gtet SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1865. 66 The Prtois" "Relief Fund WO publish thin morning the names of the oon gributorii to the fend In behalf of the sufferers at the resent terrible the. It will be sego that thus far the sum of $1,949.43 has been placed in the hands of the editor a Tan Paws to await the order of the +chairman or treasurer of theEellef Oommittee. On behalf of the many unfortunate and deserving men, Women, and children who have thus been thrown "Upon the charities of the world, we desire to thank • our, friends for thelrliberallty. The sums thus en *United to the care of the Editor of Tan Passe will 'be Immediately applied to the relief of the diners , . log, and we trust that our friends will, notstay their hand' In thin work of well doing. Every one should regard it as a sacred duty to give at least something to alleviate the misery of those who have, In these cold, Inclement, and olleerleas winter days, been sud denly visited with death and desolation. We shall continue to receive and acknowledge contributions to the AMOUNT PBSVIOUSLT RIIPONTND. E. H. Warne "A Wendt , Dr. Ellortlle Wallace., Mra. Ellerelle Wallace J. G. L. Brown D. 0. Slarnaker "X. Y." Mrs K. 0 F. • Jolla Beakon B. Mooney, West Philadelphia Jeneoo McMullen Miss Peters ( 2 011 Walnut street.) 5 00 /V WW Peters, large bundle of clothing. Theodore Bliss John F. Graff Thomas Robins M. Williams Dr. G. Hamilton John norter J. B. M. S W. H. G. W. Allen. Alin E. Cooper Dr. N. Shormaker Thomas S. Foulke. ijllerles ;• AMOUNT ntiolliTßD TISSTERDA,Y. Hon. limn D. Moore SAO 00 Total W . rorney 50 00 Rev M . Alfred Nevin 20 00 B R .500 J. W. =IiWA. 5 00 Adolym & Keen 50 OD A. S. T 10 8 00 B. W. B 00 Two Members of St. Jude's Ohtiroh 10 00 Mn. Oscar TC2512) 10 00 J. P. L—g 600 Thomas Petnerlok 5 00 George B. Collier 20 00 S. Fox 25 00. Mks Mary .Lippluoott 10 00 Miss Dolena Lippincott. 10 00 Mrs. William _Lippincott 10 00 H. A. A 600 Jones, Barnes, & Co 50 00 En2ployces of Jones, Barces, & Co.: John H. Fulton 6 00 ,James A. Park 6 CO Montgomery Page 2 00 -Jacob Bache 1 50 Alonzo Hood 1 50 , . Freling Fulton 1 50 Robert Armstrong . 150 Walter Smith 1 25 .J. L. Frederick 6 00 A Sympathizer 1 00 Charles L. Desauque - 10 00 R. H. J 10 00 J. F. B 2 00 . Oath 125 Cash 26 00 -Samuel B. Thomas 25 00 E F. Itiviums 10 00 .Mrs. E. 13.8 5 00 Mise S. P. B 60u ' .Mrs. L. A. G 5 00 Tar. S. W.. 11 10 03 John B. Oolanan 20 00 J. N. Tarr 10 00 N. Bernheim2s 00 • F. W. Thompson 20 Oa S. W. W 500 Ilizit S. Bd 5 OD Wm. Howar Boyd 25 00 Aunt Marcy 10 00 John T. Lewis 26 00 George T. Lewis 23 00 J. R. K 25 00 H.— Brim 60 00 M.' D. R * 300 A. L. IL* 300 J, T 500 .E. F. P 500 . Wm, R. White 50 00 Wain, Looming, & Co 60 00 Bucks County 6 00 J. B. Wickersham, New York 25 00 J. B. Stewart, 2003 Walnut street, 20 00 A. Brown 5 00 F. Doebley .... ' 5 00 Wm. Esher 25 00 M. W. Baldwin & Co 250 00 11. 0. A 500 Fanny Smith 10 00 Jessie Hilton- 6 00 O. Bird 10 00 Thos. Kennedy & Bre 25 00 'Kirby 5 00 E. W 6 00 . A. 0. Fisher . 600 Cash, 0 700 Uesb, E. F 100 00 H. G. Leisenring 25 00 0. W. Shannon - 500 Clash. K. R Petiple , s Ltterary Association, Chester 2EI 03 -Cash, E. B • - 500 A. London Snowden, on behalf of officers and employees in U. S. Mint M.. L F John Rand°lplt..... A. M. 0 Total * ACcompanying these contributions wes the fel /owing letter, which will tell its own story, and make its own impression: • . • To the Editor - 6f The Frees. CHEST:MT HILL, Feb. 10, 1863. lit: Ireleeedpleare ilnd 46. for the enforere at the fire hi Ilinth etreet, from two Patio girl*, whose paps 4 1 - : a r b usdlng the 'Leonard of this terrible lire to their .They listened intently until Iwee through. when one of them slip gaielly to her mother's side. end asked if they could send to the maven a "missionary" (meaning some aid)? She told the they aid not need a missionary for their sufferings bat ' s outing, rcs She them asked 'if they might not 'send their missionary - meaor,,Which they had.eaved fromeime to time. Her mother, of 'aurae, told them they might do so. Yoa will please, therefore, approrolate the 5, -Me as a contri button from N. L. H. dig. and A. L. H. The Blunder of the Rebellion. TER message of the President to Con gress, and Mr. SEwAnn's narration to Minister ADAMS of the recent peace con ference, not only give many interesting facts, but inform, the public of two im portant points hitherto unknown. The first or these is the President's statement that he Was about to send the commission ers from our lines when he received a tele .gram from Gen. GRANT advising him to agree to the nonference. Gen. GRANT said that from the conversation - he had had with Messrs. STEPHENS and HUNTER he was con vinced that they desired to make peace by submitting to the Union. This informa tion, says Mr. LINCOLN, "changed my purpose," and induced him to meet the commissioners at Hampton Roads. The second point Mr. SEWARD gives : In his account of the interview, he says, some what guardedly, that the chief object of the commissioners seemed to be the esta blishment of a truce, leaving the ques -tion of independence undetermined, and The co-operation of the two Powers in some common enterprise. This, of course, can mean nothing less than a suspen sion of the war for the Union, . and the enforcement of the Monroe doc trine by the united strength of the rebellion and the Government. These are startling facts, and throw a flood of light upon the purpose of the rebel leaders in asking for this consultation with our Government. General GRANT is a practical man, pru dent and plain spoken. We all know that he does not regard language as an instru ment, for concealing thoughts.' Vile con , versation held by him with Sisnizus and Mumma Iva not a diploniatic exchange of ;,vague words. 'Unquestionably, if Gen. GRANT was " convinced". that these gen -time= catike into our lines with good in-, tentions and a sincere desire to restore Peace and' Union ' he had' sound reasons Air his belief. We do not believe that STE pnr44a And HVNTER deceived Gen. GRANT by professions susceptible of double mean ing, for the mere purpose of getting an in terview with the President. He was mis taken only in supposing that the personal opinions and wishes they expressed would by the basis of the propositions they were authorized to offer as agents of the - rebel Government. Such an error was easily „made ; for, while STEPHENS and HUNTER ,ttad full liberty to expreis their private .opiaions to Gen. GRANT, they were not au- Arofized to confer with him as represents ,tives of the rebellion. Any other view of the case would make -us regard these gentlemen as ordinary • swindlers, obtaining an -audience of the President by an impudent falsehood, and ...neither Mr. LINCOI i N'ti nor Mr. SavrAun's account of the conference justiflea this sup position. To the President they came with limited powers, and seem to have strictly abstained from exceeding , them. Their %object was to ascertain the terms of the government, , : not to make demands or refusals „ -for the rebellion. Remem bering . BTEPErarts' course before the rebellion, comparing ORLI:IT'S letter with - ilia 'report of the conference, and de '...pending upon GRANT'S sagacity, there is :.good cause for believing that Mr. STEPHENS , and Mr. BUNTER., representing a very large ;portion of the Southern people, would rather iltaice peaej by submitting to the Union than haw the war indefinitely prolonged. But it es equally certain that the rebel Government _the enemy in arms—is resolved to fight for independenoe to the lase, and that, whatever tairnrionts and HURTER Mciy personally wish; they will swpport the Government they lease-ereated and of whietillief are a part. 'ough Mr: 1322.rnErti may desire peace illitth the Union rather than protracted war, $25 00 20 00 20 00 , • ...... 20 00 6 00 10 00 50 00 50 00 204/0 100 ...... 14 00 14 00 10 OD ... 25 OD 1 00 10 00 . 1 fi 00 . 2 09 200 5 00 1 00 ..+11,949 53 JEFFERSON Dens declares for independ ence, and the unwilling lips of the Vice President of the Confederacy must echo him. His object in allowing these com missioners to meet the President was anything rather than the restoration of the Union. He sent his agents with a proposal that he knew would not be accepted; with a threat to back it. It was none the less a threat because cour teously masked in silence by his commis sioners. Mr. SEwARD, in his letter to Mr. ADAM, says : ",What the insurgent party seemed chiefly to favor was a postpone ment of the question of separation, upon which the war was waged, a mutual direction of the efforts of the Government as well as those of the insurgents, to some extraneous policy or scheme, for a season, during which passions might be expected to subside and the armies be reduced, and trade and intercourse between the people of both sections be resumed." Did Davis ex pect to suspend the war by this juggle No doubt the rebellion would, be willing to suspend the demand for separation, if the Government would suspend the demand for Union ; but the mere proposition of such an alliance is an insult, as it was meant to be. JEFFERSON Dews,' through his calm and courteous agents, Wiled the Government, and the terms of peace he suggested, fairly translated, mean simply this : "Give up the war for the Union, and trust to the accidents of the future to restore it, or I will do my best to destroy even this chance by carrying on the war more fiercely than before." Un fortunate for him it will ...be that this pro posal and threat are published to the world. European Powers will not tail to under stand the proposition that the rebellion should unite its power with the Govern ment for some - extraneous 'scheme. 'Mr. SEWARD's letter to Mr. ADAMS will be read in every foreign Cabinet, and France and England will find the rebel leaders proposing a crusade against Canada and Mexico, in the hope of gaining the- ultimate independence -of the South. They will find the United States refusing, on grounds of principle, to form this un holy compact, even with the chance of re storing the Union without continuing to fight 'the Sduth. They will see the insincerity - of, a Power which, after having intrigued in vain for their assistance, now turns to intrigue with its eneihy against them: Ishmaelite as it Is, against every nation the rebellion lifts its band. Nor can they fail to respect VAIN up -rightness of the Government of the United States, true to its proclaimed principles against the greatest bribe the rebellion could offer. Upon a new mount of vision, this common enemy of mankind points to the north and the south, and says : " All this. will I give." Mexico and Canada are of fered--not for recognition, but for . truce. But, once for all, now as at the first, the United States has declared that the only way that the war can be ended is by the submission of the rebels to the Union. Not only abroad, but at home, the threat of the rebellion has helped the Union. In conference with the Government the com missioners of the enemy had not a word to say of submission, and that party in the North which believed that honorable peace could be made if the Government would consent to negotiation, is annihilated by the results of negotiation. The alternative of war or indefinite truce, equivalent to yielding the claims of the Union, has given us a united North. The men who opposed the war offer war resolutions in Congress. The Pemocratic party is ir revocably committed to give all its ever, glee to the prosecution of the war. And at the same time the friends of peace had never more reason to hope, for the same that consolidatei the North demoral ize's and &hides the South. The rebel lead era have themselves set before.: their people the offer of the Government, un matched in liberality, and reproclaimed the proclamation of amnesty. The Presi dent declared to the commissioners that peace could at once be secured by submis sion, and they in turn declare this to a peo ple already exhausted by the war. Mr. STEPHENS himself represents a portion of the _people which would prefer the immedi- Eite ending of the war by the restoration of the Union to the possibility of gaining in dependence by the indefinite postponement of peace. Action from this party must not be at once expected, but it will be strengthened by our victories, and upon it we must at last rely for the restoration of the Union. There is nothing more sure than that the southern People when they understand that the only ob stacle to peace is the determination of JEFF DAVIS"to - choose ruin rather than submission, and see that ruin is inevitable if the war continues, will honorably re enter the Union with all their rights as citizens restored, rather than be dragged into it as conquered enemies. THE -ADVANCE. A RECONNOISSANCE AND MORE FIGHT ING ON TUESDAY. erg LOSSLS ftviaz HEAVY"! IN TILE PAST ACTIONS. HBADQIJASTBRB Atom OP IMO POTOMAC, Feb. 8.