account% a copy Of which Wu enclosed to ailaistor
Dayton:
Eigotrrrim Mansion, Norentherlo.lllB3Sl
In.eonsidesetionof partner circumatinces. an par
anent to the comity presumed to, be due to friendly
Powers. any tobacho in the United' States belonging to
the Governments either of France. Austria, or any other
Mate with which this country is at peace, and which
tobacco was purchased 'and paid for by such Govern
ment prior to the fourth day of March. 18th may be im
ported from any port of the United Suite% under the su-
Perillaton and upon the responsibility of the navy oar
venter-snob Governments,, and in conformity to snah
ae
gotlations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of
State of the United States, and not other Wise,
ABR RAhf Lracotar
SECRETARY SEWARD TO MAJOR GENERAL
BANES.
-' • DIPART3DINT OF STATX
- • '•• WABIIINGTON. Nov. 23, 1863.
`GENERAL: I have received and submitted to the Evesi
deni 3 our three despatches, of the Btb. 7th, and 9th re
have great pleasure in congratulating
you upon your successful landing end occupation upon
the Rio Grande. which is alithe more gratifring because
It woe eifectedf
blind moment of apparently critical lute
MU I
rest in !be rause. Yon have already that
the confusion r rating firm civil strte and foreign WA.
in Maxima. opera Reduction* for military enumorise. I
have, therefore.. to inform you of the exact condition of
-our relations towards that republic.
At the present time we are on terms of amity and
Iriendslin. and Neal. tabling diplornat.c relations with
the republic of Mexico. We regard chat country as
the theatre of a foreign war, mingled with civil strife.
In this conflict we take no part: and. on the contrary,
we practise absolute non-intervention and non-inter
ference
In command of the frontier, it will devolve on yon as
far as practicable, conaistentlY with your other functions.
to prevent aid or supplies being given from the United
Rates to el therbelligeresr. Non vitildeferuithe citizens of
he United States in Texas against Sup enemies yen may
nconnter there• whether domestic or foreign: neverthe
e,s you will not enter any_ part of ktexici, unless it be
emrily, and then clealy neeefearY for the Protec
tion of your Own lives against aggression from
he Mexican border. Yon can assume no authori
ty in Mexico to protect citizens of the United States
there. much less to redress their wrongs or Mitt.
ries committed against the united °tatee or their citizns,
whether those wrongs ;or Mini's, were co mmitte d on
one aide of the border or the other. If con suls find their
positions-miss% on the Mexican side of the border let
them leave the country rather than inv,.k a the protection
of your forces. These directions result from the fixed
determination of the President to avoid any departure
from lawful neutrality, end any unnecessary and un
lawful enlargement of the Present field of war. But at
the earns time you will be expected to observe military
end political events as they occ , tr in Mexico. and to
communicate all that shall be Important for this Govern
ment to understand concerning them It is hardly ne•
emery to say that anv suggestions you may think Pro
ver to give for the guidance of this Government in. its
relation towards Mexico, wilt be couridereo with that
PrefettEd respect which% alws n pelt to the opinions
Which you express.
In making this communication I hale endeavored to
avoid entering into the stkere of your military opera
tions and to Confine mrrelf simply to that in which YOU
are in contact with, the political movement now going 1
on in Ble-xico. RM. etc.,
3faior General N. P. BANES
rilTh SEWARD TO MR. CORWIN. [No. 881
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, VARIONOTON Deo, 23,1858.
Stu: Your despatch of October 26. h. No. 47, has bail
received and s übmitted to the Prsident, and you
accept his grateful acknowledgments for the very 1
teresting information and:judicious observations Which
it contains concerning the pre:Mit condition of Mexico.
in reply to an inquiry contained in your despatch. I
have to inform 1 an that, in the abeecoe of farther la
pin: etions from thie dcpartmeaL yon will be expected to
remain in the same relations as now toward. the Govein
plant of the United. States of Mexico If for any eauee
'yew residence .in the city of BL-xlco shall . battome
intolerable or seriously inconvenienced. son will be
at liberty to retort to any e ther part of the country,
or to return to the Dotted States No contingency is
low anticipated in which lon will be expected to address
yourself to any other Government than the one so which
you are accredited.
I pivo you for your Information a copy of an in ttrnc
lien that has lhees given to Major General Banks since
his occupation of Brownsville in Texas.
Wit LlAti E. SEWARD.
GENERA". REMARKS'
11 a ettire corretpondence aware 1.300 pages, a com
paratively few points baying been condensed from th 9
gine...llr intmeetinirmases and embodied in the abave.
tlt Press.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1864.
air We can take no notice of auony mous conunm.
cdcations. We do not return rejected manuscripts.
Aar Voluntary correspondence solicited from all
parts of the world, and especially from our different
military and naval departments. When used, it will
be paid for.
THE GOVERNOR.
When Mr. W.M. B. REED and his friends
teem kind enough to assure us that the inte
rests of Pennsylvania were identical with
those of the South, there was one man of
many vi'ho did not believe them. When Mr.
REED and his friends advised Pennsylvania
to unite with the Southern Confederacy,
there was one man who was very sure she
should not. When Mr. REED and his
friends, in their admiration for that "stern
statesman,'* lERRERsON Davis, did all
they could to carry out his aims, there was
one man who baffled them. Wherever they
stood, he was in their way. He answered
all their disloyal arguments with loyal ac
tions ; he never condescended to reply with
mere words. He became very obnoxious to
Mr. Rump and his friends, for neither by
persuasion, or threata or pretences, could
they move him an inch. They found that
they could do nothing with Pennsylvania
While ANDREW G. Cerium was her Go
vernor, and, as a last resort, they resolved to
remove him. The October elections came,
and they put their shoulders to the mountain
and tugged hard to overthrow it. But, greatly
to the mortification of these gentlemen, they
discovered that ANDREW G. CURTIN Was
So thoroughly identified with the loyalty of
the State, that to destroy one they must de
stroy the other. Never was there a canvass
in which greater efforts were made to defeat
a man, than in that of last fall. The attack
upon loyal principles was almost secondary
to the fierce onslaught upon the candidate
who embodied theme The enmity to Go
vernor Cilium seemed to eclipse the enmity
to the Government and the war. The op
position made the issue a personal one ; its
eiy was louder against our leader than our
cause, and as the campaign grew warmer,
it was almost resolved into the simple ques
tion—shall ANDREW 11 CURTIN be re
elected? A higher compliment was never
paid to any public man. It proved him to
he a man whose own character was feared
hy the disloyal leaders, who was personally
regarded as their moat dangerous foa They
knew that while he remained the leader of
the State, it would be utterly impossible to
influence the people. Their argument was
simple : "We must first destroy the con
lidence of the people in their Governor; we
shall then be able to destroy their faith in
3is prindples." How did the plan succeed ?-
Thus
T,he personal opposition to Governor
CURTIN increased his personal popularity.
For every new foe he gained two new
friends. The enthusiasm awakened by the
attack upon a man endeared to honest men
of all parties by his unselfish and noble
course, swept through the State, and
paralyzed slander and sophistry. The his
tory of the campaign in Pennsylvania is
one earnest eulogy of the Union candidate,
as well as a perfect vindication of the Union
principles. The mere name of ANDREW
1131. Cumulr made friends for the cause, be
cause it was a name honored in the army,
and beloved in every Pennsylvania house
hold whence a soldier had gone forth.
Union speakers found that his popularity
was stronger than his beat 'lends had
thought. The Governor stood face to face
with the people of his State, told them what
he believed and what he wanted to do, and
never once evaded the plain question. His
progress through the state was a succession
of triumphs. 1113 opponents discovered too
late that they had made a fatal mistake in
attacking him, and that they would have
done better to have praised *him. The un
scrupulous, unjust denunciation of a man
who hid done so much- for his State and
country excited the indignation of the peon-
pie, and Governor CURTIN only wanted the
soldiers' vote to have been elected by fifty
thousand majority.
Yesterday Altnnzur G. Conn: was rein
augurated the Governor of Pennsylvania,
and when he took the oath of office every
rnan knew that he would keep, not merely
its letter,
but its spirit. The trust in his
coming administration securely rests upon
the knowledge of his past fidelity and wis
dom. He has earned the confidence of the
people by what he has done in their behalf.
His administration has fully expressed the
tinaltsrable loyalty of the State, and kept
Fenusylvania foremost in devotion to the
Union. has cared for all her interests
has economized her revenue, and developed
her resources, and, in his last message, has
Marked out a course of legislation which,
if justly carried out, will not fail to increase
her prosperity. Governor at the beginning
of the rebellion, he will be Governor when
it is ended ; and the near national triumph
will be greatly due, not only to his past
labors, but to his upright and intelligent de
votion to the great work which lies before
him. We urged these truths in the excite
inent of the most important campaign Penn,
sylvania has ever known ; we repeat them
after the sober reflection, and with the bene
fit of the experience of months.
TBEIG DIPLOMATIC 0011EIMPONDIGNCII, pub
lished on another page, will show the coun
try in what a noble spirit of firmness and
conciliation lir. SnWARD has conducted its
foreign affairs. Without ever yielding a
principle, he has omitted no opportunity of
averting difficulties by fair concessions or
honest appeals to justice. His instructions
to our ministers are based upon a sound in
ternational policy, and expressed in lan
guage remarkable for clearness and vigor.
The publication of this correspondence not
only shows the dangers which have menaced
us, but the ability which has removed
thcm.
The unsettled state of affairs in Europe
continues to justify the doubt as to the
continuance, for any lengthened period, of
that general peace which, upon a secure
basis, would relieve the nations by allowing
their war-establishments, as well as their tax
ation, to be greatly reduced. The necessity
of maintaining a large force, to be employed
for defence or offence, as circumstances may
require, greatly augments the burthens of
all European nations. There is England,
for example. Take her annual revenue at
seventy-two .millions sterling, ($360,000,-
000), and examine how it is disposed of.
Over twenty-six millions sterling went to
pay the interest on the National Debt, which
is over eight hundred millions sterling,
($4,000,000,000,) contracted almost entirely
for wars undertaken to suppress liberty
abroad or stave off reform at home, and,
deducting this item, which COBBETT
shrewdly called the Dead Weight, there re
mains, for the general expenditure of Eng
land, sonic forty-six millions sterling. Out of
this, the Military and Naval Expenditure,
not including about one million sterling
for the cost of fortifications, amounts
to twenty-eight and a half millions sterling
per annum, leaving only seventeen and a
half millions sterling for every other na
tional outlay. To sum up :—Annual re
venue, g 72,000,000, interest of national debt
deducted l , leaves £46 000 i 000 for all other
purpose& But of this, £28,500,000 for army
and navy, which leaves £17,500,000 for
every other outlay. This, be it noted, at a
time when the policy of England is so em
phatically pacific that her neighbors and
rivals have got the idea that, if she was
smitten on one cheek, she would turn the
other to the strike; rather than be at the
trouble and cost of retaliation. •
If the pacific policy of England be thus
costly, (only $142,500,000 for not being left
wholly defenceless,) one can readily ima
gine what must be the outlay, on the same
grounds, of other countries, her neighbors.
Her whole army—employed at home, in the
colonies, and in India—is only 220,000, of
all arms of the service ; while the peace
establishment of France, infantry and ca
valry, consists of 490,550 men, which may
be legally raised, in the event of war,
to 757,725 infantry and 143,238 cavalry—
making a pretty total of 900,968 armed men.
Much the same proportion exists among
Austria, Prussia, and other leading powers.
