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Telegraph Lin es.
The war, or rather the impulse which war
bas given to business, is ~giving us many
enterprises of magnitude and Usefulness.
We 113'0 binding the . country together by
steam and lightning, by bridges, railways,
canals, wires. For some reason or other,
our capitalists are -particularly busy in es
tablishing telegraphs, and before long we
may hope to see telegraphic communic:ttion
between every city and town in the Union.
One line 'is already in operation between
Philadelphia and Boston; called the Inde
pendent Line. Another, known. as the
Union Telegraph Company, is now applying
for a charter to this State to extend lines
from Philadelphia to Pittsburg, by Way of
Beading and Harrisburg. Other companies
are being org,nnized, but the most important
of all is one started in New Yerk with three
millions of capital, formed under the annual
law of the State of New York in regard to
such corporations. 'This company, we un
derstand, proposes to extend wires from
Halifax,
,by way of Boston and New York-,
to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washing
ton, with a branch from New York, via
Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Chi
cago, to Milwaultee, and another branch to
extend from Philadelphia to Harrisburg,
thence to Pittsburg,,Columbus,s Cincinnati,
Louisville, and St.' LOids, with lateral
brares to all the chief towns in the West
ern States. Heretofore lines have been
erected by contractors and speculators, the
stockholders suffering and being compelled
to pay, exorbitant stuns. The last-mentioned
company, Troposes to use nothing but the
:very hest materinl, having the work done
for cash, and in the most substantial man
ner. trpWards of >a million of dollars have
been subteribesl in New York city within
the past ten clays, and we are informed that
books will soon be opened and subscriptions
solicited in tlds city.
The Respect of Enemies.
It is evident that the English blockade
runners have a great deal more confidence
in the vord of Admiral - DurowT -than in
that of General BEAU.R.G.,III.D. BEItritE
GARD sent a vessel to Nassau, giving the
merchants of that Place the information:that
the blockade had been raised, and inviting
them:to bring their cargoes and open com
merce. Many vessels were 'leaded in the
port and ready to go, but at last accounts
not one had started: They knew that
DurorT vas still in command, and they
felt very certain that the asseveration of the
rebel generaiwobld net secure them from
his gnus. This practical - fad affords .ft
high ,tribute to the respect entertained for
the Republic by. thoSe -who are its malignant
and 'uncompromising foes.
LETTER FROM "OCCASIONAL."
WAsurtmoN, March 1, 180
A. period so novel and exciting as the pre
sent is in nothing more novel than in the
inconsistencies of certain public characters.
We are so familiar with incessant changes
of.-the scene, that the hour which passes
without some new personage or some start
ling event, is voted dull and spiritless. We
long ago ceased to be surprised at the spec
tacle of a clergyman advocating slavery and
the rebellion, of Northern men sympa
thizing with Treason, and of radical Demo
crats becoming puling Conservatives. But
strangest among all the strange develop
ments of the times, is the sight of an Irish
man as the champion of the Southern
conspiritOrs. John Mitchell was exiled
from his - native• land because of his
hostility to that which he denounced
as tyranny in Great Britain, and he came to
New York the idolized propagandist of ultra
liberalism. But when he emigrated to the
South and turned himself into the apologist,
defender and sanctifier of slavery, not all
his great talents rescued him from the scorn
and contempt of his own countrymen, and
of the respectable men of all other classes.
Even the slaveholders contemplated him as
an objebt to be despised. An Irishman on
the side of slavery, since the rebellion
broke out, . is now, how ever, rather a
familiar object, and, like other odd ap
pearances, has ' come to be classed in
that large cabinet of curiosities reserved
for the historian of these clays. It was
first supposed that the leaders of the people
of the Emerald Isle would sufficiently re
collect English injustice and tyranny to
shun even the semblance of respect for a far
worse tyranny in the United States ; and it
was a reasonable calculation at the same
time, that when they saw that the Southern
aristocracy held adopted citizens in ab
horrence, and forced the rebellion for the
purpose of founding a monarchy after the
English school, they would turd from it
with instinctive hatred, and oppose it with
all their impetuosity and power. Let. us,
however, be thankful that if there are
Irishmen who choose to disregard
these teachings of the past and the
present, and who unhesitatingly place
themselves by the side of their hereditary •
foe in the Old World and their avowed enemy
in the new, there are other Irishmen, and a
large majority, too, -who have not delayed
in choosing the right ground, and in hold
ing it steadily front the first. There are
Irishmen who remember that the great Abo
litionist of the generation which closed with
his life was Daniel 0' Connell, and who glory
in the never-to-be-forgotten utterances of
Tom Moore, omTan, Grattan, and of Burke,
against all oppression—whether of the body
or the mind—and in favor of universal free
dom, of whatever clime or color. An Irishman
of this kilo& is the true type of his race.
Although not now sufficiently honored by
his countrymen, he is certain tole remem
bered with gratitude .in the momentous
years that lie beyond us. Such a man Ire
land has just given to'America, in the per
son of Mason Jones.
On Friday evening, this fearless orator,
after having spoken to large audiences on
general questions, devoted himself to the
discussion of the American war, with its in
cidents, responsibilities, and probable re
sults. It was undoubtedly among the most
comprehensive, courageous, and exhaustive
arguments on the side of the Union. Mr.
Jones is a thinker who contemplates our
national strife without prejudice or passion.
He says many things that official persons
might not approve, but his heart and his
judgment are
.with the Government and
against the rebellion. I wish the Irish voters
of the United States could have an opportu
nity of hearing their young countryman,
and I am gratified to learn that he
intends speaking to them whenever a
fitting occasion arises. You had 'him at
Philadelphia last evening, and we are to
hear him to-night in the hall of the Se
nate. How much better the generous and
noble words of an impartial witness like
this than the scurrilous and empty appeals
of the Democratic politicians who are inces
santly striving to fill the minds of the Irish
Voters with prejudice against the negroos,
against the Administration of Mr. Lin
coln, and against the war I As I heard
him on Fridayevening denouncing slavery,
and saw how the hearts of his immense au
ditory were warmed by his fervent invoca
tion to the American flag, and his thrilling
predictions that our cause must triumph,
unconsciously recalled certain Irishmen of
my acquaintance who, rejecting all that
Ireland's most eminent orators, and,. poets,
and statesmen, have sung, spoken, or writ
ten, in favor of Human Freedom, lend them
selves to the party demagogues in the free
States, who arc, in turn, but the slaves of
the chiefs of the slave rebellion in the
South. An Irishman, to be consist
ent, ought to be an Abolitionist. If
be follows his impulses, and obeys the
examples that are written all over Irish
history, he must fight slavery at the ballot
box as Well as on the battle-field. It may
require many years to bring all that portion.:
of the American people who emigrated from
the Emerald Isle,. and their descendants, to
the acceptance of these truths, but that the
hour will come is as sure as that there will
be other springs and summers and autumns ;
as sure as that there will be a time to sow,
a time to grow, and a time to reap ; as sure
as that God livcth and that man must die.
WASHINGTON.
Special Despatches to "The Press.”
WAsiTmerrozr, March 2, 1863
Proclamation from tIM. President.
WIHMEAS objects of interest to the United States
require that the Senate should be convened at 12
o'clock on the fourth of March next, to receive and
act upon such communications as may be made to it
on thepart of the Executive: •
Now, therefore, I, ADRATIAM LINCOLN, President
of the. United states, haye considered it to be my
duty to issue this my proclamation, declaring that
an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the
United States to convene for the transaction of busi
ness at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on
the fourth day of March next, at twelve o'clock at
noon .on that day, of which all who shall at that
time be entitled to act as members of that body are
hereby required to take notice.
Given under my hand and the seal of the
United States, at Washington, the twenty
eighth day of February, in the year of our
[L. S.] Lord one thousand eight hundred 'And
eixty-three, - and of the independence of
the United States of America the eighty
seven th. ABRAHAM LINCOLN?.
By the President:
WILLIAM H. SEWARD, secretary of . State.
The New Revenue .Bill.
The bill reported from the Committee of Ways
and Means, and passed to-night without debate,
provides that alt goods, wares, and merchan-
Oise now in the public stores or. bonded
warehouses, on which duties are unpaid,
having been in bond more than one year,
and less than three years, when the act entitled
"An act increasing teMporarily the duties on im
ports, and for other purposes,l , approved July 14th
last, went into effect, may be entered for consump
tion, and the bonds cancelled at any time before the
Ist of June next, on the payment of the duties at
the rates prescribed by the act aforesaid ; and all acts
and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of
thifract are repealed.
The act above referred tole modified so as to allow
cotton and raw silk as reeled from the cocoon, of
the growth or produce of countries beyond the Cape
of Good Hope, to be exempt from any -additional
duties When imported from places this side of the
Cape of Good Hope, for two years -from and after •
the passage of this act. So much of the act giving
protection to theNiseoverers of guano deposits, as
prohibits the export thereof, is suspended in rela
tion to all persons who have complied with,
the • provisions of section 2d of the said act,
for two years from and after the 14th of July,
196 a: The proviso in section 15 of the first recited
act shall be construed to inellade any : ship, vessel, or
steamer to or hem any port or place south of Mexi
co down to and including Aspinwall and Panama,
and in lieu of the present duties, there shall be col
lected upon printing paper, unsized, used for books
and newspapers exclusively, 20 per centum ad va
lorem. Upon sud-lac and stitch-lao the same duties
as are now imposed upon gum-shellac. Upon polish'
ing powders of all descriptions, Frankfort black and
Berlin, Chinese fig and wash blue, 25 per centurn.
From and after the - passage of this act there shall
be allowed a drawback on foreign saltpetre, menu
factured into gunpowder in the United States,and
exported therefrom, equal in amount to the duty
paid on the foreign saltpetre from which it shall be
manufaetured, to be ascertained under such regu
iations as shall be prescribed by the Seer . etary of
the Treasury, and no more, provided that 20 per
centum on the amount of all drawbacks allowed
shall be retained for the use of the United States by
the collectors paying such drawback respectively.
The above bill is yet to be acted upon by the
Senate.
Case of Mx% Holloway;
The select committee, of which Representative
SHRIMELD is chairman, on the charges preferred in
pamphlet form by R. REL'rs against Mr. llorLowAy,
Commissioner of Patents, say in their report that
they were surprised to learn a practice has grown up
in the bureau of reporting to Congress the receipts
and disbursements only, leaving that body ignorant
of the outstanding liabilities. Another embarrass
ment in the way of the committee was the falsity of
lloitow.A.v>s response to the resolution of the
House, passed January, 1862, in which the expendi
tures were stated at $25,000, when, as added up, they
amount to $46,546. 31r. HOLLOWAY explains this
by attributing the discrepancy to the clerks who
furnished the data. The committee also find that
while the Commissioner caused to be printed ten
copies of specifications, drawings, &c., of inventions,
according to law, at a cost of $17,087, he procured
twenty additional copies, at the cost of $17,476,
without authority of law.
As to the expense of temporary clerks, the com
mittee say they are about the average of the past
five years, although the business has now fallen oft'
nearly fifty per cent. The practice of the bureau of
letting original papers on file go out into the hands
or the temporary clerics meets with the committee's
censure. They find sustained the charge that the
Commissioner had recommended the payment of the
claim of lican.r T. Ths.vis to tho amount of-dit,7oo,
after it had twice'or oftener been rejected by his pre
dicessors in Office. They are not satisfied with his
explanation. They further say, he has unlawfully
reduced salutes.
