Jims. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1864. **- We oan take no notice or anonjmonc commu nications. We do not return rejected manuceriph. Voluntary correspondence colioited from «n •pert* or the world, and eapeeially from OUT <2i ftijrea* military and naval department!. When ured, it win he paid for. The Punishment of Treason. If, alter having learned at the point of the bayonet that slavery is the enemy of Union, -we fail to use tin's gland opportunity of destroying it, then we shall deserve an other rebellion, and shall literally court the future destruction of the Republic. We shall conquer in this war; no doubt of that. Rut to extinguish flames and leave the embers burning i# to invite the fire to rise anew from its ashes. But half the work is done when Graet has annihilated Bbagg, or Me abb entered Richmond with all the drums beating and all the flags fly- j ing in triumph. Military victory will de- j stroy present danger, but cannot prevent i future troubles. All our successful cam- i paigns, past and to come, but conquer j a basis to build upon. General Steeps drove the Tebel armic s from Arkansas, and the next thing was an Anti-Slavery Union Convention of the people at Little Rock. Why, this is as great a victory as Chattanooga. It is moral victory; it is the second half of the work; and now that we have no reason to doubt that the perfect triumph of our arms is ultimately certain, it is indispensable that we should follow up that triumph with correspondent legislation. Congress will obey the commands of the people in proposing an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting slavery throughout the whole count ly. The House has already struck a terrible blow, not only at this rebel lion, but at the possibility of future rebel lion, in passing the joint resolution explana tory of the confiscation act. The heavier such blows the better. It is not with rebels that we arc to deal so much as with rebel lion. What is the use of hanging traitors if we leave treason unharmed ? At Rich mond it is not-the throne, but the power •behind the throne, that is mighty, and againstr-j it we wage the war. The confiscation act, as it now stands, is a. declaration that the real estate of rebels Can be confiscated in fee, and not for life simply. As originally passed, it was sub ject to interpretations which would have de feated its purposes, and made it but an idle threat. Now, it is a strong blow at one of the roots of the rebellion. The objections to this measure, in the great debate which preceded its passage, ignored the truth that rebels can have no rights which the rights of the nation do not imperiously transcend. To put down the rebellion, and leave the wealth of the g outh in the possession of van quished rebels, is to subdue the enemy and leave his weapons in his hands. The spirit of puerile mercy to the traitors who have had no mercy to us, is, faithfully translated, nothing less than cruelty to loyal men. The resolution will undoubtedly pass the Senate by a larger majority than that of the House, and will work to the perma- nent advantage of the Union. It has been intimated that, the President will not sign the act as amended, but the rumor is not worth contradiction. It is well worth noti- cing, however, that there is a combined and persistent attempt to claim the President as a conservative—that is, asunwillihg to sanc tion those severe measures for the punish- ment of traitors, and the extinction of slave- ry, which the people earnestly desire, and •Congress is actively adopting. To this claim the anti slavery record of Mr. Lin coln, the emancipation proclamation, and the oath annexed to the offer of amnesty, sufficiently reply. There is no doubt that the entile Government and the loyal majori ty of the people are united upon a national policy, and the attempt to divide the Union party upon such a question as the confisca- tion of the property of traitors is preposte- rous. It is especially absurd to predict op position to stern and practical measures for the destruction of the rebellion from the President, and we may very emphatically rest assured that any change ot the policy Of the Government is, of all political impossi bilities, the greatest. The Freedmen. "W e find the New York correspondent of the London Tima, in Ms anxiety to serve the interests of slavery, ana prove the Eman cipation proclamation a criminal interfe rence -With the law of forced labor, declaring the condition of the freedmen to he miserable cruel, anakideous. In a recent letter he says the liberation of the American slaves i& an -“ act of cruelty to the black, as well as of suicidal folly to the wMte race.” This he makes good by an exaggerated picture of the sufferings of the freedmen on the sugar and cotton plantations of the Mississippi; of the helplessness of the wives and families of the freedmen who have fled from slavery to the protection of the American capital and are now “ huddled together like ver min” in the camps and hospitals around Washington; and of the inability of the freedmen who have emigrated to the North ern cities to find employment. He quotes the report of Mr. Yeatmait, president of the Western Sanitary Commission, who vi sited the plantations between Cairo and Natchez, as evidence that freedom, sudden ly gained, is a curse to the black man. Mr. batmak s facts, according to this corre spondent, show that “the white lessees strive invariably to get the utmost positive amount of work out of the negro for the ! smallest possible amount of wages; that if i ■a negro becomes ill his pay immediately j ceases, and he is turned adrift to starve, j which was not the case when he was in a I state of slavery.” He tells of 2,100 colored women and children living amid squalid suf fering and destitution ; of a camp of 4,000 j refugees reduced to 2,000, chiefly by death ! from starvation and diseases, and states as * Mr. Yeatmah’s conclusion, that “the ne- ! groes who cannot obtain wof& are dying j off, and that those who do obtain it are in a i state of involuntary servitude far worse than I that from which they have escaped.” Upon j facts such as these the correspondent ac- ■ cuses the United Stateß of heartlessness and cruelty, and finds freedom and misery sy nonymous. We at once reject this peculiar method of reasoning, this argument of the weak or the subtle mind, which so dexterous ly makes a principle responsible for anacci- j dent, and confuses the grand end of a great system with its incidental and local results. We will not believe these stories entirely true, and affirm them to be the exaggerations of our enemy. Grant that we are right in this, are we to end with an indignant de nial of slander ? It would be well first to ■see if the slander of our foe may not be founded on the impartial testimony of our friends. It cannot be denied that the condition of the freedmen along the Mississippi has given our enemies ample opportunity, and that the falsehoods they tell are dangerous because they are not entirely false. There suiftring, great tyranny, great waste of life and labor among the freedmen and frien families. We know why. We un derstand that the sudden revolutions of smaety are never more certain to bring . misery than when they make freemen out ■of slaves. Sudden changes which break up systems of labor are necessarily injurious even when they are wholly for permanent good. All the more reason for using every energy to lessen the amount of transitory and intense evil, that the triumph of the permanent good may not be endan gered or postponed. It is our duty and our interest to accept fairly the facts of des titution and disorganization among the freedmen, and to begin at once to reform the reform. To make the slave free is not enough , we must give him the opportunity to use Ms freedom, and, when necessary must teach him to use it. That freedom does not mean misery we know. The ■correspondent of the Tima has very -carefully omitted all reference to the ■condition of the freedmen of Port Royal, ' ® elected onl y such instances as illustrate his argument from the Plantations of the Southwest. We iK rSr to th" .success of the experiment of sudden eman- cipation, if we chose, and cite numerous cases, but we shall not tell the old tale to our readers at present. It is enough that they know that freedom is proved to be as great a blessing to the black man as it is to tbe white, and that, again and again in the history of the war, the freedman has vindi cated, by his industrial and social progress, the wisdom and humanity of the President of the United States. But, it is tile dark side of the picture that we should force ourselves to examine. Let the prosperous plantation alone. It will take care of itself. Our duty is to help the wietched thousands. They beg of our generosity what they might demand of our justice. It is useless to deny that the plan tations are badly managed, and that, saving their freedom, many of the freedmen were better off as slaves. It is not useless to attempt to change their condition, and make every slave set