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THE NEWS.
A - LETTER, dated Sulrolk, Va., 2d instant,says
Late this afternoon we received information that the
rebel General Roger A. Pryor, after being heavily
reinforced from Weldon and Petersburg, had again
crossed the Blackwater river, and, for the present,
taken up a position at Carrsvillc, an insignificant
little place situated between 16 and l'7 miles from
this town. Gen. Peck once more set to work to not
only repel, but also make an attack. Gen. Peck had
issued an order complimenting Geo. Corcoran and
his troops for their conduct in the Oght on the Goth
ult., but adding : The misconduct of some of. the
troops has been brought to his notice, but he for
bears to specify them', in the belief that those con
scious of deserving censure will avail themselves of
the first opportunity to retrieve the pact.
.A CORRESPONDENT, Writing from Fairfax Court
House under date of February 7th, says : A detach
ment of companies H and F, of the Fifth New York
Cavalry, under Capt. Penfield, yesterday made a
raid to Middleburg, and at..Aldle captured eight of
the Ist Virginia (rebel) cavalry, and the Postmaster
of Little Washington. They were on the way to a
ball given to them by the citizens of that place, and
tvere fully armed and equipped. Amohg them were,
it is supposed, some officers, but they refuse to dis
close their rank. Most of those captured belong to
Capt. Motley's party, who have been attacking our
pickets along the picket lines. They were excel
lently mounted, and their horses were also captured.
The reconnoissance was made under the immediate
orders of Col. Wyndhism, and by a part of his bri
gade. The rebels left a note et a house, addressed
to the colonel of the 18th PenrisylVfmla cavalry, or
pressing the hope that that reginient would soon be
snpplied with new revolvers, as the carbines which
they now use are hardly worth the capturing.
News smolt Munrnaxariono indicates that the
rebels are abandoning the line established at Duck
river, and are falling, back to the Tennessee.
Granting the truth of this news, we may comeive
that Bragg intends to establish himself strongly in
the mountains north of Chattanooga, and then with
draw a large portion of his force to the Mississippi.
As he has recently been heavily reinforced from
Virginia, and as a retreat south of Tullahoma
would be a virtual surrender of the rebel intention
to hold Tennessee, with the East Tennessee. Rail
road, there is reason to believe the report unreliable.
Tas GOVERNMENT is now in receipt of large num
bers of excellent rifled muskets, of the United States
pattern, from the Springfield Armory, and from pri
vate contractors. Large lots of fire-arms are also
offered by importers and others. During last week,
Mareellua Hartley, of Birmingham, offered 225,000
Enfield-rifled muskets, to be delivered in four and
six months, at $l5 each ; J. D. Hardenburg, of New
YOrk, offered 26,900 rifled muskets, United States
model of 1854, at $22.50 each; and Emile W. Woefel,
of Austria, offered 2,000 rifles at thirteen francs each,
300 muskets at eleven francs each, 6,000 carbines at
eight francs each, and 300 pistols at six francs each--
a cheap lo of shooting-irons.
district of country north of the Potomac river,
from Piscataway creek to Annapolis Junction and
the mouth of the Monocacy, and south by Goose
creek and Bull Run mountains to the mouth of the
Occoquan, will constitute the departinent of Wash
ington, and the troops in that department will con
stitute the Twenty•second army corps, to be com
manded by Major General bleintzeirnan.
TIIERE are now three thousand eight hundred of
Jeff Davis' men'in Camp Douglas. On Thursday a
feeble attempt was made by a few Secessionists of
Chicago to rescue the prisoners as they were being
conveyed to camp, but a few pricks from bayonets
in the hands of the guards were arguments suffi
ciently strong to cause them to fall back.
INFORMATION has been received at headquarters
in Louisville to the effbct that the rebel John Mor
gan was at Salem, a point on the Cumberland river,
between Nashville and Clarkeaville, a few days
since ; and that he had a large force under his com
mand. At its present stage, his cavalry could not
cross the Cumberland without great difficulty, and
it is probably his object to cooperate with Forrest
in embarrassing the navigation of the Cumberland
river.
SPECULATION rages high in Memphis, in cotton
buying; as it goes at 95 cents to $1 per pound, being
more than it is worth in New York. Gold 50CR/60
per cent. premium. Southern bank notes are passed
readily, some firma advertising to take them at par
for trade.
(him of the results of the capture of Murfreesboro
was the capture of the Confederate tannery in that
city, embracing a vast amount of hides and partly
tanned leather, sheep pelts, &e., amounting to some
seven hundred thousand pieces, and worth more
than a million and a half of dollars.
Evanv session of Congress, within the memory
of the present and preceding generations, somebody
from the South or the West is sure to run a tilt
avast the fishing bounties. This year it is Senator
Powell, of Kentucky. Of him, Senator Fessenden,
of Maine, said, the other day "The Senator from
Kentucky does not like codfish. He expressed to
me hiadislike particularly of dried codfish. It does
not smell well, and as lie does not like it, he pitches
into it upon every possible occasion."
Tip: European steamers will hereafter require
passage money to be paid in gold, or its equivalent.
devotion to the interests of his countrymeh.
We judge, from certain indications, that we are
roon to have stirring news from North Carolina
and the South Atlantic coast. •
IT 1 g now thought that the rebel Congress will
disapprove Jeff Davis , order of retaliation.
A Reconstructed Union.
The sympathizers with rebellion are con
stantly harping upon the Union as it was,
and the necessity for its reconstruction. Not
many-months ago they clamored for the
war more violently than the: :Republicans,
and charged the Administration with inde
cision iiiidlassitudeln its prosecution. That
false preteke is now abandoned, and they say
" Give us peace and let us reconstruct the
Union... We shall have the Union as it was;
the Constitution will be unmolested; the
Soutli.Will have her rights, and with proper
guarantees and conditions peace will reign
over a happy Union." In order to see what
real meaning such an argument can possi
bly contain, let us suppose an impossible
event, and anticipate an impossible contin
gency. • For the sake of the argument,
then, let us. imagine that months have passed
away; the Democratic leaders in the North
have triuniPhed, and, true to their pledges,
they set about the. reconstruction of the
T hoc- Pow Aclinin.lwtration is in power Xr,
TALLANDIOnsm is Speaker of the House . ;
Mi. Wool) the President of the Senate ;
HUGIIES is Governor of this State, and their
party possesses undi4mted power. Congress
meets, and the question of peace is discussed.
The discussion terminates in - a vote for an
armistice, and commissioners go to the rebel
lines with a flag of truce : "We come,"
they say, "from the United States to con
fer in relation to a cessation of _hostilities.
We have ordered our army Into quarters ;
we have recalled DUPONT, with his fleet,
from the South, anffwe come to offer terms."
It is probable that JEFFERSON DAVIS would
accede to such a request, and that such a
Conference would be held. As we have had
a large experience in the legislative customs
of the Southern statesmen, we can have
little difficulty in imagining. the nature of its
deliberationi . " Our
. .pyrpose," say
. the
Northern • commissioners, "is to recon
struct the Union. We admit that it
was all wrong to have fought in the
first place ; you know how earuestay
wO o isc...-1-_--e
-pposed coercion
eu patriots
:7 7 iEo — and IeIsHoNET and INGEiiikkiliT
you know how we suffered persecution from
a venal press and a misguided mob ; but we
forget' all that, and many other things that'
you will excuse us from recalling." "The
• South," we can imagine the rippling lips of
BENJAMIN pronouncing in reply, "has en
tered - into this war for her independence.
To be frank with you, gentlemen, it is a
war, of, superior with 'inferior races. You
have many things about you that we, dis
like. In the first place, gentlemen, I need
not refer to the Yankees. They are a nation
of mudsills and laborers, and so very vulgar
that they work for their bread. Now, gen
tlemen, it might as well be understood in
the beginning that we cannot be expected
to hold communion with men-that work. It
would demoralize our property • and -ter
minate our power. Again, gentlemen, you
allow the ignorant foreigners to labor, •
and pay them for their labor, as well
as allow them to vote. This is unbearable,
and cannot be endured. These are essen
tials, and must be determined .before we ea- 1
ter upon a negotiation." Of course, the
Northern commissioners are. prepared with
a reply. They have discussed New Eng
land, and have determined upon a policy.
New England must be dismissed ; for, after,]
all, when we come to look upon the matter
calmly, it is time that we had settled with
these cunning Yankees. They have done
much to injure our country_ and to alienate
our Southern brethren. They have given us a
spelling-book and two dictionaries which
have clone more to disgust the Southern gen
tlemen than can now be imagined. They
talk, ancl teach school, and save their money,
and carry Plymouth Rock along with them.
Then they are so happy and civilized. They
Lave railroads, and schools, and fishermen,
and men who think great thoughts and have
the audacity to print them. They have
Bunker Rill, and Boston Harbor, and Mount
'Holyoke, each of which is more than the
South can endure, and they print newspa
pers. So, after all, as we intend to be hap
py in the hereafter, we will part from this
pernicious section, and leave it to the mercy
of the Canticles a ud the Emperor NAPOLEON.
This point being gained, our commission
ers find they have advanced bravely in the
work .of reconstruction. "Now, gentle
men," continues the courteous BENJAMIN,
"having disposed of this matter, we will pro
ceed. You must know that coercion having
been wrong in the beginning, we cannot be
assumed to recognize any of the responsi
bilities, it entailed. Yon -know that you
have . a Nast. debt, Which, being a part of.
your 'plan 'for oppressing the South, you
must; in earnest of your • sincerity in this
nutter; .You cannot object to this,
as the loans . and bonds and notes are held
by men who believed in this:unjust and op-.
pressive war, and no friends of .the South .
will be injured. Then, again, as we have,
on our part, incurred a large debt in resist.-
ing your armies, it is only reasonable to ex
pect that you will assume a part of this debt.
ThiS •question being settled, we must also
make another objection to your flag. Gen
tlemen, that • flag brings to us many painful
recollections. It suggests such unfortunate
occurrences as Antietam and Murfreesboro,
and you.cannot expect the true Southern
heart to recognize such an emblem.
