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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1861,
Tlie Danish (Question Stated.
The: Danish question, which hits lately
caused so much agitation in Europe, really
lies in a nutshell. Formerly Schleswig-
H< ostein, a part of Germany forming the
southern portion of the Kingdom of Den
mark, was one Dnchy. Xu 1848 and 1849,
its inhabitants, hacked hy Prussia, revolted
against the Danish rule, and very nearly
succeeded in casting it off. In 1850 and
1851, Austria and Prussia assented to the
severance of Schleswig from Holstein, both
to be retained by Denmark. Schleswig-
Holstein geographically belonging to Ger
many, it was promised by Frederic VII.,
of Denmark, that they should ■ retain their
national privileges, and not be united to
Denmark by any act, which, incorporating
them with that Kingdom, would take from
them their own independent Legislature.
In like manner, in the hundred and twen
ty-three years ("1714 —1837 ) which elapsed
Jrom the accession of the Guelph dynasty
to the British throne, to the death of Wil
liam IV., the last male sovereign of that
line, Hanover, a German Electorate origi
nally belonging to the Guelphs (made a
Kingdom in 1815.), was governed by or in
the name ol the British Sovereign, but had
its own laws, its own Legislature, its own
nobility, wholly independent of England,
and belonged to the German Diet, precisely
as Schleswig ITnlstein does now. The Ha
noverians would have revolted, with the
sympathy of Germany to aid, had the King
of England issued a Proclamation or the
British Parliament made a law, by which
Hanoyer, losing its individual nationality,
would be declared united to England, with
permission to send a few members tq, the
British Legislature, its own local Parlia
ment being abolished.
In 1855, Austria and Prussia, with Eng
land, France, and other Powers, agreed to
appoint a successor to the reigning King of
Denmark, who was childless, passed over
the Duke of Augustenbourg, the King's
nearest male relation, and head ot the first
ducal line of Holstein-Sonderbourg, to elect
Prince Christian, a younger son of the
Duke of Sonclerbourg-Glucksbourg, which
is a junior branch of the Danish family.
The Augustenbourg line was passed by be
cause it had fought against Denmark, on
the side of the Schleswig-Holsteiners, in
1848-’49, and the Glucksbourg branch was
selected because it had taken part with Den
mark. The Augustenbourg family claim
Schleswig-Holstein by hereditary descent
as next male Leirs to the late King of Den
mark. But this claim might not have been
allowed had other circumstances not helped
it.
When, in May, 1852, the succession to
Denmark was diverted into the Glucksbourg
family, an arrangement from which the
Danish Parliament withheld assent until the
last day of July, 1853, the King of Den
mark solemnly promised to respect the
rights of Schleswig-Holstein. But Frede
ric VII. broke this promise by issuing the
Patent of a new Constitution, incorporating
these Duchies with Denmark. His succes
sor, the Glucksbourg cadet, withdrew that
Constitution, but, in November, immedi
ately after his accession, as Christian IX.,
issued a new Constitution, which, if carried
out, will swamp. Schleswig-Holstein, as
much as the incorporation of Hanover with
England would have swamped Hanover.
-Christian IX. will not see that if he is in
dependent, as King of Denmark, he is a
member of the German Confederation; as
Dukejjf Holstein. He refuses to withdraw
his act depriving Schleswig-Holstein of their
nationality, and Austria and Prussia have
consequently ceased to hold diplomatic re
lations with hint, thereby surrendering him
■to his fate.
--England proposes to submit the question
to a Conference, but France holds hack, re
membering how recently and how incivilly
Lord Kussell declined attending the Con-*
g) ess. The feeling in the Duchies is in favor
of Prince Frederic, of Augustenbourg,
-and, unless England send an army and a
fltet to assist the father of the Princess of
Vales, his Majesty may find himself minus
■Schleswig and Holstein some tine morning
in the spring. Denmark, with the Duchies,
contains 1,007 square miles (exactly one
mile more than the area of our little Rhode
Island., and 5,005,024 inhabitants. Take
away Schleswig-Holstein, and the Kingdom
of Denmaik will consist of only 715 square
miles, with a population of 1,630*798. This
is a petty sovereignty, but its affairs may
make Europe drift into a general war.
Tile Alexandra.
It lias not keen noticed in any journal,
English or American, that the decision, as
to the Alexandra, on the 11th ult., by the
Court of Exchequer, in London, was not
given by all the judges of that court. On
one side, with very doubtful justice, Chief
Baron Pollock, who had tried the case,
and whose charge to the jury was excepted
to, gave his own impartial opinion that he
was rightcommon delicacy, one would
have thought, would have withheld him
from giving any opinion whatever. Sir G.
W. Beam well, a learned and able judge,
•also thought that the new trial should not
be granted. The two junior Barons of the
Exchequer, Channell and Pjoott, were
in favor of a new trial. Where was Sir
Samuel Martin, the elder puisne Baron ?
Not ill, for he sat in Chambers during the
week before Hilary Term began. Was his
opinion contrary to that of his father-in-law,
(Chief Baron Pollock,; and did he with
hold it from a desire to spare his aged rela
tive the pain of a public condemnation of
his law, as laid down to the jury in the
Alexandra trial ? There are five judges in
the Court of Exchequer. On the Alexandra
case, had all five been present, a definite
decision must hare been given. Baron
Mamin absented himself, and there was
“a tie” on the judgment. According to
custom, the junior judge (PioqttJ with
drew his judgment in favor of a new trial,
and then a decision against the new trial
was recorded as the judgment of the court.
Delay and trouble, expense and suspense,
are thus doubled, —all because Chief Baron
Pollock’s son-in-law did not attend, to do
his duty, on a most important international
question. This has a suspicious look.
Religion Established by Daw.
A convention recently assembled at Alle
ghany City, composed of representatives of
moat of the evangelical denominations, to
take measures for obtaining an amendment
to the Constitution of the United States, It
prepared a petition to Congress asking that
the Constitution be amended to read thus :
11 We, tie people of the United States, humbly ac
knowledging Almighty God as the source of all au
thority add power in civil government the .Lord
•Je.us Chiist as the ruler among the nations, his re
vealed will as the supreme law of the land, in order
to constitute a Christian government, and in order
to fotm a mere perfect union, establish justice, in
sure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common
defence, promote the general welfare, and secure
tisbt* and the blessings of life, liber-
U’ J n d'he pursuit of happiness to ourselves, our
r J5' *? B *•' the people, do ordain and esta-
Amerioo!" C 101 the United States of
That this is a Christian country no one
can question-that Christianity influences
national action is equally evident, but it is
the crowning glory of our Constitution that
,it in no way interferes with religious beliet.
•The real spirit of Christian charity exists in
the toleration of all creeds. The amend
ment proposed is inconsistent with the pur
poses and precedents of our Republic, and a
slight upon the wisdom of the great men
•Who framed its laws. It would also be an
injustice to members of the Hebrew church,
And would certainly offend and humiliate
■many of the best people in America. That
Congress cannot treat the question as one
concerning Christianity, but must consider it
politically, is a fact which is sufficiently sig
nificant. The New York Times very justly
says: “We know no subject of practical
importance to the well-being of the Ameri
can people that is not embraced in the pro
visions of the Constitution, or that is not
treated more wisely than it would probably
be treated by the men of this generation.
AH that we need is that the authority of the
■Constitution shall be maintained, and that
the spirit which pervades it shall continue
.to animate and control the great body of
the people, whose welfare it is intended to
1 remote. We do not believe the people de
sire or will consent to any change, either
in its substance or its language.”
We ask attention to an advertisement
calling upon the citizens of the First ward
to subscribe to the Bounty Fund for the
purpose of superseding the draft. It is to
the interest of every laboring man to sub
scribe liberally to the fund which will in all
likelihood secure his own exemption. We
are informed that yesterday one hundred
men applied to the First-ward committee
as volunteers, and that the fund was only
sufficient to secure the enlistment of forty.
This fact should excite the enterprise of our
citizens generally.
LETTEK FROM “ OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, February 1,18G4.
We are now rapidly reaching the close of
the third year of the war. That war has
been a wonderful experience. And when
we extract from it all that is sad and dis
heartening, we cannot fail to be grateful for
the immense average of solid benefit it has
conferred upon a loyal people. There have
been death, debt, and mercantile confusion;
but the trial has left a great population,
hardened to war and to privation, and a Go
vernment a thousand times stronger than it
was before all its sinews, nerves, and limbs
had been teßted in the struggle for its exist
ence. This incalculable advantage may be
counted as, in one sense, an equivalent for
many sufferings and losses. Had our liber
ties been yielded without a blow, an at
tempt would have been made to revive and
to recover them, even if the continent had
been bathed in human blood. How grate
ful ought we not to be, therefore, that they
have been saved, and that they are now so
much more precious to us, because they
have been rescued in a whirlwind of battle
and of death! It is, if I may use the
phrase, one of the sorrowfully cheerful as
pects of the war, that those who have lost
most by death in battle, of dearly beloved
' fathers, sons, husbands, and brothers, are
the most earnest supporters of the Govern
ment, and the most vehement in demand
ing that the war shall go on. They feel
that those they have given to the Republic are
sanctified and immortalized ; and while they
mourn their loss, they do so with a holy
] aide in the memory of the gallant dead,
which makes them more earnest that tae
rebellion should be struck harder, and still
harder Wows, by the devoted living. Have
you ever noticed that those who have lost
the most, not only complain the least, but
stand most steadfastly by the flag ? This
may be the offspring of that element of suc
cess, which comes so rapidly after patriotism
itself, Obedience to Authority. And it
is at least probable that the survivors of the
brave soldier who died that his country might
live, have caught the inspiration of his exam
ple, and honor him and his memory most by
doing in their sphere what he did so well in
his. If you will read over the proceedings of
Congress, you will find that the most devoted
Administration champions are the men who
have fought gallantly in the field. They are
never found in factions. They have just re
turned from the stem school of war. In
that they realized that nothing helped them
so much, nothing eased their own responsi
bility more effectually, than by trusting the
President and his advisers. The doubting
voter, the hesitating friend, and the
puzzled partisan, who want proof to con
vince, facts to confirm, and honest judg
ment to clear any misrepresentations, have
only to watch the course of such war-worn
heroes as Generals Garfield, Blair, Schenck,
Fremont, and Farnsworth, in Congress, and
their compatriots, Grant, Banks, Logan,
McPherson, Rosecrans, Sickles, Steele,
Hooker, &c., Ac., in the field, most of them
Democrats before the war, and, my word for
it, they will he abundantly satisfied. Note,
on the other hand, that those who would
fetter and embarrass the Government,
in Congress and out of it, are, in
nearly every case, the men who
helped the Southern masters of the De
mocratic party to prepare the way for the
rebellion; or who, since the rebellion, have
given little or nothing to the cause, and if
they have lost, have only lost by over-confi.
dence in the dreadful heresy that the traitors
would be too strong for the Goyemment.
But I need not push this contrast. It is not
a new thought, and I revive it only because
now is the time when the Republic once
more needs all its children, and when
the hour for the. deadliest assault upon the
foe of human liberty is approaching
with unpausing and inexorable tread.
