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TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1864.
-ft®*- Wo can take no notice of anonymous oomtnu
nloatlons. Wo do not-rofcurn rejected manuscript!!,
#&- Voluntary correspondence is soUcitodfromail
parts of the world, and especially from our different
military and naval departments. -Wlion used, it
will be paid for.
Extradition.
The delivery of Colonel Aimtjelt.ES to
the Cuban Government lias opened an ani
mated question among the opponents of
the Administration as to its right and
liberty of surrendering a refugee criminal
■without special treaty anti some form of
public adjudication. The freedom of in
ternational law, in this respect, .is .very
fully and fairly discussed in a long article
of yesterday’s Tribune., giving the founda
tion of natural and-moral-principle, tradi
tion and custom, whereupon the form of
the Government’s recent action is so'
broadly based. To these excellent argu
ments we ndd.a word or two of explana
tion, and, for the enlightenment of a ques
tion so variously misconstrued and so im
perfectly understood, give a', simple and
condensed statement of its moral and
reason.
Among all nations at peace lias existed
what might be called a police comity—an
clement of agreemgnj, part of the very
nature of governments and peoples, and
not specially defined by treaties. Ancient
nations had their sanctuary of refuge for
aliens who' were -unfortunate under the:
law, or political offenders, and even shield
ed, by sufferance, the doubtful fugitive
■who bad committed a lesser offence. But
in no case was it tolerable, under this hos
pitable -custom, to receive; one guilty of
outright crime, such as robbery and mur
der, and the authorities even put to death
those who violated the right of refuge to
cover heinous offences. The same custom
iu spirit has prevailed among later na-
tions, and is part of the understanding of
international law. No government has as
sorted a natural; or legal claim to ask for a
political offender, while every government
has acquiesced in the delivery of robbers,
and murderers. -.-...
The web of international complication :
would be too flue and complex for the most
microscopic statesmanship to unthread if
eveTy fugitive offender against-the State
had to he sought for and given up. This
was an easy and ordiriary conclusion, and
required no other testament than common
understanding. Thus, uationsnever thought
it worth while to ask the extradition of po-
litieal offenders, or those guilty of minor
offences trader--tho special laws of States,
deeming suck fugitives good riddance. But
where the refugee tvtts a rebel against the
law of the whole world, no nation would
shield him, . “ Such criminals,” says Gro
tius, “are eitlierto bepuiuslicd, delivered'
up, ■or obliged to quit their refuge. ” “It is.
our duty," said Demosthenes, “ to have
compassion/ on such: whose misery is not
owing to; their crimes, but misfortune.” .
The right of refuge, according to inter
national understanding, . can never lie in
sisted upon by one guilty of a crime against.
the law of nature and nations. The State
has the undoubted liberty to deny the right
of any criminal to its refuge, .and tho privi
lege or duly of ' surrendering; him. The
twenty-seventh article of the treaty of 1795 ■
between the United States and Great BrD
tain, 'providing forthe delivery of criminals
Charged with murder and forgery, was
merely declaratory of the international
law. /While; special treaty-making is
thought necessary in' case of forbidden
:* evil (mala prohibitum'), it is unnecessary in
cases self-wicked {mala se. ) Acting .upon
the privilege which his crime of slave
trading left open to the Government, Col.
Akoueixes was extradited. Before Ame
rican law and moral sense ho Was a crinii
"V nal kindred with the pirate, robber; and
murderer. Before the law of three nations
, Jie was a special eulpMt, charged with a
moral and not a political crime. His; case
was to this, extent international, and onr
Government-had the morai liberty of de
livering Mm up for international benefit.
In other words, Col. Akgtjeixes could not,
by any possibility, under our : own law, bd
considered a political offender, -.'.while; Ms
own Government distinctly charged him
withMnqral. crime. As a slave-trader ho
had no right to refuge; and no claim upon
charity. The supposition that other offi
cials of Cuba are engaged in - the; slave
trade does not lessen Ms crime in the eyes
of our law, and Ms case deserves no more
sympathy than that of the slave-pirate, who;
is condemned in our own courts. The. Go
; vomment was thus free to use this doubly-;
condemned criminal for its own benefit and
that of nations. ; It might have done what
. was unnecessary unclei’ the-ciiSnmstaiices—•
.anil made a special; treaty of extradition;
but, as representing legal principles, the case
.of AbguetMes was worthless, and. his sur
render virtually establishes or confirms an
understanding by which- criminals against ,
our own laws may be; reclaimed, while it
may effect a blow at a foreign, system of
slavery which has so long furnished en
couragement and sustenance to that in. the
South. < .
The Moral Aspect of the Fair.
In. this age- of nioaey-getting we are wb
accustomed to- estimate results by the-low.
standard of dollars and cents, that we are apt
- to overlook, or at least undervalue, higher
and "nobler considerations. The almost
~ colossal sum that shall flow from this source
into .the coffers of the Sanitary Commis
sion, from thence- carrying health and
herding to thousands of our country’s
brave defenders, demands heartfelt grati
tude, of course. But this is not the sole
reason for the indulgence of an allowable
pride, and the utterance of sine-crest
thankfulness. "VTc regard the great Phila
delphia Pair, now about to close, as a
sublime moral achievement, that shall con
stitute, -in all coming time, art epoch in
: our city’s brightest annals. That such an
. edifice, so. unique, so extensive, so symme
trical, so truly beautiful, and so packed, in
yits mazy labyrinth of avenues and depart
ments, with the rarest and .costli est produc
tions' of nature, genius,, industry, and art,
should have been summoned into being, in
all its stately and magnificent proportions,
within the brief space of a month or two,
and this, too, whilst'the land is .being con
, vulsed r with a desolating civil war, and
whilst thousands of our most accomplished
artisans arc absent on remote battle-fields,
does not this fill the reflecting mind with
amazement ! And 'does it hot immeasura
bly augment; our astonishment, that all
this has been wrought by men and women
whom llie “ chivalry” of the vaunted South
arc stigmatizing as an “inferior race”-r
-even by Northern “ mvdutih !" Richmond
may boast of her “Libby Jail’’ and her
. “Belle Island.” We, of the City.of Bro
■ theriy Loy.o, shall; ever confront her with
the greatest moral triumph of the present
century—the Sanitary Pair of 1884, held on
Logan Square.
The Mexican regency appointed by Na
poleon itavc found it‘necessary, in order to
give Maximilian a popular welcome to tlie
tlirone of Montezuma, to forbid the utter
anee of all names but those of Maximilian
and his wife. On the occasion of the coro
nation^.. the new “ Mexican National
Hymn,Vwritten in Francei ffy Auijer, is.
to-be sung. Meanwhile, Bazaine is shoot
ing guerillas by the score, and live dollars
per head is offered for Mexican deserters.
Truly, it is well said this Mexican farce is
almost too ridiculous for belief.
In connection with a recent Peace
Speech, of Mr. Fernando Wood, it -is
holed that at the beginning of the war ho
was in favor of fighting to the bitter end,
and for this purpose helped to raise the
Mozart Regiment, 'of New York. What
has disappointed this eccentric and impla
cable politician ? Surely, lie was more
truly a peace man then than he is now—
when he supported the war than when lie
encouraged the riots/
LITTER IltOM ** OCCASIONAL.”
Washington, JuueO-7, 1864.
Congress, for more than a month, has
boon working with groat energy to closo
its business, so tliatqan adjournment may
bp effected by the 4li> of July. The Senate
has sat'day and- night, with intermission
for sleep and rest —beginning at twelve at
noonday, and separating near the “ noon
of night,” as Dryden has it. Vast and
complicated as the legislation of Congress
is in time of peace, it is incalculably in
creased in time of war. And the labors
of a conscientious public man arc propor
tionately heavy ; especially if he is at the
head of a leading committee. Men of this
class arc a most interesting study to tue,
and I often wonder if the people kuow
bow much they have to do. We are now
so much absorbed in military movements,
and so ready what aro called tho
politicians, that we too rarely think of
the perplexing and harassing Tesponsi
hilities of those who occupy: impor
tant civil positions. ' . The President, with
always-beginning and never-ending
duties and calls—to hear everybody, from
the statesman to the private soldier; to sit
in Cabinet council; to receive foreign
ministers and delegations of every kind
and degree ; to visit hospitals and camps;
to endure partisan appeals and adjust
party quarrels; to entertain company;
and, more than all, to read over heavy
manuscripts, and to write multitudinous
notes on every conceivable, subject—this,
indited,.is a life of thankless and incessant
toil and agony. And ; what is true of;
him is true of nearly all his constitutional
advisers. : No, repose and no relaxation for
any one of them»supposing each to attend
to his duties. Mr. Stanton is , probably
more absorbed in lsis work than any of his
colleagues. He seems to have given up
everything to his public obligations. You
scarcely meet him t in society. . Eminently,
social by nature, he has . apparently made
up his mind to postpone all personal grati
fications;*; to the common cause. The
War Department is a blaze of gas
light till far in Urn night; and his
assistants -are, at. Ms side early and late.
The. ponderous, questions of finance con
fided_ to Mr. Chase are not less exacting in
th.e amount of thought and care they de
mand. Affecting vast and vital interests,
and requiring every hour new and novel ■
-remedies, the mind capable .of adjusting
and solving them must bo taxed to the
uttermost. Of Mr. Seward’s part in this
mighty drama, we may form some idea
when we reflect upon the delicate and stea
dily increasing peril of our nation with other;
Governments, not the least of which is
Franco-Mexican usurpation.; Remember,
that other nations are all the more watch
ful in such a time as this, and t-lieir vigi
lance makes counter-vigilance imperative.
Nor are our own great duties as chief ac
tors on the' stage of .civilization, less or
lessened because we are in a condition of
war.. We cannot pause in our own career,,
nor consent to fall behind in, the race with
others. And if you have read the splendid
State paper o'f Mr. Seward, sent about tw#
weeks ago to the Senate,--supporting and
urging upon, Congress co-operation with
Russia in the completion of what is not
wrongly called “The World's Telegraph,”,
you can realize what a brain a Secretary
of State must have in this era. What is
true of these three Departments is true
also of the Navy Department, of which
Mr. Welles is the chief. There is not
so much pressure upon hint as upon
Mr, . Stanton, and, his own calm, and imper
turbable' bearing shows. that ho would bo
equal to it if it -were so. .But I intended to
•speak’ of the work of the heads of the
great Congressional, committees, to illus
, trat-e. the idea of how much is devolved
upon the men who are mot in the army,
and vet whose. efforts are so essential -
to the army. Take the chairmen
- of the Committees of Finance and Ways
and Means, and ; of . Military Affairs,
in the two Houses of Congress : William
Pitt Fessenden in the Senate and Thad
deus Stevens in tho House, and Henry
Wilson in the Senate and Robert (J.
Sehenck in the House.' Look at'.the stu
pendous: questions laid .'before' the Finance
Committee, involving' the, most important
and reaching the most obscure interests.
The tax bill is a volume in itself, and every
line of it requires reflection and revision.
The tariff bill is'only next to it iff import
ance. Then we have the -hank bill and the
loan hill, and all these are to be followed
by the various appropriation bills. In the;
. Military Committees the work is absorbing
and constant. Every dajuhrings forth a
new suggestion, full of new responsibilities.
, And so closely connected and intertwined
. are the relations of the l.Govemmefft, that
no step .-can ;be /taken by the legislative
branch on; these and other kindred subjects
that docs not exact correspondence or con
sultation. , Somebody must do this immense -
labor. You will tell me that, there are
plenty of men willing to do it. But are they
able ? And will they, bring to it
that patience and research, and utter abac-.
gation of self without which nothing last-,
hog has over been consummated t . And
this, if .they are all; the while to' be sub
jected to attack in Congress and abuse out
of it ? Take Senator Fessenden, at the
head of the Senate Finance Committee. I
think that quiet gentleman has; toiled for
three months'past, in and out of the Senate,
sixteen hours a day. He is always at his'
post-. He is not only faithful to his special
trust at the hands of his committee,, but
keen; and vigilant in his attendance to
debates in the body of which he is -a
member. / Nothing seems .to escape his
attention; and ! often wonder how that’ap- ’
parent ly fragile form can bear up under such
perpetual attention and exercise of brain.
