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FBIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1864.
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nications. Wo do not rotnrn rejected manuscripts.
fy Voluntary correspondence is solicited ftomall
jparts of the world, and especially from our different
military and naval departments. Wien used, It will
ke paid for. •>
TIIE SITUATION,
it is possible, bat not probable, that Sa
vannah has fallen. Admiral Dahlgeek,
In his despatch to the. Secretary of the
Navy, thinks no event could give greater
satisfaction to the country than the arrival
of Sherman's army before the city, and it
was probably in honor of his successful
inarch that the salute was fired by the fleet
and the vessels decorated with flags. Sher
man, however, ought to be strong enough
to take the city without the co-operation of
the naval force, and the news of its surren
der may now be on the way. Savannah is
not defended by a large army, and pro
bably the rebel forces do not number
twenty thousand men, including the Geor
gia militia. _
Simultaneously with the confirmation of
Sherman's success, come the tidings of .a
great victory over Hood. Thomas is reap
ingiflfH fruits of his defensive policy, and
yesterday his army, rested and reinforced,
attacked the rebels, driving the entire left
wing of the enemy from their entrdneh
ments. This battle must have been re
sumed to-day, and is the beginning of a
struggle which we predict will end in the
complete retreat of Hood from Tennessee.
Canadian Reciprocity.
Whatever policy may be pursued from
the double outrage committed by Canadian
instrumentality upon the peace and good
will of the United States, it is perfectly
dear, at the outset, that we should not
blindly do just what the rebel Government
have designed and desire that we should
do. We have said the release. of the. St.
'Albans raiders is a double outrage, because
Canada must bear the odium of the crimes
as W.cll as the acquittal of the criminals.
Thirteen robbers and murderers have not
only been discharged, but their plunder
has been restored to them. Every robber
and raider in Canada has thus derived
encouragement and impunity; and had
the Governor of Canada, instead of Jef
ferson Davis, placed commissions in the
hands of such’ scoundrels, the immediate
effect would not be more distinct or start
ling. But it is because the occasion is se
rious, and we have the gravest reasons to
complain, that all rash counsels should be
deprecated.
Thus far, the release of the St. Albans
criminals has been only surveyed from an
American standpoint. But the injury
done to Canada by this act is, perhaps,
• far greater than that done to ourselves.
Canada has larger material interests at
stake on the friendship of the United
States than this country can ever have in
Canada, and we do not believe that Cana
dian statesmen—however one or more
may rejoice in the rebel cause, and smile
oyer the comedy of the law which has
just confirmed British sanction of the
black flag and the Newgate Calendar
can be altogether ignorant of the over
balance of reciprocity on ithe ride of the
United States. They must also be aware
that, since the United States are rich
enough to afford them the best bargain, our
people are numerous enough to return the
most blows. We place the rebellion aside,
as something which we have already hum
bled and mastered; and, if we know any
thing of the temper and character of the
ultra-Northem and Northwestern people,
we are quite sure that the rebellion has
only called forth half of their virtue, and
that the last half is the most formidable
both for offence and defence. The whple
■fromiermen, We are still a country whom
it will not pay to ofifend, and we are also
strong enough to forego unnecessary re
venges. If the release of the St. Albans;
nrobbers is a contrived insult to our Gover-
ment, puppeted by Canadian statecraft
and counseled by the friends of the rebels
in England, the whole world may exclaim
against the absurd and fatal policy of sa-
crificing two nations to war on the shrine
ofinurder 4Tnd robbery committed by re
bels and fostered by Canadians. If the
Government of Canada could have taken
this means to get rid of a troublesome
question—-making overtures of justice to
the United States, and disappointing
justice in the interest of Jefferson Da
vis —it has done an act by- no means
clever, and by all means clumsy. If the
release of the prisoners in question was a
piece of judicial idiocy, we cannot see how
the Government of Canada, which permit
ted this case to pass before an inferior
judge, and thus resigned its own preroga
tive, can be exempt from shame and blame.
Canada must be a conscious sufferer.
The pretext used to defeat justice in the
case at hand seems to be an altogether
novel one. Judge Cotjrsal decided the
freedom of the prisoners because their
warrant required the signature of the Go
vernor under the Imperial act. The acts
of the Canadian Parliament, passed May
SO, 1840, and May 18,1861, were framed
to provide against thiß necessity, and con
tain these words; “ And whereas, certain
provisions of the act passed by the Parlia
ment of Great Britain for the apprehension
of certain offenders have been found incon
venient in practice in this Province, and
more especially. that provision which re-,
quires that before my such offender as afore
said Shall be arrested, a warrant shall issue
under the hand and seal of the person admin
istering the Government, etc.” This would,
seem to open an important difference be-"
tween the Canadians who favor most their
own protection, and those’who uphold the :
imperial law equally against the interests
of Canada and common and international
justice, and gratuitously aiding a felonious
rebellion. Canadians may* have to' settle
- this difference for their own honor tend in
terest. If they are patriotic they will.
r Of course, the policyfof waging a petty
war of offence upon the Canadian border,
in retaliation for tbe release of the St. Al
bans prisoners, is totally out of the ques
tion. Angry readers tell us that nothing
Will do but to send robbers of our own into.
Canada, but tide is neither just nor politic.
Making reprisals at random for an act of
which, until we hear more, we should not
hold the Canadian Government too guilty,
would be rashly taking fools’ revenge.
The order of Gen. Dix takes the full re
sponsibility due to his office, and is un
avoidable, from the necessity in which the
unfortunate act of a Canadian judge has
placed the Northern frontier. As we are
threatened with farther acts of depreda
tion along the whole of the Canadian bor
der, Gem Drs instructs his officers to shoot
down the perpetrators while in the com
, mission of their crimes, and, if it he neces
sary, to cross the boundary to pursue them
wherever they may take refuge, and send
them, when captured, to United States
military headquarters for trial by court
- martial. In view of the immediate
consequences to us of such an exam
ple as the discharge of the St. Albans
raiders, the generals having command of
the frontier could not probably do less with
honor. The Canadian A overament, we see,
has taken measures to re-arrest the fugitive
prisoners, and will, it may be expected,
fail to overtake them. Suffering under the
aggravated legal and moral injustice pur
sued toward this country by Great Britain,
we may still wait with forbearance the
further development of this question in its,
English and Canadian aspect. We are much
mistaken if the common opinion of the
world does not register itself upon the side
<of the North, and England, for once ac-]
knowledging the power as well as thej
justice of our Government, does not con-j,
fess the folly of conspiring against re-j
publican liberty. It is not in the proba-s
bilities of policy, did wo care to imagine
, 4he worst that might; giqw put of the pro)
sent difficulty, that England is generous
enough to offer Canada to the wolf of war
and rebellion.
By our latest news it will be seen that
the Canadian Parliament has been specially
convened, and that the large sentiment of aU
branches of the Provincial Government is
indignantly against the course of Judge
Coubsal. This is the feeling which we
have the right to expect, and which Canadi
ans owe to themselves. Whether, beyond
the duty which they owe to their own
national honor, the course of the Canadi
ans will be a compensation and guarantee
to their republican neighbors, we must
wait to know.
Did Mailer Confess t
It is not surprising that considerable
doubt should exist on the question whether
Fbarz Muller confessed, at the last mo
ment, that he had murdered and robbed
Mr.. Briggs in a railway carriage. We
have read various reports of his execution,
crowded with details related with painful
minuteness, and, from the first, though not
having any doubt that he was concerned in
the murder, an accessory if not the princi
pal, we-have not believed that he made a
confession. Let us see wliat the facts are:
From the time of his arrest, on the Vic
toria, in New York, hay, Mullrr strongly
‘ denied all knowledge of Mr. Briggs, the
murder, and the robbery. All through, to
the time of bis appearing on the scaffold,
he persisted in this denial. In certain let
ters to his friends in Germany,, written
after his condemnation, and opened by the
prison authorities to ascertain whether he
admitted his guilt, lie reaffirmed his' inno
cence. Perhaps he knew that these letters
would be examined, and>(still hoping for a
reprieve,* for which the. German Legal Pro
tection Society, which supplied him with
the means of defence at the trial, were
making strong efforts,) purposely repeated
Ms declaration of innocence. On themorn
ing.of.his execution,, he.received the sacra
ment, and when Dr. Caepei,, the German
clergyman who administered it, solemnly
adjured Mm then to confess, if .he were
guilty, he emphatically repeated that he
had committed many sins, but had not
Mr. Briggs. One hour later,
Mullbr was upon the scaffold, with the
rope around Ms neck, and what follow
ed is thus related in The Times':
“Following him close oame the common hang
man, who, a* once polling a white hap over his face,
fastened his feet with a strap,, and shambled off the
soaffold amid low hisses. While this: was being
done, Dr. Oappel, addressing the dying-man, said,
<ln a few moments, Muller, yon wUI stand before
God. I ask you again, and for the last" time, are
you guilty or innodent V He ‘l am inno
cent.’ Dr. Oappel said, «You are innocent V re
peating his own words in the form of a question.
Muller answered, ‘God Almighty knows what t
have done.’ Dr. Oappel, said, ‘God Almighty
knows what you have-done 1’ again repeating the
convict's own words; ‘Does God know that you
have done this particular deed i’ JHniler replied,
‘Yes; laid it,’speaking in German, in which lan
guage the whole conversation was conducted. The
German expression used by the convict, according
to his confessor, was ‘ loh habo os gethanand
these were his last words. Almost as soon.as these
words had left his Ups his kind spiritual guides
quitted the platform, and the drop fell.”
Another account, still more minute, says'
that, as he ’ spoke, with the cap covering
his face, the words were scarcely audible,
for the voice sounded as if it were muffled
—which, no doubt, is true.
The German words lei i habc es gotten
certainly mean “ I have done it,” but, what
Mulder said, heard with a cotton cap close
ly covering Ms face, and pressing upon Ms
Bps, might as well have been Nicht Jiaba es
gotten, which is a simple denial, meaning
that Muller had hot done it. This asse
veration would have been consistent with
Ms continued declaration of innocence,
from his arrest at New York to Ms latest
moment of life. The so-called confession
and the final denial sound so much alike,
especially when spoken with a cotton cap
covering the lip and the rope .jerking off
the speaker into eternity ere the words weTe
well uttered, that it is more than doubtful
persistency- and ’surprising . jßrmness all
through. y
In his- prison-conversations, with Dr.
Capped and other, clergymen, it was no-,
ticed that Muller used the language tte
Scripture very frequently. He appeared •
familiar with the Bible, and quoted
liberally from it. A suggestion has been
made that, at the last, when pressed by the
persistent but well-meaning clergyman to
confess, he may have .resolved to make Ms
last words especially emphatic, and used
the memorable expression recorded in the
New Testament as having been used by
Our Saviour— Es.isi gethan —ft is finished.
At present all we have to prove that
Mtjlles did confess is the belief of Dr;
Capped that the words, coming with a
muffled and indistinct sound through the
cotton death-cap, were Ichhabe es gethan ,
and not the plain denial Nicht habe es
gethan. Moreover, Dr. Gappel has given
several versions of what, he says, Mullbb
said at the last. „
Change of Opinion.
The old quotation, “ Tempora mutan
tur,” is applicable to that great English
newspaper, which modeßtly has been self
designated as “ The Thunderer.”. If the
times are not changed, The Times is.
