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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1803
FORNEY'S WAR PRESS
For Saturday, January 31, is now published and for
sale at the counter of The Press. The following arc
the principal contents :
ENGRAVING.—ArrivaI within our Lines of the
First Contrabands who freed themselves under the
Proclamation of January 1, 1863.
ORIGINAL STORY—GIoom and Glare.
CHOICE POETRY.—The River and the Human
Heart; The Crossing at Fredericksburg; Love's ill*
haps ; Boston Hymn ; On the Alarch ; The Prods
.mation ; Lobsters and Champagne.
THREE LETTERS FROM "OCCASIONAL."
EDITORIALS.—Address of Mr. Hughes; Trea
son in Pennsylvania ; The Army of the Potomac;
Appointment of General Hooker ; The Case of Gen.
Porter.
COURT MARTIAL OF MAJ. GEN. FITZ
JOHN PORTER.
HOW A FREE PEOPLE CONDUCT A LONG
'VAR.
STATES IN REBELLION.
FROM WASHINGTON—SpeciaI Despatches to
The War Press.
THE ANDERSON CAVALRY.
'GOVERNOR PARKEIVS INAUGURAL AD
DRESS.
• EMPIRE OF JAPAN.
AGRIGULTURAL.—Farming for Old Age ; How
long will Seeds keep good ; Indian View of Agricul
ture.
MISCELLANEOUS.—Marriage of the Prince of
Wales; Bridals and Baths of Arab Ladies; A Rua
aian Noble; Curious Relics of Old Egypt.
FIN AN 0 lAL AND COMMERCIAL—The
MoneY Market ; Philadelphia Markets; Philadel
phia Cattle Market, Sm., &c.
Copies of the Wan PRESS, put up in wrappers
for mailing, may be had for five cents.
CONGRESS.
SENATE.—A memorial was presented on the sub
ject of our national currency ; also, one relating to
the enlargement of the Erie canal, and the Fox and
'Wisconsin rivers. The bill regulating the appoint
ment of midshipmen was passed. Mr. Marx offered
a resolution, expelling from the Senate Mr. Sauls
bury, for having in a manner disgraced that distin
guished body, anti destructive of all order and deco.
rum. It was laid over. A resolution, inquiring
into the ease orMr. Thomas, known as Zarrona, the
French lady, now confined in Fort Lafayette, was
adopted; also, a resolution, asking for information
concerning the prohibition to export munitions of
war to the Mexican Republic. Mr. Wilson intro
duced a bill for the encouragement of enlistments,
enrolling and drafting the militia. Referred. The
bill making an appropriation for the payment of in
valid pensions was passed. The army appropriation
bill was, after several amendments, passed. After
an executive session, the Senate adjourned.
HOLYSE.—A long discussion took place upon the
consideration of the bill of Mr. Stevens, authorizing
the employment of troops of African descent. Seve
ral motions to lay it upon the table were voted
down. At six o'clock, no result having been ar
rived at, a motion to adjourn was made, but voted
down. The yens and nays were repeatedly called on
trivial questions. After a protracted and exciting
debate the House:adjourned.
PENN STIA'ANI A LEGISLATURE..
SEICATE.-A remonstrance from citizens of this
city against the construction of a passenger railroad
on Twelfth and Ninth streets was presented. A
bill correcting the act incorporating the Loan Asso
ciation of this city was taken up and passed, and,
after passing several unimportant local. bills, the.
Senate adjourned.
Hous E.—A. bill to incorporate the Warren. Hose
Company was introduced ; also, to incorporate the
Germantown, Manayunk, and Oxford Water Com
pany, and one to authorize the Harmony. Fire Com
pany to dispose of their right, title, and interest in
the Fire Association. After passing a series of reso
lutions relative to thebringing home of sick and
wounded soldiers, the House adjourned.
TEE NEWS.
ON the 22d inst., according to a report of the Se
cretary of War, which has just been laid before the
Senate, there were fifty-two major generals and'two
hundred and eight brigadier generals in the service
of the United Staten. The dismissal of Fitz John
Porter reduces the number of major generals to
fifty-one, leaving the total number of general offi
cers in our army two hundred and fifty-nine. The I
first eight major generals in the list rank in the fol
lowing order ; McClellan, Fremont, Halleck, Wool,
Dix, Banks, Butler, and Hunter. The last on the
list is Gebrge G. Meade. The first name on the list
of brigadier generals is that of William S. Harney ;
0. B. Wilcox is the sixteenth, and Michael Corcoran
the seventeenth ; Abner Doubleday the seventy
fourth ; Richard Busteed the one hundred and se
venty-fourth ; anti the two hundred and eighth and
last is James Bowen. A number of nominations are
pending in the Senate. Mr. Stanton reports that
Gen. Fremont has not been assigned to active com
mand since August 12, 1862; nor McDowell since
September 6, 1862; nor Harney since May 16,1861 ;
nor Anderson (of Fort Sumpter) since October 8,
1861. General Turchin has' not been assigned to a
• command since his appointment a 4 brigadier in July
last. Cassius M. Clay was appointed major general
in June, 1862, and was assigned to Gen. Butler, but
did not report.
PRE indications are unmistakable that in active
*catnpaign will at once commence. under General-
, _ Hunter, and itis erobablc..that.SavazinaLks being
comparatively the nearest of the two principal
points of attack, will be first - attended to. On the
18th, the iron-clad frigate Ironeldes arrived at Port
Royal; on the 19th, the Monitor-batterY Montauk
arrived, and on the 20th the Monitor-battery Pas
. sale made her appearance .
. The Montauk, on the .
24th, took her departure again, in company with two
gunboats—her 'destination not stated, but probably
the Savannah river. It was understood, also, that
large reinforcements of troops ivere soon to arrive
in the department, and immediate steps are to be
taken by General Hunter for the organization of a
• large number of soldiers of "African descent."
PRIVATE letters just received in Liverpool by
the mail steamer Ethiope, from he West Coast
of. Africa, state that the slave trade was very
brisk at Whydah, and that several sailing vessels
and two large screw-steamers had taken in 'cargoes
of negroes at that place, and got clear away to sea,
notwithstanding the presence in the vicinity of one
or two British cruisers. It is said that there is a re
gular system of telegraphy practised between the
slave dealers all along the coast, and that the
cruisers are well watched, so that the slave vessels
are constantly apprised of their movements, and
take measures accordingly. This doubtless accounts
for the escape of the slavers. .
Viorcentrno will be attacked from an entirely dif
ferent base to that chosen by Gen. Sherman. Forces
can land at Skipper's Lauding, fifty miles above
Vicksburg, and march by one of the best roads in
Niaßissippi to Yazoo City, where the rebels have
some twenty-five transports of various sizes. These
can be seized and retained as prizes, or destroyed.
The azmy, once across the Yazoo river, can march
to the rear of the batteries at Haines' Bluff, and
also to the rear of Vicksburg, where the railroad
connection with Jackson can be severed before the
commencement of an action, thus cutting off rein
forcements or retreat.
FROM the most accurate estimate that can be made
from the returns of the probate judges and sheriffs
, of the counties, Alabama has sent to the war, from
' first to last, about 'sixty thousand men, out of a
voting population of some eighty thousand. Of these,
the State has armed nineteen thousand and equipped
eight thousand. 'Alabama has also turned over to
the Confederacy twenty-one thousand stand of
• arms, captured by her own troops from Mt. Vernon
arsenal. .
IN making up a mail at a central office, the other
day, for New York, a careless clerk adopted the ab
breviation "N. Y." By accident it was bigged to
Washington, and there, the direction being mistaken
for "N. T.," started MT for Nebraska. At Chicago
it was turned back, and reached New York just one
• week from the time of its departure. Among its en
closures was a letter containing drafts for $130,000.
Tan * Charleston Mercury states , that a great
amount of land in South Carolina was planted'in
corn the past season, and an enormous crop was ex
pected, but a severe drouth cut short the yield, and
the crop will not be larger than last year. The rice
crop has been curtailed by the removal of the
planters from the tide-water region, but those who
planted obtained good crops.
REBEL newspapers say that of 10,000 men led from
Minsouri in April and May last by Price, not more
• than 2,600 are now surviving and fit for service,
They state their loss in the fight with liosecrans was
0,000. In Breckinridge's division 1,800 men were
killed outr'ght in an hour and forty minutes.
• Withers' division lost 2,500.
' COLONEL M. D. CRATON, 60th North Carolina
(rebel) Regiment, has resigned. This resignation
promotes Lieutenant Colonel James A. Washing
-ton, of Wayne, to the colonelcy, and Major George
Wortham, of Granville, to the lieutenant, colonelcy.
THE Democratic municipal ticket, headed by Dr.
Baird for mayor, has been elected in the city of
Wheeling; Va. This result was attained by hard
'work on the part of the Democrats, and a want of
organization among the friends of the Government.
THE four steamers burned by the rebels at liar
peth Shoals were the Parthenia, Trio, Charlotte,
and Sidell. They were loaded with stores for the
Army.
A VIIN of plumbago, or black lead, eight inches
in thickness, and valuable specimens of copper, have
' , been discovered at West * Bath, Maine. A company
is being formed to test the value of the discovery.
MiNNESOTA has disposed of 40,000 acres of her
school lands for a quarter of a million of dollars, and
there yet remains two and a half millions to be sold.
OP the $300,000 worth of postage stamps offered
for redemption at the New York Pest Office, $30,000
-worth were rejected as having been used on letters.
AT St. John, N. 8., there are at present 1,267 men
.employed in twenty building-yards, in the construc
tion of thirty vessel's, registering in gross 22,073 tons'
THE January dividends of the two great fire •
arms companies in Hartford—Colts and Sharp's,—
together, amount to nearly $1,000,000.
THE Price Current states that about' $2,600,930
feet of lumber, realizing about $50,000, was nold in
Portland (Me.), last week.
. THE Free &Lilt, published at Port Royal, S. 0.,
:notices a rumor, wbio?t, however, it discredits, that
' , Colonel 7 7?
. Hawley and wife, and one company of
• ,ue 7th Connecticut Volunteers, which went to
Fernandina, were captured by the rebels on the
night of their arrival there. Col. Hawley was editor
of the Hartford Evening Press, but has been in the
war from the start, working for the liberation of the
bondmen and the humiliation of their oppressors.