W. H. SgWARD
And were there any assurance that` peace
would continue, a large amount of the
present cost might be reduced. Mr. COBDEN
and Mr. BRIGHT have been arguing, for the
last ten years, that the military expenses of
England are excessive, during the time of
peace. They contrast the outlay of £28,-
500,000 for the army and navy, under PAL
MERSTON'S rule, in 1863, with £14,000,000
disbursed under the same head, in 1830,
when WELLINGTON was Prime Minister,
and:they naturally declare that they do not
see any just reason why the amount should
now be double - what it was in 1830.
The doubt whether peace can be main
tained in Europe induces precautionary ex
penses among the nations, for, it the blow
should be struck, it will not answer to be
unprepared. Therefore, France, Austria,
and Prussia are in the money market, each
asking for a loan, and Russia not seeking
for it, out of pride, and Italy holding back
because it doubts whether the needful would
be forthcoming upon any but the most usu
rious terms, the fact unfortunately being
that Dalian finance is in a very uncertain
position.
What makes the cloud over Europe ?
Kossuxn is threatening in Hungary, and
GARIBALDI talks of annexing Venetia and
Rome in 1864. There is a chance of the
establishment of a new ruler in ramie, if
the present king does not mend his ways.
The contest still wages between Russia and
Poland, not one among all the European
sovereigns daring to venture on more than a
remonstrance, to which the Czar pays no
attention. France is discontented with the
Mexican campaign. 'United Germany de
mands that the new King of Denmark shall
surrender Schleswig-Holatein, constituting
one-third of his whole territory to Prince
An~rninnuo, who claims, by virtue of
the Saligne law, and the European Powers,
(including France, England, Austria, and
Prussia,) who signed the treaty of 1852, by
which the whole of Denmark, as it then
stood, was ultimately placed under the new
monarch, now refuse to maintain him in the
possession which said treaty assured to him.
Such is the condition of Europe. The cloud
lowers over it. The fact that at our latest
dates the quotation of Consols, in the London
'money market, was only 91 per centum,
for cash, whereas it was 93 a few weeks
ago, has a terrible significance. It means
that public opininion in England has little
faith in the continuance of peace. At
one period, in the present century, when
gloomy apprehensions filled the minds of
the British, Consols were as low as 47i-,
for every £lOO in the three per cents,
at another time, when peace was unthreat
ened, and trade and commerce were un-
usually prosperous, the price was 101, or
one above par. The present decline is omi-
nous. The immediate distrust is as to the
attitude of Germany in the Holstein diffi
culty. The Danish King's resistance will
precipitate war, and, on the other hand, it
seems hard that he should have a large por
tion of his Kingdom wrested from him.
It is again asserted that MAxrmintAn of
Austria will certainly accept the crown of
Mexico, and hopes to arrive in his new Em-
pire early in March. .6aso, that capitalists
"overwhelm him with offers of money on
the simple guarantee of his accession to the
throne." What force is to maintain him on
the throne? Not Austrian, it is certain. If
French, whence the payment to be made to
NAPOLEON.
While facts and figures continue to bear
us out, we shall never grow tired of repeat
ing that the Confederacy is tottering into
nothingness. It is like a piece of burnt pa
per, which will soon crumble away into im
palpability. Its reputation is being scorch
ed up in the indignation of the very people
who were deluded into helping to rear it.
JEFFERSON DAVIS is the first and last Presi
dent of the southern Confederacy. He is a
member of church, andthe Pope has prayed
for him. He is particularly pious and invo
catory on such occasions as the Fourth of
July and WAsmieuTori's Birthday. He is
especially fond of fasting and prayer, though
it is possible he monopolizeS the /atter, the
DCople COMpulsorily practicing the former,
whether they like it or not.
But all his piety and all his convictions of
being in the right have not yet set him in
the right place. JEFF DAvrs and his
comates are on the high road to destruction.
This old King Cole and his fiddlers three
are in the same box. ' And all who side with
them will share their fate in the opinion of
posterity, to whatever diflerent . levels the
tenor of the present time may seem to con
sign them. Like the verse which celebrates
the achievement of two young gentlemen
who went to church "because they had a
pew"—
the metre in which posterity will celebrate
the sayings and doings of JEFF DAvis and
his merry men, North and South, will as
sign them one common place, however the
construction would seem to argue a distinc
tion.
There is no doubt that Richmond is one
of the hotbeds of demoralization. It is the
great Morgue into which the dead body
of Rebellion will some day be carried, and
- where none but enemies will gather to
recognize the suicide, take him away, and
bury him decently. But the demoralization
is not confined to Richmond, although it
gathers there as busy as a bee. All over
the Southern Confederacy, Unionism and
rumors of Unionism are extending. BRAGG
is being deserted by great numbers, and the
entire army is disaffected. Refugees state
that the people in hundreds of places are
ready to accept amoral . and avail them
selves of the Amnesty Proclamation. This
proclamatiOn would be to all who choose
to accept it what the Emancipation
Proclamation will be to those for
whose benefit it is intended. Both offer
a freedom, which, whether they are recog
nized or not, will very speedily extend itself
The European Crisis.
Mr. Davis and Posterity.
"Josiah rat in the gallery,
Tobias sat—there, too"
Over the people, to whose consideration they
are respectively addressed. There are some
minds so constituted that they are naturally
despondent, and view everything through
a rainy-day atmosphere. They fret about
the war, and bewail its protraction. Such
constitutions are happily like angels' visits.
There is a sort of' despondency too, which
is entirely make-believe, and meretricious,
and which llas its offspring in malignity.
This we can afford to say 'nothing more
about, for those poisoned arrows never hit
now. Of all nations in the world, we have
least cause to be despondent. Oar history
is a circular rainbow, in which the glaring
colors of desire are forever becoming har
monized and blended with the softer tones
of expectation.
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, D. Oes Jan. 18
COntirinatiOns by the Senate.
The Senate to-day confirmed the following nomi•
nations of President Lrwootaf :
Litwin 0. lannw, of Oaltfornia, to be eolleotOr of
customs of the district of Puget's Sound in Wash
ington Territory.
CHARLES .TAIARS collector of customs for the dis
trict of San Francisco.
rIREASTIAN S. MARBLE collector of customs for
the district of WaidOboro, Maine.
WM. G. WOODHOUSE surveyor of customs for the
port of Havre. de.Graoe, Maryland.
H. M. Montan appraiser of merchandise for the
port of San Francisco.
CHARLES G. Palmas, of Maine, consul for the
Island of Trinidad.
IBRABL WASHBURN - 1h Jr., collector of customs for
the districts of Portland and Falmouth, Maine.
HENICY 'HORZIEEIBT And JAMES W. DENNIS
third lieutenant in the revenue•outter eervioe.
Munificent Gift.
Two members of the firm of Thor Coosa & Co., in
this city, have given twenty-five hundred dollars to
the Newsboys' Home.
Proposals invited by the Postmaster
General.
The Postmaster General has invited proposals to
reeuce the running time four daps from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, for the conveya*e of the letter mail
only, as well as for the earrying of the entire mall,
Secretary Seirard and the British Govern-1
. _ .
went—Responsibility of England.
Secretary ShwARD, in a letter te Minister AnAres,
dated the 6th of October last, as appears from the
published diplomatic correspendenae, says the Uni.
ted States do insist and must continue to insist that
the British Government is justly responsible for the
damage which the peaceful, law•abldieg citizens of
the United States have sustained by the depreds.
Bons of the Alabama, that vessel having been built
and fitted out in British waters. The Secretary of
State cannot therefore instruct Kr. ADAM to re•
frain from pressing the claims which he now basin
his hands.
Senator Morgan's BILL
The bill of Senator raoreoAx, of New York, pre
tented to-day, to facilitate proceedings in admiralty
and otherjudiclal proceedings in the port of New
York, contemplates the separation of Kings, Queens,
Suffolk, and Richmond counties, to constitute a
separate district, to be called the Eastern district of
New York. The effect of the bill is not to impair
the local, territorial, or other jurisdiction of the Cir
cuit Court for the Northern district of New York,
and appeals and writs of error may be taken from the
Eastern to the court for the Southern district of New .
York. The Eastern district is to have concurrent
jurisdiction with the Southern District Court over
the waters within the counties above specified, and
all seizures made thereon.
The Naval Bill.
The naval bill, ae reported today from the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, appropriates for the
ordinary operations of the navy proper about
$07,000,000, in addition to the usual appropriations
for the several bureaus of the Department, and for
navy yarde, docks, and miscellaneous enPenditurell.
The pay of officers, seamen, and engineers requires
$19,423,000, and for construction and repairs. $2OO
800,000 ; for armor•plated veasels, $3,600,000; hemp
and other materials, $700,000; fuel, $3,840,000; equip
ment, $416,000; construction and repairs of machine.
ry, $28,312,000 ; surgeons' appliances and necessa
ries, $8,300,000 ; navigation apparatus and supplies,
$126,000.
Mr. Wood's Bill.
The bill introduced taday by Mr. F. Woof) directs
the Secretary of the Treasury, out of any money in
the fresaury not otherwise appropriated, to pay to
the Comptroller of the city of New York, or to his
duly authorized agents, the coed, charges, and ex
penmen properly incurred by the corporation of said
city, for enrolling subatitutes, suppl,ving, arming,
and equipping troops employed in aiding to sup
prams the present insurrection against the United
States. The amount to ha settled upon proper
vouchers, to be filed and passed upon by theproper
accounting officer of the Treasury.
Tobacco.
The statement published of the action of the Com•
mittee on Ways and Means on tobacco, leaf and
manufactured, are incorrect, as the Committee has
come to no conclusion thereon.
Personal.
Mrs. GAINMS, of the Gaines Will notoriety, sent
a despatch this morning from Martinsburg, Va.,
asking a pass to some to Washington. She came
through the lines from 'North Carolinas yesterday.
She has been ornereil back to the place from which
she came.
Arkansas.
An Arkansas delegation it ivere-nrging the reeog
.
nition of that State as in the Union, with the right
of immediate representation in Congress.
THE WAR IN WEST VIRGINIA.
BLACK TROOPS ENLISTED BY THE REBELS.
THREE COMPANIES OF NEGROES'
UNDER GEN. FITZ LEE:
HEADQUARTERS SECOND Drinstort op THE DE
PARTMENT OP WEST VD/GIN/A, AT NEW CREEK,
VIRGINIA, Jan. 11, 1864.—Captain: A soldier of ours
(James A. Walker, Co. 1:1, 2d Maryland Regiment),
who was captured in the attack upon the train at
Moorfield and Allegheny Junction, on the ad Met,
by the enemy under Gen. Fitz Lee, escaped when
near Brock'. Gap, on the 6th Met., and reported to
me this morning.
Ile informs me that thirteen of the enemy were
killed, and twenty wounded in the skirmish. He
also states that there were present, under the coin.
mend of General Fitz Lee, three companies
of negro troops--cavalry, armed withcarbinee. They
were not engaged in the attack, but stationed with
the reserve.
The guards, be reports ' openty admitted to the
prisoners that they were accompanied by negro sol
diers, Mating, however, that the North had elrown
the example. Respectfully,
JAS. A. MULLIGAN, Colonel.
Captain S. Melvin, Amistant Adt.-General, Depart
ment of West Virginia, Cumberland, Md.
DOINGS OF FEDERAL SCOUTS IN NORTH
ERN VIRGINIA--EARLY , S HEADQUAR
TERS AT HARRISONBURG.