Its readers must have very short memories
if they forget how strongly, how persis
tently, and how recently its writers de
clared that it would be most disastrous for
the world (4 c., for,'the South) to re-elect
Mr, Lincoln to the Presidency of the
United States. 'lf such an event occurred,
contrary to their'hope and belief, they sug
gested that foreign intervention might be
come necessary. Week after weqk, as the
defeat of Mr. G. B. McClellan became
more and more certain, the tone of The
Times became more and more mild. At
last, when - the news,, of that defeat
reached' England, all that The Times said'
was that Mr. Lincoln’s re-election was of
little importance—puttluig this declaration
in Such a as/to leave it to be in--
ferred thstrit was the best thing that could
have occurred.
In common with Earl Kussell, Mr.
Gladstone, and somfcjnore K publiciirts, *
whose strong sympathy with the South ■
has been . kept down by the practical
good, sense of Lord their;
• superior-, in "Office,. T^^JPumes^bna- de- ’
'elated. Over: antf' diver again, 'during- the
last three years, that the present war here
was a contest forempire on the Union side,
for independence on the part of the rebels..
Here, again, we notices change of opinion,
for The Times how confesses that slavery is
the cause of the war. In an article on the
proposed negro conscription in the South,
the great journal says: “We do not expect
that this unfortunate race, doomed first to !
be the cause, and afterwards the main in
strument of the war, will distinguish itself
by prodigies of valor in favor of either.”
Immediately after the fall of Port Sumpter,
in 1861,. the same journal—perhaps the
same pea—'wrote numerous articles to show
that the contest thus begun waff a war of
tariffs, with which slavery had nothing at.
all to do. .
While drawing attention to the weather
cock policy of The Times, it is gratifying
to notice the consistency of that. noble
Italian, Garibaldi, who has lived among
us and knows the country, its institutions,
and its people. The special London orean
of the Rebels having announced that Gari
baldi had adopted pro-Southern views, (it
headed the article “A Recantation,") he
wrote from Oaprera, to his friend Karl
Bund, a noble letter, brief, but decided, in
which he said: “My opinion on the Ame;
Mean question is well known. Not only do
I hope from it the abolition of slavery, but I
consider the question to be one affecting all
mankind, and woe to the world if the North
■ do not come out victorious from this strug
gle." •
JEjploslon of Bnitont’s Powder Bills.
*TBN KBK RILLED AND SBVBRAXi WOHJtDBD*
Wilmington, Delaware, Deo. IB:—Six of the
mills ta the Hagley yard of Dupont’s Powder Mills;
near this effy, exploded this morning, killing, ten
men end wounding several others. The. explosion
wasAhe most serious one that has taken place-herb
for several years;- ; ]
THE WAR.
A BATTLE NEAE NASHVILLE,
CKEAT SUCCESS OF Ottft ARMY
HOOD’S FORCES DRIVEN THREE MILES.
Seventeen linns null Fifteen Huhflrsd
Prisoners Tnkea,
GOOD NEWS FROM GEN, SHERMAN.
ABMIKAY. BAMIGBEH IN COMMUKI-
CATION WITH HIM.
ummn pbombly in oub possession.
REBEL REPORTS FROM CEORCIA.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
A BATTLE IN FRONT OF NASHVILLE—GREAT SUC-
CESS or OUR TEOOrs over noon’s army—lT
GUNS AND 1,600 PRISONERS TAKEN.
Washington, Dco. 15—11.80 P. M,
This Department received unofficial
despatches from Nashville announcing that Gen.
Thomas, with the forces under his command, at
tacked Hood’s army In front of Nashville at nine
o’dook this morning, and although the battle is
not yet decided, the whole aotlon to-day is described
as splendidly successful.
Our line advanced on the right five miles. The
enemy was driven from the river, from Ms en
trenchments, and from the range of Mils on which
his left rested, and forced back upon his right and
centre. He had Ms centre pushed baok from one to
three miles, with the loss of seventeen guns, about
fifteen hundred prisoners, and Ms whole line of ear th
works, except about a mile on Ms extreme right,
where no serious attempt was made to dlsjodge
him.'
Our casualties are reported to be slight.
Hood’s whoio army, except the cavalry and a'
small force near Murfreesboro, was engaged.
Edwin M. Stanton, Seoretary of War.
SHERMAN.
SHERMAN AND DAHLGREN IN COMMUNICATION—
OFFICIAL DESPATCHES PROM THE ADMIRAL AND
GEN. HOWARD—LETTER FRO* SHESMAN—SA-
VANNAH PROBABLY CAPTURED.
Washington, Dec. 15.—The following telegram
was received here in cipher from Fortress Monroe
at 10 o’oloch last night;
Port Royal Harbor, via Fortress Monroe.
Bon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy:
I have just received a communication from Sher
mail’s army* ;
He Is a few miles from Savannah, and In fine
spirits.
I shall bring an my available force Into connec
tion with the army.
A despatch is forwarded with tMs.
Very respectfully,
J. A. D ahlgren, Rear Admiral.
A bearer of despatches from Admiral Dahlgren
arrived -In this city to-day, with the following im
portant despatch for the Seoretary of the Navy :
Flag-Steamer Philadelphia,
In Poet Royal Harbor, Dao. 13.
Bon. Gideon Welles, Secretory of the Navy:
Sir: It is my happiness to apprise the Depart
ment that General Sherman with Ms army is
near Savannah, and that I am in communication
With him.
In view of his probable arrival I had Btatloned
several steamers at different points, and had- come
down from Tullafinney yesterday In order to be at
hand. •
I had not do wait* many hours. TMs morning,
about 8 o’olook, the Dandelion arrived, with Oapt.
Duncan and two scouts, Sergeant Marlon J. Em
mick and George Quilby, bearing the following
lines from General Howard:
“Headquarters Department op Army op
Tennessee, near savannah, Ga.
«To (he Commander of V, Si Forces in the vicinity of
Savannah, Georgia:
“ Sib : We have met with perfect success thus fax.
The troops are In fine spirits and near by.
“Respectfully, O. O. Howard,
“ Major General Commanding.”
Capt. Duncan states that our forces were in con.
taot with the rebels a few miles outside of Sa
vannah..
He says Sherman’s army is notin want of any
thing. Perhaps no event could give greater satis
faction to the country than that which I announce,
and I beg leave to congratulate the United States
eimnot reiiaui from .expressing the-hopauiattlle
Department will commend Captain Duncan and his
companions to the Honorable Secretary of War for
some mark or appr.obatlon for their success In estabr
fishing communication between General Sherman
and the fleet; It was''atf enterprise that required
;both sMll and courage.
.. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your
obedient servant,
J. A. Dahlgren, Rear Admiral,
Commanding S. A. Biookadldg Squadron.
The following is an extract from a letter of Gen.
Sherman, written before ho started upon his great
march, which shows not only that he reached the
point at which" he aimed, hut that he accomplished
the difficult', wink some twelve or fourteen days
earlier than he expected: .
“ Kingston, Ga,OP.M., Nov. 3,1884,
“ Captain Pennocky 17. S. 2?., Mound City:
“Ina few days I will be off for salt water, and I
hope to meet my old friend D. D. Porter again.
“■Will you he kind enough to write him ana tall
him to look out forme about Christmas, from Hilton
Head to Savannah - !
W. T. Sherman, Major General,”
That Sherman had captured Savannah before the
steamer which brought the above despatch-had fair
ly got out of the harbor of Port Royal is probable,
from tiie. met that the messenger, who reached here
this morning, says that when coming out of the har
bor, andwhen too late to communicate by signals,
the whole fleet began to fire a salute.
Upon looking towards the vessels, they were being
decorated with flags in honor of some great victory..
The opinion prevailed on board the steamer that
since she left the wharf news had reached the Admi
ral of the fall of Savannah, ' "
REBUT. REPORTS—BEAUREGARD AT AUGUSTA—
GEN, KILPATRICK REPOSTED TO BE MORTALLY
WOUNDED.
Baltimore, Dec. IS—The Augusta papers of the
7th, received at the American office, say that Beau
regard arrived at Augusta on the Bth,
The Conslitutlonalui, of the 7th, says the Yankee
prisoners report that Kilpatrick was Biot through,
the head and mortally wounded in the light on Sun
day, at Walker’s Bridge.
The Chronicle of the 7th says passengers by the
Savannah,train on Monday afternoon, report all
quiet In the neighborhood of PoootaUgo,
Another report states that the enemy were afl
vancing their main column on the Ooosawhatchlp-
It was also reported that the enemy captured
two guns on Flat Spur Greek on Friday. 7 Nothing
definite, however, was obtained.
KENTUCKY AN® TENNESSEE.
UMBEL CONSCRIPTION AND ROBBERY AT HOPKINS
VILLE—A JUNCTION BETWEEN STONBM AN’S AND
BURBRIDOB’e FORCES EFFECTED—THOMAS’ POSI-
TION. ■ . .
Xouisvillb, Deo. 14. —The rebel .General Lyon,
on entering Hopkinsville, on Monday, conscripted
every one he could find; robbed the stores, and
burned what he could not carry away. A conscript
ed gentleman succeeded in getting his guard Inebri
ated, and escaped while the rebel soldiers were in
quest of c0a1... . -
General McCook’s advanae guard had a skirmish
with General Lyon’s rear guard at Elkton. "
Generals Stoneman and Burbridgo have effected
ajuiotlbn at Boonsvilie, and wIU olqrely follo w
Breckinridge..
■ Ik* cavalry of General Thomas’ army, which
crossed a few days, since to the north- side of the
Cumberland river, were yesterday reorossed to the
south side, with the exooption of a sufficient force
to pursue and rout any rebel force on tbe north
stab of the river. The defences on the railroad have
been so strengthened that ho, danger Is appre
hended. ■
FORTRESS MONROE.
ARRIVAL OP TBE CAPTURED BLOCKADE-RUNNER
EMMA HENRY.
Fortress . Monroe, Deo. is.—The blookade-run
ner Emma Henry arrived In Hampton Hoads this
morning, in charge, of Ensign John Smith, Jr., of
the gunboat Cherokee, Commander Henry E. Dou-
Bison, having been captured on the 6th Instant, lon.
78 deg. 48 min., lat. 34 deg. 15 mis. north, while on
her way to Bermuda. Her cargo is a very valuable
one, consisting of six hundred and ten bale 3 of cot.
ton and a largo quantity of spirits of turpentine.
Tie Dutch consul’s wife and three Children were on'
boaid at the time ot her capture. She 1b anew
boat,"and has just made a suooessful trip Into WIL
mlngton, N. 0., with a cargo of rifles and blankets
for the use of the rebel army. " ,
CAIJFOBMA AND MEXICO.
LARGE RECEIPTS ■ OP TREASURE IN SAN FRAN
CISCO—DETAILS OP THE SURRENDER OP MAZAT
LAN TO. THE FRENCH. .
San Francisco, Deo. 12. V-Heavy rains are still
prevailing. The treasure receipts from the interior
for tbe last ten days amount to nearly j|3)B0 > «pdj
Bullion is In demand at sB.2o@®Bo. Currency bills
are selling at $1.25 premium. Groid coin bills are at
2 per cent, premium. .
