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The Ice Breaking.
These are unusual signs that we see .in
our national heavens. They certainly have
a wonderful meaning. In the North and
South there is another commotion than that
of cannon, more quiet, deep, and perma
nent : Gold is tumbling in Philadelphia and
rißing in Biehmond. Pobtbb and Farba
otjt are masters of the sea— Shebman and
Grant are masters of the land. We have
closed every port on the coasts, and hold
every considerable town but t
'Wilmington, Charleston, and Mobile.
These are material triumphs. If we loot
to Richmond we find the Legislature of
the Confederacy fighting Davis, and the
newspapers quietly discussing terms of
peace and the conditions upon which they
would consent to a reconstruction of the
Union. Obb and Foote, in the rebel
Legislature, are of more value to
ns than if Richmond itself were in
our possession. As two men, their opinions
are of small value; but as the leaders of a
great public sentiment, the representatives
of [returning Southern reason, the voices
by which the laboring class of the South
assert their rights against the slaveholding
class, thfeir words and deeds command our
constant attention and sympathy. These
men have the selfishness of human nature,
the instinct that makes them dread im
prisonment, confiscation, the loss of popular
esteem. They have been silent and acqui
escent heretofore because silence and acqui
escence were their only assurances of free-
cauiemey are Sustained; hg; a great and
growing public sentiment.
As our readers will remember, we re
gard these demonstrations in the South as
the struggle of free labor against slavery.
We have alwayß felt that when labor was
strong enough to take up arms against
slavery the contest would be over, for the
new rebellion would be sustained by the
tremendous power of the North. In Lou
isiana our armies found slavery ascendant
The planters were masters of commerce
and manufactures. They controlled New
Orleans and were kings in Carondelet
street. Therefore, the policy of the nation
was to crush, and Butler carried out that
policy with all the energy of his original
and magnificent genius. When Butler
had sufficiently thrown down, Banks be
gan with new materials andbuiltup. What
do wo see in Louisiana ? The State is a
free State. Labor is protected and paid.
Education and civilization have taken the
places of ignorance and barbarism. The
negro huts are school-houses, and the
schoolmaster has superseded the overseer.
The State now knocks at the door of Con
gress and begs to be admitted. When
Sherman captured Savannah he found a
new problem. He had traversed Georgia.
He found a laboring people whose hearts
yearned for the Union, but whoffiai been
oppressed, by Charleston and Richmond.
It was not necessary for him to recreate,
as it had been in Louisiana, and he quietly
placed Ms sword in the hands of labor, and
bade it triumph. What do we see ? Sa
vannah, six months ago our enemy, is now
our sad and suffering sister. Six months
ago we were sending ships with gunpowder
and guns; now we are sending ships with
com, and flour, and coal. Georgia is as
much the enemy of the- Confederacy
as Yermont. Whatever the future may
bring, even if the disasters of war
should again rescue the State from the con
trol of the Union, it can never become an
ally of the Confederacy. The advantage,
of the present contest is this: we not only
destroy the military power of the leaders
of the rebellion, but we make every free,
honest, and hard-working man in the South
our friend. When once they sqe the
promised land, not even the luxuries and
fleßh-pots of Egypt can tempt them back
again. To appreciate free labor we must
know her, and a free South will never
again nourish and snstain an insurrection.
This rebellion, so long ice-bound and im
pregnable, is breaking. Looking at it from
the stand-point of to day and carrying the
view back.to the fall of Sumpter, we see
one succession of triumphs. Even if we
granted the utmost demands of Davis, we
should still have a successful war. The
men we have returned to freedom thus far
would alone enable us to claim the thanks of
posterity. So that after all the way to
peace is shorter and less embarrassing than
we might at first imagine. To us it seems
that the surest peace will come from the
swiftest war. While we do every thing pos
sible to encourage and foster the free-labor
sentiment, we must never release the
leaders. N This hour of our great toil
umph is likewise the hour of our great
danger. When the blow falls heaviest the
muscles of the arm are apt to relax, and
when the foe lies at our feet we are apt to
despise him. Therefore, we have now to
dread more than all the introduction
of a temporary and time-serving policy.
The people can prevent this by speaking as
they spoke on the Eighth of last November.
When Abraham Lincoln was re-elect
ed he was the representative of a progres
sive policy, and every new victory has
given him the right to exact new demands.
Therefore, we have only to keep on in onr
good work. By all means let us prose
cute the war. Not only let the rebellion
be overthrown, but destroy it. Let nothing
remain of all that now constitutes the
Southern Confederacy but a sad and fear
ful memory like that which remains * to ns
of Tyre and Sidon. A new race will riße
out of the ashes of the old, and peace, civi
lization, and freedom will take the place
of war, barbarism and slavery.
The Results of Reunion.
There has been a new discovery of Ame
rica. The country has found out its
strength. Before the vast nation
lay stretched along the continent unde
fended by forts, .or navies, without an
army, with millions of brave men, but
with only a few thousands of soldiers.
Commerce, agriculture, manufactures, in
vention, education, engrossed all its
energies; to war it gave no thought.
England and France were rivals in. the
creation of navies, but the safety of Ameri
can commerce was trusted to the comity of
nations. America was a giant without
armor, and in a: struggle with other Powers
brute strength must at first have poorly
supplied the want of discipline and arma
ment. Yet the nation was radically war
like, having the pride and spirit that belong
to youth and might The rebellion has
changed it. Four years of war have
equipped America from head to foot in
armor, have placed new and terrible wea
pons in her hand, and made her appear to
the world like a new Borne, or like France
in the great days of the first Napoleon.
But the immense forces raised in the
North and South are marshalled against
each other; the great forts are defended by
Americans against Americans; the Ameri
can navy blockades American coast; Ame
rican pirates prey upon American mer
chantmen; American-cities are besieged
by American armies, and every battle that
is fought is at once a victory and*a defeat
to Americans. And all this, for what ? To
divide the greatness of the continent, and
place two rival American nations' side
by side, with an imaginary boundary
line, with perpetual cause of quarrel,
and to the plain advantage of Europe.
Sooner or later this struggle must end ;
we believe it can only end in the acknow
ledgment by all Americans of the authority
of the Government of the United States ;
when this is done, and the armies of the
North and South are marshalled under one
flag, then the results nt reunion will arouse
the fear and admiration of the world.
America would then have armies that no
other Power could rival either in numbers
or discipline.. It would have a navy at
least equal to that of France or England.
More than this, it would have an experi
ence of war, compared with which flie
Crimean fight and the Italian campaign of
1858 are mere skirmishes. It would have
generals unsurpassed since the days of the
first Empire, and unequalled by any of the
living captains of Europe. The rugged
front of such an armament would of itself
insure that the general peace of the New
World should not be endangered by the
ambition and cupidity of the Old. Specu
lation on the part of the United States need
be carried no further, for to preserve peace
at the end of tMs warwouid be unquestion
ably the interest of the nation. It is enough
that there would be no more Invasions of
the North frontMhada; that no more pirates
would,he fittectlpft in British ports; that
no new Maximilians would attempt to
build Austrian:empires on American soil,
and that if we had just cause-of quarrel
we would make our deed fifty times better :
-than our threat. *
It is impossible not to believe that these
considerations will have with
the Southern people. To th<aj|sSers of the
rebellion tbeyjare useless arguments, but
even the rebeßgplciiers have not forgotten
that they are||Amerioans. When the war
is shall ha veno trouble with the
men wfio Are now fighting as Lee com
mands. We can garrison’ Southern forts
with them. Were it not for' the
.fprit of sectional pride, and the
-rivalry of war, the soldiers in the rebel ar
my would now be ready to fraternize with
ours. The American sentiment of unity is
revealed every day in the informal truce
of the picket lines, a truce'seldom broken,
and wMeh-shows how different are the
feelings of the men who conspire and the
men who fight. Even the Richmond in
quirer recently set forth the •'grandeur
of the results that would follow the
reunion of the North and South, and com
ing from such a source the following words
-iravr uoume cmpnaßia: "ereTOier i'Taßce,
nor Mexico, nor England, has extended to
this Confederacy any encouragement, and
if our cause fail, after every manly effort
that we can make in its behalf, then pbide
as well as interest would dictate that, if we
are to he conquered, we should belong to d
great and powerful nation., ' That we
should endeavor to extend the power
and influence of that nation from pole
to pole, and uniting every country of
America by alliance, either constitutional
or treaty, seek to. make this continent a
nnit against the. world. In the grandeur
and power of such a nation; with armies
such as the United States and the Confede
rate States have put into the field during
this war, united under one flag; with a
navy such as the united resources of the
two nations could put upon the ocean ;
with the wealth and population which
peace and union would develop in a few
years, we might find at least a hiding place
for our shame, and perhaps some consola
tion that America would become the colos
sal Power of the world.”
“ Enoch Arden” at (he Arch.
What Mr. Alfred Tennyßon would say at sight Of
tMs oaption is the business more of those who take
the trouble, to dramatize his works thus ours.
'Whether, when the poet- corrected the proof com
mencing “Long lines of cliff breaking have left a
chasm,”, he ever conceived It possible that his noble
Enoch should figure on playbUls, and be announced
to “ run ” the entire week, Is a gnestion which only
those can answer who hare probed the poeclo soul
and discovered what answers it gives forth to dra
matic'soundings. Byron used to wax heroi
cally splenetio about the represfhtation on
the Btsge of even his dramatic poems, and pro
tested earnestly againstj any attempt of that na
ture being made upon his “Manfred.” Bat dra
matizations have become so common, and au
thors become so resigned, and, In a manner, cowed
down, by the conscienceless mode In which they are
executed, that protests of this nature have become
few and futile. Charles Dickens is the last, w* be
lieve, who, In connection with Wtfkle Collins, pro
tested against the production of the “ Message
from the Sea.” In a former generation, when play
wrights were less rabid, authors were far from being
displeased by these adaptations. Sir Walter Scott
remarks with pleasant Wonder upon seeing thedra
matizatlon or operatlzatlon of “Ivanhoa” at-Paris.
Diokens has had time to learn submission lb the
rule that what oan’t be cured must be endured, for
as late back In Ms career as “ Nicholas Nlokleby,”
he devotes a considerable amount of sarcasm to the
damaging of filching dramatists. a
The plot of the poem “Enoch -Arden” Is simple
in the extreme, and such as one might come across
any day In the miscellanea of a newspaper. Enoch
Arden and Philip Ray love Annie Lie, but Enoch
marries her. - On Ms home voyage from China ho la
wrecked, and cast upon a lonely island. Impri
soned there for ten years, he at length la rescued by
the crew of a vessel blown out of her oourae, and,
returning, discovers Annie marrieq again to hi 3 old
rival, Philip. This, together with the death of
Enoch, la the whole story. The immense reputation
which the name of Tennyson bestows upon the
poem Is sufficient In the eyes of modern dramatists
to justify an Immediate application of the paste
and scissors. Palm trees, it seems, were plenty on
the island where Enoch was monarch of an he sur
veyed, and so the poem of “Enoch Arden” has been
crumbled Into the play of “Under the Palm.”
We do not know, and do not want to know, tbe
author of such a dramatization as the “ Enoch Ar
den” we saw last night. We have stated succinctly
the plot of the part. Listen to the plot of the dra
matist ; observe Tennyson improved by the imagi
nation all compact, the pen, paste, and solssors, of
the playwright;: In the poem there are only form
characters, viz: Enoch Arden, Philip Bay, Annie Lee,
and Miriam Lane, In the dramatization there are
seventeen characters. We have Dr. SleUine , the tra
ditional “ village doctor,” who has dieted the whole
country, and who Is supposed to be as an fait In the
gossip of the village as he Is with Ms own pills
and powers. The statement Is not made, it Is
true, in the hills to what school he be
longs, but the audience is nofeloug In discovering
that he is allopatMc as to words, homscopatMo as to
wit. We have Captain Perrin, of the “ G ood For
tune,” a healthy specimen of the traditional sea
captain. This captain Is remarkable for Ills devo
tioino Enoch Arden, wMoh Is Indeed a sort of friend
ship at first sight, and offers him half Ms worldly
goods on the condition he will be so obliging as to.
go to China, with Mm. This proposition Enoch
adcopts, provided netMng better turns up. We have
Gilbert Woggs, the traditional stage attorney, who
afterwards becomes a beadle, gets 'drunk, and Is trun
dled off in a wheelbarrow. We have Mark Lane, huß*
band to Miriam Lane, a specimen of the traditional
stage Innkeeper, and a cuckolded husband. And
we have ChaJ/'ney, and G rip, and Yap, and Robin,
and Ist Miller, and 2d Miner, and Lieut. Maxlon, and
Walter Arden, “agedlS.” So-much for the male
additions. Among the women, Alice Stelline Is
thrown in as a confidential side dish to Annie Lee.
