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FRIDAY,! FEBRUARY 3, WM
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101011401111. We do not return rejected manuscripts.
AST Voluntary oorrespondencele solicited from all
parts Of the world, and especially from our different
military and naval departments. When Used, it will
be paid for.
To COMPEL PEACE, on the basis of Free
dom and Union, is the object of the war.
To denounce, repudiate, and scorn the
suggestion of such a peace has been, since
1881, the pride of the' rebel leaders and
the rebel press. Still, we have carried on
the war in the firm conviction that in the
end this pride would be conquered by ne
cessity, and forgotten in returning patriot
ism and 'wisdom. It may be that we
have already reached the end. The victo
ries of SHERMAN may be grander than we
know ; the defeats of our enemies greater
than we have guessed ; their despair pro
founder ; their foresight keener than even
ours. The ruin that seems to us
.a certainty
in the future may be to them the great fact
of the present.
The intended submission of the rebels
to the Union is not to be assumed because
Messrs. ETEPHENS, HUNTER, and CAMP
BELL have come within our lines as ac
credited peace commissioners from Rich
mond. SrurunNs.*more than a year ago,
attempted to offer peace with separation to
the Government, and was refused. But it
cannot be supposed that Mr. Imicorx
should leave Washington to meet these
gentlemen at Fortress Monroe, unless he
had assurance that submission was in some
shape to be tendered.
Our hopes of an immediate ending of the
war are not extreme. There are the .odds
of armies against it. Up to yesterday, al
most, the rebellion was defiant. If it has
submitted, its repentance has been sudden
as the miraculous calm that stilled the Sea
of Galilee when the God of Peace stretched
forth his arms and the storm ceased at
his bidding. Yet, when the reconciliation
of the North and South does come, it will
be swift and sincere, and never to be
broken. Even if this peace embassy
should prove to be a heartless mockery
of our hopes, the great fact remains that as
it paused between the opposing -lines the
armies forgot they were enemies, and
cheered, not as Northerners or South
erners, but as Americans.
PHILADELPHIA has done nothing to cele
brate the constitutional abolition of slavery.
Not a bell was rung—not a gun fired by
order of the civic autborities. Yet Coun
cils met yesterday, and the Mayor attends
to his ordinary duties. Ia Harrisburg a
disgraceful party fight is being made over
the resolution of ratification. The bell that
- proclaimed liberty to all mankind is silent
in the Hall of Independence.
AMERICA has many eloquent men, but
there are tew of her orators who have the
, earnestness, the sincerity, and the fewless
nf2a.. of Ns. •DiNTEL D ououParrv. We com
mend to the criticism of our readers his re-
marks on Peace, in his Ace speech last
night at the Academy of Music. is argu
ment, however, is directed against a suppo
sition; the revelations of the next fortnight
-must be awaited by all before absolute
()pinions on the subject can, be prudently
advanced.
PEACE
ARRIVAL OF TBE COMMISSIONERS
, WITHIN otin LINES.
Their Reception by our Soldiers and Oen. Grant.
ISNTUNIABII OF BOTH ARMIES AT THE ATPEAIt
ANOE OF In OOMMISSIONSILS.
THEIR ARRIVAL AT FORTRESS MONRCrE
MIE PRESIDENT GONE TO MEET THEM
Rumors and Feeling in this City Yesterday
Yesterday the city was again filled with fast
flying rumors of peace. They assumed every form,
from giving very imagitative plans of meson
litzuction which had been agreed upon, even to an
absolute recognition of the Confederacy. Of course
the latter was not believed,althongh there were those
who pointed to the oft-repeated statements of the
3liolimond papers that independence was the only
price ofpeage, and hinted that a peace polloy was
prompted by a fear of,soree sudden, unlooked-for fo
reign intervention, The possibility of snob a misfor
tune was wisely argued, but the sages who imagined
they foresaw it found few hearers and no believers.
There were others who took a new view, and con
tended that the negotiations would result not ex-
sway In Union, but in the next thing to it—an al
liance offensive and defensive between the sections,
or a return to the old Confederation. And there
were (there, still, who took the most moderate and
Sensible view, that the South was now conscious of
its growing weakness and fast-approaching defeat,
and seized this as the only moment when they could
*some out of their foolish and fruitless contest with
anything like even military honor. This was the
general idea concerning the bails upon which we
are to hold interooterse with the rebel commission
ers. On that basis alone was it expected that peace
could ever be obtained by the rebels or accepted
bytes.
Below we give all that yesterday develops con
cerniag the arrival and intentions of the COMMIS•
stoners, and the manner in which they hose been
accepted by our Governuent. We string our de
apatchee together In order of time and ohmmeter of
facts, as an olive branch.
Concerning their departurewe offer the following
foots, representing both sides—the rebel and the
I.lnten. The Richmond Dispatch of Tuesday says :
tt Meson. Stephess, Hunter, and Campbell, the
ejonfederate peace comtulealunere, who left here on
Sunday morning for Washington City, stopped on
Sunday night in Petersburg, whence they went
through the lines to City Point yesterday morning.
'They left our Mee on lien. Bushrod Johnson's front.
As they were making the transit, their character
and object of their, Weston became known, when
onr troops sent up snob a cheering as never was
heard before, and continue(' it MU the commission
ers were out of sight and -well within the Yankee
lima, when the clamor was immediately (aught up
the Yankee troops, who cheered and hurrahed
di they were , home. Amidst the deafening
' , outs of the armies the commissioners went on
rs'. heir way. The next we hear of them will be
JarOugh the Yankee peens."
T Speaking of the same subjeet, the AMOOlated
Frees correspondent says :
ileanquenTesta ARM? OP run Poreitdd, Feb.
I.—The announcement that peace commissioners
had arrived within our lines and had gone to Wash
iiiititon, although premature, was not without tonn
e% on in fact. On Sunday a flag or truce appeared
on the line near the centre, and, being answered, it
wail found to be a request, in pursuance of an under-
Irtandio .1 with Mr. Blair and General Grant, for
permission for the fellowlngeamee persons to pass
SO General Grant's headquarters, viz : Lieutenant
"Colonel Ilatob, A. A. G. and Exchange Compile
stoner, with Alexander H. Stephens and B. rd. T.
Bunter mid J. A:Campbel , Colonel Samuel Har
lin:tarn oommanding the le t Brigade, let Division,
SthOorpe, received the cOMMenleation and for
warded it to headquarters.
Owing to Gen. Grant's ablenoefrom City Point
ZO reply could be sent immediately, but the matter
was referred to Washington, and after several cent
xnueleatione had passed between our authorities and
the commissioners the permission was granted, and
a deputatiotkooesieting of Col. Babcock of General
'Grant's etaff Col. Herrin]an,_Ool. Lydig of Gen.
Parke's star,, . and Captain Brackett of General
-Wileox's staff, were deputed to meet then.
Zeman and escort them within our lines. The
deputation reached the appointed place just
before sunset yesterday afternoon, and were soon
joined by Mr. Stephens and his , companions,
and, after a few minutes spent in inter
changing civilities, the party came within our
lines, the troops on both setae uniting in a simulta
neous char, which seemed to give them greater
eonfidence than - tbey had before exhibited. They
Were escorted to,. the railroad la carriages, where .8
special train wedi In weldor to convey them to City
Point. A large crowd or echoers was here mein,
bled, anxious to startedilmen of the strangers, and
"Men the train; loud chews again greeted
them. On arriving at City Point they were taken
to Onieral Grantle leadqearters. where they spent
the night. Messrs. Stephens and Campbell looked
Inch Mandated, but Mr. Hunter appeared to be
hall and hearty, as did ()envoi Listen. The latter
conducted the negotiatiuna his usual agreesele
and happy mealier.
The only allusion made. to our difficulties was the
hope expressed by Ale. , sreplietts to Colonel Bane.,
on bidatikhim good b) e, that they ehonid non
teat under happier sustains..
Of their arrival at Chty Point, and their reception
there. Mr. E. F. - Charles, one of our oorrespond.ents
with Grant's array. thus further Writan :
(Special OorreaPon.dence of The Prem.) -
. GMT POINT, Va., February 1,1866.
City Point, .usnally the delimit and Most, mo
intoneus plentin °mitten, has had another sensa
tion—the eitaind singe its oolenizatien by the army.
For two or three dap' past we have been enlivened
- with reports dr -various rkinds, all afflrrellig that
peace wee mem to be sin aoo.'-oto'plistied fact, and that
commissioner" to make the nominees , negotlatione
were already en route Mr our lines from the rebel.
Capital.
As is not usually the ease, these reports contained
a germ of truth. Last evening an embassy from
11obviond (or Peters ourg rather), having for its ob.
Jan a conference upon the Banjoist of peace with the
Government at Weahington, arrived within oar
Miff I and, ere this deapatoh reaches you it will
probably have arrived at the Federal capital.
On Monday the first intimation from the enemy
that they desired to send a deputation of this kind
across the lines was received at the headquarters or
the 9th Corps, through one of our officers In charge
of a picket line.
Permission was at once granted the officer to re.
ceive the flag of truce, and, in anticipation of the
arrival of the embassy upon the same day, the
headquarters wagon was held in readiness to con.
vey them to the railroad station, and a special train
was telegraphed for to this point.
But on Monday they name not. Nevertheless, the
news that they were coming soon spread around the
camps, and after dark there was cheering all along
the lines. At very many of our picket posts, as well
as those of the enemy, flags of trueehad been flying
for some days previously, and from Battery Morton,
on the extreme left of our position, a white flag was
displayed.
Yesterday, a little while past noon, the Confede
rate peace commissioners came over to the lines of
the Oth Corps. They were received by an of or
General Grant's staff, and were conducted to the
headquarters of the army, where a brief informal
Interview with Major General Meade was had,
The telegraph operators at headquarters were at
once Instructed to, telegraph to the despatcher
at City Point for a special train, and about half
pest four o'clock the train started down the road.
Of course, a great crowd as assembled at the
depot, and the anxious interest with which the de
parting train was watched, until the last ourl of
smoke from the locomotive had vanished in the dis
tance, was amusing to behold. Not less amusing
were the stories current in the crowd as to its oh.
jeCt, and the distinguished personages for whom it
had been sent.
The Confederate peace delegation was composed
of Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the
C. S. A.; Robert T. Hunter, Secretary of the Trea
sury (the easiest berth under the rebel Government
at present) ; and William Barnwell Rhott, perhaps
the most virulent fire.eater and'advocatelof slavery
in the South.
It was atter seven +Polock when they entered the
special passenger car prepared fOr them at Park
Station, and, excepting the officers appointed to
escort them, none . others were permitted to enter.
The trip was accompllthod without accident or in•
olden% and without more than the usual number
of stoppages and delays for which this road is
famous. The Conversation was very free and social,
but no allusion was made to the topic of interest
uppermost in all minds, and the subject of peace
negotiations was tacitly ignored.
Long before the arrival of the train here the
crowd of anxious loungers and curiosity-seekers had
reassembled at the depot. To..a,vold the crowd, and
thus save the deputation frbm unnecessary deten.
Lion and annoyance, a little of De Jominl's strategy
had to be resorted to, and it was put In-practice
with complete success. The railroad track ooes not
terminate at the depot, but is continued about half
a mile up the river banks to the rear entrance to
General Grant's enclosure—a plot of grOund some
acres in extent, surrounded with a hedge of cedar,
wherein General Grant's stair Ohara have pitched
their tents.
About ten o'clock the train came dashing up the
road, ana, instead of stopping as usual at the depot,
it proceeded at full speed to the actual terminus of
the road. Before the baffled and disappointed crowd
could - overtake it the distinguished strangers had
alighted, and were conveyed directly to General
Grant's headquarters. What transpired at the in
terview that followed is a sealed book to the Inquld•
Live outsider, and only the wiseacres of vivid
imagination can tell. But it is known that the con
versation was of.a cordial and Informal nature, the
sober questions of business being deferred till this
morning for deliberation.
I have just been informed, upon authority gene
rally reliable, that the Oontederate peace commis
sioners have applied to General Grant for passes to
proceed to Washington, that they may have au in
terview with the President. As the mall closes In
a few momentil there is no time to verify the state
ment by further inquiry; but there can be little
doubt Of Its correctness.
If requested, General Grant doubt, allow
the committee to proceed to Washington. The
steamer Mary Martia,•the General's deepatott boat,
iieaat the wharf with steam up, and has hid stearn
up since six Oslo& last evening ; and though her
captain has yet received no intimation to that
elect, it is thought tire will be placed at the disposal
of the delegation.
