:itVrtss. WEDNESDAY, EEBRUARY 4, 1863 The Private Opinions of the Democratic The gentlemen of the Democratic Club seem to have a.horror of newspapers, and more particularly of our own newspaper, THE PRESS, and we are surprised to find our reporters objects of interest and. solicitude, as was manifested last evening. It seems that the Democratic Club was announced to hold a meeting at its hall, in Walnut street. We received an anonymous invita tion to attend, and although it was not ex actly couched in the language we are.accus tomed. to see, and contained certain allu sions to a " venal press," we nevertheless overlooked the style and detailed several gentlemen to attend and report its' proceed ings. Two of these gentlemen were dis missed in A summary manner, but the Others remained, and their report appears in another column. It seems that the expelled reporters fell under the observation of Mr. Alderman MeMUmatc, a well-known magis trate of this city, and in his own way he banished them from the hall. The fact•that Mr. MeMuLLIN has been appointed censor of the club will do much to impress the people with its " talent," " high social po sition," "moral standing," and "genuine patriotism" We congratulate him upon his appointment, and the club upon having secured the services of a gentleman so favora bly and widely known. At the same time, we shall say for him and for the members of the club that they very much mistake our man ner of doing business if they hold our re . -% porters responsible for the opinions we ex press. We print a newspaper, and we pub lish facts. No matter if the fact is pleasant or unpleasant, we publish it. The, gentle men on our paper are engaged to record truthfully what they are told to record, and truthwith them is a virtue. The opinions we choose to expresS are our own, and do not concern them. They are sent to every place of interest. They are told to see what is to be seen, and hear what is to be heard, and faithfully to report the sarriC.' - Whether it is a battle, or - a robbery, or a aermon, 'or a disloyal speech, we take pride in printing a true account and doing justice. When Mr. WALL made his recent speech, at the Girard House, our report was preferred by every Democratic paper that copied it, because we printed precisely what he said. We have received many such compliments to the fidelity of our reporters, and we dO not see why they should fall under the displeasure of the Democratic Club and Mr. Alderman MeMurmrs - . They would have made a fair report, ,and, although they might• not have called Mr. BULLITT it PATRICK HEX BY," like the Philadelphia Correaponderit of the World, nor found Mr. Wrritirrow . to be in . a "calm, Christian" mood, nor dwelt upon the "choking symptoms" manifested by. Mr. WITTE, they would have told what took place; and reported all that was said. As it is, we have a good report, but it is the fault of the Club that we have not a better One. We commend to our readers the speech of Mr. B9RE. Let than ron ember that these words were spoken' before a club of Philadelphians, almost Under the shadow of Independence Hall, and-that the men who listened to them applauded the utterances. It may be said that it was a private meeting. If so; then the matter is infinitely. worse; for it stanips the members Who were present as cowards as well as enemies of the Union. Il.iery sacred and holy feeling that dwells in the American heart was outraged lasthight, and men calling theritselves Democrats were found base enough to shout their approval. ,The Union was deneuncedreVolution was preached—men were urged to go into the streets and assail the provost guard. ARRA- Iux LiNcox4v was called a traitor to the .Constitution, while JEFFERSON Divis was exonerated from any such crime ; violence was' adtocated ; the Government was con temned, and the President compared to a gorilla ; and yet no voice was raised in op position. 'We cannot wonder that these men dreaded the reporters of a loyal news paper ; and It may be that a. sense of shame took away theAnstincts of the gentleman. Treason dreads light, and these men may Well shrink from the sight of honest men. Is it not a noble illustration of the forbear ance and magnanimity of the Government that these things are permitted ? Mr. Boileau. Mr. Alnnwr .D. BOILEAU is by no means disposed to cower before the Menaces of the men who published treason in his newspa per during his absence, and sought to make him assume the responsibility. He prints his card in his own paper and boldly avows it in the following words : . We publish in taglnyos Journal the letter which we signed in Fort McHenry.. It will .speak for itself. Those who have supposed that we were other than a true Union Democrat hare been very kuch mistaken. We advoutte the claims of the Democratic party, because we believe, nay, we know, that the men of that party are the true friends of the Union, and the real defenders of the Constitution. He is no Democrat who is not unqualifiedly in favor of the Union. Now that Mr. BOILEAU has spoken these bold words, and exhibited sincere contrition for his sins, or rather for the sins of those who 'imposed on • his good nature,' and shrank from the danger in a cowardly. man; nor, 'he is attacked and villified by them. The editor _of the New -York World, who Seems to be as anxiduS to be arrested as Mark -Meddle in the comedy to get into a suit for damages, is especially indignant. "tln obtaining his release," says this valiant editor, . "by' an Ile, which consigns him, therefore, to the • contempt of honest men anal . the kern of the loyal, he has (and this is the Only View in Which his action ha's more than a petty personal . significance) prevented the Government from righting its wrong, and enabled it to establish another precedent of lawless despotism." The editor of the New York 4rpress, Ito entertains as poor an opinion of good .nglish as he - does of the Union, speaks as . ollows TII PITILADELvu IA BOILEAU.—The Philadelphia Evening Journal Is killed off more effectually than Gen. Schenck could have killed it by the arrest of Boileau, or the: military 'encampment in the office, and. that Is, by the craven card of its publisher, Boileau. A man who can beg off from gaol bysuch a card aSthat is not much of a man, and certainly is not fit for the, stuff journalists should be made of in such times as these. This is, of course, a family quarrel, and We can hardly be expected to interfere; but, at the same time, we think it *ould be far more honorable for the men who wrote the treasonable articles in the Journal tO Avow • the authorship than to cover Mr..HOILEAU with reproaches. "I distinctly 'disavow, ' said Mr. BoIr.EAU, •" such article orarticles - being published with my _proper authority or knowledge, and declare that such publi cation' has been made by. other persons, agent or employees, without my consent and intention." Here is a plain statement under oath. Mr. BOILEA II is innocent— who is guilty ? Who are " the other. per sons ?" Perhaps the authors of the habeas corpus diss6rtations, or the suppressed pamphlets, Or . the Philadelphia correspon li dent of : .the e3fr York World, can answer ? If they arc mon, they will boldly admit the - responsibility they sought to fasten upon an innocent person. • The 'Theatres. The theatres of Philadelphia never did a greater business than during this .season. Mr. 'EDWIN FORREST is playing his maul& cent part of Richelieu to immense andi enceS, and Mr. WHEATLEY'S new theatre IS already the favorite . resort of taste and fashion. At the Walnut, Mr. SETCIIELL; a stranger- here, is giving us the late Mr, BURTON'S delicious conception of Captain Cattle, and although there is a - great differ ence between the past and the present, we see enough to recall many pleasant re ineiribranees; . and to convince us that Mr.. BETCTIBLI: may become a great actor. At : Mrs. DREW is engaged in the de, illeate duty of refusing admittance to disap ;Pointed: .hundreds, while Mr. and Miss RICHIZiOS, two estimable peciple and ea- r celiont.paifornim, are, singing and playing to overflowing audiences.: Who . says that . 1 suffering ? Let us (knee, and and enjoy: us live while we : 'Tliere . 'May be war a feUr - mileS . l'over the border, ..but fashion: and pleasare. anC merriment dran the dreadful LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL" WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 1869. The six days of excitement in the House of Representatives, growing out of the stub born resistance of the •so-called Democracy to the bill of the Hon\ Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, authorizing the President of the United States to enroll, arm, equip, and receive into the land and naval service, volunteers of. African descent, furnish an other illustration of the obstacles thrown. Into the pathway of the Government in the prosecution of the present stupendous war. .21 r ot one measure looking to the restoration of the Union, . and to the supprenion of the• rebellion, has received • the hearty . support of the Democratic leaders, or has been suffered .to pass without mischiev .ons misrepresentation. Long before the emancipatibn' of. the .slaves of rebels . was suggested by the President, his 'efforts to save the Republic were embarrassed and' obstructed. Even the responsibilities he' took between the 4th of March and 4th of July, 1801—without which Washington would have* become • the rendezvous and capital of the rebellion, and Maryland lost to the Union—were made the basis of ac cusations against his tyranny, his despotism, and his usurpation of power. The . loyalty of the men whO have chosen this sort of an . - tagonism has thus always been a conditional loyalty. They are ()Var on the qui vice .to find causes of complaint. If skies are bright. they predict a tempest, if they are dark they predict a starless midnight of defeat and de• spondency. AcCustomed themselves to ap plaud vigorous Exebutive action during the Buchanan rtgime in support of the basest treason to principle, they have assailed every bold act of the present Administration look- ing to the rescue of the Republic as a new stride • towards conSolidation. and despot ism. And even as they compliment the obstinate determination of the rebels,• they delight in being inconsistent as they point out what they conceive to be the timidity and vacillation oU.oUr Orli public servants. The bill of Mr. Stevens, which passed the House'last evening, by the large majority of twenty-nine votes, and, which encountered. the persevering hostility of these men during an 'almost entire week, and in regard to which they have again placed themselves in the 'most illogical of positions, is so brief, practical, and simple, (as amended on the motion of that fearless loyalist, Hon. Samuel L. Casey, of Ken tucky,) that I beg to repeat it in this cor respondence. It is as follows Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the United States of Alneriba in Congress assem bled, That the President be, and he is hereby, autho rized to enroll, arm, equip, and receive into the land and naval service of the United States such num berof volunteers of African descent as he may deem useful to suppress the present .rebellion, for such term of service as he mayprescribe, not exceedpg live years. The said volunteers to be organized ac cording to the regulations of the branch of service in which they may be enlisted ; to receive the same rations, clothing, and equipments as other volun teers, and a monthly pay not to exceed that of other volunteers; to be officered by persons appointed and commissioned by the President, and to be govern ed by the rules and articles of war, and suoit other rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Pre sident;.Proinded, That nothing herein contained, or in the rules and articles ofnVar, shall be so construed as to' authorize or permit any officer of African descent to be appointed to rank, or to exercise military or naval authority over white officers, soldiers, or men, in the military or naval service of the United States; nor shall any greater pay than ten dollars per month, with the usual allowance of clothing and rations, be allowed or paid to privates or laborers of African descent, which are or may be in the military or naval Service of the United States. • Provided furthcr, That the slaves of loyal citizens in the States exempt by the President's proclama tion of January let, 1863, shall not be received into the armed service of the United States : nor shall there be recruiting offices opened in either of the States .of Delaware, Maryland, Western Virginia, Kentucky Tennessee, or Missouri, without the consent of the Governors of said States having been drat obtained. 