VII V rtss. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1803. CONGRIf.SS. SExA•rv..—Mr. Salisbury made au ample apology for his recent outrage upon the dignity of the Senate. A petition was presented for the relief of the chief engineer of the Monitor. Credentials of Air. Hendricks were presented. Resolutions censur ing the commission for examining the transports of the Banks' Expedition was taken up, considered, and postponed. The bill to aid the State of Missouri in the emancipation of slaves was called up, and after a protracted debate, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE.—The House continued in session until Thursday morning, at half-past five o'clock, having under consideration the bill authorizing the Presi dent to raise troops of African descent. The House met again yesterday morning, and on motion of iNir. Pendleton, the Secretary of the Treasury was re quested to inform the House what amount of fees the collector, surveyor, and naval officer at New York have received under the act of 1861, providing for the collection of duties on imports. After the transaction of some other unimportant husiness, the bill referring to troops of African descent was taken up and discussed at length, when the House ad . ourned. PENNSYLVANIA. LEGISLATURE. SLICATB.—The resolution opposing the arrest of Albert D. Boileau, and directing the Governor to proceed to Washington, and answer any charges which may have been preferredagainst the prisoner, was introduced, and referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. The bill relative to the Phila delphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad was taken up And passed. The bill providing for the payment of the interest on the State debt in coin was taken up, considered, amended, passed, and the Senate adjourned. HorynE.—The bill providing for the payment of the interest on the State debt In coin was taken up, passed, and sent to the Senate for concurrence. A remonstrance against the construction of a passen ger railway on Ninth and Twelfth streets, in this city, was presented. Mr. Ludlow introduced a se ries of resolutions denouncing the arrest of A. D. Boileau as improper and unjust. Adjourned. The Covernment at the Ear of the Crimi nal Court. The extraordinary vigilance manifested by his Honor Judge LUDLOW iS SO DILICII at variance with the general custom of courts, that we cannot permit it to pass without a word, of comment. It seems that, on Tues day evening, Mr. A. D. BOILEAU, the pub lisher of a newspaper called the Evening Juanita, was taken in custody by an officer of the United States, and his pairer sup.: pressed by order of General SRENCR". It was charged that he had published an article oulogiiing JEFFERSON Dnvls, compliment ing his message, and denouncing Mr. LIN COLN, and that, in addition to this, he had made a habit of assailing the Government at all times in bitter and vindictive terms. We must say that our own judgment would not have suggested the course of General SILENCE'. The Journal was a very insignifi cant paper and its proprietor a very insignifi cant person, and . the only effect of the arrest will be to give notoriety to men to whom noto riety is life and bread. At the same time; the nervous zeal of Judge Lunnow exhibits a judicial diligence that is rare and com mendable, and ,a degree of hostility to the Government that iVe aloe-pained to see. He wes trying criminal cases in a criminal court, and was dealing stern justice to pickpockets, thieves, and receivers of stolen goods. As soon as he heard of the arrest of Mr. BOILEAU he sent for his Grand Jury. He caused a " decided sensation," says our hnperturba- - ble reporter, the grave and reverend audi ence that generally attends a criminal court evidently anticipating one of those drarnatic exhibitions of indignation that are occa sionally seen in • the Court of Quarter Ses sions. The jury came and answered to their names, whereupon the judge, in an elabo rate opinion, proceeded-to harangue them in a learned and indignant manner. We regret to learn, from the tone of this charge, that Judge LUDLOW has been for the past year or two leading a very unhappy life. Those who suppose that he has been giving all his energies to the dispensation of justice among pickpockets, thieves, and rowdies,'very much mistake the Man. He has been bubbling up with indignation, and now it overflows. "The time has arrived," he says, " when we can no longer hold our peace." Then, in a tone that seems to in vite criticism, he proceeds further to say that the obligations of his office compel him at " every hazard" to direct the Grand. Jury to take action in the matter. He gives us to understand that his silence heretofore has been from his extreme 'loyalty, and that his sudden action now is with a view to protect the rights of the citizen, and that his charge to the Grand Jury "has not been done without serious reflection." We might well ask how much serious reflection Judge 'LUDLOW could give to an elaborate legal opinion prepared on a question:will - eh arose within twenty-four hours of its publication, but we have no desire to ask him any ques tions or say anything that may add to his present unhappy state of mind. His posi tion may please his own ideas of loyalty and disloyalty—they arc very certain to please every disloyal man in the community. Treason has long looked for a resting place in Philadelphia, and has contented itself with obscure newspapers, suburban' politi cal associations, and mysterious rendezvous. The ermine has never yet thrown over it its protecting folds, although it is perhaps proper that it should find comfort and con solation' at the bar of a criminal court. The objections of Judge LUDLOW to the arrest of Mr. BornEAu are not original with him. They were uttered in the beginning, when Chief Justice TANEY interfered with the Executive in his effort to punish the men who burned the bridges iu Maryland. Every disloyal newspaper has printed theth• —every disloyal representative, from BRECE 'MUDGE and BURNETT down to others whom we need not name; has declaimed them—and every disloyal person in our city has sustained and applauded them. Judge LUDLOW has finally given them the sanc tity of his judicial position. ThoSe who care to read Judge LUDLOW'S opinions will find them in another column. We have no .desire to review them, as the question before us is not it controversy. We are Merely expressing our opinion about the gratuitous demonstratiOn of a criminal court against the Government. • We think, how ever, that Judge LUDLOW, in -the course of his argument, forgets the great point . of the present question. He must know, as a lawyer, that in times of danger from civil - war, rebellion, or invasion, it is the right of the Eiecutive power to place in custody any citizen or person whose liberty may amm to prejudice the public safety.' It makeS no difference -whether the'person or citizen has been charged With crime, or even comMitted crime, if he is regarded as an enemy of the" country ; if big being at large at all affects the public peace or safety, he may b'e taken into custody until the danger is over. The great law of selfpreservation, which governs kingdoms and republics as sa credly as it governs men and women— the duty of never allowing the law to bring injury to the law—the necessity of crushing crime and treason in the most summary and rapid manner—the law of life and safety, may all be cited in favor of the course of the President, and might have been considered by Judge LUDLOW. Every permitting magistrate has the power to imprison any vagabond or stranger who has no visible means of support, and can give no account of himself. This is a niagisterial right, that' exists as a relic of the old common law, and is permitted fbr the good of society. eer tainly, if Judge LUDLOW can send S.-SllS picious person to prison, -because he is sus picious, and there is danger of his picking a pocket or setting fire to a house, cannot the President arrest andtuppress a person who, in times of danger and commotion, en deavors to bring contempt upon the Bepublic, by denouncing its army, and navy, and flovernment, and eulogiz ing the chief conspirator against the na tion's peace ? Mr. BOILEAU is an insignifi cant person, and Time Journal was a misera ble newspaper. When the great traitor of the age, JEFFERSON DAVIS, is held up by him to the people of Philadelphia as a model Presi dent, and ABRAHAM LINCOLN, our Chief Ma .glatmte, disparaged and denounced, it was time for the Government to take a decided course. The instincts of public safety go yarned our fathers in the revolutionary time to acts infinitely more arbitrary than any act of Mr. LINCOLN, and men were found bo censure them with as much vehemence and haste as we see manifested by Judge J..un nOw. In' anetber cOliirtn we print the ac t ion Of Congress inVl77, in a case similar to that now before us. Congress was at. that time the Executive, and the b•Ad measures it adopted were sustained by Gen. WAstrxo- TON, n personwbo was probably as.sensitive on the rights of men as the judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions. We commend this record to Judge Luimow and to all who applaud his manifesto against the Govern ment; and in parting from him, we can only regret that he has voluntarily placed him self in the position of being the first judge of Pennsylvania who, when the Republic was in peril, sought to interpose the majesty of law between it and the men who sought to accomplish its ruin. He will probably be among the first to lament the unenviable history lie has so hastily made. • LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL." WASHINGTON, January - 29, 1863 • The preconcerted' attack upon the New England States by the Democratic leaders, and the zeal and persistency with which this assault is maintained, is the last and not the least significant proof of their deep-seated hatred to the Union, and their equally deep seated determination to sever and keep apart the different sections of the Reptiblic. These leaders arc the advocates and the organs of the spirit of DiSunion. To diVide and de stroy was the purpose of Calhoun and. his followers—to divide and destroy is now the motive of the men who allowed the disciples of Calhoun to force them into submission to the worst doctrines of that arch-traitor. I do not, however, regret that this treachery has at last taken such shape as to compel the people to notice it. The subserviency of the Democratic poli ticians to the leaders of that party cannot be maintained when the Democratic masses are convinced that the great object of these leaders is to force a separation of the Union; and that this •is their Object they can no longer deny. They supported Breckinridge in the face of the fakt, that, his supporters were resolved upon disunion, and they continued to stand by his policy, even when he was preparing to follow to the battle-field. the traitors who had already seceded. After this secession they openly advised the, people of Pennsyl vania to go with the South, and to cut loose from the North. [The letters and speeches of prominent Democratic leaders, like Mr. W. B. Reed, Mr. F. W. Hughes, and Mr. Charles Ingersoll, are unanswerable evi dences of the truth of this assertion.] About the same period came Fernando - Wood!s earnest. argument in favor of making New York city independent of-the General Go vernment. Then was to be heard the pro phecy that the' secession of the North west, because the rebels had blockaded the. Mississippi, was a fixed fact. The -Pacific States were next claimed . to be only waiting the opportunity to tear themselves from the parent tree.. Simulta neous with all these treasonable intrigues and plots, the conspiracy against 'the New England States, to which I have referred, has. been carried on 'with equal malignity and perseverance. ' You will perceive from this