The Nicaragua steamship Moses Taylor sailed
to-day with a large number of passengers. The
steamer John X. Stephens arrived yesterday from
Mazatlan, with nearly $lBO,OOO In specie, and a
large amount of silver ore. She brings details of
the surrender of Mazatlan to the French on. No
vember 13th. • ,
Three Fronoh ships reached'thatport on,the 12th,
and a flag of truce was sent ashore to inform Gov.
Rosales that the city would.be blockaded on-and
after, the 13th, and hostilities commenced on the
same day.
On the next day there was a harmless, fire on thq
city, followed by Its surrender and occupation. The
streets were crowded with people, but the affair was
conducted quietly. Several deerees for preserving
order and for the regulation of the ptbbs and mails
had been issued, a new official organ had been esta
blished, new municipal officers'appointed, and a
malireuteopened to Saa-Blas. ~ 1
THE PRESS —PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1864.
Sxtntctti from Kate Charleston, SsTon
n«h, amt Angnsta Papers.
BM, BRAES CALLS UPON THE MILITIA.
We have received from our correspondents
Charleston ftHd Augusta papers from December 24
up to the Bth, They contain uo surprising features
of newß from Sherman, and appear to knoir as
little of that general’s movements as possible.
MESSAGE OF GOVKBKOR BONHAM—THE SOUTH
Carolina militia. .
The Charleston Mercury of the Tth gives us, in
the following extract from Governor Bonham's
message, some Idea of the militia strength of the
“ sovereign ” Palmetto State: .
COLOMBIA, Deo. 6,1864.
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:
, By the accompanying telegram from Gen. Bragg
It will be seen that the enemy Is moving rapidly in.
the direction of Savannah, possibly to cross Into
South Carolina. The State has In the field, and by
this time organised, four regiments of State troops,
who will be commanded by the senior colonel, or by
some one not connected with these forces; and
possibly will be separated and distributed by regi
ments to four different commands. The law admits
of bo smaller distribution. There are good officers
amoDg them, capable of commanding a brigade, bat
the rank of colonels being. determined by lot,'the
most indifferent of the four may command. If dis
tributed they may fall under strangeis loss fitted
than some of themselves for commanding brigades.
Without a brigade organization they lose their
Identity as a State brigade and gain nothing. AU
officers of experience know that the officers
and men of regiments do-not yield such ready
and enthusiastic obedience to one of the
colonels commanding a brigade, he being of the
same grade with their own commander, as they'
would to the same person clothea with the authority
and rank of brigadier general. Moreover, these
troops being’ mostly youths from; the sohColbouses
and the forms, should be so organized that' tkq Go
vernor should have no difficulty In recalling them
whenever he may deem the publlo interest reffuites
it. Their being distributed wilt render this difficult,
and, at times, almost impracticable. It aeams to be
thought not advisable to have the brigadier ap
pointed by the Executive, with the advice ami-con
sent of the Senate, I therefore, earnestly recom
mend, in consideration of the-present-position of
our State troops, that.you peas an act providing for
the immediate election of a brigadier general by the
Legislature or by the officers of the regiments, In .
conformity to the existing law of the State,’who
shall receive pay and allowances only whilst in ser-;
vice. The cost to the State Is but a trifle compared
to the great Interests at stake; and tfs compared
with her proportion of the expenditure for several
hundred general officers In Confederate service.
EXCITING TELEGRAM FROM GEN. BRAGG.
Augusta, 1 Deo. 6, 1884.
To Governor M. L. Bonham :
About midnight on the sd Wheeler’s cavalry at
tacked'the enemy on the Savannah Railroad, a few
miles below Waynesboro. Following up the defeat
ed cavalry, he came upon a heavy force of Infantry
tearing up tfce -ratlroatd—at daylight a very heavy
force of cavalry, infantry, and artillery, before,
which he retired fighting, to Brier Creek, lofllaWag
a heavy loss on the enemy. This morning It is as
certained they have moved rapidly towards Savan
nah, our cavalry pressing their rear.' Alt our avail
able means should he concentrated at Savannah
and GrahamsviHe, apdthe ‘people ot : the country
should tear up and blockade all roads leading across
the Savannahrlver below the mouth of Brier Creek.
" BrAXTOnBeaGG.
GOVERNOR BROWK DEFENDED, AND THE STATES
BIGHT MBN OF NORTH CAROLINA APPROVED.
The Chronicle and, Schtiml of. Augusta, si staunch
supporter of Governor Brown, defends that gentle
man warmly; oalls the recent resolutions offered by
Leaoh of North Carolina .“.Resolutions of Liberty,”
and endorses the opposition of the North "OiroUna
Legislature “to the one-man rule.” Bore Is what .
ft says of Honorable Brown:
Governor Brown-has been unsparingly censured
by a servile press for bis fidellty'la opposing every
measure of the Admlnlstretlblfowhlsb; In his judg
ment, would Infringe upon the rights of the states
and the citizen.' Bat he is honored, and will be
hereafter, by the great mass of the people of all the
States, as the able and unflinching champion and
jealous guardian of the rights and sovereignty of
the States. He is the recognized leader of -the
State Bights party of the' South—lf that should be
called a party which embraces at least-nine-tenths
of the people. He Is a true representative Of, the
spirit of our revolution, whloh la hut an effort of the
States, acting in their indlvMaai and sovereign
capacity, to vindicate and defemUhelrown threat
ened rights and sovereignty.
The following ihows that “ State sovereignty” Is
rampant In the mldst of invasion;
Bight.— The advocates of a one-man power-un
dertook a few days since, by resolutionifin the North
Carolina Legislature* to turn over the officers of
that State to the Conscript officer. The proposition
was defeated by a large majority. We are glad to
Dote the fact. Xt-’shows a right spirit. It shows
that the spirit of State soverriynty is still alive in
North Carolina, and is to he Igpt alive. When the
States are ready to turn oveMhelr officers to Con
federate conscript officers, they might, as well
abolish State lines and make one consolidated Go
vernment. - , . .
The Confederate Government has already 100 much
power over the interna Affairs of States. Instead of
Increasing It, legislation shonld tend to lesson it.
The States now should'be more, careful of their
lights than ever. They shoutd- not, only . yield none,
hut they Should demand ■'*eslorotoh of those which
have been unconstitutionally wrested from them.
The Columbus Sun, In speaking of the great de
sire expressed by Davis to fill ffjfctke' ranks, thinks
he had better begin with those men ho has put into
soft places for beingswilling subsatvlrtrts. The Sun
shows that all men of Influence who have upheld
the Bresldent hare been put into b»mb-proorpo6l
tlons.
■ The following, »om a Sgsannah paper,- la what
the skeptical would termj%|ilkelsrstoryDariag
their visit to Warren county, the Eodetals halted a
.carriage on the road and attempted to foroe the
. negro driver-
hlsbralns-onfcrmilesa 'hffOTea^hiS
with his eyes as big as sguderS,”sthtteie<t|ht, “ Can’t
do St, massa, I rateed-Affi-'m«sa''ftoffi Wddatle Wy.'
Bill me, bht don’t shoot ole massa.”T’fw Yankees,
after taking out the horses, Cutting harness,
and so%e homespun, took thelr-.departure, leaving
the carriage In the road. 1 -'-f -f ' : ; -
The Charleston MerKt-yffEhett’s paperj.ltemlzos
some’ favorite Georgians as follows: “iNbtwltKstand
ing the somewhat preolpßate iotreat of the, Georgia
Legislature, soon after a vote of confidence, Several
of the members have gone to tpe sold,among whom,
so far as reports have re*euea-hs,we find tja names
of Senator-Starke, from Elbert, and of Representa
tives Thomaß Barksdale, from WHkes, and Janies
Barksdale, from Lincoln—a countyTuamta after
General Benjamin Lincoln, of the Revolution,' a
gentleman and a patriot, If nqt a great general, and.
not after the son of Hanfiah Hanks, who now bears
the name of Abraham Lincoln.” -
Noticing Henry & Hirst, a post, of RtHttaelphla,
the Augusta Cmietiluiionalisl quotes a poem from
The Press, and says: . , ■ .... " ' t
This man used to bo oonpWered a good Yankee
poet. Here is tbeJSna&of his last poem on General
Blrrey, Bathos oan no farther go:
“ Only once on history’s pagVsnoh. another spirit
’ pOS’d) . ■ ■ l: '
So passing, conquering Fate By Mg imperial will;
Tele d’armee in h s vision, Napoleon to the last,
Birney, like Blimey living, dying, was Blrney
Still.” ' ■■ -
Such' is fame; An article from The Press, on the
“Exchange of Prisoners, l istalso extracted. We
trust that it will be pondered. v ,
Corinth,s the.Cowrtiiufioßelis/, y-is&urpolnt
of concentration, lojßHtc& jgaee dll the Hospitals have
been ordered lo go ;
General Comlcmuatlon ofj uctoe Go nrsa\’s Decision.
HIS COURSE PROVED TO BE ILLEGAL.
OOTH® or THE CAHADI AN CABISET.
SEW wiIIEAJETS ISSCEII FOB THE- lUIBEBi
Quebec, Deo. 15.—TUs Parliament, wMeh. usual
l; meets on February Ist, will bo summoned to as*
sembleto tie middle of Jannary, wben lawiwitl bo
passed to meet theemorgenoy or tbs great’’offange
of publicfeeling towards the Confederates, since they
have shown an intention of embroiling the country
inwar. . t:
Tbe Cabinet .bad a long session to-day, and it 6
understood that' the de
nounced the act ofJudge Goursal in discharging
the St. Albans raiders. The pretence was that the
Canadian extradition act of 18S1 ijas not & force,
because it tad not been assented "to by the Queen
In Connell.. If the Judge had inquired of the Q-o
-vernment ho would: have found that her Majesty
bad Bpeolally aßßented ttt that 'act,; He made'pn
asserUon against the validity of an fflt'of
dian Legislature without proof. It .turns out that
this assumption was false. Tlie Attoenoy Ceneral,
It is understood) advised the Issue of new warrants,
on the same nigtit, by the judge of the Superior
Court of Montreal, for the roarfest of tbc raideri,
some of whom have gone east, to Halifax, and some
west. Officers are on their traick, and they cannot
escape if they remain m Canada., ~ l
The Canadian Government has no legal right to
not direotly^as'tto courts in independent jurity
diction.' ’if the jhdges refuse to do their duty, or aot
:corruptly, they may' be - suspended, or, in somy
cases, dismissed. It Is possible that Judge Coursaj
will he dismissed. f :
Quebec, Deo. 15.— The discbarge o£.tb9; >i St. Al
bans raiders surprised the members or the Q-bvern
ment, and the ground of the discharge Is pronounced
ridiculous. The maglstratb ls likely Jo be severely
dealt with. New warrants have been issued for
the re-arrest of the raiders, and constables are in
pursuit of them; : .- . I " r 1-
An efficient military force if to "bo sent to the
border towns immediately, to prevent further depre
cations. ; <- •
Montbbai/, Dec. 15.—The of .fudge
Conrsal, the magiatrate.'and tamotho, the chief of
' police, is denounced. They are accused of complicity;
As investigation is going on by-Coundil, and it is
thought that Lamothe win bo dismissed, 1
Toronto, Dec. 16.— There Is a profound sensa.
tion in regard to Ooursal’s decision in the dase,of
the raideis.The best legal authorltles.pronounca
it contrary to law, and it meets general condemns-,
tion. . ' i .
