te Vrtss+ FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1863. THE WAR. THE Army of the Potomac moves.again to battle after a month's rest. West and South the winter campaign is to be inade an active and Important one. The address of General Burnside, which we publish this morning,: will send a thrill of enthu siasm to the soul of every loyal man , in the North, and the best wiShes and prayers of the masses, who still love the Union, -will be freely given for :the success of the present movement. Inaugurated gloom and prejudice, and un toseard circumstances of all sorts, and from all quarters, it may be that; the triumphs in store for this army will he rendered the more remarkable and glorious in consequence of their existence. The words of General Order; No. 7, would seem to indi cate positively that a large part of Gen. Lee's army has been Bent to the Southwest and South in the hope that our army would he mud-bound on the banks of .the Rappahannock during the winter. We have no doubt that the news that Bragg had been thus reinforced, as first published in The Press, is t rue, and that, although we may have'Ploody work before Richmond, our success will be certain in the end. The - Rappahannock has been crossed, and is left already far in our rear, and if all of our armies can execute the work assigned Ito them, the junction of Burnside with Foster is no. idle or transparent conjecture. As we intimated yesterday i it is time for us thus to launch against the enemy all of our strong columns, and not fritter away our forces by simply harassing the enemy and attemping to occupy his territory before it is conquered. .We must make 'regular advances, and bring ourselves to the realization of the fact that we are waging a gi.eat war. • • CONGRESS. SIWATE.---The credentials of Hon. DavidTurpie. were presented. Petitions were presented for the relief of the widow of Thomas Gregg, the original Inventor of iron -dads, and praying for an act to prevent the sale of adulterated liquors, and for the pension , due . :.the ' heirs of Commodore Renshaw. Resolutions were adopted directing the ecretaryT Of the Navy not to act on the title of League Island until directed so to do by Congress, and instructing the Committee on Military Antra to inquirefinto the expediency of publishing regularly a list of the names of all officers absent from their posts without due leave. The bill•Y° establish a grade of line offi cers in the navy was taken up and considered until the expiration of the morning hour, when the bill to annul certain annuities to the Sioux Indians was taken up, considered, and postponed until to-day. The bill to reimburse the State of Minnesota for losses sustained during the recent Indian outbreaks was taken up and passed. The bill to provide for the greater comfort of our sick and wounded soldiers was taken up, considered at length, and postponed. The Senate went into executive session at 4 O'clock, and subsequently adjourned: Norm— Mr. Stevens reported a bill for the ap pointment of a deputy Register of the Treasury, which was considered, amended, and passed. The House then went into Committee,of the Whole on the state of the Union, and took up the bill to pito vide ways and means for the support of the Govern ment. A number of amendments were made, which caused a discussion of two hours' duration, after which the committee rose and the House adjourned: THE LEGISLATURE. SENATE.—The bill to regulate public amusements in Philadelplia was reported from the Judiciary . Committee. Bills were introduced offering amend ments to the Constitution and extending the right of euffrage tOpersons in the service of their country; to incorporate the Butchers' and 'Farmers' • Market Company of this city, and to extend Drum street. Adjourned until Monday afternoon. HOUSM—The bill to incorporate the Corn Ex change Association of Philadelphia was taken up from the Senate docket, considered, and passed. A petition from the Philatielphla City Institute, asking to be relleVed from taxation, was presented. A resolution, directing the Governor to demand of the Secretary of War that the sick and wounded Pennsylvania soldiers lie sent home for treatment, wee. „passed unanimously. A supplement to the act incorporating the Fire „Insurance Company of the county of Philadelphia was offered, and the House adjourned until Monday. ON THE ADVANCE:: Let - those Who have had. misgivings about the Army of Abe Potomad read the order of. General Romism4 that we print this morn ing. At a time when many. good inert were speaking of it sorroirfully; and as something of the past, we see it arising.. out of the mud at Falmouth, and Advancing again to Rich mond.- Oeneral'BunxstDE Ms been busy since his defeat lie has .been working with a -Silent' energy, organizing, strengthening, „ improring- - -Making the life of the soldier pleasant and ellicient-4naking himself master of his situation, and striving to organize victory: in this good work he has been sustained and assisted by all the De partments of the Government. • The troops have , been paid; clothed, and armed; every. appliance of War luiS been placed ht their disposal; and, rvith`the'prayers of. the Coun try hovering around them, and the hopes of American Liberty depending upon - their valor, they go forth to conquer. We trust-- - : we believe that this campaign is about to . realize a' grent triumph. With , victory in the West and the South, it Only requires victory in the East to end this long struggle. The Army of - the Potomac holds the desti nieS of this Republic, and in the events now transpiring will do much to shape that des tiny for good or General Canierun. A person. named T. JEFFERSON BOyER, a member of the State HonSe of Repre sentatives from the county. of Clearfield; has. published an elaborate Card in a Harris burg newspaper, charging Gen. CAmERON witirihaving: endeavored to purchase his Tote for $20,000. The card of Mr. -BOYER is a - Very amusing performance, and we re gret Our space will not permit us to reproduce it. We think,'. however, :that it is a con,, fession that his children . will blush to react If itcOUld be true, it would - show. that Mr: BOYER is : capable of many things that do not become the gentleman—that he regards party triumphs Of More: valise than personal honor, truth, and the feeling[of respect that shOuld exist between man and man.. - This is Mr.. BOYER'S portrait as it is drawn by :himself; and we-repeat, it. is one that in after years he will loOk upon with shanie. As to the ' truth of these 'charges we are- not to judge. As to the virtue of 31r.: BoYER. it is certain that a thonsand:Philadelphia Demo— crats were very. - suspidiOus, and deethed their personal - presence, .well armed and equipped, a neceski y'precaution. Gdner CAMERON 'is not now in Harrisburg, but -is expected soon' to return. He will then, we are assured, make a statement that:will con found all his enemies, and set at rest the ma lignant calumnies that have been .uttered against him, : . Iteturit, of:Captain Palmer. Captain !PAT,MEIS, ' of the: Anderson Ca- - Valty, has effected his escape from the do- . minions of: JEFFEIOi 'DAVI s, of 'which he has been an unwilling inhabitant for more than four months. He is now in Washing ton, where, we understand; he has had an interview with President :Th..zicoLN, who sent for him on being apprised of his return. Captain PALENIEE had some curious adven tures during hiS protracted stay in the Southern States, but is obliged to`.keep Se cret both the manner of escape and the places he visited in the South, in order that friends there, who aided him, May not be coMpres mised by publicity : He says the prisons of the Confederates are with East Ten nesseani and "Union citizens of other States, some of whom, old gray-haired men, have - been incarcerated lam "harboring cort seripts"-the offence being that they did , not turn frem their dohrs their ownr :sons, - who had refused to enter the rebel ranks. Captain PALMLJ is as 'hopeful of the good cause as he was before he visited the South, and thinks the evidence • Of a breakdown in Northern war sentiment, which the rebels arenow gloating over, is the only thingthat has kept their liopcs alive since their disas trolls - invasion of Maryland. : We publish a letter thiSmornimi from the Captaini to a , friend of his in this city, which has been' handed to us ; by the, littter for plibliCatiOn. CAPTAIN RANDLE, of the British bark Traveller, which arrived at New York on Wednesday morn ing, from Rio Jetneif 0, via St. Thomas, confirms the ,report of the rebel schooner Retribution chasing back to port the brig G. Meredith and schooner West Wind, and :adds : "The Retribution sailed from St. 'Thomas about two weeks prior to her ap . pearance again near the Island, and it is supposed that during her absence she had received her arma ment. She is schooner rigged, and was formerly the .steam ,tug Lnocli Train of lioSton. • She sails very fast hilt will not May, •sis kile:chnsijig the G. M. she wore ship three times.: ,The 'frayeller.sailed the day following the return of the d. M., but did not sneet with the privateer." How. a Free People Conduct .a Long •tr. 77 The space we give this morning o a re publication of Mr. STILLE'S admirable ar, ticle will not be regretted by those who give his argument a careful perusal. Per haps, if we- were disposed to criticise his effort, we might find reasoning that we could not endorse, and inferences that cannot be justified-by a careful study. of the history of the great PeninSular War. The philosophy of that war is still- a subject :of discussion and solicitude, and men more illnstrions if not Wore profound, than Mr. STILLE, - : haye difroyed, and, in all probability; cOn tinue to differ. Waterloo may have ended a contest that - gave 'England her rank among nations, and assuied Tier exiSt ence as a free people, ; but : - Waterloo may: ,yet, be looked , upon as the great, est disaster I.that Modern civilization has ,enconntered. This remark suggests itself as we enter upon the argument of hlr. STILI,E, and enables us to enter more heartily: into his subject We see in this Peninsular - War :two contending Powers—France and :Europe. They had_ massed great armies, and Were striving for great objects. The Military establiShnients of each .rival were s perhaps not as large as we see in otir, Ameri . can war, but they *pre larger than Europe had been accustomed to see. Sympathy forSpain-merc properly, as:Mr. STILLS in , timates, the necessity of self-preseryation,-, made England an - active antagonist of The obstinacy of GEohog. 