Witiva our ice dealers are bewailing "a short
crop, ,, there is in Boston and elsewhere an abun
dant supply. On Jamaica Pond, near Boston, the
ice is ten inches thick. On another pond in the
same vicinity it is thirteen inches thick, and many
tons
.are daily carried thence into the city. The
Tromicripf says i "There Js. an abundance of ice
from thirteen to fifteen inches in thickness on
ponds within thirty miles of Boston, whente s.
supply for export can readily be had," and adds :
"For the benefit of our friends at a distance we will
state that the ice crop - of New F.ngland has never
failed, although twenty years ago the ice-men did
not secure a crop in December, when the ice was a
foot thick, preferring to wait for eighteen inches.
But the latter part of the winter was warm, and the
ice was not so thick again that season. Five win
ters ago no ice was gathered in this vicinity until
after the 22d of February. So great was the supply
this Year that many icehouses were not emptied of
their contents during the next season,"
THEY have had pleasant winter weather up to a
recent date in Tennessee. The Nashville Union, of
the'l4th, says : " The sun has been spring-like in its
warmth for several days. In passing along the
streets the other day we saw'a golden-breasted dan
delion basking M a' tuft of green grass on the edge of
the sidewalk."
Ocivrox is coming into Memphis (Tennessee)
freely, and .the price is advancing. One hundred
and five bales sold on the 17th inst. at sixty cents.
THE Louisville Journal, of the 26th, says if was
reported in that city the day previous that Fort
Donelson had been captured by the rebels, but no
confirmatory information was received at head
quarters. •
NEW HAVEN has voted to issue town bonds to
the amount of $200,000, bearing six per cent. Inte
rest.
Parse ELLA K. Hity - Es, of Great Falls, N. H., on
the 21st inst. skated the whole length of Lake Win
niptaseoge, twenty miles, in less than three hours.
6,PosToar: savours to the amount of $50,000 have
been handed in at the Boston post office for redemp
tion.
Public Opinion in England.
That the plain, practical - good sense of
Englishnien could perm'anently runoff the
track and .give its sympathies to the prin
ciple upon which the treason of the South
is based, was what, from the first, we did
not anticipate. Two elements were at
work, with the design; for very different
causes, to warp public opinion in England,
or rather to misdirect it. The influences
which have so long been operating against
the good cause of the Union and. of Free
dom, and in favor of Treason and Slavery,
were the manufacturing and the political:
in other words, Lancashire • and Downing
street. The cotton-speculators and the cot
ton-manufacturers in Lancashire and Lord
PALMERSTON'S Cabinet in Downing street,
London, were equally as well as eagerly
interested in making the South appear as
taking a noble stand for national indepen
dence.
When the rebellion broke out, the Lanca
shire cotton-lords, who worship Mamnion,
knew that the usual 'supply of Cotton must
fail, and could scarcely have been annoyed
at such a prospect. Their warehouses were
filled with manufactured goods ; their stock
was tremendously in advance of any possi
ble demand ; they had a plethora of cotton,
goods, equal to at least three years' average
consumption ; and, had cotton continued to
arrive hi its usual quantities, the conversion
into manufactured articles, if kept up, would
hive created them into such excess that, by
this' time, one-half the Ltuica'shire cotton
lords must have been bankrupt. The supply
of cotton ceased, and soon there arose a great
demand for cotton manufactures, coarse
and fine, plain and fancy ; then the 'cotton
lordsnhuckled, for they knew that, did the
Southern rebellion only last long enough;
so as practically to keep back the raw mate
rial, they could get rid of the4„immense
manufactured stock, at 0: - .tremendous in
crease in price. Nothing would have been
more unwelcOme, any time in last year,
than the arrival of large quantities of cotton
in Liverpool, for the great stock of cotton.
fabrics on hand had yet tope disposed of. •
The sales have been ; in the
.last twenty,
. one months, at profits of from one
hundred to two hundred per cent. over
the prices of previous years. Many of the
cotton-lords have parted with their whole
stock at these large profits—some, more
grasping, hold on to their. stock from the
• greed of winning yet. higher profits, which
they may do—or burn their fingers by
being caught with heavy stocks whenever
cotton again - floods the Liverpool market.
All this time, most of the cotton-mills are
idle, or nearly so, and althost a million of
Lancashire folks, who depend on the_ mills
for their daily bread, are in a state of dread
ful suffering, kept from actual starvation
only by public subscription, to which, while
the nobility, the gentry, and the middle
classes have liberally contributed, the cotton
lords, who are getting immensely rich out
of the crisis, have given very little.
At,the close of 1861, with a Parliamentary:.
Session at hand, in which defeat upon some
-greatpublic - questron vras - n - probahility, an
universal discontent . At, excessive taxation
and lavish expenditure was a fact, the Pal
merston Ministry seized upon the affair of the
Trent, as giving thein an opportunity of
. oceupying . the public mind, in an ad eaptan
don manner, and made a great show of
caring for the insulted honor (so it was •
said) of the British flag. Hence came tirades
of indignation, dramatically effective, from
the English press : and (continued 'after
Lord RUSSELL was informed by .Mr:
ADAMS that SLIDELL and MASON would
be surrendered,) . costly transportation of
troops and the mrinitions of war into
Canada, in rnidmrinter, under the pre
tence, for it was nothing but a pre
tence, of appealing to arms,' of Itotifing the
Union-jack full against our Stars and Stripes,
"to vindicate the outraged honor of the Bri
tish nation." Whether, and with what
pecuniary profit, any English statesmen and.
Their friends speculated in the funds upon
the intimation given by Mr. .ADAMA to
Lord RUSSELL, in advance of a full official no- .
tice to that effect, we need not here inquire.
Parliament, which professes to be the gdar
dian of, the national honor of England,
did not inquire into such specu
lations, though •it was notorious that
there were strong grounds for suspicion,
at least. PALMERSTON SO adroitly made
political capital out of the Trent"affair, that
he thereby planted himself more firmly in
office than before. Since then, his fellow
aristocrats in power, heartily hating the re
publicanism of the United States, haie
fed fat their ancient grudge " against us;
I for, though eighty years have passed since
England was beaten into acknowledging
ourindependence as a nation, she never can
forgive nor forget that, thus and then, for
the first time, she was thorodghly defeated
in war upon the successful issue of which
her King, . her nobles, her Parliament bad
pledged • their lives, their wealth, their
honor.
While the British Government, the Lan
cashire cotton-lords, and a majority of. Bri
tish newspapers have sided with the South,
it is significant .that the masses, the people
of England, are with Its. The working
claSses; who pay the bulk of taxation there,
are . plain folks, who recollect that, in 1834,
One Hundred Million dollars of their money
was paid to root . out Slavery from all parts
of the British dominions, and Cannot under
stand how the statesmen who caused this
vast sum to be so wad i - are now stoutly
supporting the South; of whose" prin
ciple the perpetuation of Slavery is
the keystone. At Manchester, the
Metropolis of the cotton trade ; at Bir
mingham ; in various districts of London,
public opinion has spoken out, in the face
of aristocratic and official discountenance,
and has warmly expressed its sympathy
With the American Union, and its gratitude
to President LINCOLN. for his honest bold
ness in putting this present war upon the
true issue of Freedom or Slavery. Even
Exeter Hall, chosen asylum of the Saints,
in which, formerly, the great Anti-Slavery
battle was fought and won, shows some
signs of life on this issue, and, by the last
reports, was about having a meeting to ad
dress President LINCOLN.
Against . this popular movement, this stir
ring ,of the waters, all that has yet been
uttered, by any public authority, is an argu
ment by the Times that slavery was men
tioned in the Bible without condemnation,
and that because the Hebrew theocracy,
before Christ, allowed the " peculiar institu
tion," it is to be allowed, aye, and che
rished,.in the so-ealldil Confederate States.
A certain black gentleman, we are told,
". can quote Scripture," as the Times does,
but no one places any faith in him. But
there is one thing we have faithin- 7 namely,
in the power of the laboring classes of Eng_
land, who detest Slavery, ext . :who, when
ever they set their. mind upon•,tlinabolition
of a nuisance s or the adjustment - ;of a wrong,
sooner or later carry their point, as they did
'when they forced Parliamentary reform and
cheap bread froman oligarchy hostile to the
D 1 asses.
- LETTER
FROM OC6OI.ONAL•IP
WAsunioTorr, January . 28, 1863.
The - speech of the Emperor Napoleon at
the - opening of the Legislative Ohainbers4s
exciting much attention among our piffle
men. The words of the silent Emperor are
always carefully considered, and more par
ticularly at a time like this, when his record on
the American question is so alarming. , The
policy of France is traditional, and the pre
sent Napoleon has no-higher ambition than
to . giVe life to the ideas of -the great Empe
ror. When he speaks of •• the prosperity . of
France, and its moral ascendency, wo are
.•
apt to look beneath his . . harmless' words,- . .
and look for the motive. We' know the
temper of the French people too well
to expect from their ruler the quiet,
cautious, and passive policy that governs
England and Russia-. France is a volcano,
a political Vesuvius—and when we think
there is nothing but vast volumes of curl
ing black. smoke, the Java is rising to the
crater's rim. Hugo is banished, and the
old philosophers have passed away, but the
ideas that these men created are whispering
'and counselling under-the walls of the Tui
leries. As late as last Marchwe hear of an at
tempted insurrection in Paris. • " Within the
last ten days," wrote Mr. Dayton, " a very
considerable number of arrests (at fear
seventy) have been made in Paris, of per
sons charged with revolutionary designs and
purposes. They are generally young men
who have been agitating for revolution; in
secret societies and elsewhere: Large num
bers of the population of Paris, especially
in the Faubourg St. Antoine, are out. of em
ployment, and of course up for mischief.
Though little is publicly said, I can readily
understand that the Government is. kept
on the, qui vise." War silences discontent
—victories prevent revolutions. The hungry
Frenchman does not feel the want of bread
when he has glory. He •is like a man sick
with fever ; and the policy of emperors and
kings seems to be a succession of fevers.
Divided at home, France is one against the
world. • Royalist, Imperialist, Republican,
Orleanist—ready at any moment to - rush to
the barricade to o.verthrow an emperor, a
king, a directory, or an unpopular prince--
when danger comes from abroad, they unite
hands and march over mountains and de
'wets and frozen streams. idrhi3y have no
love for any people but their own. Their
friendships are hates. Therassisted Ame
rica, but it was because they opposed Eng
land. They aided Turkey, but it was to
injure Russia. They championed Italy, but
it was to .weaken Austria. When Italy
asked their friendship, in the great hour of
her destiny, it was refused, and the glory. of
Solferino was lost in the wickedness of
Aspromonte. The Montenegrins were sus
tained against the Sublime - Porte, and the
nation which was first to. aid in the triumph
of America, in 1776, was the first to propose
her downfall,-.hi 1862.