A MEKTIKS OAttBD AT TBOY-TO EWDOBSB QEN.
Alb Ant, Dec. 15.—A public meeting has bees*
called, to be held in Troy to-morrow (Friday) eve
ning, for the purpose of endorsing the late order of
Major General Dlx in reference to rebel raids from,
•Canada, and to suggest or adopt such other mea-i
suies as will insure the protection of our frontier. ;
The names of General Wool and'Major Thorn
head the list of signers. '
Begimbkts ob Ilbinois Ybtkbans bob Han
cock’s Cobfs.—There are many veteran soldiers in
Illinois who are now out of the service! and some of
whom are desirous of returning to it. We doubt
not that if competent veteran officers should take
the matter to hand a'regiment of these men could
be .enlisted and organised In the State, to be ah'
tacked to the Ist Veteran Corps, which the brave
and popular General Hancock has been authorised
to organise at Washington. The inducements to.
enter thls-sew oommand are unusually attractive to
tho sons'of Mars. Which of our Illinois veteran;
officers, how but. of the' servioe, will be the am to
move to this matter V The new corps: will no doubt
'be the best ih the'whole army organisation. It is
tba Intention U Bhould.bo. Illinois ought certainly
to be represented is it.— Chicago -Jwmait, ■
THE SHEKEL PBESS,
INOIDBNTS AND riSKBONAL MATTERS.
THE ST. AIMIS MIDIRS.
nix’s ORDER.
WASHINGTON.
Washington, December is.
INSTALLATION OF CHIEF JUSTICE CHASE.
The Supreme Court Chamber was filled this
morning with ladles and gentlemen, to witness the
ceremony of Chief Justice Chase taking his seat.
At a few minutes past 11 o’olook, the orler formally
announced the coming of the Justices, who, as cus
tomary, appeared In their robes or office.
Justice Wav nb walked In front of his associates
and was followed by the Chief Justice. They all
separated to tbelr chairs, and remained standing
till the Chief Justice himself read the oath of office,
a written copy of which had been handed him by
Justice Wayne. Mr. Middleton, the Clerk of
the Court, read and recorded the commission*
AU the Justlces being seated, the Court proceed
ed to business.
THE NEW YORK BANK TAX CASE.
In the Supreme Court of the United States, Jus
tice Waves announced to the Bar that the bank
tax ease from New York would be called for argu
ment Immediately after the argument of the oase
from the Court of Claims, Involving the question of
jurisdiction; which is fixed for the first Tuesday of
January next.
THE ST. ALBANS RAIDERS;
The Government is officially Informed that fresh
warrants have been issned for the apprehension of
tbe St. Albans raiders, who were recently dis
charged pursuant to a decision of a Canadian court,
and that the police in that quarter are making
every effort to prevent their escape.
THE POST OFFICE REPORTS.
The Fostmaster General’s estimate of postal ex
penses for the year 1886, as communicated to the
Rouse to-day, Is *14,098,600. ,He *182,080
for trahs-Atlantic servioe, $400,000 for letter-car
riers, *7,800,000 for inland transportation, and
*48,000 ftr the West India servlee.
THE HOUBE CALENDAB,
The calendar of the House has.already been
cleared of public bills, leaving only those of a pri
vate character to be aoted on,
.The House to-day passed, In the precise form In
whloh it was reported from the Committee of Ways
aid Means, the joint resolution giving the true
construction and meaning of so muoh of the Inter
nal revenue act as refers to the tax or duty on
• cigars. It.to be assessed on tbe real value—tka price
for which the same shall have been sold, or alleged
to have been sold, or offered to be sold, is only to be
an item, of evidence to enable the Inspector and
assessors to ascertain the trne value.
THE EXPORTATION OF ARMS, AC.
The twenty-first section of the tariff act of" July
14, 1882, limits the time allowed for the withdrawal
of goods from public stores and bonded warehouses,
for export or transhipment, to three years. The
order of the President, dated November 21,1882,
“that no arms,'munitions, or material of war shall
he cleared or allowedly he exported from the United
States until further ordorl,” &e., has prevented the
exportation or transhipment of such goods, in cer
tain eases, until the limit has been nearly reached.
The Secretary of the Treasury, In a letter to the
chairman of the 'Committee on Ways and Means,
says that unless speedy roller Is afforded by Con
gressional enactment tbe goods must necessarily
be sold as abandoned to the Government without
any default on the put of the owners. In one oase,
the time will expire' early In January next.’ In
accordance with the recommendation of the Secre
tary,'-the House to-day passed a bill applicable to
thls subjeot In the way of relief,
MB. ASHLEY’S BILL,
The bill reported by Representative Ashley to
day, providing for a republican form of .government
for the States subverted or • overthrown by the rr.
belllon, is based on the bill passed by both Houses at
the last session, but from whloh the Executive ap
proval- waß withheld. It recognizes the State of
Louisiana as reconstructed under the new Consti
tution.
CONFIRMATIONS BY .THE SENATE.
The Senate to-day confirmed the following nomi
nations : Joseph F. Bowman, Assessor of Internal
Revenue In the First district of' Indiana; Benj.
F. ScniBLBB, Collector of Internal Revenue In the
same district; B.'-Flatt Carpenter, Assessor of
Internal Revenue in the Twelfth District of New
York ; Jonathan J. Wright, Collector of In.
teihal Revenue In the Sixth District of Indiana.
niraiTH CONGRESS—-Second Session.
SENATE*
Hi. CLARKE, of New Hampshire, president pro tem.,
in the chair. ,
THE LAKE SfAW.
Hr. SUMNER, of Massaehusetts, offered the follew-
Ibk* which w&e adopted; '
- That the President of the United States be requested.
If not inconsistent with the public interests, to furnish
to the Senate any information on the files of the Depart*
meat of State, concerning the papers published in the
volume of treaties, and entitled an arrangement be
tween the United State's and Great Britain, between
Richaid Rush, Esq , acting as Secretary of State, and
Charles B. Ago}, his Britannic Majesty’s Envoy Extra
ordinary. reTafSngto the zaval foroe to be maintained
upon the American lakes.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Mr. WILLEY, of West Virginia, presented a memo
rial from the citizens of the District of Coluyc bia, asking
an amendxccut of iho chartsr of tlio District of Coldoi* 1
Wa, which war referred to toe Committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia, - .
' tax OH CIGABS..
Mr. COW ATT* of Pennsylvania, presented a petition
from the cigar makers of Philadelphia, asking that
the tax he taken off of manufactured articles-and put on
too raw material,' Referred to the;Committee on TT
nance.
■ INCBEASB.OF ARMY %AT. .. ' -
- Mr. jYl£fpN,;of"ifsissachn»tts, presented apeUHon
Military
DISLOYAL NAVY YARD EMPLOYEES.,
ke
War to inquire as to toe troth of the al
leged.charges. that large riimhers of disloyal persons
axe in the employment of the Government in the nary
jardp, Quanenuaster’s and ordnance depots of toe
countr y to the exclusion of loyal men* With power to
eesd for person* and papers. -•
Mr. XaH£, of Kansas. I desire to make a statement
that was ie ade in my preseheelafft night before a lafge
aseembiy of geHUemen, In a' puhiie spee.-h, that a few
day e age toe son of .a foioier. who died of starvation in
a rebel prison* applied at toe Philadelphia navy yard
for employment* Which: was necessary lor tire mainte
nance of tfc e family left by this soldier n ho died of star
vation. Be was refnxedy Whilo at the moment of his re
fusal there wse toonsandsof disloyal men in. ths em
ploy meat oftofttnavy yard. I mahe-thai statement in
the heariag of the Chairman of the Commute© on fJaval
Affaiijß, and call his attention to it. thapas
eace or toe resolution; -
Mr. CHaHPLBB, of Michigan* suggested that, as the
Committee oh the Conduct of the War had a* zanoh be
fore it as iL'cohldpossibly do between now end tbe 4td
of hSarch* th e resolution had bitter be referred to a spe*
1 cial-committee. *■ v * ‘ . .. '
Mr. of-Kansas* said his object Was to have toe
investigation made and the report upon it before toe in
-• etallatlon of the new Administration. If there was
such ah evil as that spoken of* it should be made
known, and toe policy of the Administiatioa should be
changed in its installation: He was one of the men who
believed that no Government could bo successful, y ad
.■ rutaisCeied unlesg it surxouhced itself with office-hold
ers in sy mpatb j with it. He n anted the report be. ore
the ithof March next.
Mr. JOEHSOH, of Maryland, did not know that he
. had any more confidence in the Administration then the
Senator from Kansas* bnt he had no doubt that the
President would see to it that offices were filled by
loyal men. Whatever might be said as to the loyalty
cftoen&vy yard employees, ltwasa fact that they all
votedfortfr. Lincoln. He did hot believe the Senate
had any sight to interfere in tots matter, which he
thought was One pertaining to the j&xecntive Depart
ment of the Government Suppose the investigation
turned out as the Senator from Kansas anticipated*
what could the Senate do? .hotoitg but express fin
, opinion which could have no legal binding wnatevbr
upon the President* and ho might or might not disre
gard it, either because he thoniht it hie interest to do so
or not. Ab he did qot eopeur in the conclusion of the
ifirnator bn toe subject, Tie was opposed to'toe resolu
tion. "-rr-
Mr. laae T s resolution was then parsed. :
MB. CHAm>I»B3t } S KBSOItUTIOHS.
Mr. CHAUPLER, of Michigan, asked to call up tire
first resolution - offered by hint yesterday. Re wished
it to be referred to the Military Committee without
debate.
ttr. SUMHEB, of Massachusetts, suggested that it he
refensd'toiho.Uominiiiee.cii Foreign Relations. If it
took that direction, ha would hare nothing to say;
otbeiwisehe should speak on it.
Mr. GHsRpLER was willing ,th&t it should go to Ike
.'GOmmltlee on Foreign Eelatlofia; and it was so referred.
Mr Chandler, then called up the second resolution
Offered ly him yesterday, and it was referred to the
Committee on Foreign BeJ&tlbns.
Mr. BSOWH’ offered the following, which was
adopted; •
Resolved, That the Committee on Military and the
Miliiia be, and they are hereby Instructed to inquire
into the expediency of so amenling the act of Congress
•of March 8lh; 1792, entitled ’ * 'An act to more effectually
provide for the national defence,” by establishing a
Uniterm militia throughout the United State; and also
the several acts amendatory of the s&me as shall pro*
vidcTfor the'enrolment Of all' male citizens between-the
ages of 18 and 45 years, resident in ihe respective Mates;
Without'respect to color; and also to submit such other
provisions.as may tend more efficiently to organise -the
militia system- of the United htates, and to report by
bill or otherwise.
INTBB-STATE COMMERCE,
On motion of Mr. G HANDLE If, tho House bill to regu
late commerce among the several Stateß was made the
special order for the llrst Wednesday in January.
TEE IvIBERIAE GUEBOAT.
On motion of Mr. SUMMER, the hill to transfer a gun
boat to the Government of Liberia, was taken up.
Mr, rOWELI, was opposed to the bill.- He did sot
believe the- Government: of the- United States ought to
sell SiinboatSfobiher,Governments.