111 go vernine• the imperious intellect of PITT, was still controlling the :councils ,Of E iagr land, and they ivarred upon the mighty: Emperor as' gladiators 'who entered the arena Jo die in.desperation .or live in, glou, The oppresSion of the Asturias was the fall of Fort Sumpter, and in the flames of popular t.inger and Vengeance parties, melted into one mass, and the 'English peo , pie spoke but one sentiment Then :came precipitate Var. Expeditions were hurled upon .Spain, and Cortnnia anticipated Bull RIM, and of. Sir Joitic : - AloonE nothing re , mains but a sweet and plaintive dirge Whin sehOolboys loYe to chatuit. The defeat: ,Of the English arms brought terror to English hearts, and the people Clamored as. madly against the Government as Mr. VAL -I_,.zucoiortAm. and Mr. SEV - Ardun are clamoring no - n Distrust diVided the Cabinet, and the Parliament of England bold men spoke words of, praise for NAPOLEON: There Were blunders on the part of those who coin mantled the army, and more especially among those who contelled the department of war, and amid, general discontent, disaffeetiOn, and we may say treason; the power and fame of England seemed abotit, to pass away. The - Ministry may ,have blundered, but they persevered. They . sent men,. guns, powder, shoes, clothing, and biscuit, and the future Duke of WELLINGTON, a brother "of one of the Cabinet Ministers, to cm ' mand. Hope revived as he marched from Lisbon. The new army and the new gene ral would accomplish marvel*. On to Madrid!" shouted in the-Sante tones that we have shouted "On to hiehmond!" Bat tles werelought. :Talavera was chronicled a victory, but the victorious artily had barely :written it upon their banners before they re treated back to Lisbon.: This sounds very much like one Of our American triumphS. True to the parallel, the people of London be- - eamerestless i wild, fierce, and unreasonable. Wm . :lr:T.lol'oN was denounced as aniincoth petent general, and his - victories Were only, caltunitieS. Then came rest and WOrk,. and for three months VELLUNGTON'S men - built their labored rampart lines around Torres Vedeas, During thiS delay : party spirit broke forth. : Ambitious ; sordid men, who had been driven from otfiee, began to stir the public mind to sedition, in. the hoPe that place and honor would come. In the sOr : did calculations of the opposition," Says Mr. STILLE, in words that might truly be applied to the Dentocratio sympathizer§ of the pre, sent clay, :" the dishonor of the country, or the danger of the army, 165 as nothing, pro vided the office, the power, and the patron age of the Government were secured in their hands." This opposition had its effect. "It did immense Mischief," says Mir Writer, in words *Nth we reprint that we may give thein proper emphasis ; "'it weakened the Government, it prolonged the strife, it alarrii:. ed the:: timid, --it discouraged the true, and it so far imposed 'npon NAPOLEON him self, that thinking that in these angry in vectives against the GoYernment- lie :found the real exponent of English sentiment, _ he concluded,: not unnaturally, :that 'the people were :tired and disgnsted with the war, and that the privations which it occa ..sioned were like a cancer, slowly but sorely eating out the sot - trees of national life," We are -not aware that NAPOLEON Made- any Murfreesboro speeches, nor that he ;amused . himself by violating the jaws of war in his treatment :of ,inisoners; and common sense by outlawing English generals ; but it is cer tain that he looked upon the mdcliinations of bad and unscrupulous ,Engli§h politicians with the same, joy: that 'DAVIs - exhibits to - wards the leaders Of the opposition : to the Administration in the NOrthern StateS: We need not follow theelOse and graphic 1 sentences with whieh STILLE describes the strife of parties ; the depression of the people ; the agony of the Administration ; the gloom and heartsickness of such men as Sir WALTER SCOTT, Sir FRANCIS M 31 NT Wm.. : • DETT, Sir JA ESAPKIQSII f Mr. WRIT-' BREAb; and General. Tikrttracat ; the de spondeney of the loyal press`; • the reckless- . : ness of tire' disloyal preas; the demoralifi: tion of :the army ; the supreme exercise of sacred powers ; the suspension of the habeas: corpus ; the depreciation of national credit, and the inflationOf national currency ; the mortality of the Peninstilar army ; the final fall of Madrid. It was four years : before WELLINGTON took his Richmond, and in those four years. - England pasaed through scenes more dreadful and dark than any `lre have yet • eXperienced. 71r. : StANTO$ may .. recall .Lord C.A.stskituAciu and be consoled: Mr. OmiSE May look over the exchange and stock lists of 1811, and thank. God that Antericak inditstry - : and capital haVe been spared the years that - England - - suffered fifty years ago: During the five - years - that the war lasted England's expenditure was over 90,000,000 pounds per annum. Alldwing for the dif ference in the Value. of money, and the greater magnitude of our war establishment, this makes the expense of each war equal. These vast sums :were raised by England amid embarrassnients . and diScouragements that Americahas known. Englisk commerce was. : at the mercy of a :nio much whose influence controlled nearly every port of the Continent - NAPOLEON'S policy reduced the revenue more than one4mlf; taxea' - beca.uieenornions;—the in come tax alone being placed-at ten per cent. Let:those who - moan over t4e schedUle of Mr. CuAsE, with its. income .tax of-two per cent., think of England, and cc - age repin ing:-- The banks Were - suspended, the spe eulation of gold •N - - as prohibited under severe penalties, and vast premiums marked the difibrence between specie and paper. Eng lend carne out of all , these troubles with a majestic renown that the wOrld . stiltdelights tohonor, - and the Republic of the United States Will, we' trust, iinpreve upon : her 11- hiStrious example:: Mr. , has' !done a. bralie and bold duty to his cotintry,'And his, essay entitles' him to :a high place among those Who de serve of the people. He has brought to histask earnestness, enthusiasm, and 'pa.; triOtisra. Ile does not write i like a partisan but a patritil,,and his argument will become a part of the literature and the history of this -war: Tlie les.sons that he teaches should be impressedupon the hearts of the people.' England niay have been right, Or she May have been w Tong, in her final warwith Franee. That is, :a, question on Wldehlwe have our own Opinions, and we do not care todiscuss it, even with our iteconnplished townsman: Still, We may see 'many things in the sub :: lime devotion With Which the English pe6- plc finally emerged froth a Strife:that carried with it so much:grief, dismay, defeat, shame, and desperation. We may see - how much we must hear throughout this war, and hOw patiently we must forbear--that harmony and confidence, and "patient loyalty, Will be Of more advantage to our catise;than artnies, and naVies; and Napoleons. We have gene into this biller strifeWe have drawn the sword with reluctance and: sorrow, and the blood that has been shed has saddened thou sands whose liVes before never knew a cloud ; we did not seek it; we endeavored, to avoid it ; we prayed that if it were God's will, the cup might pass from our lips. It was not to' be. We See how England con quered the greatest soldier since C2ESA.R, and the greatest military power since Rome. We see her vices, and her virtuesher manly.devotion to - the,uationality-hcr-weak :repining; at every miSfortrme. Let . us,proftt by het example. Let us 'imitate that whielt is noble, and avoid .the , follies that Eamlish men to-clas , would gladly blot . from their na, tion'shistory , , " LETTER FROM " OCCASIONAL." WASHINGTON, Jan, 22, 1863 Among the new chaMpions of : the•ConSti tntion, according' to the understanding which recognizes it as the best argmiterit for the overthrow - of the Republic, :there are some shreWd observers of events and of men. You ha - Ve several of these philosophers in Reared in the School in which distrUst of thopeOple is the fan daniental principle; and settled in the belief that :the only GovernMent that is fit to live Under is a monarchy,': Wm. B. Reed and, the cynics of his circle:must latigh heartily in secret: at the manner in which they sup poSe they. are misleading the masses.' Old - Whigs and Anti-MaSons, impenitent gnow - nothings, , and. scornful aristocrats, , , giving the law to the' yoUgh:handed' followers , of 'Henry Horn and :George, M.: and teaching „Constitutional' ethics' to _to the . believers 2 in Thomas • Jefferson and An •dreW Jackson ! Mr. Reed is a huge admirer of Thaekeray,: the great English satirist of the follies of the Work - 1i:: and, doubtleSs, in his letters to the , . author of Vanity Fair there is More than one graphic picture of the ease with which the.: syrnpn thicerS with treason and the rebellion in the free States think they are • preparing the' Hemocrat“or the dissolittion of the Union. How • the witty Britisher must • roar over these delectable: morSels ' It is, astonishing, he :will say; that the Anieriettn- Democrats don't see through' this game. It is transparent enough to tne ; hut. they hate the Abolitionists so bitterly, and have been taught to, belieVe _ that the emancipatien of the slavea is to nifeet their own interests, that they do not look to the inevitable consequences of their offer-conif dance in their - new lenders. There are, however, a 'good many, observant Thack-e -rays : in the 'Democratie -ranks—men 'aim :also knoW that the darling purpose and prayer of such leaders as Mr. Reed is the overthrow of the :•Anieri can Unionand, hoWever preSetit appear antes may otherwise indicate, these men will sooner or later show-that t 1 11 at :least hay e not been deceived. As in the past so will it be in the future. The public Man Who clients the people is sure to be caught, convicted, and: punished in the end: Nothing is more certain and fixed than this.: And only those: who doubt the people are ever tempted to delude theM. It was, for instance, contempt of:the people that induced Mr: Reed to hunt the Free Masons with such 'fierce hatred,' and it vas contempt for the people that induced -himto:court the. Native AniericaOs : in 1845. It: was contempt for the people that Fernando :Wood to propose Making New York a free city, •and to cut her. loose from the Union. It is ceaiteiniit for the people that inspires : GOvernor Parker, -of NeW Jersey, to flaunt the hatedd - dOctrine of States' rights into the eyes of the nation,' at the morn - cot the devotees of that doctrine are filling thousands of grave!: with our bravest and best The ovation to Mr. Wall, at the Girard House, the other'eVening,Was only another way to show their contempt for thepeople. Mr. BUchanan's whole course from 1857-58 . to 1861;----the conduct of the SOuth in CongresthoseCeSsion from Con gress-4he relrellimi—.and the present frenzy of the Democratio leaders, are only one more proof of their contempt fer the Anie4 rican people. The day is coming -when the people will see this as I see it, and they will not be Slo - Wr in' ShOWing: how to use their hands-when they come to their eye-sight. WASHINGTON,: Special Despatches to 44 The Press." WASHINGTON. January 22, 1883 The Army of the Potomac. The authorities are painfully retieetit as to the movements of the Army of the Potomac; but from arrivals in the city, there can be no doubt that a movement is now being actually made; and that a light or a foot race may be immediately expected. Gen. BURNSIDE yesterday issued an address to his army, the publication of which was prohibited by the telegraphic censor of the public press. Unfor tunately it has been raining very hard for the last twenty hours, and if the storm has extended as• far South as the Rappahannock, our troops will have great difficulty in marching. No one need be afraid that the river, if it rises, will interfere with the pontoon& They are firmly fastened, and are in no danger of being swept away, as they can be taken up in a few hours. Let the prayers of all godly men and women; ascendto the Ruler of the universe that he will vouchsafe to us a glorious victory. A Correspondent Arrested. Mr. DEIWING, the Associated Press correspond ent, was brought up to the Provost Marshal's office this morning, under guard, =from General Burnside's headquarter& His offence is notknown; but it is supposed he has been arrested for sending to this city Burnside's ruarching address to his troops, and which was suppressed last evening by the Government censor here. Sermons at the Capitol. Anew view of important topici, connected with the Mediation of Christ And the Inspiration of the Scrip_ tures, is now in progress of development, at Wash ington, every Sabbath, in a series of sermons, by the Chaplain of the House of Representatives. The main points, so farnoticed, have been 1. The Sepa rateness of the Mediator from his Cotemporaries. 