'With Stevens in the House, his coadjutor at
the head of the Ways and Means, the case;
is the same, or still, stronger : for Stevens
is an older man than Fessenden. But he
never seems to he asleep, and . certainly he
never is in the working hours of Con
gress. Hour after hour, even until tho
Speaker’s hammer falls at midnight,
he is - on the watch in his committee
or in the House, leading in the' dis
cussions, and impressing friend and foe by
tho dignity of his eloquence and the copi
ousness of Ms information. I will not ask
how such men are compensated for all this
persevering industry, genius, and: patriot-;
ism. Let us believe that their reward is in
themselves. - But .those they benefit and
serve would not be doing a distasteful thing
if that which they do for them and the
country were remembered without suspi
cion and recorded without abuse. >.
Occasional.
11 ONiojp for the Army” is the now’
sanitary call from Virginia. Do we ever
think how much this humble, vegetable
may contribute to the health of tlie soldier?
Vegetables are . needed absolutely, for his
refreshment and sustenance,’and.physicians
tell us that onions are the most invigorating,
and, indeed, the most vegetable of vege
tables. They are anti-scorbutic; and, from
nature’s experience and necessity,' we arc
told that tlie onions are the first and last
vegetables of which out hard-faring heroes
despoil the rebel track-gardens.. Here is a.
wise and homely hint fer all Sanitarians
and Samaritans. It is recommended in one
of the New” York papers’ that the usual
municipal ' appropriation: for the Fourth of
July beffppliod to thi,s suggestion,’among
'others of the kind panel we do not know
whiit-more considerate, course - could be
recommended to our own authorities.
The Herald has been comparing Gen.
McCi.eu.an to Pericles, on. account of
the gentlemanly oration which, that well
educated graduate of the military school
delivered at West Point. Is the Herald
ambitious for the reputation of Asfasia ?
[Special Bespatcli to the Press, j • * > ,
Union Ratification Meeting:.
Wii.rjAMSi'OKT, .Tuno 2T.—A mooting to ratify
the -nominations of Lincoln and Johnson was hold.
In the court house horo. on Saturday evening. It
•was largely attended. Excellent muslo was dis
coursed by the Williamsport Cornet Band. Spirited
and telling speooh.es wore made by Hon; J. H.
Qhnmbttl, U. Si. Minister to Sweden, Hon, Henry
Johnson, and Hon. Wm, H. Armstrong. Lycoming
Is alt right, " *
THE WAR.
THE SIEGE OF PETERSBURG.
No Htavy Fighting up' to Sunday Night.
REBEL ASSAULTS ON SHERIDAN AND IHJTLKB.
WILSON GONE ON ANOTHER RAID.
A CHANGE 01 REBEL COMMANDERS.
Advices front Alicrinan’s Army.
CAPTUKE OP SUPPLY TRAINS BY THE REBELS.
LAUGH REBEL DESERTIONS TO SHERMAN.
AFFAIRS ON THE MISSISSIPPI,
IMPORTANT FROM CITY POINT.
City Point, dune 25. —Since the departure of the
President for Washington, on Wodhosday ovoning,
there has been nothing to disturb the oven tenor of
our way at City Point. Vessels are arriving and
departing daily, loaded with commissary and quar
termaster stores ore busily ongagod re
pairing and oxtonding-tho wharves at the landing;-
workmen have commenced tho reconstruction of
tho City Point; arid Petersburg Railroad • clerks,
employees, and teamsters are busy night and day
receiving cargoes, and; loading.; the. Interminable
trains of six-mule teams that draw supplies to .tho
front, and the bustle, hurrying, and confusion of a
week ago; are rust merging Into tho regular routine
of business habits. " ’ . ;
A .telegram from General .Shorman, Yesterday,
states that captured prisoners say Ewell has boon
appointed to tho rcbol army in Georgia, In place of'
Johnston, who Is made commander of the Army of
Virginia. Leo •being promoted Gcneral-in-Obief of
all tho armies of the Confederacy, In imitation of
the similar position given by the Ujiton Government
to General Grant. Southern papers received .make
no mention of these important changes, but their
publication may liavo boon prohibited by military
authority.
There is no longer much doubt but that a portion
of Johnston's army from Georgia has been brought
to reinforce Lee in the vicinity of Richmond and
Petersburg. Gen.- Polk’s division is known to be
here. Large trains of troops are reported to have
been passing from Richmond to Petersburg yester
day and last night. Everything points to the fact
that Johnston is appointed to the subordinate cum-'
mand here,-and is bringing many of his troops with
bins.—A. V. Herald.
DETAILS FROM PETERSBURG—NO GENE
RAL ENGAGEMENT—HI YSTERIOUS MO VE
MENTS OF THE ENEMY.
Headquarters 2d Corps,
Army op the Potomac, Friday, Juno 24. ,
- No general engagement has as yet taken place.
Our lines remain the same, in groat-part, as esta
blished forty-eight hours ago, since whlch.fimo ir
regular firing has been kept up at every point. .The
unfortunate turn in events on Monday afternoon,;
by which ovor: a thousand prisoners of /tie Ist Bri
gade, 3d Division, and five; pieces of Clark’s bat
tory, were lost by a surprise by the enemy, has
caused a strict vigilance to be kept along tho entire
line. . -- ’ -. . :
Last ovening tho enemy manoeuvred considerably
to the right and left, and the sth Corps, with detach
ments of othors, were constantly, kept active in
countermarching to guard against any demonstra
tion on oar left or centre. // : :
This morning, while a portion of the 6th Corps,
on our left, were inarching across an open field, to
relieve the troops at the front, a terrilio lire was
opened-on them by the enemy, with artillery. The
exposed movement of bur men gave hint a clear
aim and accurate range ibr a few moments: This
was. soon brought; to an end by a little artillery
practice. by our guns. .• About tho time of this at
tack a furious cannonade was heard on the right,
which proved to he Smith’s bombardment of Peters
burg, which continued fur an hour. • .
This morning Longstreet and A. P. Hill are, it is
ascertained, moving; toward Weldon, having va
cated their entrenchments in oar front.
During the brief skirmish this morning a few pri
soners were taken, from whom it appeared that
Beauregard’s main army, are now covering Peters
burg, while Lee’s forces are moving to our left-, with
what design remains yet to be seen.
ARRIVAL FROM THE ARMY OF THE ROTO
MAC-AN ATTACK ON SHERIDAN.
Wawuwotos, Juno 27.—The steamer Highland:
Light arrived here at 11 o’clock from City Point,
which place-she left at 10 o’clock yesterday morn
ing. '.-'/ - - V.q;/'■■/'-
Tho Highland Light brought up the sth Ohio
volunteers, commanded by Major Winslow, whose
term of service has expired, .The regiment numbers
151, uitlcers and men.
There has been no very heavy fighting within the
last ibw days, but skirmishing is kept up all along
theiino. The cannonading at times is heavy.
Firing was heard about five miles from. Bermuda
Hundred on Saturday, where General Butler Is en
trenched.
The enemy made; an attack upon Butler’s en
trenchments, but did not.sueceed in effecting. any
thing, and were driven off. /.
On Saturday the rebels attacked Sheridan’s rear,
at Wilcox’s Landing, and captured 1 a .few of his
men:. :: '■
A brigade of infantry was at once despatched to
prefect, Sheridan’s rear, and the enemy, was kept
back till Sheridan had . succeeded in -crossing' the
river with Ms entire train. ; ' ..
The failroad. is Advanced five miles from City
Point towards Petersburg.
. Yesterday; just before the Highland Light left,
heavy firing was heard in the direction of Peters
burg-.- . , . ...
- On Saturday night the rebels made an attack.on
our pickets, about, the centre of our line, as they
were being relieved, but were repulsed with iittlo or
no loss to our troops.
. On tho heights, -beyond Petersburg, the rebels
have an eighteen-gun battery bearing on tho centre
of our lines in front of that place,
This battery has been very troublesome, and, so
far, has proved too heavy for any artillery that we
have brought against it.
Wilson has gone on another cavalry expedition,
and goodnews from Mm may be expected Soon,
A rebel captain and four privates cijme Into But
ler’s lines on Friday, and took thooathof allegiance.
Two hundred rebel prisoners wore at City Point
yesterday morning. .'■/,
THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC-A BRIGADE
OF UNITED STATES;TROOPS CAPTURED
BY THE ENEMY. / • ■
Boston, Juno.27.—Colonel Wass, of tho 19thMas
snehuH'tts Regiment, arrived here to-day on sick
leave. He states that among our men captured on
Wednesday was an entire brigade, comprising the
. 16th and 19th Massachusetts, and the 42d and S2d
New York Regiments./ Barlow’s and Gibbon’s Di
visions being formed in line of battle, Barlow pre
cipitately fell back on receiving the attack of the
enemy.; Owing to the uneven nature of tbo ground
and thick undergrowth, this was not perceived by
Gen, Gibbon.; Hq: stood his ground, and before he
was aware the bayonets of-the enemy were at Ms
back;: /,"':/;/,: -
. . Col. Wasshasbeen.quite ill for some time, but
rode up in an ambulance to rejoin his regiment just
in time to see it “ gobbled up.”
THE .TAMES EIYER OBSTRUCTIONS,
The obstruction of the James river is a. ease of
easy .comprehension, as explained by officers best
acquainted with the subject. The rebels having
closed the James river by obstructions at Fort Dar-
Itog,leaving a gate for their own convenience, it
became necessary for us to do the same; otherwise
our navy wonld.be forced to concentrate as high a 3
they could ascend and watch' the rebel movements,.
General Grant found ail the iron-clads and his .
best wooden vessels attire upper.end of tits lino
waiting for an attaek, which was not likely to taka
place, because the, keeping, of our vessels up there
by a tnonaee or threat was all the rebeis dosirod.
General Grant saw that this loft kia water commu
nication liable to bo interrupted by the absence of
tho navy, and he therefore ordered obstructions to
be sunk, in order that the navy might be at liberty
to perform its proper duty in the Campaign, of keep!
tag his communications open.
GENERAL SHERMAN’S ARMY.
Louisville, June 26.—0 n the morning, of/the
18th inst.; the rebel General Wharton, commanding
a brigade of 2,500 men, crossod the railroad botweon
Kingston and Dalton, capturing and burning five
freight trains loaded with supplies. ,
. On. the 20th .Captain Glover made a raid on tho
raliioad, five miles: from Resaca, and captured two
freight trains with supplies. .
Colonel Lagrange, of the Ist Wisconsin Cavalry,
commanding a brigade, was captured on the 10th.
Colonel Gage, of the 29th Wisconsin, who was
wounded at the recent assault on Kenesaw Moun
tain,. passed thfongh hero to-night, bound for St.
Louis.' ,/,/’ ■
On the 10th Inst., three companies of the 54th Vir
ginia (rebel) Infantry came Into our lines on the
Chattnhopohie,. and took the oath of allegiance.
They pore employed as teamsters and laborors.
, A camp of rebel conscripts on tho Hendersonville/
road, six milts'from Atlanta, on Friday, broke' for’
our lines. They numbered eight hundred, six hun
dred of whom got in, but tho remaining two hun
dred wore captured by the rebels. •
Ira B. Tuttle, chief or the scouts of the Array of
the Cumberland, on the 11th inst,, with four mon,
made a daring descent on a forugo post, 11 miles
southwest of Atlanta. Eo captured a rebel lieu
tenant colonel, a captain, and others, Including, a
sergeant, and burnt a storehouse containing 60,000
bushels of corn and a largo tot of bacon.