4I Let us look at the position of the Demo . - cratic leaders on this question.: If there is one point upon whith they most industri ously dwell, it is that it will be impossible for the . Government to recruit another. large white army in the loyal States ; and, in order to make this assertion prophecy, they have done, and they do, everything to Create po pular discontent, by disseMinatingthe false hood that the. South cannot be conquered, and by incessant clamors for 'peace on any terms. -They are even ready, as their re cent utterances prove, not alone to acknow ledge a solid Southern Confederacy; hut to assist in the . disintegration of the free States; to cut off the Pacific States on the one hand, the Northwestern . StateS on the other; to tie Pennsylvania--like a captive at -the chariot wheelsp f the rebellion, and to leave New Eng land out "in the cold ;" and when it is pro posed to organize . the negroes into a separate army, distinct froth the ; whites; they cry out, oblivious. of their in inconsistency, " that this is a white man's 'war, and that negroes must not be permit ted to take part in it, even if in so doing they will save the white men of the loyal . States from the bullets of the enemy, the privations of the march; and the diseases of the camp."' During the discussion on Mr. Stevens' bill many wholesome facts were elicited. It was shown that negroes had been employed in the navy since the beginning of the Govern ment. Commodore Perry won his most brilliant victory on Lake Erie with the help of black sailors. • Commodore Stringham, still living, testifies to ...the value of black men in the naval service, and insists that they shall be em ployed. Captain Woodhull, also of the navy, is full of laudation' of the uegroes under his command, and commended them warmly for the manner in which they han-:. died their guns, and their bravery in battle., tie says he has twenty-Six negroes on his vessel; the Cimerone, and they are among his.best sailors and fighters. Admiral Du pont, a patriotic son of Delaware, so well known in Philadelphia, in a letter written more than a year ago, speaking of the con trabands of Port Royal, said "They serve us with zeal, make no bargains for their remuneration, go under dre without the slight est hesitation ; and, indeed, in our cause, are 'ln sensible to fear' as Governor Pickens. Some of them are very intelligent', I might continue these authorities, quoting from the lips of some of our most distin guished naval commanders, but these Will sulfite. On hoard a ship white men and bin& men are brought in constant contact, and yet; to this hour, during an experience of More than half a century, we have to hear th, first word against their employment. I. have , before me, as I write, a little pamph let, written and published by George H. Moore, ; Esq., librarian of the New YOrk Historical Sodiety, on 'the employnaeat of ncgroes in the American army of the Rev(); lotion;'froin which I take the following ex traordinary and conclusive facts: There can be no doubt that negroes, bond and free, were in the ranks of the American army during the entire period of the war, or that they continued to be enlisted or enrolled in moat of the States, espe cially as the pressure for recruits increased in the later years of the struggle. Graydon, whose Memoirs are so familiar to the students of our Revolutionary history, in his famous description of the army at New York in 1776, makes a favorable exception of Glover's regiment from Marblehead, Mass., among the "miserably consti tuted bands from New England." " But," he adds, "even in this regiment there were a number of ne groes, which, to persons unaccustomed to such asse ciations, had a duarable, degrading etflxt. 9, It is to be hOped t at the researches of our histori cal scholars will develop more accurate information as to this class of our Revolutionary patriots. At present, a deficiency must be noted in this respect. The returns of their. numbers, it is to be presumed, were rarely made separatelyots they appear to have teen scattered through thd entire forces; or, if made, have almost entirely escaped notice. The following return is one of the most interest ing memor i a l s of the negro service in the American Army of the Revolution, and may be retied on as authentic, as it was official ILETURN OF NPOROBB 111 U= ARXY, 24T11. 'AUG, 1178 EMZEZI North Car01ina5... .:.:... Woodford •Ilnit I enborg Smallwood. 2d Maryland ' Wayne 2d Pennsylvania Clinton Parsons Huntington.... Nixon Pa tlerson Late Learned •• .• • Poor SCA3IMIIELL, Adjutant 'Genera This return embraces the negioes With the main army, 'miler General Washington's immediate com mend two months after the battle of Monmouth: - Entailer returns from the other armies in other de partments would doubtless show n larger proportion in Many brigades. The black regiment , of Rhode Island slaves is not included in the above return, al though it had been •already organized. Its history as remarkable as any part of.the subject under consideration. . . • . Early in Irt3 It was proposed by General Varnum to Washington that the two Rhode Island battalions in camp at Valley Forge should be united, and that the officers of one, Colonel Greene, Lieut. Colonel Olney, and Major Ward, with their subalterns, be sent to Rhode Island, to enlist a battalion of negroes for the continental service. The plan was approved, :and the officers were sent home for that purpose. , The-Rhode Island Assembly accordingly resolved to ratite a regiment of slaves, who were to be, freed upon their enlistment, and their owners to be paid THE PRESS. -- PHILADELPHIA; , WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 1 . 1863. by the State according to the valuation or a commit tee (of five, one from each county)—one hundred and twenty pounds being the highest price for the most valuaole al ave. six. deputies protested against this act, on the ground that there were not enough slaves to make 'an effective regiment; that the measure Would be disapproved abroad; that the ex per se would be greater, and the - owners be dissatis fied with the indemnity offered by the State. The preamble of the act recites the fact that "his tory affords us freque,nt precedents of the wisest, freest, and bravest nations having liberated their slaves and enlisted them as soldiers to fight in de fence of their country," • Governor Cooke, in reporting the result to Wash ington, said : "Liberty is given to every effective slave to enter into the service during the war; and upon hia passing muster he is absolutely made free, and entitled to all the wages, bounties, and en- - couragements given•by Congress to any soldier en listing into their service. • • • • The number of staves is not groat, but, it is generally thought that three hundred and upwards will be enlisted." His expectations were not disappointed; and these slaves who were to win their own freedom in fighting 'for Anierican 'lndependence took the field in force. Before the end of the year, these men were tried and not found wanting. In the battle of Rhode Island, August 2.9, ITIB, said by Lafayette to have been":" the beat fought action of the whole war," this newly-raised black regiment, under Col. Greene, distinguished itself by deeds of desperate valor, repelling three times the tierce assault of au overwhelming tome of Hessian troops. And so they continued to discharge their duty with zeal and fidelity—never losing any of their first laurels so gallantly won. It is not improbable that Col. J otol,Laurens witnessed and drew some of hie in spire'fion from the scene of their first trial in the field. It will be noticed that, in the absence of a formal system under Continental authority, black men con tinued to find their way into the: service, under va rious laws, and sometimes under no law, or in de fiance of law. Probably every State 'mitts Mitered representatives among the soldiery—and there are acknowledgements of services expected or render ed, among the records of nearly all the States. In New Hampshire, those blacks who enlisted into the army focthrec years, were emitted to tho same bounty as the whites. ibis bounty their masters re ceived as price of their liberty, and then deliver ed up their bills of sale, and gave them a certificate of manumission. Most of the staves in New Hamp shire were emancipated by their owners, with the exception of such as had grown 'old in service, and refused to accept their freedom, remaining with their masters, or as pensioners on the families of their descendants. • In Massachuietts, whose earlier action has been noted, a committee of the e Legislature, in 1778, re ported in favor of raising a regiment of "negroea, mulattoes, or Indiana"—in which one sergeant in 'each cOMpenr, and all the higher 'officers were to be white men. COnnecticut, too, is said to have resorted to the expedient of forming a corps of colored soldifirs when .the difficulties of recruiting became pressing, and the late Gen. Humphreys, who was attached to the military family of the commander-in-chief, liltc Laurens, accepted-the command of a companyOf these men, who are said to have "conducted them selves with fidelity 'and efficiency throughout the In New York, where the system of domestic slave ry was as firmly and rigorously established as in any part of the country, under colonial laws—cer tainly with more severity than In either Massa chusetts or Counecticut—the first act that went to zeta* the system was the act of . llBl, which gave freedom to all slaves who should serve in .the army for the term of three years, or until regularly dis charged. The enlistment was to be with the con sent of the owner, who received the land bounty, and was discharged from any future maintenance of the slave. It is a singular contrast that, in - New Jersey, the enlistment of slaves was prohibited in the same year, 1761. InllBo, an act was passed in Maryland to procure one thousand men, to serve three years. - The pro perty in the State was divided into classes of .E. 16,000. each of which was, within twenty days, to furnish one recruit, who might be either a freeman or a slave. In 1784.. the Legislature resolved to raise, immediately, seven hundred and fifty negroes, to be incorporated with the other.troops. Among the inducements offered to recruits in the Southern States, "a healthy, sound negro, between the ages of ten and thirty years, or sixty pounds in gold or silver, at the option ct the soldier in lieu thereof," as well as the land bounty, were given (in Virginia) to soldiers already enlisted, or who should enlist and serve to the end