I make, these comments upon the spirit
and policy of the French Government with
the view of calling more particular attention
to the recent speech of the Emperor Napo
leon.. All his sympathies must - necessarily
.be with the South, for, if the South succeeds
it will be the final argument against repub
licanism. Garibaldi, John Bright, Victor
Hugo--every liberal and honest mind in
Europe will be answered by pointing to the
ruin of the greatest Democracy that human
'intellect and patriotism ever fashioned.
• The will be told that republicanism means
anarchy, and that, with libeity of
- speech, 'thought, and the franchise, all the
real blessings of government, protection to
life, security and personal, happiness, must ,
be abandoned. They will be fold that there I
can be no government without strength,
mid no'etrength without a monarchy; that
liberty is national weakness, and universal
freedom a dream. This is the daily argu
ments of the aristocrats of the Old World,
and Napoleon is their ablest and most pow,. ,
erful representative. He clamors for cot- . .;
ton. " The situation of the Empire," he..
says, " would be flourishing if the Amerit,'
can war had not come to dry up one of the
most fruitful sources of our industry." This
is the wrong that has been committed upon
the Empire by the Republic. I might al
most say that it suggests the nursery fable
of the wolf who charged the lamb with
troubling the stream . when it was drinking
-at--a-,lower--a - a-,lower, part - of the current. A sen
tencelike this would be harmless even in
the mouth of Napoleon, but those who
speak his opinions in less cabalistic phrases,
hie favored newspapers, his ministers and
representatives, are more • emphatic and
plain. • French newspapers are already in
stituting comparisons betwixt America and
China. England, they argue,. forced opium
upon China to make a market.for tea, and
went to war to sustain their claim. Eng
land did this because' she - wanted tea.
France - wants cotton more ura'entli than
England Vranted tea, and it it was just for
One nation to send opium and guns to Pekin
to obtain - the one - commodity, why is it not
just -for the other nation to send wine and
guns to Charleston for the other? This- ar- .
gument may appear extravagant, but I .as
sure you that I am reproducing the reason
ing of a.lea,ding French journalist. 'Of course,
the conclusion to these amanuenses of
Napoleon come is that cotton can only be
obtained by intervention. They will break
the blockade and obtain cotton—paying Mr.
Memminger his own price. Mr.. Meminin
- ger, of course, must have gtins, shoes, and
saltpetre, and as Napoleon must have cotton,
he will send Ahem guns, - shoes," and salt
petre.. At the same time, of course, the
North will have " counsels - inspired with
sincere sympathy," •in all of which an Em
peror of France is profuse and liberal.
I may be doing France. an injustice ; may
be reasoning about . possibilities that never
can be probabilities. lam c.onvinded, how
ever, that if we are to avoid the dangers of:
intervention ; if we are to save ourselves
from . the fate that European rulers are
,praying .to see, and prevent them from
taking any acitive part against us, we mast
be true to one another ; we must be true to
the Adminiatration ; we must. be true to
ourselves. We must show Napoleon by
our harmony, our union, our sympathy with
one another, and our devotion to the flag,
that mediation can never be tolerated. We
must take an example. from Frenchmen of
another and a more illustrious age, and imi
tate the spirit of the fierce and ragged en
thusiasts that defied the' powers Of Europe
in their efforts to subdue them,. and threw
the head of a . king as their gambit at the
feet of kings. A spirit like this can only
save the Republid. We must write it
on our banners, and publish it in our
newspapers, and teach it to the chil
dren, that this quarrel is our own, and
that mediation canna be permitted, from
whatever quarter it may come. The
Secretary - of State spoke this sentiment and
the sentiment of the American people when
he said to the Emperor of the French,
through our minister, Mr. Dayton : " Study
ing to confine this unhappy struggle within
OM own borders, we have not only invoked
no foreign aid or sympathy, but we have
warned foreign nations frankly and have
besought _ them not to interfere. We have
practised 'justice towards them in every
way, and conciliation in an unusual degree.
But we are none the less determined, for all
that, to be sovereign and to be free.. We
indulge in no menaces and no defiances. ••
We abide patiently and with composure the
course of events and the action of the•na
tions, whose forbearance we have invoked
scarcely less for their sakes than for our
own. We have not been misled by any of
the semblances of impartiality or of neutral
ity which unfriendly proceedings towards
us in a
,perilous strife have put on. • When
any government shall incline to a new and
7)107 - C unfriendly attitude, we shall then revise
with care our existing relations towards that
Power, and shall act in the emergency as
becomes a people who have never yet faltered
in their duty to themselves while they were
endeavoring to improve the condition .of the
*human race." OCCASIONAL.
POSITIVE SALE OF DRY GOODS.—The early atten
tion of purchasers is requested to the choice and
valuable assortment of fresh imported British :
French, German, and American dry goods, em
bracing 416 packages and lots of staple . and fancy
articles in cotton, worsted, linens, worsted and silks;
to be peremptorily sold by catalogue on four months'
credit, commencing this morning, at ten o'clock, by
John B. Myers 6i. co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 234
•. ,
Market street,
THE PRESS.-PHILA.D.VALPHIA, 111.V1ISDAY. JANUARY 29, 1863.
• w-Asnxxvotrow..
Special' Dpipatet!es to'“ The Press.",
WAstrirro , rort, IsnunrY 28 ,' 1863 .
The Bill to Encourage
.Re-enlistments.
• Senator WiLsoN'e bill, frog!. the Military Coin.
mibtee, for the encouragement of re-enlistnaent and
enrolling and drafting the militia, and other pur
poses, provides—
First, That such of the volunteers and militia
now in the service of the United States, who may
re•enlist for one year after the expiration of their
present term of service, shall be entitled to a bOunty
'of fifty dollars, one-half of which shalbbe paid upon
Ouch reenlistment, and the balance at the expiry
tion of the term of re-enlistment ; and to such as
may re-enlist for two years, after the expiration of
their present term of enlistmentshall be paid one
half of the bounty for enlistment provided by the
6th section of the act approved the 22d of July, 1861.
• Second. The/President shall make all proper rules
and regulations for enrolling and drafting the mi
litia of the . United States, and Otherwise putting
this act into execution, and-the enrollment of Ur)
militia shall in all cases include the able-bodied male
citizens between theages of eighteen and forty-five
years, except such as may be exempt therefrom by
existing taws of the United States, and further ex
emptions from physical debility shall oily bemade
after the completion of the - •
Third. Whenever the President shall call for the
militia of the States and Territories to be employed
in the service of the United States, he shall
•specifrin Miry' all the Psripilfor which said service
may be required, not excepding two years; and the
militia BO called shall be mUsfered in and continue•
to serve for and during the term an speoitred, unless
sooner discharged.
Fourth. Every person who shall, in pursuance of
anylaw of the United Stites or requisition of.the'
President, be drafted as a soldier, shalt, when so
drafted, be deemed to be in the actual service of the
United States, and will, thereupon•, be subject to the
rules and articles of war in the, same manner as
though he had been mustered in• the service of the
United Staten.
Fifth. The drafted militia.bronglit into the service
of the United States; by virtue of this act, shall be
placed upon a footing with the troops authorized
by the fourth section of the act approved July 17;
1662.
Sixth. Every person not suhject to the rules and
articles of war, who shall procure or entice soldiers
in the service of the United States to desert, or who
shall harbor, conceal, or give employment to a de
serter, or carry him away, or aid , in carrying him•
away, knowing him to be such, or who shall par
chase from any soldier his arms, equipments, uni
form, ammunition, clothing, or 'any part thereof,
and any captain or commanding officer of any ship
or vessel carrying away any-such soldier as one of
his crew 'or otherwise, knoWing him to have:de
serted, or shall refuse to deliver him up to the - or
dem of his commanding officer, shall, upon legal con
viction, be fined at the dlicietion of any court having
cognizance of the same in any sum not exceeding
$6OO, and shall be imprisoned not exceeding two
years nor less than six months.
Seienth. Whenever a single regiment of volun
teers, or of the militia, of-the same arm, from the
same State, is reduced to onohalf of the maximum
number prescribed by law, the President 'may direct
the Consolidation of the companies of such regiment;
provided that no company so formed 'shall exceed
the maximum number prescribed by law. When
such consolidation is made r ...the regimental officers
shall , be reduced in proportion to the reduction in
the number of companies.
Eighth. Whenever a regiment . reduced below
the. minimum number .allowid. by law, no more
officers shall be .appointedin such regiment beyond
those receasarylOr the command of. such reduced
number:
Ninth. So much - of the fifth section of the act ap
proved July 17, 1862, entitled annet. calling forth
the militia to execute the laws of the Union," &0.,
as requirei the 'consent of the President to carry
into execution the sentence of a court martial be,
and the same is hereby repealed, as far as the same
extends to the punishment for desertion, and the sen
tence for that offence may be carried into execution,
upon the approval of the commanding general of an
army in the field.
Tenth. Immediately after the passage of this act,
the President shall issue his proclamation declaring
that all soldiers absent from their regiments, without
leaVe, may return to such place or places as he may
indicate in his proclamation, and be -restored to
their respective regiments without punishmeit,
except the forfeiture of their pay-and allowances.
during their absence, and all deserters who may not
return within the time specified by the President
shall upon being arrested be punished as the law
provides.
Eleventh. Courts martial shall have power to sen
tence officers who shall absent themselves from their
Companies without leave, to be reduced to the ranks;
to serve three years, or during the war.
Twelfth. If any person shall resist any draft of
militia-inen into the service of the United States, or
'gill counsel or aid any person in so resisting. any
each draft, or shall assault or obstruct any officer in
Making -such draft, or shall. counsel any .person .to
assault or obstruct any such officer, or shall counsel
any drafted - men not•to appearjit the place of rendez-1 -
vous, such persons shall, upon convictiontthereof, be
punished by a fine not exceeding' 8500, or, by im
prisontrient, not exceeding heir - yeare,or by both
said punishments.
The l'est Oiliee Bill.
Senator COLLAMER'S postli hill empowers the
Postmaster General to appoint all postmastbre
whose annual salary is less than $1,000; requires
postmasters, mail agents,.and persons employed in
the General Post Office to make oath to their fidelity
and loyalty, and awards the compensation in four
classes : the first between $4,000 and $3,000 ; the
second between $3,000 and $3.000; the third between
$2,000 and $1,000; the fodth' l between $l,OOO and
$lOO, and the fifth less than: $lOO. The ialaries to
be aisigned by the Postmaster General from a com
parison of the average salaries of the four preceding
years, and may be readjusted not oftener than once
in two years. The salaries to take effect in July
next. In offices of the first and second classes it is
proposed to allow a just and re!bionable sum for the
cost of rent, fuel, lights, elerlia; &e., and also to the
offices of the other classes which are distributing
offices for clerk hire.