Gentlemen, we give you the stars
and bars. We give you a Constitution, and
as your people have shown themselves to
be unworthy of freedom, we also can give
you as a President that wise and gallant
statesman, JEFFEnsolf Davis. You: can
send your Senators to Richmond from
Pennsylvania and New York .and New.
Jersey, and they will be gladly welcomed.
You speak of Mr. REED and Mr. INGER
SOLL. . Gentlemen, those men are dear, to
the hearts of the Southern _people, and we
shall alway=s hold them : in grateful-remem
brance. I have given yon our terms, and
nothing now remains - tut to ratify the agree
ment, and choose your representatives. Of
course, slavery being a divine right, it will
be properly respected, and the South being
an agricultural people, •we cannot submit
to anything like a tariff. Gentlemen, these
are very briefly our terms, and if on these
terms our brethren of the Democracy will
bring us nine or ten of your richest and
Most reliable States they will • be accepted."
There may be some unreasonable men
still remaining who will find it difficult to
enter into the "reconstructed Union.", They
have had friends and brothers who sleep by
the side of the Potomic, and the Rappahanr
nook, and-the Cumberland—men who died
under the flag it, is 'proposed to abandon -
and there are many holy memories that hang
around the_ past like sad and fragrant
mosses. They have a love for the flag that
their fathers loved. Its folds draped joy
ously over generations of peace, and pro=
gress, and glory, and the dust that traitors
cast upon it has only served to brighten and
sanctify it. PennsylvanianS Who love Penn
sylvania and the Union she helped to *-
fend ; Jerseymen who are as loyal to.day
as in the days they drove the Hessians over
the ice and snow ; Northern men who have
fought and suffered ; Americans who be
lieve in liberty and labor ;—all these may
make objections, but why should we heed
them? Let Us go 'back to our old idols, let
us obey our old teskmasters.• We might
have had a' Union worthy of the name, a
Union worthy of our race, a Union of peace
arid honor ; but we listened to false counsel
lors in an evil hour and sinned. .And no
thing.xemains of the great Republic but an
oligaiihy based On slavery and a tyranny
over white laboring men.
,Brothers, in-the loyal North,!.. Are these
words - which 'bad men are prophesying - 'and'
hoping to realize to be a part of the history
we are giving to our children?
Regenerated Mexico.
It is not surprising that Mexico should
not stand high in public estimation. From
1521, when its conquest was, completed by
PERICANDO CORTEZ, until now, - hef career,
with a brief intermission; has not been dis
tinguished. For nearly three hundred years
(1521 to 1810, when the first blow for na
tional independence was struck,) the Mexi
cans too humbly submitted to their Spanish
conquerors. From 1810 until 1821, a series
of revolts showed that the spirit of the land
was aroused. Don AUGUSTIN ITURBIDE,
native Mexican, really achieved the Inde
pendence of his native laud, which he esta
blished as a republic, in the autumn of 1821,
himself as Regent, but was deserted by pru
dence when, in the following summer, he
permitted himself to be proclaimed Emperor
of Mexico; under the title of AUGUSTIN the
First. His imperial honors were wrested
from him in less than a year. Then, a con
stitution established, much on the plan .of
our own, General VICTORIA became Presi
dent. Great Britain acknowledged the new
republic in 1825, solely from a desire to an
noy and injure Spain, and permit GEORGE
CANNING to make the rhetorical boast,
whki has more sound than sense in it, "I
called the new world Into existence, to re
dress the balance of the old,"
Since Mexico has become a nation her
course has not been one of progress. Presi
dent GUERRERO obtained his seat only by
means of a civil war. SANTA ANNA inter
facil it Biiis4 ilim, olutaineil ilis qODOSIIIOIII
anri math MAID tii niqu. nominal llowl. of 1110
State. et -- ni.i.nkno renigted. - then more civil
war, the defeat and execution of GrimnnEno,
the uprise of SANTA ANNA, the exile of.
BuiTimENTE, the defeat and capture of
SANTA Amu at San Jacinto, the loss of
Texas, the resumption of power by BUSTA
11E1qTE, his replacement by SANTA ANNA, th 6
numerous struggles for power which ensued,
the bootless war with FranCe, the unpro-,
yoked and unsuccessful contest with the
United States, which ended with the loss of
New Mexico and California, and in the fif
teen years which have followed, a troubled
succession of eight Presidents, via.: lIER
RERA, ARISTA, SANTA ANNA, CARRERA,
ALVAREZ, CONIONFORT, ZUTA)AGA, and.
JUAREZ. From the election of JuAnEz,
1868, until• the invasion of Mexico, it the
cloak of 1101, by the confederate forces of
France, Spain; mind England, Ihe history of
the country may be summed up in two sor
rowful words—Civil War.
, The invasion of Mexico, as now, is well
know.n,_ was .nlinumad- by the craft . • and the_
ambitiol of ptA
_
y aw -- th, onion an u national aggrandise
ment. The restless millions whom he rules,
;4. rather the immense army which he has
to keep in good temper, craves the excite
ments of great battles, great glory, great
conquests. To keep himself on the throne,
warfare.is necessary. Hence, the attack on
_Russia in 1854-5; the war in Italy in 1859;
the invasion of Mexico in 1861, besides
smaller affairs in Cochin-China, China,
and Africa. Besides, as Senator McDou-
GALL recently showed in the Senate at Wash
ington,, NArorp.ov wants to obtain a sea
board province on the Pacific ; to establish
a protectorate over Texas, with, a view to
'lnure absorption as. a French colony; to
establish French power and preponderance
in the Gulf of Mexico ; and to prevent the
Southern advance of the United States.
With wonderful tact he seduced England
and Spain into armed co-operation with him
against . Mexico ; but these, his allies, de
serted him as soon as ever his objects
became transparent, and left him , to fight
his own battles in Mexico as best he could.
The result was' inevitable. JEfe had either
to retire or continue. The contingent which
France had furnished to the invading force
was only 0,500; it is now increased to
27,945 infantry and cavalry, and even this
army has proved insufficient: ,
Mexico has redeemedlernaiional charac
ter by her vigorous andiMited action against
this invasion. NAPOLEON ' calculated that,
from the dissensions between adverse par
ties and ambitious leaders, two events were
inevitable': first, that some of these leaders
would come over to his aide, and next, that
in consequence of, their internal quarrels,
such a thin& as hearty• union .against . Eu
ropean troops was not'to be ciPeetedr'Only
two -generals' joined the French, bringing
With them only a , couple of regiments, in I
ctapplete in xnuulnis. Time ktO&ICAU dada I
military and political, who had been at
daggers drawn for years, no sooner heard
of the arrival of the invading army and
its design of dictating terms from the .
City of Mexico, than they nobly and si
.multaneously., forgot their petty indivi
-dual quarrels, and'remembered only that
they had a " common country to defend..
This union has hitherto„presented a strong
front of resistance to the French. — While it
lasts, its power is so very great that NA.rO
- has no chance of success, unless he
very considerably reinforce his army. Ho
fights for conquest and prestige, they for
liberty and independence. The strife may
be unequal—that of a struggling ropub.
lic against n mighty empire—but it will
not soon be ended. The last accounts left
the : French before Puebla, not qtiite half:
way between Vera Cruz and lYfexico,.and
the national troops were in high spirits; with.
the expectation of defeating the invaders.
The population of Mexico, by the census.
of '1857, amounts to nearly nine millionsand
a half.: The army, as permitted by the Con
siiiution of 1857, is comparatively small for
a country whose population is so great, and
whotie area is '706,482 squaro miles: The •
permanent or standing'army of Mexico con
sists of 26,353 men of all arms; the active ,
army of 64,946—t0ta1, 91,299 soldiers.
When the. present war began, say at the
commencement of 1862, the whole available
format the command of President JUAIUtZ
was only 14,250 men, including 9,500 na
tional guarda. • Thanks to the public spirit
of the nation; there are now upwards of
60;000 men in arms to oppose the French,
and these men are fuli of spirit, valor, and
love of country. .So far ; they have done
well in the Beld = they and their leaders did
still better in nobly throwing aside all party
strife, and devoting„ themselves, like true
cavaliers, to the defence' of their assailed
country. Whatever the issue, Mexico has
nobly redeemed her character, and shown
herself worthy to be the great nation that
position, natural productions, and resources
plainly purposed her to be. '
Mexico is united, and without Union no
country everyet became independent or con
tinued great.
The Althir in Charleston Harbor.
The news from Charleston which we pith
lish this morning lanot only important, but
satiaftfetory. It proves that the attack upon
our blockading fleet by the rebel rains was
far from a success, and that the blockade
itself was not raised. The rebel papers
claimed to have sank two of our vessels,.
and driven the' others out to sea, thereby
raising the blockade. The truth of the in*
ter is, that their whole plan was . iv . failure.
The object of their attack was to retake the
Princess Royal, which, with a valuable
cargo, had been captured, and-was..then
guarded . . by our vessels. That they
failed in attempt, the presence of • the
Princess Royal in our harbor fully proves.
BEAUREGARD also claimed that the rains
sunk two of our vessels, but by this morning's
account it is evident that the Keystone State
and Mercedita were simply disabled, and
even in that condition effected their escape..
It was in full keeping with rebel veracity to
omit all mention of the engagement between
the Housatonic and one of the rebel rams, in
which the latter was defeated and driven
back to Charleston, in company with her
consort. While we regret even the injury
which was inflicted upon our vessels,
still we cannot but congratulate our-s
selves upon the failure. of the rebel plans
and the uninterruption of the blockade.
From the accounts which we have thus far
received, it does not appear clear why the
rams were allowed to escape capture or
annihilation by the large fleet of vessels
which we had present. It was a daring
and creditable exploit of the little rebel
navy, which we can but admire, while at
the same time it is a;.matter of regret, that
they did not meet a fleet commanded by a
DECATUR or a Hum.. If such had been the
case, we should have chronicled this morn
ing, not the escape, but .the capture or 'de
struction of the rebel crafts.
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL." .
WASIIINGTON, Feb. 8, 1863
If our friends will only pause at times and
sum up the many evidences of the hostility of
the Democratic organization to the Union,
they Cannot but look upon thein 'with dis
gust. Let us recall past events. . Two
years ago a great conspiracy was brewing.