retrospect, that the Democratic lead . ers, not content with approving the ori ginal act of secession, on the part of the slaveholders; are working industri ously to make Secession the rule in this country for generations to come. Hence, they already partitioned the Republic so far as their treasonable theories, and still more treasonable operations, can go. If .their. doctrines could be carried into effect, the Union would be divided into at least five separate provinces, the greater of which' would be the Southern Confederacy, with Pennsylvania tied like a captive at its cha riot wheels, and New England left, as these . arch-traitors desire, isolated and "in the cold." " Whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad." The impostors who have crept into prominent positions in the Democratic party have committed . many fatal Mistakes within the last three years. Their subserviency to the slave tyrants in 1800, who decreed that Douglas should be destroyed; their shameless cow ardice when forced to support Breckin ridge against 'their own instincts of right and wrong; their sympathy .With secession when it was threatened, and their silence when it was carried into effect; their in difference .to their country when secession ripened into war; their unprovoked and. un-• grateful hostility ,to the Administration of. Abraham Lincoln before it had taken a single official. step ; and the consistency with which, for more than two years, they have given their heart's hopes; to the enemy seeking for the blood of their countrymen, and for the life of the Republicall these were fatal mistakes, never to be expiated, never to be forgiven—mistakes which, how ever thiS war may eventuate, will stand against those. who haile committed them en ineffaceable record of Shame. But if it is possible' for men to transcend such crimes as these—crimes which recall the darkest pages in human history—that, extreme has been. reached when these leaders, with fiendish . deliberation, try to awaken , against the people of New England the jealousy, the hatred, and the violence of other sections of the country. I pronounce no eulogy upon New England—her annals are written in all our records—her sons have foUght in all our battle-fields—her literature is read at all our firesides. There is scarcely a school dis • , trict in our wide domain that has not pro fited in the light of her eiample. Her 'teacliefs have educated the children •of the slaveholders in the south,' and her .mechanics have enriched theSe slave holders by, teaching them.. how to culti vate the products of their soil. Every yhere, the sons of New England May be . found. Every Where frugal, industrious, ad- Venturous, and everywhere loyal: There is not a town in Pennsylvania that does not re cognize the presence and feel- grateful for the influence of the - Yankee character. 'And . the population of the great Northwest•the seat of a wondrous progress—is an admix,. ture in which New England thrift, daring, and loyalty are the chief and controlling in gredients: In the delicious infatuation of the new managers of the Demodratic party, it is now proposed to cut off New England from the rest of the States. And to this entertainment her own de scendants, and those with whom they are inteimarried and -associated over all these wide domains are . earnestly invited -:th-take part. ",There's.' a Affinity which shapes . our .ends„ rough-hew them as we . May. ;" and it is probable that the excesses of the Men who now occupy seats heretofore filled by the best and purest statesmen in the land are impelled by an irresistible -fate to. the commission of these overshadowing offences, so that, iu the end, their punishment may be held up as a perpetual admonition through coming generations. May we not say of them what the old poet said of the degenerate sons of Rome ; "While impious sons their mangled fathers wound, "And, lest the merit of the crime be lost, • "With dreadful joy the parricide they boast Proud to the chiefs the cold pale heads they bear, The gore get droning from the sliver hair." .Athitrary Arrests In the Time of the Revo lution. .CFrom the Journals of Congress, 1777.3 Whereas, The States of Pennsylvania .and Dela, wire are threatened with an immediate invasion fioni a powerful army, who have already landed at the head of Chesapeake Bay; And, whereas, the pfinelples of policy and self-preservation require That all persons who may reasonably be suspected of aiding or abetting the cause of the enemy, may be prevented from pursuing measures injurious to the general weal : Resolved, That the executive authorities of the States of Pennsylvania and Delaware be requested to cause all persons within their respective States notoriously disaffected, forthwith to be apprehended, disarmed, and secured, till such time as their re spective States think they may be released without injury to the common cause. Resolved, That it be recommended to the Supreme Executive Council of the State of Pennsylvania to cause a diligent search to be made in the houses of the inhabitants of the city of Philadelphia, who have not manifested their attachment to the American cause, for fire-arms, swords,.and bayonets; that the owners of the arms so found be paid for them at an appraised value, and that they be delivered to such of the mi litia of the State of Pennsylvania who are at present unarmed, end have been called into the field. On the above preamble and resolutions, Mr. Fisher, in his admirable work on The Trial of The Constitution ; makes these remarks: A ease occurred in Philadelphia in 1177. .Some twenty gentlemen, of high respectability, were firtehted by order of the Supreme Executive Council of this State, at the instance of Congress, banished ix: a town in Virginia, and there detained. They were not treated as criminals, but with considera tion and kindness. Those who chose to declare their allegiance to the Government were released, and all were permitted to return to their homes when it was thought they could be no longer danger ous. Tliesc arrests were made with the knOwledge and approbation of Washington. A writof habeas corpus woe issued at the instance of the prisoners, but it was disregarded lig the officer in charge <of them,`and soon afterwards, September 16th, 1717, the Legislature passed n indemnifying the,,Executive Council, and suspending the writ of habeas corpus. Special Despatehei to d , The Press." The War Department will, in future, probably have but one Assistant Secretary .of War instead of three, as recently. This is considered sufficient, with the addition of an officer, expressly sanctioned by law, to be styled the Solicitor of the War Depart ment., The number of brigadier generals now in the Bev vice is about 200, and of major generals 40. The President has recently nominated to the Senate 15L additional of the former grade, and fifty of the lat ter. It is believed by those who have the direction of military affairs in Congress, that the law limiting the number of each grade of officers will be amended so as to add fifty brigadier generals and twenty-five major generals to the army. The U. S. steamer Aurora, on the 10th instant, captured the English steamer Rising Dawn, with a cargo of 2,838 bushels of salt and a large quantity of Wolfer matches, soap, coffee, gunny bags. She was from Nassau, N. P., and was trying to run the blockade. The United States steamer Ottowa, on the 21st instant, captured the schooner Hetlwan, with ninety-nine bales of cotton, while attempting to run out from Charleston. On the Bth instant, the steamer Trophie (formerly thit Huntt s ess), of Charleston, while attempting to run the' blockade, was destroyed by fire. Iler crew and passengers were saved by the boats of the Quaker City. The Proposition to Raise Colored Troops Is creating intense excitement in the. House of Bepresentatires. The Democracy and the Border- State men present a united front, and seem deter. mined to wear the patience of the friends of the Ad ministration out. The Bepublicans are inexcusable for delaying this measure until this late day of the session. The bill will undoubtedly pass the House, but when it gets into the Senate there will be no limit to the debate. The friends of - the nie.istire, however, will doubtless expedite the measure by permitting its enemies to have nearly all the talking their own way. Hon. W. McKim Duicti, of Indiana, who opposed the confiscation bill as it passed the last session of Congress, made an able speech in the House to-day in favor of arming the slaves. Three hundred thou sand armed men of the South—its bone and sinew— would save thousands Of white lives, preserve order among the freed men in the South, and grind the rebellion to powder. If an army of.negroes is raised, the larger the better. Thenegroca hay.t built up the Confederacy, and they can tea: it down. There is the best authority for saying that the statement that the EuiPeror of the French has made a renewed proposal' f mediation to the British Go vernment, since the battle of Fredericksburg, is en tirely - without :truth. The unfriendly interpretation put- upon' the Emperor's remarks respecting the United States, by a portion of the press, and the reports of a conference with Mr. Sr.inv.t.r., are unjust and unfounded. • Arrangements are being made for the speedy ex- Change of about one hundred civilian prisoners now in thepld Capitol Prison and out on parole here for as many Union civilians held by the rebels. Tlie Motropolitan Railroad Company. The bill of Senator RICE, furnishing aid to the Metropolitan Railroad Company, guarantees its bonds to the amount of two and a half millions, and those of the Pittsburg and Connellsville road to the amount of two millions, and authorizes the cor poration of Waohington to guarantee two millions more for building the road from the Point: of Hocks to Hagerstown. It provides for a mortgage of the road, to pay the interest and two per cent. of the principal. The Lost Crew of the Monitor. It has been ascertained that the following officers and men of the Monitor were lost when that vessel foundered, a short time since : Acting Ensigns.—Norman Atwater, Geo. Frede rickson. Engineers.—li. W. Hands, Samuel H. Lewis Petty Ofticers.—John Stocking, James Fenwieh, Wm. Bryan. Daniel Moore, Robert H. Howard, Jacob Nicols, Win. Allen, Wm. Eagan, Robert Cook, Thos. Joice, Robt. Williams, Geo. Littlefield-16 in all. ' Senator Collamer's Amendment to Post Office Law.. Senator Cor.r.amm's proposed amendment to the Post'Office Law, it is stated, embraces many import ant improvements. Postmasters are to be paid by fixed salaries, based Upon the annual compensation for the four pre ceding years. Compensation for clerk hire and incidental ex penses is applied to the salary system, with proper changes of phraseology. Letter Postage.—Half an ounce to be at the rate of three cents throughout the United States, prepaid. Transient printed matter and miscellaneous mail matter, standard weight four ounces, the rate is fixed at two cents; whilst more than two newspa pers may be Included without exceeding this limit. Circulars are limited to three at one rate. Double rates are chargeable on boobs, owing to the long transportation often required:. Newspapers and periodicals:issued once a week or oftener, and circulated withinthe United States, five eehts a quarter for weeklies, and five cents for each additional issue. Regular issues IM:frequently than once a week, monthlies, &e.,*eiteelit email newspapers, which may go as heretofore, by the package, to be rated at one cent a copy to the standard weight of four ounces, and one additional rate for each additional four ounces The bill also asks authority .for the Government route agents to receive and deliver outside mail mat ter, wider proper regulations, in competition with the express companies. . . • The Carrier System.