All box rents and other perquisites to be accounted
for by the postralieter, the box rents and postage to
be always prepaid, and an oath made to me
quAr
terly returns on the penalty of oljury. The Post; !
master GeDCVO.r to regulate the periodic during
which dead letters olvillremain in any post office;
those containing valuable enclosures to be registered
in the Department; and when not returnable to the
*Mere, or the persons written to, shall be included
in the receipts; and be subject to reclamation. Let-'
ter-carriers to be appointed, and receiving offices
and boxes established, and provhdon made for car
rYing local newspapers and small packages. The
rate of half-ounce letters 3 cents, drop-letter 2 cents,
and no carriers' fee allowed ; registered letters to
pay a fee of 20 cents; the newspaper postage on,
weeklies per quarter, 5 cents ; semi-weeklies, 10
cents; tri-weeklies, - 15 cents; dailies, six issues per
week, 30 cents; four ounces to be the standard
weight of periodicals ; small papers, sent in a pack
age to one address, at the same rates.
The Sinking of the Hatteras.
• .
The Navy Department has received official in
formation of the capture and sinking of the United
States steamer Hatteras by the Alabama, or . 290.
The substance is contained in the following state
ment.of J. 41:-'1 1 AXTRIDGE, acting master on board
the Hatteras off Galveston :
"At .about 3 P. M., on Tuesday, January 11th,
a vessel hove in sight southeast; we were signalled
by the Brooklyn to give chase. As .she came in
sight she appeared to be endeavoring to escape.
Just after dark we were able to discover that She
was bark-rigged, and set a topgallant sail. After
dark we gained on her fast and when we got up
found her lying to under steamy We had been at
quarters about twenty minutes. As we came up
Captain Blake hailed, and asked What ship it tvasT ,
Thep answer was, Her Majesty's Iship Spitfire.'
Capt. Blake said, 'I will send a boat aboard.' The
boat being called away, I was ordered to take
charge and board. Before we went one-half of the
ship's length the stranger opened tire,. It was re
turned' by the Hatteras, and both - itarted ahead
under a full head of steam, exchanging broadsides
as fast as they could load and fire for about twenty
minutes, with big guns and then with musketry from
both vessels. All the time I had been trying to board
my vessel," butcould not come up. After the musketry
ceased, I discovered that the Hatteras was stopped,
and blowing off steam' with the enemy alongside,
for the purpose of boarding, I heard the enemy
cheering, and knew that the Hatteras had been
captured, and thought it no use to give myself up as
a prisoner, and rowed back -to the fleet under the
cover of the darkness, in, hopes of giving informa
tion of the affair. The Brooklyn'wen t out this
morning and found the Hatteras sunk. •
General Burnside. - •
General BuTorsins left the city yesterday morn
ing for New York. At Willard's, last night, When
the crowd gave three cheers and a tiger when
BURNSIDE passed out of the hotel, General SUMNER
remarked to a friend, "Good I—that's capital,”
slapping his hands together with delight, There is
evidently the best of feeling between Generals
13unrisimi and SUMNER.
Sumner and :FT.lnklin.
The order relieving General' SUMNER of his com
mand mentioned that it was done at General Sum-
NEB.'S request. There was no such announcement
in the order relieving. Genera' FRANKLIN. It is
currently reported that the latter will be court mar
tidied for misconduct at the battle of Fredericks
burg, and at other times since General BURNSIDE
commanded the army. Some of the friends of these
two generals contemplate giving them a compli
mentary dinner at Willard's. ' •
Nominations Confirmed. •
The Senate to-day confirmed the nomination of
W. T:OTTO, of Indiana, to be Asssistant Secretary
of the Interior ; Cr:warm A. BEEBE, to be receiver
of public money at Loa Angeles, California; HENRY
A. WILTsz, surveyor general of lowa and "Wis
cousin. . •
The People of K.eiftitqty and Hon. S..L.'
Casey.
Hon. S. L. - CASEY, BU.RNET'S successor in Con
gress from Kentucky, and who is will* to go an
lengths to put down the rebellion—as arc not his col
leaguei—is in receipt of large numbers of letters
from all parts of his State endorsing his course in
Congress, and condemning the remainder of the
delegation. Air. CASEY favors the President's
proclamation of emancipation, and beliei•es that if
the Government will carry it out it will be a blow
from which the rebel South cannot protect them
selves. Kentucky is more loyal to-day than ever
before. •
Statue of *ashingtoii.
The statue of Washington, sent up here from
Baton Rouge by General Ihrrian, has been taken
out of the box and elected in the rotundo. The
packing soniewhat stained the surface, but"the color
can apparently be entirely removed. It is 'a finished
work of art, not inferior to anything of Mr. Powers'
in the country, and, altogether, far the most satis
factory existing representation, either in painting or
sculpture.
The Weather.
It has been snowing very• fast all day. .The
ground was very wet at the time the snow com
menced falling, and consequently it was long before
any permanent quantity aooumulated. There
seems little Piospect of a spiedy clearing up of the
weather, although there are2appitarances that there
maybe more rain. • • ''• •
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Army Orders.
WAn DEPARTMENT, WAi , I7INGTON, Yam
Ordered, That Governor Anonuw, of 111.11ssaehu-'
setts, ,is authorized, until further orders, to raise
such a number of volunteer companies for duty in
tke forts of Nassachusetta and elsewhere, and such
corps of infantry for the volunteer military service
as he may find convenient; such volunteers to be
enlisted for three years, unless sooner discharged;
and may include persons of African descent, or..
ganized Into separate corps. .He Will make the
usual needful requisitioner on the appropriate staff
bureaus and officers, for the proper transportation,
organization, supplies, subsistence', arms and equip
ments of such volunteers.
.EDWIN M. STANTON,
'.Secretary of War.
By a special'order from the`War Departnaent, the
163 d New York Volunteers has been , conaolidated
with the lad New York Volunteers, and; the officers
of the former have been mustered out oe the ser
vice.
• Naval .; Orders.
Acting Volunteer Lieutenant D. P. l!Tprow has
been ordered to the 'command of the 'United. States
steamer Arizona. Acting Assistant Surgeon S. H.
ii Ordered to the 'same vessel.
.Cen.• Carter.
Brim Gen. CARTER, the hero of the recent brit
iiant expidition into-East Tennessee, is in the oily.
Nomination.
The President today nominated to the,Senate
nriEw WYLIE to-be judge of the Criminal Cburt'of
the District of Columbia; this place vacated by the ,
death of Judge CRAWFORD.
Our Iron-Clads.
The following report has been received in Wash
ington
NEwronT NEWS, San 27.—The Rhode Islands re
.
porta by the mail boat her arrival last night. The.
Adger, with the Rhode Island, Rlontank. and Pas
"saic—iron-clads—reached their destination safely,.
the that -mined on the 19th, and the last on the 21st..
The Passaic reached Port Royal light-boat in_ forty
hours, when the weather came thick from the north
east, and they could not see the buoys; kept out
fifty-two 'hours, the wind blowing strong from the
northeast, with a heavy swell. The Passaic be
haved well, made"Rne weather of it, and was tho
roughlf tested. • S. P. LEE,
Acting Rear Admiral.
ARMY OF - THE POTOMAC.
Official Order for the Recent Changes in
the Army—General Franklin's Farewell—
A Scouting Party Attacked near Fal
mouth—Escape of the Rebels.
The followingAs the . official order in regard, to.
the recent changes in the Army of the Potomac
GENERAL ORDER NO. 20.
IlEanquanTuris OP /ARMY, WAR DRP 7 I`.,
ADJ. GEN.'S OPPICA 'WASHINGTON, Jan 28, 1863:
I.—The President. of the' United . States has. di
rected
First. That Major General A. E. Burnside,.abidii .
Own request, be relieved from the command. of'the -
Army of the Potomie..
Second. That Major General E. V. Suninee,.at his
own request, be relieved from duty in theArrey of
the Potomac.
Third. That Major General W. B. Franklin be
relieved from duty in the Army of the Potomac.
Fourth.:' That Major General J. Hooker be assigned
to the command of the Army of the Potomac. •
The officers relieved as above will report in person
to the Adjutant General of the Army.
By order of the Secretary of War,
E. D. TOWIsTSEND, Asst. Adj. Gen.
FAREWELL ADDRESS OF GEN. FRANKLIN.
The following is the farewell address of General
Franklin, Upon leiving his Grand Division. When
the General came out from his quarters to proceed
to railroad station, he found assembled a caval
cade of two hundred of the officers of the division,
who escorted him to the cars :
HEADQUARTERS, LEFT GRAND Drr., Jan. 26.
To the Officers and Men of the Left Grand Division:
In obedience to the order of the highest authority,
the undersigned relinquishes the command of the
Left Grand Division. He does so with sincere re
gret; Hie connection with the command has been ever
pleastuit;The prompt obedience and cheerful co-ope
ration you have at all times rendered, your patient en
' durance upon the march, your steady bravery upon
the field, the manly determination with which you
have encountered • and overcome the dangers and
hardships of several trying campaigns, commandhie
admiration and giatitude. All of you are endeared
to him by gallant conduct and loyal service, and
most of you by the memories of many battle-fields
and the proud recollection that from none of them
have you been driven back. By these common
• memories he exhorts you to prove true, and fight
gallantly in the future, as you have ever fought in .
the past,..for the great cause in which you are en
gaged, believing that-for yourselves you will win im
perishable tame, for your country final and enduring
victory.
In severing a connection_ which you have made so
dear, he asks that no one will believe that he volun
tarily parts with.you in the face of the`enemy.
W. R FRANKLIN
.1. Major General Voltuiteers.
A HICCELiIISH ;WITH -SOUTH OiROLINA. IN.;
• ~.,FANTRY—ONE UNION. SOLDLERKILLED—
SEVERAL WOUNDED--ANPIHER-,SIC.IR- •
MISH : • • .
7 .- r Arm Iri:; ;Tan: 26.—Early .thisonorning a
party of rebel ' s In .ambush , ' commanded' by si'lleu
.Aenant of the 241 South Caroliria Infantry, attacked
a .scouting party of twenty-one men f from Colonel
''De Cesnola's• -cavalry brigade, .near. Morrisville,.
killing a ' scout, named Fagan, of Company 0, 4th
• New York Cavalry, and wounding another scout,
named Dixon, of the 9th New York-Cavalry, and
also a sergeant of the *l7th PennsylVania Cavalry,
named Hines. Fagan resided in New York, was 21
years of. age, and a single man. Dixon was shot in
the side, but not dangerously ; hie horse was also
killed. Hines was wounded in the right hand. A
man, named Merely, belonging to the 4th New York
Cavalry, is missing. The rebels, after firing a few
volleys, escaped in the pines, which abound in this
section of country, and are impenetrable by cavalry.