of the war. . _ . South Carolina gave a similar bounty, "one sound negro, between the age of ten. years and forty," "for each and every year's service," •to soluiers enlisted for three years, or during the war. The idea that the negroes might be put to a better use did not escape all the statesmen of Virginia. James Madison; at that time a member of the Con tinental Congress, expressing hla satisfaction with the determination of the Legislature of that State to recruit their line of the army for the war, refers to the "negro bounty" as follows: • " Without deciding on the expediency of the mode under their consideration, would it not be as well to liberate and make soldiers at once of the blacks themselves, as to make them instruments for enlist ing white soldiers 1 It would -certainly be more consonant to the principles of liberty, which ought never to be lost sight of in a contest for liberty; and with white officers and a majority of white soldiers, no imaginable danger could be feared iron: them selves, as there certainly could be none from the effect of the example on those who should remain in bondage; experience having shown that a freed man immediately loses all attachment and sympathy with his former fellow-slaves.". . . In Virginia, an act was passed in ITII, that no ne gro should be enlisted without a certificate of free dom, the preamble to which declares that slaves had, deserted their masters, and under pretence of being freemen had enlisted as soldiers. In the Old Dominion," too, many persons during ,tbe course of the war caused their slaves to enlist, having tendered them to the recruiting officers as substitutes for free persons, whose lot or duty it was to serve in the army, at the same time representing that these slaves were freemen. On the expiration of the. term of enlistment, the former owners at tempted to force them to. return to a state of servi tude, with equal (timecard of the principles of jus tice and their own solemn promise. The infamy of such proceedings arodsed a just in dignation, and led to an net of emancipationof all slaves who had been thus enlisted and served their term faithfully.. The -act acknowledged that such persons having "contributed towards the establish of American liberty and independence, should enjoy the blessings of freedom as a reward for their toils and labors ;" and authorized them to sue in forma pouperie and to recover damages, if detained in sia ver7. I.,ven in South Carolina, an act was passed in 1783, enfranchising the wife and child of a negro slave, who had been employed h e y Governor Rut- , ledge as a spy during the war. the diligence and fidelity which he displayed in executing the commis mons with:which he was Intrill3ted, and the important information which he obtained from within the ene my's lines, frequently at the risk of his life, are duly commemorated in the act; and the emancipation of his wife and child was his ' , just and reasonable" reward. It does not appear whether the slave him self ever became a freeman. Another document will serve to illustrate the sub ject still further—fas est ab hoste doceri. Lord Dun more's offers, in 1715, have already been alluded to, and are familiar to most readers; those of Sir Henry Clinton in 1779, which follow, have hitherto at tracted leas attention. "By his Excellency, Sir 'Henry Clinton ' 1(. B. Ge neral, And (Joni:minder-in-Chief of all His Majes ty's Forces within the Colonies lying on the At lantic Ocean, from NovriScotla to \Vest Florida, inclusive, &c., &c., &c. : " PROCLAMATION. "Whereas, The Enemy have adopted a practice of enrolling Negroes among their troops : I do hereby give Notice, that all Negroes taken in Arms, or upon any military Duty, shall be purchased for [the. public service alt a stated price; the Money to be paid to the Captors. " But I do most strictly forbid any Pergola to sell or claim Right over any Dame, the Property of a Rebel, who may take refuge with any part of this Army ; And I do promise to every Negroe who shall desert the Rebel Standard • full Security to follow within these Lines any occupation which he shall think proper. "Given under my Hand, at Head-quartet; Philipsburg, the 30th day of June, 1779. "H. CLINTON. "By hie Excellency's Command, ' "Sonic SMITH, Secretary. When this proclamation was first issued the words enclosed within brackets were not in it. They were added in the publication two months later, with a statement that the omission was a mistake of the printer's. This proclamation does not appear to have elicited any official notice by the American authorities, but there is a spirited artiste on the subject, by an "American Soldier," in one of the newspapers of the day, in which he says : "Justice, • honor, and freedom are concerned for all men of whatever nation or kindred, who are in the service of the United States, and light under the banner of freedom ; therefore, I have long expected some notice from authority would have been taken of that insulting and villainous proclamation. Jus= tice demands retaliation for every man in the ger• vice of these States, who may be injured by the ruffian tyrant or any of his slaves ; and his 'slave, Sir Harry, ought to be told what retaliation he is to expect from the insulted majesty of dur nation in this instance." It was one of Mr. Buchanan's favorite sayings that the Southern women retired to their beds at night in constant fear of a set. : 'vile insurrection, in consequence of the efforts of the Abolitionists, and this, too; in a state of profound peace. • When the .rebellion began, it was. a common pre diction that the slaves would rise against their masters, and resort to the revengeful remedy of 'indiscriminate slaughter. Nei ther of these gloomyanticipations has been fulfilled. -Nor will the prophecy so 'freely made be realized, that the negroes who may be 'enlisted in the army.of - the, 'Union will revel in carnage and in rapine. If employed, they will be taught their duty by able white officers, and will soon find that their value will consist in imitating those who have heretofore fought the battles of the country. What American citizen will object to see the colored race relieving the whites from many of the dangers, diseases, and 'disasters of this civil war ? -OccasionAL. Appeal of Governor Curtin to the Anderson , Cavalry. JlAnntsanno, Feb. 9.—The following appeal was telegraphed to-day . by the • Governor to Geniral Mitchell, commanding our forces at Nashville, to be communicated to the itnderson Cavalry: ' "1 ask you for the honor of the State to relieve the distresi of your friends, and for all your hopes in the future, to' return to your duty as soldiers. You will be organized es originally designed, in the order to increase the troop to a regiment, and will be detailed for special duty near the general. Gen. Rosecrans hils written me to this effect, and will designate officers, who will be commissioned. The N e w': "Jersey Legislature--Beninei.. • • • • potion in Missouri. . , ' ,Te -rorr, Feb. Mr. Engllss, of Bergen court = in.letkoduced in , the House of Assembly, to-day, joint resolutions lamming the proposed purchase and emancipation of negro slaves in the State of Missouri. The preamble states that a proposition hag been made to appropriate ten mulions of dollars for the purpose; and resolves, that while the State of New J ersey is ready at all times to contribute its quota towards defraying the legitimate expenses of the General Government, it is not willing to cause its citizens to be taxed tor the the special' benefit or Use of other States of the Confederacy, nor to . permit the.nioney of its people to be - expended for objects 'not _contemplated by ..the ' Constitution; and the State. of New Jersey hereby gives notice that any, debt contracted in ..pursuance of the appropriation aforeanid, is notbindfng fit law.or equity .upon the State •or its , citizens; and will .not be regarded by either In the light of. an obligation. Referred to the Committel on Federal Relations. The "North Clit•c)lina - Expedition. NEW YORE, Feb. 3—The United. States bark Restless, arrived from Port Royal, reports having passed on the 31st ult., off Cape Fear, a portion of Gen. Fosteei expedition from Beaufort for Port Royal, consisting of six steamers. The Restless brings nine passengers who wereon board the rebel steamer Huntress, burned . off Charleston. • • The Pirate getributien. ' Nuw, You, Feb. 3.—The British steamer Solent, from St. Thomas, arrived at Aspinwall, reported • that-the pFivateer Retribution had burned four or flirAMerinan vessels in the neighborhood of that , . , , The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has made the following decision relative to stamps requireff upon the oertitkates corporation stook: " When ever the officers of a corporation receive satisfactory evidence that any person or persons, or party, shall become stockholders in ouch corporation, and shall make in the books thereof the requisite entries, showing that such person, persons, or party shall have become stockholders, and shall make or sign a certificate thereof, it shall be the duty of such officers to affix to every such certificate the appropriate revenue stamp, the expense thereorto be paid by the person, persons, or party for' whose use or benefit such certificate or certificates shall be made and signed." Col. T l / 4 .101.1 wasexamined on the part of Gen. Trlcllow ELT, to rebut a portion of the testimony previously given by Lieut. Col. Looxs, assistant adjutant general to Gen- PORTER. Lieut. Rontaz was also examined at length by Gen. illioDowELL, to disprove the charge in the report of Gen. Km. ROY, who cannot attend as a witness, which was read to the court, wherein that officer alleges that Gen. McDowar.L refused to give him aid on the 30th of. August, because he belonged to a single corps. Licut. Bontig testified that Gen.. Mc bownr.r. appeared desirous of reinforcing Gen. : Mire ROT, and" conversed with Gen. PORTER relative to the arrangement of his troops to that end. • . The Louisiana Representatives. The OomMittee on Elections, in deciding upon the claims of Messrs. PLANouns and HanK to seats in the Rouse, from Louisiana, state that they were elected under the proclamation of Military Go vernor SITEPLEY. The doubtful point in the muse appears to be the time of election fixed by him dif fering from that of the law of Louisiana. The fact, however, that the rebel Governor had deserted his duty, while the Constitution of the United' States guarantees to every State a republican form of go vernment, made it necessary for the military Go vernor to assume to I3x a time fOr the election. Naval prders. • • KAUTZ has been ordered to 'the West Gulf Blockading Squadron. ' Acting Assistant Pay maitens HENRY M. TANNER and M. D. RICEOHER have been ordered to the Me- SiE sippi Squadron. The Navy. Department offers a reward or $5O for the arrrst of • Acting Ensign 0401[GE pfATHEn, of Portsmouth, N. H., a deserter from the United States steamer Vanderbilt. The Duty on Paper. A meeting of newspaper publishers from all parts of the country has been calledlo meet bare on Mon day evening next, to urge upon Congress the import ance of reducing or repealing the duty on imported paper. The Report of' the .Fitz John Porter Court The Chronicle, of this morning, Bays : "As we intend making tome comments upon the trial of General Porter, with especial reference to the attempt of the. Nakano! Intelligencer to mislead public opinion into ajudgment'against the eminent court martial which pronounced the verdict of dis missal, it is now only necessary to say, in reply to the questions of that paper as to the pamphlet purporting to be a recapitulation of the testi mony of 'the prosecution.; that, upon inquiry, we learn that the pamphlet was purely the enterprise of an ,individual; that the evi dence was the same verbatim as that taken by the regular stenographer of-the court; that it was copied .from the notes of that stenographer, as• well for Gen. Porter's counsel or friends as for the per son who published the pamphlet—the court grant ing permission in both cases—and that the difference between the pamphlet and the elaborated defence of General Porter, printed in the Intelligencer of .Tanu -19, was that the latter only contained a part of the.. evidence of 'the prosecution,' while the pamphlet gave it, we believe, entire. -Neither the Government nor the court took the slightest inte rest in, or can be charged with the slightest respon sibility for the pamphlet, They spoke through the review of the proceedings of the whole case, as pre sented by the distinguished Judge' Advocate Gene ral, Hon. Joseph Bolt." , A ReeonuoisMnee to 'Warrenton, Sulphur Springs, •and Waterloo—No Enemy this Side of the Erippahainaook.. WA PHINGT6N, Feb. 3—Accounts from Fairfax Court House, received to-day, state that Colonel Windham has just returned from an expedition to Warrenton. He surprised the town last night, and while there sent strong patrols to the Rappahannock, at Sulphur Springs,. and Waterloo. These patrols found no enemy at either place. He captured in Warrenton eighty stand of arms, which he was obliged to de . - stroy, having no facilities for - bringing them away. , . . . The Latest. Scare at Yorktown—All Quiet Now The Onc-11 ircd-antl-Seventy. ninth Pennsylvania Voliusteers. FonTunas MONROE, Feb. 2.