.Mr. SUMSES said the hill was drawn up In accord
ance wlthrthe -recommenuation.of the-President in his
message, and read the passage in tho message which re
lates to tbe subject.
The yeas and nais .were demanded by Mr. POWELL,
andrrssulted ae fpllpws: yeaa3J, nays 9, Messrs. Back
alfcw, Carlisle, Davis, Bardlne, Powell, Biehardson,
Riddle,-and Wright v.oting in the negative.
ADJOUBWNUSMT TILL MONDAT.
Mr. FOOT moved that when the Senate adjourn it
be till Monday next, which was carried.' :
HiIiITAKY BtELS.
On motion of Mr. WHiSOif, several military bills,
which passed the House last session, were taken up
and referred to the Military Committee, among them
one to define the rank and pay of ohapiaiUß in the army.
THE’ ABfjAUXT ON ’PETBBSBUKQ.
Mr. ANTHONY, of Bhode Island, offered a resolu
tion. Which was adopted. Instructing the Oommittee on
the Con duct of If oWar toinanire into the facts connect
ed with the assault on Triers burg on the loth of July,
1864. -
The Senate then adjourned till Monday.
HOTJSE OF KEPEES33NTATIYES.
YOB HIMTABY OKDEBB.
Mr. HOLMAH, of Indiana, introduced a resolution
'directing the Secretary of war to furnish a eopy of tne
order issued December 21, TE63, in.rogard torroopr en
listed bn condition that they Hlioutd ho dischiiTged when
the regiments were mustered out of service
Also, the order,, dated December, 1863, addressed to
the Governor of Massachusetts -in regard to troops to
fill up old regimen!s;-and also to inform the House
whether, the,principles . therein announced have been
avpilrd to a i; soldiers mustered to fill up old reaimeata.-
yir, HGIIENCK. of Ohio, objected to tbe considera
tion of the molutios, unless It were referred to the
Committee on Military Affairs, which be said now had
that subject under consideration, and had already ob
tained information on the subject.
Mr. Holnian’srtsoiuttottwasrcferredtolheComniit
tee on Military Affairs.
TUB ABRBBT OF I.IBUTBNANT GOVERNOR JACOBS
A3SB COI.ONEL IVOJ^ffOKD.
Mr. MALLOBY, cf Kentucky, asked leave to offer a
resolution requesting the President to communicate
papers hearing on the arroat and imprisonment of Lien'
tenant Governor Jacobs’ and .Colonel Wolf, rd—llio lat
ter one of the Presidential electors of Kentucky—by
whose order armted , and where they are imprisoned.
Mr. STEVBHS, of Pennsylvania, objected.
THE INDIANA'DISTRICT COURT,
On motion of Mr. OBTH, of Indiana, the House
took up and passed ..the Senate bill, providing for a
Bpecial term of the Court for the District of Indiana,
THE PENSION LAWS.
On motion of Mr. GEI6WOIID, of Jfew York, a reso
lution was passed directing an investigation of all tbe
facte as to tbe pi ectleal operation of the pension laws, a
system'of permaf eht-relief,. and to inquire iato the
actual condition of the present invalids, and what mea
sures should be passed to secure to them employment,
'■independent of pensions.
DIPFICXhtTIEB ON THE KORTHBBN BOBDBR,,
Mr. COX*.!of Ohio, offered a resoiution, which was
a< Reiofusg, That the Secretary of State, If not in-:
compatible with, the public service, communicate to
thia Houte ail communications on file in Mb office with
leferencetoibe difllcntiita upon tbe Northern border*
and; which have been referred to the Oommittee on
F Mr- g COX slid this. information wasdeslred with a
view to home notion of ihe Cfiminittee onForeitm Affaire,
and for tbe elucidation of the question submitted to
theta; - , . ' . .. '*, * v •• ;*• i
*'KEBjttPTION yBOKTAXATiOir, ' t- j
Mr.tßLAfh T E, of Maine,movedthnt theOommifcteeof
Wtys and Means bo instructed to inqdlre Into the expe<
war<lK from fte two-per-cent, taj impwad
ScHon. «1 tha Internal rerenne act of ISM. Adopts*.
JIAVY TiBD AT 0&W290.
«*■ y TfpTpr,T? tOHN. of N*>w York* offered ft resolution*
ifiSSSSS | W^Wa^vV
yard at Oswtgo, New York.
Bttbsist»kobi bkpartmbnt.
Sir. SCHEHCK. of Ohio,, reported ftwn tte Comm tte»
on Military Affairs a.biii forihe better organization oi
the Snbbiateace Department
THANHS TO WINSLOW ANJ> CUSHING.
On motion of Mr. DICE, of Minnesota the HoiUft tog
up and paused the Senate joint resolution ftlvSng tne
thanks of Congress to Captain Winslow W*4l
t?ntnt Cashing, the one fordestroring ihe Alabama.aaa.
the other for the Albemarle.
THB HOMKBTfiAD LAWS. • .
Mr. DONNELLY, of Minnesota, introduced ahili to
require all persons applying for the benefit of tue pre
ezrpiion and fconusiead Jaws to make oatn that they
bad never deperted from, the army, or restated the
draft, oreecreted themselves to avoid being enrolled or
drafted, or discouraged enlistments; and providing
that whenever snch offences conld ba proven, the land
claimed should revert to the Government. Referred to
the Committee on Public Lands,
FOUBCGN FOLIOr.
Mr/ DAVIS, Of Maryland, from the Committee on
Foreign Affaire, reunited the-following resolution :,
EeBotvt&i That Congress has a‘constitutional right,
to an authoritative voice in declaring and prescribing
the foreign policyof the United St-.tos, as well lathe
recognition of new Powers win other matter*, and it
ie the constitutional duty of the President to respect
that policy, not lees In diplomatic negotiations than la
the Ufa of lhe national force w hen authorized by Uw;
ana the propriety of any declaration of foreign policy
by Congress is sufficiently pTOV,pc|*by the vote wW O ®
pronounces it, and such proposition, while peadTjag
and undetermined, is not a fit topis of diplomatic ex
planation with. an* foreicn Power.
Mr. DAVIS moved the previous question on the
passage of the resolution. , .....
Mr. FARNSWORTH, of niinois, moved that the
resolution lie on the table, which question was decided
in the affirmative—yeas 69, as follows :
YEAS.
I Farnsworth,
fi ooch,
Grinnell,
Foie,
Higby,
Ho.chkise,
Hnbbara (Conn.)
: Halbard,
iDSoreoll,
>. Kelley.
:Ke loggCMioh. ),
Kellogg (if. Y.),
<*it-lejjhn,
Longyear,
Marvin,
Mcßride,
MoTndoe. /
I Miller (N. Y.),
1 Moorli^ad,
Morrill, _
"Morris (N, Y.),
Mydre, Amos
Myers, Leonard t
NAYS.
Allen, J. 0. > Garfield* Noblo,
Allen, W. J. Griswold, Odell, ,„ i r *
AUlßon, Bardina, O’Nedl(oMt>),
Ancons, Bernotr, Orth, l
Ashley, . Folman# Pendleton,
Baldwin (Mich.}, Hubbard (Iowa), Ferrv,
Blier, Jenckes, E-rdfjm,
Blow, Johraon (Pft.)» Randall (Pa. )*
Brooke, • . . K&.bfleisch, Setback,
Brown (W.Ya.), Karnan, Sloan,
Chenier, King, Smi there* ;
Cox, “■ Khcx, Starr, w _
Cravens, Law, „ Sfaele(rf. J.),
Davis (M(L ), Le Blond, Steele Iff, Y. )•
D&wboh, ' - Loan, Stevens,
Dennison* . Mallory, Stiles,
Eden, Marey, . Stuart,
Edgerion* McAllister* Sweat; .
Sidiidge, Miller (Pa.), Townsend.
Finck, ' Morris (Ohio), Wadsworth,
Ganson, • Morrison, ’ Yearnim.
Mr. DAVIS, of Maryland, when the result:of the vote
was announced, &Bk«d to be relieved front service on
the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He desired to .taka
al l the responsibility connected with any service which
the Honsaput upon bimVbat when, in the course of the
. discharge of his duties, he found himself to differ from
the opinion Of the majority, be thought he, should no
longer hold any such position. The House, at Us * last
session. on his motion,, passed a resolution touching
tbe foreign yolicy in relation to the Republic of Maxiao,
and it was adopted unanimously. It was sent to the
Senate, and there It still lies. It had been pissed
by tbe House only * very few days, when th*
officer charged with the foreign correspondence of
this Government directed our representative abroad
virtually to apologize to the French Government
for the resolution passed .by the Representatives
of the American people, asserting, in effeet. that
this House had gone beyond Us just jurisdiction, in un
dertaking to prescribe to the President the rule by
which he should be guided. Tbia corraspoadance .was
made the subject of a circular to all the foreign Govern
ments, to let them understand that Congress has no
right to speak with regard to the foreign affairs of thi*
Government, and that nothing was to be regarded hut
What came with the sanction of the executive branch
of the Government. The correspondence of the Secre
tly of State was, in its tone, disrespectful to the dig
nity and character of the House of Representatives,
Tbe. Secretary of State had. in the face of all Europe,
slapped the House of Representatives in the face ia his
corresponds nee with, the French Government, &ud he
asked the House whether it wonld not to-day assert its
own dignity?
Mr. COS’, of Ohio, said if the House should ex
cuse the gentleman from Maryland, -he himself would
ask to from further service on the Committee
on Foreign Affair*. The House sent this resolution on
French intervention to the committee. The gentlemen
examined it with great deliberation and much learning,
»a the report in tbe case would show. That reporc
challenged the admiration of everybody, excepting
those who are not intelligent enough to read the pro
ceedings o! Congress, or who do not understand the di
plomatic history of the subject. There was nothing* of
a personal character in it. Every intelligent man read
ing it rnnat be satisfied Congress has some vo ce in di
recting the foreign affaire of the country and the diplo •
malic arrangements by which we keep peace with
the world. There was no reason why the voice
of the chairman of the committee should Rot
have been treated respectfully in this House.
The House passed that resolution, and it went
to the Senate, and • there, for certain reasons, it
sleeps the sleep of death that knows no waking. The
country land the continent fhavebedh intuited by th’s
French intervention in the affairs of Mexico. The
Home, in a moment of pride, and nationality, and true
dignity, asserted its proper prerogative on this ques
tion, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs carried out
its wishes. He did not think the gentleuanfrom Mary
land should ask to be excused from serving on the com
mittee, unless he holds this House and Congress in ut
ter and absolute contempt He hopedsomethisgwould
he done to vindicate the House from executive or diplo
matic aggrandizement. We have had for three years
some of the old questions which have agitated England
for centuries, namely, the contest between royal pre
rogative and parliamentary privilege, with the ex
ception that in England the Parliament is paramount,
and we in this country ought to be limited. by a
written Constitution, The gentleman from Maryland,
not'only in this, but in other matters, had as
serted Congressional right against Executive usur
pation, and, therefore, deserves the* thanks of
every-national man. He appealed to every gsntleraaa*
hereto vindicate the dignity, of Congress. There was
no doubt in his mind that Congress ha*» i' no£ a con-.