free as prosperous as those who are now becoming landholders on the sea islands of South Carolina. General Lo res 7.0 Thomas, who has been especially commissioned by the Government to visit the Southwest, and organize a liberal, just system of leasing plantations, employing colored labor, and providing for the wants of. the freed people unable to work or obtain woik, is doing much— probably no man could do more. But he can be helped, and no city is better able to help him than Phila delphia. To-morrow night a free public meeting will be held at the Academy of Music by the friends of the Pennsylvania Freedmen’s Belief Association. Let it be well attended. Those who care to know the facts, whether friends or foes of emanci pation, will then hear the whole story; and those who sincerely wish to relieve the suf ferings of which freedom is but the second ary, and slavery the final cause, will have the surest and the speediest plan explained. The Eternal Danish Question. The latest news from Europe permits us to imply that England may interfere to maintain the supremacy ot Denmark over Schleswig-Holstein, which the German Con federation would transfer from Christian the Kintk to Prince Eked eric, of Augus tenbourg. One account says that England will be joined, in this interference, by Russia and Austria, —that she has sent a fleet into the Baltic,—that her war establishment is to he immediately augmented by twenty to thirty thousand soldiers. Another statement denies ail this, declaring that France will not act in accord with England, and— what is very probable—that, as the British Parliament would have assembled ou the 4th inst., Eord Palmerston' would not take any decisive measure without the ad vice and concurrence of that body. It is evident that, having signed the Treaty of 1852, by which Prince Gnius tian, of GKickstadt, was appointed succes sor to the late King Frederick; VII. of Den mark, England is bound to maintain him on the throne which he now occupies. So, one would think, are the five other Powers —France, Russia, Sweden, Austria, and Fiussia —who were parties to that Treaty, the double purpose of which was to pre vent any difficulty on the death of Frede bhtv VII. without issue, and prevent the severance of the dominions governed by him. That Frederick VII. had as much right to the disputed Duchies as to any other part of his dominions, appears to be admitted ; but that he treated them as they desired to he treated, may be doubted. To siftk their legislatures in that of Denmark, aid to insist that the language of Denmark should be used in their courts of law' and on usual public occasions, was enough of wrong to the people of the Duchies. That Christian IX. is King of Denmark is true, Ac facto; that he is Duke of Holstein is what Prince Frederic fef Augustenbourg denies. In this denial he is supported by the Duke of Saxe-Cobourg, cousin to Queen Victoria, brother of the late Prince Albert, uncle to the Prince of Wales, and unele-ia-law to the Princess of Wales, eldest daughter of King Christian. It has been contended, by one of the ablest lawyers in England, fJ. Manning, Queen’s Ancient Sergeant, ) that Prince Fre deric has no legitimate claim to iuherit even his own father’s Duchy of Augustenbourg, and that, even if he had, his father’s sale of his claims upon Holstein wholly cut him out. As these points are historically as well as legally curious,' we shall give them here. The reigning Duke of Augustenbourg, still alive, contracted a'morganatic marriage, of which Prince Frederic is one of the issue. r lhe fact of this left-handed union with a lady of inferior birth is not denied. How the European law of princedom is that the issue of a morganatic marriage follow the fortunes of the mother. It the father be a prince and the morganatic wife a noble, the issue are noble, but not princely (adelig, aber fi't'itlich nicM). The issue are, for all pur poses, the lawful children of the mother and can inherit her property, but they have no claim upon the rank, the titles, or the property of the father. So, if a noble con tract a morganatic marriage with a bour geoise, the issue are bourgeois; so if a prince contract a morganatic marriage with a bour geoise. If ci prince malic a fiicwlliaiice —say if an Emperor marry tie daughter of a peasant (a Griseldaj),'with his right hand— the issue are not less inheritable than if the mother had been a princess horn ; while a morga natic marriage, which is with the left hand, aoes not invest the issue with any right to the inheritance of the father. Prince Fbe dekic is the fruit, not of a rac-iallmnce, but of a morganatic marriage—the mere fact of the husband’s giving his left hand to the bi.de emphatically affirming her inferiority. The ducal family of Holstein had long consisted of four branches. Four centuries ago the eldest and reigning branch acquired the crown of Denmark. The last prince of this line was the late King of Denmark and Duke of Holstein, Frederic the Seventh. The crown of Denmark was descendible to females in default of males, but the County or Duchy of Holstein was descendible to males only. The three junior branches of the Holstein family were : Ist. That of Augustenbourg ; 2d. That of Gliickstadt; 3d. That of Gottorp. The Augustenbourg branch had no blood connexion with Denmark ; that of Gliick stadt through females the royal family at Copenhagen; that of Gottorpi 3 represented by the Czar Alexander ir., of Russia, who, without the territory,, inherits the title of Duke of Holstcin-Gottorp. In IK) 8 the present Duke of Augustenbourg joined the rebellion in Holstein, and, on its suppression, was pardoned and restored to his forfeited possessions in Holstein, upon condition of relinquishing his contingent right of succession to that Duchy, for the benefit of Prince Christian of Gliickstadt, who, by reason of a renunciation made by the Landgravine of Hesße, of the first Hol stein branch, had become the presumptive heir to the crown of Denmark. At the same time, he received, as compensation, a sum of $150,000. The reason why Prince Christian of Gliickstadt was appointed successor to the childless king of Denmark, was that Tie had borne arms, on the side of Denmark, in the rebellion in Holstein. The Duke of Augustenbourg renounced, before 1853, for himself and descendants, all claim to the Duchies. The public law of .Europe has generally made such renuncia tions binding upon descendants. Of this there are numerous historical examples. All the descendants of the party thus re nouncing hold bound by the act. If the Duke of Augustenbourg, who is still alive, bound only himself, his son now claims, not in his own right, as the next heir, hut as the cessionnaire of a right which had, as against the cedent father, been extinguished long before the cession was made. , wcmM a PPear, then, that the Augus tenbourg prince rests his family claims to ! the German Duchies of Denmark on very ! slight grounds. The whole diffl cuUy mt ght i have been settled, on the accession of Kimr ' Christian, by his taking such measures ! as would have preserved the nationality of the Duchies. This act of justice ho S was advised not to do. The result is '< the inhabitants of the Duchica have Bhown themselves anxious to withdraw from their allegiance to -Denmark, and even King Christian’s own brother has quitted Co penhagen rather than take the oaths to him. Another curious anomaly in the political trouble is that, out of the six European Powers who appointed Cubistian to the Danish Crown, two are in arms against him, and it is said that a third ("Russia ) has threatened to annex Denmark if the treaty of 1852 be not carried out. The fact that their respective Parliaments have refused to supply the sinews of war to the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia, may check the onward course of these princes. The Mexican Question.