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and for the suppression of the rehelliou by force
of arms are against the country, and to favor of the
rebellion. It is impossible lb stand neutral between
the free institutions of our country and the armed
force which threatens them with deatructiou. They
who counsel us to lay down our arms in the presence
of an armed and insolent Inc, and they who would
barter the liberties, the Integrity, and the glory of
.our country; fora miserable, I ugitive, and deceptive
- pence, which Would disgrace us abroad and make us
at home the servants 0f our conquerors. are alike
enemies of the country, whether they be in South
ern camps or to Northern parlors. against the
prinelples of three, their arts, their machinations,
'their disloyal acts and words, it is the duty of all
:patriotic men to make common cause anti to wage
. peipetuel.war.
1 rejoice, sir; at the clear indleatlone which are
:now beginning everywhere to be apparent, of a per
fectly united sentiment in the loyal States upon thle
subisct. Factions and disloyal men have done
their worst. The people discard and contemn their
sophistry and their treason. We have passed
through the most dangerous period of our trials,
the period of doubt, of distrust and uncertainty
among ourselves. The people of the loyal States
are true to the Linton rind to their country. The
war will go on. The rebellion will be subdued.
Our liberty and our Union will he preserved to
gether, and we shall yet, by the blessing of God,
transmit to our children a free, a powerful, and an,
undivided country.
At the conclusion of Mr. Thayer's speech, Mr.
Binney announced that the League House would be
opened every Monday night for members, as an
evening for general convei tuition, At the conclusion
of his remarks, there were loud cries for Mr. Mc-
Michael from all parts of the room, who made a few
pleasant remarks, and proposed six hearty cheers
for the Union.
Shortly after midnight the assembly dispersed.
Elje '`Virezz.
tUESDAY, FEBRUARY . 24, 1863.
MITE elaborate proceedings of Congress—
the meetings of our Union friends yester
day, in honor of the anniversary—the news
that comes crowding in upon us from all
parts of the world—the oppressive favors of
our always-welcome advertising friendi—so
completely crowd our paper to•clay that we
have no room for opinion or comment, or
the courtesies of friends. We must ask
their patience for the present.
The Eternal Greek Question.
Speculations concerning the future go
vernment;iii Greece continue to engage fo
reign jiimalists. The latest announcement
is, that the Duke of Saxe-Cobourg, brother
in-law and cousin lf Aileen Victoria, has
4 ‘
-declined the •thi. bf Greece." The
story Ives that ho Mt."?' I d to accept it, leaving
his little Gelinan Dttehy under a Regency
during. his lifetime, (so as to have a retreat
in the event of an Hellenic
,fiasco,) and no
minating a cousin as his successor in Greece,
either a Prince de Kohary or Prince Augus
tus, son of the Cobourg, who married the
Princess Clementine of Orleans, (laughter of
Louis-Philippe, sister-in-law of Leopold of
Belgium, and aunt of the Count de Paris.
We are told that the Duke of Saxe-CobOurg.
"has declined," but are unable to ascertain
who offered him, the throne of Greece. That
surely ought to rest with the Greeks them
selves. A few weeks ago, . they exercised
the right of appointing their own ruler,
and Prince Alfred, of England, a mid-
Shipman, of the ripe age of eighteen,
was their choice. But, under the
tripartite treaty which established Greece
as an independent nationality, it was pro
vided that no member of the reigning fami
lies of England, France, and Rrussia should
ever be eligible fotithe throne of Greece.
Bence, the English prince was objected to,
and hence France, not being able to put
forward her own candidate, will object to
any Cobourg as too nearly connected with
England, and particularly to one who is re
lated to the Orleans family. There was
mention of Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar
beComing a candidate. He is forty years
old, a colonel in the English army, and
morganatically parried to Lady Augusta
Lennox, daughter of the late Duke of Rich.:
mond. This . gentleman, like the Duke of
Saxe Cobourg, is childless, and on his death,
<lid he become King, the Greeks would have
a repetition.of their. jareaent.clifficulty in ob
taining a ruler acceptable to the . leading
monarchs of Europe. Practically, though
King Otho was deposed and banished more
than four months ago, the Greeks have
not yet taken one actual step to replace
him. Some clay, no doubt, we shall learn
though what influence or intrigue, or whose
suggestion or desire, the young English
prince was so, earnestly taken up by the
Greeks, some ?3k whom must have known,
first, that he 'was the legal heir, by family
and State arrangement, of his uncle's Duchy
of Saxe Cobourg.; and next, that there was
not the slightest reason to expect that France
and Russia would allow him to become
King of Greece, if elected. England's
game, in this matter, has been played by a
master of finesse. There seems to be no.
doubt that England, declared protector of
the. Republic of the lonian Islands, by the'' .
treaty of Vienna, has offered to transfer.
These islands to Greece; Provided that it
continue a Monarchy. The last Quarterly
_Bedew intimates that this surrender or terri
tory and power emanates from Mr. Glad
stone; whose chief object 'is to reduce the
national expenditure of England, one item
of llhlGh is kill2iio,ooo of outlay over lul
earn fay mintnininp (mumps of tlio
Greek Matt& The surrender to a mere
Provisional Governmentsuch as Greece nosy
possesses is Much questioned. The Quarterly
Bovine says " the. Greek crown is at present
an abstraction ; the Greek Government is a
provisional' government. Who will: wear
the crown; and whit influence will rule the
government, is at the .present moment abso
lutely uncertain. It may be France, or
Russia, or Austria, for aught we know. It
may be a republic, with a periodical revolu
tion, or it may be a mere anarchical mob.
The future depository of mike= rule in
Greece is a matter upon which no one can
form even a conjecture. Like the presidency
of Mexico, it may become the prize for rival
chiefs.of brigands ; or it may be grasped by
a man who shall be worthy to aspire and to
attain to the Byzantine crown, and for which
Russia has schemed so long. If the lonian.
Islands were to be ceded to Greece, surely it
had been better to Wait till there was some
settled Government to receive the gilt and
inherit the trust which, half a century ago,
united Europe confided to the hands of Eng
land." If this surrender .of the lonian
Islands be Carried' out, is the principle to cad
here? If England will not retain it foreign
popaessioit unless it pay, she will have to
Tart with her West India Islands, Malta,
and. Gibraltar. This is the first voluntary
surrender of possession and territory ever
made lay England. The strategic import
mu of tlin oommandinff flu Arbil
nil
that a email matter of expense can justify
their abandonment. The future rtilof of
Greece will be indebted to England, if this
project be consummated, for an extended
territory.
THY COURTIAND SAITHDLREI CADETEI.—The pub
of this accomplished corps mfiliairc of youths
elk3ag(d the attention and excited the admiration of
a large audience at the Academy of Music on last
Saturday evening. The proceeds of the exhibition
netted a handsome sum for a charitable and patriotic
fund, and we are pleased to hear that another en
tertainment on a more extended and varied scale
will be arranged to take place shortly. The degree
of perfeetion to which the Cadets have been brought,
under the tuition of Major Eckendorf, surprises and
delights every one who witnesses their drills ; and
their performance of Saturday night, seen as it was
to more advantage than at the recent exhibition at
the Musical Fund Rail, more fully confirmed the fa
vorablO opinion entertained of them.
FLoowriox.—Mr. Philip Lawrence, a popular
teacher of elocution in this city, publishes a card
challenging three pupils of any New York elocu
tionist to read "The Famine," from Hiawatha;
Poe's " Raven ;" Maoaulay's " Battle of Ivry," and
"Mark Antony's Oration," from Shakspeare's
"Julius Crum.," against three of his pupils, Phila
delphians, all competitors to be under twenty one ;
the decision by competent Judges, and the loser to
pay $lOO in aid of the sick and wounded soldiers.
We ale curious to see whether New York will take
eup the glove.
LABOZ POSITIVE SALE OF BOOTB AND Snoss,
.AND Gust SHOEs.—The early attention of pur
,chisera is requested to the large assortment of
•boots, shoes, gum shoes, carpet bags, whims, ato.,
.&c., e 03., embracing about 700 packages of first class
.seasonable goods, of city and Eastern manufacture,
to• be peremptorily sold by catalogue, on four
months' credit, commencing this morning at 10
o'clock, by John 13. Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos.
232 and 234 Market street.
Pnoatomlow.—Captain T. Ilanttessv, of the fah
p ennß yhraala Cavalry, Provost Marshal Of Wil
liamsburg, ;Virginia, has been appointed to a mijo
rity in'that regiment. lie is a good officer, and has
proved himielf worthy of this promotion. , •
LETTER FROM "OCOASIONA.L.”
WAsiincaToig, Feb. 23, 18G3
During the great snow storm of yesterday
the sentiment that fell from hundreds and
thousands of lips, and made hundreds of
thousands of hearts sad, was profound com
miseration for the condition of out• gallant
friends and relatives in the army of the Re
public. The cause of our country is, indeed,
afflicted with many trials. Not alone the
stubbornness and cruelty of the rebellion
and the efforts of those who sympathize
with this rebellion to create dissension among
the people and the troops ; not alone these
are calculated to dishearten the true :friends
of. the Government, but the season itself has
been strangely changing, uncongenial, and
inhospitable. In accounting, therefore, for
reverses, we must not forget that there
are some obstacles which only time
and patience can overcome. But if
we have our misfortunes, the enemy feels
much more keenly these sufferings and disad
vantages. Have you ever, as your thoughts
wandered away among those near and dear
to you—whether in the treacherous deep
or in the wilds of a hostile section—consi
dered how patiently and unmurmuringly
these gallant champions of the flag bear all
their privations? In fact, censure, criticism,
and calumny of the Government, come
mainly from those who endure none of these
privations. I will be told that the silence
and submission of the soldier is the result of
discipline and of duty. But this is not so.
His obedience and his forbearance are the
fruits of attachment to country. He is away
from those he loves and who love him. He
almost enily sees or hears the foe. Behind
him are his family and his Government.
These are his guardians and his guiding
stars, and when he is disposed to utter re
proaches, these are soon checked, as, with
supreme contempt, he realizes the acrimoni
ous assaults of partisan politicians, who,
professing no love for him, and regarding
him rather as a party to the, wsr, engage
themselves in daily erhninations upon those
public servants in charge of the enormous
responsibilities of the Government. As I
write I have before me letters from a large
number of colonels in the different regiments
of the Army of the Potoniac. In all Ido
not find a single sentiment of opposition to
the President and his policy, or a single
syllable of approval of those who are making
war against the General Administration.
These letters, extracts from which I
will take occasion to publish—written
without concert, and by officers located
many miles from each other—are the
best evidences of the high-souled patriotism
that animates the rank and file ; and this
spirit, strong as it is in the department al
luded to, is, if possible, ten times stronger
in the West and the Southwest, as you
who have read the proceedings of the
late military meetings in those districts
against the Breckinridge sympathizers need
not be told: Why, then, if those who risk
their lives for us cheerfully submit to the
rigors of the climate, and all the accidents
of flood and field, should not we, in our
happy homes and better conditions, imi
tate their glorious example ?
WASHIN GTON.
Special Despatches to 46 The Preto."
WASHINGTON, February 23, 1863.
Condition of Our New Steam—Sloops.
The Secretary of the Navy officially reports to the
Senate that the disability of the Ossipe resulted
from the cutting of the cylinder slide valve, caused
by the softness of the iron, which was very badly
fitted. Four hulls of vessels have been built on this
plan, and ten have similar machinery, of which
eight have been tried, two only giving any trouble—
viz.: the Ossipe and Juniata. Their builders were
inexpei fenced, with neither the proper shops, tools,
mechanics, norengineers. Their facilities were pro
nounced against in advance, but they were much
the lowest bidders. With regard to the failure of
the Pensacola, a chief engineer, ISHERWOOD, re
ports that her hull was built at Pensacola and her
machinery at Washington, from designs of F. E.
