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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.
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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
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.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
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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
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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: • .
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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,
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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:
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BMW SLETIL Street.
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0318-2310,