The latter was advertised In the programme as “the
prettiest little damsel In the port (see Tennyson),”
and if we are to judge of the female beauty of the
port by the stage specimens vouchsafed, we.should
say that Nature would have been very unkind to
Annie Lee had this not been the case.
We could picture Mr. Tennyson present last ere*
nlng, occupying a proscenium box, tendered by Mrs.
Brew as a graceful compliment. We could Imagine
him wondering at the hitherto undeveloped re
sources of his poem, and dreamily wondering to
find It brimful and-Indeed running over with cha
racter. The first act opened with the office of
Philip’s mIU, and the discharge of one of Philip’s
men for getting drunk. Philip, however, scorns to
proceed upon the principle of discharging his hands
and Immediately hiring them over again. So the
delinquent miller is pardoned, and on the Instant
hicks np a quarrel with his brother millers; where
upon Philip (Mr. James Garden) threatens to close
the mill If he has any more of this business. The
next scene occurs between Miriam Lane (Mrs.
Jhayer) and Wogg (Mr. Stuart Robson), The
chief distinction, besides sex, between Miriam and
Wogg appears to be that she Is “garrulous and
good,” and ha garrulons and bad. The third scene
Is the home of Enoch Arden, In which Annie Lee
(Miss Price) Is discovered awaiting her husband.
Enoch is heavily encumbered with debts due to
Wogg, the hard-hearted, red-haired, and Insatiable
lawyer. Enoch, according to Ms reiterated expres
sions In dramatization, Is at almost the lowest depths
of poverty, Annie Is his wife. She, accordingly, Is
dressed in a light purple silk, bitched up tastefully
all round,'sufficient to display an elaborately-em
broldcredpetticoat. She.has ajaunty ltttteplnkand'
lace cap on. Sbebas an alr-gauzo apron , on, and
airy-gauze little “fixings” all about her. And
she has on black mittens 1 Such Is the tra
ditional fisherman’s wife ; such la Enoch Arden’s
wedded love. This Is the woman who Is to look after
babies, and to keep pots and kettles la order. Be
hold In her the child of the seashore, attired In pur
ple Silk and redolent of blubber fish. But If Miss
Price dresses the character thus discreetly, she aots
It with as muoh discretion to. she Is as true to na
ture as ladylike flshwomen always are'. She moves
with a grace that proves how etheriallsed and poet
ical the dwellers by the great deep can be rendered.
The radiance of the great profession to which Blie Is
devoted surrounds with a halo the humblest charac
terization, and converts Into a drawing-room belle a
poor, simple girl brought up by the sea.
The second act opens with a May-pole dance, and
Wogg proposing to Annie Lee, In widow’s weeds.
Wogg, to oonsole himself, goes and gets drank, Is
ducked In the pond, and finally taken homo in a
wheel-barrow. Annie Lee retlres to her home, and
has an affecting scene with her son (Miss Jefferson),
who seeins to have been provided with a .fine tailor
by Father Philip, since 'he is magnlflcentin yeilow
breeches and a blue coat. The widow retains the
weakness for mittens bberlshed in wifehood, and is
exceedingly ladylike and devotional. At the dose
of the second act she has a vision, In which she sees
Enoch under the palm. The third act introduces
us to Philip’s home, and represents him as the
husband of Annie, He has built a house where
Miriam Lane's old tavernjosed to stand, and he has
persuaded Miriam Lane (whose husband msanwMla
has been ouokolded into his grave.) to oome and
keep hi use for Mm at a larger salary and her pick
among the perquisites. The act opens with a solllo
quy by Miriam Lane (Mrs. Thayer), In bar new ca
pacity of housekeeper, on old age In general.
Whilst eho la talking she pricks her fingerwlth a
needle, and leaves the room ostensibly to find
another needle. This fine stroke of stage strategy
gives Enoch an opportunity to appear through the
garden door at the back of the stage, and Mr. Sod
worth the chance to get his orohestra ready for a
burst. Miriam returning, finds a strange man In the
house. He Informs her ho Is Enoch Arden, when the
orohestra immediately steps In with its grand burst,
and the part of the audlonoe next the celling ex
presses ecstatic delight. Here Walter comes la,
and his father embraces him; then Annie, the wife
of Philip, appears, and a long explanation ensues,
in whloh Enoch tolls her everything but who he' Is.
Then Philip oomes In, and a recognition ensues boL
tween him and Enoch, Meanwhile the orohestra
keep on bursting all the time, and Enoch has no
thing left .to do but to 'die. This he accordingly
docs, after bequeathing to his son an Immense pro
perty left him by. the old sea oaptaln, who Is sap
posed to have died on the lonely island.
Thus ends this delectable dramatisation. In ad.
dltion to the thirteen characters added to those of
Mr. Tennyson, allusions are made to several othets.
and we learn that Philip had the chance of paying
attention to a Miss Stubbs, a milliner, and a Mist
Spriggins, a dressmaker. 0 Tennyson I O Stubbs
and Spriggins lis It come to this 1 We looked upon
Enoch Arden” as ajowol, not indeed as bright as
somewhick Tennyson has enshrined in most exqui
site? ian'guage.oaskeis, but thanks to the dramatist,
we now: perceive Mr. Tennyson was at fault. As a
; relfef to his Enoch, and his Philip, and his Annie,
Suld have Introduced a bevy of captains, vil
ootors, Innkeepers, and drunken beadles. He
1 have used the stage machinery of wheel-bap.
rows, end have thrown out occasional allusions to
Sprlgginses and Stubbses,, v
It is hardly seoessafy toreferto the acting In such
a play. Who could aot well 1 With the exception
of a faint and occasional gleam of pathos now and
then from Mr. Barrettj Mrs. Thayer was tho only
performer who played well. But, then, Bhe has had
an Immense stage experience, and knows how to
make the beat, of a bad part. We regard this
“ dramatization,” as It is called, the most sickening
attempt at dramatizing that ever oamo under.our
notice. The low level at whloh the general con
versation Is maintained Is brightened now and then
by a passage from Tennyson, whloh is as ntuoh
out of place as anything that can well be
Imagined. Spasmodically, and when it suits
tho convenience of the dramatist, the cha
racters nseffin describing themselves, the lan
guage which Tennyson us os in describing them.
It is a pity that Mr* Barrett should select this as
his opening piece; it is a pity that he should be In
duced to appear in It at all. It shows such a per
version of intelligence of taste, that it should seem
his debut ot last evening was enough to damage his
jrc
- -x-.. wro m.-ll y JUI iTIIh, OECail3a~
we considered kirn a line and promising young ac
tor.'" Wo thought la possessed the,req.ulsites of suc
cess. But wo solemnly assure him that If ho per
sists !n appearlugin sucha O.ramhtizatlon as “Un
der tie Palm,” he will not only prove himself un
worthy of the higher walk of the stage, but
will ultimately discover that the success granted
him through the vitiated taste of publics else
where is fleeting aud hollow. The stock oom
pany at the Arch Is not without talent. It is
capable of providing a not unworthy support to
Mr, Barrett. But Its labors are wasted In “ Under
the Palm.” No talent or gsnlus could withstand
Its pressure. A fine poet’s flno conceptions are
slashed into, distorted, and garbled. His plot Is
pulled to pieces and glued together again In a
most Incongruous and monstrous size. The number
of the original characters Is multiplied Into a num
ber more than four times as great. But last eve
ning even the stock company could not be approved
as endeavoring to make the best of bad parts. We
have mentioned several of the glaring Inooaslst-'
enctes, but we nre glad to accord to Mrs. Thayer
the credit which Is her due.
Dkath of B. m, s. Jackson, Mtß.—Wo are
poised to learn that Dr. Bobert M. S. Jaoksoa
United Slates Volunteers, of Crosson, Pa, died at
Chattanooga, Wednesday evening last,
18th Instant. Dr. J. has left an only daughter, to
whom and a large circle of warm friends in this
eity and elsewhere the announcement of his death
Will oasse sincere sorrow. He was a man of
thorough education and undoubted ability, and was
well known throughout the State.
SOUTHERN NEWS TO THE 21ST.
The Bezels Sending Supplies to
" Suffering Prisoners in the
United States.”
CAPTURE OF FORT FISHER—OUR FORCE
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND STRONG.
DETAILED EEBEL ACCOUNTS OP
THE ATTACK AND CAPTURE.
THE GOVERNMENT SALT WOBKS TOBE IN
OPEBATION BY THE FIRST PBOX,
Washikgtos, Jan. 23.—The Riohmond
of January 2lßt, says:
“ There was no offioial information from the Sonth
at the War Department last evening. Below Rich
mond both armies are inactive. On Thursday morn
ing the eiiouiy’a batteries opened upon our Chester
field works, anff were promptly roplled to.
The truce hoat New York at Va
lina yestorday morning with fife honor ej
Confederate prisoners on board. They will probably -
reach the city this evening. The boat will not re
turn for several days, as there are large quantities
of freight to be sent by her to our sufferlugprison
era in the United States, We sincerely hope the
truce boat will come as frequently as possible on
her mission of meroy. .
“The Goldsboro (N. O.) Journal of January 17th
famishes all the particulars which have as yet
reached us concerning the fall of Fort Fisher, wirh
the exception of Gen. Lee’s brief despatch. It says
that the Yankees suceeedcd in making a lodgment
with'their infantry, a force said: to have been some
18,000 strong, on the river, between Sugar Loaf and
Fort Fisher, where they at once commenced en
trenching. This lodgment was made probably on
Friday sight. Up to 10 o’clock on Sunday night
matters were reported satisfactory by our military
authorities, but within probably half an hour after-,
wards the-enemy made a furious assault on Fort
Fisher and took It. '
“ Of the nature of the struggle for the fort wehavg
no information. We presume there was much
bloodshed, and we ‘doubt not our officers and men
did their duty. But Wilmington has not yet fallen.
General Whiting was with the garrison, and of
course Is a prisoner, wounded, too, as we leam-
The Journal adds that private advices by the train
last night state that the Yankees were shelling our
forces near Battery Gallon, or Sugar Loaf, some
jour miles from Fort Fisher.
« In reference to the fall of Fort Fisher, It is said
that the Yankee attacks were resisted to the last.
General' Whiting behaved most nobly. After the
enemy had carried the fort, he oharged them three
times, and each tlmo with his owfi hands tors down
the Yankee flag and trampled It under foot. He
was wounded In four places, but not seriously. Col.
Lamb was also wounded. Not more than 600 or 600
were lost, and very few were killed on our side.
“ The enemy’s loss is unknown, but it Is supposed
to be very heavy, as they assaulted our works save-,
raltlmes.”
The Wilmington Cnroliniaa, of January 16 th,
sayß “that General Whiting Is hut slightly
wounded,” A postscript, after some papers had
gone to press, says “We stop the press to inform
our readers of bad news just received at headquar
text. Fort Fisher fell last night after an obstinate
resistance. General Whiting and staff, with
above 3,000 troops, are now in the hands of the enemy.
The conflict within the fort was a severe one, lasting
for two hours, hand-to-hand with the enemy. We
have ho heart to enter into details nor to comment
on the disastrous event.. Wemaytell our readers,
however, that the gallant. WMting did his duty,
and had to succumb to sheer force of numbers, hav
ing been assaulted on the sea, land, and rear by the
scldlers, sailors, and marines of the enemy. Our
readers may rely on us to give them the whole truth
alter a few days.”
The Clarksville Tobacco Plant, of Thursday, Jan.
12, says : “At the present time the Boanoke river
Is swollen to a greater extent than It was ever
known to be within the memory of the oldest In
habitant. The freshet of June, 1862, exceeded all
previous ones considerably. The water mark was
then drawn on the back warehouses In the town.