—A. despatch from Yorktown, dated , today, says : Nothing has tran spired here of importance. On Tuesday some excite. ment prevailed here from the intelligence that our pickets bad been driven in at Williamsburg, and that the enemy was approaching in force. But it proved only to be a raid of guerillas. They turned, at the approach of our force, and went off towards Richmond. • LieUtenant Colonel Yost, of the 179th Pennsylva nia Militia, left here for Harrisburg, Pa., to bring on recruits for that regiment. DEPARTMENT OF TEE, SOUTHWEST; Summary Order of General Loan Against Missouri Duet-Dins—a` bey are to be Immo.. dintely Executed, their Houses Destroy. ed, and Property Seized... • • - ST. Lours, Feb. 3.—Gen. Ben. ,Loan, command. ing the Central District of. Missouri, has issued or ders that all buehwhackers, guerillas, robbers, Oon; federate recruiting officers, and emissaries assuming to act under rebel authority, found in that military district, shall be promptly executed by the first corn ndseioned officer into whose hands they may be de-, livered, and all persons knowingly harboring, or In! any way aiding and abetting sudh parties, shall sufH fer the like punishment, their houses be destroyed,' and all personal property in the premises be seized end applied to the indemnification,of Union citizens. Any officer failing promptly to execute this order . will be court-martialled for disobedience of orders. No News front New Orleans Reinforee.! ments for General Banks en rottte—An.- other Capture, &c. Niw Yortn, Feb. S.—The steamers George Wash-1 ington and Quincy have arrived from New Orleans.' The former brings New Orleans adviecs of January 27, but no news of importance. 1 1 - The George Washington' passed the United States! steam frigate 14LissieSippi; anchored at the Southl west Fess. Feb. 2, in ]at. 37, long. 79, passed thei steamship Ericsson, having in tow a large raft with a Sag on it. The Quincy left Key West Jan. 26. She left there the steamer. Continental, for New Orleans; with the bad Arassaeinqetts regiment, wands: •! I Arrived at New•• Orleans, - Jan. 26s brig San An-i tonio, from Philadelphia.. . Gen. McClellan at Boston. , • 'BOSTON, Feb. 3.—A delegation from Portland,] about one hundred in number, had an interview, with. Gen. McClellan last evening; inViting him to' visit that city. General McClellan expressed thanks for the flat-1 taring honor, alluded with satisfaction to the con), sevative feeling he saw in. New England, and re-j marked that he sate in this conservatism the hope, and strength of the nation. He promised a written) . reply. to the invitation. I A committee from Concord also called upon hnn. General McClellan responded to the address that he felt highly honored at the Invitation, and expreised great regret that he was unable to accept it, having) already exceeded the time devoted to his visit to the East. He further said that he was preparing a history of the Peninsular campaign, to' which het, wished to devote the principal portion of his time - At some future period, however, he hoped to meet his felloweitizens of 'Concord.• A deputation from Lowell, also, visited him td tender the hospitalities of the city, but he was coin.' pealed to decline the kind invitation. • He visits LawrenCe to-day. To-night a grand serenade will be given him at the Tremont House. All the bands in the city will take part in it. • The serenade to General McClellan took - place this evening. The affair was almost wholly private; and but few were admitted. The orchestra con sisted of over fifty pieces. General McClellan's .Visit to. Lawrence: BOSTON, .Feb 3.—General McClellan, accompanied by his wife and several .friende, visited Lawrence to-day in a special train.., The reception was the most hearty of any demonstration in the history of the city. Thousands of ,eitizens greeted him, amid the firing of cannon and ringing of bells. By invite% lion, the General was escorted to the Pacific Mills! The General took muckinterest in examining that immense manufactory. 'After passing through the various operating rooms, the General was coni ducted to the Hall - of the Pacific Company, where three thousand school children assembled there greeted him .with hearty, cheers, and sang a couple of songs—" March Along 13 and the " Star Spangled Banner"—with which the General and company weremuch pleased. Afterwards, the party partook of a collation:: Early in the evening the Party re. turned to Boston: The General has been obliged to decline all the invitations to ilia Portland, Concord, Lowell, and other towns. PROVIDENCE, Feb. 3.—By invitation of the Gene. ral Assembly, General Burnside today visited thtt body.. Business was suspended,. and the General was introduced to the.members individually. No speeches were made. The reception was informal, but most cordial and hearty. • ANDREW G. CURTIN ALBANY, Feb. 3.—The Democratic Legislative caucus ban 'nominated Erastua Coning for U. S. Senator. ALBANY, Feb. 3.—ln the Senate, this inorning,eit- GOvetnor Morgan was nominated (or U. S. Senator on the first ballot. In the Assembly the first ballot good as follows: Eac-Governor Morgan, (Rep.) 64 Erastus Corning, (Dem.) . . 62 Gen. John A. Dix, (Union Dem.) a Penland° Wood, (Peace Dem.) 1 The Speaker, Mr. Callicott, voted for Gen: Dix. • Mr. Dearemoved that the Assembly adjourn. '. • The Speaker ruled that a motion to adjourn was not •in order, the• House. having a special order A second ballot was then - taken, in which all the Republicans changed their votes to Dix, voting with Speaker Callleott to make the nomination' : The second ballot resulted as follows : Dix ' 66 Corning 66 General Dix"wat then declared to have been nominated: •••". A motion was made for the appointment of a com mittee to inform the Senate that -the House had made a nomination.. • Dlr. Dean moved to adjourn. The Speaker decided it out of order. Dir. Dean appealed from • the decision, but the Chair was sustained. . • • • : . .The Legislature then assembled in joint Omit's& t ' when ex-Governor - Morgan Ivan elected United :.Statea Senator on the first tiallot. ' , , • • The vote, on joint ballot; was as follows: • , • . Morgan • " 861 Corning, • .. ..... " 70 I. 'Dickinson I wA.s.ternecori, Special Deepatcheo to ct The Prem.,' WAtafttE(4Toll, February 3, 181%t. Internal Revenue . Decision. The MeDOwell toiirt of Inquiry. Martial. ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA. DEPARTMENT OF .THE GULF. 1 General Bnrnside at Providence. New 'York U. S. Senator. THE BALLOTING FOR SENATOR OOPYRNOR• 11thRGATt ItLY.CTED mvntb CONGRESS—Third Session, • WASHINUTOK, February 3, 1883.. • SENATE. • Aiipointment of Midahlprnen. A communidation was received from the Siere t Zr of the Navy in relation to the appointment of - shipmen, explaining that it was donein accordance with the construction of an act of Congreas by the Attorney General. ' , Petitions. Mr. SUMNER (Rep.), of hlassachusetts, presented a petition from relatives of the late Rev. Arthur B. Fuller, chaplain of the 16th Masaachusetts Regiment, asking for a pension. Mr. HARRIS (Rep.), of New York, presented the memorial of the inspectors in the custom •house, at New York, relative to compensation; also, a me morial from the importers of saltpetre and sulphur, and manufacturers of gunpowder, • asking for a mo dification of the tariff on these articles. Also, the petition of about one thousand discharged volunteers, asking for the $lOO bounty that waspro _milled them at the time of their enlistment Also a petition in favor of a bankrupt law. Mr. , lillaKS (U.), of Maryland, presented the petition of the merchants of New York fora bank rupt law. lie also presented the credentials of Non. Reverdy . Johnson, elected United States • Senator from the State of Maryland for six years from the 4th of March next. • Treaty with Great Britain. Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep.), of Wisconsin, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported a bill to carry Into - effect the treaty with Great Britain of August 9, 1845. • Pout Office Appropriation BBL _ _ Mr. COLLLMER (Rep.), of Vermont., from the Committee of Finance, reported back the post office appropriation. bill, which was passed. New . Offices Created. FESSENDEN (tep.), of Maine, called up the bill providing for a' deputy register of the Treasury Department. It was amended so as to make au assistant register instead of a deputy, at a salary of $2,600 per annum, and also to provide for a solicitor in the War Department, at a salary of $2,000. The bill was then passed. Pay of Idle Officers. Mr. LANE (Rep.), of Kansas, introduced a bill to provide for stopping the pay of unemployed military officers. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. The Position of the French in Mexico. Mr. MCDOUGALL (Dem.), of California, moved to take up the resolution offered by him relative to the French operations in Mexico. Mr. SUMNER, (Rep.), of Massachusetts, * objected to t !reconsideration of the resolutions at the present time, or to opening a discussion on the relations of thilfGovernment with Mexico and France, in the presenteondition of public business. He thought there teas no time for a discussion, which, at the best, would be useless. He objected' to the discus sion on the public relations of this country with 'France and Mexico. Either these resolutions mean nothing or something. If they mean anything they mean war, and no common war, but a war with a great and adventurous nation, and by no consent of his should a discussion arise which could only give aid to the rebellion. Mr. McDOUGALL thought it was time that this subject should be brought to the attention of the coun try; He thought that France was already making war. Having been offered all she Could ask, she was advancing Into Mexico with the design of conquer ing the country. He thought is was the design of France to take possession of the Mexican states, and then extend her conquest further. and going up through the river California to seize California; and still further by aiding the rebellion, and by collusion with the Southern Confederacy, to seize on Texas and the more Southern States, and take command of the great pride of. the na-' tion, the Mississippi river. European na tions have always drawn great wealth from their possessions in the East and China. Now the richest nation on the earth is the great prize of the nations of the world, and this movement is only a continuation of the policy of France since the days of Richelieu. The latest news from France states that thii expedition is expressly to antagonize against the progress of the United States in con quering Mexico, and so France invades a sister Re public upon our boniers, and upon our weakest po sition. it is a high-banded outrage that should meet the condemnation of every one. He refer red to the intriguing of the mission of. Almonte to Spain and France. with the proposition to establish a monarchy, in Mexico, . and claimed that this at tempt of France was the result of the machinations of Alnionte, Miramon, and Padre Miranda. At first, under thepretence of procuring the payment of the debts of Mexico, England and Spain were in duced to join; but when these. Powcra saw that France had other and ulterior designs, they with drew, with a protest against the French proceedings upon this country. Ail he asked was to be heard on the grave questions. If he could prove that France was•making an attack, not only on Mexico, but on all this Government, he hoped the Senate would not take counsel of its feats and forbid him a hearing. Mr. SUMNER said he hoped that the Senate would dare to do everything that was right. He thought that it would give joy to the rebels to know that this Senate was discussing the subject of .war with a foreign nation. The resolutions were then taken up by the follow ing vote : • YEAS Cathie (U.) Kennedy U. Rice )D ) Collanier IL) Lane (It.) led. Riot ardson (D.) Cowan (R.) Lane (It.) Kansas Saulsbury (D.) -' Fessenden (R.) Latham (D.) Sherman (Rd Foot (R.) McDougall (D.) Ten Eyck (It.) Grimes (R.) Morrill (R.) . • Tarnie ) Harding (U.) • Nesmith (U.) ' Well (I).) Harris (R.) Pomeroy (R.) • Willey(U.) Henderson (U.) - Davis (U.)( Wagon (U.) M. Howe (R.) Powell (D.) I RAYS. Foster (R.) • Sumner (R.) Harlan C)t) Wad° (EL) mere (13.) Winctuson (R.) Howard (R.) • Wilmot' (R. ) King (R.)' (R.) Mass Anthony (R. if Chandler (L) Clark (R.). Davis Dixon (it )• Doolittle (R. ) Mr. MCDOUGALL proceeded to address the Senate at length. He contended that the conduct of Francewas in violation of all international law and of treaties, and of, all Assurances made to this 'Government. - It was an attempt, to ,establish an European monarchy in Mexico and to overthroW; thewhole commercial system of this Government' He referred to a letter from our minister at Lon don, of November, 1881, in support of his views. The treaty entered into at London bound the high contracting parties not to attempt to acquire tern-. tory in Mexico. He, commented at some length on. the ultimatum offeredi. by France to Mexico, and declared that it was a disgrace to any civilized na tion that could make euch an offer. He then quoted from the letters of Earl Cowley to Lord Russell, and of Mr. Adams, our Minister to London, to show that they all feared that the design of France was to establish an European monarchy in Mexico—if not even still further designs on the interests and em pire of the United States, and contended that, from, all this evidence, the ulterior views of France were evident. France has no large mineral possessions like other nations and no colonies fitted for settle ment, so as to enrich the central State., Hence, her policy has been for a long series of years to aggran dize herself by the possession of 'empire without re gard to right. Else, why her uncalled-for attacks on Shim, Cochin China, Africa, and other coun tries? Elee, why was Abdei Kader dragged, as were the ancient British Kings to Rome, to be exhibited for the gaze of the canaille of . Paris 1 In 'the early history of California large numbers of the disorganized Garde Mobile were sent to California, and then crime the attempt to seize the State of Sonora ;'and such has been the policy of France since the days of Richelieu. The Govern ment and aristocracy of France and England are op posed to our success in crushing this rebellion, be cause the success of republican institutions is al ways dangerotte to monarchies, and if there is any Government unfriendly to us in this contest, that Government is France. France needs a cotton coun try. She can find it in Mexico. Lower California is not very loyal, and 'many disloyal men have gone to Sonora; and to-day, very few arms and less am munition is left in California, and France might seize and hold that State at any time within thirty days. He thought the Government was bound to pay some attention to this matter, and there was no reason why we. should be afraid of ' a conflict with France, or with Spain and England combined.- They, in California, were apprehensive of the designs of France, and he thought, from the course and policy of France, there was reason for this apprehen-. sion.' The Monroe doctrine in regard to foreign interference has been admitted by all nations as sound and true, and the Govern ment is boOnd.to sustain that doctrine, and should maintain it at all hazards. Suppose France will not withdraw her troops from Mexico; ten thousand troops sent from this country to aid the Mexicans would drive the French army into the sea. If neces sary to go to war, this Government should do it in order to maintain this great fundamental doctrine, and maintain our honor. - 'lf anything could now bind together' this nation, it would be a just and holy war against -a foreign foe. He believed that many of those now fighting against us would turn and join hands with us in a common cause against a common enemy. Mr. SUMNER said he was willing to bring every question to the touchstone of the suppression of this - rebellion. He would vote for nothing now to add to the burdens of the Government or to give aid to the rebellion. The adoption of these resolutions would invite a war from a great and powerful nation, and give so much aid to the rebellion by bringing them a kowerful ally. He should not attempt to follow the senator's argument. He should say nothing of France, whose friendship he would do all to pre - serve; and he could not follow the policy of the Senator which would necessarily bring upon us the hostility of France. Senators are, indeed, justly sensitive on seeing the return of European empire on this continent; but the most effectual means of preventing this is by the suppression of this rebel lion. He moved that the resolutions lay on the table. After nn executive session, the Senate adjourned MOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES • Congressmen from lAm'slalom Mr. DA%VES (Rep.), of Massachusetts, from the Committee on Elections, made a favorable report on the credentials of BenjalOn Flanders and Michael Hahn, as Representatives from the First and Second Congressional districts of Louisiana, Laid over for future spnsideration. General Broakru . pt• Bill. The House took .up the bankrupt bill. Several gentlemen expressed a desire to address the house upon the subject, and others wished to offer amend ments. Mr. ROSCOE CONKLIN& (Rep.), of New York, who reported the bill, and who has charge of it, said that Its details could not enter into the vote, which must depend upon its princfple. He therefore asked that it receive • a square vote, and urged prompt action. Mr. KELLOGG (Rep.), of Illinois, moved to lay the bill on the table. 'Agreed to—yeas G 2, nays al. ROSOO.E CONKLING, who had changed his vote to the affirmative for the purpose of enabling him to move a reconsideration of the vote, made that motion accordingly. Mr. KELLOGG, of Illinois, moved to lay Mr. Conkling's motion on the table, which was decided in the affirmative by seven majority. The bill was then rejected. The ReVenue. On motion of Dlr. SHEFFIELD (II.), of Rhode Island, the hill to expedite the collection of revenue in New York, by the appointment of assistant col lectors, was laid on the table. , Maritime Rights. The resolution reported from the Committee on Foreign Atrairs, declaratory of maritime rights, was postponed till the third Monday in February. National Currency. The bill heretofore reported to es• eurreney,secured by United States poned for one week—yeas 60, nays( YEAS. Edwards (H.) ' Eliot (R.) • Gooch (R.) Grider (U.) Hall (D.) • Harding (D.) Harrison (U.), Holman (A) Johnson (D.) Kellogg (R.) ID. Law (D.) • Loomis (R.) Mul'hersou (R.) Mallory (U.) Marston (IL) Maynard (U.) Menzies (U.) MltchellO(.) Moorhead (R. ) Noble (D.) :NAYS. Gurley (R.) Haight (1).) . Hooper (R.) Julian (It.) Kelley (It.) - Kellogg (R.) ]lick. Lousing (D ) Lehman Idvcooy IL) . McKean ( ) McKnight Mnrrl,(R.)Tt• Odell (D.) Olin (R.) Phelps (11.) Cal. Pike (R,) 'omeroy (H.) Allen (D.) Ohio Allen (D.) llle. Ancona (D.) Babbitt (L) Bally (D,) Bingham (R.) Blair (U.) Va. •Blake Brown (13.) Bufflnton (R) Calvert. (U.) Cobb (D.) ConkliugF.A. (R.) Cravens (D.) Crisfield (U.) Crittenden (U.) Cutler (R.) Dawes (R.) . 'Delano (B. Edgerton (K.) Aldrich (R.) Potter (R.) Arnold (R.) Rice (R.). Ashley (R ) Baker (R.) Sart:sant (R.) Baxter (R.) Sedgwtok (R.) Clerk (R.) Begar (U.) Colfax (R.) Sheffield (C.) Conway (R ) Shollabarger (R.) Conklin; R. (R.). Sloan (R.) Davis (R.)" Iven (R ) tiC i r i nt n e D did Donn ( R.) Trowbri e (R.) Fessenden T A. D Van Horn (IL) (R.) Walker (R.) Plsh^r (R.) Wheeler (D.) Pranchot (R.) Windom (R.) (Goodwill (R )I- rood (D.) go Grantor Or ) i The Rouse passed the bill to incorporate; the Washington Theatre Company. Paymaster. Tl General. Mr. McPERSON (Rep.), of Penrutylvanlii, re. ted from the Committee on Military Attaira a lull authorizing the Piesldent to select from. the Pay Department, or from additional pa)mastera of voltin.