous institution. The meetin was called to onierby Ilia 'Vandyke, who g observed that. since 'On, melt 'cratic party in this city, without a rallyirdl o a place which they could call their own: 10 ' the ridicule of the hirelings of the corrup. gate, and disgraceful Administration that amr,:. this country. But the time has come when t.e lowers of Washington and other noble spiriti; rebelled against the oppression of the British ;Will call tO the Berri of public opinion 'Triaged - upon t ghta Won and trininiir.a. them.- 'No person of ordinary intelligence cAs tionwhat ale the true principlesof iorere l P7ti self-government. ;No one can misundersta nd The people are sovereigns ' and they tielcP l duties to a Government. All powers not r,,,. by the Constitution to the United State:: oe" :. meat are reserved to the States respeedr ei %j- thepeople therepf. Show me the inilicidu. denie p s to 'any person in official position the r t under the Constitution, to usurp, for any whatever, powers not delegated bY merit, and I will show you a tote flem.;:te 4„. Show nie the man who insists on the rited it speech, free locomotion, you and the habea , ' 0 4 04 will •show a true Democrat, whom vernment will intimidate. Show Me the hIY rar.e 'will insist- on the right to meet peaces redremtiargrievancesi show me, also, the mine will deny the ; right to abrogate the habe 3s ,;'..?: and T will show- you a Democrat Wh en „.. tjei :about to be deprived of their privileges , _T.'. _ ms .. • crate' party will pledge their lives, their to L . and their sacred honor in defence. T o dorst.: : party must have an organization and s eor i l d it ti head. A number oCgentlemen room, and we come together on this Srlt of .14' 1 ; 4 the anniversary of the day when, fortl 4.l % . „,iie ago, independence and free speech ivere and_iit 0; The ; room•is a free gift to the party, dotter spent Ter its hirewill be blood riP u li o . " 0 0 • will be the money of honest men. It icill ent.ai front profits of one or two hundred Per' ouroPthe Government. . Mr. Vandyke then nominated Mr. CharleAito.l soil as president, who took his scat mow ;cheers.sinir 36; The following list of Vice Presidents tarieswere then proposed and accepted : First .Ward.—Vice Presidents—Joseph ! k t .4" -',ir" alseß Clark. Secretary—Charles Lelsentli Second Ward,—Vice Presicients -- T . Jease'Sohrison. Secretary—H. A. (Bides. • Thir d "rd.—Vice Presidents—John NI den, James Armstrong. Secretary—W ou ' Jack Fourth . Ward.—Vice Presidents-01011"h McMullin, Thos.- Gegen. Secretary—JoseP ton. Fifth Wartl.—Vice Presidents—James 10,24)1; Thomas W. Woodward. Secretary— ' M. D. ' ter 3 l' l Sixth. Ward.,-Tice Presidents—Peter ,_ P r4l k en il t ' h olb w er a t;:_ d._ Se l e , r ic e e ta v n res -- T id h o o n s t . s _ o l;. 'h .... ee i . ‘ 7 .( t , ;o .,4 : r c ., N. D., James F. Johnson. Secretat3 Mitchell. • Eighth Ward.—Yice Presid enhs- -- / k-4 . E. John T. Montgomery. Secretary—Now' FA I •—•Ninth Presidents-71a. Dolor,. son, Thos. S. Newlin. Secretary _ o !_f_ „ 0, Tenth Ward.—Vice Pre,midents—± Jr.',- Samuel lttegargee. secretor)"
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