“The water, at daybreak to-day, was exactly
seven inches Mgher than In 1862, and tills excess of
Inches Is no small Jnorease when the river has
spread over the extensive lowlands.”
“We are gratified to learn,” says the Lynchburg
Republican, “ from an authoritative source, that the
Balt works will again be in successful operation by
the Ist of February next, possibly before that time,
so slight was the Injury done them by the late Yan
kee raid.”
BIPARTMEIST OF THE «F£F.
THE COTTON MABKET—BOBBBST OONOSNTSATISO
BOBOBS AT HOUSTON, mss.
Oaebo, Jan. 23 The steamer St. Nicholas, from
New Orleans on January 16th, en route to Louis
ville, with 67 bales of cotton, has arrived here.
The steamsMps Morning Star and Fung Shuey,
from New York, arrived at New Orleans on Janu
ary 16th.
Commander Palmer, of the Gulf, Blockading
Squadron, returned to New Orleans from Mobile
Bay.
Captain Reynolds and others, captured by gue
rillas on the steamer Yenango, have been released
and sent to Vicksburg.
There is but little inquiry for cotton In the New
Orleans market, buyers offering still lower figures,
but holders declining to make further oonoesslons.
Prime sugar 12%. Prime melasses 122 -
Forrest 1b reported to be concentrating Ms forces
at Houston, Miss., with .a view of making a raid
Into MempMs,
The steamers Belle Memphis and Glendale, from
Memphis, have arrived, the former with 11 bales of
cotton for St. Louis, and the latter with 326 bales
for Cincinnati.
On the 21st a detachment of troops from MempMs
crossed the river and attacked a band of guerillas,
at Mound City,.killing, wounding, and oapturing
five, without the loss of a man. ' The expedition was
still In pursuit.
A private letter from Pascagoula, of recent date,
states that Gfanger’s-Arroea have fallen back for
the present to within the limits of the town, the
roads since the storm having rendered it Impossible
to transport supplies to the positions formerly held
by them.
Honors to tlie late Edward Everett.
Baltimobb, Jan. 23 —The Maryland Legislature
to-day unanimously passed resolutions expressive of
regret at the death ol the Hon. Edward Everett,
highly eulogistic of. his distinguished character aod
public services, and making arrangements for the
appointment of seme one to piooounca a eulogy on
the deceased, before the Legislature, at an early
day.' 1
THE PRESS —PHILADELPHIA’
THF RECENT ASSAULT ON EON. WILLIAM
D. KELLKY.'
The Conduct of Field to be inquired
into by Special Committee,
TREATIES RATIFIED WITH THE INDIAN
TRIBES OF THE NORTHWEST,
A FULL EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS SOON
TO BE EFFECTED,
TljfE VHOU SDBIXCT PUCKD IS
' THIS HABBSOF CtEH. GBAUT.
BITTER DEBATE IN THE HOUSE.
sEiuora activations aoainst obn. bdubej!!
Brooks Calls Batler a “eoM-Bobber.”
HR IS CAILEB TO ACCOUNT El THE LATTifR,
Mr. Blair to Rclnra from BitiimonA in
a Bay or Two.
-Tho Secretary of War has aoat the followlng lettor
to the Speaker <>f the Houee, lyhioh was referred to
the Oomjßittee on Military Affairs:
’ “Wae Department, JftS. 21, 1885.
“Sib : In arsner to the resolution ofthe House
of Hepresentatlyes, of the 21st of
calling for Etho corrospondocoo In rtferenoe te the
exchange of prisoners, I have the Tumor to submit
herewith the report of tho Adjutant General, to*
gather with such communications upon the subject
es have not heretofore been published, i
“ The correspondence of Gcd. Butler details' the
action In regard to the exohange of prisoners under
the authority conferred npon him by order of the
War Department. ■ • ! /
“ On the isth of October the subject of exefcapge
was placed under the direction of Lieutenant (Jan.
Grant, with lull aassrarlty to take any l step# he
might deem proper to effect the release and} ex
change of our soldiers, and of loyal ier
sons held as prisoners by the rebel aitth->
ritice. Ho was instructed that It v?it .the .de
sign of the President that no efforts consistent with
the national honor should be spared to; effect the
prompt release of all soldiers and loyal persons held
In captivity by the rebels as prisoners of war o? on
any other grounds, and the subject was committed
to Mm with full authority to aot In the; me
mises as he should deem right and proper, uaTer
this authority the subject of exchanges has frpm
that time continued to his charge, and suoh ’bforts
have been made as he deemed proper to obtain like
release of our prisoners,.. An engagement /was
made for the supply of our prisoners, the articles to
■be distributed under the direction of our ofihsrs
paroled for that purpose, and the correspondent pri
vilege was extended to the rebel authori
ties. In order to afford every facility tat rbfief,
special exchanges have' been offered whenevende
slred on behalf of our prisoners, and suoh exchanges
have to a few instances been permitted by the rebel'
authorities, but in many others they have been de
nied. A large number of exchanges, Including all
the sick, have been effected within a short period.
The Commissary General of Prisoners has been dl,
rected to make a detailed report of all ths ex
changes that have been accomplished stooelthe
general exchange ceased, which he will fnrnlsa the
House of Bepresentatlves as soon as oempletedl
“ The last communication of "General Grant nves
reason to believe that a full and complete exohinge
of prisoners will speedily be made. [
“It also appears from his statement that weakly
supplies are furnished to our prisoners, and dis
tributed by officers of our own selection. P
“ His letter Is subjoined, as follows: ('
Headquarters of the Army o» ins
United StatbbJ
„ „„ . Washington, D. C., Jan. 21, $65.
Hoff* E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: T :
Sir : X have authorized Colonel ffiulford, Agent
of -Exchange, to renew negotiations for the exchange
of all prisoners now held by either party. V
The first interview between our agent an ■ Col.
Onld, the rebel agent, has already been hah No
doubt but that an arrangement will be enterec Into.
Indeed, on the strength of that Interview < i ex
change a limited one Is now going on near Ttloh
mond, Yours, truly, U.S.Gbanl
Lieutenant Generil.,
,“ P. S.—We are sending supplies to our prisoners
at least weekly. They ate received by officer! if
our own selection, released Federal prisoners, !rtp
distribute them as directed. Supplies furnished
by the friends of prisoners aro also forwarded to he
same manner. "The nature-of the supplies au! lo
rlzed to be furnished by individuals Is apeoifleala
the annexed order of the Department.
• “Very respectfully your obedient servant, 1
“ Edwin M. Stanton,
“ Secretary of War.’
“To the Hon. Schutlek Colfax.” -
The accompanying correspondence extenda-fnm
June, 1862, to the nearest time, and embraces b«n
munlcations between Lieutenant GeneraTGraat.
Generals Butler, Halleck.ana mtehcook on "c
side, and General Lee and Commissioner Quid
the other. . Between General Banks and the rel
Generals Taylor and Grier, to Eouislana; betweeh.
General Foster and the rebel General S. Jones.,it)
Charleston, and also the correspondence of Generis 1
Canby, Buell, Burbrldge, Curtis, Bosecnujs,'
Sehenok, and Sherman, I
The Government furnishes only-articles of elon-
Ing and the regular commissary stores. Frlendftor
the prisoners, may forward to Colonel John E. Milt
ford,- at Fort Monroe, any of ttio following article!
for their use rOoats, under- clothes, caps, suspenders!
brushes, buttons, sewing cotton, pocket knives!
steel pens, postage Btamps, pipes, pants, socks,
shoes,' looking glasses, combs, tape, pins and
needles, paper, lead pencils, tobacco, snuff,
family soap, vests, hats, handkerchiefs;, towels,
cloths, brooms, and threads, 'scissors, enve
lopes, penknives, cigars, sugar, butter, lard, bo
logna sausages, pepper, salt, fish,- pickles, drleaj
fruit, apples, crockery, smoked beef, com mbal, ]
mustard, crackers, sauce, lemons, matches, glass
ware, beef tongue, nutmegs, table salt, oheese, ve- <
getables, nuts, yeast powder, tinware, meats, and
fish to cans. ;
KATIFICATION OF IKDIAN TREATIES.
The Senate has ratified the treaties with the
Northwestern hands of Shoshonee Indians, estab
lishing peace and friendship; the several bands
stipulating that hostilities and all depredations
open the emigrant trains, the mall and telegraph
lines, and upon citizens of the United States within
their country shall cease. The boundaries of their
oonntry,aa claimed and occupied hy them, are as
follows: On the north by the middle of the G-reat
Desert, on the west hy Steptoe Valley, on the south
by Toodoe or Green Mountains, on the east by the
Great Salt Lake, Tullla, and Kush Valley.
' The Indians agree to remove to these reserva
tlons.whenever the President shall deem it expedi
ent for them to do so, and become herdsmen or agri
culturists, the Government paying them oertaih
annuities In money, provisions and goods. The In
dians also agree that the Pacific Katlroad shall not
be molested, that military poets, &0., may be con
structed, gold and silver mines worked, and mining
and agricultural settlements formed, and branohes
established wherever they may be required, \
. Mr. Blais is expected to return from Richmond
In a day or two. It Is still unknown what he went.'
there for. It may be well known that up to Satnrif
day It has been the constant assertion of -
officials here that neither he nor his mission ought*
to give the slightest reason for peace rumors. But!
it to well known that Blais has had several inter-;
views on the subject with the President and Davis. S
Blais’s return will be the signal ror more prodigious 5
canards. x !
The Senate to-day, In executive session, confirmed
the following nomination;
'Osablbs a. Dana to be Assistant Secretary
of War, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig
nation of Petbb H. Watsok,
AN ERROR CORRECTED.
It has been erroneously stated that Admiral Pos
*bb, in his detailed report, confirms the report that
the rebels had blown up Port Caswell and the
steamers Tjdlahaseee and Chlckamauga. Bis lan
guage Is : i“ A large force of gunboats occupiedthb
river between Caswell and Wilmington. That
place la hermetically scaled against blockade-run
ners, and no Alabamas or Florldas, Chickamaugas
or Tallahassees, will ever fit out from this port;
and our merchant vessels will soon, I hope, be en
abled to pursue in safety their avocation.’’ Hs.fur
ther says: “We shall move along carefully, and
have no vessels blown up with, torpedoes If I can
help It; anil I think we will he la Wilmington be
fore long.”
From a report of the Provost Marshal General to
Congress lt ! appears there were 60,687 naval enlist
ments, from April 17,1861, to Feb. 24,1864,
IHTOM CONGRESS—Second Session.
The CHAIR laid before the Senate a communication
from Secretary Stanton, stating that several resolutions
calling for Information in his pos e salon had been hand*
ed to him on hie return to the city, and that the informa
tion would be sent in as speedily as possible,
Hr. CHANDLER of Michigan, presented the creden
tials of Mr. Howard. Senator elect from Michigan, for
six years from the 4th of March next. The credentials
were read.
INSTRUCTIONS PROM THB OHIO XROISLATURB.'
Mr. WADE, of Ohio, presented the joint resolution of
the Ohio Legislature, msirhcting the Senators and re
questing the Representatives from that State to vote
for the constitutional amendment abolishing and pro
hlbittog slavery. Ordered to be laid on the table and
printed.
Hr. WADE presented the petition of sitlzess of Ohio,
ashing that efforts be made to secure an exchange of
prisoners. Referred to the Committee on Military Af
faire.
Hr. WADE presented the-memorial of Ohio publish
ers. aching for the abolition of duty on imported paper*
Referred to the Committee of Finance.
Mr. BROWN, of Missouri, presented a revolution
which wee parsed by the Missouri Constitutional Con
vention, asking for the passage of the constitutional
ameadmentnow before Congress. ’ ■ - .
Petitions for an increase ot the pay of the officers and
clerks in the -Government service were presented by,
Messrs; HOWARD, WILSON, and SUMNER, and ap
propriately referred.
XBCBBASR 07 07710885’ COMPENSATION,
Mr. WILSON introduced a bill entitled an act to in
crease the eompeisatton of cen&ia officers in she army
In the field. The fi st section provides that the commu
tation price ot rations to au officers below and in
cluding orevet brigadier generals, shall be fifty cents
after the first of Marob, insteac of thirty cents, as at
preterit, but this shall not apply to officers who are eu
titled to commutation for quarters, or to officers of the
Veteran Reserve Corps.