There was not sufficient proof to sustain the other
charges, which were of a minor character. The
committee conclude by reminding the House of the
relative importance of the Patent °Mee] in connec
tion with the industrial interests, and say its admin
istration requires the highest qualifications of Intel
ligence, business habits, and industry. Thecommit
tee and that the Commissioner employed as clerks
two ladles, whose husbands arc in the South, and
that he is now paying half salary to one of them,
though she has gone South, and is now there with
her husband. The House has adopted the report, and
passed a resolution that it be printed, anti a copy
thereof sent to the President of the United States.
New Overland Route to the. Pacific.
The report of Capt. JANES L. Pisa's, of the North
Overland Expedition, was submitted to the House
to-day. The expedition was organized for the pro
tection of emigrants over. a
.new route from Fort
Benton, in Dacotah Territory, in part the route sur
veyed by the late lamented General STEVENS. The
report is accompanied by a very interesting journaL
The expedition was unusually successful, and the
route found to be exceedingly practicable. The In
dians on the route, especially the Assinneboins, were
bold and defiant, evidently In anticipation of
the Sioux massacres, A severe chastisement of the
latter tribe, Captain Flaxs deems to be politic and
necessary. He reports the wagon route of Captain
MrLLAN, from Fort Benton to Walla Walla, as pas
sable, but sadly needing repairs. At Grasshopper
Diggings he left a party of emigrants, who gave him
recent and reliable information of the great wealth
of those gold mines, and statements that thousands
of miners are at work there; many claims yielding
from $5O to $l5O per day for each man. Grasshop
per river is a tributary of the Jefferson fork of the
Missouri river.
Commercial Decree.
°Motel notice has been given of the decree of the .
Peruvian Government that steamers under a fo
reign flag may enjoy in Peru all the privileges of the
National Mercantile Marine, remaining subject to
the laws and regulations of the custom house.
Personal Explanation.
Representative DAWES says .he was misappre
hended in the report of the recent debate on the ap
plication of JENNINGS Piooor for a seat in the
House as member from North Carolina. What he
said, or intended to say, was, that there was nothing
personal against that gentleman.
Anmsttietics in our Army.
The surgeon general hiss recommended Congress
to pay Dr. W. T. G. MORTON $200,000 for the use
of an:esthetics in the army and navy. Dr. MORTON
was personally before the Committee of Ways and
Means thin morning to urge its adoption.
Naval Orders.
Commander P.I. R. Woor.sozi has been ordered to
the commend of the steamer Princess Royal.
Acting Volunteer Lieutenant E. H. FA! nem has
been ordered to the command of the steamer Mont
gomery.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Wholesale Disznissal 'of Incompetent,
• Drunken, and Mischievous Ottleers—The
General Court Martial Fairly and Ear-
neatly at Work—Propltions Wcatlker, &a.
Lt.P.PQI:A.a.TEas OF THE AILHY OF THE POTOMAC,
March 2.—The following ()dicers having been found
guilty of various charges and, specifications by the
General Court-martial, and the sentence being% ap
proved by the commanding general, are dismissed
from the service :
First Lieut. Thos. H. Traynor , 09th Penn's. Vol.
First Lieut. Delos Cramer, lath New York Vol.
First Lieut. Chas, M. Hamilton, 22d Mass. Vol.
Second Lieut. Warren Taylor, 14th New York.
Lieut. Col. A. E. Griffith, Bth Penna. Cavalry.
Lieut. Col. Peter Boldy, 12th Penna. Vols. R. C.
Second Lieut. John McGrath, 2Gth Penna.
Capt. Saintl Hubbard, 16th Connecticut Vole.
Lieut. Col. W. P. Armstrong, 129th Penna. Vols.
Capt. Geo. L. Ititman,•rist Penna. Vole.
Capt. Geo. Pierce, 10th Massachusetts Vole.
Capt. John F. Andrews, Gth Michigan Cavalry..
Lieut. Andrew J. }lvey, 81st Penna. Vole.
First Limit. Wm. L. Gold, Gist Penna. Vole.
Adjutant D. B. Murkley, 25th New Jersey Vale;
Filet Lieut. John Mickline, 45th Penna. Vols.
First Lieut. Gilbert S. Lawrence, 7th N. Y. Vols.
First Limit. John B. Donald, Bth N. Jersey Vole.
Capt. Wm. McDougal, Commissary of Subsistence
Volunteers.
Capt. AV. (I. Johnson, let Massachusetts Vols.
Second Licnt. Jae. A. Zefferba, 10th Penna. Vols.
First Lieut. W. H. Newton, 6th Vermont Vole.
Second Lieut. Joe. R. Ritchie, let Penna. Reserves.
In the caret of • • • • •
Lieut. COL Fred'k Gait, IMPenneylvanin
Surgeon .1. P. 3nfrotd, 'l3d Ohio Volunteers,
Asst. Surgeon John S. Angle, 123 d Penna. Vole.,
First Lieut. Sam'. liornbaker, 126th Penna. Vole.
First Lieut. Jeremiah Gook, 126th Penna. Vole. ,
Second Lieut. Wm. P. Christie, 99th Penna. Vols.,
First Lieut. Thos. Goodwin, 6th New Jersey Vols.,
R. L. Jones, 3d Excelsior Brigade,
Second Lieut. Morris Soleman, 3d Excelsior Brigade,
the action of the reviewing officer having been de
cided to be irregular, the Major General Command
ing approves the proceedings, findings, and sen
tences. These officers, accordingly, cease to belong
to the military service of the United States from
this date.
The action of the reviewing officer in the case of
Second Lieutenant Jacob Covington, 40th New
York Volunteers, having been decided to be irregu
lar; the major general commanding approves the
finding and confirms the sentence, except so much
as relates to confinement during the period of the
rebellion, which is remitted. Second Lieutenant
Jacob Covington, 40th New York Volunteers, ac-
cordingly ceases to be an officer of the United States
from this. date.
The details of the several cases are contained in
General lidera No. 13, dated Feb. 18, 1863.
The weather for the past two days has been mild
and spring-like, with a drying wind.
THE MISSISSIPPI SQUADRON.
The Indianola Captured by CO Rebels.
FIERCE ATTACK BY THE RAMS QUEEN
ADMIRAL PORTER'S ORDERS DISREGARDED,
OCCASIONAL
WHAT THE REBELS INTEND TO DO.
OUR IRON•CLADS TO BE RETAKEN.
WASHINGTON, March 2.—The following despatch
has been received by the Navy Department :
UNITED STATILE; SQUADRON, Feb. 27,
via Maven's, March 1.
lb Hon, Gideon 6Vettes, Sieretary of the Navy :
Sin : I regret to inform you that the Indianola
has also fallen into the hands of the enemy. The
rams Webb and Queen of the West attacked her
twenty-five miles from here, and rammed her until
she surrendered ; all of which can be traced to a
non , compliance with my instructions. I do not
know the particulars. Respectfully, •
CAIRO, March 2.—The report - of the capture of
the "Indianola" creates much disappointment and.
gloom here. She was one of the new iron-dads
from which such good results were expected.
We have no particulars of the affair, except ru-
mors from Memphis, which state that the ',lndi
anola" was attacked by the talus " Queen of the
West," "Webb," and a number of other vessels,
when the shore batteries opened on her. She was
boarded finally, and taken to Port 'Hudson.
It is said that the vessel will soon be put in set ,
vice against us. Rebel deserters, arriving at Mem
phis, insist that this new rebel fleet of iron-dads
will proceed down the river at once, and take part
in an attack upon Raton Rouge and New Orleans.
The rebel had crews ready, and a deMonstration
may be looked for at any moment
Our loss is considered most humiliating, especi
ally in view of the fact that the most explicit orders
of Admiral Porter have been disobeyed.
Porter is determined to recapture these iron-clads at
all hazards, and at once, anticipating orders to that
effect from the Navy Department Ni*e have nothing
on the Mississippi to cope with the ". Indianola," ex
cept the "Neosho," anti she-is not Quite ready yet.
THE ANGLO-REBEL PRIVATEER
Ship Jacob Bell Destroyed by the Florida
HALIFAX, March 2.—The steamer Delta, from St.
Thomas, Bermuda, on the 25th, arrived at thiii port
to-day.
She reports that on the 12th of February, in lati
tude. 24, longitude 65, ;the pirate Florida captured
and burnt the ship Jacob Bell, which sailed from
Foo-chow on October 6th, for New York.
The Jacob Bell had 1,600 chests of tea on board.
The passengers and crew were transferred to a
Danish vessel which arrived at St. Thomas on the
10th of February.
The passengers are Mrs. Williams Mr. Johnson,
and two Mr. Belle. They have arrived here in the
Delta.
The cargo of the Jacob Bell was chiefly for English
account, and valued at $600,000. She was insured
in England and few York.
The vessel and freight was valued at a million and
a half dollars.
Our Government is a heavy loser, as the dutiei
would have amounted to $115,000.
The Search of" the Rebet Pirates.
Ni YORE, March 2.—The steamer Vanderbilt
was at St. Thomas on the 20th ult., to leave the next
day on a cruise.
The United States ship Sheppard Knapp left St.
Thomas a week previous in search of the Alabama.
A number of American vessels were at St. Thomas,
fearing to leave lest they fall a prey to the pirates.
The British steamer Cadmus, with Mr. Bunch, the
late British consul at Charleston, sailed for England
on the 21st ult.
The officers of the Florida say they spent a night
in company with the Vanderbilt lately.
The U. S. steamer Alabama left St. Thomas on
the 2d of February, in search of the Florida.
The Steamer Kednr at Nev 'York, with
Dates to the 10th ult.—The, Great Polish
In szurreeti ou A Battle I Meat—The
Rebellion in China—The Czar to Visit
Paris Soon, &c. .
NEW YORK, March 2.—The steamer Kedar, from
Liverpool on the lath ult., arrived at this port this
afternoon.
On the 18th ult. she passed sixteen miles east of
Fastned rock the steamer St. George, bound east,
and on the 20th passed the mail steamer Australa
sian, for Liverpool.
The Kedar brings Liverpool papers of the 16th,
and London telegrams of that day.
The Liverpool Post announces the arrival of .the
pirate Sumpter in the Mersey. She is to be refitted
and supplied with a new boilzr.
A despatch dated Zanbeeg, on the 14th, repOrts
that the pickets of the insurgent Poles and the Rus
sian aimy were in close proximity near Miehord,
and a battle was expected hourly. A despatch of
the next day reported that the Russians had with
drawrrautra WM18'1'0111(1 not-take place. .
The insurgents had captured several'places, in
one of which thirty-nine. Cossacks were. killed out
of a garrison of 200.
The insurgents also captured a number of Russian
despatches, one of which* accuses Austria for having
Instigated ' the movement; and another, from the
Grand Duke Constantine, stating his resolution not
to abandon the course he has followed.
CHINA.
'A telegram from Shanghae dated Jan. to says
Burgewine, the successor of Gen. Ward, has been
dismissed from his command.
The Russian fleet will remain at Manilla. It is
et - meted that the French troops will be withdrawn.
It is reported that the siege of Nankin has been
abandoned.
There are no further particulars of the rebellion
at Saigar.
Lownow ' Feb. 16.—The Times! argues that it is
clearly established from the Union accounts that
the blockade of Charleston was not raised. There
was not even an intermission.
The Post takes the same view. It says the sus
pension of the blockade for a few hours did not
terminate it., nor did it impose upon the blockading
power the necessity of giving fresh notice to the
neutral States of their intention to resume the
blockade.