-11 is propOtied to' deliver let ters, &.c., without any carrier's fee whatever, either for collecting or delivering letters, &c., and, instead, to transfer the one cent now paid for delivery, and at branch offices to the drop letter, requiring two cents to be prepaid on all such matter by stamps, and then delivered with no charge at aU on mail letters, and no further charge on drop letters. It ts also expected that more rapid and more frequent de liveries will be made under the new system pro posed. The White River Expedition. • The Navy Department has received information that the naval expedition up the White river, under the command of Lieutenant Commanding ..1 - 011li G . . WaLKZR, was successful in accomplishing the duty on which it was sent. He pushed on to Duval's Bluff; in the Baron De Kalb. Annexed is his official report. The capture .of the guns alluded to renders it very difficult for the rebels to defend the ap proaches to Little Rock r and it is believed that the State of Arkansas is completely in our power. U. S. GUNBOAT BARON DEKA LB, DuvAL's BLUFF', Jan. 16, 1863. Sin: I have the honor to report my arrival at this place, leaving the transports at Arkapola, four miles below. I cleared for aci ion and steamed up, arriving at about 31'. M., and meeting with no ro. sistance. I made fast to the bank, and ,landing a party, took possession of all the public property. I found two (6.. and 8-inch) guns and carriages, about 200 stand of arms, with accoutrements, and three platform cars. Thei guns were upon skids, and were being parbuckled upon the cars, when the rebels took the alarm and lied. The supper of the soldiers was cooking Avhen I arrived, and they left their blankets and traps of all "Ands behind. 1. took seven prisoners; . and from them and the negroes learned that the ,troops en gaged in loading the cars ran about fifteen. minutes •beore Irrived, and at the same time the steamer Blue Wi g went up the river. Ther) l ins and carriages are in good order, and many of the small arms are new Enfield rifles. Upon the arrival of Gen. Gorman's troops I drew ott'sny men, and turned the place over to the army, I arn, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, • • JOHN G. WALKER, Lieutenant Commanding. To Acting Rear Admiral DAVID D. PORTER, • Commanding U. S. Mississippi Squadron, Important Test Question at St. Loads-The gmancipation Proclamation. ST. Loins, Jan. 29.—1 n the case of Benjamin Williams, a black man,indieted for grand larceny be fore the . Criminal Court, to-day, the question whether he Was a free man or a slave at the time of the larceny, on the 6th of January, was argued at length—the penalty in the former case being In carceration in the penitentiary, and in the latter corporeal punishment. Ihe evidence elieitedfproved that he was born slave in Mississippi, but previous to his arrival in this State, two or :three months ago, he was the property of . Major Thmlkin, of Arkansas, who, at the time, was a prisoner of the "Union forces..: Judge Clover delivered an elaborate decision, declaring that the said prisoner is a frx4man by virtue of the President's proclamation, and being once tree, is fox ever free, the judge knowing of no power or law by which a man, being once !emancipated, can be again enslaved. NEW YORK, Jan. .—The ship Escort, from Tern Cruz, reports that, when off the southwest Fide of Cuba, she wan in company for two days With what she supposed to be the pirate Alabama. She approached quite near at night, but' kept away dur ing the day. She was under sail. It was blowing a gale at the time. She finally left the ship without making any demonstration. OCCASIONAL. Nxw yome, ;lan. 29.—The steamer :Star of the South, from Port ROyal, arrived at this port to night. The steamer Matanzas had reached there with the 115th New Yoik Regiment aboard. She would sail again for the North On the 28th. There is no other news of interest. JEFFERSON CITY, Jan. 29.—The Senate to-day passed the House resolution, asking Congress to appropriate twenty-five millions for emancipation purposes in this State, by a vote of 26 yeas to 2 nays. SAN FnAiicisco, Jan. 29.—The State Legislature anent the greater portion of the night in investiga ting the charges of corruption, but no vote was taken on the subject. , • TIWNTON, Jan. 29.—Mr. Perry, of Hudson, offered the following resolution in the Mouse of Assembly to-day : Resolved, That the people are discouraged and dis heartened at the continued reverses of our armies, but for which we believe the generals in the field are not respiinsible, and that we look forward to the restoration of Gen. McClellan as commander-in-chief tiwthe only means of saving the country from utter ruin, and that we look to him as the only man to lead Army of the Potomac to victory. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. Ent m, Pa., Jan. 29.—The following despatch• has been received from Senator Foster: "Commodore Lanman was contirmed on the active list . In the Navy on Monday." Sailing of the China. Now Yellin ,Tan.29.The steamer Mina sailed at noon from the Quhrantine, where she was de. tsined from yesterday oh account of the storm, THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA FRIDAY, JANUARY 30: 1861 WASHINGTON. WIAMTNOTON, January 29, [863, The War Department. !Onr Brigadier Generals. Captures by Our Steamers. Our Relations France. Exchange of Prisoners. The Pirate Alabama. From Fort Royal. The Missouri Legislature. The California LegWature. The New Jersey Legislature. Coin. Lasiman, U. S. N. ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. 14:04 0 4:0; DV-.le2teirio);llvig•3:44):lmi;iel GENERAL M'CLERNAND'S ARMY NEAR THE CITY. GENERAL GRANT'S ARMY AT RAND. Noting a New Bed for the Mississippi. Cmcwoo, Jan. 29.—A special despatch from Cairo, says that information has been received that the United States troops under General McOternand had landed on the Louisiana side of the river, five miles below the mouth of the Yazoo, in full view of the city: Two brigades were engaged in opening the famous cut-off when our informant left. •. The river is now bank-high at Vicksburg. General Grant 'left Memphis on Tuesday for below, with one division. SKETCH OF. VIOKSBURG. Vicksburg, a city and port . of entry, capital of Warren county, Misshisippi is situated -on the Mis sissippi river, four hundred ' miles above New Or leans, and .forty-four and a half . miles west' of Jackson, the capital of the State on the line of the Southern (Miss.) Railway. Jackson is the termi nus of the New Orleans and Jackson Railroad, which extends from the Crescent City to the latter place, a distance of one hundred and eighty-three miles, and here connects with the Mississippi Cen tral Railway, running to Grand Junction, distant two hundred and 'twelve miles. It will thus be seen that by the movements on Vicksburg not only is the capital of lilississippi threatened, but Beaurc gard's communication .with the Southwest is in danger of being cut off. The situation of Vicks burg is elelated, the ground uneven, and the city is not compactly built. It • contains, beside the county buildings, fOur_or five churches, and seve ral academies for both sexes. Before the rebel lion, three or four newspapers were published here— the most important being the Whig (American), and the Snit (Democratic). 'Vicksburg is the most com mercial place on the river between Natchez and Memphis, and is an important mart for cotton, of which article about .100,000 bales were formerly an nually exported. The greater part of this was received by railroad. Whrreu county is situated in the western part ofillississippi, bordering on Louisiana, and has an area of about seven hundred and twenty-five miles. It is bounded on the west by the Mississippi river; on the southeast by the Big Black, and intersected by the YAZOO river. The surface is generally level find low, except in the vicinity of Vicksburg, where the Walnut hills rise several hundred feet above the river. The soil is alluvial and very fertile, pro ducing cotton and Indian Corn in profusion. In 1860 the population numbered 20,710, of whom 13,763 were slaves. ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. Our Transports Attacked on the Cumber land' River by Guerillas Again—An Ar tillery Duel—The Rebels Driven Off. NasnviLLE, Jan. 29.—A fleet of tWentpnine transports and three gunboats, the Lexington, St. Clair, and Brilliant, arrived here this morning. The Lexington, when above the shoals, was attacked by two hundred guerillas, who firedthree . six-iniunders. The boat was struck three times, but was not da maged. She returned the fire, and shelled them from their position. The fleet was not interrupted: : The gunboats, with eight unloaded steamers, left for Clarksville at six o'clock this evening. The river is at a stand; with ten feet of water on the shoals. . FROM NORTH CAROLINA. Resignation of Gov. Stanley. NEw YoRK, .7 an. 29.—A letter from Newbern says that Governor Stanley's resignation was sent to Washington by the last mail. It was Wised upon the President's emancipation proclamation, to which he is strenuously opposed. The officers of the army, and navy, as well as the citizens, are averse to the appointment of_ a succes sor, as the office is thought to be needless, and a seri ous obstacle to the progress of our arms. A strong movement is on foot for the establish ment of a Provisional Government similar to that In New Orleans. The President and Congress have been memorialized in that respect. The 3d New York Cavalry recently made a bril liant reconnoissance on Jacksonville, capturing va I treble stores. General Foster is-accepting the services of the ne groes for garrison duty, notwithstanding the remon strances of Governor Stanley. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF. . ignw Yomr, Jan. 29—The steamer St. Mary, from New Orleans on the loth, and Key West on the24th inst., has arrived. The U. S. gunboat Tioga arrived at Key West on the 22d with a valuable•prize—the British 'steamer Pearl, which she captured Off the Bahamas. The steamer Melville, from New York, arrived at Rey West on the 24th, The steamer George Washington, from New York, arrived at New Orleans on the 20th. There is nothing new from. Galveston. It appears that the. rebel gunboat Cotton was blown to atoms; by order of Gen. Weitzel. She is said to have been an iron-clad. The Ti. S. transport ships Pocahontas, Mullin, Lucinda, T. 0. Ball, and bark Guerilla, had arrived at New Orleans. . STITES IN REBELLION. FouTnnss Mownoit,' Jan. 28.—The 'flag-of-truce: steamboats Express, New York; and Metamora ar.; rived about dark, last evening, from -City Point. They brought down eighteen hundred Union pH . . Boners, essthanged from pichniond; and-left here at a late hour last night fqr Annapolis. ARREST OP A SPY. The Richmond Whig of January_ 26th Bap; : • " On Sunday last, a man named Carrington was arrested in Richmond on the charge of being a Yankee spy," A FEDERAL ADVANCE A Richmond paper, of January 27 says: "The enemy is advancing from Newham in two columns, one towards Kinston, the other toward Wilming . . UNICYN VICTORY IN TIILTr;TES.SEE MOnmn, ,Jan. despntch, dated Mc:Minns ville, .24th, says: . oThe enemy attacked Morgan's regiments this morning. After Aim hours' hint fighting, with superior tortes, our men fell baCk two miles." • THE WILMINGTON EXPEDITION. • Advices from Goldsboro', N. 0, to January 15, report the Union fleet, 92 sail, Including two Mo nitors and six other iron -clads, in-Beaufort harbor; also, that 53,000 Unionists are maim*, in ,More head and Caroline cities. ":.. A VOICE FROM NORtEI. CAROLINE: The Raleigh Standard says, ih - speaking of the re bel authorities at Richmond ; • ' " They labor to break down the old Goverruneht, because they were about.to lose.the beef,lhad:tbay would wreck the. new one.' before they 'would part with the inirCRS.9 'upon which the vultures were settled. = "Their motion, was, 'Divide and destroy,' and their motto now is consolidated, 'Rule or -ruin.' Hence they are distractives, and those who opposed• them are conservatives. " We - still walk the soil and breathe the air of freedom , and are•not to be influenced in our course by the blandishments or the frowps of . AFFAIRS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF. VIR- FonntEss IklOwnoll, Jan. 28. 