The second section relieves all officers of the army
and navy from the payment of income tax. The thi-d
faction provides that -every officer who remains in the
service, except those ihAbe Veteran Reserve Corps and
those on detached duty who get commutation for quar
ters, ehmU at the close of the war be entitled to three
months’ pay on Letng honorably mustered cut of the
teryiw, This applies to volunteer officers only, The
WASHINGTON.
PROCEEDINGS I V CONGRESS,
MB. BROOKS.
Washington, January^,
THE EXCHANGE OF PEIfIONERS.
RETURN OP BLAIR.
SENATE CONFIRMATION.
NAVAL ENLISTMENTS,
SENATE.
ORRDBNTIALS TRRSRNTRD,
PETITIONS.
TUESDAY. JANUARY .24. 1866.'
gov# »« toftnwl to tho Oomnlttoooa. HUlUrrAl-
' THE DEFIOIENOT Bltt.
oMo * to* Flnau. Commit-
JHf oommlttys ot oouormu* ob th,
thft r , SJ’ TO i“ ““W® to acrao, usd novod
I ttr tker Insist upon its amsndia.Kt, and
ln f.“®thev_«Oßui!Utoo. Tho sakjoot of dtauroo
that tho Hons, luistoi
thonsaad dollars beln, addsd to tho bill for
explained that the Honso eonld not
that of other offleors.lh tho
S i JtL^,^fS uet he Increased also. TEo Senate eoald
oiT r! o®«r* while It refused an
SfSbVtMSha'L^ler^TuM^^^
ei»PS andprivatloDß in
S*MoruU*a*ined ia favor ef la
'bought it unwise to
'he pay of one clan of persona be.
TcrrMiarT 6 o ? u A4, ao ! i>s.sxtended to otheis.
of Il li Bo{ s» hoped the benate would
in concurring in the recommendation of
lir. BA VIS, of!Maryland, hoped thgijßiSfiate would not
%iZ\f%ELi 0 ft 6 iflc reaßfl House, but
2£S«l»« rea l? of Sectors and Repre-
Congressmen were the most
poorly compensated men in the service of the Govern-
Bae^- , was in favor of the iuereasa, bscanse he
seeded the money himself and ought to have it. The
depreciation of the currency had reduced the salaries of
per cent.,and the compensation
was not sufficient.
. Mr. MORGAN, of Jfew York, said that in order to
, test the sense of the Senate on this question of in
creased compensation, he would call tho yeas and nave
on agreeing to the proposition of Mr. Sbermahithat the
senate refuse to accede to the proporitibnrotfan ln
cresße The yeas and nays were taken—
Mcßonga;—and Mr, Sherman’s prdpdrition was
sgreed to, ? .
PETITION PBOH SURGEON GENERAL HAMMOND.
Ja Bid*ry Committee, re
ported back vbopetition o? Sargeoa- Conerol Hammoßd.
aßHing for inEoirv into the circum.tanceo of the coart
ir.artml before which ho was tried, and asked that it
>*e ««ere4 to the MHltary Coiamiitee, whioh £
ordered.
THB OBBGON AS2COR7 AND ABBBNAL,
Mr. LANS, of Indiana, from the Military Committee,
reported advenely oaule petition of the Oregon Lsgls*
laime, for of an ambry ind
arsenal in that State. The report was agreed
TUB INVESTIGATION INTO THB CONDUCT OF OSKB*
RAL PAYNB.
Mr. f- ESanTH, from the Military Committee, re
ported back Mr. rowell’s resolution calling on tha Sec
retary of W« for the publication of the report ofthe
commisßitm that investigated the conductor Gen. Payne
at Paducah amended so es to add. “all papers con.
ntcted with said investigation. ” Massed.
NO NEGOTIATIONS WITH BBBBLS,
Mr, GLARE, of New Hampshire, offered the follow*
printed and iie upon the
table for ihe present: *
J2c#oived,.by ,the Senate and House of Representa
tives in Oonprees assembled, That no negotiations,
terms of settlement, or. concessions, or compromise be
eitered into, proposed, yielded, or made with the re
bele, directly or indirectly, umil they have manifested
their implirit ano unconditional submission to the au*
ttcrfty of the Government rand, farther, that, however
much peace may be desired, the presentewar must be
w aged wUh all tho energy and resources of the Govern
ment until said ;submlTsion shall os secured and the
|up|ranacy of.the Constitution and the laws be esta
blieied oVcr the entire territory of iho Gnlted fitat«i as
heretofore claimed • -
ffhe ttile-of the above is : A resolution declaring
the cense of the Congress upon the subject of negotia
tion.
AN AMENDMENT TO TUB CONSTITUTION,
h?r. DIXON", of Connecticut, offered tlie following,
which ’•as referred to the Judiciary Committee ;
.Resolrfdrby tie Senate and House oi Representa
tives of the U-pitfed Stages of America; in Congress assem
bled, two-thirds of Slth Houses consttTtfng, That ia
lienor the fink paragraph of the ninth secUon'of the
first, article of the Constitution, of the Unite&Statft&tlie
following be proposed as an amendment to IhefOohetU
tution of thepmted Stafcas, which, whoa ratified 1 by
two-thirea cf the legUlsturea of the several Stales
shell he to &U intents and purposes a part nf the said
Constitution, to wit: •* That Congress shall have pow
er to lay a tax or duty on all articles frt m any State * *
TDK KTDJttBKa OP ENLISTED WS3f IN THE NATf
• CREDITED TO STATES, ETC.
The OH AIK presented a c jmmnßle.tloa from tia
Serautory of War In reply to the Senate resolution of
'January 6, asking for information aatj the number of
an« 39 « tainted In the naval eervice of the United States
that have fcetii credited on the military, quotas of the re
spectiye States, It appear?, on the authority of the Pro
vost Marshal GexeraC that the number of suojkcredits
W&Bf7,G£7..TMs iccludes aii .naval enlistments from
April 17, 3Ssl»to February. 54.. The principle was to
credit these men, by the aos, to their
places ofieeidence, so faraswas practicable to do so, and
according to the rules governing in credltirg men en
listed in the army. C< mmissloners were appointed by
?be Secretary of war to collect the proof necessary to
determine thetegftiity of the claims Upon this proof
the credits -were allowed. The evidence taken was pro
cured by official certificates from the Navy Department
Is wathitgton from the commanding officers of receir
mg ships and juaval rendezvous, and by affidavits and
certificate* of rupervlsora of towns and cmatfcs, and
ether data deemed reliable. .The commissioners were
iteiraeted that the Mate in which enlistments had been
msde would be entitled to credit therefor unless it
should appear by more direct evidence that they be
longed elsewhere; .
.EXPLANATION OF THE CONFISCATION BILL.
Mr, *FRUM&U£L gave notice that on to- morrow he
winld call np the resolution explanatory of the confla
tion bill, and should move an amendment striking
ent that part of it which limits Ike confiscation of r«3
estate to ihelife of an individual.
Mr. SUMNER, at Massachusetts, said this provirion
was already incorporated in the fmdmen’B toil, wMen
would be acted upon in a few days.
THE SALB OF THE ST, LOUIS ANSBNAL.
Mr. Missouri, called up the bill to repeal
a bill for the sale of lbe St. Bonis arsenal and grounds.
Which was pe seed.
THANKS TO EREVETMAJOB GENERAL TERRY,
"The resolution of thanks to Major General Ter ty, with
fhe.Hcuse amendment Inserting the word “brevet”
before “major,” was taken up and passed.
PURCUABB OX THB N. T. MBBCHANTS* BXOHAWGB.
On motion of Mr. CLARK* of Kew Bampshire* the
Senate took up and passed the joint resolution auiho
riring tho purchase of the Hew York Merchants’ Ex
change, to be used for custom house purposes.
HECBIPTS XBOX THB U H?TEST?AX, BBYjEKUJS **•
SYSTEM.
Mr. WILSOK, of Massachusetts, offered a resolution,
which was pasted, calling upon the Secretary of the
uzeamry for a statement Ofthe amount of money col
lected in each internal revenue district ofthe several
States.
TBB BANK, PAY, AND SUMBSS OP PAYMASTERS,
BTO.
Mr, GRIMES* of lowa, called up the bill defining the
rank and pay of paymasters in the navy.
Mr. GRIMES explained that there were now one hun
dred paymasters and assistant paymasters in the naval
service-sixty-four paymasters and thirty* six assistant
paymasters, and three hundred and ninety-six acting
assistant paymaster*. It was proposed by this bill
to enable: the President or the Secretary of the
teavy to ielect from among these four hundred young'
men one. hundred who shall have furnished the best
evidence of their capacity, and attach them to the navy
; iroper as passed assistant paymasters, with the pay of
*],6uo pe£year_fin<l one ration. It was euppoied that
here w ould be no time in the future when ih«re would
be less tbanfcwohundred paymariersneededrimthanavY--
if one hundred vessels were kept in conuulssion tola
number would-be required, as a great many paymasters
are always«aeeded for shore duty. The bill also created
the new grade of pastas sis ant paymasters. The regu
lations now required a strict examination, besides tes
timonials as _to capacity and honesty. It was now
proposed toimake the rank of past assistant Bay masters
to correspond with past assistant surgeons and enxl
aeers. 3 Men who pass a second examination will be
entitled to this new rank.
•Mr. GKIMIS, of lowa, explained further that the
bill was approved by the Secretary of the ffavy.
Mr. HAXB was opposed to thebiU, and did not think
it wise at this lime to make permanent additions to tho
»svy. It would-become necessary before long, he
thought, to reduce the number of naval officers,
Mr. HaLR called the Teas and nays on the passage
of the bill—yeas 27, nays 4. The bill was passed.
Messrs. Bnrk&Zew* Davis, Carlisle, and Hale, alone
Toting ia the negative.
RETALIATION ON REBEL BBIBONBBB.
.Mr. WADE, of OMo, moved that the Senate take up
the resolution advising retaliation for cruel treatment
of our officers and soldiers by the rebels
Mr. SUMMER Oh! i wouldn't take up that now.
Mr WADE. Ton would if you were a prisoner.
The resolution was taken up.
Mr. HEhDKIOKS, of Indiana, stated that lie under*
stood that Mr. Johnson wished to debate this reeolu
toon, ana he hoped Its further consideration would be
postponed ur-iii to* mono w.
Mr. WADE. I shall not resist the postponement until
to-morrow, if the Benator from Maryland wishes to de
bate this subject, and yet I feel that if the gentlemen
i who wish 10 debate it were in tbe condition of many of
bur prisoners, would not feel like listening to a
Vrery long speech on the subjeot. I will let it stand over
till to-morrow- bot with the understanding that I shall
hws it at the earliest opportunity.
Y Mr. HENDRICKS replied to Mr. Wade, saying that
be Senator from Ohiohad seen fit to say that if he we;e
k the condition of some of our prisoners he wouid not
tel like debating thaquestion $ that he (Hr. Hendricks)
fd not feel that sympathy for the prisoners that he ought
9 Perhaps there was np member of the Senate who Fait
n>re sensitively on this subject lhan he (Hr Hendricks)
cS. He had a brother in the Southern prisons, and the
latent relations of no Senator could make him more
Bltltive than he was on this question. He was very
fife to say, however, without fully examining the sub-
Jtt. that he did" not think the resolution proposed wss
to best way to secure the release of our prisoners He
tltoshta general exchange ought to be effected, and
haeiievedit could be if the party in power would make
thVfloit.
4r. WADE, of Ohio, said he did not feel 1: ke agree
logo a postponement, inasmuch as the Senator from
Jumna had made all tbs speech that could be made on
thaobject. Retaliation had been successful before in
thijrar., The rebate bad placed our men under the fire
p! «r batteries, end they were compelled to desist from
thiawhes we retaliated by exposing their men In a
eimhrway.