It is reported that the Emperor of Russia will
visit Paris In the spring. His object Is said to be to
arrive at an understanding as to the common action
to be taken by the great Powers in regard to the
throne of Belgium after the demise of the present
king.
The Kedar brings no later commercial news.
Dolma's, Feb.l6.—The Times remarks that when
the objects of the war appeared to be the restoration
of the Union, the North was unanimously for it. A
feeling of desperation, arising from repeated failures,
has since induced the Government to introduce an
element which has tended to divide public opinion.
President Lincoln's emancipation proclamation im
mediately converted the war-into a party rather than
a national struggle. It has proved a solvent which
has loosened the Federal bond even in the North
itself. Doubts as to the present object of the war
are, among other things, causing the Army of the
Potomac to melt away.
The MHO notices that a Richmond paper is the
only present authority for a statement that the dif
ferent foreign consuls had unanimously declared the
blockade as legally raised ; but points out that
merely such a document is not valid either way. A
blockade must be raised as welt as constituted de
facto. In this case there was not even an intermis
sion. It does not appear that any neutral ships
could have got-into Charleston at any hour of the
day of the al st January and on the Ist of February.
There are no less than twenty Federal vessels off
the port.
The Post takes the same view. It nye • "The
suspending of the blockade for a few hours 'did not
terminate it, nor did it impose upon the blockading
Lower the necessity of ^lying fresh notice to neutral
states of an intention to blockade. In this respect,
therefore, our Confederate authorities at Charleston
are in error. No such notice need be given by the
Government of the United States, nor will the
British Government require it."
The Duke 'of Rutland is progressing most favor
ably, and hopes are entertained of his ultimate re
covery.
The New York correspondent of the Times,
writing on January 27th says :
"The beginning of the end draws near. The pa
tience of the people is well nigh exhausted. They
have long been disgusted with the war and the
Administration. The disgust has communicated
itself to the army, confidence exists nowhere.
"Even the exterminaters and abolitionists have
begun to despair of their cause, their President,-and
themselves, and see before them not only the dis
memberment of the Union into the North and
South, but into a third republic of the West, accom
panied by the utter prostration of credit, if not by
a crowning act of national bankruptcy."
Arrival of the Golden Age at San Wan-
SAN Fn ANCIseo, March 2.—The steamship Golden
Age arrived to. day.
• The Golden Age brought $50,000 in treasure front
the wrecked steamer Golden Gate. It is unoffi
cially reported that the wrecking party have raised
several hundred thousand dollars in broken pack
ages, which they Intend to retain on board their ves
sel until their labor is ended.
Arrived, ship Starlight, from Boston.
A Horrible Crime Discovered at-Hittalo.
Burirato, March 2.—A post-mortem examination
on the bod' Mrs. Frazier and her children, who
were supposed to have perished in the flames by the
late fire which destroyed the residence of Rev. Mr.
Frazier, revealed the fact that all had been pre.
viously murdered. Mr. Frazier is missing, and it is
feared that be has met a similar fate.
Bosro:c, March f.t .—The bark W. Giffor,l, at New
Bedford, from the Pacific, reports on the 19th of
February, in lat. 26, long. M. saw a square-rigged
renal on tire. Did not go to her assistance for fear
of the pirate Alabama.
NEW Yana', March 2.—The bark Frederick Len
nig, from Port Spain, was ashore on the night of the
16th ult., off St. Croix, and it was supposed would
be a total lose. Of her cargo, one hundred bags of
cocoa would be saved.
Fatal Affray at South Hingham, Mass.
PosToN March 2.—Guy Rictoirdson was shot
den 4, ;theft man panted Clapp seriously- wounded,
on Saturday hightcht South Hingham, by Asa
Solder. The MO gays himself up, stating that he
was defending his hOUte from the two men, who, at
chafe hour, persisted in attempting to enter it.
Public Reception to Gen. Porter Vetoed.
isrnw A - out:, March I—Mayor Oixlylce today
Vetoed the resolution, of the Common ten
del ing to the late General Fitz John Porter a pub
lic reception.
liAr.ir.sx, March f2.—The steamer Columbia ran
the blockade at Wilmington, N. C., and arrived at
St. George with a cargo of cotton and tobacco.
The Columbia reported the arrival at Wilmington
of the steamer Giraffe,
Departure of the Steamer• Menville.
Naw Youx, March 2,—The U. S. gunboat Elea
vine sailed on Saturday for Port Royal, Key West,
and New Orleans.
NEW YonxiMarch 2.—The ship Alhambra, from
Macao, reports haying passed, at 3 o'clock yester
day afternoon, off the Capes of Delaware, the Moni
tor Catskill, in tow of a aide-wheel steamer, bound
South,
THE PRESS.-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, \ 1863:
OF THE WEST AND WEBB
DAVID D. PORTER,
Acting Rear Admiral
LOSS 51,500,000.
EUROPE.
THE POLISH REBELLION
THE LATEST.
THE 'CHARLESTON BLOCKADE
A Ship on Fire.
Philadelphda Bark Ashore.
Running the Blockade.
The Monitor Catskill.
XXXVIIth I,VNGRESS—Third Session,
WASHINGTON, March 2, 1983.
SENATE.
Fairinnel pal
Mr. CHANDLER (Rep.). of Michigan, presented
the resolutions of the Legislature of Michigan con
cerning the rebellion, approving of the Preaidont'a
emancipation proclamation, ace.
Prize Ctuves.
Mr. GRIMES (Rep.), of lowa, called up the 6111
to further regulate the proceedings in prize cases,
and amending the act of Congress in relation thereto.
Ho said there were already prizes In. New York to
the amount of eight millions sterling, half of which
should go to the treasury; but under the present
law only a small portion went to the Government.
The bill was Intended to remedy this, and to cause
the more speedy adjudication and payment of sailors'
bills. The bill was passed.
Cotton, Rice, Sugar, and Tobacco.
Mr. CHANDLER called up the bill for the collec
tion of abandoned property and prevention of fraud
in the insurrectionary districts, the pending question
being the motion to strike out the sections. provi
ding for the purchase of Cotton, rice, sugar, and to
bacco.
Mr. CHANDLER hoped these sections would not
be stricken out. Ile said that great quantities of
cotton had been collected by the army at the South
west, but it was mostly divided among certain °Ul
cers, and the treasury had not received a dollar for
the cotton collected by the army, except from that
at Hilton Head.
Mr. HOWELL (Dem.), of Kentucky, hope the
Senator would investigate this matter before his
Committee on the Conduct of the War.
The motion to omit these sections was lost—yeas
14, nays 21.
Mr. CLARK (Rep.), of New Hampshire, olTered an
amendment providing that an °Ulcer or private
coming into possession of any such abandoned
property, shall turn the same over to the agent of the
Treasury; and failing to do so, they shall be tried by
a court martial. Adopted.
Mr. DAVIS (U.), of Kentucky, °Tared an amend
mentthat any eMcer found guilty of plundering or
swain any property, or bartering or selling cot
ton, rice, tobacco, or in any Way aiding any one else
to do this, shall be dismissed from the service, and
be forever incapable of holding any office orplase in
time service.
Mr. POWELL moved to insert the word "taking"
after the word "plundering," and the word "money"
after "property." He said he knew, and had the
evidence in his possession, that °dicers in the West
had taken large sums of money from persons whom
they had arrested, before they would release them.
The motion was agreed to. 7
Mr. HOWARD (Rep.), of Michigan, said the laws
and articles of war already provided for these cases.
This amendment was of simply for the purpose
of making a charge against certain ()dicers. lie was
not willing to make any such charge without any
evidence.
Mr. DAVIS Bald that a shipload of flour was
stopped at the Italize by the brother of a certain of
ficer, and the captain made to sell his flour at $lO
per barrel, and then thiebrother sold it at $6O.
hlr. WILSON (Rep.), of Massachusetts, said he
was astonished that the Senator from Kentucky
persisted in making idle charges against General
Butler. He read an extract from a letter froth Gen.
Butler, thanking Mr. Wilson for defending lulls from
the allusions made in the Senate that he had taken
plate and furniture of Alexander Bothers for his
own use. Bothers *leaped from New Orleans with
out taking the oath of allegiance, on a pass procured
by a professed Union man, who turned out to be a
scoundrel. Pothers was one of the rebel provost
marshals who destroyed such an immense amount
of property on the arrival of the Union troops. He
(General Butler) had taken possession of Bothers'
plate and furniture, anti turned them over to Gen.
Banks' quartermaster. He was especially thankful
for the offer of a committee of investigation. He was
ready at all times to account for his conduct,though
be should not answer newspaper slanders. If Ur.
Davis . was an honest and just man, he could at any
time be satisfied by the letter. Mr. Wilson said he
believed all the other charges against Gen. Butler
would turn out as groundless as this one.
Alter further discussion, the amendment was re
jected—yeas 13. nays 22. .
Mr. DOOLITTLE (R.), renewed his amendment
to strike out the section authorizing the treasury
agent to purchase property in insurrectionary disc .
triots. Ile did not wish to have the Government
become a great factor in these articles of property,
and he did not wish especially to furnish means to
the rebels to buy munitions of war to carry on the
fight.
Mr. HENDERSON (U.), of Missouri hoped the
Government
mightwould be stricken out. The
might as well break up the blockade at once as thus
become an immense trader and furnish supplies.
His information was that the rebels had received
great aid and comfgrt from this contraband trading
of the Mississippi river. The money furnished
would be used to help the rebels, and if this policy is
adopted the war will be interminable.
Mr. COLLAMER (Rep.), of Vermont, contended
that this provision of the bill would practically de
feat the confiscation act, by buying property which
was already confiscated. He also referred to a for
mer. act of Congress, authorizing the Presides:lA . lo
grant licenses to trade.
The motion was ag,reed to—yeas 24 , nays 16 .
Mr. CHANDLER ), said the bill was now worth
less; the Senate had deliberately voted to continue
the present state of things; that its generals should
be demoralized, and that a vast amount of property
should be handed over to thieves, to be divided
among them. It had voted two or three hundred
millions of dollars out of the treasury, and he moved
to lay the bill on the table. Rejected—yeas 17, nays
20. The bill was then passed.
Senator from Virginia.
Mr. WILLEY (U.), of Virginia, presented the
credentials of lion. Lemuel.Bowden, elected United
States Senator from Virginia, for six years from the
4th of March next.
The Lancashire Distress.
A message was received from the President, trans
mitting to the Senate a copy of the correspondence
with the working men of England; also, transmit
ting for the consideration of Congress a despatch to
^the Secretary of State from the United States Con
sul at Liverpool, with the address of the distressed
operatives of England to the New York Relief Com
mittee and the inhabitants of the, United States;
also, transmitting the joint resolution of the Legis
lature of New Mexico, accepting the benefit of the
acts granting) lands for the benefit of Colleges of
Agriculture and the Mechanical Arts.
indemnification Dill.
Mr. TRUAIBULL (Rep.), of Illinois: from the
nommittee of conference on the indemnification
bill, made a report.
Mr. RICHARDSON (Dein.), of Illinois, objected
to the reception of the report, on the ground that it
contained new matter not in the bill or amendments
as they were sent_to the conunil tee.
Mr. TRUAIBULL said gime waano subject mat
ter in the report. They had adopted sectiOns
of the bill of the House and amendments of the
Senate. Some of them were not in the exact words,
perhaps, but most of them were.:
Mr. RICHA_RDSON said he 'understood this was
not the report agreed upon ; that some portions had
been stricken out.