2. The Separateness of the Mediator from his Ances try; and, 3. The Separateness of the Mediator from the human race in whole—all as illustrated by pa culiarities in His modes of address, which, it is be. lievetl, have . hitherto remained unobserved. These peculiarities form a demonstration of sonic of the most vital Evangelical doctrines. Military Arrest of Sydney Deming, of Philadelphia. The Evening Star, in speaking of the'arrest of Mr. SYDNEY DEMIN 0, and of his passing through Wash- , ington for New York in military custody, makes a mistake in one particular—namely, that he is prin cipal agent or correspondent of the Associated Press with the Army of the Potomac. It is. SuMeient to assert that he has no business connection whaterer at present with the aseociation. As to the remain ing part of the article, stating, on rumor, that Mr. TDEODORE BARNARD, erroneously designated as Dr:mixo's principal assistant, was also arrested and sent away from camp, no such information has reached the Washington agency. The Storm on the Potomac. The storm of yesterday end the day previous did much damage on the Potomac. A large number of steamers, -barges, &c., employed by the Quarter. master's Department, are ashore, and hard and fast in the mud between Alexandria and Acquia Creek, and in ACillifl-creek harbor. The damage, however, to nearly all of them is slight. The Indian Appropriations. The Secretary of the Interior sent to Congress to day a letter, accompanying a communication. from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, asking for the passage of a law to divert from certain unexpended appropriations, amount/kg to $200,000, funds sai dent to pay_the indebtedness incurred .under other heads of appropriations now exhansted, and due the vs riot's Indian agencies of- Oregon and Wash ington' during the past three years. It Is repre sented that great inconvenience and suffering have resulted from this long credit of the Government. Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Judge W. P. OTTO, of Indiana, was to-day nomi nated by the President as Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Military Nominations. The President to-day made eighty-nine military nominations to the Senate, including Major Gene rals Huizi-rzsumfac, HOOKER, and Sn3Dinn, for pro motion for meritorious service, by dating their com missions back to embrace the different battles in which they severally distinguished themselves; twenty brigadiers to be .major generals, and sixty three colonels, and other officers to be brigadier generals, and three hospital chaplain& These nominations were received and referred to the Com mittee on Military Affairs. „ ' Dismissed. WAR . DEPARTMENT, AE...7"T GENERAL'S 010E1(1E, WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1863 .GENEP.AL °lawns, No. 11.—By direction of the 'President, Col. R. Munpuv, Eighth Wisconsin Volunteers, is hereby ,dismisied the service of the United States for allowing his command-to be sur prised 'at. Holly Springs, Miss., without having taken proper steps to protect his post or repulse the enemy, and his troops having been found in bed at the time of attack. By oriler of the Secretary of War: E. D. TOWNSEND, Asa't Atljt. Gen The Iron-Clad Nahant. A gentleman who left Lewes, Del„ at 8 o'clock this morning; reports that the iron-clad steamer Nahant is at the Breakwater, having arrived there all right on Monday evening. The sloop 7 of-War Menongaliela is also'there, having arrived'ofi Toes da3 - night. Also, a propeller from New York; lbaded 'will% hoops. THE PRESS.---PHILA.DELPIIIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1863 ARMY OF -TIIEji.OTODIAC IN MOTION. ILYXVIIth CONGRESS—Third Session. The commanding general announces to the Army of the. Potomac that they arc about to meet the. enemy once more. • The late brilliant actions in North Carolina, .Tennessee, and.Arkansis have dil. - -ided and weakened . the 'enemy on the Rappahannock,. and the auspicious moment seems to have arrived to strike a great and Mortal blow to the rebellion,. and to gain that deoisive victory which is due to the country. Let the gallant 'soldiers of so many bril liant battle-fields accomplish this achieve ment, and a fame the most glorious awaits them. • • The commanding general calls for the firm and united action of officers and men; and, under the providence of. God, the Army of the Potomac will hays taken the great step towards restoring peace to the country and the Government to its rightful authority. .. . . By command of Major General Burnside. LE'iYIB RICIENIOND, Asst. Adjt. Gen. • Official : - Ewp. M: NEILL, Capt. and A.. A. A. G. • The Payment of Troops. • , The money to pay the armies of Generals : Ros CIZANS and GRANT has been furnished, and the greater part of the funds to pay the soldiers in North Carolina.abd'Department of the South has also been issued. . . Gen. BURNSIDE'S armYwill very soon be paid. A number of paymasters obtained funds for this purpose to-day, and others 4will 'be: supplied to morrow. The Arkansas Post Victory. The following has been.reeeived at the Navy De partment • CArno,,January 21. To Hon. Gideon. Welles, Secretary of the Nee. y : The gunboat Lexington, Lieutenantpommander SHIRK, has just arrived, at 11.30 AillEV, conveying 4,793 rebel prisoners of war from tke - FPost 'of Ar kansas. A. M. PENNOCK, Fleet Captain. The Department has received an official account from Commodore PORTER relative to the brilliant part performed by his fleet in that action. Department of New Mexico. WAR. D.ErARTIVENT, AOJ'T Gxxxii.4l's OFFICE, WASHINGTON, January,l3, 1863 . . GrxxnAr. OnnEn, No. .14.—The District of West ern Arizona is hereby assigned to the' DepartMent of New Mexico. - • • Ey order of the Secretary of War : E. D. TOWNSEND, Ain't Adjt. Gen. DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTIIWEST. Guerilla Operations in Missouri—Murder and Post hfortem Abuse of our Soldiers— ST, Louis, Jan. 22.—General Ben Loan, com manding at Jefferson City, sends the Democrat a letter from Colonel Pennock, of the 6th Cavalry, Missouri militia, dated Independence, on the 11th, stating that five of his men were murdered the week previous by guerillas. 'The soldiers were all shot in the head, and their bodies horribly mangled. The faces of some of them were cut in pieces with boot4ieele. Powder was exploded in one man. ear, and both earl were cut off. Whether these barbarities were committed before or after death is unknown. Cob Pennock says that ten of these guerillas, with their wives and children acting as spies, were equal to twenty-five of his troops. The guerillas were threatening the Union women of Jackson county, and the wives and sisters of some of the most notorious of the band had been arrested, in order to prevent theta from executing their threats. They have also levied assessments upon the loyal men of the county, and are collecting it ra pidly. Some of those who were assessed claimed to be Southern sympathizers, in order to avoid paying it.. Colonel Pennock advisee thii the:wives of these guerillas be sent out of the State. The Exchange of Prisoners—Violation of the Cartel by the Rebels—The Storm sub sided, &c. • . FORTRESS MOIVIIOE, Jan.' 21.—The ,flag -of-truce steamboat New York Arriyed this morning from City Point, with 704 eXchatiged Union iiiiioncrs, all privates, in charge of Captain John E.ll.ulford, New York regiment. The United States agent for exchange of pri soners, Colonel Ludlow, has demanded from Mr. (Mkt, the rebel agent, that all United States officers now in the hands of the rebels should, in compli ance with the cartel, be at once released. Mr. Ould has replied that 'all officers now in the hands of the.rebels, and captured before the 12th of January, the date of Jeff Davis'. message, will not be released on parole, but will be exchanged for those of corresponding rank.. All officers captured after the 12th instant will be handed _over to the Governors of the States where captured, as indicated in Jeff Davis' message. Col. Ludlow says all this is in violation of the cartel. Noincommissioned officers and privateswill be re leased on parole, as heretofore. The subject of citi zen prisoners is notyet fully settled. There are now a t Richmond two thousand Union prisoners. Three transports will leave Fortress Monroe next Friday for City Point, to bring them down. OCCASIONAL The steamboat New York .will leave to-night for Annapolis, with the 70.4 Union prisoners that arrived here to-day from Richmond. The storm has subsided, and the fleet of schooners have all gone to sea. Capture of the U. S. Steamer Voltunbin by the Retiebi-:Movements in North Carolina —General Burnside Re crosses the Rappa hannock—St. Augustine, Fin., Attacked - by Guerillas, &c. A REBEL REPORT OF THE CROSSING OF THE RIVER. _ Enr.mimonn, Jan. 22.—Southern papers contain the following: Riehmorin, Jan. 20.—1 t is reported and confirmed by the passengers which arrived last night, that General Burnsige's forces have crossed over the river, and are now above and below Fredericksburg. (Undoubtedly the rumor which was circulated seve ral days ago.) CAPTURE OF YOUNG SANDERS. • BALTIMORE, Jan. 22.—Southern papers received here have the following : CitAitr.EsTox, Jan. 10.—The rebel bearer of des patches recently captured off this port is Major Reid Saunders. He attempted to run the blockade in a small sailing Vessel. Judge Holt died at Augusta, on the 59th inst. Flour is selling at Charleston at $46 per barrel, and at hiobile at $6O. George W. Randolph is the People's candidate for Governor of Virginia. REBEL FINANCES.. The Richmond Enquirer, of January 20, says that a new financial scheme is presented by Mr. G. A. Chandler, which proposes an amendment to the Constitution,' legalizing the issue of legal-tender notes, to be legal tender during the mar and for five years thereafter. It also proposes the purchase of the whole cotton crop of the Confederate States, the present crop to be purchased at from 12 to 15 cents per pound. THE STEAMER COLUMBIA .ASHORE7-CAP TUBE OF HER OFFICERS AND CREW. The United States steamer Columbia is ashore at Masonboro Inlet, and her commander, twelve offi cers, and twenty-eight men, surrendered to Colonel Lam to-day, the 17th. IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA. The Richmond Enquirer of the 19th has the fol ' lowing despatch : C'HAHLESTON, Jan. 16.