HIHaRLAH. of lowa, said he did not believe lirex*
pedfct always to agree to an exchange, in the present
ci nolcn of the contest, as every man released by us
wasjt to be put into the field against us, and thus
sweljhe ranks ,of the rebel army. It was to our in-
tercelto keepthe rebel force in the field as small as
possile, »nd if we could by retaliattonVecure fair treat-
SQent|r our prkonerß in the bouth, this would be the
Wi«ea>olicy.
x. Aftcfeome further remarks on the subject the resolu
tion vfe postponed until .to-morrow. The Senate then
went !|oexecutive session* and soon after adjourned.
fC it
©‘
OUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
T>HB PUTT OK PBIKTIirG FAPBB,
Vf. ' SJSHBtTRNjB, of QUioiSt offered the following
joint* luttonf ■ \
Ke*o d. That mlieuof thedntyon printing paper
unsised id used for book* and newspapers, now la Tied
by law, bare shell be levied, collected, and paid, 3 per
centum t valorem.
Hr. JSHbTJJifiE, of Illinois, moved the previous
questio
Mr F INSWOBTH, of Illinois, hoped the resolution
would 2 be passed without consideration. He wanted
It refer] ' io the Committee on War s and Means.
. Hr. 2) ffFST, of Massachusetts, made objection to the
nasty pi ace of the resolution.
Hr. i iSBBUBNB raid the duty was now twenty
per cen mi ana he wanted to relieve the newspapers
from so: i of their burdens. *
Hr. M IRILL.of Vermont,was opposed to.the pas*
sage of s resolution, for the reason that the subject
was no pendlnc before the Committee of Ways and
Heans. .
Hr. F :NSWOBTH, of Illinois, moved that the reso
lution 1 laid on the table* which was disagreed to—
yeas 41, tyeSS.
The I iso ordered the main question to be put by a
vote of • pees to 44 nays, and the question having been
stated a 1 thejoint resolution be engrossed and read a
. third til now?
i Hr. 8' DXtOING, in order to prevent further action.
: moved 1 -t the'House adjonra, which was deoided in
the neg* re—yeas 13, nave 116
r Hr. I )OHAIiL f of Pennsylvania, unsuccessfully
i moved t twbbn the House adjournit be till Monday,
i He next loved that the House which also
'failed.
* The gabion was ordered on the passage of the reso
lution, t»n Hr. BICE moved to layTt on the table,
T his vaebt agreed to—yeas 43, nays §3.
Theioiiresdution was then passed—yeas 97, nays
40, asfol|ra; *
i \ YEAS,
1 Warfield, Patterson,
l Grider, . Pendleton,
IGrinnell, Perry,
Warding, Price,
ich.), Hairing ton; Band&H (Pa.l,
Harristw,}, Randall (Ky.£
Solman, Bice (Me.),
totebkiss, Bobinson,
Hibbard (lowa), Boners,
\bbaro (Conn.) Boliins(H. H.),
Boss,
mson(Penna), Schenok,
lian, Scofield,
won, Scott,
iegg (Mich.), Sloan,
(nan. NteefCK 7.),
- Steele (If. J.),
gtronse,
Sweat,
Townsend,
Upson.
Vtn v alkanbmrg.
Wadsworth,
Wasbbume<ni.),
Whaley,
Wheeler.
White, G. A.
White. J. W.
Wilder,
Wilvm, . *
Windom?
Teaman.
Allen. J. 1 1
Allison, |
Ancona, \
Arnold, I
Baldwin (t
Baxter, 1
Beaman.
Blaine,
Blair,
Bliss,
Blow,
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Brown (W
Chandler,
Clark, A,IS
Clay,
CoWa,
Coffrotb.
Cox,
Cravens,
Dawson, ,
Sensing,
Dennison,
Donntlly,
Brings,
Eckley,
Eden,
Bdgertoa.
Bldridge,
Flnek,
Gan&on,
Ehu
L|ar»
X4loud,
Kfyear,
wiwlTl
Miwell.
Mideton,
ginUH.t),
Moilon,
Korl,
Odell
O'UlcOhlo).
Orthl
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Allen, [Eliot
Aines, far
Baldwin (MASS. >. '
Bomwell,
Broom all.
Brown (W.Ya.),
Clarke, F.
Cole. ...
Criswell,.
Davis (MS.),
Davis (N. Y.),
Dawes,
Dlxofi*
The joint resolution is
Senate.
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5 THANKS TO MAJOB
Hr. ’WaSBBBBNE, of
"hanks t° General Sheridan
.Colßialttee on Military Aif a
IIIftTEDCTJONB FROM THKI
OObOBBUniQ THE COROT!
Mr. FRANK, of Now To>b|
of 'the L**ls!atiire of 3S ew It
tociji and. naffgaUnc tbs 3spr<
It being Ia«oiBp«tlbIe wilb fees Go.enuneat.
ikqotbt mo nsn oatiobt.
.On isotloa of Mr. BCHSHCK. of Ohio. * "ffiSg?*
W»s adopted anthoriiln* toe Committee oa MUltorj
Affaire to Bead forperaoas aadpapers.aiide*amlße
wlteeaaee, as to ret»li»ti< n for too rotrol trsatmopt of
prisoners of war* tog tubject having beast referred to
the committee under a resolution of the Hone*,
rax XUXDBBOUS ATTACK OK HOST. W, D. XSLZ.VT.
, Mr- SCHBKCK. of Ohio, rose to a question of privi
lege. and offered a preamble setting rorth that A. r.
field* in language of intimidation* and bullying, bad
attempted to interfere wit Hffm. J>. Eel ley* a member of
Congress from Pennsylvania, in Mb right and duties as
a member, in voting and declaring on a panning subject
of legislation; and fallowing up sack totimidationand
ballying by an assault on the person of the said Wm.
D. Kelley* thus committing a breach, of the privileges
of the House; therefore*
Resolved, That a select committee of five members be
appointed by the Speaker to inquire into the alleged
breach of privilere, and to send for persons and papers,
and inquire what order it is proper to take to protect 1
the rights, privileges. an* free legislation of the House.
Mr, &CBEECK. caused to be read an account from a
newspaper of the assault by A. P. field on Judge Kel
ley, and the circa me tances attending the infliction of
personal injury upon the latter gentleman, as elicited
from a judicial examination.;
Mr. FARNSWORTH offered ah amendment to the re
solution, that trail* (he report of the committee shall
be made A. F. Field shall be excluded from the priyi
leges of the floor.
Mr. FARNSWORTH said it was known that Mr.
Field was here awaiting action in his case as a member
elect from Louisiana* and that a resolution had been
passed giving him the privileges of the floor pending an
examination ot the subject. .
Mr. MOORHEAD, of Pennsylvania, said that while
he would vote to protect the House in all its rights, he
disliked asking for a committee to Investigate so gross
an outrage. He would be content with the amendment
jubC offered* to exclude Mr. Field from the privileges of
the floor. This should be done promptly and unani
mously, as he did not think gentlemen here wished to
be a«oc; ated with a man guilty of such an outrage as
haa been committed upon Ms colleague.
Mr. SCHENGK cadd tbat in drawing the reso
lution he had not Been or heard from Judge Kelley.,
and knew nothing of the circumstances of the
auault until be saw the newspaper reports con-
Uusipg them. In that resolution he did not speak
of Mr. Field as having been admitted to the floor
of, the Bouse, and neither Judge Field nor Judge Kelley
was of the least possible consequence in this connection
ascompmdWiih the great question which underlies
this entire proceeding, fie wanted to see whether any
citizen shall undertake to intimidate or prevent a
free exercise of judgment by a member of Goa
gross- He referred to the notion of the House ln 1831
and lfS3, when Sam Houston, an ex-member made an
attack upon Mr. blaeberry, a member of the Hou3e,ana
of toe vindication th*n made of free speech and legisla
tion by thereprimanding of Mr. Houston; and this, too,
when the House cc^ainggariargemajority of the De
mocratic friends of Homfohßw •
, Mr. COX, of Ohio* .said£hat’ihere*-was no one who
uot believe that of privilege*
and the action vindicate the dig
»«r, »nd rtgttta of'jfigffiSase- bnt to nM< Mr.
Fi«Jd from the the House was to
the rase. Let us first ascertain by
inreetiKatlon what grievances there are. Certainty
the man who is implicated should oa heard. The amend*
mentp<noEding went on the principle that the man U
faulty, for hfmseif,he was-pbyeicaliy capa'ole of
defecoing himself .(laughter]; but it might not be*o
with others. The from Pittsburg (Mr.
Moc-ibeau), having a ponderous form and all toe a&IH.
*£S# defence, did not feel for others differently cir
cumstanced..- [Laughter. 3
Mx TBaY BR, or Pennsylvania, said In Houston’s
case* immediately on a communicationheing presented
wm Mr. Stan berry, who was a ineciberfrom onio, Mr.
Vance, of the same State, off*red a resolution directing
the Speaker to issue his warrant to the sergeant at- ai ms
to tane into custody, wherever found,the body of Samuel
Houston, and keen him subject to the further orders
ana direction of the House. The resolution was adopted
by a large majority, Und Houston was accordingly ar
rested and held to answer for a contempt of. the prlvi
iu® 65 «, the House. So, at the second session of
the Twenty-third Congress, when John Ewing
was assaulted by John P. Lane, a lieutenant in the
navy* this Hi-uss asserted its jurisdiction by Its mode of
proceeding in the premises and oa a simple communica
tion. The question on which the Route was called to
act. when a pnma/acie chae was shown to toe Houre
-?£ vf £ Fl J itege^-was, Shall the House paused
?to arreet the offender and bring himHo the bar Soft: e
House? There could be no higher ofprivUese
than an -aseault on a member of the House for his offi
cial conduct. --C!
Mr. CoX, Did!understand you to any you would
vote for hu punishment r
Mr. TBaiEK. No; but I would vote for the amend-,
meat on the ground that' wh*n there is a prima facie
case made out the man is not fit to coma into the Houue
While he rests under the charge. If the investigation
should show that the charge is groundless, then f shall
vote to restore him to the'privilege of which he hag
been, deprived. The dignity and eeif-respiot of
this Hoqeo require that one who commits au
assault on a member should not be permitted; to come
into the hatl until he clears his skirts of,the charge.
Ihe House cannot be too jealous of its dignities and
rights. Ibe rights of the people are of so sacred a cha
racter, and the untremmeted liberty of the
me to important* that they should always be ade
quately protected. • . , •
_Mr COK, resuming, said the caße of Stanbrey and
Houston excited a great deal of interest, and that Stan
bery never again was returned by his constituents to
Congras because be submitted to Hm&fcon'a flagella
tion. Tht gentleman from Peunsyivaaia {Mr. Thayer)
in effect, to hang the man first and to try Mm
Mr. THAYER interrupted Mr. Cox, saying he did
rotpropose to punish the accused until after he had him
dcly convicted; hut he did propose* as th*re was a
primes facie case, to exclude him trom the floor until
hd &hould show his innocence.
Mr. COX af-ked whether it was not a punishment to
take awav the only privilege the man had.
_Mr. bCBENCK said he was familiar with the case of
Sianberry from its political aspects long ago. He had
no objection to bring Mr Field before the bat of the
Bouse* ashed been suggested, but he thought his reso
lution answered-the end in view juat as well. He de
tailed the proceedings of the House in Mr. Houston's
ease, Mr. Houston, it appears, was brought to the bar
■end questions were pat to him touching his admission
or .<teutel of the charge against him, and after he was
withdrawn, the committee, at the head of which was
Mr. Pavia, of Massachusetts, xeeommended what
farther the House should do. It happened that Houston,
as an ex-member* had the privilege of the floor, and
aftertbe ease was fully heard, ha was punished by a
reprimand from the Speaker*for the assault he had made
upon Mr. Si an berry, and also deprived of the privilege
of the floor When the communtcation was sent to the
Bouse, a question arose as to whether theje was a
sufficient; showing, but some of the friends of Mr. Stan
bezry tod need him to make an affidavit. Iu the case
now pending he had produced the narrative of sworn
testimony.. x
Mr. FABaSWOBTH raid that as to Mr. Field he was
merely admitted to the floor as a matter of courtesy* and
it was znanllestly proper the privilege should be with
drawn until after an investigation- Tne attack upon
Judge Keiiey was so unprovoked it was due to dignity
and propriety that the aggressor should be denied the
Privilege of the floor.