The storm had not broken, but the clouds
hid the sun, and the heavglis were hung'
with . black. The Urlion was apparently im
pregnable, but a coward sat in the Presi
dential chair and "traitors surrounded him.
There were loyal States and disloyal Stares,
and States that trembled in the balance. In
the loyal States, there. were two partiea—
those that favored concession . and those'that
favored coercion. Concession at that time.
meant the recognition of the Southern Con
federacy, a ,partition of the public lands, a
division of the navy, and a surrender of
Washington city. Coercion meant the
defence of the nation's honor.. " Any
thing— humiliation, defeat, disunion—sub
mission—but do not endeavor to coerce
our brothers of the South." This is
what the concessionists said. "Be firm.
Insist upon our rights. Compel submission
to the Constitution. Stand by the President,
our Union arid our laws." This is what the
coercionists said. Fort Stunpter fell, and
all words of concession ?NH Watiq, 119
Errob worityloincti Tammy or MU Union.
—the others said nothing. Then name pre
parations for war—enthusiasm, devotion,
self-denial, and patriotism were seen, and
young men rushed :into the field. Then
came impetuosity. The nation was eager
and inexperienced. War was little more
than the sound of the drum and fife—a round
of cartridges and the evolutions of a dress
parade. Richmond was but a few honrs'
"journey by railroad, but a few days' journey'
by. foot. "Onto Riehinond" was the impe
tuous cry. Then came disaster—and when
.the smoke lifted . from the field of Bull Run,
the Republic for the first time . saw what it
had to encounter. •
Let us recall the sight as it' then appeared
to the eyes of the Administration. A war
like, rude, and haughty people—living an
agricultural life, eating the bread that
slavery baked, and spending the gold that
slavery earned—a daring, flery, : and proud
race had taken up arms. Their' Cause was
full of adventure -and excitemeni, ansi _
M the_
&WM. not
" and dare the dangers of the forest.
The leaders had succeeded in uniting this
class under their standard. We had hesi
tated until the golden hour was gone.. While
we wrote replies and proclamations, and ap
peals to the people, they made cartridges.
And so, on that warm. ::July' morning,
when they deployed along.. the dense
thickets that .skirt Bull Run, and ar
ranged in line of battle; we saw the.-reliel
lion with cartridge-boxes full. Otis seemed
to hold only blanks, and we fell back. We
killed a few, but we did so with many apo
logies. We were inclined to expect a fra
ternal embrace before the day was over, trot .
we' were driven back to our entrenchments.
Then Came despair, and in the general gloom,
men clasPed hands and counselled'courago .
to one another. In this hour of sadness the
Democratic leaders, who hadAioeen silent
since Fort Sunipter, began to speak its they
had spoken before. Breckinrid,ge*its their
leader, and he sat in. the. Senate. He me
naced the Government from day today, and
his friends and followers applauded his sil
ver sentences. This was the time of doubt,
and the more timid of the sympathizers he
sitated and questioned, making mysterious
speeches, and apologizing for baying 'dune
so. They were Union, men with conditions ;
in other words, they preached loyalty and
practised treason.
Taking advantage of the varying fortunes
of the war, the general feeling . of doubt and
distrust that attended its prosecution, the dis
satisfaction with the taxes,
.and the burdens
that necessarily fall upon the people, the De
mocraticleaders threw off the mask, and ap
peared in their true chaiacter. The war took
away so many good then t4t.they,gbtalc!id :
control of ono or'two States;, and their pro
gramme commenced. 'Aliat they have thus
far done is Nielliknown,; and the bestAvi
dence•of-theirmotive is the mariner icuivhiCh
it has heehqdonc. " the ftratplace the pub.:
THE PRESS. - PIIrLADELPIIIk MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1863.
lie virtue was weakened. •A popular gene
ral was made an instrument for demoralizing
the army, and Soldiers were encouraged to
believe that the cause to which they had
given their lives was perverted, and the Ad- •
ministration they served corrupt. The finan
cial embarrassments of the Government be
came a keen and forniidable weapon. The
proclamation of emancipation was also.
made the subject. of misrepresentation and
prejudice. Men were encouraged to de
sert; to resist the militia laws; to de
s,pise and denounce the Government.
mocrabeleaders who had been acquiescing
spectators in the treason of Davis and Sli
dell—who found no word cf remonstrance
for Buchanan-and - Floyd—became sudden
and noisy . champions of every dis Contented
enemy of the Administration. They tole
rated the Star of the West outrage, but
were livid over the arrest of Mr. Merryman.
They said nothing about :the murder of our
soldiers in Baltimore, but were furious
about Mrs:• Brinsmade. The cashiered ge:.-
rieral that saw fit to nurse his• wrath in si- :
lence and laiiitude within sound of
the enemy's cannon has been almost
deified, - while 'the only . general who .
revenged with death an insult to our flag
has been denounced. • Having gone Ws far,
they have gone beyond, and'ffern words.:
proceeded to deeds. lam making this ar
gument •to prove that the purpose of the
Democratic leaders is revoldtion.. Now,
mark the coincidence that must force itself
upon every mind. The very men who op
posed coercion before the fall of Fort Sump
ter, and assisted to hold the North by the
throat while the South was preparing for
war, are now clamoring, for peace. They
were frank then in their expression of sym
pathy for the South. They are not so frank
now, but we must accept theft- - professions
in other days as the solution of their present
policy.
I have said that the purpose of the Demo
cratic leaders is revolution. You cannot
escape from this conviction. Comptire,their
tones of defiance with their silenceiti other
days. Listen to the words that• greet you
in the street ; to the scenes' that transpire in
Congress; to the defiance- and insult so
often heaped on loyal men. Enemies may
say that I exalt these 'many rumors into too
much importance, and that, if popular
opinion is what it is said to be, then the
Republic is dying by the bands of its friends.
We must not mistake 'the clamors of dis
loyal leaders for the true sentiment of the
people; and it is to prevent such a missake
that I impress.upon you this argument. My
belief is that, if we can only enligktea the
masses, we can save the country ; if we can
show . them the danger, they will abate it.
If any evidence is needed, look at Harris
burg and Albany..'Do you suppose that
the ruffians who . wont to these cities
with threats of murder and assassination,
merely to elect a United States Sena
tor, would decline to follow their lead
ers on a more desperate mission?-New York
city, with its large majority of Democratic
voters, and its large deficit in the volunteer
regiments, is now in the hands of men who
make a pastime of the war and a jest of the
nation's authority. In Indiana the draft
has been resisted; in some of your own be
nighted counties it was only executed by
force. These leaders are banded together,
and they mean mischief. "New England"
is their shibboleth, and none are admitted
to' their councils who do not look upon
New England as the enemy, and the
South as the friend of the Republic.
Their aim is a new Confederacy—in which
Pennsylvania and South Carolina may clasp
bloody hands, and our loyal brothers of tht
West and the East be looked upon as ene.:
titles and aliens. They can only. accomplish
this by succeeding in overthroWitig "tlie Ad
ministration. The revolution that would
accomplish this would end the Union. This
is the true issue now before us, and all who
are with the country must range themselves
under the true standard: OccAstorrAL.
In compliance with the-request-of the House of
Representatives another -large mass of documents,
relative to Mexican affairs has been communicated
to" that body. They will probably cover a thousand
of printed octavo pages, and form a history of events
connected with that Republic for the last six months,
including the diplomacy of France; England, Spain,
the United States, and Mexico. To these papers,
the chargé dlaffkires of Mexico, Senor:Romano, has
so largely contributed, that' Secretary SEWARD offi
cially expresses to him his thanks for keeping him so
fully advised. In one of the despatches Senor Ro
tenno says that. the Mexican'.Government has
treated the French prisoners with so - much kindness
as to surprise even their own friends. He further
informs Mr. SEWARD that there are many deserters
from the French army because they are convinced of
the injustice of the war. Those who have come in
state that rather than continue in it they desire to
become citizens of Mexico, end, betake themselves
to peaceful occupations: Senor ROMERO does
not neglect to remind our Government of the
danger to the entire American continent in
the possible event of the French success in
Mexico. This faithful and much-respected repre
sentative of that republic promptly brought to .the
notice of our Government the conduct of Commo
dore BELL, at Acapulco and elsewhere, on the
Pacific coast, shovving that that'officer had mani
fested partiality for the French; thus departing
from the principle of neutrality, and seriously in
terfering with the maritime pursuits of the Mexi
cans The Navy Department hail admitted that the
course of Commodore Baia. has been such as to
warrant the severe charges brought against him by
Governor PEseUIRA, and promised a remedy against
the repetition of like offences.
Nominations by the Ppesident.
The Paaaidneo vaitaplet,laktia 44 . 1111-4111.-
RIO IRA DOMIIIIIIIIMR, ClSlStala
OtiLitany and IVlLens, !a be . Mejorklenerall,...ed
Colonel litatonV, of the 17th Itineinehusetta Regi
ment, to be nrigittlier Gtenernl.
Major General Burnside.
Major General BI7IIIVBIDE was examined yester
day by the Committee on the Conduct of the War,
and WAS afterwards accompanied by them to each
Rouse of Congress, when he was warmly welcomed
privately by the members. •
• . Naval Orders.
Commander YARD, U. S. N., has been ordered to
the Navy Yard at Norfolk.
The Gunboat Glide. "
Fleet Captain Pnrntocir, in announcing to the
Navy Department the destruction by fire of the
gunboat Glide, at Cairo, says that he expects to
recover her guns and machinery. -
Yesterday's Chronicle says : "On Friday evening
Coroner Woodward .held an inquest on the dead
body of Christian Weise, a soldier belonging to
Scott's Nine Hundred cavalry, which was found in
the branch on R street north, between Sixth and
Seventh, near- the park. After the jury had
been empanneled, the body was examined by Drs.-
Franklin, Hinkle, and Walter Kidder- It was their
profesaional opinionthat, Ifiul been.
uvDeen no air in Mailings.
'Judging from this test, there was no indication that
he came to his death in that manner. But to make
' assurance doubly pure,' they took off the scalp and
examined the brain. Tll'ere was not the least scar
on any part of the body. The physicians concurred
in the opinion, from the appearance of the brain,
that the deceatied was strangled; that hews' thrown
into the branch after he was dead. Witness tear ,
tilled that the deceased had` been seen late the eve
ning before, and that he had exhibited quite a large
sum of money. When his pockets were searched .