Mr. TRUMBULL said it was the only report
agreed upon, and the only report drawn up and
signed, and he claimed that there was nothing in
the report not strictly in line of duty of the Qom.
mittee.
The CHAIT? said the objection raised has no point
of order.
Mr. WALL (Dem.), of New Jersey, moved to
postpone the report tilt to-morrow.
Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, moved to amend
the motions() as to postpone the consideration of the
report till seven o'clock.
Mr. TRUMBULL objected to the postponement
unless there could be some understanding that there
might be a vote to-night, and nu factious opposition
shall be made.
After some' discussion, the report was postponed
till seven o'clock.
Internal Rereime Bill.
Mr. EESSENDEN (Ilep.); . of Maine, front the 11.
mince Committee, reported back the internal reve
nue bill, with amendments.
Engineer Corps. •
Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, called up the
bill to promote the efficiency of the engineer corps.
Mr. GRIMES, (H.), of lowa, moved to strike out
the section providing for certain promotions in the
Quartermaster's Department. Agreed to—yeas, 22,
nevi 14.
Mr. ANTHONY (U.),. of Rhode Island, moved
an amendment to exempt persons from the provi
sions of the enrolling bill on account of religious
set uples. lie said it was intended- to apply particu
larly to the Society of Friend,. He thought it wrong
to compel them to do that which they believed God
had forbidden. • No class of persons had contributed
more cheerfully to the charities and necessities of the
war, and many of their young men had not followed
the footsteps of their fathers. but had enlisted in the
war. lie had been educated among these people,
and though he might not have continued in their
faith, lie would bear tribute to their worth and high
character.
Mr. RICHARDSON opposed the amendment, on
the pound that these people should take their
chances with all other citizens. He thought the
provisions of the bill would be less heavy on them
than on ninny others.
Mr. LANE (Rep.), of Kansas, thought-it unwise
to make a distinction in favor of any sect or church.
Mr. COWAN (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, said that
although he represented, perhaps, a larger elan of
those persons than any one, yet he should oppose
the amendment, as he thought it would be unfair.
The Constitution of Pennsylvania did not exempt
them from the operations of the military law.
The Amendment was rejected—yeas 14, nays 22.
Ms. 'RICHARDSON moved to strike out the sec
tion authorizing the President to commission cer
tain officers. He said it was not worth anything
unless it was intended to commission negroes in the
Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, said it was not
intended to commission negroes. It was proposed
to commission white men for certain regiments.
Mr. RICHARDSON was opposed to using the
negroes for anything but labor. They would be
good for nothing to fight, and would lose every
battle.
Mr. LANE, of Kansas,
said there was a regiment
of negroes in his State. At first there was a preju
dice against them, but by their manly bearing and
discipline they had disarmed prejudice. They had
been under fire, and fought bravely.
The amendment of Mr. Richardson was rejected.
Mr. TRUMBULL offered an amendment to re
peal so much of the enrolling act as allows exemp
lion from draft on the payment of a sum of money,
to be fixed by the Secretary of War, not to exceed
$3OO.
After a debate, the question was put, but no que
rum voted.
Mr. POWELL (Dem.), of Kentucky, moved to
adjourn. Rejected—yeas 1, nays 30—still no quo
rum.
Mr. GRIMES moved that the Sergeant-at-Arms
request the attendance of the absent members.
Agreed to.
A quorum being obtained, the amendment of Mr.
Trumbull was rejected—yeas 10, nays 25.
. Mr. DAVIS offered an amendment thnt no negro,
free or slave, shall be enrolled .in the military, ma
rine, or naval service of the 'United States. Re
jected—veas 12., nays 23.
Mr. POWELL offered a provision, that no per
son of African descent shall be commissioned as an
officer in the service of the United States. Adopted:
• YEAS.
Togo al.) ;Saulsbury (D.)
Kennedy (U.) Ten Eyck (R.)
1
.Lane (R.) Indiana Torple (b.)
Nen:tali (D.) .... Well (D.)
Powell (D.) . Willey (IL)
.Rickarancn (D.) Wllsou.,(U ). bro.
Chatullgr (R.) Orimes (It.) Pomeroy (II.)
Clark (R.) Harlan (R.) ' Sumner (R.)
Doolittle (R.) Howard (IL ) . Trumbull (R.)
Festmudeu (II.) Ring (R. Wilk)uson (R.,)
Foot (R.) . Lane (P...i i KNIMA4 wawa (R.), Mau
Foster (IL ) Morrill ( . )
Cowan (U.)
Doris (U.)
HordinT(U.)
Harris (R.)
Henderson (U.)
Hicks (U.)
HOWARD offered an amendment that any
person belonging to or getting up any secret society
hostile to the United States shall, on conviction, be
impileoned for not less than five nor more than ten
years, or fined not less than .$5,000 nor more than
$10,000; and such person shall disclose the secret
passwords, &c., of the society. He said his amend
ment referred principally to the so-called Knights of
the Golden Circle.
Bir k RICHARDSON
.eald he could not prove that
this orgapiZation belonged to the Senator's party,
and woe for the purpose of establishing a =HAW
despotism.
After further (ilea:Maslen the amendment was
withdrawn.
Mr. LANE., of Kansas, °Mil Rlt amendment td
the proVieo ollered by Mr. Powell!'"fd that it would
read that no person of African descd.'ffrall be com
missioned as an officer in the service of. the United
States except company raceme, and in companies
composed exclusively of persons of African descent.
Adopted—yeas 19, nays 17.
The bill was then passed—yeas 26, nays 10.
IVIr. Cornell Jewett.
Dlr. COWAN (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, presented
the petition of W. C. Jewett, of Colorado, praying
for immediate action on the bill'for the admission of
Colorado into the Union, as highly important to the
interests of the country, and showing to Europe and
the South an unflinching determination to maintain
the Union with its constitutional guarantees to all
sections. -
Internal. Revenue Bill.
IVIr..FESSIENI)EN (Rep.), of Mine, called
up the Internal Revenue bit'.
An amendment was adopted fixing the license of
retail liquor dealers at $2O.
The Floiiseamendment taxing all steam engines,
including locomotives, 1,% per cent. ad valorem, was
disagreed to, and a tax of 3 per cent. ad valorem on
marine engines substituted.
The House tax oft per cent, ad valorem onteady.
made clothing was struck out, and the tax on cus
tom work increased to aper cent.
The .House amendment, taxing skins• Wee per
cent., was struck out.
Salary of Collectors.
- -
Mr. PESSENDEN (Rep.), of Maine, offered an
amendment, providing that the salary of no collee
tor shall exceed nve thousand dollars exclusive of
the expenses of his office. Adopted.
Mr. COLLAMES (Rep.), of Vermont, offered nn
amendment laying a tax of 2 per cent. on all ships,
steamboats, canal boats, and all other vessels of wa
tercraft hereafter built. Agreed to—yeas 26, nays 12.
Mr. ILENDERSON (Union), of Missouri moved
to strike out the tax of fifteen cents a pound on ma
nufactured tobacco. He said it wan an unjust and
onerous tax on the people of his State. The motion
was rejected—yeas 10, nays 25.
Mr. ANTHONY (U.), of Rhode Island, moved an
amendment that raw and manufactured cotton, the
growth or produce of countries oeyond the Cape of
Good Hope, when imported from this side of the
Cape, shall pay no greater duty than is imposed on
the same articles when imported directly from the
places beyond the ()ape. Adopted.
When the bill was reported to the Senate Mr.
Powell insisted on a separate vote on each amend
ment.
The amendment increasing the tax on custom tat
lor, milliner, and shoemaker's work to 8 per cent.,
was not concurred in ; so the tax remains at 1 per
cent.
The bill was then passed.
Mr. TRUMBULL (Rep.), of Illinois, called up
the report of the committee of conference on the
indemnification bill, at 1031 o'clock.
RI r. WA LE(D.) addressed the Senate at length. He
considered this bill as most dangerous to the liber
ties of the people. With the conscription bill, it
will give the President more than dictatorial pow
ers, and will open the Iron doors of the Mathes of
the country to immure innocent men. It
was the embodiment of a pestilential heresy
that the power of suspending the. writ
of habeas corpus was vested in the Executive.
The last hope of liberty will he gone if this
bill is passed, And all the ohillandmnrks of the
Constitution will disappear one by one: Dur
ing the last two years every right of the
citizen had been violated. Men were impri
soned without cause, and refused a trial, and
incarcerated for months. Every constitutional out
post was driven in, and every personal guarantee of
'the citizen brushed alloy. All this had been done
by a CoVerninent professing to be fighting for the
Lnion, the Constitution, and the enforcement
of the laws; and this conduct was ap
plauded by lawyers and divines, and con
trect-lainting renegade Democrats. He himself
brut been in the grasp of this arbitrary power,
Imprisoned without cause and released, and to
this day he had never been able to learn any
cause for such punishment. Ile remembered
what A shock went over all the civilized world
when the infamous Ring Itqmba imprisoned a
few young men in the dungeons of Naples; but
though the dungeons were tilled the vengeance of
an outraged people rose to vindicate their rights.
And to-day Naples is redeemed, aud Rombals family
driven into exile. Vengeance is certain sooner or
Inter to overtake the oppressor. The Nemesis of
retribution, with flaming sword, follows Swiftly
after the tyrant.
The bill under consideration proposed to shelter
the President and his subordinates from the con
sequence of their unlawful acts, and to legalize an
illegality. He referred to the history of the
habeas corpus riot in England, and to the de
bates on the subject in this country. He claimed
that the right to suspend this writ was exclusive
ly a legislative act, and was never granted, or in
tended to be granted, to the Execulive. Ife re
plied at some length to the speech mule by Mr.
Field (hie predecessor), in favor of the exercise
of this power by the Executive. His argil
menu, he said, were the same as those made by
Charles I of England in favor of hie divine right
to suspend the writ. He quoted at considerable
length from the debates in the English Parliament
at that time. When one contrasts the sentiments
of the men of the Revolutionary era with the
thoughtless indifference and wretched subserviency
of the men who profess to be statesmen and patriots
now, he may well etand aghast at the fearful de
generacy of the times. It is a libel on the wisdom
and patriotism of our fathers to suppose that the
Executive has any such power as to suspend this
writ.
t• At is o'clock, Mr. SAULSBURY moved to ad
journ. Rejected—yeas 5, nays 31.
Nr.POWELL(Dem.)movedtolaythebillon the
table, and asked the yeas and nays.
The Senate refused to order the yeas and nays, and
the motion was rejected.
Mr. POWELL then moved that the bill be lade-
Bnitely_poatponed.
Mr. RICHARDSON demanded the yeas and
nays. They were not ordered, and the motion was
rejected.
IVIr. POWELL commenced speaking against the
bill.
Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep.), of Wisconsin, asked if
the Senator admitted there was any power to sus
pend the writ of habeas corpus at any hourt
Mr. POWELL said he did admit that.
Mr. DOOLITTLE asked if there wag a rebellion
In the countty.
Mr. POWELL said there was a. very formidable
one.
Mr. DOOLITTLE. Is it endangering the public
safety.
Mr. POWELL thought it was, and that the ae
tion of the Senator , ., party also endangered public
safety.
Mr. DOOLITTLE. asked if the Senator could con
ceive of a rebellion more likely to endanger the pub
lie safety and to require the suspension of thiqwrit.
Mr. POWELL said, certainly he could. He
thought there were two wars going on ; one at the
South against the Government, and one at the
North a. inst the Constitution.
Mr. Di OLITTLE. What rebellion has ever com
pared with the present one?