At a later hour in the day, a party of about twenty
rebel infantry attacked three men, out foraging for
a picket command. Two of the men came safely
into their picket fort, and one is still missing. At
last accounts 'our cavalry were in pursuit of the
rebels.-;rational Republican.
DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
The Rebels Anxious About Our Advance
They Hope for Intervention—Success of
the Sulunarint 'X'orpedoes—Probable Re
-7n917P-1 9 1 f V9Tirnor Stanley. .
NEwßgirii, N. a o n.. il/.;—PrewsPaPerP fr9nl the,
.interior indicate that.the rebels are greatly eiercised
about the concentration of United States troops in
this department. Refugees state that the; rebels ad
mit that they cannot much longer maintain their
stand without foreign intervention. - • .
The experiments with' the new submarine torpe
does have been eminently successftil.
The President is to be memorialized for the re
moval of Governor Stanley.
NEwnEnti, Jan. 22.:-..apvernor Stanley will soon
leave the department, hM mission having proliai a
failure here. A military Governor is not considered
by Gen. Foster a military necessity any longer.
The Newbern Progress' has the following about
Governor Stanley :
"The Associated Press seem to take great delight
in parading the fact that Governor Stanley was,.
hung in effigy, a feW nights before the late election,'
in Beaufort, by some worthless, contemptible fel-.
low, that is not worth salt enough to keep his.boily
sweet and Clean. The affair is made a great handle
of, and loqiis like an attempt at personal spite by
some person who had an axe to grind, and
.didn't
succeed in getting it ground. Not a dozen persons •
in Beaufort knew of it, or approved of it, nor would
the fact been known, but for the malicious desire to
parade it before the world. Secessionists do not like .
the Governor, but all -Union men do, and his popu
larity in this State is as great as When he used, in •
olden time, to stump this district. We notice this
fact for the benefit of our Northern exchanga, that
they may not be deceived."
The recent election in the Second Congressional
district of.North•Oarolina resulted in the election
of Mr. Pigott, by nearly four hundred. majority.
Mr. Foster, his oppthient, polled only one hundred
and sixty votes..
ARMY OF - THE MISSISSIPPI.
Departure of the Vicksiburg Expedition—
Joseph Johnston ln"Comniand of the Re
bels—He is Able to Concentratelso,ooo:Reu
-.-Strength - Of the Rebel Defences—Our Ex
pedition only Twenty Miles above Vlcks-
burg.
CAIRO, Jan. 28.—The steamer Ruth has arrived
from Memphis, Our troops were being transferred
to transports, and sent to Milliken's Bend. Gen.
Grant expected to move on the 27th.
The Memphis Bulletin has Southern news of the
19th instant. Joe Johnston commands the whole
Western Department, and is marching with an
mense force to Vicksburg. It is believed that John
ston can concentrate 150,000 troops for the defence
of Vicksburg. The reticle are determined to stake
everything, and hold Vicksburg and Port Hudson,
and keep open the communication between Louisi
ana and Texas.
The rebel fortifications at Port Hudson are com-i
plete, and they feel very confident that they can
hold that place and Vicksburg.
The latest advices say that General McClernand's
forces and Commodore Porter's squadron had reach
ed Young's Point, only twenty miles above Vicks•
burg.
THE SOETHERN COAST.
A Soldier Drowned— The Ironsides off
Charleston—Her Successful Voyage—The
bark Henry Lee Disabled—The Vanderbilt.
and Weehawken.
FORTRESS MONROE, Jan. 28.—The steamer Illi
nois, laden with soldiers, left here Yesterday, and
when off Cape Henry, one of the soldiers fell over
board, and notwithstanding every effort to rescue
him, he was drowned.
• The steamer RhOde Island arrived this forenoon
from the Southern blockading fleet, and 'reports
passing the Ironsidea off Charleston, on her,voyage,
all right..,
The bark Henry Lee, from Palermo, was picked
up to-day and towed into Hampton Roads. She was
found tweintplive miles off Cape Henry, having lost
her foremast. She has . a cargo of fruit, and was
bound for New York.
The steamer Vanderbilt is now at anchor in the
Roads, and has been several days taking in coal.
The iron-clad Weehawken is at Newport News.
Generals Barnalde and illeClellan.
NEW YORK, Jan..2.B.—General Burnside was wait
ed on by General McClellan last night, and the
greeting was a most cordial one. The former was
to be serenaded to-night The latter left for Boston
this morning, and, while en route, received a spon
taneous ovation at Springfield at noon.
Gen. McClellan at Boston.
Boszorr, Jan. 2g.—General McClellan arrived to
night, and was met by a large crowd at the depot.
It is understood that he declines any public recep=
tion, but will accept the private hospitalities of
several wealthy citizens.
Many of the leading houses of the city have agreed
to close their stores at noon upon a day to be here
after named, for the purpose of giving Gen. McClel
lan a public reception.
The . Steamer China Detained.
.
• Nu Yong, Jen. 0 9.--The - steamer (Mina did not
sail at noon, owing to the storm. She: has $400,000
in specie . for Europe.
EMPIRE OF CHINA,
Frog Fess of the Chinese Rebellion — Severe
Engagement at Pao-Kong—Ten Thou
sand itebels Defeated by One Thousand
'Drilled Chinese—The Capture of Nankin
Proposed.
The Overland China Mail, of fie Ist of December,
has the following items of news
In Pekin everything was quiet.
From the three northern points there is no news
of importance. We hear that Mr. lYfongan, Who has
been for some time acting consul at Tien-{sin, pro
ceeds to England by-next mail. In the course of a
month, communication with the north, by sea-, will
be closed for the: winter.
With .regard to the rebels we have to record an en
gagement at"Pac.kong, a large village about twelve
miles northeast of Taing.poo, on'ther road .beitween
that city and Kah.:cling. Colonel Burgevine (l'ard's
successor) having been informed that a large force of
rebels was encamped in that direction, proceeded
with a force of-one thousand of his drilled Chinese,
on the 12th ult., to rook out for the enemy. On
reachingPao.kong it was found that about ten thou
sand Taepings had entrenched themselves strongly
in a camp of fifteen stockades. Nothing was done
on that day, but on the following day four guns
and two mortars were pat in position, and the
place was reliantly carried after an hOur's
firing., The storming :party was led by a
brave young Chinese officer, named Wong-ee-poo,
to whom Admiral Hope has preaented a sword for
gallantry. This young aoldier,- however, was mor
tally wounded. The Taeping chief, Wo-wang, was
also killed after he had rallied his men several
times. The rebel loss is' set down at 2,300 killed,.
and that of Colonel , Burgevine at five killed and
fifteen-wounded. This leeks like exaggeration.
An English surgeon attended to , the wounded men.
This is the most effective display that has yet been
made by unassisted Chinese troops, and it confirms
the opinion expressed by almost every English
officer who served in the North during-the campaign
of 1860 that, under proper training; the Chinese
would make most efficient soldiers.
The great movement at present. in , contemplation,
by the imperial forces, is the capture of Nankin.
The Russians are said to have offered their assist
ance, and we hear that the Tartar General Toh, of
the garrison of Ching-chow, in the same province as
riankow, has been ordered by the Government to
jean the besieging force at Nankin. He has just
gained some victories over the Shen-ei rebels.
From Shanghae, we hear of further alarms of
rebels in the neighborhood..
Cholera
Cholera still continues to rage ih.Slumghae.
WIRE OF BRAZIL.
Fertility of the Amazonian Basin—Sneeess
of the Amazonian Navigation Company—
Trouble between Brazil and Fern—Open
ing of the Amazon to Different Nations.
The Bev. J. 0. Fletcher, of Newburyport, Massa
chusetts, has arrived from Para, having just re
turned frorrijourneying seven thousand miles on
the coast and in the interior of Brazil. He has
ascended the Amazon to Peru; and says that
the capabilities of that immense. river, and .the'
fertility of the great Amazonian basin, have
been underestimated by even the wildest enthusi
asts. He saw a Brazilian man-of-war at Tabatinga,
Brazil, which is on the Amazon,. two thousand .
miles from the Atlantici. The Amazon Navigation
Company (of which the Baron of Nana, 'the first
financier of the empire, is president) , have five
steamers constantly plying on that river. The Ma=
naoa on her last trip brought down from thecapital
01 Upper Amazonas a cargo of India rubber,Ram,
annatto, &c., amounting to $BO,OO. The
first mate of the steamer Manaus ifiCharles Collyer,
of New York, a relative of Collyer, of the well
known ship-building firm of that city. He has be
come familiar with every mile of the river. All
that the AmazOnian valley wants is laws that will
permit free emigration, and in fifty years it will rival
all other countries in the world in .the production of
cotton, coffee; sugar, and all the great staples.
Captain Roberts, of the Adelphi, the vessel on
which Mr. Fletcher was a passenger, says that there
are no less than eight Brazilian steam men-of-wat
at Para, or ascending the Amazon, under Admiral
Parker (a Scotchman with a Brazilian commission).
This unwonted sight on the Amazon is duo to the
unwarrantable conduct of the chief commander of
two Peruvian steamers, who outraged
.the hospi
tality of the Brazilian (Provinciali.Government at
Para, and forcibly broke the convention by which
Peruvian veseels have the navigation of the Amazon
in Brazil, and by which Brazilians have the right to
navigate the waters of the Amazon in Peru. -One of
the Peruvian steamers returned and went to Cay
enne ; the other (the Morons) passed up the Ama
zon, attacked the Brazilian fort at Obidos, and by
her swlitness escaped one thousand mires up the
river; but when chased by a Brazilian steamer, ran
upon a concealed ledge of rocks. It was thought
that she was a total loss, but on the 3d of December
she was saved by the Brazilian man-of-war Ibacuhy
(steamer), and towed to the capital (Manaos) of Up
per Amazonas. Theflraperial Government has ap
proved of all the President of the Province of Para
did to prevent the outrage of the Peruvians. It is
believed that no war will be the result ; but there
are rumors that Brazil will now take measures to
open the Amazon .to other nations than Peru and
Venezuela. .
From California
SA FRANCISCO, Jan. 28.—Sailed, ship Shirley,
for Hong Kong. Ohartered for New !York, ship
Sixty per 'cent. was the beat offer made for legal
tender notes to-day. In the marketno business was
done except for supplying daily wants. The paper
money question is likely to put an end to the credit
system in this State.
It ie tliciUght that Mr. Phelps will be elected by
the Legislature to-night. The contest is very bit
ter. Some attempt at bribery has been made, which
caused an explosion last night;
The California Senator.