'only a military pass and five cents Were found.
After a patient • hearing of all the testimOuy:that
could be procured, the jury rendered the"following
verdict: Christian Weise was 'murdered and robbed.
by • Fiume • person or persons to the jury untuywn, •
and then thrown into the branch.
,
" We. May here remark that scarcely ;a 'Aight
passes teat some one is not garroted and robbed in
the unfrequented portions of the city. There seams
to be no remedy for this terrible condition of things.
The city is full of the roughest kind of "lioughs"
horn the dens of crime in the northern and eastern
:epics. The police force is *holly inFulequate to the
prOtection of the persons of, peaceable citizens whose
;Widmer* may require them to be out doors efts : might.
'Take the territory knownas the Island for instance.
'Every one is familiar-with its extent. There is
,only one police precinct for that entire section,
•aird the whole foree employed is . only nineteen.:
When that is divided' into a night and day force,'
aid' an officer is left tit the station-house, any
!pirsem' can readily" perceive that' it is' utterly ina-'
posiible;no.odds he* vigilant they may be, to pre.
.vent such occasions as the one we have recorded
above. The same may be said with reference to
:othhr precincts. .Will not Congress increase the
police force t" • ..
^ „
"Sax Fnerforeco, Feb. 6.—The last ballot of the
TAgislature, .to-night, for United . States Senator
Steal : : Phelps, '25 ; , Conness 31 ; Sargent, ; 32
'Brown, 9 ; the balance scattering,. . .
- :Ai - rived, ship Isaac"Jeanes, from New York.
SAN Fnawersco, Feb. 7.—The steamer Consti;
tution, from Panama, has arrived with s3oo,oooln'
gold, recovered from the wreck of the steamer.
Golden Gate... ,
The British.atesiner Robert Lane has arrived
.from Victoria to take her place in the Ohms line of
steamersi._ •
.Advices.from'the wrecking expedition express the
belief that - n*94'l.ly all the trcainue of the, Golden
Gate will be recovered. .
SAcasscstrio. Feb. 7.--Five ballots were taken for
SenatorlciMght. The highest.vote for Sargent was .
99, Connesa 37, Phelps 11. There is a prospect of aomi.
mating Sargent before the adjournment.
LATER.—The butt:ballot stood, Sargent 46, Con.,
.neis'ae; Ph'elps'6,.Brown
The Leidslattire then Alotlined tUI Tuezdiy •
WASHING'T'ON.
Special Despatches to ce Tha
WASHINOTOII;' Feb111&17 8, 1863.
_ -
'Mexican Affairs.
Murder of a Soldier.
From San:Francisco.
GOOD NEWS 'FM 0111ARESTOIld
TILE REPOUTS.WORUE:
NONE or OUR IrEi3SELS sumac
THE REBEL RAMS DRIVEN UP THE HARBOR,
UNION, Loss ABOUT EIGHTY.
The .113lookaile Not Raised.
The iron steamer Princess Royal, in• charge of
Acting Master Edward Van Sloe, arrived off the
navy yard yesterday. She brings highly important
intelligence in regard to her capture, and the rebel
attack on our blockading squadron at Charleston.
This proves that there is no ground for believing
that the blockade of Charleston was ever raised by
the departure of the United States fleet. Only
two vessels out of eight or ten were disabled and
obliged to leave.
WHY THE REBELS ATTACKED US.
A reliable eye-witness states that the reason of
this attack on our squadron is owing to the capture
of, the Princess Royal. The captain and pilot
escaped ashore at night, and communicated the in•
tetligence to the enemy. The Princess Royal en
deavored to run the blockade by way of. Breach
Inlet, on the 29th, but was discovered by the pilot
boat Blunt. On the signal being given by the Una
dilla, she proceeded towards her, and effected the
capture without other assistance.
This was discovered, and also that they hid
effected their escape in a email boat carrying im
portant despatches to the rebel Government. The
Hnadilla carried the Princess Royal to the side of
the Housatonic; she lay there until daylight. The
thunder of the guns was then heard. It was thought
our fleet was engaged in malting captures, and that
the Alabama and Florida were endeavoring to effect
an advance. •
ATTACK ON THE MEROEDITA.
Two rebel iron-clads were seen at daybreak Slowly
coming from the direction of Stono Inlet toward our
fleet. They first attacked the Mercedita.. One rain
struck her on the water edge, keeling her over, at
the same time firing a shot, which entered one of
her boilers, and catuied the death of three persons,
including the gunner.
THE SURRENDER
Then the ram hailed the Mercedita. Captain
•Stellwagen lowered one of his small boats, leaving
one of the plugs out, so as to allow the water to;
enter. The ram answered our hail by replying
"Confederate ram Palmetto State. Do you our
renderl,, This was repeated thrioe. Captain Steil- •
wagen each time answered, "I am in a sinking con
dition." The rebels replied, " Godll—n you to hell,
if you don't surrender I'll blow you out of the
water." •
CAPTAIN STELLWAGEN PAROLED.
"Send your boat aboard." The boat whioh Capt.
Stellwagan lowered then Conveyed his lieutenant
and executive officer to the side of the rebel ram,
and asked to be admitted aboard. This, however,
was refused. The lieutenant then repeated Steil
wagen's statement, that "We are In a sinking con
.dition." The rebel officer replied, "You can't sink
lower than the rails. We cannot take you aboard."
The officer then gave his parole, as demanded, and
returned to his ship.
THE REBELS DECEIVED
The rebels were entirely duped as to the condition
of the Blercedita, and, thinking her in a sinking
condition; did not capture her. She lay in shoal
water. Hence the reply that she could not sink
lower than her rails.
ATTACK ON THE KEYSTONE STATE.
. The ram thin steamed toward the Keystone State,
sending a shot through her steam-drum, and causing
the death of twenty-one individuals, who were scald
ed by the steam, and twelveshot. Fifteen were
wounded: They are now at Port Royal, dangerous
ly ill.
TUE TIOUSATONIC VICTORIOUS
In the meantime the United States gunboat en
gaged the other ram. The engagement was most
frightful and terrific ; all engaged were in one whirl
of excitement from first to last. royalty on one
side and treason on the other met each other In bloody
and decisive combat. The reverberating thunders of
the carnage, the devastation which eaclfrulsaive of
destructionerected, was only equalled by the subli
mity of the courage with which'Or men fought.
/t was the usual scene of blood and agony and endu
rance and death—it was the usual scene of patriots
dying to maintain those rights for which they only
cared to live. The ram was finally defeated and
driven away, and about half past six oiclock'in the
morning both rams left the scene and proceided up
to Charleston in a disabled condition. '
ESCAPE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL
During Ulla - on nor . fleet. . _the Princess
Royal, which laid near the Houaatonic, and
was, chief object of the prize on both sides,
succeeded in getting off mainly through the
energies of Third Assistant Engineer Thurston,
who piled into her fires all the inflammable
material at hand. Her escape is chiefly owing to
his endeavors as well as her safe arrival at this
port, notwithstanding a severe gale which prevailed
during her passage from Port Royal. Although she
was built to use the soft Scotch coal instead of the
Anthracite, with which our navy is supplied, she
made ten knots an hour on her trip with ease in the
heaviest storm. Her mist rate is fifteen knots.
OPPICERVOP I PRE PRINCESS ROYAL
The officehi of the Princese Royal are Acting Mas
ter Edward Van Sice, Firtt Assistant Engineer H.
C. Victor, Acting First Assistant Engineer N. D.
Braes, Dr. J. C. Bacon, surgeon; Third Assistant
Engineer B. H. Thurston, Acting Master's Mates
Charles M. Hall and Charles Myers.
FURTHER
.DETAILS.
The fight occurred before daylight, the Princess
Royal lying directly abreast of Fort Sumpter. The
pilot boat E. G. Blunt gave the alarm. It was half
past three in the morning when she was captured,
The Blunt, linadilla, Housatonic, Augusta, Qua
ker. City, Keystone, and Mercedita, were on
blockading duty at the time.
THE FORT McALLISTER ATTACK.
By the Princess Royal, we also learn that the
iliontfilik wit Outlrely unlniurwl In bap Into annuli
%tan Part CU. Pkz 4111; gz;.;;;:,J
tice fort, and lay for some time under a concentrated
fire of the rebel guns. Forty - shots struck her,
btit fell harmless from her iron sides. She replied at
long intervals, wishing, not BO muchto attack the
fort as to test her powers of endurance under a heavy
fire: The experiment was entirely successful, and
the Montauk, uninjured by a single shot, hes demon
strated capabilitiea of a high order.
FURTHER DETAILS.
• The Princess Royal is a magnificent steamer
and a valuable prim She is built from an im
proved English model. Her capture was one of
, the most brilliant 'feats of the war.
It seems that she had entered Stono Inlet, and
was steaming up through Brute Inlet, almost under
the giins of Fort Sumpter, when she was captured
by the United States gunboat Unadilla.
Her protection from the rebel rams by the gun
boat Housatonic was also a noble action.
The
," New Ironeidea,” it appears,.arrived after
the action of the alet i and therefore took no part in
:IdUl Y~~win~+~i~frr~.i ~ ~1
The-Rebel Repulse at Fort Donelson—They
Retreishito . Charlotte—Oillelal Announce
anent-sof:the !Victory from General Rose.
crane7-4,3eisernl Davis Cu Pursuit.
Nesnvizi.F., Feb. 7.- 7 Our victory over the rebels
at Fort Donelson was complete, and decisive. 001:
Low, of the 6th lowa, was in command of the forces
at the 'fort when our informant left. One hundreik
and, forii-ilve rebels had been burled, one hundred
prisoners' taken, and more'Were being brOught
' The rebels retired towards Charlotte.
• MIIRFIVICESBORO, Tenn., Feb. 6..
Major Gen. H. W. Hatleck,
;The rebels under Wheeler, Forrest, Wharton, and
WOodward, attacked Tort .Donelson yesterday, at
16 Coielook A. M., with 4,000 men and eight pieces of,
We had 800 men in the fort, under 001.