Dioxsow and W. E. Sicicehs, under a contract with
Secretary TOMMY, in 1858. One was a patentee of
an alleged improvement in engineering, the other a
lawyer, with intimate relations with Messrs. MAL
LORY and YULRE, of the Senate Naval Committee,
and the plan was tried in opposition to the engi
neers of the navy. Owing to the numerous blun
ders, the machinery was two years and five months
in preparation. Its cost was $328,400. She was with
difficulty got to New Orleans, and there reported
useless until the machinery was replaced.
United . States Judge for Calitbruia.
At the unanimous request of the California Con
gressional Delegates, lion. STEPHEN I. F/HLD, now
Chief Justice of California, has been appointed
United States Circuit Judge for that State, vice
Judge MCALLISTER, resigned.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
Acolyte CHEER, Feb. 23.—The anniversary of
Washington's . , birthday was celebrated yesterday
in the Arroy'of the Potomac, notwithstanding the
prevailieg tempest, by salutes from several batte
ries. Nothing of the kind was heard from the rebel
batteries on the south Aide of the Rappahannock.
A enow•etorm commenced late on Saturday night,
and continued until yisiterday afternoon, drifting in
some places two or three feet. The depth of the
snow is averaged at about seven inches. The
shelter tents of tice soldiers afforded but poor
sprote9tion from - the storm. The atmosphere
was', piercingly cold, causing some frost-bitten ex
tremities.
:orrevious to the storm, the MHO Mill partlnily
tiled up i out now many nays must elapse In this
locality ocrorc the romia will become passable under
the most favorable auspices,
The War hi Tennessee.
LOUTSVILLU, Feb. 23.—Authentic advices received
here say the rebel army Is in' the vicinity of Mc-
Minnville, Tennessee.
Rumors which are unauthenticated and discre
dited, speak of the rebel forces being in the vicinity
of Richmond, Kentucky.
FURTHER FROM EUROPE.
NEW Yong, Feb. 23.—English papers received by
the Canada contain a variety of telegrams with re
ference to the Polish insurrection. The main body
of the insurgents, said to number 6,000, were com
manded by a late colonel under Garibaldi. Other
and smaller divisions were noticed at various
points.
Sanguinary conflicts took place near Olygeuce, in
which the Russian troops were beaten. A. number
of towns were taken by the insurgents, and consi
derable money captured. The Russian troops were
being forwarded rapidly to Poland.
A deputation of the British and Foreign Anti
slavery Society waited on Mr. Adams on the stL
Mr. Adams replied to their addresses, stating, in The
course of his remarks, that the policy of the Union
was to uproot slavery, as its only safeguard against
all future attacks upon the principle of freedom.
John Bright delivered another speech at Rockdale
on.the 3d, in favor of the .North.
The steamer Africa reached Liverpool on the morn
in of the 3d, and the Jura on the night of that day.
The City of Baltimore arrived on the morning of
the 4th.
California and Mexico.
• SAN FP.AN cieco, Feb. 21.—A serious controversy
Is going on in Honey Lake Valley, over the boun
dary question between California and Nevada, both
sides claiming jurisdiction over the land in dispute.
A California sheriff' attempted to serve a civil pro
cess on the 15th inst. when the residents of the val
ley fired on the sherlkand his posse comitatus. Six
of the sheriff's men were wounded. The sherlithas
sent for reinforcements, and his assailants also ex
pected to be reinforced. Both parties are very de
dent, and, at the lastaceounte, were fortifying them
ohm in Mir. Must
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ff?ii' 14 UK aid of d ;wary,
Your thousand Mexicans, commanded by La
"Vega, had 'sailed for Acapulco. The object of the
movement was unknown.
Depreciation of Slave Property iu Mary
' land.
BALTIMORE ; Feb. 23.—The appraisers of the pro
perty of the late Charles Carroll, of this State, one
of the largest slave owners of Maryland, have made
their return to the Orphans' Court, assessing the
value of the hundred and thirty slaves at an average
of only live dollars. •
This they say is the highest rate they could name,
after consultation with various slave owners and
dealers.
A slave dealer told the appraiser that he would
net give five hundred dollars for the whole lot.
This is considered a strikiog illustration of the de.
breelation of slave property by the rebellion, and
Will have a powerhal influence in this State.
Fire at Titusville, Pa.
TITIIBVILLE,Pa., Feb. 23.—A nre last night de.
stroyed Culver , s banging-house; the loss amounted
to $l,OOO ; also Laird's dry goode buildings ; loss
$8,600 ; James' shoe store building, loss $7,000; and
the Gazette once lops $2,000.
Fire at
Btmear.o, Feb. 21.—A. are this morning on Main
street destroyed Fetter's looking-glass factory; loss
$20,000. Also, Brown's clothing store, the stock of
which was saved; Ilamsdell's shoe store, loss $76,-
000 ; Pettell & Sweet's shoe store, loss $B,OOO t and
other mall stores were damaged. The total lose
amounted to $120,000, which is mostly covered by in-
EtIrEMCC.
Celebration of the Day.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 23.—Washingtoubs birthday Is
belug celebrated in this city, to-day, with a great
display of gags, ringing of bells, and tiring of
salulea.
'Diem Storm, Feb. 23.—T0-day hes been celebrated
by a partial suspension of business, display of flags,
firing of salutes/and parade of the military. •
All the mail trains due here to-day have been se
riously delayed by the snow storm.
Pown.asn, Me., Feb. M.—The day was celebra
ted here with much spirit. There was a general sus•
pension of .business.
The Steamer Eagle.
.IquwVine, Feb. 23.—The report that the steamer
Eagle; of the Havana line, has been seized by the
revenue authorities, is pronounced• to be untrue by
her captain and owners. • • ,
Arrival of the Nova Scotian.
FoitTLAttnjeb. 23.—The steamer Nova Scotian
arrtved'atthie port this morning. Her advicea have
ptem anticipated.
ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
THIRD SIEGE OF VICKSBURG
NAVAL SOMOARDMENT OF THE CITY
HE REBELS REPORT THAT THE STRONGHOLD
The Iron-clads Indianola and queen of the
"West having limn the flatteries are
nova• Cruising Below—. General
Rosecrans Credits the Re
port that the City has
been Captured,
Feb. epeeist Memphis despatch,.
dated Saturday, furnishes advises from Vicksburg
to the IBth.
Active hostilities against Vicksburg commenced
on that day. The mortar boats were towed into
position and opened briskly. The effect of their shots
was not known.
The tiring was responded to by three batteries,
when our position was found to be too much ex
posed for effective operations, and it was changed.
The bombardment was then renewed
[A rebel nag-of-truce officer reported on the 20th
that we had taken Vicksburg. This was two days
after the bombardment commenced, as stated in the
above despatch.]
The Indianola, which ran the blockade, had pro
visions and coal sufficient for three months.
THE REBEL STORY.
Munanugenono, Feb. 20.—The capture of Vicks
burg was reported to-day, by Confederate officers
who appt °ached our lines with a flag of truce front
the rebel general commanding at Tullahoma.
Captain Hoblitzell of Gen. McCook's natl . , re
ceived the fl ag, and in conversation the officer in
charge of the mission remarked, " Well, you have
got Vicksburg at last, though you have paid dearly
for the prize." After adverting to the subject in
these words, he retorted to give any particulars. The
rumor is credited at headquarters.
FROM THE ARMY* NEAR VICKSBURG.
LAKE PROVIDENCE, La,, Feb. 11, via Cairo, Feb.
20.—Fifty men from Fort Henry, and the 17th and
95th Illinois Regiment, mounted as infantry, yes
terday, commanded by Captain Tucker, of the Ist
Kansas, accompanied a small forage train down the
west side of the lake. When about ten miles out
they met, attacked, and routed nearly three hun
dred of the 3d Louisiana Cavalry. Reinforcements
sent out arrived too late to participate.
The enemy's loss in killed and wounded is not
known. One lieutenant and forty-two private.%
were taken prisoners,
Celebratieo of the Day at. Nashville.
Nesuvadas, Feb. 23.—The celebration of Wally ;
ington's birthday , was in the utmost degree succedr.
ful. The citizens of the city and surrounding couu•
try, and soldiers of the Union army, assembled in
large numbers at the capital.
John 11. Smith, Blayor of the city, ealled bt
tention to the fact that the audience of the city was
composed mainly of citizens of Nashville. He de.
elated that their presence was a aullicient evidence
of the telsity of the assertion of the rebels that no
Union sentiment existed in this city.
lie asserted and he wished the rebels to know
this sentiment did exist, and was breaking forth as
a volcanic tire. revolution was occurring in
society at the South which will sweep away the
old landmarks of a haughty aristocracy, and the
nabob will have to come down, while the people—
the bone and sinew—shall rule the land,
BOSTON, Feb. 23.--General Wool and hie ataff
arrived here to-night. Members of the Governor's
Council met them at the cepot, where a large crowd
had gathered, giving hearty cheers to the veteran
warrior. The General has rooms at the Tremont
House.
The observance of Washington's birthday was
quite general.
LIXVIIth CONGRESS—Third Session,
Weasurroporr, February 23, 1883.
SENATE.
Resolutions, Petitions, &a. .
The' CHAIR presented a communication from
the Sect etary of the Navy, transmitting reports
relative to the condition of the steamers Oseppe and
Pensacola.
Also, certain resolutions from the Legislature of
Kansas against any division of the country, and in
regard to the public lands.
it r. HARRIS (Rep.), of New York, presented the
joint resolution of the Legislature of New York, re•
lative to the allotment of commissioners.
OCCASIONAL
Dlr. WILMOT (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, present
ed the memorial of the inspectors of the customs
of Philadelphia asking increased compensation.
Dlr. WILLEX (U.), of Virginia, presented the
resolution of the Constitutional Convention of
Western Virginia, accepting the Constitution as
amended by Congress, and also a resolution asking
compensation for the slaves emancipated in West
ern Virginia.
Inspection of Steamboats.
Mr. CHANDLER (Rep.), of Michigan, from the
Committee on Commerce, reported a bill relative
to the inspection of steamboats.
Poveign Postage.
Mr. COLLAMER (Rep.), of Vermont, called up
the resolution relative to the payment of foreign
postage in coin, and offered a substitute, autho
rizing the Postmaster General to take ouch mea
sures as he may deem necessary to provide for the
payment of balances against the United States in
coin. The substitute was adopted and the resolu
tion pasted.
Sorgleal Matory of the War.
Mr. NESMITH (Dern.), of Oregon, offerei a reso
lution, which was adopted; requesting the Surgeon
General to submit to the Senate, as soon as the same"'
can be in readiness, the material prepared by him
relating to the medical and surgical history of the
rebellion, and such other medical statistics as may
be in preparation in his office.
Pacific Rar ilrond.
Mr. MeDOUGALL (Dem.),-of California, called
up the bill to amend the Pacific Railroad act. •
Mr. POMEROY (Rep.), of Kangas, offered an
amendment, providing that the men emPloyed to con
struct the road should be enlisted in a military orga
nization, and be controlled by the company under
military' laws.
Mr. MORRILL (Rep.), of Main, thought this a
very extraordinary amendment, to place these men
under military laws. •
Mr. POMEROY replied that it was the only way
the men could be controlled, being far beyond courts
and civil jurisdiction.
After further discussion, the bill was postponed.
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, intro
duced a bill to prevent the circulation of U. S. bonds
and notes of the so-called Confederate States. Re
ferred to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. LATITAIVI (Dem.), of California, introduced
a bill to establish a branch mint of the United States
In the Territory of Nevada. Referred to the Com
mittee on Finance.