The five hundred thousand additional
troops, which induces the recent increase
of the army, and with this will render ne
cessary a new levy of about two hundred,
thousand, is the notice of awful, and I
believe decisive preparation. I would not
delude our people with false hopes, but I
am confident that this call, promptly re
sponded to, will be the last, and that the
term of service will be brief. That the re
bel leaders will themselves make a des
perate onset at an early period, is evi
dent from all the signs; but they will
be met at every point. Behind the re
bel armies is a despairing, and indig
nant, and disenchanted population. They
have seen the utter failure of the pro
mises and plans of their hard-hearted mas
ters, and they hear, as if it came like a voice
from Heaven, the generous invitation of the
grand old Government to return to their al
legiance. These oppressed men and women
have, at last, tired of fighting and starving
for a fantasy and a theory. They want rest
and peace, schools for their children, em
ployment for themselves, and God’s holy
word for their spiritual guidance. Al
ready they are catching at every oppor
tunity to show how eager they are
lor the end of strife. Arkansas, Tennes
see, Missouri, Florida, and Louisiana, are
willing to give slavery to the winds, so
that their people may be really free. The
President’s amnesty has gone forth to these
sections with healing on Its wings. It has
stirred the rebels in their Richmond conven
ticles, in their rugged camps, and in all their
borders. Every remedy resorted to by Pre
sident Lincoln and the American Congress
has succeeded in the face of the double assaults
and traitorous predictions of sympathizers
at home and rebels in the South; and not
only has it succeeded, but is now, in a mo
ment of terrible desperation, imitated by the
rebels themselves. Our financial triumph
is envied and lauded even by those
who were first to denounce and ridi
cule it. Vide the fierce attack of Ro
bert Toombs upon Memmirrger’s misera
ble management of the Secession money
chest. After two years of objurgation
against Mr. Lincoln for employing negroes,
llie rebel Congress has at last taken ground
in favor of using the slaves to defend slavery.
Nothing is needed but an extreme Northern
sentiment, a full and fighting army, and rapid
movements by land and sea, to give to all
these elements of disaffection in the Seceded
South such a momentum as will hasten
the whole system of rebellion and slavery
to its universal and eternal overthrow:
Knoxville.
A letter from Knoxville, 22d ultimo, says: “ Our
streets are crammed and jammed with straggling
soldiers, flying refugees, demoralized contrabands,
all edging and surging through. You cannot stop
a moment on the street without being besieged by a
mob of questioners.” Another correspondent
states that beyond doubt strong reinforcameuts
have been sent to Knoxville. The Richmond
papers seem to think that there is little use in
taking the pUce, which, since the fall of dumber*
»na Gap ana Chattanooga, has become untenable.
-..J1.®® 1 in s to the Richmond January 27,
- , « beaUlon of Gen. laongstreet** army
. ** *f° re tenable and more judicious, occu-
Itom® RniLiEJui a \ Rrc 0f a circle b6ndln S around
from Russellville to Mooreabur», Tennessee into
Lee county, Virginia, covering *s*if naessee, into
of East Tennessee and Southwestern
The Contraband Soldiers-
A letter from one of our officers at Point Isabel
Texas, among various anecdotes of our colored soil
diers, relates us the following:
"It is amusing to see how completely nonplussed
some of our privates are in the possession of their
money. Some never had a dime in their lives to
call their own, and could not distinguieh between a
one, two, or flve-dollar greenback. One fellow paid
ten dollar! for a watch, and hit lieutenant noticing
it. Inquired the time of day.
11 Lor" Cap’ll,” replied the darkey, (they call every
officer cap’n,) “I dunno, d’ye ’sposel can telit”
“Why, what did you waste your money for a
watch then t* asked the lieutenant, whereupon the
darkey broke into a loud laugh, as he said, “ Why,
Cap’n, I bought It so dey oould’nt keep dls ohile on
guard ober two hcuia.”
The Senate Finance Committee will report the
House supplemental tax bUI, with amendment*. It
ia reported that one of then amendment* (trike*
ont the Home tax on whisky on band. Thi*, no
doubt, ii true.
Mr. Kitchen, elected to Congreia rrom the Mar
tineburg (Va ) district, waa driven from hr* home a
day or two aince by the rebel raider*, who now
threaten Martinsburg and the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. The train* are running regularly to-day.
The new call for troop* will necessitate the appro
priation of two hundred million* more of money.
Deputy CoUeetorHAN6ooMwa*examinedat length
borore the investigating oommlttee thi* morning.
Confirmations by the Senate.
The Senate, in executive session to-day, confirmed
the following nomination*:
Jame* Duane Doty to be Governor of Utah.
Edward A. Romlna, of New Hampshire, deputy
commissioner of internal revenue.
John N. Goodwin, of Maine, Governor of Ari
zona.
John Boeeman Kerr, or Maryland, deputy soli
citor of the court of claims.
Commander D. D. Porter rear admiral in the
navy, from July 4, 1863.
Captain John Rodgers commander in the navy,
from July IT, 1863,
Captain Stephen C. Rowan commander In the
navy, from July 16,1863.
Horace N. Trumbull collector of customs, for the
district of Stonington.
Newton Edward* Governor or Dacotah.
Amos Reed eecretary of Territory of Utah.
W. W. Wood, of lowa, hospital chaplain, under
the act of May, 1662.
J. H. Irish superintendent of Indian attain, for
Utah.
The Army Appropriation Bill.
The bill reported to-day by Mr. Strvbns, from
the Committee of Ways and Means, for the support
of the army for the year ending with June, 1865,
appropriates Ot this amount $6,000,006
are for advanoe tounties to volunteers; $5,000,000
for raising and organizing volunteers; $2,000,000 for
the pay or the army; $m, 600,000 for the pay of
volunteers; $1,500,000 for the subsistence of volun
teers ; $60,000,000 for quartermasters’ supplies;
$13,000,000 for incidentals; $21,300,000 for the navy
and attillery forces; $40,000,000 for transportation;
$5,000,000 for commissary quarters for officers;
$68,000,000 for clothing, equipage, &o.; $9,000,000
for the medical and hospital department*; $2,000,000
for the armament of fortification*; $20,000,000 for
ordnance stores; $2,600,000 for the manufacture of
arm*, and for the purchase of gunpowder and lead;
$2,000,000 for repair* to arsenal*.
The Internal Revenue BUI.
The amendment* of the Senate Finance Com
mittee to the House bill to Inorease the internal re
venue, reported to-day by Mr. Fbssbndun, strikes
out the provision for the tax of twenty oent* ad.
ditional on rectified spirits, and also that whioh
taxes Whisky on hand after the 12th of January.
They increase the tax on whiiky, after the Ist of
July, and prior to January next, to seventy oent*,
and after the Ist ef January next to eighty cents.
The duty on imported whisky, after July and prior
to January next, 1* increased from forty to fifty
cents, and after January next to sixty aents.
The IT. S. Christian Commission.
The publio meeting held to-night in the hall of the
House of Representatives, in celebration of the
second anniversary of the United States Christian
Commission, was largely attended. Hon. Hannibal
Hamlin, Vice President or the United States, pre
sided, and delivered the opening address. He was
followed by George H. Stuart, of Philadelphia,
president of the Christian Commission, who gave a
brief statement of the origin and work of the Com
mission. The receipts and disbursements of the
Commission during the past year amounted to
nearly a million dollars. Addresses were delivered
by Speaker Colfax, Senator Shksman, General
Mabtindalb, Rev. R. J. Pabvin, and George J.
Minora. The President of the United States was
present on the occasion.
Arrest of a Cousin of Captain Semmes,
On Saturday evening laat Captain Scbbbtz’s de
tectives having obtained information that a rebel
officer bad returned to Maryland, and was living
quietly at bis home about four miles from Fort
Washiagton, they proceeded to the place de
signated, and arrested the accused, who proved to
be First Lieutenant Semites, of Stuart’s Cavalry.
The prisoner iB a cousin of Commander Semmes, of
the pirate Alabama, and served with Stuart at
the battle -of Yorktown and Bull Run. BbMSHES
was brought to this city on Monday, and turned
over to the proper authorities.
Appointments.
The following appointments of Medical Exami
ners have been made by the Commissioner of Pa
tents : Dr. Jedediah Darling, at Smithport, Pa.;
Dr. Gbokob A. Blass, at New Orleans, I, a. • Dr.
Stephen G. Busby, at Rockville, Conn.; Alexan
der W. Rogers, at Paterson, N. J.
Property Claimed by a Southerner.
In a confiscation case, tried in the courts here
yesterday, the person owning the property made his
appearance from the South and laid claim to it.
At the instance of Mr. Pruyn, the Japanese Go*
vernment have revoked and annulled their decision
to disregard their treaty with the Western Powers,
and to expel all foreigners. The Government is
highly pleseed with Mr. Pruyn’s difficult and deli
cate mission.
Parties purchasing .the wrecks to be sold at the
Noifolk navy yard on the Bth of February will be
showed ninety days in whioh to remove them; the
full payment to be made at the expiration of .thirty
days from the date of sale.
The following-named representatives have been
appointed by. Speaker Goltax, to act with the Senate
committee on the subject of establishing & national
armory west of the Allegheny mountains, viz:
Messrs. Moorhead, of Pennsylvania; O’Neil, of
Ohio; Arnold, of Illinois; Dawson, of Massa
chusetts; McDowell, of Indiana; Randall, of Ken
tucky; Loan, of Missouri, and Eldridge, of Wis
consin.
United States Senator from Virginia,
By absolution adopted hy the Legislature, in ses
sion at Alexandria; an election is to take place to*
day for a United States Senator. The candidates
are Josxph Se»ar and J. O. Underwood, the
judge of the United States District Court there*
The sell attempted to be played off on the press and
the public, by some unknown individual) in regard
to the disposition of the rebels to laydown their
arms, if the leaders were Included in the terms of
the amnesty, oauies'a good deal of amusement here,
and is sarcastically commented upon by the eve
ning papers to-day.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
SPIRIT OF MUTINY IN LEE’S ARMY.
Washington, Feb. 2.— A letter from the Army of
the Potomac aays: “ There ia no official confirma
tion of the reported fight on the south side of the
R&pidan, with a large force of deserters, last .week.
It la nevertheless known that a feeling amounting
almost to mutiny pervades In several regiments In
Lee’s army, and it ia not Improbable that the firing
heard was caused by preventing one of them from
escaping.
“ The enemy’s pickets are frequently changed.
On one ocoaaion cavalry was substituted for the ad
vanced poate, and two lines of infantry pickets were
posted in their rear. Frequent changes of the po
sitions of some of General Lee’s camps are noted.
They are probably caused by the substitution of
well-known and faithful regiments for those dis
affected near the front.
“The reports concerning the scarcity of food in
Lee’s army are confirmed. Only a quarter of a
pound of salt pork is allowed to eseh man per day.
A small quantity of flour In addition constitutes the
ration. Tea, sugar, and coffee, are myths in the
service. The acoounts brought by prisoners and
refugees concur In the statement that the rebel Go
vernment has not distributed any clothing since our
movement on Mine Run. Some of the Georgia
tioops have received a small supply of clothing from
that State. Blankets with them are getting scarce,
and command a heavy premium."
THE FAILURE OF EARLY’S EXPEDITION,
Intercepted letters from rebel ladies show that, of
the three thousand cavalry sent into the valley,
during the resent oold weather, not overfire hun
dred had returned. Many were frozen to death, and
others were frostbitten, and sought refuge In the
fatm-houses and villages. The entire movement
was a total failure. At the last accounts Early’s
corps was retiring on Middle river, near Mount
Crawford, having abandoned the enterprise.
This morning eleven prisoners of war and ten
horses, belonging. principally to the 6th Virginia
Cavalry, were Bent to headquarter, from cavalry
corps. They were captured near the Blue Ridge, in
the vicinity of Thornton’s Gap. The horses are
in the worst possible condition. Despatches con
tinue to arrive from the front, and report great
scarcity of provisions, forage, and clothing, and also
that large numbers are awaiting the proper oppor
tunities to avail themselves of the President’s am
nesty proclamation.