Balding. They charged the fortifications se.:
'viral tinies, but were repulsed by our artillery and.
infantry With great loss ; the enemy, as usual, be
fore and after the fight, demanding a aurrender r and
oflbring to spare. life if. accepted, 5.c. Col.-Harding
replied that he was ready for„ all the consequences.
The enemy's loss in killed was 100, and in prisoners
300. Our forces under Col. Lowe, from Fort Mc-
Henry, are .piiisuing. them, and others have been
sent to intercept their retreat.
Our lois was 12 killed and 30 wounded.' .
W.:S. ROSEORANS, ])lijor Geeral.
.0 eneral JettO. Davis.' division, With cavalry' arid
;artillery, has been sent to intercept the retreat of
the rebels who' attacked Fort Donelion, under Gen,
•. , .
;One hundred and•thirty-fiva'rebels were buited by
oue Men at Fort Donelson. ' ' ••, ' . •
General Fcrrrest was wounded.
NASHVILLE,' Feb. 7.—Ten wooden buildings, being
part of the foundry of L. W.q3rennen, in this city,
whichlyas formerly used as a manufactory for rebel
'carincin, weiidestroyed to-day by fl; party of citizens
and soldiers.,:ynder the floom of the buildings,
about: lly 38-pound shell were discovered.
THE •liATESIT. • •
DETCRN...OP..i . aEitERAirS DAVIS .AND, NOR
. • GAN-PAISONERP CAPTURED.
NABevulal, Feb. Et The expedition, under Gs
-nerala Davis and 111,organ, sent in pursuit of the re..
bets under Forrest and Wheeler, retreating after
their repulse at. Fort Donelson, returned, this eve:
ning. When seven miles this side of. Charloihoo.
they captured.. thirty rebel prisoners, and alas Oa:
Carroll end 111ator Rumbrout, of Geneisi Forrest..
staff.
A number , of paymaatern have arrived;aisd'wlll'
soon commence paying off the troops 4. • •
The .trains will ruxi to Murfreesboro early thin
week', •:'` i ,
DEPARTMENT 01 7 ' VIRGINIA,
No News from Charleston Ifft—Departierc
of Plag-of-Truoe ]Loots—Abatement of the
Storm—Accident to Federal Paroled Pit
soners at Richmond—A Score of them
Drowned, ecc.
FO*TRYAS Monnom, Feb. T,—The flag.of-truce!
boat New York left this afternoon for City' Point,
with thirty rebel prisoners.
Col. Ludlow tient up on the boat a large aupprvy of
clothing and medical atorea for the comfort of the
Union prisoners in and about Riohmoad. On the re
turn of the New York, we expect from 800 to 900
Union prieonera to arrive.
•
The storm has entirely cleared away, and the
telegraph cable will soon be repaired.
There has been no arrival as yet from the
blockading fleet off Charleston.
A SAD AFFAIR IN RIOHNIOND.
The Richmond Examiner, of the 28th ult., says:
Between 4 end 5 o'clock yesterday morning while
upwards of a thousand 'Federal exchanged prisoners
were being conducted from the Confederate States
prison to the Petersburg depot, for transportation
to City Point, the foot bridge spanning the basin at
Eighth street gave way while the line was passing
over it, and went down a wreck in ten feet of water,
carryin i g n with it all upon the bridge, from fifty to
Rh number. .
The utmost excitement at once ensued among the
prisoners, and the members of several companies of
the City Miffslion, who had them under guard, ex
erted themselves strenuously to rescue them, but
the morning being dark and cloudy, their efforts
were attended with but partial success. On calling
the roll twenty-Seven of the prisoners were found to
be missing, or, at least, not answering to their
names. Two of the guards, members of Captain
M aide ' s 00 MDani (E t ) U tty Battalion,were also miss
ing, and it is feared they have shared the fate of
the prisoners. -
Notwithstanding the lamentable mishap, the pri
soners were sent on to Petersburg by the regular
train. During the morning, throngs of persons
assembled on both banks of the basin and at the
bridge to witness the preparations for recovering the
bodies from the basin. At the suggestion of Coroner
Snooty, the outlets were opened for the purpose of
drawing the water off; but the basin emptied slowly,
and up to 6 o'clock P. M. yesterday but three bodies
had been discovered—two of them Federal prisoners,
and the third the Jody of a Confederate soldier that
had evidently been irriite water a month or more.
Darkness approaching, the further search for the
victims was postponed until this morning, when an
Official investigation will be had.
It is stated that the fallen bridge was constructed
after a pattern introduced from Clncinnati, Ohio.
FORTH/188 Monn.oic, Feb. 6.—The hospital ship
Euterpe, Capt Joseph Avey, has arrived here, only
forty-eight hours from Newport; R. I.
The storm is still raging, and the rains have car
ried away all the snow which tell at the commence
ment. The steamer Ericsson has arrived at Hamp-
ton Roads. The steamboat Thomas A. Morgan,
Capt. Plim, made her trip to-day from Yorktown.
The storm prevented her from doing so yesterday.
She brought to Fortress Monroe to-day three de•
serters from theafth Vtrginie.Cavalry.
DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.
The Suffering ands. Demoralization of the
Rebel Army—Official List of our Losses at
.the, Battle, of Bayou Teche—The State of
Trade in New Orleans, Ace.
CONDITION OF THE REBEL ARMY.
We are daily receiving accounts across the lines
of the dreadful Condition of things in rebeldom. The
soldiers are only kept from open mutiny and insubor
dination by the promises held out Mal peace will be
made wflhin ?dimly days. The army is•very tired of the
war,. and would accept peace on any .terms which
would restore them to their homes again. The peo
ple, too, even in Mississippi, openly express a wish
that the Yankees would come along and end the
farce. The demoralization among the. Louisiana and
Arkansas troops at Port Hudson is represented to be
extreme, and thousands would desert if an oppor
tunity offered. The conscription is found to be a
very slow and also a very dangerous business. The
people in the country kill every ofile,er who comes
around hunting up conscripts. At least twenty have
been killed in the perfotsnance of this kind of duty.
The people will not serve as conscripts if they can
avoid it, and the swamps and hiding-places or Lou
isiana are full of fugitives between the ages of six
teen and sixty. What a relief will the coming of
the Union troops be to these ! Provisions, clothing,
end all the necessaries of life are very scarce, and
everybody is miserable, except the heartless specu
lators and the more heartless leaders. It is said
that if the supply of salt was cut off for three
months, it would crush the rebellion. Salt might
save the Union.
THE ACTION AT BAYOU TEOHE.
FLAG SHIP HARTFORD, NRW ORLEANS, Jan:
: The following is a list of • the killed and
wounded in the fleet during the engagement at
" Bayou Teche" on the 14th inst., viz :
Steamer Calhoun. Killed— Lieut. Commander
Thoe: McKean Buchanan, (shot through the head,
William Neilson, landsman, shot through with
Mince rifle; Charles Darigh, seaman , do.
Wounoed—Acting Ensign Henry D. Foster, shot
in chest, severely; William Adams, seaman, shot in
left elbow, do ; James Williams, seaman, shot in
leg, do ; John Lewis, seaman, shot in leg doi Geo.
Perkins, seaman, shot in spine, slightly ; George
Riley, landsman, shot in leg, do.
Strainer' Kinrman.—Wounded—Acting Master E.
Swiggins,Finid rifle ball passed through arm and
shoulder
joint, very severely. Total—killed, 3;
Wounded, '7.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. W. FOLTZ, Fleet Surge On.
TRADE OF NEW ORLEANS
The following is an extract from a private letter :
New Ont.saxs, Jan. 28, 1863.
• • • I much regret being compelled to advise
you that we are disappointed as to trade.- It has
gone from bad to worse, until now it is almost en
tirely stagnant.
We thought it was as doleful as it possibly could
be when Butler was here, but since his removal, and
the arrival of Banks, it has been infinitely worse.
Banks has done absolutely nothing except to restrict
the trade—that is, the transmission of merchandise
outside the city, but within our lines; so that even
planters living almost within hailing distance of New
Orleans cannot take to their plantations the most
necessary supplies. • . .
Ills stringent orders are felt severely only by us
merchants for he is as far the other way and liberal
in his dealings with the secessionists as he can be.
The consequence is; that there is more outspoken,
barefaced traitorism to-day-in New Orleans than
when we first arrived. 'We were glad when Rutter_
[el; lara_too severe; out now we
would!gladly have him return. He is the only man
capable of dealing properly with rebels.
ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
The Ram Queen of the West Runs Past
the Batteries at Vicksburg—One Hundred
Siege Guns Open on her - Without Effect—
! The Vicksburg Canal.
CIIICAOO, Feb. 7.—A special despatch to the Trf•
butte from Cairo says that the steamer Adeline has
arrived from Vicksburg.
The United States ram Queen of the West ran the
blockade on Monday morning at daylight. One
hundred heavy siege guns were opened on her, and
as she steamed past a rebel steamer also opened fire
On the Queen of the Vest. The latter replied, and
crippled the rebel steamer.
• The Vicksburg Canal•
CAnto, Feb. G.—Letters from Vicksburg to the 31st
ult, say that the canal project has been fully adopt.
ed, and the largest possible force will be kept at work
night and day till completed. It must bewholly cut
to the required width and depth, it having been de
monstrated that no reliance can be placed on the ac
tion of the water in washing- it out. Some weeks
will elapse before the completion of this work. The
troops from above continued to arrive.
MISSOURI.
George Francis Train Ordered Out of the
State—The Senatorial Contest.
. ST. Lows, Feb. 7.--Geoige Francis Train was
arrested at the Planters' House, this afternoon, by
U. S. detectives, and given the alternative of leav
ing the State in half an hour, or going to jail. He
chose the former course, and crossed the river imme
diately. He was advertised to deliver
- '.t - 1 1 .3' =-
vented trout awn' so by the 1 - rovorst oirtrolukl,
•TharrNASON Orrr, Mo., Feb, 7,-'There With a► good
deal of mancenvring in first megaton, to-day, on the
contest for U. S. Senator. On the 22d ballot, Mr.
Broadhead was withdrawn and Ur. Breckinrldge re
nominated. The result was the following vote:
Breokinridge CO r Phelps .................41
Brown 43 . I Scattering 4
Previous to the taking of the 24th ballot, Mr.