Indemnity for Citizens of Kansas.
Mr. LANE (Rep.), of Kansas, introduced a bill
granting the lands of Kansas to indemnify her citi
zens for the losses sustained by them.
. Discharge of State Prisoners.
The bill for the discharge of State prisoners was
taken up.
Mr. BICHADRSON (Dem.), of Illinois, proceeded
to address the. Senate. He said the Senator from
Massachusetts had made a most extraordinary
aimed), charging that the bullets tired against the
- union 111//tiltlD more tired Dy AMNIA% dna Mai
the whole Ihroovrarto rearry Were auatort.
Mr. (clap.), Mataametwasettr, sedel-ke
novor laid the manna of that harry were disloyal_
Mr. Illchartleon asked, who took Virginia out of
the Unionl The men who were opposed to the
Democratic party ; while the Democratic, portion
of the State remained loyal, and is now set Wirth) a
new State. The charge was wholly unjustifiable
as against the Democratic party. If there WAS
any disloyalty he should expect to find it in the
State at Massachusetts, under the teachings of
Wendell Phillips and . others. In Massachusetts
negroes were enlisted to defend the forts of Massa
chusetts, and, according to the New York Times,
they were enlisted at Fortress Monroe and ac
credited to Massachusetts; and when Indiana
and other States did not 'fill up their quota a
draft was made; but Massachusetts was allowed
to all her quota by enlisting negroes to defend
her forts. Yet the Senator from Massachusetts un
dertakes to lecture the Senate on patriotism. He
contended that if the proper policy hail been pur
sued the rebellion could not have lasted ninety
days. But since the inauguration of confisca
tion and emancipation, we have had no suc
cess, Let confiscation and emancipation acts be
recalled, and there is time to save the country
yet. 'Under the old policy, success was certain;
under this new policy, destruction isjust as certain.
By the conscription bill, liberty is destroyed ; and
now, by this bill, it is proposed to destroy , the power
of all the courts. Ile did not know what else the.
people bail to surrender of their rights. It never
had been held by anybody that the President had the
power to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, and ar
rest peaceful citizens. He was opposed to both the
conscription bill and the present bill. The conscript
lion bill would give the country no soldiers till 1861,
and they were wanted In 1863. He saw no reason
for parting with the liberties end power of the peo
ple if no benefit was t 0 be gained by the country
Mr. WILSON (Rep.), 01 Massachusetts, said the
Senator from Illinois objected to the assertion that
every bullet fired against the Union was fired by the
Democrats, but he (Mr. Wilson) believed it was
true. The Senator asks, Who carried Virginia out
of the Union? It was Mason and Hunter, Letcher
and Witte, and the delegation in Congress; with the
exception of Oen. Milleon.
Mr. 'WILLEY (U.), of Virginia, said the Senator
should except the Hon. Sherrard Clemens.
Mr. WILSON accepted the correction; but these
men, and Clingman and others, had to go into the
Democratic party before they became traitors; and
no man could be, found opposing the war who was
Iti,-L7filiziza eau, led iii Dim verb mem.
end lawipar were quoted and aaelauthal by the trail
tors In arms. lie bad nothing to say against the ac
tion of those true Democrats w ho were fighting'for
the country or working for itfi welfare anywhere.
lie had no lectures to read to them. The Senator
bad referred reproachfully to the State of Massa
chusetts. .
_ _
Dlr. RICHARDSON disclaimed any such idea.
He intended no reproach on Massachusetts. lie
only referred to the action of her Governor and the
Secretary of War.
Hr. WILSON said, in regard to the enlistment of
negroes for the forts, a few negroes were enlisted to
take the place of the men who were hurried off to
Washington when the report came that Banks
was driven from the valley of the Shenandoah.
Massachusetts has sent 60,000 men to this war, and
is not short of all the calls made upon her over 1,500
men. He believed that no State, with the same
proportion of males, bad sent more men to the war.
Mr. RICHARDSON said the Senator had referred
to a newspaper in his State. The editor of that pa
per was a brother to the man who was on the Moni
tor when she saved the country, last year. There
were as many men gone to war from that °Mee as
from any newspaper office in the country. He would
not endorse all the opinions of that paper, but - the
Senator is greatly mistaken if he supposes there
was at the - head of that.paper any thought of die
loyalty. He defied the Senator to find anything dis
loyal in any article in that paper, and if there was
any treason in that paper, or the others referred to,
the courts were open, and there was the place to try
them.
Mr. CHANDLER (Rep.), of Michigan, said one
of the proprietors of the paper alluded to was
known to be a rebel sympathizer, and was believed
to be disloyal. •
Mr. RICHARDSON:Who believes it t
Mr. CHANDLER. Every loyal man in Michigan.
Mr. RICHARDSON said it was strange that the
paper had so large a'aroulation in Michigan. He
did not believe there were any rebel sympathizers in-
Illinois. In regard to one other paper, the New York
Express, he knew one of the editors of that paper,
and he knew no man more anxious to restore this
country and mit down the rebellion.
lily. POWELL (Dem.), of Kentucky, said the
Senator from Massachusetts had made general
charges against the Kentucky Democracy. He
seems to think that all are treasonable who do not
follow hie wild Abolition crusade. Re (Hr. Powell)
was willing to meet the Senator as to the truth of the
arraignment of the President, made in that address
of the true men of Kentucky. If he would meet the
arguments and statements, he (Mr. Powell) was
readyto meet him; until then, the Senator had
better cease making such gyms! assertions. = '
Mr. 'WILSON, of Massachusetts, said the Sena
tor here to-day talks of Abolition. Ile-remembered
when Beauregarel wan about to open Magmas on the
brave garrison in Charleston, he told his followers to
cell the men who supported the Government and the
glorious old flag, Abolitionists. The Senator from
Kentucky often demonstrates on this floor that he is
an obedient follower of Beauregard in that reaped,.
The Senator from Kentucky objects to having his
Kentucky associates branded as traitors and sympa-
TRH PRESS. - PHILADELPIIIA TUES DIY, FEBRUARY 24. 1863.
HAS FALLEN,
FEDERAL REPORTS
General Wool at Boston.
Circulation of Bonds and Notes.
Branch Mint.
Muni : with treason. We are plunged into a cause
less war, end any pretence that there was a cause
first, Is more wicked and damning than the war
itself. The man who charges that the loyal people
Of this count) y are resptrattible for this war, is making
a change more wicked, Mitre, and damning than all
the murderous blows struck at the bosoms of our
soldiers in the field. The chiefs of the rebellion
disdainfully tell the Senator from Kentucky arid
all other men that they will make no compromise
of peace except on the recognition of their lode
pend4 nee, and Jeff' Davis told his deluded followers
that he would rather have a union with hyenas ,
than with the Yankees. The issue before the
country is not of any compromise With these men;
anti yet with all theseevidences the Kentucky Demo
crats arraign the President of the United States as a
tyrant and usurper, and now charge that he has
allowed his Maitre to overrun Kentucky, because
they have taken a little corn and hay, and the Se
nator from Kentucky comes into the Senate and ca
dence this arraignment. Shame oa the men who
made such an arraisontunt, anti shame on the en
dorsers of the act! These Secessionishenf Kentucky,
who call themselves Democrats, instruct their Se
nator—there was no need of instructing him—to op
pose this war. The men who drafted that address
are traitors, and would be traitors in arms were
they not cowards. These men propose to fiend com
missioners to jell' Davie to make an inelorious
lmace anti yet the Senator from Kentucky does not
ike to ' have them called by their right names—
cowardly traitors. Ile (Mr. Wilson) chose to call
things by their right names.
Mr. COLLAMER, of Vermont, from the commit
tee of conference on the legislative appropriation
bill, made a report. The mileage question is stricken
out of the bill, leaving the mileage as heretofore.
The report was agreed to, and the bill was passed.
Mr. HARRIS introduced a bill to facilitate taking
depositions to be used in othercountries.
Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep.) of Illinois, said he did
not propose to enter into this discussion, but wished
to meet a few ohjections which had been made
against the bill by those who day after day made
'partisan speeches,
and pretended to be the peculiar
guardians of the Constitution. Lie denied the in
fallibility of any man as judge of the Constitution,
and clamed no infallibility for himself. Re would
vote for no bill he deemed unconstitutional. The
Senator from Kentucky-objects to the power of ar
rest for political offences. He was willing to strike
out the words "political offences." In regard to
the objection that Congress could not delegate the
power to the President to suspend the writ of
habcos crnpus, he referred to the various powers al
ready delegated to the President. The Constitution
says that Congress shall have power to authorize
letters of marque, yet only the other driy,.,4- bill was
pasted delegating that power to the President, and
the Senator from Kentucky, h e believed, voted for it.
The Government could not be carried on an hour if
these powers were not delegated. Again, it is ob
jected that this writ should never be suspended
when the courts are open ; but what would be the
use of such a suspension in any place where the
laws could not be executed? The Constitution con.
tainly could not have meant to apply to any such
state of things as that.
Mr. CA RLILE (U.), of Virginia, opposed the pas
sage of the bill.
At half past four o'clock the Senate took a recess
till seven o'clock.
EN.EI v .:I4G SESSION.
°rho Independent. Telegraph Company'.
Mr. GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa, called up the joint
rfaolution allowing the independent Telegraph
Company to construct their lines in the District of
Columbia.
On motion of Mr. KING (Rep.), of New York.
the resolution was amended so as to make it gene
ral, applying to any line of telegraph. The resolU
lion was then passed.
Discharge of State Prisoners.
The Senate then resumed the consideration of the
bill for the discharge of State prisoners.
Mr. POWELL (Item.), of Kentucky, continued
his remarks, arguing that the power of suspending
the writ of habeas corynis was vested in Congress, and
could not, and ought not if it could, be delegated un
der the circumstances. The President had no power
to make arbitrary wrests.
Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep.), of Wisconsin, said it
was understood that the persons arrested could have
been released on taking the oath of allegiance.
Mr. POWELL said it might be so understood,
but it was not the fact.
Mr. DOOLITTLE said he thought he was au
thorized to say that in relation to any arrest which
has been made, except in sections where there were
actual conflicts of arms, the prison -door has always.
been open to those who were willing to take the
oath or allegiance, unleas where the proof was posi
tive. He referred to the arrest of a reba detective
at a hotel in New York. Ile was not arrested by
warrant of law, and yet the Senator from Kentucky
claims that no person should•be arrested without a
warrant.
Dlr. POWELL claimed that he had never com
plained of the arrest of persona engaged with the
army.
Dlr. DOOLITTLE. Suppose he is not in armsl
This man was not in arms. Suppose he had fur.
niehed the rebels with food and cloillingl
Dlr. POWELL. Then I suppose he might be con
sidered as engaged with the army.
Dir. DOOLITTLE argued that in a time of war it
was absolutely necessary to arrest men without the
usual warrant of law. Such had always been the
practice of nations in time of war. lie claimed
that it was for the President to judge when the
public Safety required a suspension of the writ of
habeas corpus. In cases of sudden emergency and
danger, he would certainly not be expected to wait
for Congress to meet and judge of the requirements
of the public Way, lie quoted at some length from
the decisions of the Supreme Court, in support of
hie argument. It was necessary in a time of war
to arrest persons to prevent their committing
crimes, It was not always possible to wait till the
actual crime was committed,
Mr. CLARK (Rep.), of New Damprigire, said he
was pleased to hear the Senator from Illinois (Mr.
Richardson) say to-day that the rebellion was
causeless.
Mi. RICHARDSON said he was willing to repeat
it. At the beginning this rebellion was causeless.