SiA FRANCISCO, Jan. 28.—N0 ballpt was taken
in the Legislature last night for United States
' Senator. Sixteen members were expected to vote
for Mr. Phelps, but other members raised a new
Auestion, which produced_.s.
_greal excitement,
under the influence of which an adjournment was
carried.
EmauciputiowlVieetjtug . at St. Louis.
ST. Lotus,' Jan. large and enthusiastic
meeting was held this evening, at TUrners' Hall, to
ratify the President's proclamation. Speeches
were made by-Henry T. BloW, Chas. D.; Arahe;
Chas. P. Johnson, George Strong;Gen. Vir: K.
Strong, and several members of the Legislature,
which were received with great applause.'
Resolutions were adopted declaring that slavery,
was the sole impelling cause, and has been, and is
now, the life Of, the presentlrebellion; that the at
tempt to destroy this Government is a crime which,
for cruelty and perfect, infamy, no language
can fitly characterize ;„ that the American nation
in SOleranly bound to prevent that crime at
Whatever .coat of blood and treasure, and, if ne
cessary thereto, to destroy the whole mass of those
• attempting its perpetuation;expressing the belief that
all the,efforts at conciliation or arrangement are ut
terly futile, and that the country can onl; Ur - saved
by the prosecution of the 'war ,
every form, and to
every e
2'..7 4 1- I " l 9 l 4°Bl"iitivilized nations, till the last
tresaigd tot iebel• pOtvet Is swept from the soil of
America ; that slavery, by its own murderous act,
in attempting to, destroy the Government, - has ab
solved the AmeriCan Government and people from
all obligations to preserve and proteet it in the re
gion where , the rebellion exists, and has imposed,.
with the power 'of irresistible necessity, the
stern - obligation to destroy it, if the Prates*
itself would live ; that holding back. from t 1
destruction of slavery, upholding and susta.irdisg•
the rebellion' as it is, cannot be defended upon' any
ground of justice, expediency, or constitutional or
moral obligations, and can. end no 'apology except
- rati en t il.,9se who prefer slavery to their country
that the WarrPOWl;l7...9f the nation are exerted against
its enemies, whether fore:gr. demestic; Is
wholly - unfettere'd by the Constitution of the
United .:States; that- the president, in time
of war is authorized to use that ',bitter as his judg
ment directs for.the subjugation of such enemies, and
whoever invokes the Constitution to trammel the
President's action is a public enemy, or deceived
by traitors in disguise • that.we entertain the fore
going views, and impelled by a solemn sense of ne
cessity, which the South has itself created, to over
throw it in the attempt to plunge the country.
In irretrievable ruin; and considering no mea
sure too severe for that purpose, and profoundly
possessed with the belief that the. destruction of
slavery is indispensable to the. salvation of our free
'institutions, and firmly holding that the President's
proclamation of the Ist of January...was a legitimate
exercise of power vested in him. as Commander-in-
Chief of the army And navy was imperiously
demanded by public exigency, and may be
expected to eventuate in'.- the overthrow of
the rebellion, we do, . without qualification or
reserve, approve and applaud the Issuing of
that proclamation, and do. call upon every patriotic
' citizen, whatever may have been his previous views
on the expediency of such an act, to accept it loyal
ly, as a thing accomplished, and to rally to the sup
port of the President in this great and vital blow at
the only intestine foe that has ever dared to assail
American free institutions.
Union Meeting in Arkansas.
FAYrrrxviLLE, Jan. 213.--An enthusiastic "(Talon
demonStration occurred here yesterday. Over a
thousand loyal' citizens - were present. Speeches
were made - by Dr. Johnson; a prominent Union re
fugee, Lieutenant Colonel Bestrop, of the Ist Arkan
sas Cavalry, and others.
Fifteen Home-Guard companies have been orga
nized, and wish to be accounted as the Arkansas
Hundreds of citizens have signed a petition to
Congress to order the election of a member of Con
gress from this State. -
All citizens having arms in their possession are
giving them up to . be used to defend their homes.
Another meeting will be held at Huntsville in a
feir days. The Union sentiment is daily growing
stronger in this section, and. Col. Harrison, of the
let Arkansas Cavalry, commanding this post, is af
fording every facility to encourage it.
A Whaler Ashore.
NEW BEDFORD; Jan. 28.—The bark Aearo, from
Fayal, well eighteen hundred barrels of sperm oil,
ran on the North Ledge, Buzzard's Bay, this after
noon. She lies easy, and will probably get oft - the
next tide.
The American Telegraph Company.
NEW Youn t Jan: 28.—The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the American Telegraph Company
was held to-day. The old board of directors was re
elected, and at a subsequent meeting Col. E. S. San
ford was re-elected president, C. Livingston eecre
Lary, and F. Morris treasurer.
Ship News.
NF.W YORK, Jan. 28.—Arrived, ship Ocean Rover,
from San Francisco ; bark Laiiwing, from London ;
bark Edmund Dwight, froln surnam • hark Money-.
nick, from Malaga
_; bark Glenalvon, from Dublin;
brig Darien, from Neuvitas ;• brig G-; Wheelwright,
from Turks Island; brig Proterio, from Bahia;
schooner J. S. French, from Cardenas.
The ship Escort is below from Vera Cruz.
There is a severe gale from the northeast this eve
ning, and the 'mow is falling heavily. The steamer
China, for Liverpool, is detained by the storm, and
has anchored at quarantine.
Markets by Telegraph.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 28.—Flour has an advancing
tendency. Wheat .buoyant, with a scarce supply - ;
Southern white, $1.90@2.; Weetern white,sl.6s@
1.90; red, $1.614)11.63. Corn active and 3chigher ;
white, 9.1Q95c ; yellow, STOB9c.. Whisky firm at:atc.
POrk firm, at sl6@le for mess: Coffee advaneedic
for Itio.
The 'Weather at Baltimore.
..._
•
BALTIMORE, Jan. 28.—1 t has been raining all
night, followed by a northeast snow-storm since
daybreak.
NoiArrival of the Norwegian.
PORTLAND, Jan. 28.—The steamer Norwegian has
not been signalled below.
COTTON GROWN IN PRANCE.—A success
ful attempt to cultivate cotton has been made at the
Botanical Ganlens of Valence, in the department of
the Drome. The director sowed some cotton seed
in the middle of March last, in small pots, kept un
der glass until the latter end of April. The pots
were then placed inl.he open air, and the young
plants flourished, notwithstanding the shade of the
trees in the garden. They - rose above three feet
high, and each plant producted from fifteen to
twenty magnificent blossoms, and as many pods,
'which, for the greater part, arrived,. at maturity.
Some of the plants, which were placed- in a hothouse
likewise produced an excellent crop.
LXXVilth CONGRESS—Third Session.
.WASHINGTON, January 253, 1863
SENATE.
Explanation.
Plessr& KENNEDY and LATHAM stated that if
they had been in the Senate, last night, they should
have voted against the passage of the bill for the in
demncation of the President.
Our Currency.
Mr. CLARK. (Rep.), of Few Rampishire, present•
ed a meoroytal asking the prompt action of Congress
on the:Boofeet of the currency, and recommending
the plan of the Secretary of thee Treasury. •
Syst era of Postal tkrtlera.
hfr.t'IDOLLAREER (Rep.), of Termont, from the
Committeepn Poet Offices, reported' bxelt the bill to
eetablieh a eystem of postal ordezeovith a recom
mendation that it do not pass.
'Me Eric Canal.
Mr. DOOLITTLE;(Rep.), of Wisconsin, presented
the memorial of the Legislature of Wisconsin, in re
lation to the enlargement of • the Erie eanal and the
Fox and Wisconsin rivers, for the passage• of gun
boats. Referred to the - Committise on =nary
Af
fairs. •
Mid slilipmen.
Mr. HALE (Rep.), of New Hampshire;:erom the
Committee on Naval Affairs, `reported bask: the bill
to regulate the appointment of -inidshipmen t •with
amendments..
Phe Post Office Department.
Mr. COLLAMER introduced a bill to amend! the
bill. regulating the, Post Officelsepartment.
' The Case of Mr. Saulsbury.
Mr. (MARK (Rep.), of New Ilampahire, offhred
the following resolution :
Whams Willard Saulsbury, s'Senator from- the
State of ] } Delaware, did, on the 27th instant, bring
into the Senate a concealed weapon„ and did.then.
and there in the Senate behave in a turbulent and:
disorderly manner, and when called to order by the
-vice President, did refuse to observe order, but did'
continue suck turbulence and disorderly behavior
until he WAS ordered into the custody of the ser--
geant-at-arms, and did .then and there make threats%
to use said..weapon upon the said sergeant-at-arms,.
and in the•presence of the Senate did.draw the said
weapon and threaten to shoot the said sergeant-at;
arms, and behaved in a manner disgraceful to.the-
Senate and destructive to all order and decorum:
therefore,
Resolved,. That the said Willard Saulsbury be, and ,
hereby is, expelled from the Senate oP the 'United.
States.
Mr. SAIJI6SEDRY. I did not hear who it was.
that introduced that resolution.
The VICE PRESIDENT. It was introduced!by
the Senator from New Hampshire.
Dlr. SAULSBURY. I have not a word to say in•
reference to.the merit or demerit of that resolution:
I have no favors to ask. It may be unbecoming;my
position and. my character, as a Senator of a sove
reign State, to say more upon the introduction of
such a resolution; and, sir, I will say no more. Let
the Senate act as they may think proper. I neither
avow nor disavow what is charged. Let the proof
be made to the Senate, and let the Senate act ac-•
cording to its own judgment.
The - resolutiOn was laid over.
Mr. Thomas, alias Zarrona.
Mr. WALL (Dem.), of New Jersey, offered a re
solution instructing the Military Committee to.in
quire into the propriety of extending such relief as
the circumstances may require and inquire into the
case of Mr. Thomas, (known as Zarrona, the French
lady,) of Maryland, now a prisoner of war at Fort
Lafayette, and who, as represented, has been con
fined in a dungeon in that fortress since June last,
and is now hopelessly insane by reason of his suf
ferings. Adopted.
Supplies for the French Army.
Mr. McDOUGALL (Dem.), of California, offered a&
resolution requesting the President to transmit to
the . Senate• all orders issued by the Secretaries of
War and the Treasury in regard to a general prohi
bition to export arms and munitions of war from
the United States to the Mexican Republic, and
any orders relative to the exportation of articles
contraband of war for the use of the French army.
Adopted.
111idshipmen.
Mr. HALE (Rep.), of New Hampshire, called. up
the resolution in relation to the appointment of
midshipmen in the Naval Academy, and it was
passed.