--The result of yesterday's engagement war more important than reported in my last deepateh, the postlaufara of which were not known here at the time when the Eth Corps fell back to the line of Ants at Relater's Rue, on Monday night. The enemy did not follow very vigorously, por did they make any attempt to storm the posltiOn. It was believed, however, they would "do so yeeterday morning, but up to noon no signs of any attack ap peased, nor did they seem to be ih-atrang face in the vioinity. It was thereforeneterrained to send a econnoissanoe out over the ground occipied by us the day "previous, and ascertain where the enemy were, and,if possible, force theta back Lethal'. works at Dabney's Mills.- General Crawford'e division of the sth Corps having had the - advance the day before, and being best acquainted with the nature of the country, was selected for the duty, which they performed to the entire satisfaction of the Commanding General. The column moved about noon, taking the Dabney Mills road, and after advancing about half a mile streek the rebel pickets, who full back As our men advanced. A line of battle was theh formed, the right resting on V.sktojat'a .49, and the fertimip. pelted = by part orWhoifitoWs command of the .6th Corps. The entire line then advanced cautiously through the thick woods on each Edda of the road, and before going far met the rebels in force, when a sharp engagement immediately began. ' The enter , / were steadily driven back until they took sefage behind their worki attlei dell, where they made a determined stand. ' Fightft here was kept up till dark, when our men commenced throwing up stiff breastworks to protect, themselves. ' The enemy did not seem disposed to attack again, as they had done the day previous, and the object or the movement having been accomplished, by the de velopment of their position, the troops were with drawn during the night to their former ground on the Vaughn road, in the vicinity of which strong works have been erected. The Mueslis the move turn out to be quite , heavy, Considering the small force engaged. The 3d Divi sion suffered principally, the following being the figures : oflieers 5, men 66; wounded, officers 28, mien 44 ; missing, officers 4, men 586 ; total, officers 37, men 690. Aggregate ion 1,180 (Moore and men , out of about 4,000 who wont into the action. No doubt a large proportion of those put down as missing will appear in a few days, as Is usually the case—the stragglers always keeping out of the way MI long as possible. The heavy lose in the division indicates •the man ner In which the men acquitted themselves, and they have been highly complimented for their brave ry by their commanding officers. . The loss in the 6th Corps Is not reported, but is -very light, they acting as a supporting column, rather than as an attacking force. Among the casualties reported are the following : Colonel Tilden, Maine, slightly; Lieutenant Colonel Spofford, 97th New York, slightly; Lieutenant Colo nel Oreney, 147th Pennsylvania severely ; Colonel - Barman, Ileth Pennsylvania, badly wounded in the leg; Lieutenant Colonel Helll.oB, wounded severely ; Major W. fink, 121st Pennsylvania, wounded re. verely ; Captain ()trey, 11th Pennsylvania, wonnded severely ' •, Captain Laney, 6th Wisconsin, wounded ; Captain J. L. Cooper, 89th Ittassaohnsette, wound_ ed ; Adjutant L. H. Chamberlayne, 24th Meihigan, wounded; Lientenant E. B. Willis, 24th Mionigan, wounded; Lieutenant Hendricks, 6th Wisconsin, wounded; Lieutenant Sylvester, 88th. Pennsylvania, seriously wounded in the throat; Lieutenant George Johnson, eth Wisconsin, wounded; Lieutenant J. H. Monteagne, 148 d Pennsylvania, wounded in the face slightly; Lieutenant W. B. Judd, 97th New York, leg ailtpulale4 ; Lieutenant John Keller, wounded in the leg; Lieutenant Colonel Manilne, of the 48th IlliselsslppilrebeD was severely wounded, and died in the 6th Corps hospital- To-day has been very quiet; the only firing heard was from the , batteries near the Appomattox this evening, lasting but a short thieNtowever. The weather Us cleared off bearitifally, but the roads are in' bed oonditten Irene the severe Storm of yes , terday. THE PREBB:-PREGADKLPHIA; SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11; 1.865: THE MO CONFERENCE. MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. DES ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS TRAM LED TO THE MEETING}. Lettere of the Rebel Commissioners and Jeff Davis. GRANT INSTRIJOTBD THAT TII3 CONPRIONOE MUST NOT IMLAY 7113 WAIL The Commissioners about to be Sent Baok i when Grant Telegraphs that he Believes they Desire to Restore Peace with the THE PRESIDENT THEN CONSENTS TO THE CONFERENCE. THE MEETING AND ITS RESULTS. NR. SZWAR]YS REPORT O TH.E INTERVIEW The Rebels Suggest a Combined Action of both Armies to Enforce the Monroe Dootrine. To the Honorable the House of Representatives: In response to your resolution of the Silt instant, requesting Information in relation-to a ,oenterettee recently held In Hampton Roads, I have the honor tq state that on the day the date I gave Franols Y. Billie Sr., a Oerd, Written or. as follows "Allow F. th e bearer ; P. Blaii, Sr to palls our lines, go .south, and LINCOLN.. "Dirosmnen 28,1884.' 1 c Oltlinelr 01thonlOraneTWIITIM THE 60WIRNMENT AND DAVIS, At the time I was informed thatlete Blair tientther the card as a meats or getting to Riehmorad, Va , but be woe given no authority to speak or aot for the Government, :nor was I Informed Of anything 'he would-say or do on bis own aceount or othervriee. Afterwards Mr. Blair told me that he had been. to • Riebtoond, and bad aeon Mr. Jefferson Davis; add he (Mr. Blair) at the same time left with me a ma nuscript letter, as follows—to wit: . . • • Itionsforrn, Jam 12, ISM F. P. 'Hair. Rem . : . Cue: I nave deemed it proper, and probably desirable to you, to give you in this form the substance of the re marks made by me to be repeated by you to President Lincoln, iec. • - I have no dispoeltipu to find obstiolee In forms, and am willing no*, as /heretofore, to enter into negotia. lions for the restoration orgasms. lam reedy to seed a commission whenever-I have reason to suppose it will be received, or to receive a commission if the United States Govethment eball cheoseto send one;- that. not. Withstanding the rejectioriof our former offers, I would, If you could promise that a commissioner, Weimer, or other agent would be received., appoint one Immediate ly; apd'renew the effort triAnter into a conference, with a view to secure peace to the two countries. Youre, g Flinn° DAVIS. Afterwards, and withthe Tlemtbat it Should be shown to Mr. Davis; I wrote and delivered to. Ni. Blair a letter as follows, to wit: . . WASHINGTON, Tannery 18,1985 F. P. BLAIR, Rao —Bra: Your having shown me Mr. Davis' loiter to you or the 12th lust. . you may say to him that I have commutes , been, am now, and shall continue ready to receive any agent whom he or any other influential person now resisting the na.lonal an thorny way informally send me with the view of se coring peace to the people of our Gammon country. tars, he., A. LINC OLN. Mierwarce Mr. Blair dictated for and authorized me to make an entry on the back of my retained espy of the lette'r last above recited, which entry le as follows: SANUART 2. 1645 e "To-day Mr. Blair tells me that on the el et instant he delivered to Mr. Davis the original of widen the within Is a copy and left it wits bine; that at the time of de livering it Mr. Davie read it over twice in Mr. Bialres presence, at the close of which he (Mr. Blair) remarked that the part about our one common country related to, the pert of Mr- Davis' letter about the two 'couttriese to which Mr. Davis replied that he so 'federate:Al it. "A. LINCOLN." Afterward! the Secretary of War placed in my hands the following telegram, endorsed by him, as it appears; OaPicri- 1 1 / I ran STA', Es MILITARY IRLEGRAIIT, - reinter 3 WAR DitrAnTgagr. be fellowthe telegram was received at Washington, January 29th, 1945: EBADQVARTRIM ARMY OP 'TIIR JAMES. 6.30 P. fd., January 29, 1835. Hon. .Edtain AL Stanton, Secretary of War: The following despatch. jest received from Major Gee renal Parke. who refers it to melee my action, I refer to you, In - Lieutenant General Grant's absence. B. O. C. OED. Major General Commanding. HEADQUARTIMS ARMY OP Ten PeToM&O, 4 le. M. e Jan. 29, Mee Jifejor ,General E. O. C. Ord, Headquarters Army of the James: The following despatch is forwarded to you for your action Since I have no knowledge of General Grant's having had any understanding of this kind, I refer the matter to you, as the ranking milkier present in the two atones. - JOll5l G PARKS, Major General Commanding ; From Reedgeartere Eth Army ,Corps, Jan. 29—Major General G. Parke. HEADQUARTERS AWAIT OF THE POTOMAG. ilexsnder H. Stephen!, R. M. T. Hunter , and W. J. A Campbell desire to cross my lines, In Accordance with an anderstandingeletmed to exist with Ideutenout General Grant, on their -way to Washington, ea peace catnip:retailers. Shall they be admitted ? They desire an early answer to coma through immediately. and • would like to.reach City Point - to-night, If they can. If theyeetratot doehts, they would like to eemsechrengb. at., 10 4. M. to morrowmorning.SVlLlON, Major General commendieginit Corps. spectrolly . Teferrcd. to the Ptheldeet for each blame- HO= as he me, be pleased to give. . LD WIN M. STANTON. Rem-Mary , cf War, 6.30-P Me, Jan. 29,1555 --It appears that about the liree.of piecing: th e foregoing telegram in my heads the Secretary of War despatched Gen. Ord as fellows to „Wit: Wen DEUAHTAIENT _. WASHINGTON VITT, 41131. 29, 150-10. Y. A , l. Nojor - General Ord: This Department has liGlatowlelfire of any understand. ing by Gsa. Grant to allowAng , person to coma within his lines as commissioners ofany sort. You will, there- ' fore, allow no ore to come into your lines under such character or profession until you receive the President's inetructions, to whom Your. telegram will be- cent for lie directions. EDWIN M. STANTOM„ Secretary of War. Rent in cipher at 2 A. ef. 30th 3 Afterwards, by my directions, the Secretary of War telegraphed General Ord as follows, to wit: LEPARTIdenT, WASHINGTON, D. C., 10 'A... M. , Jan. 30, 1845.-i Major General E. 0. O. Ord, Headquarters Army of cb.e James: By eirectlon of the Preeideet yon are instructed te in fants the three gentlemen. Heger*. Stephems. Hunter, and Campbell, that a messenger will tee deapetched. to them at or near where they now are, Without unneces sary delay. • EDWIN N. 'srearro Secretary of War. Afterwards I prepared 'and put into the bands of Mejor Tbotnae T. Eckert the following inetrucdons and mes. lege:" • ' eeeenerve . 