Mr. CLARK. Then the President was bound to
put the rebellion down, and it was the duty of every
good citizen to help him.
Mr. RICHARDSON said he had always held that
he meant to stand by the Constitution. He did not
justify the departures from that instrument made by
the Senator's party, or anybody else.
Mr. CLARK said he was glad the Senator thought
this was a causeless rebellion, for he understood the
Senator was going to New Hampshire to speak, and
he.wanted bim to tell the Democrats there that this
was a causeless rebellion: — They.haverbeen
Lug llr quetmon - rnere'for ft long time; and he want- -
ed the Senator to tell the Democrats of New Han*.
shire that.the Republicans did not cause this war.
Mr. RICHARDSON. I will tell them that the Se
nator and his party could have avoided the war by
compromise.
Mr. CLARK. The question is, whether the rebel
lion had a cause—not whether we could have pro
vented it by going on our . knees. Mr. Clark conti
nued, contending that the President must take mea
sures to preserve the Constitution, and if he deemed
that the safety of the country was imperilled,
he must .take measures to preserve rt.• -,)Se;,
said that the Senators from Delaware and froth
Kentucky seemed very much exercised about these
arrests; but they had no sympathy for the men
who were arrested at the South and put in prison
because they were Union men. The Senator from
Kentucky is much exercised at the breaking up of a
Convention in Kentucky ; but only a year ago the
Governor of that 'State and others attempted to
take the State out of the Union in defiance of all
law. And yet there were no complaints of that.
lie did not believe that the masses of the Demo
crats were disloyal, though some of their leaders
had acted too much as though they were. These
persons who act in this way cannot complain if
they are suspected of being in sympathy with the
rebellion. lie appealed to these Senators who pro-
fessed to be loyal to come out and help put down
the rebellion.
Mr. HENDERSON (U.), of Miesouri, said he
found that he did not belong to either party he,
and he and the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Wille re y)
bad totaled a party of two. But he thought that if
the North could not agree any better than _they do
now, the sooner they stop the war th.: better. Party
spirit seems to be as rampant as ever, and he was
sorry to see that spirit which could only lead to a
The Senator from Kentucky says he is for petice.
He (Mr. Henderson) also wanted peace; but how
would the Senator from Kentucky obtain ILI Would
he withOraW th 9 Irnalegl anti WV ;UV rcbcill
.r• ca•pilvat, wean,. ll° tl,nt St our, in timed.
likthisii,ire atUai Lit istlppnriA, lanai
Is dangerous to Ake war on the Administration,
and drew nice distinctions between: the Executive
and the Government. In times like these, when the
life of the nation is at stake, an entire unity of ac
tion is necessary, and in this the rebels have the ad
vantage. These were measures he had . not voted
for, but yet he felt it was Ms duty to give an
honest support to the Government. He could not
go home and oppose the Government and create any
disloyal feeling in his State. There must be a union
of action, and he warned ',Senators against raising'
a party feeling, or making loyalty or disloyalty a
party line, and denouncing all Democrats as dis
loyal. He believed that if the army went forward
and put down the rebellion, slavery was doomed. ,
No matter whether any emancipation or other act
was ever issued, nothing could save slavery
unless it was the Democratic party at the
North. There were men at the North who
discourage enlistments, because, they say, this is an.
Abolition war. All this is wrong. Every man
should come up to the support of the Government,
and there should, at least, be a better feeling in the
Senate.
He said the rebels could not be starved out. They
were brave, and would tight to the last. Either they
must conquer or we must conquer. There was no
such thing as compromiseor conciliation with them.
We must, therefore, lay aside these bickerings, and
address ourselves to the great undertaking before
us. The Border States have been nearly ruined by'
the war. Missouri has been nearly destroyed. If
Maryland should welcome the rebels' to her soil she
would be ground to powder.
There could be no peace unless the Miseissippl
river was opened. If peace was patched up now, it
would only be temporary. He looked forward to a
restoration of the whole Tinton, and, although the
stare might now be dimmed, he believed some kind
angel-hand, with pencil. dipped in heavenly light,
will again repaint them in all their beauty and love.
liness once more.
Alr. WiLKINSON(Rep.), of Minnesota, thought
the matter was well understood. There were those'
who wished to put down the rebellion, and those
who did not want it put down. There could not be
a Union here under such circumstances. Re' be
lieved there was a party in the North who intended
to' oppose and embarrass the Government in prose
cuting the war. He believed, as General Rosecrana
did, that the Kentucky Convention was treasona
ble. There could be but two parties—one for 'the .
Government and ono against it. "
TOMILIMOIT, tl.l l
litoonnr um Ninny WO "mum iair.Ogpinoj. •
ai inntrumpoita l OD all GYlllonOi 09 110 that%
the :Senator was not so strongly for the Union as he
was when in the Virginia Convention.
Mr. CAR LILE said 'he hadmade that speech be
camp the Preeldent had called certain gentlemen
around hint to assist in resisting the pressure which.
was brought against him by certain men of the radi
cal wing of the party. He went West to try to get
them .to aid the President, and enable him to resist,
the pressure.
Mr. SAULSBURY (Dem.), of Delaware, spoke at
length against the bill, and in defence of the Demo
cratic party.
At half-past twelve o'clock, a vote was taken on
Mr. Carlile , e substitute, which was, rejected—yeas
1, nays . •
Mr. COLLAMER, of Vermont, movig,lo strike
out the second and third sections of the bill, leaving
the first section, which authorizes the President to
suspend the writ of habeas corpus. Rejected—yeas
18, nays 20. •
Mr. RICHARDSON (Dem.), moved an amend
ment limiting the operation of the act to the first of
March, 1864. 'Agreed to.
Mr.-HENDERSON (U.), offered an amendment
confining the suspension of the writ of habeas cor
pus to cases of treason and offences defined by law.
Rejected.
Mr. HENDERSON offered.another amendment,'
providing that no person shall be arrested in States
where there is no insurrection, unless by warrant'
of law and on oath describing" the offence charged.
The amendment was rejected. .
Mr. COLLA..MER otiered an amendment so as to
allow the President to suspend the writ of habeas'
401inis without making a proclamation., Adopted.
Dlr. Trumbull's substitute was then adopted—yeas
25, nays 12.
The bill was passed—yeas 2-1, nays 13, as follows
YEAS.. •
Grimes (11.)'
Harlan-01. /-
Harris ) •
Bic c5.(1.1.1. •
Howe (R.) ,
linag (k. 3 "
Utile (R. ),lianas
Morrill (R.)
NAYS.
Powell (D.)
)
Itiobarascn (D.)
Saulsbury (D. )
Anthony (C.) '
Chandler (R.) • •
Clerk (IQ • -
Heiner CE,...)
Doolhtle (.ft:)
Feesenden )
Foot (It. )
Foeter (R.
Cartle (II.)
Benderson (II.)
Keunedy (1.1.)
Lune (I:. ),Ind
Latham (D.)
At (platter to one- o'clock A
journed.
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
• The Rebelltois.
The SPEAKER laid before the House the resolu
tions of the Kansas Legislature. approving of the
policy of the Administration..in the suppression of
the rebellion. .
s. Ctiurts
The Ipuse pasied the Senate bill providing for the
holding of the Circuit Court 'of one district by the
judge of another, in once of necenity, Ju:at confer
ring on the U. S. Diatrict Court cognizance of oaaea
of admiralty as to the Lakes, the same as is now
FoPseseell in eases relating to the high seas.
Mr. FLANDERS (U.), member from the First
Congressional Matelot of Louisiana, appeared and
was qualified.
Mr. DAWES (Rep.), of Mitemicinisetts, from the
Committee on Elections, made an unfavorable re
port on the credentials of Col. Grafton, as member
froze the Eighth diatrYet of Virginia.
Case of Mr. Piggott.
Mr. DAWES called ciP the adverse report of the
same committee in the case of Jennings Piggott,
claiming a seat as a representative tom the Second
district of North Carolina. It was read. It seta
forth that Mr. Piggott was not, in any just sense,
the choice of the legal voters, but half of whom hail
an opportunity to vote. Besides, he is not a resi
dent of North Carolina. Although a native of that
State, he has lived in Washington city for ten years
with his family, and has here voted for municipal
officers.
Itlr. PIGGOTT (U.) maintained that he was the
choice of the loyal voters. If he had any doubt as to
his eligibility - he would not he here to-day claim
ing his seat. Ile was appointed Secretary to Gov.
Stanley in the autumn of 1861, and returned to his
native Stale for the purpose of reuniting hie for
tukee with North Carolina.
IYI r. MAYNARD (U.), of Tennessee, and Mr.C)fiF,
JtIENTS (Dem.), of Tennesse, advocated the claims
of Dl r. Piggott. The latter aid that Charles Henry
Foster contested his seat. This Foster had been
here several times claiming admission, and now,
with a show of only a hundred and fifty-seven votes,
he says Piggott was not elected. This Foster is the
same who last year wrote letters to the Northern
press speaking of the great meetings held in North
Carolina endorsing him, when it was known that
Foster had not been there. He had based his state•
ments on falsehood.
Mr. DAWES said it WAR true that grave charges
had been made against Mr. Foster, and equally
grave ones against Mr. Piggott, but the commit
tee ihiew these aside. Thenwere governed by
the rule which they believed sound—namely,
whether the applicant received a preponderating
majority of all the loyal voters. The votes were
cast in only two or three of the eleven counties, the
remainder being in the hands of the rebels, who held
the loyalists in terror. He argued that Piggott was
not a citizen of North Carolina in the language of
the Constitution, to entitle him to be returned as a
representative In Congress.
Tim report of the committee against Mr. Piggott
was adopted.
Naval Paymasters and Ensigns.
The House concurred in the Senate's amendment
legalizing the temporary appointments of assistant
paymasters and entgns, until the return of vessels
on which they were emplo3ed or the suppression of
the rebellion.
•
Pay of Gunners, doe.
The House also concurred in the amendment com
puting the pay of gunners, carpenters, and sail
makem from the time they entered the service, in
stead of " the date of their commissions. The other
and more important Senate amendments to the
naval appropriation bill were not concurred in, and
the act will, therefore, be returned to that body.
Regulation of the Draft.
The House resumed the consideration of the
Senate bill enrolling and calling out the national
forces, and for other purposes.
Mr. OLIN (Rep.), of New York, said he was un
willing, at this late day of the session, to hazard the
passage of the bill by opening it to amendments, and
sending it back to the senate. It had been carefully
considered by the Military Committee, who felt the
strong necessity of its becoming a law. The time
has come, however, much as it may be regretted,
when the Government should arm itself, by every
means in its power, to put down the rebellion. In
order to aflorti as opportunity for a limited discus
sion,'he moved to recommit the bill to the Military
Committee.
Mr. WICKLIFFE (Dem.), of Kentucky, moved
inetructions to the committee to amend the bill so
that it should be the duty of the commander of the
troop at Any poet, on days of election for National
or State elections, to remain and keep the troops
one mile from the polls during the holding of the
MS elections.
Dir. COX (Dem.), of Ohio, moved to amend by
adding a proviso, that none °hall be enrolled under
this bill except able-bodied white citizens of the
United States.