They appear to have been passed through our
lines and sent to Fortress Monroe, where the Pre.
sident has gone to meet them. We append all the
deal:latches bearing on this point :
1.1.098M11TTE3 OF FB.SpiDaNT LINCOLN.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2,--The Star, in an eitra,
announces the- departure of President Lincoln
at 11 o'clock to-day, for ii.nnapolls, on a special
train, for the purpose, it is understood, of join.
Ing Secretary Seward at Fortress Monroe or Oily
Point, to hold an interview with the rebel de
putation, Mama. A. R. Stephens, R. M. T. Ran
ter, and John A. Campbell.' The President took his
departure In a special oar, drawn by engine No. le,
and placed upon the road at a few momenta , notice
by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.
The President was accompanied only by one of the
attaohes of the White Home.
From the fact of his going to Fortress Monroe or
City Point Color la given to the report that the
rebel deputation had been allowed to enter our
!Mee, and it Is understood they are now at Fortress
Monroe.
PRESITODIT'S VISIT TO POWTSVSB MONROE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—At 11 o'olock to-day Pre
sident Lincoln left Washington In a special train
for Annapolis, at which place he arrived at two
o'clock, and embarked on the Steamer Thomas
Collyer for Fortress Monroe. He-will reach that
point abontl A.M. on Friday. Information received
tc-night from City Point states that the Southern
commissioners were on Tuesday morning on board
General Grant's despatch boat, the .Mary Martin
awaiting the President's order as to whether they
should proceed to Washington.
THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY,
The Constitutional Amendinent Ratified by Illinois,
abode island, and 111lehlr„an.
REJOICINGS THROUGHOUT TECE COUNTRY
METE!
COICAOO, Feb. 2.—The General Assembly of Illi
nois yesterday ratified the constitutional amend
ment abolishing slavery.
The vote in the Senate stood 18 yeas against 6
nays. In the Home, yeas 48, nays 28. Five Demo.
crane Senators voted aye.
• BROM" "ISLAND.
PROVIDBFOZ, R. 1,, Feb,,,2.—The Rhode Island
House of Representatives this morning passed a
resolution approving and adopting toe proposed
ainendmentto the Oonstitution of the United States
abolishing slavery. The vote stood, yeas 62, nays 4.
Pitoirwszfini, It. L, Feb. 2.—The Rhode Island
Senate has concurred in the passage of the resolu
tion ratifying s the constitutional amendment.
111011.IGA1f.
DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 2. The constitutional
amendment abolishing slavery was ratiaed _by the
Legislature of Michigan this morning.
BusTor', Feb. 2.—Salutes are being fired and belle
runs throughOht the State in,honor of the adoptiOn
of the amendment to the Constitution abolishing
slavery.
PENIQSYLVANIA.
(BPeole/ Correspondence of The Press.) •
HAnsurtmuno, February 2, . 1865,—A greater part
of this morringhii MOM In the Senate was take
up with a debate on some joint resolutions offered
by Mr. Rail, ratifying the action of Oongrees
in adopting the amendment to the Oorritution
abolishing slavery. The discussion, I regret to
say, was commenced, continued, and conoluded
as If it had been a party measure, and when
ever a vote was taken or a delay in action 00-
oasioned, the motives which prompted either were
easily discovered, To-morrow the resolutions will
come up on a third reading, and it Is to be hoped
that some of the Democratic Senators will prove
their independence of political ties by voting with
their colleagues of an opposite party persuasion.
OracrtrNATl, .Feb. 2.—A salute Of WO guns was
Arad at Columbus, Ohio, this evening, in honor Of
the passage of the constitutional amendment abo
lishing slavery.
Atitarrr, Feb. 2—A bill was presented in the
Rouse, thi s afternoon, ratifying the constitutional
amendment abolishing slavery, and, after debate
was referred to the committee on Federal Eels_
tions. It Is presumed the bill will be adopted nearly
unanimously.
The Evening Post has the following speolal de
spatch
ALBANY, Feb. 2.—The Democratic members of
the Legislature held a caucus last night to oonsider
the subject of the constitutional amendment. There
was a great deal of wrangling and clamor, and the
meeting dissolved without deciding upon any plan
of action.
Ws morning the canons reassembled, and the
Desfieorats present voted to oppose the ratification
of the amendment unanimously.
An effort will be made for the ratiLloation of the
measure today.
THE SOUTHWEST.
HOOD'S LATE ARMY DISBANDING.
GEN. BEIEBBIDOE AT LOUISVILLE.
LOIIIBVILL3r, Feb. 2.Alajor General Burbridge
and 0010nel Farleigh returned today, the former
resuming hie command, and the latter, for the pro
sent, holds his position as commandant of this post.
The Nashville Union says that intelligence en
tirely reliable reports that Taylor's, late Hood's,
army is rapidly disbanding, and that deserters by
hundreds are coining into our lines.
THE DRAFT.
THU QUOTA OT NBW YORK OTTY-OXWTOURTH OY
IT THROWN ORB HT THII PEBBIDENT.
A Special despatch to the New York Evening Poet
Of yesterday cape:
The Superviaors' Committee, Messrs. Blunt,
Tweed, Fox, Willman, and Ely, with Frederlok A.
Conkling, Street CommUaloner Cornell, and Judge
Shandiey, Me here. They will have an interview
with the President and Secretary Stanton this after.
noon. The quota of the city of New York Ls to be
reduced. War. M. TWICED,
- ORISON BLUNT.
The following telegraphic despatch wee alto re
ceived by Mayor Gunther from Senators Bell and
Andrews •
" WASHINGTON, February 2, 1885.
"To frfayor.Gunther:
" The undersigned have obtained the President's
approval of a proposigon to defer twenty. five per
Gent, of the; quota, ad asbigcned to the various dis
tricts of our State, under the orderof January 21th,
for future investigation. This relieves your city ins
medfandy orators adapts thousand of the present ca.
11 .1' muss a. Bar..t.,
"Gisozos 11. ANDREWS,
Of the State Seuste.'ll
RHODB ISLAND.
PativtDaNO2, IL 1., Fee. 2.—The -Rome this
'morph* plumed resolutions reqoestleg the Go
yelnor to make applloation for the postponement
of the draft.
THE JAMES RIVER.
MINIONS OF 8011111ERN REFEGEIti.
THE FEELING IN THE REBEL CAPITAL
Tar CONFEDERATE CAUSE AT PRE
STARVATION POINT.
INDEPENDENCE ACKNOWLEDGED TO
DE AN IMPODISIBILITY.
THE BEBBL PICAOEI .11/88ION.
—Roll ht.—
ppeehti Gerrerpoedenee or The Prase.,
BRICCIIIIDA Hulnquen, Tammy. 81,1995
The great toplo here for the past few days has
been the severity of the cold weather. The "Sunny
South' , is a very nice expression, and may be appli
cable here during the season of flowers, but will by
no means give the reader an intelligent idea or this
climate, unlees perchance I have been dwell
ing upon the shady side. The Interruptions in the
arrivals of the mans from the Borth are supposed
to be ocoasiened by the accumulation of ice in the
rivers leading from Baltimore to Washington. Had
the weather continued as cold as it was during the
past few days, the James river would also have been
blockaded with ice. There is plenty of lee in the
James, but not of sufficient thickness to Interfere
with navigation.
By the arrival of the train on the underground
railroad it was my good fortune yesterday to meet
passengers who are just from Richmond, whose op
portunities for being acquainted with the -state of
public feeling are the very best. They ague me
that the Richmond daily papersin no wise represent
either the feelings of the people or those of the edi
tors themselves, but are conducted wholly with a
view of keeping up the spirits of the rebels In arms,
among whom they are gratuitously circulated. The
poorer class has long since given await hope of suc
ceeding, and new the F. F. V.'s are conscious of,
and in their drawing' rooms admit the impossibility
of, Bentham independence. The capture of Fort
Fisher, which the rebels regard as the greatest dis
aster of the war, has qulokened the mortifying eon
olusione of many who were previbusly very san
guine.
The authorities cannot get 'supplies for their
troops, and are now bringing starvation nearer to
the doors of the rich by seizing the provisions which
they had stored up for soon emergencies, and turn
ing them over to the quartermasters' and oommis
sup departments. One baker recently had the mis
fortune to lose one hundred and ten barrels of
flour. Others have been obliged to give up what
they had stored away for hard times, but-just al
they are coming upon them the rebel chiefs are ap
propriating their private stores for the support of
their halfstarved soldiers. k
Tide state of antra has produced a profound Sen
sation in Richmond, and now in the =melons of the
F. F. y.le may be heard the prayers of titq wives or
rebel chiefs that the Yankees may neon come to
their deliverance. This is no speculation, but a
fact ju6t ocromunioated by a reliable eye-witness.
The arrival of Mr. F. P. Blair, Sr., in Riot:mond
was hailed as the dawn of peace. The rebel autho
rities would have refused him permission to visit
their capitaKhad it not been for the overwhelming
peace feeling frankly manifested in that doomed
city.
The Conviction is now firmly rooted in the South
that there Is no -hope for Southern independence,
and that the further continuance of this unhappy
etrlfe will be a sacrifice of blood and treasure with
out the ghost of a probability of s access.
It is now frankly confessed by the rebel authori
ties that they cannot hold Richmond and Charles
ton, and sooner than allow the latter to fall they
will evacuate the former. Of course, the prospect
of starvation must 'have some credit for bringing
them to inch a conclusion.
The arrival of Alexander H. Stephens-at City
Palm - , and his probable departure Air Washington
in the mailboat Dictator this morning, may be re
garded as suggestive; and tending to confirm the
feeling in Richmond which I have mentioned.
SOUTHERN NEWS.
CURIOUS RESOLUTIONS IN THE RE
BEL CONGRESS.
INDEPENDENCE EXPECTED AT AN EARLY DAY.
An Alliance then to be Formed with the North
for the Vindication of the 'Mon
roe Doctrine.
The Pirate Tallahassee not Captured.
Cienoral Military Affairs—Sherman's Progress In
his idvonee into gonth Carolina.
The enemy's papers have falsely reparted the
Tallahassee as captured. She ran into New Inlet
just after the capture of Fort Fisher, when, disco
vering some important change—he knew not
then what had occurred in the military situation—
her commander, Captain Malt, put to sea, and
made good his escape. He _prinked en the Sgath
Carolina boast, and put ashore a messenger with
despatches, who has reached this city. The news,
if any, brought by this-messenger, has not been
made public.
Information received from South Carolina yester
day morning is to the effect that Sherman's infantry
with theirwagon trains axe encamped near Ennis'
cross roads, on the road leading towards Grahams
and on the road running towards Sisters' Fer
ry. A reconnoitring force was reported within four
miles of Robertsville, which is fifty miles north of.
Savannah and five miles eastof the Savannah river.
A small force of Yankees landed on Little Bri
tain Island, near Legares, on Saturday night, but
were driven off. Gen. Hardee telegraphs that the
enemy crossed at Springfield on the night of the
26th Inst., and moved northward in two columns on
theneat morning. He also reports that all attempts
to cross the Combahee have so far failed. Gen.
Taylonreporta that the enemy, in 'small force, came
towards Clinton from Baton Rouge and Bayou Sara,
and returned. Activity is reported on the Missis
sippi river, troops going up and down. Most of
Thomas' men are reported to have marched west
from Columbia to Clinton, on the Tennessee river.
A portion of these forces, including A. J. Smith's,
are said to be in the vicinity of Huntsville and
Eastport. There Is no change in the fleet off Mo
bile. The 'enemy are still leaving Pascagoula.
Ori Sunday morning an accidental fire occurred
at Summit, Mae., on the New Orleans, ;Jackson, -
and Great Northern Railroad, whieh destroyed
twenty-three houses and six hundred bales of cot
ton, together with a quantity of commissary and
other stores. Summit 111 seventyfive miles south of
Jackson, in Pike county. Before the war it con
tained two hotels and twelve stores, Of various kinds.
In the Confederate House of Representatives on
Monday, Mr. De Jarnette offered a resolution,
which was unanimously referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs, Belling that the time may not
be distant when the Confederate States will
be prepared to unite on the basis of the inde
pendence of the Confederate States, with
those most interested in the 'vindication of the
principals of the Monroe doctrine to the exclusion
of all seeming violations of those principles on the
continent of North America.
Mr. Machin, of Kentucky, introduced a pream
ble and resolutions setting forth that it is reported
that.the Federal authorities in Nashville are prac
ticing most barbirous treatment on our prisoners,
curtailing their diet to hard-tack and water, sand
treating them in such manner as to cause their
death by degrees, and Instructing the special com
mittee on exchange of prisoners to inquire and re
port upon said complaints. The resolution was
adopted.