7 -There ?tie no new developments in-favor of the exchange of Officers, except the recent captures at Arkanias Post s make the rebels sore, and they seem more desirous of fall ing back upon the old cartel. . The ship William and is now at anchor in Hampton 'Romig, the steamer Vanderblitris still at anchor in HamptOn ROada. !' Important captures of ,contraband goods have been made in Gates county; to the amount of. $300,- 009, by our officers in that vicinity. _ THE PIRATE FLORIDA. Nxiv Yonx, Jan. q9:--The steamer Eagle, from , Havana on the 24th inst., arrived at this port thin morning. - • • A letter from Havana, dated the 24th, to the Asso ciated Press, states thfkt the' pirate Florida • arrived there on the 21st from 'Mobile. She coaled during the night, and sailed on.the 22d on a piratical cruise. The pirate first met the bark La'Ciguera, from Port land, but the bark kept Well in shore, and the pi rate's boat was recalled, the La 'Oiguera thus esz• caping. On the afternoon of the 2p, four miles from the coast, the pirate fell in with the brig Windward, Captain Roberts, from Matanzas, with molasses for Portland. The Windward was - robbed and burned, the crew being sent ashore in their own boat. Her cargo belonged to a Spanish•p,erehant. On the morning of the 23d, off.9irdenas, the pirate captured and burned the brig borli. Ann, of Machias, Captiiin Small, from Philadelphia, with shooks. She was burned only one Tile 'ffzkni land. 'The cap tain and crew were sent info'bartienaiin their own' boat. , . . . . Soon after the pirate eapturtroC tivo niore brigs, just out from Cardenas, and burned 'one and sank the other. A schooner, which arrived' at %warm on the' mot ning of the 24th, reports that the pirate was last seen, with the British flag flying, steering for the Bahamas. The United States mail steamer • Roney left Ha- Yana on the 23d, but returned On.: the lime after noon, having been fired into by thApanish man-of war-Pitnceen de A Muria. • The American consul ordered the Reauey to pre , teed on her voyage, and the gunboat Onelo, which had just arrived, was sent out , ai a convoy. The Reaney had the American flag:fiYhig when she Was ,fired into. She had the Anieifcan mailin*Cko verninent despatches on board:: - r• The 'United States gunboat Witchusett . ..iir IVed at Havana on the evening of the 22d, twetVe hours after the departure of the pirate. She coaled, and sailed on the morning of the,2lth. The rebels in Havana are in high glee. Mr. Helm, their agent, holds receptions every Friday evening. The rebel schooners Rays and General Worth, from Mobile, with cotton, arrived atHavana on the 23d. -The rebel schooner Mary Harris was to sail on the 25th for .Matamoros. The French Consul Generat - at Havana had lately drawn for a million dollars on the:French-Treasury, which draft was honored by itie Spanish Bank. The steamer Bio BM sailed from Havana on the 523k1 for New York.' ' • MEXICO. 'NEW Yonti, Jan, 29.—The steamer Bio-810, from Havana on the 22d that., arrived at this port to night. The following portion of her news, which is highly important, was not received by the Ammer Eagle. Ativices from Mexico to. the 9th that contirm the reported defeat of 4,000 French troops, under General Berthier, by a force of 800 Bleat 'Can cavalry. The fight took place in the midst of a fog, at two o'clock in the morning of December 18th. The French were completely routed. The Nexican General. ttuesittla had captured a convoy from Jalapa for Perote. The Mexican General Negrete with 10,000 men, made a sortie from Puebla and . Abu:lced; a French division 14.000 Fitt ong at Acafete, eight leagues from Puebla, coinpletely routing the VrenCh-, who• had to retreat to OrizithfL The French 'communication was almost cut oft' Jalapa and Tampico were abandoned by...their forces. . The small - pox hi Sera lasing era Oruz. XXXVIIth CONGRESS—Third Session. WASIIINOTON, January 29, tam. SENATE. An Apology. Mr. SAULSBURY (Dem.), of Delaware, said: Mr. President, I wish to say a few words, which deem proper, on the subject of certain charges made against me, and to express my sincere regret at what occurred on Tuesday evening last, in the Senate. I regret the violation of the rules of this body. I had no disposition and no desire to violate them, and upon that occasion, if I said anything offensive to any Senator, I extremely regret it. In reference to the matter of the pistol, I deem It due to my self to say that I am not in the habit of wearing arms. I never wore arms a month in all my life, and I would have much sooner injured myself than to have injured the sergeant-at-arms, or .any Sena tor on the floor, and therefore I think it is due to my own manhood thus to make this plain statement. I do not do it to influence the Senate in its action on.the resolution now before it, but upon a principle which his always governed my action through life, that when I am satisfied that I have done wrong, to make all the reparation I can. And now I say to any individual here, that if upon that occasion I used toward him any discourteous language, I re gret it. _ _ Mr:CLARK, (Rep.) I came to the •Senate this morning with the determination to call up the reso lution which I introduced yesterday, for I thought it due to the Senate and the country that prompt ac tion should be had upon it ; but, upon the state ment of the Senator from Delaware, I will not call it up this morning, but take the advice of Senators older than myself, and then take such action as I am advised. Relief Asked For. Mr. WALL (Dem.), of New Jersey, presented a petition from the Chief Engineer of the Monitor, asking for relief for losses incurred by her sinking at sea. • Credentials of 'kr. Hendricks. Mr. TURPIE (Dem.), of Indiana, presented the credentials of Hon. Thos. H. Hendricks. elected United States Senator from the State of Indiana, for six years, from the fourth of March next. Transportation of Mails, &e. Mt. RICE (Dem.), of Minnesota, introduced a bill to facilitate the transportation of mails and muni tions of war from Washington to the Point bf Rocks and to Pittsburg; also , to the waters of the Chesa peake. Referred to the Committee on Military Af fairs. • The Banks Expeditioa.N. Mr. HALE (Rep.), of New Hampshire, called up the resolution censuring Corn. Vanderbilt t Com. Van Brunt, Charles S. Haswell, and requesting E. I). Southard to refund the commission received by him. He said, as he offered the resolution, and it was un der his control, he would erase the name of Cora. Vanderbilt, as he performed his duty without any Compensationond had shown a great deal of patri. otism all through the war. Mr. Southard also had offered to perform his service for nothing, but he had extorted a large cOrninissibn, which ought to be refunded. To be sure, he had shown some repent ance, and refunded' some of the. money, but to the merchants and not to the. Government. Repentance should be to the Lord, and good works, &c., to the Government. Mr. GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa said there had been a great many errors in connection with the fit ting out of the Banks expedition. One was in giv ing to a set of brokers the duty to procure vessels. instead of publicly advertising for them, as had been the practice before. The old plan would.have saved - twenty-five per cent. of the coat. He referred to the testimony taken before the committee, to show the practice under the old plan. Another great error was in -not having . the vessels properly inspected. Com. Vanderbilt thought that the Custom House :inspection would be sufficient, but the Secretary of War was, not satisfied, and appointed Corn. Van Brunt, who,' it turned out, knew nothing about steam vessels, 'and Mr. Haswell was appointed to as sist. Again; the destination of the expedition was kept secret, so that even the inspectors did not know for what service the vessels were required Then the vessels were very much overloaded, and the men improperly packed on board. It was one mass of fraud from beginning to end. Nor was he in favor of excusing Com. "Vanderbilt. He thought he had not done all his duty. The morning hour having expired, the resolution was postponed. Fraud Agninst the Government. Mr. 'HOWARD (Rep.), of Michigan, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported back the bill to prevent and punish fraud against the United States.. Emancipation. Mr. TRUMBULL . (Rep.) called 'up the bill to aid the State of-Missouti in the emancipation of slaves. Mr. HENDERSON (U.), of Missouri moved to amend so that, if the emancipation was immediate twenty million of dollars should be paid; but, if it was gradual, ten million of dollars should be paid. Mr. WILSON (U.), of Missouri, said that, if the bill was not to be submitted to the people of that -State, he should content himself with votingagainst it on constitutional grounds; but, if it was proposed to let the present Assembly of that State settle the matter, he should move to amend the bill in several important particulars. ' Twenty million was not enough. Mr. SHERMAN (Rep.), of Ohio, was in favor of gradual emancipation, and was not willing to pay more than ten millions of dollars. Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, said this` bill came from the House, where it was passed un der the lead of a member from Missouri, providing for the payment of ten millions, with immediate emancipation, and no .slaves to be paid for which were brought into that State after the war. It went into the Judiciary Committee, and comes back amended to provide that slavery shall continue• therein thirteen years longer, and doubling the amount to he paid ; and instead of refusing to pay for the slaves brought into the State after the war, it proposes to pay for all slaves not freed wider - the confiscation act. He was will ing to do all he could to make the great State of Missouri a free State, but he could not vote for the bill with these provisions. He was not willing to pay the State of Missouri twenty millions of dol lars to hold men in bondage thirteen years longer. ' All the slaves in that State would not sell for twenty millions of dollars if put up at auction •to day. Congress, had pledged itself to aid the States in emancipation, but he was not willing to pay a full price for all the slaves. That State, without the curse of slavery, would have been the greatest State west of the Alleghanies. He was willing to make a general proposition' to West Virginia, Missouri, Be. 