Dlr. BIDDLE (Dcm.), of Pennsylvania, expressed
himself in favor of the organization of die national
forces; but there were several important features in
this bill he wished to have remedied by amend
ments. The bank bill and this act, taken in connec
tion, change the whole at atem of our Government:,
Instead of a constitutional form of government,
there will be a system not materially differing from
the despotism of France and Russia. The particu
lar bill now pending turns the militia into a regular
army. Ills main opposition was against, coercing
the country with provost marshals, without limita
tion on their authority, such as to protect citizens
from abuses, of which there were so many mournful
examples. The arbitrary power exercised under the
President's proclamations had done more to defeat
the Republican party than anything else. The ar
bitrary and unjustitiable arrests made were calcu
lated to light up and inaugurate a revolution.
lar. DAVIS (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, asked his
colleague whether this was to be done by the Repub
licans or by the party of which the gentleman is a
member I
BIDDLE replied—by an outraged people
without regard to party. 'The spirit which animated
John Hampden is not extinct. The most significant
sign of the times was the message of the Republican
Governor of Pennsylvania, in regard to arbitrary
arrests. He (Mr. Biddle) specially called attention
to what he characterized the flagrant violations of
the constitutional provisions to secure citizens
in their persons and rights. He designated the fol
lowing amendments which he wished to otter : Pro
vided, That nothing in this act shall authorize the
arrest or trial by military authority of any person
not in the military service of the United States,
nor drafted for the same under the provisions of the
act; nor shall the said provost marshals, or any
other, officer of the United States, interfere with the
lawful exercise of the elective franchise in any
State or Territory wherein the laws of the United
State, are not obstructed by force of arms. Mr.
Biddle wished to affirm propositions which two
'years ago, if a man doubted, would have rendered
him liable to the charge of being a lunatic.
UAILIPBELL (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, con
gratulated the country and Senate that this bill,
which places the whole power of the country in the
hands of the Executive for the purpose of crushing
n this_unhotyrebellion, has passed that body without
a division, or any onirbeing found willing to record
his vote against it. He viewed this as an evidence
of a patriotic reaction in the Senate: When promi
nent politicians cut off the sympathizers with the
rebels, and come to the support of the Adminis
tration, he wanted others to take the same course,
lest in the end they cover themselves with igno
miny, but cause no confusion to the country. He
congratulated the President and those acting with
him that they had incarcerated traitors till danger
wan over. No loyal man, in the length and breadth
of the land, had complained of the so-called arbitrary
. arrests. None but traitors complained of them. It
was to save the nation, and support the Constitu
tion and laws in an hour of deadly peril, that the ar
- rests were made...-They were made for wise ends.
We have heretofore been too lenient. So far from
condemning these arrests, it were better to read the
handwriting on the wall, and make peace with
liberty while there was yet time. He re
peated, the error of Government was its leniency.
If there had been given to the military the drum
head court-martial, end to traitors hemp, it would
have been more pleasing' to loyal men. He hoped
there would be no efforts to defeat this bill by sense
less amendments. Every ablebodied man should be
given to the country, to put down this atrocious re
hellion. He explained the position of the Governor
of Pennsylvania, as his colleague's (Mr. Biddle's)
remarks, he said, might injure that functionary. As
to the social revolution alluded to by his colleague,
Ire said if the intention was to inaugurate one, it
would be done at once ; if by the conspirators at the
North, the 'quicker the better. Our soldiers in the
field will take care of the rebels in the South, and
our loyal men at the North will take care of the
rebels in that section. He would light by land or sea
for a thousand years against the rebels, and all their
acts, at home or abroad. [Applause in the galleries,
which the Speaker promptly checke)).
Mr. "WRIGHT (D.), of Pennsylvania, said that
there was vitally enough power to save the Govern
ment This was beyond dispute. He did not be
lieve the traitors at the South or North could de
ir.= IL He deeeie e„ cli-ep Itee.i,
Burly Pant PS fa nut ream the
He tweeted to the gentlemen not to drive Wm and
others in n position of oppodition to the bill, but to
consent to proper Amendments. 'He wished to re
. lieve the citizens from the liability to arrest by some
upstart Inferior officer ' who was to be left to .deter
mine what is or is not treason or disloyalty. Lie
desired to secure citizens in their constitutional
rights. •
At half past four o'clock the House took a recess
till 7 o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
Discharge of State Prisoners.
Mr. SHEFFIELD (U.), of Rhode Island, said he
had no doubt but that some arrests had been un
wisely and unlawfully made, but at' the same time
he believe(' there were many in the rebel army who
ought to have been arrested while they were plotting
treetop. The President at that time, however,
did not display the energy becoming the Executive
of a great nation. This bill needed all the moral
power they could give it, and in order to commend
it to the favor of all the people, he would be glad'
if it could be amended in several particulars.
They rpould support the Administration in
the suppression of the rebellion. Gentlemen
talked of illegal arrests, but these were Mlles
as compared with the wrongs inflicted by the rebels
on the people of the North. There was nothing to
discourage us. He hoped the t soon Charleston, Sa
vannah, and Vicksburg would be in our possession.
lie desired to give Great Britain a hint that if Nas
sau shall continue to violate our laws and foster a
nest of pirates, then England could not complain if
Nassau shall share the same fate as the inhabitants
of Barbary under similar circumstances.
Mr:WRIGHT (Dem.), said he wanted the billtobe
referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, to be
amended in several particulars so as to prevent di
visions in the North. lie, too, wished the clergy
exempted. They were the last class to be called
from their sacred calling to the drudgery of the
field.
Mr. WHITE (Derr.), of Ohio, opposed the bill
,
for the reason that every citizen - would be placed
under the control of the President, and be at his
absolute pleasure. Besides, it was opposed to the
letter, spirit, and intent of the Constitution. If the
devil himself had been called upon, he could not
have devised a scheme better calculated to destroy
the happiness of the people and distract the
country.
Mr. V.AI.I.ANDIGHAM
dat (2kam.)complime tad Mr.
utta rittritie atift aka;
mum tun ton RI 111191111111 - Dlr. adllll all, awn
were characterized by bltterficao and enmity, " It
the latter imagines that any one on Ma (Pallandig
ham's side) would be deterred, by threats, from ex
pressing his opinions or giving his votes, be utterly
misunderstood the spirit of those on that aide of the
hall. I hurl back, he said, the threat in defiance,
in the gentleman's teeth. I spurn it, I spit upon it.
Itis not the argument to be aderessed to equals
here. It is a personal insinuation against loyal
men who Bit with him here. Strong is their at
tachment to a common Union of the States. and
they only differ as to the mode of preserving it. I
hope these denunciations will be spared.
Mr. CAMPBELL (R). It is a significant fact that
the gentleman applies my remarks as personal to Mm
selt and his colleague while I was denouncing trai
tors ; and I will- denounce them while )have a place
on this floor.. It is my, duty and privilege. If the
gentleman gives my remarks a personal application,
I cannot help it.
Mr. VAELANDIGHA.M. I yielded the floor in
the spirit of a gentleman, and not to a blackguard.
[Excitement everywhere.) •
Mr. CAMPBELL. The gentleman himself is a
blackguard. [Applause in the galleries.)
Dlr. ROBINSON (Dem.), of Illinois.. We have
been insulted again by. contractors and plunderers
of the Government. I demand that the galleries be
. .
A
lr. COX (Dem). I bope not. There ia only a email
number of them, and the tool-killers here can keep
them in order,.
Mr. ROBIN SON. I 'mild . upon the galleries be
ing' cleared... • /
The SPEAKER appeltled to the gentlemen on
_he SPEAKER appealed to the gent...
the - floor themselves to preserve order.
VALLANDIGHAM thought the lesson
would he admitted by the galleries that this is a
legislative and deliberative assembly, and that it is
not becoming to express any approval or distil>.
prOvel of whatever takes place upon this floor.
• The SPEAKER Made a few appropriate remarks,•
and appealed to the galleries to obserie the pro
prieties of the House.
• Mr. VALLANDIGHAM, continuing, said that
Air: Campbell had called attention to what some
gentleman In New York had recently said, but if
they were:to learn lessons - they were not to go to
that quarter, for the same New York gentleman,
three months ago, ..If he mistook not, was. in
favor of marching tollichmond, and when that was
done he would "let the wayward sisters depart in
*ace." He did not propose to debate the several
merits of the bill on this floor. He proposed to try
the great question before the people. They had tsp.
, pealed to the people since the fourth of March.
The member, from Pennsylvania (Mr. Oampbell)
ought to have heard their voice. In condemnation
of the bill be said, do not destroy the country, and
erect on its ruins a stupendous despotism.
Mr. CAMPBELL said he felt able to take care
of himself here or - elsewhere. He did not Indulge in
denunciations of any individuals or • members on
this floor. He did, however, denounce traitors and
sympathizers with treason. The member from Ohio
rose in his seat and made a personal -application.
If we cannot denounce rebels and their aympa.
thizers, we fall in our duty to the country, and are
Pomeroy (R. )
Stunner (IL)
Ten Eyck (E.) t
Trumbull (R.)
Wade (R., •
Wilkinson (IL )
Wilmot (R. ) •
Wileon (R. ). Aimee
'Purple (D.)
Wall (D. )
(ll ). Mo.
Willey (U.) -
the Senate ad-
Mr. Fl rind era.
Case of Mr. Grafton
slaves and cowards. There were hundreds of thou
sands of Democrats who are against the rebels ; but
there were others who give countenance to traitors,
and whose remarks here are quoted with approba
tion in rebel newepapers, thus giving aid and co al
foi tto the enemy. Let the gentleman from Ohio
be himself. If the member saw proper to make the
application, he had the right to do so. it was not
los him (Mr. Campbell) to dispute the falseness
of his own sketch. It was a pretty state
of things if they could not denounce traitors
in the American Congress. He had violated no rule-,
thoneh hie expressions were sweeping—adapted to
every traitor in the land. If we, he said, have the
speech which he (Mr. Vallandigham) delivered here
to-night published in the South, it will give more
aid to them than an army with banners. They will
abide their time, and struggle and wait for a counter
revolution in the North. lie denied that the Re
publicans were destroying the Constitution. They
had sustained its honor and the old flag and the
Government in its full force and elfeot forever. If
they were to take the counsels of the other side,
they would be left totally without a remedy.
Dir. BINGHAM (Rep.), of Ohio said the speech
'of hie colleague (Mr. Vallaudigham) was unworthy
of him—unworthy of any one who has grown to
man's estate beneath the great instrument of the
Constitution. The care of that instrument was in
the hands of the people, and not in the hands of the
gentleman, who no more represented the people
then ho (Mr. Bingham) did. When the people
basely surrender the great trust reposed in them,
it will fall. So long as they please to stand by it,
it will be maintained. How did the gentleman
assume to be the guardian of the Constitution',
The gentleman undertook to demonstrate, by mutt
]sting a letter of Secretary Sowards that the Con
stitution did not allow the Administration to pro
tect the Government against an armed rebellion.
Mr. VALLANDIGILIM replied that he had
never undertaken to catechise his colleague. His
colleague could not draw him into a wrangle for
which he (Mr. Bingham) was qualified, and for which
he (Mr. Vallandighani) had a profound contempt.
Mr. HINGHAM said he cared not whether his
colleague took notice or not—the people would. Ho
did not recognize his colleague's right to call his
motives in question. His colleague was the last mAn
on earth with' whoni he would wrangle. This lan
gone might be ambiguous, but he would give his
colleague the benefit of it. Ile then replied to Mr.
Vallandigham, hie design being to send out the anti
dote with the poison which his colleague attempted
to infuse into the public mind.
Mr. VOORHEES (Demo.), of Indiana, after allu
ding to Mr. Olin's opening remarks, said that the
latter had no right to instruct gentlemen here how
they Omuta act, and to prescribe for them a line of
conduct. After him mime the strapeand-buttoned
gentleman from Pennsylvania, who howled out his
notes threatening to consign the minority to eter
nal damnation. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr.
Bingham) was the most kind of an A stranger on
this floor would take him to be Cato, the Censor;
but he was not, for we read that Cato was dignified.
