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. •
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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.
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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.
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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•
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(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)"