Enlistments. -
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, intro
duced a bill for the encouragement of enlistments,
and enrolling and drafting militia. Referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs.
A Committee on Agriculture.
Mr. lIAR.LAN (Rep.), of lowa, called up the reso
lution to amend the rules of the Senate so as to
provide for a committee on agriculture, which was
discussed till the expiration of the morning hour.
Invalid Pensions.
- • -
111 r. PESSENDEN (Rep.), of Maine, called up
the bill making an appropriation for the payment
of invalid pensions. The bill was passed.
Army Appropriation Bill.
The army appropriation bill was taken, up, and
several amendments, as recommended by the Com
mittee on Finance, were adopted.
Mr. RICE (Dem.), of Minnesota, offered an
amendment appropriating Bye thousand dollars for
the improvement of the navigation of Fox and Wis
consin riven. Adopted.
Mr. WILSON (REp.), of Massachusetts, offered
an amendment appropriating $686,600 for an ord
nance depot, &c., on the tide-waters of New York
harbor.
. GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa, offered an amend
tient as a substitute for the amendment, providing
for the appointment of a commission of nine officers
of ordnance and artillery, to examine and report to
Congress at the next session, as to the proper site
for such a depot.
After a discussion, the whole proposition was re
jected.
• Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep.), of Illinois, offered an
amendment, which was adopted, providing that no
money should be paid to any officer or assumed offi
cer, not authorized by some existing law, unless such
officer shall subsequently be sanctioned ; nor to per
sons appointed during the recess of the Senate,
where such vacancy existed before the recess, and
was required to be filled by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, until such appointee shall
have been confirmed by the Senate.
The bill was passed.
The consular and diplomatic appropriation bill
was then: taken up, and, -after a _discussion, the
Senate .went into executive session, and subse
quently adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Troops of African Descent:
The bill 'of Mr. STEVENS (Rep.), of Pennsylva
nia, authorizing the employment of troops of African
descent, coming up,
Mr. SHEFFIELD .(13.), of Rhode Island, moved
to refer it to the Committee on Military Affairs.
No quorum voting, there was a call of the House.
Mr. OLIN (Rep.), of New York, advocated the
motion. He did not wish to complain of any gentle
men who sought to engross the duties of that com
mittee, much less to complain of the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Stevens), especially as his duty
before the Committee of Ways and Means had not
been very arduous. The functions of that committee
were not connected with a measure of this charac
ter. Although he was not authorized to say what
would be done by the Committee on Military Affitiia,
he might express his individual opinion th;;; - ,, as s oon
asthe committee should have time
cOnshier it,they
would present this question tq the H ouse fairly and
fully, in such form as wee:Aid meet the approbation of
the AdministrV? Re would give the assurance
+ st Zt t ,
one rya Woula enable the House to act un
derstanaing y and promptly. Not desiring to be dis
respectful to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, who
is in regular standing in the Republican church, any
In ensure calculated to bring to support any substan
tial iorce to aid in the suppression of the rebellion
should rrtit his cordial support. He believed it was
wise in this exigency of public affairs to bring to the
support of the Grovernaent every person in the re
public capable of bearing arms. What so - I,l;=arded
as slave property was not more sacred than say
other, and must give way to the superior demands of
the overnment, as must everything else.
It was the great support of the rebellion. Ll
stead of the rule of law being whoever has African
blood_in their veins shall be presumed to be a bonds
man, the rule is wherever there is a man with white
blood he shall be presumed to be subject to the exi
gency of military service. 'What reason could be as
signed that the colored population, to defend all we
hold dear, should not be subject to nilitary discipline
its freemen?,There was, in hit judgment, no such
reason. He did not like some features of the bill,
and believed that the Committee on Military .Affairs
could perfect it to meet the approbation of the
80u,ii•... He desired it to be referred for that purpose.
He though; jt unjust that the entire time of the House
should be engrossed 'with' the inisiness of the C-2 111-
mittee of Ways and Means, 'While the Committee on
Military Affairs were thus excluded from reporting
measures of the highest public. importance. He,
as
a member of that committee, had a bill which had
been 'recommended by every department of the
Government, and was demanded by military neces
sity, involving a large expenditure of money, which
should be passed at once ; but he had had no oppor
tunity to report it ; also ; a bill for a submarine
cable connecting with various points, including New
Orleans and Galveston. If this cable had been in
existence three weeks ago the Government would
have saved more than thrice the expense of its cost.
The measure should not be delayed one hour. He,
too, had bills to prevent and correct abuse, but he
could not present them.
Mr. STEVENS said the erratic course of the gen
tleman who had just taken his seat was such that no
man of common sense could take offence at what he
said here. He did not know, as charged, that the
Committee of Ways and Means had unceasingly en
grossed the time of the House. The matters refer
red to that committee had been considered - and
brought forward at the earliest practicable moment.
The committee sofar from wasting time, had some
times given offence by refusing to extend time for
debate. With what propriety, then, did the gentle
man say the committee had engrossed the attention
.of the House? The committee had not taken upon
themselves anything but what was referred to them,
or demanded by the orders and rules of the House.
• Mr; OLIN replied that his friend was a good law
yer.. He did not charge that the Committee of
Ways and means had unnecessarily occupied:the
time of the House, but only said that the committee,
having so profitably and so long occupied the time,
that the gentlemen comprising it ought not.volun
tarily to engross business pertaining to*the Com
mittee on the Military.
Mr. STEVENS remarked, that if the gentleman
did not say ?to, he was very unfortunate in his
terms, for he understood him to lecture the Com
mittee of Ways and Means for engrossing so much
of the time 01 the House heretofore. He had intro
duced the measure now pending, weeks ago, yet the
Committee on Military Affairs had not acted upon
it to-day. He . did not know what their motives
were, or that' they should now be entrusted with
another bill of a similar character, to be swal
lowed up in the vortex. He warned the gentle
man not to trust it to that whirlpool. If the Com
mittee on Military Affairs have an amendment, let
them offer it. it was certainly no. offence for
him as an individual member to introduce s. bill un
der .the rules. He had given a notice of two weeks
for the consideration of this measure. He postponed
if for that length of time in view of the urgent ne
cessity of the country and in order to act upon the
finance and other public bills. In all that time, sure
ly. the Committee on Military Affairs had an oppor
tunity to consider and perfect the bill. But they had
not desired it. .
Mr. OLIN, in' replygto a remark of Mr. Ste
vens, said the Military Committee had not had
an opportunity of reporting their bills. After, on
one occasion obtaining general Consent, the proceed
ings were interfered with, and The committee were
. thus foiled.
Mr. STEVENS replied that the gentleman, it was
true, had some small matter in his hand, giving
away forty millions of dollars to help New 'York to
'enlarge her canals, the revenue from which, during
the past year, was five millions, and is order to pass
this it was linked on the bill for the draining of the
lakes. [Calls to cirder.] When 'Mr. Stevens said
he was. merely answering the man who was
just before the House, with regard to consult
ing the proper authorities. He would merely say
that, by looking at his modified bill, the gentleman
could determine whether he recognized the' hand
writing or not. He trusted, if the House desired to
pass the bill, they would not send it to the Military
Committee, but act upon it now. He agreed that
the colored class should be employed as soldiers' In
war. A distinguished captain of. the navy (Captain
Woodhull), with whom he conversed in the presence
of others, said that in the last five engagements he
never saw braver men than the contrabands thus
employed. If it was proper to employ them, it was
proper to pass this bill.
Mr. SHEFFIELD said he had madethe motion to
refer, because the Committee on Military Affairs
had faithfully performed their duty. The House
had acted on many measures .too hastily, and he
mentioned amongseveral others that commendatory
of the act of Coin. Wilkes, In seizing Mason and
Slidell, and the subsequent action on the subject.
While they were here confiscating private property
on land, the Secretary of State was negotiating to
protect (with the exception_ of casualties) private
property on the sea. He hoped no such measure
as that pending would be passed until it had re
ceived the judgment 'of the Military Committee.
Otherwise he was unwilling to pass on a measure
of such importance. De would aid the Government
in every war to suppress the rebellion, no matter
what it was. If. the committee should report the
bill as receiving the approbation of the Executive
Department, probably he should' vote for it.
• Mr. HICKMAN (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, said
that no member had greater respect for the.Coin
mittee on the Military than himself, but when it
was taken into consideration that on the Bth of De
cember he brought this subject to the notice of the
committee, and they have as yet; so far as the
House is informed, taken no defi •te
„, actin
subject, he was constrained to believethat
he
not give it their approbation. 03,,,--Ist
he preferred to have the matter p r s ---1 : 1
at once by the Houae. There wai l
gentleman on this fioor but has conie-to":
elusion with regard to the merit or T , - nr :
raising negro regiments to be engaged recc;
The 'substitute he had olikoed propos ed ; e ,t
raise negro or colored regiments, for s e „*"i•
without making it compulsory on the - re e - i n d Y'
enroll any particular number. The reej.",,el,
raise three hundred regiments if he think ' - t - „`
eary to do 80. It was simply a grant of IL I e ",
other words, the whole subject
leaft
on his judgment. He preferred toe th
thus, without expressing any gr ea t
,„ 11 ,
in the President; it Was not e ree ,„""fid
he should express it. He thought
be admitted b everybody that, if
regiments should be enrolled and
the service, there will. be a large bed
population of the blacks hanging o e
the Government, for whom we arebourr
: d ' f .
provision. Secondly, his substitute' hue - 1
line of steamers between New York and the
Africa. The time had arrived when s ee r:
should be established. He merely deai ret
channel of communteation. so that persc e o,t
sire to emig T h e rate
ird may avail - themselv es WI
tunity.section provided fer
s 3 stem of education in the rebellious titatea``
propriated the proceeds of the c onfiscatio n ai
perty to that purpose, on the principle that
is a fundamental principle of the G overntr. n ;
that education should be extended to an,
distinction of race, sex, or Color . lle steel rit
action, and believed the Committee on ,lltlit;
fairs could not enlighten them on the sulteot •
Mr. COX (D.) moved to lay the bill o n
•-e
Not agreed to—yeas 63, nays 8.3.
Mr. COX raised the point of order that, tl
conta i ns ea appropriation of money, a n d
therefore by the rules, receive its first conic
lion in dimmitteeof the Whole on the state ol
Union.
The SPEAKER said it was now too late to
that question, as the bill had been Berme t
under consideration.
pr ia
Mction.. srEvENs said the bill contained no le
,
The main ,question on the passage was order
be put--yeas,7B, nays 61.
The House. by a vote of 32 against tot, ref , ,
refer the subject to the Military Committee.