Nam Yonir, Tan. 19.—A special despatch to the
Herald from Cumberland, Md., to-day, states that
scouting parties sent out by General Kelley have
returned, and that no advance of the rebels in that
direction is indicated. Scouting parties sent out
from General Averill's command encountered a
small force of the enemy Out on a foraging exPedi
tion on the other side of Winchester. We took a
few of the plunderers prisoners.
Thia rebel band was sent out for the particular
purpose of collecting cattle, and they had succeeded
in securing a tolerably large number of thole. We
took the cattle away from them.
Major Cole, commander of the Maryland battalion
that was attacked by Major Moseby, in LOUdoun
county, not long since, was in Leesburg on Saturday
last.
Major Cole reports that he found no enemy there
nor any in the neighborhood.
Ntsjor Cole, in moving behind Leesburg, took a
few prlionere belonging to;Ntelebrs and Whines
guerillas.
Another scouting party, sent out from the neigh
borhood of Cumberland, and which .passed through
Romney, and on the Grassy Lick road to Warderur
vine, discovered nothing more formidable or unwel
come than an occasional rebel horse thieL
General Early is represented to have his head
quarters at Harrisonbu rg. .
. Imboden's, White's, and Gilmore's cavalry corn.
mends are in that neighborhood.
They are constantly senrlhig out foraging, horse
stealing, bedclothes-collecting, 4nd oattlogatheting
parties. Whenever one Of the pelly-consideration
parties happen to be discovered hovering on the out
skirts of our lines stories eome in of a rebel ad
vance, and this is why so many unfounded reports
are not unfrequently put in circulation.
FORTRESS MONROE.
A. Serious Advance in North Carolina Ap
prehended by the Rebels—Los/ of Rebel
Steamer, are
FORTRzeB MONROE, Jan, 17.—Died, at the Naval
Hospital, in Portsmouth, Vri, on the 15th intent,
Lieutenant Dodriworth, of the British frigate Grey
hound.
The following vessels have parsed the guatdahip
Young Rover, Inward bound
Steamers Virginia, Capt. Snyder, Washington to
Fortress Monroe; Drown, Washington to Fortran
Monroe ; schooners Kate Merrill, Capt. Wake, Bal
timore to New York ; Ed w ard C. Matt, Capt. Deck
er, Tangier Sound to New York A. B. Augur, Capt.
Knight, St. Marie's 'to New Haven Lucy Drew,
Capt. Wakefield Pawtucket to Portland ; Geo. d.
Adams, Capt. Fish, Baltimore to New York; Rio
Grande, Capt . Cooper, New York to Fortreins Mon
roe ; Horizon, Capt. Shelmore, Chincoteague to
Fortress Monroe.
. .
SAILED Jan 1 6.—Schooner Bell Peak, Captain .
Gardner, Fortress Monroe to New York ; schooner
:fames 'House, Captain Baker. Fortress. Monroe to
Philadelphia ; schooner Armstrong, °WWII Drill- .
.coil, Fortress Monroe to New York; steamer Hod•
eon, for New York ; steamer Shetucket. for Wash
ington.
The ladies of Mobile are making looks from ear•
pet ravelling'.
S new paper has been started in Lynchburg, to be
celled the " Weekly Register!'
The Richmond Sentinel, of the Bth instant, says :
" Yankee troops are being landed at Moorhead city,
N, G. We expert stirring times on the coast this
winter."
The Sentinel, of the 15th instant, says : "The Wil
mington Journal says that the recent prat - Bmm of
General Butler in Newborn, and the concentration
or troops at that point, as well as at Washington and
Beaufort b arb or, leave little room to doubt that an ad
vance of the most serious oharacter is contemplated,
and on the eve of execution by the enemy in North
Carolina. The enemy may, advance in the direction
of Kinston and Goldsboro. No doubt the enemy are
increasing their forces at Washington and Ply.
mouth, and WO may expect an attack on the railroad
near Reeky Mount and Weldon."
The same paper says: II On Sunday !Mit the
steamer Ranger, from Bermuda, with valuable Go.
verantent stores, was beached about Ma miles and a
na,lf west of t4e stomata 860110 % (also tOnt.)
THE PRESS. - PITILADELPHIA; WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 20, 1864
The Montgomery Advertieer says : "Gen. Martin's
entire cavalry force attacked a superior force of the
enemy at Talbot's Station, and drove them back four
miles, when they were reinforced, and drove Merlin
back with considerable lose. The enemy remain at
Mossy creek, strongly entrenched. Our loss was
one hundred and twenty."
His Pursuit and Capture by Colonel Palmer.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The following despatches
have been received at the Headquarters of the Army
Willis city :
NASHVILLE, Jam 17,1864.
Major General Halleck, Commander-in-chief:
On the 14th Met., General Vance made a raid to.
wards Tenhiville, and captured a train of twenty.
three wagons. He was promptly pursued by 001.
Palmer, who recaptured the Wagon, and took one
ambulance loaded with medicines, 180 saddle horses,
and 100 Stand of arms.
General Vance, tie assistant adjutant general, and
hie inspector general, are among the prisoners cap.
tured. Ti. S. GRANT, Major General.
- • •
The Richmond papers of the 15th say: "The Vir
ginia and Tennessee Railroad will be in running
order to Bristol, Va., in a few Mum."
LONOSTREBT'S 'WIRT= QUARTERS.
The Richmond Enquirer says: "General Long.
street has gone into winter quarters at Morristown.
General RAUSOM is at Illorrleburg."
Adviees Through MeSWIM Sourees—Ori.
zaba Captured by She Blexteaus—Freueb.
Abuse of Difeaster Corwin.
SAN FiteNorse°, Jan. 19 —The Mexicans of thin
city have advice. from the olty , of Mexico up
to December 24, Orizaba to December 22, and Guada•
lajara to January 6tb.
Their account' Bay that, on the 18th ult., General
Dios attacked Orizaba, which was occupied by the
French, and traitor Mexicana, and captured the city
and garrison by assault. • _ . •
The traitors were taken prisoners, and all of them
shot. This is considered an important achievement s
as Orizaba commando the 'French communications
with Vera Cruz.
The Franco-Dlexiaan papers, published in the city
Of Mexico, abume Minister COMM On 4000tUlt Ot
his supposed eympatby with the Juarez Govern•
ment, and some of the Frenchmen and Mexicans
had ebarivaried" him.
Guadalajara was occupied by the French on the
eth Of January. on =mil
The Mexicans were making all possible efforts to
resist the French in ()ottani, Gen. tiragua having
12,000 men assembled on the road through which the
French army must pus.
The French Advancing in Force—Blurder
of an American Sailor by a United States
Consul.
SAN FRANCISCO, San. 17.—The steamer Golden
City arrived at this port to-day, from PAlllitaii. Also,
the ship Flying Eagle, from Boston. -
SAN FRAZWISCO, Tan. 18.—Trado la generally
quiet. Butter Is firm, notwrihstamling the large re•
scripts per yesterday's steamer.
A private letter from Maryville, litexisO, dated on
the 11th inst., based on Frenoh authority, gives the
following items from the interior:
The French army, fourteen thousand strong, was .
In Guadalajara, under General Bassin, and another
column, four thousand strong, under Omani , ' was
approaching the Mexican army near'Zspotlan, only
twenty leagues from Colima.
The Mexicans intend to oppose them with only
7,000 men, under Generals Uraga and Jopia.
The letter alio states; that the United States Cron.
sul, Mr. Baker, at Marysville, killed an American
sailor, who had deserted from the United States
;steamer Saginaw, because the latter had refused to
obey the Consul's order to take his place in the
etocka prepared for his confinement. As the pallor
was unarmed, the act is regarded as having been
wholly unwarrantable. Mr. Baker, has been ar
reated, charged with murder in the first degree, and
will probably be sent to San Francisco for trial by
the American courts. His exequatur will be with.
drawn. He claims, however, to have acted in self
defence.
[Mr. W. L. Baker, of Idaryland, is United States
Consul at Guaymas, on the Gulf of California, and
the affair noted In t his despatch probably occurred
at that place.]
The Spaniards again ,Defented by the In
Nnw Yong, „inn. 19.—The Turk , / Island Standard
of the 2d instant contains advises from the pity of
Domingo .to Dec. 14th, and Puerto Plato to Dee.
261 h.
The capture of Aims by the Spaniard', under
Gandora, is confirmed . but the Standard states that
although it has cost two months fighting and many
lire, Its possession is of no great importance to the
Spaniards.
A train of eighty mules, laden With ammunition
for Santana , ' army, wag 'written on Dee. eth by the
Dominican& •
TweAVe hundred tSpasrisads left Gt. Dorningo Cittir
on the 9th of December, to capture St. Ohristoble;
but they were hammed terribly by DOMinioll4
guerillas, and on reaching a defile at the river Jain
were driven back "heiterakelter" to the city, losing
some 200 killed and wounded.
The Dominicans still bold St. Christoble, thus
preventing all land communication with the places
occupied by the Spaniards.
Some 200 Spaniards, 300 rifle', 6,000 rounds of
cartridges, and a field piece, had been captured by
the Dominicans at Yabscos, which was Santana's
supply depot. The Spaniards are strengthening the
fortifications of St. Domingo by two redoubts. San.
tone is near Sanguind, and has been lately rein.
forced by 1,500 men ; but as there are more than 700
men in his camp he is unable to move his army
forward. His position is critical, and it is feared
that the Dominicians might inflict fatal injuries on
him. Two more regiments have been ordered to
be forwarded to St. Domingo.
A severe battle took place on the 20th, at Puerto
Plata, in which the Spaniards were defeated with a
lose of one hundred and`fifty out or six hundred.
The Dominicians are represented as fighting with
great gallantry in this encounter l in Which they
captured a cannon. ,
A rumor prevailed that Dominiclan privateers
were cruising near the Island, but is contradicted by
the Standards
The Standard, in a resume of the situation of
affairs, says:
" The sooner Spain withdraws from this dish
honorable and unprofitable contest the better. The
Spaniards are masters only of the ground they stand
upon, and the district through which they flab t their
way one day is occupied by the Dominicans the
nest. The Spaniards will find that instead of van•
(Inhaling the Dominicans they will require only a
cemetery."
The Reported Disaster on the Catawissa
Railroad—A Bridge Given Way and Ten
Persons Rilied—Serious Collision on the
Cleveland and Brie Railroad.
EASTON, Jan. 19.—The reported emash-up on the
Catawba& Railroad le true. All hands on the train
Were ki/led. A bridge at White Haven was washed
away today.
Materf CEEIMR, Jan. 19.—The accident on the
Catawisla Railroad is confirmed by passengers who
arrived from there this afternoon. Bridge. No. ' 5
gave way, under a freight train. and ten. Denims
were killed. A bridge at White Haven was washed
away to-day.
COLLISION NEAR CLEVELAND, OHIO -
OrmrELMin, Jan. 19.—The night express train
from Buffalo stuck in the snow when three miles
east of Painesville, and was run into by the accom
modation train. POUr cars were burned and Hie
persons killed, and a number injured. •
The cause of the disaster was as follows : Two
men were detailed to watch alternately for the aro
proaching train ; the collision occurred while one
was relieving the other, who had nearly perlehed
from the cold.