The Goyorhor of Georgia says that If it . Is neces
sary ho will call out the Gporgla-militla, and with
draw the Georgia troops from the (lontedoracy, to
curry out the purposes or his proclamation.
Cedar Bluffs have’been thoroughly fortitted by
the rebels, and by them are considered Impreg
nable. • ’
Mobllo is garrisoned by two small brigades of re
bel troops, the remainder having .beon sent to rein
force Johnston., : > . : . .
ADVICES FROM CAIRO AND MEMPHIS.
Cairo, Juno 20.— The , steamer* Patriot. brings
Memphis dates of the 25th.
A train on tho Memphis and Charleston railroad
was attached by guerillas.near OolUersvllle on the
■23 d. - Two soldiers were killed and two wounded.
Six soldiers who jumped from the train , during the
attack were captured and taken to the woods.
One of them who escaped reports that his compa
nions word murdered by tho guorillas. '. :
The Unconditional Union men at Memphis aro
arranging for a grand meeting on tho 4th- of July,’
to ratiry tho nomination of the Baltimore Con
vention.
' Tho cotton market Is unchangod. .
the steamer McCombs was fired into yostorday
by guerillas from tho Kentucky shore, near Shaw
ncotown. ‘ The captain of the boat was seriously;
wounded.
Brig. Gen; Meredith assumed command of: tho
post of Cairo to-day. ■
Brig. GcnrChotlain was asslgnod to the duty of
taking charge of all the colored troops in Kentucky,
the press.-philadelphia; Tuesday; junk 28, iss4:
and recruiting new troops, lie wit! continue to not
In this sphere In Tennessee, with, headquarters re
moved to Danville. ' '
Forthubs Monijob, .Tune 20.—Tho mall steamer
Louisiana, Captain Porter, from Baltimore, ar
rived at (I A. M., with the following distinguished
passengers—viz: Gonoral Wallaco anil lady, Colo
nel Wooley, wife, and daughter, Captain Baldwin
and wife, Captain Smith and wife, Major Bose, and
Major Vandynft.
Gonoral Sheridan, with Ms command, loft the
White House last Friday, and. arrived yoatorday P.
M. at Wilson's Landing, on the .fltmos river, where.
ho met with a strong force of rebel infantry, and at
last accounts a heavy skirmish was going on botwoon
the contending forces. General Grant had sent re
inforcements to Gonoral Sheridan.
V Mr. Wilcox, army correspondent of tho Now
York TriOwic, arrived at Ohesapoako Hospital-yes
terday, sick with typhoid fever.
The 6S_th Pennsylvania regiment left Tor homo on
thirty days’ furlough this morning. ..
Deaths in Hampton Hospital—J. W. Matchell,
ilth Pennsylvania'cavalry;. If. B. Marcy, 11th
'Pennsylvania cavalry ; F. Dobrlngo, 2d Pennsyl
vania.
Fortress Mowroe, .Tune 25.— The voters of Nor
folk decided yesterday, by 314 to 10, that they proler
mllllnry to civil government.
, Generals Sheridan'and dotty, with their com
mands, loft White House yesterday.
• Death in Hampton Hospital.—Benj. Doharty,. 2d
Pennsylvania, died Juno ißd.
.Admitted in Chesapeake Hospital Juno 25, most
ly wounded, from Point or Rocks—Major Thomas
Malchahy, 130th Now York; Captains C. H. Law
rence, assistant adjutant gonora! Ist Brigade, 18th
Army Corps;.A. F. Fullor, 7th Pohnsylvanla Ar
tillery; J. H. P., Smith; 80th JNow York ;Alfred
Atkins, 98th do.pWcutonarits G-.-W. Sheppard, 21st
Connecticut; H. Churchill, 13th New Hampshire
■Tames Gelser, ISStb Pennsylvania ; C. G. Porktns,
19th Wisconsin; F. B, Johnson, loth Now : Y r ork;
J. Dostin, 13th Now Hampshire; A. J. Porter, 55th
Pennsylvania; J. S. Garrett, 118th New York.
At. seven o’clock yesterday morning the enemy
charged upon the Ist Division of the 18th Army
Corps, and wore dofeatod witli.groat loss, our batte
ries opening in good range on the charging parties.
A bout 400 deserted from the rebel ranks and came
into our lines during tho action. ' :
, Juno 25, 4 P. M.—The thermometer Is 90 In the
shade at Old Point.
"WOUNDSD rENKSYDVANI>
2>f£'
The following' are tlio i
the 2<l (Jorps, before Pet(
the 23d ins*t:
Lieut J E Lee, £, 145
Lieut J W Yocum, I,IIG
C CHllay, G, 81 ,
EBeyuotos, G, 81
G E SaxenbaiLer, 0, 81
Gro Mclntosh, G, 81
John Sterling, I, Si
S 8 Willard, P, 145
Jos Fry, D, 145 • -
K 3 Halcomb, K, 93
W Gorman, H, 116
John Leach, 1,116
B .Kline, U, 14S
C Adams, G, 116
W G Bennett, F, 14S
A Smith, I», 345 * .
W Blake, 13, 12N .T .
L H Carter, B, 12 KJ
W Blade, I, 106
J SS-nes, 1,105
Jas -Roes, Si, 152’ •
F Lehman, G, 184
J Leonard, F, IS4
C-McGlinebey, O, 89
CaptF Wyc-r»», I, 72
L Zephys, G, 69
J Banmsev, F, 72
J MiHer, JJ, m
fc Penrose, F. 354
W C Welsh, E, 184 :
The following is a list of Pennsylvania arid New:
Jersey: officers killed and wounded in General
Geary’s division: - .
. Tirst Lieutenant William H. Cochran, 33d Now
Jersey, killed.: • , ;.... ..
Capt. A. 33. Oolgan, 28tk Pennsylvania, wounded
severely. •
Captain J. I). Armer, 2Sth Penna., slightly.
. Major &. C._.Oresson, ?3d Penna,. severely.
Captain J. 3). Miller, 73d Penna., severely.
Captain Henry Hetz, 73(1 Penna,, severely.
- Pirst Lieut. A. Hosplings, 73d Penna., sllghtly."
, Captain I'. y. Giral)er,:lo9Ui Penna., severely.
Captain A. MeGettcgon,lo9t]iPenna., slightly.
First Lieut. >Vm. Washers, loatli Penna., slightly.
Colonorwm. Eickards, 29th Penna., severely.. .
Lieutenant J. 33. Wilson, Kith Penna., severely.’
Capt. Moses Yeale, 109th Pa,, through left Jung.
The following opinion of the Solicitor of the
Treasury, concurred in by the Secretary of the Troa*
Bury, has been sent to Mr. Cisco: '
Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter, dated to-day, submitting to me the
following questions : .'
1. The act to prohibit certain sales of gold and
foreign exchange, approved .Tune 13,1834, requires
payment in full of the agreed price of gold or bul
lion purchased on the day on which tho contract is
made, in United States notes or national currency
and not otherwise. ' . , - :
Can suoh .payniont be made, by : cheek for the
amount of the purchase money in United States
notes or national currency, or can it be made only
by manual delivery of the notes or currency by th?
buyer to the seller 1 :
2. The same fact prohibits, contracts for the
purchase or sale and delivery of foreign exchange,
except on condition of immediate payment in full
o‘f the agreed, priee therefor on the day of delivery
in United States notes orinatlonaUjurroncy.
: Would a pa yment for such exchange' In gold coin of
tho United States be valid, or otherwise. ; :
In reply to the first inquiry, Lvhavo.to.say that I
hayo no doubt tho delivery of a bona fide, cheek for
the amount of tho purchase money in United States
notes or national currency, drawn against such
notes, or currency actually at the present credit of
the drawer, and. which 'lf. presented ‘Mmedlately
would be bo paid, as a payment within the moaning
of the act.» . ■. ' ■ ■ ■
In regard to tho second question, my opinion is
that a payment for exchange gold coin of the
United States is'a legal and valid payment.'
I have the honored be, with high respect,
_ J3l«VAltt> Joudas,
~ _ Solicitor of the Treasury.
Hon. S. P. Oh.vsk, . ■
Secretary of the Treasury.
. IKE SEW SIX *K» OESi: MIX. •
; As a general answer to all applicants who desire
to know at what rate the Government will: dispose
of the remainder of the six percent. «J 6,000.000 loan
of ISBI, the ’Secretary’ of the Treasury announces
that bids will be received for this remainder, amount
ing to about 930,000,000, until July 6th. ' ■
-No.offer will be entertained at a less rate of pre
mium than four per cent., and all awards will -be
rnado to the highest bidders above that rate.
The Military Governor has issued an order setting
forth that the streets and environs of Washington
. arc in a neglected and filthy, condition, and in
order to promote the health of the military, as
well as the residents of the city, and the recovery
of those sick in the hospitals, ho . requires a genera!
and thorough cleansing: by the respective owners of
property or their; servants. Proper arrangements
are made by him to carry tliia 'determination into
effect.
The nearest the House has yet come to repealing
the commutation ciauso in the enrolment bill was
in voting, to-night, on a proposition or Mr. Smote
jsks, of Delaware, which was defeated by two votes.
The original bill to which the various substitutes
wereofiered had previously been amended by striking
out the Ist and 2d sections, which proposed to re
peal tho commutation clause,: but to retnja tho
privilege of tlio drafted'person to furnish a substi
tute./. . • v
The subject will again come up to-morrow,
.Tlie House eommitteo'of conference on t!ie disa
greeing; amendments to the tariff bill are Beproson
tatives Mor.n: li. of Vermont, Fektox of New
York, anil Cox of Ohio./
, •. ~n B ikobbased tfiltiirp
Botli Houses to-niglit passed a resolution to ex
tend until July 1 the bill temporarily increasing
the duty on imports fifty per cent. The President
will sign it forthwith, and it will becouio a iasr.
The following nominations were'oonflrined to-night.
by the Senate in executive session;
. Daniel S. Dickinson to bo commissioner oh the
-part of the Senate under .tho treaty or July, 1803,
with Great Britain for.the final settlement.of claims
of the Hudson Bay and Puget’s Sound Agricultural
Company. ■
Ira H. Smith, of Kansas, to be; register of. the
Land Office at Topeka, Kansas.
.. Col: J. Xi, Chamberlain, 20th Massachusetts, to be
brigadier general.
Col, !•'. S. Buthorrord, 97th Illinois, to bo .briga
dier general. /
Tho subscriptions to tho 1(M0 loan , for the past
week, as reported to tho Treasury Department,
amounted to $1,250,000. . - T : ’ ,
The following deaths “and New
Jersey soldiers in tho hospitals httve'bcon reported:
.. Pennsylvania.— George Wail, B, 46-; (ieorge 11.
Kino, H, 21 Cav.; Alonzo K. Oloavor, A,YBB: isaao
Snyder, K, 115; Henry Hemani I), 53; .Tos. Slio]-
walter, 0,53; Henry Hothrook, H, 149 ; Win. Mush
litz, A, 55; Jacob Long, E, 2 Artillery: Wm. L.
Gue, C. 62; James Floyd, lU, 13 Oavf; John Hat
field, I, 23 Cnv.; James K. T. Morris, A, I*2; Hen
ry Baine, O, 188; George Juda, F,. 8 Beserves ;
Major B. A. Kelsey, 45; George W. Bartley, F,2
Cavalry ; Wm. Paden, G, 11 Beserves; Frank Mil
ler, B, 55; Albert Wilson, E, 45,; JVlartln L: Kcafer,
B, 6 Deserves.'