The enrolment of citizens, white and colored,
within the lines of the army, is nearly completed.
Occasional,
[Special Despatch to The Press.]
PiTTBBHEa, Feb. 2.—The extensive pattern and
machine-shop of Messrs. Jenks & Son, on First
street, was entirely consumed by fire this evening,
with several adjoining buildings. The loss of
Messrs. Jenks A Son is estimated at fifty thousand
dollars, and the adjoining buildings at from ten to
fifteen thousand. The insurance is not known. The
fire is still raging up to this hour (10 P. M.), but the
prospects are that It will be checked before it con
sumes the entire square. The fire was Started acci
dentally, by the explosion of a camphene lamp.
San Fbancibco, Feb. 2 —Exchange on the At
lantic cities and Europe unchanged. The two
, teamers will take a very large number of passen
gers for New York to-morrow. The rates of fare by
ibe mall line are, best saloon, $162: second cabin,
$B2; steerage, $53. On the opposition line $165,
$BO, and $5O, respectively.
Another Monitor Ready-
Boston, Feb. 2.—The monitor Gononloua sailed
i his morning on a trial trip.
Sale of a Prize Steamer.
Boston, Feb. 2.—The prize steamer Minna was
cold to-day for $71,000.
Nxw York, Feb. 2,-The steamer Beilina has ar
rived from Havre, which port she left on the 20th or
December*
Shipment of Specie.
Nitw Yonx, Feb. 2.—The Corsica salted to-d»y for
Havana with $1.70,000 la gold.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY- FEBRUARY 3,1864:
W ASHINGXON.
Washington, D. CL. Feb. 2.
Congressional Matters.
Affairs in Japan.
The Wrecks at Norfolk.
The National Armory.
A Canard.
Fire at Pittsburg.
San Francisco.
Arrival of tile Beilina.
SEW MEXICO AND KANSAS.
6t. Lours, Feb* 2, —Gen. Roseorsns bu left for
Louisville, to attend the Crittenden and McCook
court of inquiry.
The Democrat has a special despatch from Leaven
worth, which says that Santa Fd advices to the 15th
ult. have been received there.
General Oarleton has gone to £1 Faso. A fight
occurred near Fort Sumner on the sth, in whioh our
troops routed the Navajoe Indians, killing forty and
wounding twenty-five.
Judge Knapp, a Demoorat, refused to attend the
sitting of the Supreme Court, and the term was
consequently adjourned.
An attempt will be made in the Kansas Legisla
ture to bold a Senatorial election.
MISSOURI AND KANSAS.
Message of Lieutenant Governor Hall, Ac.
St. Louis, Feb. 2.—Both Houses oi the Legisla
ture adjourned yesterday to attend the funeral of
Governor Gamble, whioh takes place to*morrow in
tbis city. Lieutenant Governor Hall’s message
to the Legislature, announcing the death of Gover
nor Gamble, concludes as follows: '< My ohief
and constant efforts shall be to co-operate with the
Federal Government in its efforts to suppress the
existing rebellion. In doing this, I shall not be
solicitous to find fault with the President, Con
gress, or the generals in the field. I shall rather
defer my objections to whatever I may consider
blameworthy in act to a more propitious period,
and trust to a cordial support of the Government of
the United States to contribute something to the
restoration of peace.”
A Leavenworth despatch to the Democrat says
that the Kansas Legislature have passed resolutions
asking that the southern portion or the western tier
of counties may be attached to the Department of
Kansas.
General Curtis has gone to Fort Scott.
Large trains of supplies have started for Fort
Gibson, to relieve the suffering among the Indians'
and negro refugees.
A very large meeting of ladies and gentlemen was
held last night, at the Mercantile Library Hall, to
make arrangements for holding a great Mississippi
Talley Sanitary Fair in the coming spring.
General Roseorans was elected president; Go
vernor Hull, Mayor Filler, and General Flake, vice
presidents. President Lincoln, Vioe President
Hamlin, and the Governors of all the loyal States,
with General Grant, were elected honorary mem
bers* A large executive committee of gentlemen
was also elected. Speeches were made by General
Rosecrans, General Fiike, Mayor McKee, Prof.
McCoy, and others, and a strong determination was
manifested by all to go to work earnestly-ond en
thusiastically to make this the greatest fair yet
held.
BALTIMORE.
Mr. Warfield’* Return from Richmond—
Senator White—THe Peace Canard.
Baltimore, Feb. 2.—The train which left Phila
delphia, due here at six o’clock this morning, has
not yet (11 A. M.) arrived. Some freight oars ran
off the track, canting the detention. An acoideut
on the Northern Central Bail way to a cattle train
killed several of the animals and seriously damaged
two locomotives. The passenger trains were in con
sequence detained.
Henry M.'Waifield is now in-Baltimore. He makes
no disclosures regarding his late visit to Richmond,
keeping perfectly silent as to what he saw and heard.
It is thought that even if his mission was to secure
an exchange of Senator White, of the Pennsylvania
Senate, he failed of success. My own opinion is
that he has a less favorable impressionof Dixie than
he had some years ago.
The cars and mails are regularly in from Wash
ington.
There is a goodly number of his friends here who
are of opinion that Oolonel Fish, late provost mar
shal, will come out of the ordeal into which he has
been plunged unscathed.
The despatches received here yesterday from some
comical individual in Washington about the South
being willing to laydown their arms and negotiate a
peace, if President Lincoln would agree to pardon
their leaders, was a mere canard.
BOSTON.
Boston, Feb. Q.—The First National Bank of Bos
ton, formerly the Safety Fund Bank, began business
under its new organization yesterday.
A letter from New Orleans states that Gol Chioke
ring, of the 3d Massachusetts Cavalry, had tendered
his resignation, but for some reason it was not ac
cepted by General Banks.
A correspondent of the Salem speaking of
the numerous captures by the Alabama, fifty-eight
large ships having been captured by that pirate,
says certain facts have recently come to light,
whioh go to show that the masters of the captured
ships have not all been loyal to the flag under which
they sailed, and to the oath or allegiance now re
quired of them before clearance at the custom house.
I presume that in future strict inquiry will prevent
the employment of any but true men in our com
mercial marine.
The detachment of the celebrated Ellsworth xZou
aves, which came here to guard rebel paroled pri
soners, left for New York to-day.
General McDowell and General Keys are in Bos
ton on public business. The former leaves to mor
row.
The funeral of E. F. Reach, the well-known mana
ger of the Bo>ton Museum, tahe. place at Charlea
town on Thuriday afternoon.
The detachment of rebel prisoner, which arrived
in tbi. city on Sunday evening, under the charge of
the Chicago Zouave., are now on board the United
State, receiving ship Ohio, at Charlestown navy
yard, undergoing the preliminary preparation for
the navy.
Another detachment is on the way, and Is ex
pected to arrive here soon.
KENTUCKY*
The Cxittciideii and. McCook Court of
Inquiry.
Louisville, Feb. l,—rue court of inquiry in the
case of Gena. Crittenden and McCook commenced
it* session in this city to-day. Major Gens. Hunter
and Cadwalader, and Brigadier Gen. Wadsworth)
comprise the court; Col. Schriver, recorder.
Gen. Burbridge is atthe .Louisville Hotel. Among
the guests at the Galt House are Major Gens. Hun*
ten Cadwalader) Steinman, Schofield, Crittenden,
and McCook; Brigadier Gens. Wadsworth, Allen,
aLdChallain, and Bear Admiral Porter.
Major Gens. Grant and Boseorans will arrive at
the Galt House, from St. Louis, to*night.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Frankfort, Feb. l.—There was no ballot for
Senator to-day. Great exertions are being made to
remove the seat of government hence to Louisville.
HKMPHIB.
Cincinnati, Feb. 2.—A Cairo despatch to the
Gazette Bays that the steamer Maty E. Forsyth ar
rived yesterday from Memphis, with 387 cabin
past engers and 600 bales of cotton. Many wives of
officers oame up on the steamer, and a large number
are waiting at Memphis for boats to come North.
Nb-sv York, Feb. 2.—Advices from Memphis state
that the 16th Army Corps is preparing for a move*
ment to attack the rebels in Mississippi and secure
large stores of corn and forage, on the railway to
Mobile. About 12,000 cavalry are concentrated at
Corinth to participate in this movement.
AN OBDER FROM GENERAL BANES.
Cairo, Feb. 2.—The steamer Diadem has arrived
from Memphis with dates of the 3lst ultimo, on her
way to Cincinnati. She has on board 795 bales'Of
cotton.
General Banks had issued an order from head
quarters, at New Orleans, as follows:
“ All plantations not in proceso of cultivation
on February Ist, unless excepted from the operation
of thiß order for special reasons, will be considered
sbandoWed, and the estates will be rented by the
Government to such persons as will undertake their
proper cultivation.
The llth Illinois Volunteers have all re-enlisted,
except sixty men, and are on their way home on a
furlough.
A branch of the Christian Commission, lor the
benefit of soldiers, has been established at Cairo,
under the direction of the Rev. Mr. Wells.
NSW OKIjBANS.
New York, Feb. 2.—The steamer Matanzashas
arrived with New Orleans dates of the 26th ult. The
steamers Columbia and McClellan, from New York,
arrived out on the 26th. The papers contain no
thing of importance. V* F. Dunnoy, an old and re
spected loyal citizen, has been appointed chief of
polioe. Mr. Derbea, the United States consul, and
bis family, arrived on the 26th, in the Frenoh bark
Taurus, from Bordeaux.
Arrived, 26th—Ship Annapolis, Pickett, from Bal
timore ; brigs Randolph, from Philadelphia; Chas.
Frost, from ditto j Lagrange, from ditto.
Canard of a Kaid into Pennsylvania*
Naw York, Feb. 2.—The Tribune has the follow
ing special despatch:
“Harrisburg, Feb. i.—A report prevails here to
night that Imboden crossed the Potomac near Sir
John’s Run, below Hancock three miles. He will
aim at Chambersburg and the Cumberland Valley,
and will reach Harrisburg, if possible. Imboden is
daring and persevering. He has no artillery or in
fantry with him, except two sectione of a 6-pound
battery. There is no adequate force to pursue or
intercept him. The 20th and 2lst Pennsylvania Ca
valry have just been discharged from the servioe.
Gen, Sullivan’s force is inadequate to pursue him
successfully. Governor Curtin is at BeUefonte.”
This report is emphatically denied by telegrams
from Harrisburg—one from Treasurer McGrath.
A despatch from Baltimore stamps the whole report
as a speculating falsehood. All is quiet in Western
Maryland, and our troops are more vigilant than
ever.
The Call for 500,000 Men—Response of
New Hampshire*
Concord, N. H.,Feb. l.—Governor Gilmore has
issued a proclamation calliog for volunteers to fill
the additional quota under the last call of the Presi
dent. New Hampshire has filled her quota on the
previous call for 300,000 men.
lioss of Ship Asterion."
San Francisco, Feb. 2.—Arrived—Ship Ellen
Sears, from New York. Advices from Honolulu,
to the 14th of January, report the total loss of the
ihip Asteiion, on Bakers island. The crew were
all saved.
Probable Homicide in New York*
New York, Feb. 2.— William Smith, bartender in
a Louse in South Btreet, was shot, to-day, by a negro
named Daniel Brooks, to whom he (Smith) had said
it was against the rules of thehouse to sell liquor to
colored people* The affair caused much excitement.
The wounded man cannot recover.
loss ot a Vessel.
San Francisco, Feb. i —The bark Jennie Ford,
which sailed yesterday for Puget Sound, was
wrecked on the north breakers, a few hours after
tier departure, and, it is feared, will prove a total
loss. Twenty lives were lost. The vessel belonged
i o this port.