Breckinridge's name was withdrawn, and Mr. Gio
ver renominated.
Judge Clover, of St. Louie, and John W. Noell
were also nominated. The result was:
38` Phelps
..41 .Clover
Necessary to a choice, &8.
Fire at Toledo,•Oliio, and Loss of Life.
Toraino (Ohio), Feb. 7.-8 ilre ' this morning, de
stroyed the store, No. 61 Summit street, in this city,
occupied bv Griswold & Co. as a coffee and spice
mill. The falling walls demolished the adjoining
building, occupied by Messenger & Bond, wholesale
boot and shoe dealers, burying a number of persons
in the ruins. Five bodies have already been reco
vered; and it is feared that more will yet be found.
Several persons were wounded. The loss of Gris
wold & Co. amounted to $30,000, on which there' is
an insurance of sl6,ooo..Messenger & Bond lost
$B,OOO, Which is fully , covered by insurance..
: The Guerillas e, gaison Enid Hamilton.
Feb. 7:•=•A despatch from GlitageNvi
:Ky.. dated the says;That Ferzuson and.
iatuannorr, - wruruicur guernia lianas, are ope
rating across the river, carrying elf citizens and
committing all sorts of depredations.
Burning of the Ship Scotland.
Boixon, Feb. B.—The ship Scotland, for Monte.
o,
vide with cargo of kerosene oil and lumber, stt
• anchor In the stream, took fire last night, and liunuti,
to the water's edge. Her cargo' was fully Limited. .
. -
- •
Non-Arrival or .ttie
, HALIFAX, Feb. 8-9 o'clock P. llE,Phe•expected
steamer Europa lies not yet been signa4ed• below.
• ' '` The Anderson
followiog . lettor fron s t General , Stanley,, who
..coliiiiguidid 'the iiavalry:brigade at-the battle ; of
''..hhirtreesboro written tO Mr . Ward, of . Pittsburg,
eittiO n i iti .4.. • ' • - •
z „. •H.EADQDARTIMS 04Crea
• JJBPAD.TILIINT OY , THE 01.7.1initirf,aan •
DIVEYREKMIOIIO, Tenn., Jan. 1863. :
Dawn was'pained to hear thatlrlajor Ward
• had died. To his soldierly character and , 'conduct I
. testify in terms of admiration. • • , ,
His name, and that of his comrads4,. the gallant
Ilosengarten,with those Of the otherhrtive withers
of the Anderson Troop, who fell by their - side on'the
.29th of Deeember;- deserre to: be written- high upon
; the temple. of: Altaic 'and though; we mourn, their
,loan, and with sad regret reflect that they will ride
• no more with us upon the battle-held, yet there is
;pride and consolation in the knowledge 'that none
. during this sad war have fallen in a scene of more
heroic 'daring .than where these gallant young SOl
'diers Went down.
.
Of that, pp of.the Anderson Troop who hunk
,back at' Nashville, when the order was given: to
march . upon the. enemy, I cannot speak advisedly
,even ;yet...-It.seennit incrediblo that four hundred
' fine-looking 8008 of the
yet'
State of Pennsylvania.
:should be cravens, yet their illadvised,and. most
unreasonable Conduct, on the - eve of oue •of ' the.'
bloodiest battles of the war, warrants the Worldim•
so branding them. •
.. • :
Their plea that they were enlisted as a bodygniiik
• end to do special duty about headquarters, • Only,
tends to make the accusation more:deserved.- Whet •
..;:do they diean by bodyguard fa mostdisgtisting
tary phrase, by the way tl As I understand it, sins.
ply .that They the no! ratantotfigad. .
The mention of the names Of Roßengartur and'
Ward must ever canoe every face among; them to ,
:mantle with shame, and their cOnduct wiltseeeiVeV
.its own punishment is thejeatimony (IS hishbry.--
that they, like coa3.111(111 felons, were awaiting in
. prison the penalty due the crime of imktiny, while
their comrades in the same regiment were dashing •
into the enemy's Linea on the bloody banks of Stone
river.
Of those nearly three hundred who followed their
officers to the held, I must spunk iu torsos of high
commendation. They did their' whole duty fear
, lessly, faithfully; nay, more; with enthusiasm. 'Tia
sad suttject, .* * * • b
.11'or the misguided young men of the Troop I fe . el
sorrow. May they yet redeem their go.Fid name, To
-tae they appear to have lost their reason.
• . Very truly yours, .•
1,1). S. STANLEY, Blg. Gen.
XXIVIIth CONGRESS—Third Session.
WASHINGTON, February 7, IBEI.
SENATE.
frainsaa Land Offices
A communictllion was received from the Secretary
of the Interior, feting an increased appropriation
of $26,000 for land' offices in Ifansaa.
Mr. LANE (Rep) of Kansas, proaented a memo
rial from the Legislature of that State asking for an
appropriation for the public service.
Commfanny Deliarfment.
The House bill to promote the efficiency of the
Commissary Departmentof the Army was taken up
and passed,
Death of General Ward.
A message from the President was received in•
answer to a resolution of the Senate, trans•
ratting a despatch. dated October 2ith lastt,, from
our Minister to China, relatinto the death of Gene.
tel Ward,
Colorado.
Mr. COWAN (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, presented
a memorial. from W. Cornell Swett, for the ad•
mission of Catered° into the units as a state..
Legal. Tender Notes anal" Customs.
Mr. liAlllll..S- (Rep.), of New York, presented a'
memorial from. mershanta and importers of New
York, praying that the legal-tender notes may be
used for paying.ouotoms.
Militany and Postal Road
Mr. 00W inteoduced a bill for the construction
of a military and postal railroad from. Washington
to New York. Referred.
Army of the Potomac. .40
Mr. SUMNER (Rep.), of Massachusetts, offered
the following:
liesolved, That the Committee on the Conduct of
the War be directed to istquire into the condition of:
the Army of the Potomac, both officers and men,
and to consider what measures are necessary in
order to promote its efficiency, increase the mutual
confidence of officers and men, and to secure from
all an unwavering and soldierlike devotion to the
declared policy of the Government, with power to •
send for persons and papers. Laid over.
Emancipation in Missouri
The bill for the emancipation of the slaves in
Missouri was taken up. .
Mr. WILSON (U.), of Missouri, moved to strike
out the stun of twenty millions and insert twenty
live millions as an appropriation for this purpose.
llejected—yeas_ ,2 nays 36:
Mr. 'WILSON, of Missouri, offered an amend
ment, extending the time of emancipation for three
years.
Mr. CAELILE (U.), of Virginia, hoped the
amendment would prevail, in order that the people
of that State might have time to exercise their civil
rights'in those poi Hone where, from the presence of
guerillas and rebels, it was found impossible to ex
ercise autirme. Re alluded to Gen. McNeil's execu
tion of gueilits.
Mr. HENDERSON (U.), of. Minuend, said he had
been told by Gen. McNeil that tho guerillas whom
he hail executed were paroled prisoners with arms in
their hands, and were therefore liable to be shot..
•
Mr. OARLILE thought the facia in the case
would be - beneficial to the country, but he was de
sirous tbata full vote should be had on this proposi
tion, and More time allowed for It than twelve
months. Such had been the military terror in Vir
ginia that not one man in three had voted on the
bill proposing a division of that State.
Mr. WILLEY (U.), of Virginia, replied that, by
military intluenee, thousands. had voted, and ho
doubted if there was an authenticated instance where
a man wags deprived of his suffrage: His colleague
would do injustice •to the Missouri bill by such a
statement.
Mr. OARLILE asked his colleague if he did not
know that .forty-five thousand votes were polled in
the Presidential election and but nineteen thousand
in the election on the divisirn of the State.
Mr. WILLEY said that at the latter election North
west Virginia had .some eight to twelve thousand
soldiers in the field who did not vote. Some coun
ties did not because the rebel soldiers held them
but 19,000 pure and unadulterated Union men did
vote.
• Mr. POWELL (Dem.), of Kentucky, contended
that the last election was carried by the bayonet,
and that the full free vote could not be had now in
the State.
Mr. WILSON (U.), of Missouri, at some length,
favored his amendment. Twelve months was too
soomfor abolishing slavery in Missouri, and entail
ing on the people all the cast consequence which
would foUow. lie desired a vote of the people of
the State on this important question, with time
enough tb consider it. He briefly recapitulated the
facts, to show that a large majority of the members
of the Convention which kept Missouri in the Union
were slaveholders.
The amendment was then rejected—yeasB, nays 27.
Mr. DAVIS (Union), of Kentucky, argued at
great length against the bill, during which he said
that, at an interview of the Itorder-State Senators
and members of Congress with the President, the
latter, in explaining his gradual-emancipation
scheme, did not pretend that it was constitutional or
practical, but that the President desired an amend
ment to the Constitution to embrace it.
Mr. TURPIE (Dem.), of Indiana, said that the
formation of all countries under one Government
would secure a balance of power and do away with
all those intricate foreign relations about which
there has been so much difficulty. But it had been
eo ordered that the interest of the whole is best pro
moted by promoting the interest of the individual.'
He then proceeded to say that the geographical di
vision of the United States, though they might be
imaginary, were just as distinct and insurmountable
as any other line—as that between. Canada and
the United States. Such were the lines which
separated the reserved rights of the States from
the General Government, which rights existed
with the States after the Union was formed.
The Union, he contended, did not make - the
States, but the latter had made the Union, and had
once been out of it. Atter discussing the reserved
rights of the States, and their mutual relations with
the United States Government, contehding that the
value of the Union was not greater than the rights
of the States or of the people, he proceeded to say
that this bin was a direct bribe of the United States
Government for the rights of Missouri for ten
millions in •cash or twenty millions on credit.
He regretted to hear the Senator from Missouri
(jlr. Henderson) defend the bill on the ground
tiffat the fidelity of his State depended on it,
and that he did not know what the result
would be of its defeat, but that he feared it. •
He (Mr. Turpie) did not believe that any legislation
was necessary to keep Missouri in the Union. It
seemed that the policy of the Administration had
placed
itselfit in a position to need even the sympa
thy of poliical opponents. It had a great work
on its hand. England, France, Greeley . , and other
great powers , were to be conciliated, and Garrison,:
Giddings, Gerritt Smith, and others, were to be pen
sioned. The Administration had lost the confidence
of the people. The President had lost the con
fidence of the people, both North and South.