. Hew Jersey.—Goorgo D. Yorrlll, E, 3} Edward
Pahlec, K, 1 Cavalry. . : ■
XXXVIHtIi CONGEESS—FESST SESSION.
KXTENSIOX OF PKOVISIONB OF THE HOStF.STEAD
Mr. MOBOAN presented memorials from citizens of
New York asking for the passage of, tbo llousa bill ex
tending the principle,of the homestead act to forfeited
or confiscated lands of Southern rebels,.
PETITIONS FOR UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION. I ,
Mr; SUMNER presented four petitions,' asking the
passage of an act of universal emancipation, vrhlch
were referred to the Committee ou Slavery and Freed
taeu’a Affairs,. ' !
CHANGE OP THE PREAMBLE OP THE CONSTITUTION.
Also, two memorials of citizens of the United States,
praying tb’f a change of tho preamble of the Constitu
tion of the United States, which were referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary.; ;
PRINTING THE AGRICULTURAL REPORT, ETC.
Mr. ANTHONY, from tho Committee on PrluUny; re.-,
ported in favor of printing fifteen thousand copies of
the Agricultural Report, for the use of Hemitors, and
seven tbouraml.for tho me of the Pateat Office; also,
the Hmne joint resolution providing for the publication
of a full army register, to contain a .full posior or roll
of all field, line, and staff otficers of volunteers, who
have been in the Army of the United States since the be-'
Binning Of the present rebellion, showing whether they
are yctlu the eervlcoor have been discharged therefrom,
and giving casualties and other explanations proper fOr.
»uch lighter; and to defray, in whole or in part, the ex
penses of this publication, an edition of fifty thousand
copifH of such enlarged register shall bo published, and
may Resold to soldiers, and citizens, at a price
which shall not more than cover the actual cost of paper,
printing, and binding, and shall not in any case exceed
one dollar per volumo.
AU of the above were agreed to, :
TUK REPORT ON THE APRtQAN FREBDMENi
Mr. ANTHONY also reported in favor of printing three;
thousand extra copies of the report of the commission
to inquire into the condition of African freedmeo.
Mr. SUMNER spoke of the importance of printing the
document. . v
Mr. HENDRTCKS inquired whether tho commission
were appoint'd pursuant to law;
Mr. ANTHONx replied that the Commitbeo on Printing
IORTRKBS MONRUE.
A ASD KEW JERSEY SOL-
names of tho wounded ib
lersburg, from the 20th to
J S Stephen, F, ISt
A Lembersoe, C, IS4
J Burke, G, 60
H *l’Klahre, A, ISt'
Went A V Milter, E. ISt
W Wri, r ht, O, ISI
J I) Cline, C, 131 .
fbos Currie, C, ISt
S Shirk, C, IS,
G P Duulay, F, »<
J Lee. A, 184
W H ltavna, C, ISI .
WKSlaffln, E, ISI
T A.Graham, A, 21 Cav
J B Bastiau, B, ISI
S Groaer, B, 181
J Powers, E, ISI
TMiller, G, IS4
HA Zimmerman, D, ISI
E Pricker, I, 71'
Sllavtsell, a. 1&4
J Mills,-B, 134
H K Peering-, BJ (C) 2Si
J H Johnson, 0, 57-:
J R Won, E, IS4
H.Kramer, E, W 4 (died)
J Dempsey, F, 72 ;
H Smith, G, IS4
M B Behaney, H, 65
Lieut J-JS Davis, G,2tCav
CASUALTIES AT PISE MOUWTAIIr.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, June 27,1884.
THK GOLD BILL.
Treasury BapARTMENT,
Solicitor’s Office, June 27,1804.
WASHINGTON TO BE -OLSANSED.
THE ENROLMENT BILL.
SENATE CONFIRMATIONS.
THE TEN-FORTY LOAN.
DEATHS OF SOLDIERS.
SENATE,
knew' nothing almni Hie report oxceptimr that it was
ofllcially communicated to the Senate by the War Do
rnrlnient. Ho presumed the Secretary had the right to
do it.
Mr, HENDEICKB thought It wa« a violent presump
tion that anything done by the War Department was
pnjfcuant ftrfaw. Whon a document comas to the Sen
ate unauthorized by law, let those who want It pub
lished nay the expense out of their own pockets,
Mr. COfi NESR wild the FveMdont has the right to
JDRtrcct an investigation into the administration of af
fairs,
Mr. .ANTHONY explained that this document was
aeiit hither by the Secretary of War, in accordance with
a resolution of the Senate.
*• Mr. SAULSBURY t-aid ho once read a book written
by Robert Dale Owen, the author -of this document.
Everybody who had bought tlio book had been cheated
out. of the purchase mouoy. Such a coi giotncrrttlou of
infidelity and nonsense was never before published.
The man who would write.such a book aa that was not
rapabi*of writing anything worthy of being printed
by the Senate,
Mr. WADE said ho had road the entire document.
The evils nod deformity of slavery wore never before
more vividly «ft forth thau they are in that ducumout.
Me bad no doubt of its entire truth, [f ho wanted to
cover up the evils of slavery ho would voto against the
rofolntion.
The motion to print three thousand extra copies of tho
document was then agreed to—yeas 21, nays 8. ,
FREEDOM OR FORTS* HOSPITALS} ETC., TO CON-
GRESSMEN.
Mr. WILSON, of tbe Committee on Military Aflairs,
reported adversely on the joint resolution referred to tt,
allowing Senators and Representatives in Congress to
visit forts, military prisons, and hospitals la their re
fcptclivo States.
THE NAVY YARD AT GATRO.
..Mr. HALE, from tho Committee on Naval Affairs, re
ported back the Sonata bill for the establishment of a
navy yard and depot at Cairo, with a recommendation
that the Senate do pot agree to the House substitute
therefor, namely, to appoint a commission to examloo
and report upon a proper site. •
Afterahrief debate, duringwhichMr. Grime 3 spoke
In favor of agreeing to tho lfouso substitute, and Mr.
Trumbull against It, the substitute was agreed to by
yeas 22, nays 9.
TREATY.WITH'THIS.UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA.'
Mr. BUMNER;from the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
introduced a hilt to carry into effect the treaty between
the United States of America and tho United States of
Colombia, of February, 1864, renewing the provisions
of Jreatioa heretofore made with New .Grenada and
Costa Rica, &u., which was considered, and passed.
NOTICE OF INTRODUCTION.
Mr. RIDDLE gave notice of hia intention to introduce
a resolution allowing members of Congress to visit mili
tary stations, hospitals, &c,, in their respective States.
ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE AORT-
CULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
On motion of Mr. SHERMAN, arcsolutldn wasadoptod
to grant additional rooms to the Agricultural Depart
ment. • f "
TUB PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL TAKEN UP.
Onmotion of Mr. HOWARD, tbe Pacific Railroad bill
was tftkea up.; Ho explained shat tho committee in re
porting Jhc Senate bill as a substitute for .the House bill
proposed ono or two modifications, Jn the first, for.
thirty directors, for -which nn electionshould take place
on tbe Ist of October next, and tho second was to make
tho interest on the company’s bonds, guaranteed by the
United States, payable in lawful money, instead of
gold.
Tho modifications wore agreed to, the substitute was
adopted, and the bill passed.
REGULATION OF PRIZE COURTS,
Mr. FOLTER called up a hilt to regulate prize proceed
ings and the distribution of prize money. The bill was
pasted after the adoption of some Might amendments,
COLLECTION OF TAXES IN REBELLIOUS STATES.
Mr. HARRIS called up the bill to amend an act for the
collection of direct taxes in insurrectionary districts,
which was considered and passed.
PRESERVATION AND RECLAMATION -OF UNITED
STATES PROPERTY.
On motion-of Mr. MORRILL, the House joint resolu
tion to authorize tbe feocretary of the Interior to reclaim
and preserve certain property of the United States was
taken up. It relates to the Government squares and
streets of Washington, and was passed..
ENCOURAGEMENT OF IMMIGRATION.
Mr.’ SHERMAN called up: the bill to encourage immi
gration, which was passed. '
BAIL IN CASKS OF MILITARY ARREST.
Mr TRUMBULL called up the bill to provide bail in'
certain ca«es of military ancst The amendment of the
committee, limiting tho taking-of bail to officers of United
States courts, wus agreed to.
AN AMENDMENT OFFERED.
Mr. POWELL offered an Smondraent, as a now sec
tion, that any officer in the executive,military, oruavai
service of the Unßed States,, who. shall arrest aay per
sons not engaged in the military or naval service or in
rebellion against tbe United States, shall deliver them
to the proper civil authorities, on a penalty of a :
fine of $5OO to $l,OOO and imprisonment from three
months to five years, .
Air. I’owell made a few remarks in favor of tho pro
porittoru
Mr. DAVIS procoededat length to denounce the Ad
ministration for arrests, and referred especially to the
caieof Vallandigham. He expressed regret that that
individual d’d not have physical power to cut down to
the around those who attempted to arrest him in his own
house or lis. castle. . He regarded the preservation of
the great rights of the citizen as more vital and impor
taßtrhnu the subjugation of tho rebellion and the pre
st rv&tion of the Union with Massachusetts included..
Mr. SHERMAN said every man bad a right to a fair
trial. If.persons simply arraign the Admioistratlou,as
the Sesntorfrom Kentucky frequently does,in
too violent for a deliberative assembly, he has a right
todoso. But if-he con, mils anyact with intent to. aid
tho public enemy, he was guilty, and should be pun
ispfcd.. ’ "
YhUandighamuwhen ia the House of Representatives,
in his own State, and elsewhere, was allowed most
full and free expression of his oppoiition to the Ad
ministration, hut when, he went into a section of his
own Slate where open iufculnwdimtilon existed, and
aided the public enemy by acts calculated to fan tho
flame of insurrection, he was justly arrested. A.riot
sprung up in Holmes county, and the rioters were ar
rested and imprisoned under an indictment upon charge
of treason.
Yallardigham went into an adjoining county, and, in
the presenro of a largo , concourse of excited persons,
some, of them insurgents themseLves, indulged in iau
gusge evidently intended id excite to the commission of
mnner crime, subjecting him properly to 'arrest by mili
tary law for openly, aiding and abetting tho rebellion.
He hud power to appear either to Chief Justice Taney,
of the Supreme Court at Baltimore, to Judge Swag-re at
Columbus, or ro Judge Leavitt at Cinciunafi. He chose
the latter, a Democrat, a judge for thirty years, - ap
pointed ;by JtckSGß, who affirmed the decision of the
military court that his was a military offence punish
able by military law. The decision Was approved by
the Attorney Generaiand br the President, who decided
that it was not a mere civil wrangle in which he was
engaged, but a military crime. He was not merely
talking opposition to the Government, but aiding the
public enemy. It is a distinction that should not bo
ignored.
THE ARREST 07 HENRY I*. ZIMMERMAN.
Mr. 6AULSBURY submitted a resolution that tho
(Secretary of "War inform the Senate whether Henry F.
Zimmerman, of tho city of Washington, has -been ar-'
rested by order of the War Department, and if so, on
wli.it pp ■ .
Objected to by Mr, SHBRMAN, and laid over undo?
tho rules'.
THE PINAL PASSAGE OF THE LOAN BILL,
' Mr. FESSESDEN called up the loan bill from the
House.- It was considered ana passed, with an amend
ment which excepts the seventy; five million of bonds
now advertised from the provision, under which all
bonds, treasury notes, and other obligations of the
Failed States are to bo fioe of taxation by or under
Stale or municipal authority,. and another which
makes the engraved signature of the Register on all
coupons erroneously described as Treasurer of the
United Elates, of the same force as if.hss official designa
tion bad been correctly staled.