Among the killed is Henry Coffin, of New York;
The names of the others have not been 'asoM , .
tabled. The wounded are Dr. McCabe, of Cask.
xs
ton, Ohio ; J. B. Stearns, of Ohio ; James O W ,. f
Syracuse ; W. F. Enders, of St. Louis ;. _
Folsom, John (Badding, of Oregon, Wis. • Cat •
rine P. Post, of hisConnehmille, Ohio ; John Otir
ley, of Claysville, Pa. ; B. Curran, of Dunkirk, and
a number of others whose names have not been
reported.
The superintendent, with a relief train from
Cleveland, has reached the Spot, and the wounded
are being cared for at the hotels and private houses.
ANOTHER RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
ClDVliraLuo, Tan. 19.—A collision has marred en
the Cleveland and Erie Railroad, near Painesville,
between the night express, and an acoOMmodation
train. Several lives were lost, and a large number
of persons wounded.
The Late Accident
.. on the Pennsylvania
An exchange give, tie the following lilt of the
wounded by the accident near Tyrone :
A. Steinmeyer, leather merchant, of Pittsburgh,
injured in back and internally ; Frederick Mose, of
Blair county, member of let Pennsylvania Artillery,
shoulder dislocated-, Samuel /11/8121, Ist Pennsyl
vania Artillery, right arm broken; James F. Ken
nedy, Blair county, slightly ; William Coulter, do.,
do., do.; W. H. \Vise, express messenger injured
in the head; Robert D. Brown, of Pottsville, 48th
Pennsylvania Regiment, hip sprained John A.
Denning, Yellow Springs, Pa., head ou t; William
Hall, Fayette county, Pa., face out ; Samuel Hagler,
Blair county, Pa., shoulder and leg injured; Levi
F. Bowers, Blair county, cut in the head and
shoulder bruised ; John Moffit, Allegheny, city,
Ist Pennsylvania Artillery, leg injured ; A. D.
Harrison_, tat Pennsylvania Artillery, of Butler
county, P 02138., Stlrk broken and lag bruised: Ben.
jamin Crosby, of Westmoreland county, Pa.,
arm and leg bruised; John Showiey, Westmoreland
county, Pa., bruised in head; Michael Behemoth,
48)11 Pennsylvania Volunteers, leg broken; Phillip
Matthew, ion north Third street, Philadelphia ,
right leg broken ; Andrew Pratt, soldier, bruised in
back ; a soldier named Heisler, belonging to the 45th
Pennsylvania Volunteers, was bruised in back;
Thomas Light, soldier, leg injured ; T. J. Howard,
Of Lawrenceville, wail slightly wounded In back,
hut was able to take the train home. Al! of the
above persons are now at the Logan House, Altoona,
where they are receiving the proper medical strati
tion, Mr. Steinmeyer has since died.
Onuses PIRATES.—Recent account' from Ohtea
I epresent that piracy is stul largely prevalent in the
China wal ez a. One lettier Bova that no small vessel
is safe even within twenty miles of Hong Kong.
Shipwrecked on the Pitragels or Prates are stripped.
by Chinese junks, and the passengers and crews are
simply brought in because they are paid for it. Oa
the 1.14 of August the British bark Parana lett
Macao, bound to Europe, with a cargo of cassia.
sbe was suddenly attacked by Chinese teratee,the
whole of the crew. sixteen in number, were killed,
and the ship was burned The pirates now seem to
control all trade in native vessels, and it to said that
all market produce coming to Hong Kong pap tri
buts to them. Semmes and Hips shouldat onbe
seek employamt VA' Niue Obirieee marauders"
was let on fire by her orew. The firing heard yes
terday was probably over the Ranger. The above
took place near Lockwood's, Folly Inlet.
" The Adair met with an accident to her machinery
while being chased by the blockader., and after land
ing her passengers on the coast, her officer, were
compelled to beach her."
, [,gAi
A ELIO BY THE RIMEL GEN. YANQZ.
VIRGINIA AND TRNNEEIBRII RAILROAD
MEXICO.
CILIFORNIL
BT. DOMINGO,
surgents.
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
FIVE PERSONS KILLED.
Railroadt.
HARRISBURG.
The Inauguration—Failure to Elect ef State
Treasurer—The Opposition Injuring the
Public Bushaess—Rev. Henry Johnson—
The Boards or Enrolment.
rcorrespondenoe of The Press.]
HAneumuna, Jan. 18, 1884.
Everybody in calculating upon a happy time to
morrow, and strangers already are tilling up our hi)"
tell. A large number of veteran troops have pro.
mixed to be in attendance, and one company of artil,
lery already on hand, with horse., cannon, and se
the necessary fixings. It has been raining here this
morning quite heavily, but the weather is now look,
ing more promising ; cloud, look less threatening,
and the people generally breathe more easily. The
dancing fraternity are expecting a grand time at
Brunt's Hall, where a military and citizena , dress
ball will be given in honor of the inauguration t and
If the committee of arrangements do their duty, it
will be a success. The committee comprlies most of
the members of-the Legislature, any quantity of
military officers, and civil officials. Should the cone
mittee generally be present, it will not be a failure
in point of numbers.
We have not elected a State Treasurer for the rea
son that the Democratic members of the Senate re
fused to appoint tellers, and go into joint conven
tion. The Union members were powerless, and the
Copperhead. were able again to block the wheels of
legislation. The act or Miserably authorizing the
election of State Treasurer provides that such officer
he elected by ajoint convention of both Houses, over
which the Speaker of the Senate shall be the presi
ding officer. If the Republican members of the Se
nate only had mine into the Senate, there would
have been less than a quorum of the Senate ; conse
quently, there would have been no joint convention,
and the present State Treasurer would not have
given up the office, upon the ground that a successor
had not been legally elected. A writ of quo warranto
would have been resorted to, and a greater portion
of the year would have been exhausted before a de
cision could hays been obtained by the courts, and
during all this time Mr. McGrath would have per.
formed the duties of State Treasurer.
This day having gone by without an election, none
OM be held under this act of Assembly. But when
Harry White returns, or his seat is filled by a new
Senator, an act of Assembly can be passed autho
rizing a new election, which can take place any time
before the expiration of McGrath's year. There is
no doubt about this. The State Treasurer Is but
the creature of an act of Assembly. He can find no
. fault if heim permitted to hold the office peaceably
during the time-for which he was elected. If he le
not re-elected, he cannot reasonably expect to con
tinue in office a longer time than the term for which
he was elected.
There is no constitutional provision preventing
this Legislature from passing an act of Assembly
Upon this point whenever they please. Democracy
is again right upon the record. She is consistent in
her voting, acting, and speaking against the cloud
try's interest. They say we have no Speaker. Who
are to blame?-Suppose a State Treasurer is not
elected, who will be to blainet The country will yet
answer this question.
Last evening the venerable Henry Johnson, of
New York, preached to the colored people of this
city. He is 75 years old. 'He spent the best 60 years
of his life in slavery. His minion here is to' en
courage enlistments on the part of colored people,
and better or more effective war speeches are few
and far between. He exhorted them to rally around
their country's flag, and, by bravery and patriotism,
show the world that they were entitled to the God
given rlghts of life and liberty. He said that heroism
on their part would break down all distinction of
color or condition;,that the colored soldier who fells
upon the battle-field will be honored in poetry and
song, and that the lie would be given to the old party
principle that they were only fit to be slaves.
Ajoint resolution this day paned the House M
att tinting our Senators and requesting our Members
of Congress to urge the passage of a law, compel
ling the Boards of Enrolment to hold their examina
tions for exemption in the several counties of their
district. This is right. Every man who has had
anything to do with the draft has felt the inoonvent.
trice of travelling from fifty to one hundred and fifty
miles for the purpose of getting a hearing before the
Board. Besidee, the present moae of operation, is
attended with a great expense, - which falls upon a
class least able to bear it. FRANS.
Inauguration of Governor Curtin.
ilansasntrno, Jan. 19.—The inauguration of Gov.
Curtin took place this day, at noon, at the State
Capitol.
On the preceding night a semi•oiroular platform
had been erected in front of the Oapitol, and this was
decorated with the battle•flags of various Pannsyb
yenta regiments, and with several captured tro.
phies. Seats were placed on this platform for the
accommodation of the Heads of Departments,
vited guests, SenatOrS, and members.
The pomition of the Governor, in delivering him
Inaugural Address, was on the platform, facing an
audience of about three thousand people. Over him
head wee an arch of evergreens, and by Ida aide was
the fable on which the Declaration of Independence
I. laid to have been signed. Upon the table wax an
open bible for the use of the Speaker of the Senate
in administering the oath.
•The procession formed about 11 o'clock A. rd., on
Market street, and proceeded over a designated
mute to the Governor's residence, where his Excel
lency entered the line, being drawn in a carriage to
which four white horses were attached. The proses.
lion consisted of military, headed by Major General
couch and staff; Heads of Departments, officers of
the IComMenwebith, Mann soldiers Of 1812, fire
companteu of Harrisburg, Philadelphia City Coda.
Judaea; and niontberi of the legal fraternity,
boards of enrolment, Mayor and officers of Harris
bUrg. The let Pennsylvania cavalry (wounded 've
terans), were in charge of the platform, and 'as the
procession reached the Capitol gate, a salute of
fifteen guns was fire.
The procession having passed in front of the plat
form, the Governor was escorted to his position' by
the committee of arrangements, and took his seat
beside the Speakers of the Senate and House, being
surrounded by the Heads of Departments, acc.
Mr. Hamersiy, Clerk of the Senate, read the cer
tificate of election, signed by
Johnson.
Speakers Penny and
Bev. J. Walker Jackson then delivered the foL
owing
=LEM
Almighty God i thou high and mighty ruler of the Uni
verse, we approach Thy throne with all due humility;
we beseech thee let Thine eyes be upon us and thy ears
attend our prayers. Hear Thou the voice of our suppli
cation, and poor upon us the spirit of grace, mercy, and
love: We thank. Thee, oh Heavenly father, for all thy
goodness towards us; Thou bast given us rain and ann.
shine, the blessings of the seasons. fruitful fields. and har
yeets. Than hestKlven unto us the blessings of civil and
religious liberty; Thou host given unto ne the blessing of
a good Government. Although this nation is now In the
midst of a great and terrible civil strife, yet Thon halt
remembered us in mercy. Our enemies trod upon our
soil. but Thou did give unto our arms the victory. We
ive glory to Thy name for this signal favor and for the
many other vktorie. so signal and so effective that have
caused so much rejoicing to the friends of liberty the
world over, and that were the assurance that our Union
and Constitution will be preserved. We bless Thee,
that we are brought to see our country so near the com
plete triumph over its enemies. We bless Thee. that by
the will of Clod expressed through the suffrages of onr peo
ple, we witness to-day the inaugural ceremonies for
the second time of this Governor of our Cotamonwealth.
We - thank Thee kir the measure of health Thep has given
unfo him in the put: for the success Thou has given
to hie Administration. Grant that, as the years past
have been years of trial, the future years may be years
of victory and peace. We thank Thee for the policy
that has marked the administration of our Federal and
State Governments; we thank Thee for our Union, and
the subordination of the States. We pray Thee bless all
the loyal States, and all loyal Governors. We pray es
pecially. let Thy blessing rest upon the Senate and
House of Representatives of this Commonwealth, Make
this a year of jubilee; a year.hat shall mark the re
alization of the command. to "break the yoke and let
the oppressed go free. " Thou haat chastised us, but
Thou wilt be merciful tons ; Thou hest bowed us down,
but Thou wilt lift us up. And to Thee be the glory for
ever and ever.
The oath of office was then administered to the
Oniteraor West by Speaker Penney 1n the usual
tonna.