'aware and Maryland. ' Mr.KENNEDY (U.) ; of Maryland, asked if there was any evidence thatthe State of Maryland would accept such a proposition. Mr. WILSON,-of Massachusetts, said that many of her beat men were in favor of it. Mr. KENNEDY.), Not-among slaveholdere. WILSON, of. Massachusetts, said that many of therriwern large slaveholders. He offered as a 'substitute for:the onta - general - hillTpiiinei-aid-to - the States of Missouri; West Virginia; Delaware, and Maryland. • Mr. FESSENDEN (Rep.), of Maine, said there had been doubts expressed as to the constitutional ity of making appropriations of this kind.' He thought that if defended at all, it must be' upon the ground that, in a time of war like this, it was's mat ter of public safety and necessity. The bill, as passed• ..by the House, provided that a good•and valid act of ....linancipation should be passed by the State. before any money was paid; but this bill from the Commit . tee-on the Judiciary simply - provides for a law by the State. He was not willing to vote for making an appropriation for the deportation of. these slaves. This was 'a policy he had never pledged' hirnself to adopt. It would be entering upon a boundless ocean of expense which he doubted if we were able to cross.' in these particulars the preferred the House , bill to the substitute of The Committee on the Judiciary.' He had believed that the value of three - hundred dollars per slave was far too high. He understood from the best authority that the average -- value of the slaves of Maryland had been placed at a hundred and fifty-eight dollars, for the purpose of taxation. • But he was not complaining of the amount. He was willing to appropriate the amount asked for, provided slavery is abolished and the object accomplished. Mr. HENDERSON srti d that the Governmknt had alreadyspent hundreds of millions to put down the rebellion in Missouri, and he was astonished now 'to see the show of opposition to pay a few more mil lions to do a work which would do more to bring beat' peace than all else. He had always been for the Union; and in a slaveholding State'he had taken pound that Toombs, when he uttered his treason in the Senate, should have been arrested and im • prieoned. He urged the Senator - from Massa chusetts not to attempt to vett Maryland and De taWare In this bill. It will -be time enough to • pay the States the money when they ask for it. His State had come forward and' asked.help to rid herself of the incubus, and break flown a system • which binds them to this unholy retiellion. Now is the time, If Congress means to do 'anything to carry out its pledges, to aid in abolishing slavery. If you fail in your pledges noW, what confidence will be placed in your assertions hereafter? He wanted to accomplish this object, and abolish slavery from his State. If anything is done, it shouli be done well and : quickly. lf- he• hail a million of slaves, he would not accept one dollar; and there were many ,in the State of Missouri who would not accept any 'Money, or would turn it over to the negroes them -selves: 'But with slavery removed, Missouri will pay -this amount back tenfold. He wanted the bill passed, ,so, that. the _present Legislature,-who were in fa vor of emancipation could act upon it ; for he could .not tell 'what might be in the future.- He wanted Missouri to remain in the - Union, locking hands with -New England' and other States, till the rebellion ;shall exhaust itself and the States come back, like the prodigal son, from their- long wanderings. .If 'this object were carried out, he believed the rebel lion would lose all its power in Missouri; Refuse' this and he would be defeated and driven into ekile, :and shively mighthe stronger than ever: • • • Mr. FESSENDEN said the Senator had made a very eloquent appeal,. though rather on topics foreign to the business on hand. He deprecated these constant appeals for the Union andthe Constitution on mere matters of business. The resolution refer red to never pledged the faitlrof Congress, It simply said it was the. duty of the - United States to aid the States, and nobody had said that they were not will ing to appropriate money enough to accomplish the object. The only question is, whether we shall pay twenty millions or ten, or whether it will accomii pitch the object, or whether the money will be wasted. Mr. TRUMBULL contended that the faith of Congress mils pledged to aid the States . . • The **- lotion could Mean nothing else, and he agreed With . the Senator from Missouri, that. t was very portant that this should be' one now. Wheh eman cipation could bc -secured .- to Missouri by a Lislaz ture who were willing to act, he believed it was the' best And cheapest method to.secure this great bless ing. He would like to have the shackles fall from every slave toklay,'but because ho could not get in', mediate emancipation, he would•not say, like the Senator from Massachusetts, that he would not vote' for gradual emancipation. The bill of the committee proposes to extinguish slavery in Missouri forever, while the House bill only proposes to free the slaves' of disloyal men. ' • Mr. FOSTER (Rep:), of Connecticut, was infavor of the measure, anti thought a few millions, one way or the other, was of no consequence, in com parison with the great object of making Missouri a free State. Was any Senator willing to set a limit_ to the price he would be willing to give for the safety' of the Republic 7 He believed that the abolishing of• slavery in Missouri would do more towards crush ing the rebellion than anything else. .With slavery abolished, Missouri would be effectually reclaimed -from .the rebellion, and a death blow struck at treason. After a further discussion, the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONTINUATION OP WEDNESDAY zugiler's sEssjorf. .Enlistment of Troops• of Mclean noticenr" Mr. POTTER (Rep.), of Wisconsin, in view of 0:le condition of the country, characterized the dila tory proceedings here as disgraceful. Mr. ROBINSON (Dem.), of Illinois, said he had 'so regarded the proceedings for the last month and a half. Mr. MOORHEAD (Rep.). of Pennsylvania, intro duced a resolution, but its consideration was ob jected to, having for its object a vote on the pending bill and amendment—namely, to organize negro regt ments—to-mort ow at 10 o'clock. Various questions of 'oitler were raised, including one by Mr. Johnson, of Pennsylvania, against his colleague, Mr. Biddle, for sitting with his hat on contrary to the rules. Mr. BIDDLE explained that he did so because the glare of the gaslight was painful to his eyes. If the question of his colleague was in pleasantry, he was sorry he had nothing amusing to offer in return. Mr. WICKLIFFE wished to make an explana tion for having similarly transgressed the.rule, but the Rouse was not disposed to listen to him. The clerk of the Sergeant-at-Arms was deputed to go alter and arrest absentees; and bring them to the bar of the House. • Mr. VALLANDIGHAM (Dem.), of Ohio, was satisfied that this matter would go no further. Mr.:CLEMENTS (U.),:of Tennessee, asked leave to offer an amendment to the bill as a proviso, that, in the States of Delaware, Maryland, Western Vir ginia, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee, no per son owing serviqp or labor shall be enlisted under this act. lily. STEVENS (Rep.) said he would agree to this if the gentlemen on the other side would consent to take the vote without delay - . • Mr. WICKLIFFE (U.), of Kentucky, said it was too. late to ma ke ber o ,, ains. Mr. SAROBANT - (liep.), of California, after r*' resting Mr. Vallandigham's remark that " he *as satisfied these proceedings would go no further, , ! asked bum whether he made this observation on cenepitetton with his associates, with the under standing that these (History motions tvould cease to-morrow. ' • • Mr. VALLANDIGHAM replied that several hours ago he had spoken to nearly all the members on his side, and that was the understanding. This was not the first time he had witnessed such scenes, and this would end just in the Way the others had ended, no matter how long the struggle may be pro tracted. - Everybody was warned: They had better cometothe point'lvithout going through the tedious and wearisome process. Mr. STEVENS, understanding the statement of Mr. Vallandigham, and having full faith in it, moved that the House adjourn. Mr. VOORHEES (Dem.), of Indiana, wished to have no misunderstanding. fie spoke in good faith. He was not the first to go into this matter. He dis approved of it at the start. He would never resort to dilatory motions to defeat a measure, but only to protect the rights of the minority. He was autho , razed to atty c for nine , tenthe of those with whom he was acting, that they had entered into no under standing, and made no conditions. Mr. HOLMAN (Dem.), of Indiana, said he was glad to be able to confirm-.that statement. -- Mr. BINGHAM (Rep.), of Ohio. We don't wait to hear any more. Mr. IVIOKLIFFE. I wish to make a declaration. I have gone Into this matter in defence of the rights of my State. This bill is destructive to them, and will produce danger to the harmony of the people and a conflict between the General Government and Kentucky. So far as I am concerned, with the help of God, I will stand-here till the fourth of March, and eat, sleep and drink here, before I will give the majority an opportunity to pass such a bill as is now before it, and which is ruinous to my State and the restoration of the 'Union. . Various gentlemen. obtained permission to ab- sent themselves for five rnirrutes. There was a long pause in the proceedings waiting for the arrival of absentees. • Mr. CLEMENTS, by general:request, introduced the amendment which previously had been 'read for infotmation. He 'added an additional clause with the view of further protecting the Border Slave States, and offered a resolution that the House adjourn. A general agreement was then made that all fur ther dilatory proceedings should be dispensed with; that a vote shall first be taken on the motion to re consider the vote by which the main question was ordered on the negro soldier bill, and that the House adjourn, leaving the bill open to amendment or de bate. At 6 o'clock, this morning, the House adjourned. • THURSDAY'S SESSION. Department of Agriculture. On motion of Mr. LOVE.TOY (Rep.), of Illinois, the Committee on Agriculture was instructed to in into the expediency of collecting agricultural statistics through the assessors of the Internal Re venue. On motion of Mr. SHEFFIELD (Dem.), of Rhode Wand, a resolution MIS __adopted instructing the same committee to inquire into the expediency of sending a representative to the agricultural exhibi tion in Hamburg, next July, with a view to event ual exchanges for the promotion of agriculture. Case of Mr. Kennedy. WILSON (Rep.), of lowa, from the Judiciary Committee, to whom the subject was referred for inquiry, reported that Joseph J. G. .Kennedy, who wrote a certain letter to Jacob Thompson, ex-Secre tary of the Interior, is still Superintendent of the Census. . The committee report the testimony in the case, Which is ordered to be printed, and the committee discharged from the further consideration of the subject. • Duties on Imports. On mot ion of Mr. PENDLETON (Dem.), of Ohio, the Secretary of the Treasury is requested to in form the House what amount of fees the collector, surveyor, and naval officer at New York have re ceived under the act of 1861, providing for the col lection of duties on imports. • Mond Grants for Military Instruction. Mr. WALLACE (Rep.), delegate from Washing ton Territory, offered a resolution, which was adopted, for an inquiry as to granting land, the pro ceeds to be applied for instruction in the military profession. Bank Deposits. On motion of Mr. HARRISON (Rep.), of Ohio, it was resolved that the Committee of Ways and Means be instructed to inquire into the expediency of the passage of an act prohibiting banks and indi viduals from receiving deposits of gold, to secure the payment of money borrowed, and that they inquire whether such an act will not prevent the speculation In gold now going on, and thereby protect the Go vernment and the people from the evils resulting from such speculation, and that the committee have to report by bill or otherwise. Enlistment of African Troops. The African enlistment bill was taken up. Mr. HICKMAN (Rep.). of Pennsylvania, modi fied his substitute by striking out the distinction of white and colored as to commissioned officers. Mr. MAYNARD (U.), of Tennessee, moved to refer the subject to the Committee on Military Af fairs. Mr. COX (Demi.), of Ohio, said this bill had not been printed except in the Globe, and in reply to a question from him, Mr. STEVENS said he was of the opinion that the existing law did not put the African soldiers on the same footing with white soldiers, Hence, if any of 'the 'former be captured by the enemy and exe cuted, the Executive would not