The gentleman from Ohio was severe simply in
manner and not in matter, storming and terrible to
those who knew him not; but those who know him
regard hie remarks as a ridiculous and pleasant
episode. He then spoke of Mr. Vallaniligham as
having held all his listeners spellbound by his
able argument. The Republicans had been re
pudiated at the public polls. They had broken their
pledges and practised stupendous frauds to raise
aimtes on false presences.
This was the time for plain talk, and he wished
gentlemen to know that the people whom he repre
sented would never pay one dollar to buy the slaves
of Missouri and set them free. The people will say
to those who are forcing a depreciated currency on
the people, with gold at sixty-four per centum,
"You must obey us ; we will not obey you ; we
will make you obey the Constitution."
In the couree of his remarks he said no con
servative general could stand the consuming flames
of fanaticism, in obedience to the demands of which
McClellan was stricken down. This was only
another instance of the evil machinations of the
red:citi elements, and of the betrayal and deception
of the people.
Mr. OLIN remarked that, in accordance with his
promise, he had given an opportunity for discussion.
Several gentlemen, including Mr. Wickliffe, wish
ed to make some inquiries.
Mr. RICKMAN (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, objected
to Mr. Olin yielding the floor unless uncondi
tional) .
Mr. VIOKLIFFE. By what right do you object?
Mr. HICKMAN. I am addressing the Speaker,
as you ought to do.
Mr. WICKLIFFE. You have no right to speak,
Sit down.
Mr. OLIN said be did not propose to answer cap
tious objections to the bill. It was a measure
which by common consent was demanded by the
exigencies of the country. A plausible objection
cannot he made to it by any man who has a loyal
heart and is desirous of sustaining the Government
in the time of its trial. Those who have been de
nouncing it will soon understand that the people
will not surrender everything they hold dear, but
will visit those who oppose with the condemnation
they deserve.
At lig o'elock, P. M., Mr. OLIN moved the
previous uestion on the bill.
Air. PE DLETON (Dem.), of Ohio, moved a call
of the House.
Mr. ANCONA (Dem.), asked to be excused from
voting.
Mr. VOORHEES (Dem.), of Indiana, demandsd
the yeas and nays on that.
Mr. MALLORY (U.), of Kentucky, moved that
the House adjourn.
Mr. NOBLE (Dem.), called for the yeas and nays.
The question was decided in the affirmative by one
majority, so the House adjourned.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
RdItRIREITRG; February 23, 1868
SENATE.
The senate met at 1 o'clock.
Petitions Presented.
The following petitions were presented:
One by Mr. Clymer against the proposed Im
plement to the Pennsylvania Railroad act, and one
by Mr. Nichols against the Ninth and Twelfth
street Railway.
Resolutions Adopted.
Resolutions were adopted inatruotin; the Judi
ciary Committee to report a bill compelling the Erie
Canal Company to pay their just proportion of
taxes.
The Pennsylvania Railroad.
Dlr. NICHOLS, from the Committee on Rail
roads, reported favorably on the supplement to the
Pennsylvania Railroad act.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House met at half past seven,
Reading of Waslipagton's Farewell Ad
.......
Washlngton'a Farewell Addreas was read, and
ten thousand copies ordered to be printed.
Pennsylvania Central Railroad.
Mr. PATTON, of Greene county, moved to re
consider the vote by which the House had on Friday
last passed the supplement to the Pennsylvania
Railroad act.
Various parliamentary motions were resorted to
to defeat the reconsideration. No quorum would
vote, and efforts were made to require the sergeant.
at•arms to take the members who refused to vote
into custody.
These proceedings continued up to a late hour.
THE REBELLION.
General Bragg still Digging the "Last
Ditch”—General Asboth vs. Guerillas—The
Critical Period—French Contrabandlsts
Arrested—What General Milroy is Doing—
Defence of his Policy in West Virginia.
GEN. BRAGG IN A BAD WAY.
It is said that General Bragg'is busily employed
in planting cannon on the south aide of the river, at
Chattanooga. The Nashville Union says that Gen.
Johnston is probably, preparing to retreat froth
"our" sacred soil at an early day. He has received
no reinforcements from Virginia, and three regi
ments left hie army some days ago for Vicksburg.
HOW TO SETTLE THE GUERILLAS.
Gen. Asboth, commander of the post of Columbus,
Ey:, has lineti an miler sAyt fig, thßt. AA Li IRMA) Ma
iron 41i iiiV DM Vplo 1111H01111 GRIMULARG
the 6Luta - Man to make raids upon that rutul, here
after, for every raid upon that road, and for every
attack upon steamboats or transports on the river,
the citizens living in the closest proximity to the
scene of the outrage will be arrested and held as
hostages for the delivery of the real perpetrators.
THE CRISIS.
(From the Richmond Dispatch, Feb. 11.1
We have always been of that class who have en
deavored to disabuse the popular mind whenever it
conceived any false hopes. For this we have some
times been charged with discouraging our people,
especially when we have told them plainly, and
urged it upon them, that they had nothing to hope
from foreign intervention, or from anything else
save God and their own right arms. Some people
among us have been amazingly slow in discovering
this patent fact. But we are glad to see that it begins
now to be pretty generally admitted. The Ironsides
at Port Royal, the immense fleets of transports, the
huge army those transports carry, the tremendous
preparations at Vicksburg, the heavy force of Rose
crane, and the enormous army of Joe Hooker, are
"fixed facts," which cannot be overlooked or gain
said. The near approach of a tremendous struggle
is evident to everybody. Recognition is uo longer
thought of; even the most sanguine give it up in de
spair, as they ought to have done a year ago. The
encouragement of the hope that it was coming, that
it would be followed by intervention, and that inter
vention would put an end to the war, has done mis
chief enough. We hope it will not be allowed to do
any more.
It is probable enough that in the multiplicity of
attacks to be made upon us some of them may prove
successful. But, unless all succeed, our cause is
still as hopeful as.ever. The invasion has been com
pared to the opeiationa of an anaconda in the act of
stifling his victim. It is a good simile. Wound the
anaconda in any part of his body and you break his
hold. Defeat-any part of this expedition and you
destroy the whole. Suppose the Yankees should
burn Charleston. and Vicksburg. Of what avail
would it be to them if Hooker should be beaten here
in Virginia as McClellan was last spring 1 Of what
avail would it be to the Yankees to hold Charleston
and Vicksburg, while we had an immense force
within a days march of Washington. with the whole
Northern frontier laid open to our enterprises )
Let our people, then, be of good cheer. The " ana
conda" must succeed everywhere.- if it expects to
accomplish anything worth lighting for. Partial
success will nor do. And even if they should sue-
suutitulinu. If Cm thaulil bin 11111lltunA, •
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faatinnougulrßil lYe OR ROI Denten so lunge; Mtn
survive to bear the banner of the red cross in the
field. We cannot afford to be beaten. The conee
quences will be too terrible even to think of. There
are a thousand motives to render the war immortal.
What though' the field be lost—all is not lost—
The study of revenge, immortal hate,
.And coinage never to submit or yield;
.Alt these remain.
MORE FOREIGN BLOCKADE RUNNERS.
Mr. Wolfe, Jerome Busichetser, Reuben Simon,
Jerome Catabona, Leon Dorsey, Solomon Adler,
Wilholtz, Agne Apire, Charles Mamelocke, Au
- gust Julius Erickson, and Leander Parchet, who
acknowledge that they left Richmond on the lath
instant, were arrested at Leesburg, to which place
they had walked from Culpeper, by 001. Baker' s de
tective; and were on Saturday committed to the
central guardhouse in. Washington. They had
passes which read as follows :
HY-ADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OP HENILICO,
RicliXOND, Va., Feb. 10, 1863;
Mr. Leander Parchet, a citizen of France, having
taken. the oath [of allegiance to the Co nfederate
States of America, and being pledged] not to reveal
either directly or indirectly any information that
may beiefit, is hereby permitted to pass beyond the
• limits of the Confederate States, subJeet, however,
to such delay and restrictions as may he imposed by
the military authOrities. Not to pass thronghGe.
ntral Lee's army nor south of James river. By or
der of the Secretary of War. • .
• JOHN H. WINDER, Provost Itl%rahal.
The words printed` in brackets were marked out
evidently with a different pen from that with which
' the blanks in the pass were filled out.
Among the party was found about $9,000 in South
on local banknotes, and about $5,000 in gold. These
parties, it is bald, acknowledge that they have been
regularly engaged in carrying goods to the South.
AFFAIRS AT WINCHESTER.
WIPICIIESTER, Va., Feb. 20.
The Old Gray Eagle (Gen. ssitroy) commands'
I here, and I assure you he comes fully up to expeeta
-1-• lions. We have a very respectable force—enough to.
I take care of ourselves. We have had many rumors
of old Stonewall and others coming ut, but as yet
they Lave not come to hand.
Brig. Gen. G. Cluseret has been relieved from cern
' mend of the let brigage, which is deeply regretted
by all his old of fi cers and men, except some of the
higher rank, who aspire for brigadiers.
Colonel George Hay, 87th - Pennsylvania Reg!,
ment is now commanding Cluseret's old brigade.
Col. Hay is a good officer and soldier, and tills hie
new position admirably. Gen. Olusiweb still re-
I mains here awaiting otters.
The majority of the people hero, as you are
aware, are of tne rabid secesh persuasion; of course
there are a good manylUnion folks of the real true
dye, but they have to keep very quiet during the
rebel occupation of the place.
OEN. MILROY'S DEFENCE OF IftS POLICY
IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.
Gen. Halleok has directed Gen. Milroy to recind
certain orders' relating to the assessment of rebe l
•
sympathizers in Western Virginia as being issued
without authority. In defence of his policy, 'fen.
Milroy has addressed a letter to the General-in-
Chief, from which we make the following extracts:
I respectfully ask permission to submit a few re
marks relative to the circumstances which induced
the issuing of the orders. 1 have been in command
in Weer Virginia since the :tOth May, 1861. During
that time I have had under my command, besidea
troops from other states, aeveu regiments of West
Virginia volunteer infantry, seven companies of
West Virginia cavalry, and two full West Virginia
batteries, Ulf course I could not lail, from my posi
tion, to learn much of the views and feelings of the
Union population (largely in the majority, of that
region, and of the atrocities which it has suiFered at
the heeds of the rebel Government at Richmond.
That Government has viewed the Union citizens
of West Virginia in the double aspect of rebels
against the Cowed( rate States of America, and of
the ,late of V irginia, and for that reason has re
garded and treated them as outlaws, not entitled to
the protection of the usages of Civilized warfare.
Influenced by this view, that Government has en
coureged and patronized organizations in that teem
variously known as mountain rangers, partisan
flingers, bushwhackers, and guerrilla bands of
every description, composed of men enrolled in no
regular army, and acknowledging no fealty to the
usages of war as practiced by civilized nations—
men acting from no impulse of public duty, but In
stigated to action solely by the bare motives of ra
pine and plunder.
To such an extent did these lawless bands conduct
their depredations, under the direct patronage of
the Government at Richmond, that the country, in
ninny localities, was entirely denuded of its more
portable chattels, such as horses, cattle, and other
live stock. Nor were their outrages confined to
men plundering. Murders of the most atrocious
character were of daily occurrence.
The Rev. —, a Methodist preacher, sixty years
old, and Buzzard, his neighbor, citizens of Poca
hontas county, and men of irreprinachable morality,
were,
last, winter, murdered in the presence of their
families by these lawless bands. About the same
time, Mr. Arthur, a peaceable and unolfending
farmer of Webster county, the father of ten children,
was also murdered in the presence of his family by
another of these lawless bands,-of which a man by
the name of Cheinlng was the leader and engaged in
the atrocity.