Ile had become imbued with the fanatical prin
ciples of the New England school. If war for
the Union meant paying for negroes out of the
puhlid treasury, he was not for it. If it meant
supporting contrabands, •he was not for it. - If
it meant the absorption of the reserved rights of the
States, he was not for it. But if it meant the restora
tion of the national authority over every foot of
territory, for the flag to wave over, as at Bunker
Hill, Saratoga, and Shiloh and Donelson, he was
for the war. The emancipation policy would
not strengthen the Administration, but end in
disaster, disgrace, and defeat. The soldiers in
the .fleld had been unpaid for months. Their fami
lies were begging for bread, and he would vote
to pay them before paying for the negroes
in Irliseouri. He then briefly traced - the
course of affairs, spooking of the unanimity of
the people, from the time that traitorous South
Carolina Bred on Fort Sumpter down through
the extra session of Congress until the President
and his Senators commenced schemes for the pur
chase of the negroes, and abandoned its previous
policy of war for the restoration of the Union. The
President has abandoned all his constitutional obli
.gations, and carried out measures which, in France,
would belong to the Emperor—ln England to the
King, and in Runde to the Czar; but he would say
that no American Czar would have any serfs west
of the Alleghenies. He spoke of the elasticity of
the so-called war powers—that they had been dele
gated to provost marshals, and their satraps, through
every town in the country, except at Selina and Ber
lin, where white and black Africans alone resided.
Dwelling at some length on the results of the acts
of the war power, such as false imprisonment, &c.,
he spoke of the devotion' of Indiana to the
Union, and declared that if the Abolition schemes
were abandoned, people would rush forth again to
this war like those under Peter the Hermit, for the
rescue of the sepulchre of our Saviour. The sons of
Indiana had fallen in every battle from Donelson to
the Rappahannock. Two days after the brilliant
victory at Fort Donelson the President sent a mes
sage to Congress, not congratulating the country
that Tennessee had been redeemed, but recommend
ing Congress to and in the abolishment of slavery in
the Border States. He used the word abolishment
in his message, for "abolition" would have caused
it to fan aTi -1 151 . 1) Tit SUSI/111%1
cmt.T.e.
1 tu. two.. ~.-,eta.. maw ...Kant., an Oa°
VO:41. 1 -- Rtp.lii.-
eane. They had diverted' the true objects of the
war to Abolition, and, if they wished to put down
this relfellion, they must abandon the purchase of
negroes, defeat this bill, and return to their constitu
tional obligations.
Mr. WALL (Dem.), of New. Jersey, opposed the
bill as being unconstitutional, as having no effect
in putting down the rebellion, and as dangerous at
A time when financial ruin seemed to be upon us.
He spoke of the arbitrary arrests of citizens of his .
State, and declared that the
. people of New Jersey
were loyal. HeQuoted the resolutions of his col- ,
league (Mr. Ten Eyck), introduced at the last ses
sion of Congress, declaring that the war should be
prosecuted, in the beginning and at the end, for the
restoration of the Union under the. Constitution,
" and approved them ; but declared that the war was
not now being prosecuted for such an object: He
briefly exhibited the results of the emancipation
schemes undertaken by Great Britain, and claimed
that the London Times had denounced ft as ending
in making the slave worse in his last condition than
his first.
Mr. TEN EYCK (Rep.), of New Jersey, favored
the bill. He thought the present bill was consti
tutional, and would tend to aid In the restoration of
peace in Missouri.
Mr. RICHARDSON (Dem.), of Illinois, spoke at
considerable length against the bill, regarding the
tendencies of • the Republicans in legislation as re
tarding the progress of the war, and warning them
of the disaffection which existed in the Northwest
at the present taxation—not for the purpose of car
rying on the war, but for the purchase of negroes is
thc loyal slave States—and stating that there would
ho.trollllle In - 111bArn7t
tor a few days since had spoken about the loyalty of
those on his side of the Senate ; but in that respect
he stood a peer of the President himself. He was
for putting down the rebellion, and he believed
there would be hearty co-operation, if the emanci
pation proelamation was withdrawn and the confls
cation laws repealed throughout the country and the •
.necessity of a draft or conscription would be thus
avoided:
' Mr. SAULSBURY (Dem.), of Delaware, thought'
that greatalterations - in the social-structure of any
State should be made with extreme caution. He -
did not believe :the measure :woulds:glvelpeade to
Missouri, but divisions of opinion in the councils of
the country. ,Ilehelieved that the continual agita
tion of the slavery question haeculixdnated in the
revolt, and now it was proposed to end the effbrts
.of the secessionists by doing away Wlththeir domes
tic institutions. He thought that this idea would
raise and hiss raised a' spirit of opposition through
out the country. The warnings of Kentucky, Ma
.
rylend, and; Delaware had gone unheededi and if;
these measures were • persisted in the entire North"
; might be in the same state in. which we find Blia.
aourito•day. -
Along discussion followed on various amendments
10 the bill, all of which were defeated.
•NINE CPCLocic P. M.—The Senate is still in eea
.
Mr. DAVIS is reviewing the position of the Pre.
l aident on the slivery questioa prior to his election
.:to the Exeeutive chair. He ('Mr. Davis) argued that
the President -had no war powers; but that such
powers belonged to Congress. He advised a revoca
tion of both the emancipation proclamations, and
denounced Gen. Hunter as it man of small capacity
and patriotism, and wished some ether general had
been sent to the.Dipartment of - the South. • He be
lieved General-McClellan the greatest general the
'country had. 'Reread fromthe'ftesident's remarks,
addressed to theßorder-State Congressmen last sum
: mer tOn the .Witif and:argued that the war was not
. carried.on thou . Slavery was the harp of
a thousand strings; , kon which men ROM the North
"were furioue ' lo play.
Mr. POWELL, of Kentucky, spoke for nearly an
-hour on the unconstitutionality of the bill, and ar-•
-gned that the Paesident had violated the Chicago
platform, which 7:te had once said was good enough
law for him. He recapitulated what he regarded as
the crimes of the present Adminietration,such as the
abrogation of the freedom of the Press, trial by jury,
and arbitrary arrests. Be believed that mar liberties
could only be preserved by an adherence to the rights
of States. Time Government, he contended, had no
more right to interfere with slavery ins State than
- to establish it in one. He thought that one reason
-Why the Senator from -Massachusetts tAtr. Sumner)
wanted Immediate emthicipation in Missouri, was
that Governor Andrew, who had got a roving com
mission, could enlist negro soldiers to till up the
draft, in his own State.
Mi. SUMNER said he desired to see a musket in
the hands.of every slave thus freed..
Mr. POWELL had no doubt of it. He did not
believe that the bill WRB a measure of' peace, bul one
of hostility, andcalculatcd to disturb all the Border
States. , •
Mr.- PO.WELL, continuing, said that the Repub.
linens waged war to abolish slavery.
Mr.' HOWARD (Rep.), ' of Pdiohlgiug denied .that
any such policy had been held out by theßepublioan
part}.. It was the duty of every Senator tore, tut
der Ma oath to export the Constitution, to give hit
aid to put down 1 rebellion. 'A Senator who ro ,
fused tO vote enmity:a and men to prosecute the war
for the Government Could not be a very loyal man.
[Applause in the galleq.]
Dlr. POWELL finisVed his speech, and at.mbi.
night precisely the Senate adjourned without tdking
a vote.
HOUSE OP . REIMEOENTA.ITVES.
rnillOibiand . NeW 1405.11( Ship Csunal.
The House resumed the'cderation of the .11ii
nois and New York shiPooanal "i•
Mr. KELLOGG (Rep.); of , ia expressed tile
ermA ie
opinion that the further disCUlWitali •I the bi l l Would
not effect the change of a single r te. Ncrerthe.
fess, owing to what had ben , said last the Ines
sure, he proceeded to show that art ' as the year
l'7U7 the question was agitated of the wa
ters of thrOnlf of St. Lawrence'with thostr..pf the'
Gulf of Mexico, in order to allbril'grena•freeVgh.
way commerce Eor the benefit of the natton at la . 0 4.
Referring to the report by the Committee On .'
val Affairs, he said that the author of it Mr. F. A.
Conkling), one would suppose liveCon:allite of rail
road which had, during the last year; made minions
'on .a capital of thirteen millions, judling:fram that
gentleman's opposition to the bill. :M it greet men
will duller. In further advocacy of the measure, he
said the Government was asked only to• lend its
credit, and that the tolls of the Illinois. andMichi
.
' grin Canal now pay more than interest on. the two
millions expended by Illinois on this works
Mr. FREDERICK A. CUMMING (Rept); orNew
York, explained that the report of the Committee
on Naval Allkl rs, which had been attacked, wasmade
pursuant to instructions from the House to inquire
as to the naval and military aspect of the work: In
the examinatiota before committee, no commercial
rivalries were presented; there was no occasion to
suspect any unfair conduct from any quarter. With
the exception of one absentee, the committee were
unanimous in their report. He had made up his
mind to vote against every measure, job, scheme,
and project whieb would divest either the money
or the credit of the Government from what ho
conceived should be their exclusive employ
ment—namely, the crushing Oat, by force of arms,
this. atrocious rebellion. Threats had been made'
against him in the city of New York and here, be.
cause of his opposition to..thia•bilt. The influence of
the press had been brought to,the support of the
measure •in a manner almost unparalleled. The
lobbies of this House are filled with paid advocntea,
in violation of the rules. Thishillhad been brought
here in a fraudulent manner, irregularly, and unau
thorized by the Committee on Military Affairs.
Mr. OLIN (Rep.), of New York, • interrUPUng,
said that the statement was wholly false in length
and breadth, and he would meet thequestion either
here or elsewhere. He pronounced it an unqualified
falsehood. ATMs produced much sensation.]
Mr. MoPRERSON (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, claim
ed the right to make a personal explanation. As a
member of the Military Committee he wartnot will
ing to rest under the imputation that the reporting
of this bill was unauthorized. The committee gave
their consent to the report of the bill as a personal
favor, five members thereof, a majority, being opposed
to the measure in every phase. The committee did
not recommend the concurrence in the bill.