—The following is just re ceived from Kinston, North Carolina, of to-day's dale: The enemy drove in our pickets yesterday, eigh teen miles below, and are supposed to be in strong tome in the advance. They are - building bridges over Cedar Creek, but it is doubtless a feint to cover their movement on Wilmington or Weldon. The Federals are 60,000 strong, and have twenty days' rations. The Yankee gunboats attacked Fort Caswell the day before yesterday, but without result. I%IISOELLANEOUS ITEMS. "SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 17.—Eight Yankee sonere, captured at St. Augustine, by Capt. Dixon's guerillas, arrived this evening at tiglethorp's bar racks. Among them arc the provost marshal, sut ler, and three merchants." "UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO Bus THE BLOCK ADE.—CFIARLES.TON, Jan. 19.—A vessel, supposed to be the steamer Huntress, ladened with 400 bales of cotton, attempting to run the. blockade, was burned off the mouth of Swash channel last niget." • "It is conjectured that the storm on the coast has . 'dimrranged the plans of the enemy, and prevented heir advance from Newbern." . Address of Gen. Burnside to the Troops. HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF TICE POTOMAC), CAMP NEAR FALMOUTH, Va., Jan. 20, 1883. • GENERAL ORDERS No.'7. The Wives, Sisters, and Daughters of Unionists Threatened with Violence, &c. DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA. ST/TES IN REBELLION. The Iron-clad Weehawken at Fortress Monroe. Yonx, Jan. 22.—A despatch from Fortress Monroe, dated to-day, announces the safe arrival there of the iron-clad steamer Weehawken. WASIIIIWTON, Jan. 2g.—The Navy Department has been informed, by telegraph from Fortress Monroe, of the safe arrival of the ironclad innitor4 model steamer Weehawken at that point from New York. She rode out the terrific gale of the last two days as well as any vessel could do, being perfectly manageable and staunch throughout. A Union Dinner at Baltimore. BALTIMORE, Jan. 22.—A great Union dinner was given to-night, at the Assembly Buildings, in honor of General Schenck, commander of this Department. It was a splendid +titbit., attended by the most substantial men of Baltimore. Gov. Bradford made a most eloquent and thoroughly loyal speech. general Schenck also spoke elo quently, commending the course of the Governor. From California. SAN PnAxcisco, Jan. 21.—Ten ballots were taken for Senator to-night, without result. The vote stood as follows: Phelps, 36; Sargent, 33; Coziness, 25; scattering, G. SAN FltANctsco, Jan. 22.—The ship Logan sailed to-day for New York, with a large and valuable cargo. OREGON. Columbia dates to the 15th have been received. A thousand Indians on Vancouver's Island died of small-pox during the month; Three thousand miners have gone from Oregon to the Boise river, where the prospects are more favor able than on the Salmon river. A rush is expected there in the spring. Southern Travel—Contradiction of a False Rumor. PHILA., WILMINGTON, AND BALT. B. BROAD AN Pala! Jan. 22. To the Editor of The Tress: . . • Sin: Please contradict the report published in an evening paper in regard to the trestie-work over Burl river being swept away by ice. There has been no damage done to any bridge on the line of Otis road, and all the trains are running !IS mmal io•day. Respf ctfullY, GEO. E. BENT, P. W. fa B. E. K. WASHINGTON, JalluAry 22, 1883 SENATE. • Credentials. - - Mr. LANE (Rep.). of Indiana. presented the ere dentials of Hon. David Turpie, elected United States Senator from the State of Indiana. Pctitinng. Mr. COWAN (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, presented the petition of A. Stewart andothers, asking relief for the widow of Thomas Gregg, the original inven tore(' iron-clad vessels. -.. • Mr. POMEROY (Rep:), of Kansas, presented nu merous petitions, praying for an act to prevent the sale of adulterated liquors. League Island Navy Yard. Mr. FOSTER (Rep.), of Connecticut, offered a joint resolution, directing the Secretary of the Navy not tQact on the title to League Island until Con gress shall so direct. Mr; COWAN (Rep.); of Pennsylvania, moved to refer the resolation to. the Committee on Naval At Rejected—yeas 12 , nays 25. ' Pension. Mr. HARRIS (Rep.), of New Yoik, presented a Rpetition from the two daughters of Commodore enshaw, and the sisters of the Commodore, lately killed, asking for a pension. Indian Appropriations. A communication was received from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the diversion of certain unexpended balances of approPriations for Indian tribes of Oregon and Washington Territories. Absent 011iers. Mr. ANTHONY (Rep.), of Rhode Island, offered a resolution instructing the Military Committee to inquire into the expediency of publishing monthly the names of all officers of the army whO are absent on leave, with the elate of their absence, and the of ficers by whom granted. Adopted. Naval Grade Mr. HALE (Rep.), of New Hampshire, the bill to amend the act establishing a grade of line officers in the navy. Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep.), of Illinois, said the bill was to revise the action of the advisory board of the navy. Congress had passed one bill last year, and now, after having legislated out or relieved certain officers, we were called upon to shift them back again, and the bill provides for an increase of rank, so as to make places for so many of these men as may be restored. Thi - Sionx Indians. The morning hour having expired, on motion of Mr. DOOLITTLE (Itep.), of Wisconsin, the joint resolution to annul the treaties with the Sioux In dians, as a return for the' late outrages committed tby them in Minnesota, was taken up. Ile offered a hill as a substitute for the resolution, and for the Rouse bill for the indemnification of the State of Minnesota for the losses sustained. The substitute provides, first, that all treaty stipu lations with those of the Sioux Indians engaged in the late massacres in Minnesota shall be abrogated and annulled. Second, that out of the annuities, which would be due to these Indians, one mowed thousand dollars shall be paid over immediately to certain commissioners for the present relief of those families who suffered most—not to exeeed $2OO to any one family. The third section provides •lor the appointment of three commissioners, to hold their sittings in Minnesota, to take evidence and•in vestigate all claims for damages from the Indian outrages, and to make full returns to the Secretary of the Interior by the first of December next. Mr. WILKINSON (Rep.), of Minnesota, was in favor of adhering to the Rouse bill, which provides for the abrogation of the treaties, and appropriates fifteen hundred thousand dollars for' indemnification add for the removal of the Indians; After some discussion, the bill was postponed till to-morrow. but tau Outrages. Mr. DICE (Dem.), of Minn., called up the bill to reimburse the State of Minnesota for the expenses incurred in defending the State against the late In dian outrages. He had read a despatch from the Governor of Minnesota, stating' that the amount necessary to reimburse the State would be three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. . . On motion of Mr..RICE, appropriation in resolu tion was accorded, limited to three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and the bill was passed. Sick and Wounded. Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Mass., called up the bill to provide for the greater comfort of the sick and wounded soldiers, and to promote the efficiency of the medical department of the army. He referred to one clause in the bill increasing the commutation of rations in the hospital from 18 cents to 30 cents, and said the object of the bill was to restore the sick soldiers as speedily as possible. FESSENDEN (Rep.), of Maine, said he was glad that there was one section in the bill which did not increase the rank and pay of some officers. He was willing to give any amount of money to increase the comfort of sick soldiers, but he could see no cause for suffering in the hospitals. Congress had appropriated large amounts—all that was asked for by the Government—and he was willing to appro priate more if necessary, but he could not see how the object was to be attained by increasing the rank and pay of half a dozen officers. Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, said the soldier was entitled to one ration, but he often needed little comforts and delicacies, and the Surgeon General had recommended the increase of the commutation to thirty cents, in accordance with a diet table, which he had found to be very beneficial. Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep.), of Wisconsin, asked if it was true that the feeding of the sick soldiers in hospitals had been let out by contract. Mr. RICE said it was not true. Mr. FESSENDEN said they had appropriated over five millions for the very purpose of promoting the comfort of the soldiers in the hospitals; and they had appropropriated for ice and other comforts a hundred and twenty thousand dollars for the coming year. Mr. RICE said that, although a member of the Military Committee, he was opposed to all these bills for an increase of rank and pay. He bad been able to get no accurate information from any department of the Government as to the number of men in the army or In the hospitals. They send here estimates for twelve hundred thous nd men, and some of them for fifteen hundred thousand men, but none of them can tell within fifty per cent. what the real number is, and they are always asking for an increase of rank and pay. The cry is for money ! money ! money! and not one oft hem can tell what for. There seems to be no order in the Departments at all. The Departments es timate that there are as many sick in the regiments as in the hospitals, and yet they make no extra commutations for the sick in the held. He men tioned this to show the want of judgment and at tention to.duty in the Departments. The Senate had called for information in vain, and he did not propose to be a mere tool of the Departments, giving money, money . , all the time without know ing what it is for. 'Unless he was better. enlight cued, he had made up his mind to vote against all these appropriations so long as none of the Depart ments can give us the first intelligent item on the subject. When we have men in office who under stand their duties and .can occasionally give us a victory, they would not ask too much. Then he would give them his votes; but now it is money all the while, and we get nothing but evil in return. Mr. GRIMES (11ep.),.0f lowa, said that the object of the bill, according to its title, was very laudable, and one which he would do everything to promote; but even at the price of i 8 cents per ration, persons had made great fortunes by feeding sickaoldiers. He 'did not think the object Bought for could be attained by this bill. If the present regulations were properly carried out, there would be no necessity of further legislation. Mr. SHERMAN (Rep.), of Ohio, said the first section would increase the annual expense $3,645,000, and it would fix the value of rations all over the country, when its value now depends entirely on lo cality, and thus another increase is added to our present burdens. Mr. TEN EYCK (Rep.), of New Jersey, said he believed that there were a great many abuses in feeding the soldiers, and there was great complaint made by the friend of the soldiers. In some cases meat was set before the sick soldiers which was not fit to eat, and he believed many had actually died from the lack of proper food. In a convalescent camp, not three miles Iron, this city, there were, on last Sunday, sick soldiers without food they could .eat, without beds toile upon, without blankets to lie upon, and without fire to keep them from freez ing. Many things which were sent to this city for the soldiers had been stolen and sold. Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, said that many things were sent here without the proper direction, and there was nobody to attend to them; so they may have been sold for the payment of the freight. As to the convalescent camp which had been spoken of, he knew it was not a well-managed camp. Eighty thousand men had passed through that camp, and there were about twelve thousand of them there now ; but it was not under, the control of the Medical Department at all, but under the control of General Heintzelman. This increase of the corn mirtation of rations is based upon an experiment of the Surgeon General, showing it to be beneficial to the health of the soldier, and facilitating his re covery. lie believed the service needed all officers pro vided for in the bill, and more too, if good men could be had. We have now about 5,000 surgeons, and;fhe bill provides for twenty more, and for forty assietitnt E yrgeons in the regular army, and 250 sur geons and 51) assistants in the volunteers. We.are now employing 1,500 surgeons who are not enlisted in the service. The Government needs more sur geons, and if they could get ten hundred more good ones it would be well. The Senate then went into executive session, and subsequently adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Deputy Register of the Treasury. Dlr. STEVENS (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, reported a bill providing for the appointment of a Deputy Register of the Treasury, with a salary of $2,500 per annum and extending for two years from date of the provision for the appointment of Assistant Se cretaries of War, as their terms will soon expire. Mr. STEVENS said the committee had received a letter frdm L. E. Chittenden, Register of the Trea sury, stating [that, owing tolsevere physical labor, and other causes, he has a rheumatic paralysis in his right hand, and therefore is unable to discharge his official duties. He asks Congress to appoint a Deputy Register. This bill was introduced in ac cordance with thhi request. The bill was amended by making the salary of the Deputy $2,000, and limiting the continuation of the Assistant Secretaries of War to one year from date. The bill was then passed. The Finance Bill. The House went into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, on the bill to provide ways and means for the support of the Government. Among the amendments which arc subsequently to be voted upon by the House is one authorizing the Secretary to dispose of bonds on such terns as he may deem most advisable for lawful money of the United States, or for any of .the certificates of indebtedness that may at any time be unpaid, or for any of the treasury notes heretofore issued under the provisions of this act. Mr. COX (Dem.), of Ohio, moved to amend by making the revenue payable in legal-tenders. He expressed his fears of the effect of increasing paper money upon Western interest's. He had always op posed its issue. He now opposed it, because every dollar of the new issue burdened the West by in creasing protection to New England manufacturers. The customs being 'paid in coin, the price of coin goes up as paper money increases, and the price of coin enters into the price of the article upon which there is a tax, and the consumer pays it. For instance, the importer purchases, one dollar's worth of prints in England. When he enters them for consumption, he pays an per cent. duty. This he adds to the original purchase, making one dollar and thirty cents. He also adds the difference in ex change, GO per cent., making, with first cost and duty, On this sum he charges his profit of to per cent., or 19 cents, which makes $2.09. .On this sum the retailer adds his profit of 20 per cent., or 92 cents, making the cost to the consumer $2.50. Thus, under the present tariff and paper money ;system, the manufacturer gets an actual protection of 150 per cent. Do you wonder that the manufacturers of Massachusetts divide their re g ular 10 per cent., and from 20 to 66 per cent. extra 1 On the ist of January. the.Naunikesig mills, at Salem, divided GO per cent. extra, and the Pepperell mills and Biddeford( Maine) mills divided do per cent. extra. Many' other Mills divided large extras sit'the same time. Do you won der that certain persons in Massachusetts want the war to continue for selfish purposes ? These and other facts show how the agricultural interests are impoverished, and how the life-blood is sucked by these manufacturing vampires from the veins of labor, through a high tariff and an uncon vertible paper money. Agriculture gets no pro tection. Its surplus above the domestic consump tion seeks a foreign market, and receives no benefit from prohibitive-or protective thrill; or from an in flated currency. Hence, agricultural products do not rise. Let this process go on a few years,- and the wealth of the West. will be transferred to the pockets of New England monopolists and capitalists. This is a poor way to sustain the credit of the Government which depends on taxes, confidence, and union. It is a poor return for the patriotic de votion of the West to the Republic. If such a policy prevail, it will increase, and not mitigate, the feeling in the West against New England. I speak this in warning, and in a spirit of earnest devotion to the whole Union. Mr. MORRILL (Rep.), of Vermont, remarked that as the gentleman from Ohio was a distinguished leader of the other side of the House, it Was, per haps, necessary to say that it was almost the unani mous conclusion that the interest on the permanent (It tit should he paid in coin. If this feature of the bill were stricken out, whence would the Treasury procure coin for this purpose 1 .. Mr. Cox's amendment was rejected. . The second section was amended so as to autho rize the Secretary to issue four hundrefi millions of treasury notes, at a rate of interest not exceeding Mx per centum, payable semi-annually in coin, and the principal payable at any time after three years from date ; such note(' to be receivable for internal duties and all debts amidemands due to the United States except duties on imports ; nothing in • this section to be construed to authorize any additional issue of legal-tender notes. Mr. PENDLETON (Dem.), of Ohio, moved to strike out the third section of the bill, providing for the issue of three hundred millions of legal-tender notes saying on this subject, that the Administra tion is divided against itself. In these days, when loyalty to the Administration only is deemed loyalty to the country, those who do not support the Ad ministration are in a somewhat strange position. The President Bays the currency is already too much inflated, that prices are beyond their real value, and that the general interests of the country suffer. He had expected to hear something from the Committee of Ways and Means about that message. Mr. HORTON (Rep.), of Indiana, did not know that it was exactly fair to expect everything emanat ing from. every member of the Government. He might quote a familiar maxim, "As times_ change we change with them," and further say that when measures come before the committee they give them careful and deliberate consideration and, according to their best judgment ; • and from all the informa tion they could obtain from men of experience, they had come to the oonclusion that there is no way to get along except by giving the Secretary this power. The message had been reterred to the Committee of Ways and Means, and when they get time to con sider and report on it, he had no doubt that they would express their opinions frankly and explicitly. The bill before the committee should be judged on it own merits. • Mr. BIDDLE (Dem.), of Pennsylvania, said they should consider themselves most unfortunate that the President had not issued a proclamation declar ing this system of finance to be established as a matter of "financial necessity." He did not doubt the majority of this House would have supported him in so doing. [Laughter:] Or if he had issued a proclamation altering the name of the month, or the number of days of the week to ten, after the manner of the French revolution, we should have got a- ma jority to sanction it on the plea of necessity, which is the ground for everything. (Laughter.] Mr. LOVEJOY (Rep.), of Illinois, expressed his regret that the gentleman should indulge in remarks of that kind. The president is the last man in the world to be charged - with an attempt to exercise fir bitrar3' power. The gentleman must know it, and he thanked God - the great mass of the people be lieve it. He warned gentlemen now in high feather at recent successes obtained under false pretences, that the triumph of "the wicked is short." (Laugh ter. He desired to read from the Constitution. .. Ir. STEVENS (Rep.), of Pennsylvania. What right has the gentleman to read from the Constitu tionl (Laughter.] Mr. LOVILTOY read the clause setting forth the duties gf the President, in answer to factious carp ing, and to show that the President had not sought to influence legislation. - Mr. PENDLETODriiiid, that from what had just occurred; they had another verifiCation of the Scrip tural .truth, that "the wicked lieeth when no man Pur 1 4 1 . 3 .