THE GREAT FIRE IT,. SAVANNAH.
INCENDIARY PLOT TO DttTßolr
THE CITY.
(Prom the Savannah Republican, Jan. II.)
At a few minutes past a o'clock last evening tke
streets of our city again resounded with the peal of
the nrcalarm from the belfry of the Exchange, and
at the same time dense volumes of smoke ware dis
covered issuing from the large double tenement
lour-story brick building 'on the north side of
Broughton street. The tire, which is Supposed to
be the fiendish work of an Incendiary, originated
la the cellar of the western tenement, watch was
used as a mlecellaneous store-room, and tilled with
cotton, rosin, lea th er, furniture, and other com
bustible material. The upper portion of the build
ing was occupied by several families, and so rapid
was the progress of the flames that all modes of
egress or ingress were out off, the smoke curling up
the stairs In dense volumes, bidding defiance to all
attempts to enter the building.
As soon as it became known that there were seve
ral persons still In the building, Including women
and children, unable to escape, a thrill of fearful
terror ran through the vast crowd, and the greatest
excitement preened. Presently the windows In
the second and third stories were opened, and there,
at the oasemates, could be dimly discerned the forms
of three or four women—one a terrified mother,
clasping her innocent infant in her arms. The mul
titude cheer and shout, rending the air with their
cries of warning • " Jump, for your lives, we'll save
you . ;" "for God's sake, jump, woman ;" "jump on
themattress, no danger ;" "jump, we'll catch you,"
tac., while an expression of the deepest solicitude
and horror was depleted upon the upturned sea of
anxious faces. Brave men, with stout hearts, stood
ready with mattresses to rescue the Inmates, if they
could only be prevailed upon to take the fearful
leap for life. Higher and more dense arose the
clouds of smoke each moment, and soon .the forked
flames hissed savagely, threatening the total de.
strnotlon of the building. • _
No time was to be lost. Either the dizzy leap
must be =Me or all would perish, Through the
nebulous film that partly obscured the form of the
panto-stricken women who stood shuddering with
dismay, we caught the gllmpee of a woman prepar
ing to jump, from the third Story. More hearty
cheers rolled up from the trembling crowd; one
woman, seeing no hope of escape from the horrible
fate that was momentarily threatening her, jumped
and wee caught on a large mattress by the soldiers,
sustaining no Injury beyond a slight shook and con
sicerable fright. From the second window a fund
mother threw her babe upon the mattress, and
jumped out immediately after it. -' Both were res
in:tea without Injury, save the slight concussion, by
the noble veterans.
The first occupant who plunged from the build
ing was a colored woman, who was caught in the
arms of the soldiers. As soon as it was ascertained
that-all were saved, a wild shout of joy went up,
and each soldier appeared anxious to test the full
ea paoity of his lungs. 'The lower portion or tee
building, which was completely trusted, was ooen
pled by Airs. O'Brien as a !millinery and dress.
making strife.
By the active and .determined effort, of the sol
diers the flames: .were entirely subdued by eight
o'clock, and had It not been for their energy and
Stubborn will, 'a most destructive conflagration
would have' swept over oar city. .
One or the greatest obstacies-met with at the fire
was the'absence of firteplug,wrenehesi which were
in the remission of the city-firemen.
The :fire,: occessioned a treat commotion In our
oily. at greet apprehenalooe were felt lest the wind
r tumid gommunicate the flames to the adjtinlng
euildinge.
The roaring Of hundreds of voices, the rattling or
THE PRESS.-PHILADM'HIK
the fire engines with their belle ringing, the rushing
of thousands, of feet. and the presence of thousands
of troops, all conspired to form a grand and thrill
tng pleaure. After witnessing the extensive c
orations that range throughout our Northern cities,
and the modus operandi of oar well-trained fire de
partment in extinguishing them, it is quite novel to
watch the peoulter acd intricate process by which
the Southern firemen proceed to battle the "Fire
King."
SAVAICVAH. Ga., Jan. "A —2y, A. 111.—As we go to
press ono of the most fearful catastrophes that, has
over occurred In this station of our country Is in
progress. At hail past elocen o'clock the alarm of
fire was again sounded from the steeple of the Er.
change fcr the Third district. The firemen were
coon on the spot, and found a small row of wooden
buildings in flames. The wind was blowing a strong
easterly gale, and the fire spread with frightful re-.
phildi'y utterly balling all attempts on the part of
the soldiers and the firemen to stay its progress.
Several email buildings were torn dawn In order
to prevent the spreading of the flames, and If pee.
sible save the dreadful dangers consequent upon
the burning of the old rebel navy magazine, which
was known to be stored with a large amount of
heavy rebel ammunition and considerable amount of
powder. A 8 the heavens grow red with the fiery ale.
mnk-, the air was filled with sparks resembling a
golden shower.
In a very short time the news spread like wildfire
through the city that the magazine was on fireorith
fifty tons of powder and several hundred shells
stored therein. This alarmed and horrified every
one in the city, and created a great panto through.
out the entire ally limits, extending even through
the camps. Thousands of people arose tram their
beds and began to make preparations for their safe
ty, which could only be had in fleeing beyond the
range of bursting Shells and crumbling wails.
In half an hoar the worst fears were confirmed by
the explosion_of the first shell, which burst and sent
ita fragments hissing through the air. in loss than
SIM minutes a fearful series of explosions took
place, resembling a furious bombardment, followed
by terrific flashes se fast as the powder Ignited. We
have reports that lives have been lost, bat owing to
the dire confusion it is utterly impossible to giveany
accounts, or reliable statements.
We have authentic Information that one soldier
was quite severely wounded and a colored boy
killed. Doubtless there are many °mettles of di&
lerent kinds resulting from title awful disaster.
Dczens o. poor families have been rendered house
lees by the fire, and owing to the freezing state of
the atmosphere, their sufferings must be intense.
We shall issue an extra at an early hour, con
taining all the particulars of this deplorable
calamity. - - •
234 O'neoOrr A. M., Jan. 25,1865.—Lieutenant T.
J. Spence, depot ordinance officer, " Middle Di•
vision of the Mississippi," has Just brought the
astoundlog intelligence that some fiend had placed
a keg of nOwder at the side of the arsenal, corner-Of
York and Walter streets. This was ugdoebtedly
placed here to blow up the pity, as the arsenal con
tains over thirty tons of powder. The keg was
placed in the shadow of one of the trees to avoid It
being discovered. A single spark would easily have
carried out the helllstitdesiges of the wretches, as
the top of the keg was entirely open.
SOUTH CAROLINA. _,
SHERMAN ADVANCING ON CHARLESTON
A TERRIBLE CAMPAIGN.
Expected near Charleston.
FORTAIsSe DIONIIOV, Jan. U.—The steamship
Warrior, Captain May, arrived here to-day from
Fort Fisher, N. C. Up to the time the Warrior
veiled on Saturday, Jan. 28, nothing of importance
bad taken place, with the exception that our gua.,
boats were moving up the Cape Fear river in the
vieltity of the rebel forte, probably with the Inten
tion of bombarding them.
The steamship Cahawba, Capt. Johnson, arrived
here, also, this afternoon, from Hilton Head, S. 0.,
with over five hundred rebel prisoners, captured by
Major General Sherman in hit late campaign. The
Cahawea sailed from Hilton Head last Saturday,
the 28th !nat., and, beaides the malls and deSpatohos
from Sherman's army, brings intelligence of the
highly gratifying success attending, thus far, the
opening of the new campaign in the State Of Smith
Carolina.
SHERMAN'S ARYANS •
Ote portion of Major General Sherman'e army
sieved direot from Savannah, and the other, con
sisting of two corps, moved from Beaufort, S. 0.,
and were both rapidly advancing againft Charles
ton, S. C.
The latest intelligence received from the army
repreetnts it to be at a distance less than forty
miles from the city; the enemy abstained from offer
ing resistance at every point, and were .being
gradually drivel from every available position for
defence. Athough a barren waste ibllotra the re
treating steps of the enemy, forage and subsistence
were found In large quantities.
The army commanded by Major General Foster
was co-operating with the main army under Sher
man, and the movements of our troops through
South Carolina since the capture of Savannah,
Ga.,was but the precursor of a far more terrible and
disastrous campaign In the heart of tho rebel term•
tory than that of their Celebrated march through
Georgia. •
BATTLE IXPHOTID NW; OFIVLBLITSTOW.
The lines of General Sherman's army are being
contracted, and probably no desperate reststanos or,
battle would be offered until our forces =lacked t o
within a few miles of Obarleeton, where the main
body of the rebel forces would be concentrated to
make one terrible effort to Says the StatirtroM the
inroads Of aviotorious army.
WASHING-TONI.
. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 1865
REVOLUTIONARY PRNSIONNRB.
The House to- day unanimously parsed a.bul giving
a gratuity of WO a year to each of the lice surviving
'evolutionary pensioners, in addition to tbst,pen
--oscine ersdetrirmot they now receive. Tin January,
1864. therelerere only twelve surviving—seven or
whom have since died. The names or the only sur
vivors are ati follows: Lastnaz. Coos, enlisted in
Hatfield, Mass., 98 years of age, now residing in
Clarendon, Orleans county, New York; SAMUEL
DOWNEY, enlisted In Carroll county, New nvitp
shire, OS years of age, now living in Edenbnrg, Sara
toga county, Now York; War. TIIITCIIII7I3, enlisted
in New Castle, Maine, 100 years of age, residing in
Penobscot, Maine ; Az-swamis DIATiONICY, en.
listed at Lake George, New York, as a drummer
boy, St years old, residing at Yates, Orleans county,
New York ; and JANIS BARTHent, substitute for
drafted man in Southampton county, Virginia,
living in Missouri, in his 101st year.
TIEF4 CONFIRMATION OP GEN. MEA.OE
There was an earnest resistance in the Senate,
yesterday, to General MEADE'S confirmation as a
major general, but it was carried by five majority.
Senators WADE and CHANDLER, 11 18 oak!, IMO
among the resistants.
lIIIIIIth CONCUSS—Second Session.
SENATE.
INDIAN AFFAIR/3.
The Chair Isid before the Senate a comomuication
from the t mints ry of the Interior licking for an appro
priation of $2.(03 (or the purchase of medals f.w Indian
chiefs; also, from the same source, a communication
gating for an appropriation of $4,777.89 to ray for ra
dian supplies lost on a steamer burned at kit. Louisa
feivnionthe since
Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts,_presentei a aresolu
tion calling upon the Secret cry of War for t e publica
tion of tbe record of the court martial in.the case of
Colonel North, which was objected to.
Mr. POMBROT. of Kansas, off.red a bill to provide
a Teri itorial Government for what is known as the In
dies country.
Objection was made, and the bill lies OTC,.
lIIIIGHATION. • '
Mr. SHISEHAN, of Ohio. from the Finance Commit
tee, repotted bacb the bat introduced by him lately for
the protection of emigrants coming to this country. It
was ordered to be printed
TUB IMITHEONIAR IbTSTITUVI,
Mr. FQOT, of Vermont offered a coneturent resolu
tion Instructing the lommittes on Tobin: Buildings of
both Rouses to examine jointly into the ceases of the
fire at the emltheontan lu*.tltuto, the logs anstaine Land
the legislation neces sary to prevent similar aceldeate to
future, which was adopted.
lIHODS ISI'.A.SID , B QUOTA.
Mr. ANTHONY, of anode island, offered a reeolntion
calling own the Becretery of War for information con.
cerntng tire quota of Rhode Island for the impending
draft. which was Adopted.
THE TRACK 00212dIaBIONBRB,
Mr. SUNDER, of Massachusetts. I vrisi to call up a
resolution offered by me yesterday about' certain peace
comtetweionete, to which the Senator from Masyllted
odcred an amendment. We ought to act upon it
mediate ly.
Mr. TRHMIHILL. I shall object if it will give rise to
any dlaciteeion. The unfinished haeinessof „this morn
ing hour le the resolution offered by . me yesterday
about the exclusion of the electoral vete of certain
States.
Mr SHERMAN. I are inclined to think it will give
rise to discuszion, as the amendment Ait the Senator
from Maryland altars the resolution of ta Senator from
Massachusetts somewhat, and he VllllllO to speak en
the subject.
Id r. SOMBER. I will not transcend a vaunt* iu.what
I me y have to say. I will give the Senator from Mary
land live times as ionic to explain his amendment.
Mr. DOOLITTLE. There are other Senators here who
feel se MC eh interest as the Senator from Massachusetts
and the Senator from Maryland in this matter. and.
they desire to say something I desire to say something'
myself.