3teereton, WASHINGTON, Jan 80.1881. Major T. T. ECKEGM—SIR: You will proceed with the dos unreal, placed in your hands, - and on reaching Gen. Ord will deliver him the let ter addressed to him by the Secretary of War. Then, by General Ord's assistance, procure an interPtem with Masan StePhene. Ranter, and Campbell, or any of them, d diver to him them the raper on vbich your own written Nte on e cope which you retain tbeti m e of delivery ° and to vphom dsllvered Receive their answer in writing, wattles a reasonable time r, and welch, if it Gott talus their eecision to cane' thr ragh - •withonl farther condition, will be year warren: to ask General Ord to pass them tbrongb, all directed in the letter of the Ele• cretary of War to him. If by their answer they de cline to come, or propose other terms, do not have them Pealed ildrongh. And this being year whole duty. re turn affil report to me. - ewers train. . LINCOLN: Messrs. Alex. H. Stephens, J. A.. Campbell, and 1?: M. T. Hunter: OENTIRMAN: I am instructed by the President of the Meted States to place this paper In your hands. with the - information that if you peas through the United States military lines It will be understood that you do so for the purpose of an informal conference on the bade Of that letter, a copy of which Leon the reverse side of thin sheet, and thet if you choose to pearon sash under- Stasi/Ina, and so notify me la writing, I--will procure the comas as dhow gernarett topics! you • thro,ugh tirelenes and to Fortress 'Molueeettoder such: military precau tions as he may deem prudent, and at which plate you will be met in due time by some person or persons -for the warrens of such informal conference, and farther that you shall have protection, safe conduct, and safe return in all events. THOS. T scirsitt •Major and A. D. C. -. CITY POINT, Va., Feb. 1, 1868. ' GENHEAL GRANT'S ACTION. ' Afterwards but before Afajor Eckert had departed, the followinidespatch was received from Gen Grant: OFFICE 2IITED Stems MILITARY TBLMSRAPH, • WAR Benktrefeer. The followingeeleggrare was received at Washington Jan. 31, 1165, from City Point,' Va 10.30 A. 3lef. . JANUARY' 18.36. Ills Excellency Abraham Lincoln, President of the . United ,states : The following communicaton was received here last evening:. PETERSBURG, Vat, Jan SO, 1815. Lieut. Gen. "U.' S. Grant. Commanding the Armies of the United - States: Sin: We desire toepess your lines under safe coneuet, eand to proceed to Washington, to hold a conference ,w lib President Lincoln upon the snakiest of the-exteting war, and with a vlow - of ascertaining upon woat terms it may be terminated In parettance of the contseindi cated by him In his letter to lir. Blair of Jsaustry 18, ISO, of wbich.we presume you bayameorlY, and if not, we wish tow; you in trercoirelf convenient, and to con. for with yen onion subject, . Very respectfully • Teary. . ALEXANDER IL 5TEP113,153. • 'J, CAMPASEGL„. , • R. '3t T. Ras I have gent directions to rm:Oise/base gentlemen. slid expect to have them at-my calculate - Me evenittgawa4e ing your instructions. . P. S. 'OWLET. ' •Lient. Gen-Comer Armies of 13.' This, mbegage, it will be perfleived. transferred Gen. Ord' e agency tic themattei• to General Grant. I resolved. however, to send Major Robert forward with thee mes seem -aad accordingly telegeaphed General -'Grant as /01/ORi: - Exaciarrrei Mairafort. WAIHINUTert: Jan. nl, 1865. Lfeellenan ("Genera Grant; City 'Point, Ta: : A mews neer le coming IO".TOIL old e bisineis contained Sa yonr d, speech. Detain the gentlemen In comfortable quarters -until he arrives. and then act upen - the sass-, sees he brings; as fares applibable, ib.havletbeen made tip to pees through Gemmed Ord's bands. -and when the , gentlemen were supposed to be beyond our A. LINCOLN. [Sent In cipher at 1 20 F. M. , When Major Eckert deputed he bore with him a let. ter of the_ eecretery of War to Gen. 'Grant, as follows, to wit: • Wes DarAnTreverT,WAstureeron. Jan. 30,1863, Lieutenant Genera/ Grant, Comm.aractine, Guexente The Preeleentdeabes that yen will pietas procure for the bearer, Major Thomas T. Eckert, an in terview with Messrs Stephepe, Hunter, and,Camobell.. and if. on -his return to you, he requests. it, pees them through -our lines to Fortress Monroe, by such route andunrer such military precentice-ae yon may deem , prudent, giving them protection and comfortable gam' - - tars while there, and, lb at you let none of this have any effect upon your movements or plan. BY oree ref the President: E. N. STANTON, Secretary of War. FASTRUCTIGIVE TO MR. SAW/a:o,i Supposing the proper point to be then reached, I de spetched the Seeretery of State with the fellow - log . ettueltons, Major Eckert, however, geese ahead of him: Sec conve HANsplm, Wasn't:Mien lan. el, 1861. - Hon Wm. IL GeW trd, Seeretarineditale ; - Yon will proceed triFort Monroe, Va , there to remit and it: formally confer with Messrs. etephens. Hunter. end Campbell on the baste of my letter to F. P. Blair, Kee of January -k 18, 18.36, a copy -of which you have. Yon will make nown to them that three things are indlepentable, to wit First. The reetaratton of, the national authority throughout all the States. • Second. No receding by the Executive of the United States on the slavery - question from the position Wl mined thereon .in she late annual massage to Congress and in preceding documents. Third No cessation of hoitilities abort of en end of the war and theellsbaeding of all the forces belittle to the Government.. Yon will inform them that all prope silicas of theirs not inconslesevit with the above will be considered and primed upon in a spirit of sincere libe rality. You will hear all they may choose to say and report it to me. Yon will not assume to definitely Con summate.anything. Yours, Stn.. A. LINCOLN. - THE CONPERRNOR NOT TO' INTREFILIM WITH • TEE WAR. ' :On the day of Its date the folloWing telegram Wee dealt to Gen Grant: e WAR DEPARTMeNT . WASHINGTON, D. C Feb. 3, IEBS. Lieutenant General Grant. Cdy Point Vu - : • Let nothing which is iranspiriug change:binder, or delay your military zriovernentr, or plans.- A. LINCOLN. [Rent In cipher at ORO A. EA Afterwards the following deepatell was received feoto General Grant: L Genres U. S. MITATAWILT as TItir v IA B I T .E N , Bri. cipher The. following telegram. received at Washington. 230 P. K„. Feb 1. 1865: • FROM 0/TT POINT Feb. 1.1883. n 80 R. H. IBA Excellency A littieod4.Protidosit United - Statee: Your despatch received. There will be no armestme is censecthence of the presence of Mr taterchens and others within our lines The troote are kept in readi ness to move at th e *hottest apiece if occasion should justify it 11. 8. Weller' Lieutenant General.: To notify Major Eetert that the desretsay of State wen l dire at Feu true Monroe, and to pat. the cont. mueication, the following &Vat* was seat: Was DKr. tIISNEINT. Wenn:wagon. n C , PA" I. !FM flfejor T. T. Eckert. care General Grant. City Puint. Virpraid: cad a: Fortuna Mooros and put yourself under dlreo Mon of Mr. Seward, whom you will fiat there. AL. LINCOLN. Orn the morning of the ddinet the following telegrams were received by me reeps °lively from the !isomer, of State and Major Erhart: Poor Mosicoa. Va. . PO. 1, 1866-11.30 P. M. The Preeitteht of the United Stater I arrived at ten this everting Richmond early not here. 1 ren.ain hers W. B.eßWAitn. Ctrs V.. Feb. 1. 184 S-10 P . Ilia .Exceitencu 4 Lincoln, President United Stat,e: I base the honer to report the deiteere of your corn. maptestion and my letter at 4 US this &demons, to which 1 received a reply at 6 P. It, bra not ertLetao tory At 8 P. M the following note., addressed to General Grant, was received: Crry POINT, VA., Feb. 1. 1863. To Lieutenant General Grant: eta: We theirs to en to Weebington City to confer In tone any with the Preltdeut personally to reforeneA to Ow matters mentioned In his letter to Mr. B.air or the 18th Josivirv. nit With , at say personal ',wet:mu:oe.. on any oueltien on the letter, we bays the perettsaion to do co from the authorities to Richmond. Von tOßlOtolfolly, yottm ALEX. TS 9rv,PR 493. .R. M. T. FtnNrEtt. J A. CAMPBELL. At 9.30 P. M. I notified them that they coold not pro feed (rather o men they complied with the term% ex preened In my letter. The point of meeting denlgnAted in the above note ought not.in my opt oloa,t be ineteted upon 1 think Fort Monroe would be acceptable. Roving complied with my loran . canal!. I willretnro to Wa-.h legion to-morrow, nnl•as othorwtee o,deted. Ti °Ras T. ECKERT, M4JOT, 0821. GRANT'B ItItLISTP Ti IT TAU 11.Elitti8 warts DibPOORD TO SIIBKIT 0,2 road le ir Gila despatch of Major Sokeri I we, abort to recall blm and the Secretary of State, when the fol lowing telegram from General Grant Colts Secretary of War was *bow o one: °PRIOR UNITED STATES MILITARY TRLRORAPIL an cipher.] . Walt DBPASTaattr. he ((Wowing telegram was reeisived at Washington 4f6 A. M.. Pant:my 2. 1865. from City Paint: • . February 1. IMS-10.30 P. M. Hon. Edwin M gtartten, Secretarys/ War: Now that the inter view Detweeu ajor Eckert, under his written inatrnotions. /Ltd Mr Stephens and party ha. ended, I will state c3nadh , tal•••ll7. but not to become a matter of record, that I am convinced, nom' COJITOTIation will Messrs. gtePhens and Monier. that attr Ittantloca We good and taeir desire slucere Cn re store vesce and nylon. 1 have not felt invent at liberty to Express any views of nil own or to account for my reticence This has placed me in an awkward Position, which could Lave avoided by not miming them In the drat in *tenor.. I now fear their going heogl without any °x i-vase:on from any One fa aniborityvetll have a bad la ilnence: at the same time, I . rye:whim the d.fficolthe In the way of receiving , these informe t l•hoialttsinherh at this tine. and do not know whet; ioreconamand. lam sorry that, however, Mr Lincoln Oranot have as in rarview with the two named in Mils despatch. If not all three now within our liner. Their letter to me wxv all that the President's instructions contamplatad rO aecu•e tteii VatcP.nd;Sl: tl l . l ‘ 'll 41g° to Major Boners. • Lien u tenant GeneraL THIC PREEIMENT 002CSEIPTO TO TUB OOMPREIttrOg. This despatch c f Gen. Grant changed my oarpOse.and accordingly I tolegtaraad him and the secretary if btate reepeotlvely as follow*.• . • 11ClattiltOTON W . 71 _,.1Sohriihr.t" !M. ' Aa . Lieutenant General Grant ate/ Point. Va.: Sky to.the_geottemen that I will meet them personally at Fortress ASOISTOO as 8000 a 4 I can net there. Rent in cipher at 9 A. M.] A. LIDIGOLIN, Wan DIKPAATANAT. WASTIINGTON D. 0., Fsbrnary 2 les.s. Hon. William H. Beleard, FOrtrero Monroe. Va. : lcdsced br aheepatahfrom General Grant, I join yon at Fortress Mon roe as Elton as leas come. (Sent In cipher at 9 A. M A. LIVIOOLN. • Before starting th,s following &spat& wee shown me. I proceeded novertheleet : ••• • . OFPIOH 13111TBD STATES liirnrraarl'atmens.vi, Wda DBPAATMONT. (Cipher. Tee fel tow) oit telegram was received Wilriettington, Febrnarv.2, We. from City Point. Va., A 4. K. Hon. Wm. H. Bewnni, Sovretamt State, Portrait ,tfoorm (copy to Hon. Rdecin M. Stanton, Secretors, of War. Washinplcm. D. C.): - Tim entlemen bore have admitted the proposed terms. and will leave for Po:trees-Monroe at 9 S 1 GRANT Lieutenant General. On the night of the 24 I reaebed ffarupten Roads, found the Secretary of State and Major Eckert on a steamer anchored off the shore. and_ leaned -of them that the Richmond gentlemen were on another at? 8.-nor also anchored off chore. in the roads. and that! the E4oretary of State had not yet aeon or communlcited with them. 'ascertained that Major Nikert had lite• rally complied with hie inetracitons, and I saw for, toe Sett dime the answer of the Itichmondm4tentlemen to him. which, In Me despatch to me of the Ist, be ottani:- terizea aa not safisfactory. That answer is as folio we, to wit: _ • . OrrY Porn , . Va.. Feb. 1.1865. Minas T. Eckert, Major and A 1). C : /daJoa : Your note, delivered by yourself thle day. has leen considered. For reply we have to esy that we were furnished with a copy of the letter of Preeldeat Lincoln to Francis P. Blair. of the 18th of Jaaaary alt , another copy of which is appended to your note Our latentioneellop contained in a letter of which the follow ing is a : INFITETTOTIO7B 07 J 777 DAVIS. RIOMMON M. In conformity with the letter of Mr. L i ncoln,g which the foregoing is a copy. TON are to proceed to Washing. toh City for informal conference with him upon the issues involved in the existing war, and far the ourpoett of arousing peace to the two coantrisa With great respect, soar obedient servant. JEY PERSON' DAVIS. The substantial object to be obtained by toe informal conterence to to ascertain noon what term. the existing war can be terminated honorably Our 1114rue:tons contemplate a personal fttervlew between Presideat Lis coin and ourselves at Washington. bat with this ex planation we are ready to meet any person or persona that President Lincoln may appoin , at snob place at he may designate. Our earnest desi re to that a just and honorable peace may be agreed upon, and we are pre • pared to receive or. to submit propositions which may possibly lead to the attainment of that end. Very respectfully, your.. ALEX_ 11 SVICPEfitNti, lt N. T. lIILITHS, J. CAMPBELL. A note of these gentlemen, ettbseauently addressed to General Grant, has already been given in Major Eckert's despatch of the let Instant. THE REBEL 'BASIS OP OONFPICPPOIC. • r oleo here saw, for the litat :tale. the fol l 9wiruCliotO addressed by the aiehisior.d genthmea to Mader Bored: CITY Pour" VA., Febrility 2, 1.865. themes.. Bekert, Major and A. D. O.; • MAJOR t reply to your verbal statement that your haul:tenons did not allow yen to utter the 0011iiriOSS Upon which a passport