* Be contended that such a message, as „ - tly sent by the President to Congress is uiiH ted by the Constitution: After further proceedings, Mr. Pendleton's amend ment was rejected. A new section was adopted, providing that after the Ist of March, 1863, the coupons of all bonds of the United States heretofore, or which may be issued under this act, may at any time, thirty days before They become due, be received for customs as coin, under such regulations as the Secretary may pre scribe. The committee, before completing the action on the clause taxing the banks, laid the bill aside. Mr. ARNOLD (Rep.), of Illinois, then addressed the committee on the bill for the enlargement of the Illinois' canal. He said It is the duty of the statesman, not only to crush the rebellion, but to cement the Union. This canal will revive the idea of national unity ; the grand and sublime idea which has inspired the vast and sublime ellbrts of the people to restore the national unity. This canal will be an East and West Mississippi. He spoke of the unqualified devotion of the West to the Union. There were rebels , in the West and else where, who are seeking to alienate the West from the East. To this traitorous band was addressed the proclamation of the rebel General Bragg. How the West responded, the rebels learned from the mouths of the cannon at Murfreesboro. Thesoidiers of the East and the West, fighting together on many glorious and sanguinary fields, will, with their blood, cement a Union and a nationality so strong and deep that no sectional appeal can ever shake the loyalty of the glorious band of loyal States. The Vest will regard as traitors alike those who suggest a peace with any portion of t Mississipi in rebel hands, and those who suggest a he Union with patriotic, brave New England left out. The northern frontier must be defended, and the canal is the cheapest and best means of defending it, while the Atlantic shore is protected from any for eign enemy by three thousand miles of ocean, by forts and fortifications from Maine to Florida, and by a navy that has cost hundreds of Millions ; the northern frontier, not less important, is entirely de fenceless and within easy cannon range for hundreds of miles of foreign territory. The Northwest cheerfully pays her proportion for the defence of the Atlantic, and will pay further large appropriations now required. But we ask in justice that the . northern frontier should be secured. He then read a memorial of ex-Senator Fillmore and others showing the exposed condition of Lake Erie, and showed that the lakes, by the Canadian canals, were accessible to British gunboats, and that the lake cities and commerce were exposed to de struction. This canal will enable us to place our gunboats on the lakes. He read a letter.from Admiral -Porter, showing that we had now afloat more than fifty gunboats which could pass from the lakes to the ocean by this canal. He then presented the importance, fiscal, commercial, and agricultural, of the interests thus seeking protection. Fiftreight million bushels of breadstuffs were shipped from Chicrigo during the past year. The commerce of the lakes was at least four hundred millions per annum. Corn, since Cot ton had committed feld.de-sc, was now king, and kept the. peace between Europe and America. This enlarged canal is the cheapest mode of de fending the rakes. The whole cost of the canal was only thirteen millions of dollars. This will turn the Mississippi into the Lakes, and unite forever the East and the West. Every dollar thus expended in defence cheapens transportation. The extent of the proposed Illinois canal will be twelve times that of the Erie canal. The largest steamers which na vigate the Mississippi will steam directly to Lake Michigan. These grand results cost only thirteen millions. It will rapidly pay for itself, and is then to leave a grand national highway. It will add to the taxable property of the Union as much as the Erie Canal has done. It will give stability to our Government and add to the national wealth. It will increase both our ability to borrow money and to pay it. The,. Committee then rose, and the House ad journed. The Revenue Bill as Amended. The following is the revenue bill as amended, so far as the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union has acted upon it : A BILL to provide ways and means for the support of the Government. • Be it enacted ity the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United Slates of America, in Congress as. semblett, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and is hereby authorized, to borrow, front time to time, on the credit of the United States, a sum not exceeding three hundred millions of dollars, for the current fiscal year, and six hundred millions for the next scat year, and to issue therefor coupon or registered bonds, payable at the pleasure of the Government, after twenty years from date,in coin,and of such deno minations, not less than fifty dollars, as he may deem expedient, bearing interest at the rate not exceeding 6 per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, In coin ; and he may, in his discretion, dispose of such bonds at any time on such terms as he may deem most advisable, for lawful money of the United States, or for any of the treasury notes heretofore issued, or which may he issued under the provisions ofthis act. And all bonds and treasury notes issued under the provisions of this act shall be exempt from taxation by or under State authority Provided, That there shall be outstanding of bonds, treasury notes, and United States notes, at any time issued under the provisions of this act, no greater amount altogether than the BUM of nine hundred millions of dollars. Sao. 2. And bE it further enacted, That the Secre tary. of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, au thorized to issue, on the credit of the United States, four hundred millions of dollars of treasury notes, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum, payable semi-annually in coin, and the principal payable at any time after three years from date, at the Treasury of the ;United States, and of such denominations as he may deem expedient; not less than ten dollars each ; and such notes shall be receivable for internal duties and all debts and demands due to the United States, except duties on imports ; and the holder of any such notes shall have the right at any time, on and after they become due, and under such rules as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, to exchange the same, with the accrued interest thereon, at the Treasury or oelce of any Assistant Treasurer or depository designated for the purpose, for an equal amount of legal tender notes. ;And such treasury notes may be used by the Secretary of the Treasury at their Uar value in the payment of lawful creditors of the nited States, who may be willing to receive the same, and shall be received at their • par value in payment of any bonds that may be hereafter nego tiated by the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall also allow, in any such negotiations, and pay in coin, any interest which may have accumulated thereon. And the Secretary of the Treasury may, from time to time, as the exi gency of the public service may require, re-issue any amount of treasury notes herein authorized, equal to the amount redeemed. There shall be printed on the bark of the treasury notes which may be issued under the provisions of this act, the amount of in terest which will have accumulated at the end of each three months from the date thereof, and the words implying that the same notes are a legal tender in payment of internal duties, and all debts and de mands due to the 'United States, except duties on Imports, and receivable for all loans payable to the United 'tates. But nothing in this section shall he construed to authorize any additional issue of legal tender notes. SEC. 3. And he it further enacted; That the Secre tary of the Treasurybe, and heir: hereby, authorized,, if required by the exigencies of the public service, for the payment of the army and navy, and other creditors of the Government, to issue, on the credit of the United States, the sum of three hundred mil lions of dollars of United States notes, in such form as he may deem expedient, not bearing interest, payable to bearer and of such denominations, not less than One dollar, as he nry prescribe; which notes so issued shall be lawful money, and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United State's, except for duties on im ports and interest on the public debt. SF.C. 4. And be it further enacted, That in lieu of postage and revenue stamps for fractional currency and of fractional notes commonly called postage currency, issued or to be issued, the Secretary of the Treasury may issue fractional notes of like amounts in such form as he may deem expedient, and may provide for the engraving, preparation, and issue thereof in the Treasury Department building. And all such notes issued shall be exchangeable by the Treasurer, assistant treasurer, and designated de positaries, for the postage and revenue stamps, and received in payment of any dues to the United States leas than live dollars, except duties on imports, and shall be redeemed on pre sentation at the Treasury of the United States, in suchlrums and under such regulations as the ;Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and shall he exchangeable at the office of the Treasurer of the United States, or of any assistant treasurer or desig nated depositary, for United States notes of an equivalent amount: Provided, that the whole amount of fractional currency issued, including postage and revenue stamps issued as currency, shall not exceed fifty millions of dollars. SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Secre tary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to receive deposits of gold coin and bullion with the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the United States, in sums of not less than twenty dollars each, and to is sue certificates therefor in denominations of not less than twenty dollars, corresponding with the denomi nations of the United States notes. The coin and bullion deposited for or representing the certificates of deposit shall be retained in the Treasury fur the payment of the same on demand ; and certiticatesre presenting coin in the Treasury may be issued in payment of interest on the public debt ;.which cer- Micates, together with those issued for coin and bul lion deposited, shall not at any:time exceed 20 per centnm beyond the amount 'of coin and _bullion in the Treasury; and the Certificates for coin and.bul lion in the Treasury shall be received at par in pay ment for duties on imports. SKr. 6" And be it further enacted, That the coupon or registered. bonds, treasury notes ' and United States notes authorized by -this act, 011111 be in such Rum as the Secretary of the Treasury may direct, and shall bear the written-or engraved signatures of the Treasurer of the United States and the Register of the Treasury ; find also, as evidence of lawful issue, the imprint of a copy of the seal of the Treasury Depart ment,which imprint shall be made under the direction of the Secretary, after the said notes or bonds shrill be received from the. engravers, and before they are is ; or 1 he said notes and bonds shall be signed by the Treasurer of the United States, or for the Treftaurer by such persons as may be specially appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury for that purpose, and shall be countersigned by the Register of the Trea sury, or for the Register by such persona iwin as theforthe Secretary of the Treasury may speCiallif a that purpose; and all the provisions o the sot en titled "an act to . authorize the issue of treasury notes," approved the twenty-third day of December, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven so far as they can be applied to th a act, and not inconsistent there with, are hereby revived and re-enacted. Sxc. '7. Iteit further enacted, That on and after the first of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the coupons of all bonds of the United States here tofore issued, and which may be issued under this act, may at any time, within thirty days before they become due, be received for customs as coin, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe. Action on the bank tax, and other sections, has not yet been concluded. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. HARR/SDI:MG, JAIL 22, tBB3. SENATE. .The Senate met at 11 o'clock, and was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Robinson. The SPEAKER. presented a communication from the Auditor General, announcing that he had trans mitted to the House the reports made by the several railroad Companies of the State. Two thousand copies were ordered to be printed, and a committee appointed to confer with the Audi tor General in relation to the publication of a map, showing the coal fields of the State, with the pro duction thereof, ice. Petitions. ".Iklr. SMITH, a remonstrance from 121 citizens of 'Montgomery county, against legalizing the act, of the commissioners in accepting from certain parties $25,000 for bounty fund, which was forced from them by threats of personal violence. Mr. STEIN, a petition froth Lehigh county, to prevent the Lehigh Navigation Company from building dams above,Mauch - Chunk. Mr. BEILLY, a petition for the recharter of the Farmers' Bank of Schuylkill county. Mr. STARK, a petition from the stockholders of the Wyoming Bank at Wilkesbarre for recharter. Mr. HIESTAND, a petition from the directors of the Lancaster County Bank for a recharter. Mr. McSHERRY, the petition of the president and directors of the Bank of Chambersburg for re• charter and increase of capital. Reports. The following bills were reported from the Jtuli elary Committee as committed: • To authorize the commissioners of Allegheny county to compromise with the holders of railroad bonds. To regulate places of public amusement in Philadelphia. Bills Introduced. Mr. JOHNSON, joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution, extending the right of suffrage to citizens in actual military ser vice. Mr. lIIDGWAY, a bill to incorporate the Butch ers' and Farmers' Market Company of Philadelphia ; also, a bill' to extend Drum street, in the city of Philadelphia. RBILLY, a bill to incorporate the Mountain Link Railroad Company. Mr. McSHERRY, a bill to extend the charter of the Bank of Ohamberaburg. Mr. BOUND, a bill to extend the charter :of the Bank of Danville. Mr. WALLACE, a hill to incorporate the North western Navigation Company. Bills Considered, &c. . The bill to amend the charter of the Mifflin County' Bank was taken up on second reading, and gave rise to a long discussion, and was passed finally— yeas 23, nays 8. Several unimportant private bills were passed, and the Senate adjourned until Monday afternoon, at three o'clock. _ . •-• • HOUSE. The Rowle4vas'ealled to order at eleven o'clock by Speaker CESSNA. Coins Exchange Association. The House proceeded to the consideration of an act to incorporate the Corn Exchange Association of Philadelphia, passed in the Senate. Upon con sideration it was passed. Lehigh Navigation Company. Several remonstrances were presented from the residents of the Lehigh Valley, praying thatthe Le high Navigation Company be prevented from con structing; or reconstructing, any more dams in the upper section of the Valley. Relief from Taxation. Mr. LUDLOW presented a petition from the Phila delphia City Institute, that it be relieved from tax ation. Interest on the State Debt. Mr. VINCENT, of Erie, presented a bill having reference to the payment of interest on the State debt. It was read, and the House proceeded to the consideration of the bill. It provides that the State Treasurer be authorized to borrow sufficient coin, at 4g per cent., 'from the State banks, to pay the aforesaid interest due in February and July next. Considerable discussion ensued upon 'this bill, it being participated in by Messrs. Pershing, Kaine, etc. The amount of premium on the coin necessary to pay the interest will be about $450,000. Peiu3sylvania Sick Rod 'Wounded Soldiers. Mr. KAINE offered a resolution that the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania demand of the Secre tary of War, at Washington, that the sick and wounded soldiers from the State of Pennsylvania be returned to hospitals in this State. Mr. VINCENT offered an amendment, as follows : "That such as required nursing and surgical attend ance only," should be included in this resolution, in order that the bfbad expression of the first might tot include those who, having been wounded, may now he convalescent. A letter was read from Surgeon General Ham mond, at Washington, to the Surgeon General of Pennsylvania, having reference to the subject. Mr. KAINE hoped that the amendment propoied by Mr. Vincent would not be adopted. Mr. VINCENT iluall3 - withdrew it, after some discussion. Resolution passed—yeas, 86; nays, none. Mr. COCHRAN, of Philadelphia, offered a sup plement to the act of 13th April, 1834, incorporating the Fire Insurance Company of the County of Philadelphia. Hereupon the House adjourned until Monday afternoon. Senator Wade Re-elected. Contrikriirs (Ohio), Jan. Benjamin F. Wade was re-elected United States Senator to-day, on the first ballot, by a majority of twenty-four votes, in joint convention of the Legislature. Re—election of Senator Doolittle. Manisow, Wis., Jan. 22.—Senator Doolittle was re-elected to-day by the Legislature of the state. Bank Robbery. MARATHON, N. Y., Jan. 22.—Blessenger's banking house was robbed of $6,000 last night, by burglars. Connecticut Republican Convention. NEW Yana - , Jan. M —The Connecticut Republican Convention yesterday re-nominated Goyernor Buck ingham and the present State officers. gigus Public Amusements. GERMAN OPERA.-" The Poacher," performed at the Academy of Music on Wednesday (the night of the great storm), was the opening opera of the second season of six night. It was well played, to a necessarily limited audience—in defiance of the weather. 'The second performance will take place this evening, wherf " Jean de Paris," a three-act comic opera by Boieldieu, will be given, and a great house may be fairly anticipated. WALICIIT-STREET THEATRIL—MII. Barney Wil liams takes her benefit here to-night, and closes her engagement, as, with her husband, she commences a three•weeks engagement at Grover's Theatre, Washington, on Monday evening. On this occasion, she will appear as Prince Doloroso, in "The Magic Joke." The oilier pieces will be "Phelim O'Don ough," by Mr. Falconer, author of "The Peep of Day;" the lively interlude of " Yinkee Courtship," and the first act of " Brian O'Lynn." The WU liamses have been 30 successful as usual during their present engagement, which previous arrangements have necessarily made a short one. Aitcti-nitrisa. THEATRE.-Mr. Peter Rlchings has his benefit here, this evening. He retains his popularity, but the acting and the singing of Miss Caroline Richings are the great attraction. Mr. Rich ings has a very good bill; the performances will con sist of "The Enchantress." litiT-STREET TKEATRX.-Mr. Philip War ren, for many years the respected and courteous treasurer of Broadway Theatre, New York, will officiate in the same capacity at the new theatre in Chestnut street. ROBERT HELLER'S SOIREES.—Mr. Heller is a magician and a musician of the very highest skill and execution, and the best practitioner in the art of second sight now before the public. He is to be seen and heard, every evening, in the large saloon of Concert Hall. Mr. John Darcie (Touchstone), well known in mu sical and theatrical circles of this city for his urba nity and kindness, leaves us, for the present, io as sume an editorial position upon " Wilkes , Spirit of the Times," the great New York sporting journal. Mr. Darcie is an accomplished and experienced writer. GIRARD liousE SOlEE.—Yesterday evening, the proprietors of the Girard House gave a compli mentary soirOe or ball to the ladies residing in the House, and to a select number of their friends in the city. It went off with great spirit and success. The dancing inclgided quadrilles, galopes, polkas, waltzes, schottisches, and die lancers? Hassler's Band supplied the music. Abundance of crea ture comforts in the shape of refreshnients were liberally supplied in the Ladies' Ordinary, and " all went merry as a marriage bell." PEItSONAL.—A letter for Judge Edward :McGowan, of California, addressed to the care of the editor of The Press, is now at this dike await ing its owner. CITY 'ITEMS. . PHOTOGRAPHS IN ALL SIZES, from the vignette, or full-length earh de visite, to the most beautiful and elaborate life-size crayons, can be had in the highest style of the photographic. art, at Hippie's ground-floor gallery, No. am Arch street. His specimen gallery is a beautiful repository of art. ' PURE, CIDER VINEGAR, and all the finest quality' of spices necessary for pickling purposes, can be had at Mr. C. H. Mattson's, dealer. in fine family groceries) Arch and Tenth streets; also, all the choicest brands of English pickles andoauces, of his own importation. A NABROW ESCAPE.—Orange or lemon juice left upon a knife, or other piece of iron, will, in a few days, produce a stein so nearly resembling that caused by blood as to deceive the most careful observer ;• and - not many years ago, in Paris, a man was nearly convicted of murder, owing to a knife being found in his possession stained with what was pronounced by several witnesses to be blood, but afterward discovered to be simply lime juice. His clothes, however, were not stained. It is very for tunate they were not, for they could not easily have been replaced, having been procured at the One- Price Clothing. Establishment of Granville Stokes, No. 609 Chestnut street, Philadelphia. TIIE NEW CHESTEDT-STREET THEATRE. —The opening of a new Chestnut-street theatre is an event in the history of the fashionable thorough fare, and it brings to mind'the days when its prede cessor, "Old Drury" was yet young, and wheri it was the favorite place of resort of the fashionable people of sixty years ago. " Old Drury " ended its theatrical career several years ago, and its site on Chestnut street, above Sixth, is now occupied by the great Brown-Stone Clothing Hall of Rockhill & Wilson. Instead of the mimic scene, with trage dy heroes " fretting their brief hour upon the stage," and crowds of approving spectators tilling the seats, there are now swarms of skilful and busy workmen constantly engaged in making elegant suits for the lekions of patrons of the establishment. ADVANTAGES OF I3EING A WOMAN.—A woman says' what she chooses, without being knocked down for it. She can take a snooze after dinner, while her husband goes to work. She can . . go into the street without being asked to " stud treat" at every saloon. She can stay at-home in time of war, and get married again if her hiwband be killed. She can wear corsets if too thick, and— other fix ins if too thin. She can get dliorced from her husband whenever she sees one she likes better. She can get her husband in debt all over, until he warns the public not to trust her on his Recount. But all these advantages are balanced by the great fact that she cannot buy her clothes ready-made at an establishment like Charles Stokes & C 0.% under. the Cknitineatal. - Meeting to Further the La •_ --,-..0. e resentß, Movement in the Methodist l''' Church. IR P 1 4e 4 10 A 'meeting was held in the lecture-room of th e r nity Methodist Episcopal Church,gne, iEhiyghthth,fie folk:: above Race, last evening, for the purpose of r a ,,,.; ing upon the measures to be adoted. for th,:r,,. therance of the "Lay movement" The toe e - ri ':" was composed of male members exclusively, i w n a ii s tc; h n e 3 ld j in . 