Mr. TRUMBULL. Then it Is mauled that it wilt
eve rise to discussion. I therefore °Wee: to its being
taken upjnet now, and I move to take nil the unfinished
bnalneee of the morning hour. •
Trig BLXOTORALL VOTE TN STATES THAT HAD SS
BELLED.
The resolution declaring that the electietal vote of ter •
lain States which have been in rebellion shall not be
counted in the election for President cod Vice President
forth* term commencing on th• 4th of March next. was
taken up. The rootlet% before the Senate was on the
amendment of Mr Ten Eyck to strike oat Lout
dine from the list of States whose vows shall not be
counted.
Mr. HARRIS, of New York, dented the right of Con
areas to throw out of the electoral college the vote of
any State.
Mr. DOOLITTLE argued in favor of waiving the
question involved in the resolution. This bad been
clone before in the ease of Wisoontin in 1816 The
electors were unable to roach Waahington in time to
cast the vote, owing to a heavy snow storm. It was
known that the vote of Wisconsin w odd not af f ect the
result, and the president of the joie. convention of
Congress gave no opinion as to the coustitutlonalltr or
unconetituttosality of throwing out the vote of that
State, become it wag not necessary to express any
opinion tDrienbject. So in this ease:it was better to
enuress ro opinion.
Mr. HALE, of New Hampehire, was opposed to
counting the vote or the States named. Suppose the
result of the late election bad depended upon the vote of
Tennessee, Arkansas. and Louisiana. Its It was thought
at one time it insight, would the Pert y against wnom
the vote of these States was cart have submit.
tie Certainly not. It would have Produced a second
revolution.
Mr. lisle. or Hew Hampshire, argued the constitu
tional right of Congress to pass the resolatton before the
Senate The vote of the State bf New Cork was not
counted In the first college fat President when
George Washington was elected' It was not manifest
what was the canes of this, but be it'lnded to the fact to
show that the present was not the first instance in
which tne electoral vote was omitted.
Mr. DOOLITTLE. of W Monet*. contended that Con
muse b ed f poad h y rhgh Pr o d id c en e ofthe qa S e ena on.
a t s h p at re
kldent r f the joint COnTentiOn fn which the vote Is -au- '
nounced.
Mr. TRUMBULL tort Moe wish Mr. Doolittle as to
the manner in which the electoral vote °bottle. be
counted. lie held that the President of the Senate did
not count the vote, but only announced the runts when
counted. Had we no right to exude toe vote of •
Hate with whose people it was a violation of the laws
of war to trader The State er Louisiana was In rebel
lion asotinst the Oo vernment. If the dont...toe con.
tended for by the opponents of the bill before the Senate
were to prevail, Red the war was to *natant for roar
yenta, what Leto hinder the Staten in rebellion from
electing the Presidect f Only ELM were counted out of
PO.COO voters of Louisiana voted at the election of the
Legis'ature of t.cuisiana, which chose electric
Mr. HENDRICKS, of Indiana, sated if there was any
'rot ision in the Constitution of Louisiana authorizing
the Les ielatate to choose electors.
Mr JOSINDOR, of Maryland. replied that he did not
thisk there was.
Mr. TRUMBULL said it made very little difference
- whether it old or not Re thought. however. that the •
StatelLegit lature. inetted of the Oonstitatlua,al way • pre.
scribed the manner in which the Presidential electors -
wore to Os obos.ll
Mr. CO LLA HER, of Vermont, object d to the resolne
lion. arlW anted all lama made gatetaLantl none midis
so trat any latatoweuld come under their provisions sa
certain contingencies He preferred a gene 'al law In
this case declaring that the potpie of no State, the in.
habitants whereto nays betel declared in a Suits of In•
entrealloo according to the 6th section of an alit of
July 13th. 1861, declaring eertglin Suttee so be in a. iiteg
ut inenrtection. shelf he empowered to chsone Prssl •
dentin! electors until sale cloahltlet.. of then , rection
shell vase Be offered a orovtio of ibis kind no a suh •
motets for the Mit before the Senate.
After come romance by Mr. Johneon,
Mr. COI4,AMER moved. as as amendment to the
'IIIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1865.4
amenotrant) a provision Mat beyoie cut by the
°lettere of any elate theurrectfan shall teLsonoted
Mit; 11 17 W fi RH. Of Michigan. advootte4 a Prelloel• -
tion before the Somata. He held that States id r-b.llion
had Delight to a voice in toe electing of President and
vice Prteidept. Ho booed the reaolotion world peas
jnet mit came trots the Efou MI of Representatives.
She gm:sties' was farther clipcmated by Moms. Ten
roar. Col , an. Davin, and Powell.
Mr. WADE favored a general law ilk, that Intro
dited or Mr Collamer. Congress had Passed a law at
the last water' to cover this subject. bat the Preintiti
SOW lit to put it in hie Pocket. He did ed. Mr. Wade
soppored. In porer.anre or a proclamation that when
tha people of the rebellions elates laid down their
arms tbo Slates could come back into the Colon walk
out further ceremony. Ibis was the molt dangerous
preposition . gat could be thought:of Conbi one- t-nth of
the Peehh3 of a state govern sine-tenthat Certainly
rot. But title was what the proclamation intend^d.
He (Mr. Wade) had bad a converastinu with the Vice
President elect en this subject, end Mr Johneon had
expreeeed great feara beat. under the [Proclamation,
nine-tenths of the people of Tennewee wonid rise up
aid annihilate the one. tenth, as they would if civil
government weret restored lo the place of military go
vernment. Loulniana bad notitter but the shadow of a
civil government. N-thing but the shim eemblaooe
Of a Row., nta. nt could be 1. ad in a State until tee ma
jority of its peollewcre !oral. Was there any evidence
to show that the majority of the people of tonidatra
were loyal/ Not a bit or St. The whole State wall
under military sortrol. Them could be no free action
where military authority was suerorna.
. T
. . .
Mr. 11,i0LITLIS inquired It teare was not freedom In
the Set ate; and yet where would Co agree he Vat (or
the presence or toe army? It bad been protected by the
army for wordy tour years.
Mr. 'WADE replied that the eases were not sneogont.
If the artily around Wanhir von were a Noel's one then
tiers would he no freedom In C.ragrese. If Jeff Davis
had overrun Wtu-blumon a' the Forreral army ha' over
ran Louisiana there would be no freedom here. It was
a force to contend that because there were a few loyal
men scattered through some of the Southern States that
thereupon 817 loyal ateteeman could claim to represent
sorb comronaltles. Conti. It be said there was a loyal
Government In LOl2/4111114 when a, loyal man cam dad no
protection In the greeter pin of the territory that
Rate. Ir we were ;Mug to count the vote of L
we ought not to exclude Booth Carolina. The one had
inet as mach territory under control o• the Union as the
other, and as rood a right to have a Let/Mature and a
loyal Governor. Mr. Wade was in favor of nettling
tie question f that the Preetdent of the United
States conl not declare the ehadow of a State to be a
State. It 7antstanahod cast a vote that would have
elected General McClellan. would the Senate have sub
mitted to It I Before God. the votes or these States
Lad teen newels,' to-fleet Mr. Lincoln, he wont I
isthEr have teen McClellan elected He would not sub
mit to use any man put into the White Roues throcurh
the instrumentality of snob TOW.
Mr. 13 IXDERbit N. of Mlesoorl. said that some of the
States that bad originally seceded had, by Convention,
rep , aled the ordinance of eeceeslon.
Mr. WADS raid be did not nate if they had. The
elections were all shams in these Southern Staten
_Military power had controlled them, arta the p3ople
lied no Trice whttever in the matter. The Fame com-,
mnntlrs that repeated these ordluastree of seceeslon
would have done anythirg else they were trld to do
just as well.
Mr. wElnEur, of New !array, moved to edjoarn.attd
the yeas sad Aare beton demanded, the Senate refused
to arjeorn—i;ette 16 neye 2s.
Nsr. eIfS RM A N, of Ohio. salted leave to have the bill
in relation to the dpty on printing paper and the dee
aiency Lill the special order for to morrow, at 1
o'clock.
Mr. TRUMBULL was mowed to this. He was in.
favor of excluding all other butt news until the pies- .
Urn now rending we. settled
Mr. EH ERM aN said he believed that the questim
now being din cussed would be unaettled on W , -cp aesday
iminlng. when the time won!d arrive for goinginto
joint convention to count the vote, and it had been &s
-catted for two days without any approximation to a
dose.
.st tie request of several Senators Mr. SHERMAN
en bEequent ly withdrew hle motion.
Mr. LAMB moved the indefinite postponement of the
Joint roe:ill:tilos for the exclusion of th a electoral votes
or certain btnt.e.
Mr. ItEnDRIRSOW moved to adjourn, and upon this
question Mr. TRUMBULL called f the yeas and RATS
^Yeas 16, nays IL So the Senate again refused to ad
journ.
be question then recurred on Mr. Lane's on' ton to
ludefinnelY Postpone. which was decided in the nega
tive—leas 12, nays 26—as follows:
Harlan,
Barrie.
Howe
'Lane (Ind.),
NAYS.
Fendcreon.
Howard,
Johnson,
Lane (Kaunas).
Morgan,
Morrill.
Cowan.
Doolittle.
Vervelt.
Bardta R.
A nt bony,
DuckalsW,
l lark,
Collamer.
Conner,
Davis.
. .
Dixon, Nye,
Fobtsr, Powell.
Male; .Sherman,
At 6P. M. the Senate adjourned. ,
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
REVOLIITIDNERY SOLDIERS. -
Mr. LAMB, of Indians, from the Committee on Revco.
lutionary Pensions reported a bill paylus to the five
surviving Bevolutionary soldiers a gratuity of three
Luudred dollars. in addition to their present penvlon of
cue bundled dollars a year. The bill was unanimously
Pasted. .
MINERAL LANDS.
Mr. JULIAN. of Indiana, introduced a bill nrorlding
fora etbdivition of the gold and silver lands of the
'United ii.llll/1, end for the coinage of the products
theteof The bill was referred to the Committee on
Public Lands. It propores a radical and entire change
iu the present policy of the Government reoperate; our
znitteral Isnds, and provides for vesting the fee In Judi
vidnal y reprittore by alminte sales, inatead of retain
ing the title in the Government and treating the neon.
paste en tenants at will.
It contemplates tielz survey and subdivision into
small tract., and flues a minimum price upon them,
graded accordg co m binationcality. and mineral value,
and prohibits among bidders at the pub
lic sales and the purchase of any lands by foreigners.
except thowi who shall have declared their intentions
to become citizens. It provides that actual Cron
verste end 'workers of mineral lands shall have the
rlakt to purchase them at the minim urn price. and thee
relieve toemseives from the disadvantage of competing
with rich capitalist,, and limits the quantity of mine.
'al land which any single purchaser may bay tty
acres. It requires that tine gold and silver p rodsct*
from these lands chili be coined In the mints of the
United Mates; empowers the President to-lay off the
Intnlng regions into suitable coining distrirte, and
compels miners to have their gold and liver coined in
the districts in which they are extracted. It farther
3 Tnkin that every purchaser shall first t oath
of l oyal , to the United States prescribed bylaw , and
that the not proceede or the sales of these lands shall be
dedicated anc applied to the payment of the principal
and Intelsat of the bonds of the Matted States.
SOLDIBRIO PAX. •
Mx. alicriNe, of Feeney'yenta, ietrodneedeblll pro.
Tien tcr the payment of the pay and bounty due to
&ceased soldiers,. Referred to the cgrAnllttall On the
Militia. •
' pielklebmirs AID kitatitiONltti ftaitatAittoil. •
Mr. ELIOT. of Idafeeebneette, made a report front the
conference corn rcittee on the bill establlaldnx it Wash
ington adrinti linentlot freedman and abandoned rebel
lands. The commissioner and superintendents are au
thorized to frame such regulations as will secure indi
ctor's treatment and protection of freedmen lathe envoy
ment of thsir rights,and teeming to_lhem and their
posterity the bjesstnes of liberty ; every freedman to
t'e treated as a freeman, and no power or control oxen
deed over him except In aonforml ty with law. No freed
max is to be employed except under vain stars. oostrecl i
and there are to be two eivisior-s for freedmen In every
rebel Mate, each with en assistant commissioner. sub
agents. dm The President is to give all the necessary
military aid to easy the act into effect. It takes from
the We of the Treasury Department's agants and em
ployees all lands and property, and places them in
charge of the Co
President
of tle department. to be
apt* trd by the resident at anannualealery of sl,o°O.
- Mr. EMHASI. of Raw York, opposed the Dill con
tending that it will not work out its benevolent designs.