could be ?jean to us. we say that we are willing to proceed to Fortrees Slow" and there .to hake an ipfetemal confwe witlit any tenon or wined, tha--Presid Lineolqjway sppoint, on th e basis of his lotto Y. F. ."Eltair , of the Hai of January, ultimo, or upon, any other terms or conditions that he may hereafter pro pose. not. Inconsto,tont with the essential a:notelet of self-government-and popular righie, upon which our Con,lltatios_c ssi? lettpcicit. /V Vt. vargs.ct_mick to useettata, after a free interchithge ofldeiwand infarla• Don. upon what prior:Wee and terms. If any. ajn4 add. honorable feats cow be eitebilehed without the for her effuticn of blood, and to contribute one utmeist efforts to' accomplish such a result we tbint.:tt better to sad that, in accepting your pasesporte,•lSto are not t s.be un derstood as committing ourselves to anything bat to carry to this informal conference the views and feeling. stove express d. Von respectfully yours: AL ald, AirspasEis. J. A. "CAMPliSt.h.' • H. M. T. linurear.. Teams—The above communication wde delivered to me at Fortress Munroe at 4.SC P. M.. February 5, by Lieutenant Co onel Habccck. of General Oranest staff. • , THOS. T. SOREST, Illajopand - A. D. C. THE CITARAOTIIit AND 11.1t6t1.T Op THE Ditiverio. On the morale; of February S the (Oahe gendiaten, Hears. Stephens. Heater, and Campbell, came alomard of our steamer. and bad an Driers tow wish the Secre tary of State and myself, of sevesal sours' duration No • clus ellen of preliminaries to the meeting was thAn and there made or mentioned. No other person way present No parer* were exchanged or produced. and it was in advance street/ that the convereatioh Wet to be informal and verbal merely. On oar part the whole nbetance of the instruction. to the Secretary of state. hereinbefore ratted, was stated and Insisted upon. and nothing was said inconsistent..therewith; white by the other pertylt was not Paid that in eny event, or on any condition, they snit' would consent to reunion. end ye; they equa lly omitted to declare that ,ther would pot consent They seemed to.destre a po4ponentent of that question end the adoption of some other course diet. watch. as some oft hem seemed to agile. might or might na lead to reunion bat welch coma we thought would amount to an indefinite peetponsment. Toe con.; (cram, ended without result. The foregoing containing. as is believed. all the in: formation sought, is respectfalty sabolitled ABRAHAM 1.111 COLE: 33.80PT1V11 MANSION. February 10, 1855. ACCOMPARYING DOC C TL WASPINOTOT. Pet. • HPPORT OP mu. REWARD. The following was encloied in therm : wage sent to the Fatale: To the President: The Secretary of Etats, to whom was referred a reso lution of the Senate of the Bth must. reltuesting the ere • Bid cot of the United States, if in his eft on not inoorn patible with the public interests. to fturniA to tho Senate any information in his possession "soniscrning recent converesticns or commanrcatious with *wain rebels, said to have occurred under Zweontlitur sanction, in cluding communications with the rebel..ThiLorson and any correspondence relating theratAuts the honor to report that the Senate may properly-*tireferrs3 to a special message of the President neartug upon the sub ject of the resolution and transmitiedfisirtrite House this OSY. Appended to the report is a copy of lin instrtotion which has been addressed to OhaTleibe-Wiets.Adasic t 'Req. ' /luso, Ixtraordizary and Blithiter Plenipoten tiary of the United Starts, at Londyn, which is the only correspondence found In this Department coaching the subject referred to In the resolution. . Respectfully submitted. WM - E. SEWARD. I/IPA/PIM:NT OP ETATS, WASITINGTON. Tab. 10, 1.385. . ~ air. Seward to Mr. Adidas.] DEPAILTHONT OF SraT&' WASIILNOTON, February 9, 1,1. SIR: It is a truiem that In ttme of peau there are al ways instigators of war. So eoon ttea war beginerthere are =these who impatiently deg n egotiations of peace. The advecate• of war, tee as agitation longer et shorter, generally gain • fearful eud, though the war declared le not ndfrbaciehtle unneess eery and unwlea. Bo peace agitators *time of war hitsmately bring about an abiandegaidnt of epee co. sometimes without :wearing the adv:en•ages u hleh Were originally expected from the ed'aillet. The egitatore for war in time of peace, and for - Vilaa in time of war, are not necesearily, or. perhaps ordi narily unpatriotic in their putposee dr motives. nee mite aim et determine whether they are wire or ill vrtse.• The treaty of peace concluded at Gaud elonos Bidaigo was secured by an intsentar e Settee oasis' the don of the Covernweet. Som e o efforts welsh . Dave le en :made to bring about ne tone , with a view to end our civil war, ere k to tile whale - world, became they hey. employe 'as well 11.1 domestic spouts. Odfueys. wi th wli a have hid so deal conidentially, are known to 'yourself. aithoaah they have nor publicly trawl:oral. -Other efforts - hare occurred bore witch • re knowb only to persobs ac• tnally moving in them and to this Goverement '1 am new to give for year information mt. aceenat of as affair of the same general character, which reeriatty received . much *Sutton here, cgfi phien dochtiees will excite inen're •broad, A few 0 preeeerp Blair, Req.. of Mary/and, obtained Veen -the Precedent. . a Pimple leave to pus ti.gongh our militarY llnee. Wqt a• out denuite views known to the Government. Mr Weir . virl'ect Richmond, and on his return he_jhowed the' Me 'President a letter which -reform= Davi/ had wait:ea to Mr. Tiltar, in which Mr. Davis wrote that Mr. Weir wail at libel ty tossy to President Lincoln that Air. Darla was 'nog,tee he always had been. wird* to send dom. =lceland* if assured they 'Weald be PeOalved, or to re ceive any that should be sent ; that he was not disported . to lit d obstacles in tome. „Re aural& send cements 'loners to confer meth the Proaident With a view tl i the restoration of peace between the two Countries; he ebnid be mewed they would be eclat re d The Fluids': t. therefors, on tire 16th day of January addreeeed emote to dlr Bodr. is whleb the President. after acknowledging that 0e had read the noae et Mr. Davis, read that be wee and always shelved he wilitag . to receive any remit that -Mr. Davis. or any abet In tl aen Sal versos now r enmity restztleg, the Authority of the Government, might send to unfir informally with the Preeidant, with a view to the reatorettlen of peen to the pre op= of our common if Onetrd_, , Mr. Blair eririted lerchmend w.th thin letter and then again came beck to 'Washington_ Ocerlthe 29th indult we were advised from the camp of bientonant General Grant that A i.xsader H Stephens, B' M T Hayter, and John A. CempbeGi r wert i e applying for leave Polo:ilea !to l n b e b i te i to lhb confer b evTrt. the b P b r l es t rtat i tf... rh m ey s ;A m p:: -. milted by the Lientenent General to ciese to his need quarters to await there the deaden def...the President. Major Eckert WAS sent down to meet, the partr.from It:donee* at General Grant's headquilurters Thi lift jar Was'dilrected to deliver to them a copy of the real de ntbeletter to Mr. Wair,wita a note to be addles d to themernd signed by the Major, in wall* they were di rectly informed that they should be ,allowed Venue our lines, They. wetild he anderetood,u arming for an informal conteruce upon the buds of the afore. scared letter of the Beh of Jannis* to Mr Walt. If they should ex - guess their sued to la cosdition in writing, then Major Eckert eves dtrec tb give them safe conduct to Fortress Monroe r hero person coming from the Preridert would meet them. • t being thonerh• . probable, from.a report of the convenes on with Intent Gen. (it airr,that the Richmond Party. eld ia the man. 1 4 nor prescribed accept the condition m cloned, the tie oratory of etate was charged by the P sieeht with the duty ot reprettenong this Goirtromentv la the impacted informal conference. The Secretary arrived at Fortress Monroe In the night of the Area day of Nebruary. Mader Peke: t Met him on . the mord ag oft the pd. of FebimarY, with the Information that the personal Who had , from lichmeni had net accepted in Welting the emit Hon upon which he was allowed to dee them (waded( to Perste'. Monroe, The Major had green the same to. formation bytelegraph to the President at Washington. On receiving this information the President prepared a telegram directing the Secretary to return to We:111114- ton. The Electetery was preparing. at the imam moment, to so return, without writing for tntotmetton from the Pre sideut.- 'But at One juncture Intent. General Great telegraphed to the Secretary of War, as well aeja. the Si Crteloa y of State, that the party from Btu modd hid reconsidered and accepted the 00nditioll. =adored them through Major Retort, and ;General Grant togentie ad vised the President to confer is person with the. Rich mond party. Under time oircume teneeet tbe Secretary. by ,the ereeftlent's "direction, remained at Fortress Monroe. and the Pr. 'Went joined him there on the night 01 the 2d bf February. The Richmond party WAS brought dews the Since river in a Ueitea States steam traneport, during the day, and the tramps= was anchored is Hampioa . Roads on the morale( of the Bd. The Preeidebt. at .teaded by the Secretary, received Means fitepheas. Buster, and Campbell. on boars the. ;Jotted - ciliates steam trupport River gnu., in Hampton Ewalt'. -The conference was altogether taferreaL Tsar. wee no atteudaneet Of eisciretarles, elerks, Or !Rafael. Ho • thing was written or read., The ocraversatien, although PO neat end free, was calm and courteous &QS kind, am both Meta The Richmond tarty anoroethed the die ereelox rather ta directly, one at no time did they make cute Realest demands or tender turned etipalatione or abeolate reinstate: nevertheless, eluting the eonfereetwe which lotted four home, toe seeerel points at bens be tween the Government nod the thenrgents we re dig teeetly raised and discussed fatly. tetelligently. and la an amicable spirit. What the Insargent pert,' seemed etletly to fever was a pnstporement of the question of eepatation upon watch the war was wiled. end a mu teal direct lon of the efforts of the °overtime et as well as Ouse of the lusurgente. to come extracteone paliey or scheme ter a Fee•OD, daring which persione might be expected to oubstde and the armies he retuned, wed trade and interotatme between the people of ooth eec h be resumed. I t wee suggested by them that through such pottpane meet we might now have immediate peace. with some. not TOYS' certatn,proepect of an ultimate eattefaetory ad jnetm«nt or political relations between the Onvern• neer t end the btatee. Ree.lo2l or panels now engaged in confrot with it. The suggestion, though deliberately corsidered, was eevertheless regarded by the President se one of armietice or tt ace. and he announced that we can agree to no cteeeatlon or sue penation of hoetilities except on the baste of the disnandoemeet of the in ' , argent forme. and the restoration of the national au• thority throughout all the States in the Union collets tally. and in subordination to the propesition whteh woe thus ennottnord The anti-elavery policy of the United States was re viewed in all ate bearings, and the President annotreeed that I.e meat not be expected to depart from the peti tion. he had heretofore assumed in hie proclamation of emancipation and other documents. as these positions were reiterated in hie annual massage It was (Grater declared by the President that the complete restoration of the natiooal authority every weere was an indispeneah/e condition of any assent on our pert to whatever forte of peace might be proposed. The President assured the other party that while he must adhere to there I,OBIIIOIM he would be prepared, so far as power was lodged with the Itincative. to ex amine liberality. Its power, however, is limited by the Constitution, and when peace should De made COl grows must neceesarily act in regard to aparooriatiotm of meney and to the admiesion of representatives from the insurrectionary Settee. The Illchmend party were then informed that Con grim bad on jo in tlat ult. adopted. by a constitutional. ansjority, a resoluGon eubmittlog to the IleTerei State. tee proposition to ebolish slavery throughout the Union, and that there to every reason to expect tbet it will coon late' accepted by three fourths of the Matte, so as to become a part of the nationel organic law. The