Mr. COX said Mr. Field was more entitled to thejsri
veleges oi the floor than Houston was, becaus i the Con
gressional term of the latter had expired, and Field was
endeavoring to he admitted.
Mr. JAMES C. ALLEH said gfave charges were pre
senled to the resolution, for which he expected to vote;
but while they were try tog the man he proposed to give
him the privileges extend* d to the meanest criminal
of being present during the discussion or his guilt or
innocence. The.amesdment to exclude him, if adopted*
would assimilate this hall to a Bfcar chamber.
Mr. LEONARD Ml EES. of FennsylvaziiA desired to
say in heflalf of Judge Kelley that he neither presented
the ease here nor prosecuted it iu the courts. When
ihe toßtlmcny w&b required, and if Judge Kelley was
sent for &s a witness, he would attend. Mr. Myers
saw the whole proceeding The attack was cowardly,
-Judge K«Ue?4ook.carej>£.
-lajjaTbcxttt*npiy, Miougn navlni Hs assauanfat a uuau
vantaie.
Mr. COX said he had made no charge of that kiud.
Mr. MXEBj said the gentlemen had made a jocular
intimation about *• one 7 s defending himself. ’*
Mr GOX replied that he had reference to his own
physical disability, **
MTERB* resuming, s§id he understood the comte
part of the gentleman’s remarks, and* in conclusion*
expressed the hope that Mr. Field would at once bs ex
cluded from the privilege of the floor.
•Hr, HABBINdTON, of Indiana* said that for one he
was opposed to the amendment, as there was no *vi
denee before the Bouse, except of a police report-, that a
violation of the privileges of the House ha i been com
xnitied. While he would punish Violations of the
privileges ef the House, he would not exclude
the accused, because it was unwarranted and
contrary *to every principle of Investigation. If
A w ,«™ language as was repre
•ented, Mr. Field ought to have resented it. If Judge
Keiiey had used outside the language he bad used here
to insult members, then the chastisement was just. He
did sot, however* know the facts in the case.
Mr. THAYER, of Pennsylvania, regretted that the
gentiemau from Indiana had put a hypothetical case re
flecting on the character oi the gentleman injured rather
than on that of the aggressor.
Mr TOWNSESD thought that something was dueSto
the representative character of Mr Field, and suggested
a substitute foi the amendment* which Mr. Farnsworth
accepted—namely: That until tne report of the commit
tee shall be made the privileges heretofore extended to
A. B. Field are suspended.
This was agreed to, and the resolution for the appoint
ment of a select committee, as thus amended, was
adopted
‘ Mr. BROOKS, of New York, said that not long ago,
in the course of his remarks, he had occasion
to speak of a certain major general" as a gold
robber, but in tome of the prints he was represented
as saying bold robber. No doubt this was a mis
understanding. Be had received a letter from a major
general who, it seemed, supposed that hU remark was
particularly appllcab e to him. though at the time there
&^ 0t ? ter i J c 8 P 0 A «eneral in the city of New York.
At Ms desire the letter was read:
Washlnqtox, January 20, 1885.
fames Brooks, Member o/ Congress, House of Rwre
sentatives: -
I find in the .ZtofZy Globe of the 7th to* t a report of your
remarks in the House on the 6th tost., anextractfrom
which personal to me\is appended. I have the honor
to inquire whether your remarks are correctly reported,
except perhaps in the misprint “gold” for “bold: 1 *
and also whether taere was any modification, explana
tion, or limitation made by you other than appears in
this report. 1
The gentleman who hands you this will wait, or call
for your answer at any time or place you may desi*-
nate. B, F. BUTLEE, Major General.
The extract from Mr. Brooks’ speech wasln substance:
I am boundwto say an effort was made to control the
city of New York during the autumn election, and tne
Soveroment sent there a gold robber in the person of a
major general of the united States. Robber as he was
of the public treasure, aud major general, he dared not
exercise control over the actions of those whom the
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Scofield) had called
thieves and robbers. **
Mr. BROOKS, resuming* said that the latter from
General Butler was brought to him by H. C. Clark,
captain and adjutant
, Hr- BODTWELL rose to a question of order that the
letter of General (Butler did not violate any of the
privileges of a member.
The SPEAKER said before deciding the point he
would like .Mr. Brooks to point out what words in the
letter he exCepted to* and he would then rule at to them
specifically. v :
.Mi- BROOKS in reply, quoted from the Constitution,
that ’’For any speech or debate in either Home, mem
bera shall not be questioned in any other placp”
The SFEAKEBircplled that would justify the gentle
man to.lefustog to answer the letter, but did not settle
this point..
Hr. BROOKS then said he excepted the whole
Jetier. It was sent through General Butler’s aide
de-camp in uniform instead of through the post of
fice. and Captain Clark was desirous of an immediate
answer, fie did sot like a military gentleman coming
into his house and calling for an immediate answer—
riauthterj—or any answer. He expressed to hl» aide
de camp that he could not give an immediate answer,
but would take his own time. The remarks to which
General Butler had tat en exception were made on the
floowf this Bouse* and he did not choose to‘enter to*”
acomspondence with Major General Butler concerning
BOUTWELL, of Massachusetts* pressed his point
of order.
Mr BEOOKB quoted from the letter: “The gentleman
Who hands you this will wait or call for an answer at
K»y pises you may detignate.” This, said Hr. Brooks,
Is the language of the duellist.
-The SPEAKER decided that the letter was uot an in
fringement of privilege; that if he should rote
that it was, it would cat off all the right of cri
ticism by constituents in their letters on the speeches
aud acts of their members* and ail attempts
to secure explanations of laaguage whieu
a person alluded to nere defined unjust It seemed to
toe Chair natural and not improper that a person who
had been charged here as a gold-robber should inquire
if this charge was correctly reported, and whether there
was not some explanation or qualification of it, and che
language of the note did not seem offensive. Language:
Boinethtogliko this might have been used by thiee who
recognized dueding. If the letter was dearly intended
as inviting a settlement of this matter by what i» called
the ' code of honor, * ’ but whieh the Chair regarded as
a code of murder, he would have ruled stalest it; but
as it was susceptible of a different construction* he de
cided toat it was not a question of privilege.
Mr BROOKS appealed from the decision of the chair.
He said If the object was to ascertain wnether be had
been correctly reported or not he could hive found oat
at the office of the Congressional Globe, or of its re-
He had revised the speech, making hold”
robberffioZd robber. General Butler sent his aide to him
with the letter* white he eras at breakfast; an aide-de
camp in full panoply, paid for out of the treasury of the
United States, and at pr« cent to the service of General
Butler. If he had been a .duellist he should have ac
. cepted the note In that character, but he resolved to re
tort to his rights as a member of the House, and it was
on that ground he left it to be said whether he was cor
rect or incorrect
Hr* XNGBB&OLL, of Illinois. What ground had you
for asserting that General Butler was a gold robber? ‘
Mr. BBGOKB. I cannot give my reason under the ru
Zing of the Chair ~
CUrles from toe Democratic side of >( Let us have
them! What are they?'’3 .
Mr. STEVENS. We had better confine ourselves to
the legitimate line of debate. 1 require toe gent eman
to speak to the text.
Mr. INGBRSOLL. I move the rules be suspended In
order that the gentleman may explain.
The rnjeswtre snepp* ded h, a vote for that purpose.
Mr. BTBYBNS (to a low tone). “ We suspend the
rules that we may al*grace ourselves. ”
Mr. fcPATJLI ISG inquired. Will] it be in order to
let Butter m the r:ng? .
Mr. KBRNaN- That is not in the
Field.
. Mr. BBOuK* said the reason he did not reply to the
letter was that he had known General Sutler oa a pre
vious occasion in New York,-when surroaeded by a
staff of twenty or twenty-firs officers in the Hoff
man Bouse, send out his aide-do camp to demand the
presence of gentlemen before him,-and when the gen
tir men appeared they found him seated at tbe table
who his pistols" before him; and this in the
petceable otty of New York. The grmud on
which he made the oharge of Butler being
a gold robner was certain transactions in New Orleans
and the prooeediogs in the eurrexete C iart la .New
York. The plaintiff in the car*. Samuel Smith, procured
an order to oompal Batter to refund certain moaey * sta
ting in his deposition tbat he went from Saratoga some
yr&rs ago to Now Orleans, and he and hta brother on
tetedtoiottei banking bat-iDet-sontbfl 2 tt of April.lfßi
When Admiral Farragut had pasted the forts be secre
teolls gold in the air csite of toe vault, fearing'! hat the
citu would be given to plunder. General .Butter, on tie
Istdf May, an order, and directed every man to
retain to hie pmoilslng that tbe right
cf property should be h»-ld inviolate, eaojeot only
to th» laws of-too Cnitad Hfatea. The d-ponenC ac
corditoly reopened his bank iog house. Geaerel Bnt-
tod examining into theaffoug of toe
Morris (Bf.Y.),
Myers, Ames
Myers; Jbecnard
tFJSeui (Peon.), .
Per ham,
Bice (Mass.). *
Shannon.
Spaulding. !
Stevens, ■
I'hayar,
Tracy,
Washburn (Mass)
Williams.
to be acted npoh by the
fSBAL SHERIDAN.
kia, offered a resolution of
[hion was referred to tke
iW Y&KK LHGISLATTJRB
riONAL AMENDMENT.
the resolution*
instructing .the Seaa
itatlTes to rote Cqr (he
l>ttdMn l M4 findkw ths deponent had $80,030 In gold
be demanded the money of him, and on Us refomns,
be w»» thrown Into prison uani he revealed the plats
or «oncealment. Qen Butler has now *5O MO of this
gold, So He {Hr. Brooks) had only to add thatthia
money bad never been paid into tie treasury of the
United Stetee sad yet remains la Batter 'stands.
Hr; I*OA«, of Missouri Hss it ever bm* returned to
ftbe proper department ?
Mr. BKOOKB. It is cot in the Treasury Department.
Mr. LOAN. Xunderstand it has bsen paid overt* tk«
War Department. *
Mr STJtVJSJSS asked whsd was the recall of the soft
to which the gentleman referred?
Hr. BBOOKB replied it was a till pending Hie fact
was nor to he discredited that the $50,030 was not where
it ought to be. hat in the sole possession of Genera,
liotler. _
Hr. GOOCH* of Massachusetts. X will say to the gen
tleman if, before making his charge, he had taken oc
casion to investigate the facts, he would have learned
the cfrcassiasces under which the money was taken
and the readiness of Gen. Butler to obey the order of the
War Department. .. ..
A colloquy of a very spirited, rapid, and earnest cha
racter followed.
Hr. BEOOKB asked. Did he make his report before or
after process issued?
Hr. GOOCH. 1 presume before, but I don’t know the
Mr. BEOOKS. I knowjw did not before the suit was
entered.
Mr. GOOCH. Was It not before the gentleman made
his statement-on this floor? . _
Hr. BhOOKS i know that General Butler used the
telegraph to say the money was in the treasury when
It was not there.
Mr. GOOCH. Is it in accordance with your position
here to change .General Butler with being a gold
robber ?
Mr. BBOOKS. A man who robs a citizen and keeps
the money until suit is instituted, and makes no report
of the fcubjeefe, deserves the epithet.
Mr, GOOCH. Does the gentleman say such is a fact?
Mr. BBOOKS. It has been so stated, to me
Sir, GOOCH. Did you not know the outer -day that
. General Butler had made bis report?
i Mr, BBC OKB. He was affrighted into making the re
port.
Hr. GOOCH. If General Sutler had taken money
while in command of New Orleans an-i had not reported L
the fact to the Government, but attempted to conceal it,
he has committed a wrong; but if he has not
done this, then the lentleaoaa from New York, ia
calling General Butler **a gold robber, *' hsa done
wrong seems to me the gentleman is the last man
who would' not receive a note from a gentleman
whom he had charred with being * c a gold robber, 1 1 be
cause he thinks he can shelter himself behind his Con
gressional privileges.
Mr. BKOOEfe. Has be the gold or not?
Mr. GOOCH. He had the geld ready to respond.
Mr BkOOKS asked whether a major tenerat. who
takes by force fifty thousand dollars in gold from
another man,, and beeps it, Is not a robber.