have authority to punish or retaliate. The bill under consideration proposed to confer this authority. Mr. COX said he would prefer having the gentle man,e opinion to that of the War Department. The gentleman knew that the law placed colored persons now in the army under the rules and articles of war. They receive pay and rations in all respects as part of the army. Then let it be known where is the necessity for this bill. Mr. VvASHBURNE (Rep.), of Illinois, inquired whether the gentleman did not vote for the existing Mr. COX replied that he did not;:and because the "infamous twelfth and thirteenth sections of that bill were not. stricken out, he and his friends voted , againsfit. • Mr. STEVENS said' that in form the old enact went did not put the African soldier precisely on the same footing. If the bill now proposed was a re-en actment - of that law, what was the objection? If it altered law for the better,then it was necessary. Mr. WADSWORTH .), of Kentucky, rose to speak, when Mr. KELLOGG- (Rep:), of Illinois, objected to further debate, as the members had sat up all last night, in order to reach an action to-day. Mr. STEVENS said it was thought better by those who designed the bill that the question of 'bounty should be left out altogether. Mr. MALLORY (U.),• of Kentucky, asked the gentleman whether the President, under this bill, would not have the power to appoint negroes to, command white men. " • Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of lowa. Compare this bill •with the existinglaw to'show that the black are not. proposed to be placed on the , same footing with white men. Did the gentleman think the president_ would place bleat - officers over white menl r. StIALLORY replied that it was impossible for him to say what the President•would do. He said the object of his moving to refer, was that the bill might be deprived of those features which made it odious, without a countervailing advantage to the United States. Congress had already provided that the President may employ such persons of African descent as he may deem useful under this bill, not only, black brigadiers, but black major-generals might be appointed. The opposition of the Border- State men was not factions: It was made in serious-. _ness, because it would - produce a serious -- injury:, They had submitted to a good many things whicle'. they considered injudiciourr, .but he begged gentle men that when they found it necessary to adopt. measures in - violation of their judgment., they will make the dose as palatable as possible by gilding the pill. .111 r. DUNN (Rep.), of Indiana, was favorable to the policy of this bill. Ile could see no reason why. •Any man of any color, who is able to lift his arm for the defence of his nationality, should not be permit ted to do so. He could see no reason why a blank man's life should be spared, and his own son called. upon to lay down his life, or why persons who are considered property by those in rebeldom should not -be brought in Seine way Into active service, if they will enlist on the side of the Government. At the same time he was deeply impressed with the ideas thrown out by the gentleman from Tennessee, in his brief remarks. They must not only con sider what is right and • proper in itself, but must pay sonic deference to public sentiment and preju dice. It was known that there is already in the pub lic mind a deep prejudice against the blacks being placed on a basis of social equality with the whites. He did not believe that the President would ever permit black officers" to command men. He had no • idea that the President was so ignorant of the popu lar feeling as to do so foolish a thing. Yet, unless • some restrictions are thrown around thia bill, those who wish to strengthen and additionally dessemi nate this prejudice, will seize upon every point to . accomplish their purpose. • . Mr. MALLORY said that the bill of Mr. Stevens Placed the whites and blacks on a military equali ty-. If a black officer held a higher commission, did he not - necessarily take the precedence of a white officer 1 Mr. DUNN replied that it was because he did' not wish such a possibility to exist in the public mind that - he wished the bill to provide explicitly that blacks shall not conimand-white men. Mr. - . 7 PORTER: (Rep.); of Indiana, 'offered an amendment to meet this point. Mr. McPHERSON (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, said the author of thiebill would con fi ne the of fi cering to white men. [Voices-Who -is 'the author 3 Name him.] l'dr. WICKLIFFE, The author is the Secretary of War. Mr: MeiliEßSCN•hirther explained that those on whom the .responsibility rests of executing the law, will confine the provision of officering to white men, reserving the exception that it might be con considered just and proper to appoint as officers, blacks who might distinguish themselves by military ability, instead of confining them to the ranks. Mi. DUNN had no idea that any man, or the Pre sident or Secretary of War, would place a black mail as an officer over white men, but he did not wish cavillers to raise their clamor aging this bill. Mr. COX.riaid that, by another 'section of the ex isting law, the President can employ black men in any way he may see proper, and organize them for the suppression of the rebellion without limitation. So the President could do just what he pleased '' make the blacks colonels; brigadiers or major gene rals without further legislation. Mr. DUNN concluded his remarks in favor of aniending the bill by the limitation he suggested. Mr:WICKLIFFE spoke against the employment', of ncgroes as.soldiers. A man, mimed' Hunter; had attempted to organize a -regiment of blacks. Fifty, thousand French rifles,' at eighteen dollars apiece, and ten millions of dollars worth of clothing, were sent to Hilton Head, and what became of the ex- - perirnentl Why, two hundred of theralmmediately deserted, taking away their rifles on their shoulders; - Be understood that the regiment was disbanded. The Government had been supporting the runaway negroes, yet the gentleman from Indiana said they had been more profitable than wasteful: • Mr. DUNN replied that that was his information from an officer of the Government. . Mr. WICKLIFFE said his information was dif ferent. It was declared by the Secretary of War that every pound of . cotton raised at Hilton Head hied cost the Government twenty dollars per pound. He repeated that the money had been misapplied to Meiling and clothing contraband slaves. The Presi dent, under this bill, had a right to designate who shall take -command: As an American citizen, he looked upon it with humiliation. It was now pro poked, for the first time, to put In the form of law, that the negro is socially equal with the white man, placing Captain Sambo and Captain Joe side by side on a perfect equality. , During the remarki-Of- Blr. IVicklitre, he spoke of thetword recovered by Gen. Butler, and which be longed to the rebel Twiggs, and now proposed to be given to Gen. Butler. What, apart from the negro question, had Gen. Butler done, and in what field had he distinguished himselfl The SPEAKER reminded the gentleman that the question of • Twiggy' sword was not before the House. Mr. WICKLIFFE replied, that he wanted to show that the services of the negroes had demoral ized Butler. He did not know a more befitting re cepta ble for the rebel sword than Butler. It was a dishonored sword, let it . . The SPEAKER again reminded the gen tlem an that the sword was not before the House. WICICLIFFE. No; but it will be here pretty soon, and I will not then have a chance to speak. He said that the negroes, when they fired their guns at Hilton Head, fell down with the fright. He made further remarks against the policy.of em ploying black soldiers. Bin LOVEJOY. (Rep.), of Illinois; said that while thelt Ms a fierce, unscrupulous, and almost revolu tionary organization, known as the Democratic party, in the free States, resisting the draft for re cruiting Union they ti see a anrmyother and preserving the life of the party here opposing every effort t , o obtain soldiers from another source. Un scrupulous as the rebels, these sympattitzing_llemo cults fay, "You shall not hive a man." The gen tleman /rein Kentucky, who is for perpetuating the cause for which he pleads, said, last night, that he would eat, sleep, and think here till thettli of March ratter than consent that this bill should pass. And this is Democracy. He would give the gentleman credit for being conslstebt while 'he was persistent. At the breaking out of the rebellion, it was distinct ly manifested to t4e House that he preferred slavery to;Linion. This he showed by his conduct, rather than words. Air. WICKLIFFE said that, on a former occa sion. the gentleman asked hini a question under the tguie of a ship in a storni, and further, whether he preferred the destruction of slavery to that of the 'Unionto which he had responded that he would throw Lovejoyand all the Abolitionists overboard, and Pave the ship. [Applause and hisses, which the Speaker promptly checked.) Mr. LOVEJOY now asked him whether, if it was nccessarY to emancipate the slaves in order to save the Union, he - would consent that this should be done IVIr. WICKLIFFE. I reply in the Yankee fashion. Do you prefer the emancipation of the negro to let ting the Union slide. Ilr. LOVEJOY. Thal is a meaner way than any Yankee ever put a question. I am for the Union first and last, forever, by any and all means. The gentleman spoke about one - Hunter, as if he were a contemptible individual, of whom the nation knew nothing. Gen. Hunter bore sears received in the battles of freedom. The gentleman thought it pro per to indulge in remarks about the sword which the Bonze voted to Gen. Butler. The SPEAKER reminded Mr. Lovejoy that the subject of the sword was not.before the Rouse. 111 r. LOVEJOY. It waa brought here, not by me, but by the gentleman.. from Kentucky. I protest, not only in thename of justice, but common de cency, against what he Raid. Mr. WICKLIFFE: Will the gentleman yield the floor for a moment? Air. LOVEJOY. Not unless you answer my question. Dir. WICKLIFFE. The country knows him and knows me. Mr. LOVEJOY replied, that is fact. He :said General Butler was a marvellously proper and chivalrous man not long ago, in the estimation of the gentleman and his associates, but had suddenly been transformed from a high-minded to an infa mous man. It was demoralizing now for him to have command of negroes, or "niggers," For him self, he never said "niggers." That was not correct, and, as the Secretary of State says, "no one can'be elected President who says nigger." [Laughter.] He wanted..to know whether the gentleman from Kentucky would have received the vessel piloted out of Charleston by Robert Small. Mr. WICKLIFFE. Just as soon as I would re ceive anything from you. Mr. LOVEJOY. There is another exemplifica tion of the degradation of slavery. [Laughter.] Would you return Robert. Small as a fugitive Mr. WICKLIFFE. Mt - answer no more clues tions. Mr. LOVEJOY. That shows more wisdoin than I have yet seen manifested by the gentleman. Du ring his speech, he said he would rather follow a black man than a slaveholder. He feared the latter would betray him ; the former would not. He would arm mules to make them shooting ma chines if he could. He had never-seen an animal with ears so long, though it brayed " Democracy," which was not good enougk to kick out the brains of rebels. [Laughter.] Mr. DUNN said he thought that such a general .denuniiation of the Democratic party would have a bad effect ; for he, at least, had confidence in the loyalty of the great mass of the people, no matter to what party they belonged. Mr. LOVEJOY replied that the gentleman's con fidence in this respect did not exceed his own.. Pdr. DUNN said he was glad the gentleman from Kentucky had indulged in the freedom of debate. lie