conference came to an end by mutual weenie ercence,wit boat producing an agreement of view , ' upon the several matters discussed, or acv of them Never. theleee, It is perhaps of some importance that we have teen able to submit oar opinions and vlewa dlreerly to neomteent ineureente, and to hear them In answer,' la a courteone and not unfriendly manner. I am, sir, your obedient atryant. WhL R. SaWAILD. wlk.sErkrica , rc•N. Weettrtterroer,briterY 1 0 - [Special Despittohee to The Preee..3 . - • . _ •,iE CANAL BILLS 'Aire is a growitg dispoittion to * defeat the canal Me in the Senate, on the ground that the exiitem OM or 'the Treasury will not permit appropriatimis for any objects which can be postpoiled* Without iinbdo ibjusy. VCR PAY OP Tin ARMY• There is much complaint from the armies, whioh now have from five to nipo months' pay dite,aud corps commanders represent to the War Depart.. ment that officers are tendering their resignations, on the ground that not being able to get their : arrears of pay, they must go home and provide for their families or see them reduced to beggary. EMPLOY OF DISABLED SOLDIERS It is suggested by Senators, in relation to the em ployment of disabled soldiers In the departments that the men who memorialize' Congress on the sub• ject show little disposition t. put their teachings in practice in their etorea, manufactories, banking houses, etc., where the great masa of employment mast b% found. PAT OP OFFICERS. Mr. Witsorea bill to inerease the pay of ofßoeril at the front meets with great favor. It is believed that such a measure will lessen the disposition to get on detached service through political iniluenoe and favoritism. A vast majority of the °Moors of the regular army are now absent from their com mands, as appears by the list lately furnished by the Secretary of War. PENNSYLVANIA MILITARY STATE • AGENCY. The Pennsylvania Military State Agency, in this city, In charge of Colonel JORDAN, has made re. ports to Governor CURTIN up to the 15th of D3OOM. her last. From that date to the let of February, the arrears of pay and bounty procured for the heirs of deceased And discharged soldiers, and for wives and mothers of those held as prisoners, amount", to 418,- 567%76 ; the number of pension certificates received and forwarded 10 19 ; letters of recommendation to the friends a soldiers to promire passes, 499 ; trans portation to remove to their homes for burial the remains of deceased soldiers, 140. The above items form but a small part of the work of the agency. Visiting the several Departments of the Govern ment to obtain information to meet the calls made by lettere of inquiry, and to aid sick and wounded soldiers in procuring transfers, furloughs, and dis charges, occupies much or the time. Col. JOSDALIT stye he has reason to believe that some claim agents do their work by corresponding with him, thus ems, ding their tax and securing their fee. The work of the &gamey being gratuitous, no Pennsylvaabi,sol dier need employ a claim agent. DISTINGUIBIIED nsfro ; President LincoLa, and also General Bunnell:in, have alined Ford's Theatre this evening, On the occasion of the benefit of Air. J. S. CLARna. [Sy Associated Press. ] CAPTTIM3 OF PRIZES. The Navy Department has received Intelligence of the capture of the British schooner Fannie Me. Bee by the D. S. sallower Fox, en January 84, off Florida;Sl Narks , wfth an "assorted cargo. " She was bound for Matamoros from Havana. Also, of the, capture of the rebel schooner Josephine by the Ti. S. steamer Seminole, on January lath, off Brazos, Taxes, with a cargo of 134 bales of cotton. She was bound from Galveston for Matamoros. AN IMPORTANT PRIZE CASE A very important prize case will be argued in the United States Supreme Court on the 20th inst. It grows out of the Ponven-liirms expedition up the Bed river, and Involves the right of the Mississippi gunboats to , os.pture cotton as a prize, and to dis tribute the proceeds among the crews, as in the ease of raptures on the high seas. The ()otter( was cap tured at Alexandria, whtoh was at that time In pos session of the United States troops, and the question will also come up whether, under such circum stances, it can be said to have been taken from an enemy's country. The case pe argued for the Government by the attorney General and his assistants, and for the claimants by Major A: X. Corwin, of the Cinoinnati bar. LIIVITth COItiMB-•—Becond Session. SENATE. , PORTS OF COMMITTSBB. Mr. ANTHONY, of Ithoie island. from the Commit tee on Punting, recommended that 5,000 copies of the report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War Zre 'sive to the Peteraborr mine explosion, be printed . Mr. Bilhillßß, of Massachusetts, from the committee of conference ca the' disagreeing votes of the two Hennes in the bill to estabdah a Plateau of Prenl to 02 'II atisite reverted the rubstitote agreed unon by said committee, which was laid upon the tittle until to morrow. ELECTORAL VOTES OP LESURGERT STATES A message from' the President, In relation to the ex• elusion of certehr States from the Iltectoral College, was received and read. Mr. JOHNSON.of Mari land. took Issue with the Pre sident In his imp Led tosertiott that Congress had no right to legislate in the exchwrion of votes from the Electoral (Joan., and that the joint rerolntion ought to have been either approved or disapproved by the Pre. tddkEt. PRESENT TO AN OPPIOER. communication from the President, in relation to the presentation of a ea - orate Captain Steetwagon, as a mark of gratitude for big aervices to the British brig Mertes, NMI read and' referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. • nisroerriow OP OAP-TURED COTTON. Mr. WILSON, of Maseacbruiettr, offered a resolution instruct - Inv the Committee on Military Ilffstrel to ie antra Into the expediency of apyropriades the cotton captured at Savannah for the manutheture of tents, &a., for the agnyorbich wee objeeted to. DEETB DUB THE lINITEDISTATIII3. Mn TRUMBULL of Illinois , called no the bIII to fa Mittel's) •tb'e collection of certain debts due the United totes, which enthonzes the lame of ft warmat of at tachment against the property of defaulting po,tmas tore, mail contractors. and other °facers, agents, or (Ain' eroployees of the Post 01the Department. wnere such defaulters have countenanced, aided or abetted the rebellion. The bill wee passed. AGRICULTURAL TIMORMATION. On motion of Mr: LANE, of Kansas, 2,000 coplssof the serien.terzlrortlon- of the lest census report were orcered to be printed for the me of the eommiveionere of sericulture. error/man:yr 07 • COIII7IITTIIE. Mr. DOOLITTLE, of Wisconsin, offered a resolution for the appointment of a standing committee of five 612 mines and mining, which wee laid over until to morrow. PIPTSHING OP ITNBINISHID PIIVECPSS. The unfinished business of_yesterday, which was the Les iclairve. Judicial, and raectithe Appropriation bill, was taken UP. A discussion arose on the item of appropriation for the Trinting bureau of the Treasury Denutment, and the expediency or inexpediency of continuing the hydro static proem of priutiag treasury no tea At the suggettion of Mr. MARK, a letter from Mr. Chace to the present head of the printing bateau. con gratulating him upon the success of the hydrostatie process of printing was read. Mr. SUMNER, of Mateachusetts asked that the bill before the &hate be laid a.lde, and that the President coma tint cation concerning the late peace eonference be read. It was so ordered. and the Preside/We message, was read after which lir. SAULSBURY, of Delaware, said. raitarding that menage as the most important ever transmttted by the President of the United States, I mole that it ba referred to a tr. lett committee of five members of the body, and Qat tbey.baveleave to report at any time. Mr. SOMltlik. I think it will be enough if we order it to be printed. I move that it be printed and ordered to Its rpm, the table. This motion prevailed. Mr. SAULSBURY. Does the Chair decide my mo tion out of.order? Mr. FWD'S% in the chair The Chair does not co decide ' but the motion lay upon the table takes pre. cedence or it. Mr SAULSBURY. Well, I wish to give notion that et renew my motton at another time. TB2 ArrlzorßlLTlola BILL CONSIDERED. Te Senate remised the consideration of the aprons mission bill bBEBMAN, of Ohio, snored that the deficiency bW, about which there bee been so mach controversy between the two Bonitos, be added to the &Pinot:wisdom Milan a new section. Kr. thstman explained that the ecrtion is dispute bad been stricken out or the defoten ry bill. It related' to the appropriation of thirty- eieht thousand dollars for extra compensation to employees of the Bowe. THH DEITIOISIICY BILL Mr. CLAIM, from the Conference Committee on the deficiency bill, reported that the Committee had been unable to agree, and moved that the Senate lutists on its amendment. which was the striting out of thg provielon referred to by Mr. eberjnan tor ea - tra compen sation Mr Clark charged that the Home refas. d;o paastbe bill became the Senate would not agree to an appropriation that was contrary to law. The Senate agreed to Mr. C•ark a motion, and irt. sietrd on its amendment to the deficiency bilL Mr. 13IIIIINklt raised the question whether the de ficiency blil could originate in the Senate. He did not think that it could. Mr. SHIPMAN Bald the Senate had no alternative but to yield a point egalnattheir cents:lancet and their views of right and law, or to get the deficiency bill through in the form ho suggested The War Department needed rconey..and the transportation off soldiers to the won. of active operations in the field had been delayed by this action of the House to imitating upon an tippet pria non that was contrary to law. Tbo deficiency must be provided for before tie adjournment of tiongress, or an extra session world have to be called. Mr. lattEttMAlr thought the mode he suggested the best way to make no the deficiency. HPIRILY OP 'SOT PAYING 01711 BOLDIRIGI. Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts. Mr. President: Congr.es presents a strange epewaele to the country. We owe to the armies cf the United State.' millions of dollars. Many of our' officers have no, been paid for menthe; many of them aye put into the handset their commending ollioers.their reeignation, and are implor ing the Government to accept their re+ignation for the reason that Mob families ere Mittel log at home white they are not paid even what the Government owes them which is not enough toeport them. Thin is the tiondlticn of our armien T up his is the condition of the families of our soldiers and officers. We have not paid them, and we have Rob the means to do it., at an• late, as rapidly as we ought to do. Mr. EITIMMAN. Tim Senator from Maessehtteetts, from tt e hies position occupied by ,him, limy give to the ronntry a very ethoneone idea. These is no de ficiency in the appropriation for the Pay Department. 1 here 'Semple for the current y ear. Mr. Yrthilutil. There is a deficiency in money. and I am talking about money and not about appropriation bills. I was ernahlog of the want of means to carry out the law and pay oar roldiera what we have agreed to ray them. I say we want lens of millions of dollars fop that propose now. and whon. the cation is strait plies for the means to carry itself through this rebel lion we have an Issue made beret n Congress to ta g:44lBQ the compensation twilit', per coal. of 5 clam of men that deBOTVe it NU than MIT ether men In Ms No plyy meat of the Government of the United Slides. 