A Railroad Purvey Commenced*
Sci3hn2ctady, Feb. 2The survey or the route
for the Schenectady and Cat*kill Railroad was com
menced this mocoiug.
THE WAR IN WEST VIRGINIA.
BURLINGTON AND MOORFIELD
RECAPTURED.
the enemy driven by PEN si-
SYLVANIA CAVALRY.
The BailroaA ReeoVCJPOd.
new York, Feb. 2.—A special despatch to the
Herald, dated Headquarters Department of West
Virginia, Feb. 2d, 8 P. M., states that Colonel Mul
ligan, this morning, drove the rebels from and reoc
cupied Burlington and Moorefield. At noon five
hundred or ftossera* cavalry attempted to bum the
North 'Branoh and Patterson Creek bridges and to
out the telegraph. They were driven off without
doing any serious damage, the fires put out, and the
rebels pursued by Pennsylvania oavalry. The wires
are being replaced, and a bridge-repairing train goes
out to-morrow morning. We lost a few killed and
wounded, and took some prisoners.
ARRIVAL OF THE UNITED STATES
STEAMER UNION.
Later from Charleston and Florida.
THE BATTIK AT SMITHFIEID, VA.
defeat of our forces and loss
OF A TRANSPORT.
FoBTBBSB MONROB, FCb. 2.
The United States supply steamer Union arrived
to-day, in forty-eight hours from Port Boyai, bound
to New York. On the 14th of January she oap
turedthe Confedeiate steamer May Flower, in Sa
rasote Pass, Florida, loaded with cotton. On Janu
ary 3lst, off Charleston, heard heavy firing. The
Union put into Hampton Roads to forward de
r patches. Gen. Butler has just received the follow
ing official reports:
On the nth ult. an expedition went up the James
river and Pagan’s creek to Smithfield. to join the
expedition sent up the Cfiuckitook, under Gen. Gra
ham, to destroy provisions and supplies, a signal
station, and smuggling ddpOt. The expedition,
which landed at Smithfield, consisted of ninety
men and one howitzer, under Captain Lee,
who was ordered to march to Ohuokituoh.
When five miles beyond Smithfield they encoun
tered a rebel force two hundred strong, with two
pieces Of artillery. These were aeon put to flight,
but receiving false information'or a heavy foroe being
between there and Chuokituck, Lee returned to
Smithfield, and sent for the armed transport Smith
Briggs, which, owing to a heavy fog, did not arrive
till noon on Monday. The enemy, five hundred
strong, with four guns, attacked Captain Lee on
Monday, at daylight. The party being entrenched,
they held out against several furious attacks and
charges from the enemy, till the transport arrived.
The enemy were repulsed in eaoh attack, with
heavy loss. They sent in three flags of truae, de
manding a surrender, which demands Captain Lee
peremptorily refused. On the arrival of the trans
port Lee retreated on board of her, when the enemy
opened a heavy fire of artillery upon the boat.
The chief engineer was wounded, and the second
engineer being missing, prevented the boat from
being worked off the bar, till a shot struck her
boiler and disabled her, when Captain Lee and a
portion of bis men esoaped by awimming across the
river. Others were captured, including Captain F.
A. Rowe, who was wounded. Our loss in killed,
wounded, and missing, is eighty; the enemy’s loss
in killed, wounded, and missing Is much heavier,
owing to their superior numbers. Not long after
they captured the Smith Briggs she was blown up
with a tremendous explosion.
Another Rebel Raid on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad.
Fighting at Patterson’s Creek and North
Branch.
The Apprehended Attack on Martinshurg.
BALTIMORB, Feb, 2. — Information received from
the Upper Potomac to-Dight indicates that the
rebels are making great efforts to destroy the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad. The telegraph lines were
cut about noon to-day, east of Cumberland, and the
bridges at North Branch, and Patterson’s creek,
were burned. Some fighting took place at the latter
point. It wm feared that an attack would be made
on Martiniburg. A rebel force, about 500 strong,
under General Rosser, made the attack on Patter-
Bon’s creek and North Branch. After burning the
bridge, they moved towards New Creek.
Nothing further is known.
mVIIIth CONGRESS—Ist SESSION.
yf AJHlsctToy, Feb. 2,1881.
SENATE.
On motion of Hr. WILSON a resolution was agreed
to inrtructing the Committee on the Conduct of the War
to inquire Into the military administration of affairs la
Alexandria, and especially the‘system of military police
there established.
Resolution* of Thanks.
A joint resolution complimentary to Commodore Cad
walader Ringgold and the officers and men of his com-;
mand. was, on motion of Hr. HICKS, or Maryland, ta
ken up and passed. .
A joint revolution of thanks to General G, C. Thomas
and the officers and men of his command, was, on mo
tion of Mr, NESMITH, taken up and passed.
Hr. FESSENDEN*presented papers relating to the in
crease of salaries of consuls at Glasgow, Nassau, Lyons,
Sydney, Liverpool, Shanghai*, and Malta, and a com
munication in relation to destitute eitizen passengers
left in foreign countries by rebel pirates. Referred to
the Committee on Commerce.
The Bankrupt Law.
Mr. COWAN, of Pennsylvania, presented a memorial
of the Board of Trade oi Philadelphia, remonstrating
against the passage of a bankrupt law, which was re
ferred to tb e Judiciary Committee.
Mr. TRUMBULL introduced a bill regulating procead*
inge in criminal cases, which was referred to the Ju
diciary Committee.
i 1 10, a blit in relation to courts of the United States,
Which was referred to the same committee.
Indiana In United States Service,
r Hr. HARLAN, of lowa, introd uetd a bill providing for
the mustering of Sioux Indians into the service of the
United Spates.
The House bill reviving the grade of lieutenant gene
ral was read and referred to the Committee on Military
Affairs.
The resolution of Mr. Doolittle requesting the presence
ofeome one connected with, the departments before the
coxcxnittees of Investigation Waft tlifth t&kfth UP &8 the
order of the day.
Tile Navy Department.
Ur. BALE, oi New Hampshire, said he wished to no
tice some of the remarks made by the Senator froth lowa
(Mr. Grimes), criticising a portion of his speech on the
operations of the Navy Department. He did not under
stand that the Senaior questioned the accuracy of the
statistics he had presented as to the' comparative ex
penditures of our own and foreign navies. He had no
doubt that the Senate could keep him (Mr. Hale) on the
witness-ttand for a whole day. His statement of the
amount required for naval expenß.es was 9142,000,000.
He, of course, meant to state * the sum in the
recognized currency of the country. His object
in presenting this subject was to draw the eyes
of the Senate and the whole country upon the
tact that the amount asked for was large, and
should he well appropriated. He defied any Senator to
say that he bad ever brought in his private griefs in this
Chamber. While this struggle lasted he had sworn, like
the ancient Crusaders, that every private resentment
should be buried until the Holy City should be con
quered. When the objects of this war should be accom
plished, he would tell a tale of the wrongs, calumny, and
insult which hal been heaped upon him that would
arienlsh those who would listen to him At present,
he had nothing to urge but a vigorous prosecu
tion of the war. He would wieh. that those
who were prosreuting It would refrain from au
attempt to filch the treasury. At the same time, he
thought the passage of the resolution of Mr. Doolittle
would Institute a new and unnecessary rule, which, at
the best, could work nothing but mischief Its ultimate
effect would be to turn every committee into a common
justice court, before which pettifoggers could appear,
and prolong its sessions irdeflnltely. In relation to bis
speeches heretofore made, he would, rather than re
tract a -word, make hie assertions more emphatic.
Vilification of the Deportment*
Mr. DOOLITTLE said that from the declarations made
to- day, as well as those made by the Senator from New
Hampshire, (Mr. Hale.) two years ago, and those made
when he introduced his resolution for the appointment
of a committee, It was apparent to every reasonable
mind that be acts from the belief, already made up in
his mind, that there in corruption in the Navy Depart
ment; transactions of fraud in the department. ae-well
as upon tbe department; in substance, that the depart
ment were greater enemies in this war than the ene
mies in the field. Saying this, he moves an investiga
tion into the conduct of naval affairs, and gTavely
charges that the proposed annual expenditures iu this
department are greater in the aggregate than
the expense of the navies of the civilized world, with two
petty exceptions, Italy and Denmaik. If this be true,
an investigation should be made into every branch of
tbe Navy Department, in order to give tbe whole truth to
the count, y. This inquiry muat. il directed to any tigs*
fnl purpose, be thorough and searching* and mast &?plv
to the building of steamships, vessels, and guns, and
everything connected with tbe department, fortheipur
pose, if possible, of reducing these gigantic naval ex
penditures.
He desired light on this subject, and who does not
know that the disappointed office-seekers and contractors
are constantly ready to fill our ears with stories of cor
ruptions in the various departments. He did not doubt
that tbe departments were oftentime imposed upon, and
he was willing to go as far as any one to ferret out
abuses and frauds. He undertook to say that the heals
of departments were jest as ready and anxious to ferret
out abuses as any Senator could be. What he desired by
bis resolution was that justice should be done to the
heads of departments as well as to the country. The
people mutt entertain conficence in their rulers, or the
country would go fast loruin. He gave notice, with
out wishing to press bis resolution, that if the com
mittee of investigation did not require the appearance of
some one before it to represent the department, he should
insist upon the action of the Sonata.
Mr. HALE said the matter was better than It was be
fore, as the Senator from Wisconsin now says, if the
committee does not behave ittelf he will report it to the
Senate; that is much better than Hogging the whole
school. [Great laughter. ]
Mr. TRUMBULL, of Illinois, opposed the resolution
as an act of useless legislation. He had as much confi
dence in tbe navy as in any other department of the Go*
▼eminent, it had been managed with signal ability.
It Is possible that some contractor may have defrauded
the department, but he had not the least suspicion that
the head of tbe department was implicated. Nothing
was to be made by hiding or covering up these transac-
U< Mr,‘ DOOLITTLE said he had not mentioned anything
about “hidingor coveringup” the affairs of the de
partment, but he telieved it would be betterto have per
sons before tbe committee who were conversant with
subjects of wMch the committee knew nothin*.
Mr. GRIMES said he knew that the Navy Department
bad long desired just such a committee as that proposed
by the fcenator from New. Hampshire. .... «
Mr. TRUMBULL said he knew this—he believed the
department com ted an investigation, and he would not
take it for g> anted that a committee of this body was
inspired by hostility to any department. He regarded
this resolution as a reflection upon the committees of the
Pen ate. When this committee was organized, and it
became neceßß&ry to obtain information from persons
at tbe heads of bureaus or departments, tbe Senator
from Wisconsin could bave his vote to bring all proper
facts before the Senate.
On motion of Mr. DOOLITTLE, the further considera
tion of the resolution was postponed until Monday next.
Enlistment Act*
T3ie enlistment act was then called up by Mr.
WILSON
The pending amendment of Mr Henderson, limiting
freedom tothewiveß, children, and relatives of slave
recruit* belonging to disloyal mutters, being under con
sideration. , ...