— One of the best political bon mois of the age was M. Jules Faykk's retort to Napoleon’s Minister, during the recent debate on Mexico in the French Legislative Corps. M. Rouzrnn re ferred to universal suffrage as the test of Mexican feeling, on which M. Jules Favke remarked that it was odd policy to kill a nation in order to obtain its vote. “ Are we, like Pagan priests,” said he, “to cousult the entrails of victims for favorable augu ries t” This is an epic in brief; the Empe ror’s Mexican policy in a nutshell. LETTER FROM “OCmiOML” Washington, Fob. 12, 1864. The military situation begins again to assnmc a grave and momentous aspect, and the interest aroused by the proceedings of Congress is once more absorbed in the pro gress of our armies and in the probable pur poses. ot the rebels. Many speculations and not a few complaints spring from the rumor ed dangers surrounding our recently-recover ed vantage ground in East Tennessee ; but I feel justified in saying that, whoever may be to blame for the late reverses in that quaiter, very little apprehension need be entertained as to our ability to hold and rivet what we have gained. It would, indeed, be a sad termi nation of ail tlie sacrifices and losses of the people and the army, and a mournful sequel to the liberal contributions of the free States, in response to the appeals of such pa triots as Taylor and Montgomery for the purpose of relieving the sufferings of the impoverished population of Eastern Tennes see, if that interesting region should fall into the hands of the heartless rufliang from whom it has been rescued. The prize is too valuable to be easily or even tempora rily surrendered. Some of the most intelli gent observers of the times do not hesitate to say that the rebel chiefs would rather yield Virginia than fail in the reconque3t of Eastern Tennessee, and this theory is advo cated the more strenuously since the last report of the evacuation of Richmond. But when we note the grand land and water movement organizing under Sherman and Porter on a more distant line, involving and closing in, as it must, a section or sec tions equally important with that of Eastern Tennessee, and thus rendering it physically impossible for the rebels to retain any part of that .State, we may well dismiss se rious apprehensions. The coming campaign will, of necessity, be one of the greatest magnitude. Every reason and every interest, political, financial, and commercial, con spire to make it as decisive as possible. It may be that the preparations for this cam paign have given to the rebels an opportu nity suddenly to attack our salient points with such forces as they have at hand, but these will be ventures of impulse rather than of cool deliberation. The blows soon to be struck by the Union forces will be terrible. Our reinforcements, unlike those extracted from the famished and desperate people of the South, are drawn .from a fresh and athletic race, who are strong from the double motive of leaving their families or those dependent on them well provided when they go to the field, and the ennobling con- sciousness that their cause is good. There is no holding back in such recruits; no re morseful recollections; no ghosts following them fas they march to the defence of their countryj of breadless children and despond ent wives, mothers, and fathers. How dif ferent from the rank and file on the adverse side! You have only to read the de bates of the conspirators in the Richmond. Congress to enjoy the eloquent and con vincing contrast. And the confessions are from men that we know to have been men of mark in days when they had not blackened their soulb with perjury and treason. Mr. Smith, of North Carolina, fno doubt the same -who was near being elected Speaker of the House five years ago, and was, in fact, elected for a short time, and would have taken the place but for a lew changes of votes, ) declared on the 30th of January, in the Richmond “ Congress,” that there were four hundred thousand men on the muster-rolls of their army, and that less than one-half of this force probably w r as now in the field; “but it is well known,” said he, “that we are unable to feed this fractional part that is in the field.” If provisions were to be seized to feed this army, “where, he would ask, were the means to feed the ten times that number who remained at home ?” “ Private appeals were daily coming to members of Congress from soldiers in the army, speaking of the suflerings at home—how many of their families are wanting the necessaries of life, when they are unable to send them any part of their scant pay; how many are asking relief from the farming interests ; how some, stimulated by the prospects of starvation, and the deficiency of food in the army, are driven to despair and dese tion.” Mr. Chalmers, of Virginia, another fa miliar name, said, in the same debate, that * 1 manufactures were as necessary as agri culture, and there was as great a deficiency in clothing to-day as there was in food.” He was opposed to exemptions. “We must,” he said, “have more than two hun dred thousand men in the field next spring. We have all the supplies we wiU have then, for the farmers’ products ("Indian com; won’t be available till next winter.” Mr. Goode, of the same State, better known in the free States than many of the living actors in the Secession drama, de clared that his State could not stand another draft, and that their great danger to-day was not Jeff Davis, “but the tyrant at Washington.” And laßt, though least in stature, comes the erratic and impulsive ex-Governor Mc- Eae, of Mississippi, whose rampant Seces sionism seems to have oozed out under the presence and pressure of the Northern He contended that their present insufficiency of provisions and clothing ex isted “ because there were so many of the enemy within our borders, and we had not sufficient numbers to drive them out.” I need not add that no such utterances have fallen from any opponent of the Union, not even from Fernando Wood in Congress, or Vailandigham in Canada. They would he laughed at by their own associates if they made the attempt, and by none more than by the brave men in the field, composing, as they do, the best-fed, best-clothed, and best-paid army in the world. It is this army, in the face of such confessions of the rebel leaders, and of the notorious disaffection in, and thousands of desertions from, the rebel lines, and the despair of the Southern people, that will soon he thrown upon the forces of the traitors. The latter will fight with the fury of desperation, but the endurance, the morale , and the boundless resources of the North, will prevail as sure as that God iiveth. As well might the pirate with his black flag essay to defy the tempest that is marshalled for his destruction, as for the rebel hordes to roll back the tide soon to be let loose upon them. Occasional. The Treasury. Washington, Feb. 13 —There are over twenty five millions ot gold in tne Treasury, sad It is ru mored here that Mr. Chase wUI, before long, sell a part of It for notes to apply to the expenses of the war. The Secretary Is waiting to see what Congress will do in reference to taxation, before deciding what de scription of new bonds to issue.—Foil. Government Sale of Cigars. Boston, Feb. 13.— Twenty eases ordgsrs, libelled in the United States District Court for violation of the revenue laws, were sold at auction to-day. El ’Deslquio brands ranged from $82.80 to $123 per thousand; other ohoice lots brought $9O to $lO2. The average amount per thousand was $93.71. Specie from California. San Francisco, Feb. 13.— The steamer Oonstltu* lion sailed to-day tor Panama, with $BOO,OOO in ipe ole tor England and $600,000 tor New York. The Steamer Jura. Fobtland, Feb. l*.—The steamship Jura sailed tor Liverpool at 6« o’clock this ftamopn. THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1864: „ Washington, D. 0., Feb. 13. Arrival or an Escaped Officer from Kicii- Captain John f. Porter, of the 14th New York Cavalry, arrived here to day, overland, from Rich mond, having escaped two weeks ago from Libby Prison. He oame out of it in rebel uniform, having secured one that had been abandoned. He remained nine days in Riohmond, unsuspected. Among the recentiy.escaped officers from Libby Prison are Col. Ftbbioht, Col. TiFPBN, Major John Hbnev, and Col. Rouorbs ; but it is not known whether they hare yet cleared the rebel dominions. The rations Issued to tho offioers iu’the prison con eist of a quart of rice to sixteen men every eight days, and a small piece of corn-bread every day to each, together with about four ounces of very poor fresh meat once a week, and very rarely salt and VIDCgM. Representative Hale, of Pennsylvania, and Se nator Davis, of Kentucky, have severally Intro duced biffs, similar in substance, and which are before the Committees on Claims in both Houses, to provide for asccrfainl'g and adjus’icg claims against the Government for injury or destruction or pro perty by the army of the United States, or by mili tary suthori'y, during the present rebellion. There bills provide for the appointment of one Commissioner and one Solicitor of Claims for the district composed of the States of Maryland, Penn • ylvania, the District or Columbia, and Virginia; one Commissioner and one Solioitor for the district composed of the States of West Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana j one Commissioner and one Solicitor for the district composed of the States of Tennessee and Kentucky ; one Commissioner and one Solioitor for the district composed of the States or Illinois, Mis souri, and Kansas; and ono Commissioner and one Solicitor for those States not inoluded in the fore going districts. The commissioners are severally to have cogni | zance of gjl claims against the United States ATiaing in their respective districts, and which should be presented to them by any person who. during the present rebellion, has sustained, or may sustain, damages by injury to, or destruction of, any property which haa been, or may be, injured or destroyed by the use or occupation of the army of the United States, or any division or portion thereof or by any military authority : Provided , That all ex ieting claims embraced in the provisions of this act uot presented for