- teors, without regard to rank, but solely as to quell. lications, Paymester General, who shell have the pay,,rank, and emoluments of a brigadier general. Mr. McPherson said the bill involved no additional expense, and was intended to place the Paymaster General on n rank with the heads of other trattraus. Mr. BIDDLE (Dem.', of Pennsylvania, writ not prepared to vote for the bill, as he understoodi Its object was to overslaugh Colonel Andrews, one of the beat, most efficient, and incorruptible men in Nie• country. WASIITSURNE (Rep.), of Illinois, took a similar view. . Colonel Andrews had served the country for forty years, and was entitled to the place in order of promotion. His character could not be challenged. Mr. OLIN (Ren.), of New York, and Mr. Me- PHERSON severally. explained that the regular army was &mere fragment compared to - the volun teer forces. No blow was intended against Colonel Andrews; but the President should have power to select the best man for the position. Congress had already recognized the principle. The billwas rejeeted—yesa 61, nays 7(7... Internal Improvements. Mr. OLIN (Rep.), from the Committee ow Milita ry Affairs, reported back, with amendments, the Michigan and Illinois and New York canal bill, 'which provides. for the transfer of the lernobrand Michigan canal to theUniteetStates commissionert, to be appointed, with authority to enlarge the canal for the passage of gunboats;, and other boats; &et , the improvement to commence after the plan have been approved by the President, and be under the direction of the Secretary of War; the work to. be given to the lowest bidder. The revenue de, rived over and above the expenses of the manage rnent and repairs to be timid into the National! Treasury, to reimbursellLinois fisr the expenses that' State has incurred, and toward'the payment of the• principal and interest on the expenditures. After the enlargement is paid for, the canal is to be for ever open and free to the navigation of citizens of the United States, subject only tesuch toile as may be necessary to keep thecanatin repair and payment of its management. ' The Government of the Uni ted States is to assign Illinois, on her transferring. the canal, thirteen millions three hundred and forty six' thousand eight hundred and twenty-four dollars of six-per -cent. bonds interest payable semi-annu ally, and redeemable In twenty years, to he reim bursed !by the tolls. Provision •is also made for the enlargement, through the New York Canal Commissioners, of the Oswego and'Erie canals, to afford passage for armed vessels, he., from the Hud son river tothe Erie and Ontario lakes, the Govern ment to appropriate three millions and a • half of similar bonde., Mr. HOLMAN (Dem.), of Indiana, raised the question that, as the bill contained appropriations of money, it must receive itelirst - consideration in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. The SPEAKER admitted the point well taken, and Was sustained by the House—yeas 93, nays as. Mr.. OLIN moved to recommit the bill to the Painter Committee. Mr. I OLMA.N 'contended that after the reading of the bill it must go to the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Olin's motion was agreed to—yeas 61, nays 66. . Coastwise Ocean Telegraphs. Mr. OLIN, from the Military Committee, re ported a bill authorizing the Secretary 61 War to cause to be constructed and laid down a submarine cable, from Fort Ildellenry or Fort Monroe to Gal veston, touching at Fort Macon Port Royal, South Carolina ; Fernandina, Rey West, Fort Pickens, with 'a branch from the last-named to New Orleans; or so much of the military line as the: military exi gencies may require ; the Secretary of War to enter into the contract with such responsible parties as may give security for the prompt and faithful ere 'outwit of the work. Mr. OLIN caused a letter to be read from the Se cretary of War, in which he says the distance is twenty-five hundred nautical miles, and that a re sponsible English firm are willing to undertake the contract, and guarantee success on the payment of £2OO sterling per mile; that all the departments of the Government recognize its importance, and the work should be put under immediate contract, which can be finished in four months. Mr. OLIN, in answer to an inquiry - from Mr. Eli jah Ward,' said it was proposed to give the Secretary of War power to enter into a contract - with any per sons who can best and most expeditiously execute the work. . . , _ . Mr. WARD ( Dem.), preferred that mune Amerinan firm should undertake the work. He understood the wires could be made in the United States as good as In England, and the work' should be open to compe tition. Mr: OLIN said that if the line had been in opera tion a month ago the Government would have saved • four times its cost. Mr. WARD moved to - lay the bill on the table. Not agreed to—yeas 46, nays 68. Pm:ling question on the passage of the bill the Rouse adjourned. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE. The Senate met at eleven o'clock, and was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Moore. The SPEAKER laid before the Senate the thirtieth annual report of the Pennsylvania In stitute for the Instruction of the Blind. Also, an abstract of the accounts of the German town and Perkiomen Turnpike Company." Also, an abstract of the accounts of the Chelten ham and Willow Grove Turnpike Road Company. kir. DONOVAN presented the report of the super intendent of the Girard estate. Mr. SMITH remonstrances from six hundred and ten citizen. of Montgomery county against legalizing the loan for bountypurposes. Messrs. Kinsey, Stein, Reilly, Mott, and Glatz severally presented remonstrances against the re construction of dams on the Upper Lehigh. Mr—CLYMER, the memorial of citizens of this Commonwealth, settiqs forth their grievances arising from the arbitrary illegal, and unconstitu tional arrests of their fellow-citizens by orders of the Federal Government, and praying the General Assembly to adopt such measures as may be re quisite to, secure to the people:the rights and privi leges guarantied them by the Constitution of the United States and of this State. The memorial was read and referred.. . . Mr. STEIN, a petition for the recharter and in °realm of capital of the Allentown Bank. • Postage. Account. • Mr. SERRILL; from the Committee on Accounts, presented the following bill forPoStagep to Feb. 1: Postage during recess 3489 00 Letters sent ' 220 00 Letters received 3 12 Documents sent -878 00 $1,69012 The account WAS passed. . Bills Introduced.. Mr. CONNELJ, a bill to incorporate the Ameri can Engravers' Company. Also a bill to Incorporate the Oantinental Ex press Company. Mr. HIESTAND, joint resolution instructing our Senators, and • requesting our Representatives in Congress to favor the repealer the duty on paper. On motion of Mr. Hiestand, said resolutions were considered, and passed Sna p yeas 22, nays 2. Mr SMITH, a bill to extend the charter of the Batik of Delaware county. Mr.•BERRILL, a bill to extend the charter of the Bank of Montgomery county. Mr. GRAHAM, a supplement to the act relating to auctions and auctioneers. Mr. STEIN, a bill to change the name of the Northern Iron Company. Considered and passed. On motion of Mr. KINSEY, the bill to extend the charter of the White Hall Mutual Fire Insu rance Company was considered, and passed finally. On motion of Mr. KINSEY, the bill relative to the sale and conveyance of real estate was taken . up on third reading, amended, and passed finally. On motion of Mr. WALLACE the bill to incor porate the Northwestern Navigation Company was considered, and passed finally. On motion of Mr. BOUND, the supplement to the act incorporating the Macaulay Mountain Railroad Company was considered, and passed finally. Adjourned. • HOUSE. • The House was called to order by Speaker CESS NA et eleven A. M. . ' The journal of Monday was read. The Aareet 'of Boileau. Messri. BARGER of Philadelphia, and EARLY of Elk, asked leave to record their votes on the re solutions relative to the arrest of . A. D. Boileau, of Philadelphia. They voted aye. Mr. RITTER, of Snyder, asked the same privi- . lege, and voted no. The calendar of private bills was then taken up and prepared for a second reading. After the drat loading, a motion was made that the regular busi ness of the House be proceeded with. Concurred in. Mr. MeMURTRIE, of Blair, from the Committee of Estates and Escheats; reported an sot to incor porate the Woodland Cemetery Company of Phila delphia. Mr. RAIN, of .Fayette, to incorporate the Pitts burg slid Uniontown Telegraph Company. Also, one to prevent illegal arrests, and a resolution to in struct our Senators :and Representatives in Con gress to vote against paying from the treasury of the United States twenty millions of dollars for emanci pated slaves in Missouri. Resolution referred to the Committee on Federal Relations. -• Arrests by the Government. 3lr. REX, of Montgomery, read in place a bill to secure to the people of this State the freedom or speech to which they are entitled by the Coast& tution. The preamble of this bill recites the difibrent arti cles'of the Constitution of the United States, guar . anteeing protection in liberty of speech and the press, and the enjoyment of private property, gsting, also, the privileges guaranteed to every citizen - when arrested for 'crime. Section one provides that from and after the pas sage'of this act, if any civil or military officer of this State, or of the United' States, shall arrest, or at tempt to arrest, any private citizen of this State, With the intention of carrying him out ofthe State, without a legal hearing or trial in the manner and form provided in the Constitution of this State, or of the United States, he or they so offending shall be deemed guilty of a high crime, and, upon con viction in any Courts of Quarter Sessions of this Commonwealth, shall be fined not less than $5,000, and in addition be imprisoned for not less than five years at hard labor. Section two provides that if any such officer shall suppress, or attempt to suppress, the publication of any newspaper by force, or prevent its circulation, or shall in any way interfere with' the freedom of speech or of the press Illegally, as recited in the preamble, he shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than $5OO nor more than $l,OOO, or be imprisoned in the State Penitentiary for not less than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court. Section three requires every sheriff, police officer, or constable, to arrest the person so offending and bring him before the nearest Justice or alderman, and if the evidence shall be deemed sufficient, the person so charged shall be committed to the county jail until the next ensuing Court of Quarter Ses sions. • Section fourth makes it the duty of the Governor, immediately alter the passage of this act, to issue his proclamation, warning all civil and military Mil aers of the penalty for 'a violation of this act, and his determination to enforce the same ; and notify ing sherifik, police officers, and constables, or their duty in this connection, extending to such officers, when resisted, such aid as the emergency may re quire. The bill was referred to the Committee on Judi ciary General. Mr. KAINE, of Fayette, also introduced a bill to prevent illegal arrests. This bill provides that the removal of 'any person beyond the limits of this State or of the United States, for offences committed in this State, is to be declared a misdemeanor, and that any person who shall seize, or shall in any man ner aid in such seizure, or attempt at seizure, or who shall actually remove or attempt to remove, said per son so committing offences, shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction shah he sentenced to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, and an imprisonment in s olitary confinement Sir any period' not exceeding ten years, both or either at the discre tion of the court; and that upon the trial of any person charged with the offences above recited, the. not that such seizure, confinement, or removal was by order of the President of the .United States, or of any member of the Cabinet, or other officer of the General Government, shall constitute no legal of.. fence. Referred to the Committee on Federal Rein,- tions. Opposition to Emancipation. tablish a national stocks, was post . as follows Norton (D.) Porter AR) - Price (D.) - Robinson (DJ_ Rollins (R.) N. H. Sherman (R.) Stevens. (R.) e tiles (D. )_ • Thomas (O.) Maas Trimble (U.) Vibbard (R.) • Wadsworth (D.) Wall (R. ) • Wallaee (R.) White (R.) Ind. Wiekliffe (b.) Worcester (R.)