'There are women in tide city working for IMO and IMO a year, and asking for an bonsai. of compensa tion. and you refuse thin The clerks in the depart ments are eeklnßß an increase of oompeasstion. and Ica rerun' thorn Wh r Ur eanne you have - not the means to do it. You need more money than yet can ohtsin to pay your net debts; to pay what yen agreed to pay. And sir, In the tare of the fact, that you owe tees of millions of dollars. to our armies. and that inns y or oar officers beep been unpaid for months; to face of the feat that the disarm of our Armies are sending to their 74- sign Olen.. and some of our fzr aerate bold them troths bander'', asking to resign that they may take ears of their families; to face of these taste that we cannot help and cannot relieve, owing to the financial cosditon of the eountry,,we hero an Meng raised here in Congress by One branch of this Oovernment.in violation of the laws of the cunniry t to Increase the compensation of their clerks ants the persons they employ twenty per hest. It is utterly and wholly Indefeasible. I donut shrink from a rontrst with them on that garetion. I court a context here and her. re the country If they ett•Mhe to make it. I ray here, the feats as they stand before us today, and before the countyy. are not creditable to th e Congress of the United States. and I hope the Senate will Mord firm and pass this deficiency bill, as suggested by the chairmen of the Committee on Fi nance, to this Appropriation bill. If gentlemen anywhere choose to make an issue be fore the country when we have not the Means to la tievse the compentation of men who do not resolve enough now to en ennet theirwives and children at home while they are euffulog, and fighting. and bleeding. and dying for the comntryl if gentlemen choose to mate in teens on the increase or compensation to well-paid men who ate employed about ten mouths in two years. why let them make it. I welcome the contest. Mr b HEIM Ali farther explained that the tionse re fused ti appropriate money re pay what is doe to the army became the Senate woted sot acre* to increase the compensation of the employees of the Hauge, and a docueden on the right of the Senate to originate un propriation butte was entered into by blasting. Satinet*. Foster. and Johnson, and the nmendotent was adopted. So the deficiency bill wee added to the IttMt.Deletton inn as a new section. without the controverted fliiii3,o3l). Wealoll9 • Mr. ANTHONY. of Rhode Walla, offered as anima men t to add tot ha hill $61,000 feriae ex tensicia of baila ble and additional machinery for the public plating ogres. A letter recommending the above, from Mr. Defrees, Priperintrdent of Pabllo till:Mac Was read. • Mr. Anthony's amendment vaa adopted. Mr. BPRAOUR. of Rhode iniand, moved. as an amendment, an additional section, iasreating the corn peireation M Congresemen to 111.0,(03 per Congress, in stead of .6,00 a as at present, with patent LS now, the incressarto apply to the present Congress. Mr gooTR. of Vermont. On that qasetlon I will the yeas and nays. It is ail the argument that it accent; " irri MALI. of New Hampshire, moved to amend by ettiking out the provision making the Increase apply to thy pyesen fiongrese. Disagresd to Mr OPKAGID IPS amendment was decided In the nega tive—yeas 10. nays El. Messrs. Davis. Hendrieng. Lane of Hannan. Nesmith, Powell. Richardton, „Hid d Efaulsbu:y, Sprague . and Wright voted in toe af firmative. An SMOrd Meat was offered to lacrimal* the compels. nation of thy Ilillind.btates.lndety_te_ggitraria it; o,4oft' Mr. HALB objected. Mr. COIIE7BEOI of California, said in reply to. Mr. Hsi.., that he (Mr. Hale) was notalways an advocate of economy. HeAltr. Hale) had recently recalved 1111.110 for going to Halifax on official badness. • : Mr. RAWL mind a peietstorder that Mr. Ooziness had no right to inopeaeh r is conduct or motives The point was sustained by Mr. CL &ILK la the chair. and Mr. Coziness was directed to confine his remarks to the quertion before the Se onto. Pending the consideration of this, question the Senate adjonnied. HOUSE OF REPMESENTA.TITES. CLOSE OF THURSDAY'S SE"&13I dr. A QUORUM AT LAST OBTAINED. • Tbe House remained In Bowden this morning until bait malt three o'clock. A quorum of members hey log been secured, a vote was obtained, and Mr. Wash barrio's amendment to the internal revenue bill to tax spirits on hand was defeated by a l.rge majoriiy. A xerolution was parsed requiring the Sergeant-at. arms to report a; one o'clock on Friday the names of thoee who absented themselves on Thursday evening. and the House then adjourned FRIDAY'S SESSION. OHAROSS OT CORRUPTION. The EPEAKER appointed Megan; Rigby of Cellar nia. Frank of New York. Craves of Indiana, Ancona of Pennsylvania, and Morton of I.lllnoia a special- oommlt tee to inveetigatatkie charges of imam °Metal corruption as d fraud contained in a pamphlet addressed to mem bers of the Bones. and sinned by a gentleman who says he can prove the truth of the charges. RAILROAD LAMM IN cumutommk. Mr. OOLB. of California, reported a bill granting lands for railroads to that State, which was referred. PRIVATZ BILLS. Some time was spent in the reception of reports from Committee,. ‘'.f a private alternator. The Renee took op the Senate bill extending the patant'of Alvin P. Pink, for metallic coffins, and paned IL ifICSRAGIB'OI7 THE Pesos COINNIZRENGE. The Presidfnt sent so the Houma a znetusgsio reply to a resolution oulhe subject of the recent puma confe rence, wh ch haying beim read, Mr. W.A.4IIBUROUL, of Illinois, moved that twenty thousand extra copies be printed. as it wee of great importance, and would meat tke cordial approbation of usury loyal heart in the country. while It showed the President's wisdom and discretion: Mr. SNOOKS. of New York, said he did not think that the messed° would meet with tee cordial approba tion of all loyal people. • As be understood the doen• meat and the report which comes to us from the rebel papers, two things are evident; Bret, that Mr Lincoln demanded of the rebels uequalifled submission; and second, ti at the President would enter into no negetia dons with either the rebel Government or any single rebel State. Mr. Liao°ln is silent on this latter point e but it is positively asserted by Jefferson Davis and the three rebel. agents. If the Prealdent had sincerely degree peace, he should have brushed away the cobwebs and come at once to the point with Stephens. leithe matter now stands, the end must be by resort to the sword. He then referred to the cheering of the soldiers on both sides, when the Pear* commissional' s old ier s Udh the Oaf*. to show the spirit both of.the and the people tn favor of peace. It required no Incoesiderable courage on Use part of Mr. -Lincoln .to throw off the trepoetto nate radicals here, and meet she rebel agents. For title the President deserves great credit, and he hid his (Mr. Brooke') thanks for holding the is Inference. It was what he desiredeend asked of hem in December last. but whit:threat not received en-the other aide of the Howe with approbation. He, however. regretted that In this conference Mr. Lincoln did not act neon his own responstbitity and ask no other terms elan submission to the Constitntion. He should have availed himself of this oppeetunlty for other anti ereetions. As things now stand. he feared no Lin coln or . Davis could at present make peace with the tarifa:fleet °temente aroused. Tnere was no nesse maker now but the sword. May God PIagSSVA us from the only arbitrament, but now he feared there wan no other.- North Carolina and Georgia are in a condition to make peace If their self- government can be preserved. The elements of pease, too, are in Alabama He regretted that the President has closed the door against these.tiltatee. Akteltreolathee Telenet' le therconeeseisents o ea mid* sucesesteley by General Jackson and Henry Clay to . avert civil war and to the rebellions in Peeasylvania, Meettfohneette, and Rhode Island Such are' the pre cedents which should have governed Mr. Lincoln. He %Mr Brooks) was in favor of an armistice. Some day or other tete War Meet end, and prier tO eillt there must be an armistice, and he regretted that toe ?rasa dent had not availed himself of the opportunity re cently offered to great an armistice, believing if this bad taken place peace would have followele There were things now in• progress on this eon lament which imperiocudy require an armistice, or .a frier:Ml accommodation between the Aorta and the South, so that we Can resist, by com bined operation, the European encroachment in North emetics. And in this connection he referred to the 'act that Sinaloa, Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango. and Lower California are occupied by the French, under pretense of having received tease portions of Mexico fora debt originally only $ 125,000. Title subject, conelderlng the geographical, political, and materiel interests In volved,. was certainly of more Importance to the House then the abstract eneetion of slavery. Thte Admini stration bad done and could do nothing in the way of resistance to the foreign encroachments. If the Me morise/ Diplemlatique, the highest anthoriey fa Sero we), amp : 4, is tigoi, eecretery Seward had given a quasi support to the overthrow of the Mexican Repel/tic by Maximilian, supported, by Louts lispoleon, and it was elated in that paper,September or October last , that our domestic agit ations, meaning the elections. prevented a recognitloes.of the new denasty set up in Mexico. Hence, our minister. Mr. Corwin, obtained leave to cents borne it order to *void any representative or our country near the Liberal or Juarez Govern me at. Kr. Brooks argued to show the importadee of peace between the Forehand South, In order that -both may practically unite in the maintatnance of the Monroe doc trine. He argued at length from the papers laid before the Mouse that the rebels did not ask for separation, but were ready for reunion If the principle of their self 'overt ment were secured. Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, said he would have prtterrs d not to have heard such a speech as that of the gentleman fro Few Yorks out probably the robe e ought to have an advocate on this door, mad he :cotud zee great propriety and limes,. in the gentleman tinder taking the work. The gentleman had heretofore pro claimed that if a meeting of rebels and Federals c mid be had peace would come; bat If not, he and his friends would go heartily for a prosecution of the war New that the President had given such an audience, Mat conducted the negotlatlore in a masterly manner, the geetleiban condemns the President for not entering Into negotiations with the rebel Government. Air. bTEVIIeS. of Pensaylvame, in the course of his speech, 'termed to she remark of Jeff Pavia in his ad deers on the return of the rebel commissioners to Richmond. that no condition bat the independ ence of the Confederacy could ever receive hie eauctien. He alio quoted tee resolution adopted at that public meeting declaring that the rebels spurn with indignation the grossly insulting terms which. the President of the United Sasses hes proffered to the people of the Confederate-States." etc. Mr. Stevens continuing. said: tied yet the gentle man gets up here anti condemns the President for not so tering into regotie.tione.with such men as these. Be ceted use no epithets mufficiently eXPrtWalive of hie men damnation of ',nth a speech.. If the Preeldont had se tie upon an armisti n the baste of 'a separation 01 tie Stairs. be would have doseryei to be Impeached •by this House and toneicted by the other. For hls pert, be believed one of the two alternatives mast time TAe rebels must lay down their arms or be extermi nated He old not believe mace would be teetered in six or twelve weeks There would be war for a year or two. The conqueror must make terms. The South will be conquered and slavery will not h reafter be allowed to exist Three• fourths of tee atatea will ratify the amendment t.. the Constitution. and then no State can coins back with slaver,. • Mr. MALLORY, of Kentucky, hoped, for the sate of history, that the gentleman would not theist on his statement that the &mele/Et • eammizasienert demanded independence. He trusted the gentleman would not depend on what the rebel newspapers said, bat be go vernse by the declaration of the Preeideat himself, and the President said that It was not said by the rebel commissioners that, in any evens or on any condition, they ever would consent to reunion; and yet they mega' ly omitted to declare that they never would so censent rir STVTENS said be judged by the rebel &attests of commnuieetion ite to tbeir feelings tto.d designs lust an be did Car own position from authentic coerces on We bide • . . • *sr. COX, of Ohio, said he was glad the meeting of the con. misaionera had taken place, for it need not end here, but if followed np would end in peace and re union. He was sorry the gentleman Item Pennaylvre nit bad given graphed!' to Ida teacart that therelsels• stood up simply on their independence. The ectimmita sinners said they wished to hold a conference wit/nth° President, in order to ascertain upon what terms the war can be terminated, and in pursuance of the coarse led! mated in President Lincoln's letter to Hr. Blair, of January lath in which the President spoke of a eon tartars "with the view of assuring a peace to the Pee pie aim= common country." and General Grant Win ston said I am convinced, upon convereatton with bliters. Stephens and Hunter, that th.ir intentions are good iind their desire sincere to restore patios and anion." 