Mr. OLIN rose to a personal explanation, when
Mr. COMKLING called him to order.
Mr. OLIN. As you have refused to yield the floor.
In/ call you to order.
Mr. CONKLIN. There is no occasion to make
such threats on this floor.
Mr. OLIN. I simply rose to—
Mr. CONKLIN: I call the member to older. He
yesterday, in the course of his remarks, charged that
the report of the Naval Committee was. a tissue of
misrepresentations and misstatements.
Mr. OLIN again rose, when
The SPEAKER said to him—" No gentleman cart
interrupt another without his consent , '
-Mr. OLIN. I rose to a point of order. Permit sae
to state— .
The SPEAKER. The gentleman on the right ia
entitled to the floor, and the Chair will austain hint.
'He cannot be deprived of it without his consent.
Mr. CONKLING then proceeded to vindicate the
report:of the Naval Committee-against the attacks
which have been made upon it, anitto speak In op
position to the pending measure.
Mr. TRIMBLE (U.), of Ohio, said that, instead of
designing means for carrying On the war to a succesa
ful conclusion, the object seemed , to be to provide a
mode by which money should be expended. He ex
posed the measure, denying thatit was national in
the sense suggested. The trade of the Mississippi
river amounted to more than that of all the Northern
lakes from the West.
Mr. DIYEN (Rep.), of New York, remarked that
the original design was to allbrd a passage for ships
of-war from the Gulf of Mexico up the Mississippi
to Lake Michigan, to the event of a war with Eng
land, and to make such provision for defence as we
are now excluded from making, not being permitted,
by treaty, to place war vessels on the lakes sepa
rating the British from the United States pones
[dons. lie explained the substitute he intended to
propose for the bill.
Mr.. STEVENS (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, in op
posing the bill, said that they had become so ac
customed to give away money by millions, that 110
appropriation was considered too large to be passed.
True, pensions for the loss of a leg, or other casu
alties of war, were gravely debated, on the ground of
economy: but let a company or a State ask twenty
or thirty millions of dollars, the question rose to
such dignity that a pioposition to debate it was con
sidered out of order. He characterized the scheme
now pending as the most preposterous scheme ever
brought forward, such navigation as was claimed be
ing out of the question. - -
Mr. YA_LLANDIGRAM (Dem.) said that this
bill proposed to strike a deadly blow at the interests
of Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Delaware New Jersey, and of Cincin
nati, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Louis
ville by constructing a single line from West to
East, and by •act of Congress giving it preference
over five or six channels of art and nature ; and
while the people of those States and cities are thus
to be damaged, they are to be taxed for the scheme.
Mr. PORTER (Rep.), of Maryland, entered his so
lemn protest against the passage of the bill. The
pretext on which it was originally urged was, that
the work was necessary as a war measure. The
able report of the Committee on Naval Affairs had
completely destroyed such arguments, and now the
bill was urged as a commercial measure, necessary
to develope theinterests of New York and the West.
To embark in this and -the several railroad scheme&
pending would involve the Government in countless
millions. To pass this would be an admission
that we are unable to open the Mississippi. New
York and New England had profited by the war, but
the agricultural in rests of the West had been seri
ously damaged. The burdens of the West are al
ready rester than they can bear.
Mr. " ASHBURNE (Rep.), of Illinois, regarded
the oppoaitfon to this measure the most extraordi
nary toward the Northwest he had ever seen ex
hibited during his Congressional career. It was
an indication 'to refuse aid to eight millions of
people who had always, patriotically assisted
other parts of the country. In the course of hie
remarks, he said the bill proposed a work of na
tional defence for the public welfare; notwith
standing the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr.
Stevens,) called it "a sham," it was of greater
interest to the Northwest than any measure eves
before preaented _to
.Congress. He was surprised at
the remarks of Mr. Vallandialiam and Poster in
opposition to the bill. It now costs five cents a
bushel of corn in the West to.carry one to market.
Hence the commercial imporialvie of the improve
ment contemplated. He ;had ..voted for tariff
bills by which the coffers of Pennsylvania
were filled. The Pennsylvania Central Railroad
was earmingten Millions a year—moncv taken out
of-the -pockets of-the West.- The gentleman from
Pennsylvania had reported a bill appropriating
seven millions for fortifications on the appropriating
coast. Why should - the , practicability aid ne
cessity of works and measures for the defence rf the
West, as well as - of the Eastern coast, be deaedt
It would, in the event of - a war with England, eia
ble us to bring our vessels to defend ourselves frog
all : attacks on the lakes. The Mississippi will b,
opened. There are eighty thousand troops there
under the brave and unconquerable Gen. Grant.
While Grant was marching on the enemy to open.
the Mississippi, we' will open the communication
now proposed, and then have a general jubilee.
On motion of Mr. WASHBURNE (Rep.), the de
mand for the previous question was seconded.
Without further proceedings the House adjourned
by a vote of two majority.
Public Entertainments.
Mn. Munnocn)s IlzaJorsos.—At the Academy ot"
Music, this evening, Mr. James E. Murdoch will
give dramatic and lyrical readings in aid of the sick
and wounded soldiers and their families. The for
mer entertainment, of the same character and for
the same purpose, nearly tilled the house, in tem
pestuous weather.
NEW ENGLAND SOLDIERS' An) AssocixmoN.—
Tomorrow evening, also at the Academy of Music,
there will be a musical and dramatic melange, con
ducted by Mr. A. R. Taylor, for• the benefit of thin
bn . Vr.rg- by :Mina 0 . 0.1.12e11, car. .r. C03.10/J, abd
. roylor vontilloquiton by Signor Blitz; rcoltatiorto
by Mrs. :C. Rush an address by Mr. Warriner,
preeident of the association, and Yankeeism, by Mr.
Greenleaf.
AnOli-eritnrr TITEATRIL—After dye weeks of
considerable success, during which the house was
crowded every- night; Man and Mr. Ricbings have
been drawn away by preadoualy formed engage
ments. They are succeeded by Miss Jane Coombs,
whO is announced to appear, "during her liMited en
gagement," in y.The Wife" and "Love" by
Knowles; Share "Eiadne erLovell'a "Ingmar,"
Love's Sacrifice," and " Wife's Secrets" Mil
. ,
mania" Fazio ;" Bulwer's " Lady of Lyons ; 3, "The
Stranger ;" " World of Fashion," and "My Wife , *
Portrait"--tbis last being new in this city. She
opens, this evening, as Margaret Elmore in " Love's
Sacrifice." - ' A new farce, called " Music Mad,"
written for Mi; Frank DreW, will also be played.
CHEBTAUTWITREET THICATRE.- , -Mr. Forrest will
appear this evening, in "Othello," with - Mr. McCul
lough as,lago, Mrs. Allen as Deademona, and Madame
Ponisi, one of the best stock-ictresses on the Ameri
stage, as Emilia. To our inind,-Forrest's Othello is
the beet of all Shakspearian embmliments,--at
once the tenderest and 'truest, the saddest and moat
passionate, the most artistica' and yet the most
natural, In this reprmientation of bis, - since we fit at
saw ItTioine twenty-nye yeAra ago, Ma style boa gra
dually become modified—almost changed. But-th e
change is improvement; the mellowing which tinier
and matured judgment have given it. What stamps
Mr. Forrest as a man of genius is the fact that hit per
formances are not stereotypes; that they are naper
•petual faoidmiles of each other. Every season s taus
who have watched him long, shows some alterations
'in his nuizmer ; for Mr. Forreit, when not perform
ing,la constantly studying his art. "Othello' will be
repeated to-morrow evening, and Mr. Hackett will
play on Wedneiday. •
WALNIIT-6TIMICT TireaTaz.-lyfr. Setchell, a
comedian, of the amusing but exaggeratedi school.
which the late W. F.. Burton founded: be, won
laurels dining his week's starring, at this. theatre.
swill
lle be, succeeded, this week,. by the , Spent&
dancer, Cubss,,who, amity be remembered ' appeared
at our Academy of Music a year:or two. ago, with
considerable success. Her performance. this eve
nine, when she will assume three: charactem in
4, The French Spy," will test her ability in panto
mime.
THE .ICermyritenon.—The annual cerecert and
ball of the, hliennerchnr Society- (imam, or, this
evening, at Musical Fund Milli Ai new cantata,
"The Blessings of•Peace,"•arranged• and composed
by P. 111. , Ayohdeffer, music; by. Birgeld,..eruL be per
formed, after which.the usual "balhemeclsen will
succeed.. This ball has „Ailment°, hoes one of the.:
greatiatateraotione of the 'Reign:
'Suwon BLITZ continues hisaeij,g magic wagi
,ventriloquism at Assembly : jitelaan sm ever y ova..
rang;
. and on the atternOonp..oll. Wednesday and
Saturday... . _
In the.same edifice, the Bohemian Glasserneffere
eaMblfrtheir curiops;manipt . 4estior.a.:
Ansemus Waltn. 7 -Mr. 11; F i Brown, cimanusdr
ki3o,ivi. -- f ail. "O‘erd ,, :s a writer of mach
quaint, huinor- fuida :lecturer 'who iniarlably keep.
his audiencealive with isuight er r :Will make his first
public) appearantela Plalladelphla on SattsdaY eve"
ning. At hregocal Ftinlll4ll he will gfve a lecture
entitled ~S ixty Minotee ink Africa," saLd this will be
his'onis appearance here, ( this season. Mr. Browns
like'Yorick, it "a fellolfr,ofr, iiifritejest and humor"
-,odd and occentrie, quaint. and 'original, and, above&
all, =wank.
Meeting of. V.te Christian Association.
flan Y°D;gl TY:2I). B.—At a meeting of the Ohria•
Man Assoclanced, held to-night in the Academy of
rif SlJott prelided and made a short speech.
Gen• litutull•ae also made A speech of considerable
length.
ON AstoTiox of on. W. M. Meredith,
W. Henry Sutton Esq. was admitted to praotioe as
Attorvey the Di '
striotOeurt and !Cloud of Common
PICIOIi on Sattitilayi 7th.