Three cheers were then given for Governor Curtin
and 'elutes were fired.
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Represen
tatives :
Called by the partiality of my fellow-oitizens to
the °Moe of Governor, or Pennsylvania for - another
term, I appear before you to solemnly renew the
prescribed obligation to support the Constitution of
the United States and the Constitution of the State
of Pennsylvania, and to discharge the responsible
trust confided to me with fidelity.
• When first summoned before you, three years ago,
to assume the sacred duties of the Executive office,,
the long-gathering clouds of civil war were about to
break upon our devoted country ; - For years treason
had been gathering in might— had bean appropria
ting to its fiendish lust more and more bountifully
of the nation's hooilore--had grown steadily bolder
in its assumption‘f power until it had won the to
lerance, if not the sanction of a formidable element
of popular strength even in the confessedly loyal
States. The election of a President in 1860, in strict
'conformity with the Constitution and the laws,
though not the cause, was deemed the fit occasion
for an organized attempt to overthrow the whole
fabric of our free institutions, and plunge a nation
of thirty millions of people into hopeless anarchy.
The grave el:fence charged against the President
elect seemed alone to consist in his avowed fidelity
to the Government, and his determined purpose to
fulfil his solemn covenant to maintain inviolate the
Union of the States. When inaugurated, he found
States in open rebellion, disclaiming allegiance to
the Government, fraudulently appropriating its pro
perty and insolently contemning its authority.
Treason was struggling for supremacy in every
department of administrative power. •In the Cabi
net it feloniously disarmed us • our arsenals were
robbed to enable the armies of crime to drench a
continent in fraternal blood ; our coasts were left
comparatively defenceless to fall an easy victim 10
traitors ; our navy was scattered upon distant seas
to *render the Republic helpless for its own protece
tion; officer., educated, commissioned, and sworn to
eleed the Government against any foe, became de.
Setters, defied Heaven in shameless perjury, and
with fratricidal hands drew their sword. against the
country of their allegiance, and when treason had
thus completed it. preparations, wanton, wicked
war was forced upon our loyal people.
Never was war so Causeless. The North had
sought no sectional triumph, invaded no rights,
inflicted no wrongs upon the South. It aimed to
presetve the Republic, not to destroy it ; and even
when the rebellion presented the Sword as the
minter, we exhausted every dent consistent With
the existence of our Government to avert the bldody
drama of the last three years. The insolent alter
native presented by treason, of fatal dismemberment
cr internecine war, was met by generous efforts to
avert the storm of death which threatened to fall ;
but the leader, of the rebellion spurned peace, un.
less they could glut their infernal ambition over the
ruins of the noblest and freest Government ever
devised by man.
Thi ec years of bloody, wasting war, and the hoz ,
Alic sacrifice of a quarter of a million lives attest
the Oesperation of their purpose to overthrow bur
liberties. Mourning and sorrow spread over the en
tire nation, and defeat and desolation are the terrible
tiophies won by the traitor's hand. Our people have
been sorely tried by disasters, hut in the midst of the
deepest gloom they have stood with unfaltering de.
Vouon to the great cause of our common country.
Relying upon the ultimate triumph of the right, they
have proved themselves equal to the stern duty, and
worthy of their rich inheritance of freedom. their
fidelity bee been well rewarded. In God'. own good
time lie has asserted His avenging power; and if
this war is persisted in by the leaders of the rebel.
lion, as has become evident, then 'Level y and treason,
the fountain and stream of discord and death, must
soon share a common grave. ••‘•
In this great struggle for our honored nationality,
Pennsylvania ha. won immortal fame. Despite the
teachings of the faithless and the hesitation of the
timid, the has promptly and generously met every
demand made upon her, whether to repel invasion
or to tight the battles of the Union whenever and
Wheiever her people were demanded. Upon every
bald made histoio arid awned by the valor of our
troops, some of the martial youth of Penney'yenta.
have fallen. There is goatee a hospital that has not
been visited by our kind °Woes to the sick and
wounded these is not is ileoatsment is which breve
n. en do not answer with pride to the mama of our noble
Staff, and while history ettilUtei, loyal hearts will
turn with feelings of national pride to Gettypurg,
Way We 44m;ROn 44i1V41111191 of resavrmaii spa
the Union will stand recorded In the unsurpassed
glory of that bloody
I need hardly renew my pledge, that during the
term of of on which lem about to enter, I will
give my whole moral and official power to the pro-
Feaution of Mx war, and in aiding the National Go.
vernment in every effort to secure early end Com
plete success over our malignant foes.
For the preservation of our national life, all
things should be subordinated. It is the first, high
-04, noblest duty of the citizen—it is his protection
in person, property, and all civil and religious pri
vileges, and for its perpetuity in form and power, he
owes all his ends, his influence, his means, and
existence,
to his gi li v f e e. it rene w :el
plunge us into another causeless war
In the destruction of the military power of the re.
M and re e ti n l a u b ja le wo it til a d g M ain b t u o t
,bellion is alone the hope of palm ; for while armed
rebels march over the soil of any State no real free
dom can prevail, and no governmental authority,
consistent with the' genius of our tree institutions,
can properly operate.
The people of every State are entitled under the
Constitution to the protection of the Government,
and to give that protection fully and fairly, rebellion
must be disarmed and trodden in the dust. Ry these
means, and these alone, can we have enduring
union, prosperity, and peace. As in the past, I Will
in the future, in faithful obedience to the oath I have
taken, spare no means, withhold no power which
can strengthen the Government in this confliet. To
the measures of the citizens chosen to administer
the National Government adopted to promote our
great cause, I will give my cordial approval and
earnest co-operation. It is the cause of constitu
tional liberty and law. •
Powers which are essential to our common safety
should now be.wimeiy and fearlessly administered,
and that Executive would be faithless and held
guilty before the World. who should fail to wield
the might of the Government for its own preserva
tion. The details of my views on the measures
which I recommend are contained in my recent
annual message, and need not here be repeated.
I beg to return to that generous people of my na
tive State my hearty thanks for their unfaltering
support and continued confidence. They have sus
tained me amid many trying hours of official em
barrassment. Among all these people to none am I
more indebted than to the soldiersof Pennsylvania,
and I here pledge to those brave men my untiring
exertions in their behalf, and my meet anxious
efforts for their future welfare; and I commend
here, as I have frequently done before, those de
pendent upon them, to the fostering care of the
State.
I cannot close this address without an earnest
prayer to the Most High that lie will preserve, pro-
tect and guard our beloved country, guiding with
Divine power and wisdom our Ci-overnment. State
and National, and I appeal to my fellow-eitizene,
here and elsewhere, in our existing embarrassmentif,
to lay aside all partisan feelings and unite in a hearty
and earnest -effort to support the common cause
which involves the welfare of us all.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Represen
tatives, I pray you, in God's name, let us, in this
era in our history of the world, set anexample of
unity and concord in the suport of all measures for
the preservation of this great Republic.
-A. G. CURTIN.
On the . completiett-of the ceremonies the Governor
entered the Hall of the House of Representatives
and seated himself on the right of Speaker Johnson.
Attorney General Meredith, of New Jersey, then
introdueed Hon. James B, Dayton, of the same
State. '
Hon. James B. Dayton then presented a valuable
copy of Andubon's works to the Governor in the
following speech:
NE, DAYTON% EIPERCH. .
We are here from New Jersey, the bearers of a testi
monial from the citizen of our State to the Governor of
this great Commonwealth—truly great in its power ape
resources, greater still in the fact that all she has is
'freely laid on the altar of her common country. Yon
were pleased to refer to Amman in a late State paper
read in this Hones as " your good neighbors." and let
me assure you that. as snob, we look with deep anxiety
to the 'remelt of the late rcaztvass in this State. knowing
how much depended on the firmness of the old Keystone
of the Arch, when the arch itself was shaken to its
centi 0. NOW that the trial is over, and the result
known, and this day witnesses the crowning care
monies of that contest, we consid er . it our right,
yes and, as • good neighbors," our duty, in
such times as these, to appear here as witnesses, and
testify to the faithful labors of the standard-bearer in
that campaign who bore the flag of liberty any Union on
to victory. A war of ballots. it is true, but in its moral
and political results more important to the nation at
large than the dearest bought success or the bloodiest
battle-field. If this is so, Mr. Governor,
are we not
rightly here on this day—loyal men from a loyal State;
the only loyal State, 'tie time, save one, with a Demo
cratic Executive. Still, I am bound. to say he has
proved himself faithful to the untarnished honor
of New Jersey, sustaining nobly the Government
in crushing out the rebellion. standing aloof and aloft
from that diminutive section of his 'party who would
hamper the Adminietrati' n in its honest efforts to save
the Republic, We have been here before; as neighbors
we came in the latter days of Jane. when this capital
was threatened. Amongst theilrattorallytoits defense,
as you will bear me witness, were Jerseymen. We have
been here before, in the early days of. July. We left
our heroes side by side with yours on the well-fought
field of fn ttysburg, and the raised mounds in that conse
crated city of the noble dead will, for all time, testify that
we have indeed been here Again we come, Governor,
and this time on an errand personal to yea and Yours;
and I am honored by the committee here in being called
on formally to present the testimonial we bear as a token
of the appreciation of our citizens of your services in be
half of our common country; and, let me say , that those
we represent here, who have taken part in this work,
are theathelves raresentative men of the intelligence
and industry of anoth,er State. And whilst I speak of
the givers. let me not be unrniadfal of the famous author
of the gift itself. John James Audubon. once a resident
of_ your own State, whose world-wide reputation few
wee been able to reach—a man who has left behind him
an Imperishable record. and written thereon his appre
ciation of our county. its liberty and. laws. A single in
cident Illustrative of his character • the sea eagle for ten
long years he had bunted in vain; he endured tke frosts
of winter and the heats of summer; he Want
streams and climbed the mountains, and when,
at last. success orowned hie labors, he writes: "Not
even Herschel. when he discovered. the planet which
bears his name, could 'have experienced more rapture,
and as the New World. gave me birth and liberty, the
great man who insured its independence is next to my
heart, and might be called the noblest of eagles after the
- noblest of men—" The bird of Washington." The
works of Audubon, known and honored throughout the
civilized world, we offer as a fitting testimonial of the
appreciation in which your works In behalf of the
country are held by the loyal citizens of New Jersey.
The Governor replied to the address ol Bon. las,
B. Dayton.
To say that he Was simply obliged for the gift
would be to attempt a sentiment too great for ,
language to express. To say that he was • obliged's
on behalf of the State of Pennsylvania would be
to return partial thanks to the generous donors.
It was pleasant to receive such a gift from a neigh
boring State on such a day, for it was significant
that not only was his course approved by the people
by whom Ji had been selected, but by those of a
neighborinommonwealth. This approval was the
highest 'need of praise that he desired, and was the
extent of bit ambition.
He reiterated thanks to the citizens eiNew•TerseY
for coming to ,our defence when the rebels breatheall
the free sdr eirPenneyivatilst, and invoke in laudatory
terms of the Governor of New Jersey, whom Kr.
Dayton had declared to be giving all his energies to
the support of the loyal cause. For this, he would
say God be praised
After a quarter of a million lives had. been sacri
deed, and after so much had been done, it was too
late to give up the contest, and Pennsylvania would
strike hands with any men of any seat, or set; or
kind, who will stand by the Government. He wet.
domed the Jerseyman, friends, and neighbors, as
now true to the country. Side by Side are the
States, with a noble river (not a barrier, but a sim
ple line of separation) between them. Both
together are they acting now, as in the past, when
Monmouth, Trenton Brandywine, and Valley
Forge, and the crossin g of the Delaware, Made them
Co.partnete. These MUGS could never be forgotten
while the American heart palpitated, and awes his
sincere wish that the kind feelings begun thus, in
the days of the past, might be perpetuated in the
days of the future.