adjustment within three years firm the passage or this aot, and ail subsequent claims not presented for adjustment within three years from the time mayor shall accrue, shall be forever barred. It is made the duty of the commissioners also to ii. quire and take testimony asto the loyalty of every peison who has‘sustained loss or damage to his or her propeity during the present rebellion, and who may present their claims under this sot, and as to whether the said persons in any manner supported cr favored rebellion against or resistance to the laws of the United States. And no person who has en gaged, or shall at any time engage, in the present rebellion against the Government of the United Stales, or been at any time hostile to such Govern ment, or given aid and comfort to those engaged in the rebellion, shall derive any benefit under thja act. Destitution among: the Cherokees. Mr. Lewis Ross, brother'of the chief, .Toni* Ross, ' I with credentials showing him to be associated with the present delegation, hat just arrived at Washing- I ton, direct from Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, whioh place he left on the S2d ult., with despatches j to the delegation, and a communication to the Presi dent from the National Council, touching the poei [ tive destitution and suffering condition of the ioyal j Cherokees, and general mismanagement of army I affairs there, which is corroborated from other re liable sources. The following are a few extraota I from the report of our present U. S. Indian Agent, j J. Haeiak, Etq., from Fort Gibson, Deo. 7th, 1383, I to Wh. G. Coffin, superintendent of Indian affairs, at Leavenworth City, Kansas : There seems to be no system in anything but one, I in the management of the army here. And let who I will be at the head of affairs, the same system con* tinues, and that is, to keep the whole Indian force, (twenty-two hundred of whom are Cherokees) rolely against their will, cooped up as closely as pos sible in Fort Gibson, while Kansas troops and others jayhawk the country for oattle for use and abuse—horses to run off to Kansas, all the corn they can use and destroy, and garden vegetables. A man must be here, and see and hear for himieir to get a just idea of the management, or want of management. “Under the present management, and it is as good, I think, aa the present managers can do,” white soldiers, sutlers’ wagons, army wag- ODers, foragers, scouring the country in every direc tion on every road, have left desolation in their wake throughout the nation. “We are excused, and some times justified, when, under uncontrollable passion caused by great provocation, they inflict a great in jmy on an enemy causing it. But when a whole na‘ tion is ruined by its friends, which has done no wrong, there is no excuse. We are taught to believe there is a just God who rules tho universe. Why the Cherokees should be wholly destroyed, tortured, littJe at a time, by their friends, by those sent here by the Government, under treaty stipulations, for which the Government received an adequate con sideration, shakes the faith of the truest believer ” And in a communication from John T. Cox, Esq Indian agent, dated Fort Gibson, C. N., Deo. 5 1363 to Superintendent Coffin, he says :“ I must,’as in my rormer letters and reports, urge that more abun dant supplies be sent, on account of the constant de crease or supplies-and the inclemency or the season- On the 16th inst. rations will be due, and not less then three thousand will bo promptly on hand to re ceive them, but we will not have one pound of flour or meal for them, nor a possible chance for any for three weeks. Nearly all must suffer, and want starve. The enrolt&ent bill, at returned to the Senate, with the House amendment!, will be acted upon bp the Military Committee or the former body to-morrow. The points of disagreement between the two branches of CoDgrecs are comparatively trifling, and will soon be adjusted and the bill become a law. Gov. Andrew Johnson. • Governor Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, has arrived in Washington. Acting Assistant Surgeon Kollock, who feigned to be affected with the rmall-pox, has deserted from the U. S. steamer Brandywine. Acquittal ol the Presidents Coachman. Patterson MoGee, the President’s former ooaoh. man, who was arrested on suspicion of setting 'fire to the President’s stables on Wednesday night, has been liberated bp Justice Drury, the oharge not having been substantiated. The accused was at Grover’s theatre at the time the Are was first dis covered. THE WAR IN VIRGINIA, A Railroad Train Captured by Guerillas Baltimore, Feb. 18.—The express passenger train which left Camden-street depot on Thursday night, for Wheeling and Intermediate points, was esptured by a company of rebels when near Kear neysville depot, about eight milee west of Harper’s Feiry. It appears that a switch had been turned and the usual signal, the waving of a lighted lamp, made by the “raiders” as the train approached. The signal oaused the engineer to stop the engine. The train was then surrounded by the rebels, and a number of aimed men entered the oars. The passengers, among whom, of course, there was great consternation, were more or less mulcted in the shape of ransom. Some produced greenbacks, others watches, while several reluctantly gave dia monds, rings, or breastpins as equivalent for their personal liberty. The aggregate amount of money taken from pas sengers was not 530,000, while the value or the jewelry was also considered large. It Is said that Major Harvey Gilmor, of the rebel cavalry, was in command of the expedition. No one was injured, nor was there the least disposition on the part of the “ raiders ” to take any prisoners. Several members of the Maryland State HegUla tuie, delegates from the western counties, were tmorg the passengers. ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF THE RAID. Depxrtmbut West VinoiNix, Feb. 14.—[Special to New Yoik Herald J—A portion ol the guerilla paitythat stopped the train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and robbed the pasaengers, were overtaken and captured a few hours after the rob beiy was committed. Fiom the best information it does not seem that they numbered over thirty-elght, and we got ten of them. Our cavalry bands are still on the hunt. They consist or some of the chivalry, and rebel sympathizing Baltimoreans constitute a portion. RECONSTRUCTION IN TENNESSEE. St. Louis, Feb. 13.—The Memphis Bulletin pub. lubes a card, signed by three hundred of the best eitizess of that place, addressed to the people of Tennessee, upon the subject of the reorganization of State, and the re-establishment or relations with the the National Government. Itreeommends immediate and unconditional emancipation as the best and truest policy and only alternative, and calls upon all to support the same by meeting at Memphis on the 23d Inst. BEOEGANIZATION MEETING AT MEM- Cairo, Feb. H.—A reorganization meeting was held at Memphii on the 10th, and adopted reeolu tiona ol emancipation as recommended by Governor Johnson. Advices from Natchez to the 6th represent a healthy reaetion as taking place in that vicinity. The planters are returning to their allegiance and their property, and a large number of deserters are coming into our lines. They report the country in a terrible state of disorganization. All the males between eiateen and sixty years of age are being taken for conscripts. Boots are sold at $2OO per pair; coats, $360; overshoes, from $lOO to $l5O. The Union sentiment in and around Natchez la growing. Eighty-four men enlisted in the 2d Lou isiana Cavalry from one section alone. Much sickness prevails In the contraband oamps, and the small-pox is raging to a considerable extent, and many are dying for want or tke proper treat ment. There are also many esses among the citi zens. The judiciary district of Natohez hat been fully reorganized under Judge Hart and his associates. General Ohetlain, commander of the colored troops in the State of Tennessee, has left for Memphis. A number of horse.thievesi and notorious coun terfeiters escaped from the Cairo jail last night. The steamer Swan pasted here to-day for Cincin nati, with ezo bales of cotton. Fortress Mohrob, Feb. 12.— The steamship Go vernor Chase has arrived hen, in twenty-six hours Horn Philadelphia, with the 22d United States Colored Beglznexit. The trip was a pleasant one, and the troops are all In good spirits. Fortrrbb Moxrob, Feb. 14.— The brig li. D. Csrnw, Captain Samuel White, from Philadelphia, bound to Pensacola, was wrecked on Farmer’s Beach last night, and la a total loss. The crew were saved. WASHINGTON. Tflc Adjustment or Claims. Tlie Enrolment Bill. Desertion. FORTRESS MONROE. IMPORTANT REBEL NEWS. Reported Escape of ICO Officers from Libby Prison. CONDITION OF THE REBELS. WAS&nroroir, Feb. 14.