13 p . t p irs a u re a t n i ce . W to . a lti ca a l k l s s , l uiperantnediiiilet_. ing named persons, members of the M. E. ( Au in this city : W. H. Allen, Thomas T. Tinker, j e l Whiteman, C. Heiakell, T. K. Collins, J. )4. 1 "" . ed W. Barnard, Alexander Cummings, (y , J. 1 , W. Claike, „Tohn M. Marls, G. Cooke:um A . , J Rand, William Brown, C. E. Willis, r. 0 .4, , It Senior. sad I The meeting was announced to c onuneoce at half past seven o'clock, but on account of the e ' r Lively- small attendance, occasioned by th e m ' mency of the weather, it was not o o'clock, at which time, on motion of hy r. Heie -,. the chair was taken by Mr. Rhoads. T he 1, 7 1 , acknowledge b d the callin compliment in graceful terns : concluded y g upon Mr. Castor to let 4" prayer. 1 :: After the prayer, Messrs. Hamilton and .r , l were elected to officiate as Secrettine ; a n d :i _ . 1". P. Early and Hiram Miller to act a s vi ce 1 7's . dents. Secretary Hamilton then read the cag 0 ; 61 : b. meeting, when the Chair stated that they W ere ,_ ready to proceed to business. '' After a pause of several minutes, the Prr e , J „ " made an appeal for those present to dra w ue4r ... , the speaker's desk, which resulted in a generft 'i' f l ward movement along the whole line, in thefaw a volley of humorous remarks from the (U r REMARKS OP PRESIDENT ALLEN. President Wm. H. Allen was next invited to on the meeting the benefit of his views upon the sal ject to be considered. In responding to this, r 4 speaker referred to the incipient stages u fr hieme went, which, he said, lay very near to his heart, 3 he, for one, thought that great progress had h t , Made in its prosecution, as much, he heti" v was consistent with the good of the cause. It , r i, desirable that the Church should be grad ually to. cated and won over to themeitsureprap osed It 4 . ; been a contest of opinions: from the beg friendlyfriendly contest—and he hoped that it would h e , conducted to the end. As the prup a , e , e 4 i ; measure, the alms probendi rested with themsc:nt He did not think that the vote recently rah ui , the Church, which had resulted against lay r e . sentation, could be accepted as a fair exp elan of the Sentiment of its membership • o ne ti he trusted would be stiictly obserred ir a , discussion which was to ensue, and that was 'D there might be no bitterness or personality iiidulg, in against their opponents, because by doing so n would only be adding the rancor of woundetl prig to the zeal of opposition and, perhaps, honest co. viction. In due time their olject would dorbtle be accomplished. He did not speak it in taikiy ness, but the fact could not be concealed that •h e were living under the government of a hieranhy and he, for one, felt that the touching, and eves . removal, of this priestly idol would cause no i, moral convulsion in the operations of the Chun as some persons imagined. The next speaker was Mr. Thomas T. Tarke r who said that he appeared before the meeting^ tvi. vert to the lay movement. lie had formerly 0, posed it, but for reasons, which he briefly gave, h. believed that the time had come to Isonsumnint this representative co-operation between the min' try and the laity of their church. Mr. Alexander Cummings next rose, and sumo ed that it was important to know what curoh. were represented .ia this meeting, which he after wards embodied a motion to that eked that w carried. Upon calling over the names of thevario churches in this city, the following were foend have members present: "Wharton street," " Broad street," c, Efferent, street," " St. Paul's," "Ebenezer," c•sh xm atkeet," "Salem," "Union," "Western." street," " Central," "Trinity," "St. Georges, "Fifth street," "Green street," "Twelfth street,' "Tabernacle," "St. John's," "Haneozh greet, "Sanctuary," "Kensington," "Front street"" loam," "Hedding," "Emory," "Spring Garden,' "Haddonfield," N. ; " Kilistown"—in alltwee 'nine churches. curnn 'rigs next offered the following rem tions, which he followed up with a speech, rerievr ing the progress of the Lay movement from its star in 1824 : Resolved, That the growth of the sentiment ', favor of lay representation in the councils of Church, as manifested by various circumataoe. especially the encouraging vote recently mut in it favor{ is a sure guarantee of future sumeu, pressed in the same spirit that has hithertoeh racterized the movement. • Resolved, That in order to secure a further mace tration of the sentiment of the Church, it h adth ble to calk a Convention of the whole Church prio to the next session of the General Conference. Resolred, .That a committee of he appointed t prepare and Issue a call for such Convention, to held in the city of New York, in the month of Ma next. After some discussion, the resolutions aereua mously adopted in their original form. The question of the committee to supply theta m• in the third resolution was next taken up. sod i was finally agreed that the committee should con silt of fifteen, the members of it to be appointed b the chairman at another time. The meeting it. , adjourned with a benediction, pronounced by th. Rev. John Street. DR. WOLF, the New York specialzt I Chionic Diseases, will be on Saturday, 24. th costs: at the Continental lintel, where he can be consult —morning before 10, and from 2tosP. AL 22,1' $25 PAmmY SEWING .31 . .A.CELNEs.— North Fifth street. G. B. Jones & Co., Agents. 17 • FINANCIAL &ND COMMERCIAL. THE MONEY MARKET. PITILADELPHEA, The stock market was active and excited to-lay. prices generally are higher than yestenity. The mors from the Army of the Rappahannock hai dea • effect, and edded to the buoyancy of the market. 6 was steady, and closed at cyesterday" filpo`. /1: 0 demands close at 1441‘. Government *valithk , rz more demand, and better figures are aieret Money is plenty, and rates are easy. At the Stock board matters were yew sixes were steady ; Reading sixes were active, and • vanced. Pennsy:vania Railroad first wave+ , vanced 34; second do. rose lg. North Peantilla , sixes steady; the tens sold for 110 l;. PittAttr— Wayne, and Chicago Railroad SE COlld rt,Pr.-`ld 1043. Claaapsake and Delaware Caps! sin' , .4 4 Schuylkill Navigation sixet. LW, sold at 0 11 i; I; • Schuylkill sevens at 110; Lelthdt Navigation aixr 115; Union Canal at 23; Elmira sarens and le;ng sixes were steady. Lehigh Zinc roll at 41; New Cw Oral at 3.1"; Lehigh Navigation rose 114. the icrip zleton Coal sold at 51; Delaware Divikien at 41; Ma. Canal, preferred, rose 1. Reading RailrOad shares were very arrive *mill 46, rising 3, and closing at .46. Pennsylvania was steady. Beaver Meadow sold at 654. Canada a - Atl a ntic preferred sold at 12. Camden and .linhAy all Little Schuylkill rose 1%. Et ini rit common and paSerrr. rose ti 44 per share. Ca tawissa preferred sold up cies( d % lower. Norristown sold at rsg. Philsdoliada Erie sold up to 59. Machin' at 116. Tenth and Eltre , improved %,". Mechanics' Bank sold at 26. Ginird at Philadelphia at 116, Consolidation at 2.1 1 . The task closed steady. 6.92,C60 in bonds and 6,9o6shatestbsZ. hands. Drexel & Co. quote: . United States Bonds Ma.... .... qiNG Cif ~ United States. Certificates of Indebtedneis•—• Mt 4) United States 7 3-10 Notes IN ~.', ! l ' Quartermasters' Vouchers 64*, Orders for Certificates of Indebtedne , s ...... .. 4 @ ,4 , I . ' Gold 47 I .' Demand Notes 4 N,-.1,4 Jay Cooke & Co. quote Government eecurities, V. P.11..m5: • United States Sixes. ISSI• :• • United States 7 3-10 Notes... Certificates of Indebted nes: , Quartermasters' Vonehen* Demand Notes. Gold The followitm shows the earnings of the r3E 4,. '• Railroad Company fur the month of December. raid connecting . roads, and for the season, onspar,4 Is" same time last year: For December, lg.'s). For December, 161 . Increase W 1562 For the y ear 1562.... For the year 1E61,.. Increase in lak! The earnings of the Chicago and Norllovesp.r o roil for December and the last nine Inotiflit , ofti :4o. ' Fill: MONTH OF yw ENIREa. 1562. •4 7 : 7 5 5 11 .72.1 .71 SS7 AO Sit 2A—blc 1,1D5 1,013:4 CIO 00 361140 Pa g.sengers... Freight Extir,..aa Wait• 31Meel la aeons Car mileage.. 90,990 t'i:3 'rota! Tufa 1 decrease Total i eerease • l'Olt NINE MONT3i£I: 'Mom .\Pall. 1 IV reg. 9 5151.67 ir43.s2l l.9ll ll..tecAat'c 511,•250 SI 4 4 4.191 7,944 94 7.919 9)..119% 7ira 15,262 47 14,750 31..1 at% 1' 1,832 S 5 1,347 35 4.075 40- Der. Passengers. ... Freigh Express }Tails; 311Fee1 la Deans. Car mileage... SIO.S - X 23 6P4,761 97 Total Total decrease .... 7 ............ Total i acreaue. .... ..... ............................. The approximate earnings of the Pittsburg. Fort ‘1 1141 Chicago Railroad Company duriutt the 6 , 4 ,, -December. comParea with the maw Ivrio , d "L -were as fUIIOWK ISO ISe 71,6:fi KIRI .I. i 3211 .923 SR 640 lac.. *,,. L . ' 'Leal ;jig lee.. I. .7,:i2.5 7,iti Inc ;7.9Fri 7,10 Inc- Earnins from .7 ...,,q oe4 Ite , Tilliti —..----.. ..-.- •"Wit.%7 3'4.0i Inc' s k** 10 XOV. 30 3il. lill 2,725.53 a 3,3717 TO-, Freight Passengers Express........ Hails • Rent of railway Miscellaneous•.. Total do. to Dec. 31.../0,1731,767 3, 743,4 - 23 Inerea.vo for December, M 6-10 per ceut s crease to November 31, f.'l3,c, per cent. The businas of the Pittebure, Fort . WAY 6 '',. l : ago Railroad for the ten months ending Oc t ' ''. 1662, were as follows Freights Express Passengers .. • Mails Rents R t'of railroad... Miscellaneous Total earnings ........ ................... • • The expenses for operating the road fordo. xF *ante period have been ...................... Leaving a net profit on the warkhut of 111 ;4 4 - .4 1 line for ten months 0f....... .............. .• • . Deduct interest Net earnings ........... ..... ; .............. --equal to thirteen per eeni. dividend on theapits for ten months. The report of the Bank Commissioner; or 313 : 4 , setts fur the year 1562 shows the number of lainla•:-• Commonwealth_ to be 189, two more than in 19 , 1. 3A. .. of capital, et1f7,514,`930. an increase from la 4 d' 12 , 000 . The two additional banks are the► rn. i it i ti: Union Bank aud the rocassct Bank. in brought into the State hy h cal Dile. Of the whole a • 41 ir , #' meant of hank canon • „ .„‘ the recent change ot Bdston have $33,3)1,700; 139 other banks. ie?..59,2•'" The New York Beetling pod o f to.aar ssys joirt4 The Stock Exchange is the scene of great el. „ r ef day. and the fluctuations iu biro princiPal it • :it violent, so tanch.so that the kers rind it OWL., business. ..The excitement on Pacific Mail, and .r y Harlem. was unprecedented, and the price of tbe?:,. hated" ®3l. per cent. on the " for hnsinesstin.„,.. lug. ,Tito market. compared with yestenlay. so high, and at the close we notice a reveri"l!7, growing out of a break of It/per cent. in the Prl" - lem Preferred. The market-had a strong upward. teudenci—..E.6! inn at Si, New York Central 1.91. Pacific lineleniWaS reached. when upon a sudden is f ,•%" o ' stock the feeling became hearY...n" P rire6 , • eltT el per cent. front the top price:. of Yeg.:ll.l.A la! ' 0 S ;11. : gd,•71 , . i+4‘411;.• 53,106 7.s—lne•