seemed to be a lingering relic of the dynasty which so long tyranized over the nation. The gen tleman had charged that he (Mr. Dunn) had aban doned the faith and. belief that the white men of the North can crush out the rebellion. At the time when the rebellion broke out, he (Mr. Dunn) was opposed to the employment of negro soldiers. He then thought there was a loyal sentiment among the whites of the South, which would make itself effi cient in some way. This was not so. He had made another discovery, namely—that men with black skins, but white hearts, and. loyal hearts, if they were willing to risk their lives for the cause in which they have so deep an interest, be saw no rea son why they should not take part in the fight. The gentleman from Kentucky spoke about a loyal black captain being exchanged for a rebel white captain—a proceeding which the' gentleman condemned. But he (Mr. D.) believed that a black man, either private or captain, who was fighting for his country, was better than a traitor, though through his .Anglo-Saxon skin you can count the veins,of his face. The loyal black man was not only equal but superior to the white traitor fighting against his country. He had a son fighting on the right side, and he would prefer that this son should be saved by a true, loyal black manfflthan go to his grave beneath the stroke of a white traitor. In reply to the remarks of Mr. Wickliffe, about Gen. Butler, Mr. DUNN referred to the course of Gen. Jackson in employing black troops at New Orleans; Commodore Perry, on Lake Erie. Also, to' the testimony of Commodores Stringham and Woodhull, in Ihe present war, the last named say ing to him that the negroes had fought with remark able bravery. The rebels employ the blacks when ever they can—why should not wel Why should they not now be educated to conquer traitors I He did not want white men to perish, in order to keep traitors in subjection, while we have a population who can live in the South like alligators, and can perform the duty required. If the blacks would, as the gentle Man from Kentucky seemed to fear, com mit acts of savage barbarity, then what had become of the Southern teachings of Christianity'? Mr. LOVEJOY concluded his remarks. Mr. CRITTENDEN (U.), of Kentucky, said that the instances of the blacks being heretofore em ployed in warfare were E 0 rare as to be insignificant. It was an assertion in favor of the present bill, about which gentlemen, as in the days of chivalry, might break a lance, but it was not an argument be coming them for serious consideration. Should we be asked to stigmatize our constituents, free white men, by saying 'that-they would shrink from the contest in which they are now engaged, and that blacks should be employed to perform the work of patriotism. The blacks are not necessary to put down the rebellion. They were not worthy to aspire to the position of freemen. All know the distinction which exists as to social equality. After peace was It-stored, are arms to be left in the hands of black men in the-South The Janissaries were safer keepers of the Otto man Empire than would be the slaves in this coun try. To so employ them Was a crime against the age, and a violation of the Constitution. If this bill was passed into a law, it would be unconstitutional, and hence null and void. Was it proposed to inau gurate a servile war, led on by white men? With all the faults of those in the South in arms, he loved them still. He fought against them, not because he hated them, but because they were arrayed against our liberties and form of Government. His princi ples were permanent and• fixed. He was for, the restoration of the Union as it was, and the Consti tution as it is. jvirAII.PrOHINS (Rep.), of Ohio, in reply to Mr. Crittenden, said that slaves are either persons or , property. 'We are entitled to the services of all per sons to put down the rebellion. If slaves are pro ' perty, then we may use it for the same purpose. He had an interview with General Hunter, who said that his attempt to arm the negroes at Hilton Head was a complete success ; that their aptitude for drill and manoeuvre was equal to that of any soldiers he had ever known. The only rea son they were disbanded -was because the Govern ment at, that time did not see fit to endorse the policy. In briefly discussing the justice of employ ing black soldiers, he referred to the recommenda • tionsiade by South Carolina during the Revolution to enroll that class of persons; - -- Mr. KELLEY (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, alluding to -- etrr: - wicicrnre'rremarsei - sam that aomc of -- our nerals, from Fremont to Butler, had been severely censured. Why was not the rebellion ended ere now I It was, in part, because the rebels have sym pathisers in the North, seeking to poison the public mind. He advocated the passage of a bill saying, among other things, "Let the laborers of the rebels strike for their freedom, under the lead of officers ;idling under the orders of the Government." He asked for any fact to show that colored men in arms had-ever failed the power which relied upon them. .Plant slavery in a garden, and you make it a desert. Plant freedom in a desert, and you make it &garden. When - Mr. Kelley had concluded his speech, the House adjourned, without taking a vote on the question. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. SENATE. HARRISBURG, Jan. 29, 1863. The Senate met at 11 o'clock, and was opened with prayer. Petitions. Mr. SMITH, remonstrances.' from Montgomery county against legalizing the act of the commission ers appropriating $25,000 for bounty purposes. Messrs. .EINSEY, STINE, and -REILLY, seve rally presented remonstrances against the construc tion of dams on the Upper Lehigh, as dangerous to life and property. Mr.' REILLY presented petitions for the rechar ter of the Farmers' Bank, and the Miners' Bank of Pottsville. Bills Introdnceil. lIIr. WALLACE, a bill relating to writa of ea• trepsment. Also, the following joint resolution : "Resolved. if the House concur, That the Governor be direeted . to inquire and forthwith report to the Legislature, for-what offence and by virtue of what law Albert D. Boileau, a citizen of Pennsylvania, has been arrested in the night and forcibly removed beyond the jurisdiction of this State ; and whether a warrant supported by oath or affirmation has been issued by competent authority for making said ar rest.” The resoltition was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. Resolution. Mr. DONOVAN offered a resolution protestin against the arrest of Mr. Boileau as unwarranted and unjust, and instructing the Governor to repair to Washington and demand the return of Mr. Boileau to answer for any offence with which he may be charged. The resolution wee read a second time, and, on motion of Mr. lIIESTAND, was referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. Dlr. DONOVAN moved to discharge the commit tee, and that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the resolution. The motion was not agreed to—yeas 11, nays 19. Bills Considexed, The bill relative to foreign attachments, and at tachments in execution, was taken up on third read ing, amended, and postponed. On motion of Dlr. CONIS'ELL, the bill relative to the Philadelphia, Germantown, and Norristown Railroad Company was considered and passed finally. PlThe bill providing for the draining of wet and sporty lands was taken up on second reading, amended, and, after some discussion, was postponed and ordered to be printed. The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the bill from the House to provide for the payment of the interest on the State debt. A motion was made to amend the sixth section so as to allow the banks to .circulate notes to the amount of three times their capital, in place of one and a half. Not agreed to. It VMS then moved to amend by making the :amount'of lasues twice the capital stock. Agreed 'to—yeas 16, nays 14. An amendment was adopted, excepting the banks 'organized under the free banking law from the Pro visions of this act. 11r. LOWRY moved to amend by authorizing the :payment of the interest in legal•tender notes in ease the banks fail to furnish the coin. Not agreed to— yeas 10, nays 20. The bill then passed finally. Adjourned. ROUSE The ‘'House was called to order by Speaker .'CESSNA; lit 11 A. M. Payment of State Interest. HOPKINS, of Washington, chairman of the 'Committee of Ways and Means, moved that the •House proceed to the consideration of a bill reported iby the committee, providing for the payment of Ainterest upon the debt of the state. The bill waft considered and passed. It is as fol lows: An Act to Providefor the Payment of In tereston the State Debt. ' SECTION 1. That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby, authorized to exchange with any bank or banks of this State; an amount of currency suifi- Cient to pay interest on 'the State debt falling due on the first days of February and August, 1863, for the same amount of coin, and he is hereby authorized to give to said bank or banks specie certificates of ex phange, not transferable, pledging the faith of the State to return the said coin, and to exchange for notes current at that time on or before the first Monday of March, A. D., 1664 ; said certificates of exchange to bear interest at the rate of 23 per cent. per annum, and to be estimated and computed as so much coin in the vaults of the banks afore= said. Svc. 2. That the provisions of the first and second . sections of the act, entitled "An act requiring the re sumption of specie payments by the banks," ap pr April 11th, 1862, are hereby extended until the first Monday of March, 1861, to all banks ex changing coin for currency, under the provisions of the first section of this :let, Sicc. 3. That, if the banks of the Commonwealth shall tender to the Treasurer more coin than shall be required to pay the interest aforesaid, he shall re- Wive from each bank so tendering a pro rata' share of the amount so required in the proportion to the capital stock of each; and in ease of any deficiency in the amount so .offered by the banks, he shall assess the amount required from all the banks of the State. in proportion to their capital stock, and, on Janine of any bank or banks to furnish.a pro rata share of said coin so required for the space of sixty days after being notified, such "hank or banks shall not be entitled to the benefits of the provisions of the preceding sections of this aet. SEC. 4. That the Attoiney General of this Com monwealth is hereby. authorized and directed to proceid and wind up the affairs of any bank orbanks who refuse or neglect to comply with the prov.ision or this act. SEC. 5. That it shall not be lawful for any bank to Sell any gold or silver coin from its vaults while in a state of suspension, and any violation of the pro visions'of this section shall work a forfeiture - of its chatter, and any officer or officers of any bank con senting to any such sale of coin, shall be liable to prosecution for misdemeanor in office. Sec. 6. hereby require That d the b rianksn of this Commtatv o re e iss du su their circulation to ang their amount not e spension xce io m," and a half of their capital stock actually o jl three times the amount of coin in their v all banks are hereby required to mak retur tiL r t . , the oath of the cashier thereof, to the:Auditoni,", ral, every three months, commencin g fro in situf a l the passage of this act; of the amount of their ch: Wien ; and every bank whose circulatio n oh if ceed one and a half times its capital stock, orati,' times the amount of coin in its vaults, moll be everyto retire, or call in one -sixth of su e t ; every thirty days until its circulation ‘74.1 spond with the provisions of this s ection;and 4. 