He thought, after theee statements, the House could
judge whether or not he was right, If General Butler
or bis friends were difasatlsfied'with the charge,all they
could do was to ask for a committee c-f investigation,
and not to have seat him a letter in order to draw him
into a controversy. He mainUtlLed he had been fully
justified in using the adjective against Batler. He
then proceeded to state what was knows to other gentle
men involving General Boiler in cotton spacatatlonj,
and in conclusion. said, 4 ‘So help me God, I have no party
object in. a controvert y like tins. When I made the re
marks to which exception has baen taken General But
ler was In full command, and now, when he seems to
have ft Hen, X would not have thus spoken if he had not
provoked me to it. With tar pen I will fully respond,
but here, on the floor of the House, I address the House
in the presence of the country and proclaim the charge,
and the on which I made It.
Mr. SfBVBNS. We have heard to-day about the pri
vileges oi the House Members, decent, decorous, and
■ respectable in their behavior, have/ been as mailed; but
ttera is another privilege injurious and dangerous to
the country, and teat is the privilege of members rising
in their places, and, in a viodieftve. malignant, out
rageous, and indecent manner, scatter their tilth and
slander on. the great men and patriots of the nation, and
tn«n shirking from the responsibility and thUlding
themselves from answering because they are mem
bers of this House. This privilege is a shameful
abtt£<& and ought to recoU on the head of aay
man who piaCilcts it, and here stands, under the shield
of privilege, ard senes forth damn and Mart
the character of most eminent men: Thc&rontlem&u
from New York said he did it from revengeful motives,
proyoked by a letter which he received. 1 have no
doubt of it. I dohot blame the gentleman as much m t
do these around him. 1a ia only *orry their names are
not on the record—those who voted to suspend the
rules—that the world may see and point at th*za with
scorn. How epuid the motion be made and sustained
unless to gratify the appetite that iivaaon the fllihiert
garbage from foul stomachs, cast up by malignant hate ?
Mr. uGHhNCK asked the gentleman to give way tot
an sojournment, &u 4 he coulu resume his remarks to
morrow
Mr. bTBVENSdid so, remarking that it was right an
opportunity should be given to state the farts.
On motion, the House then adjourned.
THE LECUsHATURE,
Ha&£lsbuxu, 'January 23,1655.
The Senate was not lu cession to-day.
*- HOUSE.
The House met at 7# p. M.
The committee on the contested-election case of Scho
field vs. Da Haven reported In favor of Do Haven, the
present member, because he had really lived for one
year preceding the election in the territory of which the
new aUteesth district was formed, it was impossible
forsn> man to hare resided strictly in tbo new district
for one year, because it had not existed for that length of
time.
The following bills were introduced:
Mr QUIGLEY, a bill authorizing the Northern blbsr
ties Gas Company to manufacture and seU gas and sup
ply it to any part of : he city.
Mr. THOMaS,*a bill continuing a titleto certain real
estate sold by the Girard National Bank jjalso‘requiring
all railroad companies in tbe State to sell commutation
tickets at average rates, and aslow as (hat of the three
largest roads. This does not apply to city passenger
lines. Various matters of local interest were then con
sidered. Adjourned. -
XBUXi Of AM ARMY CORBBSFOKDm.
Sis Offence furnishing Contraband
Washington, Jan. 23,—Gabon, the newspaper
correspondent, who was arrested in Mew York on
the charge of publishing contraband int'ormafioifof
value to the rebels, in relation to the late expedi
tion against Wilmington, was brought up for trial
to-day before General Doubleday's military com
mission.
Osbon asked an extension of time, in order to
procure oouneel and witnesses, which was granted
him, and the case is set for Wednesday, unless he
signifies his willingness to begin sooner. When
brought before the court to-day he admitted having
furnished the information for publication, and as
signs as a reason for doing so that he was under the
impression that the correspondents of other papers
intended to give the same news. He declines, how
ever, to tell where he received Ms information.
KENTUCKY.
A NIGHT WITH GUBHH.I.AS AUD THEIR DBUHA.T,
CiNcnofATi, Jan. 23.—A despatch from Cairo to
the Commercial says Ideut.'Nesly, in command of a
company of Tennessee cavalry, left Columbus, Ky.sf
on the isth, add when ten miles outj encountered a
force of two hundred rebels. A fierce fight ensuedi
lasting half au hour. The rebels had two killed)
one wounded, and five taken-prisoners. There were
no casualties on the Union side.
It is reported that from five to ten of Forrest’s
command come into our lines and take the oath
daily.
CALIFORNIA.
THE MONITOR CA'MAKOHE OH A TErAi TBIT—BE
CEIFTS OF SOLD AND SIiYKR—FINANCIAL Q DO-
TATIONS.
Sajt Fbanoisoo, Jan, 1.-—Ths monitor Camanche
steamed Into the bay and sailed on a trial trip to
Mare Island Navy Yard, where she will be fitted up
for service. Commander Woodworth will probably
take charge of her.
; The steamer Jdtn L. Stephens arrived from Mex
ican ports, and brings $10,700 In gold, and nearly
2,000 sacks of silver ore. The receipts of bullion
since the 11th Inst, have been $1,800,000,
Exchange Is unsettled, owing to Eastern flnctna
tlons In gold. Currency bills are at 90 per oent. pre
mium. Telegraph transfers i% per oent., and coin
hills lx per cent.
ABBTVAZ OF SOBS TBBASHBE.
San Fbanoisoo, Jan. 23.—The steamer Oolden
City Bailed to-day with a few passengers and
$565,000 in treasure for England, and $261,000 for
Hew York.
CANADA.
THE ENGLISH FLEET OK THE LAKES—KO FOHK-
DATIOM FOB THE ASSERTION.
Tobokto, Jan. 23.—The Globe to-day has a special
from Quebec to the effect that the report that the
English Government was about to send a fleet of
gnnboate to the lakes Is a canard.
The writ of habeas oorpus in the case ol Burleigh
was moved for to-day. The case is likely to come
on immediately. ' "
Festpoaed Bale of Prizes.
Baltimore, Jan. 23.— The sale of the captured
blookade-numers, the brig Mountain Eagle and
schooner Hatch, which was to have taken place
here to-day by order of the United States marshal,
has been postponed until the 26th Inst.
Tbe lower Mississippi.
Caibo, Jan. 22.— The steamer Darling, from
Memphis, has arrived with 111 bales of cotton for
Cincinnati.:
Markets by Telegraph,
Baltimoee, Jan. 23.—Navigation Is closed, and
no grain Is coming forward. Flour dnll and heavy.
Western extra $ll 6O. Groceries drooping and
nomlial. Whisky dull at $2 88.
THU STATE. -r
Fbknstlvahiakb ih Rebel Prisons.—Captain
Emerson, of the 7th New Hampshire Volunteers, -
who has been released from Andersonville, supplies
a list of officers and privates In prison throughout
the South, making it as fall as Ms limited oppor
tunities could make it. He gives the names of the
following Pennsylvanians, all he was able to gather:
Officer! in Libby. —Blent. John A. Davors, 21st
Cavalry; Major John M. Philips, 18th do.
Privates in Libby end Pemberton Prisons , Bee, 14,
1864.—John Heckman, 6th Heavy Artillery: John
Forsyth, do.: Michael Kerry, do.; Christian Doras,
do.; Wm. H. Maury,do.; Reuben Hoffman, do.; Gei!
Eyre, do.; Geo. Fisher, do.; Roland Curtain, do.;
Timothy Gowan, do.; Eph. Bruner do.; Sam. MoKee,
do.; John Wessel, do.; S. Owens, do.; H. Hartman,
do; Wallaoe u. Moss man, 14th; John F100rer,224;
Owen Drleßbaoh, 202 d; John Fahnestock, 2024; An
drew Johnson, 22d Oav.; Henry Hattermei, lath
Cav.; James Glase, do.; K. A. Kayser, do.; John
Miller, do.; S. A. Bash, do.; William Soutter, Bth
Heavy Art.; John Scatter,do.; George Fleming,
do.; John Peterson, do.; Thomas J. Hughes, do.;
Edwin G. Page, do.; Lemuel Bowyer, do.
Pennsylvania Officers in Danville, N. c.. December
8, 1864 —Captain M. I. Stone, 2d Cavalry; Blent. R.
H. Walk/do.; Lieut. L. Bogart, do.; Lieut. Henry
Boley, do.; Capt. J. J. Torbort, do.; Lieut. Joseph
Bowman, do.; Lieut. John Flynn, do.; Lieut. W.
E. Ackley, fdo.; Lieut. L. Forrest, do.; Capt. W.
H. Brokert, do.; Lient. M. McFarland, do.; Lient.
W. H. Bryan, do.; Lieut. Bailey, do.; Captain J.
T>. Blaok, 97 th ; “Llcut. A. C. Mills, Tfitti; Captain
E. D. Booth, 107th LCaptain E. E. Zelaler, do.;
Lieutenant G. W. Hum do.;' Lieutenant Beau
meder, do.: Lieutenant Wm. Shuler, do.; Lieut.
George O. Stair, do.; Lieut. T. M. Fisher, 190th ;
Lient J. M. McCoy, do.; Lieut. B. F. Wright,
do.; Colonel Wm. E- Hartaherno, do,; Major John
A. Wolfe, do.; Capt. J. E. Crotcher, do.; Lieut.
Wm. Daddy, do.; Lieut. MoeesLucone, do.; Lieut.
Fredk. McCullough, do.; Lieut. John W. Haztett,
do.; Lient. Thos. J. Thompson, do.; Lieut. Bloh
ard West, do.; Lieut. Rufus D. Cole, 191st; Colonel
J. Karle, do.; Lieut. A. M. K. Strong, do.; Maior
M. Weidler, do.; Capt. T. H. Abbott,’ do.• Lieut.
J. Sharpley, do.; Lieut. H. Muller do.; Captain H.
H. Gregg: 13th ; Lieut. John Walter! do - Lieut.
B. P. Thompson, 61st; Lieut. O. L. Mureereau.
22d; Lieut. W. J. Leach, 90th; Lieut. J. F. Reilly,
do.; Lient. J, MeMaster, 84&; Capt T. J. Kell
ley, 99th; Lieut. H. M, Munsell, do.; Lieut. J. J.
Hager, Mist; Lient. J. M. Burshfleld, 146th;
Lieut. Z. B. Springer, 116th; Lieut. W. H.
Wright, 17th Cavalry: Maj. W. H. Fry, 16thdo.;
Maj. A. H, Wakefleld, 49thj Maj. D. Sadler, 2d
Artillery; LUnt. G. O. Wilson, do.; Lieut. W. A.
Laugblln, 28; Lieut, J. Gayette, do.; Lieut. T. H.
Mumfrad, do.; Lieut. J. S. Warner, 12lst; Cast.
J MoTaggort, 121st: Capt. James Allen, do.;
Adjutant Robert-,T- Bates, do - Lieutenant Henrv
Oonpland, do.; Lient. John Bingham, do.; Lient
John L. Harvey, do.; Lieut. W. W. Strang, do.;
. Lient. .T. L. Child, do.; Lient. Oliver Davlsf4Bth:
Capt. John Beck, 46th; Lieut. A. Bailey, 45th-
Lieut. JohnM. Kllue.do ;Lieut, G. B.
lln, do.; Lieut. Wm. K. whit ark, do ; Lieut. Theo
dore Gregg, do.; Capt. John T. Trout, do : Lieut
_P. D. Brlckner, 13th; Lieut. A. Beers, llth; Lieut.
John Bacon, do,; O l T. B. Kaufman, 109 th; o»nt
X ■Ls£te,’«h. Ll ° Ut - S ‘ M eNutt,lB3d;’aSS>r
, J’ OS ' I L OPFI °? OBAKaES. BTO.—The follouSug post
office charges In Pennsylvania are announced : V
Establisu amv office at Soho 4 AUcgbeay county*
Pa., tn tbe oonnellsvllle Railroad? hK three
W«”«n Pltel ’ tr& and a PPolnt Gotlolb Garner
The post office at West Warren. Bradford oounty,
-pJ^; CBlabU£hea - Kagoisappalatcd
Tbetlte $r Stomps MiUieffloe, Vfsm coaa-
The offices , ?1 ■ V
BUr~ "SSSBJSRSsIiS
Shaffer, enlisted. country, {&? $ post.