• Wright (D.) Yearaan (D.) Mr. BAINE alio read is paace joint resolutions instructing our Senators in Congress to oppose the passage of a•law aPpropriating twenty millions of dollars to compensate the owners of emmicipatdd alavee in the State of Mbsouri. Laid upon the table. Supplement to Paousylvatuin. Rnarond Mr. THOMPSON (Philadelphia) read in place a further supplement to: an act to incorporate the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, as follows: SECTION 1.. That the annual meeting of the stock holders of the said Pennsylvania ila'aroad Company shall. be held on the third Tuesday of February to every year instead of on the first Monday in Feb ruary, as tioretofore. Snn: 2. That the Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company be, and they are hereby, autho rized to'add to their number, by electing, from the body of the stockholders at' such time as they may determine, and annuallithereafter, if they deem it expedient, an addition member, who shall eat as HARRISBURG, February 3, 1883. SENATE Petitions Bills Considered. Private BlUe. C]►nrtcr. fin additional rice president or managing director, with ouch powers and for siich compensation as the said board may, by law or resolutiou r establish and direct. Sao. 3. That the Directors of the Pestnsylvania Railroad Company be, and they are hereby, au thorized to create mort gage bonds, payable at ouch time as they may determine upon, with coupons attached, bearing interest not exceeding sis per centum, to an amount equivalent to the cash out lay upon any branch road hereafter constructed under the provisions of the charter of the Pensyl• yenta ltaifroad Company, its supplements, or laws afircting said company; the bootee& created to be a lien upon the net revenue derived from the branch read for which they may be isauek and may be se cured by mortgage uponsaid property. Referred to Coarunittee on Railroads. rer. FOSTER read a bill to macadamize a per. Barr of Broad greet; lir Philadelphia. DIP. LEE a supplement to an act incorporating the Philadelphia ant Delaware Railroad; Company. Reports of Committees. The Committee on Accounts reported the suns of $2,1119.i4 due the U. S. post office at Harrisburg; for letters told documents from - the }lmmo/ Represen tatives passing through that othce, with a sescdutioc to pay theesame. Agreed' to: Mr. THOMPSON frmnithe - Committee on,Corpo rations, reported, w i th slight amendments , an act to. V incorporate the alley Forgo - Railroad Company. Mr. YOUNG, from the eame - committeedireported as commated,supplement to.the act incorporating the Bethlehem Railroad Company. Mr. BARER, of Philadelphia, read In place e a bill providing fer the payment or the assessors of the city of Philadelphia for making, the military en rollment for tinrdraft. Also, one Incorporating the Chester and Delaware Market' Company, to be located In Philadelphia. Also, onto repeal the act incorporting the Lombard and South. Street Passen ger Railroad Company. The House now resumed the consideration of the private calendar,.which having been-gone through, ft:notion was made and seconded that the House adjourn until 11 A . ..M. to-morrow, and' not hold an afternoon session this P. 112., according; to previous agreement. Mr. Hattie offered an amendment that it meet at 10x A. M.—lost. So the House stood ad journed until to-morrow A. M., at II o'clock. THE DEMOCRATIC' CLUB WHAT THE DEMOCRATS THINK IN. PRIVATE, Two• Reporters of The Presa Expelled. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS SPEECH OP REV: C. C. BURR lie Macho Sedition, Riot, and Bloodshed, Lincoln a Greater Traitor than Jeff Davis With.a desire to inform our readers ask,. the pro gress of the Northern revolution spnken'of publicly by Mr. Bullitt, at the headquarters of the• Democr atic Club, a few evenings ago, several of the reporters of . The Press were sent to the headquarters last eve ning. We expected, of course; that they would en counter gentlemen, and be treated gentlemanly, for there is no reason to suppose that a club which trum pets itself before the public is- composed of men of "high social position," "moral. standing," "gene roue patriotism," and " ability and talents," would not, at the outset of its career, exhibit rude ness and incivility. We were, moreover, invited to notice this meeting, and hercwitk we attach our very polite and suggestive invitation: To the Editor of Vie Press : ' Stu : The Members of the " Democrat Central' Club will hold a meeting to-night at half past even' o'clock. They fear neither the negro-worshipping tyrant, or the reporters of a venal press. Send them along, they may hear some wholesome truth. Edward's building, Walnut, below. Sixth street. - Tuesday, Feb.; 1563. At half past seven the Club-room was about a quarter filled. Here and there - stood select spots of four or five, and all discussing Important matters of State. The topics of conversation were not many or varied. They all tended to one common centre— that card of Mr. Boileau. The gentlemen pro nounced Mr. Boileau a "poltroon " and a "sneak." We heard another remark that "John Brown had more pluck when be died that Al. Boileau ever showed In his entire life." "The Journa/ was al ways an Abolition sheet anyhoW till Pine and Rill Reed took hold of it," said another blear-eyed indi vidual. "Yes„" said his friend,. "old Baker had control of it until the last five or six months, and then it was always wishy-washy." " Well, Mr. I—, what do you think of your friend, Boileau," . said Mr. H. "D—n such a mi serable coward I" We : refrain, of course, from giving publicity to the vulgarisms in which this crowd indulged. It was almost entirely personal to Mr. Bolleau.• One of our reporters, whom we will call Reporter No. 1, had been in the room about half an hour, and, while in conversation with a personal friend, was thus accosted by Alderman William Mc- Mullin, who .was busily engaged in surveying the crowd : . McMullin—"A word with. I - ou, idr, at your leiaure.t , - Reporter—" I am at leisure, sir, wtititla it you have to say I" McMullin—" I understand, air; that . you, are a re porter." Reporter—" That is correct; I am a reporter." McMullin—" Reporter of the PRESS, teo;. I under atand.” Reporter—" You understand rtght, air; a reporter of Forney , a Press." McMullin—"Then, sir, I order you out of this room.P . Reporter—" You will allow me the privilege of asking by what authority I am put out of this place. I understand this to be a- pUblic meeting of Demo cratic citizens, and as such I attended it. If this is a private meeting, I shall certainly leave." "Mcßlullin—" Well, I give you warning ; you had better leave, or you may regret it." Our reporter had received instructions to remain, and although a modest and timid man, and by no means anxious to encounter raclllullin, walked away, hoping to escape him. But the distinguished lender of the "unterrifled" soon gave him to under stand that he could no longer tolerate his presence. The reporter had meanwhile learned from various other persons in the room that the meeting was by no means of a private character. Some personally told him that they were not members of any Demo cratic club; that the constitution of this club had not yet been framed; and that, consequently, there could be no private meeting. No officers had yet been elected, and this was a mass meeting. The alderman, howeVer,again saw him, and stepped for ward to the place where he stood, and this second colloquy occurred Alderman.—"Do you intend to leavdthis room, sir Reporter.—" Certainly, air, if the president an nounces, at the commencement of the meeting, that it is a private meeting. Are you the presi dent 1" MeMullin.—" I am not the president, but whoever he may happen to be, he will not make that an nouncement. Now, out with you.” Our "Reporter, N 0.1," was not disposed to argue further with one who was determined so hear no ar gument, and left. . Determined to enlighten the people of Philadelphia as to the purposes of the meeting, there were, un fortunately for the Alderman, several Reporters of The Press present. Reporter No. 1 having been summarily dismissed, we give the experience of Reporter No. 2, as follows : ANOTHER nxpoirrlir. DIS'HISSED. Upon entering the room, Reporter No. 2 discover ed it to be in a distracted condition. He walked around in a meek and mild manner, never imagining himself, for one instant, to. be in the lions' den. Unlike Daniel, however, he was not left unmolested. He heard the name " reporter ;" he felt a frown levelled at the back of his neck, and the influence of a forefinger perforating the brain. The voice was whispering, the frown was gentlemanly, the fore finger wee clean. It beckoned him into a remote corner. He followed, still bearing the meek and mild aspect which in his wont.. This, sir, is a strictly private meeting," said the forefinger. • "Indeed l" "We allow no reporters here." "This, then, is strictly a private ineetingr "Yes, air; none are admitted but members of the club." ' " Suppose I wish to come, how will I set about it?" ".70/.i THE CLUB !" If not, what am I to do then?" "Leave the room!" "Suppose I don't leave it, what then I" " Then 3! Gull be put out." [The questicm, " put me out," now occurred to him.] " You'd better sift the company, sir—every soul In the room !" "I didn't know you were a reporter, or I wouldn't have let you in !" " Will you give me the pleasure of knowing your name before I go 1" " My name is McMullen." "Alt ! I think. live heard that name before. Good evening, Mr. McMullen." • . Reporter No:2 left. be THE EHOCEEDIEHE OP THE MEETING. Notwithstanding the kind attentions of Mr. Mc- Mullin, the other reporters of 'The Press-who were present succeeded in obtaining a report of the meet ing. It was organized by Mr. Charles Ingersoll taking the chair and calling the meeting to order.' He introduced to the meeting the Reverend Chaun cey C. Burr, well known as a distinguished minister of the Gospel, and celebrated' for his Christinti Hie and principles. Hewas received with loud applause, made an elaborate address, and denounced the Administration in bitter terms. It wasa drunken Administration, besotted with its violation of the Constitution. It had never had one honest pulsa tion for the good of the country. It was a set of rascals.. He had lately been to Washington, - and his soul was-filled with shame when he saw the streets of that city tilled with lunatics and persons looking as if they had come from Bedlam or some freedore association. • [Loud applause.) The members of the Administration are not fit to be boot-blacks for his hOnorable auditors. [Applause.) Abraham Lin coln is a greater Ira itor than Jeffeisosi Davis. [Applause.] What has Jeff Davis done? He has vseretg infringed upon• our territorial juriariietion. 1k has not struck al the Constitution. On. State rights lilc. Burr disooursed at length. He believed that we would have to come back to. this good old doctrine of State rights in order to. save the Republic. He alluded, in en affectionate manner, to the old Camden ferry-boat, the " State Rights," and how his heart ached when he found that her name had been changed to " United States Rights." " Why, sir," he continued, " the - United States has no rights. It is merely resting, on the solid basis of State rights. Suppose that a. State should refuse to elect a senator or a representative, where would your 'United States bet pleeel silence.] Congress is nothing but the repreaerdative of the States, end this is the only doctrine that can, save us. What we want is pluck." "lio we don't" interposed a voice. "We want money." . "Yes sir ! We want miracle (arta the speaker held up his arm and displayed its devslopment). Carry the pluck which you have displayed this evening with you into the street. It you, do so, the provost marshal of this city will bo alore afraid of being rid den sublimely on a rail Lima you Will be of any In jury which he can do to your • constitutional liber ties.), (Applause, and in loud tones, "we will, we After the applause had subsided, he reverently looked heavenward, and said in the voice of tragedy eubtime . : ' S When the soul of this Government fs deed, I, for oiN t ear( not what becoriiOt 4ffic [Ap t wal "If a plot whit* is now proposed should sue that one of our sdtdiers should go to Richmond ana aseftesinnte Jefferson Davis and bring back his head, he hoped it would be pet on Abe Lincoln's should ers." (Loud and long confirmed cheering.) Mr. Burr reiterated that Mr. Lincoln was a greater traitor than Jeff. Davis, and if his abontion polity was permitted to go on, lie (Mr. B.