Mr. TRUMBULL called the Senator from IVis
consin to order, as he was addressing the Senator
from Kentucky, and not the chair.
Mr. "POWELL continued his remarks.
At 12:40 A. M. Mr.EICHARDSON moved to ad
journ. Rejected—yeas 6, nays SO.
Mr. POWELL resumed, contending at length
that the bill was unconstitutional. It admitted
that the President bad violated the Constitution.
Dlr. COWAN (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, said it was
the duty of a citizen to obey the laws as expressed
by the constitutional authorities. We are now at
titer, and, if war was so declared by the proper au
thorities, the nation should be unanimous in its
prosecution, and nobody should oppose the war. In
a time like this, we should, instead of daily attempt
ing to expose the faults of the Executive, be willing
to throw the mantle of charity over his error. Our
duty, in his judgment, was to make war, and keep.
our people hopeful and united in the contest, that
no heart may fail in the struggle.' He hail some re
spect for the men who were attempting to over
throw the Government for their unanimity. lie
could not conceive of the rebel 5c.c.ct.,,,-,.+th--41i,
fate of the nation on tholr hands, occupying their
time at half past one o'clock in the morning with
filibustering.
Mr. WALL said this was not legislation
against the rebels, but against our own people in
the North.
Mr. COWAN regretted that the state of
things had made it necessary. He thought that in
a time like this we should unite instead of sowing
seeds of dissension. He thought no one would get
thanks or credit for this opposition down below.
Mr. RICE (In his seat.) Nor above.
COWAN said the rebels would give no one
credit for it. They would say, a lt you mean to help
UP, why do not you come out and help usi" Now,
why could we not cease this etrifel
Mr. SAULSBURY (11) asked why the party of
the Senator could not cease their attempt to destroy
slavery by this species of legislation I
Mr. COWAN said he was willing to forget all
party; to leave the past, and look only forward; to
forget all injuries that may have been inflicted •on
him in order to save the country. If we fail in
this struggle, history will say the responsibility
rests partly on the excesses of the dominant party
and also to the factious opposition of the minority,
who, by widening. the breach, allow the enemy
to steal in and destroy the country. If we
would unite, we would present a glorious sight to
the world. But if anything could make the world
willing to see Republicanism destroyed, it would
be the spectacle witnessed by the galleries
tonight. Are:we fighting against the common
enemy 1 Not at all. We are fighting this bill.
with hearts burning against each other instead of
against the enemy. It those who felt opposed to
the war had not made a factious opposition and
tried to excite dissension, we should never have
heard of any arbitrary arrests. He said these things
more with sorrow than anger.
[We close our report at 41: A. DI. The Senate is
still in session.]
•
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. .
Private Registers.
On motion of Plr. WASIiBURNE (Rep.), of Illi
nois, from the Committee of Commerce, the Secre
tary of the Treasury was authorized to issue regis
ters to certain vessels, in accordance with the prayer
of the petitioners.
Ties Jualetnl System.
The House receded from its amendment to the
Senate bill entitled "a supplement to the act regu
lating the judicial system of the United States."
The amendment gave the district courts the admi
ralty jurisdiction over the hikes and adjacent
waters.
Indepentleut Telegraph.
The House concurred in the Senate's amendment
to the bill granting permission' to the Independent
Telegraph Company, the line extending from Port
land to Washington, to extend their wires into the
District of Columbia. The amendment grants Wild
hr privileges to any other corporation or company,
Pay of the Sick and Wounded.
The House passed the Senate bill authorizing the
Paymaster General to take immediate measures for
the payment of the sick and wounded in the conva
lescent camps and hospitals within sL'cty days.
Signal Corps.
The Senate bill to organize the signal corps, after
amendments, was passed.
Temporary Suspension of the Habeas Corpus.
Corpus.
The House, by a vote of 97 to 36, concurred in the
report of the committee of conference on the disa
greeing votes of the two houses to indemnify the
President and other persons for suspending the pri
vilege of the writ of habeas corpus.
The bill is as follows :
An Act relating to habeas corpus, and regulating
judicial proceedings in certilst cases.
Be it enacted. ha the Senate and llau.se of Reprecenta-
UMW of the United States of America. in °camas as
eembled, 'That, during the present rebellion..the Presi
dent of the United States, whenever in hisjudgment the
public safety may require it, la authorized to
any
the privilege of the writ of Milieu
corpus - in case
throughonr the United States, or any part thereof. And
whettesfer and wherever the said privilege shall be one
pendtd, so aforesaid, no military or other officer shall
be compelled, in answer to any writ of Imbeds corpus,
to return the body of any person or persons detained by
him by authority of the President; but upon a cortldcate,
sinner oath, of the o ffi cer having. charge of any one so
detained, that inch imams is detained by him as a
pri
sonar, under authority of the President, farther pro
ceedings under the writ of habeas corpus shallbe sus
peraltd by the judge or court having Issued the said
writ, so long as said suspension shall remain in force
and rebellion continue.
. „ .
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary
of State and the Secretary of War be, and they are
hereby, directed, as goon as may bepracticable, to fur
nish to the judges of the Circuit and District Courts of
the Unita d States, and of the District of. Columbia, at list
of the names of all persons, citizens of States in which
the administration of the laws has continued unim
paired in the said United States courts, who are now, or
may hereafter be, held as prisoners of the United States,
by order or authority of the }'resident of the United States
or either of raid Secretaries, iu any fort, arsenal, or other
Place, as state or political prisonerta.or otherwise than as
prisoners of war; the said list to contain the names
of all those . who reside in the respective jurisdic
tions of said judges, or who may be deemed by the said
Secretaries, or either of them, to have violated any law
of the United States in any of said jurisdictions, anti
also the dale of each arrest—the Secretary of State to fur
nish a list of such persons as are imprisoned by the. or
der or authority of the President, acting through the
State Department, and the Secretary of War a list of such
as are imprisoned by the order or authority , of the Pres'.
dent,.actin,t , through the Department of War. And in.
alt cases where a grandjury having attended airy of
said courts having jurisdiction in the premise, after
the passage of this act, anal after the furnishing of said
list, as aforesaid, has terminated its session without
finding an' indictment, or pre.sentment, or other pro
ceeding against any inch person, it shall be the duty of
the judge of said court forthwith to make an order that
any susb prisoner desiring a discharge from said. lin
prisonment be brought hetore him to be discharged; and
every °Met r of the United States having custody of such
prisoner is hereby directed immediately to obey and exe
cute said judge's order ; and in case he shall delay or re
fuse so to do, he snall be subject to indictment for a mis
demeanor, and be punished by a fine of not loss than
five laindi ed dollar's and imprisonment in the common
Jail fors yea iod not less than six months, iu the discre
tion of the court; Provided, howerer, That -no person
Shall he discharged by virtue 01 the provisions of this
sit Until after he or she shall have taken an oath of
allegiance to the Coveinment of tho United States,
and to support the Constitution' thereof; and that
he or she wall not hereafter; in any war, encourage or
give aid and comfort to the present rebellion or the slut
porterwthereof ; A ad 9r. orideei, a lso, That the judge ur
C4llO. befure whom such person may be brought, before
direharging him or tier frost imprisonment; shall have
power, on examination of the case and. ti the 'moll°
safety sl all require it, shell be required to cause him or
her to enter into recogutzaucr, with or without surety,
in a rum to be fixed by said judge or court to keep the
peace and be t rimed behavior towards the United States
and its citizens, and from time to time, and at such
limes as such judge or court may direct. :input before
said judge or court to be furtt.or dealt with, liCeOrd illg to
law, as the tarcrunstances may require. And it Shall
be the duty of the District Attorney - of the United States
toot telid such examination before thelodge. ~
Sac. 3 . A n d i m it/attherennacted, That in case anyof
such prisoners shallbe nutlet indictment or presentment
for any offence a g ai nst the laws of the United Suites, and
by existing law. bail or a recognizant% may be taken for
the aypearance for trial - of such Person, ft shall be the
duty of said judge at once to dischergestich person upon
hail or recognisance for trial as aforesaid. And iu case
the said Secretaries of State and War shall for any rea
t.on reuse tar omit to furnish the said list of persons
laid as prisoners as•aforesatial at the lime of the pas
sage of this Oct within twenty days thereafter, amid
sorb. Tersely; as hereafter may be arrested withia
twenty claps from the time of the arrest, any citizen
may, after a grand jury shalt have terminated its see.
mien without Arming an indictment or presentment, as
.presided in the second section of this act, by a peti
tion alleging the fade aforesaid touching any of the per-
Pans co as aforesaid imprisoned, /imported by the oath
of such petitioner, or any other credible person, obtain
and be entitled to have the said judge's order to die
cm, rge such prisoner ou the same terms and conditions
prescribed in the acm' section of this act: Proricted,•
homier, That the said judge shall be satisfied such alle
gation.; are tnie. •
See. 4. And be it further enacted, That any order of
the President, or under h a authority, made at any time
during the existence of the present rebellion, shall be
a defteire in all courts to any action or prosecution, civil
or ciiminal. pending or to be commenced, for way search,
seizure, arrest, or imprisonment, made, done, or com
mitted, or acts omitted to he done, under and by Vlr'
tun of such order, or under color of any law of Congress;
and each defense may be made by special plea, or nutter
the general issue.
See. L. And be it farther enacted, That if any snit or
Prosecution. civil or criminal, has been or shall be
commenced in any State court against any officer, civil
or military, or against any other person, for any arrest
or Imprisonment made, or other trespasser' or wrongs
done or committed, or any act omitted to be done, at any
time during the present rebellion, by virtue or ender
color of any authority derived from or exercised by or
under the President of the United States, or any act of
Congreas,and the defendaut shall. at the time of entering
his appearance in such court,or if smell appearance shall
have been entered before the passage of this act, then at
the next session of tte court in which such snit or proms
cone,' is pending. file ti petition, stating the facts
and vented by affidavit, for the removal of the cause for
trial at the next Circuit Court of the United States, to be
holden in the district where the snit is pending, and of
fer good and sufficient surety for his Ming in such court
On tic first day of its session, copies of snob process and
other proceedings against him, and also for his appear
ing in such court and entering special bail in the cause.
if special ball was originally required therein, it shall
(hen be the ditty of the State Court to accept the surety
anti proceed no further in the cause or prosecution: and
the bail that shall have beta originally taken shall be
discharged. And such copies being • fled as afore
said in such court of the United States, the cause
shell proceed] therein in the same manner as if it'
hod been brought in said court by original premees,
Whatever may be the amount in dispute, or the damages
claimed, or whatever the eltizenehip of th e parties , any
former law to the contrary untwithatanding. Aud any
attachment of the goods or estate of the defendant, by
the original process, shalt hold the geode or estate so
attached to answer the final judgment iu the same man
ner as by the laws of such State they would }lava been
holden to answer final judgment had it been rendered in
t be ante in which the stilt or prosec u t ion wee commenced.