These men were murdered for no other reason than
that of an-avowed devotion to the preservation of
the Union. I succeeded In capturing Uheining, the
murderer of Arthur. He was tried at Wheeling by
a military commission, the murder clearly proved,
and the sentence of death pronounced against him;
but the Confederate Government extended the reps
of its protection over him and claimed for him the
rights of a prisoner of war. The above are only
samples of numerous kindred occurrences.
Again, the rebellion found the inhabitants of
West Virginia divided in opinion upon the mo
mentous issue which it suddenly forced upon them ;
rancorous hatred between the contending parties,
not unlike that which occurred between the Whigs
and Tories of the Revolution, estranged and embit
tered them.
The adherents of the rebellion regarded the crisis
Rd presenting the question whether they or the ad
herents of the Union were to be the future proprie-
tors of the country. They, therefore, endeavored to
expel the Union faction. To this end they aided
as informers and guides to the banditti, and also to
detachments of the regular army of the rebci Go
v ern men t in their raids against the Union popula
tion.
Such was the condition of atTaira in Western Vir
ginia when 1 took command there. It once occurred
to me that a great advance to the preservation of
order and public safety would be accomplished if I
could make it the policy of the citizens of rebel sen
timents to discourage, instead of encouraging these
raids and outrages. I therefore avowed my intention
of compelling rebel citizens aiding in their perpetra
tion to compensate the Union citizens for their loss
es, and I threatened them with the fez falionis. In
some instances where the evidence of complicity by
non-combatant rebel citizens was reasonably cer
tain, I compelled compensation by assessment. This
course had the desired influence.
I felt justified in its adoption from the considera
tion that the violence of the times having expelled
the civil tribunals from the land, the military au
thorities were to. some extent responsible for the
preservation of public order and justice. In my de
sire to preserve order within the limits of my com
mend, I sometimes made threats, the execution of
which I did not intend. During my whole adminis
tration in West Virginia I have not been accessory
to a single death, except in battle, or to the burning
of a single house. I have not punished or molested
any citizen on account of his political opinions:
To sustain me in these assertions, I appeal with
confidence to every honorablceman at all acquainted
with the facts. I was educated to the profession of
arms, and have endeavored to commit no act, either
on or off the battle field, that would tarnish my re
putation as a soldier. The many officers of the rebel
army who have fallen into my hands cannot do
otherwise than bear testimony that I have extended
to them the full benefit of the usages of war as prac
tised by civilized nations.
I scorn the attempted stigmas of the unscrupulous
homicide that holds away at Richmond, but 1 dread
the censure of my own Government, which 1 have
endeavored faithfully to serve.
I submit these observations in no spirit of com
plaint against the course which the general-in-chief
has deemed it his duty to pursue, and ask that they
may be candidly considered. I am, very truly and
respectfully, your obedient servant,
. R. H. DUMMY, Brigadier General.
Arrival of the Canada at Boston.
BOSTON, Feb. 23.—The royal mall steamship
Canada arrived at ten o'clock this morning from
Liverpool via Halifax.
Marine.
NEW YoRK, Sept 23.—Arrived, barks' P. R Gull
lot, from Marseilles; Quincy, from New Orleans ;
brigs Josephlue, from Oporto ; John 1., from ditto.
Below, ship Cornelius Grinnell, from London.
Bosron Feb. 23.—The steamer Glasgow has put
into Providence, short of coal.
THE CITY.
[POE ADDITI . °NAL CITY NEWS SHE SOMME PAGE.]
R O'GORMAN AT CONCRIIT
capacity of Concert Ilall was last evening fully
tested. ' One,thiril of the crowd who claimed admis
sion were probably excluded. The stage, the body
• of .the hall, and the gallery were crammed, and the
aisles were jammed. The stage, gallery, walls and
Side-liglita were draped with the national colors,
and a portrait of Henry Clay conspicuously occupied
the centre of the gallery. The Central Democratic
- Club were exceedingly well represented upon the
platform, Charles Ingersoll, Esq., presiding. Judge
Thompson, Judge Lowry, and Ex-Justice Lewis
were upon the stage, and just before the opening
exercises, Mr. Alderman McMullen squeezed
through the crowd, and obtained a fair hearing.
Beck's band was in attendance and did some
lively music. Mr. Ingersoll then inaugurated the
&lair of the evening. He remarked that they had
assembled that evening to celebrate the birthday of
Washington, one of the purest of patriots. He in
past days led your armies to victory and peace, and
had the honor of receiving the unanimous vote of
the people. Not one single electoral vote was cast
against him. [Applause.] Ile was called to the
highest office in the gift of the people, and, when
his term had expired, he voluntarily retired to pri
vate life, leaving us united, prosperous, and happy.
[Applause.] There was no convention needed, no
delegates to be bought or sold, no combinations ne
cessary to secure his election. [Applause.] Why
say thist. When this man, this Washington, was
about to retire to his farm, when he was about
to leave the city of Government, to withdraw him
self from it forever, when he was going home to his
farm in Virginia ( immense applause], in Fairfax
county, that county which is now trampled under
foot by contending brethren, he left a parting
legacy in his farewell address.
The audience would listen to the words of Wash
ington. Commend it to your souls, and when you
hear it, when you have heard it, compare those
words from time to time with those of the man who
lives Vile icitl etc wootnvon Lt/meter] ) and
1.11.01 a, Mallow,ainzaos mock, a eocaxweaattxry ie. - your
sAren. hva,sa.al: :isa zassits Oka
of that address with these of the successor
of Washington. Compare his words, his policy, hie
measures; his name, with, him on whom devolve
the duties of our day. Compare them, and you will
be happy to hear the Father of his Country. [Ap
plause.]
This speech was followed by three cheers for In
gersoll and Buckalew. A letter from Charles R.
Buck slew was then read by David Salomon, Esq.
The Farewell Address of Washington followed, be.
Me read by Peter McCall, Esq.' The passage inter
preting the right of the people to make and revoke
their Constitution, at pleasure, was greeted with the
wildest enthusiasm, and the passage was required to
be re-read. The orator of the evening R. O'Gor
man, Esq., was then introduced by Mr. Ingersoll.
Mr. O'Gorman commenced by alluding to the beau
tiful Gentian legend, believed in by the dwellers by
the banks ofthe Rhine. One night in every year,
when the moon was at full, the ancient emperor
emerges from his tomb. The moonbeams shine on
the noble river, and on the ridge of moonbeams the
monarch walks. He blesses vineyard and cornfield,
and the sleeping people. He returns, as silently
as he came, to his reating.place. Such things,
perhaps, might be. The feelings of the peo
ple were sometimes preferable to the calculations
of philosophy. On this night perhaps the
. great
founder of this republic may revisit the glimpses of
the moon, and bless again the bounteous land, for
the preservation of whose honor every Moment of
his noble life was spent All through the gallant •
little State of New Jersey [immense applause and
three cheers for the sand banks], the'. speaker had
travelled. All the land lies in the light of Washing
ton's glory. If-there is anyplace where his memory
deserves peculiarly to be embalmed, it is here ; for
• hero.' had assembled the delegates from the •
• original States. • By their discretion they succeeded
in completing .the charter of American liberty, by
- which, alone, It'll be God's will, the States or North
America can be reunited. Ho spoke of the Consti
tution of the United States. Though that charter
of liberty might be trampled on in frenzy, yet the
man-that presided over the great work they accom
plished shall still be dear, over an the earth, to
ever v heart that feels that national liberty can still
be obtained. Washington was the right man in
the right place. A reckless people will find reckless
men. -It was nearly sixty-nine years. ago when
George Washington bade farewell to public life.
Be assisted at the . inauguration of his successor.
Arriving at his owns door, •he perceived that his
Mtn Lid Loon MIIIIIIIOII hir 1 Vitt 111(1 wont
• GIOTYLIi MEI 111117 111U6611 hiltlikad to mhitiitit
Inn mg rivrp? /0 shah raver ca or Watnfavafton
have not changed. In the year I*, witen tkc EirsL
Congrets was sitting, a memorial was presented
from a society of Friends in Philadelphia, relating
to the abolition of slavery, and signed by Benjamin
Franklin The. ministers of .the Gospel,with the .
Bible in their hands, have been at the present day
known t o incite their congregations to war and tu,
mult, and pronounce upon ;brother' tighting with
ro
bther the benediction of peace ! Is the civilized
world mad, or are we mad I [A voice, "were madV , '
and laughter.] The speaker was the exponent of
no faction. (Applause.) We shoal remember that
a time will come when the . acts of to-day will be
come history. Will history nicely adjust whether
the blame is to be laid on the North, the South, the
East, or the West, or on the proper heads—or the
woolly headsi (Applause and laughter.) Did the
speaker approve of the vigorous prosecution of the
wart Yes. if the war ought to be prosecuted at all, it
ought to be prosecuted vigorously. Anything that is.
worth doing at all, is worth doing well. -He and his.
audience were not soldiers, they were eitizens. Sol
diere bad no right to think, only the right to act t
Citizens had a right to think. He was hot going to
speak much about the Constitution. Those ulna
profess to prosecute the ivar with 3 . iger, have in
augurated a new power called the war power. It
would be out of place , to :speak of the constitu
tional laws to this .party, who seemed deter-•
mined to get along without them. The onlY pal
liatiori for civil war is that •it is necessary,
and likely to lead to some good result. Somebody
had said that if the New England States didn't leave
off this inconvenient habit of getting on, they had
better part company altogether with the rest. The
distance which separated these States, considering
the nature of their replies, justified the speaker in. •
thinking the ~entlernerr was right who said "nobody .
was hint , ' The war is a war for the Union. [A.
voice—" It's for the nigger.") Well, we'll see about
that. 1 The speaker looked on secession as a
. great political disaster—as much so to the South
as to the North. Anything legitimate, ma
• etitational, and humane, to stop secession,
the speaker approved of. . England has stea
•dily been oaecuting a "war for the union" with
Ireland, for the last Mx •hundred years, but is
ilfzie as far from the attainment of her object as she
was six hundred years ago. History was against
such an experiment. We might take Richmond and
Charleston, and trample the South under foot, but
we must also keen it under foot t Permanent armies
and permanent navies would be a permanent danger
to the Republic. He would negotiate with traitors,
with arms in their hands, if he could do away .
with secession by it. To out the matter short, •
the apeaker was for peace anti Mecolkelitit
ton. [The wildest enthusiasm.] The voice of an
Irishman, Edmund Burke, had spoken, in the year
rns, alone, in the Senate of England, and had told
her that the words of conciliation should be used
toward her revolting colonies. The time Is corning
when the inexorable logic of events shall pronounce
to all overtures of, peace I' too late l"
The lecturer was listened to by the very large mull
' enciwith the most marked enthueliam. His voice
. Is fun, his delivery Just, his gestures natural, antlhia
bearing pelf-possessed. The nature of the applause,
and the pointe at which it grew most vehement; do•
noted at once the ability of the speaker, and the
character of hie subject and auditors.
MEETING OP THE VIOTI.IIS. —A. 111OOting
of the defrauded depositors of the United States
'Laurance Company was held last evening, at Frank
lin Hall. Win. F. Schell was called to the chair,
and Henry Elwell appointed secretary.
H. I'. Kennedy moved that 'a committee be
appointed to act in conjunction with thc investi
gating committee appointed by the Legislature, and
to procure counsel to prosecute the directors crimi
nally. There was a general interchange of senti
ment, which wan kept up until a late hour. it was
deemed inexpedient to appoint the proposed com
mittee. Adjourned.