The freedmen will not be improved under the regula
tions Grine officers entrusted with the lei tnintstration of
affairs. Some other mode of deallair gait them will
have to be inaugurated He especially °ideated to the
feignt e of the bill which subjects eivillans to military
courts, and the :epeal of the -Joint resolution which
limits conflecation to the life estate. thee taking away
the title to fee. He urged a postponement of the hill.
in. order that it might be printed and farther die
maid.
Mx. ELIOT, of Maweelineetts, after a conversation
with the friends of the meatnre, who desire carefatly
to eltalnite it, proposed a postponement for one week
Lem to-day.
Air. ELDEIDGE, of WieCol3l.lll, moved talay the re
port en Op. table Pitagreed to—yeas 67. nal aB3
Mr. ELIOT'S motion to postpone was carried.
TRH ILLINOIS AND MICHIGAN CANAL HILL.
The Rouse proceeded to the consideration of the spe
cial order—namely, the Illinois and Michigan Canal
bill. It Is proposed, as a military work, to facilitate
the defence of the northern frontier, and enable gan
boats and vessels of war to nese from the Mississippi to
Lake Michigan, and tq promote the commerce between
tte different Elates and the United States and foreign
nations. The President is empowered to deepen and
enlarge the lllinois and Michigan Canal, supplying the
same with water from Lake Michigan, and to improve
the navigation of the Illinois and Dos Moines rivers.
He Is authorized to contract with the State of Illinois.
or with any company incorporated for that purpose, to
construct the sect**, aid of which five in
of the United States, payable twenty years from
their date, beating six per centaur intereet, shall be
appropriated.
Mr- ALLIsor, of lowa, offered an amendment; and
supported it by a speech, providing for the appointment
of three commissioners to survey the Upper and Lower
Des Moines of the Mississippi, with the view of con.
@bunting a canal amend the same. and that the Govern
ment metal by its credit to the extent of two millions of
dol .
r ARNOLD.
r. of Illinois, said, as the bill has hereto--
fore been so thoroughly di, caned, he would content
himself with demanding the previous unestion, which
was seconded.
Mr. BROWN of Wiecoznin (by couttegy) , addressed
the House, saying that he had seen such reoklesenesa in
plunging he into debt that he had lost tne power of
being astonished at the action of this House. And now
it was proposed to pledge the Government to an un
limited extent loan entenniee which is utterly imprac
ticable Sixty millions of dollars even would not re.
mole tbe obstacles which nature has pieced to the way.
every dollar of which was necessary for the safety of
the nation and it was now proposed to throw mil
lions away, neceMdtattag increased lazes, already coo
onerous.
Mr. ARNOLD inielly replied, saying, that by the pro
visions of the bill, the State of Illinois Is required to
cow traded the work in the manner provided before the
lye millions of bonds areto be delivered.
Mr. HOLMAN * of Indiana. moved to lay the bill and
pending amendment on the table. Disagreed to.
PASSAGE OP TRB PILL.
Mr. .Lllimn'a amendment was adopted, and the bill,
hue amended, passed—yeas 77, 1167 e 68, as follows
•71 SUL
Eldridge.
Eliot,
Farnsworth,
Frank,
Gardeld,
Gooch,
Grinnell,
Barris (11. ),
Hubbard (Iowa).
Hubbard (Conn.)
Ingersoll,
Jenokea,
Julian,
Kellogg (Mich.),
Knapp.
Knox,
Littlejohn.
Loan,
• Lonalear,
'Marvin.
Mcßride.
McClurg.
Morris
Morrison.
Norton.
NAYS.
Hulbnrd,
Hutchins,
Johnson (Penns).
Kaibßeisah,
Kellogg (N. T. ),
Kerman,
King,
Law,
Lamar,
La Blond.
Lon.
Mallory,
McDowell,
illoKtnnsy,
Miller (N.Y.),
Miller (Pa.).
Morris (Ohio),
Myers, Amos
Myers, Leonard
Noble,
Odell.
TED DEI/1012NCY BILL.
Allen, J. C.
Allen, W. J.
Allison,
'Anderson,
Arnold,e
Ail:,ley,
Bails
Baldwin (idicP.),
Baxter,
Beaman.
Blow,
Bonrwell,
Boyd. •
Brandagee.
Dole.
Davis (N. Y.),
Dawes.
Dewing,
Dixon,
Pozsony,
Drina,
Dumont,
Begley,
Eden.
Antes,
Ancona,
Baldwin (Mass. ).
Blair,
Bliss.
8T003113,11,
Brown (
Brown (Fir. Va.
Cbs
Cale,
Craveny,
Dawson,
Edgerton.
Ervish,
Finek,
()eproth
Herding,
Herrington.
Harris (Ka
Fig' rick,
Holman,
Mr. EriEXECS. of Pennsylvania. called np the de
ficiency appropriation bill, and moved that the House
Jurist On its nom seasoner's* in the Senate amendment
stetting out 5.18,100 for extra compensation to the
House clerks and employees, and asking a committee of
conference.
Dlr. SCHilliClr, of Ohio, inquired how it was that the
bill contained an aperoprirden of $147.000 for corn.
nensation and mileage for fitty-two Senators, while
for one hundred and elahty•ntae Beorseentatives tits
amount was only 11k..00 OtOi and why $17.000 was •ppro.
related for itationery for the Senate, and only g 42,00)
for the Bowe; and so of other items, including the
Congressional Globe.
Mr. STIIVINB replied that the Committee of WILTS
and Means did not propose to scrutinize the Senate's
estimates, bat took thorn as tree; but when the goose
asked for a email amount to meat lie obligations, out of
the contingent fund, the Senate became carious.
Mr. WASHbITSISS, of Illinois, said that much de
pended on the passage of this bat for the benefit of the
soldtcre.
Mr. STEVENS remarked that he looked on the 13e
nato's action in heretofore defeating this blli as as
atrocity , . •
Mr. STEVENS' motion was agreed W.
I ,COLOIC.ED MAIL OARIIEBB.I3.
The Boma took np the Senate bill providing thatns
gem n sheltie strobithd from carrying the mails on ate
. count of oolok, pending which, the House &di 3Untha.
I_,W,GIIII3.I.AA."I"IIUELIEi.
Helmssemi, February
SENATE.
Mr. HALloffered joint rerolutions ratifying the as
Lion of Coner.so to owning the amendment to the 0On•
atLntion abolishing slavery.
• lengthy dfccossion t,ok place between Messrs.
TOBItELL, CLYBISIt. HALL. • awl others relative to
the that of the &note, under the rule., to proceed to s
.eoor d reading'. The resolations were, however, read
a second Mom but the motion to proceed to a third
mooing wax lost by a railer, to secure two-thirds le
•,oror of a Paopenat , nof the relee. The vote OR e. 017
an s lon ratted during the di.enssion was strictly a
PA 17 OSP.
Mr. DONOV&N, I bill to prevent eaelaents and ool•
Hon op railroad. by oompelling the itlforent non pa•
nice to keep a line of telegraph a!•0111 their made Is eon.
!tact repair mud to omploroperacYre at pro Pgr ethical.
Mr. ( ONNEPL. one vacating- Di w wood lane. bstvrtea
• the east aide of Third street glad the greet tide of Sixth
street, Twenty-fifth ward.
Alto, to enable the execrator' and truabes of Hoary .1.
dereserd. sad otbe - a to ceravey oertata I cataracts
lb coal lands in Mahanoy towneb?p, coaltr-
Mr. LATTA, one incorp.dichato the Vette. county
Railroad Company.
Mr. NICHOLS one imoplsmenterr to act tne""v
rating the Lombard and South streets - Passenger lisli
way, Diving newer to extend their Frank and Co este
bitch &ferry at South etrest over SchatytkUl river
Mr. HOUSBROLPIIR. one Incorporating the Ann-l
eas Espreies Commis.
Mr. CLYMER, an act lesallzing the investment of
Lunacy, be guardians)trnateee,a ad °therein real.ainka •
Mr. BALL, one relative to actions in Site Snores , *
Conn
Mr RIDOWAY, a irappiement to the geiatral raining
and monsfeeturinyt ext.
Mr. CONNELL railed my the bill increasing the Gard
tai of Ma Fulton Coal Company- Passed.
The House amendment, designatlog the dey of ad
ionrnment on March Atli. was concurred In.
Mr. WILSON called up•the supplement to tlos set in
cornorating the Humboldt Petroleam Works. Passed
11 Dally.
Mr. CHAIIIPHEYB called np the bill establishing a
ferry amuse the Su•coellanna, In Lancaster coney.
Laid over fora third r.adinit
The bill to increase the pay and mileage of mon:ta
ttle appraisers In the several counties of the Slate wet
a rornoed so as to Laclede only certain Interior counties,
and peeeed.
OD motion of Mr. HALL. it wag reacivtni that after to
day the weal system of "calis" by districts wilt be
adopted.
Mr. ROYER *ailed op the bill incorp-rsting the
Fe rmere' Ma. kat Company of Norrietown, which p *seed
Adjcurued.
HOUSE.
•
The House met et 10 A. K.
The hPEAR Bit pc...meted a oomtunntnetton from the
Secretary of tbe Commonwealqt, in answer to &resolu
tion if the Bones asking th- particulars of the drift of
Ite. The Fearer:try rays that the draft was eandiartied
by the ttate, under the direction of the Assistant &Cu
tout General of the United tastes; teat after it was
over. a number of pacers were found in the room at
the State Capitol which bad sheen need. w hich papers
contained lige of persona who haal• pat in substitutes Po
three years. These papers.were sent to Aeties i'vevost
lartithal General l odge, who reiected them. Matte
then numbers of persons who bad tom put In stOeti.
totes have asked for certified copies, which the Sects.
tary of the Corn nabewealth,. not caving the pavers offi
cially in his possession, has been neeble to greet
Thue injustice has been done to our citizens who should
have bad the benefit of the evideoste of exemption.
Mr. BROWN offered Point resolutions recif•ing the
amendments to the National Constitution abolietitng
slavery. and moved to pressed to their emstderatiott.
«
gt 4 to; but the House. by a vote of 55 ayes to 81 noes
(I of the requisite two• thirds). refused to suspend the
rules and pees the resolutions to day.
The certificate of election of a new member, J. B.
Weleh, from Washi oak n cocottly. was presents!. (Pill-
toe the place of Dr. Reed. °sawed. -
scr. 112,11.n01f presente d a petition of hies Aleglnder
McKeon for a div Ons, On a.. ground of the long-stand•
leg ineatity of her husband.
air. COCHRAN. of Erie. for a railroad from Titus
elite to Urine
cocauert. QUIOILBY, SUTPHIN. DO7Nitt.-
LY, and LES pmeersted remonstranese, nnmerimelY
Maned by storekeepers. tenants. and landlorde on Se
cope street, agaLuat any removal of the market wagons
of farmers.
Mr BROWN off. red a joint resolution filler an extra
daily reeaton for the coneideratien of 'the ratifizattnt of
the amendmeete to the National Constitution. Lost—
ee 84. noes 40
Mr. ALLMAN, refsning to the crimmunleation from
the Cemetery of the Commonwealth (,t given aboVe).
offered a retell:llion stating that,
• Whereas, Major Dodge has disregardee his oiliest
dirty to the dilutes of this Commonweal. thereLre.
Resolved, That the President of toe United States be
reepecifoliy requested to inquire Into the facts, and
either compel Major Dodge to fulfil hie obligations or
appotnt Porn. 004 to Melones..
Mr. ALLS.MAIe said that the etatements of the Scene
tar, of the Commonwealth enfectently eat:dallied the
facts. No personal reflection wee tail upon Dodge, bat
simply en eMeittl reflection. —
Mr. BEARiOBT cited a ease in which be had oxen
treated with rudeness by Major Dodge, green calling
upon him In a business capacity.
ItiliceLDßE said teat the charge against Myer
Dodge. of w thboldirg eertitleater of exemption affect
ed thomem de of men who in 1862 had pat in babel itnese
for three years. and could procure no evidence of the
fact. Be eat In hie office, and, It was commonly known.
Insulted every men who approached him by acting
oat ungraciously. No one but him could give the oar ,
tifleates of exemption, and he persistently refused to do
eo.
Mr. BROWN was apposed to tberreeolutiott. because
the members of the House knew nothing of the course
Pursued by Major Dodge, tied because the aria. Reamed
to provoke a conflict between the Mate and National
Governoients.
Mr. McCLURE dhiclaimed any Intention of provoking
any inch conflict, but the rights of at least twenty-lye
hundred ettleens of Penosylvatela were affected Tete
man, Major Dodge. persistently refaced to airs them
certificates. and no other persothad power. to do so.