—A gentleman who arrived to-night from the Army of the Potomac saw before he left there a Kiohmond paper of Thursday, found on the pei son of a deserter who oamo into our lines, in which appears an article stating that 109 Union effleers have escaped from Libby Prison, by digging a tunnel under the street for that purposes It is supposed that the prisoners had been engaged upon the work for at least a month. They were missed at roll call, and forthwith troops were despatched in various directions to. capture them. Four were overtaken on the Williamsburg and Han over Court House roads. The others, it Is supposed, were secreted in the neighborhood of Richmond. The guards were arrested on the belief that they were in collusion with the prisoners, but were afterwards released, the subterranean mode of escape having become knowD. The paper says that Neal Dow was not among the runawaye, but was probably waiting to accompany the next batch. The deserter above referred to say* * large num ber of his regiment, the 14th Louisiana, were bare, foot, and that the daily ration consisted of a quarter pound cf meat and one pint of meal. There have been no active military movements for a week past. THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST. REBELS DEFEATED ON TIE YAZOO RIVER, A SICK NEGRO SOLDIER MURDERED—RETALIATION, Rebel Deserters at Little Rock Entering our Army. Cairo, Feb. 14,—The Memphis papers of the 13th contain no news. The slesmer Platte River has returned from S*r latia, Yszoo liver, where she, with other transports and gunboats of Generals Porter and Sherman’s ex pedition, were attacked on the 6th by a force of 3,000 Texan troops, who, with artillery and musketry, fired into the transports, wounding six soldiers. A fight ensued in whioh a portion of our infantry and our gunboats participated, resulting in dislodging and driving the enemy, with what loss is unknown. Eight or our men were killed and thirty wounded. The llth Illinois, with the negro cavalry and in fantry, were engaged in the affair. The enemy were also driven from MeohanlcavUie without loss to us. A sick negro soldier, belonging to Col. Wood's command, Btrsggied from the regiment, and was murdered by the rebels. A lieutenant and two pri vates, who committed the deed, were captured, and Col. Wood, in retaliation, had them blindfolded, earned them to kneel upon the dead body of the ne gro they had murdered, when they were shot. Colonel Andrews, of the 3d Minnesota Cavalry, at Little Rock, has been made a brigadier general. HU regiment has re-enllsted. A portion of them arrived here to-day en rr ute for borne. All was quiet at Little Rook. Deserters are coming into our lines In Urge numbers, and reri. ments are forming, two of them being filled with de sertera from Price’s army. They state that no knowledge of the amnesty proclamation existed among Price's men, and express the opinion that as '°° n fl , s * lle J, bcow lla conditions theie will soon be little left of his army. Tllc Steamers Built for China-Keturm to En-glaml. nf-.t N K I ’ E^ C,SC0 * Febl W-Hong Kong papers of December 20, received here, do not mention the gale China * teamera wllicil out from England for They .sytbat the Chinese Government repudl #tf.lt^eJ)arsaln wWch lta “Sent made for vessels with Oiborn, the agent of the British Government, on the ground that his instructions were exceeded, for instead of furnishing river flotilla, which was intended, Osborn brought out a fleet sufficient to guard the entire Chinese coast, composed of expen* sive vessels, too large for river servioe. Moreover, the owner’s agent, Mr. Lay, entered into an engagement with the officers and orew, in volving great outlay, without authority. After further refusal, Osborn went to Pekin, making there every effort for the acceptance of the steamers, but in vain. The Chinese Government preferred to forfeit the advance already made. Osborn conse quently returned to Shanghae, registered the vessels as British at the Consulate, and despatched them, part to England and part to Bombay. The Hong Koi g Pros' of the 16th says they have all left ere this. Arriveii-Ship Lydia Sohofleld, from Boston: bark Edith Eob6, from New York. Butter is firm, and the shipments from the East are continued. The dry weather operates to the injury of the growing crops, causing the grain markets to assume increased firmness. The collector or the port, Mr. James, sailed to-day in the Constitution for Washington. Naval Officer Farrell sailed twenty days ago for Washington. BERMUDA. New Yoke, Feb. 14 —Bermuda papers of the -2d mat. have been received here. The steamers Index, Emily, Minnie, and Caledonia, had arrived from England, and were supposed to be intended for blockade-runners. There had been no arrivals from rebel ports. The steamers Don and Dee had sailed for Nassau, - - XXXVIIItIi CONGRESS—Ist SESSION. Washihbtox, Feb. 13, 1861 BESTATA Communication from tlie Secretary ofWar A report of the Secretary of War wm read, answering s » o i2 t } o V eia i lve coiomutaiinnß for qnar* ters and fa*!, and scon*mg that there aresB7 officers here dra-wluff Bu c h coinmu-ation, viz.: 9 major generals 24 b c ?.J o S els - ilemenant colonels,’ 24 majors, 12t captains, 4,.* lieutenants, 24 surgeons. 12 assistant surgeon*, and 79 pa> roasters. .v *V-fL° WE’ of Wisconsin, presented a memorial from the llilkaußee Chamber of Commence, representing that within a few roonthß more than twenty-five millions of dollars have been mixed, and are now waiting egres*, Bl ??. Bf;f ** n * sid lD the conetrnchon of a wagon road with Sirea ly trotection trough Central Minnesota. 1 Re , Mr. HARLAN, of lowa, introduced a hill for the reel*- tration ©f voters in Wiiehinkton city. SeferreA *„ ?t, a CoromUtee on the District of Columbia c .^ n , mot'on of Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, th§ Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the bill states soldiers. of California, withdrew his amend ment confining the benefits of the bill to those in the ser viee from the passage of tlia aet. Colored. Troop* and the Bounty-A. Debate. Mr. SUMNER offered an amendment providing that in ft® #wb ’ ti6y " hau be paii M tlwt rats Mr. GRiMBS, of lowa, hoped that the Senator wonld withdraw hxa proposition, and that from this lime for. soldier, whatever might be his color, may leceive the same pay; ard if any abases or acts,of injixs tice arise,they could be remedied by subsequent legisla' nn?*«rP e ft° P6d «^k a V Ije tf 11 t>9 allowed to Stand on its merits, without making It retrospective. ffom : lowa WE concn rred with the views of the Senator K°Y ed etr i ka out tlie olanseinthe committee s bill aiyin* colored troopa the same pay, Ac . except bounty. during the whole time they have been in Janna] r y, i Ts64“ ,d in6ert ftom aad after the Ist day of Mr, 6UMMBS eaid he not withdraw his amend ment without explaining that Its provisions Wonld only apply to a few regiments, and, ttere'ore. there would &* 0 *£ re Constitution, as he received the protection of the laws* Mr. SaULSSUKT. of Selawaro. said if that eras the basis of tie Senator’s substitute, It was abhorrent to his views, and he would not support It. The old-fashioned term was '•negro;’'now they are "colored citizens. ” Mr. HOWE would inquire whether the negroes were not colored in Pelaw&re- Mr. BaULBBUBY doubted if they were as *' colored *' as they were in Wisconsin, according to population. Ho would never consent to equality, either political or so cial, with the negio. Mr. COW AN asserted that the negro had a legal status under the Confutation wh’oh protected him „ Ponding the action on the eahstituie of Mr. Cowan, tha Senate aojvaxnea, HOUBB 0? REPRESENTATIVES. The House was not i 1 session to day, having ad iourne 1 til Monday. Markets by Telegraph. Baltimore, Ftb. 13 —Flour quiet, extra, ST.6O; ■Wheat firm; Kentucky white $1 95. Cora hasa de clining tendency; white $1.12; yellow $l.ll. Whiakv dull at 9le. for i )hio. Si’ —Cotton without tale,; ». eelpta 112 bale* Wheat drooping. Cora active and 5 eta. loner. Oat. have deollieu 2oU Flout ptecied. Bard 10? i ; sale, or l -190 bbls. Pork deliverable at Clutnoy at $l9. ' CHINA. CIIARUKSTON. Atttmpt to Destroy the Bloclcadlhg Fleet Boston, Feb. 13.—The Herald's Folly Inland cor respondent eay* that the rebels hare tried several times, lately, to reinforee the almost worn-out garri son In the ruins of Fort Sumpter, but have failed. Most of the men in Fort Sumpter are negro slaves, and that twenty or thirty are killed daily. Night before last, it being somewhat hazy, one of the rebel ramfl, in company with a cigar-shaped tor pedo boat or infernal maohine, left Mount Pleasant, and proceeded down the creek in the rear of Suut van’s Island, for the purpose of going out to make an attempt to destroy the gunboats Housatonic and Nipsie, which were doing guard duty that night in Santee Channel, near Beach Inlet. When the ram and infernal machine had got ready to make ;a dash out of the inlet it was found that the machine was in a sinking condition. She was then turned baok into the inlet, where she now lies.. She went down, oarirying ten of her crew to the bot tom. This put an end to the attempt to destroy our vessels. This is the third infernal maohine the rebels have lost. A few days since a guard of ten rebel soldiers, in cluding a sergeant] escaped to our lines. They say that starvation stares them in the face in Charles ton ; that all oiril laws are at an end; and that militaiy rulers have full sway over the civil authori ty ; that they are becoming desperate, and that they will reEort to every means in their power to force the blockade here. They report the city badly dam aged from, the effect of Gilmore’s shells. m NEW ORLEANS. Arrival of the Morning Star—Capture of a Slaver, etc. Nsw Yowc, rebi 14.