Alley#
Aznea,
Anderaon#
Arnold,
Beaman,
Blaine,
loutwell,
Boyd,
Broomall.
Clark, A* W*
Cobb,
Davie (M.T.),
Daves,
Timing,
Dis^on',
Donnelly*
D*te**V
E'kioy,
Eliot,
Intloh onihetable, the House thonghfotherwl'se. ”|£t
the gPsilfiED»nfrtHD Maryland shoaid not take mob rake
at anything this House should do, as he exposed Execu
tive interference by the 'manifesto which he had the
boldness to vindicate-before the people. Is concltuaoft,
he expressed the hope that the Htfnse would sot pass a
vote of censure on the committee by excusing the gen
tleman from Maryland from service on it. If the Bouse
should doso it would sink to the lowest level, and de
serve to be placed at the footstool cf power and kicked
by the Executive. He wouldvote ag&iastexcu&ing the
gentleman. He could testify to-hU outspoken frananess
and nationality, and we need just such a man now and
het eaf ter os the committee. «- ' /■ ' > -.*•
Mr. BLAINE, of Maine, said a parallel of history was
sometimes worth looking at. • The foreign correspond
ence with France had brought this, question before the
Bouse. Three- quarters of a century ago we had a diffi
culty with this same nation, and this difficulty ret a’tad
in givingus a precedent. The very same objections
and appeals were made during the Administration of
W ashingtou by Genet.'and pressed upon Jefferson, the
Secretary of State, and he called attention to the tacts,
reading them from, the Life of Jefferson G*net and Jaf
ferson.had discussed a friendly proposition which Genet
had brought from his own nation,'and said ought to ha
adopted without consulting Congress, Gtnet having
got into a more moderate tone, Jefferson stopped him
and explained the functions of our
aying that all such questions belonged to the
Executive Department, and even if Congress were
in session, theycould not be referred to it;. Genet
asked if Congress was not sovereign, and Jefferson said
no;, that Congress was sovereign only,in making
laws, the Executive in executing them* and the Judi
ci&ry.in constxmng them. Said the Citizen Genet. Coa
gr«s&"bindBUB to treaties and their observance. Jeffer
son replied, so; there are very few cases arising out of
treaties of which Congress can take notice. Mr. B. was
satisfied to have the same construction which existed at
that day. He could not 'see anything more mischievous
taan for Congress to plant itself on this resolution. By
it we absolutely deny a concurrent power on the part of
the Executive. It.overturns the entire history of our
Government, and seta ont on. an eatirely new course.
He thought the House j ostified its ■ elf-respec thy laying
the resolution on the table.
Mr. STEVENS, ot -Pennsylvania, said he was *o ob-/
tuso that he failed to see the least analogy hatwaon the
cases cited by the geDtleman from Maine. Jefferson very
$ properly told Genet that Gonjcreee -had ho right to inter
ler© with treaty stipulations, for treaties by the
Constitution arc the supreme Jaws of the land;
This is the whole extent of the precedent. He
could not see that it had . any bearing oh the ques
tion before them. Suppose Congress should pass
a law not permittma any foreign Power to es
tablish a monarchy on the continent of North Ame
rica. Has not Congress power to do it? Has not
Congress tho power to say we will not suffer thrones
to be erected within our dggutfus?- If SSS
enforce it-well. He was how. speaking of the
power of Congress. If it lead to war, Congress
alone has the power to mahe the dedaration. How,
then, could H inierlere with the executive authority
when the Home proposed a joint resolution that
a certain line of policy should be the law Of die
land? It is as clear as the sun at noond&r, unloss
we are willing to stultify ourselves. Last srh
slon we passed a resolution pro eating against the
interference by force in the affair of Mexico. Hava
gsnUfmenspwawo&o'to a sense of their error on that
occasion? One branch of this Government, the Execu
tive, inrebuhmg. thin body, tells foreign nations that
we are an Impertinent set of meddlers, and the Execu
tive pays no attention to this body. He (Mr. Stevens)
h&d no censure to bestow on this body. JHd it not
become Congress to *ay, “Got out of the way. Mexican
heretics, and do not interfere with the grand policy of
the republics of this , continent ?*.*. And were they to
pause because foreign Governments found fault, and
because gentlemen - say ; here these questions mean
nothing, and the representatives, of the people are
nothing; that their sense .of policy means nothing; and
- We need not trouble ourselves abautit ? The "Sacrstary
ol state will take case th&t these impertinent boys shall
do no harm. [Laughter. ] Itwas the duty of the House
tovinoicate the dignity of the country, and to elevate
it from tbe low depth to which it was sunk. VEhen an
oppoi-tunity affojded. he would endeavor to
introduce the resolutioii.i» a modified/orm, asserting
that it hi the duty.of the Executive Department to to*
Bpectthepoiicy. Hewaa opposedtoexcucingtho gen--
tleman from Maryland from service on the Oommittee
on Voreiga Aflhlrs. . ■
Mr. BuUTWEIL, of Massachusetts, said he voted
with the majority to lay the resolution on the table;
he could, not see that the vote of the majority was a re-.
flection on the gentleman from-MarylaUd. Nogeatio-;
man, enjoys to a fuller extent the respectthis Souse
than be does. Hej therefore, hoped tho^igent^man f
wtuld be excufed. Xt was -well known that at the last;,
session tbe House pasted a resolution affirming theJtfou
roe doctrine, which was not eustamed by toe Senate,
hence the resolution could not be taken a« the expres
sion of the ssnse of .Congress. It merely expressed the
will of this Bouse. The resolution which the House has
laid upon the table is peculiar on this point. It assarts
“that Congress,** not the House, has a constitutional
right to an authoritative voice-in declaring and pre
scribing the foreign policy of the. United States as well
in the recognition of new Powers as in other matters.
if the resolution had Btopped there, no gentleman
-.would have, questioned Its propriety; but it went fur
ther>und_ declared that it is the constitutional dut/of
*«gwt.that policy, not less iu diplo
j6 the national force,
when authorized by law. This part of the-resolution:
the impression that the President is acUno w
tfSFoi 3igrtsa la ex trcise of tho constitu
tional rights of Congress.
explained that he inade-the mo
tion with no intention of disrespect toward the gentle
man from Maryland, but purely from a sense of duty.
He hoped the gentleman would not be excused. ..
. iITr SFATJLDIJSfG, of Ohio, said he joined moat hearti
iy in the action or tho House in the resolutions passed
during the last.se»sion proUsting/against any foreign
inter/* rence in the affairs of- Mexico. He wished to
stand, live or die, by that doc'rine. He believed it was
perfectly legitimate for the House to exp r ess its views
on tbat subject ineeppctive of any co ordinate branch
or the Government. When the proposition came up this
morning he was inclined to vote for its adoption and
again e#laying it upon the table, bat on farther refteo ■
lion and examination of the resolution he was fearfal
phraseology, ae it conveyed a direct attack on the
£• f Executive of the nation. He did not wish to lend
his aid to any each legislation. He believed we have a
T/esident who preserves unimpared all the inutitations
or our and he would not do anything to im-
S l gn Ms, integrity. • He trusted the gentleman from
arjlandwonid withdraw his reqnest, as the House
nsd con fidence in hia wisdom and patriotism.
* Mr. DAWEB, .of Massachusetts, trusted it would
not be e. asidered disrespectfol to repeat that from
tne sublime to the ridiculous was but one step, as ms*
nxfested iu the matter aud manner of tbe gentleman
ftomMarj lane, and the silver tone* of the gentleman
. from Ohio, (Mr. Cox), ihe latter having expressed the
hope that the gentleman from Maryland would not be
excused, because that would bring the House to the
ce ;, s , lty k? f ®*cdtiug him (tne gentieman from Ohio).
He (Mr Dawes), after that announcement, chteaed his
views, because he could not excuse both. He thought
better to biar with both a littia longer, because it had •
been so ordered by their respective constituencies. The,
gentl*manfjM>m asked leave of the House to
report his resolution, and tbe House m destly sugzested
that it bad better not be leported.- and this was the re
corded judgment to day. Thegeutlemanfrom Maryland
had thrown bime,elf on tho bjesesof the buckle of this
House. He did. not see why the geutlsmaa should not
continue on the committee, and try it once more.
Mr. COX, in reply, said tbo ganttemsnfrom Massa
'cliuEotis wastbefiist to display his ntagnaaimitv, and
reff r to the defeated members of Congress on the Demo
ctßticß'de. The gentleman might have had a better op
portunity to display his vindictive feel'ng on some
question more connected with.parliamentary decorum,
but it is true, said Mr. Cox, the pi aces whieh oow kn >w
-us will soon know us no mor« tfdr^v*! 1 . W*» bear our
fate with Christian resij nation. C Laughter. 3 we do.
not eee anything in tbe Constitution which requires ne,
to quit at the e&d of one year when we »re eleete4-for f
two. We are required to serve out the entH t a. term,a*d
it would be ineoDvenieut in a pecuniary sease to go
home and 7 flnd that our comtituents are agaiast-ue. I
been here as l< ug as the gentteman from massa*
chnsetts. Ad Hew England control*, the
.may be here eight year* longer. I was,chalrmavofthe
C mmittee ou Foreisu Affaitf, ana-the geatiamiu was
on the committee av my aubordiaatA
bV so eeyeKeou his former superior. ) The
grav e furnjehep one iUoKtrati.on—tfc&t of old John Fal4
stsff, whokilled Hotspur after he was dsad! . . 7
. Mr. COXmaoe sems ,tutther remarks to ahow that
the act* v of the Pretldent juul t h* B ®SS‘.&f«k
™f“flUd H H "hVbeea tro^htapla
miDOiitifeT and lived in minority, and crusted-ho
would aivai» baar.himaalf with eonjnimitf P«f ■*
learf-* ftorviff® itt thin HOUS3 he hn4 manifoBte|B®
wrlnnßl K-oleeii or dtsappoti tmeat, and hence ihere was
tMwjgraeaffoa,
ftTflsrtschrefefts, It had beenreputedlyelated that«ne
Slolutlon ass-Ued the Present He, was ready to
aelail the Preeident or ain-hody else. wk*n. -SPJifJS 4
across the broad track of plain prlneipteSr and yet no
Scdf on the committee* coawirpsated *SS?Su«J l lf?J
Prelldi fit. The resolution was avt acobwel) of hi# ow a
hrafn feroc ght here to faan* die**rtations noon. Toe
fcnhifist was of the gravest importance, and had attract
ed me attention of the-wor/d, and every friend of law.
fKiTwu bleeding under the talons of the
French ?ag!*7 and the Honse said Hwonla not recpff
ufjfeiin vroyal Government on the rains of a republic.
Tbfs w JsSoSb of a reality now than at the last session..
„ “i I %nt?T* til* fanit of the Government than ours The
Fecretsrr of State sent abroad a despatch to a forei/tn
Government relative to a matter pendißjrm the Irfgis
lattve Department, where the Executive eye bad ‘no
ricbt to penetrate, end entered into explanations to da
nnve-’tbe Bou&b Of moral power, and auctioned not
on’y the wisdom and expediency, but
Honra to say one word. That resolution was drawn
carefully and critically* with a staAioas avoidance of a
t-lurnpon the President or the gentleman who presides
bo imblv . ver the Department of.btste.