And it shall be lawful in any such action or prosecution
which may he now Pending, or hereafter commenced,
before any State court whim:wet% for any cause afore
said, after fluid judgment, for either party to remove
and transfer, by appeal, such case during the session or
tern) of said court at which the same shall have taken
place, from such court to the next circuit court of the
United Settee to.be held in the district In which such
thrash shall lie taken, in manner aforesaid. And it
shall be the duty of the person taking mach appeal to
Produce and file in the maid circuit court attested copies
of the premix. proceedings, and judgment in sueb
cause; and it shall aim lie competent for either party,
within six months after the rendition of a jndgment in
any such sense, by writ of error or other process, to re
move the eame to the circuit court of the United States of
that district In which such judgment shall have been
rendered; and the said circuit court shall thereupon
proceed to try and determine the facts and the law
in such action, in the same manner us if the same
Lad been there originally commenced, the jittlinieint
in such ewe notwithstanding. And any hall which
may have been taken or property attached shall lie
holden on the anal judgment of the said circuit court
in such action, in the same manner as If uo such re
moval and transfer had been made as aforesaid. Aud
the. State' court from which any such action, civil or
criminal, may be removed and transferred as aforesaid,
upon the parties givieir good and sufficient security for
the prosecution thereof, shall allow the same to bo re
moved and transferred, and proceed no further in the
cane • Prorfded, Itoteerer, That if the party aforesaid
shall fall dnly to enter the removal and transfer, as
aforesaid, in the circuit court of the United States, agree
ably to this act, the State court by which judgment
pl sit have been rendered. and from which the transfer
and removal shall have been made, as aforesaid, shall be
authorized, on motion for that purpose, to IMO exeen
lion, and to carry into effect any such judgment, the
same as if no such removal and transfer had been made :
And provided, also. That no such appeal or writ of er
ror shall be allowed in any criminal action or prosecu
tion where tined judgment shall have been rendered in
favor of the defendant or respondent by the State court.
And if in any stilt hereafter commenced the plaintiff is
nousnited, or judgment pass against him, the defendant
shall recover double costs.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That any Snit or
prosecution described in this act, in which final lodg
ment may bo rendered in the eircnit 'court, may be car
ried by writ of error to the Supreme . Court. whatever
may be the amount of said judgment.
Sec. 7. And be ft further enacted That no suit or
prosecution, civil or criminal, shall l ie maintained for
any arrest or imprisonment made, or other trespasses or
Wrongs done or committed, or act omitted to be done, at
any time during the present rebellion, by virtue or un
der color of any authority derived from or exercised by
or under the President of the United States, or by or
under any act of Congress, unless the same shall have
been commenced within two years next after such arrest,
imprisonment, trespass or wrong may have been done
or committed, or act may have been omitted to be done :
Provided, That in no case shall the limitation herein
provided commence to run nntil the passage of
sO that no party shall, by virtue of this act. be debarred
ofahis remedy by suit or prosecution until two years
from and after the passage of this act. ..
The vote on the bill was as follows:
FBAS.
"Fishsr (R.)
Franchot (R.)
Frank (11.)
Goodwin (R.)
Gurley (R.)
Hahn (U.)
Hale (U.) 1•
HalTlBoll (U.)
Hooper (R.)
Horton (R.)
Hutchins (R.)
Julian (R.)
Kelley (R.)
Kellogg (R.) Mich.
Kellogg (R. ) Ills.
Killinger (R.)
IL'en."l,Bi-neC(D.)
Lohman (11. )
.Loomis (R.)
Low (R.)
Mclndoe (R.)
McKean (It )
McKnight (R..)
McPherson (IL)
Marston (R )
Maynard (II.)
Mitchell (R.)
Moorhead (It.)
Merrill (R.) Me.
NLvon (It.)
Olin (R.)
Patton (R.)
Phelps (R.) Cal.
NAYS.
Allen (D.) Ohio Johnson (D.) IShiel (D.)
Allen (D. )Illiuois Kerrigan (D.) Smith (R.)"
Ancona (D.) Knapp (D.) Steele (D.) N. Y.
Biddle (D.) Law (1).) Steele (ll.) N. J.
Calvert (1.f.) • Mallory (U.) tiles (D. )
.c r i L l: 6 l': 54 1 2 'L h ( ) , ma- 1, (1 1- )Nass
Aldrich (R. )
Arnold (R. )
Ashley (R. )
Babbitt (R..)
Baker (R.)
Baxter (R.)
Beaman (R..)
Bingham (R.)
Blau (17.):Va.
Blair (R. ), Pa
Blake (R.)
Brown (U. ) Va.
Butbuton (B.)
Campbell (R.)
Casey (11)
Chamberlain (R.)
Clark (R. )
Colfax (R.)
Conklinc P.A. (R.) I
R
Coukling R. (B.)
Conway (R.)
Cutler (R.)
Davis (R.)
Dawes (R.)
Delano (R.)
Dunn (R..)
Edgerton (R )
Eliot (R. )
Ely (R.)
Fenton (R.)
Fessenden,S.C.(R)
FesnendonT. A. D.
(Nen.)
Flanders (U.)
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aad tgliam. D.
Delaidaine (D.) Morris (D.) Voorhees (D. )
Dunlap (U.)'Noble (D.) Wadsworth (D.)
Eualb.ii CD.) !Norton (I).) Ward (D,. )
Granger. (R.) Nnain (I). ) White (D.) Ohio.
Orider (U.) Pendleton (D.) Wickliffe (D.)
Hall (D) Perry (D.) , Wood (D.)
Harding (D.) Price (D.) . 'Woodruff (2_l . -
} . lolxnais-(1).) ..._'t!.: .RP..bl....tart (1).) ` II Oman (1).) -
Court of Claims.
Mr. PORTER (Rep.), of Indiana, from the com
mittee of conference, made a report upon the die
agreeing votes to the bill amendatory of the act
establishing the Court of Claims, which was adopted
by the two 'Rouses. The compromise provides for
two additional judges, and to retain the present
jurisdiction of the court.
Mining Interests.
The House passed the Senate bill disapproving of
certain acts of the Nevada Legislature, touching
the rights of foreign raining corporations within the
Territory.
Corurts for the District of Columbia-MI
The House then 'ook up the Senate bill reorganiz
ing the courts of the District of Columbia, and
authorizing the appointment of new judges.
Mr. PENDLETON (Dem.), of Ohio, moved its re
ference to the Judiciary Committee.
Not agreed to—yeas 67, nays 71.
Mr. PENDLETON moved to table the bill.
Mr. VOORHEES (Dem.), of Indiana, asked to be
excused from voting.
This was decided in the affirmative.
Mr. VALLANDIGHAIiI (Dem.) moved to recon
sider the vote by which Mr. Voorhees was excused,
and to Is that motion on the table.
Mr. BI "GRAM (Rep.) raised a point that mere
dilatory motions could not be made pending a de
mand for the previous question.
The STEAMER overruled the point of order.
Mr..I3IEGILAM. subsequently withdrew his ques
tion.
No quorum voted by the yeas and nays on Mr
Vallancligham , s motion.
The roll was then called thrice in succession, no
quorum voting either time, though a count by the
Speaker showed that there was one present.
On taking the vote for the fifth time a quorum
voted—yeas 18, nays 20.
The question recurred on Mr. Penaleton's motion
to lay the District Court bill on the table. When
Kr. PENDLETON asked to be excused from
voting. No quorum voted.
.Dlr. FENTON (Rep.)., of New Tork, moved that
there be a call of the Douse, and the question was
decided in the affirmative.
➢lr. KELLOGG- (Rep.), of Illinois, proposed a
compromise, that the House now take a recess till 7
o'clock, and the further consideration of the bill be
postponed till to-morrow nt 3 o'clock.
The propoeltion met with general acquiescence
EVENING SESSION
Election of Congressmen in Tennessee and
Louisiana.
Mr. DAWES (Rep.), of Massachusetts, from the
Committee on Elections, reported a bill authorizing
the acting governors of Tennessee and Louisiana to
issue writs of election for representatives to Con
gress, according to the laws of those States.
Mr. WICKLIFFE (D.), opposing the bill, said
the free black man has not the privilege of suffrage
in Louisiana. The bill says " every free person,"
Mr. DAWES explained that that part of the bill
was drawn up by thergentleman from Louisiana (Mr.
Hahn), and the words were copied from the consti
tution of that State. Besides, the Constitution of
the United States fixes the qualifications of voters.
Mr. WICKLIFFE said the insertion of the word
" white" would not hurt the clause.
The bill was passed—yeas 101, nays 27.
Assistant Treasurer.
The Senate bill authorizing the appointment of
en Assistant Treasurer of the United States was
passed.
The Pacific Railroad.
The Senate bill to establish the gauge of the Pa
cific Railzoad and its branches, namely, at 4 feet 63;
inches, was passed.
Bills from Ilic Senate Passed.
The House passed the following Senate bills: An
act providing that the supreme . court or- rneunited
States shall hereafter consist of one chief justice
and nine associate justices, one of whom shall hold
court in the new circuit of California and Oregon.
An act granting alternate sections of land to
Karma for railroad and telegraph purposes.
An act providing that there shall be appointed one
midshipman between fourteen and eighteen years
for each member and delegate, recommended by
members and delegates of the present Congress, to
immediately form a class according to the present
regulation and qualifications for admission.
An act giving the right of pre-emption to settlers
on the Soscoe Ranche, California.
An Act authorizing the Postmaster General to
take such measures as, may be advisable to avoid
lasses to the department owing to the failure to pre
pay postage on foreign correspondence.
An set giving to soldiers discharged from service
in consequence of wounds or sickness the same
bounty as if they had served two years.
An act providing for the removal of certain bands
of the Sioux Indians from Kansas,
An act merging the two branches of army engi
neers.
An act authorizing the President to confer the
brevet rank on such commissioned officers as have,
or may hereafter distinguish themselves by gallant
action ; but such brevet is not to carry additional
pay.
An act to carry into effect the recent convention
with Peru, for the settlement of claims, providing
for the appointment of two commissioners and other
officers.
An act to facilitate the taking of testimony to be
used in foreign countries for legal purposes.
An act granting the use of the Judiciary or Armo
ry Square, on which to erect a home for destitute
newsboys.
An act to incorporate the institution for the edu
cation of the colored youth of the District of Co
tumble.
The Mendocino Reservation.
The House laid on the table the Senate bill au
thorizing the sale and survey of the Mendocino re
servation, California.
Thanks to Gen. Reitecrans.
The. Senate Joint resolution tendering the thanks
of Congress to Gen. Rosecrans, and his officers and
Men for their gallantry and good conduct at the battle
of Murfieeaboro, teas passed.
The Revenue,
- •
Mr. SHEFFIELD (U.), of Rhode Island, reported
a bill from the Committee of commerce in relation
to ❑:e revenue and to punish frauds.
The bill was passed.
Letters of Marque.
Mr. SEDGWICK (Rep.), of New York, from the
Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the Senate
bill Authorizing the President to issue letters of
marque and reprisal. It was passed.
Conduct of the War.
The Senate's resolution, authorizing the Commit
tee on the Conduct of the War to continue in session
thirty days after the, adjournment of Congess, in or
der to complete the examination of important wit
nesses, was adopted.
Branch Mint.
The .bill locating a branch mint at Carson city,
Nevada Territory, was passed.
Dcaortion of the Duty on Paper.
Pitr.11101(1(1.LL (B.), from the Committee of
Waye and Means, reported a bill, which was passed,
in relation to the revenue, and reducing .the duty on
printing paper from 95 to 20 per centum. •
At a quarter to twelve o'clock the Houe a d,
punted.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE,
HARIIII36OIIO. March 2, 1863.
SENATE.
EVENING SESSION.
Bills, Petitions, ace.
The OPEATUR. laid before the Senate a memorial from
the Board of Trade of Philadelphia. artaitiet the tax bill
reported by the commissioners to revise thenrveune
laws.
A memorial from tlio Society of Friends, asking ex
emption from the military senace and flues, was re
ceived.
Also. a remonstrance from Philadelphia, against the
construction of a railroad on Broad street.