—The steamer Morning Star hag arrived from New Orleans on the 7th via Ha vana. A Spanlih war steamer arrived at Havana on the morning of the 9th with a brig in tow having on board about seven hundred slaves, captured off Remedies, on the north side of the Island of Cuba. Nbw Orlbanb, Feb. 7,—There are no army movements to report. The split in the Free-State party continues. It is thought that Mr, Flanders will be withdrawn before the election. A grand flag presentation has taken piaoe. The flag waß the gift of the ladies of Massachusetts, reeideDt in New Orleans, to the 4th Brigade of Cavalry. The presentation was made by the oldest daughter of Gen. Banka, and acknowledged by 001. Dudley, commanding the brigade. The rC'Cnllstment of veterana progresses fiaely. The 14th Msineis thelastregimentreoorded. Ithas Just arrived in the city on the way home. A Conservative Union ticket was nominated last night, with Christian Roselius at its head for Go vernor. Its constituency Is composed of semi- secesh. and pro-slavery Unionists, its hopes for suaoess are based upon the Bplit in the Free-State party, but the fiitnds of Mr. Hahn are oonfldent of beating Both it and the ticket nominated by the bolters from the regular convection. The United States steamer Hartford left last eve f«rJbf. ? Urp ° Be of vi * itin g> «i« supposed, the fleet off Mobile. Gold is selling at 63@63>£c, and 62@62Kc is the buying price. Exchange on New York is par to '-S discount. Tne discount market is quiet, cotton— Lew middlings, 73,j strict, 75>j, a decline. The market is quiet. Sugar—lnferior, Bj£@a%; com-' montogood common, f,i r to ftillyfair, ; prime to choice, 13X@13%; yellow, clari-- fied, 13»g@i4j white, do, new crop, 15@16>£, and good fair old crop, 12=f. Molasses-1,200 bbls sold at 60c for common, 63c for ordinary, 55@660 for good, 680 for prime, and 60c for choice new orop. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT, Two Cars Him off a Bridge One Hundred and Twenty five Feet High. CFrom the Toronto Globe, February 10. J One of the most frightful railway accidents it has been our duty to record for a length of time, ocourred yesterday morning on the Grand Trunk Railway! suiting in the instant death of three persons; em iS.*?! 6 . TI SSi. J? e iollowingare the particulars of the affair. The Grand Trunk Railway, a short distance west of the Georgetown station, crosses over the liver oredit by one of the largest bridges oa the f i IB one of the highest— it nut the very highest i ll1 *'; ** btieg not less than one hum d , r ® d R £, d Jwenty.flve feet from the surface of the , th . c floor of the bridge. The river at if I *., point “ T f r y “hallow, being at this season SI-SS? year not more than two or three feet in and almost completely frozen over. About 8 erdar »s No. 16 freight train! item Sarnia, was approaching this bridge it noticed by those on the tram that an axletre’o of we of the reor cal s was broken. The engine driver, on being notifUd of the last, at once whisiled “ brakes but owing to the ice on the track, and the IL I, j? 1118 ou . the down grade, the train could not be J7Ef" e< L aB “« under ordinary circumstances. ,1 ™ < l'L f f ct l n tbeaxletree was discovered, the train was within about two hundred yards of the bridge, and going at the ordinary rate of speed The did “•< m their powerto stop it. £i’i th «n , lfo i t0 ’ however, were unavailing, as 1 the train still kept moving, and in a few moments entered on tne bridge. The engine and the tender and a num « paßaed onward in safety, but just as the last two ears came upon the bridge the coupling of the forward one broke. In theaf carl were the conductor of the train and two brakes tde Parting of the train the last two cars ran off tne track, dashed throueh the aVc e , r :j, l ? 1 „ ,hc -ir" g ?’ to , ok »“ leapkfto the air, and fell, with a fearful crash, into the river be neath, a distance of one hundred and twenty-flvefeet. They weie, ofcourse, smashed to atoms, ana the three unfortunate men were mangled in such a horrible menneras to be scarcely distinguishable as human be- Aiielr arms, br;ciea ? heads, and lesra were cut, smiaated, and crushed into one sickening. Awful mass of crctpmg, jellied flesh aril bone. The head of the unfortunate conductor could, at first, no where be found, but after searching awhile among Pieces of skull, face, and brain, all that pb'Y,”' cai bf d of i*. were picked up and gathered together. There ean be no doubt that the accident item the axle tree, as all that portion or fhl hrif, 1 " bf i? re K th ? broken car passed safely over toe bridge. The bridge was not very much iaiured o? thf a few of the rails and the portion 5 Whiell tUecara having Speech of George Thompson. At tbe close of Miss Dickinson's lecture la Bos* *°°’ °“ Thursday, George Thompson, the English Abolitionist, was called for, and responded as fed. lows: : , If one unaocustomed to nubile BhTwh® Pjf°fd in nn embarrassing pool loa it is when he is called upon, as I am now to address haß beßn *° ch "*bed and highly 1“ ?, ch cl oquenoe as that whioh it has been your privilege and my privilege to listen to to-night. * ayß aa when eome actor who has ?!!!'*?>? the stage retires, the eye looks listlessly to T,.fH? bO Tv BBowa i 18 i t4 * ’ aDtd 80 * come before you to -1 hor* C<, T t ' Venty s ® ara * s ° America cast me irom her. 1 was a vile, pestilent man s I rr.^TT l^ 101 ? be publio peace; I was an ene my of the Union; I wzb thought worthv to be tip. iJOUEced by your President, nnd la an address to SKV 1 arn unchanged I have not wandered off from the point on which I then stood, but have JLE, tvithout variableness or shadow of hen , l was oast forth these were my last tmr™ ‘ TK Al s fr j ca wI J I yet Witness another revo dencp ‘ ,h? e fl[ “n l 18 !?’’ nob,e on ® was for Indepen cence, the second, holier, more benign, more bleued more impartial, will be for liberty. But you, the PmEl®i?J M ,*” aollu i etts ' will livef and I pray God which T » 6 ’ n* ,be da ? when the principles tor which tarn l hated,persecuted, and banished ‘will be the principles oftheOid Bay State." I am no enemy ot Ameriea now ! I have been an all-but idolri- Mn n he,i m , irer i O l? ou^ oo V n,r y- Brln K ree an Ameri can here tonight and place him foot to foot with me, and let us see who is most American in feeling m nope, or aspiration, he or I. Thirty year, W ? r £sh£iM,* rk : lood "P | >" «*« bSrizSn^ 6 Nothin; p, »ce in your oountry has surprised 5® jYi*, tbl =—“ a ®cly, your enthusiasm for thecause 5t wh ic h I pleaded apparently In vain. I have no thing to address to you to-night, nothtDg. I have P ee “Pell-boiinc]. America, be proud ofyourdiugh r.f m „T .' h , my c' OUr ' t , r5 ’ WOmaill should be pfoud ? f “,y„ c .°V I ritr y for . her * afc e- Appreciate her, reward her by following her counsels. I must confess lone accustomed as f have been to puMic meettaS aSS A e tlMtfo t ££d b ti t h» l °S' 18n 5S on either «ide of the Atiautio, ard to hearlag those who are esteempri iS Parliament, I “° speech which, for its pathos, its argu ment, ita satire, its eloquence, its hum nr ;«■<* sarcasm, ard its well direoted denunciations’ has ever been surpassed by any I have heard before T eh B . 4bab * b ® this lady may be spared tbat she may see the desire of her heart in the una- ? B > ad ° r i tIO S by hor ftliow-citizens or themat principles she has enunciated to-night Givi me America free from slavery. Give me which shall be established universally, as vour'len ! tmerhss said to-night, without distinction IfSlime' mortals could win, the victory over self ti. example wiil cheer my country on and sis;* gs « assdss ssi ■£ SiS “F? S harvest® wave over them, when vouMJonsfcifcnH™ New Mode of Warfare in River Naviga tion. " The Memphis Bulletin of February 6 says ■ The guerillas did heavy work Teitpmkf _ Three shir.teSdSS!.’ tbe pantry, one in the i«m«> £rw^ plo i e ?r' one 1,1 several places, but through the*finarra in lu of mind or Captain Wlifard h fhl fl^™ nd preseace Ssoaped them narrowly injured. e Jl,ai r» cabin, but escaped un wbeo ** 6r periods {Suohtag 1 ?® lD,,auoe * bucalr >g tbe aa nds MortoSdUd ath?.°r«w ° KTO?, ''^ ThB Hon ' Marcua DniwSfiW A, flnf b . e , r , 19 ’ nB4 ' Braduated at Brown Massachusetts Seriate mTsn^H^hSd 8 '* 1 of Congress frotn th.t. m. , , loll* Us held a scat in hmZmSi 55?®A at Slate from 1817 to 1821. Iq 1523 fd “lemlnaS r^ e .1 UtlVB Oounol1 5 la 162* was elect ed urra the D an ‘\.* ub,eauantl y appoint for many ® B ? Cb ' hb Continued Hi. nuSic £2..™ E w “' twice eleoteil Gorernor. 