Mr. COollifile, of Erie, favored an. Investigation
aid said it was generally remitted that Dolce refused
to hold any haematite with the Chief Execativ• of the
Commonwealth.
Mr. PUSDY said that the fact of these certificates of
cur emotion not having been granted( had no donbt con
tributed to increase our State quota for the orerenrd raft,
which, although nominally to fill deficiencies." was
aatvntly greater than our entire quota under the call for
800,090 men.
Mr. OL ISS moved to amend by rrquesting the ideate
bey of War to investigate , instead of the President.
This was agreed to
The original resolution was then passed by a vote of
71 ayes toll neer.
Mr. BROWN offered a resolution appointing an extra
union at 9 A. at. en Friday, to ratify the amend
ments to the National Oonstitntion abolishing slavery.
AMr. O g C reed to:
CBRAN offered a resolution calling on heads
of departments for estimates of the ensuing year.
Adopted.
Mr. BANES offered a resolution requesting this Havel'
nor to demand of the national
estate (ether
right of
trial ha jnry for a:tatting of tabs estate (ether than those
in military service), amused of crimes. Laid over un
der the rules.
An act allowing certain raise of toll to be charged on
the street por,ion of the North Pennsylvania Katlxoad
was passed.
An act regulating and increasing aldermen's fees In
Philsdelphia was called up. on motion of Mr. GOOD:
BAN, and pasted. [Among the numerous items of this
bill is one which pays SO cents for each wolf scalp taken
to en aldermen. Adjourned.
smith,
Ten EYCK.
Van %%nide
Willey.
Swaim 9,
Stewart,
Sumner,
Tr u eabalL
Wade.
Wt WI user. -
Wilson,
Wright.
FMq/UTT4.'n''N'ZlM='l
THE 'REGENCY OF PRINCE NAPOLEON
2.—The stsamshin Africa, from
Liverpool s,t 2 o'clock on * tier artt;recioli of the ajar',
via Queenstown oh. the 22d of January, &trilled
here at half past three o'clock this morning. She
bee twenty•four passengers for this port and twenty
five for Boston.
•
The dates per tho Africa are two days later than
those already received.
The steamship Australasian, from New York,
arrived at Wieenstown about noon on the 21st of
3s.nuary.
Among the passengers from Halifax, by the Aft.
Oa, 12 MajOeUeDOlSPilifetingB 4 Doy/erarho-12.
short visit to Washington and other dam
'The London Glol.e authoritatively states that the re
ports from America that British troops were about to
&mbark for Canada to meet a possible war from the
ffonte mutated recognition of the Southern ConfaleracY
by England are absolutely without foundation.
Captain Corbett, commander of the steamer Sea King
prior to her conversion to the rebel cruiser Shenandoah,
has again been before a =saint , ate, charged with en-
Baying seamen to terve on the Shenandoah Farthei
conclusive es faience wan adduced, and the prisauer was
committed for total, but wan subsequently admitted to
lbail Tr .
e commander of the Peruvian war-ship Union, who
Was arrested for a violation of the foreign eniletrnant
a et. by enlisting aeanienlin the Thames river, bat who
tot off by come legal irregularity, was again arrested
of the arrival of his ship at Pomonth, and conveyed
in custody to London. Ho is charged with repeating
the offence at Piymouth. Part of his enlistments are
said to be intended for another Pesavia.ry war
steamer. which was fittiag out in France. This as'
cord steamer was named the America. she arrived at
Plymouth on the 20th, from. Nantes. to take on board
the seamen who bad bean-engaged f , r her. The captain
of the Union was brought before a magietrate at rart•
ford on the 20th, bat the case was dismissed from In
sufficient evidence.
l'he new steamer Colombia, belonging to the West
India and Pacific Steamship Company. which left Li
verpeol can the Kith nit., an on the 17th net., off Brest,
where she was supposed to have ran for shelter. Thirty
of her crew and one passenger were drowsed. Only
three of theerew were saved. The lost passenger was
Mr. John Hamilton, of Liverpool, the representative of
the Panama It atiread Company.
It is denied that her Majesty Queen Victoria will open
Parliament in person.
'I he lir.t Cabinet Council of the year was held on the
lfth of January. All the fifteen Habinet ministers were
present
Mr. Wallace, the eminent musical composer, is seri
ously HI at Paris, and not expected to recover.
The shipping of the Atlantic telwaph cable from the
work. of Masers. Glass, Eliot, ez tio to the vessels
which are to soevey it to the steamship Great Eastern,
commenced on the 19th of January, and will continue
without intermitston until the end of Nay, when all
the cable will be coiled on board of the great ship.
The London. Times has a .ery hopeful article on the
enterpriee, end Faye that ehonld the weather prove fa
vorable for laying the calls there can be little doubt
that It will be successfully done.
The directors of the atlantic Telegraph Company have
made a fourth and final call upon the shares of that
Company
FRANCE.
Proudhon is dead.
The London Dairy /rem makes the important an
nouncement that, at the same time that the Emperor
made Prince Napoleon vies president of the Council. he
resolved that in case of his own death during tie mime.
rlty of the Prince Imperial. that the Prince Napoleon
should be Regent, and that the resolution was taken
with the consent of the Empress.
The weekly return of the flank of Prance shows an
increase f r cash en hand of over three and a half mil
lions of francs.
The Routes have declined to lifif
Th• Ministers have presented a bill la the Rig read
for the abolition of all transit &Wee in Denmark.
GERMANY.
At a meeting of the Holstein land proprietors it was
revolved to present an &deices, to Austr: a stri Prussia
denonncinethe former address drawn up by Baron Von
Scheel Flee aenou gently requesting& convocation of the
BMWs: sad'demanding that the r ghts and desires of
Schleswig and Holstein to exist under their own Duke,
as of Germany. be granted *without restriction.
The &nett tan Government has refused tom:sive either
of the addressee, having determined on the principle of
not accepting any Manifestation upart ,the question of
the duchy.
INDIA.
Perham,
Pomeroy,
Price.
Randall (Ky.).
Rite (Me. ).
Robinson.
Rolllna tit. H.),
Rollins (MO. ),
Rose,
Schenck,
Soots.
Sheraton,
Smith,
! Spaulding.
dtrotve,
Stuart.
Townsend,
Unison.
Wa.sh bnrn 6(111. ),
Whaley.
Wilder,
Wil•on,
Windom.
Woodbridge,
Worthington.
The Bombay mail of December 23th and of Calmat&
December 21st is received. Dews generally [mild-
Luta DON MONEY MARK - ST.—The funds continue
dull, but there le no material fluctuation in the reelof
discount. The demand for discount W 4.11 moderate at
unchanged rates. It is rumored that a new loan for
Mexico Is contemulated. The London Timex'
Article believes that the rumor Is pram attire.. but De
heves that if the loan is brought out. It will be [or the
purpose of devel 'ping the resources of Mexico and.
benefiting the present bondholders.
Indeed from New York November Ist, Hermlone, at
Otago; 25th, Sea Ranger and Kensington, at Melbourne;
27th, Caroline , at Buenosec flan; 99tn:Ktt Carson, at
Co. ; December 9:h. Stadt and Basil, at do. ; Lively. at
Montevideo; 11th, Ceuripsne.o. at Mode Janeiro; Telt],
at Cadiz; January 27.5, Pauline, at Bremen; John
Berbhanr. at Cuxhaven; 21st, Queen and MOB AIIIIMII*
at l nierpooL
Arrived from Boston, November Z. Ocean ROM!, at
Melbourne
Arrived from Philadelphia, December 11, Emma, at
Rio d e Janeiro.
Arrived from Portland. November 30, L. L. Usher, at
Rio Grande.
anteed from San Francisco, November 25, Collins-
Wood, tether, and Liberator, at Melbourne.
Failed for laaW York, January 19, Sylvia, from Li
verpool; Olyde, from Antwerp; 13t h, Winnona, from
Marseilses
bailed for Baltimore, January 19, Annapolis, from
Liverpool.
ItIIHORAPDA —The Commodore, Shields. tor Boston,.
put into Gardiff leaky, on the 19:h of January.
Commercial Intelligence.
O'Neill (Penn.).
O' Nelll (Ohio),
Ortb.
Pendleton,
Perry,
Pike,
Pnry a,
,Hadford,
Randall (Pa..),
Scofield,
Sloan.
Smithers,
nevem
' Stiles.
Thomas,
Wadsworth.
' Wheeler.
White. J. W.
William..
Wlafle
Wood, Beni.
Wood. F. •
•I[at The w
o ly co
weekly market was received by the Pere
an. rrtland-
TRAlat ISPORTs. —The Manchester market wee
quiet and firmer
LI VW/POOL BILEADSTUPP 9 MARKET. —The Breed
en:km market wife generally dull; Wheat, how , vrr was
firmer. ktchardron. Spence, &Ro ' Sigland, attire. $
Co.. and others report Flour dull; Wheat firmer, bay.
ing recovered from the decline of Tuesday ; Corn vary
dull
LIVERPOOL. PROVISION MARNEL—The Provlelqa
market was generally firmer Gordon. Brace. &CO
and others report Beef stilt advancing. Pork firm: tan
market in bare Beorn active. and advanced le. Batter
elm. Lard wetly., and advanced le@le Od; old Me.
Tallow quiet and firm.
LIVESPi 3 OI. PRODUCE MARRS - C.—The Brokers'
Circular reports; ashes firmer. at Be. for both Pots and
' , sm.& boor quiet. Coffee quiet and steady. Ilion
bpward, end advanced P(46d. Liuseetf Inactive, e'd
declined 6@9d. Linseed cakes qui. t and .0 eady. at.t9,
titre. quality- Lirp.eed etesuly. Whale and God
Oils firmer. at Sts 6i.—holders demand an advance.
petroleum steady. at 2s for refined.
Lt/Iflnth STS ( Sarin e).—Breadstuff; qniet and
Iron dull. Sugar heavy. sad declined 14
c t irse quiet. Tea 'nada. Rice rip - sarl. Ta‘lote
firmer. Litveed downward Spirits Turpent;ne
al
.sne'ng—cinoted at 6:®B7s Qd. Petrolenta steady at
.6 lbton, for erode ;2e idogite. 134 d. for leased. Sperm
Oil firm ist C 66. Linseed dull
onixtie, Jan. 20 -Evening. —'3oasole.- for money.
62%k ssiX. Bullion in tne dank bat inereated .67 t.OlO.
aistaldsn Sromcs.—Tbe market bas been Intctive.
live-twenties,
Centlal
46h Nei Iroad. 60; Er.e Railroad, 33)6, Q. 8,
@46.
LATEST YIA LIVIR£OOL.
latreaeonc,, Jam. —Cok rou—flale 4CfO bales, In
cluding 2,.(00 bales to speculators and exp4rters. The
market to firmer, but uteltscifed
kiIIEADMITIFFY —The market l• 11110:11•8.
PkoValolBB. — Beef firm et tOO4 to fine MOSS. Bkiboo.
active Late buoyast at ffikitafa,
Loewy 21— . .fir , 11111Jr —Crlws for 111.110.8)%4ve
/111151.1 CAM 6TuCall —ll/111018 Central RialfoA/
60h ; Erie !Pithead 34@35
VERY LeThST VIA QUESIS9TOWX,,
Psnte,ll.—Tbe Bonnet °loped arm: Banta. en Se -
Lot , ncx, Jan 21 —Toe Britten news today is Isola
In tileBoanial3 Fertile tbeOptimition 'sowed an amend
Sleet to the Qmen's adores', aeclavdtt a mew eleotora
law mccestary, demanding timP,egist , on for the an
till." Ma the Presorrattoa of risa Doyouge to spai a.
EUROPE.
GREAT BRITAIN
'HR ATLAIITIO TzLiconera CIABLIL
SHIPPIEG INTILLIGENCL
THE MERCHANTS' FUND,
ELEVENTH ANNIVERSA.I3,Y.
0VV1730.3Ce EX 0 tl/4M.
Addreotseis by Rey. ilielbegr Simpson semi
Desogbessyf Es o.
The Academy of pinata last evening presented a
braotrfolly animated appearance, decorated, as It
'was, with the national and State banners, and filled
to overflowing by a fashionable andlenoe, May of
whom were ladies, wives and daughters of our
wealthiest morel:ants. Ths occasion was the'
eleventh anniversary of the Merchants' Fand r a so
ciety whose objects are probably too Well known to
need explanation. It relieves the merchant win;
from 1310kneta or other misfortunes, has beeline un
able to 'rapport himself, and this charity is bestowed
in secret. Even the members of the society and Its
contrlbotom are not aware of the persons who rre ,
°eve relief.