> main• taxied that Jefrenton Davis dais fighting for our liberties in the North as well as For those of hie fel low-citizens in the South ! [Tremendous applause.) Why not stop this war now 7 Why, my friends, you will ask, "Bow can we decay without dis grace P , Why, said Mr, Burr, if you would be dis graced now, what would your dishonnt amount to six months hence, if you go on making dead men and public debt 1 He - thought the attitude of the two powers at present were like a great big bully pummelling a small' effeminate lad; the illsht was unequal, disgraceful,• and every way despicable. And all this was the' work of that—that - Eaere Mr. Burr scratched his head fora trein endoi. idea, most vigosoualy, creating great nuvrlrnent.] that gorilla! at Washington Old Abe, who reminded , him of an AtricaA king seated in his mud hut thatched with skulls! This wee the positron of Lincoln tow—he existed in a Golgotha of his own nicking. JA volce"--P Be dom, but I. hope John Forney wilt git ahoold of tlr3t. I whauder if Muria a rapoortec' abooLl Mr. Burr was now quite haatne: He' palled out his watch, stated Mat it was almost eleven o'clock, • and- that he must give way to other and abler speakers. [Here thecriea to "go on" wore deafen.- . ing, and Mr. Burr continued.] • He wanted Pennsylvania, with. her sublime, mo rali[and conservative strength, to go with New Jer eey in her efforts to maintain constitutional: liberty. New York was with us. That good, weak, old man, Gen. Wool, had said that he called upon the militia of the Empire State to report to him of his own accord; but - it was known that the order came trona the Secretary of War, and Governor Seymour would- have placed any regiment or battalion. of 'militia' under at-rest that had dared to report for the sertria of the Uniket Stales to Gen. Wool. He had been up at Trenton with the Legislature-for the past four weeks, he said, to watch the movements of the-Abolitionists. He was• glad to report that there was now a bill before that Legislature to authorize the Governor to reorganize• the militia—the sum was small—den thousand dol lars—but he hoped to have twenty or thirty thou sand dollars added to it. He might be asked the use of this measure by the Abolitionists, and he would complacently reply that theremightbc aforeign war, in which case they would be needed. [Applause.] If this Abolition programme was to be carried- out, and negroes were to be put in our forte as garrison troops, he, tie a peace man, thought it would be hie time to turn soldier.. [Tremendous cheering.) Be contemplated' the new compromise line with pleasure. It would run east of New Jersey, and would therefore include that State and Pennsyl— vania. As for New England, he cared very little whether it came .in or not. These States- might be tolerated' in the new Union as a sort of ulcer, which could not be taken out until it was perfectly ripe ! [A voice—" tak' it not by the roots I"] No, he said, I have some hope for reconstruction in Con nectidit, Maine, and New Hampshire, but Ver mont and Massachusetts had sunk, beneath all chance of redemption, in the Abolition whirlpool i [Sensation, and smothered applause.) , About this time a number of the "half-and•hal men" went out, accompanied by the secretary, who had the books of the concern, tied up in a handkp chief, under his arm. Mr. Burr continued to 11 , as long as a dozen persons remained, but g boarse at last that he wail oblieed to give up down, when the "meeting" wee dismissed. tbutdasm died out long before Mr. B speaking. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CON TOILS TO THE OFIUSCH HomE.—The annual of the contributors of this Institution too yeeterday morning, at the ,Ifurtgution, co Twe.rxty-eecond and Pine etreete: Rev. Dr acted as chairman, and Edward H. Rowley, • secretary. The annual report was read, showint object of the society to be the care and proper train togof the children who may be placed in the Home. The treasurer's report exhibited a balance of the year 1883 of $42.5.31. The expenses during the past year were $3.514.45, making the total amount of $3,999.78. The annual sermon will be preached shortly in the Church of the Epiphany, by the Rev. Dr. Huntington, of Boston. The following gentle-. men were elected officers : Presidents, Rt. Rey. Alonzol Porter, D. D. LL. D. Rt. Rev. Samuel Bowman, D. D. ; secretary, E d ward H. Rowley ; treasurer, Edward S. Buckley. Faxon° hlsoeziroc.—We have the February number from W. B. Zieber, South Third street. It contains a variety Of well•selected articles, in prose and verse, from the Edinburgh, British Quarterly, North British. Eclectic, and Westminster Reviewe, Chambers' Journal, Fraser% Bentley's - N . 6:r Month ly, London Society, and Dublin University Maga zines. The steel frontispiece gives portraits of the five deceased Secretaries of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, viz. Rev. Dr. Samuel WOrcester, Jeremiah Everts, Rev. Dr. Cor nelius, Rev. Dr. Wisner, and Rev. Dr. Armstrong. Brief but sufficient- memoirs suitably illustrate these portraits. • ENGLISH PIOTORIALS.—We have the Illustrated London sews (a double number), and the Illustrated News of the World, both of January 17th, from S. C. Vphalh, 403 Chestnut street. As usual, they con tain numerous engravings of considerable merit and interest. CI XIC "Y' ITEM S. A. SPLENDID PICTURE. OF GENERAL Me- OL2LLAN.—Mr. F. Gutekunat, Nos.. 704 and 700 Arch street, is still exhibiting, in the east window of his magnificent ground-floor Gallery, to ad miring thousands, his recently-executed life-size Photograph of Gen. George B. McClellan, finished in Crayon, and the popularity of his caries de visite of the General, in various styles, is the greatest triumph in this branch of the Photographic business ever achieved in this country. Orders are coming in from all parts - of the North, from the trade, for . thousands of these Capital pictures. Tim &mini . KING has been paying his respects to the good people of the community within the last few days to some purpose, and this effect of it has been instinctively to turn the thoughts of all sensible people towards the superior quality of coal sold by 'Alr. W. W. Alter, at his yard, Ninth street above Poplar. The facilities of Dlr. Alter, for ob taining coal on the best terms, and the great quantity he sells, enables him to favor the public in prices, and hence his enormous trade. BUCKWHEAT CANES 3 COFFEE are now pre-eminently in season, and the numerous pa trons of thipopular old grocery house of Mr. C. H. Mattson, Arch and Tenth streets, are enjoying these luxuries in 'greatest perfection. He has now in store a fresh supply of his superior Buckwheat Flour, of the famous "Silver Flint" brand—the best in the country, without an exception—also, a fine lot of Wheat Flour, of the choicest brands. libs fine Old Governm ent Java Coffee needs no comment. DELICIOUS FRESH CONFECTIONS.—Mr. A. L. Vansant, the great Philadelphia Confectioner, Ni9th and Chestnut streets, has constantly fresh on his counters, the finest Roasted Almonds, Cream Chocolates, French and American Mixtures, Portu guese Secrets, Taffies, and French Nauget, together with the choicest assortment of foreign and fine do mestic Fruits, not to be found elsewhere. POPULAR PIIOTOGRAPII ESTABLISH- ItENT.-11Ir. E. P. Ripple's splendid Photographic Gallery, No. WO Arch street, is literally besieged with patrons six days in the week, and the style and fidelity of his pictures, in all sizes and styles, are universally admired. SIGNOR BLITZ, ASSRIIRLY BUILDING, TENTH AND CnSsTnn.r.—The great versatalitrdis played by the Signor, in his various necromantic delusions and ventriloquial dialogues, renders his entertainment-amusing to all classes and disposi tions. This afternoon, at a, the Signor gives a Grand Matinee. Also„.in the evening, at 73g. .WE AIM apt to be free with our jokes upon Doctors and their drugs, until sick and lirneed of their aid; then all alike bow to the necessity of recourse to their hard-earned and often ill-requited skill: The prevailing bellef that physicians frown upon whatever • deviates from their peculiar system and usages, arises from the fact that their better information leads them soonest to detect and dis card the medical delusions and impositions that are thrust upon the community. That they are ready and prompt to adopt any really valuable invention, isseen by the treatment Doctor T. C. Ayer's. Chemi cal Remedies have received at their hands. They appreciate the value of these medicines because they know their composition ; and where is the man who ever heard a respectable physician either disparagetbem or discourage their use! No profession. or:pursuit has done more for the human fondly' than . the medical profession. -None is fol lowed by nobler men or for nobler ends inor is there one which better . deserys the beet thanks of man kind-Canton (W. Y.) Democrat. "BAD .. ELA.mTs."—It seems to. be, as, it should be, the chief end of man to cultivate good habits. A lounger, smoking a cigar, havingenbered a menagerie, the proprietor reiluesitul.him to take the weed from his mouth, " lest ho shoUld teach the other monkeys had habits.": . There are various kinds of bad habits; one is to "smoke, another to take other persons' umbrellas or hats.at an, eve:nir_g, party; but the moat inexcuiablePit - ni;se times the arts and sciences, is t.l , l,4aigiiag of & t ra d_gtt garment, when the begjoelass goods are. ftwailli . ready , Matt within the reach of afs a Charlevo l les Sc Co.'s " OneTrice,' , water t Co , kSental Hotel, In this city. An inspection of their goods will convince any one of the.trutts of this statement. MISCATtRIAGE OP REBEL. SUPPLIES- -- Some of the munitions of war which. our perfidious cousin across the water has been, getting , sp for re• beldom have lately miscarriedond there has been consequent gnashing of teeth. in JetS Davis' do-. minions. In the loyal States. we are- independent: of foreign aid in any way, as we makocan own gun% build our own shim make our owe. powder, and: clothe our own soldiers. This last that remindr.,us , of the circumstance that the Brown Stone ClothinC Ball of Rochhill & Wilson, Nos. On and 605 Cheat• nut street,. above Sixth, has facilities for keepiog au entire army comfortably clothed, while its mosuisc hire of garnients for civilians goes forward ratthout delay &interference. 0171 t TRBEE SYA GAB OP BEING.-4 1 1.5e three great stages of our being are•the birth,,tke and the burial. To the grat we bring only weak seas—for the last we have nothing hub- dust ! here, at the altar, where life joins lifkthe pair come throbbing up, to. the holy man, widswaing• the t-Vel' promise that arms each other's heaat., to help on in the life struggle of care and duty. The beautiful will be there, borrowing new hewn' from tb,o scene, The gay and the frivolous, they and their pounces, will look solemn for once. Arni youth will come, to gaze on all its sacred thoughts pant for; and age will totter up to hear the old words repeated, that to their own lives have Om the chains. Every man of taste will beithred in the faultless garments pro. cured at the urdmrpasaatde One-Price Clothing Es tablishment of Oveaville Stokes, No, 609 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, where every Variety of ISESSO I Ia • tilc gamma ta alma oA Wald,
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