Tim* county, viee Jameß rv ty
Willnrd I* Evans, poatmaite/r*’ rr:r >»' ■.3,1"' %
Erie county, vice D. X Urcwon ’,.^?'' 6ll ’? 4- - .
Jonathan fintler. poatSSrv '•'/
ooonty, Vice John Hoffman! niUrZ i;*vr
James Ersktee, noetmastcT r* M d ' ' ;r *
land county, vice William ilrt7::I v ' ar - W«a. r ,
t»S?*TF postmaster,
land county, vice o. iff. 5.U.7 , '‘h. Ww,':t
Clark A. WScox, p3stma-K?’t r . ? .‘r TC '’- fa
vlcoD. C Oyster, resigned
James Roberts, pcstmasv- ’’7,
gomery county, vice A. .
JSt S. Downing jostmasir ! Pf \ " ~•
ford eounty, vice H. Willey, K-tL* ,aia '‘»w l Hm,
AHew ComiissF2rrTi-i<r-v\. ’ w
1 ? p . or l tlat
dollar greenbsok jg iti cireulatt-.r
poorly executed, the l- l £
and reugh In appoaraDce. The it-'" ' V- ;
on the Icn-lmnd end of then-./'. ' v ' i."
wort around the fignrs's 4 r,!
comer are very poorly stick-** ‘ ‘ •
and mixed appearance, i-t. -r
-« »» Indifferent ahado, and Vu". t‘"' i '
The engraving Is shorter thsn i 5 ‘ -
by about a quarter of an inch. 61 •*» ,
Tsoors sit som pos Sira-iv
f- Meagher,tho noted t
to Pittsburg on Sunday. He £ .- r; .
Sberman,artd his troopr—about f S ir.n V' “
will passthrough tc-mcrror- , ■
York. From thence they wlils,-r'fn.'' ,: ’’‘ ’
join Shennan. Kecgherts a a r -L','
•Tames C. Dean, Is with him. ' — ll 1: i
A STEW Ekoisiiewt.—People Of p
toying to raise a new regiment -
(JOyemorhES received a good ‘ ■ ■-
subject, but as he has no riww' 14 -"'-
the prayer ho bsffi sent them ai[ 1
BMW lobk vaiiT"
Yosr, ,)4
bask stavskekt.
~ Statementol tho oandicior,of the t.„.
York for the weekending onhat-irb-r;.!”' ' :i
Loans, decrease -*t >*■,*?■
Specie, do
rtooulaHon,do ■
Deposits, do
the mica op oold,
Oold closed this afternoon at ids.
AH AEUIVAI. P£o>i savwu,
The steamer Ariol has arrived frc H v- .
with dates to the xeth tost. Tho n:<,.. r , ” ''*•
news of interest. . ;1
ths uvrrijxct stock £oak>.
At Gallagher’s Exchange t •> ‘; . .
quoted at 189 S ; new Five twentiespv . ';•..»»»
Uentoal, 101: Ten-forties, 108*4: Erie --r,, r , ‘ : •:
Elver, 85; EeaCing. jlojf; Stic/>-r" ' ' '
«Uf > Ulinoia Oentraf, uo«: Llara! n - £ r »,
bnrg.SlM; t»Joa*aand -Hoc:: I’-.-- Y<>--
bcrland Ocal, 42: rjuiokstivor. 83 •<
The mr-rket was cot sir-rug. 'TSer* v. „ ,
transaetions to gold after call, or.ti a V r ,
was bid, but at the close it wao .| i jf v-,i
The Mythical Acciddkt ox ths tj r . 7,
road.—Yesterday we printed a dstpitsh t-'-,'Y
falo, announcing a tremendous aeclfe* : ji“ *•?."
Railroad, near Williamsport. Wo fc'Uec,'
and stated we believed the story to bo a gc... ;
geratlon. The story has some fouaiatloi > . T '
very slim one. A collision did occur, bus - v
trestle-work iso feet high, for there is ni E !,!'
work on the road, and was between the OatUi.»
mail-train, going east, and a train on F 1
Railroad, going weEt, five miles from Muse
latter train had the right to the road, ana na
moving to accordance with schedule revuiri,?
Only six persons were slightly Injured—tbur sai.
pioyees of the company and two passengers.
Compliment t— tbe Officers and Crew or
tbe V. S. Frigate Colorado.
The following complimentary letter was addressed
to Commodore Thatcher, of the Colorado, by A*mj.
ral Pdrter, when he ordered the frigate to return t»
Norfolk, after having done good service in the
duction of Fort Fisher:
Noeth Atlantic SquADßov.
_ Flau-ship Maltsus,
Orr Fobt Fishek. Jan. is, lass
■ Commodore: You wUI proceed with vonrstia
to Norfolk, and on your arrival there report vouo
eelf to tbe Bonorabie the Secretary of tho Navy
In parting with you and your ship, permit tea to ail
press to you howl have been gratified at lari'*
you associated with me to the important events that
hare taken place here, and the capture of all tka
enemy’s strongholds, torts, and guns, more naaw,
roue than have been captured during the war. Fort
Caswell Is now to flames, and has been Mown up is
which you have born* your part by helping so so.
bly with your ship to batter down the formidable
works before which we are now lying peaoefiilly at
anchor.
I thank you kindly for the support you hare
always rendered me, and for the efficient ooadittoa
to which your ship has always been kept, and the
readiness to perform any and all the duties required
of you. I would not now part with you if there was
any chance of your services being required, but toe
door through which the rebellion is fed has bee*
dosed by our guns, and there is nownothlcg to de
but sit down and watch the traitors starve. I should
much regret if I thought we should not be again a*,
socloted on duty. I hope we will yet hear the sound
of our guns booming against the walls of our out
side enemies. I wish you a Bafe and speedy voyage
home, and that you may be welcomed by your
friends, as you deserve to be.
With my warmest good wishes, I remain, very
respectfully and truly yours,
David D. Porter, Bear Admiral.
To Com, H. K. Thatcher, commanding fruited
States steamer Colorado.
Kentucky Ready vor th* Abolition or
Slavery.— The Louisville Journal of the 17th, to an
editorial notice of an article from the New York
Leaier on “Slaveryand the Democratic Party,"
says it reproduces the article to indicate the revolu
tion to popular sentiment even in tho Democratic
'party. Xtthenglvesitsownsentiments, andspoaha
for-Kentucky, which the reader will remember cast
a heavy majority for McClellan at the fast election.
It says:
A new «»Is dawning upon the nation; Its light
is flooding the political sky, and he who lingers on
In slumber, dreaming of an Irrecoverable past, will
be consumed by the Increasing flams. Missouri and
Maryland have declared for emancipation, and they
look to Kentucky, confident that she, too , in tbe spirit
of true progress, will inaugurate the system. Two
-thirds of the Democratic party in the loyal States,
sustaining, as they do, the national cause, and ap
preciating the last Presidential vote, wilt resound
to these views sooner or later, and at no distant day
the Federal Constitution will be so amended as to
prohibit slavery throughout the nation. Whatever our
prejudices on the subject, such is clearly the destiny
before us. Every cool and intelligent thinker per
ceives it.
Pnhlle Entertainments*
GhAseiCAX. Quintette Oicb. —The eleventh
matinee will take place to-morrow at the Assembly
Building. The programme consists of a quartette
in G, for 'string instruments, by Haydn; a quin
tette In C major, by Mozart; and Beethoven’s
sonata In O major, for piano, to be performed by
Mr. Jarvis.
Signob Blitz will continue the exhibition of hU
astonishing skill hut for a short time longer. Ih
addition to his regular Soirees, he will give as af
ternoon entertainment to-morrow.
Some days ago a rebel officer named S. B,
Davis alias W. Cummings, a lieutenant In the rebel
service, was recognized by soldiers on board a rail
road train in OMo, as the former keeper of the rebtl
prison pen at AnderEonvllle. He was arrested on
charge of being a spy, and Is now on trial before a
court martial in Cincinnati. Last Thtirsday h*
made a speech to the dbuxt, concluding as follows:
“Gentlemen, I do not ask city. My heart fears
nothing on this earth. I am no coward. 1, ilka
the rest of you, have faced bullets before to day.
Some of you have marks of them; I can show
them, too- I ask not for pity; I ask but for jus
tice. If In justice you or any other court oa
God’s globe can- make me ont a spy. hang me;
gentlemen, I am not afraid to die. Young as I
am, scarcely verged Into manhood, I would like
to live. But-, gentlemen, lam no coward, and I
deem a man who would stand here before his fol
low-men, before soldiers who have faced the foe,
who have felt bnllets, and ask pity, does not deserve
the name of man. Had I thought that you could
have regarded me as a spy, nothing canid have
forced me out of Richmond: As to gathering In
formation, I have no way to show that I have not
done It, I buow I have only done my duty. I hive
dose it as best I could: God knows what I intended;
and He knows that I do not deserve death. But if I
die I go withent asking pity, but as a soldier should
die. Ifesr not death, and I can go to the judgment
bar of God now, to morrow, or whenever i; may
please the CMef Magistrate of this country to say,
go.”
- —The “Judge Held” who assaulted Mr. Kel
ley, member of Congress from this city, at Willard'S
Hotel, in Washington, is said to be well known at
the West, where he made himself known as a man
of violence and outrage. It was hoped when he left
Illinois that he had quitted the country, but h*
turns-up, it appears, in the “Louisiana delega
tion.”
General Sherman 1b sending the negroes who
followed him into Savannah to Beaufort. With
the first ship load he sent this message to General
Saxton:
“Please find enclosed seven thousand contra
bands, the first Instalment of fifteen thousand.
Many of them are from far np in Georgia, and a
long, weary, and sorrowful tramp they have bar.
Many of them, with little children, have not brought
a thing with them, and have most miserable cover
ing. Bales of clothing can be disposed of among
them.” -
CXOCY ITEMS.
Thb Fail ik Gold.—Pakic Priors.
Extra heavy 9 4 bleached sheeting *1 IS
u u H 34 m « 1
Ballard.vale flannels
First-class American prints....
'WDliamsvllle mnslln....
Heavy whlte-rlbbed cotton hose
JOHS B!TEKf>,
247 South Eleventh street, above Spruce.
N. B.— A few pair left of the extra large ana
heavy, wet blankets, at $9.76* ja24*2t
Raw, Damp Wbathbr, and the varying temper**
tare of the season, are rapidly producta? Colds,
Coughs, and Pulmonary Affections of »U Wads-
Persons with weak lungs should now be especially
careful; and what may seem trifling Coughs ana.
Ooldsoughttohave immediate attention. Tae care
less Indiffereno#which waits lor “ a cold to go as
came,” in many oases results to lajlng the seeds *
Consumption. , For such neglect of one's heM»
there is no excuse, as Dr. D. Jayne’s ExpaotoMn
can he readily procured, and is the standard remmf
for an Coughs, Colds, and Pnlmonary AfieojM® A
Its long established reputation bring a gaarari*®
its efficiency. Prepared only at No. 24* CWf
street, • P* n
OlosikgDire! Otosuro Oct!I Oiosi* 0 CW jtst
Cloelsg out! Oloslßg ont!!
Closing out! J
Oar Winter Stock or Beady-miae v l«
Our Winter Stock of Heaiy-mstio' jlotiiing.
Oar Winter Stock of Keady-ma4» ClothUft
The Continental,
TTnfler the Continental.
Under the Continental. Oitas. St? jkes &
Mb. Btiiß’B Mission.—lt Is pr ally geoereljf
conceded that Mr. Blair goes to f iiohmood
with authority to give passu to P eac3 oo®°> wl ® ,
ers from rebeldom to Washing Ea win
communicate freely with refe?'Vcoßgr<! :sinen '*°*
expatiate freely upon the ad' j-antagee of a
Union, prominent among y mot will to tUS,< f, s M
mable privilege of proontlf „ wearing apto r ''’ ‘
Brown Stone Clothing Y-a\l of KocShM* w “
Nos. 603 anil 605 Chests, at street, above Sixth.
“ Enoch 4bdek, r JO lBg Banting a" 3 p * ! *' «
tie Arch-etreet Thr .atre last night—one s ' a f, „ A>|
there and killed, in the legs of a geetJOts
tronwrs. ’
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