111 , any bank fail to comply herewith, it shah 1 1 ,''' 'duty of the Auditor General to notify th e A tt General thereof, who is hereby required t o pr ru under the 4th section of the act forfeiting the cho 4 , of uch bank. SEC. 7. TheprovisiOns or this act shall not to any bank or banks which have not or d o not % pend specie payments prior to the said first fk of March, A. D. 1864.. e„ spi el Ninth and Tlielfth-streets Ran, it Mr. SUTPHIN presented a remonstranc, erred. by reeidenta on Ninth and Twelfth streets a city railway in front of their ' - R 3 M.* Mr. YOUNG- presented a supplement to the to incorporate the Bethlehem Railroad. Itt • The Fines of Exempts. Mr. TWITCHELL, of Erie, oifered a re route ivhich, under the rules, was laid over for on e d Itwas as follows: ly. Where a s, By a constitutional proviso of the st,, h , - of Pennsylvania persons who have conseientol3 scruples against bearing arms shall not be compelie•;, tO do so on payment of a certain sum in lieu of their amount to eas, he paid:lt is Th du thertyefore, of the Legislature to fitth Resolver : l, That the Adjutant General be, and here, by is, requested to furnish as early as ponaibicio this Legislature, a statement of the rusiber of p er . sons rMusing to bear arms in the state on neeouit of conscientious in the State subject scruto pl dra es, ft. and, also, the nuraberno,; The Arrest of a Newspaper Editor. Mr. LUDLOW, of Philadelphia, offered tp, t , rot. lowing preamble and resolutions: Whereas, It has come to the knowledge o f the House of Representatives of the L egislature of Pennsylvania, L egislature of her own citizena, Alb ert D. Boileau, residing in the city of Philadelphis was without due warrant of law, at mid n i ght 01 ; Tuesday last, taken from his home and conveyed under a military guard to some unknown obo e of confinement beyond the borders of the State; led whereas, the unusual time of arrest was askew 'edged those chosen for this purpose to hue been made in order to prevent the intervention of the remedies provided by law and guarantied by the Obnstliution of the State of Pe nnsylvania, no of the United States, to every American citizen; and whereas, the said arrest is an invasion of tie soil of the State of Pennsylvania and an ont reee upon the dignity and sovereignty of a great e c ,3 l. monwealth: therefore. Resolved, That the House of Representatives icy * Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, jealous of th e rights and liberties of her citizens, and Repelling to Gal for the rectitude of their inteptions,do solemnly protest against the said arrest,rialL warrantable asi unjust, and call upon the Governor its the chief E.ra cutive of the Commonwealth, bearing in his perso n the majesty of this State, to immediately repair to 'Washington, and demand of the General Govern. - ment the release of the said Albert D. Boileau, and "that he be returned to the State of which he Mit citizen, to answer any charges to be made against him. itesoircsf, That a committee of three be appninte: to transmit a copy of them resolutions to the Go. vernor of this Commonwealth. Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be for warded to the President of the United States, the Secretary of War, and the Senate and House of lie. presentatives of the United States of America. The hour of adjournment having arrived, the House adjourned until 11 A. iii. on Friday mereing, Worn California. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29 .—Arrived, ship Golden Fleece, from New York. The steamer Pricific has arrived, with s9o,oolin gold, from Oregon and British Columbia. The weather is unusually mild in the British mines. The Legislature of Washington haspassedanAury law, fixing the, legal interest at ten per cent. The question of organizing the new Territory or Idaho, on the Upper Columbia, was agitated. The opposition was strong in the Puget Sound regio n , but favorably considered at Lewiston and other mining districts within theproposed territory. They say they have no protection now but in vigilance committees. In Oregon the Boise RiCer mines were growth ; i 2 reputation. LARGE PERENI.TORY SALE OF FAEHOONAP.LP. CITY•MADE SPRING CLOTHING, AND SPOOL C.H. TON.—The early, particular attention of purchum is requested to the large and attractive Bale of 16,000 men and boys' ready-made garments; being the entire stock of a wholesale-house, declining business ; to be peremptorily sold by catalogue, on four months' credit, commencing this morning, at ten o'clock, to be continued, without intermission, by John B. Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nod. 231 and 234 Market street. Public .P.nicrtainmeuts. ACADEMY OS BItiSIC--GED.MAN Ores s. --This evening, the opera of "Fidelio" will be presented, for the benefit of Mr. Carl Anchutz, the fiecom [ p] Jellied director of the troupe. Madame Johannsen will ke the Ficietio this evening. She sang the part in Europe with Roger, and she will be assisted this evening by Herr Lotti. After a series of successes in Europe, Mad. Bertha Tohannsen came to this coon try, and has for som e years past been engaged in teach ing music in this city. She possesses a rich soprano voice, the only fault of which, perhaps, is a slight tendency to the tremolo. On a previous representa tion of this opera Madame Bolter made a great im pression upon the audience, and we doubt not will sing with. great effect this evening, in conjunction with Johann gen. She has taught us to love theaweet music of the German composers, and of none more than that of the sublime Von l3ethooven. "Fidelio'' is acknowledged to be his master-piece. It is work to sing it, and work to play it, and work even to listen to it. There is so much fine music in " Fide lio" that it causes a musical indigestion—one hear ing does not suffice for its comprehension. The orchestration—rich, full, and varied—could be lis tened to without any vocal parts at all as to a series of symphonic compositions. Take, forinstanee, the --orchearraticiri in — the grave-digging scene, or the three fine overtures composed by Beethoven for this opera. All of these overtures are played—that known as the "Leonora, No. 3," exciting the live , hest applause. The vocal parts shine to better advantage in the last two acts, the first and longest containing much that is undoubtedly heavy. 04 Saturday evening, the grand opera of the " Czar and Carpenter" will be presented for the he nefit of the Citizens' Volunteer Hospital at Broad and Prime streets. This opera is Lortzhig's master- Piece, and will be put upon the stage in the beet style. It is understood that Gov. Curtin asp the committee appointed by the Legislature to Ms the immediate acceptance of League Island fer a navy yard, will be present on the occasion. Tux HUTCHINSON FAKI,Ly will sing this evening, .for the benefit of the Penn Relief Associatio n, at - the Spring Garden Institute, at Blond and Spring G arden streets. THE C ITY. (FOR ADDITIONAL CITY MEWS SYR F01111.;EI Plo?.] .."' AItRIYAL OF SICK Ads]) WOrNDED.—A number of sick and wounded from Washington ar rived at the Citizens' Volunteer Hospital, Broad and Prime streets, yesterday afternoon, at 5 . 1; o'clock. They were provided with supper and warm beds, and to-day will be sent to other hospitals. Among them are the following Pennsylvanians, and . . a few from New Jersey, viz : E. Headiey, I, 8 Jas. Rocks, K, 109 John Coakley, G, 69 . L B Holmes, E, 1.15 Peter Vtulkirk, I, 46 W Taylor, C, 130 N H Horattch,.H, 125 'AW Sillier, F, 145 Avery Curran, I), 145 Geo H Hormafes, B. It 2 Samuel C Bailey, H, 125 W Taylor, 0, 130 Erristus Headlee, I, &Res.°. W. Miller, P,145 H Stager, H 130 IGeo. H. Hormafes, B,1:12 W. Taylor, b,130 IJ. C. Davis, 0, 145 0. W. Miller, 146 A. Prague, D, 130 Geo. H. Homiafea, B, 1221 Barney Mcoloskey.ll, 39 E. Brahl, A, 29 Lewis T. Brown. 91,19) E.'Gritilth, A; 124 • Noah 13rentle, E, 133 M. Caldwel, I, 111 .- - Nash E. Davis, K.ll W. Shields, A, 29 " W. F. Heiser, A, 4S• Samuel Law, I', 29 Henry Leach, M, :' Jacob Kates, F, 29 Peter Smith, G, St John H. Wolf, H, 128 John Shell, I, 133 G. W. McCormick, G, 29 Jacob Lawson. C. 2 Res. John Jenkins. H, 29 John Murphy;K;llo6. Andrew Leamon, I, 88 • NEW J Ilich'd Miller, C, 24 WATER RENTS.—The water duplicates have been prepared by the Register of Water, show ing that In thd year 180 there is to be collected the sum of $.563,420.75 as water rents. The following table allows the amount of water rent to be paid by each ward in the city: Wards. ••• I Wards. First . . . ... .....$84,771 30 Thirteenth $35,96 I 255? Second 26 408 Fourteenth ..... 25,916 7 ° Third 16,629 75 Fifteenth 39,129 2.5 Fourth .... ' 17,474 00 Sixteenth 20,233 5 0 Fifth 27 ) 255 501 Seventeenth..., 15,330'' Sixth- 32,175 75,Eighteenth ..... 16,738 ": 5 Seventh 32.032 75 1 Nineteenth 23,76: 75 Eighth • • ' 39,797 25,Twentieth 37,051 2.5 Ninth 26,408 75;Twenty-first.... 160 U . Tenth 28,219 731 Twenty-third ... 36 / .. ‘ , 3 "',,„ Eleventh 16,929 25irwentpfourth.. 13,321 w Twelfth 13,1,% 00,Twenty-ilfth ... 4,3 i 36 • r.,XCELLENT APPOINT:WE.NT. — It af fords us pleasure to notice the appointment by the President, and confirmationlby the Senate, of El wood Evans, Esq., a native of this city, as Secretary of Washington Territory. Mr. E. is a graduate of our Central High School. He read law in this city, and emigrated to that Territory before it was organized. He has been among its heat and nice useful citizens. We think the selection a good one , 'and a credit to the Administration. TUE GiMAIM COLLEGE.—Dutiug the petz , t :year the sum of $73,2 .27,72 was expended for the mintennnee of the Girard cpliege.. The appropria tion vatr577,376. EXPORTS AND .bITORTS.—The are some of the principal articles exported from this port to foreign ports, for the week ending Jaun S, 1863 : -' ' • A yr] eF, 210 . •327 I Tal 1o w, 93: GG, 597 t;._ .A" "vers'"(l, 6531 Wllea t. bus ...t9).376 911..33: OragF •• • • • V l our, bbls . • ..14, 131 fkI.M . P In 15 , 193..3, Coo l lVool ,19,; 41'•X3 Julian enru,l a 4,531 3. RX)I Rugs ... • • • 21 • *24 0 at k bark ..... . I,OIS 11t7 4,100 Sett .13ver, g:ulm 1, ES° 440 . 16 EIZ BlPEllit,kegel 41571 Boards . 1431 Itnttrr,llw.... 6,000 7AI Railroad ears .. 2,65: (1.4 toil, 1,37 S 413 t 11 a Ills, ... 2.5.142 '2,L.51 pickle d, • • • • kegs.. 145 SG, - • / 3 . 1.1 -. BIIITISIr W. (3s n ths, ..16,30) $2,840 bbls•:. 20 • 47 •• • • 28 4.1.11 Hlscuit,bbls 260 S3U Bop rll-• 600 Bnt ter, 1t......,12,671 _2.030 )lieeFe • lbs.—. 4,.'') 826 Ihs 21,01 21.083 Ind 'n corn, bus 3.")) I€o incal,bit MO 1,320 JIIV 5. 000 off 9 oll 1,073 118 C 1 ceselhp Fish, pickled.. 1,145.. 'MI Regs • MO 2,q791. 1,077 .1101 RAZI L. 2,840 s7otilLard, lbs ...... 7,52, . 244 I Papr t Flo p ur, Mils—. 1.835 1.4,11) of the principal article& :he week ending Jan. 29 ir3irrios, ISult, tons 69 Steel, ca5e...... Cork - wood cantrs 7 6 -3 Spruce Lumber, 3.1 thet••• 5,54) Oats, bash..... 1, 5.75 Parley. do 1,797 1 ... 9. r, Jaconets, cases 2 07 Gold 1.7 41;1.:)0! Ca males tbs. 731,cuits;&v.•. keen 3co VO The folloirisg are some impo . rted at this port for tl 1 , 01: CONS Sugar, 5ack5...2,000 , ':;11,2411 klolatsbes, Lhde. .664 tcs... 74 " bldg. 3 11.042 Soda /0141111dg. 32 1.019 Causticsodu,lds 50 843 Bleach , gPowd'rs. casks. 160 1.651 Ilidep. d 0... 2.819 COTT C lager. basrg.. 300 2.941 Palm oil. Ow— 10 1,243 MA REM Igelado. bbas.. " r 3 tSLiI RSEY. • J. H. Townsend, 11, Paiier . ii,. - 4.1 l'aintii ...... . • ... lir Lard; Ms :213,A ill 22 .:* it" On i mil Cnsti tin gii, c wt.. 296 LI. Snap, lbs Fiilti bfaunrd wood - • . 17 '" SI amiis .. 11.0 Tat la w • lbs.—. Gl, VA) 7. 1:ill I ' 4 Pi i rk, bb Is .• • 6 - 2 1. l Beans it Printing material ". ':ri E :kr . I 3 - nrEk. ' Tron nails ...... - A. 1.10 2. 2 1 1 rd, ID+ 19,a Lard oil, 213 J,ll Pork,liblk 333 8334 , Shooks . 2.6 30 Tobacco leaf, ek . •- •• !balks 165 10,611 Coal oil • .. .3,095 13.34.$ Tt. Lard, bid s• • ....16,551 $1•/..,1 Pork, bbls 4.512 Tubs cco, 240 -. ~ Louil•er' Flour,
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