Win. Welsh, Esq., occupied the choir.
The exercises were largely interspersed with
music by liseelerai orchestra.
The annual report of the board of managerS,
which has been already published In The Press, was
read by Mr, Charles S. Ogden.
After the playing of a piece of muslo by the band.
the president introduced Rev. Bishop Simpson, who
spoke In eubstanoe as follews
We are here to-night, hsvitig left aside business
cases, liaviog set aside stocks and goods ; we come
not to discuss these subjects, but to seek to do good
to the unfortunate and infirm. We have seen mar--
chants, onto prosperous and happy, now reduced to
poverty and ruin. Their health and strength are
gone, their wives and children, once having wealth ,
and torten°, reduced to the sorest needs, and toe
clerk, oboe so 1 oor,now no longer recognizes his
former employer. To just such maned' honor and
it Hueco°. but unfortunate, this society comes to
save. Bold, brave navigators have gone across
waters, but have been heard of no more, and their
wives and fesnlifes,looking in vain fort sum, havebeen
succored by this association. They have emphati
cally fulfilled the inj citation : When than doest thine
aims, let not thy right hand know what thy left
band doest ; and their left hands ha re done meek,
and in this respect they have not been like many.
others who, practicing this motto, take good oars
that their lett hand shall not do anything.
planes.] Suffering must be relieved, and by
the combination of individual effo:t mach good
is done. We are told in Holy Writ that he
who gives nothing to the poor hath no chari
ty, and is little better than the tall-tel. The sailor
loves those who share with him the trials, priva
tions, and dangers of the seas. Who has not been
tr tithed with the story of Sir Philip. Sidney, who.
when bleeding and faint with mortal wounds, called
for drink and when a poor soldier, himself wounded, i
banded t to him, he replied : ' , Take it yourself;
your neeeildties are greater than mine? ' The mer
chant has a high calling. He gathers from dattent
countries the products that are needel In this. He
crosses over oceans and mountains, and nil in
terests become as wide as the globe. He is
not a producer of Inherent value, but he is
of such moment to all classes of society
that none could prosper without Lim. He la
tim agent of all. He should be a man of clear In
tellect, of exalted aim. He encourages the manu
facturer by producing trade, and he becomes a bond
of union between all trades. The merchant was
formerly a traveller. The merchant took hisCirades
with Lim, and traded with what he could carry from
land to land. In later data the camel was employed
—the great ship of the desert. it was on one of
these expeditions of merchants that Joseph was
sold a slave to the merchants Into Egypt. In later
times the philosophers of Greece resorted to mer
chandise. It may be an Item of interest to some of
the merchants in this city to know that Plato 1,000
years ago wae engaged in the oil business. [Laugh
ter and applause.] gag The merchant was ranked as a
Leaner knowledge and literature. What wealth has
flowed into Egypt, narrate, Greece, and ROOlO
Look at the cities In these countries, in all their
teeming wealth, and yet how many kingdoms were
there! What difficulties did the merchants not
meet in passing from laud to land I But In oar
country we Lave an unrestricted land, stretch-
Mg from ocean to amen, and to preserve Its
unity Is worth more than ail the wealth of In
dia, of Egypt, of Phoenicia, of Greece, and of
Rome- INe could give ten acres to each Inhabi
tant of the world, end then we would not be as
crowded as Belgium, or even as the State of Massa,
cbusetta. On our hills we have herds lathe greatest
abundance ; we have sheep enough to, procuce wool
to clothe the world. Where is thee, a mineral not
}bond In this land ? Gold In California, silver In a
thousand mines ; copper in countless stores line our
lakes • then suit, saltpetre, and: coal ; and thettaas
It God had not given us enough In all these Minas
In our days, he pours our for us the rivers of ou.
[Applause The vast burdens which camels of
toe East could not bear are carried over moun
tains and through valleys by locomotives. In
a few more years the Iron band will be lard
across to the Pacific, and four days will take us to
our western coast., and who shall say what a revo
lution that will cause I The wealth of China will be
emptied into our laps without European Interven
tion. When a canal shall be made across the Isth
mus of Suez, there shall be an entire change of the
commerce of the East. When theme two great
works Shall be accomplished the great commerce
shall pass from London and Liverpool to New York
and Philadelphia, and the merchants of these cities
will be the leading merchants of the world.
Our forefathers were exiled from Europe baeatme
desirous of religious liberty, and they dared the
ocean, and we have grown up to be a nation that
feels at home on the EMI. The merchants of our land
have indeed a basis on which to predicate the fature
; wealth of this country. 1 could sak of Pennsyl
vents, and of whet she has done f or her country ; I
oonia speak of her resoweee, and of her wealth, but
I like to forget States, and think of my whole clan.'
try. Before this war the people of the North said
that they were Pennsylvanians and New Yorkers,:
but tow they are American citizens, and before ,
not be able to find one who will say "I
am s South Carolinian." The POlllitty/Vantan has
a record. The Deolaration of Independence was
penned here. The Continental Congress mot Irere.
The old bell rang out liberty throughout the land
here. Oh ! that that bell were united again,
that it
could, in the day soon to come, when the States
shall ratify the amendment to the Constitution,
again ring tut liberty throughout the land and to
all the Inbabitante thereof ; and I am assured that
the merchants of Philadelphia will stand fora
-most hn acts of patilotilm to the country. -
The Reverend Bishop closed amidst muoh ap
plause.
After the performance Of another air, Daniel
Dougherty, Esq., was Introduced, who spoke as
follows :
ADDRESS OP .1111. DOUGIiBUTY.
While I am deeply grateful to yon, ladies and
gentlemen, for your hearty welcome, and fully
appreciate this honor, let me say in all frankness
that I appear before you with extreme reluctance.
Ile who urine to speak in suck a presence should
have selected an appropriate theme, and, after
elaborate preparation, discuss It with the elegance
of diction justly expected on so interesting an ocroa
sion. Even if I possessed the ability, I have lacked
the opportunity, for the brief interval which has
elapsed since I yielded to the kind entreaties of the
committee has been monopolized by duties that did
not admit of delay, - and'have given no Chance for
study. The only solace I have is, that amply
repaid for your presence by the splendid dis
course of the reverend and distinguished orator
—the venerable Bishop—you will be pleased in
dufgently to listen to the few remarks with
which! I will detain you. When the glow of
love, "life's first-born glory;" has sunk Into the
placid sentiment of a still purer affection, one of
two passions, either ambition, withits restless long
ings for a heating shadow, or a natal desire to accu
mulate wealth, seizes the mind, shapes the chorea
ter, and moulds the destiny of cultivated mon. A.
noble ambition to rise on the wings of honor to re
nown all earth may applaud, ana heaven itself ap
prove; but the many who, smiling at the empty
trappings of fame, avoiding its slippery-steeps, pus.
sue the level road that leads to fortune, are happier
themselves, and Scatter Substantial blessings all
around them. In this dear land all who choose may
enter the grand arena, and contend for these prizes;
and it often happens that the lowliest boy becomes
the loftiest man—
" What merit is it to be dropped on fortune's hill,
The honor is to mount it." [Applause ]
But it is not my province .to dwell on the toils and
triumphs of ambition's votaries, but to speak to
thoscwho seek wealth where It Is surest to be found
—in the haunts of trade and the crowded thorough
fares of commerce. To insure success, to win
wealth and wear it, demands industry, prudence,
enterprise and spotless integrity. The last is essen-.
for without integrity life itself is a curse and
wealth brit glided misery. It is the combination of
these qualities that has made the fortunes of those
whose names are conspicuous in commercial an
nals. But he- who realizes his true position IS
not content - to gloat like a miser over his gold,
but lavishes it on those he loves, add beyond
and above this strives to lift up his fellow-man
and advance the grandeur of his country. Such,
-at least, has ever been the pride of our Ame
rican merchants. They have materially aided, in
leas than a century, in conquering this continent
from the sway of Nature ana maldog 'it an empire
of the noblest civilization. At their / bidding teem
ing fountains of hidden-wealth have gushed from
the bosom of the earth and rolled in waves all over
the land. Every sea Is whitened with theli sails
and every harbor crowded with their riches. 'Dis
tant lands—even the extremities of the earth—
touched by their enterprise, stir with new-born life;
labor, uneer their lead, is no longer menial, but ma
jestic—not servile and miserable, but happy and lade
pendent. [Applause.] Science is the servantof their
will ; art, In all its varitus shapes, receives from
them its richest rewards; under their auspices ge
nius starts on Lts immortal flight, and institutions
of learning and religion rise in marble magnificence
to improve and bless mankind. There is a still
brighter gem in the coronet of the merokant. It Is
charity—that divine virtue born in the bosom of
God. Maintaining, withprhicely munificence, 'natl.
tutions reared for the orphan, the widow, the aged,
the poor, the suffering, the deli', the dumb, tbajclind,
-they seek with real delight new - objects on which to
shower their bounty. When shrieks from famine.
stricken Ireland were heard on those shortie, soon ship
alter ship was Cleaving the billows and bending all
sail with relief to the beautiful but unfortunate isle.
When in Portsmouth and Norfolk the fatal fever,
with its invisible shafts, slew hundreds, when sla
ters tied from brothers, our, merchants left their
healthy homea, entered these cities - of the plague,
sought the bedside of- the suffering, and never left
them until the scourge had passed ; when fire, with
its furious desolation, swept through the streets of •
Fayetteville, Pittsburg, and Chambersbarg, allevi
ation -was instantly on the wing; when the poor
slaves sought the beach of Carolina, a home sprang
up to shelter and support them, and now, when con
quered and perhaps repentant traitors in Savanr
matt cry for help, their accursed enmity is forgotten,
and vessels are' on the way to IMMO r and
to save. [Applause.] The beneficence of the
American merchant is confined ' to no %lime
ra r color ; It knows no difference of race
nor religion - ; it Is like the ocean—boundless, end
less, and sublime. Yet pardon me for saying while
you give with a profuse hand, in answer to the loud
cries that come irom afar VA remember there are
objects in our midst that appeal to you with mate
but thrilling eloquetice. The noble yet unobtrusive
charity whose anniversary we this evening rale- -
brute has peculiar claims on your generous conside
ration. Its aim is to quietly aid those who ones
held the placee you now fill—joyful then as you are
now; but who, by the sad reverses of trade or their
nice sense of honor, fell from fortune's heights and
long since bade adieu to the charms and companions
of happier days, now,ln the recesses of obsourity, with
breaking hearts, hide their miseries from the world.
They cannot beg; this institution, to the simple
statement/ of the report Jest read, begs for them. It
calls on you, merchants of Philadelphia, to give
from out your ample means sufficient to make the
" Merchants' Fund " a joy in many an humble
household. and a. lasting monument of pier Dina
rattly. [Applause ] There are others her'e whose
' claims come first of all. That we have a country Is
due under heaven-to the Men . who, In the fall flush
of health, forsook home, family, friends, and all
that make life a joy, to tight the battles of our Im
perilled Union. Many thousands never with,;
they have given their lives, exclaiming their '
latest sighs, ...lily country; I die for' thee
LAPP/ante.] But shall the war-worn ve
terans, wounded and maimed, who walk
these streets,. their, wives and children, the
widows and orphans of those who fell ,feel the
pangs of want gnawing at their vitals when the
land is teeming with wealth saved by their seed
tleee 1 I call on you to exert yourselves in thole be.
half, help them in every way ; and you., worthy
eso
iongs entle,
imen i w war ej who,wit h p p t o ri s oticl n be o a Edt h av md
chased
splendid mansions for the great generals,Pm
piore you to remember privates and those whorl
they love, and combine to rear
hare,in Philadel
phia, a palace for their abode. tkat will te l l al l
times how we revered the warriars.who In the great
reborn.. n maned the Republio and saved the liber
ties of the world. [Long oontlattedcheering,l There
is another characterhstio of the American merchant
that, like the sters,shtneallrightest in‘the blackest
hours. I mean his desnstlen to the Government.