Mr. bHEBMAN said the bill presents not only the
question of the employment of negroes in the military
service, but, in its logical consequence, the emancipa
tion of the whole African race within our country. It
proposes, in express words, to arm, equip, and muster
persons of African descent into tne military service of
the United States on tbe same terms, other than boun
ty. now allowed to other soldiers in tbe regular
»nd voluuteer service. It made no distinction between
thopehtld as slaves and those who were free; It guaran
teed to every man entering the military service the free
oom of himself, bis mother, his wife, and his children,
and made no distinction between tbe slaves of rebels and
of loyal citizens. Had Congress or the Pierident the
power to so employ slaves? Could weemancipate them
,-ither as a punishment of rebels or- as a reward for mi
litary services ? If these powers existed, to what ex
tent should we exercise them ? This question presented
tbe real problem of tbe war, to solvo which required
moie than human wiridom It devolved upon us now
to pars upon a guarantee and pledge which honor and
#ood faith will never hereafter allow the nation to
withd»aw—aple-.Le which, if redeemed, will, initslo
glcal consequences, iu a short period, make every human
being in our limbs free, Tu tbe discussion of this ques
tion it becomes vital that we examine our power-
Tfce race wloee military'service ire require has
yielded forced labor unrequited to all of us for genera
tion*. If we now induce them to incur the risk of death
and wounds In war upon a promise of emancipation,and
do mt redeem that pledge, we add perfidy to wrong
Th« soldier who has worn onr uniform ana served under
onr flag, should not hereafter labor as a slave. Nor
would it be tolerated that his mother, wife, or child
-houldbe the property of another. The, guarantee of
freedom of himself, mother, wife, end child was au in
evitable incentive to the employment of the slave
up a eo dler. It was clear tbai we were at war with
rinse rebel?, and that they have the satns eights as other
anomies, and none other. Their claim as belligerents,
nns ti eir recognition as each by oar Government ss
?n?M them the rights of butlUerenta. and nothing else,
or c&nn ot out off theu allegiance to the Conatitu
mS fftSfand thelT rights Wer it. they could no
AlSf-SRiE
exist*, and are arrn T ? c tories and d»-
n al£™te. Rr he f a*hod if ngw law* were not
and
operations i but yet It was not U modern times aui *
Christian nations entirely lawless, itnaa »» uou j
S tifir h rec 0 “i«on
of Great Britain, and onr °»n * C S“ l ' S ,““ 9 ’.r h ~l?
eecnred the righto of war. and by thelaws o '
must oar powers and duties, aa a Christian na
Hon, bo tested. To quote the Constitution lu behalf
of these enemies is a perverson of language. They have
appealed to force and we can only reply by force. They
renounced the CoDfttUutlon and laws, connections and
compromises, and appeal only to the laws of_war. AS
against them we were no longer restrained by the con
stitution or civil war. In continuing this war against
them, before discussing our power to emacipate and arm
the slaves of our enemies according to the laws of war,
let us ascertain who are included in that word enemies.
Tie rebels claim tbat all the people within the slave
boldiog States owe allegiance to them, and are therefore
our enemies. We deny this, and say that only those in
arms or who have willingly contributed, directly or ln
directlv. to the strength of the rebellion, are our ene
mies They claim that the people of the State sof Ken*
tacky, Tennessee. Maryland, and West Virginia, are our
•“tfS'ftow tbat they are not.beeause tens of thousands of
their citizens have served nobly in our ai mlee, and some
are here sharing In our councils vnr affinity to them.
KTowi&g ont Of a common nationality, should be ever ?e
-srected and strengthened He.wished to ciotue the gua
rantees and promise* of emancipation with all the autho
rity of law. If we could grant bounties to soldieis, as
an inducement, we could give the higheet boon of life
liberty—to our colored recruits. No man can doubt our
authority to muster the negro. If we can give him land,
bountv. honor, can we not give him freedom and reward
for military service ? Let our enemies be treatad accord
lx g to the laws of war. If they lose their slavei, so
much the better. Be was in favor of taking all the
slaves we needed in the military service; bnt we should
pay the loyal masters a reasonable compensation for
them. He thought that, by a carefully prepared law,
we ought to enroll the slaves is the United states, and
secure them their freedom for the service rendered by
them. Be was prepared to vote for a comprehensive
system of emancipation, with a just compensation to
lo Jsr. CARLISLE, of Virginia, Obtained tho floor to re
rj] y vben
oil motion of Mr. WILSON, tbe Senate went into
Executive Session, and soon afterwards adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
War Supplies.
Os motion of Mr. FENTON, of Now York, it was re
solved that tbe Secretary of War be requested to inform
tbe Home, if not inconsistent with the public interest,
whether the supplies for that Department, during the
post fiscal year, were purchased upon contract, as re
quired by law; and if not, what proportion thereof,and
what kinds, were purchased in open market; and that he
also inform the House if the practice of asking proposals
for supplies in classes, and giving the contract 10 the low
est average bidder, for a class of articles, does not often
times act to the great pecuniary disadvantage of the Go
verEzuent. Inasmuch as the price may he low on certain
articles when few are required, and higher on others of
which large quantities are required: and also, whether
the practice of Inviting proposals and a warding bids in
this manner is required by law. and that he also inform
the Boose whether any, and, if so, what alterations In
tbe laws relating to the purchase of naval supplies, are,
in bis opinion, necessary,
Mr. fcTEVENS, of Pennsylvania from the Committee
of Ways and Means, reported a bill makinr appropria
tions for the support of the army for tbe year ending
with June, 1£65. On his motion, it was made the special
order for Tuesday next.
Hr- J. T. HALE, of Pennsylvania, from the Committee
on Claims, reported back Mr. Fenton's bill to facilitate
tbe payment of bounties and arre&Ts of pay due to
wounded and deceased soidiers, etc. ir , . t
Hr. SCHENcK, of Ohio, remarked that this subject
was row under consideration by the Committee on Mili
tary Affairs; and to say tbe least; it was disrespectful
to that committee to take the bill from their possession
in this way. ~ „ , ,
Mr FENTON thought this was a mere matter of prtde
on the part of the gentleman from Ohio.
Mr. SCHESCK said not at all _
Mr. HALB obetrved that the passage of this bill
would save time, and urged the necessity of such ac
tion.
Hr. SPAULDING said the accounts could be settled in
sixty days under this bill; otherwise, it would require
twelvefmonths.
The bill was then passed.
Payment of Bounties and, Arrears of
'Wounded and Deceased Soldiers*
It provides that on the death o? officers, non-commis
sioned oflicerf« privatesi and oilier enlisted men. it shall
be tbe duty of the proper officer* to furnish to the Second
Auditor a critical statement of the date of death, and fall
particulars of the military history of the deceased, to
gether with the amount of arrears of pay, bounty,
clothing, &c., t' be paid on certificate by any paymaster
of tbe army. The same course is to be pursued iu cases
of persons dying in tbe hospitals. All pay and bounties
under the act of March, 1863, due to persons discharged,
or who may be discharged, from the army within two
years by reaeon of wounds shall be adjudicated by the
Commissioner of Pensions under the rules governing
invalid pensions, and on the certificate if sued by him
payment shall be made by any paymaster <>4 the army.
* Payment of Debt Interest.
On motion of Mr. FREEMAN CLARE, ofNewTork.it
was _
Resolved, That in order to Recure beyond a con
tingency the prompt payment of interest! on the public
debt, and to prevent an undue increase of debts, and re
strict -within proper limits the aggretate paper circu
lation of the country, tbe Committee of Ways and Means
are hereby-instructed to inquire into tbe expediency of
increasing tbe duties on foreign imports upon articles of
luxury of a class, as far aspracticable. not manufactured
or produced in this conntry, so as. in their opinion,
to produce a revenue of one hundred and twenty
millions of dollars per annnm Also, to inquire
into the expediency of increasing the internal re
venue tax upon articles of luxury, and upon such
articles of domestic manufacture as come into competi
tion with foreign articles upon which the import duties
are not advanced, bo as, in the opinion of the committee,
to produce as annual revenue of two hundred and thirty
millions of dollars. Also, to inquire Into the expedi
ency of restricting the bank circulation of the coun
try. State and National, to three hundred millions of
dollara. Alto, to inquire into the expediency of autho
rizing the issue of bonds to the amount of two hundred
millions of dollars, the whole or lany portion thereof to
be disposed of at the discretion of the Secretary of the
Treasury, when, in his judgment, he may deem it expe
dient, and propose to use the proceeds for the redemp
tion of the Govarnment legal-tender notes, and to report
at an early day, by bill or otherwise.
The Electoral College.
On motion of Mr. DR MING, of Connecticut, It was re
solved that the Committee on the Judiciary be and they
are hereby directed to inquire and report, by bill or
otherwise, whether the condition of the country im
poses any difficulties in the way of such organization of
the Electoral College as will enable it to legally and
constitutionally elect a President of the United States
for the term commencing on the 4th day of March. 1565,
and whether, iflsuch difficulties exist, they can be reme
died by any legislation of Congress,
Confiscation—Remarks o t Mr. Broomall.
The House proceeded to the consideration of the reso
lution amendatory of the confiscation bill.
Mr. BROOMALL,of Penney! vonia,delivered his views
upon the subject, saying that whatever the victor may
judge proper had to bd submitted to by tbe vanqaisnea.
He would vote against universal confiscation of lands
until such a cource should become nec, ssary, just as he
would exteiminatette rebels when this should become
necessary. He should vote for such extreme measures
to save the Government, and ctut&iu the pending reso
lution, because it least interfered with tlie act of 1862.
The Bouse resolved itself into a Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union. Mr. Dawes in theebair,
and resumed the consideration of the bill to amend the
enrolment act
Mr. &CH£NC7v explained the substitute which the
Committee on Military Affairs had prepared. It was in
the main the bill of the Senate, with the erceptlou,
among others, that, while the Senate bill increases the
commutation to s4lo. the committee leave the clause pre
cisely as it is in the law of *6l, at 9300. The Senate bill
contains a provision locking to the exhaustion of tne
draft, while the Hcu>e bill provides for a continuous en
rolment or for the enrolment of those why may from
time to time become liable to the draft.
Opposition to tbe Draft.
Mr. CHi NLEB, of New York, opposed the draft on the
grounds: first, that it contravenes that provision of the
Constitution which c’eaily provides for tbe calling oat
or the national fortesi and, stcjniUy, it stakes with m
armed hand at the sovereignty of tne State; thirdly, it
tends to establish a military aristocracy and a centralized
military form of government in place of ihe compro
mises of the Constitution; fourthly, it is unjust iu ma
king an unfair distinction between the different classes
of American citizens; fifthly, it has been fairly tried and
found to be an expensive and dangerous innovation,end
ing in failure.
Mr. CHanLER proposed to amend ihe conscript law,
by strife ingout all that relates to a draft and brinriogiu
b new bill which shall provide for, first, an enrolment
of all persons liable to military duty in tbe United States;
and. secondly, for tha arrest of all deserters and for the
prevention of desertion
Mr. DAVIS, of New York, said the country could not
be sustained by such patriotism as that or his colleague
who had just taken his seat. For himself, he was not a
party man, having declined to accept a party nomina
tion. He came hete as an American citizen to support
the Administration in the suppression of rebellion anc
treason. This is a free Government and his colleague
(Mr. Uhanlei) might thank God it is one. if he was in
Richmond, be (Mr. ChanleO could no; utt9r against the
Government there each sentiments as he had uttered
against cur own legitimate Government to-day without
being sent to the gallows. His colleague talked about
usurpation and the murderous the Govern**
menr, and about abuses of power. Nad his oiieague
any sympathy with that Government iu the South which
is now contcriptipg without regard to age? Has he ut
tered any word of reproach ssainst the . active tyranny
in the Southern States? He (Davis) regretted the neces
sity which compelled him to use language of this charac
ter, but in this he bad performed his duty. He proceeded
to defend tbe Administration, ssyieg, iu conclusion., that
be had made up his mind that the rebellion is to be put
down notwithstanding armed opposition.
Personal Explanation*
Mr. ANDERSON, Of Kentucky, rising to a personal
explanation, said tbe gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Wnx.