New Jersey had contributed her share to the war,
and had answered all demands of the National Go
vernment with alacrity. Her people had fallen
with ours upon the bloody field of Gettysburg, and
we had gathered their bones with those of our kind
red, and would watch them forever. The same
waters washed our shores ' and the same (brat was
pawed to both—the dust of heroes and patriots. As
the record of the dead has inscribed us neighbors,
let us fiirever continue to be so.
The gift was the greatest which he had ever re
ceived. -He had been honored often before by the
citizens of Pennsylvania, but it was from them that
he had sought honors From New Jersey he had
sought nothing but good will, and the present was
the more appreciated because it came from a people
on whom he had no claim..
He continued by paying a glowing tribute to the
memory of Audubon, and concluded by saying that
Pennsylvania ever Stood ready to repay her debt or
gratitude to New Jersey. For himself, he only
asked as a man, with all the infirmities of nature
around him, to be considered loyal to the Govern
ment. [ 'rent applause.]
Mr. Higharn called upon Major General Hancock
for a speech.
Major General Hancock was introduced by Spea
ker Johnson, and delivered a short address, in which,
after acknowledging the honor done him in being
called upon to address the Legislature of Pennsylva
nia, he stated particularly the object of his presence
in Harrisburg. He had been sent to this State to
sustain the soldiers in the field by recruiting the na
tional armies to their full standard. He was a Penn-
• •
sylvanian, and proud of the honor which his native
State had won for herself during the war. Pennsyl
vania was now the most important State in the
'Union, and this was owing to no cause More than
the energy and patriotism of its excellent ElovernOr.
Ilia energy and patriotism should begintained. The
efforts of the people to end the rebellion should be
heartily pushed forward to the final consummation.
It only needs the strengthening of our armies to end
this cruel war, and bring us back again the softer
reign of peace.
The procession then resumed, and the proceedings
soon after closed.
XXXVIIIth CONGRESS---Ist SESSION.
WASHINGTON, JIM. 1.9 L 1864
SENATE.
Proposed Railroad between Arizona and
California.
_ . - • •
iVir. CONNESS, of California, presented the peti
tion of eitizena of Arizona, praying for a. railroad
between that country and Oalifornia. Referred.
Mr. SUMNER, of Massaehusetts from the Com
mittee on Foreign Relations, presented a bill for the
payment of the claims of Pennsylvania citizens.
Government of United States Armies.
Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, presented a MR
establishing rubs and,iegulations for the govern.
meat of the amahes of the United States. Referred.
Bounty.
Mr. WILKINSON, of Minnesota, introduced a
bill providing for the payment of the bounty of *lmo
to men mustered into the aerviee prior to May 31,
1861. Refused..
Thanks to Gen, Thomas.
Mr. NESM/TiEf., or Oregon, from the ComMittee
on Military Affairs, reported favorably the fond re
solution expressing the thanks of Congrese to Gen.
George H. Thomas, and the Officers and men Of his
command, for their services at the battle of Chicka
mauga.
- Mr. FESSENDEN, of Maine, reported a bill from
the Committee on Finance, empowering the Store.
tiny of the Treasury to =crease the Rompensatlon
of such inspectors of customs as are entitled to in.
creased pay, not exceeding a dollar per day.
The Peru Claim.
Mr. SUMNER, of Massaehusetts, presented a
bill in satisfaction of the Peruvian claimants, ap.
prOptiallug about n4o;000 An Mbar,
Me. SILKS, of Maryland, reported back from the
Committee on Naval .Affairs the resolutions of
thanks to Commodores Cadwallader, Ringgold, and
the officers and men of the steamer Sabine.
Thant= to Dupont.
Mr. JOHNSON, of - Maryland, from the Commit.
tee on Naval Affairs, offered s resolution tendering
the thanks of Congress to Commodore Dupont.
Mr. hakilIGAN, of New York, =traduced a bill to
facilitate the proceedings in the Courts of Admiralty
and otherjudicial proceedings in the courts of New
York, and for other purposes. Referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary,
The Additional Senatorial Oath.
The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of
the rule requiring an additional oath irom Sena
tore.
Itayard's Speech.
Mr. BAYARD, of Delaware, addresaed the Senate at
length, in oPPooltion to the measure. 41.6- he wee the
only Senator who hadnot taken the oathprescribed by
the reeolation, be presumed that it was intended to ope
rate personally upon him, notwithstandi adoptiond per
formed the funottona of Senator since the of the
rule, and that other Senators had been allowed to do so
without having the additional oath administered d to
them. The Senate •was the only body to, udge of the
qualiticationa of its own members, nudes the Constitn
tion. and no judicial act of either Rouse was valid, to
expel a member who has the qualification" prdscribed
by the Constitution. The act of 1962 was emollient to
several provision of the Constitution. ft prescribed
now oath for a legislator preyiens, tc enterj" " 0 . his
duties. The Federal Government was one of specially
delegated and enumerated powers, and the Senate
could not exercise the isowera not delegated by
i itntionep States
eoc r t,
e un d h r the
a st heoa n h
wThec hOnerepresentative
should take. He would make no captions
opposition to the oath in any form that Congress might
though he preferred the simple form of the
Conathution. lie thought the second oath prescribed
biAning necessary for the clue gratifies:ion a Senators
i hat was not eentained in the old oath.
As
to the clause
referring! , tollenental reservations , an action of 00..inri
would bold against a Senator or other person taking it.
This oath was a variation from the oath. The constitu
tional oath appealed to the conscience alone. The prime
dew sot in the eetablishresat of title rate would be preg
nant of evil s It Would require a pargaXon argil °SWIM
againat the .awn The power here propoaed would be
ut limited, end extend to all Wawa It nt , ght require a
representative to support the act or the Faecative or Chu
gross though be believed it to be diametrically opposed
tp the WM sad 'Mt lat tul voirititatum.. Oblectof,
to the rule not someth for tire *Meet It was to sifted. bat
for the exercise of the unlimOed power it confers. One
Precedent would be fo ll owed by' another until ana rchy
ensued, and a free government would be' followed by an
unlimited despotism.
To show that there was no parallel to the proposed ie•
gestation to be found in any of the English courts. Mr.
Bayard quoted from various English Authorities. He
hoped the guatenties of the .Constitutitar Would not be
idly fritted away, and the only barriers against the en=
ormsehmente.of a despotic power abandoned. This law
would inflict a punishment upon bun as a coneequence
of his silence. It would peek :to ascertain facts in a
manner unknown to the common law and the Constitu
tion. by a forced confession of the offender. and would
hold hie scones as a confession of guilt. This rule was
contrary to the letter and spirit or the Constitution. sad
held a man gouty for raftwins to answer an indictment
for A capital crime, framed In a manner not authorised
by that instrument.
Mr. BAYARD proceeded In an elaborate argument to
controvert the proposition of Mr. Trumbull that a mem
ber of Congress was a civil officer. In conclusion. he
said that his understanding of the term "loyalty " was
a steadfast adherence to the organic law, as defined in
the Conetitution, and by an ardent support of the great
guarantees for the maintenance of the principles of
civil and religious liberty which It was the object
of its framers to promote and perpetuate. If the term
• • loyalty " meant anything but adherence to the spirit
and letter of the Conetitntion. he would wish to be con
sidered as disloyal; and when that was so decided. he
would .meet the issue as became his dignity as an &Ma
rken Senator.
Mr. COLLAMER, of Vermont, rose to reply to Mr.
Bayard, but gave way until one o'closit tomorrow.
On motion of Mr. SUMNER. the Senate their went Into
executive session, and subsequently adjourned.
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Removal of Dr. WetherMl.
On motion of. Mr. OWL of Indiana, a select commit
tee was appointed to inquire into the fasts attending the
removal of Dr, Wetherill, chemist or the Agricultural
- Department. He said that in order to test 'an in/preve
nient in gunpowder, the President appointed Dr. Wathe-
HD for one month. Not having concluded hie invest!•
gallon* at the end of thatperiod, it was [extended. On
concluding the experiments he found he was discharged.
Dr. We therill was purely a scientific man, and had
never received a cent for his services-
The Amendment to the Oondscattion Act.
.The House resumed the consideration of the joint
resolution amendatory of the confiscation act.
Mr. WILSON, cf Massachusetts, expressed hie anxiety
to get a vote to-morrow, as no other report can be re
ceived from committees until the resolution is out of the
way.
. Mr. COX, of Ohio. said that, as at least a dozen gentle
men on the Opposition side desired to speak, they
should have an opportunity to discuss the measure.
Mr. STEVENS. of Pennsylvania, remarked that he and•
others would vote against the resolution in Its present
form, as without amendment it was worse than the origh
nal bill.
Mr. WILSON said, if the gentleman and his friends
were determined to defeat the resolution, the responsi
bility would rest on themselves
Mr. OL/ee, of Ohio, expressed bis views on the subject
of confiscation, entering into an argument t 0 show that, •
while the Constitution authorized the declaration of the
punishment of treason and legislation against the life of
the guilty, and the forfeiture of hie estates, is did not
justify any forfeiture beyond the life of the accused
Party. Be was constrained to believe that what is
claimed to be an improved Interpretation of the Consti
tution is but a wandering from that common sense
which ebould govern legislative proceedings. A new
method of doing a forbidden thing did not help the di
lemma
Mr. STEVENS, from the Committee of Ways and
Means. reported a till making appropriations for the,
na "al service, for the year ending with the. month.. of
, 1865. This bill was made the order of the day for
J une ,
Mr. 3OIITWELL, in his argument, said the majority
here and in the country will exectite.l wake while they
distribute mercy. He anderslood the resolution before
the Hence to make it the duly of the courts to administer
the penalties described by the act of 1862, within the li
mits of the Cenetitntion. the framers or which gave Con
fullsthe power to declare the pantehment of treason
complete, and unlimited; brit with the absolute
Prohibition that no attainder of treason shall work cor
ruption f blood. He was f sustaining any measure
which shall provide for the forfeiture of estates of per
sons convicted of Ovum, whether the estates are of
goods or lands,
The Excise Law Debate.
The Howe then went into Committee of the Whole
on the bill amendatory of the Excise Law.
The Tax on Ardent Spirits.
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Mr. LOVEJOY, of Illinois, offered an amendment
changing the tax now proposed on spirits from sixty
cents to one dollar. He argued that the tax should be
permanent in order to prevent speculation
Mr wEttivaNDO WOOD. of New York. replied aasn
• ming that when peace and harm MY Shall be restored the
excise lax will cease. The amendment of the gentleman
was based on the argument that the war will be of long
duration. If the policy of the Administration was to be
carried cut, the gentleman might well commence legiela
tien for a long war; for if the rebel Government had had
control of the action of the Administration it could not
better have aided the rebel cause than the gentlemen
here were now doing. He opposed the amendment.
Mr. GRINNELL. of lowa, moved to place the tax at
8x1.20. Be said that whisky. for drinking purposes, was
VICIOUS and 'unnecessary. He could conceive why the
gentleman from New York (Mr. tifr od) should oppose
the increase, for it had been said that the grogehope are
the nurserses of • Democracy. • ehe verdict of the peo
ple was against the gentleman, fog we have a President
who proposes to give freedom to the country by putting
down the rebellion ; by reducing the consumption of the
damnable stuff , and keeping it away from the army; he
believed the war would sooner be brought to a close.