A petition of slxty-six, citizens of Juniata county for
the excloelon of nogroos and the removal of those al
ready hero Within three years.
Mr. CONNELL introduced a bill relative to the school
house prtperty of the Sliders of the Holy Cross, Phila
delphia; also, a bill relative to the house and• grounds
of the Sisters of Saint Joseph. et Chestnut Hill. The
bill incorporating the Tinierint Fishing Company of Phi
ladelphia rimed'.
Mr. COIV NELL called up the supplement to the Phila
delphia and Delaware River Railroad; which passed
finally.
Mr. REILLY called up the supplement to the Allen
town Railroad Company. reducing the number of direc
tors from twelve to six, which passed
Mr. HISISTAND called op thesupplament to the Wash
ington and Maryland Line Railroad Company, which
passed finallq
Mr. It .DOWAY'S bill, to incorporate the Waehoe Sil
ver Mining Company, of Waahoc,also passed.
The Ileum met at half past seven P. M.
A motion was made that hereafter afternoon session
be held. It was amended to road Wednesday, Thurs
day, end Friday afternoons. and then waged:
Leave wan granted to Mr. 11VITCHELL to prerontfa
joint resolution with reference to the pay of cliAcharged
soldiont, and that the Governor be requested to com
municate with the Secretory of War concerning the
home. Concurred in.
Large numbers of petitions were offered against arbi
trary arrests. and for calling a national Convention.
One from Montgomery county raiment' yards long.
One from the citizens of liradford comity, for the re
peal of an tonnage duties.
Several asking for appropriations; thirty thousand
dollars (i3O,DiA) for the School of llerign for Women.
Ono prcvid iu a for the punishment of any person who
joins in marriage blacks nod whites. •
One against the construction of dams on the Susi:tun
hanna.
One signed by many Philadelphians asking that yearly
compensation be made to such teachers as may be re
tired by the School Board.if they have served twenty
live years. A memorial from the Board of Trade (Phi
ladelphia) in reference to taxation. A number of bills
were reported; inertly unimportant.
An act to allow the Crandon institutions to appropri
ate the surplus of the loan fund to the charity fund.
Adjourned.
Accident to a Troop Train in Missouri.
ST. Louis,
March 2.—While the 24th Missouri
Volunteers, Col. Boyd, were coming from Pilot
Knob, on the Iron Mountain Railroad, on Saturday,
a large tree fell across the track just in front of the
engine. The train was wrecked, and three soldiers
were killed, and five severely wounded, and fifteen
or twenty slightly injured. The accident occurred
about thirty miles from here.
Death of Rev. Dr. Henry Jackson.
PnOVIDENCE, R. 1., March 2.—Rer. Dr. Henry
Jackson, a well-known Baptist minister of New
port, died instantly in the cars to-clay, - while going
from here to East Greenwich.
" Oyu STARS."—This is the title of a handsome
little book laid upon our table yesterday. It con
tains a number of entertaining sketches and poems,
by E. Norman Gunnison, Esq., of the Second New
Hampshire Infantry, and the volume is dedicated
to Hooker's Division, It is an acceptable ane of
that world-renowned corps of veterans, and will be
read by all who have relatives in the Army of the
Potomac. The concluding paper is devoted to an
expression of the true sentiments of our soldiers in
the field, and is justly denunciatory.of the enemies
of the Government in the North who are trying to
thwart its endeavors in crushing this wicked rebel
lion. The volume may be bad of all booksellers.
A 1300 K Or LYRIC POEMS, chiefly songs of the
war, by Kane O'Donnel, will be published in a few
days, and will be for sale by Zieber. Mr. O'Donnel
is a well-known contributor to the press of this city,
and his volume should attract attention.
LARGE POSITIVE SALT: OF BOOTS AND SHOE:4,
AND Gum SHOES.—The early attention of purcha
sers is requested to the large assortment of boots,
shoes, gum shoes, satchels, valises, counters, &c.,
embracing about 700 packages of first-class season
able 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 B. Myers & Co., auctioneers, Nos. 232 and 231
Market street.
Me (R. )
Pomerox(R.)
Porter (K )
Rice (R.) me.
Rtdd i to (R.)
Rollins (R.), N.H.
Sargeant (R.)
Sedgrivlelt (R.)
Segar (U.)
Shanks (R.)
Shellabarger (R.)
Sherman (R.)
Sloan (R.)
Sostrildlas (R.)
Stevens (R.)
Stratton (It. )
Thomas (U.) Md
' Trimble (U.)
Trowbridge (R. )
Vim Horn (R.)
'Van Valkenbnrg
THE NEW CHESTWITT-STICEET THEATIte.—The
engagement of Mr. Edwin Forrest continues to be
a great success. The new theatre, which becomes
more and more , a favorite with the people as they
become familiar with Its beauties and comforts, is
now the scene of a succession of triumphs. The
attraction of Mr. Forrest is, of course, unprece
dented, but he is supported by one of the most un
ostentatious companies that we have ever had in
Philadelphia. It is one of the few companies, if
not the only one, that we have ever seen capable of
playing "Hamlet"perfectly. Every actor seemed
to be in the proper part, and even laying aside the
great tragedian himself, the play was a perfection
of careful, thorough, and beautiful acting. We
make this reference to "Hamlet" because it enables
us to pay a merited compliment to Mr. Wheatley
and his company. Last evening Mr. Forrest ap
peared as Brutus, in the play depicting Tarquin , s
fall. It was a wonderful performance, and called
forth loud applause. The play itself ; rugged, rough,
bold, with a certain degree of beauty, is full of fine
situations, and is very difficult to perform. This eve
ning it is reproduced.
Miss Western plays in the sensation play of
"East Lynne" on Wednesday. Seats can be secured
three days in advance.
THE WALITUT-STREET THEATIM—Mr. Eddy and
kiss Lenin' are still playing a very successful
engagement.
THE ARCH-STREET TIVEATn —:We did not Bee Mr.
John Wilkes Booth last evening, but hope to have a
word or two to say in reference to his acting when
ever we have the opportunity of seeing him. To
night he plays Pescara, one of his father's great
parte.
MUSICAL Fun) IiALL.—CA2LOTTA PATTI'S
Felten-err CONClinr.—The grand Farewell benefit
to Miss Patti, at the Musical Fund Hall, on Friday
evening, promises to be the musical gem of the sea
son. Miss Patti will sing four of her favorite pieces
tie concert, accompanied on the piano by Mr. Charles
Jarvis. The Carl Anschutz German Opera Com
pany appear ..in conjunction with Miss Patti and
will execute several choice ensetnide pieces, with a
grand chorus and orchestra. The programme is de
cidedly attractive,. and the. hall will be crowded.
Seats may be secured on Thursday next, at Could's
music store.
A CADEatr OF MUSIC-OEII3IAX OrEltA.—Mr.
Birgfeld announces that the regular season of the
favorite Anschutz German Opera Troupe will open
to-morrow evening, with -the celebrated, opera of
"Seraglio," by Mozart, with all of its exquisite
musical gems and difficult orchestration. The season
bids fair to be even more successful than the last.
The orchestra and chorus will be superior. All of
the favorites will appear during the season.
Tiix ACA Dkair Hexityrr.—The grand opera of
"A Night in Grenada" will be given, for the last
time this season, to-night by the German Opera
Troupe for the benefit of the Repair Fund of the
Academy. The cause is good ; the opera is one of
the finest that the company will produce, and drew
crowded houses on the two previous representa
tions. Madame Ratter will give her pleasing trou
badour Bong in the course of the opera. The friends
of musical advancement should be liberal in subscri
bing towards a fund for keeping our Academy com
fortable and in perfect order. It is one of the great
institutions of our city, of which we all feel proud,
and is already a fixture for Philadelphia. We hope
to see the Academy of Music crowded this evening.
(Rem )
Vaal Wyck (R)
Verree (R.)
Walker (R.)
Wall (R.)
Wallace (R.)
Washburne cm
Wheeler (D.)
White (R.), Ind
Wilson (R.)
Windom (R.)
Worcester (R.)
A COMP.I.DIENT TO A VET.ErtAIV ACTOR.—We are
pleased to learn that an evening of the present week
is to be devoted to a benefit to Mr. Chas. S. Porter,
a native of this city, and one of the oldest American
actors now living. Mr. Porter, in his early theatri
cal career, was associated with Mr. Edwin Forrest,
and, as such, is one of the founders of that school
of American histrionic talent which has given so
many glorious lights tothe theatrical world. Re
was, for many years, a great favorite at both the
Arch and Walnut-street Theatres, but for the past
twelve or fifteen years he has been manager of a
number of the Western theatres, in which position
he has always endeavored to give tone and character
to the drama. 'We learn that Messrs. Edwin Adams,
E. Eddy, and W. It. Blake have tendered their ser
vices, and we trust that the many old friends of Mr.
Porter will acknowledge his worth and a remem
brance of him.
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MEETING OF Tint WELSH SOCIETY.—
St. David's Day was celebrated yesterday by the
Welsh Society. The annual meeting was held at 12
o'clock neon in the Wetherill House, when the an.
nual reports were read, and the following gentlemen
chosen officers for the ensuing year: President—
Horatio Gates Jones. Tice President—Ellis Lewis.
Secretary—William F. Parry. Treasurer—William
H. Morgan. Register—Miles N. Carpenter. Stew
ards—Thomas Evans, Aaron V. Gibbs, Maurice
Bywater, Samuel Jenkins, William Griffith, Richard
B. Wizc, Chas. 3. Thomas. Physicians—James
Bryan, M. D., John M. Pugh, M. D. Counsellors—
Jacob Broom, John P. Owens.
In the evening the annual banquet was given at
the Girard House, the company sitting down at 3,}'
to n very sumptuous repast. Mr. Jones presided,
with Mr. Lloyd P. Smith as his vis-a-vis. Among
those present were Judge Hare, of the District Court,
Judge Thompson, of the Court of Common Pleas,
Morton McMichael, Esq., of the :North American,
General Wistar, the representatives of the other so
cieties, and numerous other gentlemen. About
sixty gentlemen participated. The table was beau
tifully decorated. A letter wan received from Gov.
Curtin, expressing his regret at not being able to
attend. A number of Bongs were sung. Speeches
were made by Mr. H. G. Jones, Mr. L. P. Smith,
Judge Hare, Judge Thompson, Mr. 'McMichael, Mr.
John R. Young, and others. The company separa
ted at an early hour, after mpending together most
delightful evening. The following are the senti
ments proposed :
1. Y gwir yn erbyn y byd. (Truth against the
world.)
2. The memory of the renowned Prince Arthur,
Ring of Britain, and his valiant knights of the
Round Table.'
3. The memory of George 'Washington.
4. The Constitution of the United States and the
Constitution of Pennsylvania—the right and left
bowers of the ship .. f State.
6. The President of the United States. [Greeted
with three cheers.)
6. The Governor of Pennsylvania.
7. The press.
S. The memory of William Penn. His name
points out his Welsh descent.
"By Pry. Pol. and Pea, •
You may know the Cornish men.''
9. Foreign interference in domestic quarrels; may
it have the same result in National as in Fa - meg
pules.
to. The Army and Navy of the United Statrs ; the
palladium of our liberties in time of war.
11. The St. George's,_ Ilibernian, St. Andrew's;
and Albion Societies. We Arial' them God-speed in
their noble work.
12. The Judiciary.
13. The Founders of the Welsh Society. •
14. Woman. The hospitals of Philadelphia attest
the truth of the poet's lines—.
• when pain and anguish w ring the brow
A ministering angel thou."