3&s&2S@ftSS£S* &VKri«nHST*“*ssss SSS:eS'W£L# h s of the-iSth Ke veterans oriOd put, " £ e t the t one of t,le and stob quibbling atvint Ure organize, aider ourselves repaid foi’ou?hiw»’.S? d Y,® ooa ' to thi. anotber soldier m reply many CoDncrhsada in *u<» * Thors ars too meanlzatlnn » tJ ta tbe Senate to effects peaoeful Sclfridge (a wLfejEP’r.y o soldier, Colonel the serried Srtm'SS t 2 ,r J rtto The Great Quicksilver Case. The triangular Quiokstlver fight was begun In the Supreme Court, end attract*’much attention. It is the C&E6 of the Quicksilver Mining Company aad the Berreyesa Mine against the Government ana sgafost each other. The case was called oa the calendar and set down down for argument OH SOth of this month. The quesrion to he argued is whether the line between the Berreyesa and Fas* sat Ranches locates the Almaden Mine of Califor wJLJJP 01 !*. 00 ® or tte other of these ranches, or i“ e B °utbern line of both these raoohes lies ussi °« * he naine, leaving the mine on Government fS?p e «« rfll J' eftl 's ago this same esse was up be thl 92F, t ’ and 4t was remanded to run thft Una i^ OUtt of Oalifornift, with in.struoti.one to eviflence Sr»i “* n ?<-'r,«nd thatcourt, after iS“S HM«b p Th£ toO'rtMMM mine on tbe Bjr owniotwen^ twenty fourths to some minor heir. Tf t-hi cirion ibould be reverted and the mine bsloc.Hert'nn tbe Fassatt Bench the Company will own the whom of it. If the oourt locates the .outhern line of the tWO ranches SO as to leave t&e mine.,a the public land, then neither the Berreyesa owners nor the Quicksilver Mining Company will have any inte rest, but it will belong exclusively to the Govern ment. The Attorney General and Mr. Will, appear for tbe Government, Mei.ro. Black, Gushing, and Curt* for the Quicksilver Company, and Mr. Wil linmr, of California, for the Bflrreyesa interest.— Times. The Situation in East Tennessee.— We are authorized to announoe that tbe telegraphic report., published in the morning piper., under date of Cin cinnati, Feb. llth, to the effect that parties arriving at Nashville from Knoxville, on the 10th instant, re port that Cumberland Gap i. cut off, and that nearly all that part of East Tennessee is in possession of the rebel., i. not confirmed by any information in the possession of the Government, but, on the con trary, there 1. good reason to believe that the report Is not true. If such news had been received at Knoxville on the 9th or 10th inataDt, it would oeo tainly have bren communicated to tbe Government here before this time.— Waud.oome-again career of stars We know that they are here to-day and gone to-. morrow, although, to use another original phrase, unlike the Biblical sparks, they do not always fly upward. But with the p rivate troubles of the thev trical profession, which is just as muoh a matteoof fact means of gaining a living as that of the news paper is, the public cannot be expected very greatly to concern itself. Where something novel, and sudden, and unexpected, and awful, and terrlfio, and grand, takes place, (as, for instance, the totally new mode of proof of the immortality of the soul, by the Davenport infants,) the public are very willing, once in a while to pay—a dollar ondahair, let us say. But where flimsy plays are reproduced with no especial attraction added, the public are very pardonable In keeping themselves' to themselves. Miss Etchings enters upbn an engagement this evening. One or two operas, never before presented in Philadelphia, are announced. “ Departure for California,” seems to be the theatrioal dodge. Ever to many clever people have gone there, and the latest announcements are those of Miss Etchings and Miss Western. This naturally brings us round to the Wamujt. street Theatre.—As we suspected, the engagement of Miss Western has not been lim ited to two weeks. Miss Western, Mrs. Waller, the management, and the public have been mutually accommodating, and we shall have “East Lynne” for a few nighto more. Mrs. Wadier, who is a legi timate and most effective tragedienne, and who has not visited ns for one year, will shortly commence an'engagement. The Morris Minstrels— The Morris Miu stieis and Brasß Band, from Boston, enter this eve ning on their second week at Concert Hall. Their entertainment is excessively amusing, and moreover is not without skill and refinement. That bane of theatricals, want of space, has hitherto prevented our noticing the very pleasing novelties of the Mor ris troupe. The company is large, the programme is new and and the force is most efficient. Signor Blitz The children of tender years, known as the Davemport Boys, having vanished Signor Blitz is alone in his glory at the Assembly Buildings. The entertainment is always new, and ao is bis popularity. Mb. Murdoch's Beadihos.-To- morrow eve. Bing, end also on Thursday and Saturday, Mr Jai E. Murdoch will give a eourieof Scriptural 'reodl Jngs. The renowned elocutionist has entered upon a new Held, and one which wiil undoubtedly attain unparalleled success. Musical Fund Hall has been secured, and will be crowded upon each occasion The Natiohai, Oincus.-The National Circus continues on its way, which is by no means wind ing. Its path hRB been one undeviating course of deserved success. On nest Thursday evening the benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Whittaker will take place They are hardworking public performera, and de serve tubet&ntial encouragement. THE cit y . [von APPITIOKAX. CITU mwe, sec VOUBTH FACS.J Visit of the Naval Committee to League Ist >. nd-Banqubt at the Continental. On Saturday the Naval Committee of the House of Bepresentattoes of the United statea visited League Island, to their official capacity, for the pur exs“inkl 8 Peraonally the merit* of that po sition aa a site for the new navy yard. They were escorted to their destination by a committee of City ,® ver y* hin e neoea.ary to personal we i* ** 10 affording the beat mean* * rao J* '““Plete investigation, were amply pro. vided. On their return in the evening the com to participate to aaumptuoua banquet to their honor, which came off, as every ono “! I" ‘he met plea’, ant mTnT l V sr ®t co “P»“y »« down to an elegant entertainment in the main dialog room, Mr. Lynd, Stlect Connell, presiding at the head of nf'tho In °“ elther »“« or him were the members tbe oommittee, members of the Board of Trade and Corn Exchange Association, of this city, and distinguished citizens. Members of City Councils "2-?*" ““da occnpied the transverse tables, presentative* left their seats at Wa«hir,'SJli ,e °i Re ‘ now in our midst. They a™ with*ii« n m < i n »* ull r*Ts ofthi/cnion. “ oa * perished sister State* ni”ht r th° tbe “ C hereto? spsssrtgpgrf LnJ? U «,? ta r e ’?- nd other distingmshed citizens tox d u l 7.‘ ft f^ i r v e^S„r ana Wlfb ***£%%& ~ S * j,^!' rt 2'* nB . e of fe »tive courtesies has been a otof™?*,? red custom with all civilized nation*. “2 merely follow a precedent who*** too/ A date whereof the memory of man run. of not to me contrary. [Applause.] Sll* 0 '"^ 111 P uW, ° * n d private, is worthy of fsciii?3o V£* X l on J iU Jndiciouß performance will ltok“o? e o“unton. en thE blndlDgupOl theb ™Sn function* here this evening ?DeeSh r^£ oe J hß B P e ® ker » no ‘ to make! »hecirv^?Phn«LmS5 efore ,ay ’ 10 conclusion, that sV.i_ y Bhiladelphia expects every man to dnhi. s£3 *ho d 1 h oP e , th *t that duty will hesopmfeLJd tog’s Velt/ction? 88 ‘“nscmenlwill bcar, P he“ b Z!l e i V?* concluded, knives and fork* began to rattle, and the splendid fare of theesta! blisbment was tested to an inter! sting extent. The feast of reason and flow of soul commenced about eleven o clock, when the chairman announced the first tosst of the evening: announced the tu7,^„ P b Sen n ‘ ofthe Ucit * d states—One of Na he participated in so brilliant- which iitorhoi s £S« ?? smsss eneroieß, he it a man distinguished by sterling ?i B Mr. Klee took hi. seat amid great applause, when Hon. Ja*. S. Rollins, of MUseurL w». oaUedT” 6 ” to icspond for the “ Union •» H U d '* poa Union. By birth <*,«*> man, but be thanked God, he watlt ♦Ei?m Sou ? 