Mr. CHAN DLES, of Mew work. said that when the
gentleman arcremded. ids desire for a sober army, he per
haps alluded to Chancellors ville. Thelhistory of the
Generals, who have been intoxicated when on duty. is a
curse to the country. And yet fanaticism would de
prive the poor man of a simple necessity of life. He
briefly argued against the imposition of heavier burdens.
Ms KELLEY. of Pennsylvania, said that, if the rebels
did not receive encouragement front gentlemen on this
floor, we will, before one year. crush the rebellion. He
denied .the Istatement Ithat gaunt want and poverty
stalk our streets, and aseerted that our country never
enjoyed greater prosperity than now. He had, for nine
years, presided over a court having criminal Jurisdic
tion, and, if it had not been for the corner groceries, the
school-houses of modern Democracy, his judicial duties
would have been reduced eight or nine -tenths,
Mr. CHANDLEILof New York.asked whether the gen
tleman was not ell cted by the Democrats.
Mr. KELLEY replied that he. being too pure for their
Purposes. the Democrats refused to take him up; but the
people did , and they elected hint by a vote which no
ether local officer ever received in the city and county of
Philadelphia
Mr. RANDALL, of Pennsylvania. asked Mr. Kelley
whether he did not pledge himself to abide by a Demo
cratic Convention, and then repudiated its action?
Mr. KELLEY referred his colleague to the Fourth
ward groceries. In the course of hie remarks, he had
said, in layine taxation. he would, while raising the tax
on bad whisky, also Increase the price on wines and
brandies.
Mr. STEVENS opposed the pending amendments; in
stead of increasing, they would decrease the revenue.
and to that extent ;deprive the Government of the means
of sliPPorting the public burdens In his younger days,
as a mezob.r of the Legislature, he had seen that stria
sent laws to suppress intemperance had failed of their
Purpose. and the most effective means of reform was
moral suasion.
An amendment was offered making the tax on spirits
fifty cents a gallon, which was rejected.
Mr. MORRILL said the sixty centsper gallon proposed
by the Committee of Ways and Means would yield more
revenue than an enlargement of the tax—sixty cents was
the utmost verge of tax spirits would bear as a revenue
measure.
- .
Without coining to any conclusion on the subject the
Committee rose..
Mr F. WOOD, of New York, introduced a bill to re
imburse the city of New York for expense incurred in
calling out troops to suppress the rebellion. Adjourned.
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
HARErsnuao, January 19, 1864
SENATE.
M;E=l==
- - .
Mr. JOHNSON moved to take a recess until five minutes
before twelve. and to convene at that time and attend
the Inauguration of the Gel ernor. Agreed to.
-At live minutes before twelve the Senate met, and the
members proceeded to witness the inauguration cere
monies. after which adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House was called to order at llo'clock, A. M.
Mr. KERNS moved to take a recess until five minutes
before twelve. Agreed to.
On motion of Mr. WATSON, a committee was appoint•
ed to wait upon the Bona% and invite them to partici
pate in the inaugural ceremonies. After eerero.oMß% ad
journed.
TILE DUTIES OF 11. S. OFFICERS.
General Order of General Butler.
HEADQUARTERS 18TH ARMY CORPS, DEPART.
'MEET OP . TIP.QIIIIA AND NORTH CAROLINA,
FORTRESS Pdonnou, Va., Jan. 15, 1864.—Gene.
ral Orders, No. 8 —l. Complaint was made by .
Colonel Draper, commanding 2d North Caro
hne colored troops, that Lieutenant Colonel
Weed, of the 98th Nen" York volunteers, while In
command at Pungo Landing, did, by force, attempt
to rescue a prisoner held by Col. Draper, under the
order of Brigadier General Wild, and proceeded so
far to resist by force Col. Draper from taking his
prisoner, as to bring on a personal collision between
Col. Draper and himself, and some of the officers
and soldiers under betw ee nders and a further
threatened collision all the forces under
their respective commands.
It appearing that this unfortunate and unit:tat!"
Liable state of facts arose front a misunderstanding
of rights and duties on the part of one or the other
of these officers, and from a misconception of the
provisions of the articles of war relating to the
powers of the ranking officer, when troops happen
to meet on marches or In garrison, as by paragraph
7, revised army regulations, the commanding
general caused the whole matter to be investigated
before himself.
„..
Upon the examination it was claimed by Lieut.
Cal. Weed, that, being in command of a post, he
had a right to take charge of, and hold, even by
force a prisoner arrested by an cillicer superior in
rank' to himself, within the limits covered by his
mounted patrol, because such superior officer was
not acting under the order of his (Lieut. Colonel
Weed's) division commander.
This claim of right on the part of Lieut. Col.
Weed is wbol/y untenable, and his conduct on the
occasion is wholly unjustifiable and inexcusable; no
much so, indeed, that it is difficult to see how he
could have been led into so grievous an error, un
leu hie feelings of gallantry were enlisted, as the
prisoner attempted to be rescued was a young
woman.
Lieut. Col. Weed, by his action on that occasion,
has rendered himself ftble to be dismissed from the
service, upon trial by court martial , and that order
would have been made by the commanding general,
as the result of the investigation, but for the former
character of Lieut. Vol. Weed as an officer, and his
active and zealous former services to hie country.
Col. Draper having been found entirely justified
by military law in the whole transaction, Lieut.
Col. Wend has been ordered to make ample apology
to Colonel Draper, for the personal indignity starer.
ed by him, because of Lieut. Col. Weed's fault,
Lieut. Vol. Weed IS PUbliely reprimanded gene.
ral orders, for this grave breach of military disci.
pline and subordination. Col. Draper having de
clared Maisel! satisfied with the apology mado him,
Lieut. Col. Wend is ordered to report to his regi
ment for duty. • •
11. The commanding general cannot let this Oa
currence pass by without calling the attention of the
officers in command within this dap to She
true Construction of the 624 article of w atrial
to the powers of officers when they join e °therm
marches or in garrison. There seems to vat been
an entire misunderstanding of the rights and powers
of officers commanding posts, or having a military
district assigned to their command.
Unless a geographical district le assigned: to an
*Meer by direct order from the President of the
United btates, he obtains by such assignment no
powers as against his superior in rank, and all
officers within the samemilitary geographical depart.
went take command in virture of their rank, when
meeting or serving together, unless specially other.
wise authorized or directed from these headquarter%
Again, it has been thought that there is some duty
incumbent upon an officer having the command of a
subdivision of this military department assigned - 40
him, to interfere with and hinder the act of his au.
perior officer happening to come into that district,
and that he is in some way responsible for the acts
of his superior while within his district.
No ide disci plin e, be o untenable, or so subversive of
military au this. An inferior can never
be responsible , either in morals or military law. for
the sots of his superior officer, and if either do
wrong, both are responsible to the common head.
Therefore, any officer, seeing what he supposes to
be a wrong done by his inverter, should cantata
himself with respectfully protesting against the.set,
and reporting it to his immediate superior, and when
that is done his whole duty is done, in that behalf,
and such course will always prevent unseemly cob
lisions between officers and trocnrs, like the onelust
examined.
It has also been thought that when an officer was
charged with the duty of seeing that the property
of the inhabitants of a given portion of territory
was protected from Violence, it was also. his duty to
protect that property and those inhabitanta against
tbe acts of other officers of the United States not
under his command no mistake can be more perni
cious.
property e stated, the officer .1111 only to. preterit
th against unauthorized capture, and the
person against unauthorized force. Authorized
capture is not pillage, so far as he. is concerned,
and authorized force Id the person is not person's)
violence.
Therefore;after the promulgation of this order; any
t Ricer who shall attempt to interfere with throngs
01 another officer not under his conunank by force,
thereby endangerirg a collision between bodies of
trope, Will be bald to the strictest rdisoonsibutky.
By command of Bleier General B &tier.
if. S. DAVIS,
Major and Assistant Adjutant General,
Official: A. P. Fergazu,
Captain and Aid-do-camp.
Garr. BITRASIDE IN 00148OLTATIOR 'WITH Got.
RYMOI7/2.-,0. letter, dated Albany, N. T.,l6thines,
r aye : "Gen. Burnside, with a portion .of his staff;
bur been here to day in consultation, with the Go
-Tema? in regard to recruitiae hie soul@ to fifty thou.
r end men. His interview with Governor Seymour
'was • quite lengthy and perfectly satisfacto ry. It
I •.•ing on business, several of the Governor a stait
were present, and the details IMO all arranged isk
tegatd lb, recruiting fer General Burneble's asps.
•Ito entire management was placed in the heat! ot
'he Governor, distinct and - semis% from the
_pro.
vest marshals . The General tldsevenink (tatty
Ratietied t II ter eie thl4 09•1100/1101"
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Movements !)1' General Burnaide. ' •
BosTow, Jan. is.—N L 'ejor General Burnside i..en6i
the Legislature this ern
teoon, accompanied .'
Fretident Field and spe.Nker Bullock, when t '',?
Chamber took a recess, an d the General re esi 4 lo
the congrattdationg of the mectbens.
The trial of George Jones, al:” Count Joliet, ,
indited as a common barrator fOr stirring no ":
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rels between honest and peasesb.le citizens, es d ._J;
menced to-day in the Superior 00/11 1 . The eas e c"
tracts much attention, and will prolObly but ~t ,
ral days.
The storm in New York.
°MEG% (N. Y.,) Jan. 19.—There it a tic lest h t
storm prevailing here, aeroompaniedhwitii
lightning. A snow storm appears to be oomi.l,z, oa
BUFFALO, Jan. 19.—The snow storm corn
with a high wind. No trains have left this eit 4 , 0 11
the East or West to day, and they will all be 1 ,
tained till tomorrow.
Telegraph communication IS interrupted by
storm.
TORONTO, (Ij, W.,) Jan. ta —A fierce anon , 1i04r2
i. prevailing all over the Weeterie province, ay °
show. no signs of abating. The railroad trains tem
been stopped.
ra
Engineers? Strike. thl
Carawoo, Jan. 19.—The engineers on the Flt 0 :"
burg, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Rood have
for higher wager.
At a meeting held at Fort Wayne, a commute; 3
Was appointed to wait on the officers o? the Cosi,
pany, and demand four dollars per day, which them
officers refused to pay. NO trains have been 8A . 02
the road today.
The Late Archbishop Hughes Let
from the President.
The following letter, on behalf of the President
wee received by the very reverend odnanistrstoz sou
the diocese
DEPARTMENT OP STATE,
WASHINGTON, TsDDyy 13, last, se
To the Very Reverend Wm. Slams, eldnaferWalor oft T
Dioceseqf New York: SO
VERY REVEREND AND DEAR SIR : The President
of the United States hes put into my bands the in. I"
vitation to the obsequies of the late' Archbishop
Hughes, with which he was favored by you.
While it was impossible for hint to - socept the ta. le
vitation, be bet, nevertheless, earzfear gesired t; Tel
find some praotlemble mode ot ausED Rr ' , '
row with which he received Intelligent e° that Sit
tinguished prelate's demise, and hie sympathy will .:
his countrymen, and with the rellgtoueLsoranurnior ;Id
over which the deceased presided, in theirgreat be
reavement. I have, therefore, on his boleti, to re.
quest that you will make known in such manner al B
will seem to you most appropriate, that /Levier
formed the Archbishop's acquaintance in the walk"
days of our country's present troubles, his *mime; TI
and advice were gladly sought and continually re TI
ceived by the Government on 'those points whicy TI
his position enabled him bettor than others to roe TI
Rider. TI
At a conjuncture of deep interest to the (*until. TI
the Archbishop, associated with others, went abroei TI
and did the Datioas service there, With MI the icy.
