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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•