'The thanks of Congress are due to the President for drawing this fast out. There iv not a syllable going to show that they would treat only on the beats of Inds per dance. If we fail n to make peace,. the fruit w il l be at the doom[ the radical 'measure.. There itsno mum why the people of the country &mild not respond to the t forts for peace. wessistrnrava acconow Rum= The motion cf Mr. Waebbarne to printlCoo,) extra copies of the message was re tarred' to-the Committee on Printing. Iith3IBERS ARR./3011RD TOR 0011TRIEPT. The Renee proceideo to the e abolition of the order, namely, roantring members absent withontlesve that night to appear before the bar ef the Rouse to purge themselves of contempt. Severity Ave of them who had been stetted by the Sarireaut.td•Arms were arraigned In the area fronting the Speaker's chair. They were eeye rally Interrogated, and endeavored to give eatisfactory eget:nese; but nearlill of tnem were required to vas tbebrunat fee and at tendant expenses. Seems] hours *ere occupied with these proceeding*. Mr. GARFIELD. of Ohto. offered a resolution that Ittfhe B. Washburn*, for leaving the House last night, without consent. wasamtlty of disorderly conduct, and deserves censure of the Rouse. Mr. FAIOSSWORTII, of Minot& 'Niched to know whether that Tres a quesHon of privilege. Mr. MGRRILL said Mr. Waehburne was not now present in the Hall: • Mr. GARFIELD, in view or this fact, wall Willing to Postpone the consideration of the resolution. The nYBAKER, in reply to a question, said the ques tion could be entertatatd. one member having brought a charge against auother,but he waa not to say whether the charge-was trueinTect or not. Mr. JAMS R ALLEN. Ii we adjourn now,whea will the resolution be• reached r - The SPEARRit repliedito-morrow attar the morn ing hour. • _ The House tben adjourned. • HENTIJCH Y. DETICA.T OP otricznzat.s. ' • - Lotrisvitms, FeU 10.—A special despatch front Frankfort to the Jotiind of oth Mat says : Captain Bridgwater attacked' the guerillas at Htestonvine it 2 o'clock this morning, killing four and saattet log the rent In the woods barefoolid. Ho also cap turedthirty-ilye horses. ; , Indiana for Um 4:l4nutilltutionol Amend. Issiiist.' DrnuarsPOLlE4 rob. 10.—A joint resolution rati fying the constitutional amendment was parsed by the Senate today, by a vete of 28 yeaa to B nays, one Democrat voting in, the affirmative. The Howe Is expected to act on the resolution this evening. Constitutional Amendment In New Jersey. iiIIILLINGTON, N.J., Feb. 10.—A meeting laas,held here last night to Inaugurate a movement Psr the eLionlatSon of petitions to the Leoslett:v.:to ratify the amendment tO the eonstitntior., 'B,l,oll3hang slavery. Marry Hilinor in Wort, Warreq, Bpsrola, Feb. D.—Harry (3,acim WlB to-d 94 Ih oarcerated W Fort Warren, SOUTHERN NEWS. TEE REBEL SENATE OPPOBBD TO COLORED. SOLDIERS. RIME PROSPECTS IN I[ISSISSIPPI-TWO BREIL WZRAI.4 MILLED IN RSORNT BA.Truis. .177 basun crow, Feb. 111.—The Government receivid the following despatch this morning: OLTY POINT, Va., Feb o.—The Richmond pipers' of to-day contain no news. They have no intelli gence from Gen. Sherman. Urn. Serrell, of Georgia, was killed in the fight on Tuesday. - • The rebel Senate, bran almost nnanimente vote, rejeoted the bill putting 200,000 negroes in the army. The Enquirer says Messrs. Basin and W. O. Al len, of Richmond, the Ambulance Oommittee, will leave this city this morning .In charge of a large amount of supplies brought by the last flzipolltruen boat tor the Federal prisoners confined at Danville, Virginia, and Salisbury, 'North Carolina , . Three Federal officers at each place have been selected .and paroled to attend to the distrffintiOn of the supplies. The Whig Oar "The Clanton CiliZell has heard it intimated by gentlemen of intelligence thatit is a/together probable that no farther efforts will be made to hold the country between the Yazoo and Blg Black rivers, or to protect the Mississippi Central Railroad, bat that our lines will be nilgved back as far as Brandon, and perhaps farther east, the only hope being to hold the Mobile and Ohio Railroad." • Another despatch states that the Riohmond pa pers of *yesterday 16112101111100 that the rebel General Pegram, of Sonth Carolina, was killed in the re cent battle before Petersburg. - aiißlititißlTlNE - Equal Bights Convention of Colored Nen —The 31611eettve Franchise. . . . HAMMEBURO, Feb. 10.—The Convention zees - ambled taday. An address was delivered by David D. Turner, of Philadelphia, who thanked God that his race could meet in the capital of Penni ylvania, and give expression to the views which they enter tained. Professor G. B. Veshon, of Pittsburg, fol lowed In advocacy of the elective franchise neing extended to colored people, as the greatest gift of any Government. an. Jame. T. lifochnnn nf - pee, spavat length, endargued the lesportaney of individtal exertions of those present to elevate( their race. The time w h.en the black man was looked upon as C. Chattel had gone, by. Twenty.tive years ago he (the speaker) had advocated the abolition of elavery, and had been - persistent la Ida effirts from 'that datto this. When the rebellion first began, we were defeated in nearly every contest, but einem the emancipal ion proclamation our armies had been more anocesidul. [Applause.] . • Hon. Thomas J. Bighorn, Senator from Allegheny, was loudly called for. He confined himself to the rights of the African to vote, and Said he had seen the day when the black man, tinder the old Consti tution, was allowed his suffrage, and he hoped the time would soon come when he could vote again. He referred to the decision in the Deed Scott ease, by :kedge Roger B. Taney, and the determination of the Southern masters to grind the Iron into the colored freemen of :.the North. But the scene has changed. and slavery now lies cold in death. , He referred to the prejudice that existed against the black man, but he, hoped that the morning would soon come When the color of a skin or the ourl of the hair would not levidleaely distinguish a man. He closed by stating that their riettts would soon be sustained, and the year of jubilee would soon come. Addressee were delivered by Sergeant 'Major A. R. Green, of the 12fth Colored Infantry, and by Rev. James Austin, Rector of St. Thomas' Church, Philadelphia, l " The following resolutions were adopted : 'Resolved, Tbat we recommend onr people everY - where to cri4tvate a practical knowledge of all lite rary,soorcantile. etunmercial, and iadastrial pnrsnits. Beiodved, That we extend the right hand of fellow stip to the Freedmen of the South, and express to then our warmest sympathy and oar deep concern for their Welfare, prosperity, and happinee; and desire to ex hort them to shape their Conroe-Inwards frugality, the accumulation of property, and above all, to leave an tried no amount of effort and self-denial to acquire 'knowledge. and to secure a - vigorous moral and ran stone growth. We desire, farther, to aware them of our co-operation and- neeirtatee, and that our efforts in their behalf shall he given Without measure, said be limbed only by our capacity to give, work, and so;. Adopted. This resolution was also adopted by the National Convention of colored men, held in the city of Syra cuse, N. Y., October 4, 1864 : Resolved, That this Convention endorse the doings of the delettates to the late National Convention from this State. in tie prelizoinsries laid down by them, locking to the formation of a State Equal Bights League, and that the movement started by them receive oar beery eo-overation and support. Adjourned sine die. • ' CBpeclal Dempat eh to The Frese:2l POSTPCTIMEHT O TUB 'DRAW. Muuntratrao. Re'brasty 10.1865. The Senate committee, composed of Mr. Hall, chairman, and Masora. McCandless and Wallace, together with Adjutant General 'trussll, left this 'afternoon for Weielagton, to protect the Interests of the State, and If possible.to procure a postpone ment of the draft. , Legislative Proceedings SENATE. Q y:;rylsF~4:~ ~) l~fiy ~Y~)ii:i~: f:d: u ~i~i~ V: a'.i ~1:R,~a Mr. RANDALL presented apetition from citizens of Schuylkill county relative to the overcharge of fare and tolls on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Mr. LOWR Y read a bill in place incorporating the Girard (Brie county) Passenger Railway Company. Mr. SCHALL, one supplementeryjo the act enabling Btate banks to become banking acsoolationut under the United States lave. . . - . The coneideration of the rmolution giving an annuity —of forty dollars and a gratnity . of like amount to roldisra of 1812 was postponed until:Wedoesdey morn- Tit Ito vislidat SIAWS4II/4,'"ltili of bonnerf ;iftig madii y municipalities excess:lag two per centuna, when assessed prior to the passags of-, the law limiting . the smfmnt thereat passed. The bill to prevent frauds in the renting of market stalls and stands in Philadelphia puce& This bid au thorizes the Commissioner of Markets to swear app i cintts to ascertain whether they are really bntcaere or not. - A supplement to the act -relating to corporations. passed 20th oPApril, .1860, extending the benefits of that act to percharee or sales of real , ousts for or by Miens before that date. passed. The supplement to the acts rsorganizinglhe militia of Pfnistrylvania. giving the Governor pswer to appoint draft officer,s and also company officers was discussed at length. The deseneston assumed a decidedly Politi ca character. Mr, CLYMER, moved to amend by authorising the Governor to"appoint -aimepersert who Le qualified from six months service an , rateee Arty men."a ceplalnl4l7 per. on similarly qualified ;slip rallies Oasts' men, s drat Ilentenat tread Mr/ qneatfled pereon who raises meaty men. a second lieutenant Lost bye vote of L. yeas to 18 nays. • • Oh the , final •pgssitife of the bill the vote was 18 yeas d 11 sass . . Mr. CORFSLL received permission sad read In place a bill aeehalizleg she tale of certain real estate of Jacob Peters. deceased. Adjcurned. HOUSE. lrumerone petitior,e were presented, among them the followir g: MOSSIreI SMITH, of Philadelphia, and KERNS for a free bridge at fifanaynnit. Newry. MaRRLEY and sATT.E.RWAIr against tke 851110. gin COCHRAN, of Philadelphia. from the Boar deal ere of Philadelphia. relative to the law for inspection of flour. Referred to the Committee on Agriculture Mr QUIGLEY, protest of the Eleventh 'School Section of Philadelphia atairrat the passage of the law relating to tie (malt flee.tione of directors. Mr EGYIDIRT offered a resolution requesting the Go. - senior to demand a Eurrimision ef the draft In Penn sylvania until the district and other Quotas era lustre* assigned and published- -(This resol , 4l was emote, , panierd by the proceedings of .4 lOWA morale . held In Ealem Lowman., Luzern& cptinty, at-whin it was stated that Mee WlO,ll of the tocireehlyr , war leta..apder the call for 100,000 men, their-It was under theamo for 800.100 ) , . Mr. MgfaMßE, while admittiag thst some of the quotas were YNXI sir sularly 'adjusted. judged it very inexpedient to page such a resolution at this time, when the army or Grant was ill motion_'' • Mr. MILLCRI moved to strike out. the word "de mand" and insert" request.", but,afterwards with drew it. and declared hie desermination to vote against he rePollatirm Mir.Qtri.GLßY said that the two-gentlemen who had just spoken could very well affOrd to say "let the draft Co on " Hie colleasne from .the city was notifiable. and had no person in ids family who were subject to be taken. Mr. MILLER.," I have a substitute I. the STMT. Mr. QUIGLEY said that the draft, if now enforced, would be very severe upon men who Were t•to poor to buy substitutes, and who, if pressed, would rather leave ;be country than go into service. - - Mr. COCHRAN, of Brie, said that the committee ap pointed some time since to sourer with the Secretary of War on the subject were still in communication, and would probably Ito to Washington to, day., Mr. McClain offered a substitrite.