J Allen) recently went otft of bis way to attack him
(Mr. Anderson) by saying that he owed his election to
Federal bftyonets. This statement was f*Ue and slan
derous, and without founder on He would inform the
gentleman that he was elected by true, unflinching
Union men, who were tried through the furnace of par
eccuiion and came out with unspotted garments, and
not with the smell of treason upon them—true Union
men, who were hunted down by the hell-hounds who
have here au apologist in the person of the gentleman
from Illinois. The Supreme Court of Kentucky has
recently decided that his-(Mr. A&dersou’s) election
was in accordance with the laws of that State. But for
the declaration of the gentleman that he waa a Constitu
tional Union man, it might nave been supposed that he
was making a speech in the Congress at Richmond. He
(Mr Allen) would denounce such menas Andrew John
son. Brownlow, Maynard and. othors—men wbo stool
hilli.r tban the eentltman. than Heaven is above hell.
Thos« name* will live In the history of the American
people, while the gentlemsu’s will be
4 4 Unwept, nxthonored, and unsung, ”
Thesenileman had spoken cf “tbe brave men in
rebellion.” but our soldiers, wbo bad bared their
hrearis to the rebels, were characterized by him as
robbers and thieves. Nothing waß said in his speech
against Jefl'Davis and his fellow-marauders.
fie (Mr. Anderson) had been assailed by the gentle
man in a manner so un.iusv that be /©lt compelled to
throwback tee insinuation in tbe gentleman's teeth,
and tell him it was false and untrue. When tne soldiers
now fighting our battles return to their homes, they
will sink the gentleman, and all like him, in an Infamy
so profound, a damnation »o deep, that the hand of re
surrection cannot reach them.
Mr. W. J. ALLEN, of Illinois, 'replied, saying the
gentlemanhad placed him iu a false position. He re
iterated ihe charge, that Anderson owed his election to
Federal bayonets. Judge Trimble, wbo opposed this
gentleman In ihe canvass, was locked |up in a prison
during tbe election, and was turned loose tbe da? after
wards. The election was influenced by the military
order of General Huribnt. The length, breadth, and
height of that gentleman’s profession consists in abuse
of Jeff Davis, rather than love for the Union and the
Constitution of bis country.
As for himself, he was elected by six thousand majority
from a district which had sent a larger quota to tbe war
than any other. But he was threatened with the ven
geance of returned soldiers, and it was charged that he
had said oursolflieiß were robbers. Were anyman of
character to make such an aissrtlon he would pronounce
it false. As to his voting against Mr. Smitn s resolu
tion, which declsiea there are only two parties, patriots
and traitors, be thought there were more than two parties.
There were m*n here who belonged to tbe great Demo
cratic r arty, and who were unwilling to place themselves
on the side of traitors here. He was willing to admit
there might be a sprinkling of good Union men on the
opposite side of the House, while other.* would not have
the Union restored. The assertion that hlg speech was
tainted with secession was u.nqtLallfler!l* false—his par
tv waft endeavoring to restore the Union with all the
constitutional rights under it. He would give notice he
was not going to fight or challenge unless standing on
the defensive.
The above presents only a few of the personalities.
Mr. ANDERSON said he desired to reply to
Mr. ANCONA, of Pennsylvania, thought they had
had enough of personalties.
Mr. ANDERSON again appealed for the unanimous
consent of the House* but
Mr. PERRY, of New Jersey, objected.
Mr. ANDERSON said he did not intend to carry the
war into Africa, bm-only into Egypt. [Laughter. ]
The Committee then rote, and at half past 4 the House
adjourned. _
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURES
Harrisburg, February 2.1861.
HOUSE.
Tbe House met at 11 o’clock to-day g tt d was called to
crderbyMr. breaker Johnson.
' Mr. REX called for the reading of extracts from the
Pittsburg Cuuintf.rcial&nd. Pbiladelpk'a Evening Built •
iittx reflecting on biniself and other Democratic members.
Tbe extract*, which, were private communications,
andnot cii healed in tne reinlar reports of proceedings,
wfte xeaJ by the Clerk, whereupon
Mr. REX offered a resolution appointing a committee
of five to ascertain names of authors and report to the
House. . ~ • , •
The resolution was adopted and power was riven to
rite committee to sendfor persons and pipers.
Mr. FBBtHING_ exonerated the regular reporters from,
anv participatlomntbe matter.
Tbe tfouFd then proceeded to the consideration of pri
vate bills sixty of which were passed. The following
include all either of general interest or of interest to the
citizens of Fhmdelphia;
Regulating storage of petroleum In Philadelphia. This
Mil gives Councils authority to make needful regu
lations.
Giving Councils power to macadamize streets in rural
districts.
AnttioriMng St- Thomas Church to sell certain real
estate,
bouplenenttoanaet extending Fifteenth »nd Green
lnetltute/for the baaeßt of negro
“Varating Stump lane, in Philadelphia.
Incorporating Merchants’ Hotel Company,
Incorporating Clement Seminary. Adjourned.
Found Dead.—A man, named David
Jcnfifi,' sixty years of age, was found dead ia his hed,
at bouse No.. 1350 Wood-street,
A Card,
tfaw York, Feb. I,IBM.
To the Editor Of The Press;
Sib ; A notice having appeared in I Ull number
of the Inquirer, to the effect that Mr. MoKeon, it*
torney for the defendants in the ease of the Evening
Express of this oily, stated in court that a paragraph
in my correspondence charged his clients with
” bankruptcy,” I feel that I owe an explanation,
not only to the aggrieved gentlemen, but to the
readers of this paper. The paragraph referred to
atated, as nearly as I can remember, that, “ It is on
fortunate that the march of bankruptcy has been ex
posed to the inquisitorial eye of the public, as it has
been in the case of the Brookses.” Following this
was a statement of the diminution of advertising
patronage, extracted from the evidence published in
the New York papers. Most assuredly it was farthest
from my intention to convey the idea that the Messes.
Brook, were either bankrupt or verging upon bank*
ruptcF* Such a etatement would have been refuted
by the very list of diminutions attached to the para
graph. In apeaking of the ii march of bankruptcy,”
I intended merely those auccecaive diminutiona of
patronage which were unfortunate, aa aeemlngly
giving color to the plaintiff *a olaim, and, aa result,
have proved, I might better have written "the
march of diminution.” The Messrs. Brooke, how
ever, having .conatrued the paragraph literally, thie
explanation ia neceaaltated, and I make it moat
cheerfully under the circumstances, trusting th&t, if
any of your readers have mistaken my real meaning
in a similar way, they will, in justice tc* the ag
grieved parties and The Press , exchange their precon*
ceived ideas for that which, in all honesty, I intend
ed to convey. Whatever else might be charged
againat the Express, it ia certainly very far from
being bankrupt, as the statement before referred to
distinctly proved; and I can only, in conclusion,
state that, if I wrote the paragraph in a manner
which lacked the perspicuity it should have had, it
has been through Inadvertence rather than any in
tention of making a eharge aothoronghly unfounded
and ridiculous.
Very truly yours,
Publication Received.
From W. B. Zieber, South Third street, the Eclectic
Magazine for February. Mr- Bidwell, the judioioua
editor of this work, keep* up with the increasing
foreign periodicals. Two of the beat articles here
are from the London Society Magazine, a new publica
tion ; the remainder ia culled from the moat popular
magazines and reviews. The illustration, finely en
graved on steel, by Ferine, represents Dr. Johnson,
Oliver Goldsmith, and Jamei Boswell, having a
social sederunt in the Mitre Tavern, Fleet atreet,
laondon. _
V THE CITY.
[VOX ADDITIOXJX CITY ITBWS, BBS VOtTBTH VABi. J
PBorosßD Amendment to the United
States Constitution —Meeting ov Oubugymen
in this City.— On Wednesday, January 27th, a
Convention, representing various evangelical deno
minations, assembled in Dr.Pressly’s church, Alle
gheny city, to take measures to secure such amend
ments to the National Constitution as will give it a
thoroughly Ohriatisn character. A committee of
twelve was appointed by the Convention to repair
to Washington and confer with the President and
Congress on the subject.' A number of the com
mittee being in this oity, on their way to Washing
ton, an impromptu meeting was held, last evening,
in the First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Cherry
street, below Eleventh, to hear addresses in refe
rence to the object of their mission. Rev. S.O.
Wylie was called to the chair.
Rev. A. M. Milligan was called on to lay before the
meeting the proceedings and results or the Conven
tion.
Mr. Milligan said: lam confident that this coun
try is at least haU aeentury nearer the millenial glory
than any country on the earth. Our republican
institutions, cur education of the masses, our blend
ing of the races, are elements of future national
grandeur which no nation possesses in such high
degree.
But need it be wondered that, while God was bless
ing the country with liberty, Satan ahould be at work
to blight it with slavery. While the Westminster
Assembly was sitting in Westminster Abbey fra
ming the confession; and so while the Puritans
were directing the Mayflower and Speedwell to the
rocky choree of New England, that other dark craft
was wending ita way up the Jamea river laden’with
the first cargo of slaves. In all history a nation
was never known without a god. Every nation had
its deity, every family its penates. Rome ejected
the Pantheon for the gods of all the nations
in the limits of the Roman Empire. They
esked the Christians for the symbol of their religion.
They replied that theira was an exclusive religion
that admitted no rivalry, and then Borne began to
persecute. Leaving the difficulties or past history,
our fathers went to the other extreme, and framed
a National Constitution without a deity. However
it may have come, it is certain that we have a
National Constitution in which there is no reference
to God, save that the letters A. D. oocur in the date
of the instrument—a form whioh an infldol, an
atheist, constantly employs.
I know not where this present movement origi
nated. The consciences of Christian patriots had
been turned to these defects in our national system
through the influence of present judgments. Its
beginning, as a public movement, dates from a re
ligious Convention in Xenia, Ohio. Xt was first
organized at a subsequent Convention in Pittsburg,
which was followed by the Convention of Wed
nesday last.
A petition to Congress was prepared tor circu
lation, and letters were resd from Hon. Charles
Sumner, Rev. Dr. Tyng. Rey. Horace Bushnell,
and others.
Rev. David Steele, of this city; Rev. J. S. T. Mil
ligan, of Michigan 5 Rev. H. H. George, of Cincin
nati; Wm. Brown, Eeq., Dr. MoMurray, and others,
then addre#«ed the meeting. A committee was ap
rointed, consisting of Rev. Samuel O. Wylie and
Kev. David Steele, to urge the views'of the Conven
tion on the evangelical denominations of Philadel
phia. The meeting then adjourned.
Swords Presented. —Last evening the
Seventeenth-ward station-hoiiSe, Kensington Hall,
presented a very gay and attractive appearance, on
the occ&BiOQ of the presentation of a couple of
twords. Lieutenant spear, one of the heroes of the
Mexican campaign, had the room decorated with
the American ensign, battle flags of Mexico, and
State flags of Pennsylvania, the whole being bril
liantly illuminated. A large number of ladles were
present* The swords were presented to Captain
Goldsmith and Lieutenant Bonner, of the 29th Re
giment P. V. Veterans. Colonel John K. Murphy,
formerly colonel of the regiment, delivered a very
patiiotiq off-hand presentation speech on behalf of
the friends to whose order these testimonials of es
teem were made. Considerable enthusiasm marked
the proceedings. Both the recipients were raised to
their present rank for meritorious conduct on the
field of battle.
The Philadelphia Association. —Last
evening the grind bill of the Philadelphia Aaiocla
tzon took plAce at the Academy of Music. In the
course of the evening,.a very pleasant variation
was made in the programme by the presentation to
the association, on the part of its lady friends, of a
bardsome silk flsg. It was presented in the name
of thje ladies by Mr. John O’Brien, and received in
an eloquent speech by Col. Wm. B. Mann. Col. M.
was very heartily applauded when he assured his
auditors that the flag of the free would vet wave in
triumph over the land, the emblem or liberty alike
to the bondman and bis cruel master.