ADDRESB OF THE 110IC. THOMAS SWANN.—
Last evening the Hon. Thomas Swann, et one time
Mayor of Baltimore, and one of the most loyal men
in the State of Maryland, by. invitation delivered
en address' at the Union League rooms, on Chestnut
street. His address was listened to with marked
attention by a large concourse of people, and
was received with loud and enthusiastic cheering.
HOUSE
Pay of DischargedSoldlers.
Public Amusements.
MASON JONES AT VIE ACADY.mT OF
Mosic.—A very slim attendance visited that' Aca
demy last evening, for the purpose of hearing the
oration of Mr. Mason Jones. The subject was,
"Curran and the Wits and Orators of the Irish
Bar." INhts opening remarks the speaker reverted
to the fact that the moat brilliant man, perhaps,
which Ireland, at her most brilliant era possessed,
was Curran. He has had numerous biographers.
His eon, and Thomas Davis, the poet, and Charles
Phillips have endeavored to do justice to his
memory. In writing the life of this great mite, the
biographer has a most splendid opportunity. Lord
Brougham has ventured to pronounce Mr. Phillips ,
life of Curran an inimitable piece of biography. The
lecturer hoped thereiwas no covert sarcasm hidden
in this brilliant panegyric, Byron, generally
so cynical and chary of his praise, speaks most en
thusiastically of Curran. Mr. Phillips, however,
instead of telling us everything of the great orator,
which we should most like to know, talks of any
thing and everything else. The Irish had not
really, as a nation, much to be proud of, and the
sooner they acknowledged it to themselves the bet
ter. But there were two things which they could
be proud of, and in which they whipped the world—
eloquence and music. These were the Irishman's
greatest glory. The lecturer unhesitatingly asserted
that all England, and all other nations, with America
at the back of them, could not boast so great a
number of distinguished orators as Ireland. The
lecturer then proceeded tol . sketch the dlfferencee
which prevailed between the different schools—the
classical and rhetorical. Curran possessed more of
the natural powers of oratory than any of his cotesa
porariee. While he was, perhaps, inferior to many
in some one respect, yet in that marvellous combi
nation of qualities. necessary to the Brat-chum orator
he was unequalled. His splendor of imagination,
richness of fancy, exuberant humor, pathos, sarcasm,
and wit, his witchery of manner, and his magnetic
command of his audience, were truly remarkable.
In versatility and extent of power he surpassed all
contemporaries. If he sometimes seemed to dazzle
and bewilder, he did it for a purpose, to place the
minds of his auditors in a state of fusion for the re
ception of the thoughts he was preparing for them.
Through the avenues of the intellect he stormed the
citadel of the heart. To sketch the leading events of
Curran's life would be the pleasing duty of the
lecturer, during the evening. Curran Was born in
the village of New Market, on the Wd of December,
1760. Hie father was a poor peasant ; his mo
ther was skilled in the music and legends of the
country. She communicated to "little Jacky,"
as she loved to call him, all that she herself
knew. When about nine years old the rector of
New Market was struck with the readiness and wit
of a droll, roguish little urchin. This was Curran.
The rector taught hint the elements of Latin and
Greek; and sent him to Middleton Classical School.
The master there, Mr. Casey, thrashed Greek and
Latin into him with a will. The boy was only
known at school as "stuttering Jack." Leaving
school, at the University of Dublin he was entered
a student at nineteen years of age. There he laid
the foundation of the character afteward ascribed to
him—that of being the wildest, wittiest, dreami
est student that ever was known. He and his cores
pardon were so miserably poor once that they had
only one pair of dress pantaloons between them!
He went to London. He relates, in a letter, that he
saw the "Queen, the monkeys, and all the lions."
At his debating club, he made several unsuccessful
attempts to speak, and was known ite Orator Mum:
Being reminded of this by a butcher at one of these
meetings, he replied in a strain that at once evinced
'his wonderful powers, and annihilated his coarse
minded opponent. He wrote, at that time, for periodi
cals. One day, having nothing wherewith to buy a din
ner, he strolled into Hyde Park and whistled an old
Irbil' air. A gentleman coming by, asked him why
he was there whistling, when everybody else was
dining. Curran replied that, his remittances not
having arrived, he had made up his mind to dine on
a whistle in the park. h Through the educational
influences of his mother he was thoroughly ac
quainted with thebible. The Prophets, the Psalms,
and the book of.Tob were his favorite portions. He
and Burke agreed that the latter book contained the
most sublime poetry ever written. Curran's me
mory was retentive, but his voice, at the commence
ment of his career, was against him—a miserable
squeaking treble, suggestive of a cart wheel, for
some weeks without grease. By culture he
rendered this organ one of great melody,
compass, and power. That he should have
grdwn despondent in the present, and despaired
of the future, is not to be wondered at. The firs
brief he obtained was at the court metres. With.
light pickets and a heavy heart, with his wife and
children the only furniture of his apartment, and
with as much chance of paying his rent as of paying
the national debt of England, he lived for awhile.
The landlady was an awful democrat—she knew no
gradations of rank but pounds, shillings, and pence.
This miserable condition, however, did not very
long continue. Within twelve months after this, he
was receiving an income of twenty thousand dollars.
Hie versatility was wondrous. To argue, to ridi
cule, to cajole, to mimic, were alike easy and na
tural to him. He could be familiar with the pea
sant, and in the next breath enchant the fastidious
scholar. His convivial nature was also brought
fully forward. He belonged to a society bearing
the singular title " The Monks of the Screw." He
was made Grand Prior of the Order, and his instal
lation was celebrated by the song commencing—
Wben St Patrick our. Order created,
And called us "The Monks of the Screw,
Good rules lie revealed to the Abbot,
To guide us in what we should do.
The laughable difficulties, great and small, be
tween the giant Egan. and Curran, were told with
much gusto, and their relation heartily receired by
the audience. At the duel which was to take place
between them, Egan, who was sic feet four, and
proportionately broad, objected on the ground of
hie being too sure a mark for his opponent. Curran
•replieu that he wished to taken° unfair advantage.
He suggested that a figure of precisely his own size
should be chalked out on Egan's enormous figure.
Curran would aim within that boundary. If his ball
should happen to hit outside the mark, he would be
content to let the shot go for nothing!
The irrresistible absurdity of such a suggestion
put an end to the duel. When Curran was asked to
act in a certalnmanner for the benefit of posterity,
he wanted to know what posterity had done for
him. By posterity he did not mean ancestors, but
those immediately following. He once complained
to Ashoemaker that, instead of making, according to
order, one of hie shoes larger than the other, he had
• done just the reverse—made one of them smaller
than the other! His invitation to a lord was irre
sistibly ludicrous. Fie hoped if his lordship was
ever within a mile of his house that he waster stay
there all night! Curran's eloquent passages, in re
gard to the emancipation act, were quoted by the
lecturer, and greeted with very great applause.
The lecturer considered those passages not only
poetically beautiful but also literally true. So per
fect was their artistic structure, that no ward or
syllable could be altered without destroying the me.
lody and rythm of the whole. As arising immedi
ately from thetheme he had mentioned. the speaker
remarked that through the madness of Southern
leaders, the stain of slavery had been wiped otl for
ever from the American flag. [Tremendous ap
plause.] The Proclamation issued byalr. Lincoln
was the most glorious document ever issued in this
country since the Declaration of Independence,
[immense applause,] and had done more to raise
America in the estimation of the world than any
thing else that could possibly have been done.
The speaker adverted at some length to the vicis
situdes of Curran's career. He was listened to with
the utmost attention by a very intelligent audience,
who repeatedly testified by hearty applause their
appreciation of the very pleasing talents of the
orator.
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MR. GOMM'S LECTURE.—As we pre
dicted yesterday, there was a great rush at Ilfartien's
for tickets for Mr. Gough's great lecture, at the
Academy of Music, on Thursday evening next, on
"Eloquence and Orators." A large number of
tickets for the subsequent lecture was also disposed
of, which is to come off on the 10th instant. Those
who wish to secure good seats for Thursday evening
should apply as early today as possible.
CONCERT OF THE lIANDET. AND HAYDN
SOCIETY.—The first grand concert for the season of
1863, of the Handel and Haydn Society, will be
given at the Musical Fund Hall, this (Tuesday) eve
ning. The programme embraces a choice SeleetiOn
of vocal gems, from the best masters. The solos,
concerted pieces, and choruses, will beanstatned en
tirely by the members or the society. Mr. DI. H.
Cross Is to preside at the piano, the conductorship
being entrusted to Carl Gaertner. The sale of
tickets has already been very large, and the enter
tainment bids fair to be one of the musical successes
of the season. •
A POPULAR GROCERS ESTAI3LISHMENT.
.T.1.r0 me terrmszacuf. to tam City Imo are not fa
miliar with the fact that the leading grocery esta
blishment here, for the sale of line foreign and do
mestic groceries; for family use, is the old stand of
0. H. Mattson, southwest corner of Arch and
Tenth streets. The ipresent stock of the proprietor
is large and varied, and offers peculiar inducements
to purchasers.
FOE COUGII on COLD.—As soon as
there is the alighteet uneasiness of the Chest, with
difficulty of breathing, or indications of Cough, take
during the day a few " Brown's Bronchial Troches."
Containing demulcent ingredients, they allay Pul
monary Irritation. Military Oiliness and Soldiers
should have them in readiness upon the that ap
pearance of a Cold or Cough.
PURIFY, PURIFY, PURIFY the blood with
Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and the humors, derangements,
and distempers which pervade, the system at this
season will disappear. We have tried it and speak
with knowledge.
A DJSTINGUISTIED INVITATION—We ac
knowledge the receipt of the following note, which
explains itself: "Mr. Albert Edward and Miss
Alexandria Denmark's compliments to —, re
questing the pleasure of his company at Windsor
Castle, on the evening of the 10th of March, 11163. P.
S. Court dresses will be worn bymost of the gnesta ;
but in the case of Mr. an exception will be
made, provided he appears in one of the elegant suits
turned out at the Brown-Stone Clothing Mill of
Bockhill k Wilson, Nos. 603 and 606 Chestnut
street, above Sixth.' ,
We are much obliged to Mr. and Miss A., but we
are engaged that night.
WrrrEn retired with a grim from on his
face on Saturday. He conducted himself dicing his
reign with unusual mildness. Passing orl,y a few
gruff blasts, and his melting moods of Bhp and
mud, the conduct of the hoary old fellow meg almost
be described as having been unexceptiOnable.Spring
made its advent yesterday. Spring garmets were
in demand, and hundreds flocked to the tuatmoth
clothing establishment of Granville Stokesd`fo. 609
Chestnut street, where the choicest stock.. goods
in the country is now on hand.
IIATTIESIATICS FOR 3lissr.s.—Pob. 1.
.
Theorem. The angles in a square may be obese anqh
and acute angles, as well as right angles. Let il3 be 29,
square, and CD a young lady in it.. Now,when
D angles for a husband in the square, she miy
eithe
hook EF, who makes believe he has money, or
B, who keeps his carriage, anti is as rich atErcesus,
Of these two angles, clearly the one is es obtuse.
' and the - other an acute angle. But if C Dbe herself
angled for, and caught by a man who [ s 9l o loves'
her, this, we are inclined to think, bl a, rtht angle,
1 without doubt.
Any square will do; the Oat an whidi Charles
Sfokos St' Co.'s "one-price" olotlitng store lslocsted•
Chestuot, between Eighth and Ninth etroet4, will (+n
ewer as )I"tlii as any.