:When the histostat writes the record of them extra.
trainer, times the pages that will recount the deeds
of our patriot znatehante will furnish themes for
endless eulogy, Thtlirlug in peso% gnu, tq ware
o
linked to the Salta ellaletierM rerg'
Lae Misdate
glow titee—etriving to the telt te V „ a „. 415
of fraternal blood—yet, warn al l tate . ti , se fee
lifted her weaponed arm to strike at Ike L eke
nation,instantly they sprung to the side of Va 4 lPre
ism, a nd strained every nerve in ite telltale Wa
aroused the sleeptng every
in
the pen:deo:r i m ll '
Belled the Administraelon to &refers mess
eared Shim! and Sent them to the sea, rasaO
regimental and Marled there to the theta Miley.
thousands of millions at the feet of the ate
verement and avowed from the first, sad will
to the Ilea not by empty -l amella but sotto re,
that come disaster, defeat, bankruptcy. war, Audi
want, all, all !ball be welcome , ere we will keeled to
Treason or surrender one jot of tb.e Setae of the Re.
public,. [Loud applausd.j_ And ow, he* fori.
featly bave all tro op men been repae hl
I Foar years
ego our Constitution was declared' a "rope of
sand"—its authority defied—its northern Retiree
eentatives insulted and assaulted In the °space tor
the free expression of their thoughts. Treasons Ma
literately planned and all pre'pared, leoee
tloody torrent, to sweep the Republie from tea
list of nations. .She, the mildest of moteerty
the gentlest of Governments, implored her way
ward children to return to their anaemic*.
She priffered them foratvenees arid favors. Thar
Deeded not her entreaties ; they laughed to !MOM
bee °Malawi ; mocked at her misery ; and it wee
oely when the dagger was at her heart that her look
of love fled ; her eye flashed tire ; her form expended
and dilated to the testate of an angry Jove. She
bark: the thunderbolts of her mate on the heads
of her nnrrratefiil ante, etonning the world vrltlaker
terrific Dimes, until now the most gigantic rebelli
its
on since the war in heaven reels and totters to
final and irrevocable fall. [Loud cheering.] The
bulletins decision v ic t ory he ballot. bee has beer. bellowed
by victory after , each more glorious than
the Mat. Tbotlisa, near Nashville, strikes the hosts of
Rood, and scatters them In wild dismay. Sherman
Ilona cheers] sweeps likes hurricane through Geor
gia; Savannah yields without a blow; Fort Fisher,
which the brave braggatta boasted wall imprege
'sable, falls before the danntlen courage of the giori
eeeNorth. [Applause.] Wilmington must curs
reader or be destroyed ; and tlearleston and Riots,
mond already feel the gripe of the iron hand that
will strangle the last breath of the rebellion. [ape
plause.] Yet, from the ruins of the rebellion are
rleiree responsibilities appellate en their conse
quence& The Cabals big with the fate of hamenitla
Forty generations, not or the past, bat the Imare,
are looking on no. The (mandate millions who, la
the coming centuries,-trot dwell within the confine(
of this continent, nay, of the aka-encircled earth, are
vitally concerned In matters now ripe for our deelsiele.
I own It, lathe settlement of them august queetioni
1 rely more on the patriotism of the people than tee
witdom of the Government. I tremble each day
with apprehettelons—one fatal step may plunge ut
in rule. I implore the merchants—every laminate
loyal citizen—the people in all their might, whose
hopes are not limited to a single Administration.
but stretch to the lasting glory of the Repub
lic, to keep our chosen servants firm and in,
exorable In the dictation of the only team. in
which We will throw down the sword. [Land
applause.] First, there* must be nit pestle
save on • the unconditional satin:assign to tee
outraged insjosty of the Republic. [Long ettathesed
cheering.]to yield an inch—s hair—to armed trea
son is to own ourselves the wrongdoers, to betray
the dead, and soil and mantles posterity to gravity
the pride and save the Mee and betide of malig
nant traitors. [Applause ] Why in this hour
should we sue for peaoe t We need no vinclioation t
Why is it that while Sherman is marching an
Charleston a veteran politician shoald be sent in a
national vessel to confer with traitors in Reek
mond I Wily Is the Secretary of State at Ann g t .._
lis I The people demand to snow. Are we bar
ing for peace 7 Are the Catelines to be welcomed
back to the Senate from which they were expelled t
Are the generals who perjured their tints once
more to wear the uniform sod marshal the termite
of the nation they betrayed [Ortes of "No."]
Three millions of citizens at tbehailistabox have de
clared this shall not be and oar shalom about beak
that they will conquer a - lasting peace * le pone
*Jolene are quarrelling over the prelim( brace .
Foliation. [Applause.] Second;, the bat -
of human slavery must be washed ream oar soli
Son, merchants of the North, sought In every
way to testate the Smith in all her des.
atilueonal rig!. ts—yon championed her cense,
endured the taunts of Etigashmen, and exe
cuted :obnoxious laws which made the causer
crimson. Yet, the more you conceded the more was
demanded, until the South declared, as her deed
resolve, that the whole potter of the Union wait
pledged,
pledged, ea alone to the protection, bat the eaten
sten of slavery. And when the majOrity deeded
adversely she seized the pretext and flew to arum.
Tbe South staked their all on the bane, and teey
have lost. [Applause.] Slavery has cost no a
woeful sum. Our homes have been darkened with
the shadow of death; a Niagara of presious
blood has flown ; mountain of debt has
been piled on posterity ; labor is taxed for its tote
and shall slavery alone- survive untouched ? Out
with the unclean thing I Slay the serpent, or he
well creep into our Paradise and-tempt us again to
our fail t England boasts that when the slave
touches her soil his shackles fall, yet her people
groan under the weight of oppression. France o wait
not a Slave, yet denies au freedom to.ker sons.
Russia can justly say her serfs are enfranchised, yet
one man has power absolute and supreme • Ina kens
alone, the amendment having passed—let Penn-
Sylvania be among the fi rst to ratify [cheers]—Now
and forever and - forever more liberty will be the
common lot and heritage of all..'[Load cheers.]
Lastly, the power to coerce a revolting Sesta
must be admitted, and the rebel South acknowledge
the Republic to be alone supreme. [Applause.] It
was the particle= doctrine of State rights, even
more than slavery that has been the trattful source
of all our woes. The South taught her Bona that
the State was sovereign, and all beyond was foreign
soil. It was this that created the rebellion, sad
gave it its might and power ; it was this that made
many a gallant man a traitor; it was this that
tilled the rebel ranks with volunteers and caused uis
almost to forget their crime in admiration of their
valor. We, of the North, reared in the school of
Washir,gton and Jackson, believed the States to b •
the massive pillars that—in strength and beauty
supported the magnificent temple of American
Union. If snob was our creed before, shall it be
disputed now, when the immortal dead from their
unootfined grain's cry to us, their brothers, to
avenge their fall by the destruction cf ho onster
who slew thorn, [Loud cheers.] And, dtt, how
happy those who, in the near future, will see the
day when, our cantle victorious and our rights se
cured—grateful to God for his unceasing aid—the
dead remembered, our gallant seamen and sol
diers will be welcomed in triumph home,
amid shouts • that will shake the earth and
prayers and benedictions that will be heard
In heaven ! Then will they see the people
of the North and South;teckedinfraternal embraces,
weeping delicious tears of reconciliation ; industry,
commerce, and wealth flowing in peaceful chanimbi;
the South once more wearing its native hue of
liveliness ; tides of enterprise and immigration
whirling and sweeping through her wide expanses
her bills, valleys, and plains, her river beaks, her
mountain rides and ocean &heseo filled with millions
sing the glad song of content ; new cities shining
on ber surface like jewels on the breast of beauty ;
new Commonwealths receiving the kiss of sisterhood
and sending their noblest sons to a Senate worthy
Of our fathers. Then the prosperity Of the past will
have been but the dineforeshedowing of the reful
gent, the dazzling future. Then the Republic s
mightier in resources, wealth, power, and the love,
totally, and valor or her reunited soma than all the
empires of the earth, will, with the flaming sword of
retributive justice, drive monarchy from off thle
Continent, rule the seas, strike the chains from the
oppressed people of old Europe ,and lead mankind the
way to endless liberty. [Loud cheers, again and
again repeated; amid which the orator took his
beat.]
NEW YORE CRT.
[Syeetal Correshondeztee of The Pzims.) -
• NSW YORE, Feb, 2, Mi.
IXIMIKINOY OF RIOT.
We hear again the voice of the croakers deolarin
the imminency of riot when the Government shall
enforce its last appeel for troops by the conscrip
ting wheel. It must be admitted that the vaolll4,
Bon whichhas characterized the heads of the con
scription bureau in regard to the quota of this city
has excited very unpleasant feelings throughout all
ciroles of the community. But experience hag
taught us that the proper precautions of themselveS
can paralyse the mob element of this mob•hannted
city ; and it is regarded as being in nowise improba
ble that the Government will appreciate this fact
when drafting-time shall have come and appoint
General Butler once more to the command of thO
Federal troops garrisoning the harbor.
THE COASTETHTIOSAI, AXBADMMT.
The passage of the constitutional amendment is
bailed as the truest harbinger of future peace and
prosperity. Publie sentiment hail undergone a
strange revolution within the part .year. We have
fairly passed through the transition period, and thea
tone of society, froth having been pro slavery, has
become at least that of qualified abolitionism, that
is, the abolitionism of acquiescence. The disloyal
wets, as amass, is arguing under Mr. Toots' dictum!
that "it's" of no consequence--chalking its soles
preparatory to throwing the Inevitable somersault.
It is doubtful if this city, despite the uncultured
barbariam of its masses, will oast any large majority
against the amendment. Snob a malt will be dee
to the acquiescence of their papers to the propose•
Lion, and not to any exercise of their supposititioeut
reasoning faculties. As their papers direct, so they
act.
DAYAGItS 686,000,000.
Mr. Luther M. Tibbetts, thrproduce-broker, whose
recent 'vagaries at the Esphange are pretty well
known, has commenced suits against James Cl - ordort
Bennett and some sixty-threeothers, charging them
with conspiracy against him, with intent to declare
him mad, and thereby compass his ruin. The
damages which he claims from all the defendants
amount to the snug little sum of sixty-four millions
of dollars. If an intelligent jury can be prevailed
on to award him that sum we guess Mr. Tlbbetta
will, of course, be one of the wealthiest of our many
wealthy citizens. He acts as his own attorney la
the eaten, forgetting, perhaps, the old adage peril;
nent to such undertakings, and which it is not name.
vary here to repeat.
MIISICA.L -AILEIV/LLII.
Max Strakosch, the well-known pianist and..ist
pessario, arrived here in the steamer Cuba, bring.
ling with him two European celebrities. Tnei first
Of theta is Mlle. Helena de Ratow, a lady violon
cellist from Russia, and the other aline pianist and
composer, James M. Weh_U. The party will shortly
appear in a aeries of concerts.
Aitinv....r. me Tam orsawant urrerau trusumont.
The steamship United Kingdom, from Glasgow
via Portland, arrived at this port today. Her ad
vices have been anticipated.
THB BAVANBAH COTTON.
The steamer Rebecca Clyde, front Savannah, WO
arrived, With a. full cargo of cotton, conalgoiod to
Collector Draper: She brings no news.
THR LA.THIST STOCIC 111/Altparr.
The following are the quotations at Gallagher"
Exchange this evening:
Gold 204%; after the call sales as high as 20 , 5 X,
closing at 205,4; Now York Central, 101 ; Erto, 69 ;
Beading, 108%; 1111eidgan Sonthenr, 68%; Wino!"
Central, 116 ; Pittsburg and Cleveland. 78; 11)ck
lelanfi s 00%; Norttogoistarn, 323;', • Northwestern
prcierred; 62; Fort 'Wayne and Checsgo, 90%• Gnus
and XlsaLtudppi certifleateey,2B34; Gunsherland,
risboK'
PITTIBBUR6
--• • .
Emmanuel, Feb. 2.—h. fire °centred this morn
trig, in the. north ward, destroying the patent
leather factory of J. Y. McLaughlin, and the roll
ing tolll of Reese, Graff, & Lull; also. the ell re
finery .of Wesenberger, 'Fisher; & Vo. The loss IS
about 140,000, mostly. Insured. '
HOLLIDATIMIRG.
lloraseaysistrno, Fa., Feb. 2.—The Exchange
Hotel, to Ude place, took fire and was brined. to tee
ground, tb i ts morning. The Exchange was one of
the two yfiaotpal hotels here, the Americum tyaieg
the other. Mr. Wingate had been the proprietor
for a long time, and the hotel had an excellent re
pniatton. The Loua is probably between 212,000 add
SIZ,000;
Offia Arlo.
CH101.90, Feb, 2 —Thstobao oo warehouse of Vet"
netts, Freedman, & Co., was destroyed by fire lest
night. The lore in stook is 316,000, with an Ins arano•
of 380,000. The to oh the bulldlug wee $BO, OOO,
fully Insured.
LES, M LBS.
LEE, Maas., Feb. 2 —A. very lame paper milt
belonging to Elias! Smith, was burned VIII airs!•
noon.
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York, and having for its object the 41taaialnatioa of
the laps of health In their widest sense. Stott •
Perit)dical is this promises to ba ought to be io ever!
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