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL.,
Mr. HOWARD, from the committee on the subject,
reported back the Pacific riilroad bill from the House
with a eubstitufc, beingthc Senate bill, which, has here
tofore paeeed the Senate.
THE SENATORS FROM AiiKANSAS.
Mr. TRUMBULL, from the Committee on the Judicta
- ry, submitted a rep< rf upon the credentials of William
hi. Fisbback andEJlsha Baxter, claimingseat* from the
State of Arkansas. It details tho hittory of that State
since IS6I rand shows that the State Convention, repre
senting forty-five counties, met onStheSth of January,
1564,amended the Constitution and abolished slavery,
repudiated the rebel debt of the State and of tho Confede
racy, and provided for the organization of the State. -
Its action was ratified by a rote of 12,177 for the Con
stitution and 226 against.it. The uumber of persons
who voted for President in 1860 was 64,053. Thesmall.
vote would nothave been regarded fatal to reorganiza
tion if the State bad not been free from military control,
and ail loyal men could have had an opportunity to
vote. :The President has not yet recalled his procla
mation declaring the inhabitants of Arkansas in a state
of insurrection against the United States, nor was there
evidence before, the committee that the rebellion had
been suppressed,a portion of Arkansas being still under
the military controLof the insurgents.
The committee conclude that when the rebellion in
Arkansas shall have been so far suppressed that the
loyal inhabitants sliall free to establish their State
government upon a republican foundation, or to re
organize tho one already set up, and by the aid and not
in subordination to military power to maintain thesame,
they will then, and not till then, be entitled to a repre
sentation in Congress, and participation in the adminis
tration of the Federal Government. Believing that such
slate of things did hot and coes not now exist, the com
mittee recommended the adoption of the following reso-'
Intion:
Stitched, ThatWra. M. Fishback and Elisha Baxter
are not entitled to seats as Senators from the State of
Arkansas.
LANDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A RAILROAD.
' Mr. HARLAN called up the bill granting lauds to aid
in the construction of n railroad and telegraph line from
Lake Superior to Puget's Sound, on the Pacific coast,by
the rorthern route. •
Mr. CONNESS offered an amendment as a proviso at
the end of the third section, that minerals shall not be
construed to mean iron or.coal.
The committee’s amendments were agreed to, and the
hill was passed.
Mr. DAVIS thought the Senator had not fairly inter
preted the decision of Judge Leavitt, and proceeded to
assail the suspension of the habeas corpus.
Mr..SHERMAN wished it distinctly understood that
Yallandlgbam’s case was not put on the ground of a
suspension of the habeas corpus. He was treated just
as Jeff Davis would have been, asa public enemy stirau
laiing open acts of rebellion against the Government of
the United States.
Mr. SAULSBtIRY expressed bis doubt as to voting
for this amendment, because it lolerated military ar
rests at all.. If there should he aluw proposed allow
ing* a mail to shoot down an officer attempting his arrest,
he would vow for it, and he would welcome any thun
derbolt, whether from heaven or from hell, that would
strike down violators of our chartered rights. Ho al
luded to cases in .hlsown State, under fh* administra
tion of General Schenck, or General Skunk, whichever
name is most appropriate to his character, who sent to
arrest bis constituents men whom gentlemen would not
admit to their kitchens. He thanked God that Clement
L. Vallhiidigbjiin liadreturned. Hebad been sent into
exile, with .threats of imprisonment if lie. returned.
Now he had returned, let those threats be exeefited. lie
understood that an order had been issued for his re
arrest. Be wouio say. to the party in power'that the
Democratic party will, maintain the right or trial by
jury and liberty of speech, peaceably if possible, but.by
the eternal God, forcibly if they must; and you may
make the most of it, if that be treason!
The Senate at 4. JO took a recess till 7 o’clock. .
.... EVENING- SESSION. .
A BUREAU OF ERBEDitEN; .
- Mr. SUMNER called up the House bill to establish a
bureau for freedman’s affairs.
Several minor amendments of the committee were
adopted.
On motion of Mr. GRIMES,tho appointment of com
misalonsrsis given to tho President instead of the Secre
tary of the Treasury. ;
Mr. GIiiMES objected to giving the agents the same
poweras the assietant conraussioru-rs in'eertain points
specified, and otTerrd atr amendment limiting this
power, which-wss adopted.
• Mr; BUCKALEW: moved to strike out tho words ** in
the spirit of the Constitution, ” which was agreed to.
. On motion of Mr. BUGKALEW, to amend to restrict
the duration of office of the Commissioner of Freod
rnah’s Affaire to the continuance of the war, was.car
ried.
Mr. HENDRICKS moved to reduce the salary of the
Commissioner from four to three thousand dollars, which
was « greed to,
Mr. POWELL moved to strike out the T* , ords/“ aban
doned estates, ” on the grouud that the Commissioner
could not lell whether tue abandoned estates belonged
to loyal er disloyal persons. This was rejected.
> A TEMPORARY INCREASE -Olf THI DUTY ON
IMPORTS.
At this point, the Clerk Of the House having ahnouaeed
the passage of ibe joint resolution'continniug in force
thejotiii-retiolutLon increasing temporarily the duties
on imports, y :
-- Ml*. SHERMAN moved its immediate oonsiderstion,
the oTiginaVact expiring to-day, and the new tariff not
yet being a law. ' it was considered and passed.
THE ‘ORIGINAL DISCUSSION RESUMED.
Mr. HENDRICKS, of Missouri, moved to strike out
tho sevcnthYsectioo, which affirms the leases made by:
tho supervising special agents of the .Treamrr Depart
ment, under the authority of. tho Secretary .of war,
and in accordance with the Treasury regulations. '
At the su>r*c*tloa of Mr. GRIMES (Dsm.), of lowa,
the proposition was modified to restrict these leases to:
ono year, and the amendment vras.’then agreed t 0..;; -
Mr, TRUMBULL, of Illinois, moved to amend the
clause in which reference is made lo confiscation, by a
' proviso repeating the feature of the joint resolution ex
planatory of the confiscation bill, which restricts the
.forfeiture to lifetime. '\ am . , - , vV
Mr. McDOUGALL, of California, asked how the Sena
tor, could reconcile his position to a regard for the Con
stitution?
Mr. TRUMBULL said he reconciled this action to tho
Constitution, ou the siuno principle that ho reconciled
his conscience to the killing of .rabbis.- If we had : the
right to take their lives, we have the right to take their
properly. How could such a war as this be carried ou
of California, rose to say that his col-,
league did not represe«t,the sentiment of California ou
thi« question, nor bis own opinion formerly expressed,
and ou which he was elected. ...
Air. McDOUGALL replied in dofence of bis position- -
The amendment was further diecussed by Meters.
Carlhjeand Cowan in opposition. ;
■Mr, THU 51 BULL replied to Mr.CowftD, in favor of his
amendment, advocating perpetual confiscation,and said
that war meant destruction, desolation; aud death, uad
he would nlinopt i-ay dainuatioa. [Laughter, j - ,
Mr. HO"\VK, in his seat, said let It slido.
Air. WILSON opposed the amendment, lest it .should
terminate in a measure of practical benevolence.
Mr. HALE said ho had given way to others who
wished to avoid discussion, and forthwith made long
speeches-as much as to aay, *‘Oh Hale, you rost still
and let mo. talk,*’but he thought ho hud meautlme
enjoyeda comfortable nap, ho had heard more none*
sense ibau ever before in an equal length of time, and
proceeded to show the absurdities which had boen be
queathed to us by English law. as this dogma upon
attainder, tho lifetime tenure of the &c. ,
On motion of Mr. HENDRICKS the Senate adjourned
at 11,20 IV M, «
HOUSE.'
PKRMTTB TO TRAUR IN RKVOLTSD STATES; "
Tho House took up the resolution heretofore offered by
Mr. Ingersoll, declaring as tho opinion of the House
that ail permits heretofore issued by the Treasury Da
-partmeut, &Uowln|[;peM«ms to trado within the limits
of any of the Staton heretofore or now la rebellion,
should nt once bo revoked and'no more issued.
Mr. WASHBUBNK, of Illinois, moved to postpone
consideration for ton day*, which was agreed to—you*
72, naysGOi which 5h equivalent to postponing tho ȟb
ject beyond the present session of Congress.
THE RIGHT OF CONGRESS TO DECLARE A FOREIGN
* POLICY.
Mr. DAVIS, of Maryland, from the CommUtoo on
Foreign Affairs, reported the following resolution,
which lies over.for future consideration:
JRcsolre.tl, That Congress has the constitutional right
to nn autboritalive vnicelu declaring and presenting the
foreign policy of (ho United States, as \ro!l in tho r«cog
uHlon of new Powers as in ot» er matters, and it is the
constitutional duty of tho /’resident to respect that
policy not ]pKd in diplomatic negotiation than in thermo
of the natii’nal force when autftorlzed bv law, and the
propriety of any declaration of foreign policy by Con
groB» istm/lkiently proved by the vote which pronounces
It, and uproposltion while pending, and imdrtterrnlued,
is not a fit topic of diplomatic explanations with any
foreign Bowers.
DISABLED SOLDIERS SHOULD HAVE A CHANGE OF
PREFERMENT
On motion of Mr. HOLMAN, of Indiana, It was
Re.fotv((l % That the ofilcera of this Honse having au
thority to makeappointmenU ought to give the pro
ference to disabled soltliera parmanently injured while
in the Hue of duty.
EXTRA SALARY TO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES.
Mr. G ANSON, of New York, askml, but failed to ob
tain, loave to introunco a resolution giving the dorks
and other employees of the Efouae twenty per cent, ad
dition to their present salary.
EXTENSION OF A PATENT.
Mr. NOBLER or Ohio, from the Committee on Patents,
reported the Senate hIU anthorizUg an extension for
fovouyears for the patent of Fisk’s imdallic coifins He
jiinved a am;pension of the rules in order to consider the
subject :•
Bir. WASHBURNE, of Illinois, said this was a pro
position for an additional tax on tho blood of our
soldiers.
The Hoare refused to suspend the ruleH.
ENLARGEMENT OF THE NAVA' DKFAUTMENT BUtLD-
.Mr RICE, of MaftsachuseUs reported a joint resolu
tion authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to expbnd a
portion of the contingent fund to enlarge tho Navy De
partment building.
AMiINDiIENT TO THIS TARIFF DILL,
Mr. STEVENS, from the Committee of Ways and
Mean?, made a report on the Senate amendments to the
tariff bill.
Tho House concurred in the following:—On cigars of
all kinds valued at slfi or lens per thousand,' 75 cents per
pound aud2per cent, ad valorem; valuml atovorsl,
and not over per thousand, $1.70 p?r pound, and 30
per cent, ad valorem ; valued at over##, and not over
$45 per thousand, $2 per pound and iff* per cent, ad val
oxem; valued atover s4sper thousand, $3 per pound
and 60 per cent, ad valorem: provided'tliat paper cig irs,
or cigarettes, including their wrappers, shall bet tubject
to the same duties as ara imposed on cigars.
'-The, Senate had amended the duty bu all iron Import
ed iu bais lor railroads and inclined plane*, made to
piittern-s and fitted to be laid dowa on suck roads or
planes, without further manufacture, so as to reduce it
from eighty to sixty cents per 100 ibs.
To tlue the House agreed by a vote of 82 yeas against
05 nays. ■ -
Tt ie action was Against the rccomraondalloa of the
Commiuec oi Ways ana Meaus.
: -Mr. SI’EYENB proposed an' amendment, that while
the doty reiuains on railroad iron no intorna.l
duties shall bo collected thereon.
The S.BKAIvEIt ruled the amendment out of order.
’ The Gosuujßiee of Wayij &ad Means recommended and
the House non-concurred iu tbe Senate amesdment
to change tho duty on wood'screws two iafihen and over
in length to nine cents per ,pound, and less than two
inches, in length three cents per pouud. The House
duty was aud cents per pound.