Third "Ward. —A meeting to encourage
volunteering in the Third ward was held last eve
ning in Jefferson Hall. Addresses were delivered
by Messrs. Theodore Cuyler, A. B. Sloanaker, Dr.
Heritage, Captain Lehman, and others, after which
block committees were appointed and other arrange
ments made to endeavor to secure the quota for the
ward without a resort to the draft. About seven
hundred dollars were contributed on the spot in
furtherance of the object of the meeting.
Found Drowned.—The body of a man,
apparently sixty years of age, was found drowned
In Gunners 1 run yesterday. The deceased had on a
common black frock coat, white undershirt, dark
striped pants, red comforter, and Kossuth hat.
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
THE MONEY MARKET.
Philadelphia. Feb. 2,1864.
When ** peace ” rumors fail to affect the value of a
standard commodity exciting “war” rumors are re
sorted to. Hence, there was some excitement inr sold
to-day, occasioned by a report that the rebel Imboden
was entering Pennsylvania, having designs on Harris
burg._ The denials from various sources, however,
quietetl the increasing fear of operators, and the market
settled down at 157%; after the figures had reached 158.
Government securities are steady, and the money market
easy at 6 per cent
The Stock market closed with a decided decline in
prices. A general desire to realize forced thesa con
siderably during the second board, but towards the
close matters rallied somewhat. After so heavy an ad
vance as we have just experienced, a reaction is perfectly
natural, and we would not advise a sale of "stocks ou
this account. Firmness in holders does more to main
tain the market, and save a panic, than all the reports
and extravagant promises that could be invented. As
compared with yesterday, Fulton closed >4 lower, after
selllngdowntod; Pew York and Middle 1 ; Big Mountain
advanced )-£; Green Mountain remained steady at 7M;
Girard declined %; Etna %; Penn New Creek rose
with large Bales
Philadelphia & Erie declined.)*; Chestnut Valley%;
Beading K; Catawlasa % —the common, 1$ Pennsylva
nia steads at 75 v l amden & Atlantic rose 1; North Penn
sylvania Mlnehill sold at 60% ? Lehigh Val
ley at 93; Beaver Meadow at 74; Norristown at 57; Se
venteenth & Nineteenth-street rose 1; Girard College
sold at 25%; Tenth & Eleventh-street at 53; Spruce &
Fine at 14%.
State fives sold at 95; the coupons at par; Chesapeake
A Delaware sixes at 97; Snnbury & Erie sevens at 105;
Lehigh Talley sixes at 104 ft; Pennsylvania Railro ad
Ist mortgages at IDS; Camden & Amboy sixeslS7sat 102%;
North Pennsylvania sixes at 94; Schuylkill Navigation
sold at 32%; the preferred at 34%, a decline of %; Union
declined 2; the preferredl; the bonne4; Su quehauna
declined 1- Bank shares steady, the market closing with
a better feeling.
Preset ds Co. Quote:
0. S. bonds
Certificates of Indebtedness, new------ S 8
Certificates of Indebtedness, old*.*, ?02ft£blD3
U. S. 73-10 Notes 107*»ICS
Quartermasters’ vouchers. 2 %s> 3
Orders for Certificates of Indebtedness I%(s \v
Gold*. *♦..157 (§H57%
sterling Exehanse 172% ©173
Five-twenty bonds, fall coupons 103%@104
Quotations of gold at the Philadelphia Gold Exchange,
M South Third street, second story :
9>4o’clock A M-- ,167%
11 H “ A. M
81 ” 5- “ 1157^
Closed 4% “ F. ....167%
Market firm.
*We are indebted to the non. James Pollock, r-Irector
of the Mint, for the following statement of the deposits
* nd coinage at the United States Mint, for the month of
January, 1864:
DEPOSITS.
Gold deposits from all soarees..--- * 3*165,401 31
silver deposits, including purchases 8,263 37
Total deposits
GOLD COINAGE.
No. of pieces. VAlne.
ft,445 =BlOB,OOO 00
*2 31.0U818
Double eagles.
Flue bars
6.477 *140,408 18
SILVER.
Half dollars.
Fine bars....
12.00;?
COPPER.
2,170.000
Gent* -
REOA.PITULJLTIO*.
* Piece*. Valna
Gold coinage J 5.477 $140.4(13 18
. 12.00*
.2,170.000
.2.187,480 . si6s,«9 17
Th* B««ond Battonul Bank of Philadelphia, at Ptank,
ford.commeneadbißinms rwiterday. Aliatof th. <A
can will be found in an adYettlsement in another part or
to day * paper-
Tha averweß of tha banka in the Mr of Be*
Tork for ft® WC6k ending Saturday last. January 91
1864* present in the aggregate tha following changes front
tho previous weekly statement of January 23;
Decrease of Loane jsx,m
Increase of Specie ••••• 126.11*
Decrease of Circulation- 28.24*
Increase ofUndiawn Deposits 6W,06«
Including the exchanges between the banks through
the Clearing-House,and Including also theSub-Trearorr
statement of Saturday afternoon, the following n
general comparison with the previous weekly
and also with the movement of this time last year:
Jan. 31, *63. Jan. 30. ’64. Jan. 23. '&
Capital 560.128.0C0 569.722.006 *9.722«>*
Loans 170.707*501 162,295.806 182**26T»3
Specie 33,886.032 21.i03.632 24,077.61?
Circulation 8 906. W 6.913.558 fiw.gg
Gross Deposit 201,716,516 206.4;*
EKcbanieed 4d.61z.Y58 71,061.104 76,841 nn.
nndrmra 1U9.963.252 130.655.U5 IS.UIwS
In Snb-Treasair-. 7,193.893 5r.957.7M 42,55;
The Mew Tork J*ort says:
The appended table exhibits the chief movements at tha
Board compared with the latest prices of yesterday? *
Tn Mon Adr.‘xw
United States 6s, 1881, regis ..106 106% „ C
United States Gs.lBBl, coupon. 1C6% 107 ft
United States seven-thirties 107% 108 ..
United States 1 year cer.. g01d....102% 102% .. 1’
Do. do currency.. 97% 97% *
American Gold**.. 157 K .. i,
Tennessee Sixes 57 6&K "
■Pacific Mail ....-226 227 1'
New Tork Central Railroad 132% 332% V
Brie ♦*; .....107% 1072 s .. wJ
JBrie Preferred 101% 101* „ /
Hudson River.—* .....139% 139% **-
Reading..* 115% 116% 0
Michigan Central- 132 332 *
Michigan Southern 9j% 90%
MieMganlSoutbeni guarantied...l32% 13) i.
Iliino’s Central B— 125% 126% .. J
Pittsburg.. ....**••« 110* 110% w
Galena
Toledo I»l% 137* .. \*
Rock Island..— 1« 143% %
Fort "Wayne 87% ss%
Prairie Dn Chien..*.•»*«»«*••■»••* 56% 53
Terre Haute* 62%
Northwestern 47% 47%
Canton 38% 38% %
Cumberland 52 52% .. l-
Quicksilver . 513£ 51 %
Mariposa 28% .. 7u-
Chicago & Alton SI 82 .. 1
STUYVESANT.
Pliilada. Stock Eic
CBeported by 8. E. Slaxmah:
FIRST
1400 New Creek, 1; R
4CO d0..........ca5h 1?;
IUO do. 1%
626 do 13g
36C0 do ~ IJ£
6 Cam & Amboy R ..155
SOO U & Five Years, op. 104
20 Union Canal 6
3 do.. «<
14 Norristown R 67
4GQ North. Penna R.... 3*V
ICO do 31%.
100 do slO 3s*
ICO do 3i,V
400 do b2O 3i%
ICO do bls 3VV
£6O Beading R......b30 58. V
SOPhila &Erle R..3d 37j£i
100 do 87
69 Minebillß .. 60%
1 Lehigh Scrip.--*. •* 49%
SCOO Penna Coupon 65.-100
3COO U Canal Prefer.bSO 8
ICO do 8
200 do e b3O 8 .
SON York & Middle.. 12%
SCO „ do bSO 1 2%
600 North Penna 0 £ .... 94
BETWEEN
100 fTorth Paß, 2d.. 33
HO Girard Mitinf-. 6%
2TO Sell Nay pref b 3() 35%
1500 Sell Nay 6s 1870 s 5 77
100 Bet ding 8.. 68
38 Giiard College.. 28V
200 Caiaw 'sa R pf b3O
200 do do .. 41^
50 Penna R 75
2CO Fulton Coal 6%
second
134 North Pa E lots I
1 do h‘?d
100 do 32 s ; I
6CO Union Canal 3 I
100 do su
200 Fulton Gcal 6
200 do b 5--. 6
200 do-.-.bl/5.. 6%
200 do 6?J
ldfO Penna s*s.--b5... P->
3 fl Big Mtn ...-;ots.
ICO do b 30... S? ;
100 do fc3o..
ICO do b2O-- S? a
AFT£KB
50 Fulton Coal. .b3O 6/- t - i
100 Sch ffav prf.b:*o 35 ;
SvO do prf.. •. w JHJg j
ctiosmc?
Bid. Asked.
V 868*81.........106 117
US7*3O N0te*....107 103
Fbila6s.....lol** ..
Do new.. *......104
X’esnafis 9$ go
Do Coups.....
Jigad K ear. dtv— • . 58
Do WbTOmm.IM 105
Po bds ’S6 coax. ..
Do 6s *BO ’43
Penna R.« 74K 75
Do 15tm65....108 108&
Do 2d tn 6b. 106 lt*>4
Little Schuyl . 47?£ 43
Morris O’l consol. (5 70
Do prfd 133
Do 6s *76....... .. ..
Do 2d mtg
Sclrayl Nrt stock 22,‘i 23
Do prfd....... ZiXi 35
Do 6b ’32. 87 88
Elmira 8.... 88
Do prfd 51 53
Do 7a *73.«,™104 IC6
Do 10s
Llsland R........ 41 43
Do bds.
Lehigh Nay 60 60J4
Do scrip...... 4P?» 50
Do shares
N Penna E........ 32?£ S 3
Do 6s 94
Do 105......... ..
feml*nreekly Review of the Philadelphia
FeErfary 2—Evening
There is a moderate business doing in Breadstuffa. bat
prices are without any material change. Bark is quiet.
Coffee Is firm. In Cotton there is very little dom*. Co&l
continues doll and unsettled. Fish and Frail are with
oat change Tie Iron market continues very firm, wick
small sales at full prices. Petroleum Is in feir demand
at former rates. Provisions are firmly held, but there Is
not much doing- Seeds are in demand, and Timothy
and Flaxseed have advanced. Wool is quiet. Whisky
is dull.
There is rather more doing in Flour but prices are
Without change; about 6,000 bblssold &t57.25@?.5Q for
fcxtra family, includiag supetfine at 96, and 1,503 bbla
City Mills, part extra, on private terms, and aod’bbl*
good extra at $7 25 3 bbl. The retailers and bakers are
buying moderately at from, ft@6.so for superfine; 6.75®
7.25 for extra: $7. for extra family, and $3.50 up to
for fancy brands, according to quality. Rye
Flour continues scarce, small sales are maiingat 93.50 V
bW. There is very little doing la Gorn Heal; Drandr*
wine is Quoted at *5 75
GRAIN. —There is a fair demand for Wheat, with sales
ofab.ut IS.COO bus at from 168©170c for reds, mostly at
theJattei rate for prime Pennsylvania, and 18G@l??c par
bus for white, the latter rate for prime. Rye !s very dull:
buyers only otter 12C@l2£c per bus. Corn is dull, and
there is vt-ry little doing: about 16,000 bus have been
sold as 10£@109c, closing at the former rate. Oats are
6lso rather dull; about 16.(00 cus have been disposed of
st noxD se<®sr« weight. la Barley and Malt there U an
chanseto notice.