THE PROVOST GUARD.—Yesterday morn
ing the several companiea comprising the Provost
Guard, under the command of Captain G. Finale,
marched to Independence Square, preceded by a fine
brass band, about it o'clock. There the men were
'drawn up iu line, facing south, and Captain T. H.
inch mounted one of the " toad-stoola and read
Washington's Farewell Address. The soldiers were
then marched to their new quarters, at Fifth and
Buttonwood streets, which have been temporarily
fitted up, until the old Pennsylvania Bank building
CAD be completely renovated and refitted for their
comfort.
ORDERED TO BE SOLD.—The prize
steamer Princess Royal has been ordered to be sold
next Saturday, the 28th instant, at II o'clock. She
now lies at the wharf of the Savannah Steamship
Company, below eallocvhi/l street. She is a Clyde
built steamship of seven hundred tons burden.
American measurement. She was constructed in
1881, of iron, in the beat manner, and fitted up with
wire rigging. She has also, besides her very superior
engines, two steam hoisting and pumping appara•
tus on deck.
SAD CASE OF BUDNING.—AIrs. Henry De
weal and daughter were seriously burned, Sunday
morning last, at their residence, bro. 428 Marriott
street. Mrs. pewees was dusting the mantel, and
accidentally knocked off a fluid lamp. The fluid Ig
nited from the stove, and Mrs. D. and child were
burned as above stated. Mrs. Dewees is badly in
jured about the face, neck, and arms, and the child
is so seriously hurt that her life is despaired of.
Mr. Dewees is absent in the army.
NATIONAL SALum—Yesterday morning,
at sunrise, the Keystone Artillery, Co. B, P. H.
fired a salute of thirty-five guns, in honor of Wash
ington's birthday, on the lot adjoining the Academy
of 'Music, atter which they adjourned to the La
Pierre House, and partook of a collation. The
Good Will Engine Company kindly loaned their
horses for the occasion.
A PRIZE STEAMER TO nit SOT:D.—The
British prize steamer Princess Royal, which reached
this port two weeks ago, has been ordered to be
sold next Saturday, 28th iust. , at eleven o'clock,
A. 111. She pow lies at Callowhill.atreet wharf.
She is a Clyde-built steamship of 700 tons burden,
built in 166 i, of iron, and in the beat manner, and is
fitted with wire rigging. She has also, besides her
rely superior engines, two steam hoisting and
pumping apparatuses on deck, and is excellently
provided in every particular.
Cornirmierrow.—On Sunday .evening
twenty-mix ladies and gentlemen were cllNßrined by
the Right Rev. Bishop Potter as full members of
the Church of the Evangelist, of which the Rey.
Samuel Eluxborow le the rector. Among the con
firmed was Colonel Philip S. White, the Prothono•
tary of the District Court.
StricDAY' s SNow-sTonm.--The Snow
storm of Sunday blocked up the railways eo com
pletely that the Western and Southern mails due
at the poet office, at ten o'clock on Sunday night,
did not reach there until seven o'clock on Monday
morning.
SLTGITT FIRE.—d slight fire occurred last
evening, in the basement of the store of Messrs.
Hoyt, :Sprague, & Co., Chestnut street, below Third.
Damage inconsiderable.
The Prince of Wales has:presented hie betrothed
with an elegant pair of skates which she knows
how to use gracefully, but even the Prince
cannot force the lakes to freeze, and the Princess is
obliged to keep on her taps like us republicans.
CITY ITMDIS.
SUPERIOR FLoun.—Mr. C. H. Mattson,
dealer in fine family groceries, Arch and Tenth
streets, has now in stole a fresh supply of Wheat
Flour of the choicest brands, made from the beat
quality of wheat, to which we invitethe attention of
our readers.
FINE MILITARY TRAPPINGS for Army
and Navy Officers can be found in greatest variety
at Oakford Sr. Sons, under the Continental Hbtel.
lams' Funs in great variety and of the
hest qualities, are now selling at unusually low
prices, at Oakford & Son's, under the Continental
Hotel.
FnEsn TOMATOES, 15 cents a quart, open
to-morrow, at Thomas Waring's, No.ll'l Franklin
Market-house, Tenth street, below Market.
BROWN'S BRONCHIAL :ThomEs.—The
beneficial effects resulting from the use of this re
medy, and its extensive use for coughs, colds, and
throat affections, has brought out many imitations,
most of which contain injurious ingredients. The
Troches have proved their efficacy.
SECRETARY SEWARD TO MINISTER DA.Y-
Torr.—" You cannot be too decided or too explicit in
making known to the French Government that there
is not now, nor has there been, nor will there be any,
the least, idea existing in this Government of suffer.
leg a dissolution of this Union to take place in any
way whatever.•
Tell them this Union—so great—cannot sever,
Though it may tremble beneath the rude shock,
As it bath lived, so it shall live forever,
Strong as the mountain oak, firm as the rock.
Let them not deem in a moment of weakness
We can surrender our birthright and name,
Strike the old flag, and with patience and meekness
Bear the foul blot on our hardly-earned fame.
Soon shall our land, to its old peace returning,
Spring to the duties that make nations great ;
And while In every heart valor is burning,
Camly and bravely her destiny waits.
Uniforms, ready-made, at Charles Stokes k Co.'s
" One-price" Clothing Store, under the Continental.
ARTEMUS WARD ON PHILADELPHIA.
cRITECIURE.—Artemus Ward writes satirically con
cerning Philadelphia marble and white paint. He
Bays: "The artist I spoke of in my last has returned
to Philadelphy. Before he left 1 took his lily white
hand in mine. I suggested to him that if he could
induce the citizens of Philadelphy to believe it
would be a good idea to have white winder shutters
on their houses, and white door stones, he might
make a forting. It's a novelty," I added, "and
may startle 'ern at rust, but they may conclood to
adopt it." Artemus should look around a little, and
win findmore variety here than he maltee believe
ear.gio.
S. a .paelman, than 1. the Itrown Stone
Clotbing 801 l or Rockbill Br. Wilcox., Won. ova and
606 Chestnut street, above Sixth-
SINGULAR SIONALe OF SrvTGLEKESS. — iII
the town of Quimber, in Brittany, a very singular
custom prevails. The men wear a peculiar kind of
one-cornered hat. The manner of wearing it gives
very important information to the women of the
neighborhood. A widower wears his hat in such a
way as to bring the corner right over the forehead,
showing that his life has been overshadowed. The
married man wears his hat so that he can only look
back for happiness. The "jolly bachelor" causes
the corner to come jauntily over the ear, which
means that he is open to proposals. Here almost
everybody wears the elegant and neat-fitting gar
ments manufactured at the clothing depot of Gran
ville Stokes, No. 609 Chestnut street, where one
price only is asked, and that exceedingly IoW.
PHILADELPHIA BOARD OP TRADE
THOMAS RiaißEß, Jr., }
IbRAEL AIORICS. Comm:mita OP ma Mo3rrir.
JOSEPH C. GRUBB.
AT THB MBECHANTS' XXOHLNELB, PHILATIBLPHIA.
Ship Wyoming, Burton Liverpool, Feb 2S
Ship Sbateinno, Oxnard ' Liverpool, soon
Ship pawing.), Card ••......Liverpool, soon
Ship Benry Cook, Morgan Load.tn, soon
Bat k John Boul ton. Davis Laguayrs,. soon
Bark Savannah, Peterson Liverpool, soon
. .
. •
trig 'Ms Walter, Hewitt
Elia Ella Reed, Jarman..
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT ORPHILADELPULA., Feb. 24, 1863.
SUN RISES....
EIGH WATER
641-SUN SETS
ARRIVED
Brig John Welsh. Jr, Fineid, from Tilnidad de Cnbe.
&l: lust, with sugar and honey to S& W Welsh. Brig
wo, for Philadelphia, sailed 4th lust; brigs Meteor and
John Bernard, fordo, Willed RI; tchr Nellie Howe, for
do, sailed sth. .Raw no.A.tnerican vessels of war daring
the T assa rir Rob' nv
k 03 2. ZoSOni .141rcr,
Cr la caeon gIitITFI EIMITBS anti% tiro,
Schr S Vaughn, Vaughn. from Fortnum Monroe.
Schr Cornelius, Johnson, from Alexandria.
Schr 1) Morris, Hoover, from Wilmington.
Echr John Beatty, Henderson, from Maurice River.
Behr Susan Jane, Ross, 3 days from Norfolk, with oys
ters to Philip Fitzpatrick.
CLEARED.
Schr J Mercer, Robinson, Fall Rtver,.Castner„Stick
ney & Co, _
Behr 1) Morris, Hoover, New York, do
Behr Stratton, Stephens. New York, Hunter, Norton.:
& Co.
Buhr Marshall Perrin, Gibbs, Ray West, do
Buhr T J EMU, Whelden, Hampton Roads, do
Buhr J .Lancsstcr, Holmes. Now York.. .T Blakiatort
& Co.
helm S .1 Vaughn, Vaughn. Providence, L Andenried.
& Co,
ear Cornelius, Johnson, New York,.Bancroft, Lewis
Co.
hohr E G Willard, Parsons, Portland, Tyler, Rom
Co.
Schr J 'neatly, Penderson, Alexandria, do
Behr J W Brick, Armstrong, do do
Behr RH. Shannon, Marts, Fortress Monroe, do
Schr G 0 Morris, Antis, Boston,. do
Schr R P faraway, Bow York,. D Cooper.
Str II L Gaw, Iler, Baltimore, A Groves. Jr.
MEMORANDA.
Ship Lizzie bleses, Delano. hence Slst January for Sea
Francisco, at Bermuda Sth in.st, with loss of rudder.
Sciir Iyy Henderson , sailed from Sopa 6:h inst. fir
Philadelphia.
The following lasidon of Noonday Rook, near the
North Farallones, (off San Francisco entrance) has been
itceived byassistant A F Rodgers,. II S Coast SkIVAIY:
determined by him on tho nh of January, 1533.
BEARIXOB AT'NOONDA.Y nom
Point Br (west. end )1.1 132 25" . g
( mag.) N 03"'
ne), 15' nautical miles.
North .nrallone S 79° 30' (mag. ) S WE (true) ,
ttX nautical miles. . • .
tooth Farallon lighthowe S 69 0 45' (msg.) S 51°
E tie). 9)( nautical miles.
Variation of the compass to 1E 873 , 10 18 ' B.
The Ship Noonday, drawing 21 feet, struck on this
on the ttd ofJaututtry, and was totally lost.
114ILINU DIRECTION:A.
To clear Noel:day Rock, do not go to the- eastward of
Point Reyes , bearing NNE until the North and &nab
Fe ralloues are In a.ntotte. VOSERIS can titer bear sway
Fidel). for San Francisco Bar.
D. BACHE,
Suzerigtendeett E I S
Coast Survey.
Coast. Survey Oftiie, Feb 3,1562:
CoAarSeavEr OFEfen. Feb. lf,
•
Sin: I have tho honor to stem that, in m telegram date
this mon tug at San Francisco. andjust received, Ass'.
tam A F Rodgers re , ports havlugawec4 for and found oh
Irrcnic oldie ship `FlyiniDratrou.' which 'WILY suuk
year ago inside of San llsasoisoo eutranco, and in. •
Dock of vessels passing bettecon Sling Rock awl B 4
Nock. The leaarings. of the wreakfrom both roofs
Lem Riven from the report of A.ssiscaut. Rodgers:
At Bird Hock the wreck boars W (magnetic);
W (true) ' • Dist yards,
At Shag Nock the wrocit'heartt 814° W (unignoti:)„
2CMIS' W (true). Dist. GNl . yards..
• I would reametfully rootteat uuthority to publish
1149.rmatimi in the form au notice to mariners. '
'Very rerseotfully,77irs,
A. D, Sop C. S. Coast Spryer
ilon. S. P. Ghana, booretwir or the TreeleiT.
Barba, oes, soon
Havana. soon
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