The House disagreed to tho tteuate amendment pro
viding that wool which shall be imported scoured shall
pay in lieu of cbe duties heroin provided five times the
amount of such duties.
The House clause reads as follows: Wool which shall
be increased in value by being scoured or cleansed,
shall pay in eddition to tbe duties provided double tho
amount of such duties. The Senate amendment was
read, that no cotton goods having more than two hun
dred threads to the square inch, counting the warp asd
' filling,’sh&U be ad mined at a less rate of duty than
U provided for goods which aio of that number of
threads.
fiir. NELSON, of New York, proposed to amend the
Senate amendment,, that fifty psr cent, of ait duties
may be paid in legal tender or treasury notes.
Mr. MORKII/L said that the amendment of the gen
tleman would bemisebievotts, ; for if it prevailed we
could not procare coin enough to pay the interestoa tho
public debt.
Mr. Nebon’s amendment was rejeettd.
Mr, COX, of Ohio, offered au amendment providing
for ihe puyinont of all duties, iu the legal currency of
tho United Stales. -This, bo said, would strike off ou>v
hundred and fifty percent, of the bounty which the bill
gives io a special clause. '
Air. Cox’s ftiaendmout was rejected—yoas 34,nays 107.
. The Senate amendment, as above given, wan eon
enmd i«.
Amongother a rnendmentsagreed to were the following:
Hatters’ plus!, not on the sktu, and dressed furs on
the skin, 2d per cent, ad valorem.
Furs oil the tkins, undressed, 10 per cent, ad valorem.
The House coucuircd in nearly all of the Senate
amendments. : It-.was ordered that a committee of
conference he asked of tie Senate, on the few dis
agreeing amendments. The House passed the stellate
bill regolatiug the comrensitlon to pension axeuts, and
'then proceeded to the consideration of the Senate bill
further to.regulaio and provide for the enrolling and
cailiugout of the national forces.
TheHoufe voted on the substitute of Mr. Schenck,
offered on Saturday, repealing the commutation clause,
but retaining the substitute feature, and also providing
for encouraging volunteering for one, two, and three
years, etc. _ This substitute was disagreed to—yeas 61,
nays 90. . ’
The House at 4.30 P. M. took a recess till, half past
seven o’clock.
EVENING SESSION.
EXEMPTION PROM LIABILITY FOR SELLING GOODS
BY LOTTERY, ETC,
The House took up and concurred in the Senate’s
amendment to tho bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasory to release and discharge from liability the
Irish Union Fair , recently held at Chicago, for haring
sold goods, lottery tickets, &c., without stamps.
, ; THE TREATY WITH COLUMBIA.
' TlicHouse passea the Senate bill to carry into effect
the treaty with tbe ; Republic of Columbia, late
New Granada, and extending the convention of 1337.
ENROLMENT OF THE NATIONAL FORGES.
The House resumed the consideration of the bill far
ther to regulate and provide for the enrolling and calling
out the national forces.
THE ANTI-SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT REJECTED.
They voted on and rejected the amendment of Mr.
Broomall, proposing “ that hereafter no person shall be
received or accepted to serve in the array as a substitute
for any other person liable to military duty, vfbo
have been enrolled or: drafted for that purpose. The
term of service of all soldiershereafter shatl be one year
unless soouer discharged, and in liea of all bounties
therein, pay shall be $3O per month, ’*etc.
AIR, STEVENS’ BILL.
Sir. STLVENS, of Pennsylvania, offered a substitute
auihcrizing Jlie rresidenc to call into tho military ser
vice.not excecding*KX>,Cod men in addition to those al
ready called for. to serve for two years unless sooaer
dtc.:hovg^ r sß<l if not otherwise obtained a draft may
be*ordered to take place within forty days, or at such
timo thereafter as the rresident may direct. Any per
son who is Hade ivll ra ff
led may purchase exemption from uie draft for iwo
yetars by paying-fSCO. -Any drafted person may purchase
the like exemption by wing $5OO. The commutation
money thus paid thali gp into the treasurv for the pur-
P»ho of paying the bounties herein provided. Every
soldier voluntarily and regularly enlisting is to receive
a bounty ofssoe.'. If he shall bekilled or die in the ser
vice before the expiration ,of his term of enlistment it
shall go to Ms heirs.
Bis bill alto proposed to accept of 50,000 volunteer*'
forthe term of two years, to bo composed of men be
tween tony-lire and fifty-five rears of age, for posfcaad
garrison duty, etc., to be called the OUT Guard.
Mr. STEVENS said the time had not come to sweep
our entire imputation by a draft into the army, hence he
. was opposed to the repeal of the commutation clause,
and had endeavored to frame a bill which would be
more effectual and loss objectionable. He said there are
three millions of men on the rolls, and if one-half of
them pay $3OO each there will he found $150,000,000 to
be exjituded for bounties. He thought an army of half
a million could be made up according to Ma plaff la
forty days. '
Mr. SCHENCE', of Ohio, said he, as chairman of the
Committee on Military Atfnirs, desired to raise men,
while the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Mr, Stevens,
as chairmau of ibo Committee of Ways and Means, had
devoted himself to framing a bill to raise ftnd pay out
money/ Therein consisted the difference between the
gentleman and himself. , ■
Mr. STEYBNS said his plan would, raise the neces6ary
number of men in a short time.
Mr. SCHENCK knew the gentleman said that, but
still he wrs struck with the fact that tho gentleman had
introduced a biUtoiaise mouey. The gentleman dif
fered from the President and the Secretary of War; and
said, in effect, that they.are mistaken as to the emer
gency in opposing the substitute of Mr. Schenck. It
was a.limping, slow way of getting men, and would
fail in obraining a portion of them until after the time
they arc needed. > '
CONTINUATION OF THE INCREASED TARIFF.
Mr. MORRILL, .of Vermont, interrupted tho proceed
ings by reporting a joiutresolntlon, which, was passed,
coniinning until the Ist of July the joint resolution
temporarily increasing ihoiariff afty per cent
Mr. SCHENCK offered the Senate bill, passed on
Thursday, as a substitute for Mr. Stevens 1 proposition.
It repeals the commutation, clause and preserves the
power to furnish substitutes, etc.: '
RESUMPTION. OF. THE DISCUSSION,
The House voted on and rejected Mr. sub
stitute—yeas 68,-nays Si. . . -
'Mr. Stevens’ substitute' was- also rejected—yeas 23,
nayslSD. -’ •
Mr. SMITHERS, of Delaware, ofiered a substitute
aciliorizingthe Precident, at his discretion, to call for
any number of volunteers. In case the quota of any
State, district,, etc.,shall not be filled in sixty days, ihe
President may order a draft for oue year.
Those who servo for ono, two, or three years are to
receive bounties respectively of s2oo’,s3oo,and 58100. No
commutation is to be allowed. The question being taken
on the substitute, it was rejected—yeas 75, nays 77.
: Without farther action on the original bill,the House,
at 11 o’clock, adjourned. 8 . . .
Arrival of* Prisoners at Point Lookout.
Baltimore, June 27.—The American's corre
spondent; at Point I/dokoutj writing on Saturday,:
says that during the past ten days over two thou-
Eandrebol prisoners liayebeenreeeived,alarge num
ber of whom wen? captured- in the recent attacks on
Petersburg. Over six hundred rebel oflicershavo been
sent, during the past week, to Fort Delaware. ;
Indian Ohlragcs in tlie West.
Omaha City, N. T., June 25.—A. party of Sioux
Indians yesterday killed two and wounded four mon
in Mayfield,ls miles west of this place. A dotacb
racut of cavalry has been sent in pursuit of the mur
derers.
Burning of a Machine Shop.
: Brantford, C. W., June 27.—The machine shop
of the Buffalo and Bake Huron Railroad was burned
yesterday. The loss is -150,000.
Tub Unburild I)b,vd in tub Wilderness. —The
following extracts from a letter written by. Ideate
pant Bailey, one of the late Genoral Sedgwick’s.
staff, and a member of the 10th New York Volun
teers, have: been published in the Rochester
mocrat: ; • /
To
I did not expect, when I left Rochester, that I
shcmklvisit the battle-fields of.the Wtldernoss again,
If at all. I arrived in camp and the day following
was detailed as one of tho officers to accompany an
expedition of*five hundred cavalry to guard an am*
buianee train, and rescue our wounded who wore
yet in the hands of tho enemy, whom they, had
placed under guardand were removingtoßichmond
ns fast as possible, as prisoners. We arrived at the
United States Ford, on thoßapidan, Friday night *,
crossed Saturday morning, and at ten found a dc ;
sorted hospital, where the first three days of the bat
tle were fought. ■ To within about a mile of this the
dead of both armies had been buried; but from this
to the next hospital (about fifteen miles) the dead
remain as death found them, with the exception of
their ■ clothimr. The rebels had stripped tuorn of
boots and shoes, and nearly all of clothing, anil
where there was an exception tho pockets wore ail
turned ! It is estimated that fifteen thousand of our
men, and as many, or more; of rebels lie hero unbu
ried ; and as six weeks have passed since tho battle,
imagination in its wildest fancies cannot ;begin to
l>alnt tho spectacle. After passing through this wil
derness of death, wo found another hospital, sur
prised the guards, took possession, and found about
sixty wounded in charge of ono of oar surgeons, he
being a prisoner also.' We did not stop to iuquire to
whom or wlmt side they belonged, whether friend or
foe, but commenced at once to putthem Into our am
bulances and to inako our way out of this wilder
ness and shadow of death, hastening on our way to
.. . .._ \
Thomas llyer Dead.—Thomas Ilyer, tho noted
pugilist, died on Sunday. : Hyer was not a fighter
byprolession, though:he twice, fought McOluskey,
who first beat Hyer, and in tho next encounter was
himself beaten. Hyer was subsequently induced,
by tho insults of the notorinus'Yunkeo Sullivan, to
enter tho ring with him. Though successful, Hyer
ever afterwards avoided fighting; but. his course of
life was not otherwise so commendable. His ago
was forty-five years. . ; ■ .
Execution op a Murdbrer.— Tho execution of
Francis O. Spencer for tho murder of the warden of
the Maine State months ago, took
place on .Tune 24, m the prison yard, at Thomaston,
aittino. . Spencer ascended the scaffold firmly, au
tended by his spiritual adviser, Father Barron, of
Rockland. He having committed the
crime, and stated tliat his sentence was just, though
before hlsGod ho bolioved that ho was insane at the
time ho committed the deed. Ho died calmly, and
witlioata struggle. 'The execution was private,.but
few being allowed to witness it.
Murder 'in Baltimouis.— East Sunday after
noon a wife; Catharine O&bornc, was murdered by
hor husband whilo in the not of tho most criminal
Infidelity with aparainour, named Peter Sherdon..
The murdoror, John Osborne, when ho came to his
homo, Fremont and Sarah streets, discovered the
criminals, but without apprising them of his pro
senco, silently 'and speedily went; into the yard,
seized an'axo, stolo itrupon them, and struck the
two several violent blows.-Sherdon escaped -with;
a few cuts, but the firet blow tho wife reoolved hor
ribly crushed her left and the othor tho left
side of her head, killing hor instimtly. Osborne
wnß arrested.- - '
POSSIBLE DISSOLUTION OP THE
THE PIRATE ALABAMA AT CHERBOURG.
TEMPOKAKT AIWOBKSJIEST OF THE
THE DANISH NOTABLES ADDRESS THE KINO.
Tie 12th FixeS for a Resumption of Hostilities.
CAPB I?ACS, K. P., Jooe 27.—Hio stcatnor BivAria, from
Southampton on tholSth Inst., was boarded ofrthu
place at 2 P. >f. on Sunday.