PROVISIONS.—The sales are limited, but holders con
tinue very firm in their views: about 850 bbls Mess
Pork fold at *2C@2L for old. and bblfor new*
prime is scarce at *lf @l7 V obi. Mess Beef is selling for
ship s stores at *l£@V7 for city-packed, and $l2 fcO ft bbl
for country. Beef Hams are held at $22. Tnern is less
coins in dressed Hogs; they are selling at $7.60@9 25 the
ItOfts. Bacon is scarce, and in demand, wUh sales of
Hams st li(S)l4IaC i 3 lb. the latter for new canvassed.
Sides 93I@lf.iaC, and Shoulders at si@9Kc 14 ft cash.
Allkinog oi Green Meats are ecarce; about 800 cash*
pickled Hants sold at 12K@13c, and Shoulders at B*£c,
cat.li Lard is firm, with sales of 500 tierces at 14c.
country at j3>ac, and kegs atl4>*@l6c s* ft. Butter is in
fair demand, with sales at from 2o no to 36c 9 ft for com.
mon to choice. Cheese is firm at 14@17c *3 ft. H e « are
tcerce. and sellitgat 31@S2cm dozen.
M£i’ALs. -There is more inquiry for Pig Iron, with
sales of 2.0C0 tons Anthracite at $46 for No, 1, and *4t V
ton, cash, for 50.2. Scotch Pig is very scarce. Railroad
bars hayadvanced to *&s^-ton. Lead is scarce: a
t mail lot of Galena sold in New York, to come here, at
lfJgC "T- ft. cash.
Oot-Pfiß —-bellow Metal is selling in small lots at 36c
Ibid mouths. f
BefcK.—hilfo, 1 Quercitron is in steady demand at
$B7 t- ton. annexe* Bark is without changer
CA NDLES.— femall sales of Adamantine are maWnif »►
2C&®2lc* for short weight, and 23c 18 ft for full weiehL
TaJlow Candles are unchanted. *
GOAL —Themarket continues dull and.tnices are uu~
changed. The orders from the East are very scarce* 1
few cargoes are going to supply the Government.
COFFEE has been arriving more freely, and the mar
ket firm ard more active; SCO baas of Rio sold part, at 34*.
aid b7ii bags of Lagnayra at 34@34Xc ft and i
jiionihs.
COTTON.—The market is dull, and the sales are in
tmail lotß oily to supply the immediate] wants or the
trade; about 176 bales sold at 83c ft cash, for Mid
diines.
IiBUGS iNB DYES.—AII kinds are very firm, but the
sales are limited. Small sales of Bleaching Powdere are
making at s>*c Opium on private terms. Indigo Is
firm: Bengal is quoted at s2.lC@a igtg ft is
tec¥tt. Wlolo,lt Willi B»l99 9f g»I
PlsH. —There is more demand for Mackerel* subhlt
hhore.land 8 mid at «10®79 bbl. Small tales are making
frop store at $l6 50® 17 for No. 1, *lC®l2 for b*v
s7®lo for No. 3. Coufish are fifmTt h fts
I'irkUd Herring are scarce, and range* ats3 sfva73t>,t,i
F KOIT. —A cargo of Palermo Oranges and Lemoim sold,
from the wharf on private terms. There Is less d oiov m
sale ? of . Green Apples are making at
82.tt®3 49 c?;bW. and lined Apples at 9®&*£ c rAsaleot‘
Western half Peaches was made at 15c %ft Grin ‘
berries range at from s7® 10 % bbL *
LLMBER—There is very little doing in any kind, bnt
prices remain about the same as last quoted.
SI GLASSES.—There is more doing, and prices are very
firm, with sales of Cuba ats2®sls. and 1,000 bbis Maw
Orleans, part by auction, at 49@74c gallon, cash, and
four months.
NAVaL STORES, —Tar and Pi l ch *re without change.
Bonn ia firm, with sales at $35@10 V- bbl. Small sales
of Spiiitu of Turpentine are making at *5-10 gl gallon
C3th
6ILS —Lard Oil is selling in lot* at $1 15@1 V gafc
-- n for winter, and $1 for No. 2. Linseed is more active,
with sales at $1 *£®l 4SIS gallon. Petroleum is ia fair
demand: about 300 bbl« crude sold at iS@l9e; 3 070 bbl*
refined, in bond. at44@46c, and free at 53@5073 ’'allon.
according tw auality. ~
BKB is very tcaice; a small wai made at 53 tha
ICO ft*.
SKAD3.—Timothy is in demand; 500 bus aolAnt i-; n
? tu. Flax»e<d has advanced, and seuing&tWas®
3. So iH bu. Clover is scarce■ 500 bus sold at $3 soao V<u
Ihs. ’fee latter for prime.
6XJG *R.“Tnere is a fair business doing, and tbn mar
ket U very firm; about 2CO hhde Cuba aoldJt
Orleans, by auction, at 12)fc®16*£c ft ft, cash
_ SPIRITS —Brandy and Gin are quiet, hot a— .
J*. & Rum is held at IC5@llCc c* gallon.
l^°lfr.i a,,OUt 700 l * bl “ iuld at 82@34c, and dradK at
TaiSow is quiet ;;'>" Iltr l'} s sellin*at llManr an i
chy rendered atl2>sc sift,cash. ‘‘‘swu/aOl*. anx
TOBACCO — Prices are very firm, but there Is nor
much doing in either Lear or Manufacturedsi
latter are making at tC®<oc for black, and 80uto SAP ft
WoOL.*—There is not much doing, and the ™«rfr a r f
<juiet at ormer rates: small sales or mediumMSflfnf
lieece are makiLg at jo@Soj ft. am aasn fine
The foUowijij? are the receipts of Floor and. Oni. ,*
this port to-day « at
Flour,
Wheat....
New York Markets. Febtnaryg,
Ashes remain quiet and firm at 95.75 for Pots and 913
. Bkeadstuffb.—The market for State and
l< more active and firmer* especially tor State
which are s@lo cents hither.
The saJee are 26 tffO Sbl* at 96.4£@6.65 for unnaii**
State, $6 9(@7.10 for extra State. s6.4u@6.6sformS?
hue Michigan. Indiana, lowa, Ohio. Ac., 9&9a|n > %ft£
extra do , including shipping brands of mnhe 7*™
Ohio at $7.-k@?.6o. and trade brands do atffife&gy
Son them Hour is steady and moderately acMwlr"*;Yri
SOO bbl. at »7.70@&1i) for mperlfia b£B2t!S*
ssS.U@ll for extra ditto. * and
Cari'diflß Flour is fins hnt cm’et* islet w vii. „i
cioT® 7 *“« *7 3C@3 W foTiSd «
Bye Flour is steady, with sales of 250 l>K»«.kM «~g»
6.tofor the rang-i of fine and superfine b hteabss,
Com Meal is unchanged, with, saiaa «#• -. A
Ssg£K.*“ JB ' a - «***aiySM£,» «g *
■which checks fca*ine&s? , «iles > S 5
for amber^i
led Western, and *1 70@l jsS’-TiiSSt.*? .*« winter
Mels quiet at 41 3C@t M for
Bailey is steady; sales 1 4m sSi?northers.
2,:«0 bus State atiLsaT ’ bus ““tern at »LJS;
! barley Malt i» quiet. with sales of 6JSOO bn. at r.SJc*
closinit at the latter prfcaend *T» d^Ss
State |6@». and Western S?w£)“
f a S)arwly elW * r<ld - ,o,d at *^o4,‘eqS'tjQlT
■* •» nens
„ WHisKr is more active and *«««« «_^t.
State and Western at 85@88e» tteci "*“ jr ftnaot; SOO bbls
q^tetfona® TOR am7^ m | r 'g 1 t t J B *£M»Hyqmet at oar
French do 92.85@90.
Petroi.f.sm.— The marim nmn&kSA***
I'blsat 2S@3oc for cradjtha lSuV^S£?? : “ I “ s f®
for reined. In bond, and 52^^'”^"?^-
*174,304 68
sbi.toq og
New Totk Cottonlltalet. Feb a
6.80') 99
21.700 00
strange Sales. Feb. g
3R. PiiiladalphiA Srca&a<«J
BOASD.
i wraitoacoai.
100 do b-5} SH
600 0 8 7.30 Tre» Sfot&t
End—.....FftAlWS
10 Commercial Bank 53K
100 Penn Minins*.. b3O 0$
100 do casb o'i
IUO Bin Mountain. 8/*
25 do B**
4Pfltm> Mining..—. 3»
300 Girard Minin* .bs> 6*
100 JKtna Minins U
200 Schny Nav. ----b3*J i;
l(OfeclißbVPref..ea-h :i*
iOO do Pref ....bs
100 do Pref.....B®
SOT O Union Canal 6s 2d iK'
- 1000 Cam ft Am 6s ’75.. .W2v;
• 2000 d0....*...’81 4MOO”
[ 5000 - do »•»»..,.mort 104
2030 Pennaßl-t
200 Q Penna R 2d mort ..lO>
in J: B“y«r Meadow... 7t
10 2 S f fi h - s t }r 3 h le7
fj ' s.i
I. C : ;!l A" Atlantic IK
J 2 Eleventh. 53
3M|proca*PK.. bW l«£
usfSSfefiS!^::;:^
30‘ do ..♦OS
Green Mfn b 5... 7W
500<[hes&Dpt6'3-.. &T
I gw> £ « 5-20 6‘s loasu
600 Ufcj 6’s ororlOTMOlVi'
BO^f? Mhlll B -~«*
I I*oo City S’s sew 10t>£
soo *: O^rlB7o.loiv c
2fO l<th& Iflihstß., 15
! 50 -d0:*...;.... 15K
s** f!rin & A«?anlt..
100 Chester Valley. - 5
8000 Union Canal 6 a.
78 Kt-nna R......... Vi
250 New York & Mid II
200 New Creek....— i>
100 CaUwlssaßpfb-’S 4[
10(0 Sun & Erie 7*s 105
4 51 .mi & Slech* Bk 28
„ 500 Ches & Dei 6*3 .. r <*l
tOdRDK.
! 10 Phila & Erie R-. 37*<
2TOO Chester VaL*-.. 45
10 Reading irs
PRICES.
-. _ „ 314. Aak*4.
CatawlssaßCon. 21 2S
Do prfd - u ii •£
Phlla&Erieß... 87 S7Ji
Second-at *. 78
Do bonds—... ..
Flfth-st B so 60W
Do bonds—. ..
Tenth-lit >1
Thirteenth-st 3- 34 .a?
Seventeenth-st E u#
Sprace-elS..— .. .. .
Onestnut-st B
W Phila B - ..
Do bonds.—
Arch-st K.
Race-st R
Green-st B
Do bonds.— --
Slrard Collage R
bombard A South ..
Ri<3*e-av R.... ..
Seav Maadß.... ..
HinehUlß..... ..
Harrisburg..
Wilmington B-. ..
Susq Canal.— ..
Do 9a ..
Lehigh Val R
Do bonds..*..
Phila Ger & Nor.
Gam & Ambß...
Delaware Dir-..
Da bonds.....
Market*,
“ *-*■. IJOObbta.
baa.
s. Mo baa
................... 5,400 bna-