• fedfiestini the Governor to oommtinicate with the national authori ties, and endeavor to procure each a postponement of the draft (not incompatibliswith the interests of the rOnntryisa wilt audios to obtain an adjustment of the quotas. Thin anh , titute was nuanierous'y adopted. Mr. COLVILLB called up an art requiring the Board of Military claims to 'Wind and pay the claim CoL William Frieemoth Pseud. Adjontned anti]. Monday el:wind% HIGH L - 171111 is WASHINGTON. - -M.ll. N. P. Lie maim, authorof several popular novels, never wrote a better one than "High Life in Washington," which she, oharaoterises as "a true .plotute from life Of reall persons and characters."- As the nano imellos,-the main action is In the MetrOpollOOtit au teoedentto -the Rebellion. The author evidently has written with full knowledge of.the wheels with in wheels 'at the seat of Government, and exhibits the machinery. With 4 ,very„freke hand; ' Of ottunq is itsie•tiiie, of Which Rope . Iditishallls the heroirie. Published by T. Petersen kiirotherg. NB. MII - RDOCH will read, to-night, - at Oonoert Hail, a ohoice selection of poetry and prose, both of a humcrons and a serious character. In the pro gramme we notice as announcement of some flue extracts from "The Lady of the Lake" on the one hand, and the celebrated comic poem of _" Monsieur Tonson" on the other. The present entertainments are given for the benefit of a church in the northern part of the pity, which is tmeumbated with debt. On. Monday night Mr. Murdoch will read "Enoch .ardaa:" - • '• CITY ITEMS. FMB CLOTHING AVM TAILORING ESTARLISH ILENT.—GranviIIe Stokes' old stand, No. 609 °best nut street, above Sixth. We claim for our establish ment : First. That it MS constantly on- hand the nitwit assortment of goods for custom•work In this city. Second. That our style of cut and workinanship is superior to any. other; and, Third. That our prices are lower by far than those of any establishment for cuatomwork exclusively, and, also, much lower than those of any other first-class clothing house.. • GENTanrearr oir TA:STII lir vrxl) TO CALL at Granville Stokes , old stand, No, 609 Chestnut street, al)ove Sixth. N. 13,-4n elegant assortment of relly7made Clothing always on hand. • Twe Pnrza-MsnartBnrwr, indented by Mr. John F. Taggart, and lor sale at the ,popuLar Gentle men's Furnishing estabUshment of Mr. George Grant, No. go. chestnut street, Fe the beat-made and beat-fitting shirts 'in the world. The very choicest goods in this department are always for sale at Mr. Grant's counters. , camory.--wo . are reoriested by V. wed*, 908 Olinton street, to say ; that she hastodsited many of the sufferers by'the meant •dishittei, said. found them destitute of clothing. s he; Mut thomesuis 'at llama to inane -ap almost any amormt,of clothhag. It Is desired that dry goods =reheats for wardlettelat to het house to be made up into alotldng at. ones. • Jr MANY • Coururrmorr.— ISztArKi - so 441$1111aw8vi11e Mufti. 47 coots , . 4.4 Forre ‘ atdste lituartt 4 -2. 0000 . 0.4 Heavy Sheatagiblesohed), 10 4 Heavy Shooting (latoothed) % OWL ' American Prints, 25. cents. Yard-wide very hoary ttubbwkolwl. Koplin. 39 cents—What hie bet& wad at 62 Goats. Jowls Hug 216 South "EhtveaZh, Move Sprott. f 13.—.1 thiciutifol Jot of white linen Table Oa - von; 62—worth $4 50. LADS'S' AND OBILDVIVB HATL--Latest style +l,O cjiwitif WOW liate t aostistentia Or= 1114_01P WEIVIVIIhMis TAYLOR, fc, A l 4, IffeW GALLI:UT os PeiNTING ARD P1it01.0074 ...We have this Osaka* of announoing new rooms, No. 914 Ohestnit street, are 10:,‘ The old friends or tits eitalMehment, and t;:if lie generally, an; respectfully invited to ri c . new gallery, where will , be found not only thing that is beautiful in our tine of art. . comfort and elegance of arrangement for 't • Bastion of visitors. Warnonsosor, Murton, & g R oil; 914 Chestnut *„, PlorMst=ollmtem--Ownig to Change* taking plabe, - ft ie oar - intention to realize i , , ; on our elegant stock of Hien and Boya o fott : and Furnishing 61000. We therefore'offer thieuttre stook of on*, amounting to $200,000 consisting of winter, spring, and summer clot at a large reduction from present prices. Our tine stools or plate goods will be Eki l , t order in our heel styles at the same liberal 4 4 meat la pile& Wariatrawsa & Bro ws 4: Mir ant, fetLOt S. E. earner Sur.ra and Dirautar Tan BEAUTY OF TH HAI% In 11s pr'sdas ,and natural color, may be preserved to a R0.„ 4. age. Its premature decay and loci may le t - ze vented.. • j Evert after the Hair has begun to perish 44,, the natural functions maybe restored, and it ¢ i - a healthful and luxuriant again, by cenitsui, 4:. . Astley, who has recently come to our eV.; opened °Moe° at 1838 Chestnut strest, for tae °logical treatment of the Scalp and littr. Office hours for ladles from 9 A. id. to IP, Oillee hours for gentlemen from 2toBP. 81 hi., I .Ecriarsas Drumm 1855.--Ao as tronomsr h:;4 1 31, milted his MLIIIIIIII&C, and announces that tM, there will be eir„oollpses—two of the gua, the moon, one of Jeff Davis, and one of hit lion. The eclipses of the San occur on the 2i • April and the 15th or October; those , if the on the 11th of AT 6 tfl and 51st of ;tober ; other trio at tionv .infi l „ mot, not long to ems:' ^ There win also be a standing eclipse 1-; , inferior tilothing establishments brought abou; • r the lament; Brown Stone Clothing Hall of Rickh Neilson,' NMI. '603 and 605 Chestnut siren; Sixth. LainitsrFoits.—An elegant anortmant 9t G:ti °afford & Son's, Continental Rotel. FOR SALE—The fixtures and stook of a store at Fourth and Oluistian streets. Az e rx lent briefness stand. The store to rout. Inquire at the sontheaet oorner of Fourth ty OhrlEtian atreete. " feit.:;. PIIRCHASSBB mayrelyupongettteg the best Pf. at Omen °afford P 4. Son% Continental Thtst. SZATYNO BY MOOPTJGHT, on the PhMick 1 Skating Park, Thlrii•ftrat and Walnut atm.; THIRTY-willTn DAT on.THY sneSosr, By the use of the new patent plane the mew tbe lee 18 Made as smooth as when freshly ire- Bayley'e full Band day and WM& Park open a • - le o'clock at night. GitemrsannOs Hems.--Ali the latest styl& Charles Oakrord Sc Son% Coat!metal Hotel. . • frACADEMY or Intaio.—A. new Imitate), by Anna E. Diokineon, on - Friday evening, Fem.,- 17ih, at eight o'clock. Subject--“A glence Future.” Sale of tickets will commence at ti Pugh's, Sixth and Chestnut atm% on Alov; Admiesion, twenty.five eenta. Beserved.seat , , cent". :Tien EYE, EAR, THROAT DRUMMER, CATARRH, A., me, treated by Dr. 'Ton ./iXosobisi ker. .oaulist Arafat, who unhesitatingly asserts that his su.'; rience and success in the treatment Of those a-. „, dies have been greater than thit of any pir;ll4" in the country. Office, ion Walnut street.`- Wintmencerir' TAYLOR, & BRO*W i te lr :A.l. L'EltZ, No. 914 11211Leetrent cstie99;9llll be kepi =ill 9;4 P. 91. for the present. fain: . . Corrszortorta von Corns, Some Tenon, Omens, &o.—At this 'season of the year °olds are prevalent ) with all their unpleasant rffri ; such as coughs, hemsenesivsore threat, braret:tic.'s and the like, it will be interesting to know ti, Messrs. E. (31, Whilanan & Co., No. Sin (Jratip - street, have the moat agreeable medicines In :p•, world to relleve,them, snob as fine medioatsl .7', • Juba Paste, Irish Pipms Marsmallow t Tar, Cherry Preparations, ealdsimilar confeotlons , • are found invaluable by all who try them. ConsTrrirrtowen Coscsuuvriorr.—From trl4 worthy data it is estimated that at least ono-rot': of all who are born in the United States lure birth lungs in a tuberculous condition, and !n sequence axepredisposed to Pulmonary en plaints, yet it is equally well established that 0 predisposlUon need net end in Cknmmptlon, ma, or any other disease, If due.care and wate - Ift• ness be observed, and , all ,edmiting came; Li promptly treated as they arise. It is in jot 'ti `cases Dr. Saynei Expectantsat exercise. its mx herteltaist egoists, and inasiViriodueed the largen portion of its cures. Besides promptly rem97'4l Coughs cud Colds, which, when left to themsalte are the most common causes of tuberculous develc meat, this standard remedy allays any it:fiasizs tion which may exist, and, by promoUsig easy ea;: toratlon, cleanses the lungs of the substances wt!t clog Mein up, and which rapidly destroy when n . fered to remain. Prepared only,atito. 252 Chas r: Street. fet6t: Tb Btarnues Mur.-13Y IntaHa<ofthe systam' conjoint advertising render/d practicable by M53?-' Joy, Coo. St 00., through their newspaper ages northeast. corner Uhastunt and Fifth streets, r.; verthera save the -Peonage and avoid the lax': corresponding with:publikthem'risk of remittsom unseasonable and repeated calls, of stra ngers !It separate hills, the vexatious AcceritiOns of jOilftl2:f of dubious Character, and locum from contract; with incompetent and inesponsiblepersons. Business men may learn through this &rim jur what journals to advertise in, to reach effectively sad cheaply the sections wherein their' trade may tt extended. Advertiser= receive avian of journaLs In le2e: their advertisements are inserted. fe7•tur.ll,;3t _ ODD TOEN LACE Orraranse nransternvi, Ole np, and made equal Meow. those haringral4l:3 Curtains, worn so. that t,hey are Imams, cm Sirs them made entirely new at mach lem than the prt neat price of Curtains. 08.TUaxid sierspecimeqg at W. Manny FATTis't, 1408 Onettnnt stmet. feT .z 32 JARND'S" EMAIL DR PARIS, for hemixtblEc bete; and trombone to the complexion, elearoost softrwatto the pin, effectually remoyingionallr marks .aird,TLiseolorations, mid by druggists, pe &Mum. E. Ann, M Tents atm below thrstaint, - ''olkoston, Holloway, & Pony:. Dyott &ANL; general agents, felowsm-6: On. /...o.IiDS Pon SATVOOmpionles about 0 4• g ace iptertlEement in another column. In-:, Erg, Elm, Arm IiemAJIZE, Moanlaity MO by J. leasiie , M. D., OenEst and Aarlot, 1511 Fine I &Moral oyes Warted. No obirge for erszorm= GEORGi ST OE & Co'.n Pianos, and Mad flaaidlnia' Cabinet Organn, for nab only by J. Gould Savanth and Clhaninati nOi SPECS NOTICES. ET THE BARD OP TOWN& HALL. This metal, now to sight unknown: Seems like some wizard's spell. Whose influence we 331 mint own, Though few its looks can tell. It la, too, an *spiting thing. Worthy of Its renown; ifonews the telegraph can bring Has force to keep it down. - But. at each rumor that we reed. high uliereirt It ilia, And everything that mortals need In ermoathy will rine. let, be the prices low or high. . Nan, while-on earth be lives Will not, with ease, himself deny Of all that comfort EqnlB a-IMM BUM. aie not so dear As most of us suppose; - And this fact we can make quits clear To those who need new clothes!. If 'you desire well to lamest What cash is in your power, And with yoor•hsdshipe all re-drasieuf. Haiku to 13•kutett's -Tower! llTwter Bt.ockyviNng-at-greatig Rieitused PrO , ladnoments. offered to purchasers of Ho Torras'. or Boys' OrzoooA2s. TOWER HALL. No. ME MARKET Stn.*. BRIMITT a tk• HAD FALLING, ALL SHOULD MR " Lotidcm, Hair Claor Restorer mut .Drenim• As this preparation contains no mineral SC:JeIO7. and ie delicately perfumed, its application is a skaft ' instead of a task. As a Dressing, II is Perfect -I—lt mill restore gray hale to its original MO* 2—lt will make it grow on bald heads. 2—lt will restore the retard secretions. 4—lt will remove all dandrilif and iishines, 6—lt will make the hair soft. glossy end = 0 "" ti•lt will preserve the original color to old he - 7 -13 will preventthe hair from falling of .13—It mill cure all diseases or fibs esafp• Wile bottles WI cents; six battles. 1 1 4. gold Dr, swAYNE s It 330 North stxTii 3:reo, - JO as' JOITEI3 1 JorrEs! JoNEs' ChM Pawn CLor num . Bemis. 601 M ARKET Street, Abftve Sixth. 431/R Price Mathias, ot• the lateet styles, bsd tae best =saner, exeressly for retail eel,' Workmadat to order et shOrtitst notice. Grr,..t. rear, in prices to close our Winter Stook CCOLLING RODS., CElB3,Thic,,TO3 O, • -Is * ing OrhOars. Nail Catt3u. TO' Erin Ecisso.w, &o: For sale by . 74uratax a sal * : No. 835 Might, Thht3.4,,e), Katiar Sire L. , ' beloß NINTH& SAFE 'XIHEPy ILANVICE S, Moll keys, linden atmortment of other miss- -. • Por sam by MOHAN a 6 . 0.. . N°. gas ( l a g l4 Thirty-aye). MASENf 1 below NW U ' • ANMY ITCH. VERY FENTALENT !!! 10 , ?Inns SCALD BRAD. ALL SWATHES. ALL-HEALING GINT II .I •‘, lfever fails to 'care the most obstinate Cates mat- Bent by mall On receipt of 6) cqnts. b) Dr. SWAINS& SON. 530 North SIXTH St TRH Limas t t Tim 1,13, as COUGHS 45D COLDS DANGEROUS 00)140:0•1, ts° DE. &WAYNE'S COMPOUND BINS P CHENEY." the old established and tagran o : remedy. Prepared only byDr. eWAXEPt at A.. BMW SLETIL Street. JoNSS'. 6044 rif,Ayaczt 0318-2310,
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