The Secretary s#ict\ tills was purely an executive
qnention. If Jo, then the Bxecntije speaks for. the
Baited States, t&e assertion of the President * right to
declare what shell be our course in foreiffa affairs was
dear yin conflict with.all precedent# The doctrlae
waa insultinß to th* judgment of Congress. Before it had
been pronounced, he denied the coredness of the
pojltion assumed by the Secretary of State aud joined
iseneon principle, not personal grounds. The prece
dent quoted by the eenUoman from M.aiae» f» r -
Blaine,) was frivolously Irrevelant. when informa
tion of the;event.qf to day crosses the water a shout
from more than <noi hr oat will go up at.the cringing of
the Bouse of Bepreaentatives at the dictation of the Pre
sident. He would not allow his name to go abroad in
tb Hew York, said he voted to lay
the relation on the table. It was of grave important.
The geatlvman from Maryland immediately moved the
previous question, thus cutting off the right to dUcosa.
or tq change its phraseology. Besides this, he did not
believe thet in this exigency any good woull resuit
„ from its discussion. England and Prauc» well uader
-Btnod onr position on the question to Which the gentle
man referred. Homan entartiioed more respoci fox the
private character and public position of the qeatMmair
than he did. and he hoped ho-would not be excused.
The question vas then taken, and the House refused
to excuse sir »»Tiß from further service on tae Com
mittee on Foreign Relations.
Horton* _
O’EeiliXPa.)*
Patterson,
Ferh&m,
Pike,’
Pomeroy,
Price.'
Sice (Mass.),
Koiiiae %fif. fi,),
Scofield,
Shannon*
Smith,
SpauLdtng,
T&ota&s,.
Tracy,
Übseu*
Wish euroe(lU ),
Washburn (ilaasl
Wheeler,
Wilson,
Wiaora,
Woodbndge.
Mr.-STEVENS off.red,a resolution that, the Senate
ccnctfrHiur, thd House will adjourn ou Toursdar, 814
intt.. to January 5,1868. He said it was perfectly deer
the House would gain nothing by refusing to adjourn
over the bohd&js. ■ .
Mte resolution was sgteed to.
. ’ " ■ OUAIiAKTE.IS TO SUBVERTED STATES.
. Mr. ASH LET, of Ohio, uftroduceda hill to guarantee
to certain S-.atea, snh'verted hr overthrown by-rebellion,
a republican form of government, which was ordered
to he printed.
Mr. SCHOFIELD. of Pennsylvania, offered a resolu
tion, which was passed, instructing the Committee ou
Commerce to inquire into the expediency of establish
ing a marine hospital atErie, Pennsylvania. : _
Mr ASBIdSF, of Ohio, gave notice that on the Bth or
Januaiy next he will call up the pending joint resolu
tion from the Senate proposing a const! .uttonal amend
ment for (he abolition of slavery throughout the conn
tty, and that he would demand a vote upon the resolu
tion the Monday following; ’
The Hoti-o passed the hill making appropriations for
invalid sad other pensions, the bill making an apprn
priationXer the diplomatic and consular establishment,
the Joint reeoletton giving the true construction and ,
meaning to so mac: of the internal revenue Rotas re
lates to the tax ca-tobacco and cigar.; and. In addition
to the above, passed a bill «ro riding that, tn computing
the three years allowed hr the twenty-first section or
the act entitled an act increasing temporarily the duties
on importer and for other purposes, approved July Id,
IK2, for Hie withdrawal of goods xrom aoy public store
or bonded warehouse, for exportation to foreign coun
tries or transhipment to any part of the Pacific or
Western coast of the United States, If such exportation
or transhipment oPacy goods shall, either for tee whole
or any part of the said term of three tears have been
prevented by reason of any order of the President of
the Unit, <1 States, the time during, which such exuorta
tiun or transhipment of such goods shall have besnso
prevented, as aforesaid, shall be excluded from the
said computation.
fiThe Hence thou adjourned till Monday.
A VISIT TO BT. JOHN’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, AN
NAPOLIS—THE MEASURES TAXES FOR THE COM
FORT p'f the patients—the—oenebal ar
rangements;
tSp! elal Correspondence of The Press. 1
The St. John’s College Hospital here Is under
the management of Dr. Palmer, surgeon In charge,
and his executive officer, Dr. Tremaine. They are
worthy of praise for the systematic arrangement of
Its cleanly apartments, and for the very kind atten
tion they bestow, on their 700 patients. I visited
the hospital a day or two ago, and, from what I saw
there, can assure every mother, wife, and sister of
the sufferers here that their hearts need not ache
. because they are not with them. If they could only
see how comfortable they look In their neat white
spread beds all pain would he spared them. One of
the surgeons Informed me that all the appliances
are bestowed either by the Government or the Sani
tary Commission. As X passed through the different
wards, I noticed that each one was well supplied
with rocking chairs, and alluding to the great com
fort they must he to the invalid, the surgeon re
plied : “ Y ob, this Is one of our rich gifts made to
us by the Sanitary Commission.” The Invalid took
up the words and remarked: “ I think it’s likely
that all about me Is' from the Sanitary, for I see
my flannel shirt, this wrapper, and pretty much all
I’ve got on, has-the stamp of the United States
Sanitary Commission on It.”
The diet kitchen Is under the cireof Miss Hich,
who, with her assistants, was busy preparing deli
cacies of various klnds for two hundred patients who
were not able to go to the convalescent table. The
whole atmosphere was filled with the odor of savory
viands. On the stove X counted mutton chops, beef
steaks, oysters, chicken, milk, tea, arid other very
palatable articles cooking. A man stood by a table
buttering nicely toasted bread ; before him were
eight to ten rows of,the staff of life, rising up like
pUiara of strength, to the inner man. Thu- ehieL
"SlDlf ’tfiSfhe nat
tered twelve hundred slices of bread; or toad;,
dally for the diet patients, and prepared eighty-six
different dishes at eachmeal. While In conversation
with this good-natured person, thebntcher brought
In a supply of meat, amounting, he Informed me, to
one hundred pounds per day for the so-called dipt
kitchen, though this did not sound much like It.
Before we left this:attractively clean place the
oysterman was met emptying his cans. Upon in.
qniringhowmanyoysterehehad.he replied, “Six
gallons is my every-day deposit here;” and oh! they
were sd In expxejslbly fine-Iboklng, l could not resist
robbing some poor follow of one large bivalve to
ascertalh thelr quality. Next we wete shown the
f tore-room, where there was a good supply of Sani
tary, stores, pads, pillows, shirts, drawers, arm
flings, stock of crutches, fans, and other comforts,
which, the Doctor said, had been deposited by the
Upttad States Sanitary agent. They were useful
articles that were notfurnißhed by the Government,
The executive officer having; given us permission
to and oar ora? among the patients, we 'passed
several bouts, most. profitably and interestingly,
conversing with those who had none to cheer them
for many months, and writing letters for those who
were too feeble to uao the pen. When the day closed
ouriahors we felt like the disciple of old, who sild,
“ Master, it Isgooilto he here,” and wished that we
might setup: oar bCbeynaole and glorify the Lord
by doing good to the sick, the lame, and those who
had been Is prison. ' ! . L. G. P.
CSpecial" Correspondence of The Frees. 3
New Tomr, Deo, 16.
TEE CPDYKE iW) TOED LIBEL BEIT
is absorbing afair degree of public attention, tlie
courtroom belrg. crowded by men both prominent
atfi nnpromtaent, wbo appear to feel an uncoml
mon interest, cot perbaps so nmohin the parties
-tismeelyes »g Ip tbe dewiopmeßfe'wbleb, ft- ir'es
peeted, wUI bo made daring tbe progress' of the
case. Tuesday, the'opening day, witnessed the
simultaneous appearance of both Messrs. Opdyke
and'Weed, together with Albany and New York
editors, Albany and New York politicians, and, in
deed, leading men of both cities, who knew, or per
haps had only heard, of the two athletes who were ’
there for the purpose of settling their difficulties.
The battle promises to be of the earnestly-contested
sort, in which one of,the : combatants must beobadly
used up. If the promise be fulfilled, somebody jrtll
coma out somewhat;threadbare in reputation and
In pocket. .
; MtßM’Ol.mni3t .BW-Oaß FBHl>, .
which was originated by the Nereid a day or two
after the conclusion of the Sanitary Fair, will pro-,
bably be put to a better use than the one to which it
was to.have been-devoted.. -The admirers of Mr.
McOlellan.lt would appear, have lacked the neces-'
■spry enthnsiasmi, the amount of the fund thus &r
' being only $092 10 ; about half the sum requisite for
the Bwora purchase. Various propositions for Its
application have been made; among others, that it;
Should be devoted to the procurement of a good die.
ner and comfortable winter olothing for the Bohe
mians of this lolty. -Beneficent -charity and stem
.propriety i»r« hero at ‘ loggerheads, however; and It?
'« bow ptepcfeAtS devotoitto a-fund for purchasing
the house and grounds which are to be bestowed
•upon-Admiral Farragut.- At all events, the sword
idea has fallemthrough—a failure.
In the absence of or during the temporary blber
naUbn of the prevalent species of criminal, some of
ourftremen have volunteered In their stead, and at
tempted to get-up a tragedy of much proportion
ana.goriness. Two. hostile oompanlosteave had a
mutiny on Broadway, and joined issue in-conflict.
-Bbme twenty persons were more or less injured by
pistol shots and minor contusions, and several are
now in hospital under treatment. The chief engi
neer has suspended these companies from duty, and
the ringleaders of the riot have been arrested.
.-There was great excitement in the neighborhood ,
during the affray, and a general scattering of non
combatants, who stood-ia foar-of glancing bullets,
and stones. .
The following are tbe quotations reported at Gal
lagher’s Evening Board: Gold, 235% j.Neir York
Central, 117% ; Erie, 93%: Hudson Elver Railroad,
117%; Reading, 139%: Michigan Central, 139%;
Michigan Southern, 72%; Illinois Central, 138%;
Cleveland and Pittsburg/110 s" Cleveland and To
ledo, 112% ; Chicago and Rock island, 107%; North
western, ,43%; do. preferred, 76%; Chicago and
Fort Wayne, 104%; Canton Company, 86%; Ohio
and Mississippi Certificates, 85%; Cumberland
Coal, 49% ; HMoksUver Mining Company, 93%;
Mariposa, 55%. ~ *. 1
The Tome ov Washthoton nr the Hakds oh
Guerillas.— ln one respect, three years of war
have made jm difference in this vicinity, so far as
guerillas aie concerned. In 1801, it was deemed
unsafe to go from Alexandria to Mount Ver
non, and. there Is the Bame danger now. The
guerillas aft very bold arohnd here, frequent
ly coming to within five miles of the oley li
mits ; and Ifa courier 18 met by them on any
of the high roads ho is unceremoniously robbed,
though'ssldom receiving bodily harm unlesa resist-'
ancebe made. The farmers in the vicinity have lost
heavily In their stook, these rebel robbers having a
great predilection for sefeteg all-the horaes’thav can '
lay their bands upon. From, the suburbs of Alexan
dria you can see a range ofblUs, on which can,'also
be discerned the tower Of Fairfax Seminary:
and bey ond that tower It is very unsafe to travrt,
for the region in the vicinity Is Infested vsth-gaet
rtjlas, some of whom may, as you look towards:
these very hills, be gating.therefrom with, a opyct
out eye upon the city, ana only kept from, catering
it by. the Union troops stationed them And as'to
Mount Vernon, it Is. now very rarely visited. There
ate no longer tourists from all parts of the'
country-gathering to do homage afcjthe shrine of
Washington. The negro hackdrlvera In the streets
of Alexandria prudently decline to drive anybody
out thine, no matter how large Is the profiaoed nav ;
It li fortunale that the. Prince of WalSf-viittwi
Washington’s tomb before the war, for it would
have been rather humiliating to have been ohliwed
to send wlthhlm a large military esoovt to Molnt
Vernon, to save elm from the rebels prowdino
ADJOUBKHKNT FOB THE HOLIDATS,
MARINE HOSFITAL AT ERIE.