1Wl1 a Union man; [a.pplause.l ThirSJ I™/* 0 *? time, a barquet. whose magnitioest equalled tnia. was given in th« fully by General Y^Wngkin Tennessee [cheers] was an invitedmXt JI VS! OUI ot SSff i « live. In ht. posteilty. W* 1 MTSSSna HutttlS Union shall be maintained though it 00,1 J year,, more or desolating war. 1 Out honored guciti' l tv as very clmkaml to by HoAofan A- Orla^oTd, Mr. Griswold aaK: I left Wartiogtoa vrith\l pectation of receiving such aeti of ho«DltaM;l kiodneei at the hand* of the people of Phil&dJ m I tkJi day been honored with rl lelasd was tma mornirg to me a mvtkT uJil What in tbf/fIX of the young lady who h»ii viiitcd the FMIb of Niagara. IhVww «ke d j had visited the apot, and, ashamed of her limit*! vela, replied ahe bad sever aeen them, but had them very highly apoken of. I hadjif-ver League leland, but had heard It veiy-oflKy of. [Laughter and applaute.J lam bound to however, that at time* I had heard it not to h »poken of. I waa told in Washington th* Naval Committee of the Senate had atten to visit it the other day, and were land. [Laughter.] I* was- an. extraonb position. It bad been recommended &a great naval ddpdt of the country,* and it until to-day that I saw the explanation of the culty which the committee encountered \ %a I learned that instead of cowing w> Philfci e i ' and stopping at the Continental, like and sober people, or of going directly to J jo , Island like the dignified: committee or the ]{ r , they undertook to approach League isUmt i> B way of Chester. [Renewed laughter.) W; } *, League Island may be in the future, It is faa* t )B , ing historic ground. [Applause.] There ar e lent attacks made against League Island, * 9 ae powerful arguments in its favor, and, W p interested in the spot, I should propose > great calmness! that every person in poiitioo be invited to investigate it. I B t' TrnnPlW ** was visited to-day by prominent Union. Afl a citizen fro,, Sr 1 fcc * A PfMe in whatever you pft . to know y th U l have ari * ht *> feel proud: lam Matted £ * re v nve States of thn Union ri Smfid heSblcf^ 1 CapplauM], and if any, it wnniil 1 att r»otlons of this ontc; that the time is not far distant when around' board, as these there will gatherfas of yr“ ' and brothers from all parts ot our glorious Ren • [Applaure.J ' ' Hod. T. -T. Bigham, of the State Uesisi.tn,. sponded in answer to the toast honorary m vernor Curtin, and Hon. Wm. I>. Kelley foil, in reply to the sentimeut. »• The Hon. Secretary of the. Navy—Under hi ministration our navy has grown to be the loro of the world.” Judge Kelley eloquently depicted the grow the navy, and paid a just tribute to the. bility and quiet statesmanship of Mr. WeJ[ P , then B&idtbatbe vmintensely interested for Lg Island, and would say to Congreif that if dclphia did not present tbe best site fora station, he would not ask that it should beaciv. When he viewtd the great advantages which ]>' Island o/Tered in its situation in fresh wa**> nearness to the coal and iron of PenniylvAoi. contiguity to a great and thriving oity, he c not but feel that a* every day passed by there one day less to indulge anticipation*, bo Hrm bis belief that Philadelphia is the right losatln i Hon. Samuel Ji Randall, who was speaker, expressed very decidedly his prefop for League Island, in the course of a speech in sive to the "Army and Navy.” He Bald tha- Philadelphia delegation, regardless of politic j a unit in lavorof League Island, and that the k Committee, despite the abuse against the iJcat w«ie disposed to do it full justice. On Account of the lateness of the hour, far Ui day night bud vanished into the pCao«*fui j. of tbe Sabbath, the regular toasts of the m* were thereafter dispersed with. As the com were about breaking up, there were Join! c^i 1 , Mr. Donnelly, Representative from in response to the urgent demands, Mr. D. rjl v biief, patriotic, and spirited speech, tu ty;,.,,,/ pledged himself to do for Pbiladelpbia, niV home, whatever was in his power, whenevc-* ” not violate tbe obligations he owed to hi* ■tituenoy. Among other guests. Hon. J, M. Rrootasii , the delegation of citizen* from >”■ last week, so handsomely entertained the in’ Naval Committee and a large representation . of ttie FolJ'teolmlo College, field Its fir.t pnbiio m iDg of the year In the leotuie-room of the cn’v on Thursday evening last, the President, !«, F. 'Wittmer, Esq., of Lancaster county, i' n , chair. After the reading of the minutes or tt,-- ceding husinesß meeting by the newly elected s '• tary, Mr. F. Flrmstnne, of Easton, the pie,,,' introduced Mr. John W. Nystrom, who g» ve a hi j interesting account of the history of modern a, architecture, especially as regarded the “ii L , of the ship. Upon the proper selection ami am, ment of these depended the capacity of thr --i for speed. The resemblance of these lines i, - fleetest vessels to certain curves derived fro -i tions of the oone hsd long been observed: but i* t to Sweden, the native country of the lecturer'- the worJd was Indebted for the proof that the ' ," bollc form is the best. He hsd sought to add t knowledge of the subject, and his investleatloM, him to the conclusion that the parabola both ■ tbe cross-sectious and the longitudinal, oiisbt til adopted, at least below the water line He it I trated and enforced bis position by diagrams ,1 sections of vessels, the lines of which, iron ti stem and the stem to tbe “ dead-flat ” or wi td section, and crosswise from the water-line to il keel, were parabolio. Two beautiful model, ] hulls on this principle, and mathematical tables v! foimuim for calculations based upon it, were nj placed before the audienoe, who testified their sstl faction by passing a resolution oompiimenlatv J the lecturer before adjournment. , 1 Advance op Price.— The horseshoe:* this city have resolved to charge two dollars op- 1 for horseehoing. All tbe “ bosses” have exiiresii their determination to enforce the rate. CITY ITEMS. Thb • i Flobxttob” Sewing Machine.—Thin o;. brated Sewing Machine, made by the Florence - M. Company, and sold in this oity at their spier '! establishment, No. 630 Chestnut street, is f ua -| attracting universal attention. It makes no J than four different stitches, alt perfectly; is n s ,e J with more ease than any other; perfoMyr • v»r;J of thirgs which no other machine hm-VJ tempted; Is so simple and yet durable In ire c;J struction that for It to get out of repair It aind impossible, and is highly ornamental. It i, , wonder, therefore, that it la rapidly taking tie y j front place in the sewing machine category. J own judgment is, that it is the moßt perfectly.')! struct! u labor-saving maohine in the word, 1.. ri body should go to No. 630 Chestnut street an > -J there machines in operation. I Gbeat Guns !—This expression Is *omeH« used in a literal sense, but oftener figurative!?. : the former it applies appropriately to the great or non recently cast at Pittsburg, weighing 113, .» C“ B;^ the , lattec applies with equal fora! the great Coal Establishment of W, W. Alter l North Ninth street. We are quite sure that's latter does more firing than the Pittsburg gas c. ever do, though it may make less noise. Towriro Icebergs—A genius in New Her) fori fitting up a steamer for the purpose of towing m IS 1 *olodi 0Iodia > where they sell for six cents a pour! This would be about as sagacious as to attempt! take around upon rollers, to all the customers of •> ooncern, the Brown Stone Clothing Hall of fine! bill & Wilson, Nos. 603 and 60S Chestnut strse above Sixth. Persons in want of a ton of ice or first class suit of clothes will profit by this hint. An Elegant Stock os Gentlemen's Fn fhaf Cmbraolng everything necessary!! ifiAt lino for a man of taste to we&r. tvfii hp finin 6loO,le,tl iUt*treet. Hit "Prill MthS agef \ ’ ted byX F ' Taggart,l«w ; S!!!- Gheat Beduction in Pbiobs. Great Beduction In Prices. Ladies’ and Misses’ Fine Cloaks, Ladies’ and Misses’ Fine Closks. Alio, Bieh Furs of all kinds, Rich Purs of all kinds. now of , the 0101,8 of 1118 eeasori, wa u mernS" 63 msko * ,ar 8* «>“eession from SOI mer priees on all our stock. J.W. PEOOTOE A Co,, The Paris Cloak and Fur Emporium, 920 Chestnut street. &CoJJ OIIR WIKTEE CloTa "«> at Chas. Svo«’ Bnv llul w ia t er ® lothlD S Ohas. stokes & CO.'! Buy your Winter Clothing at Ohas. Stokes 3t Co.i “ One Price,” “ One Price,” “One Price,” Chestnut .‘I 1 * 6 !’ unde rthe Continental Hotel. cS" ', Under thß Continental Hotel. Chestnut street, under the Continental Hotel. hiT” DnKß| Who “ m 8 *° Mir lMia! eaidta ho ro » S 0I 1“ ,Mne tlme *fiO, In Paris, h the Lurne.oof f “ Plating a vlBlt t 0 this country .of Stlt« “S. f raß,mutSll S his diamonds into Unite! much ta. T nm He h “ *tresdy trsn» muted to the Parisian outter at the fashionable tai loringeitabllehment of Granville Stokes, No.e« Chestnut Street, his order for a complete outfit the latest American itylei, v Weat«fwith'th« T^», mo A . B • throat disea.es, catarrt, SSrsr^asssKt street! ««mined at hi, office, 1027 Walnut M^^-^Slsr™Marti» A i" u A ? D ‘ rHIIIIi Tkbat- South’ Sixth street, announmtw K * pubu,bet ‘’ 2S lar medical work® Mosehzisker, t.»ow^“ Eoonomv should n H , ‘ . in all things. One dollar by CTOI7b ° J ing a bottle of ’■ Jayne’.^ de . now lD P uroh “‘ troubled withasllgM ** f by thioat, may save the °! hoar *« ne “.°r neglected cough often em£®in l dootor ’* bil1 ’ * slight Inflammation of the Unw,> t^^ mptfoo, 4 tfie usual symptoms of ww% » pate in the breast, will soon attention, to brSncff A & 11 | months of suffering. Let . y may flBt,U “Jayne’s *7 * “J? and Us curative powera have hL!, .“ a . r»r TresKJ* shortly make . P»*»rrh,» Ac., &c..« 18 wheu he can l^coMmS.* 1 71,14 *° PhiladelfiMJ* tHsoharges fmm on Deafness, Oawn 11 ' of the Ear ThrnS® ’ ,nd 411 tbe various d iaiw 3 Throat > <“«» Air Passages. tt*i“ JoiNTs*i^!| , “,T 8 ’ Ilr ™ T “ Nails, EMASO«e steokS mil isisnili STECK A TX> if mason Hamlins CABINET OBQ&SS. 3. E. (H Severn PIANOS PIANOS- PIANOS. PIANOS. PIANOS. PIANOS PIANOS. PIANOS PI6.NOS. PIANOS. PIANOS. pianos. •PLD, Ih aaJ Ofcifl*®®®*