- VALLANDIGHAM (Dem.), of Ohi o, „
to lay the bill on the table: Not agreed to—y r
nays N.
Mr. MALLORY (U.), of Kentucky, sub nor
made a /similar motion. Not agreed to
—r e ,
nays 88. .
Mr. WICKLIFFE (U.), of Kentucky, d ei n
offer an amendment to the bill,. but the °Rote
was refused. -
Mr.
dering th q maineduestion tO be ex-need from voting
Mr. MALLORY rose, but the Speakersai
question was not debatable.
Mr. COX appealed from the decision of the
Mr. AIAYNA.RD mdved to lay the appeal,
table.
Various other dilatory motions were made et
side of the House, and voted down by the flout
Mr. ALLEN (Dem.) ? of Ohio, moved to all
to Friday. This was disagreed to.
Shortly after four o'clock, Mr. ILICIEMeIe it
of Pennsylvania, said that members ought not
here all night to entertain these motions of
corning from members of the Border Mates.
He was called to order from the opposition aid;
Other yea and nay votes were taken, and at
past four o'clock no quorum voted.
Mr. HICKM A N moved a call of the House.
Mr. ALLEN (D.), of Ohio, and Mr.;1101.7,
(Dem.), of Indiana, severally, but unstcceid,
moved to adjourn. -
After further dilatory motions, Mr. MAYNA
(U.), of Tennessee, rose to make a suggestion to
this parliamentary contest, but a single Oki
from the opposition aide prevented him from •'
so, general consent being requisite.
A. number of members paired olf and left th?.
to refresh themselves.
At a quarter to 6 o'clock, Mr. HOLMAN a)
to adjourn. Not agreed to.
At half past 6 o'clock there were caw vs:
seats, and Mr. ITALLANDIGHAR moved a call
the House. 'This was agreed to, and excuse
heard for absentees, etc. The yeas and nays et
repeatedly called on trivial questions, the object of
opposition being t to defeat a vote on the negro acid
bill, which the epublicans were determined, if r
Bible, to obtain to-night. This was the pow.ttot
affairs at Bo'clock.
_ .
Mr. PERRY- (Dem.), of New Jersey, moved ,
when the House adjourn it be to Saturday. Lan
Mr. OLIN, at nearly nine o'clock, asked the gi
ral consent to make a suggestion to relieve
House from their embarrassment.
Mr. ALLEN (Dem.), of Illinoie, on the Option;
M.
and Mr. BINGHA (Rep.), of Ohio, on the lie;
Roan sidetobjec!eq.
The calling of the yeas and nays on trivial ly
tions was then resumed.
A Scene in the House.
During these proceedings a few emphatic wet
were exchanged by Mr. Vallandigham
Mr. Colfax (Indiana), the latter temporarily
pying the Speaker's chair.
Mr. VALLANDIGHAIVI insisted that he hi
right to appeal from his decision, and yir.
FAX refused to entertain the question, chin
that; under such circumstance, the rulings Wf
uniform.
Mr. VALLANDIGHAM. The Speaker hi.,
a few minutes ago, entertained a similar appal.,
Mr. COLFAX. The Speaker refused to do so.
Mr. VALLANDIGITAM. I appeal to the re
of the House.
The conversation, though of short duration,
remarkably earnest, to such an extent tisst
members lounging in the cloak rooms and on
sofas rushed to the scene, thus increasing *a
fisting confusion.
Mr. KUHLMAN (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, it
upon order, and was responded to by loaf
on the OpPosition side calling him to order.
Mr. HOLMAN (Dem.), of Indiana, width
motion to adjourn when
Mr. VALLANDIG-HADI (Dem.), of Oltic,m•
a call of the House.
The question, like at least a dozen preceding t
lar ones, was determined in'the negative.
Comparative quiet was now restored. With ti
exception of the above, good nature generally pt.
veiled throughout the proceedings.
One member, jocosely rising to a question of mit
complained that another member was smoking: .
gars in yiolation of the rules.
The accused, with usual good humor, denied tl
fact, saying that the former did not see it.
Soon after an equally important point was Mil
that a Republican gentleman was sitting wiit
boots cocked upon his desk.
Members were continually pairing off to risk
basement refectories, and some returned with
plies of food in their hinds.
. .
At 11 o'clock but four persons were in the gat
.ries, the dry and uninteresting proceedings induci
the spectators to leave the hall. Owing to the
most uninterrupted roll calls for nine hours. t
clerks had become hoarse, and evidently ore:-
tigued with the House diversions.
No quorum voting, some member moved to
jou rn , and another for a call of the House.
Mr. WICKLIFFE (U.), of Kentucky - , inquire,
the Chair whether it would be a pririlesed quest
to ask if he had a right to make a motion for a
cret session. He diet not know whether it was
privileged question or not.
The SPEAKER replied there is a joint rule
riding that either House could go into secret sea
if any gentleman should so more. after ets
that the President desires to submit a Illei;
Mr. NVIC.K.LIFFE. I Think, sir, we eghtkel
the doors. There is a rule, iv Melt oaysalle:eve
confidential communicator, to sawived.the lie
shall be cleared Of allpersons,exeeptingtheft*
clerk, and doorkeeper.
The Speaker remarked, that rule applied tot , .
munications from the Executive.
Mr. IVICKLIFFE. But there is another
never repealed. Let me see. He examined
manual, and then said :. The Speaker orany mem
may inform the House that he has a communiesit
to make which ought ,to be kept secret, when 1
doors in like manner shall be closed.
The SPF.JIIIER. The Chair will state—
Mr. WlClC_LlFFE—interrupting—earnestly
quired : Is it a privileged question]
"l'he SPEAKER. Not unless you have somethi:
to eOlniZttnicates as required by the rules. lint,
there Is no (patirllni. no business can be transacted
Mr. WIC.KLIPF I E, turning:Fav frql,
his ?es
said, I'll put it off till a quorum rata. LuZitt"'
Mr. CRAVENS (Dem.), of Indians, "Rote y.
an anecdote to communicate I"
The exercises were varied by motions to atom
and the calling of the yeas and nays to &fermi: ,
the question, as heretofore, in the negative.;
Mr. COX (Dem.), of Ohio, wanted a recess tall
o'clock to-morrow.
Mr.. WADSWORTH (U.), of Kentucky, des:
tomake a compromise with Mr. Stevens, t'a Re of ihe - fabt that The Chaff: Wag `-"gued, but objects.
came from the Republican side.
A general debate having been heretofore inlulgi
in in Committee of the Whole on the bill relstivel
breech-loading cannon—
Mr. RIDDLE (Rep.), of Midi 611ggested that tl
go into committee for the disebarge of breech:
bog speeches. [Laughter.]
TUr. ROSCOE cIONE_LING (Rep.l, of. NewYm
mentioned, for the information of the House.
there was a gentleman present who could eft :t` - '' '
sing the Marseillaise Hymn.
The SPEAKER made some reply, which elicited
the remark from a member: "The game is blocked ,
Will the Speaker say what is to be done next!"
An inquiry was made whether Mr. Aldrich cot
deliver his views on the Red River of the 'North.
The SPEAKER replied that no remarks coil be
indulged in without unanimous consent.
Mr. ALDRICH. What is the question! [Lsaia•
ter.]
The SPEAKER. On the motion of the gentians
from New Jersey to adjourn to Friday nest.
Mr. ALDRICH (with an apparent serious as.)
Why, sir, that question has already been deed
three times. [Laughter.]
Mr. FENTON (Rep.), of New York, asked the
unanimous consent of the House to makes sPle•
went, with a view to= accommodate all rude: bst
objection was made.
At midnight a Vote was taken on the molloa'
adjourn till Friday", but no quorum voted.
On motion of Mr. STEVENS (Rep.). of Penc-1 1-
.vania, there was a call of the House. Some
absentees were excused by yea and nay votes, srnde
others were not so fortunate.
It is now one o'clock. Some members are Ae??*
lag in their seats; others are monopoltzEn.
sofas. They were from time to time disturbed.,
their watchful friends to respond, which they,-I.
drowsily, to the roll call.
[ltis said the Rebublicans are determined to Pi.
severe against the opposition tactics, and get 1- ' ) `
on the bill before the adjournment.]
Mr. ALDRICH wished to know whether tke
morning hour had expired. [Laughter.)
The SPEAKER replied that it hail jus conlble ,, `
[Renewed laughter.]
Two O'CLocx . .—Only about sixty members voted'
No quorum. -
Mr. ROSCOE CONKLINGE moved a all of the
House.
IdAr.}. Pam. Two o'cuocm—Excuses Sre 1. 1 4
made for the absentees:
There is no inimediate prospect of a vote on th e
pending bill.
A.C.ADZALy OP Teluste—GßAND DlrstrAL F BI
ear..—ln speaking of the entertainment to be gi t.°
on Tuesday evening, February iOth, bS the N e f
England Soldiers' Relief Association, ice in-tr
vertently committed a mistake yesterd* lre
should have stated that tickets could be obtainca
at the gift bookstore of Mr. J. J. Beans, in Chestnut
street, near Fifth, (formerly G. G. Beans'') "e,
are informed that Mrs. Geo. E. Spencer will r
the original poem selected for the occasion.
•
A NEW STORY BY BLARION HARLAND.—.Tnii dir
tinguished and popular authoress commences a acs:
story in thq,Saturday Evening Post of this week. i t
is called "Colonel Floyd's Wards." " Maxionll
he
land " is the author of "Alone," "Miriam,"
Ridden Path," &c.
From coirespondenCejust reached us from
nezuela we notice that the Government of that W"
public has conferred on Colonel Carlo ButterfieW,
late of Mexico, and now residing in New York, the
rank of brigadier general in the army of Venezueli,
as an acknowledgment of the important serrice3 he
has, on various occasions, rendered to the ilepublic•
—ln the January number of the (London) of
Bar r there is an article on the newspaper pre"
America. The writer gives such important items 0f
information as these: that "James Watson Webt.'
1 , 4
formerly of the New York Inquirer, is the On
States minister to Turkey ;" that the "New / 7 ' ? ! . !
Tribune, edited by Horace Greeley, is Democritl
and distinguished for its advocacy of peace-prin ei
and opposition to capital punishment ;" that tlic
"New. York Times is the Whig organ, edi te ' l bi r
Henry Raymond, the new Speaker of the House 0
Representatives," &c., &c.
The Wheeling. Intelligences says of the new!?
elected United States Senator: "Judge Boydos
the uncompromising friend and advocate Of t hs
Federal Union, without compromises. To it he
loyal without provisions or conditions ; acd fort
loyalty and integrity he has been made the ol
Of the Most merciless rebel persecution."