BILLS ADD RESOLUTIONS PASSED.
The Released Prisoners;
B,lBBl.
SEW lOBJE CITLi
FIBSEttEK’B BIOT.
THE BVHNINO STOCK BOABD.
Mb. EowjutD V. n, rpt „..
makes the Important ann™'™ 0 -®>
Stantttog the large advanc, t a
pßctograpMng materials, ho J,'* 15 !
all .styles, (luring the UHLitT ***l
facUßSes tor producing plo -j r ' 6l o: < ■
notice, «o scarcely equalled f c
Mbbbbs. Wpon&C<RY,r25 { ,
made a- redaction ia tia it3a! i
Bonnets, Fanoy Hats, aad otH-f 11 ' 1 ' 4 ® n
Une, to which we would direst tiJ l,T,i! fc
of purchasers. ~ e r st:;,-
Wb attended the sale cf tbo „
Art Gallery, which csmmenead «
B. Scott, Jr., and were reaH7 E ,.» ,
attendance bo good. Tie ic:
withstanding the inclement
that good paintings were *l
Philadelphia public. The sa'e
and to-morrow evening, at ?x o- ei^ ri
APaikop Shoks atAMisF, va
ingenious man who made apa i r or , ;
in such a short space of titoe, by :
of a pair of boots, slitting downt£' i3s bi
Ingtho strings from the spare fan &
made his eon a round about t T ., ct 't
tail off of a frock; coat, and it M JV ’W
the same time. This mightbe c-V' S d
way of bringing to notice Chart* 1 s
One price Clothing store, under ,•*
Hotel, Chestnut, near Ninth, 16
Sbteemah’s M aeoh,- Sherm- n .
have reacted Hilton Head.
that the main tody of the army \!f‘ } >'
dragoons,” la comlßg—that tte'f' 55 ’
reached, and a j auction formed .15
good time. It Is understood tfcr . ‘ s
Sherman gets through with a j-’ :i h
will come Worth and procure for a -' 4
elegant outfit at the Brown Stone :
BochhiU & Wilson, Kos. (KB
street, above Sixth. ' 1 -s i
Boy thb “ FtosSKOB.’ 1 —It j 3
In malting rorefcases to get the
so In FeleotlEg a, Sewing UuUne
son we feel under obligations
readers to examine the
tog. We Bay examine, merely, ; r ' r
hear of a single Instance in wMci J,.
bl this great machine has not *e r ., 8 !'
foresee over all other*. Theraetn'ii.-'
ing Machine carried to parfecth 2 , , ‘' er '
■ Ecebsall’b Auric a. X,i>'iir f:ST ,
core for barns, scalds, sprains, ifca'am.i
shot wounds; &c. A Bingio ;
pain from a bum the instant it j E jl “J ''
ly should bowithout It. " *
TO KecteaXize OiwasgiTEPg,
forms we nse disinfecting agent!,
caased by bad teeth, tobacco, splrfeof
neutralized by Sozodont. >Xi= a isji.j,
fler, and a great luxury as a <!en!?is;»
pulßlve breath Is by its use rendered t»f r ‘
rose, and coldness by Mends ot lory
longer noticed.
Sold by all Druggists.
DIAHONB S*T »OE SAI.B.— A lajy.
sat, conaistingof-ISrsoelet, Bre&stj;
rings, witb-thlrty fllamcada of tta 6;.-,
tell eighteen-karat gold. Weight ie: Si> .
sixty pennyweights,. Addrefj, a : tts '
P.,” at this office.
CHIt-BBBN’S C BOTHIES POE Hos®,
BENTS.— Boys’ and girls' owreosu, "sy
children's zephyr goods, misses'
and best assortment In the city, at jj. %
Co.’s, No. 4 North Eighth street.
EYB, EAB, 'AWD OATABKH, SOSWEI
by S. Isaacs, El. D., Oculist ami Aw?
artificial cros tascrtod. Nooliargsf-
Qbobsb Subk & Co.’s Banos, n
Hamlin’s Cabinet Organs, (or sale osli
Gould, Seventli and Chestnut streets.
Ladies’ Tubs.—A large assortnmi
' Jjoode'at David H. Solis’. 622 Arch street
• SPECIAL NOTICES,
The Schoieacees
PIAHOS,
ACKHOWLEDGED TO BE
THE FINEST IK THE WOHIS.
CELEBRATED FOB THEIK
STJPERIOB TOSE AND JIKKH,
KNOW.V TO BE THE
- HOST BDBABLE UrSTEffJfßim MIDI,
ABB SOU) UPOU THE MOST EEASOSABIB'
AT THE WABEKpOHS,
Be. 1021 CHBSTSOT STBBBI.
We respectfully Invite our friends sod (m 5
gerei&lly to call at onrw&rerooms and exacte*:
tensive assortment of highly improved Sh«i
Grand Pianos, We bare received the highe-t pr-s
at all the great exhibitions ever held in t-:::
including the Prize Medal at the World’s F& r. &
dtelwu, iltow tostiii»>’-.. -
tbs beet artists in this country sad Ptxrope.
Wei feel satisfied that there are no Pianos made:
country superior to our own.
Ab Philadelphia manufacturer?, wo pride ours-:}
having achieved a reputaiioufor onr rastnmeu;.-;
celled by any other makers in this eoontrr. ;
wellrinownfact that our Pianos have for nnc?
male talced their high repatation, notwlthshstfr’
po verfal competition of the Eastern maters.
Ifev "Jorkaad Boston Pianos have fceea floods
this market through their agencies, and hsri’is
them 88 sbe only Pianos lathe country; yet at thi
time these same agents very seldom coimnna to *ii
one mat ox’s it strum* nts for any length of ri&>, k
reason that they are inferior, and they avc co: wi
take bold of oilier makers’, paihaps etill mortis
although puffed up by them as celebrated Pians?,
at the same time such makers haveserorV-ab
or beard of In their own cliiea. Tfce
that our citizens are oftfcn indaced to
ferior Instruments* without consideiins their si;
the general interests of their city.
The advantages e»u rcitizenshave in
manufactures certainly should not be ore:’ . '-;
the following reasons: *
Pitst.-It is acknowledged that PhiUdriafe k
great manufacturing city of this coimtr?, -mi «
bratedforits superior sms skilful workmen
Second. The purchaser obtains the Pisa:
up,lhe manufacturers, and sayes the
the agent, who usually claims greater prafrrha
manufapturer.
Third. The agent’s responsibility awrcuts f'
there is no redress; the instrument he
the market, and the purchaser msst mu to s
Whereas* on the other hand, we, as the min-* 2 ®
are held revocable, and cannot shirk ths s#
billfcy like the agent. Our reputation iut
times, and it is therefore to our interest to nrc
other than first-cl&as instruments.
Fourth, Admitting that such -■$
egoal te our own when new, they cannot
satisfaction, or we&rthe same length of
reason that the agent depends upon other? to
pianosashe sellß in order, and -will of wane s*
pend any of his profits to do eo, whilstWe,
faejnrere, have our own excelled wortaa,
understand the business, and will
attention, and the Pianos he made to waa.r -j*
Our establishment is one of the most
country, and when our ’V
frees are completed, it will he one of the l&tj 6 ••
world. Our object is to make this braatho
one of the great institutions of tMs city* . s .
Our instruments also possess great
others, und our extensive facilities for
•enable us to beep on hand a large stock of
procure the test machia ery, &c. «
If persons desirous to purchase will »
will prove all thatwe have said In reg*rd » our
There are, of course, always differences of r
prejudiced minds, and those who are intew»‘ • t
sale of other Kanos who may differ from us;*®* "
have only to say that it would give us mocu P
any time to test our instruments with sxy o
which, they may choose to name, }
We agate ask our friends a ”!l;^f.P^,a a d tha
examtee our -superior Places, w- - iws4 ,
house te this city can conspstswi-i ,
reasonable aud terms accoffiawdating.
H. B.—Second-Ism' RMOstaWa mexAans*
Oidarsfor trains siouptty attended to.
SCEOH4OKES 4 ®®'
Jfo. 1021 CHSSKiir StH
4«14-w/fcnst
ecagawM Obobge Stuck & Co.’s m
nrn> fiahos, 11 *
. Aim
HABOB & HAMbIU’S
CABIEET OBGASFS. g;
FIABO . Over 500 eaeb of thews icj !V S9 J
FORTEB. teatauueiils ,haVe bsea sow ,i iS j
FIABO by Mr 0., and the daicaad i» Ik-g*
FOBTBS. eoaStautly tecieasin*. IniS!
FIABO For sale only by fool
FOETBS. J S. GOultl>,
PTABO SBVEHTH and CHSSTinJTEt*.
FOBTm nc-19-a .o»*'
HecuebTs CbouF-Sybuf.
The following testimonial*, from aM* j
which ihepropriefcor fe datiy receiving* , l-waS*
mation in it is held by persons wuob*
and proved its virtues:
WjxcHssms, CoLtrMsrivi. c^ ryT ‘W
'••f Becemhar « 1 *
O. JS. Hsckt, Easton, Pa : A
Peak Em : I feel it a duty I owe to $
teiesied in, or having charge of,
aftertwo years T experiences ith jour 1
I iave so much confidence in it as a sw& W*
unfailingepre for the most etubbora atzsc .
that I would be derelict in duty
without having a "bottle of it at hand.
week one of my’children had, ■nnexpacKuir» }
severe attack I ever witnessed, in wrhieb ,
tisfied nothing but your Byrap saved his u
do otherwise fewa. recommend it, believio^s si j«
fails; it certainly never has with me* 1
this as you see proper.
- ' , Trulyyoura, . __ HBEBSI t
O; £. Recht* Esq. * , w . *r jati 1 J
. Bsuut Sib: I i>*-r8
Sjrnp in mj finally, and fiad it to f#**
prerrattve aid coig for Crcrap.Hml also-=
GRl f,
“OT’Sktb^
gSßorftFOtmjH^
Prepared by
'dell 3t,
BatIKG EETBEMINBB to “OSS®
WIHTEK STOCK OF BEADY H*®® & S»"J
are sailing: i* in lews amonnts ok‘* T „( ;»y
PRICKS, MUCH BELOW,
DTJCTION. Our purchases haviM ““ wJfcO
at the lowest srrites of lAcswwfW. .l
offer customers the ,,,,
assortment Is full and complete-*®-“ o
and fashionable, esnal to any St* ,ho«
eomnehlowerinpriee, aetowto»- b
17 procure thelrciotMni i! I t® %' ff KB fiiiA ]