,T 2,
any, fidelity, and practise! wisdom which, on to TX
many other occasions, illustrated his great abillt; TI
for administration. Ti
Humbly hoping that the loss which the chum/ Ti
and State have sustained in the removal of the hest •
of your archdiocese may; through the blessing or •
God, be repaired, so that whether' been an unspeaks.
ble gain_to him may not be a permanent cause a
sorrow to them.
I have the honor to be, respectfully, your ()bedlam
servant,
servant, WILLIAM a. SEWARD.
HISTORIC PARALLEL.—Sourebody has discovered
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that the following " character of Charlie; the First, all
H '
of England," by Lord Macaulay, perfectly fits UV , „y l o
vernor Seymour. of NOW York—and it does; opt•
Be He wrote and spoke, not Me his father ; By,
alit
the exaotnees of a professor, but after the
fashion or • H
intelligent and well-educated gentlemen. His taste W
in literature and art we. excellent; - his manner' 'lll
dignified, though not gracious ; domestic lift
without blemieb. Faithlessness was the (thief came 11
of his diameters, and is the chief stain on his memory, • A
Be was, truth, impelled, by an incurable properi. 1 %1
ally, to dark and wicked ways. It may seem Orange Ate
that his conscience, which on occasions of little mu. ..6
went was sufficiently.sensitive, should never have, 4
reproached him with this great vice. Hut there
reason to believe that he was perfidious, not only g i
from constitution and from habit, but also On prin. ' H
ciple. He seems to have learned from thepotiticfm D
whom he most esteemed, that between him Sad I.
/avow there could be nothing of the nature of mulct: W •
contract." No)
Another good story is told of General Grant. TZ
A ftiend having called Lie attention to the use matte mg
of his name in connection with, the Presidency, the
General declared that he had no aspiratkozus in thet A A
direetiOll, but there was one office he would like to
hold when the war ends : " I would like," said he, 1101
„ to be elected Mayor of Galena, so as to have the 1 , 3 1 f;
sidewalk repaired between my house and the dfipOt..
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Public Entertainments. Ha
ffnw OriESTVIIT•STENST THISATRE.--Laat eve. art
ning the opera of " Lem Noses de Jeannette," and int
the one.act vaudeville, "Le Tips du Bengale,' , De',
were presented. We have merely sufficient space itd
to refer to the sweet end pleasant voice of M'H ft ft
Louise Mallet, as Jeannette, and the °unctuous per. IV,
formance of M. Roche in "Le Tigre du Bengale, ,, kP
Louise Mallet is gentle in expression, comet, and :if
perhaps too quiet and undemonstrative in action, 13 at
and has a very nice little voice, which she manage. tf x ,
very nicely. N. Roche was excessively droll, ant
in appearance is a sort of vaudeville Amodio, He Wee
seemed thoroughly to enjoy his own performance, m e , m
acting, indeed, les lamas a= yam.. On another oc as
motion we shall have more to say of Juignet's corn. Gyp
pany. se 8
Zoonernicon.—The entertainment of the Zo rel
graphicon in no well worth being noticed that it is 6 MI 1
pleasure to revert to it again. No more appropriate A
place of entertainment for Sundapewhoobe can be 111 M
found, and the proprietor, Mr. Term is ready to 1 1 11
make the most liberal arrangements with tenthere asa
and superintendent'. As it is uncertain how long )
the Zographieon will remain, it will be well to make as
!peaty arrangements for paying a visit to these pie, a be
turee of novelty and beauty, at. the /sotto" lupin of V
Concert HalL al
. Ne'rroxs.ar. Croons. T -The nineteenth =abide will r o V
take place thiritifternosin'at National Nall, on Nu , Hew
ket street, above Twelfth, Mr. T. King, the great ; 41 , , it
American leaper, will take a benefit tomorrow ere gala
ning.
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LA COTERIE BLANO.—As our readers may be
struck with the beading of this paragraph, we shall ,
endeavor, in as few word, as possible, to enlighten
them by stating that it is the title adopted by a num. V I
ber of young gentlemen of this city who delights is r.L7,1
the pleasure. of ~ the mazy dens," and who Intend bath
to give a aoirde at the Academy of Music on the Eit,
evening of February 4th. ' The ladies and gentlemen p at
who Will assist at this affair will be attired in fancy li la
costume. From our knowledge of the gentlemen VIII
comprising Lit Coterie, we anticipate one of the 78 1 :,
most brilliant affairs ever given in this city fore w m
long time.W C
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SALE OF REAL ESTATE, STOCKS, & Pilo
Pilo ,
Messes. X. Thomas & Sone sold at the Exthangs, S/ 10
yesterday noon, the following stook. and real estate, ' 'aril
t
viz ; s Or
10 shares Western Bank, $71.25—5712,50. 30 shun w Bak
I,e
Southwark Bank, $101.12—53,033.13. 32D shares !kis
Kimberton Coal Company, 64—5880. 402 shares any ,
Kimberton Goad Company, $4-1,608. 10 shun o 1
Corn Exchange, $39.75—5397.60. Benningtonhares Kenning' L /
ton Bank, $75.50-8604. 10 shares Bank, m 3 F
$75.50—5765. 100 shares Union Canal Compact. 1
$6.50—5650. io shares Philadelphia Exchange, 850- v
s
W share 00. i share Philadelphia Library, $27.80. 1 we
Mercantile Library, (paid up,) t $7.50. Building lot • s
on a street between rifty.flrat and Elfty-seconl . j
cD
streets, $BO. Business iodation, three-dory brie ..,- .1
dwelling, No. 504 Walnut street, 14 feet front, 5p6.2.50, Awwirs_„„
Lot, dwelling, wharf, & 0., Bridal, Bucks counts', ~'",,..11 1
Pennsylvania, $3,400. Wharf and large lot, Ara. 17,z,
mingo Canal, Commerce street and Edgemont street, y B et ,
Nineteenth ward, $24,500. '&
Per
1 AU
tom
Marl ets by Telegraph.
NEW Tonic. Jan. 19. —The market . for Petroleum f,
firm, with males of crude at .313g0 'whit 47(4:1190 for retina ,
11auryworta, Jan. 19. — Plonr le gullet at $707.12;0 7 I
Howard enperllne. Wheat Arma advancing, and scarce.
Corn dull and drooping A 1.1.241021 19 for white Mb.
Lard buoyant. Coffee dull • whisky quiet at 26c for OM/. .
Ne.NIF York Cattle Market.
NEW YORK, Jan. 39.—Beef hat declined Mo to le; " I le!
at 83e to UM" .ReeeiPts 0.000 head Sheep lower at c o
to SEi. Receipts 16,000 iiitl4o Are /Ma firm M 4137,12 ,, .
08,123fi. iteceipte 0000 bead.
PURPLE GLOVEB.—There is nothing more familial. et
F r;
able just now than Purple Gloves. Purple Far".,l, 13
for this reason, has been greatly in demand, in Coo , „ Le
sequence of which it haa beefs almost entirety sweP:
out of the market. Our readers will be glad.to leVa. KBa
however, that Mr. John BT. Finn, Seventh sad "iaZ
Arch streets; has just received a fresh supply:of this od e 1
Yarn, of a-very beautiful shade of purple ; also, :Erit
full line of stocking Yarna of all the most desirable ? c ta
colors, beside, a Yarn adapted for MilitarY put ,
Doses, to which we would invite the spacial atter.. r aca,
Lion of ROcieties, as Mr. Finn makes a aonsiderabli RIM
reduction in prices their favor. berg' 1
Penal
TRH L&a Ray. Hurray STIMLB Or..easan, ap. I Boa:
—Mr. F. Gutekunst, Nos: 70l and 706 Arch street, hsi PAL°I
now ready at his counters fine photograpl4pfoture F She,
Dews late and highly esteemed divan for ;deny Yoko G it:
pastor of Central P rembyterlaiteChurhtinth in the rani]
card and taiga size pictures. His Mende will be gltd ice.
of this opportunity to secure thebest pictures ever it
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taken from life of this popular clergyman: ha Fe
Tan Rear
WEATHIM ea'.—The sudden metamorphoses stit
of the weather lately has brought to town a nuuber Yes
o r military allieftathi, Prolniaant =Ong Whom PP aim
destrians may possibly have noticed for-themselvss
General Snow, General Slush, General Thaw, GO" . 1 .5101
ral Rain, General Slip, and General Mud. In visa' bo wl
of
of these distinguished arrivals. our citizeas sit A m
largely :ordering Co' from the great Coal Yard of r mai
Vint
W. W. Alter, 935-Nerth Ninth street. R
Al-TAMIL OLOTIITAG AT ENDUORD PICICAS,"otbm
Messrs. 0. Somers Son, No. 625 Chestnut street
under Jayne's Hall, in view of the adromised stage eve,
of the I.IIIIIIIOD, tire now selling-their entire dock of •
elegant winter clothing at greatly Wilma priori h e
Pais Afrordi a rpre opportunity for buyers to mono nnm
elegant clothing at great bargains. ' Deg
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trunnion eznifit.—We have now in store a serf kr4,l
superior quality - Of Cider, made - from pinked flower awes; the finest Older ever brou g h t t o tho 1 Ara
an 1 , ,
market. Dews & Rionentra, Rase
Am& and Tenth. 0041
GELTIAT EZDUCTION IN PRIORS. tea
Great Reduction in Prices. Indtl
Lamm' and Misses' Phis Cloak's. BnYd
Fla(
Ladies' and AiAsses' Fine,4lkralis.. lt 11
Also, • ono
sinks
Rich Furs of all Mai,. ham
Rich Furs of all klnds. se s
L
Hs
4 Anticipation of the alima of the season, lea stf :s Tr
now prepared to make a large coneession, COS ATLI
foram prices on all one stock. , nem
I. W. PROCTOR & 04, 1 NM.
The Pariagloak and Fur Enipostan4 Tat
820 Chestnut , Wee.
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tumm op CfarmsmiczenlrllTANN' . lite A
ino GOODS, embracing everything neearaary in that on. :1
line for A man. or Mate to wear; wltLbe found at idi
Georg', Granite, 61.01 lEateatnut street, mum "tr I T
Hera al" Shirt,. Wanted by J. R‘,Taggarl. ill t. I•
leg 24
Shir or the age.
~,, Won
TEAR Sitociwia Param—Thena.have been 01 ": - bferfel
people complaintag of eorrold Ufa this sews. 'a
Philadelphia, than has beemkporan in many Ye;
TYPhibid, latennittent, runtrean, eongeitive. an ;
chills anti fever, are all pleducla from congestio n ,„„1.
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the liver. In fact , near* twiny disease 0 " " -- ,e l e d Litti
by an inactive state ot t.ltis organ. Eves Spo tt ed mum
Fever is sauced from eongestien of the liver. 1"*... ' Ol . ,
tpi , that feat anything of this kind should 1101 OW II
a laoment, but ow} for a box of Sahensles Di (- :
drake PlEa, keg tak e o ne every might. Thor 4l l ..
keep the live* healthy without mush purtiag a s
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emir* Pioy %R 1 any ortilliiirYill qtV i S a '
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