. The City of Limerick arrived at Queenstown on tire
12th..;
The Peruvian arrived,at Londonderry on the 13th.
The City of Baltimore arrived at Queeuatowa on the
33? h. .
DISTRUST OF NATO FOREIGN I»OLfCY.
The London Tim?# says the comparative ease of the
French discount market and the satisfactory recovery
in the stock of gold in the Bunk of Frauce fail tocoua
kmct the chronic distrust of the financial and com
mercial claw-ew in .Napoleon's foreign policy.
DEDUCTIONS FROM THK TitlCE OF GOLD IX NEW"
V.^ co of gold in New York seems to indicate
that she portion o. the army in Virginia is regarded by
the pnhhe with increased d««bt
The iron-cased corvette Wolverine, and stoam rams
Enterprife and Research have arrived at Yarmouth, ea
route tor tbo Nouh. 4
rOSSIHLK DISRUPTION OF THK ENGLISH CABINET;
..The Tim** nys minors of a possible break upiathe
Cabinet on the Danish question wore talked of confi
dently on'change.
Confederate loan G.*@66. renosylvaniaßailroad mort
gaged bonds improved 1 p*r cent.
The pirate Alabama was reported at Cherbourg on
the 13tb.
_'jhe United States corvette Kearaage waa in Flushing
Hoads on the Htluust.
TBB LONDON CONFERENCE ADJOURNED.
; The setting of the London Conference is adjourned
until the 10th of Jane.
Illinois, Central ordinary shares have receded three
per cent,and the paid-up shares two percent; Virginia
sixes 1 per cent lower. Consols, at the close of bnsi
neses on the 14th, were SIX French Rentes GSf. 90c.
TIIK DANISH QUESTION.
A Copenhagen ‘ksjntcb says the Danish notables, ia
R ?lrA repB . lo Knfk,intimate that the personal union
? Jind RolKtein with the Kingdom would en
tail the loss of while tUe incorporation of
tho constitution of hehkjtwig with that of the Kingdom
would, endanger the intFopfmdeace of Denmark. The
continued prolongationof «he armistice Is Impossible
unless the basis or a Bath factory peace is proposed.
Advices from Algiers state that the tribes are making
overtures for peace.
The Memorial JhpJmnatiqur. asserts that Earl Rus
sell communicated to'Count Apliguo a Danish note, an
nouncing the resumption of hostilities on the 12ch,
thouid the belligerents not previously come to an un
derstanding.
Earl Rnsecll intimated that, ahonld the AustriaafSeci
proceed to the Baltic when hostilities are resumed, Eng
land would be compelled to send a fleet also.
Austria will not semi a fleet if the truce is not pro
longed. •
. Tie French harvest is not equal to that of last year.
A telegram from Frankfort states that the plenipa
knuary of the Germanic Gonf-deraiiou made a doclara
ti.n at Ihursday h sitting of tbo Conference,in which
he averted the principle that no part of Schleswig can
he ceded to Denmark without the consent of its popula
tion. ..... . - • ■ • ■
: The following ukase,dated Slay IStb, (30th aewstyle),
1b published in the St. Petersburg journals :
“ In accordance with thoreport of tho Minister of Fi
nance, conshh. red in the Imperial Council, weordaia:
“1. The repeal of a!! customs dn.cto3 ouaJl goods ex
ported from the empire and the kingdom of Poland, ia
•Enroptan'trade, excepting timber; potash, pearl 'ash,
rosin, mats, leeches, rags, hones in every form., (except
burnt and powdered), and silk wom*r eggs.
‘*2 AU goods exported free of duty are to be free also
from certain local taxea established (in the European
trade) for the benefit of .various ports, afid instead
theref .f the average amounts of such taxes shall be paid
annually to the said cities and towns from the govern
ment treasury.
. “3. The payment of the fiaid duties and taxes shall
cease from the date of reception of this ukase at each
custom bouso.
fiCttei* of Secretary Chase upon our Fo
reign ami Domestic Commerce,
Sir : The following resolution -was adopted by the
Senate of the United States on the 12ch of March,
1863:
Besohed, That the Secretary of tho Treasury he di
rected lo have prepared and presented to she Senate a
fc.atistical and general report upon the vaiae and pre
sent conditionof our foreign and domestic commerce,
including as wellthatof the Pacificcoast; and, farther,
to suggest what legislation, if any, is necessary to pro
tect the important interests involved. ' _ ....
Id response to this resolution the Secretory has
caused to be prepared, and has the honor herewith
to transmit, a series of statements covering the wide
range of inquiry contemplated by the call of the
Senate as completely as the accessible sources of
information have enabled him to do.
Tbo contents of the report may bo generally de
scribed and classified as follows : : : • -
First. A historical and analytic review of the for
eign commerce of the United States from thebe
‘ginning of the Government. :
Second. An exhibit of the existing internal ebm
merce between the Atlantic and Mississippi States.
. Third. The overland trade'and communications
with the Pacific States.
-Fourth:' Tho foreign commerce of the Pacific
coast. ■
Fifth. The international relations of thenorthern
frontier of the United States with British and .Rus
sian America. . :
The first of these general divisions embraces , a
statement of the tonnage employed, and the.values
exchanged, in our foreign commerce generally, with
the varying proportions of foreign and American
tonnage. It exhibits a genera! view, historical and
statistical, of the carrying trade of our internation
al exchanges, distinguishing the trans-oceanic ton
nage from that employed in trade with the British
■nnssessions in North America j the course of the*,
early in g trade In Ihc great gcograpMcar divisions
of our loreign commerce; its increase and decrease
with the principal foreign countries; the total value
of the exchanges: the.international movement of
the precious metals; and the periodic changes in
the relative value of the Imports from, and the ex
ports to.tLe several customer countries, towhicharo
added the number, class, and tonnage of vessels
built in each year from 1822 toiSs3, with the tonnage
employed in the coasting trade, the whale, cod, and
mackerel fisheries, respectively. • * \ •
The trade and navigation of tho United States
with Great Britain, compiled from the official re
ports of both countries, and given in general and in
sufficient detail to exhibit the extent and fluctua
tions of this branch of our commerce ; the leading
articles exchanged, in direct and lndirect trade, ana
the direct exchange of cohimoditie3, other than the
precious metals, between California and Great
Britain.
- The trade of the United States with. Canada and
the other .British North American Provinces is,
also, .especially presented, on the authority of both
our own and Canadian official reports'; showing tho
extent and character of the exchanges ; the kind
and value of the transit trade of the Eastern and
Western states through Canada and the St. .Law
rence to the ocean.
A general exhibit js made of the steam tonnage
engaged in our foreign commerce, and of the Pa-,
naiha. Isthmus trade, vessels and cargoes, wirh a
comparative view of the steam shipping and ton
nage of Great Britain, and a statement of the* steam
vessels engaged in American trado entered and
cleared in British ports.
The second division of the report, occupied with
domestic commerce between the Atlantic and Mis
sissippi States, embraces the quantities, and .values
transported east and west by the great railways of
the United States: by the lakes, and by,the Wel
land, Eric, and Champlain canals; and* the kind
and extent of shipping on the lakes. Tho tonnage
was obtained from"the reports of State commission
ers of statistics, boards of trade of the. principal •
cities, transportation companies, and other authori
tative resources, and the values estimated by ac
cepted commercial rules.
xhc interruption of trade between idle loyal and
disloval. States of the Union, the suspension of the
Mississippi river trade, and the non-intercourse of
the Northern with Southern states since the com
mencement of the rebellion, have rendered the stsi
tisticsof this large branch, of our domestic commerce
unattainable. The existing records of previous years
are known to be both incomplete and unreliable, and
no exhibit of it has, therefore, been attempted in this
report/ ■ •• ' ■ -
it will be observed that the date used in exhibiting
the cast and west trade of the States and Territories
relate mainly to the calendar year 1862, which is
chosen because in that year its limits were well
defined, and its character well settled and .ascer
tained.
The third, fourth, and fifth general, divisions-ex
hibit the trade of the Pacific coast; its commercial
relations with Asia;the movement of the precious
metals to India and China; statistics of the popula
tion, of mining, of atnrieultural productions, and of -
transportation, in Nevada, Utah, Colorado, and
Kansas, in reference to the construction and sup
port of the Pacific railroad; like statistics of.
Arizona, Now Mexico, /Western Texas, and
Neosho, bearing 'prospectively upon a railroad
from the States' of the Itower Mississippi; to
tho Gulf of Golifornia: similar statistics of
Idaho, Montana, and Dakota, with reference to.
overland communication between the great lakes
and the Columbia river; the situation and prospects
of an international route, passing through the
Northwestern States to tho Pacific coast in British
Columbia ; the progress of. population, mineral
wealth, and other material interests, anticipated
within tho present century in the several belts of
interior States traversed, bythese overland
to the Pacific coast: and tho condition and pros
pects of.tho mining interests of the basin of Bake
Superior. •
In reference to the. existing necessity.for the ex
hibit of our foreign commerce contemplated by the
resolution of the Senate* .the Secretary bogs leave
to say that hereafter tho requirement, he believes,
will be fiiliy met by certain reforms in the annual
report of commerce and navigation adopted by the
department in the report for ISO 2-3, as will be seen
by the volume now in type, and about to bo issued.
, Statistics of the internal commerco of the coun
try, in the present condition of our national statis
tics* must be gathered from sources that hold no offi
cial relations with the Treasury Department, but a
knowledge of them has always been required /for
public and priva to uses, and, in the new condition
of.our domestic affairs, has bocomo more than ever
important and necessary to the Government and
the peoplo, A contribution to tho: fund of informa
tion demanded, believed to be valuable, was pro
pared in the Treasury Department, and published
with tho Finance Kcport of 18*3, giving tho range
of .prieea oi v staplc articles in the New York market
at the beginning of-oach month of every yoar from
1525 to 1803. Tbo labor and research bestoved mion
the inquiry, the results of which are embodied in
the papers now, transmitted,-will at least manifest
an contest endeavor to supply the required informa
tioh, and is submitted as a step towards the more
perfect execution of such a work-
The Secretary is not prepared at present to ex
press an opinion in regard to tne legislation neces
sary to protect tho important interests to which tho
Senate’s resolution relates. ; . /
The fucts exhibited will doubtless suggest to the
wisdom of Congress what measures will best accom
plish that end. :
It is proper to add that the papers now submitted
havo been prepared, under the direction of the Se
cretary, by Messrs, william Elder, .Tatnes/W. Tay
lor, and Borin Blodgett, gentlemen whoso known
capacity for intelligent and accurate research, and
for correct appreciation, of results, supplies a just
ground for confidence in thoir statements and refe
rences. ■
Anandale, June 14.
A Kom TJnbscrtakia’q^—Some individuals in.
Chicago liavo constructed, on the most pnonuye
principles, an odd craft, called tlio Idaho,” ln
whicb.tboypropose to sari to tho Territory of that
name by water. A superstructure: of old boarusds
erected on the bull of an old scow, and in it are lo
cated the berths, and on oach side, together with,
a ccokintr stove, and a larder well stocked, while
round tho wallß are lmne in most admired confu
sion rifles,-'revolvers, bowle»knives; and other wea
pons The hurricane-deck is covered with all man
ner of articles suitable in a now country, such as
spades, shovels, axes,'reaping machine, and a com
plete stock of mining utensils. The hoot Is pro
pelled by moans of a twelve-horse power englno
which turns a stern wheel, such as are frequently
seen in Western waters. It is anticipated that a
speed of from eight to ten knots ah hour will be at-,
t-lined ; but whether she will be able to makegood
headway against the rapid qurrent of tho Missouri
river remains to be seen.
It is proposed to sail up. the Chicago river into
the canal, and onward ta the Illinois river;thence
by the Mississippi into tho Missouri river, sailing
up as far as I-'ort Bcofon, the head of navigation.
At this point the engtoo of tho’boat will bo taken
put, and, with tlm cargo and baggage, conveyed
. aoross the. country two hundred miles on wagons to
Bsimoek City., Onjtho arrival of tho party at Ban
nock City, a brewery, distillery* and saw-mill, will
ho erected. The ongine of the boat will furnish tho
motive power when the buildings &iooQnydBtoui
EUBOPE.
THE BAVARIA AT CAPE RACE.
ENGLISH: CABINET.
lA»ST!«N COATEEE.VCE.
THK ALABAMA.
RUSSIA. • '
EXPORT DUTIES REPEALED.
TREASURY •DKEARTMESTr,' June'25,1864,
With great respect, S. P. Ouase,
‘ Secretary of the Treasury.
Hon. H, Hamlin, President of the Senate.
MW YORK COT.
New York, JnneSf,
■AJrOTJIKIt RAILU'AT ACUfDENT.
The Commercial Advertiser reports an ace.
the Eric EaJiroad thl3 morning, caused by the
way of one or the tails. The entire train was t.
off the track, causing the death of a number 01
eons, and injuring a large number. The locatii
the accident ia not stated.
XiATkr.—The reported accident on the Erie
was much exaggerated. The collision was bei
a freight and gravel train, and only one man
killed, a laborer.
RETORTED MOVEMENT of gkx. footer.
The Commercial Adoerliser r 4 army letter of
25 state? that Gen. Foster’s force, oftholOtht
has probably ere this attacked Chapin's Bluf/
perhaps captured It,
This would permit the ercctionof a strong*
work to operate against Fort Darling.
SAFETY OF THE OOLDEN AGE.
The Pacific Mail Company have information
the steamer Golden Age sprung her port shaft
north, of Acapulco, and was proceeding with
wheel. The Golden City would overhaul and
her in tow, if neeeseary.
FROM BERMUDA.
Bermuda advices report the arrival of flvo st
era from Wilmington, 0., during the week
iDg June llth, They were all loaded wlthco!
and tobacco. *
ISAKK statestkjtt*
Statement of tl>e condition of the Now York
for the week ending June 27
I>oans, Increase....
lieposits, decrease
Specie, decrease
THE GOLD MARKET.
Gold closed at 230@232.
BURNING OF A FACTORY.
The extensive works of the Plant’s r&urafeeL
Company, in Stonington, Connecticut, was bm
yesterday by incendiaries. The loss is $60,000.
marine intelligence
Armed—!Ships TUomas Hanrnrd, Lis-ei
Christiana, Condon ; Narragansett, New Orl
liarks Sandy Hook, from Cow Hay: Rambler, fro.
Brig* Blumenthal, from Humaooaj Adelaide,
tamoraa; Eden, Arroyo. ’
PEKSOm.
Joshua Coffin, Esq., the historian of New*,
died suddenly on Thursday night, at tho ago
seventy-three years. He was a most Intelligent r
diligent antiquarian, universally honored and
teemed. While preceptor of Hampton Aeade
he -nas the Instructor of the late Professor Felton,
Harvard College, and John G-. Whittier, both
■whom had the warmest affection for their old lead
Although Mr. C. was more than three score and
years ef age, he was or the sixth generation br
: the family mansion where he died;
A circular has been extensively circulated t
the English Wesleyan ministers to tho effect
any of them desirous of entering tho Establisl
Church may be admitted for that purpose Into
Aidan’s College on advantageous terms.
Pour strong-minded British females on
travels, wore arrested on Pentecost Sunday In
Cathedral of Cologne, where they were “impro
the occasion ” by distributing tracts denouncin'
Catholic Church, its ministers, and ifS duet
They were clrilly shown to the door and di
in a state of unspeakable Indignation. .
■ Yiseount Bury, who visited New York a
years since on business for the Galway steamers,
sided previously in Canada, and there married
beautiful daughter of Sir Allen Mac Nab, is al
to publish a work on the United States.
John M. Corwin, a printer of Memphis,,
the big silver bar (worth $2,500) that was presem
to the St. Louis Sanitary Fair by citizens or C(
rado Territory,. A decidedly “ fat take.”
& meeting of the Senior Class of Harvard <
lege was held on Thursday, to take action on
death of their former classmate, Major Fitzh
Birney, of Maj. Oen. Bimey’s staff, who diet
"Washington on the Bth inst., of wounds received
the battle of Hanover Coart House, and appro;
ate resolutions were adopted.
Closikg Positive Saes os 909 Pack a*
Boots, Shoes, Beogans, Hats, Caps, Sts
ice.—The early attention of dealers la
to the prime and- fresh assortment of bo<
shoes, brogana, army goods, hats, caps, straw go
travelling bags, (with a stock of a dealer in 1
and shoes.) embracing samples or 900 nackaai
be peremptorily sold, by catalogue, on four mo;
credit, commencing this morning at 10 o’clock
cire!y,'by Xobn B. I\lyer3 & Co., auctioneers, 1
202 and 231 Market street, being their eloein-r
for the season. °
: Tub “Death at the Aitap.” Stoev a .
—Our readers may remember haring read, t>
three months ago, a very romantic and pat:
story about the death of a bride at the steps ol
altar, In the beleaguered elty of Charleston. It
asserted that the bride, a daughter of Got. Pie!
was killed In that happy moment, by a shell 1
one of our bombarding batteries, and the jc y of
friends turned Into: sad, sad mourning. This st
.has at last been proven a horns: by the very prt
whose interest It would be to allow it to remain ui
contradicted. A correspondent of,the Macon Ci
/nfcnrfe characterizes it as a “Yankee lie,” as
such thing ever happened. All the Southt
papers which published It have given the cont-i
diction to the s„ory, and saddled it on' “ lying Yr
tee correspondents.”
The facts of the case are that the N. Y. Dai
.‘Kcics gave it prominence, with the covert purpr
ofbringing odium on the officers In command bef
Charleston, and through-them thy cause f A
Union.".
Personal.—ln publishing the names of the v
fortunate gentlemen who were drowned in the yacht
America, our reporter mentioned the name of John
1). Watson, Esq., the Well-known editor of the
Xerth American.. Mr. Watson was not on board '
the yacht at tho time, and tlio publication of Ms
name was a mistake... This announcement trill please
the many Mentis of Sir. Watson. t
Karkets by Telegraph.
Baltimouk, June 21. —Flour- 'dull. Wheat firm;
Kentucky white $2.25. Cora advancing j white
51.51@1.52 ; yellow $1.68. Whisky firm; Ohio SLBS.
Groceries ouiet.
. SANITARY FAIR.
VOTE OX SILVEa PIEE HOES'.
Good Will EDginc....4,9f4:Phi]adelpMa Eaginer. Bis
F&irjnonnt Engine..... 4.903: 5cattering..............1,122
Kose-.-1;H7 2:
Phcenix Hose 1,654 [ Total
CJIXY X'rjtOM©.
' Glad to,-See:lt.—When the Fair opened on tits
Tth, tv-e took occasion to recommend visitors to the
city to embrace this opportunity sf calling at the
Great Sewing Machine Establishment, JVo. 704
Cbestmit street, and selecting a 'Wheeler & Wilson
Maehine to carry home with them as a trophy of ths
Fair. "We are glad to see that a very large number
have adopted our adviee In this respect. Tha
agent informs us that their, sales of Machines,
within the last two weeks, have been enormous.
■We are .not surprised at this as the Wheelor
& Wilson,, instrument possesses a national re
putation, for which reason all who come to tha
city to get the best Sewing Machine proceed at
once to. tho "Wheeler & Wilson establishment.
Over five thousand of these arc in use in thta
city alone, in our best families, and among them
ail wo have never yet been apprtsed of a single dis
appointment. In fact, there is. no possible risk in
buying a Wheeler & Wilson machine, as every 003
sold is warranted to give perfect satisfaction to tha
purchaser, or the money is returned. "Visitors to tha
Great Central Fair 3hould not fail to call at tha
Wheeler & Wilson establishment, 701 Chestnut
street, above Seventh. The Wheeler & Wilson ma
chines have this peculiarity also,that they are prac
tical and easily learned, and the work they perform,
while it is vastly more beautiful, is equally as dura*
ble as the Tery best hand-sewing.
.. The Most Pekpect Sewing Machine of the
Age.—The course of the “ Florence” Sewing Mi.
cbine has been, we may say, a triumphal march into
the affections of the people, if we can judge from
the stream of Sewing-Machine-Buylng humanity
that may daily be seen obbing and flowing at the
“ Florence” Booms, 030 Chestnut street. This cele
brated machine makes no less than four separata
and distinct stitches. It Is simply constructed, and
performs ft-greater variety of work than any othor
Sewing Machine in use. Every machine is sold
with a guarantee to give the purchaser perfect sa
tisfaction. or themoney will be refunded.
Messes.* Wood & Cakv, 725 Chestnut stukut,
.have redareed the prices of their entire stock of
fashionable Bonnets to cost, including their elegant
new Fot Pourri Turban and popular new English
Walking Hat. V
The NatATOEtTOr.— This- institution,, situated
on tho east side of Broad street, below Walnut, offers
to swimmers the attractions of a lake of pure tepid
water, about 100 feet by 30, in a large, lofty, bright,
. well-ventilated hall; commodious dressing-rooms ;
a complete set of gymnastic apparatus, among which,
those especially appurtenant to the bath are diving
boards, swinging rings, a handsome boat, etc., and
a body of polite attendants always on the alert to
render assistance. To those who are not yet swim
mers, the proprietor, Dr. Jansen, can refer tho testi
mony of many former pupils, who have learned the
art in six or eight lessons—the Doctor’s system
having been surprisingly fortunate. It is tho Inten
tion or the proprietor to render his establishment
absolutely, complete, and all suggestions for its im
provement are attended to as they arise. The liberal
patronage extended is the best criterion of its valna
to tho community.- :
i THKH A-NPSOMTST ASSORTMENT OT STEATV, FEET,
and other Hats can be purchased of Charles Oakford
t Sons, 834 and 838 Chestnut Btreet—Continental
Hotel.
Thebe has been a general stampedotothoconn
try and the watering places. The discreet, who
have gone abroad, took the precaution to procure
for themselves elegant outflts at the Brown Stone
Clothing Hall of Bockhill Si Wilson, Nos, JOS and
60S Chestnut street, above Sixth, while the wisewho
remain at homo havo done likewise.
Tfihoat Diseases, when reaching to the Earyni,
the voice, irom tliis -and other causes, becomes
hoarse; and by neglect an entire los3 of voice ia
often experienced. Brown’s Bronchial Troches-will
be found invariably efficacious.
COUNTERFEIT GRRENRACKB-—BBWARH l
$lOO Counterfeit Treasury Notes,
$5O Counterfeit Treasury Notes,
$2O Counterfeit Treasury. Notea,
are in circulation all over the country. They are &
good imitation of the genuine, and will easily de
ceive all but the best judges. The public should be
on their guard, as none but tho genuine will be re
ceived at the palatial establishment of Granville
Stokes, No. 809 Chestnut street, In exchange fog
fashienablo Summer Clothing.
“Bet tup. Best.”— The best with politicalooe
uoßiists i 3 always roekoitod the cheapest, although
it generally Implies an advance in the price, bat
when the host oan ha had at the samo cost as. the
ordinary, as, for instance, tho one-price Clothing of
Chas. Stokes & Oo*, under the Continental, how
unwise must the poison be who will purchase any*
thing else but the*bost.
A assortment of mlases*, childrens*
and boys* hat*,, at reduced prices, oan be